Annual quality assurance report (aqar) submitted to National Assessment and Accreditation Council (naac)

Criterion – III

3. Research, Consultancy and Extension

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  Research is a significant activity of the college. During this academic year 18 research scholars have obtained their Ph. D. from the research centres of our college. In order to promote quality research, we published six research journals.
  
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  Due to the encouragement given by IQAC, totally 39 Seminars / Conferences / Workshops were conducted by the departments.
  
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  Seven staff members became Research Guides.
  
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  5 books and 11 proceeding were published.
  
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  Two staff members got “Scientist Award”.
  
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  95 national level and 51 international level research papers have been published.
  

.1 Initiatives of the IQAC in Sensitizing / Promoting Research Climate in the institution

3.2 Details regarding ongoing major projects

	Completed	Ongoing	Sanctioned	Submitted
Number	06	04
Outlay in Rs. Lakhs	49,61,769	58,00,350

3.3. Minor research projects

	Completed	Ongoing	Sanctioned	Submitted
Number	02	05
Outlay in Rs. Lakhs	2,20,000	8,20,000

3.4 Details on research publications

	International	National	Others
Peer Review Journals	51	95
Non-Peer Review Journals
e-Journals
Conference proceedings		7

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.5 Details on Impact factor of publications:

Range Average h-index Nos. in SCOPUS

3.6 Research funds sanctioned and received from various funding agencies, industry and other organisations

Nature of the Project	Staff Name	Duration Year	Name of the funding Agency	Total grant sanctioned (in Rupees)	Received (in Rupees)
Major Research Projects	1. Dr. A. Lourdusamy 2. Dr. D. Prem Anand 3. Dr. M. Johnson 4. Dr. Dunston Ambrose 5. Dr. A. John De Britto 6. Dr. D. Prem Anand 7. Dr. P. Lourdes Poobala Rayen 8. Dr. Sivasankar 9. Dr. A. John De Britto 10. Dr. M. Johnson	8/2012 – 7/2015 4/2013 – 3/2016 8/2013 – 7/2016 7/2011 – 6/2014 1/2015 – 6/2016 7/2011 – 6/2014 7/2012 – 6/2014 12/2012 – 11/2015 7/2012 – 6/2015 7/2012 – 6/2015	UGC DAE SERB ICMR ICSSR UGC UGC SERB UGC UGC	3,27,000 15,06,350 19,50,000 21,51,595 10,00,000 8,84,374 3,43,000 13,44,000 3,55,000 9,00,800	3,07,846 9,77,264 14,50,000 17,47,270 4,00,000 8,10,316 2,13,000 3,70,000 1,90,000 5,31,800

Nature of the Project	Staff Name	Duration Year	Name of the funding Agency	Total grant sanctioned (in Rupees)	Received (in Rupees)
Minor Research Projects	1. Dr. Lizie Williams 2. Dr. S. V. L. Micheal 3. Dr. C. Eugine Franco 4. Mr. J. Amalanathan 5. Mr. S. David Appadurai 6. Dr. M. Julius Ceaser 7. Dr. Mary Jelastin Kala	1/2015 – 12/2016 5/2014 – 1/2016 5/2014 – 1/2016 5/2014 – 1/2016 5/2014 – 1/2016 4/2013 – 12/2014 4/2013 – 12/2014	UGC UGC UGC UGC UGC UGC UGC	1,50,000 2,05,000 1,40,000 1,70,000 1,55,000 1,10,000 1,10,000	1,20,000 1,42,000 97,500 1,20,000 1,10,000 1,03,000 75,000

Nature of the Project	Student Name	Duration Year	Name of the funding Agency	Total grant sanctioned (in Rupees)	Received (in Rupees)
Student Research Projects	1. Mr. T. Mathivanan 2. Mr. M. Kumar 3. Mr. G. Balasubramanian 4. Mr. B. Kaniraja 5. Mr. P. Mariappan	8/2010 – 7/2015 2/2013 – 1/2018 9/2013 – 8/2015 12/2011 – 11/2013 6/2012 – 5/2013	UGC UGC ICSSR UGC UGC	4,14,000 4,10,000 2,05,000	9,84,000 3,04,000 2,92,000 4,10,000 2,05,000

For the Major Research Project titled “Socio - Economic Empowerment of Self Help Group (SHG) Women in STAND adopted villages through composed, Bio-fertilizer and Bio-gas production in Tirunelveli District in Tamil Nadu” an additional of Rs. 7,00,000 was sanctioned by the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi. The purpose of this project is to enhance the socio-economic status of the women of our STAND adopted villages. 732 women were given hands-on training on Bio-gas, Ornamental fish culture, Azolla and Vermicompost production. II UG and I PG students were given training in these aspects. When the Departments conducted their regular one-day camps, training on production of Azolla and Vermicompost also was given. DBT-STAND Project is a significant aspect of Lab to Land programme of our college.

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.7 No. of books published i) With ISBN No. Chapters in Edited Books

10

ii) Without ISBN No.

