Chapter IV THE SYNDICATE

24. (a) The Chancellor shall, as soon as may be after the first Vice-Chancellor is appointed under section 55 constitute the Syndicate.

1. (b) The Syndicate shall, in addition to the Vice-Chancellor, consist of the following members, namely :-- Class I, Ex-officio Members.

1. (1) The Secretary to Government in-charge of Higher Education ;
2. (2) The Secretary to Government in-charge of Health and Family Welfare ;
3. (3) The Secretary to Government in-charge of Law;
4. (4) The Director of Collegiate Education ;
5. (5) The Director of Technical Education;
6. (6) The Director of Medical Education ; and
7. (7) The Director of Legal Studies. Class II, Other Members.
8. (1) Two members elected by principals of affiliated colleges from among themselves in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote;
9. (2) Two members elected by teachers of affiliated colleges, other than principals, from among themselves who are members of the Senate, in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote. Explanation., For the purpose of this item, "teachers" shall mean those teachers elected to the Senate by the teachers of the affiliated colleges from among themselves;
10. (3) One University Professor for every ten Heads of Departments of study and research, schools of excellence or centres of advanced studies, or part thereof, to be nominated by rotation among such Departments, schools and centres by the Chancellor on the recommendation of the Vice-Chancellor;
11. (4) One member, not falling under any of the above three categories, elected by the Senate from among its members ;
12. (5) Three members from among the Academic Experts nominated by the Chancellor ;
13. (6) One University Reader nominated by the Vice-Chancellor by rotation according to seniority ;
14. (7) One University Lecturer nominated by the Vice-Chancellor by rotation according to seniority ;
15. (8) One member nominated by the Government to secure representation of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes from the members of the teaching faculty; and
16. (9) One member nominated by the Government to secure representation of the Most Backward Classes and the Denotified Communities from among the members of the teaching faculty.
    • (c) The Vice-Chancellor shall be the ex-officio Chairman of the Syndicate.
    • (d) In case the Secretary to Government, in-charge of Higher Education, or the Secretary to Government, in-charge of Health and Family Welfare, or the Secretary to Government, in-charge of Law, is unable to attend the meetings of the Syndicate for any reason, he may depute any officer of his Department not lower in rank than that of Deputy Secretary to Government to attend the meetings. The officer so deputed shall have the right to take part in the discussions of the meeting and shall have the right to vote.
    • (e) (i) Save as otherwise provided, the members of the Syndicate other than the ex-officio members shall hold office for a period of three years and such member shall be eligible for election or nomination for not more than another period of three years.
      • (ii) Where a member is elected or nominated to the Syndicate to a casual vacancy, the period of office held for not less than one year by any such member shall be construed as a full period of three years for the purpose of this clause : Provided that a member of the Syndicate who is elected or nominated in his capacity as, a member of a particular electorate or body, or the holder of a particular appointment, shall cease to be a member of Syndicate from the date on which he ceases to be, a member of that electorate or body or the holder of that appointment, as the case may be : Provided further that where an elected or a nominated member of the Syndicate is appointed temporarily to any of the offices by virtue of which he is entitled to be a member of the Syndicate ex-officio, he shall, by notice in writing signed by him and communicated to the Vice-Chancellor within seven days from the date of his taking charge of his appointment, choose whether he will continue to be a member of the Syndicate by virtue of his election or nomination or whether he will vacate office as such member and become a member ex-officio by virtue of his appointment and the choice shall be conclusive. On failure to make such a choice, he shall be deemed to have vacated his office as an elected or a nominated member.
    • (f) When a person ceases to be a member of the Syndicate, he shall cease to be a member of any of the authorities of the University of which he may happen to be a member by virtue of his membership of the Syndicate.
    • (g) The members of the Syndicate shall not be entitled to receive any remuneration from the University except such daily and travelling allowances as may be prescribed : Provided that nothing contained in this clause shall preclude any member from drawing his normal emoluments to which he is entitled by virtue of the office he holds.
    • (h) A member of the Syndicate other than ex-officio member, may tender resignation of his membership at any time before the term of his office expires.

Powers of Syndicate 25. (a) The Syndicate shall have the following powers, namely :-

