Self Assessment Report-M.Sc. (Development Studies)
Criterion 1: Programme Mission, Objectives and Outcomes
1.1. About IM|Sciences
The Institute of Management Sciences, based in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is a young,
innovative, and enterprising Management school en route to compete with the foremost
management schools of the country. The Institute is dedicated to its unique approach (at least in
the region) of providing management education based in cutting-edge research and
comprehensive training. Unlike conventional academic institutes, IM|Sciences broadens its
educational focus in response to new trends in the developing field of management. Based on the
social values of integrity, honesty, professional excellence and a broad vision of life, the Institute
aims to provide educational experience that transforms its students into business leaders at par
with international managers, executives, and entrepreneurs. Since its inception in 1995, the
school’s academic rigor and avant-garde approach to management education have produced
alumnae that shape the world of management at regional, national, and international level.
1.2. IM|Sciences Mission Statement
The Institute’s comprehensive mission is to establish a self-conscious, learned, and selfregulating society in which individuals recognize their roles as accountable to the public good.
More specifically, the institute aim to provide advanced knowledge of the art, science, and
technology of business through teaching, research, and training in order to produce leading
executives, managers, software engineers as well as computer scientists that can venture to shape
the practice of business in every industry and become a catalyst for social and economic
development.
In order to achieve this, the institute:
 Offers diverse range of programmes based on curriculum that is in line with the varying
management and development trends
 Provide exceptional faculty that aims to advance management theory and practice by
analyzing knowledge through learning, research, classroom application, and service in
public, private and social sectors
 Attract students with outstanding intellectual ability that are dedicated to personal as well
as social, and economic development of Pakistan
The institute’s all-encompassing mission is to attest to the world the fact that a relatively
underprivileged region has the potential to reach beyond social, political, and security barriers to
educate and produce outstanding leaders for tomorrow.
1.3 The MSc. Development Studies (DS) Programme
The MSc. Development Studies (DS) Programme is spread over 4 semesters covered in
approximately 2 years. Masters in Development studies is an interdisciplinary programme that
weaves together a range of inter-related academic disciplines such as International Relations,
Economics, Management, Administration, Politics, Public Policy, Sociology, Human Rights,
Gender Studies, Environment and Law. The initiation of such a programme at IM|Sciences was
felt owing to the huge development need of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and adjacent tribal territories.
The region has been historically in spotlight for underdevelopment, conflict and natural
calamities and needs practitioners who understand the modern notions of development and can
provide the necessary skills to complement local, national, and international efforts to bring
peace & development. The programme also aims to produce development practitioners with
enhanced abilities and skills to engage with the development through innovative and critical
approaches.
1.4. The MSc. Development Studies (DS) Programme Mission Statement
The programme’s mission is to impart skills and knowledge pertaining to theory and practice in
development studies.
1.5. The MSc. Development Studies (DS) Programme Objectives:
The core objectives of this programme are as follows
Objective 1:
To orientate students with development theories, policies and practices
Course of action for objective 1:
Apart from the traditional focus of development studies programme on themes such as gender,
environment, rural and urban development, the DS programme also strives to provide an indepth understanding of current global issues in international political economy, alternative
approaches to poverty alleviation, and novel trends in public sector governance theory and
practices particularly relevant to third world countries. The study of recent perspectives in
conflict transformation is also an integral component of the programme.
The following courses are include in the curriculum for achieving objective 1
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Development Studies: Issues and Perspectives
Poverty Alleviation
Environment and Sustainable Development
Gender and Development
Governance
Human Resource Management
Principles of Public Administration
Comparative Government and Administration
Basic Theories of Social Sciences
Modern South Asia: State, Society and Religion
Development Economics
Political Economy of Development
Agricultural Economics
Environmental Economics
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Public Sector Economics
Public Finance
International Human Rights' Law
Organizational Behaviour
Outcome:
o Students’ understanding of basic concepts, theories and perspectives in
Development Studies
o Students’ ability to critically analyze and evaluate current issues in Development
management
Objective 2:
To familiarise students with recent issues and trends in the development sector
Course of action for objective 2:
Keeping pace with recent developments, both in theory and practice of development studies, is
highly critical and indispensible in academia. Several courses included in the programme are
designed to enable students to assess as to how Pakistan in general and KPK province in
particular can assimilate global trends and development models rather than growing in isolation.
The following courses are included in the curriculum for achieving objective 2
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Urban and Rural Development
Organizational Development
Globalization and Development
Decentralization, Participation and Development
Development Finance
Microfinance
Disaster Management
Small Enterprise Development
Organizational Development
Human Resource Development
Global Environmental Change
Climate Change Policy
International Financial Management
Outcome:
It is anticipated that upon the successful completion of the programme, development studies
graduates will have a sound knowledge of development related issues and the ability to apply
their knowledge in terms policy analysis, strategy formulation and execution of development
projects in their respective organizations.
Objective 3:
To enhance their critical analysis skills to understand and apply the emerging development
theories and approaches
Course of Action for Objective 3
Development Studies programme aims to identify and narrow down the gap between academic
and practical arenas of development sector. In order to do so, the structure of development
studies modules/courses is designed in a manner that incites students’ capability to develop
social research skills, proficient communication abilities, and ability to apply the acquired
knowledge and skills effectively.
The following courses in the curriculum for achieving objective 3
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Research Methodology
Conflict and Conflict Analysis
Project Planning and Implementation
Project Monitoring and Evaluation
Issues in Pakistan’s Economy
Public Health
NGO Management
Environment and Development: Impact Assessment
ICTs and Socio-economic Development
Outcomes
Graduates will acquire comprehensive knowledge that will provide them with a substantial
competitive edge in the vast development sector including nongovernmental organizations
(NGO's), multilateral and bi-lateral aid agencies, donor organizations and support agencies and
Multi National Corporations (MNCs). Since development interventions are multifaceted and
need practitioners who are well versed in a range of disciplines, the programme focuses on
producing generalists rather than specialists who can find it easy to work across a spectrum of
issues in a multitude of organizational set ups.
Criterion 2: CURRICULUM DESIGN AND ORGANIZATION
2.1 DEGREE TITLE:
MSc. Development Studies (MSc. DS)
2.2: Definition of Credit Unit
An academic semester signifies 16 weeks of classes (lectures and tutorials), exclusive of three
monthly exams and one comprehensive examination.
2.3: Degree Plan
The MSc. Development Studies (DS) Programme is spread over 4 semesters covered in
approximately 2 years. Students have to appear in 3 monthly examinations during the semester
and one comprehensive exam at the end of semester. Students are required to submit a research
report at the end of the last semester.
2.4 ASSESMENT OF THE MSc. DS CURRICULUM
Standard 2-1 Courses Versus Objectives
The curricula of all core and elective subjects are designed exquisitely to support the programme
objectives and are coherent with the dynamic requirements of the social/development sector.
Although no specialisation is offered in the programme, students usually chose the topic/area of
their dissertation in accordance with their interest. This facilitates them to study and research in
one of their most preferred subject.
Standard 2-2 Theory Problem and Solution Design
The curricula of all core and elective subjects have been designed systematically and updated on
a regular basis. The overall design of programme ensures the students acquire theoretical
knowledge as well as practical skills related to development issues and perspectives.
Standard 2-3: Mathematics and Basic Sciences Requirements
Not Applicable
Standard 2-4: Major Requirements as Specified by HEC
Not Applicable as HEC has not provided/specified guidelines for this programme.
Standard 2-5: Humanities, Social Sciences, Arts, Ethical, Professional and others
The programme includes courses associated with social science and humanities such as
International Relations, Economics, Management, Administration, Politics, Public Policy,
Sociology, Human Rights, Gender Studies, Environment and Law.
Following is the semester-wise break-up of all the compulsory and elective subjects.
