State Act

THE TAMIL NADU VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY ACT 1989

23 The powers and functions of the Academic Council shall be: (a) To exercise general control on teaching and other educational programmes and maintain and promote the standards thereof; (b) To make Regulations and amend or repeal the same; (c) To make Regulations regarding (i) The admission of students to the University and the number of students to be admitted; (ii) The courses of study leading to degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions; and (iii) The conduct of examinations and maintenance and promotion of standards of education; (d) To advise the Board on all academic matters including the control and management of libraries; (e) To make recommendations to the Board for the institution of Professorship, Associate Professorship, Readership, Assistant Professorship and other teaching, research and extension education posts and in regard to the duties thereof; (f) To formulate, modify or revise schemes for the constitution or reconstitution of departments of teaching, research and extension education; (g) To make recommendations to the Board regarding post-graduate teaching, research and extension education; (h) To make recommendations to the Board regarding the qualifications to be prescribed for teaching, research and extension education posts in the University; (i) To make recommendations to the Board for the conferment of honorary degrees or other distinctions; and (j) To exercise such other powers and perform such other functions as may be prescribed by the Statutes.