4. [ Powers of the University. [Section 4 was inserted for the original by Gujarat 6 of 1973, section 4.]
- Subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by or under the Provisions of this Act, the University shall have the following powers, namely.(1)to provide for instruction, including correspondence courses, teaching and training in such branches of learning and courses of study as it may think fit, to make provision for research, advancement and dissemination of knowledge, and to conduct special under-graduate courses for talented students;(2)to make such provision as would enable affiliated colleges, recognized institutions and approved institution to undertake specialization of studies;(3)to establish, maintain, take over by agreement and manage colleges, departments, centres and institutes of research or specialized studies;(4)to organize common laboratories, libraries, museums and other equipment for teaching and research;(5)to establish within the University area or outside that area such field stations, specialized laboratories and other units for research and instructions as are necessary for the furtherance of its objects;(6)to create such teaching, administrative and other posts as the University may deem necessary from time to time and to make appointments thereto;(7)to institute professorships, readerships, lecturerships and other posts of teachers required by the University;(8)to appoint or recognized persons as professors, readers, or lecturers, or Otherwise as teachers of the University;(9)to guide teaching and research work in colleges, University Departments, University centres and recognized institutions;(10)to lay down the courses of instruction for the various examinations;(11)to institute degrees, diplomas and other academic titles and distinctions;(12)to hold examinations or tests and confer degrees and diplomas on, and grant certificates to persons who-(a)have pursued approved courses of study in the University or in an affiliated college, unless exempted therefrom, in the manner prescribed by the Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations and Rules and have passed the examinations or tests prescribed by the University, or(b)have carried on research under conditions prescribed by the Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations or Rules ;(13)to confer honorary degrees or other academic distinctions in the manner laid down by Statutes;(14)to grant such diplomas to, and to provide such lectures, instruction and training to, persons who are not enrolled students of the University, as may be determined by the Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations and Rules;(15)to withdraw or cancel any degree, diploma or certificate conferred or granted by the University in the manner prescribed by Statutes;(16)to associated or admit educational institutions with or to the privileges of the University by way of affiliation, recognition or approval;(17)to withdraw or modify either in whole or in part, affiliation, recognition or approval of educational institutions ;(18)to submit to the State Government proposals for conferment of autonomy on any affiliated college or a University college, or a University Department or a recognized institution entitling it to privileges in the matters of admission of students, prescribing the courses of study, imparting instruction, teaching and training in the courses of study, the holding and conduct of examinations and the powers to make necessary rules for the purpose;(19)to recommend to the State Government withdrawal of autonomy conferred on any affiliated college, recognized institution or a University College or Department;(20)to inspect colleges, recognized institutions and approved institutions and to take measures to ensure that proper standards of instruction, teaching and training are maintained in them and that adequate library and laboratory provisions are made therein;(21)to lay down and regulate the salary scales, allowances, and other conditions of service of the members of the teaching, other academic and non-teaching staff of the University;(22)to lay down and regulate the salary scales, allowances and other conditions of service of the members of the teaching, other academic and non-teaching staff in the affiliated colleges and recognized and approved institutions;(23)to provide for the establishment and recognition of Students' Unions or associations of teachers, academic staff or other employees of the University, affiliated colleges and recognized institutions;(24)(a)to control and co-ordinate the activities of, and to give financial aid to, affiliated colleges and recognized and approved institutions, and(b)to regulate the fees to be paid by the students in affiliated colleges, and recognized and approved institutions;(25)to hold and manage trusts and endowments;(26)to institute and award fellowships, travelling fellowships, scholarships, studentships, medals, prizes and other awards;(27)to make special provision for the spread of University education among classes and communities which are educationally backward;Provided that English may continue to be the medium-(i)of instruction and examination for such period as may from time to time be prescribed by the Statutes until the end of May 1966 in respect of such subjects and courses of study as may be so prescribed,(ii)of instruction and examination for such period as may from time to time be prescribed by the Statutes until the end of May 1968 in respect of post-graduate instruction, teaching and training in subjects comprised in Faculties of Agriculture and Technology including Engineering and until the end of May 1969 in respect of post-graduate instruction, teaching and training in the subjects comprised in the Faculty of Medicine, and(iii)of examination at two successive examinations in any subjects held next after the period proscribed under clause (i) or as the case may be, the period prescribed under clause (ii), in respect of those candidates who during such period have failed to appear in or pass the respective examination held with English as the medium of Examination in the same subjects:Provided further that nothing in this clause shall affect the use of English as the medium of instruction and examination in respect of English as a subject.(28)to lay down courses of study to meet the requirements of rural planning, development and reconstruction and to provide for instruction, teaching and training in such courses;(29)to make special provision for disseminating knowledge and promoting arts and culture;(30)to fix, to demand and to receive or recover such fees and other charges as may be prescribed by Ordinances;(31)to establish, maintain and manage hostels;(32)to recognize hostels not maintained by the University, to inspect such hostels and to withdraw recognition therefrom;(33)to co-ordinate, supervise, regulate and control the residence, conduct and discipline of the students of the University and to make arrangements for promoting their health and general welfare;(34)to take disciplinary action against the students of the University and to impose such punishments upon them as may be deemed fit for breach of discipline or misconduct, within or outside the University, including the use of unfair means at an examination or in relation thereto by themselves or by any other persons or abetment thereof;(35)to conduct, co-ordinate, supervise, regulate and control post-graduate teaching and research work in the University Departments, affiliated colleges and institutions recognized or approved by the University ;(36)to co-ordinate, supervise, regulate and control the conduct of undergraduate teaching and instruction in the affiliated colleges and to undertake the same in University colleges ;(37)to institute and manage-(a)Printing and Publication Department,(b)University Extension Boards,(c)Information Bureaux, and(d)Employment Bureaux;(38)to make provision-(a)for Continuing Education, Adult Education, Extra-Mural teaching Extension Services and other recognized educational activities;(b)for physical education, National Cadet Corps, National Service. Scheme, National Sports Organization, military training and such other recognized activities;(c)for Students' Unions; and(d)for sports and athletic activities;(39)to co-operate with any other universities, authorities or associations or any other public or private bodies in such manner and for such purposes as the University may determine ;(40)to make arrangements for training for competitive examinations for recruitment of services under the Union and State Governments;(41)to promote the development of the study of Gujarati and Hindi (in Devnagari script) and the use of Gujarati or Hindi (in Devnagari. script) or both as the media of instruction and examination;(42)to acquire, hold, manage and dispose of any property movable and immovable, including trust or endowed property, within or outside the University area, for the purposes or objects of the University and to invest any funds representing such property in such manner as the university thinks fit;(43)to raise public loans on the security of the assets of the University for the purposes of the University, with the previous approval of the State Government;(44)to enter into any agreement for the incorporation in the University of any other institution and for taking over its rights, properties and liabilities and for any other purpose not repugnant to this Act;(45)to do all such other acts and things, whether incidental to the powers aforesaid or not, as may be requisite in order to further the objects of the University and generally to cultivate and promote Arts, Science and other branches of learning and culture.]
