Chapter II Chapter II

The University and its Objects

1. (1) TALEEM Research Foundation shall have the right to establish the University in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
2. (2) An application containing the proposal to establish a University shall be made to the State Government by the TALEEM Research Foundation. The proposal shall contain the following particulars, namely:-
   • (a) the objects of the University along with the details of the TALEEM Research Foundation;
   • (b) the nature and type of programmes of study and research to be undertaken in the University during a period of the next five years;
   • (d) the nature of faculties, courses of study and research proposed to be started;
   • (e) the campus development such as buildings, equipment and structural amenities;
   • (f) the phased outlays of capital expenditure for a period of the next five years;
   • (g) the item-wise recurring expenditure, sources of finance and estimated expenditure for each student;
   • (h) the scheme for mobilizing resources and the cost of capital thereto and the manner of repayments to each source;
     • (i) the scheme of generation of funds internally through the recovery of fee from students, revenues anticipated from consultancy and other activities relating to the objects of the University and other anticipated incomes;
   • (j) the details of expenditure on unit cost, the extent of concessions or rebates in fee, freeship and scholarship for students belonging to economically weaker sections and the fee structure indicating varying rate of fee, if any, that would be levied on non resident Indians and students of other nationalities;
   • (k) the years of experience and expertise in the concerned discipline at the command of the TALEEM Research Foundation as well as the financial resources;
   • (l) the system for selection of students to the courses of study at the University; and
   • (m) status of fulfillment of such other conditions as may be required by the State Government to be fulfilled before the establishment of the University.

1. (1) Where the State Government, after such inquiry as it may deem necessary, is satisfied that TALEEM Research Foundation, Ahmedabad has fulfilled the conditions specified in sub-section (2), of Section 3, it may direct the TALEEM Research Foundation, Ahmedabad to establish an Endowment Fund.
2. (2) After the establishment of the Endowment Fund, the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, accord sanction for establishment of the University.
3. (3) The headquarters of University shall be at Dehradun, Uttaranchal and it may have campuses or Regional Centres, Study Centres and Zed Career Academy Centres at such other places, as may be specified by it from time to time. Provided that the University shall establish a Study Centre in each of the thirteen districts of the State within a period of three years of establishment.
4. (4) The University may, with the approval of the Visitor, also establish study centres outside the country.
5. (5) The Chancellor, the Vice - Chancellor, members of the Board of Governors, members of the Board of Management and the Academic Council for the time being holding office as such in the University so established, shall constitute a body corporate and can sue and be sued in the name of the University.
6. (6) On the establishment of the University under sub-section (2), the land and other movable and immovable properties acquired, created, arranged or built by the University for the purpose of the University except the properties of TALEEM Research Foundation, Ahmedabad shall stand transferred to, and vest in, the University;
7. (7) The land, building and other properties for the University shall not be used for any purpose, other than that for which the same is acquired.

5. The University shall be self-financing and shall neither make a demand nor shall be entitled to any grant in-aid or any other financial assistance from the State Government or any other body or corporation owned or controlled by the State Government.

6. The university may have constituent colleges, Regional Centres, Study Centres and Zed Career Academy Centres but shall have no power to admit any other college or institution to the privileges of affiliation.

7. The objects for which the University is established are as follows :-

1. (a) to advance and disseminate learning and knowledge by multimedia and other information and communication technology and also conventional means, and to provide opportunities for education to a larger segment of the population and to promote the educational well being of the society in general, to encourage the distance education and alternate learning systems in conjunction with the conventional educational pattern of the country and to co-ordinate and determine the standards in such systems;
2. (b) to benefit the Indians spread all over the country and the world, without any discrimination on the ground of caste, creed, community, gender and religion according to its motto of Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam (World as Family). The University shall organise its activities in conventional, residential and distance mode to carry out research, teaching and extension work;
3. (c) to develop, design, and teach innovative, flexible professional and technical courses so as to provide best possible education of the highest academic standards and continue to strive to do so by way of peer group and expert evaluation;
4. (d) to offer courses conforming to the prescribed norms recognized by the UGC and AICTE;
5. (e) to provide education, instruction and training in such branches of learning as it may deem fit;
6. (f) to encourage and carry out fundamental and applied research for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge.

