THE ANNUAL QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORT

(AQAR) OF THE IQAC

2007-2008

RBVRR WOMEN’S COLLEGE [AUTONOMOUS]

NARAYANGUDA, HYDERABAD, ANDHRA PRADESH

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ANNUAL QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORT

2007-08

PART-A

Raja Bahadur Venkata Rama Reddy Women‟s College, Hyderabad, was established in 1954 by

the Hyderabad Mahila Vidya Sangham. The college had the privilege of having great visionaries,

to name a few, Dr. Sarvepalley Radhakrishnan, Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru, Smt. Indira Gandhi,

and Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam as dignitaries at different functions organized by the college during

the last half century of its glorious existence.

Vision and Mission:

The vision of the college is to be “a quality educational institution in the region by

enhancing, inspiring and empowering women specially those hailing from rural areas”. In

consonance with this, 60 per cent of the seats at the undergraduate level are reserved for girl

students hailing from rural areas and hostel accommodation also is provided for them in the

campus.

The college is striving hard for its mission to promote knowledge and value- based education

through academic excellence.

Autonomy was conferred on the college in1989. Introduction of several new programmes and

restructuring of existing programmes was done under autonomy.

Reaccreditation by NAAC with Grade „A‟

The college is re-accredited with Grade „A‟ by NAAC in January, 2006.

A brief report of action taken on suggestions given by the members of the IQAC and the QAC

during 2007-08 is submitted herewith

1. Structural modification of time-table to incorporate library hours, project-work,

students‟ seminars, field work and other co-curricular activities was suggested by the

members.

Time-table is prepared and being followed as per this suggestion.

2. Procuring „Bar-Code Scanner‟ for efficient functioning of the library was suggested.

Bar-code scanner is purchased and put to use.

More details regarding the activities undertaken during 2007-08 are illustrated under

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PART - B

1. Curricular Aspects

Curricular design and development

The college offers 34 programmes of which 7 are at Intermediate level, 23 at under graduate

level and 4 at Post Graduate level.

A new combination in B.Sc. with Mathematics, Electronics and Computer Science is introduced

during the academic year 2007-08.

The number of seats in B.Sc. [BCCS] is increased from 15 to 30 and an additional section is

opened in B.Sc. [Biotechnology] from this academic year 2007-08.

Academic flexibility

The college has offered 13 certificate courses during 2007-08 for the benefit of the students.

These courses are aimed to train students in basics in the respective fields of interest. The details

of these courses are given in Table I.

Table I — Details of Certificate Courses Offered During 2007-08

S.No Name of the Course

In-Charge

Department

Whether the

course is

compulsory or

optional

No.of students

1. Communicative English English Compulsory All Undergraduate I

year students

2. Personality Development Compulsory All Undergraduate II

year students

3. Training for Employability Compulsory All Undergraduate III

year students

4. Translation Proficiency Telugu Optional 40

5. Travel, Tourism and

Hospitality Management

History Optional 81

6. Foreign Exchange and

Trade

Economics Optional 42

7. D.T.P. Computer

Science

Optional 109

8. English for Career

Prospects

English Optional 36

9. Music Commerce Optional 27

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10. Yoga and Meditation Commerce Optional 109

11. Preservation of vegetables

and Fruits

Zoology Optional 226

12. Social Work Sociology Optional 51

13. Tally Optional 33

Curriculum update

Boards of Studies meetings are held every year to update the curriculum.

2. Teaching-Learning and Evaluation

Teaching staff has attended a number of Orientation and Refresher Courses to update their

knowledge in their respective subjects. The details in this regard are furnished in Table II.

Table II- Details of Orientation/Refresher Courses Attended By the Faculty Members -

2007-08

Duration

R.C.

