TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING THAPATHALI CAMPUS THAPATHALI
SELF-STUDY REPORT For Accreditation
Submitted To University Grants Commission QAA Sub-Division 2018-june-24
A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THAPATHALI CAMPUS
In the presence of Late King Mahindra, Late Dr. Heinrich Lubke, President of Federal Republic of Germany inaugurated Technical Training Institute (TTI) on 29 th Falgun 2023 B.S. The Technical Training Institute (TTI) offered midlevel manpower course in mechanical engineering, automobile engineering, electrical engineering and mechanical drafting. With the assistance from the Government of Federal republic of Germany, Technical Training Institute Project (TTIP) was established in Nepal in 1963(2019 B.S.), with the sole objective of producing trained tradespersons and technicians needed for the development of the country. TTI started three years' vocational training in mechanical, automobile and electrical trades for S.L.C. graduates from 2022 B.S. to 2024 B.S. At the meantime, the three years' course in mechanical drafting was transferred to Pulchowk, IOE.
From 2029 B.S. this Technical Training Institute (TTI) was renamed as Thapathali Campus under Tribhuvan University (T.U.) and known as Institute of Engineering, Thapathali Campus thereafter. Campus started diploma in mechanical engineering and diploma in automobile engineering 2043 B.S. and later on, diploma in electronics engineering and diploma computer engineering started from 2058 B.S.
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According to the policy of Institute of Engineering (IOE), campus introduce bachelor in Industrial engineering in 2062 B.S., bachelor in Civil engineering in 2066 B.S., bachelor in electronics and communication engineering in 2067 B.S., bachelor in mechanical engineering in 2068 B.S., by stopping new intakes in any diploma courses from 2070 B. S. Again, Campus has intake bachelor in architecture and master in earthquake engineering in 2071 B.S., bachelor in automobile engineering in 2072 B.S. and master in mechanical design & manufacturing in 2073 B.S. also.
The existing infrastructures, human resources moreover fulfill the requirement of diploma level courses. There is an utmost need of renovation restructuring the existing infrastructures and human resources to stabilize the bachelor programs and also to address the growing demands. To sustain the restructuring and complete it, and to aggressively move forward to achieve higher levels of excellence with the intent of becoming one of the engineering campuses in the nation, a comprehensive restructuring document is necessary. Creating a plan involves listening to many ideas from stake holders, assembling the ideas into a framework that supports the mission and vision of the campus.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report aims to provide the base for quality assurance and accreditation of Thapathali campus, one of the constituent campuses of Institute of Engineering in Tribhuvan University of Nepal. As per the objective of University Grants Commission (UGC), checking the quality of the college all over Nepal, Thapathali Campus has involved in this task to check its competency to UGC's criteria and to know the strength and weakness of campus in academic, administrative, infrastructural, social, economic, information and technical aspects. For this the campus has formed seven membered - IQUAC committee under which nine membered SAT committee has formed. SAT has involved in collecting and analyzing the data and evidences which are then used in filling the SSR form provided by UGC. Hence this report provides the complete assessment package, plans and programs, overviews, future plans etc of the campus in detail along with the supporting documents.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We would like to express our deepest appreciation to all those who provided us the possibility to complete this report. A special gratitude is granted to all the members of the SAT committee, directly involving in this work to make it all possible and sincere thanks to IQAAC for supporting and guiding the SAT committee members as per the requirement.
Furthermore we would also like to acknowledge with much appreciation the crucial role of all the members of administration, account, EMIS Unit, Rand D Unit, Departments, Master's Programs, Examination section, Library, Store, Workshops, Labs, FSU, Students societies of all the departments, Robotics, Cafeteria, Hostel etc. who gave all the necessary data and provided the support during the various stages of this study. Special thanks go to all the students, teachers, staffs and other stakeholders, who helped to assemble the parts and gave suggestion about the task.
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Motto • Academic Excellency: Thapathali Campus is determined to promote its academic quality in terms high qualified education through modern educational norms. • Team Spirit: Thapathali Campus believes the Academic Excellency can be achieved by sprit of team work spirit between the all departments, sections and all stakeholders of campus. • New Technology: Thapathali Campus always makes its focus in new research and technology induces in education through various extra programs. • Student involvements: Thapathali Campus has managed all faculty professional student societies to lead presentations, competitions, seminars etc. • Introduce country needs: Thapathali Campus always tends to introduce new field of technology to address the national needs. • Responsibility toward community: Thapathali Campus always ready to response community needs and believes the campus is strong responsible member of society. • Academic Freedom: Thapathali Campus values the free of exchange the ideas from all and gives freedom of expression in any means.
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Vision
The Vision of Thapathali Campus is to be a pioneer engineering education institution at par with world Class role models. The Campus has to make excellent education in the field of engineering with latest technology through higher involvement in research and development conquering the international level courses and practices. It will act as one of excellent level educational institution for national and international students providing an opportunity of higher quality education.
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Mission
The mission of the Thapathali Campus is to provide quality engineering education and research in the frontier engineering areas relevant primarily to nation. Thapathali Campus has dedicated mission to promote national prosperity of people of Nepal through excellent education. It has following missions ruled out: • to produce high level skilled manpower through practical experiments, enhancing project handling capacities and best level presentation and analyzing capabilities. • to provide excellent teaching learning environment and provide for leadership in professionalism. • to serve nation in national issues with new technology according to national need and diversity. • to provide good and reliable higher education to all people of nation.
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Quality Policy
Thapathali Campus as constituent college of institute of engineering has clear quality maintaining policies with its goals, objectives and plans of activities. The Thapathali Campus has well organized departments which is base of education makes its plan and implementation effectively. Besides this, the campus has strong research and development committee and educational management information system unit which hand in hand supporting to achieve the goals of campus. The campus has better infrastructure and organizational structure which in other hand is big assistance for good quality education. The institute of engineering is always a strong umbrella organization for full support and evaluation of higher education.
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Institutional key highlights (Academic)
• In B.S.1989 Falgun 19 (1932 AD) the first Nepal Technical School is established in Kumarichowk Basantpur. • In B.S. 2019(1962 AD) Technical Training Institute is established in Thapathali Campus with economical and technical support of federal republic of German government. • In B.S. 2023 Falgun 23(1967 March 13) the Late king Mahendra and chancellor Dr. Henric Lubke inaugurated Technical Training Institute as starting of engineering education. • In first it had started discipline of mechanical drafting with three year course for SLC passed students from 2023 to 2029. • From 2029 B.S., it is officially transformed as Thapathali Campus under institute of engineering as constituent college of Tribhuvan University. It started two programs automobile and mechanical engineering with each 24 students as proficiency certificate level for SLC pass out students. • From 2033 the proficiency level courses is converted in two year course up to 2046 B.S. . After that the diploma level course after SLC started From 2046 B.S. the course is converted to diploma level to three years course to standardize international level of technical education.
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• In 2052 B.S. there are added electronics, computer, civil architecture diploma courses which run until they are phase out by the policy of TU. • In 2063 the campus has started bachelor level course in industrial engineering which then followed by civil engineering in 2065.After that the bachelor level courses of electronics and communication, mechanical engineering, automobile engineering and architecture engineering are started in Thapathali Campus. • The next big step of Thapathali campus that it started is master level course in Earth Quake Engineering in 2070 B.S. and mechanical design and manufacturing in 2072 B.S. In this way Thapathali campus has up to now six bachelor level programs in day shift and two masters level programs in evening shift.
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Contents
PART -I-: INSTITUTIONAL DATA ...... 1 SECTION-A: INFORMATION FOR INSTITUTIONAL PROFILE ...... 1 SECTION-B: BENCHMARK-WISE INPUTS FOR INSTITUTIONAL SSR ...... 13 CRITERION 1: POLICY & PROCEDURES ...... 13 CRITERION 2: CURRICULAR ASPECTS ...... 20 CRITERION 3: TEACHING LEARNING AND EVALUATION ...... 25 CRITERION 4: RESEARCH, CONSULTANCY AND EXTENSION ...... 35 CRITERION 5: INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEARNING RESOURCES ...... 40 CRITERION 6: STUDENT SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE ...... 52 CRITERION 7: INFORMATION SYSTEM ...... 57 CRITERION 8: PUBLIC INFORMATION...... 59 PART -II-: PREAMBLE ...... 63 1. BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE INSTITUTE ...... 63 2. KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS ...... 64 3. THE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ...... 66 4. FINANCIAL POSITION Of THAPATHALI CAMPUS ...... 67 5. ACHIEVEMENTS AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION ...... 68 6. DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES ...... 73 7. SELF-STUDY REPORT (SSR) PREPARATION ...... 74 8. FORMATION OF IQUAC AND SAT TEAM ...... 75 9. APPROACHES ...... 79 10. VALIDATION ...... 81
CRITERIA-WISE ANALYSIS...... 82
CRITERION 1: POLICY AND PROCEDURES ...... 82 CRITERION 2: CURRICULAR ASPECTS ...... 84 CRITERION-3: TEACHING LEARNING AND EVALUATION ...... 85 CRITERION-4: RESEARCH, CONSULTANCY AND EXTENSION ...... 87 CRITERION-5: INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEARNING RESOURCES ...... 89 CRITERION-6: STUDENT SUPPORT AND GUIDENCE ...... 90 CRITERION-7: INFORMATION SYSTEM ...... 91 CRITERION-8: PUBLIC INFORMATION ...... 92 CRITICAL APPRAISAL ...... 93
SUMMARY OF SSR ...... 95 Declaration by the Head of Institution ...... 98
Institute of Engineering Thapathali Campus Thapathali, Kathmandu
PART -I-: INSTITUTIONAL DATA SECTION-A: INFORMATION FOR INSTITUTIONAL PROFILE 1. Institutional Information Name of the Institution: Thapathali Campus, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University
Place: Thapathali Street, ward no-11 P O Box: 280 District: Kathmandu 1. Information for Communication a. Office Name Contact Campus Chief Phone Number : 01-4247340,9851043546 Er. Janardan Bhatta Fax Number : 977-14247340 E-mail : [email protected] Asst. Campus Chiefs : Academic Phone Number : 01-4218300 Er. Shailendra Raj Khanal E-mail: [email protected] Asst. Campus Chiefs : Administration Phone Number : 01-4246465 Mohan Krishna Shreshtha E-mail: [email protected] Asst. Campus Chiefs : Facility Phone Number : 014218300 Dr. Shreehari Thapa E-mail: [email protected] Management Committee As government college, it is managed by all head of Chairperson: departments and head of sections of the campus. If policy level decision to be done it is done in management committee of IOE , Pulchowk which is board of all IOE constituent engineering campus and chaired by Dean of IOE. b. Residence Name Contact Campus Chief : Phone : 9851067172 Janardan Bhatta E-mail : [email protected] Asst. Campus Chief: Academic Phone : 9849780270 Shailendra Raj Khanal E-mail : [email protected] Asst. Campus Chief : Administration Phone : 9741127941 Mohan Krishna Shreshth E-mail : [email protected] Asst. Campus Chief: Facility Phone : 9841246090 Dr. Shreehari Thapa Email : [email protected]
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3. Type of Institution Constituent Affiliated The Campus as constituent campus of TU & IOE are indicated in websites: http://tribhuvan-university.edu.np/academics/campuses http://ioe.edu.np/academics/constituent-campus/ 4. Institutional Management: Public Community Private 5. Financial category of the institution: Government Funded Self-financing Community
The all nature of campus is government funded for normal run of campus. But the campus has also provision of intake in full fee and sponsored students which make the campus to assist to run labs, library and other programs to meet the needs of campus. 6. a. Date of establishment of the Institution: Day Month Year B.S. 29 11 2023 A.D. 13 3 1966
Although the campus is started as technical training institute project in 1963(2019) and vocational training as trade started from 2022, the formal recognition of institute is taken as 2023/11/29 or 1966/3/13 as the campus was inaugurated jointly by Late King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shahdev and President of Federal republic of Germany Dr. Heinrich Lubke. The name of institute is changed the name of institute as TTI(Technical Training Institute) to Thapathali Campus in 2029 B.S. as the constituent campus of Institute of Engineering and Tribhuvan University.
The inauguration and epigraphy is shown in page 1.
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Institute of Engineering Thapathali Campus Thapathali, Kathmandu b. Date of commencement of the Bachelor or higher level Program(s) (28/ 01/2063)
The date of 2063/01/2063 is the permission of running the industrial engineering in Thapathali campus. The government had policy to shift the TU colleges to the bachelor level and up and diploma level faculties are close up so further all faculties are started as request and approval of TU management. The M.Sc. program of Earth Quake Engineering is approved by academic committee in date of 2071/8/21.
The Commencement is annexed in page 2-3.
c. University to which the Institution is constituent: Tribhuvan University Thapathali campus is constituent campus of Tribhuvan Universities (TU) and the campus is running as one of the campus of the Institute of Engineering (IOE). IOE is the formal umbrella educational organization which makes all decisions in policy level quality improvements, exam conductions and financial managements and control. The constituency of campus is indicated in website :
www.tribhuvan-university.edu.np/academics/campuses http://ioe.edu.np/academics/constituent-campus/thapathali-campus/
7. Date of Government /UGC approval (only for Institution affiliated to foreign universities): The question is not applicable for Thapathali Campus as it is run by government of Nepal. 8. Is the institution autonomous in terms of Financing Academic Management Administrative Management None 9. Institution’s Land area in Ropanees/Bighas (Katthas)/Square Ropani : 31-9-1-3 R-A-P-D Square Meter : (16070.92 sq. meters) (Ki.no.1276 and 752 Kathmandu Nagarpalika ward no.11) The TU, Kirtipur has provided 175 Ropani land in Kirtipur for further enhancement of infrastructure. The Thapathali campus is being plan to shift in new premises for better well planned buildings and teaching facilities.
(The copy land ownership document no. 4-6)
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10. Location of the Institution Urban Semi-urban Rural
The location map and internal schematic infrastructure are annexed in page 7.
11. Current number of academic programs offered in the Institution under the Following categories: (Enclose the list of academic programs offered)
Academic Programs Number of Program Bachelors Architecture Engineering Automobile Engineering Civil Engineering Electronics & Communication Engineering Industrial Engineering Masters Earthquake Engineering Engineering Mechanical Design & Manufacturing Total 8 (Eight )
Source: http://www.thapathalicampus.edu.np and brochure of thapathali campus-2075 annexed in page 8.
2. List the Departments in the Institution (faculty-wise) a. Department of Industrial Engineering b. Department of Civil Engineering c. Department Electronics and Computer Engineering d. Department of Automobile & Mechanical Engineering e. Department Architecture Engineering f. Department of Science & Humanity
Source: http://www.thapathalicampus.edu.np and brochure Thapathali Campus-2075 on page 8
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13. Give details of the self-financing/self-initiated courses, if any offered by the institution (for public institutions only).
Progra Level Eligibility requirement for student student Remarks ms(no.) admission No.
Six Bachel 45% in +2 or diploma CTEVT 336 25%regular,75% full or fee(self-financing) Two Master Passed in bachelors in related subjects in 40 25%regular,35%full second division fee, 40% sponsorship
Source: http://www.thapathalicampus.edu.np, brochure of thapathali campus 2075 annexed in page 8 http://pcampus.edu.np/downloads/BEBooklet-2072.pdf http://ioe.edu.np/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/V4-MscEntranceBrochure-2073.pdf
14. State the norms and procedures for recruitment of teaching and non-teaching staff of the Institution. (Enclose the details)
Teaching and non-teaching staffs are recruited according to the provision made in TU legislation rules. Campus determines the required no of post TU service commission takes imitation in order to fill the vacant post by publishing vacancy announcement notice in the national daily newspaper. Free competition system is decided by TU Service Commission according to the procedures and candidates are selected regarding to those systems. The details of the norms and procedures for recruitment of teaching and nonteaching staffs according to the TU Service Commission rules and procedures are mentioned as follows.
A. Permanent Post For the recruitment post TU Service Commission shall determines the number, qualification, and subject and advertised through the public media within minimum time frame of 35 days. The candidates shall have to appear in the written and interview. The successful candidates shall be appointment in one year probation.
Refer: TU Service Commission Act, Rules and Regulations (RED book published by TU) Annexed in page 9, 10.
B. Temporary Staff This type staff is not recruited practically.
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C. Contract Recruitment The campus administration shall recruit the faculty members and staffs in the contract bases in the contrary situation for the recruitment. Campus administration takes in order to fill the vacant post by publishing notices in the national daily newspapers and college websites www.thapathalicampus.edu.np. Free competition modules are made by campus service committee on the basis of TU Service Commission by laws and procedures. Candidates are selected according to those models.
The copy of advertisement and recruitment is annexed in page 10-13. D. Recruitment in daily basis and daily wages The campus administration shall recruit the faculty members in period basis. However, the department of campus shall pass the decision in order the recruit the concerned faculty members for one semester i.e. 90 days. For masters there is contract between campus and subject teaching professors according to class load for full semester. 15. Number of Full timer and Part timer teaching staff at present: Disadvantaged, Janajatis Others Grand Particulars Female Total F T Total Full Time Teachers (Total) No. of teachers with PhD, Post Doctor 0 0 0 2 2 No. of teachers with PhD 0 0 0 1 1 No. of teachers with MPhil 1 1 0 2 3 No. of teachers with Masters 1 18 3 28 46 No. of teachers with Bachelors 3 4 0 2 6 No. of teachers with Diploma 0 12 1 3 15 Part Time Teachers (Total) No. of teachers with PhD, Post Doctor 0 0 0 1 1 Part-time teachers with PhD 0 6 0 6 12 Part-time teachers with MPhil 0 0 0 0 1 Part-time teachers with Masters 5 14 3 40 54 No. of teachers with Bachelors 0 3 3 12 15 No. of teachers with Diploma 0 0 0 0 0
The detail teachers listing is annexed in page 14-21 with class loads of all departments and Teachers list.
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16. Give the details of average number of hours/week (class load)—from department
Full Time Part Time Total Courses Teachers (Total) Teachers (Total) Applied Science and Humanities 10.234 5 15.234 B.E. Electronics and Computer 14.875 12.087 26.962 B.E. Civil 16.667 10.5 27.167 B.E. Industrial 18.33 19 37.33 B.E. Architecture 20 9.143 29.143 B.E. Automobile and Mechanical 15.21 9.267 24.477 M.Sc. in Earthquake Engineering 0 4 4 M.Sc. in Mechanical Design and Manufacturing 0 4 4 It is annexed in page 14-21 with class loads of all departments. 17. Number of the non-teaching staff of the Institution at present: Disadvantaged / Janajatis Others Grand Particulars F T F T Total Administrative Staff 8 23 4 13 36 Technical Staff 1 4 2 8 12
The all staff data is annexed in page 22,23. 18. Regional profile of the students enrolled in the institution for the current academic year (2074) UG PG MPhil PhD No of Students Enrolment From … F T F T F T F T Same district where institution is located 12 38 1 4 - - - - Other districts 49 298 5 36 - - - - SAARC countries ------Other countries ------Dalit/Janajatis 18 115 7 33 - - - - Note: F= Female, T= Total
The full data is annexed in page 24-26. The all student's data is included in softcopy.
