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LEKSHMIPURAM COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE(Accredited by the NAAC with B+ Grade)

NEYYOOR – 629 802KANNIYAKUMARI DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU

THE ANNUAL QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORT (AQAR) OF THE IQAC

2007– 2008

Submitted to the

NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION COUNCIL (NAAC)

BANGALORE 560 072

Preface

Quality is the hallmark of this age. The Indian higher education system becomes

fully aware of the need for Quality. Quality and Excellence are highly inter-related. They

could not be attained on a fine morning. Organized and focussed efforts are needed to

achieve this goal. Moreover, very earnest, effective, efficient, proper, fair and planned

trial only can lead the scholars to success. No doubt the unplanned growth of higher

education coupled with lack of resources affects the quality of education. A careful equal

distribution of resources is also mandatory to achieve quality and excellence. Thus, the

UGC targets this kind of Quality in Higher education.

The quality of higher education is not a new concept But it has become

inevitable in this new era. It is something that the parents are demanding increasingly

and it emerges as a must to the contemporary governments. The UNESCO in its World

Conference Report 1998 explains the need of quality of higher education as follows;

“Quality is a complex, dynamic, historically constructed and multifaceted concept, often

defined by what is lacking rather than by its contents. It reflects national, regional and

global socio-economic, cultural and political visions. The issue of quality cannot be

dissociated from the quest for excellence and the need to establish evaluation criteria.

The Universities of higher education imply that there must be a concern to clarify the

standard of quality and relevance above and beyond the standards specific to given

context. A quality assurance system is the means by which an institution confirms to

itself and to others that conditions are in place for students to achieve the standards that

the institution has set”. So the higher education institutions cannot deviate from the track

of quality trails.

The Higher Education system mainly aims to provide training that will yield higher

calibre, responsible citizens and qualified workers. In recent years, the standardization of

academic education has led to the quality explosion in the field of higher education.

Thus the scenario is more conducive for reaping.

As a part of quality enhancement all the departments have conducted seminars

and quiz programmes. Various social and cultural outreach programmes took place

under the aegis of NSS, NCC, YRC and RRC. A series of curricular, co-curricular and

extra-curricular activities were also undertaken along with career guidance to develop

the personality of the students. The sincere and dedicated efforts of the members of the

staff have uplifted the standard of the institution to a higher level.

This report is a record of the achievements and accomplishments of those who

strive to promote quality of education in the campus. One can get a feel of our campus

vibrancy through this report. So we are proud enough in submitting this Annual Quality

Assurance Report (AQAR) of the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of

Lekshmipuram College of Arts and Science, Neyyoor, for the academic year 2007-

2008 to the NAAC.

CO-ORDINATOR, IQAC

PRINCIPAL

THE ANNUAL QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORT (AQAR) OF THE IQAC: 2007 - 2008

Name of the Institution : LEKSHMIPURAM COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, NEYYOOR - 629 802

Year of first Accreditation : February 2005

Status : B+ Grade

Year of the AQAR : 2007 - 2008 (IV Year Report)

Chair person : Prof.R.David Raja Bose, M.A., M.Phil.,

Principal i/c

Senior Administrative officers : 1. Mrs.C.Stella Nesabai Seventhie, M.A.,

2. Dr.S.Abraham Thambi Raja, M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.,

Teachers Representatives : 1. Mrs.P.M.Jothi, M.A., M.Phil.,

2. Mr. E. Sukmaran. M.Sc., M.Phil.

3. Dr A. Ramalingom Pillai M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.

4. Mr. K. Chithamparathanu Pillai,M.Sc., M.Phil.,

5. Mrs.A.Tamil Selvi, M.Sc., M.Phil.,

6. Dr S. Ganesh M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.

7. Mr. P. Saravanan. M.Sc. MLISc. M.Phil. M.Ed.

8. Mr. C. Rajesh M.C.A., M.Phil

Members from the Management : 1. Adv. C. Subramoniam B.A., B.L.,

Secretary, College Executive Committee

2. Mr.K.Ramesh,

Secretary, Lekshmipuram College Society

Nominees from the Local Body : 1. The Chief General Manager,

Indian Rare Earths Limited,

Manavalakurichi 629 252.

Kanniyakumari District, Tamil Nadu

2. Dr.N.Arumugam, M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.,

Pincipal (Rtd.), Vivekananda College,

Agasteeswarm.

114/35 G Camp Road, Periavilai, Kottar P.O,

Nagercoil 629 002.

Member Co-ordinator of IQAC : Mr.T.Xavier Oscar Dhas, M.Sc., M.Phil.,

CONTENTS

Part A

I Plan of action chalked out by the IQAC in the beginning of the year 2007 – 2008

II Achievement during 2007 – 08

Part B

I Questionnaire

Part C

I Details of the plans of the institution for the next academic year 2008 - 2009

Annexures

i Staff participation in Orientation/Refresher course in 2007 – 2008

ii Teachers’ participation in seminar/conference/workshop and

paper presentation

iii Library Information

iv Students’ participation in various competitions

v University Result analysis

vi Photo Gallery

The Annual Quality Assurance Report 2007 – 08

Part A

I Action Plan chalked out by the IQAC in the beginning of the academic year 2007 – 2008.

The IQAC of Lekshmipuram College of Arts and science, Neyyoor,

which met in the beginning of the academic year 2007-2008 chalked out the

following programmes

To introduce job oriented UG programmes and to extent the existing

UG to PG level.

To take steps improve the existing infrastructure facilities so as to

accommodate more number of students in the forthcoming academic

year 2007-2008.

Efforts to be taken to conduct Students’ Union Election in a democratic

way in accordance with the University guidelines by giving

representation to girls too.

To provide Leadership orientation to students.

To celebrate national as well as regional festivals in the college to

inculcate the spirit of national integration and communal harmony

among the students.

To continue the existing mid-day meal scheme by including more

number of economically backward students.

To bring out the talents of the students and to encouraged to them to

participate in more number of extra-curricular activities.

More endowment prizes have to be instituted to motivate the students.

Steps to be initiated for quality education and to achieve higher

percentage of results including University ranks.

Faculty members are to be encouraged to update their knowledge in

their respective subjects by attending more number of seminars,

symposia, workshops and Orientation / Refresher courses.

To launch UGC -COP programme in Journalism for the benefit of the

student community.

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To extend NCC activities to the girl students also as their strength

exceeded 80% of the total strength of the college.

To provide more number of community oriented activities jointly by

NSS, NCC and YRC in collaboration with the local authorities in the

neighbourhood villages.

To conduct more number of awareness programmes.

Efforts to be taken to make the campus a “Green Campus” by planting

more trees.

To strengthen the sports activities in the college effectively..

To practise and document more number of healthy practices in the

campus.

To motivate faculty members to pursue their research work for higher

qualifications.

To provide remedial coaching for the needy students.

To continue the special coaching classes for the physically challenged

students in the neighbouring Polio Home.

To activate the Career Guidance Cell for finding the suitable jobs to the

students.

Staff association activities are to be strengthened for the welfare of the

teachers.

To seek more financial assistance from PTA and the Alumni for the

development of the infrastructure facilities.

To constitute an UGC cell for the implementation of various UGC

programmes in the college.

Efforts are to be taken to complete the Master plan building of the

college as proposed earlier.

To enrich the research scholars by providing the data collected from

the satellite based Automatic Weather Station installed in our campus.

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II Achievement during the academic year 2007-2008

New PG course in M.Sc.(Physics) and UG course in B.Com. with

Computer Application were lanuched.

Eleven members of the teaching faculty were newly appointed in the

regular vacancies as per the Tamil Nadu Government’s order in the

departments of Tamil, English, Mathematics, Physics, Zoology, Chemistry

and Botany.

The Students’ Union was constituted by electing the office bearers

through a mass election conducted in the democratic way on 13-07-2007

and the same was inaugurated on 17-08-2007.

A Student Cabinet was formed by incorporating the Students’ Union office

bearers, Secretaries of the various associations including the Self-

financing courses and two representatives from each class.

A sum of Rs.8,41,542/- has been distributed to 905 students as various

scholarships.

Three of our students, Selvi.C.Viji, III B.Sc. (I.T.), T.Suba, III B.Sc. (Bio-

Chemistry) and M.Karthy, III B.Sc. (CDF) bagged University Ranks in the

April 2007 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Examination and a cash

award of Rs.1000/- was rewarded to the respective departments as an

incentive.

Four Faculty members attended Refresher courses in the Academic Staff

Colleges in Madurai Kamarai University, Madurai, Tamil University,

Tanjore and the University of Kerala, Kariavattom.

Members of the staff from the various departments attended Seminars,

Conferences and Workshops of various levels and presented papers.

UGC gave its approval to begin Journalism under Career Oriented

Programme (COP) from the academic year 2007-2008 and sanctioned

Rs.5, 00,000/- as seed money for the course.

Submitted Application to the UGC for the Career Oriented Programme in

Computer Hard wares during the XI plan period.

Students were encouraged to participate in various cultural competitions

like dance, music, verse writing, elocution and other items in fine arts at

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the District, State and National levels and some of the students secured

prizes at the District and State levels.

Leadership camp for the students was conducted by Mr.A.Xavier Chandra

Bose, M.A., M.Phil., Department of English, Lekshmipuram College of Arts

and Science.

The Department of English organized Remedial Coaching in English for

the weaker students and for those who have arrear in Part II – English.

