Faculty Quality Begins with Quality Living | VC Sir at DDH Meeting

Описание: "In this important and forward-looking address delivered during the DDH (Deans, Directors, and Heads) Meeting held on 22nd November 2024, Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. P. Nagabhushan Sir, as the Chair of the meeting, led an in-depth discussion on one of the most crucial yet often overlooked aspects of academic excellence — faculty living conditions and residential ecosystems.
Welcoming all the Deans, Directors, and Heads of Departments, Vice Chancellor Sir set the context by stating that high-quality faculty cannot be created or retained merely through salaries, designations, or infrastructure alone. True academic excellence, he emphasised, comes when faculty members are provided with a supportive ecosystem that nurtures both professional and personal growth.
He strongly highlighted that faculty quality begins at home, and for that to happen, schools for faculty children, cooperative living, and community-based ecosystems must be made available within or around the campus. According to him, when faculty members are free from daily logistical and family-related anxieties, they can dedicate their intellectual energy fully to teaching, research, mentoring, and innovation.
Vice Chancellor Sir spoke extensively about the idea of cooperative marketing and cooperative living, explaining that academic institutions should evolve into learning communities rather than just workplaces. He emphasised that universities must think beyond classrooms and laboratories and focus on building intellectual neighbourhoods where ideas flow naturally through everyday interactions among faculty, students, and researchers.
Drawing references from IITs and NITs, he explained how strong residential campuses have historically played a vital role in creating world-class academic cultures. These institutions, he noted, did not become centres of excellence overnight; their success was built on long-term vision, stable faculty ecosystems, and residential continuity, which allowed academic traditions to flourish organically.
He urged the leadership team to reflect on how residential facilities for faculty are not expenses, but long-term investments in institutional quality. When faculty members live within academic environments, mentorship extends beyond office hours, research discussions happen informally, and students benefit from constant academic engagement.
Vice Chancellor Sir also emphasised that cooperative living fosters shared responsibility, mutual respect, and collective growth, values that are essential for building a strong academic institution. He encouraged the DDH members to think institutionally rather than departmentally, reminding them that the growth of one school contributes to the strength of the entire university.
Concluding his address, he reiterated that:
Quality faculty cannot be built in isolation
Residential campuses create academic continuity
Cooperative living strengthens institutional culture
Universities must invest in people, not just infrastructure
The DDH Meeting under his chairmanship reflected his deep belief that education thrives where communities thrive, and that faculty well-being is inseparable from academic excellence.

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