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ACT X OF 2020 ACT X OF 2020 BABA GURU NANAK UNIVERSITY NANKANA SAHIB ACT, 2020 An Act to provide for the establishment of Baba Guru Nanak University Nankana Sahib [Gazette of Punjab Extraordinary, 2nd July, 2020] Baba Guru Nanak University Nankana Sahib Act, 2020 was passed by the Punjab Assembly on 26 June 2020; assented to by the Governor of the Punjab on 1st July 2020; and was published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 2nd July 2020, pages 67-83. It is necessary in public interest to make provisions for the establishment of Baba Guru Nanak University Nankana Sahib and for the matters connected therewith and ancillary thereto. Be it enacted by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as follows: CHAPTER IV AUTHORITIES OF THE UNIVERSITY 25. Academic Council.---(1) The Academic Council shall consist of: (a) Vice Chancellor (Chairperson); (b) Pro-Vice Chancellor; (c) Deans; (d) Director, of Advanced Studies and Research; (e) two senior most Professors, other than ex-officio members, from each academic department; (f) all Professors Emeritus; (g) chairpersons of the academic departments; (h) four University teachers, other than Professors, two from each category of Associate professors and Assistant Professors, to be appointed by the Syndicate; (i) three persons eminent in sciences, social science and Arts, of whom one shall be from each category and shall include at least one woman from any of the categories, to be nominated by the Chancellor in consultation with the Vice-Chancellor; (j) Secretary to Government, Higher Education Department or his nominee not below the rank of Deputy Secretary; (k) Director Public Instruction (Colleges) of the Government; (l) Librarian of the University; (m) Controller of Examinations; (n) five experts in the field of education to be nominated by the Chancellor; and (o) Registrar (Member/Secretary). (2) A member of the Academic Council appointed by nomination shall hold office for a period of three years. (3) The quorum for a meeting of the Academic Council shall be one-third of the total number of members, a fraction being counted as one.