Development of Governance Structure in a New University in India: Lessons for Developing

Abstract

Performance of a University depends upon (1) acquisition of talent, students as well as faculty, (2) availability of resources, private resources and government resources, and finally, teaching, research and new product development. This is because excellence achieved by the educational system of a country ultimately contributes to the economic and social development of a country. Governance system of the University is an important contributing factor which could enable achievement of excellence of a University. On the other hand, a governance structure not crafted to take the requirements on its forward path would only create impediments ultimately resulting in deterioration first in the field of education and consequently on the development of a country itself. Governance structure has to be created taking the vision, the mission and the objectives of the University as a suitable governance structure paves the way for achieving the overall objectives of the University. Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University is a new player in the field of education. The University has ambitions of building into a world class university. The study is a case study examining the governance systems of this university in detail by deep diving into the mission, the vision, the objectives of the university and the attempts to create a governance structure to achieve the objectives.