ANNUAL QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORT

(2014-15)

Submitted to

National Assessment

and

Accreditation Council (NAAC),

Bangalore – 560 072,

India

Submitted by

Internal Quality Assurance Cell

Yashwantrao Chavan Mahavidyalaya, Pachwad, Tal – Wai, Dist – Satara

Maharashtra

The Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR)

of the IQAC (2013-14)

Part – A

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:

Name of the IQAC Co-ordinator:

Mobile:

IQAC e-mail address:

1.3 NAAC Track ID(For ex. MHCOGN 18879)

1.4NAAC 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)

1.5Website address:

Web-link of the AQAR:

For ex.

1.6Accreditation Details

Sr. No. / Cycle / Grade / CGPA / Year of Accreditation / Validity Period
1 / 1st Cycle / B / 71 / 16.01.2004 / 15.02.2009
2 / 2nd Cycle / B / 2.28 / 30.11.2011 / 29.11.2016
3 / 3rd Cycle
4 / 4th Cycle

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

1.8AQAR for the year(for example 2010-11)

1.9Details of the previous year’s AQAR submitted to NAACafterthe latest Assessment and Accreditation by NAAC ((for example AQAR 2010-11submitted to NAAC on 12-10-2011)

  1. AQAR2012-13(28/09/2013)
  2. AQAR2013-14 (15/01/2015)
  3. AQAR2014-15 (30/09/2015)

1.10Institutional Status

UniversityState Central Deemed Private

Affiliated CollegeYes No

Constituent CollegeYes No

Autonomous collegeof UGCYes No

Regulatory Agency approved InstitutionYes No

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

Type of Institution Co-education Men Women

Urban Rural Tribal

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

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

1.11Type of Faculty/Programme

Arts Science Commerce Law PEI(Phys Edu)

TEI (Edu) Engineering Health Science Management

Others (Specify)

1.12Name of the Affiliating University

1.13Special 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-Special Assistance Programme DST-FIST

UGC-Innovative PG programmes Any other (Specify)

UGC-COP Programmes

2.IQACComposition and Activities

2.1No. of Teachers

2.2No. of Administrative/Technical staff

2.3No. of students

2.4No. of Management representatives

2.5No. of Alumni

2. 6 No. of any other stakeholder and community representatives

2.7No. of Employers/ Industrialists

2.8 No. of other External Experts

2.9 Total No. of members

2.10No. of IQAC meetings held

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

Non-Teaching Staff Students Alumni Others

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

If yes, mention the amount

2.13Seminars 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

2.14Significant Activities and contributions made by IQAC

2.15Plan of Action by IQAC/Outcome: Complied academic calendar (uploaded separately)

Web link:

The plan of action chalked out by the IQAC in the beginning of the year towards qualityenhancement and the outcome achieved by the end of the year *

Plan of Action / Achievements
  1. Planning of academic calendar for the academic year 2014-15.
/ a)College staff took efforts to implement planned activities successfully. Quality of activities was monitor by the IQAC members.
  1. Quality improvement in Teaching-Learning Process
/ a)Quality of teaching was regularly monitored at two levels (i) Heads of the departments monitored teaching by the staff in their respective departments, & (ii) Committee of two senior faculty heads (for Arts and Commerce)also monitored teaching by the various heads and other staff in their faculty.
b)Student feedback on teacher teaching was collected, analyzed and shared with each faculty in departmental meeting by the principal.
c)New add-on courses such as ‘Creative Writing’, & ‘Modi Lippi’ were started.
d)New Career Oriented course i.e. ‘Certificated course in Journalism’ was started
  1. Strengthening the research climate
/ a)Workshop was conducted for the teachers to sensitize them about the issues of plagiarism.
b)Teachers were encouraged to participate in the research seminar, conferences and workshops.
c) They were encourage to publish their papers in peered reviewed journal with impact factors
d)11 proposals of minor research project and 09proposals of seminar/conferences were submitted to UGC (WRO), Pune.
e)Two National conferences were successfully organized by Department of Sociology and Library, respectively.
  1. Student Support
/ a)Providing training for student to prepare for competitive examinations in Banking sector.
  1. Strengthening the extension and ISR activities
/ a) Free ‘Computer training programme’ of one month duration was organized for the members of ‘Mahila Bachat Gat’ from nearby villages.
b)30 women were the beneficiaries of this training programme.
c)Second year students had educated the school students and villagers regarding various environment related issues.
d)140 students have performed 30 activities.

* Academic Calendar of the year 2014-15 attachedin AnnexureI.

2.15Whether theAQAR was placed instatutory body Yes No

Management (LMC)Syndicate Any other body

Provide the details of the action taken

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 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00
PG / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00
UG / 07 / 00 / 01 / 00
PG Diploma / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00
Advanced Diploma / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00
Diploma / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00
Certificate / 08 / 04 / 05 / 03
Others / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00
Total / 15 / 04 / 06 / 03
Interdisciplinary / 02 / 00 / 00 / 00
Innovative / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00

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

  • All the seven courses offered by the college are elective in nature.
  • First and second year students of Arts stream have option of 9 subjects out of which they can select 6 subject.
  • For students of second year B.A. two interdisciplinary subjects – HSRM & Logic – were taught. Students can select anyone of them.
  • For all second year students have compulsory paper in environmental studies is compulsory.
  • Final year students of Arts stream have option of 5 subjects and students of commerce stream have option of 2 subjects for their specialization.
  • Option of three Career Oriented Course namely, Insurance, Spoken Communication Skills in English and Journalism was made available to students.
  • Option of five Self-funded certificated add on courses such as Beauty parlor, IBPS, modi lipi, creative writing, Yoga was made available to students Admission to beauty parlour course is restricted for female students only.

(ii) Pattern of programmes:

Pattern / Number of programmes
Semester / 7
Trimester / Nil
Annual / 3

1.3Feedback from stakeholders* Alumni Parents Employers Students

(On all aspects)

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

*Analysis of feedback for the year 2014-15is attachedin AnnexureII.

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

1.5Any new Department/Centre introduced during the year. If yes, give details.No

Criterion – II

2.Teaching, Learning and Evaluation

2.1 Total No. of permanent faculty

Total / Asst. Professors / Associate Professors / Professors / Others
19 / 12 / 06 / NIL / 01

2.2No. of permanent faculty with Ph.D.

2.3No. of Faculty Position Recruited (R) and Vacant (V) during the year

Asst. Professors / Associate Professors / Professors / Others / Total
R / V / R / V / R / V / R / V / R / V
NIL / 01 / NIL / NIL / NIL / NIL / NIL / NIL / NIL / 01

2.4Number of Guest and Visiting and Temporary faculty

2.5Faculty Participation in conferences and symposia:

No. of Faculty
International level / National level / State level
Attended Seminars/ Workshops / 05 / 62 / 03
Presented Papers / 05 / 26 / 03
Resource Persons / 01 / 00 / 02

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

2.7Total No. of actual teaching days during this academic year

2.8Examination/Evaluation Reforms initiated by the Institution(for example: Open Book Examination,Bar Coding, Double Valuation, Photocopy, Online MultipleChoice Questions)

2.9No. of faculty members involved in curriculumrestructuring/revision/syllabusdevelopment as member of Board of Study/Faculty/Curriculum Development workshop

Board of Study / Faculty / Participated in Curriculum Development workshops
01 / 00 / 08

2.10Average percentage of attendance of students

2.11 Course/Programme wisedistribution of pass percentage:

Title of the Programme / Total no. of students appeared / Division
Distinction % / I % / II % / III % / Pass %
B.A. (English) / 14 / 21.42 / 42.84 / 35.71 / 00 / 85.71
B.A. (Marathi) / 13 / 00 / 15.38 / 61.53 / 23.00 / 92.31
B.A. (Hindi) / 12 / 8.33 / 8.33 / 83.33 / 00 / 83.03
B.A. (History) / 14 / 7.14 / 35.71 / 35.71 / 21.42 / 50.00
B.A. (Sociology) / 14 / 7.14 / 64 / 28.57 / 00 / 100.00
B.Com (Accountancy) / 81 / 19.75 / 25.92 / 42.67 / 2.46 / 93.82
B.Com (Industrial Management) / 18 / 22.22 / 33.33 / 33.33 / 5.55 / 98.98

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

2.13Initiativesundertaken towards faculty development

Faculty / Staff Development Programmes / Number of faculty
benefitted
Refresher courses / 04
UGC – Faculty Improvement Programme / 00
HRD programmes / 00
Orientation programmes / 01
Faculty exchange programme / 00
Staff training conducted by the university / 05
Staff training conducted by other institutions / 04
Summer / Winter schools, Workshops, etc. / 00
Others / 00

2.14Details 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 / 08 / NIL / NIL / NIL
Technical (Support) Staff / NIL / NIL / NIL / NIL

Criterion – III

3.Research, Consultancy and Extension

3.1 Initiatives of the IQAC in Sensitizing/Promoting Research Climate in the institution

3.2Details regarding major projects

Completed / Ongoing / Sanctioned / Submitted
Number / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00
Outlay in Rs. Lakhs / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00

