The Academic Council shall consist of the following members, n a m e l y — — ORDERS BY THE GOVERNOR

20. The Academic Council shall consist of the following members, n a m e l y — the Vice-Chancellor, the Rector, all principals of the affiliated colleges, , ten teachers of the affiliated colleges representing different subject to be elected from amongst themselves: Provided that a teacher so elected shall hold office for a period of two years from the date of his election. - six Professors nominated by the Vice-Chancellor from the colleges,; six persons, who may or may not be teachers, nominated by the Vice-Chancellor, one Education Officer of the Higher Secondary Education Council, Assam, to be nominated by the Chairperson of the aforesaid Council, the Director of Technical Education, Assam. The Academic Council shall have the following powers and duties namely r 2 — (a) to determine and specify from time to time the braches of study in which provisions for instructions, research and for advancement and dissemination of knowledge are to be made; (b) to approve, and when necessary revise, with or without modifications, the pattern o f courses and the examinations to be held, after considering the recommendations of the Examination Committee, the Post-Graduate Board and the Under-Graduate Board, as the case may be; (c) to approve the conditions for admission of students to PostGraduate and Under-Graduate courses with or without modifications after considering the recommendations of the PostGraduate Board and the Under-Graduate Board, as the case may be; (d) to supervise the University library; (e) to give such directions and to suggest such measures, as it may think fit,' to the Post-Graduate Board and the Under-Graduate Board, on any matter affecting the academic work of the University, to consider the views expressed by the said Boards on the measures suggested and to take such decisions as it may think fit; (f) to receive the proceedings of the meeting of the Post-Graduate Board, the Under-Graduate Board and the Examination Committee and to make such recommendations to the Boards or Committee concerned thereon, as it may flunk fit; The Post-Graduate Board shall have the following members, namely :---- the Vice-Chancellor,' the Rector, six persons from amongst the Professors and Heads o f Departments o f the affiliated colleges elected by the Academic Council, Powers and duties o f the 23. Post-Graduate Board bwou Under-Graduate Board 24. • ■'<' ? f two members of the Academic Council who are not Professors or Heads of Department of the University or - Colleges, elected by the Academic Council, four persons who may or may not be professors of .the University to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor, and one member of Examination Committee to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor. 5 _ ; Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Statutes and the 5 '_ Ordinances, the Post-Graduate Board shall have the following ; > powers and duties, namely (a) to recommend to the Academic Council, the pattern of postgraduate courses, the examinations to be held for such courses, and for their revision; (b) to approve the curricula and syllabi for the Post-Graduate courses and to modify them when necessary; (c) to recommend to the Executive Council for the institution and award of fellowships, scholarships, prizes, honorary degree and other awards or other academic distinctions and for the institution and conferring of degrees, diplomas, titles, certificates and other academic distinctions in the Post-Graduate courses on the basis of examinations and for the withdrawal thereof; (d) to make recommendations to the Executive Council for the institution of posts of teachers required for the PostGraduate courses under the University and for the recognition of persons as teachers for any other course, and regarding their emoluments duties, and terms and conditions of their services; (e) to recommend to the Academic Council the conditions for the admission of students to Post-graduate courses, and to make regulations for their attendance and progress; (f) to make Regulations in regard to the residence, discipline of students in the colleges, and institutions imparting Postgraduate courses and for the promotion of their health and welfare; (g) to review the works of the Post-graduate Departments in colleges and institutions engaged in instruction in Postgraduate courses and research and to call for report thereon, and to take all steps necessary for the improvement of standard of research and teaching and other affairs therein; (h) to . consider the measures suggested by Academic Council on any matter affecting the academic work of the University and to express its views on them, to consider any matter referred to it by the Executive Council or the Academic Council and to submit reports thereon to the Executive Council or the Academic .Council, as the case may be; (i) to approve the panels of the examiners for Post-Graduate Examinations, and to modify the same at any time; (j) to promote research within the University and to make regulations governing research degrees; and (k) to appoint committees, and to fix their terms of reference, in regard to any matter within the jurisdiction on the PostGraduate Board. The Under-Graduate Board shall consist of following members, namely:------ the Vice-Chancellor, the Rector, Powers and duties of the 25. Under-Graduate Board three persons from among the professors and the Heads of Departments of the Colleges elected by the Academic Council, Principals of all affiliated colleges, Three persons who may or may not be members of the Academic Council,' nominated by the Vice Chancellor, ten persons to be elected from amongst the teachers of affiliated Colleges, and one member of the Examination Committee to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor. (a) to recommend to the Academic Council the pattern of courses and examinations for the Under-Graduate courses and the revision thereof; (b) to make recommendations to the Executive Council for the institutions of