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VARDHAMAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (AUTONOMOUS)

Shamshabad– 501 218, Hyderabad

The Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of the IQAC

All NAAC accredited institutions will submit an annual self-reviewed progress report to NAAC, through its IQAC. The report is to detail the tangible results achieved in key areas, specifically identified by the institutional IQAC at the beginning of the academic year. The AQAR will detail the results of the perspective plan worked out by the IQAC. (Note: The AQAR period would be the Academic Year. For example, July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013)

Part – A

AQAR for the year (for example 2013-14)

1. Details of the Institution

1.1 Name of the Institution

1.2 Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City/Town

State

Pin Code

Institution e-mail address

Contact Nos.

Name of the Head of the Institution:

Tel. No. with STD Code:

Mobile:

Name of the IQAC Co-ordinator:

Mobile:

IQAC e-mail address:

1.3 NAAC Track ID(For ex. MHCOGN 18879)

OR

+91-9502653333

VARDHAMAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Kacharam Village Shamshabad

Hyderabad

Telangana

501218

[email protected]

Dr. S. Sai Satyanarayana Reddy

+91-9440012540

08413 -253201

[email protected]

Prof. S. Rajendar

+91-9885570842

APCOGN19432

2014-2015


1.4 NAAC Executive Committee No. & Date:

(For Example EC/32/A&A/143 dated 3-5-2004. This EC no. is available in the right corner- bottom of your institution’s Accreditation Certificate)

1.5 Website address:

Web-link of the AQAR:

1.6 Accreditation Details

Sl. No. Cycle Grade CGPA Year of Accreditation Validity Period

1 1st Cycle A 3.24 2014 5 Years from 05-05-2014 to 04-05-2019

1.7 Date of Establishment of IQAC : DD/MM/YYYY 1.8 Details of the previous year’s AQAR submitted to NAAC after the latest Assessment and

accreditation by NAAC ((for example AQAR 2010-11submitted to NAAC on 12-10-2011)

First year AQAR in the assessment period

1.9 Institutional Status

University State Central Deemed Private

Affiliated College Yes No (Affiliated to JNTUH)

Constituent College Yes No

Autonomous college of UGC Yes No

Regulatory Agency approved Institution Yes No (eg. AICTE, BCI, MCI, PCI, NCI) Type of Institution Co-education Men Women Urban Rural Tribal Financial Status Grant-in-aid UGC 2(f) UGC 12B Grant-in-aid + Self Financing Totally Self-financing 1.10 Type of Faculty/Programme Arts Science Commerce Law PEI (Phys Edu) TEI (Edu) Engineering Health Science Management

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www.vardhaman.org

12/12/2012

https://vardhaman.org/IQAC/AQAR2014-15.pdf

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Others (Specify)

1.11 Name of the Affiliating University (for the Colleges) 1.12 Special status conferred by Central/ State Government-- UGC/CSIR/DST/DBT/ICMR etc

Autonomy by State/Central Govt. / University

University with Potential for Excellence UGC-CPE

DST Star Scheme UGC-CE

UGC-Special Assistance Programme DST-FIST

UGC-Innovative PG programmes Any other (Specify)

UGC-COP Programmes

2. IQAC Composition and Activities

2.1 No. of Teachers

2.2 No. of Administrative/Technical staff

2.3 No. of students

2.4 No. of Management representatives

2.5 No. of Alumni

2. 6 No. of any other stakeholder and community representatives

2.7 No. of Employers/ Industrialists

2.8 No. of other External Experts

2.9 Total No. of members(Including Head of the Institution and IQAC Co-ordinator) 2.10 No. of IQAC meetings held

2.11 No. of meetings with various stakeholders: No. Faculty

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Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

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Non-Teaching Staff Students Alumni Others

2.12 Has IQAC received any funding from UGC during the year? Yes No

If yes, mention the amount

2.13Seminars and Conferences (only quality related)

(i) No. of Seminars/Conferences/ Workshops/Symposia organized by the IQAC

Total Nos. International National State Institution Level

(ii) Themes

S No Topic From Date To Date Venue DEPT

1. Research Trends in Computer Science & Engineering

05-01-2015 11-01-2015 VCE in

Association with ISTE

CSE

2. Multimedia Data Retrieval 11-11-2014 11-11-2014

VCE in Association with

ISTE

CSE

3. Lecture Series in Computer Science Core Concepts

19-11-2014 25-11-2015 VCE in

Association with ISTE

CSE

4. LINUX/UNIX Workshop for CSE Non-Teaching Staff

30-07-2014 15-08-2014 VCE CSE

5.

Research Funding Opportunities for IT Researchers at ITRA Govt. of India - Seminar

12-11-2014 12-11-2014 VCE IT

6. Rectangular patch Antenna Introduction to ANSYS HFSS

25-05-2015 26-05-2015 DSP Lab, VCE ECE

7. Amateur Radio 16-09-2014 16-09-2014 E-Class Room, VCE ECE

8. Emerging Trends On MATLAB 18-07-2014 19-07-2014 Cadence Lab,

VCE ECE

9. Embedded systems 04-07-2014 05-07-2014 E-Class Room, VCE ECE

10.

Applications of Analog Communications Using MATLAB and LABVIEW.

03-07-2014 04-07-2014 Analog

Communications Lab, VCE.

ECE

11. Working Principles of Semiconductor elements

03-07-2014 03-07-2014 Electronic

Devices Lab, VCE.

ECE

12. Practical aspects of Integrated circuits and applications

2-07-2014 03-07-2014 IC Applications Lab, VCE. ECE

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13. NIL Real time Applications 16-06-2014 21-06-2014 Cadence Lab,

VCE ECE

14.

Modern Power Quality Devices and Intelligent tools to Electrical Power Systems

15-12-2014 20-12-2014 VCE EEE

15. Entrepreneurship development 30-01-2015 30-01-2015 VCE MECH

16.

2nd International Conference on Nonmaterial’s and Technologies(CNT-2014)

17-10-2014 18-10-2014 VCE H&S

2.14 Significant Activities and contributions made by IQAC

Ensuring balanced question paper for formative assessment Brought recruitment policy in place Streamlined faculty appraisals systems Academic Audit Process Ensure quality research through promotion of Special Interest Groups Training need analysis Streamlined student feedback mechanism and action taken

2.15 Plan of Action by IQAC/Outcome

The plan of action chalked out by the IQAC in the beginning of the year towards quality enhancement and the outcome achieved by the end of the year *

Plan of Action Achievements

Internal Academic Audit Academic Audit Conducted two times in this year (Once in a Semester)

Faculty Quality Improvement Programs 6 Quality improvement programs conducted Awareness among the faculty regarding research schemes One program conducted this year

Workshop on Outcome Based Education A two day workshop on OBE is conducted for faculty in association with BMS College of Engineering

Administrative Auditing Auditing is done regularly by IQAC internally and also through external agency

ORTUS and Technolites ORTUS is conducted in February and Technolites is conducted in the month of September

NBA Accreditation under Tier-II Reaccredited 4 UG Programs and UG Mechanical Accredited first time

Remedial classes for academically weak students

Departments prepared a list of students who are academically weak and remedial classes are conducted beyond the college hours. It is found that results are improved

Student Mentoring IQAC monitored the effectiveness of student mentoring and it is observed that many students’


Plan of Action Achievements attitude and performance is improved

Plan to conduct International Conference An International Conference on Nano Technology is conducted in a month of October 2014

Careers360 Ranking AA+ To collect faculty self appraisal from faculty

Faculty are assessed based on API submitted online. Increments are awarded based on API score

Annexure I: Academic Calendar

2.16 Whether the AQAR was placed in statutory body Yes No

Management Syndicate Any other body

Provide the details of the action taken

• Governing Body recommended all the faculty must publish their research work in journals of repute, and this will give considerable weightage in faculty API.

