Powers of the University

Subject to other provisions of this Act, the Regulations or Rules made there under or any other relevant laws for the time being in force and directions as may be issued, from time to time, by the Central Government, State Government or the Regulatory Body, the University shall have the following powers, namely:—

1. (i) to establish Off-Campus Centres, as are, in the opinion of the University, necessary for furtherance of its objectives in conformity with the provisions of the University Grants Commission (Establishment of and Maintenance of Standards in Private Universities) Regulations, 2003;
2. (ii) to establish and develop Schools as envisaged in clause
3. (ix) of section 4;
4. (iii) to carry out all such other activities as may be necessary and feasible in furtherance of the objectives of the University;
5. (iv) to confer Degrees, Diplomas, Charters, Certificates or other academic distinctions and professional designations as envisaged under section 4 in the manner and under conditions laid down in the Regulations;
6. (v) to confer Honorary Degrees or other Distinctions in the manner as may be prescribed in the Regulations;
7. (vi) to withdraw or cancel Degrees, Diplomas, Charters, Certificates or other academic distinctions or titles in the manner as may be prescribed in the Regulations;
8. (vii) to institute and award fellowships, scholarships, prizes etc., in accordance with the Regulations;
9. (viii) to demand and receive such fees, bills, invoices and collect charges as may be fixed by the Rules or Regulations, as the case may be;
10. (ix) to make provisions for extracurricular activities for students and employees;
11. (x) to appoint faculty members, officers and employees of the University and Off-Campus Centres;
12. (xi) to receive donations and gifts of any kind and to acquire, hold, manage, maintain and dispose off any movable or immovable property, including trust and endowment properties for the purpose of the University or an Off-Campus centre;
13. (xii) to institute and maintain halls and/or hostels and to recognise places of residence for students of the University or Off-Campus Centres;
14. (xiii) to supervise and control residence, and to regulate 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;
15. (xiv) to create academic, administrative and support staff and other necessary posts;
16. (xv) to co-operate and collaborate with other domestic and overseas Universities and Institutions in such manner and for such purposes as the University may determine from time to time;
17. (xvi) to organise and conduct refresher courses, orientation courses, workshops, seminars, online programmes and other programmes for teachers, developers of course ware, evaluators and other academic staff;
18. (xvii) to determine standards of admission to the University and Off-Campus Centres with the approval of the Academic Council; (xviii) to make special provision for students belonging to the State of Odisha for admission in any course of the University or Off-Campus Centres;
19. (xix) to do all such other acts or things, which are incidental to the powers aforesaid, as may be necessary to further the objectives of the University;
20. (xx) to prescribe such courses for Bachelor Degree, Master Degree, Master of Philosophy Degree, Doctoral and Post Doctoral Degrees and Research and such other Degrees, Diplomas, Charters, Certificates etc.;

1. (xxi) to provide for preparation of instructional materials, including films, cassettes, tapes, video cassettes, CDs, VCDs, DVDs and such other software;
2. (xxii) to recognise examinations 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; (xxiii) to raise, collect, subscribe and borrow with the approval of the Board, whether or not on the security of the property of the University and, to raise money for the purposes of the University;
3. (xxiv) to enter into, carry out, vary and or cancel contracts;
4. (xxv) to receive grants from government and non-government sources for conducting research, studies, online programmes, training programmes, seminars, conferences, conventions, consulting etc.; and
5. (xxvi) to do all things necessary or expedient to exercise the above powers.