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NAAC Approved National Level Webinar on

“Assessment and Accreditation process of NAAC”

A One Day NAAC Approved National Level Webinar on “Assessment and Accreditation process

of NAAC” was organised by IQAC, Pillai College of Engineering, New Panvel on 28th August,

2020. Inauguration function was graced by Chief Guest Prof. R. D. Kulkarni, Hon'ble Pro Vice-

Chancellor, University of Mumbai and Guest of Honour Dr Ganesh Anant Hegde, Adviser,

NAAC.

The resource persons for the session were, Dr. Ganesh Anant Hegde, Dr. Leena Govind Gahane,

Dr. A V Prasad and Dr. N. R. Mohan.

In session 1A Dr. Ganesh Anant Hegde, Adviser, NAAC has talked about Understanding NAAC

A & A process and Paradigm shift in teaching and learning after post pandemic. Session 1B was

delivered by Prof. Dr. Leena Govind Gahane, Deputy Adviser, NAAC. Madam has given insights

of the role of IQAC in Enhancing & Maintaining Quality in higher education.

The resource person for post lunch Session 2A was Dr. A V Prasad, Assistant Adviser, NAAC. Dr

Prasad has discussed in detail about the parameters of an effective DVV process. Last session 2B

was conducted by Dr. N. R. Mohan, Assistant Adviser, and it was about importance of preparation

and submission of AQAR & FAQ.

Valedictory function was graced by the presence of Dr Priam Pillai, COO, Mahatma Education

Society. The Chief Guest for the fuction was Dr. Suresh Ukarande, Associate Dean, Faculty of

Science & Technology, University of Mumbai. He shared his view on NAAC Accreditation

process and responsibility of a teacher during content delivery in post pandemic era. Guest of

Honour, Prof. Dr. Leena Govind Gahane, elaborated the responsibility and contribution of a

teacher in the overall development of the students and making them a good citizen.

1200+ participants from all over India attended the webinar through Zoom meet and MES

YouTube Channel. All the participants have actively participated in all the sessions. We have

received very positive responses and pleasing comments in feedback.

IQAC PCE would like to thank NAAC for accepting our proposal to conduct national level

webinar on “Assessment and Accreditation Process of NAAC” and given us a chance to organise

the same.

IQAC PCE is also thankful to the Management board of MES for their constant support and

motivation for organising this event. All the sessions and events were attended by all Head of

departments and faculty members of PCE.

Social Media Link: https://www.facebook.com/pillaicollege/posts/2594836650769584

YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/zXn5FKEcYs8

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Event Screenshots:

Inauguration addressing Principal Dr. Sandeep Joshi, Chief Guest: Prof. R. D. Kulkarni, Hon'ble

Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Mumbai, and Guest of Honour: Dr. Ganesh Anant

Hegde, Adviser, NAAC

Session 1 by Dr. Ganesh Anant Hegde, Adviser, NAAC and Prof. Dr. Leena Govind Gahane,

Deputy Adviser, NAAC

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Session 2 by Dr. A V Prasad, Assistant Adviser, NAAC and Dr. N. R. Mohan, Assistant Adviser,

NAAC

Valedictory function Chief Guest - Dr. Suresh Ukarande, Associate Dean , Faculty of Science &

Technology, UOM and Principal KJSIET, Mumbai and Guest of Honour : Prof. Dr. Leena

Govind Gahane, Deputy Adviser, NAAC

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Webinar participants with Organising Team

Link for more pictures: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17Qjl44Ny7JM_zXiJ-

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Event Brochure:

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Webinar Schedule:

Time Session Activity / Title Speaker

10.00am

to

10.30am

Inauguration Function

Chief Guest : Prof. R. D.

Kulkarni, Hon'ble Pro Vice-

Chancellor, University of Mumbai

Guest of Honour :Dr. Ganesh

Anant Hegde, Adviser, NAAC

Bangalore

10.30am

to

11.30am

Session

1A

Understanding NAAC, A &

A process & Paradigm shift

in teaching and learning after

post pandemic

Dr. Ganesh Anant

Hegde, Adviser, NAAC

11.45am

to

12.45pm

Session

1B

The role of IQAC in

Enhancing & Maintaining

Quality in higher education

Prof. Dr. Leena Govind Gahane,

Deputy Adviser, NAAC

12.45pm

to 2.30pm Lunch Break

2.30pm to

3.30pm Session

2A

Understanding the

parameters of an effective

DVV process.

Dr. A V Prasad,

Assistant Adviser, NAAC

3.45pm to

4.45pm Session

2B

Importance of preparation

and submission of AQAR &

FAQ

Dr. N. R. Mohan,

Assistant Adviser, NAAC

4.45pm to

5.15pm Valedictory Function

Chief Guest - Dr. Suresh

Ukarande, Associate Dean ,

Faculty of Science & Technology,

UOM and Principal KJSIET,

Mumbai .

Guest of Honour : Prof. Dr. Leena

Govind Gahane,Deputy Adviser,

NAAC

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Webinar Flyers:

Flyer

Chief Guest for Inaugural function

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Chief Guest for Valedictory Function

Sample Certificate:

Attendance Link : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MUrReHGC_h7UDUXdIRuWy-

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Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JOvxjIOuXgE-

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Feedback Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mZ-

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Participation Analysis:

