(i) The Court;
(ii) The Executive Council;
(iii) The Academic Council;
(iv) The Post Graduate Board;
(v) The Under Graduate Board;
(vi) The Board of Studies;
(vii) The Finance Committee;
(viii) The Selection Committees;
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(ix) Such other authorities as may be declared by the Statutes to be the authorities of the University.
The Court. 24. (1) The Court shall consist of the following members, namely:- EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS :
(i) The Chancellor;
(ii) The Vice-Chancellor;
(iii) The Pro Vice-Chancellor;
(iv) The Minister of Education, Assam;
(v) The Registrar;
(vi) Academic Registrar;
(vii) The Controller of Examinations;
(viii) The Finance Officer;
(ix) Dean, Research and Development;
(x) Dean Students' Welfare;
(xi) The senior-most Secretary in the Education (Higher) Department of the Government of Assam;
(xii) The Director of Higher Education, Assam;
(xiii) The Director of Technical Education, Assam;
(xiv) The Director of Medical Education, Assam;
(xv) The Director of Agriculture, Assam;
(xvi) The Director of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, Assam;
(xvii) The Vice-Chancellors of the Dibrugarh University ;
(xviii) President and Secretary, Cotton University Teachers' Association;
(xix) Two members nominated by the Executive Council;
(xx) The Principal of the Constituent Colleges, if any;
(xxi) Two Heads of the Academic Departments of Cotton University (to be selected on the basis of seniority).
OTHER MEMBERS:
(xxii) Two persons distinguished in Literature/ Law/Medicine/ Science/ Engineering/ Technology / Commerce/ Public life nominated by the Chancellor;
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(xxiii) Two representatives with good records to be elected by the Post- Graduate Students of the University from amongst themselves:
Provided that a student to be so elected must have been a student of the University for at least one year prior to his election:
Provided further that no student who has taken more than one year in excess of the period prescribed for the course of which he is a student would be eligible for such election.
(xxiv) Two members (one female) of the Cotton College/ Cotton University Alumni (to be nominated by the Chancellor).
(2) Save as otherwise provided and except that ex-officio members and student members all other members shall hold office for a period of three years from the date of their election or nomination, as the case may be:
Provided, that no person nominated or elected in his capacity as a member of a particular body or as holder of a particular appointment shall be a member after he ceases to be a member of that body or holder of that appointment, as the case may be:
Provided further that any member elected or nominated under clause
(xxiii) shall hold office for a period of one year only from the date of his election or nomination, as the case may be. He shall cease to be member of the Court on his ceasing to be a student of the University.
(3) When a person ceases to be a member of the Court, he shall cease to be a member of any of the authorities or committees of the University of which he may happen to be a member by virtue of the membership of the Court.
(4) With the approval of the Court, the Vice-Chancellor may remove an elected or selected member.
Meeting of the Court.
25. The Court shall meet at least twice a year on dates to be fixed by the Vice-Chancellor.
One of such meetings shall be held in January and shall be called the Annual General Meeting. The Court may also meet at such times as it may, from time to time, determine.
Powers and duties of the Court.