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1. Executive summary 1

2. SWOC Analysis 11

3. Profile of the University 17

4. UGC Notification Regarding University Status 28

5. MHRD Notification regarding University Status 30

6. NBA Accredited Programme Reports 32

7. NAAC Accreditation Certificate Copy 37

8. NAAC Peer Team Report (2010) 39

9. Curriculum Aspects 48

10. Teaching, Learning and Evaluation 62

11. Research, Consultancy and Extension 96

12. Infrastructure and Learning Resources 136

13. Student Support and Progression 151

14. Governance and Leadership 167

15. Innovation and Best Practices 190

Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education 1 | P a g e

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

PREAMBLE Spread over a total area of 65 acres and with a built-in area of 21,59,274 sq ft in a pleasant green campus at the foot hills of the Western Ghats, KARE was started as Arulmigu Kalasalingam College of Engineering (AKCE) on 22/08/1984. It rose to the status of Deemed to be University on 20.10.2006. KARE is ranked 7th among all the Engineering institutions in India in terms of Research by Scimago Institutions Ranking for the year 2014. As on date, KARE has total student strength of 4710 and it offers 28 undergraduate, 40 postgraduate and research programmes in all disciplines.

CURRICULUM ASPECTS Focusing on student-centered learning, many innovative curriculum changes are brought in. They include,

(a) The curriculum follows the Choice-based Credit System through continuous assessment with Relative grading system methodology. The programmes are designed for Outcome based education and are in the process of NBA Accreditation under Tier-I category in phased manner. Already 3 UG programmes namely B.Tech (BioTech,) B.Tech (CSE) and B.Tech (ECE) have been accredited by NBA under Tier-I category for two years. The academic system has built-in flexibility through a wide range of electives that facilitate students to acquire multi domain knowledge by taking courses offered under different B.Tech programmes across the campus.

(b) The concept of One Credit Course is introduced wherein experienced practicing experts from industry, scientists from research laboratories and professors from reputed institutions within India and abroad offer courses in their area of specialization. Every department organizes at least one such programme in every semester.

(c) To promote skill-based education and to impart more of experiential learning, KARE has introduced theory course with practical components. KARE has invested Rs. 1.5 crore in establishing National Instruments - KLU Innovation Centre.

(d) To instill flavour for research attitude in the young minds of the campus community, KARE has introduced Laboratory courses with Project. In addition to these, KARE has introduced a series of community service projects for the students to undergo them with an idea of giving them an experience of social issues.

(e) KARE has introduced a 3 credit compulsory course on Community based Project for B.Tech (III year) students with the idea to involve students to get a feel of the societal problems and be a part of the solution.


(f) For the smooth transition of students from school to college, a one week Freshman Induction Programme (FIP) is organized every year through professional agencies where the quality of the input is analyzed and is utilized by the departments to plan a roadmap for the students’ academic growth.

(g) A few innovative B.Tech and M.Tech programmes are introduced such as B.Tech in Biomedical Engineering, M.Tech (VLSI Design, Test and Manufacturing) in collaboration with M/s Tessolve, Bangalore, M.Tech (Manufacturing) specially designed for the employees of Tractor and Farm Equipments (TAFE), MBA (Actuarial Science), M.Arch (Habitat Design), M.Tech (Industrial Safety Engineering) recognized by Government of Tamilnadu.

(h) KARE is offering a unique programme in the whole of Asia-a special B.Tech. programme for Speech and Hearing Impaired Students which is an example of the Institutes’ commitment to the building of inclusive society. A special B.Ed (Hearing Impaired) for teaching Speech and Hearing Impaired Students, approved by RCI is also offered.

(i) All the skill development courses, value-added courses, foreign languages and International certification courses have been made mandatory and have been integrated with the curriculum as “Non-CGPA” courses. All these make the students globally competent.

TEACHING-LEARNING AND EVALUATION

(a) Quality maintenance and enhancement is done on a continuous basis by the IQAC of KARE through its own innovative quality metrics.

(b) KARE admits students also through Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) –

JEE (Main). Diverse student population admitted from different parts of the country give a multi-cultural learning environment on campus.

(c) Curriculum design revisions and content delivery based on regular feedbacks from all the stakeholders are carried out whenever there is a need. Regular pre and post evaluation of teaching-learning evaluation system is done with internal and external experts.

(d) An effective student mentoring system named as Faculty Advisory System is

in place for effective implementation of the academic programmes.

(e) KARE is offering a good number of online courses like (NPTEL, COURSEERA, MIT EDX) is offered for successful completion of the programmes. KARE is also a regional center for NPTEL with a designated NPTEL Coordinator.

(f) ICT enabled learning methodologies like PPTs, Animations, Videos, Smart

Classrooms, e-learning resources etc facilitate a learning environment of the students. The entire campus is Wi-Fi enabled with an Internet bandwidth of 70 Mbps and 1Gbps connectivity to NKN through NMEICT. Central library is


equipped with sophisticated features like e-Library, multimedia resource centre, video conferencing, etc.

(g) Opportunities are given to students to register for extra-curricular courses like Short Film Making, Skill Training Programmes including Music and Fine Arts, Catering and so on in the evening hours (6pm – 9pm) and weekends. Special opportunity is given to slow learners to take backlog courses during the late evening hours.

(h) Through Faculty and student exchange programmes with 20 reputed overseas

universities, KARE thus provides space for visiting professors and scientists and also students for interacting with their counterparts KARE also has video conferencing facility and online MOOC courses.

(i) Frequent industrial visits, regular in-plant training, internships at industries

and laboratories, semester long project work at industry, students’

participation in industrial consultancy projects, guest/expert lectures on topics beyond syllabus by practicing experts from industry make the teaching learning process industry oriented.

(j) All the departments of KARE have adequate faculty with the required cadre ratio for faculty student ratio of 1:15 or less. The total number of faculty is 382 (100% of them are with Post Graduate and/or Ph.D Qualifications) out of which 127 (33%) are Ph.D holders and 20 of them are having Post Doctoral experience in foreign countries like Brazil, Taiwan, USA, Canada, France, Japan, South Korea, Italy and Israel and 15 of them are in the sequence of Scientist award/fellowship form DST, TNSCST/Indian academy of Sciences.

Our faculty members have established collaboration with over 50

scientists/researchers in various countries which have resulted in joint publications and promotion of other research activities.

KARE faculty members received 222 recognitions from various bodies and agencies including membership in professional bodies. They serve as reviewers for various international and national journals and board members in higher level committees of various journals etc.

(k) The CoE office has automated all its pre- and post-examination processes

through software such as EASY, SIS, Touch SIS, AIMS, PACO, OCMR, SSMS and FIS. Total transparency is maintained by distributing all the valued answer scripts along with answer key to the Students/Mentors/Parents after every internal assessment and end semester examinations. Both in the question paper setting, evaluation process and auditing process, external members are involved. The results are declared within 15 days after the completion of the end semester examinations.


RESEARCH, CONSULTANCY AND EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

(a) KARE has been ranked in the top list among leading HEIs in the country (which includes IITs, NITs etc) by SCIMAGO Institutions Ranking (SIR) – 2014 for quality in research outputs under various categories. For instance, KARE is ranked 16th in the country in terms of collaborative research work computed by analyzing institution’s output. In terms of impact created by citations of research articles, KARE is ranked 28th position. In terms of high quality journal publications (those included in the top 25% in the categories ordered by Scimago Journal Rank Indicator), KARE stands at 51st position. In terms of excellence rate (indicates the amount of an institution’s scientific

output that is included into the set of the 10% of the most cited papers in their respective scientific fields), KARE is ranked 24th position in the country. In terms of filing of patents, KARE is ranked at 18th place in the country. The quality of research carried out at KARE is clearly evident from these rankings.

(b) The h-index of KARE stands at 38 as on date (Ref: SCOPUS). A total of 635 research articles (SCOPUS Cited Index/Impact factor) were published in peer reviewed journals in the past four years.

KARE also publishes an International Journal “AKCE International Journal of Graphs and Combinatorics” which is SCOPUS indexed and which is being now published by ELSEVIER which is the only journal in the country to have this collaboration. This journal has published so far 6 volumes has attracted 114 international journals from 35 countries on exchange basis. It also publishes the proceedings of International conferences held outside India.

(c) A total of 43 patents have been filed in the last 2-3 years by KARE which are in the process of evaluation and out of which 1 patent has been granted recently.

Prof. Theivasanthi, a research faculty in the International Research Center has innovated Superparamagnetic Plants Materials (size 15nm) named “Santhi Particles” which has made an entry as World Record in LIMCA Book.

Similarly the Scientist working in the Materials Research Centre of KARE has invented 5 numbers of environmental friendly natural fiber reinforced composites and the products using these new composites are in the process of commercialization.

(d) KARE has established Centre of Excellence in its area of specialization which

includes 1. National Centre for Advanced Research in Discrete MATHematics

(n-CARDMATH) with the funding of more than 3.50 crores with DST. It is unique of its kind in the whole of india which has more than 30 collaborators in India and 22 collaborators across the globe. This centre has attracted many scientists from USA, Canada, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Dubai, Malaysia, France, Taiwan, South Africa, Poland, Iran and Denmark etc… It has produced so far 14 Ph.Ds, organized 4 International and 13 National Conferences, the


proceedings of which are being published through JCMCC in Canada and Springer-Verlag.

2. KARE has TIFAC-CORE in Network Engineering (TCNE) a Centre of Excellence in Networking Engineering with the DST funding of Rs. 16.4 crores under MISSION REACH programme. It has the state-of-art facilities in networking with sponsored laboratories from the leaders of the industry which include Tyco Electronics, Nortel Networks, Cisco, Fluke Networks, Texas Instruments, ABB, Intel and so on. TIFAC-CORE in Network Engineering is undertaking Research & Development activities in the field of Computer Networks, Network Security, Embedded Networking and Power Networks and imparting training to budding technocrats.

3. Centre for Bio-Technology – funded through institutional funding and through 8 projects from DST, DBT, ICMR, CSIR -- has national and international collaborations. There are more than 10 full time and 10 part time research scholars working in the laboratory. The centre has organized 2 international conferences, 5 national conferences and 7 workshops and has more than 35 research publications.

4. Centre for Material Science which has funding worth more than 2 crores from DST, BRNS, CSIR and ICMR. This centre has research focus on Composite Material, Crystallography, Solid State Ionics and Polymers, thin films and material for energy and biological applications. This centre has 6 international collaborators and 13 national collaborators. This centre has produced so far 15 Ph.Ds, 175 publications in international journals and 145 in the proceedings of international conferences.

5. KARE has recently established a National Cyber Defense Research Centre in association with National Cyber Defense and Security Standards.

6. KARE is in the process of establishing many Centre of Excellence. They include

i. Center for VLSI Design Signal Processing ii. Centre for Advanced Process Control and Biomedical

Instrumentation iii. Centre for Intel Intelligent Systems iv. Centre for Renewable Energy and Smart Grids

(e) KARE has recently established an International Research Center (IRC) at an

investment of Rs. 2.5 crore to foster interdisciplinary research among all the departments on campus with their counterparts within and outside India. Nearly 24 interdisciplinary/interdepartmental research activities are currently being carried out involving 10 different departments.


(f) Three departments (Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering) have been awarded with funding from DST under FIST programme.

(g) Many training programs, workshops and sensitization programs are organized

for promoting research culture inside the campus by inviting reputed scientists and researchers such as Dr. M. Vedhachalam, ISRO; Dr. Sekar Majumdar, CSIR, Bangalore etc.

(h) KARE has initiated research fellowship schemes for full time Doctoral

Research with a stipend of Rs. 10,000 to 14,000/- under which about 30 scholars have registered. A total of 232 scholars have registered for doctoral programmes in various departments in the last four years out of which 73 have been awarded PhD by KARE.

(i) Fifteen of our faculty have availed of sabbatical leave to visit institutions, industries in India and abroad.

(j) A total of 8 International Conferences were organized wherein scientists from USA, UK, Singapore, Japan, Australia, France, Denmark, South Africa, Canada, Poland, Taiwan, Indonesia, Slovakia, Chile, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh participated. Besides this, 39 national conferences, seminars have been conducted in the last 4 years inviting participants from various reputed institutions in India.

(k) A total of 15 on-going projects worth Rs. 4.4 crore from different funding

agencies which includes DST, DBT, BRNS, CSIR, ICSSR, ICMR, DSIR, IIPA have been awarded to the faculty members. Besides this, departments are also involved in diverse projects with various industries.

(l) KARE has initiated Teaching and Research Excellence Awards for

recognizing its faculty members who demonstrate that talents.

(m) As institutional social responsibility, all the departments engage in extension activities throughout the year through the NSS wing. As a special initiative, KARE has started a School Linkage and a Polytechnic Linkage Program through which hundreds of school students have been benefitted by utilizing the lab facilities. Special lectures were also arranged for school children by our faculty members from the Departments of Maths, Physics and Chemistry.

(n) Headmasters’ training programmes were conducted inviting participants. More from 1000 headmasters have participated on various events.

(o) The NSS Programme Officer of KARE has been awarded “Best Motivator

Award” by Tamilnadu.


(p) Coaching for sports and organization of sports tournaments in State and District level (volleyball, football, cricket, etc) have been conducted for school students of southern districts completely free of cost (boarding and lodging).

(q) “Best University Award” for promoting inclusive practices was awarded to KARE by Bharathiar University, Coimbatore on 21st July 2013.

(r) KARE celebrates National Science Day every year on February 27th. In February 2015, 1000 students from 62 different schools participated in various events and about 6000 students visited the campus. Special features of the events were Panel Discussion on Topics of National Importance, Science Exhibition, Digital Planetarium from Tamilnadu Science Center and Exhibition Stalls from Kudankulam Atomic Power Project and Indra Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam.

INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEARNING RESOURCES (a) Hostels have been renovated by providing additional A/C rooms, provision for

attached bathroom, flooring etc. Two new hostels one each for boys and girls have been built. Three new faculty quarters have been constructed adding to already existing two quarters accommodating a total of 36 families. Guest house facility is available with 38 rooms for accommodation.

(b) All the hostels are provided with Wi-Fi connections and recreation facilities like gyms and yoga.

(c) An Olympic standard swimming pool has been built for the use of faculty and students.

(d) With 1208 sq mts space, the Health Centre has 33 in-patient beds and provides separate beds for men (10 Nos.), women (15Nos.) and 2 observation beds. It has 3 consultation rooms and 6 emergency beds with a pharmacy available round the clock.

(e) Library facilities have been thoroughly upgraded. A new central library

building with 9,476 sq. meters built up area is facilitated with 198 tons centralized air conditioning facility. It is christened as Bipin Chandrapal Library. It has a total seating capacity of 500. Video conferencing facility is also added with 150 seating capacity. Online journals such as ASTM Digital Library, ASCE, ACM Digital Library and SAGE are subscribed. Every year there is an addition of 1665 books on an average.

(f) Library is fully automated with MODERNLIB software. Internet band width speed of 124Mbps + 1Gbps under National Knowledge Network. Library also has a provision of inter-library loan service through DELNET and SERC (CSIR). KARE is also a member of INFLIBNET.

(g) KARE has nearly 2000 PCs spread across the campus including more than 100 workstations available for academic and research activities. All computers in


the campus are connected in LAN and campus wide networking is done through optical fiber cable with Layer 3 Switch.

(h) KARE has also opened many canteens and refreshment malls including

Malgudi Sweets. A special North Indian mess has been opened.

(i) KARE has an effective waste water treatment for recycling and usage. KARE houses facilities such as, power houses, horticulture facility and servant quarters. Also on-campus facilities such as bank, ATMs, Xerox centres, departmental shops, refreshment stalls and book store make life easy for students and staff.

STUDENT SUPPORT AND PROGRESSION

a) KARE has introduced many scholarship schemes for meritorious students are granted 10% to 50% concession in tuition fee depending on the marks they score in their +2 examination. The first graduates of a family are given a concession of Rs. 10,000/- in tuition fee. Fee concession and free hostel accommodation are also provided to students who are economically weaker on a case-by case basis. Sport scholarships (25% to 100% fee concession) are also provided to students who excel in sports and games.

b) UG students are offered a Merit Scholarship based on Annual Grade Point Average (AGPA) for all the years. The first, second and third ranks in each department are given an amount of Rs. 10,000, Rs. 7,000 and Rs.5,000 respectively. Besides this, Chairman and Vice Chairman Scholarships (one semester fee waiver) is awarded to one of the best outgoing boy and girl students from the university respectively.

c) For Speech and Hearing Impaired Students (SHIP), full-tuition fee waiver has been given to 28 and 23 students for 2013 and 2014 passed out students respectively. Half-tuition fee waiver was given to 23 students for 2013 pass out students.

d) KARE helps the students in getting Government Scholarships for SC/ST students.

e) An accident insurance scheme is available for all the students. They are eligible for Rs. 20,000 per year in case of hospitalization related to accidents and Rs. 2,00,000 in case of fatality.

f) KARE encourages students to apply for the prestigious summer fellowships

offered by Indian National Science Academy. Every year our students go for summer fellowship through INSA.

g) KARE has effective mechanisms to monitor the progress of every student’s

through Class Committee Meetings, Parent Teacher Association, Faculty Advisory System. All the corrective and preventive measures taken at the


various levels ensures successful performance and holistic developments of the students.

h) KARE facilitates student exchange program with partner universities through Semester Abroad Program. Besides this, KARE also facilitates other international opportunities for students. Two of our students in B.Tech Biotechnology program were selected for International Semester Program on “Frontiers in Life Sciences” at University of Paris, France. One of our student won research excellence award at the Hydro Asia – 2015 in South Korea.

i) KARE has set-up an IAS Training Academy for offering training and support

to students who aspire for Civil Services. Business English Certification exam training is regularly given to our students. In the last academic year, 449 students cleared BEC certification, 196 students cleared NACTech exam and 21 students cleared CLAD (Certificate for LabVIEW Associate Developer) certification. Foreign language coaching is also provided to students. GATE coaching is given regularly.

j) KARE has increasingly impressive placement records over the year with a remarkable 1367 placements by 75+ companies visiting the campus in last academic year. Many of our students got multiple job offers.

k) KARE has newly initiated MoU with M/s AlmaConnect helping students and staff in connecting with their classmates and friends and with the institution.

l) Our NCC cadets are regularly selected for participation in Republic Day

Parade in New Delhi. CSUO Udayakumar and CSUO Desingu Raja participated in Republic Day Parade in 2014 and 2015 respectively. Sgt. Narmada and CUO Yuvaraja won medals in Firing and Drill Competitions.

m) Training and Placement department helps getting a good number of placements for KARE children. In 2014-2015 the total number of students recruited is 1367.

n) The Fine Arts team of KARE won the Best Institution Award (Overall Trophy) in the Milan 2011 organized by SRM-Chennai.

o) Our students won about 30 awards/prizes in various games and athletic

competitions at State and National level.

p) KARE has initiated an effort to celebrate all the important cultural festivals like Pongal, Holi, Ramzon, Onam, etc which help students to experience multicultural consciousness.

q) KARE has formally signed MoUs with Union Bank of India and Canara Bank to provide educational loans to students.


GOVERNANCE AND LEADERSHIP

a) Statutory bodies of KARE like Board of Management, Academic Council, International Advisory Board, University Research Board, Planning and Monitoring Board, Finance Committee, Board of Studies periodically monitor the administrative system.

b) A well established Grievance Redressal system is in place through the establishment of Anti Ragging Committee, Anti Discrimination Committee, Examination Monitoring and Grievances Redressal Committee, Womens’

Redressal Cell and the Discipline Cell.

c) KARE has taken efforts to enhance professional competence of the faculty by organizing various workshops and seminars through the Centre for Learning Technology (CLT).

d) KARE also takes all efforts to groom leadership qualities in its faculty members through the efficient administrative structures. All the Deans and Directors attend quality enhancement workshops at premiere institutes regularly.

MISCELLANEOUS

(a) The IQAC of KARE has come up with a meticulous quantitative analysis system for quality parameters and ranking of all the departments. This has boosted the morale of the entire campus.

(b) Green Audit is conducted in a phased manner in the campus. Energy audit is conducted at Central Library and Nelson Mandela Hostel through the Directorate of Consultancy. Based on the recommendation for saving energy, the estimated savings is 16700 units (kWh) of electricity per annum. Corresponding CO2 emission reduction is 16.87 tCO2 per year.

(c) KARE uses stand-alone solar street lights replacing conventional lights. There are a total of 55 solar street lights of 11W each. This has reduced electricity use by 2200 units per annum and carbon emission of 2.42 tCO2 per annum.

(d) In order to promote and support students’ involvement in sports, KARE has become an official associate partner of Rajasthan Royals IPL T20 cricket team. This is one of the interesting innovative initiatives taken for the first time in the southern part of the country by any university.

(e) Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Cell (IEDC) is another good

initiative by KARE in encouraging students towards entrepreneurship. Over the years, the cell has started functioning very effectively, and is supporting many innovative student projects by DST funding. IEDC has also organized many awareness camps for the students.


SWOC Analysis of KARE KARE is a unique institution in diverse respects. It is built with a mission to reach out not only to the economically and socially backward children of the Virudhunagar District but also to the other parts of the nation. STRENGTH (a) Academic Curriculum Tuned to Industry Needs

The KARE offers a very well designed academic structure for all its programmes, particularly B.Tech programmes which is designed with the Choice-based Relative Credit System just as in IITs and other institutions in abroad.

KARE is one of the proactive private institution in the country which recognize the needs of industries to have highly competent human resource at the entry level and hence designed and developed the curriculum accordingly.

With this idea, KARE has incorporated a built-in system in the curriculum wherein practical components are added to theory-based courses which otherwise don’t have allied laboratory course. The concept of mini projects within the laboratory course is introduced so as to enable the students to develop their abilities to apply engineering principles in real life situations. This effort is further enhanced by introducing the innovative system of offering one-credit courses by experts from industries or scientists from research labs or professors from overseas universities which ensures that the students get a practical feel of the needs of the industry and also get required training in the practical skills that they are expected to acquire well before they take up their professional career.

KARE, through innovative academic initiatives offers non-CGPA courses which are aimed to integrate soft skills and industrial oriented training into regular curriculum.

To meet the expectations of constantly changing technology adopted by MNCs, KARE offers foreign language courses in German, French, Korean and Romanian. Many companies visiting the campus for recruitment have greatly appreciated this unique feature. In a nutshell, KARE is committed to prepare the students for a long-standing, satisfying and growing professional career and not just merely a job.

(b) Demonstrated Research Potential

KARE is identified as one of the “Research Intensive Higher Educational

Institutions in India” stated by a leading Indian Scientific Journal Current Science (August 2014). KARE is ranked 78 out of 138 Indian Universities (including IITs/IISc) and is ranked 7 amongst the Private Institutions in India in terms of quality of research. This clearly demonstrates its strong research potential.

The University has a h-index of 38 (Ref: SCOPUS). There are 635 peer-reviewed publications under KARE affiliation in the last four years. The Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electronics and Communication Engineering have received prestigious DST-FIST projects. Besides this, two of our major centers of excellence namely TIFAC-Core in Network Engineering and National Center for Advanced Research in Discrete


Mathematics and International Research (n-CARDMATH) have demonstrated world class research. This is the only center for research in Discrete Mathematics in the entire country established with support from DST. The n-CARDMATH center has been publishing AKCE International Journal of Graphs and Combinatorics, which is entering into 12th year of publication and is indexed in Mathematical Reviews, Zentralblatt Math and SCOPUS database. Recently, this journal has entered into publication collaboration with ELSEVIER, which is the only Indian journal in the country with such collaboration.

It is also highly noteworthy that Prof. Theivasanthi, a research faculty in the International Research Center has innovated Superparamagnetic Plants Materials (size 15nm) named “Santhi Particles” which has made an entry as World Record

in LIMCA Book. This is a remarkable benchmark in the nanotechnology research field.

There are 16 ongoing government funded research projects with the faculty members. Due to the research ambience provided by KARE, our UG students have also excelled in demonstrating their creative potential which is reflected in terms of filing of 28 patents through student projects.

(c) State – of – the–Art Infrastructural Facilities

KARE has excellent infrastructure spreading over 21,59,274 sq ft with 10 Academic Blocks, 7 Hostels, A/C Auditorium, Seminar Halls, Sports facilities including an Indoor Stadium with GYM, an Olympic Standard Swimming Pool etc.

The Central Library is fully air-conditioned with a seating capacity of 450 and well protected by CCTV spread over an area of 1 lakh sq.ft. The library has over 70,000 volumes in Engineering, Sciences, Management and Arts. The library has a Media Resource Center and a Video Conference Hall facilitating students’ interaction worldwide. The campus is Wi-Fi enabled.

It is especially noteworthy that KARE has created infrastructural facilities for world class research in a rural and remote region of the State with the establishment of an International Research Center, a unique facility that spans 1 lakh square feet, dedicated to research in Material Sciences, Energy and Computing. In the Materials Lab, students have already made serious headway in developing durable industry grade spare parts using natural fibers.

The Nano-materials Lab is currently capable of producing diverse range of metal based/ metal free nano materials. Cutting edge technology and expertise come together to create materials that will eventually revolutionize future industrial scenario around the globe. Most of the equipment at the IRC costs in Crores of rupees and these are only available in one or two other institutions in the country. Their precision and advanced functions have elicited interest from scientific organizations abroad, who wish to utilize these facilities. Some of the major equipment in the facility are: INDFURR Inert Atmospheric High Temperature Furnace, INDFURR Box Type High Temperature Furnace, Rocher Vacuum pump, Universal Testing Machine, Digital Impact Tester, Pin-on-Disc Wear Tester, Rotary Bending Fatigue Tester, Trinocular Microscope, Corrosion Analyzer and Compression Molding Machine.


KARE is keenly taking more and more initiatives in establishing state-of-the-art Research Labs in all the departments. In its recent major initiative, KARE has created the ‘National Cyber Defense Research Center’ in association with National Cyber Safety and Security Standards.

(d) Good Bonding with Industries and International Institutions

KARE is continuously strengthening its connection with industries of international repute to set-up many research labs. M/s. Cisco Systems have set-up Routing and Switching Lab & Wireless Network Lab, IBM has supported the IBM Software Center for Excellence, ABB has set-up Power Systems Automation Lab.

In collaboration with the Texas Instruments, Bengaluru, the Department of ECE has set up Embedded Systems Lab and Analog System Design Lab. M/s Altera Corporations and M/s Intel (under Intel University Program) have supported in establishment of DSP Based System Design Lab and Intel Microcontroller Lab respectively in the department of ECE. M/s FORD India Limited has sponsored a FORD Eco Sports Car for the Vehicle Testing Lab of the Department of Automobile Engineering.

KARE has signed a MoU with TAFE (Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited) for offering M.Tech (Manufacturing) for TAFE employees. As a part of this MoU, many UG students’ projects are carried out in collaboration with TAFE.

The Technology Innovation Center is set up with the innovative support of National Instruments, Bengaluru with the objective of inculcating thinking among the students. The major software facilities of the center are LabVIEW (Campus wide license) and MULTISIM; and hardware MyDAQ, MyRIO, CRIO, CDAQ, ELVIS Mechatronics Kit, ELVIS Optical Communication Board, ELVIS Signal Processing Board etc. The center has already organized Short Term Workshops on MULTISIM, LabVIEW and NI Hardware for faculty members and students. It also offers CLAD International Certification.

KARE in collaboration with M/s. Tessolve, Bengaluru (one of the leading Semiconductor Services Company in India) is planning to offer a unique M.Tech programme in VLSI Design, Test and Manufacturing. The programme has been Co-designed and Co-administered by KARE and TESSOLVE. This Programme is unique in terms of its real-time and project-based curriculum and industry-specific course contents. The curriculum has been designed in consultation with Industry partners anticipating the current and future industry trends.

Students also get an opportunity to work on advanced industry projects under the Internship mode as part of their Project Phase. With this application oriented programme, KARE has established state-of-the-art infrastructure, advanced laboratory facilities and resourceful library, with a complete focus on VLSI Design, Test and Manufacturing. Stipend of Rs. 10,000/- per month is granted for GATE-qualified students. During the Internship, the students will be paid Rs.25,000/- per month by Tessolve, Bengaluru.

At KARE, educational opportunities are truly at a global scale. KARE has signed MoUs with 20 well known overseas universities from various countries for academic research collaborations. These MoUs are facilitating faculty and/or


students exchange programs, collaborative research projects, offering foreign languages including Korean, Romanian languages. The students undergoing Semester Abroad Programme has to pay the regular tuition fee to KARE only. Students can also avail scholarships from partner institutions across the world to fund their travel and stay. Eminent professors and leaders of research have visited KARE to teach special courses to the students. These courses give our students an edge over the rest.

(e) Perfect Ambience for Learning In order to make an impact on our young students, it is important to have a proper

natural ambience besides infrastructural and other facilities. The KARE is created on a spacious, eco-friendly institution with plenty of flora and fauna around.

On weekends, when the campus is mostly traffic free, it is a lovely sight to see the visitors from the Western Ghats like Peacocks, Peahens, batches of Deer, Bison, Wild Boars, Hedgehogs, to name a few. The presence of a sizable number of heterogeneous student communities on campus helps prevail a multicultural atmosphere. The calm and quiet environment, completely away from the humdrum of a city life, is ideally suited for concentrated learning. Besides, KARE is situated in close proximity to many centers of cultural and spiritual heritage sites such as the famous Andal Temple in Srivilliputtur, Meenakshi Temple in Madurai and Swami Vivekananda Rock in Kanyakumari.

KARE is the first institution in India to offer the special B.Tech programme for the Speech and Hearing Impaired Persons (SHIP). The presence of the so-called physically challenged students, who are given equal opportunity to study with other students and share rooms in the hostel, invokes in the mind of others feelings of compassion and empathy.

It also invokes humanitarian feelings in the minds of faculty and staff who teach or interact with these students. In a society which is getting estranged from humanitarian feelings, KARE is serving the society in bridging this gap by its innovative programmes.

The regular visit of nationally and internationally distinguished visitors to KARE adds one more feather on KARE’s cap. A gist of eminent persons who visited the campus in last two years is as follows: Hon’ble K.Rosaiah, Governor of Tamilnadu; Dr. K. Sivan, Distinguished Scientist & Director, Liquid Propulsion Systems Center, ISRO, Thiruvananthapuram; Dr. B. Venkatraman, Outstanding Scientist and Associate Director, IGCAR, Kalpakkam; Mr.K.Chokalingam, IPS, Inspector General of Police, Govt. of Tamilanadu, Mr.V.Saravanakumar, IAS, District Collector & District Magistrate, Rajasthan; Dr. K.M. Koh, Department of Mathematics, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Dr. Alison Marr, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Southwestern University, USA; Professor. Jay Bagga, Professor of Computer Science, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, USA; Mr. Justice T.N. Villinayagam, Judge, Lok Adalat & Former Judge, High Court of Madras; Dr. G.A.Rajkumar, IAS, Chairman, National Executive Committee, National Cyber Safety and Security Standards; Dr. Vijayamohanan, Director, CSIR- CECRI, Karaikudi; Mr.T.S.Rengarajan, Secretary, IEEE India Council, Madras; Dr. Adi Idris Vi, Group Leader University Brunei Darussalam, Brunei; Mr. Balunyua Baker,


Embassy of Uganda, N.Delhi; Mr. Pattabiraman Krishnaswamy, Head, Accreditation Process, South India Tata Consultancy Services; Dr. Kuruvila Joseph, Scientist, Indian Institute Space Science and Technology, Trivandram, Sailendra Babu, IPS, Additional Director General of Police, Tamilnadu, Dr. Irai Anbu, IAS, Chairman for Tourism, Culture and Religious Endowments Department, Tamilnadu.

(f) Commitment to Quality Enhancement

KARE is fully committed to improve quality in all aspects. In its first accreditation, NAAC has assessed and awarded this university with ‘B’ grade

indicating that quality is ‘Good’. This was the case when hardly three or four years have passed after this institution attained Deemed University status. Since then, the IQAC of the KARE has come up with quality measures to ensure and improve quality in faculty credentials, student credentials, research outputs and academic curriculum through a systematic and continuous quality assessment process involving experts from reputed institutes and industries as members. Already three of our UG programmes have gone for NBA accreditation process and other programmes are in the pipeline.

KARE is continuously monitoring and adapting to the changing scenarios in higher education. In a very recent initiative, recognizing the thrust placed by IEEE about students’ involvement in community services in collaboration with school students and non-profit organizations, KARE has planned to incorporate this concept mandatorily in the curriculum from the academic year 2015-16.

WEAKNESS

Attracting competent faculty from all over India and maintain a composite and critical push to all the programmes has been a constraint due to non availability of good school education to faculty/staff wards. Now this has been taken care of by opening of new ‘CBSE – Linga Global School” in the vicinity of the campus by

the same Trust/Society from June 2015 onwards. Lack of large industrial manufacturing or IT companies in this district and nearby

districts hamper attractiveness compared to other regions of Tamil Nadu for example Chennai, Coimbatore or Trichy.

OPPORTUNITIES

The Government of India is entering into many bilateral funding projects in collaboration with other countries such as Brazil, Japan, Taiwan etc. Faculty members of KARE can utilize these opportunities for post doctoral research and work as visiting faculty etc.

With growing opportunities in the field of Arts and Science and other inter-disciplinary fields, KARE can capitalize on offering innovative curriculum and training which is otherwise difficult in the regular Arts and Science Colleges. With very good ambience for research and other infrastructural facilities, KARE can offer diversified courses catering to the needs of all.

KARE has started creating impact in quality research and education, and this can be utilized now for attracting more international students, increasing research


collaborations, faculty exchange etc through the existing MoUs. Our faculty members have more postdoctoral experience and having more joint publications which will ensure an attractive proposition foreign students as well as research scholars.

With the establishment of cutting edge research centers on campus, KARE has ample opportunities to contribute to the overall development of the region in which it is located in association with industry partners and/or NGOs. KARE already has a ‘School Linkage Program’ which can be used to benefit high school

students by their participation in programs like ‘EPICS in IEEE’.

CHALLENGES KARE, though attracting regionally oriented large students who are mostly

educated through Tamil medium need to constantly enhance their soft skills. They need to be continuously monitored to develop overall competency to Industry requirements and nurture their ambitions to pursue higher education/good administrative positions through competitive means.

Inculcating empowerment and removing age old concept of women is not equal to men among the rural mass and focus the main stream productive manpower is yet to be overcome, though more number of girl students are attracted to KARE.

Being a growing Institution its ability to attract more students to its Post Graduate Programmes are still need to be pursued through more Industry-Institute Collaborative arrangements. This will ensure Industry ready human resource to take leadership role.

Research is a specialized field and its relevance aligned to International Development need to be constantly invested in terms of special facilities, equipments, software and hardware facilities. Competent research faculty have high mobility and their availability is constrained.