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19. Details of the last two batches of students: Particulars Batch 1: Batch 2: Remarks Year:072/73 Year:073/74 B.E. M.Sc. Total B.E. M.Sc. Total Admitted to the program 1344 40 376 336 60 376 Drop-outs a. Within four months b. Afterwards 12 1 4 1 18 Appear final 3574 3869 examinations Pass in final examinations 1522 1838 Pass % (Total appeared) 42.59 45.51 Pass % with distinctions Since the result Pass %, (First class) is published by Pass %, (Second class) examination Pass %, (Third class) section of IOE, Students expelled in there is no data examination of their percentage in college
DATA from the dean office exam control section of IOE chakupat, lalitpur. The last two batch pass out data is annexed in page 25- 26. 20. Give a copy of the last annual budget of the Institution with details of income and expenditure. (Attach separately)
The budget of TU for Thapathali Campus, auditor's report of 2074 and Report of campus to registrar office is attached in page 27-46.
21. What is the institution’s ‘unit cost’ of education? [Unit cost = total annual expenditure budget (actual) divided by the number of students enrolled]. Also give unit cost calculated excluding salary component. a. Total annual expenditure budget = Rs. 91361000/- Number of students enrolled = 1404 Unit cost = Total annual expenditure budget / Number of students enrolled =91361000/1404 = Rs. 65,071/- b. Total annual expenditure on salary=academic salary + administrative salary = Rs. 10500000/-+Rs1346000/-=Rs. 11846000/- c. Total annual expenditure budget excluding salary component = annual exp.-total salary =79, 515000/- Number of students enrolled = 1404 Unit cost excluding salary component = exp. without salary/no. of students=Rs. 56634/- 22. What is the temporal plan of academic work in the Institution? Semester System
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Annual System The Academic Calendar is annexed in page 47-48. (Full 4 year academic calendar is in soft copy) 23. Tick the support services available in the Institution from the following: Central library Computer Centre Health Centre Sports facilities Press Workshop Hostels Guest house Housing Canteen Grievance redressed cell Common room for students ID card Printing The photos are attached in the annexed in page 49-65. 24. Whether a duly formed Institution Management Committee in place? Yes No If yes provide the composition of the committee in separate sheet
The management committee is not formed in college as the policy making decisions are made in steering committee of institute of engineering in which all constituent engineering collages are members of steering committee chaired by dean of IOE. The campus level problem is solved by the regular meetings of department and section heads with campus chief and assistant campus chief and department and section heads.
The formation of Management Committee in institute of engineering is annexed in page 65.
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25. Furnish the following details (in figures) for the last three years: Particulars Year I Year II Year III Remarks 2071-72 2072-73 2073-74 Working days of the institution 209 255 271 Working days of the library 209 255 271
Teaching days of the institution 180 180 180 Teaching days set by the university 180 180 180 Books in the library 27291 in e-library in Journals/Periodicals subscribed by the library ------3412books uploaded National: International: Computers in the institution 171 Including desktops & laptops Research projects completed and their total outlay(avg.) 60 60 72 Teachers who have received national recognition for 62 teaching/research/consultancy Teachers who have received international recognition for teaching/research/consultancy Teachers who have attended international seminars 1 Teachers who were resource persons at national 1 seminars/workshops No. of hours of instruction against the plan (per year or per 170 172 170 plan hour semester) = 180*7=12 60 hours per year The annual calendar of operations of the institution is annexed in page 48-49. The number of computers and accessories are annexed in page 65. * The project works is compulsory and its nature of work is research type so average 60 projects done in each year for 5 faculties but from 2074 we have architecture faculty in fourth year so according to syllabus 72 projects are going in each faculties. The project work list is annexed in page 66. (Only one sample is given, all detail can be seen in soft copy.
26. Give the number of ongoing research projects and their total outlay. Its exact no may be change during the project works but approximately 72 projects are ongoing projects are being conduct in year 2075 as batch of 2071.
An example copy is annexed in page 67-68.
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27. Does the Institution have collaborations/ linkages with international institutions?
Yes No If yes, list the MOU signed and furnish the details of active MOU along with important details of collaborations. In the present context, institutional linkages are prerequisites for the academic progress in the field of research as well as in bridging the gap between academic and industrial applications. Institute of Engineering has formal MOU with the following Institutions:
i.Indian Institute of Technology, Khadakpur ii. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi iii. Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee iv.Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai v.Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India vi.Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand vii.Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway viii.Norwegian University of Natural Science, Aes, Norway ix.University of Manitoba, Canada x.Universities Kristen Immanuel, Indonesia xi.Osaka Sangyo University, Japan xii.Chiang Mai University, Thailand xiii.Herbin University, China xiv. The University of Wyoming, school of Engineering, Laramie, USA xv. Uiduk University, Korea xvi. Woosong University, College of Railroad & Logistics, Daejeon, South Korea xvii. Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia. xviii.Tokyo Institute of Technology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Technology xix. Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China xx. School of Planning and Architecture, India xxi. Ball State University, USA xxii. Ford Foundation xxiii.University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA xxiv.Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research(IGIDR) xxv.National Defense Academy, Yokosuka City, Japan xxvi.Tibet University, Tibet, China xxvii. Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China xxviii. The Disaster Prevention Research Institute of Kyoto, Japan xxix.Kwangwoon University, ITRC RFIC CENTER xxx.Alternate Energy Promotion Center, Nepal Government xxxi.University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany xxxii. International union for conservation of nature(IUCN) These international agencies are active in campus too. Annexed the website:ioe.edu.np/linkage
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28. Does the management run other educational institutions besides the institution? Yes No No, the institution has not run other educational institutions beside the campus. 29. Give details of the resources generated by the institution last year through the following means: Source of Funding Amount(NRs.) Performance aid TU 14400000/- Graduation aid 4489600 Training from college 210,000 Fee from Self-financed/initiated course 1385671.00 Fees from regular programs(internal full fee) 30088019.40 total 50363590.40
The some of documents are annexed in page 69-73 and more details also found in annex of question no 20. Some issued bills are attached in softcopy in number wise.
The marking scheme except otherwise specified in the criteria will be as follow: Yes with justification and with evidence =1(full marks); justification without full evidence=0 .75; apparent justification without record = 0.5 apparent initiatives =0.25; No= 0) (The marking division applies proportionately to the allocated marks where necessary.)
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SECTION-B: BENCHMARK-WISE INPUTS FOR INSTITUTIONAL SSR CRITERION 1: POLICY & PROCEDURES (15 MARKS) 1. Are there clearly defined vision, mission, goals, and objectives of the Institution in written?
Yes No if yes, mention and attach the document. The campus has followed TU's rules and regulations as well TU IOE has defined it's own mission, vision, goals and objectives in its website http://ioe.edu.np/objective/. Besides, the campus prepares the restructuring plan in totality for quality enhancement. In this way the IOE has prepared strategies plan which has clearly defined goals, objectives and standards according to the decentralization policy of TU Thapathali Campus functions under IOE. Also, the campus has published its and prospectus in different times, which clearly represents the vision mission, goals and objectives of the campus which are listed as below. 1. Profile published in March, 2001 on the occasion of 35th anniversary of the campus.
2. Prospectus published for proposing Bachelor of Industrial Engineering in the campus.
3. Profile published in 2063B.S.
4. Brochure published in 2075 B.S.
The vision, mission, goal objectives is annexed in page 74. It is also written in profiles and campus websites.
2. Are there clearly defined plans, programs and strategies to achieve its specific goals and objectives?
Yes No if yes, mention and attach the document.
Yes, the campus has clearly defined plans, programs and strategies to achieve its specific goals and objectives. Campus has its own clearly defined plan and programs as specified in its strategic plan and restructuring plan. To achieve them the campus announces its management and faculty cum unit wise academic activities every year. Various faculty heads and coordinators prepared report of their clearly defined respective plan, program, project and person in order to need the specific goals, objectives and standard. The strategic goals of the IOE are applies to Thapathali campus according to the decentralize policy of TU. The strategic plan of the Thapathali Campus is official website Thapathali Campus ioetc.edu.np. The strategic plan is annexed in page 75-78.
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3. Are there duly formed organizational structures where the policies of the Institution are formulated, reflected, reviewed and updated?
Yes No If yes, mention the organizational chart and member compositions. Yes, there are various organizational structures formed under the provision of TU rules and regulations through which the plan, policies, project and programs are developed, reviewed and updated. There are three assistant campus chief in administration, academic and facility respectively which has been presented in organogram of campus. The Campus has recently established and updated three units' viz. EMIS unit, R&D unit and Consultancy unit. The policies of campus in different sectors are reflected and formulated through these units. Data centralization, campus automation, removing paper works for administrative and academic purposes, promoting online activities, improving e- learning system like policies are addressed through the works of EMIS unit. The policy of campus for improving the research environment, obtaining the research funds from different national and international agencies, importing newly invented research techniques and making its practical application by involving students, teachers and staffs so that it is used in technical advancement and social welfare are reflected in the activities of R and D unit. Fund generating activities (design, drawing and estimation works, construction works, testing of materials both indoor and outdoor) using human and non – human resources of the campus, capacity development and skill improvement of campus staffs and students through practical works are done by consultancy. These all units can be further reviewed, modified and updated if necessary. The organizational structure of campus and the list of members in different units are annexed in page 79. The name list of different committees is annexed from page 80-84. 4. Has the Institution adopted any mechanism/process for internal quality monitoring and checks?
Yes No Justify with supporting documents. The campus has followed various technical system for monitoring and evaluation (M&E). Each and every faculty members and non-faculty members are responsible for their concerning academic department, sections and units. All departments are responsible for quality enhancement and checks by M & E. For M & E internal examination result analysis of both the internal and final examination are carried out by the individual department in order to find out the students' SWOT analysis. The faculty members make annual plan and they submit it to concerned head of the department (HOD). It is discussed in evaluation meeting carried out by inter departmental meeting. Besides this campus has also formed a special mechanism that
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Institute of Engineering Thapathali Campus Thapathali, Kathmandu consist of campus chief, asst. campus chief (administration and academic) account officer and administrative officer. In order to facilitated the teaching as well as the none faculty members in conducting and carrying out numerous academic activities such as seminars, workshop, conference, training, visiting, academic tour etc. through the financial support. The following sub-committee has been formed for internal quality monitoring a. Purchasing Committee b. SSR committee c. IQAAC committee d. Research Committee e. Publication committee f. Consultancy Unit g. Employment Unit h. Library Advisory Committee i. Public Information Cell
The quality related committee formed in Thapathali campus as well as letters conveyed from Nepal engineering council (NEC) and report to NEC are annexed in page 85-87.
5. Is there any document of the institution to specify the job responsibilities of departments, units and Individuals?
Yes No If yes, give details/reference. The TU rules and regulation has clearly defined job responsibilities of departments, section, unit and individuals of the campus in RED book of TU.
When any person is appointed, the responsibilities are attached with the appointment letter. The major responsibilities are annexed in page 88-95.
6. Is there any defined and written scheme to evaluate the pre-defined job responsibilities of departments, units and individual staff?
Yes No If yes, mention the organizational chart and member compositions. Various department heads and program coordinators submit their respective reports of evaluation in campus administration. The various department heads and campus administration carries out the massive discussion on the subject matter and the reports are further submitted to campus administration which takes policies, action plan, project and program. Based on such evaluation, the campus distributes the prize to its best teachers and staffs in every anniversary of the campus. Copy of evaluation meeting is annexed in page 96-97.
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7. Does the institution have strategic plan and action plan emphasizing on team work and participatory decision making and a scheme for information sharing?
Yes No If yes, give details. The latest managerial concepts such as strategic plan, restructuring plan, group dynamics, team works, decision making and computerization, and Education Management Information System (EMIS) has been made in joint effort of the campus chief, assistant campus chiefs, department heads, program coordinators and administrative officials. Campus administration has duly conceptualized the basic framework of process and procedures of managerial concepts. Various departments, sections and units such as department of automobile and mechanical engineering, department of civil engineering, department of industrial engineering, accounts, academic section, library, administration section etc. are being conducted through the computer. Campus has installed the software named EMIS and office 365. EMIS integrates all the departments and teaching learning process. It also consists of a mobile app named e -school (Thapathali Campus ) which provides all the information to all stakeholder of the campus and is used for attendance, assessments, assignments submission, library details etc. Whereas office 365 e1 provides genuine software for windows, in which many facilities of teamwork through software ‘teams’, yammer, skype, 1- drive etc for file sharing and communication. All the stakeholders can save their information in cloud. copy of MIC Nepal, Koha The software and related MOU and activities are annexed in page 98 -107.
8. Does the institution have program(s) to strengthen the regular academic programs through other self-sustaining programs/courses and others?
Yes No If yes, give details. Yes, the institution has program(s) to strengthen the regular academic programs through other self-sustaining programs/courses and others. The campus has research and development (R &D) unit and consultancy service. They have done various research and consultancy activities in order to produce monetary activities which makes the Campus more sustainable. Campus has offered computer training, administrative training to all staffs, teacher’s training to all the teachers through R and D unit. Also MIC Nepal has conducted computer training to students (power excel training), The student societies such as CESS, SOIESE etc. provides trainings of different software like AutoCAD, SAP, solid works etc. These student societies involve in different expos and exhibitions in which student can utilize the knowledge and thus gain practical experience. FSU is continuously distributing question banks, syllabus etc. to all the students as well as it conducts debate, quiz, speech competition etc., which enhance the academic strength 9of students. Above mentioned activities are fully supported by the campus administration. Trainings organized by campus and students societies are annexed in page 108-111.
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9. Are there any formal provisions under which the institution brings “stakeholders or community feed backs and orientation” in its activities? Yes No If yes, gives details. Yes, there are the formal provisions under which the institution brings “stakeholders or community feed backs and orientation” in its activities. The campus celebrates its anniversary in the presence of stakeholders and community people. The alumnae meeting is held in certain time intervals also provide the feedbacks about the campus. Similarly, formal and informal questionnaires are conducted to the ex – students, community peoples, students, staffs, teachers etc. There are number of suggestion box in the college premise, the suggestions dropped there are taken into account through the president of student's unions. The feedbacks collected in such ways are discussed and plans and programs of the campus are improved. Alumni meeting photos, minute, anniversary photos are annexed in page 112-115.
10. Were any committees/external agencies appointed during the last three years to improve the organization and management?
Yes No If yes, what were the recommendations? Yes, the campus has formed various committees under the coordination of campus administration to improve the organization and management. The campus administration observes and conducts disciplinary activities in the campus area. The internal examinations are conducted in different phases of academic year and submit its report to the campus administration. Likewise, the department helps students as well as faculty members and non-faculty member to carryout research oriented activities effectively. The campus has formed committees like IQUAC, SAT which has been playing very important role for improving the organization and management through SSR. No external consultant has been involving in the improvement of the organization and management of campus. The campus has been endeavoring to involve external agencies to improve the organization and management of the campus. Organization formed for improvement annexed page 116-138.
11. Are the students involved in institution management system and quality assurance ?
Yes No If yes, gives details. Yes, the students involved in institution management system and quality assurance. The representative of the student through the students' union presents their requirements and suggestion in the meeting of campus management for college management system and quality assurance. The representatives of students are also involving in various committees like Building construction committee, Library management Committee, Cafeteria committee, College anniversary Committee, Publication Committee etc. The minutes are annexed in page 139-144.
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12. Has there been an academic audit? Justify it. a. by the university b. by the Institution
Yes, Academic audit is carried out each year by the Office of Dean of IOE and Nepal Engineering Council. Dean Office IOE asks the academic and administrative data from campus and checks the status of campus with their standard. If any faults are found, it gives feedback. Nepal Engineering Council has prepared a checklist regarding the standards for different sectors in the campus. It thus checks the record each year and provides feedback.
Checklist n report to IOE Dean Office and NEC annexed in page 145-149
13. Is there any specific mechanism to combine teaching and research? Yes No If yes, gives details Yes, there are specific mechanisms to combine teaching and research. Individual departments have involved in teaching and research activities. The individual department has been effectively carrying out research on various issues of various subject in master level and field reports and project reports in bachelor's level program. It also conducts research oriented activities according to the requirement as mentioned in TU curriculum to transform theoretical knowledge into practical knowledge. To combine teaching and research activities students of Master and Bachelor are also involving in internship program respectively. Masters students and teachers can participate and present their research in IOE Graduate Conference each year, their research paper is published in the journal of IOE. Also, the students participate in different competitions of their respective stream. For example civil engineering exhibition, ROBOTICS competition, electronic circuit design competition, seismic resistant design of framed and wall structure, surveying to establish temporary bench marks in campus territory etc. Such participation is an outcome of the effort that combines both teaching and research activities. Acceptance letter of internship, photos of engineering expo and competitions are annexed in pages 150-157.
14. Have you observed any positive outcomes of combination of teaching and research?
Yes No If yes, give details.
Yes, we have observed many positive outcomes of combination of teaching and research The combination of teaching and research activities has performed in better way in order to grip the professional opportunities and it has directly or indirectly contributed a lot in policy formation and reformation of various organizations in the context of Nepal.
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The students involved in various competitions and expo's occurred at different times have won the national and international competitions. These students have been highly recognized by the industries through their activities. Such students have easily got the opportunities to study abroad. The students involving in research have developed entrepreneurship and creating job opportunities. The major photos and achievements are annexed in pages 158-169.
15. Provide institution specific other innovations which have contributed to its growth and development. Institution has been adopting new teaching approaches, techniques and methods for a decade. Audio visual method of teaching has presently contributed to the development of the quality education. Also eLearning technology has profoundly facilitated both the students as well as teachers in the campus. Some of the innovative activities are given below: a. Students of mechanical engineering have invented the wheel chair for disabled person to climb stairs. b. Students of mechanical engineering have invented the modern rickshaw and modern electric car. Modern rickshaw and modern electric car., the wheel chair for disabled person annexed in page 170-174.
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CRITERION 2: CURRICULAR ASPECTS (10 MARKS) 16. Is there any provision for ensuring consistency of teaching and learning with the academic goals and objectives of the institution? (0.5)
Yes No If yes, give details. Yes, there are many provisions for ensuring consistency of teaching and learning with the academic goals and objectives of the institution. teaching learning activities are consistently going towards the goals and objectives of the IOE and the college follows them. Practical cum theoretical classes are furnished on time. Extra classes of difficult theoretical subjects are provided for the better performance of the students. They are more encouraged to take part in paper presentation, seminar, workshop, group discussion etc. Internal assessments are held to assess the students' progress half yearly. IOE has held the exam and results within the time specified in academic calendar of IOE. Practical classes for each student of all faculties are conducted in workshop and laboratory. Likewise, educational tours and industrial visits are managed for the enhancement of the practical knowledge of the students.
The assessments, field exam, viva test, classroom, experiments are annexed in page 175-178.
