Technical Education Quality Improvement Program – Phase II ๐กโ ๐๐ผ Review Meeting SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COCHIN-22, KERALA Preamble This power point presentation contains slides showing the improvement in (a) student performance (b) faculty contributions (c) facilities and technical support (d) academic support units and teaching learning process and (e) Governance, Institutional Support and Financial Resources of Participating Institutions of TEQIP-II during the project period. The above parameters are selected from Evaluation Guidelines of National Board of Accreditation for UG programs-Tier-II. Student’s Success rate = (No. of students who cleared the programme in the s t i p u l a t e d period of course duration)/(No. of students admitted in the first year and students admitted in that batch via lateral entry) Chart Title 20 15 10 5 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 Electronics 2011-12 2012-13 Computer Science 2013-14 IT Safety & Fire Engineering Academic Performance Index (= Mean of CGPA of all the students on a 10-point CGPA system Or = (Mean of the percentage of marks of all students / 10) Chart Title 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 Electronics & Comm 2011-12 2012-13 Computer 2013-14 IT Safety & Fire Engineering Placement & Higher Studies (Assessment = 30 × (x + 1.25y)/N , where, x = No. of students placed, y = No. of students admitted for higher studies with valid qualifying scores/ranks and N = No. of students who were admitted in the batch including lateral entry subject to max. assessment points = 30, Percentage of students to be considered based on first year and lateral entry) Chart Title 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 Electronics & Comm 2011-12 2012-13 Computer 2013-14 IT Safety & Fire Engineering Professional Societies IEEE •Seminar •Workshop ISRO •Design Contest Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE) Association of Safety & Fire Engineers •Life Member (KE 020) •Short Term Training Programme •Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Students chapter) Electrical and electronics students association •Member Department of Electronics, CUSAT •Workshop Association of Computer Engineering Students •Workshop •Webinar Institution of Engineers(IE) •Member Mechanical Engineering Student Association CUSAT(MESAC) •Department Association •Workshop •Talk Electronics and Communication Students Association (ECSA) •Workshop •Talk IEEE-WIE (Women in Engineering) Student Chapter Information Technology Association •Events •Workshop •Seminar •Interactive session Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers(IETE) Students’ Forum (ISF) •Invited Talk DST-SERC IETS Student forum KSCSTE AICTE SCISF •Workshop •Project •Invited Talk •National Seminar •Staff Development Program •Workshop IIT Mumbai Indian Geotechnical Society and Institution of Engineers CE Students Association (CESA) •Member •Conference •Guest Lecturer •Webinar on Python NSS Nature Club Publications by Students Sl. No Name of the Publications Release Date Editor Publishers 1 IT Vision 01/03/11 Mr. Nizaj Salim Information Technology Association 2 IT Vision -Chase 21/03/12 Mr. Vysakh Krishnan Information Technology Association 3 IT Vision -Chase 21/03/13 Harisree Nair Information Technology Association 4 Sparkle 2013-Annual Magazine 02/02/12 Balachandar Department of EEE 5 Sparkle 2012-Annual Magazine 01/02/11 Arun das Annual magazine-Department of EEE 6 Sparkle 2011-Annual Magazine 01/02/10 Sonu kumar Annual magazine-Department of EEE 7 Bits and Bytes – Vol.1 – Online April 2013 Parveen Hussain ECSA 8 Reboot 1 Dec 2011 Gibu Thomas Mathew ACES, Division of Computer Science 9 Reboot 1 28/02/2012 Nevin Thomas ACES, Division of Computer Science 10 Reboot 1 29/04/2013 Sidharth P Soly ACES, Division of Computer Science 11 MEZZANINE 3-Technical Magazine 2010-11-Issue3 Minal, ReebuKurian, BipinKumar,KumarRagavendra Civil Engineering Students Association, Division of Civil Engineering 12 MEZZANINE 2-Technical Magazine 2009-10-Issue2 Karthekay Kumar Srivastava, Nishanlulu, Bijoy Mohan, Minal, Reebu , Ragenendra Civil Engineering Students Association, Division of Civil Engineering Entrepreneurship initiatives Sl. No Title Duration Name of Students/Dept Achievement 1 National seminar on Safety Security and Occupational Hazards in collaboration with Swiss Systems, April 2012 20/04/201221/04/2012 Safety & Fire Engineering Division 2 International Conference on Recent Advances in Chemical Engineering in collaboration with Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, March 2012. 