professorships, readerships, lectureships or other posts of teachers required for the Under-Graduate courses in the colleges and for the recognition of person as teachers for such courses and regarding their emoluments, .duties and terms and conditions of services; (c) to make recommendation to the Executive Council for the award of scholarships, prizes and other awards and for the conferment of degrees, diplomas, titles, certificates and other academic distinction in the Under-Graduate courses; (d) to approve the curricula and syllabi for the UnderGraduate, courses and to modify them when necessary; ： (e) to review the work of the Under-Graduate departments in colleges and institutions imparting instructions in Under-Graduate courses, to .call for reports thereon and to take steps necessary 'for the improvement of the standard of teaching and other affairs therein; ff) to recommend to the Academic Council the conditions for the admission of students to UnderGraduate courses and to make Regulations for their attendance and progress; ,(g) to approve the panels of examiners for UnderGraduate examinations, and to modify the same at any time; (h) to make Regulations in regard to the residence, health and discipline of the students in UnderGraduate courses; (i) to consider the measures suggested by the Academic Council on any matter affecting the Academic work of the University and to express its views on them, to consider any matter referred to it by the Executive Council or the Academic Council and to submit report thereon to the Executive Council or the Academic Council, as the case may be; and . (j) to appoint Committees, and to fix their terms of reference, in regard to any matter within the jurisdiction of the Under-Graduate Board. Finance Committee There Shall be a Finance Committee of the University consisting of the following members, namely — (i) the Vice-Chancellor, as the President, Powers and duties of the 2 7 Finance Committee |T n Selection Committee 28. (ii) , two members elected by the Court from amongst its members, (iii) two members elected by the Executive Council from amongst its members, and (iv) , two members to be nominated by the State Government, one from the Finance and other from the Education Department. The Finance Committee shall have the following powers and duties, namely:----- (i) to examine the annual budget estimates and to give advice and suggestions to the Executive Council thereon; , (ii) to make recommendations to the Executive Council ; relating to the Finance of the University; (iii) , .to examine every proposal for new expenditure involving a sum of money exceeding rupees ten thousand and to advise the Executive Council thereon; (iv) to review the financial position of the University periodically, (v) .<■ to suggest in general the means for the improvement of ' the financial position of the University; (Vi) to consider and recommend revision of grades of pay and the grades of pay of new posts to the Executive Council; and (vii)' to deal with such other matters relating to the financial matters of the University as may be prescribed by the Statutes arid the Ordinances. (a) There shall be a Selection Committee for making '·^commendations, to the Executive Council for the appointment of Academic staff, Registrar, Treasurer, Librarian and other Officers of the University as may be provided by, the Statutes consisting of the following * members, namely :------ (i) the Vice-Chancellor as Chairperson of the Selection Committee, (ii) three persons not holding any office of profit under the University — one to be nominated by the Chancellor, one to be nominated by the State Government and other to be nominated by the Executive Council, (iii) the Registrar shall be the Member-Secretary of the Selection Committee except for the Selection Committee for the appointment of Registrar in which case the Vice-Chancellor shall nominate one person as Member-Secretary in consultation with the Executive Council; Provided further that, where a Selection Committee recommends to the Executive Council the name of one person only and that person is not acceptable to the Executive Council the Executive Council shall record its reasons in writing for not accepting the recommendation and direct the Registrar fo advertise the vacancy again and convene a meeting of the Selection Committee for making fresh recommendation and in so doing communicate to every member of the Selection Committee the reasons recorded above. dtdf Am0 University fund Accounts and Audit i 29. (b) Where an appointment is to be ma&e to a temporary vacancy of the , University, the appointment shall be made, if the vacancy is for a period of one year or more, ■on the recommendation of the Selection Committee in accordance with the provision of the preceding subsections and ho ad-hoc appointment shall be made by the Executive Council. If a member of the Selection Committee is unable to attend, he may send his opinion in writing to the ViceChancellor and such opinion shall be taken into consideration by the Selection Committee in making its recommendations. Explanation : For the purpose of this Section, the coopted members shall be deemed to be members of the Selection Committee for the purpose for which they are co-opted. The Executive Council shall constitute one or more Committees for making recommendations to the Executive Council for appointment to other administrative posts and may prescribe by Ordinance the procedure and methods to be followed in making such recommendations. The University shall have a fund to be known as "The Assam Science and Technology University Fund" to which shall be credited all its income, fees, fines, contributions, donations, loans and advances from any other sources. The University may also create by Ordinance made in this behalf, one or more separate special funds for the administration of endowments, trusts or other grants for specific purposes. The State Government shall for the purposes of this Act, contribute annually to the University Fund a sum to meet the recurring charges of the University.

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