(1)The Vice-Chancellor shall be appointed on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the statutes for a term of three years by the Chancellor from a panel of three persons recommended by the committee constituted in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2).(2)The committee referred to in sub-section (1) shall consist of the following persons, viz:-(a)One person nominated by the Visitor;(b)One person nominated by the Chancellor;(c)The principal Secretary/Secretary to the State Government in the higher Education Department;(d)To nominees of the Board of Governors, one of whom shall be nominated as the Governor of the committee by the Board of Governors.(3)The committee shall, on the basis of merit, prepare a panel of names of three persons suitable to hold the office of the Vice-Chancellor and forward the same to the Chancellor alongwith a concise statement showing the academic qualifications and other distinctions of each person.(4)The Vice-Chancellor shall be the Principal executive and academic officer of the University and shall exercise general supervision and control over the affairs of the University and give effect to the decisions of the authorities of the University.(5)Where any matter other than the appointment of a teacher is of urgent nature requiring immediate action and the same could not be immediately dealt with by any officer or the authority or other body of the University empowered by or under this Act to deal with it, the Vice-Chancellor may take such action as he may deem fit with the prior approval of the chancellor.(6)The Vice-Chancellor shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be laid down by the statutes or the rules.(7)The Chancellor is empowered to remove the Vice-chancellor after due enquiry. It will be open to the Chancellor to suspend the Vice-Chancellor during enquiry depending upon the seriousness of the charges, as he may deem fit.
