law: National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Act, 1998
  8. Powers of Board 
  (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the
  
  Board shall be responsible for the general superintendence, direction and
  
  control of the affairs of the Institute and shall exercise all the powers not
  
  otherwise provided for by this Act, the Statutes and the Ordinances, and shall
  
  have the power to review the acts of the Senate.
  (2) Without prejudice to the provisions of
  
  sub-section (1), the Board shall-
  (a) take decisions on
  
  questions of policy relating to the administration and working of the
  
  Institute;
  (b) fix, demand and
  
  receive fees and other charges;
  (c) supervise and
  
  control the residence and regulate the discipline of students of the Institute
  
  and to make arrangements for promoting their health, general welfare and
  
  cultural and corporate life;
  (d) institute academic 
  
  and other posts and to make appointments thereto (except in the case of the 
  
  Director)
  (e) frame Statutes and
  
  Ordinances and to alter, modify or rescind the same;
  (f) institute and
  
  award fellowship, scholarship, prizes and medals;
  (g) consider and pass
  
  resolutions on the annual report, the annual accounts and the budget estimates
  
  of the Institute for the next financial year as it thinks fit together with a
  
  statement of its development plans; and
  (h) do all such things
  
  as may be necessary, incidental or conducive to the attainment of all or any of
  
  the aforesaid powers.
  (3) The Board shall have the power to appoint
  
  such committees as it considers necessary for the exercise of its powers and
  
  the performance of its duties under this Act.
  (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in
  
  sub-section (2) of section 4, the Board shall not dispose of in any manner any
  
  immovable property without the prior approval of the Central Government.