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(1) The Academic Council shall be apex academic body of the University, and subject to the provision of this Act and the Statutes, shall co-ordinate and exercise general supervision of the academic programmes and policies of the University and shall be responsible for maintenance of standards of instruction, research, education and examination within the University, and shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Statutes. (2) The Academic Council shall consist of the following members, namely:- (a) Ex-officio Members :— (i) The Vice-Chancellor of the University as Chairman; The Academic Council. 21 (ii) All Deans and all Head of Departments or Schools and the Controller of Examinations of the University; (iii) One Professor, two Associate Professors and two Assistant Professors of the University by rotation for a period of one year according to seniority; (b) Other Members :— (i) Two Professors from other Universities of Odisha to be nominated by the Board; (ii) One Professor to be nominated by Sri Jagannath Sanskrit University; (iii) Two Professors from the Language Universities of India, to be nominated by the Board; (iv) Two Post Graduate Students of the University to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor on their merit; (v) One member of the Regional Institute of Education, Bhubaneswar; (vi) Dean of Academic Affairs of the University as Member- Secretary. (3) The term of the nominated members of the Academic Council shall be of two years and one year for the student members. (4) The Vice-Chancellor shall convene the meeting of the Academic Council at least twice a year.