(1) There shall be established and incorporated a University by the name “Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology”.
(2) The headquarters of the University shall be in Thiruvananthapuram District.
(3) The University shall consist of Chancellor, Pro-Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Dean, Registrar, General Council, Board of Governors, Senate, other authorities and officers as set forth in this Act or as provided in the Statutes made thereunder.
(4) The University shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire and hold property both movable and immovable, to lease or sell or otherwise transfer any movable or immovable property which may have become vested in or have been acquired by it for the purpose of the University, to borrow money from the Central Government or any other State Government or 45 This is a digitally signed Gazette.
Authenticity may be verified through https://compose.kerala.gov.in/ from any body corporate approved by the Government, to contract and to do all other things necessary for the purposes of this Act and shall by the said name sue or be sued.
(5) In all suits and other legal proceedings by or against the University, the pleadings shall be signed and verified by the Registrar or any other person authorized by him in this behalf and all the processes in such suits and proceedings shall be issued to and served on the Registrar.
(6) Where the Government decide that the educational facilities offered by the University shall be given on a subsidised rate to the needy and deprived sections of the society, the Government shall make good the amount of subsidy incurred by the University.