Vice-Chancellor

("Vice-Chancellor")

1. (1) The Vice-Chancellor shall be a whole-time salaried officer of the University and shall be appointed by the Chancellor on the recommendations of the Executive Council, from amongst the teachers of the University, who shall not be below the rank of Professor on such terms and conditions as the Vice-Chancellor may recommend to the Executive Council: Provided that the term of office of the Vice-Chancellor shall be for a period of three years, which may be renewed for another one year, if deemed proper, by the Executive Council, on the recommendations of the Vice-Chancellor.
2. (2) The Vice-Chancellor shall be the principal academic and executive officer of the University and shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, exercise general supervision and control over the affairs of the University and shall give effect to the decisions of all the authorities of the University.
3. (3) The Vice-Chancellor shall preside over meetings of the Court, the Executive Council, the Academic Council and shall be entitled to be present at, and to address, any meeting of any other authority or body of the University but shall not be entitled to vote thereat unless she is a member of such authority or body.
4. (4) It shall be the duty of the Vice-Chancellor to see that the provisions of this Act, the Statutes, the Ordinances and the Regulations are duly observed and shall take all necessary steps to ensure such observance.
5. (5) The Vice-Chancellor shall have the power to convene or cause to be convened meetings of the Court, the Executive Council, the Academic Council and any other authority or body of the University.
6. (6) If the Vice-Chancellor is of the opinion that immediate action is necessary on any matter, she may exercise any power conferred on any authority of the University by or under this Act and shall report to such authority the action taken by her on such matters: Provided that if the authority concerned is of the opinion that such action ought not to have been taken, it may refer the matter to the Chancellor whose decision thereon shall be final: Provided further that any person in the service