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Revised Guidelines of IQAC and submission of AQAR

The Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of the IQAC

All NAAC accredited institutions will submit an annual self-reviewed progress report to NAAC,

through its IQAC. The report is to detail the tangible results achieved in key areas, specifically

identified by the institutional IQAC at the beginning of the academic year. The AQAR will detail

the results of the perspective plan worked out by the IQAC. (Note: The AQAR period would be

the Academic Year. For example, July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013)

Part – A

1. Details of the Institution

1.1 Name of the Institution

1.2 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:

Name of the IQAC Co-ordinator:

Mobile:

IQAC e-mail address:

1.3 NAAC Track ID (For ex. MHCOGN 18879)

1.4 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)

+91 99808 52708

560 024

[email protected]

[email protected]

ATRIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

ASKB Campus, AG’s Colony

1st Main, Anandnagar

Bengaluru

Karnataka

Dr. K V Narayanaswamy

080 23530108

Prof. Vasanthi Satyananda

+91 98860 27716

EC (SC)/25/A&A/23.1 dated June 9th, 2017

NAAC/SS-SR/CYCLE-1, KACOGN26873/2017

+91 80 2363 1298, +91 80 2354 6084


1.5 Website address:

Web-link of the AQAR:

For ex. http://www.ladykeanecollege.edu.in/AQAR2012-13.doc

1.6 Accreditation Details

Sl. No. Cycle Grade CGPA Year of

Accreditation Validity Period

1 1st Cycle B 2.39 2017 5 years

(2017-2022)

2 2nd Cycle

3 3rd Cycle

4 4th Cycle

1.7 Date of Establishment of IQAC : DD/MM/YYYY

1.8 AQAR for the year (for example 2010-11)

1.9 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)

i. AQAR _______________________ __________________ (DD/MM/YYYY)4

ii. AQAR__________________ ________________________ (DD/MM/YYYY)

iii. AQAR__________________ _______________________ (DD/MM/YYYY)

iv. AQAR__________________ _______________________ (DD/MM/YYYY)

1.10 Institutional Status

University State Central Deemed Private

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

18/03/2016

https://www.atria.edu/NAAC/AQAR_2017-18.pdf

2017-18

https://www.atria.edu


1.11 Type of Faculty/Programme

Arts Science Commerce Law PEI (Phys Edu)

TEI (Edu) Engineering Health Science Management

Others (Specify)

1.12 Name of the Affiliating University (for the Colleges)

1.13 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

UGC-Special Assistance Programme DST-FIST

UGC-Innovative PG programmes Any other (Specify)

UGC-COP Programmes

2. IQAC Composition and Activities

2.1 No. of Teachers

2.2 No. of Administrative/Technical staff

2.3 No. of students

2.4 No. of Management representatives

2.5 No. of Alumni

2.6 No. of any other stakeholder and

community representatives

-

01

01

-

-

11

Visvesvaraya Technological University


2.7 No. of Employers/ Industrialists

2.8 No. of other External Experts

2.9 Total No. of members

2.10 No. of IQAC meetings held

2.11 No. of meetings with various stakeholders: No. Faculty

Non-Teaching Staff Students Alumni Others

2.12 Has IQAC received any funding from UGC during the year? Yes No

If yes, mention the amount

2.13 Seminars and Conferences (only quality related)

(i) No. of Seminars/Conferences/ Workshops/Symposia organized by the IQAC

Total Nos. International National State Institution Level

(ii) Themes

2.14 Significant Activities and contributions made by IQAC

IQAC has been driving the system and the processes for achieving a level of

targeted quality. All the HODs are members of the IQAC.

Each one of them would implement and monitor the processes within their

departments to maintain the level of desired quality and would strive to

continuously improve them.

Further they would communicate with IQAC each of the issues if any, with regard

to quality and would initiate all measures to implement the strategic directives

given by the IQAC.

2.15 Plan of Action by IQAC/Outcome

The plan of action chalked out by the IQAC in the beginning of the year towards quality

enhancement and the outcome achieved by the end of the year *

Plan of Action Achievements

Introduce and improve the teaching-

learning process by adopting state of the art

class room activities like flip classes and

project based learning.

Twelve faculty-subject combinations

have adapted flip class technique in

classes from first year to final year.

--

1

09

02

14

04

04 --

- - -

-

01 (Also an Alumni)

-

02


* Part A IQAR Annexure 2.15: Academic Calendar (Odd and Even semesters 2017-18)

2.15 Whether the AQAR was placed in statutory body Yes No

Management Syndicate Any other body

Provide the details of the action taken

The management has directed the principal to initiate all such measures to

bring in the changes in teaching-learning process.

The management has also directed the principal to initiate through various

process owners the changes to be effected in the development of

infrastructure, student amenities etc..


Part – B

Criterion – I

1. Curricular Aspects

1.1 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

Ph.D

6 (CS, EC, CIVIL,

MECH, MATHS,

MBA)

1 (Chemistry) 0 1

P.G. 4 0 0 0

U.G. 5 0 0 46

P.G. Diploma 0 0 0 0

Advanced

Diploma 0 0 0 0

Diploma 0 0 0 0

Certificate 0 0 0 0

Others 0 1 PMKVY* 0 0

Total 15 2 0 47

Interdisciplinary 0 0 0 0

Innovative 0 Flip Class for selected subjects 0 0

1.2 (i) Flexibility of the Curriculum: CBCS/Core/Elective option / Open options

(ii) Pattern of programmes:

1.3 Feedback from stakeholders* Alumni Parents Employers Students

(On all aspects)

Mode of feedback: Online Manual Co-operating schools (for PEI)

*Please provide an analysis of the feedback in the Annexure

1.4 Whether there is any revision/update of regulation or syllabi, if yes, mention their salient

aspects.

1.5 Any new Department/Centre introduced during the year. If yes, give details.

Pattern Number of programmes

Semester 9

Trimester NA

Annual 0

Yes, revised by the university once in four years. Next revision due in 2019-2020

1. Research centre in the department of chemistry has been introduced.

2. Department of ISE has applied for Research Centre for 2017-18.


Criterion – II

2. Teaching, Learning and Evaluation

2.1 Total No. of

permanent

faculty

2.2 No. of permanent faculty with Ph.D.

2.3 No. of Faculty

Positions Recruited (R)

and Vacant (V) during

the year

2.4 No. of Guest and Visiting faculty and Temporary faculty

2.5 Faculty participation in conferences and symposia:

No. of Faculty International level National level State level

Attended

Seminars/

Workshops

12 Nil 11

Presented papers 26 Nil 12

Resource Persons Nil Nil 02

2.6 Innovative processes adopted by the institution in Teaching and Learning:

Total Asst.

Professors

Associate

Professors

Professors Others

148 123 08 09 08

Asst.

Professors

Associate

Professors Professors Others Total

R V R V R V R V R V

34 0 0 0 0 0 08 0 42 0

00 07 01

The institution has adapted to put into practice a novel idea in teaching-learning process from the

current semester. The innovative practice aims at total learning process of the students by involving

them to come prepared with concepts to each and every class, participate in group learning inside the

classroom facilitated actively by the faculty in a series of pre-planned steps. The innovative exercise

has been implemented in collaboration and guidance of Xcelerator, an organization dedicated to the

cause of augmenting student-centric learning through modern techniques.

