The Cluster University shall have the following powers and functions, namely :-
(a) to provide for instruction in such branches of learning as the Cluster University may deem fit and to make provision for research and for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge ;
(b) to hold examinations, to grant degrees to and to confer other academic distinctions on persons who-
(i) have pursued an approved course of study in a college of the Cluster University or in any educational institution approved for the purpose, or distant learners under conditions laid down in the Statutes and Regulations ;
(ii) have carried an independent research under conditions laid down in the Statutes ;
(iii) to confer honorary degrees or other distinctions on approved persons in the manner laid down in the Statutes ;
(iv) to grant such diplomas to and to provide such lectures and instructions for persons not being on the rolls of the Cluster University as the Cluster University may determine ;
(v) to co-operate with other Universities and authorities in such a manner and for such as the Cluster University may determine ;
(vi) to institute Professorships, Associate Professorships, Assistant Professorships and any other teaching posts required by the Cluster University ;
(vii) to establish and maintain colleges, to recognize colleges and other institutions not maintained by the Cluster University and to withdraw such recognition ;
(viii) to inspect constituent, autonomous and affiliated colleges and other institutions and places approved by the Cluster University for the residence of students ;
(ix) to demand and receive payments of such fees and other charges as may be authorized by the Statutes and Regulations so as to achieve the status of a completely self sustaining corporate body ;
(x) to obtain loans in furtherance of the objects of the Cluster University ;
(xi) to supervise and control the residence and discipline of students of the Cluster University or of colleges and other institutions admitted or affiliated to it and to make arrangements for promoting their health and general welfare ;
(xii) to institute and award fellowships, exhibitions, prizes and medals in accordance with the Statutes and Regulations ;
(xiii) to endeavor for creation of resources and put the available resources including human and infrastructural assets to optimal utilization so as to become a self-reliant sustaining organization ; and
(xiv) to do such other acts and things, whether incidental to the powers aforesaid or not, as may be required in order to further the objects of the Cluster University as a teaching, affiliating or examining body, and to cultivate and promote arts, science and other branches of learning.