Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Subject to the provisions of this Act., the Statutes or Rules made there under or any other relevant laws for the time being in force or such orders, regulations, guidelines and directions, as may be issued from time to time, by the Central Government, the State Government or the Regulatory Body, the University shall have the following powers, namely :– (a) to establish and develop Schools under various disciplines as envisaged in clause (q) of Section 5; Powers of the University. 13 (b) to carry out 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 as envisaged under Section 5 in the manner and under conditions laid down in the Statutes; ( d) to institute and award fellowships, scholarships and prizes, 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 provisions for extra-curricular activities for students and employees; (g) to make appointments of the faculty, officers and employees of the University; (h) to receive donations and gifts of any kind and to acquire, hold, manage, maintain and dispose of any movable or immovable property and endowment properties for the purpose of the University; (i) to institute and maintain or take on rent halls and to provide places of residence for students of the University and to recognize such places taken on rent; (j) to supervise and control the residence and to regulate the discipline among the students, research scholars, trainees and all categories of employees and to lay down the conditions of service of such employees, including their code of conduct; (k) to create academic, administrative and support staff and other posts, as would be necessary; (l) to co-operate and collaborate with other domestic and overseas Universities and Institutions, academicians, in such manner and for such purposes as the University may determine, from time to time, keeping in view, the rich heritage and culture of India; 14 (m) to organise and conduct refresher courses, orientation courses, workshops, seminars and other programmes for teachers, developers of course ware, evaluators and other academic staff; (n) to determine standards of admission to the University with the approval of the Academic Council; (o) to make special provision for students belonging to the State of Odisha for admission in any course of the University; (p) to do all such other acts or things as may be necessary for furtherance of the objects of the University; (q) to prescribe such courses for Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree, Master of Philosophy, Doctor of Philosophy, Degrees and Research and such other Degrees, Diplomas, Charters, Designations and Certificates; (r) to provide for the preparation of instructional materials including films, cassettes, tapes, video cassettes, compact disk, visual compact disk and other software; (s) to reorganize examinations or periods of study, whether in full or in part, of other Universities, Institution 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; (t) to raise, collect, subscribe and borrow with the approval of the Board of Governors whether on the security or the property of the University money for the purpose of the University; (u) to enter into, carry out, vary or cancel contracts; (v) to receive grants for conducting schemes, projects and specific Research and Studies from Non-Government sources; and (w) to do all things necessary or expedient to exercise the above powers.