Appointment of Kulpati

(1) The appointment of the Kulpati shall be made by the Kulpati (Chancellor) on the advice of the State Government, from a panel of at least three persons related to the field of journalism recommended by a search committee constituted under sub-section (2) or sub-section (6) on the principle of 'pleasure': Provided that if the person approved by the Kulpati from the panel recommended by the search committee does not wish to accept the appointment, the Kulpati may call for new names from the search committee. (2) The Kulpati shall appoint a search committee, which shall consist of the following persons, namely: (1) One person recommended by the Executive Council; (2) One person nominated by the Chairman of the University Grants Commission; (3) One person nominated by the State Government; the Kulpati shall appoint them and make one of them the chairman of the committee. (3) For the constitution of the committee under sub-section (2), the Kulpati shall, six months before the expiry of the term of the Kulpati, require the Executive Council, the Chairman of the University Grants Commission, and the State Government to nominate their respective persons, and if any or both of them fail to do so within one month of receiving the Kulpati's notice, the Kulpati, in consultation with the State Government, may nominate the name of either one or both persons, as the case may be. (4) No person who is connected with the University shall be elected or recommended for the committee under sub-section (2). (5) The committee shall submit the panel within six weeks of the date of its constitution or within such further time, not exceeding four weeks, as may be extended by the Kulpati. (6) If for any reason the committee constituted under sub-section (2) fails to submit the panel within the period specified in sub-section (5), the Kulpati shall constitute another committee consisting of three persons who are not connected with the University or any college, one of whom shall be designated as chairman. The committee so constituted shall submit a panel containing at least three names within a period of six weeks from the date of its constitution or such shorter period as may be specified. (7) If the committee under sub-section (6) fails to submit the panel within the period specified in that sub-section, the Kulpati, in consultation with the State Government, may appoint any person whom he considers suitable as Kulpati. (8) The State Government shall appoint an expert in the field of journalism to the post of Kulpati of the newly established University for a period of five years or until the age of 70 years, whichever is earlier, and such appointed person shall constitute the Executive Council, Academic Council and other authorities of the University within one year of the date of establishment and till such authorities are constituted, the Kulpati shall be deemed to be the Executive Council, Academic Council or such other authority, as the case may be, and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred upon such authorities by or under this Act: Provided that if the Kulpati considers it necessary or expedient to do so, he may, after consulting the State Government, appoint a committee consisting of an educationist, an administrative expert and a financial expert, which will assist and advise the Kulpati in the exercise of his powers and discharge of his functions. In the Chhattisgarh Kushabhau Thakre Patrakarita Avam Jansanchar University Act, 2004 (No. 24 of 2004), in sub-section (8) of Section 11, for the words "from field of journalism", the punctuation and words", a professional person of either branch from field of journalism or mass media, who has more than 20 years of experience at senior level in public or private sector" shall be substituted.