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PREFACE |
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The Council of Architecture, whilst formulating the
Regulations on Minimum Standards for undergraduate architectural
education has emphasized that institutions imparting architectural
education shall encourage faculty members to involve in
professional practice, including research. The concept and
practice of Architecture, today, is far different from that of the
Twenties and Thirties. The practice now is concerned with the
whole activity of designing a Complex, man-made environment,
especially in the urban areas. Many new factors,including the
advances that science and technology is making, call for immediate
attention by the profession. Architectural education will have to
be broader and more encompassing, and the faculty and the teaching
institutions have to keep themselves abreast of the latest
techniques and development.
It is this context that the Council of Architecture has
evolved Guidelines for Consultancy Practice by the faculty members
of the schools of archtecture. Institutions imparting
architectural education must encourage faculty members to be
involved in professional practice which would enrich the
experience and knowledge of the faculty members and, in turn,
upgrade the level/quality of teaching, training and research
programmes. The Heads of the institutions must ensure that the
faculty members do not, directly or indirectly, compromise their
responsibility to the students and that the consultancy practice
would not interfere with the faculty member's normal and primary
duties to the students and other activities of the institution.
The Consultancy practice permitted to the faculty must be
consistent with the guidelines.
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INTRODUCTION |
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The primary commitments of a faculty member are towards the
students, teaching/research and other activities of the
institution. It is a recognised fact that in the modern fast
changing world with techniques of construction,
planning/architecture concepts continuously going through a
process of re-evaluation and change, the faculty and the
institutions have to keep themselves abreast of the latest
activities and developments. This can only be achieved with
opportunities to the faculty members who involve in professional
consultancy practice. Such a consultancy practice has also other
advantages like:
- The contact with the profession and industry enriches
experience and knowledge of the faculty members in the
professional spheres that upgrade the level quality of teaching,
training and research programmes.
- The faculty members have also opportunities for implementing
their ideas under actual live conditions.
- The contact with live teachers and actual projects would
enable the students to perceive properly and relevant to the
curriculum.
- The students will thereby be trained at a much higher level
by technological efficiency and latest techniques and research
inputs resulting in their immediate absorption in employment
after completion of their studies with greater confidence and
the professional challenges.
With this in view it is recommended that the institutions may
permit faculty members to engage themselves either in
institutional consultancy practice or individual consultancy
practice on the following guidelines.
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GENERAL |
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- The faculty members may be permitted to engage in private
consultancy practice without detriment to their normal and primary
duties to the students, research/training and other activities of
the institution, either individually or in groups or in
association with individuals or with established firms on a fee or
retainer basis.
- The faculty members shall not be entitled for any concession
for engaging themselves in private consultancy practice.
- The faculty members shall impart to the students the knowledge
and experience gained in private consultancy practice and may also
impart professional training to the students.
- The faculty members shall not be entitled to any
non-practising allowance whether engaged in consultancy practice
or not.
- The faculty members shall engage in consultancy practice at
their own risk and the institution shall not be held resposible
legally or otherwise arising out of such consultancy practice.
- The faculty members may be required to carry out architectural
and other related works of the institutions as and when assigned,
on payment of fees.
- The faculty members shall be required to submit at the end of
every financial year, a statement indicating therein the income
eamed from private consultancy practice that has been indicated in
the income tax return filed and duly certified by a Chartered
Accountant.
- The funds form the Research, Development and Staff Welfare
Fund shall be utilised only for welfare programmes, research and
development activities.
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INSTITUTIONAL CONSULTANCY
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- The institutional consultancy practice may be undertaken
through a Consultancy Cell established in the institution.
- The Institutional Consultancy Cell may manage its affairs
through a committee of faculty members and the authorities of the
institution, duly authorised to initiate and conclude negotiations
for jobs and other details like nature of job, fees,
responsibilities etc.
- The Consultancy Cell Committee, may, assign the job to faculty
members individually or in groups.
- The Consultancy Cell may make use of institution facilities
with supporting infrastructure of its own.
- The faculty members entrusted with the jobs may appoint a
group leader for entering into agreement with clients on behalf of
the Consultancy Cell and also to engage specialist consultants, as
and when required, and to negotiate the fees thereof with the
Consultancy Cell Committee's approval.
- The Consultancy Cell shall contribute a portion of the fees
not exceeding 10%, to the Research, Development and Staff Welfare
Fund:
Provided further, that another 10% of the fees shall be
placed at the disposal of the Consultancy Cell Committee to defray
expenditure for its activities.
The remaining 80% of the fees
shall be utilised for expenditure and for payment of honorarium to
faculty members.
- The faculty members shall submit progress reports to the
Consultancy Cell periodically for review.
- The Consultancy Cell Committee shall submit reports annually
to the authorities of the institution.
- The Consultancy Cell shall manage all its receipts and
payments.
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INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANCY
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- The faculty members shall keep the institution informed of
each consultancy project to be undertaken seeking prior approval
within a reasonable period of time: Provided, if, in the opinion
of the institution, the primary teaching duties of the faculty
members are likely to be adversely affected by the quantum and
nature of work, the reasons shall be communicated to the faculty
members to satisfy the institution before actual engagement.
- The faculty members in individual consltancy practice, shall
contribute 30% of the net income from such consultancy practice as
declared in the income tax return each year, to the Research
Development and Staff Welfare Fund or 6% of the gross receipts
from such consultancy practice in a given year, duly certified by
a Chartered Accountant.
- The net income from individual consultacy practice of faculty
members shall not exceed the gross emoluments received annually
from the institution in a year.
- The faculty members may not use any of the institution
facilities provided when institution facilities are made use of by
faculty members, they shall be required to pay the institution on
the norms laid down by the institution for the facilities used.
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