Chapter II Chapter II

Establishment of the University

Establishment of the University 3.

1. (1) There shall be established, in the State of Sikkim, a University by the name of "Netaji Subash Chandra Bose University of Excellence" (NSBUoE).
2. (2) The main campus of the University shall be at Chakung, Soreng District, West Sikkim.
3. (3) The Board of Governors, President, the Vice President, the first members of the Senate (Academic) and Senate (Administration) and all persons who may hereafter become such officers or members, so long as they continue to hold such office or membership of the University are hereby constituted a body corporate by the name of "Netaji Subash Chandra Bose University of Excellence".
   • (a) The University shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and shall sue and be sued by the said name,

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1. (1) To perform:-
   • (a) All Educational functions.
   • (b) Sponsored Research and Consultancy functions.
   • (c) Continuing Education and Extension functions.
   • (d) Development and Service functions.
   • (e) Management functions.
2. (2) To impart education with strong inter-disciplinary and innovative programmes with matching research capabilities and to achieve peer recognition and verifiable scholarly attainment and research output.
3. (3) To introduce liberal studies-based and non-conventional programmes of study along with professional courses that result in higher employability.
4. (4) To engage in areas of specialization with proven ability to make distinctive contributions to the objectives of the university education system that is- academic engagement clearly distinguishable from programmes of an ordinary nature that lead to conventional degrees in Liberal Arts, Science, Design, Engineering, Medicine, Dental, Pharmacy, Management, etc. routinely offered by conventional institutions.
5. (5) To provide for high-quality teaching and research and for the advancement of knowledge and its dissemination through various research programmes undertaken in-house by a substantial number of full-time faculty/research scholars (Ph.Ds and Post-Doctoral) in diverse disciplines.
6. (6) To provide with the prior permission of Regulatory bodies, facilities and offer opportunities for instruction and learning in areas of Liberal Arts, Science, Engineering Technology, Management Studies, Medical Sciences, Para-Medical Courses, Dental Sciences, Health Sciences, Travel and Tourism Studies, Legal Studies, Design and Fashion Technology, Visual Communication, Yoga and Health Education and related academic courses in the levels of undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate and research programmes which are relevant to the current needs of the society, alive to the long term requirements and responsive to the anticipated changes and developments in terms of breadth of diversity and depth of specialization. Such educational and research opportunities will be offered to all the deserving students desirous of pursuing such a course of study, without any discrimination of nativity, religion, caste or creed.
7. (7) To formulate and maintain standard curriculum and system of education at par with national and global standard in all academic areas which the University offers.
8. (8) To become a consortium of eminent minds from myriad walks which helps shape promising young minds and fosters holistic development.
9. (9) To appoint Professors, Associate Professors, Asst. Professors, Consultants and Research Assistants for teaching, training and to carry on academic work, research and also administrative staff of the University.
10. (10) To promote such objectives within the campus and if necessary, outside the campus, particularly where special training facilities are available or required.
11. (11) To appoint national and international Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, Consultants and Research Assistants for teaching, training and to carry on academic work, research and also administrative staff of the University under this Act.
12. (12) To conduct faculty exchange programmes and organise lectures of mutual interest and benefit both at National and International levels.
13. (13) To serve as a centre for fostering co-operation and exchange of ideas between the academic and research community on the one hand and the Industrial and Government machinery on the other and to promote entrepreneurship among the students.
14. (14) To organize lectures, seminars, symposia, and conferences.
15. (15) To undertake sponsored Research & Development and continuing education providing knowledge-based advice and consultancy, preparation/publication of educational material like books/study reports/research papers and extending services to society.
16. (16) To cater to the local, national and global needs through a focus on critical development areas of global relevance.
17. (17) To put the Eastern Himalayas at the apex of global education.
18. (18) To inculcate necessary values, awareness of heritage, and ethos in learners.
19. (19) To harness the diverse natural, cultural, architectural, and intellectual resources and heritage of the hills and the mountain regions.
20. (20) To network, integrate, and collaborate with communities, best universities, non-profit institutions, educational and professional institutes of the world.
21. (21) To execute cross-nation exchange programs, internships, study and research opportunities.
22. (22) To design and practice global learning practices aiding blended and collaborative teaching and learning.
23. (23) To set up state-of-the-art research laboratories and centres, simulated environments, e-resources-based libraries, archives and museums, biodiversity parks, gene pools, and germplasm gardens and strive to make these accessible for individuals external to the Netaji Subash Chandra Bose University of Excellence (NSBUoE).
24. (24) To provide world-class learning spaces and accommodation facilities for all learners, researchers, faculty, and staff.
25. (25) To gain national and international accreditation for the pursuit and recognition of excellence.
26. (26) To have a greater interface with society through extra-mural, extension and field action related programmes.
27. (27) To develop a sense of ethos in the University community, making it conscious of its obligations to the society, State and to the nation.

