text: The Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of the IQAC Year Report : 2009-10 SREE SARASWATHI THYAGARAJA COLLEGE An Autonomous, ISO 9001 Certified and NAAC Accredited Institution & Affiliated to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore Approved by AICTE for MBA/MCA and by UGC for 2(f) & 12(B) status Thippampatti, Palani Road Pollachi - 642 107 Coimbatore Dt. Tamil Nadu Tel.: 04259-266008, 266550 Tele Fax: 04259-266009 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Website: www.stc.ac.in 1 The Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of the IQAC Name of the Institution: Sree Saraswathi Thyagaraja College, Pollachi-642 107 (Autonomous) Year Report: 2009-10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PART A Different plans of action have been chalked out by the IQAC from the beginning of the academic year towards quality enhancement. In line with the plan initiatives, every department schedules its different academic plans that are decided to be carried out during the forthcoming academic year, specifying its cost-benefit. These activities have been planned relating to the mission and objectives of the institution to promote the academic excellence of the students and to achieve global competency in all their aspects of development namely, developing soft skills like oral communication, writing skill, club activities like specialization and other aspects for human excellence. PART – B 1. Activities reflecting the goals and objectives of the institution: Each and every move made by our institution is designed and implemented to accomplish the goals and objectives of the organisation. The activities of the various departments are directed towards achieving the goals and objectives of the institution simply for improving the quality of students and staff. Many Faculty Development Programmes have been conducted at frequent intervals for continuous upgradation of our faculty resources. Various guest lectures have been provided by the experts from outside and inside in the various fields of knowledge. 2. New academic programmes initiated (UG and PG): As a new initiative, skill based courses like diploma are offered in line with the UG and PG curriculum which is being prescribed by Bharathiar University. New academic courses like, M.Sc Mathematics are offered to students from the academic year 2010-2011. Besides a new Add on Certificate Course Dot Net has been introduced with UGC assistance. 3. Innovations in curricular design and transaction: With an objective to meet the expectation of the corporates with our graduates, a new dimension has been given through the introduction of sixth hour in the Time Table. This is an additional hour whereby the students are qualitatively trained through group discussion, aptitude tests, discussions on 2 current affairs, soft skills enhancement, personality development programmes, club activities of various departments etc., 4. Inter- disciplinary programmes started: Various inter-disciplinary programmes are conducted by the faculties of our college mainly to make them aware of the new trends and developments in their field of knowledge. The college offers the following UGC sponsored career-oriented courses to add value to the students and to enable them for easy placements, self-employment and to become consultants in their area of specialization. 1. Foreign Trade Policy 2. Insurance 3. E-Commerce 4. Information and Computer Technology 5. Web Designing and Office Automation 6. Clients Server Technology 7. Dot Net 8. Multimedia 5. Examination reforms implemented: As a reform to improve the marks of the students who have failed in their University exams, remedial classes are conducted for the failure candidates. The cycle test and model examinations are conducted by the departments to evaluate the students' depth of understanding of each subject which is taken as a component for computation of internal marks. This academic year we have got autonomy, appointed controller of examinations for conducting end semester examinations following the rules and regulations of the parent University. Board of Studies Several Boards of Studies for various departments have been constituted for drafting the syllabi for each programme keeping in mind the local needs of the people and for detailed discussions of the content and finalization of such syllabi. The Boards of Studies meetings of different departments were conducted on 5.4.2010 at STC with experts co-opted from industries, well known academicians from institutions to finanlise the syllabi for various programmes with necessary changes for the academic year 2010- 2011. Academic Council Meeting After becoming autonomous and completing one year successfully under autonomy, STC convened its Academic Council Meeting on 04.05.2010 for the third time to get the approval of the council for various syllabi finalized 3 and the scheme of examination. Academic experts Dr.P.Sampathkumar, Prof.K.P.Karthikeyan and Dr.A.Sethu Ramasubbaiah attended the meeting. 