3.3Details regarding minor projects

Completed / Ongoing / Sanctioned / Submitted
Number / 00 / 04 / 04 / 00
Outlay in Rs. Lakhs / Nil / 2,50,000 / 410000 / Nil

3.4Details on research publications

International / National / Others
Peer Review Journals / 04 / 04 / 00
Non-Peer Review Journals / 00 / 02 / 00
e-Journals / 00 / 00 / 00
Conference proceedings / 00 / 12 / 02

3.5 Details on Impact factor of publications:

Range Average h-index Nos. in SCOPUS

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 / 00 / --- / 00 / 00
Minor Projects / 00 / UGC / Rs. 4,10,000/- / Rs. 1,07,050/-
Interdisciplinary Projects / 00 / --- / 00 / 00
Industry sponsored / 00 / --- / 00 / 00
Projects sponsored by the University/ College / 00 / --- / 00 / 00
Students research projects
(other than compulsory by the University) / 00 / --- / 00 / 00
Any other(Specify) / 00 / --- / 00 / 00
Total / 00 / --- / Rs. 4,10,000/- / Rs. 1,07,050/-

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-SAPCAS DST-FIST

DPE DBT Scheme/funds


3.9 For collegesAutonomyCPEDBT Star Scheme

INSPIRECE Any Other (specify)

3.10 Revenue generated through consultancy

3.11No. of conferences organized by the Institution

Level / International / National / State / University / College
Number / 00 / 02 / 00 / 00 / 00
Sponsoring agencies / Nil / UGC / Nil / Nil / Nil

3.12No. of faculty served as experts, chairpersons or resource persons

3.13No. of collaborations International National Any other

3.14No. of linkages created during this year

3.15Total budget for research for current year in Lakhs:

Sr. No. / Funding Agency / Budget (Rs.)
1 / UGC (XII Plan) / Rs. 4,10,000/-
2 / College Management / Nil

3.16No. of patents received this year

Type of Patent / Number
National / Applied / 00
Granted / 00
International / Applied / 00
Granted / 00
Commercialised / Applied / 00
Granted / 00

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

Total / International / National / State / University / Dist / College
00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00

3.18No. of faculty from the Institutionwho are Ph.D.Guides

and students registered under them

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

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

JRFSRF Project Fellows Any other

3.21No. of students Participated in NSS events:

University level State level

National level International level

3.22No. of students participated in NCC events:

University level State level

National level International level

3.23 No. of Awards won in NSS:

University level State level

National level International level

3.24No. of Awards won in NCC:

University level State level

National level International level

3.25No. of Extension activities organized

University forum College forum

NCC NSS Any other

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

Sr. No. / Activities Performed by / Nature of Activities
1 / IQAC in collaboration with Women Development Cell and Computer Literacy committee / Computer literacy Programme for members of Mahila Bachat Gat :Free computer literacy programme of One month duration was arranged for members of Mahila Bachat Gat from Pachwad, Amrutwadi and Chindawali villages of Wai Tehsil of Satara District. Total 30 women were the direct beneficiary of this activity.
2 / Students of second year B.A. and B.Com / Awareness for Environmental Issues : Second year B.A. and B.com students had taken initiative to create awareness among school children and villagers regarding issues such as ‘Water management’, ‘Waste management’, ‘Flood control & Management’, ‘Effects of pollution & pesticides & its management’, etc.
3 / N.S.S. /
  • One week winter camp based on theme of ‘Swachcha Bharat Abhiyan’.
  • Cleanliness campaignedin ‘Sartale’, ‘Kalewadi’, ‘Ganeshwadi’, ‘Kapasewadi’ and ‘Pachwad’.
  • Disabled Empowerment–‘Rakshabandhan’ to Children with Mental Retardation.

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 / 3.5 Acre / ---- / College Management
Class rooms / 12 / ---- / College Management
Laboratories / ---- / ---- / College Management
Seminar Halls / 01 / ---- / College Management
No. of important equipments purchased (≥ 1-0 lakh) during the current year. / Nil / ---- / ----
Value of the equipment purchased during the year (Rs. in Lakhs) / Nil / ---- / ----
Computer Lab / 01 / ---- / UGC
Other (Language Lab) / 01 / ---- / UGC

4.2Computerization of administration and library

4.3Library services:

Existing / Newly added / Total
No. / Value / No. / Value / No. / Value
Text Books / 7129 / 3,72,850 / 640 / 47,365 / 7769 / 4,20,215
Reference Books / 5321 / 15,69,927 / 32 / 8,516 / 5353 / 15,78,443
e-Books /
Journals / 20 / 03 / 3008 / 23
e-Journals /
Digital Database /
CD & Video / 47 / 1177
Others (specify) / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00

