Chapter V STATUTES AND REGULATIONS

Statutes.- Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Statute may provide for any matter relating to the Institute and staff, as decided by the Board of Management with approval of the Board of Governors. The Statutes may pertain to the following matters, namely:-

1. (i) the procedure for transaction of business of the Authorities of the Institute and the composition of bodies not specified in this Act;
2. (ii) the operation of the permanent statutory endowment fund, Institute endowment fund, the general fund and the development fund;
3. (iii) the terms and conditions of appointment of the Director, COO&R, and the Finance Officer and their powers and functions;
4. (iv) the mode of recruitment and the terms and conditions of service of the other officers, Teachers and employees of the Institute;
5. (v) the procedure for resolving disputes between the Institute and its officers, Faculty members, employees and students;
6. (vi) creation, abolition or restructuring of schools and centers;
7. (vii) The manner of co-operation with other Universities or institutions of higher learning;
8. (viii) the procedure for conferment of honorary degrees;
9. (ix) provisions regarding grant of free ships and scholarships;
10. (x) number of seats in different courses of studies and the procedure of admission of students to such courses;
11. (xi) the fee chargeable from students for various courses of studies not prohibited by any law from time being in force;
12. (xii) institution of fellowships, scholarships, studentships, free ships, medals and prizes;
13. (xiii) procedure for creation and abolition of posts;
14. (xiv) to specify the tenure of various authorities of the Institute
15. (xv) other matters which may be specified.

Statute how made.-

1. (1) The first Statute framed by the Board of Management shall be submitted to the Board of Governors for its approval.
2. (2) The Board of Governors shall consider the First set of Statutes, submitted by the Board of Management and shall give its approval thereon with such modifications, if any, as it may deem necessary.
3. (3) Where the Board of Governors fails to take any decision with respect to the approval of the Statutes within a period of thirty days it shall be deemed to have been approved by the Board of Governors.
4. (4) The Institute shall publish the First set of Statutes as approved by the Board of Governors in the Institute Notification, and thereafter, the First Statutes shall come into force from the date of its publication.

Power to amend the Statutes.- The Board of Management may, make new or additional statutes or amend or repeal the Statutes.

Regulations.- Subject to the provisions of this Act, the regulations may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-

1. (i) admission of students to the Institute and their enrollment and continuance as such;
2. (ii) the courses of study to be laid down for all degrees and other academic distinctions of the Institute;
3. (iii) the award of degrees and other academic distinctions;
4. (iv) the conditions of the award of fellowships, scholarships, studentships, medals and prizes;
5. (v) the conduct of examinations and the conditions and mode of appointment and duties of examining bodies, examiners invigilators, tabulators and moderators;
6. (vi) the fee to be charged for admission to the examinations, degrees and other academic distinctions of the Institute;
7. (vii) the conditions of residence of the students at the Institute or a Constituent College;
8. (viii) maintenance of discipline among the students of the Institute or a Constituent College;
9. (ix) all other matters as may be provided in the Rules under the Act.

Regulations how made.- The Regulations shall be made by the Academic Council and approved by Board of Management.

Power to amend Regulations.-The Academic Council may, with the approval of the Board of Management, make new or additional regulations or amend or repeal the regulations.

Fee Regulation Committee.-

1. (1) The fee of the university seats reserved for Karnataka students under Section 9 shall be regulated by the Fee Regulation Committee Constituted by the Government, which shall be headed by a retired Supreme Court or High Court Judge and consists of Chancellor and Director of the Institute, Principal Secretary or Secretary to Government in charge of Health and Family Welfare or by his nominee not below the rank of Deputy Secretary, two Academicians nominated by the Board of Governors of whom one shall be woman. A Chartered Accountant of repute shall be co-opted for this purpose in the Committee.
2. (2) The committee shall lay down the procedure and modalities consistent with the statute for fixation of fee structure for all the academic programmes.
3. (3) The fee structure so proposed by the committee shall be placed before the Board of Governors for approval.