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BPC College, Piravom 2016-17

Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR)

2016 -17

Baselios Poulose II Catholicos College

Piravom- 686 664

NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION COUNCIL

An Autonomous Institution of the University Grants Commission

P. O. Box. No. 1075, Opp: NLSIU, Nagarbhavi, Bangalore - 560 072 India


The Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of the IQAC

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:

0485-2243474, 2243424

Baselios Poulose II Catholicos College,

(BPC College), Piravom

Baselios Mount

Mulakkulam North

Piravom

Kerala

686664

[email protected]

[email protected]

Dr.Tiji Zachariah, Principal

9495383403

0485-2265400

2016-17


Name of the IQAC Co-ordinator:

Mobile:

IQAC e-mail address:

1.3 NAAC Track ID(For ex. MHCOGN 18879)

OR

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 3.14 2013 5 years

2 2nd

Cycle

3 3rd

Cycle

4 4th Cycle

1.7 Date of Establishment of IQAC :

1.8 AQAR for the year : 2016-17

www.bpccollege.ac.in

11/09/2010

[email protected]

https://www.bpccollege.ac.in/iqac/AQAR2016-17.pdf

Jobin Abraham

9847437898

EC/63/A&A/30 dated 23-03-2013


1.9 Details of the previous year‟s AQAR submitted to NAAC after the latest Assessment and

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

i. AQAR 2013-14 submitted to NAAC on 30/03/2016

ii. AQAR 2014-15 submitted to NAAC on 31/03/2016

iii. AQAR 2015-16 submitted to NAAC on 28/03/2017

iv. AQAR__________________

1.10 Institutional Status

University State Central Deemed Private

Affiliated College Yes No

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

1.11 Type of Faculty/Programme

Arts Science Commerce Law PEI(Phys Edu)

TEI (Edu) Engineering Health Science Management

Others (Specify)

1.12 Name of the Affiliating University (for the Colleges)

Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala


1.13 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- CE

UGC-Special Assistance Programme DST-FIST

UGC-Innovative PG programmes Any other (Specify)

UGC-COP Programmes

2. IQAC Composition and Activities

2.1No. 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

2.10 No. of IQAC meetings held

Minority

Status

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

Non-Teaching Staff Alumni Others

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

If yes, mention the amount

2.13 Seminars 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

2.14 Significant Activities and contributions made by IQAC

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 (Annexure 1)

Conducted one day Academic Audit and Retreat.

Organized one day staff training program.

IQAC motivated teachers to enrol for PhD program and to seek opportunities as

resource persons to other institutions for seminars and workshops.

Continuous monitoring and evaluation of cell and extension activities.

Conducted subject wise result analysis.

Started support programs for weak students in General English & IT.

Regularly updated college blog www.bpccollege.blogspot.com

Collected feedback on teaching and learning from students.

Issued guidelines to departments and cells for the scheduling the activities for the new

academic year.

Organized class-wise One day Motivational training program

Extensional activities such as LED blub distribution, Carol Night etc

Observed International Light Year, conducting a Seminar

AQAR 2015-16 was prepared and uploaded in college website.

N.A

Professionalism for Excellence

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01

04

01 01

01 0 0 0 01


Plan of Action Achievements

Invited proposal from head of the

departments, towards the action plan

formulation for each department at the

beginning of the academic year 2016

Academic Audit and Staff Training

Reviewed proposals from clubs and

forums and returned with suggestions.

Conduct an assessment examination in

August, among first year students.

Organize class wise PTA meetings.

Semester internal examinations.

Placement and Recruitment trainings

Conduct intercollegiate events.

Conduct extension programs and alumni

meeting.

Formulated the action plan for departments

and clubs.

Conducted Staff orientation and annual

planning

Constituted an admission committee to help

students and their parents.

IQAC conducted program wise result analysis

and chalked out plans for overall result

improvement.

Organized improvement classes for first years

in English and IT, based on the assessment

conducted in September and October.

Two internal examinations were conducted

per semester.

Organized IT Quiz, IT Fest, Film Fest and

exhibitions.

Published newsletter

2.16 Whether the AQAR was placed in statutory body Yes No

Management Syndicate Any other body

Provide the details of the action taken

The report prepared by IQAC was placed in IQAC meeting. The report was also submitted

to Principal and Management representatives .Modifications recommended were

introduced and the final draft is taken.


Part – B

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

PG 2

UG 5

PG Diploma

Advanced Diploma

Diploma

Certificate

Others 1

Total 5 0 2 1

Interdisciplinary

Innovative

1.2 (i) Flexibility of the Curriculum: CBCS/Core/Elective option / Open options

(ii) Pattern of programmes:

1.3 Feedback from stakeholders* Alumni Parents Employers Students

Pattern Number of programmes

Semester 7

Trimester 0

Annual 1


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

1.4 Whether there is any revision/update of regulation or syllabi, if yes, mention their salient aspects.

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

Being an affiliated college, syllabi is set by the University. The syllabus is being revised by the

University for the 2017-18 Admission onwards. Our teachers attended the syllabus revision

workshop last year and actively contributed for the process.

Started Volley ball Training Centre in association with Prathiksha Foundation


Criterion – II

2. Teaching, Learning and Evaluation

2.1 Total No. of

permanent faculty

2.2 No. of permanent faculty with Ph.D.

2.3 No. of Faculty Positions

Recruited (R) and

Vacant(V) during the year

2.4 No. of Guest and Visiting faculty and Temporary faculty

2.5 Faculty participation in conferences and symposia(Annexure 2):

No. of Faculty International level National level State level

Attended

Seminars/

Workshops

4 4 1

Presented papers 6 2 0

Resource Persons 0 3 8

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

2.7 Total No. of actual teaching days

during this academic year

Total Asst. Professors Associate Professors Professors Others

45 22 13 0 10

Asst.

Professors

Associate

Professors

Professors Others Total

R V R V R V R V R V

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8

Former students were invited to the campus to interact and motivate students. Few alumni

offered to help students in undertaking project works in advanced areas like micro controller and

embedded systems.

Three LED projectors were installed in final year classrooms. All teachers are encouraged to use

audio visual facilities for introducing the students to various subjects and effectively grasp their

interest.

Workshops, lecture series, media/field visits are also arranged to further the learning experience.

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10

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2.8 Examination/ Evaluation Reforms initiated by the Institution (for example: Open Book

Examination, Bar Coding, Double Valuation, Photocopy, 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(Annexure 3)

2.10 Average percentage of attendance of students:

2.11 Course/Programme wise

distribution of pass percentage (Overall Result), (Annexure 4)

Title of the

Programme

Total no. of

students

appeared

Division

Distinction

A

First class

B & C

Second Class

D

PASS

(in %)

BCA 64 18 26 1 70.13

BA 31 6 4 0 61.29

BSc Electronics 55 2 23 01 47.3

BCom 39 10 16 3 74.36

BBA 64 5 19 0 37.5

MSc Electronics 20 0 9 0 45

MSc Computer

Science 16 0 14 0 87.5

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

Academic calendar is prepared at the beginning of the academic year and IQAC ensures that all

department activities are well charted in advance.

87.58%

12

Two centralized internal examinations per semester were conducted for all programmes.

Answer papers are duly corrected and circulated for verification by students. The questions are

answered as assignments, with instructions on how each question are to be answered for

University Examination.


Encourages departments to engage students with maximum possible academic exposure and

industrial visits.

Students feedback is collected and necessary suggestions are provided to the concerned

parties towards improving the academic performance.

Teachers are encouraged to conduct class tests and special classes for weak students to bridge

the gap and smoothen the learning process.

Advisory to various committees and cells such as tutorial system, Library committee, Research

cell etc.

2.13 Initiatives undertaken towards faculty development

Faculty / Staff Development Programmes Number of faculty

benefitted

Refresher courses 1

UGC – Faculty Improvement Programme 1

HRD programmes

Orientation programmes

Faculty exchange programme

Staff training conducted by the university

Staff training conducted by other institutions 2

Summer / Winter schools, Workshops, etc. 12

Others (Staff Enrichment & Orientation) 58

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 14 0 0 0

Technical Staff 5 0 0 0


Criterion – III

3. Research, Consultancy and Extension

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

3.2 Details regarding major projects

Completed Ongoing Sanctioned Submitted

Number

Outlay in Rs. Lakhs

3.3 Details regarding minor projects (Annexure 5)

Completed Ongoing Sanctioned Submitted

Number 3

Outlay in Rs. Lakhs 4,15,300/-

3.4 Details on research publications (Annexure 6)

International National Others

Peer Review Journals 10

Non-Peer Review Journals

e-Journals

Conference proceedings 5 1

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

0.22

College has an active research cell . All teachers are encouraged to undertake research works and

publish papers in their area of specialization. Also initiated a discussion to start a national science

journal with ISBN number.

Students are encouraged to write and publish articles. Special training is given in creative/

research writing methodology.

0.54 0.85 5


Nature of the Project Duration

Year

Name of the

funding Agency

Total grant

sanctioned

Received

Major projects

Minor Projects

Interdisciplinary Projects

Industry sponsored

Projects sponsored by the

University/ College

Students research projects (other than compulsory by the University)

Any other(Specify)

Total

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 (Annexure 7)

3.13 No. of collaborations International National Any other

3.14 No. of linkages created during this year

Level International National State University College

Number 1 1

Sponsoring

agencies

KSCSTE College

NIL

12

1

Nil

3


3.15 Total budget for research for current year in lakhs:

From funding agency From Management of College

Total

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

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:



Type of Patent Number

National Applied

Granted

International Applied

Granted

Commercialised Applied

Granted

Total International National State University Dist College

0 Rs.1,00,000/-

Rs.1,00,000/-

1

4

3

1

4

Nil

Nil 34

10 Nil


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

NCC NSS Any other

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

Responsibility

1. Organized Tree Plantation and College Cleaning on 13-07-2016

2. Observed International Day against drug abuse. Anti-Drugs Placard display

3. An awareness class on organic farming was conducted for the members of „Pulari

Kudumbasree‟ unit of Piravom Municipality on 1st August 2016 by Smt. Mini P.V.,

Department of Life Long Learning and Extension, Mahatma Gandhi University,

Kottayam.

4. E-Waste Collection, 8th

August 2016.Recieved the Piravom municipality award for

maximum e-waste collection.

5. Observed Earth day

6. A cleanliness programme was organized by the NSS volunteers at Govt. Ayurveda

Hospital, Palachuvadu, Piravom on 10th

August 2016.

7. Observed Independence Day.

8. Observed Gandhi Jayandhi on 02-10-2016

9. Observed International Day of Yoga.

10. Blood Donation on 24-11-2016

Nil 34

Nil

10

Nil

Nil

1 Nil

00 01

19 11 02


11. Observed World Disability Day on 03-12-2016

12. Installed Convex Mirror near the sharp turn enroute to College.

13. In connection with the „Green Keralam‟ campaign programme, the NSS volunteers

planted saplings in the college premises in association with Piravom Municipality on

8th

December 2016

14. Conducted Carol Night that brings together Students, Staff and the public living in the

neighbourhood.

15. The pathway to the house of Mrs. Geetha, Edappillychira , a member of ward 14,

Piravom Municipality, was renovated and made suitable for conveyance, on 25th

December 2016.

16. As part of the promotion of organic farming, a demonstration on organic farming

was conducted by NSS volunteers on 26th

December 2016.Also filled grow-bags and

sowed vegetable seeds.

17. Health survey was conducted in various wards of Piravom Municipality on

28/12/2016.

18. As a part of recycling of plastic, the NSS volunteers has collected plastic pen for

Kochi Biennale on 5th

January 2017

19. LED bulbs supplied to the local community in the neighbourhood by PG students.

20. Disbursed medical aid to poor and needy, also contributed for the construction of

house for Mr Thankkan.


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 20 Acres 20 Acres

Class rooms 19 2 Management 21

Laboratories 4 4

Seminar Halls 1 1

No. of important equipments

purchased during the current year.

3

UGC

Value of the equipment purchased

during the year (Rs. in Lakhs)

1,00,000

Others

4.2 Computerization of administration and library

4.3 Library services:

Existing Newly added Total

No. Value No. Value No. Value

Text Books 21812 3059517 702 106247 22514 3165764

Reference Books 703 275350 82 3562 785 30862

e-Books - - - - - -

Journals 10 10500 - - 10 10500

e-Journals NList 5000 - - - 5000

Digital Database - - - - - -

CD & Video 885 - 26 - 911 9110

Others (Manuscripts) 7 - 1 - 8 -

Computerized office and library. In library students can search for availability of books and can

make reservations.


4.4 Technology up gradation (overall)

Total

Computers

Computer

Labs

Internet Browsing

Centres

Computer

Centres

Office Depart-

ments

Others

Existing 141 88 Labs,

Departments,

Office,

Library

20 0 9 17 7

Added 22 20 0 0 1 1 0

Total 163 99 20 0 10 18 5

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

up gradation (Networking, e-Governance etc.)

4.6 Amount spent on maintenance:

i) ICT

ii) Campus Infrastructure and facilities

iii) Equipments

iv) Others

Total :

Orientation classes were arranged with regard to e-mail creation, using and online tax filing.

Rs. 84,000/-

Rs. 1,34,160/-

Rs. 79,000/-

Rs. 76,145/-

Rs.3, 73,305/-


Criterion – V

5. Student Support and Progression

5.1 Contribution of IQAC in enhancing awareness about Student Support Services

5.2 Efforts made by the institution for tracking the progression

5.3 (a) Total Number of students

(b) No. of students outside the state

(c) No. of international students

Men Women

UG PG Ph. D. Others

825 62 0 0

No %

478 51.90

No %

443 48.09

Last Year (2015-16) This Year (2016-17)

General SC ST OBC Physically

Challenged

Total General SC ST OBC Physically

Challenged

Total

564 115 02 197 02 880 587 132 03 162 03 887

IQAC tries to communicate with students using tutorial group in-charges.

IQAC motivates students to join for programs such as WWS (walk with scholar), SSP

(student support program), ASAP (additional skill acquisition program).

Conducts Orientation for first year students

In addition to above college website, college blog, calendar etc are effectively been

used for providing update information.

Curriculum Vitae of students are maintained and updated at the end of each semester

to record the student performance from first semester to the final semester.

Result analysis is performed subject-wise by the teacher engaging the subject.

Head of the Departments presents result analysis of the semester examinations,

whenever the results are announced, during the IQAC meeting to evaluate the

students’ performance in each department.

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Demand ratio: 360 : 5268 Dropout % : 2.39

5.4 Details of student support mechanism for coaching for competitive examinations (If any)

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

No. of students benefitted

5.7 Details of campus placement

On campus Off Campus

Number of Organizations

Visited

Number of Students

Participated

Number of Students

Placed

Number of Students

Placed

NUMATO Labs 30 5

TCS 13 3

BONANZA Technologies 15 3

Coaching for competitive examinations conducted.

Conducts UGC/NET coaching for PG students

Additional Skill Acquisition Program (ASAP) is actively undertaken

Conducted coaching and awareness classes for appearing CUSAT,JNU, EFLU, KERALA

UNIVERSITY entrance examinations.

There is an active counselling cell with trained staff.

Placement cell organizes several placement oriented training programs.

Skill development programs such as ASAP and WWS are imparting training on career

advancement.

A group of 40 students, under the leadership of Dr. Benjamin Varghese, was taken to visit IISc

and other top institutions so as to inspire and motivate students.

Library is equipped with latest books on competition examination preparations.

280

85

32

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5.8 Details of gender sensitization programmes

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 15 28,500/-

Financial support from government 583 16,08,885/-

Scholarships from government 95 3,87,000/-

Financial support from other sources

Number of students who received

International/ National recognitions

5.11 Student organised / initiatives

Fairs : State/ University level National level International level

Women cell conduct several programs to work empower female students and promote gender

equality.

A transgender activist Vijayaraja Mallika was invited to the campus to interact with students for

working towards gender awareness and other related issues.

Also screened short films on gender issues.

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20

3 0 14

3 0 0


Exhibition: State/ University level National level International level

An exhibition on media history-„History in a Hurry‟

5.12 No. of social initiatives undertaken by the students

5.13 Major grievances of students (if any) redressed:

Three class rooms were fitted with LED TV for displaying videos for enhanced class room

learning.

Renovated the toilets and sick rooms.

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4


Criterion – VI

6. Governance, Leadership and Management

6.1 State the Vision and Mission of the institution

6.2 Does the Institution has a Management Information System

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

6.3.1 Curriculum Development

6.3.2 Teaching and Learning

6.3.3 Examination and Evaluation

VISION To develop into a centre of quality and excellence in imparting relevant and value based

education to the rural youth MISSION

To promote our learners skills in their chosen areas of specialization. To facilitate the employability of our learners to give them a vocation through

education. To collaborate with our stake holders for quality education. To make our learners socially committed, morally upright, physically vibrant and

spiritually inspired citizens.

Faculty members participated in the syllabus revision workshops conducted by the

university. Thus, proposals and recommendations of college were appropriately presented

before the revision committee.

Conventional teaching is supplemented with modern ICT facilities for enhanced learning. Three final year classrooms were fitted with LED TV and the junior faculties are encouraged to use all modern amenities to supplement lecturing. Lecture series ,field visits etc. are arranged.

Two centralized internal examinations are conducted per semester. The answer papers are

evaluated and distributed to them in time. Students securing less than 50% marks are

summoned separately and special classes are taken to promote and uplift them.

A superintend of examinations is appointed and an annual examination calendar is prepared

in the beginning of the year.

All departments and administrative office are connected by WiFi. Attendance and internal marks entry, library etc are managed using computer equipped with internet connectivity.


6.3.4 Research and Development

6.3.5 Library, ICT and physical infrastructure / instrumentation

6.3.6 Human Resource Management

6.3.7 Faculty and Staff recruitment

6.3.8 Industry Interaction / Collaboration

6.3.9 Admission of Students

6.4 Welfare schemes for

6.5Total corpus fund generated

6.6 Whether annual financial audit has been done Yes No

Teaching 2

Non teaching 2

Students 2

Rs.46,750,00/-

Constituted a research cell for encouraging and promoting a climate for research in the

campus. Several international and national journals are subscribed by the library for

reference. Also a proposal for starting a research journal is placed before the college council

and management.

Purchased new books and added to the library. The library is managed by a Library Advisory

Committee which includes teachers and students. Book fests and exhibitions are arranged

to promote and foster the habit of book reading.

Merit is followed for faculty appointment. Further for faculty improvement, the college

promotes and motivates all faculty to attend faculty improvement programs.

Recruitments are done as per the university and government rules and regulations.

Vacancies are advertised in newspapers and thereafter eligible candidates are interviewed

by a selection committee comprising a subject expert and a Government nominee.

Students undertake project works in industries in their final year of study. In addition to

this, during the second year of study, industrial visit or media visit is also arranged to

enhance the exposure of students with industries. Few faculty members serve in advisory

boards of manufacturing and production firms as experts.

University procedure, CAP (Centralized Admission Process), is followed for admission.


6.7 Whether Academic and Administrative Audit (AAA) has been done?

Academic audit is organized at the end of year. The report presented by heads is evaluated and

analysed by the staff in a common meeting conducted at the end of the academic year.

Audit Type External Internal

Yes/No Agency Yes/No Authority

Academic No Yes College

IQAC

Administrative No Yes College

Council

6.8 Does the University/ Autonomous College declare 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?

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

6.11 Activities and support from the Alumni Association

6.12 Activities and support from the Parent – Teacher Association

6.13 Development programmes for support staff

N.A.

Being an affiliated college, the institution has to abide by the rules and guidelines set by the

university. However our faculty members serve in various committees set up by the

university thus influencing the decisions made by the university.

Alumni provide scholarships and endowments for the deserving students. Some old students

occasionally visit the college to conduct seminars and training programs.

Annual alumni meet is conducted in every year on 26th December. Honoured outstanding

successfully established alumni.

PTA meeting are held every year and their feedbacks and recommendations are put forth for

the betterment of teaching environment. Allowance granted from PTA fund towards

remuneration for watchman and maintenance person in works department.

Support staffs are extended with sufficient professional development opportunities. Annual retreat, tour programs etc. are also arranged. Assistance is also imparted for e-filing annual income tax.


6.14 Initiatives taken by the institution to make the campus eco-friendly

Campus is envisaged and declared as plastic free campus. CFL lamps and tube lights are used

in classrooms to minimize the consumption of electricity. Saplings are planted in campus to

commemorate/observe important days. Teachers are encouraged to use college bus facility

to minimize gas emissions and to promote cost sharing.

Nature club promotes minimal use of plastics, campus cleanliness etc.


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.

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

beginning of the year

7.3 Give two Best Practices of the institution

7.4 Contribution to environmental awareness / protection

7.5 Whether environmental audit was conducted? Yes No

7.6 Any other relevant information the institution wishes to add.

In addition to college council meetings, department level HOD’s meetings with faculty members

take place regularly in every month to sort out issues, if any, in the departments.

Launched two induction programs for first years in Communication English and IT. E-waste

collection conducted was a huge success and bagged appreciation of Municipality.

Observed all important days to inculcate moral values and social commitment.

Conducted internal examinations and PTA meetings for monitoring students’ performance.

Installed three class rooms with LED TVs for enhancing teaching learning

i) Science in Society: Students developed LED bulbs and distributed the same to the local

community with awareness leaflets on energy conservation.

ii) One day Annual Academic Retreat Program conducted at the very beginning of every

academic year

E-waste collection conducted. This bagged special appreciation prize from the Piravom Municipality. Used pens were collected and handed for recycling.


IQAC arranged for a meeting with all first year class in-charges and instructed them how to

effectively monitor the students from the beginning of the course. A data collection was

conducted to pinpoint the strength and weakness of the first year student. Those who were

found weak were then put through supplement programs.

Our students secured top most position in Mahatma Gandhi University examinations in three

courses namely BCA, BA and M.Sc (C.Sc).

Several inter-institutional programs were organized. An interschool Quiz competition was also

organized in which approximately fifty schools participated.

Also, college hosted various intercollegiate events in sports such as,

Intercollegiate Inter zone Kho-Kho (men and women) championship.

Inter collegiate Inter zone Taekwondo championship(men and women)

Ernakulam District Kho-Kho championship.

Conducted 10 day training camp for Mahatma Gandhi university Kho-Kho team(men)


8. Plans of institution for next year

_______***_______

Completion of Indoor Stadium

New Canteen Complex planned

Publication of Research Journal.

Organize conferences

One day training program for students

One day Academic Retreat

Construction of Community Radio Room and Conference Room


Annexure: 1

Summary of Activities

MONTH ACTIVITY

JUNE

One day Academic Audit and Planning was held on 4th

June, organized

by IQAC

Observed world environment day

International Day of Yoga on 21st June

Observed international day against drug abuse on June 26th

JULY

E-Waste collection program by NSS & NCC, from 23.07.2016 to

04.08.2016.

21. International Day against drug abuse

Organized Tree Plantation and College Cleaning

AUGUST

An awareness class on organic farming was conducted for the

members of „PullariKudumbasree‟ unit of Piravom Municipality

A cleanliness programme was organized by the NSS volunteers at

Govt. Ayurveda Hospital, Palachuvadu, Piravom.

1. Celebrated Independence Day

Department of English organized a lecture on creative writing.

Commerce Department conducted Biz – Quiz for +2 Students in

association with SBT Piravom on 18.08.2016

Anti-narcotics cell organized one day seminar on Drugs & Drug Abuse

on 18/08/2016.

Internal examination for second and third years

Patrons day celebrations

SEPTEMBER

Reminiscence, the annual news letter of BA association for the

academic year 2015-16 was released

Onam celebrations

2. Observed Teachers Day


Department of English organized a workshop on Editing Techniques in

Print Media.

Published Kazhcha, the community newspaper by English Department.

Internal examination

OCTOBER Observed Gandhi Jayandhi

Motivational and Training classes

NOVEMBER 3. Organized District Kho-Kho Championship

4. Blood Donation on 24-11-2016 by NCC

DECEMBER

1. World Disability Day 03-12-2016

In connection with the „Green Keralam‟ campaign programme, the NSS

volunteers planted saplings in the college premises in association with

Piravom Municipality

As part of the promotion of organic farming, a demonstration on

organic farming was conducted by NSS volunteers on 26th

December

Health survey was conducted in various wards of Piravom

Municipality

JANUARY

Conducted ten day training camp for MG University Kho-Kho Team

Department of English organized the 9th

literary and cultural fiesta

Montage’17 from January 11 to 13 in association with the reader‟s

forum of the college.

FEBRUARY

Department of English organized a UGC sponsored

Theatre Workshop

Published Kazhcha, the community newspaper by English Department.

Science and Technology in Rehabilitation-Seminar sponsored by Kerala

State Council for Science Technology and Environment

Organized Intercollegiate interzone Taekwondo Championship (Men &

Women)

Organized Intercollegiate interzone Kho-Kho Championship (Men &

Women)

Observed Women‟s Day

Social extension activity-Distributed LED bulb.


MARCH

Annual Sports and Games

Seminar on drug abuse was organized by the college Anti-narcotics cell

on 21.03.2017.

The college merit day was conducted on 09.03.2017

Annual farewell program arranged by the faculty members for the final

year pass out students on 09.03.17.

March 31 – College closes for summer vacation


Annexure: 2

Conferences/Seminars/Workshop Participation

Dr. Jeeva Jose:

PyCon 2016, held at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi during September,23- 25,

2016

Nimmol P John:

International level conference on “Technical Progress and the Diffusion of Innovations:

Classical and Schumpeterian Perspective” , M.G University on 01/03/2017.

National level symposia on Hands on Training Program on “Data Analytics, Mining &

Machine Learning using R “ Held at M.G University on27/03/2017 to 30/03/2017.

National level workshop on “Innovations in Cloud Computing Technology”, held at

SNGCE , Kadayirippu on 03/02/2017 to 05/02/2017.

Reji M. Issac:

“Effect of Cybernetic Communication in Electronic Circuits”, International Conference

on Recent Advances in "Electrical, Electronics and Communication Technology" (ECT -

2016) organized by Krishi Sanskriti Publications at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New

Delhi on 7 May 2016

Technical Committee member of 2016 International Conference on Robotics and

Machine Vision (ICRMV 2016), held on September 14-16, 2016 in Moscow, Russia.(

BEST WESTERN Vega Hotel & Convention Center, 71,bld.3V Izmailovskoe Ave.,

Moscow) http://www.icrmv.org/

Two day state level workshop on Internet of Things (IoT) during 25 – 26 August 2016 at

Official Event Centre, BPC College, Piravom organized by Indian Tech Group, Mumbai,

India.

Dr. Sushan P.K:

SS12 Project Competition & Maker Fair conducted by IEEE WIE 2017 at Kumaraguru

College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu on 26-09-2016 to 27-09-2016.

National Seminar on “Of Robots, Ray-Guns and Spaceships: Science Fiction and Fantasy

Literature” conducted at TM Jacob Memorial Government College Koothattukulam

organised by The Directorate of Collegiate Education Government of Kerala from 08-

12-2016 to 09-12-2016.


Workshop for Resource persons of the Scholar Support Programme in Government and

Aided Colleges organised by BPC College Piravom on 21-01-2017.

Shine P.S:

Attended a three day national seminar on Colonial modernity and Kerala Renaissance

organized by History Department of KKTM Government College,Kodungalloor in 2016

Attended a one-day state level academic seminar on Higher education in

Kerala:policies, perspectives and development concerns held on 24th

March 2017 in

Kottayam

National level five day workshop on Geneologies of feminist inquiry: Exploring the

politics of knowledge organized by IUCSSRE in MG University Kottayam from 16th

-

20th

August 2016

Manju Abraham:

Manju Abrham, Parvathy A.R. and Thomaskutty Mathew "Circularly Polarised

Microstrip Antenna with a Multi-Fractal Cantor Slot for UHF RFID Reader Applictions,"

in International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation(APSYM 2016), 2016, pp. 61-

63.

Parvathy A.R., Manju Abrham, and Thomaskutty Mathew "2x2 Printed cross slot array

for 5.8GHz ISM Band Applications," in International Symposium on Antennas and

Propagation(APSYM 2016), 2016, pp. 61-63.

Jibish Mathew, Manju Abraham, and Thomaskutty Mathew, “Triple Band Printed

Modified Bow-tie Antenna for RFID Reader/ISM Applications,” Procedia Comput. Sci.,

vol. 93, pp. 48–52, 2016.

Participated in the one day workshop on Restructuring of Curriculum and Syllabus of the

Postgraduate programme in Electronics held at STAS Edappally, conducted by Mahatma

Gandhi University, Kottayam

Participated in the one day workshop on Restructuring of Curriculum and Syllabus of the

Degree programme in Electronics held at STAS Edappally, conducted by Mahatma

Gandhi University, Kottayam

Shaju Varghese:

2nd

International Conference on Computing Paradigms organized by Don Bosco College

Guezou Nagar, Yelagiri Hills & Integrated Intelligent Research , Chennai, India


Jacob Abraham:

Presented a paper titled, “Novel Single Layer Proximity Fed Microstrip Patch Array

with Gap Coupled Resonators” at International Conference Titled, PIERS 2016, held at

Shanghai, CHINA, August 8- 11, 2016. Available at IEEE Explore (Digital Library)

with DOI: 10.1109/PIERS.2016.7735831

Attended a Capacity building residential workshop for coordinators of scholar support

programme in Government /Aided colleges on 26/10/2016 and 27/10/2016 held at

Loyola Extension Services, Loyola College of Social Sciences Sreekariyam,

Trivandrum.

Coordinated a one day cluster level workshop for resource persons handling class for

SSP involving teachers from 5 aided colleges

Sindhu Thomas:

State level one day Capacity Building Cluster Workshop for the mentors of Scholar

Support Programme held at BPC College Piravom on 21-1- 2017

Jeen Varghese:

Two days FDP on dsPIC with power Electronics using MATLAB organized by Pantech

in association with Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Rajagiri

School of Engineering & Technology, Kochi on 25th

and 26th

November 2016.

Attended Engineering Education & Research Seminar on 30th

September 2016

conducted by National Instruments India

Leeja Mathew:

Seminar on “Innovation and Technology”

Hands-on Training Program on “Data Analytics,Mining &Machine Learning using R”

Dr.Baby Paul:

IOT workshop conducted at BPC College (25/08/2016 – 26/08/2016)

Dr.Benjamin Varghese:

WWS Orientation at Loyola College Thiruvananthapuram .

State level IOT Work Shop at from 25/08/2016 to 26/08/2016


Radhika Raj:

Attended a state level one day Capacity Building Cluster Workshop for the mentors of

Scholar Support Programme held at BPC College Piravom on 21-1- 2017

Jaimol Mani:

Attended IDE-PRENEUR 2017 workshop At Viswajyothi college, Vazakulam,

Thodupuzha(entrepreneurship development programme)

Jeethy Sukumaran:

Attended a refresher program for SSP teachers in BPC College Piravom

Resmi K Lazer:

One day Capacity Building Cluster Workshop of SSP held on 21-01-2017

Dr.Tiji Zachariah:

Attended as Resource Person for National Seminar on “Healthy Life Style: Need of the

Hour”, Department of Physical Education, Government College, Munnar, 14-15

November 2016

Attended and Chaired National Seminar on Sports for All: Equality, Integrity and Social

Inclusion, School of Physical Education and Social Sciences, Kannur University, 14-16

