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Besides this, college has no provision or right to retain a teacher on his/her
competency, as the selection committee appoints a teacher on the basis of
available pool of the applicants.
2.4.2 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.
With the emergence of new areas such as Bioinformatics, IT and
Biotechnology, the college understands the need for faculty that have
expertise in these areas. While recruitment for younger faculty having
exposure to newer developments and technology is done as and when the
posts are advertised, the college also makes significant efforts to apprise its
own senior faculty with these advancements. The college encourages and
supports faculty development in many ways:
Participation in Refresher / Orientation courses as per UGC guidelines. It
provides the senior faculty an opportunity for hands-on training in the
respective area by trained professionals. In addition, many of our
faculty members have undertaken post-doctoral research work to refine
their skills.
It is ensured that the work load of the new programmes is shared by both,
new and senior faculty equally. The senior faculty puts in their
experience and the new faculty brings new innovative methods while
teaching the prescribed courses.
The college also extends tremendous support towards development of new
facilities and laboratories to keep up with the growing advancements. In
particular, the effort of the college in raising its standard in the field of
Bioinformatics is exemplary. The Bioinformatics Centre (BIC) funded
by DBT-BTISnet at SVC (established in 2007) is the first
Bioinformatics Centre established in the DU and North India for the
benefit of training students at UG level.
The BIC is well equipped for teaching bioinformatics to UG students and
conducting research including a dedicated Linux/Unix lab for teaching
and research work, well stocked library, facility for Audio-visual
presentations, high speed network laser printers, high speed internet
connectivity.
BIC actively conducts workshops and seminars in the emerging areas of
genomics, proteomics & drug design for participants that include
college faculty, research scholars, UG students and school teachers to
fulfil its objective to promote Biology Teaching through
Bioinformatics. Some of the major workshops conducted during last
three years include:
Symposium in Mathematical and Computational Biology,
March 10, 2015.
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International Conference on Emerging Trends of
Nanotechnology in Drug Discovery, May 26-27, 2014.
Symposium on Ramachandran Manifestation: Peptide to
Proteome, March 14-15, 2013 in commemoration of 50 years of
Ramachandran Map.
Bioinformatics Training Programme for College Teachers,
February 07-09, 2013.
Training Workshop for School Teachers, April 2012
Recently, BIC at SVC has been awarded the first position in DBT-BTISnet
INCENTIVE AWARD (BIF category) for highest number of publications in
the year 2014.
In addition, a PG Diploma course in Molecular and Biotechnology is offered
by the College to provide technical support to cater to the needs of both
research organizations and industry in biotechnology under the DBT-HR
program.
The College also has a state of the art ICT Lab rich in digital technologies.
Every Computer Lab has Projection system and has Digital Board,
Visualization system and Digital Sound system.
The college campus has Wi-Fi facility. The facility acts as the best
technological companion to the students. They are able to procure academic
richness depending on the global technological resources. This helps students
to undertake projects in their free classes and various other presentations.
Students are able to undertake research work, perform their respective college
society‟s work and keep
-in-touch with the latest business happenings. Many
students also utilize this service for preparing presentations for college as
well as inter- college events, many of which have succeeded in winning
laurels for the college.
Academic lessons, practice exercises, model papers, references etc. are at the
nearest reach to the students.
2.4.3 Providing details on staff development programmes during the last four years
elaborate on the strategies adopted by the institution in enhancing the teacher
quality.
(a) Table 2.3: Nomination to Staff Development Programs during the last four
years:
Academic Staff Development Programmes Number of faculty nominated
Refresher courses
16
HRD programs
Nil
Orientation programs
07
Staff training conducted by the University
03 (Fellowships)
Staff training conducted by other institutions
04
Summer/winter schools, workshops, etc.
03
The institution grants leave to the faculty members for Orientation/ Refresher
courses etc.. But participation in these courses is voluntary.
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(b) Faculty Training programs 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
Assessment
Cross cutting issues
Audio Visual Aids/ Multimedia
OER’s
Teaching learning material development selection and use
The College organizes training programs for faculty to introduce the staff and
students to the new developments in improved teaching-learning.
In 2013 SVC was the part of Virtual Class for E-learning organized by DU
for the implementation of Foundation Courses.
In above mentioned virtual class room session, faculty were trained how to
organize lectures and demonstrates experiment in a virtual classroom
environment in collaboration with CIC DU.
