law: Central Universities Act, 2009
  6. Powers of
  
  University. -
  
  1.  
  
    The
  
  University shall have the following powers, namely:-
   
  
   i.  
  
    to
  
  provide for instructions in such branches of learning like natural sciences,
  
  social sciences, humanities, engineering, technology and medicine as the
  
  University may, from time to time, determine and to make provisions for
  
  research and for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge;
   
  
   ii.  
  
    to
  
  grant, subject to such conditions as the University may determine, diplomas or
  
  certificates to, and confer degrees or other academic distinctions on, persons,
  
  on the basis of examinations, evaluation or any other method of testing, and to
  
  withdraw any such diplomas, certificates, degrees or other academic
  
  distinctions for good and sufficient cause;
   
  
   iii.  
  
    to
  
  organise and to undertake extramural studies, training and extension services;
   
  
   iv.  
  
    to
  
  confer honorary degrees or other distinctions in the manner prescribed by the
  
  Statutes;
   
  
   v.  
  
    to
  
  provide facilities through the distance education system to such persons as it
  
  may determine;
   
  
   vi.  
  
    to
  
  institute Principal ships, Professorships, Associate Professorships, Assistant
  
  Professorships and other teaching or academic positions, required by the
  
  University and to appoint persons to such Principal ships, Professorships,
  
  Associate Professorships, Assistant Professorships or other teaching or
  
  academic positions;
   
  
   vii.  
  
    to
  
  recognize an institution of higher learning for such purposes as the University
  
  may determine and to withdraw such recognition;
   
  
   viii.  
  
    to
  
  appoint persons working in any other University or academic institution,
  
  including those located outside the country, as teachers of the University for
  
  a specified period;
   
  
   ix.  
  
    to
  
  create administrative, ministerial and other posts and to make appointments
  
  thereto;
   
  
   x.  
  
    to
  
  co-operate or collaborate or associate with any other University or authority
  
  or institution of higher learning, including those located outside the country,
  
  in such manner and for such purposes as the University may determine;
   
  
   xi.  
  
    to
  
  establish such centres and specialised laboratories or other units for research
  
  and instruction as are, in the opinion of the University, necessary for the
  
  furtherance of its objects;
   
  
   xii.  
  
    to
  
  institute and award fellowships, scholarships, studentships, medals and prizes;
  
  
   
  
   xiii.  
  
    to
  
  establish and maintain Colleges, Institutions and Halls;
   
  
   xiv.  
  
    to
  
  make provision for research and advisory services and for that purpose to enter
  
  into such arrangements with other institutions, industrial or other
  
  organisations, as the University may deem necessary;
   
  
   xv.  
  
    to
  
  organise and conduct refresher courses, workshops, seminars and other
  
  programmes for teachers, evaluators and other academic staff;
   
  
   xvi.  
  
    to
  
  appoint on contract or otherwise visiting Professors, Emeritus Professors,
  
  Consultants and such other persons who may contribute to the advancement of the
  
  objects of the University;
   
  
   xvii.  
  
    to
  
  confer autonomous status on a College or an Institution or a Department, as the
  
  case may be, in accordance with the Statutes;
    xviii.  
  
    to
  
  determine standards of admission to the University, which may include
  
  examination, evaluation or any other method of testing;
   
  
   xix.  
  
    to
  
  demand and receive payment of fees and other charges;
   
  
   xx.  
  
    to
  
  supervise the residences of the students of the University and to make
  
  arrangements for promoting their health and general welfare;
   
  
   xxi.  
  
    to
  
  lay down conditions of service of all categories of employees, including their
  
  code of conduct;
   
  
   xxii.  
  
    to
  
  regulate and enforce discipline among the students and the employees, and to
  
  take such disciplinary measures in this regard as may be deemed by the
  
  University to be necessary;
    xxiii.  
  
    to
  
  make arrangements for promoting the health and general welfare of the
  
  employees;
    xxiv.  
  
    to
  
  receive benefactions, donations and gifts and to acquire, hold and manage, and
  
  to dispose of, with the previous approval of the Central Government, any
  
  property, movable or immovable, including trust and endowment properties, for
  
  the purposes of the University;
   
  
   xxv.  
  
    to
  
  borrow, with the previous approval of the Central Government, on the security
  
  of the property of the University, money for the purposes of the University;
  
  and
    xxvi.  
  
    to
  
  do all such other acts and things as may be necessary, incidental or conducive
  
  to the attainment of all or any of its objects.
  1.  
  
  
  2.  
  
    In
  
  exercising its powers referred to in sub-section (1), it shall be the endeavour
  
  of the University to maintain an all-India character and high standards of
  
  teaching and research, and the University shall, among other measures which may
  
  be necessary for the said purpose, take, in particular, the following measures,
  
  namely:-
   
  
   i.  
  
    admission
  
  of students and recruitment of faculty shall be made on all-India basis;
   
  
   ii.  
  
    admissions
  
  of students shall be made on merit, either through Common Entrance Tests
  
  conducted individually by the University or in combination with other
  
  Universities, or on the basis of marks obtained in the qualifying examination
  
  in such courses where the intake of students is small;
   
  
   iii.  
  
    inter-University
  
  mobility of faculty, with portable pensions and protection of seniority, shall
  
  be encouraged;
   
  
   iv.  
  
    semester
  
  system, continuous evaluation and choice-based credit system shall be
  
  introduced and the University shall enter into agreements with other
  
  Universities and academic institutions for credit transfer and joint degree
  
  programmes;
   
  
   v.  
  
    innovative
  
  courses and programmes of studies shall be introduced with a provision for
  
  periodic review and restructuring; (vi) active participation of students shall
  
  be ensured in all academic activities of the University, including evaluation
  
  of teachers;
   
  
   vi.  
  
    accreditation
  
  shall be obtained from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council or any
  
  other accrediting agency at the national level; and
   
  
   vii.  
  
    e-governance
  
  shall be introduced with an effective management information system.