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ANNUAL QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORT ANNUAL QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORT ANNUAL QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORT ANNUAL QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORT
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PART A:
The plan of action chalked out by the IQAC in the beginning of the year towards
quality enhancement and the outcome achieved by the end of the year.
PLAN OF ACTION OUTCOME ACHIEVED
Curriculum Designing
Implementation of new Courses / Programmes:
• Planning for introduction of MBA& MCA
• Introduction of new courses - B. Com in Professional Accounting
- M. Sc Nanoscience an interdisciplinary Programme
- PG Diploma in Psychotherapy & Counseling
- Diploma in Creative Fashion Designing - Certificate in Fashion Designing
• Promoting Activity based Teaching / Interactive Class room teaching
• Evaluation Reforms
Initiated in the Academic year 2011-12 In process The Madurai Kamaraj University has granted affiliation for the B. Com with Professional Accounting from the year 2011-2012 with a sanctioned strength of 60. It has been offered from 2011 – 2012 The Madurai Kamaraj University has granted affiliation for the M. Sc Nanoscience (UGC Innovative Programme) and is offered from 2011-2012. The Madurai Kamaraj University has granted affiliation for PG Diploma in Psychotherapy & Counseling with a sanctioned strength of 40.
26 students were admitted in Diploma in Creative Fashion Designing in 2011-2012 10 students were admitted in Certificate in Fashion Designing in 2011-2012 Teachers were required to include in the work plan of atleast one course, details of activities used for ensuring Activity based Teaching / Interactive Class room teaching
A workshop on Item Writing was held on 10th September 2011. The resource person was Dr. Lethi, from Holy Cross College, Trichy. The workshop was attended by 90 of our faculty members. The purpose of this workshop was to guide faculty in writing MCQ’s of higher order to enable to prepare their students for competitive exams.
• E- Content Creation – at least one course from every department
One day Orientation Program on ‘E- Content Development was conducted on 22nd September 2011.
• Redesigning UG Curriculum as per the Integrated Curricular model (HUT) – using Backward design approach
One day workshop on Curricular Development was held on 26th March 2012. Dr. Francis Soundararaj, the former Principal of Madras Christian College, Chennai was the resource person. Preliminary discussions were held in the CPEC related to UG Integrated Curricular Model.
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Research
• Inter – disciplinary Research at Thondaimanpatti to develop it as a model village.
As on outcome of Massive survey conducted in 5 villages nearly satellite campus velichanatham. It was found that Thondaimanpatti village would require our services for developmental activities. 13 departments of the college undertook research/ extension activity in their field of specialization for the benefit of villages.
Department Area of Research
Tamil “gz;ghl;bay; Nehf;fpy; ehl;Lg;Gw
tof;fhWfs; (indentifying various folk games, beliefs and customs and analyzing the content of the folklore)
English Problems in sentence construction and in the
learning of English as a second language History working of the village panchayat and gram
sabha
Economics A study on Wage differentials among agricultural workers in Thondamanpatti Village
Social Sciences
reproductive health status of the women in
the village and sensitization of the women on
reproductive health problems
Physical Education
fitness training to the children who belonged
to the 7-14 year age group
Commerce Identification of the entrepreneurial traits
and resources available for entrepreneurship
development
Botany Digitization of the data of 115 plants
belonging to 48 families
Physics Study of spatial distribution of energy supply and demand using GIS at Thondamanpatti
Computer Science
Teaching aids were prepared and given to
the village schools
Chemistry Physico-chemical Analysis of Bore well Water samples of Thondamanpatti area in Madurai District
Biotechnology Prevalence of communicable and non-communicable diseases” – A case study at Thondamanpatti
Zoology Bacteriological testing of Drinking water
A mega event was organized with the villagers in sharing the
outcome of the above studies on April 30th, 2012.
• Extension – Special centralized Exhibition for school children for 3 days.
Exhibition EXPO 2011 for school children of 9th, 10th & 11th standards in and around Madurai city was conducted on 24th & 25th Nov. 2011. More than 2000 students participated from 13 schools. The departments of Mathematics, Physics, Economics and Social Sciences enthusiastically participated in explaining the basic concepts and organized ‘do and learn’ activity for school children.
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Human Resource Development
• Orientation for the Junior
Faculty – June 2011.
• Crash course for I UG students
(10 days) on ‘English for
Communications’
• Implementation of ‘Skilledge’
in collaboration with ICTACT
• International Conference on
‘Science, Society &
Sustainability’ in January 2012
• National Conference on
“Competence Building in
Higher Education: Trends and
Challenges” in September &
October 2011
� The Centre organized a junior faculty workshop from 7th to
10th June 2011. There were 64 participants out of which 23
were new recruits. The rest were junior faculty who were
deputed to attend the workshop as a re-orientation on teaching
and evaluation. All the sessions were handled by senior faculty
members from our college.
� It was organized for the first year UG students from 20th to
30th June 2011. An online English test was conducted for the
Freshers on the day of admission. Based on the scores 550
students attended the bridge course. Thirty teachers drawn
from all departments and two PG students were involved in
giving this coaching.
27 faculty drawn from various departments attended different
programmes like ORACLE higher education initiative for Tamil
Nadu, ICTACT BRIDGE 2011(focus on Skills for future and
innovation), . Net in Association with Microsoft Corporation,
Oracle 11g etc., (list enclosed in the annexure)
� An International Conference on Science, Society and
Sustainability with the theme ‘Many Species, One Planet for
Posterity’ was conducted from 11th to 13th Jan. 2012. With 300
participants at International, National and Local levels. 21
international participants, 94 from outside Tamil nadu and 185
local participants. 113 papers were received on the themes such
as Environment & Sustainability, Environment & Society and
Education & Sustainability, out of which 81 were presentations
and 15 were posters.
The papers selected by the respective chairpersons were
reviewed and they will be published as a special issue of the
Inhouse research journal ASPIRE September 2012.
� To refresh our curriculum relevant to the present context, we
wanted to learn how competence building can help in
furthering today’s trends and challenges in Higher Education.
Hence a National Conference was organized by our college on
30th Sep. & 1st Oct. 2011. Dr. Sivaram, Former Director of
CSIR, NCL Pune and the Bhatnagar Awardee, was the Chief
Guest for the Inaugural.
The resolutions of the conference were submitted to
Dr. Balagurusamy for consideration by the Planning
Commission for the XII plan. 15 papers were presented out of
which 5 papers were from external members and 10 papers
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• Workshop for faculty by
Dr. Rani George, USA (July
2011)
• Training in the Usage of Safety
Equipment for support staff
• Training in the Usage of the S/
W on College Management
System for support staff.
were from Lady Doak College faculty. Totally 114 members
participated in which 8 were external members and 106
internal members.
� Dr. Rani George (former faculty of Social Science Department)
from Albany State University, Georgia, USA, was on campus
from 13th to 16th July 2011.
� 150 support staff attended for training programme on handling
the Fire Extinguisher was conducted in Feb. 2012
� 150 support staff attended for training programme on college
management system was conducted in June 2011.
Organization and Management
• Office Automation
• Rewiring and Recabling for
computer networking
• Creating & maintaining the
new website with an alumnae
portal.
• Enhancing the research
competency at the college
• To strengthen the existing automation facility.
- Blade server is introduced for the smooth conduct of online
exams without any interruption of hardware failures even
with increased number of students.
- Upgradation of BSNL leased line from 10Mbps to 16Mbps
was done for effective & efficient usage of internet access
- Watch guard Firewall is initiated for effective Bandwidth
management. Unwanted sites are detached for the proper
usage of Internet facilities
- Structured network layout with L3 & L2 switches were installed to create VLANS to protect the college network from hackers
- Symantec Antivirus is set up for well maintenance of the computers in the campus preventing from virus issues
- Wifi is implemented in Guest house, Miller auditorium & in Multimedia Theatre
- E- filing of documents is introduced to minimize the paper work & avoid duplication
- Introduction OMR technologies for admission process to reduce the data entry.
� Fiber optic cables single mode cable is layed in all the corners
of the college to increase the speed of the internet
� New website is developed with alumnae portal Webmail is
effectively used by the faculty
� Institutional face book has been created to stay connected with
Alumnae
� NKN connected acquired – 10 Mbps
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Infrastructure and Learning Resources added on campus
• Strengthening up the Herbal
Garden.
• Strengthening up the Paper
Recycling Unit.
• Initiating Measures for saving
Electrical Energy on campus
including the whole of library
and JX Miller Auditorium
• Installation of Solar street lights
• Establishing - Centre for Media Centric Teaching & Learning
- Sports centre through Gym
- An Art Museum
� About 90 medicinal plants are maintained in the herbal garden
which includes rare and red listed plants. Students from
various schools visit to see and learn the medicinal uses of
plants.
� Waste paper collected from departments and offices are
processed into recycled value added paper products such as
- Invitation card for various activities of college - Carry bags, photo frames - Files
Training programme is offered to self help group women and college students in preparation of above mentioned products.
� T5 Model - 250 and CFL (Compact Florescent Lamp) – 300 were
installed to replace old bulbs and tube lights and installation of
50 energy efficient fans in the library
� 34 Solar street lights were installed.
� We conducted one day orientation programme on ‘e-Content
Development’ on 22nd Sep. 2011. Number of participants 59
persons. Resource person – Dr. S. Senthilnathan, Department
of Educational Technology, Bharathidasan University.
� We conducted 5 days summer workshop on ‘e-Content
Development’ from 4th June to 8th June 2012. Number of
participants 25 persons. Recourse Persons –Dr. Rani George,
Dean, Graduate School, Albany State University, Albany, US
&Dr. S. Senthilnathan and Fr. SusaiManikam, Department of
Educational Technology, Bharathidasan University, Trichy.
� LifeSize Team 220 (LifeSize Team 220) dual HD display and
camera support, digital input and output connections, an
embedded 4-way, Full HD multipoint control unit (MCU) and
dual LifeSize MicPods. Paired with the LifeSize® Phone™,
LifeSize® Camera 10x™ and LifeSize® Digital MicPod™.
