COMPOSITION, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS REGIONAL ENGINEERING COLLEGES
(1 ) Chairman To be appointed by the State Government with the approval of the Central Government.
(2) & (3) Two representatives of the State Government- one from the Finance Department and another from the Department concerned with technical Education.
(4) One representative of the Central Government.
(5) & (6) Two nominees of the All-India Council for Technical Education-the nomination being made by the Regional Committee concerned.
(7) A representative of the University to which the college is affiliated.
(8), (9), (10) & (11) One non-official from each state in the region, interested in technical education, to be appointed by the State Government concerned in consultation with the Central Government.
(12) Principal (Ex-Officio and Secretary). The Board as a whole may co-opt not more than two persons.
Powers and Functions (i) To prepare and execute detailed plans and programmes for the establishment of the college and to carry out its administration and management.
(ii) To receive, to have custody and expand the funds of the college, and to manage the properties of the College.
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(iii) To prepare the budget estimates for each year, and to sanction expenditure within' the limits of the budget as approved by the Central Government and the State Government concerned.
(iv) To prescribe and conduct courses of study and training in different branches of engineering and technology.
(v) To prescribe rules and regulations for the admission of students to the various courses, in consultation with the Central Government.
(vi) To prescribe rules and regulations for and to hold examinations and declare the results, for Courses other than those for University degrees. In respect of the latter, to make arrangements in accordance with the statutes of the Universities concerned.
(vii) To institute and award Fellowships, scholarships, prizes and medals.
(viii) To supervise the residence, progress, health and discipline of the students.
(ix) To appoint and control such staff as may be required for the efficient management of the affairs of the College, and to regulate their recruitment and conditions of service.
(x) To co-operate with any other organisation in the matter of education and training in Engineering and technology,
(xi) To enter into agreements for and on behalf of the college.
(xii) To sue and defend all legal proceedings on behalf of the College.
(xiii) To appoint committees for disposal of any business of the college or for advice in any matter pertaining to the College.
(xiv) To delegate any or all of its powers to the officers of the Society for the administration of the affairs of the Society.
(xv) To consider and pass resolutions on the annual report, the annual accounts and other financial estimates of the College as it thinks fit, the annual report, the annual accounts and the financial estimates along with resolutions passed thereon being submitted to the State Government and the Central Government.
(xvi) To make, adopt and vary from time to time bye-laws for the regulation of and for any purposes connected with the management and administration of the affairs of the College and for
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furtherance of its objects, with the prior approval of the Central Government and the State Government.
(xvii) To make, adopt and vary from time to time bye-laws for the conduct of the business of the Board and the Committee to be appointed by it, for delegation of its powers for fixing the quorum and for co-option.
(xviii) To perform such additional functions as may from time to time be assigned to it by the Central Government-State Government
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