section 22
Power, Functions and Meetings of the Senate
The Tripura Government Technical University Act, 2026Education202648 sections
Statutory text
- (1) subject to the provisions of this Act, Statues, Ordinances and Regulations and overall supervision of the Board, the Senate shall manage the academic affairs and matters in the University and in particular shall have the following powers and functions, namely: -
- (i) To report on any matter referred or delegated to it by the Board;
- (ii) To make recommendations to the Board with regard to the creation, abolition or classification of teaching posts in the University and the emoluments payable and the duties attached thereto;
- (iii) To make recommendations to the Board with regard to the creations and abolition of various faculties of studies and academic Departments;
- (iv) To promote research within the University and to require from time to time, report on such research;
- (v) To consider proposals submitted by the teachers on the academic activities;
- (vi) To lay down policies for admissions to the Universities;
- (vii) To recognize diplomas and degrees of other Universities and Institutions and to determine their equivalence in relation to the diplomas and degrees of the Universities;
- (viii) To fix, subject to any conditions accepted by the Board, the time, mode and conditions of the completion for Fellowship, Scholarship and other prizes and to recommend for award of the same;
- (ix) To appoint examiners and moderators, and if necessary to remove them and to fix their fees, emoluments, travelling and other allowances and expenses;
- (x) To recommend arrangements for the conduct of examinations and the dates for holding them;
- (xi) To declare and review the result of the various examinations or to appoint committees or officers to do so, and to make recommendations regarding the conferment or grant of degrees, diplomas, licenses, titles and marks of honor;
- (xii) To recommend stipends, scholarships, medals and prizes and to make other awards in accordance with the regulations and such other conditions as may be attached to the awards;
- (xiii) To approve or revise the syllabus for the prescribed courses of study and lists of prescribed or recommended text books and to decide for publishing of books by the University;
- (xiv) To approve such forms and registers as are from time to time, required by the ordinances and regulations;
- (xv) To formulate, from time to time, the desired standards of education to be adhered in drawing up the curriculum and syllabi for being taught in the University;
- (xvi) To perform, in relation to academic matters, all such duties and to do all such acts as may be necessary for the proper carrying out of the provisions of the Act and the Ordinances and Regulations made there under; (2)
- (i) The Senate shall meet as often as may be necessary, but not less than three times. During an academic year;
- (ii) One half of the existing members of the Senate shall form the quorum for a meeting of the Senate;
- (iii) In case of difference of opinion among the members, the opinion of the majority shall prevail;
- (iv) Each member of the Senate, including the Chairperson of the Senate, shall have one vote and if there be an equality of votes on any matter to be determined by the Senate, the Chairperson shall in addition, have a casting vote;
- (v) Every meeting of the Senate shall be presided over by the Vice-Chancellor and in the absence of Vice-Chancellor, senior most Dean will preside over the meeting;
- (vi) If urgent action by the Senate becomes necessary, the Chairperson of the Senate may permit the business to be transacted by circulation of papers to the members of the Senate and the action proposed to be taken shall not be taken unless agreed to, by a majority of the members of the Senate, and the action shall forthwith be intimated to all the members of the Senate, and in case the authority concerned fails to take a decision, the matter shall be referred to the Chancellor whose decision shall be final.
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