Composition of Council

The Council shall consist of the following members, namely:-

(a) the Minister in-charge of Technical Education, who shall be the Chairman, ex-officio;

(b) the Vice-Chairman appointed by the Government from among persons, who have been Vice-Chancellors of Universities in the State and having experience in the field of technical education and who has not completed seventy years of age;

(c) the Secretary to Government in-charge of Higher Education, ex-officio;

(d) the Secretary to Government in-charge of Finance, ex-officio;

(e) the Secretary to Government in-charge of Industry, ex-officio;

(f) the Secretary, University Grants Commission or his nominee, ex-officio;

(g) the Member-Secretary, All India Council for Technical Education or his nominee, ex-officio;

(h) the Commissioner or Director of Technical Education, ex-officio;

(i) two members nominated by the Government from among the Vice-Chancellors of the technical Universities;

(j) two members nominated by the Government from among the principals and Directors of colleges, of whom one shall be from a college established and administered or maintained by the Government and another from a private college;

(k) two members nominated by the Government from among the principals of colleges, offering any course of study to which a diploma is awarded, of whom one shall be from a college established and administered or maintained by the Government and another from a private college;

(l) one member nominated by the Government from among the principals and Directors of colleges offering courses of study in management;

(m) one member nominated by the Government from among eminent academicians or educational administrators in the field of technical education;

(n) one member nominated by the Government from among eminent scientists or engineers in the field of technical education;

(o) one member nominated by the Government from among the industrialists of high repute who have contributed to the cause of technical education;

(p) not more than three eminent educationists in the field of technical education co-opted by the Council; and

(q) a full time Member-Secretary appointed by the Government who shall be not below the rank of the University Professor, having experience in the field of technical education.