Section 12(11) in First Statutes of the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
(11)The powers and functions of the Senate shall include -(a)framing and revising curriculum and syllabus for the courses of studies for various disciplines, as per the recommendations of the Academic Advisory Committee;(b)making recommendations to the Governing Council with regard to the creation, restructuring or abolition of Disciplines or Programmes or Campuses;(c)overseeing the arrangements for the conduct of examinations, appointment of examiners, moderators, tabulators and other matters relating to the examinations;(d)declaring the results of final semester examinations or appointing Committees or Officers to do so and making recommendations to the Governing Council regarding conferment or grant of degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions or titles;(e)appointing Committees or working Groups from amongst the members of the Senate, other faculty members and experts from outside to advise on specific and important academic matters;(f)considering recommendations by Academic Advisory Committee and taking action or recommending a course of action;(g)periodical review of activities of various faculty streams or disciplines and taking appropriate action for maintaining the excellence of standards of education of the Institute;(h)promoting design research and development in class rooms and fields as also encouraging opportunities for bringing in market realities to the class rooms through consultancy, outreach and Industry Programme projects;(i)planning and reviewing Electives and other extracurricular programmes of students and making appropriate recommendations;(j)over viewing the functioning of labs, studios, class rooms, hostels, student welfare, co-curricular activities and grievance mechanisms;(k)awarding stipends, scholarships, medals, prizes and other similar recognitions with such conditions as may be deemed necessary;(l)periodical review of the progress of various activities of the Institute;(m)constitute Admissions Committee to frame rules, eligibilities, formats, weightage and procedures, including outsourcing of various administrative and logistic activities through reliable and reputed agency or agencies for the conduction of admissions or entrance tests for various under-graduates and post graduate courses or programmes of the Institute and consider its recommendations for implementation;(n)inviting two student representatives to the Senate meeting during discussion of matters relating to student welfare, not involving any policy or disciplinary matters; and(o)such other academic matters as may be referred to it by the Governing Council.
