(1) The Board of Governance shall be the principal policy making and executive authority of the University and shall be responsible for administering the affairs of the University and carrying out such duties, which are not specifically assigned to any other authority.
(2) There shall be not less than four meetings of the Board of Governance in a year.
(3) The procedure for conduct of business to be followed at a meeting including the quorum at the meeting and such other matters in relation to meetings as may be necessary, shall be such as may be prescribed by the Statutes.
(4) The Board of Governance shall consist of following members, namely:-
(a) the Chairman -Board of Governance ;
(b) the Vice-Chancellor ;
(c) Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay) or his nominee ;
(d) the Joint Secretary or Deputy Secretary of the Department of Higher and Technical Education, Government of Maharashtra ;
(e) Director, Technical Education or his nominee ;
(f) one Dean of the Schools, one Professor and one Associate Professor nominated by the Vice-Chancellor by rotation and seniority, for a tenure of three years ;
(g) Director, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune or his nominee ;
(h) Director of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune or his nominee, or Director, Vishvesaraiya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur or his nominee, to be nominated by Vice-Chancellor ;
(i) one representative of industry, not below the rank of Chief Executive officer or Chief Technical Officer or Chief Operations Officer, which shall be from core technology domain, to be nominated by the Chancellor ;
(j) one representative of corporate, not below the rank of Chief Executive Officer or Chief Technical Officer or Chief Operations Officer, which shall be from Information Communication Technology (ICT) domain to be nominated by the Chairman of the Board of Governance ;
(k) one illustrious alumnus, to be nominated by all the Alumni Associations of the University (including Alumni of existing college) ;
(l) the Registrar-Member-Secretary ;
(m) the Director Board of Examinations and Evaluation and Finance and Accounts Officer shall be the permanent invitees.
(5) The term of members mentioned in clauses (h), (i),(j) and (k) shall be five years from the date of appointment and members mentioned in clauses (i), (j) and (k) shall not be eligible for re-nomination.
(6) There shall be invitees for the meetings of the Board of Governance, as may be decided by the Chairman of the Board of Governance.