R. C. Patel Educational Trust’s

R. C. Patel Arts, Commerce and Science College

Karwand Naka, Shirpur 425405, Dist - Dhule, Maharashtra

Perspective/Strategic Plan and Deployment

Documents available in the Institution

The activities promoted as per the strategic plan are as under:

Teaching learning:

The faculty members are encouraged for better planning and implementation and enhancing

quality in all academic and administrative activities focusing overall development of the student.

The development and quality process is reviewed by Principal, IQAC and Management.

Academic diary helps teacher to document student centric practices.

Feedback:

The institute has strengthen the mechanism of feedback. The college has evolved the mechanism

for taking the feedback of various stakeholders such as students, employees, alumni etc.

Academic diary and the institutional API are used as appraisal for evaluation individual teachers

The link of feed is available on college website

Student strength:

The total student strength has enormously increased and so is the infrastructural facility.

Expansion of third floor is almost completed and laboratories are well equipped with several

new instruments and facilities. The college has taken initiative to strengthen the ICT facilities,

introduced innovative teaching and learning resources for the benefit of the students.

New Departments and the career oriented courses:

The College has introduced new courses at the graduation and post- graduation level. At

undergraduate level B.Sc. in Botany, Zoology and Mathematics is introduced whereas M.Sc. in

Physics and Mathematics is also introduced. M. Com. is also introduced as per the strategic plan

of the institute. All previously introduced certificate, diploma and post graduate diploma

courses are sustained in last five years. Moreover, two new certificate courses are introduced.

Strengthening of library infrastructure

The college has fully automated the library using the LibSys 6.0 software for regular

housekeeping work of the library. Books and students‟ library cards are barcoded. Library, stack

section, circulation counter and reading room are kept under CCTV surveillance. The Open

Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) facility provides complete searchable database of books

available in the library. Students can check the availability of the desired book using OPAC

terminal. The OPAC database can be searched using book title, Author, Publisher, Subject etc.

The college website has a separate portal for library which act as a one stop solution for all the

information needs of its user‟s. The details of e-books, e journal articles, databases subscribed by

library, online newspapers, rules and regulations etc. is available in the library portal. The portal

can be accessed at http://www.rcpasc.ac.in/library.php

Research promotion and collaborations

Ten teachers are recognized as research guides (Data template 3.1.2). Twenty two faculty

members out of 34 have received the research grants from various government funding agencies

such as UGC, DST and RGS&TC. The total amount of research funding fetched is close to 54

lakhs (Data template 3.1.1). A new research laboratory is established for research in material

science. Several advance equipment are procures to meet the research requirements. Twelve

students are registered for PhD degree at the three recognized research centers (Microbiology,

Biotechnology and Physics.). One students is doing her Post-doctoral research in the

Department of Microbiology. No single MoU was existed at the time of second cycle of A&A.

With the efforts of the principal and the NAAC, the college has signed four MoUs with the

nearby institutes for research collaborations. Various research related activities, student

training, and collaborative projects are undertaken based on these MoUs.

Physical Facilities

The college building is constructed on survey number 50/1-1 and 50/1-2 on sprawling green

campus of 68,797 square meter. The total built in area is 6475.10 square meter. The building plan

is accompanies all necessary facilities such as enough number of classrooms, Laboratories,

Library and reading room, Staff room and Girls Common Room. There is a separate parking

facility available for students and teachers. All departments are connected with intercom

facilities. A separate administrative wing on ground floor consist of Principal‟s Office,

