SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY (Established Under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956)
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SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY (Established under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956) INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORT FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2011 SUBMITTED TO NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION COUNCIL, BANGALORE JUNE 2012 1 SECTION CONTENTS PAGE NO. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 03 PROFILE OF THE UNIVERSITY 05 A PLAN OF ACTION CHALKED OUT BY THE IQAC 07 B DETAILS OF THE REPORT 08 C OUTCOMES ACHIEVED 82 D PLANS FOR THE NEXT YEAR ( 2010 – 2011) 85 Annexure – I Certificate of Recognitions 87 2 PROFILE OF THE UNIVERSITY 1. Name and address of the University: SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY No.1, Ramachandra Nagar, Porur, Chennai - 600 116. Tamilnadu. 2. For communication : Office Area/ Tel. Mobile Fax Name STD E-mail ID Number Number Number(s) code Vice-Chancellor 044 24768431 9840999811 24767008 vcsrmc@ hotmail.com Pro-Vice- - - - - - Chancellor (s): Registrar: 044 24768423 9840999814 24765995 [email protected] Steering Committee 044 22660450 9444474076 - [email protected] Co-ordinator: Residence: Area / STD Tel. Name Fax Number(s) Code Number(s) Vice-Chancellor 044 26210915 24767008 Pro-Vice-Chancellor - - - Registrar (0) 9840999814 - Steering Committee 044 22660450 - Co-ordinator 3. Status of the University: State University Central University University under Section 3 of UGC Private University Institution of National Importance Any other (specify) 4. Type of University: Unitary 3 Affiliating 5. Date of establishment of the University : Date, Month & Year 29.09.1994 i. Original (Prior to Establishment : 11-09-1985 - 1987 as a University) (University of Madras) 1988-1994 (Affiliated to The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University) ii. As a University : 29-09-1994 (Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Deemed University) 13-09-2006 (Sri Ramachandra University) 6. Date of UGC recognition as University: Date, Month & Year Remarks Under Section (dd-mm-yyyy) (If any) i. 2f ---- ---- ii. 12 (B) ---- ---- iii. 3 of UGC Act 29-09-1994 13.09.2006 (Deemed University) (Sri Ramachandra University) iv. Any other (specify) ---- ---- *Certificate of recognition enclosed as Annexure-1 1. Declared as Deemed University 2. AABB Accreditation 5. Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) 4 SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY-INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE CELL (SRU-IQAC) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF ANNUAL QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORT, 2011 Executive summary of IQAC – 2011 - Plan of action – introduction - Curriculum innovation The year saw the introduction of the student attitudinal domain assessment (to assess soft skills like communicator and personal growth) for the first year MBBS students. We also introduced the common internal assessment in Medicine, Surgery and Paediatrics in the medical college. Clinical skills for medicine, surgery and allied subjects was introduced. A formative assessment was introduced for medical postgraduates. The integrated curriculum was introduced in the dental faculty. The faculty of physiotherapy included environmental science in the second semester. The faculty of pharmacy started problem based learning in Pharm D and also GPAT training. There was a change in the curriculum such that the 2nd year involved only project work. Mentoring was introduced in the faculty of Nursing. Faculty Development Program & Professional upgradation Over 7 Faculty Development Program workshops were conducted on Medical Education Technologies. Several eminent educationists like Prof. C. Banadarnayake, Former Academic Director, School of Medical Education, University of New South Wales, Australia participated. A workshop on problem based learning was conducted by the faculty of dental sciences and Dr. Lakshman Samarnayake and Prof. Leung Wai Keung (Flong Kong University) participated. The faculty of pharmacy conducted over 22 FDPs in the year. A total of 58 CME, 70 workshops and 15 conferences were conducted by the Sri Ramachandra University. A total of 52 teaching faculty and 472 non teaching faculty were promoted and 45 faculty and staff had their probation declared in 2011-12. A total of 109 faculty were newly recruited in the year 2011-12. Systemized feed back from stake holders: A standardized feed back questionnaire was used to get the feed back from students on a wide range of copies like faculty, their accessibility, mentoring and this feed back was analysed and summarized. The overall response was that faculty were good and only about 9% were rated as poor overall (see pg- Feedback from employees was obtained during the campus interviews and from alumni). Parents also gave their feedback during the parent teacher meetings. In the area of health call, the department of patient & guest relations collected feed back and the same was analysed & studied. Honors / Awards to faculty Two faculty received international prizes & awards. 