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THE INSTITUTE
OF MANAGEMENT AND APPLIED SCIENCES, KHANEWAL ACT 2021
(Act XXXVI of 2021)
C O N T E N T S
Section Heading
CHAPTER
I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title and commencement.
2. Definitions.
CHAPTER
II
THE
INSTITUTE
3. Establishment of the Institute.
4. Functions of the Institute.
5. Institute open to all.
6. Jurisdiction.
CHAPTER
III
OFFICERS
OF THE INSTITUTE
7. Officers of the Institute.
8. Chancellor.
9. Inspection and inquiry.
10. Rector.
11. Powers of the Rector.
12. Acting Rector.
13. Registrar.
14. Controller of Examinations.
15. Treasurer.
16. Appointments.
CHAPTER
IV
AUTHORITIES
OF THE INSTITUTE
17. Authorities of the Institute.
18. Board of Governors.
19. Powers and duties of the Board.
20. Business of the Board.
21. Delegation of powers.
22.
Academic Council.
23. Powers and duties of Academic Council.
CHAPTER
V
FINANCIAL
PROVISIONS
24. Institute Fund.
25. Budget, audit and accounts.
CHAPTER
VI
MISCELLANEOUS
26. Rules.
27. Statutes.
28. First statutes.
29.
Regulations.
30. Removal of difficulties.
31.
Savings.
SCHEDULE
[1]THE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND APPLIED
SCIENCES, KHANEWAL ACT 2021
(ACT XXXVI OF 2021)
[24th November 2021]
An Act to
provide for the establishment of Institute of Management and Applied Sciences, Khanewal.
It is
expedient to provide for establishment of the Institute of Management and
Applied Sciences, Khanewal in the private sector and
to provide for the
ancillary matters.
Be it
enacted by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as follows:
CHAPTER
I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title and commencement.- (1)
This Act may be cited as the Institute of Management and Applied Sciences,
Khanewal Act 2021.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions.- In this
Act:
(a) "Academic
Council" means the Academic Council of the Institute;
(b) "Act"
means the Institute of Management and Applied Sciences, Khanewal Act 2021;
(c) "Authority"
means an Authority of the Institute specified in section 17;
(d) "Board"
means Board of Governors of the Institute;
(e) "Chairperson"
means the head of a department;
(f) "Chancellor"
means Governor of the Punjab;
(g) "Company"
means the Pakistan Education Services Pvt. Ltd, a
Company registered under the Companies Act, 2017 (XIX of 2017);
(h) "Controller
of Examinations" means Controller of Examinations of the Institute;
(i) "Dean"
means head of a faculty of the Institute;
(j) "Department"
means a teaching department maintained and administered by the Institute in the
prescribed manner;
(k) "Faculty"
means an administrative and academic unit of the Institute consisting of one or
more departments;
(l) "Government"
means Government of the Punjab;
(m) "Higher
Education Commission" means the Higher Education Commission established under
the Higher Education Commission Ordinance, 2002
(LIII of 2002);
(n) "Institute"
means the Institute of Management and Applied Sciences, Khanewal established
under the Act;
(o) "prescribed"
means prescribed by the rules, statutes or regulations;
(p) "Punjab
Higher Education Commission" means the Punjab Higher Education Commission
established under the Punjab Higher Education Commission
Act, 2014 (Act I of
2015);
(q) "Rector"
means Rector of the Institute;
(r) "Registrar"
means Registrar of the Institute;
(s) "rules",
"regulations" and "statutes" mean respectively the rules, regulations and
statutes made under the Act;
(t) "Schedule"
means Schedule appended to the Act;
(u) "Search
Committee" means Search Committee constituted by the Board for making
recommendations for appointment of the Rector;
(v) "teacher"
includes a Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor or Lecturer
engaged whole time by the Institute and such
other person as may be prescribed;
and
(w) "Treasurer"
means the Treasurer of the Institute.
CHAPTER
II
THE
INSTITUTE
3. Establishment of the Institute.- (1) The
Government shall, by notification, establish an Institute to be called the
Institute of Management and Applied Sciences with
its principal campus located
at Khanewal.
(2) The Institute shall be a body corporate
having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire, hold and
dispose of property
and shall, by the said name, sue and be sued.
