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: