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Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) (2016- 17)

Aligarh Muslim University

NAAC Track ID: UPUNGN11257

Submitted to:

Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) Aligarh Muslim University

Aligarh

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CONTENTS

Page N0.

AQAR Report (2016-17)

Part A 1-6

Part B

Criterion I: Curricular Aspects 7-8

Criterion II: Teaching, Learning and Evaluation 9-13 Criterion III: Research, Consultancy and Extension 14-23 Criterion IV: Infrastructure and Learning Resources 24-26 Criterion V: Student Support and Progression 27-31 Criterion VI: Governance, Leadership and Management 32-42 Criterion VII: Innovations and Best Practices 43-47

Annexes:

Annexure-1 48-48

Annexure-2 49-61

Annexure-3 62-68

Annexure-4 69-95

Annexure-5 96-96

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The Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of the IQAC Part – A

AQAR for the year

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 OR

1.4 NAAC Executive Committee No. & Date:

1.5 Website address:

Web-link of the IQAC:

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Vice Chancellor- 9837044594 IQAC-Director - 9760987076

www.amu.ac.in Aligarh Muslim University Administrative Block University Road Aligarh Uttar Pradesh 202002

vcamu@amu.ac.in coordinatoriqac@amu.ac.in

Prof. Tariq Mansoor (Vice Chancellor)

9837044594

+91-571-2700994, 2702167

coordinatoriqac@amu.ac.in

http://www.amu.ac.in/iqac.jsp

Prof. M. Rizwan Khan

9760987076

EC(SC) /05/A&A/097 Date: 03.03.2015

UPUNGN11257

(July 2016-June 17)

(2016-2017)

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1.6 Accreditation Details:

Sl. No. Cycle Grade CGPA Year of Accreditation

Validity Period

1 1st Cycle A 3.35 2015 02.03.2020

2 2nd Cycle - - - -

3 3rd Cycle - - - -

4 4th Cycle - - - -

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.

(AQAR 2015-16 submitted to NAAC on 19-04-2017)

1.9 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

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10.10.2014

- - -

-

-

- -

-

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1.10 Type of Faculty/Programme

Arts Science Commerce Law PEI (Phys Edu)

TEI (Edu)

Engineering

Health Science

Management

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

3 Faculty of Agriculture Science, Faculty of International Studies, Faculty of Life Science,

Faculty of Theology, Faculty of Unani Medicine Faculty of Social Science

- -

-

- -

Central Govt.

DST-PURSE UGC-CAS DBT-Builder

-

Not Applicable

Central University

Institution of National Importance (As per the 7th Schedule, Article 246, List I – Union List, Constitution of

India, 63) (http://www.constitution.org/cons/india/shed07.htm)

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2. IQAC Composition and Activities: (Please see Annexure-1)

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

2.10 No. of IQAC meetings held

2.11 No. of meetings with various stakeholder No. Faculty

Non-Teaching Staff Students Alumni Employers

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

4

30 01 01 03 01 01 10 08

01 05

5 Lacs.

36 17

02

09 02 04

04

➢ Interactive Sessions on Academic publications and Citations.

➢ Ensuring Quality and Relevance in Teaching of Literature in the Postcolonial Paradigm.

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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 *

Plan of Action Achievements

IQAC recommended the following plan of action:

1. Data processing and maintenance of Human Resource: Teachers, Students, Non-Teaching Staff.

Completed & continuously updated.

2. Data processing and maintenance of Records relating to Teacher’s Publications, Projects, Students activities and others like exams and admission etc.

Updated.

3. Improving perception of the University. In Progress.

4. Enforcement of Committees in the Departments. Completed.

5. Building Research atmosphere. In progress.

6. Implementing Consultancy Rules Done, New Rules framed.

7. Improving upon Placement. In progress.

8. Promotion of student’s extra-curricular and co- curricular activities.

In place. Further improvement being done.

Feedback from Teachers, Students, Alumni and Employers.

Providing guidelines to departments, faculties and colleges & other Admin. Offices.

Support to offices for Best Practices.

Initiating Best Practices and Innovations.

Constitution of Committees for achieving the objectives of IQAC.

Actively participated in the International Ranking process (Times Higher Education) and BRICS (2016-17).

Actively participated in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2016.

Facilitating Placement of Students.

Actively participated in the India Today for University Ranking 2017.

Maintaining and upgrading data/ information Number of Students in the University.

Maintaining and upgrading data/ information Number of Teaching staff in the University.

Maintaining and upgrading data/ information Number of Non-Teaching staff in the University.

Sensitizing the campus on ‘Swachh Bharat”.

Sensitizing the campus on ‘Save Energy & Water”.

Sensitizing the campus on ‘Green Campus”.

Sensitizing the campus on Innovation/ Ideas/ Hackathon.

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9. Initiating Innovations and Best Practices in teaching and learning.

Learning Management System (LMS) / E- learning techniques are being

practiced.

Being utilized for quality teaching, training, research, extension services, on line interactions with the eminent scholars and experts of different fields being increased.

10. Improving Classrooms and establishing Smart classrooms.

Significant improvement.

11. Making Green initiatives and Awareness

Programs.

Signboard Initiatives Undertaken: Campus

Cleanliness, Save Power, Save Water, No Smoking in Campus etc.

12. Extension and Outreach Programs.

Adoption of Five (5) Villages &

other activities continuously done.

