General Thimayya National Academy of Adventure
Rules for Affiliation of Adventure Clubs and for
Accreditation of Adventure Organisations by
General Thimayya National
Academy of Adventure
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Table of contents
1. Short Title:-..................................................................................................
2. Definitions:-.................................................................................................
3. Affiliation:-..................................................................................................
4. Accreditation:...............................................................................................
5. Procedure forAffiliation:.............................................................................
6. Procedure for Accreditation:.......................................................................
7. Authority for According Affiliation and Accreditation:.........................
8. Appellate Authority:.....................................................................................
9. Change of Bye-Law and Procedure Thereon:............................................
10.Duration:.......................................................................................................
11.Renewal:-......................................................................................................
12.Non-renewal:-...............................................................................................
13. Cancellation of:-..........................................................................................
14.Applicability:-...............................................................................................
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RULES FOR AFFILIATION OF ADVENTURE CLUBS AND FOR
ACCREDITATION OF ADVENTURE ORGANISATIONS BY
GENERAL THIMAYYA NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ADVENTURE
1. Short Title: These Rules may be called “Rules of 2010 for affiliation of
adventure clubs and for accreditation of adventure
organisations by General Thimayya National Academy of
Adventure”
2. Definitions: In these rules, unless the context means otherwise all the
words and phrases carry the usual meaning and include.
a) Academy means General Thimayya National Academy
of Adventure, Bangalore.
b) Accreditation Committee is the committee constituted
by the Governing council for the purpose of Evaluation
and Certification of the Capabilities of a Company or
Firm that is conduction Commercial operations;
c) Accreditation is the act of affirmation of the Academy
that the Adventure organisation has the capabilities to
Conduct Adventure Activities on Commercial basis.
d) Adventure Organisation means any organisation
including Clubs formed by educational institutions;
Foundations, trusts and firms constituted as per law; and
Companies incorporated Under Companies Act which are
involved in activities, programmes and / or schemes
Connected with Aqua, Aero and Terrestrial adventure
activities; or conducting adventure activity on commercial
basis;
e) Department means the Department of Youth Services
and Sports.
f) Governing council means the Governing Council of
General Thimayya National Academy of Adventure.
g) Government means the Government of Karnataka.
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3. Accreditation:
In case of Companies, Firms and/or Organisation managing
Adventure Activity as a commercial venture shall apply in
writing to the Director General of the Academy with the
following documents:
I. Copy of the Certificate of Incorporation;
II. List of
Board of Directors along with their
Professional qualifications and Address;
III. The Company shall furnish complete list of trained
professionals on roll with documents/ Certifications of
Skills, Competencies’ and Training in the prescribed
form;
IV. The Company shall furnish the list of necessary
Standard Equipments of approved quality;
V. The Standard Operating Procedure being followed for
maintenance of Equipments of approved quality;
VI. The Standard Operating Procedure for Safety and
Security of the people participating in Adventure
Activities;
VII. The Standard Operating Procedure for Emergencies
and contingencies management;
VIII. Copies of obligatory approvals obtained from the
District Administration and other concerned
Department;
4. Procedure for Accreditation:
In case of Companies, Firms and/or Organisations managing
Adventure Activity as a commercial venture the Director
General shall satisfy himself that:
I. The Company has the requisite trained professionals on
roll.
II. The Company has the necessary Standard Equipments of
approved quality.
III. The company hs the necessary Standard Operating
Procedure for maintenance of Equipments of approved
quality;
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IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
The Company has the necessary Standard Operating
Procedure for Safety and Security of the people
participating in Adventure Activities;
The Company has the necessary Standard Operating
Procedure for Emergencies and contingencies
management;
Necessary approvals have been obtained from the
District
Administration
and
other
concerned
Departments;
After detailed inspection by the Accreditation Committee
constituted for this purpose by the Governing Council
and on its recommendation.
5. Authority for According Affiliation and Accreditation:
I. In case of Adventure organisations the Director General
shall certify under his hand that the organisation is
Affiliated and issue a Certificate of Affiliation.
II. In case of Companies involved in Commercial
Operations the Director General shall satisfy himself that
all the requirements as per rule 5(B) above have been
fulfilled and accord Accreditation with the prior approval
of the Governing Council;
6. Change of Bye-Law and Procedure Thereon:
Any change in the Bye-laws of the organisation shall be brought
to the Notice of the Academy within 30 days of such changes
coming into force;
7. Duration:
I.
II.
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The Affiliation or Accreditation granted shall be valid up
to the end of the financial year only;
The Affiliation or Accreditation will become void unless
renewed within 90 days from the beginning of the next
financial year as per the procedure prescribed under these
rules;
8. Renewal
Each Affiliated or Accredited Adventure Organisation shall
apply for renewal of its Affiliation/Accreditation within 90 days
from the beginning of each financial year to the Academy along
with the following documents.
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
A copy of the proceedings of the recently held General
Body Meeting/Board of Directors.
An Audited statement of accounts of the previous year.
The list of Office bearers for the new financial year
A detail report of its Activities.
9. Non-renewal:
Unless renewed as prescribed above the Affiliation/Accreditation
shall be deemed to have been cancelled and the Organisation /
Company shall lose its Affiliated/Accredited status. The name of
such organisation shall be deleted from the Roster of
Affiliated/Accredited organisations and the same shall be
communicated to all the Authorities which have been associated
with the organisation/Company.
10. Cancellation of:
1) If it appears to the Academy that any organisation Affiliated
under these Rules, is carrying on any undesirable activity or
allows any undesirable activity to be carried on within any
premises under the control of the organisation, the Academy
may hold and enquiry or authorise any official to hold and
enquiry into the activities of such organisation;
2) If on an enquiry under sub-rule (1) of the Academy is
satisfied that any such organisation has been carrying on any
undesirable activity or has allowed any undesirable activity to
be carried on within any premises under the control of the
organisation, the Academy shall after giving reasonable
notice to the organisation to show cause why the Affiliation
of the organisation should not be cancelled shall cancel the
Affiliation;
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EXPLANATION:
For purposes of this Rule, any activity shall be deemed to be
undesirable if such activity is an offence punishable under any
provision of law for the time being in force; utilisation of the
centre and its resources for political purposes and plying any
type of Gambling or illegal activities shall also be regarded as
undesirable activities.
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