The Novel Dean Of Alumni Relations
Prof. B V Phani of Department of Industrial together with Management Engineering volition hold out the novel Dean of Resources together with Alumni at IIT Kanpur. He volition assume the role on 1st June. Prof. Phani is currently Associate Dean of Innovation together with Incubation. Under his dynamic leadership, the incubation action has increased significantly inwards the concluding few years, together with the incubation pith has received many awards. We facial expression frontward to him providing the much needed leadership inwards alumni relations.
He has his undertaking cutting out for him. The Institute has a long history of neglecting alumni relations together with fund-raising. The amount of gifts that IITK received inwards 2007 (the concluding total twelvemonth of Prof. Sudhir Jain's tenure every bit Dean) has non been matched since then. Can you lot imagine that nosotros instantly withdraw keep 40% to a greater extent than alumni than inwards 2007. We are amend connected inwards the globe alongside social media having taken the globe yesteryear a storm. We withdraw keep gone through an inflation which has been only about 100% inwards this period. The incomes inwards nominal price withdraw keep gone upwards yesteryear to a greater extent than than 100% of our alumni. And yet, nosotros are receiving less amount inwards gifts instantly than nosotros did eight years ago.
And it is non only the total quantum, it is too the numbers. In 2007, well-nigh iv per centum of our alumni gave gifts. In the concluding year, nosotros had alone 2 per centum of our alumni give gifts. And this is when nosotros withdraw keep much amend communication facilities today. Somethings seriously incorrect has been happening all these years.
Alumni who create give gifts are treated badly. I together with my household unit of measurement had given funds for a scholarship inwards Dec 2013. Till today, the outset recipient of that scholarship has non been announced. This is when I withdraw keep sent several reminders, wrote to Director, together with since I withdraw keep the privilege of existence a fellow member of IIT Kanpur Senate, raised the number inwards Senate every bit well. The 2 awards that nosotros laid up, I had to personally enquire the awardees to give me details of their work. The Alumni business office did aught to assist me. (Normally, all awardees are expected to write a give cheers you lot note, together with if the accolade was based on some work, together with then an abstract of their work.)
The donor appreciation is unheard of inwards IIT Kanpur. I recall an resultant where a large donor had visited IIT Kanpur together with a part was organized to felicitate him together with his family. Besides the officialdom, I was the alone faculty fellow member present. Couldn't nosotros await at to the lowest degree those faculty members whose piece of work would create goodness from the largesse of such a donor to experience obliged together with withdraw keep out a few minutes from their busy schedule. It is really mutual to hear on the campus statements like, "Oh! he is donating to relieve taxes." or "He is donating to experience goodness well-nigh himself." As if those donations create non assist IITK at all. How the novel Dean volition alter the civilization on campus thus that nosotros all laid out appreciating donors volition hold out interesting to watch.
It volition hold out hard to alter the culture. The outset dominion of alumni relations is that alumni relations laid out alongside admission together with non alongside graduation. Treat your students fairly (which does non hateful leniently, or give liberal grades, or concur to all demands). But when a SUGC Chairman decides that a educatee who was sick together with who has applied for brand upwards a few hours belatedly due to some really genuine confusion volition non hold out given the brand upwards together with instead hold out failed inwards the course, this Dean tin create aught well-nigh it. But sensitizing all stake holders regarding alumni relations volition hold out an of import undertaking of the novel Dean.
The Distinguished Alums are non exceptions to this mistreatment. The awards are delayed, the accolade ceremony is delayed. The accolade ceremonies are non publicized well. The distinguished alums are allowed alone v minutes to utter (as opposed to an lx minutes of a proper seminar earlier). Normally, they utter alone to other awardees together with their friends together with family, every bit the students together with faculty ordinarily create non withdraw keep whatever involvement inwards such functions. Even the students who are employed yesteryear Alumni business office to farther the alumni relations skip these events. They volition come upwards either before or afterwards the resultant (depending on when the nutrient is), but create non attend the resultant itself. Every fourth dimension the business office has an excuse - it was a weekday or it was a weekend, it was early on inwards the morning time (11am), or it was afternoon (sleep time) or it was sports fourth dimension (late evening), students are non interested, together with thus on. And withal repeatedly, I withdraw keep challenged them that a properly organized part alongside proper announcements volition attract people. I withdraw keep been asked to attempt on some occasions, in 1 lawsuit less than 24 hours before the resultant was to hold out held, together with every unmarried fourth dimension I withdraw keep shown them that the venue tin hold out full. And yet, on their own, alongside such a large regular army of paid students, they can't appear to organize an event. How volition the novel Dean ensure that our distinguished alumni snuff it dorsum happy, together with the campus community tin create goodness from the presence of such stalwarts on campus volition hold out interesting to watch. Also, an of import query to ponder over is whether the honorary doctorate is the novel Distinguished Alumnus Award.
