The Academic Council

The Academic Council shall be the academic body of the University, and shall, subject to the provisions of this Act and the regulations, have power of control and general regulation of, and be responsible for, the maintenance of standards of instruction, education and examination of the University, and shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be conferred or imposed upon it by the regulations framed under this Act. (1) The Academic Council shall consist of the following persons, namely:— (a) the Director-in-Chief (if any); (b) the Vice-Chancellor shall be the Chairperson of the Academic Council, however, if a Judge of Supreme Court or any High Court is the nominee of the Board, then he shall preside over the meeting of the Academic Council, irrespective of the fact that Vice-Chancellor is the Chairman of the Academic Council; (c) Pro-Vice-Chancellor (if any); (d) three persons nominated by the Board from amongst the educationists of repute or men of letters or members of the learned professions or eminent public men, who are not in the service of the University; (e) a nominee-member of the Bar Council of India; (f) five nominees of the Board, who shall be noted academicians, Judges, Jurists and Senior Advocates; (g) all the Heads of the Departments of the University (but, they shall have no voting rights); (h) all professors other than the Heads of the Departments (but, they shall have no voting rights); (i) two members of the teaching staff, representing Associate and Assistant Professors of the School to be nominated by the Executive Council; (j) the Secretary; and (k) the Registrar shall be the ex-officio Secretary of the Academic Council. (l) the Chairman of the Board shall be a permanent special invitee to Academic Council: Provided that an employee of the University and/ or the Bar Council of India Trust except the members at sub-clauses (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(c) and (1)(j) shall not be eligible for nomination. (2) The Chairperson of the Academic Council may invite any educationist, judge, social worker, minister, bureaucrat, advocate as a special invitee to attend any meeting of the Academic Council. Special invitees shall have no voting rights. (3) The Chairman of the Board, regardless of his not being a member of the Academic Council shall have the privilege to invite any educationist, judge, public leader, minister, bureaucrat, advocate as a special invitee to attend any meeting of the Academic Council. However, such invitees shall have no voting rights. (4) The term of the members of the Academic Council other than ex-officio members shall be two years: Provided that the term of the first Academic Council shall be three years.