Self Study Report of Meerut College, Meerut
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Self Study Report of Meerut college, Meerut SELF STUDY REPORT FOR 3rd CYCLE OF ACCREDITATION MEERUT COLLEGE, MEERUT MEERUT COLLEGE MEERUT 250001 www.meerutcollege.org SSR SUBMITTED DATE: 05-02-2018 Submitted To NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION COUNCIL BANGALORE February 2018 Page 1/82 13-02-2018 12:38:38 Self Study Report of Meerut college, Meerut 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.1 INTRODUCTION Meerut College is a premier Co-educational institute of Northern India celebrating its Quasquicentennial anniversary this year (1892-2017). Its 125 years of glorious past are full of academic stirring. It was established on 15.07.1892 and a Centennial Postage Stamp was released in 1992 by Department of Post & Telegraph to commemorate this occasion. Meerut College is located in the heart of Meerut City; 65 Kms. North of New Delhi. Its latitude and longitude are: 28.99106 and 77.71439. The main campus of the College, spread over in 51 acres, has academic departments, laboratories, library, computer centre, moot court and administrative block. This campus also has buildings for professional courses, study centre of Indira Gandhi National Open University, NCC and NSS offices. This campus has 4 boys hostel and a women hostel, health centre, students’ union building, gymnasium, residential accommodation for teaching and non-teaching staff, a stationary shop, a post-office and CBS branches of two nationalized banks. The second Campus of the institution, known as Bhama Shah Park (earlier known as Victoria Park), is spread over an area of 33 acres. It has an athletic ground. The third campus of the institution, popularly known as Jafar Wala Bagh, is spread over an area of 18 acres. It has yet to take a definite shape. The total area of the college is about 102 acres. Vision Our vision is to keep the College at the forefront of Centres of teaching, learning and research. And our mission is to produce academically excellent students who are globally competitive and socially committed citizens of the country. The motto of the college is: “Utisthit Jagrat” (Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached). Mission The College has continuously monitored its all round progress in academics and its enetring into the IIIrd Cycle of NAAC with an accreditation status of Grade A institution is indicative of its potential for excellence. Our mission is to not only maintain its status but to excel in all fields of higher learning. The college has also entered in the IIrd Phase of CPE of UGC and has been recognized with Heritage Grant of UGC. Our mission is to get it recognized amongst the top fifty colleges of the country excelling in academics and sports. 1.2 Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Challenges(SWOC) Institutional Strength Page 2/82 13-02-2018 12:38:39 Self Study Report of Meerut college, Meerut · NAAC accredited Grade A Institution (CGPA: 3.29), recognized by UGC under CPE and College with Heritage Grants Status. · Transparent Admission Policy based on a merit list prepared by CCS University for UG and PG students. · Sufficient Infrastructure. · Experienced and Qualified Faculty members. · Runs regular UG (26) and PG (25) courses. · 8753 regular students (2017-18), 164 permanent faculty members, 06 mandeya teachers, 20 faculty members in the Self-finance programme. · College has wonderful sports facilities at its Bhamashah Park where world class facilities for Cricket, Badminton, Swimming and Athletics etc. are available. · Personality Development and placement is an integral part of Career & Guidance Cell. Institutional Weakness · All the classrooms do not have ICT access. · In view of high number of regular students, maintaining discipline in the college campus as well as in the hostels is a constant cause of concern to the Proctorial board, college authorities and governing body. · In view of number of regular students registered less resources are available. Institutional Opportunity New vocational courses need to be started soon. Job oriented diplomas need to be started soon. B Com Integrated Course with Law to be started soon. ·More disciplines and specializations in MA, M.Sc. need to be started soon in view of thrust areas of teaching, learning and research. Signing of new MOUs in India and abroad with Institutions of Learning and Research Institutional Challenge Page 3/82 13-02-2018 12:38:39 Self Study Report of Meerut college, Meerut · To work with limited resources as the fees charged are very minimal. · Maintaining Teacher - student ratio as per UGC/NAAC criterion is a challenge as the appointments are still pending at UPHEC. · To manage classes with insufficient number of faculties. Some help of retired teachers is being taken under a programme of reemployment of Retired teachers. Under this programme around 13 retired teachers are working in the college. · Delivery of quality service and maintenance of the standards set in view of the increasing number of students. · Ensuring optimum utilisation of existing facilities (including ICT facilities). 