18.(1) The Board shall constitute an Academic Advisory Committee thereof for advising it on the courses of studies.
(2) The advice given by the Academic Advisory Committee shall not be binding on the Board but if the board does not accept the advice of the Academic Advisory Committee the Board shall record the reasons for not accepting the advice given by the Academic Advisory Committee.
(3) Subject to the other provisions of this section, the Academic Advisory Committee shall consist of seven members including eminent academicians in different branches of knowledge to be nominated by the Board.
(4) The Chairperson shall be the Chairman of the Academic Advisory committee, and the Head of the Academic Department shall be the Secretary of the Academic Advisory Committee. The Board shall not nominate more than three members of the Board excluding the Chairperson in the Academic Advisory Committee.
(5) The Chairperson shall preside over the meetings of the Academic Advisory Committee and, in his absence, the Director shall preside over such meetings.
(6) A member of the Academic Advisory Committee, who is also a member of the Board, shall continue to hold office as a member of the Academic Advisory Committee till he ceases to be a member of the Board.
(7) Any member of the Academic Advisory Committee may resign after giving fifteen days notice to the Director and the Board shall have the power to remove any member of the Academic Advisory Committee after recording reasons there for at a meeting.