10/3/201112/3/2011 Safety & Fire Engineering Division 3 Mr. Akhil Krishnan and Mr.Kalidasan Kallidil from Mind Helix Technologies 4 A company named ‘Rectina Systems’ for Robotics Research and Devolopment in Startup village Started by Students of IT Division Vimal Gopal (CEO),Riswin M H & Sarath Sivan as (COO),Shine Francis as (Chief Electronics Head), Dinsanth as(Designer),Saran Das as(Chief Mechanical Head). Proceeding with the development of a tele presence robot in the field of robotics. They are also working on Android Application area. 5 A company named CENTRIX Solutions in Kochi, Bangalore & Dubai for Software Design & Development Started by Students of IT Division Ajeesh Paul(MD) & Madhu Krishnan(Managing Partner) Developing various software systems 6 Started a company in the start up village, kochi Rohit Manomohan Started a company in the start up village, kochi 7 Installed an Automated Self-sufficient Streetlight – the most conventional form of a street light in the campus. Anantharaman G, Vishnu.G.P, Suhair Zain, Azhar K.A, Anantharaman.G Installed an Automated Self-sufficient Streetlight – the most conventional form of a street light in the campus. They have also developed website to buy and sell used books among students. Currently, working on a land development project in association with the Cochin Shipyard. 8 Design and Development of Embedded System development Board with all necessary peripherals with direct IC burning facilty via USB-Preparing to develop a simulation cum development on-board circuit.PIC based burner is almost completed and work with simulation is going on. Expected to complete within February 2013 Arunlal P.K, Swaroop R, Jithin M V, Shanil P S,Anson Joseph, Fahad KT, Vimal TV, Nadeesh Mohan, Vishnu C R,Amjed Mohammad K. A, Lakshmi Narayanan G, AkhilAnand K.A, Presented in Emerging Kerala 9 Qrio Technologies Pvt Ltd.- Product Development and Automation solutions - 1) A full fledged R&D company to Abhijith C.R, Suraj.M Founder, Director Workshop on Entrepreneurship development Awards/Prices (Inter-collegiate/State level/National) Sl. No. Date of the Event description Event venue event Event level unit/state / national Type of event (individual /team) Student details Awards 13-7-2012 IIT 2012 Summer fellowship IIT, Madras National Individual Amit Kumar Participated 19-9-2012 to 20-9-2012 E-ZEIGEN 2K12. Technical SymposiumRobowar Met’s School of Engineering, Mala-Thrissur National Individual NithinAinikkal Partcipated 28-9-2012 to 29-9-2012 Takshak 2012-Robowar, CAD-Drawing Mar Athanicious College of Engineering, Kothamangalam National Individual NithinAinikkal Partcipated 13-9-2012 to 15-9-2012 Techfest Abhiyanthr-iki 2012Robowar, Robo Soccer RSET, Kochi National Individual NithinAinikkal Partcipated 28-9-2012 to 29-9-2012 Takshak 2012-ROBOSOCCER Mar Athanicious College of Engineering, Kothamangalam National Individual NithinAinikkal 2nd Prize 11-10-2012 to 12-10-2012 Tharang12V2.0Agnipath/Robowar JyothiEnineering College, Cheruthuruthy, Thrissur National Individual NithinAinikkal Participated 17-10-2012 to 21-10-2012 Tathva-League of Machines, Descartes Square, Erecthion, Dirt Race NIT, Calicut National Individual NithinAinikkal Participated 24-2-2012 to 26-2-2012 Conjura 2012-Bridge la Conception Green Building T.K.M College of Engg, Kollam State Individual Srilkshmi K Nair Participated Student Teacher Ratio (Assessment = 20 × 15/STR; subject to max. assessment at 20 where, STR = (x + y + z)/N1 x = No. of students in 2nd year of the programme, y = No. of students in 3rd year of the programme z = No. of students in 4th year of the programme, N1 = Total no. of faculty members in the programme (by considering the fractional load) Chart Title 25 20 15 10 5 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 Electronics & Comm 2011-12 2012-13 Computer 2013-14 IT Safety & Fire Engineering Faculty Cadre Ratio (Assessment = 20 × CRI, Cadre ratio index (CRI) = 2.25 × (2x + y)/N; based on 1:2:6 subject to max. CRI = 1.0, x = No. of professors in the programme, y = No. of associate professors in the programme) Chart Title 25 20 15 10 5 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 Electronics & Comm 2011-12 2012-13 Computer 2013-14 IT Safety & Fire Engineering Faculty qualifications (Assessment = 6 × FQI, Faculty qualification index (FQI) = (10x + 6y + 2z0)/N2, where, x+y+z0 ≤ N2, z0 ≤ z, x = No. of faculty members with PhD, y = No. of faculty members with ME/Mtech, z = No. of faculty members with BE/BTech) Chart Title 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 Electronics & Comm 2011-12 2012-13 Computer 2013-14 IT Safety & Fire Engineering Faculty Competencies correlation to Programme Specific Criteria (IEEE) – Electronics/Electrical Image Processing Signal Processing Neural Networks Microwave Electronics Microwave and Radar Communica tion Systems Communica tion Engineering Dr.R GopikaK umari Dr.R GopikaK umari Dr.R GopikaK umari Dr.S. Mridula Dr.S. Mridula Dr.P.Myt hili Dr.Abdul la P Rema N.R Dr.Asha Elizabeth Daniel Rema N.R Dr.BinuP aul Dr.BinuP aul VLSI Dr.Rekha K James Arun Mohan Digital Electronics Fibre Optic Sensor Electronic Design Opto Electronics Wireless Networks Dr.Rekha K James Mr.Unni A.M Mr.Unni A.M Dr.JibuK umar M .G Dr.JibuK umar M .G Digital Image Processing Dr. Deepa Sankar Digital Electronics Microelectr onics HRD& Marketing Dr. Deepa Sankar Dr.Shaha na T.K Mr.Prem Kumar C.V Dr.Shaha na T.K Dr.Babita Roslind Jose Dr.P.Myt hili Anju Pradeep Dr.Babita Roslind Jose Anju Pradeep Mr.Prem Kumar C.V Kochura ni Peter Wireless Communica tion Dr.Babita Roslind Jose Embedded Systems Ashna H. Sumitha E.C. Applied Electronics Suja S. Power and energy systems Dr.C.A.B abu Control systems and nonlinear dynamics Dr.Usha Nair Energetics Electrical Machines P.G.Lath a Sheena K.M Electronic instrument ation Mage Reena Varghese Faculty Competencies correlation to Programme Specific Criteria (ACM)- Comp Science, IT Software Engineering Data Security Dr.David Peter S Dr.Sheena Mathew Sheena S Dr. Varghese Paul Dr.Philip Samuel Neural Networks Pramod Pavithran Information Processing Ancy Zachariah Sudheep Elayidom Deepa Paul E P Neena Elsa JosePrakash Computer Hardware and Assembly Language Programming Damodaran V Networking and Communication Vinod Kumar PP Networking Preetha M S Preetha S Hardware and Networking Neethu S. Kumar Computer Graphics Nismimol E A Faculty Competencies correlation to Programme Specific Criteria (ASME)- Mechanical Production Mechanical (Industrial) Engg. Dr.Ajithkumar G Production Engg. Engg., Machine Design Management Dr.Biju N. Dr.K.P.S.Nair Dr.Jayadas N H Dr.Bhasi.A.B. Sri. Joseph Alexander Dr. M.R.R.Panicker. Material Science and Technology Dr. Saju K.K. Manufacturing Propulsion Engg. (Thermal & Fluid Engg) Dr. Sreejith P.S. Dr.Tide P.S. Dr. V.N.N.Namboothiri Sri. Gireesh Kumaran Thampi B.S. Refrigeration & Cryogenics Engg. Fluid Mechanics. Dr. Jacob Elias Sri. Joshy P.J. Thermal Science Dr.James Varghese Mechanical Engineering Sri. Franklin R John Faculty Competencies correlation to Programme Specific Criteria (ASCE)- Civil Geotechnical Engineering Dr.BENNY MATHEWS ABRAHAM Dr.SOBHA CYRUS Dr.K.S.BEENA Water Resources Engg. Environmental Engg. Dr.ABDU Mr.ARUN RAHIMAN K.U. KUMAR T. Dr.SUBHA V Dr.RENU PAWELS Dr.ROY M THOMAS Transportation Engg. Smt.BINDU C.S. Structural Engg Dr.DEEPA BALAKRISHNAN S Habitat Technology/Building Materials Dr.DEEPA G.NAIR Construction Engineering and Management Viji A J Civil Engineering Aiswarya Raphel Dr.GLORY JOSEPH Renjini menon Dr.JOB THOMAS Tintu Joy M Sri.NARASIMHA D S Junia Joseph Sri.RAMADASS S Soumya Noufiamol K Vishnu Sasidharan Faculty Competencies correlation to Programme Specific Criteria (AIChE)- Safety & Fire Engineering Chemical Engineering Dr.G.Madhu Environmental Safety and Fire Engineering Engineering Dr.G.Madhu Dr.G.Madhu Ms. Lila bai T S Dr. Deepak Kumar Sahoo Dr. George Mathew Dr. V. R. Renjith Mechanical Engineering Dr. M.N.Viondkumar Safety Management Dr. M.N. Viondkumar Construction safety Dr. Deepak Kumar Sahoo Structural Engineering Dr. Deepak Kumar Sahoo Dr. George Mathew Production Engineering and industrial safety Mr. A. Nirmal Job Faculty Participation in FSDs of two week duration Chart Title 25 20 15 10 5 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 Electronics & Comm 2011-12 2012-13 Computer 2013-14 IT Safety & Fire Engineering Faculty Participation in FSDs of one week duration Chart Title 25 20 15 10 5 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 Electronics & Comm 2011-12 2012-13 Computer 2013-14 IT Safety & Fire Engineering Faculty participation as resource persons Chart Title 25 20 15 10 5 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 Electronics & Comm 2011-12 2012-13 Computer 2013-14 IT Safety & Fire Engineering Faculty Retention (Assessment = 3 × RPI/N, Retention point index (RPI) = Sum of the retention points to all faculty members One retention point for each year of experience at the institution, subject to maximum five points to a faculty member.) Chart Title 25 20 15 10 5 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 Electronics & Comm 2011-12 2012-13 Computer 2013-14 IT Safety & Fire Engineering Faculty Retention (Assessment = 3 × RPI/N, Retention point index (RPI) = Sum of the retention points to all faculty members One retention point for each year of experience at the institution, subject to maximum five points to a faculty member.) Chart Title 25 20 15 10 5 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 Electronics & Comm 2011-12 2012-13 Computer 2013-14 IT Safety & Fire Engineering Faculty research publications (Assessment of FRP = 4 × (Sum of the research publication points scored by each faculty member)/N (Instruction: A faculty member scores maximum five research publication points each year, depending upon the quality of the research papers published in the past three years.) The research papers considered are those (i) which can be located on internet and/or are included in hard-copy volumes/ proceedings, published by well-known publishers, and (ii) the faculty member’s affiliation, in the published paper, is of the current institution. Chart Title 25 20 15 10 5 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 Electronics & Comm 2011-12 2012-13 Computer 2013-14 IT Safety & Fire Engineering Faculty Intellectual Property Rights (FIPR) (Assessment of FIPR = 2 × (Sum of the FIPR points scored by each faculty member)/N (Instruction: A faculty member scores maximum five FIPR points, each year. IPR includes awarded national/international patents, books, and copyrights.). Chart Title 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 Electronics & Comm 2011-12 2012-13 Computer 2013-14 IT Safety & Fire Engineering Funded R&D projects and consultancy (FRDC) work (Assessment of R&D and consultancy projects = 4 × (Sum of FRDC by each faculty member)/N , Instruction: A faculty member gets maximum five points each year, depending upon the amount of funds and/or c o n t r i b u t i o n s made. A suggestive scheme is given below for a minimum amount of Rs. 1 lakh: Five points for funding by national agency Four points for funding by state agency/ private sector Two points for funding by sponsoring trust/society Chart Title 25 20 15 10 5 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 Electronics & Comm 2011-12 2012-13 Computer 2013-14 IT Safety & Fire Engineering Faculty interaction with outside world (Faculty interaction p o i n t s ( F I P ) assessment = 2 × (Sum of FIP by each faculty member)/N Chart Title 25 20 15 10 5 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 Electronics & Comm 2011-12 2012-13 Computer 2013-14 IT Safety & Fire Engineering Lecture Halls Chart Title 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical Electronics & Comm 2010-11 2011-12 Computer 2012-13 2013-14 IT Safety & Fire Engineering Seminar Halls There are 3 Seminar Halls. 1-Exclusively for Safety & Fire Engineering 1-Shared by Computer Science and IT Divisions 1-Shared by Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics and Civil Departments Chart Title 1.2 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 Electronics & Comm 2011-12 2012-13 Computer 2013-14 IT Safety & Fire Engineering Tutorial Rooms There are 2 Tutorial Rooms shared by all the Departments Chart Title 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 Electronics & Comm 2011-12 2012-13 Computer 2013-14 IT Safety & Fire Engineering Faculty Rooms (Rooms equipped with white/black board, computer, internet, and other such amenities/facilities, Usage of room for counselling/discussion with students) Chart Title 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 Electronics & Comm 2011-12 2012-13 Computer 2013-14 IT Safety & Fire Engineering Faculty Rooms (Rooms equipped with white/black board, computer, internet, and other such amenities/facilities, Usage of room for counselling/discussion with students) Chart Title 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Civil Mechanical Electrical 2010-11 Electronics & Comm 2011-12 2012-13 Computer 2013-14 IT Safety & Fire Engineering Laboratories (No of students per experimental setup, Technical Manpower support) Computer • General computing lab(3,1) • Data Structures Lab(3,1) • Network and OS Lab(3,1) • Microprocessors Lab(5,1) IT • General computing lab(3,1) • Data Structures Lab(3,1) • Network and OS Lab(3,1) • Microprocessors Lab(5,1) Safety & Fire Engineering • Fire Engineering Lab(7,1) • Industrial Hygiene Lab(7,1) • Safety Engineering lab(7,1) • Environmental Engineering lab(5,1) • Fluid Mechanics and Machinery Lab(5,1) • Chemical Engineering lab(4,1) • Strength of materials Lab(3,1) • Computer lab(3,1) • Machine shop(6,1) • Electrical Technology lab(6,1) Laboratories (No of students per experimental setup, Technical Manpower support) Civil • Environmental Engineering Lab(5,1) • Highway Engineering Lab (3,1) • Geotechnical Engineering Lab(3,1) • Survey Lab(3,1) • Computer Lab (3,1) • Strength of Materials Lab(3,1) • Construction Engineering Lab(1,1) Mechanical • Workshop(1,1) • Machine shop(1,1) • Thermal Engineering(3,1) • Fluid Mechanics & Machinery Lab(3,1) • Heat and Mass Transfer(3,1) • Metrology(1,1) • CAD/CAM Lab(1,1) • Computational