NBKRIST Autonomous - NAAC RAR 2014
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NBKRIST Autonomous - NAAC RAR 2014
Re-Accreditation Report Submitted to National Assessment and Accreditation Council Bangalore 560072 N.B.K.R. Institute of Science & Technology (Autonomous) Vidyanagar-524413, Nellore Dist, Andhra Pradesh, India e-mail:ist@nbkrist.org, website: www.nbkrist.org, Phone (08624) 228247, Fax (08624) 228257 Febraury-2014 Padmasri Nedurumalli Balakrishna Reddy Founder of the Society A great Visionary, Philanthropist, and Pioneer who strived throughout his life for the upliftment of the downtrodden Dr.Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Patron and the Guiding Force Dr.I.Gopal Reddy Former Vice-Chancellor Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, A.P. Chairman Nedurumalli Ram Kumar Correspondent Dr.V.Vijaya Kumar Reddy Director Table of Contents Part / Criterion i. Description Page No. Covering letter 1 Declaration 2 Part A Executive Summary 3 Part B Profile of the Institution 10 ii. Part C Criterion – I 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Criterion II Criteria -wise Analytical Reports Curriculum Aspects Curriculum Design and Development Academic Flexibility Curriculum Enrichment Feedback System Teaching-Learning and Evaluation 23 27 30 31 2.1 Student Enrolment and Profile 33 2.2 Catering to Student Diversity 40 2.3 Teaching-Learning Process 44 2.4 Teacher Quality 52 Evaluation Process and Reforms 62 68 2.5 2.6 Criterion III 3.1 Student Performance and Learning Outcomes Research, Consultancy and Extension Promotion of Research 71 3.2 Resource Mobilization for Research 77 3.3 Research Facilities 79 3.4 Research Publications and Awards 80 3.5 Consultancy 104 Extension Activities and Institutional Social 3.6 Responsibility 106 Collaborations 110 4.1 Infrastructure and Learning Resources Physical Facilities 113 4.2 Library as a Learning Resource 122 4.3 IT Infrastructure 128 4.4 Maintenance of Campus Facilities 134 Criterion V Students Support and Progression 3.7 Criterion IV 5.1 Student Mentoring and Support 136 5.2 Student Progression 153 5.3 Student Participation and Activities 155 6.1 Governance, Leadership and Management Institutional Vision and Leadership 173 6.2 Strategy Development and Deployment 179 6.3 Faculty Empowerment Strategies 186 6.4 Financial Management and Resource Mobilization 189 6.5 Internal Quality Assurance System (IQAS) 190 7.1 Innovations and Best Practices Environment Consciousness 194 7.2 Innovations 197 7.3 Best Practices 198 Criterion VI Criterion VII Part D Departmental Evaluative Reports Civil Engineering 203 Computer Science & Engineering 216 Electronics & Communication Engineering 231 Electrical & Electronics Engineering 245 Mechanical Engineering 265 Science & Humanities 288 Post-accreditation Initiatives 299 Annexures Annexure - I Annexure - II UGC- 2(f) and 12(B) Certificate i AICTE Approval letter ii Annexure - III NBA Accreditation Certificates v Annexure - IV NAAC-2008 Certificate of Accreditation vii Annexure - V UGC Autonomous Certificate viii Annexure - VI ISO - 9001:2008 certificate x Annexure - VII Audit Report xi N.B.K.R.INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (AUTONOMOUS) VIDYANAGAR-524 413, SPSR Nellore Dt., A.P. e-mail : ist@nbkrist.org, website : www.nbkrist.org,Phone : (08624) 228247,FAX : (08624) 228257 QUEST INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION Dr.V.Vijaya Kumar Reddy Director No. NBKRIST/NAAC/2013-14 12 Feb 2014 To The Director, National Assessment and Accreditation Council, P.O.Box.No: 1075, Nagarbhavi, Bangalore – 560 072. Sir, Track ID :APCOGN13607 Sub:- N.B.K.R. Institute of Science & Technology, Vidyanagar, Nellore District,A.P. – Re-Accreditation Report - Submission – Req - Reg. Ref:- 1. Your acknowledgment letter dated 05.11.2013 for submission of RAR in Autonomous format (NAAC/MSS-SR/APCOGN13607/2nd cycle). 2. Your Acknowledgement of the letter of intent dated on 18.09.2.2013 which is received through email. With respect to the reference cited above in connection with submission of ReAccreditation report in Autonomous college format, I am here with submitting five copies of Re-Accreditation reports along with soft copies and other supporting documents for Assessment and Re-Accreditation of our Institute. Kindly do the needful and acknowledge. Thanking you, Yours faithfully, (V.Vijaya Kumar Reddy) 1 N.B.K.R.INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (AUTONOMOUS) VIDYANAGAR-524 413, SPSR Nellore Dt., A.P. e-mail : ist@nbkrist.org, website : www.nbkrist.org,Phone : (08624) 228247,FAX : (08624) 228257 QUEST INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION DECLARATION I certify that the data included in this Re-Accreditation Report (RAR) are true to the best of my knowledge. The Institution prepared this Re-Accreditation Report (RAR) after detailed internal discussions and no part thereof has been outsourced. I am aware that the Peer Team will validate the information provided in this RAR during the Peer Team visit. Signature of the Head of the Institution With seal 2 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 PART- A EXECUTIVE SUMMARY NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 3 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 PART A EXECUTIVE SUMMARY N.B.K.R. Institute of Science and Technology (N.B.K.R.I.S.T) came into existence in the year 1979 as the second private engineering college in Andhra Pradesh. It is sponsored by Harijana Vidyarthi Udharaka Sangham (1938), Vakadu, founded by late Padmasri N. Bala Krishna Reddy. N.B.K.R.I.S.T firmly believes that the learning experience extends far beyond the four walls of the classroom. Hence, the Institute has created one of the finest campus, spreaded over a sprawling 185 acre site with 48281.13 sq. meters of carpet area in Vidyanagar, SPSR Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh. Students can imbibe the many facets of a truly fulfilling learning experience in a very quiet atmosphere. Great emphasis is laid for the planting of saplings. A number of plants are added every year to have a clean and green atmosphere. The Institute is affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Anantapur (JNTUA), with effect from the academic year 2013-2014. Currently II, III, IV B.Tech. & IInd M.Tech. courses are affiliated to Vikrama Simhapuri University (VSU), Nellore. The Institute offers B.Tech. and M.Tech. courses in the following branches of study with intake mentioned against them. B.Tech.: 1. Civil Engineering (CE) 2. Mechanical Engineering (ME) 3. Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) 4. Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE) 5. Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EEE) M.Tech.: 1. Power Systems (EEE) 2. Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) 3. Digital Electronics & Communication Systems (ECE) 4. Advanced Manufacturing system (ME) 120 120 120 120 120 18 18 18 18 The Institute was accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA) for three times in the years 2003, 2007 and 2013. At present the Institute is accredited (three out of five departments) for two years with effect from the academic year 2013-2014. The Institute was accredited by NAAC (UGC) with ‘A’ Grade for five years with effect from 2008. The Institute has been granted ‘Autonomous ’ Status by UGC with effect from the academic year 2013-2014. The Institution is also an ISO – 9001-2000 Certified Institute. The curriculum design and development is carried out by involving industry, research bodies and civil society. In each course the syllabus is modified in the existing subjects and new subjects are introduced in tune with the changing industrial and social needs. The curriculum incorporates industrial relevant subjects to increase opportunities for employability. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 4 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Knowledge on recent developments in the emerging areas is imparted by arranging guest lectures by experts from various Institutions. The college has collected the feedback on existing curriculum from students, alumni, and employees, and parents in designing the new curriculum. Best practices are implemented in the Institute which includes English language laboratory training from I B.Tech. onwards, extended library and internet lab timings, and regular faculty development programmes. Industrial visits are arranged for students and faculty to get knowledge on practical aspects etc. The teachinglearning process is interactive rather proactive, students are prepared in every class to interact with the teacher in the concerned topics of a particular subject. The Institute follows the accepted methods of teaching and learning. The Institute follows the admission process as per the guidelines of Andhra Pradesh state government. 70% of the admissions are conducted by A.P state government on the basis of rank obtained in the Entrance Examination called EAMCET. 30% seats are filled at the college level (Management Quota) by following Andhra Pradesh State Council for Higher Education (APSCHE) guidelines and norms. Diverse needs in admissions are satisfied since they are advocated as per Government rules of reservation and quota. The teachers are recruited as per AICTE norms. In the selection process, in addition to interview, demonstration lecture plays a key role. Faculty are encouraged to participate in conferences, workshops and seminars by sanctioning them, special leaves. Incentives are offered for research publications and projects funded by external agencies like AICTE, DST, UGC etc. The college regularly conducts e-learning classes with the CDs of lectures delivered by eminent IIT Professors. The Institute recruited the required number of qualified and competent teachers to handle all the courses for all the departments. There are 2319 number of students pursuing B.Tech. and M.Tech. programmes. The Institute has 127 faculty members with requisite qualifications and experience. There are 18 faculty with Ph.D. with 18 more pursing Ph.D., 83 with M.Tech. and 7 with M.Phil. There are 120 non-teaching staff working in the administration, departments, library and Hostels etc. The major reforms are initiated in the evaluation process and continuous evaluation system is incorporated. The performance of student is evaluated in terms of grades than marks. Importance is given to two internal exams conducted in a semester for II, III and IV B.Tech. courses, and for all PG courses from the academic year 2013-14 (80% to best exam and 20% to other). Whereas for I B.Tech. course importance is given to three internal exams (40% to best two exams and 20 % to the other). The objective type questions are incorporated in internal exams for UG programmes which will help the students to prepare for competitive exams. Research and development by faculty and students is given impetus. Faculty are encouraged to pursue research for Ph.D. as well as for research NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 5 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 publications, presentation in conferences etc. R&D cell of this Institute looks after various research activities. Efforts are made to boost consultancy activity by all the departments. At present Civil Engineering Department is conducting consultancy services and the revenue generated in the year 2012- 13 has been Rs 7, 85,000/-. A number of MOU’s have been signed with local industries for research, consultancy and training programmes. Industrial visits are arranged to research centers like SHAR and NARL etc. Since Industry-Institute Partnership (IIP) cell forms an important activity for any academic Institute, our Institute gives a greater emphasis for this. Keeping in mind the students exposure to current industry practices, the IIP cell of this Institute does everything for the well-being of the students. The objective of IIP cell is to have a closer link between Industry and Institute through interaction programmes. To arrange expert lectures from Industrial personnel and explore the areas of R&D and Consultancy in the emerging areas come within the purview of IIP cell. Students Industrial visit is a part of IIP cell to reinforce industrial exposure and skills to the existing academic knowledge. Wi-fi facility in the campus is a milestone. With this addition, our Institute provides internet access to all students and staff. The Institute feels glad to be an Institutional member in Infosys Campus-Connect Programme. Through this, the Training and Placement Cell of the Institute provides training in soft skills/technical skills to improve the student’s employability. Having accredited by Tata Consultancy Services, the T&P Cell conducts online exams for selections and imparts requisite skills for getting jobs in reputed companies. A few faculty of our Institute trained by Infosys Company impart invaluable guidance to our students through Infosys Campus Connect Programme. The Institute is self-reliant in Infrastructure and teaching–learning process. As per the needs, new infrastructure is added in advance. Sufficient class rooms, laboratories, seminar halls, drawing halls, girls waiting rooms etc. are available as per AICTE norms. Civil Engineering Department looks after maintenance of infrastructure. Library, with 1348.39 Sq. meters of carpet area and with a seating capacity of 270 including reference section, is having a collection of 38,433 books, 2233 DELNET Journals, 27 Technical magazines, 44 National and 12 International journals. The annual budget for the academic year 2013-14 is Rs.8,29,440/-. An Automation Software facility is also available in the Library of this Institute. In the ICT front also, the Institute is well equipped with Advanced configuration computer systems (654) with required software and other peripherals like printers, scanners etc. There is good communication system with telephone, fax, e-mail facilities. LCD projectors and overhead projectors are provided to each department for modern teaching. Each Department of the Institute has a separate departmental library to cater the needs of students and staff keeping a useful collection of books and journals. The Institute gives much importance for learning beyond class rooms. Each Department encourages students to indulge in curricular and cocurricular activities. While cementing the sense of academic excellence, the NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 6 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Institute gives rich opportunities to the students to gain Communication Skills, Personality Development, Emotional Quotient and Intelligence Quotient, Organizational skills and Leadership qualities through curricular and cocurricular activities. Students of this Institute participate in various skillrendering events of paper presentation, Technical quiz, which are conducted by various colleges. Each department of this Institute has an association of its own for the all-round development of students. A National level event “TECHNO QUEST” is conducted in every year by the Institute inviting technical papers from students of various Engineering Colleges. Each Department of this Institute contributes a lot for the grand success of this quest. The Institute has established plans and procedures for student support and progression. The fee structure is as per AP state government. The Institute gives full support in obtaining scholarship from government and other kind of scholarships from different agencies. The training and placement cell provides opportunities for training and placement in reputed companies. The grievance and redressal cell is functioning with the aim of solving the problems of students. Suggestion boxes are also provided so that students need not personally meet the authorities for offering suggestions or expressing their grievances. The hostels provide all the necessary and basic facilities for welfare of students. Personality development, soft skills training programmes, job oriented training programmes are conducted regularly to transform them into good citizens and efficient, employable and entrepreneurial engineers. The Institute undertakes community service programmes regularly through its NSS unit. In fact, striving for economic well-being of community and the region is embedded in the mission statement also. Some of the programmes conducted in recent years are adult education, AIDS awareness campaign, tree plantation drive, blood donation camp, clean and green camp, awareness programme on banning plastic usage and medical camp. Some training programmes on skill development for local unemployed youth have also been conducted. Eye Cross Foundation is established at this Institute in 2010. The members of this foundation conduct various awareness progrmmes in donating eyes to bring happiness in the lives of visually challenged. The Institute gives due importance to physical education activities along with academic subjects for the all - round development of the students. Students are provided facilities for indoor and outdoor activities. Indoor facilities are provided for table Tennis, Chess and Carroms. Outdoor facilities are provided for Volleyball, Basketball, Football, Cricket, Shuttle Badminton and Athletics Events. Several Inter and Intra collegiate tournaments are conducted every year in the Institute Campus. Many students of this Institute have bagged medals at University level several times. The sports activities are monitored by one Physical Director and three Assistant Physical Directors appointed by the Institute. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 7 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 The Institute takes great pleasure in having different clubs for encouraging cultural activities too. A two day students festival entitled ECSTATICA is conducted by the students council of the Institute every year. Various clubs of this Institute like Music Club, Literary Club, Photography Club, Dramatic Club and Painting Club play an important role in bringing up the innovative talents of the students. The Institute is striving hard to reach the heights of the success in imparting the best technical education within the purview of its vision and mission. The SWOC analysis of the Institution: Strengths Front line self supporting engineering college. Second oldest private engineering college in Andhra Pradesh, established in the year 1979. Institute has 185 acres of sprawling land. Eighty percent of the students and ninety percent of the faculty live on campus. Achievement of consistently good results in the university examinations (including University I ranks). Placement of students in reputed companies like TCS, WIPRO, INFOSYS, CTS etc., Rendering assistance to the people in surrounding areas for their social and economic upliftment. Having excellent greenery so as to have pollution free and eco friendly environment. Alumni well settled in variant areas. Impressive and appreciable Teacher-Student Interaction. Co-curricular activities in a time bound framework. Regular Teacher evaluation by the students. Based on the feedback cash award and citation. Research Publications are encouraged with cash award. Adequate infrastructure. NBA Accreditation for three consecutive terms. NAAC accreditation with A grade (2008-2013). ISO certification. Accredited by TCS. Jawahar Knowledge Centre. Qualified, dedicated and devoted faculty. Strong concern to impart quality education. Constant endeavors to acquire skills in teaching and learning practices. Team spirit to achieve organizational objectives. Faculty available and accessible to students round the clock. Student chapters of professional bodies – ISTE, IEEE, IETE etc. Well developed laboratories to pursue project works. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 8 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Regular industrial tours. Round the clock internet facility. Clubs for curricular and co-curricular activities – Literary club, painting club. Music club, Body Building club, Dramatic club etc. Technical associations. Departmental library facility. Spacious hostels for boys and girls. Weaknesses It has been located in a rural area. It attracts average quality students. Performance in competitive examinations is not up to the mark. Placements are not upto the mark. Poor communications skills of the students. Consultancy is limited to civil department. Inadequate funds for Research and Development Opportunities Our students can be employed in large number in the industry coming up around our district and all over the world. Several industries are coming up nearby and we can have interaction with them to impart training for students. As the industries are coming up there is a great scope for taking up consultancy works, Counseling, Guest lectures etc., Proximity to SHAR so as to enable our students to pursue projects with which they can acquire knowledge that increases their employability. Scope to introduce new courses. The industries are getting located in large numbers in and around Nellore District in the developmental process (Small Economic Zones)-Power Plants ( Reliance, Madhu Kon, Simhapuri etc.,), Steel Plants (NELCAST, Lanco, SBQ etc.,), Apachi foot wear, BHEL at Mannavaram. Besides these industries, quite many industries are coming up to avail Krishnapatnam Port facility. Krishnapatnam Port exists with 10 Berths and another 25 Berths are coming up. This increases the employability. Challenges In view of mushrooming of colleges in the adjacent towns, students with better ranks are not coming to join. As Government is not reimbursing the fee, in contrast to its promise, lot of uncertainty is prevailing which is slowing down the Institution progress. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 9 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 PART B PROFILE OF THE AUTONOMOUS COLLEGE NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 10 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 PART - B PROFILE OF THE AUTONOMOUS COLLEGE 1. 2. Name and address of the College: Name : N.B.K.R. Institute of Science and Technology Address : Vidyanagar, Kota Mandal, SPSR Nellore District. City : Vidyanagar State : Andhra Pradesh Website : www.nbkrist.org Pin: 524 413 email : ist@nbkrist.org For communication: Designatio n Name Teleph one with STD code Mobile Fax Principal/ Director Dr. V. Vijaya Kumar Reddy O: 08624228247 R: 07382297 655 08624228257 director@nbkrist.or g. Steering Committee coordinator Dr. R. Hari Prakash Rao O: 08624228247 09866821 875 08624228257 drrhariprakash@gm ail.com Dr. Ch R. Vikram Kumar - 09490321 975 - cvikramkumar@gm ail.com 3. Status of the Autonomous College by management. i. Government - -ii. Private - YES iii. Constituent College of the University - -- 4. Name of University to which the College is Affiliated Email College is affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur with effect from the academic year 2013 – 2014 onwards. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 11 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 5. a. Date of establishment, prior to the grant of ‘Autonomy’ : Date Month Year 01 11 1979 b. Date of grant of ‘Autonomy’ to the College by UGC Date Month Year 22 05 2013 6. Type of Institution: a. By Gender i. For Men ii. For Women iii. Co-education √ b. By shift √ i. Regular ii. Day iii. Evening c. Source of funding i. Government ii. Grant-in-aid √ iii. Self-financing iv. Any other (Please specify) 7. Is it a recognized minority Institution? Yes No √ If yes specify the minority status (Religious/linguistic/ any other) and provide documentary evidence. _ 8. a. Details of UGC recognition: Under Section Date, Month & Year Remarks (dd-mm-yyyy) (If any) i. 2 (f) 10-09-1990 – ii. 12 (B) 10-09-1990 – (The copy certificate of recognition u/s 2 (f) and 12 (B) of the UGC Act are enclosed in Annexure -I) b. Details of recognition/approval by statutory/regulatory bodies NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 12 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 other than UGC (AICTE,NCTE,MCI,DCI,PCI,RCI etc.) Under Section/clause Day, Month and Year (dd-mm-yyyy) Validit y Program me/ Institutio n AICTE Remark s South-Central/118-04-2013 1 Year --1348255429/2013/E OA (The copy of AICTE approval for academic year 2013-14 is enclosed in Annexure -II) 9. Has the College been recognized a. By UGC as a ‘College with Potential for Excellence’ (CPE)? Yes No √ If yes, date of recognition : …………………… (dd/mm/yyyy) b. For its contributions/performance by any other governmental agency? Yes No √ If yes, Name of the agency …………………… and Date of recognition: …………………… (dd/mm/yyyy) 10. Location of the campus and area: Location * Rural Campus area in sq. mts or acres 185.94 acres Built up area in sq. mts. 48288.13 sq. mts (* Urban, Semi-urban, Rural, Tribal, Hilly Area, Any others specify) 11. Does the College have the following facilities on the campus (Tick the available facility)? In case the College has an agreement with other agencies in using such facilities provide information on the facilities covered under the agreement. Auditorium/seminar complex Yes Sports facilities play ground √ swimming pool gymnasium √ Hostel NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 13 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 √ √ Boys’ hostels Girls’ hostels Residential facilities √ √ for teaching staff for non-teaching staff √ Cafeteria Health centre – First aid facility √ √ Inpatient facility Outpatient facility √ √ ambulance facility emergency care facility Health centre staff – Qualified doctor Full time Part-time Qualified Nurse Full time Part-time √ Other facilities Bank ATM post office √ book shops Transport facilities √ for students √ √ staff Power house Waste management facility 12. √ √ √ Details of programmes offered by the Institution: (Give data for current academic year) NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 14 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 S. No. Progr amme Level 1 UG – B.Tech . 2 UG – B.Tech . 3 UG – B.Tech . 4 UG – B.Tech . 5 UG – B.Tech . 6. PG – M.Tec h. 7 PG – M.Tec h. 8 PG – M.Tec h. 9 PG – M.Tec h. 13. Name of the Program me/ Course Civil Engineerin g Computer Science Engineerin g Electrical and Electronic s Engineerin g Electronic s and communic ation Engineerin g Mechanica l Engineerin g Power Systems Computer Science & Engineerin g Digital Electronic s& Communi cation Systems Advanced Manufactu ring System Durat ion Entry Qualific ation Mediu m of instruc tion Sanctioned/ap proved Student intake No. of stude nts admit ted 4 years Intermed iate English 120 120 4 years Intermed iate English 120 81 4 years Intermed iate English 120 117 4 years Intermed iate English 120 120 4 years Intermed iate English 120 2 Years B.Tech. English 18 18 2 Years B.Tech. English 18 18 2 Years B.Tech. English 18 14 2 Years B.Tech. English 18 7 120 Does the Institution offer self-financed Programmes? Yes √ No If yes, how many? NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 15 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 14. UG 5 PG 4 Whether new programmes have been introduced during the last five years? Yes √ No If yes Programmes Introduced in last five years M.Tech. M.Tech. M.Tech. M.Tech. 15. Number 04 Department Electrical & Electronics Engg. Computer Science Engg. Electronics & Communication Engg. Mechanical Engg. Year Power system 2010 Computer Science & Engineering Digital Electronics & Communication System Advanced Manufacturing systems 2011 2012 2013 List the departments: (Do not list facilities like library, Physical Education as departments unless these are teaching departments and offer programmes to students) Particulars Engineering Under Graduate – B.Tech. 1. Civil Engg. 2. Mechanical Engg. 3. Electrical & Electronics Engg. 4. Electronics and Communication Engg. 5. Computer Science and Engg. Total Post Graduate – M.Tech. 1. Mechanical Engg. 2. Electrical & Electronics Engg. 3. Electronics and Communication Engg. 4. Computer Science and Engg. Total 16. Specialization Number Number of Students 1 1 1 1 1 5 120 120 120 120 120 600 1 1 1 1 18 18 18 18 4 72 Are there any UG and/or PG programmes offered by the College, which are not covered under Autonomous status of UGC? Give details. NO, all the programmes offered by the college are under Autonomous status of UGC NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 16 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 17. Number of Programmes offered under (Programme means a degree course like BA, MA, BSc, M Sc, BCom etc.) a. annual system - b. semester system c. trimester system √ - First B.Tech. is in Annual system remaining all courses in semester system 18. Number of Programmes with a. Choice Based Credit System b. Inter/multidisciplinary approach c. Any other ( specify) 19. Credit system Unit Cost of Education (Unit cost = total annual recurring expenditure (actual) divided by total number of students enrolled) a. Including the salary Rs. 48096 component Rs. 15241 b. Excluding the salary component (For the Academic year 2012-13) 20. Does the College have a department of Teacher Education offering NCTE recognized degree programmes in Education? Yes No √ If yes, a. How many years of standing does the department have? ……… years b. NCTE recognition details (if applicable) Notification No.: …………………………………… Date: …………………………… (dd/mm/yyyy) c. Is the department opting for assessment and accreditation separately? Yes No 21. Does the College have a teaching department of Physical Education offering NCTE recognized degree programmes in Physical Education? Yes No NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar √ Page 17 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 If yes, a. How many years of standing does the department have? ……… years b. NCTE recognition details (if applicable) Notification No.: …………………………………… Date: …………………………… (dd/mm/yyyy) c. Is the department opting for assessment and accreditation separately? Yes 22. No Whether the College is offering professional programme? Yes No √ If yes, please enclose approval / recognition details issued by the statutory body governing the programme. Yes all the programmes offering by the college are professional programmes. The approval from the AICTE is enclosed in annexure-II. 23. Has the College been reviewed by any regulatory authority? If so, furnish a copy of the report and action taken there upon. Yes, all the programmes offering by the college are regularly reviewed by AICTE and affiliated University. In addition to the above the Institute was accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA) for three times in the years 2003, 2007 and 2013. At present the Institute (three out of five departments) is accredited for two years with effect from the academic year 20132014. (Enclosed in Annexure-III) The Institute was accredited by NAAC (UGC) with ‘A’ Grade for five years with effect from 2008. (Enclosed in Annexure-IV) The Institute has been granted ‘Autonomous ’ Status by UGC with effect from the academic year 2013-2014. (Enclosed in Annexure-V) The Institution is also an ISO – 9001:2000 Certified Institute. (Enclosed in Annexure-VI) 24. Number of teaching and non-teaching positions in the College Positions Teaching faculty NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Non- teaching staff Page 18 Technica l staff Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Positions Non- teaching staff Teaching faculty Associate Professor *M *F Professor Assistant Professor *M *F *M *F - - - - - 17 --- 11 02 81 Sanctioned by the UGC / University / State Government Recruited Yet to recruit Sanctioned by the Management/Society or other authorized bodies Recruited Yet to recruit Technica l staff *M *F *M *F - - - - - 16 66 07 39 08 *M-Male *F-Female 25. Qualifications of the teaching staff Highest qualification Professor Male Permanent teachers Ph.D. 11 M.Phil. PG 06 Temporary teachers B Tech 26. Female Associate Professor Male Female - 01 10 - - 02 - Assistant Professor Male Female Total 04 05 70 02 02 11 18 07 99 02 01 03 Number of Visiting Faculty/ Guest Faculty engaged by the College. At present there are no regular visiting faculty in the college. But the college invites eminent professors from various reputed organization for guest lectures. 27. Students enrolled in the College during the current academic year, with the following details: UG Students From the state where the College is located From other states of India NRI students Foreign students Total 28. PG M 397 F 162 M 35 F 22 397 162 35 22 *M-Male F-Female Drop-out rate in UG and PG (average for the last two batches) UG <1% PG NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Nil Page 19 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 29. Number of working days during the last academic year. 30. Number of teaching days during the last academic year 31. Is the College registered as a study centre for offering distance education programmes for any University? Yes No 240 180 √ If yes, provide the a. Name of the University b. Is it recognized by the Distance Education Council? Yes No c. Indicate the number of programmes offered. Provide Teacher-student ratio for each of the programme/course offered 32. S.N Course Offered(UG& PG) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Civil Engineering Mechanical Engineering Electrical & Electronics Engineering Computer Science and Engineering Electronics & communication Engineering Electronics instrumentation & control Engineering M.Tech. (Power Systems) - EEE M.Tech. (Computer Science & Engineering) - CSE M.Tech. (Digital Electronics & Communication Systems) - ECE M.Tech. (Advanced Manufacturing System) - ME 10 33. Teacher- Student ratio 1:14 1:14 1:17 1:15 1:18 1:14 1:12 1:12 1:12 1:12 Is the College applying for? Accreditation: Cycle 1 Cycle 2 √ Cycle 3 Cycle 4 Re-Assessment: 34. Date of accreditation* (applicable for Cycle 2, Cycle 3, Cycle 4 and reassessment only) Cycle 1: 16/09/2008 (dd/mm/yyyy) Accreditation outcome/results: A NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 20 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Cycle 2: …………… (dd/mm/yyyy) Accreditation outcome/results Cycle 3: …………… (dd/mm/yyyy) Accreditation outcome/results 35. a. Date of establishment of Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) The IQAC is established in 20/03/2009 b. Dates of submission of Annual Quality Assurance Reports (AQARs). (i) AQAR for year 2008-2009 on 01/07/2009 (ii) AQAR for year 2009-2010 on 01/07/2010 (iii) AQAR for year 2010-2011 on 01/07/2011 (iv) AQAR for year 2011-2012 on 01/07/2012 (v) AQAR for year 2012-2013 on 28/08/2013 36. Any other relevant data, the College would like to include. (Not exceeding one page) The UGC has granted Autonomous Status to the Institute with effect from Academic Year 2013-2014 for Six Years. Institute is accredited thrice by NBA. ISO 9001: 2008 certified Institution. Accredited by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Second private Self Financing Engineering colleges in Andhra Pradesh. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 21 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 PART - C CRITERIA-WISE INPUTS NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 22 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 CRITERION –I : CURRICULAR ASPECTS 1.1 Curriculum Design and Development 1.1.1 How are the Institutional vision / mission reflected in the academic programmes of the College? VISION Transform into a world class Autonomous Technical Institution of choice of students satisfying all their educational needs and also contribute to the development of the region. MISSION Impart Total Quality Technical education at undergraduate and post graduate levels by providing good governance and best teaching and learning practices, creating opportunities for research, consultancy and faculty development, maximizing student results and placements, constantly interacting with industries for mutual benefits, developing the soft skills of students and also striving for economic well being of local community and the region. The N.B.K.R Institute of Science and Technology was the second private engineering college in Andhra Pradesh established in 1979 with a noble idea of imparting the best technical education to cater the needs of rural population. The Institution has ensured the continuation of its long tradition in producing young engineers hailing from the rural background with skills required / demanded by the industry and society. In phased manner, the Institute has developed the best innovative teaching-learning process, and state-of-art infrastructure facilities, qualified and experienced faculty. Different laboratories in each department are well established to demonstrate the theoretical concepts. The Library has a number of books and e-journals to enhance the subject knowledge and carry out research activities. Over the years, the Institute has developed in a phased manner with respect to teaching-learning process from student support mechanism, alumni activities and with stake holder’s interactions. Number of cocurricular and extra-curricular activities in addition to social awareness programmes, NSS, Sports, Photography club, Music club, Dramatic club, Literature club and Painting club are functioning regularly. The main objective of the college is to prepare the students with best technical knowledge with social responsibility. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 23 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Efforts have continuously been made to interact with industries to bridge the gap between the syllabus and the need of the industries. The Institute also invites experts from leading R & D organizations and Industries, and involving them in academic programmes. Faculty are encouraged to execute various projects funded by AICTE, DST etc., Further faculty are also encouraged to produce quality technical papers in emerging areas and to register for their Ph.D.’s. The Institute encourages and rewards the faculty members for refereed publications in International and National journals, and also supports for attending various conferences. As a whole the Institute is striving toward attaining the objectives of the vision and mission. The vision, mission and objectives of the Institute are communicated to the students, teachers and staff and other stakeholders through display boards placed in all the college buildings, hostels, Institute main entrance and some key places in the campus. Communication is also given through pamphlets and posters. 1.1.2 Describe the mechanism used in the design and development of the curriculum? Give details on the process. (Need Assessment, Feedback, etc) The curriculum design and development is the responsibility of the Board of Studies (BoS) of each individual department. In design and development of the curriculum, various steps are followed before the approval from Board of Studies. First the Head of the Institution constituted the Department Academic Council (DAC) for each department with senior faculty members headed by respective department Heads. The DAC has taken various following steps in designing the curriculum. Analyzed the curriculum of different IITs, NITs, Universities and Autonomous colleges and also discussed with senior faculty members of these Institutions before framing the curriculum. Consulted senior professionals of various Industries and their suggestions are considered for framing the curriculum. In designing the curriculum care is taken to see that it addresses the present needs of industries at the regional, National and International levels. Contacted with alumni and shared various issues pertaining to curriculum, and their feedback and suggestions are incorporated. The council also considered the students feedback and their suggestions, while restructuring the syllabus. Incorporated the research potential subjects in the curriculum based on the suggestions and recommendations of Research Committee of the Institute. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 24 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Framed the syllabus to include some subjects in the curriculum based on prescribed syllabus in GATE and other competitive exams. The DAC deliberates all the above suggestions in framing the curriculum for approval of Board of Studies (BoS). The BoS of each department has a University Nominee and two subject experts from reputed Universities and Institutes approved by University Academic Council. The BoS comprises distinguished alumni, industrial experts and senior faculty members of respective department. The suggestions offered by these experts are taken into consideration for the designing and developing the curriculum. 1.1.3 How does the College involve industry, research bodies, and civil society in the curriculum design and development process? How did the College benefit through the involvement of the stakeholders? The Department Academic Council has taken the responsibility in designing the curriculum by involving industry, research bodies and civil society. The feedback from distinguished alumni from the industries helps to improve the quality of knowledge and skill, and understand the industrial needs and to adopt methods to make the students readily employable. The Institution has good interaction with other Institutions and Industries, and their views are recorded in designing the curriculum. Research Committee exists in the college to facilitate and monitor research activities, have interactions with various research bodies about the curriculum. The Department Academic Council considers the suggestions and recommendations of Research Committee members in curriculum design. The Department Academic Council also interacts with civil society at various events regularly on campus and is able to face what civil society advices. The DAC has taken all necessary steps in curriculum design by considering the ideas and in-depth analysis of various industry, research bodies, and civil society. 1.1.4 How are the following aspects ensured through curriculum design and development? NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 25 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Employability In each course the syllabus is modified in the existing subjects and introduced new subjects in tune with the changing industry and social needs. The Institute has taken special efforts during the last one year after attaining the autonomy to restructure the courses to make them more specialized, relevant to job and industry oriented. The curriculum is designed that ensures the simultaneous development of technical skills and soft skills for the students. The curriculum also incorporates the corporate requirements to produce industry ready professionals. The college is committed in designing the curriculum to bring in industrial relevant subjects to increase the opportunities for employability. Innovation The college is continuously encouraging the students for their innovative ideas. In the last five years students have developed many innovative projects. The students participate in project competitions and won the prizes at National and International levels conducted by various organizations. To enhance the innovative skills/ideas of our students the present curriculum is designed by providing an equal importance to fundamental, analytical, empirical, and industrial application oriented subjects and activities. Research The Department Academic Council has taken necessary steps by incorporating various research potential subjects in respective disciplines to develop research orientation among the students. Earlier many students proved their research capabilities by publishing papers in International / National journals, and they also participated in many International / National conferences. The present curriculum has given more scope to students to motivate towards the research. 1.1.5 How does College ensure that the curriculum developed addresses the needs of the society and have relevance to the regional / National developmental needs? Based on the needs of the society, curriculum is designed in consultation with expert people in the Board of studies, various research bodies, various Industries, distinguished alumni, and various reputed organizations like IITs, NITs, Universities and Autonomous colleges. The curriculum has the relevance to the needs of the regional/National development. 1.1.6 To what extent does the College use the guidelines of the regulatory bodies for developing or restructuring the curricula? NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 26 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Has the College been instrumental in leading any curricular reform which has created a National impact? The curriculum is designed as per the AICTE guidelines and equal importance is given to basic, Interdisciplinary, core, and elective subjects with industrial exposure. The credits assigned to each individual subject and total number of credits required for the award of degree are as per the guidelines of AICTE. 1.2 Academic Flexibility 1.2.1 Give details on the following provisions with reference to academic flexibility a. Core / Elective options In curriculum necessary steps are taken to incorporate core and elective options. In each program the core/elective subjects are designed based on the industrial needs, recent advances in the concerned specializations along with the scope of higher studies and research. The under graduate students have to choose one elective from third year second semester onwards. The post graduate students have to select one elective in each semester of the first year. For both undergraduate and post graduate students college offer many elective options. b. Enrichment courses Each department will conduct many workshops and in-house training programs on recent developments on particular field of interest of the students from internal/external resource persons, which will enrich knowledge of the students. In past similar type of enrichment courses are conducted by each individual department. c. Courses offered in modular form The college doesn’t offer any courses in modular form. d. Credit transfer and accumulation facility The college will allow students to get transfer from other Institutions under same affiliating University with approval from the Government of Andhra Pradesh and the affiliating University. In this case the credits obtained in the previous Institution will be transferred to the students as the per the University guidelines. e. Lateral and vertical mobility within and across programmes and courses NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 27 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 As per guidelines of University and Andhra Pradesh state government there is no such facility. 1.2.2 Have any courses been developed specially targeting International students? If so, how successful have they been? If ‘no’, explain the impediments. There are no courses offered by the college targeting the International students and college has no provision to admit the International students at present. 1.2.3 Does the College offer dual degree and twinning programmes? If yes, give details. The college does not offer dual degree and twinning programmes 1.2.4 Does the College offer self financing programmes? If yes, list them and indicate if policies regarding admission, fee structure, teacher qualification and salary are at par with the aided programmes? The college is the private un-aided Institutions and all the courses offered are self-financing programmes. The list of self financing programmes are given in Table 1.1. Department Civil Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering Computer Science and Engineering Electronics and Communication Engineering Mechanical Engineering Table1.1 List of Programmes B.Tech. (Four years) M.Tech. (Two Years) Civil Engineering Electrical and Electronics Power system Engineering Computer Science Computer Science and and Engineering Engineering Electronics and Digital Electronics & Communication Communication System Engineering Mechanical Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Systems The admission process for both UG and PG are under the control of Andhra Pradesh State Council for Higher Education (APSCHE). For UG programmes the APSCHE filled 70% of seats under CategoryA thorough ONLINE counseling based on the EAMCET rank, reservations and priority of branch and college opted by the student in phased manner. The remaining 30% of the admissions are made by the NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 28 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 college as per the guidelines of the APSCHE. For PG programme the APSCHE fills 70% seats under Category – A by giving first priority to GATE students. After filling the seats with GATE students the remaining unfilled seats are filled based PGECET. The remaining 30% of the admissions for PG programme are also made by the college as per the guidelines of the APSCHE. The college collects the tuition fees prescribed by Andhra Pradesh Fee Regulatory Committee (AFRC) for both UG and PG under convener and management quota. The college recruits the qualified faculty as per the AICTE norms. The college VI plan scale is implemented to all teaching staff. 1.2.5 Has the College adopted the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS)? If yes, how many programmes are covered under the system? The college is adopting semester based credit system and has not adopted choice based credit system. 1.2.6 What percentage of programmes offered by the College follows: Annual system - 25% - I B.Tech. Semester system - 75% - II, III, IV B.Tech. and 100% M.Tech. Trimester system - NIL All the I B.Tech. courses come under annual system. The remaining II, III, IV B.Tech. and M.Tech. programmes are offered by the college and follow the semester system. 1.2.7 What is the policy of the College to promote inter-disciplinary programmes? Name the programmes and what is the outcome? At present the college is not offering any interdisciplinary programmes except conventional programmes. College has plans to incorporate interdisciplinary programmes in the successive years. Under this plans the college has formed a group of people from all departments who are involved in Industry Institute Partnership Cell, Research committee and Department Academic Council to do ground work to start the interdisciplinary programmes. The aim of this group is to design new interdisciplinary programmes based on the market survey, employability, student interest towards these programmes and to get approval from the statutory bodies like AICTE and University. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 29 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 1.3 Curriculum Enrichment 1.3.1 How often is the curriculum of the College reviewed for making it socially relevant and/or job oriented / knowledge intensive and meeting the emerging needs of students and other stakeholders? The Institute received the Autonomy from this academic year 201314. Earlier the Institute followed the curriculum prescribed by the Affiliating University for both the UG & PG programmes. From now onwards the curriculum will be reviewed in the Board of studies and the comments and suggestions by the various experts of BoS are incorporated in the next revision. 1.3.2 How many new programmes have been introduced at UG and PG level during the last four years? Mention details. Inter-disciplinary : The Institute has not started Inter-disciplinary programmes in the last four years Programmes in emerging areas: In the last four years various P.G programmes are introduced as shown in Table 1.2. Table 1.2 List of new programmes introduced in the last four years Programmes Introduced in Department Specialization Year last four years Electrical & Electronics M.Tech. Power system 2010 Engg. Computer Science & M.Tech. Computer Science Engg. 2011 Engineering Electronics & Digital Electronics & M.Tech. 2012 Communication Engg. Communication System Advanced M.Tech. Mechanical Engg. 2013 Manufacturing systems 1.3.2 What are the strategies adopted for revision of the existing programmes? What percentage of courses underwent a major syllabus revision? Institute received the Autonomy from the academic year 2013-14. Earlier the Institution followed the curriculum prescribed by the Affiliating University for the UG & PG programmes. For this academic year onwards the curriculum is designed based on the curriculum of various IITs, NITs, Universities and Autonomous colleges, the suggestions from the senior people from various industries for the present industrial needs at the regional, National and NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 30 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 International levels, feedback from alumni association. The present curriculum incorporates 10 to 20 percentage changes in the previously existing curriculum. 1.3.4 What are the value-added courses offered by the College and how does the College ensure that all students have access to them? The college regularly conducts various training programmes for students to improve the communication, soft skills training, and personality development programmes as part of preparing the students for the placement. All the students must have to attend these courses. 1.3.5 Has the College introduced any higher order skill development programmes in consonance with the National requirements as outlined by the National Skills Development Corporation and other agencies? The college organized many skill development programmes outlined by the National Skills Development Corporation. The college has organized following skill development programmes regularly. o o o o o o o o o Soft skill training programme MATLAB training programme Software training programme Hardware training programme Robot simulation National level paper competitions CAD training programme Embedded system training Personality development programmes etc. 1.4 Feedback System 1.4.1 Does the College have a formal mechanism to obtain feedback from students regarding the curriculum and how is it made use of? The college collects the Feedback from students on the existing curriculum and analyzes the suggestions proposed by them. The college accords considerable importance to the students feedback in restructuring the curriculum. 1.4.2 Does the College elicit feedback on the curriculum from National and International faculty? If yes, specify a few methods adopted to do the same - (conducting webinar, workshop, online forum discussion etc.). Give details of the impact on such feedback. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 31 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Yes, The Department Academic Council interacts with senior faculty of various IITs, NITs, and Universities, and their suggestions and comments are incorporated in framing the curriculum. The college faculty have good contacts with International faculty and their suggestions are incorporated in restructuring the curriculum. 1.4.3 Specify the mechanism through which alumni, employers, industry experts and community give feedback on curriculum enrichment and the extent to which it is made use of. The DAC interacted with experts in different fields from various industries and their suggestions are taken into consideration in framing the curriculum. The Board of Study (BoS) is also constituted with industrial experts and their valuable suggestions are also taken into account. The DAC conducted meetings with student parent community and discussed various issues regarding the curriculum, and their suggestions are considered in framing the curriculum. The BoS for each department is constituted with distinguished alumni. Their suggestions are incorporated during BoS meeting. Some of the alumni are working in the same department as faculty members and their suggestions are also considered in restructuring the curriculum 1.4.4 What are the quality sustenance and quality enhancement measures undertaken by the Institution in ensuring effective development of the curricula? The Institute is accredited / certified with National and International bodies like NBA, NAAC, ISO 9001:2008 for imparting quality technical education. The guidelines and suggestions of these bodies are incorporated in development of the curricula. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 32 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 CRITERION II: TEACHING-LEARNING AND EVALUATION 2.1 Student Enrolment and Profile 2.1.1 How does the College ensure publicity and transparency in the admission process? Admission process is monitored by the Andhra Pradesh state government. The admissions to UG and PG courses are divided into two categories- Category A and Category B. Category A: o 70% of the total approved intake are filled by the Andhra Pradesh State Council for Higher Education (APSCHE) through entrance examination of Andhra Pradesh - Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET) for UG programmes. o For PG programmes APSCHE fills the seats based on ranks in National level -Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) and Post Graduate Engineering Common Entrance Test (PGECET). For PG programme the APSCHE gives first priority to GATE rank students. After filling the seats with GATE qualified students the remaining unfilled seats are filled based on PGECET rank. Category B: o 30% of the admissions are undertaken by the college as per the guidelines of the APSCHE. As per their guidelines, when the process of counseling for UG courses under category-A seats is notified by the EAMCET Convener, simultaneously the college issues a notification for admission to category-B seats providing all the related information in two leading newspapers inviting applications from the interested students. The proforma of application is available in the college or college website and the same proforma is also available in APSCHE website. The students who are desirous of seeking admission can obtain the application from college office or download from the college website. The filled-in applications with the necessary enclosures are collected in the college office by Registered Post with acknowledgement due. The data pertaining to applications received from the candidates are uploaded in the college website for the convenience of the candidates in a transparent manner. After the last date, the admissions are finalized in descending order of merit (IIT JEE rank, EAMCET rank, percentage of marks and age) amongst the applicants. After finalizing the list of admitted candidates the NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 33 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 college obtains ratification from the APSCHE for all the admissions conducted under category-B seats. o For category-B the management collects the tuition fees as prescribed by the Andhra Pradesh Fee Regulatory Committee (AFRC). Entire admission process is highly transparent and there is no scope for any deviation. Similar procedure is adopted for admission in PG courses under category-B. 2.1.2 Explain in detail the process of admission put in place for UG, PG and Ph.D. programmes by the College. Explain the criteria for admission (Ex. (i) merit, (ii) merit with entrance test, (iii) merit, entrance test and interview, (iv) common test conducted by state agencies and National agencies (v) others followed by the College? The admission process for both UG and PG courses are under the control of APSCHE. The college is not offering any Ph.D. programmes at present. For UG programmes, the Andhra Pradesh State Council for Higher Education (APSCHE) fills 70% of seats under Category- A through ONLINE counseling based on the EAMCET rank, reservations and priority of branch and college opted by the students in phased manner. In the first phase the student opts his/her order of preferences to any branch of specialization in any college through online. Based on the rank and reservation of the student, the APSCHE allots the branch and college to the students through online process based on his/her order of choices, EAMCET rank, reservations and the availability of the seats. If the student is interested to join in the allotted college, he/she has to report to the respective college. If the student is not interested to join in the allotted college he/she may go opt for second phase counseling, and in that case the allotted seat in the first phase counseling may get cancelled. In the second phase counseling also the student has to do the same exercise as done in first phase for the left over seats in the first phase counseling. After completion of second phase the APSCHE finally allot the branch and college to the student based on his/her choice and the availability. If the student is satisfied in the second phase allotment then student has to report the college. If any student has not reported the college before the last date then his/her admission automatically gets cancelled in that college. The left over seats under Category – A after the second phase counseling are filled by the college through spot admission as per the guidelines of APSCHE. For filling the left over NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 34 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 seats, college give notification in the leading news papers about the vacancy position and call the interested students for spot admissions. In spot admissions, based on the available vacant seats, college allots the seats to the students. The college strictly follows the reservation and merit in filling left over seats through spot admissions. The list of students admitted under the spot admissions are sent to APSCHE for ratification. In case of PG programmes the 70% of seats under Category- A are filled by APSCHE through online counseling based on the rank in GATE or PGECET, which is conducted by Andhra Pradesh state government. The students qualified in GATE and PGECET have to give the options through online based on their order of preference. The APSCHE give the first priority to the students who qualified in GATE, after completion of GATE qualified students, the APSCHE fill the remaining seats based on the rank in PGECET. For admissions in PG programme also the APSCHE conduct the counseling in two phases as explained earlier as in the case of UG programmes. After completion of the second phase counseling the remaining left over seats under Category – A are filled by the college through spot admissions similar to UG programmes. The college fills the 30% of seats under category- B through the guidelines of APSCHE. The admissions under Category-B are purely on merit basis. For UG programme the college adopts an order of merit as given below; 1. IIT-JEE rank 2. EAMCET rank 3. Percentage of marks in Group of the qualified exam i.e Intermediate 4. Age of the student Similarly for PG programme the college fills the 30% of seats under category- B through the guidelines of APSCHE. The order of merit for PG programme is given below; 1. 2. 3. 