State Act

The Jagannath Barooah University Act, 2023

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The University shall have the following powers, namely:— (i) to provide for instruction in such branches of learning, including the Open and Distance Learning (ODL) courses as the University may think fit and to make provision for research to secure advancement, diffusion and extension of knowledge in all spheres of learning; (ii) to establish within the university area or outside that area such field stations and specialised laboratories and such other units for research and instruction as are necessary for the furtherance of each objects; (iii) to affiliate with it or admit to any of its privileges or to recognise for any purpose, either in whole or in part, any college or institution or members or student thereof, on such terms and conditions as may, from time to time, be prescribed, and to withdraw such affiliation, privileges or recognitions; (iv) to incorporate any Provincialised College of the State as a Constituent College of the University with prior approval of the Government of Assam; (v) to organise and undertake extramural teaching and extension education services; (vi) to hold examinations, grant and confer degrees, diplomas, certificates or other academic distinctions on persons who- (a) have passed a course of study in the University or in any affiliated college, or (b) are teachers in educational institutions under conditions laid down in the statutes, ordinances and regulations and have passed the examinations of the University under like conditions, or (c) have passed a course of study by correspondence or open and distance mode, whether residing within the territorial jurisdiction of the University or not, or (d) have been registered by the University, subject to such conditions as may be laid down in the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations as external candidates, being persons residing within the territorial units to which the powers of the University extend; (vii) to confer honorary degrees or other distinctions; (viii) to grant such diplomas and to provide such lectures and instructions for persons not being members of the University, as the University may determine; (ix) to deprive or withdraw any degrees, diplomas, certificates or other distinctions granted to or conferred upon by the University for good and sufficient cause; (x) to propose to the Government for creation of such teaching, administrative and other posts as the University may deem necessary from time to time and to make appointments thereto after the posts has been created by the Government of Assam, and due approval is accorded for recruitment. (xi) to recognize and appoint eminent scholar in their respective fields as “Professor of Practice”, “Visiting faculties”, “Professor Emeritus”; (xii) to appoint or recognise persons as Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors or otherwise as teachers of the University only against posts sanctioned by the State Government; (xiii) to institute and award fellowships, scholarships, exhibitions and prizes; (xiv) to regulate and enforce discipline among students and employees of the University and to take such disciplinary measures in this regard, as may be deemed necessary; (xv) to make arrangements to promote the health and general welfare of students of the University; (xvi) to determine conditions and make provision to conduct entrance examinations for admission into the University; (xvii) to cooperate or collaborate with any other Universities, authorities or associations, or any other public or private body having purposes and objectives similar to those of the University or appoint one or more representatives of the Universities to act upon any such body, authority or association for such purposes, as may be agreed upon, on such terms and conditions, as may be prescribed from time to time; (xviii) to enter into a contract or MoU or agreement with any other organization or institution, recognized by the Government of India, Government of Assam and any other state government, for the transfer of knowledge and technology on well-defined terms and conditions to raise funds for the University, for technical collaboration and any other collaboration with due approval of Government of Assam; (xix) to enter into any agreement for the incorporation in the University of any other institutions and for taking over its rights, properties and liabilities and for any other purposes not repugnant to this Act with prior approval of the Government of Assam; (xx) demand and receive payment of such fees and other charges, as may be prescribed from time to time and to hold, manage and dispose of any movable or immovable, including trust or endowed property within or outside the university area for the purpose or objects of the university and to invest any funds representing such property in such manner, as the University thinks fit; (xxi) to purchase a property for furthering the cause and objective of the University; (xxii) to maintain bank accounts in the name of the University; (xxiii) to receive grants from State and Central Government, University Grants Commission, and any private or central Government agencies, as prescribed in Statutes, Ordinances or Rules; (xxiv) to provide for the benefit of its members, such pension or provident fund as the University may deem fit; (xxv) to borrow with the approval of the State Government, on the security of university property, money for the purposes of the University; (xxvi) to provide for the printing, reproduction and publication of research activities; (xvii) to do all such other acts and things, whether incidental to the powers aforesaid or not, as may be required in order to further the objectives of the University.