Provided that the person appointed as first Vice-Chancellor shall retire from office, if during the term of his office, he completes the age of sixty-seven years.

Transitory powers of the first Vice-Chancellor.- (1) It shall be the duty of the first Vice- Chancellor to make arrangements for constituting the Academic Council, Syndicate and such other authorities of the University within six months of the notified date or such longer period not exceeding one year as the Government may, by notification, direct.

1. (2) The first Vice-Chancellor shall in consultation with the Government make such rules as may be necessary for the functioning of the University.
2. (3) The authorities constituted under sub-section (1) shall commence to exercise their functions on such date as the Government may, by notification specify in this behalf.
3. (4) It shall be the duty of the first Vice Chancellor to draft such statutes as may be necessary and submit them to the Syndicate for their approval. Such statutes when framed shall be published in the Karnataka Gazette.
4. (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act and the statutes and until such time an authority is duly constituted, the first Vice-Chancellor may appoint any officer or constitute any committee temporarily to exercise and perform any of the powers and duties of such authority under this Act and the statutes.