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TECHNICAL EDUCATION QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAMME
Phase II Sub Component 1.1
14th MEETING OF
THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS
MINUTES OF THE MEETING
Date: 07/08/2015 Time: 09:30 am
Venue: Conference Hall, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam
RAJIV GANDHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
VELLORE P.O., KOTTAYAM-686501 KERALA
Phone: 0481-2505963 Fax: 0481-2506153
Minutes of the 14 th BoG meeting held on 07/08/2015.
Prof. (Dr) S Mohan, Professor, IIT, Chennai, the Chairman presided over the meeting.
The following members of the BoG attended the meeting:
Prof. (Dr.) R.V.G Menon, Member
Shri. N.R.V, Kartha, Member
Prof. Geetharenjin P R, Member
Prof. (Dr.) Bino. I. Koshy, Member
Prof. (Dr) R Sasikumar, Principal in-charge
The meeting started with the welcome address by Prof. (Dr) R Sasikumar, Principal incharge.
BoG congratulated Prof. Gymmy Joseph Kattoor on his appointment as the Registrar of
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kerala. The BoG placed on record the
appreciative and sincere efforts put down by Prof. Jimmy Kattoor as the TEQIP Coordinator
of the institution. The Board also noted that the Dr. Indiradevi K.P. has taken over as
Principal of Govt.Engg College Thrissur and the BoG placed on record the excellent co-
ordination of TEQIP programme at RIT and appreciated the contributions made by her
towards the implementation of the project.
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Decisions on Agenda ItemsA1.Confirming the Minutes of the 13th Meeting of the Board of Governors held
on25/05/2015 at Conference Hall, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam.
The draft minutes of the 13th Meeting of Board of Governors of TEQIP Phase II of
RIT Kottayam held on 25/05/2015 at Conference Hall, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology,
Kottayam was sent to the Chairman. The Chairman approved the minutes and sent to all the
members of the BoG for comments, if any. A copy of the Minutes is appended as Appendix
A1 for confirmation. Since there are no comments on the minutes received from any member,
the minutes of the 13th meeting of the BoG is confirmed.
A2. Report on the action taken on the pertinent decisions in the Minutes of the 13 th
Meeting of the Board of Governors held on 25/05/2015 at Conference Hall, Rajiv
Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam.
The decisions taken by the Board as recorded in the Minutes of the 13h Meeting of the Board
of Governors of TEQIP Phase II held on 25/05/2015is presented for information.
TABLE A2.1
Sl. No
Decision Item Action Taken Observations by BoG
1 Progress of Civil Works
Computer science block - Civil Work is completed. Electrical work nearing completion. Department is shifted to the new block.
AICTE funded ladies hostel – Civil work except flooring completed. Second installment of Rs.1 Crore to be released by AICTE.
BoG made a note of the progress in civil works.
2 The BoG approved Eight STTP/Workshop to be attended by faculty members (Out side the Institution).
Attended -4 (CE – 2,ME-1, EEE-1)
No of programmes scheduled for August-2 (CE -1, ECE-1)
Course Cancelled by NITTTR Bhopal -1(ME)
Not Attended – 1(EEE)
Regarding staff member Mr. Bineesh R., Tradesman from EEE department not attending the course BoG recommended that he may not apply for a course under TEQIP for next two years, as he has not attended the course scheduled
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during 21-26 June 2015 at PSTI Bangalore.
3 International conference –in the Institution
International Conference on Electrical Machine, Communication and Computing (ICEmC2)-Deferred (specific justification on topic required )
New proposal is submitted
BoG scrutinized the proposal and expressed their lack of satisfaction about the submitted proposal especially regarding the title and theme of the conference. It was recommended that after elaborate consultations’ and discussion among HOD’s and concerned faculty members a well drafted and comprehensive report has to be submitted and the same may be send to all BoG members for approval.
4 The BoG approved Two STTP/Workshop proposed by various faculty/staff members.
(CE-1, ME-1)
Conducted BoG recommended that a report of the conducted programmes needs to be submitted to the BoG. The report must include feedback from participants, details of experts and sessions, No. of faculty/staff attended, expenses, outcomes of the course etc.
