12. Authorities of Schools.—The following shall be the authorities of a School, namely:—
(a) a Board of Governors;
(b) a Senate; and
(c) such other authorities as may be declared by the Statutes to be the authorities of the
School.
13. Board of Governors.—(1) The Board of each School shall be the principal executive body of
that School.
(2) The Board of every School shall consist of the following Members, namely:—
(a) Chairperson to be appointed by the Visitor from among a panel of three names
recommended by the Central Government who shall be an eminent Architect or Planner;
(b) Principal Secretary or Secretary, Technical Education or Higher Education of the
respective State Government or Union territory in which the School is situated;
(c) one representative from the Institute of Town Planners, India to be nominated by the
President of the Institute of Town Planners, India;
(d) one representative from the Council of Architecture to be nominated by the President of
the Council of Architecture;
(e) a representative from the All India Council for Technical Education to be nominated by
the Chairman of All India Council of Technical Education;
(f) a representative of the University Grants Commission;
(g) one expert from the professions of architecture or landscape architecture or urban design
and one from Urban and Regional Planning nominated by the Council of School of Planning and
Architecture;
(h) two representatives from Senate; one each from Department of Planning and Department
of Architecture, by rotation, for a period of two years, in order of seniority;
(i) two persons not below the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government of India to be
nominated by the Central Government from amongst persons dealing with technical education
and finance or their nominee, ex officio;
(j) one person not below the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government of India to be
nominated by the Government of India, Ministry of Urban Development;
(k) the Director of the School, Member, ex officio;
(l) the Registrar of the School shall act as a Secretary to the Board.
14. Term of office of vacancies among, and allowances payable to, Members of Board.—
Save as otherwise provided in this section—
(a) the term of office of the Chairperson or any other Members of the Board shall be five
years from the date of his nomination;
(b) the term of office of an ex officio Member shall continue so long as he holds the office by
virtue of which he is a Member;
(c) the term of office of a Member nominated under clause (h) of section 13 shall be two
years from the date of nomination or till he holds the office whichever is earlier;
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(d) a casual vacancy of a Member shall be filled up in accordance with the provisions of
section 13;
(e) the term of office of a Member nominated to fill a casual vacancy shall continue for the
remainder of the term of the Member in whose place he has been nominated; and
(f) the Members of the Board shall be entitled to such allowances, if any, from the School as
may be specified in the Statutes, for attending meetings of the Board or as may be convened by
the School but no Member other than the Members referred to in clauses (h), (k) and (l) of
sub-section (2) of section 13 shall be entitled to any salary by reason of this clause.
15. Powers and functions of Board.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Board of
every School shall be responsible for the general superintendence, direction and control of the affairs
of the School and shall have all the powers of School not otherwise provided for by this Act, the
Statutes and the Ordinances, and shall have the power to review the acts of the Senate.
(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), the Board of every School shall have
the following powers, namely:—
(a) take decisions on questions of policy relating to the administration and working of the
School;
(b) establish departments, faculties or schools of studies and initiate programmes or courses
of study at the School;
(c) make Statutes governing the administration, management and operations of such School;
(d) appoint persons to academic and non-academic section of the School;
(e) consider and modify or cancel Ordinances;
(f) consider and pass resolutions on the annual report, the audited accounts and the budget
estimates of the School for the next financial year as it thinks fit and submit them to the Council
together with a statement of its development plans;
(g) provide, by Statutes, the qualifications, criteria and processes for appointment to teaching
and other posts in such School;
(h) exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be conferred or imposed
upon it by this Act or the Statutes.
(3) The Board shall have the power to appoint such committees, as it considers necessary for the
exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties under this Act.
(4) The Board shall conduct an annual review of the performance of the Director with specific
reference to his leadership in the context of the achievement of the objects of the School.
(5) The Board shall in exercise of powers and discharge of functions strive, to the extent possible,
to provide autonomy in academic matters to the Senate and Departments or Faculties or Schools, as
the case may be.
(6) Where in the opinion of the Director or the Chairperson, the situation is so emergent that an
immediate decision needs to be taken in the interest of the School, the Chairperson, on the
recommendation of the Director may issue such orders as may be necessary, recording the grounds in
his opinion:
Provided that such orders shall be submitted for ratification of the Board in the next meeting.
