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Amendment of Schedule II.- In Schedule II to the principal Act,— (1) in the statutes, for the expression “Deans” and “Dean”, wherever they occur, the expression “Chairmen” and “Chairman” shall be substituted; (2) after statute 2, the following statute shall be inserted, namely:— “2-A. Deans o f constituent colleges.— (1) Every Dean shall be appointed by the Vice-Chancellor from among the Professors in the University for a period of three years and he shall be eligible for reappointment: Provided that a Dean on attaining the age of superannuation shall cease to hold office as such. (2) When the office of the Dean is vacant, or when the Dean is, by reason of illness, absence or any other cause, unable to perform the duties of his office, the duties of his office shall be performed by such persons as the Vice-Chancellor may appoint for the purpose. (3) The Dean shall have such powers and functions, as may be prescribed by the ordinance.” (3) in statute 9,— (a) for clause (1), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:— “(1) The Academic Council shall consist of the following members, namely: Class I - Ex-officio Members (a) The Vice-Chancellor; (b ) The Chairmen of the Faculties; (c) The Director of Library of the University; (d) The Principals of all the Government and Government Aided Engineering Colleges Class II - Other Members (a) Eight members from among the Professors of the University, nominated by the Chancellor on the recommendation of the Vice-Chancellor; (b ) Fifteen members from among the Principals of the affiliated Colleges, nominated by the Chancellor on the recommendations of the Government; (c) Three educationists having proficiency in matters relating to education, research and educational administration, general and technical, nominated by the Chancellor on the recommendations of the Government; (d) Three members from among the Chief Engineers or General Managers from the Departments of the State Government, Railways, Military Engineering Services, Defence, Post and Telegraphs, Telephones and other autonomous organizations in the State, nominated by the Chancellor on the recommendations of the Government; (e) Three persons from Private Industries and Research organizations having proficiency in the matters relating to Industries and Research, nominated by the Chancellor on the recommendations of the Government; (f) Three persons from Public Sector industries of the Central and State Governments in the State having proficiency in matters relating to Industries and Research, nominated by the Chancellor on the recommendations of the Government; (g ) Three persons from professional engineering societies or institutions or bodies or associations, nominated by the Chancellor on the recommendations of the Government; (h) Three persons of eminence from small scale industries or Entrepreneurship Development Board or Apprenticeship Board of both Central and State Governments, nominated by the Chancellor on the recommendations of the Government; (i) One person from among the teachers of each of the institutions given below, nominated by the Chancellor on the recommendation of the Vice-Chancellor; (i) Indian Institute of Science, Bangaluru; (ii) Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai; (iii) Indian Institute of Management, Bangaluru; and (iv) National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli; (j) Members of the Syndicate not included in any of the above items: Provided that any Chairperson of a Board of Studies may be invited to attend a meeting if his special knowledge may be relevance to the items for discussion at the meeting. (1-A) The Vice-Chancellor shall be the ex-officio Chairman of, and the Registrar shall be the ex-officio Secretary to, the Academic Council.”; (b) after clause (6), the following clause shall be added, namely:— “(7) The Chancellor may, after giving a reasonable opportunity of being heard, remove any member of the Academic Council other than an ex-officio member from office, if such member is, in the opinion of the Chancellor, incapable of acting as a member or has abused his position as a member, so as to render his continuance as such member detrimental to the interests of the University.”