4. GATE rank PGECET rank Industrial Experience Percentage of marks in B.Tech. 2.1.3 Does the College have a mechanism to review its admission process and student profiles annually? If yes, what is the outcome of such an analysis and how has it contributed to the improvement of the process? NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 35 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Every year the college reviews the quality of the students admitted under both Category-A and Category-B. Based on the review, the college takes the necessary steps to attract better students. 2.1.4 What are the strategies adopted to increase / improve access to students belonging to the following categories SC/ST OBC Women Different categories of persons with disabilities Economically weaker sections Outstanding achievers in sports and extracurricular activities The total admission process is monitored by the APSCHE for admissions both in category A and B. The college must follow the guidelines framed by APSCHE and cannot deviate to attract the students of any category. All the admissions under category –A are filled by APSCHE as per the reservation polices of Andhra Pradesh state government. The admissions under Category – B are filled only based on the merit. As per the government norms the college is not allowed to follow any strategy to attract the above category students. 2.1.5 Furnish the number of students admitted in the College in the last four academic years. The details of number of students admitted in the I B.Tech. in CSE, EEE, ECE, CE, and ME branches are given in Table 2.1 Table 2.1 Number of students admitted in the last four years in I B.Tech. (CSE, EEE, ECE, CE, and ME) Categories SC ST OBC General Others 2013-14 2012 -1 3 2011-12 2010 - 11 Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female 70 22 74 37 49 30 43 31 07 02 11 05 19 02 17 03 157 54 136 29 147 53 130 61 139 80 158 54 142 71 166 67 24 04 32 02 17 04 14 08 The details of number of students admitted in the I B.Tech. EICE branch in the year 2010 are given in Table 2.2. The EICE department is not offering UG programme from the academic year 2011-12. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 36 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Table 2.2. Number of students admitted in I B.Tech. EICE in the academic year 2010-11 Categories SC ST OBC General Others 2010-11 Male Female 04 01 01 20 04 15 11 02 - The details of number of students admitted in the II Year B.Tech. under lateral entry scheme in CSE, EEE, ECE, CE, ME are given Table 2.3 Table 2.3 Number of students admitted in the last four years in II B.Tech. under lateral entry (CSE, EEE, ECE, CE, and ME branches) Categories SC ST 2013-14 Male Female 08 02 05 01 2012 -1 3 Male Female 07 01 01 - 2011-12 Male Female 06 01 01 - 2010 - 11 Male Female 06 01 02 - OBC 19 - 34 06 32 02 14 04 General 18 03 24 09 16 10 10 02 Others 03 - 03 - 02 - - - The details of number of students admitted in the II Year B.Tech. in EICE branch under later entry scheme are given in Table 2.4. There are no admissions under lateral entry scheme in EICE from the academic year 2012-13. Table 2.4 Number of students admitted in II B.Tech. (EICE) under lateral entry. Categories 2011-12 2010 - 11 Male - Female - Male - Female - OBC General - - 01 - - Others - - - - SC ST The details of number of students admitted in the M.Tech. (CSE, EEE, ECE, ME)** NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 37 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Table 2.5 Number of students admitted in M.Tech. 2013-14 2012 -1 3 2011-12 2010 - 11 Categories Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female SC 08 03 05 04 06 01 03 ST 01 02 01 01 - - 02 - OBC 15 12 08 06 07 03 06 01 General 11 05 07 04 04 03 04 02 Others - - 01 - - - - - **Note o Admissions for M.Tech. in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering started from the academic year 2010-11. o Admissions for M.Tech. in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering started from the academic year 2011-12. o Admissions for M.Tech. in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering started from the academic year 2012-13. o Admissions for M.Tech. in the Department of Mechanical Engineering started from the academic year 2013 – 14. 2.1.6 Has the College conducted any analysis of demand ratio for the various programmes offered by the College? If so, indicate significant trends explaining the reasons for increase / decrease. Every year the college conducts the analysis of demand for various programmes. The analysis basically concentrates on the lowest and highest rank of the admitted students for particular branch of specialization through online counseling under Category – A seats. In case of Category –B seats the analysis depends on the number of applications received for particular branch of specialization. The demand for a particular branch opted by a student depends on many issues related to locally, Nationally and globally. It also depends on the policies of the both state and central governments. The opportunities in various industries like IT, Infrastructure, Electronic, Process, Power and Manufacturing industries play key role in the demand for a particular branch of specialization. Based on the analysis, the college has started new courses and increased the intake in some branches in last four years. The college does not have any data regarding the number of students opted for particular branch under Category -A seats, but it analyze the demand based on lowest and highest rank of admitted students. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 38 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 However, the college can analyze the demand for category-B seats. The number of applications received and number of students admitted under category – B for the academic year 2013- 14 is mentioned in Table 2.6 . Table 2.6 Number of students admitted under category-B in the academic year 2013- 14 Number of Number of Demand Programmes students applications Ratio admitted UG – B.Tech. 1. Civil Engineering 36 36 2. Computer Science and Engg. 23 23 3. Electrical & Electronics Engg. 30 30 4. Electronics & Communication Engg. 36 36 5. Mechanical Engg. 36 36 PG – M.Tech. 1. Power systems. 08 05 2. Computer Science & Engineering. 08 05 3. Digital Electronics & Comm. Systems. 1 1 4. Advanced Manufacturing systems Based on the analysis, the college closed the admissions in the Department of Electronic Instrumentation and Control Engineering from the academic year 2011-12 onwards. Further, based on the analysis the college has started new PG courses and increased the intake in UG courses in the successive years. The list of the new courses started in the last four years is given in Table 2.7. The details of the increased intake in UG programmes are given in Table 2.8. Table 2.7 List of the new courses started in the last four years Programmes Introduced in last five years M.Tech. M.Tech. M.Tech. M.Tech. Department Electrical & Electronics Engg. Computer Science & Engg. Electronics & Communication Engg. Mechanical Engg. Specialization Year Power systems. 2010 Computer Science & Engineering Digital Electronics & Communication Systems. Advanced Manufacturing systems NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar 2011 2012 2013 Page 39 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Table 2.8 Increased in intake in various branches Programmes Department Increase in Intake Year B.Tech. Civil Engineering 60 2012 B.Tech. Mechanical Engg. 60 2013 2.1.7 Was there any instance of the College discontinuing a programme during last four years? If yes, indicate the reasons. The college closed the Department of Electronic Instrumentation and Control Engineering (EICE) branch in the year 2011. The demand for B.Tech. in EICE was very poor in the year 2011, and so the college closed the B.Tech. admissions in EICE from the academic year 2011 – 12 onwards. 2.2 Catering to Student Diversity 2.2.1 Does the College organize orientation / induction programme for freshers? If yes, give details of the duration of programme, issues covered, experts involved and mechanism for using the feedback in subsequent years. The college organizes orientation programmes regularly for the first year students. On the first day of their admission into the college, Head of the Institution and all Heads of the departments organize orientation programme for one day. During this programme the Head of the Institution highlights the importance of engineering and the future opportunities, placement activities, rules and regulations of B.Tech. course, and about the awareness against Ragging. After that each Head of the department explains the scope of the individual discipline in respect to employability, research opportunities, higher studies and entrepreneurship and also highlights the Library, Labs & Infrastructure available in the respective departments. In the first year, the college regularly organizes programmes to enhance various skills like communication, programming, and technical. The college does not organize any induction programme for students for joining into the college in any course, as all the admissions are purely based on the choice of the students through the counseling. 2.2.2 Does the College have a mechanism through which the “differential requirements of student population” are analysed after admission and before the commencement of classes? If so, how are the key issues identified and addressed? NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 40 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 After completion of the admission process, the staff interacts with the students and assesses their knowledge and suitability for the program, they have opted. If any student opts for a change in branch, he/she is advised to change his/her branch depending on the availability of the permitted seats within the time limit prescribed through online counseling. Many students admitted in the college are from the rural places. The major deficiencies among the students are lack of communication skills because many of them are coming from Telugu medium and poor programming skills. The college conducts contact classes before commencement of regular class work for those students to improve their communication and programming skills. In the contact classes, some of the senior faculty explains fundamentals in some subjects like mathematics, physics, chemistry and engineering drawing. Every year for the first year students the college conducts contact classes in the first two weeks before commencement of regular class work. 2.2.3 Does the College provide bridge /Remedial /add - on courses? If yes, how are they structured into the time Table? Give details of the courses offered, department-wise/faculty-wise? The college regularly conducts extra classes to the students for completion of the syllabus. In contact classes, the staff interacts with the students to identify their skills and capabilities. A few extra classes for the needy are conducted to ensure that all the students are comfortable with the program. Staff interacts with students and identifies who are academically backward and conduct remedial classes in the regularly allotted extra periods for them. In the regular time tableevery Saturday afternoon there is no regular class work for the students, and this slot is meant for the faculty members to conduct remedial classes based on the performance of students in the classes, assignments and internals. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 41 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 (a) (b) (c) (d) Figure 2.1 Photos of orientation programme a) Director interacting with first year students and parents b) Gallery of first year students and parents c) Senior Professor interacting with first year students d) HOD interacting with students NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 42 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 2.2.4 Has the College conducted a study on the incremental academic growth of different categories of students; - student from disadvantaged sections of society, economically disadvantaged, physically handicapped and slow learners etc.? If yes, give details on how the study has helped the College to improve the performance of these students. In general, some drop-outs are normally observed after the commencement of the classes. The Management and Staff take this as a challenge and make necessary arrangements to bring down the dropouts to the maximum extent. The dropout students are counseled and are convinced with the advantages of higher learning by quoting some examples of alumni who are at higher positions. The college provided a separate library to issue additional books to the students who belong to the disadvantaged sections of society. The academic growth of the students is monitored by the respective departments. For every section/class the Head of the department (HOD) appoint one senior faculty member, who is handling the subject for that section, as a class in-charge. The HOD also appoints two more faculty members to assist the class in-charge. The class in-charges monitor the performance of each student in the following way. Attendance: Every day, the class in-charge collects the absentees list through online attendance system. The next day, student has to submit the reasons for the absent. If any student fail to attend the classes regularly for more than one day without intimation to the class in-charge, then class in-charge immediately pass the information to the parents through phone. Remedial classes: Based on the performance of the student in assignments, internal exams, labs, class tests, group discussions, seminars, and class room interaction, the remedial classes are conducted for slow learners to improve their performance. In case of problematic and difficult subjects, tutorial classes are organized every week, and for tutorial classes each faculty member of the concerned subject is assisted by two more faculty members. In the tutorial classes the faculty members interact with slow learners in the classroom and assist them in better understanding of the concept and its application. 2.2.5 How does the Institution identify and respond to the learning needs of advanced learners? The Institution identifies the advanced learners on the basis of their merit as well as their performance in the interactive sessions, internal NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 43 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 examinations and labs. The Departments concerned encourage such students by assigning them innovative study projects and making them to participate in various competitions. They are also encouraged to participate in Seminars, Workshops, and Events organized by other Institutes. The Institute conducts special classes to prepare for competitive exams like GATE, GRE, TOFEL, PGECET. 2.2.6 How does the Institution cater to the needs of differently-abled students and ensure adherence to government policies in this regard? For the programmes offered by the Institute, seats are allotted to the eligible students as per the State Government Rule of Reservation Policy. The College provides one attendant to assist the physically disabled students. College takes necessary steps for their convenience like conducting the examinations in the ground floor, providing assistance by supporting staff in the labs, and modifying the drawing tables for their convenience etc. 2.3 Teaching-Learning Process 2.3.1 How does the College plan and organise the teaching, learning and evaluation schedules? (Academic calendar, teaching plan and evaluation blue print, etc.) Annual Academic Plans are prepared by the individual departments at the beginning of academic year. The Staff Council and Principal/Director regularly monitor the execution. College academic calendar is prepared by the examination section with the consultation of Head of the departments based on the academic calendar proposed by the Affiliating University. The college academic calendar consists of first and last date of instructions of each semester, list of public holidays, preparatory holidays for semester end examinations and schedules of internal & semester end exams. In preparing the academic calendar the schedule of various events like technical paper competitions, workshop, and sports day are also taken into consideration. Examination section schedules and conducts the Internal Examinations as per the academic calendar. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 44 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 The Head of the department monitor the class time table for the respective branches. Faculty maintains the lecture schedules, daily coverage and the lecture notes which are periodically verified by the respective Heads of the department. Every week the Head of the department monitor the coverage of the syllabus by interaction with every staff member. If any deviation from the schedule is observed, the HOD seeks clarification from the concerned staff. Extra classes are held if necessary to complete the syllabus with-in-time. Faculty members evaluate the theory and lab examinations in a transparent manner. After evaluating the internal exams the faculty members show the answer script to the students, if any discrepancies found by student, concerned faculty immediately takes care of. Faculty member verifies and takes the necessary action before finalizing the final marks. 2.3.2 Does the College provide course outlines and course schedules prior to the commencement of the academic session? If yes, how is the effectiveness of the process ensured? In the beginning of every academic year the college provides the entire course structure with syllabus, instructions, and academic regulations to each student in a printed form. The same information also kept in the college website. At the beginning of the every semester the student can know the detailed academic schedule and it provides a good opportunity to plan for the entire semester. 2.3.3 What are the courses, which predominantly follow the lecture method? Apart from classroom interactions, what are the other methods of learning experiences provided to students? All the theoretical courses generally follow the lecture method as per the requirement of the curriculum. In addition to the traditional methods of teaching, the teachers offer demonstration lectures using charts, models, power point presentation, and videos for better understanding of the subjects. The teacher also provides physical demonstration in the lab on various equipments to improve better understanding. For example for mechanical engineering students to understand the working principle of various machines like Lathe, drilling machine etc., the teacher demonstrate directly on the machines in the lab. 2.3.4 How is ‘learning’ made more student-centric? Give a list of participatory learning activities adopted by the faculty that contribute to holistic development and improved student learning, besides facilitating life-long learning and knowledge management. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 45 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 The following Teaching-Learning methods are adopted by the Institution to develop interactive, collaborative and independent learning. Lecture method Interactive method Group Discussions and Panel Discussions Computer aided lectures Experimental learning method Project Based Learning Field Trips and Industrial Visits Workshops, Seminars and Guest Lectures Assignments 2.3.5 What is the College policy on inviting experts / people of eminence to provide lectures / seminars for students? The college regularly invites industrial experts, experts from various research organizations, Professors and eminent academicians to deliver guest lectures in the emerging areas. The Head of the department and senior faculty members of the respective branches invites the experts for guest lectures. The college conducts workshops and training programs regularly on the emerging areas by inviting experts from various training Institutions. In all the departments, students form association which plays an important role in organizing the guest lectures and seminars. For each department association, Head of the department nominates one of the senior faculty as association in-charge and students elect secretary and joint secretaries from the students. 2.3.6 What are the latest technologies and facilities used by the faculty for effective teaching? Ex: Virtual laboratories, e-learning, open educational resources, mobile education, etc. A full-fledged E-Class room with all the required ICT facilities is made available to all the Departments to conduct classes. Access to NPTEL (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning) is available. Virtual laboratories through simulation are available. In the regular time tablea separate slot is provided for e-learning. Every week one faculty member is assigned for e-learning classes and they guide the students to learn about the advances and recent trends in respective subjects. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 46 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 2.3.7 Is there a provision for the services of counsellors / mentors/ advisors for each class or group of students for academic, personal and psycho-socio guidance? If yes, give details of the process and the number of students who have benefitted. Yes. Counseling system is in practice right from the inception of the college. One faculty is assigned as a class teacher based on the subject and classes they handle. Students profiles have been designed to make provision to include all academic, co-curricular and personal details of the candidate including his/her family. Provides guidance to choose a certificate / add-on programs offered by the Institute. The class teacher notices the strengths and areas for development for every student. This helps the student to set goals and objectives. The class teacher meets the wards regularly once in a week. 2.3.8 Are there any innovative teaching approaches/methods/practices adopted/put to use by the faculty during the last four years? If yes, did they improve the learning? What methods were used to evaluate the impact of such practices? What are the efforts made by the Institution in giving the faculty due recognition for innovation in teaching? In addition to the regular lecturing mode, the following Innovative and latest teaching methods are adopted to enhance the learning and participatory approach of the students. Presentations using LCD Projector. Usage of working models and charts. Live teaching mode using internet. Guest Lectures, Seminars and Workshops. Problem solving sessions, Group discussions, Debates, Quiz programmes, Department association activities, Field Trips and Industrial visits. 2.3.9 How does the College create a culture of instilling and nurturing creativity and scientific temper among the learners? Seminars, Workshops and Guest Lectures are arranged regularly by inviting eminent Professors and Scientists as Resource Persons by all the Departments to nurture creativity and scientific temper. Innovative teaching and evaluative methodologies adopted by the college, helps the students to remain life-long learners and innovators. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 47 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 2.3.10 Does the College consider student projects a mandatory part of the learning programme? If so, for how many programmes is it made mandatory? Number of projects executed within the College. Names of external Institutions associated with the College for student project work. Role of the faculty in facilitating such projects. Yes. To fulfill the requirements of the curriculum every student must complete a project on any field related to their discipline and they have to submit the project report in the final year of their course. For the project work the Head of the department grouped the students into batches based on the merit, consisting 3 to 4 students, and the batches are assigned to faculty. The faculty provides technical support and guidance to the students to complete the project. The students select the area of project based on their interests by consulting with the assigned faculty member. The type of the project work carried by the students are categorized in the following ways. In-house projects: Some of the students complete the project work using existing resources in the college like equipment in the laboratories, available softwares. Around 60% of the students execute their project in the college. Industrial Projects: Some of the students get approval from various industries and R&D organizations to carry out their projects. The students who are interested to do their projects in collaboration with industries / R&D organizations have to get formal approval through the Head of the Institution prior to start of the project. Once the students get approval then they identify the problems and complete their projects on the identified problem. Around 30 - 40% of the students execute their project in the industries and R&D organizations. Innovative projects: Some students complete their projects on their innovative ideas in the field of engineering and application. The college always provides infrastructural support and financial assistance to complete their projects. 2.3.11 What efforts are made to facilitate the faculty in learning / handling computer-aided teaching/ learning materials? What are the facilities available in the College for such efforts? The college has provided computer with internet facility to all the faculty rooms. The faculty can access the internet at any time to NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 48 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 upgrade the knowledge. At the same time faculty can prepare power point presentations to deliver the lecture in more effective manner. The college also provides the facilities like NPTEL and DELNET to the faculty. Using NPTEL the faculty listen the lectures of experts on various field of interest. The DELNET facility provides the faculty to access the resource material available in various libraries. 2.3.12 Does the College have a mechanism for evaluation of teachers by the students / alumni? If yes, how is the evaluation used in achieving qualitative improvement in the teaching-learning process? Yes. The college takes the feedback from the students to evaluate the performance of the teacher. At the end of every semester the college takes online feedback from the students using standard questionnaire with four options as in the given Table2.9. The questionnaire evaluates the performance of each faculty in various aspects like teaching, communication, behavior, subject knowledge etc. Every student has to select the option for each question against each faculty who handles the subject in that semester. Based on the selected options by the student faculty are rated in the scale 5 to 1. If any faculty gets rank below 3, then the Head of the Institution personally interact with faculty and informs the reasons for less feedback, if necessary counseling will be given to improve the performance for the next semester. Based on the feedback the faculty can do self assessment and can improve their performance. Table 2.9 Faculty assessment form 1 Teachers preparation for the class A. Very Good B. Good C. Satisfactory D. Poor 2 Knowledge of the teacher in the subject matter A. Excellent B. Good C. Sufficient D. Insufficient 3 Teacher's attitude towards the subject A. Highly Interested B. Interested C. Not so interested D. Uninterested 4 Presentation of the subject matter clearly in English A. Excellent B. Good C. Satisfactory D. Poor 5 Is the teacher carrying text books to the class? A. Never B. Rarely NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 49 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 C. Often 6 Audibility of teacher's voice A. Very Good C. Satisfactory D. Regularly B. Good D. Poor 7 Encouraging the students to participate in classroom discussions A. Regularly B. Occasionally C. Rarely D. Never 8 Discussion of recent developments in the subject A. Regular B. Occasional C. Rare D. Never 9 Fairness in evaluation of examination papers A. Fair and impartial B. Usually fair C. Rarely fair D. Always unfair 10 Punctuality in taking the classes A. Always punctual B. Usually punctual C. Rarely punctual D. Never punctual 11 Teacher's ability in developing an interest in the subject A. Excellent B. Good C. Satisfactory D. Poor 12 Use of full lecture hour for teaching or discussion A. Always B. Often C. Rarely D. Never 13 Teacher's mannerism in the class A. Never distracting B. Slightly distracting C. Most often distracting D. Irritating 14 Respect for students A. Very good C. Satisfactory B. Good D. Poor 15 Availability of the teacher outside the class hours A. Always B. Sometimes C. Rare D. Never 16 Maintenance of discipline in the class A. Excellent B. Good C. Adequate D. Inadequate 17 Rate of Syllabus coverage A. Even and desirable B. Too fast NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 50 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 C. Too slow D. Uneven 18 Regularity in giving the assignments A. Regular B. Sometimes C. Rarely D. Never 19 Use of black board A. Very Good C. Satisfactory B. Good D. Poor 20 Willingness to learn from students A. Always B. Sometimes C. Rarely D. Never 2.3.13 Does the Institution face any challenges in completing the curriculum within the planned time frame and calendar? If yes elaborate on the challenges encountered and the Institutional approaches to overcome these. No. Staff members make alternate arrangements when they go either on leave or on On-duty. Staff Council and Head of the Institution monitor the coverage of curriculum and other activities of each Department regularly. 2.3.14 How are library resources used to augment the teaching-learning process? College central Library, a learning resource automated center, plays a significant role in teaching-learning process. It provides Text books and Reference books, Encyclopedias, Question Papers of previous University Examinations, Journals, e-journals and Periodicals, Magazines, News papers, NPTEL resources, DELNET, Career Guidance information, list of important Websites and Internet access to augment the teaching-learning process. Every department also maintain department library consisting of various books related to curriculum, project reports carried out by the students for quick reference to the faculty and students. 2.3.15 How does the Institution continuously monitor, evaluate and report on the quality of teaching, teaching methods used, classroom environments and the effect on student performance. Comprehensive Annual Academic Plan incorporating innovative teaching-learning practices and evaluation schedule is prepared and submitted to Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) and Staff Council NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 51 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 by each Department at the commencement of the academic year. IQAC meets twice in a semester and evaluates the quality of teachinglearning process in the College. If any deficiencies are observed, appropriate suggestions and measures are offered to the respective Departments. Suggestions and recommendations made by the IQAC will be taken into account for the next academic year. 2.4 Teacher Quality 2.4.1 What is the faculty strength of the College? How many positions are filled against the sanctioned strength? How many of them are from outside the state? The details of the faculty strength in the college are given in Table 2.10. Table 2.10 Faculty strength in the college Sanctioned Filled Faculty from outside the state Professor --17 Associate Professors ---13 Asst. Professors ---- 97 12 2.4.2 How are the members of the faculty selected? Every year before the commencement of the academic year atleast two months ahead, the Head of the department has to propose the requirement of the staff to the Head of the Institution based on the vacancies to be raised. By receiving the requirement from all the departments, the Head of the Institution give the notification about the vacancies, qualification and specialization in any two leading news papers. After receiving the applications, the Head of the department prepare the short listed candidates by scrutinizing the applications based on the AICTE norms, experience and specialization. The Head of the Institution form a selection panel for each department to conduct the interviews. The selection panel consists of the chairman, correspondent, Head of the Institution, Head of the department, subject experts and affiliated University member. Based on the convenience of the members the interviews are organized for the short listed candidates atleast one or two months before the commencement of the class work. The panel members interview and select the candidates based on their knowledge in subject, experience and teaching. 2.4.3 Furnish details of the faculty The details of the faculty are given in the Table 2.11 NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 52 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Table 2.11 Faculty details Highest Professor Associate Assistant qualification Professor Professor Male Female Male Female Male Female Permanent teachers Ph.D. 11 01 04 02 M.Phil. 05 02 PG 06 10 02 70 11 Temporary teachers B Tech 02 01 Total 18 07 99 03 2.4.4 What percentage of the teachers have completed UGC-CSIR-NET, UGC-NET, and SLET exams? In that what percentage of teachers are with PG as highest qualification? In engineering stream faculty members have not completed UGCCSIR-NET, UGC-NET, and SLET exams. In the science and humanities very few member appeared for UGC-CSIR-NET, UGCNET, and SLET exams. For the selection of the faculty members the minimum essential qualification is PG for both in engineering and science and humanities departments. 2.4.5 Does the College encourage diversity in its faculty recruitment? Provide the following departments-wise details. The college gives an equal importance in recruiting the faculty from various regions. The diversity of the faculty is given in Table 2.12. Department Civil CSE EEE ECE ME Table 2.12 Diversity of the faculty % of % of faculty % of faculty faculty who from other from other are product Colleges States of the same within the College State 33.3 66.7 8.7 56.5 34.8 27.3 63.6 9.1 22.9 72.4 4.7 50 45 5 % of faculty from abroad - 2.4.5 Does the College have the required number of qualified and competent teachers to handle all the courses for all departments? If not, how do you cope with the requirements? How many faculty members were appointed during the last four years? NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 53 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 The college recruited the required number of qualified and competent teachers to handle all the courses for all the departments. In the last four years the college recruited 85 faculty members in all the departments. Some of the following steps have taken to cope up with the requirements. Before introducing the new programmes, concerned faculty from the departments are deputed to the training programmes offered by the Universities/Research Organizations. Qualified and required faculty members are recruited to teach new programmes. Industrial experts, Experts from research organizations, Professors and eminent academicians are invited to deliver Guest Lectures in the emerging areas. 2.4.6 How many visiting Professors are on the rolls of the College? - Nil 2.4.7 What policies/systems are in place to recharge teachers? (eg: providing research grants, study leave, nomination to National/International conferences/Seminars, in-service training, organizing National/International conferences etc.) Special leaves are sanctioned for the selected members under Faculty development programmes offered by UGC / AICTE. All the staff members are permitted to attend National and International conferences, Workshops, Seminars and other development programmes. In addition to special leaves, registration fee is sponsored by the Institution. The Faculty without Research Degree is encouraged to register for Ph.D., M.Phil. The faculty with doctoral degree are encouraged to attain Research Supervisor status to guide faculty members for Ph.D. either from the same department or from other colleges. All the faculty are encouraged to apply for Minor/Major Research Projects, Symposiums etc., offered by DAE, UGC and DST etc. The faculty members also encouraged to go on study leave to carry out their research work. The list of faculty members who availed the study leave to complete their PG and Ph.D. degrees is given in Table 2.13. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 54 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Table2.13 List of the faculty availed study leave S.No Name of the faculty Department Programme 1 M.Srinivasulu Mechanical Ph.D. 2 P. Srihari Reddy Mechanical Ph.D. 3 P.V. Subba Reddy Civil Ph.D. 4 R. Lavanya ECE M.Tech. 5 Sk. Manjoor Ahamad EEE M.Tech. 6 B. Kalyani CSE M.Tech. In each department workshops and training programmes also conducted to train the faculty. Sufficient finance and technical support is also provided to the staff members for Research Activities and Academic Publications. 2.4.9 Give the number of faculty who received awards / recognitions for excellence in teaching at the state, National and International level during the last four years. - Nil 2.4.10 Provide the number of faculty who have undergone staff development programmes during the last four years. (Add any other programme if necessary) The faculty are deputed to the faculty development programmes, workshops, seminars, conferences etc., organized by National and International professional Institutions to update their knowledge and to learn innovative teaching- learning approaches, use of audio/visual aids, assessment and evaluation methodologies etc. Within the Institute, faculty training programmes and workshops are also organized by inviting resource persons from reputed organizations. The list of the faculty attended for those programmes are given in the Table 2.14. Table 2.14 List of the faculty attended for staff development programme Academic Staff Development Programmes Refresher courses HRD programmes Orientation programmes Staff training conducted by the College NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Number of faculty 5 20 4 11 Page 55 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Staff training conducted by University/other Colleges Summer / winter schools, workshops, etc. Any other (conference/seminars) 2.4.11 14 83 80 What percentage of the faculty have been invited as resource persons in Workshops / Seminars / Conferences organized by external professional agencies participated in external Workshops / Seminars / Conferences recognized by National/ International professional bodies presented papers in Workshops / Seminars / Conferences conducted or recognized by professional agencies teaching experience in other universities / National Institutions and others industrial engagement International experience in teaching 5% of the faculty members are invited as resource persons in Workshops / Seminars / Conferences organized by external professional agencies. 70% of the faculty members participated in External Workshops, Seminars and Conferences organized by National/International Professional bodies. 5% of the teachers have experience in other universities and National universities. 15 % of the teachers have industrial experience. 1% of the teachers have International experience in teaching Table2.15 The list of the faculty delivered guest lecturers Name of the organized Institute Vishnavi Engg. college, Tirupathi S No Name of the Faculty Depart ment Title of the topic Name of the programmes 1 Dr. K. Nagi Reddy ECE Signals & systems Guest lecture 2 Dr. K. Nagi Reddy ECE Basics of MATLAB for civil engineers SDP on Applications of ANN and Fuzzy logic NBKRIST, Vidyanagar 3 Prof. P. Mohanaiah ECE Electricity and Communicatio ns Guest lecture NBKR Arts & Science College, Vidyanagar NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 56 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 4 5 Dr.G.Harinat ha Reddy Dr.G.Harinat ha Reddy ECE ECE Signal Processing Signal and systems Guest lecture Guest lecture 6 M. Nataraja Suresh CSE Essentials for young software engineers Guest lecture 7 Dr.R.Hari Prakash Rao ME Bio-Diesel Guest lecture 8 Dr.R.Hari Prakash Rao ME 9 Dr. Ch R. Vikram Kumar ME 10 Dr. Ch R. Vikram Kumar ME 11 Dr. Ch R. Vikram Kumar ME 12 Sri. M Srinivsulu ME 13 Dr Ch R. Vikram Kumar ME 14 Sri. P.Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy ME 15 Sri. P.S. Ravi Kumar ME 16 16 17 18 19 Dr.P.Nanda Kumar Dr.D.Sriniva s Dr. P.V.Subba Reddy Dr. K. Narapa Rreddy Dr.C. ME Civil PEC, Nellore VEC, Madanapalli Narayanadri Institute of Technology, Rajampet GKCE, sullure peta Performance of alternative fuels Overview on metal cutting process & Recent trends in metal cutting Advanced Metal cutting process Guest lecture BCE, Nellore Guest lecture Dept. Mechanical Engineering PBRVITS, Kavali Advances in Coatings for Metal cutting application workshop on manufacturin g trends Unconventiona l Energy systems Multi layer nano-coatings for metal cutting applications Review on wire electric discharge machining FEM in manufacturing process Tool Engineering Geo Engineering Dept. Mechanical Engineering Guest Lecture Yogananda Institute of technology Siddharth Institute of Engineering & Technology,Puttu r Narayana Engineering College, Nellore FDP programme NBKRIST, Vidyanagar FDP programme NBKRIST, Vidyanagar FDP programme NBKRIST, Vidyanagar Guest lecture SVCET, Chittore Guest lecture PBRVITS, Kavali Civil Structural Engineering Guest lecture VEC, Kavali S&H New trends in management MBA VITS Kavali S&H Electro MSC N.B.K.R. Arts NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 57 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Raveendra Reddy 20 Dr.C,Sredhar chemistry S&H and Science college, Vidyanagar Applied Mathematics Guest lecture AUCET, Gudur Table 2.16 List of the faculty having teaching experience in other Universities / National Institutions S No Name of the Faculty 1 Dr.P.V.Subba Reddy Name of the University/ Department National Institute Civil S.V. University 2 C. Balaji Civil S.V. University 3 B. Satheesh Kumar Mechanical S.V. University 4 Dr. CH R. Vikram Mechanical Kumar P.Srihari Reddy Mechanical S.V. University 5 S.V. University Position No of years of service Teaching assistant Teaching assistant Teaching assistant/ Academic consultant Teaching assistant Teaching assistant 2 2 4 1.5 1 Table 2.17 The list of the faculty having industrial experience S No Name of the Faculty Dept. Name of the industry Position No of years of service 1 Dr. P. Nanda Kumar ME Lokesh Machines Ltd. Assistant Manager 9 2 Dr. R. Hari Prakash ME Mechanical Engineer 1 3 Dr. R. Hari Prakash ME Mechanical Engineer 3 4 S.P.Akbar Hussain ME Corrosion Engineer 1 5 B. Madhusudhana Reddy ME Site Engineer 1.5 6 T. Pramod Kumar ME Volvo CE (VEEIPL), Hyderabad 7 SK. Zakir Hussain ME Win Will Technical Services Hindustan Development Corporation Ltd., Kolkata Wood Craft Products Ltd., Assam Abdullah Foud Imp Alloy Company Ltd., Soudi Arebia Spanco Telecommunication Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Technical Service Engineer Design Engineer 1.5 2.7 Page 58 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Dr. P.V.Subba Reddy S. Sudheer Kumar V. Rajamohan Dr. G. Harinatha Reddy 8 9 10 11 G.V.Konda Reddy 12 Civil Construction Project engineer 7 Civil Construction G.T.E 1 Civil Construction G.T.E 1 ECE B.H.P.V. Ltd., Visakhapatnam Engineer 5 CSE Bhagyanagar metals Ltd., Hyderabad Asst. Production Engineer 3 Table 2.18. The list of the faculty having International teaching experience S No Name of the Faculty Dept. 1 Dr. D. Srinivas Civil 2.4.12 Name of the University/ National Institute Addis Ababa University Position No of years of service Asst. Prof. 3 How often does the College organize academic development programmes for its faculty, leading to enrichment of teachinglearning process? Curricular Development The college has received an Autonomous status with effect from the academic year 2013-14. For design and development of the curriculum the college formed various committees with faculty to interact various Institutions and Industries. The faculty members interacted with experts in those organizations and their suggestions are incorporated in the curriculum. Teaching-learning methods Every year before the commencement of the academic year, the Head of the Institution and Head of the departments conduct the workshop to newly recruited faculty about teaching-learning methods. The college also invites senior faculty members from various reputed academic Institutions to train the faculty members about teaching-learning methods. Examination reforms The college had made many reforms from the current academic year. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 59 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 The college reformed the examination pattern by shifting from marks system to grade system. Before autonomy the internal evaluation of each student is based on the descriptive questions. From the academic year in view to prepare the students for GATE and other competitive exams, the objective questions are incorporated along with descriptive questions in the internal examinations. Earlier to the autonomy status in semester based system the student has to write two internal mid-exams, out of which the best marks obtained is considered as the final internal marks. Sometimes few students writes only one internal mid-exam and the marks obtained in that exam are considered as final internal marks. Now the reforms have made by providing 80% weightage to best performance in any of mid-exam and 20% to the other mid-exam. If any student writes only one mid exam the final internal marks are calculated as 80% of marks obtained in that exam. Hence the students write both the mid exams for improving their performance and as well as knowledge in the subject. In case of the first year theory courses, the student has to write three internal mid-exams. The final internal marks are considered by giving weightage 40 % each for the better two mid examination and 20% for the other mid examinations marks. Content / knowledge management Three elective subjects have to be studied by the student during third and final years of the course. Research and industry oriented subjects are identified as elective subjects. Any other (please specify) The faculty members are deputed to the faculty development programmes, workshops, seminars, and conferences etc., organized by National and International professional Institutions to update their knowledge and to learn innovative teaching- learning approaches. 2.4.13 What are the teaching innovations made during the last five years? How are innovations rewarded? Many initiations are taken during the last five years for teaching innovations and they are New experiments/equipments are added to demonstrate the theoretical concepts in a practical way. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 60 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 2.4.14 Many students are assigned to do research and industry oriented projects. Examination system is reformed. Faculty members are encouraged to take classes using power point presentations. Students are continuously accessed by faculty about their strengths and weaknesses. Language lab is established. Faculty are encouraged to discuss the topics beyond the scope of the syllabus. E-learning classes are made mandatory for all the students. Internal seminars are organized regularly to the students. Assignments and tutorial classes are regularly monitored. Does the College have a mechanism to encourage Mobility of faculty between Institutions for teaching? Faculty exchange programmes with National and International bodies? If yes, how have these schemes helped in enriching quality of the faculty? The college does not have any mechanism to encourage mobility of faculty between Institutions for teaching and Faculty exchange programmes with National and International bodies. 2.5 Evaluation Process and Reforms 2.5.1 How does the College ensure that all the stakeholders are aware of the evaluation processes that are operative? Every year the college takes the feedback by conducting meetings with alumni, parents, outgoing students, and also takes the feedback from the faculty members about the evaluation processes. 2.5.2 What are the major evaluation reforms initiated by the College and to what extent have they been implemented in the College? NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 61 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Cite a few examples which have positively impacted the evaluation management system? Evaluation methodologies and processes to be followed by each Department are documented and submitted in comprehensive academic plan in the beginning of the academic year. Students are informed the same during the orientation programmes. The major reforms are initiated in the evaluation process. Some of the reforms are given below; Student performance is evaluated in terms of grades than marks. Importance is given to two internal exams conducted in a semester (80% to best exam and 20% to other). Objective questions are incorporated in internal examinations. Formation of panel for both setting the external question papers and evaluation. Question papers are set by external paper setters. Evaluation is also carried out by external evaluators. After each subject is evaluated for 100 marks, the marks obtained in each subject will be converted to a corresponding letter grade as given in Table2.19, depending on the range in which the marks obtained by the student falls. Table 2.19 Conversion into grades and grade points assigned Range in which the marks in the subjects falls ≥95 85-94 75-84 65-74 55-64 45-54 40-44 < 40 Grade Grade points assigned Performance A++ A+ A B B C D F 10 9.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 0 Out standing Excellent Very Good Good Fair Average Satisfactory Fail NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 62 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 The Grade Point Average (GPA) for each semester/year is calculated based on the grades obtained in each subject for that semester/year. The Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of a student from the first year up to the end of the semester is calculated based on the GPA obtained for each semester/year. The award of the class for students based on the CGPA obtained for the entire programme. The award of degree based on CGPA is placed in four classes as given Table 2.20. Table 2.20. Classification of award of degree based on CGPA Class Awarded CGPA First class with Distinction ≥7.0 First Class ≥6.0 and <7.0 Second Class ≥5.0 and < 6.0 2.5.3 What measures have been taken by the Institution for continuous evaluation of students and ensuring their progress and improved performance? The students are continuously evaluated using internal examinations, assignments, question answer sessions, problem solving sessions, group discussions, seminars and debates to measure the student performance. The students are also evaluated about the regularity in attending the classes using online attendance system. 2.5.4 What percentage of marks is earmarked for continuous internal assessment? Indicate the mechanisms strategized to ensure rigour of the internal assessment process? For both theory subjects and practical subjects, internal assessment carry 40% marks. For theory subject two internal exams are conducted for maximum of 40 marks. If a student writes both exams 80% weightage is given to the best performed exam and 20 % weightage to other one. For example if student got 35 marks in one internal exam and 20 marks obtained in the other exam, then total internal marks by the student out of 40 are 32 (0.8*35+0.2*20 =32). If any student fails to write any one exam the marks obtained for that exam is considered as ‘zero’, then 80 % of the marks obtained in one internal exam are considered as total internal marks out of 40. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 63 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 If student fails to write the both internal exams, then the total internal marks obtained in that subject are considered as ‘zero’. In the external exam the student has to get minimum 35 of 60 marks to clear the subject, and at the same time the student has to get minimum 40 marks out 100 including both internal and external assessment. For practicals, the internal assessment of 40 marks out of 100 depends on the performance of student in the lab, viva-voce, record writing, subject knowledge and an examination at the end. The remaining 60 marks for the external lab examination. 2.5.5 Does the College adhere to the declared examination schedules? If not, what measures have been taken to address the delay? The college strictly adheres to the examinations schedules. 2.5.6 What is the average time taken by the College for declaration of examination results? Indicate the mode / media adopted by the College for the publication of examination results e.g., website, SMS, email, etc. The college received the Autonomous status from the academic year 2013-14. Till now the college has not declared the examination results. But the average time required by the college for declaration of examination results take around 45 days after completion of the final end examination. The results will be displayed in the notice boards and college website. 2.5.7 Does the college have an integrated examination platform for the following processes? Pre-examination processes – Time Table generation, OMR, student list generation, invigilators, squads, attendance sheet, online payment gateway, etc. Examination process – Examination material management, logistics. Post examination process – attendance capture, OMR based exam result, auto processing, generic result processing and certification. The college established an integrated examination platform to conduct pre-examination, examination and post examination processes. The details of the various activities of examination section are shown in Figure 2.2. The Head of the Institution directs the controller of examination to follow various functions of the examination process. The additional controller of examination along with supporting NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 64 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 teaching and non teaching staff helps the controller of examination for effective implementation of various examination activities. The college provided sufficient infrastructure and required supporting staff for examination branch for smooth conduct of the examinations. The various activities to be performed in pre-examination, examination, and post examination processes are given in Figure 2.2. In pre-examination process the examination branch has various responsibilities like preparing examination schedules for internal, external and lab exams, selection of the panels for paper setting, preparation of the students list, communication to the panel members for setting the question paper, collection of the question papers, printing of the question papers, printing answer booklets, preparation of examination time Table The examination process includes various activities related conduct of examinations like distribution of answer scripts and question papers to invigilators, assigning of observer duties, and preparation of absentee statement, collection of answer scripts and packing of answer scripts. The post examination process includes selection of panels for the evaluators, coding the answer scripts, evaluating the answer scripts, decoding of answer scripts, preparing the award list, declaration of results and issuing of provisional certificates. 2.5.8 Has the College introduced any reforms in its Ph.D. evaluation process? The college is not offering any Ph.D. programmes 2.5.9 What efforts are made by the College to streamline the operations at the Office of the Controller of Examinations? Mention any significant efforts which have improved process and functioning of the examination division/section? The college provided sufficient area to streamline the various operations at the office of the Controller of Examinations. The layout of examination section is shown in Figure 2.3. The examination section has confidential area to carry the confidential works like question paper typing, printing and packing. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 65 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Adequate number of computers with technical staff is provided in data processing section. Students are not allowed to enter into the examination section, and separate student counters are arranged. Well spaced record room is available to keep the examination material safely. Separate cabin is provided for controller of examination to monitor all the activities of examination section. Well equipped distribution/collection section is provided distribute/collect the examination material from the invigilators. to 2.5.10 What is the mechanism for redressal of grievances with reference to evaluation? After evaluation, the internal examination papers are distributed to the students by concerned faculty. For any discrepancy in marks, clarifications and doubts raised by a student can bring to the notice of the concerned faculty and can seek clarification. If necessary regarding the evaluation the student can take to the notice of the HOD. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 66 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Figure 2.2. Activities of examination branch NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 67 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Figure 2.3. The layout of the office of the controller of examination 2.6. Student Performance and Learning Outcomes 2.6.1 Does the College have clearly stated learning outcomes for its programmes? If yes, give details on how the students and staff are made aware of these? Yes. All the students are educated regarding the program outcomes. Each Department prepares its own academic plan by incorporating the programmes inputs and outcomes. Same is communicated to the students and staff. As per the NBA guideline, Learning outcomes of all the programmes are given below; NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 68 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 a. An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering. b. An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyse and interpret data. c. An ability to design an engineering system, component or process. d. An ability to function on multidisciplinary teams. e. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems. f. An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility. g. An ability to communicate effectively. h. The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context. i. A recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning. j. A knowledge of contemporary issues. k. An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice. l. An ability to participate and become successful in competitive examinations like GATE etc. 2.6.2 How does the Institution monitor and ensure the achievement of learning outcomes? Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) regularly monitors the achievements of learning outcomes. Feedback from Alumni, Parents and Employers is collected and the observed deficiencies are rectified in the forth coming semesters. Training and Placement Cell provides the opportunities for employment. 2.6.3 How does the Institution collect and analyse data on student learning outcomes and use it for overcoming barriers of learning? Institute has its own feedback mechanism to collect and analyze data on student learning outcomes. Feedbacks collected from the stake holders are analyzed and appropriate measures are recommended to overcome the barriers of learning. Advices of Academic Experts are taken in this regard. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 69 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 2.6.4 Give Programme-wise details of the pass percentage and completion rate of students. The pass percentages of students for the past four academic years are given in Table 2.21. Table 2.21 Pass percentage for the past four years S.NO Programmes 2009-2013 2008-2012 2007-2011 2006-2010 UG – B.Tech. 1 Civil Engineering 77.97% 70.49% 68.33% 83.87% 2 Computer Science & Engineering 55.43% 76.57% 90.59% 87.30% 69.37% 72.22% 80.62% 88.70% 79.55% 79.16% 92.53% 90.47% 66.15% 81.36% 75.38% 73.55% - - - -- Electrical & Electronics Engineering Electronics & Communication Engineering 3 4 5 Mechanical Engineering PG – M.Tech. S.NO Programmes 1 2 Power systems Computer Science & Engineering 2011-2013 2010-2012 88.8% 83.3% NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar 100% - Page 70 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 CRITERION III: RESEARCH, CONSULTANCY AND EXTENSION 3.1 Promotion of Research 3.1.1 Does the College have a research committee to monitor and address the issues of research? If yes, what is its composition? Mention a few recommendations which have been implemented and their impact. College has a research committee comprising professors of various departments. The committee members discuss the various issues of developing the research cell and recommend for the implementation and their impact. In this process the teaching faculty are encouraged for research activity. Research committee provides support to the faculty in preparing and submission of the research project proposals for external funding. Faculty are encouraged to register for Ph.D. to upgrade their qualification. Participation in National/International conferences/seminars are also encouraged either at Institute level or outside. Necessary infrastructure facilities and administrative support is provided to augment research activities. The students are encouraged to carry out live projects based on latest technology with the guidance of experienced faculty members. Incentive schemes are provided for research journals. 3.1.2 What is the policy of the College to promote research culture in the College? The college has made many policies to promote research culture in the college. Some of the policies are given below; Incentives are paid to the faculty for publications in International and National reputed journals. Special leaves are sanctioned to attend the conferences / workshops / seminars. Incentives are paid to the faculty and students for presenting papers in NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 71 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 3.1.3 International and National conferences. Faculty and students are allowed to access the available infrastructure facilities to carry out research work. Special leaves are provided to faculty to carry out the research leading to Ph.D. The faculty are encouraged to submit research proposals for financial support to different funding agencies. Encouraging faculty to carry out collaborative research. Encouraging faculty to register Ph.D. programmes offered by other universities. The college provides special incentives to the faculty those who undertake funded research projects. To highlight the progress of research activity in the Institution, the workload is reduced to certain faculty who are involved in the research activities. Depending upon the nature of project, adequate infrastructure and human resources are provided to assist for the completion of project. List details of prioritised research areas and the areas of expertise available with the College. The details of prioritised research areas and the areas of expertise available with the College are given in Table 3.1 Table 3.1 Prioritised research areas and the areas of expertise available Dept. Research areas Expertise available Alternative source of energy – bio fuel Metal cutting Experimentation and Advanced manufacturing ME simulation in the research areas processing mentioned Industrial engineering CAD/CAM Robotics Consultancy in soil testing and Geo-Tech engineering concrete testing CE Structural engineering NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 72 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 EEE CSE ECE 3.1.4 Power systems Power electronics Computer networks Data base management systems VLSI Design Signal and image processing Wireless networks Simulation MATLAB work through Web application development Simulation work through VHDL & MATLAB and microprocessor interfacing What are the proactive mechanisms adopted by the College to facilitate smooth implementation of research schemes/projects? Advancing funds for sanctioned projects The funding agencies release the first installment along with sanctioning order based on the budgetary requirements. After receiving the first installment the principal investigator starts the project. Resources are released as soon as the principal investigator submits the action of plan. The list of necessary equipment and software are processed for procurement. Providing seed money If any particular research project have some application to demonstrate the technical aspects to the students, then college provides seed money to start the project. Autonomy to the principal investigator/coordinator for utilizing overhead charges The project investigator/coordinator has autonomy to utilize the Institutional overhead of the project with the consent of the Head of the Institution. Timely release of grants College maintains a separate account under the control of Head of the Institution for the project grants. Based on the requirements of the project investigator the Head of the Institution release the grants. Timely auditing The College administrative officer provids support for auditing to submit the final reports along with audited reports in time. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 73 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Submission of utilization certificate to the funding authorities The Utilization certificates are submitted immediately to funding agencies in time without any delay. 3.1.5 How is interdisciplinary research promoted? between/among different departments of the College and collaboration with National/International Institutes / industries. The college encourages the faculty to carry out research in interdisciplinary areas. Some of the faculty in different departments forms a group to guide the student projects in different areas. The faculty members are allowed to attend the workshops/conferences/seminars organized in interdisciplinary areas to enhance the knowledge. The college encourages the faculty by providing incentives to apply projects in collaboration with National/International Institutes / industries. 3.1.6 Enumerate the efforts of the College in attracting researchers of eminence to visit the campus and interact with teachers and students? The college invites many eminent experts from various research organizations to deliver guest lecturers on the emerging research areas. Workshops, seminars, conferences and interactions are organized regularly by the Institute. Eminent professors and scientists from IITs, NITs, Universities and SHAR etc., are invited as resource persons and interactive sessions are arranged to develop the scientific temper and research culture among students. Field trips are arranged to visit Regional Centres, SHAR, Power Stations, Automobile Industries and Radar Stations etc. 3.1.7 What percentage of faculty have utilized sabbatical leave for research activities? How has the provision contributed to the research quality and culture of the College? College encourages the faculty to complete their Ph.D. by sanctioning special leaves and full vacation based on the requirements of the faculty. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 74 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 They are also allowed to utilize special leaves to complete their research work. The list of the faculty members availed special leaves to complete their Ph.D. works are given in Table 3.2. Table 3.2 List of faculty members availed special leaves S.No Name of the Faculty Dept. Duration of the leave Year 1. Dr. P.V. Subba Reddy Civil Six months 2012 2. Sri. M. Srinivasulu ME Six months 2012 3 Sri. P Srihari Reddy ME Six months 2013 3.1.8 Status Ph.D. awarded Thesis submitted Thesis submitted Provide details of National and International conferences organized by the College highlighting the names of eminent scientists/scholars who participated in these events. College has not organized any International/National conferences in the campus. But the college organized faculty development programmes and invited eminent experts/scientists to deliver the lectures. 3.1.9 Details on the College initiative in transferring/advocating the relative findings of research of the College and elsewhere to the students and the community (lab to land). The students select their projects based on information in the available International journals in emerging areas. Many faculty those who are pursuing Ph.D. guide the students on their research works. The students are encouraged to carry out the projects connected with social importance and for community use. For example fire alarms systems in mines, temperature control systems in boilers & bulk sea carriers, solar powered vehicles, production of portable water through solar water collectors etc. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 75 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 3.1.10 Give details on the faculty actively involved in research (Guiding student research, leading research projects, engaged in individual or collaborative research activity etc.) The faculty who are involved in guiding Ph.D. scholars and involve in individual research are given in Table 3.3. Table 3.3 Details for the faculty members involved in research S.No Name of the Faculty No. of Ph.Ds Guided No. of Ph.Ds under progress Area of research Mechanical Engineering Energy Management and alternative fuels Metal cutting, modeling Coatings on cutting tools, Process modeling 1. Dr. R Hari Prakash Rao 2 4 2. Dr. P. Nanda Kumar 1 3 3. Dr. Ch R. Vikram Kumar 0 3 4. M. Srinivasulu - - 6 P. Srihari reddy - - Computational dynamics Vibrations, mechanics 7 S.Sunil Kumar Reddy - - Bio diesel. Unconventional energy 8 P. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy - - 9 S. Indumati - - fluid bio- Process modeling, WEDM Heat transfer Electrical and Electronic Engineering Electrical Mechanics & Industrial Drives Power Electronics 1 Dr V. Vijaya kumar Reddy - 3 2 Dr S. Suresh Reddy - - 3 Smt P. SobhaRani - - 4 Sri U. Ramesh Babu - - Electrical Engineering Power Systems Power Electronics and Communication Engineering 1 Dr.G. Harinatha Reddy - - Signal Processing 2 P.Mohanaiah - - Signal Processing 3 B. Subba Reddy - - Micro Engineering 4 Dr.K. Nagi Reddy - - Signal Processing NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 76 wave Re-Accreditation Report 2014 5 C.MohanRao - - Signal Processing Computer Science & Engineering 1 M.Nataraja Suresh - - Artificial Intelligence, JAVA 2 A. Raja Sekhar Reddy - - JAVA Humanities and Science 3.2 Numerical methods in Engineering, Fluid Dynamics Ultrasonic wave 1 Dr. S.Ravi Kumar - - 2 Dr. N.JayaMadhuri - - 3 Dr. D.Vijaya Sekhar - - Radiation & Applied Mathematics 4 Dr.P.Vijaya Jyothi - - Applied Mathematics 5 Dr. D Subba Reddy - - Semiconductor devices 6 Dr C.Sreedhar - - Applied Mathematics Resource Mobilization for Research 3.2.1 What percentage of the total budget is earmarked for research? Give details of major Heads of expenditure, financial allocation and actual utilization for last four years. Institution is basically a private engineering college. There is no provision of budget from government under regular grants. Institution from its internal resources reserves Rs. 1,00,000 /- per year to encourage the staff and students to carry out research activities. The financial requirements for research are mainly concerned in terms of incentives to the faculty and students for publishing papers in reputed International/National Journals and International/National Conferences. The details of the expenditure incurred in the last four years towards to promote the research are given Table 3.4. Table 3.4 Expenditure for research in the last four years Year 2013-14 Amount sanctioned(Rs) (ongoing on) 2012-13 93,800/- 2011-12 29,000/- 2010-11 22,100/- NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 77 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 3.2.2 What are the financial provisions made in the College budget for supporting student research projects? The student research projects are undertaken at the final year second semester stage and are largely supported by student’s expenditure. Cash awards are given to the students for publications in International and National reputed journals. 3.2.3 Is there a provision in the Institution to provide seed money to faculty for research? If so, what percentage of the faculty has received seed money in the last four years? Yes. Institution provides incentives to the faculty members to carry out research activities and other related programmes. The provision to provide seed money to faculty for research does not occur till now. If any particular research project has some application to demonstrate the technical aspects to the students, then college provides seed money to start the project. 3.2.4 Are there any special efforts made by the College to encourage faculty to file for patents? If so, provide details of patents filed and enumerate the sanctioned patents. The awareness camp is conducted by the Head of the Institution among the faculty to file patents based on their research. College provides special incentives to the faculty for obtaining patent. College has not applied for any patent till now. 3.2.5 Provide the following details of ongoing research projects: At present no funded research project is going on in the college. But a few faculty applied for funding to the various government agencies. 3.2.6 How many departments of the College have been recognized for their research activities by National / International agencies (UGC-SAP, CAS, DST-FIST; DBT, ICSSR, ICHR, ICPR, etc.) and what is the quantum of assistance received? Mention any two significant outcomes or breakthrough due to such recognition. At resent the departments of the college are not recognized by any National / International agencies. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 78 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 3.2.7 List details of completed research projects undertaken by the College faculty in the last four years and mention the details of grants received for such projects (funded by Industry/National/International agencies). College faculty does not obtain any grant-in-aid to carry out the research projects from funding agencies in the last four years. 3.3 Research Facilities 3.3.1 What efforts are made by the College to keep pace with the infrastructure requirements to facilitate Research? How and what strategies are evolved to meet the needs of researchers? All the departments have state-of-art lab equipments and software facilities to carry out the research projects. Faculty and students are encouraged to use existing infrastructure facilities and simulation softwares in their project works. Personal computers are allotted to the staff to carry out the computer based research projects. Wi-Fi facility is available for browsing internet to get the required material. 3.3.2 Does the College have an information resource centre to cater to the needs of researchers? If yes, provide details on the facility. A separate cell has been established in the Central library for researchers only. It is provided with literature on research, synopsis, dissertation, thesis, abstracts, proceedings and publications of staff members. Copies of periodical research journals, standard text books and reference books are also made available. 3.3.3 Does the College provide residential facilities (with computer and internet facilities) for research scholars and faculty? The college provides residential facilities to the faculty with personal computers and internet facilities. The college is not offering any Ph.D. programmes and therefore no necessity arises for residential facilities for research scholars. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 79 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 3.3.4 Does the College have a specialized research centre/ workstation to address challenges of research programmes? If yes, give details. The college is not offering any research programmes. The college does not have any specialized research centre/ workstation. 3.3.5 Does the College have research facilities (centre, etc.) of regional, National and International recognition/repute? Give a brief description of how these facilities are made use of by researchers from other laboratories. The college does not have any research centre regional, National and International recognition/repute. All the labs are established with state-of-art technology to carry out the research by the faculty. The department of mechanical engineering has research facility to test and evaluate the performance of bio-diesel using variable compression ratio with the necessary accessory equipments as per the International standards. 3.4 Research Publications and Awards 3.4.1 Highlight the major research achievements of the College through the following: major papers presented in conferences regional, National and International The details of the papers presented in regional, National and International conferences in the last four years are given Table 3.5 Table 3.5 Papers presented in regional, National and International conferences S. No. Staff Name 1 M. Sankaraiah 2 M. Sankaraiah Name of the paper EEE GAMSF based Unified Power Flow controller for damping low frequency oscillation in Multi-Machine Power System. Optimal supplementary controller design for UPFC in order to damping low NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Name of the Conference International conference on Modern Trends in Instrumentation and Control, 2011. ATTI PELLA fondazione “GIORGIO RONCHI”, 2013. Page 80 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 frequency oscillations in Power system. GAMSF & PSOMF based UPFC supplementary controllers for damping low frequency oscillations in multi machine power system. PSO based multistage Fuzzy Damping Controller for UPFC. 3 M. Sankaraiah 4 M. Sankaraiah 5 M. Sankaraiah GAMSF based Unified Power Flow controller for damping low frequency oscillation in Multi-Machine Power System. 6 7 E. Vinod Arun Kumar R. Ramprasad 8 R. Ramprasad PSO based Multistage Fuzzy Damping Controller for UPFC. A Novel technique for photovoltaic powered DC drive of an electric vehicle using two-inductor boost converter. A Circuit Model for Photovoltaic powered DC Motor Drive of an Electric Vehicle Using Two Inductor Boost Converter. Wind energy conversion system by back stepping RST and sliding mode methods by using doubly fed induction generator. Voltage stability assessment for mitigation of backout using computational intelligence Implementation of a high step up cascaded DC-DC converter with single switch 9 B. Shiva Prasad 10 N. Manoj Kumar 11 G. Vijaya Krishna 12 T. Mabu Subhani 13 T. Mabu Subhani 14 T. Mabu Subhani Comparison of two soft computing techniques for economic dispatch with piece wise quadratic cost function. Particle swarm optimization with time varying acceleration co-efficients for economic dispatch considering valve point loading effects. Simulation of DVR and Dstatcom in power system NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar ATTI PELLA fondazione “GIORGIO RONCHI”, 2013. International Conference in Electrical Science (ICES-2012) Shastra University. International Conference on Modern Trends in Instrumentation & Control, PSG College of Engineering, Coimbatore, 2011. International Conference in Electrical Science, 2012. International Conference ICRATEMS, 2011. National Conference on Control Instrumentation System Conference, 2010. National conference on emerging and innovative trends in Electrical Engineering, Vignan University, 2013. IEEE Conference (SCRTEE), 2012. Resent trends in electrical &electronics engineering CNCRTEEE-12, P.B.College of Engineering, 2012. ICAESM-2012 IEEE International conference held at Nagapatinam, Tamilnadu, 2012. ICCCNT 2012 IEEE International conference held at Coimbature, Tamilnadu. ITEES-2011 National conference held at Rasipuram, Tamilnadu. Page 81 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 15 T. Mabu Subhani Particle swarm optimization with time varying acceleration coefficients for economic dispatch considering valve point loading effects ME Suitability of jatropa oil in a low heat rejection diesel engine 1 S. Sunil Kumar Reddy 2 S. Sunil Kumar Reddy Experimental investigation of alcohols in a four stroke DI diesel engine using surfaces ignition technique 3 S. Sunil Kumar Reddy Effect of surface coating in DI diesel Engine with newly developed lubricants. 3 Dr. R. Hari Prakash 4 Dr. R. Hari Prakash 5 Dr. R. Hari Prakash 6 Dr. R. Hari Prakash 7 Dr. R. Hari Prakash 8 Dr. R. Hari Prakash 9 Dr. R. Hari Prakash 10 Dr. R. Hari Prakash 11 Dr. R. Hari Prakash The Potential Contribution of Hydrogen as a Fuel for IC Engine- Today’s Fuel for a cleaner Tomorrow. Experimental Studies on Energy Appropriates in a single Cylinder Diesel Engine using Collen seed oil, Impact of fuel cell based Hybrid Distributed generation In an Electrical Distribution System (FEES PAID). Experimental studied on Energy Approxiation in a single cylinder Diesel Engine using palm Oil. Performance of Analysis of Jatsopha Metyl Enter Diesel Blends in Caputized &stroke Diesel engine test. Performance of IC Engine Using Vegetables oil. Renewable energy for Rural Development. Contribution strategies & emissions for Hydrogen fuelled IC Engines. Combustion strategies and emissions for hydrogen fuelled I.C Engines NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar CONCON-2012 National conference in Andhra University held at vishakapatnam. International conference organised by Mechanical Engineering at Sathyabhama college of engineering, Chennai, 2009. International conference organised by Mechanical Engineering at Sathyabhama college of engineering, Chennai, 2009. ICMMM organized by department of mechanical engineering, Trivendram, Kerala, Nov 2010. ICEEE-2009, MITR, Pune, 2009. JNTU Hyderabad, 2012 Osmania University, Hyderabad, 2013. Bhavanagar, Gujarat, 2013 JNTU Hyderabad, 2010 Sathyabama University, Tamilnadu, 2010. SRM University, Chennai, 2009. ICIKRE, JNTU Hyderabad, 2013. NCOIKRE, JNTU Hyderabad, 2013. Page 82 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 12 P.S. Ravi Kumar Design and fabrication of pendulum type ocean wave energy converter 13 P.S. Ravi Kumar Finite Element Analysis of a Composite Wire Drawing Die. 14 P. Srihari Reddy 15 P. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy 16 P. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy 17 P. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy 18 P. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy 19 P. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy 20 P. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy 21 P. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy 22 Dr. CHR. Vikram Kumar 23 Dr. CHR. Vikram Kumar 24 Dr. Ch. R. Vikram Kumar 25 Dr. Ch. R. Vikram Development and Frequency Response of Human Vehicle Interface Vibratory Models. Modelling of Wire EDM of WP7V Steel Material using ANN. Modelling of Wire EDM Process using Back Propagation Network & General Regression Neural Networks (GRNN). Modelling of Wire EDM Process using Fuzzy Adaptive Network. Modelling and Optimization of Wire EDM Process of SP. Alloyed Steel using Regression Analysis coupled with GreyTaguchi Technique. Modelling and Optimization of Wire EDM Process of Cr-VMo Alloyed special steel using Desirability Function Analysis. Modelling and Optimization of Wire EDM Process using Regression Analysis and Genetic Algorithm. Experimental investigation on the influence of cutting parameters in wire EDM of CoMo-V Alloy steel. Fuzzy controller for prediction of surface roughness in turning of ASI 4340 steel. The effect of multilayer coating on temperature distribution in piston using finite element analysis. Modeling of wire electrical discharge machining of WPV7 steel material using ANN. Design and fabrication of NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar 7th General conference of sustainable manufacturing and life cycle engineering at IIT Madras, 2009. National conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering at V C E, Hyderabad. International conference on system dynamics and control, 2010. International Conference AMMMT-2010 SIT, Tumkur, 2010. International Conference FAME2010, Chennai, 2010. International conference AIMTDR-2010 AU, India. International Conference INCRAME-2012, Dr. M.G.R University, Chennai, 19&20 April 2012. International Conference ICAMT-2012, CIT, Chennai, 1517 June 2012. International Conference ICAMT-2012, CIT, Chennai, 1517 June 2012. International conference at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, Dec-2012. NCMEET 2010, VCE, Hyderabad, July 2010. National Conference ISHMTASME, IIT Madras, December 2011. AMMT-2010, SIT, Bangalore, 18-19 Nov 2010. 7th global conference on Page 83 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Kumar 26 N. Naresh 27 N. Naresh 28 K. Rajasekhar 29 T. Pramod Kumar 30 M. Chandra Sekhar 1 B.Rajendra Prasad 2 K.Sravani 3 K.Sravani 1 V. Venkata Rambabu 1 M.Siva Pratap Reddy 2 M.Siva Pratap Reddy 3 M.Lakshmi Prasad 4 5 M.Lakshmi Prasad Sk.Nayab pendulum type ocean wave energy converter, Modeling and Analysis of process Parameters in Machining of GFRP Composites using Fuzzy Logic Delamination analysis in milling process of glass fibre reinforced plastic (GFRP) composite materials Multi-objective Optimization of CNC Milling process using Desirability Function Analysis (DFA) Product Development- A Prototype Swing Pump Product Development- A Prototype Swing Pump ECE Digital image watermarking using biorthogonal wavelet transforms High performance Modified low power dynamic adder Implementation of full adder cells using NP-CMOS and Multi-output logic styles in 65nM.Tech.nology CE Compatibility between a SNF base super plasticizer and Portland pozzolone cement. CSE An Efficient Log Management Technique in wireless mobile Environment Location based data management using mobile agent in wireless network Applicability of combinatorial testing for embedded systems Digital Image Processing Automatic region growing NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar sustainable manufacturing, IIT Madras, Dec 2009. International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN-8), NIT Calicut, Kerala, 2013. National conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering (ETME-2012), Tamil Nadu International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN-8), NIT Calicut, Kerala, 2013. 5 th International Conference “Sustainable Innovation and Successful Product Development for a Turbulent Global Market”, IIT Madras, 2013. 5 th International Conference “Sustainable Innovation and Successful Product Development for a Turbulent Global Market”, IIT Madras, 2013. National Conference Emerging Trends in Communication & Signal Processing Techniques, SANKETA-2012. National Conference TECHZION-12, Feb-2012. National Conference on Emerging trends in Information, Digital and Embedded systems, July-2012. National conference at BITS, Kurnool. NCCIS, 2009. NCACI, 2009. TEQIP-II, Oct 2013. NCRACI, March 2009. PESIT MANDYA Page 84 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 method for segmentation of tumour on mamo graphy image S&H Innovation in Financial Service 1 B. Vasavi 2 B. Vasavi Emerging Trends and Challenges in Finacial Services 3 B. Sasi Priya Current Trends in Teaching English Language and Literature 4 B. Sasi Priya Literary Studies: Current Trends and Concurrent Challenges 5 Dr. N.Jaya Madhuri Behavior of chlorobenzene in the binary mixture of 2-methoxy ethanol and n-butanol- molecular interactions 6 Ch.Nagaraju 7 Ch.Nagaraju A study of Advantages and Disadvantages of a Rural and an Urban learner English literature- a busy master in leading the society in a right way 8 G. Madhavaiah 9 Dr.D.Subba Reddy 10 Dr.D.Subba Reddy 11 P. Rami Reddy 12 P. Rami Reddy 13 P. Rami Reddy 14 Dr. C.Sreedhar Innovative methods in Teaching English Language and communication Skills The Influence of Annealing temparature on electrical and structural properties of Ti/Pd Schottky contacts to N-Type InP(111) Temaparature-dependent electrical characteristics of the Pd/Ti /N-InP schottky barrier diodes Library automation & networking in India: Problems& Prospect Developing Indian University as knowledge and service centers: strategic plan Towards curriculum library 2.0 library and information education for a web 2.0 world A common fixed point theorem for four mappings in fuzzy metric space NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar National Level Conference conducted by SPMVV, Tirupati, 2012. National Level Conference conducted by SPMVV,Thirupati 2011. National Level Conference conducted by Yogivemana University, Kadapa 2011. International Conference conducted by Thassim Beevi Abdul Kader College for Women , kilakarai, 2012. Current trends in environmental toxicology and experimental therapeutics, pp. 18-19, 2012. International Conference conducted by SRM University, Chennai, July 2013. Kafla Intercontinental’s –‘9th International writers’ festivalIndia” at NEC, Nellore, 2013. International Conference conducted by SRM University, Chennai, 2013. ICMM-2010, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. RTMS-2011, Himachal Pradesh. Innovation – Driven Librarianship, SRM University, Chennai. LIBER 2010, JOCOB memorial Christian college, Santhipuram-Tamilnadu. CALIBER 2011, Ahmadabad & Goa University, Goa. History and development of mathematical sciences and symposium on non linear analysis, 2012. Page 85 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 publication per faculty At present 127 faculty members are working in this Institution. More than 350 research articles are published so far in National and International journals/conferences by faculty members. The publication per faculty are given Table 3.6. Table 3.6. Publication per faculty Sl. No. Name Civil Engineering 1 P.V.Subba Reddy 2 V.Venkata Rambabu 3 T. Murali 4 P.Suma 5 K V N Laxman Naik Computer Science & Engineering 1. V.VeeraRaghavulu 2. P.Nagendra 3. G.V.Konda Reddy 4. M.Siva vPratap Reddy 5. V.Rajendra Prasad 6. M.Lakshmi Prasad 7. S.SureshBabu 8. B.LakshmanaRao 9. K.Ramesh 10. NayabShaik 11. G.Sunand 12. V.Sai Charan Electrical and Electronic Engg. 1. V. Vijay Kumar Reddy 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. S. Suresh Reddy P Sobha Rani E.Vinod Arun Kumar M.Sankaraiah P. Dhana Selvi R.Ramprasad B.Shiva Prasad U. Ramesh Babu S D S Bhagyamma A. Sujan Kumar K.Murali N.Manoj Kumar V.Paradhasaradhi K.Sudheer Designation Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Number of Research Publications in Journals/Conference 1 3 1 1 1 Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 Director 1 Professor Associate Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor 4 4 1 6 1 3 4 4 1 3 2 5 1 7 NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 86 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 16. G.Vijay Krishna Assistant Professor 17. O.Felix Assistant Professor 18. Sri T. MabuSubhani Assistant Professor 19. Sri G. Kumar Assistant Professor 20. Sri Ashok Reddy Assistant Professor Electronic and Communication Engineering Professor 1 Dr.G. Harinatha Reddy Professor 2 P.Mohanaiah Professor 4 Dr.K. Nagi Reddy 2 3 4 1 1 K. Sravani Associate Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor 6 5 7 2 1 1 2 3 6 5 3 L.Gurukumar A Rajasekhar Assistant Professor Assistant Professor 3 1 Professor Professor Professor Professor Associate Professor Associate Professor Associate Professor Associate Professor Associate Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor 15 6 25 36 4 34 4 2 9 11 1 3 6 2 2 1 5 8 10 11 12 13 14 C.MohanRao R.Lavanya B.Mysura Reddy S. Bharath Kumar M.Vinayaka B.Rajendra Prasad K.Vasudeva Reddy 17 19 21 Mechanical Engineering 1 Dr.R Hari Prakash Rao 2 Prof.M. Sreenivasulu 3 Dr. P. Nanda Kumar 4 Dr.C.H.R.Vikram Kumar 5 Sri.P.S.Ravi Kumar 6 Sri.S. Sunil Kumar Reddy 7 Sri.P.Srihari Reddy 8 Smt. S.Indumati 9 Sri.S.P.Akbar Hussain 10 Sri.P.Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy 11 Sri.B.Madhusudhan Reddy 15 Sri.K.Rajasekhar 16 Sri.N.Naresh 17 Sri.Zakir Hussain 18 Sri M. Chandra Sekhar 20 T. Pramod Kumar Science and Humanities 1. Dr.K.Narapa Reddy 2. Dr.C.Raveendra Reddy 3. Dr.C.Sreedhar 4. Dr.S.Ravi Kumar 5. Smt.B.Sasi Priya 6. Dr.N.Jaya Madhuri Professor & H.O.D Associate Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar 6 7 6 13 4 10 Page 87 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Dr.K.Chennakesavulu Dr.V.Vijaya Sekhar Dr.P.Vijaya Jyothi Sri S.Peter Sri Ch.Nagaraju Sri Sk.Abzal Sri.S.Suresh Dr.D.Subba Reddy 3 2 1 1 2 2 4 3 Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor faculty serving on the editorial boards of National and International journals Dr. CH R. Vikram Kumar, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering is Editor-in-Chief for International Journal of Applied Research in Mechanical Engineering. Dr. G. Harinatha Reddy, Head of the Department, ECE is a executive member of Governing Council, IETE, Tirupati circle. Dr. K. Nagi Reddy, paper reviewer for IET signal processing journal. faculty members on the organisation committees of International conferences, recognized by reputed organizations / societies. -Nil- 3.4.2 Does the College publish research journal(s)? If yes, indicate the composition of the editorial board, publication policies and whether it is listed in International database? The college does not publish any research journal. 3.4.3 Give details of publications by the faculty: number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (National / International) List of the publications in the last four years are given in Table 3.7 Monographs : Chapters in Books : Editing Books : Books with ISBN numbers with details of publishers : One book with SCIETECH publishers number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 88 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) Citation Index – range / average : SNIP : SJR : Impact factor – range / average : Some papers in journals having impact factor 1.5 h-index : Table 3.7 Recent publications of the faculty S.No. Staff Name Dept. Title of the paper EEE Static voltage stability index for power systems with UPFC 1 Dr. S. Suresh Reddy EEE 2 Dr. S. Suresh Reddy EEE 3 Dr. S. Suresh Reddy EEE 4 Dr. S. Suresh Reddy EEE Optimal location of FACTS devices on power systems for voltage control. 5 Dr. V. Vijaya Kumar Reddy EEE 6 P. Sobha Rani EEE 1.Shunt Capacitor Position and Size Selection for Radial Distribution System using GA. Optimal Sizing of DG Unit using Exact Loss Formula at Optimal Power Factor 7 P. Sobha Rani EEE Load flow solution for ILL-Conditioned power systems using RungeKutta and IWAMOTO methods with FACTS Devices. Comparision study of static voltage stability analysis methods for appropriate location of FACTS Devices. Mppt and Simulation for a NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Journal Name India IETECH Journal of Electrical Analysis, Vol.4, 2010. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology, pp. 693-793, 2010. International journal of electrical engineering and electrical systems, 2010. International Journal of pure and applied research in engineering and technology, Vol.4, pp. 127-136, 2012. International Journal of Science and Technology Volume 2(8), 2012. International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, 2012. The International Page 89 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System and Fault Analysis 8 P. Sobha Rani EEE 9 P. Sobha Rani EEE 10 U. Ramesh Babu EEE 11 U. Ramesh Babu EEE Nine level inverter system for an open-end winding. 12 U. Ramesh Babu EEE 13 U. Ramesh Babu EEE 14 M. Sankaraiah EEE Shunt Capacitor Position and Size Selection for Radial Distribution System using GA. Doubley fed TCSC as voltage regulator for distribution system Mitigation of oscillation in power system by using UPFC & PSS 15 16 P. Dhana Selvi EEE S.D.S. Bhagyamma EEE 17 K. Murali EEE 18 K. Murali EEE Loss minimization in distribution systems using multi distributed generation Sizing and placement of multi distributed generation using exact loss formula Control stagey of three phase shunt active power filter for power quality improvement. Decomposition of current through active power filter for compensating harmonics current and reactive currents. Optimal location of FACTS devices on Power Systems for Voltage control. Load compensation by diesel generator and three level inverter based DSTATCOM. Loss minimization in NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Journal of Engineering And Science (IJES), Vol.1, pp.158-166, 2012. Indian Journal of applied research, Vol.3(11), 2013. IJAREEIE, Vol.2(11), 2013. International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, 2012. International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, Vol.3, 2011. International Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 2(8), 2012. RI publication, 2013. International journal of Engineering resources & applications (IJERA), 2013. IJERT, Vol. 1(3), 2012. IJPRET, Vol.4, 2012. International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research, Vol.3, 2012. Indian Journal of Page 90 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 19 N. Manoj Kumar EEE 20 N. Manoj Kumar EEE distribution systems using multi distributed generation Artificial Neural Network approach for under frequency load shedding. Under frequency load shedding for reduction of energy loss using by adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Technique. Pilfirage/Theft Management of Industrial Energy using wireless communication Technology. GSM based multi node pressure sensor in Barometric Altimeter-A Survey. 21 N. Manoj Kumar EEE 22 K. Sudheer EEE 23 K. Sudheer EEE Simultaneous tuning of power system stabilizer parameters for multimachine system. 24 K. Sudheer EEE Optimization of wind energy system through variable speed generator and Non-Linear Fuzzy control. 25 K. Sudheer EEE Equipment for AntiElectricity stealing with remote monitoring. 26 K. Sudheer EEE The enhancement of power quality control strategy for single-phase inverters in distributed generation system. 27 K. Sudheer EEE Fuzzy logic applications to water quality management system: A NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar applied research Vol. 3, 2013. International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research, Vol.3, 2012. IJCET, Vol. 3, pp. 389-398, 2012. International Journal of Science and Technology (IJEST), Vol.3(2), 2012. International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, Vol. 2, 2011. International Journal of Modern Engineering Research, Vol.1, pp.229-235, 2011. International journal of Advanced engineering science & technologies, Vol.9, pp. 141-145, 2011. International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications, Vol.1, pp. 241-245, 2011. International Journal of Advanced Engineering Science and Technology, Vol.8, pp. 58-64, 2011. International Journal of Engineering Page 91 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Probabilistic study. 28 K. Sudheer EEE Comparative study of PMSM & IM based on Direct Torque Control Method. 29 G. Vijaya Krishna EEE Improvement of input power factor for a 1-ф rectifier based on two quadrants SAF. 30 R. Ramprasad EEE 31 B. Shiva Prasad EEE 32 B. Shiva Prasad EEE Islanding detection in distributed generation by using fuzzy rule. Power Flow Control & Power Quality Improvement of wind energy conversion system using Multi-level Converter and Universal custom Power conditioner. Improvement of power quality and voltage stability of distribution system by using FACTS, custom power devices and BESS. A new control methods for offshore grid connected WECS using DFIG and Z source inverter. Implementation of venturing Modulated Three phase to three phase matrix converter FED field oriented controlled Induction Motor. Decomposition of current through active power filter for compensating harmonics current and reactive currents. 33 34 35 B. Shiva Prasad A. Sujan Kumar V.Pardha saradhi EEE EEE EEE NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Research and Technology, Vol.4, pp.423-430, 2011. International Journal of Engineering Research & Applications, Vol.3, pp. 418-426, 2011. International Journal of Engineering and Innovative Technology, Vol.2, pp.280-283, 2012. IJPARET, Vol.6, pp. 13-25, 2013. International Journal of Engineering Technology and Advanced Engineering, Vol.2, 2012. WAIMS, Vol. 2, 2013. IJEET, Vol. 4, 2013. IJAST, Vol.3, pp. 42-48, 2011. International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT), Vol.1, 2012. Page 92 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 36 O. Felix EEE 37 O. Felix EEE 38 O. Felix EEE 39 G. Kumar EEE 40 Ashok Reddy EEE 1 Dr.G.Harinatha Reddy ECE 2 Dr. K. Nagi Reddy Dr. K. Nagi Reddy ECE 4 Dr. K. Nagi Reddy ECE 5 Dr. K. Nagi Reddy ECE 3 ECE Power Flow Control & Power Quality Improvement of wind energy conversion system using Multi-level Converter and Universal custom Power conditioner. Improvement of power quality and voltage stability of distribution system by using FACTS, custom power devices and BESS. A new control methods for offshore grid connected WECS using DFIG and Z source inverter. Study of DSTSTCOM in improved custom power park for power Quality Improvement. A case study of economic load dispatch for a thermal power plant using particle swarm optimization ECE Improved SNR of MST radar signals: Gaussian window parameters Adaptive techniques for spectral estimation. Non parametric method for spectral estimation of signals. Parametric methods of spectral estimation of MST radar data. Comparative analysis of Non-Parametric Methods of Spectrum Estimation for MST Radar Signals NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar International Journal of Engineering Technology and Advanced Engineering, Vol.2, 2012. WAIMS, Vol.2(1), Dec-Jan 2013. IJEET, Vol.4(2), 2013. International Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology (IJEET), Vol 2(2), 2011. International journal of science and research (IJSR), 2013. Technology Spectrum, JNT University, Hyderabad. Vol.3(1), pp. 97104, 2009. Engineering Today, 2008. IJET, 2008. IUP Journal of Telecommunication, 2010. Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (An International). pp.31Page 93 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 6 P. Mohanaiah ECE Speech format frequency estimation techniques. 7 P. Mohanaiah ECE 8 C. Mohan Rao ECE 9 R. Lavanya ECE Design & Implementation of 3-D DWT System identification using LMS based adaptive filters Speech format frequency estimation techniques. 10 B. Rajendra Prasad ECE 11 B. Rajendra Prasad ECE 12 K.Vasudeva Reddy ECE A Millimeter wave CMOS Heterodyne Receiver 13 K.Vasudeva Reddy ECE CMOS Full adder cells with 50% Improvement 14 K.Vasudeva Reddy ECE Implementation of full adder cells using NPCMOS and Multi-output logic styles in 90nM.Tech.nology 15 L Guru Kumar ECE Fixed width booth multiplier based on peb circuit(32 bit) 1 S. Sunil Kumar Reddy ME 2 S. Sunil Kumar Reddy ME Bi-orthogonal wavelet transform digital image water marking. Digital image watermarking using biorthogonal wavelet transforms Mechanical Volume efficiency compensation with super charging in an insulated DI diesel engine for improved performance Performance characteristics of an alcohol fuelled NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar 42,Vol.4(4),2011. Journal of Electronic & Communication, 2012. IJEEE, 2012. CIITIJ, 2012. Journal of Innovation in Electronics and Communication, 2012. IJACR, 2012. Journal of innovation in Electronics & Communication, Vol. 2(2). National Journal COGNIZANCE, March-2012. National Journal COGNIZANCE, March-2012. International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Vol.5(3), pp.291302, 2012. International Journal of Arifitial Intelligence & Applications, Vol.3(2), March 2012. International journal of Mathematical science & engineering applications, Vol. 3, pp. 233-244, 2009. International journal of engineering Page 94 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 3 S. Sunil Kumar Reddy ME 4 S. Sunil Kumar Reddy ME 5 S. Sunil Kumar Reddy ME 6 S. Sunil Kumar Reddy ME 7 P.S. Ravi Kumar ME 8 P. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy ME 9 Dr. CHR. Vikram Kumar ME 10 Dr. CHR. Vikram Kumar ME 11 Dr. CHR. Vikram Kumar ME insulated DI diesel engine with newly developed lubricants with Teflon based additive. Ceramic insulated combustion chamber for alcohol in DI diesel engine. research and industrial applications, Vol. 2, pp. 77-87, 2009. International journal of engineering research and industrial applications, Vol. 2, pp. 355-366, 2009. Effect of ceramic insulation International journal on DI diesel engine with of Mathematical various piston inserts. science & engineering applications, Vol. 3, pp. 317-329, 2009. Development of insulated Journal of combustion chambers for Management of four stroke DI diesel Technology, Vol.4, engines. 2012. Development of insulated National journal of combustion chamber for Management and Alcohol in diesel engine. Technology, Vol. 4, 2012. Finite element analysis of International journal poiseuille flow in a channel of Applied bounded below by a Engineering permeable bed. Research, Vol.5, 2010. Selection of Cutting International journal Velocity in wire EDM of Manufacturing Process using Taguchi Technology Fuzzy approach. Research (USA), Vol. 2, pp.109-122, 2010. Controlling the position of International journal jointed arm robot using of Computational image processing for pick Vision and and place operation. Robotics, pp.34-48, 2010. Influencing of Sputtering International journal parameters on properties of of Tribology and Alumina coating. Surface Engineering, pp.6984, 2010. Performance of coated International journal tools in machining medium of Materials, hardened ASI 52100 Steel Manufacturing and under dry cutting. Optimization, pp.69-73, 2010. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 95 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 12 Dr. CHR. Vikram Kumar ME Precaution of surface roughness in hard turning with coated cutting tools by using fuzzy logic. 13 Dr. CHR. Vikram Kumar ME Performance of coated tools in machining medium hardened ASI 52100 Steel under dry cutting. 14 Dr. CHR. Vikram Kumar ME 15 P. Srihari Reddy ME Development of Fuzzy controller for prediction of surface roughness in hard turning with coated cutting tools. Development and frequency response of human vehicle interface models 16 P. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy ME Modeling of surface roughness in wire EDM using Artificial Neural Networks 17 N. Naresh ME Analysis of factors influencing Delamination in milling process of glass fibre reinforced plastic (GFRP) composite materials International journal of applied engineering research, Vol. 6, pp.761-768, 2011. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research, Vol.2, 2013. Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures, Vol. 9(3), pp. 293-306, 2013. 18 N. Naresh ME Modelling and analysis of factors influencing surface roughness and delamination of milling of GFRP laminates using RSM Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures, Vol. 8(4), pp. 489 – 504, 2012. 19 N. Naresh ME Parametric analysis of GFRP composites in CNC milling machine using Taguchi method IOSR Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Vol. 6, pp. 102-111, 2013. 1 K. Sudheer CE CIVIL GSM based multi node pressure sensor in Barometric Altimeter-A NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, pp.5732-5735, 2010. International Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology, 2010. Journal of Technology Spectrum, pp.52-56, 2010. International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Page 96 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Survey. 2 T. Murali CE 3 P. Suma CE 4 P.V. Subba Reddy CE 5 V. V. Rambabu CE 1 CSE 2 V.Veera Raghavulu P.Nagendra 3 G.Konda Reddy CSE 4 M.Lakshmi Prasad CSE 5 B.Lakshmana Rao CSE 6 B Lakshmana Rao CSE 7 K.Ramesh CSE CSE Statistical analysis of ground water Table depths in upper swarnamukhi river basin. Noval resin bound Mno2 Nano Composite for the degradation of crystal violet dye in aqueous medium. Development of Genetic Algorithm based hybrid neural network model for predicting the ultimate flexural strength of ferro cement elements. Studies on the interactions between various super plasticizers and Portland pozzolane cement. CSE Methods for seeking of information on WWW A Patricatrie approach for incremental mining of frequent items sets on indexed data blocks Privacy Preserving Knowledge in Data Discovering and Data Publishing Design of new techniques for identifying chronic diseases with medical images Efficient Web based Geospatial Information System Application using Bing Maps TARF with MAC Addresses A Trust-Aware Routing Framework for WSNs with MAC Addresses in Min-Max filtering in wireless sensor and actor networks in International Journal of Smart Sensors and adhoc Networks NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Research, Vol.2, 2011. Journal of water resource and protection, Vol.2, pp. 577-584, 2010. World Journal of Engineering, Vol.7, pp. 489-490, 2010. International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, Vol.4, 2012. ICI Journal, Vol.12, pp. 32-36, 2012. IJSR, Vol.3(3), March 2012. IJSR, Vol.3(3), April 2012. JJETEE, Vol.3(3) May 2013. IRNET ICICT, Jan 2013. IJARCCE, Vol2, Issue10, October 2013. IJETEE, Vol.3(3), May 2013. IJSSAN, Vol. 2, 2012. Page 97 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 8 G.Sunand CSE 9 V.Sai Charan CSE 1 Dr. S.Ravi Kumar S&H 2 Dr. S.Ravi Kumar S&H 3 Dr. S.Ravi Kumar S&H 4 Dr. S.Ravi Kumar S&H 5 Dr. S.Ravi Kumar S&H 6 Dr. S.Ravi Kumar S&H 7 Dr. S.Ravi Kumar S&H 8 Dr. S.Ravi S&H Face Recognization using eigan faces by ANN using resilient back propagation algorithm Efficient Web based Geospatial Information System Application using Bing Maps S&H Peristaltic flow of a couple stress fluid in a flexible channel under on oscillatory flux Interaction of Pulsatile flow on the peristaltic motion of couple stress fluid through Porous medium in a flexible channel Peristaltic flow of a second order fluid in a planner flexible channel Unsteady two-phase viscous –ideal fluid flow through a parallel plate channel under a pulsatile pressure gradient subjected to a body acceleration A Generalization of Modular Sequence Spaces by Cesaro Mean of Order One Axisymmetric two-phase immiscible viscous fluid flow in a coaxial non uniform cylindrical duct IJETAE, Vol.2, 2012. IJARCCE, Vol2, Issue10, October 2013. International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Vol. 6(13), pp. 58-71, 2010. European journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Vol.3(2), pp.213226, 2010. International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Vol. 6(18), pp. 13-32, 2010. ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol.6(1), pp.1-7, January 2011. Revista Notas de Mathematica, Vol 7(1), pp. 1-13, 2011. International journal of applied Mathematics and Computation,Vol. 4(2), pp. 128-139, 2012. Hydromagnetic two-phase International viscous ideal fluid flow in a Journal of Fluid parallel plate channel under mechanics a pulsatile pressure Research, Vol. gradient 39(4), pp. 291-300, 2012. Axisymmetric International journal NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 98 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Kumar 9 Dr. S.Ravi Kumar S&H 10 Dr. S.Ravi Kumar S&H 11 Dr. S&H N.JayaMadhuri 12 Dr. S&H N.JayaMadhuri 13 Dr. S&H N.JayaMadhuri 14 Dr. S&H N.JayaMadhuri 15 Dr. S&H N.JayaMadhuri 16 Dr.D.Vijaya Sekhar S&H 17 Dr.D.Vijaya Sekhar S&H hydromagnetic two-phase immiscible viscous fluid flow in an annular duct under radial magnetic field Peristaltic transportation with effect of magnetic field in a flexible channel under an oscilatory flux Peristaltic fluid flow through magnetic field at low Reynolds number in a flexible channel under an oscilatory flux An ultrasonic study of aqueous solutions of various drugs used for cough - Jacobson's theory of compressibility Ultrasonic study and allied properties of the binary mixtures of acetophenone and nn-dimethylformamide with benzyl benzoate as common component Ultrasonic investigations of Molecular interaction in Binary Mixtures of Benzyl benzoate with Acetonitrile and Benzonitrile Molecular interactions in the Binary Mixtures of Benzyl Benzoate in Benzene and substituted Benzenes – an Ultrasonic Study Molecular interactions in the binary mixture of Benzyl Benzoate – an Ultrasonic Study Chemical reaction effects on mhd unsteady free convective walter’s memory flow with constant suction and heat sink Effects of chemical reaction on mhd free convective oscillatory flow past a porous plate with NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar of Mathematical Archive,Vol. 4(1), pp. 36-52, 2013. Journal of Global Research in Mathematical Archives, Vol.1, pp. 53-62, 2013. International journal of Mathematical Archive, Vol. 4(7), pp. 296-303, 2013. J.Pure Appl. Ultrason, Vol. 33, pp.92-95, 2011. J. Pure App. Ultrason, Vol. 33, pp. 63-70, 2011. E-Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 8(1), 2011. Invertis Journal of Science & Technology, Vol. 4, 2011. Journal of Pure and Applied Ultrasonics, Vol.32, 2010. Pelagia Research Library, Advances in Applied Science Research, Vol. 3(4), pp. 2141-2150, 2012, Pelagia Research Library,Advances in Applied Science Research, Vol.3(5), Page 99 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 18 S.Peter S&H 19 S.Peter S&H 20 S.Peter S&H 21 S.Peter S&H 22 S.Peter S&H 23 Ch.Nagaraju S&H 24 Ch.Nagaraju S&H 25 Ch.Nagaraju S&H 26 Ch.Nagaraju S&H 27 Ch.Nagaraju S&H 28 Ch.Nagaraju S&H 29 G. Madhavaiah S&H viscous dissipation and heat sink A Study of some aspects of Dylan Thomas’s Poetic Style Non-English Medium Students to Learn English at Graduate Level- A Few Solutions Teacher-Centred Learning and Student-Centred Learning in English Classroom: the Teaching Methods Realizing the Dreams of Language Learners Innovative Methods in Teaching English Language and Communication Skills Importance of Technology in Teaching and Learning English Language A Study of Dylan Thomas’s Poetry pp. 3206-3215, 2012. IOSR JHSS, Vol.3(5), 2012. A Study of some aspects of Dylan Thomas’s Poetic Style Problems of Non-English Medium Students to Learn English at Graduate LevelA Few Solutions Teacher-Centred Learning and Student-Centred Learning in English Classroom: the Teaching Methods Realizing the Dreams of Language Learners Innovative Methods in Teaching English Language and Communication Skills Importance of Technology in Teaching and Learning English Language Problems of Non-English Medium Students to Learn English at Graduate Level- IOSR JHSS, Vol.3(5), 2012. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar IJSRR, Vol. 2(3), pp 47-52, 2013. IJSRR, Vol.2(3), pp. 125-131, 2013. IJSRR, Vol.2(3), pp. 141-145, 2013. IJSRR, Vol. 2(3), pp. 146-154, 2013. IOSR JHSS, Vol.1(2), 2012. IJSRR, Vol.2(3), pp. 47-52, 2013. IJSRR, Vol. 2(3), pp. 125-131, 2013. IJSRR, Vol.2(3), pp 141-145, 2013. IJSRR, Vol. 2(3), pp 146-154, 2013. IJSRR, Vol.2(3), pp. 47-52, 2013. Page 100 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 A Few Solutions Innovative Methods in Teaching English Language and Communication Skills Unsteady mhd free convection flow and mass transfer near a moving vertical plate in the presence of thermal radiation Chemical reaction and thermal diffusion effects on mhd free convection flow past a semi infinite vertical permeable moving plate Analysis of Current Voltage temperature(I-VT) and capacitanceVoltage-temperature (C-VT) Characteristics of Pt/Ti Schottky contacts on n-type InP Schotky barrier parameters of Pd/Ti Contacts on NType InP Reveled from IV-T and C-V-T Measurements Structural, Electrical and Surface morphalogical characteristics of rapidly annealed Pt/Ti Schoty contacts on N-Type InP A method to determine total moisture content of Propellant Oxidizer: Ammonium perchlorate (coarse and fine grade) 30 G. Madhavaiah S&H 31 Shaik. Abzal S&H 32 Shaik. Abzal S&H 33 Dr.D.Subba Reddy S&H 34 Dr.D.Subba Reddy S&H 35 Dr.D.Subba Reddy S&H 36 S.Suresh S&H 37 S.Suresh S&H Cadmium Sulphide (CdS) quantum particles: Synthesis, Characterization and properties 38 S.Suresh S&H 39 S.Suresh S&H Reverse phase high performance liquid chromatographic determination of primidone in tablets. Spectrophotometric NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar IJSRR, Vol.2(3), pp 141-145, 2013. International Journal of Mathematical Archive, pp. 1046 – 1053, 2011. International Journal of Mathematical Archive, pp.173 – 183, 2013. OAMC, Vol.5, pp.448-454, 2011 JMP, Vol.2, pp.113123, 2011. PSS, pp. 2406-2414, 2011. Research journal of pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical sciences, Vol.3, pp. 168-173, 2012, International Journal of Research in Chemistry and Environment, Vol.2, pp. 218-220, 2012. International Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol. 4(2), pp. 129-132, 2011. International Page 101 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 determination of Doxycycline using Molybdenum (VI), Thorium (IV) and Uranium (VI) Fixed point theorem in compact metric space Journal of Pharmaceutical formulation and Analysis, Vol.2, pp. 87-88, 2011. Bulletin of pure and applied mathematics, Vol.6, 2012. IJMSC Vol.3, 2013. 40 Dr C.Sreedhar S&H 41 Dr C.Sreedhar S&H 3.4.4 Indicate the average number of successful M.Phil. and Ph.D. scholars guided per faculty. A Common fixed points theorem for four self mappings in Fuzzy metric space Dr. R. Hari Prakasah Rao guided two Ph.D. scholar in the last four years Dr.P.Nanda Kumar guided one Ph.D scholar. 3.4.5 What is the stated policy of the College to check malpractices and misconduct in research? The college management is very strict about the malpractices and misconduct in research. If any such malpractice or misconduct happens the management takes action against the faculty by either by stopping the increments or demoting to lower cadre or even some times to terminate the candidate from the services. 3.4.6 Does the College promote interdisciplinary research? If yes, how many inter departmental / inter disciplinary research projects have been undertaken and mention the number of departments involved in such an endeavour. The college encourages faculty to carry out research in interdisciplinary areas. Every year many students from Mechanical Engineering Department doout computer based projects. Some of the Mechanical Engineering students completed their project on unconventional energy resources like utilization of solar energy for mechanical engineering applications. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 102 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Many electronics students developed the hardware to control mechanical devices. 3.4.7 Mention the research awards Instituted by the College. - 3.4.8 NIL- Provide details of research awards received by the faculty Dr.K. Nagi Reddy of ECE Department has been awarded Ph.D. from S.V. University on 20th June 2013 for his research entitled “Some spectral estimation techniques for SNR improvement of MST Radar signals”. Dr. P. V. Subba Reddy of Civil engineering department has been awarded Ph.D. from JNTU Anantapur in November 2011 for his research entitled “modeling strength and stiffness properties of ferrocement elements using hybrid neural networks” recognition received by the faculty from reputed professional bodies and agencies 3.4.9 60 faculty members received life membership from professional bodies like ISTE, IEEE, IE and IETE. State the incentives given to faculty for receiving state, National and International recognitions for research contributions. Incentives are paid to the faculty based on their publication at International and National level journals. The details of the incentives to the faculty for publication are given in Table 3.8. Table 3.8 Details of the incentives to the faculty for publications Incentive Journals Category Source (Rs) High rate rated Journals Indexed in Science Citation International Index/Social Citation Index having 5000/Journals impact factor National Journals publish papers based Indian Journals 2000/on review Incentives are planned to faculty for receiving state, National and NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 103 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 International recognitions for research contributions. The college will reimburse the registration fee to the faculty for presenting the paper in International conferences. 3.5 Consultancy 3.5.1 What is the stated policy of the College for structured consultancy? List a few important consultancy services undertaken by the College. The college encourages the faculty members to involve in industrial consultancy. The college fixed the cost of consultancy and testing services based on the recommendations of the concerned department committee and overhead on the Institute. The income generated from consultancy services is utilized for development of the laboratories in the Institution. A part of income generated through consultancy is shared by the staff involved. At present Department of Civil Engineering is conducting consultancy services in the area of constructions like soil testing for foundations, material testing, water testing, evaluating quality of the structure etc., 3.5.2 Does the College have College-industry cell? If yes, what is its scope and range of activities? Industry-Institute Partnership (IIP) Cell is established in the Institution to impart Industrial training and arrange for industrial visits to reinforce the Industrial expertise with the academic knowledge. IIP Cell identifies the skills that are required by students to fulfill the Industrial requirements. Based on the requirements IIP cell provides training as part of regular academic programmes to enhance the skills required to suit the industrial needs. IIP Cell maintains good rapport with the industries located nearby. IIP Cell involves in exchange of personnel between the Industries and Institute by way of involving Industry personnel in delivering lectures on latest technological growth in the emerging areas, evaluation of project work, development of curriculum as per industry needs and other academic work. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 104 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Many MOU’s have been generated through IIP Cell with local industries for research, consultancy and training programmes. 3.5.3 What is the mode of publicizing the expertise of the College for consultancy services? Mention the departments from whom consultancy was sought. Institute has gained its own reputation in offering consultancy. The expertise available with the Institute is very well publicized in the awareness programmes conducted by the Institute and through the college website. Consultancy in the emerging areas comes within the purview of IIP cell. IIP cell invites people from various industries in college level seminars and workshops. The expertises available for consultancy in various areas are given Table 3.9. Table 3.9 Expertise available for consultancy Dept. Areas Expertise available Experimentation and Alternative source of energy –bio ME simulation of software in the fuel, Metal cutting research areas mentioned Geo-Tech engineering, Structural Consultancy in soil testing CE engineering and concrete testing Simulation work through EEE Power systems, Power electronics MATLAB Computer networks, Data base CSE Web application development management systems Simulation work through VLSI Design, Signal and image ECE VHDL & MATLAB and processing, Wireless networks microprocessor interfacing 3.5.4 How does the College encourage the faculty to utilise the expertise for consultancy services? The college sanctions monetary benefits to the faculty who are involving in the consultancy. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 105 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 The faculty members are allowed to utilize all the facilities to carry out consultancy work. The college provides both technical and non technical support to the faculty for completion of the consultancy works. 3.5.5 List the broad areas of consultancy services provided by the College and the revenue generated during the last four years. Soil and concrete testing are major consultancy services provided by the Institution. The revenue generated in the last four years through consultancy is given in Table 3.10. Table 3.10 Details of revenue generated through consultancy Year 2009-10 2010-2011 2011-12 2012-13 Revenue Generated 8,79,850.00 10,98,980.00 13,19,250.00 7,85,000.00 in Rs 3.6 Extension Activities and Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) 3.6.1 How does the College sensitize the faculty and students on Institutional Social Responsibilities? List the social outreach programmes which have created an impact on students’ campus experience. Various social service activities are taken up through National Service Scheme (NSS). The list of activities organized in the past four years by NSS are given in Table 3.11. Table 3.11 NSS activities S.No Program /event/stall Name 1 Blood donation camp 2 Sramadanam 3 AIDS Rally 4 Voters day campaign 5 Voters Awareness programme 6 Rally on Anti drug awareness 7 Special camp(village Adoption) 8 Oath taking NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 106 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Eye Cross Foundation established in 2010 is conducting awareness camps in various locations to create awareness about EYE diseases. Eye cross foundation also handles activities like eye donation, medical camps for better vision. Campaign for non usage of plastics. Drug awareness rally. Medical camps. Blood donation camps are conducted regularly. Awareness programmes on AIDS prevalence and preventive measures are conducted to the students and community during NSS special camps. Literacy awareness programmes and socio-economic surveys are conducted during NSS special camps. 