Establishment of the University

(1) For furthering the advancement of learning and prosecution of research in Kannada there shall be established a University by the name "The Kannada University". (2) The University shall be a body corporate and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and shall sue and be sued by the said name. (3) The University shall be of the unitary and residential type. (4) No institution affiliated to, or associated with, or maintained by any other University in the State shall be recognised by the University for any purpose, except with the prior approval of the Government and the concerned University. (5) The headquarters of the University shall be located within the limits of the Kamalapur Municipality or in any place within a radius of ten kilometers around those limits. There shall be the following faculties, comprising the departments under each faculty, as mentioned below:-- I. Faculty of Language: 1. Department of kannada language and literature 2. Department of linguistics 3. Department of development of kannada language 4. Department of foreign and Indian languages 5. Department of translations 6. Department of compilations 7. Department of manuscriptalogy 8. Department of kannada migrants II. Fine Arts : 1. Department of architecture, sculpture and iconography 2. Department of painting and other visual arts 3. Department of drama 4. Department of music and dance 5. Department of folk-lore III. Faculty of Social Sciences: 1. Department of history 2. Department of archaeology 3. Department of epigraphy 4. Department of religion and philosophy 5. Department of anthropology 6. Department of development studies 7. Department of tribal studies IV Sciences: 1. Department of history of sciences 2. Department of ethno-life sciences 3. Department of astronomy and allied sciences 4. Department of ayurveda and folk medicine.