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for Submitted to National Assessment and Accreditation Council ( NAAC ), Bangalore © ¥ ¥ © ¥ ¡ ¢£ ¡ ¨ § ¤ ¤¦ ¤ §¨ ¤ ¨ ¨ About Us Dr. Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil was born on 22 September, 1887 at Kumbhoj, in the Kolhapur district of Maharashtra. He realized that the social ills could be remedied through the education of the masses alone and so laid the foundation of the Rayat Shikshan Sanstha by opening a Boarding House at Kale (Tal-Karad, Dist-Satara) in 1919. In in 1924 he shifted the head-quarters of his educational institution to Satara. In his view, education is the means to empower the masses to enjoy the fruits of freedom and to emancipate them from social, economic and cultural slavery. The value of its contribution to education in general is # ¡ $ ¡ ¨ Padmabhushan Dr. Karmaveer enormously great as it has, from the very beginning, tried allits best to lay emphasis on the education of the down-trodden, the poor and the Bhaurao Patil ignorant who really form the major bulk ofthe society. Our Parent Institution The Rayat Shikshan Sanstha, is one of the leading educational institutions in Asia. The institution works with a noble mission, and 45 6 4 78 & ' ( ( & + , + / 0 / 2 3 / 3 0 )* -. - 1 * . % a noble cause with % as its motto. 4 8 ' 3 0 * . *. scheme introduced by Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil has been accepted by Government of India and is introduced in all educational institutions throught India. This scheme has supported many financially weaker students to pursue education. Today, Sanstha runs 42 Colleges, 438 secondary schools, 8 training colleges, 42 primary schools (English medium-20), 31 pre-primary schools (English medium-18), 80 cosmopolitan hostels, 7 administrative offices, 8 Ashramshalas, and 57 ancillary Branches. It has spread in 15 districts of Maharashtra and 1 district of Karnataka with 14627 (female 3717) employees belonging to 170 castes and communities and 4 lakh 42 thousand 294 students. The Rayat Shikshan statistics speak of the phenomenal progress and achievement of Sanstha, Satara the Rayat Shikshan Sanstha as dreamt by the Karmaveer. ©© ! ¡ ¡ ¨ ¨ § ¨ " © ¥ ¥ © ¥ ¡ ¢£ ¡ ¨ § ¤ ¤¦ ¤ §¨ ¤ ¨ ¨ About Institution Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar College, Aundh is one of the branches of Rayat Shikshan Sanstha, Satara founded by Padmabhushan Dr. Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil in 1919. Our college is established in 1983 in one of the slums of Pune City, Pandavnagar and later shifted to one of the suburbs, Aundh. Though the college is situated in the metro City like Pune, 85 % of the students are from rural area, slums around and other parts of rural Maharashtra. All these students are from socio-economically backward section of the society. The college has been reaccredited by ‘B’ grade with 2.07 CGPA in January 2011. The college conducts three undergraduate programs in Arts, Commerce and Business Administration ( BBA ) and four Post graduate programs. It also conducts two career oriented courses in computerized accounting and soft skill and 01 Certificate Course in Human Rights. We also conduct 21 short term courses for skill development and to make students more employable and competent to meet the global challenges. The college works in two shifts, Undergraduate Arts, Commerce and BBA in Morning Shift and PG in the afternoon shift. Total strength of students is 1342, teaching faculty is 23 and administrative staff is 10. ©© ! ¡ ¡ ¨ ¨ § ¨ " Rayat Shikshan Sanstha’s Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar College, Aundh, Pune - 411067 CONTENTS Sr. Table of Contents Page No. No a. NAAC Steering Committee 01 b. Preface 02 - 03 c. Acknowledgement 04 d. Executive Summary and SWOC of the Institution 05 – 14 A Profile of the Institution 15 – 29 B Criterion Wise Analytical Report 30 – 235 1. Criterion I : Curricular Aspects 30 – 55 2. Criterion II : Teaching-Learning and Evaluation 56 – 94 3. Criterion III : Research, Consultancy and Extension 95 – 142 4. Criterion IV : Infrastructure and Learning Resources 143 – 161 5. Criterion V : Student Support and Progression 162 – 189 6. Criterion VI : Governance, Leadership and Management 190 – 221 7. Criterion VII : Innovations and Best Practices 222 - 235 C Post Accreditation Initiatives 236 – 239 D Compliance for Peer Team Report 240 – 247 E Evaluative Reports– Department Wise 248 - 328 1. Department of Marathi 248 – 258 2. Department of English 259 – 267 3. Department of History 268 – 277 4. Department of Economics 278 - 287 5. Department of Political Science 288 – 295 6. Department of Geography 296 – 301 7. Department of Psychology 302 – 307 8. Department of Commerce 308 – 318 9. Department of BBA 319 -328 Page Annexure No. Table of Contents No. Declaration by the Head of Institution 329 Certificate of