The University shall have the following powers and duties, namely :-
(a) to provide facilities and promote trainings, studies and research in emerging areas of skills, including new emerging areas in which future jobs are going to be created such as automotive, apparel and furnishing, aviation and aerospace, media and entertainment, film, capital goods, communication, design, technology, management and entrepreneurship, business, banking and insurance, healthcare, hospitality, logistics, sports, travel and tourism, life sciences applied and creative arts, humanities, data science and artificial intelligence, e-business, retail, analytics, agribusiness, related to Industry 4.0 and any other fields of study including the imparting of skills that have employment potentiality ;
(b) to develop curriculum packages and credit frameworks for different levels in accordance with the National Occupational Standards as specified by the National Skill Qualification Framework or as may be defined by the University ;
(c) to define norms and parameters of skill education, teaching and instruction, consistent with the credit framework and curriculum packages, as the University may deem fit ;
(d) to define norms and parameters of skill education, teaching and instruction, consistent with the credit framework and curriculum packages, in such skills and allied areas as the Skills University may deem fit ;
(e) to determine standards of admission to the University, which may include an entrance examination, evaluation or any other method of testing;
(f) to demand and receive payment of fees and other charges;
(g) to facilitate instruction, in accordance with the credit framework and curriculum packages, in such skills and allied areas as the University may deem fit, for the dissemination of knowledge and skills training and consistent with its objects;
(h) to award degrees, diplomas, certificates and other distinctions, as the case maybe;
(i) to define norms of, examination or any other measure of assessment of knowledge and competency of a student of, or admission to, the University or colleges, institutions of skill education, training establishments and research centres affiliated to it ;
(j) to hold examinations or other assessments of knowledge or competency, or accredit the examination or other assessment systems affiliated to it, as the University may, from time to time, determine;
(k) to establish, maintain or recognise, colleges, institutions, training establishments and research centres and affiliate such colleges, institutions, training establishments and research centres, in such manner and in accordance with such parameters as may be specified by its Statutes;
(l) to admit to its privileges any college or institution in the State subject to such conditions as may be laid down by the Statutes:
Provided that no college or institution shall be so admitted except with the prior approval of the State Government ;
(m) to confer autonomous status on a college or an institution in the manner laid down by the Statutes ;
(n) to recognise industries, companies, national and international partners (as skill knowledge providers) for purposes of practical training of students in skills, and to define norms for recognition of competency attained by a student in such practical training in industry for the purpose of earning credits ;
(o) to define norms and measures of assessment for recognition of prior learning and competency in skills, based on relevant experience at work or in industry ; and to assign credits for such prior learning or competency in accordance with the credit framework ;
(p) to lay down norms for transfer of credits to promote new learning opportunities without compromising on learning outcomes;
(q) to introduce semester system, continuous evaluation and choicebased credit system enabling credit transfer and joint degree or dual degree programmes with other universities and academic institutions;
(r) to admit foreign students to the University as per the policy and schemes of the Government of India and the procedure approved by the Governing Council;
(s) to deliver blended or distance or open or online degrees in skill education with prior permission of competent authority ;
(t) to institute skill education, teaching or other academic positions, required by the University, with such qualifications and designations as it may deem fit, and to appoint persons on tenure, term or otherwise to such positions as may be prescribed ;
(u) to appoint persons working or having significant experience of working, in any other university or educational institution or any industry, possessing the required knowledge or competency, as adjunct, guest or visiting faculty of the University on such terms and for such duration as such University may decide;
(v) to lay down parameters for assessment certification and accreditation of skill educators and training providers in accordance with the norms prescribed, or in their absence, such norms as may be determined by the University;
(w) to create administrative and other non-teaching posts and to make appointments thereto with the permission of the Governing Council ;
(x) to determine, specify and receive payment of fees and other charges, as the University may deem fit, from students and any other person, institution, industry or body corporate for instructions and other services, including training, consultancy and advisory services, provided by such University;
(y) to hold, manage and dispose of any property belonging to, or vested in, the University in such manner as the University may deem fit for attainment of its objects:
Provided that where land for the University has been provided free of cost or at subsidized cost by the State Government, such land may be disposed of only with the prior approval of the State Government ;
(z) to purchase or to take on lease or leave and license any land or building, premises or infrastructure which may be necessary or convenient as the University may deem fit for attainment of its objects ;
(za) to receive gifts, grants, donations or benefactions from the Central Government and the State Government and to receive bequests, donations and transfer of movable or immovable properties from testators, donors or transferors, as the case maybe;
(zb) to borrow with the previous approval of the State Government, on the security of the property of the University, money for the purposes of the University;
(zc) to invest the funds of the University in or upon such securities and transpose any investment from time to time in the nationalized banks in the interest of the University ;
(zd) to establish and maintain such infrastructure, including campuses, regional centres, skill centres and study centres within the territories of the State of Maharashtra, as may be necessary for attainment of its objects;
(ze) to undertake, or cause to be undertaken, such studies for assessment of skill needs as may be required in the future and to prepare and maintain a database of skills assessment and requirements in terms of the emerging employment market, as the case may be, relevant to the instructions imparted or proposed to be imparted in the University ;
(zf) to institute and award fellowships, scholarships, exhibitions, prizes and medals;
(zg) to collaborate with any other university or institution of national importance in offering joint degree programmes for bridging skill education with higher education ;
(zh) to promote international collaboration in education with institutions of education for the purpose of developing competency, knowledge and ability to global standards and award joint degrees with prior permission of competent authority;
(zi) to promote a spirit of entrepreneurship in skills amongst youth ;
(zj) to promote career guidance and counselling among the youth ;
(zk) to do all such things as may be necessary, incidental or conducive to the attainment of all or any of the objects of the University.
