Section 6 in The Punjab Agricultural University Act, 1961
6. Powers of the University.
- The University shall have the following powers :-(1)to provide graduate and post graduate instruction in agriculture, veterinary and animal science, agricultural engineering, home science and other allied sciences and in such other branches of learning as the University may deem fit;(2)to make provision for instruction in applied fields research and the dissemination of the finding of research and technical information through an extension education programme;(3)to institute degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions;(4)to hold examinations and to grant and confer degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions to and on persons who shall have;(a)pursued a course of study as prescribed; or(b)carried out research in the University or in an institution recognised in this behalf by the University under the prescribed conditions;(5)to confer honorary degrees or other distinctions in the prescribed manner and under prescribed conditions;(6)to provide lecturers and instructions for field workers, village leaders and other persons not enrolled as regular students of the University and to grant certificates to them when deemed desirable;(7)to co-operate with other Universities and authorities in such manner and for such purposes as the University may determine;(8)to institute teaching, research and extension education posts required by the University and to appoint persons to such posts;(9)to create administrative, ministerial and other posts, and to make appointments thereto;(10)to institute and award fellowships, scholarships and prizes in accordance with the Statutes;(11)to institute and maintain residential accommodation for students of the University;(12)to institute and receive such fees and other charges as may be prescribed;(13)to supervise and control the residential accommodation and to regulate the discipline of the students of the University and to make arrangements for promoting their health and welfare; and(14)to do all such acts and things, whether incidental to the powers aforesaid or not, as may be requisite in order to further the objects of the University.