Compliance 330 Annexure - I Approval of Courses by Affiliating University 331 Annexure - II UGC recognition under sections 2(f) and 12 (B) of UGC 332 – 333 Act. Annexure - III UGC XII Plan General Development Grant copy from 334 – 335 UGC Annexure - IV NAAC 1st Cycle Assessment and Accreditation 336 Certificate Annexure - V NAAC 2nd Cycle Assessment and Accreditation 337 Certificate Annexure - VI Master Plan of the Institution 338 Annexure - VII List of Subjects - Syllabus Revision 339 – 344 Participation of teachers in Orientation / Refresher Annexure -VIII 345 courses in last five years List of Major and Minor Research Projects Annexure - IX 346 (Completed & Ongoing) Annexure - X Peer Team Reports - NAAC 1 st Cycle 347 – 357 Annexure - XI Peer Team Reports - NAAC 2 nd Cycle 358 -366 Dr.Babasaheb Ambdkar College, Aundh, Pune.67 Rayat Shikshan Sanstha’s Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar College, Aundh, Pune. 411067 NAAC - 3rd CYCLE STEERING COMMITTEE Dr. Manjushri Vilasrao Bobade Chairman Prof. Smt. Mrunalini Vasant Shekhar Coordinator Prof. Eknath Shivaji Zaware Co-Coordinator Members Dr. Vilas Damodar Sadaphal Dr. Suhas Abasaheb Nimbalkar Dr. Pandurang Ishvara Bhosale Dr. Sanjay Bhagwanrao Jagtap Dr. Subhash Dinkar Aher Mr. Ravindra Chandu Dinge Self Study Report: NAAC Third Cycle Dr.Babasaheb Ambdkar College, Aundh, Pune.67 Preface It is a matter of great pride and happiness to submit the self-study report for the third cycle of accreditation. It has given us an opportunity to review the progress of the college after second cycle. Rayat Shikshan Sanstha’s Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar College, Aundh, Pune. 411067 was assessed and accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council ( NAAC ), Bangalore in May 2004 with C++ grade. The Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) was established in June 2004. The college was re- accredited on 8 th January 2011 and awarded ‘B’ grade with 2.07 CGPA. The peer team allowed college to introspect and improve the quality parameters. During last five years college has taken efforts to comply with recommendations made by NAAC peer team. 21 Job oriented professional short term courses, 02 Career Oriented Courses (COC) and 01 Certificate course have been introduced. Economics and English are introduced at special level from June 2011 and Political Science is introduced from June 2016. PG courses in the subject of Marathi (June 2012) and Economics (June 2013) are introduced under Arts faculty and M.Com (Banking and Marketing) under Commerce faculty from June 2012. Resource mobilization from various funding agencies and donations was taken up for improvement of infrastructure. Ladies Hostel, Non-residential student center, Extension of Library, conference hall and ICT infrastructure are the outputs. Research endeavors have been geared up in the last five years. One Major Research Project and eight Minor Research Projects have been completed. Currently four minor research projects are ongoing. Four faculty members have completed their M.Phil. Degree, four have been awarded with Ph.D. degree whereas two faculty members have submitted Ph.D. thesis to the respective universities and three have been doing Ph.D. College is working in collaboration with NGO’s for more effective and meaningful community services. By considering social activities college is honored with “Jagannath Rathi Award for social responsibilities” by Savitribai Phule Pune University. National Service Scheme (NSS) unit and Programme officer Dr. Suhas Nimbalkar are also awarded with “Best NSS Unit award” and “Best Programme Officer award” respectively by the University. In addition to this college has received “Karmaveer Paritoshik” for best academic performance in 2012-13. Principal Dr. Manjushri Bobade honored with Savitribai Phule Award by Rashtriya Bandhuta Sahitya Parishad. Self Study Report: NAAC Third Cycle Dr.Babasaheb Ambdkar College, Aundh, Pune.67 On the background of enrollment of the students from socially, economically and educationally deprived classes; good academic record is the strength of the college. ICT oriented teaching-learning processes has been adopted. Language laboratory, Commerce Laboratory, Computer Laboratory have been set up for enriching communication skills, practical knowledge and computer skills. In response to ‘Swachhya Bharat Abhiyan’ college has undertaken the project as Smart College called ‘Green college, Clean college’ from January 2015. College has organized 27 seminars / conferences on academic subjects and 47 workshops on social issues during last five years. College has taken efforts for the preparation of SSR. It is divided into three parts. The first part includes Preface, Executive summary, SWOC analysis and action taken reports of recommendations made by NAAC peer team. The second part includes Profile of the college,