The teachers in higher education have to impart not only knowledge but also inculcate good values among the students. They have to pay their attention not only on brilliant students but on poor students also. Teachers should act as philosophers also. They have to mould the personality of the students and motivate them towards the bright future. In other words every student should be made as a career oriented one. Besides these, teachers have to provide counselling whenever the students have physiological, psychological and sociological problems. Because teachers are next to parents. Thus, the role of teachers in higher education is a challengeable one. At this juncture a study in this regard has been undertaken. The term academic leaders refer to the teachers. These Teachers even though differ from corporate leaders have to fulfill the expectations of the students, that is consumers. A judgement delivered by a District consumer forum in Andhra Pradesh against the National Institute of Fashion Technology has clearly spelt out that the students are defined as consumers under the Consumer Protection Act. These academic leaders are rendering their services to the student community (consumers) to a greater extent by shaping the personality of the students, imbibing good culture among them, pinpointing the right path for their bright future. Even though allegations are levelled against the teaching community. At this juncture it is necessary to elicit the opinion of the students community on the teacher leadership style. Keeping this in mind an attempt is made in this article to assess the pulse of the students community towards the teachers. For this purpose the study has been conducted among 100 students of different colleges located in the Kanchipuram Taluk. The primary data have been collected with the help of structured questionnaire adopting convenience sampling method. In order to make the study more efficient and effective, trained investigators have been appointed to collect the relevant data from the students community. The collected data have been processed and analysed with the help of SPSS package. The data have been analysed with the help of simple percentage. Also Chi- square test has been used to prove or disprove the relationship between different teaching learning variables. The authors believe that the findings and suggestions given at the end of this research work will be fruitful for the college administration, the academics, both the state and central governments, students and also the members of the public.