AQAR for the Year 2017-18

AQAR for the year 2017-18

Part A – General Report

1. Details of the Institution

CMS COLLEGE KOTTAYAM (AUTONOMOUS)

1.1 Name of the Institution
Address of the Institution
1.2

COLLEGE ROAD KOTTAYAM

Address Line 1 Address Line 2 City / Town State

KOTTAYAM KERALA 686001

PIN

[email protected] 0481-2566002

Institutional e-mail Contact No Fax No

0481- 2565002

Name of the Head of Institution

Dr. ROY SAM DANIEL 0481-256002 9447895832

Tel. No. with STD code Mobile No.

Name of the IQAC Coordinator

Dr. P. RAJAGOPAL 9447660940

Mobile No. IQAC e-mail

[email protected] KLCOGN 10043

NAAC Track ID
1.3

EC(SC) / 04 / RAR / 79 dated 10-12- 2014

1.4 NAAC Executive
Committee No. & Date

www.cmscollege.ac.in

Website Address
1.5

Web-link of the AQAR Accreditation Details
1.6

CMS COLLEGE KOTTAYAM (AUTONOMOUS)

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Sl. No.
Year of
Accreditation
Validity Period

Cycle

Grade

CGPA

Five Star
5 yrs

1

1^stCycle

83

2000

23
2^ndCycle 3^rdCycle
B++ A

84

2006

5 yrs

3.27

2014

5 Yrs

04/02/2004

Date of Establishment of IQAC
1.7 1.8
Details of previous years’ AQARs submitted to NAAC after the latest assessment and accreditation

AQAR

AQAR 2014-15 AQAR 2015-16 AQAR 2016-17

Submitted to NAAC on

02/08/2017

Sl.No

1

2

16/11/2018

3

26/12/2018

Institutional Status
1.9

AUTONOMOUS COLLEGE OF UGC CO-EDUCATION
Nature of Institution Type of Institution
GRANT –IN-AID 2(F) AND 12(B)

ARTS, SCIENCE AND COMMERCE
Financial Status

Type of Faculty / Programme
1.10 1.11

MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY, KOTTAYAM

Name of the Affiliating University

UGC –CPE DST –FIST DBT- STAR

Special Status Conferred by the Central / State Government
1.12

Special Heritage Status Autonomy by University

2. IQAC Composition and Structure

10

2.1

No. of Teachers

01 01 01 01

No. of Administrative /Technical Staff No. of Students
2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5
No. of Management Representatives No. of Alumni

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01

No. of Any other stakeholder and Community representatives
2.6

01
0

No. of Employers / Industrialists
2.7

No. of Other External Experts

Total No. of Members
2.8

16 06

2.9
No. of IQAC meetings held
2.10

2.11
No.of meetings with various stake holders

Faculty
A
05 02 03 01
0
Students
B

Non-Teaching Staff
C

Alumni
D

Others
E

No

Has IQAC received any funding from UGC during the year
2.12 2.13

03

Seminars and Conferences (only quality related)

Institutional Level

International/National/State/Institutional level

1. Governance and
Leadership

Themes

2. Pedagogy 3. Curriculum

Significant activities and contributions made by IQAC
2.14

1. HRD training for faculty members on social engineering. 2. Seminar on ‘Quality Sustenance in Higher Education’. 3. Organised Benjamin Bailey Memorial Lecture. 4. Training Programme for the faculty members for introducing outcome based education and curriculum revision.
5. Proposed to establish a Community College and start B.Voc
Programmes.
6. Proposed Track Tenure System for faculty members in Self
Financing Stream.
7. Proposed new initiatives in organic farming. 8. Conceptualised and proposed department level accreditation.

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9. Prepared baseline data for RUSA Fund Proposal. 10. Participated in NIRF India Rankings 2018. 11. Submitted proposals for Bailey Chair in Mahatma Gandhi
University.
12. Developed feedback system for teaching-learning and curriculum from various stakeholders.
13. Proposed the setting up of Department Level IQAC. 14. New initiative for assisting students with special needs. 15. Organised Academic Audit for the year 2016-17. 16. Prepared Academic Calendar for the year 2018-19. 17. Prepared Admission Manual and Prospectus for the year 2018-
19.

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

2.15

of the year.

(Academic Calendar 2017-18 is attached in Annexure I).

Plan of Action
Achievement

A two day HRD Training All the faculty members were ainculcated the need for commitment to

the society, students and self for
Programme on Pedagogy of Mutuality from 16^thMarch mutual existence and growth. 2018 to 17^thMarch 2018.

A

one day seminar on

b
All the faculty members were

familiarised with the new quality parameters in higher education at national and international levels, especially from the point of view of NAAC.
‘Quality Sustenance in Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities’ January 2018.

on

27th

Benjamin Bailey Memorial c
The faculty members and other

stakeholders were made aware of the trend in higher education in the

Lecture

on

‘Historical

Progress towards Quality

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Higher Education’ on 15^thcountry. March 2018.

Training programmes for the d
Requisite knowledge and skill were faculty members on outcome

based approach in course and curriculum. imparted on faculty members for development of outcome based curriculum as against the present system of content based curriculum.

c

Establish

a

Community

Necessary background study was

conducted and courses and syllabus were prepared for submitting the proposal to the UGC.
College and start B.Voc Programmes.

