Powers and functions of University

The University shall exercise the following powers and perform the following functions, namely :-

1. (a) to provide facilities and promote studies and research in emerging areas of higher education, including new frontiers of science, engineering, technology, architecture and management studies;
2. (b) to hold examinations and grant degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions or titles to persons in the fields of emerging areas of higher education, including new frontiers of science, engineering, technology, architecture and management studies etc. as laid down in the Statutes, Ordinances or Regulations;
3. (c) to confer honorary degrees or other distinctions on approved persons in the manner laid down in the Statutes;
4. (d) to institute prizes, medals, research studentships, exhibitions and fellowships;
5. (e) to receive gifts, donations or benefactions from the Government and to receive gifts, donations and transfers of movable or immovable property from transferors, donors, testators, as the case may be, and to create such corpus fund with the donations so received for the welfare of the University;
6. (f) to institute principalships, professorships, readerships, lectureships, and to create other posts of any description required by the University, and to appoint persons to such posts;
7. (g) to co-operate with Universities and other institutions in India or abroad having objectives similar to those of the University in such manner as may be conducive to their common goals;
8. (h) to provide instruction, including correspondence and such other courses, to such persons as are not members of the University, as it may determine;
   • (i) to borrow with the approval of the Government, on the security of the property of the University, money for the purposes of the University;
9. (j) to supervise, control and regulate the residence, conduct and discipline of the students of the University and institutions;
10. (k) to acquire, hold, manage, lease or dispose of any property, movable or immovable including trust and endowment properties, for the purpose of the University;
11. (l) to assess the needs of the State and the country in terms of subjects, fields of specialization, levels of education and training of technical manpower both on short and long term basis and to initiate necessary programmes to meet those needs;
12. (m) to organise advanced studies and research programmes based on a deep understanding of the trends in engineering, technology, architecture and management studies and in allied sciences so that the production will be ensured of men who are not only up-to-date but also able to provide the lead;
13. (n) to promote research, design and development activities that have a relevance to social needs and the development programmes of the State;
14. (o) to initiate measures to enlist the co-operation of industries and Government employers to provide complementary facilities;
15. (p) to provide for continuous experimentation in imparting knowledge, organisation of training and preparation of textbooks and instructional materials; to educate the public with regard to the requirements of, and opportunities in the profession of science, engineering, technology and architecture and other allied sciences and the responsibilities in value to the society.