The Internal Assessment (IA) System of the college is completely digitized
and faculty members are required to upload the IA marks and class
attendance online on the SIS package. The College organized workshops to
train and orient the faculty (mainly new appointees).
The college conducted a training program for lab assistants in 2012 to train
them in safety procedures in the lab, lab maintenance and care issues,
handling of equipment, etc.
Teachers are constantly engaged in research activities. Many teachers avail
study leave to pursue a Ph.D. / post- doctoral research.
The College subscribes to a number of journals related to different
disciplines.
Teachers are trained to explore the internet to create PPT presentations.
Teachers and students are encouraged to access information from web
resources.
The College publishes College magazine every year.
Many departments are supplied with audio visual teaching aids which are also
used to teach students.
Learner centered activities like participative learning, interactive sessions,
students‟ semi
nars, case studies, project work, assignments, problem solving
exercises and field work are followed.
The significant teaching-innovations made in the last five years are
mentioned below:
Practical work: Nearly half of the total academic work time is devoted to
practical/project work aimed at creating industry like work
environments.
Feedback: Both teachers and students evaluate each other with the spirit
of developing mutually and for the cause of promotion of excellence.
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Case study and simulation exercises: Students are assigned live projects
as case studies that are aimed at testing the application of theoretical
concepts to industry situations. Use of case study method and organizing
of mock interview sessions and review of Curriculum vitae exercises for
the purpose of explaining the recruitment process.
Personality development initiatives: Students are divided into groups to
work on projects and make class presentations to collectively work with
team spirit and share their knowledge. Students usually undertake
projects with industrial and commercial organizations. Faculties actively
involve themselves in facilitating the completion of project work.
The use of modern multimedia teaching aids like LCD Projectors, CD-
ROMs and computer systems are usually employed in classroom
instructions. In some departments, computer-based packages are used to
elucidate abstract knowledge and virtual instruments through computer
animation. Students are also encouraged to use computer software
packages for meaningful analysis of the experimental data
collected/acquired by them.
(c) Table 2.4: Percentage of Faculty
Departments
Invited as resource
persons in
Workshops/Seminars
/ Conferences
organized by
external professional
agencies
Participated in
external Workshops
/Seminars /
Conferences
recognized by
national/
international
professional bodies
Presented papers in
Workshops/Seminars
/Conferences
conducted or
recognized by
professional agencies
Biochemistry
50
100
40
Botany
10
100
10
Chemistry
40
100
40
Commerce
30
80
30
Economics
45
80
45
Electronics
50
80
50
English
31
100
35
Hindi
42
80
42
History
30
50
30
Mathematics
10
50
10
Physics
50
100
50
Political
Science
-
-
-
Sanskrit
25
100
100
Zoology
40
60
40
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2.4.4 What policies/ systems are in place to recharge teachers? (e.g.: providing
research grants, study leave, support for research and academic publications
teaching experience in other national institutions and specialized
programmes industrial engagement etc.)
There is no provision in the college to provide grants to the teaching faculty
to support and promote research and constant up-gradation of knowledge and
skills. But certain funding agencies like DBT, DST etc. offer generous
financial and infrastructural support to the faculty of science departments.
Otherwise, the teachers of humanities, social sciences and literature have their
own ability and personal efforts to generate funds to pursue their research
work.
Teachers who want to continue their research are granted leave as per the
UGC policy.
In Science Faculty, members can distribute and allocate their teaching work
that is in sync with their research commitments. The college provides all
possible support to the faculty for pursuing academic activities, which
includes following:
The teachers attend in-service training, orientation and refresher courses
organized in the University to recharge and rejuvenate interest.
The college nominates faculty for academic staff development programs
and grants duty leave to attend orientation programs, refresher courses,
workshops, seminars, symposiums and conferences.
The teachers of the college are permitted to take up academic and other
assignments on deputation or as visiting faculty
State of the art research infrastructure, in terms of hardware and software
as well as databases are freely available to the faculty. They can access
books, journals, magazines, e-resources in college library and ICT labs.
On recommendation of Research Committee and ASC, the college is soon
going to initiate a peer reviewed research journal for the faculty.
2.4.5 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.
The college encourages the faculty to engage in teaching, research and other
academic enterprise. The faculty is very much aware for their responsibility
towards society. This promotes the personal growth of a teacher and becomes him
more responsible to the society at large. The following teachers are awarded or
recognized for their distinguished services.
Table 2.5: Awards for excellence in teaching & Education:
Faculty
Department Award
Year
Dr. Saurabh
Kumar
History
Teaching Excellence Award for
Foundation Course, DU, FYUP
May,
2014
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Dr. Sharda
Pasricha
Chemistry
Distinguished Teacher Award from
DU
2009-10
Dr. Namita
Pandey
Political
Science
Distinguished Teacher Award from
DU
2009-10
Dr. Ramesh
Budhraja
Mathematics Distinguished Teacher Award from
DU
2009-10
Retired Faculty:
Dr. A. Sankara Reddy, Principal (May 1994 to June 2008):
Padma Shri Award, (one of the highest honours awarded to citizens by
the Indian Govt.) in the field of Education and Literature, received from
Her Excellency, The President of India, 2009.
Ananta Animuthyalu- For excellent services in the field of Education,
NGO Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh, 2012.
Rashtriya Gaurav Award for Meritorious Services, Outstanding
Performance and Remarkable Role in the field of Education by India
International Friendship Society (IIFS), Delhi, 2011
Ugadi Puraskar for valuable contributions in the field of Education by
Delhi Telugu Akademi, 2008.
Excellence Award in Education by Srimahandhra Cultural and
Educational Charitable Trust, 2008.
Indira Priyadarshini Award for outstanding services, achievements and
contributions in the fields of education and administration on the
occasion of 86
th
birth anniversary of Late Smt.Indira Gandhi, 2005.
Higher Education and Development (HED) award at Higher Education
and Development Summit by an U.N. affiliated NGO (IAEWP), 2004.
International Trade Summit Special Education Award at International
Trade Summit by International Association of Educators for World
Peace, 2004.
International Felicitation Award
–
World 2000 Millennium Award by
International Association of Educators for World Peace (AEWP), 1999
Manav Sewa Puraskhar by Institute of Economic Studies, 1998.
Spardha Shree Award for meritorious services in Education by All India
Unique Sports and Cultural Organization, Delhi, 1997.
“
College in sight
”
awarded by NIS, 1996.
Mr. N.K. Bhasin, Department of English, received Distinguished Teacher
Award from DU, 2009.
The college provides full support to the faculty to excel in teaching and is given
full autonomy and space to employ innovative methods in teaching and research.
2.4.6 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
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the teaching-learning process?
The feedback mechanism is already been described in 1.4.2 and 2.3.11.
Additionally,
Teachers take feedback, both formally and informally, from the students.
Many teachers use self-administered feedback forms to take their own
feedback from the students for their personal growth and self -reflection. The
feedback form focuses on students‟ response on pedagogy, content
knowledge, communication, learning environment and teacher accessibility.
The feedback from the students is taken in a positive spirit so as to review
how the teaching is being received by the students and to find out the areas of
improvement.
The College has recently introduced the practice of internal and external audit
so as to facilitate internal as well as external peer evaluation.
2.5 Evaluation Process and Reforms
2.5.1 How does the institution ensure that the stakeholders of the institution
especially students and faculty are aware of the evaluation processes?
In the colleges of DU, the examination and continuous evaluation are
conducted according to the set guidelines of the University. These guidelines
are available on the university as well as college website, and are also
conveyed to students by the teachers during classroom interactions.
The stakeholders of the institution are conveyed about the evaluation process
in the following ways:
Students are conveyed very clearly during the orientation programme in
the beginning of the academic session about the relevance of
attendance.
They are also provided the information regarding assessment processes on
tests/quizzes, assignments, projects, etc. through the college prospectus.
The college notice boards display all circulars from the university
regarding evaluation, and also the last dates for submission of
assignments and conduction of tests.
Teachers upload the marks and attendance given to their respective
students on the college website. This data is accessible to all students.
A moderation committee is set up in each department to analyze the
internal assessment marks submitted by the teachers. The moderation
committee meets at the end of every semester to review the internal
assessment of the students.
A student can approach the concerned teacher or ASC Convener or
Grievance Cell or the Principal in case of any discrepancy in marks,
attendance or in evaluation process.
In the current academic session, the students are admitted under CBCS. Since
the students will be continuously assessed for their performance in the regular
classes and practical, they are regularly updated about their performance by
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