Qualities of an Academic Leader-A Critical View

Volume : IV, Issue : III, March - 2015

Anuj Kumar Singh

 Education is considered to be a very important component in the growth and development of society, state, country 

and the world. Without providing quality education the overall growth cannot be assured and achieved.Today, many 

types of educational organizations are imparting knowledge to their students in a different manner. The educational 

institutions must be made to move in the right direction to achieve the missionfor whichthese educational institutions are meant for. This needs 

a kind of leadership which creates an environment to not only get the objectives of the institution, but also develop a culture where the all the 

members of the organization are committed to achieve excellence. The work presented in this paper explores in detail the qualities and attributes 

which an academic leader must possess to make the institution great for mankind. It has been summarized that if all of the discussed twenty 

qualities are inbuilt in an academic leader then one can drive an educational institution to achieve its mission