(a)Ex officio Members:(i)the Vice-Chancellor;(ii)the Law Officer;(iii)the Secretary, Higher Education Department, Government of West Bengal or his nominee not below the rank of Joint Secretary, Higher Education Department 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 of whom-