Best Practices

1. Industry Institution Interaction

Objectives of the Practice:

  • To enhance student knowledge on cutting edge technologies and make them as industry ready.
  • To bridge the gap between industry expectations and academic outcomes, continuous interaction with industry is required to the institution.
  • To create awareness among the students on societal needs.
  • To encourage industrial training for students to get hands-on experience.
  • To Exchange of expertise.
  • To improve the placement opportunities.
  • To give the solutions to industry problems.

The Context:

The quality of people influences largely on the success of the industry who work in them. Industry institute interaction cell (IIIC) is aimed to encourage partnership between institute and industry to increase the employable students. The Practice: The students are encouraged towards the internships during semester break. The final year students are encouraged to do their major projects in the related industries.

Industry and alumni are considered as one of the stake holders and feedback taken from them to design value added/certificate courses. This helps the students to identify the needs of the society and give the solutions. Alumni meets are conducted yearly twice to bridge interaction with alumni employees in various industries. This helps in the updating the students according to the requirements of the industry. MOUs are signed with industries which helps in knowledge transfer and for industry readiness. Students are taken to field trips and industrial tours to create exposure on field requirements, steps in the manufacturing process and different stages involved for the product output. IIIC plays a vital role in getting placements from different organizations. More than 2000 students were trained by different industry resource persons.

Evidence of Success:

More than ten MOUs were signed with different industries. Many students were participated in industrial visits and internships. More than 400 students were placed in different industries. Problems Encountered and Resources Required Many of the girl students are not sent to the internships by the parents due to the fear of sending the child to a new area other than the college. The parents of the students are motivated by college faculty members on the importance of industry awareness and the safety measures taken at the time of industrial visits and internships. This helped in the increase in the overall participation.

2. STUDENT TARGETED LEARNING

Objectives of the Practice:

  • To became more individual, self-regulating, self-realizing and self-determined.
  • To modify and regulate the behavior of student.
  • To improve reasonable and contemplative thinking.
  • To enhance learning via curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities.

The Context:

The most important strategies implemented on student centered learning are: The academic process-delivery within Curriculum for Excellence, assessment is used to support individual learning. Additional Resources for Research Experimental Learning, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) help the students to participate in learning what they need to know and develop. Teaching actions are planned based on learning strategies, preferences, interests, and expectations of the students. In the student centric learning, the faculty role changes, and this practice contributes to a successful change in students’ attitude and decision making. The Practice: TEC facilitates the effective procedure of the student centric learning programs. Both formal and informal ways of instructional methods are used to direct this learning. The methods are designed to cover ACADEMICS, PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT AND SKILLS EMPOWERMENT

Evidence of Success:

Through campus recruitment and training programmes more than 400 students were Placed due to the vigorous training given to the students. One-third of total offers of NTT Data software company were grabbed by our students in entire Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states. Problems Encountered and Resources Required: Most of our students are from rural background. They have less communication skills and stage fear. By practicing the student targeted learning, they overcome all theses problems and got the multiple offers.

3. Other Best Practices

  • The day starts with ‘Vandemataram’ at 8:55 A.M and ends with ‘Janaganamana’ at 4:30 P.M
  • Celebration of August 15th and Jan-26th without fail.
  • Prohibition of cell phones in the campus.
  • Discouraging two wheelers in the campus for students.
  • Motivation towards Sports Games for all.
  • Induction programme by ’Art of living’ every year.
  • Campus is under electronic surveillance.
  • Utilization of Non-Conventional Energy Sources(Solar) for total campus.
  • Inculcating Communication in English in the campus.
  • Encouraging faculty, technicians, and students through various awards.
  • Organic vegetation in campus.
  • Attaining of Ragging-Free Campus though counselling
  • Effective counselling Mentoring system for every student.
  • Encouragement towards academics.
  • Regular yoga meditation classes.
  • Encouragement towards co-curricular extra-curricular activities.
  • Regular Parent-Teacher Meet.
  • Frequent interaction by industrial expert.
  • Thought provoking quotes in the campus.
  • Recreation Classes Faculty Development Programmes.