Flip Class Method:

A flipped classroom is an instructional strategy and a type of blended learning that reverses

the traditional model of classroom instruction; the teacher is typically the central focus of a

lesson and the primary disseminator of information during the class period. The teacher

responds to questions while students defer directly to the teacher for guidance and feedback.

It moves activities, including those that may have traditionally been considered homework,

into the classroom. In a flipped classroom, students watch online lectures, collaborate in online

discussions, or carry out research at home and engage in concepts in the classroom with the

guidance of a mentor.

The flipped classroom intentionally shifts instruction to a learner-cantered model in which

class time explores topics in greater depth and creates meaningful learning opportunities,

while educational technologies such as online videos are used to 'deliver content' outside of

the classroom.

In a flipped classroom, 'content delivery' may take a variety of forms. Often, video lessons

prepared by the teacher or third parties are used to deliver content, although online

collaborative discussions, digital research, and text readings may be used.

17


2.7 Total No. of actual teaching days during this academic year

2.8 Examination/ Evaluation Reforms initiated by

the Institution (for example: Open Book Examination, Bar Coding,

Double Valuation, Photocopy, Online Multiple Choice Questions)

2.9 No. of faculty members involved in curriculum

restructuring/revision/syllabus development

as member of Board of Study/Faculty/Curriculum Development workshop

2.10 Average percentage of attendance of students

2.11 Course/Programme wise distribution of pass percentage:

Title of the

Programme

Total no. of

students

appeared

Division

Distinction % I % II % III % Pass %

CSE

BE/CSE/3rdSem 122 22 32 33 87

BE/CSE/5thSem 100 29 33 19 81

BE/CSE/7thsem 88 22 41 12 75

CV

BE/CV/3rdSem 105 9 14 7 30

BE/CV/5thSem 82 42 28 17 87

BE/CV/7thsem 85 32 41 5 78

ECE

BE/ECE/3rdSem 144 19 30 30 79

BE/ECE/5thSem 127 56 30 10 96

BE/ECE/7thsem 144 27 48 20 95

ISE

BE/ISE/3rdSem 108 15 31 22 68

BE/ISE/5thSem 94 19 24 27 70

BE/ISE/7thsem 73 18 35 15 68

ME

BE/ME/3rdSem 110 38 40 11 89

BE/ME/5thSem 74 5 21 18 44

BE/ME/7thsem 114 11 14 13 38

2.12 How does IQAC Contribute/Monitor/Evaluate the Teaching & Learning processes:

The institution has been following student centric Teaching and Learning methods for the

past couple of years. The faculty continuously improve the delivery system by adapting the

PDCA (Plan, Deliver, Check, Act) cycle. The faculty identifies outcomes to be realized by

the students after completing the course. They carefully design the delivery content, student

participation activities and the assignments to be completed by the students during the

semester for every subject. Then they go about implementing their plan to the last detail. A

continuous evaluation of the progress made by the students has been adopted. As a part of

continuous evaluation process three internal assessment tests are conducted apart from other

methods of evaluation by the faculty.

The institution has adapted to put into practice a novel idea in teaching-learning process

from the current semester. The innovative practice aims at active learning process of the

students by involving them to come pre-prepared with concepts to each and every class,

participate in group learning inside the classroom facilitated actively by the faculty in a

85% and Above

NIL

NIL 01 NIL

91+84=175


series of pre-planned steps. The innovative exercise has been implemented in collaboration

and guidance of Xcelerator, an organization dedicated to the cause of augmenting student-

centric learning through modern digital learning platform.

As a pilot run, few faculty of the institution have implemented the technique in their lecture

classes. The process involves the following steps:

1. Faculty: prepare hourly session plan including the activities and artefacts to be used.

2. Faculty: Register all the E-mail ids of all the students of the class on the digital

platform. Train them on using the same.

3. Faculty: Upload the study material prepared according to the hourly session plan.

4. Faculty: Release (publish) the study material session-wise to the students at least one

day prior to the session.

5. Student: Go through the study material and come prepared to the class.

6. Student: Participate in activities like hands-on working, Quiz etc., in pre-arranged

groups.

7. Faculty: Facilitate the students’ activities effectively in each class; demonstrate the

artefacts (video, exhibits etc.), recap and summarize the concepts, highlight the

students learning points, clarify doubts, fill the gaps in the student activities of the day.

8. Faculty/Students: Students complete the work on assignments at home and submit on

line.

9. Faculty: Evaluate assignments and give feedback to the students.

10. Faculty: Monitor this TL process and improvise.

AQAR Annexure 6.3.2: Details of course-faculty adapting flip-class techniques for

classroom delivery even semester 2017-18

2.13 Initiatives undertaken towards faculty development

Faculty / Staff Development Programmes Number of faculty

benefitted

Refresher courses 19

UGC – Faculty Improvement Programme Nil

HRD programmes 04

Orientation programmes 12

Faculty exchange programme 00

Staff training conducted by the university 10

Staff training conducted by other institutions 49

Summer / Winter schools, Workshops, etc. 38

Others 00


2.14 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 17 06 06 Nil

Technical Staff 21 08 08 Nil


Criterion – III

3. Research, Consultancy and Extension

3.1 Initiatives of the IQAC in Sensitizing/Promoting Research Climate in the institution

Seed money for projects provided to students and Faculty projects to promote

research culture.

Motivating students to do many innovative projects and participate in competitions

at National and International level

Directed towards publication of papers in quality journals by students and faculty

members.

Established COE and innovation club in departments.

Invited eminent speakers for motivational talk.

Initiated quality assessment standards.

3.2 Details regarding major projects

Completed Ongoing Sanctioned Submitted

Number 3 3 1 0

Outlay in Rs. Lakhs 35.94 45.00 5.00 Nil

3.3 Details regarding minor projects

Completed Ongoing Sanctioned Submitted

Number 12 2 2 12

Outlay in Rs. Lakhs 0.87 0.13 0.13 ----

3.4 Details on research publications

International National Others

Peer Review Journals 19 Nil Nil

Non-Peer Review Journals Nil Nil Nil

e-Journals 4 Nil Nil

Conference proceedings 10 Nil Nil

3.5 Details on Impact factor of publications:

Range Average h-index Nos. in SCOPUS

1-9 3.8 1-11 3


3.6 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

(Rs)

Received

(Rs)

Major projects

2013-2014 DRDO 25,94,000.00 25,94,000.00

2014-2015 K-FIST 20,00,000.00 10,00,000.00

2015-2016 K-FIST 20,00,000.00 10,00,000.00

Minor Projects

2014-2015 VGST-SMYSR 4,00,000.00 4,00,000.00

2015-2016 VGST-SMYSR 6,00,000.00 6,00,000.00

2016-2017 VGST-RFTT 5,00,000.00 5,00,000.00

Interdisciplinary

Projects

Industry sponsored

Projects sponsored

by the University/

College

Students research

projects

(other than

compulsory by the

University)

2014-15 KSCST 16,000.00 16,000.00

2015-2016 KSCST 31,000.00 31,000.00

2015-2016 VGST-TRIP 40,000.00 40,000.00

2016-2017 KSCST 3,500.00 3,500.00

2017-2018 KSCST 13,000.00 13,000.00

Any

other(Specify)

Total 81,97,500.00 61,97,500.00

3.7 No. of books published i) With ISBN No. Chapters in Edited Books

ii) Without ISBN No.

3.8 No. of University Departments receiving funds from

UGC-SAP CAS DST-FIST

DPE DBT Scheme/funds

3.9 For colleges Autonomy CPE DBT Star Scheme

INSPIRE CE Any Other (specify)

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

1 1


3.10 Revenue generated through consultancy

3.11 No. of conferences

organized by the

Institution

3.12 No. of faculty served as experts, chairpersons or resource persons

3.13 No. of collaborations International National Any other

3.14 No. of linkages created during this year

3.15 Total budget for research for current year in lakhs :

From Funding agency From Management of University/College

Total

3.16 No. of patents received this year

3.17 No. of research awards/ recognitions received by faculty and research fellows

of the institute in the year

3.18 No. of faculty from the Institution

who are Ph. D. Guides

and students registered under them

3.19 No. of Ph.D. awarded by faculty from the Institution

Level International National State University College

Number -- -- -- -- --

Sponsoring

agencies

-- -- -- -- --

Type of Patent Number

National Applied Nil

Granted Nil

International Applied Nil

Granted Nil

Commercialised Applied Nil

Granted Nil

Total International National State University Dist College

3 --- 2 1 --- -- --

Nil

13

41

7

1 4

2

Rs. 5.0 Rs.37.8485

3

Rs.42.84853

2

2


3.20 No. of Research scholars receiving the Fellowships (Newly enrolled + existing ones)

JRF SRF Project Fellows Any other

3.21 No. of students Participated in NSS events:

University level State level

National level International level

3.22 No. of students participated in NCC events:



3.23 No. of Awards won in NSS:



3.24 No. of Awards won in NCC:



3.25 No. of Extension activities organized

University forum College forum

NCC NSS Any other

3.26 Major Activities during the year in the sphere of extension activities and Institutional

Social Responsibility

PMKVY (Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna)

Kriterion Test Centre

Dental Camp

Nil

Blood Donation Camp, Atria

Campus Clean, Dental Check up

NIL NIL

Nil

Nil

NIL NIL NIL NIL

NIL 60

NIL NIL

---

NIL

NIL

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil


Criterion – IV

4. Infrastructure and Learning Resources

4.1 Details of increase in infrastructure facilities:

Facilities Existing Newly

created

Source of

Fund Total

Campus area 17.5 acre - Management 17.5 acre

Class rooms 3134 Sq.mt. 525 Sq.mt. Management 3659 Sq.mt.

Laboratories 3611 Sq.mt. 66 Sq.mt. Management 3677 Sq.mt.

Seminar Halls 421 Sq.mt. 66 Sq.mt. Management 487 Sq.mt.

No. of important equipment

purchased (≥ 1-0 lakh) during

the current year.

45 Management 45

Value of the equipment

purchased during the year (Rs.

in Lakhs)

31.38 Management 31.38

Others - - - -

4.2 Computerization of administration and library

4.3 Library services: Existing Newly added Total

No. Value No. Value No. Value

Text Books 22,382 58,82,708.63 574 2,12,823.18 22,956 60,95,531.81

Reference Books 4,105 10,94,982.05 60 30,504.87 4,165 11,25,486.92

e-Books 2,000 0 200 0.00 2,200 0.00

Journals 0 0 20 35,134.00 20 35,134.00

e-Journals 0 0 8,611 13,27,750.00 8,611 13,27,750.00

Digital Database 0 0 1 11,500.00 1 11,500.00

CD & Video 1,225 0 293 0.00 1,518 0.00

Others (Newspaper

& Magazines) 0 0 23 29245.00 23 29245.00

4.4 Technology up gradation (overall)

Total

Computers

Computer

Labs Internet

Browsing

Centres

Compute

r Centres Office

Depart

-ments

Other

s

Existing 598 545 - 12 - 7 26 8

Added 100 71 - - - 4 - 25

Total 698 616 - 12 - 11 26 33

4.5 Computer, Internet access, training to teachers and students and any other programme for

technology up-gradation (Networking, e-Governance etc.)

The institution trains teachers / non-teaching staff / students systematically whenever there

is technological up-gradation.

The institution has been working on installing software to support

administration process including library management.


4.6 Amount spent on maintenance in lakhs (Rs.) :

i) ICT

ii) Campus Infrastructure and facilities

iii) Equipment

iv) Others

Total :

30

420.88

31.37

----

482.25


Criterion – V

5. Student Support and Progression

5.1 Contribution of IQAC in enhancing awareness about Student Support Services

The institution operates with a process centred organizational structure. The IQAC

drives each of the processes both academic as well as support services. Each process

has been clearly defined, owners identified, authority and responsibilities delegated to

drive the processes to the logical end cyclically. The owners as well as members of the

team working with them are accountable for the results. The owners of the processes

are expected to continuously work to improve them for the benefit of the institution

and the stake holders.

The students would be communicated with all the information regarding the support

services that are available for overall development of their personality through

brochures and other media

The IQAC periodically reviews the performance outcomes of the processes,

strategically re-define the goals if necessary to achieve desired results.

5.2 Efforts made by the institution for tracking the progression

The institution through heads of the department keeps track of and monitors the

progress of the students academically and otherwise once they are admitted to the

programs.

Every semester end results are analysed and students are counselled for better

performance. In such cases where the performance of any student has been weak,

parents are called in and counselling in their presence by the HOD is carried out.

At the end of each academic year (end of odd and even semesters) the HOD analyses

the result to find the number of students who would not progress to the next academic

year.

Counselling specifically in areas where they have got to concentrate and improve so

that they would not lose academic years in future.

Special coaching classes are arranged to augment the efforts of weak / failed students

to catch-up with the regular students.

5.3 (a) Total Number of students

(b) No. of students outside the state

(c) No. of international students

Men Women

UG PG Ph. D. Others

2305 20+77 Nil Nil

No %

1421 59.15 No %

981 40.85

44

None


Demand ratio ---- Dropout % 0.01

5.4 Details of student support mechanism for coaching for competitive examinations (If any)

The departments have been arranging talks by competent persons from different

organizations/agencies who have been involved in training students to prepare them

to take on competitive examinations like GATE, UPSC, IAS/IPS, CAT, State PSC,

etc.

Efforts are being made to enter into a memorandum of understanding with one/two

organizations to train students from different departments.

No. of students beneficiaries

5.5 No. of students qualified in these examinations

NET SET/SLET GATE CAT

IAS/IPS etc State PSC UPSC Others

5.6 Details of student counselling and career guidance

A batch of twenty students is assigned to one faculty member who would be

officiating as a mentor/counsellor.

No sooner than students take admission to our institution he/she would have a

faculty-counsellor assigned. Once the student moves to second year he/she would be

assigned a counsellor from amongst the department faculty.

