A statutory governance framework for institutional planning, academic development, quality enhancement, infrastructure growth, and stakeholder participation.
The College Development Committee is a statutory body constituted in accordance with the Maharashtra Public Universities Act, 2016 and the guidelines of the University of Mumbai. It serves as an important participatory governance mechanism for institutional planning, academic development, administrative effectiveness, infrastructure enhancement, and stakeholder engagement.
The CDC aligns the college's developmental initiatives with its Vision and Mission by promoting quality education, institutional excellence, student welfare, community engagement, and sustainable growth. It involves management representatives, faculty members, non-teaching staff, students, alumni, and external stakeholders in institutional progress.
Aeren College of Commerce & Management is committed to strengthening participatory governance through an active and effective College Development Committee.
The CDC works towards institutional planning, quality enhancement, student-centric development, academic advancement, and statutory compliance.
Formulate and monitor the overall development plan in alignment with Vision and Mission.
Promote quality in academic, administrative, research, extension, and co-curricular activities.
Recommend measures for infrastructure development and effective utilisation of resources.
Facilitate stakeholder participation in governance and decision-making processes.
Support initiatives for employability, entrepreneurship, leadership, and holistic development.
Encourage research, innovation, industry collaboration, consultancy, and community engagement.
Review and recommend policies related to academic growth and institutional development.
Ensure compliance with University of Mumbai, UGC, NAAC, and other regulatory requirements.
This policy applies to institutional representatives, statutory committees, students, alumni, and external stakeholders involved in development initiatives.
The policy covers all members and stakeholders associated with the College Development Committee.
Industry, community representatives, and external stakeholders associated with institutional development initiatives.
IQAC and other statutory or non-statutory committees involved in quality assurance and institutional growth.
Institutional planning, academic development, governance, quality assurance, infrastructure, and student welfare.
Community outreach, sustainable growth initiatives, stakeholder engagement, and long-term institutional progress.
The CDC performs academic, administrative, developmental, quality, governance, and stakeholder-related functions for institutional progress.
Review academic performance, enhance teaching-learning processes, support NEP-related initiatives, and promote faculty development programmes.
Prepare perspective plans, annual development plans, growth strategies, and monitor progress of strategic initiatives.
Assess infrastructure requirements and recommend improvements for classrooms, ICT facilities, library, laboratories, and campus amenities.
Encourage research culture, publications, patents, consultancy, funded projects, and collaborations.
Promote employability, entrepreneurship, internships, placements, skill development, extension, and co-curricular participation.
Coordinate with IQAC, review AQAR-related initiatives, accreditation preparation, and quality enhancement measures.
Guidelines governing constitution, meetings, planning, stakeholder participation, documentation, and ethical governance.
The CDC shall be constituted as per the Maharashtra Public Universities Act, 2016 and University of Mumbai norms.
The Committee shall meet at least four times during an academic year or as required.
Annual institutional development plans shall be prepared through consultation with stakeholders.
Faculty, students, alumni, and external stakeholders shall be encouraged to contribute suggestions.
Proceedings, resolutions, action taken reports, and supporting documents shall be maintained systematically.
Committee members shall maintain transparency, accountability, confidentiality, and professional integrity.
The mechanism ensures identification of priorities, execution, documentation, reporting, and continuous review.
Identify priorities, collect inputs from departments, committees, stakeholders, and IQAC, and prepare plans.
Allocate responsibilities and implement approved developmental initiatives through coordination.
Maintain notices, agendas, attendance records, minutes, resolutions, reports, and ATRs.
Report progress, submit recommendations, review effectiveness, and integrate feedback.
CDC effectiveness shall be monitored through performance indicators, review mechanisms, and outcome assessment.
The College Development Committee shall function in accordance with statutory requirements, regulatory guidelines, institutional policies, and quality assurance frameworks.
All members shall ensure transparency in functioning, accountability in decision-making, and continuous quality enhancement in all developmental activities of the institution.
