National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)

To21 August 2017

The Director,

National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC),

Po Box No. 1075, Nagarbhavi,

Bangalore 580 072

Dear Sir,

Sub:- Submission of Annual Quality Assurance Reports (AQAR 2016-17) in respect of Vidya Jyothi Institute of Technology (VJIT, Autonomous), Hyderabad – 500075.

Preamble

Vidya Jyothi Institute of Technology (Autonomous), has been accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), with CGPA of 2.84 on four scale at B grade valid from 29/3/2016 for a period of 5 years.

VJIT – IQAC

As per the guidelines of NAAC, an Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) has been constituted under the chairmanship of Dr.P.Venugopal Reddy, Director as a post accreditation quality sustenance and enhancement measure.

Dr C N Ravi,Associate Professor,Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering has been nominated as coordinator of IQAC.

The Institution has prepared the Annual Quality Assurance Reports AQAR 2016-17 as per prescribed guidelines. The AQAR reports along with necessary enclosures are submitted herewith for your kind information.

Kindly acknowledge the same and oblige.

With regards,

Name : Dr.C N Ravi,Associate Professor,EEE Dept

Signature of the Coordinator, IQAC

Name: Dr A Padmaja Name:Dr P Venugopal Reddy

Signature of the Vice Chairperson ,IQAC Signature of the Chairperson, IQAC

Vidya Jyothi Institute of Technology

(An Autonomous Institute)

(Accredited by NBA, Approved by AICTE New Delhi & Permanently Affiliated to JNTUH,Hyderabad)

Aziznagar Gate, C.B. Post, Hyderabad – 500 075

Web site:

e-mail :

ANNUAL QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORT

(2016-2017)

SUBMITTED TO

NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION COUNCIL

(NAAC)

BANGALORE – 560072

CONTENT

Index
1. / Annexure – 1 Quality workshops
2. / Annexure – 2 Academic Calendar
3. / Annexure – 3 Feedback analysis report
4. / Annexure – 4 Curriculum/Course structure
5. / Annexure – 5 Faculty Members involved in curriculum development (as BOS Members)
6. / Annexure - 6 Innovative Teaching methodologies
7. / Annexure – 7 Guest Lectures
8. / Annexure – 8 Research Projects
9. / Annexure – 9 Research Publications
10. / Annexure – 10 Research Publications Scopus
11. / Annexure – 11 Books Authored by faculty
12. / Annexure – 12 MOU
13. / Annexure – 13 Patents
14. / Annexure – 14 Research Guidance
15. / Annexure - 15 NSS Activities
16. / Annexure – 16(1) NSS Event wise Volunteers List
17. / Annexure – 16(2) Street Cause Volunteers
18. / Annexure – 17 Academic Audit
19. / Annexure – 18 Career Guidance
20. / Annexure – 19 Placement data
21. / Annexure – 20 Sports
22. / Annexure – 21(1) Student Professional bodies clubs
23. / Annexure – 21(2) Seminars Workshops Conducted
24. / Annexure – 21(3) Institute Topper Awards
25. / Annexure – 21(4) Special appreciation awards list
26. / Annexure – 21(5) Certifications
27. / Annexure – 21 (6) Summer internships
28. / Annexure – 22(1) List of HITA _ NSS Activities
29. / Annexure – 22(2) Street Cause
30. / Annexure – 23 Industry Institute Interaction
31. / Annexure – 24 Library
32. / Annexure – 25 Student Research Publications

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:

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:

1.6 Accreditation Details

Sl. No. / Cycle / Grade / CGPA / Year of Accreditation / Validity Period
1 / 1st Cycle / B / 2.84 / 2016 / up to March 28, 2021
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)

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)

AQAR ______Not Applicable ______(DD/MM/YYYY)
AQAR______-______(DD/MM/YYYY)
AQAR______-______(DD/MM/YYYY)
AQAR______-______(DD/MM/YYYY)

1.10 Institutional Status

UniversityState Central Deemed Private

Affiliated CollegeYes No

Constituent CollegeYes No

Autonomous college of UGCYes No

Regulatory Agency approved InstitutionYes 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)

