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This notification publishes the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Ordinances, 2026, which establish the operational framework for the University, including definitions, application, and conditions of service for its Vice-Chancellor and Pro Vice-Chancellor.

Detailed Summary

This notification publishes the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Ordinances, 2026, which came into force on their publication in the Official Gazette on June 23, 2026/Ashadha 2, 1948. These Ordinances define various aspects of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, established under Section 3F of the Central Universities Act, 2009 (25 of 2009). They cover the admission of students, courses of study, medium of instruction and examination, award of degrees, fees, conditions for fellowships, conduct of examinations, student residence, establishment of Centres/Boards of Studies, co-operation with other institutions, creation of new bodies, and grievance redressal machinery. The Ordinances also detail the qualifications, appointment, powers, duties, emoluments, and terms and conditions of service for the Vice-Chancellor and Pro Vice-Chancellor. For the Vice-Chancellor, qualifications include a minimum of ten years of experience as a Professor or equivalent research, and emoluments include rent-free furnished accommodation, official car, mobile phone, free telephone, one cook, two attendants, and security guards. Leave benefits are specified, including a maximum carry-forward of three hundred days, with intimation to the Chancellor and Ministry of Railways for foreign travel. For the Pro Vice-Chancellor, qualifications require a minimum of eight years of experience as a Professor or equivalent research, with pay fixed at academic level-14 or academic level 15 in the pay matrix of the 7th Central Pay Commission, along with a special allowance as prescribed by the Executive Council.

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EXTRAORDINARY PART III—Section 4 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 414] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2026/ASHADHA 2, 1948 s 1947 CG-DL-E-02072026-273992 A+ 10 A 9 B 8 C 7 D 6 E 5 A+ >= 90 A 80 <= m < 90 B 70 <= m < 80 C 60 <= m < 70 D 50 <= m < 60 E 40 <= m < 50 U < 40 A+ <= 10% A 10–20% B, C, D 20–35% E 10–25% U <= 5% 2,18,200) (₹1,31,400 -2,17,100) (₹57,700 -1,82,400) 37. 40% 218200 ₹) ₹) 214100 ₹) ₹) ₹) 208700 ₹) 208700 ₹) 208700 ₹) 208700 ₹) 177500) 177500 ₹) 177500 ₹) 177500 ₹) ₹) ₹) ₹) स्तर 6 (35400 -112400 ₹) में ₹) ₹) ₹) ₹) ₹) ₹) ₹) 63200) 1. 2. (3) (2) (4) (1) (2) (3) अ आिती 0.90 to 0.70 X 35% Y का 15% Y का 30% Y का 20% Y Y का 35% Y का 15% Y का 30% Y का 20% X 50% 20% 30% Y Y का 35% Y का 30% 20% Y का 15% (2) (3) (1) (2) (3) (4) (4) (3) (3) (3) - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10000 / - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (सभी ₹50,000 / - तक) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ₹25,000 / - तक - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1,00,000 / - तक - - GATI SHAKTI VISHWAVIDYALAYA NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 18th June 2026 F.No. GSV/REG/Ordinances/Notification/C1/2026/189 .—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub -section ( 2) of section 28 of the Central Universities Act, 2009 (25 of 2009) , the Vice -Chancellor of Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya with the prior approval of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following Ordinances, namely: 1. Short title and commencement .- (1) These Ordinances may be called the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Ordinances, 202 6. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Definitions .- (1) In these Ordinances, unless the context otherwise requires – (a) ―academic council‖ means the Academic Council of the University ; (b) ―academic staff‖ means such categories of staff as are designated as academic staff by these Ordinances; (c) ―Act‖ means Central Universities Act 2009 (25 of 2009) ; (d) ―affiliation and recognition board‖ means Affiliation and Recognition Board of the University ; (e) ―Board of studies‖ means the Board of Studies of the University ; (f) ―Campus‖ means the unit established or constituted by the University for making arrangements for instruction, research, educ ation and training; (g) ―finance officer‖ means the Finance Officer of the University ; (h) ―hostels‖ means hostels of the University ; (i) ―institution‖ means an institution, school, college or centre of studies maintained by or admitted to the privileges of the Univer sity for imparting education and training in its disciplines; (j) ―professor of practice‖, ―chair professor‖, ―joint faculty‖, ―adjunct faculty‖, ―distinguished faculty‖, ―honorary professor‖ and visiting faculty‖ means the faculty appointed in accordance with the guidelines framed by the Executive Council ; (k) ―seniority list‖ means the list on seniority of any employee , maintained by the University ; (l) ―University ‖ means Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya established under Section 3F of the Central Universities Act, 2009 (25 of 2009); (2) The words and expressions used in these ordinances and not defined, but defined in the act and statues, shall have the same meaning espectively aligned to them in the Act and Statutes. (3) Should there be any difference in interpretation of these Ordinances amongst the English and Hindi versions due to translation error, the English version shall assume precedence. 3. Application .- The Ordinances may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely: – (1) the admission of students to the University and their enrolment as such; (2) the courses of study to be laid down for all degrees, diplomas and certificates of the University ; (3) the medium of instruction and examination; (4) the award of degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions, the qualifications for the same and the means to be taken relating to the granting and obtaining of the same; (5) the fees to be charged for courses of study in the University and for admission to examinations, degrees and diplomas to the University ; (6) the conditions for award of fellowships, scholarships, studentships, medals and prizes; (7) the conduct of examination, including the term of office and manner of appointment and the duties of examining bodies, examiners and moderators; (8) the conditions of residence of the students of the University ; (9) the special arrangements, if any, which may be made for the residence and teaching of women students and the prescribing of special courses of studies for them; (10) the establishment of Centres of Studies, Boards of Studies, Specialised Laboratories and other Committees; (11) the manner of co-operation and collaboration with other Universities, Institutions and other agencies including learned bodies or associations; (12) the creation, composition and functions of any other body which is considered necessary for improving the academic life of the University ; (13) the institution of fellowships, scholarships, studentships, medals and prizes; (14) the setting up of machinery for redressal of grievances of employees and students; and (15) all other matters which by this Act, or, the Statutes, are to be, or may be provided for by the Ordinances. 4. Qualifications, appointment, emoluments, terms and conditions of service of vice -chancellor .- (1) Qualifications: (a) For appointment as Vice -Chancellor of the University , the person shall possess the highest level of competence, integrity, morals, and institutional commitment ; (b) He shall be a distinguished academician, with a minimum of ten years of experience as Professor in a University system or ten years of research experience on an equivale nt position in a reputed Academia or Industry or Research and Development organisation. (2) Appointment: The Vice -Chancellor shall be appointed as per the provisions laid out in the Act and Statutes. (3) Powers and Duties: The Vice -Chancellor shall have all powers and duties as laid out in the Act and Statutes. In addition: (a) The Vice -Chancellor shall be the principal executive and academic officer of the University and shall exercise general supervision and control over the affairs of the University and give effect to the decisions of all the authorities of the University ; (b) The Vice -Chancellor, if he is of the opinion that any decision of any authority of the University is beyond the powers of the authority conferred by the provisions of the Act, the Statutes or the Ordinances of the University or that any decision taken is not in the interest of the University , may ask the authority concerned to review its decision within sixty days of such decision and if the authority refuses to review the decision either in whole or in part or no decision is taken by it within the said period of sixty days, the matter shall be referred to the Visitor whose decision thereon shall be final ; (c) The Vice -Chancellor shall not act upon any decision of any authority, if he is of the opinion that: (i) it is ultra vires of the provisions of the Act, the Statutes, or the Ordinances of the University ; (ii) such a decision shall not be in the best interests of the University . In either case, he may ask the authority concerned to review th e decision, and if any difference persists, the matter shall be referred to the Visitor, whose decision shall be final ; (d) As the Chairman of any authority, body or committee of the University , he shall be empowered to suspend a member from the meeting of th e authority, body or committee for obstructing or stalling the proceedings or for indulging in behavior unbecoming of a member of such Committee ; (e) The Vice -Chancellor shall have disciplinary powers with regard to employees of the University ; (f) In an emergent situation, he shall take any action on behalf of any authority in which the power is vested and to report the action taken in the next meeting of the authority ; (g) He shall be empowered to allocate responsibilities and to audit the performance of officers, faculty members and staff against the expected standards ; (h) He shall exercise all administrative and financial powers considered necessary for smooth and efficient functioning of the University ; (i) He shall pass such orders and take such measures that are necessary to implement any of the above powers and duties ; (j) He shall be empowered to appoint or engage members of teaching and non -teaching employees possessing necessary qualifications for a period not exceeding one year to meet the urgent requirement of the University ; (k) The Vice -Chancellor may delegate such powers and duties for day-to-day work to such person as deemed fit . (4) Emoluments: (1) The Vice -Chancellor shall be entitled to such emoluments, benefits and facilities and shall be subjected to other conditions of service as laid out in the Act and Statutes ; (2) In addition: (a) The Vice -Chancellor shall be entitled to have water, power and rent free furnished residential accommodation ; (b) The Vice -Chancellor shall be entitled to the facility of a free official car with driver , mobile phone , free telephone (with Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD ) and International Subscriber Dialling (ISD)) service at his residence ; (c) The Vice -Chancellor shall be entitled to one cook and two attendants at his residence ; (d) To ensure safety and security, the Vice -Chancellor shall be provided with security guards as necessary ; (e) The Vice -Chancellor shall be eligible for Travel allowance or Composite Transfer Grant on joining and on completion of his term, and joining time pay a s per the Government of India norms. (5) Leave: The Vice -Chancellor shall be entitled to leave benefits as laid out in the Act and Statutes. In addition: (a) The leave at the credit of the Vice -Chancellor at the close of the previous half -year shall be carri ed forward to the new a half year, subject to the condition that the leave, so carried forward plus the credit for that half year, does not exceed the maximum limit of three hundred days ; (b) The Vice -Chancellor shall be entitled to the leave salary and leave salary encashment admissible as per the Government of India norms ; (c) The Vice -Chancellor shall also be entitled to avail himself of Extra -Ordinary Leave as per the Government of India norms ; (d) When the Vice -Chancellor wishes to avail himself any kind of leave more than one week in duration, he shall intimate the same to the Chancellor, provided that if the Vice -Chancellor goes abroad, an intimation in this regard shall also be sent to the Ministry of Railways along with the Chancellor, irrespective of the duration and this shall be reported to the Executive Council at its next meeting ; (e) In the case of any absence of the Vice -Chancellor occasioned by any call by the Central or State Government, Public Service, or on deputation on behalf of the University for any public purpose, the period so spent shall be treated as on duty ; (f) Where an employee of the University is appointed as the Vice - Chancellor, he shall be allowed to avail himself of any leave at his credit before his appointment as the Vice -Chancello r, and, in the event of his re -joining the old post, he shall be entitled to carry back the leave at his credit to the new post ; (g) He may be allowed to contribute to the provident fund of which he is a member and the University shall contribute to the accou nt of such person in that provident fund at the same rate at which the person had been contributing immediately before his appointment as Vice -Chancellor ; (h) Unless otherwise specified, when a person, employed in another organisation, is appointed as the Vic e-Chancellor on deputation, the rules of deputation as admissible to an employee in the Government of India shall be applicable. 5. Emoluments and other terms and conditions of service of Pro vice –chancellor .- (1) Eligibility : (a) For appointment as Pro Vice -Chancellor of the University , the person shall possess the highest level of competence, integrity, morals and institutional commitment. (b) He shall be a distinguished academician, with a minimum of eight years of experience as Professor in a University system or eight years of research experience on an equivalent position in a reputed Academia or Industry or Research and Development organisation. (2) Emoluments : (a) The pay of the Pro Vice -Chancellor of the University , shall be fixed at academic level -14 in the pay matrix or academic level - 15 in the pay matrix of 7th Central Pay Commission , as the case may be, with a special allowance as prescribed by the Executive Council (from time to time) and Pro Vice -Chancellor shall be eligible for Transfer allowance or Composite Transfer Grant on joining and on completion of his term, and joining time pay as per the Government of India norms ; (b) Unless otherwise specified, when a person, employed in another organisation, is appointed as the Pr o Vice -chancellor on deputation, the rules of deputation as admissible to an employee in the Government of India shall be applicable. (3) Leave : The Pro Vice -Chancellor shall be entitled to all kinds of leave applicable to whole time permanent teachers of the University . In addition: (a) If he is a Professor of the University discharging the additional duties of the Pro -Vice -Chancellor, or is a perso n not in the service of the University , but appointed to the post, he shall be entitled to leave on full pay for one eleventh of the period spent by him on active service as Pro Vice -Chancellor ; (b) Where a person already in the service of the University is appointed as a Pro Vice -Chancellor, he shall be entitled to carry forward the leave at his credit on the date of such appointment. 6. Emoluments, terms and conditions of service, functions and responsibilities of the registrar .- (1) The Registrar shall be appointed as per the provisions in the Statutes: Provided that where an employee of this University or any other Institution or Government and its organisations is appointed as Registrar while maintaining his lien, he shall continue to be governed by the retirement benefit schemes of the parent organisation to which he was entitled prior to his appointment as Registrar. (2) In case the Registrar is appointed on deputation from the Government or any other Organisation or institutio n, the terms and conditions of his service shall be governed by the deputation rules of the Government of India. Provided that the Registrar appointed on deputation may be repatriated earlier than the stipulated period by the Executive Council on the recommendation of the Vice -Chancellor. (3) In all other cases of employment of Registrar, not covered in clauses (1) and (2), the Registrar shall be provided the retirement benefits and provident fund contributions as per the extant rules of the University for its regular employees. (4) Registrar is normally expected to stay within the campus and shall be provided with an unfurnished entitled residential accommodation at prescri bed license fees. (5) Registrar shall be entitled for a telephone or mobile phone reimbursement as per the Government of India norms applicable for the officers at pay level 14 in the pay matrix in 7th Central Pay Commission . (6) The terms and conditions of serv ice, leave, allowances, pension schemes and other terminal benefits of the Registrar shall be such as prescribed by the University from time to time for its non-vacation staff. (7) The Registrar shall be eligible for Transfer Allowance or Composite Transfer G rant on joining and on completion of his term, and joining time pay as per the Government of India norms and the Leave Encashment shall be payable as per extant the Government of India norms. (8) The Registrar shall have the power to enter into agreements, si gn documents and authenticate reco rds on behalf of the University and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties, as may be prescribed by the Statutes as directed by the Vice -Chancellor. 7. Emoluments, terms and conditions of service of the Finance officer .- (1) The Finance Officer shall be appointed as per the provisions in the Statutes: Provided that where an employee of this University or any other Institution or Government and its organisations is appointed as Finance Officer while maintaining his lien, he shall continue to be governed by the retirement benefit schemes of the parent organisation to which he was entitled prior to his appointment as Finance Officer. (2) In case the Finance Officer is appointed on deputation from the Government or any other Organisation or Institution, the terms and conditions of his service shall be governed by the provisions laid down by the Government of I ndia. Provided that the Finance Officer appointed on deputation may be repatriated earlier than the stipulated period by the Executive Council on the recommendation of the Vice - Chancellor. (3) In all other cases of employment of Finance Offic er, not covered in under clauses (1) and (2), the Finance Officer shall be provided the retirement benefits and provident fund contributions as per the extant rules of the University for its regular employees. (4) The Finance Officer shall be entitled for a te lephone or mobile phone reimbursement as per the Government of India norms. (5) The terms and conditions of service, leave, allowances, pension schemes and other terminal benefits of the finance officer shall be such as prescribed by the University from time t o time for its non-vacation staff. (6) Finance Officer shall be eligible for Transfer Allowance or Composite Transfer Grant on joining and on completion of his term, and joining time pay as per the Government of India norms and the Leave Encashment shall be p ayable as per extant the Government of India norms. 8. Emoluments, terms and conditions of service of the Controller of examinations .- (1) The Controller of Examinations shall be appointed as per the provisions in the Statutes: Provided that where an employee of this University or any other Institution or Government and its organisations is appointed as Controller of Examinations while maintaining his lien, he shall continue to be governed by the retirement benefit schemes of the parent organisation to which he was entitled prior to his appointment as Controller of Examinations. (2) In case the Controller of Examinations is appointed on deputation from the Government or any other Organisation or Institution, the terms and conditions of his service shall be governed by the Deputation Rules of the Government of India ; Provided that the Controller of Examinations appointed on deputation may be repatriated earlier than the stipulated period by the Executive Council on the recommendation of the Vice - Chancellor. (3) In all other cases of employment of Controller of Examinations, not covered under clause s (1) and (2), the Controller of Examinations shall be provided the retirement benefits or provident fund contributions as per the extant rules of the University for its regular employees. (4) The Controller of Examinations shall be entitled for a telephone or mobile phone reimbursement as per the Government of India norms. (5) The terms and conditions of service, leave, allowances, pension schemes and other terminal benefits of the Controller of Examinations shall be such as prescribed by the University from time to time for its non -vacation staff. (6) The Controller of Examinations shall be eligible for Transfer Allowance or Composite Transfer Grant on joining and on completion of his term, and joining time pay as per the Government of India norms and the Leave Encashment shall be payable as per the extant Government of India norms. (7) The Controller of Examinations shall report functionally to Dean of Acad emics of the University and coordinate all activities related to examinations. 9. Dean of schools: appointment, functions, duties and responsibilities .- The Dean of the school shall be appointed as per the provisions in the Statutes and shall: (a) be entitled to such allowances and amenities as the Executive Council may approve from time to time; (b) provide effective leadership and guidance in the policy, curriculum planning and implementation of the school; (c) be responsible for overall coordination within the school and coordinate the conduct of exams and award of the marks sheet; (d) be responsible for overall performance and discipline of the school; (e) be responsible for overall administration, upkeep, and mainte nance of all the buildings and properties under the school; (f) operate the Budget of the School; (g) be responsible for the records, furniture, and equipment under him; (h) be empowered to remove the name from the rolls and readmit a student in the school concerned ; (i) be empowered to withhold the Hall Ticket of student of the school for valid reasons, and (j) exercise such other powers and perform such other functions, as may be delegated or assigned to him. 10. Dean of University functions .- (1) The Dean of the University Functions shall be appointed as per the provisions in the Statutes. (2) The Executive Council may create the positions of Dean of University Functions upon the recommendations of the Vice - Chancellor and position created may also be withdrawn; if so felt and upon the recommendations of the Vice -Chancellor. (3) The Executive Council shall define the terms of the reference for each of Dean of University functions. (4) The positions of the following Dean of University functions shall deem to have been created and shall not be withdrawn: (a) Dean of Academics; (b) Dean of Students‘ Welfare; (c) Dean of Faculty Affairs; (d) Dean of Executive and Continuing Education; and (e) Dean of Research and Development (5) The terms of reference for the Dean shall be as follows: (a) DEAN OF ACADEMICS : (i) overall responsibility for all the academic activities at the University , including admissions, curriculum design and delivery, examination and convocation; (ii) responsible for the implementation of the decisi ons taken on academic matters by the Academic Council; (iii) receiving, processing and maintaining all records related to academic programs including curricula, courses offered, academic calendar, registration, leave, attendance, examinations, grades and award s of degrees and prizes , with due approval process; (iv) preparation of the schedule for ensuring timely completion of the Academic Program and ensuring adherence of the same; (v) disseminating information pertaining to all academic matters; (vi) issuing necessary memor anda or orders pertaining to Academic matters, following due approval process; (vii) maintaining the academic records of all students and alumni; (viii) to coordinate examination activities through the Controller of Examinations; and (ix) any other job function as assigned by the Vice -Chancellor ; (b) DEAN OF STUDENTS‟ WELFARE : (i) organisation and development of students‘ extracurricular activities; (ii) management of Students Counselling and guidance facilities; (iii) management of Students financial aid, scholarships, fellowships, teaching assistant ship , etc; (iv) management of Fees Planning, Collection, Refunds , etc. following due approval process; (v) student interface to the University for matters related to the students; (vi) management of Career development services; (vii) health and medical services for the students; (viii) management of Hostel facilities of the students; (ix) ensure safe and friendly atmosphere, free of all pressures and fears to all students across gender, caste, religion and region; (x) Chairman of Anti -Ragging commi ttee and students‘ grievance cell; (xi) as Chairman of Students‘ Disciplinary Committee, is responsible to maintain discipline amongst students and take actions thereupon following due approval process; (xii) alumni activities; (xiii) interface to the parents whenever necessary; and (xiv) any other job function as assigned by the Vice -Chancellor ; (c) DEAN OF FACULTY AFFAIRS : (i) all human resource matters of the Academic Staff; (ii) manage Faculty hiring and retention; (iii) conduct faculty orientation, faculty interaction programs; (iv) examining proposals for attending conferences and seminars by faculty; (v) implement faculty recognitions and incentive policies as approved by the Executive Council; and (vi) any other job function as assigned by the Vice -Chancellor ; (d) DEAN OF EXECUTIVE AND CONTINUING EDUCATION : (i) provide strategic leadership and vision for the Executive and Continuing Education, aligning its goals with the overall mission and objectives of the University ; (ii) develop and implement a comprehensive program plan for continuing education and ex ecutive training that addresses the educational needs of the community, including the identification and evaluation of course offerings and curricula; (iii) collaborate with faculty and subject matter experts to develop new courses and programs that are relevant , innovative, and responsive to emerging trends and industry demands; (iv) ensure the quality and relevance of all executive education programs; (v) management of the executive and continuing education of the University ; (vi) develop and manage the Continuing Education budget, ensuring financial sustainability and resource allocation in line with strategic priorities; (vii) to ensure activities of executive and continuing education as financial support to the University ; and (viii) any other job function as assigned by the Vice -Chan cellor ; (e) DEAN OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT : (i) for management of the external or sponsored Research and Development functions of the University ; (ii) strategic planning, creating research infrastructure, and fostering new and interdisciplinary research initiatives and collaborations; (iii) build strong partnerships with the Industry or Academia or Public Sector Undertakings to fulfill their fundamental and a pplied research needs, establishing externally funded Centers of Excellence; (iv) management of financial records and utilisation certificates of sponsored research projects, industrial consultancy, and testing; (v) management of Research and Development Support of seed grant for newly joined faculty members and other faculty research schemes; (vi) management of Student schemes, project purchases, project staff recruitment, and liaison with funding agencies, etc; (vii) develop mechanisms and policies to strengthen the researc h profile of the University ; (viii) assisting in the management of the central research facility ; (ix) to ensure Research and Development activities as financial support to the University ; (x) develop, support and manage the Startup incubation activities in line with the University ‘s vision; and (xi) any other job function as assigned by the Vice -Chancellor. 11. Powers and functions of the planning and Monitoring board (PMB) .- (1) To review the academic and other related activities of the University . (2) To review the students and faculty development programs. (3) To visuali se and formulate perspective plans for the development and growth of the University . (4) To formulate masterplan for campu s development, facilitating implementation of the provision of the perspective plan. (5) To plan for resource mobili sation through industry interaction, consultancy and extra mural funding. (6) To promote research and extension activities in University campus. (7) To promote teaching innovations and student placement programs. (8) To plan for sustaining the quality of education, quality improvement and accreditations. (9) To recommend schemes to promote participation of academic departments in community development activities in the region. (10) To consider such other activities for furtherance of academic excellence. 12. Powers and functions of the affiliation and Recognition board (ARB) .- (1) The Affiliation and Recognition Board shall be responsible for admitting colleges and institutions to the privileges of the University . (2) The board shall form enabling Regulations in this regard, from time to time. (3) Procedure for Recognition of an Institution (i) such institutions as are desirous of seeking recognition from Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya shall submit a proposal detailing their courses or programs for which they want recognition for award of degree, diploma and certificate by the University and along with t he proposal, they shall also send a profile of the Institute highlighting its broad aims and objects, domain expertise as the like physical and academic infrastructure, including availability of workshops or laboratories, manpower position besides the adeq uacy of financial resources at its disposal: Provided that such institutions may be located anywhere within the country or abroad: Provided further that such entities may be funded by the government or other agencies except that they shall be not -for- profit organisations and the source of its funding shall be through legal and government approved means ; (ii) the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya shall consider the proposal to see, if, there is any, prima facie case to proceed further and, on its satisfaction, shall remit the same to the concerned School or Centre for their consideration and recommendations ; (iii) based on the response of the School or Centre, a decision shall be taken by the Dean Academic Affairs and Vice -Chancellor to either regret the request or to place the matter for consideration of the Academic Council ; (iv) the Academic Council, after deliberation, may approve the proposal or decide to appoint a three -member expert committee to visit the organisation and submit its recommendations to the Council for deciding the further course of action ; (v) in cases where the proposals are accepted ‗in principle‘, specific Ordinances shall be prepared for consideration and recommendations of the Acad emic Council, which shall attain finality after the Ordinance is approved by the Executive Council and is duly notified ; (vi) after an Institution or Organisation is given recognition by the University , the degree or diploma or certificate shall be awarded by Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya as per the academic Ordinance of such a degree, diploma, certificate as the like and the degree, diploma, certificate awarded shall contain the name of the organisation in whose collaboration the said course or Program was c onducted. (4) Broad framework for Recognition of Institutions: (i) the academic or research Programs of the institution seeking recognition shall be in an area compatible with the academic and research programs of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya; it shall be of relevance to similar objectives already being pursued in the University so that reciprocal benefits might accrue and the institution might get linked with the academic pursuits of the University ; (ii) the Institution shall have core academic staff an d have a system by which people of eminence shall be associated with its academic programs and the academic level of the staff shall broadly be at par with the teaching or workshop training personnel in the University ; (iii) the Institution shall have suf ficient funds to support its academic activities and well -equipped departments, library, training facilities, etc. ; (iv) the Institutions seeking recognition, from relatively less developed areas or regions of the country but having necessary potential to come up in some way to the desired level of the academic and allied programs of the University not usually covered by the universities in the region, shall be given adequate consideration within the framework of the criteria laid down by the University for according recognition to the institutions ; (v) recognition granted shall normally not exceed five years and shall be subject to a mid -term review the manner and timing of which shall be as decided by the University ; (vi) recognition may be extended af ter five years for subsequent terms of five years each; Provided that the continuing instruction s and research schedule shall not be disturbed for the reason of expiry of the term of recognition alone: Provided further that normally no new registration for research or initiation of an instructional semester shall be initiated by the University during the last six months of the period of recognition ; (vii) the request for re -recognition or renewal of recognition shall be received at least six months in advance from the date of expiry of the period and shall be examined as per the procedure already detailed above ; (viii) the University shall reserve the right to withdraw such recognition with immediate effect if any falsification of facts is found at a later stage or any fact comes to light that is damaging to the credibility or conduct of the institution in terms of academic credentials ; and (ix) all legal disputes arising between the parties shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts at Vadodara. (5) Cooperation and Collaboration with other Universities or Institutions, etc. : (i) The Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya shall network and collaborate with Institutions of higher education, research Institutions , industry, 'persons of eminence' and or non -governmental organisations of national and international repute, subject to the applicable Regulations of the regulatory authorities, as issued from time to time ; (ii) the objective of such networking and collaboration shall be to further teaching, research, extension, consultancy aimed at providing opportunities of enhanced learning, hands on experience, cross -cultural dialogue and exchange of ideas for the faculty, research scholars and students, and to consider offering joint degree programs, Indian as well as foreign, subject to the Regulation by regulatory authorities if any on the subject ; (iii) the University may enter into exchange programs of teachers and students, sharing of course and instruction materials, sharing of credit s, and holding of joint workshops, joints research projects funded by national and international agencies, and providing access to each other‘s facilities, and to institute joint academic degrees in accordance with the standards recognised by the regulator y bodies of the respective countries ; (iv) the University may collaborate for establishment of University ‘s centers abroad, may develop e -courses for interactive and integrated learning, sharing of library, laboratory and other learning resources or any other a ctivity of mutual benefit, subject to the Regulation by regulatory authorities, if any on the subject ; (v) the University may enter into contracts, including Memorandum of Understanding with other institutions of national and international repute for the purpo se outlined hereinabove ; and (vi) all Memorandum of Understandings are to be for a specified time of period and shall be reviewed periodically at appropriate level and any matter not specifically covered in the above shall be regulated as per the University rules as existing and amended from time to time ; 13. Automatic cessation of membership .- (1) If a nominated member of the following , namely: - (a) Affiliation and Recognition Board; (b) Planning and Monitoring Board; and (c) Board of Studies. absents himself for three consecutive meetings of the Committee, then he shall automatically cease to be a member of the Committee. (2) A faculty member of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya who is part of the body and absents himself shall be liable to explain for his absence. (3) The Vice -Chancellor shall then nominate another member in place of such member and the new member shall enjoy the residual tenure. 14. Constitution, powers and functions of the school board .- (1) Each School shall have a School Board which shall consist of the following members , namely: - (a) Dean of the School who shall be the Chairperson; (b) Heads of the Departments in the School; (c) Directors of the Centres in the School; (d) All Professors in the School; (e) One Associate Professor from each Department or Centre in the School to be appointed by rotation; and (f) Four to six members to be nominated by the Vice - Chancellor from amongst the academic staff of the University , reputed experts from outside of the University (2) The Board shall perform as per guidelines set by the Executive Council from time to time, upon recommendation of the Vice - Chancellor. (3) Meetings of the School Board: (a) At least two ordinary meetings of the School Board shall be held in an Academic year; one in each Semester; (b) The Dean may convene special meetings of the Board at his own initiative or at the suggestion of the Vice -Chancellor or on a written requisition from at least one -fifth of the members of the Board; (4) The quorum for the meeting of the Board shall be one -third of its total members. (5) Notice for any meeting of the Board shall be issued at least seven days in advance of the date and the Dean may, however, convene emergency meeting of the Board at a short notice. 15. Schools of studies and departments or centers .- (1) The University shall have the following Schools of Studies and Centers , namely: - (a) School of Technology; (b) School of Management; (c) Center for Executive and Continuing Education; (d) Center for Transport Planning and PM Gati Shakti ; (e) Center for Infrastructure Project Management ; (f) Center for Transport Safety ; (g) Centre for Bridge Health, Testing and Research; (2) Other Schools and Centers shall be as specified from time to time by the Executive Council. (a) The list to be added as and when the institutions are admitted to the privileges of the University ; (b) The colleges or Institutions admitted to the privileges of the University shall not, without the prior permission of the Executive Council and Board of Affiliation and Recognition of the University , suspend instruction s in any subject or course of study which the said college or institution is authorised to teach. (3) The following Departments shall be assigned to the School of Technology , namely: - (a) Department of Mechanical Engineering; (b) Department of Civil Engineering; (c) Department of Electrical Engineering; (d) Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering; (e) Department of Computer Science and Engineering; (f) Department of Aviation Engineering; and (g) Department of Science and Mathematics. 16. Duties and powers of the head of department .- (1) The Head of Department shall be responsible for the overall academic quality of their respective school or de partment including publication, research work and training Programs. (2) The Head of the Department shall be responsible for preparation and review of the syllabus for various programs under their respective school or department in consultation with faculty and school board members . (3) The Head of the Department shall : (a) ensure proper allocation of class rooms and issue notices for changes, if any; (b) ensure that all class rooms are sufficiently equipped and the Head of the department shall intimate any defects to the Deputy Registrar or Assistant Registrar or employee of equivalent rank for necessary action ; (c) ensure that adequate number of good quality laboratory equipment are available for experiments ; (d) periodically review laboratory requirements and propose for necessary up -gradation in the facilities to meet the industry needs, if necessary. (4) The Head of the Department shall; - (a) ensure that students adhere to the Model Code of Conduct for Students, Dress code and Class attendance or leave rules ; (b) to arrange for all documentation or data entry relating to examinations are done within the stipulated time frame and verify for its correc tness ; (c) ensure that students maintain discipline in the Campus ; (d) encourage students to participate in co -curricular and extra - curricular activities ; (e) facilitate students‘ requests relating to – (i) Scholarships; (ii) Attestations; (iii) Bonafide certificates; (iv) Examination applications; (v) Industrial visits; (vi) Any other student requests; and (vii) Maintain a record of students‘ performance in examinations to identify poorly performing students and the Head of the department shall counsel such students and provide all necessary assistance for their academic improvement. (5) The Head of the Departments shall have following duties in faculty matters, namely ; - (a) Motivate Faculty members to undertake research work, publications to improve Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya‘s academic standing ; (b) Prepare the work plan or time table for Faculty members well in advance before commencement of the semester ; (c) Communicate the students‘ feedback to the faculty members. (d) Ensure discipline among Faculty members ; (e) Coordinate with Vice -Chancellor and Dean about any administrative requirements for engaging regular or contract or Visiting Faculty and other academic support staff ; (f) Oversee the functioning of the training section ; (g) Coordinate with other Heads of the Departments on all academic issues ; (6) The Head of the department shall perform any other duties assigned by the Vice -Chancellor. 17. Board of studies .- (1) The Board of Studies for each department shall have the following members , namely: - (a) head of the Department or Centre, who shall be the Chair person and Convenor and i n his absence, the senior most Professor of the department shall be the chair person and convenor ; (b) dean of the School concerned or his nominee ; (c) all the Professors of the Depa rtment or Centre ( ex-officio members) ; (d) one Associate Professor of the Department, by rotation ; (e) one to Two members to be nominated by the Dean of the School from reputed experts from outside of the University . (2) The term of office of the members, other than the ex-officio members shall be three years. (3) The board of studies shall ordinarily meet at least twice a year and on such occasions as may be directed by the Vice - Chancellor or the Dean of the School. (4) The not ice for a meeting of the Board of Studies, other than a special meeting, shall ordinarily be issued at least three days before the due scheduled date. (5) The quorum for the meetings of the Board of Studies shall be 50% of the members of the Board of Studies. 18. Medium of instruction .- (1) The medium of instruction s in respect of all courses conducted in the Schools and in the colleges or Institutions admitted to the privileges of the University shall be in English. (2) The University shall make efforts to align with the National Education Policy 2020. 19. Admission of students to the University and their enrolment .- (1) Academic Programs : (a) Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya shall offer Programs for both regular and working professionals as per its mandate, and procedures with due approval of Academic Council or Executive Council and the admissions for Foreign Students shall be with due approval of Academic Council ; (b) The Academic Council, after examining each proposal for introduction of a new Pro gramme from the point of view of its viability and desirability in the light of broad goals as set forth in the Act and Statutes of the University , shall make suitable recommendations to the Executive Council ; (c) The programs shall be conceived in alignment t o the University ‘s vision and objectives, and shall cover the entire sectors across Technology, Management and Policy ; (d) (i) The Academic Council shall prescribe maximum duration (including the period of withdrawal, if any) to earn the respective degree and the time limit is set to six years in case of four -year Undergraduate Programs (for example Bachelor of Technology), three years for the two -year Masters Programs (for example Master of Business Administration or Master of Technology and eight years for the Doctor of Philosophy program. (ii) Any individual relaxations to this, for valid documented reasons, must be brought to the Academic Council for consideration. (iii) Provisions for multiple entry and multiple exits shall be with the due approval of th e Academic Council ; (e) The curriculum of each programme, required for its successful completion, shall require prior approval of the Academic Council and any change in the approved curriculum of any existing Programme shall also require prior approval of the Academic Council and such Academic Council may delegate any of its powers to its Chair person (Vice -Chancellor) or to its committees at any relevant or appropriate time. (2) Academic Calendar : (a) (i) The Academic Session shall normally commence in the first week of August every year and e ach Academic Session shall consist of two regular semesters and may have a Summer - Term, apart from vacations, and mid -semester breaks. (ii) Each regular semester shall consist of approximately twenty -weeks duration reflecting the credit requirements for the academic programs (including minimum fourteen weeks of classes, one week of mid -semester recess, and up to three weeks of mid -semester and end -semester examinations ); (b) The exact dates for the important academic events scheduled during the Academic Session shall be specified in the Academic Calendar and the dates for the particular events shall be specified ; (c) Registration, late Registration, commencement of classes , adding and dropping of courses , submission of documents , submission of fees, examinations , submission of grades ; conversion of "I" Grades, vacations , mid-semester breaks ; (d) The Academic Calendar shall be published on the University ‘s website and t he any change therein during the session, shall require prior approval of the Academic Council. (3) Program Structure : (a) Every Program shall have a curriculum and course contents for the courses approved by the Academic Council. Curriculum consists of Foundation, Core and Elective courses further divided into tracks such as domain, multidisciplinary and professional development ; (b) Structure for various undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral Programs shall be published in the University website, from time to time. (4) Admission : The number of seats in each branch of the Program of Study for which admission is to be made in Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya as well as admission process shall be decided by the Academic Council. (5) Reservations (a) The University shall follow and adhere to the norms notified by the Government of India on reservation of seats for admissions and t he University shall strive to be socially inclusive, and seek to implement affirmative actions ; (b) The eligibility criteria, shall be set out in an information brochure to be made available to the applicants through the University website. (6) Admission Selection Process : (a) Bachelor of Tech nology Programs: Admission to the four -year Bachelor of Tech nology Prog ram shall be through Joint Seat Allocation Authority counselling ; (b) Post Graduate Programs: (i) Admission to Post Graduate Programs shall be based on, TABLE Program Regular Working Profess ionals Master of Business Administrati on the results of Common University Entrance Test for Postgraduate courses or Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Entrance Exam. Candidates with valid Common Admission Test or Xavier Aptitude Test or Management Aptitude Test scores, shall be exempt from the above tests. Shortlist ed candidates shall go through a subject test. This shall be followed with a personal interview for final selection. Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya entrance test followed by interview. Master of Technology Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering qualified followed by interview Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya entrance test followed by interview. Doctor of Philosophy Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya entrance test followed by interview. National level tests such as Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering , Council of Scientific and Industrial Research -National E ligibility Test etc., shall be considered appropriately. (ii) notwithstanding anything mention above, Executive Council shall have powers to amend or modify or change the admission selection process in future, for any of the Undergraduate or Postgraduate Programs offered by Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya ; (iii) the Executive Council shall decide on the procedure for conducting the entrance examination and preparing a merit list for the general category of stude nts and a separate merit list for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, the Other Backward Classes, Economically Weaker Sections and other reserved categories ; (iv) the eligibility requirements and frequency of admission to any approved Postgraduate Programmes, shall be decided by the Academic Council. (7) Validity of admission and its cancellation : (a) Admission to any undergraduate Programme requires that the applicant fulfil all three of the following conditions , namely: - (i) be eligible ; (ii) go through the laid down admission procedure ; (iii) pay the prescribed fees as per deadline ; (b) All admissions to Undergraduate and Postgraduate Programs shall be formally approved by the Admission Committee ; (c) All students admitted provisionally or otherwise to any Program shall submit copies of their mark sheets, provisional certificates, of the qualifying examination and other documents by the last date specified for the purpose in the Academic Calendar. (d) The Admission Committee shall cancel the admission of any student who fails to submit the prescribed documents by the specified date or to meet other stipulated requirement and may also cancel admission at any later time if it is found that the student had sup plied false information or suppressed relevant information while seeking admission ; (e) In matters of admission to any Undergraduate or Postgraduate Programs , the decision of the Admission Committee shall be final. 20. Change of Branch .- (1) Change of Branch rules shall be reviewed and revised by the Academic Council. (2) Change of Branch shall apply to the Undergraduate programs, and cannot be claimed as a matter of right. (3) Normally a student admitted to a particular branch of the undergraduate p rogram shall continue studying in that branch till completion. (4) In special cases the University , at its discretion, may permit a student to change from one branch of studies to another after the first year, to fill vacant seats in any branch in relation to its sanctioned strength and enable students to pursue their preferred branch of study, such changes shall be permitted, in accordance with the provisions laid down hereinafter ,- (a) Only those students shall be considered eligible for change of branch after the second Semester, who have, (i) completed all the credits required in the first year of their study in the first attempt ; (ii) have not been subjected to any disciplinary action ; (b) Applications for a change of branch must be made by intending eligible students in the prescribed form and s uch a form shall be submitted at the end of the first year of their study, and the completed forms must be submitted by the last date specified in the notification ; (c) Students may enlist their choices of branch, in orde r of preference, to which they wish to change over and it shall not be permissible to alter the choices after the application has been submitted ; (d) Change of branch shall be made strictly in order of merit of the applicants provided that f or this purpose, th e Cumulative Grade Point Average obtained at the end of the first year shall be considered and i n case of a tie, the admission test rank of the applicants shall be considered. (5) The students who have scored 9.0 Cumulative Grade Point Average in the 1st year be allowed a change of branch with the condition that the overall strength of the branch do not exceed 20% of the approved strength of the branch. (6) All changes of branch made in accordance with the above rules shall be effective from the start of the secon d year of the applicants concerned and n o change of branch shall be permitted after this. (7) All changes of branch shall be final and binding on the applicants and n o student shall be permitted, under any circumstances, to refuse the change of branch chosen. 21. Registration, attendance and temporary withdrawal of students .- (1) Registration .- A student must be registered with the University in order to pursue an academic program of study . Registration shall be ensured through fulfilment of eligibility criteria and pre - requisites and timely payment of prescribed fees in accordance with timelines announced by the University . (2) Validation of Registration .- Before the commencement of clas ses of each term, on a date specified in the Term Schedule, every student is required to be present on campus and validate his registration. (3) Registration and Fee Payment : (a) Every registered student must pay the stipulated fees in full before the specified deadlines. (b) In the event that a student does not make these payments, he shall be de -registered from all courses and his name shall be struck off from the rolls. (4) Late Regi stration : (a) For reasons beyond his control, if a student is not able to register or send an authori sed representative with a medical certificate, he may apply to the Dean (Academics) for late registration. (b) Dean (Academics) may consider and approve late reg istration in genuine cases on payment of a late registration fee and late registration is permitted until a date specified in the term schedule, typically one week after the beginning of the semester. (5) Attendance Rules : (a) It is mandatory for the students to attend all classes and attendance records of all students for each course shall be maintained ; (b) (i) The Program Coordinator shall reiterate the class policy on attendance with respect to grading at the beginning of the term and t his shall be done keeping i n mind the importance of classroom learning in the teaching -learning process. (ii) Once the class attendance policy has been made clear to all the students registered for the course, the Program Coordinator shall implement the same in totality ; (c) For the purpose of attendance calculation, every scheduled class shall count as one unit irrespective of the number of contact hours ; (d) (i) Attendance record shall be maintained in every scheduled lecture, tutorial, and practical class. (ii) Students are required to strictly adhere to and comply with any method or device employed by the Course Coordinator and Instructor for purpose of Attendance Recording. (iii) Failure to do so may call for disciplinary action and the Program Coordinator sh all maintain and consolidate attendance record for the course (lectures, tutorials and practical classes together, as applicable ); (e) A Program Coordinator may choose any one or more of the following as attendance policy , namely: - (i) the Program Coordinato r shall assign 10% of the total marks to surprise quizzes ; (ii) if attendance of the student is greater than 90%, result of the best two or three quizzes shall be considered, else average of all quizzes shall be considered ; (iii) the Program Coordinator may allocate specific marks for participation in discussions in the class on a regular basis ; (iv) if a student‘s attendance is less than 75%, the student shall be awarded one grade less than the actual grade that he has earned. For example, a student who has got B grade but has attendance less than 75% shall be awarded C grade. (v) a student shall not get P grade for an audit course if his attendance is less than 75% and the Program Coordinator shall implement any other attendance policy provided the policy is appr oved by the Dean, Academics ; (vi) if a student remains absent without sanctioned leave for more than 25% of the classes, then the course instructor may recommend deregistration of the student from the course to the Head of Department or Centre or School or the Vice - Chancellor and i f accepted, the student shall not be graded for the respective course ; (f) Other implications of attendance ,- (i) if a student‘s attendance is less than 75% in more than two courses without any valid reason in a term, he is liable to be issued warning and put under probation. (ii) If this is repeated, the matter is liable to be referred to The Vice -Chancellor for action whic h may even result in expulsion ; (iii) if a student‘s attendance is less than 75% in any course or Cumulative Grade Point Average is less than 7.0, then he is liable to be barred from holding any position of responsibility in the hostel or University in the next term. (6) Continuous absence and Registration Status .