3

.8 No. of University Departments receiving funds from

UGC-SAP CAS DST-FIST

DPE DBT Scheme/funds

√

√

√
3.9 For colleges Autonomy CPE DBT Star Scheme

ICMR, DAE

INSPIRE CE Any Other (specify)

10,000

3.10 Revenue generated through consultancy 12

Level	International	National	State	University	College
Number		15	9		15
Sponsoring agencies		UGC, NBHM, ICSSR, INSA, CICT, IISER	College, INSA, UGC		College

3.11 No. of conferences organized by the Institution

3
36

1

17

7
.12 No. of faculty served as experts, chairpersons or resource persons

3.13 No. of collaborations: International National Any other

3
5
.14 No. of linkages created during this year

3
32,44,043

8,42,500
.15 Total budget for research for current year in lakhs :

From Funding agency From Management of College

40,86,543
Total

Type of Patent		Number
National	Applied
	Granted
International	Applied
	Granted
Commercialised	Applied
	Granted

3.16 No. of patents received this year:

3.17 No. of research awards/ recognitions received by faculty and research fellows

Total	International	National	State	University	District	College
3		2		1

Of the institute in the year

40

3.18 No. of faculty from the Institution who are Ph. D. Guides

213
and students registered under them

3
26
.19 No. of Ph.D. awarded by faculty from the Institution

3
2

1
.20 No. of Research scholars receiving the Fellowships (Newly enrolled + existing ones)

2

JRF SRF Project Fellows Any other

3
85

15
.21 No. of students Participated in NSS events:

University level State level

3
2

6
.22 No. of students participated in NCC events:

12

University level State level

National level International level

3
1

.23 No. of Awards won in NSS:

University level State level

National level International level

3
1

.24 No. of Awards won in NCC:

University level State level

National level International level

3

18
.25 No. of Extension activities organized

8

4

134
University forum College forum

NCC NSS Any other

3.26 Major Activities during the year in the sphere of extension activities and Institutional Social Responsibility:

The RRC/YRC activities began with the annual blood grouping cum donation camps held on 7^th and 8^th July, 2014. A total of 194 units of blood was donated on that day. On the occasion of the 65^th Anniversary of Geneva Conventions Celebrations, our college was awarded with the “Certificate of Appreciation” for Best Performance in Youth Red Cross Movement for the year 2013 – 14.

On 04.09.2014 a camp was held in Loyola hall and in that camp Tamil Nadu fire service and disaster management department explained the students about the bomb rescue and safety methods towards disaster.

The theme of STAND activities for the whole academic year 2014-15 was “HEALTH AND HYGIENE”. The inaugural function of the activities of STAND for the academic year 2014-2015 was held on 02.07.2014. The orientation for the students’ representatives for STAND was held on 08.07.2014.

Another important feature of this year’s STAND programme was that the involvement of the Alumni Association of St. Xavier’s College by sending their Medical team to many villages headed by Dr.Ayyanar through the Judge Joseph Clinical Lab. Apart from this, the involvement of Dr.Agarwal’s Eye hospital, Vasan eye care, Government Sidha medical college, and Government’s mobile hospital was highly commendable in helping the rural poor who cannot afford to visit even the government Hospitals.

Activities of STAND – Lab to Land outreach programme:

S. No	Programmes	No. of Programmes	No. of Villages	Total no. of Beneficiaries
1	General Medical Camp	21	20	1450
2	Veterinary Camp	5	5	165
3	Sidha Medical Camp	15	15	1215
4	Eye Camp	10	10	483
5	Dental Camp	4	4	114
6	Self Employment Training	10	10	620
7	Acupuncture Camp	7	6	275
8	Tree Plantation	18	15	230
9	Debate	12	10	Whole village people
10	Rally	15	10	Whole village people
11	Orientation & Workshop	7	7	420
12	Bio-gas and Ornamental fish culture training	10	12	732
	Total	134	124	5719

The students of the Department of MSW organized the following Community Organization (CO) programmes in Tirunelveli District:

Sl. No	Event	Venue	Date	Lead Organiser
1.	Eye Camp	Kunathur, Tirunelveli Town	09 October 2014	Mr.Jeya Prakash Ms.Julliene
2.	CO Programme on Health and Hygiene	Kuppanapuram Mannur Block		Mr. Rajesh Kumar
3.	CO Programme on Abolition of Child Labour	Pettai	09 January 2015	Ms. Mabel Ms.Annita
4.	CO Programme on Child Line 1098	Sastrinagar, Pettai	20 January 2015	Ms.Maria Jenifer Ms.Maharasi
5	Co Programme on Life Skill Education For	Hope Foundation Community Care Center	14 February 25015	Ms.Rama Lakshmi Ms. Lilly Jeba Rini
6.	Eye Camp	Abishegapatti	15 Feburary 2015	Ms. Pon Muthu Ms.Jeyasudha

The students of the Department of MSW organized the following Awareness Programmes in and outside the College Campus:

S.NO	EVENTS	DATE	PLACE
01	Hiroshima day (Anti-nuclear Awareness Programmes)	06/08/2014	St. Xavier’s college
02	Nagasaki day (Anti-nuclear Awareness Programmes)	09/08/2014	Christhu raja school
03	Bonded Labour awareness programme	23/09/2014	Mannur village
04	Teachers day	05/09/2014	St. Xavier’s college
05	Aids day	01/12/2014	St. Xavier’s college
06	Human rights day	10/12/2014	St. Xavier’s college
07	Seminar-CSR	22/01/2014	St. Xavier’s college
08	Awareness programme on Prevention of AIDS	16/12/2014	Collector’s Office, Tirunelveli