Section 13: Board of Governors

13. Board of Governors.—(1) The general supervision and control of administrative, academic and financial affairs of the Institute and the power to lay down policies of the Institute shall vest, in a Board of Governors consisting of the following members, namely:— (a) the Executive Director, COMSATS, who shall be the Chairman of the Board; (b) the Rector; (c) the Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Pakistan or his nominee; (d) the Secretary, Ministry of Education, Government of Pakistan or his nominee; (e) the Chairman, University Grants Commission or his nominee; (f) one person to be nominated by the Educational NGOs; (g) the Directors of the campuses of the Institute; (h) two Deans to be nominated by the Managing Committee of COMSATS; (i) three persons of outstanding merit to be nominated by the Managing Committee of COMSATS; and (j) the Registrar of the Institute, who shall be the Secretary. (2) A nominated member of the Board shall hold office for a term of three years and shall be eligible for renomination on the expiry of his term. (3) The office of a nominated member of the Board shall become vacant if he resigns or fails to attend three consecutive meetings of the Board without sufficient cause or leave of absence. (4) A casual vacancy in the office of a nominated member of the Board shall be filled by a person nominated by the authority which nominated the member whose vacancy is to be filled. (5) No act or proceedings of the Board shall be invalid by reason only of the existence of a vacancy in or a defect in the constitution of the Board.

Effective date: 2000-01-01

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