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Strategic Plan 2014 -20

N.B.K.R. INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, VIDYANAGAR 0



Institute Profile

NBKR Institute of Science & Technology established in 1979 is an Autonomous Institute

affiliated to JNT University Anantapuramu. This Institute is reaccredited by NAAC (UGC)

for the second cycle with “A” grade. B.Tech courses in Computer Science & Engineering,

Electronics & Communication Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering,

Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering are accredited by National Board of

Accreditation (NBA).

The Institute offers B.Tech programmes in Computer Science & Engineering, Electronics &

Communication Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

and Civil Engineering. M.Tech programmes are offered in Power Systems, Computer Science

& Engineering, Digital Electronics & Communication Systems and Advanced Manufacturing

Systems.

The Institute is spread across a lush green 184 acre campus that houses academic blocks,

Boys and Girls hostels, Open air auditorium, sports complex, staff quarters etc. The Institute

focuses on skill and professional development of the graduates through student run clubs,

technical associations. Professional chapters like IEEE, ISTE, and IETE exist in our Institute.

Department laboratories and Computer Centre have state-of-the-art equipment to fulfil the

needs of teaching and research. The central library is well-stocked with books, journals,

magazines, newspapers and e-books. The library has active subscription to thousands of e-

journals. The e-resources can be accessed through the campus network.

There are adequate opportunities for co-curricular and extra-curricular activities helping

students gain overall skills. Industrial visits and relevant field visits expose the students to

hands-on learning experience.

Industry Institute Partnership Cell (IIP Cell) caters to the needs of the Institute and Industry

by way of internships, consultancy. Guest lectures by eminent industry experts, entrepreneurs

and HR managers are regularly organised.



Vision

To emerge as a comprehensive Institute that provides quality technical education and

research thereby building up precious human resource for the industry and society.

Mission

To provide a learner-centred environment that challenges individuals to actively

participate in the education process.

To empower the faculty to excel in teaching while engaging in research, creativity and

public service.

To develop effective skills enabling learners to pick up critical thinking thus crafting

them to be professionally fit and ethically strong.

To reach out industries, schools and public agencies to partner and share human and

academic resources.

Core Values

Integrity

Adhering to the highest standards of honesty, fairness, trust and integrity in both

personal and professional behaviour

Excellence

Persistent commitment to hard work, diligence, perseverance and consistency in the

pursuit of the highest quality in all endeavours

Social Responsibility

Provide opportunities and access that will enhance life of people and enable them to

develop intellectually, economically, socially and culturally.

Continuous improvement

Imbibing a culture of continuous incremental improvement

Equitability

Appreciating diversity in its student body, faculty and staff through civility and

commitment to tolerance



Short Term Goals

To be an excellent academic Institute with good governance.

To become financially viable for better growth.

To provide best infrastructural facilities, faculty and supporting staff.

To inculcate best teaching and learning practices and soft skills so as to turn out best

students acceptable by employers.

To encourage faculty development, research, consultancy and interaction with

industries.

To strive for providing more placement opportunities for our students.

To contribute for the development of local community and the region

To interact with Industries and R&D organizations more vigorously at the national

level which will improve faculty competence and hence quality of graduates

Long Term Goals

To achieve the status of world class Autonomous Technical Institute.

To build alliances with international organizations, institutions, and Universities to

have exchange of programmes, faculty and students

To enhance equitable access to high quality education to all segments of the society

To undertake the rural development projects including adoption of villages for social,

economic and all-round development.

SWOC analysis

Strengths:

Highly qualified and committed faculty

Motivated supporting staff

Enthusiastic students

Very good infrastructure

Well developed teaching practices

Research Projects & Consultancy works

Better Placement opportunities.



Weaknesses:

Remotely located

Self-financing college

Opportunities:

High demand for civil engineers for infrastructural development in India

and abroad in recent years

Technological advancement.

