Index

7.2 Best Practice 1 [1] Title, Objective, Execution and Evidence of Success of this practice

[2] Few slides from the Principal’s presentation on goal setting

[3] Principal’s Notice regarding institutionalisation of the practice

[4] (A) Success stories of motivated students who have reached their goals under this practice

(i) Sahiba Kaur Saddal (2013-17) (ii) Shobhit Chaturvedi (2013-17) (iii) Dhiraj Powar (2014-18)

(iv) Srajat Mathur (2015-19)

[4] (B) Examples of the students who are marching towards their goals under this practice

(i) Saket Chaturvedi (2016-20) (ii) Sayalee Gulhane (2018-22)

[5] Examples of the learning motivation topics

[6] Examples of the personality traits described by students under the assignment, ‘Know

Yourself’.

Enclosures Best Practice 1

Enclosure [1]: Title, Objective, Execution and Evidence of Success of this

practice

Title

The Practice of Facilitating Students in Setting and Achieving Their Goals

Objective

The main objective of this practice is to facilitate students in understanding their strengths and in

setting their goals in resonance with their propensities so that they can achieve them in a natural

way. This practice evolved out of different initiatives in the past towards helping students in

pursuit of their goals. In particular, principal’s impressive presentations related to ‘Goal Setting’

led to institutionalisation of this practice.

Execution

(i) Students are guided by the Principal in a presentation on ‘Goal Setting’ at the beginning of the

session.

(ii) Students are asked to make a separate copy in which they can record their career goals and

life goals and their innate interests. They are advised to explore the connections between their

goals and interests.

(iii) Students are encouraged to develop their unique learning motivations in the direction of

their goals.

(iv) Mentors then guide the learning pursuits of these students in their march towards their

cherished goals.

Evidence of Success

The success of the practice is evident through the following major outcomes.

(i) This practice has helped us to develop a mechanism that enables students to identify their

unique traits, set appropriate goals and pursue them under the guidance of faculty.

(ii) This practice helped many motivated students to reach their goals successfully. A few

success stories are included under enclosure 4(A). A few examples of the students who are

marching towards their cherished goals are included in enclosure 4(B).

(iii) The role of faculty in facilitating students’ progress towards their goals is evident through

the remarks by mentors in the goal setting copies of students (enclosures 4(A) and 4(B)).

(iv) The practice provided students an opportunity to select their own learning motivation topics

in consonance with their goals. Enclosure [5] includes the lists of some examples of the learning

motivation topics, which are evidences of how this practice encourages the diversities in

students’ motivations and enables both the students and the faculty to take their learning efforts

beyond syllabus.

(v) The practice enabled students to know themselves better through various assignments.

Enclosure [6] includes a few examples of the personality traits described by students under the

assignment, ‘Know Yourself’.

(vi) The success of this practice is also evident through the following data presented in SSR

under other criteria.

Number of outgoing students placed 940

Number of students qualifying in state/ national/ international level examinations

(eg: NET/ SLET/ GATE/ GMAT/ CAT/ GRE/ TOEFL/ Civil services/ State

government examinations)

36

Number of awards/medals for outstanding performance in sports/cultural activities

at national/international level (award for a team event should be counted as one)

28

Number of outgoing students progressing to higher education (previous batch) 29

Number of students benefited by guidance for competitive examinations and

career counselling offered by the institution

3161

Enclosure [2]: Few slides from the Principal’s presentation on goal setting

Goal Setting By

Dr. Vivek NanotiPrincipal

Priyadarshini Institute of Engineering & Technology, Nagpur

• A person without a goal is doomed to work for the person having goal.

• In USA – in one survey it was found only 3% people were having clear cut goals defined for their future. U can imagine the % in India..

Ask your self• 1. Where do I want to be in my career 5 years from now?2. Why do I want to be there?3. How can I get there?4. What additional skills or training will I need to get there?5. Who can help me get there?

7 Steps

• 1. Make sure the goal you are working for is something you really want, not just something that sounds good.

• 2. A goal can not contradict any of your other goals.

• 3. Write your goal in the positive instead of the negative.

• 4. Write your goal out in complete detail.

• 5. By all means, make sure your goal is high enough.

• 6. This is the most important, write down your goals.

