6.2.1  The institutional Strategic / Perspective plan is effectively deployed

Response :

Core values of the Institution:

♦ Teaching – Learning to be excellent

♦ Engagement of community

♦ Participative and inclusive Governance / decision making by all stakeholders

♦ Holistic Development of students

♦ Sustainable Development of the campus.

Objectives of Perspective Plan:

In the meeting of IQAC the following objective of perspective plan are considered.

♦ To develop necessary qualities among staff and students.

♦ To imbibe the universal Human values among students.

♦ To contribute for development of students in particular and the nation in general.

♦ To strengthen ICT based Education.

Aim of Strategic Plan:

♦ Up-skilling of students to make them entrepreneurs and employable..

♦ To have excellent T-L process and consistently good results.

♦ To involve and engage more students in Learning.

♦ To have more industrial visits, motivation and guidance by Experts for better concept clarity and enhance emotional quotient.

♦ To have incubation centre and form conducive ecosystem for innovation and start-up activities.

♦ To provide state of the art ICT- infrastructure for blended (online-offline) T-L process.

♦ To encourage teachers and students to pursue research and publish articles in reputed journals.

♦ To motivate teachers and students to organize/participate in workshops/seminars/webinars etc. in upcoming technologies.

♦ To encourage teachers and students to attend STTPs and to get the Certification of NPTEL, MOOCs, refresher courses etc.

♦ To motivate students to participate in various national level competitions viz. Hackathons, e – BAJA etc.

♦ To achieve target of generating 80% of electricity with renewable source, plant and conserve green environment in the campus.

♦ To provide state of the art infrastructure for sports cultural activities so as to have holistic development of students.

♦ To further strengthen the Human values & Ethics courses, Social activities etc.

6.2.2  The functioning of the institutional bodies is effective and efficient as visible from policies, administrative setup, appointment, service rules and procedures, etc.

Response :

The institute is established by Shree Ramchandra Education Society, Pune an educational trust, registered under society registration act 1960 with charity commissioner, and said trust manages, through it’s governing body council (G.B.) Shree Ramchandra College of Engineering, Lonikand, Pune. The G.B. of the institute is in place and is constituted as per the statutes of affiliating universities and guidelines of ACTE. Chairman of G.B., looks after the management of institute with the guidance/suggestions of other board members. Routinely meetings are conducted and MOUs are maintained. Decisions are taken unanimously and in a transparent way. G.B is the apex decision taking body. Next Comes the C.D.C. (formerly L.M.C.) which plays a vital role of day to day administration and implementation part of the decisions/policies of Governing body. The chairman of G.B. is also the chairman of C.D.C. and Principal is the member Secretary. It is also constituted as per the statutes of affiliating university. C.D.C. meetings are conducted regularly and MOUs are maintained. All the members discuss and are free to express their views. The decisions are taken unanimously & transparently. The decision making power is further decentralized by Principal to Registrar, Dean, HODs, Co-ordinators and Section In-charges. Further to this Principal in consultation with Registrar, HODs, co-ordinators etc., have constituted various committees to name a few, viz.Admission, Staff selection, IQAC, Academic monitoring finance/accounts, library, R&D, IIC, Grievances, Anti-ragging, Exam, time table, cultural, sports, placement etc. Each of the committee Incharges of each of the committee comprising of teachers, students, parents, Alumni, industry & academic mentors/experts carry out the duties/responsibilities entrusted on them. Thus the governance of institute is inclusive, participative and transparent in nature. The functions, frequency of meetings of each of the committee is well defined and is informed to all concerned. The organizational chart is uploaded and document can be viewed on given link.

♦  Service Rules: Institute follows the service rules/guidelines of AICTE/ DTE/ Govt. of Maharashtra, Affiliating University and the Governing Body of the institute.

♦  Procedures: The procedures/actions are being taken/followed by all concerned committee incharges & members as per the guidelines of regulating bodies viz. AICTE, DTE, University, Governing Body, C.D.C. etc.

♦  Recruitment: For teacher recruitment usual procedure of finalization of roster/workload calculation etc. is verified & done by university and accordingly posts are sanctioned based on AICTE / DTE approved intake. Publication of post is done through local papers or e-publication and then the statutory selection committee appointed by V.C. of affiliating university conducts interviews & selection is done.

In case of ad-hoc appointment of teachers, local selection committee of the college approved by Principal& Chairman /Secretary of the trust, complete the interviews & selection process for non –teaching staff C.D.C does the work of Interview & Selection.

♦  Promotional policies: CAS, CR/360-degree feedback mechanism is available as per which the policy is implemented.

♦  Grievance release mechanism: is in place and functional. It is constituted as per the guidelines of AICTE, DTE and affiliating University.

