EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS :
(i) The Vice-Chancellor;
(ii) The Pro Vice-Chancellor;
(iii) The Registrar;
(iv) Academic Registrar;
(v) Two Members of Assam Legislative Assembly;
(vi) The Director of Higher Education, Assam;
(vii) The Director of Technical Education, Assam;
(viii) The Director of Medical Education, Assam;
(ix) The Chairman, Board of Secondary Education, Assam;
(x) Chairman, Higher Secondary Education Council, Assam; .
(xi) The Principal of Constituent Colleges, if any;
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(xii) President and Secretary, Cotton University Teachers' Association.
OTHER MEMBERS :
(xiii) Two Heads of Departments of the University who are professors, to be chosen by the Vice-Chancellor by rotation according to seniority for a period of three years;
(xiv) One Dean of Faculty to be chosen by the Vice-Chancellor from the Deans of Faculties of the University for a period of three years, by rotation according to seniority;
(xv) Two members to be elected by the Court from amongst its members at its Annual General Meeting other than employees and students of the University;
(xvi) Two teachers other than a Dean of Faculty of the University to be elected by the Academic Council from amongst such teachers who are its members;
(xvii) Two persons of whom one shall be women to be nominated by the Chancellor, and
(xviii) Two persons to be nominated by the State Government;
(xix) Two members (one female) from Cotton College Alumni (to be nominated by the Vice Chancellor).
(2) Save as otherwise provided and except the ex-officio 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 member of a particular body or as a holder of a particular appointment shall be member after he ceases to be member of that body or holder of that appointment, as the case may be.
(3) When a person ceases to be member of the Executive Council, he shall cease to be member of any of the authorities of the university of which he may happen to be a member by virtue of his membership of the Executive Council.
Powers of Executive Council.
28. (1) The Executive Council shall hold, control and administer the property and funds of the University and shall appoint a Finance Committee to advise it on matters of finance consisting of six members of whom the Vice-Chancellor shall be the Chairman, the Finance Officer shall be the Secretary and the other four members shall be appointed as follows:- 14
(i) Two members to be elected by the Executive Council from among its members and
(ii) Two members to be nominated by the State Government one from the Finance Department and the other from the Education Department of the State Government.
(2) It shall do all acts appertaining or incidental to the construction of buildings, roads, tanks, pipelines and other structures of the University and for the purpose shall appoint a Construction Committee consisting of seven members of whom the Vice- Chancellor shall be the Chairman, the Registrar shall be the Secretary, the Finance Officer, a member and the remaining four members shall be appointed from among the members of the Executive Council with power to coopt experts as members who shall have no power to vote :
Provided that at least one member of the Committee shall be appointed from amongst the members elected to the Executive Council by the Court.
(3) It shall determine the form and regulate the use of the Common Seal of the University.
(4) It shall lay before the State Government annually a full statement of the financial requirements of the University.
(5) It shall administer funds placed at the disposal of the University for any specific purpose including those given for the purpose of buildings, roads, tanks, pipelines and other structures of the University.
(6) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the Statutes, it shall appoint the officers (other than the Chancellor and the Vice-Chancellor), teachers, office and technical staff and other employees of the University and define their duties and conditions of service and shall provide for the filling up of temporary vacancies.
(7) It shall have power to accept, on behalf of the University, bequest, endowments, donations or transfer of any movable or immovable property.
(8) It shall arrange for holding of conducting and publishing the results of the University examinations.
(9) It shall, .subject to the powers conferred by this Act on the Vice- Chancellor, regulate and determine all matters under this Act concerning the University in accordance With this Act, the Statutes and the Ordinances:
Provided that no action shall be taken by the Executive Council in respect to the numbers, qualifications or emoluments of teachers otherwise than in consultation with the Academic Council; and 15
(10) It shall exercise all other powers of the University of which no specific provisions have been made in this Act or in the Statutes.
The Academic Council.