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Page 1 K. Ramakrishnan College of Technology AQAR-2017-18
K. RAMAKRISHNAN
COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (APPROVED BY AICTE NEW DELHI, AFFILIATED TO ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI AND
ACCREDITED BY NAAC WITH A+ GRADE)
Kariyamanickam road, Samayapuram
Tiruchirappalli – 621112
Email: krct.trichy@gmail.com, Website: www.krct.ac.in
INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE CELL(IQAC)
ANNUAL QUALITY ASSURANCE
REPORT (2017 – 2018)
Submitted to
National Assessment and Accreditation Council
Bangalore - 560 072, India
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Contents
Part – A
Page Nos.
1. Details of the Institution .................................................................. 3
2. IQAC Composition and Activities ................................................... 6
Part – B
3. Criterion – I: Curricular Aspects ...... 10
4. Criterion – II: Teaching, Learning and Evaluation ...... 12
5. Criterion – III: Research, Consultancy and Extension ...... 16
6. Criterion – IV: Infrastructure and Learning Resources ...... 21
7. Criterion – V: Student Support and Progression ...... 24
8. Criterion – VI: Governance, Leadership and Management ...... 31
9. Criterion – VII: Innovations and Best Practices ...... 40
Annexure:
A. No Description Page No
I. Scopus journal published consolidation &
List event conducted in department wise Club activities
47
II. College (odd and even semester) and EEE department (odd)
semester
64
III. Feedback from MECH and ECE 82
IV. Faculty participation activities 86
V. 1st year bridge course & NPTEL online course attended and
cleared faculty and students list
105
VI. Terminal exam analysis for ECE department &
University result analysis sample from MECH department
111
VII. Participation certificate from ECE & EEE 133
VIII. Front-pages of books from ECE & EEE 137
IX. ICMR sponsored letter for conducting seminar 148
X. International conference & Consolidation report of papers
presented in all departments
150
XI. Correspondence letter for guest lecture 152
XII. Copy of MOU’s signed in CSE and mechanical 154
XIII. Copy of memberships for IEEE and BES 159
XIV. NPTEL elite award & Tech expo report 162
XV. EDC activities 168
XVI. Campus Placement 175
XVII. Students activities in sports, games and other events 181
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The Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of the IQAC
The AQAR will detail the results of the perspective plan worked out by the IQAC for the period July
2017 to June 2018 (Academic year 2017-18)
Part – A
AQAR for the year (for example 2013-14)
1. Details of the Institution
Name of the Institution
Address Line 1
Address Line 2
City/Town
State
Pin Code
Institution e-mail address
Contact Nos.
Name of the Head of the Institution:
Tel. No. with STD Code:
Mobile: Principal: 91-98421 11377
Naac coordinator: 91 8838170177
IQAC co coordinator: 91 9965504077
0431- 2670799
Dr.S. Muruganandam
0431- 267 0799
Principal: krct.trichy@gmail.com, principalkrct @ gmail.com
Naac -IQAC: naac@krct.ac.in
621112
Tamilnadu
Tiruchirappalli
Samayapuram
Kariyamanickam Road
K. Ramakrishnan College of Technology
2017-18
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EC (SC)/18/A & A/ 124.1 dated 05.11.2016
Name of the IQAC Co-ordinator:
Mobile:
IQAC e-mail address:
NAAC Track ID (For ex. MHCOGN 18879)
OR
NAAC Executive Committee No. & Date:
(For Example EC/32/A&A/143 dated 3-5-2004.
This EC no. is available in the right corner- bottom
of your institution’s Accreditation Certificate)
Website address:
Web-link of the AQAR:
Accreditation Details
Sl. No.
Cycle
Grade
CGPA
Year of
Accreditatio
n
Validity
Period
1 1st Cycle A+ 3.54 2016 5 Years
2 2nd Cycle
3 3rd Cycle
4 4th Cycle
Date of Establishment of IQAC: DD/MM/YYYY
Details of the previous year’s AQAR submitted to NAAC after the latest Assessment and
Accreditation by NAAC ((for example AQAR 2010-11submitted to NAAC on 12-10-2011)
AQAR 2016-17 submitted to NAAC on 22-07-2017
Institutional Status
University State Central Deemed Private
14/08/2015
Krct.ac.in/NAAC/AQAR
www.krct.ac.in
EC(SC)/18/A & A/124.1 dated 05.11.2016
iqac@krct.ac.in
91 - 8838170177
Dr. S .SUGANTHI
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NIL
NIL
NIL
Affiliated College Yes No
Constituent College Yes No
Autonomous college of UGC Yes No
Regulatory Agency approved Institution Yes No
(eg. AICTE, BCI, MCI, PCI, NCI)
Type of Institution Co-education Men Women
Urban Rural Tribal
Financial Status Grant-in-aid UGC 2(f) UGC 12B
Grant-in-aid + Self Financing Totally Self-financing
Type of Faculty/Programme
Arts Science Commerce Law PEI (Phys Edu)
TEI (Edu) Engineering Health Science Management
Others (Specify)
Name of the Affiliating University (for the Colleges)
Special status conferred by Central/ State Government-- UGC/CSIR/DST/DBT/ICMR etc
Autonomy by State/Central Govt. / University
University with Potential for Excellence UGC-CPE
DST Star Scheme UGC-CE NIL
NIL
ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI
NIL
Page 6 K. Ramakrishnan College of Technology AQAR-2017-18
NOT APPLICABLE
01 02
NIL
NIL
NIL UGC-Special Assistance Programme DST-FIST
UGC-Innovative PG programmes Any other (Specify)
UGC-COP Programmes
2. IQAC Composition and Activities (Upto June 2018)
No. of Teachers
No. of Administrative/Technical staff
No. of students
No. of Management representatives
No. of Alumni
2. 6 No. of any other stakeholder and
community representatives
No. of Employers/ Industrialists
No. of other External Experts
Total No. of members
No. of IQAC meetings held
No. of meetings with various stakeholders: No. 08 Faculty
Non-Teaching Staff /Students Alumni Parents
Has IQAC received any funding from UGC during the year? Yes No
If yes, mention the amount
01
04
06
18
03
01
01
02
01
02
01
07
NIL
NIL
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*** Proof attached
- - - -
Seminars and Conferences (only quality related) 01
(i) No. of Seminars/Conferences/ Workshops/Symposia organized by the IQAC
Total Nos. International National State Institution Level
(ii) Themes
Significant Activities and contributions made by IQAC
IQAC (Internal Quality Assurance Cell) provides the guidelines for the following:
The Cell monitors the teaching – learning process through its members and
introduces the e-curricula based innovative teaching. There is regular follow-up
checking the lesson plan, work load, teaching aids, individual log book, syllabus
completion, methods adopted for coaching weak students, etc
Feedbacks have been received from students about the effectiveness of teaching
and its follow-up through class committee meetings. Necessary action has been
taken and personal counselling provided to the needy students.
The staff are allowed to attend the FDPs, Seminar and conferences to update their
knowledge and skills.
The cell encourages the faculty to publish papers in national and international
conferences and journals, register patent with the team work involving students
also.
Establishing network with experts abroad, academicians and industrialists
in the newer technology for conducting International Conference on Newer
Engineering concepts and Technology – 2018.
Communication skill programmes, Value added certificate courses & Pre-
placement training programmes were conducted to enhance the level of
placement.
e-lab has been introduced for the coding (C,C++ and JAVA) skill development for
all students and staff.
