Powers

Powers and Functions of the University. —The University shall have the following powers and functions, namely:

1. (1) To provide for instruction, training and research in such branches of knowledge or learning pertaining to Engineering and Technology for furtherance of the objectives of the University;
2. (2) To conduct innovative experiments in new methods and technologies in the field of Engineering and Technology in order to achieve international standards of such education, training and research;
3. (3) To prescribe course of study and curriculum and provide for flexibility in the education systems and delivery methodologies including electronic and distance learning;
4. (4) To hold examinations and confer degrees, or grant certificates and other academic distinctions or titles on person’s subject to such conditions as the University may determine, and to withdraw or cancel any such degrees, certificates or other academic distinctions or titles in the prescribed manner;
5. (5) To confer honorary degrees or other distinctions in the prescribed manner;
6. (6) To provide for printing, reproduction and publication of research and other works and to organize exhibitions, workshops, seminars, conferences etc.;
7. (7) To sponsor and undertake research in all aspects of Engineering and Technology;
8. (8) To develop and maintain linkages with educational/ industrial or other institutions in any part of the world having objects wholly or partly similar to those of the University, through exchange of teachers, scholars, industrial experts and generally in such manner as may be conducive to their common objects;
9. (9) To appoint academic, technical, administrative managerial, advisory, ministerial and other support services posts as required for the University;
10. (10) To lay down conditions of services of all categories of staff, including their code of conduct;
11. (11) To regulate fees and other charges to be levied on the students of self- financing institutions affiliated to the university;
12. (12) To develop and revise curriculum as required in co-ordination with all stakeholders;
13. (13) To liaise with Ministry of Education, Government of India (GoI), Ministry of Science and Technology, GoI, Department of Science, Technology and Technical Education along with other related Departments, Government of Bihar and apex regulatory bodies like All India council for Technical Education, University Grant Commission as the case may be;
14. (14) To develop and maintain relationships with teachers, researchers and experts in any part of the world for achieving the objects of the University;
15. (15) To regulate the expenditure, manage the finances and to maintain accounts of the University;
16. (16) To receive grants, subventions, subscriptions, donations and gifts for the purpose of University and consistent with the object of the University and to enter into any agreement with Central Government, State Government, the University Grants Commission or other authorities or bodies for receiving any grants;
17. (17) To receive funds from Industry, national and international organizations or any other sources as gifts, donations, benefactions, bequests for the purposes and objects of the University;
18. (18) To fix, demand and receive or recover fees and such other charges as may be prescribed;
19. (19) To institute and award fellowships, scholarships, prizes, medals and other awards;
20. (20) To purchase or to take on lease or accept as gifts or otherwise any land or building or works which may be necessary or convenient for the purpose of the University on such terms and conditions as it may think fit and to construct, alter and maintain any such buildings or works;
21. (21) To sell, exchange, lease or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of the properties of the University, movable or immovable, on such terms as it may think fit, consistent with the interest, activities and objects of the University provided in case of immovable properties, previous sanction of the Government is required;
22. (22) To regulate and enforce discipline among the officers and employees of the University and to provide for such disciplinary measures as may be prescribed;
23. (23) To delegate all or any of its powers (except the power to make regulations) to any other officer or authority of the University and to do such other acts and things as the University may consider necessary, conducive or incidental to the attainment or enlargement of all or any of the objects of the University.