Administrative Office, Conference Room, MKCL office, Student facilitation office. Adequate

sanitary facilities are available at the ground floor and second floor. Seminar hall, enough

number of ICT enabled classrooms and laboratories are available. The college works in two

shifts (7.30 to 12. 30 and 11.00 to 5.30) for the maximum utilization of the infrastructure

facilities. The classrooms are provided with the facility of lights and fans. Total nine separate

laboratories with necessary instruments, computers, internet and LCD projector facilities are

available. A separate language laboratory and dark room facility is available. Three separate

computer labs with a total of 76 computers (HP Pro One 400 All in One Desktop PC), Linux

server, Internet, projector and licensed soft wares are available on the ground floor. The

computer laboratories are connected with LAN. Three laboratories- Microbiology,

Biotechnology and Physics are recognized as research laboratories by university. A separate

plant tissue culture lab with aseptic cabinet, inoculation and incubation facility is available. The

department of Microbiology and Biotechnology has central instrumentation facility which is

used by other departments also. Other laboratories such as Botany, Zoology, Electronics and

Geography are equipped with necessary facilities such as piped gas, electricity, computer,

internet connectivity and LCD projector facilities. A separate multipurpose air conditioned

seminar hall with the seating capacity 200 is available. Lift and ramp is available for differently

abled students. Enough number of wash rooms, toilets, RO water points are available. Girls‟

common room, Separate office for IQAC and NAAC related work, examination work is

available. A centralized security system is run for the entire campus. Adequate number of CCTV

cameras are installed in and out of the building for student security.

A separate block for library (70 sq. meter) along with the reading room (100 sq. meter) with the

seating capacity of 110 students is available on first floor. Library has a collection of over 20,000

books and subscription of over 70 journals and magazines. Several encyclopedias, bound

volumes, dictionaries, M.Phil. and Ph.D.

The college library is effectively using N-LIST database of academic content through the

INFLIBNET. Reprographic facility, book bank facility is available. The circulation of books and

reference materials is fully automated. A student co-operative store provides stationary items,

notebooks and other educational material at the subsidised price.

Four separate hostels (2 boys‟ and 2 Girls‟) are available for the various colleges run by the

RCPET. Necessary facilities such as RO drinking water, recreational facilities, playground,

common hall etc. A gym and indoor game facility is available at boys‟ hostel. SC-ST have option

to choose government hostel.

Sports:

The College has sprawling green playground of approximate 8 Acres. The playground has

Cricket pitch, net facility is available for practice. The playground is utilized for practice as well

as intercollegiate events of football, basketball, and volley ball, sprint. The playground is also

utilized for annual cultural events, celebration of national days and for various other events.

Basic sports equipment and accessories are available in adequate number. The college has

appointed a full time Physical director to promote participation of students in the sports

activities. The various indoor and outdoor games activities and events are conducted every year.

The sport department of the college has association with Kiran More Cricket Academy run by

the management.

Indoor Games: Chess, Table tennis, Caroms, weight-lifting, power-lifting, body-building, Badminton.

Outdoor Games: Cricket, Football, Volleyball, Kabbadi, Kho-Kho, Handball.

Other Sports Activities: Gymnasium, Athletics, Weight lifting, Cross-country. The necessary facility and the playground is available for these sports activities.

Gymkhana: A well-equipped gym of 300 sq. meter size available in a separate building. The Gymkhana facilities include.

Play ground: The Institute has a sport ground which is used for various outdoor games. The major events Annual day, cultural events, Sports Day and other major programs are organized on playground.

Library Automation:

The college library is fully automated from 2009. The library uses LibSys 6.0 software for regular

housekeeping work of the library. Books and students‟ library cards are barcoded. The book is

issued to the students and faculty using a barcode based system. Library, stack section,

circulation counter and reading room are kept under CCTV surveillance.

Open Public Access Catalogue (OPAC): This facility provides complete searchable database of

books available in the library. Students can check the availability of the desired book using

OPAC terminal. The OPAC database can be searched using book title, Author, Publisher,

Subject etc.