Multi Station (Four)– 1, Twister-1 , Bycycle Ergometer-1,
Treadmil Electronic – 1, Treadmil Manual -1and Abdominal
Board -1 were installed in the gym.
An Art Education Center has been set up Coins of different eras
have been purchased labeled and displayed which will be used
in classroom teaching for courses like Archaeology and Art,
Indian History and Indian Culture. And this will enable the
Students to gain first- hand knowledge by seeing the artefacts.
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PART B:
1. Activities Reflecting the Goals and objectives of the Institutions:
Academic Excellence on par with international standards
• MoU Signed with foreign universities / colleges:
- Concordia College, New York
- Longwood University
- Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
- Oberlin Shansi – Study Abroad for Faculty
• Ms. Jaanu Surendran of II B. A. English had six – week student exchange
programme at University of Kansas, USA, from 15th June – 26th July 2011.
International student Exchange for Academic Credit Transfer
• Ms. D. Abinaya of II B. Com had one semester student exchange programme at
Mary Baldwin College,Virginia, USA, from 15th Jan – May 2012
• Two cadets Shekira Ramdass and Tyla Stormes one semester student exchange
programme at Mary Baldwin College,Virginia, USA, from 17th Dec. 2011 – 25th
April 2012 at Lady Doak College.
� International quality Standardization
The ISO Surveillance Audit was completed in February 2012 and the college has been
certified as ISO 9001:2008 institution.
� International Service -Learning Programme
� Six Korean students from Seoul Women’s University, South Korea, were at Lady
Doak College for their service-learning programme from 10th July to 5th August
2011.
� Two Japanese students from International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan, from
10th July to 6th August and two Chinese students from Chung Chi College, Chinese
University, Hong Kong, from 14th July to 6th August, were at Lady Doak College for
their service-learning programme.
International Professors on campus
� Dr. Rani George (former facuty of Social Science Dept.) from Albany State
University, Georgia, USA, was on campus from 13th to 16th July 2011 to offered
seminars and lectures for students and faculty.
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� Ms. Gita Ponnusamy (alumna of English), Lecturer of Bahrain Polytechnic, Bahrain,
was on campus in the month of July 2011 to undertake a survey with students from
Government schools who are doing English as Second language for her doctoral
studies in Education at the University of Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
� A team of 17 members under the leadership of Dr. Aditi Samarth from Richland
College, Dallas, USA, were on campus for the United Nations Millennium
Development Goals Exposure Programme from 16th to 19th July 2011.
� Faculty participation in International Programmes
� Dr. A. Mercy Pushpalatha, Principal & Secretary attended the 7th CUAC Triennial
Conference on Sustainability – A new context for Higher Education from 22nd to
26th May 2011 in the University of Sewanee, TN, USA and gave a presentation on
“Educational Leadership : Stewardship for Sustainability”
� Dr. Valliammal presented a paper on “Curriculum Development on Peace
Education in Higher Education : Initiatives of Lady Doak College, Madurai” at the
conference on Inter-religious Understanding and Peace Building in Asia at the
International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan, from 21st to 23rd May 2011.
� The following members participated in the Asia Pacific Conference on Impacts of
Service-Learning at Lingnan University, Hong Kong from 7th to 11th June 2011.
– Dr. Beulah Rajkumar attended as SLAN Member College representative
and presented a Poster on “Integrating Head Heart and Hand ... Experiences
at Lady Doak College”.
– Dr. Manorama Dhanaseeli was a UBCHEA Sponsored Panelist and her
Panel discussion topic was on “Environment and Health”
– Mrs. Felcia Vasanthakumari presented a paper on “Voices through Vision”
• Dr. Synthia Mary Mathew, Associate Professor in Social Sciences, participated
in the Asian University Leader’s Programme at Hong Kong organized by the
UBCHEA from 6th to 10th Feb. 2012. The theme of this year’s programme is
“Counseling Issues and Concerns in Asian Higher Education”. She was also
one of the panelists on the topic “Parent Absent Households and Counseling
related Issues”.
� Blossoming of full personality of individual students
• The Student Union Inaugural - The Student Union Inaugural was held on 14th
July 2011. Dr. Rani George, (former faculty of Department of Social Sciences)
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Dean of Graudate School, Albany State University, Albany, USA, was the Chief
Guest to grace the function. The newly elected Union Office Bearers were
installed in their offices.
• Leadership Camp ‘11 - The Annual Leadership Camp was organized on 16th
July 2011 for about 75 student leaders. Mr. Clement from Southern Railways,
Trichy, was the resource person.
� Capacity building for the world of work
The following practical training programmes/Seminar/Lectures were organized
for faculty members / support staff /students
Disciplines Practical Training / Lectures
Tamil • Dr. Rani Jhansi Bai & Rev. G.U. Pope Endowment Lecture was
conducted on 21st Feb. 2012. Dr. G. Stephen from MS University,
Tirunelvi and Dr. Gloryia V. Dhas from MK University, Madurai were
the resource persons.
• One day seminar on Tamil Literature and Ecology was conducted on
23rd Feb. 2012. Dr. R. Mohan from MKU, Mr. K. Kalidhas from
Coimbatore and Kavingar Sakthijothi the founder of Sakthi Institution
of Social Economical and Education Madurai were the resource
persons.
English • Two day workshop for training teachers in Communication Skills in
English on 9th & 10th June 2011.
• Literary Day was conducted on 9th Sep. 2011. Dr. Lakshmi from
Gandhigram University was the Chief Guest. Nine other colleges
participated in the programme.
• Workshop on Soft Skills was conducted on 12th Sep. 2011
• Two plays were screened by the English Department on 15th & 16th
Feb. 2012. One on “Madame de” of the serious kind, with marriage,
love, infidelity and its consequences. The other on “The Proposal” a
very light hearted play. The students were at their best, emoting
feelings which at times was difficult to do so.
History • State Level Seminar on Tourism: Innovations and Prospects was
conducted on 6th Feb. 2012. Dr. R. Soundararajan from MKU, Dr. B.
George from MKU and Dr. T.A. Binoy from Kuvempu University,
Karnataka were the resource persons.
• Prof. Mrs. Anna Abraham Endowment Lecture Series I - 2012 was
conducted on 8th March 2012. Dr. Purnima Bhatt, Prof. of History,
Anthropology and Inter Disciplinary Studies in Hood College, Mary
Land, USA, was the resource person. Retired faculty of LDC, faculty
friends of Prof. Anna Abraham and faculty & students of History
Department participated.
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Social Sciences • World Mental Health Day was celebrated on 10th Oct. 2011. Lecture on
Women and Mental Health was delivered. Dr. Selvamani Dhinakaran
and Dr. Pon Gunasekaran were the resource persons.
• Extension programme with Bethshan Special School (School for
Special Children) on unified sports was organized on 14th Oct. 2011.
Dr. Paul Devasagayam and Mr. Jayapaul were the resource persons.
• Talks on Inner Healing and Being Successful in Life were held on 19th
and 26th Nov. 2011 respectively.
• Extension programme for the children of Christian Mission Child
Development Centre (CMCDC) was organized on 29th Nov. 2011. 90
children of CNCDC participated.
Commerce • Faculty Training in Emerging Trends in Cost Management in the
Global Scenario was conducted on 13th Feb. 2012. Dr. V. Alagappan
from MKU, Dr. I. Ashok the Chairman of Madurai Chapter of Cost
Accountants, Dr. Mayil Murugan from Madura College,
Mr. S. Kumara Rajan from Hitech Arai and Mr. S. Jeyaraj the Secretary
of Madurai Chapter of Cost Accountants were the resource persons.
• Workshop on AJAX was conducted from 6th to 10th Feb. 2012. Mr.
Muthukumar the Managing director of Yuvasakthi Computer Centre
was the resource person.
• An Awareness Program on Road Safety was conducted from 20th to
27th Feb. 2012. Mr. Narasima Mani was the resource person.
Physics • Faculty training Programme on the Structural Aspects of
Bioinformatics – Phase II on 9th April 2012 and a faculty training in the
use of publishing research grade software LaTex.
• Lab Experiments for XII students from LPNI School were
demonstrated on 20th Nov. 2011.
• 150 students participated in the Observation of Total Lunar Eclipse on
10th Dec. 2011 for all LDC students
• ICPM PHYXPLOSION ’12 – At the Cross Roads…… (Sustainable
Energy for all) was conducted on 27th Jan. 2012. 115 students from 10
colleges participated. Prof. K.M. Ponnathal the Joint Director of
Collegiate Education, Madurai Region was the resource person.
• One day workshop on Exciting Astronomy was conducted in
collaboration with Indian Association of Physics Teachers on 28th Jan.
2012. 100 students and faculty participated. Prof. K. Subramanian the
Interim President of IAPCT RC-13, Tamilnadu & Pondicherry, Mr.
Naveen Nanjundappa the Vice President of Astronomical Society,
Bangalore and Ms. S. Mohana the State Vice-President of Tamil Nadu
Science Forum were the resource persons.
• SKY Watch was held on 20th Feb. 2012. Star Gazing was arranged in
Satellite Campus and around 90 students participated. Planets,
Jupiter, Venus and Mars were observed by UG & PG Physics students.
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Chemistry • Faculty training programme on LaTex on 18th & 19th April 2011.
• An Interactive Session was organized for the students and faculty with
Dr. S. Sivaram, Former Director National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR)
on 29th Sep. 2011
• Prof. Evelyn Rhine Lecture Series 2012 was conducted on 1st Feb. 2012
to promote Science Education. Dr. C. Vijayan of Physics Dept from
IIT, Madras, Dr. Usha from MKU and Dr. Sakuntala Samuelson,
Principal of Ramaiah College, Bangalore were the resource persons. 88
students of the Chemistry Department, 40 students from other Science
Departments of Lady Doak College and 40 students from outside
colleges and participated.
Botany and
Microbiology
• A Talk about Green Walk was given by Mr. Rakesh Kumar Jagenial
IFS, DSO, Govt. of Tamil Nadu on 19th Dec. 2011.
• Green Walk was organized in the forest near Sathiyar Dam on 21st
Dec. 2011 in order to commemorate the Year of Forest and it was led
by Forest Rangers
• An Awareness Programme on Biosafety and Bioethics was held on
18th Feb. 2012. Dr. Palanivelu from MKU, Dr. Revathi Janakiram from
Chennai, Dr. Vasanthi from Bannari Amman Institute of Technology,
Sathyamangalam and Dr. Roderic Owen from Mary Baldwin College,
Virginia USA were the resource persons.
• Faculty Training on Bioinformatics Tool was conducted on 6th & 7th
Feb. 2012. Dr. A. Mahalakshmi from MKU was the resource person.
Zoology • State level workshop on Good Laboratory Practices partly sponsored
by TNSCST was conducted on 14th Oct. 2011. Dr. Abraham Stanley
and Dr. Prabhakar Y. Bhotie from Syngene International Ltd.,
Bangalore and Dr. K.S. Rao from Rao Toxicology Foundation,
Bangalore were the resource persons. 66 participants from inside and
outside the college participated
• Regional Seminar cum Inter Collegiate Programme on Wild Life Week
Celebrations was conducted on 4th Oct. 2011.
• Prof. Whitin Endowment Lecture Series was conducted on 24th Feb.
2012 on Global Threat of Communicable and non communicable
diseases with special reference to women’s health. Eminent resource
persons were invited.
Biotechnology • Two day faculty training programme on Systems Biology on 22nd &
23rd March 2012.
• A National Level Workshop on ‘Biological Data mining in Clinical
Research’ was conducted from 1st to 3rd Dec. 2011. Prof. Veluraja, Dr.
S. Selvaraj, Dr. M.M. Ramya and Dr. N. Jeyakumar were the resource
persons.
• Science Academies’ Lecture Workshop on ‘Frontier Areas in Life
Sciences’ was conducted on 16th Feb. 2012. Dr. K. Emmanuvel Rajan
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from Bharathidasan University, Dr. Hussain Munavar from MKU, Dr.
Marimuthu from MKU, Dr. T.J. Pandian from Annamalai Univeristy,
Dr. S. Mahadevan from IIS, Bangalore, Dr. K. Veluthambi from MKU,
Dr. Sathish Mundayoor from RGCB, Kerala and Prof. B. Pitchappan
from Chettinad University were the resource persons.
Business
Administration
• Workshop on Personality Development was conducted on 11th Aug.
2011. Mr. Akbar Hussain from Limra Academy, Trichy was the
resource person
• Workshop on Positive Attitude was conducted on 19th Aug. 2011. Mr.
Jeyanth, Director, Career Launcher India Ltd., Madurai, was the
resource person
• Inter Collegiate Meet – Globe Trotter was conducted on 6th Feb. 2012.
Mr. Appauv Samraj, Field Inspector of Factories of Madurai, Ramnad
and Sivagangai Districts was the resource person. 8 Colleges
participated.
• One day seminar on Market Logistics and Supply Chain Management
was conducted on 29th Feb. 2012. Mr. Rajamurthy, the Chairman of
Global school of Foreign Trade and Mr. Samuel the Branch Manager of
MAERSK Line, Tuticorin were the resource persons.
� Inculcating social responsibility & commitment to promote equality & justice
Apart from regular community development work on Saturdays 8 day rural
camps were organized to 254 NSS students from 2nd to 8th Jan. 2012 in the villages -
Kadhakinaru, Aallathur and Chinna Patti and 153 Rangering students from 5th to 6th
Jan. 2012 in the village of Thirumalaikeni.
� World Food Day Celebration – On the 9th of February 2012, the student council
organized the food day. Food packets and clothes were collected from the students,
teachers and staff and they were distributed in a village called Elamanur.
� Hostel Day - ZENITH ’12 - Hostel Day Celebrations was held on 25th Feb. ‘12 at the GJ
Auditorium. Dr. Selvamani Thinakaran, the Psychiatrist, addressed the students and
parents. 400 Parents were entertained with a cultural programme by the resident
students.
� Handloom Mark Awareness Programme - To create awareness on handlooms, the
handloom mark awareness programme was held on 12th December 2011 by the
Textiles committee, Govt of India at our college. The session was on imparting
knowledge on the advantages of using handloom. Elocution competition was
conducted to enhance the knowledge and the winners were honoured with prizes.
� jkpo; kPl;rp ,af;fj; njhlf;f tpoh jkpo; kPl;rp ,af;fj; njhlf;f tpoh jkpo; kPl;rp ,af;fj; njhlf;f tpoh jkpo; kPl;rp ,af;fj; njhlf;f tpoh ---- jkpo; kPl;rp ,af;fj; njhlf;f tpohjkpo; kPl;rp ,af;fj; njhlf;f tpohjkpo; kPl;rp ,af;fj; njhlf;f tpohjkpo; kPl;rp ,af;fj; njhlf;f tpoh was
organized on 22nd January 2012. It was a gathering of many Great Tamil Scholars and
Teachers from, in and around Madurai. The Madurai District Collector
Thiru U. Sagayam gave an inspiring speech on this topic which added to the
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greatness of the program. His speech inspired all students to a greater extent that
students could feel proud of their Mother Tongue. This programme helped the
students to understand and respect the importance of Tamil.
� Implementation of new academic programmes in the year 2011 – 12
• B. Com Professional Accounting
• M. Sc Nanoscience – an interdisciplinary programme
• PG Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy
• Certificate course in Fashion Designing
• Diploma in Creative Fashion Designing
2. Innovations in curricular design and transaction
39 innovative courses were designed in the curriculum by the various departments
on the basis of alumnae feedback, expert’s opinion, curriculum from other
university, student feedback, relevance to local needs, and entry level of students.
3. Inter-disciplinary programmes started
An inter – disciplinary course “Coaching for Entry into Civil Services – preliminary
exam” by the departments of History, Economics, Physics and Chemistry is offered
from June 12.
4. Special programmes organized during summer
o Coaching Classes conducted under UGC XI Plan Merged Schemes
Coaching Classes for Entry in Civil Services for SC / ST/ OBC (non creamy layer)
was conducted under the UGC XI Plan Merged Schemes with 11 eminent resource
persons
– For Aided students it was conducted in two batches one from 10th Jan to 31st
March and the another from 2nd to 23rd May 2011 for 62 students
– For Self Financed students, it was conducted from 2nd May to 11th June for 46
students
o Summer Training on Fundamental Techniques in Basic Sciences (under Star College
Scheme)
Summer Training was conducted on Fundamental Techniques in Basic Sciences
from 2nd to 6th May 2011 for 100 selected students from I UG Sciences.
o Summer School on Advanced Techniques in Science Instrumentation (under Star
College Scheme)
Interested UG & PG students attended any one of the listed packages.
Package I - Electrochemical work station and CHNS Analyzer
Package II - Thin film unit and Electrochemical work station
Package III - UV-Vis Spectrophotometer (absorption & emission) & Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer Package IV - Fermentor & PCR
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o Summer Remedial Coaching for June Examination
Summer Remedial Coaching programme was conducted to enable students with
arrears to write June Repeat exam more effectively.
5. Faculty qualified for NET /SLET/GATE. Etc - 9 no’s
6. Initiative towards faculty development programmes:
Faculty Participation / Paper Presentation of Seminars / Workshops
No. of Faculty International National State Total
Attended Seminars / Workshops /
Conferences
34 45 58 137
Paper Presented 17 36 3 56
Published in Proceedings 28 2 2 32
7. Total number of seminars / workshop / training conducted :
Forty four Programmes
List – Annexure
8. Research Projects
S. No. Research Projects No. of Persons
1. Major Research Projects 4
2. Ongoing Minor Research Projects 4
3. Minor Research Completed 2
4. Research Papers / Articles Published 18
5. Award of Doctoral Degree 8
9. Patents generated, if any:
NIL
10. New collaborative research programme:
Department Title of the
project
Total cost
(Rs.)
Agency Present
status
Chemistry Superhydrophobic
coatings for
enhancing
corrosion
resistance
Rs. 3.78 lakhs Collaborative Research
Schemes under UGC-DAE
CSR UGC-DAE Consortium
for Scientific Research (UGC-
DAE CSR) Kalpakam Node,
KALPAKKAM-603 102, T.N
May 2010 –
May 2013
(Ongoing
research
project)
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11. Research grants received from various agencies.
S. No
Agency Research Grants
Name of the Faculty Amount Sanctioned
Title of the Research
1. TNSCST Research Grant
Dr. Mary Esther Rani, Dept. of Botany, Lady Doak College. Madurai.
Rs. 17.03 lakhs
“Capacity Building of women through integrated waste management for sustainable development”
2. TNSCST Research Grant
Dr. Srisudha Rs. 6,000 Isolation and selection of native micro organisms for the aerobic treatment of dairy waste water.
3. DST Research Grant
Dr. R. Shenbagarathai Rs. 2.5 lakhs
INSPIRE Fellowship for Assured Opportunity for Research Career (AORC) – a component of INSPIRE Programme for students admitted for pursuing full-time doctoral programme at Lady Doak College.
4. CSIR
Research Grant
Rs. 9.64 lakhs
Proteomic analysis of an integenius bacillus thuringiensis swin bt. ldc.931 producing parascorin a cancer cell skilling protein.
5. UGC Research Grant
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6. ICSSR Research Grant
Dr. Gnanasoundari Rs. 30,000 An Economic study on Maternal Health care services of public and Private Hospital in Madurai District. And A Study on the Growth of Public revenue and Expenditure in India
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12. Details of Grants received by research scholars:
S. No. Name of the Research Scholar
Designation Department Sponsoring Agency
1 M. Angala Eswari & V. Gohila
Scholar Economics ICSSR
2. S. Megala, S. Shahidha & Prathibaraj
Scholar Tamil UGC
3. Mrs. V. Rajeswari Scholar Biotechnology DST
13. Citation index of faculty members and impact factor.
S. No Name of the Faculty No. of Research Papers published
Avg. Impact factor
1. Mrs. S. Vijayarani 1 NA
2. Dr.V.Sridevi, Ms.S.Malathi & Ms. CS.Devi
1 NA
3. Dr. R. Nimma Elizabeth 1 3.513
4. Dr. S. Srisudha 1 0.255 5. Dr. R. Shenbagarathai 7 1.1582
6. Ms. G. Sofia 1 0.8
7. Ms. S. Pitchumani Angayarkanni 7 0.6634
8. Ms. T. R. Siva Priya 2 0.7
9. Dr.W.Isabel 2 1.6
14. Honors /Awards to the faculty / institution :
S. No Name and Designation of the Faculty
Honors / Award
1. Dr. S. Ananthammal, Mrs. T. Manimegalai and Mrs. Stella Jijiboy.
o “Senthamil Thilagam Award” for their paper
presentations at the International Conference on
“Ilakkiya Ilakkanangalil Thamilar Panpadu” on
23rd July 2011, conducted by Tamil Iyyaa
Kalvikkalagam Avvai Trust, Tanjore.
2. Ms. Kusum Mary George,
Department of Social Sciences
o Selected for the NCERT Doctoral Fellowship 2011,
New Delhi
3. Ms. S. Mathiya, Department
of Chemistry
o Awarded the Summer Research Fellowship by
IASc, Bangalore, INSA, New Delhi and NASI,
Allahabad
4. Ms. Sridevi, faculty of
Nanoscience
o Best Oral Presentation in the Annual Workshop
on Advanced Materials at PSN College of
Engineering and Technology.
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5. Dr. Srisudha, Department of
Botany & Microbiology
o Rashtriya Gaurav Award along with a
“Certificate of Excellence” by India International
Friendship Society, New Delhi
o Rajiv Gandhi Excellence Award and Certificate of
Excellence, former Governor of Mizoram at New
Delhi
o Best Citizens of India Award 2011 by
International Publishing House, New Delhi
6. Ms. Jayachandra, Department
of Computer Science
o ICT ACT Faculty Excellence Award 2012, ICT
Academy of Tamil Nadu.
15. Details of departments getting SAP, COSIST (ASSIST) / DST. FIST, etc. assistance / recognition:
Agency Department / Centre Purpose Amount in
Rs.
UGC Centre of Women’s Studies
Centre of Women’s Studies
Rs. 6.74 lakhs and Rs. 4.78 lakhs
UGC Human Rights Education
Introduction of Foundation Course
Rs. 2.5 lakhs
DBT – BIF Dr. R. Shenbagarathai
Strengthening the Biological research through Bioinformatics
Rs. 7.5 lakhs
UGC Department of Social Sciences
National seminar on ‘ Learning Disability : Approaches, Challenges and Provisions
Rs. 1.05 lakhs
UGC College Autonomous College Rs.20.0 lakhs
DST - FIST Science Departments of the college
DST- FIST Programme for 5 years for strengthening the teaching and research facilities in the Science departments of the college
Rs. 61.0 lakhs
Rs. 50.5 lakhs in 1st installment
DBT Botany, Zoology, Biotechnology, Physics and Chemistry
Star college scheme for strengthening of Life sciences and Biotechnology Education and training at Undergraduate level
Rs. 10.0 lakhs as 2nd installment
Rs. 2.0 lakhs per department
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UBCHEA College Grants for two proposals for ‘Carbon Foot Printing’ in Thathaneri and for Action Framework for Parthenium Control
Rs. 3.0 lakhs and Rs. 1.5 lakhs
TNSCST Departments of Maths, Physics Social Sciences and Economics
Science Exhibition for School Students
Rs. 20,000
UGC Department of History
National Seminar on ‘Tourism – Innovation and Prospects’
Rs. 37,500
TNSCST Department of Zoology
State level workshop on ‘ Good Laboratory Practices’
Rs. 10,000
UGC National Seminar on ‘Global Threats of Communicable & Non – Communicable Diseases’
Rs. 1.2 lakhs
UGC Department of Economics
State level workshop on ‘Food Processing Industries – Prospects in India ’
Rs. 0.85 lakh
Indian Academy of Sciences
Department of Biotechnology
Science Academies Lecture workshop on ‘Frontier Areas in Life Sciences’
Rs. 56,081
16. Community Services:
The Extension Programme of the college includes National Service Scheme (NSS),
Youth Red Cross (YRC), Library Service Programme (LSP), and Environmental Awareness
Programme (EAP). The multivarious Programmes undertaken in the year 2011-2012 have
enabled us to extend our services in a meaningful way.
� Extension Programmes
• Blood Donation Camp was conducted by YRC students at Lady Doak College on 9th
Sep. 2011 and 40 units of blood has been donated.
• Guest Lecture on Gender Construction was conducted for all I year NSS Students on
10th Sep. 2011 and the special lecture was given by Aparajitha Foundations. Skit on
Disaster Management was also held and briefed by Dr. Velusamy from Govt. Rajaji
Hospital, Madurai.
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• 12 students participated in the State Level Workshop at Kaliswari College, Sivakasi
on 26th Sep. 2011
• 8 students participated in the Awareness Camp on Protection and Promotion of Girl
Children Survival Rights and Right to be Born conducted by MKU and Sourashtra
College, Madurai on 8th Dec. 2011
• 2 students attended the District Level Study Camp at Vivekanda College,
Thiruvedakam on 31st Jan. 2012.
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
S.No Unit Activity Date Place
1. NSS Students Scribe Exam 09.08.11 OCPM School
2. NSS units I, II, IV,
V, VI
Scribe Exam 23.09.11 to
30.09.11
OCPM School
3. YRC, LSP,
Rangering, EAP
Scribe Exam 26.09.11 to
30.09.11
IAB School
Sundararajan patti
4. NSS Unit I Scribe Exam 19.11.11 to
29.11.11
OCPM School
5. NSS Unit –I (30
students )
Special
programme
Department of
Archeology
Thirmalai Naicker
Mahal.
25.11.11 Thirmalai Naicker
Mahal.
6. 15 NSS Unit-II
Students per day
Scribe Exam 14.12.11 to
23.12.11
OCPM School
7. 40 NSS Students
per day
Scribe Exam 14.12.11 to
21.12.11
Indian Blind
Association
Sundarajanpatti
8. 300 students Voter’s day Rally 25.01.2012 Lady Doak College,
Madurai
9. NSS Unit – III &
IV Students
Scribe Exam 20.02.12 –
01.03.12
OCPM School
Student Achievements through Sports
• National Participation
S. No
Name of the Students Game Venue Date
1. M. Karthika - III B.Com Womens National Kho Kho
Karnataka 3rd to 17th Dec 2011
2. M. Karthika - III B.Com South Zone National Kho Kho
Karnataka 18th to 25th Jan 2012 3. S. Mary Jenita – III B.Com
4. N. Karthiga – II B.Sc C.A
5. M.Kasi visalatchi – II M.A Tam
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6. T.Priya– I M.A Eng Womens National Hockey
Jalandhar 14th to 24th Dec. 2011 7. M. Mahalakshmi – II B.A
Hist
8. Vijay Pandi - II B.Com Athletics
9. Cynthia, II Economics Handball
10. Packialakshmi, III Economics (T.M.)
Senior National Kabaddi Tournament
Hyderabad 17th to 19th
Dec 2011
11. Basketball Team Runner up Position in National Level Tournament
Thirunelveli 2nd to 5th Feb 2012 12. Hockey Team
13. Football Team Won championship in Exhibition football Tournament
Mumbai 16th to 1st Feb. 2012
• MKU Representation
Students Achievement in NCC
National Cadet Corps
S. No Cadets Activity Place Date
1. 102 cadets Participated in the No Tobacco Rally
Madurai 1st June 2011
2. M. Indumathi II B.A Eng
Mountaineering Adventure Course
Uttarkashi 4th to 18th June,2011
S.No No. of Students
Game Venue/Date Period
1. Seven students Athletics Rajiv Gandhi University, Bangalore
18th to 22nd Dec. 2011
2. Five students Ballbadminton
Mangalore 25th to 31st Dec. 2012
3. Eight students Won Gold medal
Football Annamalai University, Chidambaram
1st to 14th Feb. 2012
4. J.Umma Salma – III B.Com J.Persis – I B.A Eng
Badminton V.I.T University, Vellore
5th to 9th Jan. 2012
5. Six students Handball Kakatia University, Warangal
12th to 16th Jan. 2012
6. P.Sathiyavani– III B.A His
Weight Lifting
Amritsar 24th to 26th Jan. 2012
7. P.Nandhini - II B.Com
Chess Vellore 8th to 18th Feb. 2012
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3. 4 Cadets TSC (G) Launch Camp