1.3 CRITERIA WISE SUMMARY Curricular Aspects Meerut College is affiliated to C.C.S. University, Meerut. The curriculum designing, development and implementation is done by the University. The College aims to inculcate the highest intellectual standards through rigorous academic commitment and discipline. MCM Students are inspired to aspire to higher levels of academic achievement by mastering the subjects they have chosen. These are in tune with the goals and objectives of the institution which are made available to its stakeholders through the College website, the College academic calendar and prospectus. College has 22 subjects being offered as regular subjects duly approved by CCS University under five streams – Arts, Commerce, Education, Law & Science and 3 professional courses under self-finance scheme being run at UG level. Therefore, undergraduate students have a choice of wide range of subjects which they can choose according to their interest, requirement and combinations allowed. At post-graduate level, students can choose any one of the 25 subjects as per their eligibility and merit. The Meerut College, Meerut is a recognized centre of Research for Ph.D. in 22 subjects. Academic flexibility in core programmes is available only at post-graduate level. At undergraduate level, however, freedom of choice of subjects is available with restrictions. College has an IGNOU study centre in the campus. The IGNOU study centre is activated for more than 40 degrees, diploma and certificate courses. Students can choose one degree/diploma and a certificate course of IGNOU along with their regular degree course of CCS University. Teaching-learning and Evaluation Page 4/82 13-02-2018 12:38:39 Self Study Report of Meerut college, Meerut The academic calendar and exam schedule is provided every year by the CCS University in the month of June for the next academic session. Faculty members are informed well-in-advance about the courses allotted to them along with their departmental time tables by the departmental heads. The main teaching-learning method adopted by the faculty members are lectures, experimental exercises and interactive sessions. At post-graduate level, seminars, projects, quiz and excursions are also part of the teaching and learning process. In several departments faculty members use computer-assisted learning devices such as LCD projectors and interactive boards in post-graduate classes. Thus the use of ICT tools is regularly being done by faculty members. However, more smart classrooms are needed in order to reach all our UG students. The schedule for internal assessment is finalized at the College level, and is communicated to all students, faculty members and administrative staff. The academic calendar of the college is prepared in accordance with the University admissions, external examinations and evaluation schedule. Internal evaluation of answer books is done by the college faculty and the CCS University arranges central evaluation of all answer books at the University Campus to expedite declaration of exam results Research, Innovations and Extension The College administration and College management always encourages research activities by teachers and research scholars. Faculty members are granted short and long term leave for their projects/research work, and are encouraged to attend national and international conferences and workshops. A good number of national/international publications totalling about 378 (during last five years; 2012-17) are indicative of research potential of the College. Most of these research papers were published in peer reviewed journals with ISBN/ISSN numbers and impact factors. Some Grants from College Research Fund (created from the fee collected from research scholars)/UGC- CPE/CSIR/other nodal agencies, is made available to concerned departments for organizing internal seminars and conferences. During the last five years, 48 faculty members had attended Refresher/Orientation programmes and 492 papers were presented by faculty members in National/International Conferences Infrastructure and Learning Resources The college ensures adequate facilities for teaching-learning. There are 87 classrooms, 31 laboratories, 10 departmental libraries, one central library and more than 200 computers and laptops. The college has promoted the use of ICT tools for teaching-learning processes. The College has good infrastructure facilities in terms of building, class rooms, lecture theatres and laboratories. The budget sanctioned under BSR, additional equipment