State Act

THE COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ACT, 1986

17. The Syndicate.—(1)The Syndicate shall be the chief executive body of the University and shall consist of the following members, namely:— (i) The Vice-Chancellor, (ii) The Pro-Vice-Chancellor, (iii) The Director of Technical Education, (iv) The Secretary to Government, Higher Education Department, 1[or an officer not below the rank of the Joint Secretary, Higher Education Department nominated by him], (v) 2[ The Executive Vice-President, Kerala State Council for Science ,Technology and environment] (vi) Three Deans of Faculties of the University by rotation in the alphabetical order of the Faculties in every two years, (vii) An expert from the field of Industry and Commerce, nominated by the Chancellor, (viii) 3[Six] members of the Senate, nominated by the Government, of whom one shall be a member of the Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe, 4[one shall be a woman] and 5[one shall be a University Professor elected to the Senate as per item(v) under the heading Elected members” in section 19], (ix) An official representative of the University Grants Commission, nominated by the Commission, (x) Two persons nominated by the Government from among the members of the Legislative Assembly of Kerala. 1[(xi) A person nominated by the Executive Council of the Kerala State Education Council from among its members; (xii) The Secretary to the Finance Department or an officer not below the rank of the Joint Secretary nominated by him; (xiii) An expert from the field of Information Technology nominated by the Government; (xiv)2 [A student nominated by the government from among the student representative of the Senate;] (2) The term of office of the members nominated under items (vii), (viii), 3[(ix), (x), (xii),(xiii)] sub- section (1) shall be four years from the date of their nomination and they 4[shall be eligible ]for re-nomination: Provided that no person nominated in his capacity as a member of the Legislative Assembly shall hold office as a member of the Syndicate for a longer period than three months after he has ceased to be such member of the Legislative Assembly, unless in the meanwhile, he again becomes a member of the Legislative Assembly. 5[Provided further that the members nominated by the Government under sub-section (1) of section 17 shall hold their office during the pleasure of the Government.]