P. A. College of Engineering and Technology. P. A. College of Engineering and Technology SELF STUDY REPORT (CYCLE - 1)

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1 P. A. College of Engineering and Technology SELF STUDY REPORT (CYCLE - 1) Submitted to NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION COUNCIL (An Autonomous Institution of the University Grants Commission) By P. A. College of Engineering and Technology APPROVED BY AICTE AND AFFILIATED TO ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI AN ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED INSTITUTION

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3 S. No. Table of Contents Particulars Page No. 1. Declaration by the Head of the Institution vii 2. Certificate of Compliance ix 3. Abbreviations xi 4. Preface xv 5. Executive Summary xvii 6. SWOC Analysis xxvii 7. Profile of the Institution 1 Criterion-wise Evaluation Reports 8. Criterion I: Curricular Aspects 1.1 Curriculum Planning and Implementation Academic Flexibility Curriculum Enrichment Feedback System Criterion II: Teaching-Learning and Evaluation 2.1 Student Enrollment and Profile Catering to Student Diversity Teaching Learning Process Teacher Quality Evaluation Process and Reforms Student Performance and Learning Outcomes Criterion III: Research, Consultancy and Extension 3.1 Promotion of Research 103

4 3.2 Resource Mobilization for Research Research Facilities Research Publications and Awards Consultancy Extension Activities and Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) Collaboration Criterion IV: Infrastructure and Learning Resources 4.1 Physical Facilities Library as a Learning Resource IT Infrastructure Maintenance of Campus Facilities Criterion V: Student Support and Progression 5.1 Student Mentoring and Support Student Progression Student Participation and Activities Criterion VI: Governance, Leadership and Management 6.1 Institutional Vision and Leadership Strategy development and deployment Faculty Empowerment Strategies Finance Management and Resource Mobilization Internal Quality Assurance System (IQAS) Criterion VII: Innovations and Best Practices 7.1 Environment Consciousness Innovations Best Practices 249

5 Evaluative Report - Department-wise 15. Computer Science and Engineering Electronics and Communication Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering Mechanical Engineering Civil Engineering Science and Humanities Copy of the UGC Recognition under section 2(f) of UGC Act Copy of the AICTE Approval Copy of the ANNA University Approval 339

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11 ABBREVIATIONS AERB AFCAT AICTE ANSYS ASIC ATE BE BTech BC BSNL CAT CATIA CCNA CGPA CL CNC CSE CSI CSIR DELNET DRDO DST ECE EDUSAT EEE EPF FDTP Atomic Energy Regulatory Board Air Force Common Admission Test All India Council for Technical Education Analysis System Application-Specific Integrated Circuit Asynchronous Terminal Emulation Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Technology Backward Class Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited Common Admission Test Computer Aided Three-dimensional Interactive Application Cisco Certified Network Associate Cumulative Grade Point Average Casual Leave Computer Numerical Control Computer Science and Engineering Computer Society of India Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Developing Library Network Defense Research and Development Organization Department of Science and Technology Electronics and Communication Engineering Education Satellite Electrical and Electronics Engineering Employees Provident Fund Faculty Development Training Programme Page xi

12 FEA FPGA GATE GMAT GRE HOD IACSIT IAENG IBPS ICTACT IEEE IETE IIT ILL INSA IQAC IQAS IRED ISO ISRO ISTE IT ITES LAN LCD LED MTech Finite Element Analysis Field-Programmable Gate Array Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering Graduate Management Admission Test Graduate Record Examination Head of the Department International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology International Association for Engineers Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Information And Communications Technology Academy Of Tamil Nadu Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers Indian Institute of Technology Inter Library Loan Service Indian National Science Academy Internal Quality Assurance Cell Internal Quality Assurance System Institute of Research Engineers and Doctors International Organization for Standardization Indian Space Research Organization Indian Society for Technical Education Information Technology Information Technology Enabled Services Local Area Network Liquid Crystal Display Light Emitting Diode Master of Technology Page xii

13 MATLAB MBC ME MECH MEMS ML MNRE MoU MS NEMS NET NIT NPTEL NSS OBC OER OPAC PACET PCB PED PG PhD PRDC QMS R & D RO RPS RRC Matrix laboratory Most Backward Class Master of Engineering Mechanical Engineering Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Medical Leave Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Memorandum of Understanding Master of Science Nano Electro Mechanical Systems National Eligibility Test National Institute of Technology National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning National Service Scheme Other Backward Class Open Education Resources Online Public Access Catalogue P. A. College of Engineering and Technology Printed Circuit Boards Power Electronics and Drives Post Graduate Doctor of Philosophy Power Research and Development Consultants Quality Management System Research and Development Reverse Osmosis Research Promotion Scheme Red Ribbon Club Page xiii

14 S&H SAE SC SERB SLET SPD ST TNPSC TNSCST TOEFL UG UGC UNIX UPSC UTL Wi-Fi YRC Science and Humanities Society of Automotive Engineers Scheduled Caste Science and Engineering Research Board State Level Eligibility Test Student Personality Development Scheduled Tribe Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology Test of English as a Foreign Language Under Graduate University Grants Commission Uniplexed Information and Computing Service Union Public Service Commission United Telecoms Limited Wireless Fidelity Youth Red Cross Page xiv

15 PREFACE PREFACE P. A. College of Engineering and Technology (PACET) is located in serene surrounding amidst cluster of coconut groves on the state Highway SH- 19 about 2 km from Pollachi which is situated at the foot hills of Anaimalai and Valparai. Pollachi town is 40 km away from the south of Coimbatore. PACET is in the reach of about 40 minutes drive from Coimbatore airport, railway station and one hour from Tirupur. The college enjoys a congenial atmosphere essential for a leisure and vibrant scholastic learning process. PACET provides engineering education for life. The beautiful and spacious buildings have been designed with architectural marvels accommodating the needs of administration computer centre, academic block, lecture halls, library, laboratories, conference halls, and hostel and students common rooms. The admirable designs were possible because of a renowned civil engineer, who is also the chairman of the institution. In PACET, students are given every opportunity to gain optimal advantage in terms of advanced technical knowledge, skills and research by sheer motivation through special training modules. The approach offers distinct aspects of intellectual growth and development of individual students as future engineers to suit the growing needs and aspirations of the nation in future. The campus also has a clinic to attend emergency and to check the general health of students. The college has provided bus transport facilities nearby and vital areas covering a radius of 50+ kms. The institution is approved by AICTE and affiliated to Anna University, Chennai. All educational programs offered by the institute as per the syllabi framed by the Anna University Chennai. PACET is an ISO 9001:2008 certified institution. The Self-Study Report (SSR) is prepared, with utmost care as per the revised manual of NAAC, covering all the aspects of different criteria based on the inputs made available from all sections of the institute with a aim to imprint PACET credentials, cherished contributions made during the stipulated period by the Steering committee with the support of all faculty and the management. PACET takes the opportunity to submit the SSR and is looking forward to get NAAC accreditation. Page xv

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19 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Criterion I - CURRICULAR ASPECTS P. A. College of Engineering and Technology (PACET) is approved by AICTE and Affiliated to Anna University, Tamil Nadu. The Institution provides various facilities for successful implementation of curriculum to meet the vision, mission, objectives and goals. The Institution follows the curriculum and syllabi provided by the Anna University and Curriculum implementation is effectively planned based on periodic meeting conducted by the principal with all the head of the departments. For effective translation of the curriculum, faculties are encouraged to participate in Faculty Development Programme, workshops and seminars conducted by various institutions and corporate. The Institution invites experts from industry and reputed Institutions for organizing different skill development training programme for the benefit of students and faculty. The PACET offers ample academic flexibility to its students availing opportunities in choosing electives, and value added courses for the benefit of students and to mould them to suit industry needs. The Development of curriculum enrichment, PACET makes several efforts by communicating with industries through MoUs and getting feedback from the experts visiting the institution to keep abreast of developments. The feedback, needs for improvement of curricula, are sought and obtained from the alumni, parents / guardians, academic peers of PACET and other Institutions. All these feedbacks are analyzed and recommended to the university to consider during the update sessions. Criterion II - TEACHING, LEARNING AND EVALUATION Absolute transparency and systematic mechanism are adopted in admission process that is presented in details, in the prospectus, handbook and the college website. Anna University admits 65% of the students under Single Window System through Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA) and the remaining 35% of admissions are under Management Quota through Association of Management Self-Financing Engineering Colleges in Tamil Nadu ensuring transparency and diversity in admission process. About 20% of directed into sanctioned intake is admitted under Lateral entry as per AICTE norms the second year. Page xix

20 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Institution gives preference to economically and socially backward rural students, first generation learners, differently-abled and outstanding sports persons. Profiles of the students are maintained in the college office and departments after admission process are complete. A bridge course inducting the freshers into the college atmosphere to familiarizes them with the vision, mission, goals, objectives and rules, regulations of the institution, manners and etiquette to be observed at the college. This helps Tamil medium students to overcome language barrier and averts their fear of English since majority of the students are from Tamil Medium schools. An academic calendar is prepared every semester based on the University academic schedule. On the basis of academic calendar timetable, lesson plan, course file, lecture notes, laboratory manuals are prepared. The students are continuously assessed throughout the semester and the evaluation is based on the internal test, model and university examinations. Class tests and internal test enable the faculty to identify the advanced and the slow learners. Advanced learners can opt for self-study courses, challenging assignments and experiments slow learners are given remedial coaching. Teaching learning process is facilitated through ICT facilities. OER`s and NPTEL videos are also used to deliver lectures. Webinars are also organized on latest technologies to strengthen the technical knowledge to students on emerging trends. Students are also supported with enrichment programs like symposiums, seminars, workshop, guest lectures, conferences, project contests and value added courses. To map the knowledge of students with industry experience, in-plant trainings, industrial visits, HR Conclave and PA Industry Connect programme are organized. The student-centric methods followed in teaching and learning process ensure interactive, participative and experiential learning in academic, cocurricular and extracurricular activities. The personal attention and psychological guidance by the faculty advisors and counselors overcome the academic and personal problems of students and helps them achieve their academic credits. Page xx

21 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The institution is able to attract fairly good quality faculty and their skill and knowledge are updated periodically by deputing them to various inhouse programs, sponsoring them for orientation programme, refresher courses, FDPs, conferences, workshops, seminars, research activities, corporate and industrial trainings organized by various premier institutions and industries. Faculty are encouraged to hold memberships in various professional bodies such as IEEE, ISTE, CSI, IETE, SAE etc., Placement trainings such as aptitude, soft skills, technical, group discussions, Student Personality Development, mock interviews are conducted to improve student employability. 40 Mbps Internet speed is available for accessing e-resources. Student feedback system, parents meeting, class committee and course committee meetings, internal and external audit helps to maintain and improve the quality of teaching, learning and evaluation. IQAC through ISO supports the faculty and students for better learning processes. Outcome of teaching, learning and evaluation for past 4 years: Institution enabled 1603 students out of 1681 students to receive their degrees. 220 students secured university ranks including 3 gold medals. Out of 1540 placement eligible student, employers issued 1391 job offers to 1079 students. Criterion III RESEARCH, CONSULTANCY AND EXTENSION The Institution has research committee to promote the research and development activities inside the campus. Motivation and support are provided by Management for promotion of research. Research activities amongst the faculty and students are motivated by providing expert sessions from industries and academics. The department of Computer Science and Engineering and the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering departments are recognized as research centers by Anna University. The Institution encourages the faculty to conduct research development programmes like seminars and workshops for knowledge sharing. Page xxi

22 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY With the research centers in the institution, the external and internal mode of PhD registrations is extended to the faculty. In total, 11 research scholars have completed their PhD programme from the institution. The faculty has applied for grants to research bodies and agencies like AICTE, DST, DRDO, MNRE, ISRO, TNSCST, SERB, INSA and ICMR. So far our institution has conducted 25 sponsored programmes. Each department has a separate research laboratory with the necessary hardware and software supports for research. Budget allocation for research and development activities are done out for each academic year. Research activities are promoted by providing financial assistance for faculty and students participation in various events such as workshops, seminars, conferences and training programmes outside the campus. The institution has received financial support from AICTE under Research Promotion Scheme (RPS). The Institution has signed MoU with several organizations such as CISCO, UTL, BSNL, INFOSYS, PRDC and M-TAB to establish industry powered laboratories. Three industry sponsored laboratories for fostering research have been established. Each department has a separate students association and professional bodies. The main objective of these forums is to identify experts and invite them to deliver technical contents to the teachers and students. In order to provide better interaction between the institution and industry, the institute operates a separate Industry Institute Partnership Cell (IIPC). The IIPC of our institute helps to strengthen the linkage with the industry. The institution promotes college-neighborhood network community development by conducting regular activities related to social responsibilities of the institute. Societal responsibility among student is promoted by encouraging participating in clubs like NSS, RRC and YRC. The institute management plans and organizes number of extension and outreach programs in the neighboring villages. Activities through NCC, NSS, and society oriented clubs are conducted to the benefit of local populace. Criterion IV - INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEARNING RESOURCES P.A College of Engineering and Technology has one of the best infrastructures to provide holistic learning experience for students and faculty. Most of the class rooms are equipped with projectors with Wi-Fi connectivity. Seminar Halls, Auditorium and Conference hall etc., provide the out-of-theclassroom learning experience. Page xxii

23 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The laboratories are well equipped and focused on providing hands-on experience. Research laboratory is available to induce the research interest in students and the faculty members to take up projects. The ICT facilities created, maintained and managed by an exclusive system group headed by System Administrator experienced. There are 853 computers in the campus including 07 servers. The Internet Bandwidth is 40 Mbps. The Wi-Fi campus, LAN, student computer ratio of 4:1 and a computer with internet facility for most of the faculty members make e-learning a pleasure in the campus. All departments have separate computer centre with relevant software packages. All hardware and software are upgraded on need base. Main library has all study materials, books, e-journals/e-book and digital contents. A considerable amount of the annual budget is utilized for purchase of books, e-journals, print-journals and periodicals. The facilities of the Library include: Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC), Book Bank, Current Periodical Display, and Digital Knowledge Centre. College promotes sporting interest among the students by creating excellent infrastructure for sports. The major facilities include: Football/Cricket ground, Basketball courts, Ball badminton courts, Weight-lifting Platform, Kho-Kho/Kabadi courts, High Jump, Long Jump pits, Throwing arena, walking path, athletic tracks, table tennis boards, modern gymnasium and adequate sports equipment to conduct various sports/games events. Annual sports day, PACET Trophy and other sporting events are conducted regularly and the institute students have won several prestigious awards. College has an exclusive transport department, which takes care of transport arrangements for various academic purposes. There are 30 vehicles including buses, vans, cars for the use of students and faculty. ATM, food court is available inside the campus for student use. Separate dispensary with full time doctor with one ambulance is also available for medical care. College has different maintenance team like civil, electrical, water; garden, AC maintenance and housekeeping to maintain the entire campus have dedicated teams. Sufficient water is available throughout the year and 24 hour power supply is maintained in the campus with sufficient generators to provide uninterrupted power supply throughout the academic sessions. Page xxiii

24 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Criterion V - STUDENT SUPPORT AND PROGRESSION PACET continuously aspires for providing excellent mechanism in support and progression of students in holistic manner. Institution provides financial support in the form of fee waiver and free education to meritorious students, economically weaker sections through Arul Jothi charitable Trust, state government, and central government. To achieve development various measures such as national conferences, Seminars, Clubs, sports/games and cultural activities at different levels of competitions. Students have won medals in various Zonal/University/State/National level competitions. The medical assistance to students such as health centre, health insurance, treated water and campus is well-known for clean, green and eco friendly environment. Skill development programmes are conducted to improve their skills such as Japanese Language Learning Course, Aptitude Training, C Programming, Infosys Campus Connect Programme, Professional Skills, and Communication Skill for the benefit of placement. The institute has an excellent placement record for the last four years. Also in-plant training and industrial visits are arranged to experience the real time industrial exposure to the students. Students are encouraged to appear for GATE, TANCET, TOFEL, Central, State government and Defense services like UPSC, TNPSC, IBPS and AFCAT to enhance their employment prospects and higher studies. Committees like academic counseling, personal counseling, career counseling, student grievance redressal cell, women s anti-sexual harassment cell and antiragging are formed to support and monitor students. The college has sufficient infrastructural facilities for sports/games. Students are encouraged to participate in additional activities of their interest such as track/field events, cricket, football, volley ball, throw ball and indoor games etc., Inter college cultural festival named PAnchamithra is conducted every year and the college has formed many general clubs in order to provide a platform for students to bring out their talents like music, drama, folk arts and linguistic skills. Each department publishes newsletters to portray student achievements, technical articles and other fine arts relevant information. The college organizes alumni meet from time to time to have a continued bonding with alumni and to get their support in student progression. Page xxiv

25 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Criterion VI - GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT The effective leadership given by the Chairman and Principal of the college aids in achieving the vision and mission of the college through day to day activity of the institution. Formulation of strategic plan and guidelines with specific goals by aligning the academic and administrative activities improves the overall quality of learning in the institute. The college has formed various committees for managing the day to day activities and the system is fully streamlined. The college has taken several welfare measures both for teaching and non-teaching staff such as employees provident fund, study leave, maternity leave, subsidized transport facility and AICTE scales of pay. The institution has set norms for professional development of faculty members and nonteaching staff by motivating to pursue higher studies, financial assistance to attend FDP, Conferences, Workshops, Seminars in their field of specialization, encouraging to attend and present research papers in National / International conferences and publishing research papers in referred journals. The institution has a mechanism to collect feedback from students, parents, alumni and employers to improve the quality. The institution assesses its faculty through a well structured appraisal system. Faculties are encouraged to improve their performance. Measures are also taken to attract eminent faculty. The financial resources of the college are managed in a very effective and efficient manner. There are established procedures and processes for planning and allocation of financial resources. Statutory auditing is done at the end of each financial year. The Institution through its IQAC, makes rigorous and continuous efforts to study, analyze and improvise every strategy, activity, process and procedure in all activities with a aim to achieve, sustain and enhance quality with a view to achieve excellence. Continuous feedback, Academic Audit, Feedback from alumni, industry, parents, students, experts and the community helps it to establish quality culture. The quality is maintained at every stage be it academics, administration, infrastructure. The Institution has mechanisms for conducting internal academic audit and external audit. Outcome of both internal and external audits are discussed and the areas identified for improvement are taken up and tracked to closure. Page xxv

26 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Criterion VII INNOVATION AND BEST PRACTICES The Institution is committed to its responsibilities to the environment and consciously monitors the greenery in the campus by planting good number of coconut trees and other plants, with an exclusive team of gardeners. Renewable energy sources have been installed in the campus and for improving the power quality the capacitor bank is used to keep efficient utilization of electrical energy. Provision of clean drinking water facility is available in our campus. Steam based cooking processes which minimize the environment pollutions are effectively used in our campus. College promotes creative and entrepreneurial skills of students and faculty through the funded seminars, workshops and many funded proposals from Government departments enhance the research base of the institution. Delegation of authority for faculty members of the various departments which helps in faster decision making develops the administrative skills. The college motivates the students to receive scholarships from various agencies and trusts which enable and encourage students from socially and economically backward groups to pursue studies without much difficulty. English Proficiency, Tamil Mandram, Music, Photography, Cultural, Youth Red cross, NSS and Red Ribbon clubs develops an all round personality of students. Women Development Cell promotes women empowerment and gender equality. Remedial classes for slow learners have been conducted to improve the overall academic performance. Value added course helps the student to obtain diverse knowledge about upcoming technologies apart from academics. Coaching for foreign languages helps the students to grab worldwide career opportunities. Page xxvi

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29 SWOC ANALYSIS Strength Campus is eco friendly, clean and green. Committed Management. Transport facilities for students and staff. Devotion to help the disadvantaged section of societies. A team of well experienced and dedicated faculty members. Well-equipped state-of-the-art laboratory facilities. Excellent academic performance with university ranks and gold medals. Excellent achievements in Sports and Games. Research center facility to guide research scholars. Good faculty retention. Student faculty ratio is consistently maintained over the years. Good relation among Management, Principal and Staff. Encouragement for Student Initiatives. Good campus placements. Weaknesses Less number of consultancy works undertaken by the faculty. Less number of funded R & D projects. Lack of core industries in surrounding areas. Tie-up with professional bodies needs to be strengthened. Patenting of Research output and offering consultancy services. Opportunities Making students to become successful entrepreneurs. Students and faculty exchange program with foreign universities. Opportunity to develop new programmes, need based education and new modes of delivery. Many faculty members have the expertise and ability to secure central funding and carryout research. Good scope for community services in the economically and socially backward areas. Potential for imparting soft skills to engineering students. Collaborative research with other Universities. Page xxix

30 SWOC ANALYSIS Challenges Mushrooming Engineering Colleges. Changing social and economical scenario leading to unpredictable future. Rapid changes in technology and industrial requirements offer a challenge for the student employment. Imparting good communication skills to Engineering students who are mostly from rural and semi urban background. Faculty members and students to be motivated towards innovative ideas and real time projects to cater the needs of rural people. The quality of faculty is to be upgraded regularly to meet the national and global challenges. Page xxx

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33 PROFILE OF THE INSTITUTION 1. Name and Address of the College: Name: Address: Palladam Road, Pollachi. City: Coimbatore Pin: State: Tamil Nadu Website: 2. For Communication Designation Name Telephone with STD code Mobile Fax Principal Dr. T. Manigandan manigandan_t Steering committee Coordinator Dr. S. Thiruvenkadam drstv.2011@ gmail.com 3. Status of Institution Affiliated College Constitute College Any Other (Specify) 4. Type of Institution: a. By Gender i. For Men ii. For Women iii. Co- Education b. By Shift i. Regular ii. Day iii. Evening 5. It is a recognized minority institution? Yes No If yes specify the minority status (Religious/linguistic/ any other) and provide documentary evidence. Page 3

34 PROFILE OF THE INSTITUTION 6. Source of funding: Government Grand-in-aid Self-financing Any other 7. a) Date of establishment of the college: 02/06/2008 b) University to which the college is affiliated /or which governs the college c) (If it is a constituent college) d) Details of UGC recognition: ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI Date, Month & Year Remarks Under Section (dd/mm/yyyy) (If any) i. 2(f) 04/11/2015, F. No: /2014(CPP-I/C) ii. 12(B) - - e) Details of recognition/approval by statutory/regulatory bodies other than UGC (AICTE, NCTE, MCI, DCI, PCI, RCI etc.) Under Statutory Body AICTE AICTE Recognition/Approval details Institution/Department Programme BE - CSE BE - ECE BE - EEE BE - MECH BE CIVIL ME - CSE ME VLSI Design ME PED File Numbers with Date, Month and Year 02/06/2008, 06/05/TN/E&T/2008/05 02/06/2008, 06/05/TN/E&T/2008/05 02/06/2008, 06/05/TN/E&T/2008/05 30/06/2009, 06/05/TN/E&T/2008/05 04/06/2014, /2014/EOA 01/09/2011, Southern/ /2011/EOA 10/05/2012, /2012/EOA 10/05/2012, /2012/EOA Page 4

35 PROFILE OF THE INSTITUTION 8. Does the affiliating university Act provide for conferment of autonomy (as recognized by the UGC), on its affiliated colleges? Yes No If yes, has the College applied for availing the autonomous status? Yes No 9. Is the college recognized a. By UGC as a College with Potential for Excellence (CPE)? Yes No If yes, date of recognition: (dd/mm/yyyy) b. For its performance by any other governmental agency? Yes No If yes, Name of the agency and Date of recognition: (dd/mm/yyyy) 10. Location of the campus and area in sq.mts: Location * Rural Campus area in sq.mts Built up area in sq.mts (* Urban, Semi-urban, Rural, Tribal, Hilly Area, Any others specify) 11. Facilities available on the campus Infrastructure Auditorium/seminar complex with infrastructural facilities Sports facilities Playground Football Ground, Cricket Ground, Badminton and Tennis Court, Basketball Court. Swimming Pool Not Available Facilities available Hall Seating Capacity Auditorium 1500 Seminar Hall Seminar Hall Seminar Hall Seminar Hall With LCD Projectors & Internet, Public Address System Gymnasium 16 Station Multi Gym, Multipurpose Bench, Flat Bench press Stand, Air Walker, Stepper Angle Leg Press & Page 5

36 PROFILE OF THE INSTITUTION Hostel facilities Hostel Name No. of. Inmates Boys Hostel 231 Girls Hostel 139 Working Women s Hostel Not Available Hack Squat Press, Cable Cross Pulley with Extra Handles, C.I. Dumbbell, C.I Barbell Plates, Bar bell Rod (3, 6 &7 )Length, EZ Curl Bar, Dumbbell Stand, Plate Stand and Rubber Mat. Facilities available Hostel Television, Newspaper, Wi-Fi Internet connection, Water coolers, A reverse osmosis water treatment plant of capacity 3000 litres / hour supplies hygienic water to the entire campus. Dining Hall, All Dining Halls have granite top Dining Tables, Water Cooler, Pest trap UV lamps and music play facilities. Residential facilities for teaching and non-teaching staff : Principal Quarters 01 Guest Room 02 Hygienic and delicious Veg/Non Veg dishes and Cafeteria refreshments are available in the college canteen Available Medical Facility within the institution Free of Health Centre cost for Consultation, Medicine and other treatments. Banking Facility ATM Available - Bank of Baroda Transport facilities to There are 23 buses running from different routes cater to the needs of at nominal cost. students and staff Facilities for persons Lift and Ramp facilities are available for with disabilities Physically disabled persons Animal House Not Available Power Supply EB Supply Generator Solar Power LT(111.5 kw) Generator 1 : 125 kva LT(35 kw) Water Harvesting Generator 2 : 20 kva Generator 3 : 15 kva Available Solar Supply : 20 kw Page 6

37 PROFILE OF THE INSTITUTION 12. Details of Programmes offered by the College S. No. Programme Level Name of the Programme / Course Duration Entry Qualification Medium of Instruction Sanctioned / Approved student strength No. of Students admitted Under Graduate Post Graduate PhD BE Computer Science and Engineering BE Electronics and Communication Engineering BE Electrical and Electronics Engineering BE Mechanical Engineering BE Civil Engineering ME Computer Science and Engineering ME VLSI Design ME Power Electronics and Drives Computer Science and Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering 4 Years 2 Years NA HSC, Diploma (at 2 nd Year) BE/ BTech ME/ MTech English Does the college offer self-financed Programmes? Yes No If Yes, how Many 10 (UG - 05, PG 03, PhD- 02) Page 7

38 PROFILE OF THE INSTITUTION 14 New Programmes introduced in the college during the last five years if any? Yes No Number 06 (UG - 01, PG 03, PhD - 02) 15. List the departments: (Respond if applicable only and do not list the facilities like Library, Physical Education department as departments, unless they are also offering academic degree awarding programmes. Similarly, do not list the departments offering common compulsory subjects for all the programmes like English, regional languages etc., Particulars UG PG Research Science Arts Commerce Any Other (Specify) 05 BE CSE, ECE, EEE, MECH, CIVIL 03 ME CSE, VLSI Design, PED 02 PhD CSE and EEE 16. Number of Programmes offered under (Programme means a degree course like BA, BSc, MA, M.Com ) a. Annual System b. Semester system 10 (UG - 05, PG 03, PhD - 02) c. Trimester system 17. Number of Programmes with a. Choice Based Credit System b. Inter / Multidisciplinary Approach c. Any Other (Semester Based System) 10 (UG - 05, PG 03, PhD - 02) 18. Does the college offer UG and /or PG programmes in Teacher Education? Yes No If Yes, a. Year of Introduction of the Programme(s) (dd/mm/yyyy) and number of batches that completed the programme b. NCTE recognition details (if applicable) Notification No.:.. Date: (dd/mm/yyyy) Page 8

39 PROFILE OF THE INSTITUTION Validity: c. Is the institution opting for assessment and accreditation of Teacher Education Programme separately? Yes No 19. Does the college offer UG or PG programme in Physical Education? Yes No If Yes, (a). Year of Introduction of the Programme(s) (dd/mm/yyyy) and number of batches that completed the programme. (b). NCTE recognition details (if applicable) Notification No.:.. Date: (dd/mm/yyyy) Validity: (c). Is the institution opting for assessment and accreditation of Physical Education Programme separately? Yes No 20. Number of Teaching and non-teaching positions in the institutions Positions Sanctioned by the UGC / University / State Government Recruited Yet to recruit Sanctioned by the Management / society or other authorized bodies Recruited Yet to recruit *M Male *F- Female Teaching Faculty Nonteaching Technical Associate Assistant Professor Staff Professor Professor Faculty *M *F *M *F *M *F *M *F *M *F Page 9

40 PROFILE OF THE INSTITUTION 21. Qualifications of the teaching staff: Highest Qualification Associate Assistant Professor Professor Professor Male Female Male Female Male Female Total Permanent teachers D.Sc./D.Litt PhD MPhil PG Temporary Teachers PhD MPhil PG Part-time teachers PhD MPhil Number of Visiting Faculty / Guest Faculty engaged with the college Furnish the number of the students admitted to the college during the last four academic years. Categories Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female SC ST OBC General Others Page 10

41 PROFILE OF THE INSTITUTION 24. Details on students enrollment in the college during the current academic year: Type of Students UG PG MPhil PhD Total Students from the same state where the college is located Students from the other state of the India NRI Students Foreign Students Total Dropout rate in UG and PG (average of the last two batches) UG 2.2 PG Unit Cost of Education (Unit Cost = total annual recurring expenditure (actual) divided by total number of students enrolled) a) Including the salary Rs. 87,000/- component b) Excluding the salary component Rs. 35,000/- 27. Does the college offer any programme /s in distance education mode (DEP)? Yes No If Yes, a) Is it registered centre for offering distance education programmes of another university Yes No b) Name of the University which has granted such registration. c) Number of programmes offered d) Programmes carry the recognition of the distance education council. Yes No 28. Provide Teacher student ratio for each of the programme / course offered UG 1:15 PG 1:12 Page 11

42 PROFILE OF THE INSTITUTION 29. Is the college applying for Accreditation: Cycle1 Cycle2 Cycle3 Cycle4 Re-Assessment (Cycle 1 refers to first accreditation and Cycle 2, Cycle 3 and Cycle 4 refers to re-accreditation) 30. Date of accreditation*(applicable for Cycle 2, Cycle 3 and Cycle 4 refers to re-assessment only ) Cycle 1:. (dd/mm/yyyy) Accreditation outcome / Result. Cycle 2:. (dd/mm/yyyy) Accreditation outcome / Result.. Cycle 3:. (dd/mm/yyyy) Accreditation outcome / Result.. * Kindly enclose the copy of accreditation certificate(s) and peer team report(s) as an annexure. 31. Number of working days during the last academic year Number of working days during the last academic 180 year (Teaching days means days on which lectures were engaged excluding the examination days) 33. Date of establishment of Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) IQAC : 17/06/ Details regarding submission of Annual Quality Assurance Reports (AQAR) to NAAC AQAR (i). (dd/mm/yyyy) AQAR (ii). (dd/mm/yyyy) AQAR (iii). (dd/mm/yyyy) AQAR (iv). (dd/mm/yyyy) Page 12

43 PROFILE OF THE INSTITUTION 35. Any other relevant data (not covered above) the college would like to include. (Do not include explanatory / descriptive information) ISO 9001:2008 Certified Institution. Institution has an excellent academic record. Institution has good placement records. Institution has conducted 25 sponsored programmes. Department of Computer Science and Electrical and Electronics Engineering are recognized as research centers by Anna University. Every department of the Institution has separate association and tied up with professional bodies. In total, 11 research scholars have completed their research programme. Papers Published in International/National Journals and conferences. Seminars/Workshops/FDPs/Guest Lectures are frequently conducted. Well equipped laboratory and library facilities. 40Mbps Wi-Fi enabled campus. Page 13

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47 CRITERION I 1.1 CURRICULUM PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION State the vision, mission and objectives of the Institution, and describe how these are communicated to the students, teachers, staff and other stakeholders. VISION To progress to become a centre of excellence in Engineering, Technology through creative and innovative practices in teaching, learning and promoting research and development to produce globally competitive and employable professionals who are need technically strong and emotionally balanced with social perception and professional ethics. MISSION To offer academic programmes in the emerging areas of Engineering, Technology provide training and research facilities and opportunities to promote student and faculty research in collaboration with industry and government for sustainable growth. OBJECTIVES To create a Centre of Excellence in all engineering disciplines by ensuring continuous presence of experienced and dedicated faculty. To provide a high quality education in various disciplines of engineering programmes by conducting effective teaching learning sessions interspersed with extra and cocurricular activities. To holistically develop of students by inculcating social values and ethics To attain the status of Autonomy and to offer carrier oriented courses to students To have collaboration with reputed professional bodies and industries for continues evolvement. COMMUNICATION OF VISION, MISSION AND OBJECTIVES The vision, mission and objectives are communicated to the students, teachers, faculty and other stakeholders in the following manner. Display in the Chairman and Principal Office Display in the College Office, library, HODs office, Training and placement cell, hostel and other prominent vantage locations. Published regularly in the Institute Prospectus, Department Newsletters, and Course Log books. Page 17

48 CRITERION I Display in the college website, brochure and all notice boards. Creating awareness to new students through induction programmes How does the Institution develop and deploy action plans for effective implementation of the curriculum? Give details of the process and substantiate through specific example(s). The Institution has developed and practices its extensive action plan for effective implementation of the curriculum through the following measures. Academic calendar is prepared to include centralized internal test schedule, university examination schedule and the department and Institution level activities like association, professional society, Alumni chapters, workshop, guest lecture, conference, symposium etc., In each semester, courses are allotted to faculty according to area of specialization and skill matrix of the faculty Time table for the entire semester is prepared to indicate specific class and laboratory hours. Every faculty prepares lecture plan for the subject course handled by them in line with the university syllabus. Every course handling faculty prepares extensive lecture notes to cater to university prescribed text and references in coordination with senior faculty. Laboratory manuals are prepared so that students can do advance plans and correlate with theory. Students attendance for individual course has been monitored through faculty log book, class log book and master attendance register. Periodical test and model examination are conducted for both theory and practical courses before commencement of university examination. Class committee meeting and course monitoring meetings are conducted to monitor the progress of theory and laboratory courses in line with lecture plans. The slow learners are identified based on their test performance and class room interactions, extra support is provided to them through additional input by extra classes. The department conducts guest lectures, seminars, workshops and symposiums through students associations. Page 18

49 CRITERION I Bridge courses are organized and conducted for the first year students and lateral entry students to understand basic concept of mathematics and engineering in different disciplines, as they come from assorted pre requisite eligibility criteria. Performances of the students are regularly communicated to their parents. Course files are maintained by all the faculty members for the subjects handled which contain all the documents necessary for the implementation of the action plan. A sample content of the course file is listed below. Title page of the course file Check list of the course file Class time table Syllabus of the subject Objective and action plan Course plan Lecture Notes Question banks Class test question papers with answer key and sample answer papers Assignment question papers, answer key and sample answer papers Cycle test question papers with key and sample answer papers Model question papers with key and sample answer papers Anna University question papers. Internal assessment mark sheets What type of support (Procedural and practical) do the teachers receive (from the University and/or Institution) for effectively translating the curriculum and improving teaching practices? The institute is affiliated to the Anna University Chennai. Anna University provides the curriculum and syllabi for various programmes. Anna University provides academic schedule, objective, text and reference books. Anna University conducts Faculty Development Training Programme (FDTP) every year on various subjects to enhance the knowledge level of the faculty. Page 19

50 CRITERION I Centre for Faculty Development at Anna University has developed e-learning materials and videos which is available in the university web page for access by all. The Institution encourages the faculty to participate in the workshop, seminar, and conference to improve the teaching learning process. The faculty members are encouraged to share their domain knowledge through presentation, which will improve their effective communication skills. All departments are provided with LCD projectors to deliver effective lectures with practical examples and application through pictures and technical videos provided by NPTEL. Various e-journals access facilities are made available. Wi-Fi internet facility with 40Mbps is available in the campus for free access of journals and other e- resources for learning. The institute motivates the faculty to involve in research activities and writing the books apart from teaching. Faculties are encouraged to become members in professional bodies to receive newsletter, journals, invitations to professional meets and latest advancement in Engineering. Memberships in Professional Societies S. No Professional Societies Members 1. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers International Association of Engineering & Technology for Skill Development Computer Society of India International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology Institute of Research Engineers and Doctors International Association of Engineers Indian Society for Technical Education 114 Page 20

51 CRITERION I 8. Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers Society of Automotive Engineers Universal Association of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineers The Indian society for advancement of materials and process Engineering Instrument Society of India 01 The Institution invites subject experts from reputed Institutions, Industries and Research organizations to deliver expert sessions in lined with current advancements in all areas to student and faculty Specify the initiatives taken up or contribution made by the Institution for Effective curriculum delivery and transaction on the curriculum provided by the Affiliation University or other statutory agency. As per the norms of Anna University, Laboratory facilities are developed and additional experiments are conducted for a thorough understanding of the subjects. All the laboratories are well equipped and periodically updated to enable the students to gain proper practical knowledge on the theory in line with Anna University curriculum. The Institution provides sufficient teaching aid (LCD projectors, Video and Audio conference room, NPTEL access) for effective curriculum delivery. In addition to regular classes, the college also organizes guest lecturers by inviting experts from various fields of industries to share their knowledge with the students. To fulfill the industry requirements, additional topics are covered. Industrial visits are encouraged to provide real time exposure to the students. Industrial collaboration and signing MoUs are facilitated to give exposure in practical needs. e -Books are available for access. Page 21

52 CRITERION I How does the Institution network and interact with beneficiaries such as industry, research bodies and the University in effective operationalisation of the curriculum? The Institution Network with Industries Institution organizing the Industry connect program regularly that serves as a forum for interaction between the experts from industries and faculty as well as students. The Institution has signed MoU with several organizations such as CISCO, UTL, BSNL, INFOSYS, PRDC, M-TAB, SENSIPLE etc to establish industry powered laboratories. Guest lectures, workshops and Faculty Development Programme by industry experts provide an opportunity to network with the industry. Companies visiting for campus placement provide an opportunity to network with industry personnel. Industrial visit and in-plant training by student and faculty also provide network with outside technical world. The Institution network with Research and Affiliated University The institute faculty member have applied for grants to research bodies and agencies like AICTE, DST, DRDO, MNRE, ISRO, TNSCST, SERB, INSA, ICMR etc., and Institution has conducted 25 programmes with grant sanctioned. Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Electrical and Electronics Engineering are recognized as centre of research to make a continuous interaction between the faculty and university What are the contributions of the Institution and/or its staff members to the development of the curriculum by the University? (Number of staff member/departments represented on the board of studies, student feedback, teacher feedback, stakeholder feedback provided, specific suggestions etc.) The Institution is affiliated to Anna University. Curriculum development is not within the purview of our institution Does the Institution develop curriculum for any of the courses offered (other than those under the purview of the affiliating university) by it? If yes, give details on the process ( Needs, Assessment, Design, Development and Planning ) and the courses for which the curriculum has been developed. Page 22

53 CRITERION I The Institution is affiliated to Anna University, Chennai. It has no authority to develop curriculum. Based on the feedback from the alumni interaction, industry experts, value added courses are provided for the development of the students. The purpose of conducting value added courses is to expose the students to the current and recent advancements in their area of study and fulfilling the needs of the employer. The value added course plan and schedule are reviewed by the course coordinator and Head of Departments before the commencement of courses How does the Institution analyze/ensure that the stated objectives of curriculum are achieved in the course of implementation? The Institution has deployed various mechanisms to meet the objectives of the curriculum and implementation by, Academic calendar is prepared for every semester to fulfill the objectives of the curriculum delivery. Syllabus coverage is monitored through recording in log books that is reviewed by HODs and the Principal. Progress of the syllabus coverage and any other issues relevant to the course delivery system are obtained from the student s feedback through class committee meeting. The subject knowledge of the students is evaluated through internal assessment tests and additional extra classes are conducted for slow learners to have clear understanding of the subject. Model examination is conducted to evaluate the outcome of every student. Eminent academicians and industrial experts are invited for guest lecturers on certain important topics of the curriculum. The outcomes of the examination results are analyzed and strategic plans are implemented to improve the results. Attendance is monitored on daily basis and brought to the notice of both parents and stake holders. Counseling is also provided by professionals to understand the specific needs of the students, to support them overcome any hurdles. Page 23

54 CRITERION I 1.2 ACADEMIC FLEXIBILITY Specifying the goals and objectives give details of the certificate/diploma/skill development courses etc., offered by the Institution. To bridge the gap between the curriculum of University and industry requirements, the Institution organizes skill development courses and Value added courses for the benefit of students. The objective of the course is to develop the student to suit industrial needs. The syllabus and the curriculum for such courses are developed by faculty members under the supervision of senior faculty members. Department Computer Science and Engineering Electronics and Communication Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering Mechanical Engineering Information Technology Name of the course Computer Hardware and Networking, Multimedia Technology, Wired and Wireless Networks, J2SE Programming, Android, PHP Programming, VB and VB.NET, C# and.net Programming, C Programming, CCNA and NS2 Computer Hardware and Networking, C and C++, Embedded Systems, Component Identification and testing, VLSI Design, Signal and Image Processing using MATLAB, NS2 and PCBs Component Identification and testing, Lab VIEW Programming, MATLAB for Electrical Engineer, Industrial Automation using PLC Program, C and C++ Programming, and PCBs CATIA, ANSYS and CNC Multimedia Technology, Wired and Wireless Networks, J2SE Programming, VB, VB.NET, C#,.NET Programming, CCNA, NS2, Computer Hardware and Networking, C Programming, Android and PHP Programming. Page 24

55 CRITERION I Does the Institution offer programmes that facilitate twinning /dual degree? If yes', give details Give details on the various Institutional provisions with reference to academic flexibility and how it has been helpful to students in terms of skills development, academic mobility, progression to higher studies and improved potential for employability. Issue may cover the following and beyond: No. Range of Core/ Elective options offered by the University and those opted by the college Choice based Credit system and range of subject options Course offered in modular form Credit transfer and accumulation facility Lateral and vertical mobility within and across programmes and courses Enrichment courses Range of Core/ Elective options offered by the University and those opted by the college The students must study all the core subjects prescribed by Anna University. The list of elective subjects opted by the Institution is shown below, in line with the University recommendations. Department Electives opted by the Institution BE - Computer Science and Engineering Web Technology, UNIX Internals, Advance Database Technology, Data Warehousing and Data Mining, Software Testing, Professional Ethics in Engineering, Software Project Management. BE - Electronics and Communication Engineering Medical Electronics, Professional Ethics in Engineering, High speed Networks, Digital Image Processing, Embedded and Real Time Systems, Telecommunication Switching and Networks. Page 25

56 CRITERION I BE - Electrical and Electronics Engineering BTech - Information Technology BE - Mechanical Engineering ME - Computer Science and Engineering ME - Power Electronics and Drives ME- VLSI Design Professional Ethics in Engineering, Biomedical Instrumentation, High Voltage Direct Current Transmission, Flexible AC Transmission Systems, Advanced Control System. Software Requirements Engineering, Advanced Data Base Technology, Knowledge Management, Management Information System, Total Quality management, Knowledge Engineering, Distributed Systems, C# and.net Programming. Unconventional Machining Processes, Process Planning and Cost Estimation, Robotics, Maintenance Engineering, Advanced I.C. Engines. Mobile Computing, Grid Computing, Data Warehousing and Data Mining, Software Project Management, Image Processing and Analysis, Software Requirements Engineering, Network and Information Security, Cloud Computing, Managing Big Data, Software Quality Assurance, Information Storage Management. Advanced Power Semiconductor Devices, Power Quality, Flexible AC Transmission Systems, High Voltage Direct Current Transmission, Power Electronics for Renewable Energy Systems, Soft Computing Techniques, Microcontroller Based System Design, Soft Computing Techniques, Solar and Energy Storage Systems. Low Power VLSI Design, VLSI Signal Processing, Physical Design of VLSI Circuits, Testing of VLSI Circuits, VLSI Signal Processing, VLSI Technology, ASIC Design, ASIC and FPGA Design, Security Solutions in VLSI, Genetic Algorithms and its Applications, MEMS and NEMS, Real Time Embedded Systems, System on Chip Design Signal Integrity for High Speed Devices, Data Converters. Page 26

57 CRITERION I Choice based Credit system and range of subject options: No. Course offered in modular form: No. Credit transfer and accumulation facility: No. Lateral and vertical mobility within and cross programmes and courses: The UG, PG students and PhD research scholars are permitted to move across various disciplines for their project work or research and also students can use any laboratory equipment available on campus for the purpose of project work, and practical skill development. Enrichment Courses To meet the requirements of the industry and enable the students to progress higher studies and to become holistic engineering professionals, the Institution offers. Value added courses in departments to improve technical skills of the students. Placement Training Programs such as Quantitative Aptitude, Logical Reasoning, Soft Skills, Mock Interviews, Leadership programs, Group discussions, Public speaking, Industry specific training programmes, Foreign language Training to improve their interpersonal skills. Guest lecturers, workshops, seminars, project contests and symposiums are conducted during academic years Does the Institution offer self-financed programmes? If yes, list them and indicate how they differ from other programmes, with reference to admission, curriculum, fee structure, teacher qualification, salary etc. Yes, Institution offers self financed programmes. Admission as per state Government norms. Institution follows the Anna university curriculum The Institution collects fees from the students as prescribed by the Government of Tamil Nadu. The Institution follows the prescribed norms of AICTE / Anna University for recruiting the faculty and to fix their remunerations. The programs offered are: 1. BE Civil Engineering 2. BE Computer Science and Engineering 3. BE Electronics and Communication Engineering Page 27

58 CRITERION I 4. BE Electrical and Electronics Engineering 5. BTech Information Technology 6. BE Mechanical Engineering 7. ME Computer Science and Engineering 8. ME VLSI Design 9. ME Power Electronics and Drives 10. PhD in Computer Science and Engineering 11. PhD in Electrical and Electronics Engineering Does the college provide additional skill oriented programmes, relevant to regional and global employment markets? If yes provide details of such programme and the beneficiaries. Yes, Institution provides the following skill oriented programmes through placement and training cell to compete with global employment markets. Quantitative Aptitude Logical Reasoning Professional Skills Mock Interviews Leadership Programs Group Dynamics Public Speaking Industry specific training programs Foreign Language Training C language Programming English communication training Does the University provide for the flexibility of combining the conventional face to-face and Distance Mode of Education for students to choose the courses/combination of their choice If yes, how does the Institution take advantage of such provision for the benefit of students? No. 1.3 CURRICULUM ENRICHMENT Describe the efforts made by the Institution to supplement the University s Curriculum to ensure that the academic programmes and Institution s goals and objectives are integrated? Page 28

59 CRITERION I To integrate the goals and objectives of the Institution with that of the academic programmes, the Institution conducts the following programmes additional to the academic syllabi to face the current trends in competitive areas. FDPs with hands on workshop programmes are conducted to faculty members to enrich their skills that in turn used to development of students. To make students socially and ethically aware, the Institution makes efforts to inculcate value based education such as professional ethics, environmental science and engineering and making students take part in sports and other activities like NSS, YRC and RRC. Trainings on student personality development and communication skills development are provided. Eminent persons from industries and reputed Institutions are invited to give special lecture on recent trend in technologies. Students are exposed to recent technologies through conducting various value added courses, workshops, seminars, guest lectures and project contest organized in the Institution. To enhance the learning experience of the students, NPTEL videos and Internet access are provided in the campus. The students are encouraged to attend in-plant training during their vacation period to enhance the practical knowledge. Industrial visits are arranged for the students to get practical exposure What are the efforts made by the Institution to enrich and organize the curriculum to enhance the experiences of the students so as to cope with the needs of the dynamic employment market? The following efforts are made by the Institution to enrich and organize curriculum with need of dynamic employment MoUs with industries and corporate to encourage students to do their projects. Guest lectures and workshops by industry experts/senior academicians to train the students on latest developments in respective areas The college trains the faculty through industry and corporate collaborations. Digital Library with e-journal subscriptions. In-plant training. Industrial visit to core companies. Page 29

60 CRITERION I Latest technology through value added courses. Institute to Industry connect programmes Enumerate the efforts made by the Institution to integrate the cross cutting issues such as Gender, Climate Change, Environmental Education, Human Rights, ICT etc., into the curriculum? The Institution made efforts to train the students to integrate cross cutting issues by the following ways. Climate change and its impact on environment are introduced in the curriculum by the University through Environmental Science and Engineering. Human rights encourage a commitment to Professionalism is covered under curriculum through Professional Ethics in Engineering. Women Development (Women Awareness Programme) Cell is formed to look after the grievances of females in campus. Anti ragging committee is formed to ensure ragging free atmosphere. The NSS Unit is also involved in conducting various activities like Environment Enrichment (Sapling Plantation, Campus Cleaning), Dengue Awareness Programmes, and Blood Donation Camps in association with nearby hospitals, Child labour eradication, Socio-Environment awareness rallies. LCD Projectors are installed in class rooms for effective handling of subjects with animation, audio and video visuals. Each student is provided with computer along with Wi-Fi access. NPTEL Local Chapter to enrich student knowledge on recent technologies What are the various value-added courses/enrichment programmes offered to ensure holistic development of students? Moral and ethical values Employable and life skills Better carrier options Community orientation Moral and ethical values Orientation and Yoga programmes are conducted for first year students. Page 30

61 CRITERION I Awareness programme and alumni interaction programmes are conducted. Employable and Life Skills Various value added courses, personality development programmes are offered by Institution to ensure holistic development of students. Better career options The Institution has separate training and placement cell and higher education cell to provide various programmes for the benefit of the students, exposure to appear in competitive examinations is facilitated. Community orientation The Institution initiates to conduct many programmes such as, Conducting blood donation camps Social awareness programmes and welfare services Computer awareness programme for public, especially in rural areas Organizing rally on creating awareness on voting right Volunteer services to schools and villages Citing a few examples enumerate on the extent of use of the feedback from stakeholders in enriching the curriculum? The Institution constantly interacts with various stakeholders such as students, alumni, industry, parents, faculty from time to time on various aspects like curriculum, academic improvements, infrastructure and support facilities etc., some of the events enriching the curriculum are given below. Android application development Infosys campus Connect CISCO certification course Cloud Computing PCB Design and Manufacturing Industrial Automation using PLC Program Lab VIEW CNC CATIA ANSYS C and Java Programming Page 31

62 CRITERION I How does the Institution monitor and evaluate the quality of its enrichment programmes? Through feedback and corrective action Through peer review sessions Academic Monitoring and Student Counseling Alumni interaction Suggestion boxes Research and Development Committee 1.4 FEEDBACK SYSTEM What are the contributions of the Institution in the design and development of the curriculum prepared by the University? Institution is affiliated to Anna University and follows the syllabus prescribed by the University Is there a formal mechanism to obtain feedback from students and stakeholders on Curriculum? If yes, how is it communicated to the University and made use internally for curriculum enrichment and introducing changes/new programmes? Yes, the process of feedback on curriculum from various stakeholders is directly handled by the affiliating University. However, the Institution forwards the suggestions regarding a particular syllabus to University for corrections, if any, on need basis. The feedback on the curriculum is also obtained from alumni, industries, employers, and suggestions for improvements are communicated to the affiliating university for improvement. Academicians visit the Institution and interact with head of the Institution and provide suggestions for curriculum enhancement. All these feedbacks are analyzed and recommended to the university to consider during the development of curriculum How many new programmes/courses were introduced by the Institution during the last four years? What was the rationale for introducing new courses/programmes?) The Institution has introduced the following new programmes in the last 4 years. Page 32

63 CRITERION I S. No. Name of the Courses Year of Starting Rationale for starting 1. BE - Civil The demand for CIVIL engineers will not wane off. Hence to impart quality civil engineering knowledge, BE Civil Engineering program was introduced. 2. ME - PED ME - VLSI Design To motivate the students towards higher studies and promote R&D activities. 4. ME - CSE Research Center CSE To motivate and promote R&D activities in Information and Computer Science Engineering. 6. Research Center EEE To motivate and promote R&D activities in the field of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Any other relevant information regarding curricular aspects which the college would like to include. Nil Page 33

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67 CRITERION II 2.1 Students Enrolment and Profile How does the college ensure publicity and transparency in the admission process? P. A. College of Engineering and Technology is a selffinancing Engineering College approved by AICTE and affiliated to Anna University. Anna University admits 65% of the students under Single Window System selected through Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA) and the remaining 35% of admissions are under Management Quota which complies with the Government of Tamil Nadu norms. Admission and Scholarship notifications, Institution events, Programmes offered, infrastructure are published in college prospectus, Institution Website leading national and regional daily newspapers and in Media Ads. Rank holders names are highlighted in the Institution websites, displays and in the college prospectus. Institution ensures publicity in the admission process through organizing stalls and mounting banners in educational fairs on selected districts. Placement events and general events are displayed in banners on the college transport vehicles and also mounted at prominent location of the city. The students popularize the Institution by actively participating and winning prizes in sports events conducted by other institutions. Alumni are a powerful medium of publicity that popularizes the institution. Publicity is also made by the Science Expo, Inter college, Intra college and sports competition which attracts students to participate and win prizes. During the admission enquiry, parents and students are appraised with detailed counseling on latest technologies, opportunities for carrier growth provided by the Institution. Page 37

68 CRITERION II Students holding top positions in Academics, Extracurricular and Co-curricular activities are suitably rewarded by the Management every year so that they are brand ambassadors by chance Explain in detail the criteria adopted and process of admission (Ex.(i) merit, (ii) Common admission test conducted by state agencies and national agencies (iii) Combination of merit and entrance test or merit, entrance test and interview (iv) Any other) to various programmes of the Institution. Programme Admission process Eligibility Criteria UG (BE / BTech) PG (ME / M.B.A ) Admission through Single Window System is done directly by the Anna University. Based on Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test (TANCET) conducted by Anna University, GATE score, and Common Entrance Test (CET). As prescribed by Anna University Reservation as per state government policy. As prescribed by Anna University. PhD Based on the entrance test and interview conducted by the Anna University. U.G. PROGRAMMES Anna University admits 65% of the students under Single Window System selected through Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA) and the remaining 35% of admissions are under Management Quota through Association of Management of Anna University affiliated Self-Financing Engineering Colleges in Tamil Nadu About 20% of the sanctioned intake is admitted under lateral entry as per AICTE norms in the second year. Page 38

69 CRITERION II S. No Community Minimum average marks for regular admission (Academic/Vocational) Minimum Eligibility marks for Lateral Entry admission 1. General Category 50% 55% 2. BC including BCM 45% 50% 3. MBC & DNC 40% 45% 4. SC / SCA / ST 35% Mere Pass in the qualifying examination P.G. PROGRAMMES Candidates must have passed an appropriate Under- Graduate Degree examination of Anna University as prescribed under Tamil Nadu Common Admission (TANCA) criteria. Candidates are admitted through Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test (TANCET) conducted by Anna University and also through Common Entrance Test (CET). RESEARCH PROGRAMMES Research scholar selection for full time or part time is done by Anna University through the Common Entrance Test and interview Give the minimum and maximum percentage of marks for admission at entry level for each of the programmes offered by the college and provide a comparison with other colleges of the affiliating university within the city/district. The minimum percentage of marks is 35% for the entry level of admission and there is no limit of maximum percentage of marks which complies with the Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA) conducted by Anna University. The TNEA minimum and maximum cut off marks for the various programs of the college for the year are as follows: Page 39

70 CRITERION II Course OC BC BCM MBC SC/ST Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Civil CSE ECE EEE MECH Is there a mechanism in the Institution to review the admission process and student Profiles annually? If yes, what is the outcome of such an effort and how has it contributed to the improvement of the process? No. There is no mechanism in the institution to review the admission process. Admission policies are framed by Anna University and the institution abides by it Reflecting on the strategies adopted to increase/ improve access for following categories of students, enumerate on how the admission policy of the Institution and its student profiles demonstrate/ reflect the National commitment to diversity and inclusion. SC/ST OBC Women Differently abled Economically weaker sections Minority community and any other Page 40

71 CRITERION II SC / ST / OBC / Differently-abled / Minority Community Women Admissions under government quota are made by Single Window System as per Tamil Nadu Government reservation norms. Institution follows the rules and regulations for Management quota as per the Association of Management of Anna University affiliated Self-Financing Engineering Colleges in Tamil Nadu to admit the students from categories like, SC, ST, OBC, and Minority Community sections. Institution has better girl student strength of 47%. The year-wise distribution of boys and girls, SC/ST, OBC, minority community and differently-abled category of students are tabulated: Total Gender Academic No. of Year students Girls Boys SC/ ST Minority Differently OBC community -abled Economically Weaker Sections For economically weaker sections management provides fee concession based on cut off marks obtained by the students. Fee payment can be done in term basis. Cut off marks of 190 and above 100% tuition fee waiver, including Hostel/Transport. Cut off marks of 180 to % tuition fee waiver. The Institution grants scholarship based on the cut off marks in the qualifying examination and the economic background of the student. Page 41

72 CRITERION II Others (First Generation Graduate / Rural Students) The Government of Tamil Nadu has allotted Rs.20,000/- of the total tuition fee payable every year for the first graduate student who is admitted under government quota through Single Window System Provide the following details for various programmes offered by the Institution during the last four years and comment on the trends. i.e., reasons for increase / decrease and actions initiated for improvement. Page 42

73 CRITERION II Students admitted to UG in the last Four Years: Programmes Approved Intake Students Admitted Demand Ratio Approved Intake Students Admitted Demand Ratio Approved Intake Students Admitted Demand Ratio Approved Intake Students Admitted Demand Ratio BE-Civil Engineering BE-Computer Science and Engineering BE-Electronics and Communication Engineering BE-Electrical and Electronics Engineering BE-Mechanical Engineering BTech-Information Technology UNDERGRADUATE COURSES Page 43

74 CRITERION II Students admitted to PG in the last Four Years: Programmes Approved Intake Students Admitted Demand Ratio Approved Intake Students Admitted Demand Ratio Approved Intake Students Admitted Demand Ratio Approved Intake Students Admitted Demand Ratio POSTGRADUATE COURSES ME-VLSI Design ME-Computer Science and Engineering ME-Power Electronics and Drives MBA Page 44

75 CRITERION II Due to the mushroom growth of engineering colleges and lack of awareness towards engineering among student, there is decline in admission. The Institution continuously monitors the social trends and industrial demand for the addition of courses and increase in intake. In accordance with the trends and demands the number of seats has been increased in the UG programmes. Placement of UG students has been increased which in turn reflects at PG admissions. National and global employment scenario which is projected by industry and societal survey. Reduction in teaching opportunity leads to decrease in PG admissions. The Institution is planning to take necessary steps to improve the admissions in upcoming years 2.2 Catering to Student Diversity How does the institution cater to the needs of differently- abled students and ensure adherence to government policies in this regard? The Institution follows the policies of the Government of Tamil Nadu and Anna University guidelines regarding the needs of differently-abled students. Ramp facilities and lift are provided for the convenience of differently-abled students, though as on date there is no differently-abled student admitted in the college Does the institution assess the students needs in terms of knowledge and skills before the commencement of the programme? If yes, give details on the process. Yes. Before commencement of the regular programme the college organizes orientation programmes for UG and PG students by expert orators and psychologists. Motivation talks by Chairman and Principal highlighting the various facilities available in the college. Page 45

76 CRITERION II Heads of various discipline highlights the details regarding the Academic (Internal test, evaluation procedures and eligibility for the award of degree), achievements of the department and scope of the programmes. At the beginning the course, the faculty motivate the students to understand the basics of engineering and attitude towards the subjects. The students are categorized based on their medium of education in school (English or Regional language), vocational group and area (Urban or Rural). Bridge courses are conducted to improve the knowledge and skills of the students. Language learning courses are also conducted. Special coaching classes conducted for the lateral entry students in order to bridge the gap in fundamental knowledge in the relevant courses What are the strategies adopted by the institution to bridge the knowledge gap of the enrolled students (Bridge/Remedial/ Add-on/Enrichment Courses, etc.) to enable them to cope with the programme of their choice? The strategies adopted by the Institution are: Bridge Course The Institution offers bridge course for the first year students as per the Anna University norms. It includes Mathematics, Technical English, Engineering Physics and Chemistry, Engineering Graphics, Fundamentals of Computing and Communication Skills are conducted. Bridge courses are scheduled and conducted for lateral entry students for the subjects like Mathematics, Communication Skills, C, C++ and their relevant core subjects. Remedial Based on academic performance of the students, remedial classes are conducted for all courses after college hours by each department. Page 46

77 CRITERION II Add-On Skill development hours such as Student Personality Development (SPD), Counseling and seminar hours are scheduled in the time table itself to enhance their knowledge. Institution invites experts from Academic institutions, industries and Research Institutions to enhance the knowledge of the students. Library facility includes Book-Bank, Digital Library with e-journal and NPTEL local chapter to enrich the knowledge of students. Wi-Fi enabled campus provides students to access internet connectivity. Students are encouraged to participate in symposium, seminars, workshops, project contests, mini projects, conferences, in-plant training and industrial visits. Soft skills, Communication Skill, Special Aptitude classes and interpersonal skill programmes are conducted by Training and Placement cell. Enrichment Courses Apart from curriculum and syllabus, each department conducts value added courses periodically on advanced topics which are based on industry needs. Number of value added courses conducted by the departments for the past four years are as follows: S. No. Programme Academic Year Total 1. BE-CSE BE-ECE BE-EEE BTech-IT BE-MECH Page 47

78 CRITERION II The special training and skill development programmes such as Aptitude, Communications skill Personality Development programmes, Group Discussion, Mock Interviews, and Interpersonal skills are conducted by training and placement cell for all students to get placed in the industries through campus placement. In-plant trainings and Industrial visit are arranged to the students to gain industry exposure. Additional topics in theory and laboratory courses are handled by the faculty members for each course which are not given in the syllabus to enable the students to learn more skills How does the college sensitize its staff and students on issues such as gender, inclusion, environment etc.? Gender and Inclusion Institution provides equal opportunity for all, to participate in various activities and processes like academic activities, administrative activities, co-curricular, extracurricular activities, sports, deputation to the external event, higher studies, appointments, committees, placements etc. without any discrimination gender, caste and religion. Institution has formed Women Development Cell that works separately for the benefit of girl students and women employees. Women Development Cell of the Institution celebrates Women s Day and organizes seminars regularly on women empowerment. Female faculty is available 24x7 in the Girls hostel for as care takers. Environment Pollution free Institution, since it is located in rural area and surrounded with more coconut forms. Reverse Osmosis (RO) Plant is functioning 24x7 for Page 48

79 CRITERION II purified water supply with a capacity of 3000 ltrs/hr. In campus, water conservation is done by rain water harvesting and the Sewage water recycling plant. Smoke free campus with pleasant atmosphere. Green-Energy is promoted and solar power plants (20kW) are installed in the campus. NSS cell organizes various programmes like NSS day celebrations NSS camp (Village Adaption) AIDS awareness programmes National Voters day Blood donation Camp Literacy awareness programmes Tree plantation Renewable day celebration Creating awareness about energy saving and power factor correction Leadership skills and soft skills training Child labour eradication RRC AIDS Awareness club YRC club is actively working for the benefit of the students How does the institution identify and respond to special educational/learning needs of advanced learners? The Institution identifies the advanced learners through their academic performance, class room discussion, cocurricular and extra-curricular activities. They are encouraged to Participate in group discussions Participate in Technical quiz to develop analytical skills Improve their presentation skills Secure University ranks Secure Awards and Prizes in various competition Involve in mini projects and research projects Publish their work paper/ projects in symposium, Publishing in Conferences and Journals Use digital library resources Page 49

80 CRITERION II Higher education cell motivates the students to prepare competitive exams such as GATE, CAT, GRE and TOEFL. Best outgoing students are selected based on their talent in all aspects and rewarded every year in college annual day ceremony. During graduation day ceremony, University rank holders are honored. Students are encouraged to enroll in professional bodies like IEEE, IETE, CSI and SAE in order to expose their skills in various events. Science Club, Tamil Mandram, Debate and other such competitions acts as a forum to improve the inter-personal skills of the students. Fast learners are motivated and advised to do research activities, apply for project grants, and are encouraged to attend Union Public Service Commission Examinations. Advanced learners are encouraged to learn more from resources like NPTEL materials and videos. Awards / Recognitions received by Students: S. No. Programme Academic Year BE - CSE BE - ECE BE - EEE BE - MECH BTech - IT Total Page 50

81 CRITERION II University Rank: UG S. No. Programme Batch BE-CSE BE-ECE (1 Gold Medal) 3. BE-EEE (1 Gold Medal) 10 (1 Gold Medal) 4. BE-MECH BTech -IT Total University Rank: PG S. No. Programme Batch ME-CSE ME-PED ME-VLSI Design MBA Total Page 51

82 CRITERION II How does the institute collect, analyze and use the data and information on the academic performance (through the programme duration) of the students at risk of drop out (students from the disadvantaged sections of society, physically challenged, slow learners, economically weaker sections etc. who may discontinue their studies if some sort of support is not provided)? The College has a counseling system in place with respect to the faculty and students ratio of 1:20. Faculty advisor collects and maintain the attendance, internal test marks, performance of every student of their class and the students are motivated to improve their overall performance. Internal test and end semester marks are communicated to parents periodically through parent s intimation forms. Faculty Advisors counsel the slow learners and encourages them by providing class notes, reading materials and solved university question papers, to avoid the risk of drop out. The students are guided to get first graduate scholarship, government scholarship and other charitable scholarships. The management has privilege to give fee waiver for economically weaker students on merit basis and also allowed to pay the tuition fees in installments. 2.3 Teaching-Learning Process How does the college plan and organize the teaching, learning and evaluation schedules? (Academic Calendar, teaching plan, evaluation blue print, etc.) Academic calendar is prepared every semester based on the University Academic Schedule. HODs conduct a meeting with all faculty members before the semester begins and discuss about the syllabus of the programme. Subject willingness is collected from all the faculty members and the subjects are allotted based on their skill matrix. On the basis of the academic calendar, lesson plan is Page 52

83 CRITERION II prepared according to the curriculum and syllabi of Anna University. The class and lab time table is prepared and circulated. Course file, lecture notes, laboratory manuals and question banks are prepared by the individual faculty members. Assignments are given and also the additional topics for theory and laboratory are covered. HODs through Class Committee and Course Monitoring Committee meetings monitor syllabus completion of theory and laboratories thrice in a semester. Schedule of internal examinations is prepared and implemented as per Anna University schedule and analysis is prepared after each examination. After conducting internal tests, marks are uploaded in Anna University web portal as per university guidelines. The Institution follows the guidelines of Anna University. The internal assessment comprises of 20 marks which is an average of three internal tests. The evaluation pattern consists of continuous internal assessment and university examination with 20% and 80 % weightage respectively. Feedback is collected from students and analysis is prepared to evaluate the teaching learning process. Question pattern for the internal tests are framed as follows, Tests UG PG Cycle Tests 10x2 marks = 20 marks 3x10 marks = 30 marks 10x2 marks = 20 marks 3x10 marks = 30 marks Total = 50 marks Total = 50 marks University Examinations 10x2 marks = 20 marks 5x16 marks = 80 marks Total = 100 marks 10 x2 marks=20 marks 5 x13 marks=65 marks 1x 15 marks=15 marks Total =100 marks Page 53

84 CRITERION II The teaching, learning and evaluation process is given below: Page 54

85 CRITERION II How does IQAC contribute to improve the teaching-learning process? PACET has an internal audit system that caters to the needs of IQAC. At the beginning of every year IQAC (Internal Quality Assurance Cell) gives guidelines about distribution of workload for each of the faculty for every departments. Regular internal and external audits are conducted to ensure the quality. Corrective action plans are put in place to ensure better systems and plug gaps. The IQAC encourages the use of Audio-visual aids in the classrooms for effective learning. Organization of academic activities like guest lectures, competitions and programmes for students and faculty is planned by IQAC with the help of concerned committee. Page 55

86 CRITERION II The IQAC coordinators and members are listed below: Name of the Faculty Designation/ Department 1. Dr. T. Manigandan Principal Chairman S. No. 2. Dr. M. Sathiskumar Prof/EEE Convener IQAC Designation 3. Dr. V. Ramalingam Dean Coordinator 4. Mr. A. Baskaran Asso. Prof/ Mech Coordinator 5. Dr. D. Chitra HOD/CSE Coordinator 6. Mr. M. Yuvaraja HOD/ECE Coordinator 7. Dr. D. Ganeshkumar Prof/ECE Coordinator 8. Dr. S. Thiruvenkadam HOD/EEE Coordinator 9. Dr. P. T. Saravanakumar HOD/Mech Coordinator 10. Ms. K. Saritha HOD/S&H Coordinator 11. Ms. N.S Priyadharshini AP/Civil Member 12. Mr. K. Sunderesan AP/CSE Member 13. Ms. P. Nagasaratha AP/ECE Member 14. Ms. V.Parimala AP(SG)/EEE Member 15. Ms. V.Suvetha AP/IT Member 16. Mr. K.Gobi AP/Mech Member 17. Ms.V. Narmadhadevi AP/S&H Member 18. Dr. S. N. Sivanandam Advisor External Member 19. Ms. S. Aiswarya III / EEE Student 20. Ms. M. Akila Student Alumni How is learning made more student-centric? Give details on the support Structures and systems available for teachers to develop skills like interactive learning, collaborative learning and independent learning among the students? Interactive Learning Real Time examples, Assignments and case studies are given to create interest among students. Association activities, Seminar, Assignments, Group discussion induce Interactive learning. Page 56

87 CRITERION II Simulation softwares are used to create interactive learning atmosphere. ICT based learning, NPTEL Videos, Designs, models, patterns and posters are used to make learning interesting for the students. Institution serves as the NPTEL local chapter recognized by IIT Madras. PA Industry connect programme is conducted every year for industry Institution interaction. Collaborative Learning MoUs are signed with prominent corporate and industries. Academic and interactive activities like individual and group presentations using PowerPoint, sharing library resources helps in making the teaching learning process more students centric. Association, workshops, cultural events, sports events and conferences are organized for the benefit of students. Webinars encourage learning latest concepts. Students are given mini and major projects and assignments to make them to understand the subjects in detail. Students are encouraged to visit industries and undergo inplant training programmes. Students are permitted to take Industry projects. Infosys campus connect programme encourages the student in getting placement. Project contests are conducted to encourage the students to involve in innovative practices. MOODLE Software is used to conduct the online test for students in all courses. Independent Learning A laboratory class makes the student to think independently and understand the practical aspects of theory studied. Real time examples, assignments, case studies and Problem solving sessions are given to develop interest among students. Page 57

88 CRITERION II Free access to Library encourages the students to learn independently. Self-study, seminar, SPD, Club activities and Association activities encourages independent learning. Students are motivated to participate in national / international level symposiums. FDPs, seminars, workshops conducted by various funding agencies encourage independent learning. Students are encouraged to take up certification after completing online courses. Mini projects are encouraged. Wi-Fi facility with 40 Mbps speed is provided for Internet access How does the institution nurture critical thinking, creativity and scientific temper among the students to transform them into life-long learners and innovators? Along with academic workload and activities students are assigned the responsibility of organizing intercollegiate activities. Seminar hour, Library, SPD, Counseling, Placement Training, Communication, Club activity and Soft Skill Training hours are scheduled in the time table to nurture critical thinking among students. An international seminar was organized in association with National Institute for Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR.) Department organizes Symposiums, Technical Quiz, Science Exhibitions, Multimedia presentations, Project display, Essay writing, Elocution, debate and Poster- Making Competition on relevant issues. In addition to regular classroom learning, field trips, industrial visits, in-plant training provides a good experience to the students. Central library and department libraries help the students in Page 58

89 CRITERION II nurturing their creativity. Placement Training improves the critical thinking and creativity among students. Open educational resources, Magazines and story boards induce the thinking ability of the students. E-learning initiatives are taken to promote continuous learning. Students are encouraged to take up many mini and major projects. PACET encourages students to write articles in department newsletters and college magazines. Students are encouraged to participate in State and National level cultural activities. Membership in CSI, ISTE, IETE, IEEE and SAE chapters helps the student to organize and actively participate in many programmes. NSS and RRC activities also develop a sense of social work and discipline among the student community What are the technologies and facilities available and used by the faculty for effective teaching? Eg: Virtual laboratories, e- learning - resources from National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) and National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NME-ICT), open educational resources, mobile education, etc. Availability of ample number of books in library, Journals, e- journals and e-books. Each department is equipped with state of art laboratories for conducting various certification courses. The faculty members conduct group discussion, quiz programs, Engineering Graphics models and tutorial to ensure effective teaching. All the departments have multimedia materials to make the students to understand the complex engineering concepts. Page 59

90 CRITERION II Research laboratory and communication skill laboratory with high quality software enhances the faculty to cultivate knowledge in the field of English communication and language research. MOODLE, an online Learning Management System has been deployed to make learning more effective. Wi-Fi internet facility, video conferences, NPTEL facilities with computers are provided to the faculty. Faculty development programmes are organized along with industry experts. College has well equipped facilities of ICT enabled tools for effective teaching and access to usage of ICT is made easy through availability of internet connections in digital library and laboratories. The library has ample number of CD s, easy access to internet, newspapers, journals and periodicals. Different value added courses on recent technologies are conducted by the faculty for effective teaching. Prototype models are utilized for dealing with complex topics. Page 60

91 CRITERION II Department Computer Science and Engineering Electronics and Communication Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering Mechanical Engineering Information Technology Value Added Courses Computer Hardware and Networking, Multimedia Technology, Wired and Wireless Networks,NS-2, J2SE Programming, Android Application Development, PHP Programming, VB, VB.NET,C, C#,.NET Programming and CCNA. Component Identification and testing, PCB Design and Drafting, Embedded Systems, VLSI Design, Signal and Image Processing using MATLAB, Computer Hardware and Networking, NS-2, LabVIEW Programming, Electronic Workbench. Component Identification and testing, PCB Design and Drafting, LabVIEW Programming, MATLAB for Electrical Engineer, Industrial Automation using PLC Program, and C++ Programming, Electronic Workbench. CATIA, ANSYS, AutoCAD and Solid edge Computer Hardware and Networking, Multimedia Technology, Wired and Wireless Networks,NS-2, J2SE Programming, Android App Development, PHP Programming, VB and VB.NET, C# and.net Programming, C Programming, and CCNA, HTML, JAVA Script and VB Script How are the students and faculty exposed to advanced level of knowledge and skills (blended learning, expert lectures, seminars, workshops etc.)? Students Infosys campus connect training programmes are conducted for faculty and students separately. Training and Placement cell organizes career development and higher education programmes frequently for the benefit of students. Page 61

92 CRITERION II Students are encouraged to undergo industry projects, inplant training and industrial visits. Departments conduct various value added courses on different latest topics of interest. Organizing workshops and camps with external and internal experts. Student industry internships are encouraged. Number of additional learning programmes, expert lectures, seminars and workshops for the last four years are listed below: Name of the Department Academic year Symposium/Seminars/Guest Lecture/Workshops CSE ECE EEE IT Page 62

93 CRITERION II MECH S&H Faculty Faculty is encouraged to upgrade knowledge by using library resources including e-books. Sponsored and self supporting FDPs, seminars, workshops are organized. Pedagogical training programmes are conducted for the welfare of faculty. Refresher courses are arranged for all departments. Industry collaborative training programmes are conducted through which industry experts interact with faculty. Faculty participates in conferences and seminars organized by PACET and other institutions. Faculty is deputed to industries to undergo training programmes in latest technologies. Expert lectures and hands on training are organized in specialized areas. Webinars are given by Infosys which helps faculty to involve in additional learning. Page 63

94 CRITERION II No. of Programmes for benefit of Faculty members Academic Year FDP/ Conference/ Workshop/ Seminar/ Guest Lecture Detail (process and the number of students benefited) on the academic, personal and psycho-social support and guidance services (professional counselling/mentoring/academic advise) provided to students? The faculty advisors and counselors play the role of mentor for the students. Counselors are attached to the students in the ratio of 1:20. Teaching faculty in general provide constant support and guidance in day-to-day activities. All slow learners are given academic counseling. Contact hour is scheduled to every faculty after college hours to counsel the students. Regular timings are allotted in the time table as a counseling hour for the advisors to interact with students as group individuals to overcome physical hurdles. Motivational expert lectures are organized for the benefit of students. The class advisor looks into details regarding the academic performance, completion of academic requirements, health follow-ups and grievances, if any. The advisor also interacts with the parents on issues related to academics, and progress of students. Page 64

95 CRITERION II The Psycho-social needs of the students are specifically met through the Principal and concerned department heads which comprise a senior faculty for the students to approach for any of their issues. Counseling record is maintained by the faculty. Doctor is available in the campus (24x7). Yoga and Meditation classes are conducted, physical and mental fitness. Teaching faculty in general provide constant support and guidance in day-to-day activities. Class committee meetings are conducted thrice in a semester and grievances are resolved Name of the Department Academic Year No. of Students CSE CIVIL ECE EEE IT MECH S&H Page 65

96 CRITERION II Provide details of innovative teaching approaches / methods adopted by the faculty during the last four years? What are the efforts made by the institution to encourage the faculty to adopt new and innovative approaches and the impact of such innovative practices on student learning? Methods used by faculty Based on the subject learned by the students, mini and major projects are assigned for correlating theory and practical sessions. Course related materials for certain topics are made available in all departments. Real Time examples and Case Studies for regular skill development ICT enabled teaching. Students are encouraged to take seminars. Guest lectures by Industrial experts and subject experts. Conducting online test as a practice to participate in competitive examinations. NPTEL local chapter. MIT open courseware is also made known to students Club activities and online tests are conducted to enhance the creativity among students. For innovative learning the faculty adopts various innovative teaching methods like class presentations using LCD, role-play, group discussion and experimental learning. In order to feel real time experience, hands-on-training, Industrial visits and In-plant training are arranged. Efforts taken by the Institution Faculty is encouraged to present papers, publications, attend Workshops, Seminars, FDPs and Conferences which provides an exposure in their respective subject of interest. Faculty Development Programmes are conducted frequently. PA Industry connect programme and HR conclave is Page 66

97 CRITERION II conducted every year for industry institution interaction. Institution has collaboration with Professional bodies like CSI, IETE, IEEE and SAE. Institution has collaboration with Industries like ICTACT, Infosys Campus connect, CISCO, PRDC, Target Soft Systems, BSNL, Vi Micro Systems and UTL Technologies. Online facilities for effective learning. Impact of adopting innovate practices in student learning Class room activities becomes more effective. The confidence of the student gets improved by involving in the activity based learning. The concepts are made easy to understand through case studies and demos. Student centric learning practice is cultivated. More participation of students in learning process has been brought into practice through presentations, quiz competitions and writing on current issues in publications. University ranks are achieved every successive year. Continuous improvements in number of students placed. Impacts: Achievements of Students in Co-curricular Activities Department Academic Year Total CSE ECE EEE IT MECH Page 67

98 CRITERION II University Rank Holders S. No. Programme Batch BE-CSE BE-ECE BE-EEE (1 Gold Medal) 18 (1 Gold Medal) 10 (1 Gold Medal) 4. BE-MECH BTech -IT ME-CSE ME-PED ME-VLSI Design MBA Total How are library resources used to augment the teachinglearning process? The curriculum and teaching methods in the college require both intensive and extensive use of the reference resources in the Library. Library is enriched by the acquisition of latest books and journals every year. Availability of all kinds of reading material, digital library, internet facility, and audio/visuals encourage and help students and faculty to develop reading habit, learning and writing skills. Easy access of e-journals and research articles volumes, 8550 titles and 83 national and international journals. Page 68

99 CRITERION II The library is kept open even after college hours for the benefit of students and faculty. An OPAC online system is installed and the library functions on all days Does the institution face any challenges in completing the curriculum within the planned time frame and calendar? If yes, elaborate on the challenges encountered and the institutional approaches to overcome these. No. Since the lecture plans are prepared well in advance and their implementation is monitored, the institution does not face any challenge in completing the curriculum within the planned time frame and calendar days How does the institute monitor and evaluate the quality of teaching learning? An academic calendar is prepared for theory and laboratory courses. Lecture notes are prepared by the faculty members before commencement of the each semester. Personal log book, class log book and master attendance are regularly updated and continuously monitored. Assignments and Test papers are evaluated regularly and their performance is measured. Feedback is obtained from the students through class committee meeting and course monitoring committee thrice in a semester. Feedback is obtained from parents during Parent Teachers meeting. The suggestion box is placed in all departments and in the college office wherein students write about their experiences of the teaching-learning process. Regular ISO internal and external audits are conducted to check the quality of teaching learning. Regular departmental meetings with head of the department are conducted. Page 69

100 CRITERION II Head of the Institution and Head of the department visits during class hours to monitor the ongoing sessions. Students convey their feedback to the head of the Institution through s. Students can post their grievances in the suggestion register. Students are evaluated at regular intervals as per the University introduced Semester based credit system. Remedial classes are conducted for the performance of students. Faculty is counseled by HOD and in turn HOD s are counseled by Principal, periodically where necessary. Feedback is also obtained from students about teachers and the teaching-learning process for each subject at the end of the semester and analysis is made. 2.4 Teacher Quality Provide the following details and elaborate on the strategies adopted by the college in planning and management (recruitment and retention) of its human resource (qualified and competent teachers) to meet the changing requirements of the curriculum Teachers Requirement Process Teachers are recruited as per Anna University and AICTE norms. In the beginning of every academic year, vacancy positions are identified by the respective Head of the Departments and submitted to the management for recruitment. Advertisements are published in the leading dailies. Applications are invited from eligible candidates and are scrutinized by the HOD s of respective department and Principal. Shortlisted candidates are called for a written test followed by personal interview. Page 70

101 CRITERION II The interview panel comprises of Head of the Departments, Professors, and subject experts both internal and external resources Based on their performance, faculty members are recruited and appointment orders are issued. Retention Provides good environment to the faculty members for their career growth. Encourages the faculty to pursue higher studies and research work with special leave. Reduced work load for faculty members who involves in research. Motivates the faculty members to apply for research oriented proposals. Incentives are provided for the faculties with PhD degree. Provides On-duty with financial assistance for participating in Faculty Training programmes, conferences and workshops. Institution provides general insurance for faculty members. Increment is provided based on their performance appraisal. Provides Maternity/Medical/Sabbatical leave benefits. 2% of incentive is offered to faculty members for their research grant. Provides concession for transport. Employee Provident Fund (EPF) benefits. Faculty members can utilize the laboratory facilities for their research. Wi-Fi enabled with 40Mbps Internet connectivity is provided. Page 71

102 CRITERION II Highest Qualification Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Male Female Male Female Male Female Total Permanent Teachers PhD MPhil PG How does the institution cope with the growing demand/ scarcity of qualified senior faculty to teach new programmes/ modern areas (emerging areas) of study being introduced (Biotechnology, IT, Bioinformatics etc.)? Provide details on the efforts made by the institution in this direction and the outcome during the last three years. Our institution does not have any difficulty to recruit teaching faculty for Civil, CSE, ECE, EEE, IT and MECH branches. The following efforts are made in this direction and the outcomes are: The institution encourages faculty to participate in workshops/ seminars/ conferences. The faculty is permitted to avail on-duty and allowances are provided for upgrading their knowledge. The institution encourages teachers to participate state, national and international level orientation, refresher courses, FDP and summer/ winter courses to learn new trends/ technologies to improve teaching. Institution supports teachers who take up higher studies and improve their qualification in terms of sabbatical leave/ study leave. HOD and senior teaching faculty involve in guiding junior faculty for content delivery and teaching methodologies. Institution encourages faculty members to participate in industry based training programmes. Books and journals in research areas are identified, and Page 72

103 CRITERION II made available in the library on request from the faculty. Training programs on new simulations and software are provided for the benefit of faculty research. Faculty participate in webinars, Faculty development and soft skills programmes delivered by leading industries. Faculty members are encouraged to be a member of various professional bodies and also reviewer for the national and international committees. Outcome: Faculty members are handling latest technology and product based development courses. AICTE sponsored a grant for RPS on Web based power system project, which has carried out by Dr. S. Thiruvenkadam, Professor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Various agencies sponsored workshops and seminars are organized. Through research center, 11 research scholars have completed their PhD programme. Guidance to students academic projects. R&D guidance to faculty members in latest technologies. Consultancy works are carried out by faculty. Technical, Soft skills, Leaderships, Communication skills, Career Enhancement programmes are conducted by the internal faculty members to maintain good placement record. Page 73

104 CRITERION II Providing details on staff development programmers during the last four years elaborate on the strategies adopted by the institution in enhancing the teacher quality. a) Nomination to staff development programmes Academic Staff Development Programmes Number of faculty nominated Refresher courses 151 HRD Programmes 119 Orientation programmes 36 Staff training conducted by university 41 Staff training conducted by other Institutions 185 Summer / winter schools, workshops, etc., 211 Strategies adopted Faculty are encouraged to enroll in professional bodies such as IEEE, ISTE, IAENG, IETE, CSI, SAE,IACSIT etc., Fresher are encouraged to attend fresher course, pedagogy, seminar and workshops. Financial support is offered for faculty to participate in FDPs, Winter/Summer schools, Workshops and Seminars. Training programmes are provided based on their research interest and courses allotted. Faculty members are encouraged to publish papers in the reputed journals and books. Faculty members are encouraged to carry out consultancy work. Institution provides On-duty for faculty members to enhance their knowledge and career oriented events. Industrial training is provided to the faculty members. Faculties are rewarded with Best Faculty award and Salute to Excellence award for their performance during annual day celebration. Page 74

105 CRITERION II b) Faculty Training programmes organized by the Institution to empower and enable the use of various tools and technology for improved teaching-learning Teaching learning methods/approaches Handling new curriculum Content/knowledge management Selection, development and use of enrichment materials Assessment Cross Cutting issues Audio Visual Aids/multimedia OER s Teaching learning material development, selection and use Teaching learning methods/approaches Institution provides opportunities to make the faculty members skillful in computer aided programs and tools. Innovative methods of teaching and learning methods are adopted it includes e-journal, NPTEL lectures to enhance the teaching learning process. ICT enabled methods are opted. Handling new curriculum The faculty members are deputed for FDPs, workshops and seminars conducted by Anna University and other universities/ Institutions to update the knowledge of new syllabus and usage of newly available tools. Organized various Faculty Development Programme to handle new curriculum subjects as shown below. Page 75

106 CRITERION II Academic Year Course Name Sponsors Mobile Application Development Computer Networks Simulation Software Tools for Power Electronics and Power System Applications Programming and Data Structures II FDP on Electrical Drives and Control Graphical system design using Lab VIEW PACET IETE PACET PACET Anna University ICTACT Sponsored Programming and Data Structures I Anna University Content/knowledge management The institution provides the opportunity to interact with the industry experts for improving the knowledge and skills of faculty members. The institution allows the faculty to participate in National and International seminar, workshop, and conferences to get updated with the recent trends and developments in their domain. Organized International Seminar on ICTs in Knowledge acquisition and sharing sponsored by NITTTR, Chennai. The course materials, lecture notes and question banks are prepared by the faculty members for their reference. Selection, development and use of enrichment materials Books, CDs, Journals, Magazines and project reports are in the central library as enrichment materials. Assessment The effectiveness of the programmes / learning opportunity is reviewed based on the feedback of faculty members. Faculty members are encouraged to share their knowledge with others during department meeting. Page 76

107 CRITERION II Cross cutting issues The cross cutting issues like climatic changes, environmental education, Human Rights, ICT are embedded in the curriculum whenever institution finds right place. The institution invites experts from various bodies like NSS, YRC, RRC, etc., to deliver and share their knowledge and experiences. Arranges special lectures regularly in the fields of environmental safety, awareness programme on Aids, empowerment of women and gender issues. Audio Visual Aids/multimedia The Institution has Computer aided tools and audio - visual aids includes projectors, sound system, computers etc. Faculty has the facilities to access the computer with internet facilities to prepare their teaching materials. NPTEL resources are made accessible. OER s Open Educational Resources are available in central and department library. The faculty members share the course materials with students. Open Educational Resources are preserved for the faculty members and the students for their reference. Teaching learning material development, selection and use The other educational resources like web based online tutorials, presentations, webinars, and simulation are also encouraged for course delivery. The learning materials are collected by using Internet facilities, well equipped library books, journals of various subjects available for the faculty. c) Percentage of faculty Invited as resource persons in Workshops / Seminars / Conferences organized by external professional agencies Page 77

108 CRITERION II Participated in external Workshops / Seminars / Conferences recognized by national / international professional bodies Presented papers in Workshops / Seminars / Conferences conducted or recognized by professional agencies Academic Year Resource Person (%) Participated (%) Paper Presented (%) What policies/systems are in place to recharge teachers? (Eg: providing research grants, study leave, support for research and academic publications teaching experience in other national institutions and specialized programmes industrial engagement etc.) Institution provides incentives to faculty for organizing sponsored programmes. Institution provides 2% incentives for their research grant received. Institution provides On-Duty for the faculty pursuing higher studies/research. Faculties are encouraged for carrying out research. Workloads for faculty pursuing higher studies are reduced. Faculty can utilize the laboratory equipments, Internet facilities to do their academic publications. Institution motivates and sponsors the faculty members to attend FDPs/ Seminars/ Workshops/ Conferences both National and International level Pedagogical training is given to new faculty. Industry based trainings are provided with On-Duty, Boarding and lodging allowance. Page 78

109 CRITERION II Best faculty award is given for every year to motivate the faculty. Incentives are given to the faculty who completed their research work. Faculty is encouraged to do their higher studies. Currently 19 faculty members are pursuing PhD. Institution provides funds to all departments for the procurement of equipment/ software to enrich research facilities. Based on university results recognition is provided. Faculties are encouraged to undertake consultancy works with remuneration. Incentives are provided to them based on the revenue generated through the consultancy Give the number of faculty who received awards / recognition at the state, national and international level for excellence in teaching during the last four years. Enunciate how the institutional culture and environment contributed to such performance/achievement of the faculty. Totally 16 faculty members have received awards and recognition for various disciplines for their excellence. The Institution provides the facilities to create an environment to improve the performance of the faculty. Faculty members are motivated to get nominated for awards and recognition. On-Duty attendance provided to participate in award/ recognition forum. Awarding best faculty in each department to motivate them. Research seminars are conducted for faculty members to share the knowledge with others to improve their involvement in research. Contributing to purchase new equipment for research work of faculty members. Contributes fund to organize sponsored seminar/ workshop for the benefit of faculty research work. Page 79

110 CRITERION II Institution encourages the faculty members to participate in National and International conference, seminar and workshop with On-Duty and TA/ DA provided. Internet and Wi-Fi facility is available in campus to freely access e-resources Has the institution introduced evaluation of teachers by the students and external Peers? If yes, how is the evaluation used for improving the quality of the teaching-learning process? Yes, the institution has feedback system to evaluate faculty member for overall growth through various methods. The Institution collects feedback from students every semester about faculty members. In order to improve the quality of faculty, students can send their feed back to Head of the department/ Principal through / in person. The Institution has online system to collect feedback from students regularly at least twice in a semester about the faculty members. Analysis of each course is submitted to the head of the institution through head of the department. HODs and Principal interact and receive feedback from external faculty members who visit the Institution during laboratory examinations on the performance of the students. Such feedbacks are used to devise a training programme for the faculty and they are trained accordingly. Class committee meeting is conducted before / after internal assessment and problems of student, if any, are discussed in the committee meeting comprising of students and faculty members. Feedback is collected from the parents at the time of parent teachers meeting every semester. Feedback on University question paper is collected from the faculty and students. Page 80

111 CRITERION II The Institution has the policy to get the feedback from resource persons/ eminent persons who are invited as chief guests for various programmes. Based on the feedback, training and orientation programmes are conducted to sharpen the skills and improve the efficiency of teaching learning process. The head of Institution monitors the classes handled by the faculty members and give constructive comments to improve the quality of teaching. Periodic counseling to the faculty is given by the HOD/Principal and improvement in their performance is monitored. 2.5 Evaluation Process and Reforms How does the institution ensure that the stakeholders of the institution especially students and faculty are aware of the evaluation processes? Theory and Practical exams are conducted by the Controller of Examination of Anna University, Chennai. As per Anna University norms, the faculty members are deputed by Anna University as external invigilators, external examiners for practical and project viva, University representatives and examiners for central valuation. Faculties are communicated about the evaluation process in the meeting conducted by the Head of the Institution. Principal and the Heads of the various disciplines make students familiar with Anna University regulations and evaluation procedure during orientation programme. The Regulations, Curriculum and Syllabi are published in the institution website. Syllabus is provided for all courses to the students in the commencement of every semester. Academic Calendar containing all academic schedules is provided to the students and faculty in the beginning of every semester. Page 81

112 CRITERION II The complete evaluation procedure in the form of regulations of various programmes is discussed with all the students through Faculty Advisors and Counselors. Circulars related to university examinations and internal examinations are circulated to the students and faculty members. The End semester examination results will be published by Anna University What are the major evaluation reforms of the university that the institution has adopted and what are the reforms initiated by the institution on its own? Major Evaluation Reforms of the University For all courses, it is mandatory to maintain minimum 75% attendance by the students to appear for their end semester examinations. For all theory, practical and project work, the continuous internal assessment will carry 20 marks while the end semester examination will carry 80 marks. The minimum pass mark for all courses is 50% including internal assessment. In the end semester examination the student must secure 45% mark for both the theory and practical examinations. For theory courses three internal assessment tests are conducted every semester. The test marks are converted into 20 marks as internal mark. Practical course is evaluated based on the conduct of experiments and the written records of the experiments of the students and awarded marks for experiments are converted into 20 marks as the internal assessment. Project work for UG programme may be allotted to a single student or a group of students not exceeding 4 students. A review committee is constituted for each branch of study. Three reviews are made during the semester by the review committee. The student has to make presentation before the Page 82

113 CRITERION II committee on the progress of the project. The total marks obtained in the three reviews are converted into 20 marks. The project work for PG Programme consists of Phase I and Phase II. The Phase I is to be undertaken during III semester and Phase II, which is a continuation of Phase I is undertaken during IV semester. In case of student of PG Programme not completing Phase-I of project work successfully, the students can undertake Phase-I again in the subsequent semester. In such cases the student can enroll for Phase-II, only after successful completion of Phase-I. The Project work (Phase II in the case of PG) shall be pursued for a minimum of 16 weeks during the final semester. Major Evaluation Reforms initiated by the Institution Students are assessed throughout the semester through tests, tutorials, assignments and laboratory classes. Course plan progress is reviewed periodically before every internal assessment test in the class committee meetings. Class tests are conducted to improve the academic performance of the students. Project guides are allotted based on the area of the interest of the students. Slow learners are identified based on their academic performance and remedial classes are conducted to improve their performance. Students are given opportunity to rectify their doubts during the contact hours of the faculty on all working days. The institution encourages students to undergo in-plant trainings, mini projects and visit industries and a brief record is made by evaluating the learning-outcome of the students from the trainings undergone Page 83

114 CRITERION II How does the institution ensure effective implementation of the evaluation reforms of the university and those initiated by the institution on its own? Time schedule for each course is allotted by framing time table. All test schedules are prepared and communicated to the students. Faculty is required to maintain a Course Log Book which consists of attendance marked for each lecture/ practical/ project work periods, the portions covered during each period, internal assessment marks and class test marks are periodically monitored by the Principal and Head of the Department. Attendance of the students and internal assessment test marks are uploaded in the web portal of Anna University every month as directed by the University. Attendance and the performance in internal assessment tests are intimated to parents through letters. Parents and teachers meetings are conducted to improve the academic performance of the students and also guide students on career choices. Remedial classes are conducted to the students who feel difficulty in learning. Separate log books are maintained and the classes are supervised by the Head of the Department and the Principal. Contact hours are used for students to have interaction with faculty members. Counseling hour helps student to get rid of their fear of learning, anxieties and positively improves the confident level of the students. Students are encouraged to take up their projects which meet the needs of industries. To make them aware of the needs of industries, the institution provides all types of standard journals which would give them ideas to do projects. The Principal meets students periodically and interacts with Page 84

115 CRITERION II them about the effectiveness of teaching- learning process. The implementation of the evaluation reforms of the University and Institution, course files and log books are maintained for each course and the same is audited by the ISO auditors periodically Provide details on the formative and summative assessment approaches adopted to measure student achievement. Cite a few examples which have positively impacted the system. Formative Evaluation Process The achievement of learning outcome is assessed by formative evaluation process such as class tests, internal tests, tutorials, assignments, mini projects and project reviews Technical quiz, English dramas, Public speaking and group discussions are conducted for evaluating the students. Understanding the needs of employers, students are trained in communication, technical and soft skills. Summative Evaluation Process For each theory course, three internal tests are conducted which are converted to 20 marks for computation of internal marks. The test papers are distributed for verification of the students in three days from the day of test. Performance of the student is intimated to the parents through parents intimation letter. The performance of the students is analyzed and slow learners are identified and they are helped with remedial classes. The internal assessment for practical course is converted into 20 marks based on the experimentation and the record of the work. The internal assessment for project work is converted into 20 marks based on three presentations on the work done made by students before the review committee. Page 85

116 CRITERION II Apart from academia, students are motivated to participate in co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. The students achieved many awards and prizes Examples: Academic Record No.of Students No.of Students Graduated Batches Placement Records Percentage Academic Year Page 86

117 CRITERION II Detail on the significant improvements made in ensuring rigor and transparency in the internal assessment during the last four years and weightages assigned for the overall development of students (weightage for behavioral aspects, independent learning, communication skills etc.) There is a complete transparency in the internal assessments. The process of internal assessment, adopted as directed by the University is made familiar to all the students. The internal marks are calculated as per Anna University norms. In case, if there is any grievance from the students, it is properly addressed. Absentees for internal tests are given opportunity to write re-test, if there is a valid reason with the approval of the Principal. Discipline committee comprises of all HODs and faculty advisors, thoroughly enquires about the behavioral issues of the students and corrective measures are taken immediately. Students are counseled on their behavioral issues by the counselors in counseling hours. Parents and teachers meeting is organized periodically for the overall development of the students. The students are encouraged to think and learn independently by involving in activities like solving puzzles, undertaking mini projects, participating in quiz competitions and participating in group discussions and also motivated to take seminars in class. Students are motivated to use Department Libraries and the Central Library to equip their knowledge which makes them to have deep understanding of any subject and think independently. The curriculum takes care of improving the communication skills by conducting communication Lab for all branches. The Training and Placement Cell organizes value added courses, personality development programmes to improve technical skills, soft skills, and independent learning and communication skills. Owing to the training provided by the institution, the placement record has appreciably improved. Page 87

118 CRITERION II What are the graduate attributes specified by the college / affiliating university? How does the college ensure the attainment of these by the students? Institution inculcates quality education, confidence in the students and inspires them to be competent engineers to suit the global environment. Graduate attributes specified by the Institution Practical oriented knowledge in various fields. Able to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze their practical skills. Capability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs. Ability to function in multidisciplinary teams as a team player. Potential to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems. Understanding professional and ethical responsibility. Better comprehension in communication skills. Ability to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context and engaging students in lifelong learning. Ability to use technical skills and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice and work competently in the modern industrial scenario and develop entrepreneurship and project management skills. The Institution concentrates more on developing and executing the graduate attributes of the students. The following are the initiatives that the institution puts forth. The institution specifically conducts a number of value added courses and various skill enrichment programmes to achieve the graduate attributes. Students are sent to industries for gaining practical knowledge in their fields of study to achieve the desired attribute. Page 88

119 CRITERION II Students are trained to be competent skilled professionals. Communication skills are one of the skills that a professional should posses and the Institution trains students in various aspects of soft skills and communication skills. A well established Language Lab helps students to possess language skills. The Institution organizes various programmes related to curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities which bring out the potentiality of the students in the areas where the students show their ability to find solutions in the context of global and societal concerns What are the mechanisms for redressal of grievances with reference to evaluation both at the college and University level? The students can apply for revaluation following the procedures prescribed by the University. Institution level Answer key for every course is prepared for evaluating answer scripts. After the evaluation, the answer scripts are verified by the Head of the Department. Evaluated answer scripts are circulated to the students and the marks are submitted to the Department within 3 days from the date of the respective test. Head of the department resolve the grievances addressed by the students with respect to evaluation. Based on the students test performance analysis, corrective actions are taken. Performances of the students are informed to their parents. Students who have failed in more than two subjects are counseled with their parents to improve the performance. Re-tests are conducted for the failed students for improvement. Page 89

120 CRITERION II University level Students can apply for revaluation of their semester examination answer paper in a theory course within two weeks from the declaration of results. The students can also apply for the photocopy of their answer scripts and discuss with their respective course faculty. Students can apply for revaluation, if they are not satisfied with the first evaluation. If the answer script deserves more marks than the awarded marks in the first evaluation, the students can apply for review with the recommendation of the HOD of the respective department. If the student is not satisfied with the revaluation mark, he/she can apply for the challenged revaluation. A student can apply for revaluation of answer scripts not exceeding five subjects at a time. Revaluation is not permitted for practical courses and project work Student performance and Learning Outcomes Does the college have clearly stated learning outcomes? If yes give details on how the students and staff are made aware of these? Yes. The institution has clearly stated learning outcomes and they are mentioned below: Each course has defined course objectives and course outcomes, which is mentioned in the particular course syllabus as adopted from Anna University. Learning outcomes are stated to the students and faculty in the beginning of each course. Anna University organizes Faculty Development Programmes for various courses. During the interaction with the students in class committee meetings, the course objectives and outcomes are discussed and monitored by the Head of the Department and the Principal. Page 90

121 CRITERION II Enumerate on how the institution monitors and communicates the progress and performance of students through the duration of the course/ programme? Provide an analysis of the student s results/achievements (Programme/course wise for last four years) and explain the differences if any and patterns of achievement across the programmes /courses offered. Institution has continuous evaluations which consist of class tests, cycle tests, model examination, practical examinations and project work. After evaluating the test papers, analysis is reported to the Head of Institution. Institution communicates the marks obtained in the internal examination and in the Anna university examinations to their parents periodically. Institution has continuous evaluations which consist of class tests, cycle tests, model examination, practical examinations and project work. After evaluating the test papers, analysis is reported to the Head of Institution. Institution communicates the marks obtained in the internal examination and in the Anna university examinations to their parents periodically. Remedial classes are conducted for the slow learners based on their performance in the various tests. Institution conducts parents meeting periodically. Internal marks and the attendance of the students can be seen at any time in the Anna University web Portal. Page 91

122 CRITERION II The summarized results/ achievements over last four batches are appended below: Department Total No of Student appeared Total No of Student passed Percentage Rank Holders Total No of Student appeared Total No of Student passed Percentage Rank Holders Total No of Student appeared Total No of Student passed Percentage Rank Holders Total No of Student appeared Total No of Student passed Percentage Rank Holders CSE IT EEE ECE MECH NA NA ME (PED) ME (CSE) ME (VLSI) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA MBA Percentage Gold Medal 1. R. Suruthi (EEE) 2. B. Sharanya(ECE) 1. P. Ramya (EEE) - - Page 92

123 CRITERION II How are the teaching, learning and assessment strategies of the institution structured to facilitate the achievement of the intended learning outcomes? A well-defined structure has been evolved by the institution to facilitate the achievement of the intended learning out comes. The Institution has formed various structured committees under ISO to regularly monitor the progress. Teaching Strategies Course in-charge prepare course file for each course that includes syllabus, course objectives, course outcomes, lesson plans, assignment topics, question banks, additional topics for theory and experiments for laboratory. Preparation of lecture notes for theory courses and lab manuals for practical courses. The content delivery mode includes lectures, demonstrations, discussions, seminars, interaction and role plays. NPTEL videos and notes in addition to the class room teaching. Class committee meetings are carried out by faculty advisors and Head of the Department to keep in track of the programme objectives through course outcomes and identified learning outcomes. Corrective actions are taken where necessary. Communication skills, soft skills and the student personality development classes are conducted to develop over all skills of the students. Learning Strategies Guest lectures, workshops, seminars and conferences are conducted by each department for under graduate and post graduate students. Industrial visits and in-plant trainings are organized. Mini and Major projects are carried out. Page 93

124 CRITERION II Experimental learning is motivated. Library and counseling hours are included in the class time table. Assessment Strategies The question papers for internal examinations are prepared for all courses. At the end of the semester, a model examination is conducted for both theory and practical courses for the students to prepare for university examinations. Online examinations are conducted to the students to equip them for placement drives. The Institution conducts quiz programmes to improve the knowledge of the students. Training and Placement Cell of the Institution trains students in aptitude skills, technical skills, soft skills and communication skills. The Institution has associated with many professional bodies such as ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu, Infosys, ISTE, IEEE, CSI, IETE and SAE. Every Department has its associations and professional bodies which conducts different events on enhancing talent of students and helps students to gain more knowledge about the advanced technology in the same subject and enrich their knowledge What are the measures/initiatives taken up by the institution to enhance the social and economic relevance (student placements, entrepreneurship, innovation and research aptitude developed among students etc.) of the courses offered? Institution organizes all type of activities such that the students are enabled to grow with overall personality to get placement, to join higher studies and to become entrepreneurs. The Institution has structured Training and Placement Cell and career guidance to meet the social and economical development of the students. In order to meet out the socio-economic relevance, the Institution initiated the following measures. Page 94

125 CRITERION II Measures/ Initiatives taken by the Institution Training and Placement Cell & Higher Education Cell The active Training and Placement Cell functioning in the institution consists of a Placement officer, faculty placement Coordinators and student placement coordinators from each department to take care of the training to the students both on and off campus recruitment activities. Experts from various industries and other organizations are employed to train the students both in technical and soft skills. In association with the Departments, the Placement Cell provides trainings on communication skills, aptitude, technical and HR interviews, respective domain expertise and soft skills Trainers from corporate like Infosys, ICTACT and other professional bodies are engaged to provide special training to the students. Higher Education Cell, functioning in the campus to guide students related to their higher studies and offers courses in foreign languages through external resource personnel. Students are trained to appear in the competitive examinations like GATE, GRE, TOEFL, CAT and TANCET. Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship is actively recognized as an important driver of economic growth, productivity, innovation and employment, and it is widely accepted as a key aspect of economic dynamism. The Institution has established an Entrepreneurship Development Cell through which the following activities are accomplished. To create awareness on Entrepreneurship among students To inculcate entrepreneurial spirit and culture among the graduates To develop entrepreneurship student groups and motivate them to start up their business. To orient faculty on the need and importance of entrepreneurial spirit among the students in the campus. To conduct interactive sessions with the successful Page 95

126 CRITERION II entrepreneurs and create a mentorship scheme for student entrepreneurs To explore new business establishment opportunities. Research and Innovation The institution encourages all research activities and innovative practices. Two research centers, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, actively undertake research activities. Students are encouraged to do innovative projects under the guidance of faculty and are awarded with cash prizes for the best projects. Through Research Centers of the institution, there have been 11 PhD, produced out of which 1 PhD is of DST research funding project and 1 PhD is of UGC research funding project. A well equipped and web based laboratory is also available for research activities to be carried out effectively. The institution generates research funds through applying proposals to funding agencies. Students are exposed to do research through taking up mini projects from second year onwards and in the final year they take their academic project as per university regulations. Students are encouraged to do project by themselves and good projects are displayed in the Project Expo conducted by every year and innovative projects are awarded with prize in department level as well as institution level. This encourages the students to think innovatively. The Institution conducts Science Expo every year which creates a platform for students to practice their innovative ideas. The Associations of various departments conduct different programmes which stimulate students to have creativity The Institution offers ICT facility which helps students to develop their innovative ideas. Institution has a membership in IEEE, CSI, IETE, ISTE and Page 96

127 CRITERION II SAE. Institution offers PG and PhD programme to supplement the research activity How does the institution collect and analyze data on student performance and learning outcomes and use it for planning and overcoming barriers of learning? The performance of students, internal assessments, assignments, objective type tests and end semester examinations serve as direct tools for analysis of data on student learning outcomes. The institution collects feedback from students, parents, employers and alumni to gauge the learning outcomes. The gap between the actual and expected outcome is identified and corrective measures are put in place. University results are analyzed in the result analysis meeting. Extra coaching and remedial classes are conducted for the slow learners to improve their academic performance. Students Grievances Cell is functioning actively in order to overcome the barriers of the students, particularly rural students in communication skills and other professional skills. To make them better in communication skills, the Institution use Hi-Class English software which focuses communication development exercises How does the institution monitor and ensure the achievement of learning outcomes? The institution monitors and ensures the achievement of learning outcomes through class committee meetings. The results of the various tests obtained by the students are analyzed which helps identify the performance of the students. Based on the performance, students are categorized as best and poor performers. Slow learners are assisted to excel in academics through remedial classes. The attendance records of students are regularly monitored Page 97

128 CRITERION II and actions are taken to minimize absenteeism. Aptitude Test, Soft Skills and Personality Development training are conducted to equip students with necessary skills to face campus interviews. The students are encouraged to take up competency building activities in curricular, co-curricular and extracurricular activities which bring out the potentials in them. Students are encouraged to take part in NSS, YRC, RRC, cultural forum like Music Club and Tamil Mandram, Sports and Games. Student mentoring, grievance redressal, provision of all required facilities, financial assistance by means of scholarships, incentives to achievers, parent- teacher interactions and counseling are some of the practices used to ensure achievement of learning outcomes. Effective feedback system helps to improve the performance of both teachers and students. Faculty development programmes are conducted to update the knowledge of the faculty in their respective field which ensures the learning outcome. The internal ISO audit system of the institution, based on its observation, evaluates the implementation of teachinglearning process which ensures the achievement of learning outcomes. The Institution has been maintaining good placement record. Page 98

129 CRITERION II Academic Year Number of Eligible Students Number of Placement Offers Number of Students Placed Placement Percentage % % % % % Does the institution and individual teachers use assessment/ evaluation outcomes as an indicator for evaluating student performance, achievement of learning objectives and planning? If yes provide details on the process and cite a few examples. Yes, The Institution and all individual faculty members use assessment / evaluation outcomes as an indicator for evaluating the performance of the students, achievement of learning objectives and planning. Students are made to participate in different academic activities like tutorial, mini projects, finding solution for numerical problems, quiz competitions, seminar, oral tests etc., These activities help to assess proficiency of students in application of mathematical and engineering concepts and effective communication skills. This process helps in achievement of learning outcomes. As soon as the university result is declared, subject/class wise result analysis is done, through which learning objectives are mapped. On the basis of class tests, cycle tests and the university result, an analysis is made and consecutively remedial classes are planned for slow learners. Page 99

130 CRITERION II Example: The Institution enabled 1603 students out of 1681 students to receive their degrees. 220 students secured university ranks and 3 students achieved gold medals in the last four years. Out of 1540 placement eligible students, the Institution offered 1391 job offers to 1079 students in the last four years. Any other relevant information regarding Teaching-Learning and Evaluation which the college would like to include. - NIL Page 100

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133 CRITERION III 3.1 Promotion of Research Does the institution have recognized research center/s of the affiliating University or any other agency/organization? Yes, the institution has recognized research center of the Anna University. The following departments are recognized as research centers by the Anna University. Department of Computer Science and Engineering Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Does the Institution have a research committee to monitor and address the issues of research? If so, what is its composition? Mention a few recommendations made by the committee for implementation and their impact. Yes, the Institution has research committee to promote the research and development activities inside the campus. The activities of Research committee Research Committee comprise experts from various disciplines and overseen by Head of the Institution. It has expert members from internal members of the institution. The Research committee activities are given below. The committee frequently conducts the meeting in order to facilitate the research proposals submitted by the faculty and students. Based on the presentation of the researcher, social relevancy of the project, feasibility for completion and budget of the proposals, the research committee recommends the research. The recommended projects are submitted to the Government funding agencies / the management for generating funds. Research committee also encourages and recommends the teaching faculties of the Institution for carrying out their research programme. Further, the Doctoral Committee formed by the affiliated university monitors the progress of the research works of Page 103

134 CRITERION III research scholars twice in a year. S. No. Name of the Faculty Area of Specialization 1. Dr. S. N. Sivanandham Control System 2. Dr. V. Ramalingam Production Engineering 3. Dr. D. Chitra Digital Image Processing 4. Dr. S. Thiruvenkadam Web Application Development 5. Dr. M. Sathishkumar Power System 6. Dr. D. Ganeshkumar Process Control and Instrumentation 7. Dr. P. T. Saravanakumar Energy Engineering Recommendations made by the committee for implementation and their impact The projects which are recommended by the research committee for the last four years are listed below along with the sanctioned amount by the funding agencies. S. No. Name of the Department Name of the Funding Agency Title of the Programme Sanctioned Amount (in Rs.) 1. CSE DRDO ISRO Multilingual Web Semantic and Cyber Forensics Advances in Satellite and Space Communication 30,000/- 30,000/- 2. ECE Emerging Trends in Low Power VLSI Design Techniques 20,000/- CSIR Innovations in Communication and Electrical Drives 20,000/- Recent Trends in VLSI Design Techniques 20,000/- Page 104

135 CRITERION III Recent Trends in Electromagnetic Applications 20,000/- AICTE Web Application for Electrical Power system Energy Management 8,60,000/- 3. EEE CSIR Emerging Trends in Energy Conservation and Energy Auditing 30,000/- Anna University Faculty Development Training Programme on Electrical Drives and Control 60,000/- 4. IT 5. MECH AICTE ICMR AERB Watermark Techniques in Multimedia for Authentication and Copyrights Production Research Issues in Distributed Computing for Medical Image Processing Human Resource Development in Radiation Technologies and Application 2,00,000/- 25,000/- 30,000/- ISRO Small Spacecraft Technology 30,000/- INSA DRDO- ARMREB MNRE CSIR Application of smart materials and structure in automobile Cryogenic treatment and its applications Commercialization of Renewable Energy Metaheuristics-Emerging Paradigm in Engineering Optimization 20,000/- 48,000/- 50,000/- 25,000/- 6. S & H CSIR Modelling & Building Blocks for Future Nanoelectronics Recent Techniques in Fuzzy Image Processing 10,000/- 20,000/- Page 105

136 CRITERION III Soft Computing Techniques for Engineering Mathematics Recent Trends in Mathematical Modeling and Simulation 20,000/- 30,000/- The faculties recommended by research committee for carrying out their research programme for the last four years are listed below. S. No Dept. Name of the Faculty Research topic Mr. A. Pugazhenthi Secure Data mining in Cloud using Cryptographic and homographic CSE Encryption Mechanism Machine Learning Algorithm for 2. Mr. A. Kaliappan Big data Extraction based on Semantic Clouds 3. Mr. D. Kumar Prediction Based Lossless Image Compression 4. ECE Mrs. M. Madhumalini Modalities Approach for Glaucoma Evaluation By Ophthalmologic Techniques 5. Mr. N. Senathipathi VLSI Implementation of Modified Adaptive Filters Investigation on the Mechanical 6. MECH Mr. N. Manikandan Tribological Properties of Epoxy/Mncnts/ Ceramic Hybrid Composites Tracking of the moving objects in 1. Ms.N.K. Priyadharsini Videos using spatial and temporal CSE Motions. Visual Event Reorganization Using 2. Mrs. R. Kavitha Adaptive Support Vector Machine. 3. EEE Mr. S. Arun Design of PID controller using Model Order Reduction Method. Page 106

137 CRITERION III 4. Mr. P. Mariaraja Multiphase Radial Distribution System Fault Analysis and Service Restoration 5. MECH Mr. M. Jayaraj Design and fabrication of natural fiber reinforced composite gear and its performance analysis 6. S&H Mrs. K. Saritha Computational Fluid Dynamics EEE Mr. G. Mahendran Design and Optimization of BLDC Motor 8. IT Mrs. V. Sujitha Multi Bio metric Authentication through Face, Palm Hand Geometry Tribological Behaviour and Heat 9. Mr.V.P.Suresh Kumar Transfer Characteristics of Nano Materials 10. MECH Mr. N. Gnanasekar Fatigue and fracture studies on power transmission gear drives 11. Feasibility Study on Non Standard Mr. C. Clement Spur Gear Drive for Automobile Christy Deepak Applications 12. Mr. M. Rameshkumar Topology S&H 13. Mrs.A. Sangeethadevi Two Dominator Colouring in Graph Comparative Study of Lean Manufacturing Tools and Principles 14. MECH Mr.M.Mohan Prasad Used in Indian Manufacturing Firms and Service Sector Synthesis of Nanoparticles and its 15. S&H Mrs. V.Nirmala Devi Characterization 16. EEE Mrs. V. Parimala Measurement and Reduction of Power System Harmonics using Soft Computing Techniques and Implementation with Embedded Systems Page 107

138 CRITERION III 17. IT Mrs. D. Saravanapriya An Efficient Ontology Based Text- Mining Approach Using Fuzzy SOM and Improved Genetic Algorithm for Research Project Selection Certain Investigation on achieving 18. MECH Mr. T. Varun Kumar value addition and impact of agility in small size pump manufacturing sector Jewis Canadian Diaspora with 19. S&H Mr. J. Das reference to poems of A.M. Klein & Irving Layton What are the measures taken by the institution to facilitate smooth progress and implementation of research schemes/ projects? Autonomy to the Principal investigator The institution provides complete liberty to the principal investigators of the project for smooth progress and implementation of the project. The principal investigator is solely responsible for the completion of the project. The identification of the equipments, call for quotation and placing the purchase order for carrying out the project is done by the principal investigators. The principal investigator has the rights to use any resources available inside the institution. In case the principal investigator wants to visit any other Institutions for knowledge sharing relevant to the project, the Institution provides all supports. Timely availability or release of resources The requested resources will be released with the time bound of minimum one week and maximum 3 weeks according to the need of the project and availability of the resources. Page 108

139 CRITERION III Adequate infrastructure and human resources All the departments of the Institution have well equipped Laboratories and qualified faculties. Each department has a separate research laboratory with the necessary hardware and software supports for research. Time-off, reduced teaching load, special leave etc. to teachers On-duty will be granted on request by the faculties for their research purpose. The faculties who pursue PhD are relieved from additional responsibilities with normal teaching load. Support in terms of technology and information needs The Institution encourages the faculty to conduct research development programmes like seminars and workshops for knowledge sharing. The faculty is empowered to recommend any expert from industry and academic for research associated knowledge sharing inside our institution. On request by the faculty who are involving in research, the software and hardware required for carrying out the research will be purchased. Facilitate timely auditing and submission of utilization certificate to the funding authorities The Periodic audits are conducted for the research projects by the research committee. As per the norms of funding agencies/management, the utilization certificate has been submitted for the projects periodically What are the efforts made by the institution in developing scientific temper and research culture and aptitude among students? The Institute invites experts from industry and academic institutions for knowledge sharing in the cutting edge technologies in the major thrust areas. In each department, various research groups are formed based on the expertise availability in the department. Page 109

140 CRITERION III In student projects, the project batch members and faculty guide are allotted based on their field of interest. At the end of each academic year, one best student project is identified from each department and awarded. The faculty members with doctoral degree are encouraged to guide PhD candidates and the internal candidates are given first preference. The faculties are motivated to use the infrastructure of the institute for their research. Special budget allotment in budget is done for research for the purchase of equipment, journals, books and other resources. The college library subscribes e-journals and other journals to improve the R&D activities of the institute. Research Committee meetings are conducted quarterly to discuss about proposals, seminars, conferences and workshops. The faculty members are provided extra on duty and TA/DA to present papers in National/ International conferences. More weightage is given for the research contributions by the faculty for the annual appraisal. For the faculties who generated research fund, 2% incentive is given in order to promote the Research and Development activities. Cash incentives are provided for PhD holders in Engineering, and Science and Humanities to motivate the faculty to do further research Give details of the faculty involvement in active research (Guiding student research, leading Research Projects, engaged in individual/collaborative research activity, etc. All the faculty of engineering departments are assigned as the project guides for the UG/PG students project based on their field of expertise. As per the regulations of the curriculum, a project evaluation committee comprising senior professors is constituted for the conduct of periodical reviews to evaluate the progress of the students projects. The guides will be present during the project reviews of their students. Page 110

141 CRITERION III The faculties who are guiding PG students project are advised to publish their research work in the reputed research journals and conferences for validation, knowledge sharing and for further research. With the research centers in the institution, the external and internal mode of PhD registrations is encouraged for the faculty. In total, 11 research scholars have completed their PhD programme from the institution. The list of completed PhDs from the research center is listed below: S. No Title of the Thesis Design, Development and Implementation of Certain Control Technique to a shunt active filter for Line Harmonic Elimination Voltage Stability Analysis of Facts Controlled power system Using Certain Intelligent Techniques Virtual Instrument System Based Arrangement for Monitoring, Analysis and Control of Vibration in Rotating Machinery Certain Algebraic Schemes for Second Order Model Formulation and Applications in Linear Time Invariant Systems Certain Investigation on Optimized area and Power Delay Product in Digital Circuit Applications Certain approaches in the design of Induction machines for energy Conservation. Research Scholar Date of Viva-Voce Mr. N. Senthilnathan Mr. A. Satheesh Mr. D. Ganeshkumar Ms. P. Gomathi Mr. M. Kathirvelu Mr.V.Chandrasekaran Page 111

142 CRITERION III Certain Investigations on Torque Ripple Reduced PMSM Drive using Effective Voltage Vector Combinations and Fuzzy Logic Method Certain Investigations on Radial Distribution System Optimization with Capacitor and Facts Devices through Hybrid Heuristic Technique Performance Enhancement of Solar FED Cascaded Multilevel Inverter Using New and Existing Techniques Certain Approaches on Adaptive and Predictive Controller Design for Stabilization of Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor Investigation of new Architectures for QRS Complex detection and Algorithms for Epileptic seizure Detection Mr. A. Sivaprakasam Mr. S. Vijayabaskar Mr. S. Albert Alexander Mr. K. Vijayakumar Mr. L. Murali Give details of workshops/ training programmes/ sensitization programmes conducted/organized by the institution with focus on capacity building in terms of research and imbibing research culture among the staff and students. The details of the programmes conducted exclusively to promote the research and development culture in Institution is listed below. Page 112

143 CRITERION III Workshop/ Name of the Department Title of the programme Seminar/ Conference CSE ECE EEE MECH Android Workshop- App Development Two Day National Level Seminar on Advances in Satellite and Space Communication Simulation Software tools for Power Electronics and Power System Applications Guest Lecture on Career Planning Strategies Fourth National Level Technical Symposium MECHFUEGO2K Workshop Seminar Workshop Guest Lecture Duration to to to No. of Participants Symposium CSE Guest Lecture on Future Intelligence Technology, Education and Entertainment Infosys Campus Connect- Soft Skills Programme Guest Lecture on Data warehousing and its industry standards CSI Sponsored Workshop on Android Development Guest Lecture Training Programme Guest Lecture to Workshop Page 113

144 CRITERION III EEE Recent Trends in Industrial Automation Graphical system design using Lab VIEW Seminar Workshop to Electrical Engineering Fundamentals & Safety issues Seminar MECH Inaugural Function of Association of Mechanical Engineering PACET Sponsored Two Day Hands on Workshop on Practical Finite Element Analysis using ANSYS Guest Lecture on Non destructive Testing Guest lecture on Roles and Capabilities of Computational fluid dynamics in R&D SAE-Third National Level Technical Symposium - MECHFUEGO1.5 Valedictory Function Of Mechanical Engineering Guest Lecture on Focus on Aviation Synergy &Career Opportunities Inaugural Function of Association of Mechanical Engineering Association Inaugural Workshop Guest Lecture to Symposium Valedictory Function Guest Lecture Association Inaugural CSE Guest Lecture on Future Technologies in Engineering Guest Lecture Page 114

145 CRITERION III Infosys campus connect Road show- Leadership Quality, Team work Road Show Workshop on NS2 Simulator Workshop to Guest Lecture on IPV6 Guest Lecture ECE EEE IT MECH Third National Conference On Innovations in Communication and Electrical Drives Recent Advances in Microwave Engineering and its Applications Recent Trends in Power Quality Analysis Recent Trends in Electrical Drives & Control Watermark Techniques In Multimedia For Authentication and Copyrights Production Guest Lecture on Finite Element Analysis Guest Lecture on Kinematics of Machinery Second National Level Technical Symposium - MECHFUEGO1.3 SAE Inauguration Valedictory Function of Association Mechanical Engineering Inaugural Function of Association of Mechanical Engineering Conferenc e Workshop Seminar Seminar Guest Lecture Symposiu m SAE Inaugural Valedicto ry Function Associati on Inaugural to to Page 115

146 CRITERION III Two Day National Level Workshop on Soft Computing Techniques for Engineering Mathematics Workshop to S&H One day National Seminar on Modeling and Building Blocks for Future Nano electronics Two Day National Level Seminar on Recent Techniques in Fuzzy Image Processing Seminar to CSE ECE EEE Guest Lecture on GSM Technology Guest Lecture on Computational Intelligence Guest Lecture on Building Enterprise Applications Recent Trends in VLSI Design Techniques Emerging Trends in Low Power VLSI Design Techniques Recent Trends in Electromagnetic Applications Intelligent Technique Based on Fuzzy And Genetic Algorithm PLC Based Drive Guest Lecture Workshop Seminar to to to to Analysis of Power Converter Page 116

147 CRITERION III EEE IT MECH S&H CSE Faculty Development Programme on Electromagnetic Theory Nano Electronics Interconnected Power Networks Multilingual Web semantic and Cyber forensic Inaugural Function of Association of Mechanical Engineering Guest Lecture on Lean Manufacturing Paradigm First National Level Technical Symposium - MECHFUEGO1.3 PACET Sponsored one day workshop Computational Fluid Dynamics One day National Seminar on Recent Trends in Mathematical Modeling and Simulation FDP Seminar Seminar Associati on Inaugural Guest Lecture Symposiu m to to Workshop Seminar Workshop on NS2 Simulator Workshop Guest Lecture on Recent trends in IT Industries Guest Lecture on Neural Networks and its Application Guest Lecture on Neural Networks and its Application Workshop on Ethical Hacking Guest Lecture on Network Security Guest Lecture to Page 117

148 CRITERION III ECE EEE MECH CSIR Sponsored One Day National Level Conference On Innovations and Communication and Electrical Drives Real time system and automotive applications Control system design and its application Power System Analysis Package Inaugural Function of Association of Mechanical Engineering Guest Lecture on Vedic Maths Guest Lecture on IC engine Emission Control Techniques Valedictory function of Mechanical Engineering Conference Seminar Workshop Association Inaugural Guest Lecture Valedictory function to to Provide details of prioritized research areas and the expertise available with the institution. The following table details the expertise available in the Institution with their prioritized research areas. S. Experts Available in Major Research Area No. Institution 1. Control Systems Dr. T. Manigandan Dr. D. Ganeshkumar 2. Environmental Science Dr. G. Kottur 3. Thermal Engineering Dr. P. T. Saravanakumar 4. Image Processing and Machine Vision Dr. D. Chitra 5. Industrial Engineering Dr. D. Lakshmanan 6. Linear Algebra and Graph Theory Dr. T. Gandhimathi Page 118

149 CRITERION III 7. Power Systems Dr. S. Thiruvenkadam Dr. M. Sathiskumar Dr. S. Vijayabaskar 8. Manufacturing Engineering Dr. V. Ramalingam 9. Cryogenic Treatment Dr. D. Senthilkumar Enumerate the efforts of the institution in attracting researchers of eminence to visit the campus and interact with teachers and students? The institution conducts national conference on every academic year. During which the keynote speakers are invited to deliver the technical content on their respective field and the research articles are presented during the conference. For the students, each department in every year conduct inter-college national level technical symposium for interaction and knowledge sharing amongst the other institution students. Furthermore, the paper presentation contest and project contest are organized by each department which is evaluated by the external experts. Science exhibitions are conducted by inviting the projects from school level, polytechnic level and engineering level. Each department of the Institution has a separate students association and professional bodies. The main objective of these forums is to identify experts and invite them to deliver technical contents to the teachers and students What percentage of the faculty has utilized Sabbatical Leave for research activities? How has the provision contributed to improve the quality of research and imbibe research culture on the campus? The entire faculty has the provision to avail the sabbatical leave for their research activities. This provision has not yet been utilized by any of our faculties. Page 119

150 CRITERION III Provide details of the initiatives taken up by the institution in creating awareness/advocating/transfer of relative findings of research of the institution and elsewhere to students and community (lab to land) The institution frequently organizes the workshops, seminars, conferences, symposiums and project context. These programmes help the students to transfer their research findings. Research scholars of the institute have to present their findings to our faculty and students before submitting their synopsis to the affiliated university. The final public viva-voce exam of the faculty who has registered their PhD under the institute will be conducted in the presence of faculty, UG and PG students. Further, the students are encouraged to participate in the technical contests outside the campus. The institution library purchases books, journals, magazines and periodicals throughout the year which makes the institution faculty and students aware of the recent technological developments. 3.2 Resource Mobilization for Research What percentage of the total budget is earmarked for research? Give details of major heads of expenditure, financial allocation and actual utilization. At the beginning of every financial year, the institution prepares the budget for department level and institution activities. The portion of the budget has been allocated for Research and Development activities. The major heads of research expenditures are: TA and DA for staff and student participation in major technical events Events organized exclusively for research Equipments purchased exclusively for research Page 120

151 CRITERION III The details of the budget allocated for research for the last four academic years is detailed below. Academic Year Total budget (Rs. In Lakh) Budget for research (Rs. In Lakh) In addition to exclusive budget for R&D, a part of the expenditure for Library, Laboratory equipment, Consumables and infrastructure built-up also accommodates to R&D Is there a provision in the institution to provide seed money to the faculty for research? If so, specify the amount disbursed and the percentage of the faculty that has availed the facility in the last four years? Yes, the Institution has the mechanism to provide financial support to the faculty for research. The proposals are collected from the faculty and submitted to the research committee for review. Based on the recommendations by the research committee amount can be sanctioned after getting management approval. Dr. S. Thiruvenkadam, Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering has availed financial support of Rs. 5,89,955/- for his research work What are the financial provisions made available to support student research projects by students? The students can avail financial support for purchase of equipments for their research project as per the recommendations by the research committee. Furthermore, the institution has a provision to assists the students to participate in research oriented project contests. Page 121

152 CRITERION III Every year Open House Exhibition on Science and Technology is conducted for enabling the students to carry out innovative projects. Subscription to e-journals (Science Direct, Springer, IEEE, ASCE, ASME,ACM, DELNET-Proquest Engineering and Technology) Internet Centre / Connectivity with 40Mbps band width and Wi-Fi connectivity are provided for the students Every year, from each department best UG projects and PG projects are selected and awarded with medal/prizes How does the various departments/units/staff of the institute interact in undertaking inter-disciplinary research? Cite examples of successful endeavors and challenges faced in organizing interdisciplinary research. With the help of Research Committee, the inter-disciplinary research works are implemented. The recommendations made by the research committee for interdisciplinary research is given below. S. No. Title of the Project/ Programme Name of the Faculty Name of the Department Challenges faced 1. Web Application for Electrical Power System Energy Management Dr. S. Thiruvenkadam Dr. M. Sathiskumar EEE Faculty need to be trained with the knowledge of web programming and power system Page 122

153 CRITERION III How does the institution ensure optimal use of various equipment and research facilities of the institution by its staff and students? Each department has dedicated lab for research. The labs are equipped with essential software and hardware for the research. The facilities can be utilized by the faculty and students. Further, the library and the internet labs are open till 7:00 pm and transport facility is provided to faculty and students who want to carry out their research after regular official hours Has the institution received any special grants or finances from the industry or other beneficiary agency for developing research facility? If yes give details. Yes. Dr. S. Thiruvenkadam, Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, received the research grants for an amount Rs. 8, 60, 000/- from AICTE under Research Promotion Scheme (RPS) for his research project entitled Web Application for Electrical Power System Energy Management in the year Enumerate the support provided to the faculty in securing research funds from various funding agencies, industry and other organizations. Provide details of ongoing and completed projects and grants received during the last four years. Institute encourages the faculty to submit the research proposals to the funding agencies after getting approval from research committee. Research committee reviews the proposals submitted by the faculty. Institute has a policy decision that from each department at least one research proposal be submitted in every month. Page 123

154 CRITERION III Details of ongoing project are detailed below: Nature of the Project Duration Year From To Title of the project Name of the funding agency Total Grant (in Rs.) Sanctioned Received Total grant received till date (in Rs.) Major projects Web Based Energy Management AICTE 8,60,000 7,93,333/- 7,93,333/- 3.3 Research Facilities What are the research facilities available to the students and research scholars within the campus? Name of the Department CSE ECE EEE Each department has an exclusive lab set up for research which is equipped with software and hardware equipments essential for research. Research facilities are updated periodically as and when requested by the faculty who involves research. Software / Major Equipments VISUAL STUDIO 2008, SQL SERVER 2008,ORACLE DATA BASE 11G,COREL DRAW X6,TURBO C++,JDK 1.6,WAMP SERVER, NS2 SIMULATOR, ARGO UML, RATIONAL ROSE, MATLAB Mentor Graphics, Xilinx 14.XMP Lab, Cyclone II FPGA Development Board, Spartan 3E FPGA Trainer kit, PIC Development Board MATLAB, Resistive Loading Panel, MiPower, Inductive Loading Panel, Capacitive Loading Panel, 3 Phase Motor Load, SCADA(Monitoring System), Switched Reluctance Motor, Brush Less DC Motor, Power quality analyzer (Single Phase), Switched mode power supplies, Three-phase Synchronous Generator, PIC based PWM Controller & IGBT Power module, Resonant dc-to-dc converter, Power Scope, NI - Hardware - NI ELIS II + basic Bundle (for academic use only) Page 124

155 CRITERION III MECH AUTOCAD 2010, Solid Edge V20, ANSYS Academic Teaching Introductory Version 14, Master CAM Version X6, XL Turn Scant Bed Lathe, XL Mill CNC Bench Milling, Surface finish Measuring Equipment, Torque Measuring Setup, Digital oscilloscope with FFT Analyzer, Pneumatic Linear Actuation system trainer with Lab View Interfacing, Centre less Grinding machine, Horizontal Milling machine, Tool and Cutter Grinder, Lathe, Cylindrical Grinding Machine, Surface Grinding Machine, Dynamometer, Digital Torsion Testing Machine, Impact Testing Machine, Arc Welding Machine, Data Acquisition System, Steam Boiler with turbine setup, Pin-Fin Apparatus, Refrigeration Test Rig, Muffle Furnace, Universal Testing Machine, Hardness Testing Machine. Metallurgical Microscope What are the institutional strategies for planning, upgrading and creating infrastructural facilities to meet the needs of researchers especially in the new and emerging areas of research? Through professional bodies and department association, the departments are advised to conduct workshops, seminars, conferences, symposiums and project context for knowledge sharing in the new and emerging areas of research. The researchers are encouraged to bring the experts from industries, academic/research institutions for knowledge sharing. The faculty who involves in research is empowered to request any software and/or hardware needed for their research to the management through proper channel. The researchers are also empowered to recommend any magazines, journals and e-journals for the library Has the institution received any special grants or finances from the industry or other beneficiary agency for developing research facilities?? If yes, what are the instruments / facilities created during the last four years. Yes. Page 125

156 CRITERION III Dr. S. Thiruvenkadam, Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, received the research grants for an amount Rs. 8, 60, 000/- from AICTE under Research Promotion Scheme (RPS) for his research project entitled Web Application for Electrical Power System Energy Management in the year S. No. Equipments Quantity 1. Source Panel 1 2. Pi-Section (Distribution Conductor-3phase 4 wire system) 4 3. Resistive Loading Panel 1 4. Inductive Loading Panel 1 5. Capacitive Loading Panel 1 6. Three Phase motor load 1 7. SCADA (Monitoring System) 1 Total cost of the equipments including service tax is Rs. 13, 49, What are the research facilities made available to the students and research scholars outside the campus / other research laboratories? All the institutional resources including lab facilities, library facilities, internet facilities and other research facilities are made available for the students and research scholars outside the campus. For accessing the resources of the institution, the request needs to be sent to the Principal of the institution through proper channel Provide details on the library/ information resource center or any other facilities available specifically for the researchers? Internet Centre / Connectivity with 40Mbps band width and Wi-Fi connectivity are provided for the researchers. Library facilitates the researchers with subscription of journals and magazines in various disciplines. Page 126

157 CRITERION III The details of number of available journals and magazines for researchers are given below. Name of the Department National Journals International Journals/ Transactions Magazines e-journals CIVIL CSE ECE EEE IT MECH S&H S. No What are the collaborative research facilities developed/ created by the research institutes in the college. For ex. Laboratories, library, instruments, computers, new technology etc. Equipments Quantity 1. Source Panel 1 2. Pi-Section (Distribution Conductor-3phase 4 wire system) 4 3. Resistive Loading Panel 1 4. Inductive Loading Panel 1 5. Capacitive Loading Panel 1 6. Three Phase motor load 1 7. SCADA (Monitoring System) Research Publications and Awards Highlight the major research achievements of the staff and students in terms of Patents obtained and filed (process and product) Nil Original research contributing to product improvement Nil Page 127

158 CRITERION III Research studies or surveys benefiting the community or improving the services Dr. S. Thiruvenkadam, Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, received the research grants for an amount Rs. 8, 60, 000/- from AICTE under Research Promotion Scheme (RPS) for his research project entitled Web Application for Electrical Power System Energy Management in the year Research inputs contributing to new initiatives and social development - Nil Does the Institute publish or partner in publication of research journal(s)? If yes, indicate the composition of the editorial board, publication policies and whether such publication is listed in any international database? - No Give details of publications by the faculty and students: Publication per faculty Year Total Publications No. of faculty involved Publication per faculty Page 128

159 CRITERION III Year Number of papers published by faculty and students in peer reviewed journals (national / international) No. of Journal Publications National International Total No. of Journal publications Number of publications listed in International Database (for Eg: Web of Science, Scopus, and Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - I n t e r n a t i o n a l Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) Monographs Chapter in Books Books Edited Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers Citation Index SNIP SJR Impact factor h-index Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) for the past years Monographs - Chapter in Books 4 Books Edited 8 Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers 7 Citation Index Min 1, Max 7 SNIP Min 0.13, Max 0.21 SJR Min 0.13, Max 1.57 Impact factor Min 0.12, Max h-index Min 1, Max 5 Page 129

160 CRITERION III Provide details (if any) of Research awards received by the faculty S. No. Name of the Faculty Award Year 1. Mr. R. Ranjith kumar Best Technical paper award Dr. M. Sathiskumar 3. Dr. M. Sathiskumar 4. Dr. S. Thiruvenkadam 5. Dr. S. Thiruvenkadam Identified as a researcher in power system by Marquis Who is Who in the World, USA edition 2014 Identified as a researcher in power system by Marquis Who is Who in the World, USA edition 2013 Identified as a researcher in power system by Marquis Who is Who in the World, USA edition 2014 Identified as a researcher in power system by Marquis Who is Who in the World, USA edition Recognition received by the faculty from reputed professional bodies and agencies, nationally and internationally The following faculty members are recognized as Supervisors for guiding M.S. / PhD research programmes under Anna University, Chennai. CSE EEE MECH Name of the Department S&H (Chemistry) University Recognized Supervisors Dr. T. Manigandan. Dr. D. Chitra. Dr. S. Thiruvenkadam. Dr. M. Sathiskumar. Dr. D. Senthilkumar Dr. G. Kottur. The faculties of the institution are serving as the Editorial board members and research paper reviewers for various National and International Journals. Page 130

161 CRITERION III The table lists the details of partnership. S. No. Name of the Faculty Role of the Faculty Conference / Journal IET Image Processing journal from November 1 st, 2011 to till date Reviewer Springer Journal of Neural Computing and Applications 9th IEEE Colloquium on Signal Processing and its Applications (CSPA) Sponsored by Malaysia Section CS Chapter, Mar Dr. D. Chitra 2. Mrs.M. Rajalakshmi Chairperson Advisory Editorial Board Member National Conference on Emerging Computing & Communication Technologies NECCT 2011 National Conference on Recent Advances in Communication Power and Computing Intelligence held during 29 th march to 30 th march 2013 at Jaisriram College of Engineering and Technology. National conference on Recent Advances and Security in Computing Methodologies, Department of CSE, N.S.N. College of Engg. and Tech. International Science and Research (ISR) Journal. 3. Mr.S.SureshKumar Reviewer International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Engineering (ICECCE) Page 131

162 CRITERION III Board of Studies for Nandha Engineering College for the academic year 2013 and 2014 Member Board of Studies for Government College of Technology under 2012 Regulaions. University Level NSS Advisor Committee member, Anna Univ. Mock auditor NBA Coordinator FDP on Electrical Drives and Controls by Anna University. TEQIP-II Sponsored Internal Conference at Government College of Technology. 4. Dr. T. Manigandan Chair Person Internal Conference on Process automation Control and Computing at Coimbatore Institute of Technology on 2011,2013and 2015 Elsevier Biomedical Signal Processing & Control Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal Reviewer International Symposium on Mathematical Sciences and Computing, Faculty of Computer & Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA (PERAK) International Journal of Electronics Page 132

163 CRITERION III Advances in Electrical and Electronic Engineering ICTACT Journal on Soft Compu. Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers IEEE Colloquium on Signal Processing and its Applications. Journal of Power Electronics Journal of Vibration and Control International Conference on Man Machine Systems, School of Mechatronic Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis. Member 5. Dr.D. Ganeshkumar Reviewer Mentor Reviewer IEEE, ISTE, IE IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurements International Journal on Advanced Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJAECE) Journal on Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 6. Dr.S.Thiruvenkadam Editorial Board Member Reviewer VSRD International Journal of Electrical, Electronics & Communication Engineering VSRD International Journal of Computer Science & Information Technology International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems Page 133

164 CRITERION III Editorial Board Member Reviewer Editorial Board Member 7. Dr. M. Sathiskumar Reviewer 8. Dr. S. Vijayabaskar International journal of advances in engineering research International journal of research in science and technology Association of Scientists, Developers and Faculties (ASDF) International Organization of Scientific Research and Development (IOSRD) IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies IET journal of generation, Transmission distribution International Science and Research (ISR) Journal. 9. Mr. P. Mariaraja 10. Mr. S. Arun 11. Mr.A. Kuppuswamy 12. Dr.P.T.Saravanakumar Editorial Board Member Editorial Board Member Reviewer International Science and Research (ISR) Journal. International Science and Research (ISR) Journal. International Science and Research (ISR) Journal. International Journal of Analytical, Experimental and Finite Element Analysis (IJAEFEA) American Journal of Applied Sciences Renewable & Sustainable Energy - Elsevier Solar Energy - Elsevier 13. Dr. T. Gandhimathi Reviewer International Journal of Fuzzy System Page 134

165 CRITERION III Incentives given to faculty for receiving state, national and international recognitions for research contributions. College provides TA/DA for faculty to attend interviews and do presentation for major/minor research proposals. The faculty members are encouraged to participate in conferences and training programmes on their research areas, TA/DA expenses are borne by the institute. In order to encourage the faculty for filing the patents, 100% filing charges are provided by the institute. 3.5 Consultancy Give details of the systems and strategies for establishing institute-industry interface? In order to provide better interaction between our institute and industry, the institute operates a separate Industry Institute Partnership Cell (IIPC) inside the campus. The IIPC of our institute helps to strengthen the link with the industry with the following objectives. To create awareness about job requirements/functions of industries in the minds of students, summer/winter training, in-plant training and industry visits for integration with teaching learning process is encouraged. To explain faculty with changing working needs and industrial practices and expectations of industry. To provide R&D, consultancy and testing services opportunity to solve industrial problems by our faculty. To organize guest lecture/workshop/symposium with inviting experts from industry. To develop soft skill knowledge required to the industry needs What is the stated policy of the institution to promote consultancy? How is the available expertise advocated and publicized? The Industry Institute Partnership Cell (IIPC) identifies the potential industries for MoU in various disciplines. Each department is advised to sign MoU with at least one industry in every semester. Page 135

166 CRITERION III The faculty of the institution frequently visits the industries nearby the institution and interacts with the technical team of the industry and understands the needs of the industry. Based on the demand by the industry, research committee of the institution identifies the technical expert inside the campus for service How does the institution encourage the staff to utilize their expertise and available facilities for consultancy services? The faculty who involves consultancy are given 40% of the income generated through consultancy as an incentive. On request, the faculty can utilize all the infrastructure facilities of the institution for the completion of the consultancy service. On Duty and TA/DA is provided to the faculty to visit industries for carrying out the consultancy services. The equipments for the consultancy services are purchased on demand by the faculty List the broad areas and major consultancy services provided by the institution and the revenue generated during the last four years. Name of the Department CSE The institute encourages its senior faculty to attend annual conferences of industry association where they can make their presence felt through contributions and networking with the prominent industry personnel. The remuneration received through consultancy services by the individual faculty is useful to the institute. Name of the Industry Target Solution Title of the Project Income Generated (in Rs.) Office Automation Software 40, Web Application 35, Page 136

167 CRITERION III ECE EEE MECH Alagappa Web Site Design 30, Engineering Flex Design 20, Coconut Market Coconut Web Apps Application 50, Kaveri Tech Invitation Design 20, Development of digital Mighty Electronics and communication modules Equipments using CC , JRM Technologies Kamarajar Coirs Megal Edges Design of RS485 based industrial Control unit Power Factor Controller Installation of forward and reverse controlled induction motor in coir winding machine Design and Analysis of Garment Cutting tools for productivity improvement , ,00, CSE Kaveri Tech Invitation Design 20, ECE Mighty Electronics and Equipments Design and development of analog communication modules 92, What is the policy of the institution in sharing the income generated through consultancy (staff involved: Institution) and its use for institutional development? The Institution sharing the income generated from the consultancy on a 40:60 ratio to the faculty members who involved in the consultancy works. Generated funds from the consultancy are used for research activities and purchase of research equipments. Page 137

168 CRITERION III 3.6 Extension Activities and Institutional Social Responsibility(ISR) How does the institution promote institution-neighbourhoodcommunity network and student engagement, contributing to good citizenship, service orientation and holistic development of students? The institution promotes college-neighborhood network community development by conducting regular activities related to social responsibilities of the institute. NSS Units comprising of more than 100 students are active in community development activities like: NSS Day celebration NSS camp and village adaption AIDS Awareness programmes Tree Plantation International women s day celebration National Voters Day Blood Donation camp Renewable energy day celebration Literacy awareness program Service and maintenance of household appliances Created awareness about Energy saving and power factor correction Leadership Skills and Soft Skills Training The institute is aware of its role in campus cum community connections, well being of its neighborhood as well as build student's interest for service orientation and good citizenship. During recent floods in Chennai, students actively collected monitory donations and other charities voluntarily to extend help to affected population of Chennai. Page 138

169 CRITERION III What is the Institutional mechanism to track students involvement in various social movements / activities which promote citizenship roles? To track student involvement in various social activities, our institute has established a system of faculty members as mentors for each 20 students to keep records of their participation in such activities and counseling the students in various activities. Further, at the end of the semester, such data is compiled at HODs level and in consultation with Principal they are awarded as best students by the Chairman in Annual Day Celebration How does the institution solicit stakeholder perception on the overall performance and quality of the institution? The stake holders (students, faculty, parents, alumni, employers) interact with the institution through associated events like alumni meet, parents meet, students feedback, employers feedback and faculty feedback. This helps the institution to obtain their perceptions about overall performance and quality of the institution How does the institution plan and organize its extension and outreach programmes? Providing the budgetary details for last four years, list the major extension and outreach programmes and their impact on the overall development of students. The institute plans and organizes number of extension and outreach programs in neighborhood population. The clubs like NSS, YRC and RRC of the institute is quite active in such endeavors. Page 139

170 CRITERION III The details of annual expenses on social welfare activities are detailed below. Academic Year Number of Events Number of Events Proposed Number of Events Conducted Proposed Budget (in Rs.) Amount Utilized (in Rs.) ,00, ,07, ,00, ,73, ,00, , ,00, , The major extension and outreach programs conducted over the years are, Blood donation camp. Health care camps on AIDS and oral hygiene in neighborhood villages. Adult education to constructions labor. Village cleaning How does the institution promote the participation of students and faculty in extension activities including participation in NSS, NCC, YRC and other National/ International agencies? During the orientation program of newly admitted students, the faculty /student coordinators of NSS and various societies, carryout presentation to student on the benefit and scope of extension activities. Information regarding proposed activities is notified through circulars, web notifications, in academic and hostel building on a regular basis. Every student encourages becoming a member of NSS/Societies for participation in extension activities Give details on social surveys, research or extension work(if any) undertaken by the college to ensure social justice and empower students from under-privileged and vulnerable sections of society? The institute is making a conscious effort to promote social justice as a value in learning process. Page 140

171 CRITERION III The institution sincerely practices Govt. social affirmative schemes for the up liftment of under privileged communities. The college NSS unit has been organizing programme in and outside the college for the benefit of nearby community. Required facilities are given to differentlyable students Reflecting on objectives and expected outcomes of the extension activities organized by the institution, comment on how they complement students academic learning experience and specify the values and skills inculcated. Participation of students in an extension activities do inculcate following values and quality in their growing persona complimenting their academic learning experiences in, Building of self confidence. Development of inter personal skills Sense of responsibility toward societies Helping and carrying attitude towards differently-able people. Respect for nature and environmental protection needs. Positive approach towards life Joint-man ship and sense of togetherness How does the institution ensure the involvement of the community in its reach out activities and contribute to the community development? Detail on the initiatives of the institution that encourage community participation in its activities? The institute takes the help of elder and influential people like village head, members of gram panchayat to ensure the involvement of local population in its community development activities. To win the confidence of local leaders the institute organizes various awareness programs like free healthcare camps, eye checkup camps, village cleaning drives and blood donation camps etc Page 141

172 CRITERION III Give details on the constructive relationships forged (if any) with other institutions of the locality for working on various outreach and extension activities. Informal relationship with the office bearers of various societies of the institute and prominent senior citizens of nearby villages have been established in a cordial manner for successfully working on various outreach and extension activities of the institutes. Computer literacy program for women is conducted. Voter s awareness rally is conducted Give details of awards received by the institution for extension activities and/contributions to the social/community development during the last four years. The institute organized Anna University sponsored state level NSS Leadership Training and Soft skills programme for the years 2014 and Our institute has received an award from Anna University for best NSS unit for the year Collaboration How does the institution collaborate and interact with research laboratories, institutes and industry for research activities. Cite examples and benefits accrued of the initiatives - collaborative research, staff exchange, sharing facilities and equipment, research scholarships etc. Each department has separate Industry Institute Partnership Cell (IIPC) coordinators. The coordinators identify and request the list of research laboratories, institutes and industry for MoU. With the frequent interactions between the representative of the associated industry and the Management, MoU has been executed. Following are the projects and research works undertaken by various departments. Page 142

173 CRITERION III Industry Title Work Nature Power Research and Development Corporation, Bangalore. Web Application for Electrical Power System Energy Management Research grant worth Rs. 8.6 Lakhs was obtained from AICTE to develop distribution system Roots Industry India Ltd, Coimbatore. KST Wind Engineering, Kettanur. Chiranjeevi Wind Energy Pvt. Ltd. Pollachi. Wind care India Pvt. Ltd. Gudimangalam. Sai Krishna Fabs, Udumalpet. RS Yarns and Power Pvt. Ltd. Tirupur. Acoustical Analysis of Electrical Horn tone Disc using FEA Efficiency improvement in wind turbine motor. A variable speed wind turbine control Modeling of self excited induction generator. Bio-thermal generation using water briquettes GSM based monitoring of static availability based tariff meter. workstation. Design changes in electric horn for noise reduction Replacement of wind turbine with efficient operation. A center of excellence in Renewable Energy is proposed. Developing a new control system for efficient operation turbine. Developing alpha, beta model using MATLAB- SIMULINK software. Developing a new system for efficient water harvesting in agriculture land. Efficient electricity tariff meter in remote areas Provide details on the MoUs/collaborative arrangements (if any) with institutions of national importance/other universities/ industries/corporate (Corporate entities) etc. and how they have contributed to the development of the institution. Name of the Department Name of the Industry MoU Details Facilities provided to the Institution CSE CISCO CCNA Training Laboratory Set up Page 143

174 CRITERION III MECH ICTACT Infosys Sensiple Software Solutions MTAB Engineers Pvt Ltd., Chennai Training, FDP, Power Seminar, Research Publications Campus Connect Training Training CNC, Robotics and Advance manufacturing Technology Training - Learning Materials Placement CNC Training CSE CISCO Target Solutions Infosys ICTACT CCNA Training Training, IV, In-plant Training, Placement, Research Publications Campus Connect Training Training, FDP, Power Seminar, Research Publications Laboratory Set up - Learning Materials - EEE Mega Tech Scientific Instruments, Coimbatore Components Identification, Training to the staff members Training to the staff members CSE MECH CISCO ICTACT Megal Edges, Coimbatore CCNA Training Training, FDP, Power Seminar, Research Publications In Plant Training, Student Projects Laboratory Set up - In Plant Training Page 144

175 CRITERION III CSE MECH Training, FDP, Power ICTACT Seminar, Research Publications CNC, Robotics and MTAB Engineers Pvt Advance Ltd., Chennai. manufacturing Technology Training - Placement CNC Training Give details (if any) on the industry-institution-community interactions that have contributed to the establishment / creation/up-gradation of academic facilities, student and staff support, infrastructure facilities of the institution viz. laboratories / library/ new technology /placement services etc. PA Industry Connect has been organized every year with the industry experts. HR conclave has been conducted exclusively for mechanical engineering department students and faculties. Faculty members are given industrial training on the recent technologies. Industrial Visits, In-plant training and industry projects are arranged for the students. Value added courses are conducted for the students on recent technologies Highlighting the names of eminent scientists/participants, who contributed to the events, provide details of national and international conferences organized by the college during the last four years. Academic Year The following experts contributed as keynote speakers, chair persons, reviewers, rapporteur, panel discussions and advisory committee members. Programme CSE - National Level Technical Symposium- Motivational Speech Experts visited and contribution made Mr. M. Karthikeyan, Campus Lead, Bahwan Cyber Tek, Chennai No. of participants 300 Page 145

176 CRITERION III National Level Technical Symposium Fourth National Level Technical Symposium - MECHFUEGO1.5 National Level Technical Symposium- Speech on Soft skills Fourth National Conference on Futuristic Trends In Computing and Information Technology Fourth National Level Technical Symposium ZENFOX-2K15 Futuristic Trends in computing and Information Technology and Innovations in communication and Electrical drives Mr. P. Senthil Kumar, HR, Sensiple Software Solutions, Chennai Mr. P. Senthil Kumar HR- Sensiple Software Solution, Chennai. Mr. Gobinath Ayyasamy Dy.Manager-HR ELGI- Air Compressor Plant, Coimbatore. Mr. S. Dwarakanathan, Vice-President (Retd), Brakes India Ltd, Chennai Ms. Banu Rheka HR, Campus Spring Board, L&T Info tech., Chennai Dr. M. A. Veluswami, Former Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai. Mr. Timothy Samson, Regional Manager, HR- South Zone, Tech Mahindra, Chennai. Dr. M. A. Veluswami Former Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering IIT Madras, Chennai Symposium Special Lecture on Student Carrier Development Third National Level Technical Symposium - MECHFUEGO1.5 Mr. Muthuswamy Ramachandran, Practice Head App Migration to Cloud &AWS, Tech Mahindra, Chennai Mr. S. Dwarakanathan, Vice-president (retd) Engg, R&D, HRD, Brakes India Ltd, Page 146

177 CRITERION III National level technical symposium National Level Technical Symposium- Guest Lecture on opportunities in Information Technology Third National Conference on Innovations in Communication and Electrical Drives National Level Technical Symposium sitio 2k13 Second National Level Technical Symposium - MECHFUEGO1.3 National Level Technical Symposium A National Level Technical Symposium (Cybereign-2K12)- Motivational Speech on Developing Soft Skills Third National Level Technical Symposium ZENFOX- 2K13 Mr. P. Senthilkumar, Manager-HR, American Megatrends Pvt. Ltd., Chennai Mr.Narasimha Reddy Vaka, HR, Business partner, Synergy Computer Solutions Hyderabad. Dr. S. N. Sivanandam, Former Professor & Head, Department of CSE,PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore. Mr. Timothy Samson Regional Head, campus Hiring-South Zone Tech Mahindra, Chennai. Mr. G.V. Suresh HR-Sonicwall Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore Mr. G. Roy Antony Infosys, Chennai. Mrs. Rekha Mathews, UST Global, Cochin Mr. P. Senthil Kumar, Manager - HR, American Megatrends India Private Limited, Chennai First National Level Technical Symposium - MECHFUEGO1.3 Mr. K. P. Ravichandar Director, DMW CNC solution India PVT Ltd First National Conference on Futuristic Trends In Computing and Information Technology Dr. T. Purusothaman,. Associate Professor Department of CSE, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore 70 Page 147

178 CRITERION III Second National Level Technical Symposium ZENFOX National Level Technical Symposium ZENFOX Mr. S. Vetrivel, HR Manager, Verizon Data Services Pvt. Ltd., Chennai. Mr. R. Prasanna, Human Resource, UGAM Solutions Private Limited, Coimbatore How many of the linkages/collaborations have actually resulted in formal MoUs and agreements? List out the activities and beneficiaries and cite examples (if any) of the established linkages that enhanced and/or facilitated - a) Curriculum development/enrichment - Yes b) Internship/ On-the-job training - No c) Summer placement - Yes d) Faculty exchange and professional development - Yes e) Research Yes f) Consultancy - Yes g) Extension - Yes h) Publication - Yes i) Student Placement - Yes j) Twinning programmes - No k) Introduction of new courses - Yes l) Student exchange - No m) Any other - No The details of the activities and benefits acquired from the industry through MoU with the industry are described in section Page 148

179 CRITERION III Detail on the systemic efforts of the institution in planning, establishing and implementing the initiatives of the linkages/ collaborations. The institution has a separate IIPC and Training and Placement Cell (TPC) through which the potential companies are identified and interacted. Further, faculty of the institution visits the industries relevant to their field of interest and interacts with the experts of the associated company and requests them to address our students. The management and principal identify the potential industries and meet the experts of the industry in person and develop the relationship. The institute will sign MoUs with the identified industries. MoUs provides the platform for knowledge and resource sharing between industry and institute. Students make of the opportunities and visit the industries to enrich their technical skills. Any other relevant information regarding Research, Consultancy and Extension which the college would like to include NIL Page 149

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183 CRITERION IV 4.1 Physical facilities What is the policy of the Institution for creation and enhancement of infrastructure that facilitate effective teaching and learning? The policy and planning process of the Institution are as follows: The college has established policies and procedures to create the infrastructure through annual planning in line with the norms of AICTE, Anna University Chennai and Governing Council inputs. Whenever variation in intake and new courses are introduced the laboratory equipment, built-up area, learning resources are planned accordingly for creation and enhancement of infrastructure facilities. The infrastructure requirement is planned by various departments and annual budget is prepared, and brought to the notice of Chairman/ Governing council to intake action plans. The following guidelines are followed to finalize the purchase procedure: Lab in-charges to prepare budget requirement to the HODs for the academic year by March / April and the HODs submit the budget to the Principal for approval. The Principal scrutinizes it and gets approval from the Chairman. The labs in charges invite for quotations for the equipments and prepare the comparative statement. Department requisition form should have: Vendor name, Laboratory Item(s), quantity required Price if quoted from vendor attached to purchase order Date when materials are required After scrutinizing the comparative statements, all the purchase order requisitions will forward to the Chairman with Principal approval. The purchase order shall be placed by the Management. After receiving the equipment it will be inspected by the department as per specifications mentioned in the purchase order. Quotes invited from competitive hidders by the Departments. Page 153

184 CRITERION IV Comparative statements are prepared and justified by the HOD. Proposal is put for approval- by the Principal and forwarded consult by Chairman Purchase order are prepared and approved by Principal and vetoed by Chairman Requirements / materials procured and inspected for deviation / deficiency in supplied. Record entry is done in stock register. Payment recommendation is done by HOD for the approval by the Principal. Payment initiated by finance in changes and approved by the chairman. Infrastructure Enhancement for Effective Teaching and Learning The general infrastructure policy of P.A. College of Engineering and Technology is formulated to achieve the mission of Teaching and Learning in an effective way. The college upgrades and maintains the infrastructure keeping in view the requirements of the present courses and new courses according to the needs of students and faculty. The infrastructural policy also aims at implementing or improving the educational infrastructure in order to cater to the changing needs. The policy of the laboratories is framed according to the Vision and Mission of the college. The institution takes appropriate steps in time to enhance laboratory facilities and purchase of new equipment as needed. New equipment is added to the laboratories regularly. The upgradation and addition of the lab equipments done to cater to the R&D needs. Two departments of our college have been recognized as research centres and guidelines are provided to undertake any research in this centre. The college has a fully air-conditioned seminar halls & conference hall with audio-visual equipment. The college has provision of adequate amenities like food court, transport, playgrounds and stationery store etc. The college has smart class rooms with positive learning environment and well equipped laboratories. The college has disabled friendly access facility. The college in line with its vision creates and maintains the ICT infrastructure which is excellent for the academic excellence and administration. Page 154

185 CRITERION IV The ICT tools like computers, projectors are available. To purchase books in central library and departmental library to cater to extensive learning. Extensive computing facilities with 900 terminals and Wi- Fi connectivity with 40 Mbps leased line available for round the clock access. College has hostel facilities for both boys and girls. Administrative and library services are automated with necessary software. The website of the college is updated periodically. Digital library is established to access e-journals and books. The Office policy is to make service to the students and staff on time. Office also intends to keep the records up to date. Office keeps records of scholarships and other financial benefits extended to the students by the management. The campus has residential building for Principal Detail the facilities available for a) Curricular and co-curricular activities classrooms, technology enabled learning spaces, seminar halls, tutorial spaces, laboratories, botanical garden, Animal house, specialized facilities and equipment for teaching, learning and research etc. b) Extra curricular activities sports, outdoor and indoor games, gymnasium, auditorium, NSS, NCC, cultural activities, Public speaking, communication skills development, yoga, health and hygiene etc. CURRICULAR AND CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES The institution has well equipped laboratories, ventilated and well furnished class rooms to cater to the needs of its academic excellences are tabulated. S. No. Facility Quantity (No s) Area (Sq. Mts.) 1. Class Rooms 36 2, Tutorial Room Workshop 5 1,075 Page 155

186 CRITERION IV 4. Laboratory 50 6, Drawing Hall Library and Reading Rooms Placement Cell Auditorium Seminar hall Boys Common Room Girls Common Room Conference Hall Examinations Control office Store Room/ Records IQAC Food Court Stationery Store & Reprography 1 75 SEMINAR HALLS The College has five seminar halls to conduct symposia, workshops and conferences for students and faculty. Seminar halls has seating capacity of 200 it is equipped with LCD projector, white board and public addressing system. Specialized facilities and equipment for teaching, learning and research: The college has exclusive English language lab equipped with audio and video facility. Apart from the central library, each department is having separate departmental Library with reference and text books. E-learning facility is provided that includes computer based learning and virtual labs learning. All standard prescribed text books, reference books are available in the central library. Page 156

187 CRITERION IV Separate Common Room for Boys and Girls are available in the campus. b) Extra curricular activities sports, outdoor and indoor games, gymnasium, auditorium, NSS, NCC, cultural activities, Public speaking, communication skills development, yoga, health and hygiene etc. SPORTS (OUTDOOR AND INDOOR GAMES), GYMNASIUM The perspective plan of the college is to pay special attention to sports infrastructure The Physical Education Department maintains the grounds for both indoor and outdoor games. It has a well maintained ground for various outdoor games like Kabaddi, Volleyball, Ball Badminton, Football, Basketball, Throwball, Shuttle Badminton and Cricket. A separate indoor games facility for promoting table-tennis, Carom and Chess. Qualified Physical Director is appointed to look after the games and sports activities in the campus. College teams take part in Anna University Zonal level competitions and other intercollegiate competitions. Sports event competitions are conducted in inter departmental level in an academic year and the winners and participants are awarded in Annual Sports Day celebration to encourage them. The college extends financial support to meet incidental expenses of sports meet. AUDITORIUM The college has an open auditorium with a seating capacity of 1500 to conduct various events throughout the academic sessions. CULTURAL ACTIVITIES The Institution has formed the Music club and Tamil Mandram in order to provide a platform for the students to bring out their latent linguistic and artistic talents. Frequent programs are conducted to encourage the students participation. Students are encouraged to participate in the cultural events, local festivals and folk events on January and PAnchamithra a college specific event in March 14 th of every year. Page 157

188 CRITERION IV Interdepartmental technical competitions are conducted to enhance the talents of students. COMMUNICATION SKILLS DEVELOPMENT To develop the students communication skills and public speaking ability, academic schedule is planned in class time table. The first year students are encouraged to exhibit their talents on the stage. An English drama program is organized frequently by English department. The students are taken care by our Science and Humanities department and Training & Placement cell by conducting weekly sessions to improve their communication skills. NSS, YOGA, HEALTH AND HYGIENE Yoga workshop is organized for students and faculty by Trained Yoga Instructors, for physical and psychological well being. To develop students social responsibilities they are encouraged to take part in NSS, RRC, YRC, other awareness programs, blood donation camps and special camp organized in order to extend services to the society. The management ensures cleanliness in the campus on dayto- day basis. For this dustbin are placed at every class room. Students are educated and involved in maintaining cleanliness in the college. The college engages separate housekeeping staff for maintaining clean and hygienic surroundings How does the institution plan and ensure that the available infrastructure is in line with its academic growth and is optimally utilized? Give specific examples of the facilities developed/augmented and the amount spent during the last four years (Enclose the Master Plan of the Institution/campus and indicate the existing physical infrastructure and the future planned expansions if any). The Institution fulfills all the infrastructure criteria required as per the AICTE and Anna University. The institution in its annual governing council meeting discusses about the infrastructure requirements considering the growth of the institution in terms of new programs and increased intake of students. Investment is made to develop new infrastructure to cater to changing needs. Page 158

189 CRITERION IV In line with the increased intake in 2011, to meet the additional requirements new facilities are created. In 2012 additional block was constructed to meet the academic and infrastructure requirement for ME VLSI Design and Power Electronics and Drives. In 2014 the Civil Engineering branch was added. A separate block has been constructed. As per additional intakes and introduction of new programs the required infrastructure and laboratories are established. An indoor auditorium with 3000 seating capacity will be constructed. A separate wing is planned exclusively for Training and Placement cell. Fully air conditioned library is planned in ensuing years. Facilities / infrastructure developed/ augmented to keep space with its academic and the amount spent during the last four years. Amount in Lakhs Particulars Allocation Utilization Allocation Utilization Allocation Utilization Allocation Utilization Building Laboratories Furniture Computers & Equipments Transport / Vehicle Total Page 159

190 CRITERION IV MASTER PLAN The master plan of the college campus indicating the existing building and the projected expansion is enclosed. Page 160

191 CRITERION IV How does the institution ensure that the infrastructure facilities meet the requirements of students with physical disabilities? Though currently there are no students with physical disabilities, provisions are made to make the infrastructure facilities to made disabled friendly Ramp at vantage points Exclusive rest room facilities Relocation of the Class Room to the ground floor Reserved ground floor accommodation in the hostels Lift Special attention and counseling Give details on the residential facility and various provisions available within them: Hostel Facility Accommodation available Accommodation is available separately for boys and girls. Residential Facility Available for Boys and Girls S. No. Hostel No. of Rooms No. of inmates No. of Resident Tutors Staff/ Guest/ Office Room 1 Boys Girls Recreational facilities, gymnasium, yoga center, etc. The college has spacious gymnasium and yoga centers for the students. Other games available are Basket ball, Throw ball, Shuttle, Badminton, Caroms, Chess, Table Tennis, Volley Ball, Cricket Computer facility including access to internet in hostel High Speed 40 Mbps Internet facility is available for both hostels (boys and girls) and Wi-Fi facility is available round the clock. Facilities for medical emergencies Dispensary is available & it is attached to the hostel. PACET has MoU with Arun Hospital for medical treatment. Students are covered under insurance scheme. Library facility in the hostels Library facility is available in the hostel with news papers & magazines. Page 161

192 CRITERION IV e-library is connected with Smartphone through Wi-Fi in the hostel for reading magazines and Journals. Recreational facility-common room with audio-visual equipments Television, Audio Systems is provided in both hostels. Constant supply of safe drinking water Purified drinking water is made available entire campus. Security Round the clock security is available for hostels and college. Separate wardens are appointed for both the boys and girls hostel. Separate security is deployed at the entrance of the hostels and strict timings are followed by security for visitors and inmates. Physical director and warden maintain the students discipline in the hostel What are the provisions made available to students and staff in terms of healthcare on the campus and off the campus? On Campus Dispensary is available in campus for first aid and emerging needs. For emergency cases ambulance is available to reach the nearest hospital Students are covered under insurance scheme Health awareness camps, Blood donation camps and periodic eye camps are organized regularly First Aid kit in all departments and strategic locations Hygienic, Purified drinking water Well sanitized Toilet facilities Well equipped gymnasium Walking and equestrian tracks to maintain fitness Off Campus PACET has MoU with reputed Multi-Specialty Arun Hospital nearby for treatment of college faculty and students. Page 162

193 CRITERION IV Give details of the Common Facilities available on the campus spaces for special units like IQAC, Grievance Redressal unit, Women s Cell, Counseling and Career Guidance, Placement Unit, Health Centre, Canteen, recreational spaces for staff and students, safe drinking water facility, auditorium, etc. Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) IQAC has been constituted by the institution to monitor and suggest improving the quality of the students. Meetings are held in the respective department for the quality improvement. Minutes of the meeting and the action taken report has been taken to the view of the IQAC for further discussions to improve the quality. Grievance Redressal Unit Grievance redressal unit is headed by one of the senior professor along with faculty members. The faculty and students are given privilege to contact the unit at any time to convey their grievance. The Head of the unit, HOD and the Principal addresses the grievance regularly and takes action on the grievances towards the improvement of the atmosphere and health of the institution. Counseling and Career Guidance: Every faculty in the department is associated with 10 to 20 students to counsel their academics and psychological needs. The faculty members will discuss with the parents of the wards with respect to attendance, academic performance discipline, and reports to the HOD and the Principal for taking necessary counseling extend moral support. Higher Education cell provides the special training on Japanese, German Language international opportunities. Training and Placement Cell The college has training and placement cell which actively interacts with Industry. The college has a very good campus placement record. Objectives To train the students towards employability Skills To offer placement for the eligible students To provide dream offers for meritorious students Page 163

194 CRITERION IV Activities Student personality development classes are conducted for first year and Second year students on regular basis. In order to improve the soft skills, special trainings are given regularly. Aptitude training is given to the students. Mock interviews and group discussions are conducted regularly. Industrial visits are arranged for students to get the industrial exposure. Health Centre The institution is situated in an area where the medical facilities are available for 24 hrs. A multi-specialty hospital is near by the campus to assist any medical emergency round the clock. Separate dispensary with full time doctor with one ambulance is also available for medical care. Food Court The institution has facilitated with a food court with hygienic food and snacks. Recreational spaces for staff and students Indoor games are available for both faculty and students. Gymnasium is available for the students. Safe drinking water facility Purified water is supplied to all academic blocks, Food court and hostels throughout the year. Auditorium Open auditorium with a capacity of 1500 seating capacity is provided in the campus in which all the college activities and functions are held. Seminar Hall Five Seminar Halls with 200 seating capacity is available in the campus for conducting Conference, Seminars and Workshops. Page 164

195 CRITERION IV 4.2 Library as a Learning Resource Does the library have an Advisory Committee? Specify the composition of such a committee. What significant initiatives have been implemented by the committee to render the library, student/ user friendly? Yes, the advisory committee consists of Chairman, Executive members and Librarian as Coordinators. Member of the Committee Category Name of the faculty Designation Chairman Dr. T. Manigandan Principal Advisor Prof. M. Devarajan Professor - ECE Executive Members Dr. V. Ramalingam Dr. D. Chitra Dr. S. Thiruvenkadam Dr. D. Ganeshkumar Dr. S. Vijayabaskar Dr. M. Sathiskumar Dr. P.T. Saravanakumar Mr. M. Yuvaraja Mrs. K. Saritha Dean - MECH HOD - CSE HOD - EEE Professor - ECE Professor - EEE Professor - EEE HOD - MECH HOD -ECE HOD - S&H Coordinator Ms. A. Ambika Librarian The library advisory committee meets twice in a year and makes decision for the enrichment of the library, additional books, magazines, journals and subscription to periodic journals. The committee mainly focuses on the infrastructure of the library to broaden the service in an enhanced way to the users by giving digitalized e-journals, e-magazines and e-books. Based on the approbation of the committee, the subsequent initiatives have been taken up and executed. Purchasing of updated Library Software For issuing books, Identity Cards with Barcode has been initialized and utilized for both the students and Staff. For e-materials Wi-Fi facility is provided. Page 165

196 CRITERION IV More number of Titles and volumes has been added every year as per AICTE/Anna University norms. Enrolment of membership in DELNET Latest Journals are subscribed at regular intervals Digital Library is established Reprographic Facilities provided inside the campus Ensuring obedience and observance according to the rules and regulations of advisory committee Provided details of the following: Total area of the library (in Sq. Mts) : 653 Sq. Mts Total seating capacity : 100 Working hours (on working days, on holidays, before examination days, during examination days, during vacation) 1 On working days 8:45 AM to 7:00 PM 2 On Holidays (Saturdays & Sundays) 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM 3 Before Examination Days 8:45 AM to 7:00 PM 4 During Examination Days 8:45 AM to 7:00 PM 5 During Vacation 8:45 AM to 7:00 PM Layouts of the library (individual reading carrels, lounge area for browsing and relaxed reading, IT zone for accessing e-resources) Library repositories, e-journals and e-books can be accessed on internet/intranet. Display boards indicating various sections are provided at vantage points. OPAC is used to know books availability status. All books are bar coded How does the library ensure purchase and use of current titles, print and e-journals and other reading materials? Specify the amount spent on procuring new books, journals and e-resources during the last four years. The librarian sends circular to all the departments for their semester requirements. Page 166

197 CRITERION IV All the staff members indent the requirement of the text books required for that semester through their HODs with approval by the principal. The Librarian will consolidate the requirements from all departments and list will be sent to the Head Office after the approval from the committee and Principal. For ordering the books the management will call for the quotation and after negotiation and places the order to the vendors. After placing the orders, vendors supply the books to the library and the librarian will recommend the payment as per the norms to the management to clear the bills. Apart from the requirements, the library has a collection of materials consisting of books, journals, CDs and e- resources. It regularly adds new Journals and Resources to the collection for the benefits & easy access to all the users. Back volumes of these journals will be bound and kept in the library. The Amount spent on new books and journals during the last four years: Books Journal Magazine Year Total No. of Volume Total No. of Title Cost (Rs) Total No. National Cost (Rs.) International Total No. Cost (Rs.) Total No. Cost (Rs.) , ,60, , ,04, , ,886 1,056 7,99, , , , ,528 1,087 4,24, , , , ,464 1,197 3,28, , , , Provide details on the ICT and other tools deployed to provide maximum access to the library collection? OPAC Available. Page 167

198 CRITERION IV Software interface between the user and collections of a library. End users can access information through web OPAC of AUTOLIB. Electronic Resource Management package for e-journals This is embedded in AUTOLIB Federated searching tools to search articles in multiple database Yes. Through DELNET membership we are accessing goods from institutions across the nation. Search can be done by using title of books, author of books, subject, keywords or publisher, edition and Journals through the software (AUTOLIB). Library Website Yes, Incorporated in college Website as a separate page. In-house/remote access to e-publications Currently the e-journals can be accessed from the systems available in the library and the management is planning to make it accessible from anywhere inside the campus through IP Authentication. Library automation The library is fully computerized using AUTOLIB Software and covering most of the functions of the library. Total number of computers for public access 10 Total numbers of printers for public access 01 Internet band width/ speed 40 Mbps leased line from M/s. BSNL Institutional Repository e-books, journals, materials are downloaded and kept ready for students and faculty. Content management system for e- learning NPTEL lessons available can be accessed through internet (Free off line Access) EDUSAT Programmes. Participation in Resource sharing networks/ consortia College has membership with DELNET Page 168

199 CRITERION IV Provide details on the following items 1 Average number of walk-in 120 Students/day 2 Average number of books issued/ returned 180 Books/day 3 Ratio of library books to students enrolled 4 Average no. of books added during last three years UG 4:1 PG 5: /Year. 5 Average number of login to OPAC 75 Logins/day 6 Average number of login e-resource Average number of e-resources downloaded/printed Number of information literacy trainings organized Details of weeding out of books and other materials Faculty and students are using at department library itself. 50 to 75 1 A documented procedure is available to identify outdated books and remove the same from the library Provide details (per month) with regard to Manuscripts In the manuscripts section more numbers of innovative projects report are available. Reference A reference section is available with more number of collections of reference books, magazine and journals in the library. Competitive books available such as GATE, GRE, TOEFL and Civil Service Examination for higher education. Reprography Yes, Reprography facility is available in the campus for the benefit of users. Page 169

200 CRITERION IV ILL (Inter Library Loan Service) Yes, Inter Library loan service is available. Information deployment and notification The department-wise collection can be searched remotely through OPAC. The library notices/circulars are displayed in the notice board. Download Facilities provided to download articles, e-books and learning materials. e-journals subscribed by the library, Student Project abstracts and Previous years University Question Bank can be downloaded by the user. Printing Yes, printing facility is available at the library. Reading list/ Bibliography compilation Yes, available through OPAC system. In house/remote access to e- resources Yes, by IP authentication through Wi-Fi inside the campus. User orientation and awareness The rules & regulations of the library activities are explained by library advisory committee. Assistance in searching Databases The staff members of the library will assist the users to get the desired information of the various sources. The awareness programme has been arranged to the users. INFLIBNET/IUC facilities. PACET is a Member of DELNET, New Delhi Enumerate on the support provided by the Library staff to the students and teachers of the college. The following details of the supports are provided by the library staff: Department wise books are arranged for easy traceability. Library staff accessible to help students and teachers in finding the books. Library staff provides the list of catalogues of various publishers to teaching staff so that new and relevant books can be purchased for library. Provide Service to digital library Page 170

201 CRITERION IV Downloads and printing of materials What are the special facilities offered by the library to the visually / physically challenged persons? Give details. Visually challenged students to study in engineering level are not possible. So, we consider physically challenged persons only. The PACET currently does not have any physically challenged students or faculty right now. Where necessary, ramp facility is provided at the entrance of the library Does the library get the feedback from its users? If yes, how is it analyzed and used for improving the library services? (What strategies are deployed by the Library to collect feedback from users? How is the feedback analyzed and used for further improvement of the library services?) Yes. The feedback will be collected from the users and the obtained feedback will be addressed by Librarian immediately and informed to the Principal and the following action will be taken. Extension of library hours during examination time. Increasing the volumes of books, journals and magazines as in the feedback. Facilitating the advancement of e- material usages and Wi-Fi connection IT INFRASTRUCTURE Give details on the computing facility available (hardware and software) at the institution. As per university norms, each department has separate computer centres with required software, hardware and internet connectivity at 40Mbps speed. 853 systems are available including 5 servers. 66 printers are available (Laser 18+DMP 48). Dedicated computing facility Oracle server. Page 171

202 CRITERION IV Rational rose enterprise suite server. FTP server. TELNET server. DHCP server. The active network components are: 10/100Mbps Switched 71 Wireless (mikrotik) Indoor and Outdoor 17 No s Firewall Sonic Wall 853 systems are in LAN connectivity Online teaching / learning resources: NPTEL server - 1 No with 8TB hard disk. System with internet facility is provided to faculty for effective teaching and quality research. Web portal, digital library with e-resources. No. of Computers with Configuration (Provide actual no. with exact configuration of each available system SERVER DETAILS S. No Configuration BLADE SERVER, HP PROLIANT BL460C G6 & BL260C G5, INTEL XEON ROCESSOR 4 GB RAM, 500 GB HARD DISK, (FOUR BLADES) AutoLib Server, ACER VERITON SERIES 2 GB RAM, 320 GB HDD MOODLE Server, ACER VERITON SERIES 2 GB RAM, 320 GB HDD Oracle Server, ACER VERITON SERIES 2 GB RAM, 320 GB HDD File server, HP INTEL XEON CORE 2 DUO PROCESSOR, 250 GB HDD, 1GB DDR-2 RAM No. of Systems Page 172

203 CRITERION IV SYSTEM DETAILS S. No. Configuration No. of Systems ACER VERITON SERIES, 2 GB RAM, 320 GB HDD HP MICRO TOWER, I3 PROCESSOR, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB HDD HCL INTEL DUAL CORE, 640 PROCESSER 2 GB RAM, 500 GB HDD ACER POWERSERIES, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB HDD ACER POWERSERIES, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB HDD ACER POWERSERIES 2 GB RAM, 320 GB HDD ZENITH SYSTEM 1 GB RAM, 160 GB HDD Total 853 Computer Student Ratio 1 : 3 (FOR UG) 1 : 1 (FOR PG) Stand alone facility Available-30 No s LAN Facility All the computers in the campus are networked using CAT- 6 Cables. OFC cables are laid to all buildings. Wi-Fi Facility Entire campus is Wi-Fi enabled with the speed of 40 Mbps. Page 173

204 CRITERION IV Licensed Software s S. No. Name of The Licensed Softwares License 1 MiPower supporting software Version 6.0 Licensed/15 users 2 LabVIEW Licensed/10 users 3 SPICE Simulation Software Licensed 4 MATLAB Licensed 5 XILINX Foundation ISE series Software Licensed 6 AutoCAD-2015 Licensed/125 users 7 ANSYS Academic Teaching Introductory version14 Licensed 8 MASTERCAM Version X6 software Licensed 9 Solid Edge v20 Permanent License Licensed/30 users 10 CATIA v6 R2012 Licensed/10 users 11 HICLASS Software Licensed/35 users 12 AUTOLIB v 5.1 Licensed 13 Tally 9.0ERP Licensed/ N users 14 SPSS Base 17.0 Licensed 15 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 Licensed 16 Oracle 11g Licensed/N users 17 Rational Rose Enterprise Suite Licensed/30 users 18 CS6 Adobe Design Std Version 6.0 Licensed 19 Corel Draw Licensed/ 10 users 20 WinSL 8.1 SNGL OLP NL ACDMC Legalization Licensed / 50 Users 21 Borland, Turbo C++ Licensed Microsoft Campus Agreement 22 Microsoft Windows 7 23 Microsoft Windows 8 24 Microsoft Windows MS SQL Server Standard MS Office Package 27 MS Visual Studio.Net Professional 2013 Number of nodes/computers with Internet Facility 853 computers connected with Internet facility. Page 174

205 CRITERION IV Detail on the computer and internet facility made available to the faculty and students on the campus and off campus? 853 systems with 40Mbps internet speed is made available at college and hostel premises. Wi-Fi facility is available in campus for round the clock Internet access. All Departments, Library, Office and HODs/Senior Professors are facilitated with dedicated systems and printers. One laptop has been provided to each department What are the institutional plans and strategies for deploying and upgrading the IT infrastructure and associated facilities? Dedicated Information Technology Enabled Service is available to deploy, maintain and enhance the IT infrastructure. The institution updates IT infrastructure periodically to facilitate effective management of IT services. Up gradation of the hardware, network and software infrastructure is done periodically to cater current needs. ITES under the control computer science and engineering department. All the departments submit their proposals to the Head of the Institution. The approved proposals are forwarded to the Head of the computer science and engineering department. Department of CSE and ITES will purchase and service the system based on the approved proposals Provide details on the provision made in the annual budget for procurement, up gradation, deployment and maintenance of the computers and their accessories in the institution (Year wise for last four years) IT infrastructure in the college is regularly updated, deployed and maintained. Every year, budget proposal is submitted by each department to principal. The Proposal includes purchase of equipment / devices/ computer systems / software / consumables and maintenance of those. This will be discussed in the HODs meetings and the management will sanctioned the budget to every department in the beginning of every financial year. Page 175

206 CRITERION IV The actual amount spent in the last four years is given below: ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE COMPUTERS AND THEIR ACCESSORIES S. No. 1. BUDGET (Amount in Lakhs) Particulars Total Software and Hardware 2. Maintenance Total How does the institution facilitate extensive use of ICT resources including development and use of computer-aided teaching/ learning materials by its staff and students? All departments are equipped with LCD projectors for teaching / learning process. A language laboratory with ICT resources is available to improve the communication skills of the students. Online Quiz/tests are conducted through MOODLE server. NPTEL learning materials and videos are used for self - learning. e-journal access is provided through digital library Webinars are effectively used by faculty members and students. Auditorium and seminar halls are provided with multimedia projectors and public address systems Elaborate giving suitable examples on how the learning activities and technologies deployed (access to on-line teaching - learning resources, independent learning, ICT enabled classrooms/learning spaces etc.) by the institution place the student at the centre of teaching-learning process and render the role of a facilitator for the teacher. LCD projectors are used in class rooms. NPTEL learning materials and OREs are used for self paced. Summer trainings are organized to provide hands on experience. Page 176

207 CRITERION IV The faculty, students are encouraged to participate in the seminars, workshops organized by various institutions. Guest lectures on current technologies are provided frequently by senior faculty. The institution organizes industry connect programme for the faculty members and students to be aware industry expectations and current developments. Webinars are organized for students and faculty members through Campus Connect Partnership with Infosys Limited. All class rooms are equipped with ICT facility. The students are provided with various placement training programs such as Technical classes and soft skill development programme Does the Institute avail the National Knowledge Network connectivity directly or through the affiliating university? If so, what are the services availed of? Yes. The Institute availing the national knowledge network connectivity through library in which our college subscribes for IEEE e-journal archives can be accessed through IEEE website for ten transactions. Institutions are an approved NPTEL local chapter of IIT madras. NPTEL course materials for 222 subjects of different science and engineering disciplines are available through LAN connectivity. DELNET membership through library to access resources from top libraries of learning institutes access the nation. 4.4 Maintenance of Campus Facilities How does the institution ensure optimal allocation and utilization of the available financial resources for maintenance and upkeep of the following facilities (Substantiate our statements by providing details of budget allocated during last four years)? For up keeping and maintenance of the campus amenities, Institution gets funds allotment through financial budget. The statement of overall budget allocated for the last 4 years for maintenance and upkeep of the campus facilities and the utilization is as given below: Page 177

208 CRITERION IV Amount in Lakhs Particulars Allocation Utilization Allocation Utilization Allocation Utilization Allocation Utilization Building Laboratories Furniture Computers & Equipments Transport / Vehicle Total What are the institutional mechanisms for maintenance and upkeep of the infrastructure, facilities and equipment of the college? The college maintenance cell carried out a set of people to observe any minor maintenance issues. Some of the maintenance work carried out in-house is as follows. To provide a good infrastructure, a proper maintenance is taken for the buildings, furniture and fittings. Power supply, Generators and Electrical Repairs are handled by the electricians to facilitate the campus with reliable electric power. To ensure a proper water supply to the college, hostels, food court and plumbing repairs are resolved by the maintenance cell round the clock. Lab equipments are being maintained with proper maintenance schedules. For cleanliness of the campus, separate house keeping team is engaged. Proper care for emergency like medical and fire are provided. Gardens are retaining regularly to give an exotic look to the college by maintaining the lawns and floras. Page 178

209 CRITERION IV How and with what frequency does the institute take up calibration and other precision measures for the equipment / instruments? Workings of the instruments and the availability of machines in the laboratories are properly examined by the Lab in-charges and Technical staffs. The standardized service process will be taken up by each department for various equipments recommended by the supplier What are the major steps taken for location, upkeep and maintenance of sensitive equipment (voltage fluctuations, constant supply of water etc.)? Operational guidance and working of every machine or equipment is displayed in the laboratory notice boards to safe operation. With the help of generators, UPS and inverters a stable power supply is given all over the campus without disturbing the regular system. To control voltage fluctuations and stabilizers are installed. The senior electrician and the supporting staffs are in charge for the maintenance and upkeep of Electrical equipments. To let alone from any electrical accidents, electric and electronic devices are maintained for the safer environment. Water doctors are fixed up to endow with purified drinking water. Recirculation of water is generated and it is utilized for the precincts. Any other relevant information regarding Infrastructure and Learning Resources which the college would like to include. NIL Page 179

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213 CRITERION V 5.1 Student Mentoring and Support Does the institution publish its updated prospectus and handbook annually? If yes, what is the information provided to students through these documents and how does the institution ensure its commitment and accountability? Yes. The college publishes handbook and prospectus every year and the same is distributed to all the students. Handbook The details printed in the handbook are: Vision, Mission, Goals, Objectives and Quality Policy. Governing council, Trust particulars. General Rules and Regulations Details pertaining to the individual Departments Professional Society Activities and Student Clubs. Training and Placement Cell Value added courses Library resources and Computing facilities Various committees looking after welfare needs of students Students Insurance information Sports and Gymnasium facilities Campus and transport facilities Details of Hostel facilities Proposed Academic Schedule College Map and Contact information Prospectus The details provided in the Prospectus are: Vision and Mission Message from Chairman, Vice Chairperson and Principal Programmes offered Students Achievements (Curricular, Co-curricular and extracurricular) Perspective employees Page 183

214 CRITERION V Patronizing Recruiters Students Placement Details of previous academic year Co Curricular and Extracurricular activities of the previous academic year Scholarships Industry and Corporate Collaborations Value Added courses offered Institution follows the abovementioned documents as the guideline for the conduct of programmes and events Specify the type, number and amount of institutional scholarships/freeships given to students during the last four years and whether the financial aid was available and disbursed on time? Arul Jothi Charitable Trust which runs the P. A. College of Engineering and Technology regularly provides scholarships to meritorious students every year. The details of the scholarships provided to the students by the Trust for the last four years are given in the table below. Needy students are provided free education Academic Year Total No. of Students Received I Year II Year III Year IV Year Total No. of Students Total Amount in Rs ,92,00, ,20,80, ,88,64, ,68,30, ,13,700 Total 982 4,11,63,900 Scholarships endowed by Aruljothi Charitable Trust are disbursed in the commencement of every academic year. Page 184

215 CRITERION V What percentage of students receive financial assistance from state government, central government and other national agencies? The Government of Tamil Nadu provides following scholarships to the students. SC/ST Scholarships: for the students belonging to SC/ST community BC Scholarships: for the students belonging to BC community First Graduate Scholarships: for the students who are the first graduates in the family Other agencies such as Vijayalakshmi trust Scholarships for meritorious students. Percentage of students receives Financial Assistance from State Government and other National Agencies: Year Total Number of students No. of Students Received Financial Assistance State Government BC / MBC & DNC SC / ST Other Agencies Vijaya lakshmi Trust Total Amount Received (Rs) % of Students Received Financial Assistance ,33,03, ,09,05, ,55,57, ,62, ,02, Total ,51,31, Page 185

216 CRITERION V Percentage of students receives Financial Assistance from First graduate scholarship Academic Year Total No. of Students Total No. of Students Received I Year II Year III Year IV Year Total No. of Students benefited Amount Received (Rs.) % of Students benefited ,52,00, ,57,60, ,63,00, ,28,40, ,00, Total ,76,00, All the above mentioned Financial Assistance is disbursed in time What are the specific support services/facilities available for? 1. Students from SC/ST, OBC and economically weaker sections: Students belongs to the above sections are given with scholarships by the management in deserving cases. The college also facilitates these students to receive the respective scholarships from Government of Tamil Nadu. Students hail from economically weaker sections is provided with special concession in Tuition fees, Hostel fees, Transport fees by the Management. The following list of scholarships presently availed by our students. BC/ MBC Higher Educational Special scholarship. SC/ ST Free Education Scholarship. SC/ ST Higher Educational Special Scholarship. First Graduates Scholarship. State Government Farmer Security scheme. Scholarships from forums like Weavers association and Tailors association. Financial Assistance from Vijayalakshmi Trust. Page 186

217 CRITERION V 2. Physically challenged/differently abled students: The following facilities are provided for taking care of physically challenged students: Lift Facility Ramp facilities Classrooms and conduct of examinations at the ground floor Easy access No students with physical disabilities have enrolled in the institution till now 3. Overseas students: Admission for overseas students is not applicable 4. Students to participate in various competitions/national and international Students are motivated to participate in various events Technical Paper Presentations/Symposiums/Conferences with necessary permission. Students are motivated to read technical magazines and use library facilities to write technical papers on recent trends. Seminars/Workshops Students are motivated to attend various seminars and workshops inside and outside the campus to learn and practice recent technologies and modern tools. Students are provided with necessary software tools, hardware facilities and testing Instruments and free access to laboratories to develop their ideas into the projects. Required guidance from teaching faculty is offered during contact hours on all working days Cultural activities(debate/talk show, Music Club, Dance, Photography, Painting, Rangoli and Logo Competition) Students are motivated and exhibit for their fine arts talents through different forums like Music Club, Photography Club, Tamil Mandram and Annual Day Contests. Eminent orators are invited to moderate the debate and talk show by the students Popular Women Speakers are invited to encourage especially for girl students through women Development cell Page 187

218 CRITERION V Musical Instruments like Keyboard, Musical pad, Drums, Violin, Guitar, Miruthangam, Tabla are provided with necessary audio arrangements to practice and exhibit musical skills of the students Opportunities are provided inside and outside the campus to motivate the dancers among students Events like photography, painting, rangoli and design competition are regularly conducted for showcasing their talents Internship programme, In-plant Training and Industrial visit Industries are identified by faculties for doing their Internship programme and In-plant training. Transport facilities will be provided for Industrial Visit MoUs are signed with various industries for the benefit of students. Students are allowed to attend various skill oriented training programme by external agencies. Faculty members are engaged in consultancy projects for involving students to expose industry environment. Necessary supports, Workshops and foundry facilities are provided for special projects of the students. Students are given on-duty leave for during internship. Makeup classes and retests are planned to fulfill the class conduction during Saturdays and evenings for the students who availed on-duty. Mr. S. Aravindh from Mechanical Engineering has won a special prize and Cash Award Rs.50,000 from National Geographic Channel for Photography contest. 5. Medical assistance to students Health centre, health insurance etc.: Treated water is available for all through RO Plant First Aid box is available in every department For immediate care and Medical attention, a doctor and a nurse are available inside the campus. Within a radius of kilometer, many multispecialty hospitals are available An ambulance is available in the college 24 7 for catering to any emergency During any major functions special medical camps and fire services are provided Adequate Fire extinguishers are located at various places inside the campus Page 188

219 CRITERION V Health insurance facility is available for all the students. Insurance coverage is extended for the parents of the students also. Our campus is well-known for clean, green and eco friendly environment amidst coconut farms and greenery. 6. Skill development (spoken English, computer literacy, etc,): Language Laboratory with necessary English mastery software (HIGHCLASS) is available to all the students for enhancing their conversational skills. Orientation programme is organized for first year students before commencement of their course. In this programme, motivational speech by eminent speakers, yoga and meditation, speech by psychologist, campus visit, and speech by Chairman, Principal and HODs are arranged for orienting them towards in career opportunities. Motivated for English Drama, Debate and Role plays. Visual Aids and ICT based tools are provided for the group activity. Special SPD hours are conducted for enhancing interpersonal skills of the students Veta English speaking Module for conversational English is circulated and practiced since the students are from rural areas. Japanese Language Learning Course is organized for better overseas placement opportunities through Higher Education cell. Infosys Campus Connect programs are conducted and certified for advanced technical and communication skill development. Leadership Training and Soft Skills Programme are organized through NSS Activity every year. Page 189

220 CRITERION V Details of Training programme provided to the students for getting Placement S. No. Training Provided to the Students Name of the Expert/ Faculty 1. Aptitude Training Mr. M. Thanikachalam, Aptitude Trainer 2. C Programming Mr. Guru Rajan, Mr. Balajee Seshadri C Language Trainers 3. Infosys Campus Connect Programme CSE Department Faculty 4. Professional Skills MBA Faculty 5. Communication Skill English Department. Faculty The Skill Development courses on computer Literacy like C Programming, C++, JAVA, Multimedia, Android, CISCO Networking and.net are offered to all the students. The slow learners are identified through the Result analysis of the University and periodic internal assessment tests. Additional course material and Question Bank are provided for better understandability. Remedial classes are conducted for slow learners so as to help them academically succeed Special counseling and care is extended to feel ease and overcome psychological barriers. Hostel Study Hours and mentoring is regularly monitored for inmates who require special attention. Yoga and Meditation sessions are organized for improving their learning ability. Separate Test schedule is framed for slow learners. 8. Exposure of students to other institutions of higher learning/ corporate /business houses, etc.: Information at prominent places of notice to get the various Techno-managerial events of reputed institutions across the state / Country. Faculties are guiding to take note of opportunity to visit those institutions and interact. Infosys Campus Connect and ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu are the two significant corporate tie-ups serving aspirants in developing technical and leadership skills. Page 190

221 CRITERION V Entrepreneurial aspirants and are encouraged to visit nearby industries and Trade Fairs in and around. Awareness programme by business forums and coaching institute are conducted to provide the details about the higher studies and competitive exams in India and abroad. 9. Publication of student magazines: All departments release Newsletters / Magazines to explore the technical articles and creative talents of students twice in a year. Special souvenirs are released during national level technical symposium organized by the departments. Editorial board is governed by the student member and a faculty advisor. Name of the News letter of the Departments which are released twice in an year are given below: S. No. Name of the Department Name of the News Letter 1 CSE LAURELS CRONICA 2 ECE ECESIS 3 EEE EZINE 4 MECH MECHASPIRE 5 IT KIOSK 6 CIVIL BUILDMATE Describe the efforts made by the institution to facilitate entrepreneurial skills, among the students and the impact of the efforts. Entrepreneurs are invited for various occasions to inspire the students to kindle the interest in starting business. Bank Managers are invited to address on various financial support schemes for Micro, Medium and Small scale industries. Entrepreneurship Development cell organizes regular thought provoking programme by emerging entrepreneurs. An Art Exhibition is conducted with the focal theme Water Soul of the Earth in association with Eeranilam Trust, Cuddalore. Page 191

222 CRITERION V Cultural programme was hosted to celebrate the Library day in association with National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chennai. International participants from developing countries witnessed the event. Every year musical and dance programme is arranged by the senior students to welcome the newly joined first year students Students possessing talents in linguistics skills, music, dance and other creative activities are encouraged to participate in various events organized by the reputed institutions. The information posters are displayed at the prominent places of notice and a copy is circulated to the departments Enumerate the policies and strategies of the institution which promote participation of student in extracurricular and cocurricular activities such as sports, Quiz competitions, debate discussion and cultural activities etc. Additional academic support, flexibility in examinations. Special dietary requirements, sports uniform and materials Policies and Strategies for Extra-curricular activities: Sports: Student representatives for sports activities are nominated from each department. Annual plan for sports activities is prepared. Regular practices as guided by Physical Director and Directress are arranged. Sports materials are provided through annual budget. Uniforms are provided for athletes and sports persons. Allowances for travelling and special dietary requirements are allotted. On duty is provided and compensatory classes are arranged. Quiz Competition: Annual plan for Quiz Competition is proposed in the association activities and students chapters. Technical Quiz competitions are organized through the associations and students chapters Quiz competition conducted from various institutions are regularly informed to all the students. On duty is given and compensatory classes are arranged. Page 192

223 CRITERION V Provision is made in budget allocation for conducting the event and prize money for winners. Debate: Eminent Orators are invited to moderate the debate and talk show by the students. Training for debate is provided to the students through clubs (Tamil mandram & language labs) Popular speakers are invited as a jury. Participants are rewarded. On duty is given and compensatory classes are arranged. Debate is recorded and telecasted in local TV channels. Students exhibited their oratorical skills in a programme telecasted by Podhigai TV and earned laurels Cultural Activities: A music club is functioning with musical instruments for orchestra for exhibiting the musical talents of the students. Regular practice sessions are arranged during evening at specified days. An event PAnchamithra - a state level inter collegiate cultural meet is organized ever year for the cultural interaction among students across the state. Popular celebrities are invited as a chief guest. Winners and participants are rewarded with cash prize and certificates. Pongal festival is celebrated in our college relive and inculcate traditional values Students participated in the cultural carnival organized by Tamil Nadu Tourism Development. Students exhibited their cultural talents in the cultural meet organized by Suriyan FM a local radio channel. Tamil Mandram a native language club was inaugurated by the famous Cine Lyrist Padmashri Kaviperarasu Vairamuthu Former President of India Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Oath taking function for students and teachers was commemorated by Dr. V. Ponraj, Scientific Advisor to former President of India Page 193

224 CRITERION V Policies and Strategies for Co-curricular activities Seminar/ Symposium / Workshops / Conferences are organized through association. Encouraging students to improve their presentation skills by making them to take seminar by allocating seminar hour. On duty is given and compensatory classes are arranged. Details regarding Seminar / Symposium/ Workshops / Conferences conducted by other colleges are circulated and displayed. Mini project contest and open house exhibition are conducted to encourage innovative thinking by students. Best projects are evaluated in each stream and awarded. Additional academic support, flexibility in examinations: On duty is provided to the students for attending the co-curricular and extracurricular activities. Retests and compensation classes are conducted to help them maintaining their academic continuity. Special dietary requirements, sports uniform and materials: Sports uniform are provided at free of cost to the students to participate in various sports, games and competitions. Sports materials are provided through annual budget. Financial support is provided for their travelling, accommodation and dietary requirements. Sports persons visiting zonal, university matches conducted by other institutions are provided with transport facility Enumerating on the support and guidance provide to the students in preparing for the competitive exams, give details on the students appeared and qualified in various competitive exams such as UGC-CSIR NET, UGC-NET, SLET, ATE/ CAT/ GRE/ TOEFL/ GMAT/ Central/ State Services, Defense, Civil Services, etc. Support and guidance provide to the students in preparing for the competitive exams Students are encouraged to appear for GATE, to enhance not only their employment prospects but also make them eligible for admission into reputed institutions for higher studies. Aptitude Training is given to pre final year and final year students to appear competitive exams by an aptitude specialist. Page 194

225 CRITERION V Students appearing GATE exam and other Competitive exams are exempted from classroom and attendance marked. Students are motivated to appear Central, State government and Defense services like UPSC, TNPSC, IBPS, and AFCAT. Number of Students Appeared and Qualified in Total Academic Year TANCET Appeared Qualified Appeared GATE Other Competitive Examination Qualified Appeared Qualified Appeared Qualified Total What type of counseling services are made available to the students (academic, personal, career, psycho-social etc.) Academic counseling Faculty advisors and counselors are identified and the students are counseled in the counseling hour. Regular class committee meetings are conducted to identify difficulties in class room activities. Weak students are identified and special Counseling is offered to improve their performance. Academic performances in periodic tests are sent to parents. A faculty advisor is appointed for each section who maintains the daily attendance and academic progress of all the students. Faculty advisor and HOD are reporting the progress to the Principal regularly. Page 195

226 CRITERION V For every 20 students a faculty advisor is associated in house caretaker. In case of any irregularity, either in attendance/academic performance or in general behavior, the particular student is counseled by faculty advisor and the HOD. Parents are also involved in the counseling process whenever required. Personal Counseling Faculty members are allotted contact hours to provide a chance to the students to meet them in person. Leadership training and soft skills programme is organized in association with Anna University, Chennai for enhancing their interpersonal skills, by interacting with other students across the state. A full time counselor is available in the campus to guide the student s non academic needs. Career Counseling Career counseling guidance is offered by the external and Internal experts through HR Conclave and Industry connect HR personnel are invited to interact with students. In each department, placement coordinators are nominated for career guidance and training needs, and career options. Placement Coordinators provide Industry database to the students for opting their career. Students are encouraged to meet industry personnel direct to explore opportunities. Women Development Cell The college has Women Development Cell which organizes programmes like women development, health awareness and psycho-social issues by inviting external experts to counsel the women folk. All girl students are counseled by female faculty members. Computer usage programme is conducted for rural Womens. International Women s day is celebrated every year and eminent female orator is invited for encouraging girl students. Psychologists are invited for counseling the students. Page 196

227 CRITERION V Yoga classes are conducted inside the campus The following social issues were addressed through National Service Scheme. Afforestation programme Voters Awareness Campaign Energy Conservation Clean India Campaign Blood Donation Camp Child Labour Eradication Computer Awareness Programme for rural women National Youth Day celebration Does the institution have a structured mechanism for career guidance and placement of its students? If yes, detail on the services provided to help students identify job opportunities and prepare themselves for interview and the percentage of students selected during campus interviews by different employers (list the employers and the programme). Yes. The following training programme are offered to the students for enlarging placement opportunities S. No. Training Provided to the Students 1. Aptitude Training 2. C Programming 3. Infosys Campus Connect Programme 4. Professional Skills 5. Communication Skill Value added Training programs such as Multimedia, Networking, LabVIEW, PLC, Embedded Programming, MATLAB, C and AUTOCAD are conducted. Industry connects, HR conclave are Organized to identify the job opportunities. Placement officer and placement co-coordinators regularly visit the companies to identify the job opportunities. Page 197

228 CRITERION V Percentage of students selected during campus interviews Academic Year Number of Eligible Students Number of Placement Offers Number of Students Placed Placement Percentage % % 87.0% 99.1% % Does the institution have a student grievance redressal cell? If yes, list (if any) the grievances reported and redressed during the last four years. Yes Grievance Redressal Cell is formed and it comprises Principal, Heads of department, Wardens and Physical Director. All grievances and suggestions found in the suggestion boxes are analyzed by the Grievance Redressal Cell and suitable measures are taken to students convenience. Listed below are the major issues that were resolved for the benefit of the students: Page 198

229 CRITERION V Grievances so far implemented: New bus routes are identified and facilitated. Food court space extended with hygienic facilities Additional sports facility created in Gymnasium is established. Internet speed is increased from 20 Mbps to 40 Mbps and Wi-Fi connectivity is provided. Decent dress code for laboratory is followed. Grievance Redressal Cell committee S. No. Designation / Department Name of the Member 1. Principal Dr. T. Manigandan 2. Dean-Mechanical Dr. V. Ramalingam 3. HOD-CSE Dr. D. Chitra 4. HOD-CIVIL Mr. A. Baskaran 5. HOD-ECE Mr. M. Yuvaraja 6. HOD-EEE Dr. S. Thiruvenkadam 7. Professor - ECE Dr. D. Ganeshkumar 8. HOD-Mechanical Dr. P. T. Saravanakumar 9. HOD S & H Mrs. K. Saritha 10. Hostel Managers for Ladies and Gents Hostel Ex-officio 11. Physical Director Mr. N.R. Arunkumar The Anti-ragging Committee is headed by the Principal and all Heads of Department. The contact numbers of the committee is available in the Hand Book and institution website. Display boards are set up at important locations. An Anti-ragging committee is set up to monitor discipline both at the institute and hostel. No Ragging instance has been reported. Page 199

230 CRITERION V What are the institutional provisions for resolving issues pertaining to sexual harassment? A Women Development Cell functions in the institute with senior women professors as mentors. No instance of harassment has been reported. Security cameras (CCTV) are fixed in vantage points of institute for round the clock surveillance Women Anti-sexual Harassment Cell S. No. Designation Name of the Member 1. Convener Dr. D. Chitra, HOD / CSE 2. Co-convener Mrs. D. Saravanapriya, AP/CSE 3. Mrs. K. Saritha, HOD / S&H 4. Mrs. V. Narmadha Devi, AP/S&H 5. Mrs. K. S. Neelukumari, AP/ECE 6. Members Mrs. M. Madhumalini, AP/ECE 7. Mrs. V. Parimala, AP/EEE 8. Ms. K. M. Brindhashree, AP/CSE 9. Ms. T. Kavitha, AP/CSE Is there an anti-ragging committee? How many instances (if any) have been reported during the last four years and what action has been taken on these? Yes. The institution has a well formulated anti-ragging system in place that collects a written and consent from all students in the presence of their parents/guardians at the time of admission, not to indulge in ragging in any manner. Anti-ragging committee: S. No Name of the Member Position Category Designation / Department 1. Dr. T. Manigandan Chairman Principal Principal 2. Mr. Somasundaram Member Police Inspector Inspector 3. Mrs. S. Jayachitra Member Revenue / Taluk/ Civil /officers Tehsildar Page 200

231 CRITERION V 4. Mr. A. Muthusamy Member Official of NGO 5. Mr. N. Subramanian Member 6. Mr. A. Dinesh Member 7. Ms. S. Poorani Member 8. Mr. P. Anburaj Member Representative of parents Representatives of students Representatives of students category Representatives Non- Teaching Managing Director Business Man Student Student Lab Technician Monitoring cell that contains students volunteers: Department Name of the students Year CSE ECE EEE IT MECH MBA G. Surya J. Asnijashreen S. Athithyan R. Madhivadhani M. Kalidhas A. Pavithra R. Abinaya P. Vijayakumar N. Arunkumar R. Bharathy M. Rajapandi R. Kaviya T. Sandeep S. Seema J. Sreesujith V. Pavithra P. Pangayarselvan K. Arunkumar N. S. Muthukumar R. Swathishkumar V. R. Raghunanthan S. Jeevanethira IV IV III III IV IV III II IV IV III III IV IV III III IV III-A III-B II-B II Page 201

232 CRITERION V Enumerate the welfare schemes made available to students by the institution. Provision for insurance and accident policy. Fee concessions and Merit scholarships awarded for deserving students. Free Hostel and transport facilities for meritorious students. Awards to Best Outgoing Student, Best Project, Best sports player, and Class topper. Transport facility is provided to all students as option. Canteen which supplies hygienic and nutritious food. Emergency vehicle or ambulance available in the college 24 7 for catering to any emergency. Late night transport facility on emergency needs Does the institution have a registered Alumni Association? If yes, what are its activities and major contributions for institutional, academic and infrastructure development? Yes. Presently institute has alumni chapters at Chennai, Coimbatore, Bengaluru and Hyderabad. Organizing periodic meeting for alumni through alumni cell. Maintaining database of the alumni of the institution. The alumni, assists the Institution by providing information to the Training and Placement Cell about job openings in companies and additional needs for students development The alumni deliver talks on current industry trends. 5.2 STUDENT PROGRESSION Providing the percentage of students progressing to higher education or employment (for the last four batches) highlights the trends observed. The table below indicates the students progressing to higher education during the last four years. Page 202

233 CRITERION V Percentage of students progressing to Higher Education Year No. of students No. of Students progressing Higher Education % of students progressing from UG to PG Percentage of students progressing to Employment The table below indicates the employment trend during the last four years. Because of the highest placement opportunities, the percentage of students progressing to employment is increasing every year whereas the students progressing to higher education is decreasing. Batch Number of Eligible Students Number of Placement Offers Number of Students Placed Placement Percentage Page 203

234 CRITERION V % 87.0% % % % No. of students placed No. of Eligible students Provide details of the programme wise pass percentage and completion rate for the last four years (cohort wise/batch wise as stipulated by the university)? Furnish programme-wise details in comparison with that of the previous performance of the same institution and that t of the Colleges of the affiliating university within the city/district. UG Programme: Programme BE CSE BTech IT BE EEE BE ECE BE MECH Appeared Graduated Graduation Completion Rate Pass Percentage NA Page 204

235 CRITERION V PG Programme: Programme Pass Percentage ME CSE NA ME PED NA NA ME VLSI Design NA NA Appeared NA Graduated NA Graduation Completion Rate NA How does the institution facilitate student progression to higher level of education and / or towards employment? Anna University Chennai recognized the following departments as Research Centre for pursuing PhD Programme. Department of Computer Science and Engineering Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Further, the Institution offers Three Post Graduate Programme in ME Computer Science and Engineering ME Power Electronics and Drives ME VLSI Design The Training and Placement Cell organizes HR conclave, Industry connect programmes through ICTACT, Professional skill and talks by entrepreneurs for career opportunities. The Higher education cell is functioning inside the campus to guide the students for pursuing overseas education. Higher Education cell organized seminar on Awareness for Overseas Education to help the students for identifying the educational institutes located in foreign countries. The higher education cell engages foreign language trainers to explore overseas placements The institution help the students to higher level of education and employment by providing Student Personality Development hours (SPD hour) handled by faculty members. Page 205

236 CRITERION V Enumerate the special support provided to students who are at risk of failure and drop out? Every student s progress is evaluated and the students who are at risk of failure are provided with academic counseling, supplementary materials, remedial classes for improvement The remedial class reports statistics are found to be encouraging. Principal and Heads of Department counsel the students who are at risk of failure and drop out to find out the solutions to enable them to continue their studies. Parents are also invited for discussing about the students who are at risk of failure and drop out. 5.3 STUDENT PARTICIPATION AND ACTIVITIES List the range of sports, games, cultural and other extracurricular activities available to students. Provide details of participation and program calendar. Sports & games Interested and talented students are encouraged to participate in additional activities of their interest such as track/field events, Cricket, Football, Volley ball, Throw ball, Badminton, Chess, music, dance etc. Required infrastructural facilities, training and other amenities are provided to such students and necessary help are extended to them to cope with the academic requirements. Our students participated and won Zonal/State/National level tournaments by those students. To keep the students physically fit separate Gymnasium facility is created. An Annual Sports Meet is conducted, preparations for which starts the preceding week with intra-departmental tournaments. Indoor Games such as Chess, Carom, and Table tennis are organized Conducting sports day every year. Cultural Activities through: Annual Cultural Fest PAnchamithra for every year Tamil Mandram Music Club Rangoli, Drawing and Painting Cultural programmes on Annual Day Page 206

237 CRITERION V Cultural programmes on women s Day Cultural programmes during Pongal festival Inter College Cultural fest Other Extracurricular activities: Youth Red Cross Red Ribbon Club NSS Women s Development Cell Communication Skill Development Cell Blood Donation camp Tree Plantation Programme Calendar are provided in the annual Hand book with coordinator of the particular activity for the timely conduction. The Institution has formed the General Clubs in order to provide a platform for students to bring out their hidden talents like Music Club and Tamil Mandram Furnish the details of major student achievements in cocurricular, extracurricular and cultural activities at different levels: University / State / Zonal / National /international, etc. for the previous four years. The detailed list of various Co-curricular, extracurricular and Cultural activities participated by our students are: Achievements in co-curricular Activities Academic Year Total Total no of Student Achievements University State Zonal National Total Page 207

238 CRITERION V Achievements in Extra-curricular Activities Academic Year No. of students achievements in Extra-curricular Activities at different Levels University State Zonal National Total no of Student Achievements Total Achievements in Cultural Activities Academic year No. of students achievements in Cultural Activities at different Levels University State Zonal National Total no of Student Achievements Total How does the college seek and use data and feedback from its graduates and employers, to improve the performance and quality of the institutional provisions? The institute has a clearly set and defined mechanism of obtaining the feedback from the students and stake holders. These feedbacks help in assessing the program outcomes, program education objectives and other continuously evolving needs. Page 208

239 CRITERION V The college collects feedback from its graduates and employers and uses it to develop its curriculum, induct training needs. The college organizes alumni meet periodically and collects the feedback from all alumni members Online feedback system is facilitated through our college website ( and the same is analyzed for improving the services provided by the college The Alumni co-coordinators keep good contact with industries and employers. They collect data and feedback from them to plan for improvements and the employability of our students. The following systems are used to improve the performance and quality of the institutions: Semester end feedback from the students Feedback from graduating students Alumni feedback Employers feedback Parents feedback How does the college involve & encourage students to publish materials like catalogues/wall magazines/college magazine & other material? List the publications / materials brought out by the students during the previous four academic sessions. Yes, the extracurricular activities of the students are highly encouraged. Each department has designing their own Newsletters. The interested students can post their poetry, story, article and other materials in the newsletter. Also photography contest have been conducted in the college to exhibit their talents. Department CSE ECE EEE IT MECH CIVIL Name of the Newsletter / Magazine LAURELS CRONICA ECESIS EZINE KIOSK MECHASPIRE BUILDMATE Page 209

240 CRITERION V Does the college have a Student Council or any similar body? Give details on its selection, constitution, activities and funding. Yes, each department has a Student s Association for which Secretary, Joint Secretary and office bearers are elected from fourth year, third year and second year respectively. A system of class representatives (a boy and a girl) is working fine for handling issues related with student needs. Additionally, the institute has a number of students committees formed for particular purpose/ events from time to time over academic year. They are:- Anti-ragging committee. Hostel mess committee. Cultural events Sports & games. Discipline committee. Placement coordinators The formation and composition of the above students committees is need based and generally, each committee consists of about five to ten students from senior batches, having good organizational / managerial capabilities to assist in smooth conduct of various events / functions. These students committee are funded by institute. Also, the college has the professional affiliation members like ISTE, IEEE, CSI, IETE and SAE Give details of various academic and administrative bodies that have student representatives on them. The following Academic bodies have student representatives: Class Committee Class representative Professional student chapters Clubs - Co-Curricular activities Department Associations Placement Committee Anti-Ragging Committee Campus Monitoring Committee Sports committee Grievance Cell News letter / Magazine committee Page 210

241 CRITERION V Cultural committee Department Association committee Disciplinary Committee Alumni Association Library Advisory Committee R & D Committee Innovative Project Committee\ ISTE Student Chapter IETE Student Chapter CSI Student Chapter How does the institution network and collaborate with the Alumni and former faculty of the Institution. Yes the college is having a registered alumni association. The alumni association is engaged in organizing alumni meet from time to time and planned to extend its activity regarding student support and progression. The college always keeps in touch with the alumnus through our college website, and popular social networks like face book, twitter. The college collaborates with the former faculty by Inviting to department functions Inviting to give guest lectures Annual National/ International conference Any other relevant information regarding Student Support and Progression which the college would like to include - Nil Page 211

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245 CRITERION VI 6.1 Institutional Vision and Leadership State the vision and mission of the Institution and enumerate on how the mission statement defines the institution s distinctive characteristics in terms of addressing the needs of the society, the students it seeks to serve, institution s traditions and value orientations, vision for the future, etc.? VISION To progress to become a centre of excellence in Engineering, Technology through creative and innovative practices in teaching, learning and promoting research and development to produce globally competitive and employable professionals who are need technically strong and emotionally balanced with social awareness and professional ethics MISSION To offer academic programmes in the emerging areas of Engineering, Technology provide training and research facilities and opportunities to promote student and faculty research in collaboration with industry and government for sustainable growth Distinctive characteristics of Mission Efficient delivery mechanism Intellectual and professional fulfillment of faculty and staff Quality research in the frontiers of technology Involvement of all stakeholders in growth and development of the college Continuous expansion and renewal of infrastructure and facilities Creation of conducive work environment Promotion of team work and proactive participation What is the role of top management, Principal and Faculty in design and implementation of its quality policy and plans? Chairman The Chairman guides the general administration of the college on a day-to-day basis towards the achievement of the Vision and Mission of the College. Chairman plans commencement of new courses, increase in the student intake, maintenance and expansion of infrastructure and other important facility creation to keep in pace with growing needs. Page 215

246 CRITERION VI Principal HOD The Principal is the head of both the academic and administrative bodies. The Principal makes recommendations for the future planning and development of the institution to the governing council. He monitors progress of all the academic activities, implements university guidelines in the institution and ensures execution of all curricular requirements Conducts meeting with Heads of the Departments regularly regarding teaching learning process, infrastructure needs, co-curricular, extra-curricular activities. Advices the management on introduction of new courses, faculty recruitment, upgradation of existing infrastructure facilities. Heads the Interview Committee for faculty recruitment As its Chairman takes care of faculty development and motivates faculty and students. Wherever necessary, he arranges general counseling for the students every semester. Head of the institution takes care of students, faculty and staff welfare, their career, higher studies etc. Head of the institution functions as the chief warden of the hostel students. Responsible for the overall functioning of the department and infrastructural development. Makes the subject allotment based on the specialization and skill of the faculty members. Supervises the conduct of internal assessment tests and students performance. Periodically reviews all academic activities and sends a copy of the review to the Principal. Plans and monitors the conduct of all the co- curricular activities such as symposia / workshop / seminar, value added courses Interacts with industries and arranges for collaborative activities in arranging In-plant training, guest lectures, industrial visits and facilitates placement. Page 216

247 CRITERION VI Faculty Discharge all the duties and responsibilities assigned by the Principal and Head of the department from time to time. Adhere to the rules and regulations of the institution. Handle the classes with thorough preparation and use the best teaching practices to make the classroom learning an interesting and informative experience for the students and also conduct laboratory classes. Supplement the syllabus with inputs on emerging trends. Counsel the students, identify their difficulties in learning and guide them to improve their performance. Guide student s co-curricular activities and encourage their participation in extracurricular activities. Pursue higher studies, carry out sponsored projects and publish books and papers in reputed journals. Actively associate with all departmental and institutional activities like arranging guest lectures, industrial visits, seminars, workshops and organizing other events What is the involvement of the leadership in ensuring: i. The policy statements and action plans for fulfillment of the stated mission Development of the various policy statements are done through Governing Council, which is conducted once in a year. The Principal organizes weekly meeting with HODs and convey the expectations of the Management in realizing the policies and discusses the means and modes by which the policies can be integrated into the academic processes. HODs in the departmental meetings explain the policies of the Management and help the faculty prepare action plans that will result in desired outcomes. ii. Formulation of action plans for all operations and incorporation of the same into the institutional strategic plan Based on the policy statements, the management strictly follows QMS ISO 9001:2008 to accomplish the strategic plans. This enables to develop structured systems and procedures, which is approved by the Principal and documented. These process measures are audited once in six months. Page 217

248 CRITERION VI iii. Interaction with stakeholders: The Head of the institution makes sure that the different stakeholders are in constant touch with the institution. To cite a few of the efforts taken The Governing Council meeting twice in a year, which is headed by the Chairman of the institution. The Governing Council takes input on quality and performance from the Head of the Institution. Head of the institution organizes meeting with the student representative from each class in a semester, regarding academic, placement, infrastructure, co curricular and extra curricular activities. Class committee meetings with students is conducted thrice in a semester to know the teaching-learning process Once in a semester, feedback by students on the efficiency of the teachers Alumni meeting once in a year to obtain information and feed back about the employability of the students. Parents meeting once in a semester to receive valuable feedback from the parents on improving the teaching learning process and infrastructure facilities. Interactions with employers to improve the employability of the students. iv. Proper support for policy and planning through need analysis, research inputs and consultations with the stakeholders Need analysis survey / research inputs and consultations with the stakeholders and the feedback received from them, enable the leadership to make necessary changes in their strategy and accordingly they provide support for the implementation of policy and planning through: Identification of thrust areas Reallocation of resources Reformulation of quality policy Employer feedback Alumni feedback Holistic development of students Research and Development Quality of students admitted Page 218

249 CRITERION VI Placement scenario v. Reinforcing the culture of excellence The culture of excellence is sustained by the best practices of the college such as Preparing specified plan for all activities such as academic, sports, cultural etc. Creation of cordial and beneficial work environment. Establishing research centres and promoting interest in research among faculty and students. vi. Champion organizational change The leadership of the institution is realizes the importance of organizational change as and when needed periodically. To meet the demand of stake holders, one more section has been added for BE - CSE, ECE, Mechanical and CIVIL Engineering has been introduced. Three PG programmes (ME CSE, PED, VLSI Design) has been introduced. Two Departments the (CSE and EEE) has been approved as research centre by Anna University What are the procedures adopted by the institution to monitor and evaluate policies and plans of the institution for effective implementation and improvement from time to time? The Head of the institution Conducts meetings with the HODs periodically regarding curricula, class routine, college and University examinations Continuous assessment of teachers and students. Obtaining periodical feedback from parents, students, external experts. Reviews facilities and works out plans for overall improvement. Organizes guest lectures for students to improve their technical skills. Encourage students and faculties to participate and present papers and projects in National and International Conferences/ Journals. Disseminates information about job scenario through the placement cell. Page 219

250 CRITERION VI Address and solve the problems faced by students through the grievance redressal committee. Allocates budget for each department based on the requirements Give details of the academic leadership provided to the faculty by the top management? The Principal is the academic as well as the administrative head of the College. The faculty members are actively involved in decisionmaking process at all levels. They are members of IQAC, Class Committee, Discipline Committee, NSS cell, YRC/RRC cell, Training and Placement Cell, Alumni Association, Anti-ragging Committee, Hostel committee, Library committee, Women Development Cell, Anti- Ragging Squad, Tamil Mandram, Music Club and other committees for the various college functions like College Day, Graduation Day, Sports Day, etc. In the meetings of the above mentioned committees the faculty members give suggestions based on their observation for further improvement. In all the student centric activities, the faculty members have important role to play such as recommending places for industrial visits, in-plant training, topics for final year, mini and major projects, student discipline, development programmes, seminar, conferences, cultural etc., The faculty members are given the authority and responsibility to complete their academic work with an effective manner How does the college groom leadership at various levels At Student Level: Class representatives and class committee members. Conduct of student centric college events like conferences, culturals, sports etc. Involvement and coordination roles to students in all college activities, Club/Committee/Association activities. Editorial board in Department Newsletter Organization of community services through NSS,YRC, RRC, etc. Page 220

251 CRITERION VI Active participation in placement initiatives. At Faculty level: As class advisors, time table in-charge, placement coordinator monitors daily activities. Organizing industrial visits and workshops Planning and execution of several department activities, budget, purchase association of equipments, raw materials and consumables As coordinators for the preparation of ISO, NBA, NAAC documents. Organizing College Day, Graduation Day, Sports Day and other functions Freedom to take up academic and student related activities As Head of the Department: Planning, implementation and monitoring the performance of the department. Heads all the administrative and academic activities of the department and other committees mentioned earlier. As Principal: Heads all the academic and administrative activities of the Institution. All the faculty members are involved in all the activities of the College. The senior faculty members are selected as conveners of various committees. Various co-curricular and extra-curricular activities are conducted under the guidance of faculty members with student representatives How does the college delegate authority and provide operational autonomy to the departments / units of the institution and work towards decentralized governance system? The institution believes in promoting a culture of decentralized governance system. Chairman empowers the Principal in all the academic and administrative activities of the Institution. The Head of the Department has the authority in deciding the activities and allotting the responsibilities to all faculty in respective departments. Page 221

252 CRITERION VI The department decides on timetable, subject allocation, purchase and maintenance of equipment and consumables, organizing guest lectures and workshops and recommends necessary industrial visits, in-plant trainings, MoUs with University/Industry. Faculty members who head various committees execute their assigned activities. Students have autonomy in selection of electives, organizing department associations and college functions Does the college promote a culture of participative management? If yes, indicate the levels of participative management. The college grooms leaders at all levels as listed below. Yes. The college promotes culture of participative management which facilitate faculty and students to give their views and suggestions for improvement. All academic and administrative activities are decentralized and decisions are taken based on discussions in class committee meetings, department meetings, HODs meeting with Principal. The Principal coordinates with department, heads administration and management teams. Participative management allows cooperation with departments and thereby improves the quality of planning and implementation of all the activities in the institution. 6.2 Strategy Development and Deployment Does the Institution have a formally stated quality policy? How is it developed, driven, deployed and reviewed? Yes. The quality policy of the institution is The college strives to provide world class holistic Engineering and Technology of highest quality particularly rural students stressing their understanding of societal and national progress. This policy is developed by the top management in line with its vision and mission and after consideration of needs of the society. The quality policy is effectively communicated to all faculty and students through notice boards, college website, posters. Page 222

253 CRITERION VI All the activities are driven by the quality policy and are closely monitored. The various performance indicators like pass percentage, research, placements, achievements in cocurricular activities of students and the achievements of the faculty are analyzed and reviewed. The ISO audits ensure that standards of academic and administrative qualities are met in the institution Does the Institute have a perspective plan for development? If so, give the aspects considered for inclusion in the plan. Yes. The institution plans the expansion and upgradation of infrastructure, modernization of existing facilities, research and development and adoption of new courses. The few of the future plan are listed below NAAC Accreditation NBA Accreditation MOU with foreign University and leading industries. Permanent affiliation To get Autonomous status Establishing PG courses in all departments Creating Centre of excellence for all department New courses to be started depend on social needs. Improving Consultancy activities and patent registration. To get University Status To set up IAS academy, TBI Page 223

254 CRITERION VI Describe the internal organizational structure and decision making processes Chairman Principal Academics Administration Academics Department Administrative Officer Head of Department Examination Cell Faculty and Staff College Training and Placement Cell Exam Cell Coordinator Transport Maintenance Placement Officer Department Placement Coordinator Research and Development Cell Dean R&D Library Librarian Hostel Deputy Wardens Alumni, N.S.S, Physical Education, Y.R.C/R.R.C Cultural activities, etc Page 224

255 CRITERION VI Give a broad description of the quality improvement strategies of the institution for each of the following Teaching & Learning Preparation of academic calendar and based on this, the course plan was prepared before the start of the semester. Preparation of lecture notes and question bank. Use of ICTs and NPTEL videos for handling class in effective manner. Incorporating counseling, tutorials, seminars and library periods in time table. Remedial classes for the slow learners Organizing industrial visit Encouraging In plant training Encouraging project work Encouraging students to attend seminars and workshops The effectiveness of teaching learning process is reviewed on regular basis. The inputs for such review may be from: Feedback from students. Feedback from parents. Results of class test, cycle tests and model examination. Results of end semester examination. Research & Development The institution has, The Anna University recognized research centers to conduct MS / PhD programmes. Research and Consultancy cell is framed to guide research activities. Faculties with two years and above experience in the institution are allowed to upgrade their qualifications. Financial support to attend seminars, conferences, workshops, invited lectures and research activities. Motivates the students and faculties to register for patents. Journals, reference books, internet, lab facilities are made available to faculty and students. Provides 14 days on duty per year for faculties to pursue their higher studies. Page 225

256 CRITERION VI Faculty and student interaction with the industry on industry trends through MOUs. Encouraging faculty to submit technical papers in referred journals and submission of proposals to various funding agencies at state and national level. Minimum five proposals from each department are forwarded to various funding agencies every month. The students are also motivated to submit their projects to TNSCST, ICTACT and other various agencies. Community engagement Various units of the College like NSS, YRC, RRC organizes outreach programs to enable the students to respond to the larger issues of society by adopting villages. Faculty and students are actively involved in community services such as Blood Donation, Eye Camps, Road Safety and Tree Plantation programs, voter s day rally. Human resource management This is achieved through Teaching and non-teaching manpower requirements are identified by the respective HODs and inform to the Head of the institution. The administrative office consolidates all the requirements and posts for News Paper advertisements. Applications are scrutinized based on the merit of the applicant satisfying the college and government norms. The shortlisted applicants attend the interview before the selection panel comprising of Chairman, Principal, HODs and an eminent professor. Rank list is prepared and appointments are made based on the requirement. The recruitment procedures, service rules and promotion policies are made transparent and employees are benefitted with CL, EL, ML, accidental insurance and EPF. Providing a better teaching-learning environment in the institution. Organizing faculty development programs for junior faculty. Providing financial support and on duty to the faculty for attending seminars, conferences, workshops, invited lectures and research activities. Page 226

257 CRITERION VI Industry interaction College adapts the following activities regard to industry interaction, Subject and technical Experts are invited from industries and create awareness among students to make innovative projects. Consultancy services are provided to the industry. Signing of MoUs and accreditation by industries Students are permitted to do their project work in industry. Faculty those who are attended training in industries share their knowledge and experience with others in the department. Industry Institute Partnership cell is created to connect the students and faculty with industry, Students are permitted for Industrial visit and to undergo in-plant training in industry. Internships provide work experience opportunities to our students How does the Head of the institution ensure that adequate information (from feedback and personal contacts etc.) is available for the top management and the stakeholders, to review the activities of the institution? The Head of the Institution ensures the collection of information through the following: Feedback from students on teaching learning process, value added course Feedback from parents meeting. Feedback from alumni. Feedback from Employers. Feedback from academic and industry experts. Placing suggestion box at various places Reports from the various committees visiting our institution The institution uses the various data and information obtained from the feedback, in decision-making and performance improvement. Page 227

258 CRITERION VI How does the management encourage and support involvement of the staff in improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the institutional processes? The Management encourages the faculty to takes up positions in various academic activities and administrative committees of the institution. The Management has given academic freedom for the Principal in teaching learning process, Laboratory infrastructure, Research and consultancy activities, faculty recruitment and welfare schemes. Updating computational facilities by upgrading computers and internet access. The management provides funds for co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. Encouraging faculty to undertake R&D and consultancy work The management encourages and supports faculty by providing Financial assistance to attend FDP / Conferences / Workshops / Seminars in their field of specialization Awards are given in appreciation of publications in reputed journals, research activities and for grants received from funding agencies. Faculty those are pursuing higher studies are granted on duty leave. Facilities are provided to Non-teaching staff to undergo part time studies Enumerate the resolutions made by the Management Council in the last year and the status of implementation of such resolutions. The management has made several resolutions on academic, administrative and financial aspects of the college and they have successfully been implemented. Some of them are To obtain research center status for CSE & EEE department from Anna university. Also it is proposing to get research centers status to other departments To improve the students placement in reputed companies. To establish Professional Chapters and engaging the students in technical activities. Page 228

259 CRITERION VI Does the affiliating university make a provision for according the status of autonomy to an affiliated institution? If yes, what are the efforts made by the institution in obtaining autonomy? The affiliating University does have the provision for according the status of autonomy to an affiliated institution. The institution is working towards satisfying all the norms required for such a status proposed by UGC, AICTE and Anna University. S. No Criteria for Autonomy The college should be offering at least four branches of BE / BTech/ BArch degree programmes for a minimum period of 10 years and at least two branches of ME / MTech degree course as on date. The college should be currently affiliated to Anna University and should have obtained permanent affiliation for at least three BE / BTech / BArch degree programmes. Minimum of three BE / BTech / B.Arch degree programmes should have been accredited by the NBA (National Board of Accreditation) or should have NAAC accreditation with not less than B-Grade or equivalent. The Institutions in the process of renewal of NBA accreditation or NAAC accreditation with B-Grade or equivalent are also eligible. At least two Engineering departments should have been recognized as research centers of the University as on date. Current Status at PACET 7-years completed for EEE/ECE/CSE), 6 years completed for MECH 1 year completed for Civil 3 ME degree programmes Currently provisionally affiliated Initiated to obtain permanent. NAAC Proposal submitted NBA Work in progress CSE and EEE department recognized as research centers Page 229

260 CRITERION VI Average experience of the eligible faculty should be at least 4 years for all the courses put together which are offered for the last 10 years or more including the faculty belonging to General Engineering and Humanities. Student enrolment in the first year should be at least 75% of the sanctioned intake on an average over the last three years The overall pass percentage of the students in the University examinations shall be not less than 70% on an average over the last three years. The College should have an h index of 10 or above as on date. Yes Student Enrolment in the academic year is 82.91% The pass percentage for the academic year is Yes, we have h index How does the Institution ensure that grievances / complaints are promptly attended to and resolved effectively? Is there a mechanism to analyze the nature of grievances for promoting better stakeholder relationship? Yes. Grievances Redressal Cell was formed in institution to look into the grievances of students, faculty and non-teaching staff. Students address their grievances and complaints through class committee meeting, suggestion box, and suggestion register placed in the Principal office. All the grievances and complaints are attended and resolved promptly During the last four years, had there been any instances of court cases filed by and against the institute? Provide details on the issues and decisions of the courts on these? No court cases have been filed against the institute. Page 230

261 CRITERION VI Does the Institution have a mechanism for analyzing student feedback on institutional performance? If yes, what was the outcome and response of the institution to such an effort? Yes. The institution collects periodical feedback from students, parents, alumni and employers regarding teaching learning process. The collected feedback and suggestions are analyzed and all feasible solutions are implemented. The minutes will be recorded and forwarded to the top management by the Principal. Management creates additional infrastructure facilities. Faculties are given suggestions to improve the quality of their teaching. Organized programmes to improve the skill of students. Formation of student activity oriented clubs and programmes are initiated (Tamil Mandram, Music club, Photography club, PAnchamitra) 6.3 Faculty Empowerment Strategies What are the efforts made by the institution to enhance the professional development of its teaching and non-teaching staff? The institution has set norms for professional development of faculty and non-teaching staff by Motivating to do their higher studies. Financial assistance to attend FDP / Conferences / Workshops / Seminars in their field of specialization Encouraging to attend and present research papers in National / International conferences Publish research papers in referred journals Organizing FDPs, Seminars, Guest Lectures etc., for faculty Doing consultancy work with industry. Avail funding through projects from different funding agencies, both state and national level. Organizes training for non-teaching staff to upgrade their skill. Efforts to sign MoUs with Industries. ICT facilities for handling classes in an effective way. Departments have close interaction with professional bodies such as IEEE, IETE, CSI, and SAE. Page 231

262 CRITERION VI What are the strategies adopted by the institution for faculty empowerment through training, retraining and motivating the employees for the roles and responsibility they perform? The well-defined strategies of PACET for faculty empowerment includes, Faculty development programmes are conducted to motivate the faculty. Industrial visits by faculty to improve practical knowledge and understanding industrial trends. Institution sponsors faculty to attend teaching pedagogy workshops. Eminent Professors from reputed institutes and Industry experts train the faculty members on effective learning methods. The institution encourages the faculty to apply for patents by bearing the patent registration charges. Sabbatical leave for employees doing post doctoral research. The institution promotes the faculty based on their performance. Awards are given for best performing teachers Provide details on the performance appraisal system of the staff to evaluate and ensure that information on multiple activities is appropriately captured and considered for better appraisal. The institution assesses its faculty through a well structured appraisal system. The Faculty appraisal form taken periodically gives details of the academic growth of the faculty. The faculty appraisal includes the instructional workload and their performance in each concluded semester. Performance in research activities, professional development activities, publications, achievements, extracurricular, co-curricular and involvement in institute activities are evaluated. The HOD supervises the activities of all faculty in the departments. Student feedback gives further inputs regarding the effectiveness of the teaching learning methodologies used. All these factors contribute to the faculty appraisal system. Page 232

263 CRITERION VI What is the outcome of the review of the performance appraisal reports by the management and the major decisions taken? How are they communicated to the appropriate stakeholders? The inputs from the faculty appraisal system, the Principal conveys the faculty performance to the management. Based on the findings, following measures are taken Management suggests additional FDPs, training sessions and lectures by experts. If the performance of the staff member is below par, they are counseled to show better performance in the subsequent semester. Faculties are given promotion, increments and other fringe benefits and awarded merit certificates and prizes which motivate them to further improve their performance What are the welfare schemes available for teaching and non teaching staff? What percentage of staff have availed the benefit of such schemes in the last four years? Various welfare schemes are provided for the benefit of teaching and non-teaching staff in the institution. Sabbatical leave, Vacation leave, medical leave, maternity leave, earn leave, PF for all faculty and staff members. Free transport for non-teaching staff and subsidized rate for teaching staff. The salary is directly credited to the employee s bank account. ATM facility in the campus. Faculty who handles value added courses is benefitted with remuneration. All the teaching and non-teaching members are covered under accidental insurance which is made mandatory in the institution. Almost all the eligible faculty availed the above benefits What are the measures taken by the Institution for attracting and retaining eminent faculty? The institution attracts and retain eminent faculty by Attractive pay scale. Sponsorship for higher studies. Supporting the research work by providing monetary assistance. Page 233

264 CRITERION VI Providing opportunities for attending conferences in various reputed institutions. Creating a transparent and professional environment to grow with the institution. 6.4 Financial Management and Resource Mobilization What is the institutional mechanism to monitor effective and efficient use of available financial resources? The financial resources of the college are managed in a very effective and efficient manner. Annual Budget for the institution is prepared at the beginning of the year, considering the potential income and expenditure involved. The departments also come up with their annual budget based on which the required funds are allocated for the year. The budget submitted by the HODs is carefully scrutinized by the principal and consent is sought from the chairman. All transactions are supported by vouchers. All the collections are deposited in the bank and all the expenditure (recurring, the non recurring and are not petty in nature) are incurred through bank instruments All bills/invoices/vouchers are scrutinized by account staff and approved by the Administrative officer. The bill payments are passed after ensuring proper verification/evaluation of the itmes. Only duly authorized persons operate the transactions through the bank. Audited financial statements including Income and Expenditure Account, Balance Sheet etc. are prepared by qualified auditors and submitted to banks and other regulatory agencies What are the institutional mechanisms for internal and external audit? When was the last audit done and what are the major audit objections? Provide the details on compliance. Statutory auditing is done at the end of each financial year. There were no major audit objections in the previous audit reports. The last audit was carried in the year Page 234

265 CRITERION VI What are the major sources of institutional receipts/funding and how is the deficit managed? Provide audited income and expenditure statement of academic and administrative activities of the previous four years and the reserve fund/corpus available with Institutions, if any. The institution is self financed and hence the source of income is only the fee collected from students. For major expenses the management either avail bank loans or transfers funds from other institutions under its care. Audited accounts of the trust for previous financial year are enclosed Give details on the efforts made by the institution in securing additional funding and the utilization of the same (if any). In addition to the tuition and other fees paid by the students, if required, the institution secures additional funding through term loans from commercial banks and P.A. Constructions occurred by the trust. The institution applies for funding for taking up major research projects, workshops, seminars and conferences from funding agencies like CSIR, AICTE, ICMR, DRDO, TNSCST etc., This amount is exclusively used for intended purpose. Audited statement and utilization statement are submitted to the concerned agency after the completion of the event. 6.5 Internal Quality Assurance System (IQAS) Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) a. Has the institution established an Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)?.6 If yes, what is the institutional policy with regard to quality assurance and how has it contributed in institutionalizing the quality assurance processes? Yes. IQAC started in the college since 2015 with the thrust on academic excellence. The main task of IQAC is planning and monitoring and this is achieved through the following functions: The institution envisages continuous development. The institution intends to be a learning organization and believes in organizational learning. Page 235

266 CRITERION VI The institution through its IQAC makes rigorous and continuous efforts to study, analyze and improvise every strategy, activity, process and procedure in all the domains of the institutional activity with a view to achieve, sustain and enhance quality with a aim to achieve excellence. Continuous feedback, Academic Audit, Feedback from alumni, industry, parents, students, experts and the community helps it to establish quality culture. The quality is maintained at every stage be it academics, administration, infrastructure etc. b. How many decisions of the IQAC have been approved by the management / authorities for implementation and how many of them were actually implemented? All the decisions are taken in the ISO Management Review Meeting are presented to the governing council by the Principal and after thorough review the same has been implemented. c. Does the IQAC have external members on its committee? If so, mention any significant contribution made by them. External members are carrying out the ISO audit every year and also for the renewal of the certificate. d. How do students and alumni contribute to the effective functioning of the IQAC? Alumni of the institution provide valuable services to the college, giving their valuable suggestion on-what is latest in the employment market, vacancy positions and etc. Suggestions from the students through class committee meetings and feedback are discussed in the IQAC for necessary action. Alumni and students are continuously in touch with IQAC and share the requirements of the students which will be addressed properly. e. How does the IQAC communicate and engage staff from different constituents of the institution? IQAC has faculty members from the various departments who actively participate and carry out the decisions made by the IQAC and management. The communication is through circulars, s and meetings organized Does the institution have an integrated framework for Quality assurance of the academic and administrative activities? If yes, give details on its operationalisation. Page 236

267 CRITERION VI Yes. The Institution has an integrated documented quality management system that covers the various activities of the institution including academic and administrative activities. The documented quality management system is implemented by all members to ensure quality in all their activities. The members are provided with orientation on the quality management system and the implementation of the same is monitored through periodic review and audits. The areas for improvement as identified in review meetings and audits are tracked with corrective action plans Does the institution provide training to its staff for effective implementation of the Quality assurance procedures? If yes, give details enumerating its impact. Yes. The college encourages the selected faculty on a regular basis to undergo the audit courses to enable them to perform the internal audit impartially. Further employees are also trained at the department level. New employees are also taken on this job and undergo training both at the department level and outside Does the institution undertake Academic Audit or other external review of the academic provisions? If yes, how are the outcomes used to improve the institutional activities? Yes. Periodic internal quality audits are conducted on the academic processes. The academic audit comes out with the pros and cons of the teaching methodology as well as means to overcome the same with periodic inspections Areas of non-conformances are identified and appropriate corrective and preventive actions are carried out. External audits are conducted on the review of academic activities at the end of the year and the improvements are made according to the reports given by the auditors. Outcome of both internal and external audits are discussed and the areas identified for improvement are taken up and tracked to closure. Page 237

268 CRITERION VI How are the internal quality assurance mechanisms aligned with the requirements of the relevant external quality assurance agencies/regulatory authorities? The institution follows the norms laid down by regulatory authorities like UGC, AICTE and Anna University. To ensure internal quality ISO 9001:2008 certifications has been obtained and systems are maintained according to their norms. Every year an audit is carried by external auditors. The observation, opportunity for improvement and non conformities cited by the auditors are rectified and corrective action plans are put in place. No serious non conformity has been cited over the last few years, is a significant achievement What institutional mechanisms are in place to continuously review the teaching learning process? Give details of its structure, methodologies of operations and outcome? The IQAC monitors the review of teaching learning process within the College and conducts annual review of strategic issues of the college. Methodologies of operation: As per the standard academic procedures of the college designed by IQAC, reviews of academic activities are done by HODs regularly. The Principal periodically conducts HODs meeting to review teaching learning process. Management review meeting conducted by IQAC twice in a year, to review quality policy, modification of quality parameters, changes in academic and other procedures, customer feedback analysis, continual improvement, infrastructure development, new programmes, additional intake are discussed. IQAC also conducts internal academic audits to ensure the teaching learning process maintains the quality consistent quality. Outcome: The activities of IQAC have helped the college to continuously improve its performance. This is possible since IQAC has developed standard procedures for academic, examination and other activities of the institution. Page 238

269 CRITERION VI IQAC has also coordinated external ISO 9001 audit to ensure quality. Conducting academic audit and reviews also ensure the improvement of quality How does the institution communicate its quality assurance policies, mechanisms and outcomes to the various internal and external stakeholders? The Institute s achievements and quality assurance policies are communicated to the stakeholders by various means viz as., Institute website Prospectus and Brochures Magazines and Newsletters Displayed in prominent places inside and outside the institute Notice Boards Library At industry-institute meets Parent and Alumni meets Community engagement activities Newspapers. Any other relevant information regarding Governance Leadership and Management which the college would like to include. - NIL Page 239

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273 CRITERION VII 7.1 Environment Consciousness Does the college conduct a Green Audit of Its campus and facilities? The institution is located in a sprawling acre campus with greenery in and around the campus. The institution is environmentally conscious and monitors the up keep and maintenance of the greenery in the campus. The campus has been made as green as possible by planting good number of coconut trees and other plants, with an exclusive team of gardeners. Tree plantations are organized regularly to create clean and green campus. NSS, YRC coordinator organizes tree plantation internally and externally from time to time on special occasions. Generators are located near to the college entrance, so that no noise disturbance is created. We regularly maintain the sanitary process method, which keep things healthy and clean especially by killing bacteria. Reverse Osmosis plant is installed in our campus to provide the pure drinking water What are the initiatives taken by the College to make the campus eco-friendly? Energy Conservation Club of the College identifies and proposes various energy conservation measures like switching off the lights and fans in the classrooms after the class hours, switch-off the lights in the corridors and toilets when not in use. Building structures are designed with high natural lighting and ventilation to minimize lighting needs. Power factor is maintained close to unity. Energy saving CFL and LED lights have been installed in the campus. Centralized section-wise UPS systems for computers and equipment. Usage of electronic chokes in all tube lights Energy Conservation Plan 20 kw solar panels are installed in the administrative block and one standalone dawn to dusk solar street light is installed near the college entrance. Page 243

274 CRITERION VII UPS system and maintenance PF correction by usage of capacitor bank For entire campus power requirement is monitored and for improving the power quality capacitor bank is used to keep PF close to unity and efficient utilization of electrical energy. To maintain UPS system with trouble free working and better service annual maintenance contract is given to service provider. Individual control panels for blocks regular electrical maintenance activities Each Block has been monitored regularly with separate electrical maintenance staff. Defects in electrical system are monitored and replaced immediately. Air condition is minimized As our campus has located in the area of Pollachi, climatically it favour the area with good air circulation in addition the campus has coconut field around it. All the classes and lab are provided with enough windows, thus air condition need is minimized. Plastic bags are disposed In campus, usages of plastic bags are restricted. UPS batteries are replaced on need based Electrical monitoring team checks UPS and batteries upkeeping and replacement done on need base. Dust bins are provided in all class rooms All classes are provided with dustbins for effective garbage disposal. Renewable Energy conservation 20kW on grid solar panels have been installed in the administrative block. In college mess, all the foods are prepared in steam cooking. Entire college campus uses electronic choke in all tube lights Students prepared their projects in the field of wind energy system to reduce the electric power consumption. Page 244

275 CRITERION VII Carbon neutrality Institution mess uses steam based cooking process. Fossil fuels like burning firewood which pollute the environment are minimized. To make campus smoke free there is a system of restricted entry of motored vehicles inside the campus with most parking areas being made available at the gates. The College has ensured reduction in carbon emission by installing solar panels, in the college premises College provides bus facilities to the faculty members and non-teaching staff with an aim to avoid the use of individual vehicles and thus reducing carbon emission. In our College campus all computer systems are LCD monitors that reduce power consumption. The college has made arrangements for the parking at a separate ground beside the campus boundary. This helps in keeping the campus clean as much as possible. The college has taken up preventive measures to check the emission of carbon-dioxide. Only emission tested vehicles by RTO are allowed inside the campus. The dead leaves and the waste papers are not allowed to be put on fire. The leaves are buried in the soil to make natural bio-degradation. Rain water Harvesting: All the buildings in the campus are provided with rain water harvesting facility, in order to increase the water table, as a part of conservation and preservation of water resource. Hazardous waste management: In our campus no hazards are generated e-waste management : The college does not generate any e-waste. Computers, UPS, Batteries and Printers are sent to scrap dealers for safe disposal. 7.2 Innovations Provide details of innovations introduced during the last four years which have created a positive impact on the functioning of the College. Page 245

276 CRITERION VII Fresher are taken to the department Labs/ Workshops library and main library to show the facilities available and a weeklong orientation programme is organized. Development of teaching modules in English to suit the needs of students from non English medium of study Tamil Mandram programme offered to all the students to show heritage of culture. Foreign language classes are offered to 116 students and certified with external experts for the last two years. The college library is computerized with its OPAC system. All library operation is automated. There is a separate block in the library for the faculty and students to access internet facility. The college has started remedial coaching for the slow learners, which helps them to cover up their gaps in learning. Conducting bridge courses to fill curriculum gaps and content beyond syllabus related to all practical and theory courses for awareness of the latest technologies. Signing MOUs with UTL technologies Limited, ANSYS, CATIA, BRDC, Venture Lighting, CISCO, Infosys Limited, ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu (ICTACT), MTAB, MEGALEDGES to provide internship, in-plant training and placement to students. The college has many professional bodies with students as members like IETE, IEEE, ISTE, CSI and SAE, ICTACT student chapter. Professional bodies Branch CSE - CSI 1(76) 1(78) 1(76) ECE - IETE 1(309) 1(308) 1(216) EEE - IEEE - 1(12) 1(4) MECH - SAE 1(59) 1(52) - Page 246

277 CRITERION VII Department invites eminent scholars, academicians and industrialists for guest lectures. Student Enrichment Programme Branch CSE ECE EEE IT MECH Department associations organized symposia, conferences and alumni lectures, periodically. The college has been recognized as NPTEL Local Chapter by IIT Madras. The staff members are developing their knowledge in attending Faculty development programme and quality improvement programs. Through these programs 146 Faculty members are benefited and to teach current trends to the student and motivate them to do the project in socially relevant areas. Personality Development Programs are conducted to help student and faculty to develop their communication skills, body language and the ability to converse with others. 21 Social relevant Proposals are sanctioned by DRDO, DST, AERB, AICTE, ISRO, CSIR and RPS etc. the funds sanctioned by them are utilized for the development of the project and the faculty has to be in continuous learning process. Every year new committees are formed for the administrative activities Delegation of powers and responsibilities down to bottom line, not only ensure effective administration but also trains the faculty in administration and creates a feeling of oneness among all within the campus. There are 21 committees with all HODs and senior faculty as coordinators under over all guidance from Principal. All eligible students receive scholarships from various agencies and trusts which enables and encourage students from socially and economically disadvantaged groups to pursue studies without much burden. Page 247

278 CRITERION VII Scholarships Name The following table show the quantum of money disbursed annually to the students. No. of Students Academic Year Rs. No. of Students Rs. No. of Students Rs. No. of Students Rs. Government Scholarships The institute had a comprehensive placement training programme which is executed through qualified faculty of the college and experts from industries. S. No. Training Provided to the Students 1 Aptitude Training 2 C Programming 3 Infosys Campus Connect Programme Name of the Expert / Faculty Members Mr. M. Thanikachalam, Aptitude Trainer. Mr. Guru Rajan, Mr. Balajee Seshadri, C Language Trainers CSE Department Faculty Members 4 Professional Skills MBA Faculty 5 Communication Skill English Department. Faculty Page 248

279 CRITERION VII 7.3. BEST PRACTICES BEST PRACTICES 1 1. Title of the Practice: Value added course 2. Goal: The university prepares a syllabus and updates it with academic experts to cater to the developments in the academic arena. The industries keeps developing various products and do improvements in line with customers/consumer needs and varying social requirements. Nevertheless, there is always a gap between academic knowledge learned and Industrial Skill needed. PACET has realized to bridge this gap. Therefore, Industry experts are called to deliver expert sessions creating awareness to the students. Wherever possible, Industry experienced hands are hired to deliver regular classes also with examples of industry activities. Several latest software / hardware trainings are organized beyond curriculum to have a firsthand experience. Also, students are encouraged to have internships with industry wherever possible. Faculty are deputed to quality improvement programs conducted both in-house and other developed institutes like IITs/NITs and national / state recognized institutes. The main objectives of the program are: To provide students understanding of the expectations of industry. To improve employability skills for Engineering students of PACET. To bridge the skill gaps and make students industry ready. To provide an opportunity to students to develop interdisciplinary skills To help students prepare technically for placement. To cope up with the additional input in the respective subjects by inviting academic exponents. To make the students get expertise in areas which in turn improve their confidence level. To facilitate the students to have up-to-date technological information. To set standards that defines the levels of knowledge and competence needed for an advanced learner. To make a difference among students by getting involved and connecting with best resources. To facilitate students get certifications from renowned industrial authorities and other bodies. To focus on average learners to complete their degree with Page 249

280 CRITERION VII placement To focus on slow learners to complete their Degree on time To improve reading, writing and comprehension skills. To develop communication skill. 3. Context: To meet industry needs value added courses are conducted. The courses focus on skill development and more than 50% of the time is spent on practical training and problem solving, to provide the requisite understanding towards application of academic topics from engineering disciplines into real projects. Value added courses serve as a platform to bridge the gap between the university curriculum and the industrial need thus upgrading student s knowledge. Eminent resource persons from distinguished organizations help students extending need support. The awareness on the state of the art is provided by the resource persons. This enhances the placement opportunity for students as they get updated with the current trends in the industry. Mock interview sessions are conducted to create awareness to students and prepare them to face real time needs. As most of the students are from rural background, we offer extensive training for all the students right from the entry into the campus till their course completion. Analysis has been carried out to cater the needs of all students regularly. 4. Practice: PACET created a culture of having the evening session for developing their knowledge which will support the students to face the company requirement in addition to their regular academic. During this session only limited students are accommodated based on choice. We conduct the session with lecturing and hands-on practice Day by day that helps the students to create their final year project. Value added courses are conducted to students which help them to improve skills to design/develop products. Eminent resource persons are invited from external organizations. Faculties are also encouraged to go for certifications and thereby support to conduct the training sessions. Hands-on training sessions are encouraged accompanying theory classes to give practical knowledge for the students. To fulfill the expectations and demands of the industry, the value added courses as per the department needs are scheduled and conducted by the session committee. Page 250

281 CRITERION VII Apart from the curriculum, value added courses are conducted on various topics during the extended weekdays from 5.15pm to 7.15pm. The specific details of the value added courses are given below. S. No 1. Dept Year Topics CSE & IT 2. ECE 3. EEE 4. MECH II III Teaching hours /week Total Hours C Programming Computer Hardware and Networking Wired and Wireless Networks J2SE VB.NET Multimedia systems PHP IV Android C#.NET II C Programming III Signal and Image processing using MATLAB IV HDL Language for VLSI Design Embedded Systems II Components Identification & Testing III C++ Programming MATLAB Programming Lab VIEW Programming IV Industrial Automation using- PLC Program II CATIA III ANSYS Computer Numerical Control IV ANSYS(Advanced Level) Value added Course are conducted periodically to update the technical knowledge and skills of students in their relevant field like Embedded system, HDL Language for VLSI design, MATLAB programming, C programming and Data Structure, C++ Training,, DCS, Lab view, CATIA, ANSYS, CNC Programming, Components Identification & Testing, Industrial Automation using- PLC Program, MATLAB, LabVIEW Programming, etc. Page 251

282 CRITERION VII Value Added Courses Branch CSE ECE EEE IT MECH Evidence of success : Offering these types of Courses makes many students to get placed in MNC and Core companies during their final year As students get trained in the requirements needed by the industry, placements are increased by the value addition. The number of students getting projects in industries is increasing year after year as they get sound technical skills which are demanded by the industry. The quality of projects done by students has been increased due to the intense training given in value added courses. Earning a college degree requires students to possess certain skills, knowledge, and abilities in order to succeed in the postsecondary environment. The life time earning potential of a person without a college degree is typically significantly less than an individual with a degree. 6. Problems Encountered and resource required: Students those who undergo remedial classes and students coming from long distance to college are not able to make use of the course. All the students are not able make use of these course due to financial problem. For conducting these types of courses beyond the academic syllabus those students are not hope up with the academic course and examinations. Since the experts handling various courses are called from industries and other organizations, the consistency of the arrival of the experts is quite demanding. Since all the students are made to attend the value added course, slow learning students are unable to manage with the regular curriculum aspect of learning. Adequate time management is necessary to balance the regular curriculum and the tests for value added courses. Page 252

283 CRITERION VII The allotment of lecture halls/auditorium becomes challenging as all departments are made to conduct these courses. There is high need to purchase latest hardware and software thus establishing separate hi-tech lab to conduct the courses. It is difficult for the student members to attend the value added classes during internal assessments. In order to spend more time after regular college hours in the laboratory requires transport facilities. BEST PRACTICES 2 1. Title of the Practice: Remedial Classes 2. Goal: Over the years, PA management and faculty as a team observed that students who gets admitted both through single window university based admission as well as management quota permitted by the state Govt of Tamil Nadu are lacking in English communication and comprehension skills. Besides, there is a gap that, in Schools a single book reference system is followed where as Engineering education needs frequent references of multiple sources from library. From evaluation process by periodic tests conducted slow learners and poor scorers are identified for each and every classes. A register is maintained to ensure all slow learners attend improvement classes regularly conducted after regular class hours. Evaluation is done for such students in the next periodical assessment tests. Also written communication is sent to their address so that parents/ guardians are informed about performance improvements. 3. Context: Specific topics based on student needs and university question problem solving skills are discussed. This brings awareness to students to see the learning required and where needed support is extended by faculty for every subject on rotational basis. Also, faculty class notes and short answer booklets are prepared and circulated amongst them. Moreover, on line materials NPTEL and MIT open course ware are made known to students so that they can learn from these excellent materials at their pace. Discussion on current events are made through clippings on science and Engineering topics from leading news papers. Page 253

284 CRITERION VII 4. Practice: With the help of the cycle test performance the student level of capability is identified. Through that the students will be given more concentration to fill their gap to clear the subject within the prescribed time. These classes will be arranged after their regular hours. Focus is given to intensive teaching, coaching classes and retests after the analysis of the internal assessment results. This process is done as part of the continuous assessment to ensure the attainment of end semester results and in turn lead to the fulfillment of program outcomes and program educational objectives. Passed out Batch Remedial coaching Branch Identified Passed Identified Passed Identified Passed Identified Passed CSE ECE EEE IT MECH Evidence of success : Maximum students those who take up remedial classes are able to clear their university examination and its helps in getting their degree. Those who are joined in remedial coaching classes they have increased their CGPA in university examinations. Students from Tamil medium make use of these classes to understand the subject concepts in clear view. Individual student s doubts are clarified during this class session. Page 254

285 CRITERION VII Example: Student Name Register No. Branch / Batch Durairaj. D EEE / Content I Sem II Sem III Sem IV Sem V Sem VI Sem VII Sem VIII Sem Number of Papers Registered Number of Papers Passed Arrear Problems Encountered and resource required: Those who take up remedial classes are not able to feed with extra input other than academics. Regular academic activities are affected to attend the classes in evening session. Those who are attending these classes make themselves as stressed. Page 255

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289 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT EVALUATIVE REPORT OF DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 1. Name of the department: Computer Science and Engineering 2. Year of Establishment: UG (CSE) 2008 PG (CSE) 2011 PhD. (CSE) Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., PhD., Integrated Masters; Integrated PhD., etc.): BE. - Computer Science and Engineering ME. - Computer Science and Engineering PhD. - Computer Science and Engineering 4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: Department Involved Electronics and Communication Engineering Science and Humanities Name of the Courses Analog and Digital Communication Digital Signal Processing Digital Principles and System Design Digital Lab Microprocessors and Microcontrollers Microprocessors Lab Applied Probability and Statistics Communication and Soft Skills Lab Communication Skills Lab Discrete Mathematics Engineering Economics &Financial Accounting Environmental Science and Engineering Numerical Methods Operations Research Probability and Queueing Theory Professional Ethics in Engineering Transforms and Partial Differential Equations Page 259

290 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 5. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise): Semester based credit system 6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: Department Involved Name of the Courses Electronics and Communication Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering Computer Architecture and Parallel Processing Object Oriented Programming and Data Structures OOPS and Data Structures Laboratory Computer Architecture Computer Networks Data Structures and Algorithms Data Structures and Algorithms Laboratory Object Oriented Programming Object Oriented Programming Laboratory Operating Systems 7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.: Name of the Agency Certification / Courses Offered CISCO Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Infosys Limited Campus Connect Foundation Program ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu (ICTACT) Certificate in.net Programming ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu (ICTACT) J2SE Programming ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu (ICTACT) P. A. Industry Connect 8. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: Nil 9. Number of Teaching posts: Name of the Position Sanctioned Filled Professors 1 1 Associate 0 0 Professors Assistant Professors Total Page 260

291 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /PhD. / M. Phil. etc.,): S. No Name of the Faculty Qualification Designation Specialization No. of Years Experience No. of PhD. Students guided for the last 4 years 1. Dr. D. Chitra PhD. Prof 2. Ms. D. Saravana Priya* MTech Asst Prof 3. Ms. S. Punithadevi ME 4. Ms. M. Rajalakshmi ME Asst Prof Asst Prof 5. Ms. P. Sangeetha MTech Asst Prof 6. Ms.N.K. Priyadharsini* ME 7. Ms.K.M.Brindha Shree ME 8. Ms. R. Kavitha* ME 9. Mr. N. Anand ME 10. Mr. A. Kaliappan* ME 11. Ms. R. Abinaya ME 12. Mrs. V. Sujitha* ME Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Computer Science and Engineering Information Technology Computer Science and Engineering Computer Science and Engineering Information Technology Computer Science and Engineering Computer Science and Engineering Computer Science and Engineering Computer Science and Engineering Computer Science and Engineering Computer Science and Engineering Computer and Communicatio n Engineering Page 261

292 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 13. Mr. M. Sabarivel MTech Asst Prof 14. Mr. K. Marimuthu ME Asst Prof 15. Mr. S. Mohamed Rafiq MTech Asst Prof 16. Mr. K. Nandha Gopal ME 17. Mrs. V. Suvetha ME Asst Prof Asst Prof 18. Mr. J. Arun Prakash MTech Asst Prof 19. Mr. A. Pugazhenthi* ME 20. Mr. K. Sundaresan ME 21. Mr. S. Suresh Kumar ME 22. Ms. K. Tamilselvi ME 23. Ms. E. Jananandhini ME 24. Ms. S. Shenbagapriya ME 25. Ms. G. Harikrishnaveni ME 26. Mr. E. Nithyanantham ME 27. Ms. T. Kavitha ME 28. Ms. P. Dhivya ME Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Information Technology Computer Science and Engineering Information Technology Computer and Communicatio n Engineering Computer Science and Engineering Information Technology Computer Science and Engineering Embedded System Computer Science and Engineering Computer Science and Engineering Computer Science and Engineering Computer Science and Engineering Computer Science and Engineering Computer Science and Engineering Computer and Communicatio n Engineering Computer Science and Engineering Page 262

293 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 29. Mr. T. Dinesh Kumar MTech Asst Prof 30. Mr.A.Balasubramanyan ME *- Pursuing PhD Asst Prof Mainframes Technology Computer Science and Engineering List of senior visiting faculty: Nil 12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (Programme wise) by temporary faculty: Nil 13. Student -Teacher Ratio (Programme wise): UG 15:1, PG 12:1 14. Number of academic support staff (Technical) and administrative staff; sanctioned and filled: S. No. Staff Sanctioned Filled 1. Technical Administrative Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ PhD/ MPhil / PG.: S. No. Academic Year Qualification with Qualification PhD with ME Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received: Nil 17. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received: Nil 18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: Recognized by Anna University, Chennai as a research Centre May Publication: National: 9 International: 61 Page 263

294 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT Books with ISBN numbers with details of publishers: Name of the Faculty Mr. K. Marimuthu Mr. K. Marimuthu Mr. S. Mohamed Rafiq Book Name Multifactor Authentication Protocol for a Secured WSN C Programming and OOPS Visual Programming and Applications ISBN Number Chapter(s) in Books: Nil Editing Books Nil Citation Index: Min , Max SJR: Min 0.13, Max 0.16 Impact Factor: Min 0.31, Max 5.44 H-Index: Min 1, Max Publisher Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany RP Publications Technical publications, Pune. 20. Areas of consultancy and income generated: Web Application development Web Site and flex Design Mobile Application Development and Support Web based Institutional Management System Application Development Mobile Application Development and Support S. No. Academic Year Income Generated (Rs. In Lakh) Faculty as members in a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards: S. No. Name of the Faculty Role of the Faculty Professional Society/ Organization 1. Dr. D. Chitra Member Convenor Reviewer ISTE,CSI, IAETSD, IRED, IEEE, IAENG FTCIT IET Image Processing journal Springer Journal of Neural Computing and Applications IEEE (CSPA) Page 264

295 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 2. Mrs. M. Rajalakshmi Chairperson Advisory Editorial Board Member NECCT National Conference on Recent Advances in Communication Power and Computing Intelligence. National conference on Recent Advances and Security in Computing Methodologies, ISR 3. Mrs. P. Sangeetha Member CSI 4. Mr. S. SureshKumar Reviewer ICECCE 5. Mrs. D. Saravana Priya Member ISTE 6. Mr. T. Kavitha Member CSI, IAENG, IRED 7. Mr. A. Kaliappan Member IAENG, IACSIT, IAETSD, IRED 8. Mr. K. Nandhagopal Member IRED, IAENG 9. Mr. S. Mohamed Rafiq Member IRED 10. Mr. K Marimuthu Member IRED, IAENG 11. Mr. M. Sabarivel Member IRED, IAENG 12. Mr. K. Sundaresan Member IAENG, IAETSD, IRED 13. Mr. T. Dineshkumar Member IAENG 14. Mrs. N. K. Priyadharsini Member IAETSD 15. J. Arun Prakash Member IAENG 16. K. Tamilselvi Member IAENG, IAETSD, IRED 17. Mr. A. Pugazhenthi Member IRED 18. Ms. S. Shenbagapriya Member IRED, IAENG, IAETSD 19. Ms.K. M. Brindha Shree Member IRED, IAENG, IAETSD 20. Mr.A.Balasubramanyan Member IAENG 22. Student projects a) Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/programme: b) Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/industry/other agencies: Academic Year Name of the Programme In-House Projects (%) BE CSE BE CSE Outside Organization Projects (%) Page 265

296 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT BE CSE BE CSE BE CSE ME CSE ME CSE ME CSE Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students S. No. Awards / Recognitions received by Faculty: Name of the Faculty Year Awards 1. Dr. D. Chitra Mr. A. Kaliappan Mr. E. Nithyanantham Mrs. S. Punithadevi Mr. A. Pugazhenthi Mr. K. Sundaresan Ms.K.M.Brindha shree Ms. V. Sujitha 2014 Bronze partner faculty under Infosys Campus Connect Bronze partner faculty under Infosys Campus Connect Bronze partner faculty under Infosys Campus Connect Bronze partner faculty under Infosys Campus Connect Silver partner faculty under Infosys Campus Connect Silver partner faculty under Infosys Campus Connect Silver partner faculty under Infosys Campus Connect Bronze Medal received from Infosys Campus Connect for trainer in infosys Campus Connect Awards / Recognitions received by Students: S. No Academic Year No. of Awards Page 266

297 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 24. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department: S. No Academic Year No. of Awards Seminars/ Conferences/ Workshops organized & the source of funding: Academic Source of Name of the Event Year Funding Faculty Development Training Programme on Mobile Application Development Laboratory PACET Workshop on Android Application Development PACET Faculty Development Programme on Programming PACET and Data structures II National Conference on Futuristic Trends in Computing and Information Technology (FTCIT- PACET 15) Faculty Development Training Programme on Programming and Data Structures I Anna University Faculty Development Training Programme on Data Anna Structures University Faculty Development Training Programme on J2SE ICT Programming Academy National Conference on Futuristic Trends in Computing and Information Technology (FTCIT- PACET 14) Workshop on NS2 Simulator PACET National Conference on Futuristic Trends in Computing and Information Technology (FTCIT- PACET ) National Seminar on Multilingual Web Semantic and Cyber Forensics DRDO Workshop on Dot Net Frame Work PACET ICT Faculty Training Programme on.net Technologies Academy Workshop on NS2 Simulator PACET Workshop on Ethical Hacking PACET Page 267

298 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT National Conference on Futuristic Trends in Computing and Information Technology (FTCIT 2012) PACET 26. Student profile programme/course wise: U.G:CSE Academic Year Applications received Selected Enrolled M* F* Pass percentage ** ** Final Results Awaited ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** PG: CSE Academic Year Applications received Selected Enrolled M* F* *** *** *** *** 0 13 Pass percentage Final Results Awaited Final Results Awaited *** *** *** *** *** *** M* - Male F* - Female ** Through single window system. *** Through TANCET and Consortium 27. Diversity of Students Batch % of students from the same state % of students from other States BE ME % of students from abroad Page 268

299 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 28. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc., S. No Year No. of Students Student progression Percentage Against Enrolled (%) Student progression BE. CSE UG to PG Employed Campus selection Other than campus recruitment Entrepreneurship/Self-employment Percentage Against Enrolled (%) Student progression ME. CSE PG to M.Phil. Nil Nil Nil PG to PhD. 1 Nil 2 PhD. to Post-Doctoral Nil Nil Nil Employed Campus selection Nil Other than campus recruitment Entrepreneurship/Self-employment Nil Nil Nil 30. Details of Infrastructural facilities a. Library S. No Department Library Total 1. Books No of Students Project Reports 232 b. Internet facilities for Staff & Students Wi-Fi Campus is facilitated with Internet connectivity of 40 Mbps. Page 269

300 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT All lab workstations are facilitated with Internet connectivity for staff and students. c. Class rooms with ICT facility Class rooms are provided with OHP and LCD projector facilities. Faculty members can use the ICT facilities in class Rooms and Labs NPTEL and open courses are taken in Computer Labs. All labs are Equipped with LCD projector facilities with cordless microphone and speaker facilities. d. Laboratories BE CSE S. No Area of Name of the laboratory Laboratory (in Sq. m) 1. Case Tools Laboratory Compiler Laboratory Computer Graphics Laboratory Computer Practices Laboratory - I Database Management System Laboratory Grid and Cloud Computing Laboratory Internet Programming Laboratory Mobile Application Development Laboratory Networks Laboratory Operating Systems Laboratory Programming and Data structures Laboratory I Programming and Data structures Laboratory II Security Laboratory ME CSE S. No Total Area of Name of Laboratories Laboratories (in Sq. m) 1. Project Lab Advanced Data Structures Laboratory PhD S. No Total Area of Name of Laboratories Laboratories (in Sq. m) 1. Research Lab Page 270

301 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 31. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies S. No. Year No of Students Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with external experts: S. No Academic Year Number of Programmes Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: Innovative teaching learning process ICT based teaching methodologies are adopted. Smart Class Rooms with Audio / Visual Systems. NPTEL Video Lectures. Course Files and Lab Manuals for effective course delivery. Innovative Practices The College focuses on Value added programs and training programmes for initiating Certification Courses in various fields. Employment Enhancement Training Programme for all students. Real Time examples and case studies are discussed. Students are motivated to handle seminar sessions and participate in quiz and group discussion to develop their academic and presentation skills Motivational/Inspirational Lectures from Reputed Industry and Organizations. The College focuses on Value added programs and training programmes for initiating Certification Courses in various fields. Page 271

302 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: ISR: No. of Students Participated Extension activities: No. of Students Participated SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans Strengths A team of well experienced and dedicated faculty members. Smart Classrooms and well equipped state-of-the-art lab facilities. Research center facility for research scholars to promote R & D activities. Placement Training, Personality Development programme, Infosys campus connect training programme, special coaching classes, professional development activites and value added programmes are conducted for students career development. Good industry institute interaction. Maintaining good record of students graduation and placement. Weakness Less number of consultancy works undertaken by the faculty. Less number of funded R & D projects. Obtaining Patents to be concentrated. Communication skills to be improved for benefit of rural area students. Opportunities To develop students into successful entrepreneurs. Students and faculty exchange program with foreign universities. Conversion of projects into products To design Web and Mobile applications for societal development. To publish more research papers in high impact factor journals. Page 272

303 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT Challenges Rapid changes in technology and industrial requirements offer a challenge for the student employment. Changing social and economical scenario leading to unpredictable future. Improving communication skills of rural students to meet industry requirements. Future Plans Creating center of excellence. To attain NBA status for the department. To have research tie-ups with foreign universities. Patenting the innovative research work carried out in the department. Organizing international conference. To publish department journal. Getting more funded projects Page 273

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305 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT EVALUATIVE REPORT OF DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING 1. Name of the department: Electronics and Communication Engineering 2. Year of Establishment: BE. ECE ME. VLSI Design Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., PhD., Integrated Masters; Integrated PhD., etc.): BE. - Electronics and Communication Engineering ME. VLSI Design 4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: Department Involved Computer Science and Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering Science and Humanities Name of the Courses Computer Architecture and Parallel Processing Computer Hardware and Interfacing Object Oriented Programming and Data Structures OOPS and Data Structures Laboratory Control Systems Engineering Electrical Engineering and Control Systems Laboratory Electrical Engineering and Instrumentation Measurements and Instrumentation Applied Mathematics for Electronics Engineers Communication and Soft Skills-Laboratory based Disaster Management Environmental Science and Engineering Principles of Management Probability and Random Processes Professional Ethics in Engineering Total Quality Management Transforms and Partial Differential Equations Page 275

306 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 5. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise): Semester based credit system 6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: Department Involved Computer Science and Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering Mechanical Engineering Name of the Courses Analog and Digital Communication Digital Laboratory Digital Principles and System Design Digital Signal Processing Microprocessors and Microcontrollers Microprocessors and Microcontrollers Laboratory Communication Engineering Digital Logic Circuits Digital Signal Processing Digital Signal Processing Laboratory Discrete Time Systems and Signal Processing Embedded Systems Linear and Digital Integrated Circuits Laboratory Linear Integrated Circuits and Applications Microcontroller and DSP based System Design Microprocessors and Microcontrollers Microprocessors and Microcontrollers Laboratory Electronics and Microprocessors Electronics and Microprocessors Laboratory 7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.: Name of the Agency Certification / Courses Offered CISCO CCNA Industry Campus Connect Campus Connect Program Infosys Campus Connect Program JRM Technologies Consultancy Services LOG IT Value Added Course on Embedded Systems Mighty Electronics and Equipments Consultancy Services UTL Technologies Limited Workshop on System Verilog and Xilinx Value Added Course on VLSI Design VI Microsystems In-Plant Training Page 276

307 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 8. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: Nil 9. Number of Teaching posts: Name of the Position Sanctioned Filled Professors 3 3 Associate Professors 0 0 Assistant Professors Total Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /PhD. / M. Phil. etc.,): S. No Name of the Faculty Qualification Designation Specialization No. of Years Experience No. of PhD. Students guided for the last 4 years 1. Dr. T. Manigandan PhD. Prof Control System Mr. M. Devarajan ME. Prof Applied Electronics Dr. D. Ganeshkumar PhD. Prof Applied Electronics Mr. D. Kumar* ME. Asst. Communication Prof. Systems Mr. M. Chandrasekaran ME. Asst. Applied Prof. Electronics Mr. M. Yuvaraja* ME. Asst. Applied - 10 Prof. Electronics 7. Mrs. M. Madhumalini* ME. Asst. Communication Prof. Systems 9-8. Mrs. K. S.Neelu ME. Asst. Applied - 9 Kumari* Prof. Electronics 9. Mrs. P. Nagasaratha ME. Asst. Power 9 Electronics Prof. and Drives Mr.P. Shankar Bharathi M. Tech Asst. Prof. 11. Mrs. P. Viji ME. Asst. Prof. Embedded Systems Power Electronics and Drives Page 277

308 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 12. Mr. S. Senthamilarasu ME. Asst. Prof. 13. Mr. N. Arun Kumar M. Tech. 14. Mr. R. Karthik ME. Asst. Prof. Applied Electronics 7 - Asst. VLSI Design 6 - Prof. Communication Systems 15. Ms. S. Jayasudha ME. Asst. Communication Prof. Systems 16. Mr. L. Gobu ME. Asst. VLSI Design Prof. VLSI Design 17. Mr. N. Senathipathi* ME. Asst. Prof. 18. Mr. B. Saranraj ME. Asst. Prof. 19. Mr. S. Ramalingam ME. Asst Applied Electronics 4 - Communication Prof. Systems 3 - Mr. M. Navaneetha 20. ME. Asst. Applied Krishnan Prof. Electronics Ms. R. Sriranjini ME. Asst. Applied Prof. Electronics Mrs. S. Ramya ME. Asst. Applied Prof. Electronics Mr. K. Jaikumar ME. Asst. Embedded Prof. Systems Mr. F. Mhaboob Khan ME. Asst. VLSI Design Prof. 3 - Applied Mr. R. Ranjith Kumar ME. Asst. Prof. 26. Mrs. B.Sinthuja ME. Asst. Prof. Electronics Applied Electronics 27. Ms. P. Karthika Rani ME. Asst. Prof. VLSI Design Ms. T. Punithavalli ME. Asst. Prof. 29. Mr. N. Sarveswaran ME. Asst. Prof. Communication Systems Embedded Systems 30. Mrs.S. Vishnu Gopeka ME. Asst. Prof. VLSI Design Ms. L. Sathyapriya ME. Asst. Prof. VLSI Design 32. Mr. R. Vishnu Vardhan ME. Asst. VLSI Design 1 Month - Prof Page 278

309 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 33. Mr. D. Ram Nivas ME. Asst. VLSI Design 1 Month - Prof. 34. Ms. G. Pavithra Devi ME. Asst. VLSI Design 1 Month - Prof. 35. Ms. V. Mani Bharathi ME. Asst. VLSI Design Prof. 1 Month Ms. K. Aishwarya ME. Asst. *- Pursuing PhD VLSI Design 1 Month - Prof List of senior visiting faculty: Nil Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (Programme wise) by temporary faculty: Nil 13. Student -Teacher Ratio (Programme wise): UG 15:1, PG 12:1 14. Number of academic support staff (Technical) and administrative staff; sanctioned and filled: S. No. Staff Sanctioned Filled 1. Technical Administrative Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ PhD/ MPhil / PG.: S. No. Qualification Qualification with Academic Year with PhD ME Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received: Nil 17. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received: Nil 18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: Nil 19. Publication: National: 2 International: 85 Books with ISBN numbers Nil with details of publishers: Chapter(s) in Books: Nil Page 279

310 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT Editing Books Nil Citation Index: Min 1, Max 7, Avg 2.45 SJR: Min 0.13, Max 1.57, Avg Impact Factor: Min 0.12, Max 5.01, Avg H-Index: Min 1, Max 5, Avg Areas of consultancy and income generated: Development of digital communication modules. Design of RS485 based industrial control unit. Design and development of analog communication modules S. No. Academic Year Income Generated (Rs. In Lakh) Faculty as members in a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards: S. No. Name of the Faculty Role of the Faculty Professional Society/Organization 1. Dr. T. Manigandan Member Member Mock auditor Member Coordinator Chair Person Chair Person Board of Studies for Nandha Engineering College from 2012 to 2014 Board of Studies for Government College of Technology from 2013 to 2015 NBA for SREC University Level NSS Advisor Committee member, Anna University FDP on Electrical Drives and Controls by Anna University. TEQIP-II Sponsored International Conference at Government College of Technology. International Conference on Process automation Control and Computing at Coimbatore Institute of Technology on 2011, 2013and 2015 Page 280

311 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 2. Dr. D. Ganeshkumar Reviewer Reviewer Reviewer Reviewer Reviewer Reviewer Reviewer Reviewer Reviewer Elsevier Biomedical Signal Processing & Control Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal International Symposium on Mathematical Sciences and Computing, organized by Faculty of Computer & Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA (PERAK) International Journal of Electronics Advances in Electrical and Electronic Engineering Journal ICTACT Journal on Soft Computing Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers IEEE Colloquium on Signal Processing and its Applications. Journal of Power Electronics Reviewer Journal of Vibration and Control International Conference on Reviewer Man Machine Systems, School of Mechatronic Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis. Member IEEE, ISTE, IE Young Professional IEEE-Student Branch Madras Society Section member IEEE Transactions on Reviewer Instrumentation and Key note speaker NPTEL local chapter coordinator Measurements. National Conference at Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College. NPTEL for PACET Page 281

312 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT Member ISTE, IEEE, IAENG, ISOI 3. Mr. M. Yuvaraja Member IEEE 4. Prof. M. Devarajan Member ISTE 5. Mrs. K.S. Neelukumari Member IETE, ISTE 6. Mrs. M. Madhumalini Member IETE 7. Mrs. P. Nagasaratha Member ISTE 8. Mrs. P. Viji Member IETE, ISTE 9. Mr. R. Karthik Member ISTE 10. Mr. F. Mhaboob Khan Member IETE, ISTE 22. Student projects a) Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/programme: b) Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/industry/other agencies: Academic Year Name of the Programme In-House Projects (%) BE. - ECE ME. VLSI Design BE - ECE ME. VLSI Design BE. - ECE BE. - ECE 97 3 Outside Organization Projects (%) 23. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students Awards / Recognitions received by Faculty: Name of the Faculty Year Awards Mr. R. Ranjith kumar Best paper award in ASDF 2015 sponsored International Conference. Awards / Recognitions received by Students: S. No. Academic Year No. of Students Received Page 282

313 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 24. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department: S. No Academic Year Number of academician Visited Seminars/ Conferences/ Workshops organized & the source of funding: Academic Source of Name of the Event Year Funding Two day national level seminar on Advances in ISRO Satellite and Space Communication A Two day workshop on Digital Image Processing IETE and Its Applications A Two day Workshop on Arduino Programming One day Seminar on Microprocessors and PACET Microcontrollers A Two day Workshop on Arduino Programming One day seminar on Networking & Security IETE A Two day Workshop on Components Identification PACET and Testing One day Seminar on Nano Materials & Its Applications Fourth national Conference on Innovations in PACET Communication and Electrical Drives A Two day national level workshop on Recent CSIR Advances in Microwave Engineering and Its Applications One day Workshop on Advanced Cellular and Wireless Communication PACET Third national Conference on Innovations in Communication and Electrical Drives Two day national level workshop on Recent Trends in CSIR VLSI Design Techniques Two day national level workshop on Recent Trends in CSIR Electromagnetic Applications Two day national level workshop on Emerging CSIR Trends in Low Power VLSI Design Techniques One day Workshop on Optical Communication PACET One day Workshop on Electron Devices and Circuits Page 283

314 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT A Two day Workshop on Research Issues in DSP Applications A Two day Workshop on Recent Trends and Advancements in Signal Processing One day National level Conference on Innovations in Communication and Electrical Drives A Two Day Workshop on Real Time System and Automotive Applications A Two day Workshop on PCB design using ORCAD One day Workshop on The Road Not Taken CSIR PACET 26. Student profile programme/course wise: Academic Year Applications Enrolled Pass Selected received M* F* percentage BE/ECE ( ) ** ** BE/ECE ( ) ** ** BE/ECE ( ) ** ** BE/ECE ( ) ** ** ME/VLSI Design ( ) *** *** ME/VLSI Design ( ) *** *** M* - Male F* - Female ** Through single window system. *** Through TANCET and Consortium 27. Diversity of Students Batch % of students from same state % of students from other States % of students from abroad BE/ECE ( ) BE/ECE ( ) BE/ECE ( ) BE/ECE ( ) MEVLSI Design ( ) MEVLSI Design ( ) Page 284

315 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 28. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc., S. No. Batch No. of Students Cleared Student progression Percentage Against Enrolled (%) Student progression BE. CSE UG to PG Employed Campus selection Other than campus recruitment Nil Entrepreneurship/Selfemployment 0.74 Nil 1.59 Nil Student progression ME. CSE PG to M.Phil. Nil Nil PG to PhD. Nil Nil PhD. to Post-Doctoral Nil Nil Employed Campus selection Other than campus recruitment Entrepreneurship/Self-employment Nil Nil 30. Details of Infrastructural facilities a. Library S. No Department Library Total 1. Number of Books Number of students Project Report 135 Page 285

316 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT S. No. b. Internet facilities for Staff & Students Institution connected with 40 Mbps Internet and Wi-Fi facility for both staff and students. c. Class rooms with ICT facility Class rooms are provided with LCD projector facilities. Faculty uses the ICT facilities. NPTEL videos and open course materials are widely used in class rooms d. Laboratories BE ECE Name of the laboratory Area of Laboratory (in Sq. m) 1. Communication Systems Laboratory Computer Networks Laboratory Digital Signal Processing / VLSI Laboratory Electronic Circuits Laboratory Electronic System Design Laboratory/ Digital Electronics Laboratory-II Embedded Laboratory/Microprocessor Laboratory -II Linear Integrated Circuits / Digital Electronics Laboratory Microprocessor and Microcontroller Laboratory Optical and Microwave Laboratory Project Laboratory ME VLSI Design S. No Total Area of Laboratories Name of Laboratories (in Sq. m) 1. Research Laboratory VLSI Design Laboratory Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies S. No. Academic Year No. of students Page 286

317 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 32. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with external experts: S. No Academic Year Number of Programmes Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: Innovative teaching learning process ICT based teaching methodologies are adopted. Class lectures along with associated hand-outs and supporting material Adopting ICT facilities for teaching. Project-based learning Guest Lecturers, Seminars Discussion Groups Field Trips Expert Interviews and Mentoring The students in a class will be divided into groups and for each group different problems will be given as assignment, to improve the problem solving skills. 34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: ISR No. of Students Participated Extension activities No. of Students Participated Page 287

318 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans Strengths A team of well experienced and dedicated faculty members. Well equipped laboratory facilities and smart classrooms. Good academic performance with university ranks and gold medal. Consistent good placement records Collaborative interaction of students and faculty with Industry Experts. Good faculty retention. Weakness Fewer number of consultancy services. Tie-up with professional bodies needs to be strengthened. MoUs with Research level Institute and R&D based organizations are to be reinforced. Sponsored/non-sponsored research projects have to be augmented. No patent rights so far. Opportunities Getting more funded projects To establish TBI centre. To convert student project to products. To develop socially useful projects. To get more internship in industries. Challenges More rural area students with poor communication skills. The absorbing and comprehending skill of the incoming students is declining. The technology and the demand from the industries changes frequently. To place more students in core companies. Future Plans To establish centre of excellence in areas like Embedded Systems, Circuit Boards Design, VLSI Design. To establish Centre of Research in the department. Page 288

319 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT To introduce additional post graduate programs. To enroll more students to benefit from professional societies To increase the number of students placed in core industries. To fortify industry tie-ups, joint research and in-house projects. Organizing international conference. To get accredited by NBA. To draw more funded projects. To publish department journal. Page 289

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321 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT EVALUATIVE REPORT OF DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING 1. Name of the department: Electrical and Electronics Engineering 2. Year of Establishment: Bachelor of Engineering Master of Engineering PhD. (Electrical Engineering) Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., PhD., Integrated Masters; Integrated PhD., etc.): Bachelor of Engineering. Master of Engineering PhD. (Electrical Engineering) 4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: Department Involved Computer Science and Engineering Electronics and Communication Engineering Mechanical Engineering Name of the Courses Computer Architecture Computer Networks Data structures and Algorithms Data Structures And Algorithms Laboratory Object Oriented Programming Object Oriented Programming Laboratory Operating Systems Soft Computing Techniques Communication Engineering Digital logic Circuits Digital Signal Processing Digital Signal Processing Laboratory Discrete Time Systems and Signal processing Electronic Devices and Circuits Electronic Devices and Circuits Laboratory Embedded Systems Linear Integrated Circuits and Applications Microprocessor & Microcontroller Linear and Digital Integrated Circuits Laboratory Microprocessor & Microcontroller Laboratory Professional Ethics in Engineering Principles of Management Page 291

322 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT Science and Humanities Applied Mathematics for Electrical Engineers Environmental Science and Engineering Numerical Methods Transforms and Partial Differential Equations Communication Skills Laboratory 5. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise): Semester based credit system 6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: Department Involved Name of the Courses Computer Science and Digital Signal Processing Engineering Embedded systems Control Systems Engineering Electrical Engineering Electronics and Electrical Engineering and Control Systems Communication Laboratory Engineering Electrical Engineering and Instrumentation MEMS and NEMS Mechanical Engineering Electrical Drives and Control Electrical Engineering Laboratory Mechatronics 7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.: Name of the Agency Certification / Courses Offered TRIDENT TECH LABs Pvt Ltd., Simulation Software Tools for Power Bangalore Electronics and Power System Applications Ladder Logix, Coimbatore Certified Automation Engineer Basic ICTACT in Association with National Instruments, Bangalore Graphical system design using LabVIEW Power Research & Development Consultants Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore Power System Analysis Package 8. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: Nil 9. Number of Teaching posts: Name of the Position Sanctioned Filled Professors 3 3 Associate Professors 0 0 Assistant Professors Total Page 292

323 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /PhD. / M. Phil. etc.,): S. No Name of the Faculty Qualification Designation Specialization No. of Years Experience No. of PhD. Students guided for the last 4 years 1. Dr.S.Thiruvenkadam PhD. Prof. Power Systems Dr. S. Vijayabaskar PhD. Prof. Power Systems Dr. M.Sathiskumar PhD. Prof. Power Systems Mrs.V.Parimala Asst. Power Electronics ME. Prof. and Drives (SG) Mr. G.Mahendran ME. Asst. Power Electronics Prof. and Drives Mr. P.Mariaraja ME. Asst. Power Electronics Prof. and Drives Mr. P.Prakash ME. Asst. VLSI Design Prof Mr. S.Arun ME. Asst. Power Electronics Prof. and Drives 7-9. Mr. A.Kuppuswamy ME. Asst. Power Electronics Prof. and Drives Mr. A. Vinothkumar ME. Asst. Power Electronics Prof. and Drives 4 - Asst. Power Electronics 11. Mr. M.Ganesh ME. Prof. and Drives Mr.M.Vigneshkumar ME. Asst. Power Electronics Prof. and Drives Ms. B. Brindha ME. Asst. Power Electronics Sakthi Prof. and Drives Ms.K.Kiruba ME. Asst. Power Systems Prof Ms. K. Umamaheswari ME. Asst. Power Systems Prof Mr.R.Thirumoorthy M. Asst. Tech Prof. Power Electronics 1 month - *- Pursuing PhD 11. List of senior visiting faculty: Nil Page 293

324 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (Programme wise) by temporary faculty: Nil 13. Student -Teacher Ratio (Programme wise): UG 15:1, PG 12:1 14. Number of academic support staff (Technical) and administrative staff; sanctioned and filled: S. No. Staff Sanctioned Filled 1. Technical Administrative Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ PhD/ MPhil / PG.: S. No. Qualification with Qualification with Academic Year PhD ME Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received: Name of the Amount Scheme Name of the Faculty Agency (Rs. In lakh) AICTE RPS Dr.S.Thiruvenkadam Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received: Nil 18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: Recognized by Anna University, Chennai as a Research Centre September Publication: National: Nil International: 82 Books with ISBN numbers with details of publishers: Name of the Faculty Dr.S.Thiruvenkadam Dr.S.Thiruvenkadam Dr.M.Sathiskumar Mr.G.Mahendran Chapter(s) in Books: Editing Books Book Name Visual Programming and Applications Power System Operation and Control Nil Nil ISBN Number Citation Index: Min 0.11, Max 4.22, Avg Publisher Technical Publications, Pune. S.Chand Publications. Page 294

325 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT SJR: Min 0.11, Max 1.57, Avg Impact Factor: Min 0.13, Max 3.43, Avg H-Index: Min 1, Max 4, Avg Areas of consultancy and income generated: Power Factor controller Installation of forward and reverse a controlled induction motor in coir winding machine S. No. Academic Year Income Generated (Rs. In Lakh) Faculty as members in a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards: S. No. Name of the Faculty Role of the Faculty Professional Society/Organization 1. Dr.S.Thiruvenkadam Member Reviewer Editorial Board Member Editorial Board Member Member Reviewer Editorial Board Member Editorial Board Member Reviewer Editorial Board Member Reviewer IEEE, ISTE, IJAECE Journal on Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine (Elsevier) VSRD International Journal of Electrical, Electronics & Communication Engineering VSRD International Journal of Computer Science & Information Technology IEEE, ISTE, IJAECE International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems (Elsevier) International journal of advances in engineering research International journal of research in science and technology ASDF IOSRD IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies Page 295

326 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 2. Dr. S. Vijayabaskar 3. Dr. M. Sathiskumar Guest Editor Editorial Board Member Editorial Board Member Member Reviewer Scientific Research and Essays SRE International conferenceicaccs 2013 Sri Eshwar College of Engineering, Coimbatore. Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Research International Conference on New Energy and Future Energy System (NEFES 2016), to be held in Beijing, China during August SciencePG Journals Partners International Science and Research (ISR) Journal. International Journal of innovative ideas in research ISTE, IAENG Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology Journal of Electrical Engineering IET journal of generation transmission distribution Editorial Board Member ISR Member ISTE 4. Mrs.V. Parimala Editorial Board Member International Science and Research (ISR) Journal. Member ISTE, IEEE, IAENG 5. Mr. G. Mahendran Member ISTE, IAENG Member IAENG 6. Mr. P.Mariaraja Editorial Board Member ISRJ 7. Mr.P.Prakash Member IAENG, IRED 8. Mr.S.Arun Editorial Board Member ISR Journal. Member IAENG 9. Mr.A.Kuppuswamy Editorial Board Member ISR Journal. 10. Mr.M.Vigneshkumar Member IAENG Page 296

327 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 11. Mr.A.Vinothkumar Member IAENG 12. Mr.M.Ganesh Member IAENG 13. Ms.B.Brindhasakthi Member IAENG 22. Student projects a) Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/programme: b) Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/industry/other agencies: Academic Name of the Year Programme In-House Projects (%) BE - EEE 91 9 ME - PED BE - EEE 96 4 ME - PED BE - EEE BE - EEE Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students Outside Organization Projects (%) Awards / Recognitions received by Faculty: Name of the Faculty Year Awards Dr.S.Thiruvenkadam Included in Marquis Who s Who in the World as Engineering Educator Dr. M.Sathiskumar Included in Marquis Who s Who in the World as Engineering Educator Awards / Recognitions received by Students: S. No Academic Year No. of Awards List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department: S. No Academic Year Number of academician Visited Page 297

328 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 25. Seminars/ Conferences/ Workshops organized & the source of funding: Academic Source of Name of the Event Year Funding Simulation Software Tools for Power Electronics and Power System Applications Trident Tech Labs FDTP On Electrical Drives and Control Anna University Graphical system design using Lab VIEW in Association with National Instruments. ICTACT Electromagnetic Theory PACET Fourth National conference PACET Third National conference PACET Emerging trends in energy conservation and energy auditing CSIR First National conference CSIR 26. Student profile programme/course wise: U. G:CSE Academic Year Applications Enrolled Pass Selected received M* F* percentage BE/EEE ( ) ** ** BE/EEE ( ) ** ** BE/EEE ( ) ** ** BE/EEE ( ) ** ** ME/PED ( ) *** *** ME/PED ( ) *** *** M* - Male F* - Female ** Through single window system. *** Through TANCET and Consortium 27. Diversity of Students Batch % of students % of students % of students from same state from other States from abroad BE/EEE ( ) BE/EEE ( ) BE/EEE ( ) Page 298

329 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT BE/EEE ( ) ME/PED( ) ME/PED ( ) How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc., S. No Year No. of Students Student progression Percentage Against Enrolled (%) Student progression BE. EEE UG to PG Nil Employed Campus selection Other than campus recruitment Entrepreneurship/Selfemployment Nil Nil Nil Nil Percentage Against Enrolled (%) Student progression ME. PED PG to M.Phil. Nil Nil Nil PG to PhD. Nil Nil Nil PhD. to Post-Doctoral Nil Nil Nil Employed Campus selection 1l.76 Nil 1l.76 Other than campus recruitment Nil Nil Entrepreneurship/Self-employment 5.88 Nil Details of Infrastructural facilities a. Library S. No Department Library Total 1. Number of Books Number of students Project Report 160 Page 299

330 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT S. No b. Internet facilities for Staff & Students Institution connected with 40 Mbps Internet and Wi-Fi facility for both staff and students. c. Class rooms with ICT facility Class rooms are provided with LCD projector facilities. NPTEL videos are used in class rooms. Computer Networking. d. Laboratories BE EEE Name of the laboratory Area of Laboratory (in Sq. m) 1. Circuits and Devices Laboratory Control and Instrumentation Laboratory Electrical Machines Laboratory Electronic Devices and Circuits Laboratory Engineering Practices Laboratory Object Oriented Programming Laboratory Power Electronics Laboratory Power System Simulation Laboratory ME PED S. No Total Area of Laboratories Name of Laboratories (in Sq. m) 1. Power Electronics and Drives Laboratory PhD. S. No Total Area of Laboratories Name of Laboratories (in Sq. m) 1. Research Lab Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies S. No. Year No of Students Page 300

331 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 32. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with external experts: S. No Academic Year Number of Programmes Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: Animation, Chart / Poster, Cut section demonstration, Hands on training, Industrial Visit, In-plant Training, NPTEL Local Chapter, OHP, Power point presentation, Project contest, Seminar, Software simulation, Technical Quiz, Videos, Virtual labs, Webinars. 34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: ISR No. of Students Participated Extension activities: No. of Students Participated SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans Strengths Department has the potential for Excellence in offering diversified UG, PG and Research programmes leading PhD., with state-ofthe-art learning resources and infrastructure facilities. Qualified, experienced and committed faculty members. Good academic record and university ranks with 2 gold medals. Better Faculty retention. Funded projects and Research activities with more publications. Consistent good campus placement record. Eco friendly clean and green environment Page 301

332 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT Weakness Less number of Patents and consultancy services. Professional Society activities (IEEE) need to be strengthened. Lack of higher education and entrepreneurial activities among students. Less number of sponsored programmes. Opportunities Establishing the centre of excellence in emerging areas. Alumni Networking for Academic and placement activities. Enhance research activities through sponsored R&D projects. With good industry interaction, industry sponsored research laboratories can be setup. With the help of ongoing industrial consultancy, more industries can be motivated to approach for consultancy. With the envisaged government concentration on renewable energy, facilities can be setup in the renewable energy field for both faculty and students research. Certificate programs can be organized periodically. Challenges Possibility of declining quality of students admitted because of mushroom growth of institutes. Communication skills of the students are to be strengthened. Gap between curriculum and industry needs. Promoting rural students into technocrats. Future Plans To create centre of excellence in Engineering, Industrial Research and Consultancy To improve the placement in core industries To design industry oriented curriculum and practise by attaining academic autonomy To get NBA accreditation for the Department. To improve modern software facility in Power Electronics and Power System Engineering. To sign MoU with various industries. To tie-up with foreign universities for faculty and student exchange programmes. As PACET is located in the wind energy hub of the state, more research and experimentation on Wind energy is to be created. Page 302

333 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT EVALUATIVE REPORT OF DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 1. Name of the department: Mechanical Engineering 2. Year of Establishment: UG (MECH) Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., PhD., Integrated Masters; Integrated PhD., etc.): BE. - Mechanical Engineering 4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: Department Involved Name of the Courses Environmental Science and Engineering Professional Ethics in Engineering Science and Humanities Statistics and Numerical Methods Electrical and Electronics Engineering Electronics and Communication Engineering Transform Partial and Differential Equation Basic Electrical and Electronics Engineering Electrical Drives and Control Electrical Engineering Laboratory Mechatronics Electronics and Microprocessors Electronics and Microprocessors Laboratory 5. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise): Semester based credit system 6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: Department Involved Name of the Courses All Engineering Programmes Engineering Graphics Engineering Practices Laboratory Civil Engineering Basic Civil and Mechanical Electrical and Electronics Engineering Principles of Management Power Plant Engineering 7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.: Name of the Agency Certification / Courses Offered MTAB Engineers Pvt. Ltd., Chennai Computer Numerical Control Page 303

334 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 8. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: Nil 9. Number of Teaching posts: Name of the Position Sanctioned Filled Professors 4 4 Associate Professors 1 1 Assistant Professors Total Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /PhD. / M. Phil. etc.,): S. No Name of the Faculty Qualification Designation Specialization No. of Years Experience No. of PhD. Students guided for the last 4 years 1. Dr.V.Ramalingam PhD Dean Production Engg Dr.D.Senthil Kumar PhD Prof Refrigeration and Airconditioning Dr.P.T.Saravanakumar PhD Prof Energy Engg Dr.D.Lakshmanan PhD Prof Industrial Engineering Mr.A.Baskaran* ME Asso Thermal Prof Engg Mr.T.Varun Kumar* ME Asst Prof CAD/CAM 8-7. Mr.M.Mohan Prasad* ME Asst Lean Prof Manufacturing 5-8. Mr.V.P.Suresh Kumar ME Asst Prof Engg. Design 6-9. Mr.N.Manikandan* ME Asst Prof Engg. Design Mr.R.Mohammad Asst Manufacturing ME Farooq Prof Engineering Mr.K.Gobi ME Asst Engineering Prof Design Mr.N.Gnanasekar* ME Asst Prof CAD/CAM Mr.M.VigneshPrabhu ME Asst Lean Prof Manufacturing 6 - Page 304

335 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 14. Mr.K.Manikandan ME 15. Mr.M.Jayaraj* ME 16. Mr.M.Parthasarathy ME 17. Mr.G.Konguraja ME 18. Mr.D.Loganathan ME 19. Mr. P.Karthick ME 20. Mr.J.Dinesh Kumar ME 21. Mr.C.Clement Christy Deepak* ME 22. Mr.A.Abdul Muthalif ME 23. Mr.V.Vijayakumar ME 24. Mr.I.Akilan ME 25. Mr.N.Balasubramani ME *- Pursuing PhD Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Manufacturing Engineering 4 - CAD/CAM 3 - Engg. Design 3 - Manufacturing Engg 3 - Engg. Design 3 - Metallurgy 5 - CAD/CAM 2 - CAD/CAM 2 - Thermal Engg 6 - Thermal Engg 1 - CAD/CAM 1 - Energy Engg. 2 Month List of senior visiting faculty: Nil 12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (Programme wise) by temporary faculty: Nil 13. Student -Teacher Ratio (Programme wise): UG 15:1 14. Number of academic support staff (Technical) and administrative staff; sanctioned and filled: S. No. Staff Sanctioned Filled 1. Technical Administrative Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ PhD/ MPhil / PG.: S. No. Qualification Qualification Academic Year with PhD with ME Page 305

336 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received: Nil 17. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received: Nil 18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: Nil 19. Publication: National: Nil International: 50 Books with ISBN numbers with details of publishers: Name of the ISBN Book Name Faculty Number Mr.T.Varun Kumar Mr.T.Varun Kumar Mr.M.Mohan Prasad Name of the Faculty Dr.D.Senthilkumar Name of the Faculty Dr.D.Senthilkumar Composite Materials Introduction to Composites- Fibre, Reinforcement and Hybrid Composites Lean Implementation in Textile Industry - A Case Study Project Chapter(s) in Books: Book Name Cryogenic Treatment on the behavior of En 19 Steel ISBN Number Encyclopedia/ magazine Publisher Anuradha Publications, Chennai LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Deutschland, Germany LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Deutschland, Germany. Publisher Scholars Press, Pages Book Name ISBN Number Publisher Cryogenic Treatment : Shallow and Deep DOI: /E- EISA Encyclopedia of Iron, Steel and Their Alloys, Taylor and Francis Publications Page 306

337 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT Dr.D.Senthilkumar Dr.D.Senthilkumar Corrosion and Elastic Behaviour of Cryogenically Treated En 19 steel Cryogenic Treatment of Gear Steel, V, Pages 36-51, ISSN NO January/February issue 2014 October Issue 2011 Corrosion Management Magazine Editing Books Nil Citation Index: Min - 1, Max - 117, Avg SJR: Min 0.13, Max 2.15, Avg 0.39 Impact Factor: Min 0.33, Max 1.54, Avg 0.66 H-Index: Min 1, Max 4, Avg 1.67 Gear Solutions 20. Areas of consultancy and income generated: Design and Analysis of Garment Cutting tools for productivity improvement S. No. Academic Year Income Generated (Rs. In Lakh) Faculty as members in a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards: S. Role of the Professional Name of the Faculty No. Faculty Society/Organization 1. Dr.V.Ramalingam Member ISAMPE, IAENG, UAMAE Reviewer American Journal of Applied sciences 2. Dr.P.T. Saravanakumar Reviewer Renewable and Sustainable Energy Elsevier Reviewer Solar Energy Elsevier Member UAMAE, ISTE 3. Dr. D.Senthilkumar Member ISTE 4. Dr.D.Lakshmanan Senior Member UAMAE 5. Mr.A.Baskaran Member IAENG 6. Mr.T.Varunkumar Member UAMAE, IAENG 7. Mr.M.Mohan Prasad Member UAMAE, IAENG 8. Mr.V.P.Sureshkumar Member ISTE, UAMAE 9. Mr.N.Manikandan Associate Member UAMAE 10. Mr.R.Mohammed Farooq Member UAMAE, IAENG 11. Mr.K.Gobi Member ISTE, UAMAE, IAENG Page 307

338 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 12. Mr.N.Gnanasekar Member SAE, UAMAE 13. Mr.M.Vigneshprabhu Member UAMAE, IAENG 14. Mr.K.Manikandan Member UAMAE, IAENG 15. Mr.M.Jayaraj Member UAMAE 16. Mr.M.Parthasarathy Member UAMAE, IAENG 17. Mr.G.Konguraja Member ISTE 18. Mr.D.Loganathan Member UAMAE 19. Mr.J.Dineshkumar Annual Member Society for Failure Analysis 20. Mr.C.Clement Christy Deepak Member UAMAE, IAENG 21. Mr.A.Abdul Muthalif Member UAMAE 22. Mr.V.Vijayakumar Member ISTE, IAENG, UAMAE 23. Mr.I.Akilan Member UAMAE 24. Mr.N.Balasubramani Member IAENG, UAMAE 22. Student projects a) Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/programme: b) Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/industry/other agencies: Academic Year Name of the Programme In-House Projects (%) BE. MECH BE MECH BE. MECH Outside Organization Projects (%) 23. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students Awards / Recognitions received by Faculty: Nil Awards / Recognitions received by Students: S. No Academic Year No. of Awards Page 308

339 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 24. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department: S. No Academic Year No. of Awards Seminars/ Conferences/ Workshops organized & the source of funding: Academic Source of Name of the Event Year Funding Two day Seminar on Human Resource Development in Radiation Technologies and Application AERB Two day National Seminar on Small Spacecraft ISRO Technology One day National Seminar on Cryogenic Treatment and its Application Two day National Seminar on Application of Smart Material and Structure in Automobile Two day Workshop on Practical Finite Element Analysis using ANSYS One day Workshop on Computation Fluid Dynamics Two day National Seminar on Commercialization of Renewable Energy Two day National Seminar on Meta Heuristic : Emerging Paradigm in Engineering Optimization 26. Student profile programme/course wise: BE: MECH DRDO- ARMREB INSA PACET PACET MNRE CSIR Academic Year Applications Enrolled Pass Selected received M* F* percentage BE., (Mech) ( ) ** ** BE., (Mech) ( ) ** ** BE., (Mech) ( ) ** ** M* - Male F* - Female ** Through single window system. Page 309

340 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 27. Diversity of Students Batch % of students from the same state % of students from other States % of students from abroad BE., (Mech) ( ) 99% 1% Nil BE., (Mech) ( ) 100% - Nil BE., (Mech) ( ) 97% 3% Nil BE., (Mech) ( ) 100% - Nil BE., (Mech) ( ) 100% - Nil BE., (Mech) ( ) 95% 5% Nil 28. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc., S. No Year No. of Students Student progression Percentage Against Enrolled (%) Student progression BE. MECH UG to PG Nil 12 7 PG to M.Phil. Nil Nil Nil PG to PhD. Nil Nil Nil Employed Campus selection Other than campus recruitment 6 2 Nil Entrepreneurship/Self-employment Nil Nil Nil 30. Details of Infrastructural facilities a. Library S. No Department Library Total 1. Number of Books Number of Volumes Number of Project Thesis 101 b. Internet facilities for Staff & Students Institution connected with 40 Mbps Internet and Wi-Fi facility for both staff and students. Page 310

341 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT c. Class rooms with ICT facility Class rooms are provided with LCD projector facilities. NPTEL videos are used in class rooms. d. Laboratories BE MECH S. No Area of Laboratory Name of the laboratory (in Sq. m) 1. CAD/CAM Lab Simulation and Analysis Lab Dynamics Lab & Metrology Lab Mechatronics Lab Manufacturing Technology Lab I & II Thermal Engineering Lab I & II Engineering Practice Lab ( Mech. & Civil) Strength of Materials Lab Fluid Mechanics & Machinery Lab Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies S. No. Year No of Students Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with external experts: S. No Academic Year Number of Programmes Page 311

342 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: Innovative teaching learning process Mechanical Engineering department delivers curriculum using an innovative "blended approach" that includes courses based on industry - institutional requirements, classroom teaching coupled with web based contents, and application based pedagogy, continuous assessment, organized feedback from students and further improvisation of teaching techniques. The teaching methods are innovative like maximum practical exposure and are dynamic enough to motivate the students. Course plan, Course materials and Lecturer notes: Based on the curriculum syllabi, Course Plan is prepared with student s expectations. We are preparing the course materials well in advance by referring reputed text books based on curriculum syllabi. Lecturer Notes are prepared for course plan with referring the prescribed text books in curriculum syllabi, Industrial data book, reference books and E-sources etc., Black board presentation, OHP Presentation, Power Point Presentation, and Study on Models Group Discussions, Tutorial classes, Individual student seminars The Group Discussions and Tutorial classes are conducted by the concerned the courses. All these activities will help to improve their skills. Seminars hours are added in class time table itself for the students to enrich their knowledge, communication skill, presentation skill on the subjects. Library references, journals, e-learning resources like NPTEL Internet facility is available in the department to facilitate the student to enrich their knowledge on current trends in industrial innovations by using E-learning sources Page 312

343 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: ISR No. of Students Participated Extensive Activities: No. of Students Participated SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans Strength Well-equipped infrastructure and Lab facilities. A team of qualified experienced and committed faculties Constant encouragement being given to the students for their participation in co-curricular and extracurricular activities. A good academic record with University ranks. High retention rate of faculty members. Most of the faculties are pursuing PhD Programme. Numerous facilities, scholarships and financial aid available to meritorious, deserving students. 40 % of faculty from industrial experience. Good placement records. Weakness Less number of industry tie-ups No funded projects Industry institute interaction needs to be strengthened To publish more research papers in high impact factor journals Opportunities To provide testing and consultancy services to the industries Involvement in rural development activities through various club activities Organizational Skill development To tie up with local industries for placement and projects. Enhance research activities through sponsored R&D projects. Page 313

344 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT Challenges Limitation and constraint in government financial support. Changes in IT sector and its impact over placement Improving communication skill for rural background students Focus of students project towards the societal needs. To upgrade rural students to meet the global standards. Patenting the innovative research work carried out in the department Future plans To establish PG programme and Research Centre Establishing the Centre of Excellence in the field of CAD/CAE/CFD Strengthening the Industrial Consultancy work Improving the skills of students in research and publication activities To encourage the students to become entrepreneurs To establish more number of MoU with Industries To get NBA status for the department To upgrade the faculty skills to meet rapid changes in technology To organize International conference and publish department Journal Page 314

345 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT EVALUATIVE REPORT OF DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING 1. Name of the department: Civil Engineering 2. Year of Establishment: BE. Civil Engineering Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., PhD., Integrated Masters; Integrated PhD., etc.): BE. - Civil Engineering 4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: Department Involved Science and Humanities Name of the Courses Environmental Science and Engineering Numerical Methods Principles of Management Total Quality Management Transforms and Partial Differential Equations 5. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise): Semester based credit system 6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: Nil 7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.: Nil 8. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: Nil 9. Number of Teaching posts: Name of the Position Sanctioned Filled Professors 0 0 Associate Professors 0 0 Assistant Professors 4 4 Total 4 4 Page 315

346 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /PhD. / M. Phil. etc.,): S. No Name of the Faculty Qualification Designation Specialization No. of Years Experience No. of PhD. Students guided for the last 4 years 1. Ms.N.S.Priyadharshini ME. 2. Mr.M.Sathees kumar ME. 3. Mr. M. Prabu ME. 4. Ms. S. Kelita ME. Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Construction 9 Engineering & Months - Management Construction 9 Engineering & - Months Management Structural 9 - Engineering Structural Engineering Months 9 Months List of senior visiting faculty: Nil 12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (Programme wise) by temporary faculty: Nil 13. Student -Teacher Ratio (Programme wise): UG 15:1 14. Number of academic support staff (Technical) and administrative staff; sanctioned and filled: S. No. Staff Sanctioned Filled 1. Technical Administrative Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ PhD/ MPhil / PG.: S. No. Academic Year Qualification Qualification with PhD with ME Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received: Nil 17. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received: Nil Page 316

347 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: Nil 19. Publication: National: Nil International: 3 Editing Books Nil Citation Index: Nil SJR: Nil Impact Factor: Min-0.52, Max-1.05, Avg-0.72 H-Index: Areas of consultancy and income generated: Nil 21. Faculty as members in a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards: S. No. Name of the Faculty Role of the Faculty Professional Society/ Organization 1. Ms. N. S. Priyadharshini Member IAENG, IRED 2. Mr. M. Sathees kumar Member IAENG, IRED 3. Mr. M. Prabu Member IAENG, IRED 4. Ms. S. Kelita Member IAENG, IRED 22. Student projects a) Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/programme: NA b) Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/industry/other agencies: NA 23. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students: Nil 24. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department: S. No Academic Year Number of academician Visited Seminars/ Conferences/ Workshops organized & the source of funding: Nil Page 317

348 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 26. Student profile programme/course wise: BE: Civil Applications Enrolled Pass Academic Year Selected received M* F* percentage BE. Civil ** ** Engineering M* - Male F* - Female ** Through single window system. 27. Diversity of Students Batch % of students from the same state % of students from other States % of students from abroad BE. CIVIL How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc., NA 29. Student progression UG to PG PG to M.Phil. PG to PhD. Employed Campus selection Other than campus recruitment Entrepreneurship/Self-employment NA NA NA NA NA NA 30. Details of Infrastructural facilities a. Library S. No Department Library Total 1. Books 346 b. Internet facilities for Staff & Students Institute is connected with 40Mbps Internet and Wi-Fi facility for both staff and students c. Class rooms with ICT facility Class rooms are provided with LCD projector facilities. NPTEL videos are used in class rooms. Page 318

349 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT Computer Networking. d. Laboratories BE CIVIL S. Area of Laboratory Name of the laboratory No (in Sq. m) 1. Communication Skills - Laboratory Based Computer Aided Building Drawing Hydraulics Engineering Laboratory Soil Mechanics Laboratory Strength of Materials Laboratory Surveying Practical I Surveying Practical II Environmental Engineering Laboratory Concrete and Highway Engineering Laboratory Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies S. No. Year No of Students Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with external experts: S. No Academic Year Number of Programmes Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: Modern Teaching Aids In-Plant Training Practical Training Workshops Industrial Visit Guest Lectures NPTEL Video Lectures Group Discussion Seminars and Tutorials Communication Class. Page 319

350 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: ISR S. No Academic Year No. of students participated Extensive Activities: S. No Academic Year No. of students participated SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans Strength: Qualified and committed faculty. Some of the Staff Members are having field experience; hence they can share their industrial experience with the students. Student faculty ratio is maintained. Systematic monitoring of teaching-learning. All the Staff members are having Master s Degree in diversified areas of Civil Engineering. Well-equipped laboratories with modern equipments. Value added programs Weakness Rural scenario institution and majority of students are from the rural areas and hence their communication skills are poor. Less number of faculty publications. Tie-up with professional bodies needs to be strengthened. Opportunities Never ending Infrastructural development, so higher demand for Civil Engineering course among students. Revenue generation through Testing and consultancy services Involvement in rural development activities Organizational Skill development To tie up with local industries for placement and projects. Enhance research activities through sponsored R&D projects. Challenges Availability and retention of qualified and experienced faculty Page 320

351 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT Coping with rapid changing in technology and the industrial requirements to improve the employability of the students are the biggest challenge. The up-gradation of faculty to cope up with technology changes. Improving communication skill for rural background students Future Plans Creating the centre of excellence. To start PG Course and Research centre. The Department is to be accredited by NBA. Planned to sign a MoU with construction companies Hands on training along with curriculum is been planned for the students to practice themselves with the real construction activities To motivate the faculty members to do funded projects To organize national / international level seminars / conferences / workshops in collaboration with Professional Societies. Department administration will be digitized to facilitate easy access by the faculty using Information and Communication Technology. To start-up consultancy activities for government departments and leading industries Page 321

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353 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT EVALUATIVE REPORT OF DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES 1. Name of the department: Science and Humanities 2. Year of Establishment: Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., PhD., Integrated Masters; Integrated PhD., etc.): Support to all BE. and ME programmes 4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: NA 5. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise): Semester based credit system 6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: Department Involved Name of the Courses Communication Skills Laboratory Based Environmental Science and Engineering Civil Engineering Numerical Methods Transforms and Partial Differential Computer Science and Engineering Electronics and Communication Engineering Equations Applied Probability and Statistics Communication Skills Lab Communication and Soft Skills - Laboratory Based Discrete Mathematics Environmental Science and Engineering Numerical Methods Operations Research Probability and Queueing Theory Transforms and Partial Differential Equations Applied Mathematics for Electronics Engineers Communication Skills Lab Communication and Soft Skills - Laboratory Based Environmental Science and Engineering Numerical Methods Transforms and Partial Differential Equations Page 323

354 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT Electrical and Electronics Engineering Mechanical Engineering Probability and Random Processes Applied Mathematics for Electrical Engineers Numerical Methods Communication Skills Lab Communication and Soft Skills - Laboratory Based Environmental Science and Engineering Transforms and Partial Differential Equations Communication Skills Lab Communication Skills - Laboratory Based Environmental Science and Engineering Statistics and Numerical Methods Transforms And Partial Differential Equations 7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.: Nil 8. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: Nil 9. Number of Teaching posts: Name of the Position Sanctioned Filled Professors 0 0 Associate Professors 3 3 Assistant Professors Total Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /PhD. / M. Phil. etc.,): S. No Name of the Faculty Qualification Designation Specialization No. of Years Experience No. of PhD. Students guided for the last 4 years 1. Mrs.K.Saritha * M.Phil 2. Mr.M.Rameshkumar * M.Phil Asst Prof Asst Prof Mathematics 8 - Mathematics 8 - Page 324

355 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 3. Dr.T.Gandhimathi PhD 4. Mrs.D.Chithrakala M.Phil 5. Mrs.V.Bouthra M.Phil 6. Mrs.A.Priya M.Phil 7. Mrs.N.Arulkamatchi M.Phil 8. Mrs.A.K.V.Nithiyalakshmi M.Phil 9. Mrs.A.Sangeetha Devi * M.Phil 10. Mr.R.Palanisami M.Phil 11. Mrs.V.Nirmaladevi * M.Phil 12. Ms.S.Vasuki M.Phil 13. Mrs.V.Yasodha Mahalakshmi M.Phil 14. Mr.P.Sivarama Prabhu M.Phil 15. Mrs.V.Deepa M.Phil 16. Mrs.V.Narmadhadevi M.Phil 17. Mrs.K.Ramya M.Phil 18. Mrs.V.Chithra M.Phil 19. Mr.A.Agatheeshwaren M.Phil 20. Mrs.V.Sudha M.Phil 21. Dr.G.Kottur PhD 22. Dr.A.Vadivukarasi PhD 23. Ms.D.Kiruthika M.Phil 24. Ms.K.Geetha M.Phil Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asso Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Asso Prof Asso Prof Asst Prof Asst Prof Mathematics 7 - Mathematics 5 - Mathematics 4 - Mathematics 5 - Mathematics 2 - Mathematics 3 - Mathematics 7 - Physics 31 - Physics 8 - Physics 2 - Physics 2 - Physics 6 - Physics 7 - Chemistry 8 - Chemistry 7 - Chemistry 6 - Chemistry 4 - Chemistry 6 - Chemistry 12 - English 10 - English 6 - English 3 - Page 325

356 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 25. Mr.J.Das * M.Phil Asst Prof English Mr.K.Vignesh Kumar M.Phil Asst 3 English Prof Mr.S.Sathiyaseelan M.Phil Asst Prof English Mrs.A.Revathi M.Phil Asst Prof English Ms.Ambika * M.Phil Librarian Library Mr.N.R.Arunkumar MPED Physical Physical Director Education Mrs.R.Chitra * M.Phil Asst HR and Prof Marketing Mr.G.Nagamanickam MBA Asst HR and Prof Marketing Mr.A.Athiban MBA Asst HR and 4 Prof Marketing - *- Pursuing PhD 11. List of senior visiting faculty: Nil 12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (Programme wise) by temporary faculty: Nil 13. Student -Teacher Ratio (Programme wise): UG 15:1 14. Number of academic support staff (Technical) and administrative staff; sanctioned and filled: S. No. Staff Sanctioned Filled 1. Technical Administrative Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ PhD/ MPhil / PG.: S. No. Qualification Qualification with Academic Year with PhD ME Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received: Nil 17. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received: Nil Page 326

357 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: Nil 19. Publication: National: Nil International: 22 Books with ISBN numbers Nil with details of publishers: Editing Books Nil Citation Index: Nil SJR: Nil Impact Factor: Min 0.59, Max 4.43, Avg H-Index: Nil 20. Areas of consultancy and income generated: Nil 21. Faculty as members in a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards: S. No Name of the Faculty Role of the Faculty Professional Society/Organization 1. Ms. D. Chitrakala Member ISTE 22. Student projects a) Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/programme: NA b) Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/industry/other agencies: NA 23. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students Awards / Recognitions received by Faculty: Nil Awards / Recognitions received by Students: NA 24. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department: S. No Academic Year Number of academician Visited Page 327

358 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT 25. Seminars/ Conferences/ Workshops organized & the source of funding: Academic Source of Name of the Event Year Funding Two Day National Level Seminar on Recent Techniques in Fuzzy Image Processing CSIR One day National Seminar on Modeling and Building Blocks for Future Nanoelectronics CSIR Two Day National Level Workshop on Soft Computing Techniques for Engineering CSIR Mathematics One day National Seminar on Recent Trends in Mathematical Modeling and Simulation CSIR 26. Student profile programme/course wise: NA 27. Diversity of Students: NA 28. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc., - NA 29. Student progression - NA 30. Details of Infrastructural facilities a. Library S. No Department Library Total 1. Number of Books 222 b. Internet facilities for Staff & Students Institution connected with 40 Mbps Internet and Wi-Fi facility for both staff and students. c. Class rooms with ICT facility Class rooms are provided with LCD projector facilities. Multimedia class rooms (Audio-Visual centre). NPTEL and open course are widely used in classrooms. Computer Networking. Page 328

359 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT d. Laboratories S. No Area of Laboratory Name of the laboratory (in Sq. m) 1. Communication Skills Laboratory Computer Laboratory Chemistry Laboratory Physics Laboratory Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies - NA 32. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with external experts: S. No Academic Year Number of Programmes Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: Innovative teaching learning process Lecture Practices, Group discussion, Use of chalkboard by instructor as aid in teaching, Individual presentation, Assignment, Seminars, Workshops, Conferences, Brain storming, Role play 34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: Nil 35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans Strengths Good faculty retention Well qualified and committed faculty members Well established laboratories Excellent Communication Skills Laboratory equipped with latest software. Consistently maintaining good academic results Page 329

360 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT Regularly conducting science exhibitions for students participation and motivation Weakness More rural students with poor communication skills. Less number of faculty publications Less number of PhD. holders Opportunities Tie-up with nearby chemical industries for consultancy and projects. Tie-up with foreign universities This will enhance teachinglearning process. Video conferencing facility can be utilized to interact with experts. Enhancing research activities with the assistance of funding agencies. Collaborative research with other Universities. Imparting different levels of training in English language to meet the global competition. Department has the opportunity of increasing the R &D activities for making clean environment. Opportunity to be a partner with well equipped institutions. Publication of articles in national and international journals with high impact factor. Challenges Imparting good communication skills to Engineering students who are mostly from rural and semi urban background. The quality of faculty is to be upgraded regularly to meet the national and global challenges. Faculty members and students to be motivated towards innovative ideas and real time projects to cater the needs of rural people. Shift in the medium of instruction from Tamil to English is posing threat to majority of the learners hailing from rural background. Ability to adapt technological tools. Page 330

361 DEPARTMENT EVALUATIVE REPORT Future Plans To establish the department as a renowned research centre. Organizing international conferences, seminars and workshops to disseminate in the field of emerging trends in English, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics. Development of suitable tools / methodologies to improve the communication skills of the students. To tie-up with pioneering industries to synergize the strengths. Tie-up with nearby industries for consultancy. Training on languages which globally create employment opportunities. All the faculty members are encouraged to pursue PhD. Page 331

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