5 The BoG Approved 9 expert lectures to be organized by III Cell. ( ME -5, EEE-2, ECE- 2)
Organized -5 ( ME-4, ECE-1) Scheduled for August and
September–{ME-1,EEE-2, ECE – 1}
(Appendix A2.)
BoG recommended that a report of the conducted programme has to be submitted to the BoG.Prof. Bino I koshy remarked that two programmes conducted by CE department after the last BoG meeting is not included in the agenda.
6 Professional Skill Development Programme - 2 (ME-1, EEE-1)
Conducted – 2(ME-1, EEE-1)(Appendix A2.)
BoG made a note of the programmes conducted
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Part B
Items for Discussion, Consideration, Ratification and Approvals
Sl. No Items
B1 Presentation by Principal and Heads of the Departments
B2 New TEQIP Coordinator and Nodal Officers.
B3 Consideration of the various academic programs for the next 4months.Annexure I
B4 Equity Assurance Plan
B5 R& D Activities
B6. Ratification of the various activities permitted by the Chairman
B1. Presentation by Principal and Head of the Departments
Principal made a presentation on the nine performance indicators of TEQIP and Head of the Departments made a presentation on progress of the departments in TEQIP activities and preparedness for NBA accreditation. BoG made the following remarks after the presentations.
Regarding status of autonomy it has to be changed from “applied” status to “in progress” as the institution is yet to apply through Kerala Technological University(KTU)
BoG queried about reason for not applying for NBA Accreditation for P.G Programmes and BoG was informed that with the existing status of cadre positions it is not possible to simultaneously go for NBA accreditation for P.G and U.G Programmes.
BoG recommended that a letter may be sent to Govt. for filling existing vacancies of Professors and Associate Professors.
Some good practices in Mechanical Engineering Dept. like students attending outreach programmes and digitalization of library may be adopted by other departments as well
BoG expressed concern regarding low score obtained by many departments in Mock Accreditation and stressed need for urgent steps for rectification of the same so that all departments can get NBA accreditation with good grades.
Regarding modernization of labs, more specific explanation has to be given on the area in which modernization has been done.
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B2. New TEQIP Coordinator and Nodal Officers.
Prof. Gymmy Joseph Kattoor was deputed to the of Registrar, IIIT Kottayam and he was relived from on 21st July 2015. Also Dr. David Solomon George, Nodal officer Finance has been transferred to GEC Idukki.
Dr. R. Sasikumar , Professor in Mechanical Engineering was nominated as the new TEQIP coordinator and BoG approved the same
Prof. Joseph Zachariah, Associate Professor in Electronics and Communication Engineering was nominated as the Nodal Officer, Finance and BoG approved the same.
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Annexure IIB3.Consideration of the various academic programs for the next 4 months.
B3.1. STTP/Conference for Faculty/Staff Outside the Institution (FSD)
The decision taken by BoG on the academic programmes are given in Tables below.
Sl No
Name of faculty Designation Topic Institution Date Amt
(Rs.)BoG
Decision
1.Dr. Vinish V
Nair
Asso.prof, CE
Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Computation
IIT Roorke
16 to 20 Oct 2015 (5 days) 33,000/- Not
Approved
2. RoshinaBabu
Asst.prof, CE
Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Computation
IIT Roorke16 to 20 Oct 2015 (5 days)
33,000/-Approved
3.Dr. M. S.
JayamohanProfessor,
ME
Innovative Approaches in Management Teaching
IIM Kozhikode
November 2015, 6 days
21,680Approved
4. Swapnesh. SAsst.prof,
ME
Multivariate Data Analysis
IIM Kozhikode
November 2015, 5 days
21,110Approved
5. Anju Jolly
Asst. Prof.(Adhoc)
EEE
Distributed Generation Grid and Integration
NPTI, Bangalore
21-24 Sep 2015
30000/- NotApproved
6. Rejith R.
Asst. Prof.(Adhoc)
EEE
Distributed Generation Grid and Integration
NPTI, Bangalore
21-24 Sep 2015
30000/- Approved only 1
participant
permitted for a
course
7. Pradeep Das BTradesman,
EEEBattery Maintenance
NPTI, Neyveli
7-9 Oct 2015
23000/- Approved
8. Bineesh R Tradesman, EEE
Battery Maintenance
NPTI, Neyveli
7-9 Oct 2015
23000/- * NotApproved
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9. Jomon John
Tradesman, EEE
Earthing Practice in Electrical Installations
Engineering Staff College, Hyderabad
2-4 Sept 2015
23500/- NotApproved
10.Balachandran
C.L
Tradesman, EEE
Earthing Practice in Electrical Installations
Engineering Staff College, Hyderabad
2-4 Sept 2015
23500/- NotApproved.
