Academic Council

The Academic Council is a statutory Committee constituted per UGC's guidelines. With reference to office order Ref - PCCOE/N/2026-27/514 dated 30th September 2026 due to revision in functionaries for the academic years 2026-27, 2027-28 and 2028-29. The Academic council has been reformed as follows.

Members of the Academic Council

Sr. No.	Category	Name	Nominated by	Designation
1	Director	Prof.Dr.Govind N. Kulkarni	Ex-officio	Chairman
2	HOD-Civil	Prof.Dr. A. K. Gaikwad		Member
3	HOD- Civil (Regional Language)	Prof.Dr. S. S. Motegaonkar		Member
4	HOD-Computer	Prof.Dr.Mrs. S. D. Patil		Member
5	HOD-CSE(AI&ML)	Prof.Dr.Mrs.A.D.Thakare		Member
6	HOD-Computer (Regional Language)	Prof.Dr. G. B. Sambare		Member
7	HOD-E&TC	Prof.Dr. A. B. Patil		Member
8	HOD- EE (VLSI Design & Tech.)	Prof.Dr. V. K. Harpale		Member
9	HOD-IT	Prof.Dr. J. V. Katti		Member
10	HOD-Mechanical	Prof.Dr. P. R. Kale		Member
11	HOD-AS&H	Prof.Dr.Mrs. L. A. Sharma		Member
12	HOD-MCA	Prof.Mrs. A.R.Arakerimath		Member
13	HOD-MDS	Prof.Dr.Mrs.S. S. Sonar		Member
14	HOD-BVOC	Prof.Dr. S. P. Salve		Member
15	Professor	Prof.Dr.N.R.Deore	Director on rotation	Min. Four Teachers of the College representing different Categories of Teaching Staff by rotation based on Seniority
16	Associate Professor	Dr.Mrs.D. S. Khurge
17	Assistant Professor	Dr.Mrs.S.V.Mahadevkar
18	Ladies Representative	Dr.Mrs.Sonali Kale
19	Expert from Academia	Dr.ThundiKarrupuraj	Governing Body	Experts / Academicians from outside the College representing such areas as Industry, Commerce, Law, Education, Medicine, Engineering, Sciences, etc.,
20		Dr.Deeplakshmi
21		Dr. Sachin Kore
22		Prof.Suhas S. Mohite
23		Dr.UdayKhedkar
24	Expert from Industry	Mr.BalkrishnaJadhav
25		Dr.Milinda Mahajan
26		Mr.Saurabh Sharma
27		Mr. Prasad Shetye
28		Mr. Sachin Lodha
29		Dr.Sukhdeep Singh
30		Mr.DattaKurvalekar
31	Professor Cummins College of Engineering, Pune	Dr.MadhuriKambete	Vice-Chancellor, SavitribaiPhule Pune University	Three Nominees of the University, not less than Professors.
32	Professor, Modern College of Engineering, Pune	Dr.Kalyani Joshi
33	Professor, AnantraoPawar College of Engineering, Pune	Dr. Sunil Thakare
34	Controller of Examination	Prof.Dr. S. L. Tade	Ex-officio
35	Member Secretary	Dr.Mrs. K. Rajeswari	Director	Faculty nominated by Director (Dean Academics)
36	Asso. Member Sec.-I	Prof.S.K.Bhoite		(Associate Dean Academics-I)
37	Asso. Member Sec.-II	Dr.Mrs.VarshaBendre		(Associate Dean Academics-II)
38	Asso. Member Sec.-III	Dr.Mrs. SujataKolhe		(Associate Dean Academics-III)
39	Permanent Invitee	All Professors, Registrar

Notes:

The term of nominated Members shall be three years, three years, from AY 2026-27 to AY 2028-29
Director shall convene a Meeting of the Academic Council twice in a year.
The director may invite any Faculty Member or Experts from outside to participate/advise on specific issues.
Invitees will not have voting power in case of any critical decision-making.

Functions of PCCoE Academic Council:

• Scrutinize and approve Proposals with or without modification of the Boards of Studies with regard to Courses of Study, Academic Regulations, Curricula, Syllabi and modifications thereof, Instructional and Evaluation Arrangements, Methods, Procedures relevant thereto, etc., provided that where the Academic Council differs on any Proposal, it shall have the right to return the matter for reconsideration to the Board of Studies concerned or reject it, after giving reasons to do so
• Make Regulations regarding the Admission of Students to different Programmes of Study in the Institute, keeping in view the Policy of the Government.
• Make regulations for Sports, extra-Curricular activities, and proper maintenance and functioning of Playgrounds and Hostels.
• Recommend to Board of Governors Proposals for the institution of new Programmes of Study
• Recommend to the Board of Governors institution of Scholarships, Studentships, Fellowships, Prizes and Medals, and to frame Regulations for the award of the same.
• Advise the Board of Governors on suggestions(s) pertaining to Academic affairs made by it
• Perform such other functions as may be assigned by the Board of Governors, where the Academic Council differs on any Proposal of the Board of Studies, it will have the right to return the matter for reconsideration to the Board of Studies concerned or reject it, after giving reasons to do so.The decision taken by the Academic Council of Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering will not be subjected to any further ratification by the Academic Council of other Statutory Bodies of the University.

Minutes Of Meetings