Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) 2015-16

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Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)

2015-16

Government Arts College (Autonomous)

(Affiliated to Bharathiar University, Accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC &

Recognised by UGC with 2(f) & 12(B) Status)

Coimbatore – 641 018

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Composition of IQAC for the year 2015 – 2016

S.NO NAME DESIGNATION

CHAIRPERSON 1. Dr. P. Jayalakshmi Principal

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER 2. Dr. O. B. Pramod Kumar Controller of Examinations

INTERNAL MEMBERS

3. Dr. S. Nalini Associate Professor and Head Department of English

4. Dr. P. Ponmuthuramalingam Associate Professor and Head Department of Computer Science 5. Dr. S. Devaraj Arumainayagam Associate Professor and Head

Department of Statistics 6. Dr. P. Elango Associate Professor

Department of Physics 7. Dr. K. Sakthi Shree Associate Professor

Department of Zoology 8. Dr. P. Ponnusamy Associate Professor

Department of Mathematics 9. Dr. M. Senthur Pandian Associate Professor

Department of History EXTERNAL MEMBERS

10. Mr. M. Ananthakrishnan Manager, Complaiance, Quantum Knit Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore

11. CA. P. Prakash Chartered Accountant, 27/9, Niveth Vikas, Pankaja Mill Road, Puliyakulam, Coimbatore-4 IQAC CO-ORDINATOR

12. Dr. R. Sampath Kumar Assistant Professor of Statistics

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06.07.2015, Coimbatore Dear Sir/Madam,

It is my pleasure to inform that the first meeting of the IQAC is scheduled to be held on 10^th July, 2015 at 10.00 am at IQAC of the College. The Agenda of the meeting is enclosed herewith and you are requested to kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting.

Dr. R. Sampath Kumar IQAC Co-ordinator

AGENDA 1. Welcome.

2. To confirm the minutes of the last meeting held on 12^th February 2014.

3. To present the progress of IQAC action plans.

4. To approve the Conduct of National Level Seminars, Workshops and Symposiums with the support of funding agencies.

5. To plan the conduct the self audit for the academic year 2014-15 by each department.

6. Any other matter.

7. Vote of thanks

Cc to: All the members of the IQAC.

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING

Minutes of the proceedings of the First meeting of the IQAC held on Friday the 10^th July, 2015 at 10.00 a.m. at the IQAC, Government Arts College, Coimbatore – 641 018.

MEMBERS PRESENT S.

No. Name Designation Signature

1. Dr. P. Jayalakshmi Principal

2. Dr. O. B. Pramod Kumar Controller of Examinations 3. Dr. S. Nalini Associate Professor and Head

Department of English

4. Dr. P. Ponmuthuramalingam Associate Professor and Head Department of Computer Science

5. Dr. S. Devaraj Arumainayagam Associate Professor and Head Department of Statistics

6. Dr. P. Elango Associate Professor Department of Physics

7. Dr. K. Sakthi Shree Associate Professor Department of Zoology

8. Dr. P. Ponnusamy Associate Professor

Department of Mathematics

9. Dr. M. Senthur Pandian Associate Professor Department of History

10. Mr. M. Ananthakrishnan

Manager, Complaiance Quantum Knit Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore

11. CA. P. Prakash

Chartered Accountant 27/9, Niveth Vikas Pankaja Mill Road

Puliyakulam, Coimbatore-4 12. Dr. R. Sampath Kumar IQAC Co-ordinator

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1. The first meeting of IQAC started at 10.00 am, with welcome address by Dr. P. Jayalakshmi, Principal of the college.

2. The minutes of the last meeting held on 12^th February 2015 was confirmed unanimously by the members.

3. Dr. R. Sampath Kumar, IQAC Co-ordinator, presented the progress of the college since the last meeting.

➢ The English department has submitted proposal to conduct International Workshop and Symposia for the academic year 2015-16.

4. CA. P. Prakash, external member appreciated the faculty members who have attended Refresher/Orientation course and Faculty Development Programmes.

5. The IQAC co-ordinator read out the following achievements and activities of the College during the academic year 2014-15.

➢ Department of Statistics organised a two day National level seminar on “Recent Developments in Statistical Models and Methods – 2014” during 27-28^th August 2014.

➢ Department of TTM organized a National Seminar on “One Billion Tourists-One Billion Opportunities”.

➢ Department English organised a Two day National level seminar on “Contemporary Literary Theory and Practice” sponsored by UGC

➢ Department of Public Administration organized a workshop on Character and values sponsored by UGC on 24-03-2015.

➢ One of the students of our college has been selected for studies in abroad program sponsored by the Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education.

6. The IQAC Co-ordinator presented the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) for the year 2014 – 2015. The members approved the same.

7. All the members appreciated the steps taken by the management towards quality enhancement.

8. The meeting ended with thanks from the IQAC Co-ordinator.

IQAC CO-ORDINATOR PRINCIPAL

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It is my pleasure to inform that the second meeting of the IQAC is scheduled to be held on 15^th October, 2015 at 10.00 am at IQAC cell of the College. The Agenda of the meeting is enclosed herewith and you are requested to kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting.

Dr. R. Sampath Kumar IQAC Co-ordinator

AGENDA

1. Welcome.

2. To confirm the minutes of the first meeting held on 10^th July 2015.

3. Presentation on progress of IQAC action plans.

4. To form the various committee for the academic year 2015-16.

5. To approve the formation of clubs to encourage students skill development.

7. Vote of thanks

Cc to : All the members of the IQAC.

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Minutes of the proceedings of the Second meeting of the IQAC held on Thursday, the 15^th October, 2015 at 10.00 a.m. at the IQAC Cell, Government Arts College, Coimbatore – 18.