Library portal: The college website has a separate portal for library which act as a one stop

solution for all the information needs of its user‟s. The details of e-books, e journal articles,

databases subscribed by library, online newspapers, rules and regulations etc. is available in the

library portal. The portal can be accessed at http://www.rcpasc.ac.in/library.php

IT Infrastructure

The college is known for its IT infrastructure in the jurisdiction of Kavayitri Bahinabai

Chaudhari North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon. A total number of computers available in the

college is 150. Three specialized computer labs installed with Intel Core – i3 – 4130 (4th

Generation) computers with 3.20GHz CPU, 500 GB HDD, DVD-RW, Web Cam, and 18.5” LCD

screen are available for running the UG and PG courses in Computer Science. The college is

using licensed version of Microsoft softwares. The college has valid MSDN Academic Alliance

Pack (Microsoft Imagine Premium) software with a validity period up to 2021. All three labs

and the administrative office is connected through LAN by an external certified agency.

(AVAYA, Certified Systemax Structured Connectivity) for 20 years (up to March 2022). Wi-Fi

system is installed in the building in 2013-14 with CiSCO-WRT 120. A total number of ports

available are 12 across the various areas of college campus/building. Wi-Fi system is under the

up gradation with new ports (CiSCO-WRT 120) to be installed. The college updates the

internet facilities and the band width time to time as per the need. Internet facility is available

through Reliance 100 Mbps Fiber Optic (Primary) service. Cyberom Firewall Security is

installed. An additional backup line from BSNL Broadband with 10 Mbps is also available in case

the main facility is not available. Other necessary facilities such as printers, Scanners, LCD

projectors, photocopying machines, data storage server, LAN switches and network, generator

backup facility are available.

Student support related activities

The college has a Student‟s Council as per provisions of Section 40(2) (b) of the Maharashtra

University Act, 1994 and Maharashtra University Act, 2016. The students Council consists of

Principal, Principal nominated teacher, Student Welfare Officer, Program Officer of NSS,

Director of Sports, one student from each class with academic merit and student

(SC/ST/NT/DT-NT/OBC) nominated by Principal. The students are selected based on academic

merit and willingness. The principle nominates two lady representatives who have significantly

contributed to the college welfare activities. One student representative represent the college at

the university, designated as University Representative (UR), is finally elected by the student

representatives in the presence of Teachers‟ Representatives to the governing body, the IQAC

Co-coordinator and the convener of the Student council committee. The function of “Students

Council” is to work as a liaison between students and college administration and help to co-

ordinate extra-curricular activities of the college.

The Students' council of R. C. Patel College plays a significant role in the wholesome

development of the students. It plays a pivotal role in voicing the interests and concerns of the

students to the authorities. It is instrumental in enhancing the leadership qualities and the

maintenance of the rights of the students in the campus. The management of College with the

noble intention of enhancing the civic consciousness, social awareness and environmental

awareness encourages the students to organize workshops, seminars and innovative

programmes. The Council, with the constant encouragement of the Management and staff

regularly organizes many activities, thus fulfilling the purpose of the council.

Student Council help to maintain discipline in college, council members locate students who are

good in sports, cultural activities and help them to get involved in activities. They also help in

organizing Annual Social Gathering, Republic day, Independence Day, class trips, tournaments,

sports events, etc. Council takes a responsibility to report anything not in order or unhealthy

that they observe. Student council also organize welcome and farewell functions for the

incoming and the outgoing students of the college. Student council and the UR ensures

discipline in the college campus by encouraging students to observe the rules of the college,

creates environmental consciousness among the students and work to maintain a green and

clean campus. UR also creates awareness among students regarding the necessity of making the

college a „Plastic-Free Zone‟ and stresses the importance of maintaining personal health, hygiene

and cleanliness in and outside college.

Alumni

The process of registration of Alumni Association of R. C. Patel Arts, Commerce and Science is

underway. Even though, a large number of alumni are continuously in touch with the

departments and are contributing in various forms for the development of the different

departments of the college. The most significant contribution of the alumni is in the area of job

searching for the fresh students. Different alumni groups are active on social media which

continuously update the teachers as well as new comers regarding the job vacancies, training

positions and walk in drives of various industries. The department of microbiology and

biotechnology has a strong alumni base. Due to efforts of our alumni, majority of our PG

students are immediately absorbed in Pharma and biotech industries. Alumni also contributes

by bearing the educational expenses of poor students.

