This document discusses transformational leadership and strategies for achieving research excellence. It emphasizes developing a research culture, recruiting competent faculty, creating interdisciplinary research groups, and identifying niche research areas. It stresses the importance of industry collaborations, international partnerships, and continuous assessment. The document outlines roadmaps for faculty recruitment, research strategy, and collaborations to improve research quality and visibility over several years. It discusses models for educational and enterprise development and the importance of accreditation, ranking, and continuous improvement through review and revision of roadmaps.

1. Transformational
Leadership-The Mantra for
a Value Based Education
System
Dr. Padmanabhan Krishnan
Professor, Higher Academic Grade
School of Mechanical Engineering
VIT, Vellore, Tamilnadu, 632014.
Email: padmanabhan.k@vit.ac.in
(M) 9840032002.
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2. To make a blurred picture clearer
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3. The duty of a Leader is to make his
students think, not just learn.
Swami Vivekandanda

4. Purpose Is What You Have When
No One Is Looking At You
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5. Vasudaiva Kutumbakam

6. Ethics for Professionalism
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7. Value Systems for Leadership
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8. First as a Mentor ?
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9. What distinguishes an excellent leader
from a poor one ?
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10. Change Is Inevitable and
Should be Intrinsic First
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11. Evolution Towards Artificial Intelligence
• The tortuous path towards AI and the role of a
transformational leader

12. Trust and Transition
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13. Transformational Leadership
The Five Wheels Some Additions…
• Leveraging everyone’s
emotional intelligence
• Short term and long
term goals and plans
• Able to strategize and
achieve in multiple
organizational Goals
• To perceive change ,
strategize and achieve.
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15. Virtues that help in
Transformational Leadership
• Subject knowledge, communication skills.
• Should state objectives, methods, results and
summary.
• Should be a loud and clear dynamic model of creating
enthusiasm.
• Link the subject with a colleague’s prior experience.
• Ensure interaction of the colleagues with out
distraction ( Ref: Mission 10X by WIPRO)
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16. Virtues that help in
Transformational Leadership
• Should avoid visible mannerisms.
• Based on assessment and feedback, improve the story
telling techniques to suit slow learners.
• Should maintain cordial relationship to get your story
across.
• Should inspire and impress the subordinates
• Should be innovative and unbiased.
• Should be a life long learner.
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17. Virtues that help in
Transformational Leadership
• Don’t push your contributions side-lining the
pioneering references .
• Put your work in a realistic context and embed it
suitably to show case your contributions to enable
collaboration.
• Remember, a mistake that makes you humble is
better than an achievement that makes you arrogant.
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18. Strategies for enhancing Staff and
Student motivation
• Challenge yourself before challenging them.
• Build on strengths first and then address weakness
• Offer choices, prepare a roadmap that is subject to
review down the line as change is inevitable.
• Provide a secure environment.
• Teach them how to make their tasks manageable.
• Even at peak responsible activities the skills must
provide a comfort factor for easy execution.
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19. Strategies for Enhancing Motivation
• Use rewards & punishments with caution.
• Help colleagues develop an internal locus control
and Avoid power struggles
• Be clear and not ambiguous
• Develop creativity through activities
• Teach them introspection & self evaluation
• Seek their attention & make them competitive and
more perfect. ( Mission 10X by Wipro )
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20. Leadership and Teaching are
….
•Instructive ?
•Didactic ?
•Directive ?
•Developmental ?
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21. Cart Before The Horse
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22. Transformational Leadership in
Teaching Excellence-
The Basics
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24. Three Developmental Student Skills
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25. Old Bloom’s Taxonomy
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26. New Bloom’s Taxonomy
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27. Dave’s Psychomotor Taxonomy
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28. Gagne’s
Nine Events of Instruction For a Teacher
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29. Excellence in Teaching
• From Diffuse Learning to Conceptual Learning
• A Need for Transformational Teaching in the Present
Scenario
• Add the Guru – Sishya Parampara Learning System and
adapt the Western models only to suit Indian spirituality
and National priorities.
• Value and satisfaction , not just commerce !
• Success lies in Satisfaction, Corporate Benefits are only
Materialistic.