Challenges:

The mushrooming growth of engineering colleges with a craze for I.T and

software among students and their parents

Difficult to get experienced faculty with higher qualification.

Development of Soft skills among students

Development of student’s skills for competitive exams.

Future Plans:

M Tech Course to be initiated

Up gradation of Labs through MODROBS scheme.

More thrust on R & D and consultancy.

Strategic plan

The vision and mission of the institute, quality policy and core values are the fundamental

guiding principles for framing the strategic plan of the Institute. The strategic plan has been

worked from the SWOC analysis of the institute and brainstorming sessions with all of its

major stakeholders. The basic objective of the plan is to use the institute’s strengths to

overcome the weaknesses and move forward. Challenges need to be converted into

opportunities and opportunities need to be used to the best of the institute’s advantage. For

the effective implementation of the strategic plan, all the employees of NBKR Institute of

technology need to be sensitised and continuously made to understand the following

workplace competencies:



Organizational understanding: Understands agendas and perspectives of others,

recognizing and effectively balancing the interests and needs of one's own group with

those of the broader organization.

Adaptability: Changes behavioural style or method of approach when necessary to

achieve a goal; adjusts style as appropriate to the needs of the situation. Responds to

change with a positive attitude and a willingness to learn new ways to accomplish

work activities and objectives.

Initiative: Does more than is required or expected in the job; does things that no one

has requested that will improve or enhance products and services, avoid problems, or

develop entrepreneurial opportunities. Plans ahead for upcoming problems or

opportunities and takes appropriate action.

Attention to detail: Thoroughness in accomplishing a task through concern for all the

areas involved, no matter how small. Monitors and checks work or information and

plans and organizes time and resources efficiently.

Innovation: Applies original thinking in approach to job responsibilities and to

improve processes, methods, systems, or services.

Collaboration: Develops cooperation and teamwork while participating in a group,

working toward solutions which generally benefit all involved parties.

Open communication: Creates an atmosphere in which timely and high-quality

information flows smoothly to colleagues at all levels, within or external of the

Institute; encourages open expression of ideas and opinions.

Discernment/Judgment: Makes decisions authoritatively and wisely, after adequately

contemplating various available courses of action

Diversity: Supports and promotes an environment that holds opportunities for all,

regardless of caste, gender, culture, and age.

Drive for results: Demonstrates concern for achieving or surpassing results against an

internal or external standard of excellence. Shows a passion for improving the

delivery of services with a commitment to continuous improvement.

The strategies formulated for the Institute are as follows:

Strategy: 1

Provide good quality education that provides a promising future for the graduates.



Objectives

1. Include courses in curriculum which offer more employability.

2. Lay foundation or experiential learning.

3. Encourage students to participate in conferences, seminars and workshops to inculcate

continuous learning and improvement.

4. Transformative education that targets technology driven curriculum with focus on

emerging areas.

5. Provide a means for students to articulate their knowledge, skills and experience

acquired.

6. Aim for 100 % pass percentage of students.

Performance goals

1. Incorporating courses in curriculum that are required for industries for employability

by taking feedback from stakeholders.

2. Increase number of industrial and field visits to experience the practical issues.

3. Enhance student’s communication and professional skills.

4. Improving standards of teachers.

5. Implementing usage of software tools to support teaching and learning.

6. Implementing technology enabled performance demonstration of learning through

video lectures and slide presentation which enhance student’s learning experience.

7. Conducting online tests, assignments, quizzes and puzzles.

8. Inviting experts for guest lectures to share their experience which motivate students.

9. Infuse more research and creative activities in courses to improve learning experience

of students.

10. Increase funding to support current and future transformational activities and

encourage more student and faculty participation.

11. Increase resources and provide bridge courses to ensure a level field for all students.

Strategy: 2

Enhance innovation and research potential among staff and students.

Objectives:



1) Establish research centre.

2) Improve number of research publications.

3) Enhance the quality of publications.

4) Promote publication by students.

