Section 5(3)(c) in The University Grants Commission Act, 1956
(c)the remainder shall be chosen from among persons¬-(i)who have knowledge of, or experience in, agriculture, commerce, forestry or industry;(ii)who are members of the engineering, legal, medical or any other learned profession; or(iii)who are Vice-Chancellors of Universities or who, not being teachers of Universities, are, in the opinion of the Central Government, educationists of repute or have obtained high academic distinctions: