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Regulations on Establishment, Maintenance and Recognition of Institutions:

or, if there is no Dean, the senior most Professor shall perform the duties of the
Vice-Chancellor until a new Vice-Chancellor is appointed, or the existing Vice-
Chancellor resumes duties, as the case may be.
6.3 Powers of the Vice-Chancellor
i) The Vice-Chancellor shall be the Principal Executive Officer of the institution
deemed to be university and shall exercise general supervision and control over the
affairs of the institution deemed to be university and shall be mainly responsible
for implementation of the decisions of all the authorities of the Institution deemed
to be University.
ii) The Vice-Chancellor shall be the Ex-officio Chairman of the Board of Management,
the Academic Council, the Finance Committee, the Planning & Monitoring Board
and Selection Committees.
iii) The Vice-Chancellor shall have the power to convene or cause to be convened
meeting of the various authorities of the institution deemed to be university.
iv) The Vice-Chancellor may, if he/she is of the opinion that immediate action is
called for on any matter, he / she shall exercise any power conferred upon any
authority of the institution deemed to be university under its Regulations and
Rules, and take such action or proceed to take such action and shall report to the
authority concerned on the action taken by him/her on such matters.
Provided that if the authority concerned as mentioned in clause (ii) above is of the
opinion that such action ought not to have been taken, it may refer the matter to
the Chancellor whose decision thereon shall be final.
Provided further that if any person in the service of the institution deemed to be
university is aggrieved by the action taken by the Vice- Chancellor under the said
clause, he/she shall have the right to appeal against such decision to the Board of
Management within 30 days from the date on which such action is communicated
to him/her and thereupon the Board of Management shall call the meeting in a
subsequent meeting and may confirm, modify or reverse the action taken by the
Vice-Chancellor.
v) It shall be the duty of the Vice-Chancellor to ensure that Regulations and Rules of
the institution deemed to be university are duly observed and implemented; and,
he/she shall have all the necessary powers in this regard.
vi) All powers relating to the proper maintenance and discipline of the institution
deemed to be university shall be vested in the Vice- Chancellor.
vii) The Vice-Chancellor shall have the power to re-delegate some of his powers to
any of his/her subordinate officers with the concurrence and approval of the Board
of Management.
viii) The Vice-Chancellor shall exercise all other powers as may be delegated to him/
her by the Board of Management.

ix) The Vice-Chancellor shall exercise such other powers and perform such other
functions as may be prescribed by the Regulations, Rules and Bye-Laws.

6.4 Pro Vice-Chancellor
(i) The post of the Pro Vice-Chancellor may be created with the approval of the
Board of management and the Central Government.

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