<p><p> Education is considered to be a very important component in the growth and development of society, state, country </p> <div>and the world. Without providing quality education the overall growth cannot be assured and achieved.Today, many </div> <div>types of educational organizations are imparting knowledge to their students in a different manner. The educational </div> <div>institutions must be made to move in the right direction to achieve the missionfor whichthese educational institutions are meant for. This needs </div> <div>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 </div> <div>members of the organization are committed to achieve excellence. The work presented in this paper explores in detail the qualities and attributes </div> <div>which an academic leader must possess to make the institution great for mankind. It has been summarized that if all of the discussed twenty </div> <div>qualities are inbuilt in an academic leader then one can drive an educational institution to achieve its mission</div></p>