Appointment of the Vice Chancellor

i. The Vice-Chancellor shall be a whole-time officer of the University and shall be appointed by the Chancellor from a panel of three names recommended by a Committee unanimously, who are not members of that Committee;

ii. The names so recommended shall be a person from the Medical Education fraternity possessing high level of academic and administrative competence, integrity, morals, institutional commitment and with distinguished academic record having a minimum ten years experience as Professor in Modern Medicine in NMC recognized or permitted institutions. She/he shall hold the office for a term of five years, which shall be renewable for one more term only by a resolution of the committee;

iii. If the persons approved on priority basis by the Chancellor, out of the panel so recommended, are not willing to accept the appointment, the Chancellor may call for a fresh panel of three different names from the said Committee or If the Chancellor is of the opinion that none of the persons out of the said panel is suitable for appointment as Vice-Chancellor, the Chancellor may take steps to constitute another Committee to give a fresh panel of three different names and shall appoint one of the persons named in the fresh panel, as the Vice-Chancellor;

iv. The committee referred to in sub-sections (i) and (ii) shall consist of three members out of whom one member shall be nominated by the State Government, one member shall be nominated by the Chancellor and the remaining member shall be nominated by the Chairman, University Grants Commission (UGC), and the Chancellor shall appoint one of the members to be the Chairman of the Committee;

v. The process of preparing a panel shall begin at least three months before the probable date of occurrence of the vacancy of the Vice-Chancellor and shall be completed within the time limit fixed by the Chancellor, who may extend such time limit in public or administrative exigency, it is necessary to do so;

vi. The person appointed as the Vice-Chancellor shall, subject to the terms and conditions of his contract of service hold office for a period of five years from the date on which he enters upon office or till he attains the age of seventy years, whichever is earlier and will not be eligible for reappointment;

vii. Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, the Chancellor shall appoint such person as he deems fit to be the first Vice-Chancellor of the University and the person so appointed shall hold office for such period not exceeding five year, and subject to such terms and conditions as the Chancellor may fix in that behalf;

viii. Where any vacancy occurs in the office of the Vice-Chancellor by reason of death, resignation or otherwise and it cannot be conveniently and expeditiously filled up in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (i) to (iv) or if there is any other emergency, the Chancellor may, appoint a suitable person for such period not exceeding six months, on recommendation of the State Government;

ix. The salary payable to, and the other conditions of service of, the Vice-Chancellor shall be determined by the State Government:

Provided that the remuneration and other conditions of service shall not be varied to the disadvantage of the Vice-Chancellor during the tenure as such;

x. The Vice-Chancellor may, by writing under his own signature addressed to the Chancellor, after giving one month notice, resign from that office and shall cease to hold or on both, the matter shall be referred to the Chancellor whose decision shall be final:

Provided that where any such action taken by the Vice-Chancellor affects any person in the service of the University, such person shall be entitled to prefer, within thirty days from the date of receipt of the notice of such action, an appeal to the Chancellor;