Lab(1,1) Electrical • Electrical workshop(5,1) • Electronic circuits(5,1) • Basic electrical Lab(5,1) • Digital Electronics(5,1) • Electrical Measurements(5,1) • Power Electronics(5,1) • Electrical machines 1(5,1) • Microprocessor Lab(5,1) • Electrical machines lab II(5,1) • Advanced electrical engineering lab(5,1) Electronics • Electronics Circuits Lab(4,1) • Digital Electronics Lab(4,1) • Microprocessor lab(4,1) • Communication Lab(4,1) • Computer/EDAT Lab(3,1) • Fiber Optics Lab(2,1) • Signal Processing Lab(4,1) • VLSI Lab(2,1) • DSP Lab(2,1) • DIP Lab(2,1) • Advanced Communication Lab(2,1) • PCB Lab(2,1) • Sponsored Research Lab(5,1) Lab manuals (Laboratories for which lab manuals are available Civil • Computer Programming Lab • Engineering Workshop-Electrical • Engineering WorkshopMechanical • Survey Practicals-1 • Survey Practicals-11 • Strength of Materials Lab • Fluid Mechanics Lab • Geotechnical Engineering lab • Transportation Engineering Lab • CAD in Civil Engineering -1 • STADD in Civil Engineering-11 • Environmental Engineering lab • Computer Applications in Civil Engg • Construction Engineering Lab • Building Technology and NDT lab Mechanical • Mechanical Workshop • Machine Shop • Thermal Engineering • Fluid Mechanics • Heat and Mass Transfer Lab • Metal Cutting and Metrology Lab • CAD/CAM Lab • Computational Lab Electrical • Computer programming • Electrical workshop • Electronic circuits • Basic electrical lab • Digital electronics • Electrical measurements • Power electronics • Electrical machines 1 • Microprocessor lab • Electrical machines lab II • Advanced electrical engineering lab Electronics • Basic Electronics Lab • Digital Electronics Lab • Electronics Circuits Lab I • Microprocessor Lab • Electronics circuits Lab II • Communication Lab I • Mini Project • Signal Processing • Communication Lab II • Project Work Lab manuals (Laboratories for which lab manuals are available) IT Computer • Computer Programming Lab • Electrical & Mechanical Workshops • Logic Design Lab • Object Oriented Programming Lab • PC HARDWARE AND MICROPROCESSOR LAB • Data structures Lab • MINI PROJECT – RDBMS BASED • SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING LAB • COMPUTER GRAPHICS LAB • MINI PROJECT – INTERNET BASED • COMPUTER NETWORK LAB • MINI PROJECT - MULTIMEDIA BASED • Project Work • Computer Programming Lab • Electrical & Mechanical Workshops • Electronics Circuits Laboratory • Object Oriented Programming Lab • Digital Electronics Laboratory • Data structures Lab • Microprocessor Lab • Computer Graphics Lab • System Programming and Hardware Lab • Mini Project • Language processor Lab • Network and Operating Systems Lab • Project Work Safety & Fire • COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LAB • ENGINEERING WORKSHOP- ELECTRICAL • ENGINEERING WORKSHOPMECHANICAL • MACHINE SHOP • FLUID MECHANICS & MACHINERY LAB • STRENGTH OF MATERIALS LAB • ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY LAB • SAFETY ENGINEERING LAB • CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LAB • ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT LAB • INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE LAB • FIRE ENGINEERING LAB Language Lab (How do you use it ?) • The language lab focuses on the production and practice of sounds of language and familiarizes the use of English in everyday situations and contexts. • The following course content is prescribed for the English Language Laboratory sessions: ---• 1.Introduction to the Sounds of English- Vowels, Diphthongs & Consonants. • 2. Introduction to Stress and Intonation. • 3. Situational Dialogues / Role Play. • 4. Oral Presentations- Prepared and Extempore. • 5. Just A Minute’ Sessions (JAM). • 6. Describing Objects / Situations / People. • 7. Information Transfer • 8. Debate • 9. Telephoning Skills. • 10. Giving Directions. • There is a language Lab of 108 sq.m for accommodating 30 students and ‘Digital Language Software is used’. Tutorial Classes (Subject, no of students in a tutorial class, hours) All branches have tutorial for almost all subjects in 2012 scheme. Only civil has tutorial in 2006 scheme Number of students per tutorial class-50 1 Hour per week for each Subject Civil •Engg Mechanics •Surveying-1 •Strength of Materials •Concrete Technology •Fluid Mechanics-I •Surveying –II, •Mechanics of Structures •Fluid Mechanics –II •Construction Engineering & Management •Analysis of Structures •Design of Structures •Geotechnical Engg I •Environmental Engg I •Analysis of Structures II •Design of Structures II •Geotechnical Engineering II •Prestressed concrete structures •Earthquake Engineeirng •Quantiy Surveying & Valuation •Elective 1 & 2 Mechanical Electrical