Chapter IV AUTHORITIES OF UNIVERSITY

The following shall be the authorities of the university, namely :-

1. (1) Board of Management;
2. (2) Academic Council;
3. (3) Board of Planning and Development;
4. (4) Board of Studies;
5. (5) Board of Examinations and Evaluation;
6. (6) Board of Research and Innovation;
7. (7) Board of Students' Development;
8. (8) such other bodies of the university, as may be designated by the Statutes, to be the authorities of the university.

1. (1) The Board of Management shall be the principal policy making and executive authority of the university and shall be responsible for administering the affairs of the university and carrying out such duties, which are not specifically assigned to any other authority.
2. (2) There shall be not less than four meetings of the Board of Management in a year.
3. (3) The procedure for conduct of business to be followed at a meeting including the quorum at the meeting and such other matters in relation to meetings as may be necessary, shall be such, as may be prescribed by the Statutes.
4. (4) The Board of Management shall consist of the following members, namely :-
   • (a) Vice-Chancellor, Chairperson;
   • (b) two eminent persons from the field of education, out of whom one shall be a person having an outstanding contribution in the field of Marathi language and literature, to be nominated by the Chancellor;
   • (c) two Deans for a period of two and half years, by rotation to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor;
   • (d) the Secretary, Higher and Technical Education or his nominee not below the rank of Deputy Secretary of Higher Education;
   • (e) the Director of Higher Education or his nominee not below the rank of Joint Director, Higher Education;
   • (f) the Registrar, Member-Secretary.

The Board of Management shall have the following powers and duties, namely :-

1. (1) to review and deliberate on short and long term reforms in academic, research and development activities, finances, management and governance that are taking place at the national and global level with a view to allow them to imbibe in the functioning of the university;
2. (2) to study and decide upon the operative mechanism for the reforms in all the domains of the university;
3. (3) to make such provisions, as may enable the university to undertake specialized studies and courses, and where necessary or desirable, organize and make provision for common laboratories, libraries, museums and equipments for teaching and research;
4. (4) to establish schools, departments, centers, cells for research and specialized studies, on the recommendation of the Academic Council;
5. (5) to give permission to apply for formation of companies under section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013) to promote research and innovation by teachers and students;
6. (6) to make, amend or repeal Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations;
7. (7) to control and arrange for administration of assets and properties of the university;
8. (8) to discuss and approve with modifications, if any, the annual financial estimates or budget, that is to say the fund which may be received from the State Government, university funds and other funding agencies separately, as received from the Finance and Accounts Committee;
9. (9) to consider proposals to enter into, amend, carry out and cancel contracts, Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) or Agreements on behalf of the university;
10. (10) to determine the form of common seal for the university and provide for its use;
11. (11) to accept, on behalf of the university the transfer of any trusts, bequests, donations and transfer of any movable, immovable and intellectual property to the university;
12. (12) to create immovable assets in the form of land, building and other infrastructure out of reserve funds, for its campus, centres and sub-centres;
13. (13) to borrow, lend or invest funds on behalf of the university as may be recommended by the Finance and Accounts Committee;
14. (14) to lay down policy for administering funds at the disposal of the university for specific purposes;
15. (15) to provide buildings, premises, furniture, equipments and other resources needed for the conduct of the work of the university;
16. (16) to approve the conferment of honorary degrees and academic distinctions, as recommended by the Academic Council;
17. (17) to institute and confer such degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions as recommended by the Academic Council and arrange for convocation for conferment of the same, as may be provided by the Ordinances;
18. (18) to institute fellowship, travelling fellowship, scholarship, studentship, exhibitions, awards, medals and prizes and prescribe Regulations for their award;
19. (19) to make regulations for collaborations with other universities, institutions and organizations for mutually beneficial academic programs recommended by the Academic Council;
20. (20) to create posts of university teachers and non-vacational academic staff from the funds of the university and from the funds received from other funding agencies (excluding the State Government), on the recommendation of the Academic Council, as and when required, and prescribe their qualifications, experience and pay-scales and to approve the selection and appointments made by the university through the selection process, as may be prescribed by the Statutes;
21. (21) to create posts of officers, non-teaching skilled, administrative, ministerial staff and other posts from the funds of the university and from the funds received from other funding agencies (excluding State Government), as and when required, and prescribe their qualifications, experience and pay-scales and to approve the selection and appointments made by the university through the selection process, as may be prescribed by the Statutes;
22. (22) to prescribe honoraria, remunerations, fees and travelling and other allowances for paper-setters and other examination staff, visiting faculty, and fees or charges for any other services rendered to the university;
23. (23) to receive and consider report of the development activities of the university, received from the Registrar every six months;
24. (24) to assess and approve proposals for academic programmes received from the Academic Council;
25. (25) to consider and approve the annual report, annual accounts and audit report in respect of the State Government funds, university funds and funds received from other agencies, separately;
26. (26) to delegate, any of its powers, except the power to make, amend or repeal Statutes and Ordinances, to the Vice-Chancellor or such officer or authority of the university or a committee appointed by it, as it thinks fit;
27. (27) to define the functions, duties, powers and responsibilities of non-teaching employees in the university, in respect of the posts created from the funds of the university and from the funds received from other funding agencies;
28. (28) to approve the various fees recommended by the Fee Fixation Committee;
29. (29) to accept donations, gifts and other forms of financial support from alumni, philanthropists, industries and other stakeholders and prescribe the procedure to be followed by the university for accepting such donations, gifts, etc.;
30. (30) to develop and adopt students' charter;
31. (31) to appoint statutory auditor for annual audits of the university;
32. (32) to conduct biannual external peer review of each department or centre by experts appointed by the Board of Management. The Board shall also review the results of the ranking in national and international approved agencies and suggest corrective action, if any.

