Section 6(6) in The first statutes of the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, 2017
(6)The Director, if present, shall preside at every meeting of the Senate. In his absence, the Deputy Director shall preside and in the absence of both the Director and the Deputy Director, the senior-most of the Deans present shall preside at the meeting. In case none of the Deans are present, the senior-most of the Professors present shall preside at the meeting.
