The Executive Council:

27. The Executive Council: The Executive Council shall be the Chief Executive body of the University and shall consist of the following persons, namely:- Ex-officio Members (1) The Vice-Chancellor (2) The Pro-Vice Chancellor (3) The Director, Higher Education, Jharkhand or his representative (4) Dean, Students’ Welfare, and Proctor (5) Registrar- Member Secretary Other Members (6) Two Vice-Chancellors to be nominated by the State Government for a period of one year in the following order of rotation: - (a) Sido Kanhu Murmu University, Dumka (b) Ranchi University, Ranchi (c) Kolhan University, Chaibasa (d) Binod Bihari Mahto Koylanchal University, Dhanbad (e) Nilamber Pitamber University, Medninagar, Palamu (f) Jharkhand Raksha Shakti University, Ranchi (g) Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukerjii University, Ranchi (h) Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribagh (i) Jharkhand University of Technology, Ranchi (j) Jamshedpur Women University, Jamshedpur (k) Baba BaidyaNath Dham Sanskrit University, Deoghar (7) Two Heads of University Departments, as may be prescribed by the Statutes, by rotation for a period of one year from the date of nomination. (8) Two from amongst the Professors and Associate Professors of the University, other than Heads of Departments and two such Assistant Professors who have teaching experience of at least ten years shall be nominated by the Chancellor as per the recommendation of the State Government. (9) One educationist reputed for his scholarship and academic work, to be nominated by the Chancellor as per the recommendation of the State Government. (10) Five educationists are to be nominated by the State Government one of whom shall be from Scheduled Tribes/Scheduled Castes/Backward Classes and one from women having academic and social work for the maximum period of three years. (11) In case none of the members from sub-sections (1) to (9) above belongs to Scheduled Caste or Scheduled tribe, the Chancellor on recommendations of the State Government, may nominate a person belonging to Scheduled caste or Scheduled tribe, who is interested in the cause of education, to be member of the Executive Council for a period not exceeding three years, but if during the said period of three years a person belonging to Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe becomes a member under any of the sub-sections (1) to (9) the person nominated under this sub-section shall automatically cease to be a member of the Executive Council with immediate effect: Provided that until appointments are made so as to fill up the seats specified in sub- sections (7) and (8) the Chancellor on recommendation of the State Government, shall nominate the teachers from other Universities in the State, who are not below the rank of Professors, to be the members of the Executive Council against those seats: Provided that the Chancellor shall appoint the members of Executive Council after recommendation and decision of the State Government as per sub-section (2) in Section 10. The Executive Council shall meet once every two months. However, the Vice- Chancellor may, wherever he think fit, convene a special meeting. The Executive Council shall have perpetual succession and any of its acts or proceedings shall not be invalid merely because of any vacancy or vacancies in its memberships.