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Kuriakose Elias College, Mannanam, Kerala. Page 1 The Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of the IQAC All NAAC accredited institutions submit an annual self-reviewed progress report to NAAC, through its IQAC. The report is to detail the tangible results achieved in key areas, specifically identified by the institutional IQAC at the beginning of the academic year. The AQAR will detail the results of the perspective plan worked out by the IQAC. (Note: The AQAR period would be the Academic Year. For example, June 1, 2015 to may 31, 2016) Part – A AQAR for the year 2017 - 2018 1. Details of the Institution 1.1 Name of the Institution KURIAKOSE ELIAS COLLEGE 1.2 Address Line 1 MANNANAM KOTTAYAM District Address Line 2 KOTTAYAM City/Town KERALA State Pin Code 686561 [email protected] Institution e-mail address Contact Nos. 0481-2597374 Kuriakose Elias College, Mannanam, Kerala. Page 2 Name of the Head of the Dr. Antony Thomas Institution: Tel. No. with STD Code: 0481-2597074 Mobile: 91-9447212892 Dr. Mathews T Thelly Name of the IQAC Co-ordinator: Mobile: 98952005821 [email protected], [email protected] IQAC e-mail address: 1.3 NAAC Track ID(For ex. MHCOGN 18879) OR 1.4 NAAC Executive Committee No. & Date: EC/63/RAR/39/23-03-2013 (For Example EC/32/A&A/143 dated 3-5-2004. This EC no. is available in the right corner- bottom of your institution’s Accreditation Certificate) 1.5 Website address: www.kecollege.ac.in Web-link of the AQAR: http://kecollege. ac.in/iqac/ For ex. http://www.ladykeanecollege.edu.in/AQAR2012-13.doc 1.6 Accreditation Details Year of Validity Sl. No. Cycle Grade CGPA Accreditation Period 1 1st Cycle 4 Star 2000 5 Years 2 2nd Cycle A 3.10 2013 5 Years Kuriakose Elias College, Mannanam, Kerala. Page 3 03/06/2013 1.7 Date of Establishment of IQAC: DD/MM/YYYY 1.8 Details of the previous year’s AQAR submitted to NAAC after the latest Assessment and Accreditation by NAAC ((for example AQAR 2010-11submitted to NAAC on 12-10-2011) AQAR 2013-2014 submitted to NAAC on 30-03-2015 AQAR 2014-2015 submitted to NAAC on 31-03-2016 AQAR 2015-2016 submitted to NAAC on 30-03-2017 AQAR 2016-2017 submitted to NAAC on 07-05-2018 1.9 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 2(f) √ UGC 12B √ Grant-in-aid + Self Financing √ Totally Self-financing 1.10 Type of Faculty/Programme Arts √ Science √ Commerce √ Law PEI (PhysEdu) TEI (Edu) Engineering Health Science Management Others (Specify) B.Voc Kuriakose Elias College, Mannanam, Kerala. Page 4 MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY, 1.11 Name of the Affiliating University (for the Colleges) KOTTAYAM 1.12 Special status conferred by Central/ State Government-- UGC/CSIR/DST/DBT/ICMR etc Autonomy by State/Central Govt. / University NA NA University with Potential for Excellence NA UGC-CPE DST Star Scheme NA UGC-CE NA UGC-Special Assistance Programme NA DST-FIST √ UGC-Innovative PG programmes NA Any other (Specify) NA UGC-COP Programmes NA 2. IQAC Composition and Activities 2.1 No. of Teachers 11 2.2 No. of Administrative/Technical staff 2 2.3 No. of students 2.4 No. of Management representatives 01 2.5 No. of Alumni 01 2.6 No. of any other stakeholder and community representatives 2.7 No. of Employers/ Industrialists 2.8 No. of other External Experts 01 2.9 Total No. of members 14 2.10 No. of IQAC meetings held 05 Kuriakose Elias College, Mannanam, Kerala. Page 5 2.11 No. of meetings with various stakeholders: 1 Faculty 05 Non-Teaching Staff 1 Alumni 1 Others 2.12 Has IQAC received any funding from UGC during the year? Yes No √ NIL If yes, mention the amount 2.13Seminars and Conferences (only quality related) (i) No. of Seminars/Conferences/ Workshops/Symposia organized by the IQAC Total Nos. 7 International National State Institution Level 7 (ii) Themes 2.14 Significant Activities and contributions made by IQAC IQAC ensures that the facilities are conducive to impart optimum teaching learning activities in the college. Measures are taken to ensure that supplementary methods like weekly tests, mentoring, remedial coaching are planned and executed in each Department. In adherence to the norms stipulated by the university, the IQAC monitors the conduct of the internal exams and the learning activities which constitute the internal marks. Transparency is maintained in each stages of the calculation of internal marks and grievances are redressed, if any, While administering the academic activities in the college, IQAC pays optimum attention to the grievances, if any, raised by the students pertinent to the conduct of internal exams Provisions were made in the college website for uploading the internal marks of students. Students, parents and teachers are given passwords to log in to the college website to view the internal marks of the students. Teachers are encouraged to incorporate ICT methods in their teaching It was ensured that each Department has conducted at least two seminars on their field of study and also for providing career guidance. Internal examinations are conducted with a uniform time table for the all the semester wise UG and PG programmes. 