t.z.a.s.p. mandal’s pragati college of arts and …

T.Z.A.S.P. MANDAL’S

PRAGATI COLLEGE OF ARTS AND COMMERCE, DOMBIVLI

ACCREDITTED BY NAAC – ‘B’

Academic Year: 2015-16

Strategic plan

Curricular planning and implementation-

The college act through a deliberate process of specified policies for planning, monitoring

and implementing the plan. The planning distinguished between two levels:

1) The planning of policy: The institute is affiliated to University of Mumbai. So the

programs designed by the Board of Studies of respective subject are to be followed.

2) The planning of programs: The College provides abundant range of programs in

commerce, arts and science. In addition to this college is willing to develop various

certificate programs.

Organizations of Seminars and Workshops

Leading academicians, industrialists, scientists and subject experts from other

institutions and universities will be invited as resource persons regularly.

Teachers Deputation to Seminars and Workshops

To enhance teaching ability of the faculty, they will be encouraged to participate in

various seminars and workshops.

Teaching-Learning and Evaluation process

Student Diversity

Supporting Academic Programmes and Policies according to the Needs of

students.

The remedial coaching will be conducted for the slow learners in the college.

Encouragement to Students: Today, overall development is viewed as a

requirement for job. So students will be provided career counseling.

Guest Lecture Series: The guest lectures are conducted by the academicians,

scholars from other fields to improve the knowledge of the students.

Parent Meetings: The parents meetings create two-way responsibility towards the

students' performance. College will continue to take such type of participative

measures to improve quality of the students and teaching learning process.

Access for Information: College will provide easy access to newspapers,

journals, CDs for the students to enhance their knowledge.

Effective Management of Teaching-Learning Process:

Attendance Monitoring

Institute has very good system to monitor regular attendance of the students. The

irregularity of the students is communicated to parents and institute take a

necessary action on such students. The plan aims to utilize the system more

effectively and efficiently to maintain discipline and observe rules and

regulations of the institute.

Recognition of Merits

Every year students are felicitated for their academic achievements as well as

other achievements. There will be allocation of funds for the felicitation of merit

holders. This will result in strengthening healthy and positive environment

essential for effective teaching-learning process.

Teachers Quality

Monitoring Mechanism for time of Arrival and Departure

To develop a sense of regularity and punctuality, college has biometric system.

Appointment of Qualified Teachers

With the growth of institution the variety of the incoming students has been increased.

Many of the students in college are first learners in their family. The college aims to

attract such students toward education as well as facilitate them with an outstanding

education. Thus, recruitment of the faculty with suitable qualification and experience

will be given a deep importance. The main areas of the recruitment process will be need-

identification, recruitment, training and development and performance evaluation. The

college will make continuous efforts to appoint qualified teachers as per UGC norms.

The institute has evolved a system of local appointment over the years. Teachers will be

appointed on the temporary basis in order to avoid the academic loss of the students. The

quality of the teachers will not be compromised. The temporary teachers with high

qualification and experience will be preferred and appointed. The college will appoint

visiting faculty, optional extra professors to offer high quality in teaching- learning

process.

Democratic and Participative Working:

The institute has democratic and participative working system which facilitates to take

the right decisions for effective implementation of teaching-learning process. It will be

strengthened and improved.

Recognition of Achievements

The college believes that each faculty will excel in his or her field, social life as well as

personal life. In order to motivate the faculty, their admirable performance is

recognized with felicitation. This policy will be continued in future.

Research and Consultancy

Regular meetings of Research committee to identify the research potential to

promote research and to prepare research proposals.

Efforts to obtain research grants from funding agencies such as UGC, University

etc

Research centre for Economics, Commerce

Extension activities

Strengthening of NSS and NCC boys and girls units by bringing innovations in

their conventional activities.

Training to the NSS volunteers and NCC cadets for emergencies and disaster

management.

Road safety programmes

Blood donation camps

Infrastructure and learning resources

Adequate number of spacious and ventilated class rooms with modern aids.

Development of new laboratories with adequate number of instruments and facilities.

A policy and a formal mechanism for facility utilization of infrastructure and

learning resources and maintenance will be created.

Good quality furniture

Adequate and safe drinking water facilities with coolers and water purifiers

Adequate number of clean toilet blocks for girl and boy students and staff

Innovative Practices

Computer literacy to every staff of the college.

Training for soft skills and safety.

Value added courses:

Introducing various value added ‘Certificate Courses by several departments in

keeping with the Global changes and the Industry requirements.

