Powers of the University.

Subject to other provisions of this Act, the Statutes or Rules made thereunder or any other relevant laws for the time being in force, the University shall have the following powers, namely :— (a) to establish Off-Campus Centers and Study Centers in India and abroad, as are in the opinion of the University, necessary for the furtherance of its objects in conformity with the provision of the University Grants Commission (Establishment of and Maintenance of Standards in Private Universities) Regulations, 2003; (b) to establish and develop faculties as envisaged in clause (e) of section 8; (c) to carry out all such other activities as may be necessary and feasible in furtherance of the object of the University; (d) to confer degrees, diplomas, charters, certificates or other academic distinctions and professional designations as envisaged under section 8 (b) in the manner and under conditions laid down in the Statutes; (e) to institute and award fellowships, scholarships and prizes etc., in accordance with the Statutes; (f) to confer honorary degrees and other prestigious awards on persons of eminence from India or abroad; (g) to demand and receive such fees, bills, invoices and collect charges as may be fixed by the Statutes or Rules, as the case may be; (h) to make provisions for extra- curricular activities for students and employees; (i) to make appointments of the faculty, officers and employees of the University or Off-campus Centre and Study Centres; (j) to acquire, hold, manage, maintain and dispose of any movable or immovable property, including Society and endowment properties for the purpose of the University or a Off-campus centre or a Study Centre; (k) to institute and maintain halls and to recognize places of residence for students of the University or Off-campus Centre; (l) to supervise and control the residence, and to regulate the 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; (m) to create academic, administrative and support staff and other necessary posts; (n) to co-operate and collaborate with other domestic and overseas Universities and Institutions in such a manner and for such purposes as the University may determine from time to time; (o) to organize and conduct refresher courses, orientation courses, workshops, seminars and other programs for teachers, developers of course ware, evaluators and other academic staff; (p) to determine standards of admission to the University and Off-campus Centre with the approval of the Academic Council; (q) to do all such other acts or things whether incidental to the powers aforesaid or not, as may be necessary for furtherance of the objects of the University; (r) to prescribe such courses for Bachelor Degree, Master Degree, Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Science Degrees and Research and such other Degrees, Diplomas, Charters, Certificates etc; (s) to provide for the preparation of instructional materials, including films, cassettes, tapes, video cassettes, Compact Disk, Visual Compact Disk and other software; (t) to recognize 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; (u) to raise, collect, subscribe and borrow with the approval of the Board of Governors whether on the security of the property of the University, money for the purposes of the University; (v) to receive gifts and donations from persons and organisations in India or abroad for furthering the cause of education, research or for student or staff welfare; (w) to enter into, carry out, vary or cancel contracts; (x) to establish study centre subject to approval of the Regulatory Body; and (y) to do all things necessary or expedient to exercise the above powers.