(1) The Academic Council shall consist of the following members, namely:—
(i) Vice-Chancellor—Chairperson;
(ii) three Experts from the field of Science, Digital Technology and Humanities nominated by the Board of Governors on the recommendation of the Vice Chancellor;
(iii) Dean of the academic wing;
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(iv) Dean of the research wing;
(v) all Professors of the University; and
(vi) two student representatives from the students of the University nominated by the Government and one of them shall be a girl student.
(2) The Registrar shall be the Secretary of the Academic Council.
(3) The Academic Council shall meet as decided by the Vice-Chancellor and in any case, the interval between two meetings shall not exceed sixty days.
(4) The quorum for the meeting of the Academic Council shall be one-third of the total members.
(5) The term of office of the nominated members of the Academic Council shall be two consecutive academic years. The term of office of other members shall be till the end of their official position or on completion of two consecutive academic years, whichever is earlier.
(6) The Academic Council shall be responsible for all academic programmes of the University including education, training and extension programs which the University may conduct from time to time with the approval of the Board of Governors. The Academic Council may set up separate Board of Studies for various streams of education as well as for various programmes as per the Statutes.