Where academic standards are set — and kept.
The Academic Council is the apex academic authority of the University — the body that approves curricula, safeguards examination integrity, and ensures every programme stays rigorous, relevant and NEP 2020-aligned.
What the Council is responsible for.
Curricula & Programmes
Approval of programmes, syllabi and credit structures across all ten Schools — including work-integrated and stackable pathways.
Examinations & Standards
Assessment policy, examination integrity, results and the academic calendar — administered through the Controller of Examinations.
Research & Innovation
Research direction, publication standards and the academic side of the University's innovation ecosystem.
Learning Outcomes
Outcome-based education: every course mapped to competencies that industry co-defines and assessment verifies.
Equivalence & Credit Mobility
Credit transfer, multiple entry–exit, and Academic Bank of Credits integration under NEP 2020.
Academic Quality
A continuous quality loop — feedback from Learners, faculty and industry partners feeding back into programme design.
Academia and industry at one table.
Constituted under the Orchid University Act, the Council is chaired by the Vice-Chancellor and brings together Deans of Schools, senior professors, external academic experts, and industry representatives — reflecting the University's conviction that academic quality and industry relevance are the same conversation.
- Chaired by the Vice-Chancellor, with the Pro Vice-Chancellors and Deans of all Schools
- Senior faculty and Boards of Studies chairs representing every discipline
- External members from academia, research institutions and industry
- The Registrar as Member-Secretary, with the Controller of Examinations in attendance
A council built for the new framework.
Choice-based, multidisciplinary learning
Freedom to choose subjects across Schools — the compact campus makes cross-registration real, not theoretical.
Multiple entry & exit
Certificate → Diploma → Degree stacking, so a pause is never a dead end.
Academic Bank of Credits
Credits recorded and portable — within Orchid and across India's higher-education system.
Blended, work-integrated models
No silos between skills and academics — vocational learning integrated with higher-education pathways.
Standards you can see.
Every course the Council approves ends up here — in a lab, a studio or a workplace, assessed on what a Learner can actually do.
Outcome-based pedagogy
Small-group mentoring and experiential methods across every School.
Assessed on live tasks
Evaluation against industry benchmarks, not recall alone.
Craft, critiqued
Portfolio and practice-led assessment in the creative Schools.
Enquiry in the field
Applied research and fieldwork feeding back into curriculum design.
Explore the academic universe it governs.
Ten Schools, 225+ specializations, 370+ courses — every one of them passes through this Council.