Every student will be counselled at least once by the faculty -counsellor every

semester. Issues which can be resolved at the faculty level would be taken care off

and those beyond their capability will be referred to higher authorities for resolutions.

Institution has formed Atria business incubation cell which primarily provides a

platform to our students to develop entrepreneurial skills and develop their ideas into

marketable products.

The institution has established a Career Guidance Centre (CGC) with an expert

consultant / counsellor heading a team of professional counsellors. The objective of

the centre is to prepare the student for placement challenges through a road-map

of technical, experiential and personality courses

No. of students benefitted

Last Year This Year

General SC ST OB

C

Physically

Challenged

Total Genera

l

SC ST OB

C

Physically

Challenged

Total

299 50 14 276 Nil 639 205 57 09 250 Nil 523

All

--

--

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil


5.7 Details of campus placement

On campus Off Campus

Number of

Organizations

Visited

Number of Students Participated Number of

Students

Placed

Number of

Students

Placed

32

215(max)/1(min) per Organizations

Total participation=1792

(cumulative)

87 30

5.8 Details of gender sensitization programmes

Awareness programs in batches to both faculty and students are conducted to create

an ambience in the institution where in there exists a harmonious and respectful

culture amongst men and women.

The programs normally are conducted and managed by sexual harassment cell .

5.9 Students Activities

5.9.1 No. of students participated in Sports, Games and other events

State/ University level 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 National level International level

5.10 Scholarships and Financial Support

Number of

students Amount

Financial support from institution 109 37,67,110.00

Financial support from government 947 1,96,84,830.00

Financial support from other sources

Number of students who received

International/ National recognitions

5.11 Student organised / initiatives

Fairs : State/ University level National level International level

Exhibition: State/ University level National level International level

76

Nil

87

07

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil


5.12 No. of social initiatives undertaken by the students

5.13 Major grievances of students (if any) redressed: __Nil___

2


Criterion – VI

6. Governance, Leadership and Management

6.1 State the Vision and Mission of the institution

Vision:

“To be a Premier technical and management institution providing the best in class learning

solutions for developing competent professionals”.

Mission:

Atria Institute of Technology is committed to:

Create the right ambiance to attract the best human resources

Collaborate with leading institutions and industries

Nurture students with teaching, learning engagements and research

6.2 Does the Institution has a management Information System

The institution has a MIS in “Smart campus” with the following I T modules:

1) Student attendance

2) Student continuous assessment modules.

3) Parent/Guardian communication from time to time regarding the

performance/progress of their children / wards through sms service, followed by

parent-teacher in-person meeting to discuss individual performance and action

necessary for improvement.

4) Admission process

5) Industry interaction / Placement process, internship

6) Governance process for departments and streams every semester.

7) Student welfare measures and scholarship disbursement

8) Alumni database and interactions

The institution is working on rolling out an integrated ERP integrating all the above

modules.

6.3 Quality improvement strategies adopted by the institution for each of the following:

6.3.1 Curriculum Development

The curriculum is prescribed by the parent university Visvesvaraya Technical University

(VTU). The curriculum undergoes a revision once in four years. The institution

encourages our faculty / department to contribute to enrich the curriculum during the

course of its revision. This is carried out by communicating to the university during the

process of preparing and finalising the revised / new curriculum. Further the institution

captures the data pertaining to curriculum / syllabus by obtaining a well-articulated

feedback by the alumni once a year as well as the students during the final year of their

course. The consolidated recommendations are forwarded to the university to be used in

enlarging, enriching and updating the content to meet the current trends in the industry.


6.3.2 Teaching and Learning

The institution has been following student centric Teaching and Learning methods for

the past three years. The faculty continuously improve the delivery system by adapting

the PDCA (Plan, Deliver, Check, Act) cycle. The faculty identifies outcomes to be

realized by the students after completing the course. They carefully design the delivery

content, student participation activities and the assignments to be completed by the

students during the semester for every subject. Then they go about implementing their

plan to the last detail. A continuous evaluation of the progress made by the students has

been adopted. As a part of continuous evaluation process three internal assessment tests

are conducted apart from other methods of evaluation by the faculty.

The institution has adapted to put into practice a novel idea in teaching-learning process

from the current semester. The innovative practice aims at active learning process of the

students by involving them to come pre-prepared with concepts to each and every class,

participate in group learning inside the classroom facilitated actively by the faculty in a

series of pre-planned steps. The innovative exercise has been implemented in

collaboration and guidance of Xcelerator, an organization dedicated to the cause of

augmenting student-centric learning through modern digital learning platform.

As a pilot run, thirteen faculty of the institution have implemented the technique in their

lecture classes. The process involves the following steps:

1. Faculty: prepare hourly session plan including the activities and artefacts to be

used.

2. Faculty: Register all the E-mail ids of all the students of the class on the digital

platform. Train them on using the same.

3. Faculty: Upload the study material prepared according to the hourly session plan.

4. Faculty: Release (publish) the study material session-wise to the students at least

one day prior to the session.

5. Student: Go through the study material and come prepared to the class.

6. Student: Participate in activities like hands-on working, Quiz etc., in pre-

arranged groups.

7. Faculty: Facilitate the students’ activities effectively in each class; demonstrate

the artefacts (video, exhibits etc.), recap and summarize the concepts, highlight

the students learning points, clarify doubts, fill the gaps in the student activities

of the day.

8. Faculty/Students: Students complete the work on assignments at home and

submit on line.

9. Faculty: Evaluate assignments and give feedback to the students.

10. Faculty: Monitor this Teaching-LearningL process and improvise.

AQAR Annexure 6.3.2: Details of course-faculty adapting flip-class techniques for

classroom delivery even semester 2017-18


6.3.3 Examination and Evaluation

The institution has adopted an Outcome Based Education (OBE) system.

1) The faculty evaluate the levels of examination questions set by the university for

Semester End Examination (SEE) and identify the gaps to be made up to meet

the requirements of Course Outcomes (COs). The gap is made up through the

internal assessment tests where the questions are set at different levels of Bloom’s

Taxonomy.

2) Also the faculty in each subject supplement the content together with

assignments to be completed by students to augment the prescribed syllabus so

as to meet the requirements of Program Outcomes (POs). Hence a continuous

effort is being exercised to add value to our students and prepare them to meet

the current needs of the industry.

6.3.4 Research and Development

The institution is engaged in research and development with 5 VTU approved

research centres to facilitate faculty to pursue research activities and executing

sponsored projects.

The research policy of the institution is reviewed annually and published to all

faculty / website. The revised policies are encouraging in terms of direction and

quality of research, workload, re-imbursement of expenses and support grants.

Apart from the approved research centres, the institution has established centres

of excellence to facilitate both the faculty and the students to pursue research

activities. Students in particular can work on current technology through mini-

projects and experiments in identified areas beyond the coverage of the syllabus

thereby they acquire the knowledge/skill by doing.

Commencing from first year in the department / program, Centre of Excellence

(CoE) activities are planned and scheduled. Students are motivated to enrol and

engage in learning. Designated faculty mentor the activities in the Centres of

excellence.

