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PROCEEDING OF THE FIRST !1EETING

OF THE BOARD OF HANAGEMENT OF

Th'E TEZPUR UNIVERSITY HELD ON

14 • 9 • 94 AT CONFERENCE HALL OF

HOTEL LU!T IN 'l'EZPUR

l·W.~1BERS PRESENT

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TEZPUR UNIVERSITY

Proceedings of the First meeting of

Management held on.14.9.94 at Hotel

Members present.

Pro£ K.M.Pathak V.ice-Chancellor Pro£ J.M.Choudhury

Pro£ Mahendra Bora

Dr o ·1 Bhupen Hazarik.a

Pro£ Prabhakar Jha

Pro~ Mihir l<r. Choudhury

Prof Atul· Goswami

Sri D.C.~hattacharyya

Ex-officio

..,, ..

oU~irman ~~~?J ~i~' Member ··· f{

" " .. .. "

Ex-off.icio ~pretary. ~'·f

94/1/1 An address of welcome by the V.ice-Chjpcellor. . fj?~

The Vice-Chancellor on his owri behal~f and on be~lf of :~!:'·,

the Faculty members and other staff members ~~ the University :>:.1

heartily welcomed the members of the Board of~ Management present

and offered sincere greetings to all of themt] He also observed . ~··

; ~hat t~e Tezpur Vniversi~y was fortunate to l~ve the galaxy of . ~ ~r

learned teachers, educationists, educational,~~Jdministrators and ;·;:.~'f-..

Artists from all over the country as members ;fp£ the first Board . "j

of Management nominated by the Visitor, and 9pined that they would · ., K!1.

. ·~»

definitely be able to gear up the Universt~Y in the right dite-;:~,: .

ction in formulating its policies. The membe~e were later tradi­~ ... ~

tionally received, on behalf of the Universi~~ by the Registrar.

94/1/2 ReJ?2rt on the constitution of the First Boar~iffo£ Management. ~;.f;

The Registrar read out the notification ijo. F.9-27/93-Desk . ::;;:;: .

V '~')Pt. I dt July 11, 1994 inserted below .. (~py o% the not.;l.fi.­~f;t

~tion already circulated to members )

\:.oned. 2

To

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-/ No. F.9/27/93-Desk(U)/R~~.I GOVERNMENT OF :INDIA~~:\

MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE ~~VELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF EDUCAT!J.~N •

The Registrar. Tezpur University Tezpur.

., ·~·; '~);.;;:: >~:\·:·t

}/~: July 11. 1994.

Sub: Tezpur University-Appointment of:yisitors nominee on the first Board of Ma.nagement~-t

Sir

~ ~". ;·~·;:·

. ; ;:~ been.pleased to nominat~ the following

.r~ . persons on the

three yearss

first Board of Managemj,pt for a term of

~F 1.

2.

4.

s.

Prof. Mrinal Miri Director, I IAS, Shimla

Dr. J. M. Choudhury Ex-Vice Chancellor Guwahati University.

Prof. s. Basheeruddin

f\:·

Prof of Mass communications ;, Osmania University, Hyderaba~.

·<:.

Shri B•K.Baksh1, Chairman, Indian Oil Corporation scope complex, Core 2-7 Instnl. Area Lodi Road, New Delhi-3.

or. Bhupen Hazarika

li:. .. · !;tc

~j~ Ltd .~; .. ·;

~,-

• >,,

77- B, Golf Club Road, Tollygunge, calcutta..;7oO 03~·

Oontd. P/3

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6. rrof,Mahendra Bora Ex.-President, Assam sahitya Board, Dibrugarh._

· 7. Prof Atul Goswami Former Professor of Econo~+cs, Dibrygarh University. '?'; Professor and Director, '' ' Instt. of SOcial Change ati{~ Development, . Nowjan Kaad, 'Uzanbazar, ~~~; ouwahati- 781 001 "'~

~:· ·,:: Prof T.Ramamurthy Professor of Civil Houz Khas, : Delhi-110 016

Enginn~f.ng Department1 IIT ,nelhi' ~~~.:.;

lQ..

Prof. Sllahasrabuddhe, ',~· Head, Department of Compu~·#r Science, University of Poona. ~:;'

Prof. P. Jha, ?~ Professor of French, ,·~:

Banaras Hindu University, :)' Varana.si.

11. ~rof~ M.K. Choudhury Department of Chemistry, , North Eastern Hill Univer~~ty Shill ong. · :?:,;

--~ .4

Yours faithfully

Sd/- ourgadas,GUpta, , Director.

Resolved that the above notifiq~tion be noted. . ~~::...:.!

Apprisal of the Approach Pkofile of Unive~~ity.

The Vice-Chancellor apprised the me~~rs of the Approach

Profile, prepared by himself,towards the ~i~elopment and the

line of action to be undertaken for t.he e~~~blishment of the ~~ .. ~·

University as per objects of the Act, ~~) ~!:i

The outline of the Approach Profile ~resented ·:is_ given in .

·t Annexure I.

J

contd. P/4.

. 94(1/4

(4)

Resolved that the Approach .Prof~fe presented by the

Vice-Chancellor for the establishment ·~,f the University be

accepted •

Apprisal of the Statu~ Report

The status report (given in AnneJ(~re II) illustrating 'f.iljl

·r~:·:·

the action taken by the Vice-chancell~t~ since the date of ~i-

bis assumption of officeP under claus~::::l2(3) of the Act. ~· .

was presented by the Vice-Chancellor ti~fore the Board. { .-;:·

Contd. P/5

{ 5).

members appreciated the .steps take-, -h ~ '=' :<

cellor towards the estabsishm~nt ~g - ~z~~

so far by the Vice­

the University and

following resolutions were adopte<ff :~.

Resolved that the Status Report

:hancellor be accepted.

iesolved that a Sub Committee with~;:~he following memgers ~--~,'.:\

)e constituted for final selection' of an architectural

~onsultancy firm out of the three f~rms short listed by ~~

~he Ad-hoc construction

:1> ~rof u..M.Choudhury

[ 2) Dr. Bhupen Hazarika

: 3 > Prof Mihir Kumar Cho11dhury

4) Vice Chancellor. >.

le it also resolved that the Sub c&~nmittee be requested ';/·;;-•·

~mit its report and the decisiont~ithin four weeks. ·:·

:n view of the urgency of the matt~'~, it is further ~~~-...

