Dean and his powers and duties.

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Summary

(1) There shall be a Dean for each school, who shall be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor. (2) The person to be nominated as a Dean shall possess qualification and experience required for the post of Professor. (3) The Dean of school shall hold office for a term of five years or till he attains the age of superannuation whichever is earlier. (4) The Dean of School of Studies shall be the Head of the School of Studies and shall be responsible for the conduct and standard of teaching and research in the School of Studies. He shall work directly under the superintendence, direction and control of the Vice-Chancellor. (5) The Dean shall,- (a) be responsible for academic planning and academic audit of the programmes and implementation of academic policies approved by the Academic Council in respect of academic development, maintenance of quality of education including standards of teaching and research and training of teachers within the School; (b) be responsible for development and application of quality benchmarks or parameters for various academic and administrative activities of higher education; (c) facilitate the creation of a learner-centric environment conducive for quality education; (d) arrange for feedback responses from the students, teachers, non-teaching staff, parents and other stakeholders on quality-related institutional processes; (e) ensure appropriate actions, as are needed for maintenance of quality of teaching spelt out by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell; (f) ensure that the teachers appraisal by students is carried out and the reports thereof are sent to the university authorities concerned; (g) be responsible for dissemination of information on the various quality parameters of higher education, as may be defined by various national level bodies dealing with assessment and accreditation of quality in educational institutions; (h) organize inter-institutional and intra-institutional workshops, seminars on quality related themes and promotion of quality circles; (i) co-ordinate quality-related activities, including adoption and dissemination of good practices, development and maintenance of institutional database, through management information system for the purposes of maintaining or enhancing the institutional quality; (j) be responsible for development of quality culture in higher education; (k) prepare Annual Quality Assurance Report of programmes within his faculty, based on the quality parameters or assessment criteria, developed by the relevant quality assurance bodies, in the prescribed format; (l) be responsible for bi-annual development of quality parameters and ranking of integral units of higher education based on the Annual Quality Assurance Report; (m) interact with State Quality Assurance Cell in the pre-accreditation and post-accreditation quality assessment, sustenance and enhancement endeavours; (n) recommend to the Board of Management proposals for the institution of fellowship, travelling fellowship, scholarship, studentship, medals and prizes and making Regulations for their award; (o) be responsible for ensuring academic development of the School of Studies under his purview and proper implementation of the decisions of the Board of Management, Academic Council and Board of Examinations and Evaluation in respect of the School concerned; (p) be responsible for creation of a repository of questions with model answers which shall be continuously updated and expanded; (q) enquire into any malpractices committed in any academic programmes in the School of Studies by a university department or centre, on being directed by the Academic Council and submit a report of the findings to the Academic Council; (r) render necessary assistance for redressal of grievances of the students in the School; (s) prepare proposals for award of fellowship, scholarship and other distinctions in the School of Studies for submission to the Academic Council; (t) prepare reports as required by the various authorities or bodies of the university, the State Government, the Central Government, the Central Educational Commissions or Councils, Commission and any such other body; (u) exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as prescribed by or under this Act or assigned to him by the Vice-Chancellor, from time to time.

(1) There shall be a Dean for each school, who shall be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor. (2) The person to be nominated as a Dean shall possess qualification and experience required for the post of Professor. (3) The Dean of school shall hold office for a term of five years or till he attains the age of superannuation whichever is earlier. (4) The Dean of School of Studies shall be the Head of the School of Studies and shall be responsible for the conduct and standard of teaching and research in the School of Studies. He shall work directly under the superintendence, direction and control of the Vice-Chancellor. (5) The Dean shall,- (a) be responsible for academic planning and academic audit of the programmes and implementation of academic policies approved by the Academic Council in respect of academic development, maintenance of quality of education including standards of teaching and research and training of teachers within the School; (b) be responsible for development and application of quality benchmarks or parameters for various academic and administrative activities of higher education; (c) facilitate the creation of a learner-centric environment conducive for quality education; (d) arrange for feedback responses from the students, teachers, non-teaching staff, parents and other stakeholders on quality-related institutional processes; (e) ensure appropriate actions, as are needed for maintenance of quality of teaching spelt out by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell; (f) ensure that the teachers appraisal by students is carried out and the reports thereof are sent to the university authorities concerned; (g) be responsible for dissemination of information on the various quality parameters of higher education, as may be defined by various national level bodies dealing with assessment and accreditation of quality in educational institutions; (h) organize inter-institutional and intra-institutional workshops, seminars on quality related themes and promotion of quality circles; (i) co-ordinate quality-related activities, including adoption and dissemination of good practices, development and maintenance of institutional database, through management information system for the purposes of maintaining or enhancing the institutional quality; (j) be responsible for development of quality culture in higher education; (k) prepare Annual Quality Assurance Report of programmes within his faculty, based on the quality parameters or assessment criteria, developed by the relevant quality assurance bodies, in the prescribed format; (l) be responsible for bi-annual development of quality parameters and ranking of integral units of higher education based on the Annual Quality Assurance Report; (m) interact with State Quality Assurance Cell in the pre-accreditation and post-accreditation quality assessment, sustenance and enhancement endeavours; (n) recommend to the Board of Management proposals for the institution of fellowship, travelling fellowship, scholarship, studentship, medals and prizes and making Regulations for their award; (o) be responsible for ensuring academic development of the School of Studies under his purview and proper implementation of the decisions of the Board of Management, Academic Council and Board of Examinations and Evaluation in respect of the School concerned; (p) be responsible for creation of a repository of questions with model answers which shall be continuously updated and expanded; (q) enquire into any malpractices committed in any academic programmes in the School of Studies by a university department or centre, on being directed by the Academic Council and submit a report of the findings to the Academic Council; (r) render necessary assistance for redressal of grievances of the students in the School; (s) prepare proposals for award of fellowship, scholarship and other distinctions in the School of Studies for submission to the Academic Council; (t) prepare reports as required by the various authorities or bodies of the university, the State Government, the Central Government, the Central Educational Commissions or Councils, Commission and any such other body; (u) exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as prescribed by or under this Act or assigned to him by the Vice-Chancellor, from time to time.

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