Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR 2017 - 18) Submitted to NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION COUNCIL Bengal u ru – 560 072. By Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) SENGAMALA THAYAAR EDUCATIONAL TRUST WOMEN’S COLLEGE (Affiliated to Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli) (NAAC accredited ‘A’ Grade with CGPA 3.45 / 4.00) SUNDARAKKOTTAI, MANNARGUDI – 614 016 TIRUVARUR DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU. AQAR 2017-18 – NAAC – Bengaluru The Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of the IQAC Part – A AQAR for the year 2017-2018 1. Details of the Institution 1.1 Name of the Institution SENGAMALA THAYAAR EDUCATIONAL TRUST WOMEN’S COLLEGE 1.2 Address Line 1 Main Road Address Line 2 Sundarakkottai Village City/Town Mannargudi State Tamil Nadu Pin Code 614 016 Institution e-mail address [email protected] / [email protected] Contact Nos. 04367-255423 Name of the Head of Dr.S.Amudha, M. Com., M.Phil., M.B.A., Ph.D. the Institution Tel. No. with STD Code 04367- 255405 Mobile 9443703331 Name of the IQAC Dr. R. Saravanamuthu M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D. Co-ordinator STET. Women’s College, Sundarakkottai, Mannargudi, TN, India Page 1 AQAR 2017-18 – NAAC – Bengaluru Mobile 9842618181 [email protected] IQAC e-mail address 1.3 NAAC Track ID TNCOGN19382 OR 1.4 NAAC Executive EC (SC)/05/A&A/085 dated 03.03.2015 Committee No. & Date 1.5 Website address www.stet.edu.in Web-link of the AQAR http://stet.edu.in/AQAR /AQAR17-18.pdf 1.6 Accreditation Details YEAR OF VALIDITY Sl. No. CYCLE GRADE CGPA ACCREDITATION PERIOD 1 1st Cycle A 3.45 03.03.2015 02.03.2020 2 2nd Cycle 3 3rd Cycle 4 4th Cycle 1.7 Date of Establishment of IQAC: DD/MM/YYYY 20.06.2011 1.8 Details of the previous year’s AQAR submitted to NAAC after the latest Assessment and Accreditation by NAAC i. AQAR _______2014-2015_____ (08/07/2016) ii.AQAR _______2015-2016_____ (06/07/2017) iii.AQAR _______2016-2017_____ (25/07/2018) iv.AQAR _______ NIL _____ (DD/MM/YYYY) 1.9 Institutional Status University State Central Deemed Private STET. Women’s College, Sundarakkottai, Mannargudi, TN, India Page 2 AQAR 2017-18 – NAAC – Bengaluru Affiliated College Yes No Constituent College Yes No Autonomous college of Yes No UGC Regulatory Agency Yes No approved Institution (eg. AICTE, BCI, MCI, PCI, NCI) 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 Arts Science Commerce Law PEI (Phys. Edu.) TEI (Edu.) STET. Women’s College, Sundarakkottai, Mannargudi, TN, India Page 3 AQAR 2017-18 – NAAC – Bengaluru Engineering Health Science Management Other (Specify) 1.11 Name of the Affiliating University Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu 1.12 Special status conferred by Central/ State Government— UGC/CSIR/DST/DBT/ICMR etc Autonomy by State/Central Govt. / University _ University with Potential for Excellence - UGC-CPE - DST Star Scheme - UGC-CE - UGC-Special Assistance Programme - DST- FIST - UGC-Innovative PG programmes - Any other - (Specify) - UGC-COP Programmes 2. IQAC Composition and Activities 2.1 No. of Teachers 11 2.2 No. of Administrative/Technical staff 2 2.3 No. of students 2 2.4 No. of Management representatives 2 2.5 No. of Alumni 2 2. 6 No. of any other stakeholder and 2 Community representatives 2 STET. Women’s College, Sundarakkottai, Mannargudi, TN, India Page 4 AQAR 2017-18 – NAAC – Bengaluru 2.7 No. of Employers/ Industrialists 2 2.8 No. of other External Experts 2 2.9 Total No. of members 225 2.10 No. of IQAC meetings held 2111 11 2.11 No. of meetings with Various stakeholders: 48 Faculty 10 1 Non-Teaching Alumni 2 2 Staff Students 12 Others 2.12 Has IQAC received any funding from UGC during the year? Yes No If yes, mention the amount - 2.13 Seminars and Conferences (only quality related) (i) No. of Seminars/Conferences/ Workshops/Symposia organized by the IQAC Total Nos. 35 International 1 National 8 State 2 Institution Level 24 Commitment towards excellence through ICT enabled teaching, (ii) Themes innovative research, emerging trends and quality enhancement and providing sophisticated instruments and techniques for enhancing the learning process STET. Women’s College, Sundarakkottai, Mannargudi, TN, India Page 5 AQAR 2017-18 – NAAC – Bengaluru 2.14 Significant Activities and contributions made by IQAC The Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) is instrumental in guaranteeing and maintaining the highest quality in all academic programmes through enhanced teaching-learning process. The aim of the IQAC is to develop a system for conscious, consistent and catalytic action to improve the academic and administrative performance of the institution. IQAC is actively involved in enhancing the infrastructure facilities and