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The Senate shall consist of the following members, namely:-- Ex-Officio Members (1) The Chancellor. (2) The Pro-Chancellor. (3) The Vice-Chancellor. (4) The Pro-Vice-Chancellor. (5) The Finance Secretary to Government or an officer not below the rank of Joint Secretary nominated by him. (6) The Director of Public Instruction. (7) The Director of Collegiate Education. [(8) The Secretary to Government or the Additional Secretary to Government, General Education Department, to be nominated by the Government. (9) The Secretary to Government or the Additional Secretary to Government, Higher Education Department, to be nominated by the Government.] [(9a) The Secretary to Government, Information Technology Department or an officer of the Information Technology Department not below the rank of Joint Secretary, nominated by him.] (10) The Director of Technical Education. (11) The Chairman, State Advisory Board of Education. (12) The Mayor of Trivandrum. (13) Seven Heads of University departments who are not otherwise members of the Senate, to be nominated in the order of seniority by the Chancellor by rotation. (14) Four Deans of the Faculties of the University who are not otherwise members of the Senate, to be nominated in the order of seniority by the Chancellor by rotation. (15) The Chairman of the University Union. Elected Members [(1) Three Principals of Government colleges, elected from among themselves, three Principals of private colleges, other than unaided colleges, elected from among themselves and one Principal of unaided colleges elected from among themselves.] [x x x x] (3) Six members elected by the members of the Legislative Assembly of Kerala from among the members representing electorate of the University area, of whom one shall be a member of a Scheduled Caste. (4) Three members elected by the Teachers of the University from among themselves. (5) Five members elected by the Teachers of Government Colleges from among themselves. (6) Sixteen members elected by the Teachers of Private Colleges from among themselves. (7) One member elected by the members of the local authorities of each District in the University area from among themselves. (8) Two members elected by the registered Trade Unions in the University area designated by Statutes, from among their members. (9) One member elected by the members of the non-teaching staff of the University from among themselves. (10) Three members elected by the members of the non-teaching staff of the affiliated colleges from among themselves, of whom one shall be a member of the non-teaching staff of a Government College. (11) [One member] elected by the managers of the private colleges in the University area from among themselves. (12) Ten members elected by the members of the General Council of the University Union from among full-time students, of whom one shall be a post graduate student, one shall be a research scholar, one shall be the student of a professional college and one shall be a lady student. Life members Persons who were life members of the Senate of the Kerala University immediately before the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be life members of the Senate under this Act. Other Members (1) Two headmasters of High Schools and two Teachers of Schools, situated within the University area, nominated by the Chancellor. (2) Not more than nine members nominated by the Chancellor representing (i) recognized research institutions; (ii) recognized cultural associations; (iii) chambers of commerce; (iv) industries; (v) authors; (vi) journalists; (vii) lawyers; (viii) sports; and (ix) linguistic minorities. (3) Four students nominated by the Chancellor, one having outstanding academic ability in humanities, one having outstanding ability in science, one having outstanding ability in sports and one having outstanding ability in fine arts. [(4) Not more than five members nominated by the Government from the field of Higher Education of which one shall be a woman and one shall be from Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes.] [(5) One member nominated by the Government who shall be an expert in the field of Information Technology.] Substituted by Act 19 of 1979, w.e.f. 19-5-1979. Inserted by Act 9 of 2001, w.e.f. 14-9-2001. Substituted by Act 20 of 2018, w.e.f. 26-12-2017. Item 2 omitted by Act 2 of 2005 w.e.f. 06-01-2005. Substituted by Act 20 of 2018, w.e.f. 26-12-2017. Prior to the substitution it reads as "Four members" Substituted by Act 12 of 2012 published in K. G. Ext. No. 1560 dt. 23/07/2012 (w.e.f. 16/08/2011). Prior to the substitution it read as: "(4) Not more than four experts nominated by the Government from the fields of Information Technology and Bio-technology." Inserted by Act 20 of 2018, w.e.f. 26-12-2017.