Self Study Report for Re-Accreditation
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SELF STUDY REPORT FOR RE-ACCREDITATION SUBMITTED TO NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION COUNCIL BANGALORE - 560 072 SONAPUR COLLEGE SONAPUR-782402 KAMRUP(M), ASSAM Website:- www.sonapurcollege.org Email: [email protected] SELF STUDY REPORT FOR RE-ACCREDITATION CONTENTS 1. PREFACE 2. POST ACCREDITATION INITIATIVES 3. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4. PROFILE OF THE COLLEGE 5. CRITERION WISE INPUTS I. CRITERIA - I: CURRICULAR ASPECT II. CRITERIA- II: TEACHING LEARNING EVALUATION III. CRITERIA-III: RESEARCH, CONSUNTANCY AND EXTENSION IV. CRITERIA-IV: INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEARNING RESOURCES V. CRITERIA-V: STUDENT SUPPORT AND PROGRESSION VI. CRITERIA-VI: GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT VII. CRITERIA-VII: INNOVATIONS AND BEST PRACTICES 6. INPUTS FROM THE DEPARTMENTS A. EDUCATION B. ENGLISH C. ECONOMICS D. HINDI E. GEOGRAPHY F. POLITICAL SCIENCE G. ASSAMESE H. HISTORY I. PHILOSOPHY J. MATHEMATICS K. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY L. TOURISM & TRAVEL MANAGEMENT M. COMMERCE PREFACE It gives me immense pleasure to submit the Self Study Report of Sonapur College to the National Assessment & Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore for the 2nd Cycle of Accreditation in conformity of LOI requirements for further quality improvement and to strengthen us in our quest for quality improvement. Sonapur College is situated on the South Bank of the mighty river Brahmaputra, a pioneer institution of higher studies for both Arts and Commerce of Dimoria region in the district of Kamrup, Assam Sonapur College was established on 2nd august 1991 with a mission to impart higher education among the students of the locality mostly from Tribal communities and to strive for an all round development of the students. This institute of pioneering higher education is recognized by the UGC under section 2(f) and 12(B) of UGC Acts on 24.03.2006 and 20.09.2012 respectively. The College has been consistently maintaining high academic standards and good institutional social responsibilities. The college is permanently affiliated to the Gauhati University, Assam. Sonapur College had gone for the NAAC assessment and accreditated with C++ Grade on 03.05.2004. The IQAC was entrusted to carry out and implement the post accreditation initiatives and responsibilities of the college. The IQAC has been acting effectively in compliance with the recommendations of the Peer team, in implementing the diverse quality enhancing measures during the Post- accreditation period and brought the institution to this stage for 2nd Cycle of Assessment and Accreditation by the NAAC. The Self Study Report is prepared according to the instructions laid down by NAAC. The documents have been prepared by the IQAC with utmost honesty and dedication and to the best of their knowledge with the records available in the institution. This SSR is the outcome of the collective and continuous efforts of the stakeholders of the college. I take this privilege to appreciate the whole hearted involvement and sincere, collaborative and continuous effort of the entire team. Now we are waiting for the scrutiny of the SSR and the inspection of the college by the NAAC Peer Team that will guide and determine the future course of actions to be initiated by the college. Hope we shall have the pleasure of hearing soon from you on your decision on Peer Team Visit for Inspection. Date: 30/04/14 (Dr. Devabrot Khanikor) Principal, Sonapur College, Sonapur POST ACCREDITATION INITIATIVES Reaching out to the poor rural folk in a tribal inhabited area with a mission to impart higher education for their intellectual, ethical, moral and physical upliftment, and to provide exposure to modern technology, is something that the Sonapur College has always aimed at to achieve. There has been a continuous endeavor on the part of the college to ensure quality improvement through self-evaluation. Since its first cycle of assessment by NAAC, in 2004, the college has been ceaselessly putting efforts for a continuous qualitative growth in its academic, infrastructure and all other relevant areas. The college has materialized almost all the suggestions and ‗concerns‘ put forward by the ‗NAAC Peer Team‘ during the last cycle of assessment. A brief account in this regard is given below. In compliance to the peer team observations, the college has enhanced the scope for horizontal mobility to a great extent. Besides opening up of the ‗Commerce Stream‘, the college has started new vocational subjects like Tourism and Travel Management, Information Technology and Certificate course on Computer Application and Beautician Course. The ‗Hindi‘ as a core subject for both Art and Commerce stream has also been added during this period. Being an affiliated college under Gauhati University, the college does not enjoy autonomy in designing the curriculum. However, there are some initiatives undertaken by the College to harness an interdisciplinary approach of teaching and learning. For example, the Departments of English, Assamese, Economics