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There shall be a Research Council consisting of,-- (i) The Vice-Chancellor (Chairman); (ii) The Pro-Vice-Chancellor; (iii) The Secretary to Government in charge of the Higher Education Department or an officer not below the rank of a Joint Secretary to Government authorised by him; (iv) The Vice-Chairman, Higher Education Council, Government of Kerala (Ex officio member); (v) The Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (Ex officio member); (vi) The Vice-Chancellor of a University in Kerala, nominated by the Government (Ex officio member); (vii) The Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram (Ex officio member); (viii) The Director, Indian Institute of Space Technology, Thiruvananthapuram (Ex officio member); (ix) The Director, Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory, Cochin (Ex officio member); (x) The Director, National Institute of Technology, Kozhikode (Ex officio member); (xi) The Director, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram (Ex officio member); (xii) The Vice-Chairman, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, Thiruvananthapuram (Ex officio member); (xiii) The Secretary to Government of India, Department of Science and Technology or his nominee (Ex officio member); (xiv) The Director General Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi (Ex officio member); (xv) The Secretary to Government in charge of the Finance Department or an officer not below the rank of Joint Secretary to Government authorized by him; (xvi) Director of Technical Education, Government of Kerala (Ex officio member); (xvii) Dean (Research), (Member Secretary); (xviii) Three representatives of teachers having Ph. D with ten years' teaching experience, nominated by the Government; (xix) Three representatives of students nominated by the Government from among the research students of the University or of the affiliated colleges, of whom one shall be a female student.