Legal Jurisdiction

In case of all disputes with the University, only the Courts and Tribunals having jurisdiction over Pondicherry and not over any other place, shall have jurisdiction for the purpose of filing a suit or preferring complaint under the Consumer Protection Act or any other law for the time being in force or taking any legal proceeding against the University or the Director of the University.

Code of Conduct

The University retains the right to exclude any learners who misuse any of the password protected areas of the University. By ‘misuse' the University means the infliction of harm to the University, any of its staff or learners via the use of objectionable language or the posting of objectionable materials, all of which will be considered as harassment and cause for a learner's exclusion from the University.

Learners are advised to keep a record, as hard copy as well as on their computers, of all transactions they have with the University. The University will not take responsibility for a learner's incomplete record of the history of their transactions with the University.

Copyrights

All photos, text and publications of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo are copyright Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry and are used with permission. Unless otherwise explicitly stated, all other information (for example coursework, photographs, reading material, books, journals and the package course work) is copyright the Sri Aurobindo Centre for Advanced Research (S.A.C.A.R.) irrespective of whether a copyright symbol and statement are present.

It is the responsibility of each facilitator to obtain the permission of authors or publishers before using as course materials that are distributed to students any work whatsoever of any person other than themselves. The University takes no responsibility for any legal problems that may arise from a facilitator's failure to obtain such permission.

All documents and the views expressed therein presented on the Sri Aurobindo Darshan: The University of Tomorrow website are the responsibility of their authors and do not necessarily represent the views of Sri Aurobindo Centre for Advanced Research (S.A.C.A.R.) or of Sri Aurobindo Darshan: The University of Tomorrow.

Disclaimers

Every effort has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information in these pages of the Sri Aurobindo Darshan: The University of Tomorrow website, however, their content is naturally subject to change. In reference to this information, Sri Aurobindo Darshan: The University of Tomorrow expressly excludes any representations or warranties and all liability for damages arising out of the use of the information in these pages, to the fullest extent possible under the law.

Unless otherwise explicitly stated, material on the University's web service, including but not limited to text, photographs, video, audio and graphics, is protected by copyright, irrespective of whether a copyright symbol and statement are present. It may not be reproduced without written permission from Sri Aurobindo Darshan: The University of Tomorrow.

Sri Aurobindo Darshan: The University of Tomorrow's logo and the name are registered trade marks and may not be used without written permission.

Upon receipt of written notification, Sri Aurobindo Darshan: The University of Tomorrow will consider the removal of any material contained in these pages which is subject to legal objection, pending completion of an internal investigation regarding the use of such material.

Sri Aurobindo Darshan: The University of Tomorrow's website may reference other sites and information located throughout the world-wide-web and provide links to websites relevant to its courses. Although every care is taken to refer our site users to sites of integrity and relevance, the University has no control over such sites and the information that they provide; therefore the University gives no guarantee about the content of such sites and takes no responsibility for the same.

Fee Payment

Learners who enroll with the University to undertake a programme of study are required to pay all fees owing to the University according to the rules of payment for each programme. The University reserves the right to cancel a learner's registration if they fail to pay their fees in accordance with the required deadlines. The learner would then no longer have access to the University's teaching and learning facilities.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the copying or close paraphrasing of ideas, phrases, words, or sentences of others without acknowledging them as such or referencing the original author. It is plagiarism to copy, without due reference being made to the author, from books, articles, CD's, any electronic media, the spoken word or another student's written work. The University regards plagiarism in assessed work as a dishonest practice that will result in downgrading the work, and in severe cases, cessation of further studies with the University.

Acknowledgement of an original source of all quoted material used in written work is made through the use of indented paragraphs, or by placing the quotation in quotation marks, followed by the reference. Paraphrased material too must be followed by a reference to the original work or author. Sources to which the student does not make direct personal reference should be referenced according to the text in which they were cited. Full bibliographies should be attached to all written work. Learners should use the conventions explained below in order to properly acknowledge your sources, but if the learner has doubts about the correct way to write an essay and avoid plagiarism, they should consult their facilitator.

Citation Conventions

1. Each use of the ideas or words of another must be individually acknowledged in the text. In addition, each work consulted must be listed in the bibliography. The mere presence of a work in the bibliography does not override the need for acknowledging each individual use of that work in the text and, though necessary, is by itself insufficient.

2. Any use of the exact words of another must be acknowledged by enclosing them in quotation marks, or, for longer quotes, citing the quotation in the form of an indented paragraph, and by stating the source of the quotation in the text or at the end of the indented paragraph. For example of the former: “The human spirit has ever oscillated between two extreme and opposite ideals.” (Mukherjee 1990: 26)

3. If only part of a passage from a book is being used, this should be indicated by replacing the omitted words with a short series of dots. For example: "All that is ordinarily knowable in phenomena is function ... It does not and cannot tell us anything about being." (Mukherjee 1990: 29) This applies however long or short the quotation and however long or short the omissions.

4. You may wish to alter the words being quoted so as to fit them into the context in which you are using the quotation, or to overcome the problem that the quotation may not make sense when taken out of its own context. Omitted words should be dealt with as above. Any words added should be enclosed in square brackets. For example: “Trouble is bound to arise if there is an unwarranted and illegitimate intrusion of [Science or Spirituality] into the other's arena. Science cannot dictate its conclusion to the man of Spirit any m ore than Spirituality has the right to impose its own on the scientist …” (Mukherjee 1990: 76) The words in square brackets have been added so that the quotation makes sense, and to avoid quoting a longer passage than necessary simply to set it in its context. The series of dots at the end indicates that the quotation has been truncated.

5. If you do not have access to the original source of a quotation but have found it quoted in the work of someone else, you should give the original source (which the author you have found should have quoted) and the reference where you found it. For example, a reference might read like this: Bonner (1958: 12), quoted by Mukherjee (1990: 208)

6. If you are not using the exact words of another, but are making use of one of his/her ideas, this should be acknowledged with a full reference in the bibliography and a page reference in the body of the essay: As Bonner has argued (Bonner 1958: 35), etc. It must be possible to trace where you acquired this line of thought.

Notes:

I. In the writing of the above policy on Plagiarism we would like to acknowledge Cardiff University on whose guidelines this policy has been modeled, and whose guidelines on Citation conventions have been reproduced in full above.

II. The University reserves the right to update, add to, and change this policy statement at any time.

Privacy

Sri Aurobindo Darshan: The University of Tomorrow is committed to informing online users of the data collection and storage policies of its sites as it fulfills its primary mission of teaching and research. The policy of the University is to respect the privacy of all web site visitors to the extent permitted by law.

Policy regarding online information collected from visitors

Visitors to the site of the University will receive prompts when any data they type will be collected and stored by the University. The prompts used by the University are for the user to enter their user name and password.

All personal data provided to the University from visitors is considered to be confidential and is held in utmost secrecy. However, the University cannot take responsibility for the release of information due to any cause(s) beyond the reasonable control of the University.

Policy regarding information collected

The University reserves its right to take disciplinary action against any individual who enters the password protected areas of the University's site and creates an adverse situation for the University by doing so, for example through the written word or through purposely creating electronic damage thereto.