Organized

By

No. of

Teachers

Attended

Orientation

Course

Refresher

Course

OC

1. Chemistry 3 2 1 4-9-2007

to

5-10-2007

11-7-2007

to

31-7-2007

Academic

Staff

College,

Osmania

University,

Hyderabad

2. Zoology 3 2 1 6-6-2007

To

5-7-2007

24-10-

2007

To

14-11-

2007

Academic

Staff

College,

Osmania

University,

Hyderabad

3. English 1 1 ---- 27-12-

2007

To

25-1-2008

---- Academic

Staff

College,

Osmania

University,

Hyderabad

4. Commerce 1 1 ---- 27-12-

2007

To

25-1-2008

---- Academic

Staff

College,

Osmania

University,

Hyderabad

5. Telugu 1 1 ---- 27-12-

2007

---- Academic

Staff

4

To

25-1-2008

College,

Osmania

University,

Hyderabad

6. Sanskrit 1 1 ---- 27-12-

2007

To

25-1-2008

---- Academic

Staff

College,

Osmania

University,

Hyderabad

7 Botany 1 1 ---- 27-12-

2007

To

25-1-2008

---- Academic

Staff

College,

Osmania

University,

Hyderabad

Evaluation process and Reforms

The system of Internal Assessment, which was introduced during 2005-06, is extended to the

undergraduate final year students this year.

3. Research, Consultancy and Extension 2007-08

Promotion of Research

5 faculty members have availed financial assistance from U.G.C under F.I.P grant for doctoral

research by the U.G.C.-SERO, Hyderabad.

Report of the UGC-Minor Research Project in Sociology entitled “Divorce in India — A Socio-

legal study” is submitted by Dr. M. V. Lakshmi Devi, Reader, Department of Sociology.

Mrs. M. Madhavi, Lecturer, Department of Zoology is having an ongoing UGC-Minor Research

Project entitled “Effect of Carvones on the Growth and Development of Corcyra Cephalonica”

with an outlay of Rs.40,000/-

Besides, many members of the faculty are pursuing pre-doctoral and doctoral research

individually without any financial grants.

Research publication output

The faculty have participated and presented research papers in international, national and state-

level conferences and seminars: The details are furnished below in Table III.

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Table III — Details of Participation in Seminars by The Teaching Faculty-2007-08

S.No Department Seminars

International

Conferences

National

seminars

State-Level

Seminars

1. English 1

2. Telugu 4 1

3. Hindi 3 2

4. Botany 1

5. Chemistry 3

6. Physics 1

7. Mathematics 3

8. Zoology 2

9. Public Administration 1 1

10. History 1 1

11. Economics 2 1

12. Sociology 3 6 1

13. Commerce 3

14. Business Administration 1 1

A good number of teachers published research articles in journals, and edited volumes. Research

Papers presented by them in various International and National Seminars are published.

Consultancy

Dr. Ruma R. Rao, Reader, Department of Commerce, has given a series of lectures on retail

marketing at a training session organized or APCO employees. She is also working on a market

survey for developing business and marketing plan for APCO carried out by Management And

Marketing Research Consultancy.

Dr. M. V. Lakshmi Devi, Reader, Department of Sociology is invited as a Guest Speaker for the

Orientation Course on „Ethics and Administration‟ for Grade I Officers of the Government of

Andhra Pradesh, by Marri Chenna Reddy Institute for Human Resource Management,

Government of Andhra Pradesh. She was also a Resource Person [Sociology] for preparation of

Audio Lessons and Multimedia Lessons for EMMRC, Osmania University and AVPRC,

Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad.

Dr. K. Vidyavathy, Reader, Department of Telugu, is recognized as a Research Guide for Ph.D.

[Telugu] by the Osmania Univresity. Presently, six candidates are pursuing Ph.D. under her

guidance.

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Mrs. Tanvir Fatima and Mrs. Grace Sudhir, lecturers in the Department of English prepared

course material for undergraduate course in English Literature for Prof. Ram Reddy Center for

Distance Education, Osmania University, Hyderabad.

Mrs. Madhavi, Lecturer, Department of Zoology, prepared multimedia lessons for MANA TV

[Education Channel], Government of Andhra Pradesh.

Many of the faculty members are appointed as Members of the Board of Studies and Examiners

in their respective subjects by other autonomous colleges and also Osmania University.

Extension activities

Staff and students participated in community service activities. These include awareness creation

and community mobilization programmes.

Staff contributed towards medical expenses for surgery of one of the supportive staff‟s son.

Students donated old cloths and voluntarily contributed nearly Rs.5,000/- to Sister Rani of „Care

and Love Welfare Society‟- an NGO.

Best practices in research consultancy & extension

The college Management has sanctioned Rs.5, 000/- per member as seed money to pursue

doctoral research to the departments of Chemistry and Business Administration during 2007-08.

4. Infrastructure and Learning Resources

Physical facilities for learning

Campus of the college is centrally located comprising 3.5 acres land and six buildings. There are

47 class rooms, 29 science laboratories and 13 staff rooms. All classrooms are well-furnished

and have good ventilation. The college has an Audio-Visual Room and a spacious Auditorium.

The college has a Gym and a Health Center.

Unit Cost of Education

Unit cost of education for undergraduate courses is Rs. 9,140/- [Inclusive of salaries and

Rs.816/- [exclusive of salaries]. In case of postgraduate courses, the unit cost of education is

Rs.19, 334/- [inclusive of salaries] and Rs. 9,169/- [exclusive of salaries].

Library as a learning resource

The college library has three wings- namely, intermediate library, degree library and post-

graduation library. The degree and post-graduation libraries are computerized. Stock verification,

issuing of books and other activities are computerized. New software for use of barcode-scanner

is introduced from this year.

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The library continues to be connected with Osmania University Library for inter- library

borrowing.

Student-Book ratio for each subject at under-graduate library is 1:24; at M.B.A library this ratio

is 1:5, and for M.Sc. Courses the Student: Book ratio is 1: 3.

Total outlay used for enriching the U.G. library during 2007-08 is Rs. 1, 96,580/-

Library has open access system, which is very useful to the students and staff. It is updated each

year by purchasing new books and subscribing journals and periodicals. The number of volumes

and journals available in the library are furnished below in Table IV.

Table IV- Details of Library Stock -2007-08

S. No Details of

Library Stock

2007-08

Under

Graduate

Library

M.Sc

(Computers)

M.Sc

(Chemistry)

M.Sc

(Mathematics)

M.B.A.

1. Total Books 42,958

Number of

Books

purchased

during 2007-08

722 145 183 80 69

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2. International

Journals

--- --- --- --- 7

3. National

Journals

20 5 2 4 27

4. National

Periodicals

20

5. Newspapers 10

ICT as learning resources

The central computer facility free of charge with internet facility is being used by staff and

students for preparation of study material, documentation of project- work and research work.

Other facilities

The cooperative store continues to be run by the staff. Note books and record books of all

science subjects with the name of college printed on the cover page are available in the stores

along with other items.

The canteen continues to provide nutritious and tasty eatables at reasonable rates. It is run by an

outside agency.

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College has a Gym, which is attached to the newly built games room. Gym is equipped with

treadmills, cycles, AB exercisers, twisters and stoppers. It is widely used by both the students

and staff.

The health centre that is established in the college is highly beneficial to the students, staff and

resident-scholars. The services of the doctor and also the hospital with which the college has an

MOU are utilized extensively by all the needy in the college.

5. Student Support and Progression Student progression

The scholastic achievements of the students are satisfactory during 2007-08. Most of the students

wrote entrance examination to pursue post-graduation. Details of the results of undergraduate

programs are given below.

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Many students are selected for jobs at campus placements. During 2007-08, 39 percent of the

students who attended campus placement were selected by companies like WIPRO, Infosys,

Satyam, and Accenture. The total number of students placed is 50.

Student support

Many students, both undergraduate and postgraduate students, received scholarships from the

State Government in the form of B.C., S.C., AND S.T. scholarships. A total of 600 students are

sanctioned B.C. scholarships, 176 S.C. scholarships and 32 S.T. scholarships this year. A

statement of B.C., S.C., and S.T. scholarships and other financial aid and incentives of 2007-08

is given below.

Table V — Scholarships and Other Financial Aid To The Students [2007-08]

S.No Nature of Aid 2007-08

1. B.C. Scholarships 600

2. S.C. Scholarships 176

3. S.T. Scholarships 32

4. Minority Welfare Scholarships 19

5. Students Aid Fund 10

Two students were awarded National Merit Scholarship of the Government of India. Two

students received Pratibha scholarships from the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

Many students received the merit scholarships instituted in the college through donations from

philanthropists.