A total of 104 cadets including 45 boys and 59 girls enrolled as National

Cadet Corps. 7 cadets passed ‘C’ certificate examination among the 9

cadets who appeared for the same and 7 cadets passed in ‘B’ certificate

examination among the 13 cadets who appeared for the same.

Our college NCC wing attained Second Prize for the overall performance

in a function held at the Scott Christian College, Nagercoil.

Selvan. Anto Prakash, II B.A. Eng.Lit, won the best cadet award and the

best in drill award in the Combined Annual Training Camp (CATC) at

Vivekananda College, Agasteeswarm from 11-02-2008 to 20-01-2008.

Anti Eve-Teasing Committee and Anti Ragging committee were

constituted as per the recommendation of UGC and the State

Government.

The four National Service Scheme units jointly organized ten days special

camp in Aadaravilai, Rajakkamangalam from 11-01-2008 to 20-01-2008

The Youth Red Cross organized Blood Group Identification and Blood

donation camp, Afforestation of India programme, Yoga Awareness

programme in the college campus, Tsunami Memorial procession from

our college to Mondaicaud and observed Road safety week.

Our college Kabbadi team won the second place in the District level

tournament at Thenkapattinam

Selven.K.Arun Sheela Kumar, III B.A., got selected to the Manonmaniam

Sundaranar University Kabbadi team.

Our college students K..Arun Sheela Lumar, E.Devasahayam and

S.Jaculin Mary secured First Prize in different category in the district level

swimming competition.

The Sports Day was celebrated on 28-02-2008. Mr.C.Paul Suthanthira

Dhas, District Sports Officer, Nagercoil delivered the Sports Day message

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For the first time in the district an Inter-Collegiate Staff Cricket Tournament

was organized in our college on 4th , 5th and 12th of March 2008. Six

colleges from the district participated.

Six members of the IQAC of our college participated in the IQAC

sponsored Seminars in other colleges.

The Annual Convocation 2008 was held on 23-02-2008. In this function,

208 students received their diplomas. Dr.C.Sylendra Babu, I.P.S., the

I.G.P, Chennai, the guest of honour delivered the convocation address

and gave away the diplomas.

The proposal for the permanent affiliation of our college was

systematically prepared by a team of staff and was submitted to the

M.S.University on 27-09-2007

The Associations of all the departments were deeply activated to achieve

their goal and our vision realizing academic performance.

Various healthy programmes like celebration of National important days,

Religious functions, Career Guidance to the students, displaying ‘ thought

for the day’ and daily-a-word on the notice board were introduced in this

year for the staff and students.

Career Guidance Cell organized free coaching for various competitive

examinations in the government and private sectors. Four of our girl

students got selected to the Police department among those who

attended the coaching offered by the cell.

An Orientation Programme for the staff was organized by the staff

association and a one day tour was organized by the staff association in

which more than sixty members of the staff participated.

The College Alumni Association donated one personal computer and a

printer worth of Rs.30,600/- to the college office.

The proposal for the XI Plan has been sent to the University Grants

Commission and an advance of Rs.87,394/- was sanctioned towards the

purchase of books and equipment.

An Ad-hoc increase of student strength from 1380 to 1440 occurred

during this academic year.

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PTA also contributed money to meet the salary expenses of the

Management staff appointed against the vacancies caused by the

retirement of the regular staff.

Foundation stone was laid for the Golden Jubilee building by Mr.K.Muthu

Kumaru Pillai, Former Secretary of our college on 23-08-2007.

Research activities are pursued on the data collected from the automatic

Weather Station in our campus.

Dr.S.Abraham Thambi Raja, Head of the Department of Physics, was

appointed as Honorary Superintendent by Deputy Director General of

Meteorology, IMD, Ministry of Earth Science, Govt. of India, to overlsee

the technical and general works of the Automatic Weather Station.

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Part B

1. Activities reflecting the goals and objectives of the institution

Every new academic year we begin with full hope and new aspirations

to fulfill our vision. During 2007 – 2008, we have achieved something in

the welfare of downtrodden people in the society very near to our college.

At present 1380 students are studying in seven aided courses at the

UG level, five self-financing courses at the UG level and four self-financing

courses at the PG level. Out of this, 1046 students are girls and 334

students are boys. Most of the students are the first generation degree

learners. They are coming from very poor rural background and from the

downtrodden families. Our college is fulfilling the needs and dreams of our

students by imparting quality education for achieving the vision and

mission of our college.

2. Academic Programmes initiated (UG & PG).

The academic year 2007 – 2008 assumes another importance also.

P.G. course in M.Sc.( Physics) and an U.G. job-oriented course B.Com.

with Computer Application under self–supporting scheme have been

introduced by the relentless efforts of the Management.

3. Innovation in curricular design and transaction.

As our college is affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University,

Tirunelveli, curriculum for the courses are designed by the Univeristy.