- If a student is absent from the University for more than four weeks without notifying the Dean (Academics) or Head of Department, his registration shall be terminated and name shall be removed from the University rolls. (7) Temporary Withdrawal : (a) Semester withdrawal and absence for a semester shall be granted under different conditions , namely: - (i) medical and personal grounds; (ii) industrial internship; (iii) exchange or deputation to another academic institution in India or abroad; and (iv) disciplinary condition s on application ; (b) The condition s as per the following sh all be clearly specified in the application ; (i) semester withdrawal reflects the co ndition, in which a student is forced to withdraw from all courses in the Semester for medical conditions and a student shall apply for semester withdrawal if he has missed considerable teaching days on these grounds and a n application for semester withdra wal shall not be accepted after the commencement of major tests and a student is not permitted to request for term withdrawal with retrospective effect ; (ii) Semester leave indicates the situation in which a student is permitted to take one or more Semesters o ff for industrial internship or any other assignment with prior approval and planning and t he application is to be routed through his advisor or Programme coordinator and Head of the concerned Department or Centre or School ; (iii) Vice -Chancellor is the final approving authority for such requests and a ll such applications must be processed before the beginning of the Semester in which the leave shall be taken and these terms shall not be counted towards the maximum permitted time period for completion of the degree; (iv) when a student registers at another academic institution in India or abroad with the expectation of credit transfer or research work through a pre -approved arrangement including a Memorandum of Understanding, the student shall be considered as being on a Semester Exchange and the period shall be counted towards the total period permitted for the degree ; (v) when a student is suspended for one or more Semesters on disciplinary grounds, the student status shall be called deregistered or disciplinary withdr awal period. 22. Fee structure .- (1) For each academic session, the University shall prescribe and announce the fees structure and timelines for payment of fees and t he fee component shall include Admission Fees, Caution Deposit (Refundable), Registration Fees, Tuition Fees, Campus Facilities Charges, Hostel and Mess Fees, Electricity Charges, Student Benevolent Fund, Study Materials or Case Study charges, Sports Facil ities Fees, Examination Fees, Convocation Fees, Documents and Certificates Fees, Transcript Fees, Supplementary Exam Fees, Re -admission Fees, etc. (2) The students shall necessarily comply with the timelines for the fees payment. (3) The University reserves the ri ght to revise the fee from time to time, with the approval of the Executive Council. (4) If a student chooses to withdraw from the Program of study in which he is enrolled, the University shall follow the refund policy as announced by the regulatory authorities every year ,- (a) caution deposit shall be refunded in all cases at the end of the Program, after adjusting any pending dues ; (b) hostel and Mess fees (lodging and boarding) shall be refunded on pro -rata basi s and the part of month shall be calculated as full month ; (c) Campus facilities charges shall be refunded on pro -rata basis and the part of month shall be calculated as full month ; (d) An application for refund along with original fee r eceipt and admission offer letter to be submitted ; (e) fees shall be refunded within thirty working days from the date of receipt the application. 23. Financial aid or fellowship or scholarship or studentship .- Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya may provide financial aid to those students who qualify but have financial difficulty in studying at the University , as per its financial aid policy and t his applies to all the Programs except those specifically indicated viz., working professional Programs : Provided that the financial aid policy is subject to approval by Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya‘s Executive Council and it reserves the right to make changes in the policy. (1) Financial aid (Annual) is available in two slabs (i) Slab 1. Gross family annual income < INR 1,00,000 (less than one lakh rupees) Table Financial Aid: 100% Tuition Waiver 50% Hostel Fee Waiver (ii) Slab 2. Gross family annual income INR 1,00,000 - INR 3,00,000 (between one lakh and three lakh rupees) Table Financial Aid: 50% Tuition Waiver 25% Hostel Fee Waiver (2) The financial aid applies to all academic years at Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya. (3) After the first year, it may be continued in subsequent years, subject to the student family income criteria, as outlined above or decided by the University for that year. Provided that the student has to maintain a minimum annual Cumulative Grade Point Av erage of 8.0, clear all subjects in first attempt and maintain good conduct for continuation of the aid. Note: (1) The number of students to be provided the financial aid is restricted to a maximum of 10% separately for the undergraduate and post graduate sea ts for each slab (excluding supernumerary seats). In case the number of applications exceeds this limit, the candidate‘s ranking in the overall merit list ( Joint Entrance Examination Mains or Joint Seat Allocation Authority for Bachelor of Tech nology ) shall be taken into consideration to decide the final list. 20% of the seats available for financial aid, under each Slab, shall be reserved for female candidates. If the seats reserved for girls remain unfilled then the seat shall be filled as per merit lis t. (2) Eligible candidates shall apply for financial aid after admission. Only forms submitted with complete and correct information and the required documents by the due date shall be considered. (4) Following Documentation is required to be submitted with the application: (a) Attested Copy of Income Certificate issued by the Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tehsildar or the latest (Income Tax Return) of all earning family members and a ny other document asked for in proof of income of parents shall have to be presented ; (b) Self-attested Copy of Aadhaar Card of the candidate. (5) Students receiving any other scholarship including through Corporate Social Responsibility funds shall be excluded from the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Student Financial Aid. (6) The Unive rsity shall aspire to connect with Corporates or organisations to increase the possibilities for Scholarship for its students. (7) The University shall strive to institute scholarships to encourage meritocracy amongst students, through fostering additional scholarships or modifying current mechanisms. 24. Grading policy .- (1) As a measure of students‘ academic performance, a grading system using the following letter grades and corresponding grade points per credit, as shown below, shall be followed: Table Letter Grade Grade point Per Credit Performance A+ 10 A 9 B 8 C 7 D 6 E 5 U 0 Unsatisfactory P - Pass Particularly applicable to non -credit courses. I 0 Incomplete (subsequently to be changed into pass (E to A+) or U grade in the same term) (2) An ‗I‘ grade is awarded in case of absence on medical grounds or other special circumstances, before or during the end -term examination period, provided the student has met the attendance criterion of the course and a n application requesting, I -grade shall be made at the earliest but not later than the last day of the end -term tests. (3) A Term Grade Point Average (semester grade point average) shall be computed for each term and t he semester grade point average shall be calculated as follows: where ‗n‘ is the number of subjects registered and cleared for the term, ‗c i‘ is the number of credits allotted to a particular subject, and ‗g i‘ is the grade -points carried by the letter corresponding to the grade awarded to the student for the subject and shall be rounded off to the second place of decimal and recorded as such. The Semester Grade Point Average shall indicate the performance of the student in the term to which it refers. (4) Starting from the second term at the end of each term S, a cumulative grade point average shall be computed for every student as follows: Where ‗m‘ is the total number of subjects the student has registered and cleared from the first term onwards up to and including the term S,‗c i‘ is the number of credits allotted to a particular subject ‗s i‘ and ‗g i‘ is the grade -point carried by the letter corresponding to the grade awarded to the student for the subject ‗s i‘. cumulative grade point average sha ll be rounded off to the second place of decimal and recorded as such. (5) The cumulative grade point average shall indicate the cumulative performance of the student from the first term up to the end of the term to which it refers. (6) The cumulative grade point average, semester grade point average and the grades obtained in all the subjects in a term shall be communicated for every student at the end of every term. (7) In general, there shall be no rigid marks -to-grade linkage. Difficulty levels of the examinations, tests, assignments, viva - voce and other factors that contribute to the final marks are to be considered by the teacher or co -ordination committee of a subject while converting marks into letter grades. (8) Typically, mar ks-to-grade conversion shall follow the guideline below: Table Letter Grade Marks Range A+ >= 90 A 80 <= m < 90 B 70 <= m < 80 C 60 <= m < 70 D 50 <= m < 60 E 40 <= m < 50 U < 40 (9) Exceptionally high performance is to be assigned an ‗A+‘ grade. The average performance is to be assigned a ‗C‘ grade. Normally, in a reasonably large class of students (class size > 30), distribution of grades is expected to be as follows: Table Letter Grade Marks Range A+ <= 10% A 10–20% B, C, D 20–35% E 10–25% U <= 5% (10) When a student gets the grade ‗U‘ in any subject during a term, the Grade Point Averag e and the cumulative grade point average from that term onwards shall be tentatively calculated, taking only ‗zero point‘ for each such ‗U‘ grad e and after the ‗U‘ grade has or have been substituted by better grades during a subsequent term, the grade point average and the cumulative grade point average of all the terms, starting from the earliest term in which the ‗U‘ grade has been updated, shall be recomputed and recorded to take this change of grade into account. (11) In certain courses, particularly in the case of non -credit courses, a grade of only pass or fail may apply and i n such circumstances, a student shall recei ve a grade ‗P‘ for passing the course or a grade ‗U‘ for failing the course. In case a grade of only pass or fail applies to a credit course, P shall stand for 10 grade points per credit for pass and 0 grade points for fail. (12) Conversion of cumulative grade point average into percentage marks: In case of a specific query by students or employers regarding conversion of cumulative grade point average into percentage marks, the following formula shall be adopted for notional conversion of cumulative grade point average into percentage marks. (13) Formula: % Marks = Cumulative Grade Point Average x 9.5 (14) Grade Card : The grade card issued at the end of the semester to each student shall contain the following: (i) the name of the course and the credits for each course registered in that term ; (ii) the letter grade and grade point obtained in each course ; (iii) the total number of credits earned by the student up to the end of that term in each of the course categories ; (iv) the Cumulative Grade Point Average of all the courses taken from the first term. (15) Promotion and Discontinuation of Study : (1) A student shall fulfil the following conditions for registration ,- (a) Cleared half of the registered credits of the preceding Semesters (after supplementary examinations). (b) If the above condition is not fulfilled, student shall have to repeat that Semester by registering for the subjects with grade U or I. (c) If after completio n of the 4th Semester, the student fails to clear 2/3rd of the credits registered in the first two Semesters, the student shall be counselled to pursue different academic pathways. (2) The student must register the backlog courses first giving priority to the oldest backlogs and the students shall register by default for backlog courses being offered in a particular Semester. (3) The student shall be allowed to register for any course only after he has cleared all pre -requisites for that course. (4) For students havin g more than one backlog in a Semester the registered credit in that Semester inclusive of backlog subjects must not exceed the prescribe and the credits of internship and field trips shall be excluded while calculating credit limit and the final year stude nts may be allowed to take prescribed credits and, in addition, two backlog subjects in a Semester provided he has a cumulative grade point average of 5.00 and above. (5) The candidate earns the degree on completing the prescribed course work and clearing the minimum required credits with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 5.00. (16) Audit Courses : (1) The Audit Courses are the ones the students may choose to undertake for gaining additional knowledge and skills as per their need and the grades earnt through the Audit Course shall not be counted for semester grade point average or cumulative grade point average calculation. (2) The Program Coordinator may permit a student to register for an audit course provided the course instructor allows auditing a course and t he Dean (Academics) may also approve Massive Open Online Course courses recommended by faculty to be audited and reflected accordingly in the students‘ Grade Card. (3) The word "AU" shall be written alongside the course name in the Grade Card and t he audit c ourse shall not carry any credits and grade points and an Audit Course outcome shall be shown in the grade card as "P" for passed candidates. 25. Examinations .- (1) In assessing the student's performance in subjects, the system of continuous assessment is adopted by the University and in conformity with this practice, faculty members are empowered to adopt the modes of assessment that they deem the most suitable for t esting students‘ grasp on the subject and measuring their performance. (2) Modes of Assessment (Theory or Laboratory or Project or Seminar): Evaluation for the course may include class tests or quizzes, written reports, oral presentations, viva voce, project s submissions, case studies, individual or group assignments, mid-semester , end-semester examinations, and other assessment tools and t he Academic Council may prescribe any or all components as mandatory for a student, including minimum pass percentage for the end semester examination . (3) The weightage assigned to different components of assessment shall be announced by the concerned faculty member in the beginning of the Semester, preferably in the course outline. (4) A student must fulfil all the requirements of continuous assessment process as prescribed by the faculty or co - ordination committee of the subject and i f due to any compelling reas on (such as his illness, calamity in the family, etc.) a student fails to meet any of the requirements on the scheduled date and time, the teacher or co -ordination committee in consultation with the concerned Head of the Department may take such steps (inc luding conduction of compensatory tests or examinations) as are deemed fit. (5) For the benefit of and as a process of learning by the students, the scripts after correction of all class tests, assignments, mid - Semester examinations, end-semester examinations shall be shown to the students within fifteen days from the last date of tests or mid -semester or end-semester examination. Students shall point out discrepancies in the evaluation by the instructor, if any, on the spot and no claims whatsoever shall be entertained afterwards. (6) Minimum 30 percent marks in the end -term examination is essential to qualify for passing the course. (7) The final grades for a subject must be submitted after the end- semester examination by the concerned faculty member or Instructor to the office of Controller of Examinations. (8) A student may be debarred from appearing in the end Semester examination due to the following reasons: (a) If he has ceased to be a registered student (for example has not cleared University and hostel dues up to that Semester, disciplinary matter) ; (b) If his attendance in the Lecture or Tutorial or Studio or Practical classes is inadequate during the Semester as per University rules. (9) Supplementary or Make -up Examination : (1) A student who earns an ‗U‘ or ‗I‘ in any core course shall have to appear for a supplementary or make -up exam and must secure a pass grade in that course and m ake-up exam shall be offered only in case of genuine reasons such as medical with due evidence. (2) A student who has not appeared in the end-term or final evaluation of a particular course shall be awarded ‗U‘ or ‗I‘ grade, as applicable, in that course, irrespective of the marks obtained by him in the mid-term examination and other components of the Continuous Evaluation Scheme. (3) The supplementary or makeup examination shall normally be offered before or during the subsequent term , a student was deregistered in the previous semester shall have to register for that course again in the following semester(s). (4) A student is eligible for only one supplemen tary or makeup examination in a course to clear the backlog , in case a student fails in the Supplementary or makeup examination , he has to register for that course again (including payment of the prescribed fees) in a regular term or during vacation term a nd repeat the course by attending the classes and exams. (5) The end term exam alone shall alone b e substituted by the supplementary or makeup examination . The sessional marks (i.e. quiz marks etc.) earned by the student during the term shall be taken into ac count for calculating the final marks. (6) University at its discretion may conduct remedial or refresher classes for students failing in a course. (7) The student who passes the course after supplementary exam in a course in which he secured ‗U‘ or ‗I‘ grade, shall be awarded one grade lower than the grade he shall have obtained with those marks in regular exam, unless the grade is E. (10) Any exception to the Supplementary Exam policy may be referred to the Vice -Chancellor for approval. 26. Ensuring fair examination .- (1) The University stands for absolute and impeccable integrity in all the examinations (including all components of assessments of a course) and shall ensure the credibility and academic sanctity. (2) Cases adopting unfair means in an examination shall be dealt with by the committee on prevention of examination malpractices. (3) A candidate shall not use unfair means in connection with any examination. (4) The following shall constitute and deemed to be adop tion of unfair means or practices during examinations , namely: - (a) in possession of incriminating materials related or unrelated to the subject of the examination concerned; (b) paper leaking ; (c) unauthori sed access (or attempts thereof) to the University systems, with an intention to gain access to the examination papers, answer -scripts; (d) influencing an examiner (or instructor) to gain undue favours; (e) copying in any form (for example either from the possessed material or other examinees or internet) ; (f) inter-changing of answer scripts; (g) change of seat for copying; (h) trying to benefit other candidates for unfair practices; (i) consulting fellow examinees; (j) exchange of answer sheets or relevant materials; (k) writing some other candidate‘s register number in the main answer paper; (l) insertion of pre -written answer sheets (Main sheets or Additional Sheets); (m) threatening the invigilator or insubordinate behavior as reported by the Chief Superintendent and or the Hall Superintendent; (n) consulting the invigilator for answering the questions in the examination; (o) impersonation; (p) mass copying; and (q) use of social media and other technology platforms or advances during the exams or any evaluation components (viz., projects or assignments , etc). (5) The Academic Council may periodically review the examination process with an intention to define and uphold the highest values and transparency. (6) An ―Examination Disciplinary Committee‖ shall be set up by the Controller of Examinations. (7) When an unfair p ractice is observed, the matter shall be immediately reported to the Controller of Examination along with the related documents, evidences , etc. (a) the Examination Disciplinary Committee shall conduct the investigation and make necessary recommendations for the approvals by the competent authority ; (b) if the Controller of Examinations is satisfied that there has been a mass -scale copying or use of unfair means on a mass - scale, he may report the matter to the competent authority to cancel the examination of all the candidates concerned and order re - examination. Punishment for using unfair means during examination Severity of Offence Details Punishment Level 1  If a student is found carrying un -authori sed material like chits, electronic gadgets like tablets, programmable calculators, mobile phone , etc., but not utilised.  If a student is found verbally communicating with another student inside or outside the examination room.  Misbehaving with invigilators. Strict warning to be issued to the concerned student. Penalty of one grade point in the concerned course. Level 2  A student is found using a mobile phone, chits, books or other unauthori sed material.  Identical answers in the examination.  Copying from other student .  Exchange of question paper or answer sheet or any other material  Threatening invigilator . Zero marks to be awarded to the student in the concerned course. Student need to repeat the particular course (i.e. no provision for supplementary exam). Penalty of one grade point in all the courses registered during that semester. Level 3  Impersonation.  Took the answer sheet out of the examination room during or after the examination .  Student found destroying evidence of malpractice .  Student found with an unauthori sed answer sheet . Zero marks to be awarded to the student in all the courses registered during that particular semester. Student need to repeat all the courses (i.e. no provision for supplementary exams). On repeat offence, a higher punishment shall follow. University reserves the right to expel such a student from its rolls. (8) A candidate, within one month of the receipt of the decision of the University , may appeal to the Vice -Chancellor, in writing for a review of the case and i f the Vice -Chancellor is satisfied that this representation has merits, he may refer the case back to the Examination Discipline Committee for reconsideration. 27. Conduct and discipline amongst students .- (1) Every student is required to observe discipline and decorous behavior both inside and outside the campus and not to indulge in any activity which shall bring down the reputation of the University . (2) The following shall constitute gross violation of the code of conduct and are liable to disciplinary actions: (3) The University has a zero -tolerance policy towards ragging and is strictly prohibited inside and outside the University campus. ragging is a criminal and non -available offence as per the law and t he University shall follow the guidelines on ragging issued by the Hon‘ble Supreme Court of India and University Grants Commission. (4) The University has a zero -tolerance policy against sexual harassment, which is widely condemned as a form of human rights viola tion, an infringement on life and liberty and a grave form of gender -based discrimination and sexual harassment of any level is a punishable offence. (a) Sexual harassment of any kind which shall also include: unwelcome sexual proposition or advancements, sexually graphic comments of a body, unwelcome touching, patting, pinching or leering of parts of the body or persistent offensive or unwelcome sexual jokes and comments ; (b) eve-teasing or disrespectful behavior or any misbehavior with a girl student, woman s taff member or visitor. (5) Offences against persons with disability : (a) intentionally insults or intimidates with intent to humiliate a person with disability in any place within public view; (b) assaults or uses force to any person with disability with intent to dishonor him or outrage the modesty of a woman with disability; (c) having the actual charge or control over a person with disability voluntarily or knowingly denies food or fluids to him; (d) being in a position to dominate of a child or woman with disability and uses that position to exploit her sexually; (e) voluntarily injures, damages or interferes with the use of any limb or sense or any supporting device of a person with disability (f) these offences shall be punishable as per the Rights of a Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (. 49 of 2016). (6) Furnishing false statement of any kind in the form of application for admission or for award of scholarship , etc. (7) Act of verbal abuse or physical assault. (8) Threatening fellow students, staff, faculty and authorities o f the universities, including any third party workers deployed in the University or hostels . (9) Adoption of unfair means in the examinations. (10) Displaying lack of courtesy and decorum; resorting to indecent behavior anywhere within or outside the campus. (11) Damaging or stealthily removing any property or belongings of the University , or fellow students. (12) Possession , consumption or distribution of alcoholic drinks or any kind of banned drugs or smoking inside the campus as well as in public areas. (13) Possession of firearms or any other lethal weapon. (14) Tampering with any fire extinguisher or fire alarm system, or any activity compromising security and safety within the University or hostels premises. (15) Gambling of any kind. (16) Littering in the campus. (17) Organi sing or parti cipating in any group activity in company with others in or outside the campus without prior permission of the Dean of Students‘ Affairs or Warden. (18) Mutilation , theft or unauthori sed possession of library books. (19) Resorting to noisy and unseemly behavior, disturbing studies of fellow students, disturbing peaceful and tranquil atmosphere of the University or hostels. (20) Misuse of Internet or e -mail facilities or tempering or hacking with servers anywhere in the University , includ ing access to pornography and banned sites. (21) Interacting with media (any form of media, including social media) without express approval of the competent authority of the University , on matters related to the University affairs. (22) Forming , or attempting to fo rm, any association or union that is unrecognised by the University . (23) Not intimating his absence to the Warden of the hostel before availing any leave. (24) Arousing communal, caste or regional feeling or creating disharmony among students or employees. (25) Any act of moral turpitude. (26) Damaging or defacing or unauthorised shifting of any property of the University or the property of any employee of the University . (27) Breaking open locked rooms, cupboards, safes, lockers and so on, and unauthorised locking of open rooms of the University . (28) Causing disturbance to and hindering the smooth functioning of classrooms, libraries, laboratories, workshops, canteens, mess, hostels or office. (29) Use of abusive, defamatory, derogatory or intimidatory language against any student or empl oyee of the University or visitor to the University . (30) All acts of physical violence including pelting of stones and other objects. (31) All forms of coercion and intimidation such as wrongful confinements, gheraos, laying siege, sit -ins, blocking entry and exit, prevention of normal movement of traffic, or any variation of the same, which disrupt the normal academic and administrative functioning of the University and which deter the officers , faculty and other employees of the University from discharging their d uty, and which disturb their right to privacy and free movement. (32) Not sending of an individual representation to higher authorities of University through proper channel. (33) Making joint or anonymous representation to the University Authorities . (34) Deliberate boycott of classes, practicals and field visits as part of protest. (35) All forms of demonstration which have the effect of bringing down the public image of the University including shouting of slogans, display of condemnatory placards, burning of effigies, taking out protest marches, resorting to hunger strikes , etc. (36) Talking to the media or publishing or posting of content on the Internet including social media and You Tube with the intention to slander or bring disrepute to the University , or any student or section of students, or any officer , faculty or other employee of the University . (37) Bringing any political or other outside influence in respect of academic or disciplinary matters pertaining to the University . (38) Furnishing false certificates or false informa tion in any manner to the University . (39) Committing forgery, tampering with the Identity Card or University records, impersonation, misusing University property (movable or immovable), documents and records, tearing of pages, defacing, burning or in any way d estroying the books, journals, maga sines and any material of library or unauthori sed photocopying or possession of library books, journals, maga sines or any other material. (40) Theft of movable property belonging to the University or any person. (41) Using unfair m eans in any examination and committing other examination -related offences. (42) Indulging in plagiarism in projects, assignments and papers submitted by students as a part of their academic activities. (43) Unauthori sed occupation of the hostel room or any other University premises and unauthorized acquisition and use of University property in one‘s hostel room or elsewhere. (44) Causing or colluding in the unauthori sed entry of any person into the Campus or in the unauthori sed occupation of any portion of the University premises, including hostels, by any person. (45) Not joining the campus on the opening day of a semester and overstaying on leave without valid justification. (46) Leaving the campus without prior permission of the competent authority, and staying outside the campus beyond the permitted timings. (47) Not complying with the stipulations of Parade, Roll Call, Fall -in- Line and physical training wherever applicable. (48) Not maintaining due decorum in class rooms, libraries, laboratories, workshops, hostels, mess and ca nteen. (49) Improper behavior while on tour or excursion. (50) Violation of dress code of Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya. (51) Any other offence under the law of land. (52) Non-compliance with any instructions issued by the Vice - Chancellor or any other competent authority from time to time. (53) Disciplinary measures shall c ommensurate with the gravity of the offence, the University may take any action including but not limiting to: reprimanding, financial penalty, academic suspension or deregistration for semester, debarment from an examination, rustication for a specified period or even outright expulsion from the University or hostels. (54) The University shall evolve necessary mechanisms, including set up of Students Disciplinary Committee, to ensure proper discipline amongst students , recommendation of all such committees shall be considered by the Dean of Students Welfare. (55) All cases involving ragging shall be referred to Anti -Ragging Committee and those involving sexual harassment shall be referred to Internal Complaints Committee a nd all grievances of the nature defined under University Grants Commission (grievance redressal) Regulations , 2018, shall be referred to Students Grievance Redressal Committee. 28. Prohibition and punishment for ragging .- (1) Ragging in any form is strictly prohibited within the premises of the University and outside the University Campus including the Hostels as well as on public transport. (2) Complaints against ragging shall be dealt in accordance with the ‗University Grants Commission Regulations on Curbing the Menace of Ragging in Higher Educational Institutions, 2009‘. 29. Migration and transfer of students . - (1) It shall be open to the Dean of the college or institution to admit a student who has put in part attendance in another college within the University area and who seeks admission in the college or institution during the course of an academic year subject to the following conditions: (a) The subjects and the medium of instruction s offered in both the colleges institutions are the same ; (b) There must be a vacancy in the college or institution in the course of study concerned ; (c) The prescribed fees for such combination of attendance shall be collected from the students ; (d) A no objection certificate from the college or institution concerned shall be produced. Note: Combination of attendance shall not be granted: (a) If there is a change either in the language under Foundation course, or, in the optional subject under core course, and (b) If the sanctioned strength is exceeded by such admission. (2) Students transferred from other Universities and seeking admission in the University may be permitted to be admitted to the corresponding branch of the concerned course provided that,- (a) Equivalence of the course concerned is approved by the University ; (b) They shall produce documentary evidence from the Head of the Institution in which they have last studied ; (c) A certificate stating that they have earned necessary attendance and progress as prescribed by the University concerned till the date of their leaving that institution ; (d) They shall have passed all the examinations prescribed by the Parent University for the duration of the course of study already put in and shall have to produce documentary evidence to that effect along with the application for admission ; (e) They shall pay the prescribed fees for such migration to the University ; (f) They shall undergo the remaining course of study and pass the examinations prescribed thereof in the University and satisfactory fulfill such other requirements as prescribed by the University ; and (g) They shall be eligible for classification but not for ranking in the University examination concerned. 30. Award of degrees, diplomas, certificates and other distinctions . - (1) In order to qualify for a degree Program, a student shall have: (a) registered and successfully completed all the core courses and projects; (b) successfully acquired the minimum required credits as specified in the curriculum corresponding to the branch of his study within the stipulated time; (c) earned the specified credits in all the categories of subjects ; (d) secured a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 5.0 (for Undergraduate ) and 6.0 (for Postgraduate ) in passed subjects only; and (e) have cleared all dues to the University , Hostel, the Library and the Department and no disciplinary action pending against him. (2) The minimum total credit requirements for the award of degree shall be as approved by the Academic Council. (3) The award of the deg ree shall be recommended by the Academic Council and approved by the Executive Council. (4) The Academic Council and Executive Councils shall also approve to institute and confer various forms of medals and distinctions for academic and or extracurricular ac hievements. (5) Degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions shall be conferred by the University on students who have been duly certified to be qualified for such award by the Academic Council. (6) Conferment of an honorary degree of the Univer sity shall be in accordance of the statutes 28 and the Executive Council may, on the recommendation of the Academic Council and by a majority of not less than two -thirds of the members present and voting, make proposals to the Visitor for the conferment of honorary degrees . (7) In case of emergency, the Executive Council may on its own, make such proposals and the following of the honorary degrees may be conferred upon a person on the ground that he is, by reason of eminent position and attainments or by virtue of his contribution to learning or eminent services t o the cause of education or society , a fit and proper person to receive such degree: - (a) Doctor of Letters; (b) Doctor of Laws; and (c) Doctor of Science. (8) The honorary degrees shall be conferred only at convocation and may be taken in person or in absentia. (9) The Aca demic Council shall approve the format of the Honorary degree in each case. 31. Withholding conferment of any degree or diploma or Award of any certificate . - Notwithstanding anything contained in any other Ordinance, the Executive Council may, on the recommendation of the Vice - Chancellor, by a resolution passed with the concurrence of not less than two thirds of the members voting, withhold for such period as they may deem fit, conferment of any degree or diploma or Award of any certificate to any successful candidate at an examination of the University , for reasons, which, in their opinion, justify such withholding for example, unruly or disorderly conduct, or violence on the campus or in a college , or conviction for an offence involving violence or moral turpitude. 32. Alumni association and membership fee. - (1) The Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya shall form an Alumni association . (2) The Vice -Chancellor shall be the Ex -Officio Patron of the Alumni Association. (3) The Dean (Alumni Affairs) – [or Dean (S tudents‘ Welfare ) – in his absence] shall be the convener of the Alumni Association. (4) All graduates from Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya irrespective of the degree, shall automatically become members of the alumni association upon payment of the prescribed fee. (5) The prescribe d fee (one time) – Rs. 5000 and t his may be subject to change by the Alumni Association through its Patron. (6) The Alumni Association shall have a constitution governing its activities and s uch a constitution may need to be ratified by the General Body of the association, before final approval by the Patron. 33. Classification, emoluments, qualifications and other terms and conditions of service of the teachers and other academic staff of the University. - (1) Short Title, Extent and Commencement These are called the conditions of Service of Teachers and other Academic Staff of Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya (a) These ordinances shall apply to all teachers of the University of the University ; (b) These ordinances shall also apply to academic staff of this University ; Explanation: The term academic staff unless contrary to the context, shall include every employee of the University who is required to take part in teaching and or research in University Departments, Centers, Schools and other institutions maintained or affiliated to the University ; (c) These ordinances shall be deemed to have come into force on the date of its approval by the Executive Council; Provided that the scales of pay and allowances shall come into effect on such dates as the Government of India have notified or the University shall n otify in relation to such items; Provided further that nothing in these ordinances shall be deemed to adversely affect any condi tions of service of any teacher already in service. (2) Pay Scales : The pay scales of different categories of teachers shall be as per the scales approved or adopted by the Executive Council or Government of India from time to time. (3) Recruitment and qualifications : (a) All appointments to teaching posts shall be either by direct recruitment on the basis of merit through all India advertisement by duly constituted Selection Committee or by deputation or b y promotions as provided herein: Provided that a representative of the S cheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes , women and physically handicapped persons shall be included in the Selection Committee whenever persons from any of these categories appear for interview. (b) The minimum qualificat ions for the post of Assistant Professors, Associate Professors and Professor and other equivalent posts in Library, Physical Education, shall be those prescribed by the University from time to time and every order or clarification issued by Gati Shakti Vi shwavidyalaya in this regard shall be deemed to be part of these O rdinances , as the case may be , and shall take effect from the date prescribed in such order. (4) Incentives for research d egrees: Additional increments shall be provided to the faculty on direct recruitment as prescribed by regulatory authorities (if applicable), from time to time. (5) Probation and c onfirmation: (a) Every teacher shall be appointed on probation for a period of twelve months which may be extended by the Executive Council wherever necessary. Provided that the case of each teacher shall be considered for confirmation by a duly constituted review committee or by the Vice -Chancellor and shall be reported to the Executive Council closer to the conclusion of the probation period and the teacher sha ll be informed of the decision not later than fifteen days prior to the expiration of the period of probation. (b) Where a teacher appointed on probation is found, during the period of probation, not suitable for holding that post or has not complet ed the period of probation whether extended or not, satisfactorily, the E xecutive Council may (i) if the appointment is by promotion, revert the incumbent to the previous post held by him; and (ii) if the appointment is by direct recruitment, terminate the teacher‘s services under the University without notice. (6) Increment: Every teacher shall be entitled to draw his increment in his scale of pay unless it is withheld or postponed by a resolution of the Executive Council on a reference by the Vice - Chancel lor and the teacher has been provided with an adequate opportunity of making his representation as to why such an action shall not be taken. (7) Leave: Every teacher shall be eligible for leave as stated in Ordinance -35 (Leave rules of Teaching Faculty) . (8) Retirement: All teachers shall retire at the end of the month in which they complete the age of sixty -five years; Provided that the University may permit the teacher to continue to serve after retirement as aforesaid till the end of the academic year to ensure that the teaching work is not dislocated. (9) Re -employment of retired persons as teachers and part -time teachers: Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (8) above, the University may engage any person who has superannuated on contract to serve the University in teaching and other academic activities subject to such guidelines as the Executive Council may from time t o time issue in this regard and that pay shall be fixed according to the Government of India instructions on the pay fixation of pensioners; Provided that no person who has attained the age of seventy years be appointed under this cla use. (10) Duties of the Teacher : (a) No teacher shall without previous sanction of the E xecutive Council engage directly or indirectly in any employment, trade or business to which any emolument or honorarium or other pecuniary benefit is attached. Provided that nothing in this shall apply to any work undertaken in connection with examination of academic bodies or literary or scientific work or publication or radio talk or extension lecturers or other academic work undertaken with the permission of the Vice -Chancellor. (b) Every teacher shall be bound to act in conformity with the Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations and Rules of the University for the time being in force as well as a code of professional ethics as may be formulated by the University . (11) Resignation: (a) all permanent teacher may resign his position after giving three months‘ notice in writing to the University or three months‘ salary in lieu of the notice. (b) all temporary teacher may resign his post after giving one months‘ notice in writing to the University or one months‘ salary in lieu of the notice. Provided that the Executive Council may waive the notice period. (12) Contract: All teacher s shall be appointed on a written contract (Acceptance of o ffer of appointment) and one copy shall be lodged with the Registrar, subject to nothing in this clause shall limit the Executive Coun cil from entering into special c ontract providing great er benefits to the teacher. (13) Part -time teachers: Part-time teacher may be appointed by the University when exceptional circumstances require such appointments : Provided that qualification, emoluments prescribed for full -time teachers shall apply to such part -time teachers. (14) Variation in terms and conditions of service: All teacher of the University shall be bound by the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations for the time being in force in the University ; Provided that no change in the terms and conditions of service of a teacher shall be made after his appointment, in regard to designation, scale of pay, increment, provident fund, retirement benefits, age of retirement, probatio n, confirmation, leave salary and removal from service , etc., so as to adversely affect him, but this does not in any way restrain the University from incorporating the rules and regulations in the Statutes or Ordinances of the University based on the comm unication from the Government of India from time to time. 34. Policy on compensation for faculty and group -A officers . - (1) The salary and allowances shall be as the pay structure approved or adopted by Executive Council or Government of India. (2) Relocation Assistance: (a) The relocation assistance include travel for self and dependent family members and freight cost towards transfer of personal goods, joining time , etc., as per Government of India rules for those joining the University on technical r esignation from Government o f India or State Government or public sector undertakings or autonomous bodies of Government of India or State and as per the limits as indicated below, for those joining the University other than on technical resignation or on public interest. (b) For those from non -governmental establishments, reimbursement of relocation expenses including one -time travel (as per entitled mode of travel) for self and dependent family from current place to residence at Vadodara, and transfer of personal effects (latter subject to a maximum of one lakh rupees for India, and two lakhs for overseas relocation) shall be allowed. (3) Professional Development Assistance: Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya endeavours to encourage faculty members to strive for excellence and work towards self -development and professional development assistance is made available to the faculty to meet the expenses for participation in national and international conferences, payment of membership fee of professional bodies and contingent expenses and the amount of rupees three lakhs for a period of three years for attending conferences, membership to professional bodies , etc. and there shall not be fu rther accumulation beyond the rupees three lakhs. (The present block is FY 2023 -26.) (4) Initiation Grant: Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya has been striving to become an institution of excellence in education and resear ch in the transportation sector, i nitiation grant shall be made available to faculty on joining for initial research set -up at the University , this shall be subject to approval of the Vice - Chancellor , a grant of rupees five lakhs on joining to be used for initial research setup. 35. Leave rules of teaching faculty .