17. Are programs flexible enough to offer students the following benefits? (0.5 x 3 = 1.5) a. Time frame matching student convenience 1 b. Horizontal mobility 1 c. Elective options 1 Yes, time frame of the campus has been adjusted for the convenience of the students. Almost all students are service holders so master level programs are managed in evening shift (refer official website of TU IOE Thapathali campus). The same subject is being provided in different levels to maintain horizontal mobility. If academic criteria permit, the students of one faculty can change their stream according to their interest. Different elective options are offered for the students in different faculties like civil, architecture, industrial, automobile, mechanical and electronics in the bachelor level and MSc. Engineering in mechanical design and manufacturing and MSc.in Earthquake engineering. There is at least one and two tours in different industrial and site visions for each programs. Similarly there are arranged internships where they can have real experience of their real future scoped. The elective choose and evening sessions are annexed in page 179.
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18. Indicate the efforts to promote quality of education with provision of skills transfer among the students such as (0.5 x 5 = 2.5)
a. Capacity to learn 1 b. Communication skills 1 c. Numerical skills 1 d. Use of information technology 1 e. Work as a part of a team and independently 1
Robotics and automation center selects genuine interested students from all faculties related to robotics and automation and train them by experienced teachers and students. It designs different robots and automatic systems and materialized in labs as complete product for national wise and international competitions. The Workshop, seminars and other programs are conducted within college and outside college to promote students learning capacity. Case study, group discussion, presentation, report writing and publication are the basic academic activities of the campus which makes professional communication skills are strong effective. Statistical program of social sciences (SPSS), Mat Lab, advance access and Excel programming are running to calculate statistical problem of project and research report. Computer and multimedia projector are used to facilitate teaching and learning activities. Due to the full internet facility teachers, staff, students learn different skills knowledge from different source such as YouTube and various apps and websites. Survey, academic tour, industrial visit, on the job training (OJT), professional trainings is assigned in order to encourage the students' academic qualification.. The photo group learning, survey, workshop are annexed in page 180-182.
19. Are there any additional focused programs and electives offered by the institution? (1)
Yes No If yes, give details. Yes, Bachelor in Industrial Engineering and bachelor in automobile engineering, Masters in Earthquake Engineering, Masters in Mechanical Design and Engineering is the special focused program conducted in this campus which is not in other institutes of Nepal. Similarly in last year, the automobile engineering is added in bachelor degree which is not in other institutes of Nepal. These consist of elective such as hydraulic system; auto system and energy audit; which are conducted from last five years. There are many electives which they can choice as their field of interest in all faculties.. In electronics there are new modern technology electives as BIG DATA, Artificial Intelligence, Remote sensing technology, Embedded Systems. In all programs of Bachelor and Masters Level, different elective courses are offered. Students can choose some of them in different semesters. Earthquake, industrial, automobile engineering machine design etc. are in Thapathali campus brochure-2074 as well as in website thapathalicapus.edu.np and annexed in page183-186. Similarly the electives of big data, AI offer is from electronics and communication department.
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20. Has the institution taken any initiative to contribute/feedback to the curriculum of the university? Give evidence with the examples of last 4-5 years (1)
The curriculum of bachelor in Automobile, Industrial Engineering, M.Sc. Engineering in Mechanical Design & Manufacturing and M.Sc. in Earthquake engineering are developed with full access of faculty members of Thapathali Campus. It has recommended some important areas of curriculum to reform and modify time to time as per the requirement of the market. Also the faculty members are continuously involved in review and modification of the curriculum in all the subjects running in the campus.
The examples of participation for curriculum development are annexed in page 187-190.
21. Is there any mechanism to obtain feedback from academic peers and employers? (1)
Yes No If yes, give details. The campus use to manage bachelor level students of Industrial, Mechanical and Automobile departments On the Job Training (OJT) program for exploring possible capacities as well as collecting feedbacks. The institution establishes the further policies on the basis of such feedbacks. Also the campus collects feedback from pass out students through the alumni. These students share their experience and provide the feedback about the mechanism of the campus; this is used to improve the academic and physical environment of the campus. There are numerous suggestion boxes placed by FSU with the help of campus administration in campus premise. People can put their view in it, which are addressed by the concerned authority. consult with all dept. if there any mechanism
The photos of meeting with academic peers, businessmen and industrialists are annexed in page 191. Evidence of case study is performed in industry is annexed in page 192 (Softcopy of various case studies of many industries is available.)
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22. Give details of institution-industry-neighborhood networks if any? (1) a. Jagadamba Steels Pvt. Ltd. provides " Shree Shankar Lal Agrawal Gold Medal" Award including cash purse of 51000 NRS to top scored student of college annually at annual function day since 8th March 2016. b. ISET and Thapathali campus has an agreement for The Abishkar Fellowship Project on “To devise Manual Stair and climbing wheel chair”. c. The students of industrial and architecture are moved in various institutes, consultancies and offices for their internship. d. Masters level students (2071-MSEQ), are made involved in Mason training in the 14 earthquake affected districts; this program was jointly organized by the campus with the collaboration to International Labor Organization, ILO. e. Masters level students, during their project works and thesis are connected with various offices as per their scope of the study. The photos depicting relationship with different industries, organization are annexed in page 193-198.
23. Does the institution inculcate civic responsibilities among the students? Give brief explanation in terms of activities (0.5) a. Thapathali Campus had mad involved Masters level and Bachelor final year students actively Participated in initial damage assessment of the houses, government offices, educational institute, heritage structures etc after the occurrence of earthquake in 2072. b. Mason training was provided to 500 masons in 14 different earthquake affected districts to build earthquake resistant houses after 2072 Gorkha earthquake. Masters in Earthquake Engineering students were made involved in it. c. Blood donation programs are held in the campus. d. Vehicle driving trainings for UN staffs is provided. e. Basic electronics training for NTC staffs is provided by electronics department of the campus. The photos showing civic responsibilities among students are annexed in page 199-202.
24. What are the efforts of the institution towards all-round personality development of the learners? Give brief explanation in terms of activities. (0.5)
The campus has conducted various programs and workshop for all round personality development within college staffs and students. There are successfully organized training of trainers (TOT), administrative motivational training, computer training for all staffs, MIC (Microsoft Innovation Centre) and EMIS (Educational Management Informational System)
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Institute of Engineering Thapathali Campus Thapathali, Kathmandu unit Thapathali Campus joint venture workshop on entrepreneurship Problem Solving and Unlock Pathway to Innovation". The photos of all-around personality development activities are annexed in page 203-206.
25. What are the practices of the institution to impart moral and ethical value based education? Give examples of some practices (0.5)
The syllabus of engineering contains the value based subjects like Engineering Professional Practice, Technology Society and Environment etc. In these subjects’ students/teacher learn about ethics and professional code of conduct. Also, various trainings and orientation are conveyed to teacher students. Also, blood donation program, health checkup program, sanitation works, fund and cloth donation program for flood and earthquake victim is conducted. Funds are collected to help needy peoples their treatment of they are found poor.
The photos of programs and activities imparting value based education are annexed in page 207-212.
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CRITERION 3: TEACHING LEARNING AND EVALUATION (15 MARKS)
26. Which of the following methods do you apply in admitting the new graduates? Select as many as apply. (1)
Yes with justification = 0.25, Yes without justification = 0.10 No = 0, otherwise stated through academic records through written entrance tests through group discussions through interviews through aptitude test through combination of above all Institute of engineering takes computer based exam every year for both bachelors and masters program. The students passed in that exam will get admitted in the campus on the basis of their merit. But, for architecture faculty, after passing computer based exam of IOE, aptitude test is also taken before taking the admission in campus and the students passing in that test will be admitted. The methods of admitting new graduates are annexed in page 213.
27. Is there any provision for assessing students’ needs and aptitudes for a course? (0.5) Yes No If yes, give details. Yes, there is the provision for assessing student's needs and aptitudes for a course. Aptitude test is taken before admission in bachelor level architecture students. Students are given to draw different figures which indicate their attitude towards architecture drawing. For Robotics and automation center, the written and objective examination with practical is taken and those who are passed are given special training course so that they can participate in different competitions. The aptitude test and results are annexed in page 214.
28. Does the institution provide bridge/remedial courses to the academically weak and disadvantaged students? (0.5)
Yes No If yes, cite examples (UGC or other supports received in this regard may be indicated). if yes ….reason??
If yes, give details. Yes, the campus has provision for extra classes for weak and failed students as per request from students. Free students union also provides similar extra classes with the help of teachers of campus and senior students.
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The aptitude test and results are annexed in page 215-216. 29. Does the institution encourage the teachers to make a teaching-plan? (0.5)
Yes No If yes, give details. Yes, the institution encourages the teachers to make a teaching-plan. This campus use to organize Training of Trainer (TOT) programme for permanent and newly recruited teachers for different faculties through Research & Development Unit. For this programme there are invited trainer from Technical Instructor Training Institute (TITI) and professional resource person. Beside that special teachers training is also conducted for all teachers for one week. In Mechanical Department the instructor are specially trained for lab classes effectively. The TOT, training routine, certification and photo of trainings are annexed in page 217-218.
30. Are syllabi in harmony with the academic/teaching calendar? (0.5)
Yes No If yes, give details of implementation in terms of monitoring, coverage, correction, etc Yes, syllabi are in harmony with the academic/teaching calendar. The departments have set the schedule of assessments and results according to the calendar. This monitors the percentage of courses covered before each assessment. But in some cases due to many disturbances if the courses seem not covering, campus organize extra classes in holidays and morning and evening times. The routine of project presentations, assessments are annexed in page 219-220.
31. How does the institution supplement the lecture method of teaching with other teaching methods with specific weightage in terms of hours? (directed studies, assignments, presentations) (0.5)
Produce some examples. In Bachelor in industrial engineering there is special course for presentation in different topics which carries score for their mark sheet. Besides that, the entire minor and major project carries definite marks as denoted in syllabus for all faculties. Similarly, in theory classes teachers use to provide assignments with proper marks including in the internal assessment. The supplementary methods of such as presentations, assessments, assignments, report are annexed in page 221-232. 32. Is there a facility to prepare audio visuals and other teaching aids? (0.5) Yes No If yes, give details about the facilities. There is audio tape recorder with head phones are used for all students to use in English related subjects.
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All teachers use projector for power point presentation and teaching video materials with internet aided YouTube videos for their relevant topics. In each faculty there are seminar halls where projectors are used for presentation and videos. There is CCTV in seminars halls to monitor the class activities and taking feedback as teaching aid to improve teaching skills. There are sufficient computers in each department which is used for lab experiment which shows visually the process experiment. The fast and high bandwidth of 20MBPS internet is provided in library and all area of campus so they can collect related materials from internet. The campus has special room of audio video class annexed in page 49 & presentation halls in all departments' buildings. The library and computer labs with internet for preparation of audio visuals are annexed in page 232-233.
33. Furnish the following for the last two years (1.5) Teaching days per semester or per year against the requirement: 90days per semester Working days per week against the requirement: 6 days per week Work load per week (for full time teachers): 15 periods per week Work load per week (for part time teachers): There is no any specific load assigned to part time teachers. Part time teachers take classes as per the requirement of the subjects assigned to them in each semester. Ratio of full-time teachers to part-time teachers = 84/72 = 1.167 Ratio of teaching staff to non-teaching staff: 156/48 = 3.25 Percentage of classes taught by full-time faculty: 61% Number of visiting professors/practitioners: 11 The details are annexed in page 14.
34. a. Are the students oriented to the program, evaluation system, codes of conduct other relevant institutional provisions and requirements? If yes give evidence. (0.5)
Yes, the students are oriented to the program, evaluation system, codes of conduct other relevant institutional provisions and requirements. Immediately after the admission of new students, they are invited in campus hall and are introduced about campus, its programs, campus rules and regulations, code of conduct etc. After that all students are sent to their department where departments head and teachers and staff provide necessary departmental notices, its rules and regulations and syllabus, evaluation system, subject related field and development of skills related to subject and advances. Similarly, they are introduced with related lab, workshop and library with its vital rules and regulations and benefits from all. The basic evaluation system and code of conduct is also introduced through brochure distributed during the orientation program. It is noticed that the
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Institute of Engineering Thapathali Campus Thapathali, Kathmandu program syllabus is available in campus website ioetc.edu.np where they can get sufficient knowledge of college and its teaching learning and evaluation process. They are also informed all activities through mobile app of Thapathali Campus which they can use everywhere to get information and communicate with the teacher and departments.
The orientation program document, and brochure are annexed in page 234-235. b. Are evaluation methods communicated to students at the beginning of the academic session? (0.5)
Yes No If yes, give evidence. Yes, evaluation methods are communicated to students at the beginning of the academic session. In orientation program at the beginning session, they are informed about the evaluation methods by department. Since the final examinations are conducted by examination section of dean office (IOE) it is informed that students should fill up examination forms in online and within time. The internal assessments, assignment, presentations are informed by individual teacher or departmental administration which are also noticed in orientation program. It is informed that all examination rules, marking is given in website of campus. Also the syllabus and evaluation system of the all programs are detailed to students via mobile app and EMIS web application of Thapathali Campus. The hard copy is the syllabus is also distributed to the students by Free Students Union. The syllabus and evaluation method shown in website is thapathalicampus.edu.np and ioe.edu.np.
35. Does the institution monitor the overall performance of students periodically? (0.5)
Yes No If yes, give details. Yes, institution monitors the overall performance of students periodically. The departmental meetings are organized for discussion to analyze the course covering, teaching activities, progress of student knowledge. There are developed a progress report form from teachers to fill up course cover and remaining course and time frame for teaching within given time for semester course. There is taken essential field visit in different industries and survey camp for better performance of students periodically. The departments of institution conducts internal assessment schedule the presentations and vivas, provide assignments, takes practical exams of students. Based on the performance in these things, students are monitored at different phases in the semesters.
The photo of monitoring of performance of students are annexed in page 236-238.
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36. In the case of new appointment of the teaching faculty made by the institution itself, select among the following funding criteria that are evidential in your institution. (1.5)
The permanent recruitment is done by service commission of TU but for internal contract given criteria is followed for teacher recruitment. Vacancy Operational Mechanism Category Job Selection Exam Evaluation Interview Job Contract Advertisem Committ by of Demo by Through Formal ent ee Commi Classes Committ Appointment Form ttee ee Letter Self- Vacancies The - The The Campus Funded are selection Written selection selection administration advertised committe exam, committee committe recruits teaching in national e is conducts e and non-teaching - dailies like formed Intervie demonstrati conducts staffs through Gorkhapatr by ws and on of the interview formal letter to the a campus - Demo classes of s candidate administr class the according recommended by ation as candidates to the the selection mentione on the basis predeter committee. d in TU of their mined rules and predetermin criteria regulatio ed ns qualification . Governme Vacancies The - The The Campus nt Funded are committe Written committee selection administration advertised e is exam, conducts committe recruits teaching in national formed - demonstrati e and non-teaching dailies like by Intervie on of the conducts staffs through Gorkhapatr campus ws and classes of interview formal letter to the a administr the s candidate - Demo ation as class candidates according recommended by mentione on the basis to the the selection d in TU of their predeter committee. rules and predetermin mined regulatio ed criteria ns qualification any other same same same same same same category:
Some documents of appointment of teaching faculty members are annexed in page 239-241. 37. Provide the following information (in number) about the teaching staff recruited during the last two years. (0.5)
Teaching staff recruited from 2073-2074 same institution other institutions Year I,II,II: Year I,II,III: 11 58
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Order Year Number of recruitment Year I 2074 25 Year II 2073 23 Year II 2072 21
The data of recruitment is annexed in page 242.
38. a. Does the institution have the freedom and the resources to appoint and pay temporary/ad hoc teaching staff? Are such provisions defining in the institution act/board decision/minute?
Yes No If yes, give details of their salary structure and other benefits. (0.5)
Yes, the campus has the freedom and the resource to appoint and pay temporary/ Ad-Hoc teaching staffs and accordance with the provision made in institute of engineering. The recruitment of contract based teachers is done on the permission/ recommendation of IOE whereas recruitment of part time teachers is done by campus itself as per provisions of IOE.The recruitment all are in base of RED book of TU. The temporary teacher appointment and payments are indexed in page 243.
b. Does the institution have provision and practice for inviting visiting/guest faculty on regular basis? Yes No If yes, give details. (0.5) Yes, the institute has provision and practice for inviting visiting/guest faculty. Each department invites the visiting faculty to deliver lecturers on different topics as per requirement in each semester. For coming semesters, the teachers are continued in same manner as previous and this practice is done in Masters level professors from Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk on regular basis. Related documents are annexed in page 244-249.
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39. Number of teaching staff who have attended seminars/conferences/workshops as participants/resource persons/organizer in the last two years: (1.5)
Participants Resource persons Organizer Institutional level 9 2 IOE, advance college National level 2 NAST 1 NGS(nepal geo society) International level 2 1 Seol,world architect 1 Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia 1 USAID,Hanoi Vietnam
The related documents, photos and certificates are attached in page 250-262. 40. Does the institution follow the self-appraisal method to evaluate the performance of the faculty in teaching, research and extension program? (0.5)
Yes No If yes, how are teachers encouraged to use the feedback? Provide justifications.
Yes, the campus has the system of evaluating results of the students in terms of performance of faculty members. Based on the results of the students in specific subject, oral or written feedback from the student, concerned teachers are given feedback through the department head or campus chief if required. To address the feedback, campus frequently organizes the trainings to the teachers. During such training, teachers are ask to prepare a lesson plan of their subject and allowed to teach the participants. After that, the other participants give the feedback to that teacher indicating his/her positive and negative points. The video record during that pseudo teaching is provided to individual teacher so that he/ she could evaluate own self. The special training is organized for newly appointed teachers in Thapathali Campus.
The department makes discussion of the course performance, its problem and solution and makes decisions for new plan to achieve best performance ones on work and group work for best academic quality.
The self-appraisal methods and improvement programs are annexed in page 262-266.
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41. Does the institution follow any other teacher performance appraisal method? (0.5) Yes No If yes, give details of the same and state how the results of the appraisal are used. Yes, the campus managed faculty wise result analysis to evaluate teachers’ performance. The campus also honors and rewards cash prizes for the faculty and non-faculty members who produce good results respectively. Campus administration use to award the best two teachers from each department each year on the occasion of anniversary of the campus in which the best teachers are awarded 5000/- per person cash and certification. It is selected according to the department secret report and overall performance and students survey overall. Campus provides gold medal to the teachers who have contributed more than 25 years in the institution. Certificate of honoring of teacher is attached in page 267 42. Does the institution collect student evaluation on institution experience? (0.5) Yes No If yes, what is the significant feedback from students and how has it been used?
Yes, the campus has collected student’s evaluation on campus experience. The campus has developed questionnaire to get students feedback. There are suggestion boxes in different blocks in which students can directly put their feedback. These feedbacks are collected and evaluated. Based on this evaluation, campus administration improves facilities of library laboratory, playground, pure drinking water, sanitation, vehicle parking space, canteen, hostel, other physical and academic environment.
Questionnaire of feedback is annexed in page 268.
43. Does the institution conduct refresher courses/ seminars/ conferences/ symposia/ workshops/ programs for faculty development? (0.5) Yes No If yes, give details. Yes, the campus actively involves conducting workshop, seminars, refresher courses, TOT program, symposium, etc. for development of faculty. The campus also refers to participate in various seminars, workshop, conference etc. which has to help making teaching learning activities more helpful and affordable. The campus conducted seminars, workshops, and other refreshers are annexed in page 269- 272
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44. Give details faculty development programs and the number of teachers who benefited out of them, during the last two years. (0.5) The campus frequently organizes workshop, seminars, refresher courses, TOT program, symposium, etc. for development of faculty. It also sends faculty and non-faculty members to develop the skill and to make teaching learning activities more effectively. Faculty Development Programs No. of Beneficiaries Name of refresher course TOT program for full time teachers 30 TOT program for part time teachers 35 Lab training for instructors 12 MIC summit for Microsoft 2 disable construction seminar in Thapathali 40 IOE graduate conference 7 NEA conference 2
The document showing participation in faculty development program is annexed in page 272.
45. Furnish information about notable innovations in teaching. (0.5) The campus has been frequently applying innovative teaching methods, directs methods. The students are participated in educational and industrial tour to broaden the horizon of their practical knowledge and skills. The campus is also planning to use various models in practical classes to understand the different aspects of different concepts in different subjects. Various experiments and demonstration conducted in different laborites. Students are made involved in different engineering exhibitions with their models, projects, robots etc. students are inspired and guided to prepare different models. The campus is using web based video classes for all faculties and related lectures and notes can be downloaded from local server of campus which vary useful for students and teachers in teaching learning process. The library is going to hosting D-space for digital content of e-book and other material for reading, teaching and research papers and other articles. The campus has 3-D lab in which the students and teachers learn the modern technology by hand to hand. The photos showing innovations in teaching are annexed in page 273-274.
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46. What are the national and international linkages established for teaching and/or research? (0.5) The campus has established linkages with other campus and IOE for various researches. Teachers and Postgraduate (PG) students use to present publish their research in journal of IOE graduate conference. Also, the campus helps to collaborate students with other research agencies and organization like NAST, RECAST, MIC Nepal, NRA, NSET, Geological Society, ISET, ILO various departments of government like DUDBC DoLIDAR etc.
International linkage Campus has collaborated with various international organization like International Labour Organization (ILO), KOICA, Disaster Hack, Gothe Institute, DAAD, JICA, etc.
The international linkage established is annexed in page 275-286.
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CRITERION 4: RESEARCH, CONSULTANCY AND EXTENSION (10 MARKS)
47. Research budget of the institution in % of total operating budget. (1) The plan targets to enhance the academic environment in this campus by providing faculty members with enough opportunity to pursues research and also to participate in seminar, conference, and workshop. Participation in such programs should enable faculty members to upgrade their research and pedagogical skills and hence to enhance their teaching and learning skills. Research budget = Rs. 2293571 Total budget = Rs. 91361000 That is why campus spends 2.51 % of annual budget for human resources policy, plan, program and project coordinating with IOE Dean Office. The annual budget from the TU is annexed the budget copy in page 287.
48. How does the institution promote research? (1) • Encourage PG students doing project work √ • Teachers are given for one year research oriented book writing leave √ • Teachers are given 5 years study leave √ • Provision of Research Committee and providing topic wise research money √ • Adjustment in teaching load/schedule √ The campus has been promoting research in various ways. The post graduate students are done at least three projects and one thesis in four semesters respectively. In BE level programs all students should be prepared project report (mini research) in eight semesters. For each student the campus provides 4500/- for each students for providing required components and essential materials. In the case of masters the students are provide for thesis research. Teachers are given study leave according to TU rules and regulation. The teacher is given one year leave with salary for research book writing. For those who are going to do further study they are given 5 years study leave with full salary. Project proposals are submitted by the students regarding to their individual departments in this campus. Individual department have responsibility of research activities run by students. The teachers who are involve in research activities given facilities by arranging necessary adjustment in class routine. The research unit has announced research seed money for all teachers up to Rs. 50.000/- individually and jointly Rs. 100000/-
The relevant documents of teacher leave, Ph.D. leave, and research proposal announce by research unit in page 288-291.
49. Is the institution engaged in PhD level programs? (1)
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Yes No If yes, give details. No, The institution is not engaged in PhD program, but its three faculty members are doing PhD from other institutions. One of Ph.D. is successfully finished last time by Dr. Manoj Kumar Thapa in Mathematics.
50. What percentage of teachers is engaged in active research - guiding research scholars, operating projects, publishing regularly, etc.? Give details. (0.5)
About 50 percent of the full time faculty members are involved in guiding the students in their research activities such as thesis and project report as in each two to four students group who are doing their project work minor project work and thesis work are engaged in guiding and co-researching. The department of automobile and engineering assistant professor Mr. Khem Gyanwali has been doing Ph.D. from Tokyo University Japan. As well as Indra Naryan Yadav deputy instructor of this campus has been doing Ph.D. from IOE, Pulchowk, Nepal. Senior instructor Mr. Shreehari Thapa has recently completed his Ph.D. and all faculty members in all faculty programs have been actively taking in guiding the students in their research activities.
A sample of project work and guiding teachers list is annexed in page 292-293.
51. Mention the admission status of the MPhil/PhD graduates in your institution. (0.5) Level Enrollment Status Total Full Time Part Time MPhil - - - PhD - - -
52. How many PhDs have been awarded during the last five years? (1) No PhD awards have been awarded so far.
53. Does the institution provide financial support to research students? (0.5) Yes No If yes, give % of financial support from recurring cost. Yes, the campus has been providing sum of money rupees 4500/- for each one in each group for final project work of BE levels students every year. Besides this the NAST and ESET-N like organizations also providing support for doing reasonable project proposals such as ESET Nepal has financial helped to make project of disable wheel chair. The list of sample of financial support is annexed in page and the ESET-N MOU is annexed in 294-295. 54. Provide details of the ongoing research projects: (0.5)
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Total number of projects Project Revenues (in NRs.) for student project guide for teacher 1.major project 72x 4500/-=324000/- 300x12x6x6x15=1944000 avg.12x6=72 2.minor project - 300x12x3x6x15=972000
Evidence of ongoing research projects are attached in page 296-297. 55. Give details of ongoing research projects funded by external agencies. (0.5) Funding agency Amount (Rs.) Duration (Years) Collaboration, if any ISET-N 40000/- 6 months project closed last semester AEPC NAST - - UNESCO 1000000/- 1 year (proposed)
The proposal of research, ISET-N, NAST are annexed in page…
The proposal of research, ISET-N, NAST of ongoing research projects are attached in page 298-299.
56. Does the institution have research/academic publication? If yes, give details of publications in the last two years. (0.5) Yes, the campus regularly publishes research and academic publications. • Industrial vision ( 5 separate volumes) • Architecture Bulletin (living reality) • Anweshwan • Thapathali Campus Smarika-2016 (Golden Jubilee Smarika) • Campus Darpan - 2074 • Journal of innovations in Engineering Education 2018-Thapathali Campus All the relevant photos are indexed in page 300-304.
57. Does the institution offer consultancy services? (0.5) Yes No If yes, give details. Yes, the institution has been providing consulting services. The list of consulting works during the last financial year (2074/2075) is given below: 1. Architectural and Structural Design of Sanothimi Campus, Bhaktapur. 2. Master plan preparation, design of academic buildings of the Thapathali Campus to be constructed in the newly obtained land in Kirtipur. (Ongoing project) 3. Repair and maintenance of Block C (Administrative block) building in Thapathali Campus.
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The consultancy appointment paper, response and rules document and sample work of consultancy are given in pages 305-311.
58. Does the institution have a designated person for extension activities? (0.5) Yes No If yes, indicate the nature of the post as – Full-time Part-time Additional charge Yes, the institution has designated person extension activities such as EMIS (Education Management Information System) unit, R&D unit. The chief of EMIS is Prof. Shanta Maharjan and the head of R&D is Er. Sugam Maharjan.
The appointment of unit heads of EMIS and research and development unit is annexed in page 312-213.
59. Indicate the extension activities of the institution and its details: (0.5) Community development Training in Disaster Management Health and hygiene awareness Medical camps Adult education and literacy Blood donation camps AIDS awareness Environment awareness Any other
The photos of disaster observation, mason training and blood donation are annexed in page 314-315. 60. Are there any outreach programs carried out by the institution (for example, Population Education Club, Adult Education, National Literacy Mission, etc.)? (0.5) Yes No If yes, justify. Robotics club competition in India, training in community, observation in earthquake effected houses annexed in page 316-317.
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61. How are students and teachers encouraged to participate in extension activities? Any defined approaches? (0.5) The campus has MOU with MIC(Microsoft innovation center) in which the students and teachers can be participated in national and international training and competitions. MIC Nepal conducts special rainins in Microsoft related software trainings and competitions and those success students and teachers are allowed to participated in international competitions. International Hult prize for planning business is organized in Thapathali campus and participating national wise by a team of Thapathali campus. The campus has participated international planning for Mars Habitation and won 2nd prize of world competition.
The photos of participation of office package competition from MIC Nepal, hultz international concept completion and phoebes idea design competition are annexed in page 318.
62. Does the institution work and plan the extension activities along with NGO’s and GO’s? Give details of last 3 years. (0.5) MOU with MIC Nepal is made for providing different computer software training for teachers and students of Thapathali Campus. Through MIC Nepal the campus has organized Entrepreneurship Problem Solving and Unlock Pathway to Innovation and advanced Excel training for more than hundreds students in this year. And near future MIC is conducting training for teachers on OFFICE 365. MIC Nepal is providing genuine office package for all students, teachers and staff of Thapathali campus. In MOU MIC Nepal is selecting 10 students of Thapathali campus to participate international competition in WORD, EXCEL package. The campus has activities with KOICA Nepal which has sending expert in technical subjects from last 15 years and continuously supporting to make different teaching materials such as optical fiber and networking installation, power back up system, automobile training station etc. KOICA is planning to construct vehicle transforming workshop very soon. Disaster Hack is working in institute for 3-D printing in which students has trained to developed 3-D plastic devices with computer aid. Similarly the MOU with E-Zone for EMIS software to apply latest technology for teaching learning process and other administrative activity more on the base of internet and cloud base.
Campus use to send its experts to different organization and institutions as request from their requests. Work and plan with NGO and INGO are attached in page 319-321.
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CRITERION 5: INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEARNING RESOURCES (20 MARKS) A. General Physical Infrastructure
63. Does the institution have a comprehensive master plan indicating the existing buildings and the projected expansion in the future? (0.5) Yes, we are planning to shift all college infrastructures to Kirtipur area in Tribhuvan University within three years. Tribhuvan University executive council has decided to provide 175 Ropani land of TU Campus Balkhu for Thapathali Campus. All detail plans of sites is presented to TU Executive Council which is attached with this document. The master plans for new buildings are annexed in page 322-323. 64. a. How does the institution plan to meet the need for augmenting the infrastructure to keep pace with academic growth? Produce plan, if any. (0.5) The institution has planned to shift to Kirtipur in the recently obtained land provided by TU, Kirtipur. It has started preparing Master plan and other necessary works. The number of students in the Bachelors and Master's program is increasing. So, to accommodate new students it has to increase the number of class rooms. So, the new Master plan has to address the increased number of students. b. What support facilities are available for conducting the education programmers in the institution? (0.5)
Laboratory – the campus has started process to build Modern lab for the research and development. Library – The campus has developed computerized e-library system. Academic buildings - The campus has started preparing Masters Plan to construct new academic blocks in the land provided by Tribhuvan University at Kirtipur. (See the annex for more details.. )
Campus has well equipped computer, Science and engineering laboratories and workshops. There are separate laboratories for engineering and science. The computer labs have enough computers and it has also facilitated the education management information system (EMIS) which provides e-learning, e-administration, e-library/digital library, e-account with cloud hosting and storage. In library D-Space software is using for international journals and research and Koha for automated library system. Library is providing reference service, circulation services, reading services. It has sufficient space for library users. All the users are getting sufficient reading materials. Library has also using ARDI, AGORA, HINARI and OARE database which are provide by Research4 life WHO. These databases are utilized for researcher of this institution. The library, labs and other support facilities are annexed in page 324-336.
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65. Does the institution have provision for regular maintenance of its infrastructure? Provide scheme. (0.5) The campus has made contract with private companies for all sanitation, gardening, security, maintenance of campus area. For laboratories equipment maintenance, each department has authority to call the companies/person as per requirement with the permission of campus administration. EMIS department maintain and repair all the computers in computer lab, department, administration etc. The campus has trained computer operator who cares also in wi-fi internet system as well as all software works in all departments and looks over website update and related works. Carpenters of the campus are made involved in maintaining, repairing and constructing the furniture as per the requirement of campus. The campus has a electrician which cares over electrical system of campus area. The campus has utility service which is used to maintain all the significant cleaning such as tree cutting, outer building surface cleaning etc. The campus has allocated separate budget from its annual budget for maintaining its infrastructure. The campus has formed infrastructure construction committee as per requirement. The consultancy unit of the campus is responsible for the regular maintenance of physical infrastructures and the EMIS unit is responsible for the regular monitoring and maintenance of IT system, internet Wi-Fi, servers and computers of all lab and sections plus maintenance of Printers of college. The security contract, utility services are annexed in page 337-340.
66. How does the institution ensure optimum utilization of its infrastructure facilities? Produce the plan. (0.5) The campus has been utilizing its infrastructure facilities in full fledge in the day and evening shift through teaching learning & administration activities. B.E. levels are run in days in five blocks and administrative activities are made in two block including library infrastructures. Other purposed B.E. & master labels programs are lunched as soon as TU, IOE, implementation Committee provides permission. Master level programs are running in the same infrastructure facilities in the evening shift. The auditorium halls, labs, and Library halls are constructed as per the requirement of the campus which are commonly used by all faculties by managing the routine and mutual understandings. For example electronics lab, mechanical labs and other common usable labs are used by all faculties. The auditorium hall ,presentations halls are commonly used by different activities. The Auditorium Hall being used is annexed in page 341.
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67. Does the institution encourage use of the academic facilities by external agencies? 0.5)
Yes No If yes, give clearly defined regulations.
Yes, the campus provides its hall for different for different academic, social, political and other activities. Campus provides the space for various health camping, awareness programs and other social issues. Nepal Telecom conducts its training in electronics lab for different level manpower and the trainers are the experts for campus itself. Civil department uses its student’s and teacher from Master’s level to conduct Mason training for earthquake affected districts. Also, bachelor level students and teachers are made involve in different projects and mode preparation which are used for increasing awareness in the society in different aspects. Department of archeology has conducted different tests of specimens to check the existing strength of heritage structures using the equipment and manpower in civil lab. UN and foreign countries use to train their drivers in automobile section and selection tests are also made in same section. Campus has formed a department for consultancy services. This contributes for engineering design drawing related services of various government and non-government also projects at low cost.
The pictures showing use of academic facilities by external agencies is annexed in page 341- 342.
68. What efforts are made to keep the institution clean, green and pollution free? Give details (0.5) Various programs are carried out as per the decision of the campus administration to keep the campus beautiful and pollution free, different toilets have been used by the male and female students. There is the canteen which provides verities of the foods for the students and teaching and non-teaching staffs. A small garden around the campus with verities flowers and plants has been planted to facilities the students, faculties and non-faculties members to maintain the fresh atmosphere in the campus. The playground has been used sports activities such as cricket, football, volleyball, basketball, table tennis and so on. A beautiful goddess Saraswati has been established to inculcate the moral sense of faith of students. There are plant and trees which provide enough greenery inside the campus premises. Efforts are being made to make the campus premises more beautiful and pollution free. Campus is planning to plant some more trees along the campus premises. Previously, utility department is made responsible for cleaning the institute each day, but now it has made contract with Private Company as outsource and that company has provided six workers who are cleaning the institute each day as per the requirement of the college. Apart
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There are total 172 computers in the campus including laptop and desktop in which 100 computers in four labs and 10 computers in library reading room. There are separate computer laboratories with all necessary programming, engineering software. These labs are easily accessible to both teachers and students. Also there are sufficient laptop and desktop computers in all the six departments which are used by head of departments, deputy head of departments for official purpose. There are 10 computers in library which are used by students for their academic purposes like downloading and reading books, research papers, journals etc. The students’ academic student society groups like CESS, ROBOTICS, ECAST, MESIN, SOIS, and FSU etc. are provided with computers. The campus has 20MBPS dedicated internet with back up line contracted with Classi-tech Nepal which is connected to all building blocks through fiber optics. Campus has its own IBM Server, Micro-TIK Router and programmable CISCO Switches for all blocks of campus which provides ETHERNET points for all departments and sections. Also the WIFI is provided in the entire Campus periphery with the help of ten AP Antennas which can be used by all students, teachers, and staffs with their hotspot login through mobile app. The no. of computer and accessary data is annexed in page 66. The server room and switch and internet Wi-Fi are annexed in page 343-344. 70. Give the working hours of the computer center and its access on holidays and off hours. (0.5) The computers in library as computer center provide access for full office time and up to 8:30 pm as extra time. It means the computer center is opened for 10.5 hours. The campus used to provide access to the computer center especially during the time of projects and thesis of students. Photograph of library computer center in page 345
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71. a. How many departments have computers of their own? Give details. (0.5) All the six departments and two master’s program have computer facilities their own. All departments have computer lab with 48 computers connected to main internet service. All the computers can be controlled from key computer through programmable switching devices in the computer lab. The computer labs photos are annexed in page 345-347. b. Does the institution have provisions of internet/intercom/CCTV/other facilities Give details (0.5) The institute has EMIS unit which has IBM server and MICROTIC manageable router and CISCO manageable switch through which internet services provided point to point computer with 20MBPS band width and Wi-Fi service is provides with 13AP antenna to all area of campus with 20MBPS dedicated line. The campus has seven CO line from NTC which is distributed in all departments and sections. The EPABX system is proposed to install in next academic year 2075/76. We have 23 IP- CCTVs with advance IP camera and monitoring from administration. In campus we have intercom system of SIEMENS for connecting all departments of office rooms. The campus has an automatic school bell which rings according to period and exam time. It also has an electronic attendance system for all the staffs and teachers.
The internet, intercom, IP-CCTV, ID card developer is indexed in page 347-349.
72. Explain the output of the center in developing computer aided learning packages in various subjects during the last three years? (0.5) In control system PID CONTROL lab and PLC CONTROL is done in computer aided learning for controlling any mechanical and electronic system. AutoCAD, is used for civil and architecture department for drawing and design. SAP software is used for structural design in civil. SPSS is used by mathematics departments. Python and C and C++ are used for different projects related to Robotics and Automation and applied for many competitions organized by entire college and between many colleges. Solid work software is used for mechanical design in industrial department. Office 365 is provided to all teachers, staffs and students in which they can develop power point, Power VI and various works for personal project and subject wise projects. Reference management software such as Medley, Zetaro and EndNote are used for reference management in all project report of B.E. and Master Level. AGORA, HINARI, ARDI and OARE are popular data base which includes thousands of e-journals and e-books
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The PID control and PLC control, solid works simulated trainer as Computer Aided pictures are indexed in Page 349-350.
73. Is there any provision for maintaining/updating the computer facilities? Provide the details of the system. (0.5) Yes, the computer labs are updated in each 3 or 4 years. All the computers are updated CORE i5 and i3 from Pentium computers. All the departments head of section is provided i5 laptops and desktop computers. The computer maintenance and repairing are done day by day as requirement by the manpower of EMIS unit. Annex: photograph of daily duty of EMIS and lab maintenance photo by EMIS unit & the contract of compute operator is shown in page 352-352.
