Submission of Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR)

Submission of Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR)

Submission of Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR)

Assessment Year: 2013-14

By

SAMMILANI MAHAVIDYALAYA

Baghajatin, E.M. Bypass, Kolkata – 700094

West Bengal

The Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of the IQAC

All NAAC accredited institutions will submit an annual self-reviewed progress report to NAAC, through its IQAC. The report is to detail the tangible results achieved in key areas, specifically identified by the institutional IQAC at the beginning of the academic year. The AQAR will detail the results of the perspective plan worked out by the IQAC.(Note: The AQAR period would be the Academic Year. For example, July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013)

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)

1.5Website address:

Web-link of the AQAR:

For ex.

1.6Accreditation Details

Sl.No. / Cycle / Grade / CGPA / Year of Accreditation / Validity Period
1 / 1st Cycle / B / NA / 2004 / 2004-09
2 / 2nd Cycle / N.A / N.A / N.A / N.A
3 / 3rd Cycle / N.A / N.A / N.A / N.A
4 / 4th Cycle / N.A / N.A / N.A / N.A

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

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

1.9Details of the previous year’s AQAR submitted to NAACafterthe latest Assessment and Accreditation by NAAC ((for example AQAR 2010-11submitted to NAAC on 12-10-2011)

  1. AQAR 2006-07 submitted to NAAC on 15.02.2009
  2. AQAR 2007-08 submitted to NAAC on 15.02.2009
  3. AQAR______(DD/MM/YYYY)
  4. AQAR______(DD/MM/YYYY)

1.10Institutional Status

UniversityState Central Deemed Private

Affiliated CollegeYes No

ConstituentCollegeYes No

Autonomous collegeof 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-aidUGC 2(f) UGC 12B

Grant-in-aid +Self Financing Totally Self-financing

1.11Type of Faculty/Programme

Arts Science Commerce Law PEI(Phys Edu)

TEI (Edu) Engineering Health Science Management

Others (Specify)

1.12Name 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.IQACComposition and Activities

2.1No. of Teachers

2.2No. of Administrative/Technical staff

2.3No. of students

2.4No. of Management representatives

2.5No. 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

2.10No. of IQAC meetings held :06

2.11 No. of meetings with various stakeholders: No. Faculty

Non-Teaching Staff StudentsAlumni Others

2.12Has IQAC received any funding from UGC during the year?Yes No

If yes, mention the amount

2.13Seminars 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

2.14Significant Activities and contributions made by IQAC

2.15Plan 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
1. Toexpand the infrastructure through construction ofa new building.
2.To improve the teaching techniques and to make teaching and learning more interesting to the students.
3.To conduct the University examinations as well as internal examinations of the college smoothly and fairly.
4. To conduct a short term course on Soft skill developmentutilising the grant allocated by UGC.
5.To make the admission system simple and transparent.
6. Utilisation of fund sanctioned by UGC for organizing a seminar in Sanskrit department. / 1. A new buildinghas been constructed in the college campus for relocation of the present Canteen, NSS cell, Students’ Union room, Common room and gymnasium room from the main building. The rooms of the main building, used for the said purposes so far, will then be available for other academic and administrative purposes.
2. Some of the classrooms have been upgraded to ICT enabled classrooms and topics have been taught through power point presentation to deviate from the monotony of blackboard teaching.
3. An Examination core committeehas been constituted comprising teachingand non-teaching members.
4. A short term course on “Soft skill and technical skill development and communicative English”has beenconducted by the Equal Opportunity cell from September 2013 to December 2013.
5. On line admission system has been started.
6.UGC sponsored National Level Seminar has been organized by the department of Sanskrit.

* Attach the Academic Calendar of the year as Annexure.

2.15Whether theAQAR was placed instatutory body Yes No

Management Syndicate Any other body

Provide the details of the action taken

Part – B

Criterion – I

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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 / NA / NA / NA / NA
PG / 09*+ 04** / NIL / NIL / NIL
UG / 20 + 05* / NIL / NIL / NIL
PG Diploma / NIL / NIL / NIL / NIL
Advanced Diploma / NIL / NIL / NIL / NIL
Diploma / NIL / NIL / NIL / NIL
Certificate / NIL / NIL / NIL / NIL
Others / NIL / NIL / 01***
Total / 38 / NIL / NIL / 01

