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Yearly Status Report - 2018-2019

Part A

Data of the Institution

1. Name of theInstitution

AMRITA VISHWA VIDYAPEETHAM

Name of the head of theInstitution

Dr. P. Venkat Rangan

Designation Vice Chancellor

Does the Institutionfunction from owncampus

Yes

Phone no/AlternatePhone no.

04222685888

Mobile no. 9488237777

Registered Email [email protected]

Alternate Email [email protected]



Address Amritanagar PO

City/Town Coimbatore

State/UT Tamil Nadu

Pincode 641112

2. Institutional Status

University Deemed

Type of Institution Co-education

Location Rural

Financial Status private

Name of the IQAC co-ordinator/Director

Prof. Raghu Raman

Phone no/AlternatePhone no.

04222685888

Mobile no. 9895028779

Registered Email [email protected]

Alternate Email [email protected]

3. Website Address

Web-link of the AQAR:(Previous AcademicYear)

https://www.amrita.edu/file/aqar2017-2018pdf

https://www.amrita.edu/file/aqar2017-2018pdf



4. Whether AcademicCalendar preparedduring the year

Yes

if yes,whether it isuploaded in theinstitutional website:Weblink :

https://intranet.cb.amrita.edu/sites/default/files/Academic_Calendar_2019_20.pdf

5. Accrediation Details

Cycle Grade CGPA Year of AccrediationValidity

Period From Period To1 A 3.2 2009 29-Jan-2009 28-Jan-2014

2 A 3.4 2014 24-Sep-2014 23-Sep-2019

6. Date ofEstablishment of IQAC

17-Apr-2009

7. Internal Quality Assurance System

Quality initiatives by IQAC during the year for promoting quality culture

Item /Title of the quality initiative by IQAC Date &Duration

Number ofparticipants/beneficiaries

AMRITA best practices like competitive programming and experientiallearning programs showcased in th World Engineering Education Forum

14-Nov-20191

50

FDP on innovative teaching and pedagogical practices

17-Aug-20192

120

https://intranet.cb.amrita.edu/sites/default/files/Academic_Calendar_2019_20.pdf



FDP in best practices in curriculum and teaching-learning process 18-Jun-20192

110

Amrita Curricular and ICT Innovations at FDP on Capacity Building &Enhancement in Higher Education

13-Jul-20191

75

AMRITA ICT best practices showcased in NAAC sponsored National Seminar

11-Jan-20191

60

AMRITA Presentation at World Summit of Accreditation (WOSA)

08-Sep-20182

300

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8. Provide the list of Special Status conferred by Central/ State Government- UGC/CSIR/DST/DBT/ICMR/TEQIP/World Bank/CPE ofUGC etc.

Institution/Department/Faculty Scheme Funding Agency

Year ofawardwith

duration

Amount

EngineeringDepartmental Recognition Scheme: DST

FIST Engineered Nano and MicroStructuredMaterials

DST - FIST201860 2400000

Engineering Departmental recognition scheme: TEC -Technology Enabling Center

DST - TEC 20181

500000

Management Departmental Recognition Scheme: Centerof Excellence, Ministry of Tribal

Affairs

Center ofExcellence,

201812

2000000

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Ministry ofTribal Affairs

Arts & SciencesDepartmental Recognition Scheme: Pradhan

Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)Special Projects

National SkillDevelopmentCorporation

(NSDC)

201812

16600000

EngineeringDepartmental Recognition Scheme: NIDHI-PRAYAS (Promoting and Accelerating Young

and ASpiring innovators & startups)

Department ofScience andTechnology-

NSTEDB

201860

9400000

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9. Whethercomposition of IQAC asper latest NAACguidelines:

Yes

Upload latestnotification of formationof IQAC

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10. Number of IQACmeetings held duringthe year :

2

The minutes of IQACmeeting andcompliances to thedecisions have beenuploaded on theinstitutional website

Yes

Upload the minutes ofmeeting and action

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https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/Special_Status/2258_Special_Status.xlsx

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/Formation/2258_Formation.pdf

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/Meeting_minutes/2258_Minutes.pdf



taken report

11. Whether IQACreceived funding fromany of the fundingagency to support itsactivities during theyear?

No

12. Significant contributions made by IQAC during the current year(maximum five bullets)

National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Nodal office set up by IQAC. AMRITA is steadilyclimbing up in the NIRF rankings. In India rankings 2019 and 2018, AMRITA was the 8th bestuniversity in India. This is an improvement of one place from India rankings 2017, when AMRITA wasranked 9th. Significantly, there was no other private HEI in the top 10 universities in India inboth 2017 and 2018

Publication Coordinator at school/department/centre level: Number of Scopus indexed researchpublications of AMRITA has steadily increased as seen below: 2018: 2319 2017: 1452 2015: 1297 Thisincrease in research papers has also been reflected in our positions in India rankings 2019 and2018. AMRITA was the 8th best university in India. This is an improvement of one place from Indiarankings 2017, when AMRITA was ranked 9th.

Knowledge Exchange and Sharing of Best Practices of AMRITA IQAC: As part of the knowledge exchangeof the IQAC, best practices and innovations of AMRITA like Live-in-Labs Olabs, Virtual Labs andInternational Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) have been showcased in prestigious events like4th World Summit on Accreditation (WOSA) 2018 organized by Government of India’s National Board ofAccreditation (NBA). Several higher educational institutions have been benefited by the expertise ofthe AMRITA IQAC include St. Claret College, Bangalore; Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering &Technology (SSIT), Coimbatore; Sri Ramakrishna College for Women, Coimbatore; SNS College ofEngineering, Coimbatore etc

Outcome-Based Education: Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) has driven the adoption of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) which is an excellent tool for improving and continuously monitoring theteaching-learning process, course delivery & assessment and attainment of learning outcomes. IQAC isthe nodal office for the OBE process. The process started with sensitization & training sessions &



workshops on OBE as well as on the OBE platform called InPods. This was followed by internaldepartmental meetings driven by the IQAC involving the entire faculty in Curriculum Committee (CC)to deliberate on the vision, mission and Program Educational Objectives (PEO) of the variousprograms in the department. For every program, specific Program Specific Outcomes (PSO) was alsoformulated. Program Outcomes (PO) are generally defined for the program by the concernedaccreditation body. For example, for engineering programs pan-India, there are 12 POs defined suchas Engineering Knowledge, Problem Analysis, Design/Development of Solutions, Modern tool usage,environment & sustainability, ethics etc. For every course in the respective program, CourseOutcomes (CO) are outlined and mapped to PO and PSO using articulation matrix. This consultativeprocess also factored in inputs from various stakeholders such as alumni, employers, academic peers& experts. 4 programs are in the process of securing Program accreditation by National Board ofAccreditation (NBA). There is closing the loop at course and program level and attainment analysishas resulted in a continuous improvement cycle

Student Input for Enhancing Academic Excellence: At the end of every semester/year, IQAC has put inplace a student feedback form titled, “Student Input for Enhancing Academic Excellence”. Allstudents on the rolls are administered this form keeping in mind the overall classroom learningexperience for the semester/year and not for any one particular course. This subjective inputcomplements the Course-wise objective feedback by students of their instructors for thatsemester/year, which has been in practice for several years. The feedback is collected, collated,consolidated and analyzed by the IQAC at every school and passed on to the Head ofSchools/Department/Center for closing the loop. Most of the issues raised by students are addressedat the school-level. However, if required, they are also escalated to the academic council forapproval. Various components of this feedback include Syllabus coverage, Instructor preparation,Course delivery & pedagogy Evaluation system, Mentoring & Counseling, Co-curricular Inputs and Useof ICT. The outcomes is that Improvement student engagement and feedback on academic processes withrespect to the overall classroom experience for that batch of students.

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13. Plan of action chalked out by the IQAC in the beginning of the academic year towards Quality Enhancement and outcomeachieved by the end of the academic year

Plan of Action Achivements/OutcomesNational Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Nodaloffice set up by IQAC to improve the rankings of the

AMRITA maintained rank as eighth bestuniversity in India rankings

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university

NIRF nodal office to participate in the NIRF disciplinespecific rankings

Amrita was ranked as the fifth bestuniversity in India in medicaldiscipline

Scopus indexed publication target for university fixedfor calendar year Two Thousand and Eighteen as TwoThousand with support of publication coordinator in eachschool, department and centre

Scopus indexed publication target foruniversity for calendar year TwoThousand and Eighteen is Two Thousandthree hundred and nineteen

MoU with top ranking foreign universitiesMoU signed with Kings college, London,British Geological Survey, Coloradostate university and University of Milan

Live-in-Labs experiential learning program electivefocused on India's villages

Two hundred students took this electiveacross all campuses and disciplines

Improvement in rankings of the university in WorldUniversity Rankings of Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) andTimes Higher Education (THE)

Ranked as top private university inIndia in QS Asia Rankings of TwoThousand and Eighteen

Industry collaboration expansion MoU with Indian Navy, Tata Institute ofGenetics & society

Smart & Clean campus initiative

AMRITA ranked as number one in SwachhCampus Rankings 2018 of Ministry ofHuman Resource Development, Governmentof India

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14. Whether AQARwas placed beforestatutory body ?

Yes

Name of Statutory Body Meeting DateAcademic Council 07-Dec-2019

15. Whether NAAC/or No

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any other accreditedbody(s) visited IQAC orinteracted with it toassess the functioning?

16. Whetherinstitutional datasubmitted to AISHE:

Yes

Year of Submission 2018

Date of Submission 30-Apr-2019

17. Does theInstitution haveManagementInformation System ?

Yes

If yes, give a briefdescripiton and a list ofmodules currentlyoperational (maximum500 words)

AMRITA UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Amrita University Management System (AmritaUMS) is a 100 web based, JEE (Java Enterprise Edition) based seamlesslyintegrated, one stop solution for academic management. Amrita UMS has acomprehensive package of modules for both academics and administrative functionsof an Institution. Amrita UMS has been built largely based on Open Sourcetechnologies and SAAS (Software As A Service) enabled. The solution was buildgrounds up with inputs from Faculty, Students, Staff and Administrative Users.Following are the core modules of Amrita University Management System.UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (UMS) LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LMS) STUDENTRELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (SRM) LIBRARY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Amrita UMS also performsthe following functions: Institution Management Department Management CourseManagement Online Admission System Time Table Management Attendance ManagementOnline Faculty Feedback Guest Management Facilities Management CertificateGeneration Placement Management System Hostel Management System Human ResourceManagement Inventory Management Purchase Management Report Management EvaluationGrading Supports creditbased curriculum Multiple components for evaluation Rulebased grading engine Assigning SGPA, CGPA Online exam results publishing Student


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performance analysis Finance Online budgeting Fees collection Fee structureAcademic fee collection Hostel fee collection Content Management (CMS) DigitalLibrary Highly scalable Efficient and managed storage of digital objects of anyformat: text, video, audio, etc. Facilitates the role of content administratorBased on Dublin Metacore Standard Simple and advanced search capability AlumniManagement (AMS) Alumni directory Discussion forums Alumni chapters Job andcareer services Bulletin board Stay connected – chat and messaging

Part B

CRITERION I – CURRICULAR ASPECTS1.1 – Curriculum Design and Development1.1.1 – Programmes for which syllabus revision was carried out during the Academic year

Name of Programme Programme Code Programme Specialization Date of RevisionNo Data Entered/Not Applicable !!!

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1.1.2 – Programmes/ courses focussed on employability/ entrepreneurship/ skill development during the Academic year

Programme with Code Programme Specialization Date of Introduction Course with Code Date of IntroductionNo Data Entered/Not Applicable !!!

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1.2 – Academic Flexibility1.2.1 – New programmes/courses introduced during the Academic year

Programme/Course Programme Specialization Dates of IntroductionNo Data Entered/Not Applicable !!!

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1.2.2 – Programmes in which Choice Based Credit System (CBCS)/Elective Course System implemented at the University level during the

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Academic year.

Name of programmesadopting CBCS

Programme Specialization Date of implementation ofCBCS/Elective Course System

BFA Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography 02/07/2018

BSc B.Sc. in Physics, Chemistry, Maths 02/07/2018

BSc B.Sc. in Physics, Maths, Computer Science 02/07/2018

BSc Bachelor of Science in Nursing 02/07/2018

Integrated(PG) Integrated M.Sc. in Data Science 02/07/2018

Integrated(PG) Integrated M.Sc. in Mathematics with Minor in DataScience

02/07/2018

Integrated(PG) Integrated M.Sc. in Physics with Minor inScientific Computing

02/07/2018

MBBS Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery 02/07/2018

MDS MDS in Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics 02/07/2018

MDS MDS in Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics 02/07/2018

MDS MDS in Oral Medicine & Radiology 02/07/2018

MDS MDS in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery 02/07/2018

MDS MDS in Oral Pathology & Microbiology 02/07/2018

MDS MDS in Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge 02/07/2018

MDS MDS in Public Health Dentistry 02/07/2018

MDS MDS in Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry 02/07/2018

MDS MDS in Periodontology 02/07/2018

MSc M.Sc. in Applied Statistics and Data Analytics 02/07/2018

MSc M.Sc. in Molecular Medicine 02/07/2018

MSc M.Sc. in Nanomedical Sciences 02/07/2018

MSc M.Sc. in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 02/07/2018

BBM Bachelor of Business Management 02/07/2018

BCA Bachelor of Computer Applications 02/07/2018



BDS Bachelor of Dental Surgery 02/07/2018

BA BA in English Language and Literature 02/07/2018

BA BA in Mass Communication 02/07/2018

BASLP Bachelor of Audiology & Speech Language Pathology(BASLP)

02/07/2018

BEd Bachelor of Education 02/07/2018

BBA Bachelor of Business Administration 02/07/2018

BBA BBA in Logistics Management 02/07/2018

BCom B.Com in Finance and Information Technology 02/07/2018

BPharm Bachelor of Pharmacy 02/07/2018

BSc B.Sc. in Anaesthesia Technology (BSc-AIT) 02/07/2018

BSc B.Sc. in Biotechnology 02/07/2018

BSc B.Sc. in Cardiac Perfusion Technology (BSc-CPT) 02/07/2018

BSc B.Sc. in Cardio Vascular Technology (BSc-CVT) 02/07/2018

BSc B.Sc. in Diabetes Sciences (BSc-DBS) 02/07/2018

BSc B.Sc. in Dialysis Therapy (BSc-DIT) 02/07/2018

BSc B.Sc. in Echo Cardiography Technology (BSc-ECT) 02/07/2018

BSc B.Sc. in Emergency Medical Technology (BSc-EMT) 02/07/2018

BSc B.Sc. in Microbiology 02/07/2018

BSc B.Sc. in Medical Laboratory Technology (BSc-MLT) 02/07/2018

BSc B.Sc. in Medical Radiologic Technology (BSc-MRT) 02/07/2018

BSc B.Sc. in Neuro Electro Physiology 02/07/2018

BSc B.Sc. in Optometry (BSc-OPT) 02/07/2018

BSc B.Sc. in Physician Assistant (BSc-PAT) 02/07/2018

BTech B.Tech in Aerospace Engineering 02/07/2018

BTech B.Tech in Chemical Engineering 02/07/2018

BTech B.Tech in Civil Engineering 02/07/2018

BTech B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering 02/07/2018



BTech B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering 02/07/2018

BTech B.Tech in Electronics and InstrumentationEngineering

02/07/2018

BTech B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering 02/07/2018

DM DM in Cardiology 02/07/2018

DM DM in Cardiac Anesthesia 02/07/2018

DM DM in Endocrinology 02/07/2018

DM DM in Gastroenterology 02/07/2018

DM DM in Medical Oncology 02/07/2018

DM DM in Nephrology 02/07/2018

DM DM in Neurology 02/07/2018

DM DM in Paediatric Cardiology 02/07/2018

DM DM in Pulmonary Medicine 02/07/2018

DM DM in Rheumatology 02/07/2018

MBA Executive Master of Business Administration 02/07/2018

Integrated(PG) Integrated M.Sc. in Chemistry 02/07/2018

Integrated(PG) Integrated MA in English Language and Literature 02/07/2018

Integrated(PG) Integrated M.Sc. in Mathematics 02/07/2018

Integrated(PG) Integrated M.Sc. in Mathematics-Physics 02/07/2018

Integrated(PG) Integrated M.Sc. in Physics 02/07/2018

MBA Master of Business Administration 02/07/2018

MCA Master of Computer Applications 02/07/2018

MSc M.Sc. in Visual Communication (Digital Film Makingand Media Production)

02/07/2018

MA MA in English Language and Literature 02/07/2018

MCh M. CH in Cardio Vascular & Thoracic Surgery 02/07/2018

MCh M. CH in G.I. Surgery 02/07/2018

MCh M. CH in Gynecological Oncology 02/07/2018



MCh M. CH in Head & Neck Surgery 02/07/2018

MCh M. CH in Neuro Surgery 02/07/2018

MCh M. CH in Peadiatric Surgery 02/07/2018

MCh M. CH in Urology 02/07/2018

MCom M.Com Finance and Systems 02/07/2018

MD MD in Anesthesiology 02/07/2018

MD MD in Anatomy 02/07/2018

MD MD in Biochemistry 02/07/2018

MD MD in Community Medicine 02/07/2018

MD MD in Dermatology,Venerology and Leprosy 02/07/2018

MD MD in Emergency Medicine 02/07/2018

MD MD in Forensic Medicine 02/07/2018

MD MD in Geriatrics 02/07/2018

MD MD in General Medicine 02/07/2018

MD MD in Microbiology 02/07/2018

MD MD in Nuclear Medicine 02/07/2018

MD MD in Paediatrics 02/07/2018

MD MD in Physiology 02/07/2018

MD MD in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 02/07/2018

MD MD in Psychiatry 02/07/2018

MD MD in Pathology 02/07/2018

MD MD in Radio-Diagnosis 02/07/2018

MD MD in Radio Therapy 02/07/2018

MD MD in Respiratory Medicine 02/07/2018

MS MS in Shalakya Tantra (Netra Roga Vigyana)/MSShalakya Netraroga

02/07/2018

MS MS in Shalya Tantra (Samanya) 02/07/2018



MFA Master of Fine Arts in Applied Art & Advertising 02/07/2018

MFA Master of Fine Arts in Animation and ContentManagement

02/07/2018

MFA Master of Fine Arts in Digital Film Making 02/07/2018

MHA Master of Hospital Administration 02/07/2018

MPhil M.Phil in Computer Science and InformationTechnology

02/07/2018

MPhil M.Phil in Clinical Psychology 02/07/2018

MPhil M.Phil English Language and Literature 02/07/2018

MS MS in Ophthalmology 02/07/2018

MS MS in Orthopedics 02/07/2018

MSc M.Sc. in Bioinformatics 02/07/2018

MSc M.Sc. in Biostatistics 02/07/2018

MSc M.Sc. in Biotechnology 02/07/2018

MSc M.Sc. in Chemistry 02/07/2018

MSc M.Sc. in Clinical Nutrition and Food Science 02/07/2018

MSc M.Sc. in Cardio Vascular Technology 02/07/2018

MSc M.Sc. in Diabetes Sciences 02/07/2018

MSc M.Sc. in Dialysis Therapy 02/07/2018

MSc M.Sc. in Deglutology & Swallowing Disorders 02/07/2018

MSc M.Sc. in Mathematics 02/07/2018

MSc M.Sc. in Microbiology 02/07/2018

MSc M.Sc. in Physician Assistant (Medical Oncology) 02/07/2018

MSc M.Sc. in Medical Laboratory Technology(Biochemistry)

02/07/2018

MSc M.Sc. in Medical Laboratory Technology(Microbiology)

02/07/2018

MSc M.Sc. in Medical Laboratory Technology (Pathology) 02/07/2018



MSc M.Sc. in Neuro Electro Physiology 02/07/2018

MSc M.Sc. in Respiratory Therapy 02/07/2018

MSc M.Sc. in Trauma and Critical Care 02/07/2018

MSW Master of Social Work 02/07/2018

Mtech M.Tech in Automotive Electronics 02/07/2018

Mtech M.Tech in Automotive Engineering 02/07/2018

Mtech M.Tech in Biomedical Engineering 02/07/2018

Mtech M.Tech in Computational Engineering and Networking 02/07/2018

Mtech M.Tech in Communication Engineering and SignalProcessing

02/07/2018

Mtech M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering 02/07/2018

Mtech M.Tech in Cyber Security Systems and Networks 02/07/2018

Mtech M.Tech in Computer Vision and Image Processing 02/07/2018

Mtech M.Tech in Cyber Security 02/07/2018

Mtech M.Tech in Embedded Systems 02/07/2018

Mtech M.Tech in Engineering Design 02/07/2018

Mtech M.Tech in Molecular Medicine 02/07/2018

Mtech M.Tech in Material Science and Engineering 02/07/2018

Mtech M.Tech in Power and Energy Engineering 02/07/2018

Mtech M.Tech in Power Electronics 02/07/2018

Mtech M.Tech in Renewable Energy Technology 02/07/2018

Mtech M.Tech in Robotics and Automation 02/07/2018

Mtech M.Tech in Remote sensing and Wireless SensorNetworks

02/07/2018

Mtech M.Tech in Structural and Construction Engineering 02/07/2018

Mtech M.Tech in Thermal and Fluid Engineering 02/07/2018

Mtech M.Tech in Thermal Sciences and Energy Systems 02/07/2018

Mtech M.Tech in VLSI Design 02/07/2018



Mtech M.Tech in Wireless Networks and Applications 02/07/2018

PhD or DPhil Ph.D 02/07/2018

MA MA in English Literature and Literary Theory 02/07/2018

DM DM in Reproductive Medicine 02/07/2018

MA MA in Visual Media and Communication 02/07/2018

BCom B.Com in Taxation and Finance 02/07/2018

BSc B.Sc. in Respiratory Therapy (BSc-RT) 02/07/2018

BSc B.Sc. in Visual Media 02/07/2018

BTech B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering 02/07/2018

Integrated(PG) Integrated Master of Computer Applications 02/07/2018

MA MA in Communication 02/07/2018

1.3 – Curriculum Enrichment1.3.1 – Value-added courses imparting transferable and life skills offered during the year

Value Added Courses Date of Introduction Number of Students EnrolledNo Data Entered/Not Applicable !!!

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1.3.2 – Field Projects / Internships under taken during the year

Project/Programme Title Programme Specialization No. of students enrolled for Field Projects / InternshipsNo Data Entered/Not Applicable !!!

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1.4 – Feedback System1.4.1 – Whether structured feedback received from all the stakeholders.

Students Yes

Teachers Yes

Employers Yes

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Alumni Yes

Parents Yes

1.4.2 – How the feedback obtained is being analyzed and utilized for overall development of the institution? (maximum 500 words)

Feedback ObtainedFeedback on Academics: Every semester, structured, online and anonymous feedback is collected fromstudents for all programmes. Effectiveness of teaching and the course curriculum are analysed andfeedback communicated to faculty and HoD. Class and course committee meetings where the students aregiven a platform to express their views regarding the subjects, faculty and any other issues theyare facing. Feedback is taken about the course plan, the course objectives, the reference materialand notes required for the course, tutorial sessions and the evaluation pattern. After eachperiodical test a class committee meeting is convened in the presence of the Chairperson and theClass Advisor with the representatives of the class. The students’ exam performance, attendancestatus, etc. are discussed during the meeting. Students are encouraged to present their views withreference to each subject. The Class Advisor reports this to the faculty and if needed the concernedChairperson. STUDENT FEEDBACK ON FACILITIES: In Amrita hostels, students get ample opportunity tointeract with their peers and get enriched both academically and culturally. Utmost importance isgiven to inculcate values which will help the residents to live in harmony with their friends andequip them to develop an integrated personality which will go a long way in shaping their future.Details of facilities extended are enumerated in the Hostel Handbook. The feedback on centralfacilities like drinking water, dining hall, hostel cleanliness, hostel surroundings, mess food,canteen, toilet cleanliness, laundry etc. is taken on a regular basis from the students, and isincorporated into the system of both academic and counseling structure. The action taken by theInstitution after the feedback includes Wi- Fi extended to all Hostels ,water filters, 24x7 DishWashers were installed in all Hostels etc. FACULTY FEEDBACK: Faculty are involved in syllabuscommittee and Pre Board of studies. Inputs from faculty for new courses, new electives, referenceand book materials, new modules, new pedagogical tools are considered and discussed. EMPLOYERS andPARENTS feedback is elicited in a structured way during placement drives and parent meetsrespectively. Industry experts are included as members in the programs of various BoS and provideinput on industry specific courses to be included in the curriculum. ALUMNI Feedback: The Alumni webportal, AlmaConnect, is a virtual chapter in which the Alumni updates the institution of theircurrent job profile, location, and field of expertise. Alumni members contribute to the curriculumand syllabus revision. The inputs provided by them during the meetings and through the onlinestructured survey, about the research and technology currently used in the industry help us updateour syllabus to the most modern requirements. They are often part of the Board of Studies which



determines the programme. Alumni are invited to provide workshops, technical sessions, and careerguidance to students.

CRITERION II – TEACHING- LEARNING AND EVALUATION2.1 – Student Enrolment and Profile2.1.1 – Demand Ratio during the year

Name of the Programme Programme Specialization Number of seats available Number of Application received Students EnrolledNo Data Entered/Not Applicable !!!

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2.2 – Catering to Student Diversity2.2.1 – Student - Full time teacher ratio (current year data)

YearNumber of students

enrolled in theinstitution (UG)

Number of studentsenrolled in theinstitution (PG)

Number of fulltime teachersavailable in the institutionteaching only UG courses

Number of fulltime teachersavailable in the institutionteaching only PG courses

Number of teachersteaching both UGand PG courses

2018 10746 8956 716 980 1697

2.3 – Teaching - Learning Process2.3.1 – Percentage of teachers using ICT for effective teaching with Learning Management Systems (LMS), E-learning resources etc. (currentyear data)

Number ofTeachers on Roll

Number of teachers using ICT(LMS, e-Resources)

ICT Tools andresources available

Number of ICTenabled Classrooms

Numberof smartclassrooms

E-resources andtechniques used

1697 1697 14 365 108 35

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2.3.2 – Students mentoring system available in the institution? Give details. (maximum 500 words)

AMRITA approach to mentoring and counseling the students is guided by the vision of imparting a value based education to our students. Therole of a dedicated and hardworking faculty body is vital towards achieving this objective. A balanced and effective mentoring is in place,

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maintaining a healthy relationship between faculty members and students. Mentoring and counseling are planned for the following aspects:• Improve Academic performance. • Develop a Research Orientation • Guidance for Professional Career, Higher Studies Skill Development •

Resolve Personal Issues: Behavioral psychological • Encourage Spirit of Innovation by motivating and training students to participate inContests, Conferences, Projects and Internships • Motivate to pursue Extra-curricular and Social activities • Encourage students to

participate in Cultural activities, Arts and Sports. • Develop Personality and Character • Foster Good Values, Healthy living and Discipline.The Department Chairperson assisted by Department Vice Chairperson(s) steer, direct and oversee this vital aspect:- • Class Advisors: Class

Advisors (CA) are appointed for every 20 students when the students join for the UG programme. Class Advisors so nominated hold theresponsibility until the students complete the programme. The CAs will maintain all records of their respective wards assigned to them in

the work register/ counseling diary in the CMS. They shall guide and counsel the students on maintaining good academic performance,attendance and discipline. They shall advise the students, monitor the courses undergone by them, monitor their performance in tests and

also look into their personal difficulties. They guide students on internships and higher studies and facilitates the students wishing to pursuethe various programmes offered by Amrita Centre for International Programmes (ACIP).Advisor also keeps track of Co-curricular, Extra

Curricular achievements and Social activities. This will be frequently reviewed by the Department Chairperson. The CAs shall inform theparents regarding the academic progress and attendance percentages immediately after the periodical tests Class Committee: Classcommittee comprises the Chairperson, Class Advisor and student representatives. This committee is formed with the overall goal of

improving the effectiveness of the teaching-learning process. In the two meetings held in a semester immediately after the periodical tests,feedback is taken from the student members representing the entire class, so as to improve the teaching-learning process and also toaddress other issues/grievances. The chairperson and advisor disseminate important activities in the department such as schedule of

placement training classes, participation of students in extracurricular and co-curricular activities, conferences and workshops, internshipopportunities, industry training and also inviting volunteers for any planned central activities. The other aspects that may be addressed

during the Class Committee meeting are: Resolve any issues faced by students in the class room/ laboratories. Clarify Rules Regulations ofthe degree program. Discuss the academic progress and the coverage of syllabus.Analysis of student performance. Identify slow learners, if

any, and plan necessary support measures. Track attendance shortage and caution

Number of students enrolled in the institution Number of fulltime teachers Mentor : Mentee Ratio19703 1697 1:11

2.4 – Teacher Profile and Quality2.4.1 – Number of full time teachers appointed during the year

No. of sanctioned positions No. of filled positions Vacant positions Positions filled during the current year No. of faculty with Ph.D

1701 1697 4 492 736

2.4.2 – Honours and recognition received by teachers (received awards, recognition, fellowships at State, National, International level fromGovernment, recognised bodies during the year )

Year ofAward

Name of full time teachers receiving awards from state level,national level, international level

Designation Name of the award, fellowship, received fromGovernment or recognized bodies



No Data Entered/Not Applicable !!!

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2.5 – Evaluation Process and Reforms2.5.1 – Number of days from the date of semester-end/ year- end examination till the declaration of results during the year

ProgrammeName

ProgrammeCode

Semester/year

Last date of the last semester-end/ year-end examination

Date of declaration of results of semester-end/year- end examination


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2.5.2 – Average percentage of Student complaints/grievances about evaluation against total number appeared in the examinations during theyear

Number of complaints or grievances about evaluation Total number of students appeared in the examination Percentage258 19690 1.3

2.6 – Student Performance and Learning Outcomes2.6.1 – Program outcomes, program specific outcomes and course outcomes for all programs offered by the institution are stated anddisplayed in website of the institution (to provide the weblink)

https://intranet.cb.amrita.edu/download/curriculum/B.Tech_2019_Curriculum_and_Syllabus_Semester_I.pdf

2.6.2 – Pass percentage of students

ProgrammeCode

ProgrammeName

ProgrammeSpecialization

Number of students appeared in the finalyear examination

Number of students passed in finalyear examination

PassPercentage


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2.7 – Student Satisfaction Survey2.7.1 – Student Satisfaction Survey (SSS) on overall institutional performance (Institution may design the questionnaire) (results and details beprovided as weblink)

https://intranet.cb.amrita.edu/aqar/NAAC_AQAR_2018_2019_SSS.pdf

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/Honours_recieved/2258_Honours_recieved_1580271051.xlsx

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/Evaluation/2258_Evaluation_1581662176.xlsx

https://intranet.cb.amrita.edu/download/curriculum/B.Tech_2019_Curriculum_and_Syllabus_Semester_I.pdf

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/Pass_percentage/2258_Pass_percentage_1581662218.xlsx

https://intranet.cb.amrita.edu/aqar/NAAC_AQAR_2018_2019_SSS.pdf



CRITERION III – RESEARCH, INNOVATIONS AND EXTENSION3.1 – Promotion of Research and Facilities3.1.1 – Teachers awarded National/International fellowship for advanced studies/ research during the year

Type Name of the teacher awarded the fellowship Name of the award Date of award Awarding agency


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3.1.2 – Number of JRFs, SRFs, Post Doctoral Fellows, Research Associates and other fellows in the Institution enrolled during the year

Name of Research fellowship Duration of the fellowship Funding AgencyNo Data Entered/Not Applicable !!!

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3.2 – Resource Mobilization for Research3.2.1 – Research funds sanctioned and received from various agencies, industry and other organisations

Nature of the Project Duration Name of the funding agency Total grant sanctioned Amount received during the yearNo Data Entered/Not Applicable !!!

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3.3 – Innovation Ecosystem3.3.1 – Workshops/Seminars Conducted on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Industry-Academia Innovative practices during the year

Title of workshop/seminar Name of the Dept. DateNo Data Entered/Not Applicable !!!

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3.3.2 – Awards for Innovation won by Institution/Teachers/Research scholars/Students during the year

Title of the innovation Name of Awardee Awarding Agency Date of award Category

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/Teachers_fellowship/2258_Teachers_fellowship_1581677075.xlsx

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/Research_Assoc/2258_Research_Assoc_1581677118.xlsx

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/Research_Fund/2258_Research_Fund_1581677148.xlsx

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/Seminars_conducted/2258_Seminars_conducted_1581677165.xlsx




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3.3.3 – No. of Incubation centre created, start-ups incubated on campus during the year

Incubation Center Name Sponsered By Name of the Start-up Nature of Start-up Date of CommencementNo Data Entered/Not Applicable !!!

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3.4 – Research Publications and Awards3.4.1 – Ph. Ds awarded during the year

Name of the Department Number of PhD's AwardedCenter for Nano Sciences 13

Aerospce Engineering 2

Biotechnology 6

Communication 1

Dentistry 1

Medicine 3

Pharmacy 1

Chemical Engineering 1

Computational Engineering Networks 5

Civil Engineering 1

Commerce 2

Computer Science Engineering 9

Cybersecurity 3

Electronics and Communication Engineering 11

Electrical Electronics Engineering 6

English 4

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/Awards_won/2258_Awards_won_1581677179.xlsx

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/Incubation_centres/2258_Incubation_centres_1580208478.xlsx



Mathematics 5

Mechanical Engineering 7

Wireless Networks Applications 7

Management 3

Sciences 9

3.4.2 – Research Publications in the Journals notified on UGC website during the year

Type Department Number of Publication Average Impact Factor (if any)No Data Entered/Not Applicable !!!

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3.4.3 – Books and Chapters in edited Volumes / Books published, and papers in National/International Conference Proceedings per Teacherduring the year

Department Number of PublicationEngineering 1622

Medical 269

Pharmacy 58

Dental 20

Nursing 29

Management 169

Arts and Science 74

Humanities 288

No file uploaded.

3.4.4 – Patents published/awarded/applied during the year

Patent Details Patent status Patent Number Date of AwardNo Data Entered/Not Applicable !!!

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/journals_notified_on_UGC/2258_journals_notified_on_UGC_1581677370.xlsx



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3.4.5 – Bibliometrics of the publications during the last academic year based on average citation index in Scopus/ Web of Science or PubMed/Indian Citation Index

Title of thePaper

Name ofAuthor

Title ofjournal

Year ofpublication

CitationIndex

Institutional affiliation as mentioned inthe publication

Number of citations excludingself citation


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3.4.6 – h-Index of the Institutional Publications during the year. (based on Scopus/ Web of science)

Title of thePaper

Name ofAuthor

Title ofjournal

Year ofpublication

h-index

Number of citations excludingself citation

Institutional affiliation as mentioned inthe publication


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3.4.7 – Faculty participation in Seminars/Conferences and Symposia during the year

Number of Faculty International National State LocalAttended/Seminars/Workshops 305 156 87 49

No file uploaded.

3.5 – Consultancy3.5.1 – Revenue generated from Consultancy during the year

Name of the Consultan(s)department

Name of consultancyproject

Consulting/SponsoringAgency

Revenue generated (amount inrupees)


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3.5.2 – Revenue generated from Corporate Training by the institution during the year

Name of the Consultan(s) Title of the Agency seeking / Revenue generated (amount in Number of

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/Patents_published/2258_Patents_published_1581677433.xlsx

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/Bibliometrics/2258_Bibliometrics_1580384854.xlsx

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/Index/2258_Index_1580385031.xlsx

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/Revenue/2258_Revenue_1581678053.xlsx



department programme training rupees) traineesNo Data Entered/Not Applicable !!!

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3.6 – Extension Activities3.6.1 – Number of extension and outreach programmes conducted in collaboration with industry, community and Non- GovernmentOrganisations through NSS/NCC/Red cross/Youth Red Cross (YRC) etc., during the year

Title of theactivities

Organising unit/agency/collaborating agency

Number of teachers participated insuch activities

Number of students participated in suchactivities


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3.6.2 – Awards and recognition received for extension activities from Government and other recognized bodies during the year

Name of the activity Award/Recognition Awarding Bodies Number of students BenefitedNo Data Entered/Not Applicable !!!

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3.6.3 – Students participating in extension activities with Government Organisations, Non-Government Organisations and programmes such asSwachh Bharat, Aids Awareness, Gender Issue, etc. during the year

Name of thescheme

Organisingunit/Agency/collaborating

agency

Name of theactivity

Number of teachers participated insuch activites

Number of students participated insuch activites


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3.7 – Collaborations3.7.1 – Number of Collaborative activities for research, faculty exchange, student exchange during the year

Nature of activity Participant Source of financial support Duration

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/Revenue_from_corp_trng/2258_Revenue_from_corp_trng_1581678076.xlsx

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/Extension/2258_Extension_1581678095.xlsx

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/Awards_for_extension/2258_Awards_for_extension_1580201812.xlsx

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/Students_in_extension/2258_Students_in_extension_1581678141.xlsx




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3.7.2 – Linkages with institutions/industries for internship, on-the- job training, project work, sharing of research facilities etc. during theyear

Nature oflinkage

Title of thelinkage

Name of the partnering institution/ industry /research lab withcontact details

DurationFrom

DurationTo

Participant


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3.7.3 – MoUs signed with institutions of national, international importance, other universities, industries, corporate houses etc. during theyear

Organisation Date of MoU signed Purpose/Activities Number of students/teachers participated under MoUsNo Data Entered/Not Applicable !!!

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CRITERION IV – INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEARNING RESOURCES4.1 – Physical Facilities4.1.1 – Budget allocation, excluding salary for infrastructure augmentation during the year

Budget allocated for infrastructure augmentation Budget utilized for infrastructure development650000000 583959342

4.1.2 – Details of augmentation in infrastructure facilities during the year

Facilities Existing or NewlyAdded

Campus Area Existing

Laboratories Newly Added

Seminar Halls Newly Added

Classrooms with LCD facilities Newly Added

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/Collab_activities/2258_Collab_activities_1581678156.xlsx

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/Linkages/2258_Linkages_1581758523.xlsx

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/MoU/2258_MoU_1581678518.xlsx



Seminar halls with ICT facilities Newly Added

Classrooms with Wi-Fi OR LAN Newly Added

Number of important equipments purchased (Greater than 1-0 lakh) during the currentyear

Newly Added

Video Centre Existing

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4.2 – Library as a Learning Resource4.2.1 – Library is automated {Integrated Library Management System (ILMS)}

Name of the ILMS software Nature of automation (fully or patially) Version Year of automationLIBSYS Fully 4 2003

4.2.2 – Library Services

Library Service Type Existing Newly Added TotalText Books 28754 23111000 5912 4337000 34666 27448000

e-Books 3010000 14169000 4130 14526000 3014130 28695000

Journals 4505 17641000 975 4012000 5480 21653000

e-Journals 25500 126860000 642 69904000 26142 196764000

Digital Database 10 63638000 3 22222000 13 85860000

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4.2.3 – E-content developed by teachers such as: e-PG- Pathshala, CEC (under e-PG- Pathshala CEC (Under Graduate) SWAYAM other MOOCsplatform NPTEL/NMEICT/any other Government initiatives & institutional (Learning Management System (LMS) etc

Name of theTeacher

Name of the Module Platform on which module isdeveloped

Date of launching e-content

Angan Sengupta Economics of Health and HealthCare

SWAYAM 03/09/2018

Maya Mahajan Environmental Science (EVS) Institutional LMS 05/02/2019

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/augmentation_details/2258_augmentation_details_1580289684.pdf



No file uploaded.

4.3 – IT Infrastructure4.3.1 – Technology Upgradation (overall)

Type TotalComputers

ComputerLab

Internet Browsingcenters

ComputerCenters

Office Departments Available Bandwidth(MBPS/GBPS)

Others

Existing 2223 1449 2223 0 62 317 395 1 0

Added 103 83 103 0 0 2 18 0 0

Total 2326 1532 2326 0 62 319 413 1 0

4.3.2 – Bandwidth available of internet connection in the Institution (Leased line)

1.18 MBPS/ GBPS

4.3.3 – Facility for e-content

Name of the e-content developmentfacility

Provide the link of the videos and media centre and recording facility

Media Innovation Center https://intranet.cb.amrita.edu/aqar/AMRITA-Media-Innovation-Center.mp4

4.4 – Maintenance of Campus Infrastructure4.4.1 – Expenditure incurred on maintenance of physical facilities and academic support facilities, excluding salary component, during theyear

Assigned Budget onacademic facilities

Expenditure incurred on maintenance ofacademic facilities

Assigned budget onphysical facilities

Expenditure incurredon maintenanceof physical facilites

1000000000 264205376 2000000000 1796977469

4.4.2 – Procedures and policies for maintaining and utilizing physical, academic and support facilities - laboratory, library, sports complex,computers, classrooms etc. (maximum 500 words) (information to be available in institutional Website, provide link)

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham is a multi-campus, multi-disciplinary university with 5 campuses. In eachcampus, there is a central facility called general administration that takes caters to all schools,departments and centres in the campus. It takes care of campus maintenance and optimal utilization of

various physical, academic and support facilities. Various common support facilities include: ●Project office catering to construction, landscaping, electrical, plumbing and similar services ●Estate office Facilities ● Central Library ● Information Communication Technology Services (ICTS) ●

https://intranet.cb.amrita.edu/aqar/AMRITA-Media-Innovation-Center.mp4



Sports Games ● Campus Security ● Car pool ● Bus Transport ● Event Management ● Housekeeping ● Garden● Effluent treatment plant ● Fabrication services ● Medical Aid ● Campus Amenities such as generalstores, provision stores, cloth shop, tailoring shop, reprography, travel desk, beauty parlor andsaloon ● Biomedical (For Health sciences campus) ● Central Sterile Supply services (For Health

sciences campus) Campus Maintenance The maintenance of infrastructure at University HQ is managed byEstate office which has the following wings- Civil, Electrical, Plumbing and Air-conditioning (AC).Besides this the computer hardware maintenance is done by the system wing (ICTS) of the University. Acampus level Executive committee consisting of Deputy Dean, General Manager- Purchase and Manager-

Finance is the authority which approves any major maintenance activity. Maintenance work iscategorized into annual maintenance, routine maintenance and preventive maintenance. For annual

maintenance, a plan is prepared by the respective department and submitted to the Executive committeefor approval. Preventive maintenance is done by the department and a schedule is drawn for it by the

respective department. The request for maintenance is raised through an email at [email protected]/[email protected]. A ticket is generated for each of the request and the job is

assigned to the respective department. The sender is provided with the ticket number and the progressof the work can be traced. The flowchart below explains the process. Computer Utilization Maintenance● Backup and System Failover Plan ● Systems Documentation ● Systems Monitoring ● Disaster RecoveryPlan ● Systems Redundancy Plan ● Change Management and Control Procedure ● Incident and Problem

Management Plan ● Configuration Management ● Established Procedures for Consistency andReproducibility ● Standard Operating Procedures ● Service Level Agreements ● Service Continuity Plan

● Service Deployment Plan ● Service Improvement Plan ● System Security Plan ● Systems Audit ●Heterogeneity ● Visibility (Service Desk) ● Knowledge Base Management

https://intranet.cb.amrita.edu/aqar/NAAC_AQAR_2018_2019_maintainance.pdf

CRITERION V – STUDENT SUPPORT AND PROGRESSION5.1 – Student Support5.1.1 – Scholarships and Financial Support

Name/Title of the scheme Number of students Amount in RupeesNo Data Entered/Not Applicable !!!

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5.1.2 – Number of capability enhancement and development schemes such as Soft skill development, Remedial coaching, Language lab,Bridge courses, Yoga, Meditation, Personal Counselling and Mentoring etc.,

Name of the capability enhancement scheme Date of implemetation Number of students enrolled Agencies involved

https://intranet.cb.amrita.edu/aqar/NAAC_AQAR_2018_2019_maintainance.pdf

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/Scholarships/2258_Scholarships_1581751348.xlsx




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5.1.3 – Students benefited by guidance for competitive examinations and career counselling offered by the institution during the year

YearName of

thescheme

Number of benefited studentsfor competitive examination

Number of benefited students bycareer counseling activities

Number of students who havepassedin the comp. exam

Number ofstudentsp

placedNo Data Entered/Not Applicable !!!