1. (1) The University shall have the following powers, viz :-
   • (a) to establish, maintain and recognize such Regional Centres and Study Centres as may be determined by the University from time to time in the manner laid down by the Statutes;
   • (b) to carry out all such other activities as may be necessary or feasible in furtherance of the object of the University;
   • (c) to hold examinations for, and to institute, grant and confer degrees or other academic distinctions to, and on, persons who-
     • (i) have pursued a course of study in the University or in a constituent college or under a distant education system at Regional Centres, Study Centres or Zed Career Academy Centre, or
     • (ii) have carried on research in the University or in a constituent college;
   • (d) to confer honorary degrees or other academic distinctions in the manner and under conditions laid down in the Statutes/provisions;
   • (e) to institute and award fellowships, scholarships and prizes etc. in accordance with the Statutes;
   • (f) 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;
   • (g) to make provision for the advancement of education in distance and alternate learning systems and other areas mentioned in section 6;
   • (h) to make provision for extra curricular activities for students and employees;
     • (i) to make appointments of the faculty, officers and employees of the University or a constituent college, Regional Centres, Study Centres and Zed Career Academy Centres;
   • (j) to receive donations and gifts of any kind and 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 a constituent college or a Regional Centre, Study Centre and Zed Career Academy Centre with the prior permission of TALEEM Research Foundation, Ahmedabad;
   • (k) to institute and maintain halls and to recognize places of residence for students of the University or a constituent college;
   • (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 Universities in such a manner and for such purposes as the University may determine from time to time;
   • (o) to provide distant education system and the manner in which distance education in relation to the academic programmes of the University may be organised;
   • (p) to organize and conduct refresher courses, orientation courses, workshops, seminars and other programmes for teachers, lesson writers, evaluators and other academic staff;
   • (q) to determine standards of admission to the University or a constituent college, Regional Centre, Study Centre and Zed Career Academy Centre through specialised committees with the approval of Academic Council;
   • (r) to make special provision for students belonging to the State of Uttaranchal for admission in any course of the University or in a constituent college, Regional Centre, Study Centre and Zed Career Academy Centre; 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;
   • (t) to prescribe such courses for Bachelor Degree, Post graduate, Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Science Degrees and Research which would be covered by UGC and AICTE; but University shall have right to start diplomas, certificates etc. in its own subjects;
   • (u) to clearly set apart the academic activities of the University from the activities of the Trust;
     • (v) to provide for the preparation of instructional materials, including films;
   • (w) to recognise examinations of, or periods of study (whether in full or in part) at 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;
     • (x) to raise, collect, subscribe and borrow with the approval of the Governing Body whether on the security of the property of the University, money for the purposes of the University;
   • (y) to enter into, carry out, vary or cancel contracts;
2. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, but without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), it shall be the duty of the University to take all such steps as it may deem fit for the promotion of the open university and distance education systems and for the determination of standards of teaching, evaluation and research in such systems, and for the purpose of performing this function, the University shall have such powers, including the power to allocate and disburse grants to Colleges, Regional Centres, Study Centres and Zed Career Academy Centres whether admitted to its privileges or not, or to any other university or institution of higher learning, as may be specified by the Statutes.

9. The university shall be open to all persons irrespective of class, creed 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 of Uttaranchal; Provided further that nothing in this section shall be deemed to require the University or a Constituent college or Regional Centres or Study Centres or Zed Career Academy Centres to admit in any course of study a larger number of students than may be determined by the Statutes.

10. The University will seek accreditation from respective national accreditation bodies.