Power of the University

(1) to provide instruction and teaching leading to Bachelor, Master and Doctoral degrees in basic and applied sciences, technology, humanities, social sciences, management and in such other branches of knowledge as the University may deem fit; (2) to establish Centre, Schools, Departments, Campuses or Institutes of advance study and research in different branches of knowledge; (3) to prescribe courses of study for Bachelor, Master, Doctoral degrees and diploma in different branches of learning; (4) to accord affiliation to colleges and institutions in different branches of learning; (5) to hold examinations and publish results of such examinations for different courses of study and research in the manner prescribed; (6) to confer degrees and other academic distinctions or recognitions on persons who have pursued successfully the courses of study of the University or conducted research creditably in the manner to be prescribed; (7) to provide for the inspection of, or investigation into, the affairs of colleges or institutions affiliated to it and to exercise general supervision over them including monitoring of academic performances; (8) to prescribe the procedure of admission to different courses of study in the University and also in the affiliated colleges and institutions; (9) to confer honorary degrees or other distinctions in such manner as may be prescribed by Regulations; (10) to institute professorships, associate professorship, lectureships and other teaching posts necessary for imparting instruction or for preparing educational material or conducting other academic activities, including providing guidance to the students, designing and delivering of courses and evaluation of the work done by the students and to appoint persons to such professorships, associate professorship, lectureships and other teaching posts, either on full-time or part-time basis or on contract; (11) to enter into partnership with any organization to establish to fulfill its objectives; (12) to institute and award fellowships, scholarships and prizes and such other awards for recognition of merit as the University may deem fit; (13) to provide for the printing and publication of research and other works and to organize exhibitions, lectures, seminars, symposia and conferences; (14) to establish and maintain hostels for students of the University and other institutions and also for the members of the general public; (15) to recognize examinations of periods of study (whether full or part) at other universities, institutions or other places of higher learning as equivalent to examination and periods of study in the University and to withdraw such recognition at any time; (16) to create administrative, ministerial and other necessary posts and to make appointments thereto either on full-time or part-time basis, or on contract; (17) to receive benefactions, donations, grants, subscriptions or gifts for the purpose of the University consistent with the objects for which the University is established; (18) to acquire, purchase, take on lease or dispose of any property movable or immovable for the purpose of the University; (19) to draw and accept, to make and endorse, to discount and negotiate Government of India's or other States, promissory notes, bills of exchange, cheques or other negotiable instruments; (20) to execute conveyances, transfers, re-conveyances, mortgages, leases, licences and agreements in respect of properties movable or immovable including Government securities belonging to the University or to be acquired for the purpose of the University; (21) to enter into agreement with the Government of India, the State Government or with any other States in India, the University Grants Commission or any other agency for Technology Education, or other authorities, industries or professional organizations and international organizations or agencies and foreign universities for receiving grants; (22) to enter into, carry out, vary, or cancel contracts; (23) to fix, demand, and receive such fees and other charges as may be defined by the Executive Council from time to time; (24) to regulate the expenditure and manage the accounts of the University; (25) to control and to enforce discipline among the students and all categories of employees and to prescribe by regulations the conditions of service and the code of conduct of such employees; (26) to recognize any institution of higher learning or studies for such purposes as the University may determine and to withdraw such recognition; (27) to appoint, either on contract or otherwise, Visiting Professors, Emeritus Professors, Consultants, Scientists, Fellows, Scholars and such other persons as may contribute to the advancement of the objects of the university; (28) to collaborate and interact with the other universities and educational or research institutions, organizations and authorities within the country and abroad in such manner and for such purposes as the University may determine; (29) to offer education through the distance mode; (1) The jurisdiction of the University shall extend to the whole of the State of Sikkim. (2) All colleges and institutions in the State of Sikkim, which are affiliated to any other University immediately before the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be affiliated to the University from such date as the State Government may notify in consultation with the concerned university and college. (3) The university shall have power to alter or withdraw the affiliation deemed to be granted under this section, if the affiliated institution does not comply with all the terms and conditions of such affiliation. (4) Colleges or institutions to be established in the State of Sikkim shall be affiliated to the university, subject to such terms and conditions as may be imposed by the University. In the principal Act, in section 6, in sub-section (2) for the word "Colleges", the words "Government Colleges" shall be substituted.