30. Cambridge Model-Student Outcomes

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“ You are rated by
what you produce,
not by what you
attempt”

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33. Digital Learning
• Most of the class room learning basics are applied to
digital learning expecting the same outcomes.
• We have to assess whether the outreach is the same
as in class room learning.
• Though Corona has accelerated digital learning, it
should not be the story of liberty ships built during
WW 2 that couldn’t last the war !
• The Covid effect must be understood for sustainable
outcomes.
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34. A Paradigm Transition to
Undergraduate Education
LEAP 2
Group – ‘Teaching Excellence’
P. Lakshmi, Anna University, Chennai
Sankar Chandra Deka, Tezpur University
Rajni Kant, University of Jammu
Puneet Tandon, IIITDM Jabalpur.

35. Why
Group G LEAP 2 Module 2 @ IfM Cambridge
School College / University
Best Teachers

36. Why
Group G LEAP 2 Module 2 @ IfM Cambridge
Right
Brain
Left
Brain

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Supervised Learning
Learn
through
Practice
What?

38. Expectations?
Group G LEAP 2 Module 2 @ IfM Cambridge

39. How?
Group G LEAP 2 Module 2 @ IfM Cambridge
Sensitize
Stakeholders
Revisit Admissions
Foundation Knowledge

40. Enablers
Group G LEAP 2 Module 2 @ IfM Cambridge
Learning
Life
Experiences
Self
Learning
Original
Thoughts
Example
Classes
Awareness
&
Feedback

41. Assessment
Group G LEAP 2 Module 2 @ IfM Cambridge
Presentations

42. Outcome?
Group G LEAP 2 Module 2 @ IfM Cambridge
Real-life experience
based Foundation
Majors / Specialisations
Foundation
Courses
Minors
Minors

43. Transformational Leadership for
Research Excellence
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44. LEAP 2.0
Cambridge University Module
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Strategic Roadmap towards Research Excellence
Team
Prof. Sunil K.N. Kutty, CUST.
Prof. Banshidhar Majhi, NIT ( R )
Prof. Ketan Kotecha, Symbiosis.
Prof. N.K. Pandey, Lucknow University.

45. • The present Institute is a Socio-Cultural Hub with
• Faculty, Students, Technicians
• Best of the Infrastructure
• Mandate of the Institution like any other Institute
• Education
• Innovation
• Fund Generation
• Socio-Economic development of the Nation
• To achieve Academic Excellence and performing the mandate effectively,
Research Excellence is an must
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WHY Research Excellence ?

46. Impact of Research Excellence
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International Visibility +
Ranking + Trust Value +
Brand Value
Publications + Patents +
Citations + Innovations
Sponsored Research + Industrial
Consultancy + Continuing
Education
Improved Teaching-Learning +
Graduate Attributes
R&D Excellence

47. Strengths
Best of the brains
IT Competency
Alumni base in
universities
Recent Govt. Research
initiatives
New Education
Policy
Weakness
Poor Industry
Participation
Best brains not
oriented towards
research
Ph.Ds outcomes
are limited to
publications
Missing Research
Culture
Govt. Fund
Dependency
Poor Student
Teacher Ratio
Opportunities
International
Collaborations
Industry Led
Research
Problem domains
availability
Challenges
Fund
availability
Academic
Visibility
Building Trust
Present Status of Institute
A SWOC Analysis
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48. • Recruitment of Competent Faculty
• Creation of Interdisciplinary Research groups
• Recruitment of Industry Faculty and adjunct Faculty
• Recruitment of Tenured track for International faculty
• Creation of Research Council
• Identification of niche research areas
• Provision for a Faculty friendly IPR policy
• Creation of Incubation facility
• Collaborations with Industries
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Research Strategy

49. • Development of Industry funded research labs
• Collaboration with International Industries and Academia
• Attract International Funding for Faculty and Student Exchange
• Continuous assessment of key performance outcomes
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Research Strategy (II)

50. Faculty Related Challenges
Recruitment of Quality Faculty
Retention due to openings in different Institution
Industry Faculty recruitment through existing Recruitment Rules
(RR)
Fulfilling the Aspirations for Foreign Faculty
Aligning Faculty with Industry Collaboration
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51. Roadmap are subject to revisions !
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Faculty Recruitment
Research Strategy
Collaborations
Lab preparation
Identification of
Research areas
Interdisciplinary
group
Submission of
Proposals
Seed Funding
IPR policy making
Incubation Facility
Review of proposals
Remedial measures
2020-2022
2023-2025
2025
2025