SECTION B Profile of the University 1. Name and Address of the University: Name Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education,

Address Anand Nagar, Krishnankoil, Srivilliputtur (tk), Virudhunagar (District)

City : Krishnankoil Pin :626126 State : Tamilnadu

Website www.kalasalingam.ac.in

2. For Communication:

Designation Name Telephone with STD

Code Mobile Fax Email

Vice Chancellor

Dr.S.Saravanasankar O: 04563-289042 R :

9965917109

04563-289322

[email protected]

Pro Vice Chancellor

O: R :

Registrar Dr.V.Vasudevan O: 04563-289230 R :

9487551111

04563-289322

Registrar @klu.ac.in

Steering Committee/IQAC - Dean

Dr.C.Sivapragasam

O: R :

9894028635

04563-289322

Sivapragasam @klu.ac.in

Steering Committee/IQAC Co-ordinator

Dr.V.Arumugaprabu 7373513214

04563-289322

[email protected]

Steering Committee/Dy. Dean (Accreditation)

Dr.S.Aravind Raj 9994414363

04563-289322

[email protected]

3. Status of the University: State University State Private University Central University University under Section 3 of UGC (Deemed University) Institution of National Importance Any other (Please specify)

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4. Type of University: Unitary Affiliating

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5. Source of Funding: Central Government State Government Self-Financing √ Any other (please specify) 6. a. Date of establishment of the university : 20/10/2006. b. Prior to the establishment of the university, was it an

If yes, give the date of establishment - 22/08/1984.

7. Date of recognition as a university by UGC or any other national agency:

Under Section dd mm yyyy Remarks

i. 2f of UGC*

ii. 12B of UGC*

iii. 3 of UGC # 20 10 2006

iv. Any other ^(specify)

* Enclose certificate of recognition:

# Enclose notification of MHRD and UGC for all courses / programmes / campus / campuses. [Appendix – I] ^ Enclose certificate of recognition by any other national agency / agencies, if any.

8. Has the University been recognized a. By UGC as a University with Potential for Excellence?

Yes No √

b. For its performance by any other governmental agency?

Yes No √

i.PG Centre Yes Yes Yes Yes

No ii. Affiliated College √ No iii. Constituent College No iv. Autonomous College No


9. Does the university have off-campus centres? Yes No 10. Does the university have off-shore campuses? Yes No 11. Location of the campus and area :

Location * Campus area in

acres Built up area in

sq.mts i. Main campus area Rural 65 21,59,274 ii. Other campuses in

country NA NA NA

iii. Campuses abroad NA NA NA (* Urban, Semi-Urban, Rural, Tribal, Hilly Area, Any other (please specify) 12. Provide information on the following: In case of multi-campus University, please provide campus- wise information.

Auditorium/seminar complex with infrastructural facilities: one auditorium, 5 seminar halls and one senate hall.

Sports facilities Playground: 4 outdoor and 1 indoor Swimming pool: 1 (Olympic standard) Gymnasium: 2 (For men and women separate) Any other (please specify)

Hostel Boys’ hostel

i. Number of hostels: 4 ii. Number of inmates: 2138 iii. Facilities: Library, TV hall, Rest Room, YOGA, Internet & WiFi connection, employment training and coaching classes, Hostel Campus tailoring facilities, Life service and smart card service, Dobby Service and Swimming pool.

Girls’ hostel i. Number of hostels: 3 ii. Number of inmates: 1311 iii. Facilities: Beauty Parlour, GYM, Library, TV hall, Rest Room, YOGA, Internet & WiFi connection, employment training and coaching classes, Hostel Campus tailoring facilities, Life service and smart card service, Dobby Service and Swimming pool.

Working women’s hostel: Not Applicable i. Number of hostels ii. Number of inmates iii. Facilities

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Residential facilities for faculty and non-teaching 4 Apartments accommodating 36 family are in the campus. Besides this, some faculty members are also given accommodation in Hostels and Guest House.

Cafeteria: 4 food courts (including specifically catering to north Indian students). Many refreshment stalls are distributed throughout the campus area.

Health centre – facilities are available for both inpatient and outpatients. Ambulance facility is available 24 hours a day.

Facilities like banking, post office, book shops, etc.: Union Bank of India with ATM facility; Post office is available within campus with speed post facilities; Higginbothams is also functioning within the campus. Many stationary shops (including those in hostel) cater to students’ needs. 4 xerox shops cater to students’ needs; One hair dresser unit.

Transport facilities to cater to the needs of the students and staff: Bus facilities are available to staff and students residing within a radius of about 100km in various towns/districts.

Facilities for persons with disabilities: Lift facilities are available Animal house: A/F Incinerator for laboratories: NIL Power house: 8 Generators are available at teaching/administrative blocks,

hostels and research center with about 2500KVA capacity. Waste management facility: One sewage treatment plant with automatic

generator capacity of 82.5 KVA 13. Number of institutions affiliated to the university NA 14. Does the University Act provide for conferment of autonomy (as recognized by the UGC) to its affiliated institutions? If yes, give the number of autonomous colleges under the jurisdiction of the University

Yes No Number

15. Furnish the following information: Particulars Number No. of Students

a. University Departments Undergraduate Post graduate Research centers on the campus

24 17 9

4246 464 28

b. Constituent colleges NA NA

c. Affiliated colleges NA NA

d. Colleges under 2(f) NA NA

e. Colleges under 2(f) and 12B NA NA f. NAAC accredited colleges NA NA

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g. Colleges with Potential for Excellence (UGC)

NA NA

h. Autonomous colleges NA NA i. Colleges with Postgraduate Departments NA NA j. Colleges with Research Departments NA NA k. University recognized Research Institutes /

Centres NA NA

16. Does the university conform to the specification of Degrees as enlisted by the UGC? Yes No If the university uses any other nomenclatures, please specify. 17. Academic programmes offered by the university departments at present, under the following categories: (Enclose the list of academic programmes offered)

Programmes Number

UG 28

PG 40 Integrated Masters 0 M.Phil. 5 Ph.D. 20 Integrated Ph.D 0 Certificate 0 Diploma 2 PG Diploma 0 Any other (please specify) 1(B.Ed) Total 96

UG Programme PG Programme

B.A-English M.A-English BCA – Computer Applications M.Sc-Mathematics BBA-Management M.Sc-Chemistry B.Com M.Sc-Physics B.Com (CA) M.Sc – Microbial Technology B.Sc- Catering Science and Hotel Management

M.Sc – Pharmaceutical Chemistry

B.Sc – Visual Communication M.Sc - Psychology B.Sc- Maths M.Sc – Computer Technology B.Sc – Physics MCA-Computer Application B.Sc – Chemistry MBA

MSW-MBA MBA – Actuarial Science

B.Sc- Computer Science M.Tech-Computer Science Engineering

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B.Sc – Information Technology M.Tech-Energy Engineering B.Tech-Automobile Engineering M.Tech-CAD/CAM B.Tech-Bio-Technology M.Tech-Digital Communication and Network

Engineering B.Tech-Civil Engineering M.Tech-Environmental Engineering. B.Tech-Computer Science & Engineering

M.Tech-Information Assurance and Security

B.Tech-Electronics & Communication Engg.

M.Tech-Renewable Energy Technologies

B.Tech-Electrical & Electronics Engg.

M.Tech- Robotics and Automation

B.Tech-Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering

M.Tech-Software Engineering.

B.Tech-Information Technology M.Tech-Power System Engineering B.Tech-Mechanical Engineering

M.Tech- Network Engineering

B.Tech-Manufacturing Engineering

M.Tech- Control and Instrumentation Engineering

B.Arch-Architecture M.Tech- Embedded System Technologies B.Tech-Information and Communication Technology

M.Tech-Very Large Scale Integration

B.Ed-Special Education-Hearing Impaired

M.Tech – Biotechnology

B.Tech-Chemical Engineering M.Tech – Information Technology B.Tech – Food Technology M.Tech – Pharmaceutical Biotech

B.Tech – Bio Medical Engineering M.Tech – Power Electronics and Derives M.Tech – Transport Engineering M.Tech – Construction Engineering and

Management M.Tech – Computer Applications M.Tech – Nano Technology M.Tech – Industrial Safety M.Tech – Process Control and Automation M.Tech – Automotive Systems Engineering M.Tech – Manufacturing (TAFE) M.Tech – Mobile Communication and Computing M.Tech – Structural Engineering M.Tech – Thermal Engineering M.Tech – Engineering Design M.Tech – Semi conductor testing and design M.Arch - Architecture 18. Number of working days during the last academic year

165


19. Number of teaching days during the past four academic years. (‘Teaching days’ means days on which classes were engaged. Examination days are not to be included) 20. Does the university have a department of Teacher Education? Yes No If yes,

a. Years of establishment - 2014 b. NCTE recognition is not applicable, but we have RCI recognition.

RCI recognition details: Notification No.: RCI/INS TN/625 Date : 20/04/2015

c. Is the department opting for assessment and accreditation separately? Yes No

21. Does the university have a teaching department of Physical Education? Yes No 22. In the case of Private and Deemed Universities, please indicate whether professional programmes are being offered? Yes No If yes, please enclose approval / recognition details issued by the statutory body governing the programme: As per MHRD notification [No. F.2-1/2006-U.3(A)], it is not mandatory for Deemed to be Universities to obtain AICTE approval for offering professional courses 23. Has the university been reviewed by any regulatory authority? If so, furnish a copy of the report and action taken there upon. (a) Reviewed by the UGC Review Committee in 2009 with the following recommendation: “Functioning of the University is quite satisfactory, particularly with respect to

Infrastructure, Academic Performance, qualified faculty and research atmosphere created in the remote and rural area”. (b) After presentation to UGC in July 2014, KARE has been removed from the list of ‘C’

category institutions. Subsequently, there is no visit by UGC to KARE, while it visited the 7 universities in the same category.

180 180 180 180

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(c) Three of our UG programmes (B.Tech – BioTech, CSE and ECE) are accredited by NBA under Tier – 1 during March 2015 visit. These UG programmes scored 723, 758 and 764 respectively out of 1000 [Appendix - II] 24. Number of positions in the university

Positions Teaching faculty Non-

teaching staff

Technical staff Professor

Associate Professor

Assistant Professor

Sanctioned by the UGC / University / State Government Recruited Yet to recruited

50

69

263

173

114

Number of persons working on contract basis

NIL

25. Qualifications of the teaching staff

Highest qualification

Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Total

Male Female Male Female Male Female Permanent teachers D.Sc./D.Litt. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ph.D. 46 4 46 8 12 11 127 M.Phil. 0 0 2 2 18 24 46 PG 0 0 7 4 131 61 203 B.Arch 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 Temporary teachers Ph.D. NA NA NA NA NA NA NA M.Phil. NA NA NA NA NA NA NA PG NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Part-time teachers Ph.D. NA NA NA NA NA NA NA M.Phil. NA NA NA NA NA NA NA PG NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 26. Emeritus, Adjunct and Visiting Professors.

Emeritus Adjunct Visiting

Number NIL 5 42

27. Chairs instituted by the university: Not Applicable

Chairs

Department

Under establishment in the Department of Biotechnology, Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.


28. Students enrolled in the university departments during the current academic year, with the following details

Students UG PG Integrated Masters

M.Phil Ph.D Integrated

Ph.D D.Litt, /D.Sc.

Certificate Diploma PG

Diploma

M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F From the state where the university is located

913 318 39 28 4

17

45

29

From other states of India

293

49

4

1

0

0

0

0

NRI students 3 1 0 0 Foreign students 0 0

Total 1209 368 43 29 4 17 45 29

* M – Male *F – Female 29. ‘Unit cost’ of education (Unit cost = total annual recurring expenditure (actual) divided by total number of students enrolled)

(a) Including the salary component = Rs. 79,840/- (b) Excluding the salary component = Rs. 32,735/-


30. Academic Staff College [Center for Learning Technology] Year of establishment: 2011 Number of Programmes conducted (with duration)

* University’s own Programme (Minimum of two days and maximum of five days)

YEAR NUMBER OF PROGRAMS 2012-13 31 2013-14 15 2014-15 21 2015-16 8(Till date)

31. Does the university offer Distance Education Programmes (DEP)? Yes No If yes, indicate the number of programmes offered. Are they recognized by the Distance Education Council? 32. Does the university have a provision for external registration of students? Yes No If yes, how many students avail of this provision annually? 33. Is the university applying for Accreditation or Re-Assessment? If Accreditation, name the cycle. Accreditation: Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Cycle 3 Cycle4 Re-Assessment: 34. Date of accreditation *(applicable for Cycle2, Cycle3, Cycle4 and re-assessment only) Cycle 1: 28/03/2010 Accreditation outcome / Result…‘B’ Grade with CGPA 2.81 *Kindly enclose copy of accreditation certificate(s) and peer team report(s) [Appendix – III] 35. Does the university provide the list of accredited institutions under its jurisdiction on its website? Provide details of the number of accredited affiliated / constituent / autonomous colleges under the university.

NOT APPLICABLE 36. Date of establishment of Internal Quality Assurance cell (IQAC) and dates of submission of Annual Quality Assurance Reports (AQAR). IQAC 26/06/2010 AQAR (i) 10/06/2011

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(ii) 15/07/2012 (iii) 20/11/2013 (iv)31/12/2014 (v)14/09/2015 37. Any other relevant data, the university would like to include (not exceeding one page) (a) As per SIR ranking (2014), KARE is placed in 7th position amongst private universities within the country in terms of quality research. (b) In KARE, we admit Hearing Impaired students after 10th class and prepare them for NIOS Senior Secondary Examination in Science Stream. We coach them in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science and English .Those who pass in the NIOS public examination become eligible for admission into B.Tech program in Computer Science & Engineering of our University. The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) formerly known as National Open School (NOS) was established in November,1989 as an autonomous organization in pursuance of National Policy on Education 1986 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. NIOS is providing a number of Vocational, Life Enrichment and community oriented courses besides General and Academic Courses at Secondary and Senior Secondary level. It also offers Elementary level Courses through its Open Basic Education Programmes (OBE). Government of India through a gazette notification vested NIOS with the authority to examine and certify learners registered with it upto pre degree level courses whether Academic, Technical or Vocational. Association of Indian Universities, vide letter No. EV/11(354)/91/ 25 July, 1991 issued Equivalence of Senior Secondary Certificate Examination of NIOS.

http://www.nos.org/departmentsunits/academic/open-basic-education-%28obe%29.aspx

http://www.nos.org/departmentsunits/administration/government-circular-for-nios.aspx



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CRITERION I: CURRICULAR ASPECTS 1.1 Curriculum Design and deployment 1.1.1 How is the institutional vision and mission reflected in the academic

programmes of the University? Vision: To be a Centre of Excellence of International Repute in Education and Research.

Mission: To Produce Technically Competent, Socially Committed Technocrats and Administrators through Quality Education and Research.

The academic programs are designed to realize the vision and mission of the University. Right from the inception, the University is offering U.G, P.G and Ph.D programmes on various Engineering disciplines besides M.B.A and M.C.A. Recently, KARE has introduced Arts and Science programmes at both the UG and PG levels. At present KARE offers 28 UG Programmes, and 40 PG Programmes, besides the PhD Programmes in various departments. The vision and mission of the University are reflected in the academic programmes offered. A wide range of courses offered related to the programme, ensures that the students gain sufficient technical knowledge. They are taught by experienced and well qualified faculty members to ensure quality education resulting in technical competency. Several value added courses are offered along with their regular programmes on campus for enriching the knowledge of students. Every department has its own association to lend an extra dimension to the knowledge base of the students. The activities organized by the association include Guest Lectures, National Symposia and Workshops. The students, under the programmes related to the Centre of Excellence gain in-depth depth knowledge utilizing the available facilities there. Professional Ethics course addresses the issues of ethical responsibility of Engineers. Civic sense is addressed by the course on Environmental Science. Community Service Project included in the curriculum helps the students to address societal issues. The courses offered under Non – CGPA category like NSS, NCC infuse social commitment in the minds of the students.

The students get research experience by jointly working with faculty members on their research projects and by undergoing sponsored research projects. More than 200 Research Scholars and Post-graduate students, doing their research on different areas of Engineering and Management, utilize the research laboratories and advanced research facilities to carry out research in cutting edge technologies. Among the faculty, there are 127 doctorate degree holders. Some 127 faculty members are pursuing research leading to Ph.D. KARE regularly organizes National and International Conferences on challenging areas of research. The Postgraduate students whet their research appetite in these Conferences. International Research Center (IRC) is established in the University with all modern equipment to give thrust to research.

. 1.1.2 Does the university follow a systematic process in the design and development of the curriculum? If yes, give details of the process (need assessment, feedback, etc.)

Yes, the University follows a systematic process in the curriculum design and development.

KARE Curriculum follows the Outcome Based Education recommended by the NBA. The curriculum offered through KARE is the Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS).


The process of curriculum development at KARE is based on the assessment of industry needs, and also the feedback obtained from the stakeholders like the students, parents and the faculty. Care has always been taken to match the standard of the curriculum and syllabus with global standard parameters. While designing and developing curriculum and syllabi for any programme, the following procedures are followed.

Step I: The department faculty members visit industries for interaction during semester vacation. During their visits, they collect information on the performance of our alumni, future manpower and skill-sets needed for the industry along with an assessment of skills of the graduates passing out with similar degrees from other universities.

The gap analysis between the current skills being imparted and the needs of the industry is made out. Based on the above-said points, a draft syllabus is formulated by the faculty after a thorough discussion at the department level.

Step II: The draft syllabus is circulated among the Industry experts and Alumni of the institution and the suggestions are incorporated. By referring to the guidelines of the professional society such as IEEE and ASME and based on the curriculum and syllabi of similar programmes, which are offered by other National /International Universities, further modifications in the curriculum are made.

Step III: The draft syllabus is discussed in detail in the Board of Studies (BoS) which has members from both industry and academia. The BoS of departments also invite student members who offer comments and suggestions. The curriculum is also presented to other stakeholders like the Alumni, Parents through the Parent-Teachers Association of KARE and their views and recommendations are also accommodated. Step IV: The modified curriculum and syllabus is further discussed in detail and approval is obtained by the Academic Council, which also has representation both from industry and academia.

At every stage in the design and development of curriculum of all the academic programs, the additional requirement for the overall development of the students is well addressed. 1.1.3 How are the following aspects ensured through curriculum design and

development? Employability, Innovation, Research

Employability: In the emerging global scenario, graduates are expected to have not only strong

domain knowledge, but also multiple skills that make them vibrant and fit across the organization. Keeping this in mind, the latest technological advancements and practices in industries are included in the curriculum.

The curriculum design and development of all the academic programs of KARE are being done with active participation of experts from industries. Nearly 50% of the members of the academic council and BoS are from leading industries in India. While designing the curriculum, more focus is given to the employability of the students who will be taking up the programs.

The draft curriculum for each programme is also circulated among the employers and alumni who are working in industries to get their feedback. Their comments and suggestions are also incorporated in the curriculum.


Specific courses which are aimed at imparting soft skills, communication skills, questioning and reasoning abilities are made mandatory to all the students studying in KARE. The skill sets which are demanded by the industry are imparted through courses under Non-CGPA category. Every student is supposed to earn minimum a number of credits by successfully completing such courses.

The curriculum also facilitates the students to undergo industrial visits during the semesters, in-plant training during vacation and one semester project work during the final year at industries. These activities provide them exposure to industry and hands-on experience with the current technology adapted in industries.

The competency /skill-set required is provided to the students to take up the competitive examinations like GATE, GRE, etc., through well experienced teaching faculty. The University also provides opportunities for students to undertake industrial training and project work in research centers, government and private organizations. The University curriculum is designed to impart effective communication skill in English for the Engineering graduates.

The wide range of free elective courses available at KARE enables the students to gain multidisciplinary knowledge which in turn enhance the employability level of them.

KARE provides opportunities to students to secure placements in leading industries through the Placement Cell of the Institute.

In addition to this the courses offered by the industry-sponsored labs, theory courses with practical knowledge, students involvement in industrial projects etc., enable the students to attain necessary employability skills.

Innovation For the students to be successful in their career, they need to be innovative in their

approach. The following activities / courses enhance the students’ innovative skills. Community Service Project and Final Year Project Theory with Practical Doing Projects as part of the Laboratory Course Organization of Workshops and Project Contest TNCST-Sponsored Funded Projects. EDC of KARE has conducted 18 programs related to innovation and

entrepreneurship. Funded Projects are undertaken by the students through the Innovation and

Entrepreneurship Development Centre of KARE. Five Projects of IEDC have received a fund of Rs.1,00,000/- each in 2014-2015. In addition five more projects have been submitted in the academic year 2015 –

16 for funding. The students are motivated to file their innovative projects to get the Patent Right.

And 43 Projects have been filed by our students to get the Patent Right. Research

KARE is continuously focusing on research to generate updated knowledge in various fields. Continuous efforts are being taken to maintain the standard of research. Both U.G and P.G students are encouraged to involve in research activities of the faculty members and sponsored research projects undertaken by the department. They are encouraged to participate in Seminars and Conferences. The students are advised to


present the outcome of their project work in Conferences. In the P.G curriculum a course on Research Methodology is included. Further, it is mandatory for the P.G students to present their Research work in Conferences or in reputed Journals before the submission of their Thesis Report. 1.1.4 To what extent does the university use the guidelines of the regulatory bodies for developing and / or restructuring the curricula? Has the university been instrumental in leading any curricular reform which has created a national impact?

Yes, the University incorporates the guidelines of regulatory bodies like UGC, AICTE and ACI fully, while developing or restructuring the curricula. The Dean-Academic coordinates the restructuring of curricula. The comparison of our curricular structure (Engineering) with the guidelines given by AICTE is given below:

The following reforms have been made in our curriculum recently:

Soft Skills, which carries one credit has been incorporated in the regular curriculum and the students undergo “Soft Skills” course in II, III, IV and V semester. Soft Skills courses are conducted by the HR Personnel from Talent Search, Coimbatore.

Co-curricular and extracurricular courses categorized as Non-CGPA are included in the curriculum for the students to undergo.

Further, the following special academic courses have been introduced in the curriculum to enhance the knowledge and skills of the students.

One-credit courses offered by Industrial Professionals/Scientists from Research Laboratories courses on the latest topics.

Online Courses offered by the Universities abroad /NPTEL. Laboratory Courses with Project

For one of the laboratory courses in each semester, the students have to do a mini project, as a part of the laboratory course.

Theory Courses with Practical Components For the theory subjects which are not having the allied laboratory course, practical

component will be added to the course.


A special six year Integrated Programme named as B.Tech – SHIP (Speech and Hearing Impaired) is offered by the Departments of Mechanical and Computer Science Engineering. This course offers great benefit to the students having speech and hearing impairment. 1.1.5 Does the university interact with industry, research bodies and the civil society in the curriculum revision process? If so, how has the university benefitted through interactions with the stakeholders?

Yes, the university has close interaction with industry, research laboratories, civic society and stakeholders whose valid suggestions and feedback help in designing the curriculum relevant to the present scenario. The role of the above-said members in the curriculum revision is listed below. Role of Industrial Experts:

Industry experts are nominated as members of BoS of all departments. The students and faculty discuss with the industry experts on the current scenarios

in the industry to make necessary changes in the curriculum when they go for industrial visits.

Members of Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) share their suggestions to make significant amendments in the curriculum based on the methodologies followed up in industries. IAB also ensures that the curriculum designed is up to the mark and meets industrial standards.

Interaction with Research Bodies: The eminent researchers from R&D division of industry and research laboratories

are acting as members of BoS, who help in the fine tuning of both curriculum and syllabi.

Feedback from other Stake Holders: Feedback is obtained from the recruiters at the time of campus placement and

other occasions and their inputs are communicated to the concerned departments to revise the curriculum as per the requirements of the industry.

The feedback from alumni are incorporated in the curriculum and other related activities.

The feedback given has helped KARE to get the details of the gap between the present curriculum and the industry and the societal needs. In addition, the feedback collected from the stakeholders is utilized to check the attainment of Programme Objectives and Programme Educational Objectives of the programme.

The revisions made based on the suggestions of the above mentioned members have resulted in the enrichment and improvement of the curriculum at par with institutions of international repute.

1.1.6 Give details of how the university facilitates the introduction of new programmes of studies in affiliated colleges. Not Applicable.

1.1.7 Does the University encourage its colleges to provide additional skill-oriented programmes relevant to regional needs? Cite instances (not applicable for unitary universities) Not Applicable. 1.2 Academic Flexibility 1.2.1 Furnish the inventory for the following


Programmes taught on campus Overseas programmes offered on campus Programmes available for colleges to choose from

Not applicable Programmes taught on campus: UG Programmes: B.Tech : Automobile Engineering

Biomedical Engineering

Civil Engineering

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering

Information Technology

Biotechnology Chemical Engineering

Computer Science and Engineering

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Food Technology

Mechanical Engineering

Special B.Tech Programmes for Speech and Hearing Impaired Persons: Kalasalingam University is the first technical institute to offer special B.Tech programmes in the whole of Asia for children with Speech and Hearing Impairment (SHIP). These students are given an option to specialize in one of the following branches:

Computer Science and Engineering and Mechanical Engineering The institute also has speech and audiology laboratory to train and enhance the speech and hearing levels of the students. Other UG Programmes:

B.Com – Bachelor of Commerce B.Com (CA) B.A – English B.C.A- Bachelor of Computer Applications B.B.A-Bachelor of Business Administration B.Ed (SHIP) - Bachelor of Education B.Sc in, Mathematics, Physics, Information Technology, Catering Science and

Hotel Management, Chemistry, Computer Science, Visual Communication PG Programmes:

M.A-English MCA-Computer Application MBA-Master of Business Administration MSW-Master of Social Work MBA – Actuarial Science M.Arch – Habitat Design M.Sc in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Microbial Technology, Pharmaceutical

Chemistry, Computer Technology

M.Tech: Computer

applications Environmental

Engineering. Renewable Energy

Technologies Power System

Engineering Control and

Instrumentation Very Large Scale

Integration Information

Technology Power

Electronics


Engineering and Drives Embedded

System Technologies

Biotechnology Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Transport Engineering and Management

Construction Engineering and Management

Computer Science and Engineering

Nano Technology Industrial Safety

Process Control and Automation

Manufacturing (In association with TAFE)

Mobile Communication and Computing

Structural Engineering

Thermal Engineering

Engineering Design

VLSI Design, Test and Manufacturing

Habitat Design

Digital Communication and Network Engineering

Information Assurance and Security

Software Engineering

1.2.2 Give details on the following provisions with reference to academic flexibility a) Core / Elective options, b) Enrichment courses, c) Courses offered in modular form, d) Credit accumulation and transfer facility, e) Lateral and vertical mobility within and across programmes, courses and disciplines a) Core /Elective options

The core courses are compulsory to all students and are offered from the I semester to VII semester for U.G programme students.

In addition they can choose a course offered by his/her parent department, pertaining to his/her discipline which will enable him/her to get specialized knowledge in a particular field within the domain of his/her branch as major elective courses

Similarly, a student can choose any course offered by other departments that are relevant to his/her discipline that will enable him/her to get specialized knowledge in an allied field within the domain of his/her branch as minor elective courses The student who wants to enrich his/her knowledge beyond the subject of his/her discipline can register for any course offered by other departments, under Free Elective Course, Humanities Electives and Self-Study Electives. (Ex. A Computer Science student can register a course on Bio Informatics. A Civil Engineering student can opt for a Costing/Accountancy based courses or management courses offered by MBA department). b) Enrichment Course Options Value added courses are offered from each department to enrich the students with knowledge on latest topics. The sample list of value added courses offered in the last four years are listed below:

LATEX, LINUX & SCILAB Advanced FPGA Design AutoCAD Creo 2.0

CLAD Certification training IBM-RAD IBM-DB2 CCNA


Embedded system LABVIEW Certification Program STAAD-Pro PLC & SCADA

OCJP Sun Certified Sys.Administration Short term course on Embedded

Systems Facilitating course for Security

c) Courses offered in modular form: Every department offers one credit courses to the students. By completing 3 one

credit courses, the student can drop one elective course. The example list of one credit courses offered by the departments are given below:

Programming in Python offered by Mr. Rajendran Subramanian, Founder and CEO Slicon, Software Services, Madurai.

Building Internet of Things with Arduino, offered by Mr.Thangaraj and Mr.Premkumar, Sr.Training Engineer, Coimbatore.

Strategic planning- scenario based approach, offered by Mr.M.Sivakumar, Head, Materials, TAFE, Madurai.

Durability of Concrete offered by Dr.R.Selvaraj, Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR- Central Electrochemical Research Institute.

Turbo generation maintenance inspection and repair offered by Dr.M.Ravichandra Babu and Mr.K.Muthukumar, National Power Training Institute, Neyveli.

d) Credit Accumulation and Transfer Facility:

The curriculum of all branches of the B.Tech programme is designed to have a total of 195-197 credits for the award of the B.Tech degree. All the Non-CGPA courses are of Pass/Fail type.

For the award of B.Tech degree, a student admitted under the Lateral Entry scheme is required to earn a minimum of 137 to 139 CGPA credits out of the courses offered from the third semester to eighth semester of the curriculum of the branch concerned and a minimum of 12 Non-CGPA

The Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) will be calculated by taking into account the credit earnings and grade obtained in the courses starting from the third semester to eighth semester of the curriculum of the branch concerned.

Credit transfer is permitted to the students who spend one semester in Universities abroad under “Semester Abroad scheme”. The credits earned at Universities abroad will be taken into account for calculation of minimum required credits for the award of the degree. A committee comprising of Deans will approve the list of courses for exemption and the equivalent credits to be given for the courses completed in foreign universities.

e) Lateral and vertical mobility within and across programmes, courses and disciplines.

Mobility of students across the programs and discipline is permitted up to second semester.

A student should earn not less than 11 CGPA Credits in the I Semester and 28 CGPA credits by the end of the II semester. Therefore, a student must attain an average of 15 CGPA credits per semester, including first 2


semesters, so as to continue the studies. However, in the final semester, a student may earn less than 15 CGPA credits.

1.2.3 Does the university have an explicit policy and strategy for attracting international students? KARE has signed MoUs with a) Cracow University, Poland, b) Cambridge University, UK, and c) KOREATECH, South Korea for student exchange. The students from under developed countries seeking admission are given 50% free concessions. As per the MoU, the students who visit from partner University to our University under student exchange programs are eligible to avail of the following benefits.

No tuition fee. Complete support for local travel.

Free food and accommodation. Free usage of our research facility

1.2.4 Have any courses been developed targeting international students? If so, how successful have they been? If ‘no’, explain the impediments. Yes, the following courses have been framed for the International students to pursue. The foreign students who have attended these courses are mentioned below.

S. No Name of the student and University

Name of the Course

1. Ms. Jeonyenn Lee, Hannam University

1.English for Technical Communication-I 2.Business Communication laboratory

2. Ms.LeeYujeong, Soongsil University

1.Marketing Management 2. Corporate Financial Management 3.English for Technical communication-II

3. Mr.Han Seohyeon, Hannam University, South Korea

1.English for Technical communication-I 2.General Management 3.Organizational Behaviour 4.Consumer Behaviour

4. Alan Miguel Brun De Silva, UFRGS, Brazil


5. Choran Ham, Soongsil University

Fluid Mechanics

6. Heejin Park, Hannam University, South Korea

1.RNAi Technology 2.English for Technical communication-I

1.2.5 Does the university facilitate dual degree and twinning programmes? If yes, give details. No.

1.2.6 Does the university offer self-financing programmes? If yes, list them and indicate if policies regarding admission, fee structure, teacher qualification and salary are at par with the aided programmes?

Yes, all programs are self-financing.


1.2.7 Does the university provide the flexibility of bringing together the conventional face-to-face mode and the distance mode of education and allow students to choose and combine the courses they are interested in? If yes, give operational details.

Yes, the students are encouraged to register for the on-line courses offered by the foreign Universities. Further, our faculty members have developed e-learning resources for all the I and II year subjects, which are uploaded in the LMS for the easy reference and access of the students. The details of the on-line three credit courses undergone by our students are given below:

Modern construction materials offered by IIT – Madras Artificial Intelligence search method for problem solving offered by IIT – Madras Manufacturing system technology offered by IIT – Kanpur Fundamentals of database systems Offered by NPTEL

1.2.8 Has the university adopted the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) if yes, how many programmes? What efforts have been made by the university to encourage the introduction of CBCS in its affiliated colleges? All the UG Programmes offered in KARE follow CBCS. KARE has no opportunity to introduce CBCS in other institutions. 1.2.9 What percentage of programmes offered by the university follow: * Annual system * Semester system * Trimester system

All the UG and PG programmes offered in the university follow semester pattern

1.2.10 How does the university promote inter-disciplinary programmes? Name a few programmes and comment on their outcome. The elective courses offered to the students in all the programmes enable them to gain inter–disciplinary knowledge. As an example, the inter-disciplinary courses studied by the students of Electrical and Electronics Engineering are given below:

Inter-Disciplinary course Department which offer this course

Digital signal processing Electronics and Communication Engineering

Communication engineering Wireless communication Embedded systems Micro controller based system design VLSI Design Computer architecture and organization

Computer Science Engineering

Visual languages and applications

Data communication and networks

Data Mining and Ware Housing

Advanced Java Programming Operating systems Bio–medical instrumentation Electronics and Instrumentation

Engineering Optimal and adaptive control Mechatronics Mechanical


The interdisciplinary approach of the programs enable the students to gain multi-disciplinary knowledge which enhances the employability opportunities of the students. In addition, the following inter-disciplinary programs are offered in the University. B.Tech (Biomedical Engineering) B.Tech (Food Technology)

M.Tech – Renewable Energy M.Tech- Embedded Systems

M.Tech (Pharmaceutical Biotechnology) 1.3 Curriculum Enrichment. 1.3.1 How often is the curriculum of the university reviewed and upgraded for making it socially relevant and / or job oriented / knowledge intensive and meeting the emerging needs of students and other stakeholders?

Major revision of the curriculum is carried out once in three years and modifications in the subject content are made annually for making it socially relevant, securing job and in improvement of knowledge, so as to meet the emerging needs of students and other stakeholders.

Examples of a few major revision carried out in the curriculum in the past 4 years are given below:

S.No Programme Curriculum Revisions made 1 All B.Tech

Community service project, Laboratory with mini projects

and Theory with practical component are included Hindi Language Skills included in Non CGPA Assignment method and Grading of Student are revised Minor CGPA revision for first year class Model exam included Non – CGPA credits revised Evaluation pattern changed Online and One Credit courses are introduced Soft Skills introduced

2 B.Tech CSE

New Electives included: Mobile Application And Development, Cloud Computing, Big Data Analysis

5 M.C.A Revision to accommodate lateral entry students

1.3.2 During the last four years, how many new programmes at UG and PG levels were introduced? Give details.

In the last four years, the following programs were introduced:

Courses Introduced at UG level

B.Tech– Biomedical Engineering B.Tech – Food Technology B.B.A B.Sc (IT) B.Ed-(Special Education)(Hearing

Impairment)

B.Sc (Visual Communication) B.Sc(Catering and Hotel

Management) B.A (English) B.Com & B.Com (CA) B.C.A


B.Sc (CS) B.Tech–Manufacturing Engineering B.Tech–Information and

Communication Technology

B.Sc (Physics, Chemistry, Maths) B.Arch

Courses Introduced at PG level M.Tech – Renewable Energy

Technologies M.Tech – Construction Engineering

and Management M.Tech – Semi Conductor Testing

And Design M.Tech – Industrial Safety M.Tech – Manufacturing (TAFE) M.Tech – Mobile Communication

and Computing M.A - English

MSW MBA – Actuarial Science M.Tech – Software Engineering M.Tech Engineering Design M.Tech Habitat Design M.Tech Structural Engineering M.Tech Transportation Engineering

& Management M.Tech VLSI Design, test and

Manufacturing

1.3.3 What are the strategies adopted for the revision of the existing programmes? What percentage of courses underwent a syllabus revision? Feedback from stakeholders is utilized for syllabus revision. The feedback is obtained from students, alumni, employer, community, industry etc. and is given due representation in framing the curriculum. The feedback given by students and stake holders is the basic matrix for identifying shortfalls in curricular content and reinforcements needed therein. Based on this, the syllabus revision is made. The salient feature in our academic system is the freedom given to the faculty in modifying the syllabi for the course based on the requirements. As an example a list of revisions in the existing programmes is given below:

S.No Programme % of courses 1. B.Arch 14.28% 2. B.Tech - Biotechnology 4.6%

3. B.Tech - CSE 18% 4. B.Tech – Information Technology 9.40% 5. B. Tech – Electrical and Electronics Engineering 10.75% 5 B.Tech- Electronics and Communication Engineering 80% 5. B. Tech- Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering 7.54%

6. M.B.A 17.56% 7 M.C.A 28.57%

1.3.4 What are the value-added courses offered by the university and how does the university ensure that all students have access to them? Value added courses conducted by the department The list of Value- Added Courses offered by the various Departments is given below.


