INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE CELL · Implemented pre -placement training and certificate courses for the students. Career guidance and placement cell strengthened. Conducted motivational

INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE CELL

CONTENTS

SL NO. TOPICS PAGE NO.

1 Details of the Institution 1

2 Curricular Aspects 8

3 Teaching, Learning and Evaluation 10

4 Research, Consultancy and Extension 13

5 Infrastructure and Learning Resources 17

6 Student Support and Progression 19

7 Governance, Leadership and Management 23

8 Innovation and Best Practices 29

9 Annexures 31

Annual Quality Assurance Report 2013-14 Page 1

The Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of the IQAC of

SHRI SHANKARLAL SUNDARBAI SHASUN JAIN COLLEGE FOR WOMEN

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:

044 2432 8506

Shri Shankarlal Sundarbai Shasun

Jain College for Women

No.3, Madley Road

T.Nagar

Chennai

Tamil Nadu

600 017

[email protected]

Dr. B Poorna

8754440181

044 2432 8507

mailto:[email protected]


Name of the IQAC Co-ordinator:

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 3.03 2013

5 years

(Till 4.1.2018)

2 2nd

Cycle

3 3rd

Cycle

4 4th

Cycle

1.7 Date of Establishment of IQAC: DD/MM/YYYY

1.8 AQAR for the year (for example 2010-11)

2013-14

www.shasun.edu.in

17.11.2006

[email protected]

www.shasun.edu.in/IQAC/AQAR2013-14.pdf

Ms S Rukmani

98415 86236

EC/62/A&A/070

12909


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 __________________NA __________________ (DD/MM/YYYY)4

ii. AQAR__________________ NA __________________ (DD/MM/YYYY)

iii. AQAR__________________ NA __________________ (DD/MM/YYYY)

iv. AQAR__________________ NA __________________ (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

1.11 Type of Faculty/Programme

Arts Science Commerce Law PEI (Phys Edu)

TEI (Edu) Engineering Health Science Management

Others (Specify)

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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

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

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23

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8

University of Madras

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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

Action initiated to begin the process of reaccreditation of the institution. Conducted a national level seminar and a state level workshop. Established linkages with a foreign university and organisations. IQAC reviewed the academic performance and conducted academic audit of all

departments and suggested steps to improve overall teaching and learning. Introduction of online admission process. Upgraded library by subscribing to e-journals (INFLIBNET). Instrumental in purchase of new books and furniture for new courses. Equipped the students with knowledge of latest trends in their respective fields

and to prepare them to meet the requirement of competitive world. Strengthened entrepreneurial activities of the students by starting incubation cell

SEED (Shasun Empowerment & Entrepreneurial Development). Organised classes for students to appear for UPSC exams under Shasun Women

Empowerment through Excellent Performance (SWEEP) Cell. Organised gender sensitisation programme for staff and students under SHE Cell. Student branches of CSI and MMA started functioning. Implemented pre-placement training and certificate courses for the students. Career guidance and placement cell strengthened. Conducted motivational classes for all students and remedial coaching for slow

learners. Encouraged faculty members to pursue research in their respective field of study. Encouraged faculty members to include innovative practices for the peer group

teaching sessions. Organised orientation programmes for new faculty members. Conducted training programme for Administrative staff on Office procedures.

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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 *

Plan of Action Achievements

To prepare an academic calendar of the

institution for quality enhancement

Prepared academic calendar and monitored

programmes as per schedule

To prepare subject-wise teaching plan for

each semester

Monitoring actual implementation in the form of

log book

To develop new quality formats for

comparison and necessary action

Formulated report formats for

(i) Monitoring and measurement for internal tests

(ii) Result analysis for university exam results

To encourage all departments to conduct

seminars and workshops

(i)Department of Computer Science conducted a

national seminar and a state level workshop

(ii)Department of Maths, Statistics and Economics

organised a state level workshop

(iii)Department of library sciences organised a

state level workshop

To encourage entrepreneurial skills among

students

Organised Entrepreneurial Education Programme

(EEP) and Shasun Bazaar to showcase the

entrepreneurial skills of the students

To continue with the publication of

“Knowledge Economy”, a bi-annual

journal

Published 2 editions of “Knowledge Economy”

