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II. DEANS

Responsibilities

 The Dean of School is the Chief Executive of the School and will work in the respective disciplines, towards the
achievement of
 Become a pioneering, world class centre of excellence
 Nurture effective capabilities for the development of high quality technical and scientific
manpower to meet the challenges of modern Science and Technology
 Provide cost effective solutions and value added services to a variety of organizations
 Foster learning and creative community that will continuously strive to advance the frontiers
of knowledge and promote the application of Science, Engineering and Technology for the
betterment of society by providing the necessary leadership and planning within the broad
policy framework set by the Board of Management and overall direction by the Vice-Chancellor
of the Institute
 The Dean will act as an interface between the management and the staff of the school for effective functioning
of the school
 The Dean will motivate his/her Employees and get the best out of them so that the school will get
international recognition within a short time as a Centre of Excellence in teaching, research and industrial
consultancy.
 The Dean will establish linkages with reputed institutions and industries to facilitate cross fertilization of
ideas, optimal utilization of physical and human resources and cooperative efforts in research and education.
 The Dean will act as Facilitator and a catalyst for external resource generation by the Faculty of the school
through funded Projects and Consultancy.
 The Dean is the custodian and overseer of the quality standards of education, research and value system
within the school which should be in consonance with those of other schools within the Institute and those
of the Institute itself. The Dean of a school should therefore work in close cooperation and coordination
with the Deans of Other Schools, Dean (Academics), Director (Academic Research), Director
(International Relations) and the Vice-Chancellor.

Empowerment

For achieving the objective and effectively discharging the duties and responsibilities assigned, the Deans are bestowed
with sufficient authority and power as detailed below:

(i) The Dean would be associated with the selection and promotion of all the Employees of the school
concerned.
(ii) The Dean would be the approving and forwarding authority for all travel requests of the Faculty, Staff and
Research Students of the School for travel within India.
(iii) A budget is prepared by the Deans taking into consideration the future requirements and also the previous
year expenses. The budget is submitted to the Management for approval.
The budget allotment becomes operational from 1 April of the Financial Year and the Deans have the
absolute Operational control of the budget allotted.
(iv) The Dean of a School will have a say in the incentives (reward) and disincentive (punishment) awarded to
any Employee of the respective school for his / her performance /
non-performance.

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