1. (1) The Academic Council shall be the principal academic authority of the university and shall be responsible for regulating and maintaining the standards of teaching, research and evaluation in the university. It shall also be responsible for laying down the academic policies in regard to maintenance and improvement of standards of teaching, research, extension, collaboration programmes in academic matters and evaluation of work load of the teachers.
2. (2) The Academic Council shall meet not less than four times in a year.
3. (3) The Academic Council shall consist of the following members, namely :-
   • (a) Vice-Chancellor, Chairperson;
   • (b) all Deans of Schools;
   • (c) all heads of sub-centres;
   • (d) all heads of the university departments and Directors of the university Centres;
   • (e) six teachers of which two Professors, two Associate Professors and two Assistant Professors who are not the members of the Board of Studies, to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor: Provided that, out of six teachers to be nominated, one shall be woman and one shall be a person belonging Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes or De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis) or Nomadic Tribes or Other Backward Classes, by rotation;
   • (f) not less than three eminent experts having outstanding contribution in promotion of Marathi language, Marathi literature and culture, to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor;
   • (g) Director of Higher Education or his nominee, not below the rank of the Joint Director, Higher Education;
   • (h) Director, Board of Examinations and Evaluation;
     • (i) Director, Board of Research and Innovation;
   • (j) Registrar, Member-Secretary.

1. (1) The Academic Council shall have the following powers and duties, namely :-
   • (a) to ensure that the university becomes a vibrant hub for promotion of research and development, interactions and linkages with industries, cultivation of intellectual property rights and entrepreneurship and incubation of knowledge linked industries;
   • (b) to consider and approve with modifications, if any, the matters referred to it by the School;
   • (c) to ensure that there are choice based credit systems for all certificates, diplomas, degrees, post-graduate programmes and other academic distinctions;
   • (d) to ensure that the spirit of research and entrepreneurship imbibe in to all schools, departments and centres of the university;
   • (e) to recommend to the Board of Management the fees, other fees and charges as recommended by the Dean of School through the Fee Fixation Committee;
   • (f) to recommend to the Board of Management the institution of degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions;
   • (g) to propose draft of Ordinances relating to the academic matter to the Board of Management;
   • (h) to make, amend or repeal Ordinances and Regulations relating to academic matters;
     • (i) to prescribe qualifications and norms for appointment of paper setters, examiners, moderators and others, concerned with the conduct of examinations and evaluation;
   • (j) to consider and make recommendations to the Board of Management for creation of posts of university teachers and non-vacational academic staff, required by the university from the funds of the university and from the funds received from other funding agencies (excluding the State Government) and prescribe their qualifications, experience and pay-scales;
   • (k) to recommend to the Board of Management the comprehensive perspective plan as prepared by the Academic Council;
   • (l) to approve new courses, inter-disciplinary courses and short-term training programmes referred to it;
   • (m) to approve the course syllabi, paper-setters, examiners and moderators and evaluation schemes of various courses recommended by the School concerned;
   • (n) to approve major and (multiple) minor degree programmes;
   • (o) to advise the university on all academic matters and submit to the Board of Management feasibility reports on academic programmes;
   • (p) to create policy, procedure and practice for choice based credit system for all academic programmes;
   • (q) to create policy for mobility of students among various universities of the country and also lay down the policy for giving flexibility to choose and learn different course modules among different departments, school and centers in a university or other universities;
   • (r) to work out the procedures, policies and practices to introduce more flexible approach to education and of 'adaptive pace of learning' with minimum and maximum duration for completion of a degree and other academic programmes;
   • (s) to introduce more flexible approach to education and of 'adaptive pace of learning' with minimum and maximum duration for completion of a degree and other academic programmes;
   • (t) to ensure that the research projects are an integral part of choice based modules for post-graduate programmes;
   • (u) to prepare academic calendar of the university for the subsequent academic year as per the guidelines from the regulatory authorities, three months before the expiry of the current academic year;
     • (v) to recommend to the Board of Management establishment of schools, departments, and centres;
   • (w) to exercise such other powers and perform such other duties, as may be conferred or imposed on it by or under this Act, the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations.
2. (2) The Academic Council shall refer all matters or decisions involving financial implications to the Board of Management through the Finance and Accounts Committee for its approval.