- (1) Leave of any kind shall not be availed as a matter of right and it may be refused or revoked by the sanctioning authority in the interest of the University and leave shall always be got sanctioned in advance, except in case of urgency. (2) Subject to (1), the University teachers shall be eligible for the following kinds of leave: (a) Duty Leave: Duty Leave of the maximum of thirty days (this excludes the absence for Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya related works which the Vice -Chancellor shall approve within the delegated powers) in an academic year may be granted for the following : (i) attending Conferences, congresses, symposia and seminars on behalf of the University and with the permission of the University . (ii) delivering lectures in institutions and Universities at the invitation of such institutions or Universities received by the University , and accepted by the Vice - Chancellor. (iii) working in another Indian or foreign University , any other agency, institution or organisation, when so deputed by the University . (iv) participating in a delegation or working on a committee appointed by the Central Government, State Government, the University Grants Commission, a sister Universit y or any other academic body; (v) the duration of leave shall be such as may be considered necessary by the sanctio ning authority on each occasion; (vi) the leave may be granted on full pay, provided that if the teacher receives a fellowship or honorarium or any ot her financial assistance beyond the amount needed for normal expenses, he may be sanctioned duty leav e on reduced pay and allowances; (vii) duty leave may be combined with earned leave, half p ay leave or extraordinary leave; (viii) duty l eave shall be given also for attending meetings in the Universities Grant s Commission, Department of Scien ce and Technology, etc, where a teacher is invited to share expertise with academic bodies, government or Non -Government Organisation. (ix) for performing any other duty for the Univer sity; (b) Sabbatical Leave: (i) permanent, whole time teachers of the University who have completed six years of service may be granted sabbatical leave to undertake study or research or other academic pursuit solely for the object of increasing their proficiency and usefulness to the University and higher education system. (ii) (A) t he du ration of leave shall not exceed one year at a time and two times in the entire career of a teacher : Provided that sabbatical leave shall not be granted until the expiry of six years from the date of the teacher‘s return from previous sabbatical leave. (B) a teacher shall, during the period of sabbatical leave, be paid full pay and allowances (su bject to the prescribed conditions being fulfilled) at the rates applicable to him immediately prior to his proceeding on sabbatical leave. (iii) a teacher on sabbatical leave shall not take up, during the period of that leave, any regular appointment under another organisation in India or abroad and he may, however, be allowed to accept a fellowship or a research scholarship or ad hoc teaching and r esearch assignment with honorarium or any other form of assistance, other than regular employment in an institution of advanced studies: Provided that in such cases the Executive Council may, if it so desires, sanction sabbatical leave on reduced pay and allowances. (iv) during the period of sabbatical leave, the teacher shall be allowed to draw the increment on the due date and the period of leave shall also count as service for purposes of New Pension Scheme, provided that the teacher re -joins the University on the expiry of his leave, as such, the New Pension Scheme contribution shall be made only after return from sabbatical leave ; (c) Casual Leave : (i) t otal casual leave granted to a teacher shall not exceed eight days in a calendar year ; and (ii) casual leave shall not be combined with any other kind of leave except special casual leave , casual leave may be combined with holidays including Sundays and such h olidays or Sundays falling within the period of casual leave shall not be counted as casual leave: (d) Special Casual Leave : (i) special casual leave, not exceeding fifteen days in an academic year, may be granted to a teacher; (A) to attend invited Programs, project related presentations, conduct examination of a University or Public Service Commission or board of examination or other similar bodies or institutions; and (B) to inspect academic institutions att ached to a statutory board, etc; (ii) in computing the fifteen days' leave admissible, the days of actual journey, if any, to and from the places where activities specified above, take place, shall be excluded; (iii) in addition, special casual leaves to the extent mentioned below, may also be granted; (a) to undergo sterilisation operation (vasectomy or salpingectomy) under family welfare Programme and leave in this case shall be restricted to six working days; and (b) to a female teacher who underg oes non -puerperal sterilis ation, leave in this case shall be restricted to fourteen days. (iv) special casual leave shall not be accumulated, nor shall it be combined with any other ki nd of leave except casual leave and it may be granted in combination with holidays or vacation by the sanctio ning authority on each occasion; (e) Earned Leave : (i) vacation leave ( eligible vacation staff only ) during specified vacation period of the university that is sixty days in a year ; (ii) earned leave admissible to a teacher shall be: Fifty percent of the unused vacation period including vacation; (iii) earned leave at the credit of a teacher shall not accum ulate beyond three hundred days, the maximum earned leave that may be sanctioned at a time shall not exceed sixty days and earned leave exceeding sixty days may, however, be sanctioned in the case of training, or leave with medical certificate, or whe n the entire leave, or a portion thereof, is spent outside India; (f) Half -pay Leave : Half-pay leave admissible to a permanent teacher shall be twenty days for each completed year of service and such leave may be granted on the basis of medical c ertificate from a registered medical practitioner, for private affairs or for academic purposes. Explanation : A "completed year of service" means continuous service of specified duration under the University and includes periods of absence from duty as well as leave including extraordinary leave ; (g) Commuted Leave Commuted leave, not exceeding half the amount of half pay leave due, may be granted on the basis of medical certificate from a registered medical practitioner to a permanent teacher subject to the following conditions , namely: - (i) commuted leave during the entire service shall be limited to a maximum of two hundred forty days; (ii) when commuted leave is granted, twice the amount of such leave shall be debited against the half -pay leave due; and (iii) the total duration of earned leave and comm uted leave taken in conjunction shall not exceed two hund red forty days at a time: Provided that no commuted leave shall be granted under these Ordina nces unless the authority competent to sanction leave has reason to believe that the teacher shall return to duty on its expiry. (h) Extraordinary Leave : (i) a permanent teacher may be granted extraordinary leave when: (a) No other leave is admissible; or (b) Other leave is admissible and the teacher applies in writing for t he grant of extraordinary leave: (ii) extraordinary leave shall always be without pay and allowances. Extraordinary leave shall not count for increment except in the following cases: (a) Leave taken on the basis of medical certificates; (b) Cases where the Vice -Chancellor is satisfied that the leave was taken due to causes beyond the control of the teacher, such as inability to join or re -join duty due to civil commotion or a natural calamity, provided the teacher has no other kind of leave to his credit; (c) Leave taken for pursuing higher studies; and, (d) Leave granted to accept an invitation to a teaching post or fellowship or research - cum- teaching post or on assignment for technical or academic work of importance; (iii) extraordinary leave may be combined with any other leave except casual leave and special casual leave : Provided that the total period of continuous absence from duty on leave (including periods of vacation when such vacation is taken in conjunction with leave) shall not exceed three years except in cases where leave i s taken on medical certificate and the total period of absence from duty shall in no case exceed five years in the full working life of the individual ; (iv) the authority empowered to grant leave may commute retrospectively periods of absence without leave int o extraordinary leave; (i) Leave Not Due : (i) leave not due, may, at the discretion of the Vice -Chancellor, be granted to a permanent teacher for a period not exceeding three hundred sixty days during the entire period of service, out of which not more than ninety days at a time and one hundred eighty days in all may be otherwise than on medical certificate and such leave shall be debited against the half - pay l eave earned by him subsequently; (ii) ‗Leave not due' shall not be granted, unless the Vice - Chancellor i s satisfied that as far as shall reasonably be foreseen, the teacher shall return to duty on the expiry of the l eave and earn the leave granted; (iii) a teacher to whom 'leave not due' is granted shall not be permitted to tender his resignation from service so long as the debit balance in his leave account is not wiped off by active service, or he refunds the amount paid to him as pay and allowances for the period not so earned : Provided that in a case where retirement is unavoidable on acc ount of reason of ill health, incapacitating the teacher for further service, refund of leave salary for the period of leave still to be earned may be waived by the Executive Council: Provided further that the Executive Council may waive off, in any other exceptional, for reasons to be recorded in writing, the refund of leave salary for the per iod of leave still to be earned; (j) Maternity Leave (as per Government of India Rules) : (i) maternity leave on full pay may be granted to a woman teacher for a period not exceeding one hundred eighty days, to be availed of twice in the entire career , maternity leave may also be granted in case of miscarriage including abortion, subject to the condition s that the total leave granted in respect of thi s to a woman teacher in her career is not more than fort y five days, and the application for leave is supported by a medical certificate ; (ii) maternity leave may be combined with earned leave, half pay leave or extraordinary leave but any leave applied for in continuation of maternity leave may be granted if the request is supported by a medical certificate; (k) Child Care Leave (as per Government of India Rules): Women teachers having minor children may be granted leave up to two years for taking care o f their minor children and such leave for a maximum period of two years (seven hundred thirty days) may be granted to the women teachers during entire service period in lines with Central Government women employees rules; (l) Paternity Leave (as per Government of India Rules) : Paternity leave of fifteen days may be granted to male teachers during the confinement of their wives, and such leave shall be granted only up to two children; (m) Adoption leave (as per Government of India Rules) ; Adoption leave may be provided as per the rules of the Central Government; (n) Vacation : (i) vacation may be taken in combination with any kind of leave except casual and special casual leave, provided that vacation shall not be both prefixed and suffixed to leave; (ii) except in special circumstances, vacation and earned leave taken together shall not exte nd beyond one semester; (iii) when a vacation falls between two periods of leave so as to result in a continuous absence from duty during the entire period, such vacation shall be treated as part of the leave; (iv) for the vacation period, a teacher shall be entitled to the same pay as w hen on duty and a teacher shall, be entitled only to half of such pay if he has given notice of resignation and th e period of such notice expires during vacation or within one month from the last pay thereof; (o) Teacher Appointed on Probation: (i) a teacher appointed as a probationer against a substantive vacancy and with definite terms of probation shall during the period of probation be granted leave which shall be admissible to him if he has held this post substantively otherw ise than on probation ; (ii) i f a person in the permanent service of the University is appointed ‗on probation‘ to a higher post, during probation, he shall not be deprived of the benefit of leave rules ap plicable to his permanent post; (p) Teacher Appointed on Contract Basis : Teachers appointed on contract basis shall be entitled to leave as under: (i) earned leave or half pay leave or c asual leave as admissible to whole time temporary teachers of the University ; (ii) in the case of contract appointments for one year of less, unless on medical grounds, no extra ordinary leave shall be granted; (iii) in the case of contract appointments for more than one year but less than five years, extraordinary leave as admissible to temporary teachers‘ subject to the condition that the total period of extraordinary leave during the entire contract peri od shall not exceed ninety days; (iv) where the contract appointment is for five years or more, the extraordinary leave shall be as that admissible to the whole time temporary tea chers ; (q) General Conditions Applicable to All Categories of Teachers : (i) Right to leave : (a) No leave shall be claimed as matter of right , leave of any kind may be varied, refused or revoked by the competent authority empowered to grant it without assigning any reason, if that authority considers such action to be in the interest of the University ; (b) No leave shall be granted to a teacher whom a competent authority has decided to dismiss, remove or compulsorily retire from service, nor shall any leave be granted to a teacher who is under suspension; (ii) Maximum period of absence from duty on leave : (a) No teacher shall be granted leave of any kind for a continuous period exceeding five years ; (b) Where a teacher does not resume duty after remaining on leave for a continuous period of five years or where a teacher after the expiry of his leave remains absent from duty, other than on foreign service or on account of suspension, for any period which together with the period of leave granted to his exceeds five years, he shall unless the Executive Council in view of the exceptional circumstances of the case otherwise determines, be removed from service after following prescribed procedure ; (iii) Application for Leave : Leave shall always be applied for in advance and the sanction of the competent authority obtained before it is availed of except in cases of emergency and for satisfactory reasons. Note: Faculty member shall not leave station till the order sanctioning leave has been issued. (iv) Commencement and termination of leave : (a) Leave ordinarily begins from the date on which leave as such is actually availed of and ends on the d ay the teacher resumes his duty; (b) Sunday and other recognised holidays may be prefixed and or suffixed to the leave with the permission of the authority competent to sanction the leave ; (v) Re-joining of duty before the expiry of the leave : (a) A teacher may return to duty before the expiry of the leave granted to him, with the permis sion of the competent authority; (b) Notwithstanding anything contained in (a) above, a teacher on leave preparatory to retirement shall be precluded from withdrawing his request for permission to retire and from ret urning to duty, save with the co nsent of the Executive - Council; (vi) Leave on medical grounds to be supported by medical certificates A teacher who applies for leave on medical grounds shall support his application wit h a medical certificate from a registered m edical practitioner empanelled by the University and leave or extension of leave on medical certificate shall not be granted beyond the date on which a teacher is pronounced by a Medical Board constituted by the University for the purpose to be permanently in capacitated for further service; (vii) Re-joining duty on return from leave on medical ground .- No teacher who has been granted leave (other than casual leave) on medical grounds shall be allowed to return to duty without producing a certificate of fitness from the registered medical officer empanelled by the University ; (viii) Employment during leave : (A) a teacher on leave shall not, without the written permission of the University , engage directly or indirectly in any trade or business whatsoever or in any private tuition or other work to which any emolument or honorarium is attached: Provided that this prohibition shall not apply to work undertaken in connection with the examination of a University , Public Service Commission, Board of Education or similar Bodies or Institutions or to any literary work or publication or radio or extens ion lectures, or with the permission of the Vice -Chance llor to any other academic work; (B) The leave salary of a teacher who is permitted to take up any employment during leave shall be subject to such restrictions as the Executive Council may prescribe; (ix) Absence without leave or overstay on leave : A teacher who absents himself without leave or remains absent without leave after the expiry of the leave granted to him, shall be entitled to no leave allowance or salary for the period of such absence , such per iod shall be debited against his leave account as leave is extended by the authority empowered to grant the leave and wilful absence from du ty may be treated as misconduct; (x) Conversion of one kind of leave to another : (a) At the request of the teacher concerned, the University may convert retrospectively any kind of leave including extraordinary leave into a leave of different kind which was admissible to him at the time leave was originally taken, but he shall not claim such conversion as a matter of right; (b) If one kind of leav e is converted into another, the amount of leave salary and the allowances admissible shall be recalculated and arrears of leave salary and allowances paid or the amount overdraw n recovered, as the case may be; (xi) Increment during leave : If increment of pay f alls during any leave other than casual leave, special casual leave, duty leave, or sabbatical leave, the effect of increase of pay shall be given from the date the teacher resumes duty without prejudice to the normal date of his increment, except in those cases where the lea ve does not count for increment; (xii) Leave year : For the purpose of these Ordinances, unless otherwise specified, the term ‗y ear‘ shall mean a calendar year; (xiii) authorities Empowered to Sanction Leave – As per the delegated powers. Kind of Leave Sanctioning Authority Extent of Power I Casual or Special Casual Leave to A Deans of Schools or Heads of Vice -Chancellor Full Departments or Centres B Other teachers excluding teachers on contract Dean of Faculty or Dean of Research & Development for those under them Full C Teacher working on contract Dean of Faculty or Dean of Research & Development for those under them Full II Duty Leave to A Deans of Schools or Heads of Departments and Other teachers Vice -Chancellor Full III Earned Leave or Half Pay Leave or Commuted Leave or Maternity Leave or Paternity Leave or Adoption Leave or Child Care Leave or to A Dean of Schools or Heads of Departments or Teachers Vice -Chancellor Full All other Faculty Dean of Faculty or Dean of Research & Development for those working under them up to 30 days Provided that where leave involves visit abroad, the competent authority shall be the Vice - Chancellor; (xix) Leave Salary : (a) A teacher granted casual leave or special casual leave is not treated as absent from duty and his pay is not interrupted ; (b) A teacher on earned leave is entitled to leave salary equivalent to the pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave; (c) A teacher on commuted leave is entitled to leave salary equal to the salary admissible ; (d) A teacher on extraordinary leave shall not be entitled to any leave salary; (e) A teacher on maternity leave or paternity leave or child care leave and quarantine leave is entitled to draw the same pay as he may be drawing at the time of proceeding on leave; (f) Payment of all admissible allowances during leave shall be governed by the provisio ns of the rules regarding the payment of those allowances; (g) During the period of re-employment, the leave salary shall be based on the pay drawn by him exclusive of the pension and pension equivalent of other retirement benefits; (xx) Cash Payment In lieu of Leave : (a) On Superannuation .- Where a teacher superannuates on attaining the normal age prescribed for superannuation under the terms and conditions governing his service, the authority competent to grant leave shall suo motu authorise encashment of earned leave, if any, at the credit of the teacher on the date of his superannuation, subject to a maximum of three hundred days and t his limit shall be as applicable t o Government of India employees; (b) Superannuation while under suspension .- A teacher, who superannuates while under suspension, shall become eligible for the benefit of cash equivalent of earned leave at his credit on the date of his superannuation on conclusion of the proceedings against him, if the competent authority decides to re -instate him in service a nd holds that the suspension was wholly unjustified ; (c) Retirement before superannuation .- A teacher who retires or is retired from service may be granted suo moto, by the authority competent to grant leave, cash equivalent of leave salary in respect of earned leave at his credit subject to maximum number of days including days in respect of the half pay leave at his credi t as specified by the Government of India or regulatory authorities from time to time; Provided that this period does not exceed the period between the date on which he so retires or is retired from service and the date on which he sha ll have retired in the normal course after attaining the age prescribed for superannuation under the terms and conditions governing his service, the cash equivalent shall be equal to the leave salary as admissible for earne d leave and equal to the leave salary as admissible for half pay leave plus dearness allowance admissible on that leave salary for the first three hundred days, at the rates in force on the date the University employee so retires or is retired from service , the pensio n and pension equivalent of other retirement benefits and ad hoc relief or graded relief on pension shall be deducted from the leave salary paid for the period of half pay leave, if any, for which the cash equivalent is payable and this limit shall stand revised as per Government of India orders issued from time to time; Settlement or no house rent allowance shall be payable; Provided that if leave salary for the half pay leave component falls short of pension and other pensionary benefits, cash equivalent of half pay leave shall not be granted: Provided further that a teacher who is retired by University by giving him pay and allowances in lieu of notice, cash equivalent of leave salary shall be allowed only for the period of leave excluding that period for which pay and allowances in lieu of notice have been allowed. (d) Resignation or Termination : (i) resignation: if a teacher (confirmed employee) resigns or quits service, he may be granted suo moto by the authority competent to grant leave cash equivalent in respect of earned leave at his credit on the date of cessation of service, to the extent of half of such leave at his credit , subject to a maximum of one hundred fifty days; (ii) termination: Where the services of a teacher are terminated by notice or by payment of pay and allowances, in lieu of notice, or otherwise in accordance with the terms and conditions of his appointment, he may be granted, suo moto by the authority competent to grant leave, cash equivalent in respect of earned leave at his credit on the date on which he ceases to be in service subject to maximum of three hundred days and t his limit shall stand revised as per Government of India orders issued from time to time; (e) Dismissal or Removal .- When a teacher is dismissed or removed from service following disciplinary proceedings he shall not be eligible for leave encashment. (f) Leave encashment when permanently incapacitated : (i) a teacher who is declared by a duly constituted Medical Board to be completely an d permanently incapacitated for further service may be granted, suo motu, by the authority competent to grant leave, cash equivalent of leave salary in respect of earned leave due and admissible on the date of his invalidation from service subject to leave salary for a maximum th ree hundred days; (ii) the cash equivalent thus payable shall be equal to the leave salary as calculate d under the rule and this limit shall stand revised as per Government of India orders issued from time to time; (g) Leave encashment of a teacher who dies while in harness .- In case a teacher dies in harness, the cash equivalent of the leave salary that the deceased teacher shall have got, had he gone on earned leave, but for the death, due and admissible on the date immediately following the date of death subject to a maximum of leave salary for three hundred days shall be paid to his family and this limit shall stand revised as per Government of India orders issued from time to time; (h) Calculation of cash equivalent of leave .- The cash equivalent of leave shall be calculated and payable in one lump sum as a one-time settlement as per Government of India rules; (xxi) Making of rules and prescribing the procedure to be followed under this Ordinance .- The University may make rules and procedures for effecting the provisions of this Ordinance. 36. Eligibility or experience requirements for faculty positions and selection process . - The following shall b e the minimum requirements for f aculty positions at the University : (1) Professor: Academic pay level -14 in the pay matrix (Rs 1,44,200 - 2,18,200) of 7th Central Pay Commission; Age-limit - 50 years (preferable) ; Eligibility (Minimum Qualification or Experience): (a) Doctor of Philosophy with first class or equivalent at the preceding degree in appropriate branch with consisten t and very good academic recor d; (b) Published work of high quality, actively engaged in research with evidence of published work with, a minimum of fifteen research publications in scopus indexed journals; (c) Post - Doctor of Philosophy teaching experience of minimum of ten years in an acade mic institution or University or college of which, four years as Associate Professor or equivalent or comparable research experience at equivalent level at the University or national level institutions with evidence of having success fully guided doctoral c andidate; OR Post-Doctor of Philosophy experience of minimum of ten years in a research organisation or industry, with significant contribution to the knowledge in the concerned or allied or relevant discipline, sup ported by documentary evi dence; (d) The candidate should have demonstrated research ability with an excellent record of publications in reputed journals and conferences and must have supervised Doctor of Philosophy students , the candidate should also have demonstrated excellent teaching abilities at higher educational institutions, it is desirable that the candidate has car ried out laboratory development or course development or technology development or innovative work leading to patents and has generated sufficient funding for research and the criteria of supervision of Doctor of Philosophy students and teaching at higher educational institutions may be relaxed for candidate s who have joined from indus try; (2) Associate Professor: Academic pay level -13A in the pay matrix (Rs. 1,31,400 -2,17,100) of 7th Central Pay Commission; Age-limit: 45 years (preferable) ; Eligibility (Minimum Qualification or Experience): (a) Doctor of Philosophy with first class or equivalent at the preceding degree in an appropriate branch with consistent and very good academic record ; (b) Published work of high quality, actively engaged in research with evidence of published work with, a minimum of 10 research publications in Scopus indexed journals; (c) A minimum of six years of post - Doctor of Philosophy teaching or research experience in a n academic or research position equivalent to that of Assistant Professor in an academic institution or university or college or Accredited Research Institution or industry of which at least three years shall be at the level of Assistant Professor or equiv alent in level-12 in the pay matrix (Rs. 79,800 -2,11,500) in a reputed institute or University or equivalent , the candidate should have demonstrated research ability with an excellent record of publications in reputed journals and conferences and must ha ve supervised Doctor of Philosophy students, t he candidate should also have demonstrated excellent teaching abilities at higher educational institutions , it is desirable that the candidate has carried out laboratory development or course development or tec hnology development or innovative work leading to patents and has generated sufficient funding for research and the criteria of supervision of Doctor of Philosophy students and teaching at higher educational institutions may be relaxed for candidate s who have joined from industry; (3) Assistant Professor: Academic pay level -10 in the pay matrix (Rs. 57,700 -1,82,400) of 7th Central Pay Commission; Age-limit : 35 years (preferable) ; Eligibility (Minimum Qualification or Experience): Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) with first class or equivalent at the preceding degree in appropriate branch with a consistent and very good academic and research record; Desirable Qualifications and Experience for All positions (Professor, Associate Professor, and Assistant Professor) : (a) Education qualifications from Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) or Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore or Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) or Indian Institutes of Science Educ ation and Research (IISERs) or the top 50 National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2020 or top 50 0 Quacquarelli Symonds or the world university or ranking institute or University (i) Quacquarelli Symonds (ii) the Times Higher Education; (b) Exposure to new institution building and active participation in institutional in itiatives and students‘ affairs; (c) Experience of various teaching pedag ogies including online teaching; (d) Proficiency in use of technology in teaching and professional work ; (e) Exposure to working with global partner universities and international faculty on joint projects and research; (f) Experience of projects and collaboration with industry partners (g) Execution of projects with res earch grants from Department of Science and Technology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research , etc; (4) Selection Process shall involve the following steps : Step-1 Shortlisting committee gives its recommendation on the suitability candidates for the respective faculty position. Step-2 The candidates recommended by the shortlisting committee are called for a seminar and interaction. Step-3 Seminar and Interaction . Step-4 Recommendation letters are sought from the referees of these candidates who are identified after the seminar and interaction. Step-5 A final shortlist of candidates is made based on the application, faculty input, seminar, interaction and referee comments. Step-6 The shortlisted candidates are called for a personal interview. Step-7 The Selection Committee conducts the Interview . Step-8 The s elected candidates are offered the position, as advertised, on the approval of the competent authority. (5) Following shall be the general c onditions for the applicants: (a) If a class or division is not awarded, minimum of 60% marks in aggregate shall be considered equivalent to first class or division , if a Grade Point System is adopted the Cumulative Grade Point Average shall be converted into equivalent marks as below. Grade Point Equivalent Percentage 6.25 55 % 6.75 60 % 7.25 65 % 7.75 70 % 8.25 75 % (b) Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya reserves the right to charge application fee for the various positions as amended from time to time; (c) Applicants who are employed in gov ernment, semi - government organis ations or institutions or autonomous bodies shall send their application through proper channel or a no objection certificate from the employer shall be produced by the applica nt at the time of the interview; (d) All supporting documents provided and the application form must bear full name and signature of the candida te on each page at the bottom; (e) Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya reserves the right to summarily reject the incomplete applications and also, to reject any or all applicatio ns without assigning any reason; (f) The number of position s to be filled as indicated in the advertisement may change at the time of selection and the university reserves the right to consider good candidates over and above the number indicated in the advertisement as per the requirement at the t ime of the select ion interviews; (g) Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya reserves the right to waive or relax an y conditions in deserving cases; (h) Selection shall be based on interview and only the shortlisted candidates shall be intimated of the date, time and mode of the interview; (i) Candidates applying for a position in more than one discipline are required to fill -in separate applic ation forms through online mode; (j) The candidates are responsible for the correctness of the information p rovided in the application form, if it is found at a later stage that any information given in the form is incorrect or false, the candidature or appointment is liable to be cancelled or terminated; (k) Merely fulfilling the eligibility criteria does not entitle a candidate to be shortlisted , Gati Shakti Vishwa vidyalaya may decide higher criteria or cut off for shortlisting (than prescribed minimum essential qualifications and experience) ; (l) Outstation candidates called for interview may be reimbursed travel expenses from the place of residence to the place of interview (Vadodara) and back (by the shortest route) at appropriate rates as decided by the Vice -Chancellor: (m)No interim correspondence shall be entertained. No correspondence or intimation shall be made to t he non -shortlisted candidates, o nly the shortlisted candidates will be intimated for further selection process as applicable , canvassing in any form shall lead to automatic disqualific ation; (n) Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya reserves the right not t o fill up any or all positions or select any candidate without a ssigning any reason. (6) Selection Committee .- The Selection Committees for making recomme ndations to the Executive Council for appointment to the respective post shall be constituted as per Statutes. 37. Policy for engagement of professor on contract or eminent professor or professor of practice and distinguished visiting professor . - (1) The compensation structure for respective positions may be reviewed from time to time. Table 1 Position Professor of Practice (Professor of Practice) No of Positions Up to 20% of Total Sanctioned Faculty Strength at any given point of time. Whether against sanctioned positions No. Ad-hoc positions as per the requirements of the University . Type of engagement Contractual for a specified period. Eligibility  Distinguished experts who have made remarkable contributions in their professions from various fields such as engineering, science, technology, entrepreneurship, commerce, social sciences, media, literature, fine arts, civil services, armed forces, legal profession , etc.  Those who have proven expertise in their specific profession or role with at least fifteen years of service or experience, preferably at a senior level, shall be eligible for Professor of Practice.  Professors of p ractice are expected to be top professionals (viz., Chief Executive Officer or Chief Technology Officer, etc. with signi ficant experience .  They shall have at least a Bachelor‘s degree in Engineering or Sciences or Design , etc., or a related Techno -management field. A Master‘s or a Doctor of Philosophy degree shall be preferred. Advanced degrees in business or related fields shall add value.  Professors of Practice must be leaders who remain current with the best practices and emerging technological trends in their fields. Selection methodology By the Faculty Standing Committee of Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya chaired by the Vice -Chancellor . Term They are appointed for a two-year term, extendable for one more year (based on satisfactory performance) or till they turn Sixty -five year of age, whichever is earlier. Review (Annual) Review by the University based on the overall requirements and on the performance feedback . Compensation Consolidated compensation may be fixed considering their experience, eminence, the last drawn salary, pension , etc., between ₹1.5 Lakh and ₹2.25 Lakh. In addi tion, they may be eligible for transport allowance as per rules. The candidates superannuated from Government and drawing pension shall be paid as per Government of India rules. Vacation Not entitled. Leave Professor on contract or eminent P rofessor s hall be eligible for 8 days of c asual leave and, 2 restricted holidays, every calendar year and earned leave, as accrued at 2.5 days per completed month. Expected roles and responsibilities  To establish Centre of Excellence in the cutting - edge area of transportation and logistics technology .  To significantly contribute in the establishment of state-of- the-art laboratories.  To bring consultancy projects from corporates or Ministries (like Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, etc.) and facilitate young faculty to execute the projects smoothly.  To develop cour ses and curriculum to meet the industry and societal needs and enable the Higher Education Institutions to work with industry experts on joint research projects and consultancy services whi ch shall be mutually beneficial.  To bring in distinguished experts from various fields such as engineering, science, technology, entrepreneurship, ma nagement, chartered accountancy, commerce, social sciences, media, literature, fine arts, civil services, armed forces, legal profession and public administration into the academic institutions.  To enable the higher education institutions to formally associate with persons of eminence and encourage them to participate in experiential learning, research, training, skilling, entrepreneurship and extension and to play mentoring role.  Design, development and offering of new courses or enrich course contents.  To encourage students in innovation and entrepreneurship projects and provide necessary mentorship for these activities.  To focus on enhanced industry -academia collaborations.  Conduct jointly in collaboration with regular faculty member of the institution, workshops, seminars, deliver special lectures and training Programs.  Carryout joint research project or consultancy services in collaboration with the regular faculty member of the concerned H igher Education Institutions .  Advice students in their projects linking them with appropriate stakeholders.  Engage in organi sing activities in cluding creation of new programs and Centers and enhancement of scope and activities of the school s or department s.  Develop and support in Continuing I Executive Education Programs, undertake . outreach activities and conduct extension programs.  Guide Master's students in their research and be co-guides to Doctor of Philosophy students.  Execut e administrative responsibilities as assigned. Teaching Load 240 to 300 hours per year (equivalent to 16 to 20 credits per year) TA or DA At the level of Professor or Associate Professor as applicable by flight – Economy Class HRA No Accommodation Campus accommodation , if available. If campus accommodation is not available, house rent reimbursement up to Rupess 20,000 will be admissible. Any other entitlement Eligible for attending conferences or seminars under the Professional Development plan of Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya to be approved by Vice Chancellor on a case to case basis , access to library facilities; E -mail ID of Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya. Termination On completion of the prescribed term or on one month notice by either side. Table 2 Position Professor on Contract or Eminent Professor No of Positions Up to 10% of Total Sanctioned Faculty Strength at any given point of time. Whether against sanctioned positions No. Ad-hoc positions as per requirements of the University . Type of engagement Contractual for a specified period. Eligibility Professor on contract are eminent academics and scientists who take up full time faculty positions. They shall have retired from Central or State government entities, Indian Institution of technology‘s , autonomous bodies or private organis ations, and are yet to attain the age of retirement of regular faculty members i.e., 65 years of age. Selection Methodology By the Faculty Standing Committee of Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, chaired by the Vice - Chancellor . Term They are appointed for a two -year term, extendable for one more year (based on satisfactory performance) or till they turn 70 years of age , whichever is earlier. Review (Annual) Review by the University based on the overall requirements and on the performance feedback . Compensation Consolidated compensation may be fixed considering their experience, eminence, the last drawn salary, pension , etc., between ₹1 Lakh and ₹2.25 Lakh. In addition, they may be eligible for transport allowance as per rules , the candidates superannuated from government and drawing pension shall be paid as per government of India rules. Vacation Not entitled. Leave Professor on contract or eminent professor shall be eligible for 8 days of casual leave, and 2 days of restricted h olidays every calendar year, and earned leave as accrued at the rate o f 2.5 days per completed month. Expected roles and responsibilities  To establish Centre of Excellence in the cutting - edge area of transportation and logistics technology .  To significantly contribute in the establishment of state-of- the-art laboratories.  To develop courses and curriculum to meet the industry and societal needs and enable the High er Education Institutions to work with industry experts on joint research projects and consultancy services whi ch shall be mutually beneficial.  To enable the higher education institutions to formally associate with persons of eminence and encourage them to participate in experiential learning, research, training, skilling, entrepreneurship and extension and to play mentoring role.  Design, developm ent and offering of new courses or enrich course contents.  To encourage students in innovation and entrepreneurship projects and provide necessary mentorship for these activities.  To focus on enhanced industry -academia collaborations.  Conduct jointly in collaboration with regular faculty member of the institution, workshops, seminars, deliver special lectures and training Programs.  Carryout joint research project or consultancy services in collaboration with the regular faculty member of the concerned Higher Education Institution .  Advice students in their projects linking them with appropriate stakeholders.  Engage in organi sing activities in cluding creation of new programs and Centers and enhancement of scope and activities of the school s or department s.  Develop and support in Continuing I Executive Education Programs, undertake outreach activities and cond uct extension programs.  Guide Master's students in their research and be co -guides to Doctor of Philosophy students.  Execute administrative respons ibilities as assigned. Teaching Load 240 to 300 hours per year (equivalent to 16 to 20 credits per year) Travelling Allowance or Dearness Allowance At the level of Professor or Associate Professor as applicable by flight – Economy Class for their official movements. House Rent Allowance No Accommodation Campus accommodation , if available. If campus accommodation is not available, house Table 3 Position Distinguished Visiting Professor (DVP) No of Positions Up to 10% of Total Sanctioned Faculty Strength at any given point of time. Whether against sanctioned positions No. Ad-hoc positions as per the requirements of the University . Type of engagement Contractual for a specified period. Eligibility  Distinguished experts who have made remarkable contributions in their professions from various fields such as engineering, science, technology, entrepreneurship, commerce, social sciences, media, literature, fine arts, civil services, armed forces, legal profession , etc.  Those who have proven expertise in their specific profession or role with at least 15 years of service or experience, preferably at a senior level. Term Appointed for a term of 1 year, extendable for a maximum of 2 terms (one year at a time based on the annual performance review) . Selection methodology By the Faculty Standing Committee of Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, chaired by the Vice - Chancellor or on nomination by the Academic Council. Compensation Consolidated compensation at the rate of Rs. 2,50,000 per month, payable pro-rata, for the days spent in Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Vacation Not Applicable Leave Not Applicable rent reimbursement up to Rs. 20,000 will be admissible. Any other entitlement Eligible for attending conferences or seminars under the Professional Development plan of Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya to be approved by Vice Chancellor on a case to case basis. Access to library facilities; mail id of Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya. Termination On completion of the prescribed term or on one month notice by either side. Academic and Admin support expected of the Diploma in Veterinary Pharmacy To deliver sessions and interact with the students and faculty on cutting -edge areas in transportation and logistics in technology and policy . To facilitate forming collaborations with leading societies, laboratories, Centre of excellence in India or abroad in the domain of transportation and logistics. To connect University with Government departments or Ministries and resource person to facilitate activities in the domain of transportation and logistics. To expose young faculties to research opportunities and funding schemes and facilitate and enable them in submitting the funding proposals with desired Unique Selling Propositions . Teaching Load Not Applicable Review Review by the University based on the overall requirements and on the general feedback . Travelling Allowance or Dearness Allowance Travelling Allowanc e Rs. 50,000 for 6 months for return domestic travel from the current place of stay or work in India for visiting Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya during the period of engagement. The travelling allowance covers the multiple visits to Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya for a period of six months. House Rent Allowance No. Accommodation Guest House accommodation shall be provided on days of visit. Any other entitlement Access to library facilities; Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya e -mail id. Termination On completion of the prescribed term or on one m onth notice by either side. (2) The Professor of practice, d istinguished visiting p rofessor, and Eminent Faculty are purely temporary and contractual positions. (3) The leave for the Professor of practice and Eminent F aculty shall be in line with th e university norms and t here shall not be any encashment of leave while leaving. (4) Leave Travel Concession shall not be admissible . 38. Qualifications, appointment, honorarium and other terms and conditions of service of visiting faculty . - (1) A Visiting Faculty shall be a scholar of e minence in his field , generally, a person who has held or is holding the post of Professor or Associate Professor or Assistant Professor or a person who has achieved distinction outside the University system, m ay be considered for engagement as Visiting Faculty and t he compensation structure may be reviewed from time to time. (2) The Visiting Faculty shall be engaged to bridge the gap of teaching credits which is over and above the credit teaching allocation to the faculty of the University , also, to teach specific cutting -edge courses and industry oriented teachings, visiting faculty may be engaged , normally, the engagement of visiting faculty (VF) shall be for one semester only , however, in case where required, term beyond first semester may be considered. (3) The University may appoint a person as a Visiting Faculty normally up to the age of seventy years. (4) A retired Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya faculty shall be appointed as a Visiting Faculty based on the eminence. (5) A person appointed as Visiting Professor from outside the country shall be paid an honorarium to be fixed by the E xecutive Council . (6) The honora rium to Visiting Faculty may be at the rate of ₹ 10000 OR ₹9000 OR ₹8000 per hour of teaching, depending on the individual‘s potential or level of eminence and experience , the Goods and Services Tax component shall be over and above the honorarium and is p ayable wherever such a case arises , the per month honorarium in any case shall not exceed normally, ₹2.00 lakhs but the Vice -Chancellor may allow exception by ₹50000 or- in special cases considering the situations, based on the recommendations of the Dean (Academics). (7) While the per hour rates apply for the one section, for subsequent sections taught by the same faculty, the hourly compensation shall be adjusted as follows: (b) 2nd section taught within the trimester: 70% of 1st Section hourly compensation rate ; (c) 3rd section taught within the trimester: 50% of 1st S ection hourly compensation rate; (d) 4th section taught within the trimester: 40% of 1st Section hourly compensation rate . (8) The Visiting Faculty is expected to take the necessary permission from his or her principal employer . (9) The travel and Guest House arrangement on visits shall be the responsibility of Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya. (10) The Visiting Faculty shall be provided faculty privileges limited to Library Membership, Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya domain id and Internet services while at Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya. (11) The Visiting F aculty shall be selected for the first time through an interaction by the Faculty Standing Committee chaired by the Vice -Chancellor and Deans as Members , the selected V isiting Faculty may be engaged for a semester , the Faculty Standing Committee may consider all aspects of the resource person or teacher proposed to be engaged and recommend the appropriate compensation, for approval of the Vice -Chancellor , they may be continued for future semesters with the ap proval of the Vice - Chancellor, i n any case, the compensation per month shall not exceed two lakhs rupees , however, the Vice -Chancellor may allow exemption up to two lakhs fifty thousand rupees in exceptional cases. 39. Empanelment of adjunct faculty . - (1) The University may appoint Adjunct Faculty to attend the following objectives: (a) To develop a useful and viable collaboration between institutions and industry and enhancing quality of education and skills by involvement of academicians, scholars, practitioners, policymakers and skilled professionals in teaching, training, research and related services on regular basis; (b) To attract distinguished individuals who have excelled in their field of speciali sation like science and technology, industry, commerce, social research, media, literature, fine arts, civil services and public life into the academic arena, to enrich the overall learning processes by bringing external per spectives to regular teaching, s uch interactions are expected to foster trans -disciplinary approach and synergi se the outside ‗real world‘ experience with the inside inte llectual pursuits in the university ; (c) To promote the interaction of skilled professionals with the learners and facilitate the imparting of industry relevant standards in skills, acceptable nationally, which shall fulfil the need for skilled workforce and also to undertake Research and Development in the areas related to skill education and development, entrepreneurship and employability , etc; (d) To enable higher educational institutions to access the eminent teachers and researchers who have completed their formal association with the university or college, to participate in teaching, to collaborate and to stimulate research activities for quality research at Doctor of Philosophy levels; and to play mentoring and inspirational role; (e) To recogni se the skills of professionals in their respective areas of excellence irrespective of their academic qualifications to impart training to the learners of skill based vocation al courses in Universities and c olleges. (2) Target Groups: (a) Teaching and research organisat ions supported by bodies like Indian Council of Agricultural Research , Indian Council of Social Science Research , Council of Scientific and Industrial Research , Indian Council of Medical Research , Defence Research and Development Organisation , Indian Institutes of Technology , Indian Institutes of Management , National Institutes of Technology , Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research , Central and State Universities, etc; (b) Railway Public Sector Undertakings, Central or State public sector under takings, business corporations, Non-government Organisation s and professional associations. Professionals, experts, officials and managers having experience of working in; (c) Civil servants ( Indian Administrative Service or Indian Police Service or officials from Central and Provincial Services) and professionals and officials from professional councils and statutory bodies, both serving and retired; (d) Industry Experts and skilled professionals working in organised and unorganised sectors known for their hands -on skilling techniques and expertise; (e) Non-Resident Indians and Persons of Indian Origin working with overseas academic, research, and business organi sations or having a demonstrated interest in Indian issues. (3) Selection Criteria: Candidate for adjunct faculty shall satisfy the following norms , namely: - (a) Shall have the minimum qualifications as prescribed in the regulations framed by regulatory authorities or respective statutory councils from time to time ; OR (b) A person of eminence with or without a postgraduate or Doctor of Philosophy qualifications , they are also expected to have an understanding of industry requirements with a potential for Assessmen t and Certification for skills; In addition to the above, it is expected that the adjunct facu lty in both the above streams shall be an accomplished scholar in his area of specialisation and his association shall add value to the academic programs he is associated with. Adjunct Faculty shall be appointed by the competent authority based on th e recommendation of the Selection Commit tee comprising of the following, - (i) chairperson , Faculty Standing Committee. Dean (Academic or Research) in case of university or senior most faculty in case of college; (ii) head of the concerned Department; (iii) at least one external expert (Nominated by the Vice - Chancellor). (c) If the selection committee recommends the case, the same shall be forwarded to the competent authority for conside ration and necessary approval, t he strength of adjunct faculty may not exceed 25 % the sanctioned strength of faculty at any time and the compensation structure may be reviewed from time to time. (d) Roles and Responsibilities: (i) Teaching: The empaneled adjunct faculty is expected to undertake following assignments:  Conventional Higher Education Courses: Adjunct faculty shall be expected to teach courses directly related to his specific expertise and professional experience or the areas of his specialization, h e may also contribute to the institution‘s activities like counselling of students, developing new courses and pedagogical improvements.  Skill based Vocational Courses: The core courses pertaining to specialised skills or trades may be imparted by the adjunct faculty from industry, Sector Skill Councils approved trainers or other persons with appropriate skill proficiency and such faculty, imparting education and training to learners in skill based courses, shall have relevant National Skills Qualifications Framework qualifications, preferably certified by the rel evant Sector Skill Council.  Research Courses: Adjunct faculty may also be involved in Doctor of Philosophy coursework based on his professional and research proficiency adjudged by the concerned institution. (ii) Training: Adjunct faculty shall be expected to facilitate the setting of workshops and labs, providing hands on training in the relevant domain areas, development of soft skills, and focus on ensuring competency -based l earning outcomes among students; (iii) Research: Adjunct faculty is expected to in teract with and supervise the research students in the area of his specialisation or professional proficiency and there shall be preferably one core faculty member associated as supervisor or co -supervisor for smooth induction and coordination of academic procedures, The adjunct faculty may lack a traditional academic background in such case, they are not expected to contribute to the institution's research and creative mission by participating in traditional scholarly activities (i.e. they are not expected to conduct independent research or publish in peer -reviewed journals) , he may participate by advising faculty on their research projects, serving as a liaison between the institutions and industry or government entities to identify research or funding opportunities or by working with faculty to identify research projects that shall benefit private i ndustry or government entities; (iv) Services: Adjunct faculty is also expected to actively participate in service -related activities, such as sitti ng on departmental committees, serving as advisors to faculty or undergraduate and post graduate students, helping students network, and active collaboration with the industry or employer providing in ternship and job opportunities; (v) Adjunct faculty sh all be provided travel support as per the university norms , from his institution or p lace of stay and back, maximum t wenty -four times per academic year and the university shall take care of the accom modation, food and local travel; (vi) Adjunct faculty shall be provided an honorarium and other perks, as approved by the Executive Council. 40. Engagement of contract faculty . - (1) Engagements of Faculty on contract basis shall be made by the Executive Council against sanctioned posts (unfilled regular or contract). (2) Educational qualifications for Faculty (on contract) shall be same as that of regular posts in the concerned discipline. (3) The max imum entry age for engagement of Faculty on contract is sixty -two years. (4) The reservation and relaxation in qualificat ions shall apply as per Government of India rules which are in force. (5) The Selection Committee norms for engagement of Faculty on contract basis shall be same as those of regular posts under Statute. (6) The selection process may consist of personal interview a nd making a demo lecture before the Selection Committee , in case of large number of applicants, a screening test shall be conducted in Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya to shortlist candidates and the candidates who pass the screening test shall be called for personal interview and the shortlisting of applications and decision to conduct a screening test shall be recommended by a scrutiny committee, constituted with the approval of Vice - Chancellor. (7) Faculty member engaged under this Ordinance shall enter into a contract with Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya. (8) The p erformance appraisal of the faculty members shall be based on the Annual Performance Report as per the format prescribed by Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya. (9) The duration of the contract engagements shall be initial ly for a period of one year and the contract shall be extended for a max of two more instances (one year at a time) upon the recommendations of a committee constituted by the Vice Chancellor and the extension is subject to Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya‘s req uirements. (10) At the end of each three -year tenure, a contract Faculty shall be eligible upon his application for re - engagement for additional tenure (renewable annually), provided a review of the performance by the selection committee as indicated in sub - clause 4 above finds the candidate suitable and a fresh contract shall be entered into by the candidate and Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya and the re -engagement is subject to Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya‘s requirements and other applicable norms. (11) The Faculty me mber engaged on contract shall be paid a consolidated salary which shall be fixed by the Selection Committee, by taking into consideration of justifications (that must be recorded) like qualification, experience, the last drawn emoluments, etc. and they sh all be eli gible for annual increment @ 5%, further, the consolidated remuneration paid to contract Faculty member shall not exceed the emoluments at the max of the scale of the regular post against which appointed. (12) The contract Faculty member shall during official engagement or travel be entitled to same allowance as that of regular Faculty or at the corresponding level. (13) Applicable statutory deductions towards Income tax , etc. shall be made from the consolidated remuneration. (14) Dearness Allowance or City Comp ensatory Allowance or House Rent Allowance or Leave Travel Concession or any other relief or allowances or benefits are not admissible. (15) The total casual leave admissible shall not exceed 20 days (without any deduction of consolidated remuneration) per annu m. (16) Faculties engaged on contract basis shall be assigned, in addition to the specific task for which appointed, any other duties by the Dean (Academics) or Deans of University Functions or Vice - Chancellor. (17) The engagement shall be discontinued with one -mont h notice by either side without assigning any reason , also, the appointee shall not have any claim whatsoever for regular appointment on any position on the basis of contract appointment. (18) Engagement of Visiting Faculty or Guest Faculty on hourly basis shall not come under the purview of these rules. 