Rani Anna College for Women, Thirunelveli
27th June to 6th July 2011
4. Lt.Dr.T. Shantha Meena, ANO and 25 Cadets
TSC /RDC Training Camp
Agricultural College, Madurai
15th to 24th June,2011
5. 4 Cadets IUC TSC (G) Camp
Coimbatore 8th to 17th July 2011
6. 5 Cadets CATC CUM RDC IUC Training Camp
PSN Engineering College, Melathediyoor, Palayamkottai
22nd to 31st July 2011
7. 2 Cadets TSC Training Camp
Karpagam Medical College, Coimbatore
22nd to 31st July 2011
8. 2 Cadets Medical Attachment Camp
Military Hospital, Chennai
2nd to 16th August 2011
9. 2 Cadets TSC Firing Capsule
Kumaraguru College of Technology, SaravanampattiCoimbatore
5th to 14th August 2011
10. 5 Cadets CATC CUM RDC IGC Training Camp
VHNSN College, Virudhunagar
20th to 29th August 2011
11. R.S. Gayathri of II B.Com.
Selected for TSC New Delhi 2nd – 30th Sept 2011
12. SGT B. Akeela II B.A Eng & SUO A.S. Nandhini II B.Com
RDC Training Camp
Thirunelveli 9th to 19th Sep, 2011
13. SUO R.S.Gayathri II B.Com CA
Thalsainik Camp
Delhi 2nd to 13th Sep, 2011
14. 102 Cadets Anti Plastic Rally
American College, Madurai
10th Sep, 2011
15. CPL S. Sandhiya II B.A Eng and L/CPL R. Pavithra
National Integration Camp
Bodh Gaya, Bihar 10th to 21st Oct, 2011
16. 3 Cadets National Integration Camp
Galibeedu, Mysore
11th to 22nd Oct, 2011
17. 3 Cadets National Integration Camp
Barauni, Bihar 8th to 19th Nov, 2011
18. Sgt. S. Petchiammal II B.Sc. Physics
SSB Coaching Camp
Gwalior, Madya Pradesh
21st to 30th Nov, 2011
19. 82 Cadets One Day Trekking Camp
Shenbagathopu, Srivilliputhur
5th Jan, 2012
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organized by 2/2 NCC Coy, LDC
20. 44 First Year Cadets
Cadre Camp for ‘B’ Certificate Examination
Lady Doak College, Madurai
2nd to 8th Feb, 2012
21. 58 Second Year Cadets
Cadre Camp for ‘C’ Certificate Examination
Lady Doak College, Madurai
9th to 15th Feb,2012
22. 41 Cadets Appeared for ‘B’ Certificate Examination
Yadava Men’s College, Madurai
18th &19th Feb,2012
23. 35 Cadets Appeared for ‘C’ Certificate Examination
Madura College, Madurai
25th & 26th Feb,2012
� Physical Education
M.K.U Inter Collegiate Tournaments
S.No Game Remarks Date Place
1. Chess 3rd Place 26th to 28th July 2011 Madura College, Madurai
2. Swimming Runner 28th July 2011 VHNS College, Virudhunagar
3. Badminton Winner 1st to 3rd Aug. 2011 SFR College, Sivakasi
4. Weight Lifting Runner 12th Aug, 2011 Madura College
5. Hand ball Winner 17th to 19th Aug. 2011 ANJA College, Sivakasi
6. Table Tennis Winner 25th to 27th Aug. 2011 SVN College, Madurai.
7. Kho-kho Winner
State Level Tournaments
S.No Game Tournament Level
Remarks Date Place
1. Hockey SDAT Tournament
Winner 21st to 26th June 2011 Chennai
2. Football State Level Tournaments
Winner 17th to 20th July 2011 Seerkali
Participation
24th & 25th July 2011 Chennai
Winner 13th to 15th Aug. 2011
Madurai
3. Volleyball
State Championship Trophy
Runner (Cash Award Rs. 4035)
22nd to 25th July 2011
Kovilpatti
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District Level Tournaments
S.No Game Tournament Level
Remarks Date Place
1. Volleyball Police Public Match
Winner (Cash Award – Rs. 5025)
25th & 26th June 2011
Madurai
Madurai District Championship Trophy
Winner 20th & 21st Aug. 2011
Madurai
2. Kabbadi Open Tournaments
3rd Place (Cash Award Rs. 3001)
18th & 19th Aug. 2011
Sayalkudi
3rd Place 20th Aug. 2011 Karuppayoorani
3rd Place 21st Aug. 2011 Sathirappatti
17. Newly Recruited Teachers
Category No. of teachers newly recruited
Aided Teachers -
Full Year Appointments 12
Substitutes / Guest Lectures 68
Total 80
18. Teaching – Non – teaching staff ratio:
Category Teaching Non-Teaching Ratio
Aided 86 31 3:1
Self-Financed/ Management 135 124 1:1
Total 221 155 4:3
19. Improvement in the library services:
Working hours of Library are extended to Night - 8.00 pm – 10.00 pm (Monday,
Wednesday and Friday)
20. New books / journals subscribed and their value:
Items Added
( 2011-2012) in No.
Amount in Rs.
Nanotechnology 75 200000
Autonomy 364 200000
Library Account(Special fees) 155 62000
UGC Foundation Innovation 71 100000
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UGC – Women Studies 2 3000
UGC – DST FIST 51 41136
UGC – Major Research 11 25000
UGC –PG Development Grant 119 101792
UGC – NET Coaching 35 14000
UGC - Fashion Technology 11 17000
UGC – Minor research 11 10000
UGC – Merged Scheme Career
Guidance
67 33000
UGC -College Development Grant 6 5800
Self Financed A/c 1724 774827
Journals/E-Journals
Self Financed A/c 50+ EBSCO 50000
Autonomy 32 +India Stat 45000
Library Account ( Special fees) 40 30000
Management 26+J- STAR 95000
21. Student assessment and the action taken on student feedback:
Feedback was obtained at the end of each semester in this academic year on Teaching &
Evaluation, Communication Skills and Interpersonal Skills for faculty.
November 2011 March 2012
No. of students involved in providing
feedback
2340 3600
No. of teachers assessed 51 207
Those faculty for whom the evaluation is below satisfactory level, they were called and
counseled by Principal.
22. Unit cost of education:
Aided Courses
Total number of students 1632
Total Expenditure (in Rs.) 1,21,19,066
Per Unit Cost (in Rs.) 7,426
Self-financed Courses
Total number of students 2036
Total Expenditure (in Rs.) 5,13,36,037
Per Unit Cost (in Rs.) 25,214
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23. Computerization of administration and the process of admissions and examination results, issue of certificates:
• Process of admissions-Introducing OMR technologies to reduce the data entry.
• New website is developed
• Issue of certificates like TC’s is now fully automated.
• CMS is introduced in the finance department
24. Increase in the infrastructural facilities:
• Multi Media Theatre II
• Sound Proof Recording Theatre – Media Lab
• Video Conferencing Facility
• Upgradation of Internet Facility
• Fencing in Satellite Campus
• Installation of Solar Street Lamps
• NTS Quarters – 2nd floor
• Fresh Fruit Juice Corner
25. Technology Upgradation:
• Blade server is introduced – To strengthen and enhance the hardware facility of the automation & to be centralized
• Providing separate server for online exam since number of users are increased.
• Symantec Antivirus is set up for the well maintenance of the computers in the campus preventing from virus issues.
• Watch guard Firewall is initiated with well-defined policies and groups.
• Bandwidth management & unwanted sites are detached for the proper usage of Internet facilities.
• A fiber optic cables single mode cable is installed in the entire college campus.
• Internet facilities is made available in the entire college campus.
• NKN is upgraded from 2Mbps to 10Mbps for connecting inter university in India
• BSNL leased line is upgraded from 10Mbps to 16Mbps for effective & efficient usage of internet access.
26. Computer and internet access and training to teachers and students:
Facilities Available at the computing centre:
Free Internet browsing Facility 8 a.m. – 10 p.m. – available to students, faculty &
support staff
Other facilities at the center Printing facilities, Scanning, Designing Certificates,
Booklet Preparation (Prospectus, Handbook, etc.,)
27. Financial aid to students:
Government Scholarship
Category No. of Students Amount in Rs.
Minority Scholarship --- ---
National Merit Scholarship --- ---
SC/ST Reg. Scholarship 184 949949
BC Scholarship 278 248322
DNC / MBC /PK Scholarship --- ----
TMS (Tamil Medium Stipend) 64 25600
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E.V.R. Nagammai Scholarship 29 18750
Higher Education Special Scholarship 45 294000
Tamilnadu Agricultural Scholarship 27 73000
Award of Prize Money 1 2000
Spices Board Scholarship --- ---
CM Award --- ---
Total 628 1611621
Management Scholarship 2011-2012
Category No. of Students Amount in Rs.
College Management Scholarship 180 500000
Work Scholarship 63 57975
Sports Scholarship 89 625150
Non-teaching Staff Child 23 55000
Universities Blues 57 57000
Free Lunch 28 27825
Total 440 1322950
28. Activities and support from the Alumnae Association:
On-going projects
Tailoring Institute, College Stores, CRIB (Caring Residence for Infants and
Babies), Project Typing, Typewriting Institute, Photo Copying, DTP facilities for
Projects and Spiral Binding.
Alumnae Meeting – Bengaluru Chapter
An Alumnae Meet was conducted at Bengaluru on 27th August 2011 at the
United Mission Junior Degree College, Bengaluru. 20 staff members from the college
attended the meet. At Bengaluru 55 alumnae of different age groups ranging from 77
years to 20 years attended with their respective families.
Activities and support from the Parent-Teacher Association:
On the day of admission of I UG / I PG one day orientation programme was
organized during which the college administrative officers highlighted the various
programmes and activities of the college. All departments have the practice of
conducting Parent – Teachers meeting where parents are given opportunity to clarify
the doubts regarding the academic programme, study habits of students, students
achievements, evaluation pattern & prizes awarded. It was a time of very good
interaction between the teachers and parents.
29. Health Services:
• The College has a clinic on campus to take care of students’ health throughout
the year.
• The College Doctor is assisted by one full-time nursing assistant and two other
nursing assistants
• Annual medical checkup is regularly conducted for all students and the faculty
advisers supervise the follow up for those students having medical problems.
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30. Performance in Sports Activities for the year 2011 – 2012:
Sports Day
Our 64th Annual Sports Day was held on Saturday, 11th February 2012. 698 students
participated in the Inter-Major March past competition led by the College Band. Mr.
Asra Garg, the Superintendent of Police in Madurai District was the chief guest. Dr.
James Helm from Oberlin, Ohio, the Director of US Friends of Lady Doak College,
and his wife Mrs. Helm gave away the prizes.
• College retains Aggregate Team Championship for Team Games (Champions of
Champion) for the last 20 years except 2003-2004, by winning in Athletics,
Basketball, Kho-Kho, Ballbadminton, Hockey, Handball, Table Tennis, Weight
Lifting, and Runners in Volleyball, Football, Swimming, Kabbadi.
• College retains University Blues Championship from the year of its inception
except 2003 – 2004, for contributing the maximum number of 57 players to
represent Madurai Kamaraj University in the Inter University Tournaments and
Sports.
• College won the MKU Athletic Championship for the last seven consecutive years.
The students have got a total of 73 points in the 46th Madurai Kamaraj University
Inter- Collegiate Athletic Meet for Women which was conducted at MGR Stadium,
Madurai from 21st to 23rd Oct 2011.
New Meet Records
o B. Suganya of II B.Sc., Mathematics won M.K.U Individual Athletic Championship
with 16 points. She bettered her M.K.U Triple Jump 2010 record. Old Record -
10.80mts New Meet Record _- 11.12mts.
o M. Rajeswari of I B.Com. and S. Suganya of I B.A Tamil bettered M.K.U 1500mts
and 5000mts record 4 x 100 mts relay team bettered the M.K.U 4 x 100 mts relay
record and made a New Meet Record in M.K.U 4 x 100 mts relay (Old Record -
52.71Secs New Meet Record - 51.71Secs)
o College conducted M.K.U. Inter Collegiate Ballbadminton Tournament from 12th to
14th Dec 2011 at our college ground. Dr. Sam C Bose, Chairman of Lady Doak
College delivered the chief guest address and distributed the prizes.
