Bare ActsThe Gujarat Public Universities Act, 2023

Section 14

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(1) The Board of Management shall be the principal executive and final decision making and policy making authority of the university and shall be responsible for administering all the affairs of the entire university and carrying out such duties, which are not specifically assigned to any other authority, board or committees. (2) The Board of Management shall meet as and when required but not less than two times in a year. (3) The procedure for conduct of business to be followed at a meeting including the quorum at the meeting and such other matters in relation to meetings as may be necessary, shall be such as may be prescribed by the Statutes. (4) There shall be a common structure for all the universities in which every university shall have the Vice-Chancellor as the Chairperson of the Board of Management: Provided that Her Highness Shrimati Shubhangini Raje Gaekwad shall be the Chairperson of the Board of Management in the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, who by virtue of her office, be the Head of entire University and shall, when present, preside at any convocation of the University; while the Vice- Chancellor of The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda shall be the Vice- Chairperson of the Board of Management. Also, the respective members of the Board of Management at The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda shall be nominated by the Chairperson of Board of Management. (5) The Board of Management of the University shall consist of following members, namely: — Members (a) the Vice-Chancellor - Chairperson; (b) one eminent highly reputed person from the field of education, industry, agriculture, commerce, banking, finance, social, cultural and other such allied fields to be nominated by the Chairperson; (c) One head or Director, to be nominated by the Chairperson from amongst the heads or Directors of university departments, on seniority basis, by rotation and also on the basis of additional criteria as may be prescribed by the Statutes: Provided that, in rotating the heads or Directors amongst University Departments, the earlier Departments of University, Board of Management. 16-24 GUJARAT GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, EX. 25-09-2023 [ PART IV which were given an opportunity of representation shall be ignored; (d) two Deans to be nominated by the Chairperson, by rotation, on the basis of seniority and also on the basis of additional criteria as may be prescribed by the Statutes; (e) one head, to be nominated by the Chairperson from amongst the heads of college departments, on seniority basis, by rotation and also on the basis of additional criteria as may be prescribed by the Statutes: Provided that, in rotating the heads amongst College Departments, the earlier Departments of College, which were given an opportunity of representation shall be ignored; (f) two teachers who are not principals or college teachers or directors of recognised institutions to be selected by the Chairperson from amongst the university teachers, on the basis of seniority and also on the basis of additional criteria as may be prescribed by the Statutes, out of whom one shall be selected from Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes or De-Notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis) or Nomadic Tribes or Other Backward Class categories, by rotation; (g) two teachers who are not principals or directors of recognised institutions to be selected by the Chairperson from amongst the college teachers, on the basis of seniority and also on the basis of additional criteria as may be prescribed by the Statutes, out of whom one shall be selected from Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes or De-Notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis) or Nomadic Tribes or Other Backward Class categories, by rotation; (h) two representatives of college managements to be nominated by the Chairperson from amongst the representatives of management, and further provided that same management shall not have second consecutive institutional representation: Provided that, out of the two representatives, one member shall be selected by rotation, from amongst the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes, or De-Notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis) or Other Backward Class, if any; (i) two registered graduates selected by the Chairperson, out of whom one shall be selected from Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes or De-Notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis) or Nomadic Tribes or Other Backward Class categories, by rotation; (j) two members selected by the Academic Council from amongst its members, on seniority basis and also on the basis of additional criteria as may be prescribed by the Statutes; PART IV ] GUJARAT GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, EX. 25-09-2023 16-25 (k) one eminent-expert from the institute or organisation of National Importance approved by the Parliament, having national level reputation to be nominated by the Chairperson; (l) the Registrar of University shall be the Member-Secretary of the Board of Management, without any voting right: Provided that, for the selection of the candidate from the reserved categories, under clauses (f), (g), (h) and (i), for the only initial term of Board of Management, immediately after the commencement of this Act, point of rotation for reserved categories under the said clauses shall be decided by drawing of lots by the Chairperson, and while drawing of lots, it shall be ensured that the person belonging to each reserved category shall have representation on the Board of Management: Provided also that, for The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, the clause (h) and (i) shall not be applicable and for clause (f) and (g) the members shall be nominated as: (a) one teacher, nominated by the Chairperson from amongst the teachers of the constituent colleges of the university, on seniority basis, by rotation and also on the basis of additional criteria as may be prescribed by the Statutes: Provided that, in rotating the teachers amongst university’s constituent colleges, the earlier constituent colleges of university, which were given an opportunity of representation shall be ignored; (b) four teachers who are not Principals and Directors of recognized institutions to be selected by the Chairperson from amongst the university teachers, on the basis of seniority and also on the basis of additional criteria as may be prescribed by the Statutes, out of whom two shall be selected from Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes or De-Notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis) or Nomadic Tribes or Other Backward Class categories by rotation; At least one-third of the total members to be nominated by the Chairperson of the Board of Management shall be invariably women. (1) The Finance and Accounts Officer, Director of Examinations and Evaluation, Director of Sports, University Librarian and other officers shall be invitees of the Board of Management, by the Vice-Chancellor when necessary, but they shall have no right to vote. (2) The tenure for members of Board of Management shall be of two and a half years. 16-26 GUJARAT GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, EX. 25-09-2023 [ PART IV

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