Powers and duties of Board of University Departments and Interdisciplinary studies.

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The Board of University Departments and Interdisciplinary Studies shall have the following powers and duties, namely :- (a) to devise long term policy and strategy for promotion of quality postgraduate education on university campus; (b) to prepare a comprehensive development plan for post-graduate education in university departments; (c) to work on annual financial estimates (budget) for university departments; (d) to co-ordinate the research and development activities with the Board of Research; (e) to establish linkages with foreign and Indian premier teaching and research and development institutions or universities for strengthening of teaching and research and development activities on the campus of the university; (f) to work in tandem with the Board of National and International Linkages to collaborate with national and international agencies, universities (including deemed or self-financed universities) and institutions for sharing of academic resources, running joint teaching programmes, running joint degree programmes with national and international universities or institutions; (g) to promote interdisciplinary teaching programmes on the campus by coordinating amongst teachers and also to make policy for sharing of academic and research and development infrastructure; (h) to promote the choice based credit system in the university departments, the affiliated colleges and recognized institutions; (i) to work out and initiate use of technology in delivery of education; (j) to promote the face-to-face and e-learning process in classroom teaching, use of mini-research and maxi research projects as an integral part of postgraduate learning; (k) to initiate new approaches and methodology for assessing learning by students as a continuous online process; (l) to recommend to the Vice-Chancellor,- (i) the posts of university teachers (including aided posts and the posts for the purposes of sub-section (2) of section 8) to be filled by selection, who possess the prescribed minimum and additional qualification; (ii) emoluments and the number of posts to be filled; and (iii) the number of posts under sub-clause (i), which may be reserved for the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes, Vimukta Jatis (De-Notified Tribes) or Nomadic Tribes or Other Backward Classes. (m) to undertake any other task as may be assigned by the university authorities to carry out the objectives of the Board of University Departments and Interdisciplinary Studies and of the university.

The Board of University Departments and Interdisciplinary Studies shall have the following powers and duties, namely :- (a) to devise long term policy and strategy for promotion of quality postgraduate education on university campus; (b) to prepare a comprehensive development plan for post-graduate education in university departments; (c) to work on annual financial estimates (budget) for university departments; (d) to co-ordinate the research and development activities with the Board of Research; (e) to establish linkages with foreign and Indian premier teaching and research and development institutions or universities for strengthening of teaching and research and development activities on the campus of the university; (f) to work in tandem with the Board of National and International Linkages to collaborate with national and international agencies, universities (including deemed or self-financed universities) and institutions for sharing of academic resources, running joint teaching programmes, running joint degree programmes with national and international universities or institutions; (g) to promote interdisciplinary teaching programmes on the campus by coordinating amongst teachers and also to make policy for sharing of academic and research and development infrastructure; (h) to promote the choice based credit system in the university departments, the affiliated colleges and recognized institutions; (i) to work out and initiate use of technology in delivery of education; (j) to promote the face-to-face and e-learning process in classroom teaching, use of mini-research and maxi research projects as an integral part of postgraduate learning; (k) to initiate new approaches and methodology for assessing learning by students as a continuous online process; (l) to recommend to the Vice-Chancellor,- (i) the posts of university teachers (including aided posts and the posts for the purposes of sub-section (2) of section 8) to be filled by selection, who possess the prescribed minimum and additional qualification; (ii) emoluments and the number of posts to be filled; and (iii) the number of posts under sub-clause (i), which may be reserved for the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes, Vimukta Jatis (De-Notified Tribes) or Nomadic Tribes or Other Backward Classes. (m) to undertake any other task as may be assigned by the university authorities to carry out the objectives of the Board of University Departments and Interdisciplinary Studies and of the university.

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