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BPC College, Piravom 2015-16

Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR)

2015 -16

Baselios Poulose II Catholicos College,

Piravom- 686 664

NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION COUNCIL

An Autonomous Institution of the University Grants Commission

P. O. Box. No. 1075, Opp: NLSIU, Nagarbhavi, Bangalore - 560 072 India


The Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of the IQAC

Part – A

AQAR for the year

1. Details of the Institution

1.1 Name of the Institution

1.2 Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City/Town

State

Pin Code

Institution e-mail address

Contact Nos.

Name of the Head of the Institution:

Tel. No. with STD Code:

Mobile:

0485-2243474, 2243424

Baselios Poulose II Catholicos College,

(BPC College), Piravom.

Baselios Mount

Mulakkulam North

Piravom

Kerala

686664

[email protected]

Dr. Tiji Zachariah, Principal

9495383403

0485-2265400

2015-16


Name of the IQAC Co-ordinator:

Mobile:

IQAC e-mail address:

1.3 NAAC Track ID(For ex. MHCOGN 18879)

OR

1.4 NAAC Executive Committee No. &Date:

(For Example EC/32/A&A/143 dated 3-5-2004.

This EC no.is available in the right corner-bottom

of your institution’s Accreditation Certificate)

1.5 Website address:

Web-link of the AQAR:

1.6 Accreditation Details

Sl .No. Cycle Grade CGPA Year of

Accreditation

Validity

Period

1 1st Cycle A 3.14 2013 5

2 2nd

Cycle

3 3rd

Cycle

4 4th Cycle

1.7 Date of Establishment of IQAC: DD/MM/YYYY

www.bpccollege.ac.in

11/09/2010

[email protected]

http://www.bpccollege.ac.in/iqac/AQAR2015-16.pdf

Jobin Abraham

9847437898

EC/63/A&A/30 dated 23-03-2013


1.8 Details of the previous year‟s AQAR submitted to NAAC after the latest Assessment and

Accreditation by NAAC ((for example AQAR 2010-11submitted to NAAC on 12-10-2011)

i. AQAR 2013-14 submitted to NAAC on 30/03/2016

ii. AQAR 2014-15 submitted to NAAC on 31/03/2016

iii. AQAR__________________

iv. AQAR__________________

1.9 Institutional Status

University State Central Deemed Private

Affiliated College Yes No

Constituent College Yes No

Autonomous college of UGC Yes No

Regulatory Agency approved Institution Yes No

(eg. AICTE, BCI, MCI, PCI, NCI)

Type of Institution Co-education Men Women

Urban Rural Tribal

Financial Status Grant-in-aid UGC 2(f) UGC 12B

Grant-in-aid +Self Financing Totally Self-financing

1.10 Type of Faculty/Programme

Arts Science Commerce Law PEI(Phys Edu)

TEI (Edu) Engineering Health Science Management

Others (Specify)

1.11 Name of the Affiliating University (for the Colleges)

Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala


1.12 Special status conferred by Central/ State Government-- UGC/CSIR/DST/DBT/ICMR etc

Autonomy by State/Central Govt. / University

University with Potential for Excellence UGC-CPE

DST Star Scheme UGC-CE UGC- CE

UGC-Special Assistance Programme DST-FIST

UGC-Innovative PG programmes Any other (Specify)

UGC-COP Programmes

2. IQAC Composition and Activities

2.1No. of Teachers

2.2 No. of Administrative/Technical staff

2.3 No. of students

2.4 No. of Management representatives

2.5 No. of Alumni

2. 6 No. of any other stakeholder and

community representatives

2.7 No. of Employers/ Industrialists

2.8 No. of other External Experts

2.9 Total No. of members

2.10 No. of IQAC meetings held

Minority

Status

1

1

1

1

3

15

22

4


2.11 No. of meetings with various stakeholders: No. Faculty

Non-Teaching Staff Alumni Others

2.12 Has IQAC received any funding from UGC during the year? Yes No

If yes, mention the amount *aggregate amount for five years (2013-2018)

2.13 Seminars and Conferences (only quality related)

(i) No. of Seminars/Conferences/ Workshops/Symposia organized by the IQAC

Total Nos. International National State Institution Level

(ii) Themes

2.14 Significant Activities and contributions made by IQAC

Conducted one day academic audit and planning involving all teaching and non teaching staff.

Organized one day staff orientation programme.

Training programmes organized for students in all batches (UG & PG).

Initiated students centric support programmes such as WWS, SSP.

Conducted state level outreach programmes for higher secondary students.

Organized gender sensitization programmes in association with women cell.

Faculty members completed and submitted nine UGC minor research projects.

2.15 Plan of Action by IQAC/Outcome

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 (Annexure I)

3lakhs*

“Planning for the year ahead”

6

1

3

1 1

1 1


Plan of Action Achievements

Staff orientation and motivation class

Proposed for starting of volleyball

team-men and women

Training programs for placement and

recruitment of final year students

Community oriented programs to

benefit the rural community in the

vicinity of the college

Imparted training to faculties and rejuvenated

their spirits

Formation of college volleyball team

Organised competitive examination training

classes for final year students

Released a community news paper and

celebrated Christmas-New Year with all our

neighbours invited to the campus

2.16 Whether the AQAR was placed in statutory body Yes No

Management Syndicate Any other body

Provide the details of the action taken

The management experts studied the submission and reverted with recommendations

for the next year activities.