13. Introduction of CBCS. Implemented.

14 Appointment of Adjunct Faculty. 12 Adjunct Faculties updated.

* Attach the Academic Calendar of the year as Annexure. (ANNEXURE 2) attached

2.16 Whether the AQAR was placed in statutory body Yes No

Management Syndicate Any other body

Provide the details of the action taken

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Vice-Chancellor approved AQAR on behalf of Academic Council under Section 19(3) vide No: 9303/VC dated 22/11/2017.

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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 68

44

PG 78

UG 63

PG Diploma 37 02

Advanced

Diploma 47

Diploma

Certificate 34 04

Others

Total 319 02 04

Interdisciplinary 1.Biotechnology 2.Nanotechnology 3.Industrial Chemistry

4.Center for Quranic Studies.

5. Brain Research Center.

6.Language of Advertising Media &

Market.

7.Women’s Studies Innovative

(Annexure-3) attached for Number of Courses

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

➢ CBCS implemented with Core, Electives and Open courses as per UGC norms.

➢ Teacher’s autonomy to design electives and Tests/

Assessments.

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(ii) Pattern of programmes:

1.3 Feedback from stakeholders* Alumni Parents Employers

Students

Mode of feedback : Online Manual Co-operating schools (for PEI) *Please provide an analysis of the feedback in the Annexure (Annexure-4)

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

CBCS introduced in the University in 2015.

Major changes in the Syllabi/ curriculum.

Core courses were designed/ revised.

Electives and open Electives based Syllabi were made afresh and introduced.

Minor changes are made almost every semester/ year.

Above mentioned newly designed courses and revisions in the existing in mind the recent advancement in the discipline and also the appropriateness in terms of industry requirements, job markets and corporate world.

The provision of Mid semester with 40 marks provides an opportunity to engage students in project works, Surveys, presentations etc developing employability skills, soft skills and life skills and communication skill.

Courses/ Syllabi are revised/ changed as per the recommendations of the Regulatory bodies like UGC, AICTE, BCI, MCI, CCIM, DCI, VOA and others.

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

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Pattern Number of programmes

Semester 181

Trimester

-

Annual 84

1. Post PG Diploma in Counselling and Health Management.

2. Post PG Diploma in Human Resource Development and Management.

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Criterion – II

2. Teaching, Learning and Evaluation

2.1 Total No. of permanent faculty:

Total Asst. Professors Associate Professors Professors Others

1322 493 286 543

2.2 No. of permanent faculty with PhD:

Note: PhD is not a requirement/ essential qualification in our big faculties like Medicine and Unani Medicine due to MCI & CCIM norms.

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:

Guest Faculty Visiting Faculty Temporary Faculty

9 493

286

543

1322 Asst. Professor

Associate Professor Professor

Total Total No. of Permanent Faculty

Asst. Professors Associate Professors

Professors Others Total

R V R V R V R V R V

94 16 42 06 23 07 - - 159 29

75 16 123 846

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2.5 Faculty participation in conferences and symposia:

No. of

Faculty International level National level State level Attended

Seminars/

Workshops

333 1086 51

Presented

papers 318 710 28

Resource

Persons 41 276 39

10 333

1086 51

International level

National level State level

Attended Seminars/ Workshops

318 710

28 International

level

National level State level

Papers Presented

41

276 39

International level National level State level

Resource Persons

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

➢ Use of modern ICT tools and techniques

➢ Smart Class rooms.

➢ Use of Power point in the teaching of Arts and Architecture.

➢ Maps for Political history.

➢ Graphs for economic history.

➢ Group Discussions.

➢ Assignment and tutorials Term papers.

➢ Oral and Audio-visual presentations.

➢ Seminar presentations.

➢ Morning seminar presentation in Faculty of Medicine, also uploaded a day before on Google group “amuiopgclub”.

➢ Visualizer is being used to teach in smart class rooms.

➢ Use of interactive Panel.

➢ Live operative procedure (Open & Laparoscopic), Endoscopy.

➢ Oral lectures and case demonstration.

➢ Visual Aids: White Board, The Bulletin Board, LCD Projectors , Representations Charts, Sketches and hand-outs etc.

➢ Audio-Visual Aids: Video Lectures, Overhead Projectors.

➢ Demonstration/ Practical Training.

➢ Record Book Preparation, Herbarium files.

➢ Field visits, pharmaceutical industry visits.

➢ Bed side teaching, O.T. training, OPD training.

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, and Online Multiple Choice Questions)

(a) All entrance examination question papers made objective (except one part in Ph.D.) to ensure objectivity in screening and OMR evaluation.

(b) Carbonless OMR copy along with question booklet carried by students after entrance examination.

(c) Submission of online admission forms for majority of courses.

(d) Moderation of question papers by external examiner.

(e) Bar coding used in the entrance examinations OMR sheets.

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:

11 225

81.5 %

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2.11 Course/Programme wise distribution of pass percentage:

Title of the Programme

Total no. of students appeared

Division

Distinction % I % II % III % Pass %

UG 3358 1.19 60.60 22.90 1.54 85.13

PG 1243 01 93.7 1.2 - 94.9

PG Diploma 170

-

52.35 9.41 1.17 91.18

Advanced Diploma

04

-

100 -

-

100

Diploma 738

-

59.21 11.11

-

77.91

Certificate 72

-

90.27 4.16

-

94.44

Others _ - - -

-

-

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

Regular feedback is collected from faculty and students.

Meetings have been organized to discuss different ways of improving academic standards and relevance of programs offered at the University.

The IQAC has been working on mechanisms to make the existing system more relevant, objective and transparent.

The resolutions of IQAC are notified by the University Officials for action/

implementation.

Identifies the new methods of teaching adopted by the faculty and shares the same among the faculty.

Conducts workshops on the teaching-learning process.

2.13 Initiatives undertaken towards faculty development:

Faculty / Staff Development Programs Number of faculty benefitted

Refresher courses 279

UGC – Faculty Improvement programs 641

HRD programs 1706

Orientation programs 194

Faculty exchange programs 200

Staff training conducted by the university 67

Staff training conducted by other institutions 36

Summer / Winter schools, Workshops, etc. 111

Others 161

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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

319 - 07 266

Technical Staff

3746 490 336 1226

Total

4065 490 343 1492

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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 16 40 31 64

Outlay in Rs. 3,46,89000.00 22,76,60,913.00 21,24,57,229.00 _

3.3 Details regarding minor projects:

Completed Ongoing Sanctioned Submitted

Number 02 10 08 16

Outlay in Rs. 5,36000.00 26,10,146.00 23,69,500.00 _

3.4 Details on research publications :

International National Others

Peer Review Journals 1168 355 05

Non-Peer Review Journals 50 96 07

e-Journals 60 34 -

Conference proceedings 328 137 02

3.5 Details on Impact factor of publications:

Range Average h-index Nos. in SCOPUS

14 0-9

Organizes seminars/workshops on research related concepts.

Special Funding in consultation with the Finance office.

Ensuring better publications, Citation, etc.

Ensuring Best Research awards/ Best Teachers awards.

Data processing of publications.

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

S.NO NATURE OF PROJECT

NAME OF THE FUNDING AGENCIES

DATE OF START DATE OF COMPLETION

TOTAL SANCTION

AMOUNT RECEIVED (Amount in

lacs)

1 CARAT DHI 26.12.2016 25.12.2019 299.00

2 PMMMNMTT MHRD 01.04.2016 ---- 210.00

3 DRS-II BOTANY UGC 01.04.2017 31.03.2021 78.14

4 DRS-I D/O STATISTICS & OR UGC 01.04.2016 31.03.2021 6.90

5 ICAR GRANT ICAR 01.04.2016 31.03.2017 103.53

6 ICAR GRANT STRENGTHENING &

DEVELOPMENT ICAR 01.04.2016 31.03.2017 2.16

7 DRS-II GEOLOGY UGC 01.04.2016 31.03.2021 0.03

8 DRS-II APPLID PHYSICS UGC 27.07.2016 26.07.2021 5.90

9 DRS-II GEOLOGY UGC 01.04.2016 31.03.2021 13.50

10 INST. PERSIAN RESEARCH (IPR) EXETER 01.11.2015 30.06.2016 5.03

11 SYED TARIQ MURTAZA D/O PHYSICAL

EDU MOYAS 30.09.2016 29.09.2019 14.00

12 NAZEER AHMAD D/O PHYSICS SERB 27.02.2017 26.02.2020 2.76

13 N.S.S. (NORMAL ACTIVITIES) U.P GOVT 01.04.2016 31.03.2017 4.50

14 N.S.S(SPECIAL ACTIVITIES) U.P GOVT 01.04.2016 31.03.2017 4.05

15 TPCE &CFC U.P GOVT 01.04.2016 31.03.2017 7.00

16 HASAN IRTIZA D/O CIVIL ENGG MNRE 28.09.2016 27.09.2018 16.08

17 SYED SIKANDER Z ASHRAF D/O APPLIED

PHYSICS UGC 01.07.2015 30.06.2018 6.30

18 NIYAZ AHMAD MIR D/O CHEMISTRY SERB 20.02.2017 27.05.2017 3.20

19 YAQOOB YASIN D/O MECHANICAL

ENGG SERB 14.03.2016 13.03.2019 17.56

20 PROF. MOHD OWAIS D/O IB UNIT DBT 01.04.2016 31.03.2019 7.50

21 SHARADHA RATHI D/O DENTAL

COLLEGE ICMR 01.04.2016 31.03.2019 6.11

22 BLOOD BAG JNMCH NHM 01.04.2016 31.03.2017 21.67

23 AMEER AZAM D/O APPLIED PHYSICS SIPL 27.02.2017 26.02.2020 5.00

24 ASFIA SULTAN D/O MICROBIOLOGY SERB 01.04.2016 31.03.2019 18.63

25 TAUHEED AHMAD D/O PHYSICS DST 05.01.2017 04.01.2019 18.49

26 HIV PATIENT NHM 01.04.2016 31.03.2017 9.83

27 COMMUNITY COLLEGE DR. ANIS AFZAL UGC 01.04.2016 31.03.2017 7.83

28 YUSUF UZZAMAN KHAN D/O ELECTRICAL ENGG

IIT

KANPUR 01.04.2016 31.03.2017 5.44

29 M. SAJJAD ATHAR & SRI KRISHANA

SINGH D/O PHYSICS SERB 22.03.2017 21.03.2020 8.68

30 BHANU PRAKASH SINGH D/O PHYSICS SERB 09.03.2017 08.03.2020 2.00

31 DEPTT. OF MOALIJAT RAV 01.04.2017 31.03.2018 7.00

32 DEPTT. OF ILMUL ADVIA RAV 01.04.2017 31.03.2018 7.00

33 JAMAL A KHAN D/O WILD LIFE MEFCC 10.05.2016 09.05.2019 18.11

34 PROF. ALTAF AHMAD D/O DBT 18.07.2016 17.07.2017 38.60

35 JAY PRAKASH D/O PHYSICS DST 22.06.2012 01.03.2017 7.00

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3.7 No. of books published: 92

i) With ISBN No. Chapters in

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

(Not Applicable)

