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Annual Report for the year 2009-2010 Criterion – I CURRICULAR ASPECTS 1.1 Curriculum design and development 1.101 Curriculum design is aligned with the Institutional goals and objectives All the academic programmes have been designed on the campus so as to accommodate the Institutional goals. In this regard, Value Added Courses and Certificate Courses were introduced in addition to the University curriculum. These value added courses were framed with great care by the Curriculum Development Cell (CDC) of our College. In this context, mention must be made about the two innovative University Certificate Courses, ‘Certificate Course in Industrial Safety’ and ‘Certificate Course in Matches and Fireworks’, designed by the CDC of Sri Kaliswari College to meet the requirements of the rural community in and around Sivakasi. To enhance job opportunities of our students, a tie-up with Arasan Ganesan Polytechnic College, Sivakasi, is made and certificate courses in Two-wheeler mechanism and Hardware mechanism were arranged. To satisfy the local needs, the Department of Hotel Management & Catering Science is offering ‘Diploma in Catering Operations’ (DCO), with 100% placement assurance. A certificate course on ‘Macro Media Flash’ was conducted during the odd semester. Similarly, a certificate course on ‘3D Studio Max’ was also conducted during the even semester. The Department of Commerce offered a certificate course on ‘Tally 9.0’. To provide additional qualification for our students, the college has a tie-up with Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore, to conduct following participatory on- line programmes. 1 Participatory Programmes with the Distance Education Division of Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore S. Name of the course Staff B.Com. B.Com. B.Sc. BCA BBA DCO No. offered (R) (CA) (IT) 1 PG Diploma in Microbial 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- Biotechnology 2 Diploma in Marketing -- 1 -- -- 3 4 -- Management 3 Diploma in Hotel -- 1 3 1 2 2 1 Management & Catering Science 4 Diploma in Computerised -- 15 4 -- 1 -- -- Accounting 20 Certificate courses were offered during the odd semester. Hindi is given as a one year course to complete Parikshaya & Spoken Hindi. 25 Certificate courses are offered during the even semester. From the even semester of this academic year, we have introduced seven new VAC courses such as IAS Preliminary English, IAS General Studies, Web Animation, Prepress designing, PHP and Women Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow. The college research committee monitors the research activities on the campus to ensure that the needs of industries in and around Sivakasi are duly met in accordance with our institutional goals. A tie-up programme – CCNA (Cisco Certified Networking Associate) Training Programme with MEPCO Schlenk Engineering College was started on 20.11.2009. This course was offered by the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering in MEPCO Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi. 12 students of our college underwent CCNA Training Programme. A certificate course in Photography was conducted by the Department of Physics for the benefit of the 21 students. Enrichment courses for non-computer (MS Office for B.Sc.(Biotech), B.A. (Tamil), M.A.(Tamil)) students are conducted by the Department of Computer Science. 2 Courses offered UG Courses PG Courses Research Certificate Courses Diploma Programmes Courses B.Com. (R) M.Com. M.Phil. (Com) • Computer • Gandhian B.Sc. (CS) M.Sc. (CS) M.Phil. (BT) Application Thought B.B.A. M.Sc. (PC) • Communicative B.Sc. (IT) M.Sc. (BT) and Functional B.Com. (CA) M.Sc (Mat) English B.C.A. MA (Tam) • Advertising, Sales B.Sc. (BT) MBA Promotion & B.Sc. (Mat) Sales B.A. (Tam) Management B.Sc. (Phy) • Industrial Safety B.Sc. (HMCS) • Matches & B.Sc. (Che) Fireworks • Gandhian Thought • Journalism • French 1.102 Curricula Developed / adopted have relevance to the regional / national developmental needs. The college is affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai. The syllabi framed by the Boards of Studies in Madurai Kamaraj University are being followed for the UG, PG, M.Phil., Certificate and Diploma courses. Besides, as per the local needs we conduct various value added courses. 20 Certificate courses were offered during the odd semester. Hindi is given as a one year course to complete Parikshaya & Spoken Hindi. 25 Certificate courses are offered during the even semester. From the even semester of this academic year, we have introduced seven new VAC courses such as IAS Preliminary English, IAS General Studies, Web Animation, Prepress designing, PHP and Women Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow. The Department of Computer Science is offering an enrichment course in Fundamentals of Computer for the non-computer students (I & II PG Tamil) during the regular college hours. The Department of Computer Application is offering the same course for II UG Biotechnology and II UG Tamil during the regular college hours. The course was conducted for the I UG Tamil during 3 the weekends. An MoU was signed with the Distance Education Division of Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, to conduct participatory programmes in our college. Under this participatory programme, One PG diploma course and three diploma courses were conducted during the academic year 2009-2010. 38 students and one teaching staff Dr.A.M.Vairamuthu, Lecturer, Department of Biotechnology, have enrolled their names for different courses. A tie-up programme with MEPCO Schlenk Engineering College was started on 20.11.2009. In this course, 12 students of our college underwent CCNA Training Programme offered by the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering in MEPCO Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi. Ours is the only college conducting a certificate course on ‘Matches and Fireworks’ in the whole of Tamilnadu. Every year more than 20 students are benefited by this course. For the benefit of the local industries, the certificate course on “Safety Methods to be followed during the manufacture of Fireworks and Matches” was conducted between 14.09.2009 and 25.09.2009. 15 number of foremen from 8 factories were benefited. 1.103 Curriculum design is suitable for meeting the overall development of the students The Institution offers • AICTE approved MBA Programme with Marketing, Finance, Systems and Human Resource Management as electives To meet the local industrial needs, we offer • The Certificate Course in Industrial Safety • The Certificate Course in Matches and Fireworks • Safety Methods to be followed during the manufacture of Fireworks and Matches To make the learners become job creators, we offer 4 • Communicative & Functional English (two batches with 60 students each) • Spoken English (40 students) • Two-wheeler mechanism and Hardware mechanism • Diploma in Catering Operations • Certificate course in Photography • Certificate course in French • Tally • DTP • Cyber Commerce • Electricity and Electrical appliances • HTML & XML • ASP.Net • E-Commerce • Visual Basic • VB.Net • Retail Marketing • 3D Max/ Flash • Advertisement and Sales Marketing • Multimedia • Basic concepts in Share marketing • Principles of Taxation • Certificate course in Hindi To mould them into good citizens and good leaders, we offer • Value education, environmental based education and Certificate and Diploma courses in Gandhian Thought To improve the communication skill of the students regular language lab classes were conducted for the PG students and the final year UG students. It helps to improve their aptitude in reading, listening, writing and speaking. 5 To improve the concentration power of the students, meditation classes were conducted regularly to the student community of Sri Kaliswari College. 1.104 Employability is a major consideration in the design and development of the curriculum. To enhance the employability in matches, fireworks and printing industries the following value added courses are offered. • Certificate course in Industrial Safety • Certificate course in Matches and Fireworks • Certificate course in Safety Methods to be followed during the manufacture of Fireworks and Matches • Macromedia Flash • Web Animation • PHP • Prepress designing • Tally • DTP • CCNA Training Programme To enhance the entrepreneurial skills, the following certificate courses offered • Elements of Taxes • Mushroom cultivation • Advertising, Sales Promotion and Sales Management • Consumerism • Cyber commerce • Entrepreneurship • Stock market practices • Basic Catering Management To enhance the employability in the public sector, the following certificate courses are offered • Electricity and Electrical Appliances 6 • VB.Net • Java Script • Foundation of physical education and health education • Library Information Services and Systems • MS Office • Spoken English • Introduction to Information Technology • Oracle • HTML & XML • Nutrition • Multimedia and its applications • Spoken English To enhance the employability in Government services, the following courses are offered • IAS General Studies • IAS Preliminary English • gad;ghl;Lj; jkpo; 1.105 Developing global competencies is evident in the curriculum design The highest priority is given to accommodate the changing global trends in the curriculum in the following ways: • By adopting CBCS pattern for first year and second year UG and PG courses • By offering ‘Communicative English’ course through Language Lab to improve the communication skills of all the final year UG students and all the PG students • By taking up research projects by BCA, B.Com.(CA), M.Sc.(CS), II MA (Tamil), B.Sc.(HM & CS) and BBA keeping