16. Senate.—(1) The Senate of every School shall consist of the following persons, namely:—
(a) the Director of the School, Chairman of the Senate, ex officio;
(b) five persons, from amongst the educationists of repute or eminent professionals, who are
not in the service of the School, nominated by the Chairperson of the Board of Governors;
(c) a nominee of the Institute of Town Planners, India;
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(d) a nominee of the Council of Architecture;
(e) a nominee of All India Council for Technical Education;
(f) Dean in charge of academic, research, student affairs, faculty welfare and planning and
development of the School;
(g) all the Heads of the Departments;
(h) all Professors other than the Heads of the Departments;
(i) four Members of the teaching staff, representing Associate Professors and the Assistant
Professors of the School, by rotation, for a period of two years:
Provided that an employee of the School shall not be eligible for the membership referred to in
clauses (b), (c), (d) and (e).
(2) The term of the Members of the Senate other than ex officio Members shall be two years.
17. Functions of Senate.—(1) Subject to the provision of this Act, the Statutes and the
Ordinances, the Senate of a School shall be the principal academic body of the School and be
responsible for the maintenance of standards of instruction, education and examination in the School
and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be conferred or imposed upon
it by the Statutes.
(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), the Senate shall have the following
powers, namely:—
(a) to specify the criteria and process for admission to courses or programmes of study
offered by the School;
(b) to recommend to the Board for creation of teaching and other academic posts,
determination of the number and emoluments of such posts and defining the duties and conditions
of service of teachers and other academic posts;
(c) to recommend to the Board for the commencement of new programmes and courses of
study;
(d) to specify the broad academic content of programmes and courses of study and to
undertake modifications therein;
(e) to specify the academic calendar and approve grant of degrees, diplomas and other
academic distinctions or titles;
(f) to exercise such other powers and discharge such other functions as may be assigned to it,
by Statutes or by the Board.
18. Chairperson of Board.—(1) The Chairperson shall ordinarily preside at the meeting of the
Board and at the convocations of the School.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Chairperson to ensure that the decisions taken by the Board are
implemented.
(3) The Chairperson shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be
assigned to him by this Act or the Statutes.
19. Director.—(1) The Director of a School shall be appointed by the Central Government with
the prior approval of the Visitor, on such terms and conditions of service as may be provided by the
Statutes.
(2) The Director shall be the principal academic and executive officer of the School and shall be
responsible for the implementation of the decisions of the Board and Senate and day-to-day
administration of the School.
(3) The Director shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be
assigned to him by this Act or the Statutes or delegated by the Board or the Senate or the Ordinances.
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(4) The Director shall submit annual reports and audited accounts to the Board.
20. Registrar.—(1) The Registrar of every School shall be appointed on such terms and
conditions as may be laid down by the Statutes and shall be the custodian of records, the common
seal, the funds of the School and such other property of the School as the Board shall commit to his
charge.
(2) The Registrar shall act as the Secretary of the Board, Senate and such committees as may be
prescribed by the Statutes.
(3) The Registrar shall be responsible to the Director for the proper discharge of his functions.
(4) The Registrar shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be
assigned to him by this Act or the Statutes or by the Director.
21. Other authorities and officers.—The powers and duties of authorities and officers other than
those mentioned above shall be determined by the Statutes.
22. Review of performance of School.—(1) Every School shall, within seven years from the
establishment and incorporation of School under this Act and thereafter at the expiration of every fifth
year, constitute, with the prior approval of the Central Government, a Committee to evaluate and
review the performance of the School in achievement of its objects in the said period.
(2) The Committee constituted under sub-section (1) shall consist of members of acknowledged
repute in academia or industry, drawn from such fields of knowledge as may have relevance to
teaching, learning and research in such School.
(3) The Committee shall assess the performance of School and make recommendations to the
Board in accordance with the provisions laid down in Statutes.
23. Grants by Central Government.—For the purpose of enabling the Schools to discharge their
functions efficiently under this Act, the Central Government may, after due appropriation made by
Parliament by law in this behalf, pay to every School in each financial year such sums of money in
such manner as it may think fit.