The Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of the IQAC 2014-2015
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The Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of the IQAC 2014-2015 LADY DOAK COLLEGE Tallakulam Madurai 625 002 NAAC Track ID: 15134 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 1.1 Name of the Institution Lady Doak College 1.2 Address Line 1 Narimedu Lady Doak College Road Address Line 2 Madurai City/Town Tamil Nadu State Pin Code 625002 1 Institution e-mail address [email protected] Contact Nos. 0452-2530527 Name of the Head of the Institution: Dr. A. Mercy Pushpalatha Tel. No. with STD Code: 0452 2524575 Mobile: +91 90039 58131 Dr. V. Sridevi Name of the IQAC Co-ordinator: Mobile: +91 91716 89284 [email protected] IQAC e-mail address: 1.3 NAAC Track ID (For ex. MHCOGN 18879) 1.4 NAAC Executive Committee No. & Date: (For Example EC/32/A&A/143 dated 3-5-2004. NAAC/DS/RK/65 This EC no. is available in the right corner- bottom EC-61/2013 dated 25.10.2013 of your institution’s Accreditation Certificate) www.ladydoakcollege.edu.in 1.5 Website address: Web-link of the AQAR: http://www.ladykeanecollege.edu.in/ AQAR201415.doc For ex. http://www.ladykeanecollege.edu.in/AQAR2012-13.doc 2 1.6 Accreditation Details Year of Validity Sl. No. Cycle Grade CGPA Accreditation Period 1 1st Cycle 5 stars - 2000 5 2 2nd Cycle A - 2006 5 3 3rd Cycle A 3.44 2013 5 4 4th Cycle - - - - 01/11/2004 1.7 Date of Establishment of IQAC :DD/MM/YYYY 2014-2015 1.8 AQAR for the year (for example 2010-11) 1.9 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 _2012-13______04/09/2014 ii. AQAR_2013-14______05/07/2016 iii. AQAR__________________ ________ (DD/MM/YYYY) iv. AQAR__________________ ______ _ (DD/MM/YYYY) 1.10 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 3 Financial Status Grant-in-aid UGC 2(f) UGC 12B Grant-in-aid + Self Financing Totally Self-financing 1.11 Type of Faculty/Programme Arts Science Commerce Law PEI (Phys Edu) TEI (Edu) Engineering Health Science Management Others (Specify) - 1.12 Name of the Affiliating University (for the Colleges) Madurai Kamaraj University 1.13 Special status conferred by Central/ State Government-- UGC/CSIR/DST/DBT/ICMR etc. Autonomy by State/Central Govt. / University 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 18 2.2 No. of Administrative/Technical staff 2 2.3 No. of students 2 4 2.4 No. of Management representatives 1 2.5 No. of Alumni 2 2. 6 No. of any other stakeholder and - community representatives 2.7 No. of Employers/ Industrialists 1 2.8 No. of other External Experts 2 2.9 Total No. of members 29 2.10 No. of IQAC meetings held 4 2.11 No. of meetings with various stakeholders: No. 2 Faculty Non-Teaching Staff Students Alumni Others 2.12 Has IQAC received any funding from UGC during the year? Yes No If yes, mention the amount Rs.3,00, 000 2.13 Seminars and Conferences (only quality related) (i) No. of Seminars/Conferences/ Workshops/Symposia organized by the IQAC Total Nos. 13 International - National - State - Institution Level 13 (ii) Themes A. Faculty Development Programs 1. Junior Faculty workshop on “Being an Effective Teacher” was conducted on 12th July 2014. 50 faculty members participated. 2. Two day workshop on “Communication Skills” was conducted on 17th & 18th Oct. 2014 in which 35 faculty members participated. Prof. Raja Govindasamy, former Principal of Thiagaraja College was the resource person 3. One day workshop on “Interpersonal Skills” was conducted on 6th Dec. 2014. Dr. Synthia Mary Mathew of Social Sciences Department was the resource person. 29 faculty members participated. 5 4. One-day workshop on ‘Leadership and Team Building Skills’ was conducted on 24th January 2015. Mr. Philips Dayanidhi, Head-Manufacturing & Business, Robert Bosch, Bangalore was the resource person. 45 faculty members participated 5. One day workshop on ‘Grading’ was conducted on 30th March, 2015. Dr. Thangamuthu, Former VC, Bharathidasan University, Trichy and Dr. Ram Ganesan, Prof. and Head, Department of Education and Technology, Bharathidasan University, Trichy B. Curriculum Development Programs 1. One day workshop on ‘Life Frontier Engagement – Integrating Academic Learning with Community Research’ was conducted on 3rd December 2014. Dr. Albert Selvanayagam, Trainer in Teaching Methods, ICRDCE, Bangalore, was the resource person. 48 faculty members participated. 