* under Netaji Subhas Open University (NSOU),** under Vidyasagar University

** * under UGC sponsored “Entry in Service” scheme.

Interdisciplinary / Five interdisciplinary courses are run by the College:
i)Microbiology ii) Molecular Biology iii) Commerce iv) Computer Science
v) Environmental Studies
Innovative / The institution has organized a series of interdisciplinary lectures for the benefit ofthe students. This year lectures have been delivered on the following topics:
  1. An insight into probability and Statistics(Organised by the Deptt. Of Mathematics)
(Targeted audience: B.Sc (Hons) 1st year students of Microbiology, Zoology, Philosophy, Commerce, Education & Geography).
  1. Preparation of a project report. (Organised by the Deptt. Of Geography)
(Targeted audience: B.Sc / B.Com(Hons), 3rd year students.

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

a) CBCS: NA (The University of Calcutta does not allow CBCS)

b) Core : The College has core options at the UG level in English and Environmental Studies.

c) Elective Option: Alternative English.

d) Open Options:

A)HONOURS LEVEL: i) English ii) Bengali iii) Sanskrit iv) History v) Philosophy vi) Education vii) Geography viii) Physics ix) Mathematics x) Microbiology xi) Computer Science xii) Zoology xiii) AccountancyFinance, xiv) Political Science.

B) GENERAL LEVEL:

a)LANGUAGES & SOCIAL SCIENCES

i) English /Bengali / Sanskrit ii) History iii) Philosophy/ Geography

iv) Political Science/ Education / Film Studies.

b)PURE SCIENCE

i) Physics ii) Mathematics iii) Chemistry / Computer Science.

c)BIO SCIENCE

i) Zoology ii) Chemistry iii) Molecular Biology.

(ii) Pattern of programmes:

Pattern / Number of programmes
Semester / NIL
Trimester / NIL
Annual / 38 [20 (under CU) 14 (under NSOU)
04 (under VU)]

1.3Feedback 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

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.

Criterion – II

2. Teaching, Learning and Evaluation

Total / Asst. Professors / Associate Professors / Professors / Others (Govt. Approved )
26 / 18( Lecturer &Senior Lecturer) / 07 (Reader & Selection Grade) / 01 / 32(Part time teachers)+ 01(Contractual)

2.1Total No. of permanent faculty

2.2 No. of permanent faculty with Ph.D.

Asst. Professors
(Lecturer) / Associate Professors / Professors / Others / Total
R / V / R / V / R / V / R / V / R / V
NIL / 06 / NIL / NIL / NIL / NIL / NIL / NIL / NIL / 06

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

2.5Faculty participation in conferences and symposia:

No. of Faculty / International level / National level / State level
Attended Seminars/ Workshops / 02 / 19 / 05
Presented papers / 01 / 07 / 02
Resource Persons / NIL / NIL / NIL

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

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 MultipleChoice 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 %
BNGA / 36 / N. A. / ---- / 97. 22 / 2.78 / 100.00
ENGA / 22 / ---- / 100.00 / --- / 100.00
SANA / 24 / 4.17 / 91.67 / 4.16 / 100.00
HISA / 25 / ---- / 88.00 / 12.00 / 100.00
GEOA / 25 / ---- / 96.00 / 4.00 / 100.00
EDCA / 20 / 5.00 / 95.00 / --- / 100.00
PHIA / 13 / --- / 53.85 / 23.08 / 76.93
PLSA / 09 / --- / 77.78 / 22.22 / 100.00
PHSA / 09 / 22.22 / 77.78 / --- / 100.00
CMSA / 16 / 37.5 / 62.5 / ---- / 100.00
MTMA / 23 / ---- / 34.78 / 43.48 / 78.26
MCBA / 09 / 66.67 / 33.33 / ---- / 100.00
ZOOA / 03 / 66.67 / 33.33 / ---- / 100.00
GR3A / 33 / 15.15 / 75.76 / 9.09 / 100.00
B.A (General) / 137 / ---- / 15.32 / 64.12 / 79.44
B.Sc (General) / 29 / ---- / 17.24 / 5.83 / 23.08
B.Com (General) / 74 / ---- / ---- / 92.55 / 92.55

*In case of Honours candidates class III means pass without Honours and in case of General candidates Division III stands for “P” Divison

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

Like the previous years, IQAC has supervised the activities likepreparation of academic calendar and time-table, class distribution among teachers, recruitment of guest lecturers as required by the departments etc.

Attendance of the students in the class has been monitored.

 In addition to these activities, this year the IQAC has taken initiative to upgrade the library of the college following the suggestions of the members of the Academic Council and library committee.

