Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University Act, 2008
No: 7 Dated: Oct, 17 2008
Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University Act, 2008
Delhi Act 7 of 2008
An Act to establish and incorporate a non-affiliating and teaching University in Delhi to facilitate and promote teaching, research, incubation, and extension work in pharmaceutical sciences and its application domains, and also to achieve excellence in the areas and connected fields and other matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in the Fifty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows :-
1. Short title and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University Act, 2008.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "Academic Council" means the Council of the University;
(b) "academic staff" means such categories of staff as are designated by the Statutes to be the academic staff of the University;
(c) "Board of Governors" means the Board of Governors of the University;
(d) "Campus" means the unit establish or constituted by the University for making arrangements for instruction, or research, or both;
(e) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Board of Governors;
(f) "Chancellor" means the Chancellor of the University;
(g) "Delhi" means the National Capital Territory of Delhi;
(h) "employee" means any person appointed by the University;
(i) "Finance Committee" means the Finance Committee of the University;
(j) "Government" means the Lieutenant Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi appointed by the President under Article 239 and designated as such under Article 239-AA of the Constitution;
(k) "Hall" means a unit of residence or of the corporate life for the students of the University;
(l) "Lieutenant Governor" means the Lieutenant Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi appointed by the President under Article 239 of the Constitution;
(m) "Misconduct" means a misconduct prescribed by the Statutes;
(n) "Prescribed" means prescribed by the Statutes made under this Act;
(o) "School" means a school of studies within the University;
(p) "Statutes", "Ordinances" and "Regulations" mean respectively, the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations of the University for the time being in force; and
q) "teachers" (means Deans, Professors, Additional Professors, Associate Professors and Assistant Professors, Lecturers and such other persons as may be appointed for imparting instruction or conducting research in the University and are designated as teachers by the Statutes.
(r) "University" means the Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University as incorporated under this Act;
(s) "Vice-Chancellor" means the Vice-Chancellor of the University.
3. Incorporation. - (1) With effect from such date as the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, there shall be established a University by the name of "the Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University", comprising the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, the Board of Governors and the Academic Council of the University and all such persons as may hereafter be appointed at such office or as members, so long as they continue to hold such office or membership.
(2) The University shall be a body corporate with the name aforesaid having perpetual succession and a common seal with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to contract, and may by the said name sue or be sued.
(3) The University shall be academically and administratively autonomous, with its own operational accounts and having its own governance as well as administrative policies and practices as prescribed.
(4) The Government shall provide to the University an appropriate piece of land free of cost including the existing land, buildings, assets, faculty and staff of existing Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research Institute as a constituent college of the University. It shall continue the financial support as per the prevailing allocation to meet the recurring and non-recurring expenditure. It shall extend funds for the establishment of new infrastructure including land development, architectural design, buildings, equipment and other needs.
(5) Notwithstanding anything said in sub-section (4) above, the University may approach the Government at any time for future financial support, on such terms and conditions as mutually agreed, to meet its expansion and development.
4. Jurisdiction. - Save as otherwise provided by or under this Act, the limits of the area within which the University shall exercise its powers, shall be those of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
5. Objects of the University. - The objects of the University shall be to-
(a) establish and incorporate a non-affiliating teaching University for conducting research and for imparting education in pharmaceutical sciences and allied areas at Delhi;
(b) facilities and promote studies leading to award of degrees, diplomas and certificates;
(c) undertake research and consultancy work in pharmaceutical sciences and allied areas of application;
(d) achieve excellence in pharmaceutical sciences and technology and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto;
(e) be a change-agent that shall contribute to enable pharmaceuticals and related areas of industry to develop state of the art products and services;
(f) be industry relevant at all times and to create an impact on the fellow academic community in India and abroad;
(g) be an open institution to attract best minds of the world and to be completely globally integrated.