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Criterion – I 1. Curricular Aspects 1.1 Details about Academic Programmes

Level of the Programme

Number of existing

Programmes

Number of programmes added

during the year

Number of self-financing programmes

Number of value added / Career

Oriented programmes

PhD NA NA NA NA

PG 7 0 7 8

UG 6 0 6

PG Diploma NA NA NA NA

Advanced Diploma NA NA NA NA

Diploma NA NA NA NA

Certificate NA NA NA NA

Others NA NA NA NA

Total 13 0 13 8

Interdisciplinary NA NA NA NA Innovative NA NA NA NA

1. Department of EEE conducted a two day Career oriented programme on MATLAB for UG

students and 25 students participated.

2. Department of EEE conducted a Five day value added programme on PSCAD for PG students and 8 students participated.

3. Department of EEE conducted a Two day Career oriented programme on PLC for PG students and 10 students participated.

4. Department of MBA conducted a One-day Career oriented programme on Principles of Marketing and Sales for PG students and 50 students participated.

5. Department of CSE/IT conducted a Seven day value added programme on MTA for UG students and 50 students participated

6. Department of ECE conducted a One-day Career oriented programme on Amateur Radio for UG students and 143 students participated.

7. Department of ECE conducted a Two day Career oriented programme on Emerging trends on MATLAB for UG students and 112 students participated.

8. Department of IT conducted a One-Day Career Orientation programme by BYJU’S for UG students and 73 students participated.

1.2 (i) Flexibility of the Curriculum: Core / Elective option / Interdepartmental Electives

(ii) Pattern of programmes:


1.3 Feedback from stakeholders* Alumni Parents Employers Students (On all aspects)

Mode of feedback : Online Manual Co-operating schools (for PEI)

Annexure II: Sample Feedback Analysis Format 1.4 Whether there is any revision/update of regulation or syllabi, if yes, mention their salient aspects.

New Regulations (VCE R14) syllabi is modified for both UG and PG Programs. UGC Accorded autonomous status to the institution from 2014-2015 to 2019-2020, this facilitated us to design new curriculum.

The salient aspects in the modified curriculum are, Interdepartmental Electives introduced Courses in association with industry were introduced. More practical sessions Unique Assessment tools

1.5 Any new Department/Centre introduced during the year. If yes, give details.

S.No Name of the new Department/Centre Department Room No. Area in Sqm

1. IBM Academic Initiative Lab IT 1104 77.77

2. Imaging Research Centre CSE 1304 90.75

3. Projects Laboratory EEE 3116A 99.9

4. Electrical Simulation Laboratory EEE 3116C 112.27

5. Geographical Information Systems Lab CE 2002 66

Pattern Number of programmes

Semester 13(7 PG and 6 UG)

Trimester NA

Annual NA

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Criterion – II

2. Teaching, Learning and Evaluation

2.1. Total number of Permanent Faculty

2.2. Number of Permanent Faculty with Ph. D

2.3. Number of Faculty Positions – Recruited (R) and Vacant (V)

2.4. Number of Guest, Visiting and Temporary Faculty

2.5. Faculty Participation in Conferences and Symposia

No. of Faculty International Level National Level State Level

Attended 5 -- --

Presented Papers 40 1

Resource Persons 1 -- --

2.6 Innovative processes adopted by the institution in Teaching and Learning:

ICT Supported Learning Students are encouraged to give presentations to improve their basic knowledge,

communication skills in the respective subject. Higher order learning is ensured through the use of e-learning platforms such as Edmodo,

Word press and etc. Collaborative Learning MOOC’s Inclusion of e-books, courseware, tutorial modules for each course Industry internships Institute level Hackathons to promote student innovative learning capabilities

2.7 Total No. of actual teaching days during this academic year

2.8 Examination/ Evaluation Reforms initiated by the Institution (for example: Open Book Examination, Bar Coding, Double Valuation, Photocopy, Online Multiple Choice Questions)

Double Valuation

Total Assistant Professors

Associate Professors Professors Others

257 202 33 22 0

Assistant Professor

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Associate Professor

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Professors Others Total

R V R V R V R V R V

61 0 6 0 5 0 0 0 72 0

Guest Faculty

Visiting Faculty

Temporary Faculty

3 6 0

23

180


Provision to apply for Personal Verification Bar coding Online Multiple Choice Questions

2.9. No. of faculty members involved in

curriculum restructuring/ revision/ syllabus development as member of Board of Study/ Faculty/ Curriculum Development workshop

2.10 Average percentage of attendance of students

2.11 Course/Programme wise Distribution of pass percentage:

Title of the Programme Total no. of

students appeared

Division Distinction

% I % II % III

% Pass %

B. Tech - CSE 116 54.31 29.31 6.90 0 90.5 B. Tech - IT 47 46.81 44.68 2.13 0 93.6 B. Tech - ECE 201 53.23 30.35 5.97 0 89.6 B. Tech - EEE 96 48.96 36.46 5.21 0 90.6 B. Tech – MECH 102 56.86 33.33 2.94 0 93.1 B. Tech – Civil 54 46.30 37.04 9.26 0 92.6 B. Tech – AERO 40 57.50 40 2.50 0 100 MBA 30 43.33 36.67 10 0 90 M. Tech – DECS 16 87.50 12.50 0 0 100 M. Tech – PEED 13 84.62 15.38 0 0 100 M. Tech – ES 11 63.64 36.36 0 0 100 M. Tech – CSE 20 80 20 0 0 100 M. Tech – StrEng 5 100 0 0 0 100 M. Tech – ED 9 88.89 11.11 0 0 100 M. Tech – SE 6 66.67 33.33 0 0 100 M. Tech – WMC 12 66.67 33.33 0 0 100

2.12 How does IQAC Contribute/Monitor/Evaluate the Teaching & Learning processes:

IQAC is involved in contribution monitoring and evaluating the Teaching learning process throughout the academic year in the following areas

1. Plans and executes quality improvement programs for students and staff. 2. IQAC coordinates quality related faculty development programs and student development

programs. 3. IQAC conducts regular meetings with all stake holders 4. IQAC monitors the academic plan and take corrective measures for any deviations 5. IQAC provides standard formats to the departments to maintain quality records 6. IQAC monitors curriculum development process

No. of BOS Members

As a Faculty

Curriculum Development

Workshop 39 211 54

87.78


7. IQAC conducts regular internal meetings with faculty and students for continuous inputs 8. Conducting surprise visit to class and labs to ensure effective teaching learning 9. Conducts academic audit once in a semester 10. Collecting and Analysing the feedback given by the students on faculty and course 11. IQAC also collects and analyse the feedback from Alumni, Parents, and Employers and take

necessary corrective measures if any. 12. Result Analysis is validated by the IQAC after each continuous assessment tests and End

semester Examination 13. IQAC is involved in the Performance Based Appraisal System to evaluate the academic

performance of the faculty under the criterion laid down by the UGC

2.13 Initiatives undertaken towards faculty development

Faculty / Staff Development Programmes Number of faculty benefitted

Refresher courses 4

UGC – Faculty Improvement Programme 8

HRD programmes 1

Orientation programmes 2

Faculty exchange programme 0

Staff training conducted by the university 7

Staff training conducted by other institutions(FDP) 14

Summer / Winter schools, Workshops, etc. 56

Others 45

2.14 Details of Administrative and Technical staff

Category Number of Permanent Employees

Number of Vacant

Positions

Number of permanent

positions filled during the Year

Number of positions filled

temporarily

Administrative Staff 26 0 7 0 Technical Staff 89 0 10 0

Criterion – III

3. Research, Consultancy and Extension

3.1 Initiatives of the IQAC in Sensitizing/Promoting Research Climate in the institution

Deputation of faculty to participate in workshop, seminar, conferences and STTPs Financial assistance to faculty for presenting technical papers in national, international

conferences/seminars Established Research and Development Centre to encourage faculty and students to take up

research projects.


Incentives for faculty for getting external research projects granted Continuous upgradation of labs with state of art equipment and software MOU with National and International Universities for Research activities and knowledge

sharing Financial assistance is provided as seed money towards research projects proposed by faculty

members Financial support is given for Industry-standard projects. Access to publications from IEEE/ ASME/ASCE/JGATE digital libraries Expert lecturers from the institutes of repute are arranged to expose the faculty on current

research

3.2 Details regarding major projects

Completed Ongoing Sanctioned Submitted Number 1 3 6 6 Outlay in Rs. Lakhs 3.8 67.01 239.86 153.12

3.3 Details regarding minor projects

Completed Ongoing Sanctioned Submitted

Number 0 1 0 1 Outlay in Rs. Lakhs 0 4.7 0 3

3.4 Details on research publications

International National Others

Peer Review Journals 75 0 0

Non-Peer Review Journals 0 0 0

e-Journals 0 0 21

Conference proceedings 33 8 0

3.5 Details on Impact factor of publications:

Range Average h-index Nos. in SCOPUS

3.6 Research funds sanctioned and received from various funding agencies, industry and other organisations

Nature of the Project Duration Year

Name of the funding Agency

Total grant sanctioned (In

Lakhs) Received

Major projects 5 DST 50 0

Major projects 3 DST 121.24 0

Major projects 3 AICTE 3.1 0.5

0-6.66 2.012 03 36


Major projects 5 UGC 39.39 2.98

Minor Projects 2 UGC 4.7 0

Interdisciplinary Projects 2 DST 24.52 13.5

Interdisciplinary Projects 3 DST 68.62 0

Industry sponsored 0 0 0 0 Projects sponsored by the University/ College 0 0 0 0

Students research projects (other than compulsory by the University)

0 0 0 0

Any other(Specify) 0 0 0 0

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3.7 No. of books published i) With ISBN No. Chapters in Edited Books

ii) Without ISBN No.

3.8 No. of University Departments receiving funds from

UGC-SAP CAS DST-FIST

DPE DBT Scheme/funds

3.9 For colleges Autonomy CPE DBT Star Scheme

INSPIRE CE Any Other (specify)

3.10 Revenue generated through consultancy

3.11 No. of conferences

organized by the Institution

3.12 No. of faculty served as experts, chairpersons or resource persons

3.13 No. of collaborations International National Any other

3.14 No. of linkages created during this year

3.15 Total budget for research for current year in lakhs :

From Funding agency From Management of University/College

Total

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3.16 No. of patents received this year

3.17 No. of research awards/ recognitions received by faculty and research fellows Of the institute

in the year

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3.18 No. of faculty from the Institution

who are Ph. D. Guides

and students registered under them

3.19 No. of Ph.D. awarded by faculty from the Institution

3.20 No. of Research scholars receiving the Fellowships (Newly enrolled + existing ones)

JRF SRF Project Fellows Any other

3.21 No. of students Participated in NSS events:

University level State level

National level International level

3.22 No. of students participated in NCC events:



3.23 No. of Awards won in NSS:



3.24 No. of Awards won in NCC:



3.25 No. of Extension activities organized

University forum College forum

Type of Patent Number

National Applied -- Granted --

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NCC NSS Any other

3.26 Major Activities during the year in the sphere of extension activities and Institutional Social Responsibility

Awareness programs on women empowerment, government schemes, anti drugs, skill development, Voter ID and Rain water Harvesting, farming techniques etc.

Tree plantation, Blood Donation, Pulse Polio and Lakes Protection, etc activities in adopted villages and urban community.

Health Camps and Educational facilities for government school children Commercial crops awareness for the village

• Narkuda • Sulthanpalli • Kacharam • Rayannaguda • Malkaram • Nanajipur • Jukal


Criterion – IV 4. Infrastructure and Learning Resources

4.1 Details of increase in infrastructure facilities:

Facilities Existing Newly created

Source of Fund Total

Campus area

Land: 14.24 Acres --

Students Fees

35563.92 SQM

Total Built up Area: 35332.36

SQM

Total Built up Area: 231.56 SQM

Class rooms 94 -- 94

Laboratories 98 -- 98

Seminar Halls 8 -- 8 No. of important equipments purchased (≥ 1-0 lakh) during the current year.

32 11 Students Fees / Funded Projects

43

Value of the equipment purchased during the year (Rs. in Lakhs)

120.56 35.30 155.86

Others -- -- -- -- 4.2 Computerization of administration and library

Computerization of Administration: i. Electronic Governance (e-Governance) has been implemented to make the college

administration easy.

ii. Student admission process is made completely online and E-cap server is enabled for student Fee collection.

iii. Department HOD Cabins, faculty cabins, Admin office, Examination centre and Seminar halls have been equipped with computers and Internet facility through LAN and / or Wi-Fi.

iv. Examination Portal (examination.vardhaman.org) is developed for Course registration, Exam Registration, Internal and External marks entry and verification, credit register display etc.

Computerization of Library: i. The Central Library uses fully automated NewGenLib 3.1.4 Library Management Software

package, which is an Integrated Library Management System (ILMS) that supports the in-house operations of Cataloguing and Circulation.

ii. Barcode technology is used for circulation of books.

iii. The Library offers computerized Catalogue Search Services through the OPAC (On-line Public Access Catalogue) which allows accessing the bibliographic details of the books available in the Central Library.

iv. Central Library collects statistics through biometric system instead of the manual login register, which is mandatory for check-in and check-out of library users.

v. The digital library is established to access e-resources with 30 computers.


4.3 Library services

Library building spans in two floors and has a seating capacity of 500 readers.

The Central Library is a great Source of Information where the students and the faculty members acquaint themselves in the sphere of knowledge. It has a huge collection of 57,223 volumes of text books and reference books prescribed in the syllabus.

Journals, technical magazines, newspapers and CDs/DVDs pertaining to various subjects such as Engineering, Management, Basic Sciences and Humanities etc are available.

Central Library subscribes 47 print periodicals that include National and International journals and technical magazines.

