section 4
Objects, Powers, and Functions of the University
The Cluster University (Kurnool) Act, 2019Education201945 sections
Statutory text
- (1) The Cluster University, Kurnool established under this Act shall have the following objects, powers, and functions, namely, to;
- (a) provide for instruction and training in such branches of learning as the University may, from time to time, determine and make provision for research and for advancement and dissemination of knowledge;
- (b) make provision for integrated courses in Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science and Technology and for inter-disciplinary courses with a thrust on frontier areas of knowledge, as may be decided by the Executive Council;
- (c) evolve appropriate strategies and frameworks for curricular development, teaching-learning and evaluation, research and consultancy, development and sustenance of innovative practices in teaching, training, and research, providing for the alignment of the University's objectives with quality concerns, global standards and those of the National Education Policy;
- (d) form, where necessary, university-industry consortia for achieving the objectives mentioned in clauses
- (b) and
- (c) above;
- (e) establish close linkage with industry to make teaching and research relevant to the needs of the economy at the national and global level and for enhancing the employable skills of the students;
- (f) provide for distance learning programmes as per the norms and criteria defined by the University Grants Commission and for the fulfillment of blended learning objectives;
- (g) award degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions subject to such conditions as the University may determine, and within the scope of the approved nomenclature for the degrees as determined by the UGC and such other national level regulatory bodies, and withdraw any such degrees, diplomas, certificates or other academic distinctions for good and sufficient cause;
- (h) confer Honorary Degrees or other academic distinctions in the manner prescribed by the Statutes;
- (i) institute Professorships, Associate Professorships, Assistant Professorships, and any other teaching or academic positions required by the University and appoint persons therefor;
- (j) create administrative, support, and other posts required by the University and make appointment thereto;
- (k) lay down conditions of service for all categories of employees, including their code of conduct as per norms prescribed by the Government and the UGC from time to time;
- (l) establish such centres and specialized laboratories or other units for research and instruction as, in the opinion of the University, are necessary for the furtherance of its objects;
- (m) institute Chairs in the Departments / Centres of Excellence in the University, and establish such specialized centres / laboratories or other units for research and instruction as, in the opinion of the University, are necessary for the furtherance of its objects;
- (n) establish and maintain research departments / institutions in the University, and make provision for research, advisory, and consultancy services;
- (o) collaborate with reputed research institutions anywhere in the country or outside the country in such manner and for such purpose as the University may decide subject to approval by the regulatory bodies;
- (p) enter into collaborations or agreements with industrial or other organizations, as the University may deem necessary for the purpose of student skill development and training subject to such approval as may be called for by the regulatory bodies;
- (q) acquire and hold property, both movable and immovable; to lease any movable or immovable property, for a period not exceeding five
- (5) years at a time, which may have become vested in or may have been acquired by it for the purposes of the University; mortgage any immovable property with the prior approval of the Government; and contract and do all other things necessary for and incidental to the purposes of the University;
- (r) institute / take over / maintain / outsource hostels and hostel services; determine the standards of admission to the University, which may include examination, evaluation or any other method of testing including testing by the electronic mode;
- (t) transfer any or all the colleges or institutions maintained by the University to the administrative control of the Government on such conditions as it may determine;
- (u) inspect the facilities and academic infrastructure of the institutions and take measures to ensure proper standards of instruction;
- (v) make grants for research to recognized institutions, if any, under its jurisdiction;
- (w) provide access to higher education for (differently challenged) by way of making special provisions;
- (x) make special provision for women students in colleges and institutions;
- (y) fix, demand and receive tuition fee and other charges as are prescribed by Ordinances / Regulations;
- (z) make grants for the maintenance of the National Cadet Corps in University Colleges;
- (aa) Institute and manage, a University Publications Centre, University Printing Press, Employment and Information Bureau, University Sports Board, and other similar Bodies;
- (bb) cultivate and promote arts, fine arts, professional studies, and such other branches of learning;
- (cc) maintain such bodies as are declared by the Statutes to be the Authorities of the University;
- (dd) supervise and ensure proper conduct and discipline of the students in the University and its recognized institutions;
- (ee) make arrangements for counseling and promoting the health and general welfare of the students in the University and its institutions;
- (ff) pay special attention to the improvement of the economic and social conditions and welfare of the people and their educational and cultural development;
- (gg) do such other acts and things as may be necessary, incidental or conducive to the attainment of all or any of its objects as a teaching and research University.
- (2) In exercise of its powers referred to in sub-section
- (1) above, the University shall endeavour to maintain high standards of teaching and research, and shall, among other measures which may be necessary for the said purpose, take in particular, the following measures, namely;
- (a) admit students on merit, either through common entrance tests conducted individually by the University or in combination with other Universities, or on the basis of marks obtained in the qualifying examination;
- (b) introduce the semester system, choice-based credit system and continuous evaluation; and enter into agreements with other Universities and academic / research institutions in the country and abroad for credit transfer, joint degree and twinning programmes, and facilitate inter-university mobility through lateral entry into graduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes;
- (c) start innovative courses and programmes of studies in the self-sustenance model providing admission for students from all over the country and abroad with a provision for periodic review and restructuring;
- (d) liaise with Incubation Centres in pursuit of innovation;
- (e) ensure active participation of students in all academic activities of the University, including evaluation of teachers;
- (f) encourage inter-University mobility of faculty with portable pensions and protection of their seniority;
- (g) join or collaborate with a university / consortium of universities or delegate any of its functions to a specified statutory authority of the State, for common good including admissions and selection of teachers, without prejudice to any provisions of this Act;
- (h) obtain accreditation from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council or any other recognized accrediting agency;
- (i) launch e-governance with an effective Executive Decision Information System (EDIS);
- (j) introduce and nurture extension and community development / engagement activities.
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