All India Inter University Medalist
o 8 of our students won the Gold medal in All India Inter University Football
Tournament and Silver medal In South Zone Inter University Football Tournament
at the Annamalai University, Chidambaram held from 1st to 11th Feb,2012
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o J. Jansirani of III English, won the Fourth place in Khabbadi in the South Zone Inter
University at Madras & participated in All India Inter University Khabbadi
tournament at Punjab held from 19th Sep. to 1st Oct. 2011
31. Incentives to outstanding sportspersons:
Incentives No. of students Amount in Rs.
M.K.U Representation- Rs. 1000 per student 57 57,000
Nationals- Rs. 500 per student 9 4,500
All India Inter University Medalist- Rs 500 Sports merit Scholarship
10 5,000
SDAT Scholarship 10 56,000
32. Student achievements and awards:
Participated Papers Presented Prizes Won
State Level 389 54 256
National Level 15 20 7
International Level 4 19 1
� Funds received by students for their Research Projects
Name & Class of the student
Guide Research Agency
Amount Rs.
Title of the Project
V. Rajeswari Dr. R. Shenbagarathai DST Rs. 2.5 lakhs
Proteomic analysis of an integenius bacillus thuringiensis swin bt. ldc.931 producing parascorin a cancer cell skilling protein.
S.Johncy B eni Dr Srisudha TNSCST 6000 Isolation and selection of native Micro organisms for the aerobic treatment of Dairy waste water.
S. Mehala , S. Shahidha and Prathibaraj
Dr. Tamilarasi UGC Rs. 17,000
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M. Angalaeswari and V. Gohila
Dr. Gnanasoundari ICSSR Rs. 30,000
An Economic study on Maternal Health care services of public and Private Hospital in Madurai District. And A Study on the Growth of Public revenue and Expenditure in India
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� Other Achievements
o R. Kalyana Sundari of I B.Com. won the 1st Rank in the State Level – ICWA
Foundation
o 3 students of Commerce passed the IPCC Examination
o 4 students of Commerce passed the CPT Examination
o III B.B.A. won the overall shield at the Inter Collegiate Meet at ANJA College,
Sivakasi held on 28th Sept. 2011
o II year B.Sc. Physics of both Aided and SF won the overall shield at the Inter
Collegiate Physics Meet at Jeyaraj Annapackiam College, Periyakulam held on 17th
Feb. 2012.
o II & III year of Chemistry won the Resonance 2012, overall shield at the Inter
Collegiate Meet at Gandhigram Rural Institute & Deemed University, Gandhigram
held on 16th Feb. 2012.
o Roseline Victoria of III BA English and S. Cynthia of PGDHRD won the 1st and 2nd
prize respectively at the university level Debate Competition held at MKU and also
participated in the 7th National level Debate Competition at New Delhi.
o The students from Centre for Music won the second place in Aachi’s ‘Sing the Season
2011’ on 17th Dec. 2011. They were awarded Rs.30,000/- cash prize. It is an annual
Inter Collegiate singing competition conducted at the state level by Vijay TV.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkXd_NHxfh0&feature=related (Aachi Sing
the Season 2011 audition Lady Doak College(9003))
o Our students participated in a debate programme ‘Perithinum Perithu Kezh’
conducted by Vijay TV and won the 1st prize. This show was telecasted on 17th &
18th Dec. 2011. It can be viewed in http://www.rajtamil.com/2011/12/perithinum-
perithu-kel-17-12-11-vijay-tv-show/Perithinum Perithu Kel 17-12-11-Vijay TV Show.
They have also won the I prize in the II Level competition held on 6th March 2012
and they have been selected for the quarter-finals.
� Students who won the overall shield in inter-collegiate competitions
S. No Department Organized by
1. BBA ANJA college, Sivakasi
2. Mathematics Mannar Thirumalai Naicker College, Pasumalai, Madurai
E.M.G. Yadava Women’s College, Madurai
Lady Doak College, Madurai Saraswathi Narayanan College, Perungudi, Madurai
Vivekananda College, Tiruvedakam
Arul Anandar College, Karmatthur, Madurai
3. Physics PHYONICS-2011, Sermathai Vasan college for women, Madurai-12.
Jeyaraj Annapakiam College, Periyakulam
4. Chemistry Resonance ’12 (The Chem. Carnival) - organized by the department of Chemistry of Gandhigram Rural Institute ,Dindigul. On 16.02.2012.
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5. Zoology Department of Microbiology, Syed Hameedha Arts & science College, Kilakarai.
6. Computer Science
Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi
S. Vellaisamy Nadar College, Madurai
Bishop Heber, Trichy
Sri S. Ramasamy Naidu Memorial College, Sathur
Nadar Saraswathi College of Arts and Science, Theni
Fatima College, Madurai
• The students from Centre for Music won the second place in Aachi’s ‘Sing the Season
2011’ on 17th Dec. 2011. They were awarded Rs.30,000/- cash prize. It is an annual
Inter Collegiate Singing Competition conducted at the state level by Vijay TV.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkXd_NHxfh0&feature=related (Aachi Sing
the Season 2011 audition Lady Doak College(9003))
• Our students participated in a debate programme ‘Perithinum Perithu Kezh’
conducted by Vijay TV and won the 1st prize. This show was telecasted on 17th &
18th Dec. 2011. It can be viewed in http://www.rajtamil.com/2011/12/perithinum-
perithu-kel-17-12-11- vijay-tv-show/Perithinum Perithu Kel 17-12-11-Vijay TV Show.
They won the 1st prize in the II Level competition held on 6th March 2012.
� Activities of the Career Guidance and Placement Centre:
33. Healthy practices introduced this year
• Faculty Development Programmes for young and experienced teachers
• Students study abroad programme
• New International linkages initiated
• International Students on Campus
34. Linkages Developed with National / International Academic Research Bodies
International Visitors / Scholars on Campus:
• Dr Alexander J Kent, Senior Lecturer in Geography and GIS, from Canterbury Christ
Church University, UK was on campus from 15th to 21st June 2011 for exploring the
Students Received Offer - Campus Interview 2011 / 12
S.No Company Name No of Student
Selected
1 WIPRO – WIMS 18
2 WIPRO –WASE 19
3 WIPRO – WISTA 17
4 CTS 2
5 R. J. Mantra School, Virudhunagar 5
6 Solartis 9 TOTAL 70
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possibility of a Collaborative Research Project on GIS with LDC and Canterbury
Christ Church University.
• Six Korean students from Seoul Women’s University, South Korea, were at Lady
Doak College for their service-learning programme from 10th July to 5th August
2011.
• Two Japanese students from International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan, from
10th July to 6th August and two Chinese students from Chung Chi College, Chinese
University, Hong Kong, from 14th July to 6th August, were at Lady Doak College for
their service-learning programme.
• Dr. Rani George (former facuty of Social Science Dept.) from Albany State
University, Georgia, USA, was on campus from 13th to 16th July 2011.
• Ms. Gita Ponnusamy (alumna of English), Lecturer of Bahrain Polytechnic, Bahrain,
was on campus in the month of July 2011 to undertake a survey with students from
Government schools who are doing English as Second language for her doctoral
studies in Education at the University of Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
• A team of 17 members under the leadership of Dr. Aditi Samarth from Richland
College, Dallas, USA, were on campus for the United Nations Millennium
Development Goals Exposure Programme from 16th to 19th July 2011.
• Rev. Canon James G. Callaway, D.D. & Dr. Linda Bright Lankewicz, the General
Secretary & Chairperson of CUAC, New York visited our college with Dr. Spurgeon,
the Secretary of the India Chapter CUAC (the Chaplain of MCC) on 10th & 11th of
Nov. 2011 to learn more about Lady Doak College for initiating a network with
CUAC Member Colleges.
• Dr. Ishio, the Director of the Service Learning Centre of International Christian
University, Tokyo, Japan visited our college on 25th & 26th of Nov. 2011 in order to
strengthen the Service-Learning Programme between the two institutions
• Six Bishops from United Christ Church and four Board Members from Global
Ministries with Dr. James Vijayakumar visited our college on 8th Dec. 2011. They
had a campus tour and they were entertained by our Cultural Show.
• Dr. James Helm and Mrs. Anne Helm were on campus from 1st January to 14th
February 2012. His son’s family also came with him but they leave India on 7th Jan
itself.
• Dr. Roderic Owen, Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Mary Baldwin College,
Virginia, was on campus on 5th Jan. to 15th March 2012.
• A team of 8 members under the leadership of Ms. Christine Cress from Portland
State University were on campus for the International Service-Learning Internship
from 22nd Jan. to 9th Feb. 2012.
• Peter Milburn and Margaret Andrews from Canterbury Christ Church University
were on campus on 8th February 2012 to sign MoU.
• Prof. Carl Jacobson, The Director & Ms. Deborah Cocco, Associate Director of
Oberlin Shansi Programme, Oberlin College, Ohio, were on campus from 15th to
20th Feb. 2012. Since they are retiring this year and this is their last official visit to
India, we had a felicitation programme with the Oberlin Scholars of LDC both with
present and retired faculty.
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• Dr. Nancy Chapman, President, Dr. Betty Cernol, Vice – President and Dr. Anne
Ofstedal, Director of Programmes of UBCHEA visited our college on 20th Feb. 2012.
The ongoing projects which were sponsored by UBCHEA were presented to them.
• Ms. Parco, the research scholar from Silliman University has completed her Ph.D.
Programme and submitted her thesis after 3 years on 1st March 2012. Her Ph.D.
Programme was sponsored by UBCHEA.
