Chapter 4 Authorities of the University

The following shall be the authorities of the University, namely: (a) The Board of Governors; (b) The Board of Management; (c) The Academic Council; (d) The Finance Committee; and (e) Such other authorities as may be declared by the Statutes to be the authorities of the University.

1. (1) The Board of Governors shall consist of the following; (a) The Chancellor; (b) The Vice-Chancellor; (c) Three persons nominated by the Sponsor, ERD Foundation; (d) One representative from the Department of Education , Govt of Meghalaya nominated by the State Govt; (e) An educationist of repute to be nominated by the State Government; (f) One person of repute from the state of Meghalaya to be nominated by the sponsor; (g) Two persons of high academic repute and remarkable achievements in the field of science and technology nominated by the Sponsor from national level organization preferably from IIT/IISc or university of repute. (h) Two highly qualified and experienced persons in the field of science and technology, one from Industry and one from research organization; (2) The Chancellor shall be the Chairman of the Board of Governors. (3) The Registrar shall be an ex-officio Secretary of the Board of Governors. (4) The Board of Governors shall be the supreme authority and principal governing body of the University and hold office for a period of four years and shall have the following powers, namely: (a) to appoint the statutory auditors of the university. (b) to lay down policies to be pursued by the university. (c) to review the decisions of other authorities of the university, if they are not in conformity with the provisions of this act or the statutes or the rules. (d) to approve the budget and annual report of the university (e) to make new or additional Statutes and Rules or amend or repeal the earlier Statutes and Rules (f) to make decision about the voluntary winding up of the university. (g) to approve proposals for submission to the State Govt. and (h) to take such decisions and steps as are found desirable for effectively carrying out the objects of the University. (5) The Board of Governors shall meet at least twice in a calendar year at such time and place as the Chancellor thinks fit or can sit at any moment in case of any crisis and emergency.

1. (1) The Board of Management shall consist of:( a) The Vice-Chancellor; (b) The Registrar; (c) Three persons, nominated by the Sponsor; (d)Two Deans of the faculties as nominated by the Chancellor; (e) One representative to be nominated by the State Government; and (f) One person of repute from the State to be nominated by the sponsor; (2) The Vice-Chancellor shall be the Chairperson of the Board of management and the Registrar shall be the Secretary of the Board of Management. (3) The powers and functions of the Board of Management shall be such as may be prescribed.

The Academic Council shall consist of: (1) The Vice-Chancellor - Chairman (2) The Registrar - Secretary (3) The Finance Officer (4) Such other members as may be prescribed in the Statutes. Three persons having high academic background nominated by Sponsors, Deans of all schoolslDirector of institutes Four senior and dedicated faculty members from the schools/institute, nominated by Vice-Chancellor Four external high profile academic experts from the institution of repute preferably from lIT, Research Organization and University. (5) The Academic Council shall be the principal academic body of the University and shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, the Statutes and the Rules, co-ordinate and exercise general supervision over the academic policies of the University. (6) The term of the Academic Council will be for a period of two years.

1. (1) The Finance Committee shall consist of: (a) The Vice-Chancellor. (b) The Registrar. (c) The Finance Officer. (d) Two members nominated from the Sponsor. (e) Two experts nominated by the Sponsor from the financial institute organization. (2) The Finance Committee shall be the principal financial body of the University to take care of financial matters and shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, Statutes and Rules, co-ordinate and exercise general supervision over the financial matters of the University. (3) The term of the nominated persons will be for a period of 2-years.

The constitution, powers and functions of the other authorities of the University shall be such as may be prescribed.

No act or proceeding of any authority of the University shall be invalid merely by reason of the existence of any vacancy or defect in the constitution of the authority.