Constitution

Officers of the Academy

The following shall be the Officers of the Academy :

• The President,                                                                                         Chancellor
• The Vice-President                                                                        Vice-Chancellor
• The Director & Secretary

The President

• The Chancellor of the Osmania University shall be ex-officio President of the Academy. He shall have such other powers as may be conferred on him by this Constitution.
• The President shall be the highest administrative authority of the Academy.
• The President, at his own Initiative, may inspect or direct an inspection of the Academy.
• The President may issue special instruction to the Executive Board and delegate all or any of his powers to the Vice-President, or any of the officers of the Academy.
• The President shall preside over all the meetings of the Executive Board.

The Vice-President 

• The Vice-Chancellor of the Osmania University shall be the ex-officio Vice-President of the Academy.
• The Vice-President, in the absence of the President shall preside over all the meetings of the Executive Board.
• He shall preside over all the meetings of the Academic Board.
• He shall be the chief executive officer of the Academy and shall exercise all administrative control, subject to the powers of the President.
• He shall have the power to delegate any of his powers to the Secretary or Director of the Academy,
• He shall have the power to approve the annual Budget and the annual Administrative Report of the Academy passed by the Executive Board and to forward them to the Osmania University Council and to the Government granting aid for information.
• He shall have the power to transfer the unspent amounts from one item to another in the sanctioned Budget of the year and to sanction extra expenditure to the extent of Rs. 500/- in case of emergency over and above the Budget, in anticipation of the sanction of the Executive Board.
• He shall have the power to make officiating arrangements for the vacant posts of officers of the Academy and shall sanction long leave or extraordinary leave and other temporary arrangements of the servants of the Academy under the rules after verification from the Audit, wherever it is necessary.
• He shall have the power to sanction the presentation of the publication of the Academy either gratis or at concessional rates to scholars and institutions at his own initiative or on the recommendations of the Director.
• He shall have the power to fix the prices of the publications of the Academy based on the costing system as recommended by  the Director.

The Secretary

• The Director of the Academy shall be the ex-officio Secretary to the Executive and academic Boards and shall discharge his duties in both capacities.

• He shall be custodian of all records and properties of the Academy and shall maintain the proceedings of all the meetings and shall implement the decisions of the Boards.

• He shall draw the attention of the Vice-President to all such matters that may arise out of the Aims and objects of the Academy and shall place them before the Executive Board for necessary action.
• He shall prepare the agenda of the Executive and Academic Boards and shall take the consent of the Vice-President with a view to holding meetings.
• He shall carry out such other duties as are assigned to him by the president or the Vice-President.

The Director

• He shall control, supervise and direct official administration and academic work of the Academy.

• He shall have the power to spend the budgeted provisions sanctioned for the current year.

• He shall have power to sign pay-bill of all the servants of the Academy and settle all governmental and commercial accounts of the Academy on behalf of the Executive Board, and shall operate on the accounts of the Academy in Banks subject to the approval of the Vice-president.
• He shall submit all such matters to the Vice-President as require his approval and sanction.
• He shall be responsible for the discipline and efficient working of all the Sections of the Academy.
• He shall draw up the annual Budget, Administrative Report and other memoranda and notes regarding the Academy.
• He shall draw up the annual Budget, Administrative Report and other memoranda and notes regarding the Academy.
• He shall conduct all official, literary, commercial and financial business of the Academy and shall correspond with institutions and scholars on behalf of the Executive Board and shall report important matters to the Vice-President.
• He shall have the power to correspond with Governments, Universities, Academies and other institutions and banks on behalf of the Academy, under the delegated powers of the Vice-President.
• He shall act as a Secretary to both the Boards.