Governance and administrative reforms

The governing body systematically works to involve all stakeholders in decision making process.

Decentralization of activities start with the meetings of management and Principal. Principal

briefs the management about the activities undertaken by the college in previous year, result

analysis and other achievements. Overall activities and requirements of the college for the

upcoming Academic year are also decided. The expectations of the Management are conveyed to

the staff by the Principal by organizing the staff meetings and HoDs meeting periodically. The

decentralization is ensured by providing autonomies at different levels are described below

Administrative Autonomy

Principal is the main administrative authority of the college. A vice-Principal is appointed who

executes the power in absence of the principal and looks after the daily academic activities. The

regular functioning of the college is supervised by him. The admission process, finance, audit etc.

activities are decentralized by office superintend among the office staff.

Academic Autonomy

The HoDs and faculty has given complete academic autonomy. The HoDs are responsible for

smooth functioning of the department. The HoDs are accountable for departmental functioning.

They monitor curricular, extra-curricular and extension activities. The lesson plan and other

concerning reports are prepared by the faculty and evaluated by HoDs and the by Vice-Principal.

HoDs and Vice-principal undertake periodic review of the syllabus completion, test tutorial,

result analysis and various committees.

Financial Autonomy

HoDs make planning for purchase of departmental requirements such as chemicals, equipment,

stationary etc. at the beginning of the academic sessions. The science faculty HoDs has to

prepare the budget for purchasing equipments and other laboratory requirements. As per the

requirements and the availability of funds, the appropriate funds are sanctioned by the

Management and the Principal and all the requirements are made available to the departments.

Apart from this, HoDs have freedom to organize to the guest lectures and other programs. For

such events, necessary budgetary provision are made in the institutional budget and the

required funds are sanctioned to undertake the planned activity.

Autonomy to librarian

College librarian has complete freedom for all the library activities. He collects the requirements

regarding new books and periodicals from the all the HoDs. He places the order to the

publishers/distributers. He also subscribes the academic and general periodicals as per changing

needs of faculty and students. The ideas of Student council are considered an implemented to

make the library student friendly.

Autonomy to Physical Director

The physical director prepares plans for the gymkhana as per the requirement and sports events

to be conducted in the coming academic year. The gymkhana is equipped /provided with all

instruments for gym and kits of various games. The physical director is the in charge of the

gymkhana and has given full authority to organize / conduct all the activities of the department.

Physical director have also given the financial assistance time to time to facilitate the sport

activities at in and out of the station. Students have appropriate say in the functioning of the

Gymkhana and utilization of the sport facilities.

Participation of stakeholders in policy formulation

The Management of college, Principal, Vice-principal, teaching staff and non-teaching

staff works hand in hand to achieve the institutional goals and objectives. Every element of the

college contributes in the developmental activities of the institute. Various stakeholders involve

in attaining the institutional goals includes College Development Committee (Local Managing

Committee) that formulates the policy for quality framework. Principal, Vice-Principal are

taken in loop while taking the various policy issues. IQAC plays important role in formulation

as well implementation of quality indicators for the college. The administrative and the support

staff of the college works as per the policies framed by the IQAC, Principal and the management.

Faculty Empowerment

The management, Principal as well as the IQAC of the college appreciates the innovation,

continuously motivates its human resources by adopting following practices.

The management of the institute has established co-operative housing society (Vidya

Vihar Housing Society, Shirpur) on no profit no loss basis. Under this scheme, teaching

and non-teaching staff are given residential plots at the lowest cost. Majority of the staff

has taken the benefit of this scheme.

The institute has well established credit society (R. C. Patel Co-operative Credit Society,

Shirpur). The teaching and non-teaching staffs are the members of this society. Members

of the society contribute a fixed amount from their salary every month. The society offers

loan to the members for various purpose very low interest rate. The overall profit of the

society is evenly distributed as a dividend among all society members.

Teaching and non-teaching staff is covered under Group Insurance scheme from Bajaj

Allianz Insurance Co.