Hence the college has no specific role in curriculum design. However, our

members of the staff, Mrs.P.M.Jothi, M.A., M.Phil., HOD of History and

Tourism, Dr.S.Abrham Thambi Raja, M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D., HOD of

Physics and Dr.J.Jayakumar, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., HOD of Malayalam,

have served as members and chairman in the board of studies in their

subjects. As far as framing of curriculum is concerned, semester system

follows with the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) from this academic

year. The teaching-learning process is designed to give more emphasize

on skill and application to the existing knowledge dissemination and

acquisition process. Curricular activities are coordinated with co-curricular

and extra-curricular activities. Innovative teaching method is followed by

using OHP and LCD to provide new learning experience to the learner.

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Students were encouraged to attend seminars and present papers on

scientific areas.

4. Interdisciplinary programme started.

In addition to the traditional discipline oriented programme, the

Students’ Career Guidance Cell, headed by Mr.P.Saravanan, Librarian of

the college, provided coaching classes for competitive examinations and

training to the students in communication skills. It organized free coaching

for competitive examination to various Government services. Four of our

girl students recently got selected for Tamil Nadu State Police department,

those who had attended the coaching offered by the cell. A separate

notice board is maintained to display the opportunities that arise then and

in the various government and public sectors.

5. Examination reforms implemented:

Unit wise tests were conducted in every fifteen days to assess the

learning outcome of students. Progress reports were sent to the parents

periodically. Enough feedback and guidance were provided to the parents

and to the students. Performance of the students in the university

examination is analysed in the meeting of the respective departments.

Remedial coaching is provided to the needy students and enrichment

programme for the gifted students is also arranged. .

6. Candidates qualified NET / SLET / GATE etc:

Sufficient motivation and guidance have been given to the

talented students to appear for the programmes after their Post

Graduation. The PG courses were introduced only from the academic year

2006 – 2007 onwards, and hence the outcome is not ascertained.

7. Initiative towards faculty development programme:

Members of the Staff are always encouraged to participate in

Orientation and Refresher courses to update the knowledge and to

improve their pedagogical skills. This year (2007-2008) five of them

attended Refresher courses in various disciplines.

Vide Annexure – 1.

8. Total number of seminars/workshops conducted:

Nine seminars were conducted during the year 2007-2008. They are as

follows.

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i A Leadership training camp was conducted for the student cabinet

Mr.A.Xavier Chandra Bose, Convener, Students’ Counselling and

Redressal Committee of our college organized and trained the

representatives.

ii The Department of Tamil organized a week long workshop from 13-

02-2008 to 16-02-2008 on the art of Public speaking, Versus writing, Story

writing, Writing drama and Debating. Suitable artists in the relevant field

like Kottai Vazhavan, Kumari Adavan, Keezhkulam Villavan, Kalai

Thozhan and Dr.Jayaseeli trained the students in the various literary

creative activities.

iii Tamil Classical Language Research Centre and Tamil Nadu Murpokku

Writer Association jointly conducted one day seminar on Tamil Literature

on 23-02-2008.

iv A National Seminar was organized and hosted by the Department of

English on 26-02-2008 with the key speakers Dr.Roshan Thomas, Head,

Department of English All Saints College, Thiruvananthapuram and

Dr.Supriya of Fathima Matha College, Kollam. Student representatives

accompanied by staff from the colleges of Nagercoil, Tholayavattom,

Marthandam and Chungankadai participated.

v The Department of Mathematics organized a one day seminar on

Differential Geometry on 07-08-2007. The chief guest of the seminar,

Dr.Somasundram, Reader in Mathematics, Manonmaniam Sundaranar

University, Tirunelveli delivered the key note address. Students from

different colleges participated.

vi The department of Mathematics organized another oneday University

Level Seminar on Functional Analysis on 19-03-2008. Dr.Vijayan,

Department of Mathematics, Nesamony Memorial Christian College,

Marthandam and Dr.Somasundaram, Reader in Mathematics,

Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli were the resource

persons in the seminar.

vii A oneday seminar on the fundamental concepts of Quantum

Mechanics was conducted along with the Physics association inauguration

on 23-10-2007. Dr.S.D.Roy, Reader in Physics, N.M.Christian College,

Marthandam was the chief guest of the seminar.

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viii Dr.S.R.Sree Kumar delivered a special address on ‘Semi conductors

and the preparation of Semi conductors’ on 28-02-2008 in a seminar

conducted by the department of Physics for the staff and P.G students. He

also discussed the possibilities of research in the field of Physics.

ix The Department of History and Tourism organized a one day university

level seminar on ‘The Impact of Tourism in Kanniyakumari District’ on 29-

02-2008. Dr.Rajappan, Former HOD of History, Scott Christian College,

Nagercoil delivered a resource talk on ‘Socio-religious impact of Tourism

in Kanniyakumari District’. Dr.C.Selvaraj, Reader, Department of History

& Toruism, N.M.Christian College, Marthandam high lighted ‘The

important Tourist centres and their significance’ and Prof.Dhanapaul Singh

of N.M.Christain College, Marthandam brought forth the ‘The Economic

Impact of Tourism in Kanniyakumari District’ in a vivid manner.

Members of the staff from the various departments attended Seminars,

Conferences and Workshops of various levels and presented papers.

Vide Annexure-2

9. Research Projects:

(a) Newly implemented

Members of the staff are encouraged to apply for project in various

organizations- UGC and the governmental agencies..

(b) completed

One UGC minor research project with the title ‘Emotional Intelligence:

Occupational Stress and Burnout among the Academic Librarians’ has been

successfully completed by Mr.P.Saravanan. The report is submitted to the

UGC and INFLIBNET on 01-04-2008

10. Patent generated, if any:

Nil

11. New collaborative research programme:

Nil

12. Research grants received from various agencies.

Nil

13. Details of research scholars

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Mr.M.Neelakanda Pillai, Department of Tamil,

Mrs.P.M.Jothi, Deoartment of Hisotry,

Mr.R.David Raja Bose, Department of English,

Mr.A,Xavier Chandra Bose, Department of English,

Mr.K.Chithambarathanu Pillai, Department of Mathematics,

Mrs.A.Tamil Selvi, Department of Zoology and

Mr.P.Saravanan, Department of library science are pursuing

their research work in their respective subjects.

14. Citation Index of faculty members and impact factor.

Faculty members published their research papers in referred

journals both at State and National levels. Citation Index and impact

factors are not available for reporting.

15. Honours/Awards to the faculty:

Nil

16. Internal resources generated

The College Alumni Association donated one personal computer and a

printer worth of Rs.30,600/- to the college office.

PTA contributed money to meet the salary expenses of the

Management staff

17. Details of departments getting SAP, COSIST, DST, FIST etc.

assistance/recognition

Nil

18. Community Services:

N.S.S activities

Our college N.S.S. volunteers cleaned the college campus and an area

of Kurumbanai, a neighbourhood coastal village of our college.

The four units jointly conducted AIDS Awareness rally from our College

to Thingal Nagar on 20-12-2007. Nearly 750 Students attended the

rally.

They conducted ten days special camp in Adaravilai village in

Rajakkamangalam from 11-01-2008 to 20-01-2008.

They conducted blood group identification camp and voluntary blood

donation by the students on 27-7-2007.

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The units decided to extend the service to the local religious and social

festivals of the local area

Conducted tree plantation programme on 15-08-2007

Awareness programme on Tuberculosis was conducted by

Shri.Krishnamoorthy, President, Kanniyakumari District to N.S.S.

volunteers

Special programme on Human Rights was conducted by

Adv.Selvarajan and Adv. Livingston

19. Teachers and officers newly recruited:

As per the direction of the Director of Collegiate education, Chennai,

Eleven staff members were newly recruited. They are

1. Dr.K.Bharat. M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.,

Department of Tamil

2. Mr.G.Yesudhas, M.A., M.Phil.,

Department of English

3. Mrs. Kamala Rajan, M.A., M.Phil.,


4. Mrs.C.R.V.Sindhu, M.A., M.Phil.


5. Mr.G.Hari Bhaskar, M.A., M.Phil.,

Department of History & Tourism

6. Mr.V.S.Prasanth, M.A., M.Phil.,

Department of History & Tourism

7. Mrs.M.Sankari, M.Sc., M.Phil.,

Department of Mathematics

8. Mrs.V.Sarojini, M.Sc., M.Phil.,

Department of Physics

9. Mrs.P.Nandakumari, M.Sc., M.Phil.,

Department of Zoology

10. Mr. R .Sivakumar, M.Sc., M.Phil., M.A., B.Ed.,

Department of Chemistry

11. Mr.R.Saravana Vel, M.Sc., M.Phil.,

Department of Plant Botany and Bio-Technology

20. Teaching and Non-teaching Ratio:

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Aided Teaching Staff : 37

Aided Non-Teaching Staff : 22

Ratio : 7:4Self-finance Teaching Staff : 41

Self-finance Non-Teaching Staff : 21

Ratio : 2:1Management Staff- Teaching : 13

Management Staff- Non-Teaching : 02

Ratio : 6:121. Improvements in library services:

User surveys are conducted periodically to know the merits and

weakness of library services. Books are purchased and added to the Book

bank using the UGC funds and other funds.

Steps are to be taken to set up an e-library and the electronic collection

of information sources (educational CD) in addition to the existing system

22. New books /Journals subscribed and their cost:

In this year a total of 288 new books are added to the library for the

cost Rs. 63,274/- . The total number of the books in the library is 19,545 as on 31-05-2008.


23. Courses in which student assessment of teachers is introduced and the action plan

taken on student feedback.

