Section 5 in Visvesvaraya Technological University Act, 1994
5. Objectives of the University.
- The University shall have the following objectives, namely:-(1)to supply the required manpower of appropriate kind and quality to meet the needs of society and national development plans;(2)to advance frontiers of knowledge by research, innovation, invention and product improvement;(3)to develop in the youth a sensitivity to environment and to inculcate a consciousness of the real problems and social needs;(4)to derive benefits from the ever growing scientific and technological knowledge in different parts of the world;(5)to formulate general goals and responsibilities of technological education in the service of man and the nation;(6)to develop good entrepreneurial abilities among the youth;(7)to contribute to smooth and effective transfer of technology to the agencies that require them in the community; and(8)to affiliate all Technical Education Institutions excluding Polytechnics, ITSs and ITCs.(9)[ undertake necessary or expedient action to pursue and promote the objectives of the university as a non-profit organization.] [Inserted bye Act 36 of 2015 w.e.f 01.04.1998.]