(3) The Institute shall consist of the
following:
(a) Chancellor;
(b) Chairman
and members of the Board;
(c) Rector;
(d) Chairpersons
and Deans;
(e) Members
of an Authority;
(f) Teachers
and the students of the Institute; and
(g) Officers
and members of the staff of the Institute.
4. Functions of the Institute.- The
Institute shall:
(a) provide
instruction and training in:
(i) Business
and Management Sciences, Computer Science and Information Systems, Economics
and Commerce, Sciences and Emerging Technologies,
Social Sciences, Literature
and Linguistic, and Allied Health Sciences; and
(ii) such
other branches of knowledge, as the Board may determine with the approval of
the Chancellor given on the recommendation of a
committee constituted by the
Government and, where applicable, subject to the prior approval of the relevant
statutory body of professional
education;
(b) establish,
maintain and administer a department, constituent college or an institute;
(c) establish
and support other facilities for education, training and research;
(d) prescribe
courses of studies;
(e) decide
teaching methods and strategies to ensure the most effective educational and
training programs;
(f) hold
examinations in the prescribed manner and, if a person qualifies the
examination, award degree, diploma, certificate and other
academic distinction
to the person;
(g) prescribe
the terms and conditions of employment of the officers, teachers and other
employees of the Institute;
(h) engage,
where necessary, a person on contract of specified duration and to specify the
terms of the engagement;
(i) institute
programs for the exchange of students and teachers between the Institute and
any other Institute, educational institution
or research organization;
(j) provide
career counseling and job search services to the students and alumni;
(k) maintain
linkages with alumni;
(l) develop
and implement fund-raising plans;
(m) provide
and support the academic development of the faculty of the Institute;
(n) confer
degree on a person who has successfully conducted research in the prescribed
manner;
(o) accept
an examination and the period of study spent by a student of the Institute at
any other Institute or place of learning equivalent
to an examination or period
of study of the Institute and may withdraw such acceptance;
(p) cooperate
with a public authority, Institute or private organization in the manner and
for such purpose as may be prescribed;
(q) institute
Professorship, Associate Professorship, Assistant Professorship and Lectureship
or any other post and may appoint a person
on the post;
(r) create
a post for research, extension, administration or other related purpose and may
appoint a person on the post;
(s) institute
and award financial assistance to students in need, fellowships, scholarships,
bursaries, medals and prizes in the prescribed
manner;
(t) provide
for the residence of the students, establish and maintain halls of residence
and may approve or license a hostel, lodging
or boarding place;
(u) maintain
order, discipline and security in a campus of the Institute;
(v) promote
extra-curricular and recreational activities of the students and make
arrangements for promoting health and general welfare
of the students;
(w) demand
and receive such fees and other charges from the students as it may determine;
(x) make
provision for research, advisory or consultancy services and enter into
arrangements with any other institution, public or private
body, commercial or
industrial enterprise in the prescribed manner;
(y) receive
and manage property transferred and grants, contributions made to the Institute
and to invest any fund in the manner as it
may deem fit;
(z) print
and publish research or any other work; and
(aa) perform
any other prescribed or ancillary functions.
5. Institute open to all.- (1)
Subject to such reasonable restrictions as may be prescribed, the Institute
shall be open to all persons; and, admission to the
Institute shall not be
denied merely on the basis of gender, religion, race, creed, colour or
domicile.
(2) The Institute shall not discriminate
against any person solely on the basis of gender, religion, race, creed, colour
or domicile.
6. Jurisdiction.- (1) The
jurisdiction of the Institute shall be restricted to the Province of the
Punjab.
(2) The Institute shall not open any
sub-campus for a period of ten years from the commencement of the Act after
which period it may open
a sub-campus with the approval of the Chancellor.
CHAPTER
III
OFFICERS
OF THE INSTITUTE
7. Officers of the Institute.- The
following shall be the officers of the Institute:
(a) Chancellor;
(b) Rector;
(c) Deans;
(d) Chairpersons;
(e) Registrar;
(f) Treasurer;
(g) Controller
of Examinations; and
(h) such
other persons as may be prescribed by the statutes or regulations to be the
officers of the Institute.
8. Chancellor.- (1) The
Chancellor or his nominee shall preside at a convocation of the Institute.
(2) The Institute may confer an honorary
degree subject to the prior approval of the Chancellor.
(3) The Chancellor may approve the draft
statutes submitted by the Board or refer the statutes back to the Board for
reconsideration.
