Nizam College AQAR 2013-14 Telangana State, India 1 Nizam College AQAR 2013-14 NIZAM COLLEGE (Autonomous) A Constituent College of Osmania University with CPE Status Basheerbagh, Hyderabad Telangana State, India Submission of AQAR (Annual Quality Assurance Report) 2013-14 To NAAC2 (NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION COUNCIL) Nizam College AQAR 2013-14 Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of the IQAC Part – A 1. Details of the Institution 1.1 Name of the Institution NIZAM COLLEGE 1.2 Address Line 1 Opp. L.B. Stadium Address Line 2 Basheerbagh City/Town Hyderabad State Andhra Pradesh Pin Code 500001 Institution e-mail address [email protected] Contact Nos. 040-23240806 Name of the Head of the Institution Prof. T.L.N. Swamy Tel. No. with STD Code 040-23240806 Mobile: 9246521145 Name of the IQAC Co-ordinator: Prof. M. Usha Mobile: 9441109693 IQAC e-mail address: [email protected] 3 Nizam College AQAR 2013-14 1.3 NAAC Track ID (For ex. MHCOGN 18879) 12208 1.4 NAAC Executive Committee No. & Date: EC/58/RAR/090 dated 10-03-2012 (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.nizamcollege.ac.in 1.5 Website address: Web-link of the AQAR: www.nizamcollege.ac.in/AQAR/AQAR2013 -14R.pdf 1.6 Accreditation Details Validity Sl. No. Cycle Grade CGPA Year of Accreditation Period 1 1st Cycle B++ 2005 2010 2 2nd Cycle A 3.19 2012 2017 3 3rd Cycle 4 4th Cycle 1.7 Date of Establishment of IQAC: DD/MM/YYYY 25.06.2011 1.8 AQAR for the year (for example 2010-11) 2013-14 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) i. AQAR 2012-13 submitted to NAAC on 29.05.2018 ii. AQAR 2013-14 submitted to NAAC on 29.05.2018 1.10 Institutional Status University State √ Central Deemed Private Affiliated College Yes No √ Constituent College Yes √ No Autonomous college of UGC Yes √ No 4 Nizam College AQAR 2013-14 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 1.11 Type of Faculty/Programme Arts √ Science √ Commerce √ Law PEI(Phys.Edu) TEI (Edu) Engineering Health Science Management √ Others Faculty of (Specify) Informatics (BCA, MCA, M.Sc (IS)) 1.12 Name of the Affiliating University (for the Colleges) Osmania University 1.13 Special status conferred by Central/ State Government-- UGC/CSIR/DST/DBT/ICMR etc Autonomy by State/Central Govt. / University University, UGC University with Potential for Excellence UGC-CPE √ DST Star Scheme UGC-CE UGC-Special Assistance Programme DST-FIST √ UGC-Innovative PG programmes √ Any other (Specify) UGC-COP Programmes √ 5 Nizam College AQAR 2013-14 2. IQAC Composition and Activities 2.1 No. of Teachers 12 2.2 No. of Administrative/Technical staff 2 2.3 No. of students 1 2.4 No. of Management representatives 2 2.5 No. of Alumni 1 2. 6 No. of any other stakeholder and community representatives 2 2.7 No. of Employers/ Industrialists 1 2.8 No. of other External Experts 1 2.9 Total No. of members 22 2.10 No. of IQAC meetings held 2 2.11 No. of meetings with various stakeholders: Total No. 6 Faculty 2 Non-Teaching Staff 2 Students 1 Alumni 1 Others 2 2.12 Has IQAC received any funding from UGC during the year? Yes √ No If yes, mention the amount Rs. 3,00,000/ - Note: Received in March 2014 for the period of 5 years. 2.13Seminars and Conferences (only quality related) (i) No. of Seminars/Conferences/ Workshops/Symposia organized by the IQAC Total Nos. 8 International 1 National 1 State 1 Institution Level 5 (ii) Themes Class room teaching Nano materials Computational Methods and Data Analysis Sanskrit Grammar Management meet Orientation and interaction with foreign students on Indian Culture 6 Nizam College AQAR 2013-14 2.14 Significant Activities and contributions made by IQAC Implementation of teaching diaries Analysis of teaching-learning feedback Encouraging the usage of ICT Encouraging student based activities in the institution. Encouraging participative management in the institution. Contribution in Examination Reforms Contribution in infrastructure up-gradation and maintenance Organizing lecture series, seminars, workshops 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 To upgrade ICT Facilities The Computer Lab in the Department of Commerce with 20 computer systems to facilitate practical work for the Commerce students. Wi-Fi connectivity To encourage the various Department of English organized a two day National Seminar on “Making English departments to organise national Classroom in India more Inclusive” in seminars. January 2014. Department of Physics organized a three day International Conference on “Nano Materials” in January 2014. To organise programmes for Department of Economics organized a week research scholars in social sciences. long workshop on “Computational Methods and Data Analysis in Social Sciences” for research scholars and faculty in Economics, Commerce and Management in March 2014. 7 Nizam College AQAR 2013-14 To organise orientation programmes Dept. of Business Management organised “Samvida” in October 2013. and workshops Annual Management Meet „Abhijay‟ on 8th and 9th December 2013 Department of Sanskrit has organized a two day workshop on Sanskrit Grammar in September 2013 Orientation programme for foreign students entitled “Seven Continents” was organized in September 2013 An interaction programme exclusively for the foreign students was organized on February 25th 2014 * Attach the Academic Calendar of the year as Annexure-I. 2.15 Whether the AQAR was placed in statutory body Yes √ No Management Syndicate Any other body Academic Council Governing Body Provide the details of the action taken All the activities under 2.15 (Plan of Action by IQAC/Outcome) have been achieved 8 Nizam College AQAR 2013-14 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 PhD 10 PG 21* 03 UG 22 01 12 PG Diploma 01 01 Advanced Diploma Diploma 02 02 Certificate 03 03 Others Total 59 01 21 Interdisciplinary Innovative 1* *M.Sc. Chemistry (Pharmacoinformatics) is UGC Innovative Course. 1.2 (i) Flexibility of the Curriculum: CBCS/Core/Elective option / Open options (ii) Pattern of programmes: Pattern Number of programmes Semester 50 Trimester Annual 1.3 Feedback from stakeholders*Alumni √ Parents √ Employers √ Students √ (On all aspects) Mode of feedback :Online Manual √ Co-operating schools (for PEI) *Please provide an analysis of the feedback in the Annexure-II 9 Nizam College AQAR 2013-14 1.4 Whether there is any revision/update of regulation or syllabi, if yes, mention their salient aspects. Dept. of Chemistry o Modification of VIII , IX, X semesters of Five Year Integrated Chemistry Course, in sem-VIII : removal of IV paper and inclusion of new syllabus in place of it o Sem - IX, to have 4 theory and 2 practicals o Sem - X, one project only Dept. of Zoology updated the syllabus as per the CBCS guidelines Dept. of Commerce revised the syllabus of B.Com. Regular for II and III year Dept. of English introduced English for Better Performance with Added Business English Dept. of Sociology introduced Project work with 100 marks in both V and VI semester; V semester exercises include Social Survey using Interview Schedule and Questionnaire; VI semester exercises include Observation Report, case Study and Book Review) Dept. of Informatics modified MCA syllabus 1.5 Any new Department/Centre introduced during the year. If yes, give details. NO 10 Nizam College AQAR 2013-14 Criterion – II 2. Teaching, Learning and Evaluation Total Asst. Associate Professors Others 2.1 Total No. of permanent faculty Professors Professors 83 56 05 22 2.2 No. of permanent faculty with Ph.D. 76 2.3 No. of Faculty Positions Recruited (R) and Vacant (V) during the year Asst. Associate Professors Others Total Professors Professors R V R V R V R V R V 56 0 05 50 22 0 83 50 Please Note: Appointments are made by Osmania University and posted to work in Nizam College 2.4 No. of Guest and Visiting faculty and Temporary faculty 205* * Assistant Professor (c) and Part time Lecturers 2.5 Faculty participation in conferences and symposia: International No. of Faculty National level State level level Attended 15 64 13 Seminars/Presented 20 63 02 WorkshopspapersResource 01 13 03 Persons 2.6 Innovative processes adopted by the institution in Teaching and Learning: Encouraging faculty to use ICT based teaching methods Communication improvement classes are conducted for students from regional medium Encouraging students to give seminars on respective topics in their subject Projects for undergraduate students of Life Science stream Brain storming sessions for BBA and MBA courses 11 Nizam College AQAR 2013-14 2.7 Total No. of actual teaching days 180 during this academic year 2.8 Examination/ Evaluation Reforms initiated by the Institution (for example: Open Book Examination, Bar Coding, Double Valuation, Photocopy, Online Multiple Choice Questions) Online reception of PG question papers by the institution from the university to avoid paper leakage and transportation cost and hurdles 2.9 No.