Section 4(1) in International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) University Act, 2013
(1)Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Institute shall exercise the following powers and perform the following duties, namely :-(a)to admit students with such eligibility as provided in the Statutes and to approve the Annual Permitted Strength;(b)to provide for instruction and research in the fields of engineering, technology, management, education, sciences and arts, or other fields of knowledge related to information technology, as the Institute may deem fit, and for the advancement of learning, dissemination and creation of knowledge in such fields;(c)to hold examinations and grant degree, diploma and other academic distinctions or awards;(d)to confer honorary degrees or other academic distinctions;(e)to fix, demand and receive fee and other charges;(f)to establish, maintain and manage halls and hostels for the residence of students;(g)to supervise and control the residence, regulate the discipline of students of the Institute and to make arrangements for promoting health, general welfare, cultural and corporate life of the students;(h)to create academic and other posts and to make, other than to the post of Director, appointments thereto;(i)to frame Statutes, other than the first Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations and to alter, modify or rescind any of these;(j)to deal with any movable property belonging to or vested in the Institute, in such manner as it may deem fit, for advancing the objects of the Institute;(k)to receive gifts, grants, donations or benefactions from the Government and to receive bequests donations and transfers of movable or immovable properties from testators, donors or transferors, as the case may be;(l)to co-operate with educational or other institutions in any part of the world, having objects, wholly or partly, similar to those of the Institute by exchange of teachers, scholars and generally in such manner as may be conducive to their common objects;(m)to institute and award fellowships, scholarships, exhibitions, prizes and medals; and(n)to do all such things as may be necessary, incidental or conducive to the attainment of all or any of the objects of the Institute.
