Section 8(1)(iv) in The Statutes of the Punjabi University
(iv)Chairmen of all the Board of Studies, Heads of University teaching/research department (who are not Chairmen of Boards of Studies), Head Department of Correspondence Course/Guru Kashi Regional Centre Bathinda/Guru Kashi Institute of Advanced Studies, Damdama Sahib/Nawab Sher Mohd. Khan Institute of Advance Studies in Urdu, Persian and Arabic, Malerkotla and such other Institutes/Centres which have been accorded the status of the University Teaching Departments.