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(1) The Government shall constitute a Governing Council for each Government Autonomous College for the purposes of this Act, to function as the executive body of the college. (2) The Governing Council of a Government Autonomous College shall consist of the following members, namely:-- (a) an eminent person of repute having significant experience in academic related matters, who shall be the Chairman: Provided that in the absence of the Chairman in any meeting, the Government may nominate an officer mentioned in item (b) to be the Chairman of the Governing Council in that meeting; (b) an officer not below the rank of a Deputy Director of Collegiate Education or a Joint Secretary to Government in the Higher Education Department; (c) three teachers with Ph.D. from different departments of the college, to be nominated by the Director of Collegiate Education, on rotation, for a period of two years on the basis of their seniority; (d) one nominee of the University, not below the rank of a Professor, to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor; (e) one nominee of the University Grants Commission; (f) Principal of the College, who shall be the ex-officio Secretary to the Governing Council. (3) The Managing Council of an Autonomous College other than a Government College shall constitute a Governing Council for each Autonomous College under its management, for the purposes of this Act, to function as the executive body of the college. (4) The Governing Council of an Autonomous College that is not a Government college shall consist of the following members, namely:-- (a) Manager or one nominee of the Manager, who shall be a senior and eminent person of repute having sufficient experience in academic related matters, who shall be the Chairman of the Governing Council; (b) three senior teachers of that college from different departments not below the rank of an Associate Professor, to be nominated on rotation, by the Manager; (c) one nominee of the University not below the rank of a Professor, to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor; (d) one nominee of the University Grants Commission; (e) one nominee of the Kerala State Higher Education Council, to be nominated by the Government; (f) Principal of the college, who shall be the ex-officio Secretary to the Governing Council.