Selection Committees

(1) There shall be Selection Committees for making recommendations to the Executive Council for appointment to the posts of Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, Librarian and Principals of Colleges and Institutions maintained by the University. (2) The Registrar shall be the Ex-officio Non-Member Secretary of the Selection Committee excepting for the Selection Committee for appointment of the Registrar. (3) The Selection Committee for appointment to the posts specified in column 2 of the table below shall consist of the Vice-Chancellor, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor if any, a nominee of the Chancellor and the persons specified in the corresponding entry in column 3 of the said table. TABLE: 1. Professor/Associate Professor: Three persons not in the service of the University, nominated by the Vice-Chancellor, out of a panel of names recommended by the Planning Board for their special knowledge of or interest in the subject with which the Professor or Associate Professor, as the case may be, will be concerned. 2. Assistant Professor: (i) The Head of the Department ; and (ii) Two persons not in the service of the University nominated by the Vice-Chancellor out of a panel of names recommended by the Planning Board for their special knowledge of or interest in the subject with which the Assistant Professor will be concerned. 3. Librarian: (i) Two persons not in the service of the University, who have special knowledge of the subject of Library Science or Library Administration, to be nominated by the Executive Council ; and (ii) One person, not in the service of the University, nominated by the Planning Board. 4. Principal of College or Institution maintained by University: Three persons not in the service of the University of whom two shall be nominated by the Executive Council and one by the Planning Board for their special knowledge of or interest in a subject in which instruction is being provided by the college or Institution. (4) The Vice-Chancellor or in his absence the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, if any shall preside at the meetings of a Selection Committee provided that the meetings of the Selection Committee shall be fixed only after prior consultation with, and subject to the concurrence of the Chancellor’s nominee and the persons nominated under sub-clause (2) above: Provided further that the proceedings of the Selection Committee shall not be valid unless ; (a) where the number of Chancellor’s nominees and expert members is three in all, atleast two of them attend the meeting ; and (b) where the number of Chancellor’s nominees and expert members is three in all, atleast two of them attend the meeting. (5) The procedure to be followed by a Selection Committee in making recommendation shall be prescribed. (6) If the Executive Council is unable to accept the recommendation made by a Selection Committee, it shall record its reasons and submit the case to the Chancellor for final orders. (7) No temporary appointment shall be made to the post of a Professor or a Associate Professor. The appointment to the temporary posts of Lecturers could be made in the manner indicated below : (a) if the temporary vacancy is for a duration longer than one academic session, it shall be filled on the advice of the Selection Committee in accordance with the procedures indicated in the foregoing clause : Provided that if the Vice-Chancellor is satisfied that in the interest of the work, it is necessary to fill the vacancy, the appointment may be made on a purely temporary basis by a local Selection Committee referred in sub-clause (ii) for a period not exceeding six months ; (b) if the temporary vacancy is for a period less than a year an appointment to such vacancy shall be made on the recommendation of a local Selection Committee consisting of the Dean of the Faculty concerned, the Head of the Department, and nominee of the Vice-Chancellor : Provided that if the same person holds the office of the Dean and the Head of the Department, the Selection Committee may contain two nominees of the Vice-Chancellor ; (c) a teacher appointed temporarily, shall not, if he is not recommended by a regular Selection Committee, for appointment under these Statutes, be again appointed as a temporary Assistant Professor. (8) The Selection Committee for the post of Registrar and the Finance Officer shall consist of Vice-Chancellor, (a nominee of the Visitor) and a nominee of the Chancellor.