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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 PRACTICE |
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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 PRACTICE |
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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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