(i) to make proposals to the Executive Council for the institution of Professorships, Associate Professorship, Assistant Professorship or other teaching posts, and in regard to the duties and emoluments thereof;
(ii) to submit to the Executive Council draft Regulations, regarding methods and manner of conducting examinations including setting up of Moderation Boards and to award in accordance with such Regulations, Fellowships, Scholarships, Exhibitions, Medals and other rewards;
(iii) to recommend examiners for appointments to be made by the Vice-Chancellor after report from the Faculties concerned;
(iv) to control the University Library, to frame Regulations regarding its use, and to appoint a Library Committee under the general control of the Academic Council to manage the affairs of the Library;
(v) to assign subjects to the faculties; ' ' - (vi) to assign teachers to the faculties;
(vii)to promote research within the University including the establishment of a Research Council and to require reports on such research from the persons employed thereon;
(viii) to provide for the inspection of Colleges and Halls in respect of the instruction and discipline therein and to submit report thereon to the Executive Council;
(ix) to organize teaching in the University and to control the work of teachers; and
(x) such other powers and duties as may be assigned to it under the Statutes.
27. (1) The University shall include Faculties cf Arts, Science, Law, Medicine, Technology, Agriculture, Engineering, Commerce, Business Administration, Mass Communications, Environmental Science and Indian Fine Arts and such other Faculties as may be prescribed by the Statutes.
(2) Each Faculty shall, subject to the control of the Academic Council, have charge of the teaching and the courses of study and the research work in such subjects as may be assigned to such Faculty by the Ordinances.
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(3) Each Faculty shall consist of -
(i) the Heads of the Departments comprised in the Faculty;
(ii) such teachers of subjects assigned to the Faculty as may be appointed to the faculty by the Academic Council;
(ill) such teachers of subjects not assigned to the Faculty but having, in the opinion of the Academic Council, an important bearing on those subjects, as may be appointed to the Faculty by the Academic Council; and
(iv) five teachers of the affiliated Colleges representing different subjects to be elected from amongst themselves:
Provided that a teacher so elected shall hold office for a period of two years from the date of his election;
(v) such other persons as may be appointed to the Faculty by the Academic Council on account of their possessing expert knowledge in a subject or subjects assigned to the Faculty.
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28. Subject to the provisions of this Act, each Faculty shall have the following powers, namely
(a) to constitute the Committees of Courses and Studies in Departments assigned to it;
(b) to recommend to the academic Council the courses of studies for the different examinations, after consulting the Committees of Courses and Studies;
(c) to recommend to the Academic Council, after consulting the Committees of Courses and Studies, the names of the examiners in subjects assigned to the Faculty;
(d) to recommend to the Academic Council the conditions for the award of Degrees, Diplomas and other distinctions;
(e) subject to the control of the Academic Council, to organize research in subjects assigned to the Faculty; and
(f) to deal with any other matters referred to by the Academic Council.
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29. (1) There shall be a Dean of each Faculty who shall be responsible for the due observance of the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations relating to the faculty. He shall be the executive Officer of the Faculty and shall preside at its meeting.
(2) Each Faculty shall comprise such Departments of teaching as may be prescribed by the Ordinances. The Head of every such Department shall be Professor o f the Department or, rf there is no Professor, the Associate Professor. If there is more than one Professor, or more than one Associate Professor of a Department, the Vice-Chancellor shall appoint as the Head of the Department such one o f the Professors or, if there is no Professor, such one o f the Associate Professor as he thinks fit.
The Head of the Department shall be responsible to the Dean for the organization o f the teaching in the Department and smooth running of the Department.
(3) The Dean o f a Faculty be elected by the Faculty from among the Heads of the Departments of the Faculty and shall hold office for a period of three years.
(4) The Dean of a Faculty be elected by the Faculty from among the Heads of the Departments of the Faculty and shall hold office for a period o f three years.
30. (1) There shall be a Selection Committee fo r making recommendations to the Executive Council for appointment of Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Registrar, Rector, Finance Officer, Controller o f Examinations, Librarian-, Deputy Registrars, Deputy Controller o f Examinations and other officers o f the University as may be provided for by the Statutes consisting of the following members:-
(i) the Vice-Chancellor as Chairman o f the Selection Committee;
(ii) three persons hot holding any office of profit under the University of whom one to be nominated by the Chancellor, one to be nominated by the Executive Council and other to be nominated by the Academic Council;
(iii) the Registrar shall be the Member-Secretary of the Selection Committee except for the Selection Committee of the appointment of Registrar in which case the Vice-Chancellor shall nominate one person as Member-Secretary in consultation with the Executive Council.