1. (1) The Board of Planning and Development shall be the principal planning body of the university and also be responsible for the monitoring of the developments of the university in accordance with the objectives of the university. It shall be responsible to plan development of the university, both physical and academic development and monitoring of teaching and non-teaching resources, providing a Broad vision and policy framework, and it shall conduct academic audit of the departments and centres of the university.
2. (2) The Board of Planning and Development shall consist of the following members, namely :-
   • (a) Vice-Chancellor, Chairperson;
   • (b) Vice-Chancellor of the Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute, Pune;
   • (c) Vice-Chancellor of any language university in India;
   • (d) President of Maharashtra Rajya Sahitya aani Sanskriti Mandal;
   • (e) President of Vishwakosh Mandal;
   • (f) Chairperson of Bhasha Sallagar Samiti, Maharashtra State;
   • (g) one person actively working in the field of computational linguistic in Centre for Development of Advance Computing (C-DAC) or Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor;
   • (h) one eminent expert in the field of Historical Research, Interdisciplinary Studies, social linguistics, etc., to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor;
     • (i) two eminent experts having outstanding contribution in promotion and development of Marathi language and literature nominated by the Vice-Chancellor;
   • (j) one eminent expert in the field of Maharashtra studies, performing arts, etc., to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor;
   • (k) Deans of Schools;
   • (l) Director of Higher Education or his representative, not below the rank of Joint Director;
   • (m) Heads of the sub-centres;
   • (n) one member nominated by the Board of Management from amongst themselves;
   • (o) one member nominated by the Academic Council from amongst themselves;
   • (p) Registrar, Member-Secretary.
3. (3) The Board of Planning and Development shall meet at such intervals as it may deem expedient, but it shall meet at least thrice a year.

The Board of Planning and Development shall exercise the following powers and perform the following duties, namely :-

1. (1) to recommend to the Board of Management the broad development programmes in education, having regard to the objectives of the university;
2. (2) to review the maintenance of standards in instruction, education, research, training and examinations within the university;
3. (3) to arrange for inspection of university departments and centres, with a view to assessing their academic performance and needs;
4. (4) to advise the Board of Management and Academic Council on any matter which it may deem necessary for the fulfilment of the objects of the university;
5. (5) to prepare university perspective development plans, both short term and long term, keeping in view the objectives of the university as laid down in the Act, and with due regard to the State and National Educational Policy and submit the same to the Board of Management for approval;
6. (6) to recommend to the Board of Management, the development and collaborative programmes for the departments and centres of the university;
7. (7) to monitor and report the progress of all such approved development and collaborative programmes to the Board of Management;
8. (8) to evaluate and assess the use of grants by the university departments and centres in respect of development projects and send the report to the Academic Council;
9. (9) to assess the manpower requirements of trained persons in different fields, such as, commerce, industry, social service, science and technology and make necessary recommendations to the Academic Council introducing and strengthening of relevant courses of study;
10. (10) to organize academic audit of development and collaborative programmes of the university, according to the guidelines of University Grants Commission or National Assessment Accreditation Council at least once in three years or earlier, if deemed necessary and make necessary recommendations to the university for implementation;
11. (11) to encourage Marathi as a medium of instruction and communication;
12. (12) to prepare textbooks as resource material in the print format and electronic format for the under-graduate and post-graduate students;
13. (13) to translate academic classic works particularly from English and other modern languages in Marathi in print format and electronic format for students;
14. (14) to undertake the translation of English books in various subjects in collaboration with other universities and colleges as a consortium;
15. (15) to make extensive use of information and communication technology to enrich and spread Marathi language and literature;
16. (16) to undertake advance research in Marathi related to cultural and linguistic relation to other languages, carry out translation of works of literature from other languages into Marathi keeping in mind inter-culturalism;
17. (17) to encourage conceptual, critical, creative and theoretical thinking in Marathi;
18. (18) to prepare and offer courses of professional and applied nature in Marathi;
19. (19) to carry out research of variance of Marathi language in different regions;
20. (20) to facilitate publishing reports, monographs, books, research volumes in Marathi;
21. (21) to exercise such other powers and perform such other duties, as may be conferred or imposed on it by or under this Act, the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations.