11. Joyce George
Assistant Professor(Ad-hoc)
ECE
Practical Electromagnetics for Modern Antennas, RF & MW Designs using ANSYS HFSS
Entuple Technologies,
Bangalore
August 2015
60000 Approved
B3.2. STTP/Workshop to be Conducted within the Institution
Sl No
Name of facultyDesignation Departm
entTopic Date Amt(Rs.)
BoG Decision
1 Dr A Praveen &DrVinish V Nair
Professor , Asso.Prof
CE Air Quality Modeling and Assessment
9-11 Dec 15, 3 days
100000/- Approved
2
Dr.Ajitha T, & Sri. Jomy Thomas
Asso.Prof.,Asst. Profs
CE
Advances in Transportation Engg.Practices
16 - 18 Dec15, 3 days
100000 /- NotApproved as the proposal
was not submitted
3
Joy Varghese V.M
Assistant Professor ME
Moulding Social Engineers
21-23 Aug 2015, 3 days
100000/- Approved
4
Swapnesh. S, Asst Prof., MELatest Trends in Industrial Engineering
18 Aug 2015, 1 day
18500/-
Approved . BoG recommender to make it 2 day course and the course should be more specific.
5
DrSobhana N V &MsAruna,
Professor , TradesmanAsst Prof
CSE Computer Security
4/10/15 to 6/10/15, 3 days
80000/- Approved Suggested to change the co -coordinator
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For course No.5 BoG recommended that a faculty member has to be the coordinator and Prof. Shibukumar , Asst. Prof. in CSE was nominated by the HOD and BoG approved the same.
BoG also observed that the Academic committee has to rigorously scrutinize the proposals for in-house and outstation programmes before placing the programmes for BoG’s approval.
B3.4. Industry Institute Interaction Cell (III Cell)
B3.4.1. Expert LectureDepartment of Civil Engineering
Sl No
TopicName of Coordina
tors
Details of Industry Experts
Prob Date of Programme
No of Days
Target
Audienc
e
No of
Participants
Appx Amou
ntExpected Outcome
1Training on advanced
transportation
softwares
Dr. Bindu B K.
Asst.Prof
Mr. Anish Kini, NATPAC,
Mr.Wilson K.C., NATPAC
9-11 Sept '15 3
M3 and M1 students
36 50,000
The PG students are expected to familiarize with the advance softwares (like VISSIm, VISUM, MX Rod etc.) in transportation and planning
2
Road Safety Issues
Dr. Bino I Koshy, Prof.
Dr. S. Velmurugan, Principal Scientist, Central Road Research Institute, (CRRI) New Delhi
14/09/15 1
M3 and M1 students
36 30,000
An expert talk on Road safety issues is expected to create awareness about various strategies that can be adopted to control the road accidents.
3 Civil Engineerin
g Structures in Nuclear
Power Plants
Bindhurani P, Asst. Prof.
AjaiS.Pisharady, Scientific Officer/F, Siting and structural Engineering Division, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), Mumbai
15-10-15 1
S7CE
students
67 20,000
Increase the awareness of students regarding the types of structures using in NPP. Get idea about the scope of future job or higher studies in NPP
4 Role of Civil
Engineering in
Nuclear research
Dr. Bino I Koshy, Prof.
Dr. Noble Jacob, Scientist, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai
In connectio
n with Silver Jubilee
Inauguration of
1 S7CE
students
67 20,000 Increase the awareness of students regarding the role of Civil Engineering in Nuclear Research
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RIT5
Metro solutions to transportati
on problems
Dr. Bino I Koshy, Prof.
