Section 28(2)(r) in Maharashtra Public Universities Act, 2016
(r)ten teachers other than principals and directors of recognised institutions to be elected by the collegium of teachers from amongst themselves of whom one each shall be a person belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Denotified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis) or Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes, and one shall be a woman;