The university shall have the following Schools of Studies, namely :-

1. (1) School of Linguistics and Language Engineering.- This School includes the following university departments and centres, namely :-
   • (i) Department of Language and Scriptology.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a)Philosophy of language, language planning, concept of language family; (b)historical, descriptive and comparative linguistics; br (c)scriptology and study of various scripts of Marathi language i.e. Modi, Mahanubhav, Brail, Argot, etc.;
   • (d) study of signs, symbols of inscription or petrograph and scripts on shilalekh, copper plates, coins, historical documents, old manuscripts and creation of pictorial and descriptive dictionaries in Marathi;
   • (e) study of mythology in Marathi literature. (ii)Department of Language Engineering and Computational Linguistics.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :-
   • (a) information extraction and text mining;
   • (b) sentimental analysis of conversation discourse;
   • (c) machine translation;
   • (d) natural language interface;
   • (e) phonetic software, spell-check boards in Marathi;
   • (f) development of citation multimode reader, plagiarism checker, fog index search reader or machine;
   • (g) development of teaching aids, such as language acquisition software, chat bots, message boards, Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, image classification, speech transcription software, etc.;
   • (h) teaching of computer languages, simulation games, etc.;
     • (i) use of language lab for teaching and research programmes. (iii)Department of Psycho-cognitive and Neurolinguistics.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :-
   • (a) comprehension of speech, speech therapy and therapeutic linguistics;
   • (b) study of dysphemia and hearing loss;
   • (c) tests of early reading ability, preschool literacy, phonological awareness, nonverbal intelligence, etc.; (iv)Department of Socio-Linguistics and Dialectology.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :-
   • (a) socio-linguistics theories, dialect geography, survey of dialects, study of dialects and making grammar and dictionaries;
   • (b) phonological editing and preservation of dialects; study of Argot dialects;
   • (c) bridging the gap between dialects, tribal languages and standard Marathi. /b
     • (v) Department of Language Teaching, Training and Research.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :-
   • (a) teaching, training and research in language; teaching-learning methods such as the direct method, grammar translation, developing oral ability, acquiring vocabulary;
   • (b) communicative language teaching, language pedagogy;
   • (c) task-based language learning, etc.
     • (vi) Department of Indian and Foreign Languages and Translation Studies.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :-
   • (a) teaching of Indian languages Antarbharti project (Gujrati, Kannad, Telugu, Malyali, Bangala, Sindhi, Panjabi, etc.);
   • (b) teaching of foreign languages -Vishva Bharati Project (English, French, Japani, Arebic, etc.);
   • (c) translation studies (academy of translation studies and interpretation services).
     • (vii) Department of Lexicography.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :-
   • (a) use of languages in administration, education, judiciary, legislature, mass communication, etc., in accordance with the language policy of India;
   • (b) development of dictionaries in Marathi terminology in various fields;
   • (c) teaching and research programmes of lexicography, theories of dictionary components and structures, data organization, etc.;
   • (d) making of electronic dictionaries, hypertext writing, etc.
2. (2) School of Arts and Literature.- This School includes the following university departments and centres, namely :-
   • (i) Department of Fine Arts, Performing Arts, Applied Arts and Crafting.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :-
   • (a) fine arts, performing arts, applied arts, calligraphy;
   • (b) design and decoration of practical objects, fashion designing, etc. (Ceramic art and sculpture, furniture design);
   • (c) industrial design, architecture, interior designing, graphic design;
   • (d) 'kalabhavan' for performances in music, dance, drama, etc.
     • (ii) Department of Classical Languages and Medieval Marathi Literatures.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :-
   • (a) study of classical languages and literature such as Sanskrit, Prakrut, Pali, Parsian, Dakhani;
   • (b) social and literary contribution of Mahanubhav, Warkari, Jain, Sufi, Veershaiva, Buddhism, Nath or Shakt Sects, Panditi and Bakhar Literature, etc.;
   • (c) study of modern and contemporary Marathi literature, influence study, various trends and movements in literature. /b r
     • (iii) Department of Philosophy, Oriental and Oxidental aesthetics, stylistics and hermeneutics.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :-
   • (a) Indian and Western Philosophy;
   • (b) Aesthetics and Poetics (Oriental and Oxidental);
   • (c) Stylistics and practical criticism;
   • (d) History of Marathi poetics and criticism;
   • (e) Philosophical thinkers and literary critics in Marathi.
     • (iv) Department of Creative and Professional Writing in Marathi.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :- (a) children literature, fiction writing, drama and cyberpunk writing;
   • (b) value education through literature with special reference to National Education Policy, 2020;
   • (c) tradition and modernity in creative writing.
3. (3) School of Maharashtralogy and Social Sciences.- This School includes the following university departments and centres, namely :-
   • (i) Department of Maharashtralogy and Cultural Studies.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :-
   • (a) indology and maharashtralogy conceptual framework and methodology;
   • (b) cultural history of Maharashtra (socio-political-cultural institutions, caste system, rural-urban society, philosophical schools and traditions, natural and human resources, class-struggle, ethical and aesthetical values, social transformation, art, literature, science, traditions, agriculture, industry, business, public administration, human rights, social reforms);
   • (c) regional and sub-cultural Studies (Folklore, Folk-culture, Folk-literature and Arts, Subaltern Studies, underworld culture, traditional gender roles, women's rights and feminist movement);
   • (d) contemporary social trends of Marathi society;
   • (e) cyber-cultural shift and its impact on Maharashtra.
     • (ii) Department of Brihan Maharashtra Studies.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :-
   • (a) history and culture of Marathi provinces (Outside of Maharashtra i.e. Tanjavore, Baroda, Gwalior, etc.);
   • (b) administrative and social reforms in Marathi provinces;
   • (c) art, literature, culture, language and dialects in Marathi provinces.
     • (iii) Department of Social Sciences.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :-
   • (a) History, Anthropology, Psychology and Sociology;
   • (b) Political Science, Public Administration, Law;
   • (c) Economics, Population Studies;
   • (d) Geography, Natural Resources and Environment.
4. (4) School of Interdisciplinary Studies.- This School includes the following university departments and centres, namely :-
   • (i) Department of Journalism and Mass Communication.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :-
   • (a) Communication Science,
   • (b) Print Media,
   • (c) Mass Media,
   • (d) Digital Media,
   • (e) Wired or Online Journalism,
   • (f) Advertising,
   • (g) Animation,
   • (h) Cyberpunk,
     • (i) Electronic Neighbourhood,
   • (j) Media Criticism, etc.
     • (ii) Department of Commerce and Management.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :-
   • (a) business and marketing, insurance, debentures, share capital and share market;
   • (b) advertising, branding, copyright and commercial writing patterns and methods.
     • (iii) Department of Library and Information Science.- This Department shall provide for instructions, extension, teaching, learning and training in the following subjects, branches and disciplines, namely :-
   • (a) library and information science;
   • (b) organization, access, information extraction methods, collection and regulation of information, dissemination of information sources;
   • (c) documentation science;
   • (d) history of library and archival science;
   • (e) classification system and record management;
   • (f) indexing and reference services.

