Governance:

• An efficient governance mechanism, which ensures functional autonomy, transparency, accountability, adaptability by strengthening interlinkages to create a conducive research environment. NFSC can foster the human elements (faculty, staff, scholars, and students), logistics (land, buildings, and facilities), knowledge resources (research equipment, project utilities, and consumables), fund flow, etc. through a steady, proficient, effective governance (Rules, Norms, and Policies) and financial (Grants and Funds) management.
• Dedicated leadership and administrative structure for research, led by experienced researchers, are essential for establishing an effective and robust Research Governance in RDC-NFSC.
• The Research Governance will have a Research Advisory Council (RAC) headed by the Director/Professor/Senior Academic Faculty. RAC may form multiple committees to smoothen its functioning with respective committee members. The organizational structure of RDC-NFSC comprising of various committees for specified functions may be as under:

Administration:

• Established organizational structure (Bodies, Authorities, and Committees) will facilitate planning, implementation, and monitoring of research activities in RDC-NFSC, formulate rules, regulations, and policy frameworks for utilization of facilities and resources at RDC-NFSC.
• A strategy adopted to integrate multiple functional units can support institutional research under a single-window operational system for effective administration. The activities of RDC-NFSC will be mentored and monitored by various committees for devising research models, technology, appraisal, foresight & review functions, mediating sectoral R&D progress, and IPR protection.
• RDC-NFSC should keep a close contact with University/Department/Ministry Innovation Cell to make use of various innovative plans for facilitating the researchers.