(1) The Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish the Governing Council, which shall be an apex body to control and monitor the matters pertaining to diploma level art education and examinations to be conducted by the Board.
(2) The Governing Council shall consist of the following, namely :
( a ) Minister, Higher and Technical Education Department, President; (@i /i@) Minister of State, Higher and Technical Education Department, Vice-President; ( c ) Secretary, Higher and Technical Education Department or his nominee, ex-officio Member; ( d ) Director, Directorate of Art, ex-officio Member; ( e ) Director, Maharashtra State Board of Art Education, Member-Secretary; ( f ) Deputy Director (Administration), Directorate of Art, ex-officio Member; ( g ) Secretary, Maharashtra State Board of Art Education, ex-officio Member; ( h ) three senior practicing artists in the field of Art, to be nominated by the Government of whom at least one shall be a woman and one shall be a person belonging to Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes or Denotified Tribes ( Vimukta Jatis ) or Nomadic Tribes or Other Backward Classes or Special Backward Category, Members.
(3) The names of the persons other than the ex-officio members, who have been nominated, from time to time, as members of the Governing Council, shall be published by the Government in the Official Gazette.
(4) The term of the nominated members of the Governing Council shall be for a period of five years, unless terminated earlier by the State Government.
(5) The Governing Council shall meet not less than thrice in every year, and a period of not more than four months shall intervene between two successive meetings.
(6) The nominated members shall receive such allowances, as may be determined by the Government, for attending the meetings.