Section 5 in Kerala University of Health Sciences Act, 2010
5. The objects of the University.
- The objects of the University shall be the following, namely: - -(i)to advance and disseminate learning and knowledge in health sciences and allied fields by fostering and promoting medical research;(ii)to design new courses and curricula based on the advances in the field of health science;(iii)to regulate the academic standards of the affiliated colleges or institutions;(iv)to promote preventive curative and rehabilitative aspects of health;(v)to organise programmes to tackle health problems of the society;(vi)to give leadership to the medical human resource development in the Slate;(vii)to give leadership to the health planning and health policy formulation for the State;(viii)to give thrust to epidemiological studies, monitoring and surveillance system of the diseases prevalent in the State;(ix)to act as the nodal agency for linkages with other national and international institutions;(x)to develop a platform for the dialogue between different systems of health care;(xi)to explore the possibilities of joint research programmes and integration between different systems of medicine;(xii)to promote equitable distribution of facilities for education in health and allied sciences;(xiii)to promote acquisition of knowledge in a rapidly developing and changing society and to continually offer opportunities for upgrading knowledge and imparting training and development of skills in the context of innovations, research and discovery in all fields of human endeavour by establishing educational network related to health sciences with use of modem communication media and technologies appropriate for a learning society;(xiv)to give more thrust for the development of Indian Systems of Medicine and all its branches and Homoeopathy by encouraging research and other academic activities in the related areas.
