Leadership for Academic Programme (LEAP) covering 15 top NIRF ranking institutions/universities with foreign component has additionally been launched on 14th November 2018, whereby, senior professors having a minimum of 8 years of teaching experience, 3 years of administrative experience and 30 scopus publications will undergo training in India, as well as, collaborating institutions abroad, so as to address the leadership shortage in higher education and fill the gap of academic leadership.