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5.1.4 – Institutional mechanism for transparency, timely redressal of student grievances, Prevention of sexual harassment and ragging casesduring the year

Total grievances received Number of grievances redressed Avg. number of days for grievance redressal9 9 7

5.2 – Student Progression5.2.1 – Details of campus placement during the year

On campus Off campus

Nameoforganizations visited

Number of studentsparticipated

Number of stduentsplaced

Nameoforganizations visited

Number of studentsparticipated

Number of stduentsplaced


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5.2.2 – Student progression to higher education in percentage during the year

Year Number of students enrolling intohigher education

Programmegraduated from

Depratmentgraduated from

Name of institutionjoined

Name of programmeadmitted to


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https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/Development_Schemes/2258_Development_Schemes_1581751707.xlsx

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/Guidance/2258_Guidance_1580121116.xlsx

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/Placement/2258_Placement_1581752569.xlsx

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/Progression/2258_Progression_1581864789.xlsx



5.2.3 – Students qualifying in state/ national/ international level examinations during the year(eg:NET/SET/SLET/GATE/GMAT/CAT/GRE/TOFEL/Civil Services/State Government Services)

Items Number of students selected/ qualifyingNET 20

SLET 1

GATE 40

GMAT 4

CAT 12

GRE 77

TOFEL 76

Any Other 305

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5.2.4 – Sports and cultural activities / competitions organised at the institution level during the year

Activity Level Number of ParticipantsNo Data Entered/Not Applicable !!!

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5.3 – Student Participation and Activities5.3.1 – Number of awards/medals for outstanding performance in sports/cultural activities at national/international level (award for a teamevent should be counted as one)

Year Name of theaward/medal

National/Internaional

Number of awards forSports

Number of awards forCultural

Student IDnumber

Name of thestudent


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5.3.2 – Activity of Student Council & representation of students on academic & administrative bodies/committees of the institution(maximum 500 words)

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/Qualifying/2258_Qualifying_1580317278.xlsx

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/Activities_Organised/2258_Activities_Organised_1580121177.xlsx

https://assessmentonline.naac.gov.in/public/Postacc/awards_in_activities/2258_awards_in_activities_1581762968.xlsx



Class Committees: For every batch of students say III B.Tech Computer Science Engineering, II MBBS orIII BA Mass Communication, there is class committee with 4 student representatives from every sectionUsually these are 2 boys and 2 girls. Feedback is taken from the student representatives during theClass Committee meetings on the effectiveness of teaching. Based on this feedback, mentoring and

counseling of faculty is done by the Department Chairperson/ Senior professors. Student grievancesare also addressed during the Course Committee meetings. The information is escalated to

Dean/Principal/Head of the school, if warranted, for his further counseling action. Student Mentors:Students are encouraged to contribute in the academic and personal growth of peers/ juniors by

providing assistance as and when required. Student Clubs: Student clubs are active in alldepartments, with the students assuming major responsibilities for its planning and conduct. They

participate in various contests and competitions thereby sharpening their technical skills and alsofor establishing linkages with the industry by way of organizing workshops , project contests etc.Hostel Mess Committee: Student and Staff members in the respective hostels form hostel and messcommittees to settle the student grievances regarding the hostel needs and facilities in theirrespective hostels. Women grievances and redressal committee: An exclusive cell for Women’s

Complaints and Grievances is formulated for to attend to the complaints or grievances of the girlstudents and women in the campus. Student Council: This consists of 3 wings namely co-curricular,sports and extra-curricular representatives. The co-curricular representatives actively organizecollege techfests as well as student chapters of professional bodies. Anokha the techfest of the

AMRITA Coimbatore campus has emerged as one of the best in India with 15,000 footfalls, 100 events,30 workshops and a million rupees in prize money. The IEEE and CSI student chapters in the schools ofengineering have won several international and national awards. The sports captains and vice-captains

in the student body organize intra-mural sports competitions, annual sports meet and renderassistance in organizing south zone and regional tournaments. The cultural secretaries and joint

secretaries organize intra-mural cultural competitions and annual day program. In Coimbatore campus,this event is called Amritotsavam.

5.4 – Alumni Engagement5.4.1 – Whether the institution has registered Alumni Association?

No

5.4.2 – No. of registered Alumni:

40000

5.4.3 – Alumni contribution during the year (in Rupees) :

600000



5.4.4 – Meetings/activities organized by Alumni Association :

1. Each of the fourteen school of Amrita is organizing annual alumni meet in addition to thisseveral alumni are making visit to the campus and contributing by giving lectures, sharing their

experience in industry, providing placements to our students etc. 2. On 23 December, 2018 the firstbatch of Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore (1994-1998 batch) conducted its 20 year reunionalong with the annual alumni meet. 123 Alumni attended. 3. On 31st October, 2018 Amrita School of

Medicine, Kochi conducted Alumni meet with attendance of 86 alumni. 4. On 21st October, 2018,department of management, Kochi campus conducted the alumni meet with around 50 alumni in attedance

CRITERION VI – GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT6.1 – Institutional Vision and Leadership6.1.1 – Mention two practices of decentralization and participative management during the last year (maximum 500 words)

1. Academics The University has five campuses which are autonomous with regard to academicadministration to an extent. Courses offered and course syllabi are designed at the campus levelwith the help of Board of Studies Committees established at the campus level, reviewed by the

undergraduate and postgraduate university level committees, and approved by the Academic Council.Academic policies are set at the University level and the academic and administrative heads inindividual campuses are given full authority to implement the policies. Decentralisation of

examinations - PG exams are decentralised from 2013 onwards UG exams are decentralised from 2017.Examination calendar, Preparation of question papers and result finalisation are done independently

in different campuses. HoD of each department has full responsibility and authority to run andcontrol the department. Each department have its own quality indicators and the responsibility isdesignated to the process champion. 2. Administration Heads of Schools are fully empowered to takeday to day operational decisions with respect to their school subject to broad compliance with

University’s policy and regulations. Faculty Recruitment Each Head of Schools is empowered to carryout interviews, and appointments of faculty members. Research Independent research activities atdifferent campuses but with inter-campus collaborations. Evaluation of research based on common

campus guidelines but with slightly different forms and weightage at different campuses. Researchpromotion, and institutional funding (such as, seed grants) also based on common guidelines but

decisions based on local campus decisions. Budgeting Process Principals and campus Directors discusswith every department at the campus level. The individual campus budget is reviewed and approved by

the Dean, faculty of studies. The overall budget is then reviewed and submitted by the AcademicCouncil to the Board of Management. The process involves participation of every stakeholder and

consultation process ensures that priorities are clear at all levels. Participation of stakeholdersis very key in Amrita’s Participative Management as it ensures the inputs, ideas of the stakeholders



are taken into account and policies formulated accordingly. Faculty members are represented invarious committees like Board of Management, Academic Council, Board of Studies, Class Committees,

Faculty Committees Research administrative heads at each campus is represented in the AcademicCouncil and, through Dean Research, to the Board of Management. Given the unique geographical

diversity of Amrita campuses spread among 4 different states of India, the university has been verysuccessful in implementing a federated model of governance. This model still ensures participativemanagement yet allowing for a fair degree of freedom to its constituent units when it comes to

financial autonomy, academic flexibility and research agenda. The result is as evidenced with GlobalRankings (THE, QS) and National Rankings, where Amrita continues to be ranked in the top ten among

the best.

6.1.2 – Does the institution have a Management Information System (MIS)?

Yes

6.2 – Strategy Development and Deployment6.2.1 – Quality improvement strategies adopted by the institution for each of the following (with in 100 words each):

Strategy Type Details

CurriculumDevelopment

University tries to work with all stakeholders in designing the curriculum that isinnovative, addressing the needs of the future, interdisciplinary, imparting values

and ethos of the Indian heritage with rich and interesting curricular content.Curriculum design and pedagogy is primarily learner-centric with the underlying

principle of imparting the following key attributes to the students like Criticalthinking, Logical reasoning, Communication skills, Being a team player, Skills

required for life-long learning. The curriculum offers choices/electives across mostof the programs, except where the statutory or regulatory authority doesn’t allow

significant flexibility. Every program has dedicated hours for courses pertaining tovalue education, ethics, environment and sustainability, additional languages (Hindi,

Tamil, Malayalam, Sanskrit, German, Japanese, french,Chinese, Spanish) and otherhumanities courses that add value to the holistic development and help mould thecharacter of the students. University offers diverse set of disciplines (e.g.,engineering and technology, medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, Ayurveda,

management, arts and science) which allows students to have access to wide range ofsubjects thus making the learning experience truly interdisciplinary.

Teaching andLearning

University adopted outcome based education (OBE) in 2014 in the engineering programs.OBE is planned to be introduced in the sciences and arts programs at the beginning ofAcademic Year (AY) 2019-20. 4 UG programs are awaiting results of National Board of



Accreditation (NBA). There are other programs that use a slight variant of OBE asdictated by the respective statutory regulatory authorities. Learning management

system is used to track the outcome of each course and program. A thorough analysisof the program outcome is used as a basis for appropriate measures to continuously

improve the quality of the teaching-learning process. At a department level, there isa process of formulation of Program Educational Objectives (PEO), Program Objectives

(PO) and Program Specific Objectives (PSO)

Examination andEvaluation

Decentralization of question papers for both UG and PG programs is one of the reformsin examination procedures. As a result, the positive impact is that there is

absolutely no ambiguity because all faculty who teach the course are part of theprocess of question paper setting and evaluation processes. Result Publication: 10-12 days after the last day of examination. Results are published through website,

Amrita University Management System (AUMS) student and parent portal. Application forre-evaluation:- After publication of results, Student will be shown the end semester

exam paper and the re-evaluation done by the same faculty in the presence ofrespective chairman. If a student still not satisfied by the evaluation process he

/she can represent it to the head of schools. The positive impact is transparency inthe examination process Supplementary Exams: For those who got Fail (F) grade in thecourses registered. Students can appear for the end semester exam alone with the

previous internals. During the even semester the students can apply for odd semestersupplementary exams and vice versa. In the fourth attempt the internal componentvanishes and the student has to write the supplementary for the entire 100 marks.Supplementary examinations are evaluated against the most recent grade rule. Thepositive impact is student-friendly remedial options in the examination process

Remedial Options - Re-registration and run-time redo courses: Re-registration andrun-time courses are the modes to improve the internal marks. The time table is

organized in such a way that students with backlogs can attend re-registration andrun-time course to clear their backlogs in lower semesters, while attending regularclasses with their peers. Remedial Options - Contact Course: To help final semesterand term out students to clear their backlog, they are permitted to register for

contact mode to clear the failed courses subject to the approval of the school head.A maximum of two courses can be taken under contact mode in the entire program ofstudy. These are student-friendly policies especially considering the fact that

students with backlogs can graduate along with their peer as also take up placement

Research andDevelopment

The initiatives to promote research include: - Mentoring faculty to seek researchgrants from outside and in addition provide seed grants based on novelty and merit of



the proposed project. - Support can also go to purchase of infrastructure, travel,etc. -Assisting formation of startups and/or technology transfer through TechnologyBusiness Incubation - Advocating publications by Post Graduate students - As peracademic council mandate - all Masters students are required to submit a paper for

publication as a requirement towards their degree. This policy was implemented acrossall schools and PG programs except for visual media - Supporting publication chargesthat may include registration and/or travel to conferences to enhance exposure and

self-development. - Providing collaborative opportunities to engage with national andinternational research groups. - Scholarships to PhD and Masters students. -

Recognizing students with distinction who have pursued research that results inpublications.

Library, ICTand Physical

Infrastructure/

Instrumentation

In all campus central and school libraries, full automation has been implemented withbar-coding. Complete automation in Integrated Library Management System (ILMS) was

realized in 2009. The OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) Web-based OPAC systems inthe ILMS provides easy access to the database of books, journals and e-resources.

