National Accreditation

(1) The University will seek, obtain and retain accreditation from respective national accreditation bodies and be subject to relevant provisions of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 and the Regulations/Guidelines made thereunder from time to time relating to private Universities. (2) The university shall obtain prior permission/ recognition from National council for Teacher Education (NCTE) and Bar Council of India before commencing. (s) (h) to make appointments of the faculty, officers and employees of the University or a constituent college, affiliated colleges, Region, in India and abroad; (i) to acquire, hold, manage, maintain and dispose of any movable or immovable property, including trust and endowment properties for the purpose of the University or constituent college, Regional Centre, Study Centre; (j) to institute and maintain halls and to recognize places of residence for students of the University or a constituent college at the main campus and other places in India and abroad; (k) 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 the code of conduct; (l) to create academic, administrative and support staff and other necessary posts; (m) to co-operate and collaborate with other Universities and Institutions in India and abroad and for such purposes as the University may determine from time to time; (n) to offer programs on distance learning basis and continuing education and the manner in which such programs are offered by the University; (o) to organize and conduct refresher courses, orientation courses, workshops, seminars and other programs for teachers, developers of course material, evaluation faculty and other academic staff; (p) to determine standards of admission to the University, constituent college, regional centre, study centre which may include examination, evaluation or any other method of testing; (q) to make special provision for students belonging to the state of Sikkim for admission in any course of the University or in a constituent college, regional centre or study centre; (r) to do all such other acts or things whether incidental to the powers aforesaid or not as may be necessary to further the objects of the University; (s) to prescribe such courses for Bachelor Degree, Master Degree, Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Science Degrees and Research and such other Degrees, Charters, Certificates etc.; (t) to provide for the preparation of instructional materials, including films, cassettes, tapes, video cassettes, CD, VCD and other software; (u) 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; (v) to raise, collect, subscribe and borrow with the approval of Board of Governors whether on the security of the property of the University, money for the purposes of the University; (w) to enter into, carry out, vary or cancel contracts; (x) to do all things necessary or expedient to exercise the above powers. The University shall be open to all persons irrespective of class, caste, creed, religion, language or gender: Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent the University from making special provisions for admission to students of the state. (1) The University will seek, obtain and retain accreditation from respective national accreditation bodies and be subject to relevant provisions of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 and the Regulations/Guidelines made thereunder from time to time relating to private Universities. (2) The university shall obtain prior permission/ recognition from National council for Teacher Education (NCTE) and Bar Council of India before commencing Teachers' Training programs and Law Education Program respectively for conferring graduate or post graduate degrees. For technical courses, prior permission of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) shall be obtained. For other programs permission or recognition from concerned authorities/bodies, if required by any law for the time being in force, shall be obtained. (3) As regards other programs on technical education the relevant laws, rules, regulations etc. in the matter of obtaining approval/recognition or maintaining standards shall apply to the University.