Section 15
Power and functions of Academic Council.
The Indian Institute of Management Act, 2017
About this Act
An Act to declare certain Institutes of management to be institutions of national importance with a view to empower these institutions to attain standards of global excellence in management, management research and allied area of knowledge and to provide for certain other matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
(1) The Academic Council shall perform the
following functions, namely:—
(a) to specify the criteria and process for admission to courses or programmes of study offered by the Institute;
(b) to specify the academic content of programmes and courses of study and undertake modifications therein;
(c) to specify the academic calendar, guidelines for conduct of examination and recommend grant of degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions or titles.
(2) The Academic Council shall exercise such other powers and perform such other functions as may be conferred upon it, by this Act or the regulations or by the Board.
(a) to specify the criteria and process for admission to courses or programmes of study offered by the Institute;
(b) to specify the academic content of programmes and courses of study and undertake modifications therein;
(c) to specify the academic calendar, guidelines for conduct of examination and recommend grant of degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions or titles.
(2) The Academic Council shall exercise such other powers and perform such other functions as may be conferred upon it, by this Act or the regulations or by the Board.