Conduction of Academic Audit:

The college conducts academic audit regularly to assess the performance in

academic, curricular, co-curricular, extra-curricular, research and extension,

growth of academic infrastructure, student progression and innovative practices

by inviting peer team





Strategic plan

Implementation:

The college appoints qualified and stimulated teaching staff.

The physical infrastructure and equipments will be fulfilled as per requirements. The

students are motivated to use library, computer laboratory etc.

The provision to acknowledge the achievements of the students by giving them

recognition and appreciation with monitory rewards.

Organizations of Seminars and Workshops:

The efforts will be made to get the learners acquainted with the emerging techniques and

trends of the industries and subject matters through the organization of workshops and

seminars.

Teachers Deputation to Seminars and Workshops

To stay up-date faculty and research scholars will be encouraged to participate in

Seminars/symposia/conferences/workshops.


Student Diversity

The college will support the advanced learners and concentrate on improving

aspects like knowledge, aptitude and skill.

Encouragement to Students: The students will be prepared to demonstrate

independent thinking and confidence by encouraging them to participate in

various curricular, co-curricular and research activities.

Guest Lecture Series: The guests from various streams are invited to guide students.

Parent Meetings: College conducts meetings of the parents regularly, in which

overall performance of the students is communicated to the parents and they are

appealed to participate in improving the academic performance of their wards.

Access for Information: College will provide easy access to daily newspapers,

periodicals, CDs to encourage the students for reading.

Effective Management of Teaching-Learning Process

Students’ Friendly Environment:

As a policy creation of students' friendly environment within campus will be the priority

for benefit of the students particularly those having rural background to develop their

confidence level. Live online access to content of courses will be made available on

website of the college and prospectus of the college. All the required facilities such as

internet, printing, poster making will be provided to the students in the campus itself.

Teachers Quality

Monitoring Mechanism for time of Arrival and Departure:

The college has a biometric system to monitor arrival and departure time of the staff.

Recruitment:

Rigorous interview will be conducted.

Before selection, teachers’ experience in academics, industry or research will be

appropriately recognized.

Teaching skills of the selected candidates will be examined through Demo

lectures before appointment.

Training will be provided to newly appointed teachers to get acquainted with the

culture and various systems of the college.

Research and consultancy

Organization of the workshops / seminars / training programs for preparation of

proposals for minor and major research projects.

Efforts for sponsored research by universities, industries and research institutes.

Encouragement to involve in Inter-departmental research.

Availability of physical recourses such as instruments, lab, ICT facility, Library.

INELIBNET and other requirements necessary to facilitate research.

Enhanced financial assistance.


Blood donation camps and check camps for the students of the college, every

year.

Library facility to the alumni as well as needy students of the nearby areas.

Organization of Career fair, Placement and counselling every year.


• Well-furnished Conference Room.

• Well-furnished and fully computerized Administrative Office.

• IT enabled techniques will be used to manage documentation, Inventory

maintenance etc.

• Usage of facilities and tracking of maintenance wherever possible.

• Spacious, well ventilated Canteen to make available good and hygienic food.




growth of academic infrastructure, student progression and innovative

practices by inviting peer team


Best practices by Library

Book bank scheme for the socio-economically backward students.

Celebration of Library week to sensitize the students for library.

Display of the cover page of the newly added books in the library on notice board for

readers’ information.

Use of technology in the teaching, Learning and evaluation system

Transparent and balanced evaluation system is ensured by-

Coding and decoding of answer scripts.

Online declaration of results.

Provision to apply for revaluation as well as photocopy of the answer sheets.

Value added courses:

Introducing various value added ‘Certificate Courses by several departments in

keeping with the Global changes and the Industry requirements.





Strategic plan

Outreached activities:

Learners will be encouraged for participating in curriculum-based projects having social

relevance. These efforts will make learners to learn beyond the Classroom' and their

responsibility towards society.


The college will continue to invite subject experts as resource persons regularly in

seminars and workshops.

Deputation to Seminars and Workshops

The faculty will be encouraged to participate in seminars and workshops to develop their

skills.


Student Diversity

The college will conduct remedial courses for educationally disadvantaged

students.

Encouragement to Students: The programmes for students are already in place to

improve the communication skills, soft skills.

Guest Lecture Series: The College arranges different guest lectures for the students

to improve them in all aspects.

Conduct of Revision and counseling Sessions: The stress management programs,

extra coaching, revision sessions will be arranged for the students.

