Chapter II THE UNIVERSITY

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Government may, by notification, establish a unitary, self-financing, non-affiliating University by the name of AIPH University, Odisha after the Endowment Fund is set up by the Sponsoring Body under section 4: Provided that no notification shall be issued unless a High Power Committee constituted by the Government for the purpose certifies to the Government that the land for the establishment of the University is available and all other necessary infrastructure including building, equipment, qualified teaching staffs and such other norms as prescribed by the Government and in the University Grants Commission (Establishment of and Maintenance of Standards in Private Universities ) Regulations, 2003, as amended from time to time, have been complied. (2) The Government, if satisfied after considering the recommendation of the High Power Committee that the Sponsoring Body has complied all the necessary requirements as provided under the proviso to sub-section (1), may issue notification under that sub-section to establish the University with the descriptions of location and such other conditions as may be specified in this behalf. (3) The notification issued under sub-section (1) shall be laid before the State Legislature for a period of fourteen days comprising of one or more session. (4) On and from the date of issue of such notification, it shall be deemed to have been established and incorporated as a University by the name of AIPH University, Odisha which shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and common seal, with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire and hold property, to contract and do all things necessary for the purposes of this Act and shall be sued by the same name. (5) The University shall be located within Jatni Tahasil, Khurda, Odisha. (6) In all suits and legal proceedings by or against the University, the pleadings shall be signed and verified by the Registrar and all processes in such suits and proceedings shall be issued to, and serviced on, the Registrar.

(1) The Sponsoring Body shall establish an Endowment Fund of four crore rupees to be deposited in maximum four equal installments within a span of four years from the date of publication of this Act in the Odisha Gazette. (2) The amount of Endowment Fund shall be invested and kept invested until the dissolution of the University in long term securities issued or guaranteed by the Government. (3) Except in the event of dissolution of the University, no money can be transferred from the Endowment Fund under any circumstance for other purposes. (4) Out of the income received from the Endowment Fund, the University may utilize such sum of amount as may be determined by the Government for the purpose of development of the University and the remaining amount shall be reinvested in the Endowment Fund.

The objective of the University shall be, (i) to develop and disseminate knowledge in the field of public health, clinical research, technology and other fields of science and humanities for the advancement of mankind; (ii) to develop, educate and conduct research in the fields of epidemiology, health services and health systems, behavioral health, health promotion, occupational and environmental health, health finance, economics and global health; (iii) to disseminate, create and preserve knowledge and understanding by teaching, research, training and service and effective demonstration to influence building of a healthy society; (iv) to create centers of excellence for providing knowledge, education, training and research facilities of high order in the fields of public health and allied health sciences, technical and other related professional education; (v) to create capability for upgrading science and technology infrastructure to the global standards; (vi) to develop training facilities in higher education; (vii) to provide for inter-relationships for national and global participation in the field of public health, other sciences, humanities and in other fields; and (viii) to develop patterns of teaching in undergraduate and post graduate level on public health education in all its branches so as to set a high standard of such education.

No person shall be excluded from any office of the University or from membership of any of its authorities or from admission to any degree, diploma or other academic distinction or course of study on the sole ground of sex, race, creed, caste, class, place of birth, religious belief or political or other opinion: Provided that for the purpose of admission of students, the University shall reserve seat for candidates of Odisha domicile at such percentum as may be decided by the Government.

The University shall obtain permission or recognition, as the case may be, from the concerned Regulatory Body for conferring graduate or post-graduate degree on public health education.

Subject to the provisions of this Act and in conformity with the U.G.C norms and norms of other Regulatory Bodies, the University shall exercise the following powers and perform the functions, namely: – (i) administer and manage the University and such centers for research, education and instruction as are necessary for the furtherance of the objects of the University; (ii) provide for instruction, training and research in such branches of knowledge or learning pertaining to public health, environmental health, occupational health and its allied sciences, technology, humanities and other emerging fields and for their advancement and dissemination; (iii) conduct innovative experiments in new methods and technologies in all fields of knowledge of public health in order to achieve international standards in such education, training and research; (iv) prescribe courses and curricula for undergraduate, post-graduate and super specialization studies; (v) hold examinations or grant such degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions and titles in undergraduate and post graduate public health education as may be laid down in the Regulations; (vi) withdraw or cancel degrees, diplomas, certificates or other academic distinctions or titles in the manner as may be prescribed in the Regulations; (vii) the University shall not undertake any programme under distance mode as per the guidelines prescribed; (viii) confer honorary degrees or other distinctions in the manner as may be prescribed in the Regulations;