Annual Quality Assurance
Report (2017-2018)
Submitted to
The National Assessment & Accreditation
Council
Bangalore
Submitted by
Internal Quality Assurance Cell
Bansilal Ramnath Agarwal Charitable Trust’s
Vishwakarma Institute of Information
Technology
Survey No. 3/4, Kondhwa (Budruk)
Pune – 411048, Maharashtra (India)
Bansilal Ramnath Agarwal Charitable Trust
Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology, Pune
Sr. No. Table of Contents Page No.
1 Part - A 1
Part - B
Criterion I-Curricular Aspects 12
Criterion II- Teaching-Learning and Evaluation 16
Criterion III- Research, Consultancy and Extension 20
2
Criterion IV-Infrastructure and Learning Resources 25
Criterion V- Student Support and Progression 29
Criterion VI- Governance, Leadership and 33 Management
Criterion VII- Innovations and Best Practices 39
Annexures
Annexure - I 51
3 Annexures - II
57
Annexures - III 58
Annexures - IV 66
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AQAR-Part A 1
The Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of the IQAC
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:
O - 020- 26950201
Bansilal Ramnath Agarwal Charitable
Trust’s Vishwakarma Institute of
Information Technology
Survey No. 3/4,
Kondhwa (Budruk)
Pune
Maharashtra
411 048
Dr. (Mrs.) Bilavari S. Karkare
09850604785
O - 020- 26950200, R: 020-25479650
Dr. (Mrs.) Shilpa V. Patil
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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)
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 A 3.14 2016 2021
2 2nd Cycle
3 3rd Cycle
4 4th Cycle
1.7 Date of Establishment of IQAC: DD/MM/YYYY
www.viit.ac.in
10/07/2015
http://www.viit.ac.in/index.php/quality/aqar
09822512123
EC (SC)/17/A&A/73.1 dated 16-09-2016
MHCOGN26118
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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 21/09/2017
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
2017-18
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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
State Government, UGC, University
01
01
01
17
Savitribai Phule Pune
University, Pune
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2.5 No. of Alumni
2. 6 No. of any other stakeholder and
Community representatives
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
Students
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 I
Institution Level
-
Nil
01
02
01
47
04
24
20
01 06
08 01 01 01
05
16
04
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(ii) Themes
2.14 Significant Activities and contributions made by IQAC
1. Establishment of statutory committees like Board of Management, Academic
Board, Board of examination and Board of Subjects for each department for
implementation of Autonomy
2. Effective execution of Autonomy for first year engineering
3. Strengthening and monitoring the Quality of Academics
4. Revision of Quality manual system as per ISO 9001:2015 standard ISO
certification
5. Successful compliance visit of NBA
6. Motivational and guiding sessions for faculty members 3. Motivational and guiding sessions for faculty
1. International Conference –Vishwacon 2017
2. Vishwapreneur 2017
3. Brainstorming Sessions for Faculty
4. Workshop on Bloom’s Taxonomy and Rubrics
5. Teaching-learning methodologies
6. Workshops on ICT for faculty members
7. Workshop for Execution of Autonomy
8. Student Induction Programme for First Year students (2 weeks)
9. FDPs in departments to maintain uniformity and bring improvement in
teaching
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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 *
Sr.
No.
Plan of Action Achievements
1. a.Establishment of statutory
committees like Board of
Management, Academic
Board, and Board of Subjects
for each department for
implementation of Autonomy
1. The important foundation for successful
implementation is constitution of statutory
committees.
2. Institute constituted Board of management,
Finance committee Academic Board at the
Institute level and Board of subjects for each
Department for framing syllabi and deciding
strategies for effective implementation of
autonomy.
3. Following are few important points proposed and
appreciated by Board of Management.
i. Guidance on the areas of future technology
for setting up high end laboratories
ii. Appreciation of the Induction program for
first year
iii. Appreciation of the efforts taken by the
Institute on the front of progress MOU
signing
iv. Appreciation on the progress of Autonomy
v. Suggestion of important points regarding
R & D activities
4. At the department level Board of subjects had been
formed which played significant role in finalizing
the syllabi for various courses in the respective
branch. The syllabi for all the four years for
autonomy were finalized.
5. Finance committee of the Institute executed
following significant functions which were
predominantly necessary in Autonomy
i. Budget estimation and approval
ii. Conducting audit for the year
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b.Establishment of Board of
examination
1. The functionality of the examination cell exhibits
significant features for maintaining the quality of
academics with reference to question paper setting
to evaluation and result declaration.
2. Some of the innovative features of the examination
system set by Board of examination are as given
below:
i. Multiple layer security for answer sheets
enabling objective evaluation
ii. Digital Evaluation for technology - enabled
assessment
iii. Open house to give transparency &
accountability. Students will be able to
view assessed answer sheets online. They
will be provided with model answers and
scheme of marking
iv. Examination Audit to ensure quality and
consistency in Examination processes
2. Effective execution of
Autonomy for first year
engineering
1. Implementation of autonomy in First year was built
on the foundation of a unique feature of two weeks
Induction Program for first year students.
2. This induction program was based upon the
guidelines given by AICTE. The guidelines focus
on the knowledge and skills in the area of student’s
interest as well as broad understanding of society
and human relationships.
3. Senior faculty members of VIIT designed and
conducted sessions based on above philosophy.
Modules on human values, sport and physical
activities, creativity, proficiency, social work,
orientation etc. were designed with specific
expected outcomes.
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3. Strengthening and
monitoring the Quality of
Academics
1. All the programs (UG & PG) are regularly
monitored with regards to teaching. The feedback
on teaching was communicated to faculty along-
with suggestions or recommendations given by the
Director. This has helped in enhancing the teaching
quality of all the programs.
2. Faculty from all the programs were motivated to
register for online NPTEL courses in view of
enhancing technical knowledge and teaching
quality. 52 faculty members successfully
completed the NPTEL courses.
3. “Brain Storming Session” was conducted for all
faculty. The focus was to make faculty members
aware about the changes taking place in education
scenario and preparing self for facing those
changes. The important topic taken for discussion
was “Awareness on innovative and creative
teaching methods in teaching “.
4. Workshop on "Innovative Research in Pedagogy
with Mini-MOOCs blended with instruction
strategies to enhance quality in Higher Education“
was conducted for the faculty members .They were
introduced to different ICT technologies.
5. Academic audit was conducted twice to monitor
the academic activities of departments and also to
encourage departments to progress on various
fronts of research, consultancy, IPR related
activities etc.
6. ISO audit was conducted once per semester to
closely monitor the execution of various academic
and administrative processes.
7. Two days’ workshop on Bloom’s taxonomy was
conducted for faculty members teaching to
S.Y.BTech.
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8. Two days revision workshop for ICT was
conducted.
9. Lecture by Dr.Suryakant Patil on Patent writing
for faculty members was arranged.
4. Revision of Quality manual
system as per ISO 9001:2015
standard ISO certification.
1. The training session titled “In House ISO
9001:2015 Awareness and Internal Auditor
Training Course” for creating awareness amongst
the faculty regarding change in philosophy of
revised ISO 9001:2015 along-with internal
auditors training was conducted in August 2018.
2. Various committees were formed for revision /
addition of processes related to various academic,
administrative, library and training & placement
related activities.
3. The quality objectives were established based on
‘Risk based thinking’. The necessary training of
all deans, head of departments and departmental
ISO coordinators related to evaluation of
effectiveness of actions taken to address risks and
opportunities was conducted.
4. The fourth issue of Quality Manual and Quality
Management System was revised as per ISO
9001:2015 was implemented in March 2018.
5. Department wise orientation was conducted by
Institute ISO coordinator for creating awareness
amongst all faculty and staff about revised QMS.
6. External Surveillance Audit was scheduled at the
end of April 2018 for recertification. The Institute
is now ISO 9001:2015 certified institute.
5. Successful compliance visit
of NBA
1. In the year 2015, four undergraduate programs viz.
Electronics & Telecommunication, Computer
Engineering, Information Technology and
Mechanical Engineering programs got provisional
accreditation for three years.
2. In the year 2018, Institute applied for compliance
of the above mentioned programs.
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3. Compliance visit was conducted by the NBA
experts committee on 19th July 2018 and the
programs were accredited for 3 more years till June
2021.
6. Faculty and staff welfare
activities
1. A lecture on Research Ethics by Dr. Rajendra
Kumbhar, Dept. of Library and Information
Science, SPPU was arranged on 24th January 2018.
2. A lecture on Financial Freedom and Digital
Growth: by Mr. Dheeraj Agarwal was arranged on
20th January 2018.
3. Art of Living Course was conducted from 24-28th
January 2018 for the staff of exam cell.
4. Group counseling activity for staff of various
sections was arranged by the counsellor for
improvement of work efficiency at workplace.
5. Guest lecture on general awareness and hygiene for
girls’ students of First Year and staff by Dr Pallavi
Kulkarni, Associate Professor, Anatomy
Department, and Navale Medical College was
arranged on 8th March 2018.
6. Guest lecture for lady faculty and staff members
was arranged on" health and nutrition" on 13th
September 2017.
Academic Calendar for Academic Year 2017-18 is attached in Annexure-I
2.15 Whether the AQAR was placed in statutory body Yes No
Management Syndicate Any other body
Provide the details of the action taken
As mentioned in 2.15
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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
PhD 3 - - -
PG 5 - - -
UG 5 - - (Refer Annexure
II)
PG Diploma - - - -
Advanced
Diploma
- - - -
Diploma - - - -
Certificate - - - -
Others - - - -
Total 13
Interdisciplinary - - - -
Innovative - - - -
1.2 (i) Flexibility of the Curriculum: CBCS/Core/Elective option / Open options
CBCS/Elective option
From Academic Year 2017-18, the First Year B.Tech and First Year M.Tech Programs were
offered Academic Autonomy. The curriculum designed was based on CBCS pattern with good
number of elective options so as to provide learning centric approach. Mini projects, Internship
and Project based learning were the key features of academic autonomy. Different audit courses
were also offered to enhance certain life skills and moral values. There were also certain value
added course which fostered the student’s technical growth.
Second Year onwards the curriculum was CBCS where the students have undergone training of
core and breadth courses as per the stream the candidate’s choice. Apart from this, curriculum was
flexible enough to undertake different electives from their stream as well as opt for electives of
other streams as open electives. Certain audit courses and value added courses were also offered
in order to enhance skills like soft skills, entrepreneurship and research aptitude.
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(ii) Pattern of programmes:
One academic year is of two semesters where courses for each semester are specified for teaching
and examination. For first semester, students are examined at the end of the semester. Their
performance is evaluated and communicated. Along with First semester examination, Second
semester examination determines passing/ failure for the academic year. Result is declared at the
end of the academic year.
1.3 Feedback from stakeholders*Alumni Parents Employers
(On all aspects)
Students
Mode of feedback : Online Manual Co-operating schools (for PEI)
Analysis of the feedback is given in - Annexure III
1.4 Whether there is any revision/update of regulation or syllabi, if yes, mention their
salient aspects.
BE(UG) Program
The structure and syllabus for colleges affiliating to SPPU is revised after every 5 years in a
progressive manner. Accordingly, the new structure and syllabi were introduced and implemented
from the academic year 2015-16 for First Year. Hence the syllabus of Second year Engineering
was revised and implemented from the academic year 2016-17 and the syllabus of third year
engineering was revised in academic year 2017-18. During this revision, Credit system was adopted
for UG courses. The revised course was of 190 credits and 1 credit was equivalent to 15 hours.
Assessment in credit system consists of, A) In-semester continuous assessment B) End-semester
assessment under Theory examination and assessment of Term Work/ Practical / Oral / Presentation
at the end of the semester under Practical, Oral, Seminar and Project examination. In the structure,
the credits were distributed over 8 semesters. The open elective included, provides the student a
wide choice of subjects from other B.E. programs. The Credit structure for UG program under
SPPU is given below in Table 1.
Pattern Number of programmes
Semester
Trimester
Annual All UG and PG programs
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Table -1 Credit structure for UG program
Course
Credits
Sem Sem Sem Sem
Sem
Sem Sem Sem
Total
Work
1 2 3 4
5
6 7 8
Mandatory 19 19 20 20
18
18 10 6 130
Subjects
Elective
6 6 12
Subjects
Lab 6 6 5 5
5
4 4 4 39
Courses
Seminar 1 1
Project
2 6 8
Work
Total 25 25 25 25 23 23 22 22 190
B.Tech(UG) Program
Autonomous status has been granted to the Institute from the academic year 2017-18 by
UGC. Autonomous syllabus focuses on nurturing and boosting the overall development of
the student. In this perceptive new syllabus was designed and introduced from the academic
year 2017-18 for first year engineering UG program as well as for PG program. The
autonomous syllabus offered under credit system with total credits are 184 for UG and 100
for PG. One credit was equivalent to 15 hours. The distribution of credits was over 8
semesters.
Following is the structure of assessment:
1. Theory Assessment (Formative assessment and Summative assessment )
A) Formative Assessment: Formative assessment consists of two test T1 and T2
and Continuous Assessment for Theory.
B) End-semester assessment: ESE is conducted for all six units at the end of the
semester.
The Final result is calculated semester wise cumulatively on the marks obtained
in FA and SA
2. Practical Assessment :
Practical assessment is head under Practical / Oral / Presentation at the end of the
semester under Practical, Oral, Seminar and Project examination.
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The Credit structure for UG program under Autonomous is given below in Table 2.
Table 2:
Course
Work
Credits
Sem Sem Sem
Se
m
Sem
Se
m Sem Sem Total
1 2 3 4
5
6 7 8
Mandatory Subjects
17 18 18 17 17 8 12 6 113
Elective Subjects
3 3 6 12
Lab Courses
7 6 6 6 4 3 3 2 37
Project Work
2
6
4 10 22
Total 24 24 24 23 23 20 22 24 184
M.Tech (PG) Program
M.Tech program was offered under Autonomous status and was of 2 years duration. The
total no. of credits requirement for each program was 100. In the structure, the credits were
distributed over four semesters equally. Institute level open elective were included which
provides student a wide choice of interdisciplinary subjects. The Credit structure for M.
Tech. (PG) program is given below in table 3.
Table - 3 Credit structure for PG program
Course Work Sem I Sem II Sem III Sem IV Total
Courses Mandatory 13 12 - - 25
Elective Subjects 8 8 5 - 21
Lab Courses 3 4 - - 7
Seminar 1 1 - - 2
Project Work - - 20 25 45
Total 25 25 25 25 100
1.5 Any new Department/Centre introduced during the year. If yes, give details.
N. A.
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Criterion – II
2. Teaching, Learning and Evaluation
2.1 Total No. of permanent faculty
Total
Asst. Associate Professors Others
Professors
Professors
183 148 22 13 -
2.2 No. of permanent faculty with Ph.D. 31
2.3 No. of Faculty Positions Recruited (R) and Vacant (V) during the year
Asst. Associate
Professors Others Total
Professors Professors
R V R V R R V
R R V R V
148 0 22 0 1
3 0 0 0 183 0
2.4 No. of Guest and Visiting faculty and Temporary faculty
Guest 0 Visiting 04 Temporary 0
2.5 Faculty participation in conferences and symposia:
No. of Faculty International level National level State level Attended Seminars/ 2 0 24 Presented papers 78 2 0 Resource Persons
1
1 0 0
0 0
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2.6 Innovative processes adopted by the institution in Teaching and Learning:
2.8Examination/ Evaluation Reforms initiated by the Institution (for example: Open Book
Examination, Bar Coding, Double Valuation, Photocopy and 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
Students are evaluated according to procedures given by Savitribai Phule
Pune University for Second Year, Third Year and Final Year.
VIIT received autonomous status in 2017, thus following reforms in
examination/evaluation for first year students were initiated by the
institute:
1. Multiple layer security for answer sheets enabling objective
evaluation
2. Digital Evaluation for technology - enabled assessment
3. Open house to give transparency & accountability
Students were able to view assessed answer sheets online
1. Blending of conventional and ICT based teaching methods like
Google forms for online class room quiz, Quiz using Hot Potato,
Google classroom, Flip classroom, blogs
2. Adoption of Project based learning (PBL) for better understanding of
course content
3. Adoption of Bloom’s taxonomy during content delivery and
evaluation
4. Implementing Lab Assignment using MOOCS
5. Guest lecture by industry Experts
121
77.67
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2.11 Course/Programme wise distribution of pass percentage:
Total no.
Division
Title of the of
Programme students
Distinction
I %
Higher
II %
Pass
appeared n %
-II % %
B.E.(Civil 129 56.25 32.02
7.03 0.78 0
Engg.)
B.E.(Comput 203 64.53 23.64
0.01 0 0
er Engg.)
B.E. (E&TC 206 55.34 31.07
3.88 0.97 0
Engg.)
B.E.(I.T.) 63 58.73 23.8 12.69 0 0
B.E.(Mech 143 69.23 14.69
1.40 0 0
Engg.)
2.12 How does IQAC Contribute/Monitor/Evaluate the Teaching & Learning
processes:
1. Feedback of teaching faculty of all programs (UG & PG) is collected from the students twice in each semester. This feedback was analyzed and communicated to respective teacher in the department and suitable action was taken.
2. Faculty was encouraged to use ICT tools in teaching-learning process. Faculty was motivated to use the concept of flipped classroom and continuous evaluation of the students by designing online quizzes using Google form, Google classroom.
3. Several other efforts were taken to enhance quality of teaching such as organizing guest lectures/workshops/seminars/training sessions/industrial visits for all faculty members.
4. Brain Storming Session” was organized and conducted for all faculties to plan various activities to be conducted in the subsequent academic year to enhance teaching-learning process.
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2.13 Initiatives undertaken towards faculty development
Faculty / Staff Development
Programmes
Number of
faculty
benefitted
Refresher courses 3
UGC – Faculty Improvement Programme 28
HRD programmes 45
Orientation programmes 57
Faculty exchange programme 3
Staff training conducted by the university
10
Staff training conducted by other
institutions 47
Summer / Winter schools, Workshops, et 23
Others 74
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
Po position
filled
temporarily
Administrative
Staff 111 0 0 0
Technical Staff 55 0 0
0
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Criterion – III
3. Research, Consultancy and Extension
3.1 Initiatives of the IQAC in Sensitizing/Promoting Research Climate in the institution
3.2 Details regarding major projects
Completed Ongoing Sanctioned Submitted
Number 5 3 2 0
Outlay in Rs. Lakhs 72.07 /- 39.08/- 27.80/- 0
3.3 Details regarding minor projects
Completed Ongoing Sanctioned Submitted
Number 6 4 0 2
Outlay in Rs. Lakhs 2.82/- 5.90/- 1.40/- 5.26/-
3.4 Details on research publications
International National Others
Peer Review Journals 38 10 0
1. The institute has a research committee ‘VIIT Research Advisory Board’
comprising of Dean R & D, Professors and Associate Professors of the
institute to monitor and address the issues of research.
2. The board formulates, implements and updates R&D policies and
encourage faculty to pursue research useful for students and also helps in
improving the quality of research and development.
3. Vishwakarma Research Promotion Scheme (VRPS) was formulated by
the board two years back to provide seed funding for the junior faculty to
start research activity as well as senior faculty members to promote and
strengthen research activity to a level to definitely obtain research grants
from external funding agencies. From year 2017-18, students are being
involved in projects under this scheme.
4. For students a scheme namely, Vishwakarma Student Research
Promotion Scheme (VSRPS), had been introduced in AY 2016-17 for
providing funds to UG and PG projects.
5. All types of administrative support was provided for the teacher/
researcher.
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Non-Peer Review Journals 6 0 0
e-Journals 9 0 0
Conference proceedings 28 9 0
3.5 Details on Impact factor of publications:
Range Average h-index
Nos. in SCOPUS
3.6 Research funds sanctioned and received from various funding agencies, industry and other
organizations
3.7 No. of books published i) With ISBN No.
ii) Without ISBN No.
Chapters in Edited Books
3.8 No. of University Departments receiving funds from -
UGC-SAP CAS DST-FIST
Nature of the Project Duration
Year
Name of the
funding Agency
Total grant
Sanctioned
(Rs.Lakhs)
Received
(Rs.Lakhs)
Major projects 2013-2018 INCOIS,ESSO,
Govt. of India,
ISRO/UOP space
Technology cell, RGSTC
42.97/- 25.70/-
Minor Projects 2014-2018 BCUD ,SPPU 2.51/- 1.35/-
Interdisciplinary Projects 0 0
Industry sponsored 2017-2018 Thermax 0.35/- 0.35/-
Projects sponsored by the
University/ College
2017-2018 BCUD 2.0/- 1.0/-
Students research projects
(other than compulsory by
the University)
0 0
Any other(Specify) 0 0
Total 47.83/- 28.4/-
0
1.1-3.8
6
0.56 7.1
52
0 0
0
9
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Scheme/funds DPE DBT
3.9 For colleges Autonomy CPE DBT
Star Scheme
INSPIRE CE
Any Other (specify)
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
Level International National State University College
Number 1 0 0 0 0
Sponsoring
agencies
SPPU - - - -
Type of Patent Number
National Applied 3
Granted 0
International Applied 0
Granted 0
Commercialized Applied 0
Granted 0
0 0 0
Rs. Lakhs 29/- (DRDO &Microsoft Azure)
0 0
52
1
Rs. Lakhs11.54/-
9 0
Rs. Lakhs 50 /-
0 0
7
Rs. Lakhs 24.80/-
Rs. Lakhs 74.80/-
50 /-
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3.17 No. of research awards/ recognitions received by faculty and research fellows of the
institute this 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
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:
University level State level
National level International level
3.23 No. of Awards won in NSS:
University level State level
National level International level
Total International National State University Dist. College
4 2 1 0 1 0 0
5
19
3
4 0 0 0
250
0
0
0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
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3.24 No. of Awards won in NCC:
University level State level
National level International level
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
Coding Club initiative which resulted in participation and winning of large number of students in
Hackathon & Coding competitions. Students of Computer and IT participated in Hackathon at
DAIIT, Gandhinagar and succeeded in reaching among top 10 teams.
CSI VIIT student branch was awarded with ‘Best accredited student branch 2017’award in region
VI. Computer Society of India (CSI) National level convention “Techno-Vishwa” was held in
January 2018.CSI sanctioned sponsorship of Rs. 30K to the Institute for hosting the convention.
IT department hosted it along with Computer department. Web site design competition and a
workshop on "Privacy and Security in Online social media" was organized under "Techno-
Vishwa" on 2,3 January 2018.During Perception, an annual Technical Fest, IT department
organized various technical competitions like Code Racing, Blind Coding etc. and also a major
mock placement drive competition called “Get Hired".
An annual international level paper presentation and project competition called "Vishwacon” was
organized by VIIT in March 2018, where IT department hosted project competition under
Computer -IT track. Apart from this various guest lectures and workshops were organized on the
topics such as Expected Skill set as an IT engineer, Software Engineering Tools, Data Analytics,
Apple Tour and Swift Programming, Java Programming and Ethics and etiquette by prominent
industry personalities.
In Robocon activity initiated by E&TC, with Participation of 17 students and secured 23 rank out
among 108 colleges. Department conducted a workshop on Machine Learning on Raspberry Pi,
IOT Deep Drive Training, LABVIEW Programming Course for students.
SUPRA is the national level engineering student competition where teams from various
engineering colleges participate. In this student design and fabricate a formula one style vehicle.
The student not only designs the vehicle but also builds them as per the given set of rules (Rule
0
0 0
0 19
0 0 0
0
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Book) and design standard of SAE international. Making the student to learn and realize their
talent through an experience, initiates the process to extract future entrepreneur, technocrats,
innovators and leaders. This serves the prime objective of bringing out real talent to the Indian
automotive industry for the years to come, in the continuation with the vision automotive mission
plan, a dream to make India an international automotive hub. In this Edition of 2017-18 126 teams
of various engineering colleges from all over the country participated, which consisted of more
than 3000 participants.,
MESA-Model United Nation MUN 2018 Mechanical Engineering Students’ Association (MESA)
organized Model United Nations aiming towards polishing socio-cultural, oratory and critical
analytical skills of an individual. This was facilitated by the team of experts who chaired this event.
Despite of the unhealthy situations in some parts of the state, over 125 students from all 5
departments of the college came together to become a part of the legacy.
Science and Technology or “SciTech” Exhibition was held and its exhibition in-charge was Dr.
Chandrasekhar S. Garde. Students from all departments participated in the event under guidance
of their respective faculty.
Virtual Lab, Nodal Centre, IIT Mumbai conducted 74 workshops for 1040 users and 2999
experiments were performed at institute level.
Institutional Social Responsibility: Under Women Empowerment Cell activities were conducted
such as Seminar on "Health and Nutrition" and “Health Checkup Camp” , Seminar on "Health and
Hygiene".
An educational trip to Chinmay Vibhooti was organized on 12th October 2017 for the IT
department where Swami Sidheshanandji motivated students and guided on the topic “Time and
stress management". ITSF committee members ran “Clean It Department Abhiyan” on 28
September 2017 followed by Tree plantation in building A. Department also organized a seminar
on "Road safety" by Inspector Mr.Nimbalkar for SE IT students and a session on "Health
Management" for TE IT students was organized.
Under NSS following activities were conducted - Blood Donation camp, NSS Camp at Jamgaon,
Road Safety/Police Mitra activity by Kondhwa Police.
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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 5.67
Acres - BRACT
5.67
Acres
Class rooms 24 03 BRACT 27
Laboratories 52 02 BRACT 54
Seminar Halls 03 - BRACT 03
No. of important equipment purchased
(≥ 1-0 lakh) during the current year. 37 03 BRACT’VIIT 40
Value of the equipment purchased during
the year (Rs. in Lakhs) 1085.92 160.88
BRACT’S
VIIT 1246.80
Others 817.5 8.20
BRACT’S
VIIT 825.7
4.2 Computerization of administration and library
1. Computerization has been done in Exam Cell for Autonomy for examination and
evaluation
2. New ERP Software has been installed for Autonomy
3. Newly designed college website has been launched.
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4.3 Library services:
Existing Newly added Total
No. Value No. Value No. Value
Text Books 33,611 Rs.1,24,98,458/- 924 Rs. 5,33,779/- 35,231 Rs. 1,30,37,405/-
Reference
Books 695 Rs. 23,16,852/- 25 Rs. 31,136/- 720 Rs. 23,47,988/-
e-Books 21 Rs. 1,46,332/- - - 21 Rs. 1,46,332/-
Journals 69 Rs. 2,05,120/- 35 Rs. 94,249/- - -
e-Journals 17 Free access 17 Free access - -
Digital
Database 06 Rs. 20,73,116/- 02 Rs. 11,30,135/- 02 11,30,135/-
CD &
Video 3847 Rs. 63,857/- 40 - 3887 Rs. 63,857/-
Others
(Standards) 406 Rs. 1,29,341/- 01 Rs. 560/- 407 Rs. 1,29,901/-
Library
Network
[DELNET]
01 Rs.11,500/- 01 Rs.11,500/- 01 Rs.11,500/-
4.4 Technology up gradation (overall)
Total
Computer
s
Compute
r Labs
Interne
t
Browsin
g Centres
Compute
r Centres
Offic
e
Depart
-ments
Other
s
Existin
g 1023 12
50
Mbps 142 5 Servers 32 991 -
Added 74 0 70
Mbps Nil Nil Nil 74 -
Total 1023 12 120
Mbps 142 5 Servers 32 991 -
Note- 74 no of computers were added during the year and 74 were written off.
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4.5 Computer, Internet access, training to teachers and students and any other programme for
technology up gradation (Networking, e-Governance etc.)
4.6 Amount spent on maintenance in Rs. lakhs: i) ICT
ii) Campus Infrastructure and facilities
iii) Equipment
iv) Others
Total:
1. Institute had organized two days’ workshop on use of ICT tools in learning and teaching process
on December 2017. Following ICT tools were involved in the same- a) Office Mix and
Rubystar b) Hot Potatoes c) Google Classrooms, Forms & Analytics d) Concept Mapping Tools
like Free Mind, Coogle or Exam Time, Wordpress.
2. Newly designed College Website was launched and department-wise training sessions for
updating of website was conducted by System Department.
3. Social Media (Registration of LinkedIn Profile and VIIT Alumni Portal) training sessions for
every department were conducted by System Department.
5.11
50.71
0.76
0.94
57.52
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Criterion – V
5. Student Support and Progression
5.1 Contribution of IQAC in enhancing awareness about Student Support Services
5.2 Efforts made by the institution for tracking the progression
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
2928 108 17 -
No %
2142 71
No %
894 29
1. First Year Admitted ‘Students Induction Program
2. Second year Direct Admitted and PG Students
Orientation Program
3. Brief mention in the College Prospectus and Handbook
4. College Website
5. Informal Interactions in the Classroom and Laboratories
1. Progression of students in attendance was monitored
continually through ERP.
2. Course Teacher identified slow learner/weak students
based on In-sem, Internal Test, Online Exam etc. and extra
efforts were planned for them.
3. Result co-ordinator of the department sent overall result
analysis and subject wise failure list to course teachers.
Course teacher conducted meeting with failed students
and planned remedial classes for them.
4. Batch guardian for each batch of 20 students and a class
teacher for each class were allocated to monitor and
counsel the students’ progress in academic as well as
extra-curricular activities.
61
40
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**Demand ratio Dropout % 3.10
**Since the institution is affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University and approved by AICTE &
DTE, the students do not directly apply to the college but apply for admission through centralized
admission process (CAP) conducted by DTE Government of Maharashtra. Therefore the
mentioned demand ratio cannot be computed.
5.4 Details of student support mechanism for coaching for competitive examinations (If any)
No. of students benefitted
5.5 No. of students qualified in these examinations
NET SET/SLET GATE CAT IAS/IPS etc State PSC UPSC Others
Last Year-2016-17 This Year-2017-18
General SC ST OBC Physically
Challenged
Total General SC ST OBC Physically
Challenge
d
Total
1728 310 51 945 3 3037 1549 250 36 1195 6 3036
1. The institute has a separate cell for competitive examinations (Competitive
Examination Cell) where the Students are made aware of various competitive
examinations. The cell provides the required guidance and support to prepare
students for the Examinations.
2. Introductory and Motivational lectures of eminent speakers were arranged to
promote various competitive examinations avenues especially for TE and BE
students of all branches. e.g. GATE, GRE, TOFFEL, CAT, MPSC, UPSC.
3. More than 200 books are available in our library to enhance general aptitude
skills of students pursuing different competitive examinations.
4. To improve the performance of students in aptitude, VIIT provided training to
the students from the third year of their degree course through T&P cell.
5. GATE coaching classes were conducted by Department of Mechanical, Civil, E
& TC, and Computer Engineering.
300
- - 18 2
- - -
19
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5.6 Details of student counselling and career guidance
No. of students benefitted
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
120 712 210 10
5.8 Details of gender sensitization programs
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
1. The institute has batch guardian and class teacher scheme to provide guidance
for academic and career related issues of students.
2. Career counseling is provided by T&P cell, Alumni and Industry experts.
3. Counselor is appointed to help students to solve their problems. Individual
counseling is provided to the students to resolve their personal and psycho-social
problems.
2928, 350, 42
1. Health check-up camp for ladies staff members and girl students
2. Seminar on health and nutrition for ladies staff members and girl students
- -
102 202 -
54
- -
20 - 55
09
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Number of
students
Amount Rs. In
Lakhs.
Financial support from institution 20 8,59,337
Financial support from government 744 5,32,51,630
Financial support from other sources 12 4,12,000
Number of students who received
International/ National recognitions
5.11 Student organized / initiatives
Fairs : State/ University level National level International level
Exhibition: State/ University level National level International level
5.12 No. of social initiatives undertaken by the students
5.13 Major grievances of students (if any) redressed:
35 0
3 5
-
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- 1
06
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Criterion – VI
6. Governance, Leadership and Management
6.1 State the Vision and Mission of the Institution
6.2 Does the Institution have a Management Information System
6.3 Quality improvement strategies adopted by the institution for each of the following:
6.3.1 Curriculum Development
Vision: Excellence in technical education.
Mission:
Make competent engineers with the spirit of professionalism and responsible
citizenship
Impart knowledge and technical skills of the highest standards
Prepare engineers to respond to the current and future needs of the industry
higher studies as well as research.
Institute was awarded autonomy in AY 2017-18 for six years. As part of autonomy, new
structure and curriculum was designed for UG and PG programs. The formation of
Statutory Bodies was duly completed to implement the autonomy progressively. The
Institute proactively takes input from its stakeholders such as industry, academicians,
alumni etc. for curriculum development. In AY 2017-18, the institute implemented the
new curriculum for FY BTech and FY MTech under Autonomy.
The Second Year (SE), Third Year (TE) and Final Year (BE) curriculum was followed as
per SPPU curriculum for affiliated colleges. SPPU implemented a revised syllabus for
Third year (TE). Audit course was introduced in this revised syllabus for TE. Process for
revision of BE syllabus was started by SPPU in AY 2017-18. Some of the faculty members
of institute actively contributed in the design and development of revised syllabus. Based
on inputs from stake holders and requirements expressed by senior teaching faculty, content
beyond syllabus was included for various SE, TE and BE courses.
Institute has Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system since 2008-09. It is updated from
time to time according to needs of the institute. When the institute got autonomous in AY
2017-18, considering upcoming changes in system, a new ERP was implemented. It’s
modules cater to the new needs of Autonomy.
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6.3.2 Teaching and Learning
6.3.3 Examination and Evaluation
6.3.4 Research and Development
In AY 2017-18, a separate examination cell was established in the institute. Rules and
regulation for examination and evaluation system were formulated. The system was
implemented as per these rules, successfully for FY BTech and FY MTech.
A unique digital/onscreen evaluation system was setup. An open house was organized for
students to view their evaluated answer books onscreen.
As VIIT was affiliated to SPPU for SE, TE and BE in AY 2017-18, the SPPU examination
pattern was followed. SPPU had adopted credit based system progressively from AY
2015-16. In AY 2017-18, and it was implemented for TE. SPPU initiated different
activities like workshop for examiners and paper setters, which were attended by faculty
members of the institute.
Institute has well defined policy for Research & Development. Funding was provided to
various students for UG and PG projects under Vishwakarma Student Research Promotion
Scheme (VSRPS). Under Vishwakarma Research Promotion Scheme (VRPS) a few
faculty members received funds for their research projects.
Based on our own analysis and inputs from stakeholders, institute made significant efforts
in AY 2017-18 to improve teaching learning process. Institute conducted multiple
workshops on Bloom’s Taxonomy, ICT tools and awareness lectures on MOOCs to enable
teachers for development of teaching learning skills. Institute had encouraged faculty and
students to enroll for different NPTEL and other MOOCs. In-house FDPs for all courses, to
be taught in a given semester, were conducted to understand scope and methodology of
teaching, to introduce innovative methodology and to bring uniformity in teaching learning
process. Mentoring to young faculty members was provided by experienced and senior
faculties to improve their teaching learning skills. Through formal and informal interactions
with students, need for EQ enhancement of students was identified by the faculty. Various
efforts in terms of organizing value education sessions, counseling and awareness through
counselors were taken up to address the same. Institute arranged brain storming sessions for
faculty members for improvement and innovation in teaching and learning. In AY 2017-18,
all departments conducted a series of meetings to discuss and prepare themselves for
changes to be incorporated under Autonomy.
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6.3.5 Library, ICT and physical infrastructure / instrumentation
6.3.6 Human Resource Management
6.3.7 Faculty and Staff recruitment
6.3.8 Industry Interaction / Collaboration
Various ICT tools (like Office Mix and Ruby star, Hot Potatoes, Google Classrooms, Forms &
Analytics and Concept Mapping Tools like Free Mind, Coogle, Exam Time, and Wordpress) were
used by faculty and staff members. Institute provided training to faculty on these tools.
Newly designed College Website was launched and department-wise training sessions for updating
of website was conducted by System Department.
Social Media (Registration of LinkedIn Profile and VIIT Alumni Portal) training sessions for every
department were conducted by System Department.
Faculty and staff members were encouraged for qualification enhancement and technical
improvement through training. Life skill training was provided in-house by counselor for faculty
and staff members. Off-campus brain storming sessions were conducted for both faculty and staff
members.
Institute has a variety of welfare schemes which are in effect for all employees like Mediclaim
Policy, Group Insurance, Provident Fund, Credit Cooperative Society, Gratuity scheme. Fee
concession is provided to children of employees who are studying in Vishwakarma Institutes.
Informal Mentor-mentee scheme is in place for faculty members. Problems of Female staff
members are addresses through Activities of Women Empowerment Cell.
There is no major change in policy in this period as all previous policies are in effect. Recruitment
is done as per norms.
Workshops, trainings, off-campus placements, internships, guest lectures, sponsored projects and
industrial visits were carried out with the support of industry.
The Industry Advisory Board (IAB) and Department Advisory Board (DAB), containing members
from the industry, contributed in development of different departments.
1. IAB members conducted sessions to explain latest trends in industry, nature of work and
skill sets required in core companies.
2. IAB and DAB members gave valuable suggestions in framing syllabus of autonomous
courses.
3. They also extended internships for number of students across the departments.
4. IAB and DAB members provided training on current technologies.
5. Some of the IAB members also offered projects for final year students.
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6.3.9 Admission of Students
6.4 Welfare schemes for
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 DTE, AICTE,
SPPU, UGC
Yes IQAC
Administrative Yes TUV-
Roheinland
(for ISO
Audit)
Yes IQAC
Teaching All policies are in effect as per previous SSR
Non-
Teaching
All policies are in effect as per previous SSR
Students All policies are in effect as per previous SSR
As per audited statements
Institute is affiliated to SPPU and admission process is carried out as per the norms laid
down by Admission Regulating Authority (ARA).
For first year admission MHT-CET conducted by state common entrance test cell or
JEE examination conducted by CBSE is mandatory, as the case may be.
For PG admissions GATE exam conducted by IITs is mandatory.
As per audited statements
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6.8 Does the University/ Autonomous College declare results within 30 days?
For autonomy UG and PG programs (FY BTech and FY MTech) Yes No
For UG Program (SE, TE, BE) and PG (SY ME) Yes No*
*Results are declared by SPPU generally within 45 days.
6.9 What efforts are made by the University/ Autonomous College for Examination Reforms?
6.10 What efforts are made by the University to promote autonomy in the affiliated/constituent
colleges?
6.11 Activities and support from the Alumni Association
6.12 Activities and support from the Parent – Teacher Association
Under Autonomy, the examination cell had taken many efforts for maintaining the quality of
question paper setting, paper evaluation and result declaration.
Some of the innovative features of the examination system are as given below:
1. Multiple layer security for answer sheets enabling objective evaluation
2. Digital Evaluation for technology - enabled assessment
3. Open house to give transparency & accountability
Students are able to view assessed answer sheets online
They are provided with model answers and scheme of marking
4. Examination Audit to ensure quality and consistency in Examination processes
The Institute is granted autonomy from AY 2017-18. Progressive autonomy is being
implemented.
Alumni meet is arranged annually at the Institute. A new web platform was created for interaction
with alumni.
Different initiatives for development of students were taken up by the alumni association.
Training, placement and internship support was provided by alumni.
Few parents were appointed on committees such as department advisory board (DAB), Industry
Advisory board (IAB) and Internal Quality Assessment Cell (IQAC).
Parent teacher meet was conducted twice in a semester. Few parents conducted guest lectures.
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6.13 Development program for support staff
6.14 Initiatives taken by the institution to make the campus eco-friendly
Supporting staff is encouraged to enhance their qualification. Brain storming sessions were
arranged for supporting staff out-site. Life skill training was provided in-house by counselor.
The following initiatives are taken by the institute:
1. Rooftop electric grid connected solar PV system of 100kW is in use.
2. Water harvesting is carried out in the campus.
3. Bio-gas plant is operational near Canteen.
4. Composting machine is functional.
5. Paper waste and E-Waste is processed for recycling through third party vendor.
6. Submission and evaluation of assignments and mini projects is carried out in soft format.
instead of hard copies, in Computer and IT department.
7. Saplings are given to all the guests visiting institute campus.
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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.
I] Collaborative Internship Program with Korean Institute of Science and Technology,
(KIST) South Korea
KIST is globally ranked 6th .VIIT has MOU with KIST, South Korea. In lieu of the MOU an
internship program – Software and Computing was conducted at the premises of KIST at the end
of the second semester.
Nine students studying in the third year of Bachelor of Engineering Course from Electronics
&Telecommunication, Mechanical and Computer Engineering branch participated successfully in
the project entitled “Stretchable, transparent, conducting Polymer”.
II] Digital Evaluation of Answer Books:
Digital Evaluation was introduced for the first time in VIIT for the First year Autonomous
Bachelors’ and Masters’ programs.
The process involves evaluating answer books which are previously scanned. The Question paper
and model answers are also scanned and can be accessed by the examiners/moderators, whenever
needed.
It is time efficient and aids in faster result declaration.
III] Open House:
“Open House” was introduced for the first time in VIIT for the First year Autonomous Bachelors’
and Masters’ programs .In open house the students can actually see soft copy of their evaluated
answer books and refer to the model answers.
IV] Project Based Learning
Background for implementation of Project Based Learning (PBL)-
In 2012-13 there were 3369 engineering colleges with an intake of ~18 lakhs students according
to a survey, employability in the industry showed following statistics.
18.43% - Software-IT industry, 7.49% - Mechanical, ECE, Civil
The low employability could be due to lack of practical knowledge. This led us to believe that
PBL should be at the heart of any teaching-learning process.
As a first step towards this, we have introduced PBL component in Engineering Physics Course in
AY 2017-18.
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Each batch of 20 to 25 students, is given a unique topic based on one of the six units of Engineering
Physics course.
Following are the steps implemented by the students in PBL.
• Collect relevant information from reliable sources
• Arrange information in a logical sequence
• Understand information – conversion to knowledge
• Make model
• Present, discuss and come to a conclusion
• Write a report
The evaluation was done continuously throughout the above process.
At the end of the process, the students had taken a small but significant step towards "learning how
to learn".
PBL had led the students to demand for summer internship. Short term training courses were held
in the college in the summer vacation.
V] Summer Internship program for First Year Students
An added component of Industry Mentoring was introduced, so as to give a perspective of Industry
requirements. Eleven students were selected on the basis of their attitude, aptitude and willingness
to work during their summer vacation.
Two groups of students worked on: Office Automation and Water monitoring and Management.
They designed and made prototypes and developed the following skills – Electronic layout and
design, Mechanical fabrication and Software development.
They worked in teams thus building inter personal relations, leadership capabilities, financial
perspectives and completing targets within deadlines.
7.2 Provide the Action Taken Report (ATR) based on the plan of action decided upon at the
beginning of the year
Sr.No. Action Planned Action Taken
1. Establishment of Statutory
Committees like Board of
Management, Academic Board,
Board of Examination and Board of
Subjects for each Department, for
Implementation of Autonomy.
*Lists of members of Statutory Committees are given
below the table.
Table A - Board of Management
Table B - Academic Board
Table C - Board of Examination
Table D - Board of Subjects
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2. Implementation of Autonomy at First
Year UG and First Year PG levels.
Autonomy was Implemented for First Year UG from
the AY 2017-18.
The syllabus was prepared in accordance with the
guidelines given by AICTE.
In order to give the students a “hands on” experience,
PBL component was introduced in the subject of
Engineering Physics.
Autonomy was Implemented for First Year PG from
the AY 2017-18.
The syllabus was prepared in accordance with the
guidelines given by AICTE.
In order to give the students a “know how” of Industrial
requirements the syllabus was designed by taking inputs
from various Industrial experts.
3. Preparation for NBA. 4. In the year 2015, four undergraduate programs
viz. Electronics & Telecommunication,
Computer Engineering, Information Technology
and Mechanical Engineering programs got
provisional accreditation for three years.
5. In the year 2018, Institute applied for compliance
of the above mentioned programs.
6. Compliance visit was conducted by the NBA
experts committee on 19th July 2018 and the
programs were accredited for 3 more years till
June 2021.
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4. Revision of Quality Manual System
as per ISO 9001:2015 standard for
ISO recertification.
1. The training session titled “In House ISO 9001:2015
Awareness and Internal Auditor Training Course” for
creating awareness amongst the faculty regarding
change in philosophy of revised ISO 9001:2015
along-with internal auditors training was conducted
in August 2018.
2. Various committees were formed for revision /
addition of processes related to various academic,
administrative, library and training & placement
related activities.
3. The quality objectives were established based on risk
based thinking. The necessary training of all deans,
head of departments and departmental ISO
coordinators related to evaluation of effectiveness of
actions taken to address risks and opportunities were
conducted.
4. The fourth issue of Quality Manual and Quality
Management System revised as per ISO 9001:2015
was implemented in March 2018.
5. Department wise orientation was conducted by
Institute ISO coordinator for creating awareness
amongst all faculty and staff about revised QMS.
6. External Surveillance Audit was scheduled at the end
of April 2018 for recertification. The Institute is now
ISO 9001:2015 certified institute.
A)Board of Management:
S. No. Name of the Member Designation
1) Mr. Bharat Agarwal
(Managing Trustee)
Chairman
2) Prof. (Dr.) S. C. Sahasrabudhe
(Ex. Director, D.A.I.I.C.T., Gandhinagar)
Member
3) Dr. V. R. Udpikar
(President, Wavelet Group)
Member
4) Mr. R. R. Deshpande
(Joint Managing Director, K.O.E.L.)
Member
5) Mr. V. B. Gadgil
Ex. CEO & MD, L&T Metro Rail Ltd (Hyderabad)
Member
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6) Prof. (Dr.) Shubha Pandit
Principal, K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering, Mumbai
Member
7) Dr. Shweta Shenoy
Professor , Centre for Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
Sciences, New Delhi
UGC Nominee
8) Prof. (Dr.) A. S. Abhyankar
Head, Department of Technology, SPPU, Pune
V. C. Nominee
9) Prof. (Dr.) S. S. Chinchanikar
Professor and Dean Academics, VIIT
Faculty Representative
10) Prof. (Dr.) Rohini S. Bhalerao- Panajkar
Professor and Dean Admission and Examination, VIIT
Faculty Representative
11) Prof. (Dr.) Bilavari S. Karkare
(Director)
Member Secretary
B) Academic Board:
S.
No.
Name Designation Category
1) Dr. (Mrs.) Bilavari S.
Karkare
Director, VIIT, Pune Chairman
2) Dr. M. C. Deo Professor, IIT Bombay Educationalist
3) Dr. (Mrs.) Sushma Kulkarni Director,
R.I.T., Islampur, Maharashtra
Educationalist
4) Shri. Vivek Kulkarni Chief Architect,
Persistent Systems Limited, Pune
Expert from Industry
5) Shri. Nilesh Laddad Director,
Planedge Consultants, Pune
Expert from Industry
6) Shri. Dattatraya S.
Navalgundkar
Head, Strategy & Marketing, Kirloskar
Pneumatic Co. Ltd.
Expert from Industry
7) Dr. Aditya S. Abhyankar Head, Technology Department, SPPU University Nominee
8) Dr. Suresh W. Gosavi Professor, Physics Department, SPPU University Nominee
9) Dr. Shankar I. Patil Professor, Physics Department, SPPU University Nominee
10) Dr. ShaileshV. Kulkarni Associate Professor and Head,
Department of Electronics and
Telecommunication Engineering, VIIT
Member
11) Dr. Sachin R. Sakhare Professor and Head, Dept. of Computer
Engineering, VIIT
Member
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12) Dr. Mandar S. Karyakarte Professor and Head, Dept. of Information
Technology, VIIT
Member
13) Dr. Atul P. Kulkarni Associate Professor and Head, Dept. of
Mechanical Engineering, VIIT
Member
14) Dr. Shardul G. Joshi Professor and Head, Dept. of Civil
Engineering, VIIT
Member
15) Dr. (Mrs.) Vaishali A. Patil Associate Professor and Head,
Department of Engg. &App. Sci
Member
16) Dr. (Mrs.) Rohini S.
Bhalerao-Panajkar
Associate Professor, Dept. of Engg.
&App. Sci
Teacher’s
Representative
17) Dr. RajendraS. Talware Associate Professor,
Dept. of E. &TC. Engg. VIIT
Teacher’s
Representative
18) Dr. (Mrs.) Preeti S.
Kulkarni
Associate Professor,
Dept. of Civil Engg, VIIT
Teacher’s
Representative
19) Dr. Ashok R. Mache Associate Professor,
Dept. of Mech. Engg, VIIT
Teacher’s
Representative
20) Dr. Satish S. Chinchanikar Dean Academics & Professor
Dept. of Mech. Engg, VIIT
Member Secretary
C) Board of Examination has been constituted for a period of two years from
AY 2017-18, as per details given below:
Sr. No. Name of the Staff Designation
1) Prof. (Mrs.) B. S. Karkare
Director
Chairman
2) Dr. A. M. Chavan
Director, Examination & Evaluation
VC Nominee, SPPU
3) Prof. (Dr.) S. N. Londhe
Professor, Civil Engg.
Member
4) Prof. (Dr.) Y. H. Dandawate
Professor, E&TC Engg.
Member
5) Prof. (Dr.) S. S. Chinchanikar
Professor, Mech. Engg. & Dean Academics
Member
6) Prof. (Dr.) R. S. Talware
Asso. Prof., E&TC Engg.
Member
7) D. (Mrs.) S. V. Patil
Asso. Professor&Dean Q&A
Member
8) Dr. (Mrs.) R. S. Bhalerao – Panajkar
Asso. Prof., & Dean Examination and admission
Member Secretary
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D) Board of Subjects:
E&TC Department:
Sr.
No.
Name of Members Designation and Place of Work Category
01 Prof. (Dr.) S.V. Kulkarni Associate Professor and Head, Dept.
of E&TC Engineering, VIIT, Pune
Chairman
02 Prof. (Dr.) Y.H. Dandawate Professor, Dept. of E&TC
Engineering, VIIT, Pune
Senior Teacher
03 Prof. (Dr.) R.S. Talware Associate Professor, Dept. of E&TC
Engineering, VIIT, Pune
Senior Teacher
04 Prof. (Mrs.) R.G. Purandare Associate Professor, Dept. of E&TC
Engineering, VIIT, Pune
Subject Expert
05 Prof. A.V. Chitre Associate Professor, Dept. of E&TC
Engineering, VIIT, Pune
Subject Expert
06 Prof. T.R. Jadhav Associate Professor, Dept. of E&TC
Engineering, VIIT, Pune
Subject Expert
07 Prof. (Dr.) D.S. Bormane Principal, A.I.S.S.M.S College of
Engineering
V. C. Nominee
08 Prof. (Dr.) A.B.
Nandgaonkar
Professor, B.A.T.U., Lonere Professional Expert
09 Prof. (Dr.) M.S.Sutaone Professor, College of Engineering
Pune
Professional Expert
10 Mr.H.V.Kamat Director, Shalaka Technology Industry
Representative
11 Mr. Shriharsh Datar Design Manager, Mavan Systems Meritorious
Alumnus
Computer & IT:
Sr.
No.
Name of Members Designation and Place of Work Category
01 Prof. (Dr.) S. R. Sakhare Professor and Head, Dept. of.
Computer Engg., VIIT, Pune
Chairman
02 Prof. (Dr.) M.S. Karyakarte Professor, Dept. of. Computer ,
VIIT, Pune
Senior Teacher
03 Prof. N. P. Pathak Associate Professor, Dept. of IT ,
VIIT, Pune
Senior Teacher
04 Prof. (Mrs.) J. V. Bagade Associate Professor, Dept. of. IT,
VIIT, Pune
Subject Expert
05 Prof. (Mrs.) K. H. Wanjale Associate Professor, Dept. of. IT,
VIIT, Pune
Subject Expert
06 Prof. (Mrs.) Manisha Mali Assistant Professor, Dept. of.
Computer Engg., VIIT, Pune
Subject Expert
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07 Prof (Dr.) Suhas H. Patil Professor, Computer Engg.
Department, Bharati Vidyapeeth
University College of Engg Pune
Professional Expert
08 Prof. (Dr.) Parikshit N.
Mahalle
Professor, Computer Engg
Department and Chairman BOS IT
SPPU.
Professional Expert
09 Prof. (Dr.) S.N. Sane Professor, Computer Engg. K.K.
Wagh College of Engineering,
Nashik
V.C. Nominee
10 Dr. Parag Mankeekar Director, Neeti Solutions Pune Industry
Representative
11 Mr. Dinesh Jain Pubmatics India Pvt. Ltd Meritorious Alumnus
Mechanical Department:
Sr.
No.
Name of Members Designation and Place of Work Category
01 Prof. (Dr.) A.P. Kulkarni Associate Professor and Head, Dept.
of Mechanical Engineering, VIIT,
Pune
Chairman
02 Prof. (Dr.) S. S.
Chinchanikar
Professor, Dept. of Mechanical
Engineering, VIIT, Pune
Senior Teacher
03 Prof. (Dr.) D.N. Kambale Professor, Dept. of Mechanical
Engineering, VIIT, Pune
Senior Teacher
04 Prof. (Dr.) A. R. Mache
Associate Professor, Dept. of
Mechanical Engineering, VIIT, Pune
Subject Expert
05 Prof. (Dr.) D.S. Kambale Associate Professor, Dept. of
Mechanical Engineering, VIIT, Pune
Subject Expert
06 Prof. S. V. Dravid Assistant Professor, Dept. of
Mechanical Engineering, VIIT, Pune
Subject Expert
07 Prof. (Dr.) S.N. Sapali College of Engineering Pune V. C. Nominee
08 Prof. (Dr.) D. G. Thak Associate Professor, D.I.A.T., Pune Professional Expert
09 Dr. Arun Chavan Senior Software Technical
Consultant, PTC Software, Pune
Professional Expert
10 Dr. Hitendra Patel Mechanical Architect, Philips
Electronics (I) Ltd.
Industry
Representative
11 Er. Shridhar Manda Manager-Production,
Mercedes-Benz India Pvt. Ltd.
Meritorious
Alumnus
Civil Department:
Sr.
No.
Name of Members Designation and Place of
Work
Category
01 Prof. (Dr.) S.G. Joshi Professor, Department of Civil
Engineering, VIIT, Pune
Chairman
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02 Prof. (Dr.) M.A. Mahajan Professor, Department of Civil
Engineering, VIIT, Pune
Senior Teacher
03 Prof. (Dr.) H.B. Dhonde Associate Professor,
Department of Civil
Engineering, VIIT, Pune
Senior Teacher
04 Prof.(Dr.) S.P. Nitsure Professor, Department of Civil
Engineering, VIIT, Pune
Subject Experts
05 Prof. (Dr.) P.S. Kulkarni Associate Professor,
Department of Civil
Engineering, VIIT, Pune
Subject Experts
06 Prof. (Dr.) S. V. Patil Associate Professor,
Department of Civil
Engineering, VIIT, Pune
Subject Experts
07 Prof. (Dr.) H.S. Patil Professor, Applied Mechanics
Department, SVNIT, Surat
Professional Expert
08 Prof. (Dr.) D. G. Regulwar Professor, Department of Civil
Engineering, GCOE,
Aurangabad
Professional Expert
09 Prof. (Dr.) R.R. Joshi Dean – Quality Assurance,
College of Engineering, Pune
V.C. Nominee
10 Er. Jaideep Raje Jt. Managing Director, Bhate
and Raje Construction Co. Pvt.
Ltd.
Industry
Representative
11 Er. Prem Kankaria Urban Planner, Planitech
Consultants, Pune
Meritorious Alumnus
E&AS Department:
Sr.
No.
Name of Members Designation and Place of Work Category
01 Prof. (Dr.) V.A.Patil Associate Professor and Head, Dept.
of Engineering and Applied
Sciences, VIIT, Pune
Chairman
02 Prof. (Dr.) R.S.Acharya Professor, Dept. of Engineering &
Applied Sciences, VIIT, Pune
Senior Teacher
03 Prof. (Dr.) C.S.Garde Professor, Dept. of Engineering &
Applied Sciences, VIIT, Pune
Senior Teacher
04 Prof.(Dr.) R.S.Bhalerao -
Panajkar
Associate Professor, Dept. of
Engineering & Applied Sciences,
VIIT, Pune
Subject Expert
05 Prof. (Mrs.) A.P. Kulkarni Assistant Professor, Dept. of
Engineering & Applied Sciences,
VIIT, Pune
Subject Expert
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06 Prof. (Dr.) N.S.Mujumdar Professor of Mathematics, RSCOE,
Pune
Professional Expert
07 Dr. P.P. Vadgaonkar Chief Scientist, Polymer Science and
Engineering Division, CSIR-
National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
Professional Expert
08 Prof. (Dr.) S.K.Gupta Professor, Tata Institute of
Fundamental Research, Mumbai
V.C. Nominee
09 Dr. S.V. Rajashri M.D. Litex Electricals, MIDC,
Bhosari
Industry
Representative
10 Mr. Akshay Nahar Proprietor, TrueSpider Technologies Meritorious
Alumnus
7.3 Give two Best Practices of the institution (please see the format in the NAAC Self-study
Manuals)
*Provide the details in annexure (annexure need to be numbered as i, ii,iii)
7.4 Contribution to environmental awareness / protection
Details are provided in Annexure IV
Enhancement of Teaching Learning Process
1. A) NPTEL Online Courses for Faculty and Students: VIIT has been working as Local
Chapter of NPTEL (National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning) since 2016.
Students as well as faculty find these courses very useful for updating their knowledge in
various technical and non-technical fields.
1. B) Faculty of VIIT are in the forefront in using ICT tools to enhance teaching and learning
process.
Google classroom, Google form for assignments, quizzes etc. are in practice by the faculty
members. Sharing NPTEL Video lectures, contents. Uploading video content on you tube,
Individual web site, Blogs, Hot Potatoes, Flipped classroom are some more examples of ICT tools
being used.
ICT tools are found to be much useful and convenient by Students and faculty alike.
2. Induction Program: VIIT conducted Induction Program for first year UG students admitted to
Autonomous Bachelor of Technology Course. It was for the first time that a Private Engineering
College, conducted an Induction Program. The duration of the program was from 1st to 14th August
2017.
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7.4 Contribution to environmental awareness / protection
7.5 Whether environmental audit was conducted? Yes No
7.5 Whether environmental audit was conducted? Yes No
7.6 Any other relevant information the institution wishes to add. (For example SWOT Analysis)
1. Presenting a sapling - To spread awareness of environmental conservation and to promote
greenery, institute continues to present saplings to guests and experts invited to the institute.
2. National Service Scheme (N.S.S.):
a) 2000 saplings were planted at Jamgaon Desli by 10 batches of 60 First Year students
under Induction Training program
b) 2000 saplings were planted by Second and Third year students at Gujarwadi under
the MOU with Tata Motors
3. Traffic Awareness weeks: VIIT observed first two weeks of January 2018, to spread
traffic awareness through “Compulsory Helmet Activity”. All faculty participated in this
activity. Schedules were prepared with the assistance of Heads of Departments and Time
table coordinators and faculty were given time slots wherein, they actually monitored the
activity at the VMI gate.
Class and Batch representatives also actively participated in the activity taking turns to
monitor the activity at the VMI gate.
Achievements:
1. Compliance visit was conducted by the NBA experts committee on 19th July 2018
and the programs were accredited for 3 more years till June 2021.
2. i) VIIT has been placed in the rank band of 151-200 under the India Rankings 2018
by NIRF.
ii) VIIT has been ranked 110th by “The Week” in the year 2017.
iii) Times Engineering Institute Survey has ranked VIIT 97th amongst
Engineering Institutes in India and 73rd amongst Private Engineering Institutes in
India in the year 2017.
iv) As per Times i3RC ,VIIT ranks 101thamongst Top Engineering Colleges, 82th
amongst Top Private Engineering Colleges and 25th Rank with respect to
placements in the year 2018.
3. The Institute is now ISO 9001:2015 certified institute.
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4. CSI student chapter received "Best Accredited Student Branch award" for region
VI for 2017
5. VIIT bagged first runner up position in the prestigious cultural Competition
“Firodiya Karandak” and also won twelve individual prizes
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Annexure II
Value Added Courses
Sr.
No Name of Course
Duration
(Hrs) Frequency
1 Machine Learning Algorithm on
Raspberry Pi 24 Once in a year
2 Internet of Things (IoT) Deep Drive 16 Once in a year
3 LABVIEW Programming Course 40 Once in a year
4
Cross Platform Mobile Application
Development
(Under Microsoft IT Academy)
32 Once in a year
5 Arduino Programming – (Under IOT) 24 Twice in a year
6 Foundation Program Batch FP5.0
(Under Infosys Campus Connect) 140 Once in a year
7
Elective – User Interface
Technologies Course(Under Infosys
Campus Connect)
75 Once in a Year
8 Pressure Vessel Design 32 Once in a year
9 CATIA 60 Once in a year
10 Automobile and Vehicle
Dynamics 40 Once in a Year
11 Steam Engineering 30 Once in a year
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Annexure III
Analysis of the feedback
1. Alumni Feedback is taken from Alumni for the academic year. Sample questions
and their analysis for academic year 2017-18 are shown in Table 1. The analysis
helped the institute in development of curriculum for ‘Autonomy’.
2. Feedback about Faculty is taken from students twice a semester. The various
parameters on which teaching is assessed are: Communication Skills, Quality of
Teaching/ Academic input, Subject Knowledge, Content and Method of Delivery,
Resourcefulness, Readiness of teacher, Accessibility and Availability of Teacher in
Campus/ Department. Sample analysis for ‘Electronics and Telecommunication’
department is shown in Table 2. Feedback is signed by the Director and conveyed
to the faculty by respected Head of the Department. Counseling of faculty having
feedback count less than 7(out of 10) is carried out by Head of the Department as
well as by the Director for his/ her improvement.
3. An Institute level Parent Teacher meeting is conducted once every semester. During
the meeting, parents are made aware about their wards’ attendance, academic
performance for the semester as well as about the various learning processes
conducted in the institute. In academic year 2017-18, Parent Teacher meeting for
the first semester was conducted on August12, 2017 and for second semester on
February10, 2018. The feedback collected from the parents during above mentioned
meetings are shown in Table 3 and Table 4 respectively. Suggestions given by
parents were taken into consideration for further actions. Also this helped in
identifying the parents who would help in providing support to the institute in terms
of Projects, internship and placement etc.
4. Feedback about Institute is also taken from all students once in a year. This includes
the feedback about the facilities and the infrastructure of the institute. Institute
feedback for academic year 2017-18 is shown in Table 5.
5. Various companies visit the campus of the institute for the placement of the
students. Table 6 shows the feedback given by various employers for the placement
activity. Based on this feedback, Guest lectures, workshops, seminars are organized
for students to help them to be ready for industry.
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Alumni Feedback Analysis –
Alumni Meet: 6th January 2018 Total Number of Respondents – 115
Table 1: Alumni Feedback
Q. 1 The overall curriculum was competitive and designed taking into
Consideration industry requirements of knowledge, skills and behavior.
Sr. No Parameter Percentage (%) Remark
1 Strongly Agree 30.4 % of strongly agree and
agree is higher than that of
neutral, agree and Strongly
disagree category.
2 Agree 47
3 Neutral 13
4 Disagree 8.7
5 Strongly Disagree 0.9
Q.2 Freedom was given for choosing various subjects to learn, as per my interests or needs
Sr. No Parameter Percentage (%) Remark
1 Strongly Agree 31.6 % of strongly agree and
agree is higher than that of
neutral, agree and Strongly
disagree category.
2 Agree 45.6
3 Neutral 13.2
4 Disagree 8.8
5 Strongly Disagree 0.8
Q. 3 Teachers had freedom in deciding syllabus, mode of delivery and evaluation methods for achieving centre of excellence in each domain
Sr. No Parameter Percentage (%) Remark
1 Strongly Agree 36 % of strongly agree and
agree is higher than that of
neutral, agree and Strongly
disagree category.
2 Agree 50.9
3 Neutral 7
4 Disagree 5.4
5 Strongly Disagree 0.7
Q.4 The education system gave me ample opportunity to apply
knowledge and skills for bringing about social change and progress
Sr. No Parameter Percentage (%) Remark
1 Strongly Agree 40.4 % of strongly agree and
agree is higher than that of
neutral, agree and Strongly
disagree category.
2 Agree 42.1
3 Neutral 13.2
4 Disagree 3.8
5 Strongly Disagree 0.5
Q. 5 Various methods were used for evaluating my academic performance
Sr. No Parameter Percentage (%) Remark
1 Strongly Agree 36 % of strongly agree and
agree is higher than that of
neutral, agree and Strongly
disagree category.
2 Agree 49.1
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3 Neutral 12.3
4 Disagree 2.6
5 Strongly Disagree 0
6. As a fresh graduate I had all the requisite knowledge, skills and
behaviour required to cater to industry needs
Sr. No Parameter Percentage (%) Remark
1 Strongly Agree 33 % of strongly agree and
agree is higher than that
of neutral, agree and
Strongly disagree
category.
2 Agree 44.3
3 Neutral 16.5
4 Disagree 5.5
5 Strongly Disagree 0.7 Responses to the six questions out of six questions fall in the category of strongly agree and agree. This encouraged in implementing the curriculum on the same line with certain additional value added course and Project based learning to enhance the skill set of the student in Autonomy and make them industry ready.
II. Students’ Feedback Analysis
Department of Electronics and Telecommunication
Analysis of Students’ Feedback for Faculty (2017-18)
Following table shows the analysis of faculty feedback for SEM I and SEM II
Total feedback received were for 36 faculties and 31 faculties respectively.
Four classes are identified based on the range of feedback for analysis (on the
scale of 10).
Table No. 2 shows these classes and ranges along with count in particular
range. Table 2: Students’ Feedback(Semwise)
Class Range Count Remark
Sem -I Sem-II The feedback for Sem
A 9-10 5 5
II showed
B 8-9 13 17
improvement over
C 7-8 13 7
Sem I.
D 6-7 5 2
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III. Parents Teachers Meet Feedback Analysis Department of Mechanical Engineering
Feedback Analysis of the Parent-Teacher Meeting organized on 12th August 2017(Sem–I)
The total numbers of parents registered for the meetings - 121. Table 3: Parents Feedback (Sem –I)
Sr.No Questions Response (in %)
Remark
Yes No
1 Are you aware about your ward's attendance
in the college? 97.50 2.50
The overall
response of
parents to
the
given
questionnair
e
is positive
2 Are You aware your ward's academic
performance at present? 95 5
3
Are you aware about learning -teaching
process at VIIT? 87 13
4
Do you feel learning -teaching process in
VIIT useful to make student Industry ready? 96.7 3.3
5 Are you interested in providing help for
placement, project work and internship for students? 52.2 48.8
Feedback Analysis of the Parent-Teacher Meeting organized on
February 10th
, 2018 (Sem II)
The total numbers of parents registered for the meetings = 53
Table 4: Parents Feedback (Sem – II)
Sr,
No Questions
Response (in %) Remark
Yes No
1 Are you aware about your ward's attendance
in the college? 84.9 15.1
The overall
response of
parents to
the
given
Questionnair
ewas
positive.
2 Are you aware of your ward's academic
performance at present? 86.8 13.2
3 Are you aware about learning -teaching
process at VIIT? 83 17
4
Do you feel learning -teaching process in
VIIT useful to make student Industry ready? 83 17
5 Are you interested in providing help for placement, project work and internship for students?
17 83
The parent's feedback helped to check their involvement for improvement of their wards
resulting into qualitative improvement of institute
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IV. Students’ Feedback Analysis (Institute)
Table 5: Students’ Institute Feedback
Administration
Sr. No. Parameter Percentage Remark
1 Overall strongly agree and agree
category
56.72 % of strongly agree and
agree is higher than that of
neutral and disagree
category. 2 Overall neutral category 28.18
3 Overall strongly disagree and
disagree category
15.10
Infrastructure
1 Overall strongly agree and agree
category
55.96 % of strongly agree and
agree is higher than that of
neutral and disagree
category. 2 Overall neutral category 26.71
3 Overall strongly disagree and
disagree category
17.33
Laboratories
1 Overall strongly agree and agree
category
61.60 % of strongly agree and
agree is higher than that of
neutral and disagree
category. 2 Overall neutral category 26.38
3 Overall strongly disagree and
disagree category
12.02
Placement
1 Overall strongly agree and agree
category
59.17 % of strongly agree and
agree is higher than that of
neutral and disagree
category. 2 Overall neutral category 28.01
3 Overall strongly disagree and
disagree category
12.81
Other Amenities
1 Overall strongly agree and agree
category
54.78 % of strongly agree and
agree is higher than that of
neutral and disagree
category. 2 Overall neutral category 27.38
3 Overall strongly disagree and
disagree category
16.58
The average percentage of strongly agree and agree is more than 55% for all categories given
in feedback and it is much more as compared to disagree (12 to 29%).
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V. Employers’ Feedback Analysis (Institute)(Date instead of serial no)
Sr
No
Name of
Company
Overall
Coordina
tion of
Campus
Placeme
nt
Activity
Disciplin
e &
decorum
followed
by
students
Soft
Skills
of
student
s
Overall
Academi
c Quality
of
Students
Employabilit
y of Students
Basic
Fundamenta
l
Engineering
concepts of
Students
Depth of
Technical
Knowledg
e of
students
1 MORGAN
STANLEY
9 10 8 7 7 7 6
2 AVAYA 8 8 6 7 7 7 7
3 John Deere
India Pvt
Ltd (PPO 1)
7.5 7.5 7 7.5 7 7 7
4 eQ
Technologic
9 9 7 5 5 5 6
5 Barclays 10 9 8 9 9 10 9
6 Symantec
Software
India Pvt
Ltd
8 8 6 7 7 6 6
7 Principal
Global (NO
CRITERIA)
9 8 7 7 6 6 7
8 Cybage 6 6 4 5 4 4.5 5
9 Mu Sigma 10 10 7 7 7 7 7
10 3D PLM 9 9 7 8.5 7 7 6
11 Mediaocean
Asia Pvt.
Ltd
10 10 8 8 7 8 7
12 Musafir
(New
Company)
9 8 8 8 8 7 7
13 YARDI 7 8 6 7 7
14 Bristlecone 7 8 7 7 6 7 5
15 Honeywell 8 8 8 8 7 7 6
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16 Accenture 10 10 5 5 5 5 5
17 The Allstate
Corporation
9 8 7 8 7 7 7
18 Atos 7 8 9 8 8 7 7
19 Tata Elexi 9 9 8 7 7 6 6
20 Eleation (New
Company)
10 8 8 8 5 6 5
21 Optimize 9 8 5 6 5 7 5
22 Xoriant 10 8 8 8 8 7 7
23 Accelya Kale
Solutions Ltd
10 8 7 9 7 6 5
24 Bitwise Global 10 10 5 6 6 5
25 ASSERTION I
SmarterHi
Communications
(New Company)
8 8 5 4
26 HSBC 9 9 8 8 8 8 8
27 Raja Software 10 9 9 7 7 6
28 UBS (New
Coampany)
10 8 9 9 9 8 8
29 VODAFONE 8 9 7 8 7 6 6
30 Honeywell
Technology
Solutions
8 8 8 7 7 8 7
31 Alfa Laval 9 9 7 7 8 7 7
32 Qualys (New
Company)
10 10 7 9 9 8 8
33 Cognizant 10 10 10 10 9 8 7
34 IFM
Engineering Pvt.
Ltd. (New
Company)
8 8 7 7 7 7 7
35 TE Connectivity 10 10 7 8 8 8 8
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36 Tata Communications Li
mited
9 10 10 7 8 7 7
37 Hour Glass Research
Center
10 9 8 8 8 7 7
38 Opus 10 10 8 8 8 8 8
39 Fig MD (New Company) 7 7 6 7 6 6
40 Zepo (New Company) 9 9 8 6 5 5 5
41 Wipro 10 10 7 8 8 9 9
42 Navin Fluorine
International Ltd
9 9 8 7 7 7 7
43 e2open 5 4 6 8 7 7.5 7
44 TMF Group 9 10 8 8 8 8 9
45 Wisdmlabs (soft copy of
feedback on mail)
8 6 6 7 6 6 6
46 VODAFONE shared
services
9 9 7 8 7 7 7
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2
8.576
1
7.217
4
7.444
4
7.046
5
6.931
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6.613
6
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Depth of TechnicalKnowledge
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Annexure –IV
Best Practice I A):
Title of the Best Practice: NPTEL Online Courses for Faculty and Students
VIIT has been working as Local Chapter of NPTEL (National Program on Technology Enhanced
Learning) since 2016.
Students as well as faculty find these courses very useful for updating their knowledge in various
technical and non-technical fields.
Goal
Vision of VIIT is “Excellence in Technical Education”. To achieve this goal, the faculty
contribution and their participation in all activities that take place in the institute is of utmost
importance. Every year, for all faculty of VIIT it is mandatory to enrol for NPTEL courses.
Students are motivated for self-learning and hard work
The Context
As VIIT was granted Autonomy from AY 2017-18. Many reforms were necessary in the syllabus,
teaching-learning process and evaluation methods. For these reforms to be carried out efficiently
training needs became much necessary for faculty and staff. Performance appraisal system is
linked with development of faculty and staff
NPTEL is an acronym for National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning which is an
initiative by seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur,
Kharagpur, Madras and Roorkee) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) for creating course
contents in engineering and science. NPTEL as a project originated from many deliberations
between IITs, Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
during the years 1999-2003. A proposal was jointly put forward by five IITs (Bombay, Delhi,
Kanpur, Kharagpur and Madras) and IISc for creating contents for 100 courses as web based
supplements and 100 complete video courses, for forty hours of duration per course. Web
supplements were expected to cover materials that could be delivered in approximately forty hours.
Five engineering branches (Civil, Computer Science, Electrical, Electronics and Communication
and Mechanical) and core science programmes that all engineering students are required to take in
their undergraduate engineering programme in India were chosen initially. Contents for the above
courses were based on the model curriculum suggested by All India Council for Technical
Education (AICTE) and the syllabi of major affiliating Universities in India.
Institutions like IITs, IISc, NITs and other leading Universities in India, disseminate
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Teaching/learning content of high quality through all available media. NPTEL is amongst the
foremost and an important step in this direction and uses technology for dissemination.
A large number of faculty and students, through NPTEL have access to quality content.
Comprehensive course contents are useful for teacher training and through them quality of students
can be improved. In addition, the course materials (both web and video) are freely accessible by
everyone independent of their geographic location. These courses are used by professionals for
updating their academic background. Tests and assignments are designed and online assessment
is carried out.
The Practice
In Academic Year 2017-18 total 1000+ candidates (including faculties and students) registered for
NPTEL online courses. The process of procuring NPTEL Content is initiated by Library. The
content is procured from IIT Bombay and made accessible throughout the campus via LAN.
After enrolment to a course of Academic relevance, Faculty and students meticulously go through
the weekly content – either text version or video version. Submit weekly assignments and appear
for the recertification examination at centres of their convenience.
Evidence of Success
Through NPTEL, a part of the IIT training, flavor and the rigor with which they are given is made
available to teachers and student community at large. NPTEL courses serve as a value addition.
In AY 2017-18, Total registered candidates for NPTEL were 1574 of which 112 were successfully
certified.
Best Practice I B):
Title of the Best Practice: Use of ICT tools
Faculty of VIIT are in the forefront in using ICT tools to enhance teaching and learning process.
Google classroom, Google form for assignments, quizzes etc. Sharing NPTEL Video lectures,
contents. Uploading video content on you tube, Individual web site, Blogs, Hot Potatoes, Flipped
classroom are some examples of ICT tools being used.
ICT tools are found to be much useful and convenient by Students and faculty alike.
Goal
Vision of VIIT is “Excellence in Technical Education”. To achieve this goal, the faculty
contribution and their participation in all activities that take place in the institute is of utmost
importance. Every year, for all faculty of VIIT it is mandatory to use ICT tools as a teaching –
learning aid.
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The Context
Information and Communication Technology
Information and Communications Technology (ICT), is an extended synonym .Under one
umbrella it encompasses both Information Technology (IT) as well as Communications
Technology.
IT is limited to the textual mode of providing information .Information not only in textual form
but in audio, video or any other media is also to be transmitted to the users.
This has opened new channels of learning such as, Online learning, e-learning, Virtual University,
e-coaching, e-education, e-journal to name a few.
Third Generation Mobiles are an integral part of ICT. Mobiles are being used in delivering
information in a time bound and cost effective manner with an easy access. The ICT brings more
quality content in the classrooms and libraries for the teachers and students. It paves a means for
the learner to use maximum senses to get the information. Cutting across the monotony it provides
varied forms of teaching –learning.
Some of the areas which are being addressed are, teaching, psychological and diagnostic testing,
remedial teaching, evaluation, development of virtual laboratory
online tutoring and examination , development of reasoning & thinking, development of
instructional material and also personality development.
The Practice
Use of ICT in Teaching
Along with giving information, some of the objectives of teaching are, developing abilities of
understanding and applying the concepts, power of expression, reasoning and thinking, abilities of
judgement and decision making, improving comprehension and vocabulary, inculcating proper
habits of study and tolerance and developing a scientific temperament.
It is difficult to achieve all the objectives.
How can these multi-dimensional objectives be achieved? ICT is the answer.
It gives access to various sources of information in different formats supported by many examples.
It provides an online interaction platform due to which students and teachers can exchange their
ideas and views, and get clarification on any topic from different experts.
The learners get a global opportunity to work on live projects with colleagues from other
countries.
Evidence of Success
In AY 2017-18, totally 99 Faculty made use of ICT tools as an aid in the teaching learning process,
which included, 1 flipped classroom, 2 video sharing, 2 Matlab simulation and 94 Google
classroom.
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Best Practice II:
Title of the Best Practice: Induction Program
VIIT conducted Induction Program for first year students admitted to Autonomous Bachelor of
Technology Course .It was for the first time a Private Engineering College, conducted an Induction
Program. The duration was from 1st to 14th August 2017.
Goal
Established in the year 2002, Vision of VIIT is “Excellence in Technical Education”.
Mission of VIIT is:
Make competent Engineers with the spirit of professionalism and responsible citizenship.
Impart knowledge and technical skills of the highest standards.
Prepare engineers to respond to the current & future needs of the industry, higher studies as well
as research.
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Google Classroom Videp sharing Matlab demonstration Flipped classroom
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The “Vision” and “Mission” aim and strive for all round development of the students.
To march towards this goal, Induction Program for first year students was felt necessary.
The Context
Established in the year 2002, VIIT became an Autonomous Institute from the AY 2017-18.Even
before autonomous status VIIT was taking efforts towards the overall development of
stundets.This need was also recognized at National level in 2015. In that year, a committee of
Directors of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) was set up, so as to motivate under graduate
students in IITs towards academics and overall development.
One of the important recommendations of the committee was to conduct Induction Program for
students. In 2016, a pilot program was implemented by three IITs.
The AICTE approved Induction Program for all colleges and guidelines were prepared based on
the pilot programs. These guidelines focus upon developing following aspects in the students such
as improvising soft skills, increasing Emotional Quotient (EQ),encouraging creativity skills and
“out of the box thinking”, inputs about entrepreneurship development to name a few.
Apart from this, important inputs were received from the professional counsellor appointed by the
Institute, such as, home sickness, lack of confidence, social gap, time management, frustration,
lack of goals, anxiety of the future etc.
As per AICTE norms it is mandatory to hold Induction Training Program for first year students.
Also going hand in hand with the Institute mission, VIIT started the Induction Training Program
aimed at all round training and development of the students.
The Practice
The program was divided into 6 Modules – Creative Arts, Sessions on Human Values, and Lectures
by Eminent personalities, Literary Activity, Proficiency Module and Physical Activity / Sports.
There were eight sessions of Creative Arts comprising of Photography, Painting & Drawing, Clay
Activity, Cartoon Activity, and Calligraphy. Students actively participated in these activities.
In the “Human Values” sessions the faculty conducted interactive sessions on various topics which
included “Ice breaking”, “Harmony in Society”, “Harmony with Self”, “Self and Body”, “peer
pressure”, “Memory Techniques” and ”Self Confidence”.
Four Lecture sessions were conducted by Eminent Personalities – Lieutenant General B.T. Pandit,
Prof. Ajit Patankar (Ex. BAARC), Dr. Pradeep Sethia (Homeopath), Dr. Priyadarshini Karve
(Environment expert and Entrepreneur), Dr. Sunil Nadkarni (Spine Surgeon), Dr. M. Bhajantri
(Scientist at CWPRS), Shri. Pramod Bapat (Mechanical Industry), Shri. Manoj Deshmukh and
Shri Siddharth shah (Both from Construction Industry), Shri Vinay Achwal (Electronics Industry),
Dr. Suvarna Patil (Director, Walawalkar Hospital, Dervan).
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Three sessions of literary activities included primarily” Debates” on “Gender Sensitization”,
“Cashless India” and “Social Networking”.
The Proficiency Modules / Testing comprised of five sessions on English, Counselling, Art
Therapy, Goal setting and Achievement and Psychological Testing which included Understanding
anxiety and getting rid of it and Self-Motivation.
Physical Activity/ Sports had eight Sessions in which students had to do warming up exercises and
participate in various field games.
This immensely successful program had a whopping number of total 638 sessions.
Evidence of Success
Induction Program Feedback Analysis:
Series1, Very Good, 48.1, 48%
Series1, Good, 50,
50%
Series1, Average, 1.9, 2%