The university shall establish following centres for Academic Services, namely :-

1. (1) Centre for Knowledge Resources, Translation and Interpretation Services.- This centre shall provide basic learning material and translations of reference books, etc. to this and other universities and required services of any other translation and interpretation in Marathi, training programmes in curriculum designing, question banks, creativity and invention methods and collaborative knowledge production.
2. (2) Centre for Audio-Video and Computational Literature Production.- This Centre shall provide for,-
   • (a) concept of university on online teaching-learning programmes through Audio-Visual (AV) Studio;
   • (b) production of Audio-Visual (AV) teaching learning material and broadcast-telecast lessons of experts in various fields through knowledge transmission channels.
3. (3) International Centre for Promotion of Marathi Language, Marathi Literature and Culture.- This centre shall provide for,-
   • (a) collaboration programmes with foreign universities and Marathi organizations to promote Marathi language, Marathi literature and culture;
   • (b) cultural exchange programmes, collaborative research activities, etc.
4. (4) Library and Information Centre.- This centre shall provide,-
   • (a) services to students and faculty members, the record of thoughts, ideas through reference books and reference services;
   • (b) collection of reference books, digital books and periodicals;
   • (c) a collection of films, photographs and other non-book material, newspapers, pamphlets, tapes, micro films, graphs, charts, etc.
5. (5) Museum and Archaeology Centre.- This centre shall provide,-
   • (a) museum of Marathi manuscripts, rare books, Audio-Visual of kirtan, performances of drama, music, folk loves collection of cultural objects related to Marathi culture and history, musical instruments, etc.
   • (b) preservation of the literary and cultural heritage of Maharashtra.
6. (6) Computational Linguistic Lab.- This centre shall provide for,-
   • (a) phonetic lab for speech analysis, speech recognition, forensic analysis;
   • (b) use of multispeech video phonetic electrograph and software for teaching language programmes;
   • (c) Computational Linguistic Laboratory for machine learning, deep learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI), etc., facilities of speech synthesizer, machine translation, corpus annotation tools for fascinating new area of research in linguistics, etc.
7. (7) Psycholinguistic Laboratory.- Psycholinguistic laboratory shall provide for various languages tests such as test for early reading ability, comprehensive test of phonological processing, test of pre-school early literacy, primary test of non-verbal intelligence.
8. (8) Centre for Book Production and Printing Services.- This centre shall provide for,-
   • (a) publish various reference books in Marathi;
   • (b) translation of monographs and research material in Marathi;
   • (c) editing of text-books and support reading material and transformational texts;
   • (d) services of content editing, language-editing, copy-editing, proof-reading, layout designing, etc.

1. (1) Each School shall have one Board of Studies.
2. (2) The Board of Studies shall be the principal academic authority of each School in respect of studies and research in relation to the subjects or group of subjects taught in the university departments and centres under the aegis of the School. The Board of Studies shall consist of the following members, namely :-
   • (a) Dean of the School-Chairperson;
   • (b) Heads of Departments and Heads of Centres under the School;
   • (c) two to five eminent professors from the School nominated by the Vice-Chancellor;
   • (d) two associate professors and two assistant professors from the School, other than heads of the department or centre, according to seniority for a period of two and half years by rotation;
   • (e) three members nominated by the Academic Council from outside the university, having special knowledge in any subject assigned to the School or in any allied branch of knowledge;
   • (f) one associate professor from the School to be nominated by the Dean of the School-Member-Secretary.