teaching and learning resources and practices. The IQAC designed a procedure to prepare the class timetable, lesson plan, course plan, laboratory plan, notes of lesson maintained by individual faculty, learning materials in the form of e-notes and hand book. Continuous internal assessment test schedule and evaluation procedures, CIA mark statement, action plan of the department, responsibilities shared by faculty, the academic matters of the department and assignment to be submitted and seminar topic to be presented and coaching classes for poor performers are provided in the Hand book, websites and also through periodic circular. At the end of the academic year, the IQAC evaluates the functioning of the department and their achievements. The IQAC conducts regular quality audits for the strategies implemented and the processes followed. The outcomes of the quality audits are considered as important and the actions are taken immediately to ensure the institutional quality. Academic Audit is conducted by inviting experts from other institutions. Reports and comments given by them are considered for ensuring the quality sustenance and enhancement. To improve quality of faculty members the College encourages them to update their knowledge by obtaining higher qualifications in their respective field and to participate in Faculty Development Programmes, Seminars and Conferences. Seminars/Conference/workshops and Faculty Development Programmes are also periodically organized. The initiatives of the IQAC is summarized below The IQAC continuously strives to maintain quality and periodically fixes benchmarks for various quality based activities of the institution. The IQAC conducted meeting every month to review the activities of each department to assess the progress made by each department. Suggestions were offered to quicken various processes take place at the department The IQAC has taken steps to upgrade the infrastructure of the institution and purchased 7 HP Desktop computers with 19.5 LED monitor, Sonic wall TZ600 for network protection and to get genuine license for using Microsoft, softwaresuch as MS Winpro 10 SNGL OLP NL Legalization GGS and MS Office ProPlus 2016 SNGL ACADEMIC OLP 1LIC also purchased. Efforts were made to upgrade the internet facility and the management has provided 30 mbps 1:1 ratio leased line internet service provided by BSNL. All the toilets are renovated and sanitation is maintained Departments of Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biochemistry, Computer Science, Computer Applications, Business Administration and Commerce were motivated to organize conferences/ seminar in the emerging areas, and the departments organized such programmes accordingly. The Department of Microbiology organized an international seminar to enhance the knowledge in the field of Microbiology Students and Staff members were motivated to enroll for NPTEL online certificate programmes and 22 teachers and 6 students were benefitted STET. Women’s College, Sundarakkottai, Mannargudi, TN, India Page 6 AQAR 2017-18 – NAAC – Bengaluru Six Minor Research Projects have been sanctioned by the UGC, New Delhi and the research works are in progress. Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) has been awarded by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi which has been carried out by the Research Scholar of the Department of Biochemistry, successfully completed the project and submitted the final report to ICMR. The fellow was periodically advised and monitored Best practices for this year in the category of social initiatives- ‘Empowering Women, Empowering Nation’ has been duly recognized and awarded by the ICT Academy The IQAC is conducting meeting every month to review the activities of each department to assess the progress made by each department. Suggestions were offered to quicken various processes that take place at the department The IQAC enhanced the library infrastructure by adding more number of books racks for stacking purposes The IQAC decided to renovate the toilet facilities to ensure safe hygiene and sanitation practices and more number of furniture and fans were added to class rooms and the transport facilities were also maintained A new bus has been purchased to meet the need of the students The IQAC prepared academic calendar before the commencement of the academic year. This calendar provides information regarding the number of working days, holidays, and submission of assignments, Infrastructure Maintenance Report (IMR), Continuous Internal Assessment (CIA) test dates and schedules for committee meetings and Part-V activities Guest lectures and interactive meetings for staff, students and parents are suggested and implemented After the publication of the university results, a review