ADITANAR COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE VIRAPANDIANPATNAM TIRUCHENDUR Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) 2017 - 2018 1 The Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of the IQAC Part – A 1. Details of the Institution 1.1 Name of the Institution Aditanar College of Arts and Science 1.2 Address Line 1 2/88, Virapandianpatnam Address Line 2 Tiruchendur, Thoothukudi District Tiruchendur City/Town Tamil Nadu State 628 216 Pin Code [email protected] Institution e-mail address Contact Nos. 04639-242232 Dr.P.Subramaniam Name of the Head of the Institution: Tel. No. with STD Code: 04639 – 245247 Mobile: 9443500381 2 Dr.S.Sethuramalingam Name of the IQAC Co-ordinator: Mobile: 9488069407 [email protected] IQAC e-mail address: 1.3 NAAC Track ID (For ex. MHCOGN 18879) TNCOGN 10204 1.4 NAAC Executive Committee No. & Date: EC(SC)/05/RAR/080 dated 03.03.2015 (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) www.aditanarcollege.in 1.5 Website address: Web-link of the AQAR: www.aditanarcollege.in/AQ AR2017 -18.docx For ex. http://www.ladykeanecollege.edu.in/AQAR2012-13.doc 1.6 Accreditation Details Year of Validity Sl. No. Cycle Grade CGPA Accreditation Period 12.11.2002 1 1st Cycle ‘B+’ 74.45 2002 to 11.01.2007 15.06.2009 2 2nd Cycle ‘A’ 3.28 2009 to 14.06.2014 03.03.2015 3 3rd Cycle ‘A’ 3.01 2015 to 02.03.2020 4 4th Cycle 3 1.7 Date of Establishment of IQAC: DD/MM/YYYY 09/08/2006 1.8 AQAR for the year (for example 2010-11) 2017 - 18 1.9 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 2016-17 submitted to NAAC on 30.01.2019 (This is the fourth year AQAR after the latest Assessment and Accreditation by NAAC) 1.10 Institutional Status University State ü Central Deemed Private Affiliated College Yes ü No Constituent College Yes No ü Autonomous college of UGC Yes No ü Regulatory Agency approved Institution Yes No ü (eg. AICTE, BCI, MCI, PCI, NCI) Type of Institution Co-education ü Men Women Urban Rural ü Tribal Financial Status Grant-in-aid UGC 2(f) ü UGC 12B ü Grant-in-aid + Self Financing ü Totally Self-financing 1.11 Type of Faculty/Programme Arts ü Science Commerce Law PEI (Phys Edu) ü ü TEI (Edu) Engineering Health Science Management Others (Specify) 4 Manonmaniam Sundaranar 1.12 Name of the Affiliating University (for the Colleges) University, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu 1.13 Special status conferred by Central/ State Government-- UGC/CSIR/DST/DBT/ICMR etc Autonomy by State/Central Govt. / University No University with Potential for Excellence No UGC-CPE No DST Star Scheme No UGC-CE No UGC-Special Assistance Programme No DST-FIST No UGC-Innovative PG programmes No Any other (Specify) UGC-COP Programmes No 2. IQAC Composition and Activities 18 2.1 No. of Teachers 2 2.2 No. of Administrative/Technical staff 2.3 No. of students 2 2.4 No. of Management representatives 2 2.5 No. of Alumni 1 2. 6 No. of any other stakeholder and 1 community representatives 2.7 No. of Employers/ Industrialists Nil 5 2.8 No. of other External Experts 1 2.9 Total No. of members 27 2.10 No. of IQAC meetings held 8 8 2.11 No. of meetings with various stakeholders: No. 9 Faculty 8 Non-Teaching Staff Students 5 Alumni 1 Others 0 2.12 Has IQAC received any funding from UGC during the year? Yes No ü If yes, mention the amount - 2.13 Seminars and Conferences (only quality related) (i) No. of Seminars/Conferences/ Workshops/Symposia organized by the IQAC Total Nos. 8 International - National 1 State 2 Institution Level 5 (ii) Themes • A One Day Workshop on “Communication Skills – 26.8.2017 • A One day Workshop Google Apps – 23.9.2017 • One Day Workshop on Teaching Management System – 13.2.2018 • One Day National level Workshop on ICT enabled Learning – 23.2.2018 • A One Day Counselling Programme for Civil Service Examinations – 7.3.2018 2.14 Significant Activities and contributions made by IQAC • Youth Festival ADFEST 2018 – 2.1.2018 to 11.1.2018 • IQAC organized A Community service programme to visit Karunalaya, Virapandianpatnam – 9.2.2018 • One Day Seminar on Women Empowerment – 6.3.2018 • Science Popularization Programme for School Children – 22,23 March 2018 6 2.15 Plan of Action by IQAC/Outcome 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 • One Day Workshop on Banking v A One Day Workshop on Services – August 2017 “Communication Skills – 26.8.2017 • One Day Workshop on Communication Skills – Aug 2017 v A One day Workshop Google Apps – 23.9.2017 • One Day Workshop on Google Apps – August 2017 v Youth Festival ADFEST 2018 – 2.1.2018 to 11.1.2018 • A Programme on Human Rights – September 2017 v IQAC organized A Community