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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.