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Subject to the control of the Academic Council, the powers of the Faculty shall be:- (a) to coordinate teaching and research work of the University in the Departments assigned to the Faculty; 35 (b) to recommend to the Academic Council courses of studies and syllabi for the different examinations after necessary reports from the boards of Studies; (c ) to receive reports from the Departments for the creation and abolition of posts and to forward them to the Academic Council with such recommendations as it may consider reasonable; (d) to discuss and suggest to the Academic Council schemes for the advancement of standards of teaching and examinations; and (e) to deal with any other matter that may be referred to it by the Academic Council or the Vice-Chancellor or the Dean of the Faculty. Chairpersons of the Departments. *18. (1) Each Teaching Department shall have a Chairperson who shall be appointed by the Vice-Chancellor for a period of three years by rotation; provided that chairpersonship shall rotate among Professors and Associate Professors on seniority basis. Provided further that if a Professor/Associate Professor/Reader, who has availed one full term of chairpersonship, then he/she will be eligible for appointment of chairperson on rotation only after completion of full chain of cycle in order of seniority. (2) In the case of a Department where no teacher is eligible for appointment as Chairperson or for Departments where instruction is imparted only upto the under-graduate level in the colleges, the Dean of the concerned faculty shall be the Chairperson. * Amended by the Executive Council Resolution No. 13 & 14 of 02.05.2013 and received the assent of the Chancellor on 31.05.2016. (3) In case a senior person is on long leave, the next eligible person will be appointed as Chairperson of the Department and he will continue as such till the completion of his term, even if the senior person returns from leave during that period However, the senior person will be eligible for appointment as Chairperson after the expiry of the term of the present incumbent. 36 (4) In case the Chairperson of a Department, by reason of illness, absence or any other cause, is unable to perform the duties of his office, the duties of the office shall be performed by the next eligible person, unless, the Vice- Chancellor orders otherwise. (5) In case a person refuses to accept the offer of appointment as Chairperson or resigns of his own, he will not be eligible for appointment as Chairperson of the Department till his turn comes again after the completion of the rotation circle among the eligible teachers. (6) If the Vice-Chancellor deems it necessary, he may appoint next eligible person as Chairperson irrespective of the fact that the term of the present Chairperson has not yet expired, in which case he will report the matter to the Executive Council at its next meeting. Appointments