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Student activities

Students participate in academic and cultural activities conducted by the college and outside

organizations. The details of few prizes won are mentioned in table VI. A photo-gallery of

students‟ activities is appended as Appendix I.

Table VI- Students‟ Achievements -2007-08

S.No. Name of the

Student

Participated In Achievement Organized by /

Dated

1. Ms. S. Rajani,

B. Com I

National Merit

Scholarship

Government of

India

2. Ms. Sania Noor,

B.Com III

National Merit

Scholarship

Government of

India

3. Ms. K.

Mamatha,

B.Sc I

Pratibha

Scholarship [State

Merit Scholarship]

Government of

Andhra Pradesh

4. Ms. J. Sarojini,

B.Sc II

Pratibha

Scholarship [State

Merit Scholarship]

Government of

Andhra Pradesh

5. Ms. A. Veena

B.Sc I

Inter-Collegiate Essay

Writing Competition

In Telugu And English

I Prize [Telugu] Asmita-Resource

Center For Women

/ 5th

December 2007

6. Ms. P. Bharati,

B.Com II

Inter-Collegiate Essay

Writing Competition

In Telugu And English

II Prize [Telugu] Asmita-Resource

Center For Women

/ 5th

December 2007

7. Ms. Shalini

B.Com I

Inter-Collegiate Essay

Writing Competition

In Telugu And English

III Prize [English] Asmita-Resource

Center For Women

/ 5th

December 2007

8. Ms. A. Apoorva

B.Sc III

Article published in

an edited volume

entitled “Influence

of Media on Youth”

published by

Mahila Margam,

Hyderabad.

The college magazine entitled „Arunodaya‟ was brought out in four languages this year also.

Articles, poetry and free-verses written by the students are published in this Magazine.

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Best practices in student support and progression

College has adopted new best practices during this year besides continuing the practices already

in practice. Department of Mathematics introduced project-work for the students in using

„Mathematica‟ software with an aim to promote research culture among them.

Remedial classes are organized for the slow learners. 199 students of Semesters I, III, and V and

246 students of II, IV and VI semesters are benefited out of it during 2007-08.A feedback on

these remedial classes also obtained from the beneficiaries of remedial classes.

Achievers in sports received cash prizes as a token of appreciation.

The Management instituted an incentive by way of reimbursement of tuition fees for toppers in

undergraduate [Arts, Science and Commerce] courses with an aim to appreciate and encourage

academically talented students. 3 students were benefited by this during 2007-08.

The students‟ feedback is obtained this year also. Various issues identified by the students in this

feedback are carefully analyzed and appropriate measures are being taken.

The grievances of the students are also attended through the suggestion boxes kept at various

places in the college. A record of action taken in this regard is maintained as a „grievance

register‟.

The Placement Cell enhanced the activities this year. Several companies interviewed our

students and several of them got placement. During 2007-08, 39 percent of the students who

attended campus placement were selected by companies like WIPRO, Infosys, Satyam, and

Accenture. The total number of students placed is 50.

6. Governance and Leadership

Organizational arrangements

The administration of the college is totally computerized. The admission process, examination

results and issue of certificates are all computerized.

The college has full-fledged and fully computerized Examination Branch.

The college has MOUs with several organizations, which help the students in securing training

for job opportunities.

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7. Innovative Practices

Stakeholder relationships

Parent-teacher meets provide a platform for discussing the all round growth of the students. It

provides scope for identifying the areas for improvement of the college through enhanced inter-

personal relationships among staff and students. Parent-teacher Interface is organized this year

also.

The college has established an English Language Lab, Commerce Lab, Mathematics Lab and a

Computer Center. The college is the only under-graduate college to use Mathematica software in

the entire state of Andhra Pradesh.

The alumni association is active.

8. Future Plans

1. To start a few undergraduate and postgraduate courses such as a course in Food Technology,

2. To construct an Academic Block costing around Rs. 3.crore.

3. To start an integrated course in B.Sc. [Biotechnologyl

Co-ordinator Principal