>lved that the decision arrived at~;ipY the Sub Conunittee .....

rding the selected firm shall be f.''~eated as final and ~~:

l be deemed to be the decision ta~~n by the Board of :c,J_.~

gement.

!deration and approval of Academ!s:; Matters. ~:.:~

v .c. informed the members of the ibard of Management ~- '1-~. ::~-...

the UGC has accorded arproval fot;~;_opening of 13 (thir-~···· '\.·:;

) academic departments (including ;':;~orne Centres of Stud!~ s) ·_::: _:--J<

he University (detailed list ;giveq~~in .the Status //

. !1:out of these depart~,/ 1rt in _Annexure· I_ I } •

s. classes have been started in tf~e following three ~I-:~-.

ects with effect £rom 15 July, 19~~ {Autumn Semester) . f~

Mathematics (4 Semester- M.Sc cd~rse)

_computer Science (6 semester M~~course} i.: ~ -~-- 1 Contd.

. 94/1/5.2

( 6).

and (iii) English Language Teaching (2 )'J.emester PG Diploma Course ) •

... The number of students admitted in the ~ourses being 20

f.J

(twenty). 10 (ten) and 20(twenty) res~btively. ~~;

The following departments are pro¥9sed to be started ~<::~ ..

from the Spring Semester {i.e. from 16~~i.95 subject to the -~ ~

availability of fund and accommodationP ~ ~:

(i) Four Semester MBA course in the ~chool of Management Sci~nc~s. ~f

.,.,(.

Three Semester Post Graduate Diptoma course Centre for Non-conventional Ener~~ studies.

}-~~·~;

(ii) in the

~~!~-· .\::.

(iii) Semester Mass communication.

(iv)

(v)

six Semester M.sc (Tech) in Info~~ation Science and Technology. and ~1s) ·

~- .: ..

Four Semester Master Degree Cow:•~pe in Economics. ~:r

The Board of Management noted wi'~ satisfaction the

progress made so far in academic activi~ies and the following f:"

decisiona were taken.

(a) Resolved that the opening of the t:.hree eour se s from 1::'

15.7.94 (AutWl\11 Semester) be approved~·;2 ..,_ :~·

(b)Resolved that the MBA course and th~;~PG ;>,,.

~· course in Non-,.,

conventional Energy Studies as proposeq·~:by the Vice-Chancellor

be started from 16 .1. 9 5 (i.e. Spring siJ,e ster). ~-~:'·; .

(c) Resolved further that introducti~fi of.the remaining «·•F. ~~:11~

courses be deferred till the constitut~~n of the Planning ~ ~r.:

and Academic committee. -~?,t:~ ~~·~­\j;·'

Consideration and approval of the Acadifuic Calender: . 'i•!l· ·:t-1::

Perused the academic calender for the !'ar 1994-95 and the ,.!-?"·

list of holidays for the calender year~994 for the University

offices and the academic departments, :~ presented by the v.c. ;-?

(Annexure III) and resolved that the s~~ be approved. t~~-

Contd. P/7 •

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consideration and approval of appoi~tments of teaching '"•"'.".l

(on deputation) and non-teaching <on d~~tation/temporary) staff:

The Vice-Chancellor informed the ab~rd about the following w;~;;, made by him -

appointments of teaching and ~n teacb4pg staff/Under clause '!>' -.~

No. 12(3} of the Act and also as per a~~ice of the Ad-hoc <..~;

. · .. %{

Advisory Conunittee constituted by the ~hC•, for starting the Y\~

initial functioning of the University./,.

Professor A.c.Borkakoti. M.sc. Ph.D anti sri s.sinha, M.sc, D.c.A ;.o, -.

respectively as Professor in the depar~~ent of Mathematics, and ·.;:_. ~~r.:-

as Lecturer in the department of Compu~~r Science. on deputa-~

tion. Dr. Borkakoti, Professor and Heal~ Department of Mathematics, ~.'? -~

Dibrugarh University, is on deputation~:tor 3 (three) years. Sri ;~--~ ,i-' ..

Sinha, an ¥.Sc in Physics and deploma l~plder in Computer €!~'

Application has been serving in ·the cor!Jputer Science Department ~~~~

of Gauhati University for more than foqt years and has acquired ~~}1.:

expertise in setting up and

Sinha has been.appointed as

organisatiip of Computer lab. Sri

a- Lecturerlfin the Computer Science t .f:;~ Department, on deputation, for

above persons are given as per

Government.

one yeai,:i' only. Salary etc of the

deputatl~n rules of the central -{~r . ·., ~

(ii) Prof. s.N.sarma, Retd Principal. Darra~~g College,as o.s.n. for ... ~ .~

a period of two years with a consoli-~~ed monthly salary equal

to the last pay drawn by him as the Prlhcipal of Darrang College. ~~! '

(iii) Sri Biren Das, M.sc (First Class Maste~';;Degree holder inphysics

with £our years Ph.D level r~search exJ,~rience) fHS Assistant· ?-s<

Registrar for a period o£ one year at (.{gc scale of payo ··'i--·

(iv) Sri Rabindra Nath sarma. B.sc <with 15 ~~ars experience as Office ;".)•

Asstt at GaUhat1. 'University) a:s Sectior~-; 0££1cer on deputation ~-

from Gauhati University for one year ( ~putation as per the :-.:s

.}~:~ ":..:,. Central Government rules).

contd. P/8.

·-~ ..

(v)

(vi)

(vii)

~8)

sri Babul Talukdar, M.com (with 15 thirteen years expe­... ·:\

rience as Accountant in a Govt.of A4~am undertaking) as ~~·~ ·"g

Assistant Finance Officer for a per~q~ of one year on ;' .. :~

deputation (Deputation as per Centr~:f Government Rules). ::::;'.·

Sri suren Barua. B.A., LL~ as O:i!"f,ice Assistant cum ::·.·· :;.'-:/:.