(4) In the performance of his functions
under the Act, the Chancellor shall act and be bound in the same manner as the
Governor of the
Province acts and is bound under Article 105 of the
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
9. Inspection and inquiry.- (1) The
Chancellor may direct inspection or inquiry into the affairs of the Institute.
(2) The Chancellor shall convey his views
with regard to the result of the inspection or inquiry to the Board and may,
after ascertaining
the views of the Board, recommend any remedial action to the
Board.
(3) The Board shall, within the time
specified by the Chancellor, submit report to the Chancellor about the action
taken on the recommendation
of the Chancellor.
(4) If the Board fails to take action to the
satisfaction of the Chancellor within the specified time, the Chancellor may
issue such direction
as he thinks fit and the Board shall comply with the
direction.
(5) The Chancellor may, on the
recommendation of a committee constituted by him and comprising a nominee of
the Board, Chairperson of
the Punjab Higher Education Commission or his nominee
not below the rank of a Director and a Professor Emeritus or Rector of any
Institute, take action against the Institute by appointing an administrator,
who shall exercise the powers of the Board to run the
affairs of the Institute
till such time as may be specified by the Chancellor.
(6) The Chancellor shall not take any action
under subsection (5), unless the Chairman of the Board is afforded an
opportunity of hearing.
(7) The Chancellor may set aside a decision
or action of the Board, which, in the opinion of the Chancellor, is against the
interest of
academic excellence, religious or cultural ideology or national
integrity.
10. Rector.- (1) The
Government shall, on the recommendations of the Board, appoint a person as
Rector for a term of four years on such terms
and conditions as may be
determined by the Board.
(2) The Board shall recommend a person for
appointment as Rector from amongst the panel of three persons recommended by
the Search Committee.
(3) The Rector shall be the person who
possesses the prescribed qualifications and experience.
(4) The Rector shall perform functions under
the Act or any other function as may be assigned to him by the Board.
11. Powers of the Rector.- (1) The
Rector shall be the chief executive officer of the Institute responsible for
administrative and academic functions of the
Institute and for ensuring that
the provisions of the Act, rules, statutes and regulations are observed in all
the affairs of the
Institute.
(2) The Rector may attend a meeting of any
Authority or body of the Institute.
(3) Subject to the conditions as may be
prescribed by the Board, the Rector may, in an emergency, take an action which
is not otherwise
in the competence of the Rector and within three days of
taking of such action, submit a report of the action taken to the Chairman
of
the Board.
(4) Subject to the general supervision and
control of the Board, the Rector may:
(a) direct
a teacher, officer or other employee of the Institute to take up such
assignment in connection with examination, administration
or any other activity
in relation to the Institute;
(b) sanction
by re-appropriation an amount for an unforeseen item not provided for in the
budget of the Institute;
(c) make
appointments of such categories of employees of the Institute in such manner as
may be prescribed;
(d) take
disciplinary action against a teacher, officer or any other employee of the
Institute in the prescribed manner;
(e) delegate,
subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, any of his powers to a teacher
or officer of the Institute; and
(f) exercise
such other powers as may be prescribed.
(5) The Rector shall prepare an annual
report containing information as regards the preceding academic year including
disclosure of all
relevant facts pertaining to academics, research,
administration and finances of the Institute.
(6) The Rector shall, within three months of
the end of an academic year, submit the annual report of the Institute before
the Board.
12. Acting Rector.- Subject
to such conditions as may be prescribed, if the office of the Rector is vacant,
or the Rector is absent or is unable to perform
the functions of his office due
to illness or some other cause, the Board shall make arrangements for the
performance of the duties
of the Rector by such other person as it may deem
fit.
13. Registrar.- (1) The
Board shall, on the recommendation of the Rector, appoint Registrar of the
Institute on such terms and conditions as may
be prescribed.
(2) The Board shall not appoint a person as
Registrar unless he possesses the prescribed qualifications and experience.
(3) The Registrar shall be a full-time
officer of the Institute and shall:
(a) be
the administrative head of the Secretariat of the Institute and be responsible
for the provision of secretariat support to the
Board and the Rector;
(b) be
the custodian of the common seal and the academic records of the Institute;
(c) maintain
a register of the students and graduates in the prescribed manner;
(d) supervise
the process of election, appointment or nomination of a member to an Authority
or body of the Institute in the prescribed
manner; and
(e) perform
such other duties as may be prescribed or as may assigned by the Rector or the
Board.