Staff council


Part – B

Criterion – I

1. Curricular Aspects

1.1 Details about Academic Programmes

Level of the

Programme

Number of

existing

Programmes

Number of

programmes added

during the year

Number of

self-financing

programmes

Number of value

added / Career

Oriented

programmes

PhD

PG 2

UG 5

PG Diploma

Advanced Diploma

Diploma 1

Certificate

Others 1

Total 6 2 1

Interdisciplinary

Innovative

1.2 (i) Flexibility of the Curriculum: CBCS/Core/Elective option / Open options

(ii) Pattern of programmes:

Pattern Number of programmes

Semester 7

Trimester

Annual 2


1.3 Feedback from stakeholders*Alumni Parents Employers Students

Mode of feedback: Online Manual Co-operating schools (for PEI)

1.4 Whether there is any revision/update of regulation or syllabi, if yes, mention their salient aspects.

(Annexure II)

1.5 Any new Department/Centre introduced during the year. If yes, give details.

Yes. College follows syllabi set by the University. Six of our faculty members, serve in the

university board of studies of various subjects. Most of the faculty members have taken part

in the workshops for syllabus restructuring conducted by the university.

The diploma certification program offered by the department of Electronics entered into the

second year. The program is funded by UGC and is a three year certification programme. The

training provides additional skills required for increasing the employability of the students.


Criterion – II

2. Teaching, Learning and Evaluation

2.1 Total No. of

permanent faculty

2.2 No. of permanent faculty with Ph.D.

2.3 No. of Faculty Positions

Recruited (R) and

Vacant(V) during the year

2.4 No. of Guest and Visiting faculty and Temporary faculty

2.5 Faculty participation in conferences and symposia: (Annexure III)

No. of Faculty International level National level State level

Attended

Seminars/

Workshops

2 20 31

Presented papers 7 14 1

Resource Persons

5 12

2.6 Innovative processes adopted by the institution in Teaching and Learning:

2.7 Total No. of actual teaching days

during this academic year

Total Asst. Professors Associate Professors Professors Others

37 25 12

Asst.

Professors

Associate

Professors

Professors Others Total

R V R V R V R V R V

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

7

All the class rooms are fitted with LCD projectors. Power point presentations and video presentations are shown to the students to supplement lecturing sessions.

Remedial teaching and tutorial systems.

194

9


2.8 Examination/ Evaluation Reforms initiated by the Institution (for example: Open Book

Examination, Bar Coding, Double Valuation, Photocopy, Online Multiple Choice Questions)

2.9 No. of faculty members involved in curriculum

Restructuring/revision/syllabus development as member

of Board of Study/Faculty/Curriculum Development workshop

2.10 Average percentage of attendance of students

2.11 Course/Programme wise

distribution of pass percentage :

Title of the

Programme

Total no. of

students

appeared

Division

ABOVE

80%

ABOVE

60%

ABOVE

50%

ABOVE

40%

Pass %

BCA 64 12 30 66

BA 30 03 46 50

BSc 64 11 48 02 62.5

BBA 66 03 56 10 01 71

MSc Electronics 18 67 67

MSc Computer

Science 14 07 50

2.12 How does IQAC Contribute/Monitor/Evaluate the Teaching & Learning processes:

The IQAC encourages the Heads of various Departments to analyze the University results in each

semester, instead of analyzing the statistics annually as done in previous years. A half yearly review

meeting in this regard was initiated by the IQAC to present the department wise statistics. This

helps in sensing early warning signals and to adopt corrective measures accordingly.

13

91.34

6

7

Two internal examinations and one model examination is conducted for all the students during

odd and even semesters. In addition to these pre scheduled examinations, surprise tests are also

administered by the respective teachers in their subject.

SSP program arrange special teaching sessions for weak students during which previous year

university questions are discussed with emphasis on how each question is to be answered.


2.13 Initiatives undertaken towards faculty development

Faculty / Staff Development Programmes Number of faculty

benefitted

Refresher courses 1

UGC – Faculty Improvement Programme 3

HRD programmes Nil

Orientation programmes 35

Faculty exchange programme Nil

Staff training conducted by the university Nil

Staff training conducted by other institutions 1

Summer / Winter schools, Workshops, etc. 7

Others (WWS) 4

2.14 Details of Administrative and Technical staff

Category Number of

Permanent

Employees

Number of

Vacant

Positions

Number of

permanent

positions filled

during the Year

Number of

positions filled

temporarily

Administrative Staff 14 0 0 0

Technical Staff 5 0 0 0


Criterion – III

3. Research, Consultancy and Extension

3.1 Initiatives of the IQAC in Sensitizing/Promoting Research Climate in the institution (Annexure 2)

3.2 Details regarding major projects

Completed Ongoing Sanctioned Submitted

Number 1

Outlay in Rs. Lakhs 4,88,840

3.3 Details regarding minor projects (Annexure IV)

Completed Ongoing Sanctioned Submitted

Number 9 3

Outlay in Rs. Lakhs 990000/- 450900/-

3.4 Details on research publications (Annexure V )

International National Others

Peer Review Journals 15

Non-Peer Review Journals

e-Journals

Conference proceedings 1

3.5 Details on Impact factor of publications:

Range Average h-index Nos. in SCOPUS

0-3

The IQAC circulates information about seminars and conferences organized by various

institutions in and outside India. The teachers are encouraged to attend maximum number of

seminars and workshops to refresh and update their knowledge in the subject.

Also, in 2015-16, nine minor projects were completed and there are three ongoing minor

research projects at present.