Typist for a period of one year, at :~·pe prescribed scale of .;~~;·:

pay. and

17 (seventeen) persons as tempora#:y D:-grade employees

(Driver, Peon, Chowkider, Hostel menlal, Cook etc) each for ~~'

different periods but not exceedina;one year • • !'\

Resolved that the appointments of the above persons on their ·(.~-~;

respect~ve te~s and conditions be ~pproved. ~·~{

94/1/5'4. Consideration and approval of a~bointments of Visiting r--t

Profe:;sors o~ c~n1:-:ac:t,Visiting Fel~ows ~·:;bues~ Lecturers

The Vice-Ch<-.Pcellor apprised th~r members that -.. ,. \;·

(i) so far, only two faculty members- o~j~ in the Department "'i;;:" ~?; ... ·

[

of Mathematics and the other in the ~SJepartment of ELT have }: on contract

been appointed as Visiting professo~r~/for a period of two :-.... :

years each on fixed pay equal to th~"\amount drawn by them _-.;.. t

in their last respective assignment 0~t Gauhati University. ,;:f

The two appointees are Dr. M.N.'Baru~r. (for the department

of Mathematics) and Prof A. Lais( fo~:·;ELT Department). Dr

Barua a former Reader in the departn\~nt of Mathematics, .........

Gauhati University,recently retired(ts Controller of Exami-

nations, o.u. In addition to his tq,aching assiqnment in ~ r~~~;- .

the Department of Mathematics at Teipur University. Dr. ~ :.~,._~:

Barua has also been engaged in exami~~ation matters. Prof • . · .. ~·. ·:~-~i.

Lais was a very successful teacher and has recently retired ~)

ac a Reader fx-om the ELT Depi;i; o£ oa1~hati University. ~-::· ~- ~_;

contd. P/9

{9)

(ii) services of several eminent teq~hers~ from different . ?(;

LLecturers for takinq classes

(iii)

94/l/5'5

institutions of hiqher le~rnino· uni'~ersities/IITS/Degree t_;;~

Colleges) have been utilised as Vi~fting fellows/GuestLin . ~~

the three .Departments on daily honcitarium basis as per the ~\. :T,;,,": UGC Rules. '>~ on contract

Appointments of Visiting Profe~~ors/Visiting fellows/ l).t

Guest Lecturers may have to be mad~\'from time to time in ..::; ~-

the future also under clause 12(2)Z~III of the Statute

included in tl:le Second iSchedule ofi;:~he Act, for facilita-'. i·

tinq better academic exposures to the students. . . ~l

Resolved that the abov~ arrangemen~~·made by the Vice­~:::;

Chancel..lor be. ·approved. and the V .g~ be authorised to take ~.tt

similar s~eps in future as and when ba considers it "'

necessary. l;.-~:,

consideration and approval of b~dgets and statements ~:--;

of accounts of expenditure and als~;: fund position of the C":)r ~:;,- .

University . . ~~~··

~he vc.i p,laced before the membei;;"s ';~ ~

the following for

their consideration and ·approval- i~, :f

(a) the budget estimate for

submitted by the University

1993-91. and 1994-95 already

(b) the audited accounts

already submitted to the

.,..,;_ ~~-

to the'/U .G. c. • {Annexure IV) ;~,"

for the period 19-1-94 ~~~~-

U.G.c. <~hnexure V) f .. ~~

to 31.3.94

(c) the audited accounts from 1.4.{~4 to 31.8.94 is at

Annewre VI.

contd. P/10.

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-The v.c. also apprised the membe~s about the fund <!>-$.!

position of the University. . ' '.

The U.G.c through whom the fund l~ channelised to'the ~~- (

University by the MHRD has informed ~pe Vice-chancellor ~.- ;.•

that the central Govt did not make afiy special budget :k~-:~

provision for this University while ~dopting the last Central -E~ ~

Budget. However, a sum of Rs. 80 lal{fis has ·be'en released by ~;\

the UGC from its own fund for initi~{ing some academic ~~}

activities at the. University. No fur!d for the construction

of the boundary wall. not to speak J~ construction of build­

ings at the site, has been sanctionl~ by the UGC. It appears ;~§~

that the.t;e has ·been some rnisunderst6.11c;U.ng between the MHRD ;~;::.

and the UGC as regard to the allotm~bt and subsequent release ~3-=·

of fund to both the newly establish~~ Central Universities ~ ..•. _,

in Assam. Unless this is sorted outf~the growth and develop-} _ _-:': ' ;-;·

ment of this infant University will '·pe badly h:lmpered. The

Vice Chancellor has already taken UJ::/ithe matter at the highest

level, and the difficulties faced b~"fthe University has been ;·_·: .: .. •

brought to the notice of sri Ar j•J ,. ~}.}ngh, Minister, Human ~1_:

Resource Development, . Dr Manmoh~~ Singh. Finance Minister. :.f

Sri santosh Hoban Dev, Minister of 4~eel, Govt. of India, Q: .. J;

Sri Hiteswar 5aikia, Chief Minister ':,:gf Assam, and others. ·:~;.~:

Out of the total amount of Rs. &9 lakhs received, so far, ~j."{

in three instalments, an amount of ~. 63 lakh (approx) has

been spent (detailed account has beJ~ presented in the state-~ . .. t

~~~j; rnent o£ expenditure). Money receiveq~~has been kept in savings

~-: ·. "{:"

Bank accounts in three Banks viz, st;~te Bank of India. Te2pur - f.~\

Branch, Allahabad Bank. Tezpur Brand1, and Indian Overseas ~.;; ~ .....

Bank, Guwahati Branch. All accounts~~re being jointly operated ~i~

Contd. P/11.

(11).

by the Vice-chancellor and the Regist~ar. and this arrangement :~ '

shall have to be corl.tinued till the a,~swnption of Office by ~f .

the Fill.ance Officer to be appointed ~~- the Visitor. The Ministry

of Human Resource Development has re~~atedly been requested ·.,:.~

~:~: by the Vice-chancellor to expedite the appointment of the

~.r= Finance Officer.

The budget estimates for 1993-9·f:and for 1994-95 • and the

audited accounts for.the period 19.1~?4 to 31.3.94 ~nd from

1.4.94 to 31.8.94 are placed in the G}:taeting for consideration ~;~

and approval by the members. ...

The meeting perused the above f~cts in details and ~~]:

resolved that tl1e budget estimates a9-d the audited accounts .;:;_

be approved.

Resolved further that the opera~ion of the Bank accounts ;:.-~,

~\' jointly by the Vice-chancellor and the Registrar be approved.

!.;-:::

94/1/5 '6 consdmration and approval of te~\porary arrangements of

(1) (a)

(b)

~~:

accommodation for Class rooms. hoste:is. Guest houses,Library. -;~·,

Offices and residences:

The Vice Chancellor informed th~ members of the Board _·_:,_

that the following temporary arrangerPents have been made for ~~~-

class rooms, hostels, library, offic~• .. and residences of Vice-Chancellor, RegiRtrar and Vlsitlng Professors:

;J

Class rooms and o££ices:

A portion of the Tezour Law cciilege building has been -~~~

taken on rent at CPWD rate for holdipg classes for three - ..

departments viz l1athematics, compute}=· Science and ELT., and

for Offices of the Vice Chancellor ~pd the Registrar. >(; ~

. :~J Six ~ooms of Old commerce building of narrang College have

