Affliations

THE INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE CELL (IQAC)

The Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) works towards improving the quality of education by identifying areas for improvement, enabling faculty members to look at alternative teaching methodologies, formulating new teaching and evaluating strategies and offering suggestions for relevant self-financing courses. The IQAC coordinates the activities of the various committees in the college and plays a Proactive role in shaping the policies of the college. It is an effective internal monitoring mechanism, which takes into account the needs of the stakeholders in higher education (students, parents, faculty members, funding agencies, potential employees and the society in general).

The Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR)for the year 2009-10 have been submitted to the Director, National Assessment And Accreditation Council, Bangalore by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell(IQAC), Cauvery College, Accredited B++ by NAAC under IQAC coordinator Dr. A S Poovamma. This prestigious institution is affiliated to Mangalore University.

Our college is architecturally designed with a frontal garden and an imposing structure overlooking the main road near the town of Gonikoppal. An affiliated college of the University of Mangalore, Cauvery College has been a beacon of light and a symbol of excellence in higher education. The college offers various courses in Arts, Science, Commerce, Business Management and Computer Application. We have 16 undergraduate departments. Added to this, this year we introduced certificate courses in Light Music, Coffee growing & cultivation, a Beautician course and a Spoken English certificate course: more than 700 students         
Today higher education has taken a revolutionary transformation in defining quality at every stage of its operation and our institution is also trying its best to establish and sustain quality in its initiative of imparting knowledge as well as in its overall approach to education in general. Our institution has received a backward area status from UGC with a grant of Rs.3,00,000/- for library books & equipment in 2009. This is to point out that our institution has mainly students from backward classes aspiring higher education to become self-reliant. Our institution undoubtedly lends its hand in realizing their goals and aspirations by providing them with better facilities, good infrastructure and learning resources. Kodagu District is surrounded by hills and rills, green forests and vast fields. Most of the tribes live in this region with coffee and pepper cultivation as its main staple cash crop.

Part – A

• To host a National Level Seminar
• To host a State Level Seminar
• To subscribe on line journals for teachers & students  
• To Reiterate our earlier plan for the construction of an auditorium
• To host a Tournament
• Expansion of building & Infrastructure
• To judiciously use ICT in class room teaching
• To host a Parking slot for vehicles
• Building a new canteen with better facilities
  
  

Members of the IQAC for the year 2009-2011

Part – B

Activities reflecting the goals and objectives of the institution

• Our college is the Prime centre of higher learning for the inhabitants of this hilly region. Our goals and objectives to bring quality higher education to the door steps of  the cross-section of the society is successfully realized through the program,  projects and developmental activities undertaken by the institution from time to time. Activities like Personality development programs, NSS and NCC activities, skills development courses, communicative skills training programs, field trips, educational tours, placement support programs reflect the goals and objectives of the institution.
• New academic programs initiated (UG & PG): certificate courses have been introduced from 2009-10. A new Add-on course on Functional English has been approved and sanctioned by UGC for the academic year 2010-11.
• Innovations in curricular design and transaction as per Mangalore university norms.
• Interdisciplinary program started
• Examinations are conducted as per Mangalore university norms and we conduct regular monthly tests.
• Teachers attended various faculty improvement programs. The details are as follows

• Two day UGC sponsored National level seminar was conducted
  One day UGC sponsored State Level Seminar was conducted
  Two day workshop for women was conducted
  
  
• Dr. A.S. Poovamma, Selection Grade Lecturer in English has guided 2 M.Phil scholars and is guiding two more M.Phil Scholars.
  
  
• New collaborative Research
  
  
•  Research grants received from various agencies like UGC grant for minor Research received and a grant for major research project is awaited.
  
  
• Details of research scholars:
  
  PhD - 03
  MPhil – 11
  PhD (Registered) – 02
  MPhil (Registered) – 01
  
  
• Citation index of faculty member and impact factor: 01
  
  
• Dr. M.P. Rekha was honored by Kodava Sahithya Academy
  
  
• Internal resources have been generated
  
  
• Details of departments are getting SAP, COSIST (ASSIST), DST, FIST etc. Assistance / Recognition
  
  
• Community services like
  
  NCC: 02
  NSS: 02
  
  
• 08 Teachers and 03 non – teaching officers are newly recruited
  
  
• Teachers and Non-teaching ratio: 5:3
  
  
• Our college Library and Information centre is also actively involved ensuring quality in providing information to its recipients by ever widening its scope of expansion and dissemination of knowledge through upgrading facilities and offering better services.
  
  
• New books / journals are subscribed. Our library has a total stock of 45,422 books with 898 volumes added during 2009-10. The approximate cost of the books purchased during 2009-10 is Rs.2,86,000/- we received UGC fund of Rs.1,28,000/-.
  
  
• Journals and Magazines worth of Rs.45,000/- supplied to the Library. New reference books have been added to the shelves like Encyclopedia of Americana, Encyclopedia of Britannica, Encyclopedia of Humanities (new edition); Social sciences and International Encyclopedia of science and Technology, world books and Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia of Indian Science and Technology and subject wise Dictionary. Library provides the internet services to students and staff with WI-FI modem service.
  
  
• In all the courses teachers assessment by students is introduced. The president of Cauvery Education society met individual teachers in the presidents chamber and pointed out their positive and negative aspects as indicated by the students in the appraisal form supplied to them. The president suggested that the teachers avoid errors by taking necessary measures to rectify it.
  