6.2.3  Implementation of e-governance in areas of operation

1. Administration

2. Finance and Accounts

3. Student Admission and Support

4. Examination

Response : A. All of the above

Criterion - 1 To Criterion - 7

Student InOut Register  2022-2023

1.2.1   Percentage of Programmes in which Choice Based Credit System (CBCS)/ elective course system has been implemented

Response : 83.33

1.2.1.1   Number of Programmes in which CBCS / Elective course system implemented.

Response : 5

1.2.2   Number of Add on /Certificate programs offered during the last five years

Response : 12

1.2.2.1   How many Add on /Certificate programs are offered within the last year.

1.2.3   Average percentage of students enrolled in Certificate/ Add-on programs as against the total number of students during the last  years

Response : 17.51

1.2.3.1   Number of students enrolled in subject related Certificate or Add-on programs year wise during last  years

1.3.1  Institution integrates crosscutting issues relevant to Professional Ethics ,Gender, Human Values ,Environment and Sustainability into the Curriculum

Response :

SRCOE offers different value added / enrichment programme which prepare students for promising future prospects and their holistic development.

The institute aims to groom the students in manner that they become morally upright professionally sound and socially responsible and competent enough, to meet the challenge of the global market. The various initiatives taken by institute are as under.

Moral and Ethical values:

• Three weeks student Induction Program (SIP) is conducted for newly admitted students ,Yoga, meditation, talks on ethical values, Indian culture etc. is arranged on regular basis; for which external experts are invited

• Personality development / Programs are organized.

• Sports, cultural events, Arts & craft exhibition events are organised.

• Various National days are celebrated.

• Celebrate traditional days.

• Conducted events in Indian Knowledge system.

• Employable and Life skill lesson are taught.

• Sessions are conducted on Universal Human Values.

Through personality and grooming session, the personality development Communication skill, hard & soft skill training session are conducted.

• Students are provided with" SPRUCE " a mobile application software, app and using which
students can practice aptitude and reasoning tests, which has yielded good results
• Internships and industrial training for students .
• Rigorous Industrial visits are organized.
• Students are trained for preparing C.V, interview techniques, etiquettes, G.D, etc.
• Various activities like NSS, Sports, and Cultural are organised.
• Numerous webinar/ seminar/workshop on emerging technologies are arranged. Conduct various
short term certificate /training sessions to upskill student in emerging technologies.

Better career options:

• During S.I.P for first year students before the commencement of semester-I of A.Y. career
counselling is done about scope and job prospects in each of the discipline, and in depth various avenues available after completion of four years of degree programs, are heald, so that students are aware about
their own field/ discipline / branch at the beginning of the first semester itself.
• Students are prepared/ guided for competitive exams. viz GATE, GRE, TOEFL, IELTS, CAT etc
• Organises online/offline campus recruitment drives with the assistance of training and placement
cell.
• Arrange interaction with Alumni, for career counselling and they discuss about expectations from
industry, present case studies, their practical experiences.
• Students are informed about changing job scenarios, evolving trends /technologies by industry
experts

Moral and ethical values training:

(a) NSS Activities/ programmes
The following activities of NSS activities are undertaken and students participate in same.
I. Tree plantations.
II. Campaigning about Govt. Schemes to villagers.
III. Programmes on Digital literacy.
IV. Blood Donation camp.
V. Swachhata Mohim / Swachhad Bharat activity.
VI. Presentations on Water - Energy conservation.
VII. Presentations on Green Enrichment.
VIII. Presentations on carrier guidance to school children etc.

(b) Services to community

Under PMKVY - AICTE scheme, following skill development programmes to socially deprived children
was carried and the list of training activities is presented below.
I. Cable jointer-Electrical power system.
II. CNC operator and turning.
III. Field Technician and Networking storage.
IV. Mason Concrete.

V. Field Technician & Refrigeration.

1.3.2  Average percentage of courses that include experiential learning through project work/field work/internship during last year

Response : 8.97

1.3.2.1   Number of courses that include experiential learning through project work/field work/internship year-wise during last five years

1.3.3  Percentage of students undertaking project work/field work/ internships (Data for the latest completed academic year

Response : 31.51

1.3.3.1   Number of students undertaking project work/field work / internships

Response : 316

1.4.1  Institution obtains feedback on the syllabus and its transaction at the institution from the following stakeholders 1) Students 2)Teachers 3)Employers 4)Alumni

Response : A. All of the above

1.4.2  Feedback process of the Institution may be classified as follows: Options:

1. Feedback collected, analysed and action taken and feedback available on website

2. Feedback collected, analysed and action has been taken

3. Feedback collected and analysed

4. Feedback collected

5.  Feedback not collected

Response : A. Feedback collected, analysed and action taken and feedback available on website