74. Does the institution make use of the services of intra-university facilities? (0.5) The architecture department goes to Pulchowk Engineering Campus for carpentry practical. The students of Thapathali campus used to go Pulchowk campus, University Campus Kirtipur for survey and different games. Robotic club of Thapathali campus uses robotics club of Pulchowk campus for receiving suggestion and practices. Students from Western Region Campus, Pokhara and Eastern Region Campus, Dharan come to Thapathali campus for visiting mechanical, automobile and 3D printing lab. The visit of teachers group in Korea Nepal institute of Technology and survey camp is TU yard are annexed in page 353-353.
75. What are the various health services available to the students, teacher and other staff? Give details. (0.5) Since popular hospital like Norvic hospital, Civil, Teaching Hospital (TU) are vary closed to college, all the health related problems are sent to those hospitals for caring. We have post for health assistant which is vacant due to transfer of existing health assistant to teaching hospital. The health assistant post is annexed in page 354.
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76. What are the physical and infrastructural facilities available in the sports and physical education center? Give details. (0.5) In Thapathali campus, there are two concrete table tennis board, one well-made basketball court and one small ground for playing mini football, volleyball, cricket and other entertainments. There is small place for badminton court in between building of campus premises. In Free Student Union room, students used play Chess, Luda, and carom board on two big size tables. Annex: refer annex of games are annexed in page 355. 77.What are the incentives given to outstanding sports persons? (0.5) Thapathali campus has given authority to FSU for game competition. FSU used to organize game competition annually. The campus provides full support of finance to prove prize, incentives and other expenditure. ANNEX; photograph of outstanding players awarding in page 356
78. Give details of the student participation during the last year at the university, regional, national and international meets. (0.5) Participation of Students Outcomes District 6 students Participation LOCUS competition in electronics department. National 12 students a. 1st prize in Robotics competition organized by Pulchowk campus b. Civil Engineering Students take part in Civil Engineering Expo in Pulchowk Campus each year c. Students of both MSc. program take part in IOE Graduate Conference each year. International 12 students 2nd prize in robotics in Mumbai IIT Consult other competition…………..civil auto, industrial etc… Annex: photograph from Robotics, mechanical, civil students design are annexed in page356-358. 79. Give details of the hostel facilities available in the institution? (0.5) The campus has hostel for 40 students. Since earthquake of 2072 BS, the hostel is damaged severely, most of students are dislodged but still there are 5 students living in hostel and hostel warden and family till date. In new construction, there is plan of making hostel for male and female with 400 capacities in Kirtipur. There will be also quarters for staffs and teachers. Annex: Refer Annex in page 50.
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80. Give details of the facilities for drinking water and toilets. (0.5) The campus has toilets in each building for boys and girls. In Block A, B, E, and D, there are big toilets can be used by eight people at a time. In block C and Library, there is toilet for two person separated for boys and girls. In E block, there are two toilets for HOD and staff. For campus chief, there is attached toilet. The campus used to provide drinking Jar water for each faculties near to their class rooms. FSU has installed 2000ltrs tanks for drinks water. In canteen there is used euro guard for drinking purpose for all students. The campus is planning to install Euro plant for producing massive drinking water.
The pure drinking water plants and some of toilets of campus are annexed in page 358-359
B. Library as a Learning Resource 81. Library a. What are the working hours of the library? (0.25) For bachelor students, On working days the working hour is between 10am-8pm which 10 hour of working. There is not opening of library on holidays but when there is near to exam the library provides serviced of 2 hours for book serving._ For M.Sc. students, the library opens from 5 to up to 8 pm. b. Does the library provide open-access to students? (0.25) Yes No There is open access of library for all students from 10- 5.But for M.Sc. students the campus has upper reading room with reference books where they can work up to 8 o clock. The photos of reading rooms of upper and down in pages of 360. 82. Mention the total collection of documents. (3.5)
Books (0.2) 41080 (in record) Current Journals Nepalese (0.2) complimentary journals 15 Foreign (0.2) Magazines (0.2) 25 (keeping in fabrication hall) Reference Books (1.0) 4490 Text Books (0.2) 41080 Refereed journals (0.4) Back Volumes of Journals (0.2) E- Information Resources (0.4)
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CD’s/DVD’s 2 Databases D-space Online Journals NepJol database …….. AV Resources (in audio-video room of architecture-20CDs) Special collection (0.5) Thesis collection 125, Britannica, Oxford dictionary sets, book bank for all students semesterwise. (Please specify for example; UNO Depository center, World Bank Repository, Competitive Examinations, Book Bank, Old Book Collection, Manuscripts.) The necessary photographs of book collection and other collection are annexed in page 361-364. 83. Give the number of books/journals/periodicals that have been added to institution library during the last two years and their cost. (1) The year before last The year before Number Total Number Total cost cost i. Text books 1500 600000 373 49090.56 ii. Other books - - - iii. Journals/periodicals Any others iv. v. The bill which is used for purchase for this year is annexed in page 364-. 84. Mention (1) i) Total carpet area of library (in sq. Meters) [ 185.810 sq. Meters] (0.25) (ii) Total number of departmental libraries [ 4 ] (0.25) Civil, industrial, mechanical, EMIS (iii) Seating capacity of the Library [ 30 ] (0.25) (iv) Open student access to library [ 20 ] (0.25)
85. Give the organizational structure of the library. (0.5) The library structure chart and e-library chart is annexed in page 365.
(i) Total number of staff (0.3) a. Professionals (List with qualifications) (1) Librarian in-charge is the only professional person in the Library Bachelor in library science). b. Semi-professionals (3) There are 3 book checkers in the library that falls in the category of semi- professionals.(Intermediate level )
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(ii) Library advisory committee (0.2), Give details The structure of library committee is given below: Library Committee President - Assistant Campus Chief (Academic) Member Secretary – Library incharge Members: Head of Departments (6) M.Sc. coordinators (2) Head of Account Section (1) Head of Administration Section (1)
ANNEX-letter of library committee is attached herein page 366.
86. Staff development programs for library (0.5) (i) Refresher/orientation courses attended. (ii) Workshops/Seminars/Conferences attended A one-day workshop program on Motivation and inspiration to staffs of Thapathali campus has been conducted (iii)Other special training programs attended Computer training for all the staffs of library has been conducted to improve the capacity of staffs. (See Annex for photographs) Training of KOHA and D-SPACE (software for Library management) has been provided to the Library staffs. The Certificate of library training and KOHA e-library training phtoes are annexed in page 367
87. Are the library functions automated? (0.5) Yes No If yes: Fully automated (0.5) partially automated (0.25) The application software –KOHA (FREE SOFTEARE) and D-SPACE are installed in campus server and book entry is done in the software, which has been completed about 30% with Bar Code sticker. The campus has already purchased bar code reader and printer. After completion of data uploading, the library will be fully automated. The bar code reader, scanner, bar coded ID card and e-library management letter are attached in page 368.
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88. What is the percentage of library budget in relation to the total budget of the Institution? (0.5) The annual budget of library = 20 00,000/- (20 Lakh) and total budget is 9,13,61,000/- (Rs. Four Crore) So percentage of library budget is 2.189% (without staff salary and miscellaneous)
ANNEX-refer annex in page 369.
89. Does the library provide the following services/facilities? (10 x 0.1 = 1) • Circulation Services • Maintenance services • Reference/referral service • Information display and notification services • Photocopying and printing services • User Orientation/Information Literacy • Internet/ Computer Access • Inter-Library Loan services • Networking services • Power Backup facility The circulation of books are done in manual with card holding system but it has started the library automation and it has already purchased card reader, card printer with essential standard open source library software called KOHA and internet cloud book system of D-space. The software is already installed in local server and more 3000 books are updated in software. The maintenance of computers of library is done by EMIS unit of campus. The campus has already e-school Thapathali campus app in mobile and computer so the all information can be sent through the app about library too. There is one room of books for reference book only and student can have study in this room too. The Campus has two normal printing machines and for photocopy very nearby library campus has photocopy room for photo copy. The Campus has internet access in all 14 computers in library with networking. There is power backup system available for computers. The campus has sufficient books and student use book bank system in which the students will have all necessary text books.
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90. Furnish details on the following ( to be equally distributed) (i) Average number of books issued/returned per day. [ ] On average, 500 books are issued/ returned per day. (ii) Average no. of users visited / Documents consulted per month [ ] On average, 1500 users visit the library per month. (iii) Please furnish the information on no. of Log- ins in to the E-Library Services/E- Documents delivered per month. [ ] (iv) Ratio of Library books to number of students enrolled 44000/[{(48x5)X4}+{(20x2)x2}+{(48X5)}]=44000/1280=34.375 [ ] Note: The campus has book bank system in which all the text books required for a semester are issued for whole semester to all the students of campus.
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CRITERION 6: STUDENT SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE (10 MARKS) 91. Furnish the following details: (0.25 x 4 = 1) • Percentage of regular students appearing for the exam (BE). =(310/336)=92.261% • Dropout rate (drop out from the course) 26/336=7.73% • Progression to further study (Bachelors to Master, Master to Mphil/PhD) 40% • Prominent positions held by alumni are: Since this campus has already celebrated its Golden Jubilee and approximately more than lakh students has been graduated from this campus. So, there are many vital positions in the government and non-government sector occupied by the products of this campus. As for example, • Present Minister of General Administration – Lal Babu Pandit • Former president of National Planning Commission - Prof. Dr. Govinda Raj Pokharel • Former Mayor of Kirtipur Municipality – Er. Dhurba Maharjan Student regular student record from chakupat, exam division is annexed in page 370. 92. How many students have passed the following examinations in the last five years? (0.25x 4 = 1) • Nepal Civil Services Examinations • There are many graduates from this campus who were succeeded to pass the Public Service Commission but it is difficult to say in exact figure. • Other employment related examinations • International level entrance examination • Others (please specify) The campus has planning to have tracer study of the pass out and it is also doing through internet social groups and alumina.
93. Does the institution publish its updated prospectus annually? (1) Yes (1) No (0) If yes, what are the contents of the prospectus? (attach a copy) The campus has been publishing prospectus as peer need of changing the major changes in faculties which contains varieties of things. The Industrial and mechanical also has their own departmental brochures. In all brochures there are given topics in details. • General introduction about campus • Vision, Aims, goals and strategy of Campus • Name of departments and its description • Name of units • Name of Personnel
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• Rules and regulations • Fee structures • Enrollment procedures • Course Duration • Scholarship The brochure pictures are annexed page 371-374.
94. What kind of financial aids are available to students from the government, the institution and others? Give details. (0.5) The college has two categories of students according to intake as one is regular and another one is full fee. The regular students in each batch of students of 48 are 12 students who has to pay nominal fee of tuition fee 2126/- comparing to full fee of 32500/- and the regular students are considered as government funded students who are selected as topmost 12 students among intakes. The students get scholarship based on the score obtained in the entrance examination and toppers of each semester from the government/ institution. There is also provision of scholarship for female toppers. The overall topper of campus in each year gets Prize of Rs. 51,000/- from Jagdamba steels PVT.. LTD. Annexed- scholarship rules structure, scholarships for topper of class, batch female topper are annexed in page 374-377.
95. Mention the number of students who have received financial aid during the last two years. (0.5) Financial aid Year before last Year before i.Merit 9 student x6 faculty x 52612x7 dept (B.E.) + 6*2 (M.Sc.) = scholarship(9 in 4year=52612x7 dept (B.E.) 96 each batch) + 6*2 (M.Sc.) = 96 ii.Merit-cum- 6 6 Means(topper 1 in batch) project work aid 336 336 for each students jagadamba prize 1 1 each year
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96. Does the institution have an employment cell and a placement officer who offers career counseling to students? Yes (1) No If yes, give details of the cell and its office. (0.25 x 2 = 0.5) No, the institution does not have an employment cell and a placement officer. i. Employment cell: 0 Role: ii. Placement officer: 0 Role: The campus has employment cell and placement office and active for job vacancy contact and advertising in office notice boards and websites. It personally contact and co-operate with HOD and other teachers and staffs. The letter of the employment cell is annexed in page 378.
97. Do teachers participate in academic and personal counseling? (0.5) Yes No If yes, give details as to how they are involved. Yes, the teachers participate in academic and personal counseling. The academic counseling mostly done by head of departments and heads of section as head of departments and deputy head of departments are regular contact in each and every spheres of teaching learning process. The related subject teachers are involved in their personal and academic problems.
The photo of counseling is annexed in page 379.
98. How many students were employed through placement service during the last year? (1) UG students PG students Research scholars i. Local firms/companies 45 ii. International firms/companies - iii. Government 50 iv. Public (semi-government) sector 60 v. Private sector 100
1. NEC company of computer, photocopy supplier-5 2.TATA motor company-8 3.Bade auto traders-2
99. Does the employment cell motivate the students to seek self-employment? (1) Yes 0 No 0 If yes, how many are self-employed (data may be limited to last 5 years)?
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100. Does the institution have an Alumni Association? (0.5) Yes 0 No 0 If yes, indicate the activities of the Alumni Association. Yes, the Alumni association has been established in this campus. The association has a discussion on how to facilitate campus with the help of Alumni members. The alumni gathering photo and letter of attendance and committee formation is annexed in page 379-381.
101. How the policies and criteria of admission are made clear to prospective students? (0.5) The policies and criteria are clearly given in first in IOE examination committee through website www.ioe.adimission.edu.np and www.thapathalicampus.edu.np. There is booklet named admission –booklet published by IOE and Thapathali campus. In this websites and booklet the admission rules online form submission, , online result and required admission documents are clearly mentioned. The campus chief and department heads has government and private TV programs to attract and clear the prospective students. ANNEX: website screenshot and booklet photo in page 382.
102. State the admission policy of the institution with regard to international students. (0.5) Institute of Engineering (IOE) has provision of admission for International students in the constituent and affiliated engineering colleges including Thapathali campus under full pay scheme. 1/12th of the total seats in full pay admission is secured for students from abroad nations and 3 categories are defined for entry in the Tribhuvan University (TU) affiliated engineering colleges in Nepal. The information regarding arrival instructions, visa procedure and legal issues and immigration issues of Nepal can be obtained from official website of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal. ANNEX: screenshot of website, web site http://www.ioenotes.edu.np/ioe-be- entrance/admission-criteria-international-students-ioe . in page 383 103. What are the support services given to international students? (0.5) • International student service office • Special accommodation • Induction courses • Socio-cultural activities • Welfare program • Policy clearance • Visa Support
ANNEX: IOE reference of BE. & M.Sc. Brochures in page 382-383.
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104. What are the recreational / leisure time facilities available to students? (1) • Indoor games √ 0 • Outdoor games √ 0 • Nature Clubs √ 0 • Debate Clubs √ 0 • Student Magazines √ 0 • Cultural Programs √ 0 • Audio Video facilities √ 0 Any others ------The related all photos are annexed in page 383-388.
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CRITERION 7: INFORMATION SYSTEM (10 MARKS) 105. Is there any cell in the institution to analyze and record various academic data? (2) Yes √ 0 (2) No 0 (0) If yes, mention how does the cell work along with its compositions? According to TU rule and regulations, the recommendation of campus chief the assistant campus chief (academic) is appointed by the Dean, the Institute of Engineering, TU. Under the assistant campus chief (academic) various HOD and Deputy HODs are functions from them necessary data collects and submits the internal and external examination of each programs and the completion of each administrative activity. They are done by academic administration section. Only examination related activities are performed examination section. Along with this the campus has monitoring and evaluation committee which checks and analyzes the records of various academic data and informs the outcomes to the assistant campus chief (academic) for further future improvement. The campus has formed Information Cell for keeping data and analyzing it in proper way and EMIS head is appointed as head of Information Cell as all data managing is done in EMIS unit. The information cell, information officer, documents are annexed in page 389-390.
106. What are the areas on which such analysis is carried out? (1.5) The admission of B.E. and MSc. students, the faculty wise and subject wise analysis of their work in progress, internal assessment and final examination and position held by the students in IOE. In this way such analysis is carried out. The campus has purchased EMIS software in which all data related to teaching learning process, administration, store, library, etc. can be stored on cloud and be analyzed accordingly. The analysis area i.e. student information management, student admission management, employee information management, examinations and so on are annexed in page 391-397.
107. How these analyzed data are kept in the institution records? (1) These analyzed data are manually kept in academic administration section. They are going to be kept in computerized system in work in progress. All data are uploaded in the EMIS software in http://eschool.ezonecloud.com. Unlimited data storage facility is provided for campus. The EMIS software provides analyzed copy from raw information as per requirement of campus. The students and teachers also can upload the data through mobile app by "E-school" app available in Google play store, annexed at page 398.
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108. Are this information open to the stakeholders? (1) Yes √ 0 (1) No 0 (0) If yes, explain how they are disclosed? This information opens to the stakeholders i.e. those are students and parents informed about the results through website and results sheet respectively. Students answer paper of internal assessment are returned to them so that they could find out their strength and weakness they made in the exam. This practice has helped them in order to improve their better performance in the final exam. We are ready to consult with parents talking about the academic activities of their children. The information is provided access through college website, EMIS' mobile and desktop application which can be also log in by parents, teachers and staffs.
109. Are the methods of study and analysis also open to the stakeholders? (1) Yes √ 0 (1) No 0 (0) The methods of study and analysis are described and made open to the stakeholders through academic calendar and brochures etc. If stakeholders need to inquiry, they freely consult the concerned departments' information cell, information officer in the campus and related teachers and staffs. The available methods of study and analysis are also described in website, EMIS mobile and desktop application.
110. Is there any mechanism to receive comments or feedbacks on the published data? (1) Yes √ 0 (1) No 0 (0) If yes, explain how does it happen? Yes, the campus has its own information cell which receives comments and feedback through campus websites email, [email protected]. The Campus has suggestion box in different places of campus for collection different feedbacks and comments on the campus published data of campus results and other academic data. We have special appointed information officer and information cell which work on receiving comments and feedbacks and application of comments and feedback practically.
Comments and feedback section is also available in mobile and desktop application of EMIS software through which stakeholders can provide feedback to the campus. The students and teachers also can upload the data through mobile app by "E-school" app available in Google play store, annexed at page 398-399.
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111. What are the impacts of such information system on decision making process? (1.5) Produce in brief the impact analysis. Top down and bottom up decision making process are followed which is known as participatory approach. All the relative information is collected and it has made the comparative study of result and analysis in order to receive outcome. In this way major problems are solved with better outcome to standardize the teaching and learning process in the concerned campus. According to information received from website, suggestion box, and feedbacks from mobile apps, the campus has found much valuable information and made easy to make decisions, for example the students gave many suggestions via suggestion box about issuing books and difficulty for study made campus to take decision of book bank in which student get all text book required for semester.
112. Give examples of quality improvements initiated due to the use of information system. (1) The EMIS unit, suggestion box, nodal officer, R & D etc. have help a lot in the quality improvement of the campus through making effective master plan, action plan, and implementation for more result oriented action. Feedbacks and drawbacks received from stakeholders who have help the campus to detect the SWOT analysis.
