Power and Functions of the University–

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Power and Functions of the University– (1) The University shall have the following powers and functions, namely:- (1) to provide for admission, instruction and training in such branches of knowledge, technology, vocations and professions as the University may determine from time to time and to make provision for research; (2) to plan and prescribe courses of study for degrees, diplomas, certificates or for any other purpose; (3) to hold examinations and confer degrees, diplomas, certificates or other academic distinctions or recognitions on persons who have pursued a course of study or conducted research in the manner laid down by the Statutes and Ordinances; (4) to confer honorary degrees or other distinctions in the manner laid down by the Statutes; (5) to determine the manner in which distance education in relation to the academic programmes of the University may be organised; (6) to make special provision for the spread of higher education among educationally backward classes and women; (7) to withdraw or cancel any Degree, Diploma or Certificate conferred or granted by the University in the manner as is prescribed by the Statutes; (8) to institute professorships, associate professorships, assistant professorships and other academic positions necessary for imparting instruction or for preparing educational material or for conducting other academic activities, including guidance, designing and delivery of course and evaluation of the work done by the students, and to appoint persons to such professorships, associate झारखडगजट(असाधारण) मंगलवार, 23 नव.बर, 2021 professorships, assistant professorships and other academic positions under conditions prescribed by the Statutes made under this Act; (9) to co-operate with, and seek the co-operation of other universities and institutions of higher learning, professional bodies and organisations for such purposes as the University considers necessary; (10) to hold and manage trusts and endowments and to institute and award fellowships, scholarships, medals, prizes and such other awards for recognition of merit as the University may deem fit; (11) to establish the Centre for Internal Quality Assurance (CIQA) to develop and put in place a comprehensive and dynamic internal quality assurance system to provide high quality programmes of higher education in the Open and Distance Learning mode. The functions of Centre for Internal Quality Assurance (CIQA) shall be determined by the Statutes/Regulations framed under this Act. (12) to take such measures as are necessary to blend Information Communication Technologies (ICT), including those developed by national mission on education through Information and Communication Technology, for enhancing effectiveness of teaching–learning process, and administrative functioning and for maintenance of updated information at all times in respect of status of admissions, registration, for managing teaching-learning activities through on- line support for interactive learning with learner feedback, to facilitate the use of Open Educational Resources (OER), Massive Open Online Courses and for continuous as well as comprehensive evaluation, certification, and other aspects of student support; (13) to establish and maintain such Regional Centres as may be determined by the University from time to time; (14) to establish and maintain Study Centres in the manner laid down by the Statutes; (15) to establish, maintain and manage research departments in the manner prescribed by the Statutes made under this Act; (16) to inspect regional centers, study centers and recognised institutions and take measures to ensure proper standards of instruction, teaching and training with adequate library and laboratory provisions. (17) to provide for the preparation of instructional materials, including films, cassettes, tapes, video CD and other software to learners who are not physically present in a traditional setting of a classroom. Transaction of the curriculum is effected by means of specially prepared materials (self-study learning materials) which are delivered to the learners at their doorstep through various media such as print, television, radio, satellite, audio/video tapes, CD-ROMs, Internet and World Wide Web etc.; झारखडगजट(असाधारण) मंगलवार, 23 नव.बर, 2021 (18) to organise and conduct refresher courses, workshops, seminars and other programmes for teachers, lesson writers, counsellors, evaluators and other academic staff; (19) to conduct courses through distance mode as are approved by the University Grants Commission, in accordance with the provisions of this Act. (20) to recognise examinations of, or periods of study (whether in full or part), of other universities, institutions or other places of higher learning as equivalent to examinations or periods of study in the University, and to withdraw such recognition at any time; (21) to make provision for research and development in educational technology and related matters; (22) to create teaching, administrative, ministerial and other posts as the University may deem necessary, from time to time, and to make appointments thereto, subject to condition that the University shall bear the salary cost of all such employees, both teaching, and non-teaching and other staff so appointed or engaged out of its own fund and shall not be entitled to any grant whatsoever from the Government towards the payment of salary, remuneration, cess