The Bhopal School of Social Sciences

Minutes of IQAC Meeting

Date: 21 December, 2018 Venue: Main Conference Hall Time: 3 pm Members present in the meeting:

1 Dr. Fr. John PJ Principal-BSSS and Chairman-IQAC

2 Dr. Sr. Lissy Jose Vice Principal – BSSS

3 Sr Maurice Management Coordinator

4 Dr. Sheeba Joseph Coordinator- IQAC

5 Dr. Binoy Arikal HoD-Commerce and Member

6 Dr. Swati Sharma Assistant Professor, English

7 Dr. Lila Simon HoD- Management and Member

8 Mr. Zeeshan A. Siddiqui HoD-Computer and Member

9 Mr. Abraham K Varghese HoD- Social Work & special invitee

10 Dr Smitha Pillai Member

11 Dr. Arti Mudliar Member

12 Mr. Rutwik J. Gandhe Member

13 Ms. Sheena Thomas HoD-Education and Member

14 Dr. Perminder Kaur HoD, Economics and Member

15 Mr. Ashish Jain Member

16 Mr Varghese Jacob Expert Member

17 Mr N T Abraham Member

18 Dr Ashish Dilraj Special Invitee

19 Mrs Archana Naik Special Invitee

Members Absent

1 Mr Aruneshwar Singh Deo Alumni Representative

2 Dr Hanif Mevati Industry Representative and External

Expert

3 Mr Susheel Kumar Parent Representative

4 Ms Ranjeet Kaur HoD, Humanities

5 Ms Tanuja Khan In Charge, Faculty of Science

6 Mr Vinish Shaji Student Representative

7 Ms Shruti Panjwani Student Representative

Principal’s Introductory Remarks

The meeting started with welcome note by the Principal, Dr.Fr. John P J. He shared

that Dr Rasmeet Kaur was appointed as the State Nodal Officer and Resource Person

for Student Satisfaction Survey to be conducted at National Level by NIEPA.The

Principal also asked Ms Sheena Thomas (HOD, Education) to update about the Bridge

Course conducted. After the update, the Chairperson asked the coordinator of IQAC to

proceed with the meeting.

Item 01 – Passing the minutes of the meeting held on 8 May, 2018

The minutes were read by the coordinator. Mr Zeeshan A. Siddiqui proposed to approve

the minutes of the meeting and Dr Supriya Mandloi seconded the proposal. Thus,

minutes of the previous meeting of IQAC was approved.

Item No: 2 Update on AQAR submission to NAAC

The Coordinator informed the forum that AQAR 2017-18 was submitted on 13

December 2018 and also received the acknowledgement from NAAC on 17 December

2018. She also update that from the academic year 2018-19, the AQAR submission will

be online with a new format as mentioned on the NAAC website.

Item No: 3 Initiatives taken by IQAC for Quality Enhancement

The coordinator Explained about the various initiatives taken by IQAC for quality

enhancement in collaboration with various cells/committees.

1. Session on Intellectual Property Rights

2. Facilitated the NIRF Participation and Participation in the India Today Ranking

3. Facilitated various sessions of ICC & GRC on Work Ethics; Workplace safety

4. Mentoring & Monitoring visit for Departments & Committees

5. Facilitated Sessions of Students Welfare Committee – How to overcome failures in

life, Positive Mental Health

6. Copyright for IQAC Models- EPSCORP, TRAM and BERM

7. Trade Mark for BSSS & IQAC Logo and Tagline - The Coordinator mentioned that

a student from BA Ms Priya Raikwar prepared the logo for IQAC and the tagline

was prepared by Mr Sanjay Jothe, Assistant Professor-Social Work.

8. Prepared Strategic Plan : Vision 2018-2028

9. Orientation for the Newly inducted teachers on examination

10. Half Yearly Meeting with HODs were conducted

The Principal told the Coordinator to channelize all activities through IQAC. On Point

No:3.3 , Mr Varghese Jacob suggested that sessions should not be a stand out activity in

the calendar, sessions of that nature should be ongoing. The outcome of those activities,

in terms of value addition and work culture should be assessed.

Item No: 4 Steps towards Professional development initiated by the departments

(Seminar/Conferences and FDPs) & Students Research

The Head of the Department of Commerce Dr Binoy Arikal informed the members the

following points

On 3 November 2018, one day FDP was organized by the Department of

commerce on “Syllabus & curriculum designing” the resource person for the FDP

was, Dr Anil Kumar Dhagat (former director GGITS Jabalpur (MP).

On 7 December 2018 , FDP on “Research strategy in commerce - Conceptual

understanding to practical Approach by Dr Pradeep Kumar Associate Professor

(Bharathidasan Govt. college for Women) Muthialpet , Puducherry.

Mrs Shewta Bhatnagar, Dr Vandana Jain and Dr Amrita Sahu attended 3 days

71st Annual Conference of Indian Commerce Association (20-22nd December

2018) at Osmania University Hyderabad

Mr Ish Gupta will be presenting a research paper during the 3 days international

conference (5-7th January 2019) on “Digital strategies for organizational success”

at Prestige Institute of Management Gwalior .

Dr Smitha Pillai will be attending 3 days international conference (16-18th

January 2019) on social entrepreneurship at TISS in Mumbai.

Dr Lila Simon, HOD- Management shared the following updates on Professional

Development

• Mr Mahendra was awarded the Best - paper for his presentation on Marketing

Promotion of Herbal Products : Online Business In India during the at National

conference at Amity University Gwalior on 16th Oct 2018

• National Workshop on From Stress to Happiness was conducted by the

Department of Management on 5th and 6th Oct 2018

• Dr Rasmeet is appointed as State Nodal Officer and Resource Person for

Student Satisfaction Survey to be conducted at National Level by NIEPA

[National Institute for Educational Planning and Administration]

Mr Zeeshan A Siddiqui - HOD, Computer Applications shared the following details.

• National Seminar on " Emergence of Cloud Computing in New IT Perspective"

sponsored by MPCST on 7th and 8th September 2018 was conducted.

• The faculty members also contributed by writing chapters for the book entitled

"Cloud Computing in New IT Perspective" which was released in Nov 2018.

• FDP which will be organized in the month of January 2019.

Ms Sheena Thomas, HOD- Education

B. Ed students were taken to ETST(Education today Society Tomorrow)

Workshop at Panchgani

National Seminar on Reforms in Teacher Education for Constructivist Schooling

has been finalized for 1 and 2 February 2019

Research cell has approved on an MRP by the students of third semester B. Ed

titled " Factors effecting dropout rates in rural and urban sectors of MP”.

Guest Lectures to enhance the teaching learning skills of the students have been

organized catering to the holistic development of students.

Dr Perminder Kaur, Department of Economics

Mrs. Shumayela Hassan attended an International Conference organized by

VIPSAR, Indore on 8 December, 2018 and was awarded the Best Paper.

A few students have submitted their rough drafts on intended research topics.

Article on “Analysis of Relevance of Cashless Economy in India”by Dr Perminder

Kaur is under publication.

Mr Abraham K Varghese, HOD- Social Work shared the details of departmental

initiatives.

3 Day Workshop on SPSS (Statistical Package of Social Sciences)

conducted on 17-19/09/2018

Total Number participants: 55 (Faculty Members= 15 Students= 40)

Proposed for a 3 Day workshop on Project Planning and Proposal

Writing. Date: 23-25/01/2019 Expected Participants= 75 (Including

Department Faculties).

Proposed for a 1 day workshop on Steps & Process of

NGO/Society/Trust Registration

March 2019 Expected Participants = 75 (Including Department Faculties)

From Department of English Dr Swati Sharma shared the below mentioned points

24 and 25 September UGC Sponsored Professional Development Programme

and it was in collaboration ELTAI and 102 participants

On 15 December, one day Teacher Training Programme was organized

which was sponsored by Cambridge University; 10 participants from BSSS

and 10 from other colleges attended the programme.

Research – Dr Archana Lucas submitted MRP proposal to the Research

Approval Committee; Dr Supriya Mandloi would submit her MRP report to

UGC in the month of January

Dr Saman’s Research article got published in a Scopus indexed , Journal

published by Taylor and Francis- Routledge

ELTAI workshop

Physical Education

26 January – 2 February 2019, Sports Meet will be organized and planned to

culminate along with the Management Fest.

1.

