University
Incorporation of the University
- The Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor, 1[the Pro-Vice Chancellor], the Fellows and the members of the Syndicate 2[and the Academic Council] of the University and all persons who may hereafter be appointed or elected as such officers, Fellows or members under this Act, so long as they continue to be such officers, Fellows or members, are hereby constituted and declared to be one body corporate by the name of the 3[Sardar Patel University] and such body corporate shall, by such name, have perpetual succession and a common seal and by such name shall sue and be sued.
- The University shall be competent to acquire and hold property, both movable and immovable, to lease, sell or otherwise transfer any movable or immovable property which may have become vested in, or may have been acquired by it for the purpose of the University, 4[to raise loans upon the security of its assets] and to contract and do all other things necessary for the purposes of this Act.
provided that the power to raise loans upon the security of its assets shall be exercised after obtaining previous permission of the State Government],
Powers of University
Subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by or under the provisions of this Act, the University shall have the following powers namely:-
- to provide for instruction, teaching and training in such branches of learning and courses of study as it may think fit and to make provision for research and for the advancement and disssemination of knowledge;
- to make such provision as would enable affiliated colleges and recognized institutions to undertake specialization of studies;
- to organise, control and co-ordinate the programme of teaching and research and other activities of the University, whether carried on in constituent colleges or in University Departments or in affiliated colleges or recognised institutions;
- to organize university laboratories, libraries, museums and other equipment for teaching and research;
- to establish, maintain and manage college, 6[University] departments or practicing schools and institutions attached to colleges, 7[University] departments or schools for the purpose of practical work, experiment, research or preparatory instruction and institutes of research of specialized studies;
- to institute professorships, readerships, lectureships and any other posts of teachers required by the University;
- to appoint or recognize persons as professors, readers or lecturers or otherwise as teachers of the University;
- These word were inserted by Gujarat Act No. 10 of 1982.
- These word were inserted by Gujarat Act No. 8 of 1966, S.4 (i).
- These word were substituted for “Sardar Vallabhbhai Vidyapeeth”,ibid.S.4 (ii).
- These word were inserted by Gujarat Act. XL of 1963.
- This proviso was inserted,ibid.
- This word was inserted by Gujarat Act No. 8 of 1966, S.5 (i).
- This word was insertedibid.
- to lay down the courses of instruction for various examinations;
- to guide the teaching in colleges or recognized institutions;
- to institute degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions;
- to hold examinations including University Entrance examination and confer degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions on persons who:-
- have pursued approved courses of study in the University or in an affiliated college or in a recognized institution unless exempted there from in the manner prescribed by the 8[Statutes, Ordinances or Regulations] and have passed the examinations prescribed by the University; or
- have carried on research under conditions prescribed by the Ordinances 9[and Regulations];
- to confer honorary degrees or other academic distinctions in the manner laid down by the Statutes;
- to grant such diplomas and certificates to and to provide such lectures, instruction, and training, for persons not being enrolled as students of the University as the University may determine by the10[Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations];
- to admit educational institutions to the privileges of the University and to withdraw such privileges;
- to inspect colleges and recognized institutions and to take measures to ensure that proper standards of instruction, teaching or training are maintained in them;
- to control and co-ordinate the activities of, and give financial aid to, affiliated colleges and recognized institutions11[and to regulate the fees to be paid by students in such colleges];
- to hold and manage trusts and endowments and to institute and award fellowships, travelling fellowships, scholarships, studentships, exhibitions, medals and prizes;
- to make special provision for the spread of University education among classes and communities, which are educationally backward;
- to make special provision for disseminating knowledge and promoting art and culture;
- to fix, to demand and to receive such fees and other charges as may be prescribed by the Ordinances;
- to establish, maintain and manage hostels;
- to recognize hostels not maintained by the University, to inspect such hostels and to withdraw recognition therefrom;
- to supervise and control the conduct and discipline of the students of the University and to provide for and to supervise and control their residence and to make arrangements for promoting their health and general welfare;