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Aqar) of the Iqac THE ANNUAL QUALITY 2014-15 ASSURANCE REPORT (AQAR) OF THE IQAC MITHIBAI COLLEGE OF ARTS, CHAUHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & AMRUTBEN JIVANLAL COLLEGE OF COMMERCE AND ECONOMICS 1 The Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of the IQAC All NAAC accredited institutions will submit an annual self-reviewed progress report to NAAC, through its IQAC. The report is to detail the tangible results achieved in key areas, specifically identified by the institutional IQAC at the beginning of the academic year. The AQAR will detail the results of the perspective plan worked out by the IQAC. (Note: The AQAR period would be the Academic Year. For example, July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013) Part – A 1. Details of the Institution SVKM’S MITHIBAI COLLEGE OF ARTS, 1.1 Name of the Institution CHAUHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & AMRUTBEN JIVANLAL COLLEGE OF COMMERCE AND ECONOMICS. 1.2 Address Line 1 BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI MARG JUHU, VILE PARLE (W) Address Line 2 MUMBAI City/Town MAHARASHTRA State Pin Code 400 056 [email protected] Institution e-mail address 022- 022-42339000, 022-42339001, Fax – 022- Contact Nos. 26130441 Dr Dileep V. Kamat Name of the Head of the Institution: Tel. No. with STD Code: 022-423390002 2 Mobile: 9820641602 Mr Vinayak V. Dalvie Name of the IQAC Co-ordinator: Mobile: 9870567575 [email protected] IQAC e-mail address: 1.3 NAAC Track ID (For ex. MHCOGN 18879) MHCOGN10829 mithbai.ac.in 1.4 Website address: Web-link of the AQAR: http://www. mithibai.ac.in/IQAC/M_53 5 1.5 Accreditation Details Year of Validity Sl. No. Cycle Grade CGPA Accreditatio Period n 1 1st Cycle B++ 2004 2009 1.6 Date of Establishment of IQAC : DD/MM/YYYY 17-07-2004 1.7 AQAR for the year (for example 2010-11) 2014-15 3 1.8 Details of the previous year’s AQAR submitted to NAAC after the latest Assessment and Accreditation by NAAC ((for example AQAR 2010-11submitted to NAAC on 12-10-2011) i. AQAR _______________________ __________________ (10/112014) ii. AQAR__________________ ________________________ (01/08/2012) iii. AQAR__________________ _______________________ (10/11/2014) iv. AQAR__________________ _______________________ (10/11/2014) 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 √ (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) Engineering Health Science Management Others (Specify) Add on courses – ICCAMP and Certificate Course in Clinical Microbiology 4 UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI 1.11 Name of the Affiliating University (for the Colleges) 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 15 2.2 No. of Administrative/Technical staff 03 2.3 No. of students 02 2.4 No. of Management representatives 02 2.5 No. of Alumni 02 2. 6 No. of any other stakeholder and - community representatives 5 2.7 No. of Employers/ Industrialists - 2.8 No. of other External Experts 02 2.9 Total No. of members 24 2.10 No. of IQAC meetings held 05 ]’ * The alumni in the IQAC are also teachers of the college. loiouyr 2.11 No. of meetings with various stakeholders: Faculty 01 Non-Teaching Staff - Students 01 Alumni Others 01 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. - International - National - State - Institution - Level (ii) Themes 2.14 Significant Activities and contributions made by IQAC - Implementation of the recommendations of Academic Audit - Preparation of RAR - Presented two papers by two staff members on Quality Assurance in Higher Education at International Conference at London School of Management Education 6 2.15 Plan of Action by IQAC/Outcome The plan of action chalked out by the IQAC in the beginning of the year towards quality enhancement and the outcome achieved by the end of the year * Plan of Action Achievements Enhancing the process of RAR submitted on 30 November preparation for NAAC visit. 2014. Mock peer team visit finalised with Dr. Venkat Ramani, Dr. B.B. Sharma and Dr. Chaitali Chakraborty and conducted on 3 February 2015. Installation of rain water Rain water harvesting facility has harvesting in the college been installed in the college premises. premises as an eco-friendly practice. Better fire-fighting practices in Firefighting equipment, smoke the college. detectors were installed in the premises. Demo training was conducted for the non-teaching staff for appropriate usage of the equipment. Stronger participation of Students of Mithibai lifted the students in the various runners-up trophy in the overall intercollegiate, state and championship for cultural events at national level cultural activities the University level. Enhanced infrastructural Number of new lifts have been facilities in the college. installed to make commuting to higher floor more convenient. Better hygienic quality and facilities in the canteen. Dedicated space for parents-teachers- students meetings. Felicitation of staff completing The function was held on 20 October 25 years of service with the 2015. institution. * Annexure (i) and (ii) 2.15 Whether the AQAR was placed in statutory body Yes√ No Management √ Syndicate Any other body 7 Provide the details of the action taken Placed before and approved by Partthe management B and readied for uploading. 8 Criterion – I 1. Curricular Aspects 1.1 Details about Academic Programmes Number of Number of Number of programme Number of value added Level of the existing s added self-financing / Career Programme Programmes Self- during the programmes Oriented Aided financed year programmes PhD 05* PG 05 10 UG 03 05 02 PG Diploma Advanced Diploma Diploma Certificate Others Total 13 15 Interdisciplinary ----- ------------ ----------- ------------ Innovative ------------ ------------- ------------ --------------- *Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology and Microbiology 1.2 (i) Flexibility of the Curriculum: CBCS/Core/Elective option / Open options- CBSGS (ii) Pattern of programmes: Pattern Number of programmes Semester 23 Trimester Annual 1.3 Feedback from stakeholders* (On all aspects) Alumni Parents Employers Students 9 Mode of feedback : Online Manual Co-operating schools (for PEI) *Annexure (v) 1.4 Whether there is any revision/update of regulation or syllabi, if yes, mention their salient aspects. As we are affiliated to the University of Mumbai, we follow the syllabi revision done by the Boards of Study of different subjects. In the academic year 2014-15, the University has revised the syllabi of the following courses: English- F.Y./S.Y./T.Y.B.A. Psychology- S.Y.B.A./T.Y.B.Com./M.A. Philosophy- F.Y./S.Y./T.Y.B.A. Accountancy- F.Y.B.Com/S.Y.B.com./T.Y.B.Com Business Economics- T.Y.B.Com. Mathematics – F.Y.B.Sc. Chemistry- F.Y.B.Sc. Botany- F.Y.B.Sc. Zoology - F.Y.B.Sc. Microbiology - F.Y.B.Sc. Biotechnology - F.Y.B.Sc. Computer Science- F.Y.B.Sc. BMS – F.Y.B.M.S. BBI- T.Y.B.B.I. BMM- F.Y.B.M.M. Commerce – F.Y.B.A. Salient aspects of syllabi revision are: To incorporate new developments in subject areas To update the content of courses according to the requirements of the Credit Based Semester Grading System To introduce applied aspects of different subjects To incorporate skill-development The assessment patterns were changed from 60:40 to 75:25 1.5 Any new Department/Centre introduced during the year. If yes, give details. No 10 Criterion – II 2. Teaching, Learning and Evaluation Total Asst. Associate Professors Others 2.1 Total No. of Professors Professors permanent faculty 125 79 46 -------- 2.2 No. of permanent faculty with Ph.D. Aided 42 Self-financed 08 2.3 No. of Faculty Asst. Associate Professors Others Total Positions Recruited (R) Professors Professors and Vacant (V) during R V R V R V R V R V the year Aided - 15 - Self- - finance - d 06 - 2.4 No. of Guest and Visiting faculty and Temporary faculty 75 142 10 2.5 Faculty participation in conferences and symposia: International No. of Faculty National level State level level Attended 06 18 26 Seminars/Presented 19 22 04 WorkshopspapersResource 03 04 10 Persons 2.6 Innovative processes adopted by the institution in Teaching and Learning: Export Marketing students of T.Y.B.COM participated in Mock International Conference organised by the college, where students were asked to represent themselves from different countries and share business cultures and export import trade of the respective countries. 11 Project/ assignment based learning (in applied papers), observation based (documentaries, videos, web-lectures etc.), work based (working with NGOs), resource based, objective based (community development related), role model based (discussing eminent personalities), role play, AV-aided micro teaching (PPTs, tutorials), experiential learning (field studies, industrial visits, visiting export festivals), group learning etc. in teaching-learning.
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