41. Career progression of teachers. - Preamble: The Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, by nature, is a Central University , a pioneer in the domain of transport and logistics education in India and the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya promotes excellence in quality and prefers to maintain good quality professionals in the faculty cadre. The cadre structure is different from Indian Institutes of Technology cadre structure but in quality, there is no compromise. Since, the Assistant Professor level induction is at academic level -10 in the pay matrix (Rs. 57700 -182400 ), Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya has to provide promotional avenues so as to keep the faculty motivated and avoid attrition. As Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya is recruiting faculty who are pass -outs from Indian Institutes of Technology or Indian Institutes of Management or the premier National Institutes of Technology, meritocra cy shall prevail in promotion and not the time - bound or in -situ promotion. Such a policy shall motivate the performers. (1) Career Progression at Assistant Professor Level: The movement from level -10 to level -11 and level -11 to level -12 in the pay matrix of the 7th Central Pay Commission shall be through selection and not in -situ. (2) The selection committee shall have at least one external member in the level of Pro fessor or above and this scheme shall be termed career progression for faculty. (3) The minimum residency period at Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya for movement of faculty from Academic pay level-10 to Academic pay level-11 shall be one year and on successful completion of probation period ; and for movement from Academic pay level-11 to Academic pay level-12, two years from the date of joining on A cademic pay level-11. (4) Movement to the level of Associate Professor and Professor shall only be through selection, after the required residency as in Indian Institutes of Technology . (5) For the posit ion of Associate Professor, the candidate shall have at leas t a minimum of six years (post D octor of Philosophy) teaching, research or industrial experience out of which at least three years shall be at the level of Assistant Professor in academic level -12 in the pay matrix (Rs. 79800 -211500 ) in a reputed Institute or University or equivalent. (6) For the position of Professor, a t least a minimum of ten years (post Doctor of Philosophy) teaching, res earch or industrial experience out of which at least four years shall be at the level of Associate Professor or at an equivalent level. 42. Policy for lien to faculty and staff members . - (1) The lien is not a right but a privilege; (2) The lien shall be limited to only Group -‗A‘ positions and no lien for employees below Group - ‗A‘. (3) The lien shall be maximum for a period of one year. (4) For the role of head of institute or university position of government or autonomous institutes funded by government, lien period shall be as per go vernment of India norms. (5) Probationers shall not be eligible for lien. (6) In all cases, the lien shall be for a maximum 10% of the respective teaching or n on- teaching positions . (7) There shall not be any leave accrual during the period of lien and there is no le ave salary or pension contribution during lien. (8) During the lien period, the host establishment shall have the liability for payment of National Pension System contribution , in cases where the employee is moving for Academic or Scientific pursuits, the peri od shall be a non -contributory period for National Pension System. (9) After a lien is availed, there shall be a cooling down period of five years to avail the next lien. 43. Manner of appointment and emoluments of non- teaching staff . - (1) (a) The employees of the University , other than teachers and other academic staff shall be grouped in to Group ‗A‘, ‗B‘, and ‗C‘ categories and such other categories as classified by the Government of India from time to time. (b) The age, qualifications and methods of recruitment for appointment to various posts in the University shall be such as may be prescribed hereunder or in the Cadre Recruitment Rules adopted by Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, with the approval of the Executive Council. (c) The emoluments of these employees shall be as prescribed by the Government of India or regulatory authorities from time to time. (2) Cadre Recruitment Rules for Non -Teaching Posts : (a) These rules shall be called Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Non - teaching and other Academic Posts Recruitment Rules, 2026. (b) These Rules shall come into force with effect from the date of issue of notification by the University. (c) Definition : In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires: (i) ‗age‘ shall mean the upper age -limit as specified in the Schedule 1. Notified date shall mean the date specified in the Notification. (ii) ‗Appointing Authority‘ in relation to any post in the University shall imply the authority competent to make appointment to that post under the Act or Statute or Ordinances or Cadre Recruitment Rules or Regulations of the University as amended from time to time. (iii) 'Cadre' shall mean the strength of service or a part of service sanctioned as a separate unit; (iv) ‗Competent Authority‘ shall mean the authority competent to exercise different powers and functions under these rules; (v) 'Departmental candidate' shall mean the employee working on regular basis in the “Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya ” against a substantive post in the University but does not include an employee working on ad -hoc, daily wag e, contract, or temporary basis; (vi) ‗direct recruitment' shall means the recruitment made other than by promotion, deputation or absorption ; (vii) ‗Departmental Promotion Committee and Departmental Confirmation Committee‘ shall mean departmental Promotion Committee and Departmental Confirmation Committee respectively; (viii) 'Government' shall mean the Government of India; (ix) ‗non-teaching employee‘ shall mean an employee of the University other than the t eachers of the University ; (x) ‗other a cademic staff‘ shall mean the other academic staff as defined in the ―U niversity Grants Commission Regulations on Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and Other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and Other Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education, 2018‘, which includes the cadres of Librarians, Directors o f Physical Education and Sports; (xi) ‗On Probation‘ with relatio n to a person shall mean a person appointed to any post on probation as specified in these rules; (xii) ‗regular service‘ shall mean the service rendered by an employee in the cadre on regular basis and shall not include the service on contract or daily wage or temporary or ad - hoc basis ; (xiii) ‗SC‘ shall mean Scheduled Caste, ‗ST‘ shall mean Scheduled Tribe, ‗OBC‘ shall mean Other Backward Class, ‗PwBD‘ shall mean Persons with Benchmark Disability, ‗EWS‘ shall mean Economically Weaker Sections. (xiv) 'Schedule' shall mean t he Schedule appended to these rules; (xv) ‗Selection Committee' shall mean a composition of members of Selection Committee as specified in the Act, Statutes, Ordinances, regulatory authority Regulations, Guidelines or the Cadre Recruitment Rules of the Universi ty; (xvi) (a) ‗service or experience‘ wherever prescribed under these rules for direct recruitment shall mean a condition for appointment to any post shall include the period which the person has worked on such lower post, (b) ‗Service or Experience‘ wherever prescribed under these rules for promotion shall mean a condition for promotion to any higher post, shall include the period which the person has continuously worked on such lower post on regular basis; (xvii) ‗Substantive appointment‘ shall mean appointment on a substantive post on regular basis including on probation followed by confirmation; (xviii) All other words and expressions, used herein, but not defined in these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the same meaning as they have been assigned in the ―Central Universities Act, 2009‖, Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations made thereunder or in the relevant rules fr amed by the Government of India. (xix) ‗UGC‘ shall mean the University Grants Commission established under the U niversity Grants Commission A ct, 1956; (3) Extent o f Application : These r ules shall apply to all appointments o f non-teaching posts including o ther academic s taff on regular or tenure or deputation or promotion basis by the University as the case may be. Instructions issued by the Government of India or regulatory authority regarding appointment, conditions of service and admissible emoluments , etc. of the non -teaching employees and other academic staff from time to time shall apply mutatis mutandis with due approval of the E xecutive Council . (4) Classification of Posts : (a) Group ‗A‘ (pay level -10 in the pay matrix and above) ; (b) Group ‗B‘ (pay level 6 to 9 in the pay matrix) ; (c) Group ‗C‘ including Multi -Tasking Staff (MTS) (pay level 1 to 5). (5) Schedule : The p osts with classification, p ay-matrix, details of qualification s or experience, method of recruitment, age-limit, etc, for various posts and any other information relevant to these posts are specified under Schedule - I. (6) Appointing Authority : The Appointing Authority in respect of various posts in the University shall be mentioned in the following Table. TABLE Appointing Authority Posts A. Executive Council Permanent appointment to all Group ‗A‘ posts B. Vice -Chancellor (i) permanent appointment to all Group ‗B‘ posts. (ii) temporary appointment to all Group ‗A ‗or Group ‗B‘ posts. C. Registrar (i) permanent appointment to all Group ‗C‘ posts. (ii) temporary appointment to all Group ‗C‘ posts. (7) Method of Recruitment : The recruitment to various posts shall be made by the Appointing Authority by the following methods, namely: - (a) Direct r ecruitment ; (b) Promotion ; (c) Deputation or absorption ; (d) Tenure a ppointment ; The Executive Council shall decide the proportion of the above modes of recr uitments for all the positions. (8) Authorised Sanction Strength of Posts u nder Various Cadres .- The authoris ed sanctioned strength of the posts under each of the cadres as on the date of notification shall be approved by the Executive Council. (9) Future Maintenance o f the Cadre or Posts .- (a) The Executive Council may add any other posts or Cad re as and when any new post or Cadre is sanctioned by the Ministry; (b) The seniority of the employees borne in each cadre or post specified in these rules shall be maintained by the Registrar of the University or other officer authori sed for the purpose by the Competent Authority. (c) Notwithstanding anything containe d herein, any class or category of posts and incumbents thereof may be placed in any of the offices or establishments of Gati Shakti Vishwav idyalaya (including off - campus C enters), as the case may be, by general or specific orders of the Vi ce-Chancellor or the Registrar. (10) Initial Constitution : (a) The employees holding the posts on regular basis in accordance with the prevailing rules i.e. prior to the commencement of these rules shall be deemed to have been appointed in accordance with the provisions of these rules. (b) The regular continuous service of the perso nnel mentioned under sub-rule (a ) prior to the initial constitution shall count for the purpose of probation period, qualifying service for promotion, confirmation and pension scheme , as applicable in the service. (11) Procedure for Recruitment : (a) Issue o f Advertisement .- The vacant posts of permanent nature, posts approved under specific schemes of permanent nature, the posts of temporary nature likely to continue, tenure or deputation posts, etc, shall be advertised at an appropriate time, giving at least one insertion in any of the national dailies and one insertion in the University website; (b) The candidates may fill up the prescribed application forms along with the details of qualifications, experience and other requirements as per the procedures to be prescribed by the university and submit the applications duly completed in all respects along with the prescribed application fees, if any, within the stipulated time. Note: - In order to reduce the cost of advertisement, only essential details of the recruitment including the closing date of the application shall be indicated in the advertisement. The closing date may be extended at the discretion of the Vice - Chancellor depend ing on the exigency of the situation, by notifying on the website only, for which the interested candidates have to be in constant touch with the website of the university . - In addition to the pr ovisions mentioned at Para 11 (a ) above, the University at its discretion, may request the Employment Exchange to sponsor candidates for posts asper the prescribed educational qualifications, experience , etc. (12) Time limit f or recruitment process : The university may ensure that the entire recruitment process including and starting from advertisement, conducting written examination or holding the interview may be completed within six months. Provided that, if in the opinion of the Vice - Chancellor, the circumstances so warrant, he may extend the time limit for the recruitment process by six more months. (13) Application form and procedure : (a) Candidates shall be required to download the application forms from the website of the University or submit the applications in the prescribed format online ; (b) Applications for all the posts shall be entertained only in the prescribed format (Online or Offline), along with the prescribed fee, payable in favor of the ― Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya ‖ through online or offline payment; (c) The schedule of charges for the application form and the prescribed fee shall be determined by the Vice -Chancellor, from time to time , concessions in application or processing fee, wherever provided, shall be as per Government of India norms l; (d) The closing date for receipt of applications shall ordinarily be 30 days from the date of release of advertisement on the university website, however, the Vice -Chancellor may, at his discretion, decide the extension of the closing date for receipt of applications, keeping in view the exigency of the situation before the closing date is over, incomplete applications, and the applications received after the due date, shall not be entertained; (e) The Vice -Chancellor may, however, allow the acceptance of any application received after the closing date, subject to production of proof to his satisfaction that the application along with the enclosures and t he remittance details, if any was posted by the candidat e on or before the closing date; (f) In case the closing date is a holiday, the next working day shall be treated as the closing date and incomplete applications and applications not submitted in the pres cribed format, not with the prescribed fee, self -certified enclosures, e tc. shall be summarily rejected; (g) The application shall be addressed to ―The Registrar, ― Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya ‖ in a closed cover super -scribing "Application for the post of . . .‖ (h) Holding of Written or Skill Tests: (i) while filling up the posts under direct recruitment, the University shall hold the written or skill tests for all Group ―B" and "C" Non -Teaching posts , in line with Depar tment of Personnel and Training guidelines ; (ii) the written test may comprise r easoning ability, simple arithmetic, general knowledge, domain knowledge of the establishment, accounts, examinations, l anguage proficiency in English and Hindi, etc., wherever applicable, noting and drafting , etc. or skill tests, or any other type of test depending upon the job requirements (such as posts under Technical or Laboratory services, Engineering, Information and Communication Technology, Library services , etc.) to be decided by the University ; (iii) notwithstanding the above, the University at its discretion may hold single written test (Descriptive Test) and skill test, wherever applicable, depending upon the number of candidates, job requirements (such as posts under Technical or Laboratory services, Eng ineering, Information and Communication Technology, Library services , etc.); (iv) the marks allocated for the interview wherever applicable shall be 2 5% of the total marks and shall be added to the marks scored in written test for th e preparation of the merit list; (v) the C ompetent Authority to frame the syllabi for the tests, skill tests, modalities for carrying out the tests, evaluation, etc., shall be the Vice -Chancellor; (vi) relaxation in qualifying marks or any other relaxation in the test, if any for the reserve d categories shall be extended as per the Government of India guidelin es; (vii) the University may at its discretion adopt appropriate procedures for recruitment to Group ‗A‘ non -teaching posts. (14) Composition and f unctions of the Selection Committee: (1) The c omposition of Selection Committee shall be as prescribed in the Statutes or Ordinances or regulatory authority Regulations or Notifications or Guidelines or Schedule of Cadre Recruitment Rules. (2) The recommendations of the Selection Committee shall be submitted to the Appointing Authority for consideration and approval. (3) If two or more candidates are recommended by the Selection Committee, the recommendations shall be made in order of merit. (4) No recom mendation shall be made by the S election Committee with any condition attached to it. (15) Qualification and e xperience : The qualification (essential and desirable) and experience required shall be as indicated in the Schedule, the qualification prescribed in the S chedule for each of the post shall be the minimum qualification. (a) Age-limit.- The upper age -limit for appointment to various posts shall be as specified in the Schedule and the crucial date for determining the age shall be the closing date of the application; (b) Reservation of posts: The University shall strictly follow the instructions of the Government of India in respect of reservation or relaxation or concessions to various categories in recruitment or promotions, etc., pertaining to age, qualifying marks, experience or fees, et c. as amended from time to time; (c) The candidate belonging to the reserved categories shall enclose self -attested copies of the caste or class certificate or medical certificate (pertaining to the determination of degrees of disability in case of Persons with Benchmark Disabilities candidates) from the C ompetent Authority in the format prescribed by the Government of India (subject to verification at a later date), failing which the application shall be rejected ; (d) A candidate belonging to the Scheduled Caste s or the Scheduled Tribe s or the Other Backward Classes who has been selected on the s ame standard as applied to the g eneral candidates and who appears in the general merit list is to be treated as own merit candidate , such candidate shall be adjusted against unreserved point of the reservation roster; (e) When a relaxed standard is applied in selecting a Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribe s or Other Backward Classes candidate, for example in the age -limit, experience, qualification, extended zone of consideration larger than what is provided for un -reserved candidates etc., the Scheduled Caste s or Scheduled Tribe s or Other Backward Classes or Persons with Benchmark Disabilities candidates are to be counted against reserved vacancies , such candidates shall be deemed as un -avail able for the consideration against un -reserved vacancies , however, age relaxation given to Perso ns with Benchmark Disabilities candidates shall not be considered as relaxed standard for the above purpose. Note: Nothing in these rules shall affect the reservations, relaxation of age -limit and other concessions required to be provided to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and other special categories of persons in accordance with the instructions issued by the Central Government from time to time. (16) Reimbursement of travel expenses .- A candidate shall attend the interview at the designated place and time at his own expenses , however, the outstation candidates called for interview shall be reimbursed to and fro rail fare (by the shortest route) for self only, as under: For Group – ‗B‘ Post: SL (sleeper class) For Group – ‗A‘ Post: 2AC In case any station is not connected by rail, ordinary bus fare shall be paid by the shortest route on production of ticket. (17) Constitution and role of S creening Committee : (a) The Vice -Chancellor may constitute a Screening Committee by including at least one outside expert in the relevant field, in addition to the internal members; (b) The Member -Secretary to the Screening Committee shall be nominated by the Vi ce- Chancellor, it shall be the duty of the Member -Secretary to place the relevant documents or rules or guidelines, etc., relating to the selection before the Screening Committee; (c) The Screening Committee shall screen the applications and shortlist the candidates in accordance with the eligibility criteria, prescribed in the advertisement and as per recruitment rules , it may be ensured that the ratio of the number of vacant posts to be filled and the number of candidates to be called for interview does not exceed 1: 7, in order to comply with this requirement of maximum ratio, the Screening C ommittee may fix higher criteria at its discretion for the candidates with due approval of the Competent Authority ; (d) If minimum three eligible applicants are not available for any vacancy to appear for the written test or interview, the post may be re -advertised at -least twice after which th e University may take appropriate acti on with regard to the selection; (e) This condition shall not be insisted upon in case of selection on deputation (without absorption) , in case of posts in which there is a provision for holding a common written test, all the eligible candidates, subject to the minimum three, may be called for the written test notwithstanding the maximum prescribed ratio. However, the successful candidates in the written test may be called for interview, wherever required in order of merit subject to maximum ratio of 1: 7. (f) The Screening Committee s may at its discretion, recommend the candidate for the post on conditional basis and the conditions must be complied with, by the candidate before the written test or skill test or interview as the case may be , till such time, the candidature of the candidate shall continue to remain provisional. Note: The Acting or In -charge Vice -Chancellor shall not make any appointment to permanent non - teaching positions. However, the Acting or In -charge Vice -Chancellor may constitute a Screening Committee or Selection Committee for the appointment of temporary posts subject to app roval of the Executive Council. (18) Consti tution Of Selection Committees o r Dep artmental Promotion Committees o r Depar tmental Confirmation Committees: (a) The Constitution of the Selection Committees and Departmental Promotion Committees or Departmental Confirmation Committees are specified in the Schedule -II, the Vice - Chancellor, at his discretion, may include the Head or any other senior member of the U nit concerned (in the absence of the Head of the Unit) in the Selection Committee or Departmental Promotion Committee at the time of selection or promotion to any post in the University , any other member or members shall also be included in the Selection Committee or Departmental Promotion Committee as per the Government of India or r egulatory authority guidelines; (b) A person shall be disqualified for sitting as a member of any Selection or Departmental Promotion Committee and Depa rtmental Confirmation Committee and from taking part in any selection or promotion process under these rules, if he is related to any candidate or there shall be any conflict of interest in case of his associat ion with the selection process; (c) For this purpose, the University shall obtain an undertaking to this effect from the member concerned prior to the commencement of the selection process as per Government of India norms. (19) Quorum : (a) The q uorum for the Selection Committee or Departmental Promotion Committee or Departmental Confirmation Committee prescribed under the regulatory authority Regulations or Notifications or Statutes of the University or Instructions shall be applicable mutatis -mutandis as amended from time to time; (b) For other posts, two -thirds of the member present shall form the quorum for the meeting of a Selection Committee, which shall include the Chairperson, the Visitor‘s nominee (wherever applicable), at least one exter nal expert out of the two experts or at least two external experts out of three experts and one representative from the respective prescribed category as per Government of India norms. (20) Direct recruitment by open selection : (a) Recruitment to any regular post in the University shall be made on the recommendations of a duly -constituted Selection Committee, as prescribed under these rules; (b) The Chairperson shall be entitled to vote at the Selection Committee meeting and, in case of a tie, shall have a casting vote; (c) In case two or more candidates are recommended for appointment, the recommendation sh all be in order of merit; (d) The recommendations of the Selection Committee for statutory posts and other Group ‗A‘ posts shall be placed be fore the Executive Council for approval , if the Executive Council is unable to accept the recommendations made by a Selection Committee, it shall record its reasons and submit the case to the Visitor for final orders as prescribed under Statutes; (e) The recom mendations of the Selection Committee for non - statutory Group ‗A‘, ‗B‘ and Group ‗C‘ po sts shall be placed before the C ompetent Authority as prescribed under these rules for consideration and approval: Provided that the recommendation s of the Selection Committee are not accepted, the reason for non - acceptance of such recommendations shall be recorded and submitted to Executive Council; (f) The power to reject the recommendations of the Selection Committee shall rest with the Executive Coun cil and the decision of the E xecutive Council shall be final; (21) Seniority : The seniority of each candidate in the respective cadre shall be determined on the basis of his position in the merit list recommended by the Selection Committee and in accordance with the relevant rules of the Government of India or regulatory authority. (22) Appointment and joining time : (a) The appointment of a candidate shall be subject to the verification of antecedents, educational qualifications, experience and medical fitnes s; (b) An offer of appointment issued by the University shall clearly specify the period (which shall not normally exceed one or two months) after which the offer shall lapse automatically if the candidate did not j oin within the specified period ; (c) If, however, within the specified period, a request is received from the candidate for extension of time, it may be considered by the University but extension beyond three months sh all not be ordinarily granted, i t may however be granted by the Competent Authority only as an exception where fac ts and circumstances so warrant, in any case extension may be given only up to a maximum of six months from the date of issue of the original offer of appointment; (d) An offer of appointment shall lapse automatically a fter expiry of six months from the date of issue of the original offer of appointment and the candidate who joins within the above - mentioned period of six months shall have his seniority fixed under the seniority rules applicable to the service or post concerned to which he is appointed, without any depression of seniority. (23) General terms and conditions of recruitment : (a) Candidate who is already in service shall submit his application through proper channel along with vigilance clearance certificate from the Competent Authority and he may send an advance copy of his application and in case his application is not forwarded due to whatever reasons till the time of written test or interview as the case may be, he, shall produce a "No Objection Certificate‖ along with the Vigilance Clearance Certificate in a sealed cover" from the employer; (b) The application for appointment on d eputation shall be forwarded by the employer along with the Annual Performance Appraisal Reports or Annual Confidential Reports for the preceding five years and Vigilance Clearance Certificate, duly certi fied by the Competent Authority; (c) It shall be the res ponsibility of the candidate to ascertain his own eligibility for the post for which he is applying in accordance with the prescribed qualifications, experience, etc., and submit his application duly filled -in, along with the desired information and doc uments as per the advertisement; (d) Suppression of factual information, supply of fake documents, providing false or misleading information or canvassing in any manner on the part of the candidates shall lead to his disqualification ; (e) In case, it is detected at any point of time in future, even after appointment, that the candidate was not eligible, his appointment shall be liable to termination forthwith as per this clause and this must be mentioned in the letter o f offer and appointment clearly; (f) Acceptance of documents submitted by an applicant shall be subject to verification by the Competent A uthority at any point of time even after joining the employment, if any document is found to be false or fake or incorrect either before or after appointme nt, the document shall be summarily rejected or action may be initiated against the candidate which shall lead to shall cancellation of his appointment, as the case may be ; (g) The person appointed against any post shall be governed by the Act or Statutes or O rdinances or Rules of the University and also the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal ) Rule,1965 or any other ru les of the Government of India and any other rule s or resolution prescribed specifically for maintaining the conduct of the employees by the Executive Council of the University ; (h) The appointment of a candidate shall be subject to verification of character and antecedents by the Competent Authority , until the verification of character and antecedents‘ reports are received, the appointment shall be treated as provisional , in case the reports with regard to his conduct, character, antecedents, etc., is found to be unsatisfactory, the appointment shall be can celled or terminated forth with; (i) Canvassing in any form on behalf of any candidate shall be treated as a disqualification which shall lead to shall cancellation of candidature; (j) The selected candidate shall produce a medical fitness certificate issued by a Government Hospital or Government or Central Government Health Scheme empaneled Hospital duly countersigned by the concerned civil surgeon or the Medical Superintendent or Director of the concerned hospital for Group ‗B‘ and ‗C‘ post and certificate from the Medical Board iss ued by a Government Hospital or Government or Central Government Health Scheme empaneled Hospital for Group ‗A‘ post, as the case may be , prior to his joining; (k) The terms and conditions of appointment shall be communicated to the candidate in the form of ‗Offer of Appointment‘ to the selected candidates if the candidate does not accept the terms and conditions mentioned in the offer of appointment within the stipulated time, the offe r shall be treated as withdrawn; (l) The selected candidates shall be required to perform duties as per the rules of the University and the University shall be free to assign any duty as per the exigency of the situation at any time even during non -working hours or holidays which the employee shall have to perform without fail t o av oid any disciplinary action; (m) The minimum educational qualification s and experience, constitution of Selection Committee, prescribed quota, method of recruitment or any other eligibility criteria, etc. for direct recruitment or promotion or under career pro gression scheme, wherever applicable on the posts of Registrar, Finance Officer, Controller of Examinations, Librarian, Deputy Registrar, Assistant Registrar, Assistant Librarian, etc. and equivalent posts shall be governed strictly as per the regulatory a uthorit y 's guidelines or regulations; (n) Any amendment to the n otification o r Regulations or guidelines of the regulatory authority or Government of India in future shall be adopted mutatis -mutandis by the University for implementation in supersession of the existing provisions already adopted and incorporated in these rules ; (o) At the time of recruitment, a ‗Service Agreement‘ shall be executed between the University and the employee concerned and a copy of the same shall be kept with the Registrar ; (p) The candid ate shall bring all original certificates relating to his age, qualifications, experience, etc ., at the time of tests or interview wherever applicable , in case the candidate fails to submit the original documents for verification of the certified photocopies of the enclosures to his application, he may not be allowed to appear at the tests or interview and his candidature may be treated as cancelled without any furth er communication in this regard; (q) The details of the vacancies shall be indicated in the advertisement, the University may also include the details with regard to anticipated vacancies arising due to retirement of employees of that particular year or any case of voluntary retirement or resignation for which the employee has served notice prior to the issue of advertisement shall be includ ed in the instant advertisement, the University reserves the right to fill or not to fill up the posts advert ised for any reasons whatsoever, however, the number of posts filled up shall not exceed the num ber of posts advertised including anticip ated vacancies; (r) The University may draw a reserved panel to fill up a post , in case a candidate on higher merit regrets to join within a period of six months or resigns or dies after joining, within a period of one year, the offer shall be made to the next candidate in the merit list (if otherwise in order), to reduce the delay in filling up of the vacancies and such a vacancy shall not be treated as fresh vacancy. - (i) the University reserves the right to withdraw an advertisement, either partly or wholly, at any time without assigning any reason ; (ii) if any advertisement for any post is withdrawn by the University , the application fee collected from the candidates shall be refunded wit hin a reasonable period of time; (iii) in case of any ambiguity pertaining to the eligibility criteria for any post, the decision of the E xecutive Council shall be final; (24) Promotion : (a) The candidates to be considered for promotion must comply with the prescribed eligibility criteria as on the date of issue of the notification; (b) (i) Promotion is earned by virtue of hard work, good conduct, and result -oriented performance, as reflected in the Annual Performance Appraisal Reports; (ii) only performance repor ted ''Good (Gra de Point 5)" carrying pay level -11 in the pay matrix (Rs. 67700 - 208700 ), consistently for the preceding five years shall be taken into consideration by the D epartmental Promotion Committee; (iii) in case of Gr oup ‗A‘ post carrying pay level -12 in the pay matrix (Rs. 78800 -209200 ), or above, persons reported ―Very Good‖ (Grade Point 7) shall only be considered ; (iv) those with "Average Performance", which is not an adverse remark, shall not be considered for promotion by the Departmental Promotion Co mmittee (DPC). (v) The University may hold the written or skill tests at the time of promotion of the employees of the University and fix qualifying marks as per the schedule appended herewith, in addition to the screening the Annual Performance Appraisal Reports for preceding years, depending upon the length of Qualifying Service ; (vi) while screening the Annual Performance Appraisal Reports, the University may also fix any other criteria for consideration of the Departmental Promotion Committee ; (c) The Departmental Promotion Committee shall assess the suitability of the employees for promotion on the basis of their service records and the Annual Performance Appraisal Reports for the preceding five years, as specified under Sub -clause (b ) of clause. (d) In case there is any adverse entry in the Annu al Performance Appraisal Report , or for want of prescribed score in the Annual Performance Appraisal Report , the case of promotion shall not be considered unless and until the Competent A uthority expun ges such adverse entry. If the C ompetent Authority does not expunge the adverse entry or d oes not increase the score after review of performance as per procedures, the employee concerned may have to wait for the required number of reports carrying the prescribed bench marks as required for the post under these rules; (e) The eligibility criteria, Vigilance Clearance Reports, and Annual Performance Appraisal Report dossiers, duly completed in all respects, along with the seniority list and results of the written test (if conducted by the University ) of the eligible employees to be consider ed for promotion —with details of the number of vacancies, number of posts reserved for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, the Persons with Benchmark Disabilities, etc., shall be provided to the Departmental Promotion Committee for consideration a s per Government of India rules; (f) In the case of "Selection", the zone of consideration of eligible officers extended zone for the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes or the Persons with Benchmark Disabilities to ensure the promotional chances ag ainst the reserved quota shall be decided by the Departmental Promotion Committee on the basis of the service records of the officers and the normal zone and the extended zone shall be as per the Government of India rules ; (g) The departmental test shal l only be qualifying in nature and the Departmental Promotion Committee shall make its own assessment of the officers and shall determine the merit of those being assessed for promotion with reference to the benchmark "Good" i.e. minimum score 5 for all officers up to the pay level - 11 in the pay matrix and ―Very Good", i.e. a minimum score of 7 for all Group 'A' posts up to the p ay level - 12 and above, accordingly, grade the off icers as 'fit' or 'unfit' only; (h) Those who are graded as 'fit' shall be included in the select panel in order of their inter -se-seniority in the feeder grade, subject to the ava ilability of regular vacancies; (i) Those employees who are graded 'unfit' by the Departmental Promotion Committee shall not be included in the selection panel; (j) There shall be no supersession in promotion among those who are graded 'fit' and the grading and score are quoted below: S. No. Grading System and Score in APAR (i) Grade "between 8 -10" shall be rated as 'outstanding' and shall be given a score of 9 for the purpose of calculating average scores for appointment or promotion. (ii) Grade "between 6 and short of 8" shall be rated as 'very good' and shall be given a score of 7 for the purpose of calculating average scores for Appointment or promotion. (iii) Grade "between 4 and short of 6" shall be rated as ' good' and shall be given a score of 5 for the purpose of calculating Average scores for appointment or promotion. (iv) Below 4 shall be given a score of 'zero'. (a) The meeting of the Departmental Promotion Committee shall ordinarily be convened at least once a year, which shall depend upon the availability of vacancy; (b) The administrative authorities shall ordinarily ensure that the information furnished to the Departmental Promotion Committee are accurate and in proper order in all cases and a certificate to this effect duly signed by the officer designated for the purpose shall form a part of the note for the Depa rtmental Promotion Committee; (c) Penalties of any k ind (major) shall constitute a bar to one's eligibility for promotion or confirmation as per Department of Personnel and Training guidelines , however, minor penalty of "censure" shall not constitute a bar on the eligibility and consideration for the purpos e of promotion or confirmation unless otherwise mentioned specifically in the order abou t such a bar on the eligibility; The following cases shall be brought to the notice of the Departmental Promotion Committee: (i) employees under suspension; (ii) in resp ect of whom a charge -sheet has been issued and disciplinary proceedings are pending; and (iii) in respect of whom prosecution for a criminal charge has been pending in the Court of Law; Note : The Departmental Promotion Committee shall assess their suitability without regard to the disciplinary aspect , the findings of the Departmental Promotion Committee shall be kept in a sealed cover as per the fact recorded in the proceedings of the Departme ntal Promotion Committee , the same procedures shall be followed by subsequent Departmental Promotion Committee till the disciplinary or criminal cases are concluded. On conclusion of the case, the sealed cover shall be opened. In case the officer is compl etely exonerated, the due date of his promotion shall be determined and he shall be promoted notionally with reference to the date of promotion of his junior and if necessary by reverting the junior most officiating person, if not exonerated, the recommend ations of the Departmental Promotion Committee in sealed c over shall not be acted upon; (d) The cases of officers under cloud after clearance by the Departmental Promotion Committee shall be settled in accordance with the Government of India rules. (25) Functions of the Departmen tal Promotion Committee: (a) The Departmental Promotion Committee shall consider and make recommendations in all cases of Group ‗A‘, ‗B‘ and ‗C‘ employees and the constitution of Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) for various cate gories of posts shall be as prescribed under the Cadre Recruitment Rules of the University . (b) While considering the promotional cases, the Departmental Promotion Committee shall consider the following s namely: - (i) provisions of the rules or Act or Statutes or Ordinances or University Regulations or regulatory authority Regulations or Guidelines and Government of India rules as applicable from time to time ; (ii) eligibility criteria and relaxations or concessions applica ble to the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes or the Persons with Benchmark Disabilities categories; (iii) work and conduct reports ; (iv) the Annual Performance Appraisal Reports for the preceding five years along with the Annual Property Returns as available with the C ompetent Authority , while screening the Annual Performance Appraisal Reports, the Departmental Promotion Committee may also adopt the criteria with regard to the bench marks as mentioned in the Statutes or Ordinanc es or Government of India rules; (v) vigilance clearance r eport ; (vi) roster points of the cadre s as per the reservation po licy of the Government of India; (vii) performance in the interview or skill test or written test, if conducted by the University as per rules; (viii) the Departmental Promotion Committee is expected to screen the cases and decide the eligibility based on the aforementioned documents like Annual Performance Appraisal Reports, Vigilance Clearance Report, Roster, Recruitment Rules , etc. Note: In case Annual Performance Appraisal Reports for any particular period has not been written or endorsed by the designated authority despite the fact that the employee concerned produces the proof of submission of self -appraisal report(s) duly filled -in for that particular period(s) to the concerned secti on, the Departmental Promotion Committee or Screening Committee shall ignore the report(s) of that particular period(s) and shall take into account the report(s) of the immediately preceding period(s). It is mandatory on the part of the designated officer to make entry in the relevant register to be maintained for this purpose and issue proper receipt to the employee concerned as a proof of submission of the appraisal reports. There shall be proper entry in the relevant register with regard to each movement of the Annu al Performance Appraisal Report till the completion of its process. (26) Mode of promotion : (a) The university shall strictly adhere to the quota prescribed for promotion of the eligible internal candidates as per the recruitment rules , in case candidates are not available under the internal quota and the posts are filled up through direct recruitment in the interest of the university , future vacancy may be shifted proportionately to t he promotion quota and filled up out of the eligible in ternal candidates from the feeder cadre , in the light of the above, the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) shall be required to ensure the number of available vacancies under the promotion quota; (b) In addition to the above conditions for promotion for th e posts, University may decide the method and procedure to be followed for promotion in res pect of any category of posts, f or this purpose, the University , at its discretion, may opt the fitness - cum-seniority or hold written test or other trade or professi onal tests and fix qualifying marks for any post to assess the competence in an objective manner. In such cases, association of at least one ext ernal expert shall be mandatory; (c) Mere possession of eligibility conditions shall not entitle an employee to be p romoted to the next higher post from the date of his eligibility , after completion of formalities such as Annual Performance Appraisal Reports or Annual Confidential Reports, Vigilance Clearance Report, the Departmental Promotion Committee may be constitut ed to evaluate and assess t he eligibility of the employees, the employees shall be considered for promotion based on the recommendations of the Departmental Promotion Committee duly approved by the Competent Authority of the University ; (d) All promotions of t he non -teaching staff belonging to Group ‗A‘, ‗B‘ and Group ‗C‘ shall take effect from the date of joining; (e) Qualifying in typing test or s kill test with knowledge of computers shall be the compulsory requirement for promotion to the post of Assistant, Supe rintendent, Library Assistant and other positions as identified from time t o time. Further, qualifying in typing test or s kill test with knowledge of computers shall be the compulsory requirement for all Assistants or Superintendents of the University as per the eligibilit y criteria prescribed in these rules as prescribed for direct recruitment. The University may impose any condition to be complied with at a future date failing which , the C ompetent Authority may order for stoppage of increment. (27) Ad-hoc promotions : In case there is an existing vacancy and no eligible employee is available in the feeder Cadre for promotion, the Competent Authority may consider relaxation by a maximum period of one year at its discretion to promote an employee on ad-hoc basis after completing all procedural formalities, as laid down under rule 2 4 above , however, this arrangement shall not be allowed to continue beyond one year in case the employee concerned is not considered for regular promotion. (28) Panel : The panel drawn for promotion or direct recruitment shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of the meeting of the Departmental Promotion Committee date of approval of the recommendations, respectively. (29) Career Advancement Scheme : The Career Advancement Scheme for the non -teaching staff shall be de cided by the Executive Council. (30) Deputation : (a) The University may fill up any post on deputation by drawing officers from Government of India or autonomous bodies or public sector undertakings as per University Grants Commission or Government of India rules, t he officer to be considered for deputation a gainst any post below pay level -14 in the pay matrix (Rs. 144200 -218200 ) must be less than fifty -six years of age and Pay level -14 and above must be less than fifty-eight years of age, in case the appointment is made on deputation by following the due process of selection prescribed for the post under the cadre recruitment rule s, the incumbent may be allowed to continue for the period as prescribed by the Government of India from time to time or till he attains the age of superannuation prescribed for that particular cadre, whichever is earlier ; (b) An appointment on deputation may be made initially for a period of three years (except statutory posts) which may be extended further at the discretion of the Competent Authority subject to satisfactory performance ; (c) The University , however, shall have the right to repatriate all incumbents, including the incumbents holding the statutory posts, at any time even before the prescribed period in case his performance, integrity or conduct are found to be unsatisfactory at an y stage, in the opinion of the C ompetent Author ity; (d) Ordinarily, no person working on deputation shall be absorbed in any post of the University after expiry of his period of deputation , in case, it is decided in the interest of the University to absorb any such person, then the University may take up the matter with his parent organisation for concurrence after obtaining the option of the employee concerned subject to the condition that the matter of absorption is specifically mentioned in the advertisement , after obtaining the consent of the parent department, the case shall be placed before the Competent Authority for a final decision if he is absorbed in the University , he shall be assigned the bottom seniority of that particular cadre as per the Government of India rules. (31) Proba tion: (a) (i) In case of direct recruitment, the selected candidate shall be kept on probation for a period as specified in these rules , the date from which confirmation shall be given effect is the date following the date of satisfactory completion of the prescribed period of probation or the extended period of probation, as the case may be , the decision to confirm the probationer or to extend the period of probation as the case may be shall be communicated to the probationer normally within six to eigh t weeks prior to the completion of p robation period; (ii) Probation shall not be extended for more than a year and, in no circumstances, an employee shall be kept on probation for more than double the normal prescribed period of probation , the officer shall be deemed to have successfully completed the probation period if no order confirming, discharging or reverting the officer is issued within eight weeks after expiry of double the normal period of prescribed probation , on completion of the probation period or any extension thereof, employees shall, if considered fit for permanent appointment, be retained in the appointments on regular basis and be confirmed against the available substantiv e vacancies as the case may be; (iii) In case ther e is no perceivable improvement despite all this, his services shall be discharged by giving him one month's notice in advance or on payment of one mo nth's salary in lieu of notice., t he employee concerned may also exercise his option to resign by giving o ne month's notice; (b) As regards other matters relating to probation, the employee shall be governed by the instructions issued by the Government of India i n this regard from time to time; (c) In the case of promotion to the next higher group, the emplo yee(s) shall be kept on probation for a period of two years from the date of joining , the Appointing Authority may at its discretion, extend the period of probation by one year on ground of non -performance, misconduct or misbehavior or if he fails to comply with the terms and conditions of the appointment to th e post to which he was promoted, in case there is no perceivable improvement despite all this, he shall be reverted to his parent post, with immediate effect, and consequently all the employees promoted against the consequential vacancies due to the promotion of this employee shall be reverted to their respective parent posts, in case they shall not be adjusted in any other similar vacant posts , however, there shall not be any probation for promot ion within the same group. Note: (i) if an employee who has been recruited or promoted to any post, avail himself of leave on a piecemeal basis, or at a time for a period of two months or more during the period of probation, his probation shall be extended proportionately, i.e., equal to the total period of leave av ailed by the employee concerned; (ii) In order to avoid any anomalous situation, all cases of probation of the officials shall be reviewed in every six months, i n case, the result of review of performance of an official is found to be unsatisfactory, or not up to the mark, he shall be apprised of the consequences of unsatisfactory performance during the period of probation and such an appraisal shall be issued in advance after which the performance of the official concerned shall be cont inuously kept under observation; (iii) notwithstanding anything contained in the above -mentioned provision, if a probationer is placed under suspension during the period of probation, the period of probation may be extended till such period as the Appointing Authority deems fit in the circumstances; (iv) as for temporary Government servants they shall, as a matter of rule, be asked to resign from the parent department or office at the time of release from the parent department or office , an undertaking to the effect that he shall resign from the parent department or office, in the event of his selection and appointment to the post applied for, may be taken from his at the time of forwarding the application , this procedure is to be followed even in case of a temporary Government servant applying as a direct recruit for a post in the same organization; (v) an employee of the University shall be confirmed through Departmental Confirmation Committee (or a committee constituted for the purpose by the Vice Chancellor); (vi) an employee of the University shall not be confirmed on his post unless and until he signs the ‘S ervice Agreement’; (vii) there shall be no probation in the case of an employee appointed to a post on deputation, tenure or on re - employment after superannuation; and (viii) the Appointing Authority shall record the reasons in writing while terminating the appointment of a probationer or extension of the normal period of probation. (32) Application of Government of India rules or Regulatory Authority R egulations : (a) If any particular provision concerning the qualifications for recruitment and promotion or seniority under these rules is silent, the corresponding rules operating in the Government of India or regulatory au thority, or the qualifications prescribed by the Government of India or regulatory authority shall apply mutatis mutandis ; (b) the pay matrix contained in the schedules for various posts shall be revised as per the government or regulatory authority regulations or guidelines as amended from time to time. (33) Power to relax : (a) Relaxation in age, experience, qualifying marks, etc., may be granted to t he candidates belonging to the S chedule Castes or the Schedule T ribes or the Other Backward Classes or the Persons with Benchmark Disabilities . or any other reserved category for reserved posts as per the regulatory authority or Government of India guidelines , a certificate to this effect issued from the Competent A uthority shall be attached with the prescribed application form, wherever a relaxation of qualification, including percentage of marks, is permitted under the regulatory authority or Government of India guidelines, such relaxation shall also be considered in appropriate cases subject to recommendations of the Screening Committee; (b) The relaxation in age shall also be given in respect of the following categories as mentioned against each: S. No. Category of Persons Extent of age relaxation 1. Regular employees of the Central government or State government or Central Universities or other C entral or State A utonomous organisations or universities As per Government of India rules 2. Ex-servicemen The upper age -limit for appointment of Group ‗C‘ posts may be relaxed for group ‗C‘ and erstwhile group ‗D‘ departmental candidates up to forty years in case of general candidates and forty -five years in case of candidates belonging the S chedule Caste or the Schedule T ribes who has rendered three years‘ continuous regular service in university in accordance with the instructions or orders issued by the government of India. (34) Disqualification : The following categories of persons shall not be eligible to apply for any position in the University , namely: - (a) who has been convicted by any Court of Law or any criminal proceedings are pending against him; (b) who is a person of unsound mind and questionable conduct or not medically fit to perform his duties; (c) who has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having a living spouse; Provided that the Competent Authority of the university may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to such person and the other party to the marriage and there are other grounds for doing so, exempt any person from the operation of these rules; (d) who is not a citizen of India; and (e) any other category of person disqualified for appointment by the Government of India or State Government or University Grants Commission from time to time. (35) Vigilance clearance : (a) Candidate who is already in service shall submit the Vigilance Clearance Certificate from the employer or his authorised officer, to the effect that no disciplinary or criminal proceedings are pending or contemplated against him , it shall be directly sent by the parent department or be handed over to the employee concerned in sealed cover at the time of written or skill test or interview as applicable or along with the application. (b) (i) Willful suppression of factual information or any document relating to the eligibility or otherwise as a candidate, followed by supply of fake documents or misleading statement or information in the application or tampering with the documents or providing such information relating to the achievements, caste, educational qualifications, experience or domicile, etc., the Chief Vigilance Officer of the University shall have the powers to investigate or inquire into the matter and submit his report to the Vice - Chancellor for further action at any stage of recruitment process or employment. (ii) If any of these acts is found to be true, the candidate shall be disqualified for appointment to the post or if already appointed, his services shall be liable to be terminated, with im mediate effect a fter adhering to the procedures; (c) These are the model cadre recruitment rules which have been prepared generally to cover all the posts sanctioned to Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya and its constituent or affiliated college s, as far as possible , this model Cadre Recruitment Rules does not entitle University to create any post mentioned in the model Cadre Recruitment Rules other than those sanctioned to them by the Competent Authority. (36) Removal of difficulties : If any difficulty arises in the implementation or operation of any of the provision of these rules, the Vice -Chancellor may, from time to time issue with the approval of the Executive Council, such general or specific directions but not inconsistent with t he provisions of the Act, Statutes, Ordinances or directives of the Government of India, Ministry of Education or University Grants Commission, which appear to be necessary for the purpose of removing such difficulty. (37) Interpretation : Any ambiguity or lack of clarity with regard to any clause of the rules, the matter may be referred to the Executive Council of the University for clarification. (38) Amendment of rules: Any amendment, modification, changes, withdrawal, suspension and relaxation in any or all of provisions of these r ules shall be done with prior approval of Government of India ,- (a) the matters not specified or referred to in these rules, the corresponding provisions as provided by the Government of India relating to its employees, shall be followed, in case any particular provision in these rules is in conflict with any provision of the regulatory body or Government of India Orders, the provisions of regulatory body or Governmen t of India Orders shall prevail; (b) The non -teaching employees and other academic staff shall be liable to serve anywhere in India within the jurisdiction of the University ; (c) In case of any dispute, the territorial jurisdiction for adjudication shall be the “Vadodara Court” ; (d) All the exis ting rules and O rders in relation to the matters covered under these rules shall stand repealed but any action already taken pursuant to such existing rules and orders shall be deemed to have been taken under these rules. SCHEDULE – 1 1 Name of Post Registrar 2 Classification Group ‗A‘ 3 Level in pay matrix Level -14 in the pay matrix (Rs. 144200 -218200) 4 Whether Selection or non - selection post Tenure appointment b y selection committee 5 Age-limit for direct recruits Preferably below fifty-seven years 6 Educational and other qualifications required for direct Essential qualification: (i) Master‘s degree with 55% of the recruits marks or an equivalent grade in a point scale wher ever grading system is followed; (ii) fifteen years of experience as Assistant Professor in academic level-11 in the pay matrix (Rs. 68900 -205500) of 7th Central Pay Commission and above or with eight years of service in academic level-12 in the pay matrix (Rs. 79800 -211500) of the 7th Central Pay Commission and above including as Associate Professor along with experience in educational administration; or Comparable experience in research establishment or other institutions of higher education, or fifteen years of administrative experience, of which eight years shall be as Deputy Registrar or an equivalent post. 7 Method of recruitment whether by direct recruitment or by promotion or by deputation or absorption and percentage of the post to be filled by various methods. Direct or Deputation for a tenure of five years or till attaining the age of superannuation i.e. sixty -two years, whichever is earlier (Eligible for reappointment after observance of due selection process) 8 In case of recruitment by promotion or deputation or absorption, grades from which promotion or deputation or absorption to be made Depu tation: Age – below fifty - eight years Qualifications and Experience: As indicated at col umn (7) Grade: Holding analogous post or eight years‘ experience at pay level -12 in the pay matrix (Rs. 78800 - 209200) 1 Name of Post Finance Officer 2 Classification Group ‗A‘ 3 Level in pay matrix Level -14 in the pay matrix (Rs. 144200 -218200) 4 Whether Selection or non-selection post Tenure appointment b y selection committee 5 Age-limit for Direct Recruits Preferably below fifty-seven years 6 Educational and other qualifications required for Essential qualification: direct recruits (i) Master‘s degree with 55% of the marks or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed. (ii) fifteen years of experience as Assistant Professor in the Academic level-11 (Rs. 68900 - 205500) and above or with eight years of service in the Academic Level -12 in the pay matrix (Rs. 79800 -211500) and above including as Associate Professor along with experience in educational administration or Comparable experience in research establishment or other institutions of higher education, or fifteen years of administrative experience, of which eight years shall be as Deputy Registrar or an equivalent post Desirable Qualification : Master of Business Administration (Finance) or Chartered Accountant or Institute of Cost and Works Accountants or Institute of Chartered Accountants or Intermediate Chartered Accountancy or Intermediate Cost and Works Accountancy or Subordinate Accounts Service. Experience: working in finance department in a university or institution of higher learning or in Central or State g overnment or public sector undertaking. Proficiency in use of technology, professional enterprise resource planning like systems, applications, and products in data processing, oracle. Knowledge of statutory compliances; experience in procureme nt, tendering and negotiations. 