(4) The Registrar shall hold office for a
renewable term of three years.
14. Controller of Examinations.-
(1) The Board shall, on the recommendation of
the Rector, appoint Controller of Examinations of the Institute on such terms
and conditions
as may be prescribed.
(2) The Board shall not appoint a person as
Controller unless he possesses the prescribed qualifications and experience.
(3) The Controller shall be a full-time
officer of the Institute and shall be responsible for all matters connected
with the conduct of
examinations and perform such other duties as may be
prescribed or assigned by the Rector or the Board.
(4) The Controller shall hold office for a
renewable term of three years.
15. Treasurer.- (1) The
Board shall, on the recommendation of the Rector, appoint Treasurer of the
Institute on such terms and conditions as may
be prescribed.
(2) The Board shall not appoint a person as
Treasurer unless he possesses the prescribed qualifications and experience.
(3) The Treasurer shall be the chief
financial officer of the Institute and shall:
(a) manage
the assets, liabilities, receipts, expenditures, funds and investments of the
Institute;
(b) prepare
the annual and revised budget estimates of the Institute and present the
estimates to the Board;
(c) ensure
that the funds of the Institute are spent according to the budget or any other
special arrangement;
(d) ensure
that the accounts of the Institute are audited annually and are available for
submission to the Board within six months of
the end of a financial year; and
(e) perform
such other functions as may be prescribed or as my be
assigned to him by the Rector or the Board.
(4) The Treasurer shall hold office for a
renewable term of three years.
16. Appointments.- The
Institute may appoint such persons in its services as may be necessary on such
terms and conditions as may be determined by the
Board.
CHAPTER
IV
AUTHORITIES
OF THE INSTITUTE
17. Authorities of the Institute.- The
following shall be the Authorities of the Institute:
(a) Board of Governors;
(b) Academic Council;
(c) Boards of Faculties;
(d) Board of Advanced Studies and Research;
(e) Selection Board;
(f) Finance and Planning Committee; and
(g) any other prescribed Authority.
18. Board of Governors.- (1) The
Board of Governors of the Institute shall consist of the following:
(a) Chairman
of the Company;
(b) Rector;
(c) maximum
four members of the Company to be nominated by the Chairman of the Company;
(d) four
persons including at least one woman from amongst eminent scholars, business
persons or academicians to be nominated by the Chairman
of the Company;
(e) three
members of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, including at least one female
member to be nominated by the Speaker;
(f) Chairperson,
Higher Education Commission or his nominee not below the rank of a Director;
(g) Chairperson,
Punjab Higher Education Commission or his nominee not below the rank of a
Director;
(h) Vice
Chancellor of a public sector University in the Punjab nominated by the
Chancellor; and
(i) Secretary
to the Government, Higher Education Department or his nominee not below the
rank of an Additional Secretary.
(2) The Chairman of the Company shall be the
Chairman of the Board and the Rector shall be the Vice Chairman of the Board.
(3) The members of the Board other than
ex-officio members shall hold office for a term of three years and shall be
eligible for re-appointment
on the expiry of their term of office.
(4) The quorum for a meeting of the Board
shall be one half of the total number of members with at least three ex-officio
members.
(5) The Registrar shall be the Secretary of
the Board and the Secretary shall, with the approval of the Chairman of the
Board, call the
meeting of the Board.
(6) The Company may fill a casual vacancy
occurring because of death or resignation of a member of the Board nominated by
the Company
to the extent of the remainder of the term of the former member.
19. Powers and duties of the Board.- (1) The
administration and management of the affairs of the Institute shall vest in the
Board.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of
the aforesaid power, the Board may:
(a) formulate
or approve the principles, policies and plans governing the activities and
operations of the Institute so as to facilitate
research, teaching and other
academic work;
(b) recommend
the draft statutes to the Chancellor;
(c) make
or approve regulations;
(d) create
a component of the Institute such as faculty, department, constituent college
or Institute, subject to the provisions of the
Act;
(e) constitute
a committee, council and any other administrative or academic advisory body;
(f) create
such academic or administrative posts as it may deem necessary and to approve
appointments to such posts as it may specify;
(g) hold,
control and administer the property, funds and resources of the Institute and
raise funds for the purpose of the Institute upon
such security as may be
required under the regulations;
(h) undertake
the responsibility for the financial viability of the Institute including
responsibility for ensuring effectiveness of its
operations, their continuity
and preservation of the autonomy of the Institute;
(i) consider
and pass through a resolution the annual report, plan of work, statement of
accounts and the annual budget estimates;
(j) call
for and consider reports relating to the activities of the Institute and may
direct the Rector to furnish information relating
to any matter specified by
the Board; and
(k) take
all such initiatives as it may consider necessary or desirable for efficient
and effective management and functioning of the
Institute.