52. Achieving and Sustaining Research Excellence
Padmanabhan Krishnan, VIT.
Nand Kishore, IITB.
Amarjit Singh Dhaliwal, SLIET
James Jebaseelan Samuel, VIT.
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53. Research Excellence and its Impact
Excellence in research for societal impact:
Research that makes a difference
Addressing problems of current and future
societal needs: Choosing right targets
Fundamental research leading to new
discoveries: May take long time but impactful
Research translating into deliverables
in reasonable time: Trust building,
demonstrating capabilities, value
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54. Importance of Excellence in Research
Reputation of the institute:
Preferred destination for faculty, students,
industry, and other stakeholders
Knowledge hub for high quality
deliverables:
Excellent minds working with target oriented objectives
Generate excellent trustworthy manpower
to make a difference:
Essential mandate of the academic institutes
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55. HOW?
Identification and motivation of people:
Research culture and bringing all on board
People make a difference
Research planning:
Support fundamental research
Identification of target areas and provide full support
Provide interdisciplinary communities
Aerodynamics
Serendipity
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56. HOW?
Creation of Research/Science Parks, Technology Incubators,
Venture Initiatives, Consultancy Centres, Test Facilities ( SATHI)
Financial planning: Seed grants, Research Grants
(Government, Alumni, Endowment, Industry)
Core Research Grant
Industry Relevant R&D
Startup Research Grant
Intensification of Research in High Priority Areas
Funds for Improvement in S&T Infrastructure
Support creation of Institute/Central facilities
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57. Promotion of impactful consultancy:
Industry connect
Research Income
Societal Impact
Strengthened PhD and a strong Postdoctoral programme
Backbone of Research
VP3: Vision, People, Plan, Politics
Commercialization after realization
Library Resources:
Keeping abreast of latest developments
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58. Rigorous periodical peer review
and metrics:
Linkage to promotion; Excellence in Research
Recognition (Students and Faculty);
keeping pressure to perform
Wider stakeholders consultation:
Moving ahead with demands of time and societal needs
Strong Internationalization:
International collaborations, MOUs,
Exchange programs, Campuses
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Foreign Import Substitution:
Through Economical Indigenization

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IMPACT
Teaching
&
Learning
Society
& Environment
Industry
PRIDE: Performance in Research for Institutional Demonstrated Excellence
Innovations
&
New Inventions
Global Ranking
Excellent and
Trustworthy
Manpower
REPUTATION
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60. Educational Models for Societal
and Economical Development
• Institutional Model: Private held by an individual,
family, group or Public University.
• Organizational Model: Held by an individual, family , a
group , a trust or a public firm with investments in
industries, educational institutions, media and leisure.
• Corporate Model: The above with a corporate
management approach and outcome based economic
benefits.
• Enterprise Model: A collaborative and joint effort
between the educational institutions and the
stakeholders, like the Industries, start ups, innovators
and research laboratories through partnerships (IIC).
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61. Cambridge University’s Business Innovation
Ecosystem Model - Go to Them Strategy
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62. Teaching ,Learning and Research-
A Model
• Developmental Teaching and Learning as
opposed to Instructional and Directive
Learning !
• Student centric approach as they are the
majority learners !
• Applied Research for, a) slow, academic and
sustainable development and b) fast track
corporate gains ( Industry 4.0 ready) as the
two different pathways.
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65. A centralized ERP System for all filings
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IIT KGP has developed this ERP package

66. Leadership for Accreditation and Ranking
• Accreditation for NAAC, ABET and IET, more in the
offing !
• Records and documenting your approach,
methodology, tools employed, improvements,
achievements and feedback.
• Ranking frameworks like NIRF, QS, THE and the like.
• Proven storytelling success records as benchmarks
for ranking exercises.
• Repeatability and reproducibilty !

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68. The importance of an SPI Cell
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69. Change and Roadmaps
• All roadmaps are subject to progressive change
every six months. Perceived and disastrous
changes must be combatted to avoid skewed
exits that prevent us from achieving prioritized
goals. As change is inevitable, roadmaps cannot
be a milestone from the past. – Padmanabhan
Krishnan
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Vision, Value and Visibility
- The three Vs for inclusive growth

71. Transformation-A different Facet
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https://www.slideshare.net › PadmanabhanKrishnan2
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Padmanabhan_Krishnan
Padmanabhan Krishnan, VIT, Vellore, linked In
Padmanabhan Krishnan, VIT, Vellore, Google Scholar.
http://www.i2or.com/educators.html
https://achievementscenter.com/competitions/scientist-of-the-year/winners-scientist-of-the-year/winners-
2020

72. Is the blurred picture clearer ?
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73. Thank you and Questions ?
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Aham Brahmaasmi