I don't shout upwards when was the concluding fourth dimension Kelkar Alumni Lecture was held inwards the Institute. Have nosotros decided that having named our library afterwards him, nosotros tin allow him remainder inwards peace together with non shout upwards him on an annual basis.
There are other issues. Do nosotros demand an business office inwards New York urban pith alongside no employee. When I had a coming together only about the business office concluding year, I couldn't fifty-fifty snuff it along my luggage inwards the business office for the duration of that meeting. How create nosotros strengthen our presence inwards US, or is at that spot a demand to strengthen our physical presence when the globe has acquire thus good connected.
How create nosotros induce upwards one's withdraw heed the utilisation of endowment funds (which are non all alumni gifts). Is giving a subsidy of 1 crore rupees to relieve a few minutes of a few people traveling betwixt Kanpur together with Lucknow the best utilisation of our express resources. Does it non transportation a dot to our alumni that nosotros are thus rich that nosotros don't demand their funds. Will the novel Dean stand upwards up together with hold out counted when it actually matters.
The social media strategy is non-existent. One volition discovery some posts on some forums almost randomly. The constant electrical load of Deans withdraw keep been that they demand a communication practiced to handgrip this. Actually, the Institute only needs a Dean who understands this undertaking together with is willing to piece of work hard together with larn on the job, instead of complaining well-nigh others.
Should nosotros withdraw keep chair positions alone to celebrate inquiry output, or should at that spot too hold out chairs to promote excellence inwards education together with excellence inwards leadership. This is some other query that the novel Dean volition withdraw keep to bargain with, peculiarly when the Institute is increasingly focused on PhD output, citation index, H index, together with all other parameters of inquiry productivity alongside really picayune emphasis on education together with providing leadership to whatever business office inwards the Institute. (How create you lot promise to acquire goodness Deans together with Heads, if you lot snuff it along telling people that nosotros don't value their leadership.)
The human relationship alongside the Alumni Association has ever been a challenge for the Dean. But it is too clear that without both Alumni Association together with Dean of Alumni Affairs existence on the same page, a lot of fourth dimension volition hold out wasted inwards solving pocket-size problems. Being a picayune generous together with a fleck tolerant would snuff it a long way.
Welcome, Dr. Phani. You volition for certain non withdraw keep a bed of roses. But tin you lot acquire out for your successor a bed of roses?
He has his undertaking cutting out for him. The Institute has a long history of neglecting alumni relations together with fund-raising. The amount of gifts that IITK received inwards 2007 (the concluding total twelvemonth of Prof. Sudhir Jain's tenure every bit Dean) has non been matched since then. Can you lot imagine that nosotros instantly withdraw keep 40% to a greater extent than alumni than inwards 2007. We are amend connected inwards the globe alongside social media having taken the globe yesteryear a storm. We withdraw keep gone through an inflation which has been only about 100% inwards this period. The incomes inwards nominal price withdraw keep gone upwards yesteryear to a greater extent than than 100% of our alumni. And yet, nosotros are receiving less amount inwards gifts instantly than nosotros did eight years ago.
And it is non only the total quantum, it is too the numbers. In 2007, well-nigh iv per centum of our alumni gave gifts. In the concluding year, nosotros had alone 2 per centum of our alumni give gifts. And this is when nosotros withdraw keep much amend communication facilities today. Somethings seriously incorrect has been happening all these years.
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Alumni who create give gifts are treated badly. I together with my household unit of measurement had given funds for a scholarship inwards Dec 2013. Till today, the outset recipient of that scholarship has non been announced. This is when I withdraw keep sent several reminders, wrote to Director, together with since I withdraw keep the privilege of existence a fellow member of IIT Kanpur Senate, raised the number inwards Senate every bit well. The 2 awards that nosotros laid up, I had to personally enquire the awardees to give me details of their work. The Alumni business office did aught to assist me. (Normally, all awardees are expected to write a give cheers you lot note, together with if the accolade was based on some work, together with then an abstract of their work.)
The donor appreciation is unheard of inwards IIT Kanpur. I recall an resultant where a large donor had visited IIT Kanpur together with a part was organized to felicitate him together with his family. Besides the officialdom, I was the alone faculty fellow member present. Couldn't nosotros await at to the lowest degree those faculty members whose piece of work would create goodness from the largesse of such a donor to experience obliged together with withdraw keep out a few minutes from their busy schedule. It is really mutual to hear on the campus statements like, "Oh! he is donating to relieve taxes." or "He is donating to experience goodness well-nigh himself." As if those donations create non assist IITK at all. How the novel Dean volition alter the civilization on campus thus that nosotros all laid out appreciating donors volition hold out interesting to watch.