~~~ =··-:-·

been placed at the disposal of the 'l]~zpur University for its

exclusive use without any rent by tl~~ College authority. The roQms-?,";

are beinq repaired by the Universit~'for its own use.

contd. P/12.

( 12).

(c) One private Assam type house with 5 ~9oms has been taken on

(ii)

rent for

(iii)

·'

rent at CPWD rate, for us~ of the Fiq~nce department. ~;-'

Residences: The following private hoti$eS have been taken on ~-.

(.:(

(a) V.Co at c.P.W.~ rate,

(b) the Re9istrar at CPWD rate,

(c) Visiting Professor at a negotiat~~ rent of Rs. 1300/- PM ~;-

~~ ~: Hostels

(a} ~ne private house as Men's hostei} for accommodating 25 i ·.

male students have been rented at;·· a negotiated rent of

Rs. 3000/- P.M.

(b) One private house as Women's host~l for accommodating 10 ~:. -~::

girl students at a negotiated req~ of Rs. 1500/- P.M.

(iv) Guest Houses: Two guest houses- one·~~th seven small rooms

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(a)

;':.:·

each with a single bed accommoda~~on and attached bath

"looms and the other with 6 big r(ioms havinq double bed ~~-

accommodation with bath rooms are ;~aken on rent at CPWD ;:;·

rate for v !siting Teachers/Guest ~·~ecturers etc.

Resolved that the above arrangem~nts of accommodation t'~-

made by the University ·to make it fur_iptional be approved. -~··., ~. ·~

;.;-.

consideration and approval of putchase of equipments, books, ::; furniture..!; household articles, vehic~;~s etc.

r~r The Vice~Chancellor apprised that~/ :

. ~~

~: ·.

For the department of Computer sqfence and for Office r: ..

management, quotations were call~~ from reputed firms ~t .

representing the manufacturers for stq:Jplying of several ~~-' ;.-'.(

Computer systems. Large number of pa~£ies responded. Compara-~~~~-

tive quotations were scrutinised by "~p. expert committee

headed_by Dr. Gautam Barua, Professo~fand Head, Department

of Computer Science and Engineering, liT, Kanpur and a list

Contd. P/13.

(b)

(c)

(13)

of suitable items was prepared as per ~he advi~e of the ~-

Conunittee. Considering availability of ·fhe fund, orders nave

been placed for 24 (twenty four) Pe-A~~ (5 Nos with hard disks ~& . ';.~~-

plus 19 Nos. diskless). one Printe~. qgftwares, UPS and one

SUN SPARC STATION 5 (to be imported fJ~m the U.s.A)with M/S ·~-~-.:-

HCL Hewlett Packard Ltd, and Mjs Wipro\;rnlotech respectively. ~:· /

Audib and Video teachin~ aids for ELT(Oepartments have been ---~.--

~:>;.

purchased from Vendors quoting lowest ~rice. ~Il

One FAX machinq and one Xerox machine have been purchased ~~ .. ~·

sed from Mjs Godrej co.

'(d) Some essential text books for the thre~· academic departments t-1

viz Mathematics, Computer Science and i:lfT have been purchased ;:<;; ... \

f~;-:

as per requisition of the respective i'i1charge of the three ;;•.,

... · teaching departments. Bes1de~, 3 sets!£?£ Encyclopedia and

""-{-!

' several general books have also been ~prchased for the·library •

. ;;i I

(e) Essential ·. 1.1rnitures and household articles for v.c s residence, ... .:.,···

Guest Houses and hostels have been purq~ased from the market t}

on the basis of quotations of lowest ~pd reasonable prices. ;.;• ;-(::

Two Ambassador cars, and two Ma.ruti Vcihs have been purchased ~:

from the authorised sealers.

Resolved that the above action taken liy the Vice-chanceilor ·:·r.

be approved.

94/1/5'8 For consideration and approval of Man~gement Consultancy. f:.~~

The Vice chancellor inl6ormed thar for conductina MBA course

as per the guidelines of the All India Council for Technical [;· .

Education, New Delhi (the authority

start such technical courses at the

senior person in management studies

~ ..

fqF granting permission to

N{)ional Level ) • a very .

is', to be retained as p

Consultant to assist and advise any ~ply started department

l, Contd P/14.

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(14)

~f MBA. Accordingly Prof Rakesh Khur~na , Director, Centre ''tf:: :..;;;

for Management Education ( CME-AI~) ;~;,Management House, New ·

Delhi has been.engaged as the consU~fant on a honorarium of ;~·:

Rs. 2,500/- P M. for one year.

Resolved that the above action ;~ken by the ~iceyChanoellor

be approved.

The Vice-chancellor informed the(members that a team of

experts from Gauhati University, headed by Dr. M.C.Bhuyan, :r;

M.sc, Ph.D, JLl.Js;,. B retired Registra~'~ Gauhati University, has

been engaged as consultant for pre~£ation of the draft ~~~!~ .

Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations, R~les etc. as per the Act f~~ .. . . .

of the University on contract basis.,t;

The above action of the Vice-c~ncellor may kindly be ~j

approved and the quantum of honorariUm for the consultant ?·/.

may kindly be fixed by the Board of ~anagement • . !~~·~

Resolved that the action taken b.¥ the Vice-chancellor

be approved.

