Chapter II Chapter II

(1) The Promoting Society means Motherhood Institute of Management &Technology Society, Roorkee, Uttarakhand shall have the right to establish the Motherhood University in accordance with the provisions of this Act. (2) An application containing the proposal to establish a University has been made to the State Government by Promoting Society. The proposal contained the following particulars, namely:- (a) the objects of the University alongwith the details of Promoting Society; (b) the extent and status of the University and the availability of land; (c) the nature and type of programs 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; (ii) 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 rebate in fee, free ship and scholarship for students who are permanent resident of the State 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 Promoting Society as well as the detail of financial resources; (l) the system for selection of students to the courses of study at the University; (mi) 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) After conducting necessary investigation, the State Government is satisfied that the Sponsoring Society has fulfilled all the conditions and requirements and it is hereby established in the State of Uttarakhand by the name of "Motherhood University". (2) The University shall be a body corporate by the name of "Motherhood University" and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and shall sue and be sued by the said name. (3) (a) The main campus of the University shall be situated in Roorkee, Uttarakhand and the establishment of its other campus or regional centre, study centre shall be done according to the procedures established by the University Grants Commission and other statutory bodies. The University may establish its second campus in the State after a period of five years with the prior approval of the State Government, provided that there will be no time limit for opening a second campus above 2500 feet in hilly areas. (b) If additional land is required for starting other departments/subjects by the University, as per the requirements of statutory bodies, the University can establish it either adjacent to the main campus or elsewhere in the Roorkee region, District Haridwar. (4) The Chancellor, Pro-Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Registrar and members of the Management Board, Board of Management and Academic Council of the University may constitute a regular body while working on the said posts in the University so established and can sue and be sued in the name of the University. (5) On the establishment of the University under sub-section (1), the land, movable and immovable properties acquired, constructed, maintained or created for the purpose of the University, excluding the properties of the Sponsoring Society, shall be transferred to and vested in the University. (6) The land, buildings available with the University and all courses run by various departments/faculties must be in accordance with the standards of the concerned apex regulatory commission. (7) The infrastructure and other facilities in the main campus, campus and study centre etc., of the University shall be in accordance with the standards of the UGC and top statutory regulatory bodies. (b) However, to establish new faculties where additional land would be required as per norms of the concerned regulatory body, the University shall establish a split campus either adjoining or nearby within Roorkee. (4) The Chancellor, the Pro-Chancellor, the Vice-chancellor, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Registrar, members of the Board of Governors, members of 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. (5) On the establishment of the University under sub-section (1), the land and other moveable and immoveable properties acquired, created, arranged or built by Promoting Society, for the purpose of the University shall stand transferred to, and vest in the University. (6) The available land, building, various department/faculties of the University shall be must according the standard of Apex Regulatory Commission. (7) The infrastructural and other facilities of the University campus, off campus center, study center etc. shall be maintained as per the standards laid down by the UGC and other apex regulatory bodies.

The University shall be self-financed and it shall neither claim nor be entitled to any help, grant or any other financial assistance from any body or corporation owned or controlled by the State Government. However, the University shall be entitled to receive any such grant which is being given under a special scheme operated by the State Government or any body or corporation owned or controlled by the State Government, subject to the terms and conditions of such grant. This will not affect the self-financed status of the University.

There may be constituent colleges, regional centres, study centres, and career academy centres of the University within the State, but it shall not have the power to provide the privilege of affiliation to any other college or institution. The University may conduct collaborative research work and teaching work with other research institutes and other universities.

The objects for which the University has been established are as follows: (a) To provide and arrange for study, teaching, examination and research work in technical education, higher education, medical and dental education, legal education, aviation education, social sciences, general sciences and other subjects and other branches as the University deems fit; (b) To establish campuses and constituent colleges in technical education, higher education, medical and dental education, legal education, aviation education, social sciences, general sciences and other fields; and to establish and provide certificate courses, diploma, graduate and post-graduate degrees and Ph.D. degrees as named by the University Grants Commission, but the University shall have the right to provide other such new diploma and certificate courses for the promotion of its objectives; (c) Establishment of constituent centres in the State under continuing education to provide teaching through distance education system for the courses mentioned in (b) above; (d) To establish examination centres; (e) To provide degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic achievements to the University on the basis of examinations or other systems; (f) To establish campuses in other states with the consent of the University Grants Commission and the concerned State Government; (g) To conduct seminars, conferences, workshops, academic programmes, community development programmes, publications, training programmes and group studies, etc., for the University by establishing research and development centres to encourage research and innovations in technical education, higher education, medical and dental education, legal education, aviation education, social sciences, general sciences and other fields; (h) To contribute to the development of society through outreach studies, extension programmes and outreach regional activities; (i) To establish off-shore campuses under the provisions and rules of the University Grants Commission; (j) To do all such acts as are necessary, relevant and auxiliary for the attainment of all or any of the objects of the University, as may be necessary.

