NAAC SELF STUDY REPORT SELF STUDY REPORT INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITATION VOLUME-I Submitted to NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION COUNCIL An Autonomous Institution of the University Grants Commission P. O. Box. No. 1075, Nagarbhavi, Bangalore - 560 072 By BVRIT, VISHNUPUR, T.S. i NAAC SELF STUDY REPORT CONTENTS Part / Description Page No. Criterion Covering letter iv Part - A Preface v-vi Part – B Executive Summary – The SWOC Analysis of the vii-xvii Institution Part - C Profile of the Autonomous College xviii-xxviii Part - DB. Criteria wise Inputs C. Criterion I Curricular Aspects 1-21 1.1 Curriculum Design and Development 1-10 1.2 Academic Flexibility 10-15 1.3 Curriculum Enrichment 15-17 1.4 Feedback System 18-21 Criterion II Teaching-Learning and Evaluation 22-82 2.1 Student Enrolment and Profile 22-30 2.2 Catering to Student Diversity 31-36 2.3 Teaching-Learning Process 36-60 2.4 Teacher Quality 60-71 2.5 Evaluation Process and Reforms 71-77 2.6 Student Performance and Learning Outcomes 77-82 Criterion III Research, Consultancy and Extension 83-147 3.1 Promotion of Research 83-104 3.2 Resource Mobilization for Research 105-113 3.3 Research Facilities 113-121 3.4 Research Publications and Awards 122-134 3.5 Consultancy 134-136 3.6 Extension Activities and Institutional Social 136-141 Responsibility (ISR) 3.7 Collaboration 141-147 Criterion IV Infrastructure and Learning Resources 148-166 4.1 Physical Facilities 148-154 4.2 Library as a Learning Resource 154-160 4.3 IT Infrastructure 160-165 4.4 Maintenance of Campus Facilities 165-166 Criterion V Student Support and Progression 167-193 5.1 Student Mentoring and Support 167-181 5.2 Student Progression 181-185 BVRIT, VISHNUPUR, T.S. ii NAAC SELF STUDY REPORT 5.3 Student Participation and Activities 185-193 Criterion VI Governance, Leadership and Management 194-228 6.1 Institutional Vision and Leadership 194-207 6.2 Strategy Development and Deployment 207-218 6.3 Faculty Empowerment Strategies 218-221 6.4 Financial Management and Resource Mobilization 221-223 6.5 Internal Quality Assurance System (IQAS) 223-228 Criterion VII-Innovations and Best Practices 229-270 7.1 Environment Consciousness 229-236 7.2 Innovations 236-258 7.3 Best Practices 258-270 Part – E : Evaluative reports of Departments VOLUME-II ANNEXURES 271-284 APPENDIX I AICTE approval Letter 285 II JNTUH University approval Letter 286-287 III NAAC Accreditation Letter 288 BVRIT, VISHNUPUR, T.S. iii NAAC SELF STUDY REPORT COVERING LETTER BVRIT, VISHNUPUR, T.S. iv NAAC SELF STUDY REPORT PREFACE Name and Address of the College Name B.V. Raju Institute of Technology (B V R I T) B. V. Raju Institute of Technology Address Vishnupur, Narsapur, Medak District – 502313 Website www.bvrit.ac.in B V Raju Institute of Technology (BVRIT) Narsapur was established in 1997 under the aegis of Sri Vishnu Educational Society (SVES), which was founded in 1992 by the eminent philanthropist (Late) Padmabhushan Dr. B.V. Raju, the doyen of cement industry. The founder chairman, Dr. B V Raju, with his service motto and vision has set up a series of educational institutions in the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh, which is now separated as Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states. The society has now four engineering colleges located in Hyderabad and greater Hyderabad of Telangana state, and Bhimavaram in Andhra Pradesh state apart from other science, pharmacy, dental and polytechnic colleges located in both the states. B V Raju Institute of Technology (BVRIT) Narsapur, established in the year 1997 in a sprawling land of 110 acres has its self-contained campus with ideal ambience to academic learning and extra-curricular activities. The Institute is duly approved by the AICTE and the state government and is affiliated to JNTU, Hyderabad. The college was accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and all the eligible programs of B.Tech are also accredited by NBA, New Delhi. The institution was conferred autonomous status by UGC for 6 years with effective from the academic year 2014-15. The institute has just completed the inspection of NBA reaccreditation and the LOI for NAAC reaccreditation has just accepted. The college is implementing Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) for all UG and PG programs from the academic year 2015-16. Currently, the college offers 9 UG programs and 9 PG programs including MBA. The current first year UG students intake is 1170. BVRIT has around 20 Special Labs and Research Centers which are beyond regular academic curriculum. These centers enable the students to carry out their academic projects with innovative ideas and the faculty to execute their research projects. The project based learning in these centers with latest technological aspects provide the students exciting opportunities to achieve higher level placements in reputed industries and higher educational prospectus in premier academic institutes. Also around 500 students are pursuing internships in more than 100 companies. BVRIT has more than 15 MOUs with