Section 21
The Syndicate: The Syndicate shall be the chief executive body of the University and shall consist of the following members, namely:-
21. The Syndicate: The Syndicate shall be the chief executive body of the University and shall consist of the following members, namely:-
Ex-officio Members
(a) The Vice-Chancellor.
(b) The Pro- Vice-Chancellor.
(c) The Secretary to Government, Higher Education or an officer not below the rank of a Joint Secretary nominated by him.
(d) The Director of Public Instruction
(e) The Director of Collegiate Education
(f) The Secretary to Government, Information Technology Department an officer of the Information Technology Department not below the rank of Joint Secretary, nominated by him.* ( * Inserted by Act 9 of 2001)
Other Members
(a) [Thirteen members elected by the Senate from among themselves of whom;
(i) seven shall be persons who are not teachers, of whom one shall bea person belonging toa Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe]*
(ii) two shall be principals of first grade colleges, of whom one shall be the principal of a Government college, and
(iii) four shall be teachers who are not principals, of whom one shall be a University teacher and one shall be a teacher of a Government College.
(*Amendment Act 16 of 1990, came into force on 26.4.1990, Gazette dated 23.6.1990)
(b) One member elected by the Senate from among the members referred to -
(i) in item (15) under the heading “Ex-Officio Members’,
in item (12) under the heading “Elected Members’; and
in item (4) under the heading “Other Members”, in section 17.
(c) The members referred to in item (5) under the heading "Other Members" in section 17, nominated by the Government.* ( * Inserted by Act 9 of 2001)
(d) The member nominated by the Executive Council of the Kerala State Higher Education Council from among its members. * ( * Inserted by Act 24 of 2007)
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