Motivational and Career guidance training programmes were offered to
strengthen the confidence level of students to pursue their higher studies and for
better placement.
The library utilization has been enriched by assigning library and project hour in
the regular timetable itself.
For the support to placement in final year the preliminary training related to
aptitude, communication skill development has been given by specialized trainers
for II and III year students and the assessment test is also conducted once in week
and once in 15 days for III and II year respectively for evaluation of effectiveness
of training.
E-Curricula based teaching has been introduced to train the students to utilize the
ICT facility.
Research Methodology and Project Writing on 22.07.2017
01
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Plan of Action by IQAC/Outcome
The plan of action chalked out by the IQAC in the beginning of the year with all event inclusion in
the college and department academic calendar towards quality enhancement and the outcome achieved by
the end of the year:
Plan of Action Achievements
Once in two month’s quality audit to validate
the improvements in academic performance
and quality in other systematic procedures.
Audit dates:
1st: 30.08.17
2nd: 27.09.17
3rd: 21.10.17
4th: 20.04.18 & 21.04.18
5th: 25.06.18 & 26.06.18
Motivate the faculties for undertaking
quality research activities and bring out
more number of research projects and
publications
International Journal: 67
International conferences: 149
Scopus: 11*
SCI: 05 Patent:15
Encourage faculties to apply and organize
funded workshops / seminars /conferences in
national and international levels
Submitted: AICTE:03, SERB:03,
ICMR:01,CSIR:05, DST:01,
TNSCST: 21
CSIR & ICMR proposals for
workshop conducting has been
sanctioned for Rs. 40,000.
Students projects (2) form TNSCST has been sanctioned for Rs. 20,000
Encourage students to apply theoretical
knowledge and come up with innovative
projects
SOLAR CAR presentation by EEE
and Mech students in NSVC
competition at Hyderabad.
Panama Canal model presented by
Civil students at NIT, Trichy.
Smart India Hackathon’17 CODING
COMPETITION at Vijayavada,
Gujarat and Rajasthan by EEE &
CSE students.
Participated in Gokart competition
for BATTERY CAR by Mech students.
To enhance the placement rate in core and
multinational companies
Placement rate has been raised to
95.09% (213 out of 224 willingness
students) in this 2017-187 year from
94.31% (233 out of 246 willingness students) in 2016-17.
To provide the quality enhancement
programmes to the faculty members, students and the administrative staff.
Many programms have been
conducted for students and staff. *
To organize the national/international level
seminars, workshops, guest lectures, leaders
talks, conferences.
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To strengthen the activities of all the clubs
and forums in the college.
We have inaugurated 3 new clubs
namely Tamil mandaram, EVS Club
and WNN Club for strengthen the
activities*.
To promote the research & development
activities and the consultancy activities
We have separate research lab in all
departments. This year we have
added Centre of research in IoT in CSE Department.
College and department objectives followup
through MRM conduction
Once in 3 months the MRM meeting
has been conducted to review the
college and department activities in
all aspects and to find the areas for
improvements. MRM_1:12.12.17&MRM_2: 13.03.18
* Proof attached as Annexure-I * College and department Academic Calendar from ECE of the year has been attached as
Annexure –II.
2.15 Whether the AQAR was placed in statutory body Yes No
Management Syndicate Any other body
Provide the details of the action taken
Management reviewed the AQAR report and contributed valid suggestions. IQAC
agreed and incorporated recommended suggestions.
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√ √ √
Part – B
Criterion – I
1. Curricular Aspects Details about Academic Programmes
Level of the
Programme
Number of
existing
Programmes
Number of
programmes added
during the year
Number of
self-financing
programmes
Number of value
added / Career
Oriented
programmes
PhD - - - -
PG 04 - 04 -
UG 05 - 05 09 (value added
courses)
PG Diploma - - - -
Advanced Diploma - - - -
Diploma - - - -
Certificate - - - -
Others - - - -
Total 09 - 09 -
Interdisciplinary - - - -
Innovative - - - -
(i) Flexibility of the Curriculum: Core/Elective option
(ii) Pattern of programmes:
Pattern Number of programmes
Semester YES & UG:5, PG:4
Trimester -
Annual -
Feedback from stakeholders* Alumni Parents Employers Students
(Academic classes aspects)**
Mode of feedback : Online Manual Co-operating schools (for PEI)
* For odd and even semester feedbacks related to academic teaching have been collected in online from students
and reviewed in MRM meeting.
** Feedback from Mech and ECE and the consolidation of feedback in terms of % has been attached in the
Annexure-III
Whether there is any revision/update of regulation or syllabi, if yes, mention their salient aspects.
Yes. Once in every 5 years the regulation for the syllabus has been revised by Anna
University. At present we are following the Regulation 2017 for 1st year & Regulation 2013
for III & IV year students. In regulation 2013, the number of subjects for 8th
semester has
been revised as 4 from 3 for ECE department & University exam question pattern has been
changed with Part B having 5 question each carry 13 marks and one question in Part C with
15 marks from 2015-19 batch onwards.
√
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Any new Department/Centre introduced during the year. If yes, give details.
Yes, IoT lab has been established in the circuit block second floor for the research
purpose on 05.03.2018 with the total cost of 22,34,150.78.
Establishment report has been attached in the Annexure-III
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Criterion – II
2. Teaching, Learning and Evaluation
Total No.
of permanent
faculty
No. of permanent faculty with Ph.D.
No. of Faculty Positions
Recruited (R) and Vacant (V)
during the year
No. of Guest and Visiting faculty and Temporary faculty
Faculty participation in conferences and symposia:
(Proof attached as Annexure-IV for EEE & ECE departments):
No of faculty Department International
level
National Level State Level
Papers attended
&
presented
CIVIL 04 - -
CSE 01 01 -
ECE 19 - 01
EEE 16 - -
MECH 01 02 -
S & H 13 04 -
Innovative processes adopted by the institution in Teaching and Learning:
* Proof attached as Annexure-V
Bridge course for 1st year *, Presentation day, concept of a day, news paper reading,
adoption test, retest, competitive examinations like AMCAT, hacker rank are helped by
the faculty members Skill developments - (Spoken English, Computer literacy
“Presentation day” improves the communication skill of the students). NPTEL online
courses*, e-journals, JAVA training and e-lab for placement, GATE coaching supported
by GATE FORUM, Entrepreneur skill development training by internal trained faculty
supported by SASTRA HUB, Thanjavur, Value added course in improving the technical
skills other than curriculum, German, Japanese, French and Hindi languages training has
been given to students by specialised trainers along with academic classes, e-curricula
based ICT enabled teaching, TNPSC, UPSC and banking coaching for III and final year
students, BEC certification courses for communication skill development.
- - 33
25
Sem Total Asst. Professors Associate Professors Professors Others
Even 175 114 39 20 02
Asst.
