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Who is the administrative and academic head of Indian University System? Correct Answer Vice-chancellor of a University

The people who manage the universities are:

  1. The Visitor/Chancellor:
    • ​​Appoints the Vice-Chancellor.
    • Nominate the specified number of members on the Executive Council/Syndicate.
    • Approve/disapprove the statutes and ordinances or amendments to them.
    • The institution of inquiries into mismanagement, if any. These functions are vested in authority outside the university to ensure objectivity and fairness in their performance.
  2. The Chancellor
    • ​​The Central Universities have a statutory office of Chancellor who is the head of the University.
    • An eminent person in public life is appointed to this office by the Visitor on the recommendation of the Executive Council. 
    • S/he is not vested with any other functions or powers.
    • The State Universities do not have a corresponding statutory office. The Governor, who is the Chancellor, also performs these roles. To that extent, s/he is deemed to be an officer of the university. This duality in the role of the Chancellor's office in State Universities has often caused considerable ambiguity and confusion.
  3.  The Vice-chancellor
    • The vice-chancellor is the administrative and academic head (Chief Executive Officer) of the university.​​
    • The vice-chancellor of Indian universities is appointed by the Visitor/Chancellor from a panel of names recommended by a Committee of eminent persons specially constituted for this purpose.
    • The vice-chancellor is ex-officio the Chairman of the Executive Council (Syndicate or Board of Management) and the Academic Council as well as the Finance Committee and other statutory bodies like Planning Board and Selection Committees. 
    • As the Chief Executive, h/she is responsible for ensuring that the university functions in accordance with the provisions of the Act, statutes, ordinances, and regulations.
    • He/she is responsible for ensuring discipline among teachers, staff, and students.
    • In an emergency, he/she can exercise any power of any authority and report the matter to the authority concerned for the ratification of the decision. He/she can delegate his powers to other officers. 
  4.  The Pro-Vice-Chancellor/Rector
    • ​​The Pro-Vice-Chancellor/Rector is the second level executive officer in a university, who is appointed by the Executive council on the recommendations of the vice-chancellor.
    • He/she exercises the powers and performs the duties that are prescribed by the university or delegated by the vice-chancellor. 
    •  the prime functions of the PVC/Rector is a kind of partnership with the vice-chancellor to ensure the effective functioning of the university. 
  5. The Deans
    • ​​Dean of Faculty is the Head of the faculty and is responsible to the Vice-Chancellor for the organization of the teaching and research programs as well as maintenance of the standards of teaching, research, and extension functions in the faculty.
    • A Dean is normally appointed from among the Professors in the departments that comprise the faculty for a period of 2-3 years through a system of rotation according to seniority.
  6.  Registrar
    • ​​ the head of the administrative wing of a university
    • S/He leads the university's civil service is the custodian of all university records and represents the university in all its dealings with the outside world.
    • S/He is ex-officio, the Secretary of all the Statutory bodies of the university, issues notices for their meetings, prepares the agenda, and also the minutes of the meetings. These key functions of the Registrar enable him/her to occupy a position of pre-eminence in university management.
    • The Registrar is normally appointed by the Executive Council (Syndicate) on the recommendation of a Selection Committee presided over by the vice-chancellor. 
  7.  The Finance Officer
    • ​​The Finance Officer is the manager of the University's funds and properties. 
    • The Finance Officer is responsible mainly for managing government funds, an officer from the government appoints on deputation to this position by the universities.

Hence, the Vice-Chancellor is the administrative and academic head of the Indian University System.

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