2.13 Initiatives undertaken towards faculty development

Faculty/ Staff Development Programmes / Number of faculty
benefitted
Refresher courses / 02
UGC – Faculty Improvement Programme / NIL
HRD programmes / NIL
Orientation programmes / 01
Faculty exchange programme / NIL
Staff training conducted by the university / NIL
Staff training conducted by other institutions / NIL
Summer / Winter schools, Workshops, etc. / 02(summer school) +
01(workshop)
Others (Ph. D. course work) / 01

2.14Details 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 / 02 (PrincipalBursar) +14 (Office Staff) / NIL / NIL / 02
Technical Staff / 14 / 01(Librarian) / NIL / NIL

Criterion – III

3.Research, Consultancy and Extension

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

3.2Details regarding major projects

Completed / Ongoing / Sanctioned / Submitted
Number / NIL / 02 / NIL / NIL
Outlay in Rs. Lakhs / N.A / NIL / N.A / N.A

3.3Details regarding minor projects

Completed / Ongoing / Sanctioned / Submitted
Number / NIL / NIL / 03 / NIL
Outlay in Rs. Lakhs / N.A / N.A / N.A / N.A

3.4Details on research publications

International / National / Others
Peer Review Journals / 12 / 01 / 01
Non-Peer Review Journals / NIL / 01 / NIL
e-Journals / NIL / NIL / NIL
Conference proceedings / NIL / 05 / 02

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 (In Lakh) / Received
(In Lakh)
Major projects in Physics / 02(each of 3 years duration) / DST and DAE-BRNS / 33.74 +28.20 = 61.94 / 14 + 25.22 = 39.22
Minor Projects / NIL / UGC / NIL
Interdisciplinary Projects / NIL / NIL / NIL / NIL
Industry sponsored / NIL / NIL / NIL / NIL
Projects sponsored by the University/ College / NIL / NIL / NIL / NIL
Students research projects 02 (Winter projects)
(other than compulsory by the University) / 6 months / NIL / NIL / NIL
Any other(Specify) / NIL / NIL / NIL / NIL
Total / ---- / ---- / NIL / 39.22

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 N.A

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

Level / International / National / State / University / College
Number / NIL / 01 / NIL / NIL / 04
Sponsoring agencies / NIL / UGC / NIL / NIL / College

3.11No. of conferences

organized by the Institution

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

3.13No. of collaborations International National Any other

3.14No. of linkages created during this year

3.15Total budget for research for current year in lakhs :

From Funding agency From Management of University/College

Total

Type of Patent / Number
National / Applied / NIL
Granted / NIL
International / Applied / NIL
Granted / NIL
Commercialised / Applied / NIL
Granted / NIL

3.16No. of patents received this year

3.17No. of research awards/ recognitions received by faculty and research fellows

Total / International / National / State / University / Dist / College
NIL / NIL / NIL / NIL / NIL / NIL / NIL

Of the institute in the year

3.18No. 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

3.20No. of Research scholars receiving the Fellowships (Newly enrolled + existing ones)

JRF SRF Project Fellows Any other

3.21No. of students Participated in NSS events:

University level State level

National level International level

3.22No. of students participated in NCC events: N.A

University level State level

National level International level

3.23 No. of Awards won in NSS:

University level State level

National level International level

3.24 No. of Awards won in NCC: N.A

University level State level

National level International level

3.25No. of Extension activities organized

University forum College forum

NCC NSS Any other

3.26Major Activities during the year in the sphere of extension activities and Institutional Social Responsibility

  • A short term course on ‘Soft skill and technical skill development and communicative English’has been conducted by the Equal Opportunity cell from September 2013 to December 2013.
  • A Special one week campaigning programme has beenorganized by NSS unit on Child health and hygiene.
  • A National Level Conference entitled ‘The Scientific and Technical Literature in Sanskrit: The Art and Entertainment within it’hasbeen organized by the department of Sanskrit where many eminent speakers have delivered multidimensional valuable talks. In addition, a conference proceeding (Volume 1, ISBN No. 978-81-928589-0-6)has been published, containing research papers.
  • One of the faculty members of the Department of Physics has delivered extension lectures(in 3rd semester) in the post-graduate department of Physics in NarendrapurRamKrishnaMissionCollege.
  • One of the faculty members of the Department of Geography has delivered extension lectures (in 1st , 3rd & 4th semester) in the post-graduate department of Geography in VivekanandaCollege for Women.