To encourage faculty members and

students in various conferences and

seminars

Faculty members and students participated in

various international, national and state-level

conferences, seminars and workshops

To encourage all departments to organise

Guest lectures

The departments of Commerce, Computer Science

and Visual Communication organised Guest

lectures on contemporary topics

To conduct a civil service orientation

programme for students

Motivational speech and screening test was

conducted to identify potential IAS aspirants

To encourage students to participate in

college, university and national level

sports

Students actively participated in college,

university and national level and won many

laurels

To take feedback from students and peer Feedback was taken from students and peer and

actions were taken based on it

To observe teaching of new faculty

members

Senior faculty members observed the teaching of

new faculty members and provided feedback to

improve their teaching


To regularise the functioning of Grievance

cell and counselling

The Grievance cell and Counselling cell was

functional

* 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

Provide the details of the action taken

To improve research, more number of conferences was organised.

SAP training was given to consultancy team of the institution.


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 1 1 2 —

UG 11 1 12 —

PG Diploma 1 — 1 —

Advanced

Diploma

— — — —

Diploma — — — —

Certificate 22 — 22 —

Others — — — —

Total 35 2 37 —

Interdisciplinary — — — —

Innovative 6 — 6 —

1.2 (i) Flexibility of the Curriculum: CBCS/Core/Elective option / Open options

(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

Pattern Number of programmes

Semester 15

Trimester —

Annual —


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.

Yes. Syllabus is revised for M.Com(Accounting & Finance) and

B.B.A.

(i) Syllabus is made inclusive

(ii) Latest topics in the field are introduced

No.


Criterion – II

2. Teaching, Learning and Evaluation

2.1 Total No. of

permanent faculty

2.2 No. of permanent faculty with Ph.D.

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

13 21 17

Presented

papers

13 21 07

Resource

Persons — 10 04

2.6 Innovative processes adopted by the institution in Teaching and Learning:

2.7 Total No. of actual teaching days

during this academic year

Total Asst.

Professors

Associate

Professors

Professors Others

132 132 — — 05

Asst.

Professors

Associate

Professors

Professors Others Total

R V R V R V R V R V

21 21 — — — — — — — —

10

PowerPoint presentations

Interactive Board

Activity based learning

Group discussions

Film shows

Seminars and Projects

180

08


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

2.11 Course/Programme wise distribution of pass percentage:

Title of the

Programme

Total no. of

students

appeared

Division

Distinction

%

I % II % III % Pass %

SHIFT I

B.Com (Gen) 139 9 79 51 0 97%

B.Com (AF) 116 18 79 18 1 93%

B.Com (CS) 68 6 42 14 0 91%

M.Com (AF) 17 0 17 0 0 100%

B.B.A 62 1 23 35 0 95%

B.Sc. (Viscom) 31 13 16 1 0 97%

B.Sc. (CS) 107 47 58 0 0 98%

BCA 53 15 35 2 0 98%

SHIFT II

B.Com (Gen) 68 5 44 13 0 91%

B.Com (AF) 61 3 34 14 0 84%

B.Com (BM) 57 0 24 14 0 67%

B.Com (ISM) 36 4 32 0 0 100%

BCA 92 21 71 0 0 85%

Adoption of online exam registration as prescribed by University of Madras

Preparation of two sets of question papers

Preparation of answer keys to question papers

Centralised selection of question papers

90%

01


2.12 How does IQAC Contribute/Monitor/Evaluate the Teaching & Learning processes:

2.13 Initiatives undertaken towards faculty development

Faculty / Staff Development Programmes Number of faculty

benefitted

Refresher courses —

UGC – Faculty Improvement Programme —

HRD programmes 20

Orientation programmes 35

Faculty exchange programme —

Staff training conducted by the university 20

Staff training conducted by other institutions 45

Summer / Winter schools, Workshops, etc. 10

Others (NET/SET Coaching) 35

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 11 NA NA NA

Technical Staff 07 NA NA NA

Result analysis is discussed in IQAC meetings and corrective actions are taken

by conducting Remedial Coaching. Teachers are observed by senior faculty members to assess their teaching

methodology and corrective action taken. Student feedback is done and corrective action taken. Usage of interactive teaching methodology and its inclusion in log book.


