(1) The Academic Council shall have the following powers of duties, namely :-
(a) to ensure that the University becomes a vibrant hub for promotion of skill education and employability training, research and development, interactions and linkages with skill education, employability training and entrepreneurship ;
(b) to consider and approve with modification, if any, the matter referred to it by the Board of Studies through the Skill Departments ;
(c) to ensure that there are choice based credit systems for all certificates, diplomas, degrees, post-graduation programmes and other academic distinctions ;
(d) to ensure that the spirit of research and entrepreneurship percolates to all Skill Departments, colleges, institutions, campuses, regional centres, skill centres and study centres of the University ;
(e) to approve fees, other fees and charges as recommended by the Board of Studies through the fee fixation committee ;
(f) to recommend to the Governing Council, the institution of courses, degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions ;
(g) to propose draft of Ordinances relating to the academic matters to the Governing Council ;
(h) to make amend or repeal Ordinance and Regulations relating to academic matters ;
(i) to allocate subjects to the Skill Departments ;
(j) to prescribe qualifications and norms for appointment of paper setters, examiners, moderators and others, concerned with the conduct of assessment and evaluation ;
(k) to consider and make recommendations of the Governing Council for creation of posts of University teachers and non-vacation academic staff, required by the University from the funds of the University and from the funds received from other funding agencies and prescribe their qualifications, experience and pay scales ;
(l) to prescribe norms for recognition of any member of the staff of an affiliated college or recognized institution as a teacher of the University, in consonance with the norms of the University Grants Commission and State Government ;
(m) to prescribe norms for granting affiliation, continuation of affiliation, extension of affiliation to colleges or institutions, and recognition, continuation of recognition, extension of recognition to institutions of skill education and employability training and research or specialized studies ;
(n) to grant affiliation to colleges or institutions in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the Statutes, Ordinance and Regulations ;
(o) to approve annual plan for location of colleges, institutions, campuses, regional centres, skill centres and study centres, as prepared by the Board of Studies and recommended by the Governing Council ;
(p) to approve new courses, interdisciplinary courses and short term training programmes referred to it by respective Skill Departments or the Board of Studies ;
(q) to approve the courses syllabi, paper-setters, examiners, moderators and evaluation schemes of various courses recommended by the Skill Departments concerned ;
(r) to advise the University on all academic matters and submit to the Governing Council feasibility reports on academic programmes ;
(s) to create policy procedure and practice for choice based credit system for all academic programmes ;
(t) to work out the procedures, policies and practices to introduce more flexible approach to skills education and other academic programmes ;
(u) to prepare academic calendar of the University for the subsequent academic year as per the guidelines from the University Grants Commission and the State Government, three months before the expiry of the current academic year ;
(v) to recommend to the Governing Council, establishment of Skill Departments, colleges, schools, campuses, regional centres, skill centres, study centres, institutions of higher learning, research, specialized studies in skills education and employability training ;
(w) to exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be conferred or imposed on it by or under this Act, the Statutes, Ordinance and Regulations.
(2) The Academic Council shall refer all matters or decisions involving financial implications to the Governing Council for approval.
(a) to ensure that the University becomes a vibrant hub for promotion of skill education and employability training, research and development, interactions and linkages with skill education, employability training and entrepreneurship ;
(b) to consider and approve with modification, if any, the matter referred to it by the Board of Studies through the Skill Departments ;
(c) to ensure that there are choice based credit systems for all certificates, diplomas, degrees, post-graduation programmes and other academic distinctions ;
(d) to ensure that the spirit of research and entrepreneurship percolates to all Skill Departments, colleges, institutions, campuses, regional centres, skill centres and study centres of the University ;
(e) to approve fees, other fees and charges as recommended by the Board of Studies through the fee fixation committee ;
(f) to recommend to the Governing Council, the institution of courses, degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions ;
(g) to propose draft of Ordinances relating to the academic matters to the Governing Council ;
(h) to make amend or repeal Ordinance and Regulations relating to academic matters ;
(i) to allocate subjects to the Skill Departments ;
(j) to prescribe qualifications and norms for appointment of paper setters, examiners, moderators and others, concerned with the conduct of assessment and evaluation ;
(k) to consider and make recommendations of the Governing Council for creation of posts of University teachers and non-vacation academic staff, required by the University from the funds of the University and from the funds received from other funding agencies and prescribe their qualifications, experience and pay scales ;
(l) to prescribe norms for recognition of any member of the staff of an affiliated college or recognized institution as a teacher of the University, in consonance with the norms of the University Grants Commission and State Government ;
(m) to prescribe norms for granting affiliation, continuation of affiliation, extension of affiliation to colleges or institutions, and recognition, continuation of recognition, extension of recognition to institutions of skill education and employability training and research or specialized studies ;
(n) to grant affiliation to colleges or institutions in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the Statutes, Ordinance and Regulations ;
(o) to approve annual plan for location of colleges, institutions, campuses, regional centres, skill centres and study centres, as prepared by the Board of Studies and recommended by the Governing Council ;
(p) to approve new courses, interdisciplinary courses and short term training programmes referred to it by respective Skill Departments or the Board of Studies ;
(q) to approve the courses syllabi, paper-setters, examiners, moderators and evaluation schemes of various courses recommended by the Skill Departments concerned ;
(r) to advise the University on all academic matters and submit to the Governing Council feasibility reports on academic programmes ;
(s) to create policy procedure and practice for choice based credit system for all academic programmes ;
(t) to work out the procedures, policies and practices to introduce more flexible approach to skills education and other academic programmes ;
(u) to prepare academic calendar of the University for the subsequent academic year as per the guidelines from the University Grants Commission and the State Government, three months before the expiry of the current academic year ;
(v) to recommend to the Governing Council, establishment of Skill Departments, colleges, schools, campuses, regional centres, skill centres, study centres, institutions of higher learning, research, specialized studies in skills education and employability training ;
(w) to exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be conferred or imposed on it by or under this Act, the Statutes, Ordinance and Regulations.
(2) The Academic Council shall refer all matters or decisions involving financial implications to the Governing Council for approval.