10Powers of University
The University shall have the following powers, namely:--
(i) to make provision for providing, upgrading and promoting holistic and inclusive education and training and research in such education as set out in the objects, and to create an enabling and conducive environment for the pursuit of such education in close co-operation with other experts, scholars and interested persons in India, Asian countries and other countries;
(ii) to set up a consortium of international partners and friendly countries in furtherance of the objects of the University;
(iii) to generate and maintain resources through consultancy services, continuing education programmes, national and international collaborations and intellectual property rights;
(iv) to provide for instruction in such branches of learning as the University may, from time to time, determine and to make provisions for research and for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge;
(v) to establish such special centres and specialised laboratories and such other units for research and instruction as are necessary for the furtherance of its objects;
(vi) to plan and prescribe courses of study for degrees, diplomas, certificates or for any other purpose;
(vii) to hold examinations and grant diplomas or certificates to, and confer degrees and other academic distinctions on, persons who have pursued a course of study or conducted research, in the manner laid down by the Statutes and Ordinances;
(viii) to confer honorary degrees or other academic distinctions in the manner prescribed by the Statutes;
(ix) to institute Professorships, Readerships and Lecturerships and other teaching and academic positions, required by the University and to appoint persons to such Chairs, Professorships, Readerships and Lecturerships and other teaching and academic positions;
(x) to appoint visiting professors, Emeritus professors, consultants, scholars and such other persons who may contribute to the advancement of the objects of the University;
(xi) to recognise persons as professors, associate professors, or assistant professors or otherwise as teachers of the University;
(xii) to create administrative and other posts as the University may deem necessary from time to time and to make appointments thereto;
(xiii) to lay down conditions of service of all categories of employees, including their code of conduct;
(xiv) to establish and maintain centres in India or outside India, as may be determined from time to time;
(xv) to admit to its privileges institutions situated within its jurisdiction as the University institutions and to withdraw all or any of those privileges in accordance with such conditions as may be prescribed by the Statutes;
(xvi) to co-operate or collaborate or associate with any other University or authority or institution of higher learning or any other public or private body, having in view the promotion of purposes and objects similar to those of the University, in such manner as may be prescribed and for such purposes as may be determined or agreed upon by the University;
(xvii) to determine standards of admissions, including examination, evaluation or any other method of testing, to the University, and the institutions maintained by or admitted to the privileges of the University;
(xviii) to demand and receive payment of fees and other charges as may be prescribed;
(xix) to establish Halls and to recognise, guide, supervise and control Halls not maintained by the University and other accommodation for students, and to withdraw any such recognition;
(xx) to make arrangements for promoting health and general welfare of students and employees of the University;
(xxi) 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;
(xxii) to institute and award Fellowships, Scholarships and Prizes;
(xxiii) to receive benefactions, donations and gifts in accordance with the Ordinances and to acquire, hold, manage and dispose of any property, movable or immovable, including trust and endowment properties, for the purposes or objects of the University and to invest funds in such manner as it deems fit;
(xxiv) to borrow, with the approval of the Governing Board;
(xxv) to recognise for any purpose, either in whole or in part, any institution or members or students thereof on such terms and conditions as may, from time to time, be prescribed and to withdraw such recognition;
(xxvi) to make provision for research and advisory services and for that purpose to enter into such arrangements with other institutions or bodies as it may deem necessary;
(xxvii) to provide for the printing, reproduction and publication or research and other work which may be required by the University;
(xxviii) to exercise such other powers accorded to it and to do all such other acts as may be necessary, incidental or conducive to the promotion of all or any of the objects of the University.
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- 1 Short title and commencement
- 2 Declaration of Nalanda University as an institution of national importance
- 3 Definitions
- 4 Establishment and incorporation of Nalanda University
- 5 Effect of establishment of University
- 6 Jurisdiction
- 7 Governing Board
- 8 Powers and functions of Governing Board
- 9 Objectives of University
- 10 Powers of University
- 11 University open to all persons
- 12 Visitor
- 13 Officers of University
- 14 The Chancellor
- 15 The Vice-Chancellor
- 16 The Registrar
- 17 The Finance Officer
- 18 The Controller of Examinations
- 19 The Librarian
- 20 Other officers
- 21 Privileges and immunities of academic staff, etc
- 22 Authorities of the University
- 23 The Academic Council
- 24 The School of Studies
- 25 The Finance Committee
- 26 Other authorities
- 27 Statutes
- 28 Statutes how made
- 29 Ordinances
- 30 Regulations
- 31 Annual report
- 32 Annual accounts, etc
- 33 Conditions of service of employees
- 34 Procedure of appeal and arbitration in disciplinary cases against students
- 35 Right to appeal
- 36 Provident and pension funds
- 37 Disputes as to the constitution of authorities and bodies
- 38 Filling of casual vacancies
- 39 Proceedings of authorities or bodies not invalidated by vacancies
- 40 Protection of action taken in good faith
- 41 Power to remove difficulties
- 42 Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations to be published in the Official Gazette and to be laid before Parliament
- 43 Transitional provisions
- 44 Repeal of University of Nalanda Act