Faculty and students can be access the system on Intranet and Internet to search allthe bibliographic records available in the Central Library database through a web-based search interface. With this, the status and location of a document can easily

be identified online from any networked computer in the campus The various ILMSsoftware being used at AMRITA are: 1. LIBSYS 4.0: The special features of thesoftware are end-to-end manageability of the library operations through its

comprehensive modules. As a Web-based solution, it provides platform independence.The interactive features include the Web OPAC facility. 2. SLIM 21: In System forLibrary Information and Management (SLIM) 21, various modules include cataloguing

system, circulation system, acquisition system, serial control system and Web-AwareOPAC 3. LIBSOFT 9.8.0: This is an integrated Library Management Software with

advanced search options. 4. Amrita University Management System (AUMS) 4.0.12.1Library module of the university’s in-house academic ERP system

Human ResourceManagement

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has a comprehensive and multi-faceted performanceappraisal system which considers all aspects and dimensions of performance in

academics, research, administration and extension. Essentially this performanceappraisal captures the performance for the Academic Year (AY). The steps are asfollows: 1. Self-appraisal by the faculty or non-teaching staff 2. Review and

comments by the immediate superior (HoD) 3. Optional Peer Review by selected experts4. Policy formulation for rewarding performance by Head of the School 5. Performance-linked outcomes and rewards by HR department The faculty performance appraisal has 5



sections: 1. Teaching Evaluation: Major components include course Instruction, labsessions, UG, PG and Ph.D project research guidance and evaluation. Student feedbackof the instruction is also factored in the performance appraisal process 2. ResearchConsultancy: Major components include extramural funded projects sanctioned applied,

numbers quality of peer reviewed Scopus-indexed publications in journals andconferences, books, book chapters, citations, patents and roles in organizing high-quality international conferences. 3. Awards Recognitions: Major components include

international and national awards and achievements for research excellence,innovation and extension. Another aspect is mentoring of students for international

and national level technical, sports and cultural competitions contests 4.Administrative activities at department level: Major components include international

national collaboration, Board of Studies and leadership committee roles indepartmental committees and activities such as course or class mentoring, research,admissions, timetable, placement etc. 5. Administrative activities at school, campusand university level: Leadership and committee roles in research, student affairs,

accreditation, examinations, cultural, sports and technical committees.

IndustryInteraction /Collaboration

AMRITA has a Directorate of Corporate and Industrial Relation (CIR) which is a uniquesetup, among the educational institutions in India, primarily for the career

development of students. CIR’s functions are organized under eight units namely,Career Counselling, Career Competency Development, Higher Learning Initiatives,

Entrepreneurship Development, Corporate Relations, Placement, MarketingCommunication, and Corporate Training. Each of these units works in collaboration

with the other units of CIR and also with the various departments of the university.Each of these units has its team in all the campuses with the heads located in the

Coimbatore campus.

Admission ofStudents

University has a dedicated international admissions cell under Amrita Center forInternational Programs (ACIP). Opportunities provided by ACIP includes ull-time

studies, student exchanges, integrated programs, dual-degree programs, internships,and the immersive Live-in-Labs® experiential learning program focused on Indias

villages. ACIP has started participating in Study in India program of Government ofIndia

6.2.2 – Implementation of e-governance in areas of operations:

E-governace area DetailsExamination Academic administration at AMRITA is completely automated using In-house developed

academic ERP system, AUMS (Amrita University Management System) for academic and



administrative purposes. With respect to the Examinations sub-module in the academicadministration system, various facilities and features include: Online examinationsOnline quizzes Attendance entry and monitoring Internal Assessment and End semestercomponent Grading Grade sheet, provisional and degree certificate generation printingLearning Management System (LMS) with provision of storage of course material, slidesrelevant to the portion for the examination Analytics of examination performance andtools for grading such as stem chart Parent portal for communication of examination

results to parents Conduct of online exams has become an important feature for coursessuch as Environmental Science, Cultural Education, Soft Skills and Computational

thinking and problem solving.

Administration

Academic administration at AMRITA is completely automated using In-house developedacademic ERP system, AUMS (Amrita University Management System) for academic andadministrative purposes. Access to student and parent portals of AUMS for studentperformance attendance result in increased rapport with stakeholders. AUMS has thefollowing modules: - Academic Administration system which encompasses admission,

timetable, course registration, examinations, placement management, hostel management,inventory and purchase management, facilities management, evaluation, grading,

certificate generation, finance, budgeting and fee collection - E-learning system -Student relationship management systems - Library Automation system - Content

Management system - Alumni Management system

Finance andAccounts

Tally accounting software is implemented. The features of the software includeComplete book keeping that includes accounting, inventory management and payroll.

StudentAdmission and

Support

Online and automated admission counseling software implemented across campuses. Iteliminates the need for students and their parents make several trips for admissions

purposes

6.3 – Faculty Empowerment Strategies6.3.1 – Teachers provided with financial support to attend conferences / workshops and towards membership fee of professional bodies duringthe year

Year Name ofTeacher

Name of conference/ workshop attended for whichfinancial support provided

Name of the professional body for whichmembership fee is provided

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6.3.2 – Number of professional development / administrative training programmes organized by the University for teaching and non teachingstaff during the year

YearTitle of the professional development

programme organised for teachingstaff

Title of the administrative trainingprogramme organised for non-teaching

staff

Fromdate

ToDate

Number ofparticipants

(Teaching staff)

Number ofparticipants (non-

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6.3.3 – No. of teachers attending professional development programmes, viz., Orientation Programme, Refresher Course, Short Term Course,Faculty Development Programmes during the year

Title of the professional development programme Number of teachers who attended From Date To date Duration


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6.3.4 – Faculty and Staff recruitment (no. for permanent recruitment):

Teaching Non-teaching

Permanent Full Time Permanent Full Time0 1697 0 3200

6.3.5 – Welfare schemes for

Teaching Non-teaching StudentsMedical Insurance: Group Medical

Insurance for all employees and theirfamily, Super specialty medical careat our health sciences campus for all

University employees and theirfamilies, Conveyance facility to

employees from various parts of thecity to and from the campus. Distance

varies from 15 kms to 30 kms,Residential quarters for the staff at

Medical Insurance: Group MedicalInsurance for all employees and theirfamily, Super specialty medical careat our health sciences campus for all

University employees and theirfamilies, Conveyance facility to

employees from various parts of thecity to and from the campus. Distance

varies from 15 kms to 30 kms,Residential quarters for the staff,

Medical Insurance,Super specialty medicalcare, Adequate hosteland mess facility,

Conveyance facility forstudents from variousparts of the city toand from the campus.

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the campus, CBSE affiliated AmritaVidyalayam school for the children ofemployees near to the vicinity of each

of the campus, Interest- free loanadvance to employees on case to casebasis, Festival allowance, Groceryshop, provision store, tailor shop,gift shop, personal grooming shop,Salon etc. are available in the

campus, Sports facilities such as gym,swimming pool, indoor outdoor play

areas s

CBSE affiliated Amrita Vidyalayamschool for the children of employeesnear to the vicinity of each of thecampus, Interest- free loan advanceto employees on case to case basis,Festival allowances, Grocery shop,provision store, tailor shop, giftshop, personal grooming shop, Salonetc. are available in the campus,Sports facilities such as gym,

swimming pool, indoor outdoor playareas

that cater for specifictastes that runs from 8

AM to 8 PM, Groceryshop, provision store,tailor shop, gift shop,personal grooming shop,

Salon etc. areavailable in thecampus, Sports

facilities such as gym,swimming pool, indooroutdoor play areas

6.4 – Financial Management and Resource Mobilization6.4.1 – Institution conducts internal and external financial audits regularly (with in 100 words each)

External Audit - Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has been instituted to provide tertiary education,pursuant to the educational objects of a public charitable trust. The trust is registered U/s 12AAof the Income Tax Act, 1961. The books of account are audited by independent external auditors and

reports filed U/s 12A(b) of the Act. The audit takes into cognizance the various verticals ofoperation and the legislative framework the institution operates in. The audit program is based on

the auditors’ judgement and assessment of risk and encompasses checks to verify that internalcontrols are commensurate with the size of the institution, the distribution of resources acrossverticals, the nature of its activities and. In addition to its own examination, the externalauditors take into account references made by the Audit Committee (AC). Internal Audit - The

Internal Audit system is conceived as an autonomous function to elicit assurance on the efficacy ofprocesses, policies and controls. It acts as an independent review of the financial systems, to

evaluate the outlays and utilization for optimality, across the various focus areas (viz. academicsclassroom instruction, research and innovation, societal impact outreach). The Internal Audit

Function works under the aegis of the Audit Committee (AC). The Audit Committee acts as the apexbody for the design performance of audit, as well as resolution of audit objections. Multipleindependent audit teams formed under the oversight of the AC, execute the audit of the various

locations / verticals. The Faculty of Audit comprises a selection from management representatives,Chartered accountants, company secretary, audit clerks and personnel from the banking industry. Theteam is reinforced as necessary by co-opting (internal / external) domain experts, with experience

in the focus area. The elements of review financial discipline, optimal resource allocation,budgetary provisioning and controls, timely emergence of outcomes, cost effectiveness and proprietyelements. Compliance with legal and regulatory requirements are also examined. Given the largely



computerized environment, the review also looks into elements of cyber security. Cyber Securityprofessionals including certified Information Systems Auditors are tasked with setting the frameworkand protocols. Adherence to standard security measures, and necessary firewalls to obviate threatsand attacks are also reviewed. Observations made by the audit team, along with the queries are

shared with the respective departments / faculties / verticals / centres, and responses to the samesought. Where the justifications and explanations are resolved to the satisfaction of the auditteam, the thread automatically attains closure. Instances of departure from standard procedures,loopholes and unresolved observations are flagged to the AC. These are classified into two broadcategories viz. systemic weaknesses and deviations. The former is addressed by re-tweaking the

systems to ensure reinforcement of checks and balances. Deviations are examined to see if there is aprima facie case of unacceptable developments. Justifiable exceptions, where subject to necessary

approvals, do not merit further action. All other cases are investigated and taken to logicalconclusions. They include re-assignment of approvals, warnings, and disciplinary action where

needed.

6.4.2 – Funds / Grants received from management, non-government bodies, individuals, philanthropies during the year(not covered inCriterion III)

Name of the non government funding agencies/individuals

Funds/ Grnats received inRs. Purpose

Robert Bosch 250000000 Automotive Research and TechnologyLab

No file uploaded.

6.4.3 – Total corpus fund generated

0

6.5 – Internal Quality Assurance System6.5.1 – Whether Academic and Administrative Audit (AAA) has been done?

Audit Type External Internal

Yes/No Agency Yes/No AuthorityAcademic No Yes Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)

Administrative No Yes Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)

6.5.2 – What efforts are made by the University to promote autonomy in the affiliated/constituent colleges? (if applicable)



The University has five campuses with constituent fifteen schools which are autonomous with regardto academic administration to an extent. Academic policies are set at the University level and theacademic and administrative heads in individual campuses are given full authority to implement thepolicies. Decentralisation of examinations - PG exams are decentralised from 2013 onwards UG exams

are decentralised from 2017. Examination calendar, Preparation of question papers and resultfinalisation are done independently in different campuses. HoD of each department has full

responsibility and authority to run and control the department. Each department have its own qualityindicators and the responsibility is designated to the process champion. Heads of Schools are fullyempowered to take day to day operational decisions with respect to their school subject to broad

compliance with University’s policy and regulations. Each Head of Schools is empowered to carry outinterviews, and appointments of faculty members. Independent research activities at differentcampuses but with inter-campus collaborations. Evaluation of research based on common campusguidelines but with slightly different forms and weightage at different campuses. Research

promotion, and institutional funding (such as, seed grants) also based on common guidelines butdecisions based on local campus decisions. For budgeting, principals and campus Directors discuss

with every department at the campus level. The individual campus budget is reviewed and approved bythe Dean, faculty of studies. The overall budget is then reviewed and submitted by the AcademicCouncil to the Board of Management. The process involves participation of every stakeholder and

consultation process ensures that priorities are clear at all levels.

