Review Workshop - TEQIP-II Government College of Engineering, Aurangabad Date- 24th August 2012 Goal of Programme: To improve quality of Technical Education and enhance existing capacities of the Institutions to become dynamic, demand-driven, quality conscious, efficient and forward looking, responsive to rapid economic and technological developments occurring at the local, State, National and International levels. It has a clear focus on the objectives to improve the overall quality of existing Engineering Education. 2 CONCERNS of the project : Acute Faculty shortage Poor Industry-academia collaboration 3 Obsolete learning infrastructure Lack of research culture Poor employability of graduates Factors to gauge the successS.N Particulars o 1 Academically autonomous institutions 2 UG Placement rate End of TEQIP-II 16 76% 95% 5.0 lakh 3 UG start salary (annually) 2.8 lakh 4 Internationally published research papers PG graduates Appro. 250 1000 5 6 7 4 End of TEQIP-I 11 Ph.D produced Share of programs accredited Appro. 1500 112 93% 5000 500 100% Other factors to gauge the success No. of Patents obtained and filed; No. of integrated PhD programmes introduced; Joint research projects undertaken; Consultancies in collaboration with industry; Publications, joint conferences, workshops; Campus wide networking established in all institutions. 5 PROJECT STRATEGY : The Project is designed to bridge the gap in the quality of engineering education between premier institutions & other institutions. To enable institutions to implement academic and nonacademic reforms to achieve the institutional goals. To impart pedagogical training to all the faculty from Project Institution and also to the faculty from desirous non Project Institutions for effective teaching. Promote world-class research in emerging areas in Project Institutions. 6 Key Activities to be undertaken: • Starting new PG programmes in Engineering disciplines • Strengthening of laboratories and establishment of new laboratories and virtual labs • Modernization of classrooms and virtual classrooms • Updatation of learning resources • Modernization and strengthening of libraries so as to convert it in to knowledge centre 7 Contd… Providing Teaching and Research Assistantships to existing and new PG programmes in Engineering Enhancement of R&D and institutional consultancy Faculty and Staff development competence based on TNA for Enhanced interaction with Industry Pedagogical Training Implementation of institutional reforms Academic support for weak students 8 improved Expectation from Project Institutes Obtaining autonomous institution status within 2 years and ensure quality driven utilization of such status Accreditation of eligible UG+PG programmes Minimum 4 Board meetings per year Improved faculty qualifications Improvements in placement rate and average salary of placement package Increased transition of weak students from first to second year Increase in satisfaction 9 the overall student and faculty Contd… Initiation of Technology driven activities such as creating virtual labs and CoEs Increased number of Masters and Doctoral students enrolled Increased number of externally funded R&D and consultancy projects Increase in the number of publications in refereed journals Increased collaboration with institutions and industry Implementation of Governing reforms 10 Immediate Expectations NBA accreditation for 50% of eligible UG and PG programmes by September-12 20% increase in faculty with masters degree over the baseline by September-12 10% increase in faculty with Ph.D over the baseline by September12 Establishing Finishing School for academically weak students by September-12 60% expenditure of total allocation on procurements of goods by March- 13 Assistance to at least 15 M.Tech students by March-13 Assistance to at least 5 Ph.D students by March-13 Training to minimum of 20 faculties by March-13 Training to minimum of 30 Technical staff by March-13 Minimum 2 R & D projects by March-13 Performance of Institutes Sub Componant- 1.1 Sr. No. 1 Parameter 4 Leadership of Institute and its involvement in the Project Leadership of the TEQIP Coordinator Clarity of amongst all Nodal Officers TEQIP Project office available 5 Faculty attendance 6 Faculty involvement 7 Quality of queries from faculty 8 Willingness and readiness for faculty/staff training center 2 3 12 CoEK CoEJ CoEC SPCE BVU CoE SCoE B B B B B B B B B C B B B B B B B B C C C C C C B B B A A A C B B C B B B B B C B B C C B C A C Performance of Institutes Sub Componant- 1.2 Sr. No Parameter 1 Leadership of Institute and its involvement in the Project 2 4 Leadership of the TEQIP Coordinator Clarity of amongst all Nodal Officers TEQIP Project office available 5 Faculty attendance 6 Faculty involvement 7 Quality of queries from faculty 8 Willingness and readiness for faculty/staff training center 3 13 CoEP CoEA bd CoE Amrv ICT VJTI SGGS N WCE BATU GHR CoE RIT A B B A B A A B B B A C C A B A B C B B B B B B B B B B B B A A C B A A B C A B B B C C C C C C C A B C C B C C B C B B B C C B C B B B C B B C C B C B C B C A EQUITY ACTION PLAN Equity Action Plan is the approach that consists of using extra and different measures to bring equality among the students, staff, faculty etc Equity under the project is achieved when each student/faculty gains the requisite skills and knowledge needed to access meaningful opportunities. Benefit the academically weaker students by taking remedial classes, tutorials, demonstration on communication, skill development and curricular development etc to bring these students to required level of proficiency. 14 Contd… 15 To make campuses physically and socially gender friendly; especially by providing adequate and suitable facilities to women students and faculty. To ensure adherence of Equity Action Plan scrupulously and transparently. Spend a minimum of 4% of the allocation under Subcomponent-1.1 to academic support to weak students. DISCLOSURE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK AND ITS OBJECTIVE Disclosure Management means making known all information related to Project through website. Disclosure Management Framework (DMF) policy will ensure transparency and accountability in project implementation and its achievements. Adherence to DMF is mandatory in TEQIP II. 16 MONITORING & EVALUATION (M & E) WHY AN ORGANIZATION REQUIRES A GOOD M&E SYSTEM To provide information to managers and stakeholders on the extent to which the project is meeting the desired objectives To provide regular feedback on the status of the project and a clearer basis for decision-making To guide the evolution of the system in the future based on lessons learnt from the current system 17 POLICY FOR PROCUREMENT 18 Transparency Fairness Fraud Prevention Equal opportunity to all eligible bidders Economy and Efficiency Effectiveness 18 Observations of NPIU regarding Procurement Plans All institutes are supposed to follow the fund allocation guidelines as per the PIP. Disagreements observed by NPIU in the procurement plans are summarized as follows Software Packages are to be procured under LRs only. Proprietary items and items under DGS & D shall be marked clearly. Similar type/ common items from various departments shall be combined so as to minimize the number of packages Procurement of safety/ surveillance systems are not permitted Brand name of the items are to be strictly avoided Consultant services shall be hired only for specialized activities and not for basic requirements. PROCUREMENT PLAN The procurement plan duration is 1st April 2011 to 31st march 2014. REVISION OF APPROVED PROCUREMENT PLAN Revision Threshold Reviewing Authority Approving Authority >= 10% Institution < 10% & > 30% Director/ Head of Institution SPFU >= 30% 20 Director/ Head of Institution SPFU NPIU THANK YOU 21