a. to establish Off-Campus Centers and Study Centers and conduct Distance Education as are in the opinion of the University, necessary for the furtherance of its objects in conformity with the provisions of the University Grants Commission (Establishment of and Maintenance of Standards in Private Universities) Regulations, 2003 or 12 any other applicable provision as may be prescribed by the Competent Authority in this regard;
b. to establish and develop schools as envisaged in clause
(g) of Sction 7;
c. to carry out all such other activities as may be necessary and feasible in furtherance of the object of the University;
d. to confer degrees, diplomas, charters, certificates or other academic distinctions and professional designations as envisaged under section 7 in the manner and under conditions laid down in the Statutes and to withdraw or cancel such degrees;
e. to institute and award fellowships, scholarships and prizes in accordance with the Statutes;
f. 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;
g. to make provisions for extra-curricular activities for students and employees;
h. to make appointments of the faculty, officers and employees of the University;
i. to receive donations and gifts of any kind and to acquire, hold, manage, maintain and dispose of any movable or immovable property, including Society and endowment properties for the purpose of the University;
j. to institute and maintain halls and to recognize places of residence for students of the University;
k. to supervise and control the residence, and to regulate the discipline among the students and all categories of employees and to lay down the conditions of service of such employees, including their Code of conduct;
13 l. to create academic, administrative and support staff and other necessary posts;
m. to co-operate and collaborate with other domestic and overseas Universities and Institutions in such a manner and for such purposes as the University may determine from time to time;
n. to organize and conduct refresher courses, orientation courses, workshops, seminars and other programmmes for teachers, developers of course ware, evaluators and other academic staff;
o. to determine standards of admission to the University with the approval of the Academic Council;
p. to make special provision for students belonging to the State of Odisha for admission in any course of the University ;
q. to do all such other acts or things whether incidental to the powers aforesaid or not, as may be necessary for furtherance of the objects of the University;
r. to prescribe such courses for Bachelor Degree, Master Degree, Doctor or Philosophy, Doctor of Science Degrees and Research and such other Degrees, Charters and Certificates;
s. to provide for the preparation of instructional materials, including films, cassettes, tapes, video cassettes, Compact Disk, Visual Compact Disk and other software;
t. to raise, collect, subscribe and borrow with the approval of the Board of Governors whether on the security of the property of the University, money for the purposes of the University;
u. to enter into, carry out, vary or cancel contracts; and 14
(v) to do all things necessary or expedient to exercise the above powers.
University open to all classes, castes, creed, religion, language and gender.
9. The University shall be open to all persons irrespective of class, caste, creed, religion, language, domicile and gender:
Provided that for the purpose of admission of students, the University shall provide reservation of fifty-percentum of the seats in each different courses for the students of Odisha subject to satisfying the minimum qualifying standard for admission test and interview:
Provided further that any seat remaining vacant due to nonavailability of required percentage of students of Odisha, those may be filled up by other students with prior permission of the State Government.
National Accreditation.
University not entitled for any financial assistance.
10. (1) The University shall seek, obtain and retain accreditation from respective national accreditation bodies and be subject to relevant provisions of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 and the Regulations or Guidelines made there under from time to time relating to private University.
(2) The University shall obtain prior permission or recognition from the concerned Regulatory Bodies, for conferring graduate or post graduate degrees and for other programmes.
(3) As regards other programmes on technical education, the relevant laws, rules, regulations in the matter of obtaining approval or recognition or maintaining standards shall apply to the University.
11. The University shall not be entitled to any Grant-in-Aid or any other financial assistance from the State Government or any other body or corporation owned or controlled by the State Government.
Act 3 of 1956 15
CHAPTER III THE VISITOR AND THE OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY The Visitor.
Officers of the University.
12. (1) The Governor of Odisha shall be the Visitor of the University.
(2) The visitor shall, when present, preside at the convocation of the University for conferring Degrees, Diplomas, Charters, Designations and Certificates.
(3) The Visitor shall have the following powers to be exercised in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Statutes, namely: —
(a) to call for any paper or information relating to the affairs of the University;
(b) on the basis of the information received by the Visitor, if he is satisfied that any order, proceeding, or decision taken by any Authority of the University is not in conformity with the Act, Statutes or Rules, he may give such advice to the Chairman or the Vice- Chairman as he may deem fit in the interest of the University and basing on the advices of the Visitor, the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman shall take a decision which shall be complied with by all concerned.