LATEX, LINUX & SCILAB

Advanced FPGA Design AutoCAD Creo 2.0 Embedded system LABVIEW Certification

Program

STAAD-Pro PLC & SCADA CLAD Certification

training IBM-RAD IBM-DB2 CCNA OCJP

Sun Certified Sys.Administration

Short term course on Embedded Systems

Facilitating course for Security

PHP Programming

The Value-added Courses are being conducted in the evening sessions and in the weekends to enable all the students to attend the courses. The Value Added Courses offered by the individual departments have impacted employability skills to the students.

1.3.5 Has the university introduced any higher order skill development programmes in consonance with the national requirements as outlined by the National Skills Development Corporation and other agencies?

Yes, all the skills that are required by the students to fulfill the needs of the industry, the needs for higher studies in India and abroad, the needs for career development are identified and offered as Non-CGPA courses under the four different categories. It is mandatory to earn certain minimum number of credits from each category as stipulated in the curriculum/syllabi to qualify him/her to get the degree.

The practical skill is imparted through training in industries through in-plant training during vacation and by conducting workshops. Some of the industry-oriented skill development courses offered are given below:

S.No Name of the skill development programme 1. Entrepreneurship Awareness Seminar

2. Workshop on Service of Home Appliances Products 3. Workshop on PCB design

There is an Entrepreneurship Development Centre (EDC) setup in KARE which motivates the students on innovation and entrepreneurship by conducting Awareness Programme and Workshops.

1.4 Feedback System 1.4.1. Does the university have a formal mechanism to obtain feedback from students regarding the curriculum and how is it made use of? Feedback from Students Yes, at the end of every semester, students’ feedback for individual course and faculty is obtained by circulating a Performa which focuses on the relevance, contents and delivery methods. The Class Committee in which the students’ representatives of the class along with the course teachers plan and monitor the delivery of curriculum/syllabus and progress of the class. The Committee is chaired by a senior faculty. The students of the class offer their feedback on the curriculum and the Class Committee is given the academic autonomy to accommodate minor changes in the curriculum as and when the situation demands.


1.4.2 Does the university elicit feedback on the curriculum from national and international faculty? If yes, specify a few methods such as conducting webinars, workshops, online discussions, etc. and its impact.

Yes, the faculty members visiting our universities from national and international universities, give feedback on the curriculum. The names of the faculty who visited our campus recently and gave feedback about the curriculum are given below.

S.No

Name of the Faculty/Delegates Name of the University

1. Dr. Martin Baca Technical University, Slovak Republic

2. Dr. K.M. Koh National University of Singapore 3. Dr. Alison Marr Southwestern University, USA 4. Dr. Jozef Siran The Open University, UK 5. Dr. Andrea Semanicova-

Fenovcikova Technical University of Kosice

6. Dr. Kiki Ariyanti Sugeng University of Indonesia 7. Dr. Tao-Ming Wang Tunghai University, Taiwan 8. Dr. T. Singh BITS Pilani, KK Birla, Goa Campus, Goa. 9. Dr. Jay Bagga Ball State University, Muncie, USA

The International Advisory Council of our University has rendered valuable suggestions, which has tuned the academic and research activities in KARE. Further, the Board has supported KARE through Students Exchange Programme, which has given an international exposure to our students. 1.4.3 Specify the mechanism through which affiliated institutions give feedback on curriculum enrichment and the extent to which it is made use of. Not applicable 1.4.4 What are the quality sustenance and quality enhancement measures undertaken by the university in ensuring the effective development of the curricula? The quality sustenance measures followed by KARE to ensure effective development of curricula are,

Conducting Board of Studies Meeting every year with the sole agenda on curriculum development.

Conducting Faculty Development Programme, Guest Lectures, Specially Designed Workshops, etc.

Obtaining inputs from all the stakeholders to frame the curriculum Lecture plans prepared by the Faculty for allocating class hours to

each unit while formulating curricula.

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CRITERIA II: Teaching – Learning and Evaluation 2.1 Student Enrolment and Profile 2.1.1 How does the university ensure publicity and transparency in the admission

process? KARE follows the following modalities to ensure publicity and transparency in admission process. a) Advertisements:

Print Media – Advertisements are given in all leading newspapers. Visual Media – 5 minute KARE advertisement in all leading T.V

channels. Social Media – e-brochures, e-pamplets and website link

http://kalasalingam.ac.in/ are accessible to all through Facebook, Twitter, Linked- in and Blogs.

KARE has opened Admission Centers all over India to make the admission process easy for candidates. The admission centers give information about KARE, issue admission brochures, application forms and fee structure.

b) Entrance Examinations: KARE conducts Entrance Examinations for the students who seek

admission. The result of the Entrance Examinations is displayed in KARE’s website

and also intimated through email to the candidates. c) Counseling:

The date of Counseling for various programmes is intimated promptly. The counseling status is also displayed in the KARE website.

The admission process adheres to the norms and guidelines of the UGC. Admission process is open to all and there is no capitation fee for admission. The information pertaining to admission are provided in the admission brochure and given in the KARE website. The selection of students to KARE is done by the Admission Cell. The Admission Cell scrutinizes the applications received and prepares a merit list on the basis of marks scored in KARE Entrance Examination/other common entrance examinations like JEE (counseling code for KARE: 519) score along with their +2 examination marks. The selection list is prepared after getting the approval of the Vice Chancellor, and is displayed on the notice board as well as on the website of KARE. 2.1.2 Explain in detail the process of admission put in place by the university. List

the criteria for admission: (e.g.: (i) merit, (ii) merit with entrance test, (iii) merit, entrance test and interview, (iv) common entrance test conducted by state agencies and national agencies (v) other criteria followed by the university (please specify). The admission criteria is based on merit with entrance test. The following are the processes in place of admission into various programmes of KARE.

1. Applications for admission to all the programmes are called for in the month of January.

2. The candidates seeking admission should have scored a minimum of 50% marks in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry in +2 and 50% marks in the Entrance

http://kalasalingam.ac.in/


Examination conducted by KARE. Rank list will be prepared based on aggregate of +2 marks and Entrance Marks. Based on the rank list, students are called for counseling and are admitted based on the vacancy available in each branch. For students passed in National level examinations like JEE (counseling code for KARE: 519), the same strategy is followed.

3. The admission for first year UG Arts and Science Programs are purely based on merit. The merit list for this course is prepared on the basis of 50% average marks in +2 major subjects.

4. The eligibility criteria for first year B.Arch admission is based on valid NATA score with a secured minimum of 50% in their +2 examinations.

5. The eligibility criteria for B.Tech SHIP (Integrated Programme) admission is based on their 10th marks.

6. The minimum qualification for B-Tech II year (Lateral Entry) is three-year Engineering Diploma in any branch of Engineering with minimum 50% marks.

7. Admission to various PG programmes is done through KARE Entrance Examination and aggregate marks of relevant undergraduate programme Preference is given to GATE qualified students.

8. For admission to various research programmes (M.Phil, Ph.D) the eligible candidates (marks in the qualifying examination) are shortlisted based on the Entrance Examination followed by personal interview.

9. Tuition fee waiver upto 50% is provided to students for seeking admission base on their +2 marks and JEE ranking

2.1.3 Provide details of admission process in the affiliated colleges and the university’s role in monitoring the same. NOT APPLICABLE 2.1.4 Does the university have a mechanism to review its admission process and

student profile annually? If yes, what is the outcome of such an analysis and how has it contributed to the improvement of the process? Yes.

The University Admission Cell, consisting of the Dean, Admission and Admission Coordinators takes care of the admission process. This Cell regularly reviews the admission process and student profile.

Through Freshman Induction Program (FIP), data has been reviewed by collecting feedback from the students.

For every student, a separate Faculty Advisor is assigned and the performance of students is monitored by the Faculty Advisor with respect to the academic performance.

Weak students are given special coaching to improve their academic performance. 2.1.5 What are the strategies adopted to increase / improve access for students

belonging to the following categories: The following strategies are adopted to admit students belonging to SC/ST, OBC,

persons with varied disabilities, economically weaker sections and outstanding achievers in sports are given below:

SC/ST: Totally 83 numbers of U.G and 36 numbers of P.G. Students have availed the SC/ST Scholarship

KARE also offers a scholarship of Rs. 10,000/- to the first graduate of the family of any student who seeks admission.


OBC and Women: They are given equal opportunities for admission to all programmes. However, KARE’s Vice Chairman Scholarship is offered to one girl student who performs well in academics, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities among the women students.

Persons with Varied Disabilities: For physically Challenged students, Lift and Ramp are provided in every building for hassle free movement. Also, the University conducts the SHIP (Speech and Hearing Impaired Program) courses for B.Tech -, Computer Science Engineering, Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. These students are given 50% to 100% tuition fee waiver based on merit.

Economically Weaker Sections: KARE has signed an MoU with the Union Bank of India and the Canara Bank to offer loan facilities to economically weaker section without any security deposit. Scholarships are also offered from KARE.

Outstanding Achievers in Sports: Scholarship of full fees waiver (tuition fees and hostel fees) for district and state level achievers is offered.

2.1.6 Number of students admitted in university departments in the last four

academic years: The details of students admitted in KARE’s departments in the last four academic years are given below:

Dept/ Year

2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16

M F Total M F To

tal M F Total M F To

tal M F Total

B.Tech

CIVIL 199 35 234 62 22 84 69 14 83 66 21 87 167 21 188

MECH 353 0 353 165 0 165 160 2 162 133 0 133 403 3 406

CSE 107 146 253 47 67 114 26 29 55 33 27 60 174 52 226

EIE 41 10 51 8 0 8 10 1 11 7 2 9 23 8 31

EEE 79 12 91 25 11 36 14 4 18 19 6 25 59 9 68

ECE 118 132 250 42 52 94 34 32 66 19 27 46 142 69 211

IT 74 66 140 10 16 26 6 8 14 10 6 16 38 16 54

Biotech

34 36 70 10 34 44 32 49 81 23 45 68 63 106 169

AUTO 57 0 57 22 0 22 12 0 12 19 1 20 49 0 49

Manufacturin

g - - - 12 0 12 7 0 7 - - - - - -

ICT - - - 14 15 29 8 6 14 - - - - - -

Food tech.

- - - - - - - - - - - - 27 15 42

Bio Medica

l - - - - - - - - - - - - 21 37 58

Chemical

- - - - - - - - - 14 0 14 23 12 35

Arts and science


B.A(English)

- - - - - - 1 13 14 13 10 23 39 29 68

BBA - - - - - - 19 11 30 33 9 42 56 16 72

B.Sc (CS)

- - - - - - - - - 10 6 16 45 16 61

BCA - - - - - - - - - 12 2 14 43 16 59

B.Sc (IT) - - - - - - - - - 4 0 4 11 6 17

B.Com - - - - - - - - - - - - 29 13 42

B.Com (CA)

- - - - - - - - - - - - 62 29 91

B.Ed. (Special Education)(H.I)

4 2 6 12 8 20 - - - - - - 1 4 5

B.Sc (Maths)

- - - - - - - - - - - - 18 43 61

B.Sc (PHY)

- - - - - - - - - - - - 11 9 20

B.Sc (CHY)

- - - - - - - - - - - - 25 30 55

B.Sc (Caterin

g) - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 1 4

B.Sc (VISCO

M) - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 0 7

2.1.7 Has the university conducted any analysis of demand ratio for the various programmes of the university departments and affiliated colleges? If so, highlight the significant trends explaining the reasons for increase / decrease. Yes. KARE has conducted analysis of admission every year and the performance of various programmes. This helps in evolving strategies to increase enrolment, to improve infrastructure needed for certain programmes and to assess the current trend in students’

preferences. Demand ratios of programmes offered under different programmes are tabulated below,

UG Programs Programmes 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Number of Applications 1728 777 649 588 1885 Number of Students admitted 1449 636 523 518 1537 Demand Ratio 1.15:1 1.22:1 1.24:1 1.14:1 1.22:1

PG Programs Programmes 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Number of Applications 440 405 283 255 331 Number of Students admitted 407 350 223 197 289 Demand Ratio 1.1:1 1.15:1 1.27:1 1.29:1 1.15:1

Ph.D Programs Programmes 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Number of Applications 35 37 39 71 79


Number of Students admitted 31 35 34 67 74 Demand Ratio 1.12:1 1.06:1 1.15:1 1.06:1 1.07:1

2.1.8 Were any programmes discontinued / staggered by the university in the last

four years? If yes, please specify the reasons. Yes. The following programmes were discontinued due to lack of sufficient student enrolment:

(a) M.Tech - CAD/CAM and (b) M.Tech - Energy Engineering (c) M.Tech- Computer Applications

2.2 Catering to Student Diversity 2.2.1 Does the university organize orientation / induction programme for fresher’s?

If yes, give details such as the duration, issues covered, experts involved and mechanism for using the feedback in subsequent years. Yes. Freshmen Induction Programme (FIP) is conducted every year. An orientation programme about KARE’s academic system, hostel residency, placement and other details are given by Vice Chancellor and respective Deans. The FIP is a full-time on-campus fully residential program conducted for one full week. It starts with yoga classes in the morning, and throughout the day students are trained in various aspects on personality development as expected for a budding Engineer. In the FIP, the students are given in the training on the topics:

English for Engineers, Presentation Skills, Communication Skills, Socializing and Etiquette, Learning Focus, Career Planning, Team Building, Goal Setting, Success through Inner Journey, Aptitude Test , Computer Skills, Voice and Accent and Personality Tests.

The following organizations have been utilized to conducts the FIP M/s. Simho HR Services Pvt. Ltd., Chennai M/s. Radical Thoughts, Chennai Smart Training Resources, Chennai

Feedback is collected from students on these training programs and is used to improve in subsequent years. 2.2.2 Does the university have a mechanism through which the “differential

requirements of the student population” are analyzed after admission and

before the commencement of classes? If so, how are the key issues identified and addressed?

Yes, KARE has the following mechanism to analyze different requirements of the student population, Before the commencement of first year UG classes, an FIP is being conducted

for the benefit of the students. After completing the FIP, students must undergo a test of 20 questions from

Mechanical Reasoning, English, Numerical Abilities, Comprehension and Data Interpretation to analyze their capability.

The test aims to identify each student at specific level of expertise in every subject, which would help the faculty to guide their betterment. The report


assesses every individual in terms of its specific score in three categories namely Good, Average and Needs improvement.

Bridge courses are conducted for the students who are weak in Mathematics in +2 and for the lateral entry students.

Soft skills Development Programme has been included in curriculum as a course for the upgradation of student’s communication and knowledge.

2.2.3 Does the university offer bridge / remedial / add on courses? If yes, how are

they structured into the time table? Give Details of the courses offered, department-wise/Faculty-wise? Yes, KARE offers bridge course, remedial course and add on courses to the students. The details of the above courses conducted are given below,

Bridge Courses – In Biotechnology Department is conducted the bridge course in “Mathematics” for the students who have not studied

Mathematics in +2. For all the Lateral Entry Students, “English and Mathematics” courses are

conducted before starting the regular classes. Remedial Courses – Coaching class is conducted in the evening for Slow

Learners by each department from 4.30 PM to 6.30 PM on all working days.

Add-On Courses – Value Added Courses are conducted by Departments from 4.30 PM to 6.30 PM. The sample list of value added courses conducted by the departments are given below:

LATEX, LINUX and SCILAB

Advanced FPGA Design OCJP AutoCAD CreO 2.0 Embedded System LABVIEW Certification

Program STAAD-Pro PLC and SCADA CLAD Certification Training

PHP Programming IBM-RAD IBM-DB2 CCNA Facilitating Course for Sun

Certified Sys. Administration Short Term course on

Embedded Systems Facilitating Course for

Security +

2.2.4 Has the university conducted any study on the academic growth of students

from disadvantaged sections of the society, economically disadvantaged, physically handicapped, slow learners etc. If yes what are the main finding? Yes. The faculty advisor of the students monitor the academic growth of students belonging to disadvantaged sections of the society, economically disadvantaged, physically handicapped and slow learners during the interaction. The findings of this study are given below, The students from above category have poor communication skills. They face financial difficulty to pay the fees. The students find it difficult to understand the analytical subjects.

The actions taken to address the above issues are given below:


a) For students of disadvantaged sections of the society (SC/ST) State government scholarships have been made available. A total of 83 U.G and 36 P.G students have availed the scholarship.

b) For the economically weaker sections, KARE has signed MoU with the Union Bank of India and the Canara Bank to offer loan facilities without any security deposit. KARE also offered Scholarships to the students from economically weaker sections.

c) For physically handicapped students, Lift and Ramp facilities are provided in every building for hassle free movement.

d) Coaching classes for tough subjects are conducted to Slow Learners by all the departments from 4.30 PM to 6.30 PM on all working days to improve their academic performance.

e) Faculty Advisory System to mentor these category students to progress in their academic growth.

2.2.5 How does the university identify and respond to the learning needs of advanced learners?

KARE offers the following opportunities for advanced learners: a) The option of B.Tech (Honors) is available where the students need to

complete additional four courses b) Advanced learners can take PG courses as an elective course c) Giving support students who are selected for summer/winter internship

programs d) Advanced learners are also given opportunity to work on sponsored research

projects with faculty members. e) Coaching for higher studies ( GATE, GRE, etc) f) Undergoing Online courses offered by foreign Universities. g) For attending NPTEL courses, one credit is awarded for every student h) Industry and Research Projects in the final year i) Innovation and Entrepreneur Development Cell Projects. j) Encouraging to undergo training for international certification.

2.3 Teaching – Learning Process 2.3.1 How does the university plan and organize the teaching, learning and

evaluation Schedules (academic calendar, teaching plan, evaluation blue print, etc.)?

Academic Calendar: KARE has an Academic Calendar which is prepared for taking into account the entire teaching schedule and evaluation schedule for every academic semester. The inputs for preparing Academic schedule is obtained from various sections such as Dean (Academic) regarding schedule of Teaching and Evaluation activities, Dean (Student Affairs) regarding schedule of Extra-curricular and Co-curricular activities, Dean (Corporate relations) regarding schedule of Soft Skill and technical training activities and Administrative Section regarding Government holidays. Based on the above, detailed academic calendar covering all Curricular and Extra-curricular activities are prepared and presented in the staff council for approval. The schedule for all the Value added courses, Bridge courses, Skill development courses, Industrial visits, In-


Plant training, Summer term courses, etc., are also given in the calendar, after the discussion the same is approved by the Staff Council. Additional details like industrial visit, skill development courses and inplant training are mentioned in the department academic calendar. The Academic Calendar is issued to the students before the beginning of the semester and uploaded in the Student Information System (SIS) and in KARE’s website for the reference for the parents. A calendar for the faculty development programme during the semester and during vacation holidays, it is also prepared by the Center for Learning Technology and it is circulated among the faculty. Teaching Plan and Evaluation Procedure: The schedule of Lectures and detailed Syllabus for every subject is defined precisely while developing curriculum and incorporated in the hand book of the particular course. The allotment of courses and allocation of teachers for a specific academic programme is made before the commencement of semester. The course teacher prepares the teaching plan and the same is distributed to the students. The Evaluation Procedure contains the examination at regular intervals (Sessional Examination I, II, III, End Semester examination and Assignments). Makeup Examination is permitted for students who missed the exam due to any valid reason. The results are declared as specified in the academic schedule and grades are awarded. The Exam marks, Assignment marks, etc. are entered in the EASY (Exam Administration System) software maintained by the Controller of Examination section. Students can access the marks scored, attendance and grades earned through the SIS software. 2.3.2 Does the university provide course outlines and course schedules prior to the

commencement of the academic session? If yes, how is the effectiveness of the process ensured?

Yes, the university prepares the course outlines and course schedules and distribute to students as ‘Course Plan’ at the beginning of the semester. It is also made available to the

students through the University website and shared through LMS. After every class, the faculty has to write the topic which is covered in their log book. Then it should be updated in the university web server connected to office of Controller of Examination. Once in a month, the HoD verifies the coverage of portions maintained in the log book against the original plan and counsel the faculty member if he/she is slow or fast. By the end of the Semester, the course plan and course coverage along with the course file are submitted for external audit. If there is much deviation between the course plan and coverage, the external auditor along with HoD shall counsel the faculty member concerned. An internal academic audit is conducted twice in a semester to check the course plan, course materials, assignments, tutorials and laboratory manuals prepared by the faculty. The auditing team also verifies the percentage of portion covered. The senior faculty members from other departments are nominated for the auditing. 2.3.3 Does the university face any challenges in completing the curriculum within

the stipulated time frame and calendar? If yes, elaborate on the challenges encountered and the institutional measures to overcome these.


Most of the faculty members complete the courses within the stipulated time (90 working days); however some of the faculty members who are teaching the analytical subjects find it difficult to complete the courses within the stipulated period. Those faculty members handle more classes for teaching fundamentals and give more analytical problems for students to solve. However, the course plan prepared by them guides them to overcome these difficulties. In addition, whenever the planned working days are lost due to local festival or sudden announcement of holidays from the government, compensatory working day is announced to complete the courses in time. The Internal academic audit which is conducted periodically enables the authorities to get an idea of percentage of portion completed and the steps to be taken to complete the courses within the stipulated time. 2.3.4 How is learning made student-centric? Give a list of participatory learning

activities adopted by the faculty that contributes to holistic development and improved student learning, besides facilitating life-long learning and knowledge management.

The University follows the students centric approach by adopting CBCS pattern. About 40% of the courses in the curriculum they can exercise their options. Under this scheme, the students are allowed to choose the courses of their interest and faculty of their choice.

The students are motivated to take seminars, present paper in national level symposium and workshops and conferences. They are also encouraged to participate in departmental association activities and the activities by professional societies. The self-study and on-line courses motivate the students for a lifelong learning. Students are also given assignments and tutorials such that they are made to refer to the e-learning materials available in the internet.

The student submits periodical progress report during the in-plant training, project work. They are evaluated based on their presentation in the class (or) to the panel of teaching faculty. These activities contribute to self-management of knowledge development and skill acquisition. 2.3.5 What is the university’s policy on inviting experts / people of eminence to

deliver lectures and/or organize seminars for students? Every department has an association which conducts expert lecture and seminars in which eminent speakers are invited by the respective departments. The Heads of the Departments invite experts / people of eminence to deliver lectures / seminars for students. IQAC of the university stipulates a minimum number of such events to be organized in their department in every academic year. The number of experts who visited the campus in the last 4 years is 343. Some of the notable experts who visited the campus to deliver lecture are:

Prof. Akhtarkalam, Professor, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. Mr. M.Rajasekaran, Senior S/W Engineer, Infosys, Bangalore. Prof. S.C. Amico, UFRGS, Brazil. Dr. S. Rajapandian, South Eastern Lousiana University, Hammand, USA.


Further, our alumni who are working in industries/educational institutions are also invited to deliver lectures. These lectures are delivered on emerging topics in their respective domain of the department.

In addition, industry experts and scientists are also invited to the campus to offer one credit course. Every department is required to arrange atleast one one-credit course in a semester. 2.3.6 Does the university formally encourage blended learning by using e-learning

resources? Yes, KARE encourages blended learning by using e-learning resources and e-

content developed by our faculty members. e-learning tools like MOODLE, PIAZZA are utilized for the benefit of the students.

Our faculty members have developed e-learning content for all the I and II year subjects containing the following e-learning resources: Power Point Presentation; Learning material (doc,pdf); Question Bank with answer for short questions; Tutorials with solved and unsolved problems; Individual Assignments; Quiz ; Lecture Videos; Laboratory manual (for laboratory courses)

e-Learning resources are shared with the students to enhance their learning during class hour. The University campus is Wi-Fi enabled and the class rooms are equipped with LCD projector to facilitate blended learning. In addition, Interactive white board and Student Response System are also available in the campus. 2.3.7 What are the technologies and facilities such as virtual laboratories, e-

learning, open educational resources and mobile education used by the faculty for effective teaching? Most of the faculty members use multimedia presentations through LCD and

animations for enhancing the understanding of the concepts by the students. Video lectures delivered through EDUSAT are also used to utilize the services of the subject experts from reputed universities and industries. Web based learning through LMS such as “Moodle” are used by some of the faculty members. The teaching content developed

by “NPTEL” are made available in the university’s intranet server for the benefit of

students and staff members. A Learning Management System (LMS) is developed in-house to maintain the e-content developed by our faculty members. To facilitate the above, class rooms with LCD projector and interactive board facilities are available in all the academic ebooks.

Students are encouraged to undergo on-line courses offered by COURSE ERA and NPTEL. The sample lists of on-line courses undergone by the students are given below: Courses taken from COURSE ERA:

Linear Circuits offered by Georgia Institute of Technology Introduction to electronics offered by Georgia Institute of Technology Introduction to Acoustics (Part-I) offered by Korea Advanced Institute of science

and Technology NPTEL courses:

Artificial Intelligence Gyosynthetics and Reinforced Soil Structures Modern Construction Materials.


2.3.8 Is there any designated group among the faculty to monitor the trends and issues regarding developments in Open Source Community and integrate its benefits in the university’s educational processes?

Yes. KARE has a separate Co-ordinator who monitors the e-learning resources available through Internet, download them and make them available to all students, faculty members through KARE’s Intranet. The following faculty members are the in-charge for the maintenance of in-house Learning Management System (LMS) through which digital content developed by our faculty is delivered to the students.

1) Mrs.R.Ramalakshmi, Senior Assistant Professor /CSE 2) Mr.S.Hari Hara Sitaraman, Assistant Professor /IT 3) Mr.K.Jeya Prakash, Assistant Professor /ECE 4) Mrs.R.Sumathi, Assistant Professor /CSE

KARE has a Library Committee consisting of members including senior faculties and librarian to make available the library facilities including e-Journals.

KARE makes use of the articles and videos shared through open source community like KHAN academy.

2.3.9 What steps has the university taken to orient traditional classrooms into 24x7

learning places? The class rooms are kept open from 9 AM to 9 PM for the academic activities. The classrooms are equipped with LCD projector, black boards, working models, diagrams, charts, etc.

The laboratory facility and Video Conferencing facility are available round the clock. Also KARE provides Wi-Fi facility for accessing the e-contents like Journals, conference papers, NPTEL videos, and the e-content developed by our faculty round the clock (24 x 7). This helps the students to study at their own phase. 2.3.10 Is there a provision for the services of counsellors/mentors/ advisors for each

class or group of students for academic, personal and psycho-social guidance? If yes, give details of the process and the number of students who have benefited.

Yes, there is a Mentoring System in which a faculty advisor is appointed for every 20 students. Faculty Advisors continuously monitor their wards and identify the slow learners and advanced learners. Special coaching is arranged for the slow learners. Fast learners are advised to register for additional courses and to undergo training for higher studies. Other requirements of the students are met on consultation with the Heads of the Department. In addition, counseling by the external councilors is also done. The services of the following professional counselors are utilized for counselling the students.

Mr.X.P.White, Madurai Dr.Kalyani, Rajapalayam

Faulty Advisory System also caters to 100% of the students in the counselling. 2.3.11 Were any innovative teaching approaches/methods/practices adopted/ put to

use by the faculty during the last four years? If yes, did they improve learning? What were the methods used to evaluate the impact of such


practices? What are the efforts made by the institution in giving the faculty due recognition for innovation in teaching? The faculty members and students extensively use ICT facilities and Web- based

materials for the teaching learning activities. A Mentor System is introduced for each department to guide the department in academic innovations. The teaching process is gradually being shifted from faculty centered to student centered. Faculty members are given training on pedagogy tools, soft skills and computing skills by the Centre for Learning Technology.

Faculty members are also sponsored to external training program organized by other reputed universities / institutions to acquire the required newer teaching methodologies. The faculty members are engaged in field visits along with students to core industries and are giving support to hands on training to students. Innovations in teaching are promoted through the program such as training for trainers offered by executives from industries organized by Office of Corporate Relations. Some of the innovative teaching practices followed are:

Experimental learning Field Visits Group Assignments Software-based

assignments Student Seminar Models of equipment

Theory with practical component

Laboratory with project Community Service

project

e-learning and web based learning are also used by the faculty members. Out-of-turn promotion/additional increments are given to the faculty who exhibit

innovations in teaching methodologies and get good feedback from the students. 2.3.12 How does the university create a culture of instilling and nurturing creativity and scientific temper among the learners?

To develop critical thinking and scientific temper among students, the departments organize Project Content, Essay Competition, Elocution, Debate and Poster Competition on relevant issues. The writing skills of students are promoted through publication in departmental magazine.

Scientists from national research laboratories are invited to offer one credit course.

The UG and PG students get associated with ongoing research work and encouraged to make joint publication.

During the KARE annual festival, various competitions like cartooning, poster making, salad decoration, mehendi, nail art etc. are organized. It helps to develop creative talents among the students.

The above activities have resulted in getting and filing of patents by the students. Rakhi R Shenoy, a final year Electrical and Electronics Engineering student of

our University has got patent right for her discovery of a single cable. Ms.Shenoy got her product from the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotions, Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

In total 43 patents have been filed by our students.


Also, the visit of the scientists from National laboratories and research institutions generate the scientific temper among the students. The departments organize Symposium, Seminars and Conferences regularly on the latest topics in which the students participate and get the flavor of scientific temper. 2.3.13 Does the university consider students projects mandatory in the learning

programme? If yes, for how many programmes have been (percentage of total) made mandatory?

Yes, the projects are mandatory in the final year for all UG and PG programs offered by Engineering Departments. The duration of the project is one semester. The students are allowed to do internal or external projects. Internal Projects: A Faculty member proposes a topic for a project. Interested students shall contact the faculty member and register the project under his/her guidance. The student has to discuss with the faculty regularly and get necessary guidance to complete the project successfully and get support from the office of Corporate Relations. External Projects: Using his/her personal contacts or through an alumnus of the University, faculty members facilitate projects in external Institutions. One faculty members act as internal supervisor of the Project. Most of the guidance is given by the supervisor of the project working in the external Institution. The Internal Supervisor guides the students in modeling, statistical treatment of data and so on. The department conducts 3 reviews to monitor the progress of the students. At the end of the project both internal and external project students have to defend their work in Viva voce. Some of the notable companies at which our students have done the project are:

Euro Design Consultant Pvt. Ltd., Chennai – 600 100. The India Cements Ltd,Sankar Nagar EI Laboratory’s India Pvt.Ltd., Bangalore North East Frontier Railway, Maligaon, Guwahati Rane Engine Valves Ltd, Chennai Fertilizer and Chemicals Travancore Limited, Cochin. Dabur Research Foundation, New Delhi

In addition to the final year project, III year Engineering students have to do a “Community Service Project”. Further, the students are asked to complete a project as part of their laboratory courses. 2.3.14 Does the university have a well qualified pool of human resources to meet the

requirements of the curriculum? If there is a shortfall, how is it supplemented? Yes, the KARE has sufficient resources to meet the requirement of the curriculum

for all programs. The total faculty strength of KARE is 382. All teachers have qualification as per AICTE norms.

About 31.67% of teachers have Ph.D. Degree as the highest qualification. The percentage of teachers who have M.Phil. / M.E., as the higher qualification is about 66.75%. 46 faculties have M.Phil. Degree and 209 faculty have M.E, degree as the highest qualification. Ten faculty members have Post-Doctoral experience from Universities abroad.


In addition, KARE invites experts from industry and scientists from research laboratories to offer one-credit course to the students. The details of one-credit course offered are given below: Details of one credit course

Theory of NP-Completeness by Prof. Jay Bagga Programming in Python by Mr. Rajendran Subramanian Turbo Generator Maintenance, Inspection and Repair by Dr. M. Ravichandra

Babu Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) by Mr. Thangaraj and Mr. Prem

Kumar Durability of Concrete by Dr. R. Selvaraj Industrial Automation by Mr. Gowthaman.

2.3.15 How are the faculty enabled to prepare computer-aided teaching / learning

materials? What are the facilities available in the university for such efforts? All faculty members have access to computers. A good number of them are given

Desktops/Laptops depending on their cadre. They prepare Power Point Presentation and learning material. The LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LMS) developed in the campus helps faculty members to upload PPTs, learning material and e-learning resources so that students have the access to the material through the website. The campus is well supported with Internet connectivity through 24x7 Wi-Fi facility.

The faculty members cover the entire portions through regular teaching and LMS helps students to learn at their own pace. Blogs are developed by a few faculty members so that students can interact with the subject teacher and also with classmates for clarifying doubts and for sharing their understanding of the subjects.

The system is available for recording of lectures in the form of E-materials and sharing via the platforms of MOODLE, PIAZZA etc. 2.3.16 Does the university have a mechanism for the evaluation of teachers by the

students / alumni? If yes, how is the evaluation feedback used to improve the quality of the teaching-learning process?

Yes. The students of a class evaluate the teaching performance of all the course teachers on a 5-point scale at the end of each semester. The Feedback questions are,

The faculty member displayed a personal interest in students and their learning. The faculty member scheduled course work (class activities, test) in ways which

encouraged students to stay up to date in their work The faculty member demonstrated the importance and significance of the subject

matter. The faculty member encouraged the students to use the multiple resources (e.g.,

data banks, library holdings outside experts) to improve understanding The faculty member explained course material clearly and concisely. Language (Clarity of the communication) of the faculty member. Language (Clarity of the communication) of the faculty member. The faculty member gave tests, assignments, tutorials, and projects etc that cover

the most important points of the course.


The faculty member provided timely and frequent feedback on tests, assignments, tutorials, projects etc to help the students to improve.

Punctuality of the faculty member to the classes. The faculty by looking at the score obtained on different traits, plan his/her

improvement strategies. The faculty members who get a low feedback are asked to prepare an action plan to improve their teaching. As part of the action plan,

Senior faculty members in the department become the Mentos and help the junior faculty in evaluating their teaching performance and in taking measures to improve their performance.

Such faculty members are deputed to attend workshops and faculty development programs to improve their teaching skills.

Center of Learning Technology (CLT) plans and organizes programs based on the feedback analysis for the individual faculty.

2.4 Teacher Quality

2.4.1 How does the university plan and manage its human resources to meet the changing requirements of the curriculum?

In order to meet the changes made in the curriculum KARE organizes several faculty development programmes, workshops and seminars related to curriculum development. Faculty trained to handle the change in curriculum can deliver the content effectiveness with more scientific and social knowledge to inspire the young minds of tomorrow. The Faculty Induction Program is conducted with the objective of giving awareness on teaching methodology to the newly inducted faculty. The Centre for Learning Technologies (CLT) regularly organizes training programmes on teaching methodology and on recent topics in association with the departments.