7 Method of recruitment whether by direct recruitment or by promotion or by deputation or absorption and percentage of the post to be Direct or Deputation for a tenure of five years or till attaining the age of superannuation i.e. sixty - two years, whichever is earlier (Eligible for reappointment after observance of due selection filled by various methods. process) 8 In case of recruitment by promotion or deputation or absorption, grades from which promotion or deputation or absorption to be made Deputation: Age – below fifty - eight years Appointment preferably by drawing officers not below the level -12 in the pay matrix (Rs. 78800 -209200) belonging to the Indian Audit and Accounts services or Indian Railway Accounts Service or other similar organis ed services i n Central or State government or University system or other organisation subject to fulfilment of prescribed qualification 1 Name of the Post Joint Registrar 2 Classification Group ‗A‘ 3 Scale of Pay Level –13 in the pay matrix (Rs. 118500 -214100) 4 Level in pay matrix By selection committee 5 Age-limit for direct recruits Fifty years 6 Educational and other qualifications required for direct recruits Essential qualification: (a) Master's d egree with 55% of the marks, or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever gra ding system is followed; (b) Comparable experience in research establishment or other institutions of higher education, or (c) Five years of administrative experience as Deputy Registrar or in equivalent post. Desirable qualification: Experience in personnel or purchase or finance or administration or academic in an educational or research institute or government or autonomous body. 7 Period of probation, if any One year 8 Method of recruitment whether by direct recruitment or by promotion or by deputation and percentage of the vacancies to be filled by various methods By d eputation or direct recruitment 9 In case of recruitment by promotion or deputation or, Grade from which promotion or deputation or to be made Deputation: Officers from Central or State Governments, Universities, Professional and Research Institutions and bodies holding analogous post on regular basis; or with five years‘ regular service in the post in level -12 in the pay matrix (Rs. 78800 -209200) ; and Possessing qualifications and experience prescribed (Period of deputation shall not ordinarily exceed three years). 1 Name of post Deputy registrar 2 Classification Group ‗A‘ 3 Level in pay matrix Level -12 in the pay matrix (Rs. 78800 -209200) 4 Whether selection or non- selection post By selection committee 5 Age-limit for direct recruits Fifty years 6 Educational and other qualifications required for direct recruits Essential Qualifications: (i) Master‘s degree with 55% of the marks or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed; (ii) five years of experience as Assistant Registra r or in equivalent post in the lev el-10 in the pay matrix (Rs. 56100 -177500 ) and above. Desirable qualification: Experience in personnel or purchase or finance or administration or academic in an educational or research institute or government or autonomous body. 7 Whether a ge and educational qualifications prescribed for direct recruits shall apply in the case of promotions Age: No bar ; Academic Qualification: Shall possess at least Bachelor‘s degree from a recognised University . 8 Period of probation, if any One year 9 In case of recruitment by promotion or deputation or absorption, grades from which promotion or deputation or absorption Promotion: Assistant Registrar with five years‘ regular service in level -11 in the pay matrix (Rs. 67700 -208700) on Seniority -cum- fitness basis. to be made Deputation: Officers holding analogous posts on regular basis or with five years‘ regular service in level -11 in the pay matrix (Rs. 67700 -208700) or with eight years‘ regular service in level -10 in the pay matrix (Rs. 56100 -177500) in the Central or State Government, Universities and other autonomous organisations. 1 Name of Post Deputy Librarian 2 Classification Group ‗A‘ 3 Level in pay matrix Level -12 in the pay matrix (Rs. 78800 -209200) 4 Whether Selection or non- selection post By selection committee 5 Age Limit for Direct Recruits Fifty Years 6 Educational and other qualifications required for direct recruits Qualifications: - (i) Master‘s degree in Library Science or Information Science or documentation science, with 55% of the marks or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever the grading system is followed. (ii) eight years‘ experience as an Assistant University Librarian or College Librarian. (iii) evidence of innovative library services including integration of Infor mation and Comm unication Technology in Library; (iv) A Doctor of Philosophy degree in library science or information science or Documentation Science or Archives and manuscript keeping or computeris ation of library . 7 Whether age and educational qualifications prescribed for direct recruits shall apply in the case of promotions Not applicable 8 Period of probation, if any One year . Method of Recruitment whether by direct recruitment or by promotion or by deputation and percentage of the vacancies to be filled by (a) Direct recruitment or promotion or deputation (b) In case of Deputation: Officers from Central or State Governments, Universities, Professional and Research various methods. Institutions and bodies: (i) holding analogous post on a regular basis; or (ii) with five years‘ regular service in a relevant post in the level -11 in the pay matrix (Rs. 67700 -208700) or with eight years‘ regular service in level -10 in the pay matrix (Rs. 56100 -177500) and possessing qualifications prescribed. . Name of Post Senior Technology Officer 2 Classification of the post Group ‗A‘ . Level in pay matrix Level -11 in the pay matrix (Rs. 67700 -208700) . Selection or Non- Selection Post By selection committee . Age-limit for direct recruits Forty-five years . Educational and other qualifications required for direct recruits Qualification: Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of Technology (Computer Science and Engineering) with 55% of marks and six years of experience of extensive programming and system management from a recognised Public or Private organisation. OR Master in Computer Science or Master of Computer Applications or Master of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering with 55% of marks and five years‘ experience of extensive programming and system management from a recognised public or private organisation. . Period of probation, if any. Two years . Method of recruitment whether by direct recruitment or by promotion or by deputation or absorption and percentage of the vacancies to be filled by various methods. Direct Recruitment or deputation or Promotion . In case of recruitment by promotion or deputation or absorption, grades from which promotion or deputation or absorption to be made. Deputation: An officer of Central G overnment, State G overnment, Union territories, autonomous or statutory organisations, public sector undertakings, Universities or recognised research institutions holding the analogous post and pay in parent cadre of department. OR Having five years of experience in the above mentioned organisation in level -10 in the pay matrix (Rs. 56100 -177500) or equivalent on regular basis in parent cadre or department. 1. Name of the Post Senior Accounts Officer 2. Classification Group ‗A‘ 3. Scale of Pay Level -11 in the pay matrix (Rs. 67700 -208700) 4. Level in pay matrix By selection committee 5. Age-limit for direct recruits Forty -five years 6. Educational and other qualifications required for direct recruits Essential Qualification: (i) Master‘s degree with at least 55% marks or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever the grading system is followed from a recognised University or institute with excellent academic record; (ii) t hree years of administrative experience as Assistant Finance Officer or Assistant Registrar in level-10 in the pay matrix (Rs. 56100 -177500) or equivalent post preferably in Central or State Government or p ublic sector Undertaking; (iii) working knowledge of Tally ERP 9; (iv) k nowle dge of Goods and Services Tax (GST) and Income Tax; (v) Strong pe ople management skills, ability to monitor multiple streams of work and coordinate staff and Highly motivated; strong analytical skills and ability to work under pressure . Desirable Qualification: Master of Business Administration (Finance) or Chartered Accountant or Institute of Cost and Works Accountants or Institute of Chartered Accountants or Intermediate Chartered Accountancy or Intermediate Cost and Works Accountancy or Subordinate Accounts Service. Experience: Working in finance department in a University or institution of higher learning or public sector undertaking or central or state governments, professional and research institutions and bodies. 7. Period of probation, if any Two years 8. Method of recruitment whether by direct recruitment or by promotion or by deputation and percentage of the vacancies to be filled by various methods Direct recruitment or deputation or promotion 9. In case of recruitm ent by promotion or deputation , grade from which promotion or deputation to be made Deputation : Officers from Central or State G overnments or public sector undertakings, Universities, professional and research institutions and bodies: (i) holding analogous post on regular basis; or (ii) with five years‘ regular service in a relevant post in the level -10 in the pay matrix (Rs. 56100 -177500) and possessing qualifications prescribed 1 Name of Post Executive Engineer (Civil or Electrical) . Classification Group ‗A‘ 3 Level in pay matrix Level -11 in the pay matrix (Rs. 67700 -208700) 4 Whether Selection or Non - selection post By selection committee 5 Age-limit for direct recruits Forty-five years 6 Educational and other qualifications required for direct recruits Essential Qualifications: (i) first class B achelor‘s degree in the civil or electrical engineering from a recognised University or institute ; (ii) eight years of experience as assistant engineer in the relevant field from Central Public W orks Department or State Government Public Works D epartment Services or similar organi sed services or semi -government or public sector undertaking or statutory or autonomous organisation or University . Desirable Qualifications: (i) experience in construction of projects of multi -story buildings and have experience in planning or estimation or measurement or tendering as per the Central Public Works Department or Public Works Department norms. (ii) Good knowledge of Central Public Works Department manuals , preparations or checking of estimates, drawings, structural details, bill of quantities, substitute or deviation items statements and other associated issues related with building and constructions; (iii) Knowledge of Computer Aided Design and latest Management Technology or other relevant software. 7 Period of probation, if any Two years 8 Method of recruitment whether by direct recruitment or by promotion or by deputation or absorption and percentage of the post to be filled by various methods. Direct recruitment or deputation or Promotion 9 In case of recruitment by promotion or deputation or absorption, grades from which promotion or deputation or absorption to be made Promotion: Assistant Engineer having degree in relevant branch of engineering with five years of regular services in the level -10 in the pay matrix (Rs. 56100 -177500) based on Seniority -cum-fitness from Assistant Engineers subject to fulfilment of academic qualification Deputation: Officers holding analogous post or one below category wi th 3 years‘ experience, in the C entral Public Works Department or State Government Public Works D epartment Services or similar organis ed services or semi - government or public sector undertaking or statutory or autonomous organisation or University . 1 Name of Post Senior Public Relations Officer . Classification Group ‗A‘ 3 Level in pay matrix Level -11 in the pay matrix (Rs . 67700 -208700) 4 Whether Selection or non- selection post By selection committee 5 Age-limit for direct recruits Forty -five years 6 Educational and other qualifications required for direct recruits Essential Qualifications: (i) Masters' Degree with 55% of marks or its equivalent grade in Journalism and Mass Communication from recognised University or Institute; (ii) Eight years‘ experience in the editorial department or Centre of any Central or State Government department or public sector undertaking or Central or State Educational Institutions established English or regional Newspaper accredited with A udit Bureau Circulation , National News Agencies, Radio o r Television, Film Media, reputed advertising agencies with excellent command of speaking in English, Hindi . Desirable: Good working knowledge of computer applications . 7. Period of probation, if any Two years . Method of recruitment whether by direct recruitment or by promotion or by deputation or absorption and percentage of the post to be filled by various methods. Deputation or direct recruitment or promotion 9 In case of recruitment by promotion or deputation or absorption, grades from which promotion or deputation or absorption to be made Experience : five years in Media Management or relevant functional area – level -10 in the pay matrix (Rs. 56100 -177500) in C entral or State G overnments or public sector undertakings or Universities or professional and research institutions and bodies 1 Name of Post Assistant Registrar 2 Classification Group ‗A‘ 3 Level in pay matrix Level -10 in the pay matrix ( Rs. 56100 -177500) 4 Whether Selection or non- selection post By selection committee 5 Age-limit for direct recruits Forty years 6 Educational and other qualifications required for direct recruits Essential Qualifications : Master‘s degree with at least 55% of the marks or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherev er grading system is followed; Desirable qualification : (i) three years of relevant administrative experience in an office in academics or examinations or finance and accounts or procurement or human resources management in one or more of the following: (a) Central or State Universities or research institutions; (b) Central or State government departments and agencies; (c) autonomous bodies under the Central or State government; (d) port trusts; (e) public sector undertakings; (f) public sector banks or financial institutions ; (g) public limited companies ; (ii) g ood knowledge of information, communication and technology . Note: The appointment under direct recruitment shall be made through an All India open competition by conducting a written test and interview. 7 Period of probation, if any Two years 8 Method of recruitment Deputation or direct recruitment or promotion 9 In case of recruitm ent by promotion or deputation or absorption, grades from which promotion or deputation or absorption to be made Promotion: Five years of regular service in the feeder cadre Deputation: (i) Officers holding analogous posts on a regular basis or with five years‘ regular service in lower grades position in level-7 in the pay matrix (Rs . 44900 -142400 ) or level-8 in the pay matrix (Rs . 47600 -151100 ) in the Central or State Government, Universities and other autonomous organisations ; (ii) Knowledge of Computer Applications . 1. Name of Post Information Technology and Systems Officer 2 Classification of the post Group ‗A‘ 3. Level in pay matrix Level -10 in the pay matrix (Rs . 56100 -177500) 4. Selection p ost or Non-selection By selection committee 5. Age-limit for direct recruits Forty years 6. Educational and other qualifications required for direct recruits Essential Qualification: (i) Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering or Computer Science and Engineering or from recognised University or Institute; (ii) five years‘ experience of Computer Network administration and Computer hardware , including Massive Uninterruptible Power Supply systems and Centrali sed Air - Conditioning Plants , or Computer Systems Management and Administration , or Maintenance of a campus - wide large computer network , from a recogni sed public sector un dertaking or Private organis ation . Desirable Qualification: Experience of Industrial background. 7. Period of probation, if any. Two years 8. Method of recruitment whether by direct recruitment or by promotion or by deputation or absorption and percentage of the vacancies to be filled by various methods. Direct recruitment 9. In case of recruitm ent by promotion or deputation or absorption, grades from which promotion or deputation or absorption to be made. Not applicable . Name of the Post Assistant Director Physical education 2 Classification Group ‗A‘ 3. Scale of Pay Level -10 in the pay matrix (Rs . 56100 -177500) 4. Level in pay matrix By selection committee 5. Age-limit for direct recruits Forty years 6. Educational and other qualifications required for direct recruits Qualification: (A) (i) a Master ‘s degree in physical education and sports or physical education or sports science with 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point -scale, wherever the grading system is followed) ; (ii) record of having represented the University or college at the inter-University or inter - collegiate competitions or the State or national championships; (iii) besides fulfilling the above qualifications, the candidate must have cleared the National Eligibility Test , conducted by the University Grants Commission or the Council of Sci entific and Industrial Research, or a similar test accredited by the University Grants Commission like the State Level Eligibility Test or State Eligibility Test or D octor of P hilosophy . Degree in Physical Education , or Physical Education and Sports , or Sports Science OR (B) An Asian game or commonwealth games medal winner who has a degree at postgraduate level . 7. Period of probation, if any Two years 8. Method of Recruitment whether by direct recruitment or b y promotion or by deputation and percentage of the vacancies to be filled by various methods Direct recruitment by advertisement or deputation of officers of the Government of India or State Government , or a public sector undertaking , or an autonomous body, meeting the qualification requirements and working in analogous positions , or those with five years of relevant experience i n level –8 in the pay matrix (Rs. 47600 -151100) or above . 9. In case of recruitment by promotion or deputation or grade from which promotion or deputation Not applicable 1. Name of Post Assistant Engineer (Civil or Electrical) . Classification Group ‗A‘ 3. Level in pay matrix Level -10 in the pay matrix (Rs . 56100 -177500) 4. Whether Selection or Non - selection Post By selection committee 5. Age-limit for direct recruits Forty years 6. Educational and other qualifications required for direct recruits Essential Qualifications: (i) First Class Bachelor‘s degree in Civil or Electrical Engineering from a recognized University or Institute; (ii) five years of experience in the relevant field from the Central Public Works Department or State Government Public Works Department services , or similar organis ed services, or semi-government , or public sector undertaking , or statutory or autonomous organisation , or University . Desirable Qualifications: (i) Experience in construction or maintenance of sub-stations or multistory buildings , distribution systems , and experience in planning , estimation , or tendering as per the Central Public Works Department or Public Works Department norms. (ii) Good knowledge of Central Public Works Department manuals, preparation or checking of estimates , drawings , bills of quantities , substitute items statements , or deviation items statements , etc. 7. Period of probation, if any Two years . Method of recruitment whether by direct recruitment or by promotion or by deputation or absorption and percentage of the post to be filled by various methods. Deputation or direct recruitment or promotion . In case of recruitment by promotion or deputation or absorption, grades from which promotion or Deputation: Officers holding an analogous post or one category below, with five years‘ experience, in the Central Public Works deputation or absorption to be made Department or State Government Public Works Department services, or similar organised services, or semi-government, or a public sector undertaking or a statutory or autonomous organisation, or within the University . 1. Name of Post Assistant Librarian . Classification Group ‗A‘ 3. Level in pay matrix Level -10 in the pay matrix (Rs 56100 -177500) 4. Whether Selection or non- selection post By selection committee 5. Age-limit for direct recruits Forty years 6. Educational and other qualifications required for direct recruits Qualifications: (i) a Master‘s degree in Library Science, Information Science or Documentation Science or an equivalent professional degree with 55% of marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) ; (ii) a consistently good academic record wit h knowledg e of computerization of library; (iii) Qualifying in the National Eligibility Test conducted by the University Grants Commission, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, or a similar test accredited by the U niversity Grants Commission , such as the State Level Eligibility Test or State Eligibility Test; or awarded a doctor of Philosophy degree. 7. Period of probation, if any Two years . Method of recruitment whether by direct recruitment or by promotion or by deputation or absorption and Direct recruitment 1Name of Post Assistant Programmer . 2 Classification of the post Group ‗B‘ . Level in pay matrix Level -8 in the pay matrix (Rs . 47600 -151100) . Selection or Non- Selection Post By selection committee . Age limit for direct Recruits Thirty -eight years . Educational and other qualifications required for direct recruits Essential Qualification: (i) Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of Tech nology in Computer Science and Enginee ring or Electronics Engineering or from a recognized University or institute; OR Master of Computer Application or Master of Science in Computer Science or from a recognized University or institute; (iii) five years programming experience in in languages like C or C++ or JAVA , etc. databases: MySQL or ORACLE with PHP, etc. Foundations and practices under WINDOWS or LINUX or UNIX platforms from a recognised Public or Private organisation. . Period of probation, if any. Two years . Method of recruitment whether by direct recruitment or by promotion or by deputation or absorption and percentage of the vacancies to be filled by various methods. Direct recruitment through written test and s kill test (if required) . Name of Post Senior Section Officer . Classification Group ‗B‘ . Level in pay matrix Level -8 in the pay matrix (Rs . 47600 - 151100) . Whether Selection or non-selection post By selection committee . Age-limit for Direct Recruits Thirty -eight years . Educational and other qualifications required for direct recruits Essential Qualifications: (i) A Bachelor‘s degree in any discipline from any recognised University or Institute ; (ii) three years‘ experience as Assistant in the level-6 in the pay matrix (Rs . 35400 -112400 ) or eight years as U pper Division Clerk in Level -4 in the pay matrix (Rs . 25500 - 81100 ) in any Central or State Government or University or public sector undertaking and other Central or State autonomous i nstitutions or holding equivalent positions in any reputed private companies or bank; (iii) proficiency in Computer Operation, noting and drafting . Desirable: Proficiency in English and good communication skills. 7 Period of probation, if any Two years . Method of recruitment whether by direct recruitment or by promotion or by deputation or absorption and percentage of the post to be filled by various method . Deputation or direct recruitment or promotion . In case of recruitment by promotion or deputation or absorption, grades from which promotion or deputation or absorption to be made Deputation: Persons holding analogous posts on regular basis or with 3 years‘ regular service as Office Assistant or Superintendent or Personal Assistant in the l evel-6 in the pay matrix (Rs. 35400 -112400 ) or Level-7 in the pay matrix (Rs . 44900 -142400) of any Central or State Government or University or public sector undertaking as other Central or State autonomou s bodies and fulfilling the educational qualifications and other professional requirements as prescribed 1 Name of Post Public Relation Officer 2 Classification Group ‗B‘ 3 Level in pay matrix Level -8 in the pay matrix (Rs. 47600 -151100) . Whether Selection or non- selection post By selection committee . Age-limit for Direct Recruits Thirty eight y ears . Educational and other qualifications required for direct recruits Essential Qualifications : (i) Masters' d egree with 55% of marks or its equivalent grade in Journalism and Mass Communication from recognised University or Institute; (ii) five years‘ experience in the editorial department or Centre of any Central or State Government department or public sector undertaking or Central or State Educational Institutions established English or regional Newspaper accredited with Audit Bureau of Circulations , National News Agencies, Radio or Television, Film Media, reputed advertising agencies with excell ent command of speaking in English and Hindi. Desirable : Good working knowledge of computer applications. 7 Period of probation, if any Two years . Method of recruitment whether by direct recruitment or by promotion or by deputation or absorption and percentage of the post to be filled by various methods Direct recruitment or deputation or promotion . In case of recruitment by promotion or deputation or absorption, grades from which promotion or Deputation or absorption to be made In case of deputation – qualification as at Col umn (6) and experience of 3 years in the immediately below level-7 in the pay matrix (Rs. 44900 -142400) or 5 years in le vel-6 in the pay matrix (Rs . 35400 - 112400) 1 Name of Post Section Officer 2 Classification Group ‗B‘ 3 Level in pay matrix Level -7 in the pay matrix (Rs. 44900 - 142400) . Whether Selection or non- selection post By selection committee 5 Age-limit for direct recruits Thirty f ive years . Educational and other qualifications required for direct recruits Essential Qualifications: (i) A Bachelor‘s degree from any recognised University or Institute ; (ii) three years‘ e xperience as Superintendent in the level -6 in the pay matrix (Rs. 35400 - 112400) or eight years as Assistant in level-4 in the pay matrix (Rs. 25500 -81100) in any Central or State Government or University or public sector undertaking and other Central or State autonomous institutions or holding equivalent positions in any reputed Private companies or bank. (iii) Proficiency in Computer Operation, noting and drafting. 7 Period of probation, if any Two years . Method of recruitment whether by direct recruitment or by promotion or by deputation or absorption and percentage of the post to be filled by various methods Direct recruitment or deputation or promotion . In case of recruitment by promotion or deputation or absorption, grades from which promotion or deputation or absorption to be made Promotion: five years of regular service from the feeder grade of Superintendent in level-6 in the pay matrix (Rs. 35400 -112400) subject to seniority -cum-fitness with academic qualification Deputation: Officers holding analogous post on regular basis or with three years‘ regular service in level-6 in the pay matrix (Rs. 35400 -112400) or equivalent in the Central or State Government Universities or autonomous organisations and possess the Bachelor‘s degree as prescribed for direct recruits. 1 Name of Post Superintendent 2 Classification Group ‗B‘ 3 Level in pay matrix Level -6 in the pay matrix (Rs. 35400 - 112400) . Whether Selection or non- selection post By selection committee . Age-limit for direct recruits Thirty -five years . Educational and other qualifications required for direct recruits Essential Qualifications : (i) Bachelor degree from a recognised University or Institution ; (ii) three y ears of experience as U pper Division Clerk or equivalent in the level-4 in the pay matrix (Rs. 25500 -81100) in Central or State Government or University or public sector undertaking and other Central or State autonomous bodies or equivalent pay package in the reputed priva te Companies or corporate banks; (iii) Proficiency in Typing, Computer applications, noting and drafting. 7. Period of probation, if any Two years 8. Method of recruitment whether by direct recruitment or by promotion or by deputation or absorption . Direct recruitment or deputation or promotion 9. In case of recruitment by promotion or deputation or absorption, grades from which promotion or deputation or absorption to be made Promotion: Assistant with five years of regular serv ice in level -4 in the pay matrix (Rs. 25500 -81100) according to seniority -cum-fitness. . Name of Post Library and Information Assistant . Classification Group ‗B‘ . Level in pay matrix Level -6 in the pay matrix (Rs. 35400 - 112400) . Whether Selection or non- selection post By selection committee . Age-limit for Direct Recruits Thirty-five years . Educational and other qualifications required for direct recruits Qualifications: (i) Master‘s degree in Library and Information Science from any recognised University or Institution with two years‘ experience in the relevant field in a University or Research establishment or Central or State Government. or public sector undertaking and Library of other autonomous institutions ; OR Bachelor‘s degree in Library or Library and Information Science from any recognised Institute or University with three years‘ experience in the relevant field in a University or Research Establishment or Central or State Government or public sector undertaking and Lib rary o f other autonomous Institutions; (ii) k nowledge of Computer Applications. 7. Period of probation, if any Two years 8. Method of recruitment whether by direct recruitment or by promotion or by deputation or absorption and percentage of the post to be filled by various methods Direct recruitment or deputation . In case of recruitment by promotion or deputation or absorption, grades from which promotion or deputation or absorption to be made Deputation: Employees of the Central or State Government, autonomous or statutory organisation, public sector undertaking , University or recognised research institution: (i) holding analogous post on regular basis in the parent cadre or department ; (ii) with five years‘ service rendered as Semi Professional Assistant or equivalent in the level-5 in the pay matrix (Rs . 29200 -92300) or equivalent in the parent cadre or department; and (iii) possessing the qualifications and experience prescribed for direct recruitment. . Name of the Post Assistant . Classification Group ‗C‘ . Level in pay matrix Level -4 in the pay matrix (Rs. 25500 - 81100) . Whether Selection post or non-selection post By selection committee . Age-limit for Direct Recruits Thirty -two years . Educational and other qualifications required for direct recruits. Essential qualification : (i) A Bachelor‘s degree from a recognised University or Institution. (ii) two years‘ experience as Clerk or equivalent in University or research establishment or Central or State Government or public sector undertaking or autonomous body or equivalent pay package in a reputed private company or bank; (iii) proficiency in computer operations. Note : Shall have pleasing personality with good communication skills. . Period of probation, if any Two years . Method of Recruitment whether by direct recruitment or by promotion or by deputation or absorption and percentage Direct r ecruitment or promotion of the post to be filled by various methods . Name of Post Laboratory Technician . Classification Group ‗C‘ . Level in pay matrix Level -3 in the pay matrix (Rs . 21700 - 69100) . Whether Selection or non- selection post By selection committee . Age-limit for Direct Recruits Thirty two Years . Educational and other qualifications required for direct recruits Essential Qualifications : (i) Diploma in the relevant branch of engineering from a recognized University or institute (ii) with minimum three years of working and maintenance or operation experience of Scientific Instruments in a Laboratory of Academic or Research Institution; or (i) Bachelor‘s degree in relevant branch of engineering from a recognized University or institute (ii) with one year of working and maintenance or operation experience of Scientific Instruments in a Laboratory of Academic or Research Institution. Note 1 : The relevant subject shall be as decided by the University as per the functional requirement of the department concerned. Note 2 : The experience shall be in University or Research establishment or Central or State Government or public sector undertaking and other autonomous bodies or private organisation . 7. Period of probation, if any Two years . Method of recruitment whether by direct recruitment or by promotion or by deputation or absorption and percentage of the post to be filled by various methods Direct recruitment . Name of Post Laboratory Assistant . Classification Group ‗C‘ . Level in pay matrix Level -3 in the pay matrix (Rs. 21700 - 69100) . Whether Selection or non- selection post By selection committee . Age-limit for direct recruits Thirty -two Years . Educational and other qualifications required for direct recruits Essential Qualifications : (i) Bachelor‘s degree in the relevant branch of Science from a recognized University or institute (ii) with minimum two years of working and maintenance experience of sophisticated scientific Instruments (in a Laboratory of Academic or Research Institution). Note 1: The relevant subject shall be as decided by the University as per the functional requirement of the department concerned. Note 2: The experience shall be in University or Research establishment or Central or State Government or public sector undertaking and other autonomous bodies or Private organisation . . Period of probation, if any Two years . Method of recruitment whether by direct recruitment or by promotion or by deputation or absorption and percentage of the post to be filled by various methods Direct recruitment . Name of Post Data Entry Operator . Classification Group ‗C‘ . Level of pay matrix Level -2 in the pay matrix (Rs . 19900 -63200) . Whether Selection or non- selection post By selection committee . Age-limit for direct recruits Thirty years . Educational and other qualifications required for direct recruits Essential Qualifications : (i) A Bachelor‘s degree from any recognised University or Institute; (ii) English Typing @ 35 w ord per minute OR Hindi typing @ 30 word per minute (35 word per minute and 30 word per minute correspond to 10500 Key Depression per Hour or 9000 Key Depression per Hour on an average of five key depressions for each work) ; (iii) Proficiency in Computer Operations. . Period of probation, if any Two years . Method of recruitment whether by direct recruitment or by promotion or by deputation or absorption and percentage of the post to be filled by various methods Direct r ecruitment or deputation SCHEDULE -II Selection Committee for direct recruitment or Departmental Promotion Committee or Departmental Confirmation Committee of Non -Teaching Employees (1) Following shall be the constitution of the Selection Committees: (a) For Group „A‟ posts (other than statutory posts ): 1. Vice -Chancellor or Pro Vice -Chancellor* (*in the absence of Vice -Chancellor) Chairperson 2. Two experts, not in service of the University , nominated by the Vice -Chancellor out of the panel approved by the E xecutive Council . Member 3. Head of the Unit or Department Member 4. One member of the Executive Council nominated by it. Member 5. A representative of S chedule Castes or Schedule Tribes or Other Backward Castes or Women or P ersons with Benchmark Disabilities , if any of the candidates Member belonging to these categories, to be nominated by the Vice -Chancellor, if any of the above members of the Selection Committee do not belong to the same category. 6. Registrar Member (b) For Group „B‟ posts: 1. Pro Vice -Chancellor or Registrar* (*in the absence of Pro Vice -Chancellor) Chairperson 2. Two experts, not in the service of the University , nominated by the Vice - Chancellor out of the panel approved by the Executive Council . Member 3. Head of the Unit or Department Member 4. A representative of Schedule Castes or Schedule Tribes or O ther Backward Castes or Women or P ersons with Benchmark Disabilities , if any of the candidates belonging to these categories, to be nominated by the Vice -Chancellor, if any of the above members of the Selection Committee do not belong to the same category. Member 5. Registrar or Joint Registrar or Deputy Registrar Member (c) For Group „C‟ posts: 1. Registrar Chairperson 2. Two experts, not in service of the University , nominated by the Vice -Chancellor out of the panel approved by the E xecutive Council . Member 3. Head of the Unit or Department Member 4. A representative of Schedule Castes or Schedule Tribes or Other Backward Castes or Women or P ersons with Benchmark Disabilities , if any of the candidates belonging to these categories, to be nominated by the Vice -Chancellor, if any of the above members of the Selection Committee do not belong to the same category. Member 5. Joint Registrar or Deputy Registrar Member (2) Following shall be the constitution of the Departmental Promotion Committee: (a) For Group „A‟ posts (other than statutory posts): 1. Vice -Chancellor or Pro Vice -Chancellor* (*in the absence of Vice -Chancellor) Chairperson 2. One expert, not in service of the University , nominated by the Vice -Chancellor Member 3. Head of the concerned Unit or Department Member 4. A representative of Schedule Castes or Schedule Tribes or O ther Backward Castes or Women or P ersons with Benchmark Disabilities , if any of the candidates belonging to these categories, to be nominated by the Vice -Chancellor, if any of the above members of the Selection Committee do not belong to the same category. Member 5. Registrar Member (b) For Group „B‟: 1. Pro Vice -Chancellor or Registrar* (*in the absence of Pro Vice -Chancellor) Chairperson 2. One expert, not in service of the University , nominated by the Vice -Chancellor Member 3. Head of the concerned Unit or Department Member 4. A representative of Schedule Castes or Schedule Tribes or O ther Backward Castes or Women or P ersons with Benchmark Disabilities , if any of the candidates belonging to these categories, to be nominated by the Vice -Chancellor, if any of the above members of the Selection Committee do not belong to the same category. Member 5. Registrar or Joint Registrar or Deputy Registrar Member (c) For Group „C‟: 1. Registrar Chairperson 2. One expert, not in service of the University , nominated By the Vice -Chancellor Member 3. Head of the concerned Unit or Department Member 4. A representative of Schedule Castes or Schedule Tribes or O ther Backward Castes or Women or P ersons with Benchmark Disabilities , if any of the candidates belonging to these categories, to be nominated by the Vice -Chancellor, if any of the above members of the Selection Committee do not belong to the same category. Member 5. Joint Registrar or Deputy Registrar of the unit concerned Member (3) Following shall be the constitution of the Departmental Confirmation Committee: (a) For Group „A‟ posts (other than statutory posts): 1. Vice -Chancellor or Pro Vice -Chancellor* (*in the absence of Vice -Chancellor) Chairperson 2. Head of the concerned Unit or Department Member 3. A representative of Schedule Castes or Schedule Tribes or O ther Backward Castes or Women or P ersons with Benchmark Disabilities , if any of the candidates belonging to these categories, to be nominated by the Vice -Chancellor, if any of the above members of the Selection Committee do not belong to the same category. Member 4. Registrar Member (b) For Group „B‟ posts: 1. Pro Vice-Chancellor or Registrar* (*in the absence of Pro Vice -Chancellor) Chairperson 2. Head of the concerned Unit or Department Member 3. A representative of Schedule Castes or Schedule Tribes or Other Backward Castes or Women or P ersons with Benchmark Disabilities , if any of the candidates belonging to these categories, to be nominated by the Vice -Chancellor, if any of the above members of the Selection Committee do not belong to the same category. Member 4. Registrar or Joint Registrar or Deputy Registrar Member (c) For Group „C‟ posts: 1. Registrar Chairperson 2. Head of the concerned Unit or Department Member 3. A representative of Schedule Castes or Schedule Tribes or Other Backward Castes or Women or P ersons with Benchmark Disabilities , if any of the candidates belonging to these categories, to be nominated by the Vice -Chancellor, if any of the above members of the Selection Committee do not belong to the same category. Member 4 Joint Registrar or Deputy Registrar of the unit concerned Member Quorum: Two-thirds of the members shall form the quorum for the meeting of a Selection Committee, which shall include the Chairperson, the Vice -Chancellor‘s nominee (wherever applicable), at least one external expert out of the two experts and one representative from the respective reserved category as per requirement. Two-thirds of the members shall form the quorum for the meeting of a Departmental Promotion Committee or Departmental Confirmation Committee. 44. Terms and conditions of service of all employees of the University (other than teachers) .- PART – I: EXTENT OF APPLICATION 1. (a) These rules may be called the ―Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya (Non -Teaching Employees Terms and Conditions of Service) Rules‖. (b) These rules shall be deemed to have come into force from the date of approval of these O rdinances. 