Institutional Development for Participating Institutions

Submission of INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL for Sub-component 1.1 Institutional Development for Participating Institutions (TEQIP III)

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National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) EDCIL House, 4th Floor, Plot No. 18-A, Sector 16-A NOIDA-201 301, Uttar Pradesh 1. INSTITUTIONAL BASIC INFORMATION

1.2.1 Institutional Identity

 Name and address of the : National Institute of Technology Nagaland Institution Chumukedima, Dimapur – 797 103, Nagaland

 Year of establishment : 2010

 Is the Institution AICTE approved? : Yes/No

Furnish AICTE approval No. : Established by NIT Act - 2007

 Type of Institution : Govt. funded/ Govt. aided/NIT  Status of Institution Autonomous Institution Status by UGC/ Non-autonomous/TechnicalUniversity/ Deemed to be University or University Engineering Faculty/ Department/ Constituent Institution

 Name and Designation of : Dr.Themrichon Tuithung Head of the Institution Director i/c (Full time appointee) National Institute of Technology, Nagaland

1.2 Academic Information:  Engineering UG and PG programmes offered in Academic year 2016-17:

AICTE Total Level sanctioned student Title of Duration Year of S. No. (UG, PG, annual strength in programmes (Years) starting PhD) intake all years of study

Computer Science 1 UG 4 2010 30 77 and Engineering

Electronic and 2 Communication UG 4 2010 30 61 Engineering AICTE Total Level sanctioned student Title of Duration Year of S. No. (UG, PG, annual strength in programmes (Years) starting PhD) intake all years of study

Electrical and 3 Electronic UG 4 2010 30 80 Engineering

Mechanical 4 UG 4 2016 30 18 Engineering

5 Civil Engineering UG 4 2016 30 17

Electronics and 6 Instrumentation UG 4 2016 30 06 Engineering

M.Tech. Power 7 Systems PG 2 2014 15 14 Engineering

M.Tech. VLSI 8 PG 2 2014 15 12 Systems

M.Tech. Computer 9 Science & PG 2 2014 15 06 Engineering

Five Year Integrated Dual 10 PG 5 2014 30 15 Degree B.S.M.S. Material Science

M.Sc. Data 11 PG 2 2015 15 01 Analytics

M.Tech. 12 Communication PG 2 2016 15 05 Engineering

Electrical and 13 Electronic Ph.D --- 2012 --- 06 Engineering

Computer Science 14 Ph.D --- 2012 --- 15 & Engineering AICTE Total Level sanctioned student Title of Duration Year of S. No. (UG, PG, annual strength in programmes (Years) starting PhD) intake all years of study

Electronics and 15 Communication Ph.D --- 2012 --- 09 Engineering

Electronics and 16 Instrumentation Ph.D --- 2016 --- 00 Engineering

17 Mathematics Ph.D --- 2012 --- 03

18 Physics Ph.D. --- 2012 --- 04

19 Chemistry Ph.D. --- 2012 --- 03

20 English Ph.D. --- 2012 --- 02

21 Social Sciences Ph.D. --- 2012 --- 01

 NBA Accreditation Status of UG and PG programmes as on 31st December 2016:

Total no of programmes eligible for accreditation (at least one batch pass out): 06 No. of programmes accredited: NIL No. of programmes applied for accreditation:NIL  Status of Faculty Associated with Teaching Engineering Students (Regular & Contract) as on 31st December 2016:

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2. INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL (IDP) (Implementation period : April 2017- March 2020)

2.1 Give the Executive Summary of the IDP (max 2 pages). National Institute of Technology Nagaland is one among the ten newly approved NITs by the Government of India in 2009 under the 11th Five Year Plan. The Institute is registered as a Society under the Registration of Societies Act 1860, on 23rd March 2010. The Institute is managed by the NIT Nagaland Society registered under the Societies Act. Initially the Institute was functioning at NIT Silchar for two years from August, 2010. Permanent land was identified for the Institute during January 2012, which is located at a hilly terrain area in Chumukedima near Dimapur, Nagaland. The Institute has been established for imparting technical education, to promote regional diversity and multicultural understanding in the State, where students can utilize their skills and proficiency, initiating them into prospective horizons, thereby finding a vocation in which each individual is best fit for. The nobility of the Institute has reframed the mind-set of the people of Nagaland enabling them to rebuild a better society. NIT Nagaland has indeed raised the hopes of social welfare. Being a premier technological institute of the State, it aims to promote the students of Nagaland by advocating scientific and technical pursuits in a rich - resourced topography, which is an excellent measure of learning, understanding and employment. The land of 291 acres (which was originally allotted for the Office of the Deputy Commissioner) was handed over by the Government of Nagaland with few buildings to NIT Nagaland. As NIT Nagaland is an Institute of National Importance, the ambience of the campus, quality of construction and creation of excellent infrastructural facilities are given utmost importance and attention. The Institute started functioning in its permanent land from May 2012 with few existing buildings. NIT Nagaland initially had undergraduate degree courses in three branches of Engineering namely Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Communications Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering. At present, the institute is running 6 UG and 6 PG programmes and has over 350 students in the campus. It is proud to have established three COE with leading industries such as NI, Intel and Siemens in NE India. The Institute has conducted pool campus interview for the benefit of our students as well as nearby institutions located in NE region. NIT Nagaland is the first institution to set up IoT based control of LAB equipment’s. An Industry – Institute conclave was held at NIT Nagaland during February 12-14 of 2014 by inviting leading MNCs for the first time in the North East region. The conclave has given an opportunity for proposing IBM and HP Centers of Excellence and Technology Learning Center by Wipro. Establishment of Centers of Excellence opens the door for numerous skill development programmes and faculty development programmes to enhance teaching-learning methodologies. This will definitely offer students to equip comprehensive knowledge on cutting edge technologies and faculty to inculcate innovative teaching methodologies. The complete IT infrastructure with respect to Campus Networking has been established with Video Conferencing facilities. Redundant Optical Fiber Cable communication with strength 100 Mbps are established by NKN and BSNL. All the students, research scholars can avail the facility to connect to the online video lecturers conducted in various reputed Institutes across the globe. The Institute has established facilities for Video Conferencing to conduct classes of other renowned professors in remote and show video lectures of NPTEL during the class. The Phase I contents of NPTEL courses were obtained from IIT Madras for the students and Faculty to refer. The Institute has also procured 50 numbers of highly valuable on-line books from Wiley publications in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering. The laboratories such as Electrical Machines and Drives laboratory, Advanced Communication laboratory and Software simulation laboratory were created with state-of-the art facilities in such a way that classes can be handled for UG and PG. The facilities in the laboratories also have extensive scope for carrying out projects and research activities. The laboratory facilities have been created keeping research as primary focus. The Electrical Machines are low power machines to suit the condition of the earth. The machines are integrated with LabView to test and analyze the performance parameters. The Electronics laboratory is established with Cadence software which is useful in understanding the chip design. A research laboratory having various sensors and acquisition systems is established to experiment and interact with real world. For real time communication through Web / Internet, NI based systems have been established in the Advanced Communication Laboratory. The strategic development plan of the institute for 2017 – 2020 sets out realistic strategic proposals and goals to be implemented and achieved over the next three years, with the spirit of its core values of Equity – Innovation – Transparency – Efficiency and Team work.

2.2 Provide an action plan with timelines for : (not more than 1 page for each sub-activity) In order to meet the expected future needs of the industry and contribution towards the economic growth of our country, a large requirement of highly qualified and well trained personnel will be required. NITs are the institutions which are partially fulfilling the human resource requirement without compromising the quality. We take this opportunity to provide more number of highly qualified professionals to meet the expectations of the country as well as worldwide in the 21st century. Moreover, few potential candidates are frequently away from higher studies due to the urgent need of a job and this has to be minimised by providing the all possible facilities for achieving the higher profession. To meet this objective, it has been decided to strengthen and develop the following areas under TEQIP III:  Recruitment of well qualified faculty with specialized in new and developing areas  Providing exposure on problems related with practical situations, latest updates on information technology, innovative teaching methodologies to the existing faculties  Encourage the faculties on research and consultancy  Vibrant campus environment to faculty, staff and students for better performance  Promote the Institute-Industry collaboration  Conducting expert lectures, seminars, and workshops for faculties and students to strengthen their knowledge  To teach entrepreneurial capacities for students  Motivating the students on socially relevant technical services for the community

