Section 7 in The Statues and Regulations for Affiliation of Anna University
7. Procedure for grant/ withdrawal of affiliation to a programme.
- 7.1 Filing application to the University. - Any college applying for affiliation for academic programme(s) or for variation in intake in an already affiliated programme shall apply to the University in the prescribed format with the time limit, as specified in the regulations.The college provisionally affiliated for an academic programme shall continue to apply in the prescribed format, every year for the minimum number of years prescribed of the completion of the programme to secure continuation of provisional affiliation.7.2Inspection fee. - The college submitting the application for affiliation shall have to remit the prescribed inspection fee meant for processing and inspection of the college/ as specified in the regulations.7.3Inspection committee. - On receipt of the application from the college for affiliation, for each of the academic programme(s) satisfying the prerequisite for applying for affiliation, an Inspection Committee shall be constituted as per the regulations. The committee shall inspect and submit a report to the University in the format specified in the regulations.7.4Standing Committee on affiliation. - The Standing Committee on Affiliation constituted as per the regulations shall scrutinise the application for affiliation and review the reports of the Inspection Committees and make appropriate recommendations on affiliation of academic programme(s).7.5Grant of affiliation. - The decision on grant of affiliation to an academic programme shall be made by the Vice-Chancellor taking into consideration the recommendations of the Standing Committee on Affiliation.7.6Categories of affiliation. - 7.6.1 Provisional affiliation. - Whenever, an academic programme of a college is affiliated to the University for the first time, only provisional affiliation shall be granted for a period of one academic year. This process of granting provisional affiliation will be repeated every year for a minimum number of years prescribed for the completion of the academic programme subject to the college satisfying all the requirements for affiliation and, thereafter, provisional affiliation may be granted at a stretch for a period of three academic years.7.6.2Permanent affiliation. - A provisionally affiliated academic programme of a college shall be considered for permanent affiliation, only after three consecutive batches of students have completed their academic programme from the college. This consideration is subject to the satisfactory compliance of all the conditions prescribed by the University for the said programme during the periods of provisional affiliation. The college shall seek permanent affiliation for its provisionally affiliated programme(s) within a period of three years from the date of eligibility after satisfying all their requirements for permanent affiliation. The date of eligibility for a provisionally affiliated academic programme to apply for permanent affiliation is either the date on which three consecutive batches of students have completed their academic programme(s) from the college or the date on which this statutes comes into force, whichever is later.If the college fails to seek and qualify for permanent affiliation for the programme) within the said period, the provisional affiliation shall not be extended.A college is said to be affiliated to the University if it offers provisional/ permanent affiliated academics programmes.A college is said to be permanently affiliated to the University, if the college has obtained permanent affiliation at least for three academic programmes.7.7Affiliation fee. - Affiliation (Provisional/ Permanent) shall be granted to any academic programme which is recommended for affiliation only on the remittance of the affiliation fee by the college as prescribed in the regulations7.8Temporary suspension of instructions in an academic programme. - In case of three consecutive years of inadequate enrollment of students in any academic programme of study affiliated (Provisional/ Permanent) to the University, it shall be open to a college to suspend the instructions in that programme with the prior permission of the University for a total period not exceeding three consecutive academic years. The instructions in that programme may be revived before the expiry of the suspension period with the prior permission of the University after applying and fulfilling all the requirements for affiliation. If the college fails to revive the instructions in the said programme as aforesaid, the college is deemed to have lost its affiliation to that programme.7.9Suspension/ Withdrawal of affiliation of an academic programme. - The affiliation (Provisional/ Permanent) granted to any academic programme(s) in a college may be suspended/ withdrawn after adopting the procedures laid down in the Regulations, if the college fails to comply with the provisions made in this behalf or the college has failed to observe/ implement any of the conditions of affiliation, or the college has conducted in a manner which is prejudicial to the interests of University education and/ or students.