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 — — — —

Outlay in Rs. Lakhs — — — —

3.3 Details regarding minor projects

Completed Ongoing Sanctioned Submitted

Number — — — —

Outlay in Rs. Lakhs — — — —

3.4 Details on research publications

International National Others

Peer Review Journals 8 1 —

Non-Peer Review Journals — — —

e-Journals — — —

Conference proceedings 13 5 —

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

organisations

Nature of the Project Duration

Year

Name of the

funding

Agency

Total grant

sanctioned

Received

Major projects — — — —

Minor Projects — — — —

Interdisciplinary Projects — — — —

—

Arranging research forum meetings at regular intervals

Promoting research ambience by giving permission to research scholars to meet their

research supervisors

Organising national level conferences

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—

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Industry sponsored — — — —

Projects sponsored by the

University/ College

— — — —

Students research

projects

(other than compulsory

by the University)

— — — —

Any other(Specify) — — — —

Total — — — —

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)

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

Level International National State University College

Number — 1 — —

Sponsorin

g agencies

— Computer

Society of

India

— —

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—

—

—

—

—

—

—

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5

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1

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1

2

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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 SR Project Fellows Any other

3.21 No. of students Participated in NSS events:

University level State level

National level International level

Type of Patent Number

National Applied —

Granted —

International Applied —

Granted —

Commercialised Applied —

Granted —

Total International National State University Dist College

— — — — — — —

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Rs. 1.5 lakhs

Rs. 1.5 lakhs

1

5

NA

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3.22 No. of students participated in NCC events:



3.23 No. of Awards won in NSS:



3.24 No. of Awards won in NCC:



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

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Shasun Bazaar promotes entrepreneurship in the campus.

E-Week is celebrated in association with National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN).

ENACTUS (SIFE) organises activities to support the under-privileged members of the

community.

Several activities under Commerce Club, Environment Club, and Youth Red Cross organised.

NSS units conducted Election Campaign and organised special camp for 7 days at Mudichur

village.

Various inter-school competitions were conducted as Club Carnival.

Annual Kala Utsav showcases the aesthetic talents of the students.


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 2.1 acres — — 2.1 acres

Class rooms 40 — — 40

Laboratories 4 — — 4

Seminar Halls 1 — — 1

No. of important equipments

purchased (≥ 1-0 lakh) during the

current year.

398 30 Revenue

generated

through

fees

collection

3,782

Value of the equipment purchased

during the year (Rs. in Lakhs)

Rs.

7,19,20,924

Rs.

21,18,958

Rs.

7,40,39,882

Others (School of Liberal

Education)

— Rs.

10,00,00,000

Rs.

10,00,00,000

4.2 Computerization of administration and library

4.3 Library services:

Existing Newly added Total

No. Value No. Value No. Value

Text Books 10,319 13,51,521 257 75,859 10,576 14,27,380

Reference Books 753 4,52,000 — — 753 4,52,000

e-Books — — — — — —

Journals 12 84,320 1 10,000 13 94,320

e-Journals — — INFLIB

NET

5,000 INFLIB

NET

5,000

Face recognition software being used to record staff attendance instead of manual

attendance registers.

Accounting Software package (Tally) being used.

Student information such as attendance, marks etc. are available in the portal.

Computerised pay roll maintenance.

Staff appraisal made online.

Student feedback made online.

Library management system partially computerised.


Digital Database — — — — — —

CD & Video 182 28,101 — — — —

Others (specify) — — — — — —

4.4 Technology up gradation (overall)

Total

Computer

s

Compute

r Labs Internet

Browsin

g

Centres

Compute

r Centres

Offic

e

Depart

-

ments

Othe

rs

Existin

g

320 3 2 mb — — 1 19 —

Added — — — — — — — —

Total 320 3 2 mb — — 1 19 —

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 lakhs :

i) ICT

ii) Campus Infrastructure and

facilities

iii) Equipments

iv) Others

Total :

Laptops given to all staff members.

Entire campus is Wi-Fi enabled.

Group mail-id created for ease of communication.

Open source workshop conducted for students in association with student branch of

Computer Society of India (CSI), branch fully functional with more than 100 students

as its members.

58 students successfully completed SKILLEDGE course conducted by Information &

Communication Technology Academy of Tamil Nadu (ICTACT).