Resolved further that the consur~ant may be paid an ~7.~:. six

honorarium at the rate of Rs. 600/- ;:~Rupeesjhundred) only ~:

per Statute/Ordinance/Regulations etg. 1':-.'"". '~ ··,

. Be it also reso-lved that the con~ultant may be paid ~ \

partly at the time of submission of the draft copies of the -~1

Statutes, Ordinance etc. and may be Paid in full, after ·g~

consideration of the Board of r1anageL~ent and anunendment made

if any. ~\ ~:-:=.

Consideration. and approval-of ap~pintment of c.A. Firms. ~~~~~

The Vice-Chancellor reported tha~the UGC (vide its

letter No. F.2-1/94(F)-IV dtd 4~4~94) directed the

University to appoint immediate!¥ some qualified c.A. . ·8'i-:-.

Contd P/15 • •

94flf6.

(15).'

firms for the purpose of auditing the University accounts, ~·:

and preparation of the utilisation J>f fund received by the

University. Accordingly two c.A. · fi;i"ms, namely-~r

i) Md. saquei & co, ·oighalipuk~ripar. ~::~·

Guwahati-781 001, and

ii) M/S Das and Sharma, charter~p Accountants, ~··,:-

Dr. J.C.eas Road, KamarpattY;; GUwahati-781 001, : ,, the former

were selected out of several c.A. f!rmsjbeinq well experie-

nced in auditin9 University account~, and the latter being :';:,

equipped with computerisation of a~counts.The selection

has been duly intimated to the UGC ~ide our letter No.

TU/32/IFiu/94/2-dated and ~Js oas and Sharma has •·C· -~:~.

already been engaged for auditing tpe University accounts. ;~~~1

The above action taken by the Vice-Chancellor may kindly ~~:

be approved.

Resolved that the selection of l;he two CA firms made by :~

the Vice-chancellor be approved.

Resolved further that the C.A.f}rm, M/S oas and Sharma,

may be engaged for a_period of one ~ear i.e. for 1994~95 at

a suitable remuneration to be negot!ated by the V .c. -·~· :;_ ...

. ·.·

Consideration and approval of;the Draft Statutes,

Ordinances, Special Committees, rul§s etc, as required under ~~

Section 27( 2), 28( 2) and 29 af the i:\.ct and Section 24.( 1) of :;.;.

the Statute included in the Second schedule of the Act. . >;:·;

The Vice-chancellor reported th~~ Dr. M.c.Bhuyan and . ~ .. ~):

:. ... -: his associates has submitted to him \iraft copies of 10 (ten)

150-~~ ~-" Statutes .. and 15 (fifteen) Rules ancf~Regulations for the

/.\ University. The ·drafts have been

-~ ;

par~:p~red as per the Univer­:j/~~

sity Act .. and after consulting relevant materials of the

contd P/16.

94/l/7.

'.

(16).

following Universities:-

1)

ii)

iii)

iv)

v)

Hyderabad University (central) ~' ,"t

NEHU. Shillong (central)

JNU • New Delhi (central)

University of Delhi (Central)

Gauta ti University. Guwahati · (State). ''

After deliberations • member~_ decided that Pro.fon J .M.

Chaudhury be requested to go thro~gh all the draft Statutes. ' .. ;.~

Ordinances, Rules & Regulations fqf further scrutiny and

finalisation in consultation with ;pr. M.c.Bhuyan and his ' ··-~:

associates when these shall be tre,!ted as being accepted

by the Board.

Resolved that the drafts of t-he 10 (ten) Statutes. 1~ n·

15 (fifteen) Ordinances and 15 (fiEteen) Rules & Regulations T:~

as sutmitted by Dr. M.C.Bhuyan and ·:·his associates be taken

as adopted by the Board· after the~~ are revised and finalised tf~-::.

by Prof. a.M.Chaudhury.

Consideration and approval o:fL Logo and Motto for the ~~- :.

Tezpur University.

The Vice-Chancellor reported ~hat a competition was .&:-.

organised by floating advertisemen~~ in News Paper_s on National ::..::

basis for an appropriate Logo for the Tezpur University. Three :. ~

prizes were also announced in this :-ponnection. Response. was z· . .,_

very satis4actory, and quite a good number of entries were ,.

received. A board of experts heade~ by Sri Neelpawan Baru~h, '

an artist of repute. was constitut~p by the Vice-Chancellor

to select in order of· preference three appropriate Logos ~~

matching the aims and objects of trtk University. The selection ~-?:

made by the Committee is placed be~·0re the., members for t.heir ..... ~~. ;:~; ;'.?.-·'f consideration and finalisation. .,,;

_•,;.,. ......

contd.P/17 ·

(17).

As regards the selection of 11Motto 11, the Vice-chancellor wrote

o.o.letters to several prominent schofar,s of the country. Respon-.,. ,, ~·:

se was overwhelming. All the suggest~~ mottos received from :·:··

various scholars are placed for cons~~eration of the members. :~~-

After scrutiny, the logo preparect_~by the artist SEX_o£ !xclusive

Advertising.Panbazar, Guwahati ---------------- and identified as No. 1 by Sri .~:~:·

Neelpawan Barua was accepted as the 1ego of the University by ~ ... ~

the Board suggesting, however, certaip modifications to be made

by the artist in consultation with Sri Neelpawan Baruah, ::~-:

Further, the Board considered and accepted the following ~ exerpt from "Aiteria Upanishad 11 recornn~ended by Prof ~ v

Pandey

A.

---- of the Kashi Vishwa Vid¥alaya-~~

11 Vigya-nam Yajnam Tanute 11 :·:

as the Motto of the University and acciepted the following ~~~

resolution-

N.

Resolved that the logo prepared by~ Exclusive Advertising f~0

with the suggested modifications and with the Motto "Vigyanam ;:' :···

Yajnam Tanute 11 inscribed in it be acc~pted as the Common Seal -. ..-;

of the Tezpur University.

Further, the Board recommended th~t the competitors whose :~-;

:~/-

logos were placed as first, 2nd and t~ird in order of preference

be awarded the notified prizes((!.Cf Rs. \::1000/•, Rs. 750/- and Rs.