In addition to this, The Management has provided the other welfare schemes such as

Gymkhana, and recreational facilities, Consumer Store etc.

Teaching and Non-teaching staff is encouraged to have training sessions of MKCL to

understand and acclimatize the process of computerization of the office, the library,

different research centers, and various departments.

Professional training of MS Office for office staff.

Deputation for teachers for profession development programs like orientation/refreshers/

Summer Training workshops/ winter training programs.

The management encourage teachers to upgrade their qualifications with research

degrees like M.Phil. / Ph.D.

The institution always encourages faculty to participate in various academic, co-

curricular and sports activities organized at university, state, national and international

level.

Several faculty members are members of national and international professional bodies,

scientific associations and the members of editorial boards and reviewer boards of

various national and international journals.

The IQAC and the research promotion committee encourages and guides to teachers to

submit the research project, book writing etc.

Role of IQAC in achieving the short and long term goals of the college

Extension activities

The college undertakes a number of extension activities in the town as well as in the nearby

villages to sensitize the students as well as the faculty on various social and cultural issues.

Department of microbiology and Biotechnology of the college is undertaking the blood group

detection and hygiene awareness camps in the Ashram Schools of nearby villages from last

fifteen years. Blood group of several thousand students and tribals was checked in this exercise.

So far, the camp has been organized at 16 villages. In this activity, students of the department the

blood group of the young children. They also demonstrate importance of hand washing, bathing,

nail clipping etc. Students also prepare the posters highlighting important communicable

diseases, their control and treatment. During the camp, students present street plays, door to

door visit and aware the tribal people regarding various health issues. This activity has been

appreciated media as well as by the management of the college. The faculty and the student

proactively worked in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. Students organized several rallies, media

campaigning, clean campus drive etc. The Department of Microbiology coordinated the

vermicomposting of solid waste in several housing societies during the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

by providing the microbial culture for waste management. The efforts of the college helped

Shirpur Municipal Council to secure 63rd position in the west zone comprising five states of

India (https://swachhsurvekshan2018.org/Rankings/Lessthan1Lakh). The efforts of the college

contributed in Swachhat Ranking of the Shirpur City. Involvement of the college. The NSS unit

of the college initiated a village adaption initiative. The college also organizes a blood donation

camp every year in association with a blood bank and Red Cross society. More than one

hundred students and faculty members donate their blood every year. The college has

established a Red Ribbon Club in association with Ministry of health, Government of

Maharashtra and North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon. The Club organized various activities

such as AIDS awareness week, awareness of blood donation in the year of 2013 and 2014.

Microbioloympiad Microbiolympiad is the state level unique educational innovation started by the Department of

Microbiology and Biotechnology of R. C. Patel Arts, Commerce and Science College, Shirpur in

2001-02. The department and the college has been able to sustain and popularize this activity

among the students of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Life Sciences in all corners of

Maharashtra. In fact the college is known in the name of the microbiolympiad. More than

20,000 undergraduate students have participated in this activity.

The context

The majority of the students admitted in this College come from the rural, economically

backward background for whom quality education in the highly applied subject like

Microbiology and Biotechnology is still out of reach. On the other hand, there is continuous

demand for the skilled professionals in the subjects of Microbiology and Biotechnology. The

Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology started this activity to impart in-depth subject

knowledge, practical and research, critical thinking, reasoning and problem solving skills among

the students of this region. Moreover, the success rate of our students in national competitive

examinations such as NET, SET and GATE is not appreciable. It was also our one of the goal to

make our students competent enough to prepare and appear for these examinations. The pattern

of questions, reasoning and logical problems, observation based problems are framed in way like

that of the national competitive examinations in the subject of Life Science.

The objectives of Microbiolympiad:

Enhance competitive alertness among the life science students

Involve budding microbiologists and biotechnologists in relevance and excitement of

Microbiology and Life Sciences

Facilitating students' ability to apply the biological principles to solve the emerging

problems of mankind.