Rs. 3.1 lakhs

Rs. 32.21 lakhs

Rs. 6.25 lakhs

Rs. 1.68 lakhs

Rs. 43.24 lakhs


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

UG PG Ph. D. Others

3,351 67 0 10

Last Year This Year

General SC S

T

OB

C

Physically

Challenged

Total Genera

l

SC ST OBC Physically

Challenged

Total

1719 272 0 1209 — 3200 1673 313 0 1442 — 3428

Alumnae and student council are part of IQAC meetings. IQAC meetings are

open for students’ suggestions and review all areas including infrastructure,

administration, teaching methodology to name a few. The issues raised are

addressed immediately.

Students Grievance Cell functions effectively by redressing students’ grievances

in a swift manner.

Scholarship is provided to deserving economically backward students.

Book bank facilities are available.

Internal tests are conducted regularly to monitor and measure students’

academic performance.

Remedial coaching is conducted for students who have not cleared university

exams.

PTA meeting is conducted twice a year to keep the parents informed about their

ward’s performance.

The institution takes enormous efforts to develop the entrepreneurial skills of

the students by providing financial assistance.

The alumni association was strengthened and alumni office bearers were selected.

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Men Women

Demand ratio 1.03:1 Dropout % 1.2%

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

5.6 Details of student counselling and career guidance

No. of students benefitted

No %

No %

3,428 100%

Motivational sessions were organised with IAS officers to orient the IAS

aspirants, especially focussing on II year students for effective coaching.

NCERT books were purchased to enable the aspiring students to clear the

screening test.

A screening test (Aptitude test) was conducted for 110 students who had

enrolled and top 35 aspirants were selected for preliminary coaching.

Initiatives were taken to encourage the student aspirants by organising classes

and discussion sessions were conducted to maintain the spirit of the students.

Coaching was given to the Final year UG students for Management Aptitude

Test (MAT) and to the final year PG students for NET/SET.

Counselling given to students to face individual crisis, peer group problems, conflict

and situational crisis.

Pre-exam counselling was given to all students.

Students who did not pass their university exams were given counselling.

Guidance on higher education and job were given.

2,588

IAS: 32

MAT: 360

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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

18 600 274 13

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

SHASUN EMPOWERMENT CELL conducted the following programmes for

staff and students:

Cancer awareness in association with VASANTHAM CANCER

MEMORIAL, Chennai and 10 staff members above 40 years of age

underwent free mammogram test.

Stem Cell awareness programme was conducted in association with LIFE

CELL INTERNATIONAL, Chennai.

Ending violence against women in association with US CONSULATE.

Breast cancer awareness in association with CHENNAI TURNS PINK.

The mothers of differently abled students were honoured on Women’s’

Day. Students of hearing impaired school showcased their talents.

12 14 1

450 — —


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

Number of

students Amount

Financial support from institution 72 17,95,444

Financial support from government 313 10,62,740

Financial support from other sources — —

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:

1

7 — 12

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1

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2 – ENACTUS (SIFE)

20 – NSS

Grievances related to infrastructure, shakthi cell and scholarship were redressed.


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:

6.3.1 Curriculum Development

OUR VISION:

To create a centre of excellence on par with world class institutions.

To empower students through education and help them realise their potential.

OUR MISSION:

To prepare students for the challenges of life and career.

To impart value-based holistic education along with co-curricular, extra-

curricular and life-skill programmes.

To facilitate job placements through campus interviews.

Our college has very limited authority for the curriculum development as we adhere to

the curriculum framed by the University of Madras.

We do make representations of the modifications in the curriculum through the

Academic Council member of our college.

The Certificate Courses offered by our college facilitates our students to keep

themselves abreast of the latest developments in their respective fields.

Yes. MIS as far as the Students’ database is concerned is 100% complete. Portal entries

are made by the administrative staff and is updated on a regular basis.

Partial LMS exists in our institution.


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

Our Teaching Methodology includes:

Imparting of knowledge through PPT presentations.

Experiential learning

Self – learning

Workshops and seminars

Peer teaching

Guest Lectures

Inter – departmental technical meet Case studies and Study visits

Monitoring the absentees for the tests and examinations by giving them Test

or Assignments.

Motivational classes are conducted for the students who reappear for the

exams.

Monitoring and Measurement of Internal test results is also carried out and

action taken on failures and absentees.