INSPIRE CE Any Other (specify)

3.10 Revenue generated through consultancy in Lakhs:

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36 MANJARI SHARMA D/O PHYSICS DST 12.09.2016 13.09.2019 8.61

37 DR. MANAZIR ALI D/O PAEDIATRICS UNICEF 01.04.2016 31.03.2017 15.87 38 MEDICAL PROG. D/I ILAJ BIT TADBEER CCRUM 01.04.2016 31.03.2017 14.00

39 MEDICAL EDU PROG. D/O SAIDLA CCRUM 01.04.2016 31.03.2017 6.04

40 DR. M. OWAIS D/O BIOTECHNOLOGY DBT 01.04.2013 31.03.2018 9.00

41 SHAHPER NAZIR D/O IB UNIT SERB 01.04.2016 31.03.2019 6.66

42 SYED MOHD YAHYA D/O MECHANICAL

ENGG SERB 06.03.2017 05.03.2020 14.70

43 FIST PROG. D/O APPLIED PHYSICS DST 25.05.2016 24.05.2021 33.00

44 EQUIPMENT PERIPHIRAL NHM 01.04.2016 31.03.2019 300.00

45 PAED. CARD. NHM 01.04.2016 31.03.2019 750.00

46 DRS-III BIOCHEMISTRY UGC 01.04.2016 31.03.2021 57.40

47 FARMAN ALI D/O APPLIED CHEMISTRY DST 11.12.2015 02.10.2017 0.00

48 FIST PROG. D/O BIOCHEMISTRY DST 30.05.2016 29.05.2017 81.50

49 GREEN CAMPUS D/O ELECTRICITY MNRE 06.07.2015 31.03.2018 2.41

50 FIST PROGRAMME D/O CHEMISTRY DST 06.06.2012 05.06.2017 15.00

TOTAL: 2302.71

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3.11 No. of conferences Organized by the Institution:

Level International National State University College

Number 11 44 04 07 04

Sponsoring agencies

ICSSR, New Delhi

DST

BRNS

INSA

NBHM

SERB

AMU

SAP (DRS-1)

CIIL, Mysore

British High Commission Sahitya Academy

Ministry of AYUSH

CWS, AMU

CME for Medical Officer

CME for Teachers

ICSSR/ UGC

Blood Bank AMU

DBT, New Delhi

Tata Institute, Mumbai

National Fair Seminar on Husain.

CSR, Hyderabad

National Mission for Manuscripts, New Delhi.

UGC

Dainik Jagran Group

ADGS

SPSS (South Asia)

TEQIP-11

UNIC-UN

UGC, AMU

Moot Court Competition

UGC

AMU

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

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:

No funding agency From Management of University/College Total:

17 120

279

01

18

305

02 17

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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:

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

18 40

131 68

JRF SRF

Project Fellowship Number of Research Scholars.

Total International National State University Dist College 67 13 40 06 04 - 06

322

40 131 68 -

700 2117

Type of Patent Number

National Applied 08

Granted 03

International Applied -

Granted 01

Commercialised Applied -

Granted -

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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:

University level State level National level International level

3.23 No. of Awards won in NSS:

University level State level National level International level

3.24 No. of Awards won in NCC:

University level State level National level International level

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 in 2016-17.

(NSS):

Generating mass awareness on cleanliness and hygiene amongst Volunteers and Prog.

Officers holding regular ‘Sensitization programmes’ on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan so as to motivate them to contribute to this campaign in a proactive manner.

Activities under ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ as a key component of all the community work were done by NSS volunteers of the college.

Students and Program officers regularly participate in the special cleanliness drive in the college campus on continuing basis.

Events such as poster and slogans competitions, essay writing, poetry writing/ reciting, speeches, skills on ‘Swachh Bharat’ were be organized.

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Rallies on themes connected with’Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ in and around the college campus are conducted to create mass awareness on such issues.

Eminent people were invited to address Volunteers and Program officers on issues connected with ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’.

➢ Development of the personality of students through community services.

➢ To bridge gap between educated and uneducated mass.

➢ To enhance his/ her knowledge to hi m s el f / herself and the community.

Following are the activities conducted by NSS in Session (2016-17).

Swachta Pakhwara

Tiranga Yatra

Gandhi Jayanti & Blood Donation Camp

Sadbhavna Rally

Constitution day

Voter Awareness Day

World AIDS Day

World Handicap Day NCC:

Cadets of NCC, AMU, actively participate in various social activities like:

Voters day pledge

Cashless programme,

Blood donation

D/O. SAIDLA (Unani Medicine):

Department of Saidla has successfully organized a Six - day Continuing Medical Education (CME) programme for Teachers of Saidla discipline of Unani Medicine from 24 to 29 November 2016.

The Department is organizing a monthly lecture and discussion series on various topics under the aegis of Ajmal Ilmi Majlis.

The Department has provided logistic and strategic support for the different programs organized by HRDC, A.M.U. such as refresher courses and reorientation programs and also provides space to CCRUM for organizing series of Lectures.

The Research Scholars of various departments get benefitted by the research facilities in terms of equipments available in the Department of Saidla.

Center For Quranic Studies:

A two –day workshop on “Personality Development in the light of Quran & Hadith”.

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D/O Social Work:

Cancer awareness drives,

Skill development programmes in collaboration with TATA strive,

Remedial education classes,

Activities under Swachch Bharat Abhiyan/ Unnat Bharat Abhiyan/ Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat in adopted villages and urban slums,

One Week winter Rural camp in AMU adopted Villages etc.

Few more activities done by Social Work department:

Slogan Writing Competition on the theme ‘Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat’

Group Song (Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat).

Essay Writing Competition of ‘Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat’.

Raised Slogans and displayed cards on Unity is Strength.

Celebration of 70

th

year Independence under the banner of Azadi 70

th

Yaad Karo Kurbani.

Special Tree Plantation Drive.

World Forest Day etc has been celebrated by keeping in view Ek Bharat Shrestha Abhiyan.

D/O Tahaffuzi Wa Samaji TIB.

World TB day.

World Health Day.

World Malaria Day.

World Immunization week.

World Hepatitis Day.

World No Tobacco Day Release Book and extension Lecturer on World AIDA Day.

D/O Obst. & Gynaecology (JNMC):

Slogan writing competition on the occasion of World’s AIDS Day on 01 December, 2016.

Candle March on International Women’s Day on 8

th

March 2017.

Community College:

One Week workshop on Programming & Operation of CNC Vertical Machining Centre, 20-25, Feb, 2016.

Two Day workshop on Revolutionary 3d Object Printing on 19-20, Nov.2016.

Health Camp, Harduaganj under Corporate Social Responsibility.( 29

th

April.2017)

Collaborative Public Health Activities with District Hospital, Aligarh.

Routine Outreach activities at Rural Health Training Centre:

Family Planning Awareness Activities

School Health Programme

Vital collection

Dental Camps

Health Education regarding various Health problems

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Important Health Days/ Weeks Observed at Rural Health Training Centre:

07

th

April, 2016- World Health Day- ‘Beat the Diabetes’

31

st

May, 2016- World No-Tobacco Day

1

st

- 07

th

August, 2016- World Breast Feeding day

15

th

October, 2016–Hand Washing Day

1

st

December, 2016 – World AIDS Day

08

th

March, 2017– International Women’s Day

24

th

March, 2017- World Tuberculosis Day

31

st

May, 2017- World No Tobacco Day

Special Camp at Schools for Dental Hygiene organized by Dr. Z.A. Dental College:

04

th

February, 2017- World Cancer Day

08

th

March, 2017– International Women’s Day

24

th

March, 2017- World Tuberculosis Day

31

st

May, 2017- World No Tobacco Day D/O Cardiothoracic Surgery:

Screening for congenital Heart disease of department of pediatric JNMCH, AMU, Aligarh

Cardiac evaluation program held at Jalali Aligarh on 21 May, 2017.

Cardiac evaluation program held at Jalali, Aligarh.

Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Diabetes & Endocrinology.:

Centre organized Diabetic Education Camp on 14.11.2016 in which more than 350 patients were registered; they were provided free investigation/drugs by the Centre.

On the eve of Sir Syed Day (17.10.2016) a Camp was organized by the Centre in which more than 300 patients were registered; they were provided free

investigation/drugs by the Centre.

On World Thyroid Day (25.05.2016) Centre organize Thyroid Camp in which Free Thyroid Investigation were provided to the patients suffering from Thyroid Disorders.

Pre-Ramadan Counselling of Diabetic Patients at the Centre in 2016.

Centre for Continuing and Adult Education and Extension:

Date Activity/Programmes

19.07.2016 Counselling for Computer course took place at 10:30 a.m at the Centre, then after interview was held.

08.09.2016 International Literacy Day was celebrated at the Centre.

29.09.2016 A lecture was delivered by Dr. Masood, Secretary U.P Rabita Committee, on “Health and Happiness”

30.09.2016 Interaction with learners by Home Science students regarding preventing Dengu and other diseases.

08.10.2016 Field visit of Food Craft institute took place at village Panjipur.

07.11.2016 Dress Designing course started for six month.

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Field Outreach Work Carried Out:

Conducting Short-term courses; Skill development, awareness Campaigns.

Organizing Awareness Campaigns.

Organization of National/ International days.

Running of CECs at Community level.

Setting up of Libraries at CECs.

Formation of Self Help Groups (SHGs)

Conducting Training Programmes.

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08.11.2016 Field visit of Home Science students took place at Jarothi village. Students played Natak and through Nukkad Natak they tried to give massage to the villagers for Economics Empowerment as well as social justice for all.