500/-) • · .. · •'

Further recommended that Sri Neelt~wan Baruah be given a '1':'

lump sum amount of Rs. 1.000/- (Rupee~ one thousand only) as ~;.~~

honorarium for the services- rendered b;l.: him in selecting the Logo. . ~:

During the discussion on the cornf;ton seal o£ the University, ·r:r

the.Vice.;.Chancellor requested Dr. Bhu~n Hazarika to compose a

Contd. P/1B.

94/1/8

. (18).

a little song for Tezpur University. ~~ was supported by all the ~:~~

members of the Board. Dr. Hazarika. kindly consented to compose ;f_)

the song.

creation of academic posts for various departments as E'.!,.

sanctioned by the U.G.C.

The Vice-chancellor informed the m~nwers that as per his ~r

request,· the UGC has accorded approva~:for opening of 13 (thir­

teen) teaching departments as rnention~p below: ;;.::-

Departments/Centres approved by t~¢ UGC for Tezpur University.

Name of the departments/centres

· 1. Department o~.Methematical

Sciences

2. Department of Computer Science

3.. Centre for English and Foreign Languages:English

4 (1) Department of Electronics

(ii) Centre· for Electronics Design and Technology (c.-J:DT)

s. School of Management Sciences

6. Department of Chemical Sciences

7. Department Information Science

and Technology

8. Department of ~olecular Biology and Biotechnolo.gy

9. Centre for Non-conventional Energy· 5tudi.e s

10. Department of Physical Science

11. Department of 1-tass Communication

12 •. Department of Fine Arts and

Performing Arts

;~;-,

Staff approved. P R L. Others

1 2

1 1

1 1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

-

1

1

2 1 (Prog­rammer)

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

contd P/18

94/1/8 1 1

94/1/8 1 2

94/1/8'3

94/l/8'4

13. School of Economics

:Department of Economics

(19)

p R L Others

Except for the last four departments (Nv.. 10-13) minimum teaching ;:.:j. '\•

staff for each department as shown in t'~1e above list. has also r? .:~: been sanctioned by the UGC •

• The Board may k~ndly create the abo¥e posts as sanctioned by

the UGC as requred under clause 12(2) (i) of the statute included !:'!-.

~~::-

in-the second Schedule of the Act.

After deliberations. the Board adopt~d the following " ~~~:

resolutions:

Resolved that -the courses already ~tarted from 15.7.94 in f.~! ..._ ·~-

the following departments/centres be approved and the teaching ·7.::~'-

posts sanctioned by the UGC for these thi:-ee departments/Centres_ flt~ .

be created.

(i)

(ii)

(iii) Centre for English and Foreign Languages •.;:_.'..,

: P: G. Diploma course in E .L. T. '_:-': ... _:.~·

Resolved that the Vice Chancellor ~e authorised to take ~i

necessary steps to start the following

Spring Semester ..ioGJ.6.1.95

~wo courses from the ~--;~:}

( ;.·'.

(i) MBA course in the Sobool of Manavement Sciences (4 Semester) ·.'"

(ii) PG Diploma course in the Centre ~or Non-conventional .r:.~.

Energy Studies ( 3 Semesters ) • <:

Resolved that the academic posts sanctioned by the UGC for ~:~:;

the above departments and the centre be ~Feated. <·."·

Resolved further that the starting:i·pf the remaining depart-~-:#::~ - ~--

.:.-;~

Contd. P/20.

94/1/9

94/1/lo.l

(20)

ments approved by the UGC may be deferrea till the constitution }.:·

of the Planning and Academic Committee •. :

creation of non-teaching posts.

The Vice-Chancellor apprised the merrlbers that the administra­{-:1

tion of the university has now been ~ ~~naged by a hand-full of .J:':.

persons. It is felt that for smooth.~nning of the admini­,r stration. appointment of minimum number ~f administrative staff

is essential •. Accordingly ~ list of mini~itum requirement of non­:.:~;.

teaching staff for the initial fiQ:?e year!·/ period ,.i.e. 1994-99

indicating the minumum requirement for ~pe first year (i.e. 1994-95) . ~~

has been submitted to the UGC as per the;· advice of the secretary,

UGC .(list al:eady ~rculated to members).;:· List of minirnurrr require­

nents is enclosed at Annexure VII. ..,

The approval of the UGC is awaited. powever. the posts <

' as detailed in the list may be created ~X the Soard as required

·=.._{.~

under clause 12(2)(1) of tha statute included in the second ::"'

Schedule of the Act.

Resolved that the non-teaching staff.for the period 1994•99'=

as mentioned in the l!st submitted by tq@ vc to the UGC be created.

Nomination of•rnembers to various Co~nittees. ::;.-

As per the clause 19(1). of the Sta~Jte included in the Second >;<J

Schedule. three persons are to be nominated by the BOM to the ~-~ ..

Finance Committee.

Resolved that following three persoq7 be nominated for the

Finance Committee by the aOM for . a p~F,iod of three years.

1. Pro£. Atul Goswami. a member of BQ~ ~~~.:-:··:

2. Director of Accounts. Govt. of Assahi ,:z.~-

3. Dr (Mrs) Lakshmi Goswami. Tezpu~.

Contd. P/21

~ 94/l/10 '2

94/1/10'3

94/1/10'4

94/1/10'5

(21)

For Bufld~ng committee.

Resolved that Sri A.K.Padmapat.:l, Ex-Principal. Assam Engg t ~-~

College., Guwahati be nominated;:9-S BOM nominee to the ~: -~

Building committee under Statute vi made as provided ~1

under Sections 18 ( 7) and 25 of ';the Act. -:.r:f

Selection committee for c Grad~: staff.

(handing Gomrni ttee No. 1) unde~~~ clause 24 ( 1) and 24 ( 2) ~' ·.~-

of the statute included in the 'pecond Schedule of the Act. ~ !

Resolved that the following tw~\persons be nominated by

the BOM as members of the Selection (.fommittee for C Grade

employees.

1. sri Nanidhar Ka!ita. Ex-DPI+H1Assam. Guwahati

2. Prof Chandra Mohan Medhi, R~tired Principal Tezpur t~

c~ile,ge, Tezpur

6election Committee for D Gra~~ staff (Standing Committee -..-::;,•

No. 2 ander clause 24(1) and 24(2) o£ the Statute included in. >!.~~

~~:~:.·.

the Second Schedule of the Act. '· -~---

Resolved that the following t~o persons be nominated .. 7~;:;

by the BOM as members of the Selection committee for D Grade ~-· -'·"

employees-

1. Sri Nanidhar Kalita., Ex-DPI, J~ssam. Guwahati . -~~.

2. Prof Chandra Mohan Medhi. Retired Principal Tezpur College. {;~·:

selection Committee for the ~'.post of Librarian.

