Amendment of section 10

Amendment of section 10.--In section 10 of the principal Act,--

1. (i) under the heading "Ex-officio Members",--

1. (a) item

1. (4) shall be omitted;
   • (b) for item (5), the following item shall be substituted, namely:-- "(5) The Principal Secretary, Secretary or the Special Secretary to Government, as the case may be, in the Department of Agriculture, Finance, Fisheries and Animal Husbandry;";
   • (c) in item (10), for the words " the Chief Conservator of Forests", the words "the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests" shall be substituted;
   • (d) for items (11), (12),(13),(14) and (15), the following items shall be substituted, namely:-- "(11) the Chairman, Rubber Board;
2. (12) the Chairman, Spices Board;
3. (13) the Chairman, Marine Products Export Development Authority;
4. (14) the Director, Central Plantation Crops Research Institute;
5. (15) the Director, Kerala Forest Research Institute;
6. (16) one representative of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research;
7. (17) the Member of the Legislative Assembly representing the constituency in which the headquarters of the University is situated.";
   • (ii) for the items under the heading "Elected Members", the following items shall be substituted, namely:-- "(1) four members elected according to the principles of proportional representation by means of single transferable vote by the Members of the Legislative Assembly from among themselves, of whom one shall be a member belonging to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe;
8. (2) One member elected by the Deans of Faculties of the University from among themselves;
9. (3) four members elected by the teachers of the University from among themselves according to the principles of proportional representation by means of single transferable vote;
10. (4) two members elected by the students of the University from among themselves according to the principles of proportional representation by means of single transferable vote;
11. (5) two members elected by the non-teaching staff of the University from among themselves according to the principles of proportional representation by means of single transferable vote;
12. (6) Two members elected by the permanent labourers of the University from among themselves according to the principles of proportional representation by means of single transferable vote".;
    • (iii) for the items under the heading "Members nominated by the Chancellor", the following items shall be substituted, namely:-- "(1) four eminent Scientists in the field of agriculture and allied subjects from the concerned University or from outside;
13. (2) four farmers of whom one shall be a member belonging to a Scheduled Caste or Schedule Tribe and one shall be a woman;
14. (3) one member from the Association of Planters Kerala;
15. (4) two Presidents of the Grama Panchayat."