2. One day workshop on ‘The Life Frontier Engagement Program Charting its Implementation’ was held on 27th January 2015. Dr. Betty Cernol McCann, the Executive Director at Civic Engagement, Research and Training Services (CERTS), Philippines was the resource person. 54 faculty members participated 3. Training to link LMS (MOODLE) in teaching & Learning for faculty members was organised during July - October 2014. 4. Orientation Programme on ICT ENABLED INNOVATIVE PEDAGOGIES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION was given on March 28, 2015. Resource Person: Dr. M. M. Pant, Founder & Mentor, Planet Edu. Pvt. Ltd., Gurgoan, Haryana. 5. One Day Workshop on EFFECTIVE PEDAGOGY USING ICT TOOLS IN HIGHER EDUCATION was organised on April 8, 2015. Resource Persons: Session I: 21 st Century Learning Mr. S. Varadarajan Capability Architect – Early Engagement Global Learning Solutions, Architecture and Management Cognizant Technology Solutions, Chennai Session II: Enhancing Learning with Digital Experiences through Web Tools Dr. Senthilnathan Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Technology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli -20 C. Student Development Programs Programme: Inter-Personal relationship session Period: In July 2014, 95 residents and August 2014, 40 residents were participated. Outcome: Interaction sessions were held which would help individuals face, feel, own and share their feelings and understand others’ feelings to 6 strengthen interpersonal relationships 7 group sessions each for a duration of 1½ to 2 hours. 2.14 Significant Activities and contributions made by IQAC The activities of IQAC for the year 2014-2015, started with the first meeting with external experts on 11.08.2014. The annual plans of the IQAC for the year 2014-15 was presented under thirteen different themes of activity. All the activities were passed and the team of faculty members who were in charge of the activity were asked to prepare the action plans with time frame for each activity. The prepared action plans under the various themes were presented and passed in the second IQAC meeting with internal members held on 01.12.2014. A review meeting on the progress of the action plans was discussed for further improvement in the third IQAC meeting with internal members held on 23.02.2015. All the information regarding the meeting such as the Agenda, Members Present and the Minutes of the meeting were periodically uploaded in the college website under the icon IQAC. Item Theme of the Activity No: 1. Implementation of Academic Audit for the Departments Administrative Audit for the Centres and Offices 2. Study on the viability of Admission to all undergraduate programme under single window system. 3. Examination and Evaluation Reforms 4. Implementation of Management Information System 5. Study on the development of students’ skills at entry and exit levels. 6. Towards a Zero waste campus. 7. Development of a structured curriculum for the course on Life Frontier Engagement in all the undergraduate programme. 8. Evolving Industry- Institute Business model for each department 9. Implementation of LMS using the open source software – MOODLE 10. Documentation of Science Instrumentation and Infrastructure Facilities available in the College. 11. Competency based training programme for faculty members. 12. Development of indigenous Academic Performance Index for the faculty members. 13. Integration of ICT in teaching and learning (UG & PG) 7 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 Outcome achieved Theme: 1(a) - Implementation of Academic Audit for the Departments Evolving strategies to enable each Department A process of self audit followed by self to conduct a self-attestation of compliance. attestation by the departments has Conduct of Self –Audit for the period Nov. 2013 been evolved. – April – 2014 by each Department. A complete set of Quality Management Conduct of Self –Audit for the period June 2014 System files with the required details to – Nov. – 2014 by each Department. be furnished by the department has Integration of effective automation tools into been formulated. the academic programme of the Departments. The preparation of annual self – Generation of academic reports of each evaluation report for each Department Department through e-database. based on the Quarterly reports is Preparation of annual self – evaluation report ongoing. for each Department based on the Quarterly reports. Formulation of Audit Panel.