Resolved tha.t the following per~pns be nominated by the ;;:.;;...

BOM as members in the Selection Comnjittee for the post of

Ligrarian as provided under clause £b(l) and 20(2) of the ~::.. .. t~-

Statute included in the Second Schedule of the Act. ~{

contd. P/22.

94/1/10'6

94/1/10'7

94/l/10'8 .

(22).

1. The Librarian, Hyderabad Univer,ftY I 2. The Librarian, JNU, New Lelhi ·

experts

3. Prof J.M.Choudhury, Ex Vice-chaqcellor, Gauhati University and Member, :~oM.

;;:'

Selection Committee for the post of;: Controller of Examinations ~. ' ; ~~

Special committee under 24 ( 1) of tli~ Statute included in the tl'

Second Schedule of the Act).

Resolved that a special Selection Cprnmittee for the post o£ ~~"_;

Controller of Examinatiorube constituted with the following ff':~ --·:

members:

1. Vice chancellor- Chairman .,

·' -·.

2. Prof J.M.Choudhury. Ex. v.c. ou. & Member, BOM. ~:;j .

3. Pro£ Atul Goswami, i"! BOMn ember ''

4. Sri Nanidhar Kalita, Ex-DPI, :~ssam Guwahati

5. Registrar as Secretary & ci~nvenor. - f~-~

~/;

selection Committee for Secretary to:>,v .C., Asstt. Registrars

and s.o. (Special committee under cl~use 24(1) of the Statute ."?fi >·--~

included in -the Second .. Schedule of tl~e Act). ~··.: -.:·

Resolved that a specx~% 5electio~ Committee for selecting ~~

the secretary to v.c., Asstt. Regist~ars and Section Officers

be constituted with the following mewbers:

1. Vice Chancellor- Chairman

2. Pro£. Atul Goswami (Member BOM)

3. Prof C.M.Medhi, Retd. Principal T~zpur College, Tezpur -..; .

4. Dr. (Mrs) Lakshmi Goswami Tezpur :

s. Sri Kamaleswar Bora, EX-V.C.,Dib~garh University-... :,:_~ .

6. Registrar . as Secretary & coi)venor. ?-~

Selection Committee for Project Engi~ker (Special Committee . ~~-- ~

under clause 24(1) of the .Jtatute intf').uded in the Second

Schedule-of the Act). contd P/23· !.; ..•. :...d

94/1/10 '9.

(23)

Resolved that a Selection committe~ for selecting the Project ~

Engineer be constituted with the £~~lowing members :-. :q; ::

1. Vice-Chancellor .. .:; ~·

chainnan;:r ;,I

2. Prof. J.M.choudhury- Ex. v.c., ·o.u. & Member BOM I

3. Pro£ Atul Goswarni. Member, BOM f

4. ·or. N.K.Choudhury. v.c •• o.u •• b.s expert ~:\

_;.;.

5. Registrar.. Secretary & ·eonvenor. {:

).~

Nomination of members by B.o.M. to ~arious Selection committees

under section 20(1} and 20(2) of tb~ statutes included in the \ ~}~~~ .

second Schedule o£ the Act for sel~~¢ting faculty members. . ~~

The. Board of ·;r,'

Management discq'ssed the matter of nomi­f:'t:

nating persons ·to various Selectio~{ committees for selecting :;;~: ''

faculty members £or different subj~pts and decided to form "" ...... ~\~ \;

a panel o£ experts for each subject{• The B.o.M. also ~~'

authorised the Vice Chancellor to

of person(s) out of the panels as

~~lect the required number !~:~~ ~~ ~pd when required.

;r:;;.

Resolved that the following?~nels of experts be

formed with the persons named against each subject to be u members of the selection Committeel;};,t,o select faculty members

J•"J·.

for the subjects and the Vice Chandellor be authorised to ~ ~-

~~t":'·

select the required nwnber of persqh(s) out of the p:tnels Y;~

as and when required.

For Mathematics department.

1) Prof J.P.Agarwal.

Department of Mathematics.

I • I • T. • ·I<haragpur.

2) Prof. A.c.srivastava

Department of Mathematics •

. ;' .,,: .· .. · Dibrugarh _University.

contd. Pf24

( 24)

3) Prof B.K.Tamuli,

Former Professor and Head

Department of Mathematics,

Gauhati University

4) Prof. B.s.Yadav

Professor of Mathematics#

Delhi University

s~ Prof s.c.aasu

University College of Science,

calcutta University

6) Pro£. Hri~sindhu Chaudhuri -. .

Professor o£ Mathematics,

Jadavpur University.

7) Prof. J.Medhi

Professor Emeritus,

Gauhati University.

K . B) Prof. H.c. hare#

Professor of Mathematics,

Allahabad University

9- Jawaharlal Nehru Road,

Allahabad- 211 002

(Phone-0532- 600156)

Department of Computer Science.

1) Prof Gautam Barua

Head of the Department of &

~ompq~er Science Engiri~ering

:r;t~ "I'"'

~:··, I.I.T •• Kanpur

2) Pro£. G.P.Bhattacharjee,

Dept. of Mathematics,

IIT, Kharagpur-Kharagpur-721 3~2. i>

contd Pf25

(25)

3) Prof. P.Govinda Reddy

Oeptt. of computer & Informat;~.on Sciences

Hyderabad University

Hyderabad- 500 134

4) Prof. M.c.Bora ··.

Prof and Head of the departm~(tt of :- :~ ·:·

Computer· Engineering and App:Jj;cation. :ip

Jorhat Engineering College, if'

Jorhat

5) Prof. s.K.Majumdar ...

Dept.t.. of Computer Science & ~pgineering. {~~(:.

J~davpur·university J

6 ) Prof .H. v. Sha ha srabuddhc.,. .

Head. Dept of Computer Science''~

University of Poena.

Ganesh Khind

Pune- 411 007

Management Science.

1) Prof Rakesh Khurana.