Any other relevant information the institution wishes to add:
� Consultancy
SG Junior Assistant of Jayaraj Annapackiam College for women (Autonomous)
Periyakulam, visited the college to discuss details regarding Human Rights
Education on 05.08.2011
Dr. S. Y. Yesuthangam, Principal and IQAC Coordinator of Jayaraj Annapackiam
College for women (Autonomous) Periyakulam, visited the college to get guidance
on Autonomous Review and process for the extension of autonomous status on
05.08.2011.
Dr. Charles of Arulanandar College, Karumathur visited the college to get an
exposure on transparency in examination results and other examination practices of
Lady Doak College.
� Endowed Prizes/ Scholarships Instituted
The following endowments were received in 2011 – 2012 for scholarship / prize/
Lecture
S. No.
Endowed By Purpose / Name of the Award
Amount in Rs.
To be awarded
1. Dr. Vatsala Krishnamani
V. Srinivasan Memorial Prize
10,000/- Meritorious and Needy Student of III B.Sc. Maths (Aided)
2. Alumna of Physics Department
The Physics Department Alumnae
10,000/- Best outgoing student of M.Sc. Physics
3. Dr. P. Geetha Rani, New Delhi
Shri. Prakasam and Shrimathi P. Panchavarnam Endowed Prize
10,000/- Academically Good and who comes from the remote area of III B.A. Economics
4. Mr. S. David Amirtharajan & Ms. P. Gnana Soundari
Annathai Nesam and Esther Annathai Memorial Prize
10,000/- Best Candidate in CEC Course in II PG
5. Department of Computer Science
Ada Lovelace Endowment Prize
10,000/- Best Programmer in B.Sc. Computer Applications
6. Erna Schneider Endowment Prize
10,000/- Best Candidate in ITM (Batch A)
7. Jean E. Sammet Endowment Prize
10,000/- Best Candidate in ITM (Batch B)
8. Grace Murray Hopper Endowment Prize
15,000/- Best Candidate in M.Sc. Information Technology
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9. Department of Computer Science Endowment Prize
15,000/- Best Candidate in M.Sc. Computer Science
10. Department of Commerce
Commerce Department Alumnae Student Scholarship
2,00,000/-
- 50% marks in Major Papers - Poor Economic Background - Preferably First Generation Learner - Adjusted against the Student’s Tuition Fees
11. Dr. Emmauel Jebarajan (American College)
Beulah Jebarajan Memorial Prize
10,000/- For Needy and Talented M.Sc. Mathematics Final Year Student
� Usage of Sophisticated Science Instruments
S.
No.
Instrument Parent
Institution
Out Siders Total Samples
No. of samples No. of samples
1. UV - Spectrophotometer 1086 Sample 315 Sample 1401 Samples
2. AAS 701 Sample 396 Samples 1087 Samples
3. CHNS – Analyzer 8 Samples 12 Samples 20 Samples
4. Spectrofluorometer 38 Samples 104 Samples 142 Samples
5. Fermentor --- --- ---
6. Electrochemical Analyzer 220 Samples 10 Samples 230 Samples
7. Gaussian 03 ---- ---- ----
8. Millipore water unit 130 Liters 20 Liters 150 Liters
9. Thinfilm coating unit 4 Samples --- 4 Samples
Activities of the Centres:
� Equal Opportunity Centre
• A short term course on Positive Discrimination was conducted on 28th Sep. 2011. Dr.
Devasahayam and Dr. Thirunavukarasu from IHRE, People’s Watch were the
resource persons. 113 students participated actively and enthusiastically by raising
questions and clarifying their doubts on discrimination.
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� Centre for Women’s Studies
- A programme on Science & Technology for Women Empowerment was
broadcasted through All India Radio, Madurai, on 23rd July 2011, in collaboration
with Vigyan Prasar, Dept of Science and Technology, GoI, All India Radio, and
Tamil Nadu Science Forum, Madurai District.
Two programmes were given from Centre for Women's Studies, Lady Doak
College
◦ Women and Agriculture –broadcasted
◦ Adolescent Health – yet to be broadcast
• Gender Sensitization Programme to School Children was conducted on 5th Jan. & 7th
Dec. 2011. 167 students from Manohara Middle School participated.
• Guest Lectures on Women Factor in the step wells of Gujarat was conducted on 8th
Dec., Women and Health on 3rd and 6th Jan. 2012 and How to overcome exam fear,
anxiety and tension on 23rd Jan. 2012.
• The Directors of Centre of Women’s Studies of Madurai Region met on 31st Jan. 2012
and discussed about the strengthening the network and organizing joint
programmes among the colleges
• International Women's Day was Celebrated by conducting two special lectures on 8th
March 2012. Dr. Purnima Bhatt, Professor of Anthropology, History and
Interdisciplinary Studies of Hood College, Frederick, USA was the resource person
for the morning session. 950 of II UG of both Aided and SF students participated.
• A special lecture on "Feminism and Gender Perspectives" was given by Ms. Kamla
Bhasin, A Social Activist from New Delhi for the afternoon session. 90 students of
PG from various departments participated.
� Research and Development Cell
• Dialogue with the Grassroots – Strategy that works was conducted on 14th Dec. 11.
Ms. R. Sankaranarayanan, Asst. General Manager, NABARD, Madurai was the
resource person and 70 students participated.
• Dr. C. D. Lethi, Assistant Professor in Zoology of Holy Cross College gave the insight
training in preparation for CSIR and UGC Net Exams on 23rd Jan. 2012 .
• 3-stage Indian Nuclear Power Programme was conducted on 2nd Feb. 2012 which
was led by Dr. J. Daniel CHellappa the Senior Scientist of DAE.
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- List of Faculty Research Projects in the adopted village Thondamanpatti under Research
and Extension of UGC-CPE Scheme. Each team has been sanctioned Rs. 10,000/- for their
research projects
- 8 projects on Environmental Research funded by College Management
S.no Department Faculty Name Title of the Project Budget
1. English • Dr. Jessie,
• Dr. Suka Joshua
A Comparative study on the microbiological quality of
10,000/-
S. No
Department Faculty Name Title of the Project
1. Tamil • Mrs. Jullie Prathiba
• Ms. Pappa
“njhz;ilkhd;gl;b – md;Wk; ,d;Wk; (gz;ghl;bay; Nehf;F)”
2. English
• Mrs. J. Felcia Vasanthakumari
• Mrs. Galina Elsieta Davis
Understanding issues and formulating methods in English Learning among children of Thondamanpatti village.
3. History
• Ms. Christina Joy Cynthia, S.
• Ms. Evangaline Arputha Arul Priya
Thondamanpatti – A Historical Study
4. Economics
• Dr. P. Gnana Soundari,
• Mrs. Janaki Ganapathy
A study on Wage differentials among agricultural workers in Thondamanpatti Village
5. Social Sciences
• Ms. Jeyarani Vijayakumar
• Ms. Sherin
Reproductive Health Issues of Women at Thondamanpatti
6. Commerce
• Dr. Rosy Godwin,
• Mrs. C. Saral Rajamani,
• Ms. G. Rajalakshmi
Feasibility study on entrepreneurial skills development among women in Thondamanpatti
7. Chemistry • Dr. S. Vasantha,
• Ms. A. Amuthavalli
• Ms. Yazhini
Physico-chemical Analysis of Bore well Water samples of Thondamanpatti area in Madurai District
8. Physics • Mrs. Arockia Shyamala,
• Ms. S. Padmaja
Study of spatial distribution of energy supply and demand using GIS at Thondamanpatti
9. Botany • Dr. Mary Esther Rani,
• Ms. Melchi Leebana
Digitization of Flora of Thondamanpatti
10. Zoology
• Mrs. B. Shanthi,
• Mrs. S. Lakshmi Subha
• Ms. Usha
Bacteriological testing of Drinking water
11. Biotech • Mrs. Lourdhu Mary,
• Ms. T. Mowna Sundari
“Prevalence of communicable and non-communicable diseases” – A case study at Thondamanpatti
13. Physical Education
• Dr. T. Shantha Meena A study on Physical Fitness Programme among children in Thondamanpatti
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S.no Department Faculty Name Title of the Project Budget
• Mrs. P. Sakthieeswari greens cultivated in hygienic and unhygienic environment
2. History • Mrs. Jeyamathy Frank
• Ms. Poornima Thilagam
Urbanization and its impact on Environment in Madurai – A Historical Perspective (1950 onwards)
10,000/-
3. Economics • Dr. K. Kousalya Devi
• Ms. T. Maheswari
Impact of Population on Environment in Madurai District
10,000/-
4. Social Science
• Dr. Roopa Ravikumar
• Ms. Kajal
A study on Socio cultural practices on the lifestyle of rural and urban communities
10,000/-
5. Commerce • Ms. Mary Vinora Mercy
• Ms. S. Nageswari
A Study on Green Marketing Techniques and Its impact on buyer behavior in Madurai
10,000/-
6. Zoology • Dr. Sara Sathyavathi Solid Waste Management 10,000/-
• Mrs. A.P.A. Rani Effects of Personality and Biochemical stress factor in Teaching and Non-Teaching Faculty and its relation to BMI
10,000/-
7. Biotech • Ms. T. Mowna Sundari
• Ms. R. Christynal Olivia
• Ms. R. Pon Vignu
Detection of ODS (Ozone Depleting Substances) in selected commercial products used by the students of Lady Doak College
10,000/-
8. Tamil • Ms. Glory Salomi Victoria
• Ms. Stella Jijibai
Rw;Wr;#oypay; md;Wk; ,d;Wk;
8,000/-
� Christian Studies Centre
• Ms. D Melchi Leebana of Botany Dept. and Ms. Joanna Priyanka of Social Science
Dept. participated in the XXV General Committee Meeting of the SCM at Kohima,
Nagaland from 1st to 4th June 2011 as representing faculty nominee and student
nominee respectively.
• Christmas Carol Service: December 10th 2011, was an evening of carols, readings and
tableau depicting the birth of Jesus Christ. Dr. Prabhu Singh from Chennai shared
the word of God on the theme “His Name…. The Prince of Peace”. The Carol
Service was followed by a dinner for the entire LDC Community with their families.
• New Year Students’ Retreat was conducted on 7th Jan. 2012 for all Christian
Students. Dr. Laura Delano who is working in the Dept. of English from
Bharathidasan University was the Guest Speaker.
