The Board of Governors and its powers

(1) The Board of Governors shall consist of the following, namely:- (i) The Chancellor - Chairperson; (ii) The Pro-Chancellor - Member; (iii) The Vice-Chancellor - Member; (iv) The Principal Secretary to the Government in the Higher Education Department or his nominee not below the rank of a Deputy Secretary - Ex–officio Member; (v) The Principal Secretary to the Government in any other relevant Department or his nominee not below the rank of a Deputy Secretary - Member ; (vi) One expert from the field of management, finance or any other specialized area, including administration to be nominated by the Government - Member ; (vii) Three persons nominated by the Sponsoring Body of whom one shall be a woman and one shall be external to the Body - Members; (viii) Two academicians nominated by the Chancellor - Member; (ix) One Pro Vice-Chancellor to be nominated by the Chancellor on rotation, based on seniority for a two-year term, who shall be a non-voting member; and (x) One eminent academician as nominee of the UGC - Member. (2) The Registrar shall be the Secretary of the Board of Governors with no voting powers. (3) The tenure of office of the members of the Board of Governors, appointment of members, other than Government nominees, their renewal and removal, etc:, shall be such as may be laid down by the Statutes. (4) All meetings of the Board of Governors shall be chaired by the Chancellor and in his absence by the Pro-Chancellor or in the absence of either of them by any member of the Board as nominated by the Chancellor. If the Chancellor has not nominated any person to Chair such a meeting, members present in the meeting shall elect the Chairperson for that meeting only from among themselves by a simple majority. (5) Quorum for all the meetings of the Board of Governors shall be five members attending and voting at such a meeting: Provided that, the presence of either the Chancellor or one nominee of the Sponsoring Body and in the absence of the Chancellor or one nominee of Sponsoring Body, the Vice - Chancellor, shall always be necessary to form the quorum for any meeting of the Board of Governors. (6) The Board of Governors shall be the Principal Governing Body of the University and shall have the following powers, namely:- (i) to appoint the Statutory Auditors of the University; (ii) to lay down academic / other policies to be pursued by the University; (iii) to review decisions of the other authorities of the University if they are not in conformity with the provisions of this Act, or the Statutes, or the Regulation or the Rules; (iv) to approve the Budget, Annual Accounts and Annual Report of the University;