Minutes of the Meetings

Members present:

• Dr. M. Madhavi,Director, Chairperson, IQAC
• Prof. GVK Reddy, Coordinator
• Dr. Ramesh B Nimmatoori, Secretary
• Prof. N. Thirupalu, Senior Faculty
• Ms. R. Sushma, HOD, Department of Management
• Mr. E. Devendar Rao, HOD Computer Applications
• Mr. N. Simhadri, Assistant Registrar
• Mr. Mallikharjuna, Librarian
• Mr. D. Pavan Kumar, Alumnus
• Mr. Sridhar N. Chunduri (Industry Nominee)

Agenda:

• To discuss about the constitution of IQAC for proceeding with NAAC Accreditation.
• To discuss about the quality improvement measures to be undertaken for increasing the academic excellence.
• To prepare the Institutional Information and Self Study Report and other documents required for NAAC accreditation.
• Any other matter with permission of the Chair.

Discussions:

• The meeting started with a welcome note by IQAC Coordinator Prof. GVK Reddy followed by PowerPoint presentation on basic purpose, activities, and functions of IQAC.
• The Chairperson Dr. B. Madhubala informed that this year the Management has decided to proceed for accreditation of the Institution through National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). In view of this, the institution has constituted the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC). She has disclosed the names of the IQAC members constituted for assurance of quality in the institution.
• Dr. Ramesh B Nimmatoori Secretary approved the composition of IQAC and guided the cell on various quality improvement measures to be taken by the institution.
• Mr. Sridhar N. Chunduri, Vice President of Wells Fargo shared his experience and expressed that the curriculum need to be enriched with industry orientation to make the students more employable.
• HODs of both the Departments informed that the results of the students are found satisfactory and also stressed on the need to concentrate more on ICT enabled Learning Management for improving student learning and achieve academic excellence.
• Mr. D. Pavan Kumar pointed out that along with the support of the faculty and management there is a need to pursue the support of the student community, especially the alumni. He has suggested taking the help of alumni in creating more outreach required for the organization through regular interaction and meetings.
• The Chairperson Dr. B. Madhubala highlighted the need to participate in various online programs for faculty and students and suggested for NPTEL programs. The benefits of using NPTEL videos in teaching methods were discussed.
• Mr. Simhadri suggested on the need of providing more qualitative service to the students and faculty through office automation.
• The Director also discussed about MoUs with institutions of national, international importance for enabling more interaction with outside world.

Resolutions after discussions:

• Unanimous acceptance of the constitution of IQAC.
• Coordinator along with conveners and members are to be placed in discharging the functions of NAAC preparations based on the guidelines given by NAAC.
• The HODs have to concentrate more on the improvement of learning facilities to the students and work towards achieving better learning outcomes through innovative teaching methods.
• The preparation will be initiated immediately to apply for getting accreditation from NAAC.
• Annual renewal of MoUs with institution of national, international will be checked and necessary action will be initiated
• There shall be a review of the preparation at the end of every

The meeting concluded with Vote of thanks proposed by IQAC Coordinator.

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Members present:

• Dr. B. Madhubala, Director, Chairperson, IQAC
• Prof. GVK Reddy, Coordinator
• Dr. Ramesh B Nimmatoori, Secretary
• Prof. N. Thirupalu, Senior Faculty
• Ms. R. Sushma, HOD, Department of Management
• Mr. E. Devendar Rao, HOD Computer Applications
• Mr. N. Simhadri, Assistant Registrar
• Mr. Mallikharjuna, Librarian
• Mr. D. Pavan Kumar, Alumnus
• Mr. Sridhar N. Chunduri (Industry Nominee)

Agenda:

• To review the action initiated on the resolution taken in previous meeting.
• To review the progress of NAAC works in the institution.
• To discuss about the information required for preparation of quantitative and qualitative parameters in respect of various parameters of assessment by NAAC.
• To discuss about various measures needed to update infrastructure facilities and ICT in the class rooms.
• To discuss about Library Automation and procurement of software needed

Discussions:

• The meeting started on a welcome note by IQAC Coordinator Prof. GVK Reddy. He has given a presentation on the criteria given by NAAC for quality assessment.
• Dr. Ramesh Nimmatoori informed the cell that Solar Photovoltaic cells became fully functional in the college and advised the Assistant Registrar to apply for Net Meter immediately to work towards energy conservation.
• The IQAC also has discussed about the maintenance of green campus and the initiatives needed towards implementation of water harvesting, energy conservation and other facilities to be taken care in the campus.
• The committee has made a list of both the parameters and deputed criteria-wise coordinators for the preparation of self-study report
• Quotations for Office automation software from various vendors are invited and the same are forwarded to the Management for review.
• The cell also discussed the extent of library automation and instructed the librarian to work towards making the library fully automated.
• To enable more ICT based Learning, the students and faculty were given orientation on Learning Management System Edmodo. It is found to be user friendly and the process is observed to be simple and effective.
• The cell reviewed ICT facilities in the classrooms and decided to enhance the facility of smart classrooms.
• The cell also has reviewed the progress of the work done towards the preparation of SSR and found that initial preparation is completed.
• Mr. D. Pavan Kumar has recommended conducting a test on logical and analytical skills student’s posses to attend placement interviews.
• The parameters for NAAC preparation were studied carefully and there are two types of parameters i.e., qualitative and quantitative. Quantitative parameters need information in figures and qualitative parameters need information in description.
• The Director stressed on the need to work rigorously to complete the preparation of NAAC reports on time and suggested the NAAC coordinator to distribute the work as per parameters.

Resolutions:

• It is resolved to procure ERP software to make the office fully automatic.
• The college has to explore on the possibilities to have modern equipment in the classrooms to improve the class room ambience.
• To review the implementation of power generation through solar panels and the requisition to be submitted to establish net meter from the electricity department.
• The cell also will procure quotations for establishment of additional smart classrooms.
• The Placement coordinators have to be informed about conducting soft skills training session for students to enhance their soft skills.
• The coordinator shall convene a daily meeting with the members of NAAC committee and report the progress in work done to the Chairman daily.

The meeting concluded with Vote of thanks proposed by IQAC Coordinator Prof. GVK Reddy.

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Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)

Minutes of the Meeting

Date: 13th September, 2017
Time: 3:30pm
Venue: Conference Room
Presided over by
Dr. B. Madhubala
Director

Members present:

• Dr. B. Madhubala, Director, Chairperson, IQAC
• Prof. GVK Reddy, Coordinator
• Dr. Ramesh B Nimmatoori, Secretary
• Prof. N. Thirupalu, Senior Faculty
• Ms. R. Sushma, HOD, Department of Management
• Mr. E. Devendar Rao, HOD Computer Applications
• Mr. N. Simhadri, Assistant Registrar
• Mr. Mallikharjuna, Librarian
• Mr. D. Pavan Kumar, Alumnus
• Mr. Sridhar N. Chunduri (Industry Nominee)

Agenda:

• To Review the actions initiated on the resolutions taken in the earlier meeting.
• To review the progress of NAAC work in the institution
• To discuss about the information required for preparation of quantitative and qualitative data in respect of various parameters of assessment as suggested by NAAC.
• To discuss about various measures needed to update ICT facilities in the classrooms.
• To discuss about Library Automation.

Discussions:

• The meeting started on a welcome note by IQAC Coordinator Prof. GVK Reddy. He has given a presentation on the progress made in the preparation of the work, criteria wise as given by NAAC for quality assessment.
• The awareness of Anti-ragging policies in campus is to be reminded by faculty to the students as the new academic year is going to began in the last week of September.
• Solar panel working is found to be satisfactory and AR informed that college has already applied for net meter facility. Verification by the concerned authorities is completed and the progress report is awaited.
• It is suggested by the HOD MBA that the students can be motivated to participate in more number of extension activities to increase the social outreach.
• Around 35% of the work is completed in the quantitative parameters and in qualitative parameters 1 and 2 and 3 criteria write ups are completed and submitted for review and revision of IQAC.
• The cell also has reviewed the progress of the work done towards the preparation of SSR and found that initial preparation is completed in all the parameters.
• The cell reviewed ICT facilities in the classrooms and found that all the class rooms are equipped with LCD Projectors and connected with LAN facility. HOD of MCA suggested that lesson plans and other instructional content can be shared through a cloud in the common server to enable easy sharing.
• Quotations are requested from vendors for complete automation and they will be forwarded to the Management for approval.
• The cell also discussed the resources available in the library and found that library is having a facility to access a number of e-journals and e-resources and decided to increase them further.
• The students of all sections were given an orientation on the use of Edmodo and test assignments were given.

