Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) for the Academic Year 2017-18 the BHOPAL SCHOOL of SOCIAL SCIENCES Prepared by Internal Q
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Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) For the Academic Year 2017-18 THE BHOPAL SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (An Autonomous Institution Affiliated to Barkatullah University) Prepared by Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) Submitted to NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION COUNCIL An Autonomous Institution of the University Grants Commission P. O. Box. No. 1075, Opp: NLSIU, Nagarbhavi, Bangalore - 560 072 India Members of IQAC 1. Dr Fr John P J (Chairperson & Principal) 2. Dr Sr Lissy Jose SSpS (Vice-Principal) 3. Dr Sheeba Joseph (Co-ordinator) 4. Dr Smitha Pillai (Associate Professor, Commerce) 5. Ms Geetu Chaudhary (HoD, Economics) 6. Dr Supriya Mandloi (HoD, English) 7. Ms Sheena Thomas (HoD, Education) 8. Ms Ranjeet Kaur (HoD, Humanities) 9. Dr Binoy Arickal (HoD, Commerce) 10. Dr Lila Simon (HoD, Management) 11. Mr Zeeshan A Siddiqui (HoD, Computer Application) 12. Dr Arti Mudaliar (Assistant Professor, Commerce) 13. Mr Rutwik J. Gandhe (Assistant Professor, Social Work) 14. Mr N T Abraham (Office Staff) 15. Mr Varghese Jacob (Associate Director, PMO- World Vision India) 16. Dr Mohammad Haneef Mevati (Associate Faculty, Entrepreneurship Institute of India, Bhopal) 17. Dr Susheel Kumar Prasad (Parent Representative) 18. Mr Naveen Shukla ( SynQues Consultancy Alumni Representative) 19. Mr Aruneshwar Singh Deo (Industrialist) 20. Mr Vinish Shaji (Students Representative) 21. Ms Shruti Panjwani 2 Contents Page No Criterion – I: Curricular Aspects 14-15 Criterion – II: Teaching, Learning and Evaluation 16-20 Criterion – III: Research, Consultancy and Extension 21-30 Criterion – IV: Infrastructure and Learning Resources 32-33 Criterion – V: Student Support and Progression 34-39 Criterion – VI: Governance, Leadership and Management 40-52 Criterion – VII: Innovations and Best Practices 53-56 Annexures Annexure I Brief Report of Conferences Organized by the institution Annexure II Report of NSS and NCC Annexure III Best Practices Annexure IV Stakeholders Feedback 3 The Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of the IQAC 2017-18 Part – A 1. Details of the Institution 1.1. Name of the Institution THE BHOPAL SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES 1.2. Address Line-1 HABIBGANJ P .O. Address Line-2 OPPOSITE DRM OFFICE City/Town BHOPAL State MADHYA PRADESH Pin Code 462024 Institution e-mail address [email protected] Contact Nos. 0755 2457283 Name of the Head of the Institution Dr Fr John P J Tel. No. with STD Code 0755 2457283 Mobile +919425300756 4 Name of the IQAC Coordinator Dr Sheeba Joseph Mobile +919893688324 IQAC e-mail address [email protected] 1.3. NAAC Track ID (For ex. MHCOGN18879) 14034 1.4. NAAC Executive Committee No. & EC(SC)/24/A &A/23.3 Date 1.5. Website Address www.bsssbhopal.edu.in Web-link of the AQAR http://www.bsssbhopal.edu.in/info/show/279 1.6. Accreditation Details Year of Validity Sl. No. Cycle Grade CGPA Accreditation Period 1 1st Cycle A - 2006 5 2 2nd Cycle A 3.01 2012 5 3 3rd Cycle A 3.27 2017 5 1.7. Date of Establishment of IQAC 28/8/2007 1.8. AQAR for the year 2017-18 5 1.9. Details of the previous year’s AQAR submitted to NAAC after the latest Assessment and Accreditation by NAAC (for example AQAR 2010-11 submitted to NAAC on12-10-2011) AQAR 2016-17 03/10/2017 AQAR 2015-16 22/08/2016 AQAR 2014-15 11/08/2015 AQAR 2013-14 25/09/2014 AQAR 2012-13 19/09/2013 1.10. Institutional Status University State Central Deemed Private √ Affiliated College Yes √ No Constituent College Yes No √ Autonomous college of UGC Yes √ No Regulatory agency approved institution: Yes No √ (eg. AICTE, BCI, MCI, PCI,NCI) Type of Institution Co-education √ Men Women Urban √ Rural Tribal Financial Status Grant-in-aid √ UGC-2F √ UGC-12B √ Grant-in-aid + Self Financing √ Totally Self-financing 6 1.11. Type of Faculty/Programme Arts √ Science √ Commerce √ Law X PEI (Phy Edu) X TEI (Edu) X Engineering X Health Science X Management √ Computer Applications √ Others (Specify)……………….. 1.12. Name of the Affiliating University Barkatullah University Bhopal 1.13. Special status conferred by Central/ State Government- UGC/CSIR/DST/DBT/ICMR etc. Autonomy by State/Central Govt. / University √ University with Potential for Excellence X UGC-CPE X DST Star Scheme X UGC-CE X UGC Special Assistance Programme √ DST-FIST X UGC Innovative PG Programmes X UGC-COP Programmes X Any Other (Specify)……….. 