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Ref. No.: F.No.IITMandi/Acad/BoG/2022/4590-93 Date: 16-11-2022

Title: Academic Structure

NOTIFICATION

Academic Structure)

The Board of Governors (BoG) in its 36th Meeting held on 26th October, 2022 vide Item No. BoG-36.3.6 approved the proposal of re-organization of Academic Structure, as placed below:

This Institute firmly supports an academic environment where knowledge freely crosses disciplinary boundaries. The Institute has a goal of fostering an interdisciplinary academic culture and utilizing the benefits of this strategy in its teaching and research endeavors. IIT Mandi had four schools, the School of Engineering, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Basic Sciences, and School of Computing and Electrical Engineering, to support multidisciplinary culture and encourage free flow of ideas across disciplines.

In view of smooth administrative management with growing faculty and students’ strength, BOGs have approved the following nine schools in the previous meeting. In order to keep interdisciplinary academic culture, this proposal recommends following units as 1. Schools, 2. Interdisciplinary research Centres, and 3. Facility centres at IIT Mandi.

There major roles and responsibilities are mentioned below.

SCHOOLS
GOALS:	Excellence in teaching and research of specialized disciplines. Technology leadership in select areas. Streamline course offerings across various academic units in the institute.
Schools:	School of Computing and Electrical Engineering (SCEE) School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (SCENE) School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering (SMME) School of Physical Sciences (SPS) School of Chemical Sciences (SCS) School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (SMSS) School of Biosciences and Bioengineering (SBB) School of Management (SM) …………………………………………………………….
Role and Responsibilities	Managed by School Chairperson Own specialized UG, PG and PhD programs. Offer all requisite courses as per the requirements of owned UG/PG/PhD programs Host core and affiliated faculty
INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH CENTRES
GOALS:	Foster interdisciplinary research. Focused on solving pressing societal problems. Breaking down school barriers & bringing together faculty from diverse disciplines.
Research Centres	IKSHMA AI and Robotics ………………….., 4…………………….5……………
Role and Responsibilities	Managed by Centre Chairperson Own PG and PhD programs. Offer all requisite courses as per the requirements of owned PG/PhD programs. Host core and affiliated faculty. Support UG programs Desirable to affiliate each faculty member with atleast 1 centre to foster Interdisciplinary research
FACILITY CENTRES
GOALS:	Create a one-stop shop for researchers and faculty
Centres	BioX Center (BioX) Advanced Materials Research Center (AMRC) Center for Design and Fabrication of Electronic Devices (C4DFED) ----------------------------------. 5……………………………..
Role and Responsibilities	Managed by Coordinators Raise fund for maintenance and operations Cannot own Academic programs Will only have affiliated faculty from Schools and Interdisciplinary Research Centres.

School and Centres Chairpersons, and Centre Coordinators will be reporting to Dean Academics for Academic Matters.

Interdisciplinary courses will be offered by selected school/centre which will be decided by Dean Academics/Associate Dean (Courses) every year.

Specialized Institute UG Core (IC) courses will be offered by respective school/Centre.

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Deputy Registrar (Academics)

CC To:
1. The Registrar/Secretary, BoG
2. Dean (Academics)
3. All Faculty and staff members
4. OAS/WING Team

SCHOOLS

INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH CENTRES

FACILITY CENTRES