Library has subscribed to more than 176 e-journals of IEEE ASPP+POP, ASME, 95,422 e-Books and thousands of full text journals articles of e-Resources through N-LIST.

i. Library Services and Facilities

The following are the important services and facilities available in the Central Library: Circulation Service SC/ST Book Bank facility Reference Service Digital Library (access to e-Resources i.e. e-Journals & e-Books etc) Reprographic Service (photocopy, printing & scanning) New Arrivals of Books Newspaper Clipping Service Inter Library Loan

ii. OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue): OPAC is a database of all books available in the

library and can be searched by author, title, keyword and publisher etc.

iii. Library Memberships: DELNET (Developing Library Network), New Delhi

Vardhaman Central Library is a member of DELNET. As such, the library users can access databases hosted by DELNET and get Inter library loan facility and Document Delivery Service through DELNET database.

Existing(1999-2014) Newly added 2014-2015 Total

No. Value No. Value No. Value Text Books 54650 Rs. 1,02,53,465/- 2573 Rs.

8,43,817/- 57223 Rs. 1,10,97,283/-

Reference Books 10054 Rs. 25,13,500/- 177 Rs. 69,481/- 10231 Rs.

25,82,981/- e-Books 266 Rs. 1,19,266/- 95422 Rs. 16,500/- 95688 Rs. 1,35,766/- Journals 33 Rs. 14,938/- 47 Rs. 36,260/- 80 Rs. 51,198/- e-Journals 4782 Rs. 13,52,341/- 176 Rs. 7,82,364/- 4958 Rs.

21,34,705/- Digital Database - - - - - -

CD & Video 3101 - 234 - 3335 -


Existing(1999-2014) Newly added 2014-2015 Total

No. Value No. Value No. Value Others (specify) - - - - - -

4.4 Technology up gradation (overall)

Total Computers

Computer Labs Internet Browsing

Centres Computer

Centres Office Depart-ments

Others

Existing 955 707 30 Mbps 50 50 10 52 86

Added 200 150 10 Mbps 0 0 10 20 20

Total 1155 857 40 Mbps 50 50 20 72 106

4.5 Computer, Internet access, training to teachers and students and any other programme for

technology upgradation (Networking, e-Governance etc.)

i) Computer centre is established to provide state-of-the-art hardware, software and networking support for the growth and development of College Academics, Administration, Examinations and Research related activities. It has been the epicenter of all network and application needs of the College since its inception managing the core IT infrastructure.

ii) One Gbps Fiber optic cable network of 1.5 km connecting all the building blocks of VCE with Wired and Wi-Fi equipment of 40+ Hub racks, 40+ network switches, 30+ routers etc

iii) All computers are in 10/100 Mbps LAN and Internet Bandwidth connectivity of 40 Mbps leased line, both wired and wireless from Inet Fiber Pvt Ltd which provides in Internet access to all Departments and labs.

iv) LCD multimedia projectors, public address systems, Internet access through LAN and Wi-Fi is enabled in class rooms, Labs, seminar halls, board rooms, auditoriums for lectures, Placement and Training programmes.

v) Successfully conducted various academic Online Mid exams, Placements related On-campus and Pool-campus online exams, State and National Level Academic Entrance Online exams, Government & public sector Online exams etc.

vi) Connected all 1100+ Computers in the college under single High speed OFC wired LAN connectivity.

vii) The Internet Centre is protected with safety measures like 24X7 UPS, Generator, air conditioners, CC camera surveillance, First aid kit.

4.6 Amount spent on maintenance in lakhs:

i) ICT

ii) Campus Infrastructure and facilities iii) Equipments iv) Others

198.16

256.12

110.68

85.36

650.32


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Criterion – V 5. Student Support and Progression

5.1 Contribution of IQAC in enhancing awareness about Student Support Services

IQAC provides Students with a Handbook at the time of Admission which includes College Credential Amenities, Programs Offered, program outcomes, credit based system, academic requirements for promotion/completion of regular program, Code of conduct, Student Mentoring, Disciplinary Activities, Important Contact Numbers, Anti Ragging Rules, Class in charge details etc., to enhance awareness about student support services.

IQAC distributes Academic Regulations and Syllabus books to all students to make aware of Regulations, Program Curriculum and Course Details

IQAC organizes career guidance awareness program in association with Training and Placement Office

Organizes orientation program about the scholarships and ensures that the deserved one, doesn’t miss out.

IQAC briefs all the students and other stakeholders about the purview and function of the following cells

• Industry Institute Interaction Cell • Grievances and Redressal Cell • Training and Placement Cell • Examination Cell • Library • Sports Facilities • Entrepreneurship cell • Information Centre • Anti-Ragging Cell

College Website and student corner: Syllabus, rules & Regulations, Academic calendar,

schedule of examinations, evaluation, grading system, etc are available in website. Student can access all the information related to attendance, internal marks, Credit Register details, Circulars &Notifications, content delivery, date wise activities, examination registration, complaints if any, etc.

The information about Library and E-resources is displayed in prominent places

National Service Scheme: Encouraging students to engage in extension activities such as Health Services, Community Services, Awareness Programs, etc.

Student Feedback System: Student feedback is collected through online and reviewed from time to time on teaching, college facilities, course assessment and other academic activities.

Insurance for Student: Student group insurance policy facility is created.

Professional Societies, Student Technical Associations, Awards to Academic Toppers, Certification Courses, Language laboratory, etc.

Awareness programs by police and “SHE Teams” (A Division Telangana police for enhanced safety of women)

Workshops on yoga, Meditation and relaxing techniques are organized

The medical facilities available in the campus are displayed in all notice boards and in the college website


Emergency phone numbers of Police, Fire Station, Anti Ragging Squad, Ambulance, Women Grievance Cell and nearby hospitals are displayed in all prominent places of the college

Gymnasium, Indoor and outdoor sports facilities are available for students

Annual technical fest “TECHNOLITES” is conducted every year to encourage the students in participating co-curricular activities and hence improve their technical skills, the same is informed to the students through Academic Calendar.

ORTUS (A Cultural Day of Vardhaman College of Engineering) and traditional are celebrated annually to provide a platform for students to participate in extracurricular activities including Sports & Games.

IQAC brings awareness among the students about various online courses through MOOCs like NPTEL for enhancing the self-learning ability of the students.

5.2 Efforts made by the institution for tracking the progression

Student progression is assessed through the formative and summative Assessments such as CIE, SEE, Alternative Assessments, Projects, Attendance, Day to Day Evaluation in Laboratories etc.

Student progression is tracked through regular mentoring of the student by the concerned mentor/Counsellor

Parent-Teacher Meetings are regularly arranged to track the student progression.

Academic Audits are done by IQAC to track the performance of the students progression.

Remedial classes for different learners.

Thorough assessment tests like AMCAT, Cocubes etc for placement readiness.

Automated Credit Register in Student Corner.

5.3 (a) Total Number of students

(b) No. of students outside the state 04

(c) No. of international students

Men Women

Demand ratio 1:5.5 Dropout % 0.5 5.4 Details of student support mechanism for coaching for competitive examinations (If any)

Students are encouraged to take up competitive exams like GATE, CAT, GRE, TOFEL and other government exams like TSPSCE, TSTRANSCO, TSGENCO etc

A separate Skill Development Cell (SDC) is established in the college to make the students ready for competitive examinations.

UG PG Ph. D. Others 3450 263 -- --

No % 2643 71.18

No % 1070 28.82

Last Year This Year

General SC ST OBC Physically Challenged Total General SC ST OBC Physically

Challenged Total

1486 401 152 1406 2 3447 1639 435 161 1476 2 3713

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GATE oriented training is offered to the interested students beyond the college hours.

No. of students beneficiaries

5.5 No. of students qualified in these examinations

NET SET/SLET GATE CAT

IAS/IPS etc State PSC UPSC Others

5.6 Details of student counselling and career guidance

Student Mentoring System Practiced:

VCE has a good student mentoring system where each student is allotted to a faculty mentor. A faculty mentor will be assigned with approximately 20 students. The mentor system focuses on:-

Building cordial relationship between mentor and students.

Creation of a better environment in college, where students can approach mentors for both educational and personal guidance.

Creating awareness and support to students for career planning by motivating the students towards campus placements, higher studies and entrepreneurship.

Advising and supporting for improvement in academic performance.

Below Figure shows the mentoring system practiced at VCE

The HOD and Class Teachers will distribute approximately 20 students to one mentor at first year level. The assigned mentor is responsible to help the students till he / she completes his / her four years of study.

Regular meetings usually happen once in a fortnight between the mentor and the mentee.

Counseling sheet record for each student is maintained for recording academic, personal and other necessary information.

Based on the information collected during interactions and observation of the faculty, faculty will analyze the students’ performance and involvement in academics including their attendance, theory courses, practical courses, communication skills, placement training programs, competitions, certification programs, industry training programs, internships, and also assess the students interest and involvement on other activities like NSS, EPICS etc.

Faculty mentors observe and maintain the students medical and psychological issues related information if any.

Students are allowed to approach the mentor for both academic & personal guidance.

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Figure: Student Mentoring System Practiced

Faculty mentors provide personalized professional / career advice for the all round development of the student.

The main focus areas of the mentor and functions are given below

Professional Guidance:

Skill enhancement for better employability: Support their learning and enhance their laboratory and research skills through attending technical workshops, hands on training programmes and students’ symposiums. Industry based training is offered to selected student so as to enhance their chances of employability.

Encourage the research ideas: Encouragestudents to develop and discuss their ideas in the form of poster and oral presentations in different symposiums.

Academic projects: Mentors will support the students to choose projects to give real time experience.

Academic Guidance Information sharing: Share information of academic calendars, academic schedules and e-

learning resources. Academic Counseling: Identify students with less attendance and ensure that they improve

their attendance by getting counseled in the presence of HOD.


Support to the poor performers: Focus on academically weak students, by providing them with additional reading materials, model questions along with solutions and special remedial classes.

Career Advancement Professional bodies registration: To create awareness and to enhance the knowledge about

the various activities and state of art research, the students are encouraged and guided to take up registration in the professional bodies i.e., IEEE, ISTE etc…

MOOCs: Motivate and support the students to take up online certification courses to strengthen and build up their qualifications for their Academic progression and to achieve higher career paths.

Value added training programmes: Students are guided to undergo various training programmes to enhance their placement opportunities and also to get updated with latest technologies.

Training & Placement Cell guidance: Provide career guidance and other training apart from arranging campus recruitment drives by the Training & Placement Cell. Support the students to prepare their resume for job and other opportunities.

Laboratory Specific Student Counseling: Counsel irregular students to attend laboratory classes regularly and

complete backlog experiments during specified extra hours.

All – round Development Encourage and support students towards all round development through participation in

literary, cultural and sports activities, professional society activities, inter institutional activities which helps the students to develop leadership qualities, decision making abilities, team spirit, socio psychological awareness, and shapes the student into an intellectually integrated person.

Personal Development

Empower and enable inner adjustments by individual students to counter and cope up with physical, emotional, mental, social and environmental challenges through student-counselor interaction / through meditation workshops / through other specialized workshops / activities.

Engage in family / peer counseling by Mentor / HOD to strengthen students’ interpersonal relationships thereby improving their grades.

Details of Career Guidance:

Placement cell invites industry persons to give guidance about the opportunities in IT and core areas. 9 programs are conducted by placement cell towards career guidance.

No. of students benefitted

5.7 Details of campus placement

On campus Off Campus

458


Number of Organizations Visited

Number of Students Participated

Number of Students Placed

Number of Students Placed

34 528 315 34

5.8 Details of gender sensitization programmes

An Audit course ‘Gender Sensitization’ is introduced to second year students for all programs of Engineering.

Heterogeneous students groups are formed for group related activities. Poster presentation on gender sensitization by students Group discussions were conducted on gender sensitization Invited Talks were arrange on safety and security of women and other gender issues

5.9 Students Activities

5.9.1 No. of students participated in Sports, Games and other events

State/ University level National level International level

No. of students participated in cultural events

State/ University level National level International level

5.9.2 No. of medals /awards won by students in Sports, Games and other events

Sports : State/ University level National level International level

Cultural: State/ University level National level International level

5.10 Scholarships and Financial Support

Number of students Amount

Financial support from institution -- --

Financial support from government 1767 80631782

Financial support from other sources -- --

Number of students who received International/ National recognitions 16 1536000

5.11 Student organised / initiatives

Fairs : State/ University level National level International level

Exhibition: State/ University level National level International level 5.12 No. of social initiatives undertaken by the students 5.13 Major grievances of students (if any) redressed: 03 College Canteen Hygiene RTC Bus Timings

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Criterion – VI

6. Governance, Leadership and Management

6.1 State the Vision and Mission of the institution Vision: To aim at inculcating the spirit of high ambitions, health attitudes, discipline and multi-dimensional excellence in the students and strive to mould them to scale new heights and get their mental horizons enlarged through value-based technical education and congenial study environment. Mission: To sharpen the inherent professional skills of our students to enable them compete in the complex world through our newly evolved quality management system and dedicated staff. The practical oriented education and the research tie-up with industries we provide, tend to promote the intellectual pursuits of the students.

6.2 Does the Institution has a management Information System

YES

The following modules are used as part of the management system

Online Attendance Online Leave Application Online Fee Collection Online Examination Registration Online Alumni Registration Exam Portal Student Corner Faculty Bio-Metric Attendance System

6.3 Quality improvement strategies adopted by the institution for each of the following:

6.3.1 Curriculum Development

Choice Based Credit System Industry involvement in designing the curriculum Increasing Professional Elective Component Open Electives to promote Inter Disciplinary projects Inter Departmental Electives Introduction of Mini Project from Third Year Project based labs Outcome Based Education The curriculum is design to provide both breadth and depth by taking inputs from lead

societies to meet program specific criteria It is ensured that overall curriculum its components contribute effectively in the

attainment of POs and PSOs


6.3.2 Teaching and Learning Guest lecture by experts from industry to augment current learning experience Inclusion of e-books, courseware, tutorial modules for each course Engineering Projects in Community Services Course end Mini Projects Industrial visits Collaborative Learning MOOC’s Industry internships Higher order learning is ensured through the use of e-learning platforms such as Byndr,

Edmodo, Word press and etc. Active learning methods (Project Based Learning, JIGSAW, Think-Pair-Share, Flipped

Class Room, Model Based Learning, Brain Storming, Think- Aloud Pair Problem Solving, etc)

Experiential learning National level and Institute level Hackathons to promote student innovative learning

capabilities Skill Development Courses are introduced to make students industry ready

6.3.3 Examination and Evaluation

Double Valuation Provision to apply for Personal Verification Bar coding Online Multiple Choice Questions Introduced Open Book Examination Choice Based Credit System Introduction of Grade Point Aggregate System Revaluation

6.3.4 Research and Development

Providing incentives for publishing research papers in referred journals with impact factor.

Providing financial Assistance, incentives and Academic Leaves to faculty for presenting and publishing Research papers in National/International Conferences/Seminars

Sanctioning Academic leave for pursuing Higher Studies Organized Extension Lectures in specific domains Recognizing inspirational thinking of the students by awarding best student projects every

year Providing incentives to faculty for sanction of projects from external funding agencies. Additional increments for acquiring Ph.D as per AICTE rules Deputation of faculty to participate in workshops, seminars, and conferences Continuous upgradation of labs with the latest equipment and software to meet research Expert lecture from industry personnel to get exposure on current research.

6.3.5 Library, ICT and physical infrastructure / instrumentation

Class rooms in Block 1 are equipped with LCD Projectors


Internet bandwidth enhanced from 10 MBPS to 20 MBPS Added 200 computers in Laboratories Library was augmented with 2573 text and reference books Rs.913298.80, 47 Journals

Rs.36260, 176 e-journals worth of Rs.782364.00 Lakhs Establishment of Seminar halls with ICT enabled tools The following centres of excellence were established

• CISCO Centre for Excellence • IBM Centre of Excellence • Centre for VLSI Design • Centre for Nano technology

6.3.6 Human Resource Management

The college has excellent human resource management strategies.

Recruitment faculty and staff is as per AICTE norms The recruitment process is well established New Teaching and Non-Teaching posts are created to satisfy the work load The recruitment is approved by the governing council Faculty and staff recruitment is as per merit The grievance cell addresses issues for both staff and students Orientation programs / training are conducted for newly recruited faculty Daily attendance of students is monitored through activity diary Quality enhancement measures are taken by deputing faculty to FDPs/STTPs Effective system of performance appraisal through Annual Self-Appraisal submitted to

IQAC Collecting feedback and counselling/ Mentoring on regular basis.

6.3.7 Faculty and Staff recruitment

The process for faculty and staff recruitment is as per AICTE norms

Advertisement is issued in leading Newspapers inviting applications from eligible candidates

After scrutiny, candidates are called for interviews The Selection committee, that includes the Chairman of the College, principal, Two

university nominees, Two subject experts, one Women/SC/ST/OBC/differently abled, interviews the shortlisted candidates and places them in order of merit

Offer Letters are issued to the selected candidates The university selection committee ratifies the faculty

6.3.8 Industry Interaction / Collaboration

The Vardhaman College of Engineering facilitate exposure of industrial atmosphere to students through industrial visits. Industry-Institute Interaction Cell (IIIC) / Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

(CIE) has MoUs with reputed industries like IBM, NEN, CISCO, HP, LINUX, NI, Intel, National academy of construction (NAC). ARK infotech solution, orient Cements etc.

The collaboration is focused on industrial training, curriculum development, technical workshops and expert lectures.


IIIC Encourages consultancy with or without financial benefits Laboratories with Industry support, details are provided are below

Department Name of the Laboratory Industry

ECE/EEE Virtual Instrumentation Laboratory National Instruments

ECE Embedded Systems Laboratory Intel

Advanced Communications Laboratory HFSS

CSE

CISCO Network Centre CISCO

HP Centre of Excellence HP

IBM Centre of Excellence IBM

6.3.9 Admission of Students

Admission into First year of Four Year B. Tech. Degree Program of study in Engineering:

Eligibility: A student seeking admission into the first year of four-year B. Tech. Degree Program should have

(i) Passed either Intermediate Public Examination (I.P.E) conducted by the Board of Intermediate Education, Telangana, with Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry as optional subjects or any equivalent examination recognized by Board of Intermediate Education, Telangana or a Diploma in Engineering in the relevant branch conducted by the Board of Technical Education, Telangana or equivalent Diploma recognized by Board of Technical Education for admission as per the guidelines of Telangana State Council for Higher Education (TSCHE).

(ii) Secured a rank in the EAMCET examination conducted by TSCHE for allotment of a seat by the Convener, EAMCET, for admission into the program offered by the Institution.

Admission Procedure:

Admissions are made into the first year of four-year B.Tech. Degree Program as per the stipulations of TSCHE.

(a) Category A seats are filled by the Convener, EAMCET. (b) Category B seats are filled by the Management.

Admission into the Second year of Four Year B. Tech. Degree Program in Engineering

Eligibility: A student seeking admission under lateral entry into the II year I semester B. Tech. Degree Program should have passed the qualifying exam (B.Sc. Mathematics & Diploma holders), based on the rank secured by the student at Engineering Common Entrance Test (FDH) in accordance with the instructions received from the Convener, ECET and Government of Telangana.



Admissions are made into the II year of four-year B. Tech degree Program through Convener, ECET (FDH) 20% against the sanctioned strength in each Program of study under lateral entry scheme.

Admission into first year of two Year M.Tech degree program of study:

Eligibility

Admission to the M.Tech degree program shall be made subject to the eligibility, qualifications and specialization prescribed by Telangana State Council of Higher Education TSCHE, Government of Telangana.

Admissions shall be made based on the rank secured in PGECET examination conducted by Telangana State Council for Higher Education (or) GATE examination for allotment of a seat by the Convener, PGECET subject to reservations prescribed by the University or policies formed by the Government of Telangana from time to time.


Admissions are made into the first year of two year M.Tech program as per the stipulations of Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE), Government of Telangana.

(a) Category - A seats are filled by the Convener, PGECET. (b) Category - B seats are filled by the Management.

Admission into first year of two Year MBA degree program of study:

Eligibility

Admission to the MBA degree program shall be made subject to the eligibility, qualifications and specialization prescribed by Telangana State Council of Higher Education TSCHE, Government of Telangana.

Admissions shall be made based on the rank secured in ICET examination conducted by Telangana State Council for Higher Education for allotment of a seat by the Convener, ICET subject to reservations prescribed by the University or policies formed by the Government of Telangana from time to time.


Admissions are made into the first year of two year MBA program as per the stipulations of Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE), Government of Telangana.

(a) Category - A seats are filled by the Convener, ICET. (b) Category - B seats are filled by the Management.

6.4 Welfare schemes for

6.5 Total corpus fund generated

Teaching Health Insurance, Free Transport, EPF Non teaching Health Insurance, Free Transport, EPF, ESI Students Medical Assistance

Rs. 1,06,95,000/-


6.6 Whether annual financial audit has been done 6.7 Whether Academic and Administrative Audit (AAA) has been done?

Audit Type External Internal

Yes/No Agency Yes/No Authority

Academic Yes ISO (EUROGLOBAL Certifications, (UK) Ltd) Yes IQAC

Administrative Yes ISO (EUROGLOBAL Certifications, (UK) Ltd) Yes IQAC

6.8 Does the University/ Autonomous College declares results within 30 days?

For UG Programmes Yes No For PG Programmes Yes No 6.9 What efforts are made by the University/ Autonomous College for Examination Reforms?