  
• Unit cost Education: 19,475/- (Approximate)
  
  
• The whole process of administration has been computerized. Office Automation also has been done.
  
  
•  Increase in the Infrastructural facilities:
  
  New Laptops provided to quite a few departments.
  New Xerox Machines purchased.
  New Four seater dual desks for students provided.  
  New computers purchased.
  New digital Camera purchased
  Pure - it drinking water filter purchased        
  Aqua guard installed.
  Vehicle parking slot constructed       
  New LCD purchased
  New Weed cutter purchased.
  " New Ceiling Fans Purchased.
  A pavilion in front of the sports ground has been built.
  Proposed to get three water coolers installed.
  
  
• Technology upgrade: Along with broad band connection all the departments have a computer and some departments have laptops in the staff room.
  
  
• Computer and Internet access and training to teachers and students is provided to all.
  
  
• Financial aid to students
  

• The Alumni has been actively involved in the activities of the college. The Alumni Association conducted quite a few programs in the college campus.
  
  
• Parent-Teachers meetings were held. The progress of students discussed. Parents provided drinking water facility by donating an Aqua Guard to the Library. 
  
  
• Regular Medical check-up has been done. New physician and a Yoga specialist has been appointed to ensure good health and right thinking in the attitude of the students. All the students have been covered under general insurance.
  
  
• The department of physical Education has been working hard to earn name and fame to our college in the university. Our college boys Eight of them represented the Mangalore University in the south zone intervarsity tournament at Bangalore in October 2009.  Three of our girl students represented the Mangalore University Hockey team in the south west zone intervarsity tournament held at Jiwaji University, Rajasthan in January 2010. Our college women’s hockey team won the Runners up trophy in the mangalore university intercollegiate tournament held at Mangalagangothri on 12th and 13th November 2009. In the district level Basket ball tournament organized by FMKMC College Madikeri, our college Men’s Basket ball team won the Winners trophy on 16th and 17th January 2010.  Our men’s Hockey team took the Winners trophy bagging the 1st position in the Mangalore university intercollegiate Cheriappanda Kushalappa Memorial tournament hosted by Cauvery College Gonikoppal on 9th & 10th February 2010.
  Our college organized a state level Kullachada Poonacha Memorial Flood light Basket ball tournament from 16th to 18th March 2010. Our college conducted a coaching camp for Mangalore University Men’s Hockey team for south zone tournament at Bangalore University.
  
  
• Sports endowment prizes will be given to sports persons. TA and DA are given to the players whenever they participate in tournament. Miss Shalini K.N of II BBM has been selected as the best player and a scholarship of Rs. 1000 every month is given to her.  Sports persons who represent the college at the State, National, University and All India University will be honoured by the Governing council during the valedictory ceremony of the college.
  
  
• Various activities conducted under the Guidance and Counseling unit:

• Teachers have taken up UGC minor Research projects.
• Some of the departments have started certificate courses.
• Personality development and career guidance classes were conducted.
• Study tours were conducted.
• Campus selections conducted.

• Healthy Practices:

• For the last five years the college has been doing well academically. It has been producing good results consistently. In the examination conducted last April 2009. We bagged 3 distinctions in Final BA, 5 distinctions in Final B.Com, 3 in Final B.Sc and 1 in Final BBM.  
  The department of Hindi has initiated a ‘Hindi’ speaking course’ for non-Hindi speakers in two batches – one for students & the other for teaching and non-teaching staff.
  
  
• Certificate courses on Light Music, Spoken English, Beautician course on Coffee Cultivation and Basic computers have been successfully conducted this academic year.
  
  
• Smt. M.P. Rekha, from the department of Kannada has been awarded with a Ph.D degree this academic year in March 2010.
  
  
• Prof. V. Keshav, from the department of Commerce has already submitted his Ph.D thesis for approval by the University.
  
  
• We have a Karnataka state Open University study centre where our teachers engage contact classes once a week.
  
• Our teachers have organized national & state level seminars and conducted workshops.
  
  
• Our teachers are also members of the Board of Examiners and members of the Board of studies and have taken part in curriculum designing, framing of syllabus and compiling text books and the other examination works of the University.
  
  
• Our teachers have attended International, National and State level seminars and presented papers.
  
  
• Our teachers have set question papers for university examinations, prepared study materials for post-graduate students of Distance education, Published books and articles and were also part of All India Radio Programs.
  
  
• Our NCC units ventured into opening a new chapter for women – a separate S.W wing from September 2009.
  
  
• UGC grants received for 2009-10 under UGC – XI Plan.

Part – C

Details of the plans of the Institution – 2010-11

• Setting up a Post-graduation centre.
  
  
• Strengthening the existing certificate course and also introducing some more relevant certificate courses.
  
  
• Constructing an auditorium as planned earlier.
  
  
• Focusing attention on Faculty improvement programmes.
  
  
• To organize a workshop on ‘Research Possibilities for under-graduate students and the Funding agencies to aid them’.
• To introduce an Add-on course.
  
  
• Strengthening IQAC as an important body of ensuring & assuring internal quality in the whole administration of the institution.
  
  
• Construction of First-floor on top of BCA building.
  
  
• To organize a National and an International Seminar.
  
  
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