6.1.1. The governance of the institution is reflective of and in tune with the vision and mission of the institution.

Vision

To emerge as an acclaimed centre for learning that provides value based technical education for the holistic development of students.

The lasting vision of the institute is to cultivate a scientific mind in young women, and promote value-based technical education that fosters creativity, innovation and leadership.

Mission

• Undertake activities that provide value-based knowledge in Science, Engineering & Technology.
• Provide opportunities for learning through industry-institute interaction on the state-of-the-art technologies.
• Create collaborative environment for research, innovation and entrepreneurship to flourish.
• Promote activities that bring in a sense of social responsibilities.

The mission of the college is to undertake the activities that enhance value-based knowledge and educate students in various streams of Engineering & Technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation by adapting to the changing needs of the industry.

Governance

Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering for Women was established in 2008 under Gayatri Vidya Parishad society with an objective to empower women through quality education in the field of Engineering & Technology.

The Governance of the institution is strictly in tune with the guidelines laid down by the statutory bodies. The Governing body of the college advises the Principal and the Heads of the Departments towards the achievement of Vision and Mission `of the institute by helping them to frame guidelines for all the activities. In accordance with the directions given by the Governing body, the Institute designs a perspective plan of action with the management helping the administration meet the requirement of infrastructure and other related issues.

Under the Chairmanship of the Principal, the Institute’s Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) meets regularly to assess the quality deliverance of education in the institute and to achieve the course and program outcomes. The IQAC helps in the analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and challenges of all the departments. The college academic committee together with the college IQAC takes up the work of ensuring that all the functionalities of the college are up to the given standards of the affiliating university. All this work is forwarded to the Department Academic Committees. The Department Academic Committees (DAC) ascertains the plan, design and implementation of all the activities in the respective departments under the Headship of HODs for every academic year with respect to the academic calendar issued by the affiliating university. The DAC Committee helps in identification of curricular gaps and proposes conduct of Seminars, Guest lectures and Value added courses to fill in these gaps. The IQAC together with DAC monitors the quality of teaching learning process. A report on the progress of these activities carried out in the academic year is in turn submitted to the Governing body of the college. This entire work is also reported to the governing body of Gayatri Vidya Parishad every year in the month of September for good governance.

The administration together with the various committees ensure that the different curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities are reflective of and in tune with the Vision and Mission of the Institution. The administration ensures that the strategic plans are executed seamlessly and encourages participative management by involving various stake-holders at different levels of decision making.

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6.1.2. The effective leadership is visible in various institutional practices such as decentralization and participative management.

Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering for Women totally believes in decentralization and participative management in every aspect of institute functioning. Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to participate in the management processes of the Institute. Faculty members contribute in administrative roles and manage responsibilities in different roles like Heads of the Department, Faculty In charges, etc., They also participate through the various committees such as Anti-Ragging, Examination Committee, R & D Committee, Library Committee etc., Faculty members have active involvement in driving change through the Mission programs of the Institute where the college goals are identified and future roadmaps are designed and executed.

Institute has a culture of recognizing each and every staff member and their opinions. The decentralization and participative management is practiced in the entire academic and administrative affairs of the institute’s performance and accountability. The principal takes the decision in the interest of college. All the decisions are taken in the meeting of the top level and senior faculty members and the task is distributed to appropriate levels.

As a part of decentralization of administration, various committees are formed to monitor the regular needs and activities of the students. Majority of the academic activities are being handled by faculty members in the department guided by the Head of Department. The effective leadership is visible in various institutional practices.

A Case study showing decentralization and participative management is outlined below.

Case Study: A Three day National Workshop on ‘Cryptology and Cyber Security’

A Three day National Workshop on ‘Cryptology and Cyber Security’ was organized jointly by the departments CSE and ECE of Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering for Women under the sponsorship of Cryptology Research Society of India (CSRI), Kolkata. This workshop brought together the Mathematicians, Engineers and Researchers to discuss, deduce and recommend useful ideas in the presence of experts and resource persons for finding a solution to the task of strengthening Cyber Security for the benefit of the public to protect from cyber crimes and threats. The budding women engineers of the college would be exposed to the latest trends in the field of Cyber Security that would add value to their technical skills.

The different stages of decentralization and participative management in the conduct of workshop can be seen in the following committees:

1. Organizing Committee
2. Advisory Committee
3. Reception Committee
4. Aesthetics Committee
5. Distribution Committee

The organizing committee in consultation with the Advisory committee finalized the resource persons, finalized the brochures, invitation letters and tentatively schedules the lectures.

Towards this each subgroup of the committee takes up the specific task mentioned above.

The Participative and collective leadership was seen in the final outcome of the schedule.

The reception committee acts in a decentralized manner and assigns volunteers for each specific task of invitation and reception to coordinate effectively.

Each day of the workshop is heavily loaded with catering to the participants, resource persons, and arrangements for talks, food and aesthetics. The decentralized and participative roles of the different committee members were evident in the success of the workshop.

The coordination of the members of the organizing committee brings out the effective leadership in the process of decentralization and participative management.

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