(i) the President shall be the Chairman of the Board;
(ii) two representatives of the trust;
(iii) Director of the Institute;
(iv) two Deans of the Institute, by rotation, to be nominated by the Director;
(v) Secretary to the Government of West Bengal, Higher Education Department, or his nominee;
(vi) three expert academicians to be nominated by the President;
(vii) three experts representing other disciplines such as finance, legal, management, humanities to be nominated by the President;
(viii) two representatives of the Industries to be nominated by the President.
(2) The Executive Registrar shall be the Secretary of the Board.
11. (1) The Chairman shall preside over at the meetings of the Board and at the convocations of the Institute.
(2) The Chairman shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by this Act or the regulations.
12. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Board shall be responsible for the general superintendence, direction and control of the affairs of the Institute and shall exercise all the powers of the Institute and shall have the power to review of the acts of the Academic Council and the Finance Committee.
(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), the Board shall have the following powers and functions, namely:—
(i) to take decisions on question of policy relating to the administration and working of the Institute;
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(ii) to institute Courses of study at the Institue;
(iii) to make regulations;
(iv) to consider and approve the annual report and annual accounts of the Institute for every financial year;
(v) to invest moneys and funds of the Institute and take decisions on the recommendations of the Finance Committee;
(vi) to publish or finance the publication of studies, treaties, books, periodicals, reports and other literature and to sell or arrange for the sell as it may deem fit from time to time;
(vii) to create or abolish posts of teachers and other employees of the Institute;
(viii) to appoint such committees, bodies, as it considers necessary for the exercise of its powers and performance of its duties under this Act;
(ix) to delegate any of its powers to the Director, Deans, Executive Registrar, or any other officer, employee or authority of the Institute or to a committee appointed by it; and
(x) to exercise such other powers and perform such other functions as may be conferred or imposed upon it by this Act or the regulations made thereunder, and all such other powers for achieving the objects of the Institute.
Term of office of member of the Board.
Academic Council.
13. (1) Save as otherwise provided in this section, the term of nominated members of the Board shall be three years from the date of nominations.
(2) An ex officio member shall continue so long as he holds the office by virtue of which he is such member.
(3) Any vacancy in the Board occurring before the next reconstitution or before the expiry of the prescribed period shall be filled by nomination of another person by the President.
(4) A member nominated under sub-section (3) shall continue for the remainder of the term of a member in whose place he is nominated.
(5) An outgoing member shall be eligible for re-nomination for the next term.
(6) A member may resign his office by writing under his hand addressed to the President but he shall continue in office until his resignation has been accepted by the President.