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IFET College of Engineering

AQAR for the Academic Year 2016-17 Page 1

IFET COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

GANGARAMPALAYAM, VILLUPURAM – 605108

Annual Quality Assurance Report

2016-2017

OCTOBER 2017 Submitted to:

National Assessment and Accreditation Council

Bangalore, India

INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE CELL



Contents

S.No Particulars Page Number

1 PART –A

Details of the Institution

4

IQAC Compensation and Activities

7

2 PART-B

CRITERION-I : Curricular Aspects

10

CRITERION-II : Testing Learning and Evaluation

12

CRITERION-III: Research Consultancy and

Extension

15

CRITERION-IV :Infrastructure and Learning

Resources

19

CRITERION-V: Student Support and Progression

22

CRITERION-VI : Governance, Leadership and

management

27

CRITERION-VII : Innovation and Beat Practices

38

3 ANNEXURES

Annexure – I : Abbreviations

41

Annexure – II : Academic Calendar

42

Annexure – III : Best Practices

56

Annexure – IV : Analysis of the feedback

58





The Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of the IQAC

Part – A

1. Details of the Institution

1.1 Name of the Institution

1.2 Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City/Town

State

Pin Code

Institution e-mail address

Contact Nos.

Name of the Head of the Institution:

Tel. No. with STD Code:

Mobile:

04146-231456,04146-231457,

04146-231458, 04146-231459

IFET COLLEGE OF

ENGINEERING

GANGARAMPALAYAM

VALAVANUR (POST)

VILLUPURAM

TAMIL NADU

605108

[email protected]

Dr. G. Mahendran

9443331456

04146-231456, 04146-231457



Name of the IQAC Co-ordinator:

Mobile:

IQAC e-mail address:

1.3 NAAC Track ID (For ex. MHCOGN 18879)

1.4 NAAC Executive Committee No. & Date:

(For Example EC/32/A&A/143 dated 3-5-2004.

This EC no. is available in the right corner- bottom

of your institution’s Accreditation Certificate)

1.5 Website address:

Web-link of the AQAR:

For ex. http://www.ladykeanecollege.edu.in/AQAR2012-13.doc

1.6 Accreditation Details

Sl. No. Cycle Grade CGPA Year of

Accreditation

Validity

Period

1 1st Cycle B 2.64 2015 5 Years

1.7 Date of Establishment of IQAC : DD/MM/YYYY

1.8 AQAR for the year (for example 2010-11)

2016-2017

www.ifet.ac.in

29.09.2014

[email protected]

http://www.ifet.ac.in/newsletter/IFETCE-AQAR-2016-2017.pdf

S.Mohamed Nizar,

Asso.Prof/ECE

9840816946, 9442174456

EC(SC)/05/A&A/079

TNCOGN21028



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

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

i. AQAR 2015-16 Submitted to NAAC on 21-07-2016

1.10 Institutional Status

University State Central Deemed Private

Affiliated College Yes No

Constituent College Yes No

Autonomous college of UGC Yes No

Regulatory Agency approved Institution Yes No

(eg. AICTE, BCI, MCI, PCI, NCI) AICTE

Type of Institution Co-education Men Women

Urban Rural Tribal

Financial Status Grant-in-aid UGC 2(f) UGC 12B

Grant-in-aid + Self Financing Totally Self-financing

1.11 Type of Faculty/Programme

Arts Science Commerce Law PEI (Phys Edu)

TEI (Edu) Engineering Health Science Management

Others (Specify)

1.12 Name of the Affiliating University (for the Colleges)

1.13 Special status conferred by Central/ State Government-- UGC/CSIR/DST/DBT/ICMR etc

Nil

Anna University, Chennai



Autonomy by State/Central Govt. / University

University with Potential for Excellence UGC-CPE

DST Star Scheme UGC-CE

UGC-Special Assistance Programme DST-FIST

UGC-Innovative PG programmes Any other (Specify)

UGC-COP Programmes

2. IQAC Composition and Activities

2.1 No. of Teachers

2.2 No. of Administrative/Technical staff

2.3 No. of students

2.4 No. of Management representatives

2.5 No. of Alumni

2. 6 No. of any other stakeholder and

Community representatives

2.7 No. of Employers/ Industrialists

2.8 No. of other External Experts

2.9 Total No. of members

2.10 No. of IQAC meetings held

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

N.A

Nil

Nil

Nil

1

2

1

2

3

2

2

8

21

5



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

Non-Teaching Staff Students Alumni Students Others

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

If yes, mention the amount

2.13 Seminars and Conferences (only quality related)

(i) No. of Seminars/Conferences/ Workshops/Symposia organized by the IQAC

Total Nos. International National State Institution Level

2.14 Significant Activities and contributions made by IQAC

2.15 Plan of Action by IQAC/Outcome

The plan of action chalked out by the IQAC in the beginning of the year towards quality

enhancement and the outcome achieved by the end of the year *

Plan of Action Achievements

Conduct Department wise

Conference/Seminars

Executed

Organising Standing Committee Executed

Enhancement in teaching-learning process and research work.

Improved the number of graduates

Upgraded library by subscription of e-journal (Springer)

Publication of technical papers in international journals with high impact

factor

Established linkages with industries

Enhanced employability by implementing personality development

programs

Carrier guidance and placement cell strengthened

N.A

1

6

2 10

14 - - - 14

Nil



and Governing Council Meetings

Procuring Text, Reference books

and Software Packages in

accordance with requirements of

curriculum.

Executed

Conducting Campus Recruitment

Training for the students to

enhance their employability skills

Executed

Sending teachers for Industrial

Training in their core areas

respectively

Executed

* Attach the Academic Calendar of the year as Annexure.

2.16 Whether the AQAR was placed in statutory body Yes No

Management Syndicate Any other body

Provide the details of the action taken

Management approved AQAR after discussion with college authorities. They also

encouraged to do research work, Industries Interaction and consultancy work.

The following activities were done for the academic year

Approached Bhuvan Panchayath Scheme and got fund of Rs 96,000.

Industries were identified and 67 students were made to get internship.

Management department, contacted tourist, and stock exchange department,

conducted social survey at Puducherry and cuddalore.

Number of industrial persons were visited the college campus and conducted

gust lectures.



Part – B

Criterion – I

1. Curricular Aspects

1.1 Details about Academic Programmes

Level of the

Programme

Number of

existing

Programmes

Number of

programmes added

during the year

Number of

self-financing

programmes

Number of value

added / Career

Oriented

programmes

PhD 2 2 2 -

PG 3 Nil 3 -

UG 6 Nil 6 -

PG Diploma Nil Nil - -

Advanced Diploma Nil Nil - -

Diploma Nil Nil - -

Certificate Nil Nil - -

Others Nil Nil - -

Total 11 2 11 -

Interdisciplinary - - - -

Innovative - - - -

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

(ii) Pattern of programmes:

1.3 Feedback from stakeholders* Alumni Parents Employers Students

(On all aspects)

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

Pattern Number of programmes

Semester All Programs

Trimester Nil

Annual Nil



*Please provide an analysis of the feedback in the Annexure

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

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

Syllabi regulation were updated by Anna University (For the students admitted in

2017-2018 academic year)

Yes. Anna University recognized Research Centres for the department of Electronics &

Communication Engineering (ECE) and Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) are introduced during

this academic year 2017-2018



Criterion – II

2. Teaching, Learning and Evaluation

2.1 Total No. of

permanent faculty

2.2 No. of permanent faculty with Ph.D.

2.3 No. of Faculty Positions

Recruited (R) and Vacant (V)

during the year

2.4 No. of Guest and Visiting faculty and Temporary faculty

2.5 Faculty participation in conferences and symposia:

No. of Faculty International level National level State level

Attended

Seminars/

Workshops

40 43 -

Presented papers 58 11 -

Resource Persons - 2 10

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

1. Referring NPTEL courses

2. Conducting innovative teaching methodologies - Mind role, Role play, Quiz, Group Discussion

3. Content beyond the syllabus

4. Motivating the students to attend project contest

5. Guest Lectures related to courses.

6. Brainstorming

7. Case Study through videos

8. Analytical thinking

9. Idea generation through Listening to expert opinion

10. Smart class room

11. Using models

2.7 Total No. of actual teaching days

Total Asst. Professors Associate Professors Professors Others

228 159 60 9 -

Asst.

Professors

Associate

Professors

Professors Others Total

R V R V R V R V R V

35 - - - - - - - 35 -

--

116

9

-- --



during this academic year

2.8 Examination/ Evaluation Reforms initiated by

the Institution (for example: Open Book Examination, Bar Coding,

Double Valuation, Photocopy, Online Multiple Choice Questions)

2.9 No. of faculty members involved in curriculum

restructuring/revision/syllabus development

as member of Board of Study/Faculty/Curriculum Development workshop

2.10 Average percentage of attendance of students

2.11 Course/Programme wise

distribution of pass percentage :

Title of the

Programme

Total no. of

students

appeared

Division

Distinction % I % II % III % Pass %

ECE 679 5.3 58.03 16.35 - 79.67%

CSE 383 2.34 53.26 7.57 - 63.46%

IT 82 22 42.7 19.5 - 66%

MECH 485 1.44 57.1 41.44 - 58.55%

EEE 393 2.79 44.27 45.29 - 59.28%

CIVIL 204 8.82 64.95 25.97 - 73.77%

MBA 85 2.43 85.86 12.91 - 83.75

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

Subject wise feedback from students.

Feedback from students 3 times in a semester is taken to assess other aspects of academic

functioning.

Subject wise internal and external marks secured by the students are analyzed to identify

the poor performance of the students and arranging remedial classes to improve their

performance.

Meetings are organized for the parents with class representative and top, average and

below average students.

Feedback is collected from the toppers, average and below average students with regard

to progress of class work, teaching methodologies and examination system etc., by the

Heads of Departments.

N.A

--

95%

-- --



2.13 Initiatives undertaken towards faculty development

Faculty / Staff Development Programmes Number of faculty

benefitted

Refresher courses 1

UGC – Faculty Improvement Programme 6

HRD programmes -

Orientation programmes 23

Faculty exchange programme -

Staff training conducted by the university 28

Staff training conducted by other institutions 110

Summer / Winter schools, Workshops, etc. 75

Others 10

2.14 Details of Administrative and Technical staff

Category Number of

Permanent

Employees

Number of

Vacant

Positions

Number of

permanent

positions filled

during the Year

Number of

positions filled

temporarily

Administrative Staff 18

Technical Staff 37



Criterion – III

3. Research, Consultancy and Extension

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

3.2 Details regarding major projects

Completed Ongoing Sanctioned Submitted

Number NIL NIL NIL 1

Outlay in Rs. Lakhs NIL NIL NIL 8,28,000

3.3 Details regarding minor projects

Completed Ongoing Sanctioned Submitted

Number NIL NIL 2 NIL

Outlay in Rs. Lakhs NIL NIL 3,71,000 NIL

3.4 Details on research publications

International National Others

Peer Review Journals 24 - -

Non-Peer Review Journals 287 - -

e-Journals 24 - -

Conference proceedings 214 15 -

3.5 Details on Impact factor of publications:

Range Average h-index Nos. in SCOPUS

0.17-

5.181

The institute organizes Conferences, Workshop, Faculty Development

programs to provide research platform to all the faculty members as well as to

students.

The institute is a research centre and encourages faculty to do PhD.

Institute encourages Doctorate holders to register as research guides.

Creating an environment to undergo part time Ph.D.

The institute finances faculty to undertake research projects and the institute

also helps faculty to apply for research projects.

2.19 10 25



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

Nature of the Project Duration

Year

Name of the

funding Agency

Total grant

Sanctioned(RS)

Received(RS)

Major projects

Minor Projects 3 Months ISRO 96,000 96,000

2 years UGC 2,75,000 2,75,000

Interdisciplinary Projects

Industry sponsored

Projects sponsored by the

College 6 Months IFETCE

Students research projects (other than compulsory by the University)

6 months TNSCST 70,000 70,000

Any other(Specify)

2 Days ICMR 40,000 40,000

2 Days EAC 80,000 80,000

2 Days ISRO 25,000 25,000

2 Days ISRO 30,000 30,000

2 Day CSIR 20,000 20,000

2 Days SERB 50,000 50,000

2 Days ICMR 40,000 40,000

2 Days ISTE 5,000 5,000

I Day SERB 50,000 50,000

2 Days SERB 75,000 75,000

2 Days DRDO 60,000 60,000

1 Day CSIR 20,000 20,000

I Day CSIR 25,000 25,000

5 Days DST - INSPIRE 9,75,000 9,75,000

Total

3.7 No. of books published i) With ISBN No. Chapters in Edited Books

ii) Without ISBN No.

3.8 No. of University Departments receiving funds from

UGC-SAP CAS DST-FIST

DPE DBT Scheme/funds

3.9 For colleges Autonomy CPE DBT Star Scheme

INSPIRE CE Any Other (specify)

---

1

Rs:19,36,000

--

--

--

-- -- --

-- --



3.10 Revenue generated through consultancy

3.11 No. of conferences

organized by the Institution

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

3.13 No. of collaborations International National Any other

3.14 No. of linkages created during this year

3.15 Total budget for research for current year in lakhs :

From Funding agency From Management of University/College

Total

3.16 No. of patents received this year

3.17 No. of research awards/ recognitions received by faculty and research fellows

Of the institute in the year

3.18No. of faculty from the Institution

who are Ph. D. Guides

and students registered under them

3.19 No. of Ph.D. awarded by faculty from the Institution

Level International National State University College

Number - - - - -

Sponsoring

agencies

- - - - -

Type of Patent Number

National Applied 4

Granted -

International Applied -

Granted -

Commercialised Applied -

Granted -

Total International National State University Dist College

242 - - - - - 242

Rs:2,30,400

25

7

Rs:4,41,00

0

-

Rs:4,41,00

0

6

11

2



3.20 No. of Research scholars receiving the Fellowships (Newly enrolled + existing ones)

JRF SRF Project Fellows Any other

3.21 No. of students Participated in NSS events:

University level State level

National level International level

3.22 No. of students participated in NCC events:



3.23 No. of Awards won in NSS:



3.24 No. of Awards won in NCC:



3.25 No. of Extension activities organized

University forum College forum

NCC NSS Any other

Nil Nil Nil Nil

Nil

Nil

411

Nil

Nil Nil

Nil Nil

Nil Nil

Nil Nil

Nil Nil

Nil Nil

Nil Nil

Nil 5 Nil



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

Responsibility

Organized “Tree Plantation” Programme to induce alertness about the importance of nature

among the students.

Organized “Blood Donation Camp” to create awareness among the students.

Conducted rally on “National Voter’s Day” to create awareness among the public.

Blood donors online registration was organized along with a medical team in our college campus

to motivate the students for blood donation.

“Dengue Awareness” programme was organized in our college campus.

Criterion – IV

4. Infrastructure and Learning Resources

4.1 Details of increase in infrastructure facilities:

Facilities Existing Newly created Source of

Fund

Total

Campus area 30.285

Acres

- Internal

Funds

30.285

Acres

Class rooms 59 - Internal

Funds

59

Laboratories 37 - Internal

Funds

37

Seminar Halls 4 - Internal

Funds

4

No. of important equipments purchased

(≥ 1-0 lakh) during the current year.

824 63 Internal

Funds

887

Value of the equipment purchased during

the year (Rs. in Lakhs) 18.69 51.44

Internal

Funds 70.13

Others 866.12 0.33 Internal

Funds

866.45



4.2 Computerization of administration and library

4.3 Library services:

Existing Newly added Total

No. Value No. Value No. Value

Books 34450 6402938 1069 124417 35529 6527355

e-Books 1040 -- 29 -- 1069 --

Journals (Nat) 58

90135 -- --

58

91085

e-Journals

IEEE,

DELNET,

Springer

840416 -- --

IEEE,

Springer

DELNET

840416

Digital Database

CD & Video 1534 -- 18 -- 1552 9387

Others (specify) -- -- -- -- -- --

4.4 Technology up gradation (overall)

Total

Computers

Computer

Labs Internet

Browsing

Centres

Computer

Centres Office

Depart-

ments Others

Existing 927 11 24Mbps 30 72 05 61 57

Added 52 Nil 40Mbps - - 01 - -

Total 979 11 64Mbps 30 72 06 61 57

Administration on ERP system has been introduced for the development of staffs

details and their publications.

Wi-Fi facility is available inside the campus for students and staff.

CCTV Surveillance system facility.

The administrative office of the college is highly computerized with less work.

Library is connected with DELNET

Central library of the college is computerized.



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

technology up gradation (Networking, e-Governance etc.)

4.6 Amount spent on maintenance in lakhs :

i) ICT

ii) Campus Infrastructure and facilities

iii) Equipments

iv) Others

Total :

The college has provided internet facility for all teaching, non-teaching staff and

students with Wi-Fi.

The faculty visited various reputed companies for industrial training and

knowledge building.

Faculty were sent for faculty development programs organized by reputed

institutions.

1.59 LAKHS

15.40 LAKHS

4.27 LAKHS

13.34 LAKHS

34.60 LAKHS



Criterion – V 5. Student Support and Progression

5.1 Contribution of IQAC in enhancing awareness about Student Support Services.

Web Site – Easily available upgraded website (www.ifet.ac.in) through which the

student can access all the information he/she is looking for.

Industry Institution Interaction Cell – Enhanced Industry-Institute interface through

regular guest lecture/workshops, industrial visits, Compass connect and signing of MoUs

with industries.

EDC – In order to nurture the idea of entreprenship among the students ED cell is

effectively functioning.

Placement & Training - The college has established a Training and Placement Cell,

caters to the needs of the professionals and invites various companies in all branches of

engineering, arranging industrial visits; industrial training during vacation, organizing

interviews, providing job market information to students and necessary inputs to face the

interviews, and organizing Guest Lecturers.

Keeping in view of the growing importance of soft skills in present day competitive

world, the department is imparting soft skills to the students’ right from First Year

onwards. Along with regular subjects, a separate session is allotted to each branch for

-Training on aptitude, verbal and soft skills.

-Personality Development Program.

-Communication Skills and Enhancement.

-Group Discussion Practice.

-Mock Interview Sessions.

-Presentation Skills Programme.

-Regular Aptitude Test.

-Guidance for higher Studies in India and Abroad.

-Industry Expert Interactions.

NSS - NSS is a voluntary service unit and it paves way for the young generation

to render service to the society. The students are actively participating in

blood donation camps and the NSS members are actively participating in

various functions conducted by the institution as voluntaries.

Professional Bodies –

MMA (Madras Management Association)

MMA enhance the synthesis Indian Ethos with International Management thought. Be a

reservoir of expertise in management. Inspire the individuals to actualize their potential and

our institution becoming the beneficiary of practical innovations for the development of our

young generations

http://www.ifet.ac.in/



IEEE –. Through IEEE student can participate and involves them self as member in other

institution by attending conference and seminars. At present 32 student members and 6 staff

members are active in IEEE.

ISTE - IFET chapter is active with 109 members in the staff chapter and around 490

members in the student chapter. One of the major objectives of ISTE is to make an effective

linkage between technical institutions industry and society with excellent teachers and

educational administrators. In IFET - ISTE Chapter provide a common platform for

students and staff to exhibit the talent which helps in their career development.

5.2. Efforts made by the institution for tracking the progression.

(a) Tracking of students The student progress has been regularly monitored during the semester with following

activities.

Attendance in theory and lab classes are regularly maintained and intimated to parents.

Performance evaluations of students with the assessment of internal Assessment exam are

intimated to parents.

Laboratory practical work assessment has been done regularly.

Monitoring of students’ performance at the end of semester examination and conduction of

remedial classes for backlog subjects if needed.

In order to enhance the employability skills of the students many programmes are conducted for

their development.

Oral and written communication skills, Analytical and Reasoning skills, Soft skills and Team

skills, Computer skills and Technical skills are improved.

To increase the CGPA, cash awards are given to the Academic toppers during Annual day

function.

(b) Tracking of Faculty and Staff

Every year for increment, faculty member is supposed to submit self-appraisal form. Based

on the same their performance is evaluated and remedial action is taken.

Result analysis review meetings are conducted immediately after the results are published by

the Anna University.

5.3 (a) Total Number of students.

UG PG Ph. D. Others

2370 105 04 Nil

(b) No. of students outside the state.

54



(c) No. of international students.

Boys Girls Total

Nil Nil Nil

Women

Men

Demand ratio: 1:1.06 (Girls: Boys) Dropout %: 7.28%

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

any) In order to provide a background support to the students for their carrier, the institution

Provides various competitive examination materials in the central library as both hard and soft

copies.

Faculty members provide the inputs to the students which guide them in handling compensative

examination effectively.

Supplies the e-Journal, e-books, video lectures and CD materials of books to students for self-

learning and to trigger the innovative thinking of the students.

No. of students beneficiaries

5.5 No. of students qualified in these examinations

NET SET/SLET GATE CAT IAS/IPS etc State PSC UPSC Others

5.6 Details of student counselling and career guidance:

The student counselling is done through the mentoring process, were the faculty advisor who is

the in-charge for that class will counsel all students in the class continuously.

To give counselling to the students a separate mentoring system is followed, In which each class

is divided into three or four group and each group of students are assigned for a faculty.

No %

1199 48.45 No %

1276 51.55

Last Year This Year

General SC/ST OBC Physically

Challenged

Total General SC/ST OBC Physically

Challenged

Total

188 345 2037 0 2570 155 300 2020 0 2475

663

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

01

Nil

Nil

10



The corresponding faculty will counsel the students weekly once and analyse their strength,

weakness and provides useful suggestions so that the student can set their goal.

The next set of counselling which is in practice is the special counselling. The student

who are not performing well are identified by the faculty and they are send to other group

of faculty where counselling is given only to that particular student.

The mentoring process has produced good results in student performance both in

academic and also in extracurricular activities.

The Placement cell is established and running effectively which is headed by Dean

Placement/Student Affairs and some faculty from various departments.

For the employment of the students the placement cell provides training programs from

the first semester.

Trainings are provided in preparing C.V, aptitude, soft skills, programming languages

and also suggestions are given to face the interview.

The placement cell will conduct MOCK interview for the student by the experts from

various company.

No. of students beneficiaries

5.7 Details of campus placement

On campus Off Campus

Number of

Organizations

Visited

Number of Students

Participated

Number of

Students Placed

Number of Students Placed

59 597 559 10

5.8 Details of gender sensitization programmes.

Our institution is co-education institution, the proposition of boys and girls are equally

distributed.

Among the total faculty present in the campus, more than 60 % of staffs are female. Women

grievance cell is actively operated in our college.

Many guest lectures and workshops were organized by inviting the experts to sensitize the male

and female students/staffs to understand the well-being, equality and safety of women in general.

Various activities were conducted for girls.

Every year women’s day is conducted through ISTE chapter.

5.9 Students Activities

5.9.1 No. of students participated in Sports, Games and other events

1707



State/ University level National level International level

No. of students participated in cultural events

State/ University level National level International level

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

Sports: State/ University level National level International level

Cultural: State/ University level National level International level

5.10 Scholarships and Financial Support

Number of

students Amount

Financial support from institution ---- -----

Financial support from government (i) 887

(ii) 276

(i) Rs 1,77,40,000

(First Generation

Graduate

Concession)

(ii) Rs1,28,40,000

(For Scheduled

Caste Students)

Financial support from other sources ----- ----

Number of students who received International/

National recognitions 0 0

Nil Nil Nil

Nil Nil Nil

Nil Nil Nil

Nil Nil Nil



5.11 Student organised / initiatives

Fairs : State/ University level National level International level

Exhibition: State/ University level National level International level

5.12 No. of social initiatives undertaken by the students

5.13 Major grievances of students (if any) redressed:

(i) Separate counselling for girl students has been given.

(ii) New dining hall for girl students was constructed

(iii) Research centre has been inaugurated for students.

Criterion – VI

6. Governance, Leadership and Management

6.1 State the Vision and Mission of the institution

Nil

Nil

Nil Nil

Nil Nil

5

Vision

To deliver quality education of international standard and produce engineers

competent at Regional, National and Global levels.

Mission

Striving to be the best in what we do, persistent and relentless in our pursuit of quality

and never being satisfied with the status quo.

Quality and Policy

To plan and implement Innovative teaching and Learning Process.

To Provide Quality education matching with futuristic trends in Engineering &

Technology.

To develop the college into a global institute of learning and research of academic

excellence.

To strive at establishing an effective Quality Management System ensuring continual

improvement.



6.2 Does the Institution has a management Information System

Yes.

The College has established well developed Management Information System. It has been using

online system and off-line system. Feedbacks are received from Students, Alumni and parents

through online/off-line. The academic procedure is well defined and being followed uniformly

across the Institution. All procedures are transparent and well known by all stack holders.

Even though we are following the Anna University curriculum, the gap between the

requirements from the industry is being identified by the feedback received from all stack

holders.

The college has implemented monitoring of various functional areas such as students attendance,

Internal examination results.



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

6.3.1 Curriculum Development

Co-curricular activities are conducted on or off college premises by associations, and organizations of pupils sponsored by the various universities. IFET gives rich opportunities to the students to gain Communication Skills, Personality Development, Emotional Quotient and Intelligence Quotient, Organizational skills and Leadership qualities through co-curricular activities. Each department plays a crucial role in encouraging the students to participate in various activities:

The following co-curricular activities are introduced in the curriculum to address the current

needs at all levels:

National level Project expo

National level Symposium

Inter College Symposium

Inter College Event

Guest Lectures

Workshop

Mini Project Expo

The college has introduced following activities to enhance the employability.

Infosys Campus connect

Spoken tutorials

CCNA Networking Course

Logical Reasoning

Comprehensive Viva-Voce

Quantitative Aptitude

Group projects

Seminars

Mini Projects and Major Projects

Soft skills & Personality Development Training

Employability Enhancement Training

Problem oriented projects in all practical subjects.

Technical paper writing and seminars.

While framing the curriculum, inputs are taken from academic peers, industry experts, alumni,

parents and student.



6.3.2 Teaching and Learning

6.3.3 Examination and Evaluation

1. Innovative Teaching Methodology

2. Enabling Smart Classrooms for all the Departments.

3. Research guidance to students by faculty

4. Consultancy Project work by student and staff.

5. Technical Paper Publishing in National/International Journals.

6. Motivated to participate in Mini projects competition– at IInd&IIIrd year level.

7. Problem based learning.

8. Improved pre placement training.

9. Initiative to arrange more in campus placement drives.

10. Assistance in Higher education.

12. Experiment beyond the syllabus

13. Digital library section at the library with internet access facility to access

DELNET, NPTEL, Springer, IEEE on-line source.

1. Internal Assessment tests are conducted through Internal Assessment Exam cell. 2. The questions are designed to test the abilities of students like (a) Recall, (b)

Understanding, (c). Application, (d). Analysis. 3. Three IA test and Model Examination for Internal assessment and Evaluation is done by

the Concern staff. 4. Retest, Assignments are also given to the students who have failed to score pass mark in

Internal Assessment examination 5. Result is analysed and corrective actions are taken. 6. End semester Exam will conduct and evaluated by the University.