service • Orientation Programme for New programme to visit Management Staff – September Karunalaya, 2017 Virapandianpatnam – 9.2.2018 • Non-teaching Staff Development v One Day Workshop on Programme – October 2017 Teaching Management System – 13.2.2018 • Science Exhibition – October 2017 v One Day National level • ADFEST 2018 – Dec 2017 – Jan Workshop on ICT enabled 2018 Learning – 23.2.2018 • Community Service Programme – v A One Day Counselling February 2018 Programme for Civil Service Examinations – 7.3.2018 • One Day Workshop on Teaching Management System – February v One Day Seminar on Women 2018 Empowerment – 6.3.2018 • One Day National Level v Science Popularization Workshop on ICT Enabled Programme for School Learning – Feb 2018 Children – 22,23 March 2018 • Counselling Programme for Civil Service Examination – March 2018 • Seminar on Women Empowerment – March 2018 7 • Science Popularization Programme – March 2018 • Programme on Personality Development - April 2018 • Each Department to conduct atleast one State/National Level Seminar between August 2017 and March 2018 • Motivating the teachers to apply for Major and Minor Projects. • Requesting the Directors of the Clubs to organize plethora of programmes • Requesting the Management to develop the infrastructural facilities of the College * Attached the Academic Calendar of the year as Annexure. – I 2.16 Whether the AQAR was placed in statutory body Yes No ü Management Syndicate Any other body ü Provide the details of the action taken It was approved by the Management 8 Part – B Criterion – I 1. Curricular Aspects 1.1 Details about Academic Programmes Number of Number of Number of Number of value Level of the existing programmes added self-financing added / Career Programme Programmes during the year programmes Oriented programmes PhD. 3 1 4 PG 5 2 UG 12 3 PG Diploma Advanced Diploma Diploma 2 1 Certificate 3 1 Others / M.Phil. 5 5 Total 30 14 2 Interdisciplinary Innovative 1.2 (i) Flexibility of the Curriculum: CBCS (ii) Pattern of programmes: Number of Pattern programmes Semester 22 Trimester Annual 5 1.3 Feedback from stakeholders* Alumni Parents Employers Students ü (On all aspects) Mode of feedback : Online Manual ü Co-operating schools (for PEI) *An analysis of the feedback is provided as Annexure - II 1.4 Whether there is any revision/update of regulation or syllabi, if yes, mention their salient aspects. Yes. For Example, in the Third Semester of B.A. English Literature Allied 1 is changed from History of English Literature to Caribbean Literature. History of English Literature has become the Core Paper. In the Fourth Semester Allied Paper has been changed from History of English Literature II (which has become the Core Paper) to Chicano Literature 1.5 Any new Department/Centre introduced during the year. If yes, give details. Nil 9 Criterion – II 2. Teaching, Learning and Evaluation Total Asst. Professors Associate Professors Professors Others 2.1 Total No. of permanent faculty 83 61 18 - 4 2.2 No. of permanent faculty with Ph.D. 36 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 - 18 - - - - - - - 18 2.4 No. of Guest and Visiting faculty and Temporary faculty - - 21 2.5 Faculty participation in conferences and symposia: No. of Faculty International level National level State level Attended 32 47 34 PresentedSeminars/ papers 27 19 17 ResourceWorkshops Persons 1 - 1 2.6 Innovative processes adopted by the institution in Teaching and Learning: Innovative teaching is ensured through approaches like the usage of websites, power point presentations, internet facility and language laboratory. Group discussions, seminars, quiz, peer group interactions monitored by the teacher, intelligent students teaching certain chapters to the rest of the class, Post- Graduate students teaching undergraduate students and Debates are some of our student-centric approaches to experiential learning. LMS (Learning Management System) is introduced in our College for effective Teaching and Learning. LMS is used by the Teacher and students inside the Classroom and at home. LMS is used for the following Teaching and Learning process: a) Submission of Assignments b) Uploading of Syllabus c) Uploading of Materials d) Uploading of University questions e) For sharing information & messages 2.7 Total No. of actual teaching days during this academic year 180 10 Bar coding Answer Booklet was 2.8 Examination/ Evaluation Reforms initiated by introduced by the Manonmaniam the Institution (for example: Open Book Examination, Bar Coding, Sundaranar University in April Double Valuation, Photocopy, Online Multiple Choice Questions) 2014 Examinations.