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Kamala Nehru College University of Delhi NAAC Accredited ‘A’ Grade Annual Quality Assurance Report 2018 The Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of the IQAC Part A 1. Details of the Institution 1.1 Name of the Institution Kamala Nehru College 1.2 Address Line 1 August Kranti Marg Address Line 2 Siri Fort Road City/Town New Delhi State Delhi Pin Code 110049 Institution e-mail address [email protected] Contact Nos. 011-26494881 Name of the Head of the Institution: Dr. Kalpana Bhakuni Tel. No. with STD Code: 011-26495964 Mobile: Mr. K. Ramesh (Admin. Officer) - 09811880906 Name of the IQAC Co-ordinator: Dr. Geetesh Nirban Mobile: 09811423241 IQAC e-mail address: [email protected] 1.3 NAAC Track ID(For ex. MHCOGN 18879) DLCOGN22288 OR 1.4NAAC Executive Committee No. & Date: EC (SC)/18/A&A/15.1, DATE: NOV.05, 2016 1.5 Website address: www.knc.edu.in Web-link of the AQAR: https://www.knc.edu.in/document/AQAR- 2018-KNC-DU-2.pdf AQAR-2018 | Kamala Nehru College | University of Delhi Page | 1 1.6 Accreditation Details Year of Validity Sl. No. Cycle Grade CGPA Accreditation Period 04.11.202 1 1st Cycle A 3.33 2016 1 2 2nd Cycle 3 3rd Cycle 4 4th Cycle 1.7 Date of Establishment of IQAC: 2016 1.8 Details of the previous year’s AQAR submitted to NAACafterthe latest Assessment and Accreditation by NAAC ((for example AQAR 2010-11submitted to NAAC on 12-10-2011) i. AQAR July 2016- June 2017 submitted to NAAC on 13/05/2018 1.9 Institutional Status: University State Central √ Deemed Private Affiliated College Yes No √ Constituent College Yes √ No Autonomous college of UGC Yes No √ Regulatory Agency approved Institution Yes √ No Type of Institution Co-education Men Women √ Urban √ Rural Tribal Financial Status Grant-in-aid UGC 2(f) √ UGC 12B √ Grant-in-aid + Self Financing Totally Self-financing 1.10 Type of Faculty/Programme: AQAR-2018 | Kamala Nehru College | University of Delhi Page | 2 Arts √ Science √ Commerce √ Law - PEI (PhysEdu) - TEI (Edu) - Engineering - Health Science - Management - Others (Specify) Certificate Course in French Diploma Course in French Advance Diploma in French University of Delhi 1.11 Name of the Affiliating University: 1.12 Special status conferred by Central/State Government-- GC/CSIR/DST/DBT/ICMR etc. Autonomy by State/Central Govt. / University: University University with Potential for Excellence NA UGC-CPE NA DST Star Scheme NA UGC-CE NA UGC-Special Assistance Programme DSTNA-FIST NA UGC-Innovative PG programmes NA Any other (Specify) NA NA UGC-COP Programmes 2. IQAC Composition and Activities: 2.1 No. of Teachers:07 2.2 No. of Administrative/Technical staff:04 2.3 No. of students: 01 2.4 No. of Management representatives: 01 2.5 No. of Alumni: 01 2.6 No. of any other stakeholder and community representatives: 01 AQAR-2018 | Kamala Nehru College | University of Delhi Page | 3 2.7 No. of Employers/ Industrialists: 01 2.8 No. of other External Experts: 01 2.9 Total No. of members: 17 2.10 No. of IQAC meetings held: 04 2.11No. of meetings with various stakeholders: Faculty – 2 Non-Teaching Staff Students: 2 Alumni 1 Others 2 2.12Has IQAC received any funding from UGC during the year? No If yes, mention the amount: - 2.13Seminars and Conferences (only quality related): (i) No. of Seminars/Conferences/Workshops/Symposia organized by the IQAC Total Nos. 3 International National State Institution Level 3 (ii) Themes: 2018, June 29-30.‘Two Day Training Program for Skill Enhancement’, organized by IQAC, Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi. 2017, August 18. ‘Anti-Plagiarism & Reference Management Tools’IQAC, Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi in collaboration with Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Central Library, J.N.U. 2017, December 20-21. Two-Day workshop on ‘Office Procedures (Noting & Drafting), Conduct Rules, E-Procurement & Government-E-Marketplace’ by IQAC, Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi. 2.14 Significant Activities and contributions made by IQAC: The IQAC works in close coordination with all departments, societies and administration, updating them about the quality related issues concerning all actions and activities organized in the college. The Principal is constantly engaged with IQAC to make coordinated efforts to improve teaching, research and strengthen administration. The monitoring and review were done on constant basis: AQAR-2018 | Kamala Nehru College | University of Delhi Page | 4 Teaching 1. Internal feedback procedure within departments helped in introducing innovative methods in Teaching-Learning as well as starting of mentoring groups within departments. 2. Educational visits have been introduced as an important activity in many departments which is mentioned in the calendar of events attached in this AQAR. 3. Wall papers of the societies and departments were arranged on the basis of contemporary themes. They were regularly changed and maintained by the students which encouraged the participation of more students. 