Section 8(1)(b) in Swami Rama Himalayan University Act, 2012
(b)to hold examinations for, and to institute, grant and confer degrees or other academic distinctions to, and on, persons, who -(i)have pursued a course of study in the University or a constituent college or under a distance education system at Regional Centres/ Study Centres; or(ii)have carried out research in the University or in a constituent college or under a distance education system;