IQAC – Institutional Distinctiveness

The vision of the institute is: “To be premier Institute in Technical Education and Research producing socially responsible and globally acceptable professionals”.

To achieve this vision, the thrust of the institute is on the skill development of the students who are mostly from rural area and belong to economically poor background.

It is observed that the admitted students lack in various skills such as communication, leadership abilities, life skills, etc. due to relatively less exposure as compared to students from urban background. Therefore, institute’s focus is on improving these skills of the students through various activities. Many community engagement programmes are also conducted to make the students socially responsible. The various skill upgrading and social activities are organized by the college for the students.

Following strategies are used to transform the learners for making them to serve industries. It equips students with the skills and attitude needed to secure better job opportunities or to become entrepreneurs.

Communication Skill: Institute has made it mandatory for all the first year students to enroll for the course on communication skills, even though it is not part of the prescribed curriculum. It is the innovative practice of the institute with the objective to improve the communication skills of the students in their first year only, which helps them to understand other courses, to groom skills further during their course of stay and to start preparing for placement in advance. Effective techniques such as group discussion, role plays, mock interviews, extempore, etc. are used by an expert faculty to cover ten different modules of the course.

Personality development programme: Since the institute is located in a rural area, the enrolled students lack in communication and other soft skills. Institute regularly conducts soft skill development programme for all the students by external professional consultants. This programme led to the improvement in the overall personality development of the students which subsequently enhanced their placement.

Mentoring of the students: Institute has emphasis on mentoring of the students to help and support them to cope with the difficulties and failures in life. It is intended to have student-faculty interaction that could lead to many benefits for the students, especially in their first year such as in academic achievement, lifelong learning skills, persistence, intellectual and social development. Every faculty member takes responsibility of the group of 15 to 20 students for entire period of their graduation. Personal Data Sheet and counselling record is maintained by all the mentors. Mentors also monitor the semester wise academic progress of the students and their participation in co-curricular activities. Regular meetings are arranged with a commitment to advancing the student’s career through an interpersonal engagement that facilitates sharing guidance, experience and expertise. It also helps students to alleviate distress, enhance wellness, utilizing their best potentials and facilitate the process of growth and achievements.

Extension activities for Community: National Social Service (NSS) unit of the institute regularly conducts various activities for making students sensitive towards societal issues and human values such as Tree Plantation Programs, Blood Donation Camps, Swachata Abhiyan, teaching rural children etc.

Developing inclusive learning environment: The institute has taken many initiatives to create inclusive environment leading to development of all the students on equitable basis. For this purpose, every year survey in a structured format is conducted to obtain the students data. It helps to understand and analyse the diversity and socio-economic disparities of the enrolled students. On the basis of this study, various programs are planned for the students to foster understanding and empathy among the students having varied social, economic, and cultural status. Also, gender audit and other programs are conducted regularly to advance gender equality and to empower women in the campus. Due to these unique initiatives of the institute, social cohesion and inclusivity among the students is observed in the campus.
There are no cases of the ragging or any kind of grievances among the students groups.

Motivating performing students: Every year pre-final year student from each programme is selected on the basis of his/her performance in the academics and co-curricular activities for sponsoring their international study tour. All the University Rank holders are recognized with certificates and mementos in the annual program of the institute. Every year on 26th January, a laptop is awarded to first rank holder among all the students of first year.