NAAC Steering Committee 1. Dr. (Mrs.) Anita Manna Principal & Chairperson 2. Dr. V. K. Mishra Coordinator 3. Dr. (Mrs.) R. Nimbalkar Member & In-charge Criterion-I 4. Dr. S. W. Kulkarni Member & In-charge Criterion-II 5. Dr. M. Pandey Member & In-charge Criterion-III 6. Dr. M. K. Bhiwandikar Member & In-charge Criterion-IV 7. Mrs. A. A. Kulkarni Member & In-charge Criterion-V 8. Dr. R. B. Singh Member & In-charge Criterion-VI 9. Dr. (Mrs.) B. D. Patil Member & In-charge Criterion-VII Page | 1 PREFACE Kalyan is a historical city which is surrounded by large rural and tribal belt, receiving students from urban, semi-urban, rural and tribal backgrounds. To cope with the problem of admission, some prominent citizens of the city started this college in September 1994. College is affiliated to University of Mumbai and is in grant-in-aid from Government of Maharashtra. It has also got 2(f) and 12 B recognition from University Grants Commission. It was assessed by the NAAC for the first time (Cycle 1) in March 2006 where it received B+ rating in May 2006. It is renowned institution of Kalyan city providing undergraduate and postgraduate education in Arts, Commerce & Science faculties. It caters to the need of students of the city as well as of adjoining areas. College is aware that, quality in the field of higher education and learning keeps on changing. In view of the same, we always monitor ourselves in terms of quality with regards to changes at national and international level. But our, self assessment may not be proper and authentic. Therefore, evaluation from a proper body like NAAC, which has a proper yardstick, in this regard is of utmost importance in terms of sustenance and upgradation of the quality. Hence, to get further guidance and suggestions, College is interested for Cycle 2 accreditation. It has prepared its Re-Accreditation Report with utmost sincerity and honesty. RAR contains all the information of the college in the format provided by the NAAC, Bangalore. It includes details of NAAC steering committee, Principal’s Message, Executive Summary, Profile of the Institution, Criteria wise analytical report, Inputs from the Departments, Presentation of best practice, Post accreditation initiatives, Declaration by Head of the Institution, Compliance for assessment and accreditation of HEIs and Annexures. RAR preparation received whole hearted co-operation from all the members of K. M. Agrawal College family. However special mention is needed for seven hard working faculty viz., Dr. R. B. Singh, Associate Professor in Zoology and Vice-principal Science, Dr. (Mrs.) Page | 2 Ratna Nimbalkar, Associate Professor & Head of Economics and Vice principal Arts, Mrs. Arpita Kulkarni, Associate Professor, Political Science, Dr. (Mrs.) B. D. Patil Associate Professor and Head of Chemistry, Dr. Munish Pandey, Assistant Professor and Head of Physics, Dr. S. W. Kulkarni, Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Dr. M. K. Bhiwandikar, Assistant Professor, Accountancy. They worked regularly to complete the report in best possible manner. It would have not been possible to complete the RAR without the support of non-teaching staff of the college. We welcome the Peer team of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council to our college. We eagerly await that day when all the family members of the Institution will get a chance to interact with them and will get enriched to contribute to the development of the college. We wish all is well with RAR and look forward to receive the Peer team at our college. Page | 3 Principal’s Message In the present scenario of higher education, quality assurance and sustenance has become inevitable. Keeping in mind the core values, we, in a short history of our college have tried to upgrade and sustain the quality of the institution in best possible manner. Quality Promotion and sustenance initiatives require regular self assessment and periodical evaluation by an authentic body like NAAC. Quality assessment by NAAC is essential requisite because it has a proper yardstick to judge the strength, weaknesses and area of improvement. Our institution was evaluated by NAAC for Cycle 1 accreditation in March 2006 and was accredited with B + grade. The peer team which visited our institution gave number of suggestions for further up gradation of quality. We have tried to fulfill almost all of these suggestions with our best possible resources. After doing self assessment now we are prepared to get evaluated by the NAAC once again, i.e. for Cycle 2 and welcome suggestions from forth coming peer team for further upgradation of the institution. RAR of the institution has been prepared with utmost sincerity and honesty. The informations given in RAR are based on the best of our knowledge. I, on behalf of the College, welcome the peer team for Cycle 2 accreditation of our institution. It will be our pleasure to get assessed and to receive more suggestions from the experienced members of the peer team. Page | 4 Executive Summary: The SWOC analysis of the Institution K. M. Agrawal College of Arts, Commerce & Science run by