The Board of Studies shall have the following powers and functions, namely :-

1. (1) to co-ordinate the teaching and research work in the departments and centres under the School;
2. (2) to appoint committees to organize the teaching and research work in subjects or areas which are related to more than one department or centre under the School, or which do not fall within the purview of any department or centre, and to supervise the work of such committees. The composition, powers and functions of such committees shall be prescribed by the Regulations;
3. (3) to recommend to the Academic Council the courses or programmes of study as recommended by the university department or centre under the School;
4. (4) to consider and recommend to the Academic Council the postgraduate courses or programmes of study in the university;
5. (5) to recommend to the Academic Council names of examiners and moderators, except in respect of research degrees;
6. (6) to recommend to the Academic Council the creation and abolition of teaching posts after considering proposals received from departments and centres;
7. (7) to frame general rules for the evaluation of seasonal work;
8. (8) to approve, on the recommendation of the Committee for Advanced Studies and Research, the award of research degrees to candidates who are eligible for award of such degrees, in accordance with the Ordinances framed in that behalf;
9. (9) to consider schemes for the advancement of the standards of teaching and research, and to submit such proposals to the Academic Council;
10. (10) to promote research within the School and to submit research reports to the Academic Council;
11. (11) to frame the general time-table of the School of Studies;
12. (12) to consider any proposals regarding the welfare of the students of the School which the university Students' Council may submit;
13. (13) to prepare the academic perspective plan of the university departments and centres under the School and recommend the same to the Board of Management through the Academic Council for approval;
14. (14) to perform all other functions which may be prescribed by the Act, the Statutes or the Ordinances, and to consider all such matters as may be referred to it by the Management Council, the Academic Council, any authority or the Vice-Chancellor.
15. (15) to delegate to the Dean, or any other member of the Board or to a Committee such general or specific powers, as may be decided upon by the Board, from time to time.

1. (1) The Board of Examinations and Evaluation shall be the authority to deal with all matters relating to examinations and evaluation. The Board of Examinations and Evaluation shall also oversee the conduct of examinations in the university departments.
2. (2) The Board of Examinations and Evaluation shall meet at least twice in an academic year or as and when required. The quorum for the meeting shall be six members.
3. (3) The Board of Examinations and Evaluation shall consist of the following members, namely :-
   • (a) Vice-Chancellor, Chairperson;
   • (b) Deans of all Schools;
   • (c) two heads of the university departments or centres, nominated by the Vice-Chancellor;
   • (d) one Director, Board of Examinations and Evaluation from other university or Dean of Academics of other higher learning institutes of repute, nominated by the Board of Management;
   • (e) one evaluation expert nominated by the Vice-Chancellor;
   • (f) Director, Board of Examinations and Evaluation, Member-Secretary.

1. (1) The Board of Examinations and Evaluation shall have the following powers and duties, namely :-
   • (a) to devise policy, mechanism and operational strategies to do the tasks relating to assessment of performance of students efficiently and in a time bound manner;
   • (b) to ensure proper organization of examinations and tests of the university, including moderation, tabulation, evaluation and timely declaration of results;
   • (c) to prepare the financial estimates relating to examinations and evaluation for incorporation in the annual financial estimates (budget) of the university and shall submit the same to the Finance and Accounts Committee;
   • (d) to arrange for strict vigilance during the conduct of examinations so as to avoid use of unfair means by the students, teachers, invigilators, supervisors, etc.;
   • (e) to establish procedures and devise operative mechanism for credit assessment in the modular structure by the teachers and use computer technology for the entire process of assessment and evaluation including creating and effectively using a repository of question banks;
   • (f) to ensure that the assessment of answer books shall be done centrally through central assessment system by following system of masking and de-masking of answer books or by on-screen assessment for ensuring the objective of secrecy;
   • (g) to undertake examination and evaluation reforms to bring objectivity and transparency in the examination and evaluation system;
   • (h) to appoint paper-setters, examiners and moderators from amongst the persons included in the panels prepared by the respective School and where necessary, having regard to the recommendations made by the committee under clause (b) of sub-section (5), remove them or debar them;
     • (i) to approve detailed programme of examinations and evaluation as prepared by the Director, Board of Examinations and Evaluation;
   • (j) to consider the reports of review of results of university examinations forwarded by the Director, Board of Examinations and Evaluation;
   • (k) to hear and decide the complaints relating to conduct of examinations and evaluation;
   • (l) to exercise such other powers in relation to examinations and evaluation, as may be assigned to it by or under this Act.
2. (2) In case of any emergency requiring immediate action to be taken, the Director of the Board of Examinations and Evaluation or any other officer or person authorized by him in that behalf, shall take such action as he thinks fit and necessary, and shall report the action taken by him at the next meeting of the Board of Management.
3. (3) (a) In order to appoint paper-setters, examiners and moderators, the Board of Examinations and Evaluation shall constitute committees for every faculty consisting of,-
   • (i) Dean of concerned School-Chairperson;
   • (ii) Heads of the Departments;
   • (iii) Director of Board of Examinations and Evaluation shall act as a Secretary of such committee.
   • (b) No member of the Board of Examinations and Evaluation or the committees constituted under this section shall be appointed as a paper-setter, examiner, moderator or referee: Provided that, a course teacher shall set the question paper of the course instructed by him in the academic term: Provided further that, the Vice-Chancellor shall have power to appoint a member of the Board of Examinations and Evaluation or the committees constituted under this section, as a paper-setter, examiner, moderator or referee where no teacher relating to such subject who is not a member of the Board of Examinations and Evaluation or the committees is available.
4. (4) It shall be obligatory on every teacher and on the non-teaching employee of the university, to render necessary assistance and service in respect of examinations of the university and evaluation of students as prescribed by Statutes. If any teacher or non-teaching employee fails to comply with the order of the university, in this respect, it shall be treated as misconduct and the employee shall be liable for disciplinary action. In case of failure on the part of the teaching or non-teaching employee of university, to comply with the order of the university in this respect, the Vice-Chancellor shall have power to take an appropriate action against them, which may include imposing penalties including suspension of approval to the appointment of a teacher, as may be prescribed by the Statutes.
5. (5) (a) In order to investigate and take disciplinary action for failure to comply with the order of the university for rendering assistance or service in respect of examinations by or on behalf of the university or evaluation of students or formal practices and lapses on the part of candidates, paper-setters, examiners, moderators, referees, teachers or any other persons connected with the conduct of examinations including the pre-examination stage and the post-examination stage or at any stage whatsoever, the Board of Examinations and Evaluation shall constitute a committee of not more than five persons of whom one shall be the Chairperson.
   • (b) Such committee shall submit its report and recommendations to the Vice-Chancellor, who may direct the Director, Board of Examinations and Evaluation, the disciplinary action to be taken against the person or persons involved in the malpractices, directly or indirectly, and the Director, Board of Examinations and Evaluation shall proceed to implement the decision of the Vice-Chancellor.