2.15 Plan of Action by IQAC/Outcome Kuriakose Elias College, Mannanam, Kerala. Page 6 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 Give impetus to campus placement In collaboration with the placement cell, IQAC organized To submit the SSR for the NAAC Re- campus placements accreditation IQAC formed seven committees To visit each Department with the core to prepare a report of seven committee to evaluate the extent of criteria preparation by the Departments. The core committee monitored To initiate student mentoring the Departmental function, To conduct environmental audit and verified the fields, watched gender audit power point presentations and To conduct semester wise academic audit provided suggestions for To collect Students’ evaluation by teachers improvement To enter into MOUs with prestigious Collected, analysed and institutions and Firms provided feedback on the To conduct orientation programmes for performance appraisal received teaching and non-teaching staff Conducted academic and To increase the number of extension gender audits activities by Departments, Clubs, Conducted semester wise Associations and Library academic audit Conducted students’ evaluation with teachers Entered into various MOUs with organizations Conducted orientation programmes for teaching and non-teaching staff Various clubs, associations and library centred Extension activities Kuriakose Elias College, Mannanam, Kerala. Page 7 2.15 Whether the AQAR was placed in statutory body Yes √ No Management Syndicate Any other body College Council Provide the details of the action taken The college council held on 01/11/2018 discussed the AQAR in detail. The coordinator of IQAC Dr. Mathews T Thelly presented the report. Many suggestions, additions and deletions were put forward by the council members and all the suggestions were incorporated in the final report. Part – B Criterion – I 1. Curricular Aspects 1.1 Details about Academic Programmes Number of Number of value Number of Number of Level of the programmes added / Career existing self-financing Programme added during the Oriented Programmes programmes year programmes Ph.D 03 PG 11 05 UG 17 07 PG Diploma Advanced Diploma Diploma Certificate 10 Others Total 41 12 1.2 (i) Flexibility of the Curriculum: CBCS/Core/Elective option / Open options (ii) Pattern of programmes: Pattern Number of programmes Semester All programmes (both UG and PG) are semester wise Trimester Annual 1.3 Feedback from stakeholders* Alumni √ Parents √ Employers Students √ (On all aspects) Kuriakose Elias College, Mannanam, Kerala. Page 8 Mode of feedback : Online Manual √ *Please provide an analysis of the feedback in the Annexure Annexure I Analysis of Feedback 1.4 Whether there is any revision/update of regulation or syllabi, if yes, mention their salient aspects. As per the university instructions syllabus of UG programmes has been changed in the academic year 2017- 18. 1.5 Any new Department/Centre introduced during the year. If yes, give details. NIL Criterion – II 2. Teaching, Learning and Evaluation Total Asst. Associate Professors Others 2.1 Total No. of Professors Professors permanent faculty 56 46 10 - - 2.2 No. of permanent faculty with Ph.D. 25 2.3 No. of Faculty Positions Asst. Associate Professors Others Total Recruited (R) and Vacant (V) Professors Professors during the year R V R V R V R V R V 2.4 No. of Guest and Visiting faculty and Temporary faculty 81 7 2.5 Faculty participation in conferences and symposia: International No. of Faculty National level State level level Attended 31 51 31 Seminars/Presented 17 12 02 WorkshopspapersResource 01 03 03 Persons *Annexure II- Faculty attended conferences and symposia *Annexure III– Faculty Presented Papers * Annexure IV – Faculty as Resource Persons Kuriakose Elias College, Mannanam, Kerala. Page 9 2.6 Innovative processes adopted by the institution in Teaching and Learning: Innovation in teaching and learning means we leave the production line model of education in the industrial age behind us for goods. So that we prepare our students for a successful life in a fast changing inter-connected, rapidly advancing technological world. Department of Zoology aims at the all-round development of the students. To impart proper learning experience, the Department adopts several practices.