The mini-projects and the final year major projects are exhibited on a “Project

Exhibition Day” every year. The alumni and industrialists are invited to evaluate

the projects to reward the select projects. Further mini projects can be taken up

by the faculty and students in emerging areas of technology.

6.3.5 Library, ICT and physical infrastructure / instrumentation

The digital library has been reinforced with the latest version computers

replacing the older ones.

The association with VTU (VTU Consortium) to share digital content under

licence is continued by renewing the licence annually.

Computer laboratory for first year students is being revamped with new

computing systems and furniture.

6.3.6 Human Resource Management

As a part of Quality Improvement programme, review and enhancement of HR

policies and procedures of the institution is currently under way. An updated and

comprehensive HR framework will be in place for the ensuing academic year.


6.3.7 Faculty and Staff recruitment

The institution has framed a revised policy to attract competent and committed

faculty who would be capable of transforming the various ways engineering and

management is learnt and practised in class rooms and facilitate adding value to

make our students professional and competent to take on the challenges of the

industry.

The revised policies of the institution promises to support the faculty in enriching

and enlarging their academic and research activities. Attractive packages for the

right persons are being offered.

The management is keen on identifying, recruiting, maintaining and retaining

competent and committed faculty to augment their efforts to promote quality

professional education in the institution.

6.3.8 Industry Interaction / Collaboration

The institution continues to propagate industry connect through:

1) Technical talks / Invited seminars

2) Industry visits / tours

3) Students’ project work / internships

6.3.9 Admission of Students

The following strategies are being adopted to enhance the admission quality:

1) Prospective bright PU / 12th students are provisionally admitted by merit

scholarship. Students are selected through competition and counselled by

eminent academicians and industry on learning process and advantage skills.

Valuable fee concession (100% / 50%) plus industry mentorship plus internships

etc.., offered improves admission quality.

2) All-round significant improvement in Teaching-learning process, research, and

infrastructure launched to showcase the improved brand image of the engineering

and management programme – expected to improve the admitted quality through

allotment quota.

3) Maintain the quality by formalizing a higher cut-off percentage for admission to

undergraduate courses for the academic year 2018-19. For discretionary quota,

cut off has been fixed at sixty per cent (60%) in mathematics with an overall

average percentage of fifty five (55%) in physics, chemistry and mathematics

(PCM) .

4) For improving the quality of incoming fresher, bridge courses in mathematics,

physics and communicative English are being conducted as a process to augment

the perceived gap between PU / 12th and engineering pre-requisites. Target

students are identified through a competency level test. This prepares the fresher

to ramp-up to our teaching-learning process.


6.4 Welfare schemes for

Teaching and

Non-Teaching

staff

A suitable group insurance scheme is being introduced for the

benefit of both teaching and non-teaching staff members.

Maternity leave facilities are being extended to the women

faculty in accordance to the set rules and norms.

Students A suitable general insurance scheme is being introduced to cover

certain unforeseen eventualities like accidents etc. The task

would be completed before the beginning of the next semester.

Immediate medical assistance is available in a large hospital

adjoining our campus. Hostel resident students have utilized this

facility, whenever required.

6.5 Total corpus fund generated

6.6 Whether annual financial audit has been done Yes No

6.7 Whether Academic and Administrative Audit (AAA) has been done?

Audit Type External Internal

Yes/No Agency Yes/No Authority

Academic Yes IQAC

Administrative Yes IQAC

6.8 Does the University/ Autonomous College declares results within 30 days?

For UG Programmes Yes No

For PG Programmes Yes No

6.9 What efforts are made by the University/ Autonomous College for Examination

Reforms?

The institution is affiliated to the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU). The

university has digitized evaluation system totally over the last couple of years so that the

manual errors could be avoided to a very great extent and also the results could be

announced without any loss of time. The system has been standardized and it is likely that

in the coming years it would strengthen further to reduce time delay in announcing the

results. Further it is expected to reduce the errors that were inevitable in manual operations.

6.10 What efforts are made by the University to promote autonomy in the affiliated /

constituent colleges?

The strategic objective of the university is to promote academic autonomy in affiliated

colleges so as to de-centralise the academic and administrative operations as well

accord independence and flexibility in the institutions for better efficiency and

effectiveness.

The university encourages its constituent colleges to move towards obtaining

permanent affiliations, accreditation by NBA, academic autonomy and finally a

university status.

Rs. 9,00,00,000.00 approx. (Rupees nine crores)


6.11 Activities and support from the Alumni Association

The institution has an Alumni Association registered with the registrar of societies.

The association schedules a reunion / reconnect of all its members once every year.

The Alumni to contribute in academic enrichment / enlargement as also supplement

our efforts in creating career advancement awareness amongst our students. The

awareness basically would be the gap that exists between the academic knowledge and

the proficiencies expected by the industries.

The alumni also would refer our students’ profiles to possible employers wherever

possible and feasible.

6.12 Activities and support from the Parent – Teacher Association

The parent interaction process at the institute is through the respective departments:

The concerned department invites parents once a year through a formal

communication for a half day information / individual feedback session.

a) Information update on progress at the institute during the year in the areas of

teaching-learning, training programmes and placement.

b) Individual performance feedback of their child / ward: Appreciation,

improvement areas and suggestions including parental contribution expected for

the progress of the student.

Suggestions / feedback from parents for the improvements of the institution are

solicited, captured and analysed. Action taken report is generated.

6.13 Development programmes for support staff

The institution encourages and deputes / trains our support staff in both technical

domain training and inter-personal and communication training.

Every year on a rotational basis a set of support faculty drawn from every

department are trained.

6.14 Initiatives taken by the institution to make the campus eco-friendly

The institution has initiated on a process of planting trees across the campus on a

large scale.

A well-entrenched system for segregating, collecting and disposing of all types of

waste is in place within the institution.

Awareness programs are regularly conducted / arranged by the institution to both the

students and the faculty to initiate establishing a culture within the institution moving

towards a clean and eco-friendly environment across the campus.

The voluntary association / Clubs of students like NSS (National Service Scheme) /

ACLEAN (Atria Club for Life Ecology and Nature) have been involved in the above

activities.


Criterion – VII

7. Innovations and Best Practices

7.1 Innovations introduced during this academic year which have created a positive impact on

the functioning of the institution. Give details.

The institution has introduced innovations in two fronts namely Academic, and Environment/

Society.

Academic Innovations: The New age learning that attracts cutting edge technology to impart

education.

Flip classroom:

The institute with the help of Xcelerator delivers flip classroom teaching. The flipped classroom

intentionally shifts the instruction to a learner-centred model in which class time is used for

activities in order to induce higher order thinking, work in groups and evaluate their learning.

The faculty are given access to upload their content. i.e., notes, ppt, question paper, topic related

videos. Students have an access to view the content or if required they can also download the

content. The students understand the content before coming to the class. This helps in better

understanding of the concept. The results of such classes are much better than that of traditional

class results. This has put students on higher level of understanding and the confidence level is

also significant.

PM Empower (PMI Bangalore Chapter):

PM Empower program was structured to provide the final year Civil Engineering students a

good understanding of the construction industry. The 2 weeks course was designed to help

students in gaining good knowledge about the construction industry and the requirements and

expectations on the job.

Competencies Training (Beyond syllabus, Placement Targeted):

The Institution has placement trainings as an integral part of the education process of a student.

The training starts soon after the admissions- for each student, identifying the basic skills and

improvement areas, conducting foundation, add-on, and advantageous courses, monitoring the

process and enhancing the readiness to face the placement season with confidence, is an

interdisciplinary activity with oversight by the academic head and the placement head of the

institution.

Atria Business Incubation Centre:

Nurturing & Launching Entrepreneurs- First time & family Business: The Institution promotes

and develops entrepreneurship (Self Employment) as a mainstream career option for the fresh

graduates. Target students from family –owned business or those passionate about launching

new ventures. From ideation to incubation to market launch.

Environment and Society:

The institution believes in helping the society for a livelihood. The institution is also well

informed about the requirements of the life skills needed to survive.

Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY):

The objective of this Scheme is to encourage skill development for youth by providing monetary

rewards for successful completion of approved training programs. Enable and mobilize a large

number of Indian youth to take up skill training and become employable and earn their

livelihood.


Basic Life Support System Training Program (BLISS):

The 3 P’s of any first aid program is to preserve life, prevent injury and promote recovery. A

good emergency support system is very essential to any society. Medical attention at proper

time can save up to many deaths that occur due to negligence. The main objective of this training

program is to get training and endeavour with skills that are needed to save a life. Every second

turns out to be important and circumstances might be up to you to save someone’s life.

7.2 Provide the Action Taken Report (ATR) based on the plan of action decided upon at the

beginning of the year

The Institution had planned for the following Actions at the beginning of the year and the actions

are taken and work is in progress.

1. Infrastructure:

The organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation of the institute has been

well planned and work has started in many areas like food court, Staff quarters, extension and

revamp of both girls and boys hostel. The labs, staff rooms are revamped.

2. Drinking Water facility.

The drinking water plant with permissible standards are installed in the institute with a capacity

of 1000 litres RO water plant. This plant is fully automatic and the whole unit is placed under

shelter without any solar radiations falling on it. This makes the plant work efficiently without

stimulating the growth of unwanted algae. The water dispensers are set up in all the floors.

3. Playground Extension.

Sports make the most wanted space in the institute. To encourage the sports talent in our students

to a greater level the playground is being extended and furnished accordingly. The cricket

playground, Basketball Court, Throw ball/ Volleyball Courts. Place for Kabaddi, Kho-Kho etc.

are being revamped. The indoor stadium is also planned.

4. Plantation.

The institution has planted over two hundred saplings of different species in addition to existing

700 trees in the campus. The campus has well maintained landscape with more than 500 types

of shrubs and flowering plants. The landscape of the institute is green everywhere. Every block,

Department labs, Staff rooms, Offices, has indoor plants for fresh air.

5. Internship:

The institute believes in the experience one gets after being an intern. The institute had identified

few avenues that attract interns to work on and enrich the experience. The students of second

and third year are eligible for Internship at the institute. The avenues are: Alumni, Admissions,

Asset management, Web Development, Digital Marketing. The applications are called and

interviews are held. The selected candidates are given with an appointment order. The

conditions are: the students must not bunk classes to work. They must work after college hours

for up to 8 Hours per week. The students will be paid as interns of the institute for six to ten

months with a certificate.


7.3 Give two Best Practices of the institution (please see the format in the NAAC Self-study

Manuals)

1. Title of the practice: Mentoring/ Counselling System

2. Title of the practice: Foundation course Part B IQAR Annexure 7.3

7.4 Contribution to environmental awareness / protection

The institution has an active NSS unit coordinated by a faculty member. The activities of

NSS as in every affiliated college of VTU is being monitored and driven by the university

with a primary objective of developing a network of students dedicated to community

service. NSS activities encourage students to take up voluntary services in the social sector

pro-actively.

The NSS unit partakes in all programs organized by the NSS wing of VTU.

Various activities organized by the student body in the institution include Swatch Atria

drive, Blood donation camp, Free dental check-up etc.

Atria Club for Life Ecology and Nature (ACLEAN) is one other student activity oriented

club in the institution which undertakes projects concerned with maintaining the balance

of eco-system.

The immediate goal for ACEAN club is to involve our youth to work towards green and

clean environment in our campus.

7.5 Whether environmental audit was conducted? Yes No

7.6 Any other relevant information the institution wishes to add. (for example SWOT Analysis)

The institution has a well-developed Strategic development plan for the period 2015-2020

articulating the strategies to be employed to reach out to the goals which in turn align to

our vision.

The institution reviews the progress on the achievements over the year and initiates

necessary corrective actions towards achieving set goals.

The process of review includes a SWOT analysis with specific objectives that have been

targeted to be achieved.

The institution has undertaken SWOT analysis to totally revamp the strategic plan for the

years 2018-19 to 2021-22 (three years). In the process the institution may revise the vision,

mission, short-term and long term goals in line with the changes happening with-in our

system on a large scale.


8. Plans of institution for next year

Admission:

The institution has been consciously working on attracting superior quality students at

first year admission process.

To attract better quality students, the institution has initiated pre-admission innovation

contest to identify students with creativity, intelligence and focussed commitment.

The institution identifies meritorious students and offers scholarships of various

categories with the offered sum totalling to rupees fifty one lakhs.

The institute promotes its brand image by advocating the various innovative education

processes introduced to facilitate better learning amongst students like:

a) New age learning

b) Processes with industry connect

The institute takes part in education fairs, college fests at pre-university colleges to

promote our specific abilities.

Infrastructure:

1) Buildings:

MBA courses would run in the new MBA block with all modern amenities for

academic ambience from the academic year 2018-19.

All the class rooms would be equipped with modern teaching aids, the

laboratories upgraded to meet the mandates of the syllabus.

Both the hostels for boys and girls are being upgraded with all necessary

amenities to facilitate students stay on our campus with little difficulties.

2) Information Technology:

Installation of ERP software to digitize operation through the institution.

Adding / replacing of computers with upgraded versions.

IBM analytics lab would be set-up to facilitate students to equip themselves with

the latest techniques required by the industry.

3) Play grounds:

The institution has been developing various facilities for playing different games

both indoor and outdoor. From the beginning of the next academic year a large

number of our students would be able to participate in many a game.

4) Environment:

The institution has embarked upon planting trees in large numbers to make the

campus green and eco-friendly.

The institution has structured a system to keep track of and dispose all types of

waste.

The institute has installed a solar power generation plant with 160 panels, each

panel generating 250 watts accounting for 4800 units (kwh) per month. We

expect to increase this capacity by least 20% during the year 2018-19.

The institution has embarked upon harvesting rain water on the campus. The

work is expected to be completed during the coming year.


Teaching-Learning:

The institution has adopted new edge techniques to be implemented throughout the institution.

The following are some of the various techniques / methods adopted to improve teaching-learning

process:

Foundation courses in mathematics and physics to refresh and strengthen the

fundamentals of targeted student groups. Syllabus for these courses is being

revisited from time to time to strengthen the outcomes.

Pedagogy enhanced to facilitate “Teach to Learn”, and not just impart content.

Advanced Learning Methods: Digital Platform and Flipped classroom to enlarge

and enrich student participation and learning

Encourage self-learning methods to inculcate life-long learning by students.

Competencies Training:

i) The faculty and students are encouraged to reach beyond syllabus to narrow any

possible gap that might exist in a course designed by the university by adapting

add-on courses and advantage courses to meet the demands of the industry as per

the guidelines of NBA specified through graduate attributes.

ii) The institution would be introducing add-on courses like project management,

IBM analytics and IoT in manufacturing (industry 4.0) etc.

Research activities:

During the ensuing academic year, Atria institute of technology is committed to:

Inculcate and integrate the research culture into all aspects of learning at Atria

Institute of Technology.

Create a conducive research environment.

Write compelling research proposals to sponsoring organizations and funding

agencies, both institutional and industry.

To achieve higher standards of execution.

Establish collaboration with national and international universities.

Inculcate a research mind-set in interested students.

The faculty are encouraged to publish papers only in select quality journals by

rewarding incentives.

Placement:

At Atria, we consider placement as an integral and culminating part of the education process of a

student. Placement preparation & readiness starts soon after admissions. We have the following

processes in place to take care of all the preparatory needs of our students to face the recruitment

process:

The pre-placement and placement processes have been considerably enhanced in

planning and execution phases through setting up career guidance centre.

Offering co-curricular courses, projects and internships in collaboration with

Industry.

The departments draw-up a road map to make their students be ready to take on

the challenges of competition and corporate interview. The plan action includes

overall training of the students in technical, experiential and personality

development courses like add-on, and advantage courses and monitoring their

progress and enhancing their abilities.


Entrepreneurship:

Sensitizing a student to a professional or entrepreneurship career starting from

first semester.

The institution proposes to develop entrepreneurship (self-employment) as a main

stream career option for fresh graduates

The institution has established Atria Business Incubation Centre (ABIC) which

is a dedicated facility to:

i) Create Entrepreneurship awareness.

ii) Sensitize students to a professional career.

iii) Promoting ideation.

iv) Product / service development.

v) Incubation for trials.

vi) Feedback for improvements.

vii) Product / Service launch.

Governance:

The Governing Council has been revamped to strategize and direct the institution

to take strides towards its cherished vision.

Eminent academicians have been invited to join the Governing Council as a part

of Strategic Development Plan of the institution.

The Governing Council would be guiding the strategy for excellence at the

institution level, while individually constituted operational advisory board would

guide each of the departments in their quest for achieving excellence.


ATRIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1st Main, Ag's Colony, Anand Nagar, Bangalore- 560024

CALENDAR OF EVENTS ODD SEMESTER 2017-2018 BE 1st, 3rd, 5th & 7thSemester

SL

NO. Month

Week days No. of

Working

Days

Events

MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN

1

Aug

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 6 7th - Commencement of Semester

2 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 5 15th – Independence day

3 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 5 Formative Feedback Week

25th –Ganesha Chathurthi

4 Aug- Sept 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 5 2nd – Bakrid

5

Sept

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6

6 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 6 1st Internals-11th ,12thand 13th

7 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 5 19th Mahalaya Amavasya

8 Sept-Oct 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 4 29th-Ayudha Pooja

30th-VijayaDashami

9

Oct

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 4 2nd-GandhiJayanthi

5th-ValmikiJayanthi

10 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 7 15th Sunday Working

2nd Internals - 15th , 16th 17th

11 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 4

18th-Naraka Chathurdarshi

19th Compensatory Holiday

20th-BalipadyamiDeepawali

12 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 6

13 Oct-Nov 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 5 1st-Kannada Rajyothsava

14

Nov

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 5 6th-Kanakadasa Jayanthi

15 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 6 3rd Internals – 13th , 14th and 15th

Summative Feedback Week

16 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 6

17 Total

Days 14 14 14 14 13 14 1 84 Total working days 84

Working Days Theory Internal

Assessments

Internal

Assessment

Results

Laboratory

Internals and

practice

Holidays

84

IMPORTANT DATES

TERMS

COMMENCEMENT

LAST WORKING

DAY

PRACTICAL EXAM THEORY EXAM

07.08.2017 25.11.2017 29.11.2017 to

08.12.2017

11.12.2017 to 10.01.2018

Dean, Academics Principal

Part A IQAR Annexure 2.15 (odd)


ATRIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1st Main, Ag's Colony, Anand Nagar, Bangalore- 560024

CALENDAR OF EVENTS EVEN SEMESTER 2017-2018 BE 2nd, 4th, 6th & 8th Semester

Week

No. Month

Week days No. of

Working

days

Events

MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN

1

Feb

1 2 3 4 3 1st - Commencement of Semester

2 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 6

3 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 5 13th - Mahashivarathri

4 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 6 Formative Feedback Week

5 Feb- Mar 26 27 28 1 2 3 4 6 NAAC meeting -26th

6

Mar

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 7 8th Women’s Day

7 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 6 1st Internals – 11th, 12th and 13th

NAAC meeting -12th

8 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 6 24th Dispatch of progress report

9 Mar-Apr 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 3 29th Mahaveer Jayanthi, 30th - Good

Friday, 31st Link holiday

10

Apr

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7 NAAC meeting -2nd

6th and 7th “Saptharang - 2018”

11 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 5 2nd Internals – 15th , 16th and 17th ,

14th Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Jayanti

12 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 5 18th - Basava Jayanti, 21st - PTM /

Dispatch of progress report

13 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 6 NAAC meeting -23rd

14 Apr-May

30 1 2 3 4 5 6 5

NAAC meeting -30th

1st - May Day

15

May

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 6 NAAC meeting -7th

16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 6 3rd - Internals - 17th, 18th and 19th

Summative Feedback Week

17 21 22 23 24 25 26 3

Total

Days 16 14 15 16 16 14 02 91 Total working days 91

Working Days Theory Internal

Assessments

Internal

Assessment

Results

Laboratory

Internals and

practice

Holidays

91

IMPORTANT DATES

TERMS

COMMENCEMENT

LAST WORKING

DAY

PRACTICAL EXAM THEORY EXAM

1st Feb 2018 (Thursday) 26th May 2018 28th May to 7th June

2018

28th May to 14th July

2018

Note: 1. Laboratory internals has to be conducted department wise between 14th May 2018 and 26rd May 2018.

2. To balance the working days, 5th April (Thursday) shall follow Tuesday’s time table.

Principal

Part A IQAR Annexure 2.15 (even)


Analysis of Feedback i) ALUMNI

a) Curriculum development / update:

A very high percentage of our alumni have felt that:

1) The faculty teaching the various subjects needs to have more autonomy in designing and

delivering the syllabus. The autonomy may include adding topics beyond the syllabus, working

on mini projects, enhanced participative learning, group learning activities, designing modern

evaluation methods etc..

2) More learning time be allocated to conducting of laboratory experiments / seminars.

3) Experts be invited from industry to update the technology advancement that are happening in

the specific fields.

