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RBVRR WOMEN’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
Narayanguda, Hyderabad
INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE CELL(IQAC)
ACTIVITIES (2019-2020)
1 Organised a FDP on 4th
June, 2019 on the following themes
“Innovation Eco-System” by Mr. Ranjit Sen, Professional & Mentor-Startups,
“Ideation to Incubation” and “Establishing Startups”, by Ms. Usha Nirmala,
Co-Founder & CEO , Moolya Global and Mr. Rakesh Naik, Executive Chairman,
Moolya Global
2 Organized a three hour session with Human Library Hyderabad on 15th
June, 2019. The
event aimed to promote social and cultural sensitivity among students. Human Library
introduced eleven books to the students. They included diverse areas such as “Springs of
Life”, “Raising LGBTQ children”, “The Turn Coat- Atheism and Religion”, “My happy
size”, “Transgender woman”, “Don’t “Dis” My Abilities”, “Gender Conundrum -
Breaking the binary”, “Veganism”, “Alcoholics Anonymous”, among others. Human
library has been conducted in over 70 countries across the world. Human Library is a
library of people, it replaces books with human beings. It is an international organisation
that aims to challenge prejudice against social contact among people. “The Human
Library is designed to build a positive framework for conversations that can challenge
stereotypes and prejudices through dialogue. It is a place where real people are on loan to
readers. A place where difficult questions are expected, appreciated and answered,”
explains Harshad Dinkar Fad, Founder of Human Library in Hyderabad.
3 Organised Meeting with Student Quality Circle(SQC) on 22nd
June ,2019.
4 SQC meeting on 6th
July, 2019 is conducted in Room No. 59 at PG Block, 3rd
Floor.
5 The workshop on “Blooms Taxonomy for Quality Enhancement in Teaching-Learning &
Evaluation” was organized on 27th
July,2019.
Report on One-Day Workshop on “BLOOM’S Taxonomy for Quality Enhancement in
Teaching-Learning and Evaluation”(27th
July 2019)
The workshop on “Blooms Taxonomy for Quality Enhancement in Teaching-Learning &
Evaluation” was organized on 27th
July,2019.
Prof I. Ajit Kumar Reddy, Professor of Chemistry (Retd.), Research Fellow (Emeritus),
Teaching Learning Centre, National Institute of Technology, Warangal; was the Resource
person for the workshop.
85 Faculty members attended the workshop.
The Program began with the importance of Outcome Based Teaching-Learning and the
outcomes expected from students. The changing environment and growing complexity is
placing demands on the Competencies of students in terms of not just knowledge, but skills
and abilities.
He explained the Bloom’s Taxonomy and the various levels of learning. He extolled the need
to move up the ladder from just remembrance level to applicative and creation level. He
explained various techniques to develop these skills and abilities, such TWSP etc.
The afternoon session focused on how evaluation can be designed to achieve the higher levels
of learning. He stressed on the need to frame questions appropriate to the desired learning
outcomes. He also highlighted on the principles for framing good quality questions.
An exercise was conducted where departments were required to organize into round tables
and select on a topic in the subject area. The groups should then prepare a set of questions
based on the principles and specify the desired learning level intended. Each group was then
asked to present and suggestions for improvement were made.
The workshop has made a significant impact on Teachers in terms of the significance of
BLOOM’s Taxonomy and the learning Levels to be attained using various tools.
MEDIA COVERAGE
6 Mrs. P. Vijaya, Coordinator, IQAC attended the One-Day Workshop on “Research
Integrity Awareness” on 5th
August,2019 at Hyderabad Central University, organized by
UGC-SERO.A brief Report on the Workshop is presented.
7 Orientation session on Functioning of College is organised on 13th
September, 2019 for
the Faculty in the Seminar Hall of the College.
The Resource persons for the sessions were
Prof. P.S.N Reddy, Memebr, Governing Body,RBVRRWC
Prof. K. Muthyam Reddy, Hon. Secretary, HMVS
Ms. P. Vijaya, Coordinator, IQAC
RBVRR WOMEN’S COLLEGE (Autonomous)
Narayanguda, Hyderabad
Internal Quality Assurance Cell(IQAC)
ACTIVITIES
(January – March 2020)
Organized a Two Day National Seminar on “ICT Innovations for Quality Enhancement in
Higher Education” Sponsored by ICSSR-SRC and TSCHE on 6th
& 7th
March 2020. The
Seminar began with the Inaugural, with Sri Jayesh Ranjan , IAS, Principal Secretary, Govt. of
Telangana, as the Chief Guest, Prof Limbadri, Vice Chairman, TSCHE and Prof. V. Usha Kiran,
Hon. Director, ICSSR-SRC as the Guests of Honour. 40 (Forty) Faculty Members from various
Institutions have attended the Seminar. 19(Nineteen) Papers were presented by the Faculty in the
Seminar. The Valedictory Program was graced by the Chief Guest, Prof. T. Papi Reddy,
Chairman, TSCHE.- ICT Seminar2020
Two-Day National Seminar on
“ICT Innovations For Quality Enhancement In Higher Education”
6th
and 7th
March,2020
SEMINAR REPORT
DAY-1(6th
March 2020)
INAUGURAL
The Seminar began with the Inaugural, with Sri Jayesh Ranjan , IAS, Principal Secretary, Govt.
of Telangana, as the Chief Guest, Prof Limbadri, Vice Chairman, TSCHE and Prof. V.
Usha Kiran, Hon. Director, ICSSR-SRC as the Guests of Honour.
The Inaugural began with the tradition of Lighting the Lamp and Prayer Song. The Program was
presides by the Secretary cum Correspondent, Prof. G. Sudarshan Reddy. The Principal Dr. K.
Sarada, welcomed the guests and spoke about the college. The Program Convenor, Ms.
P.Vijaya, spoke about the Seminar.
40 (Forty) Faculty Members from various Institutions have attended the Seminar.
The Guest of Honour, Prof. V. Usha Kiran, Honorary Director, ICSSR-SRC, delivered the
message:
Spoke on the importance of the theme today in light of the emerging technologies, which
can be leveraged to achieve the goals of Higher Education.
Focused on Sustainable Development and SDGs, and the need for Higher Education to
work in the direction.
She highlighted on UNSD Goal IV and how ICT can help achieve the goal
She urged the use of innovations in higher education by exemplifying Chinese
initiatives
She concluded on the note that the Seminar outcome will help various Institutions in
enhancing quality.
The Guest of Honour Prof. R. Limbadri, Vice Chairman, TSCHE , addressed the gathering:
Highlighted the Government initiatives ,both in the Centre & State
Spoke about DOST and TSCHE initiatives
Urged the use of Online Resources such as Swayam, NPTEL, etc.
The Chief Guest, Sri. Jayesh Ranjan, IAS, Principal Secretary, Govt. of Telangana delivered
his message:
Appreciated the well structured program and the Seminar theme, which is the Need of the
hour.
He recognized the commendable efforts of the College in its contribution to women‟s
education.
He spoke about Higher Education being still out of reach for many, and the need for
efforts in the direction of increasing GER.
He emphasized on how ICT can help provide access and equity to many/
He also mentioned the need for proactive government policies for qualitative growth in
Higher Education.
The Technical Sessions on various themes began with the following eminent
speakers:
1. Srikanth Srinivasan, Senior Director& Head, Membership and Outreach, NASSCOM, Hyd.
Theme: “Leveraging ICT in Higher Education”
Technological & Digital Disruptions – Digital technologies transforming everyday
life, education and business
Unprecedented Velocity of Disruptions - The larger manifestation is the New
Customer & their Growing Expectations
Top 3 fundamentals (CSC) Compute, Storage and Connectivity getting Easier, Cost
Effective, Faster and More Capable.
Data explosion, access to affordable computing & business imperatives driving
demand for Technology.
Quality Man-power with Industry moving towards being –
Experience Centric from Need Satisfaction Centric
Service Centric from Product Centric
Technology centric from People centric Talent with Higher Digital
Capabilities with continuous upgradation
The Key to all this is the Skill Quotient. Analytical Orientation Creativity &
Innovation Uncertainty as a Norm Integrated Global Environment.