6. Candidates Qualified: NET / SLET / GATE etc. Qualifying Examinations Name of the Staff Department NET SLET GATE Dr.S.Rajalatha Tamil √ Ms. J.Sairabanu Tamil √ Dr.J.Nishanthini Tamil √ Dr.S.Dhandapani Tamil √ Ms. D. Padma PG Commerce √ Dr. R.Anitha UG Commerce √ Ms.B. Geetha UG Commerce √ Mr.N. Manicka Mahesh MBA √ √ Mr. B. Thayumanavar MBA √ Dr. R.Siva Controller of Examination √ 7. Initiative towards faculty development Programme The college has designed the FDP into three segments. a) FDP for new entrants b) Workshop for all c) Refresher course for all For implementing these programmes a well thought out syllabus module has been framed by expert academicians. For the entire faculty members of STC a 7 day orientation programme was organized in the college from 11.05.2010 to 18.05.2010, focusing on English communication and Methodoloy of Teaching. Besides workshops were conducted on 3rd Saturdays of every month by the departments inviting eminent persons from educational institutions on topics given in the syllabus module framed for workshop programmes. Likewise two weeks AICTE Sponsored Development Programme was also also organized by the departments of computer from 9.11.2009-23.11.2009 inviting experts from software industry and educational institutions. Date Time Resource Person Title 11.05.10 9.30AM- Ms. Kiruthika Vinu Effective Communication 4.30PM Sai Educational Media, Cbe. 12.05.10 9.30AM- Ms. Kiruthika Vinu 4.30PM Sai Educational Media, Cbe. Debate 13.05.10 9.30AM- Mr. Harish Hindrance of 4.30PM Sai Educational Media, cbe. Communication & Benefits of Business Communication 4 14.05.10 9.30AM- Mr. Harish Articles, Syllables, Idioms 4.30PM Sai Educational Media, cbe. and Phrases 9.30AM- Mr. M.S.K Muhayudeen Mind set of Knowledge 16.05.10 4.30 PM Sai Educational Media, cbe. 17.05.10 9.30AM- Mr. Harish Articles, Syllables, Idioms 4.30PM Sai Educational Media, cbe. and Phrases, Sentence Formation 18.05.10 9.30AM- Mr. Harish Articles, Syllables, Idioms 4.30PM Sai Educational Media, cbe. and Phrases, Sentence Formation Orientation Schedule for the fresh teachers of STC from 11th May to 18th May 2010 at STC Campus. S.No. Date Name of the Place Remarks Staff 13.05.2010 J.Livingston M/s. Suguna Poultry 1 to Thiraviya Kumar Farm Limited, 22.05.2010 Varadharajapuram. 10.05.2010 S. Rajmohan M/s. Sarmangal 2 to Synthetics Pvt Ltd., 19.05.2010 Pollachi. 03.05.2010 T.Sivagnana ING Vysya Bank, 3 to Selvakumar Coimbatore. 13.05.2010 03.05.2010 B. Thayumanavar M/s. Sri Visaka to Textiles Pvt Ltd., 07.05.2010 Annur 4 10 & 11.05.2010 08.06.2010 13.05.2010 N. Manicka M/s. Roots Industries & Mahesh Ltd., Presentation 5 18.05.2010 Coimbatore done by each to faculty to the 25.05.2010 entire team 03.05.2010 V. Ramachandran Sardar Vallabai Patel to Institute of Textile 6 10.05.2010 Management, Coimbatore. 7 24.05.2010 R. Ananthi M/s. Ace Tex, to Pollachi. 31.05.2010 01.06.2010 & 02.06.2010 5 01.05.2010 G. Manokaran M/s. Harshini Textiles, 8 to Anaimalai. 14.05.2010 01.06.2010 R. Sriram M/s. Suguna Poultry 9 to Farm Ltd, 11.06.2010 Varadharajapuram. 03.06.2010 C.K.Kotravel M/s. Sri to Bharathi Venkatachalapathy 05.06.2010 Fabrics, Tirupur. 10 & 15.06.2010 to 17.06.2010 03.06.2010 R. Geetha M/s. Icon Household to Pvt Ltd., 11 12.06.2010 Nacikampalayam, Pollachi. Apart from the above FDP a conducted by the college for all staff there are individual cases of the college sponsoring faculties for special orientation like IIM, Indore etc., Mrs. R. Umamaheswari, MBA faculty sponsored by the management to undergo training in teaching techniques and methodology and updating the knowledge in the various subjects of management science spent three months time at IIM, Indore from 16.4.2010 to 9.7.2010 8. Total number of seminars /workshops conduced: To enrich our students' potential, various National Seminars, Workshops and Guest Lectures are being conducted with external and internal experts in the ratio of 75:25. There are 8 PG and 8 UG associations acting under different banners to enrich them in their fields, develop their skills and give them real time experiences. These students associations have conducted 100 meetings including seminars during 2009-2010 inviting experts from industry and institutions of different kinds. 