Powers and duties of University

The University shall have the following powers and duties, namely:—

1. (1) to provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in such branches or subjects or disciplines and courses of study including a choice based credit system and any other system that may emerge in future, as the University may, from time to time, determine;
2. (2) to make provision for research and for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge, and generally to cultivate and promote the engineering and technology, pure and applied sciences, liberal arts, humanities and social sciences, finance and accounts managements, different forms of medicine, law, physical education and other branches of learning and culture and their multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary areas;
3. (3) to organize, maintain and manage University schools, departments, centers, sub-campuses, off-campuses, laboratories, knowledge resource centers, learning resource centers, libraries, museums and equipment for teaching, learning, training, research and development or extension;
4. (4) to establish, maintain and manage hostels, health centers, auditoria and gymnasiums and sports facilities;
5. (5) to provide for establishment, on the University campus and sub-Campuses, multi-University and inter-University centers, research laboratories, modern technology facilitation centers, centers of life-long learning, set up by the regulatory authorities, the Central Government or the State Government, teaching or learning or training at local, regional, national and global level, which may be used by a University: Provided that, in the case of any industry or any non-Government organization availing themselves of such facility of a University or such organizations providing the facility to a University, prior approval of the Board of Governance shall be obtained by the University: Provided further that, these shall not be in contravention of the State Government policies in this regard;
6. (6) to create posts of University teachers, non-vacation academic staff, non-teaching skilled, administrative, ministerial staff and other posts required by the University, from its funds and from the funds received from other funding agencies (excluding State Government), prescribe their qualifications, experience and pay-scales, and make appointments thereto;
7. (7) to make appointments to the posts of University teachers, non-vacation academic staff, non-teaching skilled, administrative, ministerial staff and other posts created by the University and also on the vacant posts sanctioned by the State Government, as per the qualifications and experience specified by the State Government, the University Grants Commission (UGC), All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and other regulatory authorities, from time to time;
8. (8) to appoint or recognize persons working in any other University, industry, research institutes or organization as adjunct professors, adjunct associate professors, adjunct assistant professors, professors of practice, emeritus professors, chair professors, distinguished professors, visiting professors of the University for specified periods;
9. (9) to nominate the eligible, performing and contributing individuals from within the University on various officers’ positions as prescribed by the Statutes;
10. (10) to prescribe the courses of instruction and studies, in conventional, contemporary and futuristic modes of delivery, in choice based credit system for the various examinations leading to specific degrees, diplomas or certificates in a stand-alone format or joint format with other State or national or global universities;
11. (11) to decide the criteria for eligibility of admissions to various programs of studies in the University and to supervise, control and regulate admission of students for various courses of study in the academic units of the University such as multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary schools, University departments, centers, including those on sub-campus;
12. (12) to institute degrees, post-graduate diplomas, post-diplomas, and post-higher secondary diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions on the basis of examinations or by other to hold examinations or evaluations and confer degrees, post-graduate diplomas, post-diplomas, and award post-higher secondary diplomas and certificates and other academic distinctions on persons who,—
    • (a) unless exempted therefrom in the manner prescribed, have pursued approved courses of study in the University, school, department or center and have passed the examinations and earned the required credits or marks or grades prescribed by the University; or
    • (b) have pursued approved courses of study in the University, school or center and have passed the examinations and earned the required credits or marks or grades prescribed by the University; or
    • (c) have engaged in research under the conditions provided by the Ordinances and Regulations;
13. (13) to confer and award such degrees, diplomas and certificates to, and provide for such lectures, instructions and training for blended and distance education, open, online, blended and continuing education courses;
14. (14) to confer honorary degrees or other academic distinctions as prescribed by the Statutes;
15. (15) to monitor and evaluate the academic performance of University schools, departments, centers and for periodical accreditations;
16. (16) to hold and to manage trusts and endowments and to institute and award fellowship, travelling fellowship, scholarship, studentship, medals and prizes for teachers and students of the University;
17. (17) to fix, demand and receive or recover such fees and other charges, as may be regulated by the Ordinances, from time to time;
18. (18) to constitute a Fee Fixation Committee;
19. (19) to supervise, control and regulate the conduct and discipline of the students of the University, schools, departments, centers and hostels;
20. (20) to provide for mobility of students from formal to non-formal stream and vice-versa, and also among the other universities in the State, outside the State and country;
21. (21) to provide facilities for revision or in-service courses for teachers of the University;
22. (22) to provide for the training and education in the domain of quality assurance, intensive workshops or learning exercises on enhancing quality and also mechanism for setting up of internal quality assurance for quality improvement of teachers and non-teaching employees;
23. (23) to provide for periodical assessment of the performance of teachers and non-teaching employees in the University in accordance with the norms prescribed by the University Grants Commission
    • (UGC) or other regulatory authorities and the State Government, as the case may be;
24. (24) to regulate and provide for attendance of the teachers and non-teaching employees on the premises of the University during teaching hours and beyond teaching hours, as prescribed and to prohibit teachers from taking or conducting private tuitions or private coaching classes;
25. (25) to enforce, conduct and discipline rules for teachers and non-teaching employees prescribed in the Statutes;
26. (26) to prescribe and enforce students charter;
27. (27) to establish, maintain and manage, whenever necessary,—
    • (a) Knowledge Resource Centre;
    • (b) University schools, departments, centers or cells;
    • (c) information bureaus;
    • (d) training and placement cell and career guidance bureau; and
    • (e) such other activities as may be necessary and possible to fulfill the objects of the University;
28. (28) to make provision for participation of students in,—
    • (a) National Service Scheme (NSS);
    • (b) National Cadet Corps (NCC);
    • (c) home guards and civil defense;
    • (d) national sports organization;
    • (e) physical and military training;
    • (f) extra-mural teaching and research;
    • (g) programmes related to lifelong learning and extension;
    • (h) any other programmes, services or activities directed towards cultural, economic and social betterment as may be necessary and possible, to fulfill the objects of the University;
29. (29) to provide for special training or coaching for competitive examinations, for recruitment to the public services, public sector undertakings and other competitive employment opportunities;
30. (30) to co-operate and collaborate with any other university, institution, industry, authority or organization, for research and advisory services and for such purposes to enter into appropriate arrangement with other universities, institutions, industry, authorities, or organizations to conduct courses as the situation may demand, to offer research solutions and consultancy;
31. (31) to transfer or receive transfers of any movable property on behalf of the University;
32. (32) to manage, regulate and administer the revenue, finance, accounts, investments, properties, business and all other administrative affairs of the University and for that purpose to appoint such agent or agents as it may deem fit;
33. (33) to manage intellectual property rights, transfer technology, develop incubation centers, entrepreneurship centers and research parks;
34. (34) to appoint in order to execute an instrument or transact any business of the University, any person as attorney of the University with such powers as it may deem fit;
35. (35) to explore the possibilities of augmenting the resources of the University by exploring or innovating activities such as research and development, consultancy and testing, training programmes and providing services for different clients from universities, research institutions, profit and non-profit organisations, industry, trade, professional associations, industry associations, other organizations in India or overseas or any other Non-Governmental Organizations;
36. (36) to undertake academic collaboration programmes, research and advisory services with universities and institutions abroad, with prior approval of the Board of Governance: Provided that, these shall not be in contravention of the State Government policies in this regard;
37. (37) to receive funds for collaboration programmes from foreign agencies, within the rules and regulations of the Central Government and the State Government in that regard;
38. (38) to create development corpuses out of surplus that the University may generate through its teaching, learning, training, research and development, consultancy and testing, and any other academic and extension and outreach activities and to invest it in a professional manner and use the interest generated through it for the growth and development of academic, human resources, research and development, academic and physical infrastructure development and any other infrastructure;
39. (39) to lay down such instructions or directions for University teachers as, in the opinion of the University, may be necessary in academic matters;
40. (40) to undertake development programmes in higher education, research, consultancy based projects and training programmes for outside agencies, by charging fees, so as to generate revenue and resources;
41. (41) to take appropriate measures in order to increase the gross enrolment ratio;
42. (42) to promote by itself or in co-operation with other universities, the study of Marathi and the use of Marathi as a medium of instruction, study, research and examination, in adherence to the policies of the State Government;
43. (43) to promote by itself, or in co-operation with other universities or organizations, the study of Indian and foreign languages in general and Asian languages in particular;
44. (44) to evolve an operational scheme for ensuring accountability of teachers, non-vacation academic and non-teaching staff of the University;
45. (45) to create knowledge and disseminate it and foster high quality research which is contemporary, globally competitive and locally as well as regionally and nationally relevant;
46. (46) to have a learner-centric approach and perform the role of being a knowledge creator;
47. (47) to develop products, services and technologies for industry and society and generate revenue and other resources for the University;
48. (48) to create a comprehensive digital University framework for both, e-learning and e-administrative services to exploit the power of ‘learning by collaboration’ and ‘participation’ with use of information and communication technology;
49. (49) to set-up research parks, technology incubators and other engagement entities to translate University research to commercial domain and coordinated projects involving multiple faculty groups from several disciplines that address some important issues before the State, country and society at large;
50. (50) to identify skills to which students need to be exposed to, by taking into account the local needs, training facilities available, emerging needs and new employment opportunities;
51. (51) to provide an environment for the all-round development of youth by exposing them to the rich cultural heritage of the country and creating opportunities for development of skills in technology;
52. (52) to ensure introduction of choice based credit system with transferable and receivable credit points from four streams, namely, the academic stream, the technology stream, the professional and social stream and the personality and cultural development stream;
53. (53) to facilitate mobility of teachers to collaborating institutions such as industries, research and development laboratories, professional associations, industry association and Non-Governmental Organizations, engaged in societal development, to enable translation of knowledge to viable real-life applications and in turn enrich the University programmes;
54. (54) to comply with and carry out any directives issued by the State Government, from time to time, with reference to above powers, duties and responsibilities of the University;
55. (55) to conduct academic and administrative audit of the University schools, departments and centers at regular intervals;
56. (56) to establish sub-campuses, and centers outside states and foreign countries with the respective permission of the Board of Governance, the State Government and the Central Government;
57. (57) to hire services of world class experts, trainers and agencies for specific assignment, with the recommendations of Academic Council;
58. (58) to hire staff on contract (teaching, non-teaching and technical experts) for short term basis;
59. (59) to hire the outsourced services for the purpose of house-keeping, gardening, security and other such services as decided by the Board of Governance;
60. (60) to write-off and auction the un-serviceable equipment and utilities;
61. (61) to appoint on contract or otherwise visiting professors, emeritus professors, consultants and such other persons who may contribute to the advancement of the objects of the University;
62. (62) to do all such other acts and things as may be necessary, or incidental or conducive to, the attainment of all or any of its objects.