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Proposals will be evaluated based on the vision, readiness, commitment and credentials of the

HEIs and PIs/Co-PIs to leverage this Programme and deliver outcomes in terms of number of
faculty mentored, entrepreneurial teams supported and pipeline of students nurtured. The
selected institutions will need to sign an MoU with the nodal centre to execute the Programme.

Programme Advisory Council

There shall be Programme Advisory Council to guide the Nodal Center. The Programme
Advisory Council will comprise of the following:

1. Shri Manoj Kohli, Chairperson
2. Prof. M V Karthikeyan, Director, IIITDM Kancheepuram (Host Institute), Member
3. Prof. V Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras or his nominee, Member
4. Shri Gopal Srinivasan, CMD, TVS capital, Member
5. Shri V Shankar, Founder of CAMS, Member
6. Smt Debjani Ghosh, President, NASSCOM, Member

7. Shri G Gurumoorthy, Director, ARM Embedded Systems, Member
8. Dr M J Shankar Raman, CEO, IITM Pravartak, Member
9. Dr Sudhir Varadarajan, Programme Director, Convener

G) Nurturing Future Leadership Programme
As India assumes an increasingly prominent role in the world, there is an urgent need to

inculcate leadership development in higher educational institutions (HEIs) both among
students and faculty. Leadership development for faculty members will not only help prepare
some of them for educational leadership roles, but also be of intrinsic benefit even to those
faculty members uninterested in assuming leadership roles, by helping them excel in their own
research and teaching pursuits, and in enabling them to inculcate leadership skills amongst
their students, bringing tangible and wide- ranging benefits to the nation.

The need for trained and experienced institutional leaders is also outlined in the National
Education Policy (NEP) 2020. It inter-alia stipulates that:
(i) Faculty excellence will be incentivised by way of appropriate rewards, promotions,
recognition and movement into institutional leadership

(ii) Presence of outstanding and enthusiastic institutional leaders that cultivate
excellence and innovation is the need of the hour

(iii) Excellent faculty will be identified early and trained through ladder of leadership
positions.
(iv) Potential leaders will be identified and developed early, working their way through

a ladder of leadership positions.
2. Objectives

The objectives of the programme are:
(i) To build ecosystem to inculcate leadership skills in faculty members at levels

early in their career to advance both individual and organizational goals
(ii) To expand the pool of potential leaders for the range of leadership positions
(iii) To prepare faculty to contribute effectively and proactively in collective decision-
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