UMA ARTS and NATHIBA COMMERCE MAHILA COLLEGE Managed by Sarva Vidyalaya Kelavani Mandal
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UMA ARTS AND NATHIBA COMMERCE MAHILA COLLEGE Managed by Sarva Vidyalaya Kelavani Mandal SECTOR 23, SARVA VIDYALAYA KELAVANI MANDAL CAMPUS, GANDHINAGAR – 382023, GUJARAT SELF-STUDY REPORT (SSR) THIRD CYCLE Submitted to National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) P.O. Box No. 1075, Nagarbhavi, Bangalore – 560072 2016 UMA ARTS AND NATHIBA COMMERCE MAHILA COLLEGE Managed by Sarva Vidyalaya Kelavani Mandal SECTOR 23, SARVA VIDYALAYA KELAVANI MANDAL CAMPUS, GANDHINAGAR – 382023, GUJARAT SELF-STUDY REPORT (SSR) THIRD CYCLE Submitted to National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) P.O. Box No. 1075, Nagarbhavi, Bangalore – 560072 2016 About Us SHRI CHHAGANBHA SHRI MANEKLAL M. PATEL (1863 to 1940) (1929 to 2012) “DO GOOD, GOOD WILL COME TO YOU” “EDUCATION IS TRUE SERVICE” Uma Arts and Nathiba Commerce Mahila College, Gandhinagar was established in 1991 by Sarva Vidyalaya Kelavani Mandal to provide facilities of higher education at UG and PG levels to the young women, in pursuit of academic excellence and to help them in the development of their intellectual, physical and moral faculties in safe surroundings with a view to making them committed citizens of our country. Although we are located in a purely urban area, we continue getting students from the rural area, from the poor economic background and cutting across all caste and religious denominations. We strive for equity toward all our students and strive to provide them the best education that they deserve and that they can afford. Sarva Vidyalaya Kelavani Mandal is a philanthropic organization which aims at promoting and spreading education and thereby enriching lives of people. In 1919, Pujya Chhaganbha, the founder, with singular motto of “DO GOOD, GOOD WILL COME TO YOU”, started the activities of the Management. Initiated with only four students in 1919, the Management today has numerous institutions, from engineering to management, nursing and pharmacy college and schools to cater to various student categories, viz, K.G. to P.G., even upto Ph.D. Today it caters to the need of education of almost 48929 students. The Management even has started a self-financed university – Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya at Gandhinagar and Kadi All the office bearers of the Management are the past students of Sarva Vidyalaya Kelavani Mandal. Many of the past students reside abroad. All of them donate generously and contribute by providing multi-dimensional support in the pious fire (yajna) lit by Pujya Chhaganbha of bringing social revolution through education. In 2012, our Management lost its brightest star, Shri Maneklal M. Patel, the first President of our Kadi Sarva Vidyalaya University and dynamic Chairman of Sarva Vidyalaya Kelavani Mandal, Kadi and Gandhinagar. His tireless efforts, unending zeal and aims of reaching higher peaks of achievement resulted into flourishing many institutions and inflow of donations. The entire academic world feels loss of his encouragement and guidance at this moment. Shri Vallabhbhai M. Patel is the present Chairman of our Sarva Vidyalaya Kelavani Mandal and the President of KSV University. Under his leadership since 2012, the campus of KSV University has been extended to Kadi and 6 new colleges have begun. The philanthropic tradition of Sarva Vidyalaya Kelavani Mandal has seen its utmost ~ i ~ height under his aegis by providing financial scholarships to the meritorious and needy students of over Rs. One crore every year named as “Shri Maneklal M. Patel Memorial Merit cum Means Scholarship”. Almost 800 students get advantage of this monitory support every year. This scholarship scheme is also beneficial to the students of our college, though our students have not to pay any tuition fees as per the rule of the Government of Gujarat. Shri Vallabhbhai M. Patel follows the strong tradition of the Management which has been to provide equal opportunities of education to women. Whether it is matter of empowerment of girls at Primary school level or at the Secondary and Higher Secondary school level, or at the college level, our Honorable Chairman Sir always pays equal meticulous attention to all the sections of girls’ education. In order to bring about the better empowerment of women, different hostels for school girls as well as for female learners studying in various Higher Education Institutions of the Trust have been established both at Kadi and Gandhinagar. Almost 3338 students avail of this facility in the girls hostels situated in our campuses at present. In order to impart various skills for entrepreneurship, the following vocational courses are being conducted in the girls’ hostel of our college: 1. Spoken English; 2. Fashion Designing; 3. Beauty Parlour / Mahendi Designing; 4. Cooking; and 5. Western Dance. “Sarva Netrutva Leadership Training Programme” is the flagship programme of the Management where meritorious students from all the colleges of the Management are selected. It trains students into leadership for social services and nationalism in the