Composition and term of office of the Board of Studies

(1) There shall be a Board of Studies for each subject or group of subjects. The Board of Studies shall be constituted by the Faculty concerned for a period of three years. The number of the Boards of Studies in each Faculty as also the members of each Board of Studies shall be determined by the Board of Management on the recommendations of the Academic Council and the Faculty concerned. The members of a Board of Studies shall not exceed five, out of which three of them shall be internal members and out of these three, one shall be Head of the Department and the remaining members shall be teachers of the Post-Graduate departments. There shall be at least one and not more than two external members on each Board of Studies. The Board of Studies shall elect a Convener from amongst its members. (2) The Convener shall convene meeting of the Board of Studies. The quorum of the meeting shall be one half of the total members. The Dean shall have right to be present and speak at the meetings of the Boards of Studies relating to his faculty but shall have no right to vote in such meeting unless he is a member of the Board of Studies. Explanation: ‘Internal member’ means a member who is a teacher in the University and ‘external member’ means one who is a subject expert and not connected with university in any manner.