Self-Study Report – Third Cycle - 2015 Devrukh Shikshan Prasarak Mandal's Nya. Tatyasaheb Athalye Arts, Ved. S.R. Sapre Commerce and Vid. Dadasaheb Pitre Science College, Devrukh, Dist – Ratangiri (Maharashtra) - 415 804 Vision: To provide higher education and job based skills to the youth of Sangmeshwar tehsil at minimal cost. Mission: Imparting higher education and inculcating sense of civic responsibilities with the aim of community development. Objectives: To facilitate Higher Education irrespective of caste, creed, race and religion. To improve and develop personality of the students by imparting education and skills with special emphasis on socially, economically, educationally disadvantaged and downtrodden students. To inculcate civic responsibilities among the students through the organization of various activities. To create awareness among public about higher education by arranging lectures, publishing annual magazine, organizing camps, etc. NAAC Re-Accreditation - Third Cycle 2010 -- 2015 Steering Committee 1. Principal Dr. Narendra P. Tendolkar : Chair Person 2. Mr. Arvind M. Kulkarni : Steering Committee Coordinator 3. Dr. Sardar A. Patil : Member 4. Dr. Meera R. Kale : Member 5. Dr. Pratap V. Naikwade : Member 6. Mr. Uday B. Bhatye : Member 7. Mr. Vivek S. Bhopatkar : Office Superintendent Athalye-Sapre-Pitre college, Devrukh, Maharashtra–415804 Self-Study Report – Third Cycle - 2015 Preface It is indeed a great pleasure to submit the Reaccreditation and Assessment Report (RAR) for the 3rd cycle. It was impossible to present this report, replete with developmental measures and activities undertaken during the period of 3rd accreditation, without the commendable and active support and trust of our parent institution in all our decisions and actions. Hence we seize this opportunity to write about our parent institution. The parent institution, Devrukh Shikshan Prasarak Mandal (DSPM) was established in the year 1927 with the opening of New English School Devrukh, to facilitate the secondary education in this remote and rural area. Subsequently, the Management realized the need to provide education at higher secondary and graduation level in the streams of Arts, Commerce and Science. Nyayadhish Tatyasaheb Athalye Arts, Vedmurti S. R. Sapre Commerce, and Vidhidnya Dadasaheb Pitre Science College, Devrukh is one of the premier colleges in Ratnagiri district. Since inception, it has been working with a vision of providing quality higher education to rural students, empowering them to cope-up with the competitive world. The college has been consistently endeavouring to upgrade the talent of economically and socially under privileged rural students by motivating them to develop competence. College was accredited in January, 2004 with B+ grade and Re-accredited with B (CGPA 2.82) grade in March, 2010 by NAAC, Bangalore. The college is recipient of Mumbai University Best College Award in the year 2011. The Government of Maharashtra has recognized the college for its noteworthy contribution towards gender sensitization and women empowerment, consecutively for two years with the prize ‘Jagar Jaanivancha’ with a cash prize of Rs. 2,50,000/-. The staff works with zeal and enthusiasm to enhance the curricular, research, cultural, sports, and extension aspects. The college has undertaken projects to develop the infrastructure to meet with growing needs. At present the college has 25 qualified faculty members and 746 students. College is recipient of many awards and prizes for research, cultural and sports activities. Achieving diversified development through excelling its own capabilities, the college has concentrated on the dynamic development of students and the society since last accreditation. Quality orientation has been the sole thrust of all activities of the college. Acting upon the suggestions made in the previous accreditation report and responding proactively to the demands of the students as well as market considerations the college has tried to develop itself to cope with the socio economic, cultural and technological changes taking place in the society. However, the college is aware that quality enhancement and quest of excellence is an enduring and unending process and is striving hard towards it. Athalye-Sapre-Pitre college, Devrukh, Maharashtra–415804 I Self-Study Report – Third Cycle - 2015 Index Sr. No. Item Page 1. Preface I 2. Declaration by the Principal IV 3. Executive Summary 1 4. College Profile 4 5. Criterion-wise Inputs 5-A Criterion-I: Curricular Aspects 12 5-B Criterion-II: Teaching-Learning and Evaluation 33 5-C Criterion-III: Research, Consultancy and Extension 65 5-D Criterion-IV: Infrastructure and Learning Resources 98 5-E Criterion-V: Student Support and Progression 117 5-F Criterion-VI: Governance, Leadership and Management 131 5-G Criterion-VII: Innovations and Best Practices 151 6. Evaluative Report of Departments 6-A Department of Chemistry 164 6-B Department of Physics 172 6-C Department of Botany 179 6-D Department of Computer Science 187 6-E Department of Mathematics 192 6-F Department of Geography 196 6-G Department of English 203 Athalye-Sapre-Pitre college, Devrukh, Maharashtra–415804 II Self-Study Report – Third Cycle - 2015 Sr. No. Item Page 6-H Department of Hindi 207 6-I Department of Marathi 212 6-J Department of Economics 217 6-K Department of Sociology 222 6-L Department of Commerce 227 7. Post-accreditation Initiatives 232 8. Abbreviations 236 9. Annexures 9-A Annexure-I: 2(f) 12(B) Certificates 240 9-B Annexure-II: Last Assessment certificates 242 9-C Annexure-III: Previous peer team reports with 244 recommendations 9-D Annexure-IV: Audited receipt and payment statements 266 for the last five years Athalye-Sapre-Pitre college, Devrukh, Maharashtra–415804 III Self-Study Report – Third Cycle - 2015 Executive Summary Athalye-Sapre-Pitre college strives hard to act upon the vision of providing higher education and job based skills at minimal cost to the youth of Sangmeshwar tehsil. It aims at community development through higher education by inculcating the sense of civic responsibilities. The distinguishing feature of our institution is the unique intertwining of global education with local needs and aspirations. Acknowledging this commitment of the college to the surroundings, the affiliating university felicitated it with the Best College award in 2011.The two Jagar Jaanivancha prizes at district and university level with 1st and 2nd rank respectively, awarded by the government of Maharashtra, in the years 2012-13 and 2013-14 bear testimony to the noteworthy contribution of WDC of the college towards sustainable women's development efforts and the government’s recognition to it. The best practice viz. ‘Reach Out to Enrich’ has fused the dreams of local populace with those of the institution. This fusion has ensured collective action and generation of solutions to common problems at grass root level. It gives me an immense pleasure to submit the Re-Accreditation Report (RAR) for the 3rd cycle of accreditation which manifests the development taken place during the assessment period. The college, being one of the oldest college in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts, works with zeal and enthusiasm to bring betterment in the lives of the students of Devrukh region by extending higher education, inculcating value orientation and arousing quest for excellence in them to fulfill the core objectives of the institution. This period of 3rd accreditation cycle has witnessed significant changes at all levels in the college. The major areas of improvement have been the establishment of a full-fledged science stream on firm footing, significant infrastructural development, and widespread use of ICT, increased research orientation, expansion of extension and outreach programmes. The progress of the college can be briefed in view of core values as under: Contribution to National Development: The college considers the students as an asset of the nation. Human resource development can contribute largely to the development of the nation in multiple ways. The objective of the college is to develop a responsible, dynamic, quality oriented and skilled citizen. All the curricular and co- curricular activities of the college are focused on and driven to achieve these objectives. The college through its varied activities tries to create a value culture and enables the students to contribute to the national development. Student Scholarships: Being a college situated in rural and hilly area, most of its students are socially or economically backward families. The college channelizes various government and non-government scholarships and assistance schemes to the students in order to ease their access to higher education. Athalye-Sapre-Pitre college, Devrukh, Maharashtra–415804 1 Self-Study Report – Third Cycle - 2015 Environmental Awareness: Devrukh, a Biodiversity Hotspot, is situated on the western slopes of Sahyadri Ghat. Environmental conservation is an area of concern. The college discharges its duty to the region through its various activities like surveys, workshops for farmers, awareness campaigns and drives aimed at generating awareness about the environment conservation and climate change. WDC activities: Empowerment of women is one of the prime objectives of the institution. College is meticulous in designing and organizing activities for the women empowerment. Lectures on gender sensitivity, and woman legislation, health checkup camps are some of the activities undertaken