(3) The Board shall recommend the draft
statutes to the Chancellor and the statutes shall come into force when the same
are approved by
the Chancellor.
20. Business of the Board.- (1) The
meetings and business of the Board shall be conducted in such manner and in
accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed
in the regulations and
until so prescribed, as may be determined by the Board.
(2) The statutes, regulations or proceedings
of the Board shall not be invalid merely by reason of any vacancy or defect in
the constitution
of the Board.
21. Delegation of powers.- The
Board may delegate to any person or a committee any of its powers, duties or
functions.
22. Academic Council.- (1)
The Academic Council shall consist of:
(a) Rector
(Chairman);
(b) all
the Deans;
(c) all
the Chairpersons;
(d) Controller
of Examinations;
(e) all
the Professors of the Institute;
(f) nominee
of the Secretary to the Government, Education Department not below the rank of
a Deputy Secretary;
(g) two
Associate Professors, two Assistant Professors and two Lecturers to be
nominated by the Board;
(h) three
persons eminent in the field of art or science of whom at least one shall be
from each category, to be nominated by the Board;
(i) Director
Academics of Higher Education Commission; and
(j) Registrar
(Member/Secretary).
(2) A nominated member shall hold office for
a renewable term of three years.
(3) The quorum for a meeting of the Academic
Council shall be one half of the total number of members of the Academic
Council.
23. Powers and duties of Academic Council.- (1) The
Academic Council shall be the academic body of the Institute and may, subject
to the statutes, lay down proper standards
of instruction, research,
publication and examination and to regulate and promote the academic life of
the Institute.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of
the foregoing powers and subject to the provisions of the Act, rules, statutes
and regulations,
the Academic Council may:
(a) advise
the Board on academic matters;
(b) regulate
the conduct of teaching, research and publication;
(c) regulate
the admission of students to the courses of studies and examinations in the
Institute;
(d) regulate
the conduct and discipline of the students of the Institute;
(e) propose
to the Board, a scheme for the constitution and organization of faculties,
teaching departments, constituent colleges and
institutes;
(f) consider
or formulate proposals for planning and development of teaching and research in
the Institute;
(g) recommend
to the Board regulations prescribing the courses of studies, the syllabi and
the outlines of tests for the Institute examinations;
(h) regulate
the award of studentships, scholarships, exhibitions, medals and prizes;
(i) frame
Regulations for submission to the Board;
(j) appoint
or nominate members to various Authorities in accordance with the provisions of
the Act; and
(k) perform
such other functions as may be prescribed by the statutes.
CHAPTER
V
FINANCIAL
PROVISIONS
24. Institute Fund.-
(1) There shall be a fund to be known as the
Institute of Management and Applied Sciences Khanewal Fund which shall vest in
the Institute
and to which shall be credited all sums received by the
Institute.
(2) The Institute may accept donations in
the shape of land, vehicles, equipment or any other item that may facilitate
the functioning
of the Institute and all such donations shall be used,
maintained and disposed of by the Institute in the prescribed manner.
25. Budget, audit and accounts.- (1) The
budget of the Institute shall be approved and its accounts shall be maintained
and audited in such manner as may be prescribed
by the Board.
(2) The Board may approve the budget of the
Institute, appropriations of accounts of the Institute and settle an audit para
relating to
the audit of the Institute.
(3) The Board may delegate the power of
appropriation or re-appropriation of funds to any of the officers of the
Institute.
CHAPTER
VI
MISCELLANEOUS
26. Rules.- The
Government may, by notification, make rules for carrying out the purposes of
the Act.
27. Statutes.- Subject
to the rules, the Chancellor may approve statutes on the recommendation of the
Board in order to provide for and to regulate
any matter relevant to the
Institute.
