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.