Guidelines for providing Free-ship in each programme to one candidate, orphaned due to COVID-19

Guidelines for providing Free-ship in each programme to one candidate, orphaned due to COVID-19

Guidelines for providing Free-ship in each programme to one candidate, orphaned due to COVID-19
Approved Board of Management on 16th October 2021
Notification Notified by Registrar vide notification No. SRHU/Reg/OO/2021-162 dated 12th November 2021
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  1. Title: These guidelines shall be called ‘Guidelines for providing Free-ship in each programme to one candidate, orphaned due to COVID-19’.
  2. Applicability: These Guidelines shall be applicable to the admission batch 2021-22 only and shall extend to all the programmes currently being conducted by the University.
  3. ‘Orphan’ for the purpose of these guidelines includes a candidate who has lost his/her parent, the only earning member in the family, due to COVID-19 pandemic.
  4. Eligibility:
    1. The free-ship shall be awarded to only those candidates who have lost their parent due to COVID-19 and the parent was the sole earning member in the family.
    2. The candidates should fulfil the minimum eligibility criteria for admission into the desired programme.
    3. The candidate should not be getting any other financial support and scholarship from any other sources.
  5. Documents Required:
    1. Death certificate of the parent, certifying that the cause of death was COVID or any documentary evidence issued by the competent authority which proves that COVID-19 infection attributed to death.
    2. Affidavit on non-judicial stamp paper declaring that he is an orphan as per these Guidelines and that he is not in receipt of any financial assistance, including scholarship, from any other source. The declaration shall also be made that he shall inform the University, in writing, in case he receives any financial assistance or scholarship in future from any other source.
    3. Necessary documents required for admission in the desired programme.
  6. In order to support the orphaned candidate, the University shall provide free-ship to the eligible candidate(s) for the entire duration of the programme, inclusive of hostel & mess facility, if any.
  7. Procedure:
    1. The candidate should submit an application with required necessary documents, with the office of the Principal of concerned school/college for onward submission to the University.
    2. The University shall constitute a Committee for screening the applications and giving its recommendations to the competent authority.
    3. In case of more than one applicant in a particular programme, the duly constituted Committee shall prepare a merit list, based on the qualifying examination of that particular programme. For medical programmes, NEET score shall be considered for the purpose.
  8. The recipient of free-ship shall not indulge in any activity of indiscipline and shall complete his/her programme in the prescribed duration of the programme.
  9. The University reserves the right to interpret, alter, amend, modify, cancel or withdraw any or all provisions mentioned herein above in these Guidelines without any notice.
  10. In case of any dispute, decision of the competent authority of the University would be final and binding.
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