9. Research Projects The college has established a Centre for Research and Consultancy (CRC), which encourages the staff to actively involve in research activities. CRC has got a co-ordinator who co-ordinates and monitors research activities in the campus. Faculty members are given guidances to submit research proposal to funding agencies like UGC and ICSSR etc., ICSSR have sponsored two major project. Five major research projects sponsored by UGC have been received by STC. Centre for research and Consultancy strengthened its research base in the current Academic year. 6 a. Newly Launched Two major research projects have been sanctioned, by Dr.Jagadees Pandi, one from UGC and another from ICSSR at a total outlay of Rs.5.93 Lakhs. Two major projects have been sanctioned from UGC to Dr. S. Rajalatha & Dr. G. Malarvizhi of Tamil Department and one major project have been sanctioned to Dr. R. Thiyagu, PG Commerce, and another one major project has been sanctioned to Dr. S.Mani, Dean of Management Science has been from UGC at a total outlay of Rs.16.02 Lakhs. Major Research Project was sanctioned by UGC to Dr. Janetius, Director, Centre for counseling and Guidance at a total outlay of Rs.4.68 Lakhs. Totally Research grants worth of Rs.26.67 lakhs have been received from UGC and ICSSR, for seven major Research Projects. 10. Patents generated, if any : Nil 11. New collaborative research programmes : NIL 12. Research grants received from various agencies: Research grants received from various agencies have been like UGC, AICTE, etc., 13. Details of research scholars: The following table gives our faculty members pursuing M.Phil and Ph.D programmes in our institutions and other institutions Sl. No Department M.Phil Ph.D 1 Commerce - 4 2 Computer Science 4 5 3 Social Work - - 4 Management 2 8 5 Maths - 2 14. Citation index of faculty members and impact factor: Nil 15. Honors / Awards to the faculty: Ms. R.Ananthi Faculty of Management has received 1 Lakh rupees from London Business School for her case writing on the topic of "Dr.Reddys custom Pharmaceutical Service: A Tailor made break through strategy in off shoring". The management recognizes the good performances of the faculties by recognizing them through attractive rewards which are given as below: 7 Best Department Award - PG Department of Computer Science under PG Category UG Department of Management UG Category Best Performance Award - 4 Faculties from Commerce (For securing 100% results - 4 Faculties from Computer Applications 8 Faculties from PG Computer Science 5 Faculties from PG Commerce in subjects) - 8 Faculties from Maths 3 Faculties from M.Com (IB) 3 Faculties from B.Com (CA) 10 Faculties from management 16. Internal resources generated: The PG Department of Computer Science has generated internal resources by identifying five students of final M.Sc Computer Science as potential teachers who have been trained under the scheme "Teaching Career Fellowship" Scheme regularly. 17. Details of departments getting SAP, COSIST (ASSIST) / DST, FIST, etc. assistance / recognition: NIL 18. Community Services/Extention Activities: The various departments of the college perform quite a large number of outreach programmes in mostly in rural areas and in the STC City Centre, Pollachi. The following are sum of them:- For extension activities of our college, a "STC City Centre", at Pollachi has been established which is equipped with 10 computer systems and a meeting hall wherein the STC faculty members extend their services to the public and the students of schools and colleges on all matters. The main beneficiaries of the outreach programmes are general public, school students, members of SHGS. The programmes include Computer literacy, health awareness, communicative English, water conservation, tuition for economically backward children. 