6.5.3 – Activities and support from the Parent – Teacher Association (at least three)

Parent-Teacher meetings are called regularly as per need. Progress report of every student includingattendance, periodical test result and end-semester results are sent to the parents. If there is aneed, parents are called to meet the class advisor and department chair in case of poor performancein exams, lack of attendance or any other issue Feedback is elicited from parents on overall academic

system, rigor, campus facilities and amenities during these meetings

6.5.4 – Development programmes for support staff (at least three)

Medical Insurance: Group Medical Insurance for all support staff and their family Interest- freeloan advance to employees on case to case basis Festival allowances

6.5.5 – Post Accreditation initiative(s) (mention at least three)

1. National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Nodal office set up by IQAC. AMRITA is steadilyclimbing up in the NIRF rankings. In India rankings 2019 and 2018, AMRITA was the 8th best

university in India. This is an improvement of one place from India rankings 2017, when AMRITA wasranked 9th. Significantly, there was no other private HEI in the top 10 universities in India in



both 2017 and 2018 2. Publication Coordinator at school/department/centre level: Number of Scopusindexed research publications of AMRITA has steadily increased as seen below: 2018: 2319 2017: 1452

2015: 1297 This increase in research papers has also been reflected in our positions in Indiarankings 2019 and 2018. AMRITA was the 8th best university in India. This is an improvement of oneplace from India rankings 2017, when AMRITA was ranked 9th. 3. Outcome-Based Education (OBE): TheInternal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) has driven the adoption of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) in2014 which is an excellent tool for improving and continuously monitoring the teaching-learning

process, course delivery assessment and attainment of learning outcomes. The School-level IQAC isthe nodal office for the OBE process. The process started with sensitization training sessionsworkshops on OBE as well as on the OBE platform called InPods. This was followed by internal

departmental meetings driven by the IQAC involving the entire faculty in Curriculum Committee (CC)to deliberate on the vision, mission and Program Educational Objectives (PEO) of the various

programs in the department. For every program, specific Program Specific Outcomes (PSO) was alsoformulated. Program Outcomes (PO) are generally defined for the program by the concerned

accreditation body. For example, for engineering programs pan-India, there are 12 POs defined suchas Engineering Knowledge, Problem Analysis, Design/Development of Solutions, Modern tool usage,

environment sustainability, ethics etc. For every course in the respective program, Course Outcomes(CO) are outlined and mapped to PO and PSO using articulation matrix. This consultative process alsofactored in inputs from various stakeholders such as alumni, employers, academic peers experts. In

the first lecture of each course in the semester, the instructor discusses in detail the CO for thatspecific course with all the students enrolled for that course. This comprehensive discussion of thecourse plan covers the COs, course plan, lesson plan, pedagogy, assignments and evaluation scheme.These are made available in Amrita University Management System (AUMS), OBE platform and website

6.5.6 – Internal Quality Assurance System Details

a) Submission of Data for AISHE portal Yes

b)Participation in NIRF Yes

c)ISO certification Yes

d)NBA or any other quality audit Yes

6.5.7 – Number of Quality Initiatives undertaken during the year

Year Name of quality initiative by IQACDate of

conductingIQAC

DurationFrom Duration To

Number ofparticipants

2019 AMRITA best practices like competitive programming and 14/11/2019 14/11/2019 14/11/2019 50



experiential learning programs showcased in th WorldEngineering Education Forum

2019 FDP on innovative teaching and pedagogical practices 17/08/2019 17/08/2019 18/08/2019 120

2019 FDP in best practices in curriculum and teaching-learning process

18/06/2019 18/06/2019 19/06/2019 110

2019 Amrita Curricular and ICT Innovations at FDP onCapacity Building Enhancement in Higher Education

13/07/2019 13/07/2019 13/07/2019 75

2019 AMRITA ICT best practices showcased in NAAC sponsoredNational Seminar

11/01/2019 11/01/2019 11/01/2019 60

2018 AMRITA Presentation at World Summit of Accreditation(WOSA)

08/09/2018 08/09/2018 09/09/2018 300

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CRITERION VII – INSTITUTIONAL VALUES AND BEST PRACTICES7.1 – Institutional Values and Social Responsibilities7.1.1 – Gender Equity (Number of gender equity promotion programmes organized by the institution during the year)

Title of the programme Period from Period To Number ofParticipants

Female MaleBREAST CANCER AWARENESS 31/10/2018 31/10/2018 95 0

DIABETES - MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION PROGRAMME 14/11/2018 14/11/2018 67 0

BANK SCAMS- ANYONE CAN BE VICTIMIZED, BEWARE 16/11/2018 16/11/2018 47 0

CARE OF THE ELDERLY 04/12/2018 04/12/2018 32 0

SLEEP HYGIENE 10/01/2019 10/01/2019 51 0

DEALING WITH STRESS OF CHILDREN DURING EXAM : A MOTIVATIONAL TALK 11/01/2019 11/01/2019 46 0

AWARENESS ON CERVICAL CANCER 24/01/2019 24/01/2019 47 0

Gender Sensitisation Cell-Committee Meeting, Amrita School ofDentistry,AIMS

20/05/2019 20/05/2019 10 4

International Women's Day Celebration, Kochi Campus 06/03/2019 08/03/2019 700 50

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International Women'sDay Celebration, Amritapuri Campus 08/03/2019 08/03/2019 50 25

Annual Conclave of Amrita Self Help Group Members 12/01/2019 12/01/2019 1200 100

Women in Sustaining Environment(WISE) 11/02/2019 11/02/2019 30 10

Observance of women's day 08/03/2019 08/03/2019 11 4

Talk on Benefit of IEEE- WIE, ASE,BLR 28/03/2019 28/03/2019 17 30

Buzz Up-based on prominent women in society and communication byIEEE-WIE Chapter, ASE,BLR

21/03/2019 21/03/2019 15 10

Women in Power Engineering(WIPE) 28/07/2018 28/07/2018 50 5

INTELLIGENT INVESTMENT- AN INSIGHT INTO FINANCIAL STABILITY 31/07/2018 31/07/2018 70 0

AWARENESS ON BREAST FEEDING AND ITS IMPORTANCE 01/08/2018 01/08/2018 47 0

POLYCYSTIC OVARY DISEASE – AN AWARENESS INTO THE DISEASE 22/09/2018 22/09/2018 67 0

A SESSION ON FIRE SAFETY AND MANAGEMENT 27/09/2018 27/09/2018 47 0

AWARENESS ON CATARACT 06/10/2018 06/10/2018 51 0

A SESSION ON HAND WASHING TECHNIQUES 18/10/2018 18/10/2018 42 0

A SESSION ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT 29/10/2018 29/10/2018 45 0

AN OVERVIEW OF THYROID DISORDERS AND MANGEMENT 25/01/2019 25/01/2019 57 0

AWARENESS ON ROAD SAFETY 09/02/2019 09/02/2019 66 0

SESSION ON FIRST AID 06/04/2019 06/04/2019 48 0

IMPORATANCE OF IMMUNIZATION 18/04/2019 18/04/2019 53 0

HYPERTENSION: AWARENESS AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME 05/05/2019 05/05/2019 67 0

GENDER DISCRIMINATION : A VIEW FROM THIRD GENDER ASPECT 25/05/2019 25/05/2019 84 0

AN INSIGHT INTO THE NEW GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE FOR CITIZEN SAFETY 20/06/2019 20/06/2019 220 0

Talk on "Smart Women for a better world", ASM,Kochi Campus 12/03/2019 12/03/2019 450 0

Olagattu-on Problems faced by Women In Society 08/02/2019 08/02/2019 150 0

Unarmed Combat(Sef Defense)- Martial Arts Adventure 08/02/2019 08/02/2019 150 0

Gender Based Cyber Violence 18/11/2018 18/11/2018 52 0

7.1.2 – Environmental Consciousness and Sustainability/Alternate Energy initiatives such as:



Percentage of power requirement of the University met by the renewable energy sourcesSolar panels are used for electricity generation and for heating water in the hostels at the

University headquarters at Coimbatore campus. The installed capacity of solar power is 210 kW in theCoimbatore campus.

7.1.3 – Differently abled (Divyangjan) friendliness

Item facilities Yes/No Number of beneficiariesProvision for lift Yes 8

Physical facilities Yes 8

Ramp/Rails Yes 8

Rest Rooms Yes 8

Scribes for examination Yes 8

Special skill development for differently abled students No 0

7.1.4 – Inclusion and Situatedness

YearNumber of initiatives to address

locational advantages anddisadvantages

Number of initiatives taken to engagewith and contribute to local community Date Duration Name of

initiativeIssues

addressed

Number ofparticipatingstudents and

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7.1.5 – Human Values and Professional Ethics Code of conduct (handbooks) for various stakeholders

Title Date ofpublication Follow up(max 100 words)

EmployeeHandbook

01/07/2018 Clarification Sessions were held on Employee handbook by Human ResourceDevelopment department. Even though the handbook has been in existence for some

time, sessions on dissemination of contents and clarifications on various aspectshave been held in Academic Year (AY) 2018-2019 for both teaching and non-teachingstaff. This is in preparation of the 3rd cycle of NAAC re-accreditation and NBA

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7.1.7 – Initiatives taken by the institution to make the campus eco-friendly (at least five)

1. Solar panels are used for electricity generation and for heating water in the hostels atuniversity HQ. The installed capacity of solar power in the headquarters is 210kW. 2. The campus has

4 units of Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) with a total capacity of 8 lakh liters State-of-art-technology is used with sand /charcoal and UV filter and Effective microorganism (EM) 3. Solid waste

is collected using four different types of bins earmarked for plastic waste, bio waste, Sanitarynapkin waste and paper waste. These are processed and wherever possible recycled and handed over to

registered agencies for recycle or safe disposal. 4. The research centers of the University hasdeveloped environmentally friendly bio toilets, Sanitary napkins and safe drinking water projectsfor rural areas. 5 The 450 acre main campus has rich bio diversity with more than 200 differentvariety of common trees and wide variety of birds and butterflies. Out of the 13,86,110 Square

meters of land 6,93,055 Sqm is maintained as green belt area which amounts to 50. 1.75 lakh treesare surviving in the campus. Inside the campus we have been planting around 1000 tree seedlings a

year for the past ten years with 95 survival rate

7.2 – Best Practices7.2.1 – Describe at least two institutional best practices

Title of the Practice: Amrita Centre for International Programs (ACIP) - Creating a global impactObjectives of the Practice: AMRITA University has a dedicated Centre for International Programs thatspecifically manages academic relations with international Universities. The prime objectives of theCentre are: 1. To meet and partner with Universities abroad that will create international studentopportunities and high-end research collaborations in diverse fields. 2. To formulate various joint

academic programs that will enhance the learning experience of our students and faculty. Theprograms we offer include: a. Faculty and Student exchange programs, b. Study abroad programs, c.Dual degree (for Post graduate and PhD students) d. Integrated programs (41 and 32 programs) e.