S.N. Complaints receives; Taken initiatives by the campus Remarks 1. No regular classes Meeting of HOD and strongly advised to respective teachers. 2. Lack of lab and materials Procure lab materials and labs are established in work in progress. 3. Demand of automated and e- Installed KOHA integrated library software for library automation and DSPACE for digital library. And also registered online database for e-resources. 4. Insufficient books in library Procure required subject wise books 5. Demand of e-education Under EMIS unit the software of EMIS agreement is done work in progress for e-learning. 6. No sufficient drinking water Euro guards have been installed in two separate blocks. 7. Demand e-administration Under EMIS unit the integrated management information system is installed and work is progress. 8. Sanitation complain Made contract outsources and implemented which in result campus more neat and clean. 9 Need of table tennis board Built two table tennis board nearby B block 10 Need of good vehicle parking Plan for building park in coming fiscal year. CRITERION 8: PUBLIC INFORMATION (10 MARKS)
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113. Is there public information cell within the institution? (2) Yes No if yes, give details. Job description will be taken form information officer (Ganesh Sir) The campus has its own public information cell, the head of which is nodal officer. Nodal officer is always the head of administration of the campus. All the activities related to public information is steered through nodal officer. Generally, the academic information like admission notice, exam schedule, exam results etc are managed by IOE itself at their websites. Further works like admission notice of the campus, publication related works etc are informed through the website of campus. Any other publications like magazines, journals, newspaper, brochures, if required, are published through the collaboration of corresponding departments and sections with nodal officer. Sub committees if required, for such works are made accordingly. These subcommittees coordinate with nodal officer as per their requirement. The public information cell, information officer, documents are annexed in page 400.
114. What are the areas of information published by the cell? (1) • Academic • Administration • Financial • All Academic and administrative and financial information are published in souvenirs, journals and websites. This includes the details of academic streams in the campus, information about overall administrative activities, number of student enrollment and their fee structures, scholarships awarded etc. Financial situation of the campus, budgets, future plans etc. are included in the financial reports of the campus which are published yearly for a fiscal year.
The cell plans to publish yearly information which was previously being done by campus administration. The example of information areas are annexed in page 400-405.
115. Where are this information published? (1.5) • Newspapers • Magazines • Institutional special magazine dedicated for this
All the relevant photos are indexed in page 297-301. 116. How often is this information published? (1) Yearly in 4 years
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All the relevant photos are indexed in page 297-301. 117.Mention all such publications of last two years (1) Areas Year 1, place of publication Year 2, place of publication Acasemic/admistr Campus Darpan – 2073 Campus Darpan – 2074 ative Industrial Vision - 2017 Industrial Vision - 2018
Finance Annual reports Annual reports
Academic and administrative publications are indexed in page 297-301. The budget of TU for Thapathali Campus, auditor's report of 2074 and Report of campus to registrar office is attached in page 28-47.
118. Does the cell also collect responses, if any, on the published information? (1) Yes No If yes, give details The nodal officer and all departments and administration make informal collections of feedbacks, discussions, meeting, interactions and suggestions from stake holders. In new context the web sites and e-mails also used for collection through the campus website Thapathalicampus.edu.no and [email protected]. All the collected information are discussed in campus between the campus chief, assistant campus chiefs, department heads and deputy department heads, administrative head, account section head, procurement head ,EMIS head, R &D head with student representatives FSU and teacher and staff representatives. The responses collected from emails are annexed in page 397.
119. Is there any system to evaluate the impact of public information on quality improvements? (1) Yes No If yes, how these impacts are measured? Yes, it has system to evaluate the impact of public information on quality improvements. The nodal officer is dedicated for collection of the impacts, effects of the information publication and discuss in open forum between the all heads of sections, departments for necessary recommendations and the campus administration is made to take actions for fulfillments. The Evaluation is made on the base of the information and its impacts in college teaching learning process and accessories.
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120. Mention some positive impacts made by the public information practice. (1.5) The public information practice has made following positive impacts for improvements in different aspects of campus teaching environment. 1. The campus administration has collected the limitation of drinking water in college specially in hot seasons so it has hired the drinking water gallon jar and placed water jars in each departments class rooms and department offices. 2. The sanitation problem was severe and campus information nodal officer took this information and made discussion in campus administration. After discussion campus has made outsourcing and it is seen more and effective sanitation and outer cleaning of campus area, security, gardening. 3. The campus nodal officer visited to different campus and collected all necessary information that new computer technology for educational system is using by such campuses and to have such software for e-learning and now it has made contract with software for EMIS (educational management information system. The Wi-Fi existed in campus was so slow and our capacity of 5MBPS is not sufficient when this information is feedback from stakeholders then it is upgraded to 20MBPS and the area of Wi-Fi strength increased by dedicated lease lined 20MBPS. 4. The information of lack of exploration of college from the society and campus students, the campus managed to participate in different organizations and other campus events. The campus is securing top positions in Robotics competition national and international wise competitions in Pulchowk campus and IIT Khargpur, India.
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PART -II- PREAMBLE 1. BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE INSTITUTE Thapathali Campus is constituent campus of Tribhuvan University. Thapathali Campus is government run campus which is governed by the management committee of IOE (Institute of Engineering).The IOE established all vision, mission and strategies for all its constituent campuses. The all policy and activities are mainly formulated by institute of engineering. The all rules and regulations are according to Tribhuvan University mainly the authorized TU RED books and the TU assembly. The Campus has internal bodies as per structure defined by campus and requirements. The TU predefined job responsibilities, rights and regularities are enforced in all the organization. The permanent recruitment are all as the staff of the TU and gets facilities from the TU organization as main organization. All major decisions like appointment of campus chief and assistant campus chiefs are appointed by TU registrar office. Financially all budgeting and responsibility of accountancy is to TU and TU has body of account accountancy supervision to check and balance of Campus. The certification is done through the TU office and Exam is conducted by the IOE dean office of exam. The campus has authority to appoint the head of departments, deputy head of departments and other posts like lab in charge, administration, library heads etc. It has provision of staff shifting throughout all constituent college of TU. It has authority to form different committees and units as need of campus but it needs agreement from IOE dean office and TU. Since the establishment of campus as pioneer engineering campus it has celebrated its silver jubilee in 2072 B.S., it has produced more than 10000 middle level skilled man power in certificate level and more than 4000 high level bachelor level man power and more than 100 masters level man power for country and among which many distinguished high level post in government level and public figures in field of technology. And since then the campus is well- known for its good quality education in nation's high level academic scenario. The UGC (University Grant Commission) has recently going a mandatory commission which has launched quality assurance and accreditation(QAA) program to meet the education quality a measurable and self-assuring for maintain the education level nationally and internationally. The Thapathali Campus has decided to become QAA certified campus as it has belief that the self-evaluation and evaluation by mandatory commission will provide the institute a better opportunity to self-examine and standardize. It has decided following purposes of participation in QAA program: 1. To make self-assist the all campus activity of teaching learning for better solution and improvements.
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2. To achieve the QAA standard for high quality education mark and be recognized among standard campus. 2. KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS The campus has running different academic programs which are essential for promoting nation by provide in required skill man power in field of technology. It has six bachelor level academic degree in engineering and two master's level degree in engineering. The campus has mechanical engineering, civil engineering, architecture engineering, and electronics engineering which is a fundamental engineering field for nation building. Besides this, engineering the campus has such academic which is only one program in Nepal; these are automobile engineering and industrial engineering. The campus has belief that the two added fields will be fundamental engineering field to develop country as industrialized country. After that the campus has decided to add earthquake engineering in 2071 B.S. and it became popular after 2072 B.S. earth quake which made country a heavy loss due to collapsing buildings and homes and it clearly indicated country to develop earthquake resisted building and infra-structure. The last attempt of new academic program is masters in mechanical design and manufacturing which is also single such program in Nepal to develop highly skilled man power. In this way Thapathali campus is popular but such intensive subjects and its quality of technical education in center of Nepal. All departments of faculties are now in audio visual form and the teaching learning process is mostly done in audio video assisting with internet facilities. The all theory classes are supported by plenty of la experiments and workshops. The industrial visit, entrepreneurship site visit, project works, different relevant surveys are taken as part of teaching learning system in syllabus. New subjects like industrial and mechanical earth quake have included the subjects like presentation, leadership developments which has targeted to develop the students as leading part of country. The all departments has its own presentation hall meeting halls so that students can easily take part in presentation as its own course. The project work in all faculties are major part of education where the students make its research work for developing new tools, instruments and applicative device and makes research in the field of technology requirement for community. In defense of thesis and project the well-known professionals and from related organizations are made representatives. The exam system is transparent and regulated as per its identity to quality of education which is run by IOE dean office of examination and very sell supervised by top level officials. Besides the teaching activities the campus has distinguished other activities which in practically support the education system for betterment. The Campus has research and development unit which is active for conducting different relevant seminars, trainings and
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Institute of Engineering Thapathali Campus Thapathali, Kathmandu research works for teacher, student and staff frequently. Recently campus has announced research proposals for teachers with grant of 50000/- to 100000/- rupees. The campus EMIS unit which works in field of IT and internet has lunched the EMIS software to support the campus to ease campus teaching learning activities. The campus has high band internet service with server and direct internet links to each and every department and sections and Wi-Fi for all. The main potential of campus is the professional student societies which makes the campus a different environment of learning. Each faculty has its so active student society and its activities. Often they are busy in conducting different programs, seminars, exhibitions. Some national level programs also use to conduct by these professional groups. They use to participate in different campus. The campus its good student robotics and automation center established in 2061 B.S. and since then this center has focus of students as it organize robotics training, seminars and participations in national international competitions. It has won many national and international prized in robotics completions. The campus use to organize national sports competitions in cricket, football basketball through students free union and other students organizations. Many cultural, poem story competitions are frequently organized by different student societies for cultures. In each faculty they use to organize the separate well come program and farewell program in which full range cultural programs with dance and other cultural shows are manifested. The campus use to participate in civic activities during national disasters and frequent blood donation is part of act. The environmental seminars, cleaning program of campus and surrounding are also frequently done act of campus. In the time of national flood victims student and teachers and staff use to collect donations. In the time of 2072 earthquake, all teachers and staffs and students participation in teaching organizing training to earth quake victims. The major achievements of campus can be considered as the successful running new faculties in bachelor and master's degree as industrial engineering, automobile engineering, earthquake engineering ,mechanical master degree engineering. The second achieve net is the creation of research environment due to research unit and other activities. The EMIS software and IT improvement is also significant cause for developing good teaching and learning environment which provides better IT internet and digitization in campus. The library being digitized and it will also a good reason for campus to be equipped with e-library. Educational Facilities in Thapathali Campus The Thapathali Campus has presently 6 faculties in bachelor and 2 programs in master's degree. And it is planning to add basic two programs as computer engineering and bio-medical engineering. Here are some details of programs:
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1.1. Four Year Program of Bachelor degree in day shift A. Bachelor in Electronics and Communication Engineering B. Bachelor in Civil Engineering C. Bachelor Architecture Engineering D. Bachelor Industrial Engineering E. Bachelor Mechanical Engineering F. Bachelor Automobile Engineering 1.2. Two years master's degree in evening shift A. Masters in Earth Quake Engineering B. Mechanical Design and Manufacturing At present the campus has 1392 students in bachelor and 80 students in master's degree. The students who are being students are from more than 40 districts. Since the government has granted the campus for its all program the very talent students has preferred to study here. There are 25% students who are fully supported by government. The students are granted different free ships for study and same many gets scholarships according to their achievements in exams. 3. THE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE Since the campus occupies its own property of 32 Ropani land in the center of the capital, its infrastructure for engineering is sufficient. It has early built big two work-shop and machine lab with auto lab makes the campus feasible for running engineering courses. It has also well designed building for exam, administration, inventory as block D.A big 5 floored newly built building having big 5 class rooms in every floor and other rooms for departments makes easy to run all disciplines. It has sufficient big library building and hostel facility for 100 boys. It has another building where is remaining three faculties as industrial, engineering science and humanities, civil engineering. It has one separate building for drawing classes. The campus has tined block merely for robotics and automation center. Similarly one canteen and bus garage is also available in campus. The details of the physical infra-structure are presented below: 1. A block-Machine Workshop with 16-bench works,3 welding room, two lab in charge room, two store rooms,1 drawing rooms 2. B block-13 class rooms,3 physics-chemistry, black lab rooms,2 computer lab rooms, three teachers room, three department head, deputy head room,1- presentation hall,1- photocopy room,1- SOISE students society room,6 big toilets, Free students room, students reading room,1-water purifier, civil survey store, Masters earthquake coordinators room. 3. C-block- big auto lab, advance auto lab, hydraulic lab, electrical lab, lathe machine lab, teachers area, auto, machine store, big store room, architecture HOD (head of departments) room, architecture DHOD room, consultancy room, architecture staff
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room, architecture model store room,4 drawing room,4 class rooms, teachers association room, audio-visual room, Terai students society room,1- auditorium Hall with 200 seats,2-toilets,1- pure water purifier. 4. D-block-3 exam control rooms,3- account rooms,2 store rooms,1- staff association room,3-assistant campus chief room,1 campus chief room,1- reception room,1 big administration room for main administration head,5 administration staffs, three toilets. 5. E- Block- instrumentation-3-D lab,3-mechanical lab,12 class rooms,2 electronics lab, two computer lab,2 presentation hall,1- meeting hall, two teachers room, two HOD and DHOD(deputy head of departments) rooms,1-Emis room with server room, underground reservoir with water pumping 4000 liter tanks on roof, two big toilets. 6. F-block-two drawing rooms 7. Robotic building with one big and another small room 8. Hostel building with 50 rooms. 9. Library building-1- big book store,1-staff+bood serving room, one computer + study room,1-masters study room +reference book room,1- library head room, two hostel warden room,2- toilets,1-consultancy working room. 10. Material testing lab 11. Canteen-1-store room,1-sleeping room,1-cooking room,1- serving room 12. Sports-1 basketball court,1-playing ground(volley ball, cricket, foot-shall ),2 table tennis boards,1-badminton court 13. Big garage for bus and motors. The campus has new planning for buildings in Kirtipur, in TU Kirtipur campus area. TU has granted 175 Ropani land for Thapathali campus and Thapathali campus is going to build a new infrastructure to accommodate all campus academic and administration welfares. 4. FINANCIAL POSITION Of THAPATHALI CAMPUS Thapathali campus is government run TU constituent campus so all financial support comes from the campus which means salary and other budgeted from TU .Since running cost of labs, workshops is too expensive and government is not being sufficient support for these matters the institute of engineering has made policy for full fee students besides regular students which is being main source for running activities and lab-work-shop cost. The campus has some partners as KOICA which helped the campus to equip campus with labs accessories, computer systems. The teachers and staffs permanent posts for Thapathali campus is not sufficient so campus has to manage extra teachers, staffs from the full-fee funds. Similarly most of campus programs are run through the full fee fund as students programs, teacher's welfare programs and similarly for staff welfare. With this full fee fund, it's hardly can run the essential activities so many activates should limit due to lack of financial insufficiency.
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5. ACHIEVEMENTS AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION The Campus has providing its effort to produce good qualified skilled man power for country. Its more than 15000 students are in service in different part of country. Many of them are so sound in their subjects and field of technology. There hundreds of renowned persons who have finished their graduation from this institution. Engineer and Dr. Ramseur Maharjan, Dhruba Maharjan, Dr. Riddiratna Sthapit, Govind Pokhrel, Gore Sherpa, Sunil Tandukar etc. The student of Mechanical Engineering Sanjita Wasti and Achyut Poudel, Nikita Shreshth has won top in all engineering faculty for year 2074,2073 and 2071.The campus participated in robot completion 2065 and following in IIT Kharagpur, India and won different positions as second and best design, best performance etc. In national wise Thapathali campus has won national competitions as ROBOCON 2018 with 10000/- prize.
All the efforts of campus is going with normal progress and campus is expecting more quality in education and its qualified students. Present Positions of Human resources department wise T. Staff(architecture) permanent full time part time Reader 1 Lecturer 3 Teaching Assistant 2 14 Senior instructor 3 total 8 2 14 total 23
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T. Staff(civil) permanent full time part time Lecturer 5 5 Teaching Assistant 8 S. instructor 2 deputy instructor 1 Instructor 1 A. Instructor 2 total 11 5 8 total 24
T. Staff(auto-mechanical) permanent full time part time Lecturer 3 3 Teaching Assistant 15 Senior instructor 5 instructor 4 D. Instructor 4 total 16 3 15 total 34
T. Staff(electronics) permanent full time part time reader 1 Lecturer 1 3 Teaching Assistant 1 22 A. Instructor 3 total 2 7 22 total 31
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T. Staff(humanity) permanent full time part time reader 4 Lecturer 4 5 Teaching Assistant 2 S. instructor 2 Instructor 1 total 13 5 total 18
T. Staff(industrial) permanent full time part time Lecturer 5 Teaching Assistant 8 instructor 1 total total 14 1 05 8
T.Staff(earthquake)* visiting professor 3 reader 1 Lecturer 3 total 7 *invited Staff(Mechanical)* visiting professor 3 reader 1 Lecturer 1 total 5 * invited
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Total teaching staff detail T. Staff permanent full time part time visiting professor 6 reader 6 2 Lecturer 17 21 4 Teaching Assistant 2 3 67 S. instructor 12 Deputy Instructor 4 A. Instructor 3 3 instructor 7 total 51 27 67 12
Staff detail Staff permanent full time section officer 4 chief assistant 2 3 office assistant 1 1 senior lab boy 4 librarian 1 asst. librarian 2 work-shop helper 1 lab boy 5 S. office helper 2 office helper 23 total 48 The teaching and non-teaching staffs are changing as for new vacancy and permanent and upgrade process. The recruitment is done externally by TU service commission and as well as done in internally for full time and part-time base as rule of TU by free competition.
Strengths, challenges and opportunities
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5. Strengths, challenges and opportunities (i). Strenghths • sufficient area • sufficient accommodations, buildings • sufficient free space and sport areas • location in center of capital • best chosen engineering faculties and new faculties according to latest time • sufficient human resource for teaching and administration • support from government, TU and IOE for all educational spheres • Sufficient labs and modern equipment • sufficient computer labs • Digitized EMIS software, server room for teaching learning and administration • e- library KOHA and D-space supporting • Sufficient well-furnished classrooms, office rooms • well students society welfares activities • Different international technical supporters like KOICA, Disaster Hack etc. • well developed new planning of academic buildings • Sufficient audio-visual systems, presentation halls and auditorium halls. • sufficient machine and fabricating labs • Tradition of research through project works, Research and development unit. (ii). Challenges • Since the institute was in diploma level for long time and bachelor level in only from last 10 years and with few faculties, here's lack of high professional teaching staffs as readers and professors. Its need of increase the high experienced teachers. • It is increasing its latest technology labs but still it needs higher level labs which it term of cost is so high but it needs for proper labs. • Many teaching staffs has tendency to immigrant other foregn countries which is directly effecting change of teaching staff frequently and it seriously effect for promoting good quality teachers. • Its highly dependent institutions which cannot run any programs without permission. • lack of extra fund for more extra activities • Highly political influence among teacher, staff and student is another challenge which frequently brings disturbances and unwanted spoils team works. • The cost of market is highly but student fee structure is same and government support is for administration only so financially its difficult for running any programs.