Professors
Associate
Professors
Professors Others Total
R V R V R V R V R V
08 01 08 - 04 - - - 20 01
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Total No. of actual teaching days
during this academic year : 170 for 1st year & 165 for II, III and IV year
Examination/ Evaluation Reforms initiated by
the Institution (for example: Open Book Examination, Bar Coding,
Double Valuation, Photocopy, Online Multiple Choice Questions)
No. of faculty members involved in curriculum
restructuring/revision/syllabus development
as member of Board of Study/Faculty/Curriculum Development workshop
Average percentage of attendance of students
Course/Programme wise distribution of pass percentage * (2013-17batch):
Title of
program
Total No
of
Students
Appeared
Division
Distinction First Class Second Class Pass
Count (%) Count (%) Count (%) Count (%)
CIVIL 136 02 1.47 85 62.5 28 20.59 115 84.56
CSE 88 0 0 68 77.27 13 14.77 81 92.05
ECE 110 04 3.63 91 82.73 13 11.81 108 98.18
EEE 91 0 0 63 69.23 21 23.08 84 92.31
MECH 134 0 0 115 85.82 17 12.69 132 98.51
* Terminal exam analysis for ECE department & University result analysis sample from
Mech department has been attached in Annexure-VI
How does IQAC Contribute/Monitor/Evaluate the Teaching & Learning processes: -
Contribution to Teaching: Academic calendar is prepared before the commencement of every semester which
reflects the departmental activities planning for symposiums, workshops, conferences,
guest lectures, unit tests, class committee meetings, model theory and practical
examinations for effective execution of planning and teaching learning process.
Time table is prepared to execute the lesson plan for completion of syllabus within the
stipulated time and few hours are allotted for placement training activities.
For effective teaching, detailed lesson plan for each theory and practical course is
prepared for prescribed syllabus and also the content beyond the syllabus for each
subject is provided to enhance their knowledge in every subject.
To bridge the gap between the industry and institution, guest lectures are arranged
from reputed institutions like NIT, IIT, VIT and leading industries. Also all the
90.45%
Double Valuation,
Photocopy
01 - -
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departments are organizing special workshops and value added courses based on the
industrial requirements.
The students are motivated to participate and organize inter-collegiate workshops,
symposia, technical contests and seminars to enrich their technical and non technical
skills to face the competitive world.
Special attention for the slow learners is given through mentoring, coaching classes
after the working hours.
Monitoring:
Syllabus completion and other activities are reviewed in the departmental meetings
and Class Committee meetings which are conducted 3 times in a semester periodically.
Reviewing every course log books (both theory and laboratory) by the HoD once in a
month and the same by the Principal to monitor the effective completion of the courses.
Class committee meetings are conducted twice in a month to review the progress of the
course, performance of the students, syllabus completion and grievances on general
issues.
Student’s performance is monitored and necessary follow up action is discussed in the
result analysis review meeting and implemented by respective by the respective class
advisors.
Student’s feedbacks through class committee meeting and online are used to improve
the quality of faculty teaching. Also compliant and suggestion are available to collect
the students feedback.
Evaluation:
Students’ academic performance is evaluated continuously through the unit tests,
model examinations and university results.
Students’ performance in laboratory classes are evaluated in every practical class
through viva voce and model practical examinations has been conducted at the end of
the portion completion.
Students are motivated to involve in real time projects and present their innovative
ideas in national and international conferences and project contest.
Inter departmental auditing is conducted every month and reviewed to improve the
quality of teaching learning and infrastructure facilities.
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Initiatives undertaken towards faculty development
Faculty / Staff
Development
Programmes
Number of faculty benefitted
CIVIL CSE ECE EEE MECH S & H TOTAL
Refresher courses 01 01 - 01 - 03 06
UGC – Faculty
Improvement
Programme
- 07 - - - - 07
HRD programmes - - 01 - - - 01
Orientation programmes - 03 03 03 01 - 10
Faculty exchange
programme
- - - - - - -
Staff training conducted
by the university
- 07 23 - 07 - 37
Staff training conducted
by other institutions
08 02 11 22 16 04 63
Summer / Winter
schools, Workshops, etc.
06 - 53 26 23 15 123
Others - 04 - - 02 03 09
TOTAL 15 24 91 52 49 25 256
* Participation certificate has been attached from ECE & EEE in Annexure-VII
Details of Administrative and Technical staff
Category Number of
Permanent
Employees
Number of
Vacant
Positions
Number of
permanent
positions filled
during the Year
Number of
positions filled
temporarily
Administrative Staff 84 NIL NIL NIL
Technical Staff 28 NIL NIL NIL
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Criterion – III
3. Research, Consultancy and Extension
Initiatives of the IQAC in Sensitizing/Promoting Research Climate in the institution
Faculty members are encouraged to submit research proposals to various funding
agencies like DST, DRDO, AICTE etc.
Students are encouraged to submit project proposals to TNCST under student
project scheme.
Faculty members and students are motivated to involve in research activities by
making them to attend/organize workshop, seminar and conference related to their
research / major thrust areas.
Faculty members are sponsored to pursue their higher studies under part time /
full time basis.
Faculty members are sponsored allowed to attend the national and International
conference within with full registration fee and TA/DA with a maximum limit of
Rs. 4,000/- and Rs.6, 000 for national and international conference respectively.
For International conference outside India sponsorship has been provided to a
maximum of Rs.25, 000/-.
Faculty members are also allowed to attend the seminar, workshop, FDP,
SDP etc with full registration fee and TA/DA with a maximum limit of Rs. 2,500/-
per participation.
The faculties are recognised in every contributing and revenue generation through
grants, providing training and consultancy services.
Details regarding major projects
Submitted
Department CIVIL CSE ECE EEE MECH S & H
Number - 01 - - 06 -
Outlay in Rs. Lakhs - 2.5
Lakh
- - 33.45
Lakh
-
Details regarding minor projects
Completed Ongoing Sanctioned Submitted
Number 02 - 02 40
Outlay in Rs. Lakhs 40,000 - 40,000 8.27 Lakhs
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- -
- -
-
- -
NIL
05 0.5 0.5-2
Details on research publications
International National Others
Peer Review Journals 57 - -
Non-Peer Review Journals 07 - -
e-Journals 06 - -
Conference proceedings 217 48 -
Details on Impact factor of publications:
Range Average h-index Nos. in SCOPUS
Research funds sanctioned and received from various funding agencies, industry and other organisations
Nature of the Project Duration
Year
Name of the
funding Agency
Total grant
sanctioned
Received
Major projects - - - -
Minor Projects August’17
October’17
CSIR
ICMR
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
Interdisciplinary Projects
(EEE & MECH) 1 year
College
management 50,000 50,000
Industry sponsored - - - -
Projects sponsored by the
University/ College 1 year
College
management 70,000 70,000
Students research projects (other than compulsory by the University)
November
– April’17 TNSCST 20,000 20,000
Any other(Specify) - - - -
Total - 04 60,000 60,000
No. of books published *** i) With ISBN No. Chapters in Edited Books
ii) Without ISBN No.
*** Proof has been attached with front-pages of all books in Annexure –VIII
No. of University Departments receiving funds from
UGC-SAP CAS DST-FIST
DPE DBT Scheme/funds
For colleges Autonomy CPE DBT Star Scheme
INSPIRE CE Any Other (specify)
(Rs.20, 000 from CSIR for conducting workshop on “Industrial hazardas Waste to usable Product” on
August 28th, 2017 & Rs.20, 000 from ICMR for conducting seminar on “Implantable and handheld
devices for medical application utilizing RF and Microwave” on October 23th, 2017) * .
02 (EEE), 02 (ECE) & 02 (CSE)
02
-
-
-
-
11
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-
- 04 -
* ICMR sponsored letter has been attached in Annexure-IX
Revenue generated through consultancy
No. of conferences organised by the Institution
Level International National State University College
Number 01** - - - -
Sponsoring
agencies Management
- - - -
** Consolidation report of papers presented in all departments has been attached in Annexure - X
No. of faculty served as experts, chairpersons or resource persons
* Correspondence letter has been attached in Annexure-XI
No. of collaborations International National Any other
* Copy of MOU’s signed in CSE and Mechanical department has been attached in Annexure-XII
No. of linkages created during this year:
IEEE student’s chapter, Broadcast Engineering Society for ECE staff, Energy Conservation
Society for EEE staff.
