Annual Quality Assurance Report (aqar) 2013 – 14

Opportunities:

It has been found that the wired broadband and LAN more often suffers from technical snags. Setting up of a Wi-Fi hotspot will be a solution to this hindrance. Such a facility will enable an always ‘on’ environment helping in more fruitful connectivity experience. Likewise the college website needs to be more dynamic by accommodating advanced features like virtual classrooms, option for online submission of assignments and interaction platform for teachers, parents and students. Induction of MoUs with industries/other institutions/laboratories/co-operative sector and establishment of linkages with such firms could strengthen innovations and promote internal resource generation (IRG). Since the college is situated in rural coastal area, therefore service to local poor can be assured in sectors abetting the agriculture, literacy/e-literacy, fisheries, aquaculture, co-operative and energy management sectors. Preservation and promotion of indigenous art forms provide yet another opportunity. There is wide scope for entrepreneurship development in and around the area. Being an area where there is a likelihood of natural calamities like floods/tsunami, training on disaster management and coastal protection may be conducted for students and local public. Introduction of more number of innovative/value added UG/PG/Certificate courses could broaden the social commitment of the institution. The prospects of upgrading PG departments of English and Commerce into research centres may be examined. But such attempts calls for faculty improvement programmes since these departments need sufficient number of faculties holding research degrees as an important pre-requisite. PG and UG students should be encouraged to approach their project works (done in partial fulfillment of their degree programme) more seriously. Students could publish their findings in journals/periodicals with the help of teachers supervising their works. To augment the eco-friendly culture, opportunities exist for green energy, green fuel, rain water harvesting, waste minimization and green computing practices. Providing basic training in office management and accounting to all students and interested public is viewed as a promising idea.