(a) to provide facilities and promote trainings, studies and research in emerging areas of skills, including new emerging areas in which future jobs are going to be created such as automotive, apparel and furnishing, aviation and aerospace, media and entertainment, film, capital goods, communication, design, technology, management and entrepreneurship, business, banking and insurance, healthcare, hospitality, logistics, sports, travel and tourism, life sciences applied and creative arts, humanities, data science and artificial intelligence, e-business, retail, analytics, agribusiness, related to Industry 4.0 and any other fields of study including the imparting of skills that have employment potentiality ;
(b) to develop curriculum packages and credit frameworks for different levels in accordance with the National Occupational Standards as specified by the National Skill Qualification Framework or as may be defined by the University ;
(c) to define norms and parameters of skill education, teaching and instruction, consistent with the credit framework and curriculum packages, as the University may deem fit ;
(d) to define norms and parameters of skill education, teaching and instruction, consistent with the credit framework and curriculum packages, in such skills and allied areas as the Skills University may deem fit ;
(e) to determine standards of admission to the University, which may include an entrance examination, evaluation or any other method of testing;
(f) to demand and receive payment of fees and other charges;
(g) to facilitate instruction, in accordance with the credit framework and curriculum packages, in such skills and allied areas as the University may deem fit, for the dissemination of knowledge and skills training and consistent with its objects;
(h) to award degrees, diplomas, certificates and other distinctions, as the case maybe;
(i) to define norms of, examination or any other measure of assessment of knowledge and competency of a student of, or admission to, the University or colleges, institutions of skill education, training establishments and research centres affiliated to it ;
(j) to hold examinations or other assessments of knowledge or competency, or accredit the examination or other assessment systems affiliated to it, as the University may, from time to time, determine;
(k) to establish, maintain or recognise, colleges, institutions, training establishments and research centres and affiliate such colleges, institutions, training establishments and research centres, in such manner and in accordance with such parameters as may be specified by its Statutes;
(l) to admit to its privileges any college or institution in the State subject to such conditions as may be laid down by the Statutes:
Provided that no college or institution shall be so admitted except with the prior approval of the State Government ;
(m) to confer autonomous status on a college or an institution in the manner laid down by the Statutes ;
(n) to recognise industries, companies, national and international partners (as skill knowledge providers) for purposes of practical training of students in skills, and to define norms for recognition of competency attained by a student in such practical training in industry for the purpose of earning credits ;
(o) to define norms and measures of assessment for recognition of prior learning and competency in skills, based on relevant experience at work or in industry ; and to assign credits for such prior learning or competency in accordance with the credit framework ;
(p) to lay down norms for transfer of credits to promote new learning opportunities without compromising on learning outcomes;
(q) to introduce semester system, continuous evaluation and choicebased credit system enabling credit transfer and joint degree or dual degree programmes with other universities and academic institutions;
(r) to admit foreign students to the University as per the policy and schemes of the Government of India and the procedure approved by the Governing Council;
(s) to deliver blended or distance or open or online degrees in skill education with prior permission of competent authority ;
(t) to institute skill education, teaching or other academic positions, required by the University, with such qualifications and designations as it may deem fit, and to appoint persons on tenure, term or otherwise to such positions as may be prescribed ;
(u) to appoint persons working or having significant experience of working, in any other university or educational institution or any industry, possessing the required knowledge or competency, as adjunct, guest or visiting faculty of the University on such terms and for such duration as such University may decide;
(v) to lay down parameters for assessment certification and accreditation of skill educators and training providers in accordance with the norms prescribed, or in their absence, such norms as may be determined by the University;
(w) to create administrative and other non-teaching posts and to make appointments thereto with the permission of the Governing Council ;
(x) to determine, specify and receive payment of fees and other charges, as the University may deem fit, from students and any other person, institution, industry or body corporate for instructions and other services, including training, consultancy and advisory services, provided by such University;
(y) to hold, manage and dispose of any property belonging to, or vested in, the University in such manner as the University may deem fit for attainment of its objects:
Provided that where land for the University has been provided free of cost or at subsidized cost by the State Government, such land may be disposed of only with the prior approval of the State Government ;
(z) to purchase or to take on lease or leave and license any land or building, premises or infrastructure which may be necessary or convenient as the University may deem fit for attainment of its objects ;
(za) to receive gifts, grants, donations or benefactions from the Central Government and the State Government and to receive bequests, donations and transfer of movable or immovable properties from testators, donors or transferors, as the case maybe;
(zb) to borrow with the previous approval of the State Government, on the security of the property of the University, money for the purposes of the University;
(zc) to invest the funds of the University in or upon such securities and transpose any investment from time to time in the nationalized banks in the interest of the University ;
(zd) to establish and maintain such infrastructure, including campuses, regional centres, skill centres and study centres within the territories of the State of Maharashtra, as may be necessary for attainment of its objects;
(ze) to undertake, or cause to be undertaken, such studies for assessment of skill needs as may be required in the future and to prepare and maintain a database of skills assessment and requirements in terms of the emerging employment market, as the case may be, relevant to the instructions imparted or proposed to be imparted in the University ;
(zf) to institute and award fellowships, scholarships, exhibitions, prizes and medals;
(zg) to collaborate with any other university or institution of national importance in offering joint degree programmes for bridging skill education with higher education ;
(zh) to promote international collaboration in education with institutions of education for the purpose of developing competency, knowledge and ability to global standards and award joint degrees with prior permission of competent authority;
(zi) to promote a spirit of entrepreneurship in skills amongst youth ;
(zj) to promote career guidance and counselling among the youth ;
(zk) to do all such things as may be necessary, incidental or conducive to the attainment of all or any of the objects of the University.