State Act

THE ROORKEE UNIVERSITY ACT 1947

This Act was repealed on 21 September 2001 by the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2002 (Central Act 16 of 2002), s.7(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.

19-B The Academic Council shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, the rules and the regulations – (a) recommend to the Syndicate provisions relating to all academic matters for inclusion in the regulations; (b) supervise and control the admission of students in the University and the examinations of the University; (c) consider and recommend to the Syndicate, proposals for the creation or abolition or merger or division, of the Academic Departments and Academic Centers; (d) control, regulate and maintain the standards of instruction, education, training and research carried on or imparted in the University; (e) co-ordinate the working of Boards of Studies and scrutinize and approve their proposals in regard to the scheme of teaching and examinations in the University; (f) scrutinize and approve the recommendations of the examiners of Ph.D. candidates; (g) advise the Syndicate in regard to the number and qualifications of teachers and the fees payable to the examiners; (h) approve in regard to the recognition of the certificates, diplomas and degrees of other Universities and Institutions, as prescribed in the rules and the regulations; (i) consider and make its recommendations on such matters as may be referred to it by the Senate or the Syndicate; (j) perform in relation to academic matters all such duties as may be necessary for the proper carrying out of the provisions of this Act, the rules and the regulations; (k) maintain contact with employer organizations with a view to, access their changing needs for the pattern of education required to be imparted by the University.