28.01.2017 One Day workshop on (SEBI) Securities and Exchange Board of India.

25.01.2017 National Voters Pledge Day was observed

26.01.2017 Republic Day was celebrated at the courtyard of the Centre

06.02.2017 Flower Making course started for one month.

15.02.2017 Skin & Hair Care course started for one month

08.03.2017 International Women’s Day was celebrate at the Centre.

16.03.2017 Mehndi Application course started for 15 days

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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

Aligarh-1155 (acres) Mallapuram-340 (acres) Murshidabad-288 (acres) Kishanganj – 224 (acres)

9.8 (acres) In Aligarh Campus

AMU,UGC 2016.8

(acres)

Class rooms 1109 36 AMU,TEQIP- 11,

AMU, UGC 1145

Laboratories 425 03 UGC 428

Seminar Halls 32 02 CPC, ICAR 34

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

456 334

Development Grant, UGC,

MAEF

790 Value of the equipment

purchased during the year (Rs. In Lakhs)

1687.67 294.06 SAP,UGC, DST-p,

DAE 1981.73

Others Please see (

Annexure-5)

12

4.2 Computerization of administration and library:

4.3 Library services:

Existing Newly added Total

No. Value No. Value No. Value

Text Books 1309682 - 1399 673445 1311081 -

Reference Books 3675 - 1357 3326555 5032 -

e-Books 860 4696689 - - 860 4696689

Journals 11368 - 493 14111988 11861 14111988

e-Journals 05 1055261 02 232902 07 1288163

Digital Database 01 126405 11 7567709 12 7694114

CD & Video 386 - 75 - 461 -

Others (specify) 3356 - 616 - 3972 -

24 Administrative Block:

1. Computers : 324

2. Servers : 04

3. Laptops : 10

Maulana Azad Library:

1. Computers : 175

2. Servers : 02

3. Laptops : 01

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4.4 Technology up gradation (overall):

Total Computer

s

Computer

Labs Internet Browsing Centres

Computer Centres

Offic e

Depart -ments

Other s Existing

(A)

A A A A A A A A

Added (B)

B B B B B B B

Total 3000 (Approx)

01 Lab in Computer Centre

All Employees have internet connection facility

All have Internet browsing facility

Yes Yes

A=As per NAAC SSR Data B=C-A

1. MNFCC- M.N.Farooqui Computer Center. 2. CUCAO- Computer Unit for Central Account Office 3 CURO- Computer Center for Registrar office 4. CCAE- Computer Cell for Admission & Examination 5 CUMAL- Computer Unit for Maulana Azad Library 6. CUIQAC- Computer Unit of IQAC

4.5 Computer, Internet access, training to teachers and students and any other programme for technology Up gradation (Networking, e-Governance etc.)

S.

No. Training on Target Audience Dated

1. Staff of Chairman’s office of Department of IRS & GIS Applications

Staff of the Provost of Hadi Hasan Hall

17/08/02016 2. Staff of Chairman’s office of

Department of IRS & GIS Applications

Staff of the Provost of Aftab

Hall 17/08/2016

3. AMU Intranet portal “myamu.ac.in”for Verification of Students.

Staff of Chairman’s office of Department of Mathematics.

18/08/2016

4. AMU Intranet portal “myamu.ac.in”for Verification of Students.

Staff of Chairman’s office of Department of IRS & GIS Applications.

20/08/2016

5. AMU Intranet portal “myamu.ac.in”for Verification of Students.

Provost of Sir Sulaiman Hall 22/08/2016 6. Content Management System of

Website “amu.ac.in”

Teachers of Various Schools of University.

18/06/2016 7. Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)

Hands on Training.

Staff of Administrative Block 31/01/2017 8. Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)

Hands on Training.

Staff of Administrative Block 06/02/2017 9. Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)

Hands on Training.

Staff of Administrative Block 14/02/2017 10. Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)

Hands on Training.

Staff of Administrative Block 21/02/2017

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1 MNFCC 2 CUCAO 3 CURO 4 CCAE 5 CUMAL 6 CUIQAC

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4.6 Amount spent on maintenance in lakhs : i) ICT

ii) Campus Infrastructure and facilities

iii) Equipments

iv) Others

Total: Total :

26

159.57 601.93 1981.73 _ 2743.23

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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:

5.3 (

(b) No. of students outside the state:

(c) No. of international students:

27

UG PG Ph. D. Others

12497 5070 2722 2062

Through various meetings and circulars about student support services with the Chairmen, Deans, DSW, Provost of the Hall of Residence and others.

By Monitoring Departments, Halls, Centers, CEC, NCC, NSS, Library, Computer Center and Training and Placement Office for Students awareness and Students support.

Special interaction with Librarian, Disability cell etc.

Collaborating in workshop on placement, Counselling etc.

By guiding and requesting the university to establish Parent Committee, International student Cell etc.

Through Feedbacks.

Maintains Committee for ‘Academic progression and University Ranking.

Every School/Department meets once or twice in a semester to discuss the relevance of courses on offer and matters pertaining to student progression.

Using Facilitators and Nodal officers in each Department.

Regular meetings of the HODs and Deans are conducted to evaluate performance and evolve suitable measures for the progress of the students and academic related activities.

Programme coordinators meet regularly to discuss the progress of the students in academics and also address their problems if any.

Collaborates with Training and Placement Offices.

RP unit of Controller of Examinations keeps a track.

448 6161

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Men Women

Total Number of Students:

Demand ratio Dropout %

5.4 Details of student support mechanism for coaching for competitive examinations (If any) No %

338 75

No % 110 25

Last Year This Year

General SC ST OBC Physically Challenged

Total General SC ST OBC Physically Challenged

Total

16397 156 49 4033 209 20844 17632 197 88 4176 258 22351

Civil services batch students are provided financial assistance in the form of free ship at the rate of Rs. 2000 per month to the students based on the merit in the quarterly scholarship test and the performance in test series together. In the session 2016-17, following number of students availed the assistance:

Civil Services Coaching Programme: 22 Judicial Services Coaching Programme: 18

Residential facility was provided to following number of students enrolled:

Boys: 58 Girls: 20

RCA maintains Air conditioned library, equipped with all the latest books and material needed for the preparation of competitive examinations, which functions for 17 hours; from 8:00 AM till 1:00 AM. In the session 2016-17, 382 students avail this facility.