4. Wellbeing programs were encouraged for the students. Department of Psychology and the Co-Curricular Society Shining Network took initiatives towards it. 5. The faculty members were encouraged to attend the workshops and faculty development programs to enhance their teaching skills. 6. More photocopy machines were insatalled and computer facilities were imporved for better use by both students and faculty members. Library 1. Library started with the orientation of the new students for the understanding and use of library resources. 2. The faculty was encouraged to use the DELNET services offered by the library and effort was made to make the students to use it too. Research 1. Faculty was encouraged to pursue Ph.D. and Post-Doctoral Research as well as participate and present research papers in international and national seminars, and conferences of repute. 2. National, international and state-level seminars as organized in the college by different departments as mentioned in this AQAR. 3. Periodical lectures were arranged regularly in all departments in line with the important topics. 4. The Hindi department was encouraged to come up with the proceedings of the national seminar in form of a published book. 5. The IQAC organised the workshop in association with Library, Jawaharlal Nehru University for complete understanding of the anti plagiarism software and use of the the software Mendley for data compilation. Administration 1. Workshops for enhancing the technical skills and office procedure of the staff members was arranged. 2. Responsibilities of all adminaitrative staff members is uploaded on the website AQAR-2018 | Kamala Nehru College | University of Delhi Page | 5 Website 1. The new dynamic website was designed and launched. The website has regular updates and is the face of the college reflecting its past, present and future. It is not only user friendly but has regular updates with reports. 2. A short film portraying the history, infractruture, students’ activities that shape the young women into responsible citizens was produced to be uploaded on this new website. 3. The website launched has space divided equally for students, faculty and administration. It has sections for publications—both by students’ and faculty. B.A. Program Committee 1. The B.A. Program Association was formed for an active involvement and participation of students of all semesters of this course. The students got a platform to interact with each other as well as learn about the possible opportunities and professional openings after the completion of B.A. Program. 2. They made an international collaboration to organize TedEx KNC. Digitalization: 1. The College registered itself under the Central Public Procurement Portal (E- Procurement) of Government of India. We are in the process of tendering / procuring the required items/services through e-Procurement. 2. The College joined the Government e-Market (GeM) in 2017. We are procuring the required items/services through GeM as per the indents received from different departments of the College, library, labs etc. 3. The process of on-line banking (E-Collect) to students for payment of fees/late fees etc. is under process with State Bank of India.The ATM installation in the College is under process for the benefit of staff and students. 4. The College Accounts and Administration Staff attended training programmes organized by the UGC on ‘PFMS EAT Module’. The College registered itself under the EAT Module of Public Finance Management System as directed by the Ministry of Finance/University Grants Commission. The College has created the Users i.e., Data Approver and Data Creator in the PFMS EAT module and entries of all financial transactions of the Grants and its expenditures are being entered in the PFMS EAT module. Academic Journal: The academic journal of college—Akademos has the webpage that is linked with the college’s website. The new editorial team took over the responsibility of this inhouse jounal and put in hard work to upload all the previous issues of the journal online. AQAR-2018 | Kamala Nehru College | University of Delhi Page | 6 Students Publication: More departments and societies have started with their own publications in form of newsletters and magazines as well as blogs as platform for students’ expressions (curricular, co-curricular and extra curricular). Restructring of Data Collection and Compilation: The data collection and compilation of it by all departments and societies was restructured and streamlined. The AQAR representatives were appointed in all departments who in close association with all colleagues maintained the regular updates from their respective departments and the society convenors in their departments. This helped in making the process of data compilation easier for arranging the AQAR. Collaborations: The departments and societies were encouraged to make national and international collaborations. The B.A. Program Committee had the international collaboration to organize TeDX KNC and Shining Network—Youth Empowering and Value Creating Society collaborated with Society for Philosophers in America (SOPHIA) to start a series of discourses on Public Philosophy.