3.6.2 How does the College promote College-neighborhood network and student engagement, contributing to holistic development of students and sustained community development? College-neighborhood-community network programmes are conducted in nearby villages with the help of students and faculty apart from NSS volunteers. At the very beginning of every academic year, a meeting is convened with NGOs, nearby PHC doctors, representative of Indian Red Cross Society. NSS programme officers and senior faculty members. Programmes to be conducted during the academic year will be finalized and same will be organized on the specific dates. A mega EYE camp was organized in the college premises by the Eye Cross Foundation (ECF) in association with Rotary club which was very well received by the public from nearby villages. Blood testing and grouping was carried out for all the students of our college and nearby educational Institutions by Red Cross Society. 3.6.3 How does the College promote the participation of students and faculty in extension activities including participation in NSS, NCC, YRC and other National/ International agencies? NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 107 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Institution is located in rural remote corner and is dedicated for the development of local communities in the society. Therefore, community welfare and societal outreach programmes are at top priority level from Institutional point of view. The NSS programme officer ensures the effective involvement of all the members in social service activities. The NSS unit organizes special camps to upgrade the social fabric of every slum nearby creating awareness towards to the social responsibility. Significant National days are celebrated to inculcate a spirit of Nationalistic outlook and communal harmony. The college regularly celebrates Republic day, Independence day, Engineers day, Teachers day, college day, aids day etc. 3.6.4 Give details on social surveys, research or extension work (if any) undertaken by the College to ensure social justice and empower the under-privileged and most vulnerable sections of society? The ECF (Eye Cross Foundation) of this Institute established in 2010, has been involved in creating awareness and adult education in the surrounding under privileged population. Women empowerment awareness is spread among the vulnerable sections of adjacent villages. Social service activities organized by the NSS benefitted the under privileged and most vulnerable sections of society. 3.6.5 Give details of awards / recognition received by the College for extension activities / community development work. Institution received very good appreciations from the Indian Red Cross society/ Government district hospital Nellore for organizing the blood donation camps regularly every year. NSS activities play vital role in uplifting of local Community by organizing various awareness camps. Institution received favorable response from the doctors of the nearby located primary health centers for donating the blood to needy people in emergency cases. Institution received very good appreciations from the local communities and various service organizations for the ECF (Eye Cross Foundation), NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 108 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 established in 2010, which has been involved in creating awareness and adult education in the surrounding under civilized population. 3.6.6 Reflecting on objectives and expected outcomes of the extension activities organized by the College, comment on how they complement students’ academic learning experience and specify the values and skills inculcated? By conducting the social welfare schemes for surrounding poor population, the students understand the responsibility of society and get prepared for the development of nation. Further awareness camps organized at different places in surrounding region to generate the social consciousness and human values among the students. 3.6.7 How does the College ensure the involvement of the community in its outreach activities and contribute to the community development? Detail the initiatives of the College which have encouraged community participation in its activities. Parent-teacher and alumni association play very active role in the involvement of the community in the outreach activities of the Institution. During NSS special camps, a committee is formed with local prominent people to encourage the involvement of the community in the outreach programmes. Institution maintains cordial relations with local leaders and make use of their services/advise in planning and conducting the community based outreach activities. 3.6.8 Does the College have a mechanism to track the students’ involvement in various social movements / activities which promote citizenship roles? Soon after the admission process is orientation on the role of NSS and community service, anti ragging, responsibilities of a good citizen etc., actively in social movements. 3.6.9 over, all the students are given ECF( Eye Cross Foundation) in women Redressal cell, social and are encouraged to participate Give details on the constructive relationships (if any) with other Institutions in the nearby locality in working on various outreach and extension activities. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 109 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Institution has been maintaining congenial relationships with the other Institutions and NGOs. While organizing blood donation camps, medical camps, eye cross foundation camps and other outreach and extension activities, their services are being volunteered. 3.6.10 Give details of awards received by the Institution for extension activities and/contributions to the social/community development during the last four years. Institution received very good appreciations from the Indian Red Cross society/ Government district hospital Nellore for organizing the blood donation camps regularly every year. NSS activities play vital role in uplifting of local Community by organizing various awareness camps. Institution received favorable response from the doctors of the nearby located primary health centers for donating the blood to needy people in emergency cases. Institution received very good appreciations from the local communities and various service organizations for the ECF (Eye Cross Foundation), established in 2010, which has been involved in creating awareness and adult education in the surrounding under civilized population. 3.7 Collaboration 3.7.1 How has the College’s collaboration with other agencies impacted the visibility, identity and diversity of activities on the campus? To what extent has the College benefitted academically and financially because of collaborations? All the staff members collaborate and interact with academicians at JNTU Anantapur, S.V. University, Tirupati, Vikrama Simhapuri University, Nellore, Scientists at SHAR, on research and teaching strategies. Through IIP Cell the college have collaboration with industries which helps faculty and students for industrial visit and also helps final year students to carry out the project 3.7.2 Mention specific examples of, how these linkages promote Curriculum development NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 110 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 In each department the Board of Studies (BoS) have an industry expert in development of curriculum as per the industrial needs. Internship, On-the-job training Collaboration with various industries help the students to carry out the industry oriented projects and also helps the students for industrial visits. Faculty exchange and development Collaboration with various industries provides the faculty to enhance the industrial knowledge. Research, Publication Collaboration with various industries provides the faculty to carry out individual oriented research. Consultancy, Extension Collaboration with various industries provides the faculty to interact which improves the opportunities for consultancy. The department of civil engineering actively involved in consultancy related testing of materials, concrete etc. Student placement The Institute has TCS accreditation and TCS visit our campus and recruit students every year. 3.7.3 Any other, please specify - Nil Does the College have MoUs Nationally / Internationally and with Institutions of National importance/other universities/ industries/corporate houses etc.? If yes, explain how the MoUs have contributed in enhancing the quality and output of teaching-learning, research and development activities of the College? MoU with Globareena company Ltd, Hyderabad. MoU with Tata Consultancy Services. MoU with Infosys Technologies. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 111 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 The experts from the above organizations conducted classes on Personality Development, Soft skills and Interview Techniques. 3.7.4 Have the College industry interactions resulted in the establishment / creation of highly specialized laboratories / facilities? An Industry-Institute Partnership (IIP) cell is established in the college to encourage Industry to collaborate in Industry Study Tour Programme (ISTP)/Intern ship Programme, placement of students in Industries NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 112 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 CRITERION IV: INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEARNING RESOURCES 4.1 Physical Facilities 4.1.1 How does the College plan and ensure adequate availability of physical infrastructure and ensure its optimal utilization? The college is spreader over 185 acres of land. The Master plan of the college is given Figure 4.1. Figure 4.1. Campus layout The details of the physical infrastructural facilities with carpet area are given in the following Table 4.1 to Table 4.4. Table4.1. Constructional details of Administrative Area Main/Administrative Office Computer Office Exam Control Office & Store Committee Room Carpet area (in sq m) 120.93 33.54 69.34 92.89 NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 113 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Correspondent Chamber Directors Office Store (P.A. systems) Admissions Room 105.75 25.69 23.99 22.90 Table 4.2 Constructional details of instructional Area S.No. Name Number Area in Sq. M. HOD and Faculty 1. 38 rooms 947.56 rooms 2. Lecture Halls 44 2745 3. Conference Hall 1 120.35 4. Tutorial Rooms 6 300.26 5. Drawing Halls 4 837.24 6 Departmental Library 5 134.60 7 CSE Committee hall 1 168.83 8 CSE Annex 1 76.74 Table 4.3 Department wise Constructional details of laboratories Carpet Area S.No. Name Of Laboratory available (Sq. M.) Civil Engineering 1 Engineering Geology 114.21 Surveying 47.74 2. Material Testing & 249.06 3. Transportation Engineering Fluid Mechanics 250.50 4. 5. Soil Mechanics 120.79 Environmental Engineering 97.90 6. 7. Concrete Testing Lab. 100.23 Computer lab 67.99 8. 9. Drawing office 24.85 10. Stores -3 59.79 Electrical & Electronics Engineering Electromechanics and Power 1 222.51 systems Electrical Circuits and 2 222.51 Networks Power Electronics and Control 3 222.51 Systems 4 Instrumentation 222.51 NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 114 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 5 Provision for New Labs(4) 278.00 Electronic & Communication Engineering 1 Electronics 222.15 2 Communication Engineering 205.93 3 Microprocessor 152.31 Mechanical Engineering 1 Heat Power Lab 216.88 2 Heat Transfer Lab 107.99 3 Metal Cutting Lab 216.56 4 Metrology Lab 72.65. 5 Production Engg. Lab 54.81 6 CAD & CAM Lab 210 7 Stores - 3 65.16 Computer Science & Engineering 1 Software Laboratory - 1 112.86 2 Software Laboratory - 2 128.38 3 Language Laboratory 101.26 4 Internet Laboratory 99.15 5 DBMS Laboratory 128.38 Electronics Instrumentation & Control Engineering Process Control & 1 110.7 Instrumentation lab 2 Computer Control of Processes 110.7 Table 4.4 Constructional details of common facilities Instructional Area – Common Facilities Carpet area (in sq m) Library & Reading Room Workshop Circulation Area Corridors Other Areas (in Sq m) Other Common Area (in Sq m) Amenities Area Cafeteria Boys Common Room First aid cum Sick Room Guest Houses Sports Club Auditorium Boys' Hostel Girls' Hostel Student activity / GCR NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar 839 212.56 5,630.00 156 348.81 376.25 200 61.83 634.75 227.05 1384.44 5000 4200 100 Page 115 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Toilet Girls Common Room Stationery Store Canteen Generator Room Pump House Parking Areas Body Building Club & Sports Store Green Room Music Club Painting Club Alumni Association Quarters Water tank 360.24 115 153.09 740.62 85.28 41.63 583.59 176.64 16.93 16.93 12.24 23.94 3767.22 189.52 The available infrastructure is effectively used for various activities of the students and staff. Various departmental association activities are conducted with the existing facilities available. Class rooms, Lectures Halls, Drawing Halls and E-class rooms generally remain occupied from 8.30 A.M. to 5.00 P.M. Computer Labs and Internet Center remain open from 8:30 A.M to 8:00 P.M. Needy students and hostel boarders can avail the facilities in the late evening hours. A large number of volumes, National and International journals, DELNET facilities and Autolib Software are available in the library. Library timings are flexible. It is kept open from 8.30 A.M to 6.30 P.M. Audio visual facilities like LCD, Slide projectors are available in all the departments. College Sports ground is also used for conducting inter and intracollegiate sports meets. Various Engineering college students submit the technical papers in National level event TECHNOQUEST in every year and awards are given to the Best technical papers. Workshops, Seminars, Guest Lectures and Faculty Development Programmes are conducted on regular basis in respective departments. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 116 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Figure 4.2. Infrastrucure Facilities NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 117 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Figure 4.3. Infrastrucure Facilities NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 118 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Students actively involve in painting club, photography club and literary club activities. Competitions are held to explore the creative talent of the students and awards are presented. Infrastructure facilities are available to carry out research works and produce research papers in the reputed journals. Softwares are available to support the research activities. 4.1.2 Does the College have a policy for creation and enhancement of infrastructure in order to promote a good teaching-learning environment? If yes, mention a few recent initiatives. The college governing council framed the policies to create and enhance the infrastructures. The Head of the Institution and Head of the departments propose the budgetary requirements to the governing council for infrastructure developments like procurement of new equipment in labs, up gradation of existing equipment in the labs, procurement of new books in central and department libraries, establishment of new labs, and for curricular and co-curricular activities. Based on the proposals the Governing council sanctions the annual budget and also monitors the execution of the proposals. The amount spent in last four years towards creation and enhancements of infrastructure are given in Table 4.5. Table 4.5 Details of amount spent in the last six years in developing the infrastructure. Year 2009-10 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 Facility Provided Amount Spent on Infrastructure Amount Spent on Student Welfare Amount Spent on Staff Welfare Total Amount Spent on Student Welfare Amount Spent on Staff Welfare Total Amount Spent on Infrastructure Amount Spent on Student Welfare Amount Spent on Staff Welfare Total Amount Spent on Infrastructure Amount Spent on Student Welfare Amount Spent on Staff Welfare Total Amount Spent on Infrastructure Amount Spent on Student Welfare Amount Spent on Staff Welfare Total NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Amount Spent 93,94,500.00 8,88,206.00 38,14,619.00 1,40,97,325.00 14,39,381.00 48,49,215.00 2,41,42,366.00 1,64,48,061.00 25,12,770.00 54,92,454.00 2,44,53,285.00 1,39,72,594.00 17,70,021.00 57,04,314.00 2,14,46,929.00 3,56,81,321.00 5,37,088.00 34,87,946.00 3,94,06,355.00 Page 119 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 4.1.3 Does the College provide all departments with facilities like office room, common room, separate rest rooms for women students and staff? All the departments are provided with good facilities like separate office room, Separate rooms for ladies and gents faculty, waiting room for girls students, department library. All the faculty rooms are also provided with computers with internet facility. 4.1.4 How does the College ensure that the infrastructure facilities meet the requirements of students/staff with disabilities? For the convenience of the physically disabled staff / students the class rooms and exams are conducted in the ground floor and one attendant is also provided to those staff/students. Some modifications like changing the height of the drawing table, black board and providing a separate platform to work on the machine are created based on the requirement of faculty/student. 4.1.5 How does the College cater to the residential requirements of students? Mention Capacity of the hostels and occupancy (to be given separately for men and women) Separate hostels are provided for both boys and girls inside the campus to accommodate more than 1000 students. Total five hostels are constructed out of which four for boys and one for girls. The capacities of the hostels are given in Table 4.6. Table 4.6 Details of hostel accommodation S.No Name of the hostel 1 Neptune 2 Mercury 3 Jupiter 4 Venus Students I B.Tech. Boys students II B.Tech. Boys students III B.Tech. Boys students IV B.Tech. Boys students Number of rooms Number of Total students/room strength 104 3 203 58 3 or 4 201 62 3 180 40 3 99 NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 120 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 A,B,C,D Blocks Narmada block 5 Girls students I & II Girls student III & IV 40 4 157 76 3 225 Recreational facilities in hostel/s like gymnasium, yoga center, etc. All the hostels are located inside the campus and all the students can access any sports facility available in the sports complex. Apart from these facilities for indoor games like caroms, chess are also provide in all hostels. Broadband connectivity / wi-fi facility in hostel/s. All the hostels are provided with LAN and WI-Fi facility 4.1.6 How does the College cope with the health related support services for its students, faculty and non-teaching staff on the campus and beyond? In the campus a mini clinic is provided to take care of first aid and primary health. All general medicines are available. A physician is appointed and he visits the clinic every day evening. A lady doctor is available in girl’s hostel. Students and staff can avail this facility. In case of emergency, college transportation facility or 108 services are utilized. 4.1.7 What special facilities are made available on the campus to promote interest in sports and cultural events? The Institute gives equal importance to sports and cultural events along with academic for the all - round development of the students. Students are provided with facilities for indoor and outdoor activities. Indoor facilities are provided for Table Tennis, Chess and Carroms. Outdoor facilities are provided for Volleyball, Basketball, Football, Cricket, Shuttle Badminton and Athletics Events. The sports activities are monitored by one Physical Director and three Assistant Physical Directors appointed by the Institute. The lists of the facilities available are given in Table 4.7. Table 4.7 List of sports facilities Sl.No. Games Facilities Cricket Field Foot Ball Field NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 121 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Volleyball Courts Basket Ball Court Badminton Courts Handball Courts Ball badminton Courts Tennikoit Court Tennis Court Table Tennis Boards Carroms Boards Chess Boards Horizontal Bars Parallel Bars Weight Lift Center Gymnasium Running Track (100/200/400/800/1500) Relays Throwing Events Shot-put ,Discuss Throw, Javelin Throw, Hammer Throw Jumping Events - Long Jump Triple Jump High Jump From the inception, the students formed various clubs like painting club, photo graphic club, dramatic club, music club and literary club to promote the cultural activities among the students. The Head of the Institution appoints the interested faculty member as in-charge for these clubs for smooth functioning of various activities organized by the clubs. The college organizes intercollegiate cultural competition “ECSTATICA” very year. Many students from other colleges participate in this event and exhibit their talent. 4.2 Library as a Learning Resource 4.2.1 Does the library have an Advisory Committee? Specify the composition of such a committee. What significant initiatives have been implemented by the committee to render the library, student/user friendly? Yes. Library Advisory Committee is formed with Librarian as Member Secretary, Institute Director as a Chairperson and all the HOD’s and senior Faculties from respective departments are committee members. The composition of the library advisor committee is given in Table 4.8. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 122 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Table 4.8 Composition of library advisory committee S.No 1 2 3 4 Name of the committee member Sri Rami Reddy Heads of the Departments A Rama Krishna Prasad M.Bhargava Designation in the committee Member Secretary Members Members Members 5 6 7 8 Sri B.Siva Prasad Sri P.V.Vijaya Kumar Sri M. Siva Pratap Reddy Sri. S.Nagaraju Members Members Members Members Department Library All departments ECE Civil EEE ME CSE H &s The Committee Suggests for the Proper maintenance of the Library and Reading Room. It monitors the purchase of Books, Journals and the services rendered to the staff and students. The requirements of the students and the staff are identified and recommends to committee chairperson. The committee decides the annual budget planning based on the various requirements like procurement of books, journals, and magazines etc., and development of infrastructure. The library is maintaining the necessary infrastructure and is student friendly. The library recruits sufficient number of staff to help the students and staff for accessing the books in the library. Students can easily find the location of the required book in the library by searching through computer. Students can request for any book/resources available in the Library. Students can also suggest the librarian to buy any book based on the academic requirement. Separate reference section is maintained to make availability of the important books and resources to the staff and students at any time. 4.2.2 Provide details of the following: Total area of the library (in Sq. Mts.) - 1348.39 sq.mts Total seating capacity – Reading Hall : 200 Reference : 70 NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 123 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Working hours (on working days, on holidays, before examination days, during examination days, during vacation) 8.30 A.M to 7.30 P.M on Working Days 8.30 A.M to 1.00 P.M on Saturdays Layout of the library (individual reading carrels, lounge area for browsing and relaxed reading, IT zone for accessing e-resources) Floor The construction details of the library are given in Table 4.9. Table 4.9 Details of the Library Stock Room Room 1 Room 2 Reading Room (Sq.M) (Sq.M) (Sq.M) (Sq.m) Ground 209.23 First 209.21 34.14 34.02 34.02 34.02 267.99 215.75 Others (Sq.m) IT Zone 124.03 185.98 Ground Floor It includes Circulation Section, Periodicals Section, Stack Rooms for all the subjects, Photocopying Section, Notice Board, Internet Room, AudioVideo Systems, Staff & Student Reading Halls and Office of the Librarian. I Floor It includes Stack Rooms for all the subjects, Students Reading Hall and Reference, book sections. Access to the premises through prominent display of clearly laid out floor plan; adequate signage; fire alarm; access to differently abled users and mode of access to collection) Various measures are taken to access the library premises Proper display boards are placed to guide the student inside the library. Computerized and manual catalogue searching options are provided. The call number and accessory number are printed on each book. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 124 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 4.2.3 Books are categorized in racks based on the call number. Call numbers of the books contained in rack are displayed in each rack. All books are labeled with barcode technology for ease of access. Fire extinguishers are fixed inside the library. For differently abled users on their request attender is provided to exchange the books from the library. Give details on the library holdings Total No 4.2.4 a) Print (Books, back volumes and thesis) b) Non Print (Microfiche, AV) c) Electronic (e-books, e-Journals) : 38433 : : 1085 4233 d) Special collection (eg.Text book, Reference books, standards, patents) : 13299 What tools does the library deploy to provide access to the collection? OPAC Open Access System is in practice for staff and students. Electronic Resource Management package for e-journals DELNET, INFOTRACK have separate database for e- Journals. Federated searching tools to search articles in multiple databases Yes. DELNET the library management package enables promt search of articles in the library. INFROTRACK programme is another federated tool for search of articles in e-journals and e-books. Library Website www.nbkrist.org In-house/remote access to e-publications Access is Provide to E- Publications through the Internet. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 125 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 4.2.5 To what extent is the ICT deployed in the library? Library automation: Library Services are completely automated using php Software (in – house built). Total number of computers for public access : 17 Computers are made available for public access. Total numbers of printers for public access: 2 Printers are made available for public access. Internet band width speed: 10 mbps. Institutional available. Content management system for e-learning: Available. Participation in Resource sharing networks/consortia (like Inflibnet): Resources sharing is done through all the networks with DELNET and INFOTRAC. 4.2.6 Repository: INFOTRAC, NPTEL repository Provide details Average number of walk-ins : 500 per day. Average number of books issued/returned : 350 books per day Ratio of library books to students enrolled : 16:1 Average number of books added during last three years : 6329 (Text Books and Reference Books) Average number of login to OPAC : 50-150 logins/day Average number of login to e-resources : 80-100 per day Average number of e-resources downloaded/printed : 20 to 50 per day. Number of information literacy trainings organized : 2 time per year. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 126 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 4.2.7 Give details of the specialized services provided by the library Manuscripts : 1000 Manuscripts are made available for reference Reference : Library has a separate reference section with rich collections of International Journals, Technical Magazines, Prescribed text books, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Year books, Maps. Hand books, Thesis and Dissertations, Project reports, Audio Video reference through CDs, Cassettes and web based reference are provided Reprography : Reprography is provided by the library. ILL (Inter Library Loan Service) : ILL Service is available through DELNET Information Deployment and Notification : Information pertaining to job opportunities, Higher Education admission notifications, and Internship notifications, new arrivals, books, current important information are notified. OPAC : The search for information is facilitated by the bibliographic description of books entered in the library management package (AUTOLIB) Internet Access: Internet access with 10mbps is available in the library Downloads : Few significant articles from free e-journals and e-books are downloaded and stacked for readers Printouts: Important articles and information about higher education and entrance examination are downloaded and issued to students on their request. Reading list/ Bibliography compilation: Card catalouge on the author name and titled name are provided. OPAC Software is utilized for book search. In-house/remote access to e-resources : Open Access User Orientation: The fresher’s are oriented in the beginning of the academic year towards reading habit, rules and regulations, library NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 127 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 resources, infrastructure facilities, time schedule, circulation of books, special facilities for the physically challenged and assistance rendered by the library staff. Assistance in searching Databases: The search strategy is instructed to the users during orientation program. They are also guided by the library staff about search engine, site addresses and online resources. INFLIBNET/IUC facilities : Nil 4.2.8 Provide details on the annual library budget and the amount spent for purchasing new books and journals. The details annual expenditure for purchasing of new books and journals are given Table 4.10. Table 4.10 Details of annual expenditure in the last four years 2010-2011 Library Holdings Text Books/ Reference Books Journals/ eJournals Total No. added Cost 2011-2012 No. added Cost 2012-2013 No. added Cost 2013-2014 No. added Cost 982 2,55,413 468 1,24,000 3047 9,49,083 1832 6,08,419 81 35,250 73 6 18,23,349 92 6 8,38,410 1028 50,574 2,90,663 19,47,349 17,87,493 6,58,993 4.2.9 Does the library get the feedback from its users? If yes, how is it analysed and used for improving the library services. Yes. Feedback is collected from students and staff. Library committee identifies the utility rates by going through the borrower’s registers and attendance registers. Feedback is taken from students of different groups and staff members by supplying a questionnaire and analyzes their opinions. The Opinions of the students and staff are discussed by the library committee and necessary steps are taken to improve the library services. 4.2.10 List the infrastructural development of the library over the last four years. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 128 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 The details of infrastructural development in the library in the last four years are given in Table 4.11. Table 4.11 Year wise infrastructural development in the library S.No Infrastructure Year 1. One 32” Size Delux Brand Paper Cutting Machine 2010 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Symbol of the LS2208 Barcode Scanner “Vinar” Steel Library Double faced main Unit Rack size of 7’.5” H X6’ L X 22” D with 28 Panel built in Book Stopperwith Complete accessory. Quantity-10 Amout 1,09,512.00 2011 9,660.00 2012 2,64,110.00 Printer Hp LaserJet 1005 Quantity-1 2013 13,000.00 Library Cards Covers Quantity-3000 2013 10,700.00 One 18” size Deluxe brand Heavy duty Paper spiral Punching Machine, Quantity-1 2013 9,135.00 4.2.11 Did the library organize workshop/s for students, teachers, nonteaching staff of the College to facilitate better Library usuage? Yes. The library staff every year organizes workshops and orientation programmes to the students and staff about the usage of the library. One Day workshop on NPTEL Awareness organized by Classic Chennai on 26th December 2013 for the staff and students 4.3 IT Infrastructure 4.3.1 Does the College have a comprehensive IT policy addressing standards on IT Service Management, Information Security, Network Security, Risk Management and Software Asset Management? The department of Computer Science and Engineering monitors the information technology in the college. The department established intranet NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 129 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 and Wi-Fi facility in the college to access the internet, enables the staff and students to use information and communication technologies. The CSE department maintains the online data management system which provides the student database with all details, and it also provides the day to day attendance of the students. The staff and student can access by the data anywhere in the campus, but it is protected and cannot be modified. The college provided Webmail service to the staff and students. All the students and employees have the responsibility for ensuring that information security by not disclosing with others. Ensure that system availability is high with time to time configuration update. Let not be there any Write-Shares on the network that would compromise the security. Use the best and tested applications for infrastructure management. Maintain remote-online backup schemes along with the standard local backups to mitigate risk. 4.3.2 Give details of the College’s computing facilities (hardware and software). Number of systems with configuration The details of the computers in each department with hardware and specifications are given in Table 4.12. Table 4.12. Department wise details of computers with specification S.N0 CSE: 1. 2. 3. 4. Name of Laboratory Qty Software Design Laboratory. Algorithm & DS Laboratory. 66 WEB Programming Laboratory. Server Room 66 Central Facilities: 5. Basic Programming Laboratory. 6. English language 65 08 66 72 Hardware details Software details Dual Core Processor/2GB DDR3 RAM / 500 GB SATA HDD/ 18.5” LCD Monitor Dual Core Processor/1GB DDR2 RAM / 160 GB SATA HDD/ 17” LCD Monitor P4 Processor/512 MB DDR1 RAM / 80 GB SATA HDD/ 15” LCD Monitor Xeon processor/ 8 GB DDR3 RAM/ 1 TB SAS HDD/ 18.5” LCD Monitor Windows XP OS/ ORACLE Database/ Microsoft Office Windows XP OS/ ORACLE Database/ Microsoft Office Windows XP OS/ ORACLE Database/ Microsoft Office Windows 2003 server P4 Processor/512 MB DDR1 RAM / 40 GB SATA HDD/ 15” LCD Monitor Core I3 Processor/ 2 GB DDR3 RAM/ 500 GB SATA HDD/ 18.5” Windows XP OS/ Microsoft Office NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Windows XP OS/ Microsoft Office Page 130 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Laboratory. 7. LCD Monitor Internet Laboratory. 63 Dual Core Processor/2GB DDR3 RAM / 500 GB SATA HDD/ 18.5” LCD Monitor Windows XP OS/ Microsoft Office Microprocessor Laboratory. 11 DOS-OS 9. DSP Laboratory. 70 P-III Processor/ 128 MB SD RAM/ 40 GB IDE HDD/ 14” CRT Monitor Dual Core Processor/ 2 GB DDR3 RAM/ 500 GB SATA HDD/ 18.5” LED Monitor 10. DSD Laboratory. 20 Core i5 Processor/ 4 GB DDR3 RAM/ 500 GB SATA HDD/ 18.5” LED Monitor Windows XP/ MATLAB 2011b/ Xilinx ISE 9.1 i Power System Laboratory. 06 Core i3 Processor/ 4 GB RAM/ 500 GB SATA 18.5” LED Monitor P4 processor/ 512 MB RAM/ 40 GB SATA 15” CRT Monitor Windows XP/ MATLAB 2011b/ Etap 11.1.1 ECE: 8. EEE: 11. 35 ME: 12. DDR3 HDD/ Windows XP/ MATLAB 2011b/ Xilinx ISE 9.1 i/ Microsoft Office. DDR1 HDD/ CAD/CAM Laboratory. 32 P4 Processor/ 512 MB DDR1 RAM/ 80 GB SATA HDD/ 15” CRT Monitor Ansys 1.04/ IronCAD 0.49/ Autodesk inventor 0.51/ Autodesk inventor professional server 2.0/ CAD Laboratory (Civil) 38 Strap 2012/ Draft sight 2012/ 14. Library 16 15. Office 12 16. Exam Cell 4 17. Faculty rooms 4 P4 Processor/ 512 MB DDR1 RAM/ 80 GB SATA HDD/ 15” CRT Monitor Administrative : P4 Processor/ 512 MB DDR1 RAM/ 80 GB SATA HDD/ 15” CRT Monitor P4 Processor/ 512 MB DDR1 RAM/ 80 GB SATA HDD/ 15” CRT Monitor P4 Processor/ 512 MB DDR1 RAM/ 80 GB SATA HDD/ 15” CRT Monitor P4 Processor/ 512 MB DDR1 RAM/ 80 GB SATA HDD/ 15” CRT Monitor CE : 13. Total: Windows XP/ Microsoft Office/ Acrobat reader/ Windows XP/ Microsoft Office/ Acrobat reader/ Windows XP/ Microsoft Office/ Acrobat reader/ Windows XP/ Microsoft Office/ Acrobat reader/ 654 Computer student ratios UG=1:4 PG=1:2 NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 131 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Dedicated computing facility Each and every faculty room equipped with a Standalone system. Microprocessor labs have Standalone systems. LAN facility All the buildings are connected through Optical fibre cable (OFC) for better performance and internally systems are connected using 10/100/1000 Mbps LAN. Wifi facility The entire campus is well powered with Wi-Fi . Propriety software / Open source softwares Matlab 2011b Etap 11.1.1 Strap 2012 Draftsight 2012 Ansys Inventer Professsional Auto cad Mechanical Desktop STRAAP ERDAS IMAGINE SURFER ETAP 12 PS CAD 4.1 Windows 2003 server Windows XP OS/ ORACLE Database/Microsoft Office Novell Netware V4.11,Boreland C++ Windows XP OS /Globarena English language software. Number of nodes / computers with Internet facility 63 Number of systems are available in the internet center. 6 systems are available in Ladies hostel and each faculty room consists of desktop system with internet facility. Any other : --- NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 132 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 4.3.3 What are the Institutional plans and strategies for deploying and upgrading the IT infrastructure and associated facilities? Maintenance and upgradation of the IT and other associated facilities are taken care by Hardware Technicians appointed by the Institution. Sufficient funds are also made available to meet the expenditure. Old computer systems are upgraded with new configuration and latest version operating systems are installed regularly. Computer technicians are deputed to attend advanced training programs in IT. Technical assistance is also provided by the faculty of department of computer science and engineering. 4.3.4 Give details on access to online teaching and learning resources and other knowledge, and information provided to the staff and students for quality teaching, learning and research. The students and faculty can access and download NPTEL video lectures, subscribed e-journals and e-books from the library through internet/intranet and Wi-Fi. 4.3.5 Give details on the ICT enabled classrooms/learning spaces available within the College and how they are utilized for enhancing the quality of teaching and learning. In all departments the computing facilities are available for the students to carry out their works. For all the faculty individual computers are provided with internet facility. All departments also equipped with an LCD projector with screen, PA system and other necessary facilities to conduct the e-class rooms and seminars for the students. 4.3.6 How are the faculty facilitated to prepare computer aided teachinglearning materials? What are the facilities available in the College or affiliating University for such initiatives? In all faculty rooms personal computer with internet facility is provided to prepare computer aided teaching-learning materials. 4.3.7 How are the computers and their accessories maintained? (AMC, etc.) The department of computer science and engineering is maintaining a separate hardware maintenance cell to service all the computers in the NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 133 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 campus. College recruited staff for maintenance and also allocates funds for the maintenance. 4.3.8 Does the College avail of the National Knowledge Network connectivity directly or through the affiliating University? If so, what are the services availed of? Yes. DELNET and INFOTRACK programmes are available. These facilities access to 40000 e-books and 2233 e-journals 4.3.9 Provide details on the provision made in the annual budget for update, deployment and maintenance of the computers in the College? The details of the annual expenditure for update, deployment and maintenance of the computers in the last six years are given in Table 4.13. Table 4.13 Details of expenditure for computers S.No. Year 1 2 3 4 5 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 6 2013-2014 Allotted budget (Rs) 13,81,410-00 7,90,590-00 31,55,963-00 39,38,965-00 28,69,736-00 604680.00(CSE) 856800.00 (ME) 4.4 Maintenance of Campus Facilities 4.4.1 Does the College have an Estate Office / designated officer for overseeing maintenance of buildings, class-rooms and laboratories? If yes, mention a few campus specific initiatives undertaken to improve the physical ambience. Yes. The college maintains buildings, class rooms and laboratories by recruiting staff at various levels and by assigning faculty in-charges. For every lab two technical support staff are appointed in the respective departments. The development and maintenance of each laboratory is taken care by technical support staff and one faculty assigned by Head of the department. Regular maintenance of the equipment is done by technical support staff under the supervision of faculty in-charge. Replacement of any defective component/equipment will be processed by NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 134 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 the faculty member. Any additions of new equipment and up gradation of the existing equipment are also processed by the concerned faculty incharge through the Head of the department. The college maintains very clean, green and pleasant atmosphere inside the campus through regular plantation activity. To accomplish many scavengers, sweepers and gardeners are appointed to clean the class rooms, academic buildings, campus and quarters and to maintain the gardens. 4.4.2 Does the College appoint staff for maintenance and repair? If not, how are the infrastructure facilities, services and equipment maintained? Give details. College appointed staff members for various maintenance and repair works. The construction, sanitation and water supply are maintained by department of civil engineering. The electrical repair and maintenance work are taken care by department of electrical and electronics engineering. The communication and public address system are under control department of electronics and communication engineering. The vehicles, furniture, air-conditioners and diesel and petrol are maintained by department of mechanical engineering. The LAN, Wi-Fi, internet and all computers are maintained department of computer science engineering. To maintain all the above sections separate staff members are recruited in each respective department and some faculty members are appointed as inchargers for these maintenance works. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 135 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 CRITERION V: STUDENT SUPPORT AND PROGRESSION 5.1 Student Mentoring and Support 5.1.1 Does the College have an independent system for student support and mentoring? If yes, what are its structural and functional characteristics? Yes. From the inception of the college, counselor system was developed for the support and mentoring of the students. The Head of the department divide each section into three batches of students consisting about 20 students in each batch. The Head of the department assign one faculty member for each batch as a counselor. For the II, III and IV B.Tech. students the faculty members of the concerned branch are assigned as a counselor. For I B.Tech. students the faculty members of Science & Humanities department are assigned as counselors. The counselors perform various functions which are They maintain entire academic and personal record of each student. Every week all the students meet the counselors in particular slot allotted in the time table. They interact with each student personally and guide them in a proper way for their academic growth. They monitor the regularity of the students in the class work. If any student fails to attend the classes regularly, then the counselor personally motive the student. Even if the student fails to come to the classes then the counselor intimate the information to parents and also brings to the notice of the Head of the department and Head of the Institution. They will arrange special classes to slow learners with senior faculty members. They will guide the student about their career development. They maintain the record of attendance and internal marks of each student. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 136 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 5.1.2 What provisions exist for academic mentoring apart from class room work? The counselor personally monitors the student apart from the class room. Every week each student contact personally with counselor and discuss various issues related to academic and personal problems. If any student faces any personal problem then the counselor will counsel the student. Sometimes, if necessary, the student can be counseled by the Head of the department and senior faculty The counselor monitor the student based on the academic performance in semester exams or in internal exams. 5.1.3 Does the College provide personal enhancement and development schemes for students? If yes, describe techniques employed e.g., career counseling, soft skill development, etc. Yes, The College takes necessary steps for personal enhancement and development of students. Every year the college organizes many training programmes and workshops by the experts from various organizations and industries to improve the employability of the students. The training and placement cell continuously interact with various industries, based on the placement requirements the training programmes organized to students in different aspects to improve their technical knowledge, communication skills and aptitude. They also arrange training programmes for personality development, group discussion, and interviews. The training and placement cell also organizes aptitude and soft skills training programmes to the students from III year onwards for preparing them for placements. The communication skills of the students improve continuously from the first year onwards. A separate communication lab is established with dedicated faculty to improve communication skills. Each department regularly organizes various training programmes and workshops to train the students in various software and packages, robotic technology and control systems etc. The details of the workshops and guest lecturers organized by various departments are given in Table 5.1. The training and placement cell organize various programmes for career counseling, soft skill development. The details of the various events conducted in the last three years are given Table 5.2. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 137 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Table 5.1 Some of the renowned guest lecturers organized in the college Organized Department Civil Engineering Topic Ground Improvement Technics Civil Engineering Hydrographs Civil Engineering Advancement on F.E.M Civil Engineering Run off and Rain fall Simulation Computer Science & Engineering Industry Expectations – software development Computer Science & Engineering Data Mining Computer Science & Engineering Computer Science & Engineering Computer Science & Engineering Computer Science & Engineering Electronics and Communication Engg. Electronics and Communication Engg. Electronics and Communication Engg. C for First Year Students Embedded Linux Recent Trends in software Database Management Systems Bio-medical Signal Processing Adaptive Signal Processing Advanced Signal Processing Electronics and Communication Engg. Multirate Signal Processing and Wavelets Electronics and Communication Engg Recent developments in ECE Electrical and Electronics Engg. Transmissionline faults,substation equipment Electrical and Electronics Engg. Transformers Electrical and Electronics Engg. Electrical and Electronics Engg. Electrical and Electronics Engg. Energy conversion awareness Virtual Instrumentation Automation awareness NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Expert/Organization Name O.Sreedhara, Irrigation Dept., P.Ram Mohan Rao, J.N.T.U.Kakinada I.V.Ramana Reddy, S.V.U. Tirupathi Ch.Suresh Babu, Irrigation Dept., Ramsuri N Research Staff member at IBM, Bangalore RBV Subramanyam Associate Professor in CSE, NIT, Warangal RR. Muni Swamy Retired Professor S.Rajesh Assistant Professor in C- DAC, Pune P. Suman Reddy, Software Engineer in IBM, Bangalore N.Rama Krishna, Assistant Professor in CSE, NIT, Warangal Dr.M.Rama Subba Reddy, Professor of Applied electronics, IIT,Chennai Dr.ASR Reddy, Principal, SKIT Dr.G.R Reddy¸ Professor, VIT, Vellore Dr.S.Varadarajan, Professor of ECE, S.V University,Tirupati Dr.S.Narayana Reddy Professor of ECE, S.V University,Tirupati N.Pratap Kumar, DE,APTRANSCO Sk.Abdul Gaffor, Asst.professor,Bapatla Engg.college S.Ganapathi, Rtd.SE.APTRANSCO, Nellore J.Visweswaran & S.Sahu Trident Tech Lab. Private ltd.,Bangalore V.Madhukar, Prolific systems and technologies Private ltd Page 138 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Mechanical Engineering Advances in Machine vision and Metrology Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Manufacturing Mechanical Engineering Water Jet Machining Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Metullurgical aspects in manufacturing Engineering Drawing and its importance for engineers CFD analysis of high pressure steam turbine Prof. B. Ramamoorthy IIT Madras Sri.S. Sai Kumar Deputy Director, DRML, DRDO Prof.N.Ramesh Babu IIT Madras Prof.P. Kesavan Nair IIT Madras Prof Venkata Chalapati Velammal College, Chennai M. Siva Rama Krishaniah SVCET,chittor Table 5.2 Details various programmes organized by Training and Placement Cell S.No Date 1 29-11-13 to 01-12-13 2 30-11-13 3 29-11-13 4 27-07-13 5 06-04-13 6 06-04-13 7 14-02-2013 8 5-12-2012 to 7-12-2012 9 05-11-12 10 29-08-2012 to 0109-2012 11 12 13 03-09-2011 26-08-2011 to 2908-2011 27-08-2011 Name /Company Designation FACE Coimbatore Ch. Suresh babu Software specialist, Noval Tech, BLR K Babu Praveen S Rama Krishna Raju, Sr. Programmer, CA technologies, Hyderabad P Ramana Reddy MD,RSA Low carbon services, New Delhi DR.M.Venkateswarulu Sr.Project Manager, MARG group, Bangalore CH .Suresh Babu Specialist,Novell,Banglore Career conduit Hyderabad Mr.E.nalini Mohan Senior Consultant,TCS ,HYD Mr.M Pradeep MD,nine dot professional services Chennai T.Muni Swamy TIME Mr Shaheer Ahemed Free lancer Trainer, Hyd NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Progarm Campus Recruitment training Programming in C language and data structures Achieving success in campus Interviews Latest trends in networking Entrepreneurship Structural Engineering Latest trends and technologies in IT sector Campus Recruitment training` TCS Pre-placement Campus Recruitment training C programming Campus Recruitment training Soft skills training programme Page 139 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 The college also encourages all the departments and provides financial support to organize workshops and technical symposiums. Every year the college organized National level technical symposium “TECHNOQUEST” in all the departments. The various student workshops and symposiums organized in the college are given below; 5.1.4 A Two day National level Technical Symposium was conducted by IEEE Zonal Congress on 2011. A workshop on mobile applications “Android Mobile Application Development” was conducted by ARK Techno Solutions A Two day National level Technical Symposium was conducted IEEE Zonal Congress on 2013. A Two day workshop was conducted on Robotics “Advanced Robotics using Surface computing”. A National level workshop organized by the department of Electronics and Communication Engg. on “fuzzy logic & wavelets”. National level workshop conducted by the department of Electronics and Communication Engg. on “embedded systems and applications” A National seminar on ethical hacking for the students was organized by the department of Computer Science and Engineering. National level workshop conducted on “web application and development” by the department of Computer Science and Engineering. Training programme on career guidance was organized by the department of civil engineering. Does the College publish its updated prospectus and handbook annually? If yes, what are the activities / information included / provided to students through these documents? Is there a provision for online access? Yes. The information pertaining to Vision and Mission, Institution Profile, Goals and objectives, List of Academic Programmes offered, Course wise number of seats and eligibility criteria, details of Fee Structure, details of Hostel facility, General rules of discipline and Rules of Attendance of the College is given in the prospectus. The college publishes syllabus copies every year and issue to students, it NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 140 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 consists of course work of all the subjects in that academic year. All the information about the prospectus of the college are continuously updated in the college website. 5.1.5 Specify the type and number of scholarships / freeships given to students (UG/PG/M.Phil/Ph.D./Diploma/others in tabular form) by the College Management during the last four years. Indicate whether the financial aid was available on time. Institution Scholarships Dr. N. Janardhan Reddy trust offers Scholarships for meritorious poor students every year. The college offers to meritorious scholarships for four years from the academic year 2012-13 onwards to the students who secure good ranks in EAMCET. The details of the meritorious scholarships are given Table 5.3. Table 5.3 Details of Institutional meritorious scholarships S.No Year 1 2 2012 2013 Number of students awarded for meritorious scholarships 2 12 The Government is providing Financial Assistance to the students through the Social Welfare, Tribal Welfare, Backward Classes and Minority Welfare Departments. The details of students received financial assistance received from the government in the last four years are given Table 5.4. Table 5.4 Details of the financial assistance received by the students the Government S. N Category Number of Students from Amount Reimbursement of Tuition Fee & etc., Scholarship Rs Amount released 2012-13 1 SC 303 1,68,74,550.00 1,47,20,800.00 21,53,750.00 2 ST 59 31,38,850.00 26,29,200.00 5,09,650.00 3 BC 570 2,37,45,841.00 1,95,37,000.00 42,08,841.00 4 DISABLED -- -- -- -- NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 141 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 5 EBC 426 1,45,17,400.00 1,45,17,400.00 -- 6 MINORITY 65 26,10,604.00 22,45,200.00 3,65,404.00 1423 6,08,87,245.00 5,36,49,600.00 72,37,645.00 TOTAL 2011-12 1 SC 260 1,08,00,550.00 89,25,600.00 18,74,950.00 2 ST 65 27,12,150.00 22,15,500.00 4,96,650.00 3 BC 576 2,33,44,960.00 1,96,58,800.00 36,86,160.00 4 DISABLED 74,058.00 65,400.00 8,658.00 5 EBC 364 1,24,52,400.00 1,24,52,400.00 -- 6 MINORITY 60 23,06,420.00 20,42,000.00 2,63,420.00 1327 5,16,90,538.00 4,53,59,700.00 63,30,838.00 TOTAL 2 2010-11 1 SC 227 90,32,169.00 75,39,400.00 14,92,769.00 2 ST 64 25,41,600.00 21,19,700.00 4,21,900.00 3 BC 529 2,09,83,592.00 1,74,22,000.00 35,61,592.00 4 DISABLED 1,39,644.00 1,28,100.00 11,544.00 5 EBC 331 1,08,80,600.00 1,08,80,600.00 -- 6 MINORITY 58 20,29,400.00 18,89,400.00 1,40,000.00 1213 4,56,07,005.00 3,99,79,200.00 56,27,805.00 TOTAL 4 2009-10 1 SC 205 75,50,780 63,21,500 12,29,280.00 2 ST 60 22,50,580 18,37,100 4,13,480.00 3 BC 509 1,86,18,783 1,52,43,750 33,75,033.00 4 DISABLED 4 1,42,720 1,18,900 23,820.00 5 EBC 237 73,32,400 73,32,400 -- 6 MINORITY 50 15,82,800 14,57,800 1,25,000.00 3,74,78,063 3,23,11,450 51,66,613.00 TOTAL 5.1.6 1065 What percentage of students receives financial assistance from state government, central government and other National agencies? (e.g., Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY), SN Bose Fellow, etc.) The 70% of the students receive Financial Assistance from State Government. Post graduate students (GATE qualified) receive financial assistant from central government. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 142 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Foundation for excellence (FFE), an USA based organization, is offering scholarships to students based on EAMCET rank below 7500, 85% and above marks in SSC and Intermediate examinations and whose parental income is below Rs 1.2 lakh per annum. The scholarship amount varies from Rs. 30,000/- to Rs. 35,000/- based on expenditure incurred by the student. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, Hyderabad, offers scholarships to the students based on 80% and above marks in the Intermediate examinations and whose parental income is below Rs 1 lakh per annum. The scholarship amount is Rs 24000/- per annum. Central sector scheme under Ministry of HRD offers scholarships to the students based on 80% and above marks in the Intermediate examinations and whose parental income is below Rs 4.5 lakh per annum. The scholarship amount is Rs 12000/- per annum. The details of the scholarships received by students from various Government organizations are given in Table 5.5. Table 5.5 List of the meritorious scholarships of the students S.No Year 1 2009-10 2 3 2009-10 2009-10 4 2010-11 Name of the Student N.Sai Satwik reddy K .Geetha Sk.Thameen Ansur G.Jhansi Lakshmi Amount Agency Scholar ship 2400 EX-Service 5 2010-11 P.Radhika 9000 6 2010-11 D.teja 9000 7 2010-11 8 2011-12 9 10 2011-12 2012-13 Sk.Thameen Ansur Sk.Thameen Ansur P.Ranjith Krishna K.Neela Krishna 11 2012-13 G.Jhansi Lakshmi 9000 8000 24000 MICA mines Indian oil 9000 24000 Central sector Scheme Central sector Scheme Central sector Scheme Indian oil 36000 Indian oil 96000 9000 GATE Stipend Central sector Scheme Central sector Scheme NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 143 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 5.1.7 12 13 14 15 16 2012-13 2012-13 2012-13 2012-13 2012-13 17 18 19 2012-13 2012-13 2012-13 P.Ranjith Krishna V.Reshma A.Vinay Kumar K.Suresh G.Pradeep Kumar Reddy K.S.Bhuvanagiri B.Keerthi Sree Mahamood Sharif 96000 96000 96000 96000 96000 GATE Stipend GATE Stipend GATE Stipend GATE Stipend GATE Stipend 96000 96000 20000 GATE Stipend GATE Stipend Minority merit Does the College have an International Student Cell to cater to the needs of foreign students? If so, what measures have been taken to attract foreign students? The college has no provision to admit International students. 5.1.8 What types of support services are available for Overseas students No overseas students are admitted in the college. Physically challenged / differently abled students One attendant is appointed by the College to provide assistance to physically disabled students. Examinations and class work are conducted in the ground floor. Additional time for examinations provided for the needy student. Modification in the lab or drawing hall for the needy student. SC/ST, OBC and economically weaker sections Scholarships. Make up classes & Special classes. Guidance on Career and Placement. Counseling. Separate book bank is maintained and additional books are issued to the students. Students to participate in various competitions/conferences in India and abroad Books for competitive exams and journals are made available in the library. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 144 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Career and Guidance Cell provides the information about the Competitive Examinations and organizes skill development programmes. Employment news magazine is kept for the reference in the library. Students are encouraged to participate in paper presentations and attending Workshops and Extracurricular activities. Health centre, health insurance etc. A doctor appointed by the Institute visits the campus clinic every day evening. A Lady Doctor is appointed for the welfare of girl students. Campus clinic has general medicines and first aid kits. A group insurance policy for all the students. Skill development (spoken English, computer literacy, etc.,) Computer and Internet awareness programme is conducted to all the 1st B.Tech. students. To improve the speaking and writing skills of the students from rural areas, programmes on Communication Skills, Personality Development etc., are conducted. Add-on programmes are conducted by all Departments to improve the employment opportunities of the students. Performance enhancement for slow learners / students who are at risk of failure and dropouts Based on the performance of students in Internal and University Examinations, slow learners are identified by the Departments. Subject wise Remedial Classes are conducted by respective Departments in extra hours to improve their performance. Special Counseling sessions are conducted to encourage the slow learners. For drop out student special counseling sessions are conducted with students in presence of their parents by Head of the Institution and concerned Head of the department. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 145 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Exposure of students to other Institutions of higher learning/ corporate/business houses, etc. During field trips and industrial visits, students are gaining practical knowledge through their visits like NTPC, POWER GRID, ISRO and nearby located industries. Students are encouraged to participate in the Quiz programmes, Elocution and Essay writing competitions, technical paper presentations, Debates etc., organized by the other Institutes of higher learning. publication of student magazines Student Gazette is publishing 5.1.9 Does the College provide guidance / coaching classes for Civil Services, Defense Services, NET/SLET and any other competitive examinations? If yes, what is the outcome? Training and Placement Cell takes the responsibility of preparing the students for various competitive examinations. In each department every week as part of the regular time table special classes are conducted by the senior faculty members for the students to prepare for GATE and PGECET examinations. The number of students qualified in GATE and PGECET examinations in the last four years are given in Table 5.6. Tabe 5.6 Number students qualified in GATE /PGECET S.No 2012 - 2013 2011 – 2012 2010 - 2011 2009 - 2010 Number of students qualified in GATE/ PGECET 65 52 45 60 5.1.10 Mention the policies of the College for enhancing student participation in sports and extracurricular activities through strategies such as Additional academic support, flexibility in examinations. Students are encouraged to participate in University level Sports and NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 146 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Games meet. Students participating in Tournaments and Coaching Camps are given special relaxation in College attendance. Special classes are conducted by the respective Departments to cover the syllabus. Remedial classes are offered before University examinations. Special dietary requirements, sports uniform and materials. Special nutritious food is provided to the candidates residing in the Hostels taking part in the University tournaments. New kits are provided for Sport/Games. Meritorious candidates in Sports/Games are offered cash prizes. Financial aid is provided for the students who participate in inter collegiate tournaments. any other From the inception of the college student clubs like music club, dramatic club, painting club, Photography club and literary club are formed to encourage the student in extracurricular activities. 