Section 8(1) in The Statutes of the Punjabi University
(1)The Academic Council shall be the academic body of the University and shall consist of the following members, namely :-(i)The Vice-Chancellor as Chairman;(i-a) The Pro-Vice-Chancellor;(ii)Direct of Public Instruction, Punjab;(iii)Dean of Faculties, Dean of Academic Affairs, Dean of Students, Dean College Developments Council and Dean Research.(iv)Chairmen of all the Board of Studies, Heads of University teaching/research department (who are not Chairmen of Boards of Studies), Head Department of Correspondence Course/Guru Kashi Regional Centre Bathinda/Guru Kashi Institute of Advanced Studies, Damdama Sahib/Nawab Sher Mohd. Khan Institute of Advance Studies in Urdu, Persian and Arabic, Malerkotla and such other Institutes/Centres which have been accorded the status of the University Teaching Departments.(v)One Professor from each of the University Teaching Departments, the Department of Correspondence Courses and Research Departments by rotation according to seniority;(vi)Principals of colleges having post graduate classes;(vii)Principals of colleges having Honours Courses in three or more subjects;(viii)Four Principals of colleges who are not Deans of the Faculties or Chairmen of Boards of Studies, by rotation according to age;(ix)Two Readers and two Lecturers from the University Teaching Departments by rotation according to seniority;(x)One Reader and one Lecturer by rotation according to seniority from each concerned subject of the Department of Correspondence Courses.(xi)One Reader and One Lecturer by rotation according to seniority from each subject/group of subjects in the Research Departments.(xii)One teacher from each college admitted to the privileges of the University having 60 or more teachers on its staff with at least 10 years' experience of teaching degree classes, by rotation according to age from amongst those whose names are borne on the register maintained by the Registrar for this purpose;(xiii)Eight representatives of the teachers of such colleges, admitted to the privileges of the University as have less than 60 teachers each on their staff. Such representatives to be not below the cadre of lecturers and to have at least 10 years' experience of teaching degree class, to be appointed by rotation according to age, from among those whose names are borne on the register maintained by the Registrar for this purpose;(xiv)One teacher, other than Chairmen of the Boards from each of the professional colleges admitted to the privileges of the University, by rotation according to age;Provided that such teacher shall not be below the cadre of a lecturer and shall have at least ten years' experience of teaching degree classes;(xv)Incharge, University Library;(xvi)Four persons being specialists in different branches of knowledge and not being employees of the University co-opted by the Academic Council.
