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The Nagaland University Act, 1989

The Nagaland University Act, 1989

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The Nagaland University Act, 1989, established a central teaching and affiliating university to serve the entire state. It regulates the university’s internal governance through key officials like the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor, while overseeing academic instruction, research, and the formal conferral of degrees. The Act applies to all students, faculty members, and affiliated institutions within Nagaland, officially transitioning them from the North-Eastern Hill University. It matters because it fulfills the people's aspirations for a dedicated local institution focused on regional development, manpower training, and improving socio-economic welfare through specialized programs in fields like agriculture and forestry, specifically enhancing the state's cultural development

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  1. 1. Short title and commencement.
  2. 2. Definitions.
  3. 3. The University.
  4. 4. Objects of the University.
  5. 5. Transfer of properties of North-Eastern Hill University.
  6. 6. Powers of the University.
  7. 7. Jurisdiction.
  8. 8. University open to all classes, castes and creed.
  9. 9. The Visitor.
  10. 10. The Chief Rector.
  11. 11. Officers of the University.
  12. 12. The Chancellor.
  13. 13. The Vice-Chancellor.
  14. 14. The Pro-Vice-Chancellor.
  15. 15. Deans of Schools.
  16. 16. The Registrar.
  17. 17. The Finance Officer.
  18. 18. Other officers.
  19. 19. Authorities of the University.
  20. 20. The Court.
  21. 21. The Executive Council.
  22. 22. The Academic Council.
  23. 23. The Planning Board.
  24. 24. The Boards of Schools.
  25. 25. The Finance Committee.
  26. 26. Other authorities of the University.
  27. 27. Power to make Statutes.
  28. 28. Statutes how to be made.
  29. 29. Power to make Ordinances.
  30. 30. Regulations.
  31. 31. Annual report.
  32. 32. Annual accounts.
  33. 33. Transfer of services of certain employees of the North-Eastern Hill University.
  34. 34. Conditions of service of employees.
  35. 35. Procedure of appeal and arbitration in disciplinary cases against students.
  36. 36. Right to appeal.
  37. 37. Provident and pension funds.
  38. 38. Disputes as to constitution of University authorities and bodies.
  39. 39. Constitution of Committees.
  40. 40. Filling of casual vacancies.
  41. 41. Proceedings of University authorities or bodies not invalidated by vacancies.
  42. 42. Protection of action taken in good faith.
  43. 43. Mode of proof of University record.
  44. 44. Power to remove difficulties.
  45. 45. Transitional provisions.
  46. 46. Completion of courses of studies in Colleges or Institutions affiliated to the University.
  47. 47. Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations to be published in the Official Gazette and to be laid before Parliament.
  48. 48. Repealed.

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