To enable the faculty members to handle the “ theory courses with practical

component” and “ laboratory with project”, the faculty members were given training on “ Graphical System Programming “ and NI Hardware from 3-3-15 to 5-3-15 ,9-3-15 to 11-3-15 and 15 -05-2015 to 16-05-2015 by the experts from NI , Bangalore and VI Systems, Bangalore .Totally 100 number of faculty members have benefited out of this training programme. To familiarize the faculty members on “Community Service

Project” the following faculty members have been deputed for the workshop conducted on the above topic.

Dr.D.Devaraj and Dr.C.Sivaprakasam attended Workshop on EPICS in IEEE – organized by IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB), US at KCT, Coimbatore on 20-04-2015 and 21-04-2015

Dr.Muthukannan and Dr.Kathiresan attended workshop on Engineering projects in community service (EPICS) organized by Purdue University at VIT, Vellore from 22-07-2015 to 24-07-2015.

Also, the faculty members are encouraged to attend the faculty development programs, seminars and workshops to equip them to handle the new courses introduced in the curriculum.


They are also encouraged to undergo online courses to gain the subject knowledge on the latest topics. The online courses which are undergone by our faculty are given below:

Artificial Intelligence: Search methods for solving problems Introduction to Acoustics Part 1 and Part 2. Probability and Random Process Introduction To Electronics Linear Circuits

2.4.2 Furnish details of the faculty

Highest

Qualification

Professors

Associate Assistant Professors Professors Total

Male Female Male Female Male Female

Permanent teachers

D.Sc./D.Litt. - - - - - - - Ph.D. 46 4 46 8 12 11 127 M.Phil. - - 2 2 18 24 46 PG - - 7 4 131 61 203 UG - - - - 3 3 6

2.4.3 Does the university encourage diversity in its faculty recruitment? Provide the following details (department / school-wise).

Yes, the university encourages diversities in its faculty. The details of the faculty diversity are given below.

% of % of faculty % of faculty % of faculty from other from faculty

Department from the universities universities from / School same within the outside the other

university State State countries

Automobile Engineering 10 90 - -

Food Technology - 100 - -

Chemistry - 70 30 -

Commerce - 100 - -

Bio-Technology 7.7 84.6 - 7.7

Civil Engineering 16 78 6 -

Instrumentation and Control Engineering

28 72 - -

Physics - 91 9 -


Electronics and Communication Engineering

30.7 62.38 3.84 3.6

Information Technology 25 68.75 - 6.25

Biomedical Engineering - 100 - -

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

19.04 80.95 - -

SHIP 12.5 87.5 - -

Computer Science Engineering 59.4 40.6 - -

Computer Applications 33 67 - -

English - 100 - - Computer Science and Information Technology

- 100 - -

Mechanical Engineering 10.71 87.51 1.78 -

School of Architecture - 92 08 -

Business Administration 38 72 - -

Catering and Hotel Management - 100 - -

Mathematics - 100 - -

Biomedical Engineering - 100 - -

Chemical Engineering - 100 - -

Manufacturing Engineering - 100 - -

2.4.4 How does the university ensure that qualified faculty are appointed for new programmes/ emerging areas of study (Biotechnology, Bio-informatics, Material Science, Nanotechnology, Comparative Media Studies, Diaspora Studies, Forensic Computing, Educational Leadership, etc.)? How many faculty members were appointed to teach new programmes during the last four years?

KARE appoints qualified and experienced faculty members to cope with the additional teaching requirements to offer new programmes in the emerging areas. The faculty members are selected based on their technical competency, teaching, skills, research publications and projects undertaken. More than 50 faculty members have been recruited with specialization in Nano Technologies, Bio Informatics, Bio Technology and Material Science in the past 4 years.

2.4.5 How many Emeritus / Adjunct Faculty / Visiting Professors are on the rolls of the university?

Emeritus Professor– 0, Adjunct Professors – 5, Visiting Professors – 42


Sample list of Visiting Professors: Dr. A. Varadharajulu, CSIR (Rtd), Hyderabad on 2015. Dr.Kyung Tae Kim, Hannam University/Korea. Dr. Vijayaraghavan, Former Scientific Advisor-PM Office Delhi Ar. Dewakar, Architecture, Former Scientific Advisor-PM Office Delhi Ar. Karthikeyan, Architecture, Vice President, CPO Consultant Dr. SC. Amico, UFRGS, Brazil Dr.ThangaduraiArivozhi, ICT Centre, CSIRO, Australia Dr. Sandra Maria da Luz, UNB, Brazil Dr.Sovan Mitra, Department of Law, Economics, Accounting and

Risk,Glawsgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K

Dr. Viviane, UFRN, Brazil Dr.Srini Ramasamy, ABB Dr.Adam Slota, Cracow University of Technology, Poland Jacek Habel, Cracow University of Technology, Poland B. Gopalakrishnan, West Virginia University, USA Masaru Ishizuka, Toyama Prefectural University, Japan Josua P Meyer University of Pretoria,S.Africa Akhtar Kalam Victoria University,Australia Alexander D Vasiliev B.Tulskaya Nuclear Safety Institute (IBRAE),

Moscow,Russia Dr. V. Shanmugasundaram Anna Univesity, Chennai. Dr. Chitrangan Anna Univesity, Chennai. Dr. K. Palanichamy NIT, Trichy Dr. A.K. Kuppusamy NIT, Trichy. Dr. V.K.R. Jeyasingh Jain College, Chennai. Dr. Sundar Institute of Remote Sensing, Chennai. Dr. Swithakumar Director, SERC (Retd) Chennai. Dr. K.L. Manirathnam M/s. Navasakthi Township Promoters Dr. P.V. Chandra Mohan Chief Engineer (Rtd) Cochin Port Trust Cochin. Dr.A.Vadivel NIT Trichy, India Prof. S.Rajagopal Department of Chemistry Madurai Kamarajar University

2.4.6 What policies/systems are in place to academically recharge and rejuvenate

teachers (e.g. providing research grants, study leave, nomination to national/international conferences/seminars, in-service training, organizing national/international conferences etc.)? The following schemes are introduced to academically recharge the faculty.

KARE encourages the faculty members to attend Workshops and FDPs by granting on duty leave and necessary financial assistance. Our faculty members have attended many FDPs in the last four years.

Faculty members are encouraged to present papers in National / International Conferences. They are given the financial support for registration and travelling.


Financial support is given to departments for conducting Workshops, Seminars and Conferences.

The recent conferences which are organized with the financial support on campus are given below:

1. INCOS’15: Fifth National Conference on Intelligent Techniques In Control

Optimization and Signal Processing Organized by Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering , 26-03-2015 to 27-03-2015

2. National Conference on Advanced Materials Constructions Sustainable Environment Organized by Department of Civil Engineering, 29-03-2014

3. NCICCA-2014: Fourth National Conference Organized by Department of ICE, 02-04-2014

4. Advanced Computing Technologies(NCACT’14) Organized by Department of IT, 27.04.2014

5. Fourth National Conference on Communication Systems and Signal Processing NCCSSP’13 Organized by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, 19.10.2013

Seed money is given to a group of faculty who are doing research in the advanced areas to set up Centre for Research and Excellence. Fourteen number of faculty members each have received grant worth of Rs. One lakh from the Management in the past four years to carry out research activities.

Professional Development Allowance is given to the faculty members to pursue their research works as per the following norms:

Senior faculty members have been deputed to serve as resource persons in academic events in other institutions.

Study Leave with Pay: KARE sanctions study leave with pay for pursuing higher studies. It encourages and appreciates the faculty to take up assignments like visiting faculty and to offer consultancy services.

2.4.7 How many faculty received awards / recognitions for excellence in teaching at the state, national and international level during the last four years?

Excellence in Teaching Awards/Honors received: - 14

Designation PDA (Rs)/month Sr.Professor 25,000 Professor 20,000 Associate Professor 15,000 Assistant professor 10,000 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer 5,000 Faculty registered Ph.D. 2,500


Dr.D.Devaraj 2015- Outstanding Faculty Award from Venus International Foundation

Dr.M.Uthayakumar Young Scientist Fellowship from Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and

Technology (TNSCST – YSFS).- (Post Doctoral fellow), Young Scientist –IIT Delhi.

Prof.M.Swaminathan Tamil Nadu Scientist Award–2008 (TANSA), Silver Medal Award–2005 for research contribution, Distinguished Teacher Award–2008, Bronze medal award (2012) for research contribution in chemical Sciences Dr.C.Ramalingam

Leading Scientists of the World – 2013 by Fast Track Young Scientist, International Biographical Centre (IBC), Cambridge, UK.

Fast Track Young Scientist -2011, Department of Science and Technology. Dr.P.Lakshminarayan

2015- Young Researcher Award, Venus International Foundation Mrs.R.Ramalakshmi

Young Scientist Fellowship from Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology (TNSCST – YSFS).

Mr.K.Paramathma-INSA Award Mr. G.Saravanakumar Kumar

Young Scientist Fellowship from Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology (TNSCST – YSFS).

Mrs.B.Shanmuga Priya Young Scientist Fellowship from Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and

Technology (TNSCST – YSFS). Dr.S.Yavana Rani

Young Scientist Fellowship Scheme (YSFS)” by Tamilnadu State Council for Science and Technology, Chennai

Dr.S.Rajaram Rashtriya Vidya Gaurav Gold Medal Award, Mother Terasa Sadbhavana Award Sri P.K.Das Memorial “Best Faculty Award

Dr.S.Bathrinath 2014- Young Scientist, NIT, Rourkela.

Dr. JT. Winowlin Jappes Awarded Excellent for DST Project in 2014, Fast Track-Young Scientist-2011

Prof.S.Arumugam Prof. S. Arumugam, Awarded Fellow of the Institute of Combinatorics and

Applications (FTICA) by the Institute of Combinatorics and Applications, Canada.

Prof. S. Arumugam ,Adjunct Professor, Department of Computer Science, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana 47306, USA for a period of three years starting from March 2012.


Prof. S. Arumugam ,Visiting Professor, Department of Computer Science, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, UK for a period of two years starting from January 2012.

Under the Mathematics Genealogy Project steps have been taken towards ranking Discrete Mathematicians on the basis of the Number of PhD students and PhD descendants. Prof. S. Arumugam is having second rank in this list. The first rank is occupied by Prof. Bela Bollobas from the USA.

Experts from the USA, South Africa and Finland are engaged in identifying Founders of Graph Theory (Country Wise). In the tentative list Prof. S. Arumugam is included as a Founder of Graph Theory in India.

Other Awards/Honors: 16 Numbers 2.4.8 How many faculty underwent staff development programmes during the last

four years (add any other programme if necessary)? The number of faculty who underwent staff development programmes:-

Academic Staff Development Programmes Number of faculty Refresher Courses 110 HRD Programmes 19 Orientation Programmes 96 Staff Training conducted by KARE 133 Staff Training conducted by other institutions 61 Summer / Winter schools, workshops, etc. 169

2.4.9 What percentages of the faculty

Have been invited as resource persons in Workshops / Seminars / Conferences

organized by external professional agencies? 14.13% Participated in external Workshops / Seminars / Conferences recognized by

National / International professional bodies? 41.62 % Presented papers in Workshops / Seminars / Conferences conducted or recognized

by professional agencies? 45.28 % Teaching experience in other universities / national institutions and other

institutions? 29.05 % Industrial engagement? 12.82 % International experience in teaching? 9.94 %

2.4.10. How often does the university organize academic development programmes

(e.g curriculum development, teaching-learning methods, examination reforms, content/knowledge management etc.) for its faculty aimed at enriching the teaching learning process?

All new teaching methods are continuously reviewed and adopted by the faculty members for implementation. To enrich the teaching-learning in process, once in a semester Academic development programmes are conducted. The centre for learning


technology (CLT) co-ordinates the conduct of academic development programmes. The following academic development programmes have been conducted: Curriculum Development: The faculty members are given training to revise and develop revised curriculum with emerging topics included in the curriculum for both theory and practical. Special Industrial training is offered to four faculty of Department of ECE, from Tessolve, Bangalore as part of introducing new M.Tech course on VLSI Design, Test and Manufacturing. Also advanced training is given to selected faculty to impart Theory with Practical for the faculty of EEE, ECE, EIE, IT and CSE. Detailed discussions are carried out in the Board of Studies regarding Curriculum Modification with the help of external expert from academia or industry. o A National Workshop was organized on the topic “Assessment and Accreditation

“from 2nd September 2015 to 4th September 2015. The renowned academician Dr.K.P.Issac, V.C of Kerala Technological University was the Chief Guest .The resource persons included Dr.N.Mahendran ,Dean (Academic), PSNA college of Engineering, Dindigal, Dr.S.Baskar Professor/Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, Dr.G.Augustine Maniraj Pandian Principal Coordinator (IQAC) ,SRM University, Chennai. Dr. Latha Pillai ,Director, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Chennai, Dr.N.Asokan, Dean and Director, Sree Sastha group of institutions, Chennai. Around 64 faculty from different institutions benefitted from the programme.

Teaching-Learning: The faculty is trained to use the digital devices like LCD Projectors, Smart White Boards, Digital Slate and Digital Pen to effectively present their topics. The mission 10 X programme was conducted to help the faculty in Teaching and Learning offered by WIPRO.

o Faculty Induction Programme on Teaching Methodology and Time Management was conducted on 25.07.2015. The Resource Persons are Dr. A.R.Anandha Krishnaveni, Dr. D. Devaraj, Dean – Academic, Kalasalingam University and Dr. M.P. Rajasekaran Controller of Examinations, Kalasalingam University. Around 73 faculties benefited from the programme.

o A Guest Lecture was organized on the topic “Discipline, Time/Work Place

Management, Improving Self Confidence and Quality in Life through 5S Concepts”

on 03.09.2014 at Kalasalingam University. The resource person was Mr. K. Babu, Manager (Rtd.) from Production and Quality Control Rane Engine Valve Ltd., Chennai. Around 30 faculty benefited from the programme.

Examination reform: The faculty are given training in setting question paper in NBA format using Blooms Taxonomy and paper evaluation regularly through the COE section.

o A Course on Bloom Taxonomy - “Effective Teaching Methodology” was conducted on 13.12.2014 where 134 faculty from different institutions participated. The Resource person for the event are Dr. N. Kamaraj , CoE and Head/EEE, TCE, Madurai and Dr. V.Saravanan, Professor/EEE, TCE, Madurai.

Content and Knowledge Management: The faculty is given training to use online facilities like MOODLE, PIAZZA to develop and share teaching class notes, question


banks, individual assignment questions and virtual laboratories. The mission 10 X programme was conducted to help the faculties offered by WIPRO.

o A Faculty Training Programme on Google Apps for Education was conducted on 6th and 7th February 2015. The resource person are Mr. Hariharan , Joint Director and Head of Training, Edusculpt, Chennai and Mr.Vijay Mohan, Lead Trainer, Edusculpt, Bangalore. Around 191 faculties benefited from the programme.

2.4.11. Does the university have a mechanism to encourage * Mobility of faculty between universities for teaching? * Faculty exchange programmes with national and international bodies? If yes, how have these schemes helped in enriching the quality of the faculty?

Yes, the faculty members of KARE have been deputed to the following universities to serve as visiting faculty/ Research faculty.

Prof. S. Arumugam, Department of Computer Science, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, UK, Department of Computer Science, Ball State University, Muncie, USA University of New Castle, Australia.

Dr.M. Udhaya Kumar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, Krakow, Poland.

Dr.N.Rajini,,Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ghent University, Zwijnaarde, Belgium. He visited Laboratory Soete, Ghent University, Belgium.

Dr.I.Siva, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University, Rio grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Dr.M.Pallikonda Rajasekaran, University of Texax, Austin, US. Dr.Seshadri Srinivasan, University of Sannio, Italy. Dr.N.Selvapalam, Pohang University of Science and Technology (Institute for

basic science), Pohang, South Korea. Dr.V.K.Madan, University of Arad and Agora University of Oradea, Romania Dr.O.S.Sethuraman, South Korea. Dr.S.Muthiah Universities of South Korea. Dr.Devadoss, Sultanate of Oman. Dr.Sivasubramaniam, University of Arkansas. Dr.Nelliah, Vitare Pharmaceuticals, Iran. Dr.J.T.Winowlin Jappes University of Brazil. UFRGS, Brazil. Mrs.R.Kannigadevi, Universiti of Sains, Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia. Mr. K. Senthilkumar Laboratory of Polymeric Materials, UFRGS, Brazil.

The details of the faculty from abroad who visited our campus is given below:

S.No Name of the Important Dignitaries Visited 1. Dr. Dae-Chul Park, Department of Information and Telecommunications Engineering,

Hannam University, Korea. 2. Dr. Jay Bagga, Department of Computer Science, Ball State University, Indiana,

USA. 3. Dr. Adi Idris Vi, Group Leader University Brunei Darussalam, Brunei


4. Dr. K. Muthumani, Research Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Dept of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.

5. Dr. Sankara Papavinasam, President, M/S. Corr Magnet Consulting Inc, Canada. 6. Dr. LIONG, Shie-Yui, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Deputy Director,

Tropical Marine Science Institute of National University of Singapore. 7. Dr.Kyung Tae Kim, Professor, Hanam University,Korea 8. Mr.Alkaf Ali , Instrument Design Engineer, Rotary Engineering Limited, Singapore. 9. Prof.Daechul Park, Department of Information and Communication Engineering, 10. Prof.Young-Sun,Prof. Dept of Computer, Communication and Unmanned

Technology of Hannan University 2.5 Evaluation Process and Reforms

2.5.1 How does the university ensure that all the stakeholders are aware of the evaluation processes that are in place?

(a) Evaluation Process is primarily done in accordance with the ‘Regulations’

brochure of KARE which is distributed to all the students/parents and faculty members. Regulation with evaluation process is also published in the website for easy access to stakeholders.

(b) All the students attend the Freshman Induction program in the first week of the admission where complete educational system of KARE was explained in detail by Deans and Heads of the departments.

(c) In the beginning of every semester, in the first Class Committee Meeting, the evaluation process to be adopted (based on the regulation) is discussed with the students.

2.5.2 What are the important examination reforms initiated by the university and to

what extent have they been implemented in the university departments and

affiliated colleges? Cite a few examples which have positively impacted the

examination management system.

KARE follows a continuous evaluation system carrying 50% and the rest 50% weightage is given to end semester examinations. Some important steps adopted are:

a. The question papers are prepared based on the methodology recommended by Blooms-Taxonomy

b. Students are given a provision to take improvement Examination under genuine reasons. This has immensely helped the slow learners to improve their CGPA if they are marginally short of attaining First Class.

c. More than 80% of questions are received from external experts from reputed institutions.

d. The external experts from IITs and NITs are called for auditing the quality of the question papers set by the examiners.

e. The external examiners are requested to give a question–wise report on the performance of students.


f. The post- auditing of the evaluated answer scripts will be done by the experts from IITs and NITs to ensure the quality of evaluation.

g. The sub-standard question paper-setters and answer script evaluators will never be entitled for future assignments.

Impact:

(a) The students’ learning levels are analysed to ensure the attainment of

Program Educational Objectives. (b) Pre-auditing and Post-auditing by the external examiners will improve the

quality of questions and evaluation of the answer scripts. (c) By showing the answer scripts to the students in all the examinations

including end semester (dates mentioned in the academic calendar), transparency in the evaluation process is ensured.

2.5.3 What is the average time taken by KARE for declaration of examination results? In case of delay, what measures have been taken to address them? Indicate the mode / media adopted by the University for the Publication of examination results (e.g. website, SMS, email, etc.). (a) Sessional Examination results are declared within 3 days after the last

examination. (b) End semester examination results are published within 10 working days after

the last examination is over. (c) There is no delay reported so far in declaration of results on the scheduled

date. (d) Semester examination results will be published in the University website and

also published in printed version which will be available in the respective departments.

(e) In case of delay, the information will be intimated to the students through SMS and Email.

2.5.4 How does the university ensure transparency in the evaluation process? What are the rigorous features introduced by the university to ensure confidentiality? To Ensure Transparency:

(a) The evaluation methodology for the courses is informed to the students, during the commencement of the semester in their first class committee meeting itself. The information is also available on the academic portal. The key for evaluation of the answer scripts is also made available to the students.

(b) To ensure transparency, students are given opportunity to view all the Sessional and End semester examination answer scripts and get their doubts clarified.

To Ensure Confidentiality

(a) Dummy number system is being followed during the evaluation to ensure confidentiality.


(b) All answer scripts are evaluated in KARE campus in the designated evaluation centres where entry is strictly prohibited for unauthorized persons to maintain confidentiality.

(c) The marks of all the assessments / examination conducted are displayed on the student information System (SIS).

(d) Each student has a specific login username and password for viewing the information, thus ensuring confidentiality. Parents can also access the information of their wards.

2.5.5 Does the university have an integrated examination platform for the following processes? Pre-examination processes – Time table generation, student list generation,

invigilators, squads, attendance sheet, online payment gateway, etc. Examination process – Examinations management, logistics, etc. Post-examination process – Attendance capture, Valuation, result processing,

certification, etc. Yes, KARE has an integrated examination platform.

Pre – Examination processes

The pre-examination process starts with gathering the following information:

Collecting the panel of external examiners for Question paper setting and Evaluation, Sending the Request for setting the Question paper for End Semester Examinations. Receipt of question papers from external examiners, Internal Question paper scrutiny by Course Coordinator and Head of Department, Internal / External Question paper scrutiny by External Experts from reputed institutions, Panel of examiners for Project Viva-voce, Generation of Attendance sheets, Hall tickets, Mark entry sheet, Time table of End Semester Examinations is prepared in consultation with the departments and circulated among the Departments, Hall tickets are generated by the Office of Controller of Examinations for eligible candidates as specified in the Regulations and issued to the department before the commencement of the examination, Duty for Exam Centre in-charges and Invigilation Duty schedule for Hall invigilators and attendance Sheets are prepared and circulated in advance by the office of the Controller of Examinations, Physical arrangements for Examinations are appropriately made with regard to the seating arrangements for each student. Examination processes

The Controller of Examinations appoint an Exam Centre in-charges to oversee the conduct of all the examinations. On the day of examinations, before 20 minutes of the start of examinations, the question paper packets are distributed through the Question paper distribution in-charges to the exam centers. Invigilators receive the duly packed question papers from the Exam Center In-charges.

The answer scripts will be given to the exam centre in-charges on the day of examinations. The Exam centre in-charges with the help of the technicians will print the secret alphabet code on the right corner of the answer scripts.

A group of senior faculty members are appointed as squad members to monitor the exams and for other discrepancies, if any, along with the invigilators. The attendance


will be collected by the exam centre in-charges after 30 minutes of the start of the examinations. Based on the consolidation of the attendance, the answer scripts will be collected from the invigilators, sorted out and placed inside the envelopes with proper seal.

Post Examination Processes

(a) Labeling of answer papers include name of the course, course code, name of the faculty member, absentees statement and sealing the covers individually and submitting to the Valuation center for End semester Examinations.(In case of Sessional Examinations the answer script bundles with question paper and answer key will be handed over to the concerned faculty member for valuation)

(b) The office of Controller of Examinations will ensure : i. Meticulous Evaluation of Answer Scripts, ii. Collection of marks and grade entry,

iii. Conducting class Committee meetings for awarding the grades, iv. Conducting grade approval meetings, v. Convening the Result passing board meeting and declaration of results after distributing the answer scripts to the students, vi. Printing and distributing the grade sheet to all the students.

2.5.6 Has the university introduced any reforms in its Ph.D. evaluation process?

Yes. The candidate who is admitted to the Ph.D program as per the regulations of UGC should do course work prescribed by the members of the Department Research Committee (DRC) within one year from the date of admission. After the successful completion of the course work, the candidate is allowed to go for comprehensive viva-voce examination.

The DRC monitors the progress of the research scholar as per the guidelines given by the Dean Research and Development. The scholar is required to submit a proof of acceptance/publication of at least two research papers in refereed journals especially in Scopus cited before the conduct of pre-synopsis meeting. The list of journals (Cited by Thomson Reuters) has been issued by the office of Dean (R and D) which has been approved by University Research Board (URB). The DRC will approve the pre-synopsis presentation made by the scholar based on the recommendations of members of DRC. The scholar is then allowed to proceed further for submission of synopsis. At the time of the synopsis presentation the Doctoral Committee submits a panel of minimum of six examiners consisting of three examiners from India and three from abroad to the office of the Dean (RandD) for the evaluation of the thesis.

The Vice Chancellor selects the two examiners, one from India and one from abroad out of the panel for evaluation of thesis. Each examiner submits a report in the prescribed proforma to the Dean (RandD). In case reports of both the examiners are positive, the office of the Dean (RandD) will forward the reports of the examiners for the consideration of the Department Research Committee (DRC) in order to take further decision regarding the conduct of the viva-voce. In case any one of the reports is negative or both the reports are negative, the Office of the Dean (R and D) will give maximum of six months’ time to the research scholars to address the queries raised by the Examiners

and resubmit the same to the Office of the Dean (RandD).


The viva-voce examination is compulsory for all the Scholars and is conducted jointly by the Supervisor(s) and the Indian examiners. After the successful completion of the evaluation process, the candidate shall submit the final thesis to the Office of the Dean(R and D). The soft copy of the final thesis will be uploaded on INFLIBNET for reference.

2.5.7 Has the university created any provision for including the name of the college in the degree certificate? Not Applicable

2.5.8 What is the mechanism for redressal of grievances with reference to

examinations? Examination Monitoring Grievances and Redressal Committee (EMGRC) has been constituted to look after the grievances with reference to the examinations and evaluations. The three senior faculty members from various departments will be appointed by the office of the Vice Chancellor in consultation with the Controller of Examinations as Members in the Examination Monitoring Grievances and Redressal Committee (EMGRC). The Office of Controller of Examinations has framed the guidelines for addressing the grievances related to the examinations and evaluations.

The answer sheets are shown to the students immediately after evaluation and their queries are addressed then and there to their entire satisfaction. The system has been designed to ensure complete transparency of evaluation process. The faculty members are required to display detailed marks of all students in all components for each course. The students are free to approach the course instructor in case of any discrepancies in the evaluation system.

EMGRC will be looking after the following grievances: a) Regarding Examinations –

i. Malpractices in examinations will be forwarded to the Examination Monitoring Grievances and Redressal Committee (EMGRC). They will submit the detailed report and their recommendation after enquiry to the Controller of Examinations, which will be discussed in the subsequent Staff Council Meeting and will take the final decision.

ii. The Students and faculty members can submit their grievances in the discrepancies if any in the question paper such as out of syllabus, not in the regular format followed in the university. It will be resolved by the EMGRC before the start of valuation.

b) Evaluation includes the assessment of answer scripts and awarding marks. This is referred directly to the Controller of Examinations or through the Course Coordinators and Heads of Department. The Controller of Examinations will even recommend for second valuation to those who raise these grievances.

2.5.9 What efforts have been made by the University to streamline the operations at

the Office of the Controller of Examinations? Mention any significant efforts which have improved the process and functioning of the examination division/section.

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The academic calendar of the University gives the schedule of the Sessional Examinations and End Semester Examinations. The Director Coordination of Examinations and Evaluations follow the calendar and complete their activities related to examinations under the supervision of the Controller of Examinations. The list of activities are

(a) Preparing Examination schedule for end semester examinations both for theory and laboratory courses one month in advance.

(b) Computer generated -

(i) Seating arrangements prior to the exams. In each examination hall, a maximum of 30 students are seated.

(ii) Attendance sheet (iii) Invigilator schedule

(c) Collecting the panel of examiners for Question paper setting and Evaluation (d) Question paper scrutiny by a team of External faculty members from reputed

institutions (e) Remuneration, TA and DA to External examiners for Valuation (f) Centralized End Semester external valuation (g) Restricted access to COE office ensures the discretion in data storage and

handling. (h) CCTV Camera is installed (i) Uninterrupted Power Supply (j) Good Printing and reprographic facilities (k) Rack Server facilities for data storage with backup (l) The following automation software which was developed by the office of the

Controller of Examinations for streamlining the pre-examination process and Post examination process:-

EASY-(Exam Administration SYstem) SIS-(Student Information System) Touch SIS(Student Information System touch-screen version) AIMS-(Attendance Information Monitoring System) OCRS-(Online Course Registration) SSMS-(Student SMS) FIS –(Faculty Information System)

EASY-(Exam Administration SYstem)

EASY has been developed mainly for the automation of Examination process of the university. Once the students have been admitted to our university, their data (academic and non- academic) will be maintained using this software. Class-wise time table will be assigned in the beginning of each semester in EASY software. Faculty members will be assigned to the students respectively. Once the exam starts the faculty members can update the students’ marks in this software using web application of EASY.

After entering the marks, this software will generate all the reports. EASY software generates automated grade range after entering the marks. It may

make the process easier to award grade for the students in their semester examinations. Results for the students will be published in SIS using our web server.


In EASY there are many users like Faculty, Admin, Data entry operators, and Faculty Advisors. Each one has their own modules to use and access various data. Faculty advisors can access the data of their wards. Data Entry Operators assist with the faculty members to update or enter the data. Admin has the overall access to the data and monitor the activity of all the users. Using EASY web application data entry operators can print the grade cards for the students after the result publishing.

AIMS- Attendance Information Monitoring System

AIMS has been mainly developed for maintaining students attendance details. Each faculty member and department clerk will have their own user name and password for accessing this software. Faculty members can enter the attendance of students in this software. Clerks will enter the ODs, MLs of the students using this software. Once the faculty enter the attendance on this software, it will show their class Time table and pending entries if any, so that they can easy identify the missing entry and update the student attendance. After the faculty enter the attendance they can generate reports. Using AIMS HoDs’ version, HoDs’ can monitor the faculty attendance entries of

the students, students’ attendance and clerk’s entry. SIS – Students Information System

SIS has been developed mainly for the usage of students. Each student who joins our KARE will be providing with a User Id and password to make use of this system. This system has all the details of students like their current semester marks, previous semester grades, current attendance details, completed Non-CGPA details, academic calendar, examination time tables and seating arrangements. The attendance details will be daily updated in the system. This system can be accessed via both Intranet and Internet.

This system has some modules like Arrear exam registration Summer term Exam registration Non CGPA course registration Free elective course registration

In these modules once the students get in to their home page, there will be an individual link available for each registration process at a specified time. If the students have backlogs, the page will display the backlog courses from where they can register for the arrear exams or summer term exams.

2.6 Student Performance and Learning Outcomes 2.6.1 Has the university articulated its Graduate Attributes? If so, how does it facilitate and monitor its implementation and outcome?


Yes KARE has articulated graduate attributes for each program in the Engineering and Technology as defined by the National Board of Accreditation. These are: 1. Engineering Knowledge 2. Problem Analysis 3. Design/Development of Solutions 4. Conduct Investigation of Complex

Problems 5. Modern tool usages 6. The Engineer and Society

7. Environment and Sustainability 8. Ethics 9. Individual and Team work 10. Communication 11. Project Management 12. Life-long Learning

As KARE has many Arts and Science programs, the respective departments have started developing their curriculum based on the Outcome Based Education and they have started assessment based on the outcome.

Graduate Attributes are central to the design, delivery and assessment of student learning in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Students are encouraged to acquire attributes in scholarship, global citizenship and lifelong learning. In the context of their learning in a range of disciplines and subjects, students will develop key generic skills in:

1. Research and Inquiry 2. Information Literacy 3. Personal and Intellectual Autonomy 4. Ethical, Social and Professional Understanding 5. Communication

The step by step process for assessing graduate attributes outcomes is tabulated below:

Step 1: The Program Coordinator analyses each outcome into abilities and a set of attributes are defined for each abilities. In addition, generate well designed assessment to assess the outcome.

Step 2: For each outcome define performance indicators and their targets.

Step 3: Assessment of each outcome is carried out more than one course to ensure that students acquire an appropriate level in terms of knowledge/skills/attitude of an outcome.

Step 4: The module Coordinators collect the qualitative and quantitative data and are used for outcome assessment in a continual process.

Step 5: The Program Advisory board analyzes the collected data. If the assessed data meets the performance targets which are specified in step 2, the program outcome is attained. Otherwise, sixth step is adopted.

Step 6: The Department Advisory Committee recommends content delivery methods/course outcomes/ curriculum improvements/ Outcome refinement as needed.

2.6.2 Does the university have clearly stated learning outcomes for its academic programmes? If yes, give details on how the students and staff are made aware of these

Yes. For all the programmes and courses, learning outcomes are clearly formulated and are given in the syllabus. The faculty also explains these to the students.


At the beginning of the academic year, all the students are provided with a copy of syllabus with the year-wise/semester-wise, subject- wise and unit-wise topics to be covered and scheme of examination. Besides, information about the scope and objectives of each programme is provided. At the end of the semester, the course outcome and programme outcome will be assessed based on the direct and indirect assessment tools used.

2.6.3 How are the university’s teaching, learning and assessment strategies structured to facilitate the achievement of the intended learning outcomes?

The teaching, learning and assessment strategies are well structured to assist the achievement of the planned learning outcomes (Course Outcome and Program Outcome). The following are the various content delivery methods used to deliver the courses:

Lecture Lecture with discussion Web based learning Case studies Mini project assessment in

Laboratory session Theory with Laboratory Component Industrial visit

Guest lecture, seminars and workshop

Quizzes and Tutorials Demonstrations ( Such as model,

Laboratory, experimental facility, Industrial visits )

Assignment/ Project

In addition to the syllabus mentioned in the curriculum, the students are exposed to the e-content through national and international portals such as:

NPTEL http://nptel.iitm.ac.in COURSERA MIT Open Courseware http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm MOODLE Learning Management System (LMS)

The delivery methods are appropriately chosen to meet the Program Outcomes.

2.6.4 How does the university collect and analyze data on student learning outcomes and use it to overcome the barriers to learning?

The KARE uses various direct and indirect assessment tools to analyze data on student learning outcomes as described below:-

Direct Assessment Methods: Continuous Assessment Examinations (Unit Tests, Sessional Examinations I, II,

III, Model Examinations [Practical Courses]) – Keep students 'on task'. Motivates students to learn continuously rather than later at end examinations

Reports on Laboratory Works – These have the potential for measuring knowledge of experimental procedures, analysis and interpretation of results. They measure practical skills, communication skills, and team working.


End Semester Examinations (Theory and Practical Courses) – This is the most common classic assessment tool. Assures that students have attained the appropriate knowledge, skills and dispositions

Group / Individual Assignments and Essays – Checks depth rather than breadth of learning. Develops capacity to interpret, translate, apply, critique and evaluate.

Industrial Visit Reports / Field Trip Reports – Develops observation, recording and presentation skills

Project, Mini project Reports – Authentic, real world tasks. Capture students' interests

In-Plant Training Reports – Prepares to accommodate any selected industrial atmosphere abiding by the rules, regulations, and disciplinary practices of that industry. Assess of the ethical issues, communication skills, individuality and team working

Quizzes – Gauge students’ prior knowledge, assess progress midway through a

unit, create friendly in-class competition and review before the test Indirect Assessment Methods:

Alumni Survey

Employer Survey

Inputs from Industry Advisory Board

Feedback from Faculty and students

Course Entry Survey

Course Exit Survey

Programme Exit Survey

Programme Level Statistics – Statistics of students who participated in Professional Bodies/ Student Chapters/ Workshops/ Seminars/ Conferences/ Paper presentations/ Social Activities/Sports etc... Rubrics are used to grade the student work. Scoring rubrics are used to delineate

consistent criteria for grading assignments, Projects, Mini-projects, Laboratory Reports, Industrial Visit Reports and In-Plant Training Reports.

During every semester, an extensive feedback is collected from the students, Faculty, Alumni, Industry and also PO/PEO Assessment team emphasizing on teaching and learning outcomes. Based on the performance in direct and indirect assessment methods, Module coordinator, Programme coordinator and Programme Advisory Board provide suggestions for refinement of programme curriculum and course contents. Based on suggestion for curriculum refinement, current industry requirement, future trends in every department, higher study requirement, Board of Studies will propose revised curriculum. This is helpful in overcoming the barriers to learning.

2.6.5 What are the new technologies deployed by the university in enhancing student learning and evaluation and how does it seek to meet fresh/future challenges? The following are facilitated to the students by the university in / enhancing learning and evaluations:- Academic Provisions:-

1. One Credit Courses


2. Theory with Practical Components 3. Mini Project Assessments in Laboratory 4. Web based Lectures (Video Conferencing facilities) 5. Community Projects 6. Non-CGPA Courses (mandatory) 7. Taking PG Program at UG Level 8. Encouragement for Research even at UG level 9. Virtual Laboratories for selected Laboratory Courses 10. Remedial Courses for weak students 11. Encouraged to join Online courses offered by NPTEL, Coursera etc., 12. Provision for learning international languages 13. Support for GATE, GRE, TOFEL etc.,

The following facilities are provided to the students by the university in enhancing

student learning and evaluations:-

1. Fully Networked and Wi-Fi enabled Campus 2. ICT in all Class Rooms 3. High Capacity Data server 4. Semester aboard program through MoUs with other Universities 5. Facilities in International Research Centre and Centre of Excellence 6. Computerised Library 7. Access to E-Learning Resources. 8. Transparent examination systems through the following automation software

developed by office of Controller of Examinations. EASY (Exam Administration SYstem) AIMS (Attendance Information Monitoring System) SIS (Student’s Information System) OCRS (Online Course Registration system) Touch SIS (Touch Student’s Information System) FIS (Faculty’s Information System) PACO (Parent’s Corner) SSMS (Student SMS)


CRITERION III: RESEARCH, CONSULTANCY AND EXTENSION 3.1 Promotion of Research 3.1.1 Does the University have a Research Committee to monitor and address issues related to research? If yes, what is its composition? Mention a few recommendations which have been implemented and their impact. Yes, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education (KARE) has three tier system, comprising International Advisory Committee (IAC), University Research Board (URB) and Department Research Committee (DRC) to plan, execute and monitor the research activities. Notable scientific experts from around the globe act as IAC members. The IAC meets once in a couple of years and offers direction for research in diverse and most thrust areas of cutting-edge research. Based on the directions provided by the IAC, the University Research Board (URB), a seven-member committee, consists of the Vice-Chancellor as Chairman, Dean-Research and Development as Secretary, Dean-Admissions, Dean-Academics and three External Experts as members, meet once in a year, formulates the research vision for all the departments. The Dean-R&D promotes and monitors research activities of the KARE. The Department Research Committee (DRC), comprising of the Head of the Department as Chairman and other faculty with doctoral degree as members then monitors research in the departmental level based on the direction of the Dean-R&D and also ensures the implementation of the research plans. The following are few recommendations of the IAC / URB and their implementations. The University Research Fellowship (URF) with remuneration may be created for

students who pursue full-time research leading to attain doctoral degree. At present 29 full time research scholars are receiving fellowships from the KARE.

Follow up actions may be taken to monitor the status of MoU’s signed between the KARE and other Universities/Institutes/Industries of repute. As a consequence most of the MoU’s are active, students and faculty exchange

and research collaboration between the faculty members of KARE and the Universities with whom we have signed MoU have been strengthened.

To maintain high quality research, the KARE must take steps to ensure that the faculty members and research scholars publish their research output in leading journals of international and national repute, which are indexed in Web of Science, SCOPUS etc. We have stipulated that minimum of two publications in SCOPUS indexed journals with at least one of them in SCI journals with impact factor as the requirement for research scholars for thesis submission. As a consequence we have more than 300 publications in such journals and the h-index of the KARE has gone-up to 38 in 2015 from 34 in 2013.

3.1.2 What is the policy of the university to promote research in its affiliated / constituent colleges?

Not Applicable. 3.1.3 What are the proactive mechanisms adopted by the university to facilitate the smooth implementation of research schemes/projects? In order to motivate faculty members for submitting research proposals to funding agencies, the KARE provides Professional Development Allowance (PDA) ranging from Rs. 5000/- to 25,000/- per month along with the regular salary for all the faculty holding doctoral degree and also those who pursue doctoral programme in the campus


in a part time mode. Additional contributions of the University towards research include contribution of Rs. 1.2 crores to DST-FIST projects and of Rs. 0.65 lakh to solar project under special track. Advancing funds for sanctioned projects: For sanctioned projects, the KARE provides advance funds to the respective Principal Investigators (PIs) to meet the requirement of JRF/SRF remuneration, contingency expenses, purchase of equipments and consumables etc. prior to receipt of the funds from the funding agency.

Providing seed money: For the freshly recruited faculty, the KARE provides a start-up grant to a maximum of Rs. 1 lakh at an earliest to establish the basic necessary facilities to initiate his/her research activities. Also, for the selected faculty members, the KARE gives an additional lump-sum of Rs. 1 lakh as a second level of assistance. So far, 20 faculty received the seed money in the past four years. Simplification of procedures related to sanctions / purchases to be made by the investigators: In order to procure recurring and non-recurring items, the PI of the project, after careful perusal of quotations, submits request letter to the KARE along with three best quotations and it would be directed to the purchase section at the earliest. The purchase section then acquires the same with no delay in time. Autonomy to the principal investigator/coordinator for utilizing overhead charges: Although the overhead charges are normally for the KARE in principle, it provides additional funds to the PI from the overhead charges if requested by him/her when needed so as to complete the project in a successful manner. So-far, four PI’s have

received such additional funds for the smooth implementation of their projects. Timely release of grants: Grants are released to the PI from KARE with no delay in time upon request by him/her. Timely auditing: Every year, auditing of the expenses of the funded projects is done in the month of April. Submission of utilization certificate to the funding authorities: Every financial year, utilization certificate of the ongoing projects is submitted to the respective funding agencies and the same is submitted upon the completion of the project as well. The office of the Dean-R&D coordinates this activity and ensures that utilization certificates are submitted promptly. 3.1.4 How is interdisciplinary research promoted? Between/among different departments /schools of the University When the faculty members with different expertise approach the KARE with a motto to pursue research in a collaborative way to achieve their goals, the KARE will have no hesitation in providing partial funds to them either to procure recurring or non-recurring items based on the merit of the same. The following are the notable


departments which have received partial funding from the KARE to pursue collaborative research.

Biotechnology and Chemistry Biotechnology and Physics Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Electronics Engineering Instrumentation and Control Engineering and Electrical and Electronics

Engineering. Physics and Civil Engineering Computer Science & Engineering and Electrical & Electronics Engineering Electronics & Communication Engg. and Computer Science and Engineering Biotechnology and Electronics & Communication Engineering Most importantly, KARE has established an International Research Centre

(IRC) with a cost of Rs. 2.5 crores to promote interdisciplinary research. Besides, the DST-FIST funded departments such as Mechanical Engineering,

Electronics & Communication Engineering and Instrumentation & Control Engineering extended their support for interdisciplinary research as well by means of providing instrumentation facility.

Further, a few more centers have also been established in the KARE premises to promote the research and are as follows:

NI- KARE Technology Innovation Centre Robotics Centre Centre for Advanced Process Control and Biomedical Instrumentation National Cyber Defense Research Centre Advanced Centre for VLSI Design and Signal Processing Centre of Excellence on Intelligent Systems Centre of Excellence for Materials Research Centre of Excellence for Composite Materials

Several publications/doctoral degrees have already been aroused from the aforementioned collaborations and few more are under pipe line as well. Collaboration with national/international institutes / industries: Several faculty / Departments of the KARE have collaboration with the international and National Universities/Institutes/Industries. KARE has signed MoU’s with several Universities/Institutes/Industries of National and International repute which felicitate such collaborations. Further, appointment of experts from various institutions within India and abroad as Adjunct / Visiting Professors and organization of major international conferences/workshops in the campus with significant international participations also promote such collaborations. As a consequence several international collaborations have come up and some of them are furnished below. International Collaboration:

Name of the in-house faculty

Name of the collaborator with address

Outcome

Department of Biotechnology: Dr. K. Sundar

Dr. Richard Coico, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, USA

Publication in a Scopus indexed Journal

Dr. Shwetal Metha, Barrow Neurological Institute, USA

Research work is in progress

Dr. Adi Idris, University of Brunei Darussalam

Research is in progress


Dr. K. Sundar & Dr. H. Nellaiah

Dr. Shiva Sivasubramaniam, Nottingham Trent University, UK

Visit of a KARE research scholar for 6 months to NTU; 5 publica-tions in Scopus indexed journals

Dr. K. Sundar & Dr. K. Palanichelvam

Dr. Kar Muthumani, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Preparing a joint research proposal on Dengue vaccine

Department of Computer Science & Engineering: Ms. R. Sumathi Dr. Sridhar Arjunan, RMIT,

Australia The outcome of the research are published in a Journal

Dr. S. Arumugam Dr. Lutz Volkmann, RWTH Aachen University, Germany.

Contributed a research paper in a Journal

Dr. Atulya K. Nagar, Liverpool Hope University, UK.

The findings of the research are published in Five Journals

Dr. Gary MacGillivray, University of Victoria, Canada.

Contributed a research paper

Dr. Csilla Bujtás, University of Pannonia, Hungary.

Published a research paper

Dr. Zsolt Tuza, Hungarian Academy of sciences, Hungary.

Resulted with the publication of a research paper

Dr. Jian Shen, Texas State University, USA


Dr. S.M. Hedetniemi, Clemson University, Clemson, USA


Dr. S.T. Hedetniemi, Clemson University, Clemson, USA


Dr. Petr Kovář, Technical

University of Ostrava, Czech Republic


Dr. Dalibor Froncek, University of Minnesota Duluth, USA

Contributed two research papers in the reputed Journals

Dr. Alexander Rosa, McMaster University, Canada

Jointly edited one proceedings

Dr. G.S. Bloom, City University of New York, USA

The findings of the research are published ina research paper and Jointly edited one proceedings

Dr. Joe Ryan, University of Newcastle, Australia

Resulted with the publication of Three research papers and jointly edited one proceedings

Dr. Mirka Miller, University of Newcastle, Australia

Resulted with the publication of Two research papers and jointly edited one proceedings

Dr. P.J. Slater, University of Alabama at Huntsville, USA

Published a research paper and jointly edited one proceedings

Dr. Mustapha Chellali, University of Blida, Algeria

Resulted with publications of two research papers

Dr. Jay Bagga, Ball State University, USA


Dr. Yared Nigusse, East Tenne-ssee State University, USA


Dr. M.A. Henning, University of KwaZulu-Natal, SA


Dr. T.W. Haynes, East Tenn-essee State University, USA


Dr. Odile Favaron, Universit'e Paris-Sud, France



Dr. Dominique Haughton, Bentley University, USA


Department of Civil Engineering: Dr.C.Sivapragasam Dr. Nitin Muttil, Victoria

University, Austraila Papers published in Journals and Conferences

Dr Liong shie-yui, National University, Singapore

Collaborative work is under progress

Dr. Jega Jegadesan, James Cook University, Austraila

Papers published in Journals and Conferences

Department of Information Technology: Dr.S.P.Balakannan Dr. Wei song, Moon Ho Lee , .

College of Information Technology, Eastern Liaoning University. Korea

Published a Research Paper in an International Journal, Research proposal to be submitted to major funding agencies in India and Korea.

Department of Mechanical Engineering: Dr. N. Rajini Prof. Patrick DeBates, Ghent

University, Belgium Visited Ghent University. Three manuscripts are under preparation; A Study on Tribology machining has been analyzed.

Dr. Mohammad Jawaid, Universiti Putra, Malaysia.

A research has been carried out on Tribology machine setup

Professor Yusuf ŞAHIN, Gazi

University, Beşevler, Turkey The findings of the research are planned to be published.

Dr. N .Rajini & Dr. I. Siva

Mr. Jacob Sukumaran, Ghent University Belgium

Manuscript under preparation.

Dr. John Summer scales, Plymouth University, United Kingdom

Planned to have academic collaborations with the University. Carrying out various research work

Dr. I. Siva & Dr. J. T. Winowlin Jappes

Dr. SandroAmico, Universidade federal, Brazil

Contributed four research papers in International Journals. Discussions regarding the submission of Project proposals to Bilateral Indo-Brazil Project are under progress.

Prof. Sandra Maria da LuzUNB Gama, Brazil

Conducted an International workshop. Prof. Sandra was invited to give a special Lecture and Submission of project proposals were discussed with the Expert.

Dr. Viviane Muniz Fonseca, UFRN, Brazil

Dr. Viviane delivered a special address in an International workshop entitled RIM 2014 which inspired many students to do research on composites for their final year projects.

Dr. Matyas Ando SZENT ISTVAN, University Hungary

Planned to publish the findings of research in an International Journal.

Mr. C. Bennet Dr. SandroAmico, UFRGS, Brazil

Contributed two research papers in International Journals.


Acted as research mentor for various research activities.

Mr. K. Senthilkumar Dr. SandroAmico, UFRGS, Brazil

Published a research paper in an International Journal. As part of the Indo-Brazil project, he acted as project mentor in Brazil.

Department of Automobile Engineering: Dr. M. Uthayakumar Dr. A Slota, Craco

University,Poland. Collaborative work is under progress

Dr. S. ThirumalaiKumaran

Dr. J Zajac, Craco University, Poland


Dr. Dominic, Craco University, Poland.


Prof. TAE JOE, Yeungnam University, Korea


Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering:

Dr.D.Devaraj

Dr. K. H. IbnaoufAl --Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), College of Science, Physics Department, Riyadh 11623, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Journal paper published

Dr.Saidur ,King Fhad University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia


Dr.Arunagiri, YANBU industrial college, Saudi Arabia


Prof. Schwedhi King Faisal university, university in Hofuf, Saudi Arabia


Department of Physics:

Dr. P. Selvarengan Dr. Tae Kyu Kim, Department of Chemistry, Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea


Dr. Joonghan Kim, Department of Chemistry, Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, South Korea


Department of Chemistry: Dr. C. Ramalingan Prof. Kuo-Chuan Ho, National

Taiwan University, Taiwan Research is in progress

Prof. E. R. T. Tiekink, University of Malaysia, Malaysia

Research is in progress

Department of Computer Applications: Dr. S. Balamurali Dr.Chi-Hyuck Jun, Pohang

University of Science and Technology, Korea

The outcomes of the Research are resulted with the publication of 22 research papers in the reputed Journals

Dr.Muhammad Aslam, Forman Chiristian college,Pakistan Dr.Muhammad Azam, Forman Chiristian college,Pakistan Dr.Munir Ahmad, National college of business and


administration, Pakistan Dr.Mohammad Seber Fallah Nezhad, Yazd university,Iran Dr.M.Kalayanasundaram, Nayang Technological University, Singapore Dr. Rao, S. G, Dodoma University, Tanazanic Dr. Muttil, N, Victoria University,Australia.

Department of Business Administration: Dr. S. RajaRam Dr.Chong, Professor Accounting,

University of Peninsula, USA Contributed the research paper in a Journal

3.1.5 Give details of workshops/ training programmes/ sensitization programmes conducted by the university to promote a research culture on campus. In order to promote research culture in the campus, the KARE always encourage the Departments/faculty to conduct various workshops / training programmes / sensitization programmes in the Regional / State / National / International levels and provide partial funding as well in connection with the same. In the recent past (i.e., since 2011), 175 workshops, 67 training programmes and 31 sensitization programmes have been conducted in the KARE campus and notable scientific as well as non-scientific personalities have visited the campus in connection with the same. Selected workshops/Training programmes/Sensitization programmes conducted in the campus are listed below. List of selected workshops: S. No Title Outcome

1 DST Sponsored Instructional Workshop on Domination in Graphs

The Focus of these workshops is to give basic training to the research scholars on the specific topic and research problems for further investigation. Several participants have taken up research on these topics.

2 DST Sponsored Instructional Workshop on Graph Labeling Problems

3 DST Sponsored Instructional Workshop on Graph Theory and its Applications to Visual Cryptography

4 Workshop on “Fuzzy logic and its

application-Hands on training” The knowledge gained was applied for carrying research work

List of selected training programmes: S. No Title Outcome

1 Two days Software training programme on Encase V7 portable and Encase V7 Forensic Edition tool

It enables the students and research scholars to gain knowledge about Mobile Forensics and Computer Forensics.

2 Faculty Development Programme on Computational approaches in Biotechnology Research

To apply computational approaches in their research.

3 Faculty Development Programme on “Genetic Engineering and Down

Stream Processing”

Helps and guides faculty to get hands-on experience in Genetic engineering and downstream processing.

4 Five Days Faculty Development Program on Advanced Networking

Faculty of IT, CSE and Computer Applications from various colleges actively participated.


and Cloud Computing

List of selected sensitization programmes: S. No Title Outcome

1 National Workshop on Advanced Research and Developmental Activities

Provided basic knowledge about drafting proposals for the research projects and writing manuscripts.

2 One day seminar on “Preparation of Project

Proposals to funding agencies”

Many scholars and faculty from various disciplines created project proposals in their specialization and send it to different funding agencies.

3.1.6 How does the university facilitate researchers of eminence to visit the campus as adjunct professors? What is the impact of such efforts on the research activities of the university? Professors of foreign nationals visit our campus and offer one credit courses to the students of various academic departments. Also, the KARE appointed Adjunct Professors/Visiting Professors from various parts of the subcontinent as well as globe who visited the concerned department periodically in connection with research collaboration and guest lectures. Several joint research publications have resulted as a consequence of such activities. List of selected Visiting / Adjunct Professors:

S. No Visiting/Adjunct Professor Name

Outcome

1 Prof. Jay Bagga Ball State University, USA

Offered suggestions to conduct one credit course to the students of computer science engineering and helps them to identify various topics of research on graph theory applications for further research collaboration

2 Prof. Atulya K. Nagar, Liverpool Hope University, UK

Delivered a guest lecture for M.Sc/M.Phil (Maths), CSE Students and research scholars.

3 Prof. Kyung Tae Kim, Korea Teaching regular courses in signal processing. 3.1.7 What percentage of the total budget is earmarked for research? Give details of heads of expenditure, financial allocation and actual utilization. Of the total budget, 10% of the same is spent on research related activities such as creation/renovation of research laboratories, purchase and maintenance of instruments, journal subscriptions, and financial support for scholars, travel expenses to faculty members as well as external experts and recruitment of research personnel. 3.1.8 In its budget, does the university earmark funds for promoting research in its affiliated colleges? If yes, provide details. Not applicable 3.1.9 Does the university encourage research by awarding Post Doctoral Fellowships/Research Associateships? If yes, provide details like number of students registered, funding by the University and other sources. Yes, The KARE has a scheme of offering Post Doctoral Fellowships (PDFs) with a financial remuneration of Rs. 25,000 per month. In addition, Post Doctoral Fellows with external funding have also been admitted. The following are the list of Post


Doctoral Fellows who are carrying out cutting-edge research in the KARE campus. Similarly, the KARE offers University Research Fellowship (URF) for full time research scholars who pursue research leading to doctoral degree. This year 29 research scholars were awarded URF. The fellowship amount was Rs.10,000 to Rs. 18,000 per candidate per month. List of Post Doctoral Research Fellows (PDFs): S.No Name & Country Source of Fellowship Period

1 Dr. Karam Eabadi, Iran Partial support from KARE

12.2010 – 11.2012

2 Dr. Martin Manrique, Mexico

Mexican Government 07.2011 – 04.2012

3 Dr. S.V. Bharanithar, India

NBHM 05.2015 - Till date

4 Dr. S. Subburam KARE 09.2015 – Till date 5 Ms. Laleh Yahyaei, Iran KARE Offered PDF on 25.06.2015. List of JRF/SRF receiving funds from other sources:

S. No. Name of the Research Scholar

Name of the Department Funding Agency

1 Mr. S. Suresh Kumar Mechanical Engineering BRNS 2 Mr. K. Stalin Durai Chemistry DST 3 Mr. A. Karuppasamy Chemistry CSIR 4 Mr. V. Siva Physics CSIR 5 Ms. P. Jeyadurga Mathematics DST 6 Mr. M. Ulaganathan EEE DST 7 Ms. K. Vidhya Business Administration IIPA 8 Mr. M. Manikandan Biotechnology ICMR 9 Mr. C. Alderson Joshi Biotechnology DST The total number of research scholars registered for Ph.D since 2011 is 232. 3.1.10 What percentage of faculty have utilized the sabbatical leave for pursuit of higher research in premier institutions within the country and abroad? How does the university monitor the output of these scholars? The KARE provides sabbatical leave for 15 faculty members to pursue further research in various Universities/Institutes around the globe. The output of the scheme has been measured in terms of continuation of research collaboration established, joint publications in Journals of International and National repute as well as submission of joint research proposals to the recognized funding agencies in the subcontinent and globe. A few examples fall in the category are given under.

Institution Visited Outcome Dr. S. Arumugam (n-CARDMATH)

Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, UK

Acting as Joint supervisor for a research scholar Mr. Neil Buckley who is working on visual cryptography. Visiting Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Liverpool Hope University, UK.

Bits-Pilani, Goa Campus Published many research papers with the faculty of BITS-Pilani; Acting as Adjunct Professor in BITS-Pilani.

Dr. N. Rajini (Mechanical Engineering) Ghent University, Belgium Dr. N. Rajini and his scholars are applying the advanced


techniques of composite materials as practised in Ghent University, Belgium. International Conference, INCAMA 2016 is planned to be conducted in January 2016, with the collaboration of Ghent University in Belgium.

Dr. I. Siva (Mechanical Engineering)

UFRGS, Brazil Carrying out a collaborative research work with UFRGS, Brazil. Resulted with 5 research publications in reputed Journals.

Mr.K. Senthilkumar (Mechanical Engineering)

UFRGS, Brazil The new technique for the preparation of composite called as ‘Infusion’ as applied in Brazil is followed for

research in India Dr. H. Nelliah (Biotechnology)

Biozeen Private Limitied, Bangalore, India

Likely to be collaborated with this industry in future. Provide training to the students of Biotechnology in downstream processing

Bharathimurugan.R, (Civil Engineering) NIT, Trichy (India) To pursue his higher study Ms. R. Ramalakshmi (Computer Science & Engineering) Young Scientist Fellowship Scheme, IISc, Bangalore

Published several research papers in Wireless Sensor Networks and MANETs in various reputed Journals

M. Krishna Paramathma (Electrical & Electronics Engineering)

INSA Summer Research Fellowship (High voltage Laboratory, IISC)

Resulted with the publication of various research papers in reputed journals.

K.Punitha (Electrical & Electronics Engineering)

TNSTC,IISC, Bangalore Resulted with the publication of various research papers in reputed journals.

Mr.G. Saravanakumar (Instrumentation & Control Engineering) IISC Bangalore, India (Young Scientist Fellowship)

Acquired basic idea for doing research in control processing

Dr. N. Selvapalam (Chemistry) Poheng University of science of Technology, Pohang, south Korea

Developed new supramolecules and further research work are being carried out.

Dr. V. Devadoss (Chemistry) Higher College of Technology, Sultanate of Oman

Molecules of pyrazole derivatives are being developed and the application study is in progress.

Dr. Muthaiah Shellaiah (Chemistry) Postdoctoral Fellow in National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan.

Published a paper the based on the outcomes of the research.

B.Shanmuga Priya (Business Administration) Kerala Institute Of Management, , Kerala (TNSCST Fellowship)

Published a research paper on Service Quality in Higher Education System


Dr.S.Rajaram (Business Administration) IIsc., Bangalore/ Tamilnadu State Council Of Science And Tehnology

Published a research paper on Auditing practices in India

Dr.S.Yavana Rani (Business Administration) IIsc., Bangalore/ Tamilnadu State Council Of Science And Tehnology

Published a research paper on Rural Tourism

3.1.11 Provide details of national and international conferences organized by the University highlighting the names of eminent scientists/scholars who participated in these events. With a view to harvest the knowledge of outstanding professors and scientists who pursue cutting-edge research in thrust areas of their respective discipline and cultivate the same in the minds of especially budding researchers and students, all the academic departments of the KARE conduct international and national level conferences/seminars periodically. To support the same, various conferences have been conducted in the recent past (i.e., since 2011).

8 international conferences/seminars and 39 national conferences/seminars The following are some of the notable scientific personalities delivered key note address/invited lectures in thrust areas of current research in their respective fields in various conferences.

Dr. Martin Baca, Department of Applied Mathematics and Informatics, Technical University, Slovak Republic

Dr. Alison Marr, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Southwestern University, USA

Dr. Bill Smyth, McMaseter University, Canada Dr. Sridhar Arjunan, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia Prof. Jacek Habel, Cracow University of Technology, Poland Prof Akhtar Kalam, School of Engineering and Science Faculty of Health,

Engineering and Science, Victoria University, Australia Dr. Junichi Kawamura, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Proceedings of some of the conference works have been published as special issues of standard international journals and Springer Verlag Lecture Notes Series in Computer Science. *Details in next page.


S. No

Department Conference (title & period)

Names of eminent scientist/scholar (with institution), who participated

Outcome

n-CARDMATH: Eighth International conference on Graph Labelings (IWOGL 2014), December 3-6, 2014 1 Dr. Martin Baca, Technical University, Slovak Republic

Dr. K.M. Koh, National University of Singapore, Dr. Alison Marr, Southwestern University, USA Dr. Jozef Siran,The Open University, UK Dr. Andrea Semanicova-Fenovcikova, Technical University, Slovak

Republic Dr. Kiki Ariyanti Sugeng, University of Indonesia, Indonesia Dr. Tao-Ming Wang, Tunghai University, Taiwan Dr. Mukti Acharya, Delhi Technological University Dr. G. Sethuraman, Anna University, Chennai Dr. T. Singh, BITS Pilani, KK Birla, Goa Campus, Goa. Dr. G. Marimuthu, The Madura College, Madurai Dr. KM. Kathiresan, Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi

Proceedings of the conference were published as a special issue of the Elsevier Journal Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics

Several research collaborations between experts and participations of conference have been established

n-CARDMATH:23rd International Workshop on Combinatorial Algorithms during July 19-21, 2012 2 Dr. Bill Smyth, McMaseter University, Canada

Dr. Gonzalo Navarro, University of Chile, Santiago- Chile Dr. Rajeev Raman, University of Leicester, Leicester Dr. Wojciech Fraczak, Universite du Quebec en Outaouais, Canada Dr. Tao-Ming Wang, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan, Dr. Jeannette Janssen, Dalhousie University, Canada Prof. Bruce W. Watson, Stellenbosch University, South Africa Dr. Ray Jinzhu Chen, Endign, 20 North St, Dublin, USA Dr. Amr A. Elmasry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Dr. Florent Foucaud, LaBRI, Universite France Dr. Nauzer Kalyaniwalla, Dalhousie University, Canada Mr. Piotr Moczurad, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland Mr. Sagnik Sen, LaBRI, University of Bordeaux, France. Mr. Shane Scott, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, US Dr. K. Thulasiraman, University of Oklahoma, USA Dr. Wlodzimierz Moczurad, Jagiellonian University, Poland

Publication of the proceedings published through Springer Verlag Lecture notes in Computer Science (LNCS Vol No. 7643). Around


Dr. Md. Saidur Rahman, Bangladesh University of Engg., & Tech., (BUET), Bangladesh

Dr. A.S.M. Sohidull Islam , Bangladesh University of Engg., & Tech., (BUET), Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh

Instrumentation & Control Engineering: Intelligent Computing In Communication And Automation”- ICICCA- 13, Jan.03-05, 2013

3 Sushil Kumar, Prof. Electrical Engg., Moratuwa, Srilanka. Dr. Sridhar Arjunan, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.

Research collaborations between experts and participants of the conference have been established

Mechanical Engineering : International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing and Automation (INCAMA 2013), Mar.28-30, March 2013

4 Prof.Adam Slota, Cracow University of Technology, Poland Prof.Jacek Habel, Cracow University of Technology, Poland Prof.KGK. Warrier, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences &

Technology (NIIST), Trivandrum Dr. JJV. Jeyasingh, VSSC, Trivandram Dr. Sumitesh Das, Chief (R&D) TATA Steel, Jamshedpur


Mechanical Engineering: International Conference on Thermal Energy and Environment (INCOTEE 2011), Mar.24-26, 2011 5 Prof Masaru Ishizuka, Dept. of Mechanical Systems Engineering

Toyama Prefectural University, Japan Prof Josua P Meyer, Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical

Engineering University of Pretoria, S. Africa. Prof Akhtar Kalam, School of Engineering and Science Faculty of

Health, Engineering and Science, Victoria University, Australia. Prof B. Gopalakrishnan, Director of the Industrial Assessment Center,

Energy Efficiency Research Fellow of the IOF-WV Program, Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506 USA.

Prof. Subhash, C. Mishra, Former Dean – Academic, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati – 781039.


Electronics & Communication Engineering: International Conference on Electronics, Communication and Information Systems

2012 (ICECI’12) , Nov.02&03, 2012 6 Dr.AnupKumar Gogoi, Professor, IIT Guwahati.

Mr.K.Gopi, Scientist, DOI, DRDL. Research collaborations between experts and


Dr.C.Tharani, Professor, Department of Electronics and communication engineering, B.S.Abdur Rahman University Chennai.

Dr.V.Vaidehi, Professor and Head, Department of Information Technology, MIT Campus, Anna University, Chennai.

participants of the conference have been established

Electrical & Electronics Engineering: International Conference on Power & Energy Systems –ICPES 2012 , Dec.13-15, 2012. 7 Prof.P.S.Kannan, Former Professor, Department of EEE, Thiyagarajar

college of Engg., Madurai Dr.SivajiChakravorti, Professor,JadavpurUniverstiy, Kolkatta Prof.AkhtarKalam, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia Dr. N.Kumarappan, Prof./Electrical Engineering, Annamalai University Dr. D. P. Kothari, Indore, Nagpur Former Director i/c, IITDelhi Formerly Principal,VRCE, Nagpur.


Physics & Chemistry: International Conference on Advanced Materials and its Applications-ICAMA-2011, Mar.23-24, 2011 8 Dr. V. Venugopal, BARC, Mumbai;

Dr. G. Baskaran, IMSc, Chennai; Dr. Junichi Kawamura, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan


Selected list of National Conferences organized at the KARE:

S. No Department Conference (title & period) Names of eminent scientist/scholar (with institution) who participated

Outcome

1 Biotechnology National Symposium on “Modern

Trends in Genomics and Proteomics”, Apr.08, 2015.

Dr. Nagesh, Scientist, QTLOMICS, Bangalore,Dr P. Gopal, Assistant Professor, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai

Research collaborations with the experts have been established

2 Electronics & Communication Engineering

National Conference on “Advancement and Future Trends

in VLSI Design” (NCVD-14) Sep.25&26, 2014

Mr.I.Nedumaran, Chief Manager, Operational Control Unit-I, Thermal Station-II,NLC. Neyveli

Mr. E.Rajarajan, CEO, Blutronics, Inc, Bangalore


3 Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Sixth National Conference on Intelligent Techniques in Control Optimization and Signal Processing – INCOS 15 organized by IEEE student branch

Dr.N.Kumarappan,Professor/EEE Dept,Annamalai University, Chidambaram.

Dr.Vinsley,Lourdes Mount College of Engineering and Technology,



,Mar.26&27, 2015. Kanyakumari Dr.S.Geetha,Professor/School of

Computer science and Engineering, VIT University, Chennai Campus,

Dr.N.Sivakumaran,Associate Professor and Head of the Dept/ICE, NIT, Tiruchirapalli.

4 n-CARDMATH

National Conference on Theoretical Computer Science and Discrete Mathematics, Jan.9-11, 2012

Prof. Thulasiraman, University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA

Prof. K. Ravindran, City University of New York, USA

Prof. G.L. Chia, University of Malaya, Kula Lumpur and Dr. Martin Manrique, Mexico

Prof. N.M. Singhi, TIFR, Mumbai Prof. B.D. Acharya, Former Advisor

to Govt. of India and Scientist ‘ G’,

DST, New Delhi Prof. Pirzada, University of Kashmir,

Srinagar Prof. Udgata, Unversity of Hyderbad Prof. Venkatesh Raman, Mat Science,

Chennai, Dr. Gnanaraj Thomas, Madras

Christian College, Chennai Dr. Robinson, Madras Christian

College, Chennai,Dr. R. Kala, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli

Dr. Santhakumaran, St. Xavier’s

College, Tirunelveli.

Proceedings of the conference published as a special issue of the Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing, Canada Several Research collaborations between experts and participants of the conference have been established

1. 5 5


National conference on recent advancements in materials ,manufacturing and management (NCRAMMM-15), April 01, 2015

Mr.A.Raja, Former Deputy General Manager, WRI, Tiruchy.

Special issue has appeared in Current developments in Mechanical Engineering


3.2 Resource Mobilization for Research 3.2.1 What are the financial provisions made in the University budget for supporting students’ research projects? Every year, KARE allots a considerable amount of funds in its budget for the purpose of supporting students’ research projects in various forms. A few specific cases come under this category are as follows: University Research Fellowship (URF) with remuneration of Rs. 10,000 to Rs.

18,000 for full-time doctoral students. At present 29 full time research scholars are receiving URF.

Support for selected Masters’ students (Rs. 10,000 each) for the completion of their projects and for community based projects (Rs. 10,000 each)

Availability of equipments in the DST-FIST sponsored departments; National Instruments- KLU (NI-KLU) Technology Innovation Centre and Robotics Laboratory (established with a MoU between the KARE and IIT-B) for the execution of students’

projects. Financial support for selected students to present their research outcome in

seminars/workshops conducted by other premier institutions. KARE has established an Innovation laboratory, NI- KLU Centre of Excellence, with a cost of Rs. 2 crores jointly with National Instruments for the benefit of the students. This center also offers free-of-cost training for CLAD certification as well. The facilities available at NI- KLU Centre of Excellence include the following:

Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (ELVIS) My DAQ (Data Acquisition) My RIO (Reconfigurable Input and Output devices) CRIO (Compact Reconfigurable Input and Output Devices) CDAQ (Compact Data Acquisition) My RIO Embedded kit Mechatronics kit ELVIS Optical Communication Board FPGA Board Telecommunication Board Signal Processing Board

3.2.2 Has the University taken any special efforts to encourage its faculty to file for patents? If so, how many have been registered and accepted? Yes, KARE conducts various programmes through its Centre for Learning Technology (CLT) for the faculty members to encourage / create awareness in connection with patenting their valuable findings/invention. Further, KARE provides partial financial assistance for patent search, patent drafting, patent filing, copyrights filing, patent and copyright follow-up etc. In the past four years, 43 patents have been registered by faculty/students from various departments. List of patents registered/accepted since 2011: 2015

Natural Steatite based polymer binder as replacement to cement


Bonding of fresh and hardened concrete with Glycoluril-Formaldehyde admixture Recycling and reclamation of municipal solid waste by material recovery facilities Tracking by wireless network and prevention of Catastrophe state through Anti-

collision Technique in Train Open Body Submerged Ball Valve For Opening And Closing Mechanism For

Tankers Solar Powered Cooling System For Protective Headgear

2014 Fuzzy Tuned Maintenance of Steam Temperature Control for Turbine Efficiency Biometric Based Security with Real Time Locking and Tracking of Vehicle using

GSM and GPS Technology Design and Development of Low cost photomotograph for Identification of

Thyroid Disfunction Wireless Remote motor starter with ACK using Mobile Phones for Agricultural

Application Rail Fire Extinguisher Locking System Of Unused Borewells Solar Shoe Quart-Pump Machine Non Electric Fan Quatag-Senergy Autovehicle Improvised Benson Boiler Multi Jar Mixture

2013 Smart Ground for Monitoring of Free Living Patients affected by Chronic

Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Electromagnetic water meter with nozzle mechanism Single Cable Solar Operated Peltier Assisted Telephone Booth Cooling System

2012 Manually operated single cylinder triple acting reciprocating pump Semi automatic air filter cleaning device Flat belt drive with indents on its bottom surface Pocket head rest Handicapped electric and pedal hybrid vehicle Domestic power generation Seasonal energy generation from waterfalls using a turbine Impact resistant casing for cylinders Magnetic engine Recharging electric cars with nozzle and horizontal wind turbine

2011 Mosquito coil holding and supporting stand with ash collecting dish Mobile pollution sensor for automobiles Automatic coconut plucking machine


Smart power generator Steps in buses as pneumatic lifter in most efficient way Recycling the trash smoke in most efficient way Running of vehicle through spring tension Battery operated compact bi axial human transporter Screw driven vehicles with suspension and steering mechanism to be used for

agricultural purposes Screw driven vehicles with suspension and steering mechanism to be used as a

toy Funnel with inbuilt passage for air to pass out without disturbing flow of liquid

3.2.3 Provide the following details of ongoing research projects of faculty: Presently, the KARE has 15 ongoing research projects funded by various funding agencies with the total worth of 249.89 lakhs. The following is the list of ongoing research projects funded by various reputed funding agencies.

