Powers of the University

(1) The University shall have the following powers: (a) To provide for study, teaching, testing and research work, teaching arrangement in technical education, higher education, medical, para-medical and dental education, legal education, aviation education, social science, general science and other subjects and other fields, and to make provision for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge and research; (b) To perform all such other activities as may be necessary or feasible, to fulfill the objectives of the University; (c) To organize examinations for such persons and to confer degrees or other academic distinctions upon those who have: (1) studied a teaching course under the University or its campus or any constituent college or under distance education system at regional centers, study centers or career academy centers; or (2) conducted 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 under the conditions alleged in the statutes/provisions; (e) To institute and grant fellowships, scholarships and prizes, etc., according to the statutes; (f) To demand and receive such fees, deposits, bills and collect charges as may be prescribed by the Statutes or Rules, as the case may be; (g) To establish, maintain and grant recognition to such regional centers and study centers as may be determined by the manner specified in the Statutes of the University from time to time; (h) To provide for extracurricular activities other than education for students and employees; (i) To appoint staff, officers and employees of the University or its campus or constituent colleges, regional centers, study centers, research centers and career academy centers; (j) To receive donations and gifts of any kind for the purposes of the University with the prior permission of the sponsoring institution and to acquire, hold, manage, maintain and dispose of any movable and immovable property including trust and endowment properties; (k) To establish and maintain halls/hostels for the students of the University or its campus or any constituent college and to fix the places of residence; (l) To control residence, supervise and control discipline among all categories of employees and students and to specify the service conditions of such employees including a code of conduct; (m) To create academic, administrative and support staff and other necessary posts; (n) To cooperate and collaborate with institutions, organizations, universities, individuals, industries and institutions of India or abroad in such manner and for such purposes as the University may determine from time to time; (o) To provide for distance education system and such manner as to enable the distance education to be organized according to the academic programs of the University with the prior permission of the University Grants Commission and concerned regulatory institutions; (p) To organize and conduct refresher courses, orientation courses, workshops, seminars and other programs for teachers, instructors, text writers, evaluators and other academic staff; (q) To determine the standards for admission through special committees and with the approval of the Academic Council in the University, or its campus, or any constituent college, regional centers, study centers, research centers and career academy centers; (r) To make special provision for admission for Permanent Residents of Uttarakhand State on the basis of merit in any course in the University, or its campus, or any constituent college, regional centers, study centers, research centers and career academy centers; (s) To determine such courses for Graduate, Post Graduate, Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Science degrees and research work in technical education, higher education, medical and dental education, legal education, aviation education, social science, general science and other subjects by the University as fall 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 Diploma, Certificate etc. in its subjects; (t) The academic activities of the University shall be clearly separate from the activities of the sponsoring institution; (u) To provide for preparing educational material including film cassettes, tapes, video cassettes, CD, DVD and other software etc.; (v) To grant recognition to the examinations or period of study (full or partial) of other university institutions and higher education centers as equivalent to the examinations or period of study of the University and to terminate the recognition granted to them at any time; (w) To borrow, collect, accept and obtain loans for the University on the security of the property of the University or without it with the approval of the Governing Body; (x) To enter into contract, execute it, modify it or terminate it; (y) To do all such other acts as may be necessary and possible to advance the objectives of the University, whether they are incidental to the aforesaid powers or not; (z) As a legal entity, to file suits and be sued in its name in any court, tribunal or authority through its authorized officer. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, and without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), it shall be the duty of the University to take all such measures as it deems fit to promote the University and distance education systems and to set standards for teaching, evaluation and research of such systems, and for the execution of this task, the University shall have such powers as may be specified by the Statutes including the power to grant and distribute approvals to universities, colleges, regional centers, study centers, research centers and career academy centers, whether they have been granted special rights or not, or to any other university or higher education institution.