Bare ActsThe Maharashtra Private Universities (Establishment and Regulation) Act, 2023

Section 3

Detailed Project Report for establishing university.

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( 1 ) Any sponsoring body (including any private institute conducting an educational activity) desirous of establishing a self-financed private university under this Act, may submit an application along with a Detailed Project Report (DPR) containing a proposal for establishment of a university to the Government in such manner alongwith such processing fees as may be prescribed by rules. ( 2 ) The Detailed Project Report (DPR) shall contain the following particulars, namely:- (i) the details of the sponsoring body submitting an application under sub-section ( 1 ) along with the copies of its registration certificate, constitution and bye-laws; ( ii ) the information regarding financial resources of the sponsoring body along with audited accounts for the past three years for existing private institutes conducting an educational activity or plan for mobilization for financial resources duly certified by the Chartered Accountant for newly established sponsoring body; ( iii ) the name, location and headquarters of the proposed university; (iv) the objects of the university; (v) the availability of land and details of buildings and infrastructure facilities if already exists; or the master plan for the land acquisition, building construction and infrastructure establishment, in compliance with the applicable regulations of local and State bodies; ( vi ) the proposed plan and availability of academic facilities including teaching and non-teaching staff, if any, at the disposal of the sponsoring body; ( vii ) the details of plans for campus development such as construction of building, development of structural amenities and infrastructure facilities and procurement of equipments, etc., to be undertaken before the university starts functioning and phased programme for first five years; ( viii ) the phased outlay of capital expenditure proposed for the next five years and its sources of finance; ( ix ) the nature and the type of programme of study and research proposed to be undertaken by the university and their relevance to the development goals and employment needs of the State and phasing of such programme for the first five years with course-wise enrollment targets; ( x ) the experience and expertise in concerned disciplines at command of sponsoring body; ( xi ) the nature of facilities, courses of study and work of research proposed to be started; ( xii ) the estimated recurring expenditure course-wise or activity-wise, source of finance and estimated expenditure per student; ( xiii ) the scheme of mobilization of resources and the cost of capital thereto and the manner of repayment of such resources; ( xiv ) the scheme for generation of funds internally, through the recovery of fees from the students, revenues anticipated from consultancy services and other activities relating to the objects of the university and other anticipated income; ( xv ) the supportive plan for educational enhancement of the weaker section of society domiciled in the State through special provision and affirmative action in this regard; ( xvi ) the system proposed to be followed for selecting students for admission to the courses of study of the university; ( xvii ) the nature of programmes related to local needs and nature of specialized teaching, training or research activities, to be undertaken by the university to fulfill the objects of the proposed university; ( xviii ) whether the university proposes to start some programmes for the benefits of farmers, agricultural labourers, other labourers, women and industries. If so, details thereof may be given; ( xix ) details of playgrounds and other facilities available or proposed to be created for games, sports and extracurricular activities like National Cadet Corps (NCC), National Service Scheme (NSS), etc.; ( xx ) the arrangements proposed to be made for academic auditing; ( xxi ) justification regarding the necessity of establishment of the proposed university; ( xxii ) commitment to follow the norms of the regulatory bodies; ( xxiii ) such other details as the sponsoring body may like to give; ( xxiv ) such other details as may be prescribed by rules.

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