03 03


3.6 Research funds sanctioned and received from various funding agencies, industry and other organisations

Nature of the Project Duration

Year

Name of the

funding Agency

Total grant

sanctioned

Received

Major projects

Minor Projects 2014-16 UGC 450900 388400

Interdisciplinary Projects

Industry sponsored

Projects sponsored by the

University/ College

Students research projects (other than compulsory by the University)

Any other(Specify)

Total

3.7 No. of books published i) With ISBN No.

Chapters in Edited Books ii) Without ISBN No.

3.8 No. of University Departments receiving funds from

UGC-SAP CAS DST-FIST

DPE DBT Scheme/funds

3.9 For colleges Autonomy CPE DBT Star Scheme

INSPIRE CE Any Other (specify)

3.10 Revenue generated through consultancy

3.11 No. of conferences organized by the Institution

Level International National State University College

Number 1 3 4

Sponsoring

agencies

UGC College

Departments

Nil

4

ISBN NO.: 978-93-81069-81-0, 978-81-269-

2265-9,978-3-96067-087-2, 978-3-96067-104-6


3.12 No. of faculty served as experts, chairpersons or resource persons. (Annexure VI)

3.13 No. of collaborations International National Any other

3.14 No. of linkages created during this year

3.15 Total budget for research for current year in lakhs:

From funding agency From Management of University/College

Total

3.16 No. of patents received this year

3.17 No. of research awards/ recognitions received by faculty and research fellows of the institute in the

year

3.18 No. of faculty from the Institution

who are Ph.D. Guides

and students registered under them

3.19 No. of Ph.D. awarded by faculty from the Institution

3.20 No. of Research scholars receiving the Fellowships (Newly enrolled + existing ones)

JRF SRF Project Fellows Any other

3.21 No. of students Participated in NSS events:

University level State level

National level International level

Type of Patent Number

National Applied

Granted

International Applied

Granted

Commercialised Applied

Granted

Total International National State University Dist College

2

1

Nil 200000

200000

2

4

1

20

2

0

3


3.22 No.of students participated in NCC events:



3.23 No. of Awards won in NSS:



3.24 No. of Awards won in NCC:



3.25No. of Extension activities organized

University forum College forum

NCC NSS Any other

3.26 Major Activities during the year in the sphere of extension activities and Institutional Social

Responsibility

Awareness Programme on Drug Abuse

The Anti-narcotics Cell and IQAC in association with the College Union organized a

one day program and seminar titled "An Awareness on Drug Abuse" on 26-02-16.

Important Days Observed

The following days were observed – World Environment day (June 5) , International Day of Yoga (June 21), World Blood Donation day (June 14) , World Reading Day (June 19 ) , International day against Drug Abuse (June 26) , Independence Day (August 15) , Hiroshima day (August 6) ,International youth day (August 12) , Teachers Day ( September 5) , N.S.S. day (September 24 ) ,International day of the old person (October 1) , Gandhi Jayanthi ( October 2) , Human Rights Day ( December 10) , Republic day ( January 26), Women’s day(March 8 )

Blood Donation drive

National Service Scheme donated blood to various hospitals like Government Medical college Kottayam, Caritas Hospital Kottayam ,Devamatha Hospital Koothattukulam , Medical trust Ernakulam , MOSC Medical College Kolenchery, Red Cross Blood Bank Raipur Chhattisgarh , MUM Hospital Monappilly at several occasions in the year and also to the needy patients.

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7 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

5 0 0


Promotion of Organic Farming

Uncontrolled use of pesticides and fertilizers has maligned soil and water alike.

Classes were organized to introduce the concept of organic farming to the new

generation.

Initiatives for Cleanliness

Cleaned premises of the Government Ayurveda Hospital, Palachuvadu, Piravom as a part of

the cleanliness drive.

Helping the destitute

Raised fund to help the poor and sick. The details of the funds disbursed is shown in the table

below

Sl.

No.

Name of the Beneficiary Amount

1 Ms. Ambly Fathima CMS College Kottayam for Heart

& Lungs transplantation

Rs. 10300/-

2 Mr. Bineesh Devasia for kidney transplantation Rs. 8000/-

3 Chennai Flood Relief Fund Rs. 3000/-

4 Mr. Bijoy, Kidney patient Rs. 8000/-

5 Mr. Sukumaran, critically injured in an accident Rs. 8500/-


Criterion – IV

4. Infrastructure and Learning Resources

4.1 Details of increase in infrastructure facilities:

Facilities Existing Newly created Source of

Fund

Total

Campus area 20 Acres 20 Acres

Class rooms 19 2 Management 21

Laboratories 4 4

Seminar Halls 1 1

No. of important equipments

purchased (≥ 1-0 lakh) during the

current year.

Nil

Value of the equipment purchased

during the year (Rs. in Lakhs)

Others

4.2 Computerization of administration and library

4.3 Library services:

Existing Newly added Total

No. Value No. Value No. Value

Text Books 21226 2839050 586 220467 21812 305917

Reference Books 703 275350 0 0 703 275350

e-Books

Journals 10 10500 0 0 10 10500

e-Journals NList 5000 NList 5000

Digital Database

CD & Video 885 26 911

Others (Manuscripts) 6 1 7

Library is fully computerized. Students can browse and search the availability of the books

online. Book booking facility is also available for reserving a book that is currently under issue.


4.4 Technology up gradation (overall)

Total

Computers

Computer

Labs Internet

Browsing

Centres

Computer

Centres Office

Depart-

ments Others

Existing 139 96 23 9 5 6

Added 2 2

Total 141 96 23 9 5 8

4.5 Computer, Internet access, training to teachers and students and any other programme for technology

up gradation (Networking, e-Governance etc.)