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 NA

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

2.10 No. of IQAC meetings held

2.11 No. of meetings with various stakeholder No. Faculty

Non-Teaching Staff StudentsAlumni: 2 Others 2

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) Annexure 1

(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

Applied for NBA Accreditation for 5 programmes (CSE,ECE,EEE,Mech& IT) and expecting Peer Committee visit in the month of December 2017.
Faculty trained by IUCEE IGIP and Microsoft India, IUCEE-IGIP Engineering Educators Certification Programme
Enhanced usage of ICT
Contributing and monitoring to reach quality benchmarks set for the Institution.
Periodic monitoring of feedback from stakeholders for continuous improvement
More emphasis on Training and Placement
Regular audit mechanism for sustained quality
Conducted workshop on Creating an Institutional Culture of Teaching and Learning by Prof.ClifKussmaul, Professor of Computer Science, Muhlenberg College, USA on 16 December 2016
Conducted series of lectures/webinars on outcome based education by IonCUDOS in the month of October 2016
On timely basis up-gradation of Lab infrastructure to meet with the advanced technology across the departments
Encouraging Students for Industrial Visits/Internships
Maker Space is established with the intension of motivating students to provide solutions to the real world problems that every one come across in our daily life’s. Institute provides necessary infrastructure to carry out their projects.
NI labview academy center of excellence and embedded system lab-ARM university program has been established. 30 faculty members have been trained. Different modules are introduced for students of 3rd and 4th year B.Tech students.
Embedded RF technologies program introduced for ECE third year B.Tech students. Training was given to students on advanced microcontrollers.
Students are trained Raspberry pi, ARM9 and ARM10 controllers and also mini & major projects were done by the students using this technology.
Civil Engg dept : Exclusive work shop conducted for B.TechIV Year students on, “Design of Building” 30th Aug. 2016
Surveying of area near Moinabad 3rd Year B.Tech students
EEE Students trained in "Power Quality Improvement by DVR using Z source inverter"and presented papers in conferences
IV B.TechMechanical students participated at SUPRA SAE-INDIA Racing car competition held at Delhi. The students designed and fabricated a student formula car which got 4th place in Telangana and AP states.

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
Organised Quality Development Programmes / Programs on Assessment/Attainment, awareness on OBE are conducted.
by
Career planning Orientation Programme / Conducted guest Lecture on “Career Planning and Placements” by CA Technologies Mr. Arnesh Kumar
Auditing of departments / Done across all the departments
Improvement in Research Publications / Increased number of papers
Setting up NI Labview academy Center of Excellence Embedded system lab, ARM University Programme / Established
To enhance number of Doctorate faculty / Number increased
Modernisation of seminar halls / Equipped with audio visual set up system
Proposal and plan to conduct National and International level seminars, conferences, workshops, symposiums and FDP’S / National conferences, Seminars, workshops and FDP’S conducted across all departments
Research Proposals / Faculty Members were encouraged to apply for research projects to various funding agencies
Plan for Industrial Visit / Visiting various industries
More number of community activities to be
initiated / Community activities initiated through
NSS,HITA and street cause
Practices to reform and improve the student’s success rate. / Practices such as question banks,learningresources,regular assignments,
remedial classes are implemented to improve academic pass percentage.
Encouraging students to go for higher studies / No. of students doing higher studies increased.
Feedback response from students, parents and other stakeholders on quality related institutional processes / preparing a review report on the feedback received from the stakeholders for continuous
improvement
Encourage students to apply theoretical
knowledge and come up with innovative projects / Mentoring and support given to the students by industrial experts
Strengthening Entrepreneurship cell / Number of lectures and activities conducted under entrepreneurship cell.
Sports and Cultural Activities / Students have actively participated in sports and cultural activities conducted by state/University/National & International and

* Attach the Academic Calendar of the year as Annexure: 2

2.16 Whether the AQAR was placed in statutory body Yes No

Management Syndicate Any other body

Provide the details of the action taken

Part -B

Criterion – I

1. Curricular Aspects

1.1 Details about Academic Programmes

Level of the Programme / Number of existing Programmes / Number of programmes added during the year / Number of self-financing programmes / Number of value added / Career Oriented programmes
PhD / - / - / - / -
PG / 9 / - / 9 / -
UG / 6 / - / 6 / -
PG Diploma / - / - / - / -
Advanced Diploma / - / - / - / -
Diploma / - / - / - / -
Certificate / - / - / - / -
Others / - / - / - / -
Total / 15 / - / 15 / -
Interdisciplinary / - / - / - / -
Innovative / - / - / - / -

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

Open options

(ii) Pattern of programmes: The Institution follows semester system for I, II,III& IV Years B.Tech

and PG Courses.

