NATIONAL BOARD OF ACCREDITATION SELF ASSESSMENT REPORT (SAR) FOR ACCREDITATION OF PG ENGINEERING PROGRAMMES (TIER-I) IN Integrated Power Systems (IPS) NATIONAL BOARD OF ACCREDITATION 4th Floor East Tower, NBCC Place Bhisham Pitamah Marg, Pragati Vihar,New Delhi 110003 P: 91(11)24360620-22, 24360654 Fax: 91(11) 24360682 (January, 2013) Contents Page Title No. PART- A 1. Institutional Information 3 2. Departmental Information 14 3. Programme Specific Information 17 PART- B 1. Vision, Mission and Programme Educational Objectives 19 2. Programme Outcomes 22 3. Programme Curriculum 30 4. Students’ Performance 36 5. Faculty Contributions 40 6. Facilities and Technical Support 49 7. Academic Support Units and Teaching-Learning Process 53 8. Governance, Institutional Support and Financial Resources 56 9. Continuous Improvement 85 Declaration 88 Annexures 89 EE/VNIT/Nov 13 Page 2 of 218 A-1 Institutional Information Self Assessment Report (SAR) PG Part A I. Institutional Information I.1 . Name and address of the institution and affiliating university : VISVESVARAYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (VNIT), SOUTH AMBAZARI ROAD, NAGPUR 440010 I.2. Name, designation, telephone number, and e-mail address of the contact person for the NBA: Dr. Narendra S. Chaudhari, Director VNIT. Ph : Email :
[email protected] Dr. K D Kulat, Professor, Department of Electronics Engineering Ph : 0712-2801345 Email :
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[email protected] I.3. History of the institution (including the date of introduction and number of seats of various programmes of study along with the NBA accreditation, if any) in a tabular form: 1.3.1 Historical Background The VNIT, Nagpur is one of the thirty National Institutes of Technology in the country.