The Senate.– The Senate shall consist of the following persons, namely:– Ex-Officio Members. (1) the Chancellor; (2) the Vice-Chancellor; (3) the Pro-Vice-Chancellor; (4) 3[Commissioner and Secretary Higher Education] (5) the Director of Higher Education, Bihar; (6) the Director of Health Services, Bihar; (7) the Director of Technical Education, Bihar; (8) the Deans of Faculties; 2[(9) Half of such of the Heads of University Departments as are not Deans shall be nominated by the Chancellor in rotation.] 2[(10) Ten Principals of Colleges maintained by the University as are not Deans to be nominated by the Chancellor in rotation.] 2[(11) Five Professor/Readers admitted to the privileges of the University ______________________ 1. Subs. By Act 68 of 1982. 2. Subs. By Act 3 of 1990. 3. Subs. By Act 17 of 1993.

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in the manner prescribed in the Statues, are not Deans shall be nominated by the Chancellor in rotation.] Life members. (12) all ex-Vice-Chancellors of the University; Explanation.–1[For the purpose of the clause, the expression Vice-Chancellor does not include any ex-Vice-Chancellor who was appointed to fill a casual or temporary vacancy; (13) every person who has given to the satisfaction of the Chancellor whether in one or more installments, a sum of not less than one lac rupees in cash or in the shape of property of the equivalent value to or for the purposes of the University or of a College: Provided that for being a life member of the Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University, the fixed amount shall be twenty-five thousand rupees; Representative Members. 1[(14) Ten persons to be elected by and from amongst the members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly in such manner as may be prescribed by the Speaker of the Assembly, one of whom shall be from Scheduled Castes, one from Scheduled Tribes and three from other Backward Classes;] (15) four persons, to be elected by and from amongst the members of the Bihar Legislative Council in such manner as may be prescribed by the Chairman of the Council; 1[(16) Fifteen teachers other than Deans, Principals and Heads of University Departments having not less than five years’ teaching experience, to be elected by and from amongst the teachers of the colleges and the University Departments, two of whom shall be from Scheduled Castes, two from Scheduled Tribes and three from Backward Classes;] (17) One person to be elected by each of the Bihar Secondary Teachers’ Association, Bihar Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Bihar Anjuman Taraquie-Urdu, Indian Medical Association (Bihar branch), Institution of Engineers, Bihar Branch and Bihar State Lawyers’ Association from the area of the concerned University; Provided that in the case of the Lalit Narain Mithila University and the Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University, there shall be one representative of Maithili Sahitya Parishad in place of one representative of the Institution of Engineers; 2(18) ifjfu;e esa fofgr jhfr ls fo’ofo|ky; ,oa egkfo|ky; ds deZpkfj;ksa }kjk fuokZfpr fo’ofo|ky; ,oa egkfo|ky; ds deZpkfj;ksa esa ls ,d deZpkjh( 2(19) Five students from amongst the students of University to be elected in manner prescribed in the Statutes, by the members of the Union Council of the University Students’ Union;] (20) Five persons, other than ex-officio and teacher members of the Governing Body of Colleges, shall be elected by and from amongst members __________________________________ 1. Subs. By Act 17 of 1993. 2. Subs. By Act 68 of 1982. 3. Subs. By Act 16 of 2008.

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of the governing bodies of the University in manner as may be prescribed in the Statutes; Nominated Members. (21) three persons to be nominated by the Chancellor who are persons of scholarly pursuits; (22) one meritorious student to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor in the manner prescribed in Statutes, whose tenure will be of one year; (23) one student to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor in manner prescribed in Statutes, who has achieved distinction in sports and extra-curricular activities, whose tenure will be of one year; (24) one person to be nominated by the State Sports council, who has achieved a distinction in sports; 1(25) Six such registered graduates, other than the teachers of the University or its colleges, as have completed a period of five years after graduation, to be nominated by the Chancellor from the panel of registered graduates prepared by the Vice-Chancellor, one of whom shall be from Scheduled Castes, one from Scheduled Tribes and one from other Backward Classes.] 1(26) Such members of the Syndicate as are not members of the senate under the above provisions.] 2(27) Ten persons to be nominated by the State Government who are known for their academic interest, one of whom shall be from Scheduled Castes, one from Scheduled Tribes and three from other Backward Classes.] Legislative changes (after 1982)–The first change in this section was brought by Ordinance 39 of 1986 (w.e.f.17.12.1986) by which sub-sections (9) (10), (11), and (16) were substituted and this continued by successive Ordinances till Act 3 of 1990 was passed by which the substitution was accorded permanency. Originally these sub-sections read as follows:– “(9) such of the Head of University Departments as are not Deans; (10) Such of the Principals of Colleges maintained by the University as are not Deans; (11) half of the total number of Principals of colleges admitted to the privileges of the University in the manner prescribed in the statutes, who are not Deans, shall be nominated by rotation. (16) thirty teachers, other than Deans, Principals and Heads of University Departments having not less than five years’ teaching experience, to be elected from and by the teaching staff of colleges, and University Departments in such manner, as may be prescribed by the statutes, so that the teaching staff of every College and the teaching staff of every University/Department may be represented on the Senate under this sub-head in such number and at such intervals, as may be prescribed by the Statutes: Provided that for the Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University seven registered Acharyas of the University, seven representative teachers of the recognized institutions of Madhyama standard, four representative teachers of Tols nominated by the Chancellor, and two representatives of the Sanskrit Literature Association recognized by the State Government, shall be elected in the manner as prescribed in the Statues;” Thereafter a series of Ordinances amending different sections of this Act were promulgated but none had anything to do with this section. But Act 17 of 1993 which broke the chain of such Ordinances did touch this section also and substitution of some words in sub-section (4), substitutions of sub-sections (14), (16) and (25) and insertion of sub-section (27) were introduced. Prior to their substitution by Act 17 of 1993 which exist till today, these sub-sections, read as follows:– “(14) ten persons, to be elected by and from amongst the members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly in such manner as may be prescribed by the Speaker of the Assembly;” _____________________________ 1. Subs. By Act 68 of 1982. 2. Subs. By Act 17 of 1993.

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“(16) fifteen teachers others than Deans, Principals and Heads of University Departments having not less than five years teaching experience to be nominated by the Chancellor in such manner as may be prescribed by the Statutes;” “(25) five such registered graduates, other than the teachers of the University or its colleges, as have completed a period of five years after graduation to be nominated by the Chancellor from the panel of registered graduates prepared by the Vice-Chancellor: Provided that for the Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University not more than three persons, out of which two having rendered notable service for Sanskrit Education, shall be nominated by the Chancellor in the manner, as may be prescribed in the Statutes;”