(2) In making recommendations for the appointment of Professors of the University, the Selection Committee shall co-opt the Head of the Department concerned, if he is a Professor, one Professor of the Department to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor and two persons not in the services of the University to be nominated by the Executive Council out of a panel of not less than five names of persons recommended by the Academic Council, who have special knowledge of the subject for which the Professor is to be selected.
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(3) In making recommendations for the appointment of Associate Professor or Assistant Professor and other teachers of the University, the Selection Committee shall co-opt the Head of the Department concerned, one Professor of the Department to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor and two persons to be nominated by the Executive Council out of a panel of not less than five names of persons recommended by the Academic Council being persons not connected with the University, who have special knowledge of or interest in the subject for which the teacher is to be selected:
Provided that where the Executive Council proposes to make an appointment otherwise than in order of merit arranged by the Selection Committee the post of Professors, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor, it shall record its reasons in writing and submit them to the Chancellor who may approve the proposal or return it to the Executive Council for reconsideration.
After reconsideration, if the Executive Council desires to pursue its original proposal, it shall refer the matter again to the Chancellor for his decision which shall be final;
Provided further that, where a Selection Committee recommends to the Executive Council the name of one person only and that person is not acceptable to the Executive Council, the Executive Council shall record its reasons in, writing for not accepting the recommendation and direct the Registrar to advertise the vacancy again and convene a meeting of the Selection Committee for making fresh recommendation, and in so doing communicate to every member of the Selection Committee the reasons recorded as above.
(4) Where an appointment is to be made to a temporary vacancy of Teachers of the University, the appointment shall be made, if vacancy is for a period of one year or more, on the recommendation of the Selection Committee in accordance with the provisions of the preceding sub-sections and no ad-hoc appointment shall be made by the Executive Council.
(5) If a member of the Selection Committee is unable to attend, he may send his opinion in writing to the Vice-Chancellor and such opinion shall be taken into consideration by the Committee in making its recommendations.
(6) If the Executive Council does not accept any of the recommendations of the Selection Committee it shall refer the matter to the Chancellor, stating dearly the reasons for not agreeing with the Selection Committee, and the decision given by the Chancellor thereon shall be final.
(7) The Executive Council shall constitute one or more Committees for making recommendations to the Executive Council for appointment to other administrative posts and may prescribe by Ordinance the procedure and methods to be followed in making such recommendations.
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(i) one Chairman to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor from amongst the teachers of the University;
(ii) the Director of Students Welfare Ex-officio Treasurer;
(iii) President and Secretary of the University Teachers’ Association;
(iv) President, Vice-President and Secretary of the University Students’ Union;
(v) Principals of the Constituent college;
(vi) five students from five affiliated Degree Colleges to be selected by the Executive Council by rotation in the manner to be prescribed by the statutes; 1 *
(vii) one student from each teaching faculty of the University to tie elected as prescribed by the Statutes;
(viii) five students, one from each of the five activities mentioned below who have shown outstanding performances in the following activities, to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor, namely :-
(a) Sports;
(b) National Service Schemes ;
(c) National Cadet Corps;
(d) Cultural activities;
(e) National Discipline Scheme;
(ix) four lady students to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor;
(x) the Directors of Sports and Physical Education, if any;
(xi) the members of the Students’ Advisory Council shall elect from amongst themselves the Secretary of the Council.
(2) The term of the members of the Students’ Advisory Council other than ex-officio members shall be one year.
(3) The quorum to constitute a meeting of the Students’ Advisory Council, the rules of procedures and conduct of business to be followed at a meeting, the period within which a meeting shall be called and such other matter shall be prescribed by the Statutes:
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Students Advisory Council
Provided that no student shall be eligible to be or continue to be a member of the Students’ Advisory Council unless he is enrolled as a student or after he attains the age of twenty five years. A student member shall cease to be such member if he fails to pass at the next University Examination.
The functions of the Students’ Advisory Council shall be as follows: -
(i) to make recommendations to the Executive Council and the Academic Council in the matters effecting the students corporate life of the University in so far as it concerns the students and the co-curricular and extra-curricular activities in the University and the Degree Colleges affiliated to the University;
(ii) all rules effecting discipline, welfare, sports, Literary, Management of Hostels, students Home, extension work, social work, students’ health, National Service Scheme. N.C.C.
etc. shall be placed before the Students’ Advisory Council for its views before any decision is taken by the Executive Council;
(iii) the Vice-Chancellor or any authority of the University may ask for the views of the Students’ Advisory Council on any matter concerning the welfare of students;
(iv) the Chairman of the Students’ Advisory Council shall be the Authority to decide whether a matter does or does not concern the students;
(v) the Students’ Advisory Council shall frame its own rules of business and shall submit the same to the Executive Council for consideration and approval.
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