(a) Improving the learning outcomes of the students 1. Faculty training (qualification upgradation, subject upgradation & research competence, Pedagogical training, participation in Conferences, Seminars / Workshops etc.) Faculty members are motivated to attend and organize FDP, SDP, Seminar, workshops, Pedagogical training etc., All the faculty members are encouraged to pursue their higher studies. Faculties are encouraged to do consultancy and interact with the leading industries to update their knowledge with the latest developments. Faculty are advised to publish papers in reputed Journals and file patents periodically. Faculty members are encouraged to attend and present paper in the International Conferences. Faculties are motivated to use ICT based learning.

2. Staff training (Technical & Administrative staff) Technical, Administrative and Ministerial staffs will be provided with adequate training for the better productivity. All the staff members are encouraged to pursue their higher studies. They are motivated to attend workshops and seminars for updating their technical skill with the latest equipment’s.

3. Increasing capacity of UG, PG and PhD education (increasing enrollment and starting new UG, PG and PhD programmes) The institute has started with three undergraduate programmes in 2010. Currently Institute offering Six UG, Six PG and Ph.D programmes in all Engineering Disciplines including Science and Humanities and One Five Year Integrated Dual Degree B.S.M.S. programme. Further the institute is striving to offer few more P.G and Ph.Dprogrammes in other related fields in near future. 4. Investing in smart classrooms, campus Wi-Fi (24*7 broadband connectivity and Wi-Fi access in all academic and administrative buildings and hostels (with a minimum of 2 MBPS speed for each connection)), e-library etc. The complete IT infrastructure with respect to Campus Networking has beenestablished with Video Conferencing facilities. Redundant Optical Fiber Cable communication with strength 1 Gbps are established by NKN and 8 Mbps by BSNL. Allthe students, research scholars can avail the facility to connect to the online video lecturers conducted in various reputed Institutes across the globe. The central library is fully computerized.

5. Improving the academic performance of SC/ST/OBC/academically weak students through innovative methods, such as remedial and skill development classes, peer assisted learning for increasing the transition rate, non cognitive skills and pass rate Academic performance of SC/ST/OBC/academically weak students will be identified and appropriate measures will be taken to improve their learning skills. After identifying the academically weak students the following measures might be taken:

a. Identifying the area of weakness b. Development of remedial courses and skill development courses c. Arranging brain storming sessions d. Weak students are motivated to attend the training programmes e. Internship will be arranged for the students based on their needs.

6. Instituting academic and non-academic reforms including programme flexibility (Is there any need to revise the curriculum? When it was last revised?) The curriculum for the UG programmes introduced during the academic year 2010 has been revised during the academic year 2016-17. The curriculum would be revised periodically to include the latest technological inventions. The Institution includes elective courses from all the thrust areas of research in the curriculum. Action Plan Sl.N Month 1-3 4-6 7-9 10- 13- 16- 19- 22- o. Activities 12 15 18 21 24

1. Curriculum Development √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √

2. Accreditation √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Deputed for higher √ √ studies (PG & Ph.D) √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Participation to FDP,SDP 3. Deputation to √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Faculty seminars/ &staff conferences Pedagogical √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ training Training & √ √ √ √ Orientation programs for newly recruited Faculty / Staff In refereed Journals √ √ √ √ Proposed In National/ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Publication International 7. record Conferences of Faculty Monographs and √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Books Entrepreneurship √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 10. development Training for √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 11. improving employability Student Remedial classes √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 12. for good learning outcomes Industry attachment √ √ √ √ 13. during the programme Continuing Education Programs √ √ √ √ 14. for industrial employees 15. Patents to be filed √ Modernization of 16. √ √ √ √ Existing Facilities Equipment New 17. √ √ for Program/Activities Doctoral and 18. √ √ √ √ Faculty Research Institute Industry 19. √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Interaction Collaborative 20. Establishing √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Research Centre for Identification of Research & 21. Research √ √ Development methodology Consultancy 22. √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Services 23. Library Development √ √ √ √ 24. Quality Audit √ √ 25. New Construction √ √ Civil Works Refurbishment of 26. √ √ existing buildings