11. CA. P. Prakash

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1. The second meeting of IQAC started at 10.00 am, with welcome address by Dr. P. Jayalakshmi, Principal of the college.

2. The minutes of the first meeting held on 10^th July 2015 was confirmed unanimously by the members.

3. Dr. R. Sampath Kumar, IQAC Co-ordinator, presented the progress of the Institution since the last meeting.

• The passed out result for the academic year 2014-15 was good.

• Faculty members have registered for their Ph.D’s.

• Faculty members have applied for major/minor projects to the UGC 4. The following committees are formed for the year 2015 – 2016

S.

NO. NAME OF THE COMMITTEE CONVENER/FACULTY IN-CHARGE 1. Admission committee Dr. L. Robert

Associate Professor of Computer Science 2. Examination committee Dr. S. Devaraj Arumainayagam

Associate Professor of Statistics 3. Research co-ordination committee Dr. S. Ponnusamy

Associate Professor of Chemistry 4. Sports advisory committee Mr. P. Veerapandian

Physical Director 5. NSS advisory committee Dr. S. Kumar,

Associate Professor of Economics

6. Library Committee Mrs. C. Chandra

Librarian

7. College Calendar committee Mrs. S. Sellathai

Associate Professor of Chemistry 8. College Magazine committee Dr. Chandrakrishnan

Associate Professor of Tamil 9. Cultural committee Mrs. K.P. Sangeetha,

Assistant Professor of TTM 10. Women’s Welfare committee Dr. S. Poongodi

Associate Professor of Tamil 11. College Counselling committee Dr. K. Venkatachalam

Associate Professor of Physics 12. Bus Pass committee Dr. V. Selvasubramanian

Assistant Professor of Tamil 13. Disciplinary committee Dr. O. Esther Joice

Associate Professor of Zoology

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14. Train Pass Committee Dr. R.S. Mohanraj

Assistant Professor of Zoology 15. Anti-ragging committee Dr. M. Senthur Pandian

Associate Professor of History 16. Scholarship committee Dr. V. Ezhilarasi

Associate Professor of Economics 17. Students Co-op store committee Dr. G. Arul Prakash

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

5. Seven clubs have been formed with the following objectives S.

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NAME OF THE

CLUB PURPOSE OF THE CLUB FACULTY INCHARGE 1 Literary Club

( English & Tamil)

To Encourage Poetry writing, Essay writing & Elocution

Mr.C. Kulasekaran, Associate Professor of Tamil.

2 Eco Club

➢ See to the maintenance and beautification of the campus

➢ To create environmental awareness

Dr. S. Kumar, Associate Professor of Economics

3 Skill Club

➢ To train the students in paper presentation, Anchoring, Memory power, Soft skills

➢ To improve the students General Knowledge by Conducting Programmes

➢ To Bring out new creative ideas

Mrs.P. Suguna, Assistant Professor of Mathematics

4 Cultural Club

➢ To encourage Singing, Dancing, Drama, Mimicry, Mime shows etc

➢ To encourage students to learn and to play on musical

instruments.

Dr. S. Poongodi Associate Professor of Tamil

5 Health Club

To conduct the Health Awareness programme among the students and staff.

Mr. V. Rajadurai Assistant Professor of Mathematics

6 Thirukkural Club To organize the “Dhinam Oru Kural Programme” by students

Mr. K.L. Mahendran Assistant Professor of Tamil.

7 Meditation Club To conduct weekly Yoga and Meditation classes for students

Dr. A. Perumal, HOD of History

6. The meeting ended with thanks from the Chair.

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It is my pleasure to inform that the third meeting of the IQAC is scheduled to be held on 12^th February, 2016 at 10.00 am at Seminar Hall of the College. The Agenda of the meeting is enclosed herewith and you are requested to kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting.

Dr. R. Sampath Kumar IQAC Co-ordinator AGENDA

1. Welcome.

2. To confirm the minutes of the Second meeting held on 15^th October 2015.

3. To present the progress of IQAC action plans.

4. To discuss the outcome of various department activities.

6. Vote of thanks

Cc to: All the members of the IQAC.

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Minutes of the proceedings of the third meeting of the IQAC held on Friday the 12^th February, 2016 at 10.00 a.m. at the IQAC, Government Arts College, Coimbatore – 641 018.

11. CA. P. Prakash

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1. The third meeting of IQAC started at 10.00 am, with welcome address by Dr. P. Jayalakshmi , Principal of the college.

2. The minutes of the second meeting held on 15^th October 2015 was confirmed unanimously by the members.

3. Dr. R. Sampath Kumar, IQAC Co-ordinator, presented the progress of the Institution since the last meeting.

➢ The following Departments have Conducted various seminars and workshops

S.No Topic of the Event Department Scheduled Date

1 _Vyugam Defence Studies 01-10-2015

2 Virtues of Students Public Administration 22-2-2016 3 Six Sigma Initiatives Statistics 24-2-2016

4 Birds and Plants Botony 25-2-2016

5 Eminent Literary Personalities English 04-3-2016

6 Biodiversity Botony 08-3-2016

7 Art of Living-Yoga History 13-3-2016

➢ The odd semester results analysis was discussed. The IQAC members appreciated the efforts of the faculty members for producing good results.

➢ The activities of the seven clubs namely Literary Club, Cultural Club, Skill Club, Eco Club, Thirukkural Club, Meditation Club and Health Club were highly commended.

4. Mr. M. Ananthakrishnan, external member suggested that the faculty members to publish more research articles in the reputed journals

5. The meeting ended with thanks from the Chair.