'Staff Office' Programme was conducted at STC City Centre, Pollachi from 16.06.2010 to 30.06.2010 by the staff Ms. Sivamani and Mr.Nandakumar of computer science department. Prof. K.Sivasamy, Dean Sciences along with Ms.N.Selvanayaki, Ms.R.Uma, Mr. M.Rameshkumar and Ms. S.Priyadarshini conducted programmes on various mathematical topics for the aspirants who wanted to appear for S.I. Examinations from 22.6.2010 to 25.06.2010 organised by the Lions Club of pollachi and Cheran Walkers Club, pollachi. Total number of participants were 120 and the area covered by the faculties were coding, decoding, problem on ages, analogy, simple interest, compound interest ratio and 8 proportion, percentage, time and work series completion, time and distance, number system, probability etc. 10.10.2009 Human Rights Awareness Programme was conducted by PG Department of Social Work at Chinnampalayam. Chief Guest of the Programme Mrs.Chandiragandhi, Notary Public, Pollachi. On 8.10.2009 an Eye Camp was organized by the students of MSW for the benefit of employees of Punkaja Mills, Coimbatore inviting personnel from Eye Foundation Hospital, Coimbatore. On 7.1.2010 the PG Department of Social Work conducted an outreach programme called 'yoga for all' at Kanjampatti village, 6kms away from the college for the benefit of the villagers. Prof.Lakshmanan, from World Community Service Centre, Aliyar conducted programme and beneficiaries exceed more than 300. And many more programmes. 19. Teachers and Officers newly recruited: The following faculty members are newly recruited in the academic year 2009-10. Sl.No Department Name of the Faculty 1 Tamil 1. Dr. S.Dhandapani 2 English 1. R.Vennila Nancy Christina 3 B.Com 1. Ms. P.Jayamary 2. S.Senthil 3. Dr.M. Anitha 2. 4. Ms. B. Geetha 4 B.Com (CA) 1. Ms. T.Maheswari 2. Ms. S. Kausalya 3. Ms. Mr.K.Jaya Prakash 4. Mr. B.Geetha 5 BCA 1. Mr. B. Sabarigiri 6 B.Sc Comp. Sci. 1. Ms. K.Muthulakshmi 2. Ms. Thilagavathi Subramaniam 3. Mr. K. Ganeshkumar 7 B.Sc Comp. Technology 1. Mr. S.Sivamani 2. P.Arulmozhi 3. 8 B.Sc Maths 1. Mr.S.Palaniyandi 2. Ms. J.Vidhya Sankari 3. Ms.K.M. Lakshmi Priya 9 MBA 1. R. Sriram 2. A. Arun 3. Livingston Thiraviya Kumar 10 MCA 1. Dr.V.Murugesh 2. Ms.D.Geetha 11 MSW 1. Felix Anand 2. S.Rajarajan 12 M.Sc Computer Science 1. B. Firdaus Begam 2. Ms. K.Gomathi 3. Ms. N. Saranya 13 Physical Education 1. M.Vijaya Pandi 2. R.Selvanandhini 9 20. Teaching and Non-Teaching Staff Ratio: The student teacher ratio is 18:1 while the ratio of non-teaching staff to the teacher is 1:5. 21. Improvements in the Library Services: All services are automated and computerized. Electronic Journal facilities, Del Net facility, Internet and Digital library, Bar Coding, Magazine and Articles search facilities are available for students and staff. 22. New Books / Journals subscribed and their Cost: 2687 New books at a cost of Rs. 15,12,142 have been purchased for library use and 159 journals are being subscribed at a cost of Rs. 2,60,000. 23. Courses in which student assessment of teachers is introduced and the action taken on student feedback: The faculty members performances are assessed periodically through students' feedback. The performance of the staff members are evaluated based on the feedback given by the students. Various counseling orientation services are given to staff to enhance the quality of their service in addition to the regular FDP. 24. Unit Cost of Education: The Unit cost of education without salary component is Rs. 30,400, while the same with salary component is Rs. 36,000. 25. Computerization of administration and the process of admissions and examination results, issue of certificates: All administrative activities of the college are computerized through, a software called "Smart Campus" in which all data are uploaded to the Smart campus Database for efficient functioning. 26. Increase in the infrastructural facilities: The college has provided additional infrastructure with certain facilities like Virtual class room facility. Infrastructure Expansion denotes growth. The college witnesses steady and continuous expansion. There is a tremendous growth in the infrastructure of STC. In the sports complex, one additional floor has been constructed to accommodate the Office of the COE exclusively, and it is almost nearing completion. Front elevation for main building as well as sports block has been completed. A separate power room in the first floor has been separately constructed. An AC seminar hall to accommodate 160 persons is functioning from the current Academic year. A yoga hall to accommodate 150 students has been completed and is being used. Computer Lab The college has got 7-computer labs. Total number of High-end PC's has gone upto 500 with 40 printers, Scanners with Terabyte backup devices. 