Section 12(16) in The First Statutes of the Footwear Design and Development Institute
(16)The powers and functions of the Senate shall include -(a)framing and revising curriculum and syllabus for the courses of studies for various Schools or Departments or programmes;(b)making recommendations to the Governing Council with regard to the creation, restructuring or abolition of Schools or programmes;(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;(e)making recommendations to the Governing Council regarding conferment or grant of honorary degrees and other academic distinctions or titles;(f)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;(g)promoting research and development in class rooms and field as also encouraging opportunities for bringing in market realities to the class rooms through consultancy, outreach and Industry Programme projects;(h)planning and reviewing electives and other extracurricular programmes of students and making appropriate recommendations to the Governing Council;(i)over viewing the functioning of labs (excluding ITC Lab), studios, class rooms, workshops, hostels, student welfare, co-curricular activities, grievance mechanisms, and such other matters related to academics;(j)awarding stipends, scholarships, medals, prizes and other similar recognitions with such conditions as may be deemed necessary;(k)inviting two student representatives by rotation to the Senate meeting during discussion of matters relating to student welfare, not involving any policy or disciplinary matters; and(l)such other academic matters as may be referred to it by the Governing Council.
