(a)Ex officio Members:(i)the Vice-Chancellor;(ii)the Pro-Vice-Chancellors;(iii)the Secretary, Higher Education, Science and Technology and Biotechnology Department, Government of West Bengal or his nominee not below the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government of West Bengal;(iv)the Secretary, Finance Department, Government of West Bengal or his nominee not below the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government of West Bengal;(v)the Chairman, West Bengal State Council of Higher Education or his nominee;(vi)the Director of Public Instruction, West Bengal or his nominee not below the rank of Additional Director of Public Instruction;(vii)the Deans of Faculty Councils for Post-graduate Studies;(viii)principals of affiliated Colleges, not more than seven, to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor;