Evaluative Report of the Department of JOURNALISM

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1 Evaluative Report of the Department of JOURNALISM General Instructions All the information should be from the year (Year wise) The report should be typed only in Times New Roman, Font Size -12 with single line spacing. Use Tables wherever it is necessary. Both hard copy and soft copy of the report should be submitted. The soft copy of the same should be sent to the following id: 1. Name of the Department & its year of establishment: Journalism and Mass Communication; Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.) PG 3. Interdisciplinary courses and departments involved : - NIL - 4. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system: SEMESTER 5. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments : - NIL - 6. Number of teaching posts sanctioned and filled (Professors/Associate Professors/ Asst. Professors) Sanctioned Filled Professors 01 Coordinator, I/c Associate Professors 02 - Asst. Professors Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /Ph.D. / M. Phil. etc.,) Name Qualification Designation Specialization No. of. years of Experience Dr. Vani. M. N Coordinator B.Sc, Ph.D M.S., Associate Professor NCT & Women Empowerment; Research; Corporate 31 Years - No. of.ph.d students guided for the last four years

2 Mr. Manoj B A B.A, M.S. Communicati on (NET Passed) Lecturer Communication Development Communication 06 Years - 8. Number of classes taken by temporary/ Management faculty programme-wise information: I Yr M.S 08 Hrs II Yr M.S 08 Hrs + Research Guidance 9. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio: I yr 07 : 2; II yr 14 : 2 + Guest Faculty 10. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff: sanctioned and filled Sanctioned Filled Number of Academic Technical Support Staff NIL NIL Number of Academic Administrative Staff NIL NIL 11. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Mention names of funding agencies and grants received project-wise. year wise Number of Faculty ONE Name of the Project Name of the funding agency (National/International) Impact of Orkut and other Social Networking Sites on Bangalore Youth Total Grants received UGC Rs. 30,000/ Applied for another Minor Research Project to UGC 12. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; DBT, ICSSR, etc.; total grants received (year wise) Name of the Project Name of the funding agency (National/International) Total Grants received

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4 13. Research facility / centre with o state recognition o national recognition NIL o international recognition 14. Publications: number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (National / International) Monographs Chapter(s) in Books Editing Books Books with ISBN numbers with details of publishers number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) Citation Index range / average SNIP SJR Impact factor range / average h-index 14. Details of patents and income generated 15. Areas of consultancy and income generated 16. Faculty recharging strategies 18. Student projects Written 2 books for KSOU 1) Reporting Methods 2) Editing Techniques o percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter-departmental: - 100% o percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with industries / institutes On the anvil 19. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by o Faculty : o Doctoral / post doctoral fellows o Year Students Faculty, Doctoral/post doctoral fellows,students Name of the awards, recognitions received Issued by Chanakya Award for Dr. Vani.M.N Academic Communication PRCI

5 Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national / international) with details of outstanding participants, if any. Year Name of the Seminars/ conferences/ workshops organised Name of the funding agency if any Seminar on Women, Law and Media 21. Student profile course-wise: Yearwise Name of the course Applications received The college in association with KILPAR Karnataka Institute for Legal and Parliamentary Reforms Selected M.S. Comm % M.S. Comm Diversity of Students Details of the outstanding participants Prof.B.P.Sanjay, Founding VC, Tamil Nadu Central University, Prof.H.S. Eswara, Former Dean, Faculty of Communication, Bangalore University, Sri Arakere Jayaram, Former Chief of Bureau, The Hindu, Ms. C.G. Manjula, Associate Editor, Prajavani Kannada Daily, Ms. Shamantaka Mani, Director, Sarathi Community Resource Centre, Ms. Arathi. H.N, Senior Programme Producer, Doordarshan, Prof. Manu Chakravarthy, Film and Culture Critic Pass Percentage

6 Name of the Course (refer question no. 2) % of students from the college % of students from the state % of students from other States % of students from other countries II M S Communication 30% 56% 7% 7% I M S Communication 30% 56% 14% -

7 23. How many students have cleared Civil Services, Defense Services, NET, SLET, GATE and any other competitive examinations? NIL Student progression Student Progression Percentage against enrolled UG to PG NA PG to M.Phil - PG to Ph.D - Ph.D to Post-Doctoral - Employed Campus Selection Other than Campus recruitment - 80% students are employed Entrepreneurs 10% 25. Diversity of staff Percentage of Faculty who are graduates of the same parent university 100% Of the other University within the state - Of the other university of other state Number of faculty who were awarded Ph.D., D.Sc. & D.Litt. during assessment period. ONE 27. Present details about infrastructural facilities a) Library: Departmental + College (Library) b) Internet facilities for staff and students: For staff only at the Department c) Total number of class rooms: Two rooms d) Class rooms with ICT facility : Audiovisual Room - 01 e) Students laboratories : Media Lab f) Research laboratories : - NIL Number of students of the department getting financial assistance from College. Freeship / Scholarship as provided by the college 29. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new program(s)? If so, give the methodology. - NIL Does the department obtain feedback from a) Faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how does the

8 Department utilize it? Based on the feedback obtained from the faculty as regards teaching-learningevaluation, especially as regards teaching is that, we have introduced Group Discussions on current events and other syllabi-wise subjects. Learning is made more attractive with practical exposure. Evaluation is made continuous so that students are update and proactive all through the course. b) Students on staff, curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation and what is the response of the department to the same? Students offer suggestions through one-to-one discussions. Some students who are proactive also come up with solutions. Their aspirations are placed in the Board of Studies, passed and then approval is taken by the Academic Council and Governing Body. Then, the same is incorporated into curriculum. c) Alumni and employers on the programmes and what is the response of the department of the same? The structured Alumni Association and at times a casual meeting with the alumni and presently the Social Networking Sites like Facebook, Twitter have served as sources for providing suggestions. Time to time, these suggestions are considered and incorporated into the mainstream programmes. 31. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10) 1. Varsha Prasad Assistant Manager, Content, Greycaps 2. Akshatha. A.G Subeditor/ Reporter, BTV News 3. Srivarshini. A Bulletin Producer, Pragathi TV 4. Asharani. M. R - Subeditor/ Reporter, Janasri News 24x7 5. Chethana. J.K - Subeditor/ Reporter, Udayavani Daily 6. Lijitha Entrepreneur 32. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with external experts. A Special Lecture on Reporting by Ms. Asha Krishnaswamy, Chief of Bureau, Deccan Herald in September A Special Lecture on Television News Production by Mr. Madhusudan, Reporter, Suvarna News 24x7, in October A Special Lecture on Television Programme Production by the Senior Programme Producer of Namma Bengaluru, News-9 in November A Special Lecture on Crime Reporting by Mr. Chaityanesh of News-9, in February A Special Lecture on Development Communication by Dr. R. Rajagopal, Retd. DGP, Rajasthan in March A Special lecture on Business Journalism by Sri Vivek Hebbar, Former Editor,

9 The Financial Times, in October A Special Lecture on Public Relations by Ms. Vidya Natampalli, Director, Research and Strategies, Microsoft, in November A State level Seminar on Women, Law and Media was organized on 27 th March The dignitaries present were Dr. B.P. Sanjay, Founding Vice Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Central University, Tiruvarur, Sri Arakere Jayaram, Former Chief of Bureau, The Hindu, Dr. H.S. Eswara, Former Dean, Faculty of Communication, BUB, Ms. C.G. Manjula, Associate Editor, Prajavani, Ms. Shamantaka Mani, Director, Sarathi Resource for Communication, Ms. H.N. Arathi, Programme Producer, Doordarshan, Dr. Vasu Malali, Associate Professor, Dept. of History, BUB. 33. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes. For the I year: The syllabus is so structures that it has practicals in it. Students are trained to use social networking sites and blog ( wherein they write reports and features. This requires actual understanding of the content, correcting the content the students write, supervise the entire blog writing. In addition, each student is given a particular current issue and they present papers in the PPT mode on the same. There will be an interactive session between the audience that includes faculty members and the students with the presenter. Group Discussions are also held on relevant current topics. For the II year: They bring out a lab journal which is theme based and also they work on dissertation which is a part of the syllabus. All the students undergo internships in the media outlets and other avenues of the media mandatorily for eight weeks. They also produce documentaries, short films and public service advertisements. In addition, each student is given a particular current issue and they present papers in the PPT mode on the same. There is a Facebook page where the students share the interesting relevant information with the group. Students of both the years attend seminars, conferences and workshops regularly not only in Bangalore but also in other parts of the country. Films are screened regularly in the AV room and there will be an interactive session on the film. 34. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and learning outcomes monitored? A small questionnaire about the objectives of the course and learning outcomes is prepared and uploaded on SNS and other related websites, students who are techsavvy give their opinions. Every academic year, this is analyzed and changes are made in the academic programme wherever required.

10 35. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities. Participate in the activities conducted by the college. 36. Give details of beyond syllabus scholarly activities of the department. 1. Writing features and articles for the blog. 2. Producing video programmes like short films, documentaries and ads. 3. Bringing out the theme based magazine. 4. Making presentations on current events. 5. Watching films and participating in the interaction session. 37. State whether the programme/ department is accredited/ graded by other agencies. Give details. The parent Department of Journalism and Mass Communication is the UG Department which has graded by the NAAC as Highly Rated. 38. Detail any five Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of the department (Hint: Five strengths and five weaknesses in bullet points) Sl. No Strengths Weakness Opportunity Challenges 01. Highly rated Department Most practically oriented syllabus in the humanities stream Has established a Media Lab where TV Production is taught Publishing the Blog ot.com Alumni have been placed in mainstream media organizations Heterogeneity of students Need for a Computer lab exclusively for the Department Functional studio only Journals availability ICT upgradation To create an industry conducive atmosphere To create more practical oriented syllabus To inculcate ICT at every level To start a Research Centre and School of Media Studies To make the course complete in itself by including specializations Creating tie-ups with industries and signing MoUs Affiliating with foreign universities To make the course multidisciplinary To reach international standards and introduce Cafeteria system To meet the demands of the Contemporary media world.

11 39. Future plans of the department. To prepare a Roadmap for the development of the Department To create a syllabi that entails industry To improve healthy standards of multidisciplinary approach to teaching.