Director AIMA- CME

New Delhi.

2) Prof. Mrs. Bharati Sharma

Prof and Head

Dept of Business Administrati~n

Gauhati University.

contd. P/26

)r. Bhagawati Prasad.

)!rector.

ausali Institute of Management science.

~rnatak University.

1r. D.P.Shanna

'ormer Director.

'.Rajagopalachari Institute of t'f;anagement :·.-.. ,

and

cting Vice-chancellor.

arkutullah University

hopal.

co£-. · P. K. jain •

lrector.

~ptt. of ~nagement Studies.

,I.T. • New Delhi

LUzkhas

!W De!hi-12

·of. Bharad Sarin.

,RI

mshedpur.

X No. 222

n- 831 001

• A.P.Arora

dian Institute of Management.

KA

imorid Harbour Road.

lcutta.

Contd. P/27

(27)

1) Dr. Shivendra Kumar sarma •.

Vice-Chancellor. ClEF' L

Hyderabad- 500 007

2) Prof. Dilip Barua

Prof. of English

Burdwan University

Burdwan- 713 104

3) Pro£. R.N.Ghose

Reta. Professor

CIEFL. Hyderabad.

4) Prgf. B.M.sagar.

CIEFL. Lucknow

Ranapratap Marg

Moti Mahal campus.

Lucknow.

5) Prof. v.o.singh.

ciEFL. Hyderabad

6) Prof Mrs. supriya Chaudhury

Jadavpur University.

calcutta- 32

7) ~- Mrs Sukla Mit.ra

British Council

B) Prof. G.B.Thampi

Ex-Vice-chancellor,

Kerala University.

Contd. P/28

94/1/11

(28)

On sitting allowances of membe,fs of a.o.M. and members

in other committees. SUb committees'; and charge. allowance o£. . -· ~

admissible T.A. and D.A •• some honc!rarium as sitting allowance .o.·;~

to members in different CommitteesA~b committees should perhaps

be paid, and as such a decision of the quantum of payment to

the following two categories of me~pers may kindly be taken; :o ~

( i) category - I : Members of Board o£ :t'ianagement in the

(ii)

. ~~

Board meeting.

category- II : Members

FUrther, tpe v.c~

in differenf: Committees/SUb COmmittees. ~; ·:

reported th~~ till the University Halls ..,.. f~ ~~ . . .

are ready, two houses are rented- Qi.le as Men's hostel and the ~--:.

other as Women's hostel. Wardens a~~ to be appointed tempora­

rily for the hostels. The quantum ~~ charge allowance £or the ;'(-

Wardens may kindly be .·fixed. and v ~c. may be authorised to :_5

':}

. appoint suitable person(s) as Warde:!is of the hostels. ~~~ ..

Discussed the above points. a~Q ~:.:

Resolved that -

(i) a sitting allowance at the ra.!:e of Rs. 500/- (five hundred

only·per m~eting of the BOM p~ fixed for the members. '?:::

( 11) a sitting allowance at the ra''e of Rs. 250/- (two hundred 2t

(iii)

(iv)

fifty) only be fixed for each meeting of any Committee/.

SUb Committee.

For warden, charge allowance ~t the rate of Rs. 500/­~~

(five hundred) only per montt( be fixed.

A monthly allowance of Rs. 3&:V- (three hundred) only . .\~;t.:

per month be paid to the Mati~p in the Women's hostel.

This arrangement is. however~ purely temporary.

Contd. P/ 29

94/1/12. (i)

(ii)

(29)

A.O.B Eastern

The Nortq/Regional Institute of Mafl#gement (NERIM) Guwahati -...::~

an autonomour Institute. has appii~~ for recognition by ..,~~

.> .... -

the University. The application wa~:?forwarded to the UGC for

its comment. The UGC vide letter ~Q•

has informed the Vice ~~ancellor t~~

dtd that under

Clause 5 (vii) of the Act, the Univ~rsity is ·~-~

empowered to

recognise an instute of higher lead)lng. The application t.~-

of NERIM is placed before the Board;~:;for its consideration. :~~:-: . . .

Discussed the application of HERIM, and resolved that -~::'t'~

before taking any decision on the mg'tter. the functiozling of ~!.·~"

the NERIM be inspected by a team coQ~isting of : ~\ .. :

1. ~ro£. M.K.Choudhury

2. Registrar. Tezpur University. ~~:

and the team is" requested to submit ]-ts report within a

reasonable time.

- Further resolved that the NER~M be asked to deposit ~;T

a sum of Rs. 1000/- (one thousand) ~ply as inspection fee -;.:~= ... c,..~

to the University. and that the TA and DA admissible as per ~:~-\::.::·

the University rules be paid to the i(nembers of the team by ' <~5

the "NERIM.

The University is looking for ~ suitable experienced ~~--

person to be appointed as the Profe~"sor and Head of the ~ :-.... :: ~--

Computer Science Department. Dr. A.~~Reddy. an Associate -e:· .:::-.

Professor in the Department of Compu~er and Information ~~;~.

Science. Hyderabad University. withf~ong .teaching and .::";"'~

research experience has been identifl~d. His biodata has been =:;=:-~-

strongly recommended by Prof. P. GovX_nda Reddy. Prof and Head. :~":.v. . q:_

Computer Information Science Departmeht. Hyderabad University -;_ ~

"i_

and also by Prof. Gautam Barua, Prof~ps6r & Head, Department

Ctbntd P/30

(30)

_of Computer Science and Engineer.i,pg I. I. T., Kanpur. •. .=~.~

.• . .:;

nr. A.s.Reddy may perhaps ~~ appointed on deputation ~t~

for two years as the Professor aqp Head of the Computer ~~.,-~

Science Department. A decision i~fisought. ,;::,;

Resolved that Dr. A.Shiva~~l,kar Reddy • Associate :~;.~

Professor. Department of Computez;~::and Information Science-

Hyderabad University be appointe9\as Professor and Head,

computer Science Department for ~'period of two years on

deputation from the date of his jQining the University. ·i~~

The meeting ended with a Vo~e of thanks from the (;~::

·~:·

Chair,-to the members and to which the latter receiprocatedo '?~-

)'# ( ' ~ Registrar

Tezpur University Vice-ChancellDr

Tezpur University -