Chapter II UNIVERSITY

(1) There shall be established a University by the name of "the Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya, Gandhinagar, Gujarat". (2) The President, the Board, the Academic Council, the Director, the Deans, the Registrar and all other persons who may hereafter become such officers or members so long as they continue to hold such office or membership, are hereby constitute a body corporate by the name of "the Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya, Gandhinagar, Gujarat". (3) The University shall function as a non-affiliating University and it shall not affiliate any other college or institute for the conferment of degree, diploma and grant certificate to the students admitted therein. (4) The colleges and institutions specified in Schedule I, affiliated to and enjoying the privileges of the Gujarat University immediately before the commencement of this Act shall cease to be affiliated from the Gujarat University and shall be deemed to be withdrawn from such privileges from the date of commencement of this Act and shall be deemed to be admitted to the privileges of the University, and all such colleges and institutions shall be the constituents colleges and institutions of the University. (4A) The colleges and institutions specified in Schedule II, affiliated to and enjoying the privileges of the Gujarat Technological University or, as the case may be, the Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University immediately before the commencement of the Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya (Amendment) Act, 2012 shall cease to be affiliated from the Gujarat Technological University or, as the case may be, the Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University and shall be deemed to be withdrawn from such privileges from the date of the commencement of the Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya (Amendment) Act, 2012 and shall be deemed to be admitted to the privileges of the University, and all such colleges and institutions shall be constituent colleges and institutions of the University. (5) The University shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid, having perpetual succession and common seal with power, subject to the provision of this Act, to acquire and hold property, to contract and shall, by the said name, sue or be sued. (6) The University shall not receive any grant-in-aid or other financial assistance from the State Government or the Central Government.

The headquarters of the University shall be at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

The objects of the University shall be to develop the knowledge of science, technology, dental, medical, paramedical, physiotherapy, pharmacy, commerce, education, management, computers and humanities for the advancement of mankind. The objects of the University shall be as follows, namely:-

(1) No person shall be excluded from any office of the University or from membership of any of its authorities, bodies or committees or from admission to any degree, diploma or other academic distinction or course of study on the ground of sex, race, creed, caste, class, place of birth, religious belief or political or other opinion.

(2) It shall not be lawful for the University to impose on any person any test whatsoever relating to sex, race, creed, caste, class, place of birth, religious belief or political or other opinion in order to entitle him to be admitted as a teacher or a student or to hold any office or post in the University or to qualify for any degree, diploma, or other academic distinction or to enjoy or exercise any privilege of the University or any benefaction thereof.

Subject to the provisions of this Act, the University shall exercise the following powers and perform the following functions, namely:-

(i) to administer and manage the University and such centres for research, education and instruction as are necessary for the furtherance of the objects of the University;

(ii) to provide for instruction, training, research in such branches of knowledge or learning pertaining to science, technology, dental, medical, physiotherapy, pharmacy, commerce, education, management, computers, humanities and allied areas and for advancement and dissemination of science and technology and the allied areas;

(iii) to conduct innovative experiments in new teaching and learning methods and technologies in the field of science and technology, dental, medical, physiotherapy, pharmacy, commerce, management, computers and allied areas in order to achieve international standards of such education, training and research;

(iv) to prescribe courses of study 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 University may determine, and to withdraw or cancel any such degrees, diplomas, certificates, or other academic distinctions or titles in the prescribed manner;

(vi) to confer honorary degrees or other distinctions in the prescribed manner;

(vii) to establish such special centres, specialized study centres or other units for research and instruction as are, in the opinion of the University, necessary for the furtherance of its objects;

(viii) to provide for printing, reproduction and publication of research and other works and to organize exhibitions, workshops, seminars and conferences;

(ix) to sponsor and undertake research in all aspects of science, technology, dental, medical, physiotherapy, pharmacy, commerce, education, management, computers and humanities and allied areas;

(x) to collaborate or associate with, advise, administer, control, develop and maintain with other Universities or any educational institution with like or similar objects;

(xi) to develop and maintain linkages with educational or other institutions having objects wholly or partially similar to those of the University, through exchange of teachers, students 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 science, technology, dental, medical, physiotherapy, pharmacy, commerce, education, management, humanities and allied areas for achieving the objects of the University;

(xiii) to regulate the expenditure and to manage the finances and to maintain the accounts of the University;

(xiv) to receive funds from industry, national and international organizations or any other source as gifts, donations, benefactions or bequests by transfers of movable and immovable properties for the purposes and objects of the University;

(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 University 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 in accordance with the guidelines of the State Government or National Statutory bodies;

(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 University 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 University, movable or immovable, on such terms as it may think fit, consistent with the interest, activities and objects of the University;

(xxi) to draw and accept, to make and endorse, to discount and negotiate 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 University or without any securities upon such terms and conditions as it may think fit and to pay out of the funds of the University, all expenses incidental to the raising of money, to repay and redeem any money borrowed;

(xxiii) to invest the funds of the University in or upon such securities and transpose any investment from time to time in such manner as it may deem fit in the interest of the University;

(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 University or to be acquired for the purpose of the University;

(xxv) to admit the students for the courses offered by the University in the prescribed manner;

(xxvi) to create academic, technical, administrative, ministerial and other posts, to prescribe qualifications therefor and to make appointments thereto;

(xxvii) to regulate and enforce discipline among the officers and employees of the University and to provide for such disciplinary measures as may be prescribed;

(xxviii) to institute professorships, associate professorships, assistant professorships, readerships, lectureships and any other teaching, academic or research posts and to prescribe qualifications for the persons to be appointed on such posts;

(xxix) to appoint persons as professors, associate professors, assistant professors, readers, lecturers or as teachers and researchers of the University;

(xxx) to delegate all or any of its powers (except the power to make regulations) to any other officer or authority of the University; and

(xxxi) to do all 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.