Shasun Knowledge Centre (SKC), the research cell of our college has been

publishing a half-yearly journal “Knowledge Economy” (RNI & ISSN) to

promote research in social sciences.

Regular research forum meetings are organised by SKC.

The research scholars are given permission and leave for pursuing their

research.

Library Management System partially exists in the College library.

Staff and students have access to INFLIBNET (e- journal).

Our library’s extensive electronic resources include database and journals,

Statistical packages, images and digital maps.

The college is an institutional member in the American and British

Council.


6.3.6 Human Resource Management

6.3.7 Faculty and Staff recruitment

6.3.8 Industry Interaction / Collaboration

All activities from faculty recruitment to Exit interviews are taken care of

by the HR department.

Performance appraisal of staff members is done every year based on

student feedback, class observation, peer evaluation and self-appraisal.

Self-appraisal of faculty members is made online.

Birthdays of teaching and non-teaching staff members are celebrated in a

grand manner.

Welfare measures are provided to all teaching and non-teaching staff

members.

Faculty members are encouraged to present papers in conferences and

seminars, registration fee for which is reimbursed and also to publish

articles in journals.

Faculty members are encouraged to participate in orientation and refresher

courses.

Vacancy reports are sent to the Principal by the HODs through the

Academic In charge and posts are advertised in leading newspapers.

Interviews are conducted by a panel comprising of Principal, Management

member and Subject matter expert.

Candidates are encouraged to apply online for the vacancies.

The institution has signed a MOU with the University of Missouri in order to

strengthen faculty and student research. It has singed many MOUs with many

organisations with an objective of furthering Industry-Academia linkage for

mutual benefit. To list a few organisations with whom the institution has singed

the MOUs are:

Shasun Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

City Union Bank Ltd

Appollo Foreign Trading Company

Trust RCM INC Ltd.

Confederation of Indian Industry

Kalyanasundaram & Associates

Venkatakrishnan & Associates

Internship training is given to the students to gain hands-on experience on the

current happenings in the industry.


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 Bureau Veritas Internal

Auditors

Administrative Bureau Veritas Internal

Auditors

Teaching Insurance, Mediclaim insurance, Refreshment, Reimbursement

of Registration fee for paper presentations and yearly bonus

Non-teaching Insurance, Mediclaim insurance, Refreshments and yearly

bonus

Students Insurance, Management Scholarship and Reimbursement of

revaluation money on receiving positive results

Rs 23,00,000

Admission is purely on merit and made in a transparent manner adhering to the

rules laid down by the government.

The applicants are encouraged to use our paperless application system

(www.shasun.edu.in/admissions/apply.online.php)

Students who are not able to apply online shall walk-in to the college and apply in

person.

http://www.shasun.edu.in/admissions/apply.online.php


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

6.12 Activities and support from the Parent – Teacher Association

Exam registration of students made online.

Hall tickets are sent online.

The university encourages its eligible affiliated colleges to apply for autonomy and

provides support until the colleges are stabilised.

SHAAN (Shasun Alumni Network) was inaugurated in 2013-14 by Shri

Abhaya Kumarji (Hon. Gen. Secretary, Sri S S Jain Educational Society).

New office bearers were elected.

Ambassador Awards were introduced and the same were awarded to Ms

Shyama S Nair from Arts and Ms Abinaya Ganesan from Science. More

than 700 alumnae participated in the reunion held on 23.2.2014.

SHAAN though in the nascent stage takes active part in the college and

lend their time and resources to participate in various college initiatives

including admission, interviews, mentoring students, providing scholarship

opportunities and more.

The college has a strong PTA wherein active PTA meeting is conducted twice a year. The

parents get to know their ward’s performance and their active participation in various

activities. In near future, we expect parents to participate in various college activities like

guest lectures. A PTA Registration form is collected from parents to involve them more in

the activities of the institution.


6.13 Development programmes for support staff

6.14 Initiatives taken by the institution to make the campus eco-friendly

A Workshop on “Administrative Procedures” for Educational Institutions was

organised for the Administrative staff of the college.

The initiative to make the campus eco-friendly, the college has a tie-up with

ITC for paper recycling.

An awareness rally on smokeless bhogi is organised every year.