In all the departments, students’ assessment of teachers is introduced

The feedback was provided to the teachers to change their teaching

strategies in order to cater to the needs of individual learner.

24. Unit Cost of Education:

Unit cost of education with salary is Rs. 16,349.92 without salary is Rs. 2,237.42

25. Computerization of administration and the process of admissions and

examination results, issue of certificates:

Office administration and the Students’ admission are computerized. As our college is an affiliated college of Manonmaniam Sundaranar

University, the conduct of examinations, publishing the results and issuing

of certificates are carried out by the university itself.

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26. Increase in the Infrastructural facilities:

1. Under the Tenth five year plan special scheme of the UGC, a sum

of Rs.25,00, 000 /-was sanctioned to our college to construct a Ladies

Hostel. We received Rs.12,50,000 /- as the 1st instalment. The

construction work is in progress. A revised proposal for Rs.1 crore has

been submitted and awaiting the approval.

2. The College Management generously contributed Rs.26,92,980.30

for the construction of the ground floor of the Golden Jubilee building.

One part of the construction work is completed.

3. The UGC granted Rs.8,25,395/- under various heads to our college in the

academic year 2007-2008. The details are as follows

S.No Description of the head Amount

Rs

1. Women’s Hostel building fund 1,00,000

2. Minority Remedial coaching classes grant 3,63,000

3 Minor Research Projects 14,000

4. Books 34,000

5. Equipments 52,714

6. FIP grant 2,61,000

Total 8,25,394

27. Technology upgradation

Teachers are asked to use OHP and LCD in the classrooms,

Their teaching methodology has been upgraded with computer

orientation.

28. Computer and internet access and training to teachers and students.

Computer and internet access facilities are given to staff as well as

students with the help of the Information Technology department.

Students are advised to seek admission to certificate course in

computer in addition to their regular programme.

29. Financial aid to students.

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Financial assistance to the students through various government

scholarships is as follows.

S.No Types of Scholarship

Total No. of

Students

benefited

Amount

Rs.

1. First Degree scholarship 417 4,09,424

2. B.C. scholarship 316 2,29,933

3 M.B.C. scholarship 23 21,878

4 SC/ST scholarship 29 1,11,638

5 Tamil Medium Stipend 138 68,769

Total 905 8,41,542

In order to stimulate the study, Forty-four endowment prizes

are constituted for the meritorious students in all subjects

30. Support from the Alumni Association and its activities.

The College Alumni Association has donated a Personal Computer

and 24 pin dot matrix printer worth of Rs.30,600/- to our college office

examination section to carryout the examination work.

31. Support from the Parent-Teacher Association and its activities.

Due to non-filling of vacancies by the government, the PTA has

generously contributed salary to 13 management Teaching staff and 2

Non-Teaching staff for the smooth conduct of the classes.

32. Health Services.

Blood group identification camp was held on 27-07-2007.The

students donated blood in the blood donation awareness programme

AIDS awareness rally was organized from our college to Thingal Nagar

on 20-12-2008. The YRC of our college conducted Free Preliminary

computerized eye camp for students and the public on 05-02-2008.

33. Performance in the Sports Activities.

i The following students performed well at the University Level meet

Selvan.K.Arun Sheela Kumar, III B.A.(History)

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Selvan.E.Devasahayam,

Selvi.S.Prabha,

Selvi.K.Viji Sharmi,

Selvi.Barveen Sobana,

Selvi.A.Jaculin Mary,

ii Selvi.M.Shiny attended the Annual Sports Competition in the University

athletics meet.

iii Selvan.K.Arun Sheela Kumar,

Selvan.E.Devasahayam and

Selvi.S.Jaculin Mary secured First Prize in different category in the District

Level Swimming competition.

iv Selvan.K.Arun Sheela Kumar, III B.A.(History & Tourism) was selected in

the University Kabaddi Team.

v The Department of Physical Education provided all necessary facilities

to conduct Tamil Nadu Government Rural Sports Meet.

vi Our College Kabaddi team won the second place in District Level

Kabaddi Tournament held on 14-08-2007 at Thenkapattinam.

vii The Sports Day was celebrated on 28-02-2008. More than 300

students participated in the competitions. Prof.R.David Raja Bose,

Principal, presided over the function. Adv..C.Subramoniam, Secretary of

our college and Mr.K.Ramesh, Society Secretary, offered their

felicitations. Mr.C.Paul Suthanthirah Dhas, District Sports Officer was the

chief guest. He delivered the sports day address and gave away the

prizes. Endowments are also constituted for sports persons.

Viii For the first time in the district an Inter-Collegiate Staff Cricket

Tournament was organized in our college on 4th , 5th and 12th of March

2008. Six colleges from the district participated.

34. Incentives to outstanding sports persons:

Sports students are encouraged by the allocation of special

quota in college admission. The outstanding sports persons were

honoured on the college day function.. The college and Physical

Education Department jointly meet the expenditure of the Sports students

to participate in various events at various levels.

