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22. (1) The Academic Council shall be the principal academic body of the University and subject to the provisions of this Act, the Statutes and the Ordinances:- (a) shall have the control and general regulation of, and be responsible for the maintenance of standard of instruction education and research carried on or imparted in the University; (b) may advise the Executive Council on all academic matters including matters relating to examinations conducted by the University; and (c) shall have such powers and duties as may be conferred or imposed upon it by the Statutes. (2) Subject to the provisions of this Act or the Statutes, the Academic Council shall in addition to all other powers vested in it, have the following powers, namely:— (i) to report on any matter referred on delegated to it by the Executive Council; (ii) to make recommendations to the Executive Council with regard to the creation, abolition or classification of teaching posts in the University and the qualification, emoluments and duties attached thereto; (iii) to formulate and modify or revise schemes for organization of the faculties and to assign to such faculties their respective subjects and also to report to the Executive Council as the expediency of the abolition or subdivision of any faculty or the combination of one faculty with another; (iv) to make arrangement through regulations for the instruction and examination of persons other than those enrolled in the University; (v) to promote research with the University and to require, from time to time, to report on such research; (vi) to consider proposals submitted by the faculties; (vii) to recognize diplomas and degrees of other Universities and Institutions and to determine their equivalence in relation to the diplomas and degrees of the University; (viii) to fix, subject to any conditions accepted by the Executive Council, the time, mode and conditions of competitions for fellowship, scholarships and other prizes and to award the same; (ix) to make recommendations to the Executive Council with regards to the appointment of examiners and, if necessary their removal and the fixation of their fees, emoluments and travelling and other expenses; (x) to make recommendation to Executive Council for arrangement of the conduct of examination and to fix dates for holdings them; (xi) to declare the result of the various examinations or to, appoint committees or officers to do so, and to make recommendations regarding the conferment of grant of degrees, honours, diplomas, licenses, titles and marks of honours; (xii) to award stipends, scholarships, medals and prizes and to make other awards in accordance with the regulations and such other conditions as may be attached to the awards; (xiii) to publish list of prescribed or recommended text books and to publish syllabus of the prescribed courses of study; (xiv) to prepare such form and registers as are from time to time, prescribed by regulations; and to perform in relation to academic matters, all such duties and to do all such acts as may be necessary for the proper carrying out of provisions of this Act. (3) The Academic Council shall consist of the following members, namely:- (i) the Vice-Chancellor; (ii) the Deans of all Faculties, if any ; (iii) all Heads of Departments of the University and where there is no department in a subject in the University, the senior-most teacher from affiliated colleges representing that subject from the Faculty concerned; (iv) all Professors of the University who are not Heads of Departments; (v) the Principals of constituent colleges and the Directors of Institutes, if any ; (vi) two Professors from each constituent college, if any, by rotation in order of seniority to be determined in the manner prescribed ; (vii) one Principal of affiliated or recognized colleges (if any) to be selected by rotation in the manner prescribed; (viii) three teachers to be selected in the manner prescribed; (ix) the Dean of Students Welfare ; (x) the Librarian of the University; and (xi) three persons of academic eminence–one person each from the field of Art, Music and Culture to be nominated by the Chancellor: Provided that if there is no member belonging to the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes or the Other Backward Classes of citizens in the Academic Council constituted under this sub-section, the Vice-Chancellor may nominate one member belonging to the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes and One member belonging to Other Backward Classes from an affiliated college or the University. (4) Subject to the provisions of section 61 the term of office of members other than ex officio members shall be three years. (5) Unless a proposal having academic importance has been recommended by the Academic Council, the Executive Council shall not take a decision thereon and if the Executive Council disagrees with the recommendations of the Academic Council, it shall refer the proposal back to the Academic Council with reasons for the disagreement and the decision of Executive Council shall be final.