Electronics Mentoring System (how do you mentor students individually?) • A faculty member is assigned as staff advisor to each class right from the first year. He/She will be dealing with the students matters through out the four years of their stay in the campus. A meeting of the parents and teachers is organized once in every semester. Students who needs special attention ( in academics or in disciplinary matters) are separately dealt with. The staff advisor constantly keep in touch with the parents of such students • Professional guidance / Career advancement: Carrier Guidance and Placement Cell (CGPC) of the college conduct special training programs for the students. Every year, preplacement programs are conducted for the benefit of the students to attend campus interviews. • Course work / Lab specific: If necessary, extra classes/lab sessions are conducted in the evenings, as per the convenience of the instructor, for weaker students in all the departments. • Total Development: The activities of the College Union, Department Associations (which conduct technical festivals every year), IEEE Students Chapter (which conducts invited lectures and special training programme Feedback analysis (how do you do it? Reward/corrective measures) • The feedback is taken manually. The students are provided with hard copy of the feedback form containing 12 points. Students can rate each question choosing any of one of the Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor rates. The mark will be awarded as Excellent -5, Good – 4, Fair – 2 and Poor – 1. Each student can fill the feedback form for all the teachers who are taking classes for them. • Department utilize the feedback to improve the teaching learning process • Feedback mechanism from alumni, parents, and industry • The feedbacks of alumni and parents during the concerned general body meetings are by and large oral in nature and any creative suggestions raised during these occasions are considered and discussed in detail in the school council meeting for further action. The feedbacks from parents are also obtained at department levels during their visit to departments. Provision has been made for monitoring the student’s academic performance by the parents through the institute PTA website. http://waisadmin.cusat.ac.in. Feedback from industry persons are also collected during their visit to institute for occasions like seminar, workshop, conference, etc Scope for self learning (Generation of self-learning facilities, and availability of materials for learning beyond syllabus) • Students are availing good library facility with Digital library and Internet. Also various Workshops, Seminars, Orientation Programme with external experts talks. Quiz, Assignment, Industrial Visits, Internships are conducted. Career Guidance, Placement Unit (Availability of an exclusive Well furnished Seminar Hall, Central Computing Facility, Soft skill development, employability assessment) • Placement Cell caters for enhancing not only the employability skills of the passing out cusatians but also the overall development of their personality. • PC organizes on campus and off campus recruitments and pre-placement training programmes in Aptitude test, Group Discussions, Interviews and presentation skills in collaboration with TEQIP and core departments. Mock interviews and GDs are conducted on a regular basis so as to equip final and pre-final students to face the challenges of the recruitment scenario. • Close on the heels of placement drives, the Placement Assistance Cell makes an evaluation of the performance of our students. This objective appraisal enables the placement cell to identify strengths and weakness of the candidates and select the strategies for improvement. Besides, there are intensive supportive measures for the rejected candidates. • The school has nearly 70% placement for its final year students. Nearly 70 companies are visiting the campus for placement activities Technology Business Incubator Start-up name • Business domain • Name of CEO • Name of Mentor Co-curricular activities • Institution has Arts club, NSS UNIT, Nature Club, Combined Technical Fest etc. which promotes the extra-curricular activities of students, which allows personality development in students in various dimensions. • The combined Technical Fest is the national level Technical Festival for all branches which allows students to present technical papers, listen to seminars in latest technological development fields. Extra-curricular activities • Campus NSS unit is on the path of achieving plastic free GREEN CAMPUS. Many cleanliness drives are launched in the campus with the assistance of NSS Unit. Also many social welfare activities such as