Powers and functions of the Institute.

Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Institute shall exercise the following powers and perform the following functions, namely:- (i) to administer and manage the Institute and such centres for research, education and instruction as are necessary for the furtherance of the objects of the Institute; (ii) to provide for instruction, training and research in such branches of knowledge or learning pertaining to information and communication technology and allied areas and for the advancement and dissemination of information and communication technology and allied areas; (iii) to conduct innovative experiments in new methods and technologies in the field of information and communication technology in order to achieve international standards of such education, training and research; (iv) to prescribe courses and curricula and provide for flexibility in the education system and delivery methodologies including electronic and distance learning; (v) to hold examinations through electronic mode also and confer degrees, diplomas or grant certificates, and other academic distinctions or titles on persons subject to such conditions as the Institute may determine, and to withdraw or cancel any such degrees, diplomas, certificates, or other academic distinctions or titles in the manner prescribed by the Regulations; (vi) to confer honorary degrees or other distinctions in the manner prescribed by the Regulations; (vii) to establish such special centers, specialized study centers or other units for research and instruction as are, in the opinion of the Institute, necessary for the furtherance of its objects; (viii) to provide for printing, reproduction and publication of research and other works and to organise exhibitions; (ix) to sponsor and undertake research in all aspects of information and communication technology and allied areas; (x) to collaborate or associate with, advise, administer, control, develop, maintain, or take over by way of merger or otherwise, any educational institution with like or similar objects; (xi) to develop and maintain linkages with educational or other institutions in any part of the world having objects wholly or partially similar to those of the Institute, through exchange of teachers and scholars, and generally in such manner as may be conducive to their common objects; (xii) to develop and maintain relationships with teachers, researchers, and domain experts in information and communication technology and allied areas in any part of the world for achieving the objects of the Institute; (xiii) to regulate the expenditure and to manage the finances and to maintain accounts of the Institute; (xiv) to receive funds from industry, national and international organisations or any other source as gifts, donations, benefactions, bequests and by transfers of movable and immovable properties, for the purposes and objects of the Institute; (xv) to establish, maintain and manage halls and hostels for the residence of students; (xvi) to supervise and control the residence and regulate the discipline of students of the Institute and to make arrangements for promoting their health and general welfare and cultural activities; (xvii) to fix, demand and receive or recover fees and such other charges as may be prescribed by the Regulations; (xviii) to institute and award fellowships, scholarships, prizes, medals and other awards; (xix) 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 Institute and on such terms and conditions as it may think fit and proper and to construct or alter and maintain any such building or works; (xx) to sell, exchange, lease or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of the properties of the institute, movable or immovable, on such terms as it may think fit and consistent with the interest, activities and objects of the Institute; (xxi) to draw and accept, to make and endorse, to discount and negotiate, Government of India and other promissory notes, bills of exchange, cheques or other negotiable instruments; (xxii) to raise and borrow money on bond, mortgages, promissory notes or other obligations or securities founded or based upon all or any of the properties and assets of the Institute or without any securities and upon such terms and conditions as it may think fit and to pay out of the funds of the Institute, all expenses incidental to the raising of money, and to repay and redeem any money borrowed; (xxiii) to invest the funds of the Institute in or upon such securities and transpose any investment from time to time in such manner as it may deem fit; (xxiv) to execute conveyances regarding transfers, mortgages, leases, licenses, agreements and other conveyances in respect of property, movable or immovable including Government securities belonging to the Institute or to be acquired for the purpose of the Institute; (xxv) to admit the students for the courses offered by the Institute in the manner prescribed by the Regulations; (xxvi) to create academic, technical, administrative, ministerial and other posts and to make appointments thereto; (xxvii) to regulate and enforce discipline among the employees of the Institute and to provide for such disciplinary measures as may be prescribed by the Regulations; (xxviii) to institute professorship, associate professorship, assistant professorship, readerships, lecturerships, and any other teaching, academic or research posts and to prescribe qualifications for them; (xxix) to appoint persons as professors, associate professors, assistant professors, readers, lecturers or otherwise as teachers and researchers of the Institute; (xxx) subject to the provisions of this Act and regulations, any officer or authority of the Institute may, by order, delegate his or its powers except the power to make regulations to any other officer or authority under his or its control and subject to the condition that the ultimate responsibility for the exercise of the power so delegated shall continue to vest in the officer or authority delegating them; (xxxi) to do all such other acts and things as the Institute may consider necessary, conducive or incidental to the attainment or enlargement of all or any of the objects of the Institute.