Powers of the University

The University shall have the following powers: (a) To arrange for teaching in such branches of learning as the University may determine from time to time, as per the regulations of the University Grants Commission, and to make arrangements for research and for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge; (b) To conduct offshore campus centers/distance education, other than the main campus within the State, by the institutional centers in Science, Technology, Medicine, Dental Science, Pharmacy, Management, Hotel and Hospitality Management, Law and other professional courses, and History, Culture, Commerce, Economics, Philosophy, Arts etc., as per rules after prior approval of the University Grants Commission; (c) To honour educationists and eminent teachers with the title of Professor Emeritus; (d) To award degrees, diplomas, certificates or other academic distinctions to persons on the basis of examination, evaluation or any other method of evaluation under its own rules, and to withdraw these degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions for justified and sufficient reasons; (e) To grant honorary degrees or other distinctions in the manner prescribed by the Statutes; (f) To impart instruction to such persons who are not members of the University, including correspondence and other such courses; (g) To institute the posts of Director, Principal, Professor, Associate Professor, Reader, Assistant Professor, Lecturer and other teaching academic posts as required by the University and make appointments for them; (h) To create administrative, clerical and other posts and make appointments thereupon; (i) To appoint or engage persons working in any other university or organization who possess special knowledge, permanently or for a specified period; (j) To cooperate and collaborate or associate with any other university or authority or institution in such manner and for such purposes as the University may determine; (k) To establish and maintain colleges, institutions and such centers, specialized laboratories or other units for research and education as are necessary in the opinion of the University to advance its objects; (l) To institute and award fellowships, scholarships, studentships, medals and prizes; (m) To establish, supervise, and maintain hostels/residences for students of the University, and to make arrangements for the promotion of their health and general welfare; (n) To make provisions for research and consultancy services, and for such purpose, to enter into such arrangements with other institutions or units as the University may deem necessary; (o) To declare centers, institutions, departments or schools as per the Statutes; (p) To set standards for admission in the University, which may include any other method of examination, evaluation or testing; (q) To demand and receive fees and other charges; (r) To make such special provisions as the University may deem desirable in relation to women and the Sikh community; (s) To regulate and enforce discipline among the employees and students of the University, and to take such disciplinary measures in this regard as may be deemed necessary by the University; (t) To make provision for the promotion of the health and general welfare of the employees of the University; (u) To receive donations and to acquire, hold, manage and dispose of any movable or immovable property, including trust and endowment properties, for the welfare of the University; (v) To mortgage or pledge the property of the University, take loans on its money, with the approval of the Society for the purposes of the University; (w) To appoint visiting professors, emeritus professors, consultants, scholars and artists etc. on contract or any other basis for promoting the objects of the University; (x) To do all such other acts and deeds as may be necessary, incidental or auxiliary to the attainment of all or any of the objects of the University, which are approved by the Executive Council of the University.