FDPs

Members Present :
R Natarajan Iyer (Principal Auditor)
Dr Shiny Palaty (Principal)
Ajay Joseph (IQAC Coordinator)
All Heads of the Departments
IQAC Members
 

03 September 2021

Resource Person: Fr. Dr. Rubin Thottupurathu Jose, HoD & Associate Professor, MCA, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering

The Faculty Development Cell of the Bharata Mata college Thrikkakara in Association with the IQAC, for equipping the teachers with the modern technology in online teaching had planned and organised a Faculty Development Program on Academic Enterprise Solution on 20-04-2022 10 AM using Google platform. The event was started by a silent prayer followed by the welcome address of the Dr John T Abraham. Fr. Dr. Rubin Thottupurathu Jose, HoD & Associate Professor, MCA, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering the resource person to be sessions with started with sharing his views and experience in AES . The session was highly helpful to the teachers which was clearly inferred from the reviews received after the session. 82 faculty members attended the event. Dr. Ajay Joseph IQAC Coordinator conveyed the vote of thanks of the session and the event was over by 12 p.m.

20 April 2022

Resource Person: Mr Eric Thomas Joseph
A talk on the Outcome Measurement Embedded Syllabus Development was organised by IQAC and Teaching Learning Centre of the Bharata Mata College, Thrikkakara on 01st October, 2021 from 6 pm to 7 pm. The college is in the process of applying for a revisit of the M.G University inspection committee for recommending to the UGC, the granting of the autonomous status to the college. The college is undertaking the preparation of new syllabus , if granted autonomy. To facilitate the process, the talk byMr Eric Thomas Joseph, Head and Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce (SF), Marian College Kuttikkanam was organised. He explained the marks distribution and advocated a 60-40 mark distribution for the external and internal evaluation. Outcome Based Evaluation model and the legal aspects were also discussed. The talk was an interactive session where faculty could clarify their doubts. The IQAC members, Teaching Learning Centre, examination cell members and the autonomy working committee members participated. The talk was organised by Ajay Joseph, the IQAC coordinator.

01 October 2021

Resource Person: Biju P Mani

A talk on the examination system of the autonomous college was organised by IQAC and FDP Cell of the Bharata Mata College, Thrikkakara on 14 th July, 2021 from 2 pm to 3 pm. The college is in the process of applying for a revisit of the M.G University inspection committee for recommending to the UGC, the granting of the autonomous status to the college. The college is undertaking the preparation of an examination manual for conducting exams, if granted autonomy. To facilitate the process, the talk by Biju P Mani, Exam Controller, Marian College, Kuttikanam was organised. He explained the marks distribution and advocated a 60-40 mark distribution for the external and internal evaluation. Outcome Based Evaluation model and the legal aspects were also discussed. The talk was an interactive session where faculty could clarify their doubts. The IQAC members, examination cell members and the autonomy working committee members participated. The talk was organised by Ajay Joseph, the IQAC coordinator.

14 July 2021

Resource Person: Dr. Mary Venus Joseph
IQAC and FDP Cell of the Bharata Mata College, Thrikkakara organised a talk on Strategic Planning in Higher Education by Dr. Mary Venus Joseph, Retd Dean, Research, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences. This was in connection with the preparation of the next academic strategic plan that the college is undertaking. The talk was held on Tuesday, July 13, 2021 from 3.15 to 4.45 p.m. She was formally welcomed by Surekha Zacharias, the Vice Principal of the college. Her talk was divided into three sections. In the first part, she talked about the various innovative programmes that Rajagiri College of Social Sciences implemented in the last 25 years. She then talked about how to go about Strategic planning and told that the strategies has to be in tune with the mission, vision and core values of the college and finally, asked us to examine the mission and vision of the college in the background of the new higher education policy. The talk was attended by all HODs as well as the IQAC members and the strategic plan committee members as well as by the manager, Rev. Fr. Abraham Oliapurath and the principal of the college, Dr. Shiny Palaty. The talk was coordinated by Dr. Litty Sebastian, the academic coordinator and a member of the FDP cell.