Innovation
2. P. Ravi Shankar, Program Manager, Virtual Labs, IIIT, Hyderabad
Theme: “Virtual Labs and Technologies”
He urged on Making ICT relevant for all
He highlighted on the immense impact of Virtual labs on teaching-learning
effectiveness and its potential outreach.
Virtual lab is an MHRD and NMEICT initiative in consortium institutions like: IIT
Kanpur, IIIT Hyderabad, III T Kanpur, IIT Bombay. They have an outreach model.
Internship for also students is available.
He stressed on the need to integrate Taxonomy and pedagogy.
He stressed on the virtual labs being centric individual centric ICT and hence the use
to enhance personal attributes.
Virtual labs provides benefit such as "Free Space", " 24x7 availability”, "Self-
Evaluation".
Virtual lab is just one instance of how ICT could be used. But pedagogy should use
ICT properly so that student becomes more able and capable of self-learning.
Students should have enhanced personal attributes.
3. Arpita Khare, Director (eGovernance), Centre for Good Governance, Hyderabad
Theme: “E-Governance in HEIs”
Highlighted the Digital technologies for governance.
She detailed on various technological interventions in the education delivery with
reference to DOST, a Higher Education Platform develop by CGG for the State Govt.
She spoke on emerging technologies such as Blockchain Technology, AI for tamper
proof certification and how we can tap them.
4. Prof. Ajit Kumar Reddy, Dept. of Chemistry(Retd),Former Coordinator, Teaching
Learning Centre, NIT, Warangal.
Theme: “Role of OER, MOOCS and E-Resources in Higher Education”
Emphasized on the MOOCS-xMOOCS, CMOOCS
Prof. Ajit Kumar Reddy, Highlights the gathering on the exponentially growing the
uses of e-learning particularly in higher education.
He focused his discussion on OER(open education resources) & its role in higher
education.
He also elaborated on massive open online courses(MOOCS) as a model of education
delivery.
We also got an insight from the case studies explained by him related to SWAYAM,
MHRD, GOI initiative which is also based on MOOCs,
E-PG Patashala based on OER, SWAYAM PRAPHA based on DTH, 5Rs of Open
context etc
5. Dr. G.V.V. Sharma, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad
Theme: “ICT Innovations –Simulations,
Remote Labs”
Explored the need for ICT through
interaction with participants.
Has urged the academia to be aware of
the limitations of MOOCs etc for
effective student learning.
Urged faculty to create their own DIGITAL CONTENT using simple tools and
technologies.
Visit school through outreach programs etc., to better understand „LEARNING‟, its
process and challenges.
Promote usage of FOSS which are effective in many learning domains.
DAY-2(7th
March 2020)
The Technical Sessions on various themes began with the following eminent
speakers:
1. Dr. Indira Koneru, Associate Dean & Head, eLearning, ICFAI Business School, Hyd.
Theme: “Learning Management Systems”
LMS - A flexible dynamic approach
Meeting the multiple demands of higher education bodies using limited resources.
Need for active learning & student engagement.
Moodle as an open source platform
A platform to help in administration & teaching learning quality.
Help in meeting diverse student needs. Assessment and monitor their learning .
Use the online resources for personal development.
2. Prof. Sahana Murthy, Professor, IDP in Educational Technology, IIT Bombay.
Theme: “ICT in Teaching and Learning”
Visualization for student centric learning & outcomes
MERLOT, Spoken tutorials.
Computer games as learning too
Math blaster ,Language adventure, Computer games..though not at advanced level,
Rule based simulations & benefits for responsive, engaging, content rich.
Ongoing Research games for advanced learning.
Align game goal to learning goal.& Make gaming progress essential to learning.
Games, learning & society glsstudios.com
Save Lake Wisconsin
Emerging technologies for learning at IITB
Create pedagogical activities harnessing technology
Augmented Reality as a learning tool eg., Stereochem app , Geoslvr.
Learner Centric MOOCs - Creating MOOCs- Using LCM model
Superior Technology + Moderate technology should be the basis for creation of
Technology based learning
3. Prof. Kannan. M. Moudgalya, Professor, Chemical Engineering, Systems & Control and
Educational Technology, IIT Mumbai
Theme: “Spoken Tutorials–A scalable Online Education Technology”
Spoken Tutorials-A scalable technology for self learning
Designing the courses.
Script content & provided 22 languages .including Sanskrit, Spanish , Portuguese,
Arabic, Persian & many other foreign languages.
Offline application too is developed for reaching out to students without internet. Zip
files used in hard disk.
Created using Open source software‟s
No login and no attendance.
10000 lakh students
Teacher Training through Audio kits
PANEL DISCUSSION
Theme: “Emerging Trends in Use of ICT in Higher Education”
Resource Persons:
1. Prof. Rekha Pande, Professor, Dept of History, Hyderabad Central University
2. Prof. Ajit Kumar Reddy, Dept. of Chemistry(Retd),Former Coordinator, Teaching
Learning Centre, NIT, Warangal
3. Prof. P. V. Sudha, Head, Dept. of CSE, Osmania University, Hyderabad.
1. Prof. Rekha Pande, Professor, Dept of History, Hyderabad Central University
ICT in history: was not extensive but now cuts across boundaries.
Penetration of it & use it to bridge the gap between the haves & have not
Leverage ICT for promoting creativity created web pages almost in the form
of virtual reality.
Madam highlighted the proactive policies, tools that have yet to be leveraged.
2. Prof. Ajit Kumar Reddy, Dept. of Chemistry(Retd),Former Coordinator, Teaching
Learning Centre, NIT, Warangal
Faculty training through videoconferencing mode. Real time learning cutting
across distances & time. Engaging stakeholders
Learning takes place through active behavior.
ICT enables achieving HOS, Higher Order skills.
Integrating ICT into classroom; Flipped Learning, Blended learning, Mobile
learning, Smart Board, Digital Interactive board, Document camera , Smart
phones.
Evolving AI technology, synchronous Learning, Live Streaming Of Videos,
Online Examinations, creating own OERs, Animations & Simulations
3. Prof. P. V. Sudha, Head, Dept. of CSE, Osmania University, Hyderabad.
Bridging the gap: Access to online resources from the best universities in the
world.
MOOCs: Courses on Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, and Data
Analytics would have not been available a few years back. Hence, up skilling is
enabled, or what we say FDPs.
Cloud services enabling active learning & engagement.
PAPERS PRESENTATION
Theme: “Best practices in ICT Innovations in HEIs”
19(Nineteen) Papers were presented in the Seminar.
1. ICT Integrated Teaching & Testing – A Case Study
2. Role of E-Resources in Teaching-Learning
3. Learning Management System (LMS)
4. A study on impact of ICT-based Interactive Teaching, Learning and Evaluation process
of the students of Nutrition Department
5. Teaching and Learning English Language through E-Resources
6. A Study on Usage of ICT in Teaching
7. Role and Impact of ICT Innovations in Teaching- Learning
8. Role of Virtual Lab for Quality Enhancement in Higher Education
9. ICT innovations for Quality Enhancement in Higher Education : Student Engagement in
Learning at Department of Mathematics and Statistics, RBVR Reddy College – A Case
Study
10. Effective implementation of Cloud Based LMS in facilitating Teaching and Learning
11. Use of ICT in Chemistry
12. ICT Innovations in Teaching and Learning English Literature
13. ICT - ROLE of E-resources in Teaching and Learning
14. The Role of ICT as a pedagogue in the contemporary Era.
15. Understanding of Physics concepts in context of real world experience using simulations
16. Technology as a Catalyst in Teaching and Learning Process
17. Role of E-resources in Teaching and Learning
18. To Click or not to Click: Use of blog as a Teaching-Learning Tool
19. ICT in Telugu Language Teaching
PAPER PRESENTATION BY PARTICIPANTS
VALEDICTORY PROGRAM
The Valedictory Program was graced by the Chief Guest. Prof T. Papi Reddy, Chairman,
TSCHE. The Program was presided by the Secretary, HMVS, Prof. K. Muthyam Reddy.
Program Convenor, Ms. P. Vijaya, presented the Seminar Report.
The Conference Proceedings were released by the Chief Guest on the occasion.
Certificates were presented to paper presenters and participants.
Prof. T. Papi Reddy spoke about the relevance of the theme and stressed the need to implement
the ICT technologies for improving quality.