4.4Technology up gradation (overall)

Total Computers / Computer Labs / Internet / Browsing Centres / Computer Centres / Office / Departments / Others
Existing / 67 / 01 (29) / VPN / 01 (26) / --- / 02 (7) / 07 (05) / Scanner- 01
Printers–05
Bar code printer - 01
LCD-06 Reprographic machine- 02Laptops – 06
UPS – 03
Added / 01 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / Printers - 01 UPS – 01
Total / 68 / 01 (29) / VPN / 01 (26) / --- / 02 (7) / 07 (05) / Scanner- 01
Printers- 06
Bar code printer - 01
LCD- 06 Reprographic machine- 02 Laptops – 06
UPS – 04

* Numbers in the bracket indicates numbers of computers available

4.5Computer, Internet access, training to teachers andstudents and any other programme for technology upgradation (Networking, e-Governance etc.)

4.6Amount spent on maintenancein lakhs:

i)ICT

ii)Campus Infrastructure and facilities

iii) Equipments

iv) Others

Total :

Criterion – V

5.Student Support and Progression

5.1Contribution 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

UG / PG / Ph. D. / Others
677 / 00 / 00 / 00

(b) No. of students outside the state

(c) No. of international students

Men / Women
No. / % / No. / %
00 / 00 / 00 / 00
Last Year (2013-14) / This Year (2014-15)
General / SC / ST / VJ/NT / OBC / SBC / Physically Challenged / Total / General / SC / ST / VJ/NT / OBC / SBC / Physically Challenged / Total
553 / 48 / -- / 34 / 119 / 04 / 04 / 748 / 485 / 49 / 02 / 36 / 98 / 04 / 03 / 677

Demand Ratio Dropout Rate

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

No. of students benefitted

5.5 No. of students qualified in these examinations

NET SET/SLET GATE CAT

IAS/IPS etc State PSC UPSC Others

5.6Details of student counselling and career guidance

No. of students benefitted

5.7Details of campus placement

On Campus / Off Campus
Number of Organizations Visited / Number of Students Participated / Number of Students Placed / Number of Students Placed
00 / 00 / 00 / 08

5.8Details of gender sensitization programmes

5.9Students Activities

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

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

5.10Scholarships and Financial Support

Number of
students / Amount
Financial support from institution / 01 / 500
Financial support from government / SC / 40 / 2,01,050
NT / 24 / ---
OBC / 79 / 2,55,695
SBC / 04 / 11,565
EBC / 298 / 13,410
Financial support from other sources / 00 / 00
Number of students who received International/ National recognitions / 00 / 00

5.11Student organised / initiatives

Fairs : State/ University level National level International level

Exhibition: State/ University level National level International level

5.12No. of social initiatives undertaken by the students

5.13 Major grievances of students (if any) redressed: Nil

Criterion – VI

6.Governance, Leadership and Management

6.1 State the Vision and Mission of the institution

6.2Does the Institution has a management Information System

6.3Quality improvement strategies adoptedby the institution for each of the following:

6.3.1 Curriculum Development

6.3.2 Teaching and Learning

6.3.3 Examination and Evaluation

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

6.4Welfare schemes for

Teaching /
  • Rayat Sevak Bank,
  • Sevak Welfare Fund,
  • Kutumb Kalyan Yojana,
  • Laxmibai Bhaurao Patil Shikshanottejak Pat-Pedhi,
  • Group Insurance Scheme,
  • Advance against salary,
  • Free ships for the wards of teaching and administrative staff

Non teaching
Students /
  • Free ships for the wards of teaching and administrative staff

6.5Total corpus fund generated

6.6 Whether annual financial audit has been done Yes No

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

Audit Type / External / Internal
Yes/No / Agency / Yes/No / Authority
Academic / Yes / Shivaji University, Kolhapur / Yes / IQAC
Administrative / Yes / Kirtane and Pandit (C.A.), Pune & Government Auditors, Central Government Auditors / Yes / Rayat Shikshan Sanstha, Satara

6.8 Does the University/ Autonomous College declares 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

6.13 Development programmes for support staff

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

Criterion – VII

7.Innovations and Best Practices

7.1 Innovations introduced during this academic yearwhich 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

7.3Give two Best Practices of the institution(please see the format in theNAAC Self-studyManuals)

*Best Practices are attached in Annexure III.

7.4Contribution to environmental awareness / protection

7.5Whether environmental audit was conducted? Yes No

7.6Any other relevant information the institution wishes to add. (for example SWOT Analysis)

8.Plans of institution for next year