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Government First Grade College, Koppa 1

Kuvempu University

GOVERNMENT FIRST GRADECOLLEGE

Koppa, Chikkamagaluru (District), Karnataka

REACCREDITATION-SECOND CYCLE

SELF STUDY REPORT

FEBRUARY 2015

TRACK ID: KACOGN11768

National Assessment and Accreditation Council

An Autonomous Institution of University Grants Commission

Nagarbhavi, Bangalore-560 072

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NAAC REACCREDITATION – SECOND CYCLE

NAAC Steering Committee

Chairman :Sri. Venkatesh K C,Principal

Coordinator :Sri. Naveena VAsst. Prof.

I. CURRICULAR ASPECTS II.TEACHING, LEARNING AND EVALUATION

Sri. Shivakumar A Coordinator Sri. Naveena V Coordinator

Sri. Prabhakar S V Member Sri. Nagesha Gowda Member

Sri. Shivakumar A S Coordinator Sri. P G Hegde Member

II. RESEARCH, CONSULTANCY AND EXTENTION

IV.INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEARNING

RESOURCE

Dr. Prasanna Kumara B C Coordinator Sri. Udaya Kumar D S Coordinator

Dr. Kotyal S Y Member Sri. Nagaraja S V Member

Sri. Rajesh N Naik Member Sri. Venkatesha Murthy Member

V.STUDENT SUPPORT AND PROGRESSION

VI.GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP AND

MANAGEMENT

Sri. Narasimha S A Coordinator Sri. Naveena V Coordinator

Dr. Sreepathi K Member Smt. Bhagyalakshmi Member

Sri. Puttaswamy A C Member Sri. Ganapathi Member

VII.INNOVATIONS AND BEST

PRACTICES VIII.DRAFT AND PROOF

Smt. Bharathi Coordinator Sri. Naveena V NAAC

Coordinator

Smt. Vasumathi K S Member Sri. Narasimha S A Asst. Professor

Sri. Avinash Member Kum. Devaki Pandith T R Guest Lecturer

Sri. Aravind Member

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PART I : THE EVALUATION REPORT

A. PREFACE

Government First Grade College came to be established in 1982 with the sole

intention of making higher education accessible to the students of the region.

Earlier students had to go to distant places like Chikmagalore, Mangalore,

Shimoga, Mysore or Bangalore such cities in order to fulfill their aspirations for

higher education. But, the same was beyond the reach of common people. Students

from lower rung of the society were bereft of the education for this reason. In such

a scenario, educationists, political leaders and philanthropists of Koppa made

consorted efforts to get a government first grade college sanctioned. As a result,

the dream of getting a degree college at Koppa was materialized in the year 1982.

The Government First Grade College has been quenching the intellectual

thirst of hundreds of students every year for more than two decades. With each

passing year, student strength of the institution has been on the rise and this

appears to be a clear testimonial for its quality education. Since its inception, the

institution has been making a steady progress both at the level of curriculum and

infrastructure. At present, there are 18 classrooms, a library, a multi- purpose hall

which serves the need for an auditorium, 3 staff rooms, 2 laboratories, a

playground, a computer lab, women‟s waiting room and a canteen.

In addition to the Under Graduate courses, the college commenced a Post

Graduate course, Master of Commerce (M.Com), in the year 2011-12. This was in

response to the huge demand for a PG course in commerce in the recent years by

the students, parents and people‟s representatives of the region. Even with the

limited infrastructure and in the absence of enough regular teaching faculty, the

students of the Postgraduate Department of Commerce have fared well in the

university examinations. The result of the institution is on par with that of the

University.

Sd.

Principal

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B. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Government First Grade College, Koppa is located in a place which

has a unique historical importance in Karnataka state. Koppa, which is at present a

taluk headquarter in Chikkmagaluru district is known for its invaluable

contribution to the promotion of culture and heritage of the State. The town is

situated nearly 100 km from the district headquarter and about 70 km from the

University headquarters, namely, Shankaraghatta, Shimoga. The place is

historically very important, being only about 30 km from the Sringeri Sharada

Mutt and just 12 km from Kavi Shaila, Kuppali, the birthplace of the famous

Kannada litterateur, Kuvempu. Various institutions and individuals over many

centuries have been promoting education, art, culture, literature, and social

harmony, spirit of sacrifice, agriculture and spirituality in this region.

Since its inception in the year 1982, the institution has been catering to the

educational needs of the rural folk. Students from the economically deprived,

under privileged classes have an equal opportunity to get access to the best

available education in the region. At present 69 teaching, six non-teaching staff

members serve the institution. The institution has been offering one post graduate

and four under graduate courses to 1114 students of the region. The Self Study

Report of the Second Cycle being presented to the NAAC has been prepared

evaluating its quality based on the following seven criteria highlighting key

aspects under each criterion.

CRITERION I: CURRICULAR ASPECTS

The institution follows the curriculum prescribed by the affiliating Kuvempu

University. Many of the teachers in the institution have been a part of the

curriculum development by being members of the Board of Studies which takes

care of curriculum development. In addition to the prescribed curriculum,

students‟ knowledge on various other academic areas is widened by special

lectures, seminars and workshops organized by the Internal Quality Assurance

Cell (IQAC). The Department of Collegiate Education, Government of Karnataka

has also been trying its best to enhance students‟ skills on life and vocation by

organizing special programmes like Angla, Naipunya Nidhi, Star, Vikasana and

Manavathe. Feedback is taken from students about these programmes to assess

their validity. Feedback is also sought from students on teachers and the

institution, which helps in bettering the education provided to them. The college

provides equal importance to extra-curricular activities as the institution believes

that they are also vital for the overall growth of a student‟s personality.

CRITERION II: TEACHING-LEARNING AND EVALUATION

The college is the most sought after institution in the region due to its quality

education As it is a government institution, admission is provided to all. Disabled

students are provided with all the necessary amenities. Equal attention is paid to

slow and fast learners. Students are educated to respect women and environment.

Teachers are encouraged to make use of technology to make the teaching-learning

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activity more successful. IQAC plays a major role in organizing special lectures,

seminars and workshops for the benefit of both teachers and students to improve

the teaching-learning activity in the college. Teachers are encouraged to adopt

unique methods in teaching so cater to the needs of the new generation of

tech-savvy, internet-friendly students. As library plays a vital role on one‟s

learning, efforts are made to keep it updated and advanced. The success rate of

teaching is assessed through feedback system. Teachers are motivated to take up

research activities and to attend training programmes provided by various agencies

to upgrade knowledge. The activities of teaching-learning is evaluated through

tests, exams and feedback system.

CRITERION III: RESEARCH, CONSULTANCY AND EXTENSION

The college has always encouraged teachers to engage in research related

activities. As a result, a few teachers have successfully engaged in UGC sponsored

minor and major research projects. The Vision Group on Science and Technology

(VGST) of the Government of Karnataka has also selected a faculty for the

„Young Scientist Award‟. Five National and one State-level conferences have

been held in the college that always provide teachers and students to engage in

research activities. Teachers of the relevant topics assist students who take up

research activities and they are provided with all the necessary amenities available

in the institution. All the efforts are made by the college to upgrade the existing

facilities that are useful for a researcher. A MATLAB has been set up with the

financial assistance of VGST. A few teachers have published their research

articles in renowned National and International Journals. National Service Scheme

(NSS), Youth Red Cross, Rangers and Rovers units of the institution engage in

extension activities. Through these units activities like sanitary programmes,

blood donation camps, and social awareness programmes are conducted. With the

collaboration of many prestigious institutions, the college has organized a few

seminars and conferences. However, a lot more needs to be done in the area of

consultancy.

CRITERION IV: INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEARNING RESOURCES

The institution believes that effective infrastructure and learning resources

enhance the quality of the activity of teaching and learning. Hence, a lot of efforts

are being made to improve the same. The college has been seeing a rise in

students‟ strength with each passing year and to meet the demand of such strength,

suitable infrastructure is being created using the available funds. However, the

pace has to be increased. Equal attention is being to paid to extracurricular

activities and the related amenities. A full-fledged library, multi-gym, a

multi-purpose hall, a computer lab, internet facility are the most important

facilities provided by the college. Apart from books and journals, e-resources are

also available in library for students and teachers. Efforts are made by the faculty

to use ICT facilities available in teaching. The institution undertakes timely

maintenance and service activities for the existing infrastructure.

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CRITERION V: STUDENT SUPPORT AND PROGRESSION

The college has a website and prospectus, which provide students ample data on

the institution. It also publishes a magazine that again gives a reader enough

information on the college. Many scholarships are available to students for their

financial support as most of them are from financially weaker sections.

Skill-based, job-oriented trainings are also provided to students by organizing

workshops, special lectures and by conducting government-sponsored

programmes in the college. Encouragement is given to students to take part in

cultural and sports events. The institution has a rich heritage of students‟

achievement in the co-curricular activities for long. Assistance is provided to

students to take part in campus interviews conducted in nearby institutions or

cities. Different committees exist in the college to resolve the problems of

students. Feedback system ensures better facilities for students. Assistance from

alumni and parents is sought to strengthen the institution on various fronts.

CRITERION VI: GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

The vision, mission and objectives of the college assure a student of its promises

and commitments. The principal and all the faculty members strive hard not to

disappoint any stakeholder in this regard. The College Development Council

(CDC), parents, alumni and other well wishers of the institution have always

joined hands with the institutional head to make it one of the best in the State.

Power and responsibility are decentralized and shared so as to ease the

management process. Various committees framed for the purpose ensure smooth

and effective functioning of the college. Efforts are also made to develop

leadership qualities among students for better future of the nation. The faculty

members are always encouraged to take part in trainings and research activities for

their all-round development. The IQAC has been playing a vital role in assuring

the quality to its stakeholders through various constructive programmes.

CRITERION VII: INNOVATIONS AND BEST PRACTICES

The institution has been employing various innovative methods in the

teaching-learning activity and has initiated a few best practices that make it a

unique one. The campus has been lush green with variety of shrubs, trees and a

beautiful garden. Efforts are made to keep it plastic-free. By managing wastes of

different kinds in a scientific way, the campus is made free of any hazardous

pollutants. Power consumption is made minimal with the use of solar lamps and

CFLs. Among the many best practices followed in the college, one has caught the

attention of many and students hail it as the most useful and unique practice.

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PART II : INSTITUTIONAL DATA

A. PROFILE OF THE COLLEGE

1. Name and address of the college:

Name: Govt. First Grade College, Koppa

Address: Balagadi, Koppa, Chikkamagaluru (Dist)

City: Koppa Pin: 577126

State: Karnataka

Phone: 08265-221005

Fax: 08265-221005

Website: www.gfgckoppa.org

e-mail: [email protected]

2. For communication:

Designation Name Telephone

with STD code Mobile Fax Email

Principal Prof. K.C.

Venkatesh 08165-221005 9448555407

08165221

005

Venkateshkc

555@gmail.

com

Steering

Committee

Co-ordinator

Mr. Naveena V 08165-221005 9008522720 08165221

005

thenavina@

gmail.com

3. Status of the Institution: Affiliated College

4. Type of Institution:

a. By Gender: Co-education

b. By shift: Day

http://www.gfgckoppa.org/

mailto:[email protected]

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5. Is it a recognized minority institution?

No

6. a. Source of funding:Government

b.Date of establishment of the college:05-08-1982

7. University to which the college is affiliated/or which governs the

college (If it is a constituent college)

Kuvempu University, Shivamogga, Karnataka State.

8. a. Details of UGC recognition:

Under Section Date, Month & Year Remarks

(If any)

i. 2(f) 10-04-1992 Copy attached

ii. 12 (B) 03-09-2003 Copy attached

b. Details of recognition/approval by statutory/regulatory bodies

other than UGC (AICTE, NCTE, MCI, DCI, PCI, RCI etc.,)

Under

Section/

Clause

Recognition/Appr

oval details

Institution/Depart

ment/ Programme

Day, Month

and Year

(dd-mm-yyyy)

Validity Remark

s

i

NA

ii

iii

iv

(Enclose the recognition/approval letter)

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9. Does the affiliating university Act provide for conferment of

autonomy (as recognized by the UGC), on its affiliated colleges?

Yes

If yes, has the College applied for availing the autonomous status?

No

10. .Is the college recognized

a. By UGC as a college with Potential for Excellence (CPE)?

No

b. For its performance by any other governmental agency?

No

11. Location of the campus and area in sq.mts:

Location* Semi – Urban

Campus area in sq.mts. 10.28 acres

Built up area in sq.mts 3 acres

(* Urban, semi-urban, Rural, Tribal, Hilly Area, Any others specify)

12. Facilities available on the campus (Tick the available facility and

provide numbers or other details at appropriate places) or in case

the institute has an agreement with other agencies in using any of

the listed facilities provide information on the facilities covered

under the agreement.

Auditorium/seminar complex with infrastructural facilities:A

separate seminar hall is available

Sports facilities

* Playground

* Sports Materials

* Multi Gym

Hostel

* Boys’ Hostel: No

* Girls’ hostel:Outstation girls‟ use the hostel facility provided by the

Government of Karnataka for backward community students

* Working women’s hostel:No

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Residential facilities for teaching and non-teaching staff (give

numbers available – cadre wise): Land is available for the purpose of

construction of staff quarters. But, as of now, there are no quarters for

staff.

Cafeteria:College Canteen is available in the Campus

Health centre –

First aid facility is available in the girls waiting room and with the

physical instructor.

Health centre staff- For health issues, the college depends on the

nearby government hospital.

Facilities like banking, post office, book shops:No such facility is

available in the campus as the town is small. All these services are

available to students and staff in about 2 kms distance.

Transport facilities to cater to the needs of students and

staff:Students and a few staff members use public transport but two

buses are running only for our students. An MOU has been done with

private operators for this purpose.

Animal house:No

Biological waste disposal:

Yes, through adequate drainage system

Generator or other facility for management/regulation of

electricity and voltage:

Yes- Generators and UPS are available

Solid waste management facility: Yes

Waste water management:No

Water harvesting:Yes

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13. Details of programmes offered by the college (Give data for current

academic year)

Sl.

No.

Programme

Level

Name of the

Programme/

Course

Duratio

n

Entry

Qualificat

ion

Medium

of

instructi

on

Sanctione

d/

approved

Student

strength

No. of

students

admitted

1. UG

B.A.,

B.Com.,

B.Sc, BBM,

3 Years PUC Kannada

/ English 1041 1041

2. PG M.Com. 2 Years UG English 73 73

14. Does the college offer self-financed Programmes?

No

15. New programmes introduced in the college during the last five years

if any?

Yes √ No --- Number 01

The new programme introduced was M.Com. in 2011-12

16. List the departments: (respond if applicable only and do not list

facilities like Library, Physical Education as departments, unless

they are also offering academic degree awarding programmes

Similarly, do not list the departments offering common compulsory

subjects for all the programmes like English, regional languages

etc.)

Faculty Departments UG PG Research

Arts

Department of History UG

Department of Economics UG

Department of Political Science UG

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Department of Sociology UG

Department of Kannada UG

Department of Library &

Information Science

UG

Science Department of Physics UG

Department of Mathematics UG

Department of Electronics UG

Commerce Department of Commerce &

Management

UG PG

(M.Com.)

17. Number of Programmes offered under

a. Annual System

b. Semester System

c. Trimester System

All programs are offered under Semester System

18. Number of Programmes with

a. Choice Bases Credit System - NIL

b. Inter/Multidisciplinary Approach - NIL

c. Any other (specify and provide details) - NIL

19. Does the college offer UG and/or PG programmes in Teacher

Education?

-No-

20. Does the college offer UG or PG programme in Physical Education?

-No-

21. Number of teaching and non-teaching positions in the Institutio

Positions

Teaching faculty

Non-teaching

staff Technical staff

Professor Associate

Professor

Assistant

Professor

M F M F M F M F M F

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*

M

*

M-Male *F-Female

22. Qualifications of the teaching staff:

Sanctioned by the

UGC/University/

Sate Government

Recruited

- - 06 02 12 01 04 02 0 0

Yet to recruit - - - - - - - - - -

Sanctioned by the

Management

/Society or other

authorized bodies

Recruited

- - - - - - - - - -

Yet to recruit - - - - - - - - - -

Highest

qualification

Professor Associate

Professor

Assistant

Professor Total

Male Female Male Female Male Female

Permanent teachers

D.Sc./D/Litt. - - - - - -

Ph.D. - - 02 00 03 - 05

M.Phil. - - 00 01 07 01 09

P.G. - - 04 01 02 00 07

Guest Lecturers

Male Female Total

Ph.D. 00 00 00

M.Phil. 02 01 03

P.G. 14 31 45

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23. Number of Guest Faculty engaged with the college:

- 48

24. Furnish the number of the students admitted to the college during

the last four academic years.

25. Details on students enrollment in the college during the current

academic year: (2014-15)

Type of Students UG PG M.Phil Ph.D Total

Students from the same state where the

college is located 1041 73 - - 1114

Students from other states of India - - - - -

NRI students - - - - -

Foreign students - - - - -

Total 1041 73 - - 1114

26. Dropout rate in UG and PG (average of the last two batches)

UG: 02% PG: Nil

27. Unit Cost of Education

(unit cost = total annual recurring expenditure (actual) divided by total

number of students enrolled)

Categories

2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14

Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female

SC 49 36 47 56 49 62 51 86

ST 12 18 17 20 20 21 22 28

OBC 200 264 200 291 201 347 197 372

General 100 177 130 196 125 189 157 191

Others Phy 01 01 01 00 00 00 00 00

362 496 395 563 395 619 427 677

TOTAL 858 958 1014 1104

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a) including the salary component: Rs. 16726=00

b) excluding the salary component: Rs. 4547=00

28. Does the college offer any programme/s in distance education mode

(DEP)?

- Yes

a) Is it a registered centre for offering distance education

programmes of another University: Yes

b) Name of the University which has granted such registration:

Karnataka State Open University, Mysore, Karnataka State

c) Do Programmes carry the recognition of the Distance Education

Council

- Yes

d) Number of programmes offered:63

29. Provide Teacher –student ratio for each of the programme/course

offered

Arts – 1:18

Commerce– 1:43

Science – 1:17

30. Is the college applying for

Accreditation: Cycle 2 Re-Accreditation

31. Date of accreditation * (applicable for cycle 2, cycle 3, cycle 4 and

re-assessment only)

Cycle 1: 16-09-2004 Accreditation Outcome/Result - C++

The Accreditation certificate is enclosed in the annexure

32. Number of working days during the last academic year:243 Days

33. Number of teaching days during the last academic year(Teaching

days means days on which lecture were engaged excluding the

examination days):193

34. Date of establishment of Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC):

IQAC 05-10-2004

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35. Details regarding submission of Annual Quality Assurance Reports

(AQAR) to NAAC.

AQAR 2009-10 ……… 20-03-2011

AQAR 2010-11 ……… 01-03-2013

AQAR 2011-12 ……… 01-03-2013

AQAR 2012-13 ……… 15-10-2013

AQAR 2013-14 ……… 09-01-2015

36. Any other relevant data (not covered above) the college would like

to include. (Do not include explanatory/descriptive information)

-NIL-

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An Overview of College’s Students’ Strength and Results in Charts and Graphs:

85 103 111137

157

30 37 41 50 55

466492

548569 565

277

326 314348 336

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Category wise Student Strength

SC ST OBC GM

279

340 359388

363315

373398

418

478

162 162137 146

99102 83 85 96 100

3556 73

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Student Strength From 2010-11 to 2014-15

BA B.Com. BBM B.Sc. M.Com

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0

200

400

600

800

2010-112011-12

2012-132013-14

2014-15

362 395 395 427415

496563 619 677 698

Student Strength Boys-Girls Ratio

Boys Girls

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Kuvempu University Results

BA B.Com BBM B.Sc M.Com

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0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14

8983

9085

65 66

93

7271

61

72 75

8579 79

8387

93

Results from 2010-11 to 2013-14

BA B.Com BBM B.Sc. M.Com.

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B. CRITERIAWISE INPUTS

CRITERION I:

CURRICULAR ASPECTS

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CRITERION I: CURRICULAR ASPECTS

1.1 Curriculum Planning and Implementation

1.1.1 State the vision, mission and objectives of the institution, and describe

how these are communicated to the students, teachers, staff and other

stakeholders.

VISION

To impart quality education to rural youth by focusing on the development of their

physical, intellectual, scientific, social potentials and transform them into national

assets, capable of generating national wealth.

MISSION

To create a conducive environment for the all round development of students.

To promote high standard professional knowledge and skills among students

and teachers.

To facilitate diversification of courses, programmes and activities in

accordance with the need and choice of the learners.

To develop desirable teacher-taught relationship and better teaching-learning

process through suitable freedom and discipline.

To promote innovation, creativity and scholarship among teachers and

students.

To improve the quality of teaching by developing creative pedagogy.

OBJECTIVES: The institution aims,

To achieve an integral and personalized education of the youth by providing

quality education through its well planned under graduate courses.

To produce dedicated young men and women who are ready to work for the

nation with missionary zeal.

To equip students with necessary skills in communication and analytical

reasoning to enhance their employability.

To introduce learner-centric quality education.

To encourage and support extra-curricular activities such as sports, National

Service Scheme and cultural programs.

The Vision, Mission and the Objectives of the Institution are displayed at the

entrance of the College so that all the students, teachers, staff and other

stakeholders should get a chance to frequently read them and easily internalize

them.

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1.1.2 How does the institution develop and deploy action plans for effective

implementation of the curriculum? Give details of the process and

substantiate through specific example(s).

In order to have effective implementation of curriculum, following action plans

are developed and deployed:

College faculty members interact with principal regarding clarifications and

action plan of the curriculum.

Orientation programme is conducted at the beginning of academic year to the

newly admitted students about course curriculum.

At the beginning of each semester faculties give concerned subject syllabus to

all students and will brief them upon the topics in the syllabus.

College Staff adopt teaching aids, like maps, films, TV shows etc., to make

teaching more comprehensive to students.

Exposing students to have practical knowledge about curriculum through

industrial visits, educational tours to places of importance etc.,

Forming various subject associations to provide opportunity to students to

transform what they study in the curriculum to activities.

Organize special lectures by Resource persons, on current areas of concern

subject prescribed in the syllabus.

Motivating students to bring out various issues of Wall magazines based on

the curriculum.

1.1.3 What type of support (procedural and practical) do the teachers receive

(from the University and/ or institution) for effectively translating the

curriculum and improving teaching practices?

The College faculties receive all the following needed support for effectively

translating the curriculum and improving teaching practices from the university, as

follows:

University designs the Calendar of Events and facilitate teacher to frame one‟s

lesson plan.

Whenever syllabus is reframed in the university, concerned teaching staff of

the subject is deputed to attend workshops conducted by the Associations of

the respective Departments.

Board of Studies, of Concerned Subject, provides the model question papers

whenever the syllabus is reframed.

Many Academic staff colleges conduct Refresher courses on all subjects to

enrich the knowledge of teaching staff and equip them to teach the curriculum.

The staff is advised to supplement their teaching by guiding the students to

view telecast of EDUSAT programme formulated by the Directorate of

Collegiate Education, Government of Karnataka.

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Institution provides an opportunity to teaching faculty to attend seminars and

conferences conducted by various Educational Institutions, where the

faculties can share their experiences and draw new ideas from the other

participants.

1.1.4 Specify the initiatives taken up or contribution made by the institution

for effective curriculum delivery and transaction on the Curriculum

provided by the affiliating University or other statutory agency.

Institution undertakes following initiatives for effective curriculum delivery:

Slow learning students are identified and provided with remedial classes.

Tutorial classes in various subjects are engaged by the concerned teaching

staff

Special lectures/talks are organized periodically in which subject experts brief

the students on required topics.

Assignments/ projects are given to students on curriculum topics.

Educational tours are organized to the places of cultural heritage, historical

and mythological significance. Industrial visits are also periodically

organized.

1.1.5 How does the institution network and interact with beneficiaries such as

industry, research bodies and the university in effective

operationalisation of the curriculum?

Any faculty is free to interact with the concerned Board of Studies of the subject to

effectively operationalize the curriculum. Usually the BOSs design curriculum in

such a way that it suits the need of the industry.

1.1.6 What are the contributions of the institution and/ or its staff members to

the development of the curriculum by the University?(number of staff

members/ departments represented on the Board of Studies, student

feedback, teacher feedback, stakeholder feedback provided, specific

suggestions etc.

The faculty members usually discuss the pros and cons of a curriculum with other

faculty members from different institutions. They take feedback even from

students in this regard. They communicate the same to members of Board of

Studies who play a significant role in designing the curricula so that a model

curriculum be designed.

1.1.7 Does the institution develop curriculum for any of the courses offered

(other than those under the purview of the affiliating university)by it? If

'yes', give details on the process ('Needs Assessment', design,

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development and planning) and the courses for which the curriculum

has been developed.

The Institution does not offer any new courses on its own as it is a Government

college and is affiliated to Kuvempu university

1.1.8 How does institution analyze / ensure that the stated objectives of

curriculum are achieved in the course of implementation?

The college undertakes continuous evaluation of students by conducting periodic

internal assessment tests in addition to semester end examinations conducted by

the University. Feedback with the stakeholders does ensure that the stated

objectives of curriculum are achieved.

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1.2 Academic Flexibility

1.2.1 Specifying the goals and objectives give details of the

certificate/diploma/ skill development courses etc., offered by the

institution.

The college conducts the Star, Naipunya Nidhi, Spoken Tutorial programmes to

improve the communication skills, personality, employment and soft skills of the

students. All these programmes are run under the guidance and direction of the

Department of Collegiate Education, Government of Karnataka.

1.2.2 Does the institution offer programmes that facilitate twinning / dual

degree? If 'yes', give details.

The institution does not have such programmes as it is not permissible by the

affiliating University.

1.2.3 Give details on the various institutional provisions with reference to

academic flexibility and how it has been helpful to students in terms of

skill development, academic mobility, progression to higher studies and

improved potential for employability.

Range of core/elective options

B.A., B.Com. B.Sc., BBM,PG [Commerse] These are the available courses in

the College.

Choice-based credit system range of subject options

Only M.Com.course has Choice Based Credit System

Courses offered in Modular form

-Not applicable-

Credit transfer and accumulation facility

-Not applicable-

Lateral and Vertical mobility within and across programme and courses

At the time of admission, students from science in PUC level can opt any of the

available courses in the degree. And the students from commerce can opt any

course except B.Sc. But the students from the Arts can opt only B.A. and BSW at

the Degree level.

There is an opportunity for lateral mobility only up to certain period after

admission to the first semester. Then only vertical mobility is possible.

Enrichment courses

College annually conducts industrial visits, Historical study tours to students

in order to enhance their skills and knowledge.

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College conducts number of Programmes to improve the skills, knowledge,

leadership, quality and communication skills etc., of the students through

programmes like Star, Naipunya Nidhi, Spoken Tutorials, and Edusat

Programme etc, under the guidance and direction of the Directorate of

Collegiate Education, Government of Karnataka.

College provides career development programmes to students.

Seminars, workshops are conducted for students.

Institution provides opportunities to the students to participate in the cultural,

sports and management festivals organized by other institutions.

1.2.4 Does the institution offer self-financed programmes? If 'yes', list them

and indicate how they differ from other programmes, with reference to

admission, curriculum, fee structure, teacher qualification, salary etc.?

The policy of the State government is to provide free education or education at

affordable rates to all. The institution does not have any self financed programmes

as it is a Government college.

1.2.5 Does the college provide additional skill oriented programmes, relevant

to regional and global employment markets? If 'yes' provide details of

such programme and the beneficiaries?

Star, Naipunya Nidhi, Spoken Tutorials , and Edusat Programme, Basic Computer

skill programmes are conducted under the guidance of the Directorate of

Collegiate Education.

1.2.6 Does the University provide for the flexibility of combining the

conventional face-to-face and Distance Mode of Education for students

to choose the courses/combination of their choice" If 'yes', how does the

institution take advantage of such provision for the benefit of students?

Yes, the affiliating university provides opportunity to students who fail to continue

their education in regular mode in all the three years of undergraduation. If a

students feels that he/she is unable to continue a course after completing one or

two years, one can opt for the same course to be continued in distance mode for

rest of the years.

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1.3 Curriculum Enrichment

1.3.1 Describe the efforts made by the institution to supplement the

University's Curriculum to ensure that the academic programmes and

Institution's goals and objectives are integrated?

Efforts are taken to supplement the university„s curriculum are as follows:

College has implemented co-curricular activities like NSS/Sports as per the

University„s norms.

To impart value based education, Computer studies, EVS and Indian

Constitution are compulsory for students of all courses.

Students are prepared for competitive exams by conducting general

knowledge tests on a regular basis.

Wide opportunities are provided to all students in order to exhibit their talents

through Cultural fest, Sports fest, NSS, Scouts and guides, Youth red cross.

Special lectures on various issues are organized.

These efforts in a way ensure that the academic programmes and the

goals of the institution are integrated.