Resolutions:

• It is resolved to submit the data filled in quantitative parameters at the end of every week for review to the IQAC. The suggestions made shall be implemented immediately with information to the coordinator.
• The IQAC also has decided to increase the number of extension activities in the community through NSS cell of the institution and to motivate more student participation in the programs.
• The library automation to be completed before completion of the current academic year.
• Anti Ragging Committee shall be composed for the current academic year and the same to be informed to the students and faculty. The anti-ragging forms have to be distributed to the students and they have to be duly signed by the students of second year.
• The IQAC coordinator will review the progress and will initiate measures for speedy completion of the work with information to the other members in the cell.

The meeting concluded with Vote of thanks proposed by IQAC Coordinator Prof. GVK Reddy.

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Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)

Minutes of the Meeting

Date: 20th November, 2017
Time: 4:00pm
Venue: Conference Room
Presided over by
Dr. B. Madhubala
Director

Members present:

• Dr. B. Madhubala, Director, Chairperson, IQAC
• Prof. GVK Reddy, Coordinator
• Dr. Ramesh B Nimmatoori, Secretary
• Prof. N. Thirupalu, Senior Faculty
• Ms. R. Sushma, HOD, Department of Management
• Mr. E. Devendar Rao, HOD Computer Applications
• Mr. N. Simhadri, Assistant Registrar
• Mr. Mallikharjuna, Librarian
• Mr. D. Pavan Kumar, Alumnus
• Mr. Sridhar N. Chunduri (Industry Nominee)

Agenda:

• To review the action initiated on the resolutions made in the earlier meeting.
• To review the progress made related to various parameters of NAAC.
• To discuss about the time lines for submission of Institutional Information for NAAC preliminary assessment.
• To review the measures taken for automation of Library and office.
• To review the progress of Self Study Report for NAAC.

Discussions:

• The coordinator IQAC Prof. GVK Reddy started the meeting with a welcome note and presented the progress of the preparation of the SSR parameter wise.
• Library is currently partially automated. To make it fully automated, Library software quotations are procured and presented to the management for approval. Dr. Ramesh Nimmatoori suggested for a demo from the vendors.
• The actions initiated in the last meeting for increasing the number of extension activities are discussed and there is a positive response from the students and results were found to be satisfactory.
• Prof N. Thirupalu informed that Anti Ragging Committee was constituted and distributed Anti Ragging forms to the students and conducted an awareness program in associated with Local Police Department.
• Quotations for office automation are procured and forwarded to the management for approval. The management has requested for presentation from the vendors for finalizing the proposals.
• The Secretary, Dr. Ramesh B Nimmatoori reviewed the data presented in the Parameters and suggested some modifications to be done in the quantitative parameters towards presenting the information more accurately.
• The Director suggested conducting training sessions in the direction of enhancement of soft and communication skills so as to increase the count of number of students getting placed in companies.
• The qualitative parameters need to be written more crisply and reflect the work of the organization more effectively.
• The HODS have informed that the student of MBA and MCA have registered for MOOCs offered by IIM Bangalore and Swayam portal of AICTE to progress in e- learning quadrant.
• Authorization from Electricity department is awaited for establishment of Net Meter for utilization of solar energy.
• The cell discussed the time lines for submission of IIQA and decided to submit the same by the end of November, 2017.

Resolutions:

• Reports of various activities initiated by the institution to be maintained with proper back up in the form of soft and hard copies in the departments and with a copy to the office.
• To complete the preparation of Executive Summary required in the Self Study Report in the first week of December and presentation of the same for management approval.
• The preparation for the preliminary submission of the information to be completed by 30th November, 2017.
• Completed IIQA to be submitted in the first week of December, 2017.
• Campus recruitment training to be conducted for the final year MBA students to improve the placements in consultation with Director, Training and Placements.
• To review the progress of preparation of Self Study Report in the first week of December.

The meeting concluded with a vote of thanks by the senior faculty Prof. N. Thirupalu.