(1) The University shall have the following powers, namely: (a) To arrange for study, teaching, examination and research work in technical education, higher education, medical and dental education, legal education, aviation education, social sciences, general sciences and other subjects and other fields; to make provision for conducting teaching and for the advancement and dissemination of research and knowledge; (b) To perform all such other activities as are necessary or feasible to fulfill the objects of the University; (c) To organize examinations for such persons and to institute and award degrees or other academic distinctions who have: (1) studied a course of study under the University or its campus or any constituent college or under distance education system in regional centres, study centres or career academy centres; or (2) carried out research work in the University or any constituent college, or under any distance education system; (d) To confer honorary degrees or other academic distinctions in the manner and subject to the conditions as stated in the statutes/provisions; (e) To institute and award fellowships, scholarships and prizes in accordance with the statutes; (f) To demand and receive such fees, deposits, bills, invoices and to collect charges as may be fixed by the statutes or rules, as the case may be; (g) To establish, maintain and recognize such regional centres and study centres as may be determined from time to time in the manner specified in the statutes of the University; (h) To provide for extra-curricular activities other than education for students and staff; (i) To appoint faculty, officers and staff in the University or its campus or constituent colleges, regional centres, study centres, research centres and career academy centres; (j) With the prior permission of the sponsoring body, to receive donations and gifts of any kind for the purposes of the University, its campus or any constituent college, regional centres, study centres, research centres and career academic centres, and to acquire, hold, manage, maintain and dispose of any movable, immovable property, including property of trusts and endowments; (k) To establish and maintain halls/hostels for students of the University, its campus or any constituent colleges and to set up residential places; (l) To control and supervise residence and to maintain control over discipline among all categories of employees and students and to specify the conditions of service of such employees, including a code of conduct; (m) To create academic, administrative and supporting staff and other necessary posts; (n) To collaborate and cooperate with institutions, organizations, universities, individuals, industries and institutions of India or abroad in such a manner and for such purposes as the University may determine from time to time; (o) To provide for a distance education system and such manner by which distance education can be organized in accordance with the academic programmes of the University; (p) To organize and conduct refresher courses, orientation courses, workshops, seminars and other programmes for teachers, lecturers, lesson writers, evaluators and other academic staff; (q) To determine standards for admission through special committees and with the approval of the Academic Council in the University, its campuses or any constituent colleges, regional centres, study centres, research centres and career academic centres; (r) To make special provision for admission in any course in the University, its campuses, or any constituent colleges, regional centres, study centres, research centres and career academic centres on the basis of merit for permanent residents of Uttarakhand State; (s) To determine such courses for degrees of Bachelor, Master, Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Science and research work in technical education, higher education, medical and dental education, legal education, aviation education, social sciences, general sciences and other subjects as come under the University Grants Commission and other statutory councils, but the University shall have the right to start its own course in relation to giving diplomas, certificates, etc., in its own subjects; (t) The academic activities of the University shall be clearly distinct from the activities of the sponsoring body; (u) To arrange for the preparation of educational material including film cassettes, tapes, video cassettes, CDs, DVDs and other software etc.; (v) To grant recognition to the examinations or duration of study (full or partial) of other universities, institutions and higher education centres as equivalent to the examinations or duration of study of the University and to terminate the recognition given to them at any time. (1) (i) to make appointments of faculty, officers and employees of the university or a Campus College, Constituent College, Regional Centres, Study Centres, Research Centres, Career Academy Centre; (j) to receive donations and gifts of any kind and to acquire, hold, manage, maintain and dispose of any movable or immovable property, for the purpose of the University or a Constituent College, or a Regional Centre, Study Centre and Career Academy Centre with prior permission of the Promoting Society; (k) to institute and maintain halls/hostels and to recognize places of residence for students of the University or a Constituent College; (l) to supervise and control the residence of students 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 Supporting staff and other necessary posts; (n) to co-operate and collaborate with other Universities, Institutions, Organizations, Individuals, Industries and Societies in India and abroad 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 organized; (p) to organize and conduct refresher course, 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 Centres, Study Centres, with the approval of Academic Council; (r) to make special provision for permanent resident of Uttarakhand for admission in any course of the University or in a Constituent College, Regional Centre, Study Centre, Research Centre and Career Academic Centre as per merit; (s) to prescribe such courses for Bachelor Degree, Post Graduate Degree, Doctor of Pholosophy, Doctor of Science Degree and Research and to start Diploma, Certificates in Technical education, Higher education, Medical and Dental education, Legal education, Aviation education, Social Sciences, General Sciences and other areas of education which would be covered by UGC and other statutory bodies; (t) to clearly set apart the academic activities of the University from the activities of the Promoting Society; (u) to provide for the preparation of instructional materials, including films, cassettes, tapes, video cassettes, CD, DVD and other softwares; (v) to recognise examinations of, 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; (w) to raise, collect, subscribe and borrow funds with the approval of the Board of Governors whether on the security of the property of the University, money for the purposes of the University; (x) to enter into, carry out, amend or cancel contracts; (y) 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; (z) to sue or be sued in its own name as a Legal Entity in any Court of Law, Tribunal or Authority through its authorized officer. (2) Not withstanding 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 university and distance education system 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 and Study Centres and 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.

The University shall be open to all persons irrespective of class, caste, creed or, gender ; Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent the University from making special provisions for admission to permanent resident of Uttarakhand ; Provided further that nothing in this section shall be deemed to require the University or constituent colleges or Regional Centres or Study Centres or Career Academy Centres to admit in any course of study a larger number of students than may be determined by the statutes;

The University shall seek accreditation from respective national accreditation bodies.