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Board Of Studies

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Board Of Studies

Composition and term of office of the Board of Studies :-

  • There shall be a Board of Studies for each subject or group of subjects. The Board of Studies shall be constituted by the Faculty concerned for a period of three years.The number of the Boards of Studies in each Faculty as also the members of each Board of Studies shall be determined by the Board of Management on the recommendations of the Academic Council and the Faculty concerned.The members of a Board of Studies shall not exceed five, out of which three of them shall be internal members and out of these three, one shall be Head of the Department and the remaining members shall be teachers of the Post-Graduate departments. There shall be at least one and not more than two external members on each Board of Studies. The Board of Studies shall elect a Convener from amongst its members.
  • The Convener shall convene meeting of the Board of Studies. The quorum of the meeting shall be one half of the total members.The Dean shall have right to be present and speak at the meetings of the Boards of Studies relating to his faculty but shall have no right to vote in such meeting unless he is a member of the Board of Studies.
  • Explanation: ‘Internal member’ means a member who is a teacher in the University and ‘external member’ means one who is a subject expert and not connected with university in any manner.

Functions of the Board of Studies :-

The Board of Studies shall perform the following functions, namely :-

  • to recommend courses of study, curricula and scheme of examinations in its respective subject(s) and shall advise on all matters relating thereto referred to it by the Board of Management or the Academic Council or the Faculty concerned;
  • to bring to the notice of the Academic Council or the Board of Management matters connected with examination in its subject or subjects and may also address the Faculty concerned on any matter connected with the improvement of its courses;
  • to hold a joint meeting of two or more Boards of Studies, with the consent of the President, or on the advice of the Academic Council or the Board of Management, and act in concurrence and render a joint report upon any matter which lies within the province of such Boards of Studies. In such cases the joint meeting shall elect its own Chairman from amongst the Conveners of various Boards of Studies;
  • to prepare panels of examiners in their respective subjects : Provided that no person shall be qualified for appointment as an examiner in final semester/annual examination in a subject unless he has taught the subject at lest three years upto the standard of examination and possess five years’ teaching experience in that subject.
    Provided further that each Board of Studies shall prepare a panel consisting of,- (i) all qualified internal examiners; and (ii) as many external examiners as may be needed for conducting examinations of the university for a period of five years in each subject for each examination. Provided also that in every final semester/annual examination at least 50% examiners shall be from higher educational institutions not connected with the University and which are not managed by the sponsoring body of the University;
  • to advise the University Authorities on examination reforms; and
  • to advise the University Authorities on any matter referred to it.