Powers and Duties of the Under-Graduate Board

Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Statutes and the Ordinances, the Under Graduate Board shall have the following powers and duties, namely :— (i) to recommend to the Academic Council the pattern of Under Graduate courses, the examinations to be held for such courses, and their revision; (ii) to approve the curricula and syllabi for the Under Graduate courses and to modify them wherein necessary after considering the recommendations of Boards of Studies; (iii) to recommend to the Executive Council for the institution and award of fellowships, scholarships, prizes, honorary degrees and other awards or other academic distinctions and for the instituting and conferring of degrees, diplomas, titles, certificates and other academic distinctions in the Under Graduate courses on the basis of examinations and for the withdrawal of the same; (iv) to make recommendations to the Executive Council for the institution of Professorships, Associate Professorships, Assistant Professorships or other posts of teachers required for the Under Graduate Courses and for the recognition of persons as teachers of the University for such courses, and regarding their emoluments, duties and terms and conditions of their services; (v) to recommend to the Academic Council the conditions for the admission of students to Under Graduate courses and to make regulations for their attendance and progress; (vi) to make Regulations with regard to the residence and discipline of students in the departments and the affiliated colleges and Colleges or Institutions or Centres imparting the Under Graduate courses and for the promotion of their health and welfare; (vii) to make recommendations to the Executive Council regarding the allocation of funds to the Under-Graduate Departments and constituent College or Institutions or centers engaged in Under graduate courses or research; and to the libraries, laboratories, and museums established by the University; (viii) to review the works of the Under Graduate Departments and Colleges or Institutions or Centers engaged in Under graduate courses and research and to call for a report thereon and to take all steps necessary for the improvement of the standards of research and teaching and other affairs therein; (ix) to consider the measures suggested by the Academic Council on any matter affecting the academic work of the University and to express its views on them; to consider any matter referred to it by the Executive Council or the Academic Council and to submit reports thereon to the Executive Council or the Academic Council, as the case may be; (x) to approve the panels of the examiners for Under Graduate Examinations, with or without modifications, after considering the recommendations of the Boards of Studies and to modify the same at any time after consultation with the Boards of Studies concerned; (xi) to appoint committees and to fix their terms of reference in regard to any matter within the jurisdiction of the Under-Graduate Board.