28. First statutes.-
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Act, the statutes set
out in the Schedule shall be deemed to be the statutes
made under section 27
and shall continue to remain in force until amended or repealed in accordance
with the provisions of the Act.
29. Regulations.- Subject
to the rules and the statutes, the Board may frame regulations for the proper
administration and management of the affairs
of the Institute.
30. Removal of difficulties.- If any difficulty
arises in giving effect to any of the provisions of the Act, the Board may,
with the approval of the Government,
give such directions, not inconsistent
with the Act, as it may consider necessary for the removal of such difficulty.
31. Savings.-
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Act, an examination conducted by the
proponents of the Institute prior to the coming into
force of the Act, shall be
deemed to be the examination conducted by the Institute under the Act and the
Institute may award degree,
diploma or certificate on the basis of such
examination.
SCHEDULE
(SEE
SECTION 28)
THE
FIRST STATUTES
1. Faculties.- (1)
There shall be a faculty for a teaching department or a group of teaching
departments.
(2) The Institute shall have the following
faculties and such other faculties as may be prescribed:
(a) Faculty
of Business and management Sciences;
(b) Faculty
of Computer Science and Information Systems,
(c) Faculty
of Economics and Commerce;
(d) Faculty
of Sciences and Emerging Technologies;
(e) Faculty
of Social Sciences;
(f) Faculty
of Literature and Linguistic; and
(g) Faculty
of Allied Health Sciences.
2. Board of Faculty.- (1)
There shall be a Board of Faculty for each faculty which shall consist of:
(a) Dean
of the faculty;
(b) Professors
and Chairpersons in the faculty;
(c) two
teachers to be nominated by the Academic Council owing to their specialized
knowledge of the subjects which, though not assigned
to the faculty, have in
the opinion of the Academic Council, important bearing on the subjects assigned
to the faculty;
(d) two
experts in the field from outside the Institute to be appointed by the Board;
and
(e) one
member to be nominated by the Rector.
(2) The members other than ex-officio
members of a Board of Faculty shall hold office for a period of three years.
(3) The quorum for a meeting of a Board of
Faculty shall be one half of the total number of members.
(4) A Board of Faculty, subject to the
general control of the Academic Council and the Board, may:
(a) co-ordinate
the teaching and research work in the subjects assigned to the faculty;
(b) scrutinize
the recommendations of a Board of Studies comprising a faculty with regard to
the appointment of paper-setters and examiners
for graduate and postgraduate
examinations and to forward the panels of suitable paper setters and examiners
for each examination
to the Rector;
(c) consider
any other academic matter relating to the faculty and to submit its report to
the Academic Council;
(d) prepare
a comprehensive annual report regarding the performance of each department,
constituent college or institute comprising the
faculty for presentation to the
Academic Council; and
(e) perform
such other functions as may be prescribed by statutes.
(5) The Dean of the faculty shall be the
Chairman and convener of the Board of Faculty.
(6) The Dean shall be appointed by the Board
on the recommendations of the Rector from amongst three senior most Professors
of the faculty;
shall hold office for a period of three years; and, shall be
eligible for reappointment.
(7) The Dean shall present candidates for
admission to degree, except honorary degrees, courses falling within the
purview of the faculty.
(8) The Dean shall have such powers and
duties as may be prescribed by the Board on the recommendations of the Rector.
3. Academic department, constituent
college and institute.- (1)
There shall be an academic department, constituent college or an Institute for
each subject or a group of subjects, as may be
prescribed by the regulations
and each academic department, constituent college or institute shall be headed
by a head of department,
principal of the constituent college and director of
the institute, collectively called Chairpersons.
(2) The Board shall, on the recommendations
of the Rector, appoint the Chairperson from amongst three senior most
Professors other than
a Professor already working as Dean for a period of three
years and the Chairperson shall be eligible for re-appointment:
Provided
that where in a department, constituent college or institute there are less
than three eligible Professors, the appointment
shall be made from amongst the
three senior most Professors and Associate Professors of the department,
constituent college or institute.
(3) The Chairperson shall plan, organize and
supervise the work of the department, constituent college or institute and
shall be responsible
to the Dean for the work of his department, constituent
college or institute.
(4) The Chairperson shall, under the general
supervision of the Rector and the Dean, exercise all the administrative,
financial and academic
powers and such other duties or powers as may be
delegated to him.