Feedback analysis

1. Feedback forms are prepared based on, class room delivery, use of teaching aids, Preparation of classes, Maintenance of discipline, Temperament, maturity level and metrics to be calculated.

2. Feedback forms are distributed to all students twice in semester and collected by the faculty advisor and it is submitted to HOD.

3. Collected feedback is scrutinized by the Head of Department based on the Questionnaires. Percentage of student who participated: 100%

Specify the feedback analysis process: Pareto analysis

By analysing the feedback forms performance of the faculty is graded.

Feedback levels will be communicated to respective faculty members individually.

Suggestions for improvement in teaching performance are given if required.



6.3.4 Research and Development

The institution encourages and promotes research activity through various steps:

A separate research and development cell is functioning under a head to receive funds

from different agencies.

Necessary infrastructure, access to all facilities of the institute and logistic support for

initiation and timely execution of internally and externally funded projects. The

equipment purchased in a specific research project is made available to other faculty

which promotes research activity.

The institution is geared up to extend research orientation in the students and staff

members.

The faculty members have contributed a good number of research papers in national

and international journals.

The college is encouraging staff and students with incentives and recognition

for their contributions in research accomplishments.

Many faculty members have submitted their research proposals to reputed national and

international funding agencies.

Faculty members of the college are members on many editorial boards of International

Journals and member on Technical chairs for international conferences.

Efforts are being taken to obtain consultancy.

Encouraging faculty to enhance their qualification (Ph.D. Program)



6.3.5 Library, ICT and physical infrastructure / instrumentation

The Central Library was started in the year 1998 along with the establishment of the

college and relocated to the new block named Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam block in the year

2008.

i) The library houses a rich collection of books as well as periodicals on various

branches of engineering and technology.

ii) Apart from the central library, each department has a separate departmental library

with books on specialized topics.

iii) The house keeping activities of the library is computerized using Auto LIB

software which is connected to the campus wide network. It enables user

community of library to access the OPAC in order to search the library resources.

iv) Open Access System is adopted in order to access the library to the maximum.

v) Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) is followed for classification and

arrangement of books.

vi) For the benefit of students, library hour has been included in the regular time table.

vii) A distinct feature of the library - Digital Library has been developed for accessing

the previous year university question papers, students' project reports and staff

research publications in electronic form.

viii)The library has DELNET facility.

ix) Fully automated with barcode technology

x) Well protected with CCTV Security Systems.

xi) The campus is well connected with Wi-Fi facilities

xii) The College library has following Sections

Digital Library

Stack Room

Reading Hall

Reference Section

Periodicals Section

Newspaper Section

Reprography Section

The library has a comprehensive collection of books and journals for all departments.

Books: 35529 Volumes

Journal & Magazines Print: 58 Journals

Online : IEEE (All Society Periodicals Package)

SPRINGER – Mechanical & Computer Science, Electrical, Electronics Collections

InfoTrac Engineering Science and Technology Collection

InfoTrac Management Collection

Magazines: 14

Back Volumes: 1040

E-Books: 1069

Daily News Papers: 8

xiv) Working Hours: 8.00 AM to 8.30 PM



6.3.6 Human Resource Management

6.3.7 Faculty and Staff recruitment

a) The College has been strictly implementing faculty student ratio of 1: 15 UG

programs and 1:12 for all PG programs.

b) The college will recruit candidates for various vacancies by giving a notification in

online, rural dailies, leading newspapers and conducts interviews.

c) The institution promotes faculty for higher positions based on satisfying prescribed

Qualification, experience, research and developmental activities and performance

in the interview.

d) Appreciation Awards are also announced to the teaching faculty who gave the

Result of 100% and above 95% in their subjects.

(a). Faculty At the end of each semester, the HoD reviews the staff position for their respective

Departments.

Staff members can relive from the institution with three months’ notice

period

Principal convenes a meeting of HoDs where in requirement of each department

is discussed and a final decision is arrived.

The institution recruits the faculty by issuing a notification in regional / national

dailies.

The selection process involves the following:

i) Technical interview

ii) Demo Lecture

iii) Interview with the selection committee constituted by the Management.

(b). Non-Teaching Staff

The non- teaching staffs are recruited by the institution by notifying the vacancies in

dailies followed by a

written test and interview.

Advertisement: Specialized staff member designs the format for the advertisement and obtains

the approval from Chairman through the Principal.

Advertisement should have details, regarding job profile, qualification and

experience The chairman has to approve the advertisement matter and it will be

published in leading newspaper.



6.3.8 Industry Interaction / Collaboration

The initiatives taken by the institution for collaboration with other research organizations and

industry.

Projecting the areas of strength of the faculty in the departments through a

department profile.

Organizing Industry-Institute interaction meets by Industry-Institute

interaction cell.

Inplant training/ Internship to students in industries.

Visit of faculty and students to different organizations and industries.

Consultancy by faculty member to varies industries.

MoU signed with different companies by various Departments.

Students has won Student Engineering Award and Cash Prize Rs.17,500 in

project competition organised by NLC India Ltd (“E&SA NLC” )

In IOE Olympiad Exam 2017, Mechanical department student hold 1st RANK

and CIVIL department student hold 3rd

RANK, in addition 284 IFET students

were secured below 100 ALL INDIA RANKING.

NOKIA HERE Solutions Pvt Ltd. was Awarded “Shield of Institution of

Maximum Number of Map Site”.

Received “Outstanding Student Chapter Award” from Indian Concrete Award

for best students programme, organised by Indian Concrete Institution.

