Section Text
2018.
(Chapter II.—University and its Officers.—Section 4.)
(3) to provide for specialization of studies in colleges and for organization by
colleges having common laboratories, libraries, museums and other
institutions or centres for study and research work;
(4) to affiliate colleges or institutions or centres and to withdraw such
affiliation as per provisions of the Act;
(5) to recognize affiliated colleges as professional colleges or autonomous
colleges or private colleges and to withdraw recognition of any such
college under the provisions of the Act;
(6) to provide for affiliated colleges, other than Government colleges—
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(a) the powers and functions of their Governing Bodies; and
(b) for the colleges other than the Government colleges and the
Government-aided colleges, with the approval of the State Government—
(i) the terms and conditions of service and emoluments for posts of
Principals, Teachers and such other employees as it may deem
fit;
(ii) the rules for Provident Funds; and
(iii) the duties and responsibilities of the Principal, Teachers and any
other employee as deem fit and disciplinary actions and
punishment for negligence or violations thereof;
(7) to provide for affiliated colleges the constitution, powers and functions for
Teachers' Councils;
(8) to provide for the inspection, or investigation into the affairs, of colleges
or institutions recognized by it or affiliated to it and to exercise general
supervision and control over them;
(9) to take over for a period of twelve months the management of any college
or institution, affiliated to, or recognized by the University, other than a
Government college or a private college in order to ensure that proper
standards of teaching, training or instruction are maintained therein:
Provided that the University may, if it considers it necessary so to do, extend such
period, however, that the aggregate period shall not extend eighteen months;
(10) to dissolve, in consultation with the State Government, the Governing
Body of any affiliated private college, professional college, autonomous
college, institution, other than a Government-aided college or a Government
college and pending reconstitution of the Governing Body thereof in such
manner as may be provided and to appoint an Administrator or an ad hoc
Governing Body:
Provided that the reconstitution of the Governing Body shall be made within a period
of twelve months from the date of dissolution:
Provided further that the University may, if it considers it necessary so to do, extend
such period, however, that the aggregate period shall not exceed eighteen months;
(1 I ) to institute degrees, titles, diplomas, certificates and other academic
distinctions;
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(Chapter 11.—University and its Officers.—Section 4.)
(12) to hold examinations and to confer degrees, titles, diplomas, certificates
and other academic distinctions on persons who shall have pursued an
approved course of study in an affiliated college, professional college or
University College or a University Laboratory unless exempted therefrom
in the manner provided by the Regulations and shall have passed the
prescribed examinations of the University, or shall have carried on research
under conditions provided;
(13) to withdraw or to cancel degrees, titles, diplomas, certificates or other
academic distinctions under such conditions as may be provided by the
Statutes and after giving the person affected a reasonable opportunity to
present his case;
(14) to confer honorary degrees or other academic distinctions under conditions
provided by the Statutes;
(15) to institute Professorships including Distinguished or Chair Professorships,
Associate Professorships, Assistant Professorships and other teaching
posts required by the University with prior approval of the State Government
and to appoint persons to such Professorships, Associate Professorships,
Assistant Professorships or other teaching posts, or to recognize persons as
Professors, Associate Professors or Assistant Professors of the University,
or as holders of other teaching posts of the University for the purpose of
imparting instruction and for conducting research in the University;
(16) to create posts, as and when required, of officers and employees of the
University besides those provided for in this Act with the prior concurrence
and approval of the State Government;
(17) to provide, subject to the provisions of this Act, the constitution, powers
and duties of the Boards of Studies, the Finance Committee, and other
bodies as may be provide by the Statutes;
(18) to provide by the Statutes the powers and duties of officers of the
University;
(19) to provide by the Statutes, subject to the provisions of this Act, the terms
and conditions of service, including the rules of conduct and discipline and
the emoluments for all categories of posts of the University;
(20) to make provisions for provident and other funds for the employees of the
University;
(21) to determine fees or other charges for examinations and other purposes, and
to demand and receive the fees or other charges so prescribed;
(22) to establish, maintain and manage halls and hostels and to withdraw such
recognition;
(23) to provide for the promotion of the health and welfare of students and of
discipline among them;
(24) to co-ordinate the activities of, and give financial aid to affiliated or
recognized colleges and institutions;
(25) to extend grant to the National Service Scheme and National Cadet Corps
from the University Fund;