Self Study Report of DNYANVARDHINI TRUST's SONUBHAU BASWANT COLLEGE of ARTS and COMMERCE, SHAHAPUR
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Self Study Report of DNYANVARDHINI TRUST'S SONUBHAU BASWANT COLLEGE OF ARTS AND COMMERCE, SHAHAPUR SELF STUDY REPORT FOR 3rd CYCLE OF ACCREDITATION DNYANVARDHINI TRUST'S SONUBHAU BASWANT COLLEGE OF ARTS AND COMMERCE, SHAHAPUR NAGINBHAI VASA MARG, SAVROLI ROAD, SHAHAPUR, DIST-THANE 421601 https://www.sbcshahapur.ac.in Submitted To NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION COUNCIL BANGALORE February 2020 Page 1/104 19-02-2021 12:06:42 Self Study Report of DNYANVARDHINI TRUST'S SONUBHAU BASWANT COLLEGE OF ARTS AND COMMERCE, SHAHAPUR 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.1 INTRODUCTION "???? ?? ???????????" Tamso Ma Jyotirgamaya (From darkness, lead me to light) Our college is located in rural, hilly and tribal belt of Thane District of Maharashtra. Shahapur is a census town and is the largest taluka in Thane district, that is surrounded by Western Ghats of Sahyadri. It is located at lattitude 19.4554720 N and longitude 73.33125390 E. It has an average elevation of 46 metres. Dnyanvardhini Trust was founded in the year 1984 to fill in the vacuum in the field of education in Shahapur Taluka. There was no degree college in the hilly, rural and tribal belt extending from Igatpuri to Bhiwandi and Kalyan. Some socially awakened people from this taluka came together under the leadership of Late Sonubhau Baswant and Late Naginbhai Vasa together with Vyapari Mandal, Shahapur and ultimately Dnyanvardhini Trust was founded. Late V.C. Godbole, generously donated the land of 6.5 acres and the college was actually established. In the beginning, this college was housed in G.V. Khade Vidyalaya, Shahapur. The college is now situated in a calm and quiet campus best suited for the purpose of education. The college is surrounded by greenery from all the sides. Permanently affiliated to the University of Mumbai, there are various boards of studies for various courses and disciplines at the University level. The committees and sub-committees are appointed to frame syllabi of the various classes. B. Com. in Accounting and Finance is introduced in 2016-17. All the professional and PG courses have CBCS pattern of exam. At P.G level, there are four semesters with external and Internal pattern of 60:40. Faculties appointed are fully qualified and meet the qualification criteria prescribed by the UGC, the University of Mumbai and the Govt of Maharashtra. The college is permanently affiliated to Mumbai University. The college has obtained UGC Recognition i.e. 2(f) and 12-B status. College has rich library with 47000 Text and reference books. There is a separate section for the competition Exam books. Besides Text and Reference books we have Audio and Video CDs, journals and news papers, maps, online e-journals and periodicals. Vision To make our college an ideal platform for providing higher education, thereby retaining its leading position in Shahapur Taluka and aspire to reach for the leading position in the field of higher education in Thane district of Maharashtra over a period of time. Page 2/104 19-02-2021 12:06:45 Self Study Report of DNYANVARDHINI TRUST'S SONUBHAU BASWANT COLLEGE OF ARTS AND COMMERCE, SHAHAPUR Mission To make all out efforts for providing quantitative, qualitative and holistic, general, technical and informal higher education to our students so as to make them job-worthy, socially sensitive, complete individuals and good citizens of this country. 1.2 Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Challenges(SWOC) Institutional Strength The college has highly qualified, experienced and devoted staff with academic experience Introduction of professional courses which have high potentiality for job The students are made socially responsible through NSS and NCC Value based rational education to students to make them responsible citizens of India Deputation of teachers to attend national and international workshops, seminars and conference and to present and publish their research papers. Research Centre in Hindi Classrooms well-equipped with ICT tools to enrich the pedagogic experience Deputation of teachers to attend faculty development programmes Admission at Rupee One to needy socio-economically deserving students Online admission system Enriched library with reference and text books, national international and e-journals Green and pollution free campus Gender-wise girls outnumber boys Mentor-Mentee system for the student betterment exists Safety and security Maintenance of proper Recruitment Roster Separate section of books on Competition examination in the central library Mentoring about exercise, good health and hygiene Our results are higher than university results Participative Management Well-equipped Laboratories Well-furnished infrastructure and well-disciplined learning environment Gymkhana with indoor game facility Spacious playground for outdoor games Plethora of research work with more than 200 publications in National and International research journals Institutional Weakness No student representation at state or national level in