1.3.2 What are the efforts made by the institution to modify, enrich and

organize the curriculum to explicitly reflect the experiences of the

students and cater to needs of the dynamic employment market?

The institution strictly follows the prescribed syllabus issued by the university

on various subjects.

The college provides opportunities to students to give seminars on various

topics, participate in group discussion on curriculum aspects.

College conducts Staff Meetings to have discussion on university„s

curriculum, which cater to the needs of the employment market.

1.3.3 Enumerate the efforts made by the institution to integrate the cross

cutting issues such as Gender, Climate Change, Environmental

Education, Human Rights, ICT etc., into the curriculum.

Environmental education, human rights and computer fundamentals are

taught through compulsory papers like EVS, and Indian constitution

prescribed by the university to all the students.

The college organizes special lectures on issues like gender equality and

Human rights.

The institution organizes debates, speeches, and essay competitions on

national and international issues.

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With the help of lawyer‟s association, legal awareness programme is

organized for the students on various issues.

Anti-Ragging cell and Woman Empowerment Cell have been established in

the college for students.

Women‟s day is celebrated in the college where an eminent speaker on

feminist issues sensitizes female students on gender issues.

1.3.4 What are the various Value-added courses/ enrichment programmes

offered to ensure holistic development of students?

Moral and Ethical Values :

Many value-added programmes are conducted for the benefit of students. It

has been organizing special lectures and programmes on life skills and moral

education. Birth anniversaries of leaders like M. K. Gandhi, Ambedkar,

Vivekananda besides many others provide a platform for deliberations on

value-centered life.

Employable and Life Skills :

Enrichment programmes like EDUSAT, Naipunya Nidhi, Spoken Tutorials,

Angla, Star, Communicative English workshop and many other skill-oriented

programmes indeed of great help to students to hone their job skills.

Better Career Options :

Students are given orientation in the classrooms and also in special lecture

programmes about better career opportunities.

Community Orientation:

Programmes like National Service Scheme (N.S.S.), Rangers and Rovers,

Youth Red Cross Wing in addition to different forums are sensitized about

their role in a community. Community oriented programmes like blood

donation, hygiene activities, awareness programmes are conducted by these

groups.

1.3.5 Citing a few examples enumerate on the extent of use of the feedback

from stakeholders in enriching the curriculum?

Presently, there are no such instances.But, teachers take oral feedback from

students about the curriculum. If both teachers and students feel something has to

be corrected in the present curriculm, the would be communicated to the members

of Board of Studies (BOS), who would take care that no such repititions occur in

the future curriculum. Once in a three year curricula get changed.

1.3.6 How does the institution monitor and evaluate the quality of its

enrichment programmes?

The enrichment programmes offered by the college are special lectures, training

programmes like Angla, Star, Hosa Hegge, etc. Many of these programmes are

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organized by the Government of Karnataka. The IQAC of the college does

organize institutional level workshops, special lectures and training programmes.

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1.4 Feedback System

1.4.1 What are the contributions of the institution in the design and

development of the curriculum prepared by the University?

The institution contributes to the development of curriculum prepared by the

university by preparing time table and lesson plan.

1.4.2 Is there a formal mechanism to obtain feedback from students and

stakeholders on Curriculum? If 'yes', how is it communicated to the

University and made use internally for curriculum enrichment and

introducing changes/ new programmes?

Even though there is no formal mechanism to obtain feedback from students and

other stakeholders on curriculum, the college collects feedback from them and

communicates the same to the BOS. Feedback is collected from the students

orally.

1.4.3 How many new programmes/courses were introduced by the institution

during the last four years? What was the rationale for introducing new

courses/ programmes?

The college introduced a Master Degree programme in Commerce in the academic

year 2011-12. The step was taken due to huge demand for the said course in the

recent years. This was also an opportunity to provide our students a platform to

continue their higher education. Many students, especially, female students used to

discontinue their education after completing B.Com., as parents were unwilling to

send girls to far off places to pursue their academic goals. The scenario has

changed after the introduction of M.Com.

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CRITERION II:

TEACHING-LEARNING AND EVALUATION

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CRITERION II: TEACHING-LEARNING AND EVALUATION

2.1 Student Enrolment and Profile

2.1.1 How does the college ensure publicity and transparency in the

admission process?

At the beginning of every academic year the college ensures effective publicity for

admission to its courses through its prospectus, website, and newspaper

advertisements.

Prospectus, provided along with the application, contains all the

information regarding programmes, eligibility, fees structure, date of admission in

addition to information about the college, its faculty and facilities.

Our college is a well-established educational institute in the Malnad

region, with more than 25 years of rich heritage in imparting quality higher

education and therefore has earned high reputation and trust among the people of

the region. The institution‟s name itself contributes consistently to high student

enrolment rates every year. In order to ensure transparency in admissions, a duly

constituted admission committee monitors all aspects of the admission process as

per admission regulations of Kuvempu University. Any complaint received from

the students regarding admissions is attended to promptly and in all fairness.

The admission process is transparent. The norms prescribed by the

Department of Collegiate Education are strictly adhered to. The Admission

Committee handles the admission process.

2.1.2 Explain in detail the criteria adopted and process of admission (Ex. (i)

merit (ii) common admission test conducted by state agencies and

national agencies (iii) combination of merit and entrance test or merit,

entrance test and interview (iv) any other) to various programmes of the

Institution.

Students are selected for admission to the various programmes in accordance with

the Kuvempu University regulations.

Admissions to the M.Com. programme are also governed by the

regulations of Kuvempu University. The institution ensures wide publicity for

admissions by releasing admission notification in the leading newspapers and

through its website and a comprehensive prospectus. Transparency in admission

process is ensured by displaying the merit list of applicants in the notice board well

before admission dates.

Since ours is rural based government institution, the admission is open

to all the students irrespective of their percentage. Minimum pass percent is the cut

off percentage set for admission to all the UG courses.

2.1.3 Give the minimum and maximum percentage of marks for admission at

entry level for each of the programmes offered by the college and

provide a comparison with other colleges of the affiliating university

within the city/district.

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During the current academic year the minimum and maximum percentage of

marks of the students admitted.

Sl.

No.

Course Minimum Maximum

1. BA 35% 84%

2. B.Sc. 35% 91%

3. B.Com 35% 91%

4. BBM 35% 74%

5. PG 40% 88%

2.1.4 Is there a mechanism in the institution to review the admission process

and student profiles annually? If 'yes' what is the outcome of such an

effort and how has it contributed to the improvement of the process?

The college reviews a student‟s admission/profile only when issues related to

discipline arises. However, such instances are rare. But, these examples definitely

have improved the discipline environment in the institution. As it is a government

institution, admission is to be given to all the applicants following the prescribed

norms.

2.1.5 Reflecting on the strategies adopted to increase/improve access for

following categories of students, enumerate on how the admission

policy of the institution and its student profiles demonstrate/reflect the

National commitment to diversity and inclusion

SC/ST

OBC

Women

Differently abled

Economically weaker sections

Minority community

Any other

Among the three government colleges of the Malnad region, ours is the most

sought after college because of its quality education. We admit students to the

maximum capacity and unfortunately, many students cannot get admission to our

college as we have space constraints.

At the PG level, the college follows strictly the roaster system of

Government of Karnataka for admissions and ensures that the due percentage of

seats is shared among SC, ST, OBC minorities and others.

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A review of the students‟ strength shows that girls outnumber boys in

the admissions. The college strives its best to help students to avail all the benefits

being provided by the government of Karnataka. The institution tries to get most of

the funds given by the UGC so that it would help the students and also the college.

It could be observed that most of our students avail one or the other

benefit of the government in terms of scholarships and fee concessions.

Further, our college facilitates availing a number of fellowships/student

welfare schemes of state/central agencies to SC, ST, OBC and minorities.

Moreover, a concession of laboratory fee, tuition fee, etc in the total fee is

provided for backward classes and minorities to encourage admission and pursue

higher studies.

Community services like National Service Scheme, Red Cross, Scouts

and Guides are also operating in the institution and students are encouraged to join

such services for their overall development.

2.1.6 Provide the following details for various programmes offered by the

institution during the last four years and comment on the trends. i.e.

reasons for increase / decrease and actions initiated for improvement.

(Last four years)

2010-11

Programmes Number of

Applications

Number of

students

admitted

Demand Ratio

UG

BA

B.Com,

BBM

B.Sc.

279

315

162

102

279

315

162

102

Admission is

provided to all the

applicants

TOTAL 858 858

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2011-12


Applications

Number of

students

admitted

Demand Ratio

UG

BA

B.Com

BBM

B.Sc.

340

373

152

83

340

373

152

83

Admission is

provided to all the

applicants except in

PG. BBM and B.Sc.

saw a slight

downward trend

PG

M.Com

22

18

Total 980 976

2012-13


applications

Number of

students

admitted

Demand Ratio

UG

BA

B.Com

BBM

B.Sc

359

398

137

85

359

398

137

85

Admission is

provided to all the


PG. Strength in

BBM further went

down PG

M.Com

52

35

TOTAL 1031 1014

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2013-14


applications

Number of

students

admitted

Demand Ratio

UG

BA

B.Com

BBM

B.Sc

38

418

146

96

388

418

146

96

Admission is

provided to all the


PG. Strength in

BBM further went

down

PG

M.Com.

56

56

TOTAL 1104 1104

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2.2 Catering to Diverse Needs of Students

2.2.1 How does the institution cater to the needs of differently abled students

and ensure adherence to government policies in this regard?

The number of differently-abled students in the college is relatively low. However,

such students are constantly guided to excel in academic and co-curricular

activities. Teachers try their level best to instil confidence in them so that they

would never feel inferior to anyone.

Apart from this, differently-abled students are explained the benefits of

having competitive education to thrive in the present scenario. They are also given

due information about the financial benefits in terms of scholarships, loads etc., to

take forward their education without any hindrance.

As per the instructions of the university, in the required cases,

differently-abled students are allowed to take the help of a person to write their

exams. These students, mostly, visually impaired, can dictate answers to their

companions who assist them to write exams.

To facilitate wheel-chair bound students to enter the college, the

institution has constructed a slope structure in the steps.

As per the instructions of the University, differently-abled students are

provided with an extra hour in the exams to write.

2.2.2 Does the institution assess the students' needs in terms of knowledge

and skills before the commencement of the programme? If 'yes', give

details on the process.

With each passing year, teachers come to know about the needs of students in

terms of knowledge and skills. The feedback given by students about the

institution and teachers definitely provides an idea about their requirements.

Looking at their feedback both written and oral, the institution reviews its

performance. Teachers do change their methods of teaching according to the needs

of the students.

2.2.3 What are the strategies drawn and deployed by the institution to bridge

the knowledge gap of the enrolled students to enable them to cope with

the programme of their choice? (Bridge/Remedial/ Add-on/Enrichment

Courses etc.)

The college conducts remedial classes as per the guidelines of the

UGC/Department. Four classes are allotted to each teacher in his/her timetable of

40 hours to teach his/her subject. Every teacher tries to engage such classes

according to the requirements of the pupils. The sole purpose of these classes is to

improve the academic performance of the slow learners and to engage fast learners

in other beneficial programmes.

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With the assistance of the IQAC, department wise programmes are also

conducted for the enlightenment of students. Computer skills, Communicative

English, Life Skills, Career guidance and such programmes are organised for the

benefit of students regularly. IQAC coordinator and the members of the IQAC

monitor such programmes under the chairmanship of the principal.

2.2.4 How does the college sensitize its staff and students on issues such as

gender, inclusion, environment etc?

The college sensitizes its staff and students on the key issues like gender, inclusion

and environment in a few novel ways. At the beginning of a year when the first

year students join the institution, they are oriented about these sensitive issues.

They are asked not to indulge in activities like ragging and teasing female students.

They are made to know about an all-inclusive society of which they are merely a

part. These students are taught not to pollute the environment, not to cut trees, to

support aforestation, in general to care for the surrounding environment. Besides

these general instructions, students study a compulsory subject Environmental

Science which also educates them about the nature.

Special lectures which are held at regular intervals with the assistance of

IQAC also sensitize both the faculty and students on these key issues.

2.2.5 How does the institution identify and respond to special

educational/learning needs of advanced learners?

Advanced learners are always motivated to do better in tune with the changing

times. Advanced learners are identified based on their classroom involvement,

their results in the periodical tests and exams besides their participation and

performance in co-curricular activities.

Such students are also guided to take up advanced tasks to enhance their

skills. They are motivated to participate in workshops and seminars held outside

the college campus so that they could mingle with the experts in the field and

update their knowledge. The advanced learners are also instructed to make the best

use of ICT tools, internet and different other media to upgrade their potentiality.

Encouragement and rewards are extended to these students to motivate them

continuously.

2.2.6 How does the institute collect, analyze and use the data and information

on the academic performance (through the programme duration) of the

students at risk of drop out (students from the disadvantaged sections of

society, physically challenged, slow learners, economically weaker

sections etc.)?

Even though no scientific study is conducted to assess the incremental academic

growth of different categories of students, the institution ensures that each student

in the college gets the different benefits offered by the UGC, the State government

and other financial agencies so that they be on par with advantaged sections of the

society. These benefits have definitely boosted the confidence of students from

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weaker sections of the society. As a result they have improved their academic

performance. Such students have also been educated, guided and motivated by

teachers to excel in all walks of life.

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2.3 Teaching-Learning Process

2.3.1 How does the college plan and organise the teaching, learning and

evaluation schedules? (Academic calendar, teaching plan, evaluation

blue print, etc.)

The institution follows a well-designed blue print for the effective implementation

of the year-long schedule. Academic calendar is planned by the University itself

and the college has to fix dates for internal assessment tests and other co-curricular

activities. The same will be circulated among the teachers and students through

notices.

At the beginning of the academic year, the principal, in consultation

with the teaching faculty, prepares a road map for the whole year.

Under the principal‟s chairmanship, the coordinator of the Time Table committee

prepares time table for all the courses. This is done in consultation with the

teachers from the related courses. The time table accommodates four theory

classes of one hour each per week for language subjects and six hours a week for

theory classes. However, for final year students this would be ten hours in the arts

stream. Number of theory classes vary from class to class and subject to subject in

the commerce and management stream.

Students of science stream have one practical class per week of three

hours for optional subjects. For the final year students, it is six hours of theory and

two practical classes each of three hour duration are scheduled.

Dates for internal assessment tests, inauguration and valedictory of

different forums are planned tentatively at the beginning itself. Usually, the first

internal assessment test is conducted in the ninth week and the second test would

be conducted during the thirteenth week. Another test would also be conducted

within ten days of the second test for those who remain absent for the first or

second test with genuine. This test would be given only to such students and also to

those who want to improve their performance.

Each department gives assignments to the students during every

semester. The performance in these assignments is also taken into consideration

while awarding Internal Assessment marks.

Valuation of answer scripts is done by teachers and this is allotted by the

Heads of the department. Usually, a week‟s time is given for valuation of test

scripts.

The final examination time table is provided by the university at the end

of each semester well in advance. To help students to prepare for the exams,

teachers keep a file of question papers of previous examinations. These files or

question banks are available with the teachers of all subjects and in the library.

The IQAC of the college designs and plans the department wise

seminars and workshops in consultation with the Heads of each department.

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2.3.2 How does IQAC contribute to improve the teaching-learning process?

The IQAC has been playing a vital role in improving the teaching-learning

environment in the college. Following are the steps taken by the IQAC in this

direction:

To take feedback on teachers and the institution, and to take appropriate

measures based on them to improve teaching-learning environment

To motivate teachers to adopt technology in their teaching which would ease

the process of teaching and learning

To encourage departments to organise special lecture/seminar/conference

programmes for the benefit of both the faculty and students

To facilitate teachers to participate and present research papers in State,

National and International level seminars/conferences

To motivate teachers and students to take up research activities

2.3.3 How is learning made more student-centric? Give details on the support

structures and systems available for teachers to develop skills like

interactive learning, collaborative learning and independent learning

among the students?

Most of the teachers have minimized the lecture method and switched over to the

participatory teaching-learning. Teachers encourage students to clear their doubts,

ask questions about the taught topics at the end of each class. They devote some

time for this purpose.

In the language classrooms students are involved more and more in the

process of learning. Teachers ask them to read from the textbooks and express

their views on selected topics. Language classrooms are the one where lot of

activity goes on. In the English language classrooms attention is even given to

improve their communication skills. Here students are encouraged to form pairs,

groups and participate in dialogue exercises. Poetry classes do give much scope to

students to express their opinions freely.

Most of the subjects conduct seminars and give assignments to students

so that they work on their own and lessen their dependency on the teachers.

Home-assignments keep student occupied during weekends and they will find

enough time to analyse and arrange their thoughts in a relaxed, but systematic

manner.

Even in the science laboratories, students are encouraged to work more

independently. Such learning would definitely prove to be not only a fun-filled

exercise but also a training to enhance their knowledge.

Dissertation or project work given to many students is found to be one

of the best methods of imparting research tempo in terms of data collection and

organization, literature survey, experimentation, discussion and analysis, and

report writing. It aids in developing a healthy rapport between students and

teachers, which could be quite influential in their future studies and research.

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2.3.4 How does the institution nurture critical thinking, creativity and

scientific temper among the students to transform them into life-long

learners and innovators?

The institution has had a tradition of instilling and nurturing critical

thinking, creativity and scientific temper among its learners from the beginning.

The faculty are of the opinion that learning takes place beyond the curriculum.

Students are motivated and insisted to ask questions without hesitation. To nurture

critical thinking, creativity and scientific temper, students are encouraged to attend

seminars and workshops. Study tours and field visits are organized to provide

better exposure. With all these efforts the college hopes to instill a strong desire to

learn and also to become long learners.

2.3.5 How are the students and faculty exposed to advanced level of

knowledge and skills (blended learning, expert lectures, seminars,

workshops etc.)?

The institution has always encouraged inviting experts/people of eminence to

provide special lectures, conducting seminars and workshops for the benefit of our

students. Such programmes are funded by agencies like UGC or State government.

The faculty members do spend a fair amount to conduct such programmes when

funding from other agencies is not sufficient. Internal Quality Assurance Cell

(IQAC) of the college takes care of motivating and assisting department heads to

conduct such programmes.

The faculty are also encouraged to organise conferences/seminars with

the assistance of UGC. Even though these programmes are organised for the

benefit of teachers, students are invited to such programmes so that they are

introduced to such knowledge hubs. Students are also encouraged and motivated

to present research papers in these programmes.

Koppa is a remote place which is far away from the district head

quarters. In this place, it is bit difficult to invite well known, popular personalities.

However, the institution invites locally available, people of wisdom to its

programmes so that students are benefitted.

2.3.6 Detail (process and the number of students benefitted) on the academic,

personal and psycho-social support and guidance services

(professional counseling/mentoring/ academic advise) provided to

students?

Definitely, there is a provision for the services of counsellors/mentors/advisors for

each class or group of students related to their academic as well as personal growth

and to address problems concerning these areas. However, the role of external

experts is minimal in these issues. Their services are sought only occasionally.

Every class is provided with a class teacher. He/she would take care

students‟ academic, personal and psycho-social issues. Internal Assessment test

results and the term end results give hint of a student‟s academic growth and the

student‟s behavioural pattern would speak about his/her personal traits. For those

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with problems, the class teacher would interact with them and try to suggest the

remedial measures to mitigate such problems if any. The teacher would suggest for

a student‟s academic performance as and when required.

Separate committees have also been framed under the chairmanship of

the principal to address students‟ grievances.

Female teachers of the college take care of the non-academic problems

related to female students.

2.3.7 Provide details of innovative teaching approaches/methods adopted by

the faculty during the last four years? What are the efforts made by the

institution to encourage the faulty to adopt new and innovative

approaches and the impact of such innovative practices on student

learning?

Yes, several unique and innovative methods of teaching have been adopted by the

faculty in the past four years in addition to the traditional teaching methods. Few

of them have been listed below.

Use of smart board

Use of lap tops inside the class rooms

Use of maps/charts

Use of audio-video clips

Use of films to teach literature

Use of computer lab and internet

Use of personal library to facilitate reading culture

Students feedback has always been positive in these instances. Such feedback Is a

testimony to the new experiment‟s success. The college has always encouraged

new initiatives taken up by the faculty by providing more resources in this

direction.

2.3.8 How are library resources used to augment the teaching-learning

process?

The college has a library which is more than 25 years old. It houses more than

25,000 books to cater to the academic needs of our students. Every year the library

uses the grants available to it in the best possible ways to meet the growing

demands of students.

At the beginning of the year, library cards are issued to students to

borrow books. Specific days are assigned to each class to avoid crowds. Close

circuit cameras have also been installed inside the library to monitor the students

activities. This has avoided incidents of page tearing or even stealing of books that

were reported rarely in the past.

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Teachers have also access to the services of the library. They are given

books, CD Roms, allowed to use internet facility etc., to augment the

teaching-learning process.

Apart from books, the library has also service of a reading room where

students can sit and refer books, study in their leisure time. The serene atmosphere

in the reading room has proved a perfect ambience for those students who cannot

devote much time for study at home due to their domestic engagements.

The library does provide students with different magazines and

periodicals. The institution wishes the students not to glue completely to text

books. Hence to encourage extra reading this facility has been provided. CDs and

DVDs of many books cater to the academic needs of students even though such

usage by students is not more.

The institution has taken the membership of N-LIST, an on-line

resource facility of UGC-Inflibnet by which the faculty and students can access

full articles of 4137 e-journals, 93809 e-books, and bibliography database,

MathSciNet etc. N-List is a definite platform for those who wish to pursue their

research in different arena.

Books for depraved classes students are also given to boost their morale

and confidence. There is an SC/ST book bank from where students can avail more

number of books and also can refer them.

2.3.9 Does the institution face any challenges in completing the curriculum

within the planned time frame and calendar? If 'yes', elaborate on the

challenges encountered and the institutional approaches to overcome

these.

Yes, the institution definitely has problems in completing the curriculum within

the stipulated time of academic calendar. Most of the faculty feel that in the

present semester system, it is an arduous task to complete the syllabi.

The herculean task is due to different reasons. Different interruptions

erupt during the term days. Unexpected bundhs, heavy rains, festivals, government

programmes and institutional programmes like seminars, cultural events,

workshops etc are a few to name. These disturbances prove a hindrance to the

smooth going classes. In such instances, faculty engage extra classes taking prior

permission from the principal. Special classes are also conducted as and when

required to compensate the lost sessions.

Leaves applied by the faculty, mid-term valuation camps, faculty

attending Orientation courses, Refresher courses, Seminars, Conferences and

Workshops also disturb the classes. Even during such days, faculty are advised to

engage extra classes so that students would not suffer.

2.3.10 How does the institute monitor and evaluate the quality of teaching

learning?

Periodical feedback from students is a way to assess the performance of

teachers. Written feedback is taken at the end of every academic year and timely

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oral feedback is taken as and when it is necessary. If the students have any issues

with any teacher‟s performance they either report it to the Heads of the particular

department or to the Principal. Teachers‟ Self-appraisal forms given at the end of

every year provide the principal with teachers‟ way of engaging classes and their

methods of teaching.

The head of the institution continuously monitors the environment of

classrooms. The close circuit cameras installed in the college do help to certain

extent in this direction.

The periodical tests and exams do provide a teacher with students

performance and the required changes if any.

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2.4 Teacher Quality

2.4.1 Provide the following details and elaborate on the strategies adopted by

the college in planning and management (recruitment and retention) of

its human resource (qualified and competent teachers) to meet the

changing requirements of the curriculum

All the teachers are appointed, transferred and deputed by the government. They

are all qualified in their respective areas.

2.4.2 How does the institution cope with the growing demand/ scarcity of

qualified senior faculty to teach new programmes/ modem areas

(emerging areas) of study being introduced (Biotechnology, IT,

Bioinformatics etc.)? Provide details on the efforts made by the

institution in this direction and the outcome during the last three years.

No new programmes have been introduced in the institution in the last three years.

The State government fills both the permanent and temporary teacher posts in the

institution. The college as such does not have any role to play in this regard.

Highest

qualification

Professor Associate

Professor

Assistant

Professor Total

Male Female Male Female Male Female

Permanent teachers

D.Sc./D/Litt. - - - - - -

Ph.D. - - 02 00 03 - 05

M.Phil. - - 00 01 07 01 09

P.G. - - 04 01 02 00 07

Guest Lecturers

Male Female Total

Ph.D. 00 00 00

M.Phil. 02 01 03

P.G. 14 31 45

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2.4.3 Providing details on staff development programmes during the last four

years elaborate on the strategies adopted by the institution in enhancing

the teacher quality.

a) Nomination to staff development programmes

Academic Staff Development Programmes Number of faculty

nominated

Refresher courses 11

HRD programmes 10

Orientation programmes 09

Staff training conducted by the university 00

Staff training conducted by other institutions 14

Summer / winter schools, workshops, etc. 00

b) Faculty Training programmes organized by the institution to empower and

enable the use of various tools and technology for improved teaching-learning

Teaching learning methods/ approaches

Handling new curriculum

Content/knowledge management

Selection, development and use of enrichment materials

Assessment

Cross cutting issues

Audio Visual Aids/multimedia

OER's

Teaching learning material development, selection and use

The institution has always encouraged its faculty members to upgrade their

knowledge on the relevant subject they handle and also on modern technology

being used in the classrooms. In this direction, many teachers joined computer

courses to have a working knowledge of computers and internet. A few of the

faculty members have been provided training on using modern teaching aids in the

institution.

Usually, curriculum is changed once in three years in most of the

subjects. When this happens, the forums of that particular subject organise

workshops to fine tune teachers‟ skills on the curriculum. The institution

encourages teachers to participate in such workshops to hone their skills.

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c) Percentage of faculty

invited as resource persons in Workshops / Seminars / Conferences organized

by external professional agencies : 10%

participated in external Workshops / Seminars / Conferences recognized by

national / international professional bodies : 100%

presented papers in Workshops / Seminars / Conferences conducted or

recognized by professional agencies : 80%

2.4.4 What policies/systems are in place to recharge teachers? (eg: providing

research grants, study leave, support for research and academic

publications teaching experience in other national institutions and

specialized programmes industrial engagement etc.)

The faculty are always encouraged to recharge themselves from the their routine

academic works.

To boost their morale, the institution supports them to take up research,

apply for UGC-sponsored minor or major projects, organising seminars and

workshops of different levels.

At appropriate times, faculty are also sent to attend orientation and

refresher courses to rejuvenate themselves.

As it is also mandatory to revive their knowledge, faculty are also

encouraged not only to participate in seminars and workshops but also to present

research papers.

All these steps taken by the institution definitely charge the teachers.

2.4.5 Give the number of faculty who received awards / recognition at the

state, national and international level for excellence in teaching during

the last four years. Enunciate how the institutional culture and

environment contributed to such performance/ achievement of the

faculty.

During the last four years, a few faculty members have been recognised by various

agencies at different levels. The list is given below:

1.Dr. B.C. Prasanna Kumara – Young Scientist Award 2014

2.4.6 Has the institution introduced evaluation of teachers by the students and

external Peers? If yes, how is the evaluation used for improving the

quality of the teaching-learning process?

Yes, the quality of teachers is being evaluated by students but not by external

peers. The IQAC takes feedback on all the teachers by the students in a prescribed

pro forma. The collected feedback is contained in sealed envelopes and they are

opened before the head of the institution in an IQAC meeting. The data will be

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analysed in the meeting and suggestions, if any, are given to the teacher concerned

so that he/she would work on those areas.

The system is indeed helpful in improving the teaching-learning

environment in the institution.

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2.5 Evaluation Process and Reforms

2.5.1 How does the institution ensure that the stakeholders of the institution

especially students and faculty are aware of the evaluation processes?

To have the right evaluation system in place, the college has adopted several

means. At the beginning of each semester, fresh students to new courses are

oriented about the examination pattern followed in the college. Semester end main

examinations are scheduled by the university. But, the two internal assessment

tests are scheduled by the college itself. Students are instructed about these tests

well in advance. They are even made aware of the importance of these tests. For all

the theory subjects, if 80 marks are reserved for term end exams 20 marks are for

internal assessment exams. The college prospectus also mentions these details of

the evaluation process.

2.5.2 What are the major evaluation reforms of the university that the

institution has adopted and what are the reforms initiated by the

institution on its own?

Thanks to the technology, our examination pattern has seen a sea change over the

past few years.

The college conducts two internal assessment tests in the same fashion as the

main term end exams are conducted.

The question papers are typeset and photo copied so that they appear very neat

and disciplined.

To conduct the exams and tests hassle-free, an exam committee has been

formed. The committee takes care of the whole examination process.

Internal assessment marks are announced on notice board in advance so that

students would know them and let the concerned teacher know if any

discrepancy found.

To encourage students score better, project works and assignments are also

given.

These few steps taken by the college have been appreciated and received well by

the students and parents. The kind has also been emulated and appreciated by few

other institutions.

2.5.3 How does the institution ensure effective implementation of the

evaluation reforms of the university and those initiated by the institution

on its own?

Of late, the university has introduced many reforms in the process of evaluation.

These are being followed. The institution usually can not initiate any reforms on its

own as it bound by the rules and regulations of the affiliating university. A little bit

of liberty can be taken only in the evaluation process of two internal assessment

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tests conducted at the college. But, teachers adhere to the guidelines issued by the

university even in this regard.

2.5.4 Provide details on the formative and summative evaluation approaches

adopted to measure student achievement. Cite a few examples which

have positively impacted the system.

The formative evaluation of students by teachers inside the classrooms have

brought in many vital changes in students. They have been able to know their

strengths and weaknesses on certain areas. Most of the students have improved on

those areas where improvement was required.

The effect of the formative evaluation can be seen in the summative

evaluation of students. Term end exams provide the actual performance of

students.

2.5.5 Enumerate on how the institution monitors and communicates the

progress and performance of students through the duration of the

course/ programme? Provide an analysis of the students results/

achievements (programme/ course wise for last four years) and explain

the differences if any and patterns of achievement across the

programmes/ courses offered.

Result of the college from 2009-10 to 2012-13

Year B.A. B.Sc. B.Com BBM M.Com

2010-11 89% 85% 65% 71% -

2011-12 83% 79% 66% 61% -

2012-13 90% 79% 93% 72% 87%

2013-14 85% 83% 72% 75% 93%

The data provided in the table shows not much fluctuation in the result of all the

courses. If BA results are close to 90 percent, B.Sc. results are near to 82%. Only

B.Com.has to improve because once it raised from 66 to 93 but again came down

to 72%. BBM‟s result is approximately 70 percent. The M.Com.result has

improved once and hope the trend will continue in the future as well.

The analysis of each subject‟s result will be communicated to students

in the classes by teachers and suggestions would be made to better the results.

2.5.6 Detail on the significant improvements made in ensuring rigor and

transparency in the internal assessment during the last four years and

weight ages assigned for the overall development of students

(weightage for behavioral aspects, independent learning,

communication skills etc.

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Not many changes have been made in the whole framework of the internal

assessment tests. On the instructions of the university, the institution conducts two

internal assessment tests in each semester to all the courses. The second test for

B.Com. and B.B.M. course will be in the form of a project.

Even though teachers wish to consider a student‟s behavioural pattern

while assigning marks in the internal assessment tests, one‟s hands are tied to do

such things because it is compulsory for the students to write tests and marks can

be awarded only on the basis of the answers written.

2.5.7 Does the institution and individual teachers use assessment/ evaluation

as an indicator for evaluating student performance, achievement of

learning objectives and planning? If 'yes' provide details on the process

and cite a few examples.

Indeed a student‟s performance in tests and exams serve as a purpose to assess and

evaluate the learning objectives and planning of the institution.

For example, teachers take the term end exam‟s results and the results of

internal assessment tests and analyse them to see whether their teaching has had

any impact on students. If the students have fared well, obviously, it is an indicator

of one‟s good teaching. If students have done relatively bad in exams, that will

show the amount of efforts a teacher needs to put in his/her teaching.

2.5.8 What are the mechanisms for redressal of grievances with reference to

evaluation both at the college and University level?

Grievances with reference to evaluation happens at two levels. One, at the internal

assessment test level and the other at the term-end examination level.

If students have any grievance at the first level, the problem is set right

before the students themselves in the college. Concerned teacher would look into

the issue and redress it to the satisfaction of the students.

Grievances at the second level are addressed by the University. This

would happen through the processes of re-evaluation, issue of photo copies of the

answer scripts.

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2.6 Student performance and Learning Outcomes

2.6.1 Does the college have clearly stated learning outcomes? If 'yes' give

details on how the students and staff are made aware of these?

The curricula is framed by the University Board of Studies in each department.

The learning outcome is also set by the same board for each and every programme.

The same board provides guidelines to teachers as well as students in the

syllabi or in the books/contents prescribed. Teachers do pass on these instructions

to students so that they are well aware of it. Both teachers and students work in that

direction to achieve the set goals.

However, at times, it is left to the creativity of a teacher to bring out the

best from a student.

2.6.2 How are the teaching, learning and assessment strategies of the

institution structured to facilitate the achievement of the intended

learning outcomes?

The learning outcomes are set by the Board of Studies in each department.

Teachers make sure that they impart students such knowledge which would bring

the best in a student. Results of the exams do throw light on the learning outcomes

of a student.

Regular meetings are held in the college which are presided over by the

principal. Learning outcome issues are discussed in these meetings. Mutual

discussions help the process of improving learning outcomes in a student.

2.6.3 What are the measures/initiatives taken up by the institution to enhance

the social and economic relevance (quality Jobs, entrepreneurship,

innovation and research aptitude) of the courses offered?

The institution believes that all the courses carry an importance of their own. No

course is inferior to any other course. But, sometimes students develop this attitude

towards some subjects or courses like Humanities. This would indeed have an

impact on their studies. Hence, teachers as part of the institution try to mitigate this

inferiority complex from students by assuring them that even such courses do have

relevance. There are civil services exams conducted by Union Publisc Service

Commission (UPSC) and Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) on

clearing which students could get into civil services. Such assurances would

indeed enhance the social and economic relevance of any course.

2.6.4 How does the institution collect and analyze data on student learning

outcomes and use it for planning and overcoming barriers of learning?

The internal assessment test results and the term end exam results and the

interaction of teachers with students would definitely help the institution to collect

and analyse data on a student‟s learning outcome. The same date will be used to

overcome barriers of learning.

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Students‟ learning outcome is also taken by the teachers even inside the classroom

while discussing with them. Questions and interactions do help a teacher to assess

the learning outcome of a student.

2.6.5 How does the institution monitor and ensure the achievement of

learning outcomes?

The institution monitors the learning outcome of any student by looking at their

feedbacks in the classrooms and also through their marks scored in the tests and

exams. The feedbacks and marks scored definitely give the teacher an idea about

their success as a teacher. Analysing these details, a teacher would better one‟s

teaching process and ensure the learning outcome in students.

2.6.6 What are the graduate attributes specified by the college/ affiliating

university? How does the college ensure the attainment of these by the

students?

There are no fixed graduate attributes specified by the college or the university.

However, the institution wishes to see its graduates fit into the tag of a „graduate.‟

One should have all the skills to lead a life without depending upon any particular

institution. He/she should not only have intelligence but also wisdom of an

educated person. Such are the qualities the institution wishes to inculcate in its

students and it has been striving hard in this direction.

2.6.7 Any other relevant information regarding Teaching-Learning and

Evaluation which the college would like to include.

The Government First Grade College, Koppa has been a pioneering institution in

the region to have a long tradition of providing quality education to its students

who are mostly from the lower rung of society. But, the institution is aware of the

fact that there is lot more to be done to improve its quality services. In the changing

scenario, whatever is being done by the college is not sufficient. In the years to

come, the college would like to involve in this particular activity.

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CRITERION III:

RESEARCH, CONSULTANCY AND

EXTENSION

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CRITERION III: RESEARCH, CONSULTANCY AND

EXTENSION

3.1 Promotion of Research

3.1.1 Does the institution have recognized research center/s of the affiliating

University or any other agency/organization?

The Institution does not have recognized research center. But faculty members are

guiding students for Ph.D. degree for other recognized universities

3.1.2 Does the Institution have a research committee to monitor and address

the issues of research? If so, what is its composition? Mention a few

recommendations made by the committee for implementation and their

impact.

Yes. A research committee is formed, which consists of the principal,

co-coordinator and one senior teacher from each faculty. Meetings are held at

regular intervals throughout the academic year. The teachers are encouraged to

take up research activities like M.Phil /Ph. D/ Minor/ Major research project

works. The information of the UGC & other research schemes is made available to

the teachers. They are motivated to write and published research papers and to

attend National / International Conference / Seminar and Workshop with research

papers. The students & faculty members are encouraged and motivated for

research activity.

Chairman : K.C. Venkatesh., Principal

Coordinator : Dr.B.C.Prasannakumara

Members : Dr. S. Y. Kotyal

Dr.K.Sreepathi

Mr. Prabhakar S. V.

Mr. Naveena.V

Mr. Narasimha.S. A.

3.1.3 What are the measures taken by the institution to facilitate smooth

progress and implementation of research schemes/ projects?

Autonomy to the principal investigator

Adequate infrastructure and human resources

Facilitate timely auditing and submission of utilization certificate to

the funding authorities any other

Separate room for research committee

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INFLI BNET, N-LIST for online magazines/ journals

The faculties are provided with the infrastructural support for the

pursuance of research.

The faculty members are encouraged to participate in research

oriented workshops, trainings etc.

For research & related field work, the faculties are encouraged & motivated with

Study Leave / Duty Leave.

3.1.4 What are the efforts made by the institution in developing scientific

temper and research culture and aptitude among students?

The Department of Science celebrates 'Science Day' every year. Special lectures

from University Professors are usually arranged on various topics that would help

the students to develop scientific temperament. The students are encouraged to

participate in the science exhibitions and competitions in other institutions.

The social-economical surveys are held with the help of questionnaire, oral

interview under the guidance of the faculty.

Students are motivated and encouraged to take active participation in

research-based activity MATHSFEST held at University level.

To develop the research culture and aptitude among students, teachesrs have

continuously encouraged students to read periodicals and journals, which are

made available at the reading room.

3.1.5 Give details of the faculty involvement in active research (Guiding

student research, leading Research Projects, engaged in individual /

collaborative research activity, etc.

Mr. NaveenaV , Assistant Professor of English has registered for

Ph.D. programme in Kuvempu University.

One Minor research project and Three Major research projects are

going on, two minor research projects are completed.

3.1.6 Give details of workshops/training programmes/sensitization

programmes conducted/ organized by the institution with focus on

capacity building in terms of research and imbibing research culture

among the staff and students.

The institution has organized following National conferences in the last five years.

UGC sponsored one-day National seminar on Rural Development and

Panchayat Raj Institutions: Issues and Challenges was held on 17th Sept. 2011

organised by the Department of Economics.

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UGC sponsored one-day national level Conference on MATHEMATICAL

SCIENCES AND APPLICATIONS held on 9th March 2013 organised by

the Department of Mathematics.

UGC sponsored one-day national level seminar on THE EFFECT OF THE

GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS ON INDIAN ECONOMY: ISSUES,

CHALLENGES AND RECOVERY held on 28th March 2013 organised by

the Department of Economics.

UGC sponsored and CSIR, INSA supported, two-day national level

Conference on GEOMETRY, ANALYSIS AND FLUID MECHANICS held

on 20-21 September 2013, organised by the Department of Mathematics.

UGC sponsored national level Conference on Vivekananda and Nationalism

held on 20 September 2014, organised by the Department of Library Science.

Among the several distinguished visitors to the College in the last few years,

mention must be made of Prof I.S.Shivakumar,F.I.A.Sc, from the University of

Bangalore, Prof.C.S.Bagewadi from Kuvempu University, Shivamogga, Prof.

Bhaskar Reddy, Sri Venkateshwara University, Thirupathi, Prof. Bandari Shankar,

Osmania University, Hyderabad, Sri Swami Jithakamananda, Ramakrishna Mutt,

Bengaluru.

3.1.7 Provide details of prioritised research areas and the expertise available

with the institution.

Heat Transfer

Two phase fluid flow

Film studies

Studies on Migration

Agri Management

Physical Fitness

3.1.8 Enumerate the efforts of the institution in attracting researchers of

eminence to visit the campus and interact with teachers and students?

The institution regularly organizes national conferences, seminars and workshops

in order to rope in researchers of eminence to visit the campus and interact with

teachers and students. The resource persons are provided with TA/DA and

honorarium for visiting our campus.The college has invited many eminent

personalities into the college to interact with the faculty & students community.

The following eminent persons have visited the institution in connection with

various programmes.

3.1.9 What percentage of the faculty. has utilized Sabbatical Leave for

research activities? How has the provision contributed to improve the

quality of research and imbibe research culture on the campus?

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So far, no faculty has availed the benefit of sabbatical leave. But, the faculty

members have been made aware of such facility. Mr. Naveen V who has registered

for Ph.D. with the Kuvempu University has applied for Faculty Improvement

Programme to pursue research.

3.1.10 Provide details of the initiatives taken up by the institution in creating

awareness/ advocating/ transfer of relative findings of research of the

institution and elsewhere to students and community (lab to land)

The institution encourages the faculty members as well as the research

scholars to publish their research output in refereed journals.

To reinforce and disseminate the research output and findings, various issues

of importance have been included in PG projects.

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3.2 Resource Mobilization for Research

3.2.1 What percentage of the total budget is earmarked for research? Give

details of major heads of expenditure, financial allocation and actual

utilization.

The College receives grants primarily from UGC for most of the research

activities. Apart from UGC, it has been able to mobilize substantial amount of

financial resources from various other funding agencies like VGST in the form of

research projects. An effective monitoring system through research committee

ensures the optimal utilization of grants sanctioned. Faculty members are

encouraged to participate in conferences, Seminars and Workshops and OOD

facility will be given to such activites.

3.2.2 Is there a provision in the institution to provide seed money to the

faculty for research? If so, specify the amount disbursed and the

percentage of the faculty that has availed the facility in the last four

years?

As such the Institution doesn‟t have any provision for seed money to be availed by

the faculty for research. Faculty members use funds provided by funding agencies

like University Grants Commission (UGC) and Vision Group on Science and

Technology (VGST) to engage in research activities.

3.2.3 What are the financial provisions made available to support student

research projects by students?

Although, no financial aid is given to the students, there are certain other facilities

made available to them to support research activities.

They are encouraged and supported to submit research proposals to funding

agencies.

Following facilities are provided to students for research activities.

Internet facility

Reprographic facility

Overnight issue of reference books

Audio-Visual Resources available in library

Free e-books and online journals available through membership

ofUGC N-LIST Programme

3.2.4 How does the various departments/units/staff of the institute interact in

undertaking inter-disciplinary research? Cite examples of successful

endeavors and challenges faced in organizing interdisciplinary

research.

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The various departments/units/staff of the institute interact with those departments

with which their inter-disciplinary interests match in undertaking

inter-disciplinary research. However, so far, no such activity has taken place in the

institution.

3.2.5 How does the institution ensure optimal use of various equipment and

research facilities of the institution by its staff and students?

Extended library timings for staff and students motivate them to pursue

research in their relevant field/ interests.

By sharing of equipment amongst staff and students for effective transfer of

technical skills by various departments under the faculty of science that is

Physics and Electronics.

By providing Internet facility to teachers engaged in Major as well as Minor

Research Projects.

By providing easy and uninterrupted access to various equipments.

By not discouraging any of its staff member or a student to carry out research

activities.

3.2.6 Has the institution received any special grants or finances from the

industry or other beneficiary agency for developing research facility? If

'yes' give details.

Other than UGC, the department of mathematics has got financial support to

establish a research lab. This can be utilized by any other faculty to conduct his/her

research. The lab is set up with MAT LAB software with the funding support of

Vision Group on Science and Technology (VGST), Government of Karnataka,

Bangalore. Dr. B.C. Prasanna Kumara of the department has availed these

benefits.

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3.2.7 Enumerate the support provided to the faculty in securing research

funds from various funding agencies, industry and other organisations.

Provide details of ongoing and completed projects and grants received

during the last four years.

Nature

of the

Project

Duration

Year

From -To

Title of

the

project

Name of

the

funding

agency

Total grant Total

grant

receive

d till

date

Sanction

ed Received

Minor

Researc

h

projects

2010-2012

Dusty fluid flow

between parallel

plates in Frenet

Frame field System

By

Dr.B.C.Prasannaku

mara of the

Department of

Mathematics

UGC 150000 150000 150000

2010-2012

An Economic

Analysis on

Cultivation and

Marketing

Watermelon with

reference to

Tarikere Taluk

by

Sri.Uday Kumar of

the Department of

Commerce

UGC 60000 60000 60000

2012-2014

Study of nature in

the selected works

of Ruskin Bond

by

Sri. Naveen.V of the

Department of

English

UGC 125000 100000 10000

Majnor

Researc

h

projects

2013-2015

Boundary layer flow

of

Dusty fluid over

stretching sheet

By

VGST Rs.

6,000,00

Rs.06,00

0,00

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Dr.B.C.Prasannaku

mara

2014-2017

Numerical

Investigation On

Boundary Layer

Flow Of Fluid

Particle Suspension

And Heat Transfer

Over Stretching /

Shrinking Sheet

By

Dr.B.C.Prasannaku

mara1

UGC Rs.

12,250,00 00 00

2014-2017

Migration studies

with reference to

Kannada Literature

by Dr. K. Sripathi of

Department of

Kannada

UGC Rs.

5,49,000 00 00

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3.3 Research Facilities

3.3.1 What are the research facilities available to the students and research

scholars within the campus?

The following research facilities are available for active research work within the

college campus:

Various labs such as Physics & Electronics with latest equipments

computers with internet facility

Procurement of Research Oriented Journals & E-Journals

Space/enclosures to carry out Minor Research Projects

Well stocked library with e-resources and extended working hours

Free e-books and online journals available through membership of UGC

N-LIST Programme for Colleges

Facility of INFLIBNET, leading international journals and e-books

Audio-Visual resources of library

Uninterrupted power supply is ensured with the aid of UPS and generators to

support the research activities.

TV, printers, scanners, DVD players and Internet facilities and ever-obliging

administrative staff members.

3.3.2 What are the institutional strategies for planning, upgrading and

creating infra structural facilities to meet the needs of researchers

especially in the new and emerging areas of research?

The institution has been striving hard to plan, upgrade and create infrastructural

facilities for its researchers. It has always motivated them to involve in research

activities by utilizing the financial benefits extended to them by various agencies.

It leaves no stone unturned in giving them suitable infrastructure and moral

support. It usually seeks the opinion of the researchers on their needs and tries to

provide them all that is required. Latest gadgets are also provided to any researcher

who feels the need of them.

3.3.3 Has the institution received any special grants or finances from the

industry or other beneficiary agency for developing research facilities?

If 'yes', what are the instruments/ facilities created during the last four

years.

Yes, the institution has received 06 lakhs from VGST to set up a MAT LAB.

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3.3.4 What are the research facilities made available to the students and

research scholars outside the campus / other research laboratories?

The research Scholars who are working on Research Projects, or supervisors who

are guiding students from outside the campus are encouraged to use the research

facilities available within the campus.

3.3.5 Provide details on the library/information resource centre or any other

facilities available specifically for the researchers?

The college has a well-established information resource centre in the form of a

general library for researchers. Internet facility and the membership in the UGC

INFLIBNET N-LIST consortium provide them easy access to e-Books and

e-Journals.

3.3.6 What are the collaborative researches facilities developed / created by

the research institutes in the college. For ex. Laboratories, library,

instruments, computers, new technology etc.

The collaborative research facilities like Computers, Laptops, printers, scanners,

internet, labs and libraries are developed and created out of funds sanctioned to

collaborative researchers by the funding agencies like the UGC and VGST.

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3.3 Research Publications and Awards

3.4.1 Highlight the major research achievements of the staff and students in

terms of

Patents obtained and filed (process and product) -Nil

Original research contributing to product improvement -Nil

Research studies or surveys benefiting the community or improving the

services –Mr Uday Kumar of Commerce Department has conducted a survey

on marketing an agricultural product in a taluk

Research inputs contributing to new initiatives and social development – All

the research activities carried out in the campus contribute to the development

of society directly or indirectly

3.4.2 Does the Institute publish or partner in publication of research

journal(s)? If 'yes', indicate the composition of the editorial board,

publication policies and whether such publication is listed in any

international database?

No. But the college has published conference proceedings.

3.4.3 Give details of publications by the faculty and students:

Publication per faculty

Number of papers published by faculty and students in peer reviewed

journals (national/international)

Number of publications listed in International Database (for Eg:

Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare

Database, International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host,

etc.)

Monographs

Chapter in Books

Books Edited

Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers

Citation Index

SNIP

SJR

Impact factor

h-index

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11 research papers have been published in International Journals and 03

papers are published in conference procedings by different members of the

faculty

05 research articles are listed in EBSCO host, 01 in Web of Science

03 Edited volumes

Citation Index:

Impact factor : 3

h-index: 5

3.4.4 Provide details (if any) of

research awards received by the faculty

recognition received by the faculty from reputed professional bodies and

agencies, nationally and internationally

Incentives given to faculty for receiving state, national and international

recognitions for research contributions.

One of the faculty members Dr.B.C.Prasannakumara, Assistant Professor in the

Department of Mathematics has been conferred the Young Scientist Award by the

Vision Group on Science and Technology (VGST), Government of Karnataka,

Bangalore in the year 2014.

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3.5 Consultancy

Our commerce teachers have given necessary information and advices regarding

taxation to the staff members. Many of the senior members of our faculty have

participated as resource persons in various events organised by different agencies.

3.5.1 Give details of the systems and strategies for establishing

institute-industry interface?

Students of are provided training for acquiring job skills in the college. Experts

ffrom industry are used for the purpose. Seminars and workshops are also held by

most of the departments and the Career and Counselling Cell to provide better

exposure to students of the industry needs.

3.5.2 What is the stated policy of the institution to promote consultancy? How

is the available expertise advocated and publicized?

The details of experience and expertise of the faculty are published through

college website and through informal interactions of the teachers with the

students, the alumni and the public.

The college provides all necessary facilities to encourage faculty to take up

consultancy works at institute level

The College advocates and publicizes the available expertise for consultancy

services through its publications like the prospectus. The awards and the

achievements of the faculty are highlighted through college magazine ad

reports read out on the College stage during its programmes.

3.5.3 How does the institution encourage the staff to utilize their expertise

and available facilities for consultancy services?

By giving incentives such as Duty Leave to faculty for their contributions in

consultancy services

By motivating the faculty to attend important workshops and seminars

arranged by the leading technology consultants in relevant fields

Faculty members are permitted to utilize the infrastructure and lab facility to

perform the laboratory tests and use of software for solving and analyzing

their consultancy projects.

3.5.4 List the broad areas and major consultancy services provided by the

institution and the revenue generated during the last four years.

The consultancy provided by the staff is only on the gratuitous basis and no

suchincome is generated as such.

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3.5.5 What is the policy of the institution in sharing the income generated

through consultancy (staff involved: Institution) and its use for

institutional development?

As mentioned in the previous point any consultancy provided by staff is only on

the gratuitous basis and as such no revenue is generated.

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3.6 Extension Activities and Institutional Social

Responsibility (ISR)

3.6.1 How does the institution promote institution-neighborhood-community

network and student engagement, contributing to good citizenship,

service orientation and holistic development of students?

National Service Scheme (NSS) units of the College organise an annual

special camp at a nearby village to carry out a developmental work of

significance. They conduct activities like cleaning streets, educating villagers

regarding the necessity of having toilets and lavatories.

Youth Red Cross unit and NSS actively participate in tree plantation

activities, special lecture programmes, Republic Day parade and many such

activities.

The college organises one or two blood donation camps annually to meet the

requirement of the district blood bank. A good number of students and

teachers donate blood for the cause of the society.

The Institution encourages units of NSS, Youth Red Cross, Rangers and

Rovers to work towards the community empowerment. When there was a

flood in North Karnataka in 2010, these units went in a procession along the

streets of Koppa and collected funds for the relief works.

The college has more than 60 per cent of students from lower rung of the

society. At times, students face different problems like health, accidents or

even finance related issues. To meet the demands of such unexpected hard

times, a special fund is collected by the students and teachers.

3.6.2 What is the Institutional mechanism to track students' involvement in

various social movements / activities which promote citizenship roles?

The college endeavours to fulfil its social responsibility by organizing

different extra-curricular and extension activities in the neighbouring villages.

Extension activities are now an essential aspect of complete education, which

emphasizes community services and inculcates values and commitment to

society. Teachers of the college informs and boost the mindset of students

to join NSS Unit. The NSS unit of the college has the approved enrolment

capacity of 200 volunteers in each academic session comprising both boy

and girl students.

The teacher designated as Programme Officer looks after all the

activities of NSS activities of the college under the advices and suggestions of

an NSS Advisory Committee headed by the Principal. All the extension and

community service activities are finalized in the meeting of the committee

and then implemented with the help of other faculty members and invited

external resource persons, experts, professionals from various fields.

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3.6.3 How does the institution solicit stakeholder perception on the overall

performance and quality of the institution?

The institution solicits stakeholder perception on the overall performance and

quality of the institution through students, Parents, and Alumni.

The College solicits students‟ perception through their feedback every year.

The College solicits Parents‟ perception through interaction with them in the

Parents-Teacher meeting.

The College solicits Alumni‟s perception through interaction with them at

Alumni Meets.

3.6.4 How does the institution plan and organize its extension and outreach

programmes? Providing the budgetary details for last four years, list

the major extension and outreach programmes and their impact on the

overall development of students.

Extension activities undertaken by the college through various extension units

during the last four years are given as below

i) Extension works under taken by the NSS units:

The college has two NSS units and each unit has 100 students. At

regular intervals, through out the year, these units engage in sanitary,

developmental and awareness programmes. Every year a special camp for seven

days is conducted in the neighbourhood areas of Koppa.

In last four year the NSS units have organized the programmes such as

Blood donation camp

AIDS awareness campaign

Campaign for creating awareness on voting

Healthcare camp for students and faculty

ii) Extension work under taken by the Youth Red Cross

The Youth Red Cross (YRC) is a constituent of the Indian Red Cross

Society (Karnataka): A group movement organized at the initial stages for students

between 18 to 25 years of age. We, in our college, have a Youth Red Cross wing.

Any student of any discipline can become a YRC member. Our YRC unit has 150

members, under the guidance of a programme officer.

Activities of Youth Red Cross such as

Promotion of health and life

Service to the sick and suffering

Promotion of national and international friendship to develop the

mental and moral capacities of the youth

Youth Red Cross unit has organized the following programmes in the recent years:

Free health check up camps

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Blood donation camps

Workshop on violence against women

AIDS awareness campaign in co-ordination with the taluk

Government Hospital

3.6.5 How does the institution promote the participation of students and

faculty in extension activities including participation in NSS, NCC, YRC

and other National / International agencies?

The institution selects the interested students who volunteer themselves to join

these extra-curricular activity units. Participation of teachers and students in the

activities of the units is voluntary. After joining these activities, they have to

undergo some orientation and training. However, the coordinators of these units

motivate students to be members of them to develop their overall personality.

3.6.6 Give details on social surveys, research or extension work (if any)

undertaken by the college to ensure social justice and empower students

from underprivileged and vulnerable sections of society?

The NSS, Rangers and Rovers, Youth Red Cross and other forums of the college

engage themselves in extension activities like blood donation camps, sanitary and

hygiene programmes. Minor and Major research projects have been taken which

directly or indirectly benefit the vulnerable and underprivileged sections of the

society.

3.6.7 Reflecting on objectives and expected outcomes of the extension

activities organized by the institution, comment on how they

complement students' academic learning experience and specify the

values and skills inculcated.

The objective of any extension activity is to give back something to the

community of which we are a part. It is also an opportunity to improve one‟s

personality by going out into the society to understand the very fabric of it. This is

the expected outcome to be found in any student. The extension programmes

organised by our college have indeed helped our students to mingle with the

society in its true colour. By working in villages and having spent time with the

rural mass, at least a few students have come to know the harsh realities of life.

This has indeed an impact on their outlook on personal and academic life.

3.6.8 How does the institution ensure the involvement of the community in its

reach out activities and contribute to the community development?

Detail on the initiatives of the institution that encourage community

participation in its activities?

The institution organizes awareness programmes, Health Care programmes and

environment friendly initiatives to ensure the involvement of the community in its

reach out activities and contribute to the community development.

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Even when organising an NSS special camp, a detailed survey would be done

before going into the village. The kind of work to be taken up, the support of the

community, local leadership, involvement of local bodies and other relevant

details would be paid attention to. Local people will be encouraged to take part in

all the activities of the institution..

3.6.9 Give details on the constructive relationships forged (if any) with other

institutions of the locality for working on various outreach and

extension activities.

The college establishes constructive relationship through its outreach activities

with many local institutions and organizations. They are listed below:

Dr. R. Nilkant – Blood Bank (Blood Donation Camp)

Government Hospital: General Health Check up

The Lawers‟ Association, Koppa

The Town Panchayat, Koppa

The State Bank of Mysore, Koppa

The above mentioned organisations and other such forums have always assisted

the institution in carrying out community-centered programmes for the benefit of

local people and the students.

3.6.10 Give details of awards received by the institution for extension activities

and/contributions to the social/community development during the last

four years.

Even though the institution has been involving in organising extension activities, it

has not received any awards for this service.

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3.7 Collaboration

3.7.1 How does the institution collaborate and interact with research

laboratories, institutes and industry for research activities. Cite

examples and benefits accrued of the initiatives - collaborative

research, staff exchange, sharing facilities and equipment, research

scholarships etc.

Department of Mathematics has collaborated with Department of Studies and

Research in Mathematics, Kuvempu University. In collaboration with Kuvempu

University, Department of Mathematics has organized two national level

conferences. Our research scholars make use of laboratories and libraries outside

the campus like the libraries of Kuvempu, Mysuru, Bengaluru and Mangaluru

University.

