ToR of PIDE Senate

(1) The body responsible for the governance of the Institute shall be described as the Senate, and shall consist of the following, namely:

a) The Chancellor, who shall be the Chairperson of the Senate.

b) Two parliamentarians, one from the national Assembly and one from the Senate.

c) The Vice-Chancellor

d) The Secretary, Planning and Development Division.

e) The Secretary, Ministry of Commerce.

f) The Secretary, Finance.

g) Chairman or Additional Chief Secretary of Planning and Development Departments of four provinces.

h) Five persons from civil society being persons of distinction in the fields of management, education, academics, agriculture, and economics such that the appointment of these persons reflects a balance across the various fields, the special focus of the Institute, may be reflected in the persons of distinction who are appointed to the Senate.

i) One distinguished person from amongst the alumni of the Institute.

j) Three Institute teachers, and

k) A member of the Higher Education Commission.

(2) All appointment to the Senate shall be made by the Chancellor. Appointments of persons described in clauses ( I ) to ( j) of sub-section ( I) shall be made from amongst a panel of three names for each vacancy recommended by the Representation Committee set up in terms of section 24 and in accordance with procedure as may be prescribed.

Provided further that as regards the Institute teachers described in clause (i) of sub-section (1) the Senate shall prescribe a procedure for appointment on the basis of election that provide for voting by the various categories of Institute teachers.

Provided also that the Senate may alternatively prescribe that appointment of Institute teachers to the Senate shall also be in the manner provided by this sub-section for the persons described in clauses (g) to (h) of sub-section(1).

(3) Members of the Senate, other than ex officio members, shall hold office for four years. One-half of the members, other than ex officio members, of the first restructured Senate, to be determined by lot, shall retire from office on the expiration of two years from the date of appointment by the Chancellor.

Provided that no person other than, an ex officio members may serve on the Senate for more than two consecutive terms.

Provided further that the Institute teachers appointed to the Senate may not serve for two consecutive terms.

(4) The Senate shall meet at least once in a calendar year.

(5) Service on the Senate shall be on honorary basis.

Provided that travel and boarding or lodging expenses may be reimbursed as prescribed.

(6) The Registrar shall be the Secretary of the Senate.

(7) In the absence of the Chancellor meeting of the Senate shall be presided by such member, not being employee of the institute or the Federal Government, as the Chancellor may, from time to time, nominate. The member so nominated shall be the convener of the Senate.

(8) Unless otherwise prescribed by this Act, all decisions of the Senate shall be taken on the basis of the opinion of a majority of the members present. In the event of the members being evenly divided on any matter the person presiding over the meeting have a casting vote.

(9) The quorum for a meeting of the Senate shall be two-thirds of its membership, a fraction being counted as one.

(18) Powers and functions of the Senate. (I) The Senate shall have the power of general supervision over the Institute shall hold the Vice-Chancellor and the Authorities accountable for all the functions of the Institute. The Senate shall have all powers of the Institute not expressly vested in an Authority or officer by this Act and all other powers not expressly conferred by this Act that are necessary for the performance of its functions.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers, the Senate shall have the following powers, namely:

a) To approve the proposed annual plan of work, the annual and revised budgets, the annual report and the annual statement of account.

b) To hold, control and lay down policy for the administration of the property, funds and investments of the Institute, including the approval of the sale and purchase or acquisition of immovable property.

c) To oversee, the quality and relevance of the Institute’s academic programmes and to review the academic affairs of the Institute in general.

d) To approve the appointment of the Deans, Professor, Associate Professors and such other senior faculty and senior administrators through a transparent and merit based process as may be prescribed.

e) To Institute schemes, directions and guidelines for the terms and conditions of appointment of all officers, teachers and other employees of the Institute.

f) To approve strategic plans.

g) To approve financial resource development plants of the Institute.

h) To consider the drafts of statutes and regulations proposed by the Syndicate and the Academic Council and deal with them in the manner as provided for in sections 26 and 27, as case may be.

Provided that the Senate may frame a statute or regulation on its own initiative and approve it after calling for the advice of the Syndicate or the Academic Council, as the case may be:

i) To annul by order in writing the proceedings of any Authority or officer if the Senate is satisfied that such proceedings are not in accordance with, the provisions of this Act statutes or regulations after calling upon such Authority or officer to show cause why such proceedings should not be annulled.

j) To recommend to the Chancellor removal of any member of the Senate in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

k) To make appointment of members of the Syndicate, other ex officio members in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

l) To make appointment of members of the academic Council, other than ex officio members in accordance with the provisions of this Act;

m) To appoint emeritus professor on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed.

n) To remove any person from the membership of any Authority if such person:

i) Has become of unsound mind; or

ii) Has become incapacitated to function as members of such Authority; or

iii) Has been convicted by a court of law for an offence involving moral turpitude; and

o) To determine the from, provide for the custody and regulate the use of the common seal of the Institute.

(3) The Senate may, subject to the provisions of this Act, delegate all or any of the powers and functions of any Authority, officer of employees of the Institute at its main campus, to any Authority, committee, officer or employee at its additional campus for the purpose of exercising such powers and performing such functions in relation to such additional campus, and for this purpose the Senate may create new posts or positions at the additional campus.

19. Visitation. The Senate may, in accordance with the terms and procedures as may be prescribed, cause an inspection to be made in respect of any matter connected with the Institute.