Mr. E. Sreedharan, Chief, Cochi Metro (MD, DMRC)
In connectio
n with Silver Jubilee
Inauguration of RIT
1
S7CE & M1,M3 students
103 20000
BoG Decision: Approved
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Sl No Topic
Name of Coordina
tors
Details of Industry Experts
Prob Date
of Programme
No of
Days
Target Audien
ce
No of
Participants
Appx Amou
ntExpected Outcome
1
Design approach of Heavy Engineering structures
DrRaghunathan Rajesh
MANU.SAsst.Manager,
Research & Development
Division, BEML Ltd.,
K.G.F., Kolar, Karnataka
Oct 2015 1 S7 ME 60 17500
Experience sharing and highlighting design areas
2Emerging technologies in Oil and Gas
DrRaghunathan Rajesh
NithinNaikSenior
Consultant, Global
Engineering Services,
Capgemini, India
Oct 2015 1 S7 ME 60 17500
Motivating students towards Oil and Gas Industry through experience sharing and highlighting job roles
3
Trends in Automation & Robotics
DrRaghunathan Rajesh
Srijesh PHead, Industrial Service Exide Industries Ltd, Apeejay Chambers, 5 Wallace Street Fort, Mumbai
13 year experience
Aug 2015 1
S5 M/S7
M60 35500
Experience sharing and highlighting design areas
4 Certification of Aircraft Engine Component
DrRaghunathan Rajesh
Visakha RajaMechanical EnggGKN Aerospace Engg
Aug 2015
1 S7 M 60 7500 Experience sharing and highlighting quality engineering in Aircraft systems
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sSystems Sweden AB
Sweden
BoG Decision : Approved
Department of Electrical Engineering
Sl No Topic
Name of Coordin
ators
Details of Industry Experts
Prob Date
of Programme
No of
Days
Target Audien
ce
No of Participants
Appx Amount Expected Outcome
1.
VLSI Based System Design
Prof. Haseena
A
Sreejith, Senior
EngineerQualCom, UKExp:10Yrs, QualCom`,
UK
August 2015
Ug/PG, S7/S1MTech
80 15,000
2
“What IT Industry Expects from an Electrical Engineer”
Dr. Prince A
Hari P VijayTechnology
AnalystExperience:
5Yrs, INFOSYS,
Techno Park, TVM
Sept 2015
UG, S2/S7 70 10000
BoG Decision : Approved
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
Sl No
TopicName of Coordin
ators
Details of Industry Experts
Prob Date
of Programme
No of Days
Target Audienc
e
No of
Participants
Appx Amoun
t
Expected Outcome
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1
Latest Trends in Telecommunication
Sujithamol. S, Asst.
Professor
Mr.NaushadLal SJTO, BSNL, RTTC, Trivandrum , For the past 8 years he is working at BSNL Regional Telecom Training Center, Trivandrum. Previously he had worked as Unix Server Administrator and storage systems administrator at HCL Infosystems Ltd. for 3 years
September 2015
1S5
B.Tech students
70 20000
Students will have
awareness about the latest
trends in Telecommunication industry.
2
HTK tool in Speech Synthesis
Sujithamol. S, Asst.
Professor
Mr. Aswin ShanmugamSoftware Engineer, Intel, Banglore. He had worked as Project officer and Project Associate at IIT, Madras for 3 years. He had done his MS at IIT, Madras and currenly working at Intel Banglore.
October
20152
S3 M.Tech students
bt 35000
Students will be introduced to the Speech
Synthesis Tool kit HTK,
which will help them for thair main thesis
work.
BoG Decision: Approved. The topic of course 1 need to be changed and it should be more specific.
Department of Computer Science Engineering
Sl No Topic
Name of
Coordinators
Details of Industry Experts
Prob Date of Programme
No of
Days
Target Audie
nce
No of Participants
Appx Amou
nt
Expected Outcome
1.
Entrepreneurship Develop
ment
Shibukumar K B,
Assistant
Professor
Chindukrishna P.
CEO, Inometrics
Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Technopark, TVPM
September
20151
September
201512,000
The expert lecture will cover various
aspects of entrepreneurship development in IT and ITES. It
may motivate the students to enter such ventures.