1. (1) to make statutes and amend or repeal the statutes ;
2. (2) to make ordinances and amend or repeal the same ;
3. (3) to co-operate with other Universities, other academic authorities and colleges in such manner and for such purposes as it may determine ;
4. (4) to provide for instruction and training in such branches of learning as it may think fit ;
5. (5) to prescribe the conditions for approving colleges or institutions in which provision is made for the preparation of students for titles or diplomas of the University and to withdraw such approval ;
6. (6) to provide for research and advancement and dissemination of knowledge ;
7. (7) to institute lecturerships, readerships, professorships and any other teaching posts required by the University ;
8. (8) to prescribe the conditions for affiliating colleges to the University and to withdraw affiliation from colleges ;
9. (9) to prescribe the manner in which, and the conditions subject to which, a college may be designated as an autonomous college and such designation may be cancelled ;
10. (10) to provide such lectures and instructions for students of University colleges, affiliated colleges and approved colleges as the Senate may determine and also to provide for lectures and instructions to persons not being students of colleges and to grant diplomas to them;
11. (11) to institute degrees, titles, diplomas and other academic distinctions;
12. (12) to confer degrees, titles, diplomas and other academic distinctions on persons who-
    • (a) shall have pursued an approved course of study in University college or laboratory or in an affiliated or approved college or have been exempted therefrom in the manner prescribed and shall have passed the prescribed examinations of the University ;
    • (b) shall have carried on research under conditions prescribed;
13. (13) to confer honorary degrees or academic distinctions on the recommendation of not less than two-thirds of the members of the Syndicate ;
14. (14) to establish and maintain hostels ;
15. (15) to institute fellowships, travelling fellowships, scholarships, studentships, bursaries, exhibitions, medals and prizes ;
16. (16) to prescribe the fees to be charged for the approval and affiliation of colleges, for admission to the examinations, degrees, titles and diplomas of the University, for the registration of graduates, for the renewal of such registration and for all or any of the purposes specified in section 4 ;
17. (17) to consider and take such actions as it may deem fit on the annual report, the annual accounts and the financial estimates ;
18. (18) to institute a University Extension Board and to maintain it ;
19. (19) to institute publication bureau, students' unions, employment bureau and University athletic clubs and to maintain them ;
20. (20) 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;
21. (21) to make statutes regulating the method of election to the authorities of the University and the procedure at the meeting of the Senate, Syndicate 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 Senate ;
22. (22) to recommend to the Government the recognition of an area within the University area as University Centre ;
23. (23) to hold, control and administer the properties and funds of the University;
24. (24) to direct the form, custody and use of the common seal of the University;
25. (25) to regulate and determine all matters concerning the University in accordance with this Act, the statutes, the ordinances and the regulations;
26. (26) to administer all properties and funds placed at the disposal of the University for specific purposes;
27. (27) (a) to appoint the University Lecturers, University Readers, University Professors and the teachers of the University, fix their emoluments, if any, define their duties and the conditions of their services and provide for filling up of temporary vacancies ;
    • (b) to make ordinances 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;
28. (28) to suspend and dismiss the University Lecturers, University Readers, University Professors and the teachers and other employees of the University ;
29. (29) 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 Senate at its next meeting;
30. (30) (i) to raise, on behalf of the University, loans from the Central or any State Government or the public or any corporation owned or controlled by the Central or any State Government ;
    • (ii) to borrow money, with the approval of the Government, on the security of the property of the University for the purposes of the University ;
31. (31) to affiliate colleges within the University area to the University and to recognise colleges as approved colleges;
32. (32) to designate any college as an autonomous college with the concurrence of the Government and to cancel such designation;
33. (33) to recognise hostels not maintained by the University and to suspend or withdraw recognition of any hostel which is not conducted in accordance with the ordinances and the conditions imposed thereunder ;
34. (34) to arrange for and direct, the inspection of all University colleges, affiliated and approved colleges and hostels;
35. (35) to prescribe the qualification of teachers in University colleges, affiliated and approved colleges and hostels ;
36. (36) to award fellowships, travelling fellowships, scholarships, studentships, bursaries, exhibitions, medals and prizes in accordance with the statutes;
37. (37) to charge and collect such fees as may be prescribed;
38. (38) to conduct the University examinations and approve and publish the results thereof;
39. (39) to make ordinances regarding the admission of students to the University or prescribing examinations to be recognised as equivalent to University examinations;
40. (40) to appoint members to the Boards of Studies;
41. (41) (i) to appoint examiners, after consideration of the recommendations of the Boards of Studies; and
    • (ii) to fix their remuneration ;
42. (42) to supervise and control the residence and discipline of the students of the University and make arrangements through the colleges for securing their health and well-being;
43. (43) to institute and manage University Centres, University colleges and laboratories, libraries, museums, institutes of research and other institutions established or maintained by the University;
44. (44) to manage hostels instituted by the University;
45. (45) to regulate the working of the University Extension Board;
46. (46) to manage any publication bureau, students' unions, employment bureau and University athletic clubs instituted by the University;
47. (47) to review the instruction and teaching of the University ;
48. (48) to promote research within the University and to require reports, from time to time, of such research;
49. (49) to exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be conferred or imposed on it by this Act or the statutes, ordinances or regulations; and
50. (50) (a) 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;
    • (b) the Syndicate may consult the Standing Committee on Academic Affairs in respect of any academic matter, where it considers such consultation is necessary.

26. (1) The Syndicate 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 Syndicate shall meet at least once in every three months.

1. (2) The Vice-Chancellor, or in his absence any member chosen by the members present, shall preside at a meeting of the Syndicate.
2. (3) All questions at any meeting of the Syndicate shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting and in the case of an equality of votes, the Vice-Chancellor or the member presiding, as the case may be, shall have and exercise second or casting vote.
3. (4) (a) The Syndicate 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 such 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 Syndicate.

27. The annual report of the University shall be prepared by the Syndicate and shall be submitted to the Senate on or before such date as may be prescribed by the statutes and shall be considered by the Senate at its next annual meeting. The Senate may pass resolutions thereon and communicate the same to the Syndicate which shall take action in accordance therewith. The Syndicate shall inform the Senate of the action taken by it.

Annual accounts 28. (1) The annual accounts of the University shall be submitted to such examination and audit as the Government may direct and a copy of the annual accounts and audit report shall be submitted to the Government.

1. (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.
2. (3) The accounts, when audited, shall be published by the Syndicate in such manner as may be prescribed by the ordinances and copies thereof shall be submitted to the Senate at its next meeting and to the Government within three months of such publication.