form of project work. This programme is held twice in a month for the entire year. As our country is on the thresh hold of change, Sri Vallabhbhai Patel strongly believes that we also have to think seriously about certain changes in Higher Education. The role and mode of higher education need to be redefined and re-evaluated. This is not an easy task. Scholars, academicians, administrators, thinkers, all need to brainstorm and evolve a system of education that not only produces best brains in the world but also sensible human beings responding to the call of humanity. The system that does not suffocate rather it provides an open sky to float freely. As such, he provides ample opportunities of research to faculties. The foundation amount of Rs. one crore is spared for the research segment of the Management. Scholars pursuing research take advantage of this fund. As India is gradually inching towards being a developed nation status, it is imperative for all the citizens to attain higher education. Not only that, we must be very careful towards the quality of what we teach, how we teach. Education should be in one way or the other, related to society and industry. Merely preaching theory without realizing practical implementation of it will not prove useful. There has to be a relation, a connection, a base between the two. Hence, the Management has started Centre for Entrepreneurship and Skill Development in this college as well as in other institutes run by the Management. R. N. Lalit Kala, Mamta I.A.S. Training Center, Creative Zone are there to prepare students for employment as well as self-employment. We, at the college, sincerely hope that in the times that is changing, the academicians will have to play a very crucial and catalyst role. We are sure that all of us shall provide the best within us and shall become partners in the progress of the nation. ~ ii ~ Preface It’s a matter of utmost pleasure for us to present this Self Study Report (SSR), Cycle III, of our institution, Uma Arts & Nathiba Commerce Mahila College, Gandhinagar, managed by Sarva Vidyalaya Kelavani Mandal, Kadi to National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore. Our college works with the vision “to attain social upliftment by empowering women through value-based education”. It has been accredited by NAAC with B++ grade in 2006 and with A grade in 2011. Post-accreditation reform processes have been significant to us due to the collaborative efforts of the leadership of the Management, well designed and implemented action plan of the IQAC and the team work of our faculties, administrative staff, students and alumni of our college. In all our endeavours, we have been attempting to fulfill the mission of NAAC which is “To make quality the defining element of higher education in India through a combination of self and external quality evaluation, promotion and sustenance initiatives”. As a result of constant efforts made by all of us to constantly scale greater and still greater heights, the college has been awarded with the status of College with Potential for Excellence, Phase I, by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, in 2011. The UGC expert committee has also recommended our college for the status of CPE Phase II (03 August 2016). The academic audit of our institution has been undertaken by the well known academic Indian Journal entitled, Career 360, The Education Hub (www. University.career360.com) very objectively and our college has been ranked at 6 th position in its list of top arts, commerce and science colleges in Gujarat in 2016. The college provides support to all the female students of the college who are generally from social and economic deprived classes by conducting regular curricular activities along with a host of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities in the college. With the active support of the UGC CPE grant and the matching share of the Management as well as the motivating policies of the Department of Higher Education, Gujarat state through Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat (KCG), the quality of education provided in our college has seen remarkable enhancement due to augmented infrastructure, faculty development programmes, students enrichment programmes and outreach activities conducted by the college as part of Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) in the villages situated in Gandhinagar district. We hope to continue the tradition and contribute something meaningful to the nation through the same quality initiatives and social service. Dr. Roopkaml Chavda Dr. Amrita Patel Dr. Pranav Joshipura IQAC Coordinator Principal Vice-Principal ~ iii ~ IQAC COMMITTEE Shri Vallabhabhai Patel (President) Chairman, Sarva Vidyalaya Kelavani Mandal and President, Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya, Kadi and Gandhinagar Dr. Amrita Paresh Patel (Chairperson) Principal, Uma Arts & Nathiba Commerce Mahila College, Gandhinagar Dr. Roopkamal Chavda (Coordinator) Members: Dr. Pranav Joshipura (Vice-Principal) Ms. Falguni Patel (Coordinator, NAAC Steering Committee) Ms. Payal Pandya (Associate Professor) Mr. Jeram Patel (Associate Professor) Dr.