4.6 Amount spent on maintenance:

i) ICT

ii) Campus Infrastructure and facilities

iii) Equipments

iv) Others

Total :

Network Resource Centre with internet facility is open to all students and staff members for

information seeking. Students who are not familiar with Internet are assisted in creating email

address and taught how to browse the Internet.

Campus is WiFi enabled; hence internet could be access using laptops from class rooms for

displaying demo and other live programs.

40,000/-

3,15000/-

50,000/-

16,000/-

4,21000/-


Criterion – V

5. Student Support and Progression

5.1 Contribution of IQAC in enhancing awareness about Student Support Services

5.2 Efforts made by the institution for tracking the progression

5.3 (a) Total Number of students

(b) No. of students outside the state

(c) No. of international students

Men Women

Demand ratio : Admissions are made by the University through centralized allotment.

Dropout % : 8.2%

UG PG Ph. D. Others

812 68

No %

458 52

No %

422 48

Last Year This Year

General SC ST OBC Physically

Challenged

Total General SC ST OBC Physically

Challenged

Total

434 87 3 216 1 741 564 115 2 197 2 880

IQAC took measures in speeding up the issuing of students certificates by simplifying the

procedure.

Also news updates on scholarships and grants are published in the college web site for

further awareness.

Feedbacks are collected from alumni from time to time. College placement cell continues to

extent their assistance in finding suitable employment even for the pass out students. The

Alumni association, Shadows, also circulates information on job openings to assist those who

are seeking better career options.

Nil

Nil


5.4 Details of student support mechanism for coaching for competitive examinations (If any)

No. of students beneficiaries

5.5 No. of students qualified in these examinations

NET SET/SLET GATE CAT IAS/IPS etc State PSC UPSC Others

5.6 Details of student counselling and career guidance

No. of students benefitted

5.7 Details of campus placement (Annexure VII)

On campus Off Campus

Number of

Organizations

Visited

Number of Students

Participated

Number of

Students Placed

Number of Students Placed

1 45 7 6

5.8 Details of gender sensitization programmes

Talk on Cyber crime by law department.

Self defence training class organised by women cell & Kerala police.

Poster competition against female foeticide as a part of the arts fest.

5.9 Students Activities (Annexure VIII)

5.9.1 No. of students participated in Sports, Games and other events

Coaching classes are arranged for the final year students to prepare them for various

entrance examinations and placement recruitment drives.

Dr. Benjamin P Varghese handles special coaching classes for students to prepare them for

Cochin university entrance examination.

Placement cell organizes career guidance programs for training the students. Shri. Kurian M J

has undergone professional training in counselling. Hence, he attends to the student cases

forwarded by Head of the Departments and class in Charges. WWS and Tutorial programs

deliver guidance at individual level for overall development of the students.

75

30

15


State/ University level National level International level

No. of students participated in cultural events

State/ University level National level International level

5.9.2 No. of medals /awards won by students in Sports, Games and other events

Sports : State/ University level National level International level

Cultural: State/ University level National level International level

5.10 Scholarships and Financial Support (2015-16)

Number of

students Amount

Financial support from institution 20 30,000

Financial support from government 44 1,74,000

Financial support from other sources NIL NIL

Number of students who received

International/ National recognitions

NIL NIL

5.11 Student organised / initiatives

Fairs : State/ University level National level International level

Exhibition: State/ University level National level International level

5.12 No. of social initiatives undertaken by the students

5.13 Major grievances of students (if any) redressed:

Refurbished boys‟ toilet complex. Roofed the passage to the toilet complex to alleviate students

inconvenience during rainy seasons.

27

4

03 0

07 0 0

01 0 17

03 0 0

1


Criterion – VI

6. Governance, Leadership and Management

6.1 State the Vision and Mission of the institution

6.2 Does the Institution has a management Information System

6.3 Quality improvement strategies adopted by the institution for each of the following:

6.3.1 Curriculum Development

6.3.2 Teaching and Learning

6.3.3 Examination and Evaluation

VISION

To develop into a centre of quality and excellence in imparting relevant and value based

education to the rural youth

MISSION

To promote our learners skills in their chosen areas of specialization.

To facilitate the employability of our learners to give them a vocation through education.

To collaborate with our stake holders for quality education.

To make our learners socially committed, morally upright, physically vibrant and

spiritually inspired citizens.

Faculty members in University board of studies are keen on revamping and updating the

syllabi time to time.

Teachers are using ICT tools for better discourse of the topics lectured. Also support programs such as SSP address the weak students. Many teachers in addition to class room teaching offer online support also.

Support programs like WWS and SSP ensure that the students are motivated enough in pursuing their dreams. Lecture series, media visit, industrial visit, publication, open forums, workshops etc. extends a broader horizon to the students outlook.

All University examinations are conducted centrally. Our teachers shoulder various

responsibilities as the Chairman, Chief and additional examiner in the university examination

board.

The results are analyzed at the end of each semester on the basis of internal as well as

external examinations.

Yes.

Information on students and staff are digitalized and stored for easy retrieval.


6.3.4 Research and Development

6.3.5 Library, ICT and physical infrastructure / instrumentation

6.3.6 Human Resource Management

6.3.7 Faculty and Staff recruitment

6.3.8 Industry Interaction / Collaboration

6.3.9 Admission of Students

6.4 Welfare schemes for

6.5Total corpus fund generated

6.6 Whether annual financial audit has been done Yes No

Teaching 3

Non teaching 2

Students 4

4650000

Two teachers submitted their research thesis and another faculty Mr. Shajan P X was

awarded PhD degree.

Nine minor research projects were successfully completed and submitted during the

academic year.

