Chancellor

(1) The Visitor shall appoint the Chancellor of the University from the panel of names forwarded by the sponsor of the University in consultation with the State Government.

(2) The Chancellor so appointed shall hold office for a period of 5 (five) years.

(3) The Chancellor shall be the head of the University.

(4) The Chancellor, in the absence of the Visitor, shall preside at the convocation of the University for conferring degrees, diplomas, Charters, Designations or Certificates.

(5) The Visitor shall have the power to remove the Chancellor on the recommendations of the sponsor of the University, after due enquiry.

(6) The Chancellor shall have the following powers, namely:

(a) to call for any information or record.

(b) to appoint and to remove the Vice-Chancellor; The Chancellor is empowered to remove the Vice-Chancellor after due enquiry. It will be open to the Chancellor to suspend the Vice-Chancellor during enquiry depending upon the seriousness of the charges, as he may deem fit.

(c) such other powers as may be conferred on him by this Act or the Statutes made there under.