Performance goals:

1. Invest in equipment, laboratories and infrastructure. Purchase State of the art

equipment to modernize existing labs. Invest in purchasing advanced purposeful

research equipment. Add extra space for developing new laboratories.

2. Improve the quality of research proposals submitted to funding agencies, particularly

at the national level. Encourage faculty to interact with peers at IITs and NITs to

promote collaborative research.

3. Start a research centre of affiliating university JNTUA at the institute within the next

two years.

4. Progressively increase the number of Ph.D. students by providing scholarships

/fellowships.

5. Encourage faculty without Ph.Ds. to register for part time Ph.D. programs.

6. Improve class room space for student success.

7. Provide meaningful improvements to discuss and improve teaching.

8. Encourage departments to increase the number of FDPs, STTPs, Workshops etc.,

organized by the institute and to also encourage staff interaction with outside world by

participating in FDPs , STTPs, Workshops etc., conducted outside the institute.

9. Organize National and International Seminars/Conferences in the Institute.

10. Start innovation/incubation centres in the institute.

11. Encourage students to participate in these centres and participate in National level

Innovation competitions.

12. Enhance the internet facilities.

13. Improve on-line learning opportunities for all learners.

14. Implement Institute – Industry partnership program.

15. Establish Centres of excellence in partnership with industries.

16. Increase the computing infrastructure.

17. Increase the number of bachelor’s, master’s programmes while also increasing the

Ph.D. program size.



Strategy: 3

Enhance academic interaction and participation with Institutes/Universities of national and

international eminence.

Objectives

1. Provide mutual beneficial relationships with other institutes.

2. Create an engineering consultancy centre, which caters to the needs of other institutes.

Performance goals

1. Develop an interactive cell in the institute to interact with different Indian

Technological Institutes and other Universities for collaborating activities through

MoUs.

2. Contact other engineering colleges to work together in selected domains for research

to be sponsored by either or both or other funding agencies.

3. Establishing a team of skilled engineers and technical staff in various domains of

engineering and explore the avenues for corporate training.

4. Marketing the services that can be rendered to improve revenue generation.

5. Sharing study materials and other project guidance service with other institutes.

6. Seek a higher degree of cooperation for facilitating a meaningful and creative

innovation.

Strategy: 4

Promote and sustain a campus environment that supports a high quality of life to produce

competent citizens

Objectives

1. Upgrade teaching-learning process to create impact on students.

2. Upgrade instructional technology services.

3. Improve teaching/learning environment.

Performance goals

1. Starting of online courses offered at the institute.



2. Improve technical support and faculty training for classroom instruction and student

engagement (Provide smart class rooms).

3. Improve faculty/student ratio.

4. Establish monitoring programme for new faculty.

5. Establishment of a career oriented centre to train the students for success in

competitive examinations (GATE, IAS, IES, IFS etc.).

6. Motivating students to become members of college clubs and professional societies

and to actively participate.

Strategy: 5

Increase infrastructural facilities for overall growth and fulfil the social responsibility of the

institute.

Objectives:

1. Judiciously increase the built-up are in the campus for more instructional space,

amenities and administration space.

2. Enhance the facilities for co-curricular activities in both at the department and

institute level.

3. Enhance the transport facilities from various parts of the district for both students and

staff.

Performance goals:

1. Explore the means for mobilizing financial resources for planning and execution of

a) A new spacious central administrative block to house various offices for

general administration, examinations and placement.

b) An indoor auditorium with a seating capacity of 3000.

c) A new central integrated workshop with all facilities and required human

resource which caters to the academic and infrastructural needs of the institute.

2. Establish a gymnasium and also enhance sports facilities in the institute.

3. Plan and execute a new water supply line to the institute from the existing source in

Swarnamukhi river bed.



4. Increase the numbers of institute buses and increase the transport network from

various parts of Nellore district to the campus.

5. Enhance the recreational facilities for hostel residents and further improve the overall

quality of hostel life.