Help to understand and appreciate the nature and function of microbes

The Practice

The state level microbiolympiad is conducted in two phases. The first phase consist of a

screening test that consist of 50 multiple choice questions. The test is conducted on 9th January

of every year on the occasion of birth anniversary of great microbiologist-Robert Koch who

formulated Koch‟s postulates. Every year more than 3000 students from around one hundred

different colleges across the Maharashtra participate in this phase. The organizers display the

syllabus, pattern, marking scheme, result etc. to the participating college and the students

through the dedicated website (www.microbiolympiad.com). After completion of the screening

test, the result is displayed on the website. Top ten centres among all the participating colleges

are screened out on the basis of average of marks of the top three students of the centre. Top

three rankers of the selected centres are called for the second phase i.e. Microbioloympiad which

is hosted by our college on 27th Jan. on the occasion of birth anniversary of the most influential

microbiologist of the all times- Louis Pasteur. This event consist of audio-visual quiz that

consist of questions based on logic, reasoning, quantitative aptitude, problem solving ability of

the student. The quiz is conducted in separate sessions for the students of first year, second year

and third year. Expert judges are invited for the evaluation and computing the results. Top three

teams from each classe (FYBSc, SYBSc and TYBSc) are selected and awarded with the cash

prizes, certificate of merit and trophy. The college spends around Rs. One lakh on this activity

every year. This activity is highly appreciated by students, teachers, academicians and scientists.

Student feedback is available on the website (http://www.microbiolympiad.com/event.php).

Evidence of Success: The most convincing proof of success of Microbioloympiad is the

continuous increase in the number of students as well as the centres participating in this event.

The chronological increase in number of participants in Microbioloympiad is available on our

website (http://www.microbiolympiad.com/result.php). Moreover, the national association of

the subject Microbiology-Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI) has also shown a keen

interest to take this activity at the national level. The organizers of Microbioloympiad are

looking forward to take this challenge.

Problems Encountered and Resources Required: Lack of funds is the major constrain to

organize the event like Microbiolympiad. No government support is available to run the

educational innovations like Microbioloympiad. The organizers charge a nominal registration

fees (50 Rs. Per student) to cover the printing, communication, travel expenses. The organizers

also envisage to conduct the first phase (the screening test) in an online mode. However, lack of

technical support staff, lack of ICT resources and finance are constrains.

Notes: The similar type of subject related innovations can also be conducted in other colleges in

other subject where the expertise is available.

Blood group detection and hygiene awareness camps

The department of Microbiology and Biotechnology of the college has an active student club-

„Plasmid Club‟. In biological world, plasmid means - a genome coding extra characters to the

organism. Similarly the main objective of this club is also performing various extracurricular

activities. The objectives of this student club are: To get acquaint with good study techniques

and to make available the study resources for preparation of competitive examination. Creating

cooperative environment within students and helping in expression of Students ideas, views,

thoughts & enhance the interaction within students, Students-Teachers and by making

available a Wall magazine - "BIOVISION" and making students aware of Social issues such as

pollution, disease awareness and importance of personal in daily life. Details of the activities of

this club are available at department website: http://www.mbbtshirpur.info/plasmid_club.php

Objectives of the Practice Since the college is working n rural and tribal area of Maharashtra, social and public health

related issues are major problems of the region. Due to lesser literacy rate, the villages in the

interior of Shirpur Taluka do to have access to preliminary health facilities. Several government

residential schools are established in these area offering the primary and secondary education to

tribal students. However, the students from these schools as well as the tribal people of the

villages have no basic understanding of personal hygiene, cleanliness, spreading of diseases and

other sanitary practices.

The context: Microbiology students have basic knowledge of personal and public health

importance, role of microorganisms in diseases and preventive measures to control the diseases.

Moreover, the student have also primary knowledge of human blood groups, detection of blood

groups and Haemoglobin content in the blood.

