Powers and duties of Board of Management

The Board of Management shall have the following powers and duties, as supreme authority of the University, namely: — (a) to review and deliberate on short and long term reforms in academic, research and development activities, finances, management and governance that are taking place at the national and global level with a view to allowing them to percolate into the university; (b) to study and decide upon the operative mechanism for the reforms in all the domains of the university; (c) to make such provisions, as may enable colleges and institutions to undertake specialised studies and courses, and where necessary or desirable, organise and make provisions for common laboratories, libraries, museums and equipments for teaching and research among various organisations and universities; (d) to establish departments, colleges, schools, centres, institutions of higher learning, research and specialised studies, on the recommendation of the Academic Council; (e) to recommend to the State Government, the draft of statutes or amendment or repeal any or part of statutes for approval; (f) to make, amend or repeal any or part of ordinances and regulations; (g) to control and arrange for administration of assets and properties of the university; (h) to discuss and approve with modifications, if any, the annual financial estimates or budget, that is to say the fund which may be received from State Government, university funds and other funding agencies separately; (i) to consider proposals to enter into, amend, carry out and cancel contracts on behalf of the university; (j) to determine the form of common seal for the university and provide for its use; (k) to accept, on behalf of the university the transfer of any trusts, bequests, donations and transfer of any movable, immovable and intellectual property to the university with the prior permission of the State Government; (l) to transfer by sale or otherwise, any movable or intellectual property rights on behalf of the university; (m) to transfer by sale or lease or contract any immovable property to other organisation with the prior permission of the State Government: Provided that, any immovable property may be permitted to be used for the specific period, for the purpose of providing essential physical facilities for accomplishment of objects of the university, such as bank, canteen, post office, mobile towers, etc, without prior approval of the State Government; (n) to create immovable assets in the form of land, building and other infrastructure out of reserve funds, for its campus and sub-campuses; (o) to borrow, lend or invest funds on behalf of the university; (p) to lay down policy for administering funds at the disposal of the university for specific purposes; (q) to provide buildings, premises, furniture, equipments and other resources needed for the conduct of the work of the university; (r) to recommend the conferment of honorary degrees and academic distinctions; (s) to institute and confer such degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions as recommended by the Academic Council and arrange for convocation for conferment of the same, as provided by the Ordinances; (t) to institute fellowship, travelling fellowship, scholarship, studentship, exhibitions, awards, medals and prizes and prescribe Regulations for their award; (u) to make Regulations for collaborations with other universities, institutions and organisations for mutually beneficial academic programme recommended by the Board of Deans; (v) to create posts of university teachers and non-vocational academic staff from the funds of the university and from the funds received from other funding agencies, on the recommendation of the Academic Council, as and when required, and prescribe their qualifications, experience, time-span and pay-scales; (w) to create posts of officers, non-teaching skilled, administrative staff and other posts from the funds of the university and from the funds received from other funding agencies, as and when required, and prescribe their qualifications, experience, time-span and pay-scales; (x) to prescribe honorarium, remunerations, fees and travelling and other allowances for paper-setters and other examination staff, visiting faculty and fees or charges for any other services rendered to the university; (y) to instruct the Academic Council to submit the comprehensive perspective plan and annual plan for the location of colleges and institutions of higher learning, as prepared by the Board of Deans; (z) to consider and approve proposals for change or transfer of management and shifting of locations of colleges and institutions, as prescribed in the Statutes; (aa) to consider report of the development activities of the university received from the Registrar every six months; (bb) to confer autonomous status on university departments, university institutions, affiliated/constituent colleges and recognised institutions on the recommendation of the Academic Council, as per the Statutes and the University Grants Commission (UGC); (cc) to assess and approve proposals for academic programme received from the Academic Council; (dd) to consider and adopt the annual report, annual accounts and audit report in respect of State Government funds, university funds and funds received from other agencies separately; (ee) to cause an inquiry to be made in respect of any matter concerning the proper conduct, working and finances of colleges, institutions or departments of the university; (ff) to delegate, any of its powers, except the power to make, amend or repeal Statutes and Ordinances, to the Vice-Chancellor or such officer or authority of the university or a committee appointed by it, as it thinks fit; (gg) to define the functions, duties, powers and responsibilities of non-teaching employees in the university, in respect of the posts created from the funds of the university and from the funds received from other funding agencies; (hh) to accept donations, gifts and other forms of financial support from alumni, philanthropists, industries and other stakeholders and prescribe the procedure to be followed by the university for accepting such donations, gifts, etc; (ii) to impose penalties upon the erring colleges or recognised institutions after following the procedure laid down by the Statutes; (jj) to recommend to the State Government through the Vice-Chancellor to appoint an Administrative Board for the affiliated/constituent college to run the management of such college in case of disputes regarding the management of such colleges, till the dispute is statutorily resolved. The constitution of this board and the process of its appointment shall be as prescribed by the Statutes. The decision of the State Government in this regard shall be final and binding; to develop and adopt students’ charter; (kk) the Board of Management is supreme authority and main decision making power body. The Board of Management may issue directions, instructions and may change the decisions of Academic and Executive Councils; (aa) to consider report of the development activities of the university received from the Registrar every six months; (bb) to confer autonomous status on university departments, university institutions, affiliated/constituent colleges and recognised institutions on the recommendation of the Academic Council, as per the Statutes and the University Grants Commission (UGC); (cc) to assess and approve proposals for academic programme received from the Academic Council; (dd) to consider and adopt the annual report, annual accounts and audit report in respect of State Government funds, university funds and funds received from other agencies separately; (ee) to cause an inquiry to be made in respect of any matter concerning the proper conduct, working and finances of colleges, institutions or departments of the university; (ff) to delegate, any of its powers, except the power to make, amend or repeal Statutes and Ordinances, to the Vice-Chancellor or such officer or authority of the university or a committee appointed by it, as it thinks fit; (gg) to define the functions, duties, powers and responsibilities of non-teaching employees in the university, in respect of the posts created from the funds of the university and from the funds received from other funding agencies; (hh) to accept donations, gifts and other forms of financial support from alumni, philanthropists, industries and other stakeholders and prescribe the procedure to be followed by the university for accepting such donations, gifts, etc; (ii) to impose penalties upon the erring colleges or recognised institutions after following the procedure laid down by the Statutes; (jj) to recommend to the State Government through the Vice-Chancellor to appoint an Administrative Board for the affiliated/constituent college to run the management of such college in case of disputes regarding the management of such colleges, till the dispute is statutorily resolved. The constitution of this board and the process of its appointment shall be as prescribed by the Statutes. The decision of the State Government in this regard shall be final and binding; to develop and adopt students’ charter; (kk) the Board of Management is supreme authority and main decision making power body. The Board of Management may issue directions, instructions and may change the decisions of Academic and Executive Councils; (ll) It shall be the duty of the Chairperson to get approval of all decisions taken by Academic Council and Executive Council in the Board of Management.