Section 12: Appointment of deputy director and the secretary.

(1) There shall be appointed as the deputy director, an engineer from the serving members of the staff of the Centre, not below the rank of Principal Research Fellow.
(2) The deputy director shall act in the place of the director when the office of the director is vacant or the director is for any reason (including absence from the precincts of the Centre) unable to perform his functions as the director.
(3) There shall be for the Centre an administrative secretary who shall be appointed by the Board to perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the Board.