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The Vice-Chancellor.- (1) The Vice- Chancellor shall be appointed by the Chancellor for a term of four years subject to other terms and conditions as may be laid down by the Statutes from among three persons recommended by the Search Committee constituted in accordance with the provisions of this Act. After the term of four years, the incumbent Vice-Chancellor shall be eligible for another term of four years: Provided that the Vice-chancellor shall continue to hold the office even after expiry of his term till the new Vice-chancellor joins. However, in any case this period shall not exceed one year. (2) The Search Committee referred to in sub-section (1) shall consist of the following persons, namely:- Three nominees of the Board of Governors with one of them being the Government Nominee and the other two being senior or distinguished academicians, of whom one shall be a woman. Out of the three nominees of the Board of Governors, one shall be appointed as the Chairperson of the Committee by the Chancellor. (3) The Search Committee shall, on the basis of merit, recommend three persons with the highest level of competence, integrity, morals, and institutional commitment besides being a distinguished academician with a minimum of ten years of experience as a Professor in a University system or ten years of experience in an equivalent position in reputed research or academic administrative organization. (4) The Vice-Chancellor shall be the Principal Executive and Academic Officer of the University and shall exercise general supervision and control over the affairs of the University and give effect to the decisions of the authorities of the University: Provided that, where any matter, other than the appointment of a teacher is of urgent nature requiring immediate action and the same could not be immediately dealt with by any officer or the authority or other body of the University empowered by or under this Act to deal with it, the Vice-Chancellor may take such action as he may deem fit with the prior written approval of the Chancellor. (5) The Vice-Chancellor shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be laid down by the Statutes, Regulations or the Rules: Provided that, where in the opinion of the Vice-chancellor, any decision of any authority of the university is outside the powers conferred by this Act or Statutes, Regulations or Rules made there under or is likely to be prejudicial to the interests of the university, he shall request the concerned authority to revise its decision within fifteen days from the date of its decision and in case the authority refuses to revise such decision wholly or partly or fails to take any decision within fifteen days, then such matter shall be referred to the Chancellor whose decision thereon shall be final. (6) The services of the Vice-Chancellor can be terminated by the Chancellor with the approval of the Board of Governors after following the principles of natural justice and after providing an opportunity to the Vice-Chancellor to present his case including the termination on disciplinary grounds. (7) The Vice-Chancellor shall preside over the Convocation in the absence of the Visitor, Pro-Visitor, Chancellor and Pro-Chancellor.