Section 71. Autonomous department of institution or college or recognised institution.

(1) A University department or institution, affiliated college or recognised institution may apply to the University for grant of autonomous status. The Management Council on the recommendation of Academic Council may confer the autonomous status. (2) The autonomous department or institution or college or recognised institution, may constitute its authorities or bodies and exercise the powers and perform the functions and carry out the administrative, academic, financial and other activities of the University, as prescribed. (3) The autonomous department or institution or college or recognised institution may prescribe its own courses of study, evolve its own teaching methods and hold examinations and tests for students receiving instruction in it and award degrees or certificates of its own. Autonomous department or institution or college or recognised institution shall function with the objectives of promoting academic freedom and scholarship on the part of teachers and students which are essential to the fostering and development of an intellectual climate conducive to the pursuit of scholarship and excellence.