SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY (Established under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956) SECOND YEAR ANNUAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT REPORT (AQAR) OF IQAC (2010-2011) SUBMITTED TO NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION COUNCIL, BANGALORE MAY 2011 1 SECTION CONTENTS PAGE NO. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 03 PROFILE OF THE UNIVERSITY 08 A PLAN OF ACTION CHALKED OUT BY THE IQAC 10 B DETAILS OF THE REPORT 11 C OUTCOMES ACHIEVED 80 D PLANS FOR THE NEXT YEAR ( 2011 – 2012) 81 Annexure – I Certificate of Recognitions 82 Annexure – II Memorandum of Understanding 87 2 SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY-INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE CELL (SRU-IQAC) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF ANNUAL QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORT, 2010 Plan of Action envisaged by the IQAC for the year 2010 In tune with the Vision and Mission of Sri Ramachandra University to contribute in the areas of Education, Healthcare and Research, Sri Ramachandra University embarked on the quality sustenance and quality enhancement activities after the NAAC accreditation at ‗A‘(CGPA- 3.52) level in 2009. As per the 10-point multi-dimensional quality enhancement plan proposed by Sri Ramachandra University in section-A of the AQAR-2010, the SRU-IQAC assessed and analysed the quality-criteria based activities carried out during the year as delineated in section-B. Curricular Innovations: Followed by the successful implementation of the Integrated Curriculum for MBBS course with Problem based learning, the methodology has been introduced for BDS dental students to improve their clinical skills by adopting participatory teaching-learning methods. Introduction of e-learning in Nursing education, conduction of rapid review nursing course for the post graduate nursing students have been the quality addition in curriculum development and their delivery. Similar Rapid Review courses were conducted for all clinical PG courses of the university. CME credit point system has been introduced in the university for all the continuous education programmes. The new, innovative courses introduced during 2010-2011 are: M.D.(Sports Medicine), M.D.(Immuno-hematology & Transfusion Medicine), M.D.(T.B & Pulmonary Medicine), M.P.H (Master of Public Health) and Diploma in Tuberculosis &Chest Diseases. Through an MOU with University of Miami, the online CITI- Research Ethics Education programme has been launched and has been made mandatory for all clinical researchers and Ph.D students. Faculty Development Programs and Professional upgradation: The medical college conducted 3 basic course workshops for 73 faculty members and 1 coordinator workshop for 12 faculty members. The Dental college organised ‗Dental Education Technologies‘ for 25 faculty members. The Pharmacy college conducted 1 FDP for 22 faculties. 3 Total no. of CME‘s, Workshops, Conferences & Seminars of National and International nature, conducted during the academic year 2010-11 were 103, 112, 45 and 115 respectively. 114 faculty members were sponsored for attending conferences at national and international level A total of 71 teaching faculty & 946 non-teaching faculty were promoted in the year 2010 and 80 staff got their probations declared in the year 2010-11 in line with the Service Bye-laws of the University. Systemized Feedback from Stake holders: The institutional feedback system included a structured proforma-based methodology used for receiving feedback from students, parents, employees and patients of the hospital attached to the Medical college. Periodic comprehensive student evaluation is sent to parents regularly. Alumni and the employers who select the students in campus interviews also provided constructive suggestions.. The pattern of feed back from patients as depicted graphically in the report in a novel way of improving healthcare services of the university. Honors/Awards to the faculty: 15 faculty members received national honors, 20 received state honors and 9 members were awarded with institute honors. Some of them include, Dr.B.C. Roy Award, Padmasri award etc., Office Automation and e-governance: The University & hospital administration and the examination systems have fully computerized for the smooth conduct of day to day functioning of these units. Development of the SRU-e-governance portal to bring about paper-less administration has been initiated in the university and will be fully operational during 2011-2012. All the 2400 non-teaching and technical staff of the university & hospital are being trained on-campus in IT skills suiting to their requirements utilizing the services of professional agency. Financial aid to students: The University offers 8 Chancellor‘s research fellowships every year for students to pursue their Ph.D. programme and an aid of Rs.13.44 lakhs were granted for 2010-2011. 