Added around 600 books to the college library in the year. Newly appointed teachers

including the guest faculty is given training in using ICT devices.

Responsibilities were assigned to all the staff members uniformly. Ones personal capability

and interest are also considered while entrusting a responsibility.

Student leaders were also chosen to assist teachers in various cells. This in turn enriches the

student’s individual talents and leadership potential.

Recruitments are done strictly by the university and government rules and regulations.

Industrial/Academic Collaboration with Integra Medicals, Reference point Technologies

Muscat, Academic collaboration CUSAT (ISP, Dept. Instrumentation, DOE)

External experts from the industry are invited to the campus for talks and interactions.

Also students are taken for industry visit and media visit for exposure and hand on

experience.

During the final year of study, students undertake project works that are generally associated

with development firms and electronic industries.

University admission procedure, CAP (Centralized Admission Process), is followed.


6.7 Whether Academic and Administrative Audit (AAA) has been done?

Academic audit is conducted at the end of the academic year. A separate day is set apart for

analysing the previous year activities and reporting the outcomes.

Audit Type External Internal

Yes/No Agency Yes/No Authority

Academic Yes Staff Council

Administrative Yes Staff Council

6.8 Does the University/ Autonomous College declare results within 30 days?

For UG Programmes Yes No

For PG Programmes Yes No

6.9 What efforts are made by the University/ Autonomous College for Examination Reforms?

6.10 What efforts are made by the University to promote autonomy in the affiliated/constituent colleges?

6.11 Activities and support from the Alumni Association

6.12 Activities and support from the Parent – Teacher Association

University updates the syllabus at least once in five years. Board of studies members bring

the matter to notice of the University for initiating syllabus revision process.

Teachers adorn various responsible positions in university bodies, which in some way or the

other gives the institution a say on several issues that are strategically important.

Alumnus visits the college for handling training sessions related to their area of profession.

They also have instituted awards to encourage students to perform better.

PTA comprises members selected from each class.PTA executive committee meeting and

general body meetings are held, where in the parents can propose the opinion and

suggestions to make the campus life more resourceful for their wards.


6.13 Development programmes for support staff

6.14 Initiatives taken by the institution to make the campus eco-friendly

Hands on training in using Internet and other social media.

As a part of recreation programmes for the staff, games and sports are conducted annually. One day tour was also organized for fostering relationship and team work.

Constantly discourages use of plastic materials inside and outside the campus. Awareness

programs on side effects of plastics and plastic abuse are imparted time to time by way of

seminars and posters.

NSS and NCC units take up such issues as a matter of prime importance and empower their

volunteers to work for this mission.


Criterion – VII

7. Innovations and Best Practices

7.1 Innovations introduced during this academic year which have created a positive impact on the

functioning of the institution. Give details.

7.2 Provide the Action Taken Report (ATR) based on the plan of action decided upon at the

beginning of the year

7.3 Give two Best Practices of the institution

7.4 Contribution to environmental awareness / protection

7.5 Whether environmental audit was conducted? Yes No

7.6 Any other relevant information the institution wishes to add.

Reader’s forum organized a book exhibition on rare books to create a curiosity and interest

among students.

Organized ‘Award day’ for honouring meritorious students. Around Thirty awards and

recognitions were distributed.

Organized New Year Eve celebrations after the class hours to which all the people residing in the

neighbourhood with their families were invited. This provided an opportunity for students to

interact with them as well as for the rural community in the neighbourhood to understand and

experience campus life.

Organized national conference as it was planned in the beginning of the academic year. Also

nine UGC minor research projects were completed.

Value education

Classes and training programs with thrust on building men of character.

Tutorial group

A group of twenty students is assigned to each teacher, who will be their local guardian

The nature club planted several trees across the length and breadth of the campus. Student volunteers are appointed to nurture the trees they planted. Also initiatives on organic farming are undertaken.

The institution has great potential for growth. Over these years the institution is able to make

several achievements in the realm of academics and sports. The students are given all

rounding coaching aimed to mould and build individuals as good citizens for the nation. This

has been proved several ways, especially by way of extending financial assistance for medical

treatment to the needy several times in a frame of year. Needless to say, the institution is

poised as one of the best college under Mahatma Gandhi University.


8. Plans of institution for next year

_______***_______

One day staff orientation program

Construction of Indoor auditorium

Installation of LED TVs for class rooms

New initiatives on teaching learning

Class wise value addition classes for students by external experts

New class rooms for P.G/B.COM course

Community outreach programs that beneficial to the rural neighbourhood.


Annexure 1

Annual Activity Report

Month ACTIVITY

JUNE

World Environmental day –June 5

Planted trees in the campus and in the surroundings

Readers day-June 19

Students took pledge and organized a Quiz program

Annual Academic Audit 2015-2016

The Annual Academic Audit of BPC College was conducted on June

27, 2015.The annual academic audit and planning for the year 2015-16

was conducted on 27th June 2015 in the seminar hall, BPC College

Piravom.

JULY

Anti drugs day –July 3

Conducted a debate on „ is anti drugs campaign effective ?‟

July 20 –Space Quiz in connection with National Moonday

July 21-22 –Two day workshop on „I Sensoboty‟ and National

Robotics championship

July 28 – Pushparchana, as a mark of respect to Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam

Help desk for admission, coordinated by Kurien M.J

AUGUST

August 15- Independence day celebrations

Inaugurations o f various associations

Orientation program for parents of I year students

Orientation classes for I years on library usage.

