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NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATIO BANGALORE

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25th Meeting of GC

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The 25th Meeting of the General Council of NAAC waseld on September 15,2012 at 04.30 p.m. in the Board Room, NAAC, Ban alore.

A: Members present

1. Prof. Ved Prakash Chairman, UOC

2. Dr. (Mrs. ) Niloufer A Kazmi Secretary, UGC

3. Prof. A.S. Brar, VC, ONDU, Arnritsar

4. Prof. R. Lalthantluanga, Vice-Chancellor, Mizoram University

5. Prof. Sudhanshu Bhushan Professor, NUEPA

6. Prof. R.P. Kaushik Former Commission Member, UOC

7. Prof. A. P. Padhi Former VC, Berhampur University

8. Rev. Dr. Sebastian Anand SJ Principal, St.Xavier's College, Jaipur

9. Dr. Latha Pillai Adviser, NAAC

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lO.Prof. R. Krishnakurnar Secretary General (Addl Charge), AIU

11.Prof. Shivajhao S Kadam Vice-Chancellor, Bharati Vidyapeeth University

l2.Prof. A.N. Rai Vice-Chancellor, North Eastern Hill University

l3.Prof. Suranjan Das Vice-Chancellor, University of Calcutta

14.Dr. M. Massey Principal, Ewing Christian College

lS.Dr. Seerna Jain Principal, Raghunath Girls Post Graduate College

16.Dr. Renu Batra, Joint SecretarYI VGC

17. Shri Sandeep Jain Under Secretary, MJ-IRD

18. Prof. H.A. Ranganath, Director, NAAC

19. Dr. M. P. Ravindra Advisor- Education and Research lnfosys Technologies Limited

B: The following members could not attend the meeting:

1. Shri Ashok Thakur, lAS Secretary, Dept. of Higher Education, MHRD

2. Dr. (Mrs.) Meenakshi Gopinath Commission Member, UGC

3. Prof. Yogesh Singh Vice-Chancellor, The Maharaja Sayajirao University

4. Dr. (Mrs.) Alley ,Jose Principal, Nagindas Khandwala College of Commerce, Management

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Prof. Ved Prakash extended a warm welcome to including new members. Also the President-GC, T""l"'""':lQ,........,h.o.,..-n +....... .,..... -. ....... 1.+ ~_1- ............ ....l ............;,... __ .... _-:1 __ 1 1 .L.1." Y""'\."

The General Council also recorded its appreciation 0

made by outgoing members of the GC and reQuested t. the appreciation letter.

Item No.1: Confirmation of the minutes of 24th mee General Council held on March 10, 2012

Contlnned the minutes of the 24th Meeting of the G

NAAC held on March 10,2012.

Item No.2: Action Taken report

The Director reported on the actions taken on the ded Council. Based on the specific request from one of actions taken on item no. 6 are recorded below:

1. The Director has constituted an expert commi C&R rules as well as promotion policy holistical the committee is as follows:

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1. Dr. Latha Pillai, Adviser, NAAC Chair. an

2. External Members:

a) Prof. K. P. S. Unny, Former Registrar, JNU b) Prof. V. Nagaraj, Registrar, NLSIU, Bangalor c) Shri. R. Narayanan, Registrar, ISEC, Bangal d) Prof. Ali Raza Moosvi, Dean, SES, CUK, Gul e) Dr. Paneer Selvam, Deputy Registrar, IISc.,

3. Internal Members: a) Dr. M. S. Shyamasundar b) Mr. V. Lakshrnan c) Mr. Wahidul Hasan d} Mr. D. S. Srikanth e} Mrs. Mangala f) Mr. Arun

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The committee had prellminary meeting on May 211, 2012.

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The Director informed the GC that the EC in its 60th meeting held on July 5, 2012 took a decision to constitute a three member committee consisting of the following members to look into the matter in its entirety and submit the report

1. Retired High Court Judge as Chairman 2. A representative from MHRD 3. A representative from UGC 4. Additional Member may be co-opted if requ red 5. The Director, NAAC as Member-Convener

GC desired that this committee shou recommendations within three months.

2. NAAC has sent copies of all the communicatio UGC back to UGC for re-examination and approp

Item No.3: Advertisement on Vigilance Awareness

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A draft advertisement was placed before the Council, t; e Council approved the draft and commended the step, which will create the stakeholders.

Item No.4; Policy on Conflict of Interest and Conduct on the line of UGC Commissio

After deliberations the council approved to adopt the sa UGC commission resolution which states as:

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"Policy on Conflict ofInterest and Ethics and Code of ConduFt" for the member of statutory bodies of NAAC namely GC, EC, FC, Appeals Cotmittee. It was noted that this Code of Conduct is not legally binding, for this is ot a Regulation. The Members agreed to adopt and abide by this Code of Conduct n their own volition. Hence agreed upon that the members of GC, EC, FC and 'ppeals Committee of NAA C not to be a part ofthe peer team which visits institutiOi s for assessment and accreditation.

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Item No.5: Report by the Director

The Director gave a detailed presentation of various Members appreciated and also provided inputs.

Item No.6: Any other item with the pennission of t

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Meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

Minutes prepared by

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P;~~.) ~rA. Ranganath Director, NAAC

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