13 July 2021

Resource Person: Dr.K.M.Johnson, Vice Principal, Sacred Heart College, Thevara
Salient Points Discussed:
1. For examination purpose, we need an examination complex. One needs three things
1.1. Place 
we need 4 rooms. 
Rooms for
(a)The controller (b) The deputy controller (c) for the paper distribution and  (d) store the examination papers.
Biometrically controlled.
1.2. Personnel
 2 or 3 clerks and one full time deputy controller, who is very techno savvy, preferably a retired faculty, and with a salary of 35,000-50,000 per month.
Controller of examination will just sign the certificate and schedule the exams, all other exam related work will be done by the Deputy Controller.
1.3. Software 
2. The certificate issued by the thevara college has 10 security features.
3. One needs to conduct a workshop on how to formulate a question paper
4. It is better not to go for question bank in the first itself, better have an external set the question paper, build credibility and then switch over to the system of question bank. 
5. The whole process of valuation is finished within 15 days after the  last exam. Only then, we get the 80 marks from NAAC in this criteria.
6. For degree paper valuation, it is camp valuation with one chief and 4 to 5 additionals. For PG, it is double valuation, both internal and external. If there is a difference of 10 marks, it goes to a third valuation and the average of the two highest marks will be the final marks. For PG, there is no revaluation but they can go for challenge valuation and there will be a fee of Rs.1000 for that and the marks they obtained in the challenge valuation will be the final marks. If there is a difference of more than 10% in the challenge valuation, the students will be paid back the 1000 rupees.
7. Maximum 5 marks is given as moderation and moderation will be given only if it is seen that with this mark, student will pass the paper. The 5 marks can be distributed across the papers. 
8. Principal has to give an affidavit that only 20 % of the syllabus has been changed to the university. If the university hasnt replied within a month, you can go ahead with syllabus revision. The syllabus has to be submitted before the month of October to the university for approval for it to be implemented in the next academic year.
9.University will prefer if only 20 % of the syllabus is revised but from the NAAC point of view, you will score more marks if the revision is more than 20%.
10. When you modify the syllabus, you should incorporate the Skill development, entrepreneurship and employability into it.
11. Board of Studies has to approve Value Added Courses and Add on courses 
12.You can introduce the Deanery System….Dean of Science, Dean of Commerce, Dean of Arts etc. St.Joseph Trichy and Layola College etc has this system.
13. We need Dean of Students Affair, Dean of Research etc
14. Research has a big weightage in NAAC, where 23 questions are research related whereas only 20 questions are there for teaching learning 
15. When you make academic plan, make Short term goals and Long Term Goals.
16. One goal can be to increase the number of students from 2000 to 3000 to 4000 by introducing 10 new courses. We need to focus on vertical and horizontal growth.
17. We need the following policies:
1.Admission Policy-Same as university norms but make elaborate prospectus for each course and for add on and value added course.
2. Reservation Policy- same as that of university
3. Divyangan Policy- They admitted 23 students under this category in the management seats in the last five years and it benefited them a lot in NAAC and other accreditations. The policy for management seat should be included in the Admission policy.
4.Gender Equity Policy
5.Research Policy-the one given in our website has to be further elaborated. There should be a seed money from the management to further the research projects.Thevara gives around 50,000 for minor projects and raises this fund from the institutional overheads from projects written by faculty. They give an incentive of 2000 Rs for publication in scopus indexed journals and if you publish in the CARE list, around 1000 Rs.
6. Consultancy Policy
There should be a consultancy fund set up and the faculty should contribute to it. In thevara, it is 70(for the resource person and 30 for the college, the college will encourage them by giving them On Duty certificate to them, so, both will benefit).
7.Research Ethics Committee
8.Waste Management Policy
9. Energy Policy
10. Environment Policy
11. Infrastructure Maintenance Policy- this policy has to be elaborate one
12.IT Policy
13. Green Policy
18. We need to do
1.    Energy Audit
2.    Environment Audit
3.    Gender Audit (Dr.Sheeba from Kalady University and Dr.Asha from the communications department did a 3 day audit for thevara)
4.    Green Audit
19. They have a policy that No student will go without food in their campus. They have also made 40 hours of social service mandatory for students.
20. What are the welfare measures given for teachers and other non teaching staff by the management is very important and should be incorporated in the HR policy.
21. After being autonomous, the demand ration for a seat has become 1:19 in thevara.
22. Student exchange programmes-students from Afghanistan is coming now to Thevara

08 July 2021

Resource Person: Dr (CA) Joseph Joy Puthuserry (Asst. Prof, Department of Commerce)

The Faculty Development Cell of the Bharata Mata college Thrikkakara in Association with the IQAC, for equipping the teachers with the modern technology in online teaching had planned and organised a Faculty Development Program on online tools for effective teaching on 22st june 2021 at 4:00 p.m using Google platform. The event was started by a silent prayer followed by the welcome address of the IQAC coordinator Ajay Joseph. Dr Joseph Joy Puthuserry the resource person to be sessions with started with Google DOC then Google Slide and Google Sheets. Lt Nithin Proposed vote of thanks. Session ended by 5.30 PM.

22 June 2021

Resource Person: Dr John T Abraham (Head and Asst Professor, Computer Science Department, BMC)
The Faculty Development Cell of the Bharata Mata college Thrikkakara in Association with the IQAC, for equipping the teachers with the modern technology in online teaching had planned and organised a Faculty Development Program on online tools for effective teaching on 21st june 2021 at 4:00 p.m using Google platform. The event was started by a silent prayer followed by the welcome address of the IQAC coordinator Ajay Joseph. Fr. (Dr.) Abraham Oliapurathu the manager of the college inaugurated the fdp. Dr Shalini Palaty the principal presided over the meeting and exchanged her views regarding the new platforms and online teaching learning system. Dr John T Abraham the resource person to be sessions with started with sharing his views and experience in conducting classes through Google meet, Google attendance the data collecting mechanism through Google form.  He also added regarding add ons of Google forms which will help in conducting seminars, webinars and certificate distribution. The session was highly helpful to the teachers  which was clearly inferred from the reviews received after the session. 65 faculty members attended the event.  Dr Anish Paul IQAC member conveyed the vote of thanks of the session and the event was over by 6 p.m. 

21 June 2021