Internal examination for second and third years

Onam celebration


SEPTEMBER

September 5 –Teachers day

Organized „best student teacher contest‟

September 8 - Orientation classes for I years by Dr. Mary Metilda,

Former Principal Maharajas college ,Ernakulam

OCTOBER

October 2 –Observed Gandhi Jayanthi

October 14- Community news paper „Kazha‟ released

October 18 – IT Quiz „Tantra-2K15‟

Around 80 Higher Secondary students participated

Internal examinations

NOVEMBER Odd semester University examinations

DECEMBER

December 10-11- National Conference on “ Recent trends in Data

Mining” organized by Department of computer Applications and

Science

December 12 -Infosys BPO Recruitment Drive

Christmas New year celebrations

JANUARY

January 28-One Day State Level Seminar in connection with

International Year of Light

FEBRUARY

February 4- One Day IT Fest „Tegra‟

February 10-12 –Arts fest

February 18-19- Intercollegiate Inter zone Taekwondo championship

February 19- College annual sports day

February 23-24 –Two day training program on group discussion and

interview skills by placement cells

February 24 - 25- 8th Montage 2016

February 26-Awareness Programme on Drug Abuse

The Anti-narcotics Cell and IQAC in association with the College

Union organized a one day program and a seminar titled "An

Awareness on Drug Abuse"


February 26-27 - Intercollegiate Inter zone Kho-Kho championship

MARCH

March 1-3-Three-day State Level Workshop on Raspberry PI and

Python Programming

March 16- College has organized a programme Merit Day to honour

the students who have secured various awards

March 17- Bidding Farewell to the Outgoing Students

Organized by the Management and Staff of BPC College

March 31 – College closes for summer vacation


Annexure II

University Board of Studies Members

Department of Electronics

1) Ms. Manju Abraham

2) Mr. Baby Paul

Department of Computer Application

3) Ms. Sheba K U

4) Ms. Nimmol P. John

Department of Business Administration

5) Mr. Suseel V Daniel

Department of Law

6) Mr. Regi Joseph


Annexure III

Workshops/Seminars Attended

Anu Paul -National level Short term Training Programme on Security Issues in

Computer Networks and Latest Solutions Organized by the Division of Information

Technology, School of Engineering, CUSAT, under Technical Education Quality

Improvement Programme (TEQIP) Phase-II

Benjamin P Varghese -Work shop on Raspberry Pi & Python Programming.

Dona Mary Roy- One day workshop on Recent trends in Fiber Optics and Non Linear

Optics, International School of Photonics .CUSAT 19-OCT-2015

Dr. Santhosh P Kuruvilla - One-Day Cluster Workshop, WWS, St. Alberts College,

Ernakulam, 30-01-2016.

Dr. Sushan P.K - The Financial evaluation of myths and fairy tales, National Seminar,

TMJM Government College Manimalakunnu, Koothattukulam.

Dr.Santhosh P Kuruvilla - Workshop on „Nano fabrication technologies‟, INUP, IISc,

Bangalore, 18-20 Jan. 2016.

Jacob Abraham-IEEE – APS, workshop on Computational Electromagnetics,

Organised by Department of Electronics CUSAT, Kochi

Jeeva Jose - National Conference on Big Data and R Programming, organized by

Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, at Woods Manor, Ernakulam on

September 6, 2015.

Jeeva Jose - State Level seminar on Raspberry Pi and Python Programming, organized

by Department of Electronics, BPC College, Piravom during March 1-3, 2016.


Jeeva Jose - Three-Day State Level Workshop on “Raspberry Pi and Python

Programming”, organized by Department of Electronics, BPC College, Piravom during

March 1-3, 2016.

Jeeva Jose - Two-Day State Level Workshop on “Big Data and Python Programming”,

organized by Department of Computer Applications, MES College, Marampally during

March 22-23, 2016.

Jeeva Jose - Two-Day Workshop on “Programming and Problem Solving with Python”,

organized by Vidyanikethan, Ernakulam for CBSE Senior Secondary School Teachers

during April 1-2, 2016.

Jeeva Jose - UGC Sponsored National Conference on “Cyber Crimes: Issues and

Challenges”, organized by Department of Business Administration, MES College,

Marampilly held during October 14-15, 2015.

Jobin Abraham- National level Short term Training Programme on Security Issues in

Computer Networks and Latest Solutions Organized by the Division of Information

Technology, School of Engineering, CUSAT, under Technical Education Quality

Improvement Programme (TEQIP) Phase-II

Kurian M.J - National Conference on “ Recent trends in Data Mining” held on 10th

and

11th

December 2015 at B.P.C College, Piravom, Kerala

Reji M Issac -3 day state level workshop on Raspberry Pi and Python Programming 1-3

March 2016 at BPC College, Piravom organized by DOE

Shaju Varghese - International conference on “Computing Paradigms” held on 24th

and

25th

July 2015 at Don Bosco College, Tamilnadu.

Shaju Varghese - National Conference on “ Recent trends in Data Mining” held on 10th

and 11th

December 2015 at B.P.C College, Piravom, Kerala


Sheba K. U- UGC sponsored National seminar on „Recent Trends in Data Mining‟,

BPC CollegePiravom.9-10 Dec. 2016.

Shine P.S - Theorising Ethics‟, National Seminar, Sree Kerala Varma College, Thrissur

2015

Shine P.S - Three Day National Seminar on Key words, Union Christian College,

Alwaye 2016

Sindhu Thomas - One day Regional Seminar on “Changing Genres in Trending

Culture” , Bharata Mata College Thrikkakara, 14-01-2016.

Sindhu Thomas - One-Day Cluster Workshop, WWS, St. Alberts College, Ernakulam,

30-01-2016.