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(iii). Opportunities • The campus has well known reputation of good engineering college among best colleges. • new programs and subjects can be induced which help in governments national building program • relate more with community needs in technical fields through research and development actions of campus • the students and teachers are increasing campus which makes campus to do many works for community and other industrial areas • Many international and national organizations, institutions, industries are coming tie- up with campus for searching many possibilities of development in field of technology. • The college is getting a big area of land in which all necessary infrastructures is going to build and the campus will get more educational environment. 6. DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES Planning of all entire activates of teaching learning process and extra activities should be preplanned and made in time frame of academic year. The clear plan well known discussed among all departments, teachers and students with administrate functions should go in harmony for better results. A well written plan and human man power and financially supported activates will bring campus a successful initiation in academic development. The planning of departments reflected and plans and fulfilling the plans are best way to interrelated cycle of plan, taking actions and evaluation. The campus has best way of development initiation of strategic planning, annual planning, quality enhancing planning implantation, evaluation and analyzing and making solution for next phase planning.
(i). Strategic planning The strategic plan of campus is key model of changing whole academic development which is set for at least 5 years but in yearly wise also it is reviewed and rearranged so that the clear picture of academic progress can be seen. The review of mission, evaluation of SWOT through internal and external academic scenario and scan provides the fundamental key for five year cycle planning and implementation and evaluation. Actually the strategic plan mobilizes the various academic and administrative and extra curriculum wise activities of campus.
(ii). Semester planning It is the part of strategic planning to full fill its whole mission and goals so it is planned by keeping view and reviews of objectives which is stated in the goals. It is actually set by reviewing previous years plan and activities it completing tasks and dividing the tasks of next semester .In this way, it takes report from all departments, accounts, student mobilization and
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(iv) Evaluation and review The continues and periodic evaluation is essential part for all quality enhancement of campus as it provides clear picture where the campus is in previous situation, current condition and future position to be seen. There should be specific formats for evaluation for different norms of education from student, teacher, and stakeholders. The semester results of student examination, the job placement and response from job providers is vital evaluation factor. The questionnaires, results tally and produce the figures and charts will show visually the facts of campus so it makes a fundamental base for any plans, activities and goal keeping. The campus takes the evaluation conclusions from all departments, committees formed for special evaluation tasks and discusses the results and reviews the all the significant factors. The semester wise reviews and reports make the guidelines for modification of strategic plan and specific goals and sub plans with activities. 7. SELF-STUDY REPORT (SSR) PREPARATION The campus has taken initiation after the seminar held in Thapathali Campus on the QAA program as it has made clear for all teachers, key posts holders as campus chief and assistant campus chiefs and representatives of student. As the process of the QAA is too much volume of work and it includes a long time consumable paper works and evidence preparation of campus, the campus prepares for it with long discussion and immediately formed IQUAC and SAT teams for further works. SSR contains whole information as much possible up to this time as the Thapathali campus is oldest technical campus and due to lack of documentation system and mishandling it may loss some valuable information. But it is great opportunity of starting the documentation even in digitization form which can be saved in cloud internet system for permanent way.
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The SSR is historic document which can be read and analyses easily by any one and may become base of all development aspects. It is as mirror which reflects previous present and future enhancement possibilities. Following basic things are basic components of the SRR. 1. Basic information of campus as current location, infrastructure, budgeting, key post holder contact. 2. Organizational information, institute running procedures and policy 3. Contents of curriculum relevant to requirements of socio-economic aspects 4. Typical teaching learning process including evaluation system 5. Activities based in research and development and further academic progress plans 6. Student oriented plans and activities and facilities provided to students 7. The system of campus regarding information flow and management 8. The relation with public and other stakeholders via media and responsibility of student employment 9. All the evidences for written response of campus in form of documents and photography The documentation of SRR is legal and reliable documentation for all stakeholders and open book for all concerned policy makers internally and nation-wise. The campus understands these institutional documents for quality assurance accreditation in the sense of broad development in future enhancement and for nation building program. The SSR has made clear path to formulate new strategic plans, goals, policy and guidance for qualitative and quantitate development for new generation emerging today. It has fascinated various academic plans and strategies in systematic and scientific way through documentation even in digitized way. At last it bolsters the campus reputation and highlighting the campus for quality assuring standard and it becomes mile stone for further strengthening and meeting challenge of modern era.
8. FORMATION OF IQUAC AND SAT TEAM The campus determined to be standardized for quality assurance and accreditation and for legal process and need for QAA, campus formed a permanent nature IQAAC committee. In IQAAC it is made ensure of involvement and contribution of all departments, sections and those who has contribution in the field of campus quality improvements. The IQAAC is main body for quality assurance so it has following main duties: 1. To collect the exam results from the departments and the exam board from IOE dean office.
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2. To monitor teaching learning process in the campus as assessments, lecture and tutorial class, workshops, seminars, presentations, project and thesis defense. 3. To analyses the results and produce report semester wise. 4. Make strategic plan and activities based on the report of all teaching earning process. 5. Discuss more efficient way of teaching learning process and make seminars on quality assurance. 6. Make joint discussions on progress on SAR(self-assistant report) and provide necessary discussions and suggest SAT committee. The Here is the list of IQAAC committee.
(ii). IQAAC committee 1. Ishwar Chandra Baniya(Campus Chief )- President 2. Shailendra Raj Adhikari-(Assistant Campus Chief)-Member 3. Shree Hari Thapa (Assistant Campus Chief)-Member 4. Mohan Krishna Shreshth(Assistant Campus Chief)-Member 5. Laxman Palikhel (Department Head)-Member 6. Shanta Maharjan(EMIS unit Head)-Member 7. Ganesh Prasad Acharya(Administration Head)-Secretary The IQAAC has formed took discussion on its task on developing QAA work a team called SAT (self-assessment team) committee and according to it’s a vast high works load it has made the 9 member SAT team .Here is written the team members-
(iii). SAT committee 1. Shanta Maharjan(EMIS Unit head)-Co-ordinator 2. Prakash Poudel-member 3. Sunita Ghimire(lecturer civil)-member 4. Edin Shreshtha(lecturer civil)-member 5. Biswaram Parajuli(DHOD industrial)-member 6. Ganesh Kumal-member 7. Parbati Pande-member 8. Pramod Kumari Shresth-member 8. Suman Krishna Shreshtha-Secretary The Campus has privilege of strong committee for Research committee which is side takes a vital role on development and research and it is in full activities with research among students and teachers of campus.Here is the list of Research and Development Committee( R & D) as following:
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(v). R & D UNIT 1. Ishwar Chandra Baniya(campus chief)- co-ordinator 2. Dr. Shree Hari Thapa-member 3. Shiv Hari Thapa-member 4. Gobind Prasad Poudel-member 5. Sugam Maharjan-Secretary The campus has a committee for library management according to TU regulation law 2050 paragraph 10 which takes responsibility of all phenomena of library book circulation, development budgeting and other activities.This committee is formed according to department wise and responsible for education development. Here is team of library management committee.
(vi). Library management committee 1. Shilaendra kumar Khanal(assistant campus chief,academic)-Presisdent 2. Laxman Palikhel(HOD auto-mechanical department)-member 3. Jnardan Bhatt-( HOD electronics and computer department) 4. Rewant Rawat ( HOD civil department)-member 5. Sudan Neupane(HOD Industrial Department)-member 6. Amrit Jeev Tamrakar-(HOD architecture department)-member 7. Shiv hari subedi(HOD science and humanities)-member 8. Ramesh Karki (co-ordinator M.Sc. earthquake)-member 9. Parbati Pande( Library Head)-member The Campus has consultancy unit which is a basic unit to co-operate with community and other organizations. It plays a role of involvement in its professional's outward the campus which generates the image of campus and economically in some means. Here is small unit of consultancy unit
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(vii). Consultancy Unit
1. Iswar Chandra Baniya-president 2. Mohan Krishna Shreshtha-Member 3. Rewant Raut-member 4. Sudeep Sharma-member 1. Ram Prasad Neupane-Co-ordinator
The Campus has employment cell which is responsible for possible job placement for students who has passed out. This wing is active mostly after the last year result. It keeps data and contact address of pass out students and contact to job providers and often they are the relevant and usual organizations. It is also responsible for tracing of all pass out students their feedbacks and their progress, current workouts.Here is the campus employment committee.
(viii) Employment Committee 1. Sudan Neupane-Co-ordinator 2. Shanta Maharjan- Member 3. Bimala Shreshtha-Secretary
Thapathali campus has formed information cell to work on flow of information and collect feedbacks from stakeholders and all departments and sections. It has also duty of storing the data of campus up to date and publish in websites, magazines and campus magazines. Here is given the information cell members team. Campus has information officer as per demand of TU which is responsible for information convey to all concerns out of campus. The information officer nominated from campus administration is the administration head Mr. Ganesh P. Acharya.
The campus has information cell beyond the information officer as it needs to have volume of works in the field of campus information. It has duty to collect all in all information of campus from academic, administration account, and inventory. The campus has accepts the previous system of paper work to be converted to digitized and keep in cloud as permanent and open for all stake holders. The campus has adopted the EMIS software to integrate all teaching learning, administration, account, inventory, and library. To manage all information the campus has formed information cell, which is given below.
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(ix). Information Cell 1. Shanta Maharjan-Co-ordinator 2. Ganesh P. acharya-member 3. Suman Krishna Shreshtha-Secretary
The Campus has Publication committee for publication of campus magazines.In many cases there is fixed committees for publication but for typical mahagazines there are formed special committees for publication. Here is the publication committee which is response for campus magazine.
(x). Publication Committee 1. Laxmi Kumar Koirala-co-ordiantor 2. Sudan Neupane-member 3. Lekhnath Timsina-member 4. Parbati Pande-member 5. Bikram Babu Upreti-secretary The campus has added different committees as requirement in field for curriculum development. Here is the sample group formed for curriculum development in campus.
(xi). Curriculum committee 1. Laxman Palikhe-co-ordinator 2. Prof. Dr. Riddi Ratna sthapit-member 3. Dharma Maharjan-member 4. Khem Gnywali-member 5. Sunni Pradhan-member 6. Badri Adhikari-member 7. Kismat Maharjan-member 9. APPROACHES The SAT team for this campus has followed different approaches to complete the task of building SRR report .Initially it is task which really takes a long time as it includes whole historical base, all teaching learning process, planning and implementation part, documentation of campus activities, accounting, store, library system, information system ,student-teacher- staff welfare etc. So it took long time for preparation to work and working phase to complete as its full report.
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(i). Orientation It is main important part of SRR as it determines the whole phenomena of working, work division, time frame. The campus has organized a workshop with the help of UGC experienced man power and tried understand whole task. In this period mainly understood the importance of QAA and its different criteria which should meet during preparation of SRR. It also guided the team to divide the work load for different criteria. Each two team members are given two criteria for first to study about the criteria and probable its sources of documentation and writing materials. Many discussions then took among sub team and it also discussed in whole SAT team so many terminologies and targeted information's are made clear. It also took many discussions with the IQAAC committee for necessary steps to be taken for administration level. There has been taken many orientation classes also with administration staffs, library staffs and account (ii)
(ii). Seminars The campus conducted a seminar in campus in which the whole campus staffs and teachers with student representatives are participated and many valuable informations and decisions are taken during the discussions. It is formally informed to the institute of engineering as umbrella organization of campus and TU for the intention of being QAA accredited campus.
(iii). Participations and discussions The work of SRR team is unable to complete unless the full participation of the mechanism of campus. It is because the campus is going first time to work out in SRR and the collections of evidences are tough work. So teaching staff, on teaching staff ,students society, free students union are being well made participatory for ensuring collection all possible information gathering. It has conducted hundreds of meetings with different section staffs, groups and individuals. These meeting and individual conversations made enable the SAT team to collect different activities, plans, issues related to quality assurance and accreditation. All the gather information's and plans are documented gradually and made possible to shape the SRR report. Visits The SAT team with campus chief has made visits many times to UGC office in Sanothimi and made clear in different terminology and intentions of question f the questionnaire. It also took one seminar organized by the UGC where many professionals has participated and among which some colleges has made presentations of their experience during preparation of SRR report. It also has made visit when the UGC members came in Pulchowk Campus for discussions on QAA preparation. All together the visits also made much clearer in work of QAA.
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10. VALIDATION The campus has formally formed IQAAC committee as need of the QAA work initiation. The IQAAC committee has then formed SAT committee for special task to perform the SRR report. So the in legally it has started its work with mandate from the IQAAC and started to make writing its questionnaires which in regular day basis transferred to IQAAC committee through their e-mail address. Then in every part work of work discussions are being taken for correction and additions of information and languages corrections. When there is completed the questionnaire and listing of probable information and its sources it took a long time meeting with IQAAC and SAT. Many required committees are formed during this time so that Accreditation norms could be fulfilled. The a process run for more than months for proper evidence collections and all are converted in the digital format so that it can be easily printed and stored. After completion of SRR report it is given softcopy to each one of concern and IQAAC members , department heads, students union. After verifications and corrections according to suggestions it is finalized and made one formal meeting in campus where the SAT committee handover the report to Campus Chief and made comments even in the handover day. In this way, all documents prepared by SAT team is verified many times and made open for all stakeholders. And it is verified by campus administration, IQAAC and individuals. The terms and durations of SAT committee and its works are made according to campus rules and regulations and on the basis of TU rules.
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CRITERIA-WISE ANALYSIS CRITERION 1: POLICY AND PROCEDURES The major policy of campus being constituent campus of TU is formulized by TU and IOE under which all programs are run financiually,administration wise and academically. The management committee of the IOE dean office, Pulchowk is authorized organization which keeps right to change the all policy of the campus policy and procedures. The campus chief of Thapathali Campus is the member of the board committee of management committee of IOE. The Campus has regular meetings for daily bases decisions and besides this the campus conducts the weekly meetings with department meetings for review of past week. The department heads call meetings monthly wise and review courses, lab and workshops. The requirements of departments especially for lab equipment are notified and department head with recommend of the lab in charges the requirements are sent to procurements. The departmental meetings set the department level activities and plans. It is discussed in campus chief administration where the department heads, deputy department heads, administration head, account heads are compulsory to present and passed the recent policies and activities. This board is base for all activates in campus. The campus has three assistant campus chiefs for education, administration and facility which makes easy to look over all campus needs. All the department heads are responsible for their department activities and academic progress and departmental external activities. The department heads are controlled by academic assistant campus chief. The academic assistant campus chief conducts meeting monthly and semester wise with all its analyzed activities and results. The assistant campus chief for administration is responsible for administration of staffs, its recruitments and control. It manages the daily administration for fulfilling tasks of academic supports and overlook on the administration head, administration section. The exam conduction in campus assessments and semester wise board exams are also managed from academic administration headed by assistant campus chief for administration, scholarships are the assistant campus chief for facility has duty to control on campus facilities as cleaning and maintenance, purchasing, procurements etc. To enhance academic excellence, the campus has policy to introduce new programs as applying three new programs campus is well preparing for new two programs and its in progress. To give high academic quality campus is discussing for better environment in IT and audio-visual methods as full focus. The campus has already formatted for outstanding students by excellent base transparent admission system and those who are excellent are given many scholarships as free-ships and sum of money reward for excellent and medals and praising. In this way campus is popular among top students and for those who are marginal for facilities for quota for female, dalits and indigenous people of Nepal.
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The campus has powerful research committee which is active for calling research works with remuneration for research from 50000/- to 10000/-.The research base project work is the fundamental of education. Many external organizations are funding for project works and campus has also provision of 18000/- rupees for one project as the group need to purchase components and raw materials from market. The campus has recently emphasizing for paper presentation and research base works for teachers. The campus has research and innovation based magazines in which all students and teachers use to publish their articles on their works and researches.
TU has full support for researchers and those who are interested with full scholarships and leave for Ph.D. degree. The college has already partnerships and MOUs with many NGOs and INGOs and seeking more for new sectors of work and researches. The College has being conduction many seminars, workshops ,discussion programs, and relevant trainings for quality improvement among teachers a staffs and students and it use to send teachers and staffs in different trainings and seminars organized in between TU campuses and other organizations. The campus is soon going to build new full equipped premises in Kirtipur where all academic environments will be in base of modern age of science and research.
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CRITERION 2: CURRICULAR ASPECTS The academic sessions are fully based on syllabus its time frame and topics hour base classes. Each semester has 15 weeks and after which a semester final exam is conducted by the IOE dean office. The curriculums are projected to revise in every 10 years which is done by the IOE dean office with the help of experts of all engineering colleges belonging to institute of engineering, TU. During revision the stakeholder's suggestions are invited through meetings, seminars from all organizations of Nepal, related industries, NGOs and INGOs of Nepal. The campus has its own experience of curriculum development for new programs for subjects like industrial engineering, Automobile engineering in bachelor level and Earthquake engineering and Mechanical Design and Manufacturing in masters level. For this the campus has formed first committee for probability research and development which in later proceed its report. On the base of report the campus has forwarded the intention letter to dean office of IOE and TU management committee. When the TU and dean office agreed for further process then the campus formed the curriculum development committee and it worked for more than six months and sent for approval to IOE dean office and TU management committee. When the approval letter is got form these two organizations then the campus started to faculty board and intake of students are taken in usual admission system. The departments and coordinators office then develops all necessary facilities and academic faculties to feel the aim of the program. In this way campus has always plan to introduce demand oriented subjects to match with national and international requirements. The campus provide the environment of teachers, communities, students and stakeholders for collecting ideas and programs for more effective curriculums to match modern age. Since the curriculums are developed for international level and more standardization the syllabus are tough and need to be carefully teaching during semester to complete the course in time. The campus always enforcing for extra time class on Saturdays and holidays as it's difficult if the extra classes are not taken from initial of class. Thapathali campus focuses not only in academic courses but the campus organizes various academic related trainings, seminars and meetings so that the students and teachers could involve in such programs to enhance their knowledge. Many value based programs like blood donations, cleaning programs, and support collections for different victimized people of Nepal. Different sports, cultural programs, saraswati puja competitions on sports are often being taken place for harmony of academic teachings. The campus students have many project works in each semester which is many times done with collaboration with local NGOs and government organizations as well as international organizational. The campus is running different trainings for automobiles, electronics for UNDP and Nepal Telecom.