academic institutes and industries. Currently, more than 60 companies are visiting the college for campus placements. Currently the institute has 358 faculty members in which 65 are Ph. D holders. Also around 50 faculty members are pursuing their Ph.D by registering at different universities. The institute has undertaken around 20 sponsored research projects supported by DST, UGC and AICTE during the assessment period with a sanctioned grant of around Rs. 5.0 Crores. The institute is also earning consultancy amount more than 50 lakhs annually from national and international consultancy services. BVRIT, VISHNUPUR, T.S. v NAAC SELF STUDY REPORT The college offers high quality education to students through best teaching and learning practices and is guided and monitored by a body of distinguished professionals from reputed educational institutes and R&D sectors of public and government domain. BVRIT is acclaimed to be the leading engineering college in the state because of its quality intake, best teaching faculty, best training and placement policies, excellent infrastructure facilities and highest placements. The teaching- learning processes of the institute is augmented by a special training center called Vishnu Educational Development & Innovation Centre (VEDIC) which has been set up by the SVES at Aziz Nagar near Hyderabad. The center organizes various workshops, FDPs and training programs regularly for faculty, students and other staff by drawing experts from reputed institutes and industries. This training center is first of its kind among private engineering colleges in the state. The college also providing free breakfast to all of the students. As a part of community outreach programs, a mission called NAVYA (Narasapur Abhivruddhi VikasaYojana Abhiyan) has been undertaken to promote various societal oriented programs. The NAVYA aims at making engineering education more inclusive through innovative community outreach programs in and around Narsapur, the place where the college is located. In recognition to academic excellence and outreach programs, the institution received the most prestigious IMC Ramkrishna Bajaj National Quality Education Award successively in the years 2011 and 2012 and also acknowledged with several awards during the assessment period. The institute is committed to provide positive and creative learning environment that would transform budding professionals into technology innovators and market leaders. BVRIT, VISHNUPUR, T.S. vi NAAC SELF STUDY REPORT PART - B EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Genesis BV Raju Institute of Technology (BVRIT) Narsapur was established in the year 1997 by Sri Vishnu Educational Society (SVES), as an Unaided Engineering College, to provide quality technical education of global standards with Indian values. Sri Vishnu Educational Society (SVES) was founded in 1992 by the eminent philanthropist (Late) Padmabhushan Dr. B.V. Raju to benefit students from all sections of the society. Sri K V Vishnu Raju became the Chairman of SVES in 2002. Sri Vishnu Raju graduated in Chemical Engineering from REC, Trichy and he did his postgraduate from Michigan Technological University, USA. As an Industrialist, Educationist, and Social Entrepreneur and as the Chairman of SVES, Sri Vishnu Raju brought in global outlook, strategic vision and passion for social enterprise and institution-building. He has been conferred with Distinguished Alumni Award by National Institute of Technology (Trichy).BVRIT is one of the premier engineering colleges in the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh and is now one among the few top colleges in the state of Telangana. Permanent Affiliation The College is approved by the AICTE and the Government of Telangana, and is affiliated to JNTU Hyderabad (JNTUH) since its inception. The college is permanently affiliated to JNTUH since 2010. Autonomous Status UGC Joint Expert Committee evaluated the academic and administrative procedure for running the Autonomous status and conferred autonomous status for 6 years with effective from the academic year 2014-15. Recognition under 2(f) and 12 (B) The UGC accorded recognition of the college under sections 2 (f) and 12 (B) on 19th June 2012 based on the recommendations of JNT University, Hyderabad. Accreditation The college has been putting in its sincere efforts to maintain high quality in academics and would like to ensure conducive learning environment in the campus. Based on the inspection carried out by National Board of Accreditation (NBA), B.Tech programs in Chemical, EEE, ECE, CSE, IT and Biomedical have been accredited in the year 2009 for the first time,applied for renewal in 2011 and re- accredited in the year 2013. The college was accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) in the year 2011 for a period of 5 years. Recently, NBA inspection has been donefor reaccreditation of all the eligible programs in B.Tech. BVRIT, VISHNUPUR, T.S. vii NAAC SELF STUDY REPORT Land and built-up space The college is located on a sprawling campus of 41.27 acres, just 50 km from Greater Hyderabad, Telengana State.