Criterion – IV

4.Infrastructure and Learning Resources

4.1 Details of increase in infrastructure facilities:

Facilities / Existing / Newly created
(In Lakhs) / Source of Fund / Total
Campus area / 6691.46 sq.m / NIL / N.A / 6691.46 sq.m
Class rooms / 24 / NIL / N.A / 24
Laboratories / 23 / NIL / NA / 23
Seminar Halls / 01 / NIL / N.A / 01
No. of important equipments purchased (≥ 1-0 lakh) during the current year. / NIL / NIL / N.A / NIL
Value of the equipment purchased during the year (Rs. in Lakhs) / 31.662 / 2.46 / UGC / 34.082
Others (Software, Office equipments) / 11.577 / 0.045 / N.A / 11.622

4.2 Computerization of administration and library

4.3 Library services:

Existing / Newly added / Total
No. / Value
(in INR) / No. / Value
(in INR) / No. / Value
(in INR)
Text Books
Reference Books / 13,337 / 21,49,441 / 844 / 2,16,891 / 14,181 / 23,66,332
e-Books / 155 / Free access / 70 / Free access / 225 / Free access
Journals / 02 / 6,334 / 01 / 1,217 / 03 / 7,551
e-Journals / 32 / Free access / 28 / Free access / 60 / Free access
Digital Database / NIL / NIL / NIL / NIL / NIL / NIL
CD & Video / 38 / 2600 / 10 / 3200 / 48 / 5800
Others (specify)

4.4Technology up gradation (overall)

Total Computers / Computer Labs / Internet / Browsing Centres / Computer Centres / Office / Depart-ments / Others
Existing / 118 / 81 / 19 / 05 / NIL / 10 / 14 / 08
Added / 08 / 05 / NIL / NIL / NIL / 01 / 01 / 01
Total / 126 / 86 / 19 / 05 / NIL / 11 / 15 / 09

4.5Computer, Internet access, training to teachers andstudents and any other programme for technology

upgradation (Networking, e-Governance etc.)

4.6 Amount spent on maintenancein lakhs :

i) ICT

ii) Campus Infrastructure and facilities

iii) Equipments

iv) Others

Total :

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

UG / PG / Ph. D. / Others
2181+387* / 182*+134** / NIL / NIL

5.3 (a) Total Number of students

*No. of students under Netaji Subhas Open University(NSOU).

**No. of students under Vidyasagar University(VU).

(b) No. of students outside the state

(c) No. of international students

No / %
1326 / 60.8
No / %
855 / 39.2

Men Women

Last Year (201213) / This Year (201314)
General / SC / ST / OBC / Physically Challenged / Total / General / SC / ST / OBC / Physically Challenged / Total
1376 / 681 / 20 / 59 / NIL / 2136 / 1148 / 800 / 21 / 212 / Nil / 2181

*including 41students from minority community.

Demand ratio 29:1 (Honours);16:1 (General) Dropout % 3 (Honours) ; 7 (General)

5.4Details of student support mechanism for coaching for competitive examinations (If any)

No. of students beneficiaries

5.5 No. of students qualified in these examinations N.A

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

5.7Details of campus placement

On campus / Off Campus
Number of Organizations Visited / Number of Students Participated / Number of Students Placed / Number of Students Placed
NIL / N.A / N. A / 28 (approx.)

5.8Details of gender sensitization programmes

5.9Students 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

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

5.10Scholarships and Financial Support

Number of
students / Amount
(in Lakhs)
Financial support from institution / 86 / 2.07
Financial support from government / 51 / 2.52
Financial support from other sources / NIL / NIL
Number of students who received International/ National recognitions / NIL / NIL

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:

Sl.No. / Grievances / Redressed
1. / Poor quality of drinking water in the college canteen. / A proposal to make necessary arrangement for regular supply of potable water to the canteen has been forwarded to the GB. As per the suggestion of GB, the Principal has communicated with the executive engineer, water supply, Jadavpur Unit, Boro XII KMC for necessary action.
2. / Lack of space in the students’ common room. / A spacious room in the newly constructed building has been allotted as students’ common room.
3. / Insufficient number of class rooms for Science and Arts departments. / The college has applied for a building grant to the Govt. Of West Bengal and has received an amount of 1.05 Crore for construction of new building.

Criterion – VI

6. Governance, Leadership and Management

6.1 State the Vision and Missionof the institution