No such action under this section shall be taken unless the person concerned is given an opportunity of being heard.

Honorary degree The Academic Council may consider and recommend to the Board of Governance the conferment of an honorary degree or other academic distinction on any person, without requiring him to undergo any test or examination or evaluation, on the ground solely that he, by reason of his eminent position or attainments in any field relating to Engineering, Industry or Technology, is a fit and proper person to receive such degree or other academic distinction, and such recommendation shall be deemed to have been duly passed if supported by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members present at the meeting of the Board of Governance, being not less than one-half of its total membership: