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The Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of the IQAC
All NAAC accredited institutions will submit an annual self-reviewed progress report to NAAC, through
its IQAC. The report is to detail the tangible results achieved in key areas, specifically identified by the
institutional IQAC at the beginning of the academic year. The AQAR will detail the results of the
perspective plan worked out by the IQAC. (Note: The AQAR period would be the Academic Year. For
example, July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013)
Part – A
AQAR for the year (for example 2013-14)
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.
08232220039
Government College (autonomous)
B M Road, Mandya 571401
Mandya
Karnataka
571401
2015-16
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Name of the Head of the Institution:
Tel. No. with STD Code:
Mobile:
Name of the IQAC Co-ordinator:
Mobile:
IQAC e-mail address:
1.3 NAAC Track ID (For ex. MHCOGN 18879)
OR
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 B+ -- Jan 2003 5 Years
2 2nd
Cycle A 3.11 March 2010 5 Years
3 3rd
Cycle
www.gcm.ac.in
www.gfgc.kar.nic.in/mandya/
Prof. A B Shankar
9164065392
08232-220039
www.gfgc.kar.nic.in/mandya/IQAC-Report-2015-16
Anil Kumar R J
9886267773
EC/PCRAR/52/043
Dated 28/03/2010
KACOGN10373
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4 4th Cycle
1.7 Date of Establishment of IQAC : DD/MM/YYYY
1.8 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 2011-12 19/02/2013
ii. AQAR 2012-13 15/04/2014
iii. AQAR 2013-14 11/03/2015
iv. AQAR 2014-15 08/09/2015
v. AQAR 2015-16 18/08/2016
1.9 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
1.10 Type of Faculty/Programme
Arts Science Commerce Law PEI (Phys Edu)
16/6/2003
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TEI (Edu) Engineering Health Science Management
Others (Specify)
1.11 Name of the Affiliating University (for the Colleges)
1.12 Special status conferred by Central/ State Government-- UGC/CSIR/DST/DBT/ICMR etc
Autonomy by State/Central Govt. / University
University with Potential for Excellence UGC-CPE
DST Star Scheme UGC-CE
UGC-Special Assistance Programme DST-FIST
UGC-Innovative PG programmes Any other (Specify)
UGC-COP Programmes
2. IQAC Composition and Activities
2.1 No. of Teachers
2.2 No. of Administrative/Technical staff
2.3 No. of students
2.4 No. of Management representatives
2.5 No. of Alumni
Management
State , UGC & University
01
00
01
05
University of Mysore
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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
2.12 Has IQAC received any funding from UGC during the year? Yes No
If yes, mention the amount
2.13 Seminars and Conferences (only quality related)
(i) No. of Seminars/Conferences/ Workshops/Symposia organized by the IQAC
Total Nos. International National State Institution Level
(ii) Themes
2.14 Significant Activities and contributions made by IQAC
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 *
Preparation of Self Study Report for NAAC accreditations, proposal sent to
UGC for General develop grant and Seminars
Achieving Academic Excellence in Autonomous Colleges
01
01
01
02
01
10
1 2
1
2
2 2
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Plan of Action Achievements
1. Apply for BVoc courses
2. Preparation for NACC accreditation – III
cycle.
3. To conduct more number of Seminar /
conference/workshops from various
departments.
4. Student Enrichment programs
5. Construction of Outdoor Stadium
6. Construct new class rooms
7. Upgradation of laboratories
8. Upgradation of e-governance system
9. To apply for UGC sponsored major and
minor research projects.
10. To increase number of placement
activities.
11. To increase number of extension
activities
12. Bar-coding system for coding of answer
scripts.
13. Upgradation of computerization to
Library.
14. Purchase of library books for placement
and civil service examinations.
15. Increase of Installation of water
purifiers
16. Applying for upgradation to University
under RUSA.
1. Initiatives have been taken.
2. SSR submitted in Sep 2015.
3. Conducted two state level seminars.
4. More than 30 student enrichment activities
were conducted
5. Grants yet to release from UGC
6. New library, auditorium and class rooms
construction work in progress.
7. 30 computers were purchased for internet and
other laboratories.
8. Implementation of online admission system and
upgradation of examination software.
9. Many of the faculty members were applied, one
get sectioned.
10. More than 45 students get selected in various
placement activites.
11. One refresher courses for High school teachers
and two IT training for High school students
were conducted.
12. Bar-coding system is implemented.
13. Library is fully computerized
14. About 2.5 Lakhs books were Purchase of library
books for placement and civil service
15. Water purifiers were installed in various places.
16. MHRD has accepted the proposal for the
upgradation to University.
* Attach the Academic Calendar of the year as Annexure.
2.15 Whether the AQAR was placed in statutory body Yes No
Management Syndicate Any other body
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Provide the details of the action taken
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
PG 05 01
UG 05
PG Diploma
Advanced Diploma 02
1. Initiatives have been taken for BVOc cources .
2. SSR submitted in Sep 2015 expecting NAAC team in Aug 2016
3. Conducted two state level seminars.
4. More than 30 student enrichment activities were conducted
5. Grants yet to release from UGC
6. New library, auditorium and class rooms construction work in
progress.
7. 30 computers were purchased for internet and other laboratories.
8. Implementation of online admission system and upgradation of
examination software.
9. Many of the faculty members were applied, one get sectioned.
10. More than 45 students get selected in various placement activites.
11. One refresher courses for High school teachers and two IT training for
High school students were conducted.
12. Bar-coding system is implemented.
13. Library is fully computerized
14. About 2.5 Lakhs books were Purchase of library books for placement
and civil service
15. Water purifiers were installed in various places.
16. MHRD has accepted the proposal for the upgradation to University
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Diploma 02
Certificate 02
Others
Total 16 01
Interdisciplinary
Innovative
1.2 (i) Flexibility of the Curriculum: Elective option
(ii) Pattern of programmes:
1.3 Feedback from stakeholders* Alumni Parents Employers Students
(On all aspects)
Mode of feedback : Online Manual Co-operating schools (for PEI)
*Please provide an analysis of the feedback in the Annexure
1.4 Whether there is any revision/update of regulation or syllabi, if yes, mention their salient aspects.
1.5 Any new Department/Centre introduced during the year. If yes, give details.
Criterion – II
2. Teaching, Learning and Evaluation
2.1 Total No. of
permanent faculty
2.2 No. of permanent faculty with Ph.D.
Pattern Number of programmes
Semester 15
Trimester
Annual
Total Asst. Professors Associate Professors Professors Others
61 50 17 04
Asst.
Professors
Associate
Professors
Professors Others Total
19
CBCS pattern adopted to UG programs
PG History
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2.3 No. of Faculty Positions
Recruited (R) and Vacant (V)
during the year
2.4 No. of Guest and Visiting faculty and Temporary faculty
2.5 Faculty participation in conferences and symposia:
No. of Faculty International level National level State level
Attended
Seminars/
Workshops
12 62 80
Presented papers 08 25 8
Resource Persons
2.6 Innovative processes adopted by the institution in Teaching and Learning:
2.7 Total No. of actual teaching days
during this academic year
2.8 Examination/ Evaluation Reforms initiated by
the Institution (for example: Open Book Examination, Bar Coding,
Double Valuation, Photocopy, Online Multiple Choice Questions)
2.9 No. of faculty members involved in curriculum
restructuring/revision/syllabus development
as member of Board of Study/Faculty/Curriculum Development workshop
2.10 Average percentage of attendance of students
R V R V R V R V R V
IQAC of the college organizes seminars and special lectures for the students and
faculty members . The College also organizes interactions with the experts
frequently. Experts from our College and University of Mysore were involved in
designing and implementing the programmes.
182 Bar code system for coding and
decoding answer scripts.
Online Results declaration
Online document Verification
system introduced
76%
80
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2.11 Course / Programme wise distribution of pass percentage:
Title of the
Programme
Total no.
of
students
appeared
Division
Distinction % I % II % III % Pass
%
BA 229 6 2.62 96 41.92 79 34.49 19 8.29 58.1
BSc 172 13 7.558 46 26.74 58 33.72 17 9.88 76.8
BBM 130 8 6.154 54 41.53 29 22.30 14 10.76 81.4
BCOM 155 17 10.97 75 48.38 34 21.93 4 2.58 84.5
BCA 32 12 37.5 15 46.87 5 15.6 4 12.5 100
MSC Phy 32 8 25 24 75 NIL NIL NIL NIL 100
MA Pol SC 28 8 28.57 18 64.28 NIL NIL NIL NIL 100
MCOM 51 3 5.88 46 90.19 NIL NIL NIL NIL 100
MSc CS 13 3 23.08 10 76.92 NIL NIL NIL NIL 100
MSc
maths
15 7 46.67 7 46.66 NIL NIL NIL NIL 100
2.12 How does IQAC Contribute / Monitor/Evaluate the Teaching & Learning processes:
Planning : By Conducting Regular meeting.
Monitor : By taking Feedback at all levels.
Evaluate : Result analyses.
2.13
No. of Faculty International level National level State level
Attended
Seminars/
Workshops
12 62 80
Presented papers 08 25 8
Resource Persons
Initiatives undertaken towards faculty development 01
Faculty / Staff Development Programmes Number of faculty
benefitted
Refresher courses 07
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UGC – Faculty Improvement Programme 01
HRD programmes
Orientation programmes 01
Faculty exchange programme
Staff training conducted by the university
Staff training conducted by other institutions 03
Summer / Winter schools, Workshops, etc. 16
Others 04
2.14 Details of Administrative and Technical staff
Category Number of
Permanent
Employees
Number of
Vacant
Positions
Number of
permanent
positions filled
during the Year
Number of
positions filled
temporarily
Administrative Staff 16
Technical Staff Nil
Criterion – III
3. Research, Consultancy and Extension
3.1 Initiatives of the IQAC in Sensitizing/Promoting Research Climate in the institution
Intimating the faculty regarding the call for MRP.
Assisting the faculty for applying to MRP.
Assisting Departments in preparing proposals for organizing Seminars / Conferences.
Applied for 12th plan grants from UGC for various activities.
3.2 Details regarding major projects NIL
Completed Ongoing Sanctioned Submitted
Number
Outlay in Rs. Lakhs
3.3 Details regarding minor projects
Completed Ongoing Sanctioned Submitted
1. Encouraging and assisting faculty to apply for MRP.
2. Supporting Departments to organise seminars/conference.
3. Supporting for Infrastructure development using various grants
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Number 02 7 01 12
Outlay in Rs. Lakhs 3 5.5 13.5
3.4 Details on research publications
International National Others
Peer Review Journals 40 20 -
Non-Peer Review Journals - 10 -
e-Journals - - -
Conference proceedings 08 25 02
3.5 Details on Impact factor of publications:
Range Average h-index Nos. in Google Scholar
3.6 Research funds sanctioned and received from various funding agencies, industry and other organisations
Nature of the Project Duration
Year
Name of the
funding Agency
Total grant
sanctioned
Received
Major projects
Minor Projects 2 yrs UGC 5.5 5.5
Interdisciplinary Projects
Industry sponsored
Projects sponsored by the
University/ College
Students research projects (other than compulsory by the University)
Any other(Specify)
Total 5.5 5.5
3.7 No. of books published i) With ISBN No. Chapters in Edited Books
ii) Without ISBN No.
3.8 No. of University Departments receiving funds from
UGC-SAP CAS DST-FIST
DPE DBT Scheme/funds
3.9 For colleges Autonomy CPE DBT Star Scheme
INSPIRE CE Any Other (specify)
0
Nil
0 - 5
00
01 5 52
0
0
0
0
Yes
08 02
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3.10 Revenue generated through consultancy Nil
3.11 No. of conferences
Organized by the Institution
3.12 No. of faculty served as experts, chairpersons or resource persons
3.13 No. of collaborations International National Any other
3.14 No. of linkages created during this year
3.15 Total budget for research for current year in lakhs :
From funding agency From Management of University/College
Total
3.16 No. of patents received this year
3.17 No. of research awards/
recognitions received by faculty and research fellows
Of the institute in the year
3.18 No. of faculty from the Institution
who are Ph. D. Guides
and students registered under them
3.19 No. of Ph.D. awarded by faculty from the Institution
3.20 No. of Research scholars receiving the Fellowships (Newly enrolled + existing ones)
JRF SRF Project Fellows Any other
Level International National State University College
Number 01 02
Sponsoring
agencies
UGC State
Govt
Type of Patent Number
National Applied NIL
Granted
International Applied
Granted
Commercialised Applied
Granted
Total International National State University Dist College
04 01 00 01
05
10
00
00 00 00 00
05
00 01 02
01
5.5lakh 00
5.5 lakh
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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
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
Blood donations by students - Organized blood donation camp; 82 number of units were donated
to blood bank.
Awareness Programs – Aids awareness, Blood donation, etc.
09
03
54 10
12
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
03
03
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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 31.6
acres
31.6 acres
Class rooms 37 02 State Govt 39
Laboratories 21 01 22
Seminar Halls 02 02
No. of important equipments purchased
(≥ 1-10 lakh) during the current year.
List
enclosed
Value of the equipment purchased during
the year (Rs. in Lakhs)
Others
4.2 Computerization of administration and library
4.3 Library services:
Existing Newly added Total
No. Value No. Value No. Value
Text Books 44102 6624396 3256 636960 47358 7261356
Reference Books 18586 332 619 20000 19205 3526214
e-Books 135000 5750 135000 5750
Journals 20 14140 4 9600 24 23740
e-Journals 6000 6000
Digital Database
CD & Video 280 280
Others (specify)
Under NList
Online admission process
Library Computerised
Examination system computerised
HRMS System computerised
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4.4 Technology up gradation (overall)
Total
Computers
Computer
Labs Internet
Browsing
Centres
Computer
Centres Office
Depart-
ments Others
Existing 190 6 5 MBPS
one line
512
KBPS
10
02 02 8 PCs 15
Depare
ments
Added 20 1 1
Total 210 7 3 2 8 15
4.5 Computer, Internet access, training to teachers and students and any other programme for technology
upgradation (Networking, e-Governance etc.)
4.6 Amount spent on maintenance in lakhs :
i) ICT
ii) Campus Infrastructure and facilities
iii) Equipments
iv) Others
Total :
Criterion – V
5. Student Support and Progression
5.1 Contribution of IQAC in enhancing awareness about Student Support Services
Computers with internet available.
Governances through Exam Software, HRMS payroll and
DCE web based application
0.60
Organising one day orientation program for first year student
Introducing Mentor system
Organising State level seminar
0.85
0.65
1.0
3.10
230,000/-
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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
Demand ratio 1:1.5 Dropout 1.5%
5.4 Details of student support mechanism for coaching for competitive examinations (If any)
No. of students beneficiaries
5.5 No. of students qualified in these examinations
NET SET/SLET GATE CAT IAS/IPS etc State PSC UPSC Others
UG PG Ph. D. Others
2473 344
No %
1556 55
No %
1262 45
Last Year (2014-15) This Year (2015-16)
General SC ST OBC Physically
Challenged
Total General SC ST OBC Physically
Challenged
Total
103 615 40 2030 2 2788 90 589 31 2107 2 2817
Latest Placement Related Book for competitive exams, Civil service exams and NET/
SLET exams materials provided in Library and reference room, Students are provided
internet facility to access information, District Employment office provides necessary
service to students.
Result analyses
Performance Evaluation
Career and personal Counselling
150
05
01
0
0
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5.6 Details of student counselling and career guidance
No. of students benefitted
Soft skill and employability program conducted under NSDC
program
120
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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
02 250 40 30
5.8 Details of gender sensitization programmes
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
Various activities are conducted by Women grievance
redressal cell.
186 11 1
1 90
-
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5.10 Scholarships and Financial Support
Number of
students Amount
Financial support from institution
Financial support from government 1397 3380719
Financial support from other sources UOM 03 6660
Number of students who received
International/ National recognitions
5.11 Student organised / initiatives
Fairs : State/ University level National level International level
Exhibition: State/ University level National level International level
5.12 No. of social initiatives undertaken by the students
5.13 Major grievances of students (if any) redressed: __NIL____________________________________
Criterion – VI
6. Governance, Leadership and Management
6.1 State the Vision and Mission of the institution
6.2 Does the Institution has a management Information System
6.3 Quality improvement strategies adopted by the institution for each of the following:
The Vision of the College is:
Providing Education to achieve excellence in all walks of life
Our Mission is to:
To equip the individuals who are knowledgeable, employable and responsible citizens who are useful to the society.
1
1
5
Yes, Various web based software for Student information, Employee
information and Payroll software are used by the Office, Examination
system is fully computerised with online results and IA marks entry.
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6.3.1 Curriculum Development
6.3.2 Teaching and Learning
6.3.3 Examination and Evaluation
6.3.4 Research and Development
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
Initiatiatives taken to extend CBCS to UG courses
Seminars, Presentation, ICT based learning,
Examination system is fully computerised with online
results and IA marks entry, Online verification system
introduced.
Applied for UGC MRP. Encouragement to faculty to publish research
papers. Few faculty members awarded Phd.
Computers are added to various departments, Internet facility is provided to all
computers, Library is partially computerised.
Managed through HRMS software and EMIS software
Through transfer, deputation and redeployment on
need basis
Industry visit, interaction during campus interview.
One member from industry /corporate sector in BOS
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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 URC YES IAAC
Administrative YES State Govt
6.8 Does the University/ Autonomous College declares results within 30 days?
For UG Programmes Yes No
For PG Programmes Yes No
6.9 What efforts are made by the University/ Autonomous College for Examination Reforms?
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
Teaching Govt Welfare
schemes
Non teaching Govt Welfare
schemes
Students
NIL
Results declared with in 10 days of exam completion
Results available in website. Online verifications system
introduced
Admission procedure as per the Government and
University guidelines, Strictly roaster system followed
University provides experts for BOS, AC, GB
Support research activities.
Annual Meeting and feedback.
Yes
Yes
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6.12 Activities and support from the Parent – Teacher Association
6.13 Development programmes for support staff
6.14 Initiatives taken by the institution to make the campus eco-friendly
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.
Regular visit and feedback
Computer Training and TQM programs
Gardening, green house maintenance, Rain water harvesting, vermi-composting by
decomposable wastage, Recycling the plastic waste through municipality, Maintaining
sanitation.
1. ICT enabled class rooms.
2. All computers are provided Internet Facility through LAN/Wi-Fi.
3. Web based information system
4. State-of- the-art Digital Library Server and use of e-resources.
Project is made compulsory in curriculum.
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7.2 Provide the Action Taken Report (ATR) based on the plan of action decided upon at the
beginning of the year
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
7.5 Whether environmental audit was conducted? Yes No
1. SSR Submitted and expecting NAAC Peer team visit
2. Attended UGC interface meeting for CPE at new Delhi.
3. Construction of Indoor Stadium is in progress.
4. One Day seminar by Physics, Sociology department and One State level by IQAC of the college
5. Guiding new Government Autonomous colleges to execute autonomous
6. Special lectures in various department
7. Continuation of Spoken English classes.
8. Some faculty members Applied to UGC research projects by faculty members
9. Many faculty members presented papers at National and International Level
10. Few Faculty members awarded PhD.
11. Students attending campus interviews and are getting placed to companies.
12. MHRD accepted the RUSA proposal for conversion of college to University under
Component 1
Given in Annexure I
Promoting the spirit of Ecological Consciousness.
