Section 5 in First Statutes of the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
5. Powers of the Governing Council.
(1)The Governing Council shall have the following powers in addition to the powers conferred upon it under sub-section (1) of section 14 of the Act, namely:-(a)facilitate the Central Government in the process of appointment of Director under section 18 of the Act;(b)abolish, re-designate or change the nomenclature of any post except that of Director;(2)The Governing Council shall, for the purposes of making appointment to academic and other posts, take into consideration and decide the ratio of faculty and student strength, academic and non-academic post and the cadre strength of faculty members.
