Organization Structure

1. Board of Directors (Arvind Sharma, Lavanya Vemsani, Hari Kiran Vadlamani, Avatans Kumar, Nagaraj Paturi, Anjali Kanojia)
2. Executive Council – President (Lavanya Vemsani), Secretary (Mona Rawal)
3. Research Council – select body of only active researchers (equiv. of tenured faculty)
4. Faculty Council
5. Students Council – all students
6. Donors Council – all donors
7. Volunteer Corps – all volunteers
8. Advisory committee
9. Standing committees
10. Select committees

• Separation of Chair (policy & planning), Vice-Chair (evaluation, arbitration and audit) and President (Chief Executive) roles
• Board of Directors appoints the President as CEO, and President further appoints executives, assigns other responsibilities
• Board cannot interfere with the Executive functions – the Board can only appoint and withdraw the President
• Budgeting is a policy/legislative function – budget / ad-hoc appropriations will be approved by the Board
• First five directors – charter directors – all from Research Council – by selection, then by elections
• Sixty percent (60%) or more seats on the board of directors reserved for the Research Council
• Twenty percent (20%) or less seats on the board of directors for the Donors Council
• Twenty percent (20%) or less seats on the board of directors for general membership
• Research Council will always be headed by the President (equivalent of a Provost)
• Qualifying parameters for admission to the Research Council
  • Nomination by minimum of three; self-nomination not allowed
  • Research and publication activity
  • Number of students citing the research papers
  • Grants and awards
  • Admission to the Research Council approved by the Board

Collegium

Chair: Arvind Sharma
Convener: Lavanya Vemsani

Executive Council

President – Lavanya Vemsani
Secretary – Mona Rawal