Item No: 5 MoUs Signed by the college/departments to facilitate student-Centric

learning approach/Practical exposure/Entrepreneurship Development/Twinning

programmes

Total No: of MoUs signed – July to December -23

Sr No Name of the Organization DepartmentYear of

signing Period/ Duration

MoU_ToR_

LoI

1 M/s My skills Commerce 2018-19 2 Years MOU

2 Hind Pharma Commerce 2018-19 2 Years MOU

3 Federation of Madhya Pradesh

Chamber of Commerce & Industries

Commerce 2018-19 2 Years MOU

4 Agents Development Centre LIC

Bhopal

Commerce 2018-19 3 Years MOU

5 Taking Forward Education & Training

(OPC) Pvt Ltd.

Commerce 2018-19 3 Years MOU

6 Ennoble IP Consultancy Pvt Ltd (EIP)

Noida (Uttar Pradesh)

ED Cell 2018-19 3 Years MOU

7 (ELTAI) English Teachers Association

of India

English 2018-19 3 Years MOU

8 Red Hat Private Limited Computers 2018-19 1 Year MOU

9 Ureka Education Group United

Kingdom

BSSS College 2018-19 1 Year MOU

Item No: 6 Update on Strategic Plan of BSSS (BSSS Vision-2025) & Item No: 7

Update on Participation in NIRF and India Today ranking

The coordinator shared that a draft of Strategic Plan was sent to two external experts

(Dr Japee and Dr Geeta) to get feedback and will be working in that line to further

furnish it. She also shared the long term plan of the institution, which are as follows :

1 Expansion of Campus

2 Establishing Research lab

3 Develop BSSS as a Research Centre

4 Establish Incubation Cell

5 Venturing into more Government Projects

6 100% Qualified faculty

7 Deemed to be University

Ms Archana Naik updated that on 8 December 2018 the requirements for NIRF was

uploaded on the website and two areas were covered – college level and overall aspects.

The supporting documents will be uploaded by January as per the instructions by MHRD.

She added that last year also the college participated and NAAC gives weightage for the

participation in NIRF its assessment criteria. She also shared the problems confronted,

some of the low lying areas are Research, Consultancy and student Progression. Placement

Cell is now taking care of student progression.

Dr Lila Simon updated that department of Management and Humanities submitted the

documents for the India Today Ranking.

In continuation to the Strategic Plan, Dr John shared that in few years’ time the faculty

members will be enrolled as doctoral research guides which will leverage the research area.

Dr John also shared that very soon the institution would take up training programmes and

dialogue in that line has already started with Central University, Sagar since they have a lot

of funds allocated to train school teachers and BSSS faculty members could be Master

Trainers (MTs) under PMMMNMTT1. Mr Varghese shared that to scale up the research

area, it is very much necessary to develop a road map seeing the current trends. Mr

Varghese quoted the Budget Analysis as an example for Reflection and Review of the

current scenario, and shared that those deliberations and discourses could be shared with

the Government which will position the college in a strategic manner in the state of MP.

Item No: 8 Quality enhancement initiatives taken by ED Cell to promote

entrepreneurs

Dr Smitha Pillai (ED Cell, In-Charge) shared that they are working in four areas

Ideation, Exploration, Experimentation, Incubation. Idea Generation guidance was

given to the students in groups as well as in person. Mr Swapnil and Mr Amit from Atul

Incubation Centre are in contact with the students on regular basis. Idea generation

workshop was also conducted. For linkages and collaboration few MOUS were signed

and some under process. Regular meetings were arranged with experts in India and

abroad through skype. Dr Smitha shared that the college has planned to give seed

money to the students for initiating start-ups. Workshops and trainings were arranged

on the needs identified by the students. Few of the students have started their business,

some are in the infancy stage and the Department of Science came up with three

projects. She also shared the details of start-ups by the students and the details. She also

shared the particulars of Executive PG programme on Entrepreneurship in

1 Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching. Scheme

collaboration TISS. Seed Money was requested by the student entrepreneurs which led

to a brief discussion and Mr Varghese suggested that those students could be introduced

to the banks rather than giving them money. Dr John supported the suggestion given

by Mr Varghese.

Item No: 9 Innovative measures taken by the Research Cell to promote Research

culture in the institution & Item No: 10 Information on Minor Research Projects

sanctioned for faculty and Students by Research Approval Committee (RAC)

Mr Rutwik Gandhe shared the details of the activities conducted by Research Cell.

