University.

The Vice-Chancellor.- (1) The Vice-Chancellor shall be a whole time officer of the University .

1. (2) The State Government shall constitute a Search Committee consisting of four persons of whom, one shall be nominated by the Chancellor, one by the University Grants Commission, one by the State Government and one by the Syndicate.

The State

Government shall appoint one of the members as the Chairman of the Committee. The

Secretary to Government incharge of higher education or his nominee not below the rank of the Deputy Secretary to Government shall be the convenor of the Search Committee.

1. (3) No person connected with the affairs of the State Government, the University or any college or institution affiliated to the University shall be nominated as the member of the Search Committee.
2. (4) The Search Committee shall submit to the State Government a panel of three persons who are eminent academicians, in the alphabetical order. The State Government shall forward the panel to the Chancellor who shall keeping in view merit, equity and social justice and with the concurrence of the State Government, appoint one person from the panel as the Vice-Chancellor: Provided that the Chancellor may with the concurrence of the State Government call for a second panel if he considers it necessary and the Search Committee shall submit a second panel which shall be final. 1[Provided further that the Vice Chancellor of the 7[Akkamahadevi Women University] at Bijapur shall, as far as practicable be a women: Provided also that notwithstanding anything contrary contained in this section the First Vice Chancellor of the 7[Akkamahadevi Women University] shall be appointed by the State Government subject to such terms and conditions as may be specified.] 2[Provided also that notwithstanding anything contrary contained in this section, the first Vice Chancellor of the Tumkur University shall be appointed by the State Government subject to such terms and conditions as may be specified by it] 3[Provided also that not withstanding anything contrary contained in this section, the first Vice-Chancellor of the Davanagere University shall be appointed by the State Government subject to such terms and conditions as may be specified by it.] 4[Provided also that notwithstanding anything contrary contained in this section, the first Vice-Chancellors of the Vijayanagara Sri Krishnadevaraya University and 13[Kitturu Ranichannamma University] shall be appointed by the State Government subject to such terms and conditions as may be specified by it.] 6[Provided also that notwithstanding anything contrary contained in this section, first Vice-Chancellors of the 10[ 12[Dr. Manmohan Singh Bengaluru City University] ] and Bengaluru North University shall be appointed by the State Government subject to such terms and conditions as may be specified by it] 8[Provided also that notwithstanding anything contrary contained in this section, first Vice-Chancellor of the 11[Adikavi Sri Maharshi Valmiki University] shall be appointed by the State Government subject to such terms and conditions as may be specified by it.] 9[Provided also that, notwithstanding anything contrary contained in this section, first Vice-Chancellors of the Maharani Cluster University, Bengaluru and the Mandya University, Mandya shall be appointed by the State Government subject to such terms and conditions as may be specified by it. Provided also that notwithstanding anything contrary contained in this section, first Vice-Chancellor of any University established under the Principal Act after the commencement of the Karnataka State Universities and certain other law (Second Amendment) Act, 2020 shall be appointed by the State Government subject to such terms and conditions as may be specified by it.] 5[(5)No person shall be appointed or hold office of the Vice-Chancellor if he has attained the age of sixty seven years.]
3. (6) The Vice-Chancellor shall, subject to the pleasure of the Chancellor and the provisions of sub-section (5) hold the office for a period of four years. He shall not be eligible for reappointment, for a second term.
4. (7) The Vice-Chancellor shall not be removed from his office except by an order of the Chancellor passed on the ground of willful omission or refusal to carry out the provisions of this Act or for abuse of the powers vested in him and on the advice tendered by the State Government on consideration of the report of an inquiry ordered by it under sub-section (8).
5. (8) For the purposes of holding an inquiry under this section the State Government shall appoint a person who is or has been a Judge of the High Court or the Supreme Court. The inquiry authority shall hold the inquiry after giving an opportunity to make representation by the Vice-Chancellor and shall submit a report to the State Government on the action to be taken including penalty, if any, to be imposed, and the State Government shall on consideration of the report advise the Chancellor. The Chancellor shall act in accordance with such advice, as far as may be, within six months.
6. (9) The emoluments and other conditions of service of the Vice-Chancellor shall be such as may be determined by the Chancellor and shall not be varied to his dis-advantage after his appointment as Vice-Chancellor. In the event of a Vice-Chancellor retiring on superannuation during his tenureship as Vice-Chancellor, his conditions of service already determined shall continue to be in vogue. All his pensionary benefits shall be kept in abeyance which shall be released after his demitting the office of the Vice-Chancellor.
7. (10) If a retired person is appointed as Vice-Chancellor, the terms and conditions of service upon his appointment as Vice-Chancellor including emoluments shall be determined by the Chancellor. The emoluments shall be reduced by the amount of pension and allowances drawn by him
8. (11) If a Professor in the service of a University in the State is appointed as Vice- Chancellor, his terms and conditions of service as Professor shall not be revised to his dis- advantage during his tenure as Vice-Chancellor and he shall retain his lien in his post. 1. Proviso inserted by Act 33 of 2003 w.e.f.21.6.2003 2. Proviso inserted by Act 10 of 2004 w.e.f. 1.10.2004.

⁵ Substituted by Act 8 of 2011 w.e.f. 8.2.2011.

⁷ Substituted by Act 10 of 2017 w.e.f. 04.01.2017.

⁸ Inserted by Act 16 of 2020 w.e.f. 01.08.2020

¹¹ Substituted by Act 12 of 2025 w.e.f 01.02.2025

¹² Substituted by Act 69 of 2025 w.e.f 12.09.2025

¹³ Substituted by Act 17 of 2026 w.e.f. 08.01.2026

6. inserted by Act 34 of 2015 w.e.f. 13.08.2015. 9. Deemed to have been Inserted by Act 54 of 2020 w.e.f. 19.06.2020 10. Deemed to have been Substituted by Act 54 of 2020 w.e.f. 19.06.2020

1[14A.Duties of the first Vice-Chancellor.-(1) It shall be the duty of the first Vice- Chancellor to make arrangements for constituting the Syndicate, Academic Council and other authorities of the newly established university, as the case may be within six months from the date of establishment of the University or such longer period not exceeding one year as the Chancellor may direct.

1. (2) The Authorities constituted under sub-section (1) shall commence to exercise their powers and perform their functions on such date as the Chancellor may specify in this behalf. 14B.Transitory provisions on establishment of new university.- (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Principal Act, the first Vice-Chancellors may, with the previous approval of the Chancellor, discharge all or any of the functions of the new University, as the case may be, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Principal Act as amended by the Amendment Act and for that purpose may exercise any power or perform any duty which by the principal Act as amended by the Amendment Act, is to be exercised or performed by any Authority of the University until such Authority comes into existence as provided by the principal Act.
2. (2) All statues, ordinances, regulations and rules made by the Previous University from which new university is carved out applicable to the colleges or other educational institutions which are deemed to be the constituent colleges or schools of the new University

as the case may be, under section 5 of the principal Act shall be deemed to be the Statutes, ordinances, regulations and rules made by the new University as the case may be, and shall continue as such till the new University makes its own statutes, ordinances, regulations and rules: Provided that, the Vice-Chancellor may with the approval of the Chancellor make such modification and adaptations therein as he may consider necessary.]

1. Deemed to have been Inserted by Act 54 of 2020 w.e.f. 19.06.2020