12. Executive Committee of the Council.—(1) The Council shall constitute a Committee, called the
Executive Committee for discharging such functions as may be assigned to it by the Council.
(2) The Executive Committee shall consist of the following members, namely.—
(a) the Chairman of the Council;
(b) the Vice-Chairman of the Council;
(c) Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of the Central Government dealing with
Education, ex officio;
(d) two Chairmen of the Regional Committees;
(e) three Chairmen of the Boards of Studies;
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(f) a member of the Council representing the Ministry of Finance of the Central Government, ex
officio;
(g) four out of eight members of the Council representing the States and Union territories under
clause (k) of sub-section (4) of section 3;
(h) four members with expertise and distinction in areas relevant to Technical Education to be
nominated by the Chairman of the Council;
(i) the Chairman of the University Grants Commission, ex officio;
(j) the Director, Institute of Applied Manpower Research, New Delhi, ex officio;
(k) the Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, ex officio;
(l) the Member-Secretary of the Council.
(3) The Chairman and the Member-Secretary of the Council shall, respectively, function as the Chairman
and the Member-Secretary of the Executive Committee.
(4) The Chairman or in his absence, the Vice-Chairman of the Council shall preside at the meetings of the
Executive Committee and in the absence of both the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman, any other member
chosen by the members present at the meeting shall preside at the meeting.
(5) The Executive Committee shall meet at such time and places, and shall observe such rules of
procedure in regard to the transaction of business at its meetings (including the quorum at such meetings) as
the Council may provide by regulations.
13. Boards of Studies.—(1) The Council shall establish the following Boards of Studies, namely:—
(i) All India Board of Vocational Education;
(ii) All India Board of Technician Education;
(iii) All India Board of Under-graduate Studies in Engineering and Technology;
(iv) All India Board of Post-graduate Education and Research in Engineering and Technology;
(v) All India Board of Management Studies.
(2) The Council may, if it considers necessary, establish such other Boards of Studies as it may think fit.
(3) Every Board of Studies shall advise the Executive Committee on academic matters falling in its area
of concern including norms, standards, model curricula, model facilities and structure of courses.
(4) The area of concern, powers, the constitution and functions of the Boards of Studies shall be such as
the Council may provide by regulations.
14. Regional Committees.—(1) The Council shall establish the following Regional Committees,
namely:—
(i) The Northern Regional Committee with its office at Kanpur;
(ii) The Southern Regional Committee with its office at Madras;
(iii) The Western Regional Committee with its office at Bombay;
(iv) The Eastern Regional Committee with its office at Calcutta.
(2) The Council may, if it considers necessary, establish such other Regional Committees as it may think
fit.
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(3) The Regional Committee shall advise and assist the Council to look into all aspects of planning,
promoting and regulating technical education within the region.
(4) The region for which the Regional Committees may be established and the constitution and functions
of such Committees shall be prescribed by regulation.