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The University shall have the following powers, viz:- (a) To establish, maintain and recognize such Regional Centres and Study Centres as may be determined by the University from time to time in the manner laid down by the statutes in accordance with the guidelines issued by the UGC; (b) To carry out all such other activities as may be necessary or feasible in furtherance of the object of the University; (c) To confer degrees, diplomas, charters, certificates or other academic distinctions and professional designations in the manner and under conditions laid down in the Statutes; (d) To institute and award fellowships, scholarships and prizes etc., in accordance with the Statutes; (e) To demand and receive such fees, bills, invoices and collect charges as may be fixed by the Statutes or rules, as the case may be; (f) To make and terminate appointments of the faculty, officers and employees of the University or a constituent college, affiliated colleges, Regional Centres, Study Centres located in India and abroad in accordance with the guidelines issued by the UGC; (g) To receive donations and gifts of any kind and to acquire, hold, manage, maintain and dispose of any movable or immovable property, including trust and endowment properties for the purpose of the University or a constituent college, or a Regional Centre, Study Centre in accordance with the guidelines issued by the UGC; (h) To accept students from all sections of the University regardless of caste, race or creed; (i) To ensure that the land, building and other properties acquired for the University shall not be used for any purpose, other than that for which the same is acquired; (j) To co-operate and collaborate with other Universities and Institutions in such manner and for such purposes as the University may determine from time to time; (k) To offer programs on distance learning basis and continuing education and the manner in which such programs are offered by the University;(l) To make special provision for students belonging to the State of Meghalaya for admission in any course of the University or in a constituent college, affiliated college, regional centre or study centre; (m)To do all such other acts or things whether incidental to the powers aforesaid or not, as may be necessary to further the objects of the University; (n) To recognize examinations or periods of study (whether in full or in part) of other Universities, Institutions or other places of Higher learning as equivalent to examinations or periods of study in the University and to withdraw such recognition at any time; and (o) To manage all properties, movable and immovable the land acquired, created, arranged or built by the University for the purpose of the University in the State of Meghalaya which shall vest in the University and to ensure that such land, building and other properties acquired for the University shall not be used for any purpose, other than that for which the same is acquired.