Invitation of Parents' Views: The Feedbacks of parents are requested for the

suggestions on curriculum, teaching- learning and activities of the college.

Access for Information: For strengthening the reading habit of students and

teachers and lead to boost their knowledge college will provide easy access to

daily newspapers, journals, periodicals, CDs etc.


Allocation of Academic Work:

Academic and co.-curricular and other related work will be allocated among the staff by

representing different committees and associations.

Student Centric Teaching:

The College believes in the student centric teaching system. All possible initiatives will

be taken to develop and nurture talents of the students.

Strengthening of Academic Programmes:

Career and research oriented graduate, postgraduate programs, certificate courses in the

faculty of Arts, Science and Commerce will be strengthened in respect to its teaching-

learning and evaluation aspects. Students will be provided hands-on training of

advanced instruments. Excursions, industrial visits, industrial training will be

encouraged to strengthen the academic programs with field experience.

Teachers Quality


The college will continue employing biometric system to monitor arrival and departure

time of the staff which develops a sense of regularity and punctuality.

Upgradation of Faculty:

The faculties are supported to participate in various seminars, conferences, workshops,

trainings and faculty developments programs to improve productivity of them.

The faculties will be encouraged for advancement in career. Faculty members will be

successively promoted from Assistant Professors to Associate Professors and further to

Professors, as per UGC norms.

Performance Evaluation of Faculty

The college has well-defined system of performance evaluation of teachers by

students. The college will strengthen it. Review of feedback of students'

evaluation of teachers will be considered and suggestions will be given to the

teachers for their improvement.

Performance of teachers is also evaluated qualitatively and quantitatively by the

Principal and the experts from other institutes and universities in several

proportions such as teaching, research, participation in curricular and co-

curricular activities, involvement in university level activities and in the process

of value addition. This process will be further strengthened to improve

effectiveness and efficiency of teachers and to acquire new skills.

Recognition of Achievements

The college believes that each faculty will excel in his or her field, social life as well as

personal life. In order to motivate the faculty, their admirable performance is

recognized with felicitation. This policy will be continued in future.

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Recognition of the teachers and research scholars on successful completion of

research projects, research degree programs and research publications

Increase in research student intake

Publication of research Journal including society orientated research articles


Sports facilities to NGOs and other associations

Physical training to the alumni and candidates appearing for police examinations

by the department of NCC


Separate Boys and Girls Common Rooms.

Computer Laboratory, Conference Room and Smart Class Room.

Accessible sports facilities for all major sports including formal and informal

events.

Maintenance and cleanliness of infrastructure with in house as well as outsourced

systems.


Organization of workshops to develop attentiveness about competitive examination

and training for competitive examination to the interested students.

Organization of workshops to promote entrepreneurship among the students.

Innovations in administrative work.

Complete automation of administrative work.

Verification of students' documents such as mark sheets, certificates etc. using online

method.

Use of IT enabled techniques to communicate information to the learners and staff of

the institute.




growth of academic infrastructure, student progression and innovative practices

by inviting peer team





Strategic plan

Qualitative Strengthening of Programmes

The use of innovative teaching and learning resources such as LCDs. Power point

presentations, models, internet connections, Wi Fi facility will be available


Every year college conducts various seminars and workshops on various topics for the

betterment of students and teachers


Faculty and research scholars will be deputed to participate in

seminars/symposia/conferences which enable them to stay up-date and encourage

presenting their research papers.


Student Enrolment and profile:

Transparent Admission Process: The institute follows well defined, transparent

admission process based on merit coupled with reservation policy.

Student Diversity

The college will conduct remedial courses for particular students which are

unable to cope up wit the new aspects of the subjects.

Encouragement to Students: Students are encouraged to participate in various

activities so that they will be able to handle the challenges after completion of

their education.

Guest Lecture Series: The academicians, scholars from other fields with

enormous experience and knowledge will be invited to widen the knowledge

perspective of students.

Conduct of Revision and counseling Sessions: college conducts extra coaching,

revision sessions as well as counseling sessions so that students can cope up with

the stressful situations.

Invitation of Parents' Views: Feedback as well as suggestions of parents are

invited on curriculum, teaching- learning and activities of the college and are

taken into account for improvements in the concerned college strategies. This

process will be improved further.


Academic Calendar: The academic, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities

for the academic year will planned in academic calendar prior to the beginning of

every academic year.

