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The Founding Director and Director.- (1) The founding Director of the Institute shall be nominated by the State Government from among the best talents from academia or industry. The founding Director of the institute shall be appointed for a period of three years from the date of the appointment. (2) The post of the Director of the Institute shall be filled by public advertisement, followed by an interview process. The Director shall be appointed by the Chairperson on the recommendation of a Selection Committee consisting of,- (a) Chairperson of the Institute -Ex-officio Chairperson; (b) Secretary to the Government in-charge of the Department of Higher Education -Ex-officio Member; (c) three experts from Industry or Academia -who are already part of the Governing Board to be nominated by the Chairperson of the Institute - Members; (d) two experts each, from the industry and academia to be nominated by the State Government -Members. Explanation.- For the purposes of this sub-section, the expression “Secretary to the Government in-charge” means the Secretary to the Government in-charge of a department and includes an Additional Chief Secretary and a Principal Secretary when he is in-charge of that department. (3) (a) Only such person shall be eligible for the appointment to the office of the Director with a Ph.D. or equivalent high level academic/industry achievement with a distinguished career in academia and / or industry, having experience as per UGC guidelines of institution building and who has made a significant contribution to the field of knowledge and practice through high quality refereed publications, patents and policy impact. (b) The Director shall hold office for a term of five years from the date he enters upon his office or till he attains the age of seventy years, whichever is earlier: Provided that the same person shall be eligible for reappointment for a second term. (4) The Director may in writing under his hand addressed to the Chairperson resign from his office and shall cease to hold his office on the acceptance thereof by the Chairperson. (5) The Selection Committee shall, as far as may be, at least ninety days before the date on which a vacancy in the office of the Director is due to occur by reason of expiry of term or resignation under sub-section (4) and also whenever so required and before such date as may be specified by the Chairperson, submit to the Chairperson the names of not less than three persons to hold the office of the Director. While submitting the names, the Committee shall also forward to the Chairperson a concise statement showing the qualifications of each of the persons so recommended but shall not indicate any order of preference. (6) Where the Chairperson does not consider any one or more of persons recommended by the Selection Committee to be suitable for appointment as the Director or if one or more of the persons recommended is/are not available for appointment and the choice for the post of the Director is restricted to less than three persons, he may require the 300 राजस् थान राज-पत्र, अगस् त 22, 2023 भाग 4 (क½ Committee to submit a list of fresh names in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (3). (7) No act or proceeding of the Committee shall be invalidated merely by reason of the existence of a vacancy or vacancies among its members or by reason of some person having taken part in the proceeding who is subsequently found not to have been entitled to do so. (8) In any of the following circumstances (of the existence of which the Chairperson shall be the sole judge), the Chairperson may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, appoint any suitable person to the office of the Director for a term not exceeding six months as he may specify:- (a) where the vacancy in the office of the Director occurs and it cannot be conveniently and expeditiously filled in accordance with the provisions of sub- sections (1) to (6); or (b) any other emergency. (9) In the absence of the Director, the senior-most Professor of the Institute shall discharge the duties of the Director. (10) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the emoluments and other conditions of service of the Director shall be such as may be determined by the regulations of the Institute and approved by the Governing Board by general or special order in that behalf. (11) The Board may remove from office the Director, who- (a) has been adjudged as an insolvent; or (b) has been convicted of an offence which, in the opinion of the Board, involves moral turpitude; or (c) has become physically or mentally incapable of acting as a Director; or (d) has acquired such financial or other interest as is likely to affect prejudicially his function as a Director; or (e) has so abused his position or so conducted himself as to render his continuance in office prejudicial to the public interest: Provided that the Director shall not be removed from office except by an order made by the Board, after an enquiry instituted by it in which the Director has been informed of the charges against him and given a reasonable opportunity of being heard in respect of those charges.