Section 8(1)(c) in The Himgiri Nabh Vishwavidyalaya (University in the Sky) Act, 2003
(c)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 in a constituent college or under a distant education system at Regional Centres/Study Centres or Zed Career Academy Centre, or(ii)have carried on research in the University or in a constituent college or under a distant education system;