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The Standing Committee on Academic Affairs.- (1) There shall be a Standing Committee on Academic Affairs of the Univesity '[xx) which shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, the statutes and the ordinances, co-ordinate and exercise general supervision over the academic affairs of the University. (2) (a) The Standing Committee on Academic Affairs shall in addition to the Vice-Chancellor, consist of the following persons, namely;- Class I - Ex-officio Members. (1) The Director of Collegiate Education; (2) The Director of Technical Education; (3) The Director of Medical Education; (4) The Chairmen of all Boards for Under- graduate and Post graduate courses of studies; and (5) The Deans of all Faculties. Class /I - Other Members Two members elected by principals of affiliated Colleges from among themselves in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote 1The words "under the senate" were omitted by section 20 of Bharathidasan University (Amendment) Act, 1985. Bharathidasan University (Amendment) Act, 1986 (b) The Vice-Chancellor shall be the ex-officio Chiarman of the Standing Committee on Academic Affairs. (C) 1Provided that a member of the Standing Committee on Academic Affairs who is elected or nominated in his capacity as a member of a particular electorate or body or holder of a particular appointment, shall cease to be a member of the Standing Committee on Academic Affairs from the date: on which he ceases to be a member of that electorate or body, or the holder of that appointment, as the case may be. 2 (i) The members of the Standing Committee on Academic Affairs, other than the ex-Officio members, shall hold office for a period of three years and such members shall be eligible for re-election. (ii) Where a member is elected to the Standing Committee on Academic Affairs to a casual vacancy, the period of office held for not less than one year by any such member shall be construed as a full period of three years for the purpose of this clause. Explanation.- For the purpose of this clause, the expression "period" shall include the period held prior to thedate of the publication of the Tamil Nadu Universities Laws (Second Amendment) Act, 1991, in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette. 1 substituted under section 2 of part IV of the Tamil Nadu Govt. Gazette (Extraordinary) dated 26.12.1992 PP 39,40,83 & 84. 2 Act No.41 of 1998 – An Act further to amend the Tamil Nadu Universities Laws – substituted for Section 23. Provided further that where an elected member of the Standing Committee on Academic Affairs appointed temporarily to any of the offices by virtue of which he is entitled to be a member of the Standing Committee on Academic Affairs ex-officio, he shall, by notice in writing signed by him and communicated to the Vice-Chancellor within seven days from the date of his taking charge of his appointment, choose whether he will continue to be a member of the Standing Committee on Academic Affairs by virtue of his election or whether he will vacate office as such member and become a member ex-officio by virtue of his appointment and the choice shall be conclusive. On failure to make such a choice, he shall be deemed to have vacated his office as an elected member. (d) The members of the Standing Committee on Academic Affairs shall not be entitled to receive any remuneration from the University except such daily and travelling allowances as may prescribed: Provided that nothing contained in this clause shall preclude any member from drawing his normal emoluments to which he is entitled by virtue of the office he holds. (e) A member of the Standing Committee on Academic Affairs other than ex-officio member, may tender resignation of his membership at any time before the term of his office expires. Such resignation shall be conveyed to the Chancellor by a letter in writing by the member, and the resignation shall take effect from the date of its acceptance by the Chancellor. (3) The powers and duties of the Standing Committee on Academic Affairs shall be such as may be prescribed by the statutes. Bharathidasan University Act, 1981 [1982: T.N. Act 2 CHAPTER IV THE SYNDICATE