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Prof. P. Radha Krishna
Professor, Department of CSE, NIT Warangal, Member nominated by BoG
( 16(f) )
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Prof. Bibhuti Bhusan Biswal
Professor HAG, Industrial Design, NIT Rourkela, Member nominated by BoG
( 16(f) )
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Dr. Durga Prakash Devarakonda
Staff Vice President & Head of Digital Legato Health Technologies LLP, Member Co-opted by Senate
( 16(g) )
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Shri Krishna Sastry Pendyala
Partner, Cyber Security, Ernst & Young LLP, India, Member Co-opted by Senate
( 16(g) )
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Shri Hunny Mehrotra
Principal Data Scientist, Microsoft, Bangalore, Member Co-opted by Senate
( 16(g) )
Note: Six external experts from reputed institutes were inducted as members into the senate against (b), (c) and (e) under clause 16(1) of IIIT Act, 2014 as per the First BoG Meeting minutes. Under column (d) of 16(1) of IIIT Act, 2014, heads of departments who are not professors are considered as invitees.
Powers and
Functions of the Senate
1. Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Senate
shall be the principal academic body of the Institute and shall have the power
to enact, amend, modify Ordinances, governing academic matters and the affairs
and well-being of students in the Institute.
2. Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section
(1), the Senate shall have the fohttps://iiitk.ac.in/images/pages/1664166434.pdfllowing powers, namely:
a. to specify the criteria and process for admission to
courses or programmes of study offered by the Institute:
b. to recommend to the Board creation of teaching and other
academic posts., determination of the number and emoluments of such posts and
defining the duties and conditions of service of teachers and other academic
posts:
c. to recommend to the Board about commencement of
new programmes or courses of study:
d. to specify the broad academic content of programmes and
courses of study and undertake modifications therein:
e. to specify the academic calendar and approve grant of
degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions or titles:
f. to appoint examiners, moderators, tabulators and
such other personnel for different examinations:
g. to recognise diplomas and degrees or Universities and
other Institutes and to determine equivalence with the diplomas and degrees of
the Institute:
h. to suggest measures for departmental co-ordination:
i. to make major recommendations to the Board of
Governors on:
a. measures for improvement of standard of teaching,
training and research:
b. institution of chairs, fellowships, scholarships,
studentships free-ships, medals and prizes and other related matters:
c. establishment or abolition of departments or centres:
and
d. bye-laws covering the academic functioning of the institute,
discipline, residence, admissions, examinations, award of fellowships and
studentships, free-ships concessions, attendance and other related matters:
j. to appoint sub-committees to advise on such
specific matters as may be referred to by the Board of Governors or by itself:
k. to consider the recommendations of the sub-committees
and to take such action including making of recommendations to the Board of
Governors as may be required:
l. to take periodical review of the activities of the
Departments or Centres and to take appropriate action including making of
recommendations to the Board of Governors with a view to maintain and improve
the standards of instructions, in the institutions: and
m.to exercise such other powers and discharge such other functions as may be assigned to it, by Statutes or otherwise, by the Board.