6. Actively pursue green initiatives in the campus.

7. Progressively contribute for the local development in terms of social, economic and

education by adopting nearby villages.

Strategy Implementation and Monitoring

The various functionaries responsible for implementation and monitoring the strategic plans

are tabulated below. The measurable parameters for implementation are also listed.

Implementation plan at Institute level

Governance & Administration GB, Chairman, Members of GB, Director

Finance Management Finance Committee, GB

Institute Statutory Compliance Director and HODs

Infrastructure (physical) GB, Chairman, Project Engineer, HODs, In-

charges

Teaching- Learning Director, HODs, Faculty and Staff

Research HODs and Faculty

Student affairs Senior professor



Student admissions Admissions in-charge, Director

Departmental activities HODs and Faculty

Training & Placement HOD, Department of Training & Placement

and Department T&P co-ordinator

Examination cell Chief Controller and Controller of

Examinations

Grievance cell – Men & Women Chairpersons and members of respective

cells

NSS NSS Co-ordinator

NCC NCC Co-ordinator

Physical Education Director and Assistant directors of physical

education

EDC, Innovation and Incubation centre EDC Co-ordinator (Professor rank) and

Department in-charges

IIP cell IIP Co-ordinator (Professor rank)

IQAC IQAC Co-ordinator (Professor rank)

Centres of Excellence HODs of Departments

Hostels maintenance and development Chief warden, wardens and manager

Institute transportation facilities Transport in-charge

Measurable parameters during implementation

Good Governance GB selection, appointment, functioning, good governance

initiatives, Management commitment, Vision-Mission reviews,

Number of meetings conducted, decisions made, Committees

appointment, performance , Polices implementation, grievance

procedures, Educational ERP implementation....etc.

Quality of Staff Recruitment, Selection of faculty, staff, salary, attrition rate,

benefits as per UGC/AICTE norms, Track Faculty and staff

performance.

Student Academic

Performance

Pass percentage, number of distinctions & first classes,

Graduate attribute attainment levels and alumni feedback.

Placement Number of offers made through placement department, average



salaries offered, Companies visiting the campus, Number of

graduates pursuing higher education, number of students

becoming eligible for higher education through

GRE/GATE/CAT/GMAT...etc, Public sector and other

Government jobs, percentage of graduates becoming

Entrepreneurs.

Curriculum Curriculum review & design, Industry partnerships, Faculty

training on new areas, Introduction of new courses, new

courses/ electives offered in emerging areas.

Alumni Alumni data base, number of interactions, support for

internships, placements, projects, scholarships, consultancy and

contribution towards infrastructure development.

Research and Consultancy Publications in national/international journals and conference

proceedings, conferences & workshops organised, New MOUs

signed with academic and industrial organizations, Centres of

excellence established.

Physical Infrastructure Number of buildings, class rooms added, removal of

obsolescence, equipment added, annual budget allocated &

utilized.

Social Responsibility Number of villages adopted, vocational trainings provided,

social projects undertaken and skill development programs for

marginal section of the society.

Extra-Curricular Activities Number of student participants, number of tournaments won,

number of sports and Techno-cultural events organized,

Regional, National & International recognitions received, and

competitions participated.

Sources of Funding Students – Tuition Fees, Government reimbursements,

Government grants, Industry Sponsorships, Funding raised

through sponsored Projects, Consultancy/Testing Services,

International grants, Alumni Contribution, Philanthropy-

Donors, Funding from NGOs.



Conclusion

Strategy involves achieving a competitive advantage for an institute in meeting the needs and

fulfilling the expectations of all its stakeholders. The proposed strategic plan will bring the

institute to face the challenges and opportunities. This will enable to deliver more effectively

to meet the needs of target people and strengthen the institute. The proposed plan assumes

and incorporates the likelihood of a changing environment that will require adjustments in the

identified goals and the process of achieving them.

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