Section 19 in Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit Act, 1994
19. The Faculties.
(1)The University shall have the following faculties, namely:-(i)Sanskrit literature;(ii)Sanskrit grammar;(iii)Indian Metaphysics;(iv)Indian Logic;(v)Other Sanskrit Studies;(vi)Indology;(vii)Indian languages;(viii)Foreign languages; and(ix)Arts and Social Sciences:Provided that it shall not be necessary to have all the faculties at the incorporation of the University.(2)The University may, as and when necessary, constitute such other faculties as may be prescribed by the Statutes.(3)Every faculty shall consist of one or more Academic departments.(4)The Academic departments shall constitute the basic units of the academic studies of the University headed by a Professor or, in the absence of a Professor, by a Reader of that department or, in the absence of both, the senior most teacher of that department.(5)The head of an Academic department shall be responsible to the Dean of the faculty to which the department belongs for the proper organization and working of the department and shall exercise immediate supervisory and disciplinary control over the teaching and non-teaching staff of the department.(6)The Dean of the faculty shall be responsible for the due observance of the Statutes, the Ordinances and the Regulations relating to the faculty and for the organization and conduct of the teaching and research work of the Academic departments which constitute the faculty.(7)The term of the faculty, its constitution and composition shall be as prescribed by the Statutes.(8)Subject to the provisions of this Act, each faculty shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Statutes.