BoG Decision - Approved
B3.4.2. IIIC programme - 2 day Seminar
Make in India: Scope for Industry Academia Collaboration
Day 1FN Paradigm Shift in Mass Manufacturing to Fab labs Industry ExpertAN Session 1: Trends in Manufacturing Industries Alumni Expert-1AN Session 2: Trends in Automation and Robotic Industries Alumni Expert-1
Day 2 FN Panel Discussion: Bridging the gap between Industry-Academia Alumni Experts
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with emphasis on Mechanical Engineers (4-5 nos)FN Robotics Workshop S7-S5 Mech studentsAN Robotics Workshop S3-S1 Mech students
Budget: Rs150000/- ( Rupees One lakh Fifty Thousand Only)
BoG Decision : Approved
B4. Equity Assurance Plan
SI No
Name of Subject/Program
Semester Branch
No of Students
Hours planned
Remuneration to faculty @Rs.600/hour
Refreshment
Study Material
TotalDate
1Bridge course for Mathematics
S3-Lateral Entry
Common to all Branch 30 24 14400 6000 3000 23400
Starting at
1/08/2015
2 Mathematics-IV S5 CSE 8 18 10800 1200 800 12800
2Kinematics of Machines S5 Mech 8 20 12000 1200 800 14000
3I.C Engines &Combustion S6 Mech 6 15 9000 1200 600 10800
4 Cprogramming S3 Mech 13 30 18000 6500 1300 25800
5Strength of Materials S3 Mech 11 21 12600 2310 1100 16010
6
Advanced Microprocessor & Peripherals S5 CSE 8 18 10800 1440 800 13040
7Digital Signal Processing S5 CSE 7 18 10800 1260 700 12760
8Electronic Devices & Circuits S3 CSE 8 18 10800 1440 800 13040
9 GeoechnicalEngg. S5 Civil 11 21 12600 1980 1100 15680
10Design of Concrete Structures S5 Civil 9 21 12600 1620 900 15120
11Structural Analysis1 S5 Civil 11 21 12600 1980 1100 15680
12Mechanics of Solids I S3 Civil 5 15 9000 900 500 10400
13 SurveyingI S3 Civil 6 15 9000 1080 600 10680
14Electric Circuit Theory S3 EEE 9 21 12600 1890 900 15390
15 Electronic crct S3 EEE 11 15 9000 1650 1100 1175016 Linear Integrated S5 EEE 9 21 12600 1890 900 15390
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Circuits
17Signals and Systems S5 EEE 6 15 9000 900 600 10500
18 Network Theory S5 ECE 11 21 12600 2310 1100 16010TOTAL 278250
BoG Decision : Approved
B5. R& D Activities
B5.1. Seed Money Proposals
Sl No Name of faculty Designation Topic Amount
1 Dr. A. PraveenProf., CE
Monitoring human exposure to air borne particulate
matter79,000/-
2 Dr R. RajeshAssoc. Prof,
MEErgonomic human
performance measures 2 lakhs
3 JoyVarghese V M Asst. Prof, ME Design and development of domestic refrigeration timer 1.95 lakhs
4 Dr.Shobhana N V Prof., CSE Text Analytics for Social Networks and news 90,000/-
Deferred – A committee need to be constituted for evaluating the proposals and Prof. R.V.G. Menon, BoG member will be a member of the committee.BoG also made an observation that the numbers of seed money proposals are very low and all faculty members should be encouraged to submit seed money proposals.
B5.2. Request has been received from Prof.(Dr.) LeenaMery , HoD ECE, for sanctioning expenses towards filing patent application on Method and system for prosody based text independent automatic speaker as per the details shown in table below.
BoG Decision : Approved
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B6.Ratification of the various activities permitted by the ChairmanSl No Name of faculty
Designation Topic Institution Date Amt
(Rs.)Remarks
1. Antony J K
Asst. Prof., ME
Faculty & staff training programme
on " CATIA " design software
RIT Kottayam
1-17 July 2015 116209
Conducted
2. Venugopal G
Assoc. Prof., ME
. Faculty Development
Programme on Thermal Analysis of
Material using DSC,DTA,TG &
Dilatometer
IIT Hyderabad
23 – 25 July 2015 25000
Attended
3. Tomcy. Paul
Asst. Prof, CSE
Workshop on Think Parallel : Parallel Programming for
Engineers and Scientists
CDAC Knowledge
Park, Bangalore
20 to 24 July 2015 17000
Attended
4. All Departments
Bridge Course for 1st
year B.Tech. students (2015 admission)
RITKottayam 27-31
July 2015 0 Conducted
5. All Departments Mock Accreditation
RITKottayam
27-28 July 2015
68,794 Conducted(Details of
experts given in
Annexure II )
BoG Decision : Ratified
B6.1 In addition the following programme was organized by EEE department as per suggestion in the last BoG meeting.
