Board of Management

Power & Functions of the Board of Management

Power & Functions of the Board of Management
Subject to the Act, the Board of Management, inter alia, shall have the following powers and functions:

to approve creation of teaching and academic posts, the numbers, qualifications, and cadres thereof and the emoluments to be paid to the holders of such posts in consultation with the Finance Committee;

to lay down in consultation with Academic Council, the duties and conditions of service of the Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors and other academic staff of the University;

to define, on the advice of the Academic Council and Faculties/Schools of the University, functions of the Departments and to allocate areas of study, teaching and research to them;

to provide for research and for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge;

to add, modify, curtail, cancel or withdraw any of the formal and non-formal educational Programmes;

to create administrative, ministerial and other necessary posts in terms of the cadres and to make appointment therein in consultation with the Finance Committee;

to regulate and enforce discipline among the Academic Staff, Administrative Staff and Non-Academic and Non-Administrative Staff of the University other than the Officers of the University whenever necessary;

to entertain and adjudicate upon and, if thought fit, to redress any grievances of the employees and students of the University;

to appoint committees for such purpose with such powers as it may deem fit and to appoint such persons on these committees as it deems fit;

to review and approve, reject or alter recommendations made by any or all committees connected with the University;

to approve provision of buildings, premises, furniture, fittings, equipment, appliances and other facilities required for carrying on the work of the University;

to examine and accord final approval of building plans and award building contracts or authorize construction;

to administer the revenues and properties of the University and to conduct all administrative affairs of the University;

to issue appeals for funds for carrying out the objectives of the University and accept such funds as grants, donations, contributions, gifts, prizes, scholarships, fees and other moneys;

to authorize the Finance Officer to receive payment of fees and other charges;

to arrange for the deposit of all money credited to the funds in scheduled banks or to invest them in consultation with the Finance Committee with the approval of Board of Governors;

to examine and approve the maintenance of proper accounts and other relevant records and prepare Annual Statements of Accounts including the Balance-Sheet for every previous financial year, in such form as may be prescribed;

to examine and approve the Annual Budget;

to refer all matters of policy and important financial decisions to the Board of Governors and ensure that all the minutes are regularly presented in the meetings of the Board of Governors for perusal and approval;

to manage and regulate the finances, accounts, investments, movable, immovable and intellectual properties, business and all other administrative affairs of the University;

to execute documents, with the approval of the Board of Governors, to effect conveyances, transfers, Government securities, re-conveyances, mortgages, leases, bonds, licenses and agreements in respect of property, movable, immovable or intellectual belonging to the University or to be acquired for the purposes of the University;

to raise and borrow money with the approval of the Board of Governors on bonds, mortgages, promissory notes or other securities founded or based on any of the properties and assets of the University or without any securities and upon approved terms and conditions and to payout of the funds of the University all expenses incidental to the raising of money and to repay and redeem any money borrowed;

to fix emolument and travelling and other allowances of internal and external examiners, moderators and such other personnel appointed for examinations, in consultation with the Academic Council and the Finance Committee;

to select an emblem and to have a common seal for the University and to provide for the custody and use of such seal;

to approve conferment of degrees, awards and fellowships;

to delegate all or any of its powers to any committee or subcommittee constituted by it or the Vice Chancellor of the University;

to authorize the Registrar or any other officer, authority, body, committee or board to institute, conduct, defend, compound or abandon legal proceedings by or against the organization or its officers;

to do all such things and acts as may be directed by the Board of Governors or Chancellor in fulfillment of the objectives of the University;

The Chairperson of the Board of Management may, if situation so demands, take such action on behalf of the Board of Management as he deems appropriate and report it in the next meeting of the Board of Management.