(5) The Chairperson shall prepare a
comprehensive annual report regarding the performance of the department,
constituent college or institute
at the graduate and postgraduate levels,
faculty research and development and submit this report to the Dean for
evaluation.
4. Board of Advanced Studies and Research.- (1) The Board of Advanced Studies and Research
shall consist of:
(a) Rector
(Chairman);
(b) all
the Deans;
(c) Controller
of Examinations;
(d) one
Institute Professor from each faculty other than Dean to be appointed by the
Board;
(e) one
member to be nominated by the Rector;
(f) three
members from the relevant field, research organizations and Government, to be
nominated by the Board; and
(g) the
Registrar (Secretary).
(2) The term of office of the members of the
Board of Advanced Studies and Research other than ex-officio members shall be
three years.
(3) The quorum for a meeting of the Board of
Advanced Studies and Research shall be one half of the total number of members.
5. Functions of the Board of Advanced
Studies and Research.- The
Board of Advanced Studies and Research shall:
(a) advise
an Authority on all matters connected with the promotion of advanced studies
and research publication in the Institute;
(b) consider
and report to an Authority with regard to a research degree of the Institute;
(c) propose
regulations regarding the award of a research degree;
(d) appoint
supervisors for a postgraduate research student and to approve title and
synopses of a thesis or dissertation;
(e) recommend
panels of names of examiners for evaluation of a research examination; and
(f) perform
such other functions as may be prescribed by the statutes.
6. Selection Board.- (1) The
Selection Board shall consist of:
(a) Rector
(Chairman);
(b) the
Dean of the faculty concerned;
(c) the
Chairperson concerned;
(d) one
member of the Board to be nominated by the Board;
(e) one
eminent scholar to be nominated by the Company; and
(f) one
expert in the subject to be nominated by the Secretary to the Government,
Education Department.
(2) The Registrar shall be the Secretary of
the Selection Board.
(3) The members other than ex-officio
members shall hold office for a period of three years.
(4) Four members of the Selection Board
shall constitute the quorum for a meeting of the Selection Board.
(5) No member who is a candidate or whose
family member is a candidate, for a post to which appointment is to be made,
shall take part
in the proceedings of the Selection Board for selection of a
candidate on such post.
(6) In selection of candidates for the post
of Professor or Associate Professor, the Selection Board shall co-opt or
consult three experts
in the subject concerned and in selecting candidates for
any other teaching post, two experts in the subject concerned, to be nominated
by the Rector from a standing list of experts for each subject approved by the
Board on the recommendation of the Selection Board.
(7) The Board may revise the standing list
of experts of a subject on the recommendation of the Selection Board.
7.
Functions of the Selection Board.- The
Selection Board shall:
(a) consider
the applications and recommend to the Board, the names of suitable candidates
for appointment to teaching and other posts
and recommend suitable salary for
the selected candidate; and
(b) consider
all cases of promotion or selection of officers of the Institute and recommend
the names of suitable candidates for such
promotion or selection to the Board.
8. Finance and Planning Committee.- (1) The
Finance and Planning Committee shall consist of:
(a) Rector
(Chairman);
(b) all
the Deans;
(c) Treasurer;
(d) one
member of the Board to be nominated by the Board;
(e) one
member of the Academic Council to be nominated by the Academic Council;
(f) one
representative each from Higher Education and Finance Departments of the
Government not below the rank of a Deputy Secretary;
(g) Director
Planning of Higher Education Commission;
(h) Registrar;
and
(i) one
nominee of the Company.
(2) The term of office of the nominated
members shall be three years.
(3) Five members of the Finance and Planning
Committee shall constitute the quorum for a meeting of the Finance and Planning
Committee.
9. Functions of the Finance and Planning Committee.- The Finance
and Planning Committee shall:
(a) prepare
the annual statement of accounts and propose annual budget estimates and advise
the Board thereon;
(b) review
periodically the financial position of the Institute;
(c) advise
the Board on all matters relating to finance, investments and accounts of the
Institute; and
(d) perform
such other functions as may be prescribed by the statutes.
[1]This Act was passed by the Punjab Assembly
on 28 September 2021; assented to by the Governor of the Punjab on 23 November 2021;
and
was published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 24 November 2021; pages 2493-2504.
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