Semester 1
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Module
Code
DS 500
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3
DS 501
DS 502
4
DS 503
5
Module
Credit Hours
Development Studies:
Issues
and
Perspectives
Poverty Alleviation
Environment
and
Sustainable
Development
Gender
and
Development
Elective 1
3
Module
Credit Hours
Urban
and
Rural
Development
Conflict and Conflict
Analysis
Development
Economics
Elective 2
Elective 3
3
Module
Credit Hours
Political Economy of
Development
Globalization
and
Development
Public Policy Analysis
Elective 4
Elective 5
3
Module
Credit Hours
3
3
3
3
Semester 2
S. No
1
Module
Code
DS 510
2
DS 512
3
DS 513
4
5
3
3
3
3
Semester 3
S. No
1
Module
Code
DS 600
2
DS 601
3
4
5
DS 603
3
3
3
3
Semester 4
S. No
Module
Code
1
2
3
4
5
6
Research Methodology
Statistical Tools for
Social
Sciences
(Including SPSS)
Elective 6
Elective 7
Elective 8
Internship
Report
/Dissertation
Elective Subjects
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ICTs and Socio-economic Development
Modern South Asia: State, Society & Religion
International Financial Institutions
Basic Theories of Social Sciences
Politics
Principles of Public Administration
Comparative Government and Administration
Governance
Local Governance
Decentralization, Participation and Development
Development Finance
Disaster Management
Project planning and Implementation
Project Monitoring and Evaluation
Small Enterprise Development
Organizational Development
Human Resource Management
Human Resource Development
Organizational Behaviour
Agricultural Economics
Environmental Economics
Public Sector Economics
International Human Rights' Law
Issues in Pakistan’s Economy
Public Health
NGO Management
Environment and Development: Impact Assessment
Global Environmental Change
Climate Change
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Standard 2-6: Information Technology Contents
The programme includes a course titled ‘Statistical Tools for Social Sciences (Including SPSS)’.
Although, the course contents are primarily based on Quantitative Research Methods, a
substantial portion of the mentioned course is also allocated for enhancing students’ capability to
learn and apply modern computer applications/programmes such as SPSS in their research
projects.
Standard 2-7: Communication Skills
Not Applicable
Criterion 3: Laboratories and Computing Facilities
3.1: Introduction
The students of M.Sc. (DS) programme have the opportunity to take benefit from the institute’s
extensive computer and information technology facilities. The labs are conveniently located on
all floors (two labs on each floor) of the academic building. Out of a total eight labs, four labs
have at least 30 computers each and four labs have more than 80 computers each. Apart for
computer labs, students have been provided access to computers in the library as well. The
institute maintains a wireless network, allowing the students to connect to the internet from their
mobile communication devices such as laptops and tablets. Students can access to HEC digital
library and online research databases such as Emerald, Blackwell-Synergy, JSTOR, through the
institute’s computers and wireless network. Students are also facilitated in the acquisition of
registered statistical software packages (such as SPSS, STATA, and EViews), and Microsoft
products through the Microsoft Digital Network (MSDN).
Standard 3-1: Lab Manuals/Documentation/instructing
A detailed document containing instructions on the usage of computer and internet has been
provided to students and faculty.
Standard 3-2: Adequate personal support for labs
The support staff in the labs is minimal. In each lab, one personnel designated as ‘Lab
Assistant’ looks after the computers in the lab and facilitates the faculty and students when
needed.
Standard 3-3: Adequate Computing Infrastructure and Facilities
Computer and information technology is available to Faculty, staff and students alike. Apart
from fully equipped labs with branded computers of latest technology and the availability of
internet across the campus; the classrooms and lecture theatres have been equipped with
modern multimedia and computer technology to be used visual aid. Video conferencing
facility has also been setup at the institute through which audio-visual connection can be
made with universities and organization across the country and around the globe.
3.2 Safety Procedures for All Computer Labs
All the computer labs have been designed with the safety concerns taken into account. The labs
support personnel are available inside the lab all the time. The computer equipment pose no
immediate safety risk; however, in case of accidents such as fire or electric shock arrangements
have been made to deal with the situation i.e. fire alarms and fire extinguishers have been located
at various locations and a first aid medical aid clinic has been set up within the premises of the
campus.
Criterion 4: Student Support and Guidance
4.1 Introduction
The programme administration along with the other coordinating and administrative
representative of the institute, strives to provide maximum academic facilitation and advice. The
faculty at the institute dedicates extra time for students counselling to help them in various issues
regarding their education, career and social life.
4.2 Courses
Standard 4-1:
Sufficient Frequency of Course Offering
The program offers all the core and elective courses as per the programme structure on a
frequent basis.
4.2.1 Core
Core course being an essential component and sizeable part of the M.Sc. (Development Studies)
programme are offered in every semester, extended over the duration of the programme.
4.2.2 Elective courses
Elective courses are offered from third semester onwards till the fourth semester from the
selected area of specializations.
4.3 Structure of Courses
Standard 4-2:
Effective Faculty/Student Interaction
The student/teacher interaction is an essential pillar of M.Sc. (DS) programme. The
following principles are observed to ensure successful achievement of programme objectives:
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Each class is made of 40 students at most.
75% attendance during the semester in each subject is mandatory.
At least 2 CGPA must be maintained by the students to retain their position in the
program
● Students are assessed for their academic progress through monthly exams and a final
comprehensive exam
● Faculty distributes outlines in the beginning of the semester and devotes their office
hours for students counselling.
● Students are instructed to be punctual and efficient in fulfilling the requirements of class
based or take-home tasks and assignments.
4.4 Guidance to Students
Standard 4-3:
Professional Advising and Counselling
The choice of the right area of specialization that matches with students’ abilities, interest and
aspiration is an important and daunting task. The experienced and committed faculty at the
institute show their concern for students’ career progression and provides sincere guidance and
support.
4.4.1 Students counselling system
Students are provided counselling through number of channels. The primary channel is the
faculty, who are close to students because of a friendly and respectable relationship, making the
students to be comfortable in sharing the problems and concerns. In addition, the programme
coordinator also plays an important role in resolving student issues and conflicts. Professional
career advisory is also available through the Career Development Centre, which has been
developed for students counselling and providing the students with placement services.
4.4.2 Opportunities for the Students
The M.Sc. (Development Studies) programme ensures that students are provided with the
opportunities for academic excellence but also ensuring that they are involved in co-curricular
and extra-curricular activities, so that they are developed into socially productive units of the
society. The students have also been active in participating in annual parties, sports gala, winter
and spring festivals, within the institute. They have also been sponsored for visits to universities
within the country to participate in various academic and non-academic competitions.
Section 5: Process Control
5.1 Introduction
The M.Sc. (DS) programme administration is responsible for student admission, student
registration, faculty recruitment, teaching and graduation. These functions are documented and
conducted in an organized manner. The various process controls mentioned above are explained
as follows:
Standard 5.1:
5.2 Programme admission criteria, policies regarding programme
/ credit transfer
The admission to M.Sc (DS) programme takes place once in an academic year, after the due
approval of the Academic Committee of the institute. This process is reviewed and evaluated on
regular-basis at least once in a year, in meetings of semester committee and coordinators’
committee meetings chaired by the Director of the institute. The committees decide on matters
related to admission such as the number students to be admitted, review and approval of
advertisement for admission and proposed time and dates for admission.
The prospective candidates are admitted to the programme on the basis of the following criteria:
1. They have to meet minimum required education for admission into the programme.
2. They have qualified the entrance test arranged by the institute in coordination with
testing-authority.
3. They have passed the interview for admission.
4. They have completed other conditions the institute may deem necessary at the time of
admission.
The candidates desirous of getting admission in M.Sc. (DS) programme shall be with B.A.,
B.Com or equivalent qualification and having at least second division, securing 45% marks in
aggregate.
Qualifying admission test and interview separately are compulsory. A candidate securing less
than 40% marks in test or interview stands disqualified for admission.
The performance of students is evaluated through a continuous testing process spread over entire
duration of study. Students must maintain a minimum GPA/CGPA of 2.2 on a cumulative basis
during the course of their academic programme. Students with GPA/CGPA less than 2.0 are
dropped from the rolls of the institute. Students securing a GPA/CGPA between 2.0 and 2.2
remain on probation for one semester.
5.2.1 Transfer from outside the university
Admission into M.Sc. (DS) through credit transfer from any other institute / university is not
allowed.
5.2.2 Transfer to the programme from other programmes
Students enrolled in M.Sc. (DS) are not allowed to transfer to any other programme offered in
the institute.
5.2.3 Transfer to the programme from another major
The administration, if deems necessary, can offer a course for which students from various
programmes may be enrolled.
5.3 Process of registration
Standard 5.2:
The registration process ensures enrolment of all active students. Registration process is
conducted at the start of a programme usually in first semester and in some cases, second
semester depending upon the response from a respective board/ institution necessary in the
verification of documents issued by such institutions.
Student course load
A regular student is required to take twelve credit hours per regular semester, however, a student
can take a maximum of 18 credit hours.
5.4 Recruiting process
Standard 5.3:
The recruitment process starts with the receipt of application & CV of the candidate followed by
a demonstration. A demonstration is a presentation wherein a candidate presents a topic in the
area of his degree specialization to a panel of subject expert faculty members and selected
programme coordinators. Presentation is followed by an question and answer session. If a
candidate is recommended by panel, he/she may be initially engaged on visiting basis for a
semester with a teaching load not more than two courses. During the semester, the performance
of the newly recruited visiting faculty is evaluated through a Faculty Evaluation Report. If the
performance of the visiting faculty is satisfactory i.e. they have achieved a required level of score
in the Faculty Evaluation; the visiting faculty is assigned courses in the subsequent semesters.
If the visiting faculty is able to maintain job performance for at least two semester of his/her
visiting status, the faculty member is recommended for appointment on one-year contract at a
designation that commensurate with his/her qualification and experience. The contract is
renewable for further one year, based on performance in the first contract year. After the
evaluation of a candidate’s two years’ performance by selection board he/she is recommended
for permanent absorption in the cadre in which he/she was originally appointed.
5.4.2 Faculty evaluation
Faculty Evaluation Report refers to assessment and feedback from students regarding faculty
members’ teaching assignment. A faculty member’s performance is assessed in the areas such as:
Ability to create interest, command over subject, communicative ability, capacity to inspire
student, coming down to students’ level, punctuality. The evaluation is conducted twice every
semester; once at the middle stage and second at the end of a semester. Once tabulation and
calculation process completes, results of evaluation in the form of a report containing statistical
measures such arithmetic mean, mode, median, standard deviation, question rated lowest and
question rated highest by students are communicated to the faculty member. The report serves as
a feedback tool that helps the faculty member in making necessary improvement in teaching
method and style, if required.
5.5 Teaching and delivery of course material
Standard 5.4:
Apart from the faculty evaluation, the process and management control system at the institute are
used to maintain excellence in teaching and learning. The academic administration at the institute
emphasizes use of modern teaching techniques and method and encourages use of technology
such as audio-visual aids, multimedia, computers and research databases to enhance quality of
material delivery and improve the learning of students. The management control processes, and
procedures have been approved after thorough discussion at the relevant forums to ensure that
the programme’s teaching and material delivery objectives are met.
a. Coordinator’s role
The programme coordinator is, in general, is responsible for following academic activities:
■ Assigning courses to faculty.
■ Scheduling of courses for the programme.
■ Ensuring workload of faculty members in terms of minimum credit-hour teaching.
■ Keeping liaison with semester committee and other academic forums.
■ Monitoring and controlling smooth conduct of classes, content coverage and teaching
quality. For this purpose, two activities are undertaken. First, daily round report is
generated where it is reported whether a given class was taken or not? Did the teacher
enter the class on time? Did the teacher left the class on time? Second, teacher evaluation
form is used to determine effectiveness of teaching method, coverage of course contents,
and teaching quality. Evaluation form is attached as annexure to this SAR.
b. Curriculum and course syllabus
The faculty members distribute copies of course outline for their respective courses. The course
outlines are designed according to the approved structure of a course learning objectives. In
general a course outline contains the course title, code, prerequisite or co-requisite if any, topics
and subtopics of the course, evaluation criteria, tasks and assignments, and recommended books
and other material.
c. Attendance
Students are required to maintain at least 75% of the attendance for each course the student is
enrolled in. A student failing to meet the attendance requirements in a course is not allowed to sit
for the exam in that course.
d. Evaluation and grading
The performance of a student is evaluated through a continuous testing procedure spread over the
entire duration of the semester. Every month an hourly examination is conducted for each course,
thus a student is required to appear in three such examinations for each course he/she is enrolled
in, during the semester. The score for the best to examinations is added towards final score. The
weight age of the monthly examinations is forty percent of the total score of a course. Besides
the monthly examination, a semester’s final examination is conducted at the end of the semester,
which also carries forty percent marks. Another twenty percent marks are for tasks and
assignments.
5.6 Graduation process
Standard 5.5:
A student in order to graduate with M.Sc. (DS) programme needs to meet the degree
requirements which are:
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Passing all the core courses of the offered in the programme.
Passing all the elective courses offered in the specialization selected by the student.
Writing and successfully defending a Master’s level research thesis.
Section 6: Faculty
The M.Sc. (DS) programme has engaged some of the brilliant and committed faculty at the
institute and from the industry. The faculty with number of years of teaching and industry
experience is competent enough to deliver the course contents to the achievement of course and
programme objectives. This has helped the programme in reaching a high standard in teaching
and learning.