Dr. KALAM YOUNG ACHIEVEMENT AWARD received by IIIrd

Year

EEE department student.

Received “Best Paper Award” in ISTE National Annual Student Convention.

Students has owned cash prize Rs.25,000 in CEBACA Talent Hunt 2016 (An

Entrepreneur Association Combitore)

4 Students has won Cash Prize Rs.5000 in SOCIAL INNOVATION

CHALLENGE.



6.3.9 Admission of Students

6.4 Welfare schemes for

6.5 Total corpus fund generated

6.6 Whether annual financial audit has been done Yes No

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

Audit Type External Internal

Yes/No Agency Yes/No Authority

Academic -- -- Yes Staff

Administrative -- --

Teaching EPF, Free Transportation, Canteen, Health Centre

Non teaching EPF, Free Transportation, Canteen, Health Centre

Students Transportation, Health Centre, Canteen,

Poor students’ welfare fund, Medical

Insurance, Earn while learn.

Rs.1,77,40,277

The Institution ensures wide publicity and transparency in the admission process.

The admission to UG and PG programs is done through state level centralized web

counselling system.

Publishes the annual prospectus with all required details.

Has active college website to know the details like sanctioned

intake, placement activities.

Advertises in regional / national dailies.

By conducting Career Guidance Program to guide +2 students to select

course and best college.

Organising educational expo and conducting quiz for +2 students.



6.8 Does the University/ Autonomous College declares results within 30 days?

For UG Programmes Yes No

For PG Programmes Yes No

6.9 What efforts are made by the University/ Autonomous College for Examination Reforms?

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

a) The College has established a full-fledged examination cell headed by a Coordinator

as per Anna university guidelines.

b) The Controller of Examination will submit the panel of examiners after duly approved

by the COE of departmental concern

c) The question paper setting is done by the external examiners identified from the panel

of examiners

d) Each exam paper will consists of part – A & part-B sections. Part-A will cover short

answer questions and Part – B will cover Essay questions for all UG and MBA.

e) For P.G (M.E-Applied & CSE), the exam pattern consists of part – A, part-B & Part-C

sections. Part-A will cover short answer questions, Part – B will cover

Essay questions and Part-C covers (Application/Design/Analysis/

Evaluation/Creativity/Case study)

f) After university examinations Answer Papers are coded and sent for 100% external

examiners for evaluation

g) Evaluation of UG answer papers are done with single evaluation, PG courses will be

evaluated by two examiners

h) Project viva-voce will be conducted by inviting external examiners from approved

panel of examiners.

i) The university declares the results within 30 days. Provision is made for recounting

and revaluation of answer scripts for the students on their request.

j) The parents are informed about the results of their wards through messages, telephone

and the same is uploaded in the college website.

k) CBSE- Choice Based Credit System for reducing number of arrear and addition of

internship programmes

--Not Applicable--



6.11 Activities and support from the Alumni Association

6.12 Activities and support from the Parent – Teacher Association

6.13 Development programmes for support staff

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

The alumni are contributing to the development of the institution.

a) Suggestion in teaching learning process as well as improvement

in curriculum development through modifications and

introduction of new courses.

b) New trends in technology and job market trends.

c) Guest Lecture by the Alumni to the students.

d) Discussion the gap between Curriculum and Industry.

e) Expose Vacancy positions in the job market to current final year students.

1. Continuous support from parents in implementing new systems for improvement of

their wards.

2. Parents and teachers meetings are held regularly to reveal their wards

performances.

3. Parents / Guardians Inputs are recorded for improvisation.

1. Workshop/Training programs are arranged to technical staff and Non-Teaching staff

to develop their skill.

2. Support to do higher studies is offered.

3. Technical staff members are elevated to higher teaching position on improvement of

their qualification.

4. Providing appreciation awards to the support staff.

Policy of the institution is to maintain eco-friendly campus with lot of grown

up trees lined either side of the road, and taking utmost care to maintain clean

road.

Plantation of herbs and shrubs in the college campus.

Our College has Reverse Osmosis (OS) Plant to purify water for drinking

water.

Solar power plant is available in the college with a capacity of 4KVW

Bio-gas plant is available in college hostel mess to reduce the use of LPG.

Sewage treatment plant is available in the campus with a capacity of 30,000

litres per day- to treat solid and liquid waste.



Criterion – VII

7. Innovations and Best Practices

7.1 Innovations introduced during this academic year which have created a positive impact on the

functioning of the institution. Give details.

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

the year

Patent cell

Use of open resources like NPTEL: It have paved way for exploring new realms in innovative

teaching

To promote quality research among students and faculty, the institution has invited resource

persons

Projects are made mandatory to instil research spirit among students

Experiential learning is promoted through internships and increased field visits/industrial visits

etc.,

Campus recruitment training programmes are being taken up as a part of pre-placement help

Virtual lab

New software was launched in IIIC – Monthly updates will be stored.

Anna university research centre (ECE & CSE) – 4 Scholars are pursuing Ph.D.

Project lab introduced

Faculty has published papers in reputed international journals with h-index.

Many faculties are registered Ph.D. during the last academic year.

SERB conference

TNSCST project proposal sanctioned for 8 projects



7.3 Give two Best Practices of the institution (please see the format in the NAAC Self-study Manuals)

*Provide the details in annexure (annexure need to be numbered as i, ii, iii)

7.4 Contribution to environmental awareness / protection

7.5 Whether environmental audit was conducted? Yes No

7.6 Any other relevant information the institution wishes to add. (for example SWOT Analysis)

Placement & Training

Spoken tutorial

CCNA Certification course

Orientation program for newly joined faculty members.