• 7.Develop goals in the 6 areas of life:

7 Steps

Clarity in Goal settings

• Develop goals in the 6 areas of life:

• Family and Home

• Financial and Career

• Spiritual and Ethical

• Physical and Health

• Social and CulturalMental and Educational

S M A R T GOALS

• Specific

• Measurable

• Attainable

• Realistic

• Timely

THANK YOU

will be happy to receive feedback & suggestions on

viveknanoti@gmail.com OR

+919822233286

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Enclosure [3]: Principal’s Notice regarding institutionalisation of the practice

Enclosure [4] (A): Success stories of motivated students who have reached their goals

(i) Sahiba Kaur Saddal (2013-17) Sahiba’s goal was to join the Indian Air Force. She achieved this goal in July 2019, when she was selected in Indian Air Force. Following are the clippings from the selection list.

Sahiba pursued her goal through several platforms available in PIET for grooming students’ talents. She took keen interest in knowledge based Learning during first year through curious questions such as how lasers are used to read a CD as shown in the document presented below.

Sahiba could achieve her final goal through following intermediate achievements (evidences included below). (i) Gold Medal from former Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh for being "The Best Air Wing Cadet" at Republic Day Camp, New Delhi in 2014, (ii) Participation in the Meeting of the Youth Council held by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on 5th May 2014 wherein she mentioned the need for setting up Knowledge Centers across the country and (iii) publication of paper, ‘Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles ----activity’ [Journal of Pharmacy Research Vol.12(6), 2018, p. 840-44)/

As a part of this practice, Sahiba received a lot of encouragement and appreciation for her endeavours towards her goal. A document showing this is included below.

(ii) Shobhit Chaturvedi (2013-17) Shobhit’s goal was to pursue research. He achieved this goal in January 2018 when he was selected for doctoral research in chemistry at Michigan Technological University, USA (also received the Teaching Assistantship at the same place). Shobhit pursued his goal by taking keen interest in knowledge based Learning during first year through curious enquiry into atomic structure as shown in the document included below.

Shobhit could achieve his final goal through following intermediate achievements (evidences included below). (i) Research Assistant in Chemical Engineering at IIT, Bombay, June – December, 2017 (ii) Summer Intern in Chemical Engineering at IIT, Bombay, May – June, 2016 and (iii) completion of several online courses for marching towards his goal (iv) 3rd Position for Model Exhibition on “Microbial Fuel Cell” at NCOAT-NIRMITI - 2016, PIET

(iii) Dhiraj Powar (2014-18) Dhiraj’s goal was to pursue research. He could achieve his goal when he was selected as a research trainee at KBCOLS Sciences Pvt. Ltd., Pune. The success of this practice is clearly evident through the goal setting copy of Dhiraj wherein he mentioned his journey from setting the goal to achieving it through several intermediate achievements under the guidance of his mentors. The goal setting copy and other evidences are included below. Dhiraj pursued his goal through knowledge based learning about scientific techniques to explore earth during first year and about medical devices and natural dyes during higher years. He bagged (i) Award of Excellence for demonstrating great teamwork, innovation and presentation in Medical Devices Hackathon (MEDHA) held during 14-16 July 2017 at Somaiya College of Engineering, Mumbai and (ii) Award of Excellence for successfully completing all prescribed activities in Medical Devices Innovation Camp held during 15-17 September 2017 at College of Engineering, Pune. He could also get the paper, ‘Natural dye extraction from temple waste flowers’ published in the International Journal of Natural Products Research (Volume 8, Issue 1, 2018, p. 12-14).

(iv) Srajat Mathur (2015-19) Srajat’s goal was to get placed place in a good computer oriented company. He could achieve this goal when he was selected in Wipro in his final year. The success of this practice is clearly evident through the goal setting copy of Srajat wherein he described how his knowledge based learning about the life and science of Nikolas Tesla in first year and about computers and coding in subsequent years led him to achieve his goal in final year. His copy and other documents are included below.

Enclosure [4](B): Examples of the students who are marching towards their goals under this practice

(i) Saket Chaturvedi (2016-20) Saket is final year student of CSE and his goal is to pursue higher learning in machine learning and deep Learning. He is marching towards his goal steadily as is evident through his intermediate achievements such as (i) Summer Internship at IIIT, Nagpur, May 2019 – June

2019 (ii) several online MOOCs and projects. The success of this practice is clearly evident in Saket’s case as the practice is facilitating Saket’s impressive march towards his goal through several intermediate achievements. The goal setting copy of Saket and proofs of his achievements are given below.

(ii) Sayalee Gulhane (2018-22) Sayalee mentioned in her goal setting copy that she aims to become an IAS officer and serve the

country. She showed a lot of clarity in her goal and is being guided under this practice as is

evident through her copy given below.

Enclosure [5]: Examples of the learning motivation topics

Enclosure [6]: Examples of the personality traits described by students under

the assignment, ‘Know Yourself’.