Powers and duties of the Academic Council

The powers and duties of the Academic Council shall be,— (a) to exercise general control on teaching and other educational programmes and maintain and promote the standards thereof; (b) to make regulations and amend or repeal the same; (c) to make regulations regarding,- (i) the admission of students to the University and the number of students to be admitted; (ii) the courses of study leading to degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions; and (iii) the conduct of examinations and maintenance and promotion of standards of education. (d) to advise the Board on all academic matters including the control and management of libraries; (e) to make recommendation to the Board for the institution of Professorship, Associate Professorship, Assistant Professorship and other teaching posts including posts in research and extension education and in regard to the duties thereof; (f) to formulate, modify or revise schemes for the constitution or reconstitution of departments of teaching, research and extension education; (g) to make recommendation to the Board regarding post-graduate teaching, research and extension education; (h) to make recommendation to the Board regarding the qualifications to be prescribed for teaching and extension staff in the University; (i) to make recommendation to the Board for the conferment of honorary degrees or other distinctions; and (j) to exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the statutes.