(1) There shall be established a Council by the name “the Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education” Establishment of Council for Higher Education
(2) The Council shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal and shall sue and be sued by the said name.
(3) The headquarters of the Council shall be located at Madras.
4. The Council shall consist of the following members, namely:- (Composition of Council)
(a) The Minister in-charge of Education, who shall be the Chairman, ex-officio;
(b) the Vice-Chairman appointed by the Government from among persons having experience in the field of education;
(bb) the Secretary to Governor, ex-officio;
(c) the Secretary to Government in-charge of Education ex-officio;
(d) the Secretary to Government in-charge of Finance, ex-officio;
(e) the Secretary, University Grants Commission or his nominee, ex-officio;
(f) the Director of Collegiate Education, ex-officio;
(g) the Director of Technical Education, ex-officio;
(h) one member nominated by the Government from among the eminent academicians or educational administrators;
(i) one member nominated by the Government from among the eminent scientists or engineers;
(j) one member nominated by the Government from among industrialists of high repute who have contributed to the cause of higher education;
(k) two members nominated by the Government from among the Vice-Chancellors of the Universities including Vice-Chancellors of Central Universities in this State, if any;
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(l) not more than three eminent educationists co-opted by the Council; and
(m) a full time Member-Secretary appointed by the Government.
Disqualification for membership of Council
5. A person shall be disqualified for being appointed as Vice-Chairman or for being nominated or co-opted as a member of the Council or for being such Vice-Chairman nominated or co-opted member, if-
(a) he is of unsound mind;
(b) he is an applicant to be adjudicated as insolvent or is an undischarged insolvent;
(c) he has been sentenced for any offence involving moral turpitude, punishable under any law with imprisonment, such sentence not having been annulled and a period of five years has not elapsed from the date of expiration of the sentence;
(d) he is a paid officer or employee of the Council; or
(e) he incurs such other disqualifications as may be prescribed by the Government.
Terms and conditions of service of Vice- Chairman and nominated and co-opted members