sports because The University of Mumbai does not provide full-time Physical Director. No adequate transport facility is available for our students who come from remote villages Constrains on fund-raising as our college is located in tribal belt. No research Centres in other subjects Page 3/104 19-02-2021 12:06:50 Self Study Report of DNYANVARDHINI TRUST'S SONUBHAU BASWANT COLLEGE OF ARTS AND COMMERCE, SHAHAPUR No consultancy services for students No MoUs with domestic companies Placement facility doesn’t cover all outgoing students Industry-Institute interaction needs to be improved Institutional Opportunity To create placement services by establishing linkages with industries It is possible to provide consultancy services to our students Research centres in other subjects may be introduced Soft skill programmes may be provided to a large number of students Additional career oriented courses may be started to equip students with employability skills Gender sensitization workshops on state and national level may be organized to outreach the society Students may be directed to more dynamic placement and entrepreneurship development Skill development and add on courses may be initiated To motivate faculty to apply for research grants from various agencies Institutional Challenge Emergence of new colleges in the area affects our student strength Campus drive for the placement to be strengthened To meet the growing demands of stakeholders To get research grants from the University of Mumbai and government and semi-government agencies Continuous up-gradation of ICT tools of education 1.3 CRITERIA WISE SUMMARY Curricular Aspects Our college has been permanently affiliated to the University of Mumbai. In University every department has a board of study. The chairman of BOS appoints various committees and sub-committees to frame the syllabus of the various classes. The college does not have any choice in it. The college implements the designed syllabus in the college. Generally, the syllabus is changed after every three or five years. The syllabus may contain some internal options. Some of our Associate professors participate in framing and designing the syllabus. They attend the meetings of syllabus committee and offer their valuable guidance. Most of our professors are appointed as paper-setters, examiners, moderators and revaluates. The University of Mumbai has introduced online assessment of question-papers of all subjects. Most of our professors participate in the online assessment drive of the University. Our college has a CAP centre. Our professors as well as professors from the neighbouring colleges also participate in the online Assessment drive. The professors who are appointed as Paper-setters attend the meetings and set various question-papers for various subjects in the university. They are also invited to the control-room to entertain the queries if any in the concerned question-paper. Our professors in the beginning of the term prepare the teaching plans of the concerned course and Page 4/104 19-02-2021 12:06:53 Self Study Report of DNYANVARDHINI TRUST'S SONUBHAU BASWANT COLLEGE OF ARTS AND COMMERCE, SHAHAPUR strictly follow it. They see to it that the syllabus is duly finished. They also discuss the question-paper pattern. They prepare the question bank in the concerned subject and give it to the students for the further self study. CBCS: In the last two years we have introduced B.Com with account and finance. University of Mumbai has introduced CBSGS system for all the class (UG and PG). At M.A. Part II Elective courses system is introduced. In the Semester III there are five papers with internal options. In Semester V there are only three papers. They are based on ability enhancement. Under project based paper the students have to submit a dissertation on some aspect in the text. Teaching-learning and Evaluation Our college is situated in rural, hilly and tribal belt of Thane district of Maharashtra. According to the recommendations made by the Peer Team that visited our college for reaccreditation purpose, our teachers have been provided with laptops with the intention of ICT based teaching-learning. We have also installed LCD projectors in every class. The Teachers make good use of it and teach the students with various slides, pictures, CDs etc. which make teaching learning process more colourful and enjoyable. All the teachers are highly qualified according to the UGC norms. There is no backlog. Every year “Know your College” programme is conducted to give information about the various departments and activities run by the college. They are encouraged to participate in various sports, cultural, social, academic, curricular, co-curricular and extra- curricular and extensive activities. Students are deputed to participate in inter-collegiate as well as at the University level events. The expenditure is borne by the college. Every year we celebrate “Sports Week and Cultural Week” for the students. They participate in these activities and show a variety of skills in them. That gives them enjoyment and helps for their all-round personality development. It also offers them an opportunity to show their leadership skills.