creating awareness on AIDS and cancer in villages etc. are organized. Facilities for Sports and Games • University has qualified sports Instructors. • Playground – Multipurpose Track and Field (outdoor), Football, Cricket, Volleyball, Basketball Multipurpose Indoor Stadium for Badminton and Table Tennis • Gymnasium - Ladies Health club • CUSAT Sports ARENA (Multipurpose sports courts- Lawn Tennis, Volley Ball, Basket Ball with in a wire mesh area having flood light facility) • All sports facilities Sports room, sports item etc. are available in the University. SOE is availing the University facility for the sports activities. SOE has University players and bagged many awards in Games and Sports. We have players in Basketball, Football, Badminton, Volleyball, Fencing etc. And players have bagged awards in National level for fencing, Badminton and Shuttle. The cricket team also excelled in the South zone Games meet. Campus Development and Management • There is a full fledged engineering department headed by University Engineer for the construction and maintenance of physical infrastructure. The University Engineer is ably supported by Asst. Exe.Engineers, Asst. Engineers, Supervisors, Technicians, and skilled workers. • The Engineering Dept undertakes the construction and maintenance of buildings, roads, landscapes, water supply, drainage and power supply. • All academic blocks are provided with adequate maintenance staff. Potable water is provided to all by using water purifiers and coolers. • Class rooms are spacious, well ventilated with comfortable seating arrangements.. Each room is provided with fans and lights.. • Hygienic food is provided by the canteens. • Maintenance of computers, UPS, and lab equipments are done by manufacturers or agencies under Annual Maintenance Contract (AMC) and break down calls. Hostels Hostels No. of rooms No. of students accommodated B.Tech Hostel for Boys: 140 280 Post Metric Hostel for Girls- Anagha 49 94 Post Metric Hostel for Girls- Ananya 30 87 Post Metric Hostel for Boys-Sagar 88 45 Canteen • There are 2 canteens with 100 seats each. Around 500 people are availing canteen facility. • Hygienic food is provided by the canteens. Transport facilities • Around 300 hundred students are availing SOE transportation facility with two buses (60 seats each). There are 3 trips for morning and evening. One jeep is available for the official purpose. Electricity, power backup and telecom • The campus has got 3 substations with 2 substations having a capacity of 500 kVA and the other with 400 kVA. • The School has installed a Diesel Generator having a capacity of 63 kVA and is in the process of installing another one with capacity 63 kVA. • The campus is connected with an EPBAX with 800 lines. Drinking Water • The campus receives drinking water mainly from the Kerala Water Authority. • There are sumps with capacity of 3,00,000 Litres and an over head tank having capacity 1,25,000 Litres. In addition to that the campus has a pond and 4 wells. Grievance redressal forums • The University will set up “Grievance Redressal Committee” where the students can air their grievances. The committee shall consist of the Heads/Principals/Directors of the Departments, eminent persons including retired Judges and also members of the PTA. Till these committed are instituted, adhoc committees shall be formed by the Vice-Chancellor. • Grievances are redressed at a decentralized level; Department Council acts as the primary grievance redressal cell related to academic and administrative matters of the students. The department council takes up issues if any and resolves them at their level. . • The UGC Cell for SC/ST in the University functions as a grievances redressal cell for SC/ST students and provides them necessary helps in solving their academic as well as administrative problems. There is also a grievance redressal committee for PhD students to solve their issues, if any. • Common issues are tackled at the Registrars level. Policy issues if any, are dealt by the Syndicate. • There is a Complaints Committee for the redressal of grievances related to sexual harassment and gender justice which came into effect on 5th May 2001. The committee comprises of a chairperson, 9 members from among the University teaching and nonteaching staff community and one from outside the University. Since inception, the committee resolved three complaints which came before it. Recently the Gender Justice. Committee has been re-constituted and is fully functional. Budget & Expenditure • The total budget allocated was adequate over the years, as the total expenditure is less than the allocated budget. Item Budgeted in CFY (12-13) Infrastructural built-up 6,19,50,000 