5.1.11 Does the College have an Institutionalized mechanism for placement of its students? What services are provided to help students identify job opportunities, prepare themselves for interview, and develop entrepreneurship skills? Yes. Training and Placement Cell was established in the College. Provides information relating to opportunities for Higher Education. Provides information relating to competitive examinations i.e., GATE, NTPC, POWER GRID, etc. Provides information relating to job opportunities available in public and private sectors. Conducts interactive sessions to all the out going students on job opportunities, appraisal of Institutions of Higher Learning and Soft Skills. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 147 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Identifies important areas and provides study material to students. Provides information about PG entrance examinations conducted by different Universities. Provides addresses of the National agencies like Railways, Banking services, UPSC, APPSC. Provides information regarding recruitment in Indian Army, Navy and Air Force. Advises the students to improve their communication skills and analytical skills. 5.1.12 Give the number of students selected during campus interviews by different employers (list the employers and the number of companies who visited the campus annually for the last four years). Around 10 - 20% of the students are getting selected on Campus interviews. The number of students placed in various companies through campus training and placement in the last four years are given Table 5.7. Table 5.7 Number of students selected through training and Placement cell in the four years Year Company Vishwa Infrastructures Soma Enterprises TCS Deepika Infrastructure Marg Limited 2009-2010 TransGNX Infosys Mahindra Satyam Indu Projects SBQ Steels TCS IVRCL HCL Technologies Ltd 2010-2011 Tafe Reach Soma Enterprise Infosys TCS Soma Enterprise 2011-2012 Syntel Ltd L-CUBE Innovations Orient Cement NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar No of Students Selected 1 4 11 4 6 10 8 3 13 2 21 31 12 07 04 07 37 2 2 1 2 Page 148 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Sasken Comunication TVS Sundram fasteners Ltd Thermal Power Tech Corporation Sujala Infrastructure Pvt Ltd VNR Infrastructure Ltd TCS TPCIL 2012-2013 TVS SFL Hyundai 1 2 2 3 18 12 1 3 4 5.1.13 Does the College have a registered Alumni association? If yes, what are its activities and contributions to the development of the College? Yes. The activities of college Alumni association are given below; Periodical Get-together for exchange of ideas and experiences. To provide useful suggestions for the growth and development of the Institution. To provide guidance to the students for selecting the right career, employment etc. A good number of Alumni are well settled within the Country and Abroad serving as Professionals, Post Doctoral Fellows, Software Engineers, Project Leaders, Scientists, Teaching Professionals and Entrepreneurs. The interaction with Alumni helps to identify various companies for placement drive. Their guidance is considered to be valuable. 5.1.14 Does the College have a student grievance redressal cell? Give details of the nature of grievances reported and how they were redressed. Yes. Grievance Redressal Cell was established in the Institute. Complaints both written and oral are collected by the In-charge of the Cell by Students, Employees, Parents and others. These complaints are attended at Grievance Redressal Cell. Committee and other members meet, discuss and chalk out the plan to redress the grievance with Director. If the grievance is of serious magnitude the Committee acts in consultation with the chairman. During the last five years the Committee solved the problems of the students by taking their suggestions into consideration. They are extension of library timings, and offers counseling for prevention of sexual harassment. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 149 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Figure 5.1 Photos during Alumni meet NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 150 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 5.1.15 Does the College have a cell and mechanism to resolve issues of sexual harassment? Women Grievance Redressal Cell resolves the issues of sexual harassment. 5.1.16 Is there an anti-ragging committee? How many instances (if any) have been reported during the last four years and what action has been taken on these? Yes. The campus is free from raging activities. However any instance of raging is effectively handled immediately. Numbers of anti ragging posters are displayed in important places. Anti-ragging committees are formed with men, women faculty and with students. Separate timings and separate classrooms are arranged for freshers. Strict vigilance is carried out in the first year boys and girls hostels. Complaint boxes are provided to record any incident of ragging. Anti-ragging awareness committee is formed with senior students. Important phone numbers of the persons of administrations, Heads of Departments, senior faculty, chief warden and wardens are provided to all freshers. Police are alerted for any incident outside the Institution. Patrolling is carried out outside the campus during nights by teaching and non-teaching staff. Police personnel address the senior students to create awareness about the consequences of involving in ragging activities. All the students are required to submit an undertaking that they shall not take part in any type of ragging as per the guidelines of AICTE. The composition of anti ragging committee is given in the Table 5.8. Table 5.8 Anti-Ragging committee Department H&S H&S H&S EEE EEE EEE ECE ECE ECE CSE Name Dr.K.Narapa Reddy Dr.C. Raveendra Reddy G Madhavaiah P.Sobha Rani E.Vinod Arun Kumar M.Sankaraiah Dr.G.Harinatha Reddy Prof.P.Mohanaiah Mr.C.MohanRao Prof. M.Nataraja Suresh NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 151 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 CSE CSE MED MED MED Civil Civil Civil D.Srinivasa Rao A.Raja Sekhar Reddy Prof.M.Venkata rao DR.Ch.Vikram Kumar Y.Ashok Kumar Reddy Sri V.Balaji Sri V.Venkata Rambabu Sri S.Sudheer Kumar 5.1.17 How does the College elicit the cooperation from all stakeholders to ensure overall development of the students considering the curricular and co - curricular activities, research, community orientation, etc. ? The college considers the feedback from stake holders, alumni and parents in revising the curricular and co –curricular activities. 5.1.18 What special schemes/mechanisms are in place to motivate students for participation in extracurricular activities such as sports, cultural events, etc? The Institute provides motivation to the students in sports and cultural events along with academic. Sports facilities for indoor and outdoor games are provided inside the campus to motivate the students. Several Inter and Intra collegiate tournaments are conducted every year to promote the interest in the sports to the students. Many students of this Institute have bagged medals at University level several times. The college conducts sports day every year in various events among to the student in the college. Institute recruited one physical director with three assistants to train the students in various sports activities. In some times special training camps are arranged to students. Music club, dramatic club, and painting club are formed by the students to conduct various cultural events regularly. 5.1.19 How does the College ensure participation of women in ‘intra’ and ‘inter’ Institutional sports competitions and cultural activities? Provides details of sports and cultural activities in which such efforts were made? NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 152 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Separate woman physical director is recruited to train the women students in sports. The college provides separate courts to play games like Tennicoit, Tennis, and Volleyball, Throw ball etc., to women students. College conducts separate annual sports day for women students. College organizes intra’ and ‘inter’ Institutional sports competitions for women in various events. 5.2 Student Progression 5.2.1 Provide details of programme-wise success rate of the College for the last four years. How does the College compare itself with the performance of other Autonomous Colleges / universities (if available) The pass percentages of the students in UG programme in the last four years are given Table 5.9. Table 5.9 Programme wise success rate B.Tech. Course/Group 2009-13 2008-12 2007-11 2006-10 EEE 70.33 72.22 80.62 88.70 ECE 93.1 79.16 92.53 90.47 ME 65.65 81.36 75.38 73.55 CIVIL 79.6 70.49 68.33 83.87 CSE 67.2 76.57 90.59 87.30 The students got 80 -100% pass percentage in PG programme. In all the years University average pass percentage varied from 70 to 80%. Number of Distinctions and 1st Classes achieved by the students is also better. 5.2.2 Provide the percentage of students progressing to higher education or employment (for the last four batches) highlight the observed trends. The percentage of students progressed to higher education or employment in the last four years are given Table 5.10. The average percentage of students progression to higher education or employment in the last four years are given Table 5.11 Table 5.10 percentage of students progression in the last four years NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 153 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Student progression UG to PG PG to M.Phil. PG to Ph.D. Employed Campus selection Other than campus recruitment 2006-10 12 - 2007-11 9 - 13 45 2008-12 10 - 18 40 2009-13 14 - 15 35 6 30 Table 5.11 Average percentage of students progression Student progression PG Employed Campus selection Other than campus recruitment 5.2.3 % 10 - 15% 6 to 18% 30 to 45% What is the Programme-wise completion rate/dropout rate within the time span as stipulated by the College/University? The details of programmes –wise completion rate/drop out for the all UG programmes are given in Table 5.12. Table 5.12 Programme-wise completion rate/dropout rate – B.Tech. B Tech Number of students Percentage of students completed the programme within four years (%) Percentage of drop outs (%) 5.2.4 2006-10 382 78 2007-11 509 76 2008-12 520 83.3 <1 <1 <1 2009-13 485 86.1 <1 What is the number and percentage of students who appeared/qualified in examinations like UGC-CSIR-NET, UGC-NET, SLET, ATE / CAT / GRE / TOFEL / GMAT / Central / State services, Defense, Civil Services, etc. The number of students qualified in various competitive exams are given in the Table 5.13. Table 5.13 Percentage of students qualified in various exams 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 GATE/PGCET 12 9 10 14 TOFEL/GRE 4 5 2 2 NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 154 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 5.2.5 Provide details regarding the number of Ph.D./D.Sc./D.Litt. theses submitted, accepted, resubmitted and rejected in the last four years. College is not offering any Ph.D. programmes, but some of the faculty members completed their Ph.D. in other universities. The number of faculty completed, submitted and pursuing Ph.D. are given in Table 5.12. Table 5.12 Number of the faculty members completed/Pursuing Ph.D. in the college Department CIVIL Number faculty Number faculty Number faculty members completed members submitted members pursuing 1 1 Mechanical - 2 5 EEE 1 - 2 CSE - - 3 ECE - 1 1 H&S 2 – 2 5.3 Student Participation and Activities 5.3.1 List the range of sports and games, cultural and extracurricular activities available to students. Provide details of participation and program calendar. Sports Activities: Students are provided facilities for indoor and outdoor sports facilities. Indoor sports facilities are provided for Table Tennis, Chess and Carroms. Outdoor facilities are provided for Volleyball, Basketball, Football, Cricket, Shuttle Badminton and Athletics Events. The sports activities are monitored Physical Director and Assistant Physical Directors appointed by the Institute. The list of the games and sports facilities available in the campus are given in Table 5.13 and Table 5.14. Every year inter and intra collegiate games and athletics are conducted regularly. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 155 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 The cricket ground, tennis ground are upgraded to create better facility. The details of the expenditure on sports in the last four years are given in Table 5.15. The college conducts regularly Inter collegiate Games and tournaments, the list of events conducted in the college campus in the year 2013-14 are given Table 5.16. the list of events conducted in the college campus in the year 2012-13 are given Table 5.17. Apart from the above events, the college conduct sports day in every year in many events for both student and the staff and separately for men and women. Table 5.13 List of games facilities S.No. Games Facilities Cricket Field Foot Ball Field Volleyball Courts Basket Ball Court Badminton Courts Handball Courts Ball badminton Courts Tennikoit Court Tennis Court Table Tennis Boards Carroms Boards Chess Boards Other Items Horizontal Bars Parallel Bars Weight Lift Center Gymnasium Courts available 1 1 3 1 4 2 4 Total Area provided Sq.m. 4 2 5 160 300 8 6 2 1 1 16 Stations 14,000 660 510 128 1056 832 348.39 176.64 104 Material/ Equipment Full Kit 10 Nos. 20 Nos. 15 Nos. 4 Nos 10 Nos. 30 Nos. 15 Nos. 6 Rackets 8 Bats 6 Sets 6 Sets 2 Nos. 2 Nos. -16 Stations Table 5.14 List of sports facilities S.No. Sports Facilities 1. 2. 200 Mts. Track (100/200/400/800/1500) Relays Throwing Events Shot-put Discuss Throw Javelin Throw Hammer Throw NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Material/ Equipment -02 Nos. 04 Nos. 06 Nos. 02 Nos. Page 156 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 3. Jumping Events Long Jump Triple Jump High Jump Pit, Take off Board Pit, Take off Board 02 Nos. Stands Table 5.15 Details of expenditure in the last four years 2012-2013 2011-2012 2010-2011 2009-2010 Year 73,542 52,000 38,000 Amount in Rs. 1,62,134 Table 5.16. The list of games and tournaments conducted in the college campus in the year 2013-14 S.No Name of the Game Inter collegiate Games (II-PHASE) 1 Volley ball 2 Basket ball 3 Hand ball 4 Tennis ( s ) 5 Tennis ( d) 6 Ball-Badminton Zonal Cricket tournament 1. Gudur Zone Cricket tournament Number of colleges/teams participated 10 12 8 15 8 Venue and dates N.B.K.R.IST, VIDYANAGAR 05-11-2013 & 06-11-2013. 15 15 N.B.K.R.I.S.T Cricket ground . 19th25th.11.2013 Table 5.16. The list of games and tournaments conducted in the college campus in the year 2012-13 S.No Name of the Number of colleges/teams Game participated Inter collegiate Games (II-PHASE) 1 Inter Collegiate Cricket 15 Tournament 2 Basket ball 10 3 Hand ball 15 4 Tennis (S ) 18 5 Tennis ( D) 8 Coaching Camps Hand Ball – State 1 Meet (Men) Venue and dates N.B.K.R.IS.T. Nov 14th To Nov 24th 2012 N.B.K.R.IS.T. II Phase Games 7th,8th,9th Oct 2012 Dec. 3rd To 11th 2012 Extracurricular activities: Eye cross foundation was started in the view of improving awareness among the people about the eye donation and helping the poor. The details of various camps organized by eye cross foundation are given NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 157 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Table 5.17. In addition the students participate in various social welfare schemes organized by NSS in the surrounding areas. The details of various events organized by NSS are given in Table 5.18. Table 5.17 Activities of Eye cross foundation S.No 1 Camp SAMYAK Date 05/02/11 2 SAMYAK 05/02/11 3 SAMYAK 16/07/11 4 SAMYAK 14/11/11 5 SAMYAK 04/02/12 6 SAMYAK 15/04/12 Venue Vempalli, madanapalli (Mandal) Chittoor (Dist) Gudalli (mandal), SPSR Nellore Dist Chief guest Sri.Shajahan Basha, MLA,MPL Objective Eye donation awareness. 70 members enrolled their names to donate their eyes Sri.Rammurthy Eye donation awareness. RDO, Gudur, 40 members enrolled Sri. K. their names to donate Narayana their eyes Reddy, DSP, gudur Jeevakonda, Sri.Penchal Eye donation awareness Tirupati, Reddy and we helped orphan Chittoor (Dist) TUDA-vice children of chairman Abhayakshetra Gunapadu, Sri. Eye donation awareness. Chittamoor Srinivasarao, 35 members enrolled (Mandal), CI, Vakadu their names to donate SPSR Nellore their eyes (Dist) Chittamoor Sri.P.V.Narayan Eye donation awareness. (Mandal), a, MDO, 40 members enrolled SPSR Nellore Kota their names to donate (Dist) their eyes Kota Sri.G.Veera Eye donation awareness. (Mandal), pandian, 30 members enrooled SPSR Nellore Sub-Collector, their names to donate (Dist) Gudur their eyes Table 5.18 Activities of NSS unit S.No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 14 Date 06/04/10 30/08/10 01//12/10 2/01/11 30/07/11 28/9/11 01/12/11 27/01/12 25/01/12 26/06/12 08/08/12 Program /event/stall Name Blood donation camp Sramadan AIDS Rally Blood donation camp Sramadan(campus) Blood donation camp AIDS RALLY Blood donation camp Voters Awareness programme Rally on Anti drug awareness Blood donation camp NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar No of participants 150 50 100 100 50 125 75 100 100 50 100 Page 158 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 15 16 17 01/12/12 24/01/13 12/02/13 17/02/13 to 23/02/13 18 AIDS RALLY Blood donation camp Sramadanam (campus) Special camp (village Adoption) micro tower colony 75 75 50 50 Cultural Activities ECSTATICA conducted in every year includes cultural programs and various amusement events. Different stalls are constituted where students display innovative products, games etc. The members of various student clubs – painting club, music club, literary club, photography club, actively involve themselves and organize a number of competitions to the students during ECSTATICA. The details of the events conducted in ECSTATICA 2013 are given in Table 5.19. 5.3.2 Provide details of the previous four years regarding the achievements of students in co-curricular, extracurricular activities and cultural activities at different levels: University / State / Zonal / National / International, etc. The details of student participation and achievements in various technical competitions are given in Table 5.20. The details of student participation and achievements of students in sports are given in Table 5.21 and Table 5.22. The details of student participation and achievements in cultural activities in year 2013 are given in Table 5.23. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 159 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Table 5.19 Details of events in ‘ECSTATICA’ Events organized Music club Solo dance Group dance Solo singing Instrumental Group singing Mimicry Skit Mime Spot Events Adoptune Fashion dress Anthakshari Movie quiz Painting club Free Hand Sketch Painting Cartooning Sketch If u Can Rangoli Panorama Exhibition Painting Free Hand Sketch Collection Literary club Quest 4Q-General Quiz Zero Hour-Mock Press Silent Evince-Dumb Chardes Sketch The Personality Speech Master-Floor Cross ECSTATICA Converges Events organized by professional bodies Film & photography Best Short Movie Best Photo Shoot NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar IEEE ISTE Stage Events Circuit Debugging Tech Quiz Treasure Hunt Mock-aDevice Retro 2K13 Spot Events Dexter’s Lab YantraPali Teetur luck with IC Photo Shoot IETE Youth Poster Parliament Presentation Cracking English Floor Crushing product Launch Sports Mania Page 160 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Table5.20. Student Participations, Achievements S. Dept. No. 2012-13 1 ME Name Achievement/ Award M. Anju Praveena & K. Shiva Kumar 2 CSE S. Anusha 3 ECE M. Lakshmi Chaitanya 4 ECE S. Sujitha 5 ECE C. Jyothi Priya 6 ECE M.D. Rubia Suhana 7 ECE N. Kavitha 8 ECE M. Lakshmi Chaitanya 9 EEE Y.Sireesha & C.Spandana 10 Civil G. Tejaswini & Divyasai 2011-12 1 ME 2 J. M. Anju Praveena & K. Shiva Kumar Mechani cal Mechani cal Mechani cal S. Damodar & K. Raghu Vamsi Manoj & Mohan Mechani cal Mechani cal T.N. Rajesh & Sk. Samreen Fatima M. Anju Praveena & B. Vijaya Krishna Teja 7 Mechani cal Sk. Kareem Raza & Sk. Kaza Mynoodein 8 Mechani B. Aswini, A. Soundarya 3 4 5 6 M. Priyanka & N.V. Puneeth Kumar Presented paper in International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing Technology at Chennai Institute of Technology, Chennai. Presented paper in Gokula Krishna College of Engineering, Sullurpet. Presented paper on Brain computer interface in S.V University, Tirupathi. Presented paper on Tele immersion in Narayana Engineering College, Nellore. Presented paper on Advanced communication through networking in Y.S.R. Engineering College. Presented paper on FINFET Technology in Mallineni Lakshmaiah Engineering College. Presented paper on Brain Gate Systems in JNTU College of Engineering, Pulivendala. Presented paper on “Wireless Communication” in Priyadarshini College of Engineering, Nellore. Presented paper on “Electronico Electronic”, Narayana Engg.College, Gudur. Paper presentation in JNTU Anantapur. Presented paper in International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing Technology at Chennai Institute of Technology, Chennai. Presented paper in National Conference at IITM, Chennai. Presented paper on Flying cars in Sri Vidyaniketah College of Engg., Rangampet. Presented paper on Cryogenic automotive propulsion zero emission vehicle at JNTU Anantapur. Presented paper on Common rail direct injection system at JNTU Anantapur. Presented paper on Anti-lock braking system at Annamacharya institute of technology and science, Rajampet. Presented paper on Catalytic lean burn Enfield engine with two spark plugs at RGIT, Nandyal. Participated in Engine-Workshop at Anna NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 161 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 10 cal Mechani cal CSE and V. Kathyayini M. Anju Praveena & B. Rjesh P. Poorna 11 CSE V. Saritha 12 CSE S.K. Mobeen 13 Civil V. Bhuvan Kumar 14 Civil S.M. Imam Shah 15 Civil K. Abhiram 16 ECE M. Lakshmi Chaitanya 17 ECE S. Sujitha 18 EEE K.Gopi 19 EEE P.Likitha 20 EEE P.Supriya 21 EEE P.Sudeepa 22 EEE I.Shiney 23 EEE A.Prem Kumar, K.Dhanunjayulu & K.Pradeep 9 2010-11 1 Civil B. Niveditha 2 Civil P.Poorna 3 CSE Ch. P. Sai Kumar 4 CSE Y. Harish Kumar Reddy 5 CSE D.Y. Ashok University Chennai. Participated in Workshop on Ansys and Matlab at IITM, Chennai. Participated in ERENEC at Narayana Engineering College, Nellore. 2nd prize in National technical/ business quiz at Brahmaiah College of Engineering. Participated in KLARITAZ-2K11 at Quba Engineering College, Venkatachalam. Presented paper in CREADORS 2K12, SVUCE, Tirupathi. 1st prize in “Minute to win it” at SRM University, Chennai. Presented paper in SRM University, Chennai. Presented paper on Brain computer interface in S.V University, Tirupathi. Presented paper on Tele immersion in Narayana Engineering College, Nellore. Presented paper on Embedded s/m based drip Irrigation, NBKRIST, Vidyanagar. Best paper in A National level Technical Conference ”SPARKFRAY--2K11”, Narayana Engg. College, Gudur. Best paper in A National level Technical Conference ”SPARKFRAY--2K11”, Narayana Engg. College, Gudur. I Prize in 1st National Level Technical/Business Quiz/Poster Presentation, Brahmaiah College of Engg. I Prize in 1st National Level Technical/Business Quiz/Poster Presentation, Brahmaiah College of Engg. Participated in TECHNOZION’11, NIT Warangal. 1st prize in AFOSEC-2011 at Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engg. College. Participated in DESAFIO-11 at Kuppam Engineering College, Chittoor. Participated in C-QUIZ at Audi sankara College of Engg. & Technology, Gudur. Presented paper on Mobile Computing in DESAFIO-11 at Kuppam Engineering College, Chittoor. Presented paper on Cryptography in DESAFIO- NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 162 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 6 EEE B. Dhanamma 7 EEE M.D. Shabeela 8 EEE 9 EEE P. Pruthvi Kumar Reddy J.Charishma 10 EEE Syed.Althaf 11 EEE G.Sumiya Anjum 12 Mechani P.Bharat Arun cal 13 Mechani M. Anju Praveena cal 2009-10 S. Departm Name No. ent 1 Mechani P. Bharat Arun cal 2 ECE D. Devika 11 at Kuppam Engineering College, Chittoor. Presented paper on Wireless Communications at Audi sankara College of Engg. & Technology, Gudur. Presented paper on Blu-Ray disc at Audi sankara College of Engg. & Technology, Gudur. Presented paper on Radar Bullet at Audi sankara College of Engg. & Technology, Gudur. 1st Prize in A National level Student’s Technical Paper presentation contest ”TECHNOQUEST-2K11”, NBKRIST, Vidyanagar. Presented paper in A National level Techno Management Fest “SAMYAK-2010”, KL University. Participated in PTS-ROBO-L1 Workshop, NBKRIST. Vidyanagar. Published paper in international Journal of computational Vision and Robotics. Presented paper on Fuel energizer in S.V.University, Tirupathi. Achievement/ Award Presented paper in global conference on sustainable manufacturing, IIT Madras. Presented paper on Cryptography in Audhisankara college of engineering and technology, Nellore. Participated in CEA Fest 2009, IIT Madras. Participated in CEA Fest 2009, IIT Madras. Participated in RACE 2009, JNTU Anantapur. I Prize in A National level student technical symposium “EYE-2KX”, JNTUA. 3 Civil 4 Civil B. Nikilesh Chandra & Y. Yagnesh Sk.mansoor 5 Civil Y.Gouthami & B.Haritha 6 EEE Priyanka.T & Anusha.G 7 EEE V.V.Divya Pavani & G.Durga Preethi Participated in A National level student technical symposium “EYE-2KX”, JNTUA. 8 EEE N.Niranjan Participated in FUNTAZIA-2K10, KSRMCE, Kadapa. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 163 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Table 5.21 Details of the achievement of the students in the sports in the last four years S.No Name of the tournament/game 2013-14 1 Inter collegiate Games tournaments (phase II) Date 2 Inter collegiate Woman Games Tournament 09-11-13 & 10-11-13 Cricket Tournament Zonal & Inter Zonal 19.11.13 To 25. 11.13 3 2012-13 1 Inter-collegiate Cricket Tournament Gudur Zone 2 Inter-collegiate Meet (V.S.U.Intercollegiate II Phase Games Tournament (Men)) 3 V.S.U Inter Zone Cricket Tournament 4 5 Inter Engineering College Meet Inter Collegiate Meet (III-Phase) 2010-11 1 S.V. University inter Collegiate Tournament 05-11-13 & 06-11-13 14.11.12 to 24.11.12 07.09.12 & 08.09.12. 27.12.12 to 29.12.12 4.1.13 & 5.1.13 9.10.12 & 11.10.12 Organized Institute N.B.K.R.IST N.B.K.R.Sci & Arts College, Vidyanagar Name of the games/sports Status Basket Ball Tennis ( D) Hand Ball winner Runner Runner Hand Ball winner Tinnikoit Kabaddi Cricket winner Runner Winner Cricket Winner Basket Ball Hand Ball Tennis (S) Tennis (D) Winner Runner Runner Winner Cricket Winner Basket ball Winner Table Tennis Winner Chess Winner Basket Ball Runner Table Tennis ( d) Tennis (d) Women Basket Ball Table Tennis Runner N.B.K.R.IST N.B.K.R.I.S.T N.B.K.R.I.S.T V.R.C. College, Nellore N.B.K.R.I.S.T M.S.R.Degree college 03-09-11 to 05-09-11 N.B.K.R.I.S.T NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Runner Runner Runner Page 164 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Figure 5.2 Photographs related sport and games tournments NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 165 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Figure 5.3 Photographs related sport and games prize distribution NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 166 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Table 5.22 Details of the student participation at inter university level tournaments in the last two years. S. No Name of the Name of Reg.No Organising University Player the Game PARTICIPATION LIST OF V.S.U ALL INDIA \ SOUTH ZONE I NTER UNIVARSITY TOURNAMENTS for the year - 2013/2014. 1. K.Evans Prabhu Charan. 10AAU06020 Bassket Ball 2. B.Sri Kanth 10AAU03020 Bassket Ball 3. K.Harshavardhan 10AAU04030 Bassket Ball 4. Manoj Kumar 5. A.Bhanu Prakash 11AAU03005 6. P.Anil Kumar 10AAU03002 7. K.Dastagiri 12AAU05011 Kho-Kho 8. M..J.Divyasai 11AAU02505 Badminton 9. A.Geethanjali 11AAU04505 Badminton 10 R.Murali Manoj 10AAU05027 Cricket 11 G.Manokrranthi 11AAO05022 Women Volleyball 12 G.Swapna 10AAU06106 Women Kho- Kho 13 K.Harshavardhan 10AAU04030 Hand Ball 14 M.Mahesh 12AAU05044 Hand Ball 15 K.Deepak 10AAU04015 Hand Ball 16 B.Ashok 12AAU02004 Hand Ball 17 K.Suneetha 11AAU06103 Women Kabaddi Mangaluru University, Karnataka. Bharathidasan University, Tiruchinapalli. Bharathidasan University, Tiruchinapalli Bharathidasan University, Tiruchinapalli Bharathidasan University, Tiruchinapalli Krishan University Nandigama. 18 S.Lavanya 11AAU03031 Women Kabaddi Krishan University Nandigama Bassket Ball Women Ball Badminton Women Ball Badminton NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar DR.NTR Univarsity, Vijayawada. DR.NTR Univarsity, Vijayawada. DR.NTR Univarsity, Vijayawada. DR.NTR Univarsity, Vijayawada. Alagappa University,Karaikdi (T.N) Alagappa University,Karaikdi (T.N) Calicut University,Kerala. Manipal University, Manipal. Manipal University, Manipal. Pandicherry University, Pandicherry S.R.M.Uniavrsity, Kattankulathur Page 167 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 19 D.Praveen Kumar Reddy 10AAU05031 Chess S.R.M University Tamilnadu. 20 T.Haresh 11AAU05013 Chess S.R.M University Tamilnadu PARTICIPATION LIST OF ( S.V.U & V.S.U ) ALL INDIA \ SOUTH ZONE I NTER UNIVARSITY TOURNAMENTS FOR THE YEAR - 2012/2013. 1. B.Sai Kumar Singh. 10AAU02026. Foot Ball 2. E. Sri Hari. 10AAU06091 Vololey Ball 3. V.Punith Kumar Reddy 10AAU05032. 4. D.Dileep 10AAU06017. 5. M.Naga Prathap 6. Annamali University, Chidambaram. S.R.M.Uniavrsity Kattankulathur Ball Badminton V.S.U Cricket N.I.T.Univearsity, Warangal. Manipal University, Manipal. 10AAU6048 Cricket Manipal University, Manipal. R.Murali Manoj 10AAU05027 Cricket 7. K.Evans Prabhu Charan. 10AAU06020 V.S.U Bassket Ball 8. K.Harshavardhan 10AAU04030 Bassket Ball 9. B.Sri Kanth 10AAU06096. V.S.U Bassket Ball 10 K.Nithin Kumar 10AAU06056. Bassket Ball 11 A.Sri Harsha 10AAU06094 Basket Ball 12 N.Sunil Kumar 10AAU05051 T.T 13 D.Praveen Kumar Reddy. 10AAU05031 Chess Manipal University, Manipal. DR.NTR Univarsity, Vijayawada. DR.NTR Univarsity, Vijayawada. DR.NTR Univarsity, Vijayawada. DR.NTR Univarsity, Vijayawada. DR.NTR Univarsity, Vijayawada. Kannur Univarsity, Kerala. Univarsity of Calicut. Kerala Table 5.23 List of the winners in ESTATICA S.No Event Number of Participants/tea ms Winners Male Female Music Club 1 Solo dance 25 2 Group dance 10 3 Solo singing 40 4 Instrumental 5 1. L. Sai Krishna, NBKRIST 2.Kareem Raza, NBKRIST K.Nataraj and Team, KSRM N.Arun, NBKRIST E.Avinash, KSRM K.Nataraj, NBKRIST NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar 1.K.Spandana, NBKRIST 2.M.Jahnavi, NBKRIST S.Pallavi and Team, NBKRIST G.Poornima, NBKRIST C. Kayanath, NBKRIST Page 168 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 5 Group singing 10 6 Mimicry 5 7 Skit 15 8 Mime 5 9 Adoptune 10 10 Fashion dress 30 11 Anthakshari 20 12 Movie quiz 25 Painting club Free Hand 1 Sketch Painting 2 3 4 5 6 Cartooning Sketch If Can Rangoli 15 20 10 u Panorama Photo Graphic Club Best Short 1 Movie Best Photo 2 Shoot 12 23 15 5 10 V. Suresh and Team, NBKRIST R. Subramanyam, NBKRIST B. N. V. Kiran, NBKRIST R. Bhanu, NBKRIST B.Uma Prasad and Team, NBKRIST K.Abhiram, NBKRIST. B.Lakshmi Durga, NBKRIST V.Pravalika, NBKRIST V.Jahvavi and Team, NBKRIST D.Mrudula, NBKRIST A.Soundarya, NBKRIST B.A.Aswini and Team, KSRM Y.Deepika and Team, KSRM N.Arun, NBKRIST. G.Lavanya, KSRM K.Nataraj, KSRM P.Narendra, NBKRIST. A.Avinash, NBKRIST. E.Avinash, NBKRIST. G.Poornima, NBKRIST. M. Sri Lakshmi, NBKRIST. K.Harini, NBKRIST. P.Poojitha, NBKRIST. K. Niharika, NBKRIST. P.Manoj, NBKRIST - Sk.Fayaz, NBKRIST. A.Avinash,NBKRIST E.Avinash,NBKRIST D.Jayasree, NBKRIST G.Divya, NBKRIST 5.3.3 How often does the College collect feedback from students for improving the support services? How is the feedback used? The college takes the feedback from the students on various support facilities available in the campus like sports facilities, library, transport, training and placement, medical, hostels, canteen, laboratories, computing facilities and office. Based on the feedback the necessary actions are taken by the college management. Based on the feedback, separate hostel are provided for the students, campus is connected with Wi-Fi, and transportation facility provided from the surrounding places and canteen facility is also provided. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 169 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Figure 5.4 Participation of students in cultural activities in ECSTATICA NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 170 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 5.3.4 Does the College have a mechanism to seek and use data and feedback from its graduates and employers, to improve the growth and development of the College? The college takes the feedback from its graduates and employers. Based on the feedback the curriculum is redesigned. 5.3.5 How does the College involve and encourage students to publish materials like catalogues, wall magazines, College magazine, and other material? List the major publications/ materials brought out by the students during the previous academic session. The college encourages the student to publish papers in International/ National conferences. 5.3.6 Does the College have a Student Council or any similar body? Give details on its constitution, major activities and funding. In every department students formed a separate student associations and one faculty is assigned as in -charge for the association. Students Association Year Students in each department forms departmental student association in every year. The students elect secretary, joint secretaries and executive body for association in every year to organize various curricular and co-curricular activities for the students. The details of department wise events conducted in the last four years are given Table 5.24. The major events organized during departmental association are Dumbchardes, Group Discussion, Power Quiz, Singing, Vocabulary, Aptitude test, Essay writing, Two minutes 2 frame, Mock the press, Power quiz, Reasoning test, Technical Quiz, Mock the press, technical seminars, Visual Quiz, Floor crossing etc. Table 5.24 Student association and its events Civil Engineering Association EEE Association ECE Association CSE Association ME Association Number of events/ programs 20122013 20112012 20102011 20092010 06 11 02 04 11 04 14 04 05 10 03 13 03 03 11 02 04 05 05 8 NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 171 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Professional Bodies. The college is profession member in ISTE, IETE, IEEE professional bodies. Every year many students register for memberships for these bodies. The details of various events organized by the members in the professional bodies in last four years are given in Table 5.25. The major events organized during professional bodies are Extempore, Aptitude Test, General Quiz, Mock The Press, Floor Crossing, Elocution, A Good Word in English, Dumb Charades ets., the members of these bodies participate in the events. Table 5.25. Number of events organized Institutional Professional bodies. Year 2012-2013 2011-2012 2010-2011 2009-2010 IEEE ISTE IETE Number of events/ programs 7 7 2 7 8 --8 7 --6 8 --- 5.3.7 Give details of various academic and administrative bodies that have student representatives on them. Provide details of their activities. The students actively involved in various events organized by the Institution. Students representing from all the departments forms various committees. Some of the committees formed in the college are Anti Ragging committee, Hostel committee, Annual day committee, Technoquest committee, Student association secretary and joint secretary, Various club secretary. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 172 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 CRITERION VI: GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT 6.1 Institutional Vision and Leadership 6.1.1 State the vision and mission of the College. VISION Transform into a world class Autonomous technical Institution of choice of students satisfying all other educational needs and also contribute to the development of the region. MISSION Impart total quality technical education at undergraduate and post graduate levels by providing good governance and best teaching and learning practices, creating opportunities for research, consultancy and faculty development, maximizing student results and placement, constantly interacting with industries for mutual benefits, developing the soft skills of students and also striving for economic well being of local community and the region. 6.1.2 Does the mission statement define the College’s distinctive characteristics in terms of addressing the needs of the society, the students it seeks to serve, College’s traditions and value orientations, vision for the future, etc.? Yes. N.B.K.R. Institute of Science and Technology came into existence in 1979 in the private sector in Andhra Pradesh in a rural place. The Institute has earned a reputation as Institute of excellence in Andhra Pradesh. The Institute from its inception has given utmost importance to discipline and quality of education, particularly to the rural and backward students to uplift their economic and social conditions, and striving for economic well being of local community and the region. The Institute has the comprehensive facilities needed for top class quality engineering education. It has good infrastructure such as spacious class rooms and laboratories with latest equipment, well furnished seminar halls and computer centre with latest hardware and licensed software to adopt the best teaching and learning practices. The Institute has five well maintained hostels with the modern facilities for boys and girls. The hostels together house more than 1000 students. Most of the faculty also stays on campus leading to excellent NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 173 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 interaction between staff and students and facilitates good teaching and learning practices. A Digital library consisting of lectures given by eminent professors of IITs are made available to the students to complement the class room learning. The Institute recruited well qualified and experience faculty, with their constant and tired less efforts, the students perform well in academics. These efforts maximized student results with highest pass percentage and also received many number of ranks at University level. The Institute has established high performance computing laboratory having cluster of computers with advanced softwares, well established library having stacks around 40,000 books, and more than 60 National and International journals to create opportunities for research and consultancy. The Institute regularly arranges guest lecturers from various industries and research Institutions, to provide the awareness among the faculty in research. The Institute has established an Industry-Institute Partnership Cell (IIP Cell) to interact with various industries for mutual benefits. The IIP Cell has raised many “Memorandum of Understandings” (MoU’s) with various industries for training the students and faculty. The Institute encourages the staff for their continuous improvement by allowing them to attend various conferences, workshops and faculty development programs organized by various reputed Institutes. The Institute has separate training and placement cell, which conducts various training programmes to improve soft skills, personality development and communication skills at various levels for all the students as part of the placement training programme. The training and placement cell continuously interact with industries and train the students as per the industry needs to provide good placements to the students. 6.1.3 How is the leadership involved in ensuring the organization’s management system development, implementation and continuous improvement. The management constantly put efforts in organization development and improvement. The governing body is the supreme decision making body, the Academic Council is the authority to decide on courses and curriculum and other academic matters of the college, and the board of studies frames the syllabus and courses for each programme. The three bodies are formed with adequate representation from University faculty, Industries, senior faculty and academic administration as well as eminent personalities of society. The diversity in these bodies NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 174 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 identifies the organizational needs and promotes culture of participative management. interaction with stakeholders The college regularly takes feedback from the students and their parents and alumni. Every year the management organizes alumni meet and discuss various issues related to development and future planes of the college. The Head of the Institution, Head of the departments and faculty also attend the meeting to share their views. The Head of the Institution and Head of the departments interacts with the parents about the requirements and developments of the Institute. The college also takes the feedback from the students in every semester about the performance of the faculty. The Head of the Institution and Head of the department analyze the feedback and takes the necessary action to improve the teaching-learning process. reinforcing culture of excellence The management encourages the Head of the Institution, Head of the department and faculty to reinforce culture of excellence. The Head of the Institution forms various committees in consulting with all Head of the departments to achieve excellence both in academic and nonacademic activities. The research committee is constituted to bridge the gap between class room learning and research. This committee interacts with various industries and research Institutes to organize workshop, guest lectures and training programmes on research oriented subjects/topics. The students also encouraged to attend various conferences, seminars and workshops organized by other reputed Institutions. The Institute-Industry partnership cell (IIP Cell) is established with the financial support from AICTE to fill the gap among the students between the industry and Institute by arranging training programmes from the industrial experts. Identifying needs and championing organizational development (OD)? The management deeply committed to protect the democratic character of the Institution with fair play and accountability. The management meets the requirements and acquires ability to face all challenges successfully. The management regularly interacts with Head of the Institution, Head of the departments, faculty, parents, students, and alumni, based on the interaction, the various needs are indentified for organizational development. The faculty dedicate themselves to the cause of education in promoting quality teaching and research to attain excellence. The faculty symbolizes the academic fabric and are instrumental for the all round growth of the Institution. The progress, development and well being of our students depend to a large extent on their hard work, sincerity and NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 175 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 above all their desire to achieve the targeted goals of life. Their success lies in their close interaction and understanding among various persons involved in the Institutional process namely, Management, Director, Faculty, Students, Parents, Government, University and finally public at large. In our Institution the style of administration/management is based on “TEAM WORK” which is the new organizational paradigm. The Institute believes that knowledge, insight and answers are found throughout the organization. In this approach, the Institutional goals and department goals are mutually determined and work processes are built round the Heads of the Departments and their team keeping the AICTE norms and accreditation requirements in mind. The Institute has prepared a blue print for the development and foresees to implement in successive stages. 6.1.4 Were any of the senior leadership positions of the College vacant for more than a year? If so, indicate the reasons. The senior leadership positions of the college are not kept vacant for more than one year. 6.1.5 Does the College ensure that all positions in its various statutory bodies are filled and conduct of meetings at the stipulated intervals? The college constituted various statutory bodies like Governing body, Academic council, and board of studies as per the University guidelines and meetings are conducted in stipulated intervals. 6.1.6 Does the College promote a culture of participative management? If yes, indicate the levels of participative management. Yes. The college promotes participative management by involving the faculty, staff and students in overall development of the Institution both in academics and non-academic issues. Various levels involved in development of the college are given below; All the Head of the departments regularly conduct meetings with faculty, staff and students of the concerned department and discuss various issues like facilities required, purchase of new equipment and books, training programmes and workshops etc. Based on the proposals obtained from the faculty, staff and students, the Head of the department submit the proposals to the Head of the Institution. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 176 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Head of the Institution arrange meeting with all Heads of the departments and finalize the proposals. The Head of the Institution submits the finalized proposal to the management and chairman for their acceptance and financial approval if required. 6.1.7 Give details of the academic and administrative leadership provided by the University to the College? The college is affiliated to JNTUA, Anantapur. The University nominates the members for Governing body, academic council and Board of Studies. The University nominated members involve in design and development of curriculum and overall development of the college. 6.1.8 How does the College groom the leadership at various levels? The Head of the Institution is the academic leader of the college. Under his leadership various academic and administrative committees are constituted for planning and effective execution of the academic activities in the college. Keeping the talents and achievements of the faculty and seniority in mind, conveners and members are allotted to various committees. In nominating student representatives, academic merit and performance in other activities such as sports and games, association activities, various clubs, participation in NCC and NSS etc., are taken into consideration. All the committees meet regularly and discuss the periodical developments of their assigned duties and convey the same to the Head of the Institution. 6.1.9 Has the College evolved any strategy for knowledge management? If yes, give details. Yes. The college developed own knowledge management system. The college design and maintain college website www.nbkrist,org. The website provides the information regarding the courses offered, details of the faculty and staff, infrastructure and other facilities, examination details, library details, placement information, training programmes and workshops, hostel information, amenities, professional body activities, seminar/paper competition details and extra-curricular activities. The college maintains online attendance management system to provide the details of day to day attendance of all the students. It also provides the necessary information pertaining to academics like class work schedules, details of all the students etc., The library continuously updates the information about the availability NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 177 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 of books, journals and magazines through library management system. The faculty and student can access NPTEL, DELNET and other ebooks from Institute library through intranet. 6.1.10 How are the following values reflected in various functions of the College? Contributing to National development. Providing quality education with moral values to the students. Encouraging students and faculty in social service through NSS and other voluntary organizations. Encouraging the students to do innovative and industrial oriented projects keeping in view of society needs. Encouraging faculty and student on research and development Fostering global competencies among students Organizing National level student paper competitions. Organizing various industrial visits and educations tours. Organizing various training programmes on communication and soft skills. Encouraging to attend various International conferences and workshops. Organizing industrial training programmes. Inculcating a value system among students. Organizing various guest lectures on human relationships and ethics. Conducting art of living and yoga classes and various social welfare schemes. Organizing blood donations camps through NSS. Encouraging the students to support poor and needy people. Promoting use of technology The college regularly organizing various training programmes and workshops on various latest technologies among the faculty, staff and students. Some of the programmes organized are robot assembly and programming, embedded system, android applications, ethical hacking, simulations etc. Quest for excellence The Institute has initiated various reforms for excellence, some of them are given below; NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 178 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Revision of the curriculum by incorporating the needs of the industry, research and for higher studies. Faculty development programmes on latest technologies. Reforms in examination evaluation system. Formation of IIP cell to bridge the gap between industry and Institute learning Improved teaching methodologies using ICT environment. 6.1.11 Give details of the UGC Autonomous review committee’s recommendations and its compliance. The UGC expert committee visited our college on 30th Nov and 01st Dec 2012 and recommended the Autonomous status. UGC granted the Autonomous status for a period of six years w.e.f the academic year 2013-14 to 2018-19. 6.2 Strategy Development and Deployment 6.2.1 Does the College have a Perspective Plan for development? If so, give the aspects considered in development of policy and strategy. The college has perspective plan for development of students, faculty and local community and region. Teaching and learning The college is planning to establish centre of excellence with state-of-art technologies. To provide full-fledged departmental libraries with adequate computing facilities. To make all the class rooms as e-class rooms. Plan to introduce the outcome based courses. To conduct various activities to enhance the entrepreneurial skills to the students. Research and development To apply more research projects under various faculty research groups of the department to various R & D and Government funding agencies. The college is planning to set up a Research & Development cell exclusively for the faculty to motivate to do their Ph.D.s and encourage students advanced projects. Provide more incentives to increase the number of research publications in the reputed journals. Community engagement The college organized so many social services activities through NSS unit like blood donation camps, tree plantations, NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 179 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 helping people during floods, Aids awareness camp, eye donation camp etc. The Institute also plans to extend social services to cater the needs of local community. Human resource planning and development To conduct Faculty Development Programmes to train the faculty in the emerging technologies and teaching methodologies. Encouragement to develop in-house softwares. The college is planning to conduct more National and International Level workshops. Enhancement of career guidance and motivation programmes for students. The college is planning to increase Industrial interaction, to gain revenue by generating projects and increasing research activities. Industry interaction To provide more Industry-Institution relationship to take up real time needs of the Industry as students/faculty projects. To get more MoU’s with various Industries to train the students, faculty and get permission to do Industry oriented projects Internationalisation 6.2.2 To have collaborations and MOUs with the foreign universities. To organize International conferences. Enunciate the internal organizational structure of the College for decision making processes and their effectiveness. The governing body is responsible for taking policy decisions, relating to the Institute. It also advocates general guidelines and direction for the growth of the Institute in order to achieve its mission and vision. Decision making relating to administration, financial matters and human resources etc., is taken by the correspondent in consultation with the Director. Decisions relating to academic matters, non-academic matters, Institute development, student activities, hostels, co-curricular and extracurricular activities, R&D, consultancy, sports & games etc., are taken by the Director in consultation with the Heads of the departments and respective officers in-charge. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 180 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Fig 6.1 Organizational structure All matters relating to academic, student affairs, co-curricular, lab development, consultancy, R&D etc., come under the purview of the Heads of the departments. The controller of examination is responsible for all the activities to the conduct of both internal and external examinations and other matters pertaining to the examinations. The administrative officer responsible for office administration consisting of student admissions, establishment, pay rolls, scholarships, data processing, accounts etc. The chief warden monitors all hostels along with assistant wardens. The chief warden takes discipline action against the students for misconduct in the hostel. The training and placement department arrange various skill improvement programmes to the students. It also conducts various placement drives in the campus. The librarian by consulting with members of library advisory committee members upgrades the library by procuring more books and subscribing to more journals. To facilitate the effective functioning of the Institute various committees as shown in Table 6.1 have been constituted and they are in force. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 181 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Table 6.1 Institutional committees S.No Name of the committee 1. Academic committee 2. Finance Committee 3. Buildings and works committee 4. Purchase committee 5. Disciplinary committee 6. Research committee 7. Students affairs committee 8. Library 9. Grievances 10. Environment protection committee 11. Hostel committee 12. Admissions committee 13. Training and placement committee 14. Career and guidance committee 6.2.3 Specify how many planned proposals were initiated/implemented, during the last four years. Give details. In the past four years the college has planned many proposals. The list of the proposal implemented in the last four years are given below; Introduced M.Tech. in power system in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering from 2010-11. Extension of the academic block was completed in 2010-11 Introduced M.Tech. in Computer Science & Engineering in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering from 2011-12. Increased intake in B.Tech. (Civil Engineering) from 2011-12. Increased in take in B.Tech. (Mechanical engineering) from 201213 Introduced M.Tech. in Digital Electronics & Communication System in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering from 2012-13. Introduced M.Tech. in Advanced Manufacturing systems in Department of Mechanical engineering from 2013-14. College received Autonomous status with effect from 2013-14. College accredited by NBA third time for three departments for two years. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 182 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 6.2.4 Separate hostel building for First year boys was completed and inaugurated from 2013-14. Separate hostel building for Second year boys was completed and inaugurated from 2011-12. Online attendance management system is introduced from 2010-11 onwards. Online feedback system for student to access the faculty is introduced from 2010-11 onwards. Increased tree plantation and NSS activities. Wi-fi connectivity is provided in the campus from the academic year 2012-13. Personal computer with internet facility is provided to all the faculty rooms from 2012-13. Transportation facility provided for the faculty and the students from Nellore and Gudur from 2012-13. Transportation facility provided for the faculty and students from Naidupet from 2013-14. Does the College have a formally stated quality policy? How is it designed, driven, deployed and reviewed? Yes. The quality policy is stated as “N B K R Institute of Science and Technology is committed to leadership in technical education by imparting quality education to the growing needs of the society with an aim of continuous improvement and total employee involvement”. Mission of the college is “Impart total quality technical education at undergraduate and post graduate levels by providing good governance and best teaching and learning practices, creating opportunities for research, consultancy and faculty development, maximizing student results and placement, constantly interacting with industries for mutual benefits, developing the soft skills of students and also striving for economic well being of local community and the region”. Management Committee regularly holds meetings with Staff Council and Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) and receives representations and recommendations pertaining to the infrastructural facilities, Staff requirements, Laboratories requirements, Library requirements, Innovations in the teaching-learning process and other developmental activities. Later, the Committee members in the NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 183 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Governing Body Meetings make resolutions and approve the facilities to be provided to the College. The Director as the Head of the Institution co-ordinates the organizational functioning through the Staff Council comprising of Heads of various departments who translate the plans into concrete action in close co-ordination with the faculty. Action plans are prepared by taking into consideration the inputs from the Parents, Alumni, Academic Peers, Employers and students, on a regular basis. The Director also assures for an appropriate supportive role of the nonteaching staff in both academic and administrative work. Optimal utilization of all available resources is carried out through sound management and good human resource management principles. The Director monitors the day-to-day administration of the college, plans and executes all academic policies / programmes in consultation with important committees. A meeting is held periodically to coordinate and to improve the functioning of the organizational structure. Along with this a network of standing / ad-hoc committees are constituted for carrying out as well as coordinating the work and all these bodies are chaired by the Director. The Director also chairs some of the statutory bodies like Admission Committee, Research Committee, Infrastructure and Amenities Committee, Building Committee, Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Library Advisory Committee, Academic Calendar Committee, Curriculum Development Committee and Student Advisory Council and reviews the overall functioning of each committee and initiates appropriate measures to enhance the quality of academic and administrative fronts. The Director supervises and reviews regularly the performance of the Non – Teaching Staff. The Director is the ex-officio member of the Governing Body which is the supreme policy making and policy implementing mechanism of the college. The Director brings to the notice of the above body about the functioning of the administration and acts as a catalyst between Management, Staff and students. 6.2.5 How does the College ensure that grievances / complaints are promptly attended to and resolved effectively? Is there a mechanism to analyse the nature of grievances for promoting better stakeholder-relationship? Grievances of the staff and the students are redressed appropriately to maintain an environment conducive to learning. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 184 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 The grievance and redressal cell is functioning with the aim of solving the problems of students. Suggestion boxes are also provided so that students need not personally meet the authorities for offering suggestions or expressing their grievances. Visualized programmes are conducted by Women Grievance Cell on the issues such as sexual harassment, equality, eve teasing, dowry system, Infanticides, Child Hood Marriages etc. After reviewing the performance of the students in the internal examinations and University Examinations, poor performers are counseled personally and encouraged to perform better in the future by the respective counselors. Anti-ragging committee and anti-ragging squad are constituted as per the guidelines of the Government to prevent the ragging. Class counselors are assigned to monitor the student regularity and academic performance and further correspondence to their parents. 