Chancellor of the University

(1) A Judge of Supreme Court of India as nominated by the Board shall be the Chancellor of the University. The Chancellor shall preside over the Convocation of the University, in absence of the Visitor. (2) The Chancellor may cause an inspection to be made by/through the General Council of the University, its buildings, libraries, equipment and of any institution maintained by the University and also of the examinations, teaching and other-work conducted or done by the University. (3) The Chancellor may address the Secretary with reference to the result of such inspection, and the Secretary shall communicate to the Board, the views of the Chancellor along with such advice as the Chancellor may have offered on the action to be taken thereon by the Board. (4) The Board, through the General Council or directly shall communicate to the Chancellor the action taken or proposed to be taken on such advice. (b) Professor of a person of high academic distinction, eminence and professional attainment invited by the Executive Council to accept the post; (ii) to create administrative, ministerial and other necessary posts, to determine the number and emoluments of such posts, to specify minimum qualification for appointment to such posts and to recommend to the Board on the matters of appointments to the posts relating to administrative functions, assistants, stenos, clerical staff and all non-teaching, and ministerial posts on the basis of the recommendations of the concerned Selection Committee. In absence of the Councils, the Board shall be competent to make such appointments, which shall require the approval of the Executive Council after its constitution; (iii) to grant in accordance with the regulations leave of absence other than casual leave to any officer of the University and to make necessary arrangements for the discharge of the functions of such officer during his absence; (iv) to entertain, adjudicate upon, and if it thinks fit, to redress any grievances of the officers of the University, the teachers, the students and the employees of the University, who may, for any reason, feel aggrieved, otherwise than by an act of a court; (v) to appoint examiners and moderators, and if necessary, to remove them and to fix their fees, emoluments and travelling and other allowances, after consulting the Academic Council; (vi) to exercise such other powers and to perform such other duties as may be conferred or imposed on it by the General Council; (vii) any regulation proposed by the Executive Council shall be submitted, as soon as may be, for approval, to the General Council and the General Council shall have power by a resolution passed by a majority of not less than two thirds of the members present, to cancel any such proposed regulation and such regulations shall from the date of such resolution cease to have effect; (viii) to review the performance of the teachers and other staff or to entertain complaints against them and to hold enquiry, if required; and to make recommendations on the basis of enquiry report(s) to the General Council for taking necessary action; (ix) to make provision of reservation of at least 20% of seats in the University for the permanent residents of the State of Goa in the matters of admission to the courses to be undertaken by the University.