The Academic Council

(1) The Academic Council shall be the Principal Academic Body of the University and it shall have the following composition, namely:- (i) the Vice Chancellor - Chairperson (ii) the Additional Chief Secretary or Principal Secretary or Secretary to Government, Health and Family Welfare Department or his nominee not below the rank of Deputy Secretary to Government - Ex-officio-Member (iii) the Commissioner, AYUSH - Ex-officio-Member (iv) two eminent and experienced persons holding the postgraduate degree belonging to AYUSH system nominated by the Chancellor for a term of three years - Members (v) five persons nominated by the State Government, out of whom three shall be eminent academicians in the field of AYUSH and two persons shall be holding the postgraduate degree and belonging to Research and Development of AYUSH. Out of these one shall belong to the Scheduled Castes / the Scheduled Tribes, one to the Other Backward Classes/ the Minorities and the remaining three to the General Category of whom at least one shall be a woman - Members (vi) All Deans of the University - Members (vii) two Professors of the University nominated by the Vice Chancellor by rotation in the order of seniority, each for a term of one year, of whom one shall preferably be a woman; Provided that, no person who is in the present employment of the University in whatever capacity shall be eligible for nomination under clause (iv) and (v) - Members (viii) the Controller of Examinations - Member (ix) the Registrar - Member-Secretary (x) the Finance Officer - Invitee (2) The Academic Council shall ordinarily meet three times during an academic year and that the period between two consecutive meetings shall not exceed twenty weeks: Provided that, the Vice Chancellor may constitute an ad-hoc committee for any of the emergent issues to be decided on behalf of Academic Council. Provided further that, the minutes of such meetings of the ad-hoc committee including the decisions taken are put up at the next immediate meeting of the Academic Council for ratification. (3) The Vice Chancellor may convene special meeting of the Academic Council in the case of urgency. (4) The statutes may provide for the rules and procedure for holding the meetings of the Academic Council and the ad-hoc committee. (5) The Chancellor or the State Government may, by order, direct the University to hold the meetings of the Academic Council to discuss such terms of reference as may be specified and the Vice Chancellor shall comply with such directions.