The Chancellor

(1) The Governor of the State of Sikkim shall, by virtue of his office be the Chancellor of the University. (2) The Chancellor shall exercise such powers as may be conferred on him by or under the provisions of this Act or as may be prescribed. (3) Where power is conferred upon the Chancellor to make nominations to any authority or body of the University, the Chancellor shall, to the extent necessary, provide for the representation of interests not otherwise adequately represented. (4) Every proposal to confer any honorary degree shall be subject to confirmation by the Chancellor. (5) The Chancellor shall have the right to cause an inspection to be made by such person or persons as he may direct, of the University, its buildings, libraries, laboratories and equipment and of any institutions maintained by the University and also of the examinations, teaching and other work conducted or done by the university and to cause an inquiry to be made in like manner in respect of any matter connected with the administration and finances of the university. (6) The Chancellor shall, in every case, give notice to the University of his intention to cause an inspection or inquiry to be made, and the University shall be entitled to appoint a representative who shall have the right to be present and to be heard at such inspection or inquiry. (7) The Chancellor may address the Vice-Chancellor with reference to the result of such inspection or inquiry and the Vice-Chancellor shall communicate to the University Court views along with such advice as the State Government may offer on the action to be taken thereon. (8) The University Court shall communicate through the Vice-Chancellor to the Chancellor such action, if any, as it proposes to take or as has been taken, on the result of such inspection and inquiry. (1) The Vice-Chancellor shall be the principal executive and academic officer of the University and shall, in the absence of the Chancellor, preside over the convocations of the University held for conferring degrees. He shall remain in his office, be a member and the vice-chairman of the University court, the Executive Council and the Academic Council and shall also be the chairman of any other authority or body of the University of which he may be a member, except as otherwise provided in the regulations. He shall also be entitled to be present at and to address any meeting of any authority or body of the University of which he may not be a member and shall be entitled to vote thereat. (2) The Vice-Chancellor shall have the power to convene meetings of the Executive Council and any other authority or body of the University. (3) It shall be the duty of the Vice-Chancellor to ensure that the provisions of this Act and the regulations are faithfully observed, and to take such action as may be necessary for this purpose. (4) The Vice-Chancellor shall have the power to exercise general control and supervision over all other officers of the University and over all Teachers and other employees of the University and over all the affairs of the University. (5) The Vice-Chancellor shall exercise such other powers and discharge such other duties as may be prescribed by any authority or body of the University or as may be prescribed. (6) The Vice-Chancellor may take on behalf of the University such action as he may deem expedient in any matter which, in his opinion, is of urgent or of an emergent nature and shall report the same for confirmation at the next meeting to the authority or body which, in the ordinary course, would have dealt with the matter: Provided that if the action taken by the Vice-Chancellor is not approved by the authority or body concerned, the matter shall immediately be referred to the Executive Council if the authority or body concerned is other than the University Court or the Executive Council or to the University Court if the authority is the Executive Council, or to the Chancellor, if the authority is the University Court. The decision of the Chancellor or of the University Court or the Executive Council, as the case may be, shall be final. (7) The Vice-Chancellor may, subject to the prior approval of the Executive Council, delegate any of his powers to any other officer subordinate to him.