or honorarium etc; (23) to lay down and regulate the salary, scale of pay, allowances and other conditions of service of the employees and members of the teaching and other academic and nonteaching staff of the University, including their code of conduct in accordance with the provisions of the State Government and UGC Guidelines. (24) to receive and maintain benefactions /donations and gifts for the purpose of the University; (25) to borrow, with the approval of the State Government, whether on the security of the property of the University or otherwise, money for the purposes of enhancing legitimate activities of the University; (26) to institute and maintain residential accommodations for students and staff of the University as appropriate; (27) to erect, equip and maintain laboratories, libraries and museums; (28) to acquire, hold and manage property both movable and immovable, to lease, sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of any property movable or immovable, which may vest in or be acquired by it for the purposes of the University, with the approval of the State Government, and to enter into contract and do all other acts or things necessary for the purposes of this Act: (i) Provided that no such lease, sale or transfer of immovable property shall be made without the prior approval of the various authority of the University and the State Government. (ii) Provided further that where the State Government is satisfied that any such property may, in the interest of the University, be given on lease or झारखडगजट(असाधारण) मंगलवार, 23 नव.बर, 2021 otherwise transferred or disposed of, the Government shall issue necessary directions to the University and the University shall comply with such directions forthwith, (29) to enter into, carry out, vary or cancel contracts; (30) to fix, demand and receive such fees and other charges as may be laid down by the Ordinances; (31) to provide, control and maintain discipline among the students and all categories of employees and to lay down the conditions of service of such employees. including their codes of conduct; (32) to recognise any institution of higher learning or studies for such purposes as the University may determine and to withdraw such recognition; (33) to appoint, either on contract or otherwise, Officer on Special Duty (OSD), Visiting Professors, Emeritus Professors, Consultants, fellows, scholars, artists, course writers and such other persons who may contribute to the advancement of the objects of the University; (34) to recognise persons working in other universities, institutions or organisations as teachers/Counsellor of the University on such terms and conditions as may be laid down by the Ordinances; (35) to determine standards and to specify conditions for the admission of students to courses of study of the University which may include examination, evaluation and any other method of testing; (36) to make arrangements for the promotion of the general health and welfare of the employees; (37) to do all such acts as may be necessary or incidental to the exercise of all or any of the powers of the University as are necessary and conducive to the promotion of all or any of the objects of the University. (38) to do all such acts as may be necessary to introduce a technological medium that replaces the inter-personal communication of conventional classroom based education that takes place between the teacher and the learners; (39) to do all such acts to make communication effective between the institution, teachers and learners mainly through electronic media (telephone, interactive radio counselling, teleconferencing, videoconferencing, chat sessions, email, website etc.) and also through postal correspondence and limited face to face contact sessions held at Study Centres that should be set up by the University as close to the learners’ homes as possible; (40) to do all acts to disseminate and describe all the teaching learning arrangements, where the learner and the teacher are separated by space and time, in a mode that delivers education and instructions to learners in a befitting manner; झारखडगजट(असाधारण) मंगलवार, 23 नव.बर, 2021 (41) to do all act necessary to cover a wide range of innovations and reforms in the educational sector that advocate flexibility to the learner with regard to entry and exit, pace and place of study, method of study and also the choice and combination of courses, assessment and course completion; (42) to do all such acts as may be necessary to remove or lessen restrictions which impede Open Learning System which is aimed to redress social or educational inequality and to offer opportunities not provided by conventional colleges or Universities and where the educational opportunities are planned deliberately so that access to education becomes easily available to larger sections of the society; (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law, for the time being in force, but without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1) it shall be the duty of the University to take all such steps as it may deem fit for the promotion of the Open University and distance education systems and for determination of standards of teaching, evaluation and research in such systems. (3) In carrying out its objects, the University shall strive for cooperation with other Open Universities in India and shall observe, to the extent feasible, the educational norms and standards prescribed by them for Open Learning System.