Section 6. Power of the University

The University shall have the following powers ;

(1) to provide for instruction in agriculture, rural industry and business and allied sciences and in such other branches of learning as the University may think fit ;

(2) to make provision for research and for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge and for extension programmes ;

(3) to institute degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions;

(4) to hold examination for, and to grant and confer degrees, diploma and other academic distinctions to and on persons who —

(a) shall have pursued a course of study as prescribed ; or

(b) shall have carried on research in the University or in an institution recognized in this behalf by the University under the conditions laid down in the Statutes ;

(6) to grant such diplomas, to and to provide such lectures and instruction for field workers and other persons not being students of the University, as the University may determine ;

(7) co-operate with other Universities and authorities in such manner and for such purposes as the University may determine ;

(8) to institute teaching, research and extension posts required by the University and to appoint persons to such posts ;

(9) to institute and award fellowships (including travelling fellowships), scholarships and prizes in accordance with the Statutes ;

(10) to institute and maintain residential accommodation for students of the University ;

(11) to demand and receive such fees and other charges as may be prescribed ;

(12) to supervise and control the residential accommodation and to regulate the discipline of students of the University and to make arrangements for promoting their health and welfare ;

(13) to create administrative, ministerial and other necessary posts and to make appointments thereto ; and

(14) to do all such acts and things, whether incidental to the powers aforesaid or not, as may be requisite in order to further the objects of the University