(1) The Chairman of the Board of Governance shall be nominated by the State Government for a period of five years and shall be eligible for reappointment for one more term. (2) The Chairman of the Board of Governance shall be an eminent academician or scientist or engineer of international repute, belonging to the domain of engineering or technology, having a fellowship of at least two academies or professional organizations in India or abroad, having earned a great reputation as a scholar or researcher, measured in terms of appropriate academic or professional or industrial standards and parameters or he should be an accomplished industrialist or entrepreneur or corporate leader, belonging to the domain of engineering or technology, and of national or international repute. (3) The position of the Chairman shall be honorary in nature and thus non-remunerative. (4) The Chairman shall preside, in the absence of the Chancellor, at any convocation for conferring degrees and he shall preside over the meetings of the Board of Governance and it shall be the responsibility of the Vice-Chancellor to implement the decisions taken by the Board of Governance and action taken report shall be placed before the ensuing meeting of the Board of Governance. (5) The Chairman shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the State Government or by the Chancellor, from time to time. (6) The provisions of sub-sections (13) and (14) of section 11 shall apply mutatis mutandis in respect of Chairman with the modification therein that for the word "Vice-Chancellor" the words "Chairman of Board of Governance" and for the word "Chancellor" the words "State Government" shall be substituted. (7) When the post of the Chairman is vacant, the Vice-Chancellor shall act as a Chairman of Board of Governance.
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>1</i>) The Chairman of the Board of Governance shall be nominated by the State Government for a period of five years and shall be eligible for reappointment for one more term.<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>2</i>) The Chairman of the Board of Governance shall be an eminent academician or scientist or engineer of international repute, belonging to the domain of engineering or technology, having a fellowship of at least two academies or professional organizations in India or abroad, having earned a great reputation as a scholar or researcher, measured in terms of appropriate academic or professional or industrial standards and parameters or he should be an accomplished industrialist or entrepreneur or corporate leader, belonging to the domain of engineering or technology, and of national or international repute.<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>3</i>) The position of the Chairman shall be honorary in nature and thus non-remunerative.<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>4</i>) The Chairman shall preside, in the absence of the Chancellor, at any convocation for conferring degrees and he shall preside over the meetings of the Board of Governance and it shall be the responsibility of the Vice-Chancellor to implement the decisions taken by the Board of Governance and action taken report shall be placed before the ensuing meeting of the Board of Governance.<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>5</i>) The Chairman shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the State Government or by the Chancellor, from time to time.<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>6</i>) The provisions of sub-sections (<i>13</i>) and (<i>14</i>) of section 11 shall apply <i>mutatis mutandis</i> in respect of Chairman with the modification therein that for the word "Vice-Chancellor" the words "Chairman of Board of Governance" and for the word "Chancellor" the words "State Government" shall be substituted.<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>7</i>) When the post of the Chairman is vacant, the Vice-Chancellor shall act as a Chairman of Board of Governance. <br>