The Senate

19. The Senate shall consist of the following categories of ex-officio members and elected members:— (i) Ex-officio members - (a) The Chancellor; (b) The Vice-Chancellor; (c) The Deans of the Faculty Councils for Post-Graduate Studies; (d) The Head of the Post-Graduate Department; (e) The Secretary, Education(Higher) Department, Government of Tripura; (f) The Secretary, Finance Department Government of Tripura or his nominee not below the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government of Tripura; (g) The Secretary, Law Department, Government of Tripura; (h) The President, Tripura Board of Secondary Education; (i) The Registrar of the University shall be the Ex officio Secretary of the Senate. (ii) Elected members - (a) Not more than three professors of the University (other than Heads of Departments) belonging to Departments under separate Faculty Councils for Post-Graduate studies, elected jointly by the Professors of the University (other than Heads of Departments); (b) Not more than three Associate Professors and three Assistant Professors of the University, other than Heads of the Departments, elected by such teachers from amongst themselves; (c) Five teachers other than Principals, elected by the Teachers of affiliated Colleges, if there be any, from amongst themselves; (d) Two Principals of affiliated Colleges, if there be any, from amongst themselves elected by the Principals from amongst themselves; (e) Two members of the Tripura Legislative Assembly elected by the members amongst themselves; (f) One member of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council to be elected by the members amongst themselves; (g) Three regular post-graduate students of the University, of whom at least one shall be a lady student, elected by an electoral college of such students constituted in the manner prescribed; (h) Six (three UR, one female member, one ST, one SC) regular undergraduate students of the affiliated Colleges, if there be any, elected by an electoral College of such students constituted in the manner prescribed; Explanation I: "Regular post-graduate student" or "Regular under-graduate student" shall mean a student who has been prosecuting his studies in a post-graduate Department of the University under any Faculty for Post Graduate studies or in an affiliated college, as the case may be and who is not in default of payment of the prescribed tuition fees and other dues of the University or the College, as the case may be, till such date as may be notified by the University in this behalf; Explanation II: Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Act, a member elected under this clause shall hold office for a period of two years from the date of his election or till he ceases to be a regular post-graduate or under-graduate student of the University whichever is earlier; (i) One Research scholar or Research Fellow of the University elected by such Research Scholars and Research Fellows, if there be any, in the manner prescribed; Explanation I: "Research Scholar" or "Research Fellow" shall mean a whole time Research Scholar or Research Fellow of the University; Explanation II: Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Act, a Research Scholar or Research Fellow elected under this clause shall hold office for a period of two years from the date of his election or till he ceases to be a Research Scholar or Research Fellow of the University; (j) one member elected by the members of the non-teaching staff of the University from amongst themselves and one member elected by the members of non-teaching staff of the affiliated Colleges from amongst themselves; (k) one member elected by the officers of the University from amongst themselves; (l) one member elected by the Librarians of the University and of the Colleges affiliated to the University from amongst themselves; (m) two persons having special interest in the University, of whom one shall be a person representing the Professions of industry or agriculture and one shall be a person having interest in the welfare of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes community nominated by the Chancellor; (n) five registered graduates of the University living within the territorial jurisdiction of the University to be elected by such registered graduates from amongst themselves; Provided that, until any such registered graduate from the Maharaja Bir Bikram University, to be established under this Act is available, the Tripura University's registered graduates living within the territorial jurisdiction of the Maharaja Bir Bikram University shall form the Registered Graduates' constituency; Explanation I: Since all the Degree Colleges in Tripura have so far been and will remain affiliated to the Tripura University under Tripura University Act, 2006 till the appointed day, the Registered Graduates' Constituency shall consist, initially of the Graduates of the Tripura University set up under Tripura University Act, 2006 and Tripura University set up under Tripura University Act, 1987, that is, until the Maharaja Bir Bikram University Graduates' Constituency is formed; Explanation II: All elections to the Senate shall be held in the manner prescribed by Statutes.