Finance Officer

(i) The Finance Officer shall be appointed in such a manner and shall exercise such powers and perform such functions as may be described below: a) The Finance Officer will be appointed by the Chancellor. (b) He / She shall be a full-time salaried officer of the University and shall be directly responsible to the Vice-Chancellor. (c) The Chancellor can suspend the Finance Officer, institute inquiry and take appropriate action against him / her in cases of misconduct on his own or on the recommendation of the Vice-Chancellor. The Chancellor can remove the Finance Officer without assigning any reason after giving him / her notice of three months or salary in lieu of the notice period. (d) The Finance Officer may resign after giving three months' notice to the Chancellor through the Vice-Chancellor and shall cease to hold his / her office on the acceptance by the Chancellor of such resignation or on' expiry of the notice period, whichever is earlier. (e) The Finance Officer shall be the Member Secretary of the Finance Committee and may be invited to a meeting of the Executive Council, as and when considered necessary. (ii) The Finance Officer shall be the ex-officio Secretary of the Finance Committee.