Section 8 in The Institute Of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences And Technology Act, 2013
8. Powers of the Institute.
Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Institute shall exercise the following powers and perform the following duties, namely:-(a)to provide for, research, design of strategic outreach programs and impart instruction in such aspects of Trans-disciplinary medicine and health sciences, including public health, management of infectious diseases, surgery, biomedical engineering, biostatistics, sociology and history of medicine, bioinformatics, management studies, and arts and culture and for the advancement of learning and dissemination of knowledge;(b)to develop innovative patterns of teaching in under graduate and post graduate health science education, in all its branches and in allied physical and biological sciences, so as to demonstrate new models of education in health sciences and technology of high standards;(c)to hold examinations and grant degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions or titles;(d)to confer honorary degrees or other distinctions;(e)to fix, demand and receive fees and other charges not prohibited by any law for the time being in force;(f)to establish, maintain and manage halls and hostels for the residence of students;(g)to supervise and control the residence and regulate the discipline of students of the Institute and to make arrangements for promoting their health, general welfare and cultural and corporate life;(h)to institute academic and other posts, and to make appointments thereto;(i)to frame Statutes and Regulations and to alter, modify or rescind the same;(j)to deal with any property belonging to or vested in the Institute in such manner as the Institute may deem fit for advancing the objects of the Institute;(k)to receive gifts, grants, donations or benefactions and to receive bequests and transfers of movable or immovable properties from testators, donors or transferors, or take on loans, as the case may be;(l)to co-operate or collaborate with educational or other institutions having objects wholly or partly similar to those of the Institute by exchange of teachers and scholars and generally in such manner as may be conducive to their common objects;(m)to institutes and award fellowships, scholarships, exhibitions, prizes and medals;(n)to establish standards, systems and benchmarks for various aspects of Trans-disciplinary health sciences;(o)to undertake consultancy in the areas or disciplines relating to the Institute;(p)to do all such things as may be necessary, incidental or conducive to the attainment of all or any of the objects of the Institutes;
