Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR 2015 - 16) Submitted to NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION COUNCIL Bangalore – 560 072. By Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) SENGAMALA THAYAAR EDUCATIONAL TRUST WOMEN’S COLLEGE (Affiliated to Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli) Recognized by UGC under section 2(f) & 12(B) (NAAC accredited ‘A’ Grade with CGPA 3.45 / 4.00) SUNDARAKKOTTAI, MANNARGUDI – 614 016. TIRUVARUR DISTRICT, TAMILNADU. AQAR 2015-2016 – NAAC, Bangalore The Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of the IQAC Part – A AQAR for the year 2015-2016 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 Sundarakkottai Village Address Line 2 Mannargudi City/Town Tamil Nadu State Pin Code 614 016 Institution e-mail address [email protected] / [email protected] 04367-255405 Contact Nos. 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 [Type text] Page 1 AQAR 2015-2016 – NAAC, Bangalore Name of the IQAC Dr. R. Saravanamuthu M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D. Co-ordinator 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 /AQAR15-16.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 _______________________NIL ________________(DD/MM/YYYY) ii.AQAR__________________ ______NIL________________(DD/MM/YYYY) iii.AQAR__________________ ______NIL________________(DD/MM/YYYY) iv.AQAR__________________ ______NIL________________(DD/MM/YYYY) S.T.E.T. Women‟s College, Sundarakkottai, Mannargudi, TN, India Page 2 AQAR 2015-2016 – NAAC, Bangalore 1.9 Institutional Status University State Central Deemed Private 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 S.T.E.T. Women‟s College, Sundarakkottai, Mannargudi, TN, India Page 3 AQAR 2015-2016 – NAAC, Bangalore 1.10 Type of Faculty / Programme Arts Science Commerce Law PEI (Phys. Edu.) TEI (Edu.) 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 S.T.E.T. Women‟s College, Sundarakkottai, Mannargudi, TN, India Page 4 AQAR 2015-2016 – NAAC, Bangalore 2. IQAC Composition and Activities 11 2.1 No. of Teachers 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 22 2.7 No. of Employers/ Industrialists 2 2 2.8 No. of other External Experts 2 2.9 Total No. of members 21 21 2.10 No. of IQAC meetings held 11 11 2.11 No. of meetings with Various stakeholders: 4 Faculty 5 Non-Teaching Alumni 1 Staff Students 2 4 Others 2.12 Has IQAC received any funding from UGC during the year? Yes No If yes, mention the amount - S.T.E.T. Women‟s College, Sundarakkottai, Mannargudi, TN, India Page 5 AQAR 2015-2016 – NAAC, Bangalore 2.13 Seminars and Conferences (only quality related) (i) No. of Seminars/Conferences/ Workshops/Symposia organized by the IQAC Total Nos. 7 International 2 National 2 State 1 Institution Level 2 (ii) Themes Academic enhancement and promotion of Research 2.14 Significant Activities and contributions made by IQAC Departments organized National/International Conference / Seminars /Workshops / hands on training and FDP programmes. Departments took initiatives for effective activation of activities with the MoUs forged organizations. Departments effectively used ICT gadgets for the enhancement of quality of teaching learning processes. Members of the staff / Scholars / PG students published their research findings in reputed Journals, and carried out intensive research. Members of the staff / scholars / PG students attended and presented research articles in National / International Seminars / Conference / Workshops. Statistical tools and techniques are used effectively using SPSS packages. 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 Actions Achievements Introduction of Post Proposal for introducing one year Post Graduate Graduate Diploma / Diploma Programme on „Big Data Analytics‟ has been Certificate Course approved by the parent (Bharathidasan) University, and the programme to be launched in the academic year 2016- 2017. Diploma Course on „Entrepreneurship and Career Development‟ has been conducted Additional class room Two classrooms have been constructed for the said purpose S.T.E.T. Women‟s College, Sundarakkottai, Mannargudi, TN, India Page 6 AQAR 2015-2016 – NAAC, Bangalore Effective implementation Power Point Presentation, Educational CDs, e-contents of ICT based teaching- prepared by the teachers have been used for teaching. learning processes Organization of Two international and two National Conferences and six Conferences / Seminars / workshops were conducted. workshops Proposal for the conduct of a workshop and Seminar has been submitted to the TNSCST and UGC Publication of conference Three conference proceedings with ISBN Number have proceeding been published Publication of Research 166 research articles have been published in National and articles International Journals. Research Projects Three major research projects, and 37 minor research projects have been submitted to the UGC Proceeding of three conferences were published with ISBN numbers Students‟ research projects have been submitted to TNSCST, Tamil Nadu. Participation in Seminars / Teachers, scholars and students participated in Seminars / Conferences / Workshops conference / workshops and presented a papers by Presentation Students / scholars – 287 nos staff – 184 nos Participation Students / scholars – 922 nos staff – 195 nos Consultancy Revenue generated through consultancy Rs. 22,556/- Extension Service 94 Extension service activities were carried out in different villages for the school students / villagers/ SHGs Activation of MoUs Students had internships / training / industrial visits / projects with organization with which MoUs signed. A sum of Rs. 1,30,000/- was sanctioned by Yoge International (MoU) Expression of Interest has been submitted for collaborative research project with Russian Science Academy (MoU – INMA) * Attached the Academic Calendar of the year- Annexure I S.T.E.T. Women‟s College, Sundarakkottai, Mannargudi, TN, India Page 7 AQAR 2015-2016 – NAAC, Bangalore 2.16 Whether the AQAR was placed in statutory body Yes No Management Syndicate Anyother body Provide the details of the action taken Slow learners were identified and their performance was improved through coaching/remedial classes Teachers and research scholars were motivated for mobilizing research grants from the funding agencies through projects They are also motivated to publish their research finding in peer reviewed journals with high impact factor, as a continuous process Innovative diploma programme have been launched as value added programmes S.T.E.T. Women‟s College, Sundarakkottai, Mannargudi, TN, India Page 8 AQAR 2015-2016 – NAAC, Bangalore PART - B CRITERION – I 1. Curricular Aspects 1.1 Details about Academic Programmes 2015-2016 Number of Number of Number Number of value Level of the existing Programmes self-financing added / Career Programme Programmes added programmes Oriented during the programmes year Ph.D. 03 --- 03 --- M.Phil 04 --- 04 --- PG 13 --- 13 --- UG 11 --- 11 --- PG Diploma --- --- --- --- Advanced --- --- --- --- Diploma Diploma 03 01 04 --- Certificate 10 01 11 03 Others --- --- --- Total 44 02 46 03 Interdisciplinary* 14 --- 14 --- Skill Development Programmes such as Tailoring, Yoga and Innovative Karate 1.2 (i) Flexibility of the Curriculum : Choice Based Credit System (ii) Pattern of programmes : Pattern Number of programmes Semester 28 Trimester - Annual - 1.3 Feedback from stakeholders* Alumni Parents Employers Students (On all aspects) Mode of feedback : Online Manual Co-operating schools - (for PEI) S.T.E.T. Women‟s College, Sundarakkottai, Mannargudi, TN, India Page 9 AQAR 2015-2016 – NAAC, Bangalore The Institution follows the curriculum framed by the parent University. The College does not make any change in the curriculum as it is an affiliated College. However, feedbacks on the curriculum given by the stakeholders and the views presented in the Staff Council meeting of the College are submitted to the University