7 2. IQAC Composition and Activities 2.1. No. of Teachers 11 2.2. No. of Administrative/Technical staff 01 2.3. No. of students 02 2.4. No. of Management representatives 02 2.5. No. of Alumni 01 2.6. No. of any other stakeholder and 01 community representatives 2.7. No. of Employers/Industrialists 02 01 2.8. No. of other External Experts 2.9. Total No. of members 21 2.10. No. of IQAC meetings held 04 2.11. No. of meetings with various stakeholders Faculty 20 Non-Teaching 02 Alumni Nil Students Nil 8 2.12. Has IQAC received any funding from UGC during the year? [NO] If Yes, mention the Amount 2.13. Seminars and Conferences (only quality related) (i) No. of Seminars/Conferences/ Workshops/Symposia organized by IQAC Total Nos. International National State Institutional Level 01 X 01 X X (ii) Significant activities and contributions made by IQAC (1) Organized NAAC sponsored National Seminar on Role of IQAC in enhancing the Quality of Education in Higher Education Institutes on 19 and 20 January 2018 (2) IQAC published the outcome of National Seminar in the form of an edited book (3) Developed a Model for the effective functioning of the college- Planning, Implementation, Mentoring and Monitoring and Evaluation (PIM&ME). (4) Organized input session for the class counsellors to acquaint them with the process of mentoring in Higher Education by Dr Jagtar Kaur Chawla (5) Organized an input session on Role and Functions of IQAC in HEIs by Dr Shashi Rai (Ex-UGC member) 9 (6) Conducted Internal Academic Audit in the month of March 2018 (7) Conducted External Academic and Administrative Audit of the institution by a team of three members and report was sent to UGC and is uploaded on the website. (8) Separate Audit was conducted for IQAC by the team and the report is uploaded on the website and sent to UGC. (9) The following are the specific measures that have been taken by the College to improve teaching, learning and evaluation: Started Science stream, introduced more interdisciplinary Certificate Courses. Added more titles in library books, journals, periodicals and E-resources. Initiated for more MOUs with Industries for research and academic collaboration. Promoting teachers to attend workshops, Seminars and Conferences in the areas of innovative learning aspects. (10) Organized need Assessment of Faculty members and on the basis the analysis four days capacity Building Training (CBT) programme was organized in the month of May 2018. (11) Organized Quality week for students whereby tried to create awareness on the functions of IQAC through video, Quiz, debate and Essay competition were organized. (12) Three days soft skill training programme was organized by IQAC and Institute of well-being Dhaka for the students. Ms. Debra Efforymson (Executive Director, IWB) was the resource person. (13) Introduced Knowledge Sharing Session (KSS). The teachers who attended seminars and workshop shared their learning experiences through KSS. (14) Developed various formats to enhance the documentation part of various committees. For Eg: QAPP (Quality Assurance Planning Proforma), Fact Sheets, Quality assurance Mentoring & Monitoring Proforma (QAM&MP). 10 (15) As a step towards professional development, IQAC promoted the participation of teachers in seminars and workshops and 13 teachers received financial assistance for participating in seminars and workshops. 2.14. 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 Action Achievements/Outcomes Class Counsellors Training Class Counsellors plays the role of mentors as Programme- Class Counsellors well. Every day from 9:45 to 9:55 am, the Role in enhancing the class Counsellors address them with performance of Students important information. Student- Friendly environment is created for conducive learning experience. Orientation on IQAC An orientation programme was conducted for all the teaching staff on IQAC and its functions by Prof. Shashi Rai Ex UGC member. Need Analysis for FDP for FDP was organized in the month of May as Commerce and Management/ per the needs shared by the faculty members. Computers/Humanities The HoDs were directed to conduct FDPs in the departmental level Feedback of Admission FRC in co-ordination with IQAC conducted Process, General Orientation feedback session and necessary actions were and Departmental Orientation taken for improvement. in coordination with Feedback Eg: Converted all the manual questionnaire Review Committee into e- form Orientation to various IQAC oriented all the functional committees committees regarding their on Planning, Implementation, Mentoring, function Monitoring and Evaluation IQAC Meeting The first meeting for the academic year 2017- 18 was conducted on 11 September, 2017 in the college premises. http://www.bsssbhopal.edu.in/uploads/IQA C%20Minutes/minutes_of_iqac_meeting_11.0 9.2017.pdf 11 Session on GST for teaching The IQAC facilitated a session on GST in co- staff ordination with the Department of Commerce Orientation on effective CCE The IQAC in co-ordination with the LMS Methods committee oriented the teachers on various evaluation methods. Orientation on IQAC for the The IQAC screened a video on the functions students and the role of students in IQAC for the entire students. Quality Week A quality week was observed where various competitions like quiz, debate and essay writing on Higher Education must or a Façade, Status of Higher Education in India respectively.