Chapter II ESTABLISHMENT AND INCORPORATION OF UNIVERSITY

1. (1) There shall be established a University by the name of "the Indian Institute of Teacher Education, Gujarat".
2. (2) The Chancellor, the first Vice-Chancellor, the first Registrar and the members of the General Council, the Executive Council and the Academic Council and all persons who may hereafter become such officers or members so long as they continue to hold such office or membership are hereby constituted a body corporate by the name of "the Indian Institute of Teacher Education, Gujarat".
3. (3) The University shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and shall sue and be sued by the said name.
4. (4) The University shall be competent to acquire and hold property, both movable and immovable, to lease, sell or otherwise transfer any movable or immovable property which may have become vested in or have been acquired by it for the purposes of the University and to contract and do all other things necessary for the purposes of this Act.
5. (5) In all suits and other legal proceedings by or against the University, the pleading shall be signed and verified by the Registrar or any other person authorised in this behalf by the Vice-Chancellor and all processes in such suits and proceedings shall be issued to and served on the Registrar.

The headquarters of the University shall be at such place as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify.

Objects of University. - The objects of the University shall be to—

1. (i) establish the University as an institution of excellence for the studies, research and extension of teacher education;
2. (ii) provide for instructions in such branches of learning as the University may deem fit;
3. (iii) provide for research and for the advancement of and dissemination of knowledge in the field of teacher education;
4. (iv) undertake extra-mural studies, extension programmes and outreach activities to contribute to the societal development;
5. (v) do all such acts and things as may be necessary or desirable to further the objects of the University.

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

1. (i) to administer and manage the University and establish such centres for research, education and instruction as are in consonance with the objects of the University;
2. (ii) to carry out teaching and research and offer continuing education programmes;
3. (iii) to create such teaching, research, administrative and other posts as the University may deem necessary, and to make appointments thereto;
4. (iv) to create courses of study and set up centres and specialised laboratories;
5. (v) to institute and award degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions;
6. (vi) to lay down conditions of service of all categories of employees;
7. (vii) to supervise and control the residence and regulate the discipline of students of the University and to make arrangements for promoting their health and general welfare;
8. (viii) to make such provisions as it may deem necessary to enable students to undertake studies in courses of teaching and research in areas other than those offered by the University;
9. (ix) to provide for the printing, publication and reproduction of research, educational material and other works and to organise exhibitions, conferences, symposia, workshops and seminars;
10. (x) to collaborate with other academic and research institutions or organisations within or outside India;
11. (xi) to construct, maintain and manage such buildings and other structures as are necessary for the functioning of the University;
12. (xii) to receive funds, subscriptions, donations and gifts and to manage, invest and expend the funds and endowments of the University;
13. (xiii) to undertake consultancy, research projects and other related activities;
14. (xiv) to issue guidelines for the assessment, evaluation and continuous improvement of the standards of teacher education;
15. (xv) to frame Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations for carrying out the objects of the University;
16. (xvi) to do all such acts and things as may be necessary or incidental to the exercise of all or any of the powers of the University.

Mode of research. - The research in the University shall be undertaken either through the faculty of the University or through the research centres or in collaboration with any other institution or organisation approved by the University.

Jurisdiction of University. -

1. (1) The jurisdiction of the University shall extend to the whole of the State of Gujarat.
2. (2) No college, institution or centre of teacher education shall, save with the consent of the University and the sanction of the State Government, be associated in any way with or seek admission to any privileges of any other University in India or abroad.

University open to all irrespective of religion, race, caste, sex or opinion.—

1. (1) The University shall be open to all persons of whatever race, religion, belief, caste, class or sex and it shall not be lawful for the University to adopt or impose on any person any test whatsoever of religious belief or profession in order to entitle him to be appointed as a teacher of the University or to hold any other office therein or to be admitted as a student in the University or to graduate thereat or to enjoy or exercise any privilege thereof.
2. (2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent the University from making special provisions for the admission of students of the weaker sections of the society and in particular of the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and the Other Backward Classes.