Library Laboratory equipment Laboratory consumables Teaching and nonteaching staff salary Expenses in CFYm1 (11-12) Expenses in CFYm2(10-11) 76,45,732 2,80,44,603 88,47,308 10,00,000 3,52,345 4,21,976 3,89,311 75,30,000 74,67,839 22,88,548 30,62,435 5,00,000 1,45,094 4,78,052 10,19,608 11,62,20,000 12,62,01,544 11,63,28,050 7,82,24,907 18,00,000 47,40,000 3,34,278 6,00,000 4,29,948 3,69,015 2,85,650 4,49,80,000 1,09,82,995 4,14,16,038 3,79,26,570 23,27,80,000 15,50,25,497 19,40,86,282 1,30,09,0067 R&D Training and Travel Other, Contingencies, Debt heads Total Expenses in CFY (till …) (12-13) Library Number of library staff :12 Number of library staff with degree in Library: 8 Chart Title 40000 35000 Books, Books, 33777 34585 30000 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 eBooks, 245 eBooks, 0 0 Books Journals, Journals, 44 44 eBooks 2010-11 Journals 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 eJournals, eJournals, 250 250 eJournals Campus Network • The University has a bandwidth of 1 Gbps provided by National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NME-ICT) project under the NKN (National Knowledge Network) project of the Govt. of India. The users of CUSAT will get 150/100 Mbps download/upload bandwidth under this project. • Apart from these, University maintains a 24 Mbps leased line internet connectivity to host the internet servers like Web, Mail, DNS etc and other public services. Safety norms and checks • The Electrical wing of the University engineering department do the periodical checks for wiring and electrical installations • Multiple exits are available in almost all class rooms and labs, uninterrupted water supply is available in all buildings and firefighting equipment is available in few places • The Civil construction wing of the University engineering department does the periodical checks and maintenance of buildings. The following guidelines are followed while handling chemicals:---------- • Use required personal protective equipment. Eye protection is always appropriate. • Label all containers with chemical content. • Wash thoroughly with soap and water after handling any chemical and whenever the students leave the lab. • Avoid direct contact with any chemical. Always wear a laboratory coat, at a minimum. • Never smell, intentionally inhale or taste a chemical. • Smoking, drinking, eating and the application of cosmetics is forbidden in areas where hazardous chemicals are used or stored. • Always use chemicals with adequate ventilation or in a chemical fume hood. Use hazardous chemicals only as directed and for their intended purpose. • Inspect equipment or apparatus for damage before adding a hazardous chemical. Do not use damaged equipment. • Never use mouth suction to fill a pipette. Use a pipette bulb or other pipette-filling device. • Electrically ground containers using approved methods before transferring or dispensing a flammable liquid from a large container.e periodical checks and maintenance of buildings Laboratory Fume Hoods--------- • Fume hoods are used to prevent hazardous, offensive, or flammable gases and vapors from mixing with the general room air. Splash goggles with splash proof sides or a face shield must be used when protection from a chemical splash is needed. Use of Respirators --------- • Respirators are designed to protect only against specific types of substances and in certain concentration ranges, depending on the type of equipment used. • Exposures to strong acids and acid gases, organic solvents and strong oxidizing agents, carcinogens, and mutagens require the use of protective equipment that • prevents skin contamination. In these situations, impervious protective equipment must be used. Examples include: - rubber or nitrile gloves, rubber boots, rubberized suits, special protective equipment Counselling & Medical Care • A health clinic functions in the university campus with the support of a doctor from the nearby co-operative Medical College. Emergency cases are referred to the Medical College which is located only 1.5 kms away from the university campus. Key Performance Indicators Minutes of Board of Governors (BoG) meetings • Uploaded in MIS and School of Engineering Website Statutory Audit • Completed Performance Audit along with Data Audit • Completed Initial Governance Development Plan • Completed % of committed expenditure out of funds received • 100 % Key Performance Indicators % of Expenditure of the total funds received • 87 % % of Procurement plan out of 5.5 Crores • 82 % MIS data entry • 2014-15 Data Entry in Progress Mandatory Participation in CII-AICTE survey • Participated Participation in TEQIP Faculty, Staff and Students Satisfaction Survey • In Progress