(b) Improving employability of the students

7. Increasing interaction with industry (What are the industries located in the vicinity? What roleof industry is perceived for the institute?) The Institute is located in the hilly terrain in the north east part of India. There are no industries located in the vicinity of Institute. The following steps may be initiated to improve the employability of students:  Arrange field visits and encouraging the students to undergo short term industrial visits.  Special Focus on hands on training for more confidence to the students  Personality development programmes would be conducted  Offering soft skills  Organizing summer schools for specialized areas such as mobile computing, AutoCAD, Networking, etc.,  Setting up a Institute-Industry Cell for collaboration with industries  Arranging expert lectures for industry people for direct interaction with students 8. Student career counseling and placement  The institute has arranged pool campus placement for the benefit of NIT Nagaland and nearby institution located in the North-east region.  The students participate in pool campus placement drives which are conducted in other nearby NITs  The institute conducted placement interview with leading IT industries such as WIPRO, Infosys, Indian Army (SSB) etc..,  Providing counseling on career development and current employment opportunities including government and corporatejobs.  T&P cell has conducted training programmes for the benefit of students like, Aptitude, Group discussion, personality development programs.  T&P cell has also conducted Mock interview for students to improve their confidence level.

(c) Increasing faculty productivity and motivation 9. sponsored research, consultancy and other revenue generating activities Research is a key objective aiming at providing better and more dynamic research environments for faculty and research scholars. External funding is playing a vital role on carrying out improved high level research with benchmark of quality. In order to increase research time, raise financial means to conduct empirical work, employ Ph.D. students and Post-docs, more external funding is needed. In particular, Indian and International collaborated funding must be targeted. It is important to emphasise that external funding is not an aim itself, but a means to provide a researcher or group of researchers with an opportunity to obtain resources for projects. The Institute will seek to create a supportive environment for sponsored research and consultancy to maximize the level of research income appropriate to their field and specialization.

Activities Months 1- 6 7 – 12 13 – 18 19 – 24 25 – 30 31- 36 Faculty training Continuing Education Programs Staff training Investing in smart classrooms Investing in e-library Improving the academic performance of SC/ST/OBC/academically weak students Programme flexibility (curriculum revision) Institute-Industry committee setup Establishing Centre for Research & Development Research exchange with foreign universities

2.3 Provide an action plan with timelines for

1. Obtaining autonomous institution status from UGC NIT Nagaland is an autonomous Institution of National Importance under the Ministry of HRD, Government of India

2. Improving the NBA accreditation status

Steps are being taken to apply for NBA accreditation. .Activities Months 1- 6 7 – 12 13 – 18 19 – 24 25 – 30 31- 36 Initiation for NBA accreditation to 3 eligible UG courses Initiation for NBA accreditation to eligible PG courses Initiation for NBA accreditation to other UG courses

The following strategy will be adopted to upgrade the Institution to obtain NBA accreditation status  Faculty preparation,  Departmental preparation,  Institutional preparation,  Preparation of students and the local community. The above mentioned multi-pronged strategy will help us embrace the new responsibilities that arise as an outcome of the conferment of NBA accreditation status. Faculty Preparation The Faculty will be involved in thought provoking and action oriented planning processes in acquiring NBA accreditation. Conferences, Workshops, Seminars and Symposia will be organized to enrich the faculty with the concept, objectives and rationale of NBA accreditation and also to promote consultancy services, to cater the needs of the nearby organizations. These exercises will orient the faculty functioning towards the status of NBA accreditation of the institution.

Departmental Preparation The department’s stake lies in the designing of suitable courses in the core and allied subjects. Another significant activity of the department is to introduce new courses of study, revive obsolete courses by enhancing their content, to match the current state-of-the-art technology in each discipline. The course of each programme consists of:  Semester pattern of study  Continuous internal assessment  Credit/grading system  Student feedback  Self-appraisal by teachers

Institutional Preparation The NBA accreditation status of the Institution will call upon to perform multiple functions. The phenomenon of paradigm shift under this circumstance is inevitable and the faculty have to get accustomed towards efficient functioning of the Institution. The institution will frame committees such as the Planning and Development, Grievance, Appeal, Examination, Library, Student Welfare, Extra-Curricular Activities, and Academic Audit.