In the session 2016-17, RCA conducted several coaching programmes for the preparation of various competitive examinations. Following number of students were enrolled:

Coaching Programmes Students

Enrolled on 2016-17

1. Coaching for Civil Service Examinations (Central/ State)

88

2. Coaching for Judicial Services Examinations (Central/ State)

77

3. Coaching for Staff Selection Commission-Combined Graduation

level examination and bank Probationary Examinations

61

4. Super-50 Coaching Programme for Civil Services Examination

(Central/ State)- Preparatory Course.

94

5. Online Coaching for GATE/ IES 67

6. Coaching for CSIR-UGC-JRF/ NET

Earth Sciences: 44

Mathematical Services: 47

Life Sciences: 90

181

7. Coaching for UGC-NET (Paper-1); Humanities Stream 228

22351

23.8 3%

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5.5 No. of students qualified in these examinations:

NET

SET/SLET

GATE CAT

IAS/IPS State PSC UPSC Others

5.6 Details of student counselling and career guidance:

Each Department hall has Students’ Counselling Centres.

Career Guidance and Coaching for number of competitive examinations are being conducted regularly by Residential Coaching Academy (RCA).

Training & Placement Office of the university organizes fortnightly workshops, seminars on general aspects of career development and social/technical issues.

One to one counselling sessions are conducted by trained counsellors in professional setting by counselling cell.

University runs, “Ingenious Solutions” under which students are trained in soft skills required to secure jobs.

Disability Unit takes care of students with disabilities.

No. of Student 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

155 1683 906 20

29

297

-

04 12

177 01

28 45

3080

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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

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

Sports: State/ University level National level International level

5.10 Scholarships and Financial Support:

Number of

students Amount: (Rs)

Financial support from institution

555 1821255

Financial support from government:

U.P. Govt. Scholarship & Fee Reimbursement.

Central Govt. Post Matric and Merit Cum Means Scholars.

4185

11574 31923018

Financial support from other sources

815 1698500

Number of students who received

International/ National recognitions

278 -

30

246 12 02

02 -

05

Gender Empowerment programme at College Level

Faculty Participation as panellist at role in Men in Feminism at Women’s college.

Students attend workshops of Gender champions.

Workshop on Gender Mainstreaming on 27 - 30 Jan 2017.

Essay writing, Exhibitions, Panel Discussions, Nukkad Natak etc.

Almost every Department has:

a Anti Ragging committee b. Student Grievance

c. Anti-Sexual Harassment Committee

Programs on Sexual Harassment at workplace and Crimes against women in collaboration with National Commission for Women, New Delhi.

Dozens of Extension and Outreach programs in the neighbouring areas on this issue conducted by below mentioned Departments.

a.

Committee Against Sexual Harassment and For Gender Sensitization (CASHFGS)

b.

Department of Women’s Studies.

c.

Department of Sociology.

d.

Department of Social Work.

e.

Department of Community Medicine.

f.

Department of Gynaecology.

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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.

No. 76

5.13 Major grievances of students (if any) redressed:

➢ Challenging Answer key.

➢ Regarding % of Re-evaluation Examinations.

➢ Regarding % of Attendance.

31

03

03 13

05 02

05 01

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Criterion – VI

6. Governance, Leadership and Management

6.1 State the Vision and Mission of the institution:

VISION:

The AMU carries forward the vision of its founder, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, which is undoubtedly relevant even today, premised on the upliftment and advancement of Indians in general and Muslims in particular out of their socio-economic and educational backwardness, without any discrimination on grounds of religion, language, caste, creed or race, amalgamating lessons of traditions with modernity, large-hearted tolerance and pure morality, and pursuing excellence in higher learning with competitive edge at global level.

MISSION:

1. The mission was to incorporate lessons of modernity, rationality, religion with science, Oriental with the Western, promoting values of free enquiry and tolerance while retaining cultural heritage and values through imparting training in globally recognized disciplines maintaining the essence of past bonds and culture in line with founder’s actions and vision of a residential University.

2. Implement Sir Syed's mission of imparting modern, scientific education, particularly for the “Millat” and in doing so uphold the “Tehzeeb”, traditions and culture for AMU.

3. AMU to be ranked as India's No.1 University and be amongst the top 200 Universities of the World.

4. We must transform into a university of a global standards, which makes a significant contribution to nation building.

5. AMU must emerge as the hub of original research and innovative thinking. The research must be productive and driven by passion.

6. AMU must be known for the diversity of its teachers and students, from across the globe, and the quality and employability of its graduates, in diverse fields.

7. We must produce top leaders, scholars and international level sports persons.

8. AMU Centers must be at par with facilities, as available in the mother University, so as to ultimately be elevated to full-fledged universities.

9. Our feeder institutions, AMU Schools, must be progressively elevated and revitalized to KV norms.

10. AMU must become the first green university in the country.

11. We must harness the devotion of our Alumni towards their alma mater

12. Our over-riding priority will be Restoration of the Minority Character of AMU as envisaged in AMU (Amendment) Act 1981 Section 5(2) (c).