Faculty Handbook: Faculty handbook shall be provided to each faculty

containing planning of the workload, time-table and lectures available.

The academic work including lectures, practical, tutorials, etc. shall be allocated

as the norms and discussion in departmental meetings.

Faculty handbook shall be checked by the Head of the department and certified

by the Principal, periodically.

Teachers Quality


The Biometric system monitors the arrival and departure. The arrival and departure of

the staff will be regularly screened by the concerned authority and action will be taken

in case of indiscipline.

Self-Appraisal of Teachers

The self-appraisal system of teachers will be strengthened, which will enable them to

realize their academic standard and engage them in various activities to excel in their

academic performance.

Periodical Meetings

Meetings of faculty will be conducted periodically for taking feedback about teaching

and evaluation and checking its adherence to the lecture plan.

Evaluation Process and Reforms

• The college believes that an effective and efficient monitoring and evaluation system

should be in place. Corrective actions and feedback assessment should be taken up on

continuous basis not only to improve the overall results of the learners but also

evaluation process.

• The college will continue to strengthen the existing evaluation process, where

student's academic performance will be evaluated continuously by conducting tests,

assignments, presentations, projects, semester end examinations, etc

• Guidance for staff for paper setting, evaluation, moderation and revaluation

• Protocol for systematic CAP

• Information relating to the performance of learners will be made available online.

• Discipline Committee of the college will continue to monitor students' movements and

behavior to maintain conducive environment within the campus.


Increased participation and presentation of research papers by the teachers in

seminars, symposia, conferences etc.

Concessions in fees to staff who register for research degrees at college Research

Centre.

Overall assistance to the students who participates in such research activities.

Appreciation and recognition of the students who achieve meritorious places at

District. University. State and National level research competitions/research

activities.


Assistance in maintaining the law and order during festivals to the Police

Department with the help of department of NCC

Organization various skill based workshops for the orphans.

Programmes for awareness on health hygiene and personal sanitation, electrical

safety, soil testing, environment, cleanliness campaign, energy and

environmental conservation campaign and tree plantation.


Effective internal communication through intercom facilities.

Installation of modern gadgets such as Video conferencing, CCTV cameras, LCDs

Complete automation of Library services.

Computers at laboratories, offices, Library and departments with LAN.

Reading rooms facilities to alumni and outsiders.

Spacious vehicle parking facility.

Efforts to obtain infrastructure development, moderation, upgradation grants from

UGC. DBT, DST etc.




growth of academic infrastructure, student progression and innovative

practices by inviting peer team


Maintaining of academic diary and handbook to keep up-to-date record of every

lecture and regular activities of an individual faculty and administrative staff

respectively.

Students' Profile Card to maintain the academic, attendance, personal and social

record of the learners.

Offering of short term courses such as diploma and certificate courses in various

areas of study.

Centre for distance and open for the students' unable to attend regular college.

An effective and concrete Students' Feedback system to evaluate the performance

of an individual faculty, supporting staff, resources and thus an institute.





Strategic plan

Qualitative Strengthening of Programmes

Use of ICT in Teaching Learning System

Video conferencing, smart classrooms, online classrooms, Interactive Language

Laboratory, Computing Laboratory, Commerce and Management Resource Centre,

Digital library, essential softwares etc. will be available.


The college will continue to invite Leading academicians, industrialists as resource

persons regularly in seminars and workshops.


The faculty will be deputed to participate in various seminars and workshops to enhance

their teaching ability and accountability.


Student Enrolment and profile:

Transparent Admission Process The institute follows well defined, transparent admission

process based on merit coupled with reservation policy. It will be strengthened more and

followed stringently.

Student Diversity

Supporting Academic Programmes and Policies Proportionate to Needs of

students

The college will continue to conduct remedial courses for educationally

disadvantaged students. The college will continue to support the advanced

learners and concentrate on enhancing aspects like knowledge, aptitude and skill.

Encouragement to Students

The programmes are already in place to improve the communication skills, soft

skills of our students will be enhanced.

Guest Lecture Series

Institute will continue to plan to introduce lecture series for the students of

different disciplines.

Conduct of Revision and counseling Sessions

Students, who are unable to deal with the stress of examination, college conducts

extra coaching, revision sessions as well as counseling sessions so that they can

cope up with the situation. This mechanism will be further improved. Also the

stress management programs will be arranged.

