Powers and duties of Board of studies.

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

1. (a) to recommend to the Management Council through the faculty or faculties concerned and the Academic Council, the introduction of new diplomas and degrees;
2. (b) to recommend to the Management Council through the faculty or faculties concerned and the Academic Council, the discontinuation of diplomas and degrees which have become irrelevant;
3. (c) to recommend to the faculty concerned, the course syllabi, course structures and evaluation schemes of various courses;
4. (d) to recommended to the reference books or supplementary reading books and such other material useful for study of the course;
5. (e) to recommend to the faculty, modifications in respect of addition or deletion or updating of courses;
6. (f) to prepare the panels of paper-setters, examiners and moderators for the university examinations and evaluation, based on the criteria laid down by the Academic Council and recommend them to the Board of Examination and Evaluation;
7. (g) to suggest to the Dean of the faculty concerned, organization of orientation and refresher courses in the subject in the summer or winter vacations;
8. (h) to prepare the requirements with regard to library, laboratory, equipment in respect of courses concerned;
   • (i) to suggest extension programmes with respect to the courses introduced;
9. (j) to understand the requirements of industry or corporate or society at large and to incorporate them into the syllabi to make the teaching-learning process relevant to the needs of the time;
10. (k) to encourage learning by collaboration and participation by using information and communication technology tools;
11. (l) to design curricula, add vocational content to every discipline and to prescribe the minimum period to pursue skill development programme and the level of proficiency expected;
12. (m) to ratify curricula, all processes and practices developed by the autonomous colleges, university departments or institutions, autonomous recognized institutions, empowered autonomous colleges or cluster of institutions, empowered skills development colleges, and recommendations in respect of recognition of teachers or experts.