The Chancellor

(1) The Chanc ellor shall be appoint ed by the Sponsoring Body for a five year t erm.

1. (2) The founder trustee of the Sponsoring Body shall be the first Chancellor, who shall hold office for life or till he demits office.
2. (3) The Chancellor shall have such powers as may be conferred on him by this Act or he Statues made there under, which shall include the following powers; namely:-
   • (i) to 1[nominat e his represent ative] as the head of the Board of Governors;
   • (ii) to preside at all convoc ations of the 1[University] in absence of visitor.
   • (iii) to function as a member and the Chairperson of the Board of Governors of the 1[University] and also att end all the meetings of the Board of Governors;
   • (iv) to appoint or re-appoint or terminate the appointment of 1[the Vice Chancellor] , in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the Statute and Regulations;
   • (v) to nominate three eminent persons who maybe knowledge experts or scientists or professionals as members on the Board of Governors;
   • (vi) to approve the composition of the first Board of Management, the Finance Committee, the Research Council and the Academic Council;
   • (vii) to resolve a conflict (excluding conflicts at a meeting of the Board of Governors) in the manner provided for in this Act.
   • (viii) in the event of there being a c onflict inter-se between the functionary or functionaries or body or bodies and any other functionary or body of the 1[University] , then the

issue shall be referred t o the Chanc ellor and the decision of the Chanc ellor in respect of the such issue shall be final and binding on the

¹ Substituted by Act 13 of 2018 w.e.f 17.03.2018.

1[University] .

17.

1[The Vice Chancellor]

.- (1)

1[T he Vice Chanc ellor]

shall be appointed by the

Chanc ellor based on the rec ommendation of a three member search c ommittee c onsisting of eminent academicians, knowledge experts, professionals appointed by the Board of Governors, on such terms and conditions as decided by the board. (2)

1[University] and shall exercise general supervision and control over the affairs of the

1[University]

and give effect to the decisions of the authorities of the

1[University] . (3)

1[T he Vice Chanc ellor]

shall nominate and appoint the chief operating officer and

1[the registrar (COO and R) and Chief Program Officer (CPO)] for the

1[University] .

1[The Vice Chanc ellor] is responsible for approving appointments of all

1[University]

, based on the rec ommendations rec eived by committees appoint ed by

1[The Vice Chanc ellor]

shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be laid down by the Statues and Regulations The services of

1[t he Vice Chanc ellor]

can be t erminat ed by the Chanc ellor with the approval of the Board of Governors and Chanc ellor after following the principles of natural justice and after providing an opportunity to present his case including for termination on disciplinary grounds.

1[t he Vice Chanc ellor] shall preside at the convoc ation of the

¹ Substituted by Act 13 of 2018 w.e.f 17.03.2018.

1[University] in the absence of the Chancellor and visitor.

18.

1[Dean cum Advisor]

s of schools in the

1[University] shall be appointed by

1[t he Vice Chanc ellor]

¹ Substituted by Act 13 of 2018 w.e.f 17.03.2018.

and they shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be laid down by the Statutes and Regulations.