1. Literacy programme on environment and organic farming in the leadership of NSS during the 10 days camp.
1. About 4500 households in the adopted village (Thiruvarppu) were given awareness on the possible dangers of the use of pesticides, insecticides and chemical fertilisers. d

2. A global organic meet

2. Institution – industry – society

linkages were strengthened in the context of growing needs for promoting organic farming.

comprising

of

academicians, scientists,

agriculturalists

and

allied

industrialists

from 21^stApril to 24^thApril 2018.

e

Identify

the

quality Designed a Department Assessment

parameters for accessing and and Accreditation Framework for the giving accreditation to each academic departments of the college

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academic department in the for quality enhancement with healthy College. competition among themselves.

f
Identification and analysis of Secured eligibility for RUSA Scheme.

baseline data on academic and basic infrastructure in the college for submission to HEC, Govt. of Kerala.

g

h
Orientation to the staffs on Secured a rank among the top 150 NIRF Ranking and online colleges in the country. submission of documents.

Submit proposal for Bailey
Bailey Chair was established in

Chair in Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma

Gandhi

University

University. recognising the contributions of

Benjamin Bailey to Malayalam Language.

i

New system of feedback for

accessing the quality of curriculum.
Feedback from various stakeholders was collected and analysed as part of curriculum revision process.

j

Setting up of department

level IQAC.
The faculty members were made aware of the quality parameters and the new system of evaluation by NAAC.

k

Making the staff and the

A new system was designed for regular

reporting and follows up of needs of students requiring special care.

learning

environment

friendlier towards students requiring special needs.

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Whether the AQAR was placed in statutory body

Yes

2.16

Management Board

Statutory Body Provide the details of the action taken

Management Board decided to; a. To form DQAC in all the departments. b. Conduct department level assessment and accreditation. c. Implement Track Tenure System for appointing faculty members in Self Financing Programmes.

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Part B – Criterion –Wise Report

1.

CRITERION I – CURRICULAR ASPECTS

1.1. Details about Academic Programmes
No.of Value Added / career oriented
No.of
No.of

Existing
Programmes
No.of Self financing Programmes
Level of the Programme
Programmes added during the year programmes

9
15 16
0
00
0
03 04
0
00

PhD PG

0

UG

0

PG Diploma

0

01

0

01

Advanced Diploma

01 03
0
0
01
0
00
01 04 02 02
0

Diploma Certificate Others

0
44
0
02
0
07
0

Total Inter Disciplinary

0

Innovative

*Add on Courses

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1.2. Flexibility of the Curriculum

i

Flexibility of the Curriculum

Choice Based Credit and Semester System with Core Course, Elective Courses and Open Courses.

ii

Pattern of Programmes (PG and UG Programmes only)

Patterns

No. of Programmes

Semester Trimester Annual
31
00

1.3. Feedback from Stakeholders

1

Stakeholders

Parents

Employers

Students

Others

Alumni

√

Mode

2

Manual

Cooperating

Schools
Others
Online

√

Analysis given in Annexure II

1.4. Whether there is any revision / update of regulation or syllabi. If yes, mention their salient aspects

YES.
1. Elective of B.com Self Financing Programme was changed from Marketing to
Finance and Taxation

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1.5. Any new department / Centre Introduced during the year. If yes give details

Koshy Institute of Mathematics (KIM)

2. CRITERION II – TEACHING, LEARNING AND EVALUATION
2.1 Total Number of Permanent Faculty*

Asst.
Associate

Professors

Stream

Professors

Others

Total
Professors

Aided

60

46
15 03

18

00

0

16
0
91

49

Unaided

Total

106

16

140

* As on 30 September 2017

2.2 No. of Permanent faculty with PhD

41
Aided

Unaided
05

Total
46

2.3 No. of Faculty Positions Recruited (R) and Vacant (V) during the year
Asst.
Associate

Professors

Others

Total

Professors

R

V

R

-
V-
R-
V-

R

V

-

R

V

02

13

-

02

13

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2.4 No. of Guest and Visiting Faculty and Temporary Faculty

Guest Faculty

Visiting Faculty

Temporary Faculty

16

03

02

2.5 Faculty Participation in Conferences and Symposia

No. of Faculty

International

Level

National Level

State Level

30 05
0
88 33 04
30
0

a. Attended b. Presented Papers c. Resource Persons

03

2.6 Innovative processes adopted by the institution in Teaching and Learning
1. Multimedia Learning Process/ICT

(Biotechnology, Economics, Mathematics, Zoology, Physics ,Zoology, Commerce, Chemistry, History)

2. Peer Teaching

(Economics, Botany, Physics, Sociology, Commerce, Commerce S.F)

3. Field Study/Industry Visit/Intership

(History, Economics, Commerce, Botany)

4. Learning by Doing, Brainstorming sessions

(Biotechnology, Zoology, Economics English)

5. Mind Mapping and Online Examintions

(Sociology)

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6. Case Analysis, Security Analysis, Role Playing, Mock Personality

(Commerce)

7. Mock Preparation and Presentation – Government Budget

(Economics)

8. Vellivelicham –Interactive Session

(Malayalam)

9. Virtual Lab, Demonstration of scientific experiments and concepts, Microbial Culture, Specimen description, , learning Animal Diversity through LSRW skills

(Zoology)

10. Blended Learning, CATL, Flipped Classroom

(Chemistry)

11. Open Book Examination

(Family and Community Science)

2.7 Total Number of actual teaching days during the academic year

190

2.8 Examination / Evaluation Reforms initiated by the Institution (for example: Open

Book Examination, Bar-coding, Double Valuation, Photocopy, Online Multiple Choice questions)



Question paper setting with external examiners. Expert scrutiny of question papers. Four - tier system of valuation of End Semester Examinations. False Number for valuation of answer scripts. QR Code for Grade Card Verification. Nine level security system for Grade Card printing.