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35. Students achievements and awards

(a) Students achievements in various competitions

Our students have participated in various competitions held in

different colleges and brought laurels to our esteemed institution.


(b) Students achievements in University Examinations

The following students obtained University level rank in April

2007 examination held by Manonmaniam Sundaranar University. The

details are as follows.

S.No Name Subject Rank

1 Selvi.C.Viji B.Sc (IT) XV

2 Selvi.T.Suba B.Sc. (Bio. Chem.) III

3 Selvi.M.Karthy B.Sc (C.D.F.) V

(c) Students achievements in N.C.C.

A total of 104 cadets including 45 boys and 59 girls have enrolled in the

National Cadet Corps. 7 cadets passed ‘C’ certificate examination,

among the 9 cadets who appeared for the same and 7 cadets passed

‘B’ certificate examination among the 13 cadets appeared for the same.

Our college NCC wing attained second prize for the overall

performance for the year 2006-2007 in a function held at Scott

Christian College, Nagercoil

25 cadets comprising 14 boys and 11 girls and the ANO attended the

CATC at Vivekananda College, Agasteeswarm from 11-02-2008 to

20-01-2008.

Selvan. Anto Prakash, II B.A. Eng.Lit, won the best cadet award and

the best in drill award in the CATC at Vivekananda College,

Agasteeswarm from 11-02-2008 to 20-01-2008

Our cadets carriedout mountain trekking to Ulakkaiaruvi on 28-12-2007

and in Chitharal on 16-02-2008 with our principal

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14 cadets attended the combined Annual Training Camp (CATC) at

Scott Christian College in May 2007

3 cadets attended the National Integration Camp at Pondichery in

June 2007

18 cadets comprising 5 boys and 13 girls attended CATC at Scott

Christian College, Nagercoil in September 2007

5 cadets attended the Army attached Camp in Hyderabad from

19-11-2007 to 03-12-2007.

36. Activities of Guidance and Counselling Cell.

Students were regularly intimated by the guidance cell about the

employment opportunities available through various agencies. Also

guidance for higher educational opportunities had been provided for those

who sought higher education. All the circulars related to campus

interview, recruitment announcements were displayed on the notice board

and a good number of students participated in the recruitment rallies and

got selected.

37. Placement services provided to students:

A free coaching class was organized for the students of various Govt.

Services. Four of our girl students recently got selected for police

department.They were well trained in our coaching classes.

38. Development programmes for non-teaching staff

Computer literacy was given to all the non-teaching staff.

Periodical meetings were conducted and training were given to

maintain files systematically.

39. Best Practices of the institution.

The following best practices are being followed in our college.

1. Mentor system is followed.

2. Students’ performances are continuously assessed by the teacher.

3. Students’ feedback on Teacher community is being maintained.

4. Students’ Council elections are conducted in a democratic way.

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5. Free noon-meal scheme to the economically weaker students is

established.

6. Celebrations of Onam, Pongal and other important religious

festivals are observed

7. Observance of important days as recommended by UNO is

maintained.

40. Linkages developed with National/ International academic/ research bodies/UGC-Minor research programme.

Nil

41. Any other relevant Information.a) University results

A glance at Comparative Performance of Students in University

Examination during 2006-07 and 2007-08. Vide Annexure-5

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Subject 2006-2007 2007-2008

I Class

II Class

III Class

% of pass

I Class

II Class

III Class

% of pass

B.A.(Tamil literature) 12 26 4 82.35 3 23 9 81.03

B.A.( English literature) 5 7 4 55.17 2 8 5 60.61

B.A.(History &

Tourism- EM)- 21 18 86.67 3 17 4 83.33

B.A.(History & Tourism – TM) - 13 21 79.07 - 5 5 88.64

B,Sc. (Mathematics) 22 10 1 82.5 18 15 1 97.07

B.Sc. (Physics) 13 10 1 70.58 15 2 - 59.38

B.Sc. (Advanced Zoology) 20 15 - 83.33 11 7 - 82.08

B.Sc. (Information Technology) 9 7 - 61.54 32 6 - 89.36

B.Sc.(Bio-Chemistry)

15 4 - 100 17 6 1 86.21

B.Sc.(Costume Design & Fashion 14 - - 93.33 18 - - 94.74

B.Sc. (Electronics) 7 - - 87.5 1 2 - 100

M.A. .(Tamil) - - - - 5 11 - 84.21

M.A. (English) - - - - - 11 - 57.89

M.Sc. (Maths) - - - - 4 4 - 42.11

I M.Sc.(Physics) - - - - 5 - - 54.55

(b) Annual Convocation:

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The Annual Convocation 2008 was held on 23-02-2008.

