Gyana Sabha or Academic Council

(1) Responsibilities of the Gyana Sabha shall be as per the regulations and include : (a) maintain academic oversight of the university including continuous academic innovation; (b) recommend strategic academic goals to the Board of Governors and oversee its successful execution; (c) be the custodian of the academic, intellectual environment of the University; (d) oversee proposals for the creation of new programs and recommend such decisions to the Board of Management, as per the regulations; (e) approve of Board of Studies for various Schools; (f) receive and review recommendations from Board of Studies for different Schools: and (g) review and recommend the recruitment, appraisals and promotion processes of faculty from various Schools to the Board of Management. (2) Powers of the Gyana Sabha shall be defined as prescribed and shall include, but shall not be limited to :- (a) review and recommend the recruitment and appraisal of faculty and academic staff members to the Board of Management, as per the regulations; (b) recommend the award of degrees, diplomas as per the regulations: and (c) create Committees, as per regulations, to manage academics processes. (3) The Gyana Sabha may have any other power granted as per the regulations. (4) Membership; The Gyana Sabha constituted under this Act shall be made up of - (a) faculty, Deans, Heads of centers and the Vice-chancellor; (b) 8 -12 members; (c) Ex-officio members of the Gyana Sabha shall comprise of - (i) Vice-Chancellor as the Chairperson; and (ii) Deans of Schools. (d) other members shall be nominated as per the regulations. (5) The selection criteria and process, terms, meetings, quorum and selection processes of Gyana Sabha shall be as per the regulations. (6) conditionalities for creation of the Gyana sabha shall be as prescribed.