* Copy of memberships for IEEE and BES has been attached in Annexure-XIII
Total budget for research for current year in lakhs:
From funding agency From Management of University/College
Total
No. of patents received this year
No. of research awards/ recognitions received by faculty and research fellows
Of the institute in the year
Total International National State University Dist College
63 Gramiya
kalaigalum
nedanamum
talent-17
(11 students)
04 staff
(NPTEL),
45
students
in BEC
- - - 03 students in
French language
Rs.7.32 Lakhs
Rs.7.32 Lakhs
08
Rs.54, 446
Type of Patent Number
National Applied 15
Granted -
International Applied -
Granted -
Commercialised Applied -
Granted -
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07 -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- - -
(NPTEL ELITE award for the online exam for odd & even semester and TECH EXPO
report has been attached in Annexure-XIV)
No. of faculty from the Institution
who are Ph. D. Guides
and students registered under them
No. of Ph.D. awarded by faculty from the Institution
No. of Research scholars receiving the Fellowships (Newly enrolled + existing ones)
JRF SRF Project Fellows Any other
No. Of students Participated in NSS events:
University level State level
National level International level
Blood donation to SRM medical College by our student for 2 times on 12.8.17 & 5.3.18: 73
Polio drops camp at Toll Plaza, Samayapuram on 28.1.18 & 29.1.18: 10
Road safety program at Toll Plaza, Samayapuram: 25
Salam Kalam child awareness & motivation program: 525
National deforming day: 1184
Campus cleaning on October 2017: 50
Tongue awareness program on October 2017: 25
No. Of students Participated in NCC events:
No. Of Awards won in NSS:
3.23 No. Of Awards won in NCC:
No of extension activities organised:
University level State level
National level International level
University level State level
National level International level
University level State level
National level International level
University forum College forum
NCC NSS Any other
-
-
-
-
-
01
-
-
-
1892
-
01
07
07
Page 20 K. Ramakrishnan College of Technology AQAR-2017-18
Major Activities during the year in the sphere of extension activities and Institutional Social
Responsibility
1. Blood donation to SRM medical College by our student for 2 times on 12.8.17 & 5.3.18
2. Polio drops camp at Toll Plaza, Samayapuram on 28.1.18 & 29.1.18
3. Road safety program at Toll Plaza, Samayapuram
4. Salam Kalam child awareness & motivation program
5. National deforming day
6. Campus cleaning on October 2017
7. Tongue awareness program on October 2017
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Criterion – IV
4. Infrastructure and Learning Resources
Details of increase in infrastructure facilities:
Facilities Existing Newly created Source of Fund Total
Campus area 87857.3
sq.mts
Separate
non - veg
kitchen in
mess, Night
canteen in
girls hostel
Management
-KRCT
87857.3
sq.mts
Class rooms 51 - 51
Laboratories 81 01 82
Seminar Halls 06 - 06
No. of important equipments
purchased (≥ 1-0 lakh) during the
current year.
- 19 19
Value of the equipment purchased
during the year (Rs. in Lakhs) - Rs.23,11,238 Rs.23,11,238
Others Library for each
Department separately
-
Computerization of administration and library
LIBARAY:
ICT and other tools are deployed to provide maximum access to the library
resources.
Digital library is functioning with internet facility for e-access of online
Journals & e-books.
DELNET membership e – journals like Science Direct and other journals
along with downloading facilities is available in the college digital library.
J-gate electronic gateway to global e-journal literature subscription.
Bar coded based issue / return of books and Computerization of Library
Administration is followed.
OPAC, Web OPAC (Books, CDs and Questions) - software utilization in the
library for accessing books effectively.
ADMINISTRATION:
The institution is fully computerized at the administration and academic
levels. Internet facility is made available at the library and entire campus set
with Wi-Fi.
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Library services:
Existing Newly added Total
No. Value No. Value No. Value
Text Books 23342 10433812 - - 23342 10433812
Reference Books 1347 738460 - - 1347 738460
e-Books - - - - - -
Journals 141 366050 - - 141 366050
e-Journals 4538 196500 - - 4538 196500
DigitalDatabase
(NPTEL)
598 - - - - -
CD & Video 1496 - - 1496
Others (Delnet) 476 13570 - - 476 13570
Technology up gradation (overall)
Total
computers DEPT
Computer
Labs Internet
Browsing
Centres
Computer
Centres
Depart-
ments Office
Others
(Library)
MECH 166
250Mbps
In all
systems
in the
campus
- - 9
CSE 379 - - 2
Existing 979 CIVIL 72 - - 5
9 124
EEE 50 - - 1
ECE 152 - - 10
MECH - - - -
CSE 82 - - -
Added 168 CIVIL - - - -
- 48
EEE - - - -
ECE 38 - - -
TOTAL 1147 - 939 - - 27 9 172
Computer, Internet access, training to teachers and students and any other programme for technology upgradation (Networking, e-Governance etc.)
SL
.N
O
Name of the
Industry
Resource Person
No of beneficiary Company
Address
Title of the
program
Date of
Lecture
1. Through online All 3rd & 4th year
students
By our
faculty
e-lab training Throughout the
year
2. NPTEL online Willing staff and
students in all Dept
NPTEL Online courses
for different subjects
Odd and even
semester
3. WIPRO certified
our internal staff
Placement
interested students
By our
faculty
JAVA training In final year odd
semester
4. Through online All students in
college
By our
faculty
e-curricula From odd semester
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Amount spent on maintenance in lakhs:
i) ICT
ii) Campus Infrastructure and facilities
iii) Equipments
iv) Others
Total: Rs. 63, 33,639
Rs. 12, 18,484
Rs. 14, 68,431
Rs. 9, 98,839
Rs. 26, 47,885 (Wi-fi enabling for entire college)
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Criterion – V
5. Student Support and Progression
Contribution of IQAC (IF ANY AT DEPARTMENT LEVEL) in enhancing awareness about
Student Support Services
IQAC contributes in enhancing awareness about student’s support system in the following
activities:
Internet facility with Wi-Fi connectivity is made available throughout the campus to
support the students in enhancing their knowledge with easy digital access.
Motivating the students in taking up proficiency certificate courses in Business English
Certificate (BEC) - An International Certificate Course.
Subject wise special coaching classes for slow learners and remedial classes for the needy
students are conducted during the evening hours.
The department is taking the necessary initiative by organizing regularly guest lectures,
seminars, workshops, conferences, industry visits; in-plant training, internships and
campus connect programmes.
Placement & Training Cell organizes various training programmes to mould the students
with core competency and employability.
Library is equipped with various books, references, journals and e-journals to
supplement the thrust of students and to enrich their self learning ability.
A Grievance Redressal Cell is constituted to address the grievances of the students and
parents through feedback.
Student association in each department organizes various programmes to widen their
exposure in their respective field.
National Service Scheme [NSS] & other clubs encourage the students to be committed
towards personal and community development.
Online Students’ feedback system is followed to obtain opinion from them about the
effectiveness of the faculty and the facilities in the college.
Medical and group insurance for accidental and risk coverage is offered to all the
students along with in-house health centre which is operated in the evening.