Sl. No Title of the Project Principal

Investigator(s) Funded

by Amount

Sanctioned

1 Experimental Investigations on the characteristic of supersonic flow past axisymmeetric cavities

Dr. S. Jeyakumar (Mechanical Engg.)

DST 1650000

2 Fabrication and machining studies of Al(6351)-SiC-B4C hybrid metal matrix composites

Dr.M.Uthayakumar (Mechanical)

BRNS 2056500

3 An empirical study on the Intension to visit cultural heritage site-Rameshwarm south India

Dr. S. Yavana Rani (Business Administration)

ICSSR 392375

4 Towards development of novel metal free organic dyes for highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

Dr. C. Ramalingam (Chemistry)

DST 2125800

5 Design and synthesis of phenothiazine based novel organic dyes for highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

Dr. C. Ramalingam (Chemistry)

CSIR 2850000

6 Design of Phenothiazenyl pyrimidine decorated novel heterocycles as antitubercular agents

Dr. C. Ramalingan (Chemistry)

ICMR 2100000

7 Problems and its Impact of Women Migrants Households in Slums with Special Reference to Tamil Nadu

Dr. S. Rajaram (Business Administration)

ICSSR 500000


8 Molecular functional characterization of mitochondrial BK channel in mouse cochlear hair cell

Dr. T. Kathiresan (Biotechnology)

DST 2500000

9

Genome-wide Mapping of Murine Specific Dengue T-cell epitopes: Computational Prediction Identification and Use as candidate vaccines

Dr. K. Sundar (Biotechnology)

DST SERB

2484000

10 A search for the new NLO crystals for Industrial applications from anisidine and guanidine compounds

Dr. Asath Bhadur (Physics)

CSIR 1227000

11 Impact of TV media on Children’s

Health in Major Cities of Tamilnadu and Kerala A comparative Study

Dr. M. Jeyakumaran (Business Administration)

IIPA 374000

12

Development and Implementation of MPPT Algorithm for Solar Photovoltaics System under Uniform and Non-Uniform Irradiation Conditions

Dr. D. Devaraj (Electrical & Electronics Engineering)

DST 659000

13 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre (IEDC)

Dr. M.Jeyakumaran (Business Administration)

DST 1330000

14 Developing and Designing of Special Purpose Sampling Plans under the Weibull Life time model

Dr. S. Balamurali (Computer Applications)

DST 1140000

15

Investigation of Hybrid polymer composite using chemically treated curaua and basalt fibers for medium load application.


DST-CNPq (International)

36,00,000

3.2.4 Does the university have any projects sponsored by the industry / corporate houses? If yes, give details such as the name of the project, funding agency and grants received. Yes, the departments of the KARE have been actively involved in a diverse range of projects with various industries. Some of the recent ones are given below. Representative list of departments and agency involved in projects: S. No

Department Name of the project (including investigators)

Name of the agency

1 IT Query tagging using end device interface with effective security module-

Trinitive, Chennai-600015


Dr.S.P.Balakannan

Jobz Park- Mr.R.Sundar Rajan Marien India Pvt Ltd,No Chennai-600083

Dicom classifier and viewer - Ms.V.Baby Shalini

i-Grandee,Software Technologies Madurai

Anti -Theft in Android Device - Mr.S.Dhanasekaran

SUMTCS, Madurai

2 ECE

Obstacle detecting avoidance robot interfaced with GSM and GPS using Arduino sensors through shortest path

CEERI ,Chennai

Child tracking system using ARM 7 Arobot, Chennai IOT based multi user single parameter model of patient monitoring system

CEERI ,Chennai

Wireless animatronics hand using ardino UNO

Arobot,Chennai

3 ICE Ms. Sowmiya p Kaimal ISRO, Trivandrum Mr. R. Alagesh Kanna, Mr. Mathan, Mr. Murali vijay

Seshasayee papers mills, Erode.

4 Mechanical Mr. K.JohnJerrifer, Mr. R.Kameswaran, Mr. A.Milfer

Hyndai, Chennai

5 EEE Mr. J.Kamalakannan Mr. M.Raj kumar

Renault Nissan Automotive Sriperumbudur,

3.2.5 How many departments of the university have been recognized for their research activities by national / international agencies (UGC-SAP, CAS; Department with Potential for Excellence; DST-FIST; DBT, ICSSR, ICHR, ICPR, etc.) and what is the quantum of assistance received? Mention any two significant outcomes or breakthroughs achieved by this recognition. Three departments of the KARE Viz: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering and Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering have been recognized for their research activities by the Department of Science and Technology (DST). The quantum of assistance received from the DST as well as from the KARE is furnished below (next page).


Sl. No Department Amount Sanctioned Out Come

1 Mechanical Engineering 12500000 (including KARE contribution)

Composite materials processing lab, Advanced machining lab and Materials Processing lab were established.

15 research scholars carried out research as part of their doctoral research and 4 research scholars are going to complete their Ph.D.

Resulted with the publication of 10 in peer reviewed journals. The establishment of new research labs and infrastructure helped the

young budding engineers to carry out their project works. 80 UG students are carrying out research for their projects in these labs.

2 Instrumentation & Control Engineering

6500000 (including KARE contribution)

Four Ph.D scholars carried out research in these labs for their Ph.D programme

One of the Ph. D scholars submitted the thesis by carrying out research in these labs.

several faculty have published the result of their researches in the proceedings of various conferences & in reputed journals

3 Electronics & Communication Engineering

4200000 (including KARE contribution)

7 Scholars are carrying out their research in this project Resulted with the publication of three research papers in the journals

3.2.6 List details of a. Research projects completed and grants received during the last four years (funded by National/International agencies).

Sl. No Title of the Project Principal Investigator(s) Funding

Agency

Amount Sanctioned (Rs.)

1. Multilevel Multicriteria Optimization of Water Supply Facility Expansion Planning

Dr. C. Thangaraj (Civil Engineering)

DST 990720

2. Combinatorial optimization in packing problems specific to VLSI Dr. P. Subbaraj & DST 1260000


design Dr. S. Saravanasankar (ECE & Mechanical)

3. Development of Hybrid Metaheuristic Algorithms for Solving Power System Operation Planning Under Deregulated Environment

Dr. S. Kannan (EEE)

DST 990720

4. Study of Interface problems associated with coupled ordinary differential equations

Dr. M. Venkatesulu (Dean-SHIP) DST 974400

5. Domination in Graphs – Theory, Algorithms and Applications Dr. S. Arumugam (n-CARDMATH) NBHM 835150

6. Investigation on mechanical properties of naturally woven coir/non-clay reinforced hybrid composites

Dr. J.T. Winowlin Jappes (Mechanical Engineering )

DST 1470000

7. Rare earth doped nano crystalline olivine phosphate cathodes for high voltage high energy lithium battery

Dr. G. Hirankumar (Physics) BRNS 1760000

8. Saturation Of Graph Parameters Dr. M. Subramanian & Dr. A. Thuraiswamy (Maths)

DST 1007400

9. Investigation of Mechanical Properties of Basalt Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites

Dr. V. Manikandan & Dr. J.T. Winowlin Jappes (Mechanical Engineering )

DST 2032000

10. Quality of work life among women employees in various government and private sector in Tamil Nadu

Dr. S. Sakthivel Rani (Business Administration)

ICSSR 295000

11. Rain Guage Network Design to Improve Rainfall Estimation for Sustainable Planning of water Resources in River Basin

Dr. C. Sivapragasam (Civil Engineering)

CSIR 506314

12. A structural Model for Custormer Behaviour & Service Quality in Insurance Sector – A Servqual Approach


ICSSR 280685

13. Cell Formation Using Graph Theory in Cellular Manufacturing Dr. P. Venkumar DST 959400


System (Mechanical Engineering )

14. Scale up of polyhydroxyalkanoates production from indigenous isolates and its applications

Dr. G. Sangliyandi (Biotechnology)

DBT 1613000

15. Biosynthesis and Characterization of Silver Nanoparticles, A Potential New Therapeutic Approach

Dr. G. Sangliyandi (Biotechnology)

CSIR 896167

16. Designing a Structural Service quality model for telecommunication industry-a TELEQEL Approach


IIMA 190000

17. Designing a Structural Model for measurement of Service Quality in Railways and Hospitals with special reference to Tamilnadu and Kerala State


IIPA 382000

18. Gold nanoparticles: Burgeoning Therapeutic molecules for proliferative diabetic retinopathy

Dr. G. Sangliyandi(Biotechnology) DST 4004800

19. High throughput Crystallography Dr. S. Selvanayagam (Physics) DST 732000

20. Sequestration of CO2 Emission through critical analysis of end use energy efficiency in heterogeneous mixture of process industries

Dr. S. Rajakarunakaran (Mechanical Engineering) Dr. D. Devaraj (EEE) Dr. M. Thirugnanasambandam (Mechanical Engineering)

DST 1800000

21. n-CARDMATH (Core Group Research Facility) Dr. S. Arumugam (n-CARDMATH) DST 21121600

22. Classical Tamil Literature and Ancient Chinese Literature: A comparative study

Dr. A. Benita (English)

CIST 250000

23. Technology propagation and development of micro enterprise by SHG women


DSIR 1280000


b. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and grants received Various inter-institutional collaborative projects between the faculty members of KARE and other Institutes are actively engaged in. For instance BRNS sponsored project entitled “Fabrication and machining studies of Al(6351)-SiC-B4C hybrid metal matrix composites” has been ongoing between KARE and Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam and also n-CARDMATH is actively involved in collaborative projects with various institutions around the subcontinent. An Indo-Brazil international collaborative project between the KARE and UFRGS, Brazil l is ongoing as well. List of inter-institutional collaborative projects:

Title of the Project Investigator Funding Agency

Sanctioned amount (Rs.)

Fabrication and machining studies of Al(6351)-SiC-B4C hybrid metal matrix composites

Dr.M.Uthayakumar (Mechanical Engineering)

BRNS 2056500

Investigation of Hybrid polymer composite using chemically treated curaua and basalt fibers for medium load application.


DST-CNPq (International)

36,00,000

3.3 Research Facilities 3.3.1 What efforts have been made by the university to improve its infrastructure requirements to facilitate research? What strategies have been evolved to meet the needs of researchers in emerging disciplines? KARE give high priority to research infrastructure and have recently established International Research Centre (IRC) with excellent research facilities to carry out cutting-edge research in most thrust areas including Material Science, Nanotechnology etc. The KARE has made 100% financial contribution towards the purchase of high-end equipments such as Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Powder X-ray Diffractometer, Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectrophotometer (FT-IR) and Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS) in addition to other instruments. Further research infrastructure has been developed through DST-FIST proposals for which the KARE has made 50% financial contribution of the sanctioned budget. Buildings with networking facilities have been provided for all the researchers in the campus.

3.3.2 Does the University have an Information Resource Centre to cater to the needs of researchers? If yes, provide details of the facility.


Yes, the KARE has an Information Resource Centre at Research and Development Office which caters to the needs of the researchers in all possible ways. It provides all necessary information to the research scholars from beginning to end through e-resources as well. For instance, status of the synopsis/thesis submission can be accessed by the research scholars. The status details are updated as and when required. In addition, excellent Library facilities with large number of international/national journals as well as e-journals are available for the researchers, students and faculty members. A common computer centre with more than 300 computers along with internet facility in addition to various internet centres is available in the information resource centre. Besides, WiFi facility is available throughout the campus. The researchers can utilize all the above mentioned resources round the clock. 3.3.3 Does the University have a University Science Instrumentation Centre (USIC)? If yes, have the facilities been made available to research scholars? What is the funding allotted to USIC? Yes, the KARE has a Science Instrumentation Centre. The facilities available in the Instrumentation Centre can be utilized both by the students as well as faculty members of various departments of the KARE. Further, the facilities have also been extended to researchers / students who pursue research in other Universities/Institutes. 50% of the overhead charges of the various funded projects is allotted for this centre and is provided as on when required. 3.3.4 Does the university provide residential facilities (with computer and internet facilities) for research scholars, post-doctoral fellows, research associates, summer fellows of various academies and visiting scientists (national/international)? Yes, hostel facilities are available to research scholars and computers with wi-fi facilities are made available throughout the campus. Scientists and visitors are provided accommodation in the KARE Guest House. 3.3.5 Does the university have a specialized research centre/ workstation on-campus and off-campus to address the special challenges of research programmes? Yes, the KARE has various research centres on campus such as National Cyber Defence Research Centre, TIFAC - CORE in Network Engineering, n-CARDMATH, NI-KLU Technology Innovation Centre, Centre for Biotechnology, Advanced Centre for VLSI Design and Signal Processing, Centre of Excellence on Intelligent Systems, Centre of Excellence for Materials Research and Centre of Excellence for Composite Materials to address the special challenges related to research. Further, Workstations for cyber security and Computational Study of Materials in addition to advanced computing facilities are also available in the campus. 3.3.6 Does the university have centres of national and international recognition/repute? Give a brief description of how these facilities are made use of by researchers from other laboratories.


Yes, the KARE has National Centre for Advanced Research in Discrete Mathematics (n-CARDMATH) which is sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. This centre is carrying out research in various aspects of Discrete Mathematics such as Domination in Graphs, Graph Labeling Problems, Graph Colorings, Distance Related Concepts, Graph Decomposition, Visual Cryptography and Fractional Graph Theory leading to standard publications with international collaboration. This is the only centre of its kind in India. This centre is publishing AKCE International Journal of Graphs and Combinatorics which is jointly published by Elsevier and this journal brings on exchange basis 120 journals to the n-CARDMATH Library. This facility is extensively used by researchers from various institutions in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The International Research Centre (IRC) of the KARE provides services not only to the in-house faculty and students but also to the faculty and students from other institutes/Universities. 20 workshops/training programmes have been conducted at IRC in connection with principle and techniques for handling the high-end equipments such as XRD, SEM etc. for the external UG / PG students, who are studying in other colleges and for college teachers. In addition, the KARE has various other centres including National Cyber Defense Research Centre, TIFAC CORE in Network Engineering, NI-KLU Technology Innovation Centre, Centre for Biotechnology, Advanced Centre for VLSI Design and Signal Processing, Centre of Excellence on Intelligent Systems, Centre of Excellence for Materials Research and Centre of Excellence for Composite Materials. TIFAC-CORE is recognized as Sun Academy Initiative Partner, Cisco Networking Academy and Red Hat Academic Partner. Pearson VUE Testing center is also established in this center to enable the students to take international online certification exams of leading software certification authorities. Cyber Defense research centre, a centre with advanced technologies to prevent Cyber crimes would help in protecting privacy of individuals and ensuring a society free of cyber crimes has been established. In addition all the research centres are well equipped with modern instruments to carry out cutting-edge research in thrust areas of research. 3.4 Research Publications and Awards 3.4.1 Does the university publish any research journal(s)? If yes, indicate the composition of the editorial board, editorial policies and state whether it/they is/are listed in any international database. The KARE is publishing AKCE International Journal of Graphs and Combinatorics jointly with Elsevier and this biannual journal brings on exchange basis 120 journals to the n-CARDMATH Library. The editorial board consists of leading experts from all over the world. This is a peer reviewed journal and has been reviewed and indexed in Mathematical Reviews, USA, Zentral blatt Math, Germany and SCOPUS. Further it will be included in Thomson Reuters Web of Science soon. Nearly 95% of the papers published are the ones received from various parts of the globe. The content of


the journal from volume 12 onwards is available online in Science Direct. The following is the editorial board of AKCE International Journal of Graphs and Combinatorics. Editor-in-Chief : S. Arumugam, Kalasalingam University Managing Editor : K. Karuppasamy, Kalasalingam University Associate Editor : P. Paulraja, Kalasalingam University Members:

G.O.H. Katona, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary L.W. Beineke, Indiana University-Purdue University,Fort Wayne, USA G.Y. Katona, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary M. Kriesell, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Béla Bollobás, University of Memphis, USA K.M. Koh, National University of Singapore, Singapore H.J. Broersma, University of Twente, The Netherlands H. Li, Université Paris-sud, France Odile Favaron, Université Paris-sud, France Xueliang Li, Nankai University, China Joseph A. Gallian, University of Minnesota-Duluth, USA Mirka Miller, The University of Newcastle, Australia Wayne Goddard, Clemson University, USA Jaroslav Nešetřil, Charles University, Czech Republic M.C. Golumbic, University of Haifa, Israel S.B. Rao, CR Rao Advanced Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and

Computer Science (AIMSCS), Hyderabad, India Mariko Hagita, Ochanomizu University, JAPAN T.W. Haynes, East Tennessee State University, USA Nabil Adly Shalaby, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada A.J.W. Hilton ,The University of Reading, UK Krishnaiyan Thulasiraman, University of Oklahoma, USA Tommy R. Jensen, Kyungpook National University, Republic Of Korea C.E. Veni Madhavan, Indian Institute of Science, India

3.4.2 Give details of publications by the faculty: The faculty members of the KARE have published 935 papers in peer reviewed journals of international and national repute and out of which 653 papers are published since 2011. Year-wise number of publications from 2011-2015 are as follows

Year 2011 : 115 Year 2012 : 171 Year 2013 : 135 Year 2014 : 137

Year 2015 : 95 (upto September)

The selected papers published in various journals of international repute are furnished below.

Selected International publications: Kalishwaralal K et al. Sodium selenite/selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) protect

cardiomyoblasts and zebrafish embryos against ethanol induced oxidative stress. (2015) Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology. 32:135-44. (IF: 2.371)


Balamurugan. B et al. Anaerobic degradation of textile dye bath effluent using Halomonas sp. (2011) Bioresource Technology 102:6365–6369. (IF: 4.494)

Jayalakshmi, LN et al. Straight forward syntheses of nitrile, acrylates and acrylamides in aqueous propan-1,2-diol: A catalyst free and waste free methodology (2015) Tetrahedron Letters Available online (IF: 2.379)

Shellaiah, M. et al. A Pyrene based schiff base probe for selective fluorescent turn-on detection of Hg2+ ions with live cell application, New Journal of Chemistry, 2015 (IF: 3.159)

Ganesan, P. et al. Artificial Neural Nework model to predict the diesel electric generator performance and exhaust emissions”, Energy, 83, 2015, pp. 115-124. (IF: 4.844).

ArumugaPrabu, V. et al. Dynamic mechanical and thermo-gravimetric analysis of Sansevieria cylindrical polyester composite: Effect of fiber length, fiber loading and chemical treatment. International journal of Composites Part B, 69, 2015,76-86. (IF: 2.983)

Alavudeen, A. et al. Mechanical properties of banana/kenaf fiber-reinforced hybrid polyester composites: Effect of woven fabric and random orientation International journal of Materials & Design,66, 2015, 246-257. (IF: 3.501).

Suresh Kumar, S. et al. Synthesis, Structure, Spectral, Thermal Analyses and DFT Calculation of a Hydrogen Bonded Crystal: 2- Aminopyrimidinium Dihydrogen Phosphate Monohydrate, Journal of Molecular Structure , 2014, 1074, 107-117. (IF: 1.634).

Manrique, M. et al. Vertex and Edge Dimension of Hypergraphs, Graphs and Combinatorics, 31(2015), 183-200. (IF: 0.388).

Arumugam, S. et al. On (k,n)*-Visual Cryptography Scheme, Des. Codes Cryptogr., 71 (1) (2014), 153-162. (IF: 0.958)

The faculty members of the KARE have written 15 book chapters which have been appeared in various books and edited 15 books since 2011.

Further, the faculty members of the KARE have written 24 books and those have been published by reputed publishers with ISBN number. As an example, a book written by Dr. A. Alaudeen has been referred in more than 30 colleges.

h-index : 38 3.4.3 Give details of faculty serving on the editorial boards of national and international journals Twenty three faculty members of the KARE are serving in the editorial boards of national and international journals in various capacities viz., editors and associate editors. faculty serving as members of steering committees of international conferences recognized by reputed organizations / societies Twenty seven faculty members of the KARE served as members of steering committees of conferences recognized by reputed organizations/societies. 3.4.4 Provide details of * research awards received by the faculty and students The faculty members and students have received 32 awards in connection with research activities in the past four years.


* national and international recognition received by the faculty from reputed professional bodies and agencies The faculty members of the KARE received 222 recognitions from various professional bodies and agencies including membership in professional bodies, serve as reviewers for various international and national journals, members in higher level committees of various institutions etc. 3.4.5 Indicate the average number of successful M.Phil. and Ph.D. scholars guided per faculty during the last four years. Does the university participate in Shodhganga by depositing the Ph.D. theses with INFLIBNET for electronic dissemination through open access? 73 research scholars and 14 students have completed their Ph.D. and M.Phil degrees, respectively during the last four years. The KARE participates in Shodhganga by depositing the Ph.D. theses. 3.4.6 What is the official policy of the university to check malpractices and plagiarism in research? Mention the number of plagiarism cases reported and action taken. The KARE has iThenticate software and all the research papers and Ph.D. theses must be tested using the same prior to submit to the journal and prior to submit to the KARE, respectively. It is insisted that the similarity index indicated by the software should be less than 20%. 3.4.7 Does the university promote interdisciplinary research? If yes, how many interdepartmental / interdisciplinary research projects have been undertaken and mention the number of departments involved in such endeavours? Yes, the KARE highly encourages interdepartmental/interdisciplinary research. The faculty members are engaged in nearly 24 interdisciplinary/interdepartmental research activities and nearly 10 departments have been involved in such activities.

S. No Names of the investigators

Departments (e.g., Biotech & CSE, etc.)

Areas of research

1 Dr.K.Sundar & Dr. S. Asath Bahadur

Biotechnology & Physics

Bioprospecting of bioactive marine metabolites

2 Dr. K. Sundar & Dr. C. Ramalingan

Biotechnology & Chemistry

Evaluation of synthetic organic compounds for anti-inflammatory activity.

3

Mrs. L. Muthulakshmi, Dr. H. Nellaiah, Dr. T. Kathiresan & Dr. N. Rajini

Biotechnology & Mechanical

Preparation of Biodegradable composite film from bacterial resources

4 Dr. A. Muthukumaran & Dr. Selvapalam

Biotechnology & Chemistry

Drug delivery potential of curcubituril in Zebrafish model

5 Dr. Naresh Kumar & Dr. T. Theivasanthi


Assessing the photocatalytic activity of plant nanoparticles for the treatment of crepe bandage waste water

6 Dr. Sheik Asraf & Dr. T. Theivasanthi


CO2 sequestration by enzyme technology and its conversion into worthy graphene and calcium carbonate nanomaterials.

7 Dr.D.Devaraj EEE & CSE Soft Computing


R.Murugeswari

8 Dr.D.Devaraj Dr.K.Karheeabn Mr.Vijay Ananth

EEE and CSE Security in Smart Grid

9 Dr.C.Sivapragasam Mr.PL.Meyyappan. Mr M Prakash

Civil Engineering & Mechanical Engineering

Composite material and science

10 Dr.M.Muthukannan Dr Muthuvel

Civil & Mechanical Engineering

Composite material and science

11 Dr.C.Sivapragasam Mrs S Vanitha Dr. T. Theivasanthi

Civil Engineering & Physics

Nano Technology/water treatment

12 Dr.M.PallikondaRajasekaran Dr.S.Radhakrishnan

ECE & CSE Cloud computing

13 Dr.K.Sundar Dr.M.PallikondaRajasekaran

Biotechnology and ECE

EMR cell Radiation

14 Dr. D. Devaraj, Dr.S.Rajakarunakaran Dr. M. T. Sambandam

EEE & Mechanical Engineering

CO2 Sequestration

15 Dr. D.Devaraj & Dr.B.Kannapiran

EEE & ICE Condition monitoring of rotating machine using sound and vibration analysis

16 Dr.Ramkumar & Dr. T. Theivasanthi

EEE and Physics Hybrid plasmonic photovoltaic cell

17 Dr.D.Devaraj & Dr.B.Kannapiran

EEE and Instrumentation & Control Engineering

Development of Intelligent condition monitoring system for rotary pumps using sound and vibration signals

18 Dr. S. Balamurali & Dr. Sivapragasam

Computer Applications & Civil Engineering

Water resource management

19 Dr. S. Balamurali & Dr. K. Sundar

Computer Applications & Biotechnology

Drug design

20 Dr. T. Theivasanthi & Dr. Naresh K Sharma

Physics & Biotechnology

Nanomaterials and Water Treatment

21 Dr. T. Theivasanthi & Dr. S.Sheik Ashraf

Physics & Biotechnology

Nanomaterials and Enzyme Technology

22 Dr. T. Theivasanthi & Dr. A.Ramkumar

Physics and EEE Nanomaterials and Power systems

23 Dr. T. Theivasanthi & Mr.Sivasubramanian

Physics & Mechanical Engineering

Nanomaterials and Heat transfer

24 Dr. T. Theivasanthi & Ms. Vanitha

Physics & Civil Engineering

Nanomaterials and water treatment

3.4.8 Has the university instituted any research awards? If yes, list the awards. Yes, the KARE has instituted Kalasalingam Award of Excellence in Research for the faculty members who have been selected as best researchers every year. Also, the KARE has instituted Anandammal Best Thesis Award which is given to the concerned research scholar every year whose thesis has been rated as best Ph.D. thesis of the year.


3.4.9 What are the incentives given to the faculty for receiving state, national and international recognition for research contributions? The KARE provides travel grant and registration fee to faculty members who receive state/national/international recognition for their outstanding research contribution and also the KARE provides certificate of appreciation along with cash award. 3.5 CONSULTANCY

3.5.1 What is the official policy of the university for structured consultancy? List a few important consultancies undertaken by the university during the last four years. All faculties are encouraged to carry out consultancy work. Director-consultancy is entrusted to coordinate the consultancy activities. KARE has worked out a policy for consultancies provided to external agencies. The salient features of the policy are:

a. Minimum administrative procedure for quick approval for consultancy assignments

b. Ensuring high quality and ethical practices in consultancy assignments c. Incentives to faculties by sharing consultancy income at the ratio of 50% to the

faculty, 25% to the KARE and 25% to the respective department d. Provisions to add new topics in the curriculum carved out of consultancy

assignments e. Engagement of students in consultancy projects

The following departments and faculties are involved actively in the consultancy services. The consultancy services are of either paid or honorary in nature.

Name & Dept. Nature of work Client Cost(Rs. Lakh)

Dr.M.Muthukannan Civil Engineering

Preparation of Design and Structural Drawing for Primary School Building Melur Madurai District

Melur Municipality 0.15

Feasibility Study of Water Supply from Anathalar to Chattrapatti Village

Chattrapatti Village Community People

0.10

Preparation of DPR for Bus Stand at Srirangam Municipality, Trichy

Sri Madurai Meenakshi Infrastructure Development

2.10

Study and Action Plan on Movement of Hazardous Cargo through Waterways

MIR Project & Consultant

1.25

Study of Hazardous Movement of Cargo in Kerala

1.00

Planning bye-pass road to Paramakudi, Pathibanur and Kamuthi

Sri Madurai Meenakshi Infrastructure Development

0.75

Dr. M.T. Sambandam Mech. Engineering

Energy audit in Ceramic Industry

SEEM- TVM Kerala

0.25

Energy Audit Fenner-Madurai Honorary

Dr.M.Pallikonda Rajasekaran ECE

Development of Photomotograph for identifying the thyroid at the initial level

Dr.A.Kannan, Madurai Honorary

Dr.H.Nellaiah- Bioprocess Technology Vitanae Pharma, Honorar


BioTech Germany y Dr. L. Muthulakshmi Soil and water analysis Villages in

Virudhunagar Honorar

y

3.5.2 Does the university have a university-industry cell? If yes, what is its scope and range of activities? Yes. Office of the Corporate Relations and Consultancy Services Centre works as KARE institute interaction cell. Concerned authorities contact industries for getting students projects, consultancy services and placements. Industry experts are invited to offer one credit course. At present Mr. K. Sivakumar, Manager (Materials) from TAFE, Vadippatti, Madurai District is offering a course titled “Strategic Planning- A Scenario Based Approach” to Mechanical and

automobile engineering students. Training and placement cell as part of KARE corporate relations and IED cell in tandem become vibrant which encourages the scope and range of activities.

Faculty members go to the industry and offer courses. For eg. Mechanical engineering department is offering courses at TAFE, Madurai. Training and placement cell organizes visits of industry experts to campus. The technical and operational input from expert enables the Industry cell to take various activities. Revision of curriculum as required by industry and offering collaborative PG program is also undertaken through industry linkage. In-plant training to students and Industry oriented projects are also carried out. KARE has applied to Energy management Centre, Kerala to get empanelled as Registered Energy Auditing Agency to take up consultancy projects in industries and commercial establishments on Energy Audit. Co-sponsored workshops and international certifications programs are conducted to enhance the employability of the students. The students industries project statistic for the year from 2011-2015 are as follows

Branch No of Industrial projects

No. of students

Mechanical Engineering 416 1113 Electrical and Electronics Engineering 223 604 Electronic and Communication Engineering

224 534

MBA 435 435 MCA 212 212 Civil Engineering 73 167 Computer Science and Engineering 49 133 Information Technology 170 432 Total 1852 3630

Representative lists of industries are:

Ramco Cements, Viruthunagar TVS Sri Chakra Pvt. Ltd, Madurai India Cements- Coimbatore Tuticorin Thermal Power station SS Anandan Spinning Mills, Rajapalayam Dabur Research Foundation, New Delhi BSNL- Chennai BHEL- Trichy Southern Railways, Chennai Fenner India Pvt. Ltd, Madurai JNTU, Hyderabad DRDO, Bangalore TATA Steels- Jamshedpur TATA Power electronics Chennai


CERI, Chennai Reliance Communications – Chennai Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad Ashok Leyland- Chennai Ford India – Chennai ICMR, Madurai

The following department’s faculty members actively engaged with industry for

getting consultancy and students projects: • Civil Engineering Department • Mechanical Engineering Department • Biotechnology Department • ECE and EEE Departments

3.5.3 What is the mode of publicizing the expertise of the University for Consultancy Services? Which are the departments from whom consultancy has been sought? The KARE publishes the expertise as follows

Through our KARE website and brochures Through organizing industry focused seminars. The KARE conducts seminars on specific topics like energy management,

power quality, CO2 emission estimation which are common to all types of industries and taking up assignments from interested industries

Individual faculty members also contact industries through their known contacts

Through paper advertisements

The major departments industries and Agencies to which KARE offered consultancy are:

Melur Municipality , Madurai district – Civil Engineering Chattrapatti Village Community People – Civil Engineering MIR Project & Consultant- Civil Engineering Venkateshwara Hatcheries Private Limited Hosur- Civil Engineering S.S Anandan Spinning Mills – Rajapalayam- Mechanical Engineering Fenner (India) Pvt. Ltd- Madurai- Mechanical Engineering Triassic Solutions Pvt Ltd, Trivandrum & Society of Energy Engineers and

Managers (SEEM)- Trivandrum- Mechanical Engineering

3.5.4 How does the university utilize the expertise of its faculty with regard to consultancy services? The KARE utilizes the expertise of faculty members to

Visit industries and find their needs Resource mobilization for the KARE Organize industry focused seminar and workshops Strengthen industry-KARE activities

In addition to the above the KARE benefits out of expertise of consultancy services: To involve students in real time projects To identify new area for research To improve the syllabus with real time applications of engineering

principles To share the field knowledge with students Organize industrial visits to students To strength the institute –industry interaction


3.5.5 List the broad areas of consultancy services provided by the university and the revenue generated during the last four years. The broad areas of consultancy provided by the KARE are Structural design of building design, road development projects for municipality, Energy Audit, Water supply management, Hazardous waste transportation, medical image processing. In addition to the above the broad areas of consultancy available from various departments are:

Departments Areas of consultancy

Civil engineering Road & Building Design, Dpr For Civil Projects, Internal Architecture, Soil and Material Testing, Water Management,

Chemistry Polymer And Composite, Electro Chemistry, Bio-Sensors, Environmental Chemistry, Supra-Molecular Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Metal Complex,

Mechanical

Engineering

Energy Conservation, Composite Material, Machining, Cfd, Electro Less Deposition, XrdFracture Analysis, Corrosion, Nano Material Coatings, Analysis, Energy Management, Co2 Emission Mitigation, Combustion, Failure Analysis, Tribology, Industrial Safety

ECE Biomedical Image Processing, DSP, VLSI Design, Wireless Sensor Network, Power System, Microwave Technology

EEE Renewable Energy, Power Quality, Energy Audit, Power System, Energy Management, Power System Modeling And Optimization

Bio-Technology Drug Design; Bio Process Technology, Plant Derived Anti-Mitotic Compounds, Genomics, Application of Nano Particles, Genetics, Metagemonics Plant Tissue Culture

Physics Crystallography, Condensed Matter Physics, Fuel Cell, Conducting Polymers, Nano Materials, Spectroscopy.

Total revenue generation through Rs. 5.60 Lakh Through IRC Rs. 4.00 Lakh Total Rs. 9.60 Lakh

3.6. Extension Activities and Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) 3.6.1 How does the university sensitize its faculty and students on its Institutional Social Responsibilities? List the social outreach programmes which have created an impact on students’ campus experience during the last four years. The KARE is located in a rural area and plays a major role in the social upliftment of this area. Students and Faculty are encouraged to participate in NSS Programmes as a part of non-CGPA course. The concept of a year long “Community based Projects” is

specifically targeted with the intension to create social responsibility in the minds of students. Our KARE students actively participate in the societal activities through clubs, such as Nature club, Photography club and Tamil Mandram. The KARE also offers certificate and diploma programme in Fine Arts under the banner of Kalasalingam School of Fine Arts in various branches like Vocal, Veena, Violin, Mridangam and Bharathanattiyam. The rural people residing in and around the Virudhunagar districts are benefited through these courses. Through School Linkage Programme, our KARE has conducted many training programme for school Head Masters, teachers and students. Our KARE has taken iniative to introduce “Community Radio Programme” for the benefit of publics.