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OBJECTIVES:

a) To provide good learning experience to the students with due emphasis on interactive teaching learning and placements.

b) To adhere through global best practices and bench marks in respect of student faculty ratio, PG to UG student ratio, Doctoral to PG students ratio, Quality publications, Academic and sponsored Research output and Industry driven initiatives.

c) To increase the student capacity to meet the growing demands for competent manpower from National and International markets.

d) To increase revenue by starting innovative academic and training programmes for the faculty and professionals.

e) To improve the quality of life of people in general and socio-economic environment in and around the Central University in particular as outreach activity.

f) To contribute in the National economy by producing competent human resources.

6.2 Does the Institution have a Management Information System:

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Yes, The Controller of Examination and the Finance Officer have a well-established MIS.

Other sections are using Excel.

AMU is trying to setup (Enterprise Resource Planning Software) soon. However, the University has a Computer Centre for taking care of its IT needs, like infrastructure, services, software systems and other resources etc.

Besides the Computer Centre, there are other key Departments like, Department of Computer Science, Department of Computer Engineering, Department of Electronics Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Department of Management Studies which collaborate on policy matters and guidelines provided by AMU.

The policy for implementation, improvement and management of information technology

services at AMU focuses upon providing a framework to structure IT related activities

and interaction of IT technical personnel with the users so that quality of the IT services

and products are delivered according to their needs which also change with time. The

Information Technology Infrastructure Library is the guiding tool for the IT Technical

Personnel. The framework referred to above encompasses set of rules, procedures, event

and non-event driven processes, inventory, documentation, service-level agreements,

legal contracts with system integrators, backups of configurations, logs of events, skilled

and trained human-ware, tools and techniques etc., to meet the set goals.

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

6.3.1Curriculum Development:

6.3.2 Teaching and Learning:

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Feedback from Teachers, Students, Alumni and Employers.

Major revision every 3 years, last time done in 2015.

Annual Minor revision of Syllabi.

Introduced CBCS.

New Elective Courses have been designed in view at both UG & PG levels.

Smart Class room.

Direct interaction with the students & teachers in clinics, laboratories.

Clinical meetings indoor.

New Structure for B.Tech adopted by the Department with emphasis on analysis, design and practical training.

Adopted new techniques of alternative assessment, such as Presentations, Projects, Portfolios, etc.

Development of departmental seminar room , Internet /Wifi facility ,to students in the department.

Syllabus revised to include New Public health topics including SDGs, H1N1 screening, Zika, Ebola etc.

Student’s personal interactions with faculties.

Group of student’s interaction with Tutorial teachers.

Participation in Seminars/ Workshops/ CME

Departments organize Journal Club/ Case presentation.

Participation in orientation program/ Refresher course

Already started Neurovascular surgeries & planning to start minimal invasive Spine Brain Surgery and to acquire equipment for neuroendoscopic surgery, endovascular surgery and neuro-navigation.

Carrying out advance research in various fields having clinical/ human relevance.

Faculties have publications in reputed international journals with good impact factors.

Departments have got DST FIST grant in level-1 category. To further boost our research we are in the process of establishing the state of the art tissue culture facility in the department.

Department of Law is engaged in giving regular impetus to innovative research in various fields of law with satisfactory results.

Various methods of teaching are adopted as per the needs of transacting the curriculum of various teaching subjects in Teacher Education Courses.

Skill development programmes: Communication skill, Black Board writing skill, ICT skill, Management and leadership skills etc are given due importance.

Use of ICT.

➢ Students and Teachers feedback.

Audio visual.

Class Room Lecture.

Demonstration / Practical Training.

Record Book Preparation.

Herbarium files.

Field visits.

Pharmaceutical Industry visits.

Internships.

Project writing & Presentations.

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6.3.3 Examination and Evaluation:

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Extension Lectures, Field work, Socio- economic survey (Rural-Urban), Project, seminar Presentation etc.

Mentoring for workshops.

Epidemiological Research Unit of the Department helps and updates Medical Residents and Faculty in Research writing, Dissemination and Biostatistics.

CBCS Rules are followed:

a. Comprehensive continuous evaluation (40 Marks) (including: Labs, assignment, Presentation, Projects, etc) Mid Semester, Viva cum presentation

b. End Semester Exams.

Results declared within 3-4 weeks.

Best Teacher Award.

Each semester examination shall comprise of Mid Sem. and End Sem., written papers and Sessional /Assignment/Course Work, etc. as may be prescribed from time to time. In case, a student fails to appear in one or more papers at the Mid-Sem Examination, he/she shall be allowed to appear in Re-Sit /Re-Make Examination before the last teaching day of the semester. He/She may appear in as many papers as he/she could not appear at the Mid-Sem Examination. Evaluation for Re-Sit/Re-Make Examination will be out of maximum of 30 marks, but total marks awarded should not exceed 20 marks.

Evaluation:

Each course will be evaluated out of 100 marks. The courses will normally have the following components of evaluation:

(i) Theory courses:

Sessionals /Assignment/Course work, etc. 10%

Mid-Semester Examination of one hour duration 30%

End-Semester Examination of two hours duration 60%

(ii) Laboratory course including Seminar, Colloquium, Project, etc.

Continuous Evaluation 40%

End-Semester Examination 60%

To improve the quality of examination system, decentralization of

examination has been initiated in the Faculties of Management Studies & Research and

Medicine by holding examination of the papers in the Faculties of Medicine and

Management. It is likely to be introduced in other Faculties as well.

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