Subject to the provisions of this Act, the University shall exercise the following powers and perform the following functions, namely:-

1. (1) to establish, administer and manage the University and its constituent colleges and academic centres for research, education, training, extension and outreach including continuing education, distance learning at its campus within the state;
2. (2) to sponsor and undertake research in all aspects of Liberal Arts, Science, Engineering Technology, Management Studies, Medical Sciences, Para-Medical Courses, Dental Sciences, Health Sciences, Travel and Tourism Studies, Legal studies, Design and Fashion Technology, Visual Communication, Yoga and Health Education, or in any other field of study as the University may deem fit;
3. (3) to provide for instructions in such branches of learning as the University may, from time to time, determine and to make provisions for research and for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge;
4. (4) to create academic, administrative, technical and other posts under the University and to make appointments thereto based on criteria as may be decided by the University officers or authorities or regulatory bodies;
5. (5) to secure merit-based extra-mural research funding from various public and private agencies;
6. (6) to create a web portal, highlighting all information not restricted to those related to students, admission, fee, administrative structure, policies including recruitment rules, faculty and non-faculty posts, annual reports of the University;
7. (7) to confer honorary degrees, titles and other distinctions under conditions prescribed;
8. (8) to determine standards of admission to the University, which may include examination, evaluation or any other method of testing;
9. (9) to make provisions and adopt all measures (including adoption and updating of the curriculum in respect of study, teaching and research) relating to the courses through traditional as well as new innovative modes including online education mode;
10. (10) to lead, organise and conduct research and innovation in allied fields of knowledge in such manner as the University may deem fit, including in collaboration or association with any other entity of repute, educational institution, research organisation, body corporate or financial organisations at the national or global level;
11. (11) to institute and award fellowships, travelling fellowships, scholarships, studentships, bursaries, prizes, and medals in accordance with the Statutes;
12. (12) to provide for under-graduate, post-graduate, doctoral and post-doctoral teaching and research in the relevant disciplines;
13. (13) to establish, maintain and manage hostels and to recognize places of residence for the students of the University and to withdraw such recognition to any such place of residence;
14. (14) to determine and fix fees, demand and receive such fees as may be prescribed by the University from students and any other person, institution or body corporate for training, coaching, instructions, hostel, consultancy, advisory and other services, provided by or through the University;
15. (15) to hold examinations and grant degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions or titles and to confer honorary degrees or other distinctions in the manner prescribed by the Statutes;
16. (16) to affiliate or establish such Special Centres, Schools, Institutes, Colleges, Specialised Study Centres, Centres of Excellence, Off-campus Centres which may serve as a lead agent for all other institutions to emulate or other units for research and instructions and for promotion of distance education centres as are, in the opinion of the University, necessary for the furtherance of its objects within the State subject to prior approval of the prevailing Regulatory Body;
17. (17) to deal with any property belonging to, or vested in, the University in such manner as the University may deem fit for advancement of the objectives of the University provided that no land or other immovable property shall be disposed of by the University without the prior approval of the Board of Governors;
18. (18) to establish and maintain such infrastructure as may be necessary, incidental or conducive to the attainment of the objectives of the University;
19. (19) to co-operate with universities or institutions of higher learning in any part of the world having objects wholly or partly similar to those of the University, by exchange of teachers and scholars and generally in such manner as may be conducive to the common objects;
20. (20) to appoint persons working in any other institutes, universities or industries involved in research of significance as an adjunct, guest or visiting faculty of the Institute on such terms and for such duration as the University may decide;
21. (21) to make provision for dissemination of knowledge emerging from research and for that purpose to enter into such arrangements, including consultancy and advisory services, with other corporate, academic or government institutions, industry, civil society or other organisations, as the University may deem fit;
22. (22) to organise and conduct refresher courses, workshops, seminars and other programmes for teachers, employees and other academic staff;
23. (23) to co-operate with any other industry, organization or institution in the matters of education, training and research for such purposes as may be agreed upon on such terms and conditions as the University may, from time to time, determine;
24. (24) to draw and accept, to make and endorse, to discount and negotiate promissory notes, bills of exchange, cheque or other negotiable instruments;
25. (25) to receive and accept grants, subventions, subscriptions, donations, endowments, securities or properties and gifts for the purposes of the University on such terms it may deem expedient and consistent with the objects for which the University is established;
26. (26) to, with prior approval of Board of Governors and in consultation with Sponsoring Body, borrow for purposes of the University from Banks, Financial Institutions, private sources, secured or otherwise, to raise and borrow money on bonds, mortgages, promissory notes or other obligations or securities upon all or any of the properties and assets of the University, or without any securities and upon such terms and conditions as it may deem fit and to pay out of the funds of the University, all expenses incidental to the raising of money, and to repay and redeem any money borrowed;
27. (27) to, with prior approval of Board of Governors, invest the funds of the University, money entrusted to the University in or upon such securities and in such manner as it may deem fit and from time to time transpose any investment;
28. (28) to acquire, hold and manage, and to dispose of, with the prior approval of the Board of Governors, any property, movable or immovable, including trust and endowment properties for the purposes of the University;
29. (29) to establish and maintain hostels and residences for the students and staff respectively of the University and to make arrangements for promoting the health and general welfare of the students and staff;
30. (30) to create academic, technical, administrative, senates, ministerial and other posts and to make appointments thereto and to lay down conditions of service of all categories of employees, including their code of conduct;
31. (31) to regulate, enforce, control and maintain discipline among the students and among all categories of employees including their code of conduct and to take such disciplinary measures as may be deemed necessary;
32. (32) to do all such other acts and things as the University may consider necessary, conducive or incidental to the attainment or enlargement of its objects, powers and functions or any one of them.

1. (1) The University shall be open to all for admission or appointment creating an inclusive environment providing equitable access to all classes, castes and creed members, students, teachers or workers irrespective of their class, caste, gender, ethnicity, socio-cultural status, geography, physical condition, linguistic background, religion and sexual orientation among others.
2. (2) Admissions to every programme of study in the University shall be based on merit assessed through transparent and reasonable criteria disclosed by the University, before the commencement of the process of admission:

University to be a distinct legal entity not-for-profit

1. (1) The University shall be a not-for-profit legal entity and no part of the surplus, if any, in revenue of the University, after meeting all expenditure in regard to its operations under this Act, shall be invested for any purpose other than for the growth and development of such Institute or for conducting research therein.
2. (2) The University shall strive to raise funds for attaining its academic and research goals and to create a corpus of funds for self-sufficiency, sustainability and future development of the University.

1. (1) The State Government and the Implementing Partner shall be bound by the Contract Agreement, executed on 6th day of April 2021, which shall govern the nature of the partnership between them. All terms and conditions, and roles and responsibilities of the State Government and the Implementing Partners during the contract period shall be determined by the Contract Agreement.
2. (2) Pursuant to the Contract Agreement, the State Government and the Implementing Partner shall form a Society, NSBUoE-SIBIN Society, under the Sikkim Regulations of Societies, Associations and Other Voluntary Organizations Act, 2008 (Act No. 20 of 2008) and the Memorandum of Association which shall contain inter-alia the aims and object of the Society and its members which shall be in the ratio of 1:2 from the State Government and the Implementing Partner respectively. This Society shall be the Sponsoring Body of the University.