Educating the students about sustainable livelihood practices
(Reduce, reuse and recycle).
Preparing the students as ambassadors of eco-consciousness.
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7.6 Any other relevant information the institution wishes to add. (for example SWOC Analysis)
SWOC Analysis
STRENGTHS
1. Highly dedicated faculty members, well equipped laboratories and hard working students are the
strengths of the department.
2. State-of-the-art infrastructure facilities to keep pace with growing technological and scientific
needs.
3. The College is catering to the needs of students from rural areas and economically weaker
sections of the society.
4. Healthy teacher-student relationship facilitates smooth teaching-learning.
5. Focus on student-centric learning, participatory and interactive learning through
assignments, seminars, projects etc.
WEAKNESSES
1. Students from rural and poor economic background, lacking motivation, focus and quality
and with poor communicative skills in both Kannada and English, get admitted to BSc course,
as better students head for professional courses.
2. In spite of good academic records, poor knowledge base and weak language skills pose a great
challenge since it takes away the precious time meant to transact the present curriculum.
3. More number of guest faculty.
4. Shortage of laboratory technical staff.
OPPORTUNITIES
1. The College has opportunities to establish linkages with institutes of prominence within
and outside the country.
2. To conduct Civil service training programs
3. Enthusiastic young teachers with research aptitude can promote research culture among
students and an enquiry-based learning approach.
4. Staff and student exchange programmes between institutions need to be explored to achieve
greater excellence and innovation.
5. Strengthening of alumni network and linkages with industries will create more possibilities
for increasing the percentage of campus placement.
CHALLENGES
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Annexure I
Best Practices
1. Give details of any two best practices which have contributed to better academic
and administrative functioning of the college.
The college has been constantly pursuing ways and means of introducing unique and
healthy practices that are in tune with the mission and vision of the college.
1. Title of the Practice: Liberal Policy
Objectives of the Practice
The College has created conducive learning atmosphere with experienced teaching
and non-teaching faculty who are given freedom to carry out academic and
administrative activities. The Authority of the college encourages the faculty and
staff to undertake various activities like organising seminars, conferences,
workshops with accountability.
Enunciating Rabindranath Tagore’s principle “where the mind is without fear and the
head is held high”, The college ensures and encourages liberal intellectual
environment.
Enhance Research productivity and encourage participation in seminars,
conferences, workshops and symposia at State/National/International level.
The Context
Since Government College (Autonomous) Mandya, is a teaching and learning Institute,
there is a lot of encouragement to the faculty for conducting quality research and its
publication which enhances the quality of teaching and learning.
The Practice
The faculty and students participate and present their latest research in seminars,
workshops, symposia.
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The faculty members are obtaining the research grants from UGC and students are
encouraged for their project works to the research publication level.
The staff and students are encouraged to be associated with various organizations,
associations and society related to their area of interest, so that their research
output gets maximum exposure at National and International levels.
Faculty members deliver special lectures in other Institutes.
The field based research of this college is always combined with community
programmes and social development.
Students are given open access to books and Inflibnet facility under NLIST.
Evidence of Success
As a result of this policy some of the staff members were able to get research projects and
some of the students published their project work in reputed International / National
Journals. So far 15 MRP have been sanctioned to the faculty members and 255 research
articles have been published in various journals during the assessment period.
Problems encountered and resources required
The facilities and obtained grants for the research are limited. A research center with
research grade equipments is required. Motivation is still required to improve research
activities in life science and humanities departments.
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