RV Educational Institutions

Sivananda Sarma Memorial RV College UG,PG Programmes and Research Centre

Jayanagar 4th T Block, Bengaluru – 560 041

Affiliated to Bengaluru Central University

Accredited by NAAC with A Grade

Ranked among Top 5 Colleges in India*

*(India Today – MDRA survey 2018, 2019)

Student and Faculty Engagements during the lockdown period (15 March 2020 to 15 May 2020)

1. March 15 2020 – Classes suspended for students in the wake of the

Corona outbreak. Student made aware of the seriousness of the issue,

Campus engineer made the nodal officer for any communication with

regard to the Covid-19.

2. March 23, 2020 – Faculty Members instructed to stay at home and

to have all the resources necessary ( internet, books etc) to get

equipped to engage students through online classes.

3. March 26, 2020 – First Video Lecture uploaded to SSMRV Youtube

channel - https://bit.ly/34XzZZk. 230 video lectures have been

updated till date. The same was appreciated by Prof Japhet, VC,

Bengaluru Central University and these video links have been

uploaded in the website of Bengaluru Central University as well.

(https://bcu.ac.in/online-study-material/)

4. March 27,2020 – First Student Engagement through zoom classes,

A number of zoom classes on various subjects were held.

5. March 28 2020 onwards – Notes, Assignments and previous

question papers sent to students through whatsapp. Timelines given

to students to complete the assignments and mail it back to the

respective faculty members. The same would be considered for

internal assessments.

6. 6th April,2020 – First Staff Council meeting held to discuss the

future course of action

7. 7th April 2020 – Student council meeting with Principal to discuss

the role of student council and student engagement

8. 9th April 2020 – VC, Bengaluru Central University had a Virtual

online meeting with all Principals of Colleges affiliated to BCU to

streamline the online education programme. Dr S Anil Kumar,

Principal, SSMRV College was appointed as one of the steering

committee members to formulate online programmes for BCU.

BCU ONLINE COMMITTEE REPORT APRIL 2020 (1).pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKRVfPh-B1Q – youtube link of the VC meeting

9. 10th April 2020 onwards – Students engaged in various community

services through Youth Red Cross, Civil Defence, Health Club and

other activity centres. The have associated with Indian Red Cross

Society and Dept of Information and Public Health, Govt of

Karnataka to distribute free rations to the needy. They were also

felicitated by the Police and the Hospital authorities for their great

work.

10. 11th April 2020 – There was a discussion with NIMHANS well being

centre and Christ University and a videos regarding distressing and

mental well being of students were uploaded in the College website.

Google forms were circulated to the students through class teachers

for any personal counseling required (telephonic). A follow up

webinar was held on 30th April 2020 from 11.30 am to 1.45 pm.

There were 2 sessions with 41 participants from our

College. Students got an opportunity to voice out their concerns

about mental health, stress and panic. We concluded with Question

& Answer session and the counselor from NIMHANS well being

centre shared few authentic websites, reading materials, meditation

video links and NIMHANS helpline number to contact if needed.

11. 21st April 2020 – Meeting on Guided internship in association with

Bengaluru Central University. Around 70 students of Final years

have expressed their interest to be part of this project. Dr S Anil

Kumar, Principal,SSMRV College has been appointed a core team

member for guided internship at the University level.

https://guidedinterns.com/core-committee/

FINAL REPORT GUIDED INTERNSHIPS PROGRAM.pdf

Quote from the VC –

Hearty congratulations to the core team. BCU Guided Online interns

programme is in the headlines today. Your hard work and dedication

has made this possible. Keep it up. –

Japhet Vice Chancellor Bengaluru Central University

12. 25th April 2020 – A webinar on Ion Digital Classroom was organized

by TCS and our Faculty members attended the same.

https://learning.tcsionhub.in/hub/glass-room/

13. During this quarantine an 8 day online fellowship program was

organised by Rotaract district 3190 in which one of our student

namely Vignesh.R of Bcom 2nd year was selected as star rotractor.

during this fellowship program many competitions were conducted

online such as painting,cooking,singing,dancing etc.

14. 27th April to 1 May 2020 – Dept of BCA organized a 5 day Digital

FDP on Python Programming in association with Skillary. More

than 35 students participated in the same from different colleges. E

badges and E-Certificates were presented to the participants

15. 28th April 2020 – Second Staff Council meeting held to get a status

update on Student engagement.

16. 28th April 2020 – Message sent to Parents and Students through

ipomo regarding various Student Engagement initiatives.

17. 29th April 2020 – Online feedback has been gathered from parents

and students regarding all our engagement activities during the

lockdown

18. 29th April 2020 – The English Literary Association Club observed

the International English Day ( Birth Anniversary of William

Shakespeare) and did a video mentioning the importance of English

language.