2. Subject to the provisions in the Act and Statutes, these rules shall apply to the employees of the University other than the University teachers. PART – II: DEFINITIONS 3. In these rules, u nless the context otherwise requires, (1) ‗average pay‘ means the average monthly pay earned during the 10 complete calendar months immediately preceding the month in which the event occurs which necessitates the calculation of average pay ; (2) ‗Cadre ‘ means the strength of a service or a part of a service sanctioned as a separate unit ; (3) ‗Compensatory Allowance ‘ means an allowance granted to an employee to meet the personal expenditure necessitated by the special circumsta nces in which duty is pe rformed, it includes traveling allowance. (4) ‗duty‘ includes (a) service on probation provided that such service is followed by confirmation: (b) joining time. An employee may be treated as on duty during the course of instruction or training. (5) ‗employee (non -teaching) ‘ means a University employee other than Teaching Staff ; (6) ‗fee‘ means a recurring or non -recurring payment made to an employee from a source other than the funds of the University whether made directly to the employee or indirectly through the intermediary of the University but it does not include un -earned income such as income from property, dividends and interests on securities and income from literary, artistic, cultural, scie ntific and technological efforts; (7) ‗honorarium ‘ means a recurring or non -recurring payment granted to an employee from the funds of the University as remuneration for special work of an occas ional or intermittent character; (8) ‗foreign Service ‘ means service i n which an employee receives his pay with the sanction of the University from a source other than the funds of the University ; (9) ‗joining Time ‘ means the time allowed to an employee to travel to or from a station to which he is posted on transfer from one station to another within the jurisdiction of the University ; (10) ‗leave s alary ‘ means the monthly amount paid by the University to an employee who is on leave; (11) ‗lien‘ means the title of an employee to hold substantively either immediately, or on the termination of a period or periods of absence, a permanent post, including a tenure post, to which he has been appointed substantively; (12) ‗month‘ means a calendar month, in calculating a period expressed in terms of months and days, complete calendar months, irrespecti ve of the number of days in each, shall first be calculated and the odd number of days calculated subsequently; (13) ‗officiating ‘ means an employee officiates in a post when he performs the duties of a post on which ano ther employee is holding a lien, an emplo yee may also officiate in a va cant post on which no other employee holds a lien; (14) ‗pay‘ means the amount drawn monthly by an employee as: (a) The pay other than special pay or pay granted in view of his personal qualifications which has been sanctioned for a post held by him substantively or in an officiating capacity or to which he is entitled by reason of his position in a cadre; and (b) Special pay and personal pay; (15) ‗personal Pay ‘ means additional pay granted to an employee - (a) to save him from loss of substantive pay in respect of a permanent post, other than a tenure post, due to revision of pay or to any reduction of such substantive pay, otherwise than as a disciplinary measure; or (b) in exceptional circumstances on other personal considerations; (16) ‗probation‘ means a person on probation in a post is one appointed to that post for determining his fitness for eventual substantive appointment to the post; (17) ‗Special Pay ‘ means an addition of the nature of pay, to the emoluments of a post or of an employ ee, granted in consideration of. (a) The specially arduous nature of the duties ; or (b) A specific addition to the work or responsibility ; (18) ‗permanent post‘ means a post carrying a definite rate of pay sanctioned without limit of time; (19) ‗substantive pay‘ means the pay other than special pay or personal pay to which an employee is entitled to on account of a post to which he h as been appointed substantively; (20) ‗subsistence g rant‘ means monthly grant made to an employee who is not in receipt of pay or leave salary ; (21) ‗temporary p ost‘ means a post carrying a definite rate of pa y sanctioned for a limited time; (22) ‗time scale p ay‘ means pay which rises by periodical increme nts from a minim um to a maximum; (23) ‗travelling allowance ‘ means an allowance granted to an employee to cover the expenses which he incurs in traveling in the interests of the University ; (24) the words and expression used in these rules and defined, but defined in the Act, Stat utes and Ordina nces shall have the same meaning respectively, assigned to them in the Act, Statutes and Ordina nces. PART – III: GENERAL CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 4. (1) The non -teaching posts in the University shall be subject to such classifications as Government by any general order or special order made from time to time be classified as follows (as per 7th Centralised Processing Centre ): S. No. (1) Description of Posts (2) Classification of posts (3) 1 A post carrying in Level -10 in the pay matrix and above Group –‗A‘ 2 A post carrying in Level 6 to 9 in the pay matrix Group –‗B‘ 3 A post carrying in Level 1 to 5 in the pay matrix Group –‗C‘ (2) Qualifications for appointment: The age, qualifications and method of recruitment for appointment to various posts in the University shall be such as may be prescribed in the relevant recruitment rules or as determined by the Executive Council from time to time. (3) Fitness: (a) Appointment of persons by direct recruitment for a period for more than three months shall be subject to their being found medically fit by the Medical Officer of the University or any other Medical Authority authori sed for the purpose or by a Medical Offi cer not below the rank of a Civil Surgeon; (b) No person shall be appointed to any post unless the Appointing Authority is satisfied that he possesses good character and conduct. (4) Methods of recruitment: - Recruitment to posts may be made - (a) By direct recruitment ; or (b) By promotion ; or (c) By transfer ; or (d) By deputation from Government Departments and other institutions; (e) By deputation followed by absorption . (5) Recruitment by Promotion: (a) Appointment to a post in any grade by promotion shall be made, whether in a permanent or officiating capacity, from amongst employees serving in posts in the next lower grade ; (b) Every appointment by promotion shall be on the basis of suitability due regard being paid to seniority. (6) Appointment: - (a) Appointment to a post shall be made by the Execut ive Council or by the Officer authori sed by it for the purpose on the recommendations of Selection Committee constituted fo r the purpose from time to time; (b) The age, educational and other qualifications for appointment to the post and the method of recruitm ent shall be such as may be determined by the Executive Council from time to time. (7) Adhoc Appointments: - Notwithstanding anything contained in the above rule, the Executive Council may by a general or special order and subject to such conditions as it may specify in such order delegate to any authority in the University the power to make ad hoc appointments. (8) Appointments in the place of employees dismissed or removed or reduced: Where an employee has been dismissed, removed or reduced from any cadre in the service, no vacancy caused thereby or arising subsequently in such cadre in the service shall be substant ively filled to the prejudice of such person until the appeal, if any, preferred by him against such dismissal, or reduction is decided, and except in conformity with such decision or until the time allowed for preferring an appeal has expired, as the case may be. (9) Re-employment in service beyond the date of superannuation: Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, the Executive Council shall have power: (a) to extend the services of the employees of the University beyond the age of superannuation; (b) to re -employ persons who have worked under the Central Government or State Government or Union Territory administration or other Universities and who have retired from service on superannuation or on other grounds except on invalid grounds. (c) To absorb permanently Government servants who have been on deputation to the University and to retain them on re - employment basis. Note : The over -riding consideration by the Executive Council for the grant of extension of service or re -employment is that it must be in the interest of the University and in addition satisfy one of the following two conditions: (i) that no suitable person shall be made available from the lower cadre on promotion or there is shortage in that cadre; (ii) that the retiring officer is of outstanding merit: Provided that no Officer shall be retained in the service of the University beyond two years from the date of superannuation prescribed by the University . (10) Except as otherwise provided in these rules, the whole time of the employee of the University is at the disposal of the University which pays him and he may be employed in any manner required by proper authority without claim for additional remuneration: - (a) The absence of an employee of the University from duty, whether on leave or on foreign service shall not render him ineligible to the privileges in respect of seniority, promotion and confirmation which he shall have enjoyed but for his absence if he is fit otherwise; (b) No permanent employee shall be granted leave of any kind for a continu ous period exceeding five years; (c) When an employee does not resume duty after remaining on leave for a continuous period of five years, or where an employee after the expiry of his leave remains absent from duty, otherwise than on foreign service or on account of suspension, or for any period which together with the period of leave granted to him exceeds five years, he shall unless the Executive Council, in view of the exceptional circumstances of the case otherwise determines, be deemed to have resigned and shall accordingly cease to b e in the University service. (11) Tenure : (a) Every person appointed on regular basis to a post in the University whether by promotion or by direct recruitment, shall be on probation in that post for a period of two years : Provided that the appointing authority may, in any individual case, extend the period of probation for a further period not exceeding two years the reason th ereof to be recorded in writing; (b) Where a person appointed to a post in the University on probat ion is, during his regular period of probation, or extended period of probation found unsuitable for holding that post or has not completed his period of probation satisfactorily the appointing authority may: (i) in the case of person appointed by promotion revert him to the post held by him immediately before such appointment; and (ii) in the case of a person appointed by direct recruitment terminate his services under the University without notice; (c) Every person appointed to a permanent post under the University by promotion or by direct recruitment shall, on satisfactory completion of his period of probation be eligible for confirmation in that post , confirmation shall be through a committee appointed by the Vice -Chancellor to review th e performance du ring probation; (d) No employee shall be confirmed in any post unless the service of the employee under the University is approved by the Appointing Authority ; (e) The seniority of an employee regularly appointed to a post according to rule shall be dete rmined by the order of merit indicated at the time of initial appointment, provided that the relative seniority of all direct recruits shall be determined by the order of merit in which they are selected for such appointment on the recommendation of the du ly constituted selecting authority irrespective of date of joining the post, persons appointed as a result of an earlier selection being senior to those appointed as a result of subsequent selection. (i) an Employee shall be a temporary employee of the University until he is confirmed in a post under the University ; (ii) a n Employee confirmed in any post under the University shall be a permanent employee of the University ; (f) The s ervices of a temporary employee may be terminated by the Vice -Chancellor or Executive Council without assigning any reason at any time by a notice of one month in writing given to the employee or forthwith by payment to him of a sum equivalent to the amount of his pay plus allowances for the period of the notice at the same ra tes at which he was drawing them immediately before the termination of his services, or as the case may be, for the period by which such notice falls short of one month; (g) The services of a permanent employee may be terminated by the Vice -Chancellor or E xecutive Council at any time by a notice of three months or on payment of pay and allowances drawn by him immediately before the termination of his service for such period as the notice falls short of three months, or without notice on payment of three mon th‘s pay plus allowances drawn by him immediately before the termination of his service, if the post in whic h he was confirmed is abolished; (h) An employee who is given notice of termin ation of service under clause (11 ) may be granted, during the period of notice, such earned leave, as may be admissible to him, and, where the leave so admissible and granted is more than three months, his services shall be terminated on the expiry of such leave. (12) (a) Except as otherwise provided in this rule, every em ployee of the University shall retire from service on the afternoon of the last day of the month in which he attains the age of sixty years provided that an employee whose date of birth is the first of a month shall retire from service on the afternoon of the last day of the preceding month on a ttaining the age of sixty years; (b) No employee shall be granted extension in service beyond the age of retirement of sixty years (save under special circumstances with the sanction of Executive Council); (c) in any case of service exigencies, the services of any employee are required, beyond the age of superannuation, such employee, on a case to case basis may be allowed to continue in service on ―re-employment terms and conditions‖ for a maximum period of two yea rs or till such time, such exigencies ceases, whichever is earlier with th e approval of Executive Council; (d) Notwithstanding anything contained in this rule, the Vice - Chancellor shall, if he is of the opinion that it is in the interest of the University so to do, have the absolute right to retire any employee by giving him notice of not less than three months in writing or three months‘ pay and allowances in lieu of such notice; (i) if he is in Group ‗A‘ or Group ‗B‘ service or post and had entered the University service before attaining the age of thirty -five years, after he has attained the age of fifty years; (ii) in any other case after he has attained the age of fifty -five years. (13) (a) Any employee may, by giving notice of not less than three months in writing to the Vice -Chancellor, retire from service after he has attained the age of fifty years if he is in Group A or Group B service or post and had entered the University service before attaining the age of thirty five years and in all other ca ses after he has attai ned the age of fifty -five years: Provided that it shall be open to the Vice -Chancellor to withhold permission to an employee under suspension who seeks retirement under this clause. (b) At any time after an employee has co mpleted thirty years qualifying service -- He may retire from service, or he may be required by the Appointing Authority to retire in the interest of the University and in the case of such retirement the employee shall be entitled to retiral benefits : Provided that a n employee shall give notice in writing to the Vice -Chancellor at least three months before the date on which he wishes to retire, the Vice -Chancellor may also give a notice in writing to an employee at least three months before the date on which he is required to retire in the interest of the University or three months‘ pay and allowances in lieu of such notice: Provided further th at where the employee giving notice under the proviso of clause (a) is under suspension, it shall be open to the Vice - Chancellor to withhold permission to such employee to retire under this rule. (c) (i) at any time after an employee has completed twenty years qualifying service, he may, by giving notice of not less than three months in writing to the Vice -Chancellor, retire from service ; (ii) t he notice of voluntary retirement given under sub -clause (i ) shall require acceptance by the Vice -Chancellor: Provided that where the Vice -Chancellor does not refuse to grant the permission for retirement before the expiry of the period specified in the said notice, the retirement shall become effective from the da te of expiry of the said period; (iii) a n employe e, who has elected to retire under this rule and has given the necessary notice to that effect to the Vice -Chancellor, shall be precluded from withdrawing his notice except with the specific approval of such authority: Provided that the request for with drawal shall be made before the intended date of his retirement. (d) Subject to the acceptance of resignation by the Vice -Chancellor a permanent or temporary employee may, by notice of three months or one month , as the case may be, in writing addressed to the Vice -Chancellor resign from the service of the University , or by payment of salary in lieu thereof: Provided that the Vice -Chancellor may, if it deems proper in any case, permit a permanent or temporary employee to resign from service on notice of less than three months or one month. PART – IV: MISCELLANEOUS (14) Every person holding a post under the University after the commencement of these rules but before the publication of these rules shall be deemed to have been appointed under the provisions of these rules and shall draw the pay drawn by him immediately before the issue of these rules. (a) (i) the University shall maintain a Service Book for each employee in such form as may be Pres cribed by the Executive Council; (ii) the entries in the Service Book of an employee shall be made by the officer auth orised in this behalf by the Vice -Chancellor : (b) (i) such officers of the University as may be prescribed by the Executive Council, shall report confidentially each year in the form prescribed by the University on the work and conduct of the employee who had served under them for periods not less than three months in the financial year im mediately preceding and forward their reports to the Registrar or any other officer authori sed for the purpose ; (ii) the Reviewing Officer, the next higher authority shall have the discretion to determine which unfavorable reports or portions thereof are weight enough to be communicated to the officer reported against, all adverse entries shall be communicated within a sp ecific period to the officials concerned , any representation against the adverse remarks shall have to be made within two months and shall lie to the next higher authority than the Reviewing Officer. (15) University employees shall be required to pass suc h departmental and other tests or examinations as may be prescribed by the Executive Council , the Executive Council may also lay down rules regarding the periods within which the tests shall be passed, the consequences of not passing the tests and other cognate matters. (16) Any matter relating to the conditions of service of an employee for which no provision is made in these rules shall be determined by the Executive Council. (17) Notwithstandi ng anything contained in these r ules the Vice - Chancello r may, if he is satisfied that there existed an extraordinary situation, notify certain categories and number of employees as he may deem necessary as essential to perform certain duties for maintaining services considered indispensable for a p eriod not ex ceeding ninety days, refusal to attend to such duties shall render them liable for major penalty including dismissal from service. (18) Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, the Executive Council may, in the case of any employee, relax any of the provision of these rules to relieve him of any undue hardship arising from the operation of such provisions, or in the interests of the University . (19) Where a doubt arises as to the interpretation of application of any of the provisions of these rul es, the matter shall be referred to the Executive Council and its decision shall be final. PART – V: PAY AND ALLOWANCES (20) The standard scales of pay for the posts created in the University service shall be as detailed below: Description of Posts (1) Classification of posts (2) (1) Post carrying the pay in level-10 in the pay matrix and above Group ‗A‘ (2) Post carrying the pay level from 6 to 9 in the pay matrix Group ‗B‘ (3) Post carrying the pay in Level from 1 to 5 in the pay matrix Group ‗C‘ (21) An employee shall, on his appointment to a post on a time -scale of pay, draw pay at the minimum of the time -scale unless the Appointing Authority decides that he shall draw pay at any higher stage. Provided that, when such appointment is made by promotion - (a) The pay of the employee shall first be increased by one increment in the lower scale, and then fixed in the highe r scale at the stage next above, the employee shall, however, have the option to be exercised in writing within a period of three months of his promotion, either to have his pay fixed in the higher scale of pay from the date of promotion or from the date on which his ne xt annual increment falls due and this option , once exercised shall be final; (b) If he had pre viously served in the same post or in any other post under the University on the same or identical time -scale of pay, and was drawing pay higher than the pay admissible to him under clause (i) he shall draw such higher pay and the period of his duty in suc h post on such pay shall also count for purpose of increment in the higher post: (c) (i) Fixation of pay of re -employed pensioners shall be done as per the Government of India norms, (ii) in case where the minimum pay of the post in which the officer is re-employed is more than the last pay drawn, the officer concerned may be allowed the minimum of the prescribed scale of the post less pension and pension equivale nt of other retirement benefits; (iii) Once initial pay of re-employed pensioner has been fixed in the manner indicated above he may be allowed to draw normal increments in the time scale of the pot to which he is appointed provided that the pay and gross pension or Pension equivalent of the retirement benefit taken together does not at any tim e exceed the limit prescribed by the Gove rnment of India for the purpose; (iv) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing paragraphs the Vice -Chancellor, in special circumstances, shall have the power to fix the pay of the re - employed pensioner at a higher stage and permit him to draw the normal increments in the time-scale of the post to which he is appointed; (22) ( a) An increment shall ordinarily be drawn as a matter of course unless it is withheld by the Competent A uthority if the conduct of the employee has not been good or his work has not been satisfactory; (b) When an efficiency bar is prescribed in the time-scale, the increment next above that bar shall not be given to an employee without specific sanction of the Vice - Chancellor ; (23) (a) All duty in a post on a time-scale of pay counts for increments in that time-scale ; (b) Service in another equivalent or higher post, Foreign Service and joining time shall count for increments; (c) All leave except extraordinary leave taken without medical certificate shall also cou nt for increments; (d) The extraordinary leave sanctioned for the following purposes shall automatically count as qualifying service for pension and increments without any further sanctions: - (i) e xtraordinary leave grante d due to inability of a University employee to join or rejoin dut y on account of civil commotion; (ii) e xtraordinary leave granted to a University employee for prosecuting higher technical and scientific studies. (24) (a) An employee under suspension shall, during the period of suspension, draw subsistence allowance equivalent to half the rate of pay which is admissible to him immediately before the commencement of the suspension and in addition the dearness allowance as admissible on the basis of that pay and such compensatory allowances admissible from time to time on the basis of pay which he was in receipt on the date of suspension, subject to fulfillment of other conditions laid down for the drawl of such allowances : Provided that where the period of suspension exceeds three months, the authority which made or is deemed to have made the order of suspension shall be competent to vary the amount of subsistence allowance for any period subsequent to the period of the first three months as follows: (i) the amount of subsistence allowance may be increased by a suitable amount, not exceeding fifty percent of the subsistence allowance admissible during the period of the first three months, if, in the opinion of the said authority, the period of suspension has been prolonged for reasons, to be recorded in writing, not direct ly attributable to the employee; (ii) the amount of subsistence allowance may be reduced by a suitable amount, not exceeding 50% of the subsistence allowance admissible during the period of the first three months, if in the opinion of the authority, the period of suspension has been prolonged for reasons to be recorded in writing, direct ly attributable to the employee; (iii) the rate of the dearness allowance shall be based on the increas ed or, as the case may be the decreased amount of subsistence allowance admissible unde r sub -clause (i) and (ii) above; (b) No payment under sub -rule (i) shall be made unless the employee furnishes a declaration that he is not engaged in any other employm ent, business, profession or vocation du ring the period of suspension, Provided that in the case of an employee dismissed or terminated from service or compulsorily retired from service who is deemed to have been placed or to continue to be under suspen sion from the date of such dismissal or termination of service or compulsory retirement and who fails to produce such a declaration for any period or periods during which he is deemed to be placed or to continue to be under suspension, he shall be entitled to the amount by which his earnings during such period or periods as the case may be, fall short of the amount of subsistence allowance and other allowances that shall otherwise be admissible to him; where the subsistence allowance and other allowances admissible to him are equal to or less than the amount earned by him, nothing in this proviso shall apply to him. (c) The permissible deductions from the subsistence allowance shall be of the following two categories: - (i) compulsory deductions ; (A) income -tax and super-tax (Provided the employee‘s yearly income calculated with reference to subsistence allowance is taxable); (B) house rent and allied charges, i.e. electricity, water, furniture, etc .; (C) repayment of loans and advances other than from provident fund taken from University at such rates as the Registrar may decide ; (ii) optional deductions: The deductions falling under this category shall not be made except with the employee‘s written consent: (A) premium due on Life Insurance Policies ; (B) amount due to Co-operative Stores and Co-operative Credit Societies ; (C) refund of advance taken from Provident Fund. (iii) The deduction of the following nature shall not be made from the subsistence allowance: (A) subscription to Provident Fund ; (B) recovery of loss to University in which an employee is responsible. (25) The University may sanction to an employee, in any special circumstances, such special pay, personal pay, honorarium or fee on such conditions as may be prescribed by regulations. (26) (a) An employee shall be entitled to draw the pay of the post to which he is appointed from the date on which he assumed charge of the post, if joining on the forenoon of that da y; otherwise, from the next day; (b) Unless the Vice -Chancellor, in view of special circumstances, otherwise orders, pay in respect of any month shall become payable on the last working day of the month to which it relates; except for the month of March which shall be disbursed only on the first working day of April: (c) Unless the Vice -Chancellor otherwise directs an employee resigning from service of the University without giving the prescribed notice shall not be allowed to draw pay due but not drawn. (27) (a) An employee appointed to hold full additional charge of the duties of a higher post shall receive pay of the higher post; (b) An employee placed in charge of the full duties of a post of status equivalent to his own basic post shall receive allowances at the rate of 10% of the presumpt ive pay of the additional post; (c) No allowance shall be admissible when an employee holding one post is placed in -charge of the current duties of a post of equivale nt status of his own basic post, the employee concerned shall receive pay in his basic post only ; (d) An employee holding one post when placed in charge of the current duties of a lower post shall not receive any allowance for the additional work. Note: (i) The additional pay or allowance shall not be admissible if the period of additional charge is thirty days or less. (ii) The additional pay or allowance shall not be admissible for any period exceeding six months at a time. (28) The employees of the University shall be eligible to draw Dearness Allowance, House Rent Allowance, City Compensatory Allowance, Travelling Allowance and other allowances as sanctioned by the University according to the rules in force from time to time and subject to the conditions prescribed for the drawl of the allowan ces. (29) Unless there is anything repugnant in the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Act, Statutes, Ordinances, any amendments to fundamental rules and supplementary rules shall be deemed to be the amendments to the relevant provisions of these rules or any order or any administrative instructions already issued by the Central Government shall be deemed to be the orders or administrative instructions under these rules with effect from the date of such amendments or orders brought into force by the Central Gov ernment. 45. Leave rules of non - teaching staff . - (1) Leave of any kind shall not be availed as a matter of right, it shall be refused or revoked by the sanctioning authority in the interest of the University , leave shall always be got sanctioned in advance, except in case of urgency. (2) Subject to (1) above, the non-teaching staff of the University shall be eligible for the following kinds of leave . namely: - (a) Duty Leave .- For attending duties related to the Universities or duties assigned by the sanctioning authority of the University for matters of interest to the University : (b) Casual Leave (i) total casual leave grante d shall not exceed 8 days in a calendar year ; (ii) c asual leave shall not be combined with any other kind of leave except special casual leave , however, such casual leave may be combined with holidays including Sundays, h olidays or Sundays falling within the period of casual leave shall not be counted as casual leave; (c) Special Casual Leave : (A) Special casual leave, not exceeding fift een days in an academic year, may be granted - (i) to attend invited Programs, Public Service Commission or board of examination or other similar bodies or institutions; (ii) to visit other academic institutions to be in the selection board , etc; (iii) to undergo sterili sation operation (vasectomy or salpingectomy) u nder family welfare Programme, leave in this case shall be restricted to six working days; and (iv) to a female non -teaching staff who undergoe s non-puerperal sterilisation, l eave in this case shall be restricted to fourteen days; (B) Special casual leave shall not be accumulated, nor shall it be combined with any other ki nd of leave except casual leave, i t may be granted in combination with holidays or vacation by the sanctioning authority on each occasion. (d) Earned Leave .- As per the G overnment of India Rules ; (e) Half -pay Leave .- As per the Government of India Rules ; (f) Commuted Leave Commuted leave, not exceeding half the amount of half pay leave due, may be granted on the basis of medical certificate from a registered medical practitioner to a permanent non -teaching staff subject to the following conditions , namely: - (i) commuted leave during the entire service shall be limited to a maximum of two hundred forty days; (ii) when commuted leave is granted, twice the amount of such leave shall be debited against the half -pay leave due; and (iii) the total duration of earned leave and commuted leave taken in conjunction shall not exceed two hundred forty days at a time, Provided that no commuted leave shall be granted under these rules unless the Authority Competent to sanction leave has reason to believe that the non-teaching staff shall return to duty on its expiry. (g) Extraordinary Leave : (i) a permanent Non -Teaching st aff may be granted extraordinary leave when no other leave is admissible or other leave is admissible and the non-teaching staff applies in writing for t he grant of extraordinary leave; (ii) extraordinary leave shall alway s be without pay and allowances, extraordinary leave shall not count for increment except in the following cases: (iii) leave taken on the basis of medical certificates; (iv) cases where the Vice -Chancellor is satisfied that the leave was taken due to ca uses beyond the control of the n on-teaching staff, such as inability to join or re - join duty due to civil commotion or a natural calamity, provided the non-teaching staff has no other kind of leave to his credit; (v) leave taken for pursuing higher studies; (vi) leave granted to accept an invitat ion to a teaching post or fellowship or research - cum- teaching post or on assignment for technical or academic work of importance; (vii) extraordinary leave may be combined with any other leave except casual leave and special casual leave, provided that the total period of continuous absence from duty on leave (including periods of vacation when such vacation is taken in conjunction with leave) shall not exceed three years except in cases where leave is taken on medical certificate , the total period of absenc e from duty shall in no case exceed five years in the full working life of the individual. (viii) the authority empowered to grant leave may commute retrospectively periods of absence without leave into extraordinary leave; (h) Leave Not Due ; (i) leave not due, may, at the discretion of the Vice - Chancellor, be granted to a permanent non-teaching staff for a period not exceeding three hundred sixty days during the entire period of service, out of which not more than ninety days at a time and one hund red eighty days in all may be otherwise than on medical certificate , such leave sha ll be debited against the half-pay l eave earned by him subsequently; (ii) ‗Leave not due' shall not be granted, unless the Vice - Chancellor is satisfied that as far as shall reasonably be foreseen, the non-teaching staff shall return to duty on the expiry of the l eave and earn the leave granted; (iii) A non-teaching staff to whom 'leave not due' is granted shall not be permitted to tender his resignation from service so long as the debit balance in his leave account is not wiped off by active service, or he refunds the amount paid to him as pay and allowances for the period not so earned , in a case where retirement is unavoidable on account of reason of ill health, incapacitating the non-teaching staff for further service, refund of leave salary for the period of leave still to be earned may be waived by the Executive Council; Provided that the Executive Council may waive off, in any other exceptional, for reasons to be recorded in writing, the refund of leave salary for the period of leave still to be earned. (i) Maternity Leave (as per G overnment of India Rules) : (i) maternity leave on full pay may be granted to a woman non-teaching staff for a period not exceeding one hundred eighty days, to be availe d of twice in the entire career, maternity leave may also be granted in case of miscarriage including abortion, subject to the condition that the total leave granted in respect of this to a woman n on-teaching staff in her career is not more than forty -five days, and the application for lea ve is sup ported by a medical certificate; (ii) maternity leave may be combined with earned leave, half pay leave or extraordinary leave but any leave applied for in continuation of maternity leave may be granted if the request is supported by a medical certificate; (j) Child Care Leave (As per Government of India Rules) : Women non-teaching staff having minor children may be granted leave up to two years for taking care of their minor children , child care leave for a maximum period of two years (730 days) may be granted to the women non- teach ing staff during entire service period in lines with Central Government women employees , this leave may be as per rules applicable to the women employees of the Government o f India; (k) Paternity Leave (As per Government of India Rules) Paternity leave of 15 days may be granted to male non- teaching staff during the confinement of their wives, and such leave shall be granted only up to two children; (l) Adoption leave (as per Government of India Rules) : Adoption leave may be provided as per the rules of the Government of India ; (m) Study Leave: Study leave to a non-teaching member of staff shall be in accordance with the Government of India Rules ; (n) Non-Teaching Staff a ppointed on Probation : A non-teachin g staff appointed as a probationer against a substantive vacancy and with definite terms of probation shall during the period of probation be granted leave which shall be admissible to him if he has held this post substantiv ely otherwise than on probation , if a person in the permanent service of the University is appointed ‗on probation‘ to a higher post, during probation, he shall not be deprived of the benefit of leave rules a pplicable to his permanent post; (o) Non-Teaching St aff Appointed on Contract Basis : Non-teaching staff appointed on contract basis shall be entitled to leave as under: (i) earned leave or h alf pay leave or casual leave as admissible to whole time temporary non-teaching staff of the University ; (ii) in the case of contract appointments for one year of less, unless on medical grounds, no e xtraordinary leave shall be granted; (iii) in the case of contract appointments for more than one year but less than five years, extraordinary leave as admissible to temporary non-teaching staff subject to the condition that the total period of extraordinary leave during the entire contract period shall not exceed ninety days , where the contract appointment is for five years or more, the extraordinary leave shall be as that admissi ble to the whole time temporary non-teach ing staff; (p) General Conditions Applicable to All Categories of Non - Teaching staff : (a) No leave shall be claimed as matter of right, leave of any kind may be var ied, refused or revoked by the Competent Authority empowered to grant it without assigning any reason, if that authority considers such action to be in the interest of the University ; (b) No leave shall be granted to a non-teaching staff whom a Competent Authority has decided to dismiss, remove or com pulsorily retire from service, nor shall any leave be granted to a non-teaching staff who is under suspension; (q) Maximum period of absence from duty on leave : (i) No non-teaching staff shall be granted leave of any kind for a continuous period exceeding five years ; (ii) where a non -teaching staff does not resume duty after remaining on leave for a continuous period of five years or where a non-teaching staff after the expiry of his leave remains absent from duty, other than on foreign service or on account of susp ension, for any period which together with the period of leave granted to his exceeds five years, he shall unless the Executive Council in view of the exceptional circumstances of the case otherwise determines, be removed from service after following pre scribed procedure; (r) Application for Leave : Leave shall always be applied for in advance and the sanction of the Competent Authority obtained before it is availed of except in cases of emergency and for satisfactory reasons. Note : Faculty non-teaching staff shall not leave station till the order sanctioning leave has been issued. (s) Commencement and termination of leave : (i) leave ordinarily begins from the date on which leave as such is actually availed of and ends on the day the Non-Teaching staff resumes his duty; (ii) Sunday and other recognised holidays may be prefixed or suffixed to the leave with the permission of the Authority Competent to sanction the leave; (t) Re-joining of duty before the expiry of the leave : (i) a non -teaching staff may return t o duty before the expiry of the leave granted to him, with the permission of the Competent Authority; (ii) notwithst anding anything contained in (a) above, a non-teaching staff on leave preparatory to retirement shall be precluded from withdrawing his request for permission to retire and from returning to duty, save with the consent of the Executive Council; (u) Leave on medical grounds to be supported by medical certificates : A non-teaching staff who applies for leave on medical grounds shall support his application with a medical certificate from a Registered Medical Practitioner empanelled by the University , leave or extension of leave on medical certificate shall not be granted beyond the date on which a non -teaching staff is pronounced by a Medical Board constituted by the University for the purpose to be permanently in capacitated for further service; (v) Re-joining duty on return from leave on medical ground : No non-teaching staff who has been granted leave (other than casual leave) on medical grounds shall be allowed to return to duty without producing a certificate of fitness from the registered medical empanelled by the University ; (w) Employment during leave : A non-teaching staff on leave shall not, without the written permission of the University , engage directly or indirectly in any trade or business whatsoever or in any private tuition or other work to which any emolument or honorarium is attached: Provide d that this prohibition shall not apply to work undertaken in connection with the examination of a University , Public Service Commission, Board of Education or similar Bodies or Institutions or to any literary work or publication or radio or extension lectures, or with the permission of the Vice -Chancellor to any other academic work. Note : The leave salary of a Non -Teaching staff who is permitted to take up any employment during leave shall be subject to such restrictions as the Executive Council may prescr ibe; (x) Absence without leave or overstay on leave : A non-teaching staff who absents himself without leave or remains absent without leave after the expiry of the leave granted to him, shall be entitled to no leave allowance or salary for the period of such absence, such period shall be debited against his leave account as leave is extended by the authori ty empowered to grant the leave, wilful absence from duty may be treated as misconduct. (y) Conversion of one kind of leave to another (i) at the request of th e non-teaching staff concerned, the University may convert retrospectively any kind of leave including extraordinary leave into a leave of different kind which was admissible to him at the time leave was originally taken, but he shall not claim such conversion as a matter of right; (ii) if one kind of leave is converted into another, the amount of leave salary and the allowances admissible shall be recalculated and arrears of leave salary and allowances paid or the amount overdrawn recovered, as the case m ay be. (z) Increment during leave : If increment of pay falls during any leave other than casual leave, special casual leave, duty leave, or sabbatical leave, the effect of increase of pay shall be given from the date the non-teaching staff resumes duty without prejudice to the normal date of his increment, except in those cases where the lea ve does not count for increment; (aa) Leave year : For the purpose of these Ordinances, unless otherwise specified, the term ‗y ear‘ shall mean a calendar year: (bb) Authorities Empowered to Sanction Leave The authorities specified in column ( 3) of the table below are empowered to sanction leave to the extent shown in column (4 ) thereof, cases for sanction of leave in excess of these limits or of leave not mentioned below shall be submitted to the Executive Council , before sanctioning the leave, the sanctioning authority shall ensure that leave asked for is admissible and is at the credit of the non - teaching staff concerned: Table (1) Kind of Leave (2) Sanctioning Authority (3) Extent of Power (4) I Duty Leave, Casual Leave, Special Casual Leave A Registrar or Finance Officer or C ontroller of Examination or Librarian Vice -Chancellor Full B Other members of staff including those on contract Registrar or Finance Officer or Full Controller of Examination or Dean or Head of Department for those reporting to them II Earned Leave, Half -pay Leave, Commuted Leave A Registrar or Finance Officer or Controller of Examination or Librarian Vice -Chancellor Full B Other members of staff including those on contract Registrar or Finance Officer or Controller of Examination or Dean or Head of Department for those reporting to them Full up to 30 days beyond which, the Vice - Chancell or III Maternity Leave, Child Care Leave, Paternity Leave, Adoption leave , Study Leave A Registrar or Finance Officer or Controller of Examination or Librarian Vice -Chancellor Full B Other members of staff including those on contract Registrar or Finance Officer or Controller of Examination or Dean or Head of Department for those reporting to them Up to 30 days; beyond which, the Vice - Chancell or V Quarantine Leave Vice -Chancellor Full VI Extraordinary Leave Vice -Chancellor Full VII Leave Not Due For All Vice -Chancellor Full Provided that where leave involves visit abroad, the Competent Authority shall be the Vice - Chancellor. (cc) Leave Salary : (i) a non-teaching staff granted casual leave or special casual leave is not treated as absent from duty and his pay is not interrupted; (ii) a non-teaching staff on earned leave is entitled to leave salary equivalent to the pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave; (iii) a non-teaching staff on commuted leave is entitled to leave salary equal to the salary admissible ; (iv) a non-teaching staff on extraordinary leave shall not be entitled to any leave salary; (v) a non-teaching staff on mater nity leave or paternity leave or child care leave and quaranti ne leave is entitled to draw the same pay as he may be drawing at the time of proceeding on leave; (vi) payment of all admissible allowances during leave shall be governed by the provisions of the rules regarding the payment of those allowances; (vii) during the period of re-employment, the leave salary shall be based on the pay drawn by him exclusive of the pension and pension equivalent of other retirement benefits ; (dd) Cash Payment In lieu of Leave : (i) On Superannuation - Where a non-teaching staff superannuates on attaining the normal age prescribed for superannuation under the terms and conditions governing his service, the Authority Competent to grant leave shall suo motu authori se encashment of e arned leave, if any, at the credit of the non-teaching staff on the date of his superannuation, subject to a maximum of three hundred days, this limit shall stand revised as per G overnment of India norms; (ii) Superannuation while under suspension - A non-teaching staff, who superannuates while under suspension, shall become eligible for the benefit of cash equivalent of e arned leave at his credit on the date of his superannuation on conclusion of the p roceedings against him, if the Competent Authority decides to re -instate him in service and holds that the suspension wa s wholly unjustified; (iii) Retirement before superannuation - A non-teaching staff who retires or is retired from service may be granted suo motu , by the Competent Authority to grant leave, cash equivalent of leave salary in respect of earned leave at his credit subject to maximum number of days including days in respect of the half pay leave at his credit as specified by the Government of India or regulatory authorities from time to time. Note : Provided this period does not exceed the p eriod between the date on which he so retires or is retired from service and the date on which he shall have retired in the normal course after attaining the age prescribed for superannuation under the terms and conditions governing his service , the cash e quivalent shall be equal to the leave salary as admissible for earned leave and equal to the leave salary as admissible for half pay leave plus dearness allowance admissible on that leave salary for the first three hu ndred days, at the rates in force on th e date the University employee so retires or is retired from service. The pension and pension equivalent of other retirement benefits and ad hoc relief or graded relief on pension shall be deducted from the leave salary paid for the period of half pay leav e, if any, for which the cash equivalent is payable. The amount so calculated shall be paid in one lump -sum as a onetime settlement. This limit shall stand revised as per Government of India norms; (iv) No House Rent Allowance shall be payable: Provided that if leave salary for the half pay leave component falls short of pension and other pensionary benefits, cash equivalent of half pay lea ve shall not be granted: Provided further that a non -teaching staff who is retired by University by giving him pay and allowances in lieu of notice, cash equivalent of leave salary shall be allowed only for the period of leave excluding that period for which pay and allowances in lieu of notice have been allowed; (v) Resignation or Termination : (a) Resig nation: If a non-teaching staff (confirmed employee) resigns or quits service, he may be granted suo moto by the Competent Authority to grant leave cash equivalent in respect of earned leave at his credit on the date of cessation of service, to the extent of half of such leave at his credit, subject to a maximum of one hundred fifty days; (b) Termination with respect to services of a non -teaching staff are terminated by notice or by payment of pay and allowances, in lieu of notice, or otherwise in accordance with the terms and conditions of his appointment, he may be granted, suo moto by the Competent Authority to grant leave, cash equivalent in respect of earned leave at his credit on the date on which he ceases to be in service subject to maximum of three hundred days and this limit shall stand revised as per Government of India norms . (vi) Dismissal or Removal : (a) When a non-teaching staff is dismissed or removed from service following disciplinary proceedings he shall not be eligible for leave encashment. (b) Leave encashment when permanently incapacitated . - A non-teaching staff who is declared by a duly constituted Medical Board to be completely and permanently incapacitated for further service may be granted, suo motu , by the Competent Authority to grant leave, cash equivalent of leave salary in respect of earned leave due and admissible on the date of his invalidation from service subject to leave salary for a maximum three hundred days , this limit shall stand revised as per Government of India Norms; The amount payable shall be equal to the leave salary as calc ulated under the relevant rules; (c) Leave encashment of a non-teaching staff who dies while in harness, in case a non -teaching staff dies in harness, the cash equivalent of the leave salary that the deceased non-teaching staff shall have got, had he gone on earned leave, but for the death, due and admissible on the date immediately following the date of death subject to a maximum of lea ve salary for three hundred days shall be paid to his family and this limit shall stand revised as per Government of India Norms ; (d) Calculation of cash equivalent of leave . - The cash equivalent of leave shall be calculated and payable in one lump sum as a one -time settlement as per Government of India norms . (ee) Making of Rules and Prescribing the Procedure to be Followed Under this Ordinance The University may make rules and procedures for effecting the provisions of this Ordinance. 46. Selection committee procedure. - (1) The Vice -Chancellor, or in his absence, the Pro Vice -Chancellor, shall be the Chairperson of the Selection Committee and shall convene and preside at the meeting of the Selection Committee: Provided that the meeting of the Selection Committee shall be fixed after prior consultation with, and subject to the convenience of Visitor‘s nominee and the experts nominated by the Executive Council. (2) Ordinarily not less than 7 days‘ notice shall be given for holding a meeting of the Selection Committee. (3) The proceedings of the Selection Committee shall not be valid unless, (a) where the number of Visitor‘s nominee and the persons nominated by the Executive Council is four in all, at least three of them attend the meeting; and (b) where the number of Visitor‘s no minee and the persons nominated by the Executive Council is three in all, at least two of them attend the meeting. (4) The Chairperson of the Selection Committee shall be entitled to vote at the meeting and shall have, and exercise a casting vote in the case of an equality of votes. (5) The meeting of Selection Committee shall be held at University ‘s office or at such other place as the Vice -Chancellor, or in his absence Pro Vice -Chancellor, may decide. (6) The Selection Committee shall consider and submit to the Executive Council recommendations as to the appointment referred to it. (7) The Chairperson of the Selection Committee shall have the power to lay down the procedure in respect of any matter not covered by this Ordinance. (8) The University shall have the right to restrict the number of candidates to be called for interview, based on the recommendations of the Screening Committee constituted as per the Regulations for this purpose, to a reasonable number on the basis of qualifications and experience higher than the minimum prescribed. (9) It shall be open to the Executive Council to offer appointment to suitable persons, however, the Vice -Chancellor may offer appointment with the condition that such cases ma y be got ratified in the next Executive Council Meeting as expressly approved by the Executive Council . (10) The rules and procedures prescribed by the Government of India in respect of the reserved categories shall be followed. (11) The Selection Committee‘s recommendations, when approved by the Executive Council, shall remain valid for a period of one year from the date of such approval. (12) The Chair person – Convener shall have the power to lay day down the procedure in respect of any matte r not mentioned in the Act or Statute or Ordinance. (13) The Selection Committee, after considering a candidate for the post of Professor or Associate Professor, may, if it is of the opinion that he shall be suitable choice for the next lower post, shall make such recommendation. (14) The Selection Committee have the power to offer additional increments to candidates considering their experience. (15) Number of posts advertised may be treated as tentative , the University shall have the right to increase or decreas e the number of posts at the time of selection and make appointments accordingly. (16) The in -service candidates shall apply through proper c hannel. (17) Canvassing in any form on behalf of any candidate shall disqualify such candidate , the application forms shall be sold and registration fee collected at the rates prescribed by the University from time to time and application fee shall be as per the advertisement. (18) The s elected candidates are liable to serve anywhere within the country where the offices or projec ts or study centres may be located in future. (19) The selected candidate shall also have to undergo a medical examination by a medical board of the district hospital or Medical College to ascertain his medical fitness for the post at the time of jo ining, however, if considered by the Vice - Chancellor as a special case, the medical certificate may be submitted within a week of joining. (20) At the time of recruitment, a service agreement shall be executed between Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya and the employee conce rned and a copy of the same shall be deposited with the Registrar‘s office. 47. Policy for payment of honorarium and travel ling allowance or dearness allowance for members of the authorities of the University and selection committee members. - Following are the guidelines regarding honorarium payable to external Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya statutory committee members, invitees and selection committee members: (1) An honorarium of Rupees 10 000 (Rupees ten thousand) may be paid to external Gati Shakt i Vishwavidyalaya Statutory Committee members and external invitees for attending scheduled statutory committee meetings including that of Executive Council, Academic Council and Finance Committee and same is applicable to external selection committee memb ers, invited for selection of faculty (viz. Professor or Associate Professor or Assistant Professor) and non -teaching posts (viz. Registrar or Deputy Registrar or Assistant Registrar) in Level -10 in the pay matrix and above, as per 7th Central Pay Commission. (2) Travel expenses (both out -station air or rail travel) may be borne by Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya subject to prior approval. (3) Reimbursement shall be upon submission of bills or invoices. The guidelines for Travelling Allowance or Dearness Allowance shall be as follows: Reimbursement of travel expenses: Economy Class Airfare or Train AC I tier or Air Conditioned Bus Daily Allowance entitlement limits (in case required): Hotel Charges per Day (Rs.) (1) Food Bill per day (Rs.) (2) Local Travel Within City (Rs.) (3) 9,375 (as per entitlement, 7th Central Pay Commission) 1500 AC Taxi Charges (a) All reimbursements shall be done as per actuals subject to entitlement limits mentioned above, and on presentment of bills or tickets or fare receipts of taxis , in case of air travel, boarding passes shall a lso be required to be submitted; (b) There shall be no reimbursement of hotel charges if stay arrangements are made by Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya; (c) Vice Chancellor, at discretion, may permit higher Travelling Allowance or Dearness Allowance entitlements, if deemed necessary on a case to case basis; (d) Payment of honorarium of up to Rupees 10000 (Rupees ten thousand) to external members and invitees for attending non - statutory meetings shall be at the discretion of the Vice Chancellor. The Honorarium and Travelling Allowance or Dearness Allowance for the above shall be reviewed periodically and approved by the Executive Council. 48. Reimbursement of travel expenses to candidates invited fo r selection interview (for posts – level -10 and above) .- (1) Outstation candidates called for interview for the positions of Assistant Professor or Assistant Registrar (Level –10) and above shall be reimbursed Air Conditioned II tier rail fare by the shortest route. (2) The Vice Chanc ellor may consider reimbursing e conomy airfare in special circumstances to the candidates to the above positions. (3) For candidates below the level of Group –‗A‘, Vice Chancellor may decide considering the conditions in view of the Recruitment Rules for the position(s). 49. Conduct and discipline rules for employees of the University .- The C entral Civil Services Conduct Rules and C entral Civil Services Classification, Control and Appeal rules shall apply to the employees of the University with the following modifications or replacements, wherever applicable as detail given in the table: Table Term (1) Replaced by (2) Government Replaced by Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Government Servant Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Employee Authority (1) For (2) Replaced by (3) President of India Group ‗A‘ Services Executive Council Secretary to Government of India Group ‗B‘ Services Vice Chancellor Deputy Secretary or Director Group ‗C‘ Services Registrar This shall be subject to the Statutes on the subject. 50. Anti -plagiarism policy . - (1) The University shall endeavor to maintain the highest levels of academic integrity to encourage original work amongst its students, faculty, st aff and employees at all levels and the University shall take measures to eliminate plagiarism. Explanation. - For the purpos e of this Ordinances the expression ‗Plagiarism‘ shall mean the passing off of another person‘s work as one‘s own work without acknowledgement of the source, and involves copying of phrases, sentences, paragraphs or longer extracts from published or unpublished w ork including from the Internet. (2) Modes of Plagiarism : The following are considered plagiarism, namely: - (a) Turning in someone else's work as your own; (b) Copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit; (c) Failing to put a quotation in quotation marks; (d) Giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation; (e) Changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit; (f) Copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not (i.e. not "fair use") (3) „No-Plagiarism Declaration‟ by Students : Every student who is required to submit a thesis or dissertation or project report or research paper or assignment as part of the requirement for award of a Post -Graduate or Doctoral degree shall be required to submit a signed statement at the beginning of the Post Graduate or Doctor of Philosophy Programme that he is aware of the University ‘s Anti -Plagiarism policy and shall abide by it and he shall submit a ―No -Plagiarism Declaration‖ with every thesis or dissertation or project report or research paper or assignment submitted by him. (4) Responsibility for detecting Plagiarism committed by Students : It shall be the primary responsibility of the supervisor or guide or teacher to detect the plagiarism, if any, committed by the student under his charge, the s upervisor or guide or teacher shall run the thesis or dissertation or research paper or assignment through the prescribed anti-plagiarism detection tool to ensure that it reflects genuine research and original work, and he shall furnish a certificate to this effect , a supervisor or guide or teacher who fails to put in due diligence to detect plagiarism shall be liable for dis ciplinary action . (5) Plagiarism by Employees : Teachers and other employees who submit articles or research papers or consultancy reports or project reports or who present papers or deliver orations in seminars and conferences shall be required to uphold the highest ethical standar ds and not resort to plagiarism and f any plagiarism comes to light, they shall be liable for disciplinary action. (6) Procedure for handling allegations of Plagiarism : (i) whenever an allegation of plagiarism is brought to the University ‘s notice either by the supervisor or guide or teacher or by any other source against a student or an E x-student or an employee, the Vice Chancellor may refer the same to the Board of Research Studies for an inquiry ; (ii) the Board of research studies may conduct an inquiry on its own or constitute a Standing sub-committee to inquire into allegations of plagiarism and the Board or sub-committee shall observe the principle of natural justice and afford the student or Ex-student or employee against whom the allegation of plagiarism has been received a reasonable opportunity to show cause against the allegation; (iii) the inquiry shall be completed expeditiously especially where a student is on the verge of completing his program and the Board or sub-committee shall submit its report to the Vice Chancellor with (i) a clear -cut finding as to whether plagiarism has been committed or not, and (ii) if committed, an opinion on the gravity of the offence (expressed as a percentage of total number of sentences); (iv) the Vice Chancellor is at liberty to accept the findings of the Board or sub-committee in full or to deviate from the same for reasons to be recorded in writing. (v) depending on the gravity of the offence, the Vice C hancellor in respect of students, and the Competent Authority in respect of employees, may award punishment as per the norms prescribed below in the table: Table Category (1) Punishment for proven charge of plagiarism based on the gravity of the offence (2) Student Rustication from the University for a period ranging from 1 year to 5 years. Ex-Student i.e., One whose plagiarism is detected after he has been awarded degree. Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya may withdraw the degree awarded by it. Employee (Faculty or Staff) (1) If plagiarism is proved with regard to a thesis or dissertation or project report relating to a degree awarded by Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya or any other University based on which qualification employment was obtained in Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya. (2) If plagiarism is proved in respect of articles or research reports or consultancy reports or project reports or papers submitted or orations in a seminar or conference , etc. Disciplinary action for minor or major penalty with a minimum penalty of stoppage of increment for one year and maximum penalty of termination from service. Disciplinary action for minor or major penalty with a minimum penalty of not less than stoppage of increment for one year. 51. Sensitization, prevention and redressal of sexual harassment . - (1) Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya shall be committed to the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and shall take proactive steps towards gender sensitisation and elimination of sexual harassment. (2) The complaints against sexual harassment at wo rkplace shall be dealt in compliance with the U niversity Grants Commission (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment of Women Employees and Students in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2015. 52. Travelling allowance of the employees of the University .- (1) The Travelling Allowance for the employees of the University including the Faculty and non -teaching staff s hall be in accordance with the Travelling allowance rules of Government of India, mutatis -mutandis . (2) Pay scales to which they are placed shall determine the eligibility for Travelling allowance or Dearness allowance. (3) For the temporary and contract employees of the University , equivalence shall be drawn based on the level or position against which they ar e employed. 53. Leave travel concession to the employees of the University .- (1) Leave Travel Concession as applicable to the Government of India employees shall be applicable to the employees of the University , mutatis -mutandis . (2) The Leave Travel Concession shall not be applicable to employees not on time -scale and those on contract on consolidated pay and temporary employees including the Adjunct faculty, Professor of Practice, Eminent Faculty or Professor, Distinguished Professor , Distinguished Visiting Professor or Chair Professor) not on regular scale . (3) Pay scales to shall determine the eligibility for travel. 54. Policy for management of projects, consultancy, executive and continuing education and testing services .- (1) Preamble: (a) Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya (GSV) facilitates its students, staff members and faculty members to und ertake: (i) Research and Development activities; and (ii) Technology Transfer and continuing education programs; thereby contributing to national and international research needs. Figure 1 shows the organizational structure to steer these Research and Development activities. Figure: Administrative structure to administer Research and Development Activities at Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya EC Vice Chancellor Dean or Faculty In - charge (Research and Development) Sponsored Projects ECE Testing Services Consultancy Outreach Projects Seed Grant GSV Projects (2) O ffice of research and development : Office of Research and Development is set up to provide specialised administrative and managerial support for the operation of Sponsored Research Projects, Consultancy Projects, Executive and Continuing Education and other Research and Development related activities of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, the Office of Research and Development facilitates interaction with national and international agencies supp orting research and development, it also promotes academia -industry interactions and collaboration with larges Research and Development laboratories, and liaises between Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya and funding agencies and it supports faculty members in filing of patents and documenting Intellectual Property Rights generated through research activity of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya . (3) Functions : (a) Project Management The Research and Development Office supports following project management activities: (i) Submitting the Proposals :- The proposals seeking funding for undertaking sponsored, consultancy or outreach activities are routed through the office and the request of the Project Investigator i s duly forwarded to the Faculty -In-Charge or Research and Development to ensure that all admi nistrative matters are examined; (ii) Registering the Project :- When a project is sanctioned by a funding agency or industry, a new project registration form is filled by the faculty member and submitted along with the sanction letter, agreement, Memorandu m of Understanding and proposal, on registration, a unique project account number is assigned and budget heads are earmarked based on the approval of funding agency along with th e respective amounts sanctioned and t he project is made operational on receipt of the grant in the form of cheque or bank transfer; (iii) Operating the Project : The Project Investigator and Co - Project Investigator have the authority to expend from the project a ccount, subject to the approval, as per the delegation of the financial powers of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya , the expenditure shall not exceed the sanctioned amount for the respective budget heads , re- appropriation of funds between various budgets hea ds is permitted only with the prior approval of the funding agency and w hen such an approval is available from the funding agency, the Project Investigator may request for the re - appropriation of funds along with the approval of the funding agency; (iv) Submiss ion of Progress Reports and other deliverables :- The Project Investigator is responsible to the funding agency for the deliverables of the project and timel y submission of various reports; (v) Accounts and Auditing of Funds :- A statement of accounts shall be made available to the Project Investigator on request and t he accounts of the Office of Research and D evelopment are audited annually; (vi) Utilisation Certificate : The utilisation c ertificate of a registered project is issued at the request of the Project Investigator after auditing of all expen ditures incurred in the project, the utilization certificate of individual project is prepared based on the audited statements, t his may be sen t to the funding agency by the Project Investigator . The invoice seeking grant -in-aid or funds shall be issued by the Office on request of Project Investigator and the Project Investigator is responsible for sending the invoice or grant -in-aid bills to the funding agency as per the requirement of p roject; (vii) Project Extension :- The duration of the project may extend on submission of letter stating the same from the funding agency and t he Project Investigator or Co -Project Investigator shall coor dinate with the funding agency; (viii) Project Closure and Completion Report : The Project Investigator is responsible for submitting the project completion report to the funding agency , the o ffice shall close the project account on submission of acceptance certificate from the funding agency for closing the project, at the time of closing the project, unutili sed fund, if any, shall be returned to the funding agency , in consultancy projects, the balance amount can be utilised according to approved norms; (b) Stores and Purchase Office : (i) All purchases under a project need to be made as per the norms of Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya , items purchased using the project funds are property of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya and shall be used solely for project purposes during the term of t he Project, on closure of the project, they are the property of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, unless there is a specific provision or requirement of returning the same to the funding agency; (ii) c onsequently, each such item shall be recorded in the A ssets Register of the Office of Stores and Purchase , the equipment may be used for other activities after the term of the project, with the approval of the Vice Chancellor; (iii) i n cases where the funding is by a private agency, the Vice Chancellor may ap prove appropriate procurement mode with the consent of the funding agency (not limited to the General Finance Rules provisi ons); (c) Accounts Office : This Office shall undertake the following activities related to project fund operation and management, namely: - (i) checking the financial aspects of the proposal prepared by the Project Investigator to ensure compliance with Gati Shakti Vishwavidyal aya polices; (ii) assignin g the Project Number and m aintenance of the project files; (iii) preparation of receipt or payme nt vouchers; (iv) disbursement of compensation of project staff members; (v) gene ration of stock register (system entry ); (vi) issua nce of cheques; (vii) reconciliation of cheque and cash ledgers on daily basis; (viii) payments of Letter of Credit and T elegraphic Transfer ; (ix) reconci liation of Bank statements on monthly basis; (x) depositi on of taxes as income, service or others to Government agencies; (xi) receipt and payment accounts; (xii) investm ent of Research and Development funds and monitoring of the same; (xiii) preparation of annual accounts ; and (xiv) issuan ce of Utilisation Certificate ; (d) Establishment Office : This office undertakes two primary tasks, namely appoint ment of project staff members, maintenance of their personal file, leave records, House Rent Allowances, contract agreements, etc., in particular, the activitie s undertaken by the office are: (i) Seeking approval of Draft Advertisement and Selection Committee proposed by Project Investigator (A) Project Investigator shall send a draft advertisement along with a propo sed Selection Committee to the office for approval against the vacant post; and (B) After approval, the advertisement shall be published by the office on the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya website ; (ii) Screening applications (A) The Project Investigator shall fix the meeting for screeni ng of the applications received, after screening, the Project Investigator shall submit to the o ffice the report along with the proposed schedule of the interview; and (B) The o ffice shall issue the call letter to the applicants called for the interview; (iii) Interview of the applicants (A) The Project Investigator shall arrange the Selection Committee meeting on the scheduled date and time, and conduct the interview; and (B) After interview, the Project Investigator shall submit to the Establishment office the Report of the Selection Committee along with applicati ons of recommended candidates; (iv) Appointment of the project Staff Member (A) After scrutiny of the report o f the Selection Committee, the o ffice shall subm it the recommendation to the Vice Chancellor for approval; and (B) After Vice Chancellor‘s approval, the offer letter shall be issued by the office; (v) Joining of Project Staff Member and Signing of Contract Agreement (A) Selected candidate shall report t o the Project Investigator for joining the duties, the Project Investigator shall submit the joining report to the Establishment Office; (B) After acceptance of the joining report, a unique Project Personnel File Number is assigned and a personal file shall be opened at the Office; and (C) Contract agreement shall be signed by the Project Staff Member and copy of t he same is shared with Finance. (3) FACULTY -IN-CHARGE (RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT) : A faculty member belonging to the disciplines of Engineering or Science shall be appointed by the Vice Chancellor as Faculty in Charge (Research and Development), the Faculty in Charge (Research and Development) shall steer the activities of the Offic e of Research and Development and he shall be replaced by the Dean (Research and Development) once appointed. (4) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (DAC) : The Research and Development Committee shall be proposed by Faculty in Charge (Research and Development) and approved by the Vice Chancellor, it consists of: Faculty in Charge (Research and Development); Faculty in Charge of each Department or Domain; and Faculty in Charge (Laboratories). Research and Development Committee has the mandate to: (i) encour age faculty members to write research proposals to national and international funding agencies; (ii) propose policies related to conduct of Research and Development Projects at the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya; (iii) coordi nate the signing of Memoranda of Understating and Non - Disclosure Agreements with others organis ations, Universities and Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalayas; (iv) stream line the functions of the Office of Research and Development and guide it from time to time; (v) ensur e that all finances are handled as per the norms of funding agency, Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya an d Government of India, and the utili sation certificates are submitted in a timely manner to the funding agencies; (vi) ensure all purchase and finance related items are routed through the office of Stores and Purchase and Finance office; and (vii) interface with the Project Investigator to do the needed communication with the funding agencies. (5) Project investigator : (1) Each project sha ll have a Project Investigator , who is a faculty member in the regular service of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya or on c ontract service , the Vice Chan cellor may appoint a Group ‗A‘ o fficer as a Project Investigator of projects that are primarily meant to steer specific activities of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya . (2) The Project Investigator shall be solely responsible for: (a) Formulating project proposals, which may include; (i) planning the scope of the work to be done; (ii) estimating cost involved in achieving the objectives of the project; and (iii) identifying Co -Investigators, if r equired, who are faculty member s of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya; (b) Coordinating and executing the work; (c) Handling all communications with the funding agency; (d) Submitting intermediate and final reports to funding agencies according to the project proposal; (e) Ensuring that al l reports bear the name of the Project Investigator and his signatures, and the n ame of the other Investigators who participated in the project; (f) Signing the Memorandum of Understanding or agreements with the funding agency, if required, after the appro val of the Vice Chancellor; and (g) Making recommendations to the Vice Chancellor regarding honoraria to be paid to faculty members, staff membe rs and students, if applicable. (3) (a) While making an estimate of the funds required for a project, the following budgets hea ds shall be taken into account: (i) salaries of Project Staff Members and Doctor of Philosophy students; (ii) equipment; (iii) consumables; (iv) contin gency; (v) travel (domestic and international); (vi) other s (if any); and (vii) overh ead. (4) While estimating the budget required under compensation head, the Project Investigator has to identify the positions required depending on the nature of research , the proposal once approved by the funding agency for a specific category of s taff members, their emolumen ts cannot be changed or altered, in case the funding agency has provided the consolidated fund under compensation head, then positions and emoluments as per the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya‘s norms shall be applicable for Researc h and Developmen t staff member appointment. (5) In case any equipment is to be returned to the funding agency or organis ation after completion of the project, the same shall be clearly brought out explicitly in the project proposal, supported by written communication from the funding agency to this effect. (6) The Project Investigator can co -opt other faculty members of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya as Investigators. The Vice Chancellor may permit, at the request of the Project Investigator, a Group ‗A‘ Officer of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya as Co - Project Investigator of a project. (7) The Project Investigator shall prepare research proje ct proposal in conformity with: (i) designation and emoluments rates for project staff members, commensurate with the qualification and experience specified by the funding agency or the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya; (ii) provision for Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Overhead Charges as per the no rms of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya; (iii) other guidelines i ssued by the funding agency; (iv) applicable rules, regulations and Statutes of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya. (v) the Project Investigator shall be responsible to get project work complet ed satisfactorily within the sanctioned grant ; (vi) t he Project Investigator shall ensure that the head -wise expenditure does not exceed the budgetary allocation as sanctioned by funding agency; (vii) i n case a Project Investigator leaves the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya or retires or proceeds on leave or is unavailable for some reason, the co - Project Investigator may be appointed by the Vice Chancellor as the Project Investigator or the Vice Chancellor, on the recommendation of the Faculty -in-Charge (Rese arch and Development), on the request of Project Investigator, OR on the request of the Faculty -in-Charge of the concerned Department or domain, shall appoint a new Faculty -in- Charge, who shall assume the powers and responsibil ities of the Faculty -in-Charg e, the new Faculty -in-Charge shall need to furnish an undertaking for completion of the project with the remaining funds within the duration specified by the funding agency; (viii) p roject file shall be closed with the submission of final project report and final settlement of accounts. (8) Types of projects : (1) The Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya encourages faculty members to seek external funds from Government and non - government agencies to pursue Research and Development activities in areas of their co mpetence , the Office of Research and Development administers these projects in keeping with the guidelines agreed upon with the funding agencies , the office may administer the following types of Research and Development projects, namely: - (a) sponsored Res earch Projects; (b) consultancy Projects; (c) outreach Projects; and (d) routine Testing Projects. (2) In addition, it administers other projects based on funding from other funding agencies in the form of (a) Seed Grant; (b) Professional Development Ac count; and (c) Gati S hakti Vishwavidyalaya Projects. (3) In addition to the above, the Executive and Continuing Education Programs externally funded are construed to be a project. (9) SPONSORED RESEARCH PROJECTS : (1) Individual or a group of faculty members of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya can write research proposal to seek competitive grants from extra -mural research funding agencies in India or abroad. Faculty members may approach various national (e.g., Departmen t of Science and Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, Aeronautics Research and Development Board, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Indian Space Research Organisation , etc.,) or international (e.g., bilateral government agencies, such as Indo -Japan and Indo -Russian agencies , etc.,) funding agencies and industries f or a sponsored research project and the Project Investigator shall adhere to the funding agen cy norms alongside complying with the Gati Shakti Vishwa vidyalaya terms and conditions. (2) In specific instances, the Research and Development Office also administers the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Collaborative Projects, which are projects seeking fund simultaneously from the funding agency and Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya , the project proposal shall bifurcate clearly the money requested from Gati Shakti Vishwav idyalaya and the funding agency and the Project Investigator shall obtain due approval of the Vice Chancellor before indicating such internal financial support to external agencies; with due financial concurrence. (3) Sponsored research project proposals may be submitted as per the format of the respective funding agencies, generally, these format s are available on the websites of the agencies and the following points shall be considered while writing the proposal: (4) The Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Overhead (typically 20% to 30%) shall be decided by the Executive Council from time to time, any departure from the above shall be duly notified to and approval sought from the Vice Chancellor before sending such a proposal , in special cases on the recommendation of the Research and Development committee, the Vice Chancellor can give partial waiver of the Overhead and the Calculation of Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Overhead shall be as per table. Table1: Calculation of Overheads of on total Project cost A. Recurring 0.90 to 0.70X B. Equipment C. Others D. Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Overhead 0.10 to 0.30X Total Project Cost X The Overhead so collected shall be utilised as per Table 2 (5) The government funding agencies (like Department of Science and Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, Aeronautics Research and Development Board, Defen ce Research and Development Organisation and Indian Space Research Organisation) have their own overhead norms , Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya overhead shall be charged as per the norms of government funding agency where such a provision is available. (6) Endorsement certificate shall be printed on Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya letterhead, and shall be signed by Project Investigator, Faculty -In-Charge (Research and Develop ment) and the Vice Chancellor and the Vice Chancellor may delegate the Registrar to sign the endorsement certificate, on his behalf. (7) Both soft and hard copies of the proposal shall be submitted to office of Research and Development for records, before sending the same to the funding agencies. (8) The research project proposal must contain a clear statement of yearly expenditure under different heads , this proposed scheduled expenditure and manpower mentioned in proposal shall be adhered to by the Proj ect Investigator , any deviation from the stated head needs prio r approval of sponsoring agency, in case, where the funding agency revises the budget under the different heads, the budget approved by the funding agency shall be binding. (9) The I ntellectual Property and Patents generated during the sponsored project shall be shared by the funding agency and Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, the proposal shall clarify this , in the absence of this, guidelines developed by the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya shall be bi nding on both the parties. (10) When a project is approved by the funding agency, a new project account shall be opened with the Office of Research and Development for its operation and monitoring. (11) Utilisation certificate shall be submitted by Projec t Investigator on time to the sponsoring agency. (12) After completion of the project, final technical report shall be submitted to the funding agency, with a copy to the Research an d Development office for record. (13) After submission of the final techni cal report, a completion certificate shall be obtained from the funding agency for successful completion of the project based on which, the project account shall be closed after settlement of all the committed expenditures. (14) After final notification of closure from the sponsoring agency, assets generated from the project, shall be audited by the Office of Store and Purchase , the asset transfer, if any, shall be facilitated by the office of Research and Development. (15) No honorarium or consultation fee can be charged from the sponsored research projects unless it was clearly mentioned in project proposal, approved and sanctioned by the funding agency, and agreed upon by Gati S hakti Vishwavidyalaya. (16) Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya neither charges any in terest from the funding agencies in case of any delay in the reimbursement of expenditure or transfer of the funds pledged by the funding agency towards the execution of the project, nor pays any interest, if earned, on the grant received. Table 2: Utilis ation of Overheads collected from Sponsored Research Projects: Total Overhead Received (10% to 30%) Share for various units of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Gati Shakti Vishwavidyal aya Development Fund Professional Development Account of Faculty Member Office of Research and Developm ent Support Group Y 35% of Y 15% of Y 30% of Y 20% of Y (10) Consultancy projects : The total agreed charges of a Consultancy Project shall consist of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Overhead and other expenses the other expenses shall cover the following costs related to the project , the Goods and Services Tax shall be applicable as per government rules ; in addition: (a) Permanent equipment to be procured or fabricated for the equipment or models; (b) Remuneration o r consultancy fee of the Faculty and Staff Members ; (c) Consumable materials; (d) Travel expenses in connection with the project work; (e) Computational or other charges the Project Investigator may have to pay to the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya or any oth er outside agency in the course of the execution of the work; (f) Charges to be paid for the use of specific equipment in the departments or central facilities; (g) Contingency expenses to cover cost of supplies, preparation of report, typing, word process ing, drawing, drafting, stationery, reproduction, literature (books, journals, membership fee for professional societies), postage, courier, communication expenses, cost of insurance of personnel (medical insurance , etc.,) or equip ment being used for the project; (h) Expenses for work to be carried out on payment basis, remuneration to student assistants; (i) Insurance on equipment and manpower during travel; and (j) Any other costs considered appropriate. Faculty -in-Charge shall make sure availability of required funds under the respective head prior to approving the expenditure under the project. Faculty members may offer technical or managerial c onsultancy services to governments, industries and privat e individuals, based on his competence, acting as Project Investigator of the project , these projects shall provide challenges technically and befit the professional competence of the faculty member; else the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya shall not accept to undertake the project. Further, the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya shall not be liable in any way for the negative fallout of any consultancy service offered by the Project Investigator. And, the Project Investigator is advised to write clear agreements with the funding agencies to limit their own liability. (i) the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Overhead (typically 10 to 30%) shall be decided by the Executive Council from time to time, after deducting the Goods and Services Tax , the Goods and Services Tax on Co nsultancy Projects shall be as per the rates prevalent and decid ed by the Government of India; (ii) the total fee of the project shall be paid by the funding agency to the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya before the commencement o f the work, no payment made by the funding agency for consultancy projects shall be routed other than through the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, this means, that whenever payments are received, they shall be received by the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya; the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya shal l do the needful to comply with the statutory laws and then release the honorarium to the faculty and staff members as applicable and t he expenditure and disbursements shall be made as per the Gat i Shakti Vishwavidyalaya norms; (iii) once a Consultancy Pro ject is approved by the funding agency and the funds are received at the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, a new project account shall be opened in the Offic e of Research and Development, e ach proposal must contain a clear statement of the honorarium or consult ancy fee to be paid t o the hired consultants, if any and if this is not written in the propo sal, no consultant can be hired; (iv) a completion certificate shall be obtained from the funding agency after successful completion of t he project, ba sed on this, (A) Project Investigators and others involved shall be paid the honorarium or consultancy fee , the total honorarium paid to the Faculty and Staff Members of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya shall not exceed 65% of the consultancy fee charged to the agency minus the Goods and Services Tax; and (B) Project shall be closed; (v) after the completion of the project, a final report shall be submitted to the funding agency with a copy to Office of Research and Development for record; with a copy to Finance ; (vi) a Non -Disclosure Agreement , if required, shall be signed apriori between the Project Investigator and funding agency , also, the Intellectual Property and Patents generated during the project shall be shared by the funding agency and Gati Shakti Vishwavidya laya, the proposals shall clarify this and in the absence of such a clarification, guidelines developed by the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya shall be binding on both the parties; (vii) the fund received may be used to cover the expenses related the site visi t, meetings outside the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya and participation in conferences within India or abroad , there is no restriction from the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya on travel by air or taxi on grounds of entitlement , ctual boarding and lodging expense s shall be paid on production of payment receipt, as per the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya norms or as per the funding agency‘s norms (if any), This shall be within the budget provisions given in the respective heads; (viii) The time spent by the Project Inv estigator on all consultancy projects together shall be limited to one day per week, on an average, absence of Project Investigator on grounds of consultancy project from the campus shall be limited to thirty days a year, and not to exceed seven w orking days during the semester, sufficient caution needs to be exercised to ensure that consultancy projects do not interfere with the normal duties of the faculty members , no alternate arrangement shall be made by Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya to compensate the class or lec ture or lab load of the faculty; (ix) The Calculation of Overhead from Consultancy Project shall be as per Table 3. Table 3: Calculation of Overheads on Total Consultancy Fee charged Amount of Consultancy Fee Charged A Goods and Services Tax (-) B Balance C Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Overhead (-) D Balance E Expenditure (including Laboratory Development fund of Rs. 25,000, if project involves no laboratory work, and 10% of E, if it does) . For consultancy services the expenditure may be on actuals as approved on case to case basis. (-) F Balance for payment to persons involved G (x) The utilisation of Overheads collected from Consultancy Projects shall be as per Table 4. Table 4: Utilis ation of Overheads collected from Consultancy Projects (D) Total Overhead Received Share for various units of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Development Fund Professional Development Account of Faculty Member Office of Research and Develop ment Support group Y 35% of Y 15% of Y* 30% of Y 20% of Y (xi) The total agreed charges of a Consultancy Project shall consist of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Overhead and other expenses , the other expenses shall cover the following costs related to the project and the Goods and Services Tax shall be applicable as per government rules; (xii) i n addition to permanent equipment to be procured or fabricated equipment or models; remuneration or consultancy fee of the Faculty and Staff Members: (A) Consumable materials; (B) Site visit - Project involving site visit by the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya faculty or team may be charged @₹ 8000/ - per day for the faculty and @₹2000/ - per day for the assisting team m ember; towards visiting charges; (C) Travel expenses in connection with the project wor k; (D) Computational or other charges the Project Investigator may have to pay to the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya or any other outside agency in the course of the execution of the work; (E) Charges to be paid for the use of specific equipment in the departments or central facilities; (F) Contingency expenses to cover cost of supplies, preparation of report, typing, word processing, drawing, drafting, stationery, reproduction, literature (books, journals, membership fee for professional societies), postage, courier, com munication expenses, cost of insurance of personnel (medical insurance , etc. ) or equipment being used for the project ; (G) Expenses for work to be carried out on payment basis, remuneration to student assistants; (H) Insurance on equipment and manpower during trav el; and (I) Any oth er costs considered appropriate; (xiii) Faculty -in-Charge (Research and Development) shall make sure availability of required funds under the respective head prior to approving the expenditure under the project. (11) Routine testing projec ts: Faculty members may undertake routine testing tasks, which are required by the Industries or utility companies or other institutions for the performance evaluation of their specific product or projects , the routine testing projects involve utili sation of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya laboratory facilities , Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya does not allow to undertaking any certification work, unless certain facilities of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya are recogni sed by appropriate authority of the country for this purpose, as and when the testing equipment is ready to be extended for testing by outside agencies, depending on the price of the equipment, maintenance cost and the labour involved, appropriate testing charges may be proposed by the Faculty -in-Charge (Research and Development) involving the faculty concerned. The following points shall be adhered to: (a) Only non -speciali sed equipment shall be used in testing projects; (b) The testing may be done at standard fee estimated by the Faculty Member, who shall supervise the testing work. Goods and Services Tax at the applicable rates shall be received on this source and paid to the Government of India; (C) After deducting Goods a nd Services Tax, the balance amount shall be distributed as per the Table 5: Table 5: Utlisation of Fee charged for Routine Testing Projects Total Fee received after deducting Goods and Services Tax Share of payments Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalay a Development Fund Office of Research and Development Participating Staff X 50% 20% 30% (12) Outreach projects : (a) Faculty members can organise Conferences, Seminars, Workshop or Short -term Courses with funds from outside agencies, after seeking due approval of the Vice Chancellor. (b) The Office of Research and Development shall facilitate the use of such funds received from external agencies. (c) Faculty members shall open an account in the Office of Research and Development, clearly indicating the purpose of the event being organised . (d) If the funds are raised from the multiple funding agencies (e.g., governmental and non -governmental agencies), then sub -project needs to be created, under the umbrella of the same project account, clearly stating the expenditure heads in each sub -project. (e) The Faculty member concerned shall prepare a detailed proposal with various budget heads for expenditure (indicating the faculty honoraria or boarding or lodging or transport , etc), and submitted to the Vice Chancellor through the Research and Development Office and Finance . (13) The Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Overhead (typically 10% to 30%) shall be decided by the Executive Council from time to time, after deducting the G oods and Services Tax, and to be raised from external funding agenci es, after the event completed, utilization certificate duly issued by o ffice of Research and Development shall be submitted especially to the governmental funding agencies , after deducting Goods and Services Tax, the balance amount shall be distributed as Table 6. Table 6: Utilisation of Fee charged for Outreach Projects. Share for various units of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Total Overhead Received (35%) Gati Shakti Vishwavidyala ya Development Fund Office of Research and Develop ment Tech staff or student honorari a Support group Y 35% of Y 30% of Y 20% 15% of Y (14) Seed Grant P rojects : The Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya supports newly joined young Faculty Members for initiating his/her research at Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, with a sum of Rs. 10 Lakhs for Faculty Members with background in Science and Technology, and with Rs. 5 Lakhs for Faculty Members with background in Management. (a) The new Faculty Member shall submit a Seed Grant Proposal to Office of Research and Development; (b) The Facult y Member shall present the sam e to a Committee consisting of: (i) Vice Chancellor; (ii) Dean (Acad emics ) (iii) Dean (R esearch & Development ) or Faculty -in-Charge (Research and Development). (c) All Faculty Members, especially those in the domain of the proposal, are invited to the presentation; (d) If the proposal is accepted in principle, suggestions made by the Seed Grant Proposal Review Committee shall be incorporated and the revised proposal submitted by the Faculty Member to the office of Resear ch and Development, on receiving the revised proposal, Faculty -in-Charge (Research and Development) may recommend to the Vice Chancellor for approval of the Seed Grant; and (e) After approval of the Vice Chancellor, a Seed Grant Project account shall be op ened by the Office of Research and Development, clearly stating the budget utili sation under different heads such as equipment, consumables and other necessary sections , the expenditure towards consumable and contingency shall not e xceed 25% of the amount granted, no furniture items shall be purchased from the seed grant; the same shall be provided by the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya. (15) Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Projects : Some of activities of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, such as management of hostels, automation, laboratory development , etc. are financially regulated Gati Shakti Vishwavidy alaya Projects, in administering such projects, the following points shall be considered: (a) The Project Investigator of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Project appointed by the Vice Chancellor, shall seek the budget for the financial year from the Grant -in-aid; (b) After the budget is approved, a new project account shall be opened in the o ffice of Research and Development; (c) Any purchase or procurement mad e under the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Project shall be in accordance with the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya norms of expenditure applicable to the Grant -in-aid; (d) The wages of the hired manpower in Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Projects shall follow Gati S hakti Vishwavidyalaya norms; (e) The Office of Research and Development shall provide to the Vice Chancellor quarterly expenditure statement of all Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Projects duly signed by respective Project Investigators; and (f) The Project In vestigator of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Project shall seek approval for additional budget for next session, before t he available fund is exhausted. (16) P rofessional Development Account : (a) A Professional Development Account is created for each Faculty Member at the time of his joining the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya , incomes in Professional Development Account are those arising from the academic and professional activities of the Faculty Member , the incomes that can be credited to this account i nclude: (i) part of Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Overheads from Sponsored Research Projects; (ii) amount transferred from Consultancy Projects, if any; (iii) any other balance income on the project, with t he approval of Vice Chancellor; (b) The amount credited in the Professional Development Account can be utilised only for the designated purposes as outlined in the extant policy on Pr ofessional Development Account; (c) The Professional Development Account cannot be operated by the Faculty Member, when he is on long leave, short leave, leave on ―Foreign Service Terms‖ or on extra -ordinary leave and he may be allowed to use the Professional Development Account amount, while on sabbatical leave (once the scheme is in place). (17) Utilization of the Gati S hakti Vishwavidyalaya overhead and research and development overhead : (a) The Overheads under ―Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Development Fund‖ shall be utilised as per the needs of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, and with the approval of the Vice Chancellor. (b) The ―Research and Development Overhead‖ shall be utilised for both recurring and non - recurring expenditure, including compensation of the project staff, honorarium to regular staff members, travel and other expenditures approval by the Vice Chancellor. (18) P roject Appointments : The appointment of qualified temporary Project Staff Members is an important project management activity of the Off ice of Research and Development, this section elaborates the possible appointments, procedure for making the appointment and salaries payable therein. (a) Type of Appointments: The hiring of manpower under sponsored Research Projects, Consultancy Projects and other Projects are of 4 categories, namely: - (i) Ad-hoc Appointment : Hiring of manpower on ad -hoc basis for a maximum period of three months by means of awarding a short te rm ad -hoc appointment against the vacant post or as one -time activity; (ii) Project Appointment : Hiring of qualified candidates by giving wide publicity through press, internet, etc., for a period beyond three months and exte ndable till maximum of one year , any appointment beyond an estimated period of one year can be made on the recommendation of Project Investigator for a maximum period of five years or till the duration of the project, whichever is earlier , approval of Competent Authority for engagement to be taken; (iii) Assistantship : Registered students of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya can be employed on projects on full -time basis during summer and winter vacations or on part -time basis during the semester as Student Research Associate or Senior Student Research Associate against the vacant post ; (iv) Engagement of skilled , semi -skilled or unskilled personnel thro ugh Manpower Outsourcing Agency, the appointment of qualified temporary Project Staff Members is an important project management activit y of the Office of Research and Development , this section elaborates the possible appointments, procedure for making the appointmen t and salaries payable therein. (2) Procedure of Appointment : (i) Ad-hoc Appointment s. - The P roject Investigator OR Co - Project Investigator can hire the services of qualified candidates on Ad -hoc basis (Informal selection) against vacant posts for a specific work pertaining to the project up to a maximum period of three months, the request for such appointments can be submi tted in the Office of Research and Development in prescribed format alo ng with c urriculum vitae with all the supporting documents, like mark -sheets and experience certificates; (ii) Project Appointments. - The Project Investigator OR Co - Project Investigator may forward a request in prescribed form for selecting persons for such appointments against the vacant positions , also, the Project Investigator shall submit the qualification s and experience prescribed for the positions, t he proposed qualific ation and experience can be higher but not lower than the norms laid down by the Gati Shakti Vi shwavidyalaya or Funding Agency, a Selection Committee shall be constituted, with the approval of the Vice Chancellor; (iii) any appointment for less than one ye ar can be through an advertisement in the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya website and for engagement for one year or above shall be through a press advertisement to be published in at least one English and one vernacular daily (with one insertion in Employment News) and the detailed advertise ment hosted on the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya website stating the required educational qualification, experience, etc. , the essential qualification mentioned by the funding agency shall be strictly followed , the Project In vestigator can add additional qualification depending upon the requirement of the project and the advertisement shall mention clearly that the post is purely temporary and for specified limited period, strictl y co-terminus with the project. (3) The Project Investigator has two option s for holding these selections: (a) Walk -in Test OR Interview: The Project Investigator can exercise this option, if only a limited number of candidates are expected to apply and is for a period of maximum one year, under this option, on -the-spot written or skill test may also be conducted to narrow down the number of candidates; (b) Shortlisting followed by Written Test or Interview: This option can be adopted, if the engagement for one year or the above with a cal l to the shortlisted candidate. (4) The composition of standing Selection Committee shall be as follows, namely: - (a) For Consultants: (i) Vice Chancellor or his nominee – Chair person; (ii) two Faculty Members from the domain concerned - Member ; (iii) one Faculty Member from the domain other than that of the – Member ; (iv) Proje ct Investigator – Convener; (b) For Research and Technical Staff Members: (i) Faculty -In-Charge of the concerned Center - Chairperson; (ii) One Faculty Member fr om the Center – Member ; (iii) One Faculty Member from a Center other than that the Project Investigator – Member ; (iv) Project Investigator - Convener ; (c) For Administrative Staff Members: (i) Faculty -in-Charge (Research and Development) - Chairp erson; (ii) One Faculty Member or a Group A Officer – Member ; (iii) Project Investigator – Convener . (5) The following are the additional notes on the above: (a) For the post which has been sanctioned by the funding agency, but not covered above, Vice Chancellor shall approve a Standing Selection Committee, on the recommen dation of the Faculty -in-Charge, all the members must be present during the interview, in case of exigency, the Convener may seek to replace the member unable to attend with another, with the approval of the Vice Chancellor; (b) The Chair person of the Selection Committee shall ensure that any candidate who does not fulfill the advertised criteria is not intervie wed OR considered for selection, the candidates appeare d or appearing for f inal exams s hall not be considered qualified, if their result is still awaited as on the last date of receipt of application. The candidates not fulfilling the minimum advertised qualification cannot be considered even for the lower post, if such lower pos ition has no t been advertised; (c) The Chair person of the Selection Committee shall ensure that, all the candidates, who come to attend the interview, are interviewed prop erly by the Selection Committee; (d) The Members of the Selection Committee shall rec use themselves from the process of selection, where their own close relatives are appearing in the test OR interview , in case, it is so, the concerned Committee Member shall opt out, and another person be appointed in his place as Member, with the approval of the Vice Chancellor; (e) The scheduled Selection Committee meetings cannot be cancelled or rescheduled at short notice; this shall avoid inconvenience to candidates appearing in the interview, especially from outside, in case of absence of Chair person or Project Investigator due to exigency, his nominee may be appointed with the approval of the Vice Chancellor, to ensure smooth con duct of interviews as scheduled; (f) The report of the Selection Committee duly recommended by the Faculty -in-Charge with applications of candidates selected and also considered for appointment under the project, shall be placed before t he Vice Chancellor for approval; (g) After, obtaining approv al of the Vice Chancellor, the offer of appointment can be i ssued to the selected candidate s by the office of Registrar. (19) Project Posi tion and Compensation Structure: The compensation structure may be reviewed from time to time. 1. Scientific and Research Project Staff Members S. No. Designation (1) Minimum Qualification (2) Compensation Range (3) 1 Consultant Doctor of Philosophy degree with 1st class or equivalent (in terms of grades etc.) at the preceding degree in the appropriate branch with a very good academic record throughout and a minimum of eight years teaching, research or industrial experience after Doctor of Philosophy OR An outstanding Engineer or Master of Technology or Master of Engineering OR Master of Science Technologist with 1st class or equivalent in the appropriate discipline with ten years relevant experience, or Bachelor of Technology or Bachelor of Engineering. degree or equivalent with ₹ 75,000 + House Rent Allowance (Varies from time to time as per the University norms or Funding agency norms ) twelve years working experience in Industry of repute 2 Senior Project Scientist OR Engineer Doctor of Philosophy degree with 1st class or equivalent at the preceding degree in the appropriate discipline with four years‘ relevant experience in the relevant area OR Master of Technology or Master of Engineering degree with 1st class or equivalent in the appropriate discipline with six years‘ experience in relevant area OR Bachelor of Tech nology or M aster of Science degree with 1st class or equivalent in the appropriate discipline with eight years‘ experience in relevant area ₹67,000 + House Rent Allowance (Varies from time to time as per the University norms or Funding agency norms ) 3 Project Scientist or Engineer Doctor of Philosophy degree with 1st class in the appropriate discipline OR Master of Technology or Master of Engineering degree with 1st class or equivalent in the appropriate discipline with three years‘ experience in the relevant area OR Bachelor of Tech nology or M aster of Science degree with 1st class or equivalent with four years‘ experience relevant area ₹61,000 + House Rent Allowance (Varies from time to time as per the University norms or Funding agency norms ) 4 Senior Project Associate Bachelor of Tech nology , Bachelor of Engineering , M aster of Computer Application or Master of Science degree with 1st Class or equivalent in appropriate discipline with two years experience in relevant area ₹58,000 + House Rent Allowance (Varies from time to time as per the University norms or Funding agency norms ) 5 Project Associate Bachelor of Tech nology , Bachelor of Engineering , M aster of Computer Application or M aster of Science degree with 1st class or equivalent ₹42,000 + House Rent Allowance (Varies from time to time as per the University norms or Funding agency norms ) 2. Technical Project Staff Members S. No. (1) Designation (2) Minimum Qualification (3) Compensat ion Range (4) 1 Project Technical Officer Bachelor of Science or equivalent with fifteen years ‘ experience in relevant area OR Three year Engineering Diploma with fifteen years ‘ experience in relevant area 35,000 + House Rent Allowance (Varies from time to time as per the University norms or Funding agency norms ) 2 Project Technical Supervisor Bachelor of Science or equivalent with eight years ‘ experience in relevant area Or Three year Engineering Diploma with eight years ‘ experience in relevant area 31,000 + House Rent Allowance (Varies from time to time as per the University norms or Funding agency norms ) 3 Project Technician Bachelor of Science or equivalent with four years ‘ experience in the relevant area OR Three year Engineering Diploma with four years ‘ experience in relevant area OR High School + Industrial Training Institute with Nine years ‘ experience in relevant area 28,000+ House Rent Allowance (Varies from time to time as per the University norms or Funding agency norms ) 4 Senior project Mechanic Three years Engineering Diploma OR High School + Industrial Training 25,000+ House Rent Institute with five years‘ experience in relevant area Allowance (Varies from time to time as per the University norms or Funding agency norms ) 5 Project Mechanic High School + Industrial Training Institute OR High School with five years‘ experience in relevant area 20,000 + House Rent Allowance (Varies from time to time as per the University norms or Funding agency norms ) 3. Administrative Project Staff Members S. No. (1) Designatio n (2) Minimum Qualification (3) Compensatio n Range (4) 1 Senior Project Manager 1st class Post-graduate degree with twelve years ‘ experience in relevant area OR Chartered Accountant, Institut ion of Cost and Works Accountants, Company Secretary with five years relevant experience of supervisory work in a Government office or educational Institut e or business organis ation of repute ₹58,000 + House Rent Allowance (Varies from time to time as per the University norms or Funding agency norms ) 2 Project Manager 1st class Post-graduate degree with eight years‘ relevant experience OR Graduate with twenty years‘ relevant experience OR Chartered Accountant, Institute of Cost and Works Accountants or Company Secretary with three years‘ relevant experience of supervisor work in a Government ₹42,000 + House Rent Allowance (Varies from time to time as per the University norms or Funding agency norms ) Office, educational Institut e or business organis ation of repute 3 Deputy Project Manager Chartered Accountant, Institute of Cost and Works Accountants, Company Secretary Or Post-graduate (Master of Business Administration, Master of Computer Application, Master of Commerce, Master o f Science or Master of Arts) with five years‘ relevant exper ience Or Graduate (Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Business Administration or Bachelor of Computer Application) with three years of relevant experience ₹35,000 + House Rent Allowance (Varies from time to time as per the University norms or Funding agency norms ) 4 Assistant Project Manager Post-graduate (Master of Business Administration or Master of Computer Application or Master of Commerce or Master of Science or Master of Arts) OR Graduate (Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Commerce or Bachelor of Business Administration or Bachelor of Computer Application) with three years relevant experience ₹31,000+ House Rent Allowance (Varies from time to time as per the University norms or Funding agency norms ) 5 Project Assistant Graduate (Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Business Administration or Bachelor of Computer Application) ₹20,000+ House Rent Allowance (Varies from time to time as per the University norms or Funding agency norms ) 6 Project Attendant Intermediate ₹18,000+ House Rent Allowance (Varies from time to time as per the University norms or Funding agency norms ) Note : Junior Research Fellow OR Senior Research Fellow OR Research Associates - Engagement modalities, qualifications and compensation structure as per the Department of Science & Technology norms. (20) Others Terms and Conditions. (a) (i) All appointments shall be on contract for one year or less, in case the project is terminated earlier. (ii) Further, the maximum duration shall be the term of the project (co -terminus with the project) i .e., the appointment is against the temporary project post and shall not continue in any circumstances beyond the duration of the said project. (iii) Any subsequent contract in the project or another project shall be fresh appointment. (iv) The appointm ent in the project does not give p roject staff members any claim whatsoever for appointment or regulari sation against any regular post of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya; (b) All Project Staff Members need to sign a contract agreement with Gati Shakti Vish wavidyalaya on ₹100 Non -judicial Stamp Pap er at the time of the joining, c ompensation shall be released after the signing of the contract agreement, in case, any Project Staff Members does not sign the contract agreement within fifteen days from the date o f joining, the appointment shall stand cancelled. (c) (i) compensation of the selected candidate shall be as indicated in the table above, (ii) b ut, at the time of selection, the Selection Committee can recommend a higher start by offering a maximum of f ive increments in case of experienced candidates , the higher start from the initial level of the scale can be calculated duly counting the number of years of experience, offering one increment each for each year of service, over and above the minimum numbe r of years required towards applicable experience , (iii) in case the Committee recommends fixation at higher stage within the scale, the same may only be given with proper justification, recommendation for higher fixation shall be entertained , only if the fund is available, (iv) finally, the recommendation of the Selection Committee shall be reviewed by the Vice Chancellor before approval; (d) The pay -fixation of staff retired from Government service (if any) shall be fixed a s per Government of India nor ms; (e) Intellectual Property Rights: (i) Staff Members appointed in a project shall be required to work under the supervision of the Proj ect Investigator of the project, the outcome of any research under the project is the property of the project and is b ound by the prevailing Intellectual Property Rights Policy of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyal aya and sponsors of the project and any result can only be published with prior written approval of the Project Investigator with due acknowledgement of the sponsors of the project. (ii) on leaving the service, all documents relating to the project are required to be returned to the Project Investigator ; (f) At the time of the extension of the service of the Project Staff Members, the Project Investigator can recommend 5% enhancement in the compensation after completion of one -year service or the funding agency norms shall be applicable from time to time , extension of the service is admissible only when the project is valid and the sufficient fund is avail able; (g) Extension of service can be given up to a maximum of one year at a time , the maximum length of service for a project staff cannot exceed five years or as per the funding agency norms whichever is minimum ; (h) In case of migration of a project staff from one project to another without the need for undergoing fresh selection process, valid reasons and justification shall be submitted by the Project Investigator for such migration, in such cases, the Personal File Number of the Project Staff Members shall remain the same and the total cumulative engagement shall be not more than five years ; (i) If a person is already working or has worked earlier in any specific project of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, the previ ous compensation can be taken as the basis for fixing the consolidated pay for the fre sh position being appointed for; (j) In case of person who retired from the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya service, the academic qualifications can be relaxed commensurate w ith the experience and the designation with proper mapping to the designations and experience levels a s mentioned in the above tables; (k) (i) in case a P roject Investigator considers upgrading a Project staff within the same project, he after reviewing performance of the staff can recommend for up -gradation without go ing through Selection Committee; (ii) b ut, in case of up -gradation of the staff to work in some other projec t, the case shall be put up through the Selection Committee for consideration ; (iii) the up -gradation shall be justifiable in terms of additional qualifications and experience, acquired commensurate with the position for which being considered; (l) Consol idated compensation offered for the project post is all inclusi ve; (m) Medical Facilities: Routine outpatient department medical facility at Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya (for consultancy and diagnostics only) can be availed; (n) Termination of Service: Duri ng the period of project appointment, Project Staff Members are liable to be terminated with or without one month‘s notice or on payment of one -month compensation in lieu thereof, likewise, Project Staff Members too can resign by giving one -month notice or compensati on in lieu of the notice period; (o) Leave Entitlement Per year: Applicable as equal to the contractual staff of the University which varies from time to time and No leave encashment or carry forward is permissible on the termination or renewal of the contract. (21) Assistantship to Students. The registered students of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya may be employed on projects on part -time basis as Student Researc h Associate or Senior Student Research Associate with the following hourly payment norms as given in the table: TABLE Category (1) Rate per hour (2) Maximum hours per week (3) Bachelor of Technology Students Rs. 60 to 100 10 Master of Technology Students Rs. 100 to 200 15 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Students Rs. 100 to 200 20 (a) The payment structure may be reviewed from time to time and the following terms and conditions are admissible, namely: (i) the minimum C umulative Grade Point Average is 6.5 for employing B achelor of Tech nology Students in part -time project work; (ii) the employment of students be recommended by the Dean (Acad) and Head of the respective Cente r in the prescribed format; (iii) non-Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya students to be engaged on the projects on the part -time basis, shall produce a no objection cer tificate from the current Head of their University along with a bonefide student certif icate; (iv) applicable Income Tax is deducted, wherever necessary, for the payment made for the pr oject employment or assignments; (v) any project assignment of the student shall not affect the academic or adm inistrative status of a student, that is, a student employed on a project shall, for purpose of leave, accommodation, house rent, etc. (except payment received) be governed by his student status and during the part-time assignments, he shall continue getting the regular scholarships that may be admissible to him; (b) Engagement of Skilled, Semi -skilled and unskilled personnel through Manpower Outsourcing Agency .