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(1) There shall be established a University in Puducherry by the name of "Puducherry Technological University"; (2) The University shall be a teaching, research and an Affiliating University in emerging areas of higher education with focus on Engineering, Technology, Management, Architecture and Advanced Sciences and shall promote innovation, inter-disciplinary education and research, so as to achieve excellence at National, International levels, in these areas and in connected fields; (3) The Principal seat of the University shall be the Pondicherry Engineering College, Puducherry, or any other place which the Government may, by notification, specify in this behalf; (4) The Chancellor, the Pro-Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor, the Board of Governors, the Academic Council and the Finance Committee of the University, and all such persons as may hereafter be appointed to such office or members, so long as they continue to hold office or membership, are hereby constituted into a Body corporate in the name of 'Puducherry Technological University'; (5) The University shall be a Body corporate with the name aforesaid, having perpetual succession, and a common seal, with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire, hold and dispose of property, and to contract, and may, by the said name 'sue' or 'be sued'; (6) In all suits and other legal proceedings by or against the University, the pleadings shall be signed and verified by the Registrar, and all processes in such suits and proceedings shall be issued to, and served on the Registrar. Establishment of the University. 229 PART–II] LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT