AQAR REPORT 2014 – 2015

1. Kindly provide the details of the institution

Name of Institution: S.V.T. College of Home Science

(Autonomous),

S.N.D.T. Women’s University,

Mumbai – 400 049.

Year of Establishment of the Institution: 1959

Address Line 1: S.N.D.T. Women’s University, Sir

VithaldasVidyavihar,

Address Line 2: Juhu Campus, Santacruz (W),

City/Town: Mumbai

State: Maharashtra

Postal Code: 400 049

Email Address: svtcollegehomescience@yahoo.co.in

2. NAAC Accreditation/ Reaccreditation Details

Year of Accreditation/

Reaccreditation:

2014

Current Grade: A

CGPA: Institutional score 3.09

3. Institutional Status

Autonomous

4. Contact Person Details

Name of Head of

Institution:

Dr. JagmeetMadan, Principal

Contact Phone: 022 - 26602504

Email: dr.jagmeetmadan@gmail.com

Website URL: www.svt.edu.in

Name of IQAC Coordinator Dr. RekhaBattalwar

Email: svtcollegehomescience@yahoo.co.in

drrekhab12@gmail.com

SECTION I This section is related to institutional goals, vision and mission, academic programmes and activities, strategies and action plans for institutionbuilding.

5. Number of academic programmes existing ( Enter a number; 0 for nil)

Undergraduate (BA/B.Sc./B.Com etc.) BSc

Post Graduate (MA/M.Sc./M.Com etc.) 0

Research Programmes (M.Phil/P.hD) 0

Certificate Programmes 5

Professional Programmes (B.Tech/M.Tech/B.Ed/M.Ed/Medicine/Pharmacy/Paramedical/Nursing etc)

0

Other value added programmes 0

Any other programme offered (Specify) 1(PG dip) +1(P.G.Certificate)

6. Details on Programme Development ( Enter a number; 0 for nil)

New programmes added during the year

0

New programes designed 0

Programes under revision 7

Interdepartmental collaborative programmes

0

Inter institutional collaborative programmes

2

Number of review committee recommendations implemented (Total)

0

Number of NAAC peer team recommendations implemented

0

Number of UGC/any other expert committee recommendations implemented

0

Number of review committee recommendation under

0

implementation

Number of NAAC peer team recommendations under implementation

0

Number of UGC/ any other expert committee recommendations under implementation

0

7. Faculty Details ( Enter a number; 0 for nil)

Total faculty strength required as per norms for all programmes

40

Total faculty on rolls 28

Faculty added during the Year

0

Faculty positions vacant 14

Faculty left during the year 2

Total number of visiting Faculty

31

Total number of guest Faculty

52

8. Qualification of Faculty

PhD and Above 7

MPhil 4

Masters 15

Any other (Specify) 1( B Arch)

9. Faculty qualification improvement

PhD awarded to existing Faculty

--

MPhil awarded to existing Faculty

--

Any other degree awarded to existing faculty

--

10. Administrative Staff Details ( Enter a number; 0 for nil)

Administrative staff (total sanctioned)

14

Administrative staff (Actual strength)

12

Added during the year of Reporting

-

Left during the year 2

Number of posts vacant 3

11. Technical Support Staff Details ( Enter a number; 0 for nil)

Technical Support Staff (Total sanctioned strength)

18

Technical Support Staff (Actual strength)

10

Added during the year -

Left during the year 1

Number of posts vacant 8

SECTION IV

This section deals with Student Mentoring and Support System existing in the institution. This

includes student activities, mentoring, and opportunities for development and inclusive

practices.

27. Student Details and Support Mechanisms

1 The total intake of students

for various courses (Sanctioned)

400

RM -Degree : (FY)

ID Diploma : 36

(Certificate)

30 (Diploma)

TAD - Undergraduate-FY-

72

FN –

MCE - 25

2 Actual enrollment during the year F.Y. B.Sc. – 299

s.Y. B.Sc. – 207

T.Y. B.sc. - 187

RM - Degree : (FY)

ID Diploma : 36

(Certificate)

30 (Diploma)

TAD - Undergraduate-FY-

72

MCE - 25

3 Student dropout percentage during the year Comp. H.Sc. - Nil

MCE – 50%

4 Success percentage in the

final examination across the courses

Comp. H.Sc. - 10 pass

out of 12

TAD – 31

MCE – 100%

5 Number of academic distinctions in the final

examination and percentage

Comp. H.Sc. : O- %, A-

%

TAD- 2

6 Number of students who got admitted to

institutions of national importance

Comp. H.Sc. - Not

Available

RM- 1

MCE – 20%

7 Number of students admitted to institutions

Abroad

RM- 1

TAD- 0

8 Number of students qualified in UGC NET/

SET

TAD- 0

RM – 0

9 Number of students qualified GATE/ CAT/

other examination (Specify)

RM – 0

TAD- 0

AN DIET TAD ID HOSP DC ECCE SCM AVP COPO

No. of students appear for final exams

32 31 33 22 13 11 12 09 02 12

No . of students pass in the final examination across the courses

22 26 31 20 13 10 09 09 02 09

Number of academic distinctions in the final examination

-- 01 02 -- 01 01 -- -- -- --

28. Does student support mechanism exist for coaching for competitive examinations?

No

29. Student participation, if response is yes to Qn. 28

1 Number of students participated -

30. Does student counselling and guidance service exist ?

Yes

31. Student participation, if answer to Qn. 30 is yes

1 Number of students participated

32. Career Guidance

1 Number of career guidance

programmes organized

Comp.H.Sc. - 20th

March 2015

Resourcepersons:

Dr. Anshu Sharma

Ms. Jasmeet Anand

RM- Ar. Anchal Chopra (Practicing Architect & Interior Designer), Mrs. NavazKaranjia(Tourism and Hotel), Mrs. Sangeeta Nayampally (Alumni – Entrepreneur in Salon Industry and a former Air Hostess, Indian Airlines) Mrs. Sulakshana Mane (Faculty and Entrepreneur in Food industry) TAD - 2

Mr. Maroo, Ms. Dimpi

Shah

HD - Career Orientation

program was conducted

on 19th March 2015,

where the resource

persons invited were as

follows:

Dr.

ReetaSoonavat,

Dept of HD, Post

Graduate Dept of

Home Science

Ms.Mrinal Thakur &Ms.AditiGokarn, Instructional Designers at the Dept of Educational Technology

Mrs. Saba Narvel, Assistant Professor, Center of Special

Education

Ms. ShrustiBangera, ex-student, P.G. program, from NirmalaNiketan

Ms. Neeta Mehta, New

Horizons center

FN –1

MCE - 1

2 Percentage of students

participated in career

guidance programmes

Comp.H.Sc. - 100% of

the T.Y. students

attended this program

RM -. 95 %

TAD– 30

MCE – 100 %

33. Is there provision for campus placement?

Yes

34. If yes to Qn. 33

1 Number of students participated in campus

selection programmes

Comp.H.Sc. - Nil, as most of our

students prefer to go for

postgraduate studies

RM - 08 (Hotel)

TAD – 9

HD - Most of the students go for

post graduationprogramme.

FN - Nil, as most of our students

prefer to go for postgraduate

studies

MCE - 4

2 Number of students selected for placement during

the year

RM-08

TAD – 3 on campus

Internship absorption - appro.70%

MCE -2

35. Does gender sensitization program exist?

Yes

36. If Answer is Yes to Qn 35

1 Number of programmes

Organized

RM - 0

37. Student activities

1 Number of students participated in external

cultural events

127

TAD -1

2 Number of prizes won by students in external

cultural events

11

TAD- Ms. RiddhiBhagat was the

1stRunnerUp in the Fashion Category at ‘The

Educational Times Elevation Boutique’ on

16th May 2014.

3 Number of cultural events conducted by the

institute

5 (Club activity, Freshers Party,

Founder’s Day, Splash, Annual Day)

for the students

4 Number of students participated in

international sports and games events

MCE - 1 AnamikaGogate Ty D3

5 Number of students participated in national level

sports and games events

MCE -AnamikaGogate Ty D3- National Level

Badminton Championship in Nashik,

Maharashtra

6 Number of students participated in state level

sports and games events

MCE -AnamikaGogate Ty D3

State level Badminton Championship at

Surat, Gujrat

7 Number of students participated in university

level sports and games events

07 students were selected to play at

University level.

1, AnamikaGogate- Badminton

2. Drishti Shah - Chess

3.Prachi Shikhare - Chess

4. SharayuNadig - Basketball

5.Shradha Shinde - Kho kho

6.Krishna Raj - Cricket

7. Sneha Singh - Cricket MCE -AnamikaGogate Ty D3

Vollyball and Badminton Championship at

Nashik, Maharashtra and Surat, Gujrat

8 Number of prizes won by students in

international sports and games events

MCE -AnamikaGogate Ty D3- National Level

Badminton Championship in Nashik,

Maharashtra

9 Number of prizes won by students in national

level sports and games events

10 Number of prizes won by students in state level

sports and games events

MCE -State Level – came second in

Badminton

11 Number of prizes won by students in university

level sports and games events

2 teams secured 4th place in Senior

Inter collegiate competitions

organized by SNDT Women’s

University

Basket ball and Badminton – 4th

place in Intercollegiate sports

competitions

1 student won Bronze medal in

Taekwondo

Josephine John won Bronze medal in

Taekwondo in Senior Inter collegiate

competitions organized by SNDT

Women’s University MCE -Two prizes for 4th place in Badminton

One prize for 4th place in Basketball

12 Number of sports and games events conducted

by the institute for the students

02

Hosted and organized Senior Inter

collegiate competitions (Basket

ball, Boxing, Wrestling, Rope

mallkhamb, Taekwondo) on 16th&17th

Sep 2014

Sports Day on 3rd and 4th Dec 2014

TAD - 1

Ms. Pooja Visariya won the SilveMedai for

the 2nd Position in Throwball on 3rd Dec 2014

at the Annual Sports Day

MCE - 1 Sports Day

38. Composition of students

1 Percentage of Scheduled Caste 13%

2 Percentage of Scheduled Tribe 7%

3 Percentage of other backward communities 19%

4 Percentage of women Students 100%

5 Percentage of physically Challenged 1 student

6 Percentage of rural students 0%

7 Percentage of urban students 100%

39. Scholarships and Financial Support

1 Number of students availing financial support from the institution 1

2 Amount disbursed as financial support from the institution Rs.

14,320/-

3 Number of students awarded scholarship from the institution

4 Number of students received notable national/international

aheivements/recognition

40. Student initiatives

Student initiated the idea or conducted an activity on their own.

Number of community

upliftmentprogrammes initiated by students

Comp H.Sc. – Nil

RM-0

TAD - 1 ( through NSS)

Sari Blouse Stitching workshop for

Mangelawadiladies .

FN - 1 ( through NSS)

Health Check up of children and Nutritional

guidance for their mothers from the

community at Chinchani.

NSS - Guidance for the ‘Women’s safety

law’by the High court judge for the students

where community ladies also attended and

availed the guidance for their queries.

Number of literary programmes initiated

bystudents

RM-0

TAD – 0

NSS - One to one student and non teaching

staff for literacy.

Number of social action initiatives based on

science / environment initiated by students

RM-0

TAD – 0

NSS - Plantation & care of of ‘Tulsi’ ,

importance of ‘Tulsi’ by the students and for

the students.

Number of student research initiatives

RM-0

7.

SECTION V

This section surveys the Governance and Innovation at the institution related to quality

management. The educational management strategies adopted and in practice for achieving the

objectives are focussed.

41. Whether perspective plan for overall developmental activities is created?

Yes

42. If the answer for Qn. 41 is Yes, is the plan implemented and monitored?

Yes

No

No

43. Whether benchmarking is created for institutional quality management efforts?

Yes

No

44. If the answer to Question 43 is Yes, please list the benchmarking in various areas of

development in bullet format

45. Is a Management Information System (MIS) in place?

Yes

No

46. If answer to question 45 is Yes, please provide details of MIS applied to

1. Administrative procedures including finance

2. Student admission

3. Student records

4. Evaluation and examination procedures

5. Research and publication

6. Others

(enter the respective details corresponding to the serial numbers)

1. College Principal is the administrative head of the institution. College is

governed by Board of Management headed by Vice Chancellor of SNDT

Women’s University. College is an autonomous and conducted college of

SNDT Women’s University under Government of Maharashtra. The

College also seeks funding from various schemes of University Grants

Commission. The College has statutory bodies like Finance Board,

Academic Council, and Board of Studies.

2. Student admissions are online and based on merit.

3. Student records are maintained online as well as in print.

4. As College is an autonomous institution, it has an Examination

Department of its own which conducts all the examinations. The College

has guidelines for examination system which are in tune with the SNDT

Women’s University guidelines. GPA is given to the students in the final

year examination.

5. IQAC Committee facilitates the research and publication of faculty.

47. Existence of learning resource management

Yes No

Edatabase in library

ICT and smartclass room

Elearning sources (eBooks, eJournals)

Production of teaching Modules

Interactive learning facilities

48. Internal resource mobilization : Kindly provide the amount contributed

Research Funding received from TANITA Health Project

[Rs. 80,000]

Consultancy and training Funding received from Urban Nutrition Study [Rs.

3,74,220]

Student contribution

Alumni contribution SVT Alumni Association Fund [Rs. 2,08,658]

Wellwishers Donation from Tetra-Pak [Rs. 10,000]

Donation for University gold medal [Rs. 3,00,000]

49. Infrastructure and welfare spending: Please specify the amount

Amount spent for Infrastructure development Rs. 5,40,189

Amount spent for student welfare Rs. 38,703

Amount spent for staff welfare Rs. 47,000

50. Is delegation of authority practiced

Yes

No

51. Does grievance redressal cell exist ?

Yes No

Faculty

Students

Staff

52. Grievances received from faculty and resolved( Enter a number; 0 for nil)

Number of grievances received 0 *

Number of grievances resolved 0 *

53. Number of grievances received from students and resolved (Enter a number; 0 for nil)

Number of grievances received 6

Number of grievances resolved 6

54. Number of grievances received from other staff members and resolved ( Enter a number;

0 for nil)

Number of grievances resolved 0 *

Number of grievances resolved 0 *

* The grievances of faculty and non-teaching staff are addressed by the Standing Committee of

the SNDT Women’s University as the institute is a conducted college of the University.

55. Has the institution conducted any SWOT analysis during the year

Yes

No

56. The SWOT analysis was done by internal or by external agency

Internal

External

57. Kindly provide three identified strengths from SWOT Analysis (in bullet format)

1. Academic autonomy.Freedom to change the curriculum as required.

2. Improved infrastructure.

3. Strong leadership.

4. Regular workshops and training programs conducted.

5. The technology savvy environment.

58. Kindly provide three identified weaknesses from the SWOT analysis (in bullet format)

1. Single faculty; college in composite building of the University.

2. Faces space constraints.

3. Infrastructure in need of up gradation.

4. Inadequacy of strong technical support staff.

5. Inadequate security of staff and students.

59. Kindly provide two opportunities identified from the SWOT analysis (in bullet format)

1. Starting an integrated post-graduate degree programme in addition to those

offered by the University PG Departments.

2. Increased involvement of faculty in conducting research; e.g. Ph. D., major /

minor research projects.

3. Chance to coordinate with media industry due to the location of the College.

4. Freedom to begin a self-financing course in popular areas.

60. Kindly provide two identified challenges/threats from SWOT analysis (in bullet format)

1. Many specializations of Faculty of Home Science are being offered by other

educational institutions as full time specialized courses. This may affect

student enrolment.

2. Consistent need towards technological obsolescence and upgrading

technology may pose challenge.

3. The quality of students is going down every year.

4. Home Science as a nomenclature has little place in today’s professional world.

61. Identify any significant progress made by the institution towards acheving the goals and

objectives during the year (list below in bullet format)

1. Work on introducing B. Sc. (Honours) programme in seven specializations under

Faculty of Home Science from academic year 2016-17 with choice-based credit

system.

2. Use of ICT in teaching-learning process is on the increase. A number of faculty

are using interactive boards and other gadgets for the teaching.

3. Increased number of faculty is engaging in research, undertaking consultancies,

and having collaborations with corporations, NGOs, educational institutions with

an effort to reach out to community at large and other stakeholders of the

institution.

4. Better enrollment.

5. Better co curricular activities.

62. How do you perceive the role of NAAC in the quality development of your institution?

(Suggestions in bullet format to be given below)

1. NAAC reaccreditation (third cycle) carries a weightage and ‘A’ grade

symbolizes the concerned effort of the institution towards academic

excellence.

2. Funding from UGC and other sources will get facilitated to the

institution with NAAC reaccreditation (third cycle), autonomous status

for last eighteen years, and College With Potential for Excellence (2006-

2012).

3. The NAAC reaccreditation is an effective tool to introspect and set goals

and march towards academic excellence and quality.

4. Systematic recording and maintenance of vital information.

5. Understanding ways of improving the teaching learning process.

8.

CONCLUDING REMARKS

This exercise is intended to make a self analysis of the quality development of the institution

during the year. The perspective plan and implementation for every year is to be documented

and analysed to get a cumulative index for the period of accreditation andreaccreditation. Any

substantial changes / initiative in this direction is to be separately listed. The best practices in

various areas can be listedas a separate annexure. The data will be used to create a quality

profile based on the total score index arrived at and this would help to mapthe institutions'

strengths and areas of improvement.

NAAC will provide feedback and a quality profile based on analysis of your inputs if you desire

so.

Thank you for your participation.