Chapter IV THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

(a) The Chancellor shall, as soon as may be after the first Vice-Chancellor is appointed under section 45, constitute the Executive Council. (b) The Executive Council shall, in addition to the Vice-Chancellor, consist of the following members, namely:- Class I - Ex-officio Members. (1) The Secretary to Government in-charge of Education; (2) The Secretary to Government in-charge of Finance; and (3) The Secretary to Government in-charge of Social Welfare. Class II – Other Members (1) Three members nominated by the Vice-Chancellor on a rotation basis, from among the senior research staff in the order of the seniority; (2) Five women members from among eminent educationists nominated by the Pro-Chancellor ; and (3) One woman member belonging to Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes nominated by the Pro-Chancellor. (c) The Vive-Chancellor shall be the ex-officio Chairman of the Executive Council. (d) In case the Secretary to Government in-charge of Education, or the Secretary to Government in-charge of Social Welfare in unable to attend the meetings of the Executive Council for any reason, he may depute any officer of his department not lower in rank than that of a Deputy Secretary to Government to attend the meetings. (e) Save as otherwise provided, nominated members of the Executive Council shall hold office for a period of three years and such members shall be eligible for nomination for not more than another period of three years : Provided that where a member is nominated to the Executive Council to a casual vacancy the period of office held by any such member shall be construed as a full period of three years for the purpose of this clause:

The Executive Council shall have the following powers, namely:-(1) to make statutes and amend or repeal the statutes except the first statutes ;(2) to co—operate with other Universities, other academic authorities and colleges in such manner and for such purpose as it may determine ;(3) to provide for research and advancement and dissemination of knowledge ;(4) to institute Senior Fellowship, Fellowships, Research Assistants and any other teaching posts required by the University ;(5) to institute degrees, titles, diploma and other academic distinctions ;(6) to confer degrees, titles, diploma and other academic distinctions on persons who shall have carried on research under conditions prescribed ;(7) to confer honorary degrees or other distinction on the recommendation of not less than two-thirds of the members of the Executive Council ;(8) to establish and maintain halls and hostels;(9) to institute fellowship, travelling fellowships, scholarships studentships, bursaries, exhibitions, medals and prizes and to award the same in accordance with the statutes ;(10) to consider and takes such action as it may deem fit on the annual report, the annual accounts and the financial estimates ;(11) to institute a publication bureau and to maintain it ;(12) to enter into any agreement with the Central or any State Government or with a private management for assuming the management of any institution and for taking over its properties and liabilities or for any other purposes not repugnant to the provisions of this Act ;(13) to make statutes regulating the procedure at the meeting of the Academic Committee and Executive Council and other authorities of the University and the quorum of members required for the transaction of business by the authorities of the University other than the Academic Committee ;(14) to hold, control and administer the properties and funds of the University ;(15) to direct the form, custody and use of the common seal of the University ;(16) to regulate and determine all matters concerning the University in accordance with this Act and the statutes ;(17) to administer all properties and all funds placed at the disposal of the University for specific purposes ;(18) (a) to appoint the University Senior Fellows, University Fellows and Research Assistants and the teachers of the University, fix their emoluments, if any, define their duties and the conditions of their service and provide for filling up of temporary vacancies ;(b) to make statutes specifying the mode of appointment of administrative and other similar posts and fix their emoluments, if any, define their duties and the conditions of their services and provide for filling up of temporary vacancies ;(19) to suspend and dismiss the University Senior Fellows, University Fellows and Research Assistants and the teachers and other employees of the University ;(20) to accept, on behalf, of the University, endowments, bequests, donations, grants and transfers of any movable and immovable properties made to it ; Provided that all such endowments, bequests donations, grants and transfers shall be reported to the Academic Committee and its new meeting.(21) (a) to raise, on behalf of the University, loans from the Central or any State Government or the University Grants Commission or the Public or any Corporation owned or controlled by the central or any State Government ;(b) to borrow money with the approval of the Government on the security of the property of the University for the purposes of the University ;(22) to recognize hostels not maintained by the University and to suspend or withdraw recognition of any hostel which is not conducted in accordance with the statutes and the conditions imposed there under ;(23) to arrange for, and direct, the inspection hostels;(24) to prescribe the qualifications to teachers ;(25) to charged and collect such fees as may be prescribed;(26) to make statutes regarding the admission of students to the University ;(27) to appoint members to the Department of Studies ;(28) (a) to appoint examiners, after consideration of recommendations of the Departments of Studies; and (b) to fix their remuneration ;(29) to supervise and control the residence and discipline of the students of the University and make arrangements for securing their health and well being;(30) to institute and manage Libraries, Documentation Centres, Museums, Institutes of research and other institutions established or maintained by the University ;(31) to manage hostels instituted by the University ;(32) to manage any publication bureau instituted by the University ;(33) to promote research within the University and to require reports, from time to time, of such research ;(34) to exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be conferred or imposed on it by this Act or the Statutes ;(35) to delegate any of its powers to the Vice-Chancellor to a committee from among its own members or to a Committee appointed in accordance with the statutes.

(1) The Executive Council shall meet at such times and places and shall subject to the provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3) observe such rules of procedure in regard to transaction of business at its meetings including the quorum at meetings as may be prescribed; Provided that the Executive Council shall meet at least once in every three months.(2) The Vice-Chancellor or in her absence any member chosen by the members present, shall preside at a meeting of the Executive Council.(3) All questions at any meeting of the Executive Council shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting and it the case of an equality of votes, the Vice-Chancellor or the member presiding, as the case may be, shall have and exercise a second or casting vote.(4) (a) The Executive Council may, for the purpose of consultation, invite any person having special knowledge or practical experience in any subject under consideration to attend to any meeting. Such person may speak in, and otherwise take part in the proceedings of meeting but shall not be entitled to vote ;(b) The person so invited shall be entitled to such daily and travelling allowances as are admissible to a member of the Executive Council.

The annual report of the University shall be prepared by the Executive Council and shall be prepared by the Executive Council and shall be submitted to the Academic Committee on or before such date as may be prescribed by the statutes and shall be considered by the Academic Committee at its next annual meeting. The Academic Committee may pass resolutions thereon and communicate the same to the Executive Council which shall take action on accordance therewith. The Executive Council shall inform the Academic Committee of the action taken by it. A copy of the report with a copy of the resolutions thereon, if any, of the Academic Committee shall be submitted to the Government for information.

(1) The annual accounts of the University shall be submitted to such examination and audit as the Government may direct.(2) The University shall settle objections raised in such audit and carry out such instructions as may be issued by the Government on the audit report.(3) The accounts when audited shall be published by the Executive Council in such manner as may be prescribed by the statutes and copies thereof shall be submitted to the Academic Committee at its next meeting and to the Government within three months of such publication.