1. (1) There shall be a Board of Research and Innovation for creation and cultivation of an enabling environment to propagate the concept of innovation and to convert the innovative ideas into working models through a process of incubation which shall finally lead to the creation of enterprise.
2. (2) The Board of Research and Innovation shall consist of the following members, namely :-
   • (a) Vice-Chancellor, Chairperson;
   • (b) Deans of all Schools;
   • (c) five eminent persons from industry, management, research parks, incubation centres, etc., to be nominated by the Board of Management;
   • (d) one Chief Finance officer or equivalent officer from the industry, corporate or bank nominated by the Vice-Chancellor;
   • (e) two teachers from university departments and centres, who are active in research and development and innovation, to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor;
   • (f) two persons from Research and Development organizations, nominated by the Vice-Chancellor;
   • (g) Dean of any School to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor as the Member-Secretary.
3. (3) There shall not be less than four meetings of the Board to be conducted in the year.

The Board of Research and Innovation shall have the following functions and duties, namely :-

1. (a) to approve the topic of thesis or dissertation in the subject;
2. (b) to recommend to the Vice-Chancellor a panel of referees for thesis or dissertations for awarding post-graduate, doctorate and higher degrees, based on the criteria, as approved by the Academic Council;
3. (c) to recommend to the Dean of the respective School, by following appropriate process, names of post-graduate teachers, research scientists in the recognized research and other institutions, active research and development experts having not less than ten years' experience in research and development laboratories or centres in variety of industries, for recognition as approved research guides;
4. (d) to undertake any other task in academic and research and development matters, as may be assigned to it by the Deans and the Academic Council.

1. (1) There shall be a Board of Students' Development to plan and oversee the various cultural, welfare, sports and extension activities of the students in the university departments. The activities of the Board of Student's Development shall be carried out by the Director of Board of Students' Development.
2. (2) The Board of Students' Development shall consist of the following members, namely :-
   • (a) Vice-Chancellor as the Chairperson;
   • (b) one professional each, nominated by the Vice-Chancellor, in the fields of performing arts, fine arts, sports and National Service Scheme (NSS);
   • (c) one teacher each, to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor, who are involved in cultural, welfare, sports, National Service Scheme (NSS) activities out of whom two shall be women;
   • (d) not more than two office bearers of university Students Council, nominated by the Director-Board of Students' Development;
   • (e) National Service Scheme (NSS) co-ordinator of the university;
   • (f) Director, Board of Students' Development as the Member-Secretary.

The Board of Students' Development shall have the following powers and duties, namely :-

1. (a) to take necessary steps for promotion of culture, sports, extension and other students' development activities in the university;
2. (b) to establish links with regional and national bodies in the various cultural and sports activities and to promote various activities jointly with them;
3. (c) to take up activities to promote interest and skills for appreciation in the field of performing arts, pure art and painting skills, sports and other extension activities;
4. (d) to hold university level competitions, skills development workshops, interactive activities in order to bring the society closer to the university;
5. (e) to establish rapport with groups (excluding political parties), societies and other professional bodies so as to involve them in activities of the Board of Students' Development;
6. (f) to devise, develop and implement innovative schemes of students' development including Earn and Learn Scheme, Education Loan, Directors Aid Fund, Endowment Schemes, Student Exchange Schemes, etc.;
7. (g) to devise a mechanism of grievance redressal of student and prevention of sexual harassment and ragging of students and to prepare and submit the report of annual activities related to the students' development, National Service Scheme (NSS) and sports to the Board of Management for its approval;
8. (h) to take necessary measures to ensure participation of well-trained teams in various regional, national and international level competitions, and cultural, recreational, sports and other activities;
   • (i) to devise, develop and implement schemes of career counselling, psychological counselling and rehabilitation and upliftment of differently abled students;
9. (j) to co-ordinate activities of National Service Scheme (NSS) and National Cadet Corps (NCC) in the university;
10. (k) to recommend to competent authority to make alternative arrangements regarding examinations for students participating in the inter-university or national or international sports, cultural competitions or National Cadet Corps (NCC) or National Service Scheme (NSS) events during the relevant schedules of examinations, as may be prescribed by the Ordinances;
11. (l) to undertake any other task, as may be assigned by the university authorities so as to carry out objectives of the Board;
12. (m) to take up activities in the university departments to promote interest and also skills in various sports as per the policy of the university and also national policies in the field of sports;
13. (n) to hold the university level competitions, sports skills development camps, interactive activities and also training workshops in various sports in order to bring the society closer to the colleges, institutions and universities;
14. (o) to recommend to the competent authority to make alternative arrangements regarding examinations of students participating in the inter-university or national or international sports tournaments or events during the relevant schedules of examinations, as may be prescribed by the Ordinances;
15. (p) to assist students on the issues and difficulties in various facets related to their day to day life and other aspects connected with their academic world, personality development and healthy campus life;
16. (q) to advise the Students Grievance Redressal Cell at the university to resolve the Grievances of Students and to suggest to the higher authorities different ways and means to minimize and prevent such grievances.