Sl No
Name of faculty Designation Topic
Institution Date Amt
(Rs.)Remarks
1 Prince A
Asso. Prof, EEE
III Cell Programme - One day Interactive session on “
Challenges of grid integration of renewable energy System- A Kerala Grid sessions “ – Expert – C.P George Deputy Chief
Engineer, KSEB, Pala Circle
RIT Kottaya
m
28/07/2015
5500Conducte
d
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BoG Decision : Ratified
Part CReports
C1. Status of fund position as on 31/07/2015
Fund Received – Rs. 850 Lakhs Bank Interest - Rs. 8.79Lakhs TOTAL - Rs. 858.79 Lakhs
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Sl. No Activity
Budget Provision
(Lakh)
Amount spent
(Lakh)Committed Remarks
1 Procurement of Goods & Civil Works 550 531.86 15.27 * Load FrameModification to CCF
2. Teaching & Research Assistantship 40 24.24 1.2 M Tech non GATE Scholarship -10
Students
3. R&D 30 0.85 5.00
4 Faculty & Staff Development 140 90.86 3.89
5 III Cell 40 13.78 1
6 Management Capacity Enhancement 30 5.42 0.00
7 Institutional Academic reforms 30 20.37 0
8 Academic support for weaker students 40 9.46
1
9 Incremental Operating Cost 100 37.27 1
TOTAL 1000.00 1000 734.11
Amount Spent as on 31/07/2015 – Rs.734.11 Lakh
Committed expenditure as on 31/07/2015 - Rs. 28.36 Lakh
BoG made a note of the report and observed that amount spent for Teaching & Research Assistantship and R& D is very less and steps have to be taken for utilizing funds under these heads.
Part DAny other item with the permission of the Chair
Institutional Information bulletin(2014-15)
No. of copies required– 2000
Estimated expenses per copy – Rs.100/-
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BoG may accorded sanction for the printing expenses for the same.
BoG Decision : Approved
KTU Information bulletin
No.of Copies required - 500
Estimated expenses per copy – Rs.100/-
BoG may accorded sanction for the printing expenses for the same
BoG Decision : The required documents are available in KTU’s website and there is no need for giving a printed brochure.
Dr.George Joseph, HoD&Asst.Prof. in department of Physical Education has
requested to give permission to conduct the Yoga class in the evening (4:30 pm to 6
pm ) and also requested to give sanction an amount of Rs.80000/- (Rupees Eighty
Thousand Only) from TEQIP fund to meet the expenses as per the following Budget
Remuneration and TA/DA to resource person 30000
Purchase of Yoga mat(40 nos) 30000
Refreshment to participants 18000
Miscellaneous 5000
TOTAL 80000
BoG Decision : Approved for Rs.35000. BoG noted that purchase of yoga mats and refreshments is not required for this programme
A committee was constituted by the Principal, RIT Kottayam to discuss the training
needs for the students of RIT. The members were Dr R V G Menon (BoG Member),
Dr R Sasikumar (Principal in Charge), Dr R Rajesh( Placement Coordinator), Mr
Swapnesh S, Asst. Prof. ME, MsNisha K K (Training Coordinator).Prof. R.V. G.
Menon recommended that curriculum integrated training is required for
comprehensive improvement of the students. BoG also stressed the need for
curriculam integrated training and suggested to develop an action plan after
discussions at department and institutional level.
A proposal has been received from Information and Communication Technology
Academy of Kerala (ICT Academy of Kerala) to take the academic membership. ICT
Academy Kerala is a Social Enterprise created in a Public Private Partnership model(PPP)
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for imparting ICT skills to the youths of Kerala and improve their employability
opportunities in the industry.
The annual Membership fee is Rs 60000/- + tax. Currently Most of Govt.
Engineering Colleges, Colleges under IHRD and self financing colleges are academic
members of ICT.
BoG may take decision in this regarding.
BoG Decision : Not Approved as there is less scope of carrying this forward after
TEQIP-II and the benefits offered to the institution is not significant.
BoG recommended to conduct an in-house training programme on Pedagogy
Next BoG meeting is scheduled on 16th October 2015
Meeting came to close at 2:15 with vote of thanks by the Principal.
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