(1) The Board of Planning and Development shall be the principal planning body of the university and also be responsible for the monitoring of the developments of the university in accordance with the objectives of the university. It shall be responsible to plan development of the university, both physical and academic development and monitoring of teaching and non-teaching resources, providing a Broad vision and policy framework, and it shall conduct academic audit of the departments and centres of the university.
(2) The Board of Planning and Development shall consist of the following members, namely :-
(a) Vice-Chancellor, Chairperson;
(b) Vice-Chancellor of the Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute, Pune;
(c) Vice-Chancellor of any language university in India;
(d) President of Maharashtra Rajya Sahitya aani Sanskriti Mandal;
(e) President of Vishwakosh Mandal;
(f) Chairperson of Bhasha Sallagar Samiti, Maharashtra State;
(g) one person actively working in the field of computational linguistic in Centre for Development of Advance Computing (C-DAC) or Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor;
(h) one eminent expert in the field of Historical Research, Interdisciplinary Studies, social linguistics, etc., to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor;
(i) two eminent experts having outstanding contribution in promotion and development of Marathi language and literature nominated by the Vice-Chancellor;
(j) one eminent expert in the field of Maharashtra studies, performing arts, etc., to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor;
(k) Deans of Schools;
(l) Director of Higher Education or his representative, not below the rank of Joint Director;
(m) Heads of the sub-centres;
(n) one member nominated by the Board of Management from amongst themselves;
(o) one member nominated by the Academic Council from amongst themselves;
(p) Registrar, Member-Secretary.
(3) The Board of Planning and Development shall meet at such intervals as it may deem expedient, but it shall meet at least thrice a year.