It volition hold out hard to alter the culture. The outset dominion of alumni relations is that alumni relations laid out alongside admission together with non alongside graduation. Treat your students fairly (which does non hateful leniently, or give liberal grades, or concur to all demands). But when a SUGC Chairman decides that a educatee who was sick together with who has applied for brand upwards a few hours belatedly due to some really genuine confusion volition non hold out given the brand upwards together with instead hold out failed inwards the course, this Dean tin create aught well-nigh it. But sensitizing all stake holders regarding alumni relations volition hold out an of import undertaking of the novel Dean.
The Distinguished Alums are non exceptions to this mistreatment. The awards are delayed, the accolade ceremony is delayed. The accolade ceremonies are non publicized well. The distinguished alums are allowed alone v minutes to utter (as opposed to an lx minutes of a proper seminar earlier). Normally, they utter alone to other awardees together with their friends together with family, every bit the students together with faculty ordinarily create non withdraw keep whatever involvement inwards such functions. Even the students who are employed yesteryear Alumni business office to farther the alumni relations skip these events. They volition come upwards either before or afterwards the resultant (depending on when the nutrient is), but create non attend the resultant itself. Every fourth dimension the business office has an excuse - it was a weekday or it was a weekend, it was early on inwards the morning time (11am), or it was afternoon (sleep time) or it was sports fourth dimension (late evening), students are non interested, together with thus on. And withal repeatedly, I withdraw keep challenged them that a properly organized part alongside proper announcements volition attract people. I withdraw keep been asked to attempt on some occasions, in 1 lawsuit less than 24 hours before the resultant was to hold out held, together with every unmarried fourth dimension I withdraw keep shown them that the venue tin hold out full. And yet, on their own, alongside such a large regular army of paid students, they can't appear to organize an event. How volition the novel Dean ensure that our distinguished alumni snuff it dorsum happy, together with the campus community tin create goodness from the presence of such stalwarts on campus volition hold out interesting to watch. Also, an of import query to ponder over is whether the honorary doctorate is the novel Distinguished Alumnus Award.
I don't shout upwards when was the concluding fourth dimension Kelkar Alumni Lecture was held inwards the Institute. Have nosotros decided that having named our library afterwards him, nosotros tin allow him remainder inwards peace together with non shout upwards him on an annual basis.
There are other issues. Do nosotros demand an business office inwards New York urban pith alongside no employee. When I had a coming together only about the business office concluding year, I couldn't fifty-fifty snuff it along my luggage inwards the business office for the duration of that meeting. How create nosotros strengthen our presence inwards US, or is at that spot a demand to strengthen our physical presence when the globe has acquire thus good connected.
How create nosotros induce upwards one's withdraw heed the utilisation of endowment funds (which are non all alumni gifts). Is giving a subsidy of 1 crore rupees to relieve a few minutes of a few people traveling betwixt Kanpur together with Lucknow the best utilisation of our express resources. Does it non transportation a dot to our alumni that nosotros are thus rich that nosotros don't demand their funds. Will the novel Dean stand upwards up together with hold out counted when it actually matters.
The social media strategy is non-existent. One volition discovery some posts on some forums almost randomly. The constant electrical load of Deans withdraw keep been that they demand a communication practiced to handgrip this. Actually, the Institute only needs a Dean who understands this undertaking together with is willing to piece of work hard together with larn on the job, instead of complaining well-nigh others.
Should nosotros withdraw keep chair positions alone to celebrate inquiry output, or should at that spot too hold out chairs to promote excellence inwards education together with excellence inwards leadership. This is some other query that the novel Dean volition withdraw keep to bargain with, peculiarly when the Institute is increasingly focused on PhD output, citation index, H index, together with all other parameters of inquiry productivity alongside really picayune emphasis on education together with providing leadership to whatever business office inwards the Institute. (How create you lot promise to acquire goodness Deans together with Heads, if you lot snuff it along telling people that nosotros don't value their leadership.)
The human relationship alongside the Alumni Association has ever been a challenge for the Dean. But it is too clear that without both Alumni Association together with Dean of Alumni Affairs existence on the same page, a lot of fourth dimension volition hold out wasted inwards solving pocket-size problems. Being a picayune generous together with a fleck tolerant would snuff it a long way.
Welcome, Dr. Phani. You volition for certain non withdraw keep a bed of roses. But tin you lot acquire out for your successor a bed of roses?
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