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(i) to administer and manage the University and to establish such institutes and centres for research, education and instructions as are necessary for the furtherance of the objects of the University;
(ii) to provide for instructions, training a!ld research in such branches of knowledge or learning pertaining to forensic science, behavioural science, technology and management in relation to civil and criminal laws, allied areas, prevention of crimes and rehabilitation of the victims;
(iii) to conduct innovative experiments in new methods and technologies in the field of science, technology and management in relation to the domains of investigation, prevention and detection of crimes and furthering the cause of criminal justice systems in order to achieve international standards of such education, training and research;
(iv) to prescribe courses and curricula and provide for flexibility in the education systems and delivery methodologies including electronic and distance learning;
(v) to hold examinations and confer degrees, diplomas or grant cenificates and other academic distinctions or titles on persons subject to such conditions as the University may determine, and to withdraw or cancel any such degrees, diplomas, cenificat~s, or other academic distinctions or titles in the manner as may be prescribed;
(vi) to confer honorary degrees or other distinctions in the manner as may be prescribed;
(vii) to establish such special centres, specialized study centres or other units for research and development as are, in the opinion of the University, necessary for the furtherance oiitS objects;
(viii) to provide for printing, reproduction and publication of research and other work and to organize exhibitions, workshops, seminars, conferences, etc.;
(ix) to sponsor and undertake research in all aspects of forensic science, behavioural science, technology and allied areas in relation to 18-5 18-6 ...... ...... - .. ........ .
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(x) to collaborate or associate with any educational institution with like or similar objects;
(xi) to develop and maintain linkages with educational or other institutions in any part of the world having objects wholly or partially similar to those of the University, through exchange of teachers, srudents and scholars and generally in such manner as may be conducive to their common objects;
(xii) to develop and maintain relationships with teachers, researchers and experts in the domains of investigation and detection of crimes and furthering the cause of criminal justice system for achieving the objects of the University;
(xiii) to regulate the expendirure, manage the finance and to maintain accounts of the University;
(xiv) to receive grants, subventions, subscriptions, donations and gifts for the purposes of the University and consistent with the objects for which the University is established and to enter into any agreement with the Central Government, the State Government, the University Grants Commission or other authorities or bodies for receiving any grants;
(xv) to receive funds from the industries or from any other sources as gifts, donations, benefactions or bequests and by transfers of movable and immovable properties for the purposes and objects of the University;
(xvi) to establish, maintain and manage halls and hostels for the residence of srudents and accommodation for faculties, officers and employees of the University and the guest houses;
(xvii) to supervise and control the residence and regulate the discipline of students of the University and to make arrangements for promoting their health and general welfare and cultural activities;
(xviii) to fix, demand and receive or recover fees and such other charges as may be prescribed;
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(xix) to institute and award fellowships, scholarships, prizes, medals and other awards;
(xx) to purchase or to take on lease any land or building or works which may be necessary or convenient for the purpose of the University on such terms and conditions as it may think fit and proper and to construct, alter and maintain any such buildings or works;
l ( .) , . XXl to sell, exchange, lease or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of the properties of the University, movable or immovable, on such terms as it may think fit, consistent with the interest, activities and objects of the University after taking prior permission of the State Government;
(xxii) to draw and accept, to make and endorse, to discount and negotiate Govenunent promissory notes and other promissory notes, bills of exchange, cheques or other negotiable instruments;
(xxiii) to raise and borrow moneys on bonds, mortgages, promissory notes or other obligations or securities founded or based upon all or any of the properties and assets of the University or without any securities and upon such terms and conditions as it may think fit and to pay out of the funds of the University, all expenses incidental to the raising of moneys, to repay and redeem any money borrowed after taking prior permission of the State Government;
(xxiv) to invest the funds of the University in or upon such securities and transpose any investment from time to time in such manner as it may deem fit in the interest of University;
(xxv) to execute conveyances regarding transfers, mortgages, leases, licenses, agreements and other conveyance in respect of the property, movable or immovable including Government securities belonging to the University or to be acquired for the purpose of the University after taking prior permission of the State Government;
(xxvi) to admit the students for the courses offered by the University in the prescribed manner;
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(xxvii) to create academic, technical. administrative, ministerial and other posts and to make appointments thereto;
(xxviii) to regulate and enforce discipline among the employees of the University and to provide for such disciplinary meru.ures as may be prescribed;
(xxix) to institute professorships, associate professorships, assistant professorships. readerships, lectureships. endowed professorship, honorary professorships, adjunct professorships. emeritus professors and any other teaching, academic or research posts and to prescribe qualifications for them;
(xxx) to appoint persons as Directors, Director of Research and Development, Deans, Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, Readers, Lecturers, Adjunct Professors, Registrar, or otherwise as teachers and researchers of the University;
(xxxi) subject to the provisions of this Act and the regulations, any officer or authority of the University may, by order, delegate his or its powers (except the power to make regulations) to any other officer or authority under his or its control and subject to the condition that the ultimate responsibility for the exercise of the power so delegated shall continue to rest in the officer or authority delegating them;
(xxxii) to do all such other acts and things as the University may consider necessary, conducive or incidental to the attainment or enlargement of all or any of the objects of the University.
8. (\)The Director General of the University shall be appointed by the State Government.
(2) The person to be appointed as the Director General shall,-
(i) be a renovmed Forensic Scientist,
(ii) be associated with Gujarat and worked in the State in terms of development, education, philanthropy, industrial or business development or exemplary administration in the State Services, Corporations or public bodies,
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(iii) not have attained the age of sixty-five years on the date of nomination or re-nomination.
(3) The Director General shall hold office for a period of three years and shall be eligible for re-appointment for a further period of three years.
( 4) The other terms and conditions of the Director General shall be such as may be determined by the State Government.
(S) The Director General may resign from his office by writing under hi_s hand addressed to the State Government and such a resignation shall take effect from the date of acceptance by the State Government
9. (1) The Director General shall have, subject to the provisions of Powers and duties of this Act, power to cause an inspection or review to be made by such person or Director Genernl.
persons as he may direct, of the University, its buildings, hostels, libraries, equipments and systems and processes and of any institution or centre maintained by the University, and also of the examinations, teaching, research and other work conducted or done by the University and to cause an inquiry to be made in like manner in respect of any matter com1ected with the administration, academic affairs and finance of the University.
(2) Without prejudice to tbe generality of the foregoing provisions, the Director General shall -
(i) be the chief executive and academic officer of the University. He shall preside over the meetings of the . Board, Academic Council and the Finance Committee;
(ii) ensure implementation of the decisions of the authorities of the University;
(iii) be responsible for imparting of instructions and maintenance of discipline in the University; and
(iv) ·exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by or under this Act or the regulations or as may be delegated to him by the Board or by the State Government..
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(3) Where any matter is of urgent nature requiring immediate action and the same cannot be immediately dealt with by the authority or body of the University empowered under this Act to deal with it, the Director General may take such action as he may deem fit and shall forthwith report the action so taken by him to the authority or body of the University who or which, in the ordinary course, would have dealt \Vith the matter:
Provided that if such authority or other body is of the opinion that such action ought not to have been taken by the Director General, it may refer the matter to the Board which may either confirm the action taken by the Director General or annul the same or modify it in such manner as it thinks fit, and thereupon the action shall cease to have effects or, as the case may be, shall take effect in such modified fonn so however such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done by or under the order of the Director General.
(4) Where the exercise of the power by the Director General under sub section (3) involves the appointment of any person, such appointment shall be confomed by the competent authority empowered to approve such appointment in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the regulations, not later than six months from the date of order of the Director General, otherwise such appointment shall cease to have effect on the expiration of a period of six months from the date of order of the Director General.
CHAPTER ID AUTHORITIES AND OFFICERS OF UNIVERSITY Authorities IO. The following shall be the authorities of the University, namely:- of Uoivenity. (i) the Board of Governors;
(ii) the A~demic Council; ·
(iii) the Finance Committee; and
(iv) such other authorities as may be declared by regulations to be the authorities of the University.
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