Pattern / Number of programmes
Semester / √
Trimester / -
Annual / -

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 3

1.4 Whether there is any revision/update of regulation or syllabi, if yes, mention their salient aspects. Annexure 4

1.5 Any new Department/Centre introduced during the year. If yes, give details.

Criterion – II

2. Teaching, Learning and Evaluation

Total / Asst. Professors / Associate Professors / Professors / Others
348 / 256 / 64 / 28 / -

2.1 Total No. of permanent faculty

2.2 No. of permanent faculty with Ph.D.

Asst. Professors / Associate Professors / Professors / Others / Total
R / V / R / V / R / V / R / V / R / V
85 / - / 3 / - / 6 / - / - / - / 94 / -

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 / 17 / 15 / 12
Presented papers / 20 / 25 / 14
Resource Persons / 8 / 9 / 6

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

Teaching learning Practices are streamlined for the improvement of academic performance andholistic development of students. Institute has necessary infrastructure for quality teaching learning practices.

The various methodologies adapted are given in the Annexure -6

2.7 Total No. of actual teaching days

during this academic year

2.8 Examination/ Evaluation Reforms initiated by

the Institution (for example: Open Book Examination, Bar Coding,

Double Valuation, Photocopy, Online Multiple Choice Questions)

2.9 No. of faculty members involved in curriculum

restructuring/revision/syllabus development

as member of Board of Study/Faculty/Curriculum Development workshop Annexure 5

2.10 Average percentage of attendance of students

2.11 Course/Programme wise distribution of pass percentage:

Title of the Programme
2012-16 / Total no. of students appeared / Division
Distinction % / I % / II % / III % / Pass %
B.Tech – EEE / 125 / 42 / 68 / 09 / -- / 95.20
B.Tech – MECH / 181 / 45 / 106 / 14 / -- / 91.16
B.Tech – ECE / 179 / 77 / 61 / 18 / -- / 87.15
B.Tech – CSE / 167 / 39 / 83 / 29 / -- / 90.42
B.Tech – IT / 39 / 15 / 12 / 06 / -- / 84.62
M.Tech – CAD/CAM / 05 / 03 / 00 / -- / -- / 60.00
M.Tech – EPS / 18 / 14 / 02 / -- / -- / 88.89
M.Tech – MD / 04 / 03 / 00 / -- / -- / 75.00
M.Tech – SE / 16 / 5 / 02 / -- / -- / 43.75
M.Tech – PEED / 11 / 3 / 4 / -- / -- / 63.64
M.Tech – ES / 16 / 6 / 5 / -- / -- / 68.75
M.Tech – VLSI SYS DESIGN / 11 / 4 / 1 / -- / -- / 45.45
M.Tech – CSE / 12 / 3 / 5 / -- / -- / 66.37
MBA ( 2014 – 2015 Batch ) / 27 / 19 / -- / -- / 70.37
B.Tech 2013-17
Branch / Total / Passed / Fail / Distinction / First Class / Second Class / % Pass
CIVIL / 66 / 37 / 29 / 16 / 19 + 1 / 1 / 56.06
EEE / 120 / 66 / 54 / 15 / 45 / 6 / 55.00
ME / 232 / 162 / 70 / 44 / 101 + 3 / 14 / 69.83
ECE / 236 / 167 / 69 / 67 / 91 + 1 / 8 / 70.76
CSE / 160 / 102 / 58 / 31 / 64 / 7 / 63.75
IT / 35 / 28 / 7 / 8 / 18 / 2 / 80.00
TOTAL / 849 / 562 / 287 / 181 / 338 / 38 / 65.90

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

The IQAC effectively monitors and evaluates the teaching learning process learning process
Academic audit of the departments
Course files
Workshops related to Outcome based Education
Monitor the conduct of Internal assessment
Monitor all curricular activities conducted by all departments
Ensured enhancement and coordination among various activities of the institution and institutionalize all good practices
Recommended subjects to bridge academic and industry
Identify the Process for “Curriculum GAP ANALYSIS”.
The key functional committees in implementing curriculum and reviewing of course/Programme outcomes assessment process:

 Programme Assessment Committee (PAC)

 Department Advisory Board (DAB)

Process of defining Vision and Mission of the Departments
Process of defining PEO/PSO of the Department

Set up process for Internal Semester question paper setting, evaluation and effective process implementation
Blooms Taxonomy is followed while setting the internal exam question papers where the following strategy is applied
Set up process to ensure questions from outcomes/learning level perspectives
Document the evidence of COs coverage in class test/mid test
Setting up quality of assignments and its relevance to COs