KARE has undertaken extensive social outreach programmes through departments. The details of these are arranged below: (A) Outreach Through Departments


Many departments of KARE are actively involved in conducting outreach programs: The programs include:

Fire & Chemical Safety for fire workers Network training for ITI Students Office Automation for schools and colleges Training Programme for Public Librarians Hands on Training in PLC (Programmable logic controllers) Training on “Basic computer skills and internet” for school teachers. Dengue awareness programme Basics of networking and career guidance to polytechnic students Workshop on Financial Planning for Young Investors Workshop on IAS and other Civil Services Web designing and web hosting Workshop on leadership and stress management for industrial personal Repairing & Servicing of Electrical & Electronic Equipments Awareness program on rain water harvesting PCB Design Training Programme on Information & Communication Technology skills to

Panchayat Presidents and Secretaries

(B) SCHOOL LINKAGE PROGRAMME Two District Level Science Exhibitions were organized in the campus in 2014. About 1250 students participated in the events. (C) HEAD MASTERS TRAINING PROGRAMME Many energizing programs were conducted for the Headmasters of schools of nearby districts. 1,300 Headmasters participated in this program. (D) MEGA EVENTS (1)Tamil Mandram Events-State level interschool talentia was conducted on 17th

October 2014. Around 850 students from 70 schools of southern districts have participated

(2)National Science Day celebration-National Science Day was celebrated at KARE on 27 & 28th February 2015. The students from various schools of southern districts and general public around 5000 members visited the Science exhibition and other events like Science lectures, Laser show etc conducted during the science day.

(E) Kalasalingam School of Fine Arts (music school) A 6-month Certificate in Fine Arts and a one-year Diploma in Fine Arts is conducted. Courses on Vocal, Veena, Violin, Mridangam and Bharathanattiyam is offered. 3.6.2 How does the university promote university-neighborhood network and student engagement, contributing to the holistic development of students and sustained community development? The following programmes serve to promote KARE-neighborhood and student engagement in sustained community development:

(a) Social outreach programmes are organized by different departments (b) Students’ involvement during local festivals (c) Health Care Programme and Blood Donation camp (d) Environmental Awareness Program and Clean India Programme (e) Zero Plastic Awareness Programme


The Community Based Projects also help in the holistic development of students and sustained community development. 3.6.3 How does the university promote the participation of the students and faculty in extension activities including participation in NSS, NCC, YRC and other National/ International programmes? The NSS has 17 units with 100 volunteers in each unit. There is one NSS Programme officer. Every year, during semester holidays, NSS camps are oraganized through which many villages are served. Besides this, there are regular NSS activities spread throughout the year. The NSS Programme Officer of KARE has been awarded “Best

Motivator Award” by Tamilnadu. The endowment awards are also given to the male

and female Best NSS Volunteers to encourage them.

Outreach through NSS Many outreach programs were conducted through NSS. The activities include:

Zero Plastic awareness programme at Sathuragri temple near Watrap Rally Awareness For Clean India Project for W.Putthupatti near watrap

people. Special camp for slum village “Cleaning, tree planting and food serving”

Fireworks safety awareness programme for The Exel Paper Capes Industry

Village Adapted Many societal activities were conducted in 10 villages; 1524 student volunteers participated in this program. The activities included: General medical camp, Eye checkup camp, Tree plantation, HIV/AIDS Awareness programme, Dengue Awareness Programme, Temple Cleaning, Village Cleaning, Awareness camp regarding Self Employment, Higher Study guidance for School Students National Cadet Corps (NCC) The 4(TN) Engineering Company NCC/Madurai, a technical unit is functioning in our KARE with a sanctioned strength of 70 boys and 34 girl cadets. This subunit has achieved several landmarks and has added several feathers to the crown of our KARE. Regular NCC camps are organized for the cadets and promotions are given every year to the deserving cadets. Many outreach activities were conducted in many places. 3.6.4 Give details of social surveys, research or extension work, if any, undertaken by the university to ensure social justice and empower the underprivileged and the most vulnerable sections of society? NSS units of KARE organize many awareness camps for underprivileged/vulnerable sections of the society. A list is given below:

(a) Aedes mosquito anti-larve programme for slum dwellers of W. Pudhupatti. (b) Fireworks safety awareness programme for Fireworks labours at thellai

nagayakan patti (near sivakasi ) (c) Food serving to orphanage children of kunthalapatti by our NSS unit and

faculty (d) Special camp at Atchangulam & Nakamangalam for cleaning and tree

planting by our NSS unit (e) Special camp at Amirtha Anbu Illam, T.Managaserifor cleaning and food

serving for home age people. 3.6.5 Does the university have a mechanism to track the students’ involvement in

various social movements / activities which promote citizenship roles?


Yes, the students who are involved in these activities are monitored by the Dean (Student affairs) and concerned programme coordinators in charge of that activity. Our NSS Volunteers are motivated to donate blood on request basis throughout the year in the nearby hospitals. Many students have donated blood in the nearby hospitals. This type of social activity is regularly monitored by the NSS Program Officer. 3.6.6 Bearing in mind the objectives and expected outcomes of the extension activities organized by the university, how did they complement students’

academic learning experience? Specify the values inculcated and skills learnt. KARE is adopting Outcome Based Education (OBE). Specifically, the following values / skills are imparted: Practical training and hands on experience; communication skills; adaptability to socio-environmental conditions; organizational skills; community involvement; crises management ability; commitment to nation building; Leadership quality; Professional Ethics and Environment and Sustainability 3.6.7 How does the university ensure the involvement of the community in its outreach activities and contribute to community development? Give details of the initiatives of the university which have encouraged community participation in its activities.

Through the School Linkage Programme, many special coaching classes were organized for plus two students.

Students from Govt. schools were given practical training in our labs. Sports tournaments were conducted for school students of southern districts Our faculty members from the departments of Physics and Chemistry visited

about 30 Government and Private Schools to train the students in Physics and Chemistry. 2068 students were benefited by this program.

3.6.8 Give details of awards received by the institution for extension activities and/contributions to social/community development during the last four years. (a) KARE was awarded “Best University award” by Bharathiar University,

Coimbatore for promoting inclusive practices to KARE on 21st July 2013. (b) Mr. B. Perumal, NSS Coordinator was awarded “Tamilnadu Best NSS

Programme officer Award” for 2014 by the Govt of Tamilnadu. (c) Our university received Certification of Appreciation from Meenakshi Mission

Hospital and Research Centre, Madurai for maximum number of blood donors. The “BEST MOTIVATOR AWARD” was given to our NSS Programme Officer.

The following are the promotion awards received by our NCC Cadets

Sl. No Event No of cadets

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

1. Cadets Promotion 26 23 18 27

2. B certificate 26 47 35 24 3. C-certificate 56 26 47 -

Other notable national level achievement by our NCC Cadets are: 1. CUO. S. Balasubramanian was selected for the SSB course. 2. CSUO S. Udhayakumar was selected for Republic Day Parade at New Delhi

(2013) 3. CSUO P. Thesingu Raja was selected for Republic Day Parade at New Delhi

(2015)


3.7.1 How has the university’s collaboration with other agencies impacted the

visibility, identity and diversity of activities on campus? To what extent has the university benefitted academically and financially because of collaborations? KARE has collaborations with 25 foreign Universities, 10 leading multinational companies, one CSIR laboratory and other organizations. The collaboration with other agencies has helped KARE to improve the visibility and diversify the activities. KARE has very much benefited from these collaborations both in academically and research aspects. The impact of the KARE’s collaborative efforts are clearly reflected

in the Scimago Institutional Ranking (SIR) for 2015 wherein KARE is ranked 16th amongst the 156 premier research institutions in the country that featured in the list under collaborative outputs. This is also creating an impact in the increased participation of faculty and students in such collaborative works.

3.7.2 Mention specific examples of how these linkages promote.

Curriculum Development Soongsil University, South Korea was involved in developing a Certificate

course in Koran Language. Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania was involved in development of

curriculum for a certificate course in Romanian Language. Tessolve Semiconductors, Bangalore was involved in development of

curriculum for the newly launched MTech program in VLSI Design, Test and Manufacturing. This is a first of its kind programme providing a holistic learning platform for students to tackle complex issues in real-time work environment.

TAFE was involved in the development of industrial based post graduate program in Manufacturing Engineering to cater to the needs of industrial personal.

Academic linkages with other institutions have resulted in their faculty members acting as experts in Board of Studies.

Internship On an average about 50% of our students undertake B.Tech final year projects

in Industries. Tessolve Semiconductors, Bangalore offers an Internship Training Program

with a stipend of Rs. 10,000/- per month to GATE qualified students and KARE rank holders.

Ms.Rajeswari of Final Year Electrical and Electronic Engineering has been given an opportunity in National Instruments, Bangalore to undergo a Project Internship for a period of 3 months.

Mr. R. Ramji of M.Tech –ISE was given a stipend of 1000 Dollars per Month by SHE Consulting Management Sdn. Bhd., Penang, Malaysia for six months.

On the Job Training

Tessolve Semi Conductors – Bangalore After the successful completion of the on-campus selection process, the

students will be absorbed by Tessolve Semiconductor for an 8 month on the Job Training in Bangalore with a remuneration of 25000 per month. After due monitoring and Training they would be confirmed towards their employment.

Susee Group of Companies


The Company offers wide variety of on the job training for the students of management streams in various functional areas. At the end of the training they would be given employment opportunity.

Faculty Exchange and Development Our faculty members act as resource persons for in Various International Workshops/Seminars, National Workshops/Seminars in universities from India and Abroad. Dr. S. Arumugam, has delivered five lectures in the International Workshop on

Graph Algorithms (IWGA 2015) and Keynote address at the University Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia during 10-15, 2015.

Dr. M. Udhaya Kumar, Head of the Department of Automobile Engineering delivered lectures at Cracow University of Technology, Poland May 4-22, 2015

Research

Collaborative research work is carried out with most of the partner universities.

Publication This leads to joint publications with partner Universities including Oklahoma University, USA, Ball State University, USA, RWTH Aachen University, Germany. At the department level faculty members have collaboration with various institutes (both within India and overseas) resulting in joint publications in reputed journals. Semester Abroad Programme: Under the MoUs signed with international Universities, students of KARE can spend one or two semesters in the selected partner Universities to get an international exposure. About 20 students have under gone semester abroad programmes in various foreign Universities. Students from partner Universities are coming to KARE to spend a semester. In the past four years six students from Soongsil University and Hannam University, South Korea visited our campus on student-exchange program. Last academic year two students from KARE Students were selected for a one-semester course at University of Paris Descartes, France. 3.7.2 Has the university signed any MoUs with institutions of national/international importance/other universities/ industries/corporate houses etc.? If yes, how have they enhanced the research and development activities of the university? Kalasalingam Academy for Research and Education has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the following 21 international Universities for collaboration in academic and research activities.

Soongsil University & Hannam University, South Korea University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, Switzerland Ball State University, University of Oklahoma & East Tennessee State

University, USA Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia Centre for Combinatorics, Nankai University, China Aachen University (RWTH) & Saarland University, Germany CINVESTAV, Mexico VSB – Technical University, Ostrava, Czech Republic Georgetown University & Carnegie Mellon University, USA Multimedia University, Malaysia


Agora University of Oradea & Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania University of Al-Qadisiyah, Iraq Tungai University, Taiwan Cambridge University, U.K Cracow University, Poland Korean University of Technology and Education, South Korea University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy

Based on these MoUs student and faculty exchange programmes are carried out. International collaborative research works were carried out with selected Universities. Joint conferences and Seminars were organized.

KARE has signed MoU with the Central Leather Research Institute (CSIR), Chennai for Research Collaboration. KARE has also signed MoU with following industries for establishing Advanced Industry Standard Laboratories in Advanced Technology.

3.7.4 Have the university-industry interactions resulted in the establishment / creation of Highly specialized laboratories / facilities? KARE has established following highly specialized laboratories based on the MoUs signed with various industries.

Sl. No Name of the Company 1 Sun Micro Systems India Pvt. Ltd. 2 Nortel Networks India Pvt. Ltd. 3 Tyco Electronics Corporation India Pvt. Ltd. 4 Fluke Networks India 5 IBM India Ltd.(IBM Academic Initiative) 6 Intel Technology India Pvt. Ltd. (Multi Core University Program) 7 Society for Electronic Transactions and Security (SETS) 8 Oracle India Pvt. Ltd. (For Oracle Workforce Development Program 9 Alcatel Internetworking Inc 10 Slash Support India Pvt. Ltd. 11 EMC2 (EMC Academic Alliance Program) 12 National Instruments (India) Ltd.

Sl. No Name of the Laboratory Industry Partner 1 Routing and Switching Lab Cisco Systems 2 Wireless Networks Lab Cisco Systems 3 Network Security Lab Nortel Networks 4 Gigabit Test-bed Facility Cisco Systems

5 Network Monitoring, Analysis and Troubleshooting

Fluke Networks

6 Embedded Networking lab Texas Instruments 7 Multicore and Network Processor Lab Intel 8 Software Technologies Lab Sun Micro Systems

9 Power System Automation Lab ABB

10 IBM Software Centre of Excellence (IBM SCoE)

IBM

11 Network Design and Installation Lab Tyco Electronics 12 KLU NI Innovation Centre National Instruments 13 Ford Eco-Sport Model Car – Ford Company TAFE


CRITERION IV: INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEARNING RESOURCES 4.1 Physical Facilities 4.1.1 How does the university plan and ensure adequate availability of physical

infrastructure and ensure its optimal utilization? Dean- Planning and Monitoring ensures that the review meeting is

organized once in a semester in accordance with the Vice Chancellor as Chairman of Planning and Monitoring Committee.

University level Estate / Building Committee is responsible for ensuring adequate availability of the infrastructure.

Deans / Directors with the help of the Department Heads and faculty members plan the requirement and recommend to Estate/Building Committee.

The expansion of the infrastructure /built up area is done based on the need.

Planning for infrastructure development takes care of the quality measures keeping in mind the optimal utilization of existing space as well.

Requirement of the class rooms and laboratories are planned ahead of each semester to ensure optimal and timely availability of these resources.

The seminar/conference halls, auditoriums / central facilities are booked in advance depending on the expected strength of participants in a given event allows smooth functioning of activities.

Uninterrupted power supply is ensured through backup generators. Solar street lighting ensures green campus approach and thus optimal

utilization of power infrastructure. The University thus ensures availability of adequate/suitable infrastructure

facilities in the campus so as to create the right ambience for teaching-learning and research.

4.1.2 Does the university have a policy for the creation and enhancement of infrastructure in order to promote a good teaching-learning environment? If yes, mention a few recent initiatives. Yes, in aligning with vision and mission of the university, enhancement of infrastructure is promoted at all stages in this respect. Dean - Planning and Monitoring board envisions and guides in ensuring the creation of not only required infrastructure but also take-care in making good ambience, environment friendly green campus. In this respect Estate/Building Committee coordinates with the planning and monitoring board to select and implement good practices in creating very good ambience.

Some of the recent initiatives include: New academic block (Visvesvaraya Block), new hostel building for boys

and girls. New centralized air conditioned building for Central library and laboratories in various departments.

A new International Research Centre facility with high end equipments for material/ analytical research has been established.

National Instruments - innovation centre has been established to promote teaching-learning, research and to conduct advanced industry relevant projects.

Smart classrooms with LCD projectors in each department are provided for effective teaching-learning process.

Language lab enhances the environment to build competency among students.


New sports facility like Swimming pool and other additional amenities like coffee / snacks/food /juice shops.

A new National Cyber Defense Centre has been established. 4.1.3 How does the university create a conducive physical ambience for the

faculty in terms of adequate research laboratories, computing facilities and allied services?

In addition to the teaching laboratories, several research laboratories (based on the requirement) in areas of specialization have been established.

Every faculty of the university has been allotted a separate cabin with internet facility which ensures right ambience for discussion.

In addition to the general computer laboratories across the university, every faculty equips with a laptop with Wi-Fi connectivity so as to enable him / her plan and prepare for the classes and for other academic/research activities.

Access to all laboratories is made available for 24 hours working by the Students and Staff.

The University has created a new International Research Laboratory and installed high end Instrumental Analytical Equipment for multi disciplinary research and specialized Laboratory –Centre for Composite Materials and National Instruments (NI) Innovation Centre for Inter disciplinary research.

A new spacious centrally air conditioned central library with Wi-Fi facility have been established

Uninterrupted adequate electrical power supply through backup generators has been provided in the campus.

The University provides accommodation for Research scholars for the stay in the campus

Computing facilities are continuously updated with latest configurations as provided in the annual budget.

4.1.4 Has the university provided all departments with facilities like office room, common room and separate rest rooms for women students and staff? YES, All departments have separate office room, discussion room. Common rooms exist in most of the buildings in the University. Separate rest rooms are available for women and men. In addition to the above, discussion rooms are available in the central main library and International Research Centre.

4.1.5 How does the university ensure that the infrastructure facilities are disabled-friendly? The University has ensured that the infrastructure facilities are disabled

friendly by constructing lifts and ramps in buildings. Hand rails and wheel chairs have been provided to assuage the difficulty encountered by disabled persons.

4.1.6 How does the university cater to the requirements of residential students? Give details of

Capacity of the hostels and occupancy o Adequate residential facility has been provided in the campus to students.

Individual rooms with air conditioned facility have also been provided. The mess facility in each hostels provide variety of food requirements like vegetarian, non vegetarian and other regional appetites.

o Facilities like Additional Canteens, Fruit stalls, additional photo copying have been added.


o Four Separate hostels for boys and three for girls are provided in the Campus.

o Capacity of boy’s hostel :3303; Occupancy :2125 o Capacity of girl’s hostel :2257; Occupancy :1314

o Additional rooms with attached bath facility have been added to the both boys and girls hostels. In addition many rooms have been air-conditioned.

Recreational facilities in hostel/s like gymnasium, yoga centre, etc. o Common rooms for audio/video /reading rooms are available in the

individual hostels and in addition, there is a facility to play caroms, chess and Table tennis.

o A separate gymnasium for girls is available in the girl’s hostel. o The general gymnasium is in place separately for Men and women at the

indoor games facility in the University campus. o A newly built world class swimming pool and an aquatic club ensures

aspirations of residential students. o Yoga classes are conducted in a common area within the university

campus. Broadband connectivity/Wi-Fi facility in hostels:

o Free Wi-Fi connectivity is available in hostels with 46 Mbps band width, in addition to 124 Mbps fiber optic connectivity.

4.1.7 Does the university offer medical facilities for its students and teaching and non-teaching staff living on campus?

Yes. A 24 hour Health centre facility, with one doctor for men and women each, with ambulance service is available. The facility is not only for those living in the campus, but also for all the students, faculty and staff of the University.

With 1208 sq mts space, the Health Centre has 33 in-patient beds and provides separate beds for men (10 Nos.), women (15Nos.) and 2 observation beds. Further, it has 3 consultation rooms and 6 emergency beds with a pharmacy available round the clock.

All students are advised to undergo general health check up and Students organize special medical awareness camp for in and around villages during National Science Day Exhibition.

4.1.8 What special facilities are available on campus to promote students’

interest in sports and cultural events/activities? The University offers sports facilities which are mostly built according to appropriate standards followed by various official associations of India. Following are the Indoor and outdoor facilities available in the campus.

Game Dimension of

Play Area (Court/Field area)

Standards followed Number of Courts

Indoor Badminton 13.40 m× 6.10 m Badminton Association of India 3 Basket Ball 28 m× 15 m Basket Ball Federation of India 1 Carrom 84 cms× 84cms International Carrom

Federation of India 6

Chess - - 20(boards) Volley Ball 9 m× 18 m Volley Ball Federation of India 1 Table Tennis 2.74 m×1.52 m Table Tennis Federation of India 4 Outdoor Athletic 400 m Track with 8 Amateur Athletic Federation of 1


Game Dimension of

Play Area (Court/Field area)

Standards followed Number of Courts

Track & Field Lanes(Std. Track) India Ball Badminton

24 m× 12 m Ball Badminton Federation of India

1

Basket Ball 28 m× 15 m Basket Ball Federation of India 3 Boxing Training room - 1 Cricket Radius 60 Yards International Cricket Council 2 Foot Ball 100 m× 70 m Foot Ball Federation of India 2 Kabaddi 13 m× 10 m Kabaddi Federation of India 1 Kho –Kho 29 m× 16 m Kho-Kho Federation of India 1 Kick Boxing Training room 1 Hand Ball 40 m× 20 m Hand Ball Federation of India 1 Hockey 91.40 m× 55 m Hockey Federation of India 1 Silambam Training ground - 1 Tennis 23.77 m× 8.2 m All India Tennis Association 2 Throw Ball 18.30 m× 12.20 m Throw Ball Federation of India 1 Volley Ball 9 m× 18 m Volley ball Federation of India 3 Wrestling Training room - 1 Swimming pool with Flood Lights

50M X 25 M International standards

1

University encourages sports activities. Two non-CGPA credits are given to

the university level representatives in sports meets and all other cultural activities.

University is periodically organizing inter/intramural sports and cultural events to promote students participations every year.

The student’s cultural club organizes annual cultural event which attracts students from different locations to the campus on eventful occasion.

WARPE Academy is an initiative of the students and named after as ‘Engineering Ambassadors’ spread the relevance of Engineering and Science education for safe and secured society to live in the global scenario.

Every department faculty and students have their own Association to interact with their peers by organizing annual Meet.

Extra-curricular activities of the students are encouraged to participate in various club activities and students have been actively organizing and participating in the activities of their choice.

o Tamil Mandram Nature Club Music Club Photographic Club o Fine Arts Club Youth Red Cross (YRC) NSS o Entrepreneurs Cell NCC Aquatic Club

4.2 Library as a Learning Resource 4.2.1 Does the library have an Advisory Committee? Specify the composition of

the committee. What significant initiatives have been taken by the committee to render the library student/user friendly?

Yes, library has an Advisory Committee for planning and reviews of requirements as well as for individual department libraries of the university.


The library advisory committee, constituted by Vice Chancellor consists of the following members. Convener (Dean) : Library advisory committee Librarian of Central Library : Secretary Faculty In-Charges Department wise Library student members at the department level

The committee convenes once in a semester and discusses various issues related to library development, advises on library requirements, review users feedback and recommends action on issues related to infrastructure, collections and services.

Based on the recommendations of the committee, a spacious modern central library with latest acquisitions has been established. A new central library building with 9,476 Sq. Mts. built up area is

facilitated with 198 TR centralized air conditioning facility has been established and named after Bipin Chandrapal Library in his fond remembrance.

Video conferencing facility with 150 seating capacity to receive guest lectures, discussions etc. from other international/national experts.

Central library is Wi-Fi enabled along with wired network for LAN access. Online journals such as ASTM Digital Library, ASCE, ACM Digital

Library and SAGE are subscribed. Library collection has been strengthened according to the curriculum and

research needs. E-books, Online learning materials like NPTEL/MIT-OCW New book arrivals details are given in the University website Book Bank, Separate media resource centre was created where the users

can access CD/DVDs, Audio Cassettes, VCDs, Video cassettes etc. Separate Resource Cell has been created to augment reading resources for

all competitive Examinations. 4.2.2 Provide details of the following:

Total area of the library: 9,476 Sq. Mts. Total seating capacity: 500 Nos. Working hours:

o Working days: 9.00 a.m. to 9.00 p.m. o During Holidays: 9.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. o During vacation: 9.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.

Layout of the library (individual reading carrels, lounge area for browsing and relaxed reading, IT zone for accessing e-resources)

Library provides open access of stacks to all the users. The layout has separate sections for i.Current journals, ii.Journal stack, iii.Book stack–Lending and Reference, iv. Space for general and individual reading, v. IT zone – E-Library and Multimedia resource centre, vi.Video Conferencing hall with 150 seating capacity.

Clear and prominent display of floor plan; adequate sign boards; fire alarm; access to differently-abled users and mode of access to collection

o Clear and prominent display of floor plan is provided in the library. o Clear display of new library collections and sign boards. o Open access facility for all students and faculties is provided. o Display of holdings and collections available are mentioned o Adequate no. of Fire alarms.


o Fire extinguisher and Lightning arrester have been installed. o Ramps are provided for differently-abled persons.

4.2.3 Give details of the library holdings: Print (books, back volumes and thesis):

Books – 76152 Thesis (Ph.D) – 73 (Since 2011) Back Volumes (journals) – 1787 : Student Project Reports – 4178 Journals - 336

Average number of books added during the last three years: 1665/per year Non Print Materials

o CD/DVD : 4794 o Video Cassettes : 106 o VCD : 162 o Audio Cassettes : 176 o Floppies : 245 o Hard Discs (NPTEL): 2 (Each 4TB) (More than 15,000 hours

lectures) Electronic Resources

o E-Books: 2471 – Springer and ASCM o E-Journals: 277 – IEEE ASPP Explore/ASTM-Digital/ASCE Library/ o ACM Digital Library/SAGE/ DLINE Journals portal o Special Collections : Resources for competitive examinations and for

higher education Book Banks : 4165 Question Banks : 372

4.2.4 What tools does the library deploy to provide access to the collection? (Details needed) OPAC : Yes E-Resource Management Package : Ongoing project Federated Searching tools : Ongoing project Library Website : Yes (as part of University website) In-house/remote access to E-publications: Yes using intranet

4.2.5 To what extent is ICT deployed in the library? Give details with regard to Library automation : Fully automated with MODERNLIB Software Total number of computers for general access : 58Nos. Total numbers of printers for general access : 2 Nos. Internet bandwidth speed : 124Mbps + 1Gbps under NKN Institutional Repository : Ongoing project Content management system for e-learning: YES - Learning Environment

o E-Content developed by faculty of the departments (LMS) Participation in resource sharing networks/consortia (like INFLIBNET):

YES, DELNET and SERC-CSIR) Membership 4.2.6 Provide details (per month) with regard to

Average of number of walk-ins : 7312 Average number of books issued/returned : 1312 Ratio of library books to students enrolled : 17:1 Average number of books added during the last four years : 1663 Average number of login to OPAC : 3708 Average number of login to e-resources : 3300 per month Average number of e-resources downloaded/printed : 1419 Number of IT literacy trainings organized: 2/year


4.2.7 Give details of specialized services provided by the library with regard to

Manuscripts : Yes Reference : Yes. Reference Books & Back volumes, Reprography / Scanning : Yes Inter-library Loan Service: Yes. DELNET and SERC (CSIR) Membership Information Deployment and Notification: Through E-mail and Website OPACS : Available. 2 Nodes Internet Access : Available. 48 Nodes Downloads : Yes. E-resources can be downloaded Printouts : Printing facility is available. Reading list/Bibliography compilation : No In-house/remote access to e-resources : Yes using intranet User Orientation : Provided to new and existing users. Assistance in Searching Databases: Provided. INFLIBNET / IUC facilities: Available.

4.2.8 Provide details of the annual library budget and the amount spent for purchasing new books and journals

Annual Budget and Amount spent for recurring items and non-recurring items for the year 2014-2015

Description Budget (Rs) Amount spent Rs) Non-recurring 68,00,000.00 64,20,943.00 Recurring items 44,00,000.00 41,46,496.00 Total 1,12,00,000.00 1,05,67,439.00

Annual Budget and Amount spent for non-recurring items for the year 2014-2015

Name of Item Budget in Rs. Amount Spent in Rs. A/C 28,00,000.00 25,58,832.00 Furniture 25,00,000.00 24,81,546.00 Video Conferencing facility 10,00,000.00 9,28,280.00 UPS 4,00,000.00 3,65,085.00 Photocopy Machine 50,000.00 52,500.00 Non-Book Materials 40,000.00 24,400.00 Printer 10,000.00 10,300.00 TOTAL 68,00,000.00 64,20,943.00 Annual Budget and Amount spent (recurring) for purchasing new books and journals the year 2014-2015

Name of Item Budget in Rs. Amount Spent in Rs. Books – Print 20,00,000.00 19,82,953.00 E-Books 10,00,000.00 9,88,970.00 E-Journals 8,00,000.00 6,57,094.00 Journals – Print 6,00,000.00 5,17,479.00 TOTAL 44,00,000.00 41,46,496.00 4.2.9 What initiatives has the university taken to make the library a ‘happening

place’ on campus? Following facilities with centralized air conditioning and ergonomically designed furniture in library as given below makes library a ‘happening place’.

a. Spacious move around Area with comfortable seating arrangement for reading


b. 13 library assistants ensure smooth transaction and guidance. c. Video conferencing facility providing discussion room facility d. Separate sections for reference books e. Large volume of text books and online materials f. Allowing personal books and Note books g. Centrally Air conditioning facility h. Extension of library hours during examination periods i. Periodical addition of books and New data bases j. Separate section for Civil Services preparation k. Multimedia resource was added to enhance the users to digital media l. Wi-Fi facilities are also provided

4.2.10 What are the strategies used by the library to collect feedback from its users? How is the feedback analyzed and used for the improvement of the library services? a) Feedbacks from users are collected using structured questionnaire and also

using suggestion register. The suggestion register is made available in the library for the users to register their suggestions.

b) The collected feedbacks using questionnaire are sorted and analyzed. c) Based on the feedback and suggestions the library facilities are improved as

per the guidance of Library Advisory Committee. 4.2.11 List the efforts made towards the infrastructural development of the

library in the last four years. Based on the suggestions obtained from users and the advice of Library Advisory Committee the following infrastructural development was carried out in the last four years. A new building for central library with air conditioning facility was

constructed with 9,476 Sq. Mts area with 198 tonnage centralized air conditioning facility.

Video conferencing facility has been added up with 150 seating capacity. Library collection was strengthened according to the curriculum. Comfortable seating arrangements are provided for the users. Number of journals was increased from 104 to 336. Online journals such as ASTM Digital Library, ACM Digital Library,

ASCE and SAGE are subscribed. E-Library section was created with 48 computer systems for accessing e-

resources. Separate media resource centre was created where the users can access

CD/DVDs, Audio Cassettes, VCDs, Video cassettes etc. Resource cell for competitions was created and reading resources for all

competitive examinations was purchased. 4.3 IT Infrastructure 4.3.1 Does the university have a comprehensive IT policy with regard to

a) IT Service Management o TIFAC CORE in Network Engineering at Kalasalingam Academy of

Research and Education co-ordinates with the IT Service management. o Campuses wide networking through optical fiber and Layer 3 switches

are managed by TIFAC-CORE in Network Engineering. o The whole campus including academic blocks and Hostels are also Wi-

Fi enabled and centrally managed by TIFAC CORE in Network Engineering

b) Information Security Policy:


All computing systems and networks are using shared facilities, their misuse can affect others. All users of IT information in the campus in the University are expected to use these shared resources with consideration for others. Individuals are also expected to be informed and responsible for protecting his/her own information resources in any environment. It is unacceptable for anyone to use University information resources to perform unethical or unlawful academic or business acts or to violate any law.

The resources included in the scope of this security policy statement are: Information, data, in any medium or form such as printed paper, digital,

video, and audio representations The computing hardware and software systems which access and

manipulate information The network systems which transport information. The resources may reside in many different settings and environments and

may be used for any academic or administrative purpose. Legal constraints directly affect the use of some of these resources. Security risks are evaluated, and appropriate procedures are selected and

implemented by the individuals responsible for such assets. The objective of University Information Security Policy is to ensure that

all information and information systems, on which the University depends, are adequately protected. Achieving this largely depends on staff and students working meticulously in accordance with policy guidelines. The University Information Security Policy sets out requirements and recommendations, relating to how Confidential information must be protected from unauthorized access. The integrity of information and information systems must be protected. Appropriate measures must be taken to manage risks to the availability of

information. The University must ensure conformity with laws and the terms of

contracts. c) Network Security Policy: The University's network and computing technology provides information, data and communication services. TIFAC CORE Networking Technical Support is responsible for maintaining and supporting the entire University campus network infrastructure, and overall operations and security of the University's networks. To ensure proper operation, support, and security of the networks, networking technical Support takes the responsibility to configure and monitor all network, communications, and WiFi related equipment and devices. d) Risk Management: The University has enabled Anti-Virus scanning on Internet Firewall to monitor and prevent security risks. At regular intervals backup of server data is also done by data centre and all severs are equipped with RAID. Data center manages the data in a secured manner with software developed in-house. e) Software Asset Management: Software assets (both licensed as well free wares) of the university are managed by the Central Technical Support either directly or through the Faculty Departments. f) Open Source Resources: Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education strongly advises all departments and centers to use Open Source Software’s for academic and


research purposes. The University also has an “Open Source Technology

Laboratory” for academic and research activities. Following open source softwares installed and actively used are GridSim, NS2, Eucalyptus, Cloud Framework, Weka tools, Open Stack

g) Green Computing: University uses E-mail as the primary communication medium. All academic and administrative information are done through Email thereby reducing paper printing. All academic related workflow are done through the intranet enabled web portal. Most of the administrative circular and notifications are stored in the cloud. All computers are equipped with LCD Monitors

4.3.2 Give details of the university’s computing facilities i.e., hardware. Give

details of the university’s computing facilities i.e. hardware and software. a) Number of systems with individual configurations

Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education has nearly 2000 PCs spread across the campus including more than 100 workstations that are available for academic and research activities.

Systems are based on i5/i3/dual core CPUs with Memory 8GB / 4GB / 2GB RAM respectively.

b) Computer-student ratio Computer Student ratio - 1:3 (All faculty and students also own their

personal laptops, connected to the university network through LAN or Wi-Fi). c) Dedicated computing facilities

All the Faculty departments and Research Laboratories have dedicated computing facility in addition to Central Computing Facility with more than 300 Computers.

d) LAN facility: All computers in the campus are connected in LAN and campus wide

networking is done through optical fiber cable with Layer 3 Switch. o BSNL Internet Bandwidth of 100 Mbps through optical fibers o AIRCEL Internet Bandwidth: 24 Mbps through wireless. o Reliance Internet Bandwidth : 46 Mbps through wireless.

Entire campus is Wi-Fi enabled and all staff and students have network connectivity with individual authentication

e) Proprietary software: Institute has a policy to use licensed and open source software.

AUTOCAD SPSS SMARTSEM

LABSOLUTION AMOS ESPRINT

CREO GAUSSIAN09 WIZARD

SOLIDWORKS ICDD DPP

XILINX TALLY ACM

MATLAB MENTOR GRAPHICS

MAGNUM

LABVIEW MOTIC VISION ULTIMATE FROENSIC BUNDLE

MIPOWER MAGNUM CREEP HIOKI LCR

PSCAD ORACLE IBM RATIONAL ROSE VERSION 7.0

ETAP ENCASE7 IBM RATIONAL SOFTWARE ARCHITECT f) Number of nodes/ computers with internet facility : 2000

Any other (please specify):


Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education has signed campus agreement with Microsoft for the use of Microsoft software by students and staff members for academic use.

4.3.3 What are the institutional plans and strategies for deploying and upgrading the IT infrastructure and associated facilities? Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education continuously upgrades

the IT infrastructure as per the academic and research requirements requested by every department.

The strategy of the institute is to o Provide state of the art facilities and o Develop capability in students and staff to efficiently handle the

software and hardware available. Many open source softwares are encouraged for example GridSim, NS2,

Eucalyptus, Cloud Framework, Weka tools, Open Stack etc. are available in the open source technology laboratory and are being actively used.