Student support services like association with professional bodies, alumni interactions,
student forums / clubs, language laboratory, NPTEL online course and cash incentives to
student achievers are provided.
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IQAC contributes in enhancing awareness about student’s support system in the
following activities:
The college organizes health check-up camps where local doctors, dentists, eye
surgeons visit and keep a strict watch on the health of students and the staff.
Fine arts club activities conducted regularly with open-air venues having risen
seating (Amphitheater).
Career Guidance Cell helps the students in guiding them for their higher
education and organizes periodical meetings with industrialists, entrepreneurs
and chief executives of various concerns to enhance the entrepreneurship skills
among the students.
Women Development Cell empowers the girl students and female faculty
members.
Appointment of counsellor for individual mentoring.
College newsletter, with articles contributed by the students reflecting their skill
in using English for communication, critiquing an article, imaginative capacity
and portraying the activities of the college.
Availability of Gymnasium and other sports provisions to develop student’s
wellness.
Veg and Non-Veg separate canteen facility.
Management scholarship for meritorious students.
Instituting “Best outgoing Student Award”.
Proper arrangement of drinking water is present in the college campus at
different locations (R.O. purified drinking water).
The college organizes health check-up camps where local doctors, dentists, eye
surgeons visit and keep a strict watch on the health of students and the staff.
All the desktop PCs in the laboratories and departments are connected for
Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS). 170 KVA UPS with 20 minutes power
backup facility is available. 500 KVA generator set for power back up facility is
available in the campus.
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Efforts made by the institution for tracking the progression
Conducting continuous periodical tests and assessing their performance.
Analysing their performance and counselling the poor performers with the
proper intimation to the parents.
Encouraging students for inter-college competitions and carrying out major
and minor projects.
Monitoring the attendance and academic discipline of the students by class
advisors also to track the performance of students and counsel them in case
of poor performance in academic records.
Students’ output in the form of worthwhile projects and conference
publications.
Department meetings are being conducted regularly to monitor the progress
of the action plan.
Academic audit is being conducted every semester to evaluate the progress.
Internal Quality Audits are being conducted monthly to review the
attainment of the quality objectives.
Students are motivated to participate in various technical /non technical
event organized by other colleges to enhance their knowledge.
Conducting parents meet and informing them the progress of their children
also encourage them to improve his/her skills.
Value added courses are given to the students form first year onwards
(a) Total Number of students
(b) No. of students outside the state
(c) No. of international students
Men Women
NIL
02
UG PG Ph. D. Others
2411 13 - -
No %
1564 64.52
No %
860 35.48
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No. of students beneficiaries
Last Year This Year
General
&
OBC
SC ST Physically
Challenged
Total General
&
OBC
SC ST Physically
Challenged
Total
2128 153 87 - 2368 2210 171 43 - 2424
Demand ratio : - NIL Dropout % - 0.005%
Details of student support mechanism for coaching for competitive examinations (If any)
The institution motivates the pre final and final year students to take up competitive
examination
Awareness programme is conducted for the benefit of students by experts from
Anna University / IIT / agencies.
Adequate books/CDs/Materials are made available in department library and
central library.
The library has sufficient no. of magazines and books related to competitive exams,
the placement cell provides special encouragement counseling to participate in
these exams.
Various workshops are also conducted to motivate and create awareness on taking
up these examinations.
The Career Planning and Guidance Cell has a MOU with “GATE FORUM” for
conducting placement training and competitive examinations and help the students
to realize their potential and to focus on a career that matches the skills..
The Training and Placement cell facilitates students to undertake coaching classes
for the competitive examinations conducted by external agencies.
Student intelligence is tested in the area of aptitude during the regular examination
and guidance is offered to crack it. Training is offered to students to take up
international certificate courses like BEC, IELTS and TOEFL.
Career Guidance Cell is organizing the coaching classes for the students to face
competitive examinations like GATE etc.
53 students got benefited in GRE/TOFEL and IELTS.
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- - -
01 - -
No. of students qualified in these examinations
NET SET/SLET GATE CAT
IAS/IPS etc State PSC UPSC Others
Details of student counselling and career guidance
Counselling:
Monthly Report containing the academic Performance and attendance details are sent to
the parents periodically through HoD and Principal.
Personal Meeting with parents is conducted for the needy students
Counselling is provided to the students as a psychological support.
Each faculty is allotted with 15 students as student mentors to deal with their Personal
problem, Grievances and Motivation for better performance.
Motivational counselling is given for the students by the external experts like
Mr.Jeyaprakash Gandhi and Mr.Ragunath.
Career Guidance Cell:
Career and Placement Guidance Cell of the College offers placement training to the
students in the areas of communication skills, aptitude, group discussion, interview skills,
etc.
Each department has appointed faculty member in charge to provide academic, career
and personal guidance and counselling to the needy students whenever required.
Entrepreneurship training program has been conducted as follows:
Certificate registration for learn wise module 100 by the students (53 nos) from both the
batches in August 2017.
Registration with nen by student members in December 2017.
FDP for ITI instructors funded by EDI Chennai: 1/10/2018
EAC proposal submission (05 nos) to EDI AHMEDABAD: January 2018
Entrepreneurship training for the other category students of all departments: 2/18/2018
** Detail has been attached in Annexure-XV
No. of students benefitted: All department EDC member students
48
-
48
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- 05
04 03
33
69 36
42 242
653
Details of campus placement **
Students
count
CSE ECE EEE MECH CIVIL Total
Strength 99 102 103 142 136 582
Interested 43 75 41 55 10 224
Placed 40 74 39 53 7 213
Non placed 3 1 2 2 3 11
Total offers 60 110 53 83 16 322
Placed % 93.02 98.67 95.12 96.36 70 95.09
** Detail has been attached in Annexure-XVI
Details of gender sensitization programmes
Students Activities *** 5.9.1 No. of students participated in Sports, Games and other events
State/ University level 109
National level International level
No. of students participated in cultural events
State/ University level National level International level
5.9.2 No. of medals /awards won by students in Sports, Games and other events
Sports: State/ University level National level International level
Cultural: State/ University level 15
National level International level
*** Detail has been attached in Annexure-XVII
Scholarships and Financial Support
Number of students
Amount (Rs)
Financial support from institution 21 9,25,000
Financial support from government 711 79,22,500
Financial support from other sources - -
Number of students who received International/ National recognitions
- -
Student organised / initiatives
Fairs : State/ University level National level International level
Exhibition: State/ University level National level International level
Breast cancer awareness program in association with Women in engineering
group, IEEE madras section organised by Department of Electronics and
communication with speakers Dr.Hemamalini Govindaraj, & Dr.Arthy Vaisnavi
from Dr. GVN Hospital, Trichy on 7th
March, 2018.
-
-
11
-
11
184
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No. of social initiatives undertaken by the students
Major grievances of students (if any) redressed:
Students requested to provide tea and biscuits in separate canteen during night time
form 9.00PM to 11.00 PM: Based on this comments, night canteen has been arranged
upto 11.30PM.
Students requested to provide dispensary in the college premises: Addressed to
management for follow-up.
07
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6.3 Quality improvement strategies adopted by the institution for each of the following:
Criterion – VI
6. Governance, Leadership and Management
State the Vision and Mission of the institution
Does the Institution has a management Information System
Curriculum Development
VISION
To serve the society by offering top-notch technical education on par with global
standards.
MISSION
We will strive to:
Be a centre of excellence for technical education in emerging technologies by
exceeding the needs of the industry and society.
