Academic Council in Karnataka Powers and Duties

Delegation of powers and duties of the academic council in karnataka state

          Government of Karnataka, Karnataka Ordinance No.01 or 2016 Karnataka state Gazatee Number : Bangalore, Saturday, May 21, 2016 (Vaishakha 31, Shaka Varsha 1938) No.754. Part IVA.  As per this order Government of Karnataka cleared about Delegation of powers and duties of the academic council in Karnataka state, those selected as a Academic Council members :-  details are below.

The Academic Council :-

The Academic Council shall be the academic body of the University, and shall, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance and the regulations, have power of control and general regulation of and be responsible for the maintenance of standards or instruction, education, research and examination of the University and shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be conferred or imposed upon it by this Ordinance or the regulations.  It shall be the right to advise the Executive Council on all academic matters.

Members of the Academic Council :-

The Academic Council shall be reconstituted by the Chancellor once in three years which shall consist of the following members, namely :-

     a)   the Vice Chancellor, who shall be the chairperson thereof;

    b)   Two members who have made a significant contribution to the field of Rural         Development and Panchayat Raj or Law reforms nominated by the Government.

   c)   Three person from amongst the educaionists of repute or men of letters or eminent public men or industrialists who are not in the service of the University, nominated by the Vice Chancellor;

   d)   The Director, Training, Publication and Supervision of all schools.

   e)   The Director, Centre for Research, Innovation and Evaluation.

   f)     All Heads of the Schools. 

   g)   All Heads of Regional centers.

   h)   Director, Abdul Nazeer Sab State Institute of Rural Development, Mysore.

  i)     Three members of the teaching staff representing prefessors, Associate professors and Assistant professors of the University by seniority and rotation nominated by the Vice Chancellor.

    j)     The Registrar shall be ex-office Member Secretary.

The term of the members other than ex-office members shall be three years;

          A member of the Academic Council shall cease to be a member if he resigns or becomes of unsound mind or becomes insolvent or is convicted of a criminal offence involving moral turpitude or if a member other than the Vice Chancellor and ex-office members, accepts a full time appointment in the University.

          Unless their membership of the Academic Council is previously terminated as provided in the above sub-clauses members of the Academic Council shall relinquish their membership on the expiry of three years from the date on which they become members of the academic council.

          A member of the Academic Council other than ex-officio member may resign his office by a letter addressed to the Chairman of the Academic Council and such resignation shall take effect as soon as it has been accepted by the Chairman of the Academic Council.

          Any vacancy in the Academic Council shall be filled either by appointment or nomination, as the case may be, of a person by the respective authority, entitled to make the same and the person so appointed or nominated shall hold office so long only as the member in whose place he is appointed or nominated could have held office if the vacancy had not occurred.

          Any member nominated to the Academic Council shall be liable to be removed from such membership at any time by the Chancellor on the ground of misbehavior, misconduct, or otherwise after holding any enquiry.

          Notwithstanding anything contained in this Ordinance but save as otherwise provided, any employee of the University, both teaching and non-teaching or ministery shall not be eligible for nomination as a member of any other authorities under this ordinance.

Powers and duties of the Academic Council :-

Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance and the regulations made there under the Academic Council shall, in addition to all other powers vested in it, have the following powers, namely :-

(1)           to recommend institution of degrees, diplomas, certificate courses and other courses along with the required regulations and curriculum commensurate with the objectives of the university.

(2)           to report on any matter referred or delegated to it by the Executive Council.

(3)           to make recommendations to the Executive Council with regard to the creation, abolition or classification of teaching posts in the University and the emoluments and the duties attached thereto;

(4)           to formulate and modify or revise schemes for the organization of the directorates or schools and to assign to them their respective subjects and also to report to the Executive Council as to the expendiency of the abolition or sub-division or merging of any of them;

(5)           to make regulations for the instruction and examination of persons other than those enrolled in the University;

(6)           to promote research within the University and to require, from time to time, reports on such research;

(7)           to consider academic, research and extension proposals submitted by the faculties and recommend for approval.

(8)           to make regulation regarding admission of students to the university and determine the member of students to be admitted.

(9)           to recognize diplomas and degrees of other universities and institutions and to determine their equivalence in relation to the diplomas and degrees of the University;

(10)        to fix, subject to any conditions accepted by the Executive Council, the time, mode and conditions of competition for fellowships, scholarships and other prizes, and to award the same;

(11)        to approve appointment of examiners and if necessary their removal and the fixation of their fees, emoluments and travelling and other expenses;

(12)        to award stipend, scholarships, medals and prizes and to make other awards in accordance with the regulations and such other conditions as may be attached to the awards;

(13)        to make recommendation to the Executive Council regarding conferment of honorary degrees not exceeding three in an Academic year.

(14)        to make recommendation regarding the qualifications to be prescribed for the appointment and promotion for teachers and service personnel of the university.

(15)        to consider and approve memorandum of understanding and memorandum of agreement with educational, research, corporate and other institutions and public private partnership agreements.

(16)        to perform, in relation to academic matters, all such duties and to do all such acts as may be necessary for the proper carrying out of the provisions of this ordinance and the regulations.

Members not entitled to remuneration :-

The members of the Executive Council Academic Council or any such authority shall not be entitled to receive any remuneration from the University except such travelling and daily allowance, sitting fees as may be prescribed by the regulations :

Provided that, nothing contained in this section shall preclude any member from drawing his emoluments to which he is entitled by virtue of the office he holds.

(Details collected as per Reference from : Government of Karnantaka Gazatee Notification (Special Edition) printed on Dt.21-05-2016.)