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( 1 ) The Director of Board of Research, Innovation, Incubation and Linkages shall be responsible for creation and cultivation of an enabling environment to propagate the cutting edge research and concept of innovation, for converting innovative ideas into working models through a process of incubation which shall finally lead to creation of an enterprise and to cultivate, establish, maintain and strengthen the link of the University with premier national and international universities and institutions. ( 2 ) The Director, Board of Research, Innovation, Incubation and Linkages shall be a full-time salaried officer and shall work directly under the superintendence, direction and control of the Vice-Chancellor. He shall be appointed by the Vice-Chancellor from amongst the faculty members of the University on the recommendation of a selection committee constituted for the purpose as prescribed in the Statutes. ( 3 ) The term of Director, Board of Research, Innovation, Incubation and Linkages shall be five years or till he attains the age of superannuation, whichever is earlier. ( 4 ) The Director of Board of Research, Innovation, Incubation and Linkages shall,- ( a ) be the principal officer who shall lead and provide vision to the Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Enterprise with his dynamism and enterprise ; (b) spearhead the awareness and training programmes for imparting education on intellectual property rights and aspects associated therewith ; ( c ) organize training programmes for creating awareness on the importance of entrepreneurship ; ( d ) organize and create support system for cultivation and incubation of good ideas into a scalable mode that would eventually culminate into the establishment of small, medium and large industry ; ( e ) work towards creating a liaison with national and international bodies and agencies involved in creating and developing entrepreneurial skills in students ; ( f ) take all steps to facilitate and establish linkages with knowledge based and other types of industries ; ( g ) conduct training programmes to guide the young entrepreneurs in operational aspects, legal aspects, intellectual property rights, patent related issues, business model creation and financial aspects ; ( h ) implement the policies and strategies for promotion of international linkages with premier national and international universities and institutions, as envisaged by the Board ; ( i ) process applications for visits of teachers and students from University departments to national and international universities or institutions and assist them on logistic support for such visits ; ( j ) oversee and monitor administration of Foreign Students Assistance Cell of the University which gives facility of a Single Window Operation to the foreign students ; ( k ) process the applications received from foreign students of the University for their visits to other parts of India ; ( l ) supervise the working of the Migrant Indian Students‘ Cell of the University established for providing Single Window Operation for students coming from other parts of the country ; ( m ) undertake any other task that may be assigned to him by the Board ; ( n ) exercise such other powers and perform such other duties, as prescribed by or under this Act or assigned to him by the Vice-Chancellors, from time to time.