Powers and duties of the University

The University shall have the following powers and duties; namely: (a) To make arrangements for teaching in such subjects as the University deems proper and to make arrangements for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge in research and extension work including consultancy services: Provided that the fields of research and extension work shall be encouraged in such a manner that the teaching acts are not encroached upon due to higher education/knowledge being first; (b) To reorient teaching, research and extension work and consultation and cooperation with other universities and institutions and entrepreneurship extension in such manner as the University deems proper, so as to accelerate academic advancement and scientific research and to include the establishment of inter/multidisciplinary centers/departments to keep pace with new social demands; (c) To affiliate and associate with the University to other universities, institutions and authorities for the expansion of possibilities of education; (d) To work towards character and capacity building of students with the objective of equipping them to enter the job market and to become competitive, to encourage entrepreneurship in them and to play a positive role as responsible citizens; (e) To institute chairs, degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions; (f) To grant the special right of affiliation or recognition to any college or self-financed institutions of various names or to increase the special rights of any college already affiliated or recognized as the case may be, or to withdraw or reduce any such special right, and to guide and control the work of affiliated and associated colleges and self-financed institutions; (g) To conduct examinations for such persons (without discrimination of any gender, caste, creed or otherwise disability) who have studied any course according to the conditions determined in the Statutes and Ordinances, in the university campus, constituent or affiliated or associated college or self-financed institution or have done research work under the University or an institution recognized by the University for this purpose or a distance education program or who have attained excellence in any field, and to grant degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions; (h) To grant honorary degrees or other academic distinctions in the manner and conditions prescribed in the Statutes; (i) To [text truncated in original image]