The objects of the University

The objects of the University shall be to advance and disseminate learning and knowledge by a diversity of means, including the use of any communication technology, to provide opportunities for higher education to a larger segment of the population and to promote the educational well being of the community generally, to encourage Open University distance education system in the educational pattern of the State and to co-ordinate and determine the standards in such systems, and the University shall in organising its activities, have due regard to the objects specified in the First Schedule. (1) Every Dean shall be appointed by the Board of Management on the recommendation of ,- (i) the Vice-Chancellor, in case the candidate to be appointed is already a teacher of the University; and (ii) a Selection Committee constituted for the purpose, in case the candidate to be appointed is from outside the University. (2) Every Dean shall be a whole time salaried officer of the University: Provided that one of the Deans shall be in-charge of the administrative affairs of the teachers. (3) The emoluments and other conditions of service of the Dean shall be prescribed by the Ordinances: Provided that a Dean shall retire on attaining the age of sixty years. (4) A Dean shall exercise such powers and perform such functions as may be prescribed by the Ordinances.