REVISED ELIGIBILITY RULES FOR PARTICIPATION IN INTER-UNIVERSITY TOURNAMENTS

A Eligibility Rules

1. Only bonafide, full time student, who is enrolled for a degree or post-degree or diploma course which is of a minimum duration of one academic year and whose examination is conducted by the university subsequent to passing the 12th class examination under the 10+2 pattern of education by a recognized Board of Higher Secondary/Senior Secondary conducted in the country or an equivalent examination shall be eligible to participate in the Inter-University Tournaments approved by the Inter-University Sports Board of India.

1.1 Students of Open Universities shall be considered to be bonafide students and shall be eligible to participate provided they fulfil other conditions. However, students enrolled in Correspondence Course, Institutes or Universities, casual students, external students and students pursuing Bridge courses shall not be eligible to participate in Inter-University Tournaments

2. All students for participating in the Inter-University Tournaments shall fulfill the following compulsory conditions:

a) Not more than 7 years have elapsed since a student passed the exanimation qualifying his/her for first admission to a degree or diploma course of a university or college affiliated to a university.

b) Only students who are less than 25 years of age as on 1stJuly of the academic year inwhich the tournament is held, can participate.

c) Students can participate for one year more than the normal length of the academic programme which he/she is following/pursuing.

3. A student employed on full time basis shall not be eligible to participate.

4. A student shall not be allowed to represent more than one university during a single academic year.

5 Provisional admission to a course of a university’ or college shall not make the student eligible to represent the university in Inter-University Tournaments

6. In the case of a student migrating from one University to another, his/her migration case will be considered eligible only after his/her admission in the new university is regularized and he/she is admitted as a bonafied student by the new University

7.A bonafide and eligible university/college student shall be allowed to participate in Inter-University Tournaments not more than two years in a particular class maintaining the same restriction of participation to a period of one year more than the normal length/duration of a degree/course. For example, not more than four years while pursuing Graduate course degree and not more than three years while pursuing Postgraduate Course/Degree, as the case may be.

8. Interchange of faculty is allowed, provided the student passes the first year of the class/course. If the candidate plays for two years from one class and if he/she changes course for the identical year, he/she shall not be eligible to participate in Inter-University Tournaments unless he/she clears/passes 1st year of his/her new course.

B. Explanation

1. One year means the academic year in which the tournament is held irrespective of whether the student's result is declared or not. It will normally extend from June/July of one year to 12 calendar months to the next Year.

2. The restriction of participation in Inter-University Tournaments to a period of one year more than the length/duration of academic course means that the students pursuing a three-year degree programme (i.e. BA, B Com, BSc etc.) can participate for four years, while a student .pursuing four year programme (i.e. BE, B.Tech etc.) can participate for five years.

C. Disqualifications for violation of Eligibility Rules

1. Any disqualification of a player on grounds of ineligibility will result in the automatic scratching of the team for that academic year. The team shall also be debarred from participating in the tournament (in that game) to be held in the following year.

2. A player disqualified on the grounds of ineligibility shall not be permitted to participate in Inter-University Tournaments in the next year also.

3. Those players, who are selected for the Indian Universities Teams to participate in the National Championships / Tournaments and if, they represent some other organizations without the permission of AIU shall be debarred from participation in the Inter- University Tournaments, Inter College Tournaments and National Championships.

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