2.13 Initiatives undertaken towards faculty development (Annexure 7)

Faculty / Staff Development Programmes / Number of faculty
benefitted
Refresher courses / -
UGC – Faculty Improvement Programme / -
HRD programmes / -
Orientation programmes / 200+
Faculty exchange programme
Staff training conducted by the university / 22
Staff training conducted by other institutions / 72
Summer / Winter schools, Workshops, etc. / 14
Others / 30

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 / 96 / - / 10 / -
Technical Staff / 41 / - / 9 / -

Criterion - III

3. Research, Consultancy and Extension

3.1 Initiatives of the IQAC in Sensitizing/Promoting Research Climate in the institution

Research & Development centre is to encourage faculty and students to take up research activities.
Centres of excellence/Innovative labs/incubation centres.
Continuous augmentation of laboratories with state of art equipment.
Supporting measures for patent filing.
Financial assistance to faculty for presenting technical papers in national/international conferences/seminars.
Deputation of faculty to participate in workshops/seminars and conferences.
Cash incentives for research publications in referred journals.
To document the evidence of papers published.
To establish Industry supported laboratories.
The faculty members are encouraged to submit research proposals to various research organizations/ public and private sectors to receive the research grants and promote research activities in the departments.
Students are taken to research labs like DRDO, RCI every year to interact with industrial experts.
The students are guided to present papers in the seminars and conferences, Paper publications.
The students are encouraged to take internship program during their semester break.
Departments have also employed various measures as detailed here under to promote research culture, research laboratories have been established.

The following laboratories have been established for promoting research

EEE

Power system simulation lab : To carry out research in the areas of transmission lines, transformers and alternators.

CSE & IT

IOT Maker space lab has been created for students
Center for Big data & cloud computing
Coding lab

Mechanical

Welding laboratory : to carry out research in thrust areas Plasma Arc welding machine/Tungsten Inert gas welding machine/Tubular furnaces/Trinoculor microscope with image acquisition system/Fatigue testing machine/Creo 3.0/Ansys 17.0/GibbsCAM

ECE

Lab View –National instruments laboratory
ARM-PSOC University(Project Based embedded System Laboratory
CANDENCE Laboratory
Mentor Graphics laboratory

Civil

Structural Engineering laboratory

3.2 Details regarding major projects Annexure -8

Completed / Ongoing / Sanctioned / Submitted
Number / 2 / 2 / - / 17
Outlay in Rs. Lakhs / 9515000 / 6464500 / - / 501620000

3.3Details regarding minor projects Annexure-8

Completed / Ongoing / Sanctioned / Submitted
Number / - / 6 / - / 12
Outlay in Rs. Lakhs / - / 1906750 / - / 3881750

3.4Details on research publications 2015-16/2016-17

Department / No. Of Publications
CSE / 130
ECE / 72
EEE / 67
MECH / 84
IT / 7
MBA / 14
H&S / 27
2016-17(Break up of publications) / International / National / Others
Peer Review Journals / 49 / 50 / 2
Non-Peer Review Journals / 10 / 15 / 2
e-Journals / 28 / 41 / 2
Conference proceedings / 44 / 15 / 2

3.5 Details on Impact factor of publications: 2015-16/2016-17 ANNEXURE 8

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 / 1 / RCI DRDO / 10 lakhs / 3 lakhs
Major Project / 1 / DRDO / 50 lakhs
Minor Projects / 1 / UGC, / Rs 4,41,750 / -
Interdisciplinary Projects / -- / -- / --
Industry sponsored / -- / -- / --
Projects sponsored by the University/ College / -- / -- / --
Students research projects
(other than compulsory by the University) / -- / -- / --
Any other(Specify) / -- / --
Total / -- / -- / Rs 6,441750 / -

3.7 No. of books published i) With ISBN No. Chapters in Edited Books

ii) Without ISBN No. Annexure 11

3.8 No. of University Departments receiving funds from

UGC-SAPCAS 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

Level / International / National / State / University / College
Number / - / 2 / 10 / - / 7
Sponsoring agencies / - / VJIT / VJIT / - / VJIT

3.12 No. of faculty served as experts, chairpersons or resource persons

3.13 No. of collaborations International National Any other

Annexure-12

3.14 No. of linkages created during this year

3.15 Total budget for research for current year in lakhs :

From Funding agency From Management of University/College

Total