Be an institute with world class research facilities.
Be an institute nurturing talent and enhancing competency of students to
transform them an all-round personality respecting moral and ethical values.
Yes, the Institution has a management Information System through the following
facilities:
Department wise daily activity & progress report.
Availability of subject related supporting material prepared by concerned staff for
student’s references throughout the semester by innovative teaching method called e-
curricula.
Online marks and attendance entry for every phase of continuous evaluation,
consolidation, analysis and automatic calculation of internal assessment marks by
CAMU software.
Information of student’s performance to parents through letter correspondence and
oral communication over phone.
Performance appraisal of faculty and staff members through self-evaluation and
evaluation by HoD, Principal and the administrative team.
Offline and hardcopy of feedback from students and feedback from stakeholders at
the time of meeting.
In and Out pass date and time for boys and girls hostel students has been recorded
through biometrics systems and the same information has been sent to their parents
through SMS.
e-lab facility for coding skill practice for students and staff.
MRM to review the achievement and activities follow-up related to college and
department level.
As an affiliated College, the Institution follows Anna University curriculum. The
feedback collected from the alumni, stakeholders and parents are consolidated and
submitted to affiliating university for considerations while revising the curriculum. The
college organizes guest lectures, seminars, industrial visits; value added course and
various training programmes to supplement the curricular inputs.
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Teaching and Learning
The college follows the following methods to ensure better teaching and learning process
Academic calendar An academic calendar is prepared at the beginning of every semester which contains all the
details of the departmental activities and test, model and University tentative theory and practical
commencement date.
Lesson plan Lesson plans are prepared for both theory and practical class for effective delivery of course and
to complete the syllabus within the period prescribed by the university
Time Table The time table is prepared for all the theory and laboratory courses in adherence to the Anna
University curriculum.
The class hours are planned to ensure optimum utilization of time period for effective teaching.
Besides, few periods are allocated for training and placement classes.
Assessment Tests Two terminal tests and two model examination are being conducted in a semester for theory and
one model exam is conducted for practicals with continuous assessment in each and every class
through viva voce.
In accordance with Anna University norms, the internal marks are calculated based on the
performance of the students in the assessment tests.
Tutorial In the tutorial classes, students are given a set of problems under the guidance of concern subject
faculty along with tutors.
Projects Students are trained to do mini projects to improve their knowledge on the applicability of the
subject in real time problems.
Students are encouraged to do in house major projects with utilization of research lab facility
available in the department.
Students are encouraged to show their innovation through TECH EXPO contest conducted for
our college students.
All department students are guided to submit their project proposal to funding agencies like
TNSCST to exhibit their talent in state level.
The innovative thoughts of the students are exhibited by conducting project exhibition and
contest.
Teaching learning process Conventional blackboard and chalk method make the students to learn the subjects with more
comfort.
Animated Videos and Power point presentations are used to convey the concepts and
methodologies for better learning. Video lectures by experts on problem oriented subjects are shown to the students to ease the
learning process.
Industrial visits are arranged for students to make learn recent technologies & Industry culture.
Real time projects lead the students for lively learning experience.
Internship opportunities impart practical learning experience.
Apart from regular classes, special hours have been allotted for placement, seminar to unleash
students potential and presentation skills on any topics related to the curriculum.
Students are encouraged to register for National Programme on Technical Enhanced Learning
(NPTEL) online courses to enhance and improve their learning skills.
Faculty members are sponsored to attend various training programmes / workshops / seminars /
conferences with registration fee & on-duty permission.
Innovative teaching technology called e-curricula has been introduced.
e-lab in use to improve the coding skills for students.
Library hour has been introduced in the timetable to enrich their knowledge in current trends.
Mini project has been given for III year students to develop their practical skill and initiate final
year projects.
In all practical classes content beyond experiments conducted to give exposure in advanced
technology.
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Examination and Evaluation
Question banks, Lecture Notes and Lab Manuals are prepared by the Staff
members and verified by HoD of each department and are provided to the
students.
The internal exam cell organizes the internal assessment exams and the university
exam cell takes care of university exams.
Three tests per semester: Terminal Test 1, Terminal Test 2 and model exam- I & II
are conducted. The question papers for the internal exams are set by the internal
and external faculty and are being evaluated within 2 days after completion the
exams by the concerned faculty. For Terminal 2 exams, the evaluation is carried
out by interchanging the answer papers among the two faculties handling the
parallel class for the same subject.
Internal marks are allotted based on the assessment test marks and the student’s
attendance Percentage. Theory and practical examinations consists of two
components namely, External evaluation for 80% marks and internal evaluation
for 20% marks.
The performance of slow learners has been improved through coaching and retest.
Special activities have been conducted for top 25% of performed student’s.
The attendances as well as the assessment marks are communicated to the parents
and parent of the poor performance students and the parents are asked to meet the
class advisor, HOD and Principal to improve their progress.
For laboratory courses, assessments are made continuously by correcting
laboratory observation and record note books, asking viva voce question related to
the experiment to evaluate the performance of the students. The model
examinations for the laboratory courses are also conducted for the students to do
the university practical examinations effectively.
Research and Development
Faculty members are encouraged to submit research proposals to various funding
agencies like DST, DRDO, ISRO, AICTE etc.
Students are encouraged to submit project proposals to TNCST under student
project scheme.
Faculty members and students are motivated to involve in research activities by
making them to attend/organize workshop, seminar and conference related to their
research / major thrust areas.
Faculty members are sponsored to pursue their higher studies under part time /
full time basis.
Faculty members are sponsored and allowed to attend the national and
International conference with full registration fee and TA/DA with a maximum
limit of Rs. 4,000/- and Rs.6, 000 for national and international conference
respectively.
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Bottle house for structure stability against wind, College model using fiber board for
structural model demo.
Library, ICT and physical infrastructure / instrumentation
Library:
ICT and other tools are deployed to provide maximum access to the library
resources.
Digital library is functioning with internet facility for e-access of online Journals
& e-books.
DELNET membership e – journals like Science Direct and other journals along
with downloading facilities is available in the college digital library.
Bar coded based issue / return of books and Computerization of Library
Administration is followed.
OPAC, Web OPAC (Books, CDs and Questions) - software utilization in the
library for accessing books effectively.
ICT:
All class rooms, tutorials rooms, seminar halls, laboratories pertaining each
department is enabled with ICT tools.
Students and staff are enhancing their knowledge by listening the video lectures of
eminent Professors of IITs, and IISc through National Programme on Technology
Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) online courses.
For every subject, power point presentation and Animated Videos are prepared
by the faculty members and it is used for taking classes in an interactive way.
Video lectures by experts on problem oriented subjects are shown to the students
to ease the learning process.
e-Lab software tool is actively used for practicing our students and to improve
their programming skill in C, JAVA,OOPs and Data Structures towards the
product based companies placement.
Physical infrastructure / instrumentation:
Interface board for LABVIEW software.
Solar panel and wind turbine for electricity generation
Bottle house, Cross section of lorry chassis & 4 wheeler chassis in Automobile
lab.
For International conference outside India sponsorship has been provided
to a maximum of Rs.25, 000/-.
Faculty members are also allowed to attend the seminar, workshop, FDP,
SDP etc with full registration fee and TA/DA with a maximum limit of Rs. 2,500/-
per participation.
The faculties are recognised in every contributing and revenue generation through
grants, providing training and consultancy services.