11 faculty we donored with national awards while over 18 faculty received state level recognition. Some worth mentioning include Dr. Kalpana Balakrishnan who was appointed by the WHO, Geneva as a member on the task force for Indoor Air Quality guidelines. Dr. S. Thanikahalam, Dr. J.S.N. Murthy who well honoured in life time achievement award, Dr. Arumugam & Dr. Muralidharan. 5 Development programme for non teaching staff The university and the hospital have computerized LAIV linked services for smooth every day functioning. 2400 non teaching and technical staff were trained in IT skills and other development programmes included Basic Life Support (420 employees) ACLS & BLS (459 employees) Accreditation training (6000), IVCS (17) soft skill training (495) etc. Financial Aid to students and faculty Faculty were supported under the GATE scheme to with starter grants and were reimbursed their travel costs for international & national conferences. Faculty were also reimbursed their publication costs and the annual costs was over Rs.41 lakhs. The Chancellor summer research grant encouraged 27 undergraduate students to pursue research & post graduate students are offered subsidy on the costs incurred during their thesis or dissertation. The DBT, ICMR, DST & DPRP support projects to a line of Rs.1207.70 lakhs. The library was upgraded and Research projects & publication analysis! Health care services & infrastructure A total of 543.47 was spent in upgrading infrastructure faculties, Rs.6096.20 lakhs in structure construction and Rs.1550.24 lakhs towards the library. Biometric system was used for student attendance in various areas of the university and digital radiography was commissioned in medical services. The medical centre treated over 300 international patients and SRMC was rated among the top multispecialty hospital. Bari alive surgery & stemcell transplant were successfully done at the Outreach activities The various departments of the SRU were involved in conducting over 85 medical camps in rural areas, schools and at Rasipuram. The depts. Of ophthalmology / OBG / SLHS/GM/Ortho/Radiology/Neuro surgery /TB & Chest dept. of Paediatric Medicine/CM/Clinical Nutrition and dental sciences/Pharmacy/Physiotherapy & Nursing actively participate. Co curricular activities & alumni support The alumni supported the SRU by CME, guest lectures & Workshop. They also donated learning & resource naturals to the various colleges. The SRU won several intercollegiate & state level prizes in cricket, basket ball, badminton & athletics. They also won prizes in track & field events, tennis, carom & volleyball. These sportspersons were encouraged by recognition in the college newsletter. 6 Name of the Institution : Sri Ramachandra University Year of Report : 2011 Section A: Plan of action chalked out by the IQAC in the beginning of the year towards quality enhancement. Introduction: The IQAC of SRU is proud to present the report for the year 2011. While the comprehensive text is included herewith. We take delight in our expansion of infrastructure in the form of state of art lecture theatres, operating suites and quarters for students and faculty. Then well over 150 seminars & workshops conducted and over 383 publications. Over amount was the amount allocated to SRU from external funding agencies for our research projects. Several new projects were started and all completion. 1. Application of principles of integrated curriculum in other faculties – at present existing in faculty of Medicine & Dental Sciences. 2. New educational super specialty programmes in faculty of Medicine – D.M. critical care, Mch – Reproductive Medicine. 3. A certificate course on ‗Good Clinical Practices‘ made mandatory for all investigators and post graduates pursuing clinical research. 4. Proposal to constitute a PG ethics committee, to look into ethical issues in postgraduate dissertation. 5. Expansion of the inpatient faculties in ‗G‘ block and creation of state of art operating theatres, with special multi head microscopes, timer fitted wash stations and inbuilt control consoles. 6. The MEU of the SRMC is expanding its services and will serve as a nodal centre for ‗Medical Education technologies‘. 7. The IQAC will work towards quality in all aspects of education, health care and research. 8. Plan to get the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Health care providers to accredit the Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre. 9. There is a plan to introduce the academic performance indicators for faculty as per UGC regulations. 10. In a attempt for continuous infusion of new ideas rotation of headship to be introduced in the medical and dental college. 7 Section B 1. Activities reflecting the goals and objectives of the institution. The vision of this institution is to