(1)There shall be a Board of National and International Linkages to cultivate, establish, maintain and strengthen the link of the University with premier national and international universities and institutions.

(2)The Board shall meet at least three times in a year.

(3)The Board of National and International Linkages shall consist of the following members, namely:-

(a)Vice Chancellor - Chairperson;

(b)Pro-Vice Chancellor;

(c)Dean of all Faculty;

(d)one senior professor of the University, nominated by the Vice Chancellor;

(e)two principals, of whom one shall be from Constituent College and one shall be from affiliated colleges to be nominated by the Vice Chancellor;

(f)one expert from industries having proven expertise about National and International linkages to be nominated by Vice Chancellor; and

(g)Director, Research, Innovation, Incubation, Industry Linkage and Entrepreneurship -Member Secretary.

(4)The Board of National and International Linkages shall have the following powers and duties, namely: —

(a)to work on long term policy and strategy for promotion of inter-linkages with premier national and international universities and institutions;

(b)to evolve a process to collaborate with national and international agencies, universities, colleges and institutions for sharing of academic resources, running joint research and development and teaching programmes, running joint degree programmes with national and international universities, colleges and institutions;

(c)to evolve mechanism for visit of teachers or research and development scientists or experts from industry and other entities, to the University departments, colleges and institutions and vice-versa, and also to work out the details on logistic support for such visitors;

(d)to evolve mechanism for visits of teachers and students from University departments, colleges and institutions to national and international universities colleges or institutions and, vice-versa, and also to work out details on budgetary provisions and logistic support for such visits;

(e)to evolve a mechanism to assist foreign students and migrant Indian students in their admissions and other, statutory formalities;

(f)to organize cultural and other activities such as visits of foreign students and migrant Indian students to other parts of India;

(g)to make arrangements for other logistic infrastructure, if any, created by the University for foreign students and migrant Indian students;

(h)to work out budgetary provision for activities of the Board and for providing various services to foreign students and migrant Indian students; and

(i)to undertake any other task as may be prescribed by the Statutes.