Powers and functions of the University

The University shall have following powers and functions, namely:—

1. (i) to establish Departments/Centres and such other units for education, research, extension and training as are necessary for the furtherance of its objectives;
2. (ii) to organize and undertake extra-mural teaching, extension and training activities, personality and skill development, capacity building and remedial courses;
3. (iii) to provide for instruction including distance and open learning education in such branches of learning as University may determine from time to time and make provision for research and advance dissemination of knowledge;
4. (iv) to conduct examinations for admission and grant of diplomas or certificates to, and confer degrees and other academic distinctions on persons and to withdraw any such diplomas, certificates, degrees or other academic distinctions for reasonable and sufficient cause;
5. (v) to create such teaching, technical, administrative and other posts as the University may deem necessary, from time to time, and to make appointments thereto;
6. (vi) to appoint persons as Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, or otherwise recognize as teachers of the University;
7. (vii) to institute and award Fellowships, Scholarships, Felicitations and prizes;
8. (viii) to regulate and enforce discipline among students and employees of the University and to take such disciplinary measures in this regard as may be deemed necessary;
9. (ix) to make arrangements for promoting health and general welfare of students and employees of the University;
10. (x) to co-operate with any other University, authority or association or any other public or private body in India and abroad having in view the promotion of objectives similar to those of the University for such purposes as may be agreed upon, on such terms and conditions as may, from time to time, be prescribed;
11. (xi) to enter into any agreement with Central Government, State Government, University Grants Commission or other authorities for receiving grants and also for the incorporation in the University of any other institution and for taking over its rights, properties and for any other purpose not repugnant to this Act;
12. (xii) to demand and receive payment of such fees and other charges including for self-finance courses as may be prescribed, from time to time;
13. (xiii) to receive donations and to acquire, hold, manage and dispose of any property movable or immovable, including trust or endowed property within or outside the State of Madhya Pradesh, for the objects of the University, and to invest funds in such manner as the University may deem fit;
14. (xiv) to make provision for research and advisory and consultancy services, and for that purpose to enter into such agreement with other institutions or bodies as the University may deem necessary;
15. (xv) to provide for the printing, reproduction and publication of research and other work which may be issued by the University;
16. (xvi) to borrow, with the approval of the State Government, on the security of the University property, money for the purposes of the University affairs;
17. (xvii) to confer honorary degrees and other academic distinctions in the manner laid down in the Ordinance; (xviii) to do all such other acts and things as may be necessary, incidental or conducive to the attainment or enlargement of all or any of the objectives of the University.