State Act
Section 3. Constitution of Council.
The Himachal Pradesh State Higher Education Council (Establishment and Regulation) Act, 2018
3. Constitution of Council.—(1) The State Government shall, by notification in the Rajpatra (e- Gazette), Himachal Pradesh, constitute a body to be known as the Himachal Pradesh State Higher Education Council consisting of the following, namely:— (a) Chairperson and ex-officio members,– (i) an eminent academician with proven leadership qualities Chairperson; (ii) Secretary (Higher Education), Government of Himachal Pradesh Vice Chairperson; (iii) Vice-Chancellors of any two State Public Universities Member; (iv) Vice-Chancellor of Central University Member; (v) two Vice Chancellors of Private Universities to be nominated by the State Government in rotation of two years Member; (vi) Secretary (Finance), Government of Himachal Pradesh or his representative not below the rank of Joint Secretary Member; (vii) Secretary (Technical Education), Government of Himachal Pradesh or his representative not below the rank of Joint Secretary Member; (viii) Director of Higher Education Member; and (ix) State Project Director (RUSA) Member Secretary; (b) non-official members,— (i) five members to be nominated by the State Government from the field of art, science, civil society, technology or skill development; (ii) two experts from Industry to be nominated by State Government; (iii) three Principals of affiliated colleges to be nominated by State Government; (iv) one member to be nominated by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India; and (v) one academician to be nominated by the State Government having experience of planning and policy making in Higher Education. (2) The Council shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid having perpetual succession and a common seal and may by the said name, sue and be sued. (3) The tenure of each nominated member shall be for a period of six years and one-third of the nominated members shall retire after every two years. (4) The headquarter of the Council shall be at Shimla.