- To carry out miscellaneous tasks required for the projects, skilled , semi -skilled or u nskilled manpower on hourly basis can be engaged through Outsourcing Manpower Agency, subject to the minimum wages as approved by the Government of India norms , in such cases, the following procedure shall be followed: (i) The P roject Investigator shall take the approval of Faculty -In-Charge (Research and Development) for engaging skilled, semi -skilled or unskilled personnel; (ii) after getting the approval, the Project Investigator shall request to the Establishment for providing the required personnel through the Manpower Outsourcing Agency; and (iii) the Project Investigator shall verify the attendance of the engaged personnel for making monthly payments of remuneration. Note: No person can be engaged on projects under more than one funding source, i.e., simultaneously a Sponsored Project and Consultancy Project. (22) Travel from P roject : (a) The travel shall be regulated based on the Travelling Allowance Rules of Government of India unless and otherwise specified by the funding agency and this requires the approval of The Competent Authority , record of such expenses shall be recorded under the specified budget heads of the Project Accounts. payment of cha rges to travel agents for ticket purchase assistance, visa assistance, Insurance, etc. shall be admissible from project funds. (b) But, if funding agency has specified any specific condition for travel under the project, that shall be followed normally. (23) Temporary P roject Advance : (a) To carry out miscellaneous expenditures required for the projects, the Project Investigator can use the funds from the project and shall take a temporary advance for the same and advance can be taken from various budget heads, like Cont ingency, Consumables and Travel; (b) The Project Investigator shall submit the request in the prescribed format , not more than 4 advances shall be sanctioned from one project at a time, a nd that too only one per person; (c) All the advances taken to be settled within fifteen days from the date of the completion of the activity and purpose for which the advance was taken ; (d) Statement of expenditure shall be submitted by the Project Investigator in the prescribed format with all the original bills duly verified , the PI shall ensure that all the bills are properly entered in the relevant project register. (e) Non-consumables item must be entered in the assets register of the Office of Stores and Purchase, else bills shall not be passed for the payment. (24) Project Procurement : (a) (i) All items purchased under a project are property of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya (or of the funding agency if specified), though they are to be used primarily for the Project, they are to be purchased using the Gati Shakti Vishwa vidyalaya approved procedures, a fter the project terminates or completes, they remain with the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, unless there is a specific provision or requir ement of returning the same to the funding agency. (ii) Consequently, each item purchased shall be recorded in the Assets Register and a ll permanent assets shall depreciate as per the Ga ti Shakti Vishwavidyalaya norms; (b) The Project Investigator shall verify the original bill and cash memos, and submit in the prescribed format to the Finance Office for pay ment or reimbursement, Project Investigator shall ensure that all the bills are prope rly entered in stock register, non - consumables item s must be ente red in the Assets Register maintained by the Office of Stores and Purchase, else the bills shall not be passed for the pay ment; (c) For the purchase high -end or costly equipment, a Technical Purchase Committee has been constituted to assess the technical aspects of the e quipment and their installation, the composition of the Technical Purchase Committee as: (i) faculty in Charge (Laboratory) Chairperson ; (ii) one Faculty Member in relevant field of the purchase Member ; (iii) if estimated cost of the equipment is Rs. 1 Crore or above one specialist working in area of research relevant to purchase Member ; (iv) project Investigator of the project Member ; (d) The responsibilities of the Technical Purchase Committee are: (i) finalising the most suitable generic technical requirement for the purchase to meet the objectives of the projects; (ii) drafting technical specification of the equipment purchase; (iii) providing technical assistance duri ng the tender process; and the p urchase shall be done by the T ender Committee of Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya ; (e) Procurement of goods or services out of public funding shall comply with the G eneral Finance Rules, R ules of G overnment of India, these rules are relaxed for the procurement of goods or services out of p rivate funding by keeping in view of the timely deliverables and quality aspects , however, the private funding procurement shall comply with the University norms as applicable. (25) Budgetary Norms : With respect to research projects, the total charges of a research project shall consist of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya overhead, and actual expenses of the project covering following, namely: - (a) Permanent equipment to be procured or fabricated equipment or models; (b) Consumable materials; (c) Travel expe nses in connection with the project work (domestic and foreign if budgeted or allowed by sponsor); (d) Computational or other charges payable to any other outside agency; (e) All contingency expenses for report preparation of report and literature (books, journals) and any other item budgeted under the proposal and approved by the funding agency; (f) Project Staff compensation; expenses for work to be carried out on payment basis, remuner ation to student assistants etc.; (g) Insurance on equipment and manp ower during travel. (26) Proje ct Monitoring Committee: For large projects the Project Monitoring Committee with the following composition shall review and assess the progress of the project periodically (at least once a year) for ti mely completion of the projects, the Committee may advice F aculty -in-Charge in any matter on the project, t he composition of Project Monitoring Committee shall be as follows: - (a) Faculty in Charge Chairperson; (b) Faculty in Charge of the concerned Member ; Center or domain or his nominee (c) Faculty i n Charge (Laboratories) Member ; (d) One Faculty Member of the relevant field Member ; (e) One specialist from outside the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Member or in relevant field, if required: representative of funding agency ; (f) Project Investigator Convener . The Vice Chancellor is the Competent Authority to constitute and or approve the Project Monitoring Committee . (27) Disagreement Or Disputes : (a) Any disagreement within the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya arising at any stage of a Consultancy Project shall be resolved in consultation with Faculty -in-Charge or Vice Chancellor to ensure an expeditious removal of bottlenecks and sm ooth functioning of the project; (b) In case of any dispute arising between Inves tigator(s) and funding agencys at any stage of Consultancy Project, only the Investigators shall be responsible for settlement of the dispute. (c) The Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya holds no liability in any matter of dispute arising out of the project. (d) All legal action shall be s ubject to jurisdiction at Civil Courts at Vadodara only. (28) A rbitration : (a) In the event of any dispute or difference at any time arising between the parties relating to Consultancy Project, or any other clause or any content of the right and liabilities of the parties or other matters specified therein or with reference to anything arising out of the Consultancy or otherwise in relation to the terms, whether during the Consultancy or thereafter, such disputes or differences shall be endeavored to be resolved by mutual negotiations. (b) If, such negotiations are infructuous, the dispute shall be finally settled through Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (26 of 1996), the arbitrators shall give reasoned and speaking award. (29) Limited Liab ility: In case, any legal dispute arises between the Investigator and the funding agency, in that case the Investigator are in any way held responsible to make good the losses incurred by the funding agency, such liability shall be restricted to a maximum liability calculated as follows: Maximum Liability = Total Fee Charged for the project – Expenditure already incurred in the project , the Project Investigator shall be responsible to bring this fact to the notice of the funding agency. (30) Guidelines for Memorandum of Understanding o r Agreement : (a) Intellectual Property Rights .- The Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya shall try to keep its rights intact as far as possible, the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya must protect its right to use the information generated fr om research at any point in the future without having to seek permission in case Intellectual Property Rights is owned by other party, the developer shall have the right to publish the paper and this shall be expressly indicated in the Memorandum of Unders tanding; (b) Developer, Faculty -in-Charge or Project Investigator .- Memorandum of Understanding shall carry the name of the developer, who shall accomplish the goals of the project and he is responsible f or the execution of the project; (c) Deliverables .- The wording of this section is most crucial in the text of the Memorandum of Understanding , accuracy is paramount , the timeline shall be attainable , deliverables shall be clearly mentioned as an article or clause of the agreement , statement of work and da tes of mileston es to be achieved are spelt out and a full project proposal m ay be attached for completeness; (d) Overheads and Taxes .- Budget shall be inclusive of Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya overheads as per rules and Goods and Services Tax (if applicable ), budget shall be annexed to the agreement and t here shall be some initial payment ( e.g. 25%) to start the Project; (e) Conflict Resolution .- The Memorandum of Understanding shall stipulate the jurisdiction of the local courts (including New Delhi) , this is an important point for Internation al Memorandum of Understandings, the agreement shall be governed by the Indian Laws , applicability of foreign laws for dispute resolution is not allowed , alternately, dispute may be referred for Arbitration under the pr ovisions of (i) the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 ( 26 of 1996); (ii) the rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce. Or the Arbitration Rules of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law and place of arbitration for domestic arbitration shall be Vadodara and for I nternational, New Delhi (India), alternately, in case a party files a complaint (Plaintiff), the Defendant (against whom a claim or charge is brought) shall have choice to designate the place of arbitrati on; (f) Confidentiality .- The Project Investigator and team members shall be responsible for non -disclosure of confidential information and perpetual disclosure of confidential information shall be avoided as far as possible; (g) Technology Transfer Agreem ent (Generic) .- (i) the agreement shall give reference of the technology to be transferred (in terms of publications or book); (ii) any information, materials, services, intellectual property, other property or rights, granted or provided by Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya pursuant to this agreement are on an as - is-where -is basis; (iii) Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya does not make any warranty of any kind, either expressly or implicitly for any matter including, but not limited to, warranty of fitness for particular p urpose, or merchantability, exclusivity or results obtained from use; (iv) Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya cannot give warranty of successful exploitation of the technology; (v) in case , the other party transfers or assigns Intellectual Property Rights acquired in tech nology transfer agreement developed by Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, or transfers or sells Intellectual Property Rights or product developed based on the technology during any project to any third party, the above clauses shall also be applicable to third party; (vi) technology transfer agreement shall be a standalone agreement , any further development for manufacturing the product or commercialisation of the technology shall be governed by a separate service or consultancy agreement; (vii) any p enalty or security dep osit clause is not acceptable; (viii) gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya shall not bear any charges for the transfer of assets or technology; and (ix) equip ment purchased out of the project funds shall be owned by the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya and shall not be returned to the funding agency (unless and ot herwise specifically agreed to); (h) When Memorandum of Understanding is clear from all angles and acceptable to both the parties, it shall be sent to the Vice - Chancellor for approval along with the summary of the Memorandum of Understanding, duly signed by Project Investigator, forwarded by Fac ulty-In-Charge (Research and Development), after approval, the same may be signed by the authori sed signatories along with witnesses , a copy of Memorandum of Understanding signed by both the parties shall be kept in records at Office of Research and Develo pment, and placed at the subsequent Executive Council meeting for its perusal. 55. Purchase policy . - (1) Objectives : The Purchase policy intends to meet the following objectives: (a) To maintain uninterrupted flow of goods and services to support the development schedules of the University ; (b) To procure goods and services economically at a cost consistent with th e quality and service required; (c) To maintain organisation reputation and cre dibility in the market by fair evaluation of bids and quotations, transparent, timely issue of purchase order or contracts and timely payment of dues. (2) Procurement type and Financial Limits : As a guiding principle, the type of procurement and financial limits shall be in accordance with General Finance Rules 2017 as follow: - Sl. No. (1) Procurement Type (2) Reference General Finance Rules . 2017 (3) 1 No Tender or Direct Purchase Rule 154 2 Three -member committee Rule 155 3 Limited Tender Rule 158, 160 4 Open Tender Rule 160, 161 (3) Submission of Indent : (a) Indenting for purchase by end user departments OR centers OR sections is made after notification of budgetary allocations by the Competent A uthority in the beginning of every financial year or as long as fund is available ; (b) Indent is put up as per normal Indent Format with adequate justifications for purchase of the required item along with (a) Details Specifications; (b) Proposed Purchase Committee ; and (c) Proposed vendor list (in case of l imited Notice Inviting Quotation); (c) In case of indent for furniture, in addition to the above, appropriate drawing and design of the required furnitur e items are also to be provided; (d) The Indent is to be submitted to t he Stores and Purchase Section; (e) Approval of indents is done by th e competent authorities as per delegation of financial power; (f) A demand for goods shall not be divided into small quantities to make piece meal purchases to avoid the necessity of obtaining the sanction of higher authority required with reference to the estimated value of the total demand. (4) Constitution of Purchase Committee and procurement : The procurement may be carried out through Government e - marketplace or Central Public Procurement Portal or other means as provided under the extant rules as per the General Finance Rules provisions as amended from time to time and through the Committee as authorised; as constituted by the Registrar or Vice Chan cellor, as per the delegation of financial powers . (5) Procurement through Spot Purchase committees : (a) There may be circumstances when some items of material (normally available off the shelf) are purchased on the spot by calling offers through physical visit of the premises of the firms by the nominated officers and t his mode of purchase is popularly known as 'Spot Purchase'; (b) Conditions for resorting to Spot Purchase :- (i) the purchase through Spot Purchase Committee may be resorted to under exceptional circumstances as detailed below: -. (ii) this mode shall be used for purchase of goods which are required occasionally wherein making the detailed specifications for the same is not practicable or economical and for items of consumable nature, where the quality of material in the market is rapidly changing and such materials can be better selected by personal examination for feel, finish, appearance, users' comfort, suitability for decor, aesthetics, taste, colour combination or contrast , etc. based on visual per ception or personal examination, etc. e.g. like furniture to suit ambience of rooms, crockery, cutlery, curtains, carpets, cloth, furnishing items and like; (iii) it is only when the well-defined or well -honed up system like tender system cannot be adopted that spot purchase is resorted to. (c) Competent Authority to sanction Spot Purchase .- (i) Vice -Chancellor shall be the Competent Authority for sanctioning procurement on Spot Purchase committee, as per delegation given for various paragraphs of Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Standard Operating Policy, Vice - Chancellor's administrative approval be taken before sending the proposal to finance as Vice-Chancellor is The Competent Authorit y. (ii) The proposal of purchase through Spot Purchase Committee duly concurred by finance shall be sent to procurement in charge by the logistic in -charge , thereafter, it shall be submitted for specific sanction of Vice -Chancellor . (d) The composition of Spot Purchase Committee. - (i) The spot purchase shall invariably be made b y a committee of three officers, one from Stores or Admin (may be Deputy Registrar or Deputy Comptroller), one from Accounts Department and one from Indenting or user Department. (ii) Registrar or Deputy Registrar or Chief Finance Officer or Deputy Finance Officer or Professor or Associ ate Professor or Assistant Professor in Level -12 in the pay matrix (Rs. 78800 - 209200) officers shall be nominated as members of Spot Purchase Committee - The level of Spot Purchase Committee shall be as given in the Table: - Table Sr. No. (1) Spot Purchase committee Members (2) Value of Purchase (3) 1 Deputy Registrar or Equivalent Deputy Registrar (Finance ) or Equivalent Concern Indenter Up to 10 Lakh 2 Registrar Chief Finance Officer Concern Indenter Above 10 Lakh or Equivalent (e) If there are more than one items to be spot purchased simultaneously, each purchase (quantity X rate for each ite m) shall be within such ceiling and the Indenter shall act as the convener of the Committee. (6) Procedure . (a) Spot Purchase is only a mode of purchase , therefore, there shall be proper requisitions or Demand for items duly vetted as per Clause 2 (1.1) of "Stores and Purchase" of Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Standard Operating Policy ; (b) The Com mittee shall undertake the market survey and visit minimum three shops or firms and try to obtain quotations from suitable sources so that competition and hence economy shall be enhanced , in conducting their survey, the committee shall give due regard to the 'Standards of Financial Proprie ty', since officers of mi nimum l evel-11 in the pay matrix (Rs. 67700 - 208700 ) are to form the Store Purchase Committee and it is expected that the aspects of transparency, economy , etc. are taken care of; (c) The quality and suitability of materials being purchased by the Committee shall be certified by the Member from the consuming department serving on Committee ; (d) The Committee shall draw proceedings covering inter alia the points as: (i) description of the item; (ii) brief discussion of the offers obtained.; (iii) comparative Statement of offers; (iv) recommendations along with certificate on reasonableness of recommended rates; (v) unusual terms and conditions and deviation accepted, if any; (vi) consignee; (vii) delivery terms, d elivery period and p lace of delivery; (viii) paying a uthority; (ix) any other points considered worth mentioning by the Committee and proceedings drawn by the Com mittee shall be sign ed by all the Committee members; (x) the proceedings of the purchase finalised shall describe the procedure adopted and reasons for their decision so that transparency is enhanced , however, this decision shall be made available for internal check or audit and for that purpose, the minutes of the comm ittee shall be kept on the file; (xi) recommendations of the Committee to be approved by Vice Chancellor; (xii) formal communication (in the form of Purchase Order or letter) detailing the description or specifications of the item, rates and taxes, terms and conditions, inspection clause, etc. duly signed by Registrar (till Store officer not there) shall be placed on firm; (xiii) The material purchased shall be accounted for as is being done for material received against regular purchase orders. (7) Payments : Payment to the suppliers shall be through cheque or National Electronic Funds Transfer or Real Time Gross Settlement by accounts department , the procedure of payment through associate accounts may be followed, depending upon the agreed terms and conditions and payment shall be made after taking delivery of accepted material and in no case payment shall be made to the firm in anticipation of the supply of material. 56. Schedule of financial powers .- General Principles of delegation of powers or Delegation of financial powers: - (1) Any official of the University shall not incur any expenditure or enter into any liability involving expenditure unless the approval for the same has been taken from the Competent Autho rity of the University . (2) In case where it becomes necessary to issue a sanction to expenditure before funds or grants are released, the sanction shall specify that such expenditure is subject to funds or grants being disbursed. (3) Lapse of Sanction: A sanction for any expenditure, unless it is specifically renewed, shall lapse within a period of twelve months from the date of issue of such sanction provided that: (a) When the period of sanction is prescribed in the sanction itself, it shall lapse on the expiry of such period ; (b) When there is a specific provision in a sanction that the expenditure shall be met from budget provision of specified financial year then the sanction shall lapse at the end of financial year. (4) Unless otherwise specified, all delegations are on per occasion basis, in order to get the approval of higher Competent Authority, splitting shall be avoided and discouraged. (5) Delegated powers may be delegated further without prior approval of the authority that originally delegated the powers. (6) All the power delegated hereunder are subject to budget allocation under the relevant budget -head and after following the prescribed procedure and guidelines indicated in the Act or Statutes issued from time to time by Government of India or Executive Council. (7) In case of ambiguity or conflicts between the provisions stipulated in this handbook and in the original source such as General Finance Rules , etc. or the prevailing rules or guidelines or law of Government of India, the provisions contained in the original source Government of India rules shall prevail. (8) All purchase proposals shall be processed as per the procedure prescribed in the General Finance Rules, purchase procedures , all Authorities concerned shall submit the proposals to the Vice- Chancellor OR Registrar for administrative approval. (9) For cases other than Works: All cases of expenditure shall be concurred by Finance. (10) A formal sanction for creation of posts or incurring of expenditure shall be communicated to all concerned, indicating reference to the financial concurrence and existence of budget provision. (11) Notwithstanding these delegations, in cases where adequate competition does not exist or emergent purchases are to be made, expenditure is to be incurred in relaxation of the prescribed procedure, approval of the Vice-Chancellor with the concurrence of Finance shall be necessary. (12) Notwithstanding these delegation of Financial Powers, Vice Chancellor can exercise powers of any of the officers to whom the power has been delegated. (13) The constitution of the Committee for procurement shall be done by the Registrar OR Vice Chancellor as per the delegated powers. (a) All the officers having Financial powers in Delegation of Financial Powers Rules are required to furnish Quarterly report to Vice -Chancellor by 15th day of the month following the expenditure incurred during previous Quarter. (b) The Vice Chancellor, if so desires, may revoke or limit the financial powers of an authority in case the concerned authority has not been complying with the financial powers delegated to him or her under this Delegation of Financial Powers. These delegated financial powers are subject to review. RAJEEV KUMAR , Registrar [ADVT .-III/4/Exty./ 183/2026-27] Sr. No. Subject Sub No. Description Delegation OR Authority EC VC Dean/Registrar/CFAO or Any other Authority HOD FINANCE AND ACCOUNTS 1 Authorise to release annual audit ed finan cial Stateme nts Full Powers - - - 2 Approve Annual University Budget Full Powers - - - 3 Creation of suitab le structure for Resource mobiliz ation and Corpus or Endowment Fund with due accountabilit y Full Powers - - - 4 Re-appropriation from one sub-head or detailed head to another within the same major head of account Full powers 5 Re-appropriation fro m one maj or head of account to another major head of account of Revenue Full powers (As chairperson of FC) 6 Expenditure for running the University such as operational expenses or Contingent expenses or Statutory payments etc. - Full Powers - - 7 Opening of new bank account - Full Powers (As FC Chairperson) - - 8 Authorization of signatories to Bank Accounts and related documents - Full Powers <5L -Two from DFO or CFAO or DR >5L- (1)DFO or DR (2)CFAO or Registrar - one each from (1) and (2) - 9 Opening or closin g of Bank Accounts for professional or occasional activ ities like conferences, Projects etc - Full Powers (1)DFO or DR (2)CFAO or Registrar - one each from (1) and (2) - 10 Signin g or countersigning of Cheques or Bank transfer includin g PFMS - - (CFO or DFO or Dy.Registrar) In case of PFMS authorized Signatory is CFO - (a) Registrar & CFO (In the Making Investment of surplus funds or breaking the investments - Full Powers (Subj ect to polic y guidelines duly approved) - to be reported to EC absence of VC) (Both have to Sign) for breaking the investment (b) Registrar & CFO (In the absence of VC) (Both have to Sign) for investing in approved banks only - 12 Inter-bank account transfers - Full powers - - 13 Approval of contracts - Full Powers except the one betwee n VC and University . - - 14 Licensing of intellectual property, commerc ializin g of patents, Technolo gy Transfers - Full Powers under intimation to the EC - - 15 Expenditu re on light refreshments during formal inter departme ntal and other meet ings or Domestic workshops or seminars or conferences etc., stone laying cerem onies and other hospitalit ies - Full Powers Deans, CFAO, Registrar: Upto Rs. 25,000/ - per occasion Upto Rs. 10000/ - 16 Expenditu re from Endowment Fund or Corpus (Other than donations, interest earnings only) - Full powers with prior approval of EC on the recomme ndation of FC - - 17 Purchase of Land or Buildin g Full Power with prior approval of Fundin g Minis try - - - 18 Renting of Land or buildin g Full Power - - - 19 Renting of residential and Commerc ial Establish ment - Full Powers As FC Chair - - 20 University Promotion, Publicit y and advertising - Full Powers - - 1 (A)* All procurements of goods and services including Purchase of Indian or foreign made Capital equipment, software, technical stores like raw material, components, consumables or non- consumables or Limited Time Asset Stores including fabrication of equipment Full power Upto Rs. 5 Crore DoRD –upto Rs. 10 Lakhs (For project related matters) Other Dean and Registrar shall have the powers as the HoD for their departments or units. Upto Rs. 1 Lakh 1.1 To approve or sanction procureme nt through Spot Purchase Committee Full Power Full Power (As per Spot Purchase Policy of GATI SHAKTI VISHWAVIDYALAYA ) Sr. No. Subject Sub No. Description Delegation or Authority EC VC Dean or Registrar or CFAO or Any other Authority HOD STORES PURCHASE AND 2 (B)* Engagement of consultants or specialists or Outsourcing Contracts etc. Full power Upto Rs. 5 Crore 3 Purchase of motorized vehicles, e- vehicles includin g two wheeler s for the University or Projects - Full powers with the approval of EC on the recommendation of FC subject to the policy of Govt. of India. - - 4 Cond emnation of motor vehicle satisfying the life requireme nt (distance run and length of use.) - Full Powers - - 5 Replacement of duly condemned motor vehicles - Full Powers (as FC Chairperson) - - 6 Uniforms or badges and related items for employees as well as for others - Full Powers - - 7 Insurance or Demurrage and Wharfage or Freight handling etc. - Full Powers - - Approve any or all variations to earlier 8 approved terms and conditions ; [acce pting price increase against fixed price contracts;] - Full Powers as FC Chairperson - - 9 Extension of Delivery Period with or without LD, Release of EMD or Performance Security etc. (As per terms and Conditions of the Contract Power to be exercised by the Contract Signing Authority) Registrar: Full Powers with concurrence of Finan ce 10 Purchase of Books or journals or periodicals - Full Powers - - 11 Writing off of irrecoverable losses of public money not due to theft, fraud or negligence. Full Power Full power where depreciated value does not exceed Rs. 5 Lakh in a year. Such write off to be reported to EC. - - 12 Writing off of irrecoverable losses of stores or of public money due to theft, fraud or negligence. Full Power Full power where book value of each item does not exceed Rs. 5 Lakh Such write off to be reported to EC. - - 13 Writing off of losses of revenue or irrecoverable loans and advances. Full Power Full power upto Rs. 5 Lakhs. - - 14 Writing off of obso lete, surplus and unserviceable stores Full Powers Full powers (for depreciated value is below Rs. 5 lacs.) - - 15 Approve purchases in respect of proprietary items or specified brand goods or specialist works Full Powers Full power for purchase value upto 1 Crore DoRD: Upto Rs. 5 lakh for project purchase - 16 Approve and Sign Purchase Order or Work Order (against duly approved Purchase Indents or proposals - - Registrar: Full Power After approval of Competent Authority - * Including but not limited to hostel & guest house service, electricity & water charges, insurance, legal & audit charges, all statutory dues of public body, security & housekeeping expenses , repair & maintenance expenses, internet & telephone services, sports & cultural expenses & IT Expenses etc.. 1 Creation of permanent posts Full Powers with approval of Fundin g Minis try - - - 2 Creation of one or more post of Pro VC and appoin tment thereof Full Powers - - - 3 Appoin tment of Dean(s) from among the faculty mem bers of the University Full Powers on the recomme ndation of the VC - - - 4 Creation of temporary posts of not more than two years‘ duration on approved scales of pay where the VC is the Appoin ting Authority - Full power; and to be reported to EC. - - 5 Appoin tment of necessary staff, except casual labou r, paid from contingencies and project funds or such other funds availab le at his disposal - Full Power - - 6 Appoin tment and Promotion Full Powers wherever EC is the Appoin ting Authority Full Powers wherever VC is the Appoin ting Authority. - - 7 Payment to Members of Statutory Bodies, Selection Committee, Assessment Committee Expert Committees, Sub-Committee etc. Full Powers Sr. No. Subject Sub No. Description Delegation/Authority EC VC Dean or Registrar or CFAO or Any other Authority HOD 8 Earn while you Learn Scheme Full Power Dean or HOD: Rs. 100000/ - p.a. 9 Compassionate Appointments Full Powers wherever EC is the Appoin ting Authority Full Powers wherever VC is the Appoin ting Authority. - - 10 Appointment of Chair Professors or Joint Faculty or =Adjunct Faculty or Distinguished Faculty or Honorary Professor. Full Powers - - - 11 Appoin tment of Young Faculty chair or Visitin g Faculty or Appoin tment of retire d or serving staff on contract based on the recomme ndation of duly constituted committee. - Full Powers. To be reported to EC - - 12 Decision that a particular post be filled by invitation or by promotion from amongst the mem bers of the staff of the University Full Powers on the recomme ndation of the VC - - - 13 Disp ensation of medical certificate of fitness before appoin tment, in exceptional and individual cases Full Powers wherever EC is the Appoin ting Authority Full Powers wherever VC is the Appoin ting Authority. To be reported to EC. - - 14 Extension in Joining Time on first appoin tment Full Powers beyond 6 months Full powers upto 6 months. - Probation completion or extension of probation or confirmat ion Full Powers. To be reported to EC wherever VC is not the appoin ting Authority. Registra r: Wherever Registrar is appoin ting Authority subject to consent of VC - Acce ptance of Resignation or Technical Resignation - Full Powers. To be reported to EC wherever VC is not the appoin ting Authority. Registra r: Wherever Registrar is appoin ting Authority subject to consent of VC - 17 Lien or Retention of lien or Transfer of lien Full Powers wherever EC is the Appoin ting Authority Full Powers when VC is the Appoin ting Authority. - - 18 Transfer of Services or Service matter s having Finan cial implic ations Full powers with approval of the EC on the recomme ndations of FC - - 19 Forwarding of applic ation for appoin tment or deputation etc. for the posts outside Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalay A or issue of ―No Objection Certificates‖ - Full power. Registrar - for non-teaching posts where he or she is the appoin ting authority - to be reported to VC - 20 Fixation of pay and allowances of appoin tment or promotion or progression to a higher post or grade or any other eventuality as per normal rules or approved polic y - Full powers - 21 Fixation of initial pay, on the recomme ndation of the Select ion Committee, at a stage higher than the minimum of the scale Full Power Full power wherever VC is the Appoin ting Authority but not more than Five increme nts. - - Protection of Pay Chairman EC : Full Powers in all cases Full Powers where VC is the Appoin ting - - where EC is the Appoin ting Authority or EC Authority. Sanctionin g of Leave or modific ation of leave sanctioned earlier Chairman EC: For VC (Except Casual Leave or Special Casual Leave for which VC himself is authorized) Full powers DoFA : For Academic Staff; DoRD : For R&D Staff; Registrar or CFAO : For Non- Academic Staff and as per reporting structure (All – up to 30 days) For Staff working under them only in case of CL or SCL 24 Long leave /Sho rt Leave on Foreign Service Terms (FST)/D eputation Chairman EC: For VC Full Powers. To be Reported to EC - - 25 Acce ptance/approval of the leave after the period of absence Chairman EC: For VC Full Powers Full Powers provided as an original sanctionin g authority - Sr. No. Subject Sub No. Description Delegation/Authority EC VC Dean/Registrar/CFAO/Any other Authority HOD Travel within India - Full Powers includin g for Self (shall be own controllin g offic er for TA in India) DoFA: for Academic Staff upto Rs. 1,00,000/ - includin g in respective of candid ates for faculty positions. Registra r: for Non- Academic Staff upto Rs. 1,00,000/ - includin g in r/o candid ates for various non- teaching posts as per eligibilit y. DoRD: University Guest Speaker s (includin g Honoraria) and from Project Funds upto Rs. 50000/ - For departme ntal Guest Speaker s (includin g Honoraria), Stud ents Tour, M.Tech/ Ph.D. Admissions , Employees of the Departme nt from Departme ntal Travel Budget as per rules. 27 Travel Abroad (all expenses) for conferences, seminars, bilateral Chairman EC: Full Full Powers DoFA: For faculty members under ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION exchange programme, training, prestigious fellowships etc. including permission for personal travel Powers for VC CPDA Travel Advances - Full powers DoRD: for project Fund DoFA : for Academic Staff where travel is pre- approved by the Competent Authority Registrar: For Non- academic Staff where travel is pre- approved by the Competent Authority. (All up to Rs 50,000/ -) - 29 Sanction of Leave Travel Concession (LTC) (includin g Leave Encashment, advance and settleme nt of claims. - - DoFA : for Academic staff Registrar/CFO: for Non- Academic staff - Relaxation in time limit for submission of LTC claim Full Power Full Power (Upto 3 Months – if advance is taken and upto 6 months – if advance is not taken) - - 31 Relaxation of time-limit of six month betwee n comme nceme nt & completion of journey in case of family mem ber (s) of any employee - Full Powers - - 32 Change of Home town for the purpose of LTC as per GOI rules - Full Powers - - 33 Reimbu rsement of Relocation Allowances as per the approved polic y - - DoFA : for Academic staff Registrar: for Non- Academic staff - 34 Reimbu rsement from Cumulative Professional Development Allowances (CPDA) account - Full Powers DoFA: Full Powers (for domestic and foreign travel, registration charges, visa charges) - Imprest/Permanent Advances - Full Powers Full powers up to 25,000/ - Upto Rs. 25,000/ - in the name of an employee of the Deptt. 36 Interest Bearing Advances - Full Powers - - Advances for Equip ment/Non- Consu mables/Consu mables - Full Powers DoRD : Upto Rs. 1.00lakh (for project Funds) Deans/Registrar: upto Rs. 25000/ Upto Rs. 25000/ - 38 Allotment of a buildin g or part of buildin g to a specified post/position or for a specified purpose - Full Powers - - 39 Norm al allotment of residence/retention of residence on the recomme ndation of the Residence Allotment Committee and as per approved guidelines - Full Powers - - 40 Fixing License fee for various types of residences as per GOI guidelines - Full Powers - - 41 Hiring/leasing of hous es, renewal and enhan ceme nt or modific ation in rent - Full powers with approval of EC on the recommendation of FC - - Sr. No. Subject Sub No. Description Delegation/Authority EC VC Dean/Registrar/CFAO/Any other Authority HOD 42 Rem ission or reduction of licence fee for buildin g(s) rendered wholly or partially unsuitab le. - Full Powers - - 43 Determination of charges for electricity, water, meter and any other charges for staff quarter and commercial allotment - Full Powers - - 44 Out-of-turn allotment of staff quarters on medical grounds , exige ncies of work, etc. - Full Powers - - 45 Decision that an offic er on leave shall be consid ered to be in occupation of a residence. - Full Powers - - 46 Susp ension of the allotment of residence/ Allotment of residence for which allotment is suspended - Full Powers - - 47 Disciplin ary Powers under GATI SHAKTI VISHWAVIDYALAYA - Full Powers - - 48 (Residence Allotment) Rules 49 Disciplin ary Powers under CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965 Full Powers where EC is the Appoin ting Authority full powers up to and including Group – B Staff. Group C – VC shall be the Appellate Authority). Full Powers to Group - C - Placin g a mem ber of staff appoin ted at the University under suspension (a) where a disciplin ary proceedings against the concerned staff is contemplated or pending; or (b) where a case in respect of any criminal offense is under investigation Full Powers - - Review of cases when a mem ber of staff placed under suspension Full Powers Cases where a Subo rdinate authority has suspended the employee (As per Condu cted Disciplina ry rules of GATI SHAKTI VISHWAVIDYALAYA ) Registrar: Cases if non- teaching staff where a subo rdinate authority has suspended the employee (As per Condu cted Disciplina ry rules of GATI SHAKTI VISHWAVIDYALAYA ) - 52 Grant Approval or accept Intimation of various transactions or events or matter s required to be reported under CCS (Condu ct) Rules, 1964 Full Powers - - 53 Sanction Outpatient Medical expenses as per GOI guidelines - Full Powers Registrar: Upto Rs. 25,000/ - - Sanction Inpatient Medical Expenses as per GOI guidelines - Full Powers Registrar: Full Powers upto Rs. 50000/ - (for local hospitaliz ation) - 55 Appointment of Private Medical Practitioner as Authorized Medical Attendant (AMA) - Full Powers - - 56 Recognition of private hospital for indoor treatment - Full Powers - - 57 Permission to take treatment from any hospital recognized under CS(MA) Rules/CGHS/State Government but other than authorized by the University - Full Powers - - 58 Admission of time-barred medical reimbursement claims (more than 6 months old) - Full Powers - - Permission for undergoing expensive medical treatment/procedures/ equipment/implant etc. for which govt. rates are not available or any matter which is not available in the government guidelines - Full powers with approval of the EC on the recomme ndations of FC. - - 60 All Retirement / Terminal Benefits - Full Powers - - 61 Decision to file/defend a case on advice of Lawyer/Legal Advisor, if any, of the University or on the advice of duly constituted committee. - Full Powers - - Sr. No. Subject Sub No. Description Delegation/Authority EC VC Dean/Registrar/CFAO/Any other Authority HOD 62 Engagement of Professional such as Lawyer/actuaries/tax consultants/ auditors etc. - Full Powers - - 63 Declaring any officer as ―Controlling Officer‖ for the purpose of TA Claims, Medical claims , LTC claims and/or any other claims including countersigning these claims - Full Powers - - 64 Claim of an employee which has been allowed to remain in abeyance for a period excee ding two years - Full Powers - - 65 Powers of Head of the Departme nt for the purpose of Account Code, FR & SR and other rules of Government. - Full Powers - - 66 To declare any Group ―A‖ offic er as ―Head of the Office‖ for the purpose of various government rules. - Full Powers - - 67 Perm ission to deliver lecture by faculty mem ber in universities / technical institutions at their invitation and to accept remuneration - - DoFA : Full Powers - 68 Investigation of arrears claim - Full Powers - - 69 Momentos to high dignitaries visiting the University - Full Powers - - 70 Signing agreements (follo wing administrative / Finan cial approval by the competent authority) as per applicab le rules. - Full Powers to decide the signatory with the University on case to case basis. - - 71 Waive the recovery of excess payme nt, if any, subject to condition that such excess payme nt is not a result of misrepresentation of the employee - Full Powers - - Administrative approval and expenditu re sanction for major capital works to be executed by The agency of fundin g ministry Full Powers above Rs 5 Crore Full powers upto Rs.5 Crore only for approved DPRs by the competent authority. Each case to be reported to the Board. Any new expenditu re to be sanctioned by EC on the recomme ndations of FC. - - 2 Sanction of major repair and maintenance works, additions to residential and non-residential buildin gs, modific ations and other Full Powersabove Rs. 1 Crore Full Powers upto Rs.1 crore All such orders to be reported in the next meet ing of Board. - - WORKS AND SERVICES works to be executed by Estate Manageme nt Section (EMS) of the University . 3 Competent Finan cial Authority for accepting the recomme ndations of the concerned Committee for placement of work orders - Full powers - Sanction of excess aMemorandum of Understanding nt over order value in case of all works being executed by the University Full Powers if Order Valu e is Rs. 1 crore and above, on the recomme ndation of B&WC Full Powers if Order Valu e is less than Rs.1 crore subject to condition that variation is below 10%. To be reported to Board. - - 5 Sanction of extra/ substituted items in case of all works being executed by the University - Full Powers on the recomme ndation of related Committee, if any, where revised estimate is not required. - - 6 Approval of Survey reports and acceptance of highest tender/bid for disposal of unserviceable mater ials due to normal wear and tear - Full Powers - - 7 Grant of extension of time and levy of p enalty/compensation (with reasons to be recorded), in cases of all works being executed by the University . - Full Powers - - Sr. No. Subject Sub No. Description Delegation/Authority EC VC Dean/Registrar/CFAO/Any other Authority HOD 1 Create, continue, combine or close down any ac ademic unit such as departme nts, schools , research or other centres includin g service centres, divisions on the recomme ndation of the Senate. Full Powers - - - 2 Institution of - Full Powers.To be reported - - ACADEMIC MATTERS Fellowships ,Scholarships , Assistantships , Medals and Prizes to EC. 3 Tuition fees at the time of first admission and thereafter every academic year for the students admitted in various programme Full Powers as per the polic y decided by the Coun cil - - - 4 Conf erme nt of Honorary Degrees Full Powers with prior approval of the visitor - - - 5 Withdrawal of any degree or academic distinction conferred on or any certificate or diploma granted, to any person by the University Full Powers, on recomme ndation of VC - - - 6 Selection and appointment of Head or Professor -in-charge of the Department or School or Unit from among the Academic Staff of the University - Full Powers - - 7 Eligibility and guidelines for administering the Merit - Cum -Means assistance to the meritorious students - Full Powers - - 8 Appointment of Warden(s)/ Associate Warden(s) for Halls of residence/Hostel - Full Powers - - 9 Conditions of residence of students, levying of fees for residence and of other charges as also the management of the Halls of Residence and Hostels - Full Powers - - 10 Selection of examiners for wholesome thesis evaluation and viva-voce for PhD - Full Powers - - 11 Select ion of exam iners for wholesome thesis evaluation and viva-voce for Mtec h - - Dean (Acad emic) : Full Powers - 12 Select ion of exam iners for wholesome thesis evaluation and viva-voce for Btech - - - Full Powers 13 Finan cial Assistance and contingency - - DoSW : Full Powers - grant (for students) 14 Extension/up gradation of PG fellowships - Full Powers - - 15 Advance of fellowship from the University to Research Stud ents of any Fundin g agency in case of non- receipt of funds - Full Powers Dean (Acad emic) : upto 3 months, with or without HRA, as on the recommendation of DoRD. - 16 Approve expenditu re and purchase orders related to Stud ents Affairs - Full Powers DoSW : upto Rs. 2 lakh - STUDENT WELFARE 1 Educational Tours/Field based learning Full powers DoSW : Up to Rs, 1,00,000/ - Refund of Fee Full powers DoSW : Full Power (Subj ect to availabilit y of funds and guidelines and norms approved by the Vice Chan cellor.) 3 Examination Expenses Full powers Up to Rs. 1,00,000/ - 4 Admission Expenses Full powers Up to Rs. 1,00,000/ - Convocation Full powers Dean (Acad emic) : Rs. 5 Lakh in each case (Subj ect to availabilit y of funds and guidelines and norms approved by the Vice Chan cellor.) 7 STUDENT FEES, SECURITY DEPOSIT ETC. 1 Extension in date of payme nt of fees, Remission of Re-admission Full powers 2 Grant of free ship to students Full powers Sr. No. Subject Sub No. Description Delegation/Authority EC VC Dean/Registrar/CFAO/Any other Authority HOD 8 GROUP & MEDICAL INSURANCE PAYMENT Monthly Premium/ Final Payment Full powers Registrar: Up to 1,00,000/ - in each case 9 MEMBERSHIP FEE PAYMENT 1 Foreign Institutions Full powers 2 Inland Institutions Full powers MISCELLANEOUS 2 Delegat ion of Powers to Pro VC, Deans, Heads of the Departme nt, Registrar or to any other subo rdinate authority to the VC Sanction of leasing/outshops , premises etc. in University Campus (With in the guidelines issued by GOI) - Full Powers within his own power with the approval of the EC. Full Power/ - - Deputation of Research Staff and Fellows for field work pertaining to research schemes with TA/DA as per rules concerning the grants received from Research Full Powers Subj ect to availabilit y of funds , project Director have full powers for projects within India. For Visit abroad only VC have Full Power NOTE: 1. Till appointment of Pro-VC or Deans, powers delegated to them shall be exercised by the VC. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.

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