3.7.2 Provide details on the MoUs/collaborative arrangements (if any) with

institutions of national importance/other universities/ industries/

Corporate (Corporate entities) etc. and how they have contributed to

the development of the institution.

The institution has conducted various programmes and extension activities with

the help of other agencies like Kannada Sahithya Parishath, Red Cross, Rotary

and so on. It hopes to explore the possibilities of collaborative arrangements in the

future days.

3.7.3 Give details (if any) on the industry-institution-community interactions

that have contributed to the establishment/creation/up-gradation of

academic facilities, student and staff support, infrastructure facilities of

the institution viz. laboratories / library/new technology / placement

services etc.

From the beginning the institution has been able to develop a rapport with the

available mini industries and philanthropists of the region for its growth. Many

rooms have been sponsored by such people. Even the sports field is donated by Sri

M.D. Balakrishna who is a leading coffee planter in the region. Of late, as the

institution receives enough funds for its development, it hesitates to seek any

financial assistance for development of infrastructure. However, most of the

people related to industry and philanthropic activities support morally in all the

worthy endeavours of the institution.

3.7.4 Highlighting the names of eminent scientists/participants who

contributed to the events, provide details of national and international

conferences organized by the college during the last four years.

Five national conferences have been organized by different departments in the past

four years.

The conferences are:

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UGC sponsored one-day National seminar on Rural Development and

Panchayat Raj Institutions: Issues and Challenges was held on 17th Sept.

2011 organised by the Department of Economics.

UGC sponsored one-day national level Conference on Mathematical

Sciences and Applications held on 9th March 2013 organised by the

Department of Mathematics.

UGC sponsored one-day national level seminar on The Effect of the Global

Economic Crisis on Indian Economy: Issues, Challenges and Recovery held on 28th March 2013 organised by the Department of Economics.

UGC sponsored and CSIR, INSA supported, two-day national level

Conference on Geometry, Analysis and Fluid Mechanics held on 20-21

September 2013, organised by the Department of Mathematics.

UGC sponsored national level Conference on Vivekananda and

Nationalism held on 20 September 2014, organised by the Department of

Library Science.

Some of the eminent personalities who participated in these events are:

Prof. C.S.Bagewadi, UGC Emeritus Professor, Kuvempu University,

Shivamogga

Prof. I. S. Shivakumar, F.I.A.Sc, University of Bangalore,

Prof. BhaskarReddy, Sri Venkateshwara University,Thirupathi,

Prof. Bandari Shankar, Osmania University, Hyderabad,

Sri Swami Jithakamananda, Mysore

3.7.5 How many of the linkages/collaborations have actually resulted in

formal MoUs and agreements? List out the activities and beneficiaries

and cite examples (if any) of the established linkages that enhanced

and/or facilitated-

a) Curriculum development/ enrichment

b) Internship/ On-the-job training

c) Summer placement

d) Faculty exchange and professional development

e) Research

f) Consultancy

g) Extension

h) Publication

i) Student Placement

j) Twinning programmes

k) Introduction of new courses

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1) Student exchange

m) Any other

Curriculum development is done with the help of the university. The research

activities and professional developments are encouraged by the state government

and the UGC. The state government helps for the introduction of the new courses

and the university gives approval for such courses based on certain criteria.

Extension activities are conducted with the help of various agencies. But there is

not any permanent linkage or collaboration. Different departments have organised

extension activities and helped other institutions and individuals by working as

consultants.

Campus selections have been conducted in the college and students

were taken for campus selections conducted by other institutions.

3.7.6 Detail on the systemic efforts of the institution in planning, establishing

and implementing the initiatives of the linkages/collaborations.

College is putting effort to make the systemic efforts in planning, establishing and

implementing the initiatives of the linkages/collaborations. The college plans and

establishes the linkages/collaborations with international, national, state, local

bodies, industries and research institutes to boost research, consultancy and

extension tasks.

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CRITERION IV:

INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEARNING

RESOURCES

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CRITERION IV: INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEARNING

RESOURCES

4.1 Physical Facilities

4.1.1 What is the policy of the Institution for creation and enhancement of

infrastructure that facilitate effective teaching and learning?

Our college is affiliated to Kuvempu University it is located at a distance of about

30 km from the holy place Sringeri even it is in a semi-urban place, the college

fares better than any other college in terms of infrastructure in the region. The

college campus is close to 11 acres and the present strength of the students in this

college is 1150.

a) Creation of Infrastructure:

As the institution comes under the control of State government, each and every

facility will come through government. For the creation of infrastructure, the

college level infrastructure development committee will plan and submit the

proposals to the government and UGC through the principal. Most of the

proposals sent in the recent years are accepted by the government and UGC, for

example grants for laboratory equipments, construction of new building, toilets,

library, sports, laboratory building and building renovation.

The various grants received in the previous 5 years from 2009 to 2014 are given

below:

Sl.No. Infrastructure State Government ( in

lakh)

UGC

(in

lakh)

Total

Amount

(In lakh)

1. Building Grant 150 ___ 150

2. Lab Equipments 41.71 10.45 52.16

3. Library Grant 13.85 7.74 21.59

4. Furniture 4.83 .785 5.615

5. Sports Equipment‟s ___ 4.55 4.55

6. Computer Purchase

Grant ___ 4.0 4.0

7. Installation of CCTV ___ 2.5 2.5

8. EDUSAT Conducted by the

Govt. of Karnataka ___ ___

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9. UPS 0.75 ___ 0.75

10. Printers and

Scanners ____ 0.26 0.26

11. MI Board ____ 1.76 1.76

12. Projectors ____ 1.54 1.54

13. Television ____ 0.25 0.25

14. Refrigerator ____ 0.20 0.20

15. Digital Camera ____ 0.15 0.15

16. Laptop ____ 0.63 0.63

17. Lectern ____ 1.04 1.04

18. Website ____ 0.10 0.10

19. Generators ____ 0.80 0.80

20. Xerox Machine ____ 0.76 0.76

21. Green White Board ____ 2.1 2.1

b) Enhancement of Infrastructure:

The following additions are made to the infrastructure of the college in the

last 5 years.

Building –Extension of building (First floor for class room)

Toilet – New building

PG Library Facility

Purchase of furniture to the office and students

Purchase of sports materials

Purchase of computers

Purchase of Laptop

Purchase of LCD Projectors

Purchase of scanners

Purchase of Xerox machines

Purchase of fax machines

Vehicle stand

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4.1.2 Detail the facilities available for

a) Curricular and co-curricular activities–classrooms, technology enabled

learning spaces, seminar halls, tutorial spaces, laboratories, botanical

garden, Animal house, specialized facilities and equipment for teaching,

learning and research etc.

Our institution has been provided with all basic facilities for students and

faculty. Teaching and learning activities will take place in a conductive

atmosphere. The following are the infrastructure facilities available:

23 class rooms with adequate furniture

All class rooms contain green board

One computer laboratory with 22 computers with internet facilities.

Seminar hall – one temporarily arranged seminar hall equipped with LCD

projector.

Library with four computers with internet facility.

Library is a centre of learning which makes provision for reference and

issuing books regularly. Every year new titles are added to the existing

stock.

b) Infrastructure for co- curricular activities:

One temporarily arranged seminar hall with one LCD projector with

seating capacity of 400 students.

2 generators for supply of power ensured with total of 6 k.v. power backup.

c) Extra-curricular activities–sports, outdoor and indoor games, gymnasium,

auditorium, NSS, NCC, cultural activities, Public speaking, communication

skills development, yoga, health and hygiene etc.

The Institution gives equal importance to extra-curricular activities it

motivates the students to take part in sports and cultural activities regularly

Sports equipment‟s like football, throw ball, soft ball, volley ball, shuttle

bats and cocks, carom board, chess, table tennis board are available to the

students in addition to complete cricket kit. The same will be provided to the

students.

The physical education director takes part in the sports activities, training

sessions. He not only organises tournaments at the college level bur also

accompanies students whenever they participate in University, zonal, state

level competition. We have multi gym facility at the institution.

We have two NSS units each with 100 students. We do have Rangers &

Rovers and Youth Red Cross wing.

d) Cultural Activities:

Our institution motivates and encourages students for cultural activities

through the cultural forum under the guidance of cultural committee.

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The department of collegiate education had sponsored a personality

development programme for all degree colleges in Karnataka under the

direction of the government of Karnataka called MANAVATHE couple of

years agao. Our college students had participated in yoga programme for a

week.

4.1.3 How does the institution plan and ensure that the available

infrastructure is in line with its academic growth and is optimally

utilized? Give specific examples of the facilities developed/ augmented

and the amount spent during the last four years.

As the institution comes under the control of dept. of collegiate education

Government of Karnataka, all extension, repairs and renovation works will be

done by PWD. The college development council (CDC) will look after minor

repair works in case of emergency.

In the year 2013-14 the Karnataka state government spent nearly rupees

1.65 crores for the construction of new building. For the past four years the college

has spent nearly 2.7 crores for the infrastructure development.

Platform has been constructed in all class room.

Safe and filtered drinking water facility has been provided to the students and

employees.

Traditional black board have been replaced by dust free green board.

Separate ladies waiting rooms with toilet facilities have been provided.

UPS facility have provided with capacity of 5 k.v.

Sports room has been renovated for stock of sports materials and multi gym.

Separate N.S.S. office has been provided.

A separate Reading room has been provided to students.

4.1.4 How does the institution ensure that the infrastructure facilities meet the

requirements of students with physical disabilities?

Ramp is provided to students with mobility problem. Suitable assistance is

provided to students with other disabilities.

4.1.5 Give details on the residential facility and various provisions available

within them:

Hostel Facility - Accommodation available – The institution does not

have hostel facility. However, many of its students take hostel facility

with the department of backward communities and minorities,

Government of Karnataka.

Recreational facilities, gymnasium, yoga center, etc. – Sports and Multi

Gym facility is available.

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Computer facility including access to Internet in hostel -NA

Facilities for medical emergencies– First Aid kit is available with the

physical director in case of emergencies.

Library facility in the hostels - NA

Internet and Wi-Fi facility – Internet facility is available for students in

the computer lab and library which operates with Wi-Fi

Recreational facility-common room with audio-visual equipment –

Sports and Multi Gym rooms fulfil this need.

Available residential facility for the staff and occupancy constant

supply of safe drinking water –Safe drinking water is available to all the

staff members in the college but no residential facility is available as of

now.

4.1.6 What are the provisions made available to students and staff in terms of

ealth care on the campus and off the campus?

The doctors from government hospital, Koppa, will conduct health check-up

campus every year for students and staff in the campus. Lady doctors counsel girls

often and address their problems if any. First aid kit is available with the physical

director to meet the emergency requirements.

4.1.7 Give details of the Common Facilities available on the campus -spaces

for special units like IQAC, Grievance Redressal unit, Women's Cell,

Counseling and Career Guidance, Placement Unit, Health Centre,

Canteen, recreational spaces for staff and students, safe drinking water

facility, auditorium, etc.

The institution has provided separate room for IQAC. Grievance Redressal unit,

Women‟ Cell, Counselling and Career Guidance Cell and Placement Units attend

to students problems in the limited facilities available to them. Canteen is available

in the campus. Multi Gym and Sports room serve the purpose of recreation. Safe

drinking is available to both students and teachers. A seminar hall serves the

purpose of an auditorium.

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4.2 Library as a Learning Resource

4.2.1 Does the library have an Advisory Committee? Specify the composition

of such a committee. What significant initiatives have been implemented

by the committee to render the library, student/ user friendly?

The principal and the Librarian are striving hard to make the Library a student

friendly. It is heart of the institution. Lot of care has been given for its effective

functioning. The Institution forms the Library committee headed by the principal,

the librarian and the Heads of all departments. They submit the list of books and

journals ought to be purchased. The committee recommends specific books and

new titles and makes suggestions for the purchase of book holders, display racks

etc. It performs stock verification at the end of each academic year.

Sl.No. Name Designation Position

1 Prof. K C Venkatesh Principal President

2 Mr. Shivakumara A S Librarian Convener

3 Mr. Ganapathi Manager Member

4 Smt. Vasumathi K S Assot. Professor of Economics Member

5 Dr. Kotyal S Y Assot. Professor of Sanskrit Member

6 Mr.Nagaraj S V Assot. Professor of Physics Member

7 Smt. Barathi Asst. Professor of History Member

8 Mr. Udayakumara D S Asst. Professor of Commerce Member

9 Mr. Vijendra M N Asst. Professor of Sociology Member

10 Mr. Naveena V Asst. Professor of English Member

11 Dr. Shreepathi K Asst. Professor of Kannada Member

12 Dr. Prasanna Kumara

B C Asst. Professor of Mathematics Member

13 Mr. Prabhakar S V Asst. Professor of Electronics Member

14 Mr. Venkatesh Murthy

B S Physical Education Director Member

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4.2.2 Provide details of the following:

Layout of the library (individual reading carrels, lounge area for browsing and

relaxed reading, IT zone for accessing e-resources) : There is a facility for

browsing and relaxed reading.

4.2.3 How does the library ensure purchase and use of current titles, print

and

e-journals and other reading materials? Specify the amount spent on

procuring new books, journals and e-resources during the last four

years.

Concerned subject teachers of each department of the institution give the list of

books they need, to the Librarian. All the indents are consolidated and placed

before the library committee. It will discuss the number of books to be purchased

and the amount to be spent in the current year before giving its approval for

placing the order for the same, based on the syllabus prescribed varies subject

feedback from staff and Students.

Library

Holding

2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14

Number Total

cost Number Total cost Number

Total

cost

Numbe

r

Total

cost

Text Books 2600 364562 2500 721727 2000 384312 1200 2798

02

Reference

Books 181 126700 206 144200 251 150600 145

1015

00

Journals/

periodicals 10 5000 08 4500 15 7000

32

(Curren

t Year)

3500

0

Total area of the Library 180 sq mtrs

Total seating capacity 30

WORKING HOURS:

On working days 10 AM -5 PM

On Holidays Closed

Before examination days: 10 AM -5 PM

During Examination days : 9.00 AM -5.30 PM

During Vacation: 10 AM -5 PM

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E-resources - - - - N-List 5000 N-List 5000

Any other

(specify)

4.2.4 Provide details on the ICT and other tools deployed to provide

maximum access to the library collection?

OPAC : Yes

Electronic Resource Management package for e-journals : Yes

Federated searching tools to search articles in multiple databases :

Nil

Library Website : Yes

In-house/remote access to e-publications : No

Library automation : Data entry is going on

Total number of computers for public access : 03

Total numbers of printers for public access : 01

Internet Bandwidth/speed :100 Mbps

Institutional Repository : Maintain IR

Content management system for e-learning : Nil

Participation in Resource sharing networks/ consortia (like

Inflibnet) : No

4.2.5 Provide details on the following items:

Average number of walk-ins :

75Students/Day

Average number of books issued/returned : 100/Day

Ratio of library books to students enrolled :21:01

Average number of books added during last three years : 6302

Average number of login to opac (OPAC) : 10

Average number of login to e-resources : 15

Average number of e-resources downloaded/printed : 10

Number of information literacy trainings organized : 02

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Details of "weeding out" of books and other materials:At regular

intervals (usually, once in a year)

4.2.6 Give details of the specialized services provided by the library

Manuscripts : No

Reference : Yes

Reprography : Yes

ILL (Inter Library Loan Service) : No

Information deployment and notification (Information Deployment

and Notification) : Yes

Download : Yes

Printing : Yes

Reading list/ Bibliography compilation : No

In-house/ remote access to e-resources : No

User Orientation and awareness : Yes

Assistance in searching Databases : No

INFLIBNET / IUC facilities : Yes

4.2.7 Enumerate on the support provided by the Library staff to the students

and teachers of the college.

Effort is made in the direction of improving the quality of service in the library. Its

focus is the students and the faculty who are in need of books available in the

library. The students will come to know about the new arrivals of books through

notice board and display racks.

Paper-clippings and question banks and previous years question papers are

provided to the staff and students of the college.

Details regarding arrival of new text books and other relevant materials are

displayed on notice boards.

The library maintains college yearly magazines and distributes the current

issues of magazines among the students

4.2.8 What are the special facilities offered by the library to the visually/

physically challenged persons? Give details.

Institution is prepared to provide required facility for such students

when the need arises.

For physically challenged person library given special attention and

provided all the books for the particular semester.

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4.2.9 Does the library get the feedback from its users? If yes, how is it

analysed and used for improving the library services. (What strategies

are deployed by the Library to collect feedback from users? How is the

feedback analysed and used for further improvement of the library

services?)

Yes. Suggestions regarding library services are received from the stakeholders.

Once in a month the librarian goes through the register and takes necessary

measures to improve the quality of library and its related services. The institution

has responded positively whenever students appealed for better services. This has

indeed improved library services.

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4.2 IT Infrastructure

4.3.1. Give details on the computing facility available (hardware and

software) at the institution.

Details of IT infrastructure available in the college

Total number of Computers 38

Laptops 05

Computer- Students ratio 30:1

Stand alone Facility Yes

LAN Facility Yes

Licensed Software Yes

Wi-Fi Facility No

Number of nodes/ computers with Internet facility 15

Tubular Battery:

Micron tabular batteries with 3 years warranty 01

0.5 Kv V Batteries for back up and accessories 02

UPS set Up for Computer Laboratory 5KV online UPS 30

Laptop: 04

Dell Laptop Intel Pentium 4 core duo - 01

Scanner 03

Easily Malty users Software License barcode Scanner, Laser

printer 01

Printers 13

Projectors: 05

White Boards 04

Multi Media Projector 01

Handy Cam 01

Nikon Digital Camera with accessories 01

Fax Machine 02

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Refrigerator 01

Water Filter 12

LG COLOUR TV 01

Interactive Board 03

Lectern 02

Xerox Machine 03

Oven 01

Vacuum Cleaner 01

C C T V (Camera) 12

Cease Fire 04

Generator 02

DTH 01

Stabilizer 01

DVD Player 02

Speakers 13

4.3.2 Detail on the computer and internet facility made available to the

faculty and students on the campus and off-campus?

The institution has computer facility for both the faculty and the students. Internet

connection has been given for both the groups. It is used for net surfing, down

loading materials and exploring different possibilities to acquire study materials

for teaching and learning. There are some computer centres outside the campus

which can be used on payment.

4.3.3 What are the institutional plans and strategies for deploying and

upgrading the IT infrastructure and associated facilities?

Budget is allocated annually for deploying, upgrading and maintenance of the

computer and other computer related equipments. It also includes all the electronic

services which are being used for teaching. The institution standardizes the

computer section every year according to its requirements.

4.3.4 Provide details on the provision made in the annual budget for

procurement, upgradation, deployment and maintenance of the

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computers and their accessories in the institution (Year wise for last

four years)

Annual budget is not allocated to procure computer or its maintenance. But,

whenever necessary, up gradation of software and maintenance are done with

College Development Fund (CDF).

4.3.5 How does the institution facilitate extensive use of ICT resources

including development and use of computer-aided teaching/ learning

materials by its staff and students?

The institution works in the direction of maintaining total quality in education and

imparting knowledge through the use of ICT. Faculty members are advised to

undergo computer training courses. The college provides all innovative teaching

aids to the faculty to bring in the qualitative improvement in their teaching.

Teaching aids like computers. LCD, OHP, Laptops are made available in the

Institution. Students are allowed to make use of ICT to the best of their advantage.

As a result, PG students conduct seminars in classes using these ICT facilities.

4.3.6 Elaborate giving suitable examples on how the learning activities and

technologies deployed (access to on-line teaching - learning resources,

independent learning, ICT enabled classrooms/learning spaces etc.) by

the institution place the student at the The power point centre of

teaching-learning process and render the role of a facilitator for the

teacher.

The Department of Collegiate Education, Karnataka, telecasts an online coaching

programme under the title EDUSAT. Lectures on English communication skills,

computers are taught by experts in the sessions. A teacher coordinates the whole

programme as a facilitator.

A few teachers make the teaching process better by using gadgets like

laptops, LCD projectors, and Over Head Projectors. Students do feel that this kind

of technology-enabled teaching helps them to understand things better.

4.3.7 Does the Institution avail of the National Knowledge Network

connectivity directly or through the affiliating university? If so, what

are the services availed of?

No, as of now, the college does not avail the National Knowledge Network

connectivity. But, there is a proposal to avail the facility at the earliest. At present

the college is availing a similar facility titled EDUSAT which is being telecast by

the Department of Collegiate Education, Karnataka.

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4.4 Maintenance of Campus Facilities

4.4.1 How does the institution ensure optimal allocation and utilization of the

available financial resources for maintenance and upkeep of the

following facilities ( substantiate your statements by providing details of

budget allocated during last four years)?

Details of budget allocated and utilized during the last four years

The college Principal is the chairman of the IQAC and in consultation with the

college development council and IQAC committee plan and utilize the budget

optimally for various developmental activities such as extensions of rooms

renovation, maintenance, purchase of books, furniture, equipments computers etc.

4.4.2 What are the institutional mechanisms for maintenance and upkeep of

the infrastructure, facilities and equipment of the college?

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The institution holds regular meetings with CDC and IQAC members and

discusses the activities that ought to be organized. It also takes decision regarding

the financial support, need for the institution for its upgrading and maintenance of

infrastructure. The Public Works Department does the routine repair works of the

building and other works.

4.4.3 How and with what frequency does the institute take up calibration and

other precision measures for the equipment/instruments?

Service for all the electrical and electronic equipments is done whenever needed.

Efforts would be made to keep all the equipments and instruments in working

condition. Service of skilled personnel is used for the purpose.

4.4.4 What are the major steps taken for location, upkeep and maintenance of

sensitive equipment( voltage fluctuations, constant supply of water

etc.)?

As we have our own bore well, there is no dearth for water supply in the campus.

In addition to that the institution has been given lake water connection from Gram

panchayat. Water purifiers are installed to get safe drinking water. Power supply is

uninterrupted as the institution has UPS system which also reduces the problems

related to voltage fluctuation.

4.4.5. Any other relevant information regarding Infrastructure and Learning

Resources which the college would like to include.

The student strength of the college has been increasing with each passing year.

But, the infrastructure available at present is not sufficient to meet this growth.

Additional funds have been sought from the Rastriya Uchchtar Shiksha Abhiyan

(RUSA), UGC and the State Government. In the future years, the institution hopes

to meet most of the needs of the students and faculty.

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CRITERION V:

STUDENT SUPPORT AND PROGRESSION

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CRITERION V: STUDENT SUPPORT AND

PROGRESSION

5.1 Student Mentoring and Support

5.1.1 Does the College have an independent system for student support and

mentoring? If yes, what are its structural and functional

characteristics?

Yes. The college does publish full- fledged prospectus that is updated every year

giving all the details that is required for stake holders particularly students with

information such as genesis of the college, vision, mission and core values of the

college, courses offered, admission eligibility, fee structure, date of admission,

calendar of events, information about faculties, opportunities for additional learning

and co-curricular activities, details about research, campus recruitment, scholarship

and any other special programme etc. Thus, the prospectus serves a very useful

guide for the students and parents. Prospectus is uploaded in the college website and

any stake holder can access it easily. The college publishes a yearly magazine called

Chittapavana. It includes reports of the departments, programmes like, NSS, sports,

list of important visitors to the college, list of achievers, rank holders, creative

articles and poems by students and faculties as well. This magazine serves as a

medium for students to express their talents and creativity.

5.1.2 Specify the type and number of scholarships /freeships given to students

(UG/PG/M.Phil/Ph.D./Diploma/others in tabular form) by the College

Management during the last four years. Indicate whether the financial

aid was available on time.

Yes, the college facilitates a number of scholarships of state/central government

agencies, the details of which are provided below. All efforts are sincerely made by

the college to ensure timely disbursement of the scholarships to the eligible students

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Sl.No Name of the

scholarship

Funding

agency

2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14

No. of students/

amount

No. of students/

amount

No. of students/

amount

No. of students/

amount

No. of students/

amount

1 SC State Govt. 78/ Rs.208473 47/ Rs.22560 96/ Rs578863 101/ Rs641073 126/ Rs872808

2 ST 19/ Rs. 46957 102/

Rs.458038 35/ Rs211047 38/ Rs248814 49/ Rs348366

3 OBC 141/ Rs.151000 203/ Rs.161000 269/ Rs122600 250/ Rs312650 -

4 Sanchi Honnamma 49/Rs. 98000 51/ Rs.102000 53/ Rs106000 52/ Rs104000 37/ Rs74000

5 Scholarship For PH 2/ Rs. 4000 2/ Rs. 4000 2/ Rs4000

6 Sports Scholarships - -

7 Scholarships for Poor

Students 2 Rs 1500 -

8 Wards of defence

personnel - -

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9 Karnataka Minority

Board - -

10 Jindal Scholarships 10/ Rs 27600 10/ Rs 32700 15/ Rs54700 12/ Rs44700 5/ Rs15000

11 Horanadu Temple 1/ Rs 500 -

12 Merit Scholarships

from college 86/ Rs 26399 -

13 National Sanskrit UV,

Delhi - -

14 Karnataka Science &

Tech. Dept. - - 1/ Rs7500

15 Shakatapura Matt - - 2/ Rs4789

16 Sir.C.V.Raman 12/ Rs 60000 13/ Rs 65000 53/ Rs149304 24/ Rs99000

17 Minority Board 3/ Rs 30000 53/ Rs

130580 14/ Rs70000 19/ Rs95000 15/ Rs75000

18 Rotary Club 1/ Rs200 10/ Rs8700

19 Total no. of students 408 481 535 502 244

Total amount granted Rs.662929 Rs.975778 Rs. 1292514 Rs. 1563526 Rs. 1397874

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5.1.3 What percentage of students receives financial assistance from state

government, central government and other national agencies? (e.g.,

Kishore VaigyanikProtsahanYojana (KVPY), SN Bose Fellow etc.)

Many students have received financial assistance of state and central agencies, as

detailed in the above table. On an average, 27% of B.Sc,12% of B.Com, 18% of

B.A. students have been regularly availing the financial assistance.

5.1.4 What are the specific support services/ facilities available for

Students from SC/ST, OBC and economically weaker sections

Students with physical disabilities

Overseas students

Students to participate in various competitions/National and

International

Medical assistance to students: health centre, health insurance etc.

Organizing coaching classes for competitive exams

Skill development (spoken English, computer literacy, etc.,)

Support for "slow learners"

Exposures of students to other institution of higher learning/

corporate/business house etc.

Publication of student magazines

For SC/ST and OBC students scholarship facility is given in the college and they

can access books from “SC/ST” book bank. Concession is provided to them in the

university examination fee for them.

Economically weaker sections also get the fee concession.

Poor students‟ fund is also given to eligible students.

Students with physical disabilities get scholarship from the government.

No international student is presently studying in the college.

Students who participate in cultural competitions and sports meets would get

T.A. and D.A. from the institution

The First Aid is always available in the college. Medical checkup is also

conducted with the help of the government hospital.

Spoken English workshops are conducted in the college.

The students who need special classes are given opportunity to attend special

classes after the regular classes. Some times on holidays and Sundays.

Arrangements were made for the science students to visit the Malnad Aqua

water unit in Kuduregundi, Koppa Taluk.

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This is achieved by various means such as educational tours and industries

visits. The students also interact with the university departments at the main

campus.

To identify and motivate young talents, college has a wall magazine where

students can post poems, drawings, cartoon and other talents. Chittapavana,

the college magazine, is another platform through which the talents of the

students are nurtured.

5.1.5 Describe the efforts made by the institution to facilitate entrepreneurial

skills, among the students and the impact of the efforts

The arrangement is made to impart the communication skill in English and

computer skills. Students are made to interact with achievers from business and

financial sectors, in the programs held by the innovation club. More than 150

students have been benefitted.

5.1.6 Enumerate the policies and strategies of the institution which promote

participation of students in extracurricular and co-curricular activities

such as sports, games, Quiz competitions, debate and discussions,

cultural activities etc.

Additional academic support, flexibility in examinations

Special dietary requirements, sports uniform and materials

Students doing exceptionally well in sports are given personal

attention by teachers of all the subjects by compensating for the

classes missed, both for theory and practical classes. To facilitate

such students, the chairmen of departments show a little flexibility in

finalizing the dates for the third internal tests and the time table for

practical classes, such that the interests of such students are taken

care of. However, flexibility in semester-end examination is not

provided.

During the sports meet the coach/physical director who accompanies

the students will ensure that the special dietary requirements are met.

It is the pride and responsibility of the college that the students

representing it are provided with sports suits and other sports gears as

required.

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5.1.7 Enumerating on the support and guidance provided to the students in

preparing for the competitive exams, give details on the number of

students appeared and qualified in various competitive exams such as

UGC-CSIR-NET, UGC-NET, SLET, ATE / CAT / GRE / TOEFL /

GMAT / Central / State services, Defense, Civil Services, etc.

There is no direct mechanism, however the college conducts coaching classes for

competitive examinations. This is done by arranging classes from both internal

and external experts and usually training will be held for logical reasoning, verbal

and non verbal reasoning and puzzle solving . Our college has a very good record

as qualifiers are concerned.

5.1.8 What type of counseling services are made available to the students

(academic, personal, career, psycho-social etc.)

Academic, personal and psychological counseling services are available in the

Institution. For psycho-social problems, we guide the students to consult medical

counselor of government hospital, Koppa.

5.1.9 Does the institution have a structured mechanism for career guidance

and placement of its students? If 'yes', detail on the services provided to

help students identify job opportunities and prepare themselves for

interview and the percentage of students selected during campus

interviews by different employers (list the employers and the

programmes)?

There is a Career Guidance Cell in the college which provides career guidance.

Information regarding the campus selections to be held at different places is

provided to the students.

The college has several complementary schemes to enhance the job

prospects of the students. Special coaching is provided to prepare the students for

competitive examinations. The student counseling and placement cell arranges

campus interviews for students. The Department of commerce also facilitates the

students through providing HRD training in personality development and also in

providing placement opportunities. Many students have been benefitted by the

activities of this cell.

5.1.10 Does the institution have a student grievance redressal cell? If yes, list

(if any) the grievances reported and redressed during the last four

years.

There is a Grievances Redressal Cell in the college with Students Welfare Officer

as its head. It looks after the grievances of the students with the help of other staff.

No serious grievances reported during the last four years. However three major

grievances reported are as follows,

Ladies waiting room: Girl students generally complain about the facilities

and hygiene in this room. As a remedy, the facilities in terms of electrical,

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sanitary fixtures etc. are periodically replaced. The cleaning staff has been

instructed to maintain hygiene by increasing the frequency of cleaning. The

visit of co-coordinator generally avoids recurrence of this problem.

Conditions at classrooms and laboratories:Recently new electrification

has been made in the physics laboratory to provide more electrical points.

This electrification brings better safety. All the labs need renovation to

create more conducive environment.

Freshers’ problem on English: Quite a large number of students studying

in the college are from rural background, and they find it difficult to cope

with the English usage in class room. This problem is attended, to some

extent, by arranging English communication classes for such students and

instructing the teachers to pay special attention to these students as a

confidence building measure.

5.1.11 What are the institutional provisions for resolving issues pertaining to

sexual harassment?

The college has a functional gender sensitization cell which has drawn definite

guidelines on gender related issues. The cell has been entrusted with taking up

cases of harassment atrocities on female teachers, employees and girl students;

enquire and take necessary action on culprits. The cell has the powers of

recommending action against the perpetrators of such offenses to the principal. No

such cases have been reported so far.

5.1.12 Is there an anti-ragging committee? How many instances (if any) have

been reported during the last four years and what action has been taken

on these?

Yes. A separate anti-ragging cell has been set up in the college on the guidelines of

UGC. In the prospectus, the students have been cautioned that any such instances

would draw strict disciplinary action. To prevent ragging, the committee members

along with the principal go round the campus, which in itself acts as a deterrent.

Sporadic incidences of ragging have been reported, most of which have been

traced to outside elements. Installation of CCTV cameras has helped in reducing

such activities.

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5.1.13 Enumerate the welfare schemes made available to students by the

institution.

The welfare schemes made available for the students by the institution are :

drinking water

canteen

parking

poor boys' fund

5.1.14 Does the institution have a registered Alumni Association? If 'yes', what

are its activities and major contributions for institutional, academic and

infrastructure development?

The Institution has the alumni association. The contribution of the Alumni is:

Our students are selected competitions like folk dance, skits and mimes are

trained by the alumni.

The arrangement for the drinking water is made by the alumni.

Members of alumni visit frequently and guide our students about further

opportunities.

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5.2 Student Progression

5.2.1 Provide details of programme-wise success rate of the College for the

last four years. How does the College compare itself with the

performance of other autonomous Colleges / universities (if available)

Student progression %

UG to PG Year B.A B.Com BBM BSc

2010-11 2% 5% 3% 45%

2011-12 11% 8% 7% 40%

2012-13 9% 12% 11% 47%

2013-14 8% 13% 9% 73%

PG to M.Phil. M.Com. Nil

PG to Ph.D.

Employed

• Campus selection

• Other than campus recruitment

2010-11 0 1 0 1

0 8 2 2

2011-12 0 0 0 1

3 7 3 4

2012-13 0 0 1 2

2 11 2 6

2013-14 0 0 0 1

0 3 0 0

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5.2.2 Providing the percentage of students progressing to higher education or

employment (for the last four batches) highlight the observed trends.

Year B.A. B.COM. BBM B.Sc. M.Com.

A B C A B C A B C A B C A C

2010-1

1

8

9

82 (+7

)

8

0

6

5

63 (+2)

6

9

7

1

74 (-3)

7

7

8

5

82 (+2

)

6

9

---

-

---

-

2011-1

2

8

3

89 (-6)

8

2

6

6

65 (+0)

6

4

6

1

71 (-10)

7

3

7

9

85 (-6)

7

1

---

-

---

-

2012-1

3

9

0

83 (+7

)

8

7

9

3

66 (+26

)

8

0

7

2

61 (+10

)

8

2

7

9

79 (+0

)

6

6

87 ---

-

2013-1

4

8

5

90 (-5)

9

0

7

2

93 (-21)

7

8

7

5

72 (+3)

7

8

8

3

79 (+4

)

5

8

93 ---

-

A ~ College Percentage

B ~ Previous Years Pass %

C ~ Average University % for Comparison

Result of the Kuvempu University from 2010-11 to 2013-14

Year B.A. B.COM B.B.M. B.Sc.

2010-11 80% 69.48% 77.55% 68.9%

2011-12 81.9% 64.24% 73.64% 71%

2012-13 87.6% 80% 81.85% 66.3%

2013-14 90.5% 78% 78.18% 58%

For comparison and estimation of university percentage results of Shri. JCBM

college Shringeri, Government First Grade College, Shringeri, Government First

Grade College, Narasimharajapura are considered.

List of the rank holders in the college in the recent years.

Name of the student Course Year - % Position

Sangeetha B.Sc. 2005-06 ( ) 9th

Rank

Prathima B C B.A. 2007-08 ( ) 8th

Rank

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Samhitha S B.Com. 2010-11 (90.78) 9th

rank

Shubala T.R B.Sc. 2011-12 (93) 5th

Rank

Sowmyashree B.Sc. 2012-13 (93.18) 7th

Rank

5.2.3 How does the institution facilitate student progression to higher level of

education and/or towards employment?

Information about the master degree programs in various university and colleges

are regularly displayed in the college notice boards.The students going for higher

studies usually face the problem of choice of subject. In such cases they are given

proper guidance by the teachers concerned. Some students would be in dilemma as

whether to go for Master degree or to join the B.Ed. and so on. Such students are

also given proper guidance.

5.2.4 Enumerate the special support provided to students who are at risk of

failure and drop out?

Teachers will identify the slow learners and special guidance for proper study is

provided. Special classes are conducted on demand by the students. In the case of

dropouts, due to the financial reasons, the assistance is given from the poor boys'

fund. Remedial classes are conducted for students who failed in previous

semesters.

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5.3 Student Participation and Activities

5.3.1 List the range of sports, games, cultural and other extracurricular

activities available to students. Provide details of participation and

program calendar. List of the range of sports and games available to

students:

Shuttle Badminton, Athletics, Weight Lifting, Carrom Board, Wresling, Cricket,

Volleyball, Power Lifting, Throwball, Kho-Kho, Kabaddi

Students can also avail well equipped multi gym facility. In multi gym

we have, Four Station Multi Gym, Gym Balls, Elleptical Bikes, Cross Walker,

Dumblles, Weigt Lifting Plates, Tread Mill And Music Player

List of the cultural activities available to students:

Light Music Drama/Mimicry

Dancing Painting

Singing

Folkdances like Viragase

Rangoli

Kola

List of the Extra-curricular activities available to students:

Rangers And Rovers Youth Red cross

NSS Red Ribbon Club

Film CLub

Heritage Club

Students are involved in sports activities throughout the year and they participate

in competitions held in the college, other colleges and in the university as often as

they are conducted.

The students of the college have plenty of opportunities for participating

in cultural activities. The occasions are: Inaugural and Valedictory functions of

various forums, inter-collegiate competitions, competitions held in other colleges,

and the annual programmes, “Sahyadri Utsava” (Inter-collegiate meet) organized

by the University.

The extra-curricular activities are planned by the respective program

officers. NSS activities have a stipulated program calendar.

5.3.2 Furnish the details of major student achievements in co-curricular,

extracurricular and cultural activities at different levels: University /

State / Zonal / National/International, etc. for the previous four years.

1. Kum.Vinutha D.V State level best NSS volunteer 2012-13

2. Kum. Vinutha D.V University level best NSS volunteer 2012-13

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Following are the Sports Reports of Participation and achievements

2010-11 Inter Collegiate Participation and Medals

Game Venue Date Medals

Soft ball GFGC, Kadur - Bronze

Badminton DVS, Shivamogga 17-08-10 to

19-08-10 -

Cross country

team

GFGC,

Shiralkoppa 07-09-10

03, team

championship

Men‟s

Power lifting - - 01 Gold

Wrestling DVS, Shivamogga 04-11-10 -

Athletics DVS, Shivamogga 13-11-10 to

15-11-10 05 Medals

Ball badminton Tunga college,

Thirthahalli

18-11-10 to

20-11-10 -

Women‟s meet IGFGC, Sagar 21-03-11 to

23-03-11 -

National’s participation:

Name Game Venue Date

Sandeep Kumar H

K Kho-kho

Dr. Ambedkar

University,

Sreekakulam

03-01-11 to

07-01-11

Puneeth K G Softball

Archarya

Nagarjunam

University, Guntur

19-01-11 to

22-01-11

Chethan H G Softball

Archarya

Nagarjunam

University, Guntur

19-01-11 to

22-01-11

Varalakshmi D Softball Archarya

Nagarjunam

19-01-11 to

22-01-11

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University, Guntur

Smitha P Softball

Archarya

Nagarjunam

University, Guntur

19-01-11 to

22-01-11



Kho-Kho GFGC thirthahalli 23-02-12 to

24-02-12 01

Women‟s Meet DS BG GFGC,

Mudigere

20-01-12 to

22-01-12 09

Athletics Man and

Women

Sir.MV arts &

Commerce college,

Bhadravathi

- -

Badminton DVS Shimoga - -

Wrestling

Women‟s team

GFGC,

Shikaripura

08-09-11 to

09-09-11 03

Power Lifting Men

and women

Sir.MV Arts &

Commerce,

Bhadravathi.

16-09-11 to

17-09-11 05

Cricket GFGC, Kadur 20 to 22, 2012 -

National’s participation:


Ramya Bhat Badminton VTU, Vellur 05-01-12 to

09-01-12

Pavithra Wrestling Chaudhary devilal

UniversitySirsa

21-11-11 to

25-11-11

Sandeep Kumar H

k Kho-Kho

Ama University,

Coibathore

23-12-11 to

27-12-11

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Asgar h Softball Punjab University,

Chandigarh.

23-02-12 to

27-02-12

Sangeetha S Softball Punjab University,

Chandigarh.

16-02-12 to

27-02-12

Varalakshmi D Softball Punjab University,

Chandigarh.

16-02-12 to

27-02-12



Badminton DVS, Shivamogga 10-08-12 to

12-08-12

Runners Men,

Runners Woman

Cross country

team GFGC, NR pura 01-09-12

Power lifting GFGC, Koppa - 08 Men, Woman

Wrestling GFGC Holehonnur - 02

Athletics Shimoga - -

Kabaddi men

Sir.MV Arts &

Commerce,

Bhadravathi.

- Men Winners

Women‟s meet - - -

National LevelParticipation:


Akshatha B. K Wrestling Amaravathi,

Maharasthra

12-12-12 to

16-12-12

Manjunatha B Kabaddi

Madrasam

University,

Chennai

18-01-13 to

22-01-13

Pruthviraj Badminton - -

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Our college conducting coaching camp for Kuvempu university Men‟s and

Woman‟s Wrestling Team this year.

Our college organised Kuvempu University Inter Collegiate Power Lifting,

Weight Lifting and best physique.



Badminton Shivamogga 16-08-13 to

17-08-13

-

Power lifting Men Sir.M.V. Arts &

Commerce,

Bhadravathi.

29-08-13 to

30-08-13

02

Wrestling Men

and Woman

GFGC, Koppa 20-08-13 to

21-08-13

09

Athletics Men and

Woman

GCRDSM,

Shimoga

20-10-14 to

27-10-14

04

Kabaddi men Sir.MV Arts &

Commerce,

Bhadravathi.

28-10-13 to

30-10-13

Men Winners

Our college organised Kuvempu university inter college Men‟s and Woman‟s

Wrestling competition.

National Level Participation

Name Game Venue date

Sushmitha K C Wrestling - 28-12-13 to

05-01-14

Shreeharsha K R Kabaddi Acharya

Nagarjuna

University,

Guntur, AP

04-12-13 to

08-12-13

Ravikiran Kabaddi Acharya

Nagarjuna

University,

04-12-13 to

08-12-13

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Guntur, AP

Abhishek H S Kabaddi Acharya

Nagarjuna

University,

Guntur, AP

04-12-13 to

08-12-13


Game Name Date Medals

Kabaddi GFGC Ajjampura - Runners

Wrestling

Sir.M.V. Arts and

Commerce

College,

Bhadravathi

-

Runner up team

Championship and

05 Medals

National Level Participation

Name Game Venue date

Pooja Wrestling

Kurukshketra

University,

Kurukshketra

-

Aishwarya Wrestling

Kurukshketra

University,

Kurukshketra

-

Shreeharsha Kabaddi Veis University,

Chennai -

Ravikiran Kabaddi Veis University,

Chennai -

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Following are the Cultural Activity Reports of Participation

andachievements

2008-09

Student

name Class Competition Prize Sponsors

Kalpana III B.Sc. Folk song First

Vishwamanava

Samskruthika Habba,

Mysore

Sinduja

Pandith II B.com. Film song Second

Vidyarthi Yuva

Vedike, Mysore

Kalpana and

group -

Folk

song(group) Third

Vidyarthi Yuva

Vedike, Mysore

Avinash I B.Sc. Clay

modelling First

Sahyadri Uthsava ,

Shankaraghatta,

Kuvempu university

Kalpana I B.Sc. Light music Second

Sahyadri Uthsava ,

Shankaraghatta,

Kuvempu university

Akshatha II B.com. Classical

music Second

Sahyadri Uthsava ,

Shankaraghatta,

Kuvempu university

2009-10

Student


Bhaskar III B.com. Mimicry Second

Sahyadri Uthsava ,

Shankaraghatta,

Kuvempu university

Manoj II B.com. Drawing,

collage Second

Sahyadri Uthsava ,

Shankaraghatta,

Kuvempu university

Sidhuja

Pandith II B.com. Western songs Second Sahyadri Uthsava ,

Shankaraghatta,

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Kuvempu university

2010-11

Student


Pallavi

Hande &

Team

- Group Song First

Sahyadri Uthsava ,

Shankaraghatta,

Kuvempu university

Sushma &

Team - Group Song First

Sahyadri Uthsava ,

Shankaraghatta,

Kuvempu university

Avinash N III B.Sc. Clay

Modelling Second

Sahyadri Uthsava ,

Shankaraghatta,

Kuvempu university

Manoj III B.Com. Wall post

painting Third

Sahyadri Uthsava ,

Shankaraghatta,

Kuvempu university

Prathima H S I B.Com. Light Music Third

Sahyadri Uthsava ,

Shankaraghatta,

Kuvempu university

2011-12

Student


Ravindra II B.Com. Essay First Ramachandra Mission,

ShahajahanPura(U.P.)

Sindhu S II B.Com. Essay First

Dist. & Thaluk Health

Department,

Chickmagalur.

Sushma &

Team - Light Music First Thirthahalli

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Pallavi

Hande &

Team

- Group Song First GJC Koppa

Sindhu S II B.Com. Speech Second BGS College, Sringeri

Anusha S N Essay First Thaluk Adalitha

Koppa

Megha S N Essay Second Thaluk Adalitha

Koppa

Anusha Speech First

District Family &

Health Welfare

Department,

Chickamagalur

Pavana Speech Second

District Family &

Health Welfare

Department,

Chickamagalur

Ramya R

Bhat &

Team

- Group Song First

Sahyadri Uthsava ,

Shankaraghatta,

Kuvempu university

Ashwini

&Team -

Western Song

(group) First

Sahyadri Uthsava ,

Shankaraghatta,

Kuvempu university

Sindhu III B.Com. Speech Second

Inter Department

University Lecture

Pragramme,

Bangalore.

2012-13

Student


Pallavi

Hande &

Team

- Kuvempu

Songs First

Sahyadri College,

Shimoga.

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Shruthi I B.Com. Folk Song First

Kuvempu

university Silver

Jubilee

Pallavi

Hande &

Team

- Group Song First

Kuvempu

university Silver

Jubilee

2013-14

Student name Class Competition Prize Sponsors

Praveen

Devdhar II B.Sc. Light Music First

Thunga Maha

Vidyalaya,

Thirthahalli.

Shruthi M V - Folk Song Second

Thunga Maha

Vidyalaya,

Thirthahalli.

Aishwarya II B.A. Debate Second

Thunga Maha

Vidyalaya,

Thirthahalli.

Praveen

Devdhar III B.Sc. Light Music Second

Sahyadri Uthsava ,

Shankaraghatta,

Kuvempu

university

Chandana S

Rao III B.Com. Clay Model Third

Sahyadri Uthsava ,

Shankaraghatta,

Kuvempu

university

2014-15

Student


Praveen

Devdhar III B.Sc. Group Song First

Sahyadri Uthsava ,

Shankaraghatta,

Kuvempu

university

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Naveen &

Team - Quiz First

Sahyadri Uthsava ,

Shankaraghatta,

Kuvempu

university

Chandana S

Rao III.B.Com.

Clay

Modelling Second

Sahyadri Uthsava ,

Shankaraghatta,

Kuvempu

university

Madhavi I B.Sc. Collage Second

Sahyadri Uthsava ,

Shankaraghatta,

Kuvempu

university

Manoj M - Wall post

Painting Second

Sahyadri Uthsava ,

Shankaraghatta,

Kuvempu

university

5.3.3 How does the college seek and use data and feedback from its graduates

and employers, to improve the performance and quality of the

institutional provisions?

The principal of the college conducts informal meetings with students when taking

rounds or invites class representatives to his chamber to get their feedback on the

existing support services. This is a routine exercise. Sometimes, teachers also

inform the administrative staff about the short comings. These feedbacks are used

to improve the existing facilities. A suggestion box is kept near the library which

will be opened once in a month to collect the students‟ opinions and suggestions.

Feedback is obtained from graduates and employers, when they visit the

institution and in the old students‟ Meeting.

5.3.4 How does the college involve and encourage students to publish

materials like catalogues, wall magazines, college magazine, and other

material? List the publications/ materials brought out by the students

during the previous four academic sessions.

Wall magazines and college magazines are published by the editorial board with

the help of the students. Students publish their writings in the college magazine

„Chittapavana‟. Some of our students have published creative articles in the

popular regional dailies/magazines like „Kannada Prabha‟ and „Sudha.‟ Students

write quotes of famous persons, subhashithas and proverbs daily on a dedicated

white board.

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5.3.5 Does the college have a Student Council or any similar body? Give

details on its selection, constitution, activities and funding.

We don‟t have a dedicated student council however student representatives will be

members for various forums and IQAC.

5.3.6 Give details of various academic and administrative bodies that have

student representatives on them.

One of the student representatives will be the member of College development

Committee (For the year 2014-15 Nikil Kumar, Final BA)

5.3.7 How does the institution network and collaborate with the Alumni and

former faculty of the Institution?

Uday Kumar of the Department of Commerce and Management acts like a link

between alumni and the head of the institution. A separate facebook account is

maintained for old students. The former faculty of the institution are invited to

various functions as guests and resource persons. Their experience and the

expertise are used by the Institution as and when needed. We seek their guidance

regarding various activities and conducting seminars.

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CRITERION VI:

GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP AND

MANAGEMENT

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CRITERION VI: GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP AND

MANAGEMENT

6.1 Institutional Vision and Leadership

6.1.1 State the vision and mission of the College.

The vision and mission of the College are:

VISION

To impart quality education to rural youth by focusing on the development of their

physical, intellectual, scientific, social potentials and transform them into national

assets, capable of generating national wealth.

MISSION

To create a conducive environment for the all round development of

students.

To promote high standard professional knowledge and skills among students

and teachers.

To facilitate diversification of courses, programmes and activities in

accordance with the need and choice of the learners.

To develop desirable teacher-taught relationship and better

teaching-learning process through suitable freedom and discipline.

To promote innovation, creativity and scholarship among teachers and

students.

To improve the quality of teaching by developing creative pedagogy..

6.1.2 What is the role of top management, Principal and Faculty in design

and implementation of its quality policy and plans?

There are two level of management in the institution. The principal and the faculty

make one and the other is called College Development Council (CDC). If the

former takes care of academic matters, the latter of non-academic issues. The CDC

is comprised of the local Member of Legislative Assembly as the head and around

twenty members from various walks of life like industry, agriculture, academics

etc. In our college, the CDC was defunct for political reasons for nearly a year.

The institution wishes to impart quality education to its stakeholders

who are primarily from rural background. It has been its quality policy. In this

regard, the principal and the faculty members with their sincere efforts try to

prepare students to excel in curricular and co-curricular activities. With several

committees on different managerial aspects, the college tries to implement its

policy of quality. Coordinators of each committee with assistance from the

principal see to it that there are no lacunae in this process.

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The CDC is involved in taking care of appointments to be made on

ad hoc basis, improvement of infrastructure facilities if any, and to look after the

overall quality of the institutional affairs.

6.1.3 What is the involvement of the leadership in ensuring?

the policy statements and action plans for fulfillment of the stated

mission

formulation of action plans for all operations and incorporation of

the same into the institutional strategic plan

Interaction with stakeholders

Proper support for policy and planning through need analysis,

research inputs and consultations with the stakeholders

Reinforcing the culture of excellence

Champion organizational change

Indeed, the head of the institution, principal is the leader in any college. In the

institution, the principal has taken initiative to ensure quality education

imparted among the stakeholders through its stated mission. If the college is

identified as one of the best institutions in the region, it is because of the head

of the institution chiefly, and other faculty members who contribute their

might.

For the smooth functioning of the institution, the principal has decentrailised

the power structure. There have been many committees and the principal has

nominated different faculty members to different committees. Under the able

guidance of the principal, these committees function.

For the interaction with the stakeholders, periodical meetings are held with

parents, alumni and students. The principal through the class teachers has

always encouraged students to bring their parents so that they be aware of the

students‟ academic performance. Interaction with parents and alumni and

other stakeholders has indeed been helpful in taking the institution further in

academic and non-academic matters.

Both the faculty and students are made aware of the culture of excellence in

the institution. All support and encouragement is extended by the institution to

those who involve in this noble endeavour.

6.1.4 What are the procedures adopted by the institution to monitor and

evaluate policies and plans of the institution for effective

implementation and improvement from time to time?

The principal and the faculty members meet periodically to evaluate the process of

implementing effectively the policies and plans of the institution. Discussions held

during such meetings have proven fruitful in bettering the functioning of the

institution.

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6.1.5 Give details of the academic leadership provided to the faculty by the

top management.

The head of the institution and the faculty members constitute management in the

college. As it is already mentioned, CDC does not play any significant role in

academic matters. With the congenial relationship shared among the members of

the management, various advantages have been felt. All the faculty members have

been assigned with one or the other academic responsibility so that he/she should

grow with the institution. Financial assistance from funding agencies including

UGC to undertake Minor and Major Projects and to conduct seminars/conferences

have also helped faculty members in this regard.

6.1.6 How does the college groom leadership at various levels?

The institution grooms leadership at various levels among both the students and

faculty members.

Each faculty member is made a coordinator to one or the other committee.

It is his/her responsibility to prove one‟s mettle as a leader in the

concerned activities.

All the encouragement is extended to faculty members to avail various

benefits provided to them by UGC and other funding agencies. It is one‟s

responsibility to emerge as a leader by utilizing these benefits to the

maximum.

Leadership is groomed among students by involving them in various

activities.

National Service Scheme (NSS) plays a major role in shaping the

personality of a student to be a future leader. It has been a beneficial

platform for any student to emerge as a leader from many. More than 200

students are enjoying the benefit of it.

Rangers and Rovers is another facility extended to a limited number of

interested students. These units of the college have also been striving hard

to hone leadership skills among students. Around 50 students are

involved in it.

Members of Red Cross are being groomed in such a way that they emerge

not only as leaders but also champions of societal causes. Qualities of

empathy, perseverance are being inculcated among them.

Different forums of the college like Arts, Science and Commerce forum

too have assisted students to develop their skills of leadership.

Each class has representatives from each combination of study. These

students are chosen inside the classroom having different criteria. They

are given every opportunity to inculcate the qualities of a leader. Most of

the students make the best use of such opportunities.

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6.1.7 How does the college delegate authority and provide operational

autonomy to the departments / units of the institution and work towards

decentralized governance system?

The best part of the leadership of the institution is that it does not interfere in the

academic activities of any department even though it monitors closely the outcome

of such academic activities. Hence, each department enjoys autonomy in terms of

academic activities.

Any department can take its decision to hold activities like seminars,

conferences whether it is at the departmental level or other levels.

Encouragement is given to conduct such programmes.

Members of any department is free to apply for projects of different levels

to any suitable funding agency. No such effort is discouraged by the

college. Red tapism never affects such worthy endeavours and hence, in

the recent years the college has shown an upward development in these

activities.

To smoothen the administrative activities of the college, the leadership

has not kept any department at bay, and has encouraged and even

assigned responsibilities so that it is decentralised and all the departments

work as a team for the overall development of the institution.

6.1.8 Does the college promote a culture of participative management? If

'yes', indicate the levels of participative management.

Definitely, the college believes in such a mechanism. At the helm

of the leadership, we have principal. Under his stewardship various

committees operate. Each committee has a coordinator and a few

members. These committees and the people associated with them see to

it that the functions of the institution run smoothly without any hurdles.

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6.2 Strategy Development and Deployment

6.2.1 Does the Institution have a formally stated quality policy? How is it

developed, driven, deployed and reviewed?

The quality policy of the institution has been expressed in the vision, mission

statement. Due care is taken by the college to implement the same. The prime

important aspect of the policy is to impart quality education for the students of the

financially deprived classes of the society, and the institution is striving hard to

achieve the same goal in letter and spirit. Keeping in mind the overall development

of a student, the institution is trying to improve them academically and

non-academically. The department of collegiate education of the State government

and the University Grants Commission have helped tremendously to achieve a lot

in this direction.

Smt. Vasumathi K S

Date Course Place

05-01-98 to 24-01-98 Refresher Course Pune

06-11-98 to 29-11-98 Refresher Course Mangalore University

04-02-04 to 27-02-04 Refresher Course Bangalore

29-09-04 to 19-10-04 Refresher Course Mysore

20-12-01 to 16-01-02 Orientation course Mysore

31=01-05 to 04-02-05

Appreciation course in

parliamentary Processes

and procedures

Bureau of parliamentary

studies and training Lok

Sabha secretariat, New

Delhi.


Dr. S Y Kotyal

08-10-97 to 31-10-97 Refresher Course Kuvempu University,

Shankaraghatta


Shankaraghatta

09-03-04 to 29-03-04 Refresher Course ASC, Mysore

01-10-04 to 21-10-04 Refresher Course Tamila University,

Tanjavoor

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02-11-01 to 29-11-01 Orientation course ASC, Mysore

25-09-14 to 27-09-14 ATI Training Mysore

02-07-07 to 07-07-07 ATI Training Mysore

13-11-03 to 15-11-03 TQM GA college, Hassan

12-03-05 to 13-03-05 TQM GA college, Hassan

01-03-06 to 02-03-06 TQM AVKW College, Hassan

Sri. Nagaraja S V

01-03-99 to 25-03-99 Refresher Course Kuvempu university,

Shankaraghatta

17-07-99 to 13-08-99 Orientation course Hydrabad University,

Andra Pradesh

11-12-01 to 31-12-01 Refresher Course Pondichery University,

Pondichery

10-07-03 to 30-07-03 Refresher Course Mysore University,

Karnataka

17-09-07 to 26-09-07

A training on

management on F G C for

Principals and Lecturers

A T I , Mysore,

Karnataka

Smt. Bharathi

20-03-04 TQM Shri.JCBM , College,

Sringeri

04-01-04 to 05-01-04 --- Kuvempu University,

Shankaraghatta

28-04-8 to 03-05-08 ATI Training --



Shankaraghatta


Shankaraghatta

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Shankaraghatta

Sri. Nagesh Gowda

23-09-96 to 28-09-96 Workshop on

Administrative Kannada Chickamagalur

21=04-99 to 18-05-99 Orientation Programme ASC university of

Mysore

12-07-01 to 21-07-01 NSS training and

orientation programme

TOC bhavan , Manasa

Gangothri, Mysore

11-09-01 to 01-10-01 UGC sponsored

refresher course

ASC university,

Hydrabad


refresher course

Kuvempu university,

Shankaraghatta


refresher course

ASC , Jamia Millia

Islamia, New Delhi

19-10-11 to 21-10-11 Workshop on scriptures

PG Studies and research

center, Sir.M.V. arts&

commerce College,

Bhadravathi.