Hindi Bhashi Jankalyan Shikshan Sanstha, Kalyan, was started in the month of September, 1994. The sanstha consists of about 40 members who are prominent personalities of Kalyan city. They are dynamic and well experienced persons in the field of education, politics, business and social work. Some of them are also associated with other institutions of higher education. All the members of trust especially Governing Council have been actively contributing in the development of the college. The college is affiliated to University of Mumbai and is in Grant-in-aid from Government of Maharashtra. It has got recognition under section 2 (f) and 12 (B) of University Grants Commission and is a renowned institution in the area. It was accredited by NAAC, Bangalore with B+ grade in may 2006. For quality assurance and Sustenance College established IQAC in September 2006. At present 2600 students are enrolled in the college apart from the junior college students. Institution functions as per its vision, mission and objective which are based on the interest of the students of the area. It is situated on the outskirts of the city of Kalyan and is spread over 6700 sq. mt. area of land, housing main building, Annex building, Gymkhana, Canteen, Play ground etc. College has adequate infrastructure and a rich library to carry out curricular, co-curricular and extracurricular activities. It has qualified and well experienced teaching staff. College offers traditional undergraduate and post graduate programs like B.A., B.Com. & B.Sc. and M.A., M.Com. & M. Sc. It also offers emerging disciplines like B. Sc and M. Sc. in Information Technology and Computer Science, Bachelor of Management Studies, B. Com in Banking & Insurance and Accounting & Finance. These programs in the emerging areas are there to meet the market demands of employment. It prepares the students to contribute to nation building and to meet global challenges. College also runs some courses other than those of Page | 5 affiliating University. These courses are Saral Hindi, Functional English and Translation course. Curricula are prepared by University of Mumbai, but some teachers of the College take part in syllabus framing in the capacity of member, board of studies in their subjects or as member, syllabus framing committee of the University. College arranges programmes on moral & ethical values, to develop principles and good attitude among the students. To counterbalance growing materialism and consumerism, moral, ethical and value added teaching is also imparted to students. For maintaining proper physical health and also for the personality development, yoga courses are also organized by the college. College also arranges programmes on employment skills, community orientation, preparation for civil services and other competitive examination etc. Feedbacks are obtained from students and other stakeholders on curriculum and the same is communicated to University in concerned meetings. College is planning to start new certificate courses and few more programmes of distance education mode useful for local students, with existing facilities. College has no twinning/dual degree programme. College publishes its prospectus and magazine annually. There is systematic publicity and transparency in procedures in admission process. Admissions are given to students on merit basis and as per the reservation policy of Government of Maharashtra and University of Mumbai. College adopts proper strategies and policies to fulfill national commitment in terms of giving admission to diversity of students which include SC/ ST/ OBC/ Women/ Differently abled / Economically weaker section/ Minority community etc. At the beginning of each academic year, students’ learning abilities are determined and proper measures are adopted to bridge the knowledge gap between students having different levels. Extra care is taken for weak students, by giving them remedial coaching whereas good scorers are provided with intensive coaching. College sensitizes its staff and students on various issues such as gender, environment etc. Students from disadvantaged sections of the society, physically challenged, economically weaker sections etc. are given extra care to minimize the dropout rate. At the beginning of each academic year academic calendar and teaching plan are prepared and detailed information regarding evaluation procedures is passed on to the students. IQAC of the college plays important role in teaching learning process by advising Management, Principal and staff on various matters. Teachers teach the students keeping in mind that the students are at center of learning. They adopt the Page | 6 methods of interactive and collaborative learning. Projects, seminars, assignments, Quiz, competition, Study tour etc. are arranged to develop innovative ideas among the students. It is common practice to teach the students by lecture method but other modern methods are also used to make the teaching more effective, like ICT is used for regional medium students and the students from rural/ tribal areas, subjects are also explained in Marathi and Hindi.