Annexure IV

Minor Research Projects

COMPLETED (During 2015-16)

1. Mr. Shaju Varghese, Principal Investigator of the Minor Research Project "Computerized Facility

Location Analysis in Rural Area Using Clustering", funded by UGC.

Sanctioned amount: Rs. 95000/-

2. Mr. Kurian M. J, Principal Investigator of the Minor Research Project "Outlier Detection In

Multidimensional Data Using PCA and Grubb's Test", funded by UGC.


3. Dr. Saji K.S, Principal Investigator of the Minor Research Project "Historicism and Oslo Peace

Process: Politics of Narration", funded by UGC.


4. Ms. Sindhu Thomas, Principal Investigator of the Minor Research Project "Representation of

Women in Advertisement: The Indian Cultural Scenario", funded by UGC.


5. Dr. Santhosh P. Kuruvilla, Principal Investigator of the Minor Research Project "Elastic

Anistropy And Lattice Thermal Expansion in the Martensite Phase of T Shape Memory Alloys

Cu-Al-Ni and Cu-Al-Zn", funded by UGC.


6. Mr. Shine P.S, Principal Investigator of the Minor Research Project "Media, Market And Morals:

A Study On How Media Built Consensus For Private Capital In The First Decade Of Liberalized

India" (1991-2001), funded by UGC.


7. Mr. Tiji Zachariah , Principal Investigator of the Minor Research Project "Effect Of Vitamin E

Supplementation On Immune Responses Of College Football And Kho-kho Team Players",

funded by UGC.


8. Dr. Sunny Kuriakose A, Principal Investigator of the Minor Research Project “ Application of

Evidence Theory in Internet Security Using Fuzzy Mathematical Tools” funded by UGC.



9. Mr. Gigi Mathai, Principal Investigator of the UGC funded Minor Research Project entitled

'Information needs and information use patterns of Post Graduate students in Arts and Science

Colleges in Ernakulam District'.


ONGOING

1. Ms. Jeeva Jose , Principal Investigator of the Minor Research Project titled "Mining Web Logs

for Better Websites" (2015) funded by UGC.


2. Ms. Bindu Abraham, Principal Investigator of the Minor Research Project titled "Impact of

climate change on epidemics- Analysis by using Gumbel count model" (2013) funded by UGC.


3. Mr. Jobin Abraham, Associate Professor, Principal Investigator of minor research project

titled “Development of Data Protection Techniques for Digital Audio and Video Signals

Using Watermarking” (2013) funded by UGC.



Annexure V

International Journal Publications

Baby Paul, A New Optimized Wavelet Transform For Heart Beat Classification, Journal of

Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 15, No. 5 (2015) 1550081 (19 pages), World Scientific

Publishing Company, DOI: 10.1142/S0219519415500815, Impact Factor: 0.797

Bibu Skaria, An overview of web content mining tools, Bonfring International Journal of Data

Mining, 2015

Bibu Skaria, Literature review on web mining, Bonfring International Journal of Data Mining,

2015

Ceena Paul, An Introduction to Hacking and Hacking Tools, International Journal of advanced

research in biology, engineering, science and technology

Ceena Paul, Comparative Study of Cryptographic Algorithms, International Journal of advanced

research in biology, engineering, science and technology

Jacob Abraham, A Novel Proximity Fed Gap Coupled Microstrip Patch Array Antenna For

Wireless Applications, Progress In Electromagnetic Research C (PIER C) , Impact Factor: 0.32

Jeeva Jose, A Prediction Model for User and Search Engine Crawler Traffic at Websites, ,

International Journal of Advanced Research, Vol. 3, Issue 7, 2015, pp. 19-27.

Jeeva Jose, Differences in Caching of Robots.txt by Search Engine Crawlers, International

Journal of Computer Science Engineering, Vol.4, Issue 5, 2015, pp. 208-213.

Jobin Abraham, A Blind Watermarking Scheme For Tamper Detection In Digital Images,

ICTACT Journal on Image and Video Processing , Volume: 6 (2 ), 2015.

Manju Abraham, UHF RFID Dipole Tag With Modified Multi-Fractal Cantor Arms For

Enhanced Read Range, Microwave And Optical Technology Letters, Impact Factor: 0.545

Reji M .Issac, Geometric and Physical Modelling of Natural Intelligence, Bonfring International

Journal of Man, Machine Interface Vol.4 Issue.1


Shaju Varghese, A Genetic Algorithm Based Optimization Models for Facility Location in

Logistic Network Design, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research (IJAER)

August 2015

Shaju Varghese, Simulated Annealing and Direct Search Optimization Models for Facility

Location in Logistic Network Design, International Journal of Computer Applications (IJCA)

December 2015

Sheba K.U, “Latest advances in Diagnosis of breast cancer using image Processing Techniques

in Digital Mammography”, International Journal of Advanced Research in

Biology,Engineering,Science and Technology, Dec.2015.

Soumya John, An Introduction to Hacking and Hacking Tools, International Journal of

advanced research in biology, engineering, science and technology

Soumya John, Comparative Study of Various Process Model in Software Development Life

Cycle, International Journal of advanced research in biology, engineering, science and

technology.


Annexure VI

Faculty Contributions and Achievements

Dr. Sushan P K

promoted from Lieutenant to Captain in NCC

served as Question paper setter of Kerala University, Calicut University.