13-08-07 to 18-08-07 Administration and

academic training

Administrative Training

Institution, Mysore

Sri. Udaykumar D S


29-10-09 to 18-11-09 Refresher Course Rimse, Mysore

07-01-14 to 27-01-14 Refresher Course Calicut University

15-01-03 to 21-01-03 Teacher Empowerment

Training Konandoor

Sri. Vijayendra M N



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15-01-13 to 21-01-13 TET Konandur

Smt. Bhagyalakshmi T M

08-06-04 to 05-07-04 Orientation course

Academic Staff College,

Manasa Gangotri,

Mysore



18-07-13 to 24-07-13 Bharath Scout And

Guides Doddaballapua


Training Konandur

Sri. Rajesh N Naik


10-03-08 to 15-03-08 Student Councelling NIMHANS, Bangalore

24-02-13 to 02-03-13 TET Sharavbathi First Grade

College, Konandur

Dr. K. Sheepathi

17-03-08 to 12-04-08 Orientation course Bangalore


15-01-13 to 21-01-13 TET Konandur

Sri. Naveena V

2008 Orientation course Central University,

Hyderabad

2010 Refresher Course Himachal Pradesh

University, Shimla


Training Konandoor

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Sri. Narasimha S A

04-03-11 to 31-03-11 Orientation course Central University,

Hydrabad

07-08-11 to 13-08-11

Teacher Empowerment

Training for Assistant

Prof.

DCE

03-01-12 to 09-01-12 NSS program officers

Training

Sahyadri College,

Shimoga

Sri. Prabhakar S V


21-11-13 to 11-12-13 Refresher Course Nagpur

Dr. Prasanna Kumara B C

22-04-14 to 24-04-14 CLHRD Shivamogga


01-02-13 to 21-02-13 Refresher Course Raipur

08-05-11 to 14-05-11 TET Konandoor

Sri. Puttaswamy A C

24-11-09 to 25-11-09 TQM program Hassan


06-12-11 to 12-12-11 TET Konandur

08-10-12 to 02-11-12 Refresher Course New Delhi

10-07-13 to 16-07-13 Bharath Scout And

Guides Dodda Ballapura

23-11-13 to 29-11-13 NSS program officer Mysore

22-04-14 to 24-04-14 CLHRD Shivamogga

Sri. Shivakumar A S

15-11-11 to 12-12-11 Orientation course Pandichery University

Sri. Venkatesh Murthy B S

15-11-11 to 12-12-11 Orientation course Goa University

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04-03-14 to 24-03-14 Refresher Course Pandichery University

6.2.2 Does the college have a perspective plan for development? If so, give

the aspects considered for inclusion in the plan.

Yes, the college does have a perspective plan for development. In the next five

years, the institution wishes to cater to more number of students who wish to

pursue their master degree courses. Many of our students, especially female

students, fail to continue post graduation due to familial and financial reasons. By

opening more number of post graduation departments, the institution can, to a

greater extent, solve this problem. The college also wishes to utilize the grants

from RUSA to develop into a research hub to give impetus to research activities in

the region.

6.2.3 Describe the internal organizational structure and decision making

processes.

The principal is the head of the institution. There are fifteen departments in all and

each department is headed by a senior teacher. Every department has one or more

regularised teachers besides one or more guest teachers. In the non-academic

section, there is a manager who manages non-academic issues with the assistance

of five regularised and four temporary employees. Both the teachers and the office

staff have to work under the leadership of the principal. Even though they are free

to take decisions regarding their departments and sections, it is in consultation with

the head of the institution only. The principal is the final decision maker.

For the smooth functioning of the institution various committees have been

formed and each has a coordinator. The principal remains the chairperson for all

the committees. All the committees work under the able guidance of the principal

and the coordinators.

6.2.4 Give a broad description of the quality improvement strategies of the

institution for each of the following

Teaching & Learning

Research & Development

Community engagement

Human resource management

Industry interaction

Teaching and Learning:The institution believes that each teacher is a learner.

Teaching is considered to be the best way to learn. Hence, all efforts are made

in the institution to keep the activities of both teaching and learning as

meaningful as possible. To improve the quality of teaching and learning,

teachers are motivated to use all the innovative ways of teaching in addition to

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the traditional mode of teaching. All the teachers are also encouraged to make

use of technology whenever such a need is arisen. Use of ICT is considered to

be a great boon in the present days, and at least a few teachers are making the

best use of ICT tools. Students, once they get admission to the college, are

introduced to the quality policy of the institution and are asked to leave no

stone unturned in the process of learning with the guidance of all the teachers.

Students are encouraged to participate in seminars, discussions, both at the

class level and other so as to improve themselves. Assignments and student

seminars are made a part of classroom learning to improve the quality of

learning. Apart from curricular activities, students are encouraged to involve

themselves in co-curricular activities like Sports, National Service Scheme

(NSS), Rangers and Rovers, Red Cross and in the activities of various forums.

These activities of the institution have indeed helped to a great extent the

process of teaching and learning.

Research and Development:Keeping in mind overall research scenario of the

nation, the institution encourages both the teachers and students to involve

themselves in the activities of research so that they develop themselves and

the cause of the nation in this direction. Teachers are motivated to take up any

assistance available from the UGC and other funding agencies to carry out

research. All the teachers both young and experienced, are explained the need

to have a Ph.D. so that they develop a research bent of mind. Both the teachers

and students are encouraged to write research papers in their respective areas

of interest and get them published from reputed national and international

journals. The institution has five teachers who have Ph.D. nine with M.Phil.

there have been threeMinor Research Projects and two major research

projects. All these show that the institution wishes to excel in research and

development.

Community Engagement:The institution believes that it is a part of the

society and it should engage in addressing the causes of the community. In

this direction efforts are made to reach out to the community whenever given

opportunity. National Service Scheme is very active in this direction. The

volunteers of NSS with the suitable guidance of the coordinators engage in

community centred activities. Every week they carry out „shramadana‟ where

they try to take up some sanitary work so that they keep the surroundings of

the college and other areas neat and clean. Once in a year, a special camp of a

week is organised by the NSS in a nearby village where they take up a project

of larger volume which could be of helpful to the community. The volunteers

of the Red Cross, NSS, Rangers and Rovers involve themselves in the noble

cause of „Blood Donation‟ at least once in a year. The community is involved

in various other activities which are elaborated in the departmental activities.

Human Resource Management:With a belief that students are the future

citizens of the nation, the institution wishes to make the best use of its

students. Given an opportunity and proper guidance, it is possible to each and

every student to prove oneself an asset to the institution and the nation. Hence,

the teachers of the institution have been involving in the process of igniting

the minds of students in this direction. With curricular and co-curricular

activities, the human resource of the institution is utilized to its maximum.

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Industry interaction:Located in a rural and hilly region, the institution does

not have access to industries as such. However, the smaller industries that are

there in the vicinity have been made use of by the students for the study

purpose. Management students and students of commerce interact with the

industries for their project report assignments. Members of the industries are

also in the College Development Council.

6.2.5 How does the Head of the institution ensure that adequate information

(from feedback and personal contacts etc.) is available for the top

management and the stakeholders, to review the activities of the

institution?

The head of the institution is made available to two kinds of feedback; formal and

informal. In the formal feedback system, feedback is taken from the students about

the performance of teachers and the institution. The IQAC takes such feedback

from students and the same is discussed with the principal.

Yet again, the institution conducts parents‟ and alumni meetings where

feed back is received on the overall performance of the institution. This platform is

also used to get information from the parents about their children.

Informally, almost all the faculty members have contacts with many

parents and people in general who give feedback on the institutions‟ performance.

At the various meeting held in the college, significant feedbacks are discussed and

reviewed.

6.2.6 How does the management encourage and support involvement of the

staff in improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the institutional

processes?

As it is often mentioned, the management involves each and every staff member

for the effective functioning of the institution. There have been various

committees which are used for this purpose and each staff member is made a

member in one or more than one committee. Responsibilities of different

magnitude are given to staff members depending upon their skills and interest in

different areas. The management encourages each staff member to accept one or

the other responsibility so that he/she might contribute for the overall development

of the institution.

6.2.7 Enumerate the resolutions made by the Management Council in the last

year and the status of implementation of such resolutions.

Management Council. The college Development Council had been defunct for a

year for political reasons. A few resolutions taken and implemented by the

institution last year are:

To recite National Anthem every day at 10:10 am to instil a sense of

patriotism among students.

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To make uniform compulsory for students for better discipline and to develop

a sense of oneness.

To improve facilities for female students.

6.2.8 Does the affiliating university make a provision for according the status

of autonomy to an affiliated institution? If 'yes', what are the efforts

made by the institution in obtaining autonomy?

Any institution which is credited with „A‟ grade by NAAC can be accorded the

status of autonomy by the affiliating university. As our institution did not have the

required grade, we did not try in this direction. In future, efforts will be made to

acquire such autonomy.

6.2.9 How does the Institution ensure that grievances / complaints are

promptly attended to and resolved effectively? Is there a mechanism to

analyse the nature of grievances for promoting better stakeholder

relationship?

The institution gets written feedback from the students about the teachers and the

institution. In addition to this there is a „Suggestion Box‟ installed for students in

the premises of the college. These two help to know about grievances and

complaints or suggestions if any from the students about the performance of the

institution.

The „Students‟ Grievances Redressal Cell‟ looks into these feedbacks and

takes appropriate action whenever such a need arises.

The periodical meetings with stakeholders too has contributed to the better

functioning of the college..

6.2.10 During the last four years, had there been any instances of court cases

filed by and against the institute? Provide details on the issues and

decisions of the courts on these?

-NO-

6.2.11 Does the Institution have a mechanism for analyzing student feedback

on institutional performance? If 'yes', what was the outcome and

response of the institution to such an effort?

Feedback forms are available to students to express their views on teachers and the

institution. The IQAC takes feedback from students on these two aspects. Better

sanitary, healthcare, and sports facilities are offered to students on the basis of

their feedback in the recent days.

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6.3 Faculty Empowerment Strategies

6.3.1 What are the efforts made by the institution to enhance the professional

development of its teaching and non teaching staff?

The teaching staff are encouraged to avail benefits of Orientation and Refresher

courses to enhance their professional skills. In addition to these two, they are also

motivated to attend seminars/conferences, present papers in them, get them

published in journals so that they improve themselves as a professional. They are

also encouraged to organise institutional level special lectures from experts for the

benefit of both themselves and the students.

Even the non-teaching staff members are encouraged to avail the benefit

of participating in any training/workshop programmes are meant for them. Most of

the staff members have availed these facilities and this has indeed helped in the

better functioning of the institution.

6.3.2 What are the strategies adopted by the institution for faculty

empowerment through training, retraining and motivating the

employees for the roles and responsibility they perform?

The only strategy adopted by the institution for faculty empowerment is MAKE

USE OF ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT COMES YOUR WAY for the betterment

of oneself and the institution.

6.3.3 Provide details on the performance appraisal system of the staff to

evaluate and ensure that information on multiple activities is

appropriately captured and considered for better appraisal.

There are two kinds of performance appraisal system; one, feedback from

stakeholders, the other being self appraisal system. The first system operates

within the institution and the second is monitored by the head of the institution and

the State government. Student feedback on teachers has the immediate effect of

making a teacher know his/her strengths and weaknesses as a professional.

6.3.4 What is the outcome of the review of the performance appraisal reports

by the management and the major decisions taken? How are they

communicated to the appropriate stakeholders?

The review meetings held on the performance of teachers and the institution as

such by the members of IQAC and the head of the institution decides on the ways

to communicate the outcome of feedbacks to appropriate stakeholders. Each

teacher is made aware of the feedback given by students about him/herself and will

be asked to perform better if needed..

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6.3.5 What are the welfare schemes available for teaching and non teaching

staff? What percentage of staff have availed the benefit of such schemes

in the last four years?

As ours is a government institution, all the benefits are given by the government

itself and they are common to each and every faculty member. The common

schemes/benefits available to any faculty members are, leave facility, financial aid

to carry out research work, conduct seminar/conferences etc. Around 50 percent of

the staff have availed special schemes (financial aids) whereas cent percent of the

staff have availed the benefit of common schemes (leave, loan facilities).

6.3.6 What are the measures taken by the Institution for attracting and

retaining eminent faculty?

The institution does not have any role in attracting and retaining eminent faculty as

it is a government institution. However, on a personal level, the congenial

relationship built among the head of the institution and staff members has worked

a few times in this direction. A principal or a staff member has convinced many

eminent staff members not to leave the institution in the best interest of students

and the institution, at least for a few years.

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6.4 Financial Management and Resource Mobilization

6.4.1 What is the institutional mechanism to monitor effective and efficient

use of available financial resources?

The financial resources for the institution are the State government and the UGC.

Purchases are made as per the resolutions made by the Purchase Committee.

Individuals are free to expenditure money with the grants received by them

individually, however, one has to strictly follow the guidelines appropriately. All

the expenditures are subjected to audit by the government.

6.4.2 What are the institutional mechanisms for internal and external audit?

When was the last audit done and what are the major audit objections?

Provide the details on compliance.

There is no scope for internal audit and only external audit is being done by the

institution. The last audit was done in the year 2012.There were no major audit

objections.

6.4.3 What are the major sources of institutional receipts/ funding and how is

the deficit managed? Provide audited income and expenditure

statement of academic and administrative activities of the previous four

years and the reserve fund/corpus available with Institutions, if any.

The State government and the UGC are the major sources of finance to the

institution. Only in rare cases, the institution faces the problem of deficit.

Additional funds are sought from the funding sources then.

6.4.4 Give details on the efforts made by the institution in securing additional

funding and the utilization of the same (if any).

Many grants have been sought by the UGC in the recent years. Efforts have been

taken to spend the same judiciously. The annexure provides details on such grants

and the report on expenditure.

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6.5 Internal Quality Assurance System (IQAS)

6.5.1 Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)

1. Has the institution established an Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)?

If 'yes', what is the institutional policy with regard to quality assurance and

how has it contributed in institutionalizing the quality assurance

processes?

Yes, the Internal Quality Assurace Cell (IQAC) of the college was established as

per the norms of the UGC in the year 1998. Since then it has been striving hard

to improve the overall quality of performance of the institution. Imparting

Quality Education students has been the chief motto of the institution, and the

IQAC is working in this direction only.

2. How many decisions of the IQAC have been approved by the management/

authorities for implementation and how many of them were actually

implemented?

All the decisions which are in the best interest of students and the institution

have been approved and implemented by the management. For instance:

extending better healthcare facilities to female students, reciting national

anthem in the morning etc.

3. Does the IQAC have external members on its committee? If so, mention

any significant contribution made by them.

Yes, the IQAC has external members in its committee. Usually, the monitor the

works done by the IQAC, they provide suggestions when required.

4. How do students and alumni contribute to the effective functioning of the

IQAC?

IQAC strives to improve the quality of education imparted to students, and the

students and alumni try to uphold the same principle. They understand the

concerns of the IQAC and try to work in this direction.

5. How does the IQAC communicate and engage staff from different

constituents of the institution?

No decision is taken by the IQAC alone. It has a few senior teachers in the

committee and whenever a decision of importance has to be taken, it is done in

consultation with rest of the teaching and non-teaching faculty.

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6.5.2 Does the institution have an integrated framework for Quality

assurance of the academic and administrative activities? If 'yes', give

details on its operationalisation.

Yes, the institution indeed has an integrated framework for Quality assurance of

both academic and administrative activities. Besides IQAC there have been a few

committees which take care of several vital aspects which help in the smooth

functioning of the institution. Periodical discussions, meetings with stakeholders,

alumni, and CDC all contribute in this direction.

6.5.3 Does the institution provide training to its staff for effective

implementation of the Quality assurance procedures? If 'yes', give

details enumerating its impact.

Formal training as such is not available for any staff member inside the institution.

However, all the encouragement is extended to the staff members by the IQAC and

the management to avail the benefits of training offered by external agencies for

the quality enhancement.

6.5.4 Does the institution undertake Academic Audit or other external review

of the academic provisions? If 'yes', how are the outcomes used to

improve the institutional activities?

Academic Audit is done only in the form of written and oral feedback from the

students. The IQAC takes this feedback and the same is reviewed periodically and

the outcome of the review is communicated to the respective teacher and

suggestions, if any, are given. This method has indeed helped the institution to

improve its quality activities.

6.5.5 How are the internal quality assurance mechanisms aligned with the

requirements of the relevant external quality assurance

agencies/regulatory authorities?

The external quality parameters are set by the industry and the society. The

internal quality assurance mechanisms are set by the institution. All the efforts are

made by the teachers to meet the expectation levels of the external quality

assurance agencies/regulatory authorities. However, not in all instances, the

expectations are met.

6.5.6 What institutional mechanisms are in place to continuously review the

teaching learning process? Give details of its structure, methodologies

of operations and outcome?

The teaching-learning process is continuously reviewed by the institution and the

IQAC using different parameters. A few of them are listed below:

Feedback system:Oral and written feedback system is in place to

monitor the process of teaching-learning. Student feedback on teaching

and learning environment in the college is taken using feedback forms

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and they are reviewed periodically. Students are made to express freely

about the overall process of teaching-learning inside the classroom orally

by the teachers which is also helpful to improve the system. Suggestion

box does help to some extent.

Organising Seminars/Conferences: Faculty members are encouraged

to organise seminars and conferences utilizing the grants provided by the

funding agencies like UGC. Students are also motivated to take part in

such programmes which would help them to open up to new ideas and

methods of learning.

Seminars and conferences are conducted at the institutional level using

the expertise of the nearby available resource persons not only on

curricular but also co-curricular aspects.

Seminars are conducted inside the classrooms as part of regular methods

of teaching-learning which have helped students to overcome their stage

fear and low-level of confidence problems.

The co-curricular activitieslike NSS, Rangers and Rovers, Red Cross

and cultural activities too have assisted students to develop their

personality.

6.5.7 How does the institution communicate its quality assurance policies,

mechanisms and outcomes to the various internal and external

stakeholders?

Any other relevant information regarding Governance Leadership and

Management which the college would like to include.

The institution brings out a college magazine titled „Chittapavana‟

annually. The magazine includes, in a nutshell, all the vital activities carried out by

the college in the academic year. It is a tangible record in this aspect. The

magazine includes reports on the activities of NSS, Sports, Rangers and Rovers,

Red Cross, Cultural Forum, Arts, Commerce and Science Forums. Every student,

Members of the CDC, resource persons who invite college, are given a copy of the

same which reaches out to even more number of external stakeholders like parents

and general public.

During the admission process, the college brings out an information

brochure that includes the overall description of the institution, its vision, mission,

quality policies, etc. Any student who wishes to get admission to the college is

given such a brochure which provides him/her all the details of the college and

other relevant information.

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CRITERION VII:

INNOVATIONS AND BEST PRACTICES

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CRITERION VII: INNOVATIONS AND BEST PRACTICES

7.1 Environment Consciousness

7.1.1 Does the Institute conduct a Green Audit of its campus and facilities?

There is no formal green audit of the institution‟s campus and facilities.

The college is situated in Malnad region which is known for its greenery,

mountains and lush green forests. Pollution in the region is to the minimum. Only

of late, number of vehicles have increased in the region the effect of which is still

not assessed. The institution feels that in a couple of years it has to go for a green

audit.

7.1.2 What are the initiatives taken by the college to make the campus

ceo-friendly?

Energy conservation

Use of renewable energy

Water harvesting

Check dam construction

Efforts for Carbon neutrality

Plantation

Hazardous waste management

e-waste management

The introduction of Total Quality Management in education sector has

spurred a quality circle team to embark on green initiatives. Keeping this goal in

focus, a group of staff members from the administrative and teaching staff at the

college have initiated a new project called „Green Team.‟ After a brainstorming

session the group aimed to reduce carbon emission within the premises of the

institution. The focus of the project was on three problem areas- Excess use of

paper, shortage of water during summer and excess energy consumption. The

group identified various areas of improvement to solve the problems.

Energy conservation

Energy conservation has been a top priority at the college. The following table

provides details on actions taken for energy conservation in the past five years.

Measures Action taken

Use of compact florescent light(CFL)

bulbs to generate less heat and reduce

carbon emission (maximum of 25-

35% power)

An Initiation has been taken by the college to

install compact florescent light (CFL)

bulbs in the computer labs,

administrative office, staff room and

Principal‟s cabin.

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Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker

(ELCB) Installed in ground floor

Installation of ELCB helps to cut off the

power supply completely at ground

floor when not needed. This facility is

particularly useful when classes

culminate and use of power is not

required in the entire floor.

Green Team It makes the efforts to keep the campus

greener and pollution free

Awareness Creation

Posters and placards on energy

conservation are displayed in class

room‟s computer labs and

administrative office. The posters are

made by green team members

Use of renewable energy:

Solar lamps:

The location of GFGC Koppa limits the range of adoption of renewable energy.

Adoption of solar energy under renewable energy was the best course of action in

the existing circumstances. As college is situated in the Malnad region which is

known for heavy rains and where power problem is the order of day. Use of solar

energy has indeed brought some respite. More funds have been sought from RUSA

and the institution wishes to utilize this to the maximum.

Water harvesting:

As the region gets heavy rainfall, efforts have been made to collect water from rain

and use the same for various purposes.

Check dam construction:

The institution does not have this facility as of now.

Efforts for carbon neutrality:

The institution is situated in the lap of nature. Pollution was never a

problem in Koppa for years. However, things have changed of late and the number

of vehicles in the town have risen to an alarming level. Hence, the staff members

and students are encouraged to avoid personal transportation and to make the best

use of public transport. The first of every month is observed as „No Vehicle Day‟

where both the faculty and students do not bring personal vehicle.

In addition to the above mentioned efforts, steps have been taken to plant more and

more saplings to neutralize carbon in the campus.

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Plantation:

The institution has a lush green campus. However, steps have been taken to plant

more number of saplings to keep it greener and to reduce pollution.

Hazardous waste management:

Steps have been taken to reduce the hazardous wastes as much as possible. The

institution as such does not generate large quantity of hazardous wastes.

E-waste management

The college generates e-waste in the form of malfunctioning computer accessories,

batteries, bulbs, CFLs, laboratory waste etc. As these wastes prove to be

hazardous, they are kept at a secured place now. As ours is a government

institution, the waste cannot be disposed as we wish, even though we are ready to

dispose them adhering to all the safety guidelines. The institution has sought the

opinion of the Department of Collegiate Education about the issue and the

response is awaited.

In addition to this step, the college has been trying its best to buy only such

materials which can be reused and upgraded as and when required. This step has

reduced the chances of buying new gadgets always which in turn would reduce the

e-waste. All the efforts are also being made to reuse the old computers by getting

them repaired.

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7.2 Innovations

7.2.1 Give details of innovations introduced during the last four years which

have created a positive impact on the functioning of the college.

No vehicle day: As part of innovative ideas, the institution has motivated its

staff members and students not to use their personal vehicles once in a month.

First of every month is observed as „No Vehicle Day‟ when the campus

remains free of any vehicles. Only mass transport is used on that day by the

faculty and students and it is good to see hundreds of its students and many

staff members come on foot. This has resulted in developing a kind of

congenial environment in the campus. At the same time, the institution is

happy that it has played a very tiny role in reducing the pollution of the area.

Film club: The department of English has introduced Film Club where films

of great quality of shown to students to sensitize them to this serious medium

called films. It is a common practice of the people to negate films as mere

works of fantasy. But, in reality they are not so. They are the most popular and

widely used mode of entertainment across the world. Popular films play a

major role in giving wings to one‟s imagination and to keep one‟s worries at

bay at least for a few hours. It is not wrong to say that they portray the society

in its true colours. Films of today are different from films of yester years.

Many creative writers have begun to experiment with varied themes and we

cannot debunk them as works of fictional fantasy. The institution is trying to

introduce students to some of the best films of the world. At least a small

number of students enjoy these movies and participate in healthy discussions

about them.

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7.3 Best Practices

7.3.1 Elaborate on any two best practices as per the annexed format (see

page.....) which have contributed to the achievement of the Institutional

Objectives and/ or contributed to the Quality improvement of the core

activities of the college.

The college observes many best practices which have had a positive impact on the

very functioning of it. A few are listed below.

Providing Sanitary Napkins to Female Students:

Sanitary napkins are provided to the students to cope up with the menstrual

period situation.

Recital of National Anthem:

To develop sense of patriotism among students, this practice has been

introduced which is uncommon in degree colleges.

Birthday Wishes:

Our college has maintained birthday wishes board, where birthday wishes

of students are written every day. This in turn has created cordial

relationship between students and teachers.

Writing Quotations:

The institution has provided separate space for writing noble thoughts every

day. Designated students write these thoughts with guidance from a teacher.

This has helped students in enlightening themselves to greater and noble

thoughts.

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ELABORATION OF TWO BEST PRACTICES

Best Practice 1:

Title:Providing Sanitary Napkins to Female Students

1. Goal :

To meet accidental needs of female students.

2. The context :

The institution is located in a far off place from the town. Female students

outnumber male students and most of them travel from nearby and far off

places. Menstrual period times are problematic times for female students as

they would not be expecting the same. Sometime, this event would force a

student to go home in a hurry in the middle of her college hours. Many students

have even had embarrassing situations due to this. Few students find it difficult

to share it among their friends and even go under mental depression. Sanitary

napkins provide such students a kind of relief but it is difficult for a student to

buy them instantly as no such provision is there for them in the nearby locality.

To meet such needs, the institution provides female students napkins at

nominal rates.

3. The Practice :

Students are making the best use of it. They feel the practice is indeed of great

help to them.In ladies room separate provision has been provided by the

college for delivering the Sanitary napkins and senior lady professor is been

given in charge for the same. In the absence of the Professor attender will be in

charge and a ledger has been maintained by the college to monitor the proper

utilization of the facility. Minimal price is been charged by the institution for

the same facility and amount collect will be once again used for providing the

facility.

4. Evidence of success :

Feedback from students has proven that the practice is highly successful.

Students feel that as lady professor is in charge of the facility it is easy

for them to communicate with them in case of emergency.

The students‟ opine that they feel at home in college during this period.

As College is situated 3 km. away from town and it difficult to get

napkins in case of emergency, so this has provided comfort among

students.

The performance of the students in academic and extra-curricular

activities is not affected due to this reason as the facility is been

provided to the student.

In case of emergency along with the sanitary napkins pills are also

provided to the students and nearby Government hospital is also

consulted for the same.

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This facility has made female students mentally and physically relaxed

and there has been recognizable change in performance of the students.

As there are lot of female students with financially poor background

who even find it difficult to maintain hygiene, this facility is biggest

benefit to such students.

5. Problems encountered and resources required :

There was difference of opinion when the practice was discussed among

the staff members.

There were also a few problems like who would be there to provide such

napkins when teachers would be busy with classes etc.

Generation of resource for such a practice was also a hindrance

However, all the problems were solved and resource was generated

from Youth Red Cross wing. Teachers were ready to bear the expenses

in case no fund was available.

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Best Practice 2:

Title: Daily Recitation of National Anthem

1. Goal:

To inculcate sense of patriotism among students.

2. Context:

In one‟sacademic life, recital of national anthem begins from the beginning up

to, usually, high school i.e., 10th

standard. At least, this has been the practice in

the Karnataka State. For reasons unknown, in colleges, except during the

national festivals and special programmes, the anthem is not recited on a day to

day basis. Probably, this is the time, when students should know the

importance of the national anthem, its meaning so that it would instil in them a

sense of patriotism and oneness. The institution which understands this need,

in the present context, has introduced the practice of reciting national anthem

on everyday working day.

3. Practice:

Students and staff members recite national anthem daily even during

examination days. It is very important to develop patriotism among the

students as a part of this activity our college have introduced recital of national

anthem. Every morning on working days classes start at 10 a.m. and 10:10

a.m. we have a practice of reciting national anthem in which entire college staff

along with the students participate. During the examination days, when the

sessions begin at 9 o‟ clock, students are made to sit in the halls 15 minutes

before and the anthem is recited at 8.50 am.

4. Evidence of success:

Most of the students feel it a good practice as this is probably the last

opportunity for them to recite with their peer members.

Recital of national anthem has created sense of oneness and patriotism

among the students.

The positive opinion about the college is been created among the public

by reciting the national anthem every day.

Recital of national anthem has created unity in diversity among the

students.

Students of different region and casts feel equal due to this practice.

5. Problems Encountered and Resources Required:

In the beginning days of the practice as mike system were not used the

entire college was finding it difficult to sing together.

Irregular power supply was also a major problem faced by the college.

But now is been solved with use of inverter.

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Previously even though mike system were implemented it was not

audible to all the blocks of the college building, but it is now solved with

the help of additional speakers.

6. Contact Details:

Name of the Principal: Prof. K.C. Venkatesh

Name of the Institution: Government First Grade College, Koppa

City: Koppa

Pin Code: 577126

Work Phone: 08265-221005

Fax: 08265-221005

Website: www.gfgckoppa.org

E-mail: [email protected]

Mobile: 9448555407

mailto:[email protected]

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PART III : EVALUATIVE REPORT OF THE

DEPARTMENTS

I. DEPARTMENT OF SANSKRIT

1. Name of the department : Sanskrit

2. Year of Establishment : 1982

3. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil, Ph.D., Integrated

Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc) - UG

4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the department/units involved– Nil-

5. Annual/semester/choice based credit system (programme wise) - Semester

6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other department –BA.,

B.Sc., B.Com., BBM.

7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions,

etc. –Nil-

8. Details of course/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: –Nil-

9. Number of Teaching posts:

Posts Sanctioned Filled

Professors - -

Associate Professors 01 02 (One on

deputation)

Assistant Professors - -

10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization,

(D.Sc/D.Litt./Ph.D./M.Phil. etc.,)

Name Qualificat

ion

Designatio

n

Specializatio

n

No. of

Years of

Experienc

e

No. of

Ph.D.

student

s

guided

for the

last 4

years

Dr. S Y

Kotyal

M.A,

Ph.D.

Assct. Prof.

Alankar

22

NA

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P. G

Hegde

MA,

Assct. Prof.

Alankar

22

NA

11. List of senior visiting faculty: –Nil-

12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (programme wise

by temporary faculty):–Nil-

13. Student-Teacher Ratio (programme wise) - 18:1

14. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff;

sanctioned and filled –Nil-

15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/D.Litt./Ph.D./M.Phil./PG

Name Qualification

Dr. S Y Kotyal

M.A,

Ph.D.

P. G Hegde

M.A.

16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International

funding agencies and grants received: –Nil-

17. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC,DBT, ICSSR etc, and total

grants received : –Nil-

18. Research Centre/faculty recognized by the University: -Nil-

19. Publications: –Yes-

20. Areas of consultancy and income generated –Nil-

21. Faculty as members in

a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards:

–Nil-

22. Students projects

a) Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter

departmental/programme –Nil-

b) Percentage of students placed for projects in organization outside the

institution i.e. in Research laboratories/Industry/other agencies: -Nil-

23. Awards/Recognitions received by faculty and students: –Nil-

24. List of eminent academicians and scientists/visitors to the department: 01

Sri Mahesh Kakatkar of Government Junior College, Koppa

25. Seminars/Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding:

a) National : Nil

b) International: Nil

26. Student profile programme/course wise:

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Name of the

Course/programme

(refer question

no.4)

Applications

received Selected

Enrolled

Pass

percentage *M *F

2013-14

BA 00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

ISEM 00

IIISEM 00

I B.Sc 03

03

03

03

00

01

03

02

ISEM 100%

III SEM 100%

B.Com 13

16

13

16

07

09

06

07

ISEM 100%

IIISEM 100%

BBM 00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

ISEM 00

IIISEM 00

* M = Male F= Female

27. Diversity of Students

Name of the

Course/Programme

% of students

from the same

state

% of

students

from other

states

% of

students

from abroad

II Sem B.Com. and

B.Sc

100 - -

IV Sem B.Com. and

B.Sc

100 - -

28. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations

Such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc, - Nil-

29. Student progression

Student progression Against % enrolled

UG to PG 1 to 5

PG to M.Phil -

PG to Ph.D -

Ph.D to Post-Doctoral -

Employed

Campus selection

Other than campus recruitment

-

1 to 5

Entrepreneruship/Self-employment -

30. Details of Infrastructural facilities

a) Library: No

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b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students:No

c) Class rooms with ICT facility - No

d) Laboratories –Nil-

31. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university,

government or other agencies: 67% of the students receive financial assistance

from college.

32. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures/

workshops/seminar) with external experts: A special lecture on “Samskrutha

Bhashe Mattu Sahithya” was given by Dr.Mahesh Kakathkar of Government

Junior College,Koppa.

33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: Seminars, Assignment,

Essay.

34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension

activities : Nil

35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans

Strengths:

Good results

Dedicated Staff

Weaknesses

No student strength

No separate department Library

Opportunity

It has opportunities in the field of medical science (ayurvedic)

Challenges

To develop the written communication skills of the students

To improve the student strength

Future Plan:

To start optional Sanskrit Course.

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II. DEPARTMENT OF KANNADA

1. Name of the department : Kannada




4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the department/units involved – Nil-

5. Annual/semester/choice based credit system (programme wise) : Semester

6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other department –Nil-


etc. –Nil-

8. Details of course/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons –Nil-

9. Number of Teaching posts


Professor - -

Associate Professors 01 01

Assistant Professors 01 01

Lecturers on

Contract 06 06



Name Qualificat

ion

Designatio

n

Specializati

on

No. of

Years of

Experienc

e

No. of

Ph.D.

student

s

guided

for the

last 4

years

Mr.

K C

Venkatesh

M.A. Associate

Professor

Regional

Study of

Dakshinaka

nnada

31 -

Dr.

Shreepathi

M.A.,

Ph.D.

Assistant

Professor

Lingustics

8

Ms.

Shashikala

M.A.,

M.Phil.

Guest

Lecturer

Modern

Literature

7

Mr.

Basavaraju

M.A.,

M.Phil.

Guest

Lecturer

Folklore 8

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Ms. Asha M.A. Guest

Lecturer

Modern

Literature

7

Ms.

Deena

M.A. Guest

Lecturer

Modern

Literature

7

Ms.

Savina

M.A. Guest

Lecturer

Modern

Literature

3

11. List of senior visiting faculty –Nil-


by temporary faculty) –67%-

13. Student-Teacher Ratio (programme wise): 180:1




Name Qualification

Dr. Shreepathi M.A., Ph.D.


funding agencies and grants received: -Nil-


grants received : A Major Research Project has been sanctioned to Dr.

Shreepathi by the UGC

18. Research Centre/faculty recognized by the University: –NIL-

19. Publications:

Name

of

faculty

No

paper

publish

ed

Chapt

er in

Book

s

Boo

ks

Edit

ed

Books

with

ISBN/IS

SN

Impa

ct

facto

r

Citati

on

Index

Dr. K.

Shreepa

thi 02 00 04 04 Nil Nil



a) National committees- Mr. Basavraju T N is a member of all India Folklore

Society

b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards: –Nil-

22. Student projects:


departmental/programme – Nil-

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23. Awards/Recognitions received by faculty and students –Dr. K. Shreepathi

1. Pandith Puttaraja Gavai Award to Kavyagange Book (2007)

2. First Prize to Poem Marikondavalu from Bharatiya Karnataka Sangha,

Bangalore

3. Best Lecturer award by Nammuru Foundation, Hyderabad

24. List of eminent academicians and scientists/visitors to the department: Nil


a) National : Nil



Name of the

Course/programme

Applications

received Selected

Enrolled Pass

percentage *M *F

2013-14

I B.A 180 180 75 105 88%

II B.A 135 135 62 73 85%

III B.A 20 20 15 5 100%

1st B Com 220 220 70 150 98%

2nd

B Com 148 148 48 100 95%

1st B BM 19 19 12 07 90%

2nd

B BM 56 56 26 30 88%

1st B Sc 19 19 03 16 100%

2nd

B Sc 39 39 09 30 100%



Name of the Course % of students from the

same state

% of students from

other states

II Sem BA.,

B.Com.,B.Sc. & BBM

100 -

IV Sem

BA.,B.Com.,B.Sc. &

BBM

100 -


Such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc,? – Nil-

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UG to PG 20

PG to M.Phil -

PG to Ph.D -

Ph.D to Post-Doctoral

-

Employed

Campus selection


10



a) Library - No

b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students - No


d) Laboratories –No


government or other agencies

70% of the students receive financial assistance from College.


workshops/seminar) with external experts:

Several eminent academicians have visited the department in the past few years.

They have enlightened students on various relevant issues. Below is the list of those

visitors.

Mr. Puttaiah, Associate Professor, JCBM College, Shringeri(2007-08)

Dr. H C Borlingaiah, Honorable Vice chancellor, Hampi University(2009-10)

Dr. Na D‟souza , Senior writer, Sagara(2009-10)

Mrs. Kiran Desai, Associate Professor, Kamala Nehru

College,Shivamogga(2010-11)

Dr. J K Ramesh, Associate Professor, Thunga Maha Vidyalaya, Thirthahalli

(2010-11)

Dr. Kelaginamani, Associate Professor, Kuvempu University,

Shivamogga(2011-12)

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Dr. Nagappa Gowda, Professor, University College, Mangalore(2012-13)

Dr. Annappa Malimatt, Assistant Professor, Narasimha Raja Pura (2013-14)

33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning : Seminars,

assignments, essays, visit to Poet Houses


activities –Nil-


Strengths:

Good results.

Dedicated Staff.

Weaknesses:

No separate departmental library.

Future Plan:

Apart from attending refresher courses and training programmes, the faculty

proposes to take up research work.

The department plans to start a post graduate course

It wishes to establish a separate departmental library

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III. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

1. Name of the department : English



Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc)-UG

4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the department/units involved– Nil-




etc. –Nil-




Professors 00 00

Associate

Professors

00 00

AssisttantProfesso

rs

01 01



Name Qualificati

on

Designati

on

Specializati

on

No. of

Years of

Experien

ce

No. of

Ph.D.

studen

ts

guided

for the

last 4

years

Mr.

Naveena.V

M.A. Assistant

Professor

Indian

writing in

English

12 00

Mr.

Chethan.H.

G

M.A. Guest

Lecturer

- 01 -

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Ms.

Kavyashre

e N.K.

M.A. Guest

Lecturer

- 01 -

Ms. Rekha M.A. Guest

Lecturer

- 01 -

Ms. Sahana M.A. Guest

Lecturer

- 00 -

Ms.

Ashwini

Jogi

M.A. Guest

Lecturer

- 00 -



by temporary faculty) - 55%

13. Student-Teacher Ratio (programme wise) -120:1



15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/D.Litt./Ph.D./M.Phil./PG :P.G-06.


funding agencies and grants received- Nil-


grants received : Rs. 1.25 lakh by UGC for a Minor Research Project

18. Research Centre/faculty recognized by the University: –Nil-

19. Publications: There are no academic publications by the faculty, but Mr.

Naveena V of the department has published many stories and articles in reputed

dailies of the State.

20. Areas of consultancy and income generated: -Nil-


a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards

–Nil-






23. Awards/Recognitions received by faculty and students –Nil-

24. List of eminent academicians and scientists/visitors to the department:

Dr. Mohan Chandragutti, Sahyadri Arts College, Shivamogga.

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Sri K.G.N. Shastry, BGS B.Ed. College, Shringeri

Dr. Nagabhushana H S, Kamala Nehru College for Women, Shimoga

Mr. Vaidya, Journalist & Convenor, Bellimandala, Shimoga

Sri Raghavendra, Jnanavahini High School, Koppa

25. Seminars/Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding :

a) National: Nil



Name of the

Course/program

Applications

received Selected

Enrolled Pass

percentage *M *F

2012-13

B.A.

I year 132 132 41 91 63

II Year 145 145 40 105 56.5

B.Com.

I year 143 143 73 70 89

II year 134 134 56 78 87.5

B.B.M.

I year 36 36 16 20 71.8

II year 56 56 25 31 90

B.Sc.

I year 40 40 14 26 100

II year 12 12 04 08 100

2013-14

B.A.

I year 132 132 52 80 55.93%

II year 124 124 41 83 73.45%

B.Com.

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I year 154 154 64 90 90.72%

IIyear 132 132 66 66 94.82%

B.B.M.

I year 67 67 29 38

IIyear 30 30 12 18 80.76%

B.Sc.

I year 48 48 13 30 97.72%

II year 36 36 14 22 100%




Such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc.? – Nil-



UG to PG 00

PG to M.Phil. -

PG to Ph.D. -

Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral -

Employed

Campus selection


-

00

00

Entrepreneurship/Self-employment 00


a) Library :College library

b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students :Yes

Name of the

Course

% of students

from the same

state

% of students

from other States

% of students

from abroad

BA, B.Sc.,

B.Com., BBM

100% -Nil- -Nil-

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c) Class rooms with ICT facility – One common auditorium with ICT facility

d) Laboratories: -Nil-


government or other agencies.

All the eligible students belonging to different categories get scholarships and

financial aids from government and other agencies.

32. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures/ workshops/

seminar) with external experts:

A workshop on spoken English was conducted in 2013 where Mr. K.G.N.

Shastry, a senior English lecturer and Mr. Raghavendra, resource person,

enlightened students on the use of English

In the inaugural programme of Film Club of the department, Dr.

Nagabhushan H S, Associate Professor of English, Kamala Nehru Women‟s

College, Shimoga deliberated on the issues like culture, literature, life,

education, popular culture and films. The programme was organized in 2014.

33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning

Use of ICT in classrooms

Interactive/participatory methods of teaching

Student seminars

Discussions

Student assignments


activities :

The department has plans to conduct classes to high school students in the

vicinity. As part of the extension activities, it has actively participated in the

blood donation camps, NSS special camps, etc.


Strengths:

Young teaching group of the department strive hard to deliver honestly

The department has a goon number of books in the library for the benefit of

students and teachers

The department is functioning since the inception of the college. This

heritage itself is the strength of it

The department has a collection of CDs, DVDs and films which are based on

novels, plays and stories. These help students to enjoy and learn the

language more

Technology comes handy to teach the language. Hence, the department uses

ICT tools for better teaching-learning experience

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Weakness:

Lack of regularized teachers who can perform better

Huge strength of the classrooms

Non-availability of experts in the region to organize special lecture

programmes or workshops

Frequent change in syllabi does not allow our young teachers to prepare well

Insufficient time to complete syllabus

Lack of funds to conduct institutional level workshops/seminars using

renowned resource persons

Opportunities:

The department can organize National level seminars and conferences

To take the department outside the institution to the community i.e., to

arrange special classes to students belonging to lower classes

To avail funds from various funding agencies to carry out more number of

research activities

Challenges:

Poor English background of the students

Lack of response from experts to visit a this tiny place

To motivate students to use more and more English in day to day life

Arts‟ students pessimist attitude towards the language

The future plan of the department is:

1. To establish a language lab

2. To develop departmental library

3. To organize seminars and workshops with financial assistance from UGC

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IV. DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

1. Name of the department : History



Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc) - UG BA(HEP, HES, HPK, HSL combinations)





etc. –Nil-



Sanctioned Filled

Professors - -

Associate

Professors

02 02

Assistant

Professors

- -

Lecturers on

contact

01 01



Name Qualificatio

n

Designatio

n

Specializatio

n

No. of

Years of

Experienc

e

No. of

Ph.D.

student

s

guided

for the

last 4

years

Mrs.

Bharath

i

M.A.,M.Phi

l.

Associate

Professor

Modern

India

21 -

Mr.

Nagesh

Gowda

D

M.A. Associate

Professor

Europian

History

18 -

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Miss.

Anjali

M.A. Guest

Lecturer

Karnataka

History

3 -



by temporary faculty) – 18-

13. Student-Teacher Ratio (programme wise) 121:1




Name Qualification

Mrs. Bharathi M.A., M.Phil.

Mr.Nagesh Gowda.D M.A.

Miss.Anjali M.A.


funding agencies and grants received: – Nil-


18. Publications: –Nil-



a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards: –Nil-






22. Awards/Recognitions received by faculty and students –Mrs. Bharathi -Best

Treasurer Award at Lions Club, Koppa (Rural), 2006-07

23. List of eminent academicians and scientists/visitors to the department: -Nil-


a) National : Nil



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Name of the

Course/

programme

Applications

received Selected

Enrolled Pass

percentage *M *F

2013-14

I BA 141 141 40 101 83

II BA 110 110 42 68 82

III BA 113 113 32 81 87



Name of

the

Course

% of students

from the same

State

% of students

from other

states

% of

students

from abroad

II Sem

B.A. 100 - -

IV Sem

B.A. 100 - -


Such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc.- 08



UG to PG 20

PG to M.Phil -

PG to Ph.D -


-

Employed

Campus selection


15

1 to 05

Entrepreneruship/Self-employment 50


a) Library: No

b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students: No

c) Class rooms with ICT facility –Nil-

d) Laboratories –Nil-

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from College.

31. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures/ workshops/

seminar) with external experts:

Mr. B. T. Chandrappa Gowda, Retired principalof Veeranna Gowda, College,

Maddur has given a spcial lecture on Colonialism and Nationalism in South

Asia.

Mr. K. G. Venkatesh, Associate Professor of History from D.V.S. College,

Shimoga has enlightened students on “Impact of Coldwar on the

Underdeveloped Countries.”

Mr. Prabhakara Rao K, Associate Professor of History from Srimathi Indiara

Gandhi College, Sagar spoke to students on Relooking at the Indian History.

Prof. T Manjunath, Associate Professor of History, Sir M V Arts and

Commerce College, Bhadravathi delivered a special lecture on “The Cultural

Heritage of India.”

Dr. A. C. Nagesh, Associate Professor of History, Government First Grade

College, Thirthahalli has given a speech on “West Asian Problem with special

reference to creation of Israel.”


Essays.


activities : Visiting historical places, protection of monuments, creating

awareness among the general public for the protection of records related to

history.


Strength:

Good results.

Dedicated Staff.

Weaknesses:

No separate departmental library.

Future Plans:

Apart from attending refreshers courses and training programmes, the

faculty proposes to take up research work seriously

To start a protection of Historical Monuments Cell

To organize regular workshops for students

The department plans to establish a History Museum in the department and

the department also plans to establish separate department library

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V. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

1. Name of the department : Economics



Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc): UG –BA(HEP,HES combinations)

4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the department/units involved –B.Com.,

B.B.M., M.Com.


6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other department –

Commerce & Management


etc. –Nil-




Professors - -

Associate

Professors 02 02

AssistantProfessor

s 01 01

Lecturers on

Contract 01 01



Name Qualification Designation Speciali

zation

No. of

Years of

Experienc

e

No. of Ph.D.

students

guided for

the last 4

years

Mrs.

Vasumathi.

K.S

M.A., Associate

Professors

Public

Enterpri

ses

29 --

Dr.

Devaraj.P M.A., Ph.D.

Associate

Professors

Industry

and

Labour

29 --

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Dr.

Prasanna.

T

M.A., Ph.D. Assistant

Professors

Rural

Econo

mics

06 --



by temporary faculty) –Nil-

13. Student-Teacher Ratio (programme wise): 417-3




Name Qualification

Mrs. Vasumathi.K.S M.A.,

Dr. Devaraj.P M.A., Ph.D.

Dr. Prasanna.T M.A., Ph.D.




grants received : -Nil-






–Nil-

22. Students projects: -Nil-







25. Seminars/Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding: UGC

sponsord one day national level seminar

a) National : 02


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26. Student profile programme/course wise




Such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc,?– Nil-

Name of the

Course/programme

(refer question

no.4)

Applications

received Selected

Enrolled

Pass

percentage *M *F

2013-14

I BA 82 80 32 48 63

II BA 76 76 29 47 92

III BA 62 62 21 41 93

I B.Com 163 154 63 91 77

I BBM 67 67 29 38 75

Name of the

Course

% of students

from the same

state

% of students from

other States

% of students

from abroad

II Sem B A. and

B.Com. 100 - -

IV Sem B A.

and B.Com. 100 - -

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UG to PG 1 to 05

PG to M.Phil -

PG to Ph.D -


-

Employed

Campus selection


-

1 to 05



a) Library: -Yes-

b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students:-Yes-

c) Class rooms with ICT facility:-No-

d) Laboratories: -Nil-



from College.


workshops/seminar) with external experts: Dr. Krishnaiah Gowda,

Co-operative Sector.


Essays.


activities: -Nil-

35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans:

Strengths:

The department is full-fledged regarding the teaching staff. Sanctioned posts in

the department are three and all the posts are filled. Two Associate Professors

and one Assistant Professor. Among the three, two are Ph.D degree holders.The

result of the department is fairly good. The department has conducted two

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national level seminars. One on 17th

September 2011 and the other on 23rd

March 2013.

Weaknesses:

Workload is falling due to less and less admissions to B.A. degree course. As a

consequence, an Assistant Professor who has a doctoral degree is deputed to the

Government First Grade College, Sagar. Students are from far off rural areas

without much exposure and having little bit language problem and also

hesitation. As a result, the department has to put forth much effort to train them

competitive enough with the city students.

Opportunities:

As the subject Economics has much scope in the practical world, students have

many opportunities in securing jobs and occupy higher positions in various

sectors.

Challenges:

Challenges faced by the department are training the rural students who have

less exposure in terms of availability of resources financially and intellectually.

Future Plans:

The department is planning to attract more number of students to B.A. course

and also planning to conduct national level seminar/conferences every year and

also has plans to improve the results.

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VI. DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

1. Name of the department : Political Science



Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc) – UG - BA ( HEP, HPK combinations)



6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other department –The

subject Indian Constitution is taught toScience, commerce and management

students.


etc. –Nil-




Professors - -

Associate

Professors

- -

Asst.Professors 02 02

Lecturers on

contact - -



Name Qualifica

tion

Designation Specialization No. of

Years

of

Experi

ence

No. of Ph.D.

students

guided for

the last 4

years

T.M.Bhagyalaxmi M.A.,

M.Phil.

Assistant

Professor

Public

Administratio

n

20 --

A.C. Putttaswamy M.A.,

M.Phil.

Assistant

Professor

Public

Administratio

n

6 --

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by temporary faculty) –Nil-

13. Student-Teacher Ratio (programme wise): 305:01




Name Qualification

T.M.Bhagyalaxmi M.A, M.Phil.

A.C.Puttaswamy M.A, M.Phil.


funding agencies and grants received: – Nil




19. Publications: -Nil-




–Nil-









a) National : Nil


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Name of the

Course/progra

mme (refer

question no.4)

Application

s

received

Selected Enrolled Pass

percentage *M *F

2013-14

I BA 96 96 34 62 93

II BA 67 67 28 39 100

III BA 59 59 20 39 100

I BA(IC) 112 112 41 71 97

II B.Com(IC) 134 134 56 78 99

II BBM 56 56 25 31 84

II B.Sc. 12 12 04 08 100



Name of the Course % of students

from the same

state

% of

students

from other

states

% of

students

from abroad

II Sem B A., B.Com.,

BBM and B.Sc 100 - -

IV Sem B A.,

B.Com., BBM and

B.Sc.

100 - -


Such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc.? – Nil-



UG to PG 30

PG to M.Phil -

PG to Ph.D -


Employed

Campus selection


10

1 to 5


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a) Library – No-

b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students : -No-

c) Class rooms with ICT facility –No-

d) Laboratories –No-





workshops/seminar) with external experts:A special lecture on“Recent

developments in political science” was given by Dr. K Prasanna Kumar of

SahyadriArts College,Shimoga.

33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: Seminars,

assignments, essays and discussions.


activities - NIL


Strengths:

Assignments are given to the students & seminars conducted.

Evaluation of the learning students is done in different stages.

Guiding students to prepare for the exam with many unique ways.

Extra classes are engaged to help the students.

Question papers of previous year examination are collected and filed in the

department, which are available to the students.

Students are encouraged to read all periodicals and newspapers in the

college library.

Weaknesses:

There are lot of online magazines which are available in the library and not

effectively used by some the students.

Many of our college students are from rural area. They belong tosocially,

economically backward communities and they have least knowledge of

English.

Computer lab and internet facilities provided by the college are not used by

students.

The participation of the students in the activities like debate, group

discussion, case study and extra-curricular activities is very low.

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Opportunities:

Special lecturing helps in developing overall skills of the students.

Edusat programme has been one of the great acquiring sources to the

students.

The subject of political science is very essential for students to prepare for

competitive examinations.

Challenges:

To develop the written communication skills of the students.

To improve the computer skills of students.

To prepare students for the competitive exams seems to be great challenge.

Future Plans:

To organize special lecture programmes for a better teaching-learning

experience.

Planning to create awareness about genuine political problems/issues of the

country.

The department has plans to monitor development of the student personally

from periodical tests.

We have plans to monitor regular update on the passing percentage of

students. So that we can develop it from each semester.

We have plans to conduct exchange programs for a student appears into

competitive exams Planning to assign project works regarding and its

relevance.

Planning to conduct survey regarding voting attitude of the rural folk.

To conduct seminars, debates and discussions.

To improve the results

To conduct coaching classes for competitive examinations and career.

Plan to undertake projects works from UGC.

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VII. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY

1. Name of the department : Sociology








etc. –Nil-




Professors - -

Associate

Professors

- -

AssistantProfessor

s

01 01

Lecturer on

Contact

01 01



Name Qualific

ation

Designation Speci

alizat

ion

No. of Years

of Experience

No. of Ph.D.

students guided

for the last 4

years

Vijayendra.

M. N.

M.A,

M.Phil.

Assistant

Professor - 20 NA

Malathi.C. M.A.,B.

Ed.

Guest

Lecturer - 05 NA




13. Student-Teacher Ratio (programme wise) – 73:1



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Name Qualification

Vijayendra. M. N. M.A., M.Phil.

Malathi. C M.A., B.Ed.










–Nil-






23. Awards/Recognitions received by faculty and students – Vijayendra M N- Best

Teacher Award from Nammuru Foundation, Hyderabad.



a) National : Nil



Name of the

Course/program

me (refer

question no.4)

Applications

received

Selected Enrolled Pass

percentage *M *F

2013-14

I B.A 50 50 7 43 88

II B.A 43 43 14 29 100

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III B.A 54 54 12 42 100



Name of the

Course

% of students

from the same

state

% of students

from other

states

% of

students

from

abroad

I SEM B.A. 100 0 0

III SEM B.A. 100 0 0

V SEM B.A. 100 0 0


Such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc,-Nil-



UG to PG 20

PG to M.Phil -

PG to Ph.D -


Employed

Campus selection


-

00

05



a) Library - No

b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students - No


d) Laboratories –No

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government or other agencies: 70 %



- A special lecture on the topic “Relevance of Sociology in India” was given by

Dr. B G Dhananjaya, Associate Professor of Sociology, Government First

Grade College, Bhadravathi.

- A special lectures was given by Mr. M G Nagaraj, Assistant Professor of

Sociology, Government First Grade College, Thirthahalli on “Changing

Situation of Family Relations.”

- Dr Shekhar of Government First Grade College, Shikaripura has given a

special lecture on “Stages of Social Research.”

- Dr K Umesh of Narasimharaja Pura has spoken on “Globalization and Social

Problems.”

- A special workshop on “Personality Development and Counselling” was held

by Major M Nagaraj of L.B. College, Sagar.

-

33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: Assignments, Student

Seminars, Tests, Group Discussion, and Surveys, Essay writing.


activities :Students of the department are members of Rovers and Rangers,

NSS, Youth Red Cross.


Strengths:

Staff achievement:

Well experienced faculty members.

Faculty members have attended national and state level

conferences/seminars.

Several paper presentations in national and state level conferences by the

faculty members.

The faculty have attended various training programmes.

Conducting tutorial classes, and remedial classes for weak students.

Weaknesses:

Lack of infrastructure.

No campus placements in the department.

No separate department library

Opportunities:

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Students who have a degree in sociology have greater opportunities in the

non-governmental and health sectors.

Challenges:

To trainstudents from rural background who have less exposure in terms of

availability of resources financially and intellectually.

Future plans:

Planning to conduct state level seminars/conferences.

Planning to start ap.g.courses in future.

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VIII. Department of Library and Information Science

1. Name of the department : Library and Information Science



Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc) –UG-

4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the department/units involved:-Nil-




etc. –Nil-

8. Details of course/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: -Nil-



Professors 00 00

Associate

Professors

00 00

Assistant

Professors

00 00



Name Qualification Designati

on

Specializati

on

No. of

Years of

Experience

No. of

Ph.D.

Students

guided for

the last 4

years

Akshatha

. K. T.

M.L.I. Sc. Guest

Lecturer

- 3 years NA

Latha N.

V.

M.L.I. Sc. Guest

Lecturer

- 4 years NA

Anudeep

a Y. S.

M.L.I. Sc. Guest

Lecturer

- 2 years NA

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by temporary faculty) – Nil-

13. Student-Teacher Ratio (programme wise) - 25:1



15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/D.Litt./Ph.D./M.Phil./PG: All the

faculty have a post graduate degree in Library and Information Science.


funding agencies and grants received: -Nil-


grants received : -Nil-

18. Research Centre/faculty recognized by the University: -Nil-

19. Publications: -Nil-



a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards: -Nil-



departmental/programme: -Nil-



23. Awards/Recognitions received by faculty and students:-Nil-


25. Seminars/Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding: -Nil-

a) National

b) International

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Name of the

Course/progra

mme (refer

question no.4)

Applications

received Selected

Enrolled

Pass percentage *M *F

2011-12

1 Year 32 32 06 26 80%

2 Year 17 17 05 12 100%

3 Year 15 15 05 10 100%

2012-13

1 Year 25 25 05 20 80%

2 Year 31 31 06 25 80%

3 Year 14 14 03 11 85%

2013-14

1 Year 23 23 07 16 90%

2 Year 22 22 03 19 85%

3 Year 30 30 05 25 100%

2014-15

1 Year 15 15 05 10 100%

2 Year 22 22 03 19 85%

3 Year 30 30 05 25 85%


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Name of the

Course

% of students

from the same

state

% of students

from other

states

% of

students

from

abroad

I SEM B.A. 100 0 0

III SEM B.A. 100 0 0

V SEM B.A. 100 0 0


Such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc,? –Nil-



UG to PG 10%

PG to M.Phil -

PG to Ph.D -


Employed

Campus selection


-

Teachers (Primary High school)

Lecturers (P.G Polytechnic)

Entrepreneurship/Self-employment -


a) Library –Yes-

b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students –Yes-

c) Class rooms with ICT facility –No-

d) Laboratories –No-


government or other agencies:

All the eligible students belonging to different categories get scholarships and financial

aids from government and other agencies.

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workshops/seminar) with external experts: -Nil-

33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: Lecturing method,

discussion,question-answer method.


activities –Nil-


Strength

Sincere and hard working teachers are the strength of the Department.

Weaknesses:

There are no permanent staff for the department.

Lack of studentsstrength.

Opportunities:

The students who pass out from the college have a good opportunity to get

jobs very early due to huge demand for the experts in the field.

Challenges:

Increasingstudents‟ strength.

Lack of English knowledge among students.

Future Plans:

To enrich the collection of library.

Acquire new communication technologies in the field.

To have separate portal for library.

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IX. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND

MANAGEMENT

1. Name of the department : Commerce and Management



Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc): UG & PG


5. Annual/semester/choice based credit system (programme wise)UG- Semester/

PG has Choice Based Credit System.



etc. –Nil-




Professors - -

Associate

Professors

- -

AssistantProfessor

s

02 02

Guest Faculty 23 23



Name Qualificatio

n

Designatio

n

Specializati

on

No. of

Years of

Experienc

e

No. of

Ph.D.

student

s

guided

for the

last 4

years

Udaya

Kumar D

S

M.Com.,

M.Phil.

Assistant

Professor

Cost

Accounting 22 Yrs NA

Rajesh N

Naik

M.Com.,

M.Phil.

Assistant

Professor

Cost

Accounting 21 Yrs NA

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Shashidh

ar S M.Com.

Guest

Lecturer Taxation 06 Yrs NA

Prakash

C H M.Com.

Guest

Lecturer Mangt A/C 06 Yrs NA

Aravinda M.Com. Guest

Lecturer A/C & Tax 04 Yrs NA

Archana M.Com. Guest


Mamatha M.Com. Guest


Supreetha M.Com. Guest


Shilpa S

S M.Com.

Guest


Ambika M.Com. Guest

Lecturer Tax & A/C 02 Yrs NA

Laila M.Com. Guest

Lecturer H. R. M. 03 Yrs NA

Rajaram M.Com. Guest


Bhavya M.Com. Guest

Lecturer

Taxation &

Marketing 03 Yrs NA

Amrutha M.Com. Guest

Lecturer Finance 01 Yrs NA

Shrivatsa M.B.A. Guest

Lecturer H R M 02 Yrs NA

Nagaraj M.Com. Guest

Lecturer Fin.Mangmt 01 Yrs NA

Vinanthi M.Com. Guest

Lecturer H. R. M. 01 Yrs NA

Sukesh M.Com. Guest


Shilpa M

P M.Com.

Guest

Lecturer Taxation 01 NA

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Ranjitha M.Com. Guest

Lecturer Taxation 1 NA

Mala M.Com. Guest

Lecturer A/C & Tax 3 NA

Renvik

Avinash

Dias

MBA. Guest

Lecturer H R M 3 NA

Madesh

Prabu M.Com.

Guest

Lecturer A/C & Tax 3 NA

Shrinidi MBA. Guest

Lecturer H R M 3 NA

Kavya M

S M.Com.

Guest

Lecturer H R M 1 NA




13. Student-Teacher Ratio (programme wise): 24: 1


sanctioned and filled : –Nil-

15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/D.Litt./Ph.D./M.Phil./PG:

Name Qualification

Udaya Kumar D S M.Com., M.Phil.

Rajesh N Naik M.Com., M.Phil.

Shashidhar S M.Com.

Prakash C H M.Com.

Aravinda M.Com.

Archana M.Com.

Mamatha M.Com.

Supreetha M.Com.

Shilpa S S M.Com.

Ambika M.Com.

Laila M.Com.

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Rajaram M.Com.

Bhavya M.Com.

Amrutha M.Com.

Shrivatsa M.B.A.

Nagaraj M.Com.

Vinanthi M.Com.

Sukesh M.Com.

Shilpa M P M.Com.

Ranjitha M.Com.

Mala M.Com.

Renvik Avinash Dias MBA.

Madesh Prabu M.Com.

Shrinidi MBA.

Kavya M S M.Com.










departmental/programme –All theBBM and M.Com.students do projects

compulsorily.





Dr. Giridhar K V, Sahyadri college, Shimoga.

Dr. H C Veerappa Gowda, JCBM College, Shringeri

Mr. Vasappaof Government First Grade College, Thirthahalli.

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sponsord one day State level seminar

a) State: 01

b) National : 00

c) International: 00


Name of the

Course/programme

(refer question

no.4)

Applications

received Selected

Enrolled

Pass

percentage *M *F

2013-14

I SEM B.Com. 162 154 64 90 77

III SEM B.Com. 132 132 66 66 86

V SEM B.Com. 132 132 56 76 88

I SEM B.B.M. 71 67 29 38 52

III SEM B.B.M. 30 30 12 18 53

V SEM B.B.M. 49 49 19 30 72

I M.Com. 50 38 15 23 100

II M.Com. 18 18 03 15 100


Name of the

Course

% of students

from the same

state

% of students

from other States

% of students

from abroad

I SEM B.Com. 100 0 0

III SEM B.Com. 100 0 0

V SEM B.Com. 100 0 0

I SEM B.B.M 100 0 0

III SEM B.B.M 100 0 0

V SEM B.B.M 100 0 0

I M.Com. 100 0 0

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Such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc,:-Nil-



UG to PG 16 to 24%

PG to M.Phil -

PG to Ph.D

5%

10%


Employed

Campus selection


Entrepreneruship/Self-employment


a) Library - No

b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students -No


d) Laboratories –Yes


government or other agencies: 69%

SC/ST Scholarship

OBC Scholarship

Sanchihonnamma Scholarship

Jindal Scholarship

Psychically handicapped Scholarship

UGC

Minorities

Rajiv Gandhi Loan Facilities



Dr. Giridhar K V, Sahyadri college, Shimoga.

II M.Com. 100 0 0

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Dr. H C Veerappa Gowda, JCBM, Shringeri

Mr. Vasappa, GFGC, Thirthahalli.

32. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning:

Assignments

Student Seminars

Tests

Group Discussion

Presentation


activities

Students of Department of Commerce and Management participate as members

of college NSS units, Rovers and Rangers and Youth Red Cross units.


Strengths:

Value based education in the region.

Supportive environment for experimenting – innovative teaching methods

and continuous efforts with integrating learning assessment.

Range of experiential opportunities.

Most of our faculty members are well experienced.

Our faculty members have attended national and state level

conferences/seminars.

Several paper presentations in the national and state level conferences.

Conducting tutorial classes, and remedial classes for weak students.

Weaknesses:

Limited systematic internships across all programs.

Limited focus on marketing accomplishments and excellence.

Lack of adequate freshman experience for all students – particularly with

regard to introduction of entrepreneurial thinking and critical thinking.

Lack of infrastructure.

No separate department library.

Opportunities:

Improved quality characteristics of student body.

Continuous improvement focus.

Distinct niche development from existing strengths in teaching, research,

and service synergy from partnering with other programs.

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Increased marketing of the college‟s accomplishments and impact.

Potential for leadership roles in the region – through leadership with regard

to innovation and entrepreneurship, expertise utilization.

Challenges :

Increased external involvement with educational standards.

Competition from other schools, businesses, on-line programs.

Future faculty turnover (e.g. Retirements) and shortages.

Technology changing how learning occurs faster than capacity to respond.

Increased external involvement with educational standards.

Future plans:

Planning to conduct national level seminars/conferences.

To conduct inter college fest.

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X. DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

1. Name of the department : Physics

2. Year of Establishment : 1996-97







etc. –Nil-




Professors - -

Associate

Professors

01 01

AssistantProfessor

s

01 01



Name Qualification Designation Specialization No. of

Years of

Experie

nce

No. of Ph.D.

students

guided for

the last 4

years

Nagaraja S V M. Sc.. Associate

Professor

Nuclear

Physics

22 years --

Narasimha S

A

M. Sc. Assistant

Professor

Quantum

Mechanics,

Solid State

Physics

7years --


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12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (programme

wise by temporary faculty) –Nil-

13. Student-Teacher Ratio (programme wise): 50: 1



15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/D.Litt./Ph.D./M.Phil./PG:

Name Qualification

Nagaraja S V M. Sc..

Narasimha S A M. Sc.



Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC,DBT, ICSSR etc, and total



18. Publications: International Journal 1, conference - 04







b) Percentage of students placed for projects in organization outside the institution

i.e. in Research laboratories/Industry/other agencies: -Nil-


23. List of eminent academicians and scientists/visitors to the department: Prof.

Jayanna, Dept. of Physics, Kuvempu university.


a) National: Nil


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Name of the

Course/program

me (refer

question no.4)

Applications

received Selected

Enrolled

Pass percentage *M *F

2013-14

I B.Sc. 45 45 13 32 82

IIB.Sc. 35 35 14 21 87

IIIB.Sc. 12 12 4 8 91.6



Name of the Course % of students

from the same

state

% of students from

other states

% of

student

s from

abroad

B.Sc. 100 Nil Nil


Such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc,?–Nil-



UG to PG 70%

PG to M.Phil NA

PG to Ph.D NA


NA

Employed

Campus selection


NA

2



a) Library : No

b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students: Yes

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c) Class rooms with ICT facility - 01

d) Laboratories –02





workshops/seminar) with external experts: 02

32. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning : Group Discussions,

Student Seminar, Assignments and Power Point Presentations.


activities:

Narasimha S A- As NSS officer for 4 years.


Strengths:

One of the distinguished Physics departments at university level.

Departments‟ interaction with alumni and students.

Good results.

Weaknesses:

Shortage of staff members.

Shortage of lab building.

Opportunities:

Advanced level computer interface equipments are available.

Time management, personality development, food& health awareness

programmes are arranged to benefit the students holistic growth.

Training to use LATEX and mathematica.

Challenges:

Most of the students are coming from rural area find difficulty in using

English.

Spatial constraint.

Future Plan:


faculty proposes to take up research work seriously.

The department plans to establish a separate departmental library.

The department plans to introduce vocational/certificate course for the

benefit of students.

To conduct more outreach programmes for high school/PUC students.

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XI. DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

1. Name of the department : Mathematics

2. Year of Establishment :1996-97

3. Names of Programmes / Courses offered - UG


5. Annual/semester/choice based credit system (programme wise)-Semester



etc. –Nil-




Professors - -

Associate Professors - -

Assistant Professors 01 01

Lecturers on contract 02 02



Name Qualificatio

n

Designatio

n

Specializatio

n

No. of

Years of

Experienc

e

No. of

Ph.D.

student

s

guided

for the

last 4

years

Dr. B.C.

Prasann

a

kumara

M.Sc.,

Ph.D.

Assistant

Professor

Fluid

Mecchanics

10 -

Mr.

Roith

M.Sc. Guest

Lecturer

Differential

Geometry

6 -

Mr.

Chethan

K C

M.Sc. Guest

Lecturer

Differential

Geometry

1 -

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13. Student-Teacher Ratio (programme wise) : 46:1




Name Qualification

Dr.B.C.Prasannakum

ara

MSc., Ph.D.

Mr.Rohith M.Sc.

Mr. Chethan K C M.Sc.


funding agencies and grants received: 01


18. Publications: –Yes

Name of faculty No paper

publish

Chapter

in

Books

Books

Edited

Books

with

ISBN/I

SSN

Impact

factor

Citatio

n

Index

Dr.B.C.Prasann

akumara 21 00 02 00 3 45




01






22. Awards/Recognitions received by faculty and students –Dr. Prasanna Kumara

B C-Young Scientist Award by Vision Group on Science & Technology,

Government of Karnataka, Bangalore.

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Prof.C.S.Bagewadi from KuvempuUniversity,Shivamogga.


sponsored national level seminar

National : 02

International: 00


Name of the

Course/programme

Applications

received Selected

Enrolled Pass

percentage *M *F

2013-14

I B.Sc 45 45 13 32 91

IIB.Sc 35 35 14 21 90

IIIB.Sc 12 12 4 8 85



Name of the

Course

% of students

from the same

state

% of students

from other states

% of students

from abroad

B.Sc 100 Nil Nil


Such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc,? Nil



UG to PG 60

PG to M.Phil NA

PG to Ph.D NA


NA

Employed

Campus selection


NA

25

Entrepreneruship/Self-employment 1 to 5

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Library: No

Internet facilities for Staff & Students No

Class rooms with ICT facility - No

Laboratories –No






UGC sponsored one-day national level Conference on MathematicalSciences

And Applicationswasheld on 9th

March 2013.

UGC sponsored and CSIR,INSA supported atwo-days national level conference

on Geometry, Analysis and Fluid Mechanics was held on 20-21st September

2013.

32. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning : Group Discussions,

Student Seminar, Assignments.


activities: -Nil-


Strengths:

One of the distinguished maths departments at university level.

Departments‟ interaction with Alumni and Students.

Good results.

Weaknesses:


Opportunities:

Students are motivated and encouraged to take active participation in

research based activity MATHSFEST held at University level.

To develop the research culture and aptitude among students, the faculty has

continuously encouraged the students to read periodicals and journals, which

are made available at the reading room.

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XII. DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS

1. Name of the department : Electronics

2. Year of Establishment : 1996-97







etc. –Nil-




Professors - -

Associate

Professors

- -

AssistantProfessor

s

01 01

Lecturers on

Contract

02 02



Name Qualificati

on

Designati

on

Specializati

on

No. of

Years of

Experien

ce

No. of

Ph.D.

studen

ts

guided

for the

last 4

years

Prabhakar

S.V

M. Sc.,

M.Phil.

Assistant

Professor Microprocess

or 5 years -

Bhagyashr

ee M P M. Sc.

Guest

lecturer -

2 year

6months -

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Devaki

Pandith T

R

M. Sc. Guest

lecturer - 1 year -




13. Student-Teacher Ratio (programme wise) -30:1




Name Qualification

Prabhakar S.V M. Sc., M.Phil.

Bhagyashree M P M. Sc.

Devaki Pandith T R M. Sc.












institution i.e. in Research laboratories/Industry/other agencies:-Nil-




a) National : -Nil-

b) International: -Nil-

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Name of the

Course/program

me

Applicatio

ns

received

Selected

Enrolled Pass

percentage *M *F

2013-14

I B.Sc 45 45 13 32 91

IIB.Sc 35 35 14 21 100

IIIB.Sc 12 12 4 8 91.6



Name of the

Course

% of students

from the same

state

% of students from

other states

% of

students

from

abroad

B.Sc 100% Nil Nil


Such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc,?– Nil -



UG to PG 60%

PG to M.Phil NA

PG to Ph.D NA


NA

Employed

Campus selection


NA

25%

Entrepreneruship/Self-employment 1 to 5


a) Library: No

b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students :No

c) Class rooms with ICT facility –No

d) Laboratories –Yes

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from College.


workshops/seminar) with external experts: -Nil-

32. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning : Group discussions,

student seminars, assignments and power point presentations


activities: -Nil-


Strengths:

One of the very few ELECTRONICS departments in Karnataka.

Department‟s interaction with alumni and students.

Good results.

Weaknesses:


Shortage of lab building.

Shortage of assistants.

Inadequate financial assistance for inviting external experts.

Opportunities:

Students with Electronics degree have a lot of job opportunities.

Students in future need not depend on any external job providers for

livelihood as they can stand on their own legs with expertise in the field.

Challenges:

Improving the students‟ strength.

To attract more number of science students to this vital area of knowledge.

Future Plan:


faculty proposes to take up research work seriously.

The department plans to establish a practical laboratory in the department

and the department also plans to establish a separate department library.

The department plans to introduce vocational/certificate course for the

benefit of students.

Acquiring Permanent Lab with all Equipments.

Improving students‟ strength and results.

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POST ACCREDITATION INITIATIVES

The Government First Grade College, Koppa went for the process of

accreditation for the first time in 2004. The NAAC peer team visited the college

on 3rd and 4th of September 2004. After having made a detailed review of the

institution, the NAAC accredited the institution with the Grade C++. In the

process of accreditation, the peer team members reported many commendations

and suggestions. The key commendations and suggestions are listed below. This

would be followed by the steps taken by the college on the suggestions made by

NAAC.

Commendations:

Results of B.A., B.Com., and B.Sc. are good

Various committees constituted by the principal function well

Provision of suggestion box for students to air their opinions and criticisms

Teachers‟ participation in faculty development programmes is good

College‟s performance in sports and cultural activities is appreciable

Existence of feedback system by students

Suggestions:

To organize courses related to wood and fruits-industries for progress of

the institution:

The college has been offering undergraduate courses since its inception and only

recently, it has commenced a postgraduate course in commerce. The institution is

affiliated to Kuvempu University which is the deciding agency on any courses to

be offered by the college. The courses are framed by the university, and the

college if wishes can commence the courses taking due permission from the

university. However, the university as such is not offering any courses related to

wood and fruit industries. Hence, the college has been unable to commence such

courses.

To consider starting self-financed and job-oriented courses:

As the institution is situated in the hilly terrain of Malnad region and most of the

students belong to the lower strata of society, they are unable to afford a

self-financed course. Considering this aspect of the region, the institution has

been hesitating to get the idea materialized.

With each passing year, the college has been seeing a steady growth in the

students‟ strength. To accommodate the growing strength is the biggest problem.

The institution has been able to add a few more rooms in the recent years. Even

these are not sufficient to meet the demand. For this particular reason, the college

is unable to commence any new courses.

In the recent years, commerce subjects have gained immense importance and the

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) course in addition to the management course

titled Bachelor of Business Management (BBM) are themselves serving the

purpose of job oriented courses. They have been able to provide a vast number of

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job opportunities to the students and virtually no student of these courses has

remained idle.

To review the growth of the institution by the CDC: The College Developmental Council (CDC) has been supportive all these years.

The chairperson of the CDC who happens to be the local MLA has been

instrumental in getting additional rooms sanctioned by the government for the

benefit of students. The CDC assists the head of the institution in taking vital

decisions when they are related to the development of the college. The members

of CDC also involve themselves actively whenever the institution organizes

activities like State/National level seminars/ conferences, inter-collegiate sports

events or any other programme of greater magnitude. The CDC offers its

valuable suggestions on the overall development of the college at regular

intervals.

To commence add-on courses on subjects like Electronics-application and

Spoken English:

Finding teachers in vital subjects like English and Electronics is one of the

important problems faced by the institution. As the college is in a rural area away

from district head quarters, no teachers in these subjects stays in it for long. They

take transfer and go to places of significance. When a new teacher is appointed to

this place, he or she takes a few years to get adjusted to the place and within a few

years they go to other places. Even then, a little effort has been made to

commence such courses using external experts. But, such efforts have not seen

the light of the day as to find experts in these subjects is also difficult. Now, such

departments have permanent faculty members for a brief period and honest

efforts will be made to have add-on courses in future.

To organize seminars/conferences by major departments

The institution has been very proud of having conducted six

seminars/conferences after the first accreditation process. In the past five years,

the college has organized five national level seminars/conferences which itself is

a testimony in this direction. The Department of Economics organized a national

level conference on Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Institutions:

Issues and Challenges on 17th

September 2011 and one more on The Effect of

the Global Economic Crisis on Indian Economy: Issues, Challenges and

Recovery on 28th

March 2013.

The Department of Mathematics organized a national level conference on

Mathematical Sciences and Applications on 9th

March 2013 and one more

such conference on Geometry, Analysis and Fluid Mechanics on 20 and 21st

September 2013.

The Department of Library and Information Science organized a national level

conference on Vivekananda and Nationalism on 20th

September 2014.

In addition to these national level conferences, the Department of Commerce

and Management organized a State level conference on the topic Consumerism

and its Impediments in Rural Areas on 31st March 2009. It is a matter of pride

that all these six conferences were funded by the UGC. Taking cue from these

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vital programmes, a few other departments have also applied for financial

assistance from the UGC to conduct seminars/conferences.

Apart from these conferences, the IQAC has been instrumental in organizing

special lectures and seminars at the institution level by inviting resource persons

of eminence in the last couple of years. Sixteen such seminars/workshops/special

lectures have been organized in the said period by almost all the departments

with the financial assistance from the IQAC of the college.

To invite researchers for seminars and conferences for the benefit of

students and teachers:

As it is mentioned above, the institution has invited many distinguished resource

persons of vitality from far and wide for the State/National level seminars and

conferences. Similarly, whenever the institution has organized the college level

special lecture programmes or seminars it has accessed the services of the best

resource persons available in the vicinity. These programmes have indeed

benefitted both the teacher but student communities.

To carry out area-specific minor research projects:

For the past few years, there has been a steady growth in the research activities

carried out by its faculty members. One faculty member (Dr. Devaraj from the

Department of Economics) has been awarded doctoral degree by the Kuvempu

University and one more faculty (Mr. Naveena V of the Department of English)

has registered for the Ph.D. with the Kuvemu University. Nine faulty members

have got M.Phil. degree in past few years. Apart from these, a few more teachers

have also organized State/National level seminars and conferences.

As suggested by the NAAC peer team, teachers have taken up Minor Research

Projects and completed them successfully. Faculty members from different

departments have completed four such projects. Mr Uday Kumar of Department

of Commerce and Management took up a project titled An Economic Analysis

on Cultivation and Marketing Watermelon with reference to Tarikere

Taluk worth Rs 60,000 in 2010, Dr Prasanna Kumara B C of the Department of

Mathematics conducted a project on Dusty Fluid Flow between Parallel Plates

in Frenet Frame Field System worth Rs 1,50,000, similarly Mr Naveena V of

the Department of English has taken up a project worth Rs 1,25,000 on the Study

of Nature in the Selected Stories of Ruskin Bond in 2012. One more faculty

member Mr Ravi was also awarded a Minor Research Project. However, as he

took transfer from the institution in 2008, funds released for the purpose were

diverted to him.

Not only Minor Research Projects, two Major Research Projects have

also been sanctioned for two of the faculty members in the college in 2014. UGC

has approved a project worth Rs 12,250,00 on Numerical Investigation On

Boundary Layer Flow Of Fluid Particle Suspension And Heat Transfer

Over Stretching / Shrinking Sheet and Dr Sreepathi K of the Department of

Kannada has been sanctioned a project on Migration Studies worth Rs 5,

49,000.

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Dr Prasanna Kumara B C has also been awarded one more project titled

Boundary Layer Flow of Dusty Fluid Over Stretching Sheet worth Rs

6,00,000 by the VGST in 2014. These projects have been a testimonial to the

research activities carried out by the faculty members in the college.

To start a research committee and thereby create an atmosphere of

research:

The institution has a functional Research Committee which motivates and guides

its faculty members to take up research activities for the overall growth of their

personality. The principal chairs this committee and there are a few young and

experienced faculty members as its members. The committee is of the opinion

that directly or indirectly any research work benefits the society and as teachers

we should be ready to serve the cause of the society. All the above mentioned

research activities like research projects, seminars and conferences are the

fruitful result of the Research Committee.

To facilitate students to get employment through a placement officer:

The institution has a functional Placement Cell which guides the students on

employment opportunities available in the market. The cell has a coordinator

who manages contacts with the nearby industries where our students can get

employment. In the past, the cell had organized even a campus interview which

had benefitted students from our college and a neighboring college. Even though,

the institution does not conduct campus interviews now, the placement officer

notifies the students on employment avenues available to them. This is done by

sending notices to classes, informing students through notice board and sharing

the information with class representatives. The placement officer also

encourages our students to take part in the campus interviews held at other

institutions at district headquarters. Many students have benefitted from this

initiation and are placed in reputed companies.

Improving library facilities:

The knowledge storehouse of the institution library has seen a lot of

improvement in the recent years. Thousands of new titles have been added to its

strength in the past few years with financial assistance from UGC and the State

government. Over the years, the student strength has increased phenomenally

and so as the demands of the students for better facilities in library. The librarian

of the college has been striving hard to improve the services available to them.

There has been the work of library automation going on. The library has access to

many e-journals. It has subscribed to N-List for the benefit of students and

teachers. The library houses four computers which provide even internet facility

for both faculty and students. A separate Reading Room has been provided where

students can even study. Reprography facility has been added recently for

students‟ benefit. Even though the library lacks adequate staff members for

maintenance, it has been offering best of the services to its stakeholders.

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To provide hostel facility for female students:

This has been one area, the institution definitely needs to work on. However, the

problem has been change of heads of institution in the past few years. It is not

that the proposal has not been mooted upon, but this problem has hindered the

progress of the proposal. In the present situation, where there is a regular

principal, where funds are available with a little effort, getting a hostel

constructed cannot be a distant dream. Efforts in this direction have already

begun and the institution hopes to cater to this need of students, especially female

students at the earliest.

To construct an open air stage in the absence of an auditorium:

The institution has always been very active in co-curricular activities. Multi

talented students of the college have been bringing laurels for the college in these

two vital areas. Though there was a playground for the benefit of sportspersons,

the institution lacked an auditorium to cater to the needs of students who were

very good in cultural activities. Considering these reasons, the peer team that

visited last time, had opined that the institution should have an open air stage.

But, the institution moved forward with its dream of having an auditorium. Even

though this dream could not be materialized due to shortage of funds, a

multi-purpose hall was constructed for this purpose. Now, the college has this

hall which has a seating capacity of around 400. The institution has been using

this hall for purposes like conducting cultural programmes and academic

programmes like seminars and conferences. The hall has to some extent reduced

to need of an auditorium. However, funds have been sought for a full-fledged

auditorium in the proposal submitted under RUSA. The institution hopes to have

an auditorium in a couple of years.

To commence remedial courses in English:

Due to its situation in a rural area and due to the poor background in English, the

students of the institution lack a good command over English. Identifying this

lacuna in students, the peer team had suggested the institution to commence

remedial courses in English. The institution has made its best efforts in this

direction. Students, being poor in English, was not only the case with this

institution but with most of the colleges across the State. Considering this aspect,

the Government of Karnataka has taken steps to introduce Angla, Star, Naipunya

Nidhi such progammes in most of the colleges in the State. In these programmes

experts from outsourced agencies would come and engage classes to mitigate the

problem. It cannot be said that these programmes have completely assisted our

students to master English, but they have somehow helped them to develop

confidence to use the language.

In addition to these sponsored programmes, the department of English has also

been conducting workshops to improve communication skills in English among

the students. They have been motivated to participate actively not only in these

workshops but also in and outside their classes. The department has been

motivating students to work hard and succeed well in the language English and

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those who succeed are rewarded with gifts like dictionaries often. The efforts of

the department have not gone waste always and at least a number of students

have fared well in this direction.

To strengthen Alumni Association:

The institution truly believes that an active Alumni Association would be of great

help to it in taking forward the developmental activities of the college. As of

now, the association is not so active and honest efforts are being made to

strengthen the association for the benefit of the college and its stakeholders.

The institution has indeed tried its level best to work upon the suggestions given

by the peer team members who visited it the previous time. Even though, it has

not been able to fulfill all its dreams to be a holistic institution, it has done its best

to carve a niche among the rest of the institutions in the region. This has been one

of the prime reasons why the college is still the most sought after college of the

region. Even though it is proud of this, it still knows it has a long way to go.

Words of the great poet Robert Frost can be recalled at this juncture.

“The woods are lovely, dark and deep,

But I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep.”

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DECLARATIONBYTHEHEADOFTHE

INSTITUTION

IcertifythatthedataincludedinthisSelf StudyReport(SSR)aretruetothebest

ofmy knowledge.

ThisSSRispreparedbytheinstitutionafterinternaldiscussions,andnopartther

eof hasbeenoutsourced.

IamawarethatthePeerteamwillvalidatetheinformationprovidedinthis SSR

duringthepeerteamvisit.

Signatureof the Head of the

institution with seal:

Place: Koppa Date: 17.01.2015

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