18-A. (1) There shall be a Co-ordination Council which shall consist of the [The Chancellor as its Chairman, the Chief Minister or his nominee not below the rank of Cabinet Minister as its Vice-Chairman] and the following other members, namely :
(i) the Vice-Chancellor of the Universities ;
(ii) the Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh State Council of Higher Education ;
(iii) the Secretary to the State Government in the Judicial Department ;
(iv) the Secretary to the State Government in the Finance Department ;
(v) the Secretary to the Governor ;
(vi) the Secretary to the State Government in the Higher Education Department who shall be ex-officio of the Co-ordination Council.
(2) Subject to the recommendations of, or guidelines issued by, the University Grants Commission, the powers and functions of the Co-ordination Council shall be as follow, namely :
(a) to recommend common courses of study for a Bachellors Degree ;
(b) to recommend in respect of the constitution of a Central Board of Studies for the foundation course or for each subject or group of subjects ;
(c) to recommend ways and means of co-operation in academic programmes amongst the Universities ;
(d) to consider and recommend matters of common interest to the Universities.
(3) The Co-ordination Council shall meet at Lucknow or at such other place and at such intervals as the Chancellor may determine.