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CRITERION-3: TEACHING LEARNING AND EVALUATION The campus has various aspects of admission as the admission is taken national wide in board of institute of engineering so the publicity is already done automatically as there is many preparations institutes which broadcast all the process and campus facilities. IOE launches the admission on line in websites and national magazines. Along with IOE ,the campus also publishes its information of admission through campus websites and national magazines, TV interviews and advertisements. The distribution of campus pamphlets, profiles among all the possible students targets. The admission process starts from IOE entrance exam and those who are succeed in that exam can apply in Thapathali campus on line with facility of number of priority of subjects. The merit score in the exam is the base of choice of programs in priority and quotas for female, indigenous, the results are published on line in campus website and campus notice board which is fully controlled by IOE admission board as the rules and regulation are formally enforced for campus affiliated to IOE,TU. The students are fully informed and made full visit of campus facilities by formal programs and department individually take special class for informing departmental system, exam and labs and evaluation methods as well as the inspirational speech by senior teachers. The syllabus and campus mobile apps and campus e-mail address are proceeded to distribute department wise. They are awarded for using campus EMIS software and websites for better tie up with students and parents. There is also informed all the scholar systems for best academicals top students and female students in free ships and full scholarships. Campus has fully experienced trained teachers who are mostly experienced in their profession and higher education from different well-known universities of Nepal and foreign countries. Most classes are assisted by audio-visual methods with lecture methods. Teachers are well- known on lesson plan and teaching methods through different training conducted by campus itself and TITI and TTTI Bhopal. Mostly lab teachers as instructors are trained by German Government of that time. The classes are at least two assessments in one semester and tutorial classes are followed for numerical problem solving. Almost all topics of subjects are insisted with assignments, home works and project works. The laboratory works are in all subjects to approve theory with practical practices. The campus has presentation halls for all departments with auditorium hall for all possible academic classes for example classes from visiting professors and professionals. The Campus full has access Wi-Fi internet in campus area and Ethernet computer connections with halls and labs and some classrooms. The evaluations of assignments, homework and assessments are published in department wise and course progress and evaluation discussion is taken monthly for extra classes and effort for weak students. Mostly the students get high scores due to high efforts on academic activities
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The teaching staffs and non-teaching staffs are normally recruited through TU service commission in permanent nature but for as requiring campus recruits in contract base through recruitment committee and formally through publishing magazines and internal examines and test practice class with interview from professional from IOE allocated professors. The campus encourages the teaching staffs for participation in training and leading the trainings, seminars etc. The campus has alumnae and feedbacks and supports are taken from passed out students. The campus is proud for the student's professional societies as robotics and automation center and faculty wise are more active in teaching learning process leading the current technologies with trainings, competitions, exhibitions. The campus prominently conducts the semester wise evaluation of whole teaching process and its quality. The campus has sufficient books for all programs and the book bank system is the system in which they get almost all bokks for a semester and extra reference books. Meanwhile the campus is going e- library so the issue of books and information of library can be taken from e-library and library sub domain. The library also has definite number of computers assisted by high speed internet service. The campus is now getting challenges from high tough syllabus with tight time which makes the course completion is difficult in each semester and extra classes are often need to be followed. Since the marks distributed for practical classes are so few comparing to theory classes and not being in final exams, the practical knowledge seems going less comparing to theory classes. The campus is getting very soon new course review for syllabus and all these things are gang to review.
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CRITERION-4: RESEARCH, CONSULTANCY AND EXTENSION The campus accepts being engineering institute as research based in all aspects so the TU has allocated sufficient budget and privileges of theoretically the research oriented nature of classes and all infra structures. The Labs are innovated to meet the modern technologies and instruments so that the students can apply the experiments for research oriented works and activities. The campus has provisions for teachers and students oriented to research by forming a powerful research and development unit which is being active for necessary trainings and research programs. The R & D unit has announced research proposals for teachers and students with sum of fund for granting research works and teachers are engaging research with the help of students in side. The student's project work in engineering which in nature of research is in every faculty in which they develops newly devices which are usable in practical life. The students and teachers become active in these practices from third year as mini projects and for last year it is final projects with tough innovative projects. The Campus helps the students each with 4500/- rupees of sum and for a group of students of four gets 18000/- rupees for their practical works to materialize the project as device. The project works are collected in library as library materials reports for new coming students. Similarly the M.Sc. Level students perform the thesis which is research work examined by different external agencies and center board of exams and library has collection of thesis for new students too. The effective way of research work is going in college through student's professionals societies as robotics and automation center which conducts robotics week where they prepare many innovations and makes trainings on innovations, exhibitions and competitions and students get new technology and applications very well. The students make research in the time of national completions as robotics completions nation and international wise .Similar functions and exhibitions are also done by other professional student's societies and they often publish the professional innovative magazines also which is becoming the mark able progress in campus. The campus administration is full impressive and helpful for such programs and activities of campus. The Free Students union and departments and teachers are full positive to help financially and morally to those who involve in research. The campus is aiming to establish the full equipped lab for professional research. The campus has consultancy unit which is active to provide research for external organizations for building, automobile purchasing, and electronics. In many cases, it earns financial income for campus. The campus is planning to widen the consultancy for all aspects of engineering. The campus has another extension activity through the EMIS unit which is being fundamental bases for digitization of campus for teaching and learning as well as for administration, library, account and inventory process. It has already applied mobile application and cloud base EMIS integrated software. In which students and teachers with parents are getting many direct
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Institute of Engineering Thapathali Campus Thapathali, Kathmandu applications which makes easy for teaching easy and effective. From attendance to all note assignments, on line exams can be taken from this software. The campus has MOU with Microsoft innovation center which specially rains the students to new IT technology and provides educational software package office365 with full access of software and clouds base facilities. The campus has two publications one for general informative type as campus front face publications where the campus publish its activities and plans and strategies and plan full filling actions. The secondly it publishes research base publication INNOVATION where research articles are focused to publish. Besides that the student's societies also publish research type magazines and the free students union also publishes magazines relevant to campus. The campus is planning for new premises in Kirtipur area with new well designed for engineering campus so that the campus can get new standards in academic and research fields. The campus is moving for better collaborations from international and national organizations as NAST, KOICA, Disaster Hack, and USA.
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CRITERION-5: INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEARNING RESOURCES The Campus has infrastructure for engineering institute of sufficient buildings for classrooms, drawing rooms. Computer labs, presentation halls, auditorium hall faculty labs and two big workshops as well as it has sufficient office rooms for staffs, account, inventory, teachers rooms, store rooms. There is place for sport courts for basketball, table tennis, mini football and volleyball courts. The campus includes gardening way and small jungle for environmental green. The campus has own water source from underground well water collection. It has hostel building, canteen and bus and motor garage. Similarly it has photocopy room, robotics and automation enter workshop premises and guard rooms, consultancy rooms. The campus has well managed library with 41000 text and reference books in record with study room equipped with internet accessed computers. The library has another room of reference book and study room for master's level students. The library is being digitized with KOHA international library software with D-space for storage of books and magazines. The campus has experienced librarians and staffs and it has strong library management committee presidencies by assistant campus chief for academics. The library provides all required books for a semester to student as book bank. Students can get all information about the library from library mobile app and subdomain websites. It has also plan to establish faculty wise library for reference and project and thesis works. The campus EMIS software is planning to provide all tracing material through cloud base internet resource and already started to up-load many teaching materials as well as syllabus, questions banks etc.
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CRITERION-6: STUDENT SUPPORT AND GUIDENCE The campus has many activities and privileges for students welfares as for academic as extra activities. The students get different scholarships for academic excellence and other students. Campus supports all students' activities and financially helps for well conducting these programs. The campus updates its prospectus yearly to introduce its activities to students. The admission rules and the academic rules and regulations, exam systems its source and facilities are informed in orientation program, TV programs and websites. The students are financially helped for doing projects and the mentally academic counseling also provided department wide as per need. The students are inspired to attend theory, practical classes as sell as external activities. Many extra classes are taken for weak students. The campus has employment cell which helps to help for getting job from possible organizations. Many students get job from well-known organizations like Nepal telecom, government of Nepal as technical engineer, IT persons in local organizations, construction companies and street division, building division of government. Many students now secured prominent posts in governments and non-government organizations. Many became already ministers of government of Nepal. Many well-known professors and professional also became popular form Thapathali campus. The campus has alumnae of students and it uses to gather and discuss on campus development and academic quality. Similarly the robotics and automation center has its active alumnae which had alumnae meet every year for progress in robotics field. The campus has regular students for which the cost of fee is nominal and the many free ships and scholarships are given to the academically excellent students. The scholarships also given to full fee paying students according to academically scored marks in semester wise results. The campus is providing internet service, mobile apps software service, Office 365 service. Campus supports all activities of students as student's sports and trainings and seminars organized by students. The student's societies are supported financially for programs entire faculty. The campus has not done any tracing of its products of campus is planning to have tracing in next year. It is planning to have broad students study room with full internet access for at least for 50 students in future.
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CRITERION-7: INFORMATION SYSTEM The campus has information officer as per requirement of TU for update resource for campus information. The source person is relied to information cell formed especially for gathering information, storing and analyzing the information for representing to campus administration. The main information of campus is data of student, teacher and staff records of certificates, campus committees, organizational meetings and decisions, student activities, results. Overall economic status and inventory, campus security and maintenance and all campus related information are documented in digital form to store in cloud base EMIS software. The feedbacks from ex-students and other organizations also collected for better analyses of campus quality. The campus has own websites, mobile apps for current information of teaching learning and departmental and campus information. Besides the campus has e-library for information current status of library and students. The campus has department wise brochures with main campus profiles and campus use to publish main campus face magazines and innovative magazine which introduces campus, departmental, sectional information along with innovative works. The campus student get their own email address in campus name which provides them to have different facility of getting group wise discussions and chat in college wise. The mobile app is also accessible for parents and they can get all information from mobile app and website of campus. The campus has CCTV for observing the campus outside and internal activities and can monitor from campus chief and EMIS unit. The campus has campus bell for informing period wise completion of class.
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CRITERION-8: PUBLIC INFORMATION The campus information is gathered by the information cell and it is activated to publicize through different Medias. Most of information is published in campus magazines and distribute among students, teachers, staff, parents and all related organizations, industries. The copies of magazines are also kept in library and departmental libraries for open study for all .The information cells is responsible for providing the information to upload in official website and EMIS software. The main events of campus is informed through the national magazines as admission, recruitments etc. The high scored students and special achieves of students and teachers are wall face printed for inspiring in campus and magazines and well decorated in campus promises. All such successes and inventions are also published in profiles and brochures. The campus publishes the magazine " …." which has full information of campus during previous years. It also provides the information of account, departmental activities and information, student and teacher progress. Many articles are focused to enhance campus quality and present conditions. The campus website is main public website which is updated in all events and activities. The campus mobile app is another best tool for publicize information.
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CRITICAL APPRAISAL
The Thapathali Campus being oldest campus celebrating 50 years silver jubilee ,Thapathali campus has passed many stages from training institute to academic institute for SLC passed students ,then Bachelor level and up to masters level. Now it tends to have some new relevant engineering in biomedical and IT engineering and some Ph.D. level programs in future with high facilities promises in new place Kirtipur, Tribhuvan University area. Initially it had training in mechanical trade courses but immediately after that it started three years courses in mechanical engineering for 48 students passed from SLC. But, now the campus has bachelor and masters classes in 8 programs with 1472 students in engineering. Initially it has four buildings with workshops only now has hostels, one big E building, Library building and drawing building to accommodate all programs, administration and all necessary activities. It has now presentation hall for 4 programs and a common 200 seated auditorium hall. It has also a small house for robotics and automation center for student's research works and preparation of projects. It is only one engineering campus in capital owned by government college run by Tribhuvan University so the fee are nominal and it is one of target college for excellent students passed from the different 10+2 passed students and for bachelor level passed students to study in masters level study. Most marginal students from all over the country are learning in this institute currently here the students from the more than 40 districts are learning different faculties. Since it has long history in engineering education, most qualified man power from this campus is working all over the country in engineering field. It has committed to provide quality education having best curriculum, syllabus applicable for local community to standard education for international studies. It has sufficient classrooms with well furnished, laboratory with advanced instruments, high level work-shops, presentation halls for good education. It provides sufficient sport spaces with basketball courts, table tennis court, small volleyball and football court. But in new promises it will have football ground and all other big open area with 175 Ropani land. In new premises the campus has plan to have full facilities for all programs and has great plan to establish research and development building for permanent base national level research work and research training center. The campus has umbrella management committee of institute of engineering and TU steering committee and registrar office of TU, TU service commission and other TU facilitated organizations. The government of Nepal is providing its economic support for administration and other necessary things. The campus has full fee students which is resource for sustainability of campus for all activities along with renovation of buildings, lab instruments and other
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Institute of Engineering Thapathali Campus Thapathali, Kathmandu academic programs as seminar, workshops etc. Many international organizations like KOICA are full supporting Thapathali campus for academies supports. The campus has set its clear vision, mission and goals with plans and activities to full filling the quality of education. It has strong educational faculties with higher skilled and experience teachers having re-known educational excellences. It has strong tradition of research and development through project works and thesis works in which students and teachers involve in developing new devices and research works. The robotics and automation center is engaged in new robots and devices for campus exhibitions, national and international competitions. Similarly the student societies are highly active for faculty wise trainings, competitions and publishing the magazines. In all faculties there are professional student society which is being a base of new innovations and extra activities for teaching welfares especially for training in new technology beyond the courses and relevant to community and national needs. The Campus has Research and Development unit which is being fundamental organization for creating research environment by providing research trainings, research proposals for teachers with granting financial support .The EMIS unit is working IT sector for providing high band width Internet service and WI_FI service for all teachers, students and staffs to all office rooms and area of campus. It has its own server, routers to all building and Wi-Fi antenna in all building and outside. It has campus website and e-mail services for all students providing campus mail address and service of genuine Microsoft software with collaboration with Microsoft Company Microsoft innovation center (MIC) Nepal. The Thapathali campus has service of mobile apps and EMIS software for all teachers and staffs and students from which they can use for educational teaching learning from attendance to on line exams. This software ware includes administrative integrity, inventory, departmental works etc. Similarly campus has KOHA open source well-known library software and D-space software for publications and thesis works. There is software for account and administration also for better administrative works. The campus has full extra activities in campus such as campus cleaning, blood donations and earth quake related trainings and services. Campus has special lab of 3-D printing established by US led organization DISASTER_HACK which provides trainings for developing accessories for physically handicapped people. Campus has its own programs for teacher trainings for new teachers and old teachers to aware the teaching methodologies and practice. Many teachers use to conduct their papers and presentation in halls. At least one or two visiting professors are invited for presenting relevant subjects which helps campus to create teaching learning environments. All faculties use audio visual classes for effective trainings. In industrial visits, industrial attachment, trainings and entrepreneurships, most student use to get jobs even in these industries. The campus use to
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Institute of Engineering Thapathali Campus Thapathali, Kathmandu publish campus informative magazine and innovative magazine separately with the student society initiated research oriented magazines. The campus has added the 4 new programs during last 15 years two in bachelor and two in master level which is only available in this campus in Nepal entirely. The campus has intention to ass two new programs in future which will create the campus as center for new technology of university. In this way Thapathali campus has been spreading the higher education for more than half decades and its quality of education is increasing by different activities in the field of research and internet base teachings.
SUMMARY OF SSR The SSR (self-study report) is overall replica of campus as its own face and activities. It is written and presented as prescribed by QAA (quality assurance accreditation).It has explained from motto, vision, mission, gorals, activities with institutional profile, preambles of institutes, institutional lined up sentences and includes with conclusions of critical appraisal of institution. The vision, mission, objectives are all mentioned in websites of IOE website and Thapathali campus websites along with its activities, plan .The supporting evidences are mentioned in appendix and filed in annex book page wise to proportional questionnaire. In the time preparing the SSR, the campus has gone through several meetings, discussions and interaction between SSR committee, IQAAC committee, campus administration, related teachers staff, exam and account section, students union and student organizations and other stake holders like industry, parents etc. Thus, this report in the product of the collective effort of all the teaching and noon teaching staffs, campus administration .all departments and sections like library ,inventory etc. Through SSR got its own strengths and weakness which is obviously base for new steps in progressing academic quality and accreditation. The campus has now written format of campus teaching learning process, plans activities and present available faculties and it can be used for all new actions and plan in future. All these are not digital form which makes it easy to store and reprint in any time and helps to revise easily. It will be campus website in archive so it will available for all stakeholders open for every time. In SSR , here is explained all information of campus as of basic institutional activities, committee available for better campus improvements. The campus is now running the six faculties in bachelor level as electronics and communications, civil, architecture industrial, automobile, mechanical, industrial engineering. Similarly in masters it has earthquake engineering and mechanical design and manufacturing in evening shit. The campus has technically advanced equipment's in lab and workshops and presentation halls and auditorium
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Institute of Engineering Thapathali Campus Thapathali, Kathmandu hall for audio-visual based learning. Campus has also sport premises for students and also space for robot and automation center, free students union rooms for student activities which provides different activities for teaching learning trainings to sport competitions and other student welfares. Campus conducts many trainings and workshops and other activities as per requires .The campus has clear budgeting activities and staff movement from the side administration and exam sections for conduction internal exams and external exams. Campus has digitized account section and inventory sections. Now all sections of campus is going to integrate through the EMIS software along with teaching learning system. The campus has website and mobile and cloud bas software which makes easy to be informed all campus staffs, teachers and students and all stake holders. The campus has research and development unit which encourage students and teachers for research by providing fund for research and all the project and thesis works are forced to have research works. Campus has co-operative with many national and international organization it terms academic quality improvements in the field of IT and new technology. The campus has big building for academic classes and other 5 buildings for library, hostel, administration and machine work-shops and fabricating workshops. Besides this, the small buildings for drawing lab, material lab are in side of campus premises. It consists of motor garage, canteen guard home etc. The campus area is made green with garden and small jungle for clean environment. It has contract base cleaning staffs which are being efficient for clean campus. The campus has EMIS unit to update and maintenance the websites, internet and Wi- Fi and computers and server system. Campus use to publish regular base campus informative magazine and research base article including magazine innovation. It has informative cells for restoring information of activities and other phenomena of campus. The campus has strong alumnae of students as well as alumnae of robotics center which use to gather every year to discuss campus activities and their role in campus. The campus has digitized library system with full of required books and reference books. The departments are with sufficient teachers, instructors and lab boys. However campus is interesting more space for more programs and more facilities as it wants one separate research buildings with full equipped research labs and 24 hour based research works and research projects. It also discussing to form IT center with high quality internet and IT rooms for students to make study and work through computers. For this campus is going to build new building in Kirtipur area where already designed for most reliable university level facilities and it has target to complete the new building site within two years. For this KOICA and government of India is going to help to build and equip the new campus site with all required materials and developments.
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The campus has optimistic targets towards the many new developments for new teaching learning processes and implementation base practical, production for community, new inventions. To accomplish better quality education it is forcing to do more practical, industrial attachments and research and international level education center. It is going with side by side UGC to fulfill international level norms of education and all results from SRR are will be used to develop required facility and system in campus. It is more less aims to be sustained financially by more programs of research programs and production sum way by being consultancy agency. Since being in Government College it wants to reduce intervention from outside and self-motivated management, if so it can easily meet quality of education and vision, mission of campus established by TU, IOE and Thapathali Campus and obviously Thapathali campus wants to pioneer campus for nation.
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Declaration by the Head of Institution
I certify the data included in this Self-Study Report (SSR) are true to the best of knowledge.
This SSR is prepared by the institution after internal discussion and meetings and no part of has been outsourced.
I am aware the the peer team will validate the information provided in this SSR during peer visit team.
Signature of the Thapathali Campus with seal Place: Thapathali Campus, Thapathali Date-2075/3/25
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