Scopus Index journal publication Rs. 2,000/. Papers in SCI or /SSCI/ Anna
Annexure –I /Web of Science with valid impact factor, SJR, SNIP: Rs. 5,000/.
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6.3.7 Faculty and Staff recruitment
6.3.7 Faculty and Staff recruitment
Human Resource Management
Every employee is eligible to avail casual leave and vacation leave. Compensation leave facility
is also available.
The Teaching staff members are given ON DUTY facilities for attending board meetings /
Central valuation / External Examiner for practical examinations connected with university
during the college working days.
The leave can be granted to all unmarried employee, sufficient marriage leave has been
sanctioned.
The institution promotes faculty for higher positions based on satisfying prescribed
qualification, experience, research and developmental activities and performance in the
interview.
Best Teacher Awards are also announced to the teaching faculty who satisfy the evaluation
criteria.
HRM award for faculty performance & meritorious award for faculty.
Faculties are sponsored Rs.4000/ per year towards FDP, Seminar, Conference etc.
Employees Provident Fund (EPF).
One way Free Transport for teaching staff. Two way Free Transports for Non-Teaching staff.
Staff members are eligible for Rs.1000 cash award for producing above average result.
Staff Tour is arranged for all teaching faculty members once in a year.
Staff sports are conducted during the sports day and the winners are awarded with shields
and medals.
Faculty members are sponsored allowed to attend the national and International conference
within with full registration fee and TA/DA with a maximum limit of Rs. 4,000/- and Rs.6, 000
for national and international conference respectively.
For International conference outside India sponsorship has been provided to a maximum of
Rs.25, 000/-.
Faculty members are also allowed to attend the seminar, workshop, FDP, SDP etc with
full registration fee and TA/DA with a maximum limit of Rs. 2,500/- per participation.
The faculties are recognised in every contributing and revenue generation through grants,
providing training and consultancy services.
Faculty members acting as wing in-charges in hostel are provided with food concession in
mess.
Special sum of amount is being given as remuneration to the teaching staff members for
night study.
Room rent has been waived for teaching faculty stayed in hostel.
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Faculty and Staff recruitment
Industry Interaction / Collaboration
At the end of every academic year, the workload for the next academic year is
calculated as per AICTE and Anna University norms in all departments based on
their intake.
The number of vacancies are calculated and filled up.
An advertisement is released in leading local dailies.
The selection of the faculties is made by the selection committee purely on merit.
The selection committee scrutinizes the application and the following steps are
carried out in selecting competent teachers.
First round is a written test to test their language knowledge.
Second round is a seminar on their area of interest, to check their
communication skill and black board presentation
Third round is a seminar on common subject topic to the selected
candidates based on second round with Principal to check their subject
knowledge
Interaction with the industry helps in building a strong wall for the development of
the Institution through creating job opportunities for students, Industrial Visits;
carry out research and consultancy work that is part of the strategic plan for
growth of the Institution.
Final year students are motivated to do projects or internships in the industry.
MOU has been signed with many companies like Intel lab and National
Instruments to enhance the industrial requirement.
Seminar/ Invited talk from industry experts has been arranged for students and
staff to update their recent trends.
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Admission of Students
UG ADMISSION
Candidates should have passed HSC of State board or equivalent with Mathematics,
Physics, and Chemistry and other language subjects. Minimum marks 40 % of in
Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry and minimum pass for SC /ST candidates.
65% of the students are admitted through Anna University single window
counselling. 35% of the seats are filled up through consortium of self financing
colleges.
In this case the students need to have qualifying marks as prescribed by the
Government of Tamil Nadu.
PG ADMISSION
Candidates should have passed B.E. / B.Tech / AMIE/ or equivalent examination for
seeking admission into relevant PG courses and its specialization.
50% of the seats are filled through TANCET by Anna University and remaining
50% of seats are filled through qualifying marks obtained in CET conducted by
consortium of Self- financing colleges.
Teaching:
The employees of the College shall be entitled to the benefits of Provident Fund
maintained for persons in the service of the College in accordance with the
provisions of the rules of the Fund.
Faculty members are sponsored for higher study on deputation under QIP
Scheme.
Staff welfare fund is used to lend to all teaching and non-teaching staff members
without any interest.
Staff Tour is arranged for all teaching faculty members once in a year.
Staff sports are conducted during the sports day and the winners are awarded
with shields and medals.
Faculty members are financially supported by providing Rs. 4, 000 /. Per
year for presenting papers in conferences / attending Seminars, Workshop,
FDP, SDP etc.
Faculty members acting as wing in-charges in hostel are provided with food
concession in mess.
Any fund raised or money earned by any faculty through grants, providing
training and consultancy services etc will be shared between the faculty
members and the institution at the ratio of 70:30 percentage of the surplus.
A special sum of amount is being given as remuneration to the teaching staff
members for night study.
Compensation leave is being given to the staff members working on special
assignments during holidays.
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√
The awards and recognition given to staff are: cash award, gold coin, HR awards,
Daily refreshment, and Transport facility, Gold coin scheme for HOD and faculty members for producing university rank.
Non teaching: Child education fund, Diwali bonus, Daily refreshment & Transport facility
Students: University exam toppers – cash award, local exam toppers- cash token
Welfare schemes for
Teaching Soft loan, cash award, gold coin, HR awards, Daily
refreshment, Transport facility, Gold coin scheme for HOD and faculty members for producing university rank
Non teaching Child education fund, Diwali bonus, Daily refreshment & Transport facility
Students University exam toppers – cash award, local exam toppers-
cash token
Total corpus fund generated
Whether annual financial audit has been done Yes No
Whether Academic and Administrative Audit (AAA) has been done?
Audit Type External Internal
Yes Agency Yes Authority
Academic Yes ANNA
UNIVERSITY
Yes IQAC
Administrative Yes Consultancy Yes College top
Management
Does the University/ Autonomous College declare results within 30 days?
For UG Programmes Yes No
For PG Programmes Yes No
What efforts are made by the University/ Autonomous College for Examination Reforms?
Publication of Semester Examination results through online.
√
√
35 Lakhs
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What efforts are made by the University to promote autonomy in the affiliated/constituent colleges?
Activities and support from the Alumni Association
Activities and support from the Parent – Teacher Association
Development programmes for support staff
Initiatives taken by the institution to make the campus eco-friendly
Training program on maintenance of lab & service of equipments.
Alumni deliver guest lecturers/motivational talks
Help the TDP cell in recruitment
Help in networking with industries
Help in arranging industry personnel for guest lectures
The College shall have 10 years standing.
The College shall have Faculty/Infrastructure as per AICTE norms.
The College shall run a minimum 4 PG programmes other than
MBA/MCA.(for at least two academic years).
The College shall have Faculty: Students ratio UG= 1:15, PG=1:12
The College shall be accredited by NBA/NAAC approval within a period of 2
years from the date of Autonomous status conferment / extension of
Autonomous Status.
Participation of the parents in the department wise and year wise Parents
Teachers meeting is enabled.
Parent’s feedback also collected and their perspectives on the needs and
demands of their wards are consolidated and addressed.
Parents are made as representatives in IQAC for continuous quality
improvement.
To ensure green cover in the campus, periodically trees are planted; planted trees are
watered and maintained.
Maintenance of Water harvesting mechanisms.
Utilization of Solar power, solar water heaters in the hostels.
LED lamp facility is available in indoor-game auditorium and conferences halls to save
the electricity.
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Criterion – VII
7. Innovations and Best Practices
Innovations introduced during this academic year which have created a positive impact on the functioning of the institution. Give details.
