The Board of Research, Innovation, Incubation and Linkages shall have the following functions and duties, namely :- (a) to work on long-term policy and strategy for promotion of research culture in the University ; (b) to advise and encourage the teachers to take up research in emerging areas at individual and group level ; (c) to promote inter-disciplinary research programmes by coordinating amongst teachers and also to make and articulate policies for sharing of research and development infrastructure ; (d) to encourage the University departments, centres, to hold research seminars in all disciplines for the research students ; (e) to publish research journals, monographs for different disciplines ; (f) to decide upon policy for maintenance of standards of research for Ph.D. degrees, in consonance with the norms of the University Grants Commission and other regulatory bodies ; (g) to work on creation of research and development data base for work done in University departments and schools, in a stand-alone mode or as group activity or in collaboration with industries and other research and development laboratories ; (h) to work out and initiate research in delivery of education, pedagogy of face-to-face and e-learning, impact of e-learning and virtual classrooms on learning and understanding of students, open distance or online learning and conventional education ; (i) to make efforts and also assist the teachers of University schools, departments, centres to raise the funds for research activities ; (j) to work out the budget for research activities of the University ; (k) to mobilize money from the industry for enhancing research activities ; (l) to identify problems and issues within the jurisdiction of the University and to take special initiative to address such issues through systematic research ; (m) to work on long-term policies and strategies for creating synergy between researchers and industries resulting into promotion of knowledge and technology transfer and productive conversion of research ; (n) to encourage industries to promote, adopt and participate in the basic and applied research projects ; (o) to establish central research laboratories with the help of participation of national and international industries ; (p) to undertake any other task as may be assigned by the University authorities so as to carry out objectives of the Board ; (q) to liaise and establish with industry support incubation centre, research park at the University or its sub-campus ; (r) to create synergy at policy and operative level mechanism for co-existence and cooperation between various research and development activities in University schools or departments, and various industries in the State and in other States ; (s) to create synergy through operative policy mechanism and support system for incubation of good ideas such as product, process, service and innovation, into a scalable mode so as to establish small, medium and large industries ; (t) to establish a system to support protection of intellectual property rights at national and global level ; (u) to establish a system so as to guide and help young entrepreneurs in operational, legal, business model creation and financial support ; (v) to prepare and implement annual programmes of activities of the Centre for Research, Innovation, Incubation and Linkages and review the same periodically ; (w) to prepare the annual budget of the Centre for Research, Innovation, Incubation and Linkages ; (x) to oversee and monitor the activities of the Centre for Research, Innovation, Incubation and Linkages ; (y) to submit an annual report of working of Centre for Research, Innovation, Incubation and Linkages to the Board of Governance ; (z) to undertake any other task as may be assigned by the University authorities to carry out the objectives of the Board of Research, Innovation, Incubation and Linkages ; (za) to put up to the Board of Governance for its approval the research and development, testing and consultancy criteria.
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>The Board of Research, Innovation, Incubation and Linkages shall have the following functions and duties, namely :-<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>a</i>) to work on long-term policy and strategy for promotion of research culture in the University ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><i>(b)</i> to advise and encourage the teachers to take up research in emerging areas at individual and group level ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>c</i>) to promote inter-disciplinary research programmes by coordinating amongst teachers and also to make and articulate policies for sharing of research and development infrastructure ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>d</i>) to encourage the University departments, centres, to hold research seminars in all disciplines for the research students ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>e</i>) to publish research journals, monographs for different disciplines ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>f</i>) to decide upon policy for maintenance of standards of research for Ph.D. degrees, in consonance with the norms of the University Grants Commission and other regulatory bodies ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>g</i>) to work on creation of research and development data base for work done in University departments and schools, in a stand-alone mode or as group activity or in collaboration with industries and other research and development laboratories ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>h</i>) to work out and initiate research in delivery of education, pedagogy of face-to-face and e-learning, impact of e-learning and virtual classrooms on learning and understanding of students, open distance or online learning and conventional education ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>i</i>) to make efforts and also assist the teachers of University schools, departments, centres to raise the funds for research activities ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>j</i>) to work out the budget for research activities of the University ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>k</i>) to mobilize money from the industry for enhancing research activities ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>l</i>) to identify problems and issues within the jurisdiction of the University and to take special initiative to address such issues through systematic research ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>m</i>) to work on long-term policies and strategies for creating synergy between researchers and industries resulting into promotion of knowledge and technology transfer and productive conversion of research ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>n</i>) to encourage industries to promote, adopt and participate in the basic and applied research projects ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>o</i>) to establish central research laboratories with the help of participation of national and international industries ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>p</i>) to undertake any other task as may be assigned by the University authorities so as to carry out objectives of the Board ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>q</i>) to liaise and establish with industry support incubation centre, research park at the University or its sub-campus ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>r</i>) to create synergy at policy and operative level mechanism for co-existence and cooperation between various research and development activities in University schools or departments, and various industries in the State and in other States ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>s</i>) to create synergy through operative policy mechanism and support system for incubation of good ideas such as product, process, service and innovation, into a scalable mode so as to establish small, medium and large industries ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>t</i>) to establish a system to support protection of intellectual property rights at national and global level ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>u</i>) to establish a system so as to guide and help young entrepreneurs in operational, legal, business model creation and financial support ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>v</i>) to prepare and implement annual programmes of activities of the Centre for Research, Innovation, Incubation and Linkages and review the same periodically ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>w</i>) to prepare the annual budget of the Centre for Research, Innovation, Incubation and Linkages ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>x</i>) to oversee and monitor the activities of the Centre for Research, Innovation, Incubation and Linkages ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>y</i>) to submit an annual report of working of Centre for Research, Innovation, Incubation and Linkages to the Board of Governance ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>z</i>) to undertake any other task as may be assigned by the University authorities to carry out the objectives of the Board of Research, Innovation, Incubation and Linkages ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>za</i>) to put up to the Board of Governance for its approval the research and development, testing and consultancy criteria. <br>