Section 17:
Academic Council.
The Academic Council of the University shall consist of the following
persons, namely:--
(a) the Vice-Chancellor shall be the ex officio
Chairperson of the Academic Council;
(b) the professors appointed or recognised as such by the University for the purpose of imparting
instruction;
(c) three persons to be appointed by the Governing Body from among persons of national or
international eminence in the industry or academia having relevance to the objects of the University;
(d) two persons, not being employees of the University, to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor,
from amongst educationists of repute;
(e) one person with wide experience in policing and internal security on rotation from States and
Union territories to be nominated by the Central Government; and
(f) two persons from international universities to be nominated by the Governing Body.