5 students of MBBS are given a grant of Rs.3,00,000/- per student to pursue their internship at Harvard University, USA. The Indian council of Medical research has provided the TSS fellowships for the third consecutive year and five junior resident fellowships were sanctioned for 2010- 2011. These are in addition to the sponsored research-project based JRFs and other fellows. 4 The university also provides fee waiver to students of ward-secretary course and to those of economically weaker category. Library: 2789 books & 50 new journals were added to the library in the year 2010-11 and 355 CD Roms/DVDs are purchased in the current year (2010-11) to strengthen the already available 1925 CD Roms/DVD‘s in the archives of the library to facilitate the experiential learning practices of the students. Strengthening of Infrastructure and technology upgradation: The infrastructure facilities of the Central research facility, Centre for Toxicology and Experimental Research, University departments and the hospital has been further upgraded with additional buildings, equipments and furnitures. Biometric system has been introduced at vital facilities in the university to enhance security issues. The university has subscribed for the National Knowledge connectivity (NKN) and the system will become operational during 2011-2012. Research Projects: The number of ongoing projects funded by National & International agencies like DST, DBT, LSRB, DIHAR, DRDO, ICMR, AYUSH, WHO, INDO-US, SHELL Foundation, USA are 42 and amounts to 14.16 crores whereas 15 projects were completed during this year. Two Indian Patents were filled one in association with Pharma Industry M/s. Arvind Remedies and the other with Central Leather Research Institute. About 6 collaborative research projects were initiated in the year 2010 and are underway. 5 fellowships sponsored by ICMR/TSS for MD/MS – Ph.D integrated program, and 8 SRU Chancellor fellowship were sanctioned. 12 staff from health science colleges registered for Ph.D course in the year 2010. About 64 students across the colleges received Best paper award/Best scientsist / Best PG dissertation award from various seminars and conferences. Mentoring programme has been introduced for holistic moulding of the students by faculty members. Four MOUs were signed with National/International universities/Institutions and one industry for educational and research collaboration. Publication Analysis: The Research publications made by the faculty members during the year 2010-2011were analysed through 5 database viz. Scopus, Web of Science, Embase, Pubmed and Google scholar. Of the 324 publicationa made during the report period, 66 were cited by Scopus,174 5 by Google scholar, 112 by Web of Science, 62 by Pubmed and 66 by Embase. The ‗h‘ index has increased from 17 to 20 in the year 2010. Health Care Services: Sri Ramachandra University Hospital caters to preventive and tertiary care through OP/IP services. 750 beds are set apart for free services of this teaching hospital for eligible patients of low socio-economic status. Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre has all super speciality services including transplantation services besides several speciality related surgical services. It is identified as a Govt.of Tamilnadu approved centre to provide specialized surgical treatment for people below poverty line under the ‗Tamilnadu Government (Kalaignar) Insurance Scheme‘ for life saving surgeries. Genereal health check for all SRU employees above 40 years of age to commemorate the silver jubilee celebrations of SRMC & RI, Implementation of Sri Ramachandra Health Insurance Scheme (SRHIS) for both staff and students are some of the employee welfare schemes rendered in the year 2010. SRMC has been accredited by Joint Commission Internationale, USA for international quality health care. The SRMC blood bank has been accredited by the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) in April 2010, In view the above infrastructure/experts/quality strengths, SRMC has also become a major centre of Health Care for International patients. Out reach Activities: The department of the constitutent colleges are involved in conducting medical camps in rural areas, schools, Public health centres etc. Some of the major camps which took care for thousands of patients are those conducted at Rasipuram, Thiruvannamalai etc.,A total of 55 medical camps were conducted in the year 2010-11. Co-curricular & Extra-curricular activities: The staff across the colleges of SRU took active part in various sports events like cricket, tennikoit, throwball, tennis, table tennis, volley ball, carrom at national, state and regional level and won prizes. Silver Jubilee celebrations & Schemes: 2010 marked the 25 years of existence of the Medical college (Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute) and 15 years completion