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Functions and duties of Board of Research, Innovation, Incubation and Linkages

Laxminarayan Innovation Technological (LIT) University, Nagpur Act, 2023
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Chapter IV AUTHORITIES OF THE UNIVERSITY

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  1. (1) 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, centers, 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 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees, in consonance with the norms of the University Grants Commission
    • (UGC) and other regulatory bodies;
    • (g) to work on creation of research and development data base for work done in University departments, 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 and centers 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 center, research park at the University or its sub-campus;
    • (r) to create synergy at policy and operative level mechanism for co-existence and co-operation between various research and development activities in University schools, departments and various industries in the State and in other States; 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.

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