10 Campus network is structured in combination of OFC & CAT – 6 cables. Supported by the following features: o High-end networking components such as Manageable CISCO switches/Router. State-of-the-art, IBM Blade Center with 3 Blade Servers/Storages equipped with all necessary software and Firewall + Antivirus. o Reliance 2 Mbps Broad Band internet available round the clock. o Entire campus including both hostels is Wi-fi enabled. o The University Grants Commission has provided Rs.50 Lakhs for infrastructure development. Library We have a state of the art library, equipped with software for book search and location. This year we have added 3127 books in addition to the existing 24,159 volumes. As of now, we have a collection of 27,286 books available in the library. Besides, we are subscribing to 118 Journals and 38 magazines. We also have 1891 E Journals, 1903 educational CDs and DVDs. Other Facilities The following facilities are available in the boys and girls hostels: Wi-Fi connection in each room Modern kitchen with steam boilers, gas connections and a convenient and hygienic dining hall. Facilities for Indoor games such as carom, table tennis, shuttle cock andalso other out-door games. More than adequate toilet facilities. Power Generator. 27. Technology up gradation: To upgrade with in new technologies, various ICT devices such as LCDs, OHPs, DVD Drives, have been introduced. New techniques such as Virtual Knowledge Centre, implementation of smart cards for staff members and students have been introduced. A new financial database namely, the PROWESS has been installed and Lap-Tops are also provided to our MBA students. 28. Computers and Internet Access and Training to Teachers and Students: The staff and students of STC have been provided with ample facilities to use computers, with internet access at free of cost for extended hours through office automation programmes and office operation systems. The students have also been facilitated with an internet access after their class hours inside the campus and also at STC City Centre at Pollachi. 11 29. Financial Aid to Students: The management of STC helps their students financially with different schemes of scholarships and Fee Concessions The Management has a keen interest in bringing up the rural and economically backward students. Having this in mind STC gives scholarships and concessions in fees for the deserving candidates. STC gives scholarships and freeships to the following categories: Merit scholarship, scholarship for Economically Backward, Alumni scholarship and Sports Scholarship. Totally 603 students have been benefited from STC scholarship and the college management has awarded Rs.40,04,000/- as scholarship for the academic year 2009-2010. Apart from this 244 students have been given government scholarships to the extent of Rs.5,28,100/- during the year 2009 – 2010. 30. Support from the Alumini Associaion and its Activities: The members of Alumini Association, lend their support to the college through various supporting activities. The Alumini Association invites Alumini to share their experiences with their juniors. They help in better placements of the present students through a chain network. They offer guest lectures to the current students and also subscribe to Alumini fund. 31. Support from the Parent-Teacher Association and its activities: A good moral support is extended by the Parent-Teacher Association through their various activities: Conducting the Parent-Teachers meeting at regular intervals Receiving necessary constructive feedbacks and suggestions from their parents and then taking appropriate steps. 32. Health Services: Various health services are provided by the college namely Periodical Medical Inspections General Health check up for village peoples organized by the MSW department. Also, the college offers emergency inpatient services in nearby hospitals and nursing homes. 33. Performance Sports Activities: The student participation in sports and games has been encouraged by giving them appropriate recognition and financial support. The sports students are permitted to go for regular practices during 6th hour everyday. They have been provided on duty facilities. The sports students are awarded special scholarships. 12 Activities during 2009-2010 1. Summer Coaching Camp for Volley-Ball sponsored by Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu was conducted between April 12th 2009 and May 11th 2009. 2. 5th STC Trophy for school girls was conducted on 05.08.09., the events are Volley Ball and Kho-Kho. 3. Bharathiar University Inter-Collegiate Weight lifting and Power lifting for men was held between 28.08.09 and 23.08.09. STC Boys won 6 medals- Gold-2, Silver-1, Bronze-3. 4. All India Inter University Athletic Meet was held at Chennai on 1 st Jan 2010. R.Rajesh of 1st BBM had won Silver Medal in 10,000 meters event. 