Innovative mechanism / process for internal quality checks:
Academic system: Handouts with PPT material, two marks question with answer ans
PART B question with reference detail and assignment questions is made available to the
students in the beginning of the semester.
Close monitoring of course coverage through frequent meetings of HODs with faculty
members.
Class Committee meeting are held thrice in a semester.
Regular monitoring of academic activities through class advisors by HOD & Principal.
Periodic collection of student feedback on individual subject teachers.
Review of performance of teachers based on feedback and pass percentage of students at
university examinations.
Faculty mentors for every 20 students.
Remedial classes, bridge courses and retest to make up for weak and slow learners.
Inviting experienced academia from reputed institutions and industry experts for
delivering guest lectures.
Incentives for those carrying out research and publishing papers/participating in
Seminars/Conferences.
Parents are informed about the performance of students after every internal examination.
The attendance of students is closely monitored and informed to parents if necessary
follow-up needed. Also the performance of the students in the internal examination is
communicated to parents. The students are counseled in this regard.
Administrative system: An exclusive Examination Section headed by respective
coordinators for internal university examinations.
Training and Placement Cell takes care of all the aspects related to placements.
College administration is run through Management, Executive Director, Advisor,
Principal, Dean, HODs and Professors. All decisions are implemented after a consensus is
arrived at.
Maintenance of all buildings and other infrastructure is entrusted and maintained by
college infrastructure team.
Physical director and Assistant Physical director attend to all sports activities of boys and
girls.
Technicians in all departments look after the repair and maintenance of lab equipment
under the supervision of the teaching staff.
HOD and senior faculty of each Department look after the teaching and learning process in
each Department.
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The following innovations are carried out:
Top 25% activities for the students
Conducting programmes to explore the talents of the school students
Motivational program and psychological counselling
Staff Seminar
Introduction of 7C committee
Clean environment through 5S in the campus.
KAIZEN introduction
Circle Meeting with the Principal
Cash prize for toppers
CAMU, e-lab, e-curricula,
MRM, ISO regular audit & ISO 14001:2015 initiation.
Quality assurance for academic programmes:
Performance Monitoring:
Right from the time of admission, performance of every student is carefully monitored.
Based on the examination results, faculty advisors take up counselling of poor
performers and try to assess the reasons for their poor performance. HOD’s arrange
special classes for poor performers.
Periodic meetings are conducted by the Principal and HODs to review the results of
internal and external examinations.
The analysis of the results of end semester examinations is carried out, and further
discussed by HOD with the Principal.
Teaching staff members guide the students in their projects, monitor their performance
and counsel them regarding their performance, apart from regular teaching. Thus,
teachers play different roles like project guides, mentors, etc.
This process ensures the quality of the teaching process. Administration Academic
Coordinators and Class advisers closely monitor student performance and intimate the
parents.
Student evaluation:
At college level two cycle tests and one model exam are conducted for internal
evaluation. The university conducts the end semester examination.
Evaluation procedure & guidelines are given to the staff for both theory & practical
exams. Corrected answer scripts of internal exam are shown to the students. Students
are encouraged to express their doubts and irregularities observed, if any, in the
evaluation, to the notice of concerned teachers, and to HOD, if necessary. The results
are monitored by the HOD.
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Provide the Action Taken Report (ATR) based on the plan of action decided upon at the beginning of
the year
Give two Best Practices of the institution (please see the format in the NAAC Self-study Manuals)
Contribution to environmental awareness / protection
Whether environmental audit was conducted? Yes No
Any other relevant information the institution wishes to add. (for example SWOT Analysis)
Online student’s feedback system
Consultancy and extension activities
Journal publication by faculty
Awareness on entrepreneurship
Product based projects
Continuing education training
Training programmes /capacity building sessions for faculty and non
1. 7C committees
2. Degree in time
3. 100% placement
4. KAIZAN & 5S in the campus
1. Smoking is prohibited inside the campus.
2. Students are advised not to use plastic bags in the campus.
3. Rain water harvesting is available in places within the campus.
4. Students and staff are advised to come to college wit helmets when they used two
wheelers.
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SWOC ANALYSIS OF THE INSTITUTION STRENGTH
1. Our College has been the Leading Admission Holders among the Trichy Zone.
2. The College can boast of near perfect academic discipline.
3. Well equipped laboratory and library with Wi-Fi enabled campus and highly
qualified, experienced and committed faculty members.
4. Each faculty works toward a predefined outcome and accepts the responsibilities
for outcome.
5. Guest lecturers from various reputed institution and industry are provided.
6. Students - industrial relationship ensured on every academic year (2 industrial
visits).
7. Completing lab session earlier that will help to prepare the theory.
8. Most of the decisions are taken by considering the students suggestion.
9. Conducting events such as international and national conferences, Seminars, and
association Programs.
10. Student’s participation in Inter-College meets. Some of our students achievements
are: Smart India Hackathon’17 in Gujarat, Solar Car model in NSVC’17
Ahmedabad, ZEAL drag Gokart’17 at Pune.
11. Won the following awards:
119th position in top private Engg. Colleges in India & 85th position in south
zone by The week magazine
8th position in outstanding Engineering colleges of excellence by
Competition Success review.
4 star for best Engineering colleges in India by career connect.
Rated as AAA by Careers360.
Rated as PREMIER by Indian Institutional Ranking Framework 2018.
Ranked in 157th position by India Today.
12. Students are placed in top Indian MNC with 96% of placement in this academic
year.
13. Constant encouragement is given for the faculty members in research activities
14. Research activities are communicated and published in reputed international
journals.
15. Good interaction between the Students & faculties. Student feedback analyzed and
used for improvement aspects.
16. NAAC ‘A+’ Grade accreditation with 3.54 points out of 4.
17. Opportunities are given to students to enroll themselves in different Club activities:
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WNN Club, EVS club, English club, Tamil Mandram and ISTE
Staff Chapter enrich their academic knowledge along with
NPTEL online course for both students and staff.
18. Introduction of 5S for concentrating on maintaining the
standards & discipline to manage the organization &it is
implemented.
19. KAIZAN implementation.
20. HRM awards are regularly given based on the
performance of the faculty. WEAKNESS
1. Poor background of students, their interest to participate in
value added courses is not to the expectations.
2. Due to dedication towards students overall improvement,
faculties are lacking in research work and in doing their
Ph.D’s.
3. Journal publications with high impact factor has to be improved.
4. Focus to create awareness among students to take up
renovation/ project related to societal benefits.
OPPORTUNITIES
1. Conducting many on-campus drives, this provides the
opportunity to the students in placement at seventh semester
itself.
2. Communication skills of the students are developed by
conducting Presentation day.
3. The students are encouraged to present papers in the seminars
and are motivated to win prizes.
4. Value added courses are being conducted for the students every semester.
5. Encouraging students/ faculty to take up a research work in field of
interest.
6. Separate counselling classes for students to take up higher
education and entrepreneurship skills.
7. Encouraging students to take up their academic projects with in-house
facilities.
8. Encouraging students to undergo in-plant training in various industries.
9. Lectures from industrial professionals in recent trends in their respective
fields.
10. Motivating students to participate in sports/ cultural activities.
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CHALLENGES
1. Integrated product development courses are conducted.
2. Co-relation of language/ soft skills with academics.
3. To improve application oriented teaching.
4. To create awareness among the students regarding the ocean of
opportunities in engineering field.
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