Powers and functions of the Academic Council

Powers and functions of the Academic Council.--The Academic Council of a University shall have the following powers, namely :-

1. (a) to control and regulate the standards of teaching and examinations in the University ;
2. (c) to make proposals to the Syndicate and the University Council for the institution of Professorships, Readerships, Lectureships, or other teaching posts and in regard to the duties and emoluments thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Act ;
3. (d) to formulate, modify or revise, subject to control of the Syndicate, schemes for the constitution or reconstitution of departments of teaching, research, and for the constitution of integrated courses of study and postgraduate teaching in colleges.

1. (2) The Academic Council shall not take any decision falling within its competence which involves financial implications, without obtaining the previous approval of the Syndicate or the University Council, as the case may be.
2. (3) The Academic Council of a University shall have the power to appoint a Standing Committee of the members of the Academic Council, of which not less than two-thirds shall be University Professors, Readers, Principals or teachers of affiliated and constituent colleges not lower in rank than that of a Professor and to entrust such of its powers as it deems fit.