Total Participants 1242

State Wise Analysis

State No. of

Participants

Andhra Pradesh 37

Arunachal Pradesh 3

Assam 10

Bihar 19

Chhattisgarh 15

Dadar Nagar Haveli 1

Delhi 4

Goa 4

Gujarat 19

Haryana 11

Himachal Pradesh 2

Jammu and Kashmir 12

Jharkhand 6

Karnataka 135

Kerala 14

Madya Pradesh 24

Maharashtra 640

Manipur 2

Meghalaya 1

Mizoram 0

Odisha 38

Puducherry 2

Punjab 18

Rajasthan 22

Tamil Nadu 68

Telangana 41

Tripura 3

Uttarakhand 0

Uttar Pradesh 61

West Bengal 30

Institute Wise Analysis

Type of Higher

Education Institute

No. of

Participants

Architecture 56

Arts 143

Commerce 51

Engineering 581

Management 88

Medical 3

Others 122

Pharmacy 53

Science 145

Institute’s Accreditation Wise Analysis

Status of Institution No. of

Participants

Accredited by NAAC 736

Planning to go for NAAC 435

SSR Submitted 71

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Profiles of Resource Persons:

Dr. Ganesh Anant Hegde, Adviser, NAAC Bangalore is an expert academician in the

assessment and accreditation arena in the Country today. He has been at the helm of affairs at the

country’s top assessment body, the National Assessment and Accreditation Council, for more than

two decades now in several

capacities. He is keenly involved in

the framing of assessment framework

of NAAC for the last two decades and

has to his credit the niche expertise of

assessing and accrediting more than

1400 Institutions of Higher Learning

across the Country. In addition to

this, he has involved himself

profusely in designing and

conceptualizing assessment manuals

in specialized areas like health,

teacher education, guidelines,

publications etc. He holds a Doctorate degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from the

University of Mysore.

True to his spirit, Dr. Hegde has organized several workshops for Principals and Faculty members

for undergoing the process of Accreditation. He has conducted several assessors training

programmes at NAAC for Vice Chancellors, Professors and Principals all over the country for

training prospective NAAC Peer Team Experts. In addition, he has co-ordinated the review of 66

Academic Staff Colleges of UGC and submitted a report. He has been instrumental bringing out

the Internal Quality Assurance Guidelines and other Publications.

Dr. Hegde has equally contributed his professional prowess in the International Arena as well. He

has participated and contributed to National and Inter-National Seminars on Higher Education,

Assessment and Accreditation, Internal Quality Assurance System, Quality in Teacher Education,

Best Practices and APQN online discussion so on. He has also participated and conducted training

programme for Assessors abroad. He has been Board of Directors for International Network

of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) from 2013-15, whichis a

world-wide association of over 200 organizations of Quality Assurance Agencies. Dr Hegde

belongs to a rare breed of Educationists endowed with a vision to make quality and excellence the

motto of Higher Educational Institutions in India.

Before joining NAAC, he served as the publication Executive in the Department of Science and

Technology, Vigyan Prasar, Govt. of India, New Delhi. Dr. Ganesh A. Hegde has authored two

books one is on Information, Communication Technology and Higher Education and another one

is Seven Action Points for IQAC. He has also co-authored two books for NAAC one is on Best

Practices of IQAC and other is State wise Analysis of Punjab.

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Prof. Dr. Leena Govind Gahane, Deputy Adviser, NAAC is Professor in Physics with teaching

experience for 20 years and worked as Dean Academics at ACET Nagpur.

She has worked as member of Board of studies and is also Ph.D supervisor of RTMNU, Nagpur

University.

Her area of interest is Superconductivity in reference to physical world as well as human life and

nano-fluids. She has published many articles in National and international journals.

She has delivered more than 640 lectures on many

National, Social, Technical issues on academic,

social & organizational platforms and chaired the

sessions in National and International conferences.

A top academician, patriot and well known

personality of National stature.

A well known freelance writer and she has written

almost 1000 articles/poems on many current issue in

news paper, magazines and on social media in Hindi,

Marathi and English. A electronic media panelist,

raising female and social issues on TV channels.

Member of many professional bodies and social

organization like Rashtra Sevika Samiti. She is H.R

Trainer for many sectors KTC, PWD, Irrigation

Dept. and many more. She has worked as National study team member of unique study done on

‘Status of Women in India’ in 2019 and has an opportunity to discuss findings of this study with

Hon’ble President of Bharat.

Dr. A V Prasad, Assistant Adviser, NAAC, is working as Assistant Adviser in National

Assessment and Accreditation Council, Bengaluru.

A post graduate from the faculty

of Statistics from Sri

Venkateswara University,

Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, Dr.

Prasad has completed his

Doctorate degree in Statistics,

received Gold Medal and several

other prizes also. During his

research programme he has been

awarded the DST-INSPIRE

fellow and published 8 international research papers. He has also published several papers in

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National and International journals for the last six years. He joined the NAAC in the year 2017

and has three years of experience in Assessment and Accreditation process. Dr. Prasad has

coordinated more than 190 Colleges for Accreditation.

With his rich experience in Statistics he has extensively used the NAAC data for fine tuning the

revised accreditation methodology of NAAC. He is one of the officers who is coordinating the

states for Western Region comprising Goa, Guajarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.

Dr. N. R. Mohan, Assistant Adviser, NAAC, is working as Assistant Adviser in National

Assessment and Accreditation Council, Bengaluru.

Dr Mohan has more than 10 years of Industrial and

research experience, skilled in Spectroscopy, UV/ Vis

Spectroscopy, Organic Retro-Synthesis, Molecular

modelling.

Dr. N R Mohan has strong education professional with

a Doctor of Philosophy focused in Synthetic Organic

Chemistry from Tumkur University and industrial scale

up process in flavours and fragrance field.

Dr. N R Mohan is an Academician and Researcher with

more than 7 years of Teaching, and 10 years of

Industrial and Research Experience. Published more

than 35 (Thirty-Five) Research Articles and 01 (One)

Book in Peer-reviewed International Journals and

International Publisher in the field of Synthesis,

Characterization, Crystallographic, Pharmacological

studies and of Heterocyclic Compounds and Organic

ligand-based metals.