Rayat Shikshan Sanstha‟s Yashwantrao Chavan Mahavidyalaya, Pachwad Satara, Maharashtra, India SSeellff SSttuuddyy RReeppoorrtt for NAAC 3rd Cycle Submitted to The National Assessment and Accreditation Council, Bangalore Submitted by Rayat Shikshan Sanstha‟s Yashwantrao Chavan Mahavidyalaya, Pachwad Satara, Maharashtra, India March, 2017 Yashwantrao Chavan Mahavidyalaya, Pachwad About Founder: Padmabhushan Dr. Karmveer Bhaurao Patil (Anna) was born on 22 September, 1887 at Kumbhoj, in the Kolhapur district of Maharashtra. He had been influenced by Rajarshi Chh. Shahu Maharaj, king of Kolhapur, who advocated the social equality and promoted education for the backward communities of Maharashtra. He was also inspired by the work of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule. While working he was also involved in the activities of Satya-Shodhak Samaj. He devoted his time for spreading awareness of social ills among society. He realized education of the masses can be the remedy for social ills. In his view, education is the means to empower the masses to enjoy the fruits of freedom and to emancipate them from social, economic and cultural slavery. Dr. Karamaveer Bhaurao Patil, was a man of the masses who devoted all his mind and heart to the cause of their education. He had an incisive understanding of the social ills that beset his times and fully realized the dire need of the spread of education. He believed that education alone could correct the social ills such as caste-hierarchy, money- lending, illiteracy, untouchability, superstitions and social and economic inequality. Throughout his life he tried to translate this belief into reality. He was the champion of the poor, the weak, and the dispossessed and left no stone unturned for their upliftment. He was a great humanitarian who endeavored hard to educate the masses to bring a kindly light of hope in their lives of misery and ignorance. He realized that the social ills could be remedied through the education of the masses alone and laid the foundation of the Rayat Shikshan Sanstha by opening a Boarding House at Kale (Tal-Karad, Dist- Satara) in 1919. Soon, however, in 1924 he shifted the head-quarters of his educational institution to Satara. Self-Study Report NAAC Re-accreditation 3rd Cycle Page 2 Yashwantrao Chavan Mahavidyalaya, Pachwad Our Parents Institute- Rayat Shikshan Sanstha: Rayat Shikshan Sanstha, known and honored far and wide, not only at the national level, but at the global level too, needs no introduction. The institution itself is regarded as a noble mission, a noble cause, so earnestly and so endearingly pursued by its founder- father Karmveer Bhaurao Patil, the educator of the educators and his legendary wife Sou. Laxmibai Patil with her exemplary sacrifices made to turn the mission into a reality. The value of its contribution to education in general is enormously great as it has, from the very beginning, tried all its best to lay emphasis on the education of the down- trodden, the poor and the ignorant that really form the major bulk of society. The network of Santha‘s branches has spread like branches of the benevolent banyan tree. To-day, it has been conducting 42 Colleges, 438 secondary schools, 8 training colleges, 41 primary schools (English medium-19), 28 pre-primary schools (English medium-18), 78 cosmopolitan hostels, 7administrative offices, 8 Ashramshalas, and 59 ancillary Branches. One can rarely find such an educational institution working devotedly in about 15 districts, of Maharashtra and one district of Karnataka with 14990 (female3844) employees belonging to 170 castes and communities and 4 lakh 59 thousand 729 students (female 2,11,474). The statistics speak of the phenomenal progress and achievement of the Rayat Shikshan Sanstha as dreamt by the Karmveer. About our College: Yashwantrao Chavan Mahavidhyalaya, Pachwad is established in 1991, in the memory of Yashwantrao Chavan, the first Chief Minister of Maharashtra. This college is in rural area of Pachwad Grampanchayat on NH-4 Mumbai- Self-Study Report NAAC Re-accreditation 3rd Cycle Page 3 Yashwantrao Chavan Mahavidyalaya, Pachwad Bangalore national highway. The Pachwad is located on the bank of Krishna river and surrounded by Chandan, Vandan and Vairat forts and range of Sahyadri Mountain. The college is, situated on 3.5 acres of land, committed to cater higher educational needs of rural students from hilly and inaccessible areas from Jawali and Wai Tehsil. Many of students taking admission are the first generational learners, mainly female, from poor families. The college is permanently affiliated to Shivaji University, Kolhapur and provides higher educational services in Arts and Commerce stream. The college is recognized under 2(F) and 12 (B) by UGC. Besides the degree programmes, the college provides two Career Oriented Courses and short term courses for all round development of students keeping in view the vision and mission of the college and parent institute and core values of NAAC. The college organized various activities to inculcate moral values, develop employment readiness related skills and abilities among the students to help them become the responsible citizen of country. The continous increase in number of female students admitted in the college supports the efforts of the college for women empowerment. In addition, the college has reaccredited with ‗B‘ grade by the NAAC in 2011. Self-Study Report NAAC Re-accreditation 3rd Cycle Page 4 Yashwantrao Chavan Mahavidyalaya, Pachwad Track ID: MHCOGN 10981 CONTENTS Table of Contents Pg. No. NAAC Steering Committee 12 Executive Summary and SWOC of the Institute 13 A Profile of the Institute 26 B Criterion Wise Analytical Report Criterion I : Curricular Aspects 37 Criterion II : Teaching Learning and Evaluation 64 Criterion III : Research, Consultancy and Extension 132 Criterion IV : Infrastructure and Learning Resources 191 Criterion V : Student Support and Progression 217 Criterion VI : Governance, Leadership and Management 252 Criterion VII : Innovations and Best Practices 294 C Evaluative Reports- Department Wise 1 Department of English 306 2 Department of Hindi 327 3 Department of Marathi 343 4 Department of History 361 5 Department of Sociology 380 6 Department of Commerce 395 7 Department of Political Science 418 8 Department of Economics 433 9 Department of Psychology 450 10 Department of Geography 472 D Post Accreditation Initiatives 481 Compliance to NAAC Peer Team 484 E Recommendations Self-Study Report NAAC Re-accreditation 3rd Cycle Page 5 Yashwantrao Chavan Mahavidyalaya, Pachwad Table of Contents Pg. No. Annexure I: List of the Faculty Participated in Orientation 497 Programme and Refresher Course Annexure II: Details of Changes in Syllabi 498 Annexure III: Declaration by the Head of the Institution 499 Annexure IV: Certificate of Compliance 500 Annexure V: Affiliation Certificate 501 Annexure VI: 2(f) and 12 (B) Recognition Letter 502 Annexure VII: Certificate of Accreditation 503 Annexure VIII: Certificate of AISHE 507 Annexure IX: Master Plan 508 Annexure X: NAAC Peer Team Report 509 Self-Study Report NAAC Re-accreditation 3rd Cycle Page 6 Yashwantrao Chavan Mahavidyalaya, Pachwad List of the Tables Sr. Table Page Name of Table No. No. No. Details of the faculty worked as a member of Board 1 1.1 43 of Studies Details of the faculty worked as resource person 2 1.2 43 and chairperson Summary showing role of the faculty in curriculum 3 1.3 43 development Details of the course for which curriculum is 4 1.4 45 designed by the college Details of the Certificate courses offered by the 5 1.5 47 institution Subject combinations opted by the institute for Arts 6 1.6 50 Faculty Subject combinations opted by the institute for 7 1.7 51 Commerce Faculty 8 1.8 Fee details 53 9 1.9 Details of skill oriented programmes 54 10 1.10 Details of workshops and training progammes 55 Details of teachers participation in syllabus 11 1.11 62 workshops 12 2.1 Minimum and maximum percentage per year 67 Minimum and maximum marks in % at entry level 13 2.2 67 2011-12 to 2015-16 Category wise distribution of admitted students 14 2.3 69 during the last five years Details of various programmes offered by the 15 2.4 70 college Details of remedial coaching service during last 16 2.5 73 five years Details of Guest lectures organized by the various 17 2.6 74 departments 18 2.7 Details of short term courses 77 19 2.8 Details of Guest lectures 79 20 2.9 Activities of innovative teaching 88 Self-Study Report NAAC Re-accreditation 3rd Cycle Page 7 Yashwantrao Chavan Mahavidyalaya, Pachwad Sr. Table Page Name of Table No. No. No. 21 2.10 Details of Vivek Vahini activities 91 22 2.11 Faculty Development Programmes 94 23 2.12 Workshops organized for staff 95 24 2.13 Workshops organized for students 95 Qualification and Employments status wise 25 2.14 103 teachers 26 2.15 Academic Staff Development Programme 104 27 2.16 Faculty Training Programme 105 Faculty participated in 28 2.17 106 Workshops/Seminars/Conferences 29 2.18 Awards received by the faculty 108 30 2.19 Faculties involved in University Examinations 113 31 2.20 Faculty involved in conduction of examinations. 113 32 2.21 Students performance in University examination 115 33 2.22 Scholarship from University and other institutes 118 34 2.23 Details of Grievances and Support 122 35 2.24 Analysis of the results from 2011-2016 124 Subject wise analysis of results Arts stream from 36 2.25 125 2011-2016 Subject wise analysis of results Commerce 37 2.26 127 stream from 2011-2016 The Composition of the Institutional Research 38 3.1 133 Advisory Committee Recommendations of the Institutional Research 39 3.2 133 Advisory Committee and its impact Measures undertaken by the institution for the 40 3.3 smooth progress and 135 implementation of research projects Activities organized by Institutional Research 41 3.4 136 Advisory Committee and departments List of the faculty members who are pursuing 42 3.5 140 Ph.D.