(1) The Board shall have a Director who shall be appointed by the Government from amongst the Joint Directors of Vocational Education and Training of the Directorate of Vocational Educational and Training or any other equivalent or higher post thereto, and his name shall be published by the Government by notification in the Official Gazette.
(2) The Director shall hold office for term of five years from the date of the publication of his name in the Official Gazette.
(3) Nothing in sub-section (2) shall affect the power of the Government to transfer in the exigencies of public service, the Director to any other post under the Government during such term; and if the Director is superannuated in the service of the Government, he shall cease to be the Director, unless his services are extended or he is re-employed in the service of the Government and he is not transferred to some other post.
(4) The Government may, from time to time, extend the term of office of the Director of the Board, however, the aggregate period of the term shall not exceed ten years.
(5) The Director shall be an employee of the Government, equivalent to the post of the Joint Director of the Directorate of Vocational Education and Training and other conditions of service and rules of recruitment of the Director shall remain same as of the Joint Director of the Directorate of Vocational Education and Training.
(6) Where a temporary vacancy of the Director occurs by reason of leave, illness or other cause, the Government may appoint another person to be the Director.