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section 16

Constitution of the Board

The Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology Act, 1965
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Chapter IV AUTHORITIES OF THE UNIVERSITY

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  1. (1) The Chancellor shall, as soon as may be after the date of commencement of this Act, constitute a Board of Management.
  2. (2) The Board shall consist of the following members, namely: Ex-officio Members-
    • (a) the Pro-Chancellor;
    • (b) the Vice-Chancellor;
    • (c) Development Commissioner;
    • (d) Secretary to Government, Community Development Department;
    • (e) Secretary to Government, Finance Department;
    • (f) Secretary to Government, Agriculture & Animal Husbandry Department;
    • (g) Secretary to Government, Co-operation & Forestry Department;
    • (h) Director of Agriculture;
      • (i) Director of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services;
    • (j) Chief Engineer (Roads and Buildings), Public Works Department; Other Members-
    • (k) two non-official members to be elected by the members of the Orissa Legislative Assembly from amongst themselves;
    • (l) two non-official members to be nominated by Government from among eminent persons interested in agriculture;
    • (m) one non-official member to be nominated by Government from among persons interested in co-operative movement;
    • (n) two members to be nominated by Government from among agricultural scientists of repute;
    • (o) one member to be nominated by Government in consultation with the Indian council of Agricultural Research;
    • (p) a Chairman of a Zilla Parishad constituted under the Orissa Panchayat Samitis and Zilla Parishads Act, 1959, to be nominated by Government by rotation in the prescribed manner;
    • (q) one member to be elected by the registered graduates of the University from amongst themselves in the prescribed manner;
    • (r) one member to be elected by the teachers from amongst themselves in the prescribed manner.
  3. (3) The term of office of the members of the Board specified in clauses (l), (m), (n), (o),
    • (q) and
    • (r) of sub-section
  4. (2) shall be six years and one-third of such members shall retire every two years by rotation in the prescribed manner; and the term of office of the member, selected under clause
    • (p) shall be two years.
  5. (4) The Board may, in respect of any meeting thereof; co-opt such number of members as it deems fit from among officers in the employment of Government, who shall have a right to take part in the proceedings at such meeting but shall not have a right to vote.
  6. (5) Whenever the Secretary to Government, Finance Department is unable to attend any meeting of the Board [he may nominate] any officer of that Department, who shall attend such meeting and shall have the same rights and privileges as the said Secretary had in respect of such meeting.
  7. (6) The Pro-Chancellor shall be the chairman of the Board and shall preside over the meetings of the Board and in his absence the Vice-Chancellor and in the absence of both any other member of the Board authorised by the Pro-Chancellor in that behalf shall preside over such meeting.
  8. (7) The Registrar shall be the ex officio Secretary of the Board.

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