Membership of the Academic Council

(1) The Academic Council shall consist of the following members, namely:- (one) The Director, who shall be its Chairman; (two) Three persons, who are eminent educationists or eminent men of letters or members of learned professions or eminent social persons, who are not in the service of the Institute, to be nominated by the Chairman in consultation with the General Council; (three) The Secretary in-charge of the Law and Legislative Affairs Department of the Government of Madhya Pradesh; (four) One nominee of the State Bar Council; (five) All Heads of Departments of the Institute; (six) All Professors other than Heads of Departments, if any; (seven) Two members of the teaching staff who shall be representatives of the Associate Professors and Assistant Professors of the Institute; (eight) One nominee of the Bar Council of India: Provided that no employee of the Institute shall be eligible to be nominated under category (two). (2) The term of office of members other than ex-officio members shall be three years: Provided that the term of the first Academic Council shall be five years.