and Mathematics of the Arts faculty have been taking classes of the Commerce Stream. Similarly the faculties of all the departments are also allotted with the classes to teach the courses of the Environmental Studies. Not only the classes, have they also supervised the Project Reports of the Environmental Studies, which is mandatory in the curriculum. The college also encourages the faculty members to go for interdisciplinary research. A few have already published joint papers in interdisciplinary topics apart from doing research projects. It is expected that such interdisciplinary research would get a fresh impetus, as the college has recently been recognized under 12 (B) of the UGC Act) which will open up opportunities for the Faculty members to pursue their research and other academic activities. Since the first cycle of assessment, the college has added a number of IT facilities for teaching and learning process. A new Smart Class Room has been added to facilitate a better application of IT facilities in the class room transaction. Computers with Internet facilities have been provided in the departments which have further augmented the effort towards improving teaching-learning skill. Further, the college library has been enriched with e-library facility by installing a ‗Network Resource Centre‘ and subscription of the INFLIBNET-N-LIST. As far as the low cost electronic teaching aid is concerned, the college has already procured a few LCD projectors, and one more battery operated LCD Projector it has received from the Regional English Language Office (RELO), US Embassy, New Delhi. In regard to the departmental and institutional linkages with the national and state level organizations, as suggested by the NAAC Peer Team in its first cycle of assessment, the college has made a significant progress since then. Not only that, some international linkages have also been developed by the college, like the one with the Regional English Language Office (RELO), US Embassy, New Delhi. Such linkage has also yielded benefit to the college in the form of opportunities like, sponsorship of its faculty and student to visit US on academic trip and exchange programme. The college has developed linkage with the National organizations like Indian Trust for Art and Cultural Heritages (INTACH), National Institute of Electronic and Information Technology (NIELIT) and so on. As a result of the linkage, the college received sponsorship from INTACH to hold a National Seminar on ‗Heritage at Risk: A Clarion Call or Its Stakeholders‘ in 2012. The NIELIT has been conducting a Free Computer Certificate Course for the SC/ST students of the College on Office Automation. As far as the research environment is concerned, the college has made a significant progress since the last cycle of NAAC assessment. There are eleven faculty members who have completed their Ph. D and ten faculties have finally registered and are pursuing their Ph.D degree. The college has a Research Monitoring Cell (RMC) to facilitate and augment research environment in the college. The College has published two volumes of anthologies of research papers of faculties called Sona Sophia. The library has been enriched and Network Resource Centre has been added to provide e- library facilitates to its faculties as well as the students. The research activities have received a fresh impetus after the college being recognized under 12 (B) of the UGC Act. Within only one and a half year of the 12 (B) recognition, three of its faculties have received MRP Grants and three other have gone to pursue research under Faculty Development Programme. A faculty member has been awarded travel grant by UGC to present her research abroad. Further, a few faculty members have also been awarded with PhD guide ship by different Universities. As mentioned by the NAAC Peer team in their suggestions, it was not possible on the part of the college to explore external fund, especially from the UGC for research projects as the college was recognized under 12 (B) of the UGC Act only in the later part of September, 2012. During this period the college received some grants from the agency like Assam Science Technology and Environmental Council (ASTEC) for conducting various academic projects. However, in 2013 two of its faculties received UGC grants for Minor Research Projects and one has received MRP in the year 2014. As far as a consultancy service of the college is concerned, the college is yet to start its Consultancy Services in a formal way. The colleges under Gauhati University have to implement the consultancy rules of the affiliating Gauhati University. The college has initiated the process for the same. Once the consultancy rules are implemented, the policy of the institution in sharing the income generated through consultancy and its use for institutional development will be governed by the rules of Gauhati University. However, the college encourages its faculties to utilize their expertise for consultancy services by networking with institutions, organizations and other agencies and for this, the college provides necessary time, infrastructure and also re-schedule their classes as far as possible.