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The main responsibilities of the Department Chair include: administering the academic and
administrative affairs of the department and determine the financial and administrative needs;
making recommendations to the Dean concerning appointment of academic staff; presenting
development plans for the department with regard to academic programs, teaching, student
affairs, and student counseling; preparing the budget of the department and present it to the
Dean; preparing the annual report of the department and submitting it to the Dean and
performing other duties as instructed by the Dean.

10.6. College Committees
The College Dean forms the following committees from the college academic staff members.

1) College Academic Program Development and Review Committee
2) College Research Committee

3) College Academic Support Service Committee
4) College Industry and Community Engagement Committee

5) College Student Affairs Committee

6) College Health and Safety Committee
In addition to the above mentioned committees, the College Council has a right to form other
committees as per the requirement. The terms and conditions of these ad-hoc committee will be
specified by the College Council and it will cease as soon as the task entrusted is accomplished.
The Dean also appoints a Chair to every committee. However, the Dean chairs the meetings of

the college committees once present in them.

10.7. QA Coordinator
Each College has a QA Coordinator, who is nominated by the College Dean for a period of 2 years,
subject to renewal for another period, and approved by the UAC. The QA Coordinator is a member
of University-level and College-level Quality Assurance Committee and serves as a link between

the University and College in matters related to quality assurance.

10.8. Course Coordinator
Courses with multi-sections have a coordinator appointed by the Department Chair for one
semester. He/ She coordinates all academic activities related to the multi-section course with
other faculty members teaching that course.

(For more details, refer to Section 12.4.2. on Page 40)

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