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(1) There shall be an Autonomy Approval Committee in Government consisting of the following members, namely:-- (a) the Minister-in-charge of the Higher Education Department, who shall be the Chairman; (b) the Vice-Chairman of the Kerala State Higher Education Council; (c) the Secretary to Government, Finance Department; (d) the Vice-Chancellors of the University of Kerala, the University of Calicut, the Mahatma Gandhi University and the Kannur University; (e) one representative of the Kerala State Higher Education Council nominated by the Government; (f) the Law Secretary, Government of Kerala; and (g) the Secretary to Government, Higher Education Department. (2) The Vice-Chairman of the Kerala State Higher Education Council shall be the Vice-Chairman of the Autonomy Approval Committee and shall chair the meeting of the Committee in the absence of the Chairman. (3) The Secretary to Government Higher Education Department shall be the Member Secretary of the Autonomy Approval Committee. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the University shall comply with the directions issued by the Autonomy Approval Committee in so far as it relates to the grant of academic autonomy. (5) All directions of the Autonomy Approval Committee shall be issued in the form of Orders, Circulars or Letters of the Committee. (6) The Government may, by notification in the Gazette, delegate any or all of the powers and functions of the Autonomy Approval Committee to the University to be exercised by the Senate, Syndicate or Academic Council, as the case may be, or to the Kerala State Higher Education Council: Provided that the Government may, at any time, by notification in the Gazette, withdraw such delegation granted. Inserted by Act 32 of 2014 published in K. G. Ext. No. 3096 dt. 18/12/2014 (w.e.f. 30/11/2013).