The constitution, powers, functions and duties of the authorities of the university, not laid down under any of the provisions of this Act shall be as prescribed by the Statutes.

1. (1) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the term of other than ex-officio member of every authority constituted under this Act shall be five years from the date on which he enters the office.
2. (2) The process of nomination shall be commenced at least six months before expiry of the term of members other than ex-officio members of the authority.

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or the Statutes made thereunder, where a person, nominated or appointed, as the case may be, as an officer of the university or a member of any of the authority or bodies of the university by virtue of his being eligible to be so nominated or appointed as such officer or member under any of the categories of officers or members specified by or under the relevant provisions of this Act in relation to such office, authority or body, he shall cease to be such officer of the university or member of such authority or body as soon as he ceases to belong to such category and shall be deemed to have vacated his office as such officer or member.

A person shall be disqualified for being a member of any of the authorities, bodies and committees of the university and voting to the authorities, bodies and committees, if he,-

1. (a) is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court; or
2. (b) is an un-discharged insolvent and stands so declared by a competent court; or
3. (c) has been convicted of any offence involving moral turpitude; or
4. (d) is conducting or engaging himself in private tuitions or private coaching classes; or
5. (e) has been punished for indulging in or promoting unfair practices in the conduct of any examination and evaluation, in any form, anywhere; or
6. (f) has willfully omitted or refused to carry out the provisions of this Act, Statutes, Regulations or Ordinances, or has acted in any manner detrimental to the interests of the university; or
7. (g) has been punished in any form, by the competent authority for committing a misconduct; or
8. (h) discloses or causes to disclose to the public, in any manner whatsoever, any confidential matter, in relation to the examination and evaluation, the knowledge of which he has come to be in possession, due to his official position: Provided that, the right of voting of the person in respect of clauses (e) and (g) shall remain suspended during the term of punishment under the said clauses.

Save as otherwise provided by or under the provisions of this Act, each authority of the university while acting and exercising its powers and discharging functions or duties assigned to it by or under the provisions of this Act, shall have the exclusive jurisdiction to deal with and decide the matters assigned to it and discharging functions or duties assigned to it by or under the provisions of this Act.

1. (1) A member, other than an ex-officio member, may resign by writing under his signature. A nominee of the Chancellor may resign by writing under his signature addressing to the Chancellor, and any other member may resign by writing under his signature addressing to the Chairperson of the Board of Management or the Vice-Chancellor. The person shall cease to be a member upon his resignation being accepted by the Chancellor, or the Chairman of the Board of Management or the Vice-Chancellor, as the case may be, or upon expiry of thirty days from the date of resignation, whichever is earlier.
2. (2) If a person nominated or appointed to any authority or body remains absent without prior permission of the authority or body for three consecutive meetings, he shall be deemed to have vacated his membership and he shall cease to be a member from the date of the third such meeting in which he has remained absent.

1. (1) Save as otherwise provided by this Act, all matters with regard to the conduct of meetings of the authorities, bodies or committees, if any, constituted by the university, shall be such, as may be prescribed by the Statutes.
2. (2) A meeting of an authority or body shall be convened on the date determined by the Chairperson by a notice issued by its Secretary.
3. (3) Except as otherwise provided, the quorum for a meeting shall ordinarily be one-third of the number of the sitting members. If there is no quorum, the meeting shall be adjourned by the Chairperson to a specific time on the same day, or on a later date and no quorum shall be necessary for such adjourned meeting. No quorum shall be necessary on the following day of the continued meeting.
4. (4) Where no provision is made by or under the Statutes for a Chairperson to preside over a meeting of any authority or body of the university or when the Chairperson so provided for is absent and no provision is made for any other person to preside, the members present shall elect a person from amongst themselves to preside at the meeting.
5. (5) Save as otherwise provided, all items, questions, matters or proposals on the agenda shall be decided by a majority of votes of members present.
6. (6) The Chairperson shall have a vote. In case of equality of votes, the Chairperson shall have the casting vote. The secretary, if not a member, shall have the right to participate in the deliberations but shall not have the right to vote.

When any vacancy occurs in the office of a member, other than an ex-officio member the vacancy shall be filled, within a period of three months, from the same category.