Institutional Development Plan

Introduction :

The Internal Quality Assurance Cell (established on the April 2020) of the college has undertaken the mission of designing an Institutional Development Plan for a period of ten years commencing from the Academic Year 2020-2021 to Academic Year 2030-2031 for balanced growth of the college. The Quality indicators of different criteria determined by National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) have been taken into consideration as the base to create Quality Radars and to make out milestones for the future.

Aims and Objectives :

The basic objective of the Institutional Development Plan is to make students a successful citizen by improving the quality and infrastructure of educational institutions. Based on the institutional Development Plan, the college will develop initiatives, assess the progress and reach the goals set therein, which can become the basic of Govt. funding. Considering the background of the college as an institution imparting quality education in arts, commerce, and computer science fields, the college has identified the broad aim of IDP as follows:

• To create a supportive academic environment for students ingrained with sincerity, discipline and commitment.
• To institute a sustained quality system embedded with a conscious, consistent, and programmed action.
• To mold humane citizens of the nation.
• To make skilled manpower through effective use of emerging technological tools and to bridge the gap between social needs and higher education.
• To bring the three 'H' together in an integrated manner, namely, Hand (to develop skill), Head (to gain advanced knowledge), Heart (to inculcate human values).

Road Map For Institutional Development Plan :

IDP is the basis on which the college will frame the initiatives, assess the progress and reach the goals set therein. In keeping with the vision to convert into a an autonomous college in next 10 years that will empower to drive excellence, Kautilya Mahila Shikshak Prashikshan Mahavidyalaya College envisages the following initiatives:

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Step I:

Offering new programmes like BBA and BCA

NIRF Ranking and Grade Promotion of NAAC Accreditation.

• Introduce contemporary subjects in UG level, like Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Data Analysis, Cyber security, etc. to develop these various skills in students.
• Provide more financial assistance and scholarships to socio-economically disadvantaged students
• A transparent and stated process of faculty recruitment.
• Retention of faculty members and motivating them towards advancing the students, institution, and profession.
• Maintenance of ideal PTR so that faculty can interact with students, conduct research and can involve in other activities of college as well as extension.
• Autonomous, more accountable, decentralized and transparent internal governance.
• Strong Grievance Redressal system.
• Strictly administer all no-discrimination and anti-harassment rule.
• Continuous Professional development (CDP) for faculty and staff, and leadership training for Principal and others.
• Encouraging and empowering the faculty to conduct innovative teaching and pedagogy, research and service which will motivate them to do outstanding creative work.
• Excellent performance of the faculty in teaching, research and other services will be incentivized through appropriate rewards, recognitions, and movement into institutional leadership. Meanwhile, faculty not delivering on basic norms will be held accountable.
• Strengthening the student support system.
• Allocation of budget for establishment of student clubs and organize activities by students under the supervision of faculty. Such activities will be incorporated into the curriculum as and when the students feel the necessity.
• Development and use supportive technology tools for better participation and learning outcomes.
• Emphasis to increase the employability potential of the students.
• Provide regular counselling and mentoring programmes for social, emotional and academic support
• Develop more quality study materials in local languages.
• Encourage research work among faculty and students.
• Augmentation of basic infrastructure facilities, viz, clean drinking water, clean working toilets, sports facilities, and pleasant classrooms spaces and campuses.
• Providing medical facilities for all students.
• Establishment of MOUs with institutions of national and international importance to undertake collaborative works in research and teaching and facilitate faculty/students’ exchanges.
• Conduct outreach programmes on higher education opportunities, scholarship, skills and entrepreneurship among SDGs.
• Undertake programme/ Add-on courses/Activity to sensitize faculty, staff and students on issues of gender-identity.
• Developing more robust mechanism for regular communication with all the stakeholders so that they can be aware of new information in teaching-learning, research in community service; collection of feedback on various aspects of the college, its scientific analysis and action taken on that.
• Improving alumni engagement in various fields of activities of the college.
• Fostering greater engagement with the local community.
• Incorporating the principle of sustainability in all spheres of policies as well as activities.
• Allocation of budget to make a complete disabled-friendly college campus.
• Allocation of budget for environmentally sustainable campus by upholding the natural landscape bio-diversity using renewal sources of energy and giving importance in resilience (to mitigate natural disaster and accidents), sustainability, utilities and services safety.
• Allocation of budget for ERP management.
• Apply for various grants to Central and State Government and to identify new sources of funding
• Set up of an International Students Office
• Undergo regular accreditation of the institutions by the appropriate body with the aim of attaining the highest level of accreditation over the next 10 years.

Step II:

• DEFINE THE MISSION STATEMENT OF THE INSTITUTION TO IDENTIFY THE GOALS, STRENGTHS, OPPORTUNITIES, PRIORITIES AND COMMITMENTS.

Kautilya Mahila Shikshak Prashikshan Mahavidyalaya strives to achieve its vision by

• Committing itself to intellectual exercises based on effective teaching, interaction programme and exchanges to lift the diverse communities from stagnation to development.
• Nurturing emerging disciplines and the creation of new knowledge and artistic expression in response to a rapidly changing world,
• Inculcating deep historical knowledge of diverse cultures at home and abroad,
• Making effective use of the emerging technological tools to create skilled manpower and to bridge the gap between social needs and higher education.
• Creating a congenial atmosphere to create and disseminate knowledge of human experience, thought and creativity to advance human welfare in all its dimensions.
• Actively cultivating efforts aimed at developing students into independent-minded, responsible global citizens.

Step III:

IDENTIFY THE STRENGTHS AND CREATE CAPACITY (HUMAN AND FINANCIAL) IN REGARD TO ORGANIZATIONAL GAPS AND DEVELOP THE PROCESS TO MITIGATE THESE GAPS.

Present Strength and Capacity

• Collective Endeavour.
• Cordial relationship among all the stakeholders.
• Functioning in the plural and multicultural atmosphere.
• Driven by the mission statement of imparting knowledge to all.
• Admission of students across all communities and areas who are socially and economically marginalized including the provision of admission of the transgender students.
• Student-centric teaching-learning process.
• Internal Complaint Committee, Anti-ragging cell, anti-sexual harassment cell are in place.
• Liberal environment of the institution
• Ideal atmosphere of inclusiveness
• Tolerance and complete dilation of faculty.
• Various cultural activities to encourage students

Few Steps to mitigate the gaps

• Preparation of syllabus to start some more contemporary subjects by faculty members or by hiring resource persons.
• Appeal to NGOs and philanthropic persons/groups for sponsoring the socio-economically disadvantage group
• Introduction to full-flagged e-governance to bring transparency
• Organize regular professional development programme for faculty and staff
• Allocation of budget for rewarding faculty for excellence in teaching, research and other services
• Allocation of budget to construct more classroom, laboratories, ICT classrooms, drinking water facilities, toilets, gymnasium, sport facilities, hostels, well equipped health center and other support services including disabled-friendly facilities.
• Allocation of budget for EPR management
• Apply for various grants to Central and State govt to augment all infrastructure, organize FDP and provide students service facilities. In addition, new resources of funding need to be identified.