Various competitions were organised to create awareness on RRR (Reduce,

Reuse & Recycle).

Use of Sanitary Waste disposal system.


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.

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

Online Admissions

Ph.D. Leave for staff members

Business Incubation – Mentor Support for Alumni Entrepreneurs

Team formed to implement the plan of doing student admission online.

Staff members encouraged to avail Ph.D. leave. 5 staff members availed

leave and submitted Ph.D. thesis.

Formed the Student Chapter of CSI and successfully organised national

conference.

SEED (Shasun College’s Business Incubator) inaugurated and MY

STORY sessions organised.

Students are offered skill-based training (Aesthetic courses)

Conference, seminar & workshop registration fee is reimbursed to faculty

members

Students’ Artwork/ Saplings given to all guests in college events

Guests given saplings as memento

Recycling of used paper

Smokeless bhogi rally before Bhogi Pongal


7.5 Whether environmental audit was conducted? Yes No

7.6 Any other relevant information the institution wishes to add. (for example SWOT Analysis)

8. Plans of institution for next year

Name Ms S Rukmani Name Dr. B Poorna

_______________________________ _______________________________

Signature of the Coordinator, IQAC Signature of the Chairperson, IQAC

_______***_______

Permanent Affiliation – Documents submitted to University of Madras.

Autonomy – To be processed upon grant of Permanent Affiliation.

The institution is in the process of getting SWOT analysis and environmental audit done.



Annexure 1(2.15)

Academic Calendar







Annexure 2(1.3)

Student feedback analysis

Feedback is collected from the students online based on the following parameters and an anlysis

of the same is done wherein the faculty members are grouped into three categories A, B & C. A

faculty member is assigned grade A when the students have rated her above 75% under A.

S.No. Parameters

1 Knowledge base of the teacher ( as perceived by you)

2 Communication skills (in terms of articulation and comprehensibility)

3 Sincerity / Commitment of the teacher

4 Interest generated by the teacher

5 Ability to integrate course material with environment/other issues, to provide a broader

perspective

6 Ability to integrate content with other courses

7 Accessibility of the teacher in and out of the class (includes availability of the teacher to

motivate further study and discussion outside class)

8 Ability to design quizzes/ Tests Assignments / Examinations and projects to evaluate students

understanding of the course

9 Provision of sufficient time for feedback

10 Overall rating

Grade A Grade B Grade C

SHIFT-I (No. of teachers)

17 45 16

SHIFT-II (No. of Teachers)

9 27 9

TOTAL (No. of Teachers)

26 72 25


Annexure 3(7.3)

Best practices of the institution

Title of the practice Skill-based training (Aesthetic Courses) to students

Goal To offer holistic education through skill-based training

Context The institution does not concentrate only on academics but insists on

overall development of its students. Students are trained in various

skill-based courses.

Practice Students are offered skill-based courses such as cooking, music, fashion

designing, instrumental, dance, embroidery, arts and crafts etc. To

showcase their talents, an annual ‘Kala Utsav’ is organised. Students

display their creativity through dance-drama, fashion show, release of

cookery book etc.

Evidence of Success The increase in the number of participants and visitors including

parents, students and alumni stands testimony to the success of the

practice.

Problems encountered None encountered so far.


Title of the practice Reimbursement of Registration fee for Conference participation by

faculty members.

Goal To encourage faculty members to present research papers by

reimbursing registration fee of conferences, seminars and workshops.

Context Faculty members need to hone their research skills by presenting papers

in their research are in various conferences and seminars

Practice In order to encourage faculty members to participate and present papers

in their research area in various conferences and seminars, the

institution offers 50% reimbursement of the registration fee of such

conferences and seminars

Evidence of Success Research is promoted in the institution and there has been a surge in the

faculty participation in seminars and conferences.



Title of the practice Artwork of students and Saplings as Memento

Goal To gift mementos which are unique and practical in nature to the guests

of the institution.

Context The institution receives numerous guest for its events and they need to

be given appropriate memento

Practice The artwork of visual communication students of the college are given

as memento. Each artwork is a unique creation which is purchased by

the institution at a nominal rate from the students and given as

memento. This way, the students are encouraged. Giving saplings as

memento is a small contribution of the institution to the environment.

Evidence of Success Appreciation from the guests is evidence enough for the success of this

practice.
