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(1) A University Department or institution, or affiliated college or recognised institution may apply to the University for grant of autonomous status. The Executive Council on the recommendation of Academic Council may confer the autonomous status. Extension of affiliation or recognition. Permanent affiliation or recognition. consider and make recommendations on the inspection report, if any; (i) THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY. AUGUST 1 2002 33 PART III] The West Bengal University of Health Sciences Act, 2002. (Sections 55, 56.) (2) The autonomous University Department or institution, or affiliated college or recognised institution may constitute its authorities or bodies and exercise such powers and perform such functions and carry out such administrative, academic. financial and other activities of the University, as may be prescribed. (3) The autonomous University Department or institution, or affiliated college or recognised institution may prescribe its own courses of study, evolve its own teaching methods and hold examinations and tests for students receiving instruction in it and award degrees or certificates of its own. Such autonomous University Department or institution, or affiliated college or recognised institution shall function with the objectives of promoting academic freedom and scholarship on the part of teachers and students which are essential to the fostering and development of an intellectual climate conducive to the pursuit of scholarship and excellence. Inspection of affiliated colleges and recognised institutions and report. Withdrawal of affiliation or recognition.