Criterion 6.1

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 Describe the vision and mission statement of the institution on the nature of governance, perspective plans, and participation of the teachers in the decision-making bodies of the institution

 File Description 

The Vision & Mission of the Institute are given below:

Vision: 

 To be a globally recognized educational institution known for outcome-based education and application-oriented research.

Mission:

1. To assist students to understand and enjoy the seamless nature of knowledge and encourage them to apply the acquired knowledge to practical use, so that they become worthy, socially responsible good human beings sought after for their leadership qualities.
2. To foster creativity, innovation, and excellence through an example-based teaching-learning process imparted in the simplest and easily comprehensible way.
3. To continuously upgrade the knowledge base of our manpower, improve infrastructure and use of latest technology/pedagogical tools, and update curriculum through periodic feedback from stakeholders to enable students to meet professional requirements and their expectations.

The following process was adapted for defining the Vision and Mission of the Institute:

Step 1: The Vision and Mission are created by taking into account various factors such as critical elements of the teaching-learning system of the institution, and the future scope of the courses.

Step 2: Suggestions are collected from the stakeholders such as Faculty, Students, Alumni, and Employers.

For example, based on the feedback received from the stakeholders, the ECE department has taken the following action

Step 3: The mission and vision are then reviewed, analyzed, and approved by the Board of Governors. The Institute has the following committees as

1. Examination Committee
2. Internal complaint Committee
3. Anti-ragging Committee
4. ST/SC/OBC & minority Committee
5. Grievance Redressal Committee
6. Disciplinary Committee
7. Admission Cell
8. Scholarship Grant Committee
9. Maintenance Committee
10. Examination Grievance Redressal Committee
11. Morning meeting committee
12. Library Committee
13. Syllabus Committee

All the above committees conduct two meetings per semester and all the MoMs are placed before the Board of Governors for final approval. The Board of Governors Meeting is held every 6 months before the commencement of the new semester and all feedback is carefully analyzed and appropriate action is taken accordingly.

Step 4: The vision and mission of the institute are then published.

The link for the relevant documents:

 Link of Vision & Mission presented in Institutional Website: Click Here

Describe a case study showing decentralization and participative management in the institution in practice within a maximum of 500 words

The institution practices decentralization and participatory management in keeping with its belief in collective leadership and democratic traditions.

Decentralization Management:

1. At the beginning of the semester, department-wise subject allocation is done in the presence of all delegates. If any faculty has any issue related to his allotted subject, he/she can discuss it in this meeting, and based on the opinion of HOD, an alternative teacher is allotted that subject. The HOD oversees the Teaching Plans of his/her departmental faculties.

2. All HODs and Assistant HODs are given departmental contingency funds of Rs.50,000 for HODs and Rs.20,000 for Assistant HODs. to run the departments properly and the department does not have to wait for approval of the Finance department to procure some emergency requirement.

3. The subject teachers are free to give their suggestions regarding their respective subjects which are placed in the departmental BOS meetings and then placed to the Board of Governors meeting for final approval.

4. The upcoming semester routine is prepared & academic activities are assigned to all the faculties.

5. The academic calendar is prepared where semester-wise teaching plans, examination routines, seminars, workshops, career counseling sessions, remedial and tutorial classes, excursions, and study tours are provided in the presence of all delegates. After the approval of the COE section, the academic calendar is published on the Institutional Website.

6. The examination is conducted following the guideline provided by the COE section as mentioned below and is also discussed in the morning meeting.

a. Teachers should ensure that students join all the Google Classrooms created for different subjects.

b. Teachers should create a Google meet link for each day of the examination.

c. Roll number wise a group of students should be allotted to a teacher for proctoring.

d. The Google meet link should be shared by the teacher with that particular group of students for proctoring.

e. The teacher should ask the student to join the Google Meet link from time to time during the entire examination. The student should be asked to put the audio and video mode on of the meeting link when he/she is being proctored.

f. It is to be notified to all students clearly that they cannot appear for the upcoming examinations unless they join the classrooms created for different subjects.

g. The teachers can take help from the following help desk members during the time of examination.

7. In case of any exam-related grievance, the students are allowed to place it to the Examination Grievance Redressal Committee through proper channels. Based on proper verification of the application appropriate action is taken at the earliest.

Participative Management:

1. A Morning meeting is held every day from 9.00 am to 9.15 am in the college seminar hall. The top management including the President, Directors, Deans, faculty members, and staff are present in the meeting to discuss the various issues related to the regular administrative and academic activities.

2. Requirements of new books and laboratory instruments are informed in the departmental meeting and duly approved applications by the HODs are submitted to the Director’s office for final approval.

3. Any departmental problem may also be resolved in the morning meeting if required.

4. All stakeholders are invited to organize various events which are included in the event calendar every academic year. The interested staff is requested to apply stating the details of the event to organize along with a tentative budget for the same well in advance. All applications are reviewed by the appropriate authority for final approval so that they can be included in the event calendar.

The Link for the relevant documents:

Link for class routines: Click Here

Link for Academic calendar: Click Here

Link for event calendar: Click Here

Link for MOM Of Morning Meetings: Click Here

Link for the guideline send by COE section: Click Here