Double Valuation Provision to apply for Personal Verification Bar coding Online Multiple Choice Questions Introduced Open Book Examination

6.10 What efforts are made by the University to promote autonomy in the affiliated/constituent colleges?

University (JNTUH) has accorded permanent affiliation for five years 2014-2015 to 2018-2019

University (JNTUH) has given No Objection Certificate to get 12(B) and 2(f) University (JNTUH) has given Autonomous Status to Vardhaman College of Engineering

in the Academic Year (2011-2012) University (JNTUH) has Nominated Members for Academic Council, Governing Body,

BOS and Result Processing Committee 6.11 Activities and support from the Alumni Association

Motivational Lectures/ Career Guidance sessions are arranged for Students by Alumni Alumni Offer internships and projects to the students Alumni involve in curriculum design as part of BOS Alumni supports Placement Cell in bringing companies for recruitment Annual Alumni Meet (MITRA) is conducted for networking and to give constructive inputs Alumni Survey is conducted on regular basis

6.12 Activities and support from the Parent – Teacher Association Regular PTMs are conducted to collect feedback for continuous improvement

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Student Progress is continuously monitored by both parents and teachers through regular interaction

6.13 Development programmes for support staff Training Programs are offered on latest topics related to the laboratories Training on usage of Fire safety equipment Training Programs / Workshops / Seminars are conducted based on training need analysis

(TNA) Academic Leaves are granted to encourage higher education

6.14 Initiatives taken by the institution to make the campus eco-friendly Installation of solar panels on roof top Rain water harvesting Green landscaping with trees and plants Waste management initiatives Water recycling Bio-Gas Plant Use of sprinklers to water the plants Plantation programs are organized at regular intervals


Criterion – VII 7. Innovations and Best Practices

7.1 Innovations introduced during this academic year which have created a positive impact on the functioning of the institution. Give details.

Developed online feedback mechanism Conduction of online examinations on multiple choice questions Conduction of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities for the overall development of the

students Developed effective mentoring system Conducted academic and administrative auditing Conducted faculty self appraisal review meetings for quality improvement Encourage faculty implement active learners, experiential and collaborative learning Introduce skill development course to prepare students industry ready

7.2 Provide the Action Taken Report (ATR) based on the plan of action decided upon at thebeginning

of the year

Academic audit is conducted two times in this year (once in a semester). Six faculty development programs are conducted

Departments prepared a list of students who are academically weak and remedial classes are conducted in leisure hours and beyond working hours. It is found that the results are improved.

IQAC monitored the effectiveness of student mentoring and it is observed that many students attitude and performance is improved.

An international conference on Nano Technology and Nano materials is conducted in the month of October 2014.

Faculty performance is assessed based on API submitted online.

7.3 Give two Best Practices of the institution (please see the format in the NAAC Self-study Manuals)

1. Extension Lectures for skill enhancement 2. Course End Projects to foster experiential learning

Annexure III: Best Practices

7.4 Contribution to environmental awareness / protection

VCE demonstrates its strong commitment to environmental responsibility through the following activities.

Invited talks were conducted to recognize and promote efforts to decrease the deep, spiritual based awareness of our connection to the environment among the students of this institute.

Every year plantation program is conducted in the campus.


Roof top solar power plant is established.

Strive within the limits of practical considerations to conserve energy and resources, reduce waste, purchase environment friendly products and minimize adverse impacts on the surrounding environment.

7.5 Whether environmental audit was conducted? Yes No

7.6 Any other relevant information the institution wishes to add. (for example SWOT Analysis)

Strengths:

Well qualified and committed teaching faculty Strong student support system Expanding Infrastructure with modern facilities and Learning Resources Innovative Teaching Learning Process Eco-friendly Initiatives Wi-Fi Enabled Campus Conducive Environment for learning

Weaknesses:

Develop Linkages with Industry and National/International Research Institutions Technology Incubators and consultancy Activities should be activated Alumni Interactions to be further Strengthened

Opportunities:

Develop more inter disciplinary projects Diversification of source of Revenue through better exploitation of consultancy To have more collaborations with Industry and Research Organizations To encourage faculty to apply funded research projects Scope for Students Project Internships in Industries and Research Laboratories

Concerns:

To meet the diverse needs of the students community and to make them employable and face global competition

To match up to the competition from other Autonomous Institutions/ Universities Communication enhancement among the Rural students

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8. Plans of institution for next year

The plan for improvement in the next year to cover the following Internal Academic and Administrative Auditing Faculty Quality Improvement Programs Implementation of lab based projects Awareness among the faculty regarding research schemes Use of ICT for content delivery Conducting of Course Enrichment Programs

Prof. S. Rajendar Dr. S. Sai Satyanarayana Reddy

Signature of the Coordinator, IQAC Signature of the Chairperson, IQAC

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Annexure – I : Academic Calendar












Annexure II: Sample Feedback Format

CIVIL ENGINEERING End of Semester Course Evolution Form

Subject : BUILDING PLANNING AND DRAWING Section : Civil Engineering - IV Sem (Section - A) Academic Year : 20XX-XX Faculty Name : XYZ

Designation : Assistant Professor

INSTRUCTOR EVALUATION

To a very great extent

To a great extent

To a modera

te extent

To some extent

Not at all % Out

of 5 ( 5 ) ( 4 ) ( 3 ) ( 2 ) ( 1 )

1 Has the Instructor clearly stated the main objectives of the course? 17 19 11 8 4 72.54 3.63

2 Is the teaching well planned? 14 17 15 9 3 70.34 3.52

3 Was the Instructor enthusiastic about teaching this class and invited questions and comments from students?

13 18 12 10 4 69.12 3.46

4 Is the faculty effectively using activity based learning methods? 16 18 13 8 2 73.33 3.67

5 In general, is the course being taught effectively? 15 17 14 6 6 70.00 3.50

6 Has the Instructor related course material to real life situations? 15 17 15 7 4 71.03 3.55

7 Have the Homework and other assignments helped you to understand the course material?

13 15 14 9 5 67.86 3.39

8 Have the textbook, lecture notes and/or Teaching aids contributed to your learning? 15 15 14 9 5 68.97 3.45

9 Is the instructor impartial in awarding marks? 19 15 11 6 7 71.36 3.57

10

In general, has the instructor taught this course effectively? 18 12 16 6 4 72.14 3.61

Overall rating of the teacher : Out of 5 : 3.53 Percentage: 70.68

COURSE OUTCOMES

To a very great extent

To a great extent

To a modera

te extent

To some extent

Not at all % Out

of 5 ( 5 ) ( 4 ) ( 3 ) ( 2 ) ( 1 )

11

Apply the Bye laws and Principles of Planning for residential and other public buildings

14 14 20 8 3 72.54 3.63

12

Plan, schedule and monitor the project effectively 13 14 19 10 2 70.34 3.52

13 Develop details of parts of building 13 12 16 12 3 69.12 3.46

14

Model Plan, elevation and section for sloped and flat buildings 11 14 16 10 3 73.33 3.67

Overall rating of the teacher: Out of 5 : 3.41 Percentage: 68.28

Overall feedback: Out of 5 : 3.50 Percentage: 70.00


Annexure III: Best Practices

Best Practice – 1

1. Title of the Practice:Extension Lectures for skill enhancement

2. ObjectivesEach student at the Vardhaman college of Engineering undergoes extensive training through SkillEnhancement Program (SEP). This practice aims at conducting various extension lectures focusingon

Personality Enhancement Employability Enhancement Job Specific skills development Soft Skills Development like Communication Skills, Presentation Skills, Interview

techniques, Public Speaking etc.

This practice thus ensures our graduates possessing a right blend of knowledge, skills and attitude to be successful.

3. The context

The engineering curriculum followed by most of the engineering colleges today is currently notaligned with the industry expectations for providing employment for engineers. SEP is anexclusive program for the engineering students, supporting to bridge the knowledge and skill gapsof engineering graduates in line with the employers’ expectations. The SEP is aimed to providebasic understanding on practical applications of Engineering, Safety management and behavioralskills that is essential for every engineer to have, before taking up employment with anyorganization. The SEP program will improve the employability of an engineer and helps industriesto deploy the newly selected engineers at work directly and focus on their further development.

4. The Practice

Any skill enhancement and development programs designed for enhancing the capability ofengineering students need to focus the deliverables of engineering graduates at work. In general asroutine activities, an Engineer at work is not expected to use spanners, screw drivers or open &close valves in process plants. Engineers’ deliverables include, review and update procedures,provide technical input in design and operations support, make various decisions, manage bestpractices, manage operation and maintenance of plant equipment, etc. Engineering students need tohave high level of technical understanding to deliver engineers’ role efficiently.

The Skill enhancement program (SEP) at the Vardhaman college of Engineering will be deliveredby engineers having many years of real time experience in training and assessment with majornational and international companies including Infosys, TCS, IBM, etc. This program is designedto deliver interactive sessions with many relevant case studies, videos, assignments & exercises forstudents in groups and individually according to the requirement of the outcomes.

5. Evidence of success

In recent times, investment in training and skill development has come to be considered as an assetfor any educational and technical training institute. In fact, it is safe to say that Skill enhancementand industry oriented training is indispensable for effective engineering teaching and learning ecosystem and institutional development. Therefore, the credibility of any training program forstudents lies in its usefulness and significance to the needs of both the students and the teachers inan institute or an organization at large. The traditional method of skill enhancement training and


development was to collect immediate feedback of the students. This hardly indicated learning in terms of knowledge, skills and attitude and its transfer to the actual application of the skill in an engineering job. Measures are developed to record and understand the widest possible spectrum of the effects of training and not just whether the training program was meaningful or successful. During the course of such evaluation efforts being adopted by us, it was felt that certain issues and some interesting facts were worth pursuing through research, which may help not only the students but also the efficacy, relevance and effectiveness of the faculty of our college.

6. Problems Encountered and Resources required

While a sizeable portion of teaching resources are diverted into strategic areas of technical skillsenhancement and development of the students, there should simultaneously also be endeavors toexplore and study the various factors that affect training and development right from theidentification of student needs, selection of suitable students for particular courses and also thesuitable faculty and resource persons for the methodology of the training process, the supportingclimate provided to students in the college, the ensuing impact of training on the students’efficiency and its effect on the college. A study of such factors would help in clearly understandingand appreciating the various underlying factors and also to specify the variables that affectoutcomes. Although huge investments are put in training and skill development, very little researchhas been done in studying and evaluating its impact and in trying to improve effectiveness of skilldevelopment from the point of view of the training institutes and colleges. One aspect that ourpractice is focused on is the factors that help and / or hinder the transfer of learning to the job.However, the main idea is to evolve criteria for evaluating training and the application of acquiredknowledge and skills to the job.

Best Practice – 2

1. Title of the Practice:

Course end projects to foster experiential learning

2. Goals:

Course End Projects – organized education is an effective means of improving the quality ofeducation as it gives hand on experience where the students can easily apply, analyze and createtheir own ideas. The learning experience is student-focused, not teacher-centered. The learner is anactive participant in the generation of knowledge. The skill set and experiences gained throughexperiential education programs form a foundation that can be applied and adapted to real-worldscenarios and problems in the future.The purpose of this practice is to insist on students to doprojects at the end of the course so as to articulate the theoretical facts to correlate with the realworld situations.

3. Objectives:

The objectives of experiential learning with primary focussed outcome of course end projects are to

Increase knowledge of engineering process including concept, requirements, design, build

Develop ability to apply basic math/ engineering skills

Learn about environmental constraints in engineering

Learn about safety issues in engineering

The Context: The students exhibit the experiential learning targeting the four skills as mentioned below


Experiencing/Exploring “Doing” :

Students will perform or do a hands-on minds-on experience with little or no help from the instructor. Examples might include: Making products or models, role-playing, giving a presentation, problem-solving, playing a game. A key facet of experiential learning is what the student learns from the experience rather than the quantity or quality of the experience.

Sharing/Reflecting “What Happened?” :

Students will share the results, reactions and observations with their peers. Students will also get other peers to talk about their own experience, share their reactions and observations and discuss feelings generated by the experience. The sharing equates to reflecting on what they discovered and relating it to past experiences which can be used for future use.

Processing/Analyzing “What’s Important?” :

Students will discuss, analyze and reflect upon the experience. Describing and analyzing their experiences allow students to relate them to future learning experiences. Students will also discuss how the experience was carried out, how themes, problems and issues emerged as a result of the experience. Students will discuss how specific problems or issues were addressed and to identify recurring themes.

Generalizing “So What?” :

Students will connect the experience with real world examples, find trends or common truths in the experience, and identify “real life” principles that emerged.

Application “Now What?”

Students will apply what they learned in the experience (and what they learned from past experiences and practice) to a similar or different situation. Also, students will discuss how the newly learned process can be applied to other situations. Students will discuss how issues raised can be useful in future situations and how more effective behaviors can develop from what they learned. The instructor should help each student feel a sense of ownership for what was learned.

4. The Practice: Experiential learning occurs when carefully chosen experiences are supported by reflection,

critical analysis and synthesis.

Experiences are structured to require the student to take initiative, make decisions and beaccountable for results.

Throughout the experiential learning process, the student is actively engaged in posingquestions, investigating, experimenting, being curious, solving problems, assumingresponsibility, being creative and constructing meaning.

Students are engaged intellectually, emotionally, socially, soulfully and/or physically. Thisinvolvement produces a perception that the learning task is authentic.

The results of the learning are personal and form the basis for future experience and learning.

Relationships are developed and nurtured: student to self, student to others and student to theworld at large.

The instructor and student may experience success, failure, adventure, risk-taking anduncertainty, because the outcomes of the experience cannot totally be predicted.


Opportunities are nurtured for students and instructors to explore and examine their own values.

The instructor’s primary roles include setting suitable experiences, posing problems, setting boundaries, supporting students, insuring physical and emotional safety, and facilitating the learning process.

The instructor recognizes and encourages spontaneous opportunities for learning.

Instructors strive to be aware of their biases, judgments and preconceptions, and how these influence the student.

The design of the learning experience includes the possibility to learn from natural consequences, mistakes and successes.

5. Evidence of Success:

The following are the benefits of experiential learning and it could enhance the learning levels in terms of achieving the higher levels of cognitive thinking.

Provides practical experience and applications of knowledge for better understanding

Fosters an interest and connection to lifelong learning

Develops critical and abstract thinking skills for better problem solving and relationship building

Offers an opportunity for deep reflection (a core component of experiential learning) and feedback, as well as the ability to process, learn and benefit from constructive criticism

Helps participants learn how to meet new challenges and “think on their feet” through navigating unfamiliar and unexpected situations on a physical, intellectual and emotional level

6. Problems Encountered and Resources Required:

Challenges to consider for the implementation of experiential learning are limited class time, inadequate group work skills, and ethics/privacy and anonymity issues, accessibility to resources. The deep involvement of course instructors and learners in this process is required for the successful implementation.

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