Prof.R.David Raja Bose, Principal, presided over the function. Including

three University rank holders, 208 candidates received their

undergraduate degrees. Dr.C.Sylendra Babu, I.P.S., Inspector General of

Police, Chennai, was the chief guest. He delivered the Convocation

Address and gave away the diplomas in the august presence of

Adv.C.Subramoniam, Secretary of our college.

c )Permanent Affiliation:

Permanent Affiliation had been a long pending issue of our college.

Mr.P.Saravanan, Librarian and Convener of the Permanent Affiliation

Committee, submitted the proposal to the university on 27-09-2007 for the

same.

d) Healthy Practices of the year:

This academic year is one of the most important years in conducting

many healthy programmes. The important programmes conducted are

Formation of Anti-Ragging squads and imparting awareness to all

Celebration of Teachers’ Day on 5th September 2007

Introduction to software by Explora Agencies

ICFAI programme on Career Guidance

Display of ‘daily-a-word’ in the department of English

Display of ‘throught for the day’ and ‘ Daily a Thirukkural ‘ on the

board.

e) Staff Association:

The Staff Association was very active enough to moot a spirit of

comradeship and mutual understanding among the staff both teaching

and non-teaching. In the beginning of the year , a staff orientation

programme was organized in order to inspire the sense of duty and

devotion. A one day tour was organized in which more than sixty members

of the staff participated.

f) An Inter-Collegiate Staff Cricket Tournament:

As the first one to begin with at the district level, our college conducted

an Inter-Collegiate Staff Cricket Tournament. It was organized on 4 th, 5th

and 12th of March, 2008. In this tournament Scott chrisitan College

Nagercoil, Vivekananda College, Agasteeswarm, Sivanthi Aditanar

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College, Pilliyarpuram, S.T.Hindu College, Nagercoil, N.M.Christian

College, Marthandam were participated. Scott Christian College Nagercoil

won the first prize. Sivanthi Aditanar College became the runner up. The

first prize worth of Rs.5,000/- was sponsored by Adc.C.Subramoniam,

Secretary of our college. The second prize worth of Rs.3,000/- was

sponsored by Mr.K,.Ramesh, Society Secretary of our college, in memory

of his father late Mr.Kunankani Pillai.

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PART C

I The plan details of the institution for the next year 2008-2009

IQAC recommended to the College Development Council the following

proposals.

To introduce more job oriented programmes in the ensuing academic

year 2008-2009 and to upgrade the existing UG programme such as

B.Sc.(I.T) and B.Sc.(Bio-Chemistry) to the PG level.

To increase the intake capacity of the college in various UG and PG

programmes.

To initiate the efforts to improve the existing infrastructure facilities to

accommodate more number of students in the forthcoming academic

year 2008-2009.

Efforts to be taken to conduct Students’ Union Election in a democratic

way in accordance with University guidelines by giving representation

to girls.

To provide Leadership orientation to students.

To extent mid-day meal scheme to next academic year 2008-2009 too

by identifying more number of socially and economically weaker

students.

To bring out the internal talents of students, so as to encourage to

them participate in more number of extra-curricular activities.

To motivate the toppers and the rank holders more endowment prizes

and cash awards are to be constituted.

Steps to be initiated for quality education and achieving higher

percentage of results.

Faculty members are to be encouraged to update their knowledge in

the respective subjects by attending more number of seminars,

symposia, workshops and Orientation / Refresher courses.

To organize more number of State level / National level Seminars/

Symposia/Workshops relevant to the current context

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To extend the existing remedial programme by identifying the target

groups in the next academic year also.

To provide more number of community oriented activities jointly by

NSS, NCC,YRC in collaboration with the local authorities in the nearby

villages. Adoption of the Channel for better use.

To conduct more number of awareness programmes.

To conduct computer literacy programme for the students to make

them e-literate

To motivate and encourage students to participate in more number of

co-curricular and extra curricular activities both in inter collegiate /

State level / National level.

To cultivate good habits and values and the spirit of National

Integration among the student community through the moral classes.

To conduct the internal assessment tests for the students more

effectively to provide proper feedback to them.

To conduct various coaching programmes in the campus for the

benefit of the student community in various competitive examinations.

To organize more number of healthy practices in the campus to

improve the quality of teaching-learning process.

To strengthen the sports activities in the college.

To provide hands on experience in ICT equipments, ICT orientations to

faculty to be continued.

To motivate faculty members to pursue their research work for higher

qualifications.

To continue the special coaching classes for the physically challenged

students at the neighbouring Polio Home.

To activate Career Guidance Cell for finding the appropriate jobs to the

students.

Staff association activities to be strengthened in diversifying their

activities for the welfare of the teachers.

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To seek more financial assistance from PTA / Alumni for the

infrastructure development of the institution.

To strengthen the UGC cell for the implementation of various activities

of UGC funded schemes in the college.

Signature of the coordinator, IQAC

Signature of the Chair Person

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