4) Electives in all the semesters be offered to cater to the needs of industry.

5) Internship be arranged to all students in industries which are likely to employ graduates from

specific programmes.

b) Placements:

The alumni have observed and recommended that:

1) Suitable training be imparted to every student to make them capable of meeting the challenges

of selection process of various industries.

2) Awareness be created amongst students regarding the career options / higher studies options

available to them. The process of creating awareness may begin in the first year of their course.

3) The institution must concentrate and promote itself so that more companies visit our campus

for recruitment.

4) Training be provided in subjects / topics related to IT technology.

ii) PARENTS:

Most of the parents have felt that:

1) There should be enough time spared in a week for students to work on assignments and study

to reinforce and augment class room learning.

2) The administration machinery both in scholarship section and admission section be made more

student friendly.

iii) STUDENTS:

A large proportion of students have felt that

1) The learning be made more interesting by hands-on experience, visuals and assignments which

trigger creative thinking.

2) The faculty has been performing within the class rooms satisfactorily. However, they have felt

that the topics that are dealt with inside the class rooms must include the updated technology

on par with industry standards.

3) The inter-personal relationships that the faculty exhibits are highly satisfactory. This includes

the communication within and beyond the classrooms.

4) The department should plan the class room activities in such a way that they get reasonable

amount of time per week to study back home. They have felt that an engagement of a total 39

hours per week just does not leave enough space for their preparation.

Part B IQAR Annexure 1.3

2.15


Details of faculty adapting flip-class techniques for classroom delivery:

Sl.

No Faculty Name Subject with Code Program Semester

1 Prof. Shabana Mathematics / 17MAT21 Information Science & Engg. 2nd

2 Prof. Ashwini B T Concrete Technology 15CV44 Civil Engineering 4th

3 Prof. Kavitha

Vasanth Cloud Grid and Clusters / 10IS845 Information Science & Engg. 8th

4 Prof. Sheba Jebakani Information and Network Security /

10IS835 Information Science & Engg. 8th

5 Prof. Veeresh B.H Microprocessors and

Microcontrollers/ 15CS44 Information Science & Engg. 4th

6 Prof. Awati Prema Engineering Chemistry 17CHE22 Computer Science & Engg. 2nd

7 Prof. Revati Sagar Engineering Chemistry 17CHE22 Computer Science & Engg. 2nd

8 Prof. Nagesh Design and Analysis of Algorithms

15CS42 Computer Science & Engg. 4th

9 Shobha SP Applied Thermodynamics- 15ME43 Mechanical Engineering 4th

10 Balakrishna. G Elements of mechanical

Engineering Mechanical Engineering 2nd

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Best Practices

i) Mentoring/ Counselling System

1. Title of the practice: Mentoring/ Counselling System

2. Goal: The Mentoring system assigns a faculty member to every student; the faculty plays the

role of a personal mentor for the student in all matters. For the institute, the mentor is the first

point of reference for all matters concerning any specific student. The mentor guides the student

at every step of their stay at the institute to be successful at whatever the student takes up. The

mentor personally ensures that the student is aware of all the resources available for the student

during their course of study at the institute.

3. The context: The mentoring system is relatively new in general to a student entering the

institute. The students do take some time to familiarize and feel more comfortable with their

mentors and most importantly develop confidence in them.

The students meet their mentors to consult with them regarding courses to take and to guide them

through the registration process. The students then meet their mentors after every internal

assessment test to update them on their progress in performance. The mentor identifies students

who may need extra attention to improve their performance and schedules more interaction with

them.

4. The practice: He is a personal mentor and counsellor for a during the duration of stay at the

institute. A mentor represents a parent away from home for a student, and is the first point of

reference for the activities of a student during the complete course of study at the institute. As

soon as a student enters into the institute, a faculty member is assigned to take over the role of a

mentor for the student.

The mentor not only guides the student in academic matters but also any matter of concern for the

student. The student seeks the advice of the mentor at every step of their course of study beginning

from the registration for courses at the start of every semester. The students meet their mentor

regularly. However, depending on students need the mentor conducts more meetings with their

students and their parents. The mentor educates the student about the various course requirements,

such as the mandated minimum and maximum course load every semester, and how to choose

electives. The mentor helps the student channel their interests and energies effectively during the

complete course of study at the institute.

The students meet their mentors for various reasons; some students would like extra help with the

material in a course and are shy to approach a new instructor assigned to the course, few might be

facing problems adjusting to the new environment may be in the hostel or at other places around

the institute, some others would like to know about their options of availing various resources at

the institute and participating in various extra-curricular activities like joining a debate club at the

institute, group students would like to know about their options for going through internships

during the break or even the benefits of the same, few might want to do some minor project work

or participate in various competitions in addition to their courses, some other might want to seek

guidance after graduation and how to figure out where they would fit in better. At times the


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students might just need someone who can give them personal time and attention by listening to

their struggles in transitioning from high school to a higher education environment and finally in

becoming a constructive member of society.

5. Evidence of success: The most important evidence of success for the mentoring system is from

the testimonials of the end-users. The students and their parents have been very happy with the

mentoring system. Generally, for the complete duration of the course of study of a student any one

faculty member has been effective in assuming the role of a mentor. The behaviour of the students

on the campus in general has witnessed a tremendous improvement and the students are much

happier and contended with their course of study at the institute after the implementation of the

mentoring system.

The pass percentage and the average academic performance of the students have also achieved

greater heights with this practice. Some students have presented themselves as quite a challenge

for their proctors, but they figure out their priorities and start performing better after counselling

sessions with their mentors. The students have been at most risk during their initial stages in the

course of study. The transition from a high school environment to a higher education set-up proves

to be too sudden for some students. The mentoring system has addressed the needs of the students

and effectively nurtured many students during the duration of its implementation.

6. Problems encountered and resources required: Despite our best efforts in the effective

implementation of the mentoring system, there are still a small percentage of students who

discontinue their course of study at the institute. The percentage of dropouts did reduce after

implementing the system, but still few cases remained unsolved. Some students have required a

great deal of time and effort from their mentor but have shined after. However, the depression that

a small percentage of students went through was too critical for us to handle. We are planning to

establish a centre with professional counsellors.

ii) Foundation courses

1. Title of the practice: Foundation courses

2. Goal:

To develop, consolidate and strengthen mathematical skills and techniques that are essential to

pursue an undergraduate program in engineering.

3. Context:

Courses have been designed to provide a sound foundation in function, Calculus, Trigonometry

and Differential Equations. These courses develop mathematical content to support further studies.

This understanding will help faculty to improve and augment students’ performance in their first

year of engineering education.

4. The practice:

The most significant principles related to teaching and learning of mathematics

includes the expectations that teachers know what students need to learn based on

what they already know. Tasks are built on students’ prior knowledge, moulding their

weaknesses of their subject knowledge of lower class, making connections to concepts,

procedures, and understanding.


5. Evidence of success:

The majority of taught classes will begin with a short “lecture” introducing and

explaining concepts but the majority of the time in each session will be devoted to students

completing formative exercises to build and develop their learning skills. The pass

percentage and the average academic performance of the students have also achieved

greater heights with this practice.

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