1. Surveys conducted for External Parties – 04

2. Organized workshops

Mr Varghese suggested that the findings of the surveys could be disseminated jointly

with the partner organization which will reach a wider audience, which is a way for

fetching macro level studies in future. Mr Rutwik shared that Science Popularization

Seminar would be conducted in collaboration with the Department of Science. A

proposal from Rhythm was also submitted to find the effectiveness the programme

aired.

Mr Rutwik briefed about the initial talk with IIT Kharagpur for Faculty Development

Programme. As far as MRPs are concerned 8 proposals from students and 7 by faculty

members were submitted to the Research Approval Committee. The Coordinator

suggested that Students involvement in Research will definitely gave a wider exposure

but the classroom learning part should not be affected. She opined that departments

should arrange tutorials or special classes to bridge the gap. The Chairperson also

supported the suggestion by IQAC.

The HoD, Social Work cited an example that one of the students who was involved in

the project immediately got a job after the course with a decent package. He shared that

from HoDs point of view, engagement in projects have given the student to get wider

coverage. Mr Varghese shared that this kind of engagements should lead to a win-win

situation for the students as well as the institution. He also suggested that as HoD, one

needs to visualize how long the institution will be a data gathering agency, when we

will be known for analysis, converting the analysis into a proposal. Both practical and

theoretical inputs are important for social work students. The forum opined that

integrated learning should be made available for the students.

Item No: 11 Renewal of Autonomous Status

Dr Ashish Dilraj informed that the autonomy renewal application was submitted to

UGC on 5 December 2018. The UGC will constitute a committee for the inspection

after reviewing the documents submitted.

Item No: 12 Feedback of the Certificate Courses completed in November 2018

Sr Maurice George (In Charge, Certificate Course) shared the details of the

Certificate Courses. She also shared that some of the courses are yet to begin in the

month of January 2019, while the incomplete ones will be over by January 2019.

S.No Course Name New Course

Pass Result

Registered Out of

1 Advertising & Media Management 21 40

2 Communicative English (Basic) Revised

67 100

3 Personality & Self Grooming 28 74

4 Public Speaking & Soft Skills 26 60

5 Tax Consultancy 10 39

6 Indian Crafts & Paintings New 16 31

7 Tally ERP - 9 Contd 33

8 Banking 60 102

9 Capital Marketing (3Years) New 27 54

10 Digital Marketing 9 53

11 Tax Planning New 16 16

12 Auditing 8 15

13 Fundamentals of International Business

New 6 17

14 Travel & Tourism Revised

4 23

15 Road to Entrepreneurship 39 39

16 Dynamics of Event Management 42 74

17 Marketing Research 9 19

18 Linux Essentials New 8 19

19 Android Application Development 8 19

20 M S Office & Internet 14 24

21 Graphics Designing 8 22

22 Web Designing 33 52

23 Business Etiquette & Soft Skills 28 66

24 English Edge 4 42

25 BEC Vantage Jan-19 37

26 Human Rights 4 18

27 Theatre Pedagogy & R J New 19 26

28 French Language New Contd 11

29 Multimedia Animation Contd 39

30 Child Guidance & Counselling Contd 42

31 Cinema Analysis New 9 10

Dr John suggested that an analysis on the drop out and non-compliance should be made.

Sr Maurice shared that 1195 Registered, 970 students qualifying for certificate and 270

are awaiting the results.

Item No: 13 Any other matter with the permission of the chairperson

GAP –BSSS Conference details were shared by Dr Lila Simon.

Midterm Examination updates were shared by all the HoDs.

The new courses BPES, B Sc – Physics, Maths and Statistics, BA- Maths as an

optional subject was shared by Mr N T Abraham

Autonomous Semester examination conducted in November and December, was

shared by Mr Zeeshan A Siddiqui.

Social Outreach activity details were shared by Mrs Archana Naik, present

academic year, a government school was selected for the programme and in the

month of January & February as per the time slot given by the school, student

volunteers along with the faculty members will execute it.

The Coordinator pointed that the HoDs should take into account the Syllabus

enhancement/Curricular revision workshop for enhancing the quality of curricular

aspects. The Principal told that the external members who were absent for two

consecutive meetings should be replaced with other experts.

The meeting adjourned at 5 pm with a thank you note by the Principal.

The Coordinator shared that next meeting would be called in the month of April 2019.

Dr. Fr. John P J Dr. Sheeba Joseph Principal Coordinator, IQAC