The practice: Taking the advantage of their knowledge and to inculcate social zeal among the

students, the department of microbiology and Biotechnology of the college is undertaking the

blood group detection and hygiene awareness camps in the Ashram Schools of nearby villages

from last fifteen years on 8th August. Blood group of several thousand students and tribals was

checked in this exercise. So far, the camp has been organized at 16 villages. In this activity,

students of the department the blood group of the young children. They also demonstrate

importance of hand washing, bathing, nail clipping etc. Students also prepare the posters

highlighting important communicable diseases, their control and treatment. During the camp,

students present street plays, door to door visit and aware the tribal people regarding various

health issues. This activity has been appreciated media as well as by the management of the

college (http://www.mbbtshirpur.info/plasmid_club.php)

Evidence of success:

The blood group detection and disease awareness camp run by the college has received attention

of various government bodies and media. Government hospital also involves in this drive for

screening of sickle ce ll anaemia and other diseases. Private dentist of the Shirpur city also

voluntarily join this camp and provide important information to tribals and school children

regarding dental and oral hygiene. The details of number of camps, location, total number of

individuals involved in the camp etc. is available at departmental website:

http://www.mbbtshirpur.info/blood_group_camp.php.

Moreover, the faculty and the student proactively worked in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

Students organized several rallies, media campaigning, clean campus drive etc. The Department

of Microbiology coordinated the vermicomposting of solid waste in several housing societies

during the Swachat Drive of Shirpur Warwade Municipal Council. The efforts of our students

and faculty are appreciated by media as well as by government bodies.

Problems Encountered and Resources Required:

This activity is fully run by a student club. It requires little financial support which is provided

by the department from the student registration fees. However, there is tremendous scope to

work on these issues especially in rural and tribal set up. More involvement of government

organization and NGOs is anticipated to reach to wider group of people in remote areas.

THE INCREMENTAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE COLLEGE IN LAST FIVE

YEARS AS PER THE STRATEGIC PLAN

After the second cycle of Assessment and Accreditation, the principal, IQAC and the

management of the college prepared a perspective plan with the short and long term

goals. The college has been able to overcome the shortcoming pointed out by the NAAC.

Some of the key indicators where significant improvements are made are highlighted in a

table below.

Criterion Quality indicators Status as on IInd Accreditation cycle

Improvements made during preceding five years (2013-14 to 2017-18)

Curricular aspects

Curricular planning and implementation

No. of courses UG:16 UG:19

PG:05 PG:09

Academic flexibility Semester system was in practice.

Semester system is in practice. CBCS is introduced

Curriculum enrichment

10 career oriented courses (COCs)

Three new COCs introduced:11

Teaching learning and evaluation

Student strength Average strength of last five years: 1580

Average strength of last five years: 2003

Teacher quality Average no teachers: Average no teachers:

No of Ph.Ds:13 No of Ph.Ds: 22

Evaluation process Offline Online

Research

Research guides 03 10

Recognized research labs

03 03

Research funding generated

60 lakhs 91.22 Lakhs

Research papers 165 265

Consultancy Not offered Generated

Collaboration MoUs: Nil 05

Infrastructure and learning resources

Physical facilities Building space: G+2 lift facility: Not available

Building space: G+3 Lift facility: available, Ramp for physically disabled students, Drinking water facility,

Several new classrooms and laboratories, wash rooms are made available.

Library facility No of books: No. of books:

Computers: 75 150, several new LCD projectors are installed

Internet 2mbPS 10mbps

Student support Limited students were covered under various scholarship

Majority of students were covered under various scholarship

Student training Given special attention

Governance and leadership

Faculty empowerment

Only approved teachers could attend the FDPs

Induction programmes are organized for all teachers

IQAC and quality initiatives

Present

Present: increased the quality initiatives, Introduced several new practices

NIRF ranking Not participated

NIRF ranking: participated

NSHE: Not participated

NSHE: participated

Innovations and best practices

Environmental consciousness

Green, clean campus, Mechanisms for solid waste management

Green, clean campus, Mechanisms for solid waste management

Innovations Patents: Nil One faculty member has submitted the paper which under review.