State Act
Section 25. Powers and functions of the Academic Council.
This Act was repealed on 2 July 2007 by the Tripura University Act, 2006, s.48(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.
25. (1) Powers and functions of the Academic Council shall be- (i) to scrutinize and make its recommendations on proposals submitted by the Boards of Studies through the Faculties in regard to the course of study and to recommend principals and criteria on which examiners and the inspectors may be appointed, for consideration of the Syndicate ; (ii) to report on any matter referred or entrusted to it by the Syndicate ; (iii) to advise the Syndicate in regard to the Universities and institutions and in regard to their equivalence with the diplomas and degrees of the University ; (iv) to advise the Syndicate in regard to the qualifications required to be possessed by persons imparting instruction in particular subjects for the various degrees and diplomas of the University; and (v) 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 the provisions of the Act, the Statutes and the Ordinances. (2) The meetings of the Academic Council shall be called under the directions of the Vice-Chancellor.