March 2017

Attended Seminar on UGC Regulations 2010- CAS for Physical Education Teachers,

Baselios College, Kottayam, 10th

March 2017


Annexure: 3

University Board of Studies Members

Department of Electronics

1) Ms. Manju Abraham

2) Mr. Baby Paul

Department of Computer Application

3) Ms. Sheba K U

4) Ms. Nimmol P. John

Department of Business Administration

5) Mr. Suseel V Daniel

Department of Law

6) Mr. Regi Joseph

Department of Journalism

7) Shine P.S


Annexure: 4

UNIVERSITY TOPPERS

(Students in Top 25 Positions)

NAME CCPA GRADE UNIVERSITY RANK

B.Sc. ELECTRONICS

NAMITHA SUNIL 8.54 A 7

ABHIRAM P S 8.48 A 9

ARUN K SOMAN 7.78 B 24

B.A ENGLISH

AKSHARA R PRASAD 8.71 A 1

MOCHANA JOHN 8.49 A 3

SHYNO K JOY 8.32 A 4

SREELAKSHMI P 8.32 A 5

SARA STEPHEN 8.25 A 7

AMRITA DAS 8.22 A 8

SREELAKSHMI MANOHARAN 7.82 B 11

SREEKANTH S 7.77 B 12

FEMILA ELZA JOLY 7.74 B 13

ANAGHA P T 7.74 B 14

POOJA THULASAN 7.61 B 17

SWETHA KARTHIK 7.51 B 19

N GAYATRI VISWAN 7.41 B 20

B.C.A

ANJANA JIJI 9.54 A+ 1

LIYA LIZBATH K A 9.28 A+ 3

MIDHUNA K B 9.03 A+ 10

ANCY EALIAS 8.87 A 19

GANGA GANESH 8.83 A 22

M.Sc. COMPUTRE SCIENCE

MERIN ALIAS 3.49 B+ 1

ANU VARGHESE 3.38 B+ 5

TEENA TD 3.28 B+ 9


Annexure: 5

Minor Research Projects

COMPLETED (2016-17)

1. Dr. Jeeva Jose , Principal Investigator of the Minor Research Project titled "Mining Web Logs for

Better Websites" (2015) funded by UGC.

2. Jobin Abraham, Associate Professor, Principal Investigator of minor research project titled

‘Development of Data Protection Techniques for Digital Audio and Video Signals using

Watermarking’, Minor Research Project funded by University Grants Commission,

Government of India, via letter F. No. MRP(S)-351/12-13/KLMG066/UGC-SWRO dated 29

March 2013

3. Dr. Sushan P K , Principal Investigator of minor research project titled “Financial Management

of the Private Sector Banks in the State of Kerala” (2014-2016) funded by University Grants

Commission, New Delhi.


Annexure: 6

International Journal Publications

2016-17

Jobin Abraham, A DCT based Imperceptible Color Image Watermarking Scheme,

International Journal of Signal Processing, Image Processing and Pattern Recognition, pp

137-146,Vol.9 (7), 2016, ISSN:2005-4254

Jobin Abraham, An Imperceptible Spatial Domain Color Image Watermarking Scheme,

Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences, Elsevier ,

Accepted Dec 2016

Jobin Abraham, Invisible Image Watermarking on Selected Regions using DWT,

International Journal of Advanced Science And Technology, Jan.2017

Manju Abraham, UHF RFID dipole tag with modified multi-fractal cantor arms for

enhanced read range, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters., vol. 58, no. 5, pp.

1173–1175, May 2016.(Impact factor: 0.545)

Manju Abraham, A Broadband Miniaturized UHF RFID Dipole Tag Antenna with

Tapered Meandered Arms, Microwave and Optical Technology LettersVolume 59,

Issue 5, 1142–1145, May 2017.(Impact factor: 0.545)

Manju Abraham, SRR Loaded Compact UHF RFID Tag for Broadband Operation,

Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 70, 175–182, 2016.(Impact factor: 0.85)

Reji M Issac, Effect of Cybernetic Communication in Electronic Circuits, Journal of

Basic and Applied Engineering Research (JBAER), Volume 3, Issue 6, April-June 2016,

pp. 516-519, p-ISSN:2350-0077, e-ISSN:2350-0255,


Shaju Varghese, Clustering Based Model For Facility Location In Logistic Network

Using K-Means, International Journal of Scientific Inventions and Innovations, Volume

1 Issue 1, July 2016

Shaju Varghese, Facility Location For Logistic Network Design Using Alternate

Location Procedure and Minisum Location Allocation Method, International Journal of

Control Theory an Applications, Volume 9 issue 10 ( 2016)

Jacob Abraham, Novel Single Layer Proximity Fed Gap Coupled Microstrip Patch

Array For WLAN/WiMAX Applications In Portable Devices, ARPN Journal of

Engineering and Applied Sciences, ISSN 1819-6608, VOL. 11, NO. 17, September 2016,

10446 – 10453 ( Index 0.221)


Annexure: 7

Faculty Contributions and Achievements

Dr. Sushan P K

National Award

DG NCC Commendation Card (National Award, Ministry of Defense, Government of

India) for the year 2016

Resource Person at National Level

1. Resource Person at All India Trekking Expedition at JNV Kulamavu Idukki organised by

NCC Directorate Kerala and Lakshadweep, Trivandrum in the topic titled “Kerala God‟s

Own Country” on 15-10-2016.

Resource Person at State Level

1. Resource person at T M Jacob Memorial Government College Manimalakunnu

Koothattukulam, in the topic titled “NCC and Armed Forces” on 26-08-2016.

Jacob Abraham

Attended curriculum restructuring and syllabus revision committee meeting held on

02/03/2017 at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam.

Served as a member of Special Vigilance Squad for Monitoring University examinations in

Affliated colleges of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam.

Question Paper setter for Kannur University and Kerala University

Jobin Abraham

Question Paper setter kannur University and Kerala University

Member, Syllabus restructuring committee for Electronics 2017, M.G University.

Manju Abraham

Member of Board of Studies in Electronics at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam.

Jeeva Jose

Awarded PhD. In “Some Discovery of User and Search Engine Behavior from Web Logs”,

Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam


Resource Person at National Level

1. Three-Day Workshop on ” Python Programming” Organized by Department of

Computer Science and IT at Central University of Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir during

October 21-23, 2016.

2. Two Day Workshop on “Problem Solving with Python”, organized by Department of

Computer Science, Avinashilingam University for Women, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

during February 27-28, 2017.

Resource Person at State Level

1. Two-Day Workshop on “Programming and Problem Solving with Python”, organized by

Department of Computer Applications, St.Teresa‟s College, Ernakulam during June 17-

18, 2016.

2. Chief Guest for Course Inauguration and Resource Person for Three Day Short Term

Course on “Python Language and Raspberry Pi Programming”, organized by Department

of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Mar Athanasius College of Engineering,

Kothamangalam during July 14-16, 2016.

3. Chief Guest for Statistics and Computer Application Association Inauguration and

Resource Person for invited lecture on “Intellectual Property Issues in Cyberspace” at

K.E College, Mannanam on 26.08.2016.

4. Chief Guest for Computer Application Association Inauguration and Resource Person

for invited lecture on “Some Unethical Practices in WWW” at Rajagiri College of

Management and Applied Sciences, Rajagiri Valley, Kakkanad.

5. Resource person for the Two-Day Workshop on “Python Programming” organized by

Department of MCA, Sree Narayana Gurukulam College of Engineering, Kadayiruppu

during November 10-11, 2016.

6. Resource Person for the Add-on Diploma Course offered by Department of Electronics,

BPC College, Piravom during November 2016-March 2017.

7. Chief Guest for Computer Application Association Inauguration and Resource Person

for invited lecture on “Intellectual Property Rights Issues in Cyberspace” at

Ettumanoorappan College, Ettumanoor on 13.01.2017.

Books Published

1. “C Programming with Solved Problems” , Atlantic Publishers, 2016, New Delhi,

ISBN No: 978-81-269-2265-9

2. “Gaining Insight into User and Search Engine Behaviour by Analyzing Web Logs”,


2016, Anchor Academic Publishing, Hamburg, Germany. ISBN No: 978-3-96067-

087-2

3. “Customer Payment Trend Analysis based on Clustering for Predicting the Financial

Risk of Business Organizations”, 2016, Anchor Academic Publishing, Hamburg,

Germany, ISBN No: 978-3-96067-104-6

Served as Subject Expert in the panel for the selection of Assistant Professor for B.Voc

Software Development at St.Teresa‟s College, Ernakulam.

Member in the Board of Examiners of Question Paper Setters of University of Calicut.

Member in the Board of Examiners of Question Paper Setters of Sacred Heart College,

Thevara (Autonomous)

Member in the Board of Examiners of Question Paper Setters of University of Kerala.

Member in the Board of Examiners of Question Paper Setters of St. Treasas College,

Ernakulam (Autonomous)

Member in the Board of Examiners for conducting Practical Examination for MCA at

Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kalamassery (Autonomous)

Member in the Board of Examiners of Question Paper Setters of SB College,

Changanasserry (Autonomous).

Shaju Varghese

Member, Curriculum restructuring committee (2016-17), Computer application &

Science(UG), Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala

Member, Special Vigilance squad for University Examinations, M.G University, Kottayam

Shine P.S

Won first prize in a state-level essay competition for college teachers organized by

AKPCTA ( All Kerala Private College Teachers Association)

Convener of syllabus restructuring committee for Journalism in the syllabus revision 2017,

MG University Kottayam

Member, Board of Studies, Journalism , MG University

Dr. Benjamin Varghese


Syllabus Revision Committee MG University BSc & MSc Electronics Work Shop

Member of Syllabus Revision Committee Calicut University BSc & MSc Electronics

Subject Expert FIP selection MG University

Question Paper setter CUSAT, Kerala University

Subject Expert: ISP, SOE-CUSAT

Baby Paul

Awarded PhD. From CUSAT

Member Board of Studies – Mahatma Gandhi University

Member UG curriculum development committee (BSc. Electronics) - Mahatma Gandhi

University

Convener PG curriculum development committee(MSc. Electronics) - Mahatma Gandhi

University

Leeja Mathew

Member of question paper setter at Calicut University

Dr. Saji K S

Member, Syllabus restructuring committee for Journalism 2017, MG University.

Regi Joseph

Member, Board of Studies( Law), MG University.

Subject Expert (Law) FIP Selection, MG University.

Dr. Tiji Zachariah

Vice-President, Kerala Kho-Kho Association

President, Ernakulam District Taekwondo Association

Chief Selector, Kerala State Schools Kho-Kho Team

Executive committee member, Association of College Teachers in Physical Education,

M.G University, Kottayam

Committee member, M.G University Taekwondo and Kho-Kho Team

Convener, North Zone, M.G University Sports and Games Touraments

Chairman, Selection Committee, Ernakulam District Kho-Kho Association

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