Access for Information

College will continue to provide easy access to daily newspapers, journals,

periodicals, CDs and internet in the Library and reading rooms which will

improve the reading habit of students and teachers. In addition, more journals,

periodicals will be subscribed for enriching the reading resources.


Extensive Use of ICT in Teaching:

Traditional chalk-and-talk teaching will continue have its place in the teaching learning

process. However new generation demands innovations in the process. The faculty will

be encouraged to explore based teaching techniques and aids. Online teaching will used

as an aid in teaching. Special efforts will made to improve the learning and

communication skills of students

Motivation for Research:

The teachers and students will motivated to undertake research as preparation of

publication of research papers in reputed journals and participate and present the

research papers in seminars/workshops/conferences.

Students and teachers will be encouraged to go for research degrees like. M. Phil.

Ph.D programmes. Computers with Internet facility will be made available for

research students and staff members for the completion of their projects.

The learners are motivated to undertake the research projects in collaboration with

the leading research institutes.


The college conducts academic audit regularly to assess the performance in academic,

curricular, co-curricular, extra-curricular, research and extension, growth of academic

infrastructure, student progression and innovative practices by inviting peer team of

expert educationalists and several reforms have been initiated on their

recommendations. The academic audit will be conducted for every year/block of years.

Teachers Quality


The college will continue employing biometric system to monitor arrival and departure

time of the staff which develops a sense of regularity and punctuality.

Suggestion Box

We will have the suggestion boxes, where students deposit their suggestions. These

suggestions will be scrutinized, periodically, reviewed and actions are taken on their

suggestions.

Personality Development of the students

Personality development is equally important to overall growth of the students. Institute

has traditionally provided abundant options for students to take up co- curricular and extra-

curricular activities for all-round development. The students interested in N.S.S and

N.C.C. activities are deputed to the relevant camps and training is also conducted to prepare

them for the disaster management. emergencies etc, Facilities will be expanded for

students' participation in such activities and to nurture their inborn talent. Opportunities

will be given to the students to organize the various programmes and competitions in

college to nurture organizational skills and leadership quality.

Timely and effective counseling to the student is very important in the process of

personality development. It helps them in stress management. Building life skills as

well as career planning

Student Performance and Learning Outcomes

The IQAC constantly evaluates the differences between the current outcome and the

desired future, thereby identifying the existing gaps. This analysis provides the

direction for the strategy to launch an effective education. The institute will follow

systematic bench marking process. This will entail measuring and comparing the

institutional operations, practices and performance with best practices.


Periodical review of the on-going research.

Exposure of students to various research areas with potentially large societal

impact.

Encouragement to the students of all level to participate in Avishkar Research

convention.


College premise will be always made available to conduct the examinations of

Railways. Post and Telegrams. Institute of Chartered Accountants. Department of

Higher and Technical Education. Government of Maharashtra and for

organizations of functions of NGOs.


Preservation of unique environmental background of the institute.

Development of rainwater harvesting system.

Implementation of Energy conservation with proper awareness among staff and

students and use of renewable energy such as solar systems.

Recycling of waste and steps toward zero paper usage.

Eco-friendly campus.

Green audit / campus certification.


Playing of national anthem every day at the beginning of morning and afternoon

session.

Academic calendar for prior planning of activities to be conducted for the

academic year.

Publicity of activities, opportunities and recognitions through the press, local TV

channels, mobiles and website to attract the students.

A well set, two way effective and efficient network and mechanism to define and

communicate the responsibilities of the staff.

Strengthening of campus-community linkages and imbibe social values among

students through-

Cleanliness drive

Road safety programs

Awareness programs

Fund raising activity for social cause


PRAGATI COLLEGE OF ARTS AND COMMERCE, DOMBIVLI(E)

Deployment of Strategic Plan Documents

Green Audit Report:

Academic Audit Report

PHD center documents

Dr. Avinash Shendre-

PHD center documents

Dr. Kishori Bhagat

List of Value added Certificate courses:

Highlights of Guest lectures arranged:

Guest lectures by Department of Commerce

Guest Lecture on Career in Travel and Tourism on 08/12/016 by Ms. Komal( Manager

Business Development)

Guest Lecture on “Career on Photography” on 11th August,2018 by Mrs. Pooja Bhatt (Wings

Academy)

Guest lecture by Department of BSC(IT)

Guest lecture by Prof. Aji Thomas on the topic Advance Web Programming

Guest lecture by Department of B.Com(Banking and Insurance)

A Guest Lecture by Mrunmai Thatte on Research Methodology