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the overall quality of higher education and research in India The Context: Over the past few yearsAmrita University has developed working relationship with many of the best universities in the

world. ACIP plays a developmental, strategic and co-coordinating role in the UniversitysInternational work, seeking to provide quality support both internally and externally. Strong

collaboration with national and international organizations is the hallmark of all research carriedout at Amrita University and to this extent we have developed a broad range of international

partnerships around the world. The Practice: Research and teaching enrich and upgrade each other,and when directed towards societal benefit, it becomes the most effective instrument for the

holistic development of both students and faculty enabling them to flourish in leadership roles.Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has participated and coordinated several European Union consortia relatedto higher education and research activities. These experiences and mobility programs have enrichedthe students, faculty and the institutions in both ways. The office serves as a focal point for

developing and maintaining international academic relations with several universities abroad. TheCentre has offices in all the main AMRITA campuses to handle issues with both outgoing and incomingstudents. Amrita University is putting in place a range of institutional links which support key

international activities such as: ● Student and faculty exchanges, ● Dual –Degrees, ● Remoteteaching by international professors, ● Development of joint academic programmes, ● Co-guiding the

PhD students, ● High-end bilateral research collaborations. Although a very young University, Amritahas built a very strong global reputation and has extensive experience in partnering with numerousuniversities in Europe, USA etc Evidence of Success: Over the years, Amrita has managed to partnerwith more than 150 universities around the globe. Amrita delegates visit numerous internationaluniversities abroad to bring research collaborations and student/faculty opportunities. Overalloutcome: ● International Partners https://www.amrita.edu/international/international-partners ●

International visitors https://www.amrita.edu/international/international-visitors ● InternationalAdjunct faculty https://www.amrita.edu/international/international-adjunct-faculty ● Internationalvisits by Amrita faculty https://www.amrita.edu/international/international-visit ● Global researchprojects https://www.amrita.edu/international/research-projects Problems Encountered and Resources

Required: Establishing partnerships with international universities is not an easy proposition as itrequires the mobility of both incoming and outgoing students to be kept active. Catering to

international incoming students and faculty requires a highly professional set-up, involving a greatdeal of expertise and meticulous work from providing basic infrastructural facilities to a good

quality learning experience. The host University is responsible for the welfare and safety of theinternational students visiting them. Thus the stakes are quite high for the host University, as itis a question of its credibility. Also, the faculty need to be trained on a continuous basis to be

able to meet with the expectations of international students. This requires us to facilitate FacultyDevelopment Programs on a continuous basis. In addition to this, ACIP invites distinguished

Professors from all around the world to visit our campuses, give technical talks, conduct highly



proficient workshops, chair international conferences that result in high-end researchcollaborations. Materializing these activities certainly require several resources especially interms of funding, manpower (technical and administrative), training, infrastructural facilities,planning and logistics support. • Title of the Practice: Soft Skills Training provided by theCorporate and Industrial Relations department, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham • Objectives of the

practice: The main objective of this best practice is to ensure that our graduates are equipped withgood quality soft skills such as oral communication skills, ability to project a good and positive

body language, preparing their CVs professionally, identify their personality profiles and work uponany weaknesses noticed by the experts from the CIR, developing expertise in group discussions and

facing personal interviews etc. • The Context: A significant portion of our students come from smalltowns and cities and from simple families. As a result of that many of them need extra inputs in

order to develop their soft skills. A well developed personality is a must for a successful careerin the field of business management. This best practice started by us in the last few years helps to

meet this need. The major challenge is to identify the specific problems faced by individualstudents and to cater to their specific soft skills development needs. But we have a team of softskills training experts in the university CIR department who are able to provide this service veryskillfully. • The Practice: The soft skills training team of the CIR department assesses the uniquesoft skills development requirements of all the students with the help of various tools, techniques

and their observations and faculty inputs. Soft skill training classes are conducted by the CIRdepartment experts wherein the students are exposed to technical inputs concerning effective written

and oral communication skills, presentation skills, effective body language, preparing CVs,participating in group discussions effectively, preparing for the placement interviews, industry

expectations from MBA graduates, industry norms concerning expected behavior from businessexecutives, working in teams and groups effectively etc. All the students are helped in

understanding their personality profiles using various psychometric tests. These tests help thestudents to understand their unique strengths and weaknesses and to work upon leveraging theirstrengths and minimizing or eliminating their weaknesses. A series of mock group discussions andinterviews are conducted under the guidance of the CIR experts as well as faculty support to givesufficient practice to the students. Each student gets the chance to participate in multiple mock

GDs Personal Interviews before facing the actual placements process. Feedback is provided to all thestudents at the end of these mock GD PI sessions. These technical inputs by our expert team help the

students to identify their particular weaknesses and to work upon them to make improvements.Students are also taught how to write effective CVs keeping in mind the requirements of the specificcompanies to which they are applying. They are also given tips about facing and doing well on thepsychometric tests conducted by the recruiting companies during the placement process. • The main

constraint is the extremely tight calendar and time table that our students have because of the highnumber of courses that they have to study over the two year period. To find sufficient time for the



Soft Skills training sessions has always been a major constraint. Another constraint that we haveoften faced in the past is how to sensitize the students about the critical importance of soft

skills. Some of the students who actually need greater support because of their background(schooling in regional languages, small city/town/village origin, low self confidence etc.) tend tobe closed during the soft skills sessions because of their inhibitions. To help these students to

overcome their shyness and to encourage them to participate wholeheartedly is another majorchallenge. But the untiring efforts made by our CIR team helps us to make significant contributionsto the confidence and soft skills proficiency of these students. In fact we are reputed as a schoolthat helps many ordinary students to become extraordinary as a result of our efforts. This is alsoin line with what our Chancellor, the great saint Mata Amritanandamayi Devi wants and expects fromus. • Evidence of Success: The main evidence of our success in these efforts is the fact that we

have been able to achieve close to 100 placement in the last four years. We have seen many cases ofstudents who were weak in the area of soft skills make significant improvements as a result of these

inputs and make it to the corporate sector by meeting their requirements. We receive so manytestimonials from our students about the difference that our programme made to their life andcareer. A significant part of the credit for these success stories goes to the Soft Skills

development efforts made by the CIR team as well as the inputs provided by our faculty members.

Upload details of two best practices successfully implemented by the institution as per NAAC format in your institution website,provide the link

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7.3 – Institutional Distinctiveness7.3.1 – Provide the details of the performance of the institution in one area distinctive to its vision, priority and thrust in not more than 500words

LIVE-IN-LABS@AMRITA: An experiential and immersive learning program in vogue at Amrita VishwaVidyapeetham, Deemed-to-be-University) since 2013. Live-in-Labs® @ AMRITA program aims to expose

youth to problems faced by rural communities in India, through experiential learning opportunities,in order to put theory into practice, by the generation of innovative solutions, and facilitation ofcritical and collaborative problem solving abilities of the participants. While India is an eclectic

and vibrant mixture of cultures, traditions, customs, and people, it is also home to 33 of theworld’s poor. Among the poor that live in India, approximately 70 reside in rural areas that often

lack access to safe drinking water, sufficient food, and basic facilities. However, it is the peopleof these rural communities that contribute to feeding the rest of the country and the world.

proposed a program, ‘Live in Labs® @ AMRITA’ in which Amrita students and faculty, in conjunctionwith students and faculty from international universities could spend two weeks to 6 months in

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villages in India in order to understand current challenges and, subsequently, develop sustainablesolutions. This immersive experiential program not only advances international collaboration and

participatory learning but also promotes an environment of synergy between science, engineering andHuman Values. The program facilitates the research, development, and deployment of sustainablesolutions for current challenges faced by rural communities in India. It is designed to engage

participants in a mutual learning and sharing experience by breaking classroom and lab barriers toimplement theoretical knowledge to address real world problems. The program allows participants tostudy, observe, and interact with rural populations while living in rural communities to gain a

better understanding of challenges in the thematic areas of Health Livelihood, Education Technology,Environment Farming, Energy, and Infrastructure Basic Facilities. Live-in-Labs® program has made atremendous impact as demonstrated by the following: 1. Live-in-Labs® been added to the curriculum

for undergraduate engineering, arts sciences, humanities programs as well as post graduate programslike social work and management as an elective of 3 credits. 2. The program has attracted premierinternational universities, who have signed up for this program include Columbia University-USA,University of Massachusetts Amherst-USA University of New Mexico-USA, Technical University of

Munich-Germany, TU Delft-Netherlands and EPFL Lausanne – Switzerland 3. Since 2013, this electivehas been offered. On an average, annually around 500 AMRITA students and 200 students from foreign

universities are availing this elective. 4. The program has impacted 60,000 beneficiaries invillages in 21 states. From 9800 hours of service in 2014, the program participants have clocked1,20,000 hours of service in 2018 and expected to cross 200,000 hours in 2019 5. Innovative and

inter-disciplinary engineering solutions and projects conceptualized include rural electrificationvia solar power, micro-electric hydroelectric systems for water distribution, bio-filters for water

purification and lemon grass oil distillation system using solar energy. Not only in terms oflearning outcomes, some of these solutions have resulted in significant gains for the community. 6.

Every project results in a student paper in a reputed journal/conference

Provide the weblink of the institutionhttps://www.amrita.edu/international/live-in-labs

8.Future Plans of Actions for Next Academic Year1. Institution of Eminence preliminary activities and preparation of plan of action 2. New AmritaVishwa Vidyapeetham campus at Chennai with constituent school, Amrita School of Engineering, Chennaiwith programs such as B.Tech Computer Science Engineering, B.Tech Mechanical Engineering, B.TechElectronics Communication Engineering and B.Tech Electrical Electronics Engineering 3. New AmritaSchool of Agricultural Sciences at Coimbatore campus offering B.Sc Agriculture 4. AACSB internationalaccreditation for MBA Ph.D programs at Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore campus 5. Accreditationby National Board of Accreditation (NBA) for 7 programs at Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore

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campus namely B.Tech Aerospace Engineering, B.Tech Civil Engineering, B.Tech Chemical Engineering,B.Tech Electrical Electronics Engineering, B.Tech Mechanical Engineering, B.Tech ElectricalElectronics Engineering and B.Tech Computer Science Engineering 6. Improvement in World UniversityRankings (WUR) of Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) and Times Higher Education (THE) with target to achieveTop 500 in subject rankings like medical health sciences, engineering, computer science etc 7.Expansion of Live in Labs experiential learning program with participation of over 500 students 8.Expansion of collaboration and visits by international programs to premier universities like PurdueUniversity, University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of Illinois at Chicago, RutgersUniversity etc 9. Major MoU with University of Arizona to set up the university microcampus at AMRITAand MoUs with universities like University of Twente, Netherlands 10. Technology Enabling Center(TEC) for state of Kerala supported by the Government of India Department of Science and Technology(DST) with the objective to create an Ecosystem for Technology Development in Kerala State bynetworking researchers, institutes, National laboratories and industry. 11. New School ofSustainability with 100 fully funded PhD fellowships and focus on Indian villages to become selfreliant with thematic areas such as Health Hygiene, Education Gender Equality, Waste ManagementInfrastructure, Energy and Environment, Agriculture Risk Management, Livelihood Skill Development andWater Sanitation. 12. Target of Scopus indexed publications for calendar year is given as 2000

Documents

Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) 2018-2019 - Amrita ... · the AMRITA IQAC include St. Claret College, Bangalore; Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering & Technology (SSIT), Coimbatore;