Section 12. Senate.

The Senate of the Institute shall consist of the following persons, namely:-- (a) the Director-General, ex officio who shall be the Chairperson of the Senate; (b) all Institute Campus Directors and Senior Professors; (c) three persons, not being employees of the Institute, to be nominated by the Chairperson in consultation with the Director-General, from amongst educationists of repute, one each from the fields of science, engineering and humanities and one of them shall be either from the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes; (d) one alumnus of the Institute to be nominated by the Chairperson in consultation with the Director-General by rotation; and (e) such other members of the staff as may be laid down in the Statutes.