19. 29th April 2020 – A Virtual Model United Nations was conducted

with participants from various colleges ( attached is the list of

participating colleges)

1588160978192_Virtual MUN delegates.pdf

20. 30th April 2020 – Online Feedback collected from students about

Faculty Members relating to the previous semester.

21. 30th April 2020 – A Webinar was organized by IQAC on the Topic

– Place to Space – An introduction to Online Learning. The resource

persons were Mr Arun Seetharam, Edtech Expert and Dr Pitamber

Polsani, Dean, Shrusthi School of Arts, Design and Technology.

Objectives of the webinar

1. Understanding the difference between Teaching & Learning

2. Millenials – Dealing with Unique students

3. Translating teaching to learning - Mentorship

4. Why technology in learning?

5. Education or Learning Technologies and Tools

6. Creating a Faculty community of practice

7. Best Practices in Online Learning

22. 1st May 2020 – A whatsapp group has been created with a Faculty

coordinator to help students interested in competitive exams. All

necessary information and updates are provided through this link.

23. Research papers of two of our Faculty Members ( Mr Satish M D and

Mr Sri Hari) have been selected in UGC listed journals

24. Faculty members who have enrolled for Ph.D programmes are

working continuously in that direction and ensuring that this time is

utilized for research work.

25. Two of our Faculty members have completed courses offered by

NPTEL (Dr Ambika N)and also a short term course from University

of Leeds, UK ( Ms.Deepika.L)

26. Students have been given awareness on an ongoing basis through

posters and banners uploaded in our social media pages.

27. Website and social media has been updated on a continuous basis by

Website coordinator Mr Gokul C and his team.

28. Application for the new academic year 2020-21 is being received

through online portals and the same is being processed.

29. Our Student Aishwarya Rao of B.Com 2nd year has won Verbal

mention at IIMUN digital conference (Mumbai Summit). Lakshman

Prabhu a 1st year student had also participated in the event.

30. Two Students completed a certificate course in Supply Chain

Management and one student completed a course on Fundamentals

of Digital Marketing

31. With regard to Brand enhancement, with the video lectures and best

practices in place, our social media subscribers have increased

multifold. Our YouTube channel which had around 500 subscribers

now has 2300 subscribers thanks to all our video lectures. Same is

the case with our facebook, instagram and other social media. We

have also created a new linkedin page which has also got many

subscribers

Youtube

Facebook

Instagram -

Linkedin (created in March 2020)

Google reviews

32. The College reopened on 5th May 2020 as per the UGC notification

with a maximum of 50% workforce. The Faculty members (teaching

and non teaching) are checked for the temperature by the security

guards using forehead thermometer at the College entrance. The

students are still not allowed inside the campus. They are also

provided with sanitizers to sanitize themselves.

33. The Faculty members would be reporting for 3 times a week to

ensure there is enough social distancing and at the same time the

workflow is maintained. A time table has been provided to ensure

that employees report during the designated days and there is enough

backup for day to day activities. (Academic and non academic).

34. 5th and 6th May 2020 - There was a meeting organized on in which

the Principal highlighted the activities which were undertaken during

the lockdown and thanked everyone for their untiring commitment

and efforts to keep the academic boat sailing. He also discused the

action plan to move forward.

35. 12th May 2020 - The Faculty Members of Dept of Commerce

donated Provisions and other essentials to the House keeping staff as

a socially responsible initiative. Dr S Anil Kumar, Principal, SSMRV

College and Mr Gokul C, Member,IQAC also contributed to this

noble cause,

36. 12th May 2020 -The Student council under the leadership of its

president, Mr Mujahid also provided Provisions to Housekeeping

staff and washable cloth masks to everyone including faculty

members.

37. 12th May 2020 – Mr Gokul C, Asst Professor, Dept of Business

Administration and Member-IQAC along with Mr Srihari, Asst

Professor, Dept of Commerce conducted an FDP on the topic – New

Avenues in Online Teaching – Orientation Programme on Zoom

Classes and Google meet. It was organized by the Dept of Commerce

in association with IQAC. The session focused on how to make the

best use of these tools to conduct online classes effectively.

38. 18th May 2020 – A National level 4 Day Online workshop on

Preparation for UGC NET (Paper 1) has been organized by Dept of

Commerce in association with IQAC. It is open for Faculty members

and Students. The resource person is Mr S.Balamurali,Renowned

UGC-NET Trainer, Asst Professor, Dept of BBA, DA Vaishnav

College, Chennai.

Dr S Anil Kumar 15 May 2020

Principal Bengaluru

SSMRV College

Jayanagar, Bengaluru

Ph – 93412 20659

Principal.ssmrv@rvei.edu.in

www.ssmrv.edu.in

www.sanilkumar.com