Reji M Issac

published a book titled, “Development of an Indigenous Brainwave Machine – A Research

Report”, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany, ISBN: 978-3-659-38694-7

Jacob Abraham

Chairman of Board of question paper setters in B.Sc Electronics, Kerala University

Santhosh P. Kuruvilla

Ph. D. Viva-Voce ,

Subject Expert (FDP,UGC), M G University

Question Paper Setter, B.Sc. Electronics, University of Kerala

Anu Paul

Resource Person for Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme

(TEQIP) Phase-II held at CUSAT, Cochin

Jeeva Jose

Resource Person at National Level

1. UGC Sponsored National Conference on “Cyber Crimes: Issues and Challenges”,

organized by Department of Business Administration, MES College, Marampilly held

during October 14-15, 2015.

2. Two-Day Workshop on “Programming and Problem Solving with Python”, organized

by Vidyanikethan, Ernakulam for CBSE Senior Secondary School Teachers during

April 1-2, 2016.


Resource Person at State Level

1. Three-Day State Level Workshop on “Raspberry Pi and Python Programming”,

organized by Department of Electronics, BPC College, Piravom during March 1-3,

2016.

2. Two-Day State Level Workshop on “Big Data and Python Programming”, organized by

Department of Computer Applications, MES College, Marampally during March 22-

23, 2016

Books published

1. Introduction to Computing and Problem Solving with PYTHON, Khanna

Publishers, New Delhi, 2016,, ISBN No:13:978-93-81069-81-0

2. C Programming with Solved Problems, Atlantic Publishers, 2016, New

Delhi(In press)

Shaju Varghese

General Convener, TANDRA 2015, State level IT Quiz for Higher Secondary School

Students held at B.P.C College, Piravom.

General Convener, TEGRA 2015, State level IT Fest for college students held at B.P.C

College, Piravom.

Question Paper Setter, B.Sc. Computer Science & Computer Applications, University of

Kerala, in 2015.

Dr. Santhosh P Kuruvilla

Resource person, Fitness Programme, Govt. UPS, Maravanthuruthu, Vaikom, 5 May 2016.

Member, Org. Committee, Workshop on „Raspberry Pi & Python Programing, 1-3, March

2016.

Resource person, National Science Day, Bhavan‟s Newsprint Vidyalaya, 25-02-2016.

Resource person, IYL Quiz, Bhavan‟s Newsprint Vidyalaya, 18-02-2016.

Question Paper Setter, B.Sc. Electronics, University of Kerala, 22-01-2016.

Member, State Physics Talent Search Examination, APT, Kerala, 23-09-2015.


Subject Expert (FDP, UGC), M G University, 18-09-2015.

Member, Editorial Board, AptTunes, Academy of Physics Teachers, Kerala.

Shine P.S

Question Paper Setter, S.B.College, Changanassery

Resource Person, ASAP,SDE Training, M.A. College

Sheba K.U

Subject Expert, Inspection Commission for starting new course, Shanthigiri College,

Vazhithala.

Subject Expert, Inspection Commission for starting new course, Al-Azhar College,

Thodupuzha.

Convener, Intercollegiate quiz competition, BPC College, 12-08-2015.

Dr. Benjamin Varghese

Question Paper setter at Kerala University, Cochin University (CUSAT)

Expert in viva board, M Tech, M Sc. Photonics, Cochin University (CUSAT)

Baby Paul

Coordinator for M. G University M.Sc Electronics Syllabus restructuring

2015-16

Question paper setter, University of Kerala, Cochin University of Science and

Technology

Dr. Eby N Elias

Adjudged as the best Panchayath President in Kerala by Government of Kerala


Annexure VII

Placement Cell 2015-16

A batch of thirteen students of various disciplines from our College attended pooled

recruitment drive by Wipro Technologies held at Marian College, Kuttikanam on 12th

August 2015. Three students among the students who gained provisional selection were

from this college

A batch of fifteen students from our College attended TCS placement drive at St.

Thomas Arts and Science College, Puthencruze on 30th

November 2015. Three students

got placed.

Infosys BPO came recruiting on 10th

December 2016 and our College hosted a pooled

recruitment drive. As many as two hundred ninety-four students from in and around

Ernakulam and Kottayam participated in the event. They selected thirty-nine students of

which seven were from our College.

Twenty-nine students from our College participated in a pooled recruitment drive held at

St. Thomas Arts and Science College on 13th

January 2016 in which Emphasis

Technologies came recruiting.

Accenture Technologies conducted a pooled recruitment drive at Amrita School of

Communications on 16th

January 2016 in which thirty-nine of our students participated.

We conducted a two-day training program on Group Discussion and Interview skills on

23rd

and 24th

February 2016. All the final year students attended this program which was

by Mr.Geevarghese Mathew.

A group of twelve students from BBA program participated in the pooled recruitment

drive held at Marian College, Kuttikanam on 23rd

February 2016 where Syntel Sock

Trading Company came recruiting.


Annexure VIII

Student Activities and Achievements

District Taekwondo championship

Men-Winners

Women-Runner up

District Kho -Kho championship

Men-Winners

Women-Winners

Intercollegiate Inter zone Taekwondo championship

Men-Winners

Women-Winners

Intercollegiate Inter zone Kho-Kho championship

Men-Winners

Seven men and four women selected to the team for state senior kho-kho championship.

Seven men got selected to MG University team for South zone Inter University championship.

Varghese Eldhose won bronze medal for Intercollegiate Inter zone wrestling competition

Rajesh V R won gold in Intercollegiate body building championship.

Three students placed by WIPRO Technologies from the recruitment drive conducted at Marian

college Kuttikkanom on 12 th August 2015

Three students placed by TCS from the recruitment drive conducted at St.Thomas college

puthencruz on 30 th November 2015

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