6.2.6 Does the College have a mechanism for analyzing student feedback on Institutional performance? If yes, what was the Institutional response? Yes. The college has feedback mechanism for the evaluation of faculty. Feedback in the prescribed format is collected every year/semester from the students and Alumni. After analyzing the feedback reports, appropriate measures and strategies are adopted for improving the quality of the teaching-learning process. 6.2.7 In what way the affiliating University helped the College to identify the developmental needs of the College? The affiliating University nominates the eminent personalities for the college Governing body, Academic Council and Board of Studies to design the curriculum and provide the suggestions to improve the quality of education in the college. 6.2.8 Does the affiliating University have a functional College Development Council (CDC) or Board of College and University Development (BCUD)? If yes, In what way College is benefitted. The affiliating University does not have a functional College Development Council (CDC) or Board of College and University Development (BCUD). 6.2.9 How does the College get feedback from non-teaching, teaching, parents and alumni on its functioning and how it is utilized. The Head of the department regularly conduct the teaching and nonteaching staff meetings and collects the feedback about the functioning NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 185 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 of the departments. The concerned Heads has to convey the feedback to the Correspondent/ Chairman through Head of the Institution. The college every year conducts the alumni meet, by interaction with alumni the college gets the feedback on functioning of the college. Based on the feedback the management takes appropriate action for better functioning of the college. 6.2.10 Does the College encourage autonomy to its academic departments and how does it ensure accountability? The authority delegated by the Head of the Institution provides operational autonomy to various departments. The Head of the department is the chairman for the board of studies for the concerned department. By consulting with other members of board of studies and the faculty members, the Head of the department have full freedom in design and development of the curriculum. The guest lectures, training programmes and workshops are arranged by concerned Head of the departments based on the requirement of the students. The development of infrastructural facilities and library in departments are taken care by the Head of the department in consultation with faculty members. The student discipline is also monitor by the concerned Head of the departments. The annual budgetary requirements for development of infrastructural facilities in each department is proposed by the Head of the department for the approval of governing body. 6.2.11 Does the College conduct performance auditing of its various departments? 6.3 YES. The internal audit and external audit are regularly carried out in all departments in every year. Faculty Empowerment Strategies 6.3.1 What efforts are made by the College to enhance the professional development of teaching and non teaching staff? Teaching staff Higher studies NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 186 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 o All the faculty members are encouraged to obtain higher qualification. o College sanctions special leaves to faculty to obtain for higher studies. Enrichment programmes o All departments regularly conduct faculty development programmes, training and workshops on recent technological advancements. o Faculty are encouraged to attend conferences/ seminars/workshops organized at International and National level by reputed Institutes. College will sanction special leaves to faculty to attend those programmes. o College provides special incentives to the faculty those who present paper in International/National journals/ conferences. Infrastructure facilities o College regularly upgrade the infrastructure facilities to promote the research among the faculty, improved teaching, learning methodology, boarding and lodging facilities, improved outdoor games etc. Non-Teaching staff In-house training programmes are arranged to non-teaching staff to upgrade the knowledge on new laboratory equipments, softwares. Non-teaching Staff members are encouraged to acquire additional qualifications to become eligible for periodical promotions. Computer and internet training programme are also organized by Institute regularly. 6.3.2 What is the outcome of the review of the Performance Appraisal Reports? List the major decisions. Every year all the faculty members have to submit self performance appraisal report to Head of the Institution. In the self performance appraisal report, the faculty have to give the details of their academic achievements and contribution towards the development of Institute in various aspects like curricular, cocurricular, research, administrative activities etc. Appropriate actions are initiated by the Management after the review of the performance appraisal report. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 187 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 6.3.3 What are the welfare schemes available for teaching and non teaching staff? What percentage of staff have availed the benefit of such schemes in the last four years? For all teaching and non teaching staff group insurance scheme is provided. Loan facility. Medical leaves with salary. Earned leaves and casual leaves. For all teaching and non teaching staff gratuity is provided. The EPF scheme is implemented for all non teaching staff. Faculty have the facility to en-cash the earned leave. 6.3.4 What are the measures taken by the College for attracting and retaining eminent faculty? College adopts various measures to retain eminent/senior faculty, a few of them are given below; Residential quarters with all necessary amenities are provided inside the campus with road connectivity. Well furnished faculty rooms with all necessary requirements like personal computer with internet facility, intercom, attendant services etc. Encourages faculty by giving incentives for publishing papers at conferences and in journals. Good infrastructures facilities are provided by the college to attract the faculty to carry out their research. Better salary packages. 6.3.5 Has the College conducted a gender audit during the last four years? If yes, mention a few salient findings. The college has not conducted any gender audit. The Andhra Pradesh state government has provided 33% of reservation to women for admission into all the UG and PG programmes. 6.3.6 Does the College conduct any gender sensitization programs for its staff? NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 188 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 The college has given equal importance to both men and women in staff recruitment and no special gender sensitization programmes are conducted. 6.3.7 What is the impact of the University’s UGC-Academic Staff College Programmes in enhancing competencies of the College faculty? Faculty members are encouraged to attend the UGC-Academic Staff College programmes. 6.4 Financial Management and Resource Mobilization 6.4.1 What is the Institutional mechanism to monitor effective and efficient use of financial resources? Financial resources are available to the Institution in the form of Special Fee, Tuition Fee and payment of fee by B-category students (management quota) for the preparation of annual budget with adequate provision for high priority areas. The entire process of receipts and utilization of the financial resources is monitored by the Finance Committee. The expenditure on staff salaries, buildings, furniture, equipments, books, computer systems, vehicles and office articles are met with these funds. 6.4.2 Does the College have a mechanism for internal and external audit? Give details. Yes. The college conduct both internal and external audit regularly. Academic Audit o At the end of every semester the performance of students in internal and external examinations are reviewed by the Head of the Institution along with Head of the departments. The appropriate steps will be taken to improve the performance of the students. o Every semester the performance of the faculty based on the student feedback also reviewed and necessary counseling can be done to faculty those who got poor feedback. Quality Audit o The Institute is accredited with ISO 9001:2008. The college performs internal audits to check working of quality management system in academic and administrative issues and verify that it is in conformity to the standard. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 189 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 NBA Accreditation o The Institute received the NBA accreditation for three times for the quality assurance. University Committee o The University committee visits the college for academic and administrative audit in terms of faculty, infrastructural facilities and teaching and learning methodology etc. 6.4.3 Provide audited income and expenditure statement of academic and administrative activities of the previous four years. The audited income and expenditure statements for the previous four academic years are enclosed in Annexure-VII 6.4.4 Have the accounts been audited regularly? What are the major audit objections and how are they complied with? Audit is done by the Auditors every year appointed by Institute. No Major audit objections are pointed out so far. 6.4.5 Narrate the efforts taken by the College for resource mobilization. College encourages the faculty to involve in Research and Development for resource generation. Faculty members are encouraged to apply research proposal to AICTE, DRDO, DST, ARDB etc., for funding. Faculty members are encouraged to take up consultancy work from the industry. 6.4.6 Is there any provision for the College to maintain the ‘corpus fund’? If yes, give details. College is not maintaining any corpus fund 6.5 Internal Quality Assurance System 6.5.1 Does the College conduct an academic audit of its departments? If yes, give details. Yes. Academic Audit is conducted at the end of every academic year by internal and external academic experts. In the overall analysis report, merits and deficits of the Institutional activities in the curricular aspects, teaching-learning process, Research, Extension, Infrastructural facilities, Student support and Progression, Leadership NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 190 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 and Governance and Innovative practices adopted by the Institute are pointed out. Appropriate measures are taken to rectify the deficits pointed out by the experts 6.5.2 Based on the recommendations of academic audit what specific measures have been taken by the College to improve teaching, learning and evaluation? Syllabus is revised to help the students to learn research and industry orientated subjects. Core subjects are provided keeping in view of emerging areas of the technical development and requirements of industries. Feedback is collected regularly from all the stakeholders on curriculum design and development. All the supporting services which include Central Library, Department Library, Internet Centre, Alumni Association, Career Guidance and Placement, Curricular and Co-curricular activities are offering excellent services to its stakeholders. Makeup classes and tutorials are conducted for the below average students to bring them into the mainstream. The Institute has started IIP cell with an aim to have a purposeful interaction with the industries and its personnel. Under this scheme industry experts are invited to express their views to bridge the gap between academic and industrial requirements. The students undergo projects in industries and learn hands-on skills. Regular industrial visits are conducted. A number of faculty development programmes, workshops, seminars and conferences are organized in the emerging areas of technical education for the faculty to upgrade their knowledge. Faculty is also encouraged to attend such type of programs conducted by off-campus Institutions. Number of Ph.D. registrations has increased. The faculty are submitting quality research papers in reputed journals, seminars and conferences. Incentives are provided for such activities. Career guidance and skill-oriented classes are regularly held to help the students to secure job during on-campus placement drive. Students attendance is maintained strictly and it is posted online every day. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 191 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Parents are informed about the performance of students in mid-term examinations and attendance status through email and SMS. A number of e-journals are provided which can be accessed through in-house built LIBSOFT (PHP Programme). AICTE funding is available under the scheme MODROB (Modernization & Removal of Obsolescence). ISTE, IEEE sponsored workshops are conducted regularly. IEEE, IETE, ISTE student chapters are also functioning. 6.5.3 Is there a central body within the College to continuously review the teaching learning process? Give details of its structure, methodologies of operations and outcome? Over the years the Institute has developed in a phased manner to achieve a bench mark in teaching-learning process. College formed Academic Committee to review the teaching learning process. The Academic Committee constituted with Head of the Institution as a chairman, Heads of the departments and senior faculty are members of the academic committee. The Committee review the Feedback mechanism is in practice to review the teaching-learning process. Feedback in the prescribed format is collected from all the stake holders which is analyzed and the outcome is used for further improvement. 6.5.4 How has IQAC contributed to Institutionalizing quality assurance strategies and processes? Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) was constituted on 20-3-2009 in accordance with the guidelines communicated by NAAC, Bangalore and is functioning very effectively. The Quality parameters to all the Academic & Administrative activities are set and reviewed by IQAC and plays significant role in the maintenance of Institutions Quality Policy. At the beginning of every academic year, IQAC calls for the comprehensive academic plans and other activities planned to organize from all the departments. Suggestions are offered in some activities wherever necessary. The implementation and execution of the planned programmes is monitored periodically. IQAC identifies the required infrastructural and other facilities such as ICT and recommends to the Management. At the end of every academic year, it documents all the activities and developments to submit the same in the form of a report to NAAC. The IQAC committee regularly interacts and communicates the various aspects of teaching learning process, academic quality control, sports NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 192 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 activity, information technology related matters for better coordination towards the development of Institute. 6.5.5 Does the IQAC have external members on its committees? If so, mention any significant contribution made by such members. Yes. The details of the external members involved in IQAC are given in Table 6.2. External academic experts in IQAC provides valuable suggestion and advices for the development of the Institution in quality concern. Table 6.2 Department wise external members in IQAC S.No 1 2 Name Dr.V.Padhanabham DVSN Murty 3 B.P.Santhosh Kumar 4 M.Vijaya Sekhar 5 T.N.V.L.N Kumar 6.5.6 Designation Professor professor Assoc. Professor Assoc. Professor Professor College SVU SVU Yogivemana Engineering college Dept. Mechanical Civil SKIT Civil Priyadharsini College of Engineering EEE EEE Has the IQAC conducted any study on the incremental academic growth of students from disadvantaged sections of society? The class counselor monitors the academic performance of students admitted from the disadvantaged sections. Separate library is provided to issue additional books to the students who belong to disadvantaged sections of society. 6.5.7 What policies are in place for the periodic review of administrative and academic departments, subject areas, research centres, etc.? Every week Chairman and Correspondent will organize the meeting with Head of the Institution, Heads of the departments and training and placement officer to review the status of various development activities. The Heads of the departments organize the faculty meeting twice in every month to discuss the various issues related to academic progress, students performance and infrastructural requirements. Various committees which are constituted periodically review to monitor various curricular and co-curricular activities. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 193 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 CRITERIA VII: INNOVATION AND BEST PRACTICES 7.1 Environment Consciousness 7.1.1 Does the College conduct a Green Audit of its campus? The college maintains well greenery round the year from the inception. It takes various initiations to maintain the college green and pleasant atmosphere. The college allocates funds to maintain the campus clean, green and eco-friendly. The college recruits gardeners to maintain the greenery in the campus. The NSS unit is functioning very effectively under the supervision of programme officers. Massive Plantation programme is conducted by the NSS volunteers regularly. The college maintains plant nursery inside the campus. Greenery on the campus is maintained all the year round. Every year plants are collected from various sources and college nursery plants in the selected areas on the vast campus. The usage of the scooters, bikes and cars by students is prohibited inside the campus to maintain pollution free campus. 7.1.2 What are the initiatives taken by the College to make the campus eco-friendly? Energy conservation The college maintained power rooms with control panels and breakers for each department. Panels, distribution boxes and breakers are available in each department. Underground cables are laid to minimize the power losses. College buildings are designed to receive good ventilation and natural lighting to reduce the power consumptions. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 194 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Staff monitoring takes place to switch off the lights and fans in the lecture halls/hostels in the absence of the students to save power consumption. Use of renewable energy College management has plans to fix solar lamps and other solar equipment inside the campus. Water harvesting Plenty of open space is available in the campus to harvest the rain water. In the heavy rain season canals are constructed in the campus to flow water from the campus to the to the Swarnamukhi river bed adjacent to the campus. Check dam construction There is no check dam inside the campus, but near to the college a dam is constructed by the Andhra Pradesh State Government on Swarnamukhi river for both agriculture and drinking purpose. Efforts for Carbon neutrality The carbon emission is minimized by planting large number of trees inside the campus. The management has taken the decision to reduce the carbon emission inside the campus by prohibiting the usage of the any type of automobile vehicles by students inside the campus. Plantation Many trees are planted inside the campus from the inception. Plantation is taken up on the vast campus every year regularly by all the students and staff inside and surrounding the campus. Hazardous waste management There is no hazardous waste generated inside the campus. The usage of polyethylene materials is not allowed in the campus. e-waste management E-waste Management is taken care of by Hardware Technicians. any other NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 195 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Figure. 7.1 Campus greenary photos NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 196 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 7.2 Innovations 7.2.1 Provide details of innovations introduced during the last four years which have created a positive impact on the functioning of the College. Day to day attendance is posted online on an hourly basis for all the classes. Following the guidelines of NAAC, NBA and ISO 9001-2000. Arranging lectures and interactive sessions by an eminent people in Personality Development, Social Psychologist on a regular basis. Periodical review meetings with HOD’s, Faculty, Wardens and students. In order to cater all such needs of Information & Communication Technologies for students, staff and faculty of Institute, Networking Cell has been set up in the Institute. At present all the teaching departments, hostels (common room), administrative blocks and other offices have been connected with a combination of wired and wireless network. The internet connectivity has been provided through 10 Mbps leased line free of cost to faculty, staff and students of the Institute for 24X7 hours. Each faculty, staff and every student of the Institute is provided e-mail address on internal mail server of Institute. The network has been empowered through high capacity and secured active and passive components. The website of the Institute has been indigenously designed and is being maintained by the Computer Centre of the Institute. The site is continuously updated to cover all day-to-day activities. The information regarding the Institute can be obtained from the Institute website www.nbkrist.org. Every department has been given computers for technology upgradation in teaching and learning. Web based content delivery of handouts. Focus on communication skills, human skills and technical skills. Mentoring process with counselor and learner. All the Departments of engineering upgraded its equipments and software /hardware. Upgradation of Advanced English communication skills laboratory. The structure of syllabus prepared on par with other technological universities. The faculty are advised to prepare e-learning materials for the benefit of students. The library stands fully computerized with digital cataloguing. Libsoft, Library automation software, PHP programme (developed inhouse) is available. Large number of books / journals added every year to the library. Infrastructural facilities augmented. Additional hostel building is constructed. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 197 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Work in College Administrative Office, Accounts Section, Principal’s office and Examination Section is fully computerized. Computerization of Admission is undertaken. The results of different internal examinations are published electronically. Computerized issue of certificate is carried out at University level. More LCD Projectors, Screens, a new podium with inbuilt PA System, Audio System for seminar rooms were procured. Procurement of Anti-Virus Software. Procurement of computer with higher configuration. Slow learners were given special attention by way of remedial classes in a few subjects outside the regular class hours. Linux systems are upgraded to Kernel 3.0. Wi-Fi (Wireless fidelity) facility for internet is provided in the departments and the hostels. Faculty as well as students use these facilities on their laptops for browsing study materials. The department of computer science and engineering conducts classes for staff to upgrade the latest windows operating system and to sort out virus related problems. More number of campus guidance programmes are conducted to help students to find jobs in placement drives on the campus. NSS activities strengthened. Regular Athletics and Games organized. More emphasis on co-curricular/extracurricular activities. 7.3 Best Practices Feedback from Alumni and Parents. Focus on (student) discipline. Feedback from students. Add-on programmes in addition to regular curriculum. NSS and community services. Orientation on research activities / workshops / journals / publications. Faculty development programs. Career and skill oriented programs. Literary and cultural programs. Thrust on live projects. Placement activities. Thrust of communication skills. Usage of motor vehicles by students in the campus is prohibited. Formation of department wise students association and its activities. Students participation in professional activities like ISTE, IEEE etc., 7.3.1 Give details of any two best practices which have contributed to better academic and administrative functioning of the College. Among all the best practices in the Institute Feedback Mechanism and Focus on (student) discipline are considered as most effective best practices. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 198 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 A. Feedback Mechanism Objectives of the Practice To collect the feedback from academic peers, Employees, Alumni, Parents and Community on the courses offered. Curriculum offered, Teaching and Learning process, Infrastructural Facilities, Learning Resources, Extracurricular Activities etc., and to use the outcome in strengthening the Institution in Teaching-Learning and other activities to meet the growing demands of the Global market. Context The primary objective of the Institution is to train its students with strong analytical skills, language skills, employability skills and life skills with a deep sense of social consciousness and awareness. Skill-based activities are playing significant role in the recent years to enable the students to equip with the needy mechanisms and technologies to meet the growing demand of the jobs. The feedback mechanism regulates the requirement for innovative teaching-learning processes which in-turn prepare the students to face the global challenges. Practice Institution values feedback obtained not only from within but also from other external stakeholders. Feedback from Academic peers, Employers, Alumni, Parents and community is collected in the prescribed format prepared by the Institute and reports obtained are quantified and analyzed for further remedial steps. Evidence of success Based on feedback reports, additional courses on communication skills and other employability skills are taught to the students. Guest Lectures on arithmetic and analytical ability are arranged by inviting well experienced teaching faculty from external Institutions. Makeup classes are conducted to academically backward students. Need based programmes are conducted to enhance the opportunities of securing job. By organizing all the above activities in a systematic manner, Institution has witnessed very fruitful and successful achievements in placement drives. 62 students were placed in the year 2009-10, 82 students were placed in the year 2010-11, 70 students were placed in the year 2011-12 and 20 students are placed in the year 2012-13 in various organizations in India and abroad. Problems encountered and Resources required NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 199 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Since the Institution is located in a rural remote corner, bringing the resource persons to organize skill oriented programmes and providing the required ICT equipment is an expensive task. The feedback is important in the context of improvement in the academic programs, infrastructure facilities, teaching-learning process and other activities which helps to bring the students to face the challenges and help themselves to possess the required technical skill. B. Focus on (student) discipline Objectives of the Practice The goal is to develop ethical or moral values within the frame work of timely coverage of syllabus, day to day attendance, a uniform dress code, interactions with stake holders and timely conduction of mid tests and University examinations are important for the growth of the Institute in the long run achievement. Context The student discipline plays a vital role in students career during the span of professional studies. A disciplined student justifies his role as student while attending regular class works, writing the mid exams and University exams, interacting with the teachers and browsing the network for subject understanding. This helps to compete with others in projecting himself as one of the best among others considering the excellence in technical education and soft skills. Practice At the beginning of every academic year each Department specifies the importance of the hourly based attendance. Personality development programmes are offered along with engineering skills to help the students to understand the responsibility of a good citizen of the nation. In this process, the focus on discipline plays a vital role. Each and every faculty member in the Department posts hourly attendance of the students every day through online attendance management system which in turn helps the teachers to monitor the students academic performance. The students express the dignity and importance of discipline by canvassing the concept through posters and painting. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 200 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 The attendance monitoring system makes the students more responsible. Students with less attendance percentage are called for counseling. This system increases overall quality of the discipline and academic performance of the students. Evidence of success Strict Student Monitoring Programme offered by the Institute is well received by the students. In turn the students’ performance in University exams is better. Strict monitoring of the discipline and ethical values of the students has proved to be great success with regard to the students performance in various state and central public service examinations. Further the students who wish to go abroad for higher studies have better performance in completion of the course. Our students are working as software engineers, civil servants, Engineers in government sector and officers in banking. This practice of strict discipline stands as an evidence in success of the students in occupying better career prospects. Problems encountered and Resources required The practice of inculcating discipline among students has been well received by our students. The faculty and staff explain to the students the importance of the discipline and make them aware about the fruitful outcomes. The stake holder plays a greater role in the implementation of the day to day attendance procedure, proper dress code and personality development of the students. The Institute provides necessary resources in this respect. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 201 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 PART D DEPARTMENTAL EVALUATIVE REPORTS NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 202 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 EVALUATIVE REPORT OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT : : Civil Engineering 1979 1. Name of the Department Year of establishment 2. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.) Sl. No. Courses offered (UG) 1 B.Tech. (Civil Engg.) Interdisciplinary courses and departments involved 3. Sl. No. 1. 4. Name of the course English Department Science & Humanities 2. Engineering Mathematics – I Science & Humanities 3. Engineering Mathematics – II Science & Humanities 4. Engineering Physics Science & Humanities 5. Engineering Drawing Mechanical Engineering 6. Engineering Chemistry Science & Humanities 7. 8. Science & Humanities Computer Science & Engg. 9. English Language Laboratory Computer Programming & Data Structures Programming Laboratory 10. Numerical Methods & Statistics Science & Humanities 11. Managerial Economics & Accountancy Science & Humanities Annual/semester/choice based credit system: Semester based credit system 5. Computer Science & Engg. B.Tech. first year annual system and remaining years are semester system M.Tech. semester system Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments Sl. No. 1 Name of the course Environmental Studies Department Electronics and Communication 2 Environmental Studies Electrical & Electronics Engg. 3 Environmental Studies Mechanical Engineering 4 Strength of Materials Laboratory Mechanical Engineering 5 Fluid Mechanics& Hydraulics Laboratory Mechanical Engineering NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 203 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 6. Number of teaching posts sanctioned and (Professors/Associate Professors/Asst. Professors) Professor Associate Professors Asst. Professors Lecturers 7. Sanctioned ------------- filled Filled 3 1 14 2 Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization (D.Sc./D.Litt./ Ph.D./M.Phil., etc.) Name Qualification Designation Specialization Dr. D. Srinivas B.E, M.Tech., Ph.D. B.E, M.Tech., Ph.D. B.E, M.S. Professor& Head Professor Geoengineering Structural Engineering Geo Technical B.E, M.Tech. B.Tech., M.Tech. B.Tech., M.Tech. B.Tech., M.Tech. B.Tech., M.Tech. Associate Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor B.Tech., M.Tech. B.Tech., M.Tech. B.Tech., M.Tech. B.Tech., M.Tech. B.Tech., M.Tech. B.Tech., M.Tech. MSc,B.Ed, (Ph.D.) Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor B.Tech. M.Tech. (Ph.D.) B.Tech. M.Tech. B.Tech. M.Tech. Assistant Professor Dr. P.V.Subba Reddy M.Venkata Ramana V.Balaji T.Murali G S Harish Kumar V.Venkata Rambabu P.Suma M.Bhargava S.Sudheer Kumar K V N Laxman Naik S Ravichandra Kumar P.Ranga Ramesh V. Raja Mohan G.Veeraswamy Y.Ashok Kumar Reddy A.Raja Sekhar N.Naresh Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Traffic Engineering Water Resource Engineering Structural Engineering Structural Engineering Environmental science & Management Structural Engineering Structural Engineering Geotechnical Engineering Structural Engineering Geotechnical Engineering Highway Engineering Earth Science, Geo Environmental Mechanical Experience (in Years) 19 15 28 15 6 5 8 2 2 1 - 10 Mechanical Mechanical NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar 5 1 Page 204 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 N Sarath Chandra K Ramana Reddy B.Tech. Lecturer B.Tech. Lecturer Civil Engineering Civil Engineering 8. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty-programme-wise information 5% 9. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio : 15:1 10. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff: sanctioned and filled No. of Support Staff: 11. 12. NIL - Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; DBT, ICSSR, etc.; Total grants received - 13. NIL - Research facility / centre with 14. State recognition National recognition International recognition : ----: ----: ----- Publications: S.No Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (National / International) : 07 Name Qualification Designation Ph.D. Professor M.Tech. 3 P.V.Subba Reddy V.Venkata Rambabu T. Murali 4 P.Suma M.Tech. 5 KVN Laxman Naik M.Tech. Asst. Professor Asst. Professor Asst. Professor Asst. Professor 2 Filled: 10 Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Mention names of funding agencies and grants received project-wise. - 1 Sanctioned: ---- M.Tech. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Number of Research Publications in Journals & Conferences 1 3 1 1 1 Page 205 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 15. Monographs : Chapter(s) in Books: Editing Books: Books with ISBN numbers with details of publishers: – Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) : Citation Index – range / average : SNIP: SJR: Impact factor – range / average : h-index : Details of patents and income generated Nil 16. Areas of consultancy and income generated Soil testing, Material Testing, Environmental Laboratory and Concrete Technology. The Revenue generated in the period of 17. 2008-2009 is Rs 10.74 lakhs 2009-2010 is Rs 8.79 lakhs 2010-2011 is Rs 10.98 lakhs 2011-2012 is Rs.13.19 lakhs 2012-2013 is Rs.7.76 lakhs Faculty recharging strategies Faculty members are encouraged to attend the Workshops, Faculty Development Programmes, International /National conferences organized by IITs, NITs, Universities and reputed colleges 18. S. No 1 Name of the faculty V.Balaji 2 S.Sudheer Kumar Name of programme /course attended Pavement Materials and Pavement Design Geo Technical & Structural Engg. Practices (GEOSTEP2013) Organized Institution JNTUH CMR College of Engg. & Technology, Kandlakoya. Student projects The students are grouped in to batches and are assigned projects. Society needs and current technical developments are taken in to consideration in the process of identifying the projects. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 206 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter-departmental 100% students. Percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with industries / Institutes 19. NIL - Awards / recognitions received at the National and International level by Faculty : Doctoral / post doctoral fellows : Students Year 201213 201112 Title Paper presentation Paper presentation Paper presentation Paper presentation Paper presentation Paper presentation Paper presentation Paper presentation Quiz Poster presentation Paper presentation Paper presentation Minute to win it Paper presentation Minute to win it Event Name/ Institute Techno quest 2013, N B K R I S T, Vidyanagar Techno quest 2013, N B K R I S T, Vidyanagar RACE 2013, JNTU Ananthapur NIRMAN-2012, Audisankara Group Of Institutions, Gudur Techno quest 2012, N B K R I S T, Vidyanagar NIRMAN-2012, Audisankara Group Of Institutions, Gudur Techno quest 2012, N B K R I S T, Vidyanagar CREADORS 2K12, SVUCE, Tirupathi CREADORS 2K12, SVUCE, Tirupathi Techno quest 2012, N B K R I S T, Vidyanagar FACETS 2K11, Viswodaya engineering college, Kavali FACETS 2K11, Viswodaya engineering college, Kavali SRM University,Ramapuram Campus, Chennai SRM University,Ramapuram Campus, Chennai SRM University,Ramapuram Campus, Chennai NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Winner BSK Chaithanya J Divya sai G Tejeswini J Divya sai G Tejeswini V Meena, Y Sarala K V Vydhehi, S Teja reddy P Parameswara Sai Nath K Harini V Bhuvan Kumar V Bhuvan Kumar C Sravani, K Srilakshmi S M Imam Shah K Abhiram K Sai Lakshmi K Harini S M Imam Shah (first Prize) S M Imam Shah K Abhiram K Abhiram Page 207 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Paper presentation 201011 200910 200910 20. Paper presentation CEA Fest 2009 CEA Fest 2009 CEA Fest 2009 CEA Fest 2009 Symposium Symposium Symposium Symposium Symposium Stimulus 2009 Stimulus 2009 CEA Fest 2009 CEA Fest 2009 CEA Fest 2009 CEA Fest 2009 Symposium Symposium Symposium Symposium AFOSEC-2011, Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engg. College AFOSEC-2011, Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engg. College IIT Madras B.Niveditha G.Srilekha IIT Madras B.Nikilesh Chandra Sk.mansoor IIT Madras K.Karthik IIT Madras Y.Yagnesh RACE 2009, JNTU Anantapur RACE 2009, JNTU Anantapur RACE 2009, JNTU Anantapur RACE 2009, JNTU Anantapur IIT Madras Y.Gouthami B.Haritha S.Kavitha D.Kiran Kumar Reddy G.Swathi B.Chandra Babu State Ist prize M.Sreekanth State Ist prize B.Nikilesh Chandra Sk.mansoor IIT Madras K.Karthik IIT Madras Y.Yagnesh RACE 2009, JNTU Anantapur Ultratech Ultratech IIT Madras RACE 2009, JNTU Anantapur RACE 2009, JNTU Anantapur RACE 2009, JNTU Anantapur RACE 2009, JNTU Anantapur Y.Gouthami B.Haritha S.Kavitha D.Kiran Kumar Reddy Symposium RACE 2009, JNTU Anantapur G.Swathi Stimulus Ultratech B.Chandra Babu 2009 State Ist prize Stimulus Ultratech M.Sreekanth 2009 State Ist prize Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (National / International) with details of outstanding participants, if any. (a) National - These programs were sponsored by Institute. Year Name Program Title NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Achievements Page 208 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 201213 National Level Technical Paper Presentation TechnoQuest’13 201213 Workshop Career guidance National Level Technical Paper Presentation National Level 2010Technical Paper 11 Presentation National Level 2008Technical Paper 09 Presentation (b) International 201112 TechnoQuest’12 TechnoQuest’11 TechnoQuest’09 Students were motivated to compete on Advanced Technical areas Students were motivated on Career improvement Students were motivated to compete on Advanced Technical areas Students were motivated to compete on Advanced Technical areas Students were motivated to compete on Advanced Technical areas ---21. Student profile course-wise: Name of the Course/Programme (Refer question no. 4) B.Tech. 2005-2009 2006-2010 2007-2011 2008-2012 2009-2013 Applications received (Through Counseling) 38 62 60 65 59 Pass Percentage (%) Male Female Male Female Enrolled 34 49 44 50 45 22. Diversity of students Name of the % of % of students Course students from the State (refer question from the no. 2) College B.Tech. 23. 30 04 13 16 15 14 67.64 67.34 52.27 52.0 80.0 % of students from other States 70 --- 75.0 69.23 68.75 86.67 78.57 % of students from other countries --- How many students have cleared Civil Services, Defense Services, NET, SLET, GATE and any other competitive examinations? Item Number of Admitted students (including lateral entry) Number of students who went for higher studies with valid qualifying scores/ranks (GATE/PGCET) Defence service 201213 201112 201011 200910 59 64 62 62 3 2 2 15 --- --- --- --- NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 209 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 24. Student progression Student progression UG to PG PG to M.Phil. PG to Ph.D. Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral Employed Campus selection Other than campus recruitment Entrepreneurs 25. Diversity of staff Percentage against enrolled 10-15 - Percentage of faculty who are graduates of the same parent University from other universities within the State from other universities from other States 26. 10-15 20-40 10 33.33% 66.67% --- Number of faculty who were awarded Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the assessment period: Dr. P V Subba Reddy awarded Ph.D. from JNTU Anantapur in the year 2012. 27. Present details about infrastructural facilities a) Library In addition to the Central Library, Department Library is also available for students and staff. Text books, Reference Books, Study Materials and Previous years University Question papers are made available in the department Library. b) Internet facilities for staff and students Internet Center is open for Students and Staff. Wi-Fi Enabled campus with unlimited use. c) Total number of class rooms: 8 d) Class rooms with ICT facility Class room with all ICT equipment is available for conducting Seminars/ Workshops / Guest lectures. e) Students’ laboratories NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 210 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Well established Laboratories are available. Lab Description Exclusive Number of Quality of use / experiments instruments Shared? Engineering Exclusive 11 Good Geology Surveying Exclusive 20 Good Material testing Shared 12 Good Fluid Mechanics Exclusive 12 Good Soil Mechanics Exclusive 16 Good Environmental Exclusive 13 Good Engineering Transportation Exclusive 11 Good Engineering Concrete Testing Exclusive 13 Good Computer Exclusive 11 Good Lab manuals Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes f) Research laboratories; All the laboratories in the department are suiTable to carry out the research and consultancy work 28. Number of students of the department getting financial assistance from College. More than 70% of the students receive financial assistance in the form of Scholarships and fee reimbursement from the Government of Andhra Pradesh under SC/ST/BC/EBC/PHC/ Minorities categories. Meritorious students are offered financial assistance by Dr. Nedurumalli Janardhan Reddy Trust. Merit Scholarship is available from Indian Oil Scholarship, Hyderabad. Merit Scholarship is available from Central sector scheme, New Delhi (Ministry of human resources). 29. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new program(s)? If so, give the methodology. New programmes are not introduced. 30. Does the department obtain feedback from a. Faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how does the department utilize it? Yes, the feedback from the faculty is submitted to the BOS which NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 211 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 takes this into consideration while framing the curriculum. b. Students on staff, curriculum as well as teaching-learningevaluation and what is the response of the department to the same? Yes, the subjective wise feedback is given to the individual staff for their analysis and HOD also conducts a one to one discussion with individual staff on the feedback. c. Alumni and employers on the programmes and what is the response of the department to the same? The suggestion and feedback of the alumni and the employees is discussed at the approximate forum and the same are incorporated appropriately. 31. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10) S.No Name the Alumni 1 Baswani Nikilesh Chandra Venkatesh Chada Year of passed out Present position Working as Engineer at kanakadar venchers Pvt. Ltd. 2 Working as MANAGING DIRECTOR 1983 at ALRICH CONSTRUCTIONS Pvt. Ltd. 3 Dr. P. Hari Working as Associate professor Krishna 1983 at National Institute of Technology; Warangal. 4 M.Muralidhar AEE(CE), SDSTPS, 1984 Krishnapatnam. 5 I.V.Ramana babu Working as Managing Director 1987 at Mydhili Hospital. 6 K.Bala Kotaiah AEE, A.P.Panchyat raj Engineering, 1987 Nellore. 7 Gutta Rama Working as Asst.Exe.Engineer 1988 Mohana rao at A.P.Panchyat raj Engineering 8 M.Raveendra Managing Director, Ram Caad 1992 Reddy Systems, Chennai 9 M.Chaitanya 2004 Deputy Manager, NHAI 10 D.Hima Bindu Working as Asst. Engineer in 2005 Military Engineering Services. 32. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with external experts. 1983 Some of special lectures delivered by renowned external experts S.No Name the Expert Topic Organization 1 O.Sreedhara Ground Improvement Irrigation Dept., NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 212 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 2 3 Technics Mohan Hydrographs P.Ram Rao I.V.Ramana Reddy Ch.Suresh Babu J.N.T.U.K Advancement on S.V.U F.E.M 4 Run off and Rain fall Irrigation Dept., Simulation In addition to the guest lecturers the following programmes are regularly arranged in the department. Paper presentation contests. Group Discussion Quiz and Student Seminars Regular guidance & Counseling through class In- Chage and counselors Every year students are encouraged to go for a 3 day Industrial tour at III-B.Tech. level. Every year students are encouraged to go for a one day field visit to local places at II -B.Tech. level. 33. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes. In addition to the conventional teaching learning process, use of LCD, Models and audio – visual aids are adopted to improve student learning. 34. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and learning outcomes monitored? Based on document analysis, classroom observation/discussion with the target group with regard to whether the target group attained appropriate knowledge, skills and competences. Regular meetings between the staff and students are conducted to (i) Check whether appropriate learning, teaching and assessment strategies are in place (ii) to adopt suitable remedial measures, if necessary. 35. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities. Dr. D. Srinivas Serving as Department Head. Coordinator for UGC Autonomous Status work. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 213 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 In-Charge for infrastructure Maintenance. Dr. P.V. Subba Reddy In-charge for Consultancy works. Project engineer for civil construction works within our Institution. In-charge for Quarters allotment. G. S. Harish Kumar In-charge for Pump-House Maintainence. Serving as a Member of Civil Engineering Association. V. Venkata Rambabu Faculty Coordinator for Civil Engineering Association. In-charge for Cultural activities. In-charge for Time tablecasting. M. Bhargava In-charge for Departmental Library. P. Ranga Ramesh In-charge for Central Stores. 36. Give details of “Beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department. Guest lectures from experts on advance Technologies. Seminars by staff and students. 37. State whether the programme/ department is accredited/ graded by other agencies. Give details. The department was accredited twice by NBA in 2003 and 2007 38. Detail any five Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of the department. Strengths Weaknesses Highly qualified and committed faculty Motivated supporting staff Enthusiastic students Very good infrastructure Well developed teaching practices Research Projects & Consultancy works Better Placement opportunities. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 214 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Remotely located Students are weak in soft skills. Thrust is to be given on R&D activities Opportunities High demand for Civil Engineers for Infrastructural development in India and abroad in recent years Technological advancement. Challenges The mushrooming growth of engineering colleges with a craze for I.T and software among students and their parents Difficult to get experienced faculty with higher qualification. Development of Soft skills among students Development of students skills for competitive exams. 39. Future plans of the department. M.Tech. Course to be initiated Up gradation of Labs through MODROBS scheme. More thrust on R & D and consultancy. To recruit qualified & experienced faculty. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 215 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 EVALUATIVE REPORT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT 1. Name of the Department : Computer Science & Engineering Year of establishment : 1991 2. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG) S.No. 1 2 Courses Offered B.Tech.(Computer Science & Engineering) M.Tech.(Computer Science& Engineering) 3. Interdisciplinary courses and departments involved S.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 4. Name of the course English theory Engineering Mathematics-I Engineering Mathematics-II Engineering Physics Engineering Chemistry English Language Laboratory Probability And Statistics Numerical Methods Environmental Studies Managerial Economics Management Science Mathematical Methods Economics and accountancy Engineering Graphics Optimization Techniques Industrial management Basics of Electrical Engineering Department Science & Humanities Science & Humanities Science & Humanities Science & Humanities Science & Humanities Science & Humanities Science & Humanities Science & Humanities Science & Humanities Science & Humanities Science & Humanities Science & Humanities Science & Humanities Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering 18 Basics Of Electrical Engineering Electrical and Electronics Lab Engineering 19 Microprocessors Electronics and Communication Engineering 20 Microprocessors Lab Electronics and Communication Engineering 21 Elements Of Electronics And Electronics and Communication Communication Engineering Engineering 22 Elements Of Electronics And Electronics and Communication Communication Engineering Lab Engineering Annual/ semester/choice based credit system : Semester based credit System NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 216 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 B.Tech. first year in annual system and remaining years are in semester system M.Tech. in semester system 5. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments The following courses are handled by our department for other departments in the Institution. C and Data Structures subject and Laboratory for all branches of Engineering Students. Principles of Computer Networks and Computer Organization subjects for the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering Students. 6. Number of teaching posts sanctioned (Professors/Associate Professors/Asst. Professors) Professor Associate Professors Asst. Professors 7. Sanctioned ---------- and filled Filled 1 2 20 Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization (B.Tech./M.Tech./P.hD, etc.) Name M.Nataraja Suresh Qualification B.Tech.,M.Tech., [Ph.D.] D.Srinivasa Rao MCA,M.Tech., A. Raja Sekhar Reddy V.Veera Raghavulu B.Tech.,M.Tech.,[Ph.D .] B.Kalyani B.Tech.,M.Tech., B.Tech.,M.Tech., P.Nagendra B.Tech., M.Tech., A.Nagaraju B.Tech.,M.Tech., G.V.Konda Reddy M.Siva Pratap Reddy B.Tech., M.Tech., B.Tech., M.Tech., Designation Specialization Years of Experien ce Professor & H.O.D Associate Professor Associate Professor Asst. Professor Asst. Professor Asst. Professor Asst. Professor Asst. Professor Asst. Professor Artificial Intelligence 14 CSE 13 CSE 13 CSE 11 CSE 8 CSE 6 CSE 7 Software Engineering 8 CSE 6 NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 217 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 B.Surekha B.Tech., M.Tech., Lakshmi Prasad B.Tech., M.Tech., S.SureshBabu B.Tech., M.Tech., B.LakshmanaRao B.Tech., M.Tech., K.Ramesh B.Tech., M.Tech., NayabShaik B.Tech., M.Tech., V.SaiCharan B.Tech., M.Tech., K. Raveendra Chaithanya B.Tech., M.Tech., K.Penchalaiah B.Tech., M.Tech., G.Sunand B.Tech., M.Tech., T.N.Siva Kumar B.Tech., M.Tech., CH. Muni Koteswara Rao B.Tech., M.Tech., B.Vidyullatha B.Tech., M.Tech., N.V.Rajasekhar Reddy B.Tech.,M.Tech., [Ph.D.] 8. Asst. Professor Asst. Professor Asst. Professor Asst. Professor Asst. Professor Asst. Professor Asst. Professor Asst. Professor Asst. Professor Asst. Professor Asst. Professor Asst. Professor Asst. Professor Asst. Professor CSE 5 CSE 4 CSE 8 Software Engineering 7 CSE 6 Software Engineering 7 CSE 2 CSE 7 CSE 2 CSE 1 CSE 1 CSE 3 CSE 9 CSE 5 Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty – programmewise information No temporary faculty is available in the department 9. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio : Programme B.Tech. M.Tech. 10. 11. Student Teacher Ratio 15:1 12:1 Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff: sanctioned and filled No. of Supporting Staff: Sanctioned: Filled: 06 Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Mention names of funding agencies and grants received projectwise NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 218 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 – NIL12. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; DBT, ICSSR, etc.; total grants received – -NIL- 13. Research facility / center with state recognition : ---- National recognition : ---- International recognition : ----Publications: 14. Publications of faculty S.No 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. Name of The Faculty V.VeeraRaghavulu P.Nagendra G.V.Konda Reddy M.Siva vPratap Reddy V.Rajendra Prasad M.Lakshmi Prasad S.SureshBabu B.LakshmanaRao K.Ramesh NayabShaik G.Sunand V.Sai Charan Designation Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor No. of Publications 01 01 01 02 01 03 01 02 01 01 01 01 Monographs : Chapter(s) in Books : Editing Books : Books with ISBN numbers with details of publishers : Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) : - NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 219 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Citation Index – range / average : SNIP : SJR : Impact factor – range / average :h-index : - 15. Details of patents and income generated - NIL 16. Areas of consultancy and income generated In the year of 2012, Assistance was provided in the conduction of IBPS clerical online exam and LIC AAO online Exam. S.No. Name IBPS Clerical Online 1. Exam LIC AAO Online Exam 2. 17. Income Generated Rs. 52299/Rs. 34128/- Faculty recharging strategies S. No. Name of the faculty 1. M.Nataraja Suresh 2. 3. 5. A.Rajasekhar Reddy M.Siva Pratap Reddy Ch.Muni Koteswara Rao K.Penchalaiah 6. TN.Siva Kumar 7. TN.Siva Kumar 8. 9. K.Raveendra Chaithanya M.Lakshmi Prasad 10. M.Lakshmi Prasad 4. 18. Date Feb 29, 2012 Dec 2013 Name of Organized Institution programme/course attended FOSS SVU College of Engg, Tirupati FDP on JAVA ASCET, Gudur FDP on Network C.DAC , Hyderabad Security FDP on ORACLE ASCET, Gudur FDP FDP on bigdata challenges and technologies Infosys Campus Connect Program Infosys Campus Connect Program Research Methodologies Infosys Campus Connect Program Swarnandra College of Engineering,Narasapoor. SVNE, Rangampet. Swarnandra College of Engineering, Narasapoor Aditya Engg. College , Kakinada Gitam University , Hyderabad Gitam University , Visakhapatnam Student projects percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter-departmental – 100% percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 220 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 - NIL industries / Institutes 19. Awards / recognitions received at the National and International level by Faculty - NIL Doctoral / Post-Doctoral fellows - NIL Students -NIL 20. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (National / International) with details of outstanding participants, if any. (a) National ---- Title Ethical hacking Web Application Development (b) International 21. Source of funding NBKRIST No. of Participants 60 (Students) Workshop NBKRIST 40 (Faculty) ---- Student profile course-wise: Name of the Course/ programme 22. Seminars/Workshops /Conferences Seminar Applications received (Through Counseling) 2006-10 2007-11 2008-12 2009-13 2010-14 60 120 120 120 120 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 18 18 18 Enrolled Selected B.Tech. 63 117 111 94 121 M.Tech. 12 11 18 Pass % Male Female Male Female 40 79 72 59 70 23 38 39 35 51 77.5 73.91 79.8 76.31 62.5 64.1 67.8 65.71 Studying 07 05 12 05 06 06 71.42 100 Studying Studying Diversity of students Name of the course (refer question no. 2) B.Tech. % of students from the College --- % of students from the State 100 % of students from other States --- M.Tech. 8 100 --- NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar % of students from other countries ----Page 221 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 23. How many students have cleared Civil Services, Defense Services, NET, SLET, GATE and any other competitive examinations? Item 2012-13 2011-12 2010-11 2009-10 Number of Admitted students 78 120 121 94 (including lateral entry) Number of students who went for higher studies with valid 03 04 03 05 qualifying scores/ranks (GATE/PGCET) Defence service ---- Mr.SeshendraBabu, CSE student has scored GATE in 2013. Mr.Dhananjayalu, CSE student has scored GATE in 2011. Mr. Naveen Kumar, CSE student has scored GATE in 2010. Miss.Meena, CSE student has qualified GATE in 2009. 24. Student progression Student progression UG to PG PG to M.Phil. PG to Ph.D. Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral Employed Campus selection Other than campus recruitment Entrepreneurs 25. Percentage against enrolled 10-20 10- 20 20-40 1-5 Diversity of staff Percentage of faculty who are graduates of the same parent University 8.69 from other universities within the State 56.52 from other universities from other States 34.78 26. Number of faculty who were awarded Ph.D. during the assessment period. – -NIL- 27. Present details about infrastructural facilities a) Library In addition to the Central Library, Department Library was also established. Text books, reference books, study materials, gate preparation books, previous years University exams question papers and gate previous NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 222 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 years question papers are made available in the department library and issued to the students. Reference books for campus placements such as aptitude, reasoning and puzzle books are also available in the Department Library. b) Internet facilities for staff and students Internet Center is open for students and staff from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM. 10 mbps Internet connection is provided to the department. WI-FI facility is provided with in the campus. Internet facility is available for staff in their cabins. Entire campus (including college, hostels, and staff quarters) is equipped with WI-FI technology. c) Total number of class rooms – 10 d) Class rooms with ICT facility E-class room with all ICT equipment is available for conducting Seminars/Workshops/Guest lectures. e) Students’ laboratories All laboratories in the department are fully equipped with state-of-art facilities. The department is provided with internet facility, computers and various advanced laboratories like i. ii. iii. iv. v. Algorithms and Data structures laboratory (DAA,ADS,VHDL,AI,CN ) Basic Programming laboratory(CPDS Lab) Software design laboratory (SE,SPM,UML,CG,CC,DBMS,ES,PPL) Web Applications laboratory (WT,ACT,CSC,OOP) INTERNET lab The department also has seminar hall with audio and video facility. The Institute is a member of DELNET and student and staff can access this facility. f) Research laboratories – NIL NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 223 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 28. Number of students of the department getting financial assistance from College. Meritorious students are offered financial assistance by Dr. Nedurumalli Janardhan Reddy Trust. More than 64% of the students receive the financial assistance in the form of Scholarships and fee reimbursement from the Government of Andhra Pradesh under SC/ST/BC/EBC/PHC/Minorities categories. Meritorious students are offered financial assistance by Indian Oil Scholarship, Ex-servicemen Scholarship, Central Sector Scheme of Scholarship, Prathibha Scholarship, Prime Minister Scholarship and Sri Venkateswara Vidya daana trust Scholarship etc., The students who obtain the EAMCET rank less than ten thousand are eligible to get full tuition fee waiving under scheme of FOUNDATION FOR EXCELENCE, USA Based organization. 29. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new program(s)? If so, give the methodology. - NIL- 30. Does the department obtain feedback from a. Faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how does the department utilize it? Yes. It is used for updating syllabus, teaching and learning methodologies to improve performance of their present duties, research and department establishment. b. Students on staff, curriculum as well as teaching-learningevaluation and what is the response of the department to the same? College gets the online feedback from students to update the curriculum, laboratories and other facilities to expand the knowledge of faculty in their fields of study to enhance teaching skills. c. Alumni and employers on the programmes and what is the response of the department to the same? Feedback from alumni and employees is used to improve teaching skills and academic curriculum in the field of computers in view of industry expectations and strengthen the Institutional commitment to quality education by ensuring that all the students and staff updated in their fields. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 224 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 31. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10) S.No Name the Alumni 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 32. Year of Present position passed out Ramasuri N 2004 Research Staff member at IBM, Bangalore Mahendra P 1998 Professor and Head in CSE, NEC, Gudur. Vamsi R 2005 Senior IT Specialist at IBM, Bangalore Sekhar K 2006 Senior Software Engineer at Avaya Networks, Bangalore Suhansini K 2007 Consultant Engineer at Steria India ltd, Pune Bhavani C 2008 Software Engineer , Chennai Kishore Reddy K 2008 Business Support Manager, Surichi, Delhi Venkata Satheesh D 2010 System Engineer at polaries, Chennai Pawan Kumar M 2010 Software Engineer at CSC Madhava D 2012 Software Engineer at IBM, Bangalore Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with external experts. Organized one National level workshop. Some of special lectures delivered by renowned external experts S.No 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 33. Name the Expert S.Rajesh Designation Assistant Professor in C- DAC, Pune ResearcStaff member at IBM, Bangalore Topic Embedded Linux Ramsuri N Industry Expectations software development RBV Associate Professor Data Mining Subramanya in CSE, NIT, m Warangal RR. Muni Retired Professor C for First Swamy Year Students P.Suman Software Engineer in Recent Trends Reddy IBM, Bangalore in software N.Rama Assistant Professor Database Krishna in CSE, NIT, Management Warangal Systems Organizatio n NBKRIST, Vidyanagar NBKRIST, Vidyanagar NBKRIST, Vidyanagar NBKRIST, Vidyanagar NBKRIST, Vidyanagar NBKRIST, Vidyanagar List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 225 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 programmes. E-learning classes are organized to motivate the students to get acquainted with the latest trends in teaching learning practice. Apart from regular black board teaching LCD projectors and other teaching aids like Internet assignments can be encouraged. In addition to the primary duty i.e., teaching faculty are participating in academic activities like regularly conducting technical seminars, quizzes, mock interviews, paper presentation contest at National and International level. Faculty takes care of conducting counseling and association activities. Students are encouraged to participate in paper presentation, conferences and workshops in various colleges. Students are allowed to use digital library CDs which were delivered by eminent IIT professors. Students are encouraged access e-journals for better awareness of research papers. 34. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and learning outcomes monitored? Student committees can be formed to get regular feedback to improve course curriculum and placements. Making the arrangement of various training programs for personality development and improving communication skills. IIP cell conducts awareness programs from various companies to get the exposure of industry expectations. Department Reviews must be made on a regular basis from students and staff to strength the department facilities. Getting feedback from Alumni and parents in every semester to take necessary steps for improvement. All activities are reviewed by the Department’s Advisory Committee every year and also based on the advancements in the field, the committee suggests review of outcomes and program educational objectives on a continuous basis. 35. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities. Prof. M. Nataraja Suresh NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 226 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Acting as Head of the department. Developed an Attendance Maintenance System. Implemented a Centralized Time Table Casting System. Re-Engineered the Standalone Library Management Software. Provided the Examinations Cell with an application to generate their hall-tickets. Implemented an Online Faculty Assessment program by the students. Sri D. Srinivasa Rao Serving as warden for ladies hostels. Sri A. Raja Sekhar Reddy Serving as warden for Boys hostels. Acting as coordinator for IIP cell. Sri V. Veera Raghavulu Acting as In-charge for Internet lab. Sri P. Nagendra Acting as in-charge for timetables preparation for the department. Acting as in-charge of Basic Programming laboratory. Sri A. Nagaraju Acting as in-charge of Algorithms and Data structures laboratory. Sri G.V. Konda Reddy Serving as warden for Boys hostels. Sri M. Siva Pratap Reddy Acting as in-charge of central library from the department. Acting as in-charge of Web Applications laboratory. Sri M. Lakshmi Prasad NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 227 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Acting as in-charge of Software design laboratory. Sri S. SureshBabu Acting as in-charge of systems administrator. Sri B. Lakshmana Rao Acting as a in-charge for college website Development and Instant updates. 36. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department. Additional Assignments will be given. Student Seminars are conducted on behalf of Course Curriculum. Students are motivated to attend paper presentation contexts. 37. State whether the programme/ department is accredited/ graded by other agencies. Give details. ISO 9001 certified NBA accredited in 2003 38. Detail any five Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of the department Strengths Qualified and experienced faculty members. Good infrastructure including state-of-the-art laboratories, Wi-Fi, excellent hostel facilities for girls and boys. Regular monitoring of attendance and make-up classes for below average students. Conducting awareness programs on industry expectations by inviting eminent personalities from various corporate companies and separate IIP cell for establishing interaction among industries. Supported by Infosys campus connect program. National level technical symposium is conducted every year. Weaknesses NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 228 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Institute is situated at remote area. Need to improve R & D activities and Intellectual Property Rights. Need to get consultancy projects. Require to organize more FDP programs. Need to establish Research Laboratories. Opportunities Newly emerging trends and technologies like cloud computing, mobile applications, social media and data analytics give rise to new opportunities should be reflected from curriculum. Every industry depends on IT to become a part of all companies since according to the NASSCOM strategic review 2013, a need for around 110 lakh skilled professionals in a near future. Application development and Innovation due to globalization. Growing student demand in software industries. Employment and industry trends. Challenges Making the student to be aware of the latest technologies, application development and new innovative ideas in Computer Science and Engineering. Downward trend quality of intake is fluctuated based on changing economy. To comply with policies of Government and Academic bodies. Difficult to get experienced and qualified faculty. Difficulties in inviting the subject experts because of location of the Institute. 39. Future plans of the department. To make all the class rooms in the department as e-class rooms and increase to development of in-house software. Apply for more research projects under various faculty research groups of the department from various R&D and Government funding agencies. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 229 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Provide more Industry-Institution relationship to take up real time needs of the industry. To conduct Faculty Development Programmes to train the faculty in the emerging technologies and teaching methodologies. Planning to set up a Research &Development cell exclusively for the faculty to motivate to do their Ph.D.’s and encourages students level advanced projects. Have collaborations and MOUs with the foreign universities. The department is planning to conduct more National and International Level workshops. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 230 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 EVALUATIVE REPORT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT : Electrical & Electronics Engineering : 1979 1. Name of the Department Year of establishment 2. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.) S.No 1. 2. 3. Interdisciplinary courses and departments involved S.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 9 10 11 12 4. Courses offered B.Tech. (Electrical & Electronics Engineering) M.Tech. (Power Systems) Name of the course English theory Engineering Mathematics-I Engineering Mathematics-II Engineering Physics and laboratory Engineering Chemistry and laboratory English language laboratory Engineering graphics C programming and Data Structures Programming laboratory Numerical Methods & Statistics Environmental Studies Electronic devices and laboratory Pulse and Digital Circuits and laboratory 13 Linear Integrated Circuit Applications 14 Digital Signal Processing 15 Microprocessors and laboratory Department Science & Humanities Science & Humanities Science & Humanities Science & Humanities Science & Humanities Science & Humanities Mechanical Engineering Computer Science Engineering Computer Science Engineering Science & Humanities Science & Humanities Electroniocs and Communication Engg Electroniocs and Communication Engg Electroniocs and Communication Engg Electroniocs and Communication Engg Electroniocs and Communication Engg Annual/semester/choice based credit system : semester based credit system B.Tech. first year annual system and remaining years are semester system NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 231 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 5. M.Tech. semester system Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments Provides assistance in teaching Circuit & Networks for Electronics and Communication Engineering students. Provides assistance in teaching Electrical and Electronics Measurements for Electronics and Communication Engineering students. Provides assistance in teaching Electrical Technology for Mechanical Engineering students. Provides assistance in teaching Electrical and Electronics Engineering for Computer science Engineering students. 6. Number of teaching posts sanctioned (Professors/Associate Professors/Asst. Professors) Professor Associate Professors Asst. Professors 7. Sanctioned --------- and filled Filled 02 02 18 Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialisation (D.Sc./D.Litt./ Ph.D./M.Phil., etc.) Name of the Designation Qualification Specialization faculty Dr V. Vijaya Professor& kumar Reddy Director Ph.D. Dr S. Suresh Reddy Smt P. SobhaRani Sri E. Vinod Arun Kumar Sri M. Sankaraiah Smt P. Dhana Selvi Sri Sk. Manjoor Ahmed Ph.D. Professor & HOD Associate Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor M.Tech. (Ph.D.) M.Tech. M.Tech. M.Tech. M.Tech. Electrical Mechanics & Industrial Drives Power Electronics Power Systems No of years of experience 29 10 16 Power Electronics Power Systems 8 Electrical Power Engineering High Voltage Engineering 8 NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar 7 7 Page 232 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Sri B. Shiva Assistant Prasad Professor Sri R. Ram Assistant Prasad Professor M.Tech. Sri U. Ramesh Babu Smt S.D.S. Bhagyamma Sri K. Murali Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Sri Ashok Assistant Reddy Professor Ms. Jahnavi Lecturer Sri A. Sujan Kumar Sri V. Pardha Saradhi Sri N. Manoj Kumar Sri G. Vijay Krishna Sri K. Sudheer Sri O. Felix Sri T. MabuSubhani Sri G. Kumar 8. 9. Power Systems 3 M.Tech. 3 M.Tech. Power Electronics Computer Aided Power Systems Electrical Power Systems PowerElectronics & Drives Embedded Power Systems Computer Aided Power Systems Power System & Automation Power System Operation & Control Power systems B.Tech. EEE - M.Tech. M.Tech. M.Tech. M.Tech. M.Tech. M.Tech. M.Tech. 8 8 6 3 1 1 3 2 1 - - Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio : B.Tech. M.Tech. Student teacher ratio 17:1 12:1 Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff: sanctioned and filled No. of Support Staff: 11. M.Tech. M.Tech. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty – programmewise information : 2.5% Programme 10. 5 M.Tech. (Ph.D.) M.Tech. Energy System Engineering Power System Operation & Control Engineering Electrical Power Engineering Power Systems Sanctioned: Filled: 11 Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 233 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 International funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Mention names of funding agencies and grants received projectwise. 12. Nil- Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; DBT, ICSSR, etc.; total grants received - 13. Nil - Research facility / centre with state recognition : ---- National recognition : ---- International recognition : ----- 14. Publications: Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (National / International) 58 research papers published by the faculty in National and International Journals S.No Name of The Faculty Designation No. of Publications 1. V. Vijay Kumar Reddy Director 1 2. 3. S. Suresh Reddy P Sobha Rani 4. E.Vinod Arun Kumar 5. M.Sankaraiah 6. P. Dhana Selvi 7. R.Ramprasad 8. B.Shiva Prasad 9. U. Ramesh Babu 10. S D S Bhagyamma 11. 12. 13. A. Sujan Kumar K.Murali N.Manoj Kumar NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Professor Associate Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant 4 4 1 6 1 3 4 4 1 3 2 5 Page 234 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 14. 15. 16. 17. V.Paradhasaradhi K.Sudheer G.Vijay Krishna O.Felix 18. Sri T. MabuSubhani 19. Sri G. Kumar 20. Sri Ashok Reddy Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Details of patents and income generated - Nil- 16. Areas of consultancy and income generated - Nil- 17. Faculty recharging strategies 1 Name of the faculty Dr .S. Suresh Reddy Name of programme/ course attended National level Workshop on “Fuzzy Logic and Wavelets” Wokshop on ‘Smart Grid’ 2. 3. 7 2 3 4 1 1 Monographs : Chapter(s) in Books: Editing Books : Books with ISBN numbers with details of publishers : Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) : Citation Index – range / average : SNIP : SJR :Impact factor – range / average : h-index : - 15. S. No. 1 Smt P. SobhaRani Sri E. Vinod Arun Kumar Wokshop on ‘Cloud computing’ National level Workshop on “Fuzzy Logic and Wavelets” Organized Institution NBKRIST S.V.University Tirupati S.V.University Tirupati NBKRIST Wokshop on ‘Smart Grid’ S.V.University Tirupati National level Workshop on “Fuzzy Logic and Wavelets” NBKRIST NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 235 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Sri M. Sankaraiah Smt P. Dhana Selvi Sri Sk. Manjoor Ahmed Sri B. Shiva Prasad Sri R. Ram Prasad Sri U. Ramesh Babu Smt S.D.S. Bhagyamma Sri A. Sujan Kumar Sri V. Pardha Saradhi Sri N. Manoj Kumar Sri K. Sudheer 15. Sri O. Felix 16. Sri T. MabuSubhani National level Workshop on “Fuzzy Logic and Wavelets” National level workshop on”Application of intelligent techniques to power system” Faculty Development program on Matlab application power engineering National level Workshop on “Fuzzy Logic and Wavelets” National level Workshop on “Fuzzy Logic and Wavelets” Workshop on Power system simulation/Matlab Workshop on Fuzzy &Wavelets Workshop on Energy system development Workshop on Fuzzy & wavelets Workshop of simulation lab Workshop on ‘Research Methodology’. Workshop on ‘Analog Electronics’. National level Workshop on ‘Advances in power electronics & drives’. Workshop on Simulation in Matlab’. National level workshop on ‘Fuzzy logic &wavelets Wokshop on ‘Smart Grid’ Workshop on ‘Research Methodology’. Workshop on ‘Engineering trends in oracle technology’. Workshop on’ARM Processor’. National level Workshop on “Fuzzy Logic and Wavelets” Workshop on” Hands on experience in Labview software” Workshop on ‘Neural Networksand Fuzzy logic’. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar NBKRIST NEC, Nellore ACET ,Gudur NBKRIST NBKRIST GPCET, Kurnool NBKRIST Vignan University NBKRIST SITE,Tirupati JNTU Hyderabad IIJK Tirupati GPREC ,Kurnool GPREC,Kurnool N.B.K.R.I.S.T S.V.U Tirupati SSIST, Chennai VTMT, Chennai VTU, Chennai NBKRIST ASIT, Gudur CRRE. Eluru Page 236 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 18. Student projects The students are grouped into batches based on the merit and are assigned faculty to do the projects. Society needs and current technical developments are taken in to consideration in the process of identifying the projects. Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter-departmental o 80% of students undergo in-house projects with the facilities available in the department. Percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with industries / Institutes o Rest 20% students carry out their project work in nearby industrial organizations. 19. Awards / recognitions received at the National and International level by Faculty Doctoral / post doctoral fellows Students 20. Nil Nil Nil Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (National / International) with details of outstanding participants, if any. (a) National Organized 3 National Workshops (b) International 21. ------ Student profile course-wise: Name of the Course Applications Enrolled Pass % /programme received *M *F *M *F (refer question no. 4) (Through Counseling) B.Tech. 2006-10 62 48 14 85.41 92.8 2007-11 130 92 38 61.95 55.26 2008-12 132 95 37 30.5 78.37 2009-13 108 75 33 62.6 87.87 M.Tech. 2010-12 18 15 3 86.67 100 NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 237 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 22. Name of the Course Applications Enrolled /programme received *M *F (refer question no. 4) (Through Counseling) 2011-13 13 11 2 *M=Male F=Female Diversity of students Name of the Course (refer question no. 2) B.Tech. M.Tech. 23. 100 % of students from the State % of students from other States % of students from other countries -------- 99 100 01 --- ----- How many students have cleared Civil Services, Defense Services, NET, SLET, GATE and any other competitive examinations? 2009-10 3 7 2 2010-11 1 6 - 2011-12 10 11 - 2012-13 3 12 1 Student progression Student progression UG to PG PG to M.Phil. PG to Ph.D. Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral Employed Campus selection Other than campus recruitment Entrepreneurs 25. 100 % of students from the College GATE PGCET TOFEL/GRE 24. Pass % *M *F % against enrolled 15-20 5-10 01-02 10-20 50-60 03 Diversity of staff Percentage of faculty who are graduates of the same parent University 27.27 from other universities within the State 63.63 from other universities from other States 9.1 26. Number of faculty who were awarded Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the assessment period. One faculty awared Ph.D in the last four years 27. Present details about infrastructural facilities a) Library NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 238 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Departmental Library was established. Text Books, Reference Books, Question Banks, Study Materials and Previous years University Question papers are made available in the Departmental Library and are issued to the students. b) Internet facilities for staff and students Central Internet Center is open for students and staff. Latest Computer system with unlimited Internet connection is provided to the department. Wi-Fi facility available for whole campus. c) Total number of class rooms : 10 d) Class rooms with ICT facility E-class room with all ICT equipment is available for conducting Seminars / Workshops / Guest lectures. e) Students’ laboratories Circuits & Networks Laboratory is well equipped with new Equipments and instruments for conducting experiments. Power Electronics &Control Systems Laboratory is well equipped Simulation laboratory is well equipped with software and new Computers for simulation and programming purposes. Electro-Mechanical Energy Conversion Laboratory is well equipped with new Machines, Equipments and instruments for conducting experiments. Power System Laboratory is well equipped with new Equipments and instruments for conducting experiments. Electrical Measurements Laboratory is well equipped with new Equipments and instruments for conducting experiments. f) Research laboratories 28. Number of students of the department getting financial assistance from College. Meritorious students are offered financial assistance by Dr. Nedurumalli Janardhan Reddy Trust. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 239 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 The students who obtain the EAMCET rank less than ten thousand are eligible to get full tuition fee waiving under scheme of FOUNDATION FOR EXCELENCE, USA Based organization. 29. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new program(s)? If so, give the methodology. - 30. Does the department obtain feedback from a. Faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how does the department utilize it? Yes. It is used for updating syllabus, teaching and learning methodologies to improve performance of their present duties, research and department establishment. b. Students on staff, curriculum as well as teaching-learningevaluation and what is the response of the department to the same? Yes. Based on feedback from students the concerned faculty are advised to overcome any deficiencies. c. Alumni and employers on the programmes and what is the response of the department to the same? Yes. Based on the feedback from alumni and employers appropriate steps are taken to strengthen the employability of students. 31. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10) S.No Name the Alumni Year of passed out 1 Dr.M. Vijaya Kumar 1988 2 G. Rajeswari 1988 3 Dr. M.Damodar Reddy 1989 4 D.Ramana Reddy 1990 5 K.Ramu 1993 6 Ch. Vasu P.BalaSubramanya Surendra 1993 8 P.Mahu 1999 9 Sai S Kumar 2000 10 N. Ramana Reddy 2004 7 1998 Present position Former Registrar, J.N.T.U. College of Engineering, Anantapur ADE, Powersystems, Hyderabad Professor, S.V.U.College of Engineering, Tirupati V.P.Operations, DVR Softck Inc, New Jercy Project Manager,Seimens Ltd. Bangalore ADE, APSPDCL, Guntur Computer Design Engineer, Intel India, Bangalore Application programmer,IBM, Bangalore Senor Software Engg. L&T Infotech, Bangalore Scientist-B, NTRO, Secunderabad NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 240 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 32. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with external experts. S.No 1 2 3 4 5. Some of special lectures delivered by renowned external experts: Name the Topic Expert N.Pratap Kumar Transmission line faults, substation equipment Dr.Sk.Abdul Opportunities for Gaffor electrical engineers J.Visweswaran Virtual & S.Sahu Instrumentation S.Ganapathi Energy conversion awareness V.Madhukar Automation awareness Organization DE,APTRANSCO Professor,Bapatla Engg.college Trident Tech Lab. Private ltd.,Bangalore Rtd.SE.APTRANSCO, Nellore Prolific systems and technologies Private ltd. Details of workshops conducted in the last academic year are given below o Two day workshop on Android application development, April 2012. o Advanced Robotic workshop using surface computing technology, Aug-2012. 33. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes. In addition to the existing teaching-learning process LCD and audio visual aids are adopted to improve the student learning. Problem solving sessions, assignments, student seminars, paper presentations, study projects etc., are the regular teaching methods of the department. 34. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and learning outcomes monitored? Educational tours are conducted, contents beyond syllabus are framed, and seminars are conducted for students. 35. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities. S.No 1. Name of the faculty Dr V. Vijaya kumar Reddy Institutional Social Responsibilities Serving as the Coordinator of NAAC ReAccreditation of the Institute. Serving as Director of College Served as Convener and Member in the NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 241 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 College Administrative Committees 2 Dr S.Suresh Reddy 3. Smt P.Sobha Rani 4. Sri E.Vinod Arun Kumar 6. Sri M.Sankaraiah 7. Smt P.Dhana Selvi 8. Sri Sk.Manjoor Ahmed 9. Sri. R.RamPrasad 10. Sri B.Siva Prasad 11. 12. Sri U.Ramesh Babu Smt.S.D.S Bhagyamma 13. Sri K.Murali 14. Sri A.Sujan Kumar 15. Sri V.Pardha Saradhi 16. Sri N.Manoj Kumar 17. Sri G.Vijay Krishna Serving as HOD of Electrical & Electronics Engineering Department. Served as Convener and Member in the College Administrative Committees Coordinator of Women Grievances Cell Serving as the Coordinator of NAAC ReAccreditation of the Institute. Serving as incharge for Electro Mechanicl Energy Conversion Laboratory Serving as Co-superintendent of Examination Cell Serving as incharge for Power Electronics Laboratory Serving as incharge for MATLAB Serving as Time-Table incharge of EEE Department. Served as incharge for Electrical & Electronics Engineering Association Served as incharge for Circuits and Networks Laboratory Serving as incharge for Electrical & Electronics Engineering Association Served as faculty Associate for Electrical & Electronics Engineering Association. Serving as committee member in Central library Serving as Electrical Incharge of Institute. Served as faculty Associate for Electrical & Electronics Engineering Association. Serving as Deputy Warden of the College Attached Hostels. Serving as Deputy Warden of the College Attached Hostels. Serving as incharge for online Department works. Serving as Deputy Warden of the College Attached Hostels. Served as faculty Associate for Electrical & Electronics Engineering Association. 36. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department Organizing educational tour every year, conducting Association activities. 37. State whether the programme/ department is accredited/ graded by other agencies. Give details. The department is accredited thrice by NBA, at present the department is accredited from 2013-2015. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 242 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 ISO 9001-2008 certified from 20-1-2012 to 20-1-2015. 38. Detail any five Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of the department Strengths Experienced, Committed and Qualified Faculty Two Faculty members are with Ph.D. Two Faculty members are pursuing Ph.D. Motivated and experienced technical staff Faculty involvement with students A large number of students of electrical engineering department are University Rankers Technically equipped and well maintained Laboratory with state of art experimental equipment. Eagerness of faculty and staff to learn recent technological developments. Weaknesses Students come from socially backward and remote areas. Students are weak in soft skills. Department has been planning for more PG and PhD programs. Thrust is to be given on Consultancy and R&D activities Opportunities Major Electrical Generating Companies are located around Nellore, hence students have more opportunity to do industry internship training and industrial visit. Growing demands in electrical sector for graduates. Interest in academic program expansion. Technological advances. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 243 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Challenges Difficulties to mould students as per changing industrial and technology requirements. Delivering the course as per intellectual level of admitted students. Development of soft skills among student and preparing them for various competitive exams. Due to mushrooming of engineering colleges in the region the meritorial students prefer to join city based colleges rather to join this college located in the rural area. 39. Future plans of the department. R&D consultancy services to be augmented. Financial assistance to attract meritorious and bright students. Strong placement centers and strengthens the community welfare services. Additional facilities to encourage the sports and games activities. To procure latest software and equipment in order to accommodate innovations in the emerging areas of the department. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 244 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 EVALUATIVE REPORT OF ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT 1. Name of the Department : Electronics& Communication Engineering Year of establishment : 1980 2. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.) Sl. No. Courses offered (UG) 1 B.Tech. (ECE) 2 M.Tech. (DECS) Interdisciplinary courses and departments involved 3. S.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 9 10 11 4. Department Science & Humanities Science & Humanities Science & Humanities Science & Humanities Science & Humanities Science & Humanities Mechanical Engineering Computer Science Engineering Computer Science Engineering Science & Humanities Science & Humanities Electrical and Electronics Engineering 12 Electrical and Electronics Engineering 13 Science & Humanities 14 Science & Humanities 15 Electrical and Electronics Engineering 16 Computer Networks Computer Science Engineering Annual/ semester/choice based credit system : Semester based credit system 5. Name of the course English theory Engineering Mathematics-I Engineering Mathematics-II Engineering Physics and laboratory Engineering Chemistry and laboratory English language laboratory Engineering graphics C programming and Data Structures Programming laboratory Numerical Methods & Statistics Environmental Studies Circuits and Networks & laboratory Electrical Technology &laboratory Managerial Economics Management Science Control Systems B.Tech. first year is in annual system and remaining years are in semester system M.Tech. in semester based credit system Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 245 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 The following courses are handled by our department faculty in other departments of the Institution. S.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6. Department Name of the course Electronic devices and EEE & CSE laboratory Pulse and Digital Circuits and EEE laboratory Linear Integrated Circuit Applications EEE Digital Signal Processing EEE Microprocessors and laboratory EEE & CSE Elements of Electronics and CSE Communication Engineering Electronics Engineering and laboratory Mechanical Engineering Number of teaching posts sanctioned and filled (Professors/Associate Professors/Asst. Professors) Sanctioned 7. Filled Professor 4 Associate Professors 1 Asst. Professors 17 Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization (D.Sc./D.Litt./ Ph.D./M.Phil., etc.) S. N Name 1 Dr.G. Harinatha Reddy 2 P.Mohanaiah 3 4 B. Subba Reddy Dr.K. Nagi Reddy Qualificatio n Designati on Specialization No. of Years of Experien ce M.Tech., Ph.D. Professor Signal Processing 21 M.Tech.,(Ph. D.) M.Tech. B.Tech. M.Tech., Ph.D. M.Tech., (Ph.D.) Associate Professor Professor Professor Professor Signal Processing Micro wave Engineering Signal Processing Signal Processing Space Technology and Applications 18 20 16 5 C.MohanRao 6 G.V.Ramanai ah M.Tech. B.Tech. Assistant Professor 7 A.Rama Krishna Prasad M.E. B.Tech. Assistant Professor DECS 5 years, 1 month 8 R.Lavanya M.Tech B.Tech. Assistant Professor DECS 6 years, 9months NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar 12 6 years, 6 months Page 246 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 M.Raveendra B.Mysura Reddy S. Bharath Kumar M.Vinayaka B.Rajendra Prasad K.Vasudeva Reddy E.KarunaKu mari C.Murali Krishna Yadav 17 K. Sravani 18 G. Nagarjuna Reddy 19 L.Gurukumar 20 P.Bhargav 21 A Rajasekhar 22 B Ramakrishna Reddy M.Tech B.Tech. M.Tech B.Tech. M.Tech B.Tech. M.Tech. B.Tech. M.Tech. B.Tech. M.Tech. B.Tech. M.Tech. B.Tech. Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor M.Tech. B.Tech. VLSI 6 years, 3 months VLSI 5 years LICS 7 years, 2 months Embedded systems 2 years EICE 4 years DSCE 4 years ECE 2 years Assistant Professor Communication systems 2 years M.Tech. B.Tech. M.E.,M.B.A B.Tech. M.Tech. B.Tech. M.Tech. B.Tech. M.Tech. B.Tech. Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Embedded systems 3 years Control and Instrumentation 6 years VLSI 1year , 9 Months Telecommunicat ions 1 year M.Tech. B.Tech. Assistant Professor Communication systems Digital Electronics and Communication Systems 1 year 3 years 8. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty – programmewise information : Nil 9. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio : 10. Programme B.Tech. M.Tech. Number of academic support staff: sanctioned and filled No. of Support Staff: Student teacher ratio 18: 1 12:1 staff (technical) and administrative Sanctioned: NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Filled: 09 Page 247 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 11. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Mention names of funding agencies and grants received projectwise. Nil 12. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; DBT, ICSSR, etc.; total grants received Nil 13. Research facility / centre with state recognition National recognition International recognition 14. : ----: ----: ----- Publications: S.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 No of publications (journal) 4 Dr.G. Harinatha Reddy M.Tech., Ph.D. 5 P.Mohanaiah M.Tech.,(Ph.D.) 7 Dr.K. Nagi Reddy M.Tech., Ph.D. 2 C.MohanRao M.Tech.,(Ph.D.) 1 R.Lavanya M.Tech. 1 B.Mysura Reddy M.Tech. 2 S. Bharath Kumar M.Tech. 3 M.Vinayaka M.Tech. 6 B.Rajendra Prasad M.Tech. 5 K.Vasudeva Reddy M.Tech. 3 K. Sravani M.Tech. 3 L.Gurukumar M.Tech. 1 A Rajasekhar M.Tech. Name Qualification 43 papers published in peer reviewed journals by students and faculty members Monographs : Chapter(s) in Books :Editing Books :Books with ISBN numbers with details of publishers : Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) : Citation Index – range / average : - NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 248 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 SNIP : SJR : Impact factor – range / average :h-index : - 15. Details of patents and income generated : Nil 16. Areas of consultancy and income generated : Nil 17. Faculty recharging strategies S.No 1 Name of the faculty Dr.G.Harinatha Reddy Name of programme/course attended Two day zonal seminar on “Communications and Information Technologies” Participated in One day workshop on “Electromagnetic Interference /Electromagnetic Compatibility Participated in Two day National level workshop on “Adaptive Signal Processing & Applications” Organized Institution S.V University, Tirupati SVU College of Engineering, Tirupati LBR College of Engineering, Mylavaram S.V.University, Attended to the “School on Radar And Tirupati and Lidar Remote Sensing of The (NARL), Gadanki NARL Atmosphere”. Participated in the International Gadanki/Tirupati MITS, Madanapalle Workshop MST-11. 2 Prof. P.Mohanaiah Attended to a workshop “Road map to Autonomous of engineering colleges” conducted A workshop on Digital Imaging: JNTU College of Trends and perspectives. Engineering, Ananthapur A Five Day workshop on Digital Signal VIT Vellore Processing and its Applications. A 3 day Workshop on Speech signal Processing and coding conducted. A workshop on Digital Imaging: Trends and perspectives. One day seminar on Future GPS and its Issues conducted. NIT Warangal JNTU College of Engineering, Ananthapur NETRU, One week In-house Short Term Hyderabad Training Programme for faculty on Research methodology in Science and VIT Vellore Engineering. A 3 day Faculty Development Programme on Statistical Signal NBKRIST, Processing. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 249 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 A 6 Day Workshop on Instructional design & delivery. AICTE Sponsored FDP on advance signal &Image Processing Techniques. A workshop on Embedded systems and applications. One day workshop on ViMicrosystems. FDP on advanced digital Processing Algorithms A Two week workshop on Analog Electronics by 3 Prof. B Subba Reddy 4 Dr .K.Nagi Reddy 5 Sri C.MohanRao NBKRIST, NBKRIST, NBKRIST, VIT Vellore SVU College of Engineering IIT Kharghpur A work shop on Complimentary JNTUA, domines-VLSI and embedded systems. Ananthapur. AICTE Sponsored FDP on advance NBKRIST, Vidyanagar signal &Image Processing Technique. An AICTE Sponsored five Day QIP IISc., on wireless Security. Bangolore A five day AICTE sponsored summer school on Engineering application of NIT,Hamirpur EDA tools-Verilog. A three week MHRD-AICTE-FDP on NIT,Calicut Analog IC Design A 3 week UGC Sponsored refresher course on Advances in DIP and LIDAR JNTU,Hyderabad Participated in Two day National level LBR College of Engineering, workshop on “Adaptive Signal Mylavaram Processing & Applications” NARL, Gadanki, Participated in the 5 day International Tirupati. Workshop MST-11 A 3 day Faculty Development VIT Vellore Programme on Statistical Signal ISS college of Processing days Workshop on V.L.S.I Design and Engineering, Hyderabad its applications JNTU Hederabad 17 days Workshop on V.L.S.I Design SSN college of and its applications Engg. Chennai Two week STTP on DSP and its Kalavakam . applications NBKRIST,Vidyanag One day workshop on Viar Microsystems SV University A Two week workshop on DBMS by college of IIT Bombay Engg.Tirupathi SV University A Two week workshop on Analog college of Electronics by IIT Kharghpur Engg.Tirupathi A 6 Day Workshop on Instructional NBKRIST,Vidyanag design & delivery ar AICTE Sponsored FDP on advance signal &Image Processing Techniques NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar NBKRIST,Vidyanag ar Page 250 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 6 G.V. Ramanaiah 7 A Ramakrishna Prasad 8 R.Lavanya 9 M.Raveendra 10 B.Mysura Reddy Faculity Development programme in “Loop Hole-Ethical Hacking Workshop” three days workshop on “CADENCE Design Tools and VLSI Design” A Two week workshop on Analog Electronics by IIT Kharghpur AICTE Sponsored FDP on advance signal &Image Processing Techniques AICTE Sponsored A Two week FDP on advance signal &Image Processing Techniques 3 day workshop on Embedded systems STTP on Advanced signal processing and applications AICTE Sponsored A Two week FDP on advance signal &Image Processing Techniques Staff Development Program On "Cirriculam, Measurement And Evaluation" Digital watermarking & DSP processors" VLSI design flow A Two week AICTE workshop on wireless communication NBKRIST, Vidyanagar ASCET, Gudur SV University college of Engg.Tirupathi NBKRIST, Vidyanrar NBKRIST, Vidyanrar ASCET, Gudur NBKRIST, Vidyanagar NBKRIST, Vidyanagar NBKRIST, Vidyanagar GKCE, Sullurpet BEC, Bapatla Pandicherry Engineering College, pandicherry A Three days workshop on “CADENCE ASCET, Gudur Design Tools and VLSI Desgin” STTP on Advanced signal processing and applications NBKRIST, two days National workshop on Vidyanagar “Research Methodologies ” NBKRIST, AICTE Sponsored A Two week FDP on Vidyanagar advance signal &Image Processing NBKRIST, Techniques. Vidyanagar AICTE Sponsored two week FDP on advance signal &Image Processing Techniques. A one day National Level Workshop on “Fuzzy Logic & Wavelets” A 3 day workshop on web application development NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar NBKRIST Vidyanagar NBKRIST Vidyanagar NBKRIST Vidyanagar Page 251 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 11 S.Bharath Kumar A10 day Quality Improvement Programme on development of teaching skills by NITTTR. A two day workshop on “Emerging Trends In VLSI Design” Two day workshop on “VLSI Design A two days workshop on ‘Advanced Radar Signal Processing 12 13 B.Rajenrda Prasad K.Vasudeva Reddy 14 K.Vinayaka 15 Ch .Murali Krishna Yadav 16 17 18 AICTE Sponsored A Two week FDP on advance signal &Image Processing Techniques one day workshop onRemote Sensing & Image Processing Workshop on Image and Speech Processing. FDP on advance signal &Image Processing Techniques A two weeks AICTE Sponsored Staff Development Programme on “Low Power VLSI Design A two day workshop on system design using XILINX A Workshop on complimentary domain VLSI AICTE Sponsored A Two week FDP on advance signal &Image Processing Techniques AICTE Sponsored A Two week FDP on advance signal &Image Processing Techniques AICTE Sponsored A Two week FDP on advance signal &Image Processing Techniques A Workshop on Embedded Systems E.KarunaKumari AICTE Sponsored A Two week FDP on advance signal &Image Processing Techniques K.Sravani A two weeks AICTE Sponsored Staff Development Programme on “Low Power VLSI Design AICTE Sponsored A Two week FDP on advance signal &Image Processing Techniques L.Gurukumar workshop on Xilinx &spartan FPGA families NBKRIST, Vidyanagar S.V University college of Engg,Tirupati, ASCET, Gudur S.V University college of Engg,Tirupati NBKRIST, Vidyanagar ASCET, Gudur IIIT,Hyderabad NBKRIST, Vidyanagar RGM CET, Nandyala ALIET, Vijayavada JNTUA, Anantapur NBKRIST, Vidyanagar NBKRIST, Vidyanagar NBKRIST, Vidyanagar JNTUA, Anantapur NBKRIST, Vidyanagar RGM CET, Nandyala NBKRIST, Vidyanagar COREL Technologies, Bangalore AICTE sponsored a two week fdp on NBKRIST advance signal &image processing Vidyanagar techniques Professsional Enhancement & Carrier ------enablement workshop series on NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 252 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 19 P.Bhargav 20 A.Rajasekhar 21 G Nagarjuna Reddy Engineering Software Quality Professsional Enhancement & Carrier enablement workshop series on MEMS AICTE Sponsored A Two week FDP on advance signal &Image Processing Techniques. A Two day workshop on Lates tools AICTE Sponsored A Two week FDP on advance signal &Image Processing Techniques A Workshop on Wireless Communication A three day International workshop on advances in photonic and optical materials. AICTE Sponsored A Two week FDP on advance signal &Image Processing Techniques A Workshop on virtual Instrumentation. A workshop on VLSI Signal processing A workshop on wavelets and its applications 22 B Ramakrishna Reddy 18. Student projects Workshop on fuzzy Logic and Wave lets AICTE Sponsored A Two week FDP on advance signal &Image Processing Techniques A workshop on signal Processing and Embedded System applications -------NBKRIST, Vidyanagar SVIET, Rangampet NBKRIST, Vidyanagar SSN college of Engg.,Chennai SSN college Engg., Chennai NBKRIST, Vidyanagar Anna University College of Engg.,Chennai Dr.samuel George Institute ,Markapur VR Sidhartha engineering College, Vijayawada NBKRIST, Vidyanagar NBKRIST, Vidyanagar CMR Engineering College, Hyderabad The students are grouped in to batches based on the marks obtained upto III year I Semester. Students select the projects based on society needs and current technical developments are taken in to consideration in the process of identifying the projects. Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter-departmental 80 % of the student projects are done in the Institution under the guidance of faculty members by utilizing the facilities in the department. Percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with industries / Institutes 20 % of the student projects are done outside the Institution in research laboratories such as ISRO, DRDO, HAL, ECIL etc. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar of Page 253 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 19. Awards / recognitions received at the National and International level by Faculty Prof. P. Mohanaiah has been recognized as voluntary facilitator for Foundation For Excellence USA based organization. Prof. P. Mohanaiah is a member in board of studies (BOS) in Vikrama Simhapuri University,Nellore. Dr. G. Harinatha Reddy is an executive member of Governing council, IETE, Tirupathilocal centre. Dr. K. Nagi Reddy has been awarded Ph.D. from S.V. University on 20th June 2013 for his work on “Some spectral estimation techniques for SNR improvement of MST Radar signals”. Dr. K. Nagi Reddy received best paper award for the paper entitled “Complex group delay Function and its Derivative for spectrum estimation of MST Radar signals” published on SANKETHIKA A National Conference on signal and image processing conducted by SV University on 12th June 2012. Doctoral / post doctoral fellows : Nil Students : 20. - Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (National / International) with details of outstanding participants, if any. (a) National Organized a two week workshop on Advanced Signal and Image Processing funded by AICTE. Organized a one week STTP on advance signal processing and applications funded by AICTE-ISTE. Organized faculty awareness campaign on “entrepreneurship” funded by ISTE. (b) International 21. ------ Student profile course-wise: NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 254 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Name of the Course (refer question no. 2) B.Tech.(2006- 10) B.Tech.(2007- 11) B.Tech.(2008- 12) B.Tech.(2009- 13) 22. Selected Pass percentage Male Female Male Female 94 92 91 86 38 40 41 46 84.04 81.52 75.82 89.53 100.00 100.00 95.12 100.00 Diversity of students Name of the Course (refer question no. 2) B.Tech. M.Tech. 23. Applications received (Through Counseling) 132 132 132 132 % of students from the College --- % of students from the State % of students from other States % of students from other countries 99 100 01 -- ---- How many students have cleared Civil Services, Defense Services, NET, SLET, GATE and any other competitive examinations? Five students qualified in GATE 2013. Item Number of Admitted students (including lateral entry) Number of students who went for higher studies with valid qualifying scores/ranks (GATE/PGCET) Defence service 24. 2012-13 2011-12 2010-11 2009-10 144 144 144 144 05 05 08 09 - - - - Student progression Student progression UG to PG PG to M.Phil. PG to Ph.D. Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral Employed Campus selection Other than campus recruitment Entrepreneurs 25. Diversity of staff Percentage against enrolled 40-50 5-10 - Percentage of faculty who are graduates of the same parent University from other universities within the State from other universities from other States NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar 20 30 5 22.72 72.22 4.54 Page 255 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 26. Number of faculty who were awarded Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the assessment period. Dr. K. Nagi Reddy awarded Ph.D. from Sri Venkateswara University in year 2013 27. Present details about infrastructural facilities a) Library In addition to the central library departmental library was established. Text books, reference books, question banks, GATE materials, previous year’s University question papers and CDs are made available in the departmental library and will be issued to staff and students. b) Internet facilities for staff and students Internet center is open for all students and staff. 5 computer systems with unlimited internet connection is provided to the department. Wi-Fi facility is available for enabling the internet for all faulty laptops and standalone systems. c) Total number of class rooms : 10 d) Class rooms with ICT facility E-class room with all ICT equipment is available for conducting seminars/workshops/ guest lectures. e) Students’ laboratories The department has state-of-art laboratories as follows S.No Laboratory 1 IC Applications lab 2 Pulse & digital circuits lab 3 Electronic devices lab 4 Microwave and optical communications lab 5 Digital signal processing lab 6 Digital system design lab 7 Microprocessors lab 8 Digital signal processing lab 9 Communication Engineering lab 10 Communication & Signal processing lab f) Research laboratories NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 256 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 28. Number of students of the department getting financial assistance from College. 60% of the students receive financial assistance in the form of scholarships and fee reimbursement from the government of Andhra Pradesh under SC/ST/BC/EBC/PHC/ Minority categories. Meritorious students are offered financial assistance by Dr. Nedurumalli Janardhan Reddy trust. Rs 4,14,000/- Financial Assistance is provided by Foundation For Excellence (FFE), a US based organization for merit students admitted in this Institution. 29. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before development of new program(s)? If so, give the methodology. - the 30. Does the department obtain feedback from a. Faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how does the department utilize it? Yes, the department takes feedback from the eminent personalities and from the faculty of our own department who are handling the subjects and these suggestions are used to improve the teaching learning process. b. Students on staff, curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation and what is the response of the department to the same? Feedback on staff by the students will be done on every semester end. The feedback is collected based on the questionnaires supplied to the students these questions are mostly related to teaching learning and are evaluated. Based on the evaluation the department takes initiatives to improve teaching-learning-evaluation. c. Alumni and employers on the programmes and what is the response of the department to the same? Every year end (Mostly in the middle of December) alumni meet is scheduled. Alumni involved in giving the feedback of the respective departments. Almost all faculty of the department are involved in evaluating the merits and demerits. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 257 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Department will take measures to nullify the demerits. 31. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10) S.No Name the Alumni Year of passed out 1 Dr. Jayashankar 1988 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Dr.T.Srinivasulu Reddy Dr.G.Umamaheswar Reddy Dr.Noor Mohammed Dr.KVSubramanyam Dr.P.Sudhakar Reddy Dr.P.RameshBabu Sri P.Srinivasulu Dr.P.Hanumantha Rao Dr. G Rammohana Reddy Present position 2000 1990 Prof.& Head of ECE,Vasavi Engineering College,Hyderabad Associate Professor of ECE SV University ,Tirupati Associate Professor of ECE SV University ,Tirupati IIIT,Chennai Director, RISE Group of Institutions 1993 Srikalahasthi Institute of Technology 1990 1988 Pandichery Engineering College,Pandicherry General Manager,NRSA(ISRO),Hyderabad 1987 Scientist,Mon.GCommunications,chennai 1987 Professor, Dept. of IT, Chairman-Central Computer Centre NIT – Surathkal 1990 1992 32. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with external experts. A Two day National level Technical Symposium IEEE Zonal Congress was conducted by K. Nagi Reddy on 16th and 17th February 2013. A workshop on mobile applications “Android Mobile Application Development” by ARK Techno Solutions was conducted by K. Nagi Reddy on 29th and 30th March 2012. A Two day National level Technical Symposium IEEE Zonal Congress was conducted by K.Nagi Reddy on 29th and 30th October 2011. A Two day workshop on Robotics “Advanced Robotics using Surface computing” conducted by K.Nagi Reddy on 21st and 22nd January 2012. A National level workshop organized by the department on “fuzzy logic &wavelets” on 19/01/2011. National level workshop conducted on 13/12/2008 entitled “embedded systems and applications” NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 258 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Some of special/guest experts lecturers delivered by renowned external S.No Name the Topic Expert 1 Dr.M.Ram Bio-medical Signal aSubba Processing Reddy 2 Dr.S.Nara Recent developments yana in ECE Reddy 3 Dr.ASR Adaptive Signal Reddy Processing 4 Dr.G.R Advanced Signal Reddy Processing 5 Dr.S.Vara Multirate Signal darajan Processing and Wavelets Organization Professor, Applied Electronics,IIT,Chennai Professor in ECE, S.V University,Tirupati Principal,SKIT Professor ,VIT, Vellore Professor in ECE, S.V University,Tirupati List of eminent academicians and scientists/ visitors to the department S.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Academicians/ Scientists Dr. S.N. Reddy, Prof & Head, ECE, SV University Dr. Rama Subba Reddy, Professor ,IIT Madras Dr.V.S.K.Reddy, Principal, MRGI, Hyderabad Dr.S. Varada Rajan ,Professor in ECE, SV University Dr.P. Sathyanarayana, professor in ECE, SV University Dr.G.R.Reddy, Professor of ECE, VIT, Vellore A.Gridhar yadav, Tech Labs D.Partha Sarathi, Aricent group , Banglore Sri Bhavani Prabhu, SANDS instruments pvt ltd, Chennai Aditya Surabhi & Anirudh Cheruvu, Phoenix Technologies and services, Nellore SK. Fayaz Basha, Phoenix Technologies and services, Nellore V. Karthik Reddy, Phoenix Technologies and services, Nellore V.Madhukar, Prolifie system and Technologies pvt ltd 33. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes. In addition to conventional lecturing method use of LCD, audio–visual aids are adopted to improve student learning. 34. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and learning outcomes monitored? To meet Programme objectives We are able to justify the student by inculcating the basic concepts in to the minds of the student. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 259 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 The students are asked to submit the assignments to the concern faculty of the Department so as to improve the mathematical analysis as well as technical knowledge which intern enable the students to prepare for competitive exams like GATE,GRE,TOFEL etc. The students are motivated to carry out the mini projects on their own interesting area and submit to any symposiums being organized by different universities/Institutions all over India. Students are encouraged to participate in the various events organized by the departmental associations, IETE, IEEE, ISTE, Music club, Dramatic Club, Painting club, Photography club etc. for developing the multidisciplinary, communication skills, career development etc. Students are encouraged to present Technical and Non-technical papers in the different symposiums as well as conducting similar events in this Institution under different clubs of the Institution. To monitor Learning outcomes The students mathematical abilities and problem solving capabilities are monitored by conducting the midterm examinations at the Institute level. The analytical and visualization capabilities can be assessed by the practical Examinations. Monitoring of communication skills, verbal and writing skills of the student is to be done by conducting the mock interviews and asking the students give a seminar on any technical or nontechnical topics. The self confidence of the students can be improved by conducting group discussions among the students .This also helps in facing competitive world. 35. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities. Dr. G. Harinatha Reddy Acting as Head of the department. Acting as executive member, Governing Council, IETE, Tirupati Centre. Prof. P. Mohanaiah Serving as voluntary facilitator for foundation for excellence USA based organization. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 260 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Sri B Subba Reddy Acting as in-charge for purchase orders in the department. Acting as IETE coordinator. Dr. K. Nagi Reddy Served as controller of examinations in this Institution. Serving as warden for Boys hostels. Serving as in charge for IEEE student chapter. Acting as Cable TV in-charge in the Institution. Sri C. Mohan Rao Acting as in- charge for Intercom and PA systems Acting as assistant superintendent in examination cell. Acting as ISTE student advisor. Sri S. Bharath Kumar In-charge for Photography club of the Institution. Editor of college gazette. Smt R. Lavanya Acting as In-charge for Department Library and ECE Association. Sri G V Ramanaiah Acting as in-charge for timeTables preparation for the department. Sri A Rama Krishna Prasad Acting as in-charge of central library for the department. 36. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department. The Department of ECE organize many events to explore the student NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 261 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 in recent trends in the departmental activities like Department Association,IETE,IEEE,etc. 37. State whether the programme/ department is accredited/ graded by other agencies. Give details. The Department of ECE has Accredited thrice by NBA, at present the department is accredited up to 2015. 38. Detail any five Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of the department. Strengths The department was accredited thrice by NBA-AICTE. Qualified and experienced faculty members. Good infrastructure. The department is equipped with state-of-the-art laboratory facilities. Good results with pass percentage of 80 plus. Clean and green environment. Wi-Fi facility is available. Regular games and sports activities. Regular career guidance programmes. Make-up classes for below average students. Regular monitoring of students attendance. Weaknesses Institute is situated at remote area. Less industry exposure to the Institution. Need to improve research and development. Need to get consultancy projects. Opportunities NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 262 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Due to the rapid growth of service industry more and more number of workforces is required in the country and the ECE graduates are able to get employment opportunities. Technology development and Innovation due to globalization. Growing student demand in software/core industries. Employment and industry trends. Challenges Making the students aware of the latest technologies in Electronics & Communication Engineering. Downward trend of quality of intake of students. Fast changing technologies. To comply with policies of Government and Academic bodies. Difficulties in inviting the subject experts because of location of the Institute. 39. Future plans of the department. To provide a full-fledged departmental library with adequate computing facilities. To make all the class rooms in the department as e-class rooms. To apply more research projects under various faculty research groups of the department from various R&D and Government funding agencies. To provide more Industry-Institution relationship to take up real time needs of the Industry as students/faculty projects. To increase the number of research publications in the reputed journals. To conduct Faculty Development Programmes to train the faculty in the emerging technologies and teaching methodologies. To have collaborations and MOUs with the foreign universities. To conduct various activities to enhance the entrepreneurial skills to the students. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 263 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 To provide furniture and other required gadgets for the seminar hall/ conference hall. To get the recognition as Research Centre. To produce quality student projects taking up innovative problems relevant to the society. More thrust on on-campus placement drive. Enhancement of career guidance and motivation programmes. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 264 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 EVALUATIVE REPORT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT : 1979 1. Name of the Department Year of establishment : 2. Names of Programmes / Courses offered 3. S. No. 1 Courses offered U.G - B.Tech. (ME) 2 P.G - M.Tech. (Advance Manufacturing System) Interdisciplinary courses and departments involved S. No. 1 4. Mechanical Engineering Name of the course Department English Science & Humanities 2 Engineering Mathematics – I Science & Humanities 3 Engineering Mathematics – II Science & Humanities 4 Engineering Physics Science & Humanities 5 Engineering Chemistry Science & Humanities 6 7 Science & Humanities Computer Science & Engg. 8 English Language Laboratory Computer Programming & Data Structures Programming Laboratory 9 Numerical Methods & Statistics Science & Humanities 10 Civil Engineering 11 Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulics Laboratory Environmental Studies 12 Electronics Engineering 13 Electrical Engineering Electronics and Communication Electrical & Electronics Engg. 14 EEE/ECE 15 Electrical & Electronics Engg. Laboratory Managerial Economics 16 Accountancy Science & Humanities Computer Science & Engg. Civil Engineering Science & Humanities Annual/ semester/choice based credit system : Semester based credit system 5. B.Tech. first year in annual system and remaining years are semester system M.Tech. semester system Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 265 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Sl. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6. Name of the course Engineering Graphics Work Shop Practice Industrial Management Optimization Techniques Mechanics of Solids Fluid Mechanics Engineering Mechanics Number of teaching posts sanctioned and (Professors/Associate Professors/Asst. Professors) Professor Associate Professors Asst. Professors 7. Department CIV CIV, CSE, EEE, ECE CSE CSE Civil Engineering Civil Engineering Civil Engineering filled Sanctioned Filled ---5 ---6 ---11 Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization (D.Sc./D.Litt./ Ph.D./M.Phil., etc.) Name 36 Professor Alternate Sources of Energy I.C.Engines No. of Ph.D. Students guided in the last 4 years 2 + 4* 28 - M.Tech. Professor Thermal Engg. 21 - Ph.D.. Professor 23 1 + 6* Ph.D.. Professor 13 3* M.Tech. Assoc. Prof M.Tech. (Ph.D) M.E (Ph.D) M.Tech (Ph.D). M.Tech. Assoc. Prof Production Engg. Production Engg. Production Engg. Thermal Engg. Machine Design Engg. Thermal Engg. 14 Material Science Industrial Engg. Industrial Engg. 16 Qualification Designation Dr. R. Hari Prakash Rao Ph.D. Professor Prof. M. Venkata Rao Prof. M. Sreenivasulu Dr. P. Nanda Kumar Dr. C.H.R. Vikram Kumar Sri. P.S. Ravi Kumar Sri. S. Sunil Kumar Reddy Sri. P. Srihari Reddy Smt. S. Indumati M.E Sri. S.P. Akbar Hussain Sri. P. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Sri. B. Satheesh Kumar M.Tech. (Ph.D) M.Tech. (Ph.D) Assoc. Prof Assoc. Prof Assoc. Prof Assoc. Prof Asst. Prof Specialization NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar No. of Years of Experience 18 14 11 - 16 - 11 Page 266 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Sri. P. V. Vijaya Kumar Sri. B. Madhusudhan Reddy Sri. Sk. Zakir Hussain Sri. T. Pramod Kumar Sri. M. Chandra Sekhar Sri. Sk. Riyaz Basha Sri. M. Subba Reddy S. Sai Likitha M.Tech. (Ph.D) Asst. Prof Industrial Engg. 02 - M.Tech. Asst.Prof Industrial Engg. 05 - M.Tech. Asst.Prof CAD/CAM 01 - M.Tech. Asst. Prof 02 M.Tech. Asst. Prof M.Tech. Asst. Prof Product Design Product Design Refrigeration M.Tech. Asst. Prof Adv. Mfg. Sys 03 M.Tech. Asst. Prof IC engines - 01 01 - * - Ongoing Ph.D. work 8. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty – programmewise information : NIL 9. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio : Programme Student teacher ratio B.Tech. 14:1 M.Tech. 12:1 10. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff: sanctioned and filled No. of Support Staff: Sanctioned : -- 11. Filled: 09 & 14 (apprentice ship) Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Mention names of funding agencies and grants received projectwise. : Nil - 12. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; DBT, ICSSR, etc.; total grants received Name of the Faculty Prof. M. Venkata Rao & Dr. ChR Vikram Kumar Duration Program Particulars 2010-11 AICTE Sponsored MODROBSModernization of Heat Power Laboratory (Ref. No. 8024/RIFD/MOD220/2010-11 dt. 31/03/2011) NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Grant Sanctioned in Rs. Rs. 8,000,00/- Page 267 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 13. Research facility / centre with State recognition : ----National recognition : ----International recognition : ----- The department having research facility in testing and evaluation of Bio-Diesels. 14. Publications: number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (National / International) Faculty Publication Details S. No. 1 2 3 4 Name Dr.R Hari Prakash Rao Prof.M. Sreenivasulu Dr. P. Nanda Kumar Dr.C.H.R.Vikram Kumar Sri.P.S.Ravi Kumar Sri.S. Sunil Kumar Reddy Sri.P.Srihari Reddy Smt. S.Indumati Sri.S.P.Akbar Hussain Sri.P.Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Sri.B.Madhusudhan reddy Sri.K.Rajasekhar Sri.N.Naresh Sri.Zakir Hussain Sri .T.Pramod Kumar Sri M. Chandra Sekhar 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Number of Research Publications in Journals & Conferences 15 6 25 36 Qualification Designation Ph.D. M.Tech. Ph.D.. Ph.D.. Professor Professor Professor Professor M.Tech. M.Tech. Assoc. Prof Assoc. Prof 4 34 M.E M.Tech. M.Tech. M.Tech. Assoc. Prof Assoc. Prof Assoc. Prof Assoc. Prof 4 2 9 11 M.Tech. Asst.Prof 1 M.Tech. M.Tech. M.Tech. M.Tech. M.Tech. Asst.Prof Asst.Prof Asst.Prof Asst.Prof Asst. Prof 3 6 2 1 2 Monographs Chapter(s) in Books Editing Books Books with ISBN numbers with details of publishers – Publisher Name: SCITECH Operations Research ISBN: 9788183713108 number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database – NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 268 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) Citation Index – range / average SNIP SJR Impact factor – range / average h-index 15. Details of patents and income generated : 16. Areas of consultancy and income generated NIL Nil Product Design and Development. Testing of I C Engines – Performance and Emissions. I C Engines – Usage of Alternate fuels. 17. Faculty recharging strategies Faculty members are encouraged to attend the Workshops, Faculty Development Programmes, International/National conferences organized by IITs, NITs, Universities and reputed colleges. S.No Name of the faculty 1 Dr. R. Hari Prakash 2 Dr. R. Hari Prakash 3 Dr. R. Hari Prakash 4 Dr. R. Hari Prakash 5 Dr. R. Hari Prakash 6 Dr. R. Hari Prakash Dr. R. Hari Prakash Dr. R. Hari Prakash 7 8 Name of programmme/course attended The Potential Contribution of Hydrogen as a Fuel for IC Engine- Today’s Fuel for a cleaner Tomorrow, ICEEE-2009 Experimental Studies on Energy Appropriates in a single Cylinder Diesel Engine using Collen seed oil, 2012 Impact of fuel cell based Hybrid Distributed generation In an Electrical Distribution System(FEES PAID), 2013 Experimental studied on Energy Approxiation in a single cylinder Diesel Engine using palm Oil, 2013 performance of Analysis of Jatsopha Metyl Enter Diesel Blends in Caputized &stroke Diesel engine test, 2010 performance of IC Engine Using VegeTables oil, 2010 renewable energy for Rural Development, 2009 contribution strategies & emissions for Hydrogen fuelled IC Engines,ICIKRE,2013 NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Organized Institution MITR, Pune JNTU Hyderabad Osmania University, Hyderabad Bhavanagar, Gujarat JNTU Hyderabad Sathyabama University, Tamilnadu SRM University, Chennai JNTU Hyderabad Page 269 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 9 Dr. R. Hari Prakash Combustion strategies and emissions for hydrogen fuelled I.C Engines, NCOIKRE, June 2013. JNTU Hyderabad 10 Dr. Ch. R. Vikram Kumar IIT Madras, India 11 Dr. Ch. R. Vikram Kumar 12 Dr. Ch. R. Vikram Kumar 13 Dr. Ch. R. Vikram Kumar 14 M. Sreenivasulu 15 P. Srihari Reddy 16 P. Srihari Reddy 21st National & 10th ISIIMTASME Heat and Mass transfer conference, December 27-30, 2011. Modeling of wire electrical discharge machining process using fuzzy adaptive networks, 3rd International AIMTDR conference, December 2010 Modeling of wire electrical discharge machining of WPV7 steel material using ANN AMMT2010,18-19 Nov 2010 Design and fabrication of pendulum type ocean wave energy converter, 7th global conference on sustainable manufacturing, Dec 2009 National Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering-AIM 2011, 18-19th Nov 2010 Staff Development programme on Advances in Manufacturing Technology July 13-18,2009 International conference on system dynamics and control (ICSDC-2010) 17 P. Srihari Reddy 18 P. Srihari Reddy 19 P. Srihari Reddy 20 P. Srihari Reddy 21 S. Indumathi 22 P. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy P. Vijaya 23 National conference on Design and Manufacturing(NaConDM2011) One day workshop on machinery condition monitoring- 2013 (MCM-2013) One day workshop on latest developments in mechanical engineering (LIME-2013) One day workshop on finite element analysis & quality and reliability (FEA&QR-2013) Two week MHRD workshop on “DBMS” , 21may-31 may 2013 Advances in Manufacturing technology, July 13-18,2009 Two week programme on NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Andhra University Visakhapatnam SIT, Bangalore IIT, Madras Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad. N.B.K.R.I.S.T., Vidyanagar Department of Instrumentation & Control engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology IIITD&M, Kancheepuram Andhra University, Visakhapatnam Andhra University, Visakhapatnam Andhra University, Visakhapatnam Organised by IIT Bombay At S.V.University, Tirupathi N.B.K.R.I.S.T,Vidyanagar IIT BOMBAY Page 270 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Bhaskara Reddy 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 “Engineering Thermodynamics” December 11-21st,2012 P. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy International Conference on Advanced Materials, Manufacturing, Management and Thermal Sciences [AMMMT – 2010], November 18th & 19th, 2010 P. Vijaya International Conference on Bhaskara Frontiers in Automobile and Reddy Mechanical Engineering(FAME-2010), 2527 Nov. 2010, P. Vijaya 3rd International and 24th Bhaskara AIMTDR Conference, 13-15 Reddy Dec. 2010. P. Vijaya International Conference on Bhaskara Recent Advances in Mechanical Reddy Engineering [INCRAME – 2012], 19-20 April,2012, P. Vijaya International Conference on Bhaskara Recent Advances in Mechanical Reddy Engineering [ICMAT – 2012], 15-17 June, 2012, P. Vijaya 4th International and 25th Bhaskara AIMTDR Conference, 14-16 Reddy Dec. 2012, B. Satheesh Staff development programme Kumar on Advances in manufacturing technology, July 13-18, 2009. Y. Ashok Staff development programme Kumar Reddy on Advances in manufacturing technology, July 13-18, 2009. Y. Ashok Short term training programme Kumar Reddy on Auto CAD 2014 held under QIP, November-2011. B. One day workshop on “ A Madhusudhan professional review on Reddy investigating engineering drawing” APRIED-NEC , 1st September 2009 B. Three day academic exchange Madhusudhan programme on “Innovative Reddy teaching methods in engineering graphics” ITEG-2009 K. Rajasekhar International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN-8), N. Naresh International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN-8), N. Naresh National conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur, India Sathyabama University, India AU, India Dr.M,G.R. University Chennai, India Chennai Institute of Technology, Chennai, India Jadavpur University, India, N.B.K.R.I.S.T., Vidyanagar N.B.K.R.I.S.T., Vidyanagar JNTU College of engineering, Pulivendula Narayana Engineering college, Nellore JNTUCE(Autonomous ), Anantapur NIT Calicut, Kerala. NIT Calicut, Kerala. KLN College engineering, of Page 271 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Engineering (ETME-2012), National conference on emerging trends in design and manufacturing, 2012 National conference on Research trends in mechanical engineering, 2012 Workshop on robotics in mechanical engineering, 2012 Pottapalayam, Tamil Nadu. Savetha engineering college 38 Shaik Zakir Hussain 39 Shaik Zakir Hussain 40 Shaik Zakir Hussain 41 T. Pramod Kumar 5 th International Conference “Sustainable Innovation and Successful Product Development for a Turbulent Global Market”, 16th and 17th December 2013 42 T. Pramod Kumar PDMA India Workshop on Customer-Inspired Innovation, 18th December 2013 IIT Madras 43 M. Chandra Sekhar 5 th International Conference “Sustainable Innovation and Successful Product Development for a Turbulent Global Market”, 16th and 17th December 2013 IIT Madras 44 M. Chandra Sekhar PDMA India Workshop on Customer-Inspired Innovation, 18th December 2013 IIT Madras 18. Student projects Vels University Rajalakshmi engineering college, Anna University, chennai IIT Madras The students are grouped in batches, consisting 3 to 4 students, are assigned to faculty members to do projects. The division of students into batches based on their percentage of marks obtained upto III year first semester. The faculty guide the students based on society needs and current technical developments are taken in to consideration in the process of identifying the projects. Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter-departmental Around 60% of the students. Percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with industries / Institutes Around 40% of the students are permitted to take up the projects NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 272 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 outside the Institution. 19. Awards / recognitions received at the National and International level by Faculty S.No 1 2 3 Program Particulars Name of the Faculty S.V. University Board of Prof. Studies M.Venkata Rao S.V. University Board of Prof. M. Studies Srinivasulu 4 International Journal for Applied Research in Mechanical Engineering SVCET BOS Dr. Ch R. Vikram Kumar Dr. P. Nanda Kumar 5 JNTUA(P.G) BOS Dr.R. Hari Prakash Awards / recognitions Member, Chairman BOS Member Editor-in- Chief Member Cash award for completing Ph.D. in 3 years. RGM Nandyal Member Best principal award Doctoral / post doctoral fellows : -- Students Students received many awards and rewards for their innovative projects exhibited at National and International level Program Particulars 2008-09 Name of the Students B.Mallikarjun TRISHNA’8- at GITAM University, Visakhapatnam organized by Department of Industrial Production Engineering, GITAM Controlling The Position of P.Bharat Arun Jointed Arm Robot Using Image Processing For Pick And Place Operation”, 2nd International AIMTDR conference, 15-17 Dec 2008, IIT Madras, 177-182. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Achievements Participated Participated Page 273 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 2008-09 2010-11 2011-12 2012 -13 SRUJANA-08 – State Level Project Exhibition cum Competition for Engineering Students by ABVP and VSS, Vijayawada Controlling the Position of jointed arm robot using image processing for pick and place operation”, International journal computational vision and robotics,2010. The Effect Of Multilayer Coatings On Temperature Distribution In Piston Using Finite Element Analysis Proceedings of the 21st National & 10th ISHMTASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference December 27-30, 2011, IIT Madras, India 3rd National innovative Idea competition- conducted at Audisankara College of Engineering, Gudur Autocad 2D & 3D Sd. Jilani D.V. Harish Babu I Prize P.Bharat Arun Published S. Damodar K. Raghu Vamsi Published Sunil kumar Reddy Avinash Special Prize C.V. Pranesh Yadav Participated Workshop on modeling’ Enterprenuership ‘CAD- B. Lakshman Kumar D.Teja P. Sai Kiran Kumar Homogeneous charge P. Meghanath compression ignition Reddy Ehical hacking for securing R. Murali Manoj own PC’s Homogeneous charge G. Bharat compression ignition Geo-thermal energy D.Teja Workshop on automobile D.Teja P. Saikiran Kumar Magnetic bearing D.Teja Assembly & desembly of G.Bharath victor GLX engine I.C. Engines G. Sainagarjuna Robotics G. Sainagarjuna NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Participated Participated Participated Participated Participated Participated Participated Participated Participated Participated Participated Participated Page 274 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 2013-14 Techno-Quest M. Sandeep K. Srinivasa Teja Bala lakshman Kumar Mech-ru-kshetra Ch. S.V.Lokesh T. Hareesh R. Sravan Kumar N.Suresh Water fuelled cars P.Umesh Geothermal energy P.Umesh Non-renewable & renewable B.Saranya energy resources Autocad, Catia and CNC P. Sai Kiran Kumar Technical symposium P. Sai Kiran Kumar 20. Participated Participated Participated Participated Participated Participated Participated Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (National / International) with details of outstanding participants, if any. (a) National Year 201213 201213 201213 201112 201011 200809 Name National Level Technical Paper Presentation Workshop National Level Technical symposium National Level Technical Paper Presentation National Level Technical Paper Presentation National Level Technical Paper Presentation (b) International Program Title Achievements Students were motivated to TechnoQuest’13 compete on Advanced Technical areas Students were motivated on Career Career improvement guidance Students were motivated to GNOSIS-2k12 compete on Advanced Technical areas Students were motivated to TechnoQuest’12 compete on Advanced Technical areas Students were motivated to TechnoQuest’11 compete on Advanced Technical areas Students were motivated to TechnoQuest’09 compete on Advanced Technical areas ------ NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 275 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 21. Student profile course-wise: Name of the Course (refer question no. 2) Applications received (Through Counseling) Pass percentage Selected* Male Female Male Female 66 58 8 58.62 100 67 56 11 50 90.90 B.Tech. (200871 58 12) B.Tech. (200966 52 13) M.Tech. (20137 7 15) *Including lateral entry in II year 13 44.83 61.54 14 57.69 85.71 - NA NA B.Tech. (200610) B.Tech. (200711) 22. Diversity of students Name of the Course (refer question no. 2) B.Tech. M.Tech. % of students from the College % of students from the State % of students from other States 14 97 86 03 - % of students from other countries --- 23. How many students have cleared Civil Services, Defense Services, NET, SLET, GATE and any other competitive examinations? 2009- 200820072006Item 13 2012 2011 2010 Number of Admitted students 72 72 72 66 (including lateral entry) Number of students who went for higher studies with valid qualifying 06 05 08 09 scores/ranks (GATE/PGCET) Defence service 24. Student progression Student progression UG to PG PG to M.Phil. PG to Ph.D. Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Percentage against enrolled 8-20 2-4 Page 276 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Student progression Percentage against enrolled Employed Campus selection Other than campus recruitment Entrepreneurs 25. 8-20 36-48 6-8 Diversity of staff Percentage of faculty who are graduates of the same parent University 50% from other universities within the State 45% from other universities from other States 5% 26. Number of faculty who were awarded Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the assessment period. Sri. M. Srinivasulu submitted Ph.D. thesis in JNTU Anantapur. Sri. P. Srihari Reddy submitter Ph.D. thesis in Andhra University, Vishakapatnam 27. Present details about infrastructural facilities a) Library Departmental Library was established. Text Books, Project Reports etc., are made available. b) Internet facilities for staff and students Central Internet Center is available for students and staff. Well maintained Department computer centre. Wi-Fi facility is provided. Personal computers are provided to the faculty c) Total number of class rooms : 10 Spacious rooms with good infrastructure with Wi-Fi and sufficient in number are available, which are sufficient to run the programme. d) Class rooms with ICT facility E-class room with all ICT equipment is available for conducting Seminars/ Workshops / Guest lectures. The available equipment NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 277 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 can be used by any class for the smooth conduct of Seminars / Workshops / Guest lecturers / National Conferences. e) Students laboratories The department has well equipped, well maintained, periodically updated Laboratories. Details of the Laboratories Sl . N o 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. No. of No. of Maximu Exclusi Experimen Experimen Name of the Lab m Batch ve ts ts Size /Shared Prescribed Conducted Heat Power Shared 9(III-I) 9 33 (III-I, 9(III-II) 9 III-II) Heat Transfer and Exclusi 33 8 9 Dynamics ve Metal Cutting Shared 9(II-I) 9 20 (II-I, 9(III-II) 9 III-II) Metrology and Exclusi Instrumenta,naacti 20 9 9 ve on. Production Engg. Exclusi 20 9 9 ve MATLAB/CADExclusi 22 8 9 CAM ve Lab Manual s Availab le Availab le Availab le Availab le Availab le Availab le Details of Work Shop Sl. N o 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. No. of No. of Maximu Exclusi Lab Experimen Experimen Name of the Shop m Batch ve Manua ts ts Size /Shared ls Prescribed Conducted Carpentry/ Pattern Availab 20 Shared 05 05 Shop le Fitting Shop Availab 20 Shared 05 05 le Smithy Availab 20 Shared -01 le Welding Shop Availab 05 Shared -01 le Wiring and Sheet Availab 20 Shared 03 03 metal workshop le Foundary Availab 20 Shared 03 03 le Electrical Shop Availab 20 Shared 03 03 le NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 278 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 f) Research laboratories S.No 1. 2. 3. 28. Name of the Equipment Purpose Computerized VCR engine 1. To evaluate performace and test rig combustion characteristic at different compression ratios as well as at variable load 2. To evaluate the performance of bio diesel 3. To develop Five gas Analyzer To find the composition of emissions OPAC test To find the opacity of diesel emissions Number of students of the department getting financial assistance from College. About 60% of the students receive financial assistance in the form of Scholarships and fee reimbursement from the Government of Andhra Pradesh under SC / ST / BC / EBC / PHC / Minorities categories. Meritorious students are offered financial assistance by Dr. Nedurumalli Janardhan Reddy Trust. Meritorious students receive financial assistance from Indian oil scholarships, Hyderabad and central sector scheme (Ministry of human resources and development, New Delhi). The department encourages by providing financial assistance to the students innovative projects. The students who obtain the EAMCET rank less than ten thousand are eligible to get full tuition fee waiving under scheme of FOUNDATION FOR EXCELENCE, USA Based organization. 29. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new program(s)? If so, give the methodology. Innovative and creative thinking both are homogeneous and share a single platform. New programmes do need extensive methodology for its development and inception. There are a few factors which are used as bench marks. 1. Industrial potential and acquirement of highly sophisticated skill to suit the volatile market oscillation in the region. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 279 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 2. Availability of infrastructure and facilities in terms of faculty and laboratories with state-of-art knowledge supported by excellent internet connectivity. 3. The short and long term benefits of developing a new programmes. 4. Direct and indirect feedback from the industrial personnel. 5. Contribution towards the industrial growth of the region in particular and society in general. Any new programmes before its development must be weighted against each bench mark for its need and growth. The department started M.Tech. in Advance Manufacturing Systems from this academic year 2013-14. 30. Does the department obtain feedback from a. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how does the department utilize it? The feedback from faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning evaluation is a healthy practice and is in existance Any system to discharge its outputs without any biased restraint need a constant and progressive growth. Innovation, interaction of various concepts, and ideas among the knowledge of the faculty strengthen the curriculum part. A constant supervision, working out of various beneficiary parameters on teaching-learning evaluation goes a long way to visualize the best technique to attain the goal of perfectness. The department regularly interacts and collects valuable advises as well as remarks from the learned faculty and work towards a continuous process of obtaining the best. b. Students on staff, curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation and what is the response of the department to the same? The feedback from the students on staff, curriculum is well received with positive attitude and put before the department advisory board for further proceedings. Any innovation on new concept creation are registered for due inclusion in the curriculum in an Autonomous environment. c. Alumni and employers on the programmes and what is the response of the department to the same? NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 280 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 The alumni and employers are one of the major stakeholders of the teaching-learning process. The feedbacks from these are very precious and accorded top priority in framing, modification and implementation of existing programmes and introduction of new ones. A systematic and consistent approach is adopted at regular intervals to work out and simulate the feedback from the alumni and employers. 31. S. N 1 List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10) Name Employer Designation Location K Hemachandra Reddy D Chandra Sekhar Raju G Sankaranarayana JNTU Anantapur Registrar Anantapur Divisional Engineer Asianet Satellite President & Communications Ltd. CEO Kadapa 4 K V Raghava Rao CEO Bangalore 5 Dr. P Bhaskar Steer Engineering Pvt. Ltd. KITS - Nagpur Principal NAGPUR 6 Ch Madhu Sudhanam B Govinda Reddy G Sankaranarayana Madhu College of Education MGIT Asianet Satellite Communications Ltd. Secretary & Correspondent Asso. Professor President & CEO Visakhapatnam N Sudhakar Reddy N Padmanabham Geethanjali Engineering College RD Mining Projects Pvt. Ltd. Correspondent Nellore 2 3 7 8 9 10 32. AP Genco Trivendrum Hyderabad Trivendrum General Manager Hospet, Bellary Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with external experts. Some of special lectures delivered by renowned external experts Year 2012- Topic Dates Resource Person Design of Pressure Vessels 25-8-12 M. Lakshminarayana Manager, BDL, Hyd. Soft Skills and Aptitude for the competitive exams 10-9-12 & 11-9-12 Niranjan, Hyderabad Career Development 16-10-2012 K.V. Prasad, Manager Career Path Solutions, Hyderabad NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 281 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 13 2011- Role of Robotics in Real life 5-11-12 Entrepreneurship 12-12-12 New Trends in Manufacturing 11-2-13 Optimization Techniques 11-2-13 Recent trends in Manufacturing Technology Neural Networks using MATLAB Soft skills Enhancing employability skills Aptitude Training 12 C Programming Training on AUTOCAD (III B.Tech.) Training on AUTOCAD (II B.Tech.) Data base2 C programming 201011 200910 Training on AIP Software Refrigeration Applications in Aero space Soft skills Space Research and the role of the Mechanical Engineering Students Non-conventional Energy Human Body Vibrations in a 3 wheeler Career guidance on Air Force Career guidance on Merchant Navy M Srinivasa Kumar, Principal PBRVITS, Kavali Dr. V. Lakshminarayana, Principal, Chennai Dr. N. VenkataChalapathi, Prof. Velammal College, Chennai. 29.7.11 Dr CH R Vikram Kumar 12.8.11 P. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy 27.8.11 Shakir Noor Mohammad J Chandrasekhar,TCS, Hyderabad 29- 30 Aug. & 1st Sep’11 3.9.2011 12-17, Sep’11 19-24, Sep’11 TIME, Chennai 19-24, Sep ‘11 V V Munuswamy S.Sunil Kumar Reddy B.Sateesh Kumar M.Sreenivasulu P.Srihari Reddy Pramod Kumar,JKC Pramod Kumar,JKC Coordinator 18.11..11 S. Sunil Kumar Reddy 13.9.10 22.10.10 D.Anand Kumar C.Ravindranath & CVS Maheswar SHAR, Sriharikota S. Indumati 14.12.10 P. Srihari Reddy 7.4.10 J.Sreenath 7.4.10 Chaitanya 25.9.10 CAD/CAM 4-07.09 Advances in Metrology 15-07-09 Advances in Metrology 15-07-09 Engineering-It’s Relevance 17-07-09 Machining of Critical Aerospace Hardware Awareness of Entrepreneurship Fayaz Basha, 18.07.09 22.07.09 NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Prof C Eswara Reddy, SVU Tirupati Prof. B. Rama Moorthy, IIT Madras Prof. P. Kesavan Nair, IIT Madras Prof. N. Ramesh Babu IIT Madras Dr S. Sai Kumar Deputy Director, DRDL Dr.M.Sreenivasa Kumar Page 282 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Traffic Management System in APSRTC Alternate Fuels Training on AUTOCAD Compact Heat Exchangers Rapid prototyping Cutting tool Materials and its applications 33. 05.08.09 11.9.2009 13-18, Sep’10 9.10.2009 23.01.2010 24.01.2010 Appanna, Deputy chief manager, APSRTC, Nellore Prof M. Venkata Rao M.Sreenivasulu B.Sateesh Kumar M.Sreenivasulu Prof.K.Subha Kumar, USA P.Madhusudhan, KENNAMETAL, Bangalore List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes. In addition to the conventional teaching-learning process, use of OHP, LCD and audio - visual aids are adopted to improve student learning. 34. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and learning outcomes monitored? Regular interaction with faculty are carried out to process meticulously programme objectives and various learning outcomes based on existing support available. A constant and sustainable approach is adopted to monitor and keep a vigil on the outcomes which are recorded for further evaluation and reconstruction. The department ensures to collect the supportive objections from other stakeholders to have a better control over programme objectives and learning outcomes. 35. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities. Institutional Social Responsibility Various social service activities are taken up through National Service Scheme (NSS). Some of them are; 1. Blood donation camp, 2. Blood grouping, 3. Aids awareness camp, 4. Medical camps, 5. Drug awareness rally and 6. Campaign for non usage of plastics. Eye cross foundation handles activities like eye donation, medical camps for better vision. Extension activities Sl. No. 2 Prof. M.Venkata Rao 3 Prof.M. Sreenivasulu Name Responsibility Head of the Department ,Member BOS.for UG & PG. Chief Warden Faculty-in-charge for Training & Placements Faculty-in-charge for ISTE Students NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 283 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 4 5 8 Dr. P. Nanda Kumar Dr.C.H.R.Vikram Kumar Sri.P.S. Ravi Kumar Sri.S. Sunil Kumar Reddy Sri.P.Srihari Reddy 9 Smt. S.Indumati 10 Sri.S.P.Akbar Hussain 11 Sri.P.Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Sri.B. Satheesh Kumar SriY. AshokKumar Reddy Sri P.V.Vijaya Kumar Sri.B.Madhusudhan reddy Sri.K.Rajasekhar Sri.N.Naresh 6 7 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Sri.Zakir Hussain 19 20 21 36. Sri T. Pramod Kumar Sri M. Chandra Sekhar Sri Sk. Riyaz Basha In-Charge, Production Engineering Labs In-Charge, Work shop works, cad/cam lab In-charge, Air-conditioners & Water coolers Procurement and Maintenance In-charge, Generators Maintenance, Heat Power Labs Member of Women Grievances Cell In-charge, Furniture Procurement and Maintenance In-charge, Vehicle Procurement and Maintenance Warden, Boys Hostel In-Charge, Oil Stores In-Charge, Dept., Library In-charge, Dept., Time table Warden, Boys Hostel NAAC Coordinator Addl. In-Charge, Production Engineering Labs NAAC Coordinator Addl. In-Charge, Association Addl. In-Charge, Heat Power Labs Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department. S.No 1 2 3 4 5 6 37. Chapter Faculty-in-charge for Alumni Cell Faculty in-charge MEA R&D Cell /NAAC Name of the Activity Frequency Participants National level technical paper Once in Student from competitions - Every Year department and TECHNOQUEST outside college Internal Seminars Every week Student from department Technical Quiz Every week Group discussions Every week Student from department Mock interviews Every week Student from department Aptitude test Every week Student from department State whether the programme/ department is accredited/ graded by other agencies. Give details. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 284 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Yes. The Department of Mechanical Engineering is accredited thrice times by National Board of Accreditation (NBA), presently the Department is accredited upto 2015. 38. Detail any five Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of the department Strengths General Features Front line self supporting engineering college. Second oldest private engineering college in Andhra Pradesh, established in the year 1979. Institute has 185 acres of sprawling land. Eighty percent of the students and ninety percent of the faculty live on campus. Achievement of consistently good results in the University examinations (including University I ranks). Placement of students in reputed companies like TCS, WIPRO, INFOSYS, CTS etc., Rendering assistance to the people in surrounding areas for their social and economic upliftment. Having excellent greenery so as to have pollution free and eco friendly environment. Alumni well settled in variant areas. Unique Features Impressive and appreciable Teacher-Student Interaction. Co-curricular activities in a time bound framework. Separate RCC building for department. Making students employable. Regular Teacher evaluation by the students. Based on the feedback cash award and citation. Research Publications are encouraged with cash award. Adequate infrastructure. Quality Assurance NBA Accreditation for three consecutive terms. NAAC accreditation with A grade (2008-2013) ISO certification. University permanent affiliation. Accredited by TCS. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 285 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Handled DST, ISRO and MODROB projects. Employment by TCS,INFOSYS,WIPRO,CTS etc., Jawahar Knowledge Centre. Committed Staff Qualified, dedicated and devoted. Strong concern to impart quality education. Bondage and legitimization. Constant endeavors to acquire skills in teaching and learning practices. Research bent up. Team spirit to achieve organizational objectives. Available and accessible to students round the clock. Facilities for Students Jawahar Knowledge Centre. Soft skills training program. Communication Laboratory. GATE coaching. Periodical counseling. Remedial Teaching. Student chapters of professional bodies – ISTE, IEEE, IETE etc., Well developed laboratories to pursue project works. Regular industrial tours. Round the clock internet facility. Lunch room for day scholars. Clubs for curricular and co-curricular activities – Literary club, painting club. Music club, Body Building club, Dramatic club etc., Technical associations. Facilities and Infrastructure Well furnished class rooms. Departmental mini-seminar halls with LCD Projector. Spacious and well equipped laboratories. Departmental library facility. Spacious hostels for boys and girls. Dining halls and toilets are well maintained. Air-conditioned seminar hall. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 286 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Weaknesses It has been located in a rural area. It attracts average quality students. Performance in competitive examinations is not up to the mark. Gap between The University curriculum and Industry. Opportunities Our students can be employed in large number in the industry coming up around our district and all over the world. Several industries are coming up nearby and we can have interaction with them to impart training for students. As the industries are coming up there is a great scope for taking up consultancy works, Counseling, Guest lectures etc., Proximity to SHAR so as to enable our students to pursue projects with which they can acquire knowledge that increases their employability. The industries are getting located in large numbers in and around Nellore District in the developmental process (Small Economic Zones)-Power Plants ( Reliance, Madhu Kon, Simhapuri etc.,), Steel Plants (NELCAST, Lanco, SBQ etc.,), Apachi foot wear, BHEL at Mannavaram. Besides these industries, quite many industries are coming up to avail Krishnapatnam Port facility. Krishnapatnam Port exists with 10 Berths and another 25 Berths are coming up. This increases the employability. Challenges In view of mushrooming of colleges in the adjacent towns, students with better ranks are not coming to join. 39. As Government is not reimbursing the fee, in contrast to its promise, lot of uncertainty is prevailing which is slowing down the Institution progress. Future plans of the department. Upgrade the laboratory equipment through MODROBS etc., Research projects through DST, AICTE etc., Research & Developement Centre. Consultancy. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 287 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 EVALUATIVE REPORT OF SCIENCE & HUMANITIES 1. 2. Name of the Department Year of establishment : : Science & Humanities 1979 Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.) Nil 3. Interdisciplinary courses and departments involved : --- 4. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system : ---- 5. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments Teaching English for the students for all Branches imparting communication skills to all students. Teaching Engineering Mathematics paper I & II for all branches of Engineering Students. Teaching Engineering Physics for all branches of Engineering Students. Teaching Engineering Chemistry for all branches of Engineering Students. Teaching Economics & Accountancy for all branches of Engineering Students. Teaching Management Science for all branches of Engineering Students. Teaching Environmental studies 6. Number of teaching posts sanctioned and (Professors/Associate Professors/Asst. Professors) filled Sanctioned Filled Professor 01 Associate Professors 01 Asst. Professors 17 7. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialisation (D.Sc./D.Litt./ Ph.D./M.Phil., etc.) NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 288 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Name Prof.K.Narapa Reddy Dr.C.Raveendra Reddy Dr.C.Sreedhar Dr.S.Ravi Kumar Smt.B.Vasavi Smt.B.Sasi Priya Dr.N.Jaya Madhuri Dr.K.Chenna kesavulu Dr. D.Vijaya Sekhar Dr.P.Vijaya Jyothi Sri.S.Peter Sri.CH.Nagaraju Sri.Ashfar Ahamed Sri.G.Madhavaia h Qualificatio n M.A., M.B.A., M.Phil, Ph.D. M.Sc., Ph.D. M.Sc., Ph.D. M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D. M.B.A. M.A., M.Phil, PGDCE M.Sc., Ph.D. M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D. M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.. B.Ed. M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D. M.A., M.Phil., B.Ed. M.A., M.Phil., M.Sc., M.Phil., M.A., M.Phil., B.Ed. Designatio n Specialization No. of Years of Experien ce Professor Agricultural Economics & HRM 33 years Professor Chemistry 20 years Associate Professor Functional Analysis 15 years Assistant Professor Fluid Mechanics 12 years Assistant Professor Marketing and HRM 9 years Assistant Professor English Literature 11 years Assistant Professor Ultrasonic Studies 9 years Assistant Professor Fluid Dynamics 10 years Assistant Professor Fluid Dynamics 16 years Assistant Professor Graph theory and its applications 12 years Assistant Professor English Literature 8 years Assistant Professor Assistant Professor English Literature Operation Research Assistant Professor English Literature Smt.D.Kalpana M.Sc., M.Phil., Assistant Professor Sri.SK.Abzal M.Sc., M.Phil., Sri.S.Suresh M.Sc. Assistant Professor Assistant Professor NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Applications of Number theory Mathematical modeling Organic Chemistry 8 years 8 years 10 years 7 years 8 years 3 years Page 289 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Name Qualificatio n Designatio n Specialization No. of Years of Experien ce 22 years 14 years Dr.D.Subba Reddy M.Sc. Ph.D. Assistant Professor Investigations on electrical and structural characteristics of titanium Sri.K.Vasanth Kumar M.Sc Assistant Professor Communicatio n Electronics 8. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty – programmewise information Nil – 9. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio – Not Applicable 10. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff: Sanctioned 11. ____ and filled 8 Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Mention names of funding agencies and grants received project-wise. Nil - 12. 13. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; DBT, ICSSR, etc.; total grants received NilResearch facility / centre with state recognition National recognition International recognition Nil 14. Publications: Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (National / International) NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 290 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 S.NO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Name of The Faculty Designation Dr.K.Narapa Reddy Dr.C.Raveendra Reddy Dr.C.Sreedhar Dr.S.Ravi Kumar Smt.B.Sasi Priya Dr.N.Jaya Madhuri Dr.K.Chennakesavulu Dr.V.Vijaya Sekhar Dr.P.Vijaya Jyothi Sri S.Peter Sri Ch.Nagaraju Sri Sk.Abzal Sri.S.Suresh Dr.D.Subba Reddy Professor & H.O.D Professor Assoc Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor No. of Publications 6 7 6 13 4 10 3 2 1 1 2 2 4 3 Monographs : Chapter(s) in Books : Editing Books : Books with ISBN numbers with details of publishers : Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) : 10 Citation Index – range / average : SNIP : SJR Impact factor – range / average h-index 15. Details of patents and income generated : Nil 16. Areas of consultancy and income generated : Nil 17. Faculty recharging strategies : Year 2009 Name of The Faculty Dr.C.Sreedhar 2011 Dr.C.Sreedhar Dr.N.Jaya Madhuri 2009 Attended Conference Indian Science Congress, New Delhi Conference on Algebra Emerging Materials. (NCEM2009) National Symposium (XVIII) 2009 2011 Dr.N.Jaya Madhuri Dr.N.Jaya Madhuri National Seminar on Role of Chemistry in building up of modern society NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Conducted Institute Delhi University, New Delhi Padmavathi Mahila Vidyalaya NBKR Science and Arts College, Vidyanagar VIT UNIVERSITY Vellore JB Degree and PG college, Kavali. N/I/FDP N Page 291 N N N N Re-Accreditation Report 2014 2012 Dr.N.Jaya Madhuri 2009 Dr.Chennakesavulu 2010 Dr.Chennakesavulu 2012 Dr.D.Vijaya Sekhar 2012 Dr.D.Vijaya Sekhar 2011 Smt.B.Vasavi International seminar on current trends in environmental toxicology and experimental therapeutics Emerging Materials. (NCEM2009) National seminar on Recent trends in fluid mechanics (NSRTFM-2010) Science Acomencies lecture workshop on mathematical modeling in science and engineering National seminar on Recent trends in fluid mechanics (NSRTFM-2012) Emerging trends and challenges in financial services I Vikrama Simhapuri University, Nellore NBKR Science and Arts College, Vidyanagar N S.V.University Tirupathi N S.V.University Tirupathi N S.V.UniversityTirup athi N N SPMVV, Tirupathi 2012 Smt.B.Vasavi Innovation in financial services SPMVV, Tirupathi N 2010 Dr.P.Vijaya Jyothi Recent developments in algebra and mathematical sciences SPMVV, Tirupathi N Current trends in teaching English language and literature Yogivemana University, Kadapa N Literary studies:Current trends and concurrent challenges Thassim Beeri Abdul Kader College of Women, Kilakarai ALIET, Vijayawada 2011 Smt.B.Sasi Priya 2012 Smt.B.Sasi Priya 2013 Ch.Nagaraju Strategies in Teaching English 2013 Ch.Nagaraju 2009 Dr.S.Ravi Kumar 2010 Dr.S.Ravi Kumar 2010 Dr.D.Subba Reddy 2011 Dr.D.Subba Reddy 2013 Sri S.Peter 2013 Sri S.Peter 2013 Sri G.Madhavaiah 2013 Sri G.Madhavaiah I N A Study of Some uses of Technology in Teaching and Learning English Vikrama Simhapuri University, Nellore Innovative teaching and learning methods in Mathematics Mathematical and computational fluid dynamics The Influence of Annealing temparature on electrical and structural properties of Ti/Pd Temaparature-dependent electrical characteristics of the Pd/Ti /N-InP schottky barrier diodes A Study of Some uses of Technology in Teaching and Learning English JNT University, Anantapur. N Sathyabama University, Chennai Banaras Hindu University , Varanasi, India RTMS2011,Himachal Pradesh I VikramaSimhapuri University, Nellore N SVEC, Rangampet, Tirupathi FDP ALIET, Vijayawada N Empowerment of Faculty on Life Strategies in Teaching English Techniques in Teaching English NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Rangampet, Tirupathi N I I FDP Page 292 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 18. Student projects : Not applicable percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter-departmental percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with industries / Institutes 19. Awards / recognitions received at the National and International level by Nil 20. Faculty Doctoral / post doctoral fellows Students :::- Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (National / International) with details of outstanding participants, if any. Nil - 21. Student profile course-wise : Not applicable 22. Diversity of students Not applicable 23. How many students have cleared Civil Services, Defense Services, NET, SLET, GATE and any other competitive examinations? : Not applicable 24. Student progression : 25. Diversity of staff 26. Not applicable Percentage of faculty who are graduates of the same parent University 80 from other universities within the State 20 from other universities from other States Number of faculty who were awarded Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the assessment period. Two faculty members awarded with Ph.D. in the last four years 27. Present details about infrastructural facilities a) Library In addition to the Central Library, Departmental Library was also established. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 293 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Text books, Reference Books, Study materials, GATE Preparation Books, Previous Years University Exams Question Papers and GATE Previous years Question papers are made available in the Departmental Library and issued to the students. Reference Books for campus placements such as aptitude books, reasoning books and puzzle books are also available in the Departmental Library. b) Internet facilities for staff and students Internet facility with 12 MBPS is available from 9.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. in Computer Science & Engineering Building of the Institute. It is accessible for both Faculty and Students so as to enable themselves to learn Contents relating to the various courses which are not covered in the teaching schedule. NPTEL video lectures are made available. Students are taken to the adjacent industries to acquire practical knowledge in the courses. Central Internet Center is open for students and staff. Latest Computer system with unlimited Internet connection is provided to the department. Wi-Fi facility is provided with in the campus. Internet facility for individual staff members is also provided c) Total number of class rooms - 10 d) Class rooms with ICT facility E-class room with all ICT equipment is available for conducting Seminars/Workshops/Guest lectures e) Students’ laboratories English Language & Soft Skills Lab f) _ Research laboratories 28. Number of students of the department getting financial assistance from College. The Scholarships are sanctioned to all eligible students joined under SC, ST and BC, EBC, PHC and Minority category for a period of four years of study by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 294 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 29. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before development of new program(s)? If so, give the methodology. the ___ 30. Does the department obtain feedback from faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how does the department utilize it? The feedback from faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning evaluation is a healthy practice and is in existence. The department regularly interacts and collects valuable advises as well as remarks from the learned faculty and work towards a continuous process of obtaining the best. students on staff, curriculum as well as teaching-learningevaluation and what is the response of the department to the same? The feedback from the students on staff, curriculum is well received with positive attitude and put before the department advisory board for further proceedings. Any innovation on new concept creation are registered for due inclusion in the curriculum in an Autonomous environment. alumni and employers on the programmes and what is the response of the department to the same? \ The alumni and employers are one of the major stakeholders of the teaching-learning process. The feedbacks from these are very precious and accorded top priority in framing, modification and implementation of existing programmes and introduction of new ones. 31. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10) 32. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with external experts. : __ 33. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes. Right from the beginning of the class work till the end, every week tutorial classes are conducted. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 295 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 The class in-charges identify weak students and arrange remedial classes so as to enable them to improve subsequently. After the completion of every mid examination, marks obtained by the students are analyzed and the parents are informed about the performance of their wards and they will be advised suitably. Periodically faculty meetings are conducted in order to review the syllabus coverage, performance of the students and the necessary measures for the improvement of academic performance are initiated. A range of language functions of particular relevance to Engineering and Technology is exemplified in the English Language Lab. This new approach is task based and skill-oriented. 34. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and learning outcomes monitored? _ 35. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities One senior faculty of our department is officiating as in-charge of NSS Unit. Under the auspices of NSS unit several socially beneficial activities such as literacy program, creating awareness in the adjacent rural population of about cleanliness, preservation of environment, population control has been taken up. It is worth mentioning that the NSS unit has been conducting several blood donation camps in which students have been participating with lot of enthusiasm. As a token of appreciation for the social services rendered by NSS it has been felicitated by a special award from Collector, SPSR Nellore Dist. Faculty of English have been providing necessary inputs to the students by imparting communication skills, information on general affairs, tips to face interview and take part in group discussion and with all these skills the students of final year are selected for job in oncampus and off campus drive . Two faculty members are holding the additional responsibility of wardenship for two hostels of our Institute. The department plays active role in the process of admissions. The department takes the utmost care to curb the evil practice of ragging. Dr. K.Narapa Reddy, Professor and Head, NBA Incharge Dr.K.Narapa Reddy, Present Head of the Dept. is a senior most faculty whose experience stretches to three and half decades consistently and continuously. Possessing two PG degrees and two research degrees NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 296 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Dr.K.Narapa Reddy has been involved in several developmental works such as warden, conduct of examinations, admissions. Apart from involving himself in numerous committees relating to curricular and extracurricular activities he has coordinated for NBA as well as AICTE works. Dr. C. Raveendra Reddy Incharge for Admissions, warden and NSS unit. Dr.N. Jaya Madhuri Incharge for NBA and at present NAAC coordinator. Dr.C. Sreedhar Incharge for Painting Club. Dr.S. Ravi Kumar Incharge for Mercury Hostel. Dr.D. Subba Reddy Serving as Controller of Examinations. Sri.Ch. Nagaraju Incharge for Literary Club. Incharge for Neptune Hostel for Boys. Sri.S. Peter Incharge for Music Club. Sri.G. Madhavaiah Serving as assistant Controller of Examinations. 36. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department. 37. State whether the programme/ department is accredited/ graded by other agencies. Give details. 38. Detail any five Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of the department Strength: The department has well qualified experienced and committed faculty. They are always enthusiastic to take up any responsibility which is conducive for the improvement of the academic environment. It is evident in the involvement of several faculty in various developmental facets. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 297 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 As first year is the threshold for engineering study the faculty take the utmost care in enforcing proper discipline and duties among the students. The faculty with Ph.D. degree are taking up research pursuits and submitting regular research papers in frontline journals. Incentives are given to the faculty who submit research journals the faculty are encourage carrying out research activities. Listening, speaking and writing are developed through various tasks. By working through the activities, the students prove their effectiveness in using English as the means for their communication development and empowerment in their chosen profession. Weakness: As academic schedule is very tight it is not possible for the faculty to avail the opportunity of attending FDP programs, seminars etc., in large numbers. As this Institute not surrounded by social overheads such as schools and hospitals, the retention of very qualified and committed faculty is less. Opportunities: As the Institute is the oldest among all affiliated colleges of JNTU, the faculty are invited for several conferences, seminars etc,. Based on the quality and number of faculty we are able to get financial assistance from AICTE, department of science and technology through which our faculty are able to enrich their research mettle. The Autonomous status of the Institute attracts quality students for admission in engineering and are selected in On-campus & Off Campus Drive. Challenges: Because of mushrooming of engineering colleges, the students with low ranks are admitted. Due to slow down of software industry, job opportunities are becoming less and this is resulting in heavy competition for jobs. 39. Future plans of the department. The Department is planning to conduct Faculty Development Programs, Workshop and Seminar to strengthen the knowledge of faculty. Ecouragment to faculty member to register for Ph.D. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 298 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Post Accreditation Initiatives The N.B.K.R. Institute of Science and Technology is accredited with NAAC A grade in 2008 for five years. The institute set itself a goal to reach academic of excellence by imparting the best technical education within the purview of its vision and mission. The Institution has ensured the continuation of its long tradition in producing young engineers hailing from the rural background with skills required / demanded by the industry and society. The Institute has developed the best innovative teaching-learning process, and state-of-art infrastructure facilities, qualified and experienced faculty. Different laboratories are continuously upgraded and new labs are established. The Library is also equipped with more number of books and e-journals to enhance the subject knowledge and carry out research activities. The institution is doing well both in academics and other co-curricular and extra curricular activities in the last four years. The Institute has developed a teaching-learning process from student support mechanism, alumni activities and with stake holder’s interactions. The institute is giving equal importance to co-curricular and extra-curricular activities in addition to social awareness programmes, NSS, Sports, Photography club, Music club, Dramatic club, Literature club and Painting club are functioning regularly. The institute established Industry Institute Partnership (IIP) cell to bridge the gap between the industry and class room teaching. The institute invites experts from leading R & D organizations and Industries, and involving them in academic programmes. The Institute encourages and rewards the faculty members for refereed publications in International and National journals, and also supports for attending various conferences. In the last four years the institute developed and initiated many policies to prepare the students with best technical knowledge with social responsibility. In the last four years college recruited competent and committed faculty members to excute best teaching-earning process. The college received Autonomous status from the academic year 2013-14. With academic Autonomy the Institute made many reforms in curriculum and evaluation system from the current academic year. The curriculum is restructured by giving equal importance to employability, innovation and research. The institute has taken various steps in restructuring the syllabus with the involvement of Alumni, industry, research bodies, and civil society. The Institute reformed the examination pattern by shifting from mark system to grade system. The Institute also reformed the internal examination system by incorporating the objective questions in the internal examinations, and implementing continuous internal evaluation system by giving importance to all internal examinations. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 299 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 The following initiations are taken during the last four years and they are; In all faculty rooms personal computer with internet facility is provided to prepare computer aided teaching-learning materials. The management has taken the decision to reduce the carbon emission inside the campus by prohibiting the usage of the any type of automobile vehicles by the student inside the campus. Day to day attendance is posted online on an hourly basis for all the classes. The Institution encouraged the faculty to apply various projects to Government funding agencies. The institute received considerable amount of grants under MODROBS, FDP, and IIP Cell from AICTE. The Institute accredited by NBA for third time. Arranging lectures and interactive sessions by an eminent people in Personality Development, Social Psychologist on a regular basis. Periodical review meetings with HOD’s, Faculty, Wardens and students. In order to cater all such needs of Information & Communication Technologies for students, staff and faculty of Institute, Networking Cell has been set up in the Institute. At present all the teaching departments, hostels (common room), administrative blocks and other offices have been connected with a combination of wired and wireless network. The internet connectivity has been provided through 10 Mbps and 8 Mbps leased line free of cost to faculty, staff and students of the Institute for 24 hours. Each faculty, staff and every student of the Institute is provided e-mail address on internal mail server of Institute. The network has been empowered through high capacity and secured active and passive components. The website of the Institute has been indigenously designed and is being maintained by the Computer Centre of the Institute. The site is continuously updated to cover all day-to-day activities. The information regarding the institute can be obtained from the Institute website. Every department has been given computers for technology up gradation in teaching and learning. Focus on communication skills, human skills and technical skills. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 300 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 All the Departments of engineering upgraded its equipments and software /hardware. Upgradation of Advanced English communication skills laboratory. The structure of syllabus prepared on par with other technological universities. The faculty are advised to prepare e-learning materials for the benefit of students. The library stands fully computerized with digital cataloguing. Libsoft, Library automation software, PHP programme (developed inhouse) is available. Large number of books / journals added every year to the library. Infrastructural facilities augmented. Additional hostel building is constructed. Work in College Administrative Office, Accounts Section, Principal’s office and Examination Section is fully computerized. More LCD Projectors, Screens, a new podium with inbuilt PA System, Audio System for seminar rooms were procured. Slow learners were given special attention by way of remedial classes in a few subjects outside the regular class hours. NSS activities strengthened. Regular Athletics and Games organized. More emphasis on co-curricular/extracurricular activities. Faculty are encouraged to discuss the topics beyond the scope of the syllabus E-learning classes are made mandatory for all the students. Internal seminars are organized regularly to the students. Assignments and tutorial classes are regularly monitored. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 301 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 NAAC peer team visited the Institution in the year 2008 and recommended for quality enhancement of the Institution. The initiatives taken by the Institute to fulfill the recommendations are listed below. 1. To increase the academic ambience in the library, it should be fully air- conditioned. The library reading hall has been fully air-conditioned. 2. The internet connectivity has to be enhanced to atleast 2 Mbps Internet connectivity has been raised to 10 Mbps with BSNL Broad Band and additional 8 Mbps from Reliance. 3. The number of volumes and titles of books in the library to be increased. There has been increase in volumes of books from 30,373 to 38,433 and titles of books from 11,982 to 13,299. The efforts are on to further increase the number of volumes and titles of books at a higher rate in the coming years. 4. Part of consultancy and testing charges collected by institute should be utilized for development of Laboratories. As per the recommendation of NAAC peer team the consultancy and testing charges are utilized for development and upgradation of various laboratories. 5. The programmes for skill upgradation of technical supporting staff should be frequently conducted. Technical supporting staff are trained regularly by experienced faculty in order to be exposed and to understand the functioning of various laboratory equipments, their assembly and rectification. Training in computer operation and internet browsing is provided to technical supporting staff. Latest upgradation of windows operating system is also included in the training session. Technical supporting staff are trained by industrial technical experts for the repair and rectification of the air conditioners and water coolers. 6. For Research publications by the faculty of various Departments in journals, the impact factors to be increased. Faculty are encouraged to produce quality research papers in National/International journals of repute to enhance the impact factors. Number of PhD registrations has increased. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 302 Re-Accreditation Report 2014 Incentives are provided to the faculty for research papers published in reputed journals like IEEE transactions etc. 7. Use of non-conventional sources of energy across the campus should be encouraged. This area is suitable to trap solar energy than the other non-conventional sources of energy. Efforts are on for laying the solar panels to generate electricity for hostels and department buildings. 8. The cleanliness and maintenance of common place & toilets with good water supply should be maintained. There are adequate Gents and Ladies toilets available. Sufficient hygienic water supply is ensured. The common place and toilets are cleaned and maintained well with good water supply. 9. The number of computers in the college to be increased to make the ratio of students to computer as 2:1. All the old generation P.C`s P1, P2 and P3 to be phased out. The number of computers in the college has been increased to make the ratio of students to computer 4:1 for UG and 2:1 for PG courses as per AICTE Norms. All old generation P.C`s P1, P2 and P3 have been replaced by P4 and higher configuration systems. 10. All the faculty and staff are to be put in to the regular pay scale. The 6th plan scale is implemented to all teaching staff. 9th Pay Revision Commission scale of the Government of Andhra Pradesh is paid to the non-teaching staff. NBKR Institute of Science & Technology:: Vidyanagar Page 303 ANNEXURE - I i ANNEXURE-II ii iii iv ANNEXURE-III v vi ANNEXURE - IV vii ANNEXURE-V viii ix ANNEXURE-VI x ANNEXURE-VII 2012-13 xi 2011-12 xii 2010-11 xiii xiv xv