The University

The first Chancellor and the first Vice-Chancellor of the University, the Executive Council and the Academic Council and all persons who may hereafter become such officers, so long as they continue to hold such offices are hereby constituted a body corporate by the name of “Islamic University of Science and Technology, Kashmir”. (3) The Vice-Chancellor shall have power to convene meetings of the Executive Council and the Academic Council and shall perform all such acts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act, these Statutes and the Ordinances. (4) The Vice-Chancellor shall be entitled to be present at, and to address, any meeting of any authority or body or committee of the University and shall be entitled to vote thereat being deemed to be its Chairman by virtue of his office. (5) If, in the opinion of the Vice-Chancellor any emergency has arisen which requires immediate action to be taken, the Vice-Chancellor shall take such action as he deems necessary and shall report the same for approval at the next meeting to the authority which, in the ordinary course, would have dealt with the matter : Provided that, if the action by the Vice-Chancellor is not approved by the Authority concerned, he may refer the matter to the Chancellor, whose decision thereon shall be final : Provided further that, where any such action taken by the Vice-Chancellor affects any person in the service of the University, such person shall be entitled to prefer, within 30 days from the date on which he receives notice of such action, an appeal to the Executive Council. (6) The Vice-Chancellor shall exercise such other powers as may be prescribed by the Ordinances or the Regulations.