Governing Body

A governing body is a group of people that has the authority to exercise governance over an organization. The most formal is a government, a body whose sole responsibility and authority is to make binding decisions in a taken geopolitical system (such as a state) by establishing laws.
Governing bodies can vary widely in size, which is "important not only for acquiring the necessary range of skills to oversee the entity, but also in promoting cohesion, flexibility, and effective participation of the members to achieve their governance objectives". A governing body is only one component of a system of governance, which also requires a written framework under which the body must operate, and governance mechanisms to both carry out directives of the governing body, and to report information back to the governing body.

1.Functions of Governing Body

(a) The Governing body shall perform the following functions :

• (i) To organise the teaching in the college and to determine the teaching requirement of the college.
• (ii)To monitor and evaluate the teaching programmes in the college and suggest remedial measures, provided that the Governing body will be assisted in this function by an Advisory Committee to be constituted for each programme comprising of three professional in the field.
• (iii) To appoint the Principal / Director, the teaching and non-teaching staff on the recommendations of the selection committees constituted under the relevant regulations of the University.
• (iv)To monitor faculty deployment and development, placement and industry-institute interaction activities in the institute/college and suggest remedial measures wherever necessary.
• (v)To perform such other duties and exercise such other powers as may be entrusted by the management and the University.

(b) (vi) To set and monitor the organisation's mission, purpose, priorities and the strategies within the¬ boundaries of the organisation's constitution and legal obligations

2.To involve the key stakeholders to set and monitor the organisation's mission and maintain¬ positive relationships with them.

3.To specify the key outcomes and ensure that there are adequate resources to achieve this.¬ Most important risk management

4. To Develop policies that will allow the organisation to serve its stakeholders.

5. To monitor the organisation's programs and services.

6. To influence the decisions and finances.

7. To report at least annually to all the stakeholders.

8. To set the standards for evaluating

9. The core roles of a governing body include:

• Values guardian : This means articulating out organizational values, institute mission and priorities for protection against undermining.
• Facilitator : This means arguing in the support of the grants relationships with key stakeholders.
• Buffer :This means monitoring the potential divergence.