• On all Sundays, a student group visits Government Hospital to pray for the patients
and another group takes Sunday School near Bibikulam.
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• The SCM put up a Fundraising stall at the Annual IMS sales at Noyes Matriculation
Hr. Sec. School on 13th November 2011 and raised an amount of Rs.11,650/- through
the sale of raffle tickets.
� International Study Centre
• Ms. Jazmin Guerrero, from Oberlin Shansi is the new Director for the International
Study Center (ISC) for the academic year 2011 – 2013. She is conducting a semester
long programme on “Learning Japanese Language. The ISC’s Christmas Celebration
was held on 20th Dec. 2011. Latin American Carnvial 2012 was celebrated from 23rd
Feb. to 2nd March 2012
� Human Rights Education Unit
• A Review Committee Meeting was held on 20th Aug. 2011, since this is the 10th year
after the Introduction of Human Rights Education at LDC. Rev. Dr. Arul Raj and
Mrs. Cynthia Tiphagne from People’s Watch, the former professors who taught HRE,
Dr. Brinda Newman, Mrs. Danritta William and Mrs. Sucila Subramanian were
present in the meeting. The Feedback analysis of the Alumnae who had done HRE
and that of the outgoing batch were presented by HR Unit Convenors. The changes
to be incorporated for the HRE in the next phase (next 10 years) were discussed.
• Two-day faculty training on ‘Teaching Human Rights’ was conducted on 7th & 8th
Feb. 2012. Mr. Henri Tiphagne the Executive Director of People’s Watch and Adv. T.
Lajapathy Roy from Madurai High Court were the resource persons.
• As part of the Human Rights Day Celebrations, Martin Macwan Endowment Lecture
was conducted on 16th Dec. 2011. Justice V. Ramasubramanian from Madras High
Court of Madurai Bench was the resource person.
• Seminar on Human Rights organized by SOCO Trust was held on 8th Jan. 2012
� Centre for Human Resources Development
• A workshop on Item Writing was held on 10th September 2011. The resource person
was Dr. Lethi, from Holy Cross College, Trichy. The workshop was attended by 90
faculty members. The purpose of this workshop was to guide faculty in writing
MCQ’s of higher order to enable teachers to prepare their students for competitive
exams.
• A one day Orientation Program on “E-Content Development” was conducted on
22nd September 2011. The program was attended by 59 faculty members. The
resource person was Dr. Senthilnathan from Bharathidasan University, Trichy.
• A two day workshop on “Personal Effectiveness” was conducted on December 12th
& 13th, 2011. The resource person was Fr. Wilson, Director, Centre for Counseling &
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Psychotherapy, “Anugraha, Dindigul. The workshop was attended by 45 faculty
members.
� Centre for Religion and Interfaith Relations conducted a two-day workshop on
‘Conflict Resolutions and Peace Building’ on 9th & 10th March 2012. Prof. Roderic Owen
the Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Mary Baldwin College, Virginia, USA was
the resource person.
� Centre for Music
The Centre conducted the training on musical instruments in which thirty two students
had enrolled and rendered their public recital in the Multimedia theatre on 28th March
2011. Eight students availed the short-term summer course in Music.
The Music classes started from 1st July 2011 and 58 students have enrolled for this
academic year. (Keyboard & Western Vocal – 12; Guitar & Violin – 32 and Veena &
Carnatic Vocal – 14).
� Child
A summer workshop was conducted on “Grow up Mentally, Emotionally and
Creatively” from 25th April to 4th May 2011. 44 children of the age group 5-12 attended
the workshop
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Part C
Plans of the Institution for the academic year 2012-2013
Implementation of new Courses / Programmes:
• Planning for introduction of MBA& MCA
• Introduction of new courses
- B.A. English Literature (Self-Financed Stream)
- Diploma Course in Informatics for Drug Design by Chemistry Dept.
- Diploma Course in Clinical Laboratory Techniques by Botany Dept.
- Diploma Course in Yoga by Physical Education Dept.
- Certificate Course in Financial Instruments and Service by Commerce Dept.
- Certificate Course in Remote Sensing and GIS by Physics Dept.
Targets for Departments
• Departments to have a target class wise pass percentage
• Atleast ten present to appear for NET / CSIR and atleast one percent pass per year before the completion of course.
Research
• Departments to have a specific target for number of publications and research
proposal for this academic year
• R& D Cell is planning for organizing workshops on proposal writing and
publications
1. Art of writing scientific paper
2. Research proposal writing
• Publications in ASPIRE
- To improve the quality, R&D to generate a database of reviewers
The annual theme for the year - GRASP
- GR- Green initiative
- A – Academic Aspiration
- S - Searching minds (original thinking)
- P – Progress
All activities to be planned with the theme as the basis
MOU’s
At least two MOU’s to be signed with Institution/Organization (National/
International)
Student News Letter
The student editorial team to be formed to publish student’s news letter twice a year
(one per semester) can be in the form of E – News Letter
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Green initiative
Green research award for the best M.A, M.Sc, M. Phil project
UBCHEA Environmental Project
Lady Doak College to network UBCHEA Environmental Project with five partner
institutions (Women Christian College, Chennai, St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai,
Arulanandar College, Karumathur, Yadava Women’s College, Madurai, Jeyaraj
Annapackiam College, Periakulam)
Human Resource Development:
- Workshop for designing non- major elective courses using Ful - bright scholar
- Workshop for senior faculty on the effective teaching learning testing for
generation next.
- A workshop on students centric teaching
- A Workshop on grant proposal writing
- A workshop on mentoring for interested faculty and counseling unit members
- Two hours lecture on institutional loyalty to faculty with less than 15 years of
experience
- Appraisal by non – teaching faculty
Organization and Management:
To undertake a study on organizational behaviour and organizational management
at Lady Doak College by an external expert
Infrastructure:
- Ups being provided to Departments/ Centres/ Hostels for uninterrupted power
supply
- Air Conditioning facility for Economics Computer Lab
- WiFi enabled network for departments
- Updating the department computers
Name and Signature of the Name and Signature of the
Director/Coordinator, IQAC Chairperson, IQAC
Sd. Dr. R. Latha
Sd. Mrs. Esther Daniel Sd. Dr. A. Mercy Pushpalatha
DEANS OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS PRINCIPAL & SECRETARY
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Annexure Seminars / Workshop / training conducted by Departments / Centres
S. No.
Department / Centre
Workshop / Seminar/
training
Title / Theme Date
1. Tamil
Seminar Tamil Literature and Ecology 23rd Feb. 2012
2. Faculty training Soft Skills 4th & 5th April 2011.
3.
English Two Workshop Training teachers in communication
skills in English 9th & 10th June 2011
4. Workshop Soft skills 12th Sep. 2011
5.
History
State Level
Seminar
Tourism: Innovations and Prospects 6th Feb. 2012
6. Lecture Prof. Mrs. Anna Abraham Endowment Lecture Series I - 2012
8th March 2012
7.
Social Sciences
Lecture Women and Mental Health 10th Oct. 2011
8. Workshop Talks on Inner Healing and Being Successful in Life
19th and 26th Nov. 2011
9.
Commerce Faculty Training Emerging Trends in Cost Management
in the Global Scenario 13th Feb. 2012
10. Workshop AJAX 6th to 10th Feb. 2012
11.
Physics
workshop Exciting Astronomy 28th Jan. 2012.
12.
Training
Structural Aspects of Bioinformatics – Phase II
9th April 2012
13. Use of Publishing research grade software LaTex
14.
Chemistry Lecture
Prof. Evelyn Rhine Lecture Series 2012
1st Feb. 2012
15. Training
LaTex 18th & 19th April 2011
16. Botany
Workshop Herbal Cosmetology for Teenagers 9th & 10th May 2011.
17. Faculty Training Bioinformatics Tool 6th & 7th Feb. 2012.
18.
Zoology
State level workshop
Good Laboratory Practices 14th Oct. 2011
19. Regional Seminar cum Inter Collegiate Programme
Wild Life Week Celebrations 4th Oct. 2011
20. Lecture
Prof. Whitin Endowment Lecture Series
24th Feb. 2012
21.
Biotechnology
National Level Workshop
‘Biological Data mining in Clinical Research’
1st to 3rd Dec. 2011
22. Science Academies’ Lecture Workshop
‘Frontier Areas in Life Sciences’ 16th Feb. 2012
23. Faculty Training
Systems Biology 22nd & 23rd March 2012
24.
Business Administration
One day seminar
Market Logistics and Supply Chain Management
29th Feb. 2012
25. Workshop
Personality Development 11th August 2011
26. Workshop
Positive Attitude 19th August 2011.
27.
Centre for Women’s Studies
Guest lecture
Women Factor in the step wells of Gujarat
8th Dec. 2012
28. Women and Health 3rd & 6th Jan. 2012
29. How to overcome exam fear, anxiety and tension
23rd Jan. 2012.
30. Lectures International Women’s Day 8th March 2012.
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S. No.
Department / Centre
Workshop / Seminar/ training
Title / Theme Date
31. Feminism and Gender Perspectives
32. Workshop My Journey to Leadership 19th March 2011
33. Centre for Human Rights
Faculty Training Teaching Human Rights 7th & 8th February
2012.
34.
Centre for Human Resources Development (CHRD)
Workshop Junior faculty workshop 7th – 10th June 2011
35. Workshop Item Writing 10th Sep. 2011.
36. Orientation Programme
E- Content Development 22nd Sep. 2011.
37. Two Workshops
Personal Effectiveness August & December 2011.
38. One day workshop
Curricular Development 26th March 2012.
39. Research & Development
Cell
Insight Training Preparation for CSIR and UGC NET
Exams
23rd Jan. 2012.
40. Centre for Religion and Inter – faith Relations
Two day
workshop
Conflict Resolutions and Peace
Building
9th & 10th March
2012.
41. Guidance &
Counselling
Unit
Training Peer – group counselling 8th & 9th August
2011.
42. Two day
workshop
Personal Effectiveness 23rd & 24th August
2011.
43. Centre for
Music Training
Musical instruments 28th March 2011.
44. Child Workshop
Grow up Mentally, Emotionally and
Creatively
25th April – 4th May
2011.