Government, that have the potential to improve the quality of life for all and to bring about national development.

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

1. (i) to establish, maintain, and recognize such Regional Centres and Study Centres as may be determined by the University from time to time in the manner laid down by the statutes;
2. (ii) to carry out all such other activities as may be necessary or feasible in furtherance of the objectives of the University;
3. (iii) to confer degrees or other academic distinctions in the manner and under conditions laid down in the statutes;
4. (iv) to institute and award fellowships, scholarships and prizes etc., in accordance with the statutes;
5. (v) to demand and receive such fees, bills, invoices, and collect charges as may be fixed by the statutes or rules, as the case may be;
6. (vi) to make provisions for extra-curricular activities for students and employees;
7. (vii) to make appointments of the faculty, officers, and employees of the University or a Constituent College, Regional Centre and Study Centres;
8. (viii) to receive voluntary donations and gifts of any kind and to acquire, hold, manage, maintain, and dispose of any movable or immovable property, including company, trust, and endowment properties for the purpose of the University or a Constituent College, or a Regional Centre, or a Study Centre;
9. (ix) to institute and maintain halls and to recognize places of residence for the students, staff and faculty of the University or a Constituent College;
10. (x) to supervise and control the residence, and to regulate the discipline among the students and all categories of employees and to lay down the conditions of service of such employees, including their Code of Conduct;
11. (xi) to create academic, administrative, and support staff and other necessary positions;
12. (xii) to co-operate and collaborate with other Universities in such a manner and for such purposes as the University may determine from time to time;
13. (xiii) to provide distant education system and the manner in which distance education in relation to the academic programs of the University may be organized;
14. (xiv) to organize and conduct refresher courses, orientation courses, workshops, seminars, and other programs for faculty, research associates, staff and other employees;
15. (xv) to determine standards of admission to the University or a Constituent College, Regional Centre, and Study Centre with the approval of the Academic Council;
16. (xvi) to make special provisions for students belonging to the State of Karnataka for admission in any course of the University or in a Constituent College, Regional Centre or Study Centre;
17. (xvii) to do all such other acts or things whether incidental to the powers aforesaid or not, as may be necessary to further the objects of the University; (xviii) to establish such courses for the Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral level degree courses, whether by academic study or by research or a combination thereof, that would be covered by the UGC, AICTE, MCI, or other regulatory bodies, but the University shall have the right to start diplomas, certificate courses, short-term courses etc., in its own subjects;
18. (xix) to clearly set apart the academic activities of the University from the activities of the Company;
19. (xx) to provide for the preparation of instructional materials including films, cassettes, tapes, video cassettes, CDs, VCDs, DVDs and other media;

1. (xxi) to recognize examinations of, or periods of study (whether in full or in 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;
2. (xxii) to raise, collect, subscribe and borrow with the approval of the Governing Body whether on the security of the property of the University, or otherwise, money for the purposes of the University; (xxiii) to undertake any other activities connected with or incidental to further the objectives of the University mentioned above.