Standard 6.1:
6.1 Faculty Development
Standard 6.2:
The institute is committed to faculty development through a number of initiatives. The institute
had been generous in providing study leave and financial support to faculty members’ doctoral
studies abroad. The faculty members are also provided financial support if they intend to enrol in
any of the research programmes offered at the institute. Faculty can avail the opportunity to
attend seminars, trainings and workshop to enhance their capabilities. In order to increase
research publications, the institute has devised a research policy through which faculty members
are rewarded for the publications they make in national and international journals, through which
they receive a reward of 10000 rupees for publication in Y-Category Journals and 25000 rupees
for X or W category journals. The institute facilitates and motivates its employees to attend the
research conferences for their paper presentations. Moreover, the institute regularly organizes
workshops for the faculty to improve their research skills.
6.2 Faculty Motivation
Standard 6.3:
The institute offer competitive salaries to employees with other benefits such as provident fund,
medical insurance, rent and transportation allowance, in addition to a friendly and professional
work environment. In addition, the institute has a promotion structure for the career progress of
the faculty members.
Section 7: Institutional Facilities
Standard 7-1: The institution must have the infrastructure to support new trends in
learning such as e-learning.
To support the e-learning the institution has a well equipped video conference room (videocon) and computer labs.
■ Video-con is used for online workshops, lectures and coverage of co-curricular activities
e.g. debates competition held at HEC etc. Video-con is also used for online interviews of
students for the grant of scholarships or student loans through HEC.
■ The institute maintains six computer labs with a total of 225 computers that are connected
to internet and digital library. One out of the total six labs remains open through-out the
day during working hours from 08:30am till 08:15pm without a break. This lab is
primarily used by students to do their assignments and access the digital library; no
classes take place in the general lab.
Standard 7-2: The library must possess an up-to-date technical collection relevant
to the programme and must be adequately staffed with professional personnel.
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The institutions library is well equipped with all the modern facilities of learning that
caters to the needs of the students. The library is divided into two main sections;
a. Reference section includes books, research journals and subscribed magazines.
Students and faculty cannot issue the publications from this section; however they can
photocopy and scan the reference material.
b. The second section of the library facilitates the issuance of books. Students can issue
books for a maximum period of two..
■ The library employs 2 library assistants (one male and one female) along with 2 library
attendants (both male) with relevant qualification in library sciences, who are available in
the library for students and faculty assistance during working hours.
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The library remains open through-out the day from 8:30 AM till 8:15 PM without a
break.
■ The library management software purchased from abroad, has been installed at the library
for the facilitation of students and faculty.
■ In order to facilitate students in accessing digital library and online learning resources
such as books, journals and scholarly magazines; 15 computers have been placed in the
library.
Standard 7-3: Classrooms must be adequately equipped and offices must be
adequate to enable faculty to carry out their responsibilities.
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All the class rooms are equipped with computers and multimedia. The Wi-Fi facility
helps the faculty and students to access in class rooms and their offices..
Faculty rooms have desktop, internet and digital library facility.
Faculty members are provided with a facility of purchasing laptops by paying instalments
that are deducted from their salaries.
Faculty member are provided with registered version of statistical software packages and
Microsoft products.
Turn-it-in accounts have been provided to faculty members to check student submissions
(assignments and research report) for plagiarism.
Section 8: Institutional Support
Standard 8-1: Support and Financial Resources
The support and resources offered by Institute of Management Sciences to attract and retain
high quality faculty are multidimensional. Some factors that contribute to the recruitment and
retention of high quality faculty are summarized below:
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Competitive salary packages
Group life insurance
Gratuity fund
Contributory provident fund
Health insurance (Group Medical Insurance)
Study leave with pay for scholarship holders
Research funds for research projects
Research rewards on publications
Support in availing HEC’s travel grant for national and international conferences
Support in availing HEC’s research grant
Training opportunities for personal and career development
Financial support for studying at the institute.
Standard 8-2: Number and Quality of graduate students, research assistants and
Ph.D. students
MBA (Banking & Finance) taught programme, therefore the standard does not apply to the
programme.
Standard 8-3: Financial support for Library and Computing Facilities
There are sufficient financial resources for maintaining and supporting library and computing
facilities. The institute’s library has a large number of publications and new publication being
added each month. Computing facilities have also been provided in the Library, where 15
computers are available to students for research purposes. The computer and information
technology facilities available at the institute are state of the art. 6 computer labs equipped
with 225 latest computers, 48 classrooms and 6 lecture theatres each fully equipped with
multimedia and desktop computer, Wi-Fi network in the academic building, high speed
internet and access to digital libraries and research databases, and free registered software
packages for students and faculty are some of the facilities that have been made available to
the benefit of students and faculty.