- The University
shall have the following powers and duties, namely:-
(i) to make provision for research and for the
advancement and dissemination of knowledge,
and generally to cultivate and promote the
technical education and other branches of learning
and culture and their interdisciplinary areas;
(ii) to provide for establishment, on the University
campus, of autonomous institutions like interuniversity centres, research laboratories, modern
instrumentation centres and like centres of
learning, set up by the Central Government or
State Government and University Grants
Commission or AICTE, which may be used by a
university or college or group of universities or
colleges or industries or any Non-Government
Organization;
(iii) to admit students to the various courses of study
of the University and to conduct examinations or
tests and lay down conditions in respect thereof;
(iv) to institute and award degrees, post-graduate
diplomas, post-senior secondary diplomas,
certificates and other academic distinctions on the
basis of examinations or by other tests or
otherwise;
(v) to hold examinations and confer degrees and postgraduate diplomas and award post- senior
secondary diplomas and certificates and other
academic distinctions to, and on, persons, who –
(a) have pursued a course of study in the
University, constituent or affiliated college
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or institutions; or
(b) have carried on research in the University,
constituent or affiliated colleges or
institutions;
(vi) to confer honorary degrees or other academic
distinctions as prescribed by the Statutes;
(vii) to lay down the conditions of affiliation of
courses or colleges and recognition of
institutions taking into account the credibility of
the Management and the norms of academic
performance of institutions, Faculties and
subjects, as may be laid down, from time to time,
and satisfy itself by periodical assessment or
otherwise that those conditions are fulfilled;
(viii) to designate a University Department, constituent
college, affiliated college or institution, as an
autonomous University Department, constituent
college, affiliated college or institution, as the
case may be, in accordance with the guidelines,
if any, laid down by the University Grants
Commission or AICTE;
(ix) to monitor and evaluate the academic
performance of affiliated colleges and recognized
institutions for affiliation and periodical
accreditation;
(x) to inspect, where necessary, affiliated colleges
and recognized institutions through suitable
machinery established for the purpose, and take
measures to ensure that proper standards of
instruction, teaching and training are maintained
by them, and adequate library, laboratory,
hospital, workshop and other academic facilities
are provided for;
(xi) to hold and to manage trusts and endowments
and institute and award fellowships, travelling
fellowships, scholarships, studentship, medals
and prizes for teachers and students of the
University and colleges;
(xii) to co-operate or collaborate with any other
University, institution, authority or organization
for research and advisory services and for such
purposes to enter into appropriate arrangement
with other universities, institutions, authorities or
organizations to conduct certain courses as the
situation may demand;
(xiii) to rescind affiliation granted to colleges;
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(xiv) to explore the possibilities of augmenting the
resources of the University by exploring or
innovating activities such as research and
development, consultancy, training programmes
and providing services for different clients from
industry, trade or any other Non-Government
Organizations;
(xv) subject to any other law for the time being in
force, to undertake academic collaboration
programmes with universities and institutions
abroad, with the approval of the State
Government;
(xvi) to receive funds for collaboration programmes
from foreign agencies subject to any Act, rules
and regulations of the Central Government and
State Government in that behalf;
(xvii) to lay down for University teachers, service
conditions including code of conduct, workload,
norms of performance appraisal, and such other
instructions or directions as, in the opinion of the
University, may be necessary in the interest of
academic standard;
(xviii) to undertake development programmes in
technical education, research, consultancy-based
projects and training programmes for outside
agencies, by charging fees, so as to generate
resources;
(xix) to fix, demand and receive or recover such fees
and other charges as may be regulated by the
Statutes, from time to time;
(xx) to establish, maintain and manage various
Departments as may be necessary to fulfil the
objects of the University;
(xxi) to do all such other acts and things as may be
necessary for or incidental or conducive to the
attainment of all or any of its objects; and
(xxii) to comply with and carry out any directives
issued by the State Government from time to
time, with reference to above powers, duties and
responsibilities of the University.