law: National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Act, 1998
  13. Senate 
  The Senate of the Institute shall consist of
  
  the following persons, namely:-
  (a) the Director, ex officio, who shall be the
  
  Chairperson of the Senate;
  (b) the Dean, ex officio;
  (c) five professors of the Institute, to be
  
  nominated by the Chairperson in consultation with the Director, by rotation;
  (d) three persons, not being employees of the
  
  Institute, to be nominated by the Chairperson in consultation with the
  
  Director, from among 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 from the Scheduled Tribes; and
  (e) such other members of the staff as may be
  
  laid down in the Statutes.