2.4 Describe the following in brief:

1. Is any enhanced assistance / mentoring that the institution is looking forward from its ATU? NIT Nagaland is an autonomous Institution of National Importance under the Ministry of HRD, Government of India. Hence, the institute is not affiliated with any other ATU.

2. Does your BoG need strengthening, if yes, then how? No Constitution of the Board of Governors of National Institute of Technology, Nagaland is as per the NIT Act, 2007 and NIT (Amendment) Act, 2012 by MHRD, Govt. of India. The current BoG members are actively participating to the institute development through their valuable suggestions and recommendations during the BoG meetings. The BoG meetings are conducted twice in a year. Moreover, the new BoG members are nominated periodically as and when the tenure of existing member(s) ended.

3. Is there an ERP/MIS system existing, if yes, then any improvement, modification suggested. YES, However  Slot based time table,  on-line feedback system,  SMS facility should be included. 4. Is there any mechanism i.e. special classes being conducted in the institution for improving the GATE score? Faculty members are advised to handling their subjects to meet out the students to achieve any competitive examinations. The institute has well equipped E-learning resources available for the students to take part in GATE. Also the T&P department has conducted few expert lectures frequently for the students to get addition knowledge for appearing PSU examinations.

2.5 Provide a Twinning Plan with a high performing institute with the objective of capacity building knowledge transfer and developing long term strategic partnerships. (Twinning plan will be formalized into Twinning agreement after finalizing the twinning partner). In the recent time, Research and Development (R&D) has becoming dynamic. NIT Nagaland has joined the tide of research oriented teaching environment. It has provided a fertile environment for research and independent thinking. Thought it’s a relatively new institute, it has encompassed wide array of topic for research. The institute has three Centre Of Excellence(COE) with NI, INTEL and SEIMENS. NIT Nagaland holds immense opportunity to expand and enrich its research environment but as it’s in early legs of establishment. The augmentation of a high performing institute with NIT Nagaland could enhance its overall human resource development, skill improvement and most importantly the research environment. Key governmental schemes such as Swachh Bharat, Start-up and Stand up India, Sustainable development, Skill India, VISAKA etc., could be implemented under the precious guidance of a Mentor Institute. NIT Nagaland holds huge potential for upliftment of local people by providing a suitable platform for young researcher, entrepreneurs to innovate and find out solutions of native problems. Collaboration towards exchange of students, access to cutting edge instruments, percolation of up to date knowledge are the few take away points of such Twinning collaborations. Under Twinning collaborations, our institute can explore its truest potential.

2.6 Is there any difficulty in Recruitment and selection of high-quality faculty? If yes, what are the reason & action plan to solve the issue? At present, the Institute has well qualified and experience Faculty.

2.7 Give an action plan for ensuring that the project activities would be sustained after the end of the Project. The action plan to sustain the project activities at the end of the project are as follows PG and Ph.D. scholars by involving them in inter disciplinary research to sustain the initiatives of TEQIP-III Faculty members are encouraged to involve research with foreign universities The institute will establish an Endowment fund from alumni and other outside sources Faculties will be encouraged and motivated to earn revenue through R&D and consultancy projects Establishment of Institute-Industry relation will help the institute to get fund from industries for various laboratory and research development Periodically conducting FDP, SDP, Workshops/Seminars for students and faculties from industry professionals  The institute is dedicated to continue all twinning/joint programmes even after the project stage Faculty members may be recruited in emerging areas as per the sanctioned limit and this will help to continue the works initiated through TEQIP-III for long duration To start an incubation center for the benefit of students The students are motivated to attend internship, industrial visit, and competitive examinations. 2.8 Describe briefly the participation of departments/faculty/students in the IDP preparation. At the institute level, a meeting of all HoDs in each Department, Deans and Administrative representatives was initially held and the various aspects of the proposal were analysed along with TEQIP III coordinator. Further, department level meetings were also conducted for discussion on the proposed action plan and implementation of the project by the Department. These meetings were helped to receive many inputs and suggestions from the faculty members. Based on these different steps, the Institute was able to prepare this comprehensive proposal. This proposal would enable the NIT Nagaland to build the developing strategies for completing the goals in the form of an action plan.