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(1) The Board of Studies shall have the following powers and functions, namely:-- (a) to recommend, upon reference to it by the Governing Council, Academic Council or the Faculty concerned or otherwise, the courses of studies, the subject or group of subjects within its purview; (b) to recommend books, including text-books, supplementary reading and reference books and other material for such courses of study; (c) to advise the Faculty or Faculties concerned regarding improvements in the courses of study; (d) to recommend names of suitable persons to the Board of Examinations for inclusion in the panels for appointment of paper-setters and Examiners at the University examinations in the subject; (e) to recommend to the Board of Examinations, names of persons suitable for appointment as examiners or evaluators for evaluation of thesis and dissertations and for conduct of viva voce examinations, wherever prescribed, for awarding post graduate doctorate and higher degrees; (f) to suggest organisation of orientation and refresher courses in the subject; (g) to prepare requirements in respect of teaching of the subject at various levels in respect of teachers and their qualifications, library, laboratory and hospital equipment and consumables for use in the laboratory and to recommend the same to the Planning Committee for formulating the norms and requirements for granting affiliation to colleges and for granting recognition to institutions by the University. (2) The term of Board of Studies shall be three years or as may be prescribed in the Statutes.