The Board of Management.

(1) The Board of Management shall be constituted by the Chancellor, on the advice of the Government, and it shall consist of the following, namely:- (i) the Vice-Chancellor - Ex-officio Chairman; (ii) the Chief Secretary to Government - Ex-officio Member; (iii) the Secretary to the Government (Medical Education and Research) - Ex-officio Member; (iv) the Secretary to the Government(Finance Department) - Ex-officio Member; (v) the Director Medical Education and Research, Himachal Pradesh - Ex-officio Member; (vi) three eminent persons to be nominated by the Government - Members; and (vii) five eminent persons with recognized national and international contributions towards education and research in the field of health sciences, of whom, a minimum of three persons shall be from the State to be nominated by the Government for the constitution of the first Board of Management, and subsequently as provided for under the rules - Members. (2) The Registrar shall be the Secretary to the Board of Management. (3) The term of office of the nominated members of the Board of Management shall be five years and in case of ex-officio members the tenure shall be co-terminus with the term of the offices held by them. (4) Five members of the Board of Management shall form a quorum for meeting. (5) The Chairman shall preside over the meetings of the Board of Management. In absence of the Chairman, member senior in age, shall preside over such meetings. (6) The first Board of Management shall be constituted by the Government within one month of the commencement of this Act.