Section 23(3) in Maharashtra Public Universities Act, 2016
(3)The Director of Students' Development shall,-(a)work towards promotion of cultural, recreational and welfare activities of students in colleges, institutions and university departments;(b)conduct leadership training programmes for students;(c)ensure that there are mentors and counselling cells for the young students in colleges, institutions and university departments;(d)organize anti-ragging committees and squads and ensure that all necessary measures are taken to prevent ragging in the university, colleges and the institutions;(e)look into the grievances and general welfare of the students;(f)help in building-up the all-round personality of students and to groom them to be future leaders and confident adults;(g)organize cultural and recreational activities jointly with regional, national and international bodies;(h)promote the interest of the youth and develop their skills for appreciation of the fine and performing arts, pure arts and literary skills;(i)organize university, state, national and international level competitions, skills development workshops and interactive programmes in various fields for the students;(j)train the students for state, national and international level competitions in various cultural activities;(k)conduct elections to the University Students' Council;(l)to prepare the report of the Board of Students' Development to be submitted before the Senate ;(m)undertake any other task assigned to him by the university authorities to carry out objectives of the Board of Students' Development;(n)exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as prescribed by or under this Act or assigned to him, by the Vice-Chancellor and Pro-Vice-Chancellor, from time to time.(b)(1) the Director of National Service Scheme shall be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor from amongst the teachers having minimum aggregate teaching experience of ten years, experience of at least three years as NSS Programme Officer and desired exposure in the field of National Service Scheme activities.