5. Tamil Nadu State Athletic Association conducted State level Cross Country Meet held at Dharmapuri on 10th Jan 2010. R. Rajesh of 1st BBM had won Gold Medal in Road Race event of 12.5 km. 6. Mr.C.Rajkumar and Mr.Madhusudhanan of BBM won the National Beach Volley Ball championship in the tournament held at Chennai and they have also been selected to represent India in the international Beach Volley Ball chambpionship tournaments. 7. Mr. Rajesh of BBM won the silver medal in the 10000 metres running race in the All India Inter University Athletic Meet held at Chennai and also won I place in the Semmozhi Marathan race held at Coimbatore. 8. AQUA TEX 2010-District level Valley Ball Championship was won by our college in the tournament organized by TEXMO Motors Pvt.Ltd., Coimbatore. 34. Incentives of outstanding sports persons: Various incentives and awards have been provided by the college to sports persons through sports scholarship. 35. Students achievements and awards: The students of STC often bring laurels and glorious tributes to the college by their wonderful performance in University Examinations. 8 students secured university ranks which is a testimony to the kind of quality education that is being offered at the college. The PG and UG students have participated in 66 intercollegiate events like paper presentation, Code debugging and Poetry writing, Elocution, Quiz, Marketing etc and have won large number of prizes, cash awards for best paper presentation in seminars and have brought name and fame for the institution by their excellent performance and victories during 2009-2010. 36. Activities of the Guidance and Counselling Centre: The Centre for Guidance and Counseling offers counseling and guidance to students and staff in addition to many academically oriented programmes. COIMBATORE CENTRAL PRISON PROGRAM: a Psycho-Spiritual development weekly program for the prisoners was inaugurated on August 4,2009 by the Vice-Chancellor of Bharathiar University. This Psycho-Spiritual Program focuses on the individual development, self- realization, identifying the innate potentials as well as reforming the lifestyle of prisoners. 13 The year-round program consists of 9 modules and given to a group of 20-25 people. The program is running for 30 weeks now. 3-C MODEL OF STUDENT EMPOWERMENT : In view of empowering students for holistic development, wellbeing and mental health, the Centre for Counseling and Guidance in coordination with Principal have drafted a Three Circle Model-Student Empowerment Program for First year students and is being implemented. BONA PERSONA : Bona persona is a 12 module Personality Development Program formulated for the students of STC by the Centre. The students will be given a certificate at the end of the program. This is given to MSW, B.Com CA & B.Com first year students. Two Hobbies Development Program : 1. Philatelic Exhibition In order to develop hobbies among students, the Centre organized a Philatelic Exhibition on August 8. A renowned Philatelist Dr. Sundararaj from Mettupalayam exhibited his philatelic sheets. More than 800 students registered their name as visitors to the exhibition. 2. Drawing Training : In order to develop the hobbies of students, workshop on drawing skills will be conducted on 21st December, Monday. Mr. Chinnasamy, Drawing Master from Kottur Malaiyandipatanam gave basic training to 160 students. Mental Health Awareness : Mental health awareness program was organized in 5 schools in the first week of October between 13 th October and 19th October. The peer counselors from the College organized poster presentations exhibiting different aspects, causes and remedies for mental health and Director, Centre for Counseling & Guidance addressed the students. Peer Counselors workshop : One day workshop was organized for the peer counselors in the month of January 2010. The HOD of Psychology Department, Bharathiar University game the workshop. Alcohol awareness program : Talk for all the students was organized by the centre. A total of 12 lectures were given. Major Project from UGC : The centre has received a major project for 4.68 lakhs on An empirical study on the Prevalence and Predictors of Mental Health problems among college students. A model Counseling Program. 14 Peer counsellor activities (2010-2011) June 22 One year programs orientation July 20 New Peer counsellors Meet August 8 Philatelic Exhibition September 25 Mental Health Awareness preparation December 21 Drawing workshop January 30 Workshop Training for Peer counselors by Prof Subramanian, Head of Psy Dept. Bharathiar University Faculty Development Understanding Adolescents and Classroom Management June 11 Mental Health Awareness October 31 MBA Faculty Orientation and Situation Analysis March 5 Seminar Talk for Students Topic No of Talks Month Orientation 8 June, July, August Self Esteem 6 July, August, November Career Choice 7 July Human Personality 2 July, August Goal setting 3 July, September, December Sex Taboos social norms 1 September Mental Health 1 November Stress Management 1 November Body Language & Non-verbal 1 November Communication Emotional Quotient 1 November Alcohol Awareness 14 January, February, March Counselling Skills 1 February 15 37. Placement services provided to students: The "Training Placement and Corporate Cell (TPC)" is arranging often and on campus interview to the college students. TPC conducted soft skill training programmes for UG and PG students who are in the final year of the course with the help of external experts and internal staff. In all 27 training programmes have been conducted in wide ranging topics including communication, time management, Aptitude, self esteem, stress management, attending interviews etc., As on date 183 students got placements. Leading Companies such as Sharp Info, Shriram Life Insurance, Bajaj Alliance, Cybernet, Slash Support, Eureka Forbes, Global Techno Solutions, GM Bio-tech, ICICI Bank, JVM Association, KGISL-BPO, Mani Technologies, Seyyone, Sutherland global, United Financial, Velan Info and Wipro WASE software participated in the job fairs, organized at STC and elsewhere. 38. Development programmes for non-teaching staff: Various quality improvement programmes such as OLIVIA Language Lab for non-teaching staff has been conducted. The PG department of Management studies has been encouraging administrative assistants for enrolling in the distance education programme. 39. Best Practices of the Institution: The institution is recognized and has gained popularity through its best practices namely, Conducting of various Orientation Programmes for the welfare of the Society. Various Out reach programmes are being conducted for the benefit of the public. Maintenance of ethical and moral codes and principles. Making for ABC analysis of students on the basis of their performance. Conducting remedial classes for the slow learners and the students in the "C' category. Tutor ward system. Signing MoUs very often with leading companies. Additional instruction hours for value added, soft skill programs. Weekly reviews of work diary maintained by each member of the staff. Annual increments to staff based on various parameters. Annual get together for staff family members and the management members in our college campus. Off campus two days orientation for HODs and Deans once a year at hills stations. Student evaluation of teachers made every semester. 16 Performance of staff reviewed every semester. Separate training, placement and corporate relations cell. Exclusive Centre for Research and Consultancy. Scholarships has been provided for Alumini, Sports students and also to economically poor students. Separate STC City Centre for conducting extension activities for the benefits of students, alumni and the public. 40. Linkages developed with National / International, academic / research bodies: STC has established linkages with various organisations like Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Pollachi chapter, Sarva Siksha Abyan Scheme, Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) Coimbatore Chapter and BSNL Pollachi. Besides the college has obtained membership in Coimbatore Management Association, All India Management Association and Computer Society of India. It has also arranged mentorship with Blue Star Ltd., Chennai, PSG Institute of Management, Coimbatore, Roots Industries, CBE,and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad for internship for faculties of STC. 41. Any other relevant information: Right from 2006 the department of Management studies has focused its activities for rapid development of students and faculties of the department. These activities have been successfully implemented. During 2009-10, an innovative scheme namely, Teaching Career Fellowship (TCF) was introduced in which meritorious students willing to enter teaching career have been selected and scholarship awarded for such students. Five scholarships have been awarded during 2009-10. Part C: Plans of the Institution in detail for the next year(2010-2011). The following table clearly shows the process plan of each department in the institution for the year 2010-11. Academic Activities Department Guest Seminar/National Workshop Out Industrial FDP Lecture Level Seminar (Nos.) Reach Visit (Nos.) (Nos.) (Nos.) (Nos.) (Nos.) B.Com 18 2 12 B.Com 8 1 2 2 (CA) BBM 9 7 BCA 20 2 2 B.Sc (CS) 17 B.Sc 12 2 2 2 10 (Maths) B.Sc (CT)/ 16 3 2 1 B.Sc (IT) M.Com 10 1 2 2 4 M.Com 9 2 2 (IB) M.Sc (CS)/ 20 1 5 2 2 2 M.Sc (SS) MCA 10 2 5 MBA 16 1 16 7 MSW 13 5 English 9 Tamil 5 Other Proposals Additional class room have been constructed to provide class room for all the courses and classes. Modern Computer Labs have constructed making the total number of labs into 7 with a total system of 500 systems A proposal to purchase 120 computers and accessories in 2010-11 New courses like M.Sc Maths and Research degrees will be introduced in 2010-11 The college has entered MoUs with ICICI Bank, CODISSIA, Computer Society of India, IBM and BSNL Pollachi for the benefit of students and staff to have hands-on and on the job training and practical exposure. 18


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Whyalla is a fascinating city. It has some hidden jems behind its industrial facade, but most noteworthy you can say its name while throwing up. Try to do the same with e.g. Alice Springs... Thats right, you cant. In fact, whatever you say while throwing up it will sound like Whyalla, something that can be useful if taking a taxi home late at night (or a problem if you really want to go to Alice Springs). Anyway, I'm happy that my good mate Steven was home. I met him and his wife Anna Marie in Iran, then Pakistan (see photo in the Pakistan posting) before they gave their trusty Beemer the full throttle to Oz. Now I opted for a few days vacation and perhaps a late night taxi or two, but Steven had a different plan.
Posted by Erik Saue at May 24, 2007 07:43 PM GMT
Imagine this going on for 1100 kilometers
For three days Steven, his buddy Disco, and I raced the gravel roads in the Flinders, a mountain range stretching from the Spencer Gulf and 400 kilometers north into the real outback. I realized that Id never driven Balto without luggage, thus the new handling of the bike was an exhilarating surprise, just like a prudent girlfriend who one day and out-of-the-blue says something naughty.
Oh baby
OK, the metaphor sucks, but you know what I mean.
I do not recall the names of all the places we went. I do remember Arkaroola, another late-night-friendly name, but the perception of this being a general feature of South Australian places came to an end at Nooldoonooldoona.
Disco enjoying this ladys pump
Sunset Steven and his sunset beer
After a whole lot of kangaroos and a bone-dry emu-burger we returned to Whyalla. It was time for that long awaited taxi ride. But Stevens Mum and Dad had returned from exile in South Africa with a few bottles of white and a bundle of good stories. Spending the evenings with the OBriens made me rethink the saying to be able to talk about anything which often is confused with the ability to speak about private matters. No, with these guys even the silliest, most microscopic topic of no practical significance whatsoever could be discussed with great enthusiasm. I just had to love them.
On the last day Steven equipped me with Australian army supplies - olive green cheddar cheese, olive green apricot fruit spread, olive green tomato soup etc. Yep, they can nuke Oz and I'll still be touring it. Stevens Dad Terri hadnt driven his beefy Kawasaki since last year and he joined me through the beautiful Claire Valley Wine Region, and we raced the sunset but the sunset won and we arrived in Adelaide after dark. After some gourmet pasta on the bustling local strip we camped in his father-in-laws house. Next morning Terri sponsored me a full tank and wished me good luck. It was almost strange to be alone again.
Soon winter in the Coonawarra Wine District
For the next days I had three things on my mind. The second thing were the exams in Sydney. I spent a couple of days in the excellent Heywards Oak Hotel in Penola to catch up with theories on B2B. Thirdly I was getting close to what numerous mags and world travelers rank as THE best motorcycle road in the world the superduperfantastic B100, more commonly known as the Great Ocean Road. Naturally my expectations were sky high. At the same time the temperature plummeted. The clouds clustered, and some hefty wind promised a ride more annoying that pleasant.
I just have to say it: Those suggesting that the Great Ocean Road is THE best road in the world have clearly never been to North Norway. But to be fair - I guess any road on a shitty day is a shitty road.
No, this is not Bjørnøya. Its the view from the best road in the world. Dah!
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