Campus declared as no plastics and no smoking

Tree saplings given as birthday gifts to faculty

Tree plantation campaign involving students and faculty

Poster competition amongst students to promote awareness regards Environment Protection

Solar panels on the mess roof are used as an alternative to conventional energy sources.

Molding the rural students which are socially and economically backward class

Extending higher educational environments and graduating the first generation of this

rural population

Committed management, faculty and staff for ensuring quality in every aspects of

education. Very good ambience for teaching, learning and other curricular and extra-

curricular activities Curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular programmes aimed

at the holistic development of students.





Annexure – I

Abbreviations:

CAS - Career Advanced Scheme

CAT - Common Admission Test

CBCS - Choice Based Credit System

CE - Centre for Excellence

COP - Career Oriented Programme

CPE - College with Potential for Excellence

DPE - Department with Potential for Excellence

GATE - Graduate Aptitude Test

NET - National Eligibility Test

PEI - Physical Education Institution

SAP - Special Assistance Programme

SF - Self Financing

SLET - State Level Eligibility Test

TEI - Teacher Education Institution

UPE - University with Potential Excellence

UPSC - Union Public Service Commission

CCNA - Cisco Certified Network Associate



Academic Calendar Annexure – II





























Best Practices - Annexure – III

BEST PRACTICE – 1

Title of the Practice: Placement and Training

Goal

The objective of Placement and Training is to provide students with knowledge, skill and

aptitude, fulfilling the Manpower requirements of the Industry and choosing their right career.

The Context

Our College has a separate Placement Cell which enhances the employability of the students by

conducting specialized training in various skills like Aptitude, Verbal, Group Discussion and

Mock Interview. NCP & IR operates year round to facilitate contacts between companies and

students.

The Practice

The schedule for the Placement Training is pre planned and it is being offered to the Students.

The training schedule is circulated in advance and made the students prepare themselves to

attend the training without fail. The programme segregates into Communication Skills, Verbal

Skills, Aptitude Practice and Soft Skills Training. Suggestions and Requisitions of the students

are carried out without fail. The students Feedback on the Placement are also emphasizing the

Excellence.

Limitations

To hone the Communication Skill among the students is really challenging in some case as their

Linguistics inference differs with the medium of study. Special care is taken for those students

who stumble in these areas.

Evidence of Success

Total number of students placed in different companies during the academic year 2016- 17 is

645. Placement Record of recent past is the Evidence of Success with highest salary of Rs. 4.5.



Per Annum. Our College scrutinizes the quality output and ensures the employability of each

student passing out from the Institution. Our Alumni are designated in different portfolios across

India and abroad.

Best Practices - 2

Title of the Practice: Spoken Tutorial

Goal

The objective is to improve the communication skills of the students. Communication is

the heart of every organization. Everything you do in the workplace results from

communication. Therefore good reading, writing, speaking and listening skills are

essential if tasks are going to be completed and goals achieved.

The Context

Spoken Tutorial is an initiative by the National Mission on Education through

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) launched by the Ministry of Human

Resources and Development (MHRD), Government of India and is being developed by

IIT Bombay. Most of our college students are benefited due to this tutorial.

The Practice

The schedule for the Spoken Tutorial is pre planned and it is being offered to the

Students. The training schedule is circulated in advance and made the students prepare

themselves to attend the training without fail. Written test was conducted by the MHRD

and certificated were given to the students.

Evidence of Success

Number of students placed in different companies was increased and the students pass

percentage is also improved.



Annexure – IV: Analysis of the feedback

Feedback Analysis

Students Feedback Analysis

S.NO Parameters Percentage

1 Effectively delivery of engineering

technology 85%

2 Presentation of content 92%

3 Interactiveness 85%

4 Innovative teaching methodology 90%

5 Communicate effectively 90%

6 Effective utilization of multimedia 86%

7 Discussion through example 95%

o Academic feedback comes from our personal tutors, seminar tutors, lecturers,

peers and ourselves and comes in a variety of different forms.

o Many types of feedback can be overlooked or taken for granted, therefore by

recognizing the ways in which we receive feedback; we will be more receptive to

them.

o Feedback comments on our work are intended to indicate the particular strengths

and weaknesses of our work.

80%

82%

84%

86%

88%

90%

92%

94%

96%

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Percentage

Percentage



o Highly qualified Teaching faculty dedicated supporting Technicians and the

management put their best effort in training the students as whole. Power Point

presentations and overhead projectors are used for day today dissemination of the

subjects.

o We adopt innovative teaching methods such as group discussion, quiz, mind

mapping, role play which helps student to understand the concepts clearly.

o Students are encouraged to adopt computer - aided learning.

Analysis based on students’ feedback

1) Sincerity and commitment of the teacher is highly satisfactory for all the subjects

2) Knowledge base of the staffs are also good

3) Communication skill and body language of the staffs are satisfactory

4) Effectiveness of engaging the class and maintaining the discipline can be improved

Strength

Q1. Staff with good communication skill

Q2. Real time survey organized

Q3. Press releases have been conducted

Q4. Real time project for the students has been given for their knowledge enhancement

Q5. Each Faculty has published articles

Q6. Students has won many prizes in paper presentation

Q7. Students have participated and won prizes in management meet conducted by various

Institutions.

Q8. Activity based learning is conducted every to enhance the students potential

Q9. Industrial visits are organized every month to impart the practical exposure to the students

Q10.Guest lectures are being conducted every month



Weakness

Training has to be given to the students to overcome the communication barriers

More number of Industrial Visits has to be arranged

Real time project has to be arranged once in every month.

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