The Vice-Chancellor:

11. The Vice-Chancellor: (1) The Vice-Chancellor shall be appointed by the Chancellor as per the recommendation of the State Government maintaining the order of preference of names placed before him or her by the State Government. The procedure mentioned in sub-section (2) of Section 10 of the Act shall be adopted for the appointment of the Vice-Chancellor. (2) No person shall be deemed to be qualified to hold the office of the Vice-Chancellor unless he is a reputed scholar and has immense academic interest. Further, a person of the highest level of competence, integrity, moral and institutional commitment is to be appointed as Vice-Chancellor. The Vice-Chancellor to be appointed should be a distinguished academician, with a minimum of ten years of experience as Professor in a University system or ten years of experience in an equivalent position in a reputed research and/or academic administrative organization. Further, it would be desirable that the person has administrative experience either at the Government or at the University level. (3) To meet out any of the situation of not joining by the person so appointed at the first instance, or in case of post of Vice-Chancellor falling vacant on account of death, resignation or removal of the Vice-Chancellor under the provision of this Act, the Chancellor shall appoint the Vice- Chancellor as per the procedure mentioned in sub-section (1) of this section. (4) (i) The Vice-Chancellor shall be a whole-time officer and shall hold office for a term of three years from the date on which he assumes charge of the office. (ii) Provided that the age for applying to the post of Vice-Chancellor shall not exceed 65 years. Ongoing of the said term, he may be reappointed by the Chancellor as per the recommendation of the State Government as per sub-section (1) and he shall hold office at the pleasure of the State Government for a term not exceeding three years, or up-to- the age of 70 years, whichever is earlier. (5) The Vice-Chancellor shall be the principal executive and academic officer of the University, Chairman of the Executive Council and the Academic Council, and shall be entitled to be present and speak at any meeting of any authority or body of the University and shall, in the absence of the Chancellor, preside at any convocation of the University: Provided that the Vice-Chancellor shall not vote in the first instance, but shall exercise a casting vote in the case of an equality of votes. (6) The Vice-Chancellor may hold any meeting of the Council/ Body/ Authority/ Committee or Board, under the information to the State Government. (7) The Vice-Chancellor shall on the recommendation of University Selection Committee and with the approval of Executive Council and subject to the provisions of this Act, the Statutes and the Ordinance, made thereunder, will have power to make appointment to posts within the sanctioned grades and scales of pay and within the sanctioned strength of the staff and other servants of the University, not being teachers and officers of the University and have control and have full disciplinary powers over such staff and servants. The appointment process for these posts shall be completely transparent. The advertisement for the appointment of these posts shall be advertised in leading newspapers. The current reservation policy of the State Government shall strictly be followed as per roster in the appointment of these posts. All these appointments shall be prominently displayed on the home page of the website of the University. (8) The University Selection Committee shall have the following composition: (a) Vice Chancellor – Chairman (b) Pro-Vice Chancellor – Member (c) Representative (Not below the rank of Joint Secretary) of Department of Higher and Technical Education – Member (d) Representative (Not below the rank of Joint Secretary) of Department of Finance – Member (e) Representative (Not below the rank of Joint Secretary) of Department of Personnel, Administrative Reforms and Rajbahasha– Member (9) Representative of The Vice-Chancellor shall have the right to visit and inspect the departments and buildings, laboratories, workshops and equipments thereof and any other institution associated with the University. (10) Save as otherwise provided in the Ordinance or the Statutes, the Vice-Chancellor on the recommendation of University Selection Committee shall appoint teachers and officers other than the Pro-Vice Chancellor, Financial Adviser and Registrar, with prior approval of the State Government and shall define their duties. (11) If at any time except when the Executive Council or the Academic Council is in session, the Vice- Chancellor is satisfied that an emergency has arisen requiring him to take immediate action involving the exercise of any power vested in the Executive Council or the Academic Council by or under this Act, he shall take such action as he deems fit, and shall report the action taken by him to the State Government which may either confirm the action so taken or disapprove it. (12) (i) Subject to the provisions of this Act, it shall be the duty of the Vice-Chancellor to see whether the proceedings of the University are carried out in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the Statutes, the Ordinances, the Regulations and the Rules or not, and the Vice-Chancellor shall report to the State Government every such proceeding which is not in conformity with such provisions. (ii) Till such time as the orders of the State Government are not received on the report of the Vice-Chancellor that the proceeding of the University is not in accordance with this Act, the Statutes, the Ordinances, the Regulations and the Rules, the Vice-Chancellor shall have the powers to stay the proceeding reported against. (13) The Vice-Chancellor shall be the principal executive and academic officer of the University and shall exercise general supervision and control over the affairs of the University and give effect to the decisions of all the authorities of the University. (14) The Vice-Chancellor shall have the power to take disciplinary action against all employees of the University including officers (other than the Pro-Vice Chancellor, Financial adviser and Registrar) and teachers of the University. (15) The Vice-Chancellor may, if he is of the opinion that immediate action is necessary on any matter, exercise any power conferred on any authority of the University by or under this Act and shall report to such authority at its next meeting the action taken by him on such matter: 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 State Government, whose decision thereon shall be final: Provided further that any person in the service of the University who is aggrieved by the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor under this subsection shall have the right to represent against such action to the Executive Council within three months from the date on which decision on such action is communicated to him and thereupon the Executive Council may confirm, modify or reverse the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor. (16) The Vice-Chancellor, if he is of the opinion that any decision of any authority of the University is beyond the powers of the authority conferred by the provisions of this Act, the Statutes or the Ordinances or that any decision taken is not in the interest of the University, may ask the authority concerned to review its decision within sixty days of such decision and if the authority refuses to review the decision either in whole or in part or no decision is taken by it within the said period of sixty days the matter shall be referred to the State Government, whose decision thereon shall be final. (17) The Vice-Chancellor shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Statutes or the Ordinances.