MBA IQAC Minutes of the Meeting

Members present:

• Dr. M. Madhavi,Director, Chairperson, IQAC
• Prof. P. PinakaPani, Coordinator
• Dr. Ramesh B Nimmatoori, Secretary
• Prof. LayaqAhamad, Senior Faculty
• Mr. Satish Kumar, HOD, Department of Management
• Ms. P. Saritha, HOD, Computer Applications
• Mr. P.Somaiah, Librarian
• Ms. V. Naga Padma (AR)
• Ms. S. Sandhya, Alumnus
• Mr. GM. Joshi, (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 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. P.PinakaPani followed by PowerPoint presentation on basic purpose, activities, and functions of IQAC.
• The Chairperson Dr. M. Madhavi informed that this year the Management Council, Governing Body and the College Academic Council have resolved 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 deliberated 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. Joshi, Vice President of US Tech Solutions 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 stressed on the need to concentrate more on ICT enabled Learning Management for improving student learning and achieve academic excellence.
• Ms. Naga Padma stressed on the need of automating the Administrative office for improving the services to the students and faculty.
• Ms. S. Sandhya pointed out that along with the support of the faculty and management there is a need for good citizenship from the students as they are the silent ambassadors in outside world. She has suggested taking the help of alumni in creating more outreach required for the organization through regular interaction.
• The Chairperson Dr. M. Madhavi highlighted the need to participate in NPTEL programs. The benefits of using NPTEL videos in teaching methods were discussed.
• The Principal 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.
• The preparation will be initiated to apply for getting accreditation from NAAC.
• The HODs have to concentrate more on the improvement of learning facilities to the students and work towards achieving better outcomes.
• Coordinator along with conveners and members are to be placed in discharging the functions of NAAC preparations based on the guidelines given by NAAC.
• There shall be a review of the preparation at the end of every fortnight to check the status and proceed ahead with the preparation.
• Annual renewal of MoUs with institution of national, international will be checked.

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

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Members present:

• Dr. M. Madhavi,Director, Chairperson, IQAC
• Prof. P. PinakaPani, Coordinator
• Dr. Ramesh B Nimmatoori, Secretary
• Prof. LayaqAhamad, Senior Faculty
• Mr. Satish Kumar, HOD, Department of Management
• Ms. P. Saritha, HOD, Computer Applications
• Mr. P.Somaiah, Librarian
• Ms. V. Naga Padma (AR)
• Ms. S. Sandhya, Alumnus
• Mr. GM. Joshi, (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 ICT facilities in the class rooms.
• To discuss about Library Automation.

Discussions:

• The meeting started on a welcome note by IQAC Coordinator Prof. P. PinakaPani. He has given a presentation on the criteria given by NAAC for quality assessment.
• 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.
• Quotations for Office automation software from various vendors are invited and the same are forwarded to the Management for review.
• 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 committee has made a list of both the parameters and deputed criteria-wise coordinators for the preparation of self-study report
• The cell reviewed ICT facilities in the classrooms and decided to enhance the facility of smart classrooms.
• 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 to work towards energy conservation.
• The cell also discussed the extent of library automation and instructed the librarian to work towards making the library fully automated.
• 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 cell also has reviewed the progress of the work done towards the preparation of SSR and found that initial preparation is completed.
• The Director stressed on the need to work rigorously to complete the preparation of NAAC reports on time.
• Ms. S. Sandhya has recommended conducting a test on logical and analytical skills student’s posses to attend placement interviews.

Resolutions:

• It is resolved to procure ERP software to make the office fully automatic.
• The cell also will procure quotations for establishment of additional smart classrooms.
• 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 coordinator shall convene a daily meeting with the members of NAAC committee and report the progress in work done to the Principal daily.
• The Placement coordinators have to be informed about conducting soft skills training session for students to enhance the skills.

The meeting concluded with Vote of thanks proposed by IQAC Coordinator Prof. P. Pinaka Pani.

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Members present:

• Dr. M. Madhavi,Director, Chairperson, IQAC
• Prof. P. PinakaPani, Coordinator
• Dr. Ramesh B Nimmatoori, Secretary
• Prof. LayaqAhamad, Senior Faculty
• Mr. Satish Kumar, HOD, Department of Management
• Ms. P. Saritha, HOD, Computer Applications
• Mr. P.Somaiah, Librarian
• Ms. V. Naga Padma (AR)
• Ms. S. Sandhya, Alumnus
• Mr. GM. Joshi, (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 parameters in respect of various parameters of assessment 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. P. PinakaPani. He has given a presentation on the progress made in the preparation of the work, criteria wise as given by NAAC for quality assessment.
• Around 30% of the work is completed in the quantitative parameters and in qualitative parameters 1 and 2 criteria write ups are completed and submitted for review and revision of IQAC.
• 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, so that sharing becomes easy for the faculty during the presentations and class room discussions.
• The students of all sections were given an orientation on the Use of Edmodo and test assignments were given.
• 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.
• The cell also discussed the extent of library automation found that library is having a facility to access a number of e journals and e resources. Quotations are requested from vendors for complete automation and they will be forwarded to the Management for approval.
• 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.
• 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 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.

Resolutions:

• It is resolved to submit the quantitative parameters at the end of every week for review to the IQAC. The suggestions made will be implemented immediately.
• The IQAC coordinator will review the progress and will initiate measures for faster completion of the work with intimation to the other members in the cell.
• The library automation to be completed before completion of the current academic year.
• The IQAC also has decided to increase the number of extension activities in the community through NSS cell of the institution.
• Anti Ragging Committee composition 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 meeting concluded with Vote of thanks proposed by IQAC Coordinator Prof. P. Pinaka Pani.

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Members present:

• Dr. M. Madhavi,Director, Chairperson, IQAC
• Prof. P. PinakaPani, Coordinator
• Dr. Ramesh B Nimmatoori, Secretary
• Prof. LayaqAhamad, Senior Faculty
• Mr. Satish Kumar, HOD, Department of Management
• Ms. P. Saritha, HOD, Computer Applications
• Mr. P.Somaiah, Librarian
• Ms. V. Naga Padma (AR)
• Ms. S. Sandhya, Alumnus
• Mr. GM. Joshi, (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. PinakaPani started the meeting with a welcome note and presented the progress of the preparation of the SSR parameter wise.
• The Secretary, Dr. Ramesh 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 qualitative parameters need to be written more crisply and reflect the work of the organization more effectively.
• Library software quotations are procured and presented to the management for approval.
• Authorization from Electricity department is awaited for establishment of Net Meter for utilization of solar energy.
• 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 actions initiated in the last meeting for increasing the number of extension activities are discussed and the results were found to be satisfactory.
• HODs 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.
• They also informed the student of MBA and MCA have registered for MOOCs offered by IIM Bangalore and Swayam portal of AICTE.
• The Director suggested to conduct training sessions in the direction of enhancement of skills so as to increase the count of number of students getting placed in companies
• The cell discussed the time lines for submission of IIQA and decided to submit the same by the end of November, 2017.

Resolutions:

• The preparation for the preliminary submission of the information to be completed by 30th November, 2017.
• IIQA to be submitted in the first week of December, 2017.
• 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 review the progress of preparation of Self Study Report in the first week of December.
• To complete the preparation of Executive Summary required in the Self Study Report in the first week of December.
• Campus recruitment training to be conducted for the final year MBA students to improve the placements in consultation with Director, Training and Placements.

The meeting concluded with a vote of thanks by the senior faculty Dr. Mohd Layaq Ahamad.