Institution has planned and developed a structured cabling for internet access and also supplemented with adequate number of Wi-Fi access point across the campus academic, administrative buildings, laboratories hostels, guest house, etc. ensures continuous up gradation of bandwidth and also connected to 1 Gbps with NKN.

Services like VPN are regularly used for downloading e-learning materials.

Regular routine administrative communications are made through E-mail. University promotes ‘Google Apps for Education’ and Google forms are

used online to collect feedback from students and alumni. All faculty and students are provided with individual domain login id and

passwords. 4.3.4 Give details on access to on-line teaching and learning resources and

other knowledge and information database/packages provided to the staff and students for quality teaching, learning and research.

a. The university has opened NPTEL Study Centre with 8TB of recorded video lectures for courses in Engineering, Science and humanities streams uploaded and shared through LAN and Wi-Fi throughout the day. NPTEL Study Centre facilitates the students to learn from subject experts and to take-up online certification exams conducted by NPTEL Office at regular intervals.

b. E-Content developed by faculty of the departments (LMS) c. The University’s central library provides access to all users to the e-

resources Subscribed E-Resources S. No. E-Resources URLs 1 IEEE (ASPP) http://www.ieeexplore.ieee.org

2 ASTM-Digital Library http://compass.astm.org

3 ASCE Library http://ascelibrary.org/ 4 ACM Digital Library http://portal.acm.org

5 SAGE http://online.sagepub.com

6 DLINE Journals portal http://www.dline.info

7 Springer E-Books http://rd.springer.com/ Open Source E-Resources S. No. E-Resources URLs

http://www.ieeexplore.ieee.org/

http://compass.astm.org/

http://portal.acm.org/

http://online.sagepub.com/

http://www.dline.info/


1 Indian Academy of Sciences http://www.ias.ac.in/ 2 NICAIR http://nopr.niscair.res.in/ 3 Springer Open http://www.springeropen.com/

4 Elsevier Open http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/jrnlallbooks/all/contains-open-access

5 SAGE Open http://sgo.sagepub.com/ 6 DOAJ https://doaj.org/

7 High wire Press science archives

http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl

8 Hindwai Journals http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ 9 EURASIP http://www.eurasip.org/ 10 IOP Science http://iopscience.iop.org/journals

11 Library of Commons http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/dlc/

12 Lebanese American University Journals

http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research-tools/

13 International Crop Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics

http://www.elibrary.icrisat.org/fulltext/openaccess.html

14 Royal Society Journals https://royalsociety.org/journals/

15 Electronic Journal of University of Malaya

http://ejum.fsktm.um.edu.my/

16 OMICS Publications http://www.omicsonline.org/about.php

17 Science Domain International

http://www.sciencedomain.org/journals

4.3.5 What are the new technologies deployed by the university in enhancing student learning and evaluation during the last four years and how do they meet new / future challenges? a) Students and faculty provided with Wi-Fi connectivity across the campus

ensures availability of E-learning resources. b) Departments also provide teaching materials through intranet servers for

the subjects offered. c) Registration for courses, exams, attendances etc. are done though internet

with individual user id’s provided to students. d) Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education deployed in house

developed software for academic and examination system with following modules.

o EASY (Exam Administration System) o AIMS (Attendance Information Monitoring System) o SIS (Student’s Information System) o FIS (Faculty’s Information System) o OCRS (Online Course Registration system) o SSMS (Student SMS) o Touch SIS (Touch Student’s Information System) o PACO (Parents’ Corner)

e) Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education also encourages students to undergo online MOOC courses offered by leading universities around the world and awards credits to students who have successfully completed the online courses.

f) Multimedia resource with central library provides access to CD/DVDs, Audio Cassettes, VCDs, Video cassettes etc for the users.

g) Student response system and interactive board are also added as technologies for learning and evaluation.

http://iopscience.iop.org/journals

http://www.omicsonline.org/about.php

http://www.sciencedomain.org/journals


4.3.6 What are the IT facilities available to individual teachers for effective teaching and quality research? a) All the faculty members are given access to computing facilities and in

addition they have personal Laptops. b) All the learning resources (online journals and library resources) are made

available to individual Faculty. c) Wi-Fi and LAN connection is provided to all faculties.

4.3.7 Give details of ICT-enabled classrooms/learning spaces available within the university? How are they utilized for enhancing the quality of teaching and learning? University has ICT-enabled classrooms for different purposes like NPTEL, Seminar presentation, project presentation etc. to improve the quality of teaching and learning with the following facilities.

o All departments have smart class rooms o Dedicated computers with Intranet and Internet connectivity o Projector and Screen for projection and display o Speakers for proper sound o Collar mike for teacher o Video Conference system facility o Interactive board facility

4.3.8 How are the faculty assisted in preparing computer- aided teaching-learning materials? What are the facilities available in the university for such initiatives? a) Training, guidance and support exercises are conducted for faculty

members for preparing computer aided teaching learning materials through Faculty Development programmes organized by Centre for Learning Technologies.

b) All faculty members have access to computers. Many of them are given Desktops/Laptops depending on their cadre. They prepare power point presentation and learning materials.

c) A learning management system (LMS) for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting and delivery of e-learning courses and training programs are in use.

d) The campus is well supported with internet connectivity through 24x7 WiFi availability.

e) Blogs are developed by a few faculty members so that students can interact with the subject teacher and also with class mates for clarifying doubts and for sharing their understanding of the subjects.

f) Faculty members are provided with computing facility with internet connection.

g) Faculties are trained to use Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment software (MOODLE).

h) Media centre with high configuration workstation is available for content preparation.

i) Multi media centre available in the library enables faculty in preparing computer aided teaching-learning materials.

4.3.9 How are the computers and their accessories maintained? The Central Maintenance support is responsible for the maintenance of

computers and other accessories. A Register maintenance monitoring system and Complaint Register form

enables the users to lodge complaints / required services in the process.


There is a complaint/maintenance administrative system, in which a System Administrator along with skilled technical personnel is assigned to attend and take care of the need based accessories to rectify the complaints through stores.

4.3.10 Does the university avail of the National Knowledge Network connectivity? If so, what are the services availed of?

Yes, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education has One Gbps connectivity to National Knowledge Network.

Service availed include accessing and downloading of e-learning materials using Virtual Private Network (VPN) Broad band.

4.3.11 Does the university avail of web resources such as Wikipedia, dictionary and other education enhancing resources? What are its policies in this regard?

Yes, A proper network and connectivity is provided to Staff and Students to have full use of web resources. It is open to individual faculty to use these resources effectively as per their requirement which they do in the course of their work.

Education enhancing resources are continuously updated for example through online Journals, eBooks, and developing in-house content material through multimedia facilities.

The Class committee meetings, department review meetings, academic council meetings, etc. bring to shape the policy with respect to enhance education resources. Further board of Management proactive policy to create new facilities.

4.3.12 Provide details on the provision made in the annual budget for the update, deployment and maintenance of computers in the university.

Every department submits the budget proposal for purchase / up-gradation of hardware and software during the month of March/ April and processed centrally.

Annual budget and amount spent for the update, deployment and maintenance of computers for the year 2014-2015

Name of Item Budget

(in lakhs) Amount Spent

(in lakhs) Computers and High end network stations 90 88.45 Printers 10 9.38 Wi-Fi access points and LAN Network access, Switches/ Routers

10 9.50

UPS 6 5.97 Softwares subscription and consumables 39 37.53 Maintenance 36 35.08 TOTAL 191.00 185.91

For example: 2014-2015 (Item details) o Computers/ Workstations: 220Nos. o Printers: 35 Nos. o Wi-Fi access points/ LAN Network access: 34 Nos. o Switches/ Routers: 6 Nos. o UPS: 17 Nos. o Software - Microsoft windows 8: 100 Users


4.3.13 What plans have been envisioned for the gradual transfer of teaching and learning from closed university information network to open environment? a) The introduction of Choice Based Credit System has paved way for a

student friendly learning environment, with sufficient flexibility in the teaching-learning process.

b) Individual faculty members use open source materials wherever appropriate.

c) Currently we are making online resources available for the subjects taught in intranet servers on 24/7 basis and accessed throughout the campus.

d) Students are encouraged to study online courses offered by leading universities around the world for self study electives and Honors courses.

e) NPTEL courses are offered in open environment and MIT-OCW is also encouraged.

f) Self learning facilities are encouraged and self study course is in the curriculum.

g) The above initiatives enable gradually to open environment as campus wide Wi-Fi network is in place.

h) Implant training i) Community based service project j) Industrial projects

4.4 Maintenance of Campus Facilities 4.4.1 Does the university have an estate office / designated officer for

overseeing the maintenance of buildings, class-rooms and laboratories? If yes, mention a few campus specific initiatives undertaken to improve the physical ambience.

Yes. The University has an Estate Officer for overseeing the maintenance of buildings, class-rooms and laboratories. Campus specific initiatives are undertaken to improve the physical ambience o Cleanliness of the campus is considered vital and therefore there is

constant monitoring by the Estates Office to ensure cleanliness o Maintenance of the gardens / lawns and other plantations are done by

watering and weeding. o Continuous renovations of the buildings are undertaken, and repairs are

immediately attended to. o A separate Capital and Revenue Budget has been allocated for the Estates

Office. 4.4.2 How are the infrastructure facilities, services and equipment maintained? Give details.

a. A complaint register system along with complaint register form has been established to address the needs of the faculty or staff for any repairs or maintenance services.

b. Routine inspection of the infrastructure facilities is carried out. c. Good Sanitary inspection in all rest rooms and cleanliness is emphasized

and carried out diligently. d. Annual Maintenance Contracts are given to companies for the

maintenance of the high-end scientific instruments. e. In-house offices/ departments, like Power house, Electrical maintenance,

A/C maintenance, Telephone maintenance and Civil maintenance take care of the routine repairs. These departments are manned by able technicians.


CRITERION V: STUDENT SUPPORT AND PROGRESSION

5.1. Curricular Aspects 5.1.1 Does the university have a system for student support and mentoring? If yes,

what are its structural and functional characteristics? Yes. The university has a well established student support and mentoring system. Student Support is given by the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs. The following support is provided: Faculty advisory system, Class committee ,Help is rendered in getting scholarships and bank loans, Grievance Redressal Cell to address their grievances, Anti-ragging Committee, Career Guidance and Placement Assistance, Special bus facilities for hostel students to go home on weekends and holidays, All basic amenities including common resting room for boy and girl students Mentoring to the students is provided through the Class Coordinator of every class and faculty advisor for a set of 20 students. The Class Coordinators facilitates all the academic needs of the students and help solve their problems with the help of the Head of the Department. Faculty Advisor assigned to a small group of students provides support in all their academic and personal matters, if necessary. A Faculty Advisor Dairy which contains records about personal details, curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular details is maintained for all students. A software exclusively designed for faculty advisory system has been established which provides most of the academic information of the students with regular updates. The structural and functional characteristics of the faculty advisory system are presented here:

Mentor Category

Scope Function

Faculty Advisor

For a batch of about 20 students

(a) To help their wards in planning their courses of study (b) To offer general advice on the academic programme in

selecting Electives, completion of non-CGPA courses. (c) To recommend OD/Medical leave (d) To offer advice on career advancement (e) To meet the parents and provide updates

Class Coordinator

For a Class (a) To plan industrial visits, training programme and other curricular related events for the students

(b) To arrange for coaching classes for slow learners (c) To encourage fast learners for enriching advanced

skills/knowledge (d) To analyze results of internal exams and recommend to the

Faculty Advisor about their wards. Dean (Student Affairs)

Student Activities

(a) To address all the issues related to a student (b) To organize student events within or outside campus

Vice Chancellor

Students Grievances

To review issues connected with the grievances of students on a regular basis.

5.1.2 Apart from classroom interaction, what are the provisions available for academic mentoring?

Academic mentoring outside the class room is given by the Faculty Advisor. Faculty advisors are also in frequent contact with the parents to update them about the students’


performance. Class Coordinators and individual faculty members also mentor the students outside the class whenever needed. External professional counselors are also available if the students need any assistance. Apart from their regular classes many opportunities are provided to the students such as:

Field visit / Industrial visit Mini-project work and Project work Utilization of laboratory / Research labs Coaching classes for slow learners Gate coaching for advanced learners Skill based and value added course

provision 5.1.3 Does the university have any personal enhancement and development

schemes such as career counseling, soft skill development, career-path-identification, and orientation to wellbeing for its students? Give details of such schemes.

Yes, The University has an Office of Corporate Relations which is proactive in facilitating the training of students in soft skills and also provides counseling to career-path-identification. Some of the initiatives taken by the university are: Organizing frequent training programs by the Office of Corporate Relations using

experts from external agencies that help in increasing the placement of students in software and core companies.

Soft skill courses are also offered as part of the curriculum by external resource persons from Talent Sprint, Coimbatore.

Initiatives taken by the office of International Relations in encouraging students to opt for one semester student exchange program with overseas universities (with which the university has signed MoUs).

Encouraging students to participate actively in co-curricular activities and professional associations.

GATE Coordinator, who coordinates with all the departments in facilitating GATE coaching at no cost to the GATE aspirants.

An IAS Academy within the campus for motivating and helping the students who desire their career path in administrative services.

The Entrepreneur Development Cell (EDC) of the university periodically organizes government sponsored workshops to create awareness among students for entrepreneurship.

Offering special training for students to obtain Business English Certification (BEC) both for Preliminary, Vantage and Higher.

Offering foreign language programs such as Korean, German, French, Romanian and also national Indian language Hindi to facilitate student placement and career advancement in industries which look for specific language proficiency.

Besides this, individual departments organize specialized training courses for career advancement, skill development and other programs targeted towards overall development of the student.

5.1.4 Does the university provide assistance to students for obtaining educational loans from banks and other financial institutions? Yes, the university has formally signed MoUs with Union Bank of India and Canara Bank to provide educational loans to needy students. An officer appointed in the admissions office


assists the needy students in getting bank loans and helps in resolving any issues related to the educational loans.

5.1.5 Does the university publish its updated prospectus and handbook annually? If yes, what are the main issues / activities / information included / provided to students through these documents? Is there a provision for online access?

Yes, The University publishes its updated prospectus annually giving details about: details of the department available UG and PG programmes laboratory facilities, research centers and facilities placement details Students amenities such as hostels, health care centre and sports facilities Library facilities. The curriculum/syllabi and regulation books are also updated regularly. Quarterly newsletter is released from the IQAC office detailing events held in various departments, faculty / student achievements, faculty / student participation in conferences / seminars / workshops, research publications / projects, placement details etc. The university prospectus, curriculum/ syllabi and regulations and, the IQAC newsletter are available online in the university website. 5.1.6 Specify the type and number of university scholarships / freeships given to

the students during the last four years. Was financial aid given to them on time? Give details (in a tabular form) for the following categories: UG/PG/M.Phil/Ph.D./Diploma/others (please specify).

The scholarship scheme adopted by the university is summarized as below: Meritorious students who are joining KARE are provided with 10% to 50% concession in tuition fees depending on the marks they scored in their +2 examination. Besides this the first graduates of a family are given a concession of Rs. 10,000/- in tuition fees. Fee concession and free hostel accommodation is also provided to students who are economically weaker on a case-by case basis. Sport scholarships are also provided to students who excel in sports and games. For UG/PG Students UG students are offered a Merit Scholarship based on Annual Grade Point Average (AGPA) for all the years. The first, second and third ranks in each department are given an amount of Rs. 10,000, Rs. 7,000 and Rs.5,000 respectively. Besides this, the Chairman and the Vice Chairman Scholarships (one semester fee waiver) is awarded to one of the best outgoing boy and girl students from the university respectively. Support for student innovative projects is also provided. Meritorious PG students are given financial assistance through Teaching Assistance scheme. For students of Speech and Hearing Impairment Program Full-tuition and hostel fee waiver was given to 28 and 23 students for 2013 and 2014 passed out students respectively. Half-tuition fee waiver was given to 23 students for 2013 passed out students. Research scholars


Full time fellowships of Rs. 10,000 to 14,000/- are also given to research scholars who have registered for PhD at KARE. Currently 29 PhD scholars are availing this scholarship. The faculty members of KARE who have registered for PhD in KARE are eligible to receive an amount of Rs. 2500/- per month as a support for research work. To encourage the participation of research scholars in conferences, workshops and training Registration Fee and Travel Grant are provided. 5.1.7 What percentage of students receive financial assistance from state

government, central government and other national agencies (Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY), SN Bose Fellow, etc.)?

Help is provided to secure financial assistance for the students from various welfare Departments of State and Central governments. In the year 2014-15 an amount of Rs. 20,60,095 was awarded to 105 students from various agencies. The agencies include: Adi-Dravida Welfare Department, Government of Tamilnadu Department of Minorities Welfare, Government of Tamilnadu District Welfare Office, Patna, Bihar District Social Justice Office, Palakkad, Kerala Social Welfare Department, Government of Puducherry Sitaram Jindal Foundation, Bangalore Tamilnadu Educational Trust, Chennai Office of the Welfare Commissioner, Ministry of Labour and Employment ,

Government of India National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation, Government of India

for students of Speech and Hearing Impairment Program 5.1.8 Does the university have an International Student Cell to attract foreign

students and cater to their needs?

Yes, the Office of International Relations, headed by Dean (International Relations) takes care of the Student-Exchange Program. The office facilitates the needs of the students who are willing to visit other universities and vice-versa. Students come on Student-Exchange Program from partner universities (with whom KARE has MoUs) are provided tuition fee waiver and free accommodation. Our students also get the same benefit when they go to partner universities. 5.1.9 Does the university provide assistance to students for obtaining educational

loans from banks and other financial institutions? Yes, same as given in question number 5.1.4 5.1.10 What types of support services are available for Overseas students The Office of International Relations helps the overseas students during their stay in India from the day of their arrival. This includes: Documents for getting VISA from Indian Embassy Receiving the students at the airport Arranging their transportation to the campus Their stay at the guest house or furnished quarters Registering with the government agencies and The students’ academic schedule.


Physically challenged / differently abled student Ramps and hand rails are available in all the buildings facilitating the entry of

physically challenged students; toilets are available with wheel chair access. Elevator (lift) facilities are provided in the academic blocks and hostels to help these

students. Special class rooms with loop induction systems are provided for the Speech and

Hearing Impaired students Special coaching classes are conducted for differently abled / slow learners. Facility

of summer term courses is also offered to such students to keep up with the regular students.

SC/ST, OBC and economically weaker sections KARE helps the students in getting Government scholarships available for SC/ST

students. Students who are the first graduates in a family are provided a fee concession of

Rs.10,000. Students coming from economically weaker sections of the society, reduction in fee

and free accommodation in the hostels are provided on the need basis; provision is provided to pay the tuition fees in installments in a phased manner.

Students participating in various competitions/conferences in India and abroad Students are given: On-duty (OD) leave to attend various competitions Arrangement of make-up classes for any missed class room sessions Allowed to write make–up exams, if they miss any sessional / model/ end semester exams during participation in events / conferences. When the student represents the university outside the campus allowances for travel, accommodation and food are provided.

Health centre, health insurance etc. There is a full-fledged 30-bedded Health Centre with an in-built area of 1208 Sq. ft. inside the campus. The centre housed with a male and a female doctor works round- the-clock to attend the health problems of the campus community. The doctors are assisted by well-trained medical attendants. The consultation and medicines are provided free of cost. First-aid boxes are available in all the departments and hostels. A round-the-clock ambulance service is also available on campus to transport the patients to the nearby hospitals, if needed. A trained counselor is also available to provide counseling to the needy students.

An accident insurance is available for all the students. They are eligible for Rs. 20,000 per year in case of hospitalization related to accidents and Rs.2,00,000 in case of fatality.

Skill development (Spoken English, Computer Literacy etc.) A language laboratory is available in the Department of English and frequent

programs are conducted to augment the English language communication skills. Students avail this facility to improve their spoken English.

Programming Language Laboratory is a compulsory course in the B.Tech curriculum where students get exposed to programming in C and C++. Students are also exposed


to usage of modern software and tools through the facilities available in their departments.

Training in foreign languages like Korean, French, Romanian and also Hindi is provided to bring overall developments of the students.

Various skill development workshops are conducted by the departments. Opportunities are provided to our students to undertake International certification courses such as: IBM Certifications offered by IBM Centre of Excellence CISCO, Oracle and Microsoft certifications offered through TIFAC CORE in

Network Engineering. The recently established National Instruments supported innovation laboratory offer

training and certification in Labview. AUTOCAD, CREO and Solid Works are also offered to the students of Mechanical

and Automobile Engineering. Students also get credits as a part of their non-CGPA requirements.

Performance enhancement for slow learners The slow learners are given special attention and support in the university academic system. Coaching classes are offered in all the courses. Summer term is offered for students to complete their backlogs promptly. Students can also register for courses in lower semesters without foregoing current

semester courses or during the major project. Evening special classes are arranged for slow learners so that they can complete the

backlog courses. Exposure of students to other institutions of higher learning / corporate / business

houses, etc. The university offers ample opportunities to give exposure to students to other institutes /

organizations through: Two week in-plant training (in summer and/or winter holidays). Every department

organizes industry visit related to their department. Participation in various conferences / symposiums / seminars and workshops held

outside the campus including IITs, NITs etc. Encouraging students to apply for the prestigious summer fellowships offered by Indian

National Science Academy. About 40-50% of the students do their project work in the industry which exposes them

to the real work environment. Facilitating student exchange program with partner universities through Semester

Abroad Program. Publication of student magazines Student Magazines are published at department level on a regular basis to bring out

literary and creative skills of students, besides sharing the recent advancement in their respective fields.

5.1.11 Does the university provide guidance and/or conduct coaching classes for students appearing for Civil Services, Defense Services, NET/SET and any other competitive examinations? If yes, what is the outcome? Yes.


The university has recently set-up an IAS Training Academy for offering training and support to students who aspire for Civil Services.

BEC training for effective English language communication GATE coaching is provided so that the students can compete with many government

undertaking organizations. NACTech and AMCAT training help in enhancing their aptitude skills. Mock interview sessions and group discussions are conducted frequently for final year

students to hone their communication skills. The outcome of these training programs is reflected in the improvement in placements

of students in various companies and admission of our students for higher studies in India and abroad.

5.1.12 Mention the policies of the university for enhancing student participation in sports and extracurricular activities through strategies / schemes such as

* additional academic support and academic flexibility in examinations The non-CGPA system of the university encourages the participation of students in

sports and extra-curricular activities and are given due credits. The students participating in sports and extra-curricular activities are given OD leave, make-up classes and make-up exams for the missed exams.

* special dietary requirements, sports uniform and materials The students are provided with necessary sports uniform for the respective sports and

games including the kit containing sports gear. They are also provided special diet during matches and TA/DA is also provided during outstation matches. Fee concession is awarded to exemplary performance.

5.1.13 Does the university have an institutionalized mechanism for students’

placement? What are the services provided to help students identify job opportunities, prepare themselves for interview, and develop entrepreneurship skills?

The institution has a very active Training and Placement Section which is part of the Office of Corporate Relations. The students are given comprehensive training in aptitude, group discussion and interview skills that help them in securing placements.

To develop entrepreneur skills, entrepreneur programmes and business plan contest are conducted to motivate the students. Successful entrepreneurs and officials from financial institutions interact with the students to create motivation towards entrepreneurship.

5.1.14 Give the number of students selected during campus interviews by different employers (list the employers and the number of companies who visited the campus during the last four years).

2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 No. of Companies 37 72 62 76 No. of students Placed 588 801 465 1367

A sample list of companies that visit our campus is given below: TCS HCL Technologies Sundaram Fastners BGR Energy Systems Athena Health TVS, Hosur Birla Soft American Megatrends Tech Mahindra Proscape LLC, Dubai Oil Emirates, Dubai Zifo Technologies L&T Infotech Solartis Technologies SRM Technologies


Dabur Research Foundation Maveric Systems TVS Tyres CCCL IVRCL CSS CORP Amazon Wipro CTS Robert Bosch Zoho Corporation Sutherland Global Dharani Sugars and Chemicals Syntel Polaris 5.1.15 Does the university have a registered Alumni Association? If yes, what are its

activities and contributions to the development of the university? Yes, The university has a registered alumni association. The chapters of alumni association is at present in Chennai, Bangalore and Coimbatore. Regular meetings are conducted. Alumni are encouraged to visit the campus and deliver guest lectures to the students A newly initiated website (www.kalasalingam.almaconnect.com) helps many alumni in connecting with their classmates, friends and with the institution They provide placement guidance and also feedback in improving the curriculum. The alumni also participate in the Alumni Advisory at Board of Studies of various departments. 5.1.16 Does the university have a student grievance redressal cell? Give details of the

nature of grievances reported. How were they redressed? Yes, the university has a student grievance redressal cell. The students can report their grievances in-person, by email ([email protected]) or through posting in various grievance boxes available in the departments. The committee investigates the complaints received by the students and decides on the action. 5.1.17 Does the university promote a gender-sensitive environment by (i) conducting

gender related programmes (ii) establishing a cell and mechanism to deal with issues related to sexual harassment? Give details.

Gender-sensitization programs are given during Freshman Induction Program to both boys and girls. The university conducts “Women Empowerment” programs

highlighting the secrets of successful women of India. A committee is constituted to deal with the issues related to sexual harassment. 5.1.18 Is there an anti-ragging committee? How many instances, if any, have been

reported during the last four years and what action has been taken in these cases?

Yes, the Anti-Ragging committee has been constituted for implementing the UGC’s

direction with the Registrar as the Convener of the committee. The committee also has representation from faculty of the institutions, press, parents and students as members.

Some of the initiatives taken are: Displaying hoardings and distribution of pamphlets Anti-ragging affidavit Display of anti-ragging helpline and the email ID and phone number of the nodal officer

KARE takes pride to declare that there is not a single case of ragging ever reported in the university so far and our campus is a completely ragging free.

5.1.19 How does the university elicit the cooperation of all its stakeholders to ensure the overall development of its students?

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KARE always ensures the cooperation of all the stakeholders in the overall development of students. The academic performance and attendance of students are regularly informed to the parents by the class coordinators. In addition, the parents can access all the details of their ward through the PACO (PArents COrner) e-system created in the university web servers. Each department calls for Parent-Teacher Association meeting once in a semester, wherein the feedbacks from the parents are obtained. On that day the parents get a chance to have one-to-one interaction with the HoD, class coordinator, faculty advisor and the faculty members. The office of IQAC analyses such feedbacks and gives constructive suggestions to the departments. The office of Corporate Relations takes feedback from the employers and the same is communicated to the Heads of Departments for further action. Students also give feedback during the end of each semester and also exit feedback is taken at the time of graduation through the Alumni office of the university. The information obtained is used for the development of the university facility and function for the development of students. Feedbacks are also obtained from the academic peers and industry personnel during the Board of Studies and Academic Council meetings. Departments also obtain feedbacks from the visiting guests to the department on the occasion of organization of such events. 5.1.20 How does the university ensure the participation of women students in intra

and inter-institutional sports competitions and cultural activities? Provide details of sports and cultural activities where such efforts were made.

The girl students get equal opportunities in intra and inter institutional sports and cultural activities, and as such no differentiation is made between boys and girls. The sample list of participation and achievements of girl students in sports and cultural activities is given below:

Event Prizes / Trophy if any Chem Sports - 2012 State Level Inter Collegiate Athletic Meet, Chengalpattu Medical College

II Biotech participated

State Level Open Inter- Collegiate Tournament, KARE 1st place Inter Collegiate Chess Championship, V.V.V. College for Women, Virudhunagar

6 students participated and Won Silver Medal.

5th Southern District Level Open Yoga Sports Championship - 2013

Won First Place

15th National Level Yoga Championship 2012 One gold and a silver 30th State Level Yoga Sports Championship 2012 Two golds, a silver and a bronze

4th State Level Open Yoga Championship 2012 One Gold Medal, one silver and one bronze

Tamil Nadu State Deemed Inter University Athletic Championship 2014”

Two Silver and four bronze medals

District Level Chief Minister Trophy Athletic Meet Tournament 2013 Participation

All-India Inter- State Invitational Yoga Championship 2013 Artistic Single - I Backward - III All India Inter University Taekwondo Competition 2013-14 Participated as part of the team


U.Karnakaran Memorial Ever Rolling Cup 3rd Basketball Tournament

Basket Ball (Women) Team Participation

Tamil Nadu State Inter -Deemed University Volleyball Tournament Participation

5.2.1 What is the student strength of the university for the current academic year? Analyze the Programme-wise data and provide the trends for the last four years.

Student Strength of the University for the last four years

Categories 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16

M F Total M F Total M F Total M F Total B.Tech 417 217 634 378 145 523 343 135 478 1189 368 1497 B.Arch 1 2 3 6 11 17 18 16 34 20 20 40

Arts and science - - - 20 24 44 72 27 99 350 212 562 SHIP 27 10 37 13 1 14 12 7 19 14 2 16 PG 199 151 350 114 109 223 117 80 197 153 136 289 Ph.D 30 5 35 25 9 34 49 18 67 45 29 74 Student progression

Student progression 2012 2013 2014 2015 UG to PG 12% 10% 15% 10%

PG to M.Phil. - - - - PG to Ph.D. 1.5% 4% 0.5% 4%

Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral - - - -

Employed -Campus selection 50% 45% 53% 90%

Employed -Other than campus recruitment 35% 35% 42% 6%

Entrepreneurs - - 1% 1% The number of students who are recruited on campus shows an upward trend from 2012 to 2015. The number of students who went for higher studies remains the same as many of them chose to go for jobs. The number of PG students who go for PhD is less as many of them go for teaching jobs.


5.2.2 What is the programme-wise completion rate during the time span stipulated by the university?

PG Programme

Batch 2008 -2010 2009-2011 2010-2012 2011-2013 2012-2014 2013-2015

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Biotechnology 6 6 100 27 27 100 6 6 100 6 6 100 3 3 100 5 5 100 CAD - - - - - - 3 3 100 6 6 100 - - - - - - Civil - - - - - - - - - 1 1 100 6 6 100 4 4 100 Computer Applications

6 6 100 6 6 100 4 4 100 - - - - - - - - -

CSE 13 13 100 23 23 100 33 33 100 30 29 96.67 30 30 100 13 12 92.31

DCN 3 3 100 17 17 100 25 24 96 18 17 94.44 8 8 100 8 8 100

EIE - - - 10 10 100 19 18 94.74 7 7 100 13 13 100

EST 7 6 85 12 12 100 15 15 100 11 11 100 16 14 87.5 9 9 100

Energy - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 100 - - - Environmental - - - - - - - - - 2 2 100 - - - 1 1 100 Industrial Safety

- - - - - - - - - 9 9 100 6 6 100 19 19 100

IAS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 100

IT 10 10 100 26 26 100 32 31 96.88 30 30 100 16 16 100 8 7 87.5


Nanotech 5 5 100 5 5 100 - - - - - - - - - - - - Network 7 5 71 29 29 100 30 29 96.67 32 31 96.88 11 11 100 4 4 100

Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

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PED - - - - - - 10 10 100 16 16 100 6 6 100 5 5 100

PSE 2 2 100 10 10 100 13 13 100 8 8 100 8 8 100 2 2 100

Transport - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 100 1 1 100 VLSI Design - - - 16 16 100 22 22 100 16 16 100 8 7 87.5 3 3 100 MBA 128 106 82.81 178 164 92.13 104 95 91.35 154 129 83.77 160 126 78.75 143 116 81.12 MCA 183 179 97.81 148 144 97.3 70 70 100 39 35 89.74 56 54 96.43 36 34 94.44 MPhil (Chemistry)

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MPhil (Mathematics)

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Biotechnology 112 110 98.21 119 108 90.76 96 77 80.21 34 30 88.24 74 63 85.14 Civil 29 28 96.55 153 144 94.12 279 251 89.96 144 108 75 250 218 87.2

CSE 292 284 97.26 370 348 94.05 304 286 94.08 88 77 87.5 247 231 93.52

CSE-SHIP - - - - - - 58 50 86.21 44 30 68.18 31 29 93.55

EEE 106 105 99.06 159 159 100 193 184 95.34 84 77 91.67 98 88 89.8

ECE 290 287 98.97 371 359 96.77 354 343 96.89 138 131 94.93 264 233 88.26

EIE 65 64 98.46 120 118 98.33 157 144 91.72 33 30 90.91 51 49 96.08

IT 283 281 99.29 352 350 99.43 97 88 90.72 43 35 81.4 133 109 81.95 Mechanical 57 57 100 215 205 95.35 469 411 87.63 206 177 85.92 367 320 87.19 Mech –SHIP - - - - - - 27 22 81.48 32 25 78.13 29 27 93.1

5.2.3 What is the number and percentage of students who appeared/qualified in examinations like UGC-CSIR-NET, UGC-NET, SLET, ATE / CAT / GRE / TOFEL / GMAT / Central / State services, Defense, Civil Services, etc.?

No. of Students Qualified in Various Examinations

Academic Year

BEC TOFEL IELTS GRE NACTech DBT-JRF

CAT GATE Defence

2014-15 449 - - 05 196 1 - 04 01 2013-14 314 - 04 - 124 - 01 06 03 2012-13 320 - 05 02 343 - - 14 06 2011-12 - 21 - 03 - - - 13 07 2010-11 179 - 04 08 - - - 18 -


5.2.4 Provide category-wise details regarding the number of Ph.D./D.Litt./D.Sc. theses submitted/ accepted/ resubmitted/rejected in the last four years.

Ph.D Theses Year Submission Acceptance Resubmission Rejected

2015 25 23 2 -

2014 30 30 - -

2013 9 9 - -

2012 10 10 - -

2011 1 1 - -

5.3.1 List the range of sports, cultural and extracurricular activities available to students. Furnish the programme calendar and provide details of students’

participation.

Sports and Games To promote interest in sports a wide range of sports facilities are available to the students inside the campus – both indoor and outdoor with a sprawling 10 acres. Our sports facilities include a 400m International Standard athletic rack with 8 Lanes. Indoor Stadium is built up with residential facilities for sports persons. Modern Gym for both Men and Women students are also available. An Olympic -size swimming pool is also available for training students interested in swimming. Flood light facilities are available for playgrounds for all the major games. Yoga classes are also organized separately for boys and girls.

NCC The university has an NCC subunit (Army Wing) attached t 4 TN Engineering Company / NCC/ Madurai. The present strength is 104 (71 boys and 33 girls). Our unit is involved in various community services like tree plantation and temple cleaning. Our cadets are regularly selected for participation in Republic Day parade in New Delhi. CSUO Udayakumar and CSUO Desingu Raja participated in Republic Day Parade in 2014 and 2015 respectively. Sgt. Narmada and CUO Yuvaraja won medals in firing and drill competitions. NSS The NSS wing of the university has 17 units and 100 students are registered in each of the units with a total of 1700 students enrolled in NSS. The unit very actively engages in conducting various camps in nearby villages and thus provides opportunity to students to develop a feel for the difficulties of the communities they live and serve. They also organize blood donation camps frequently. The NSS coordinator was awarded “Best NSS

Programme officer” by the Government of Tamilnadu.

Fine Arts The students of our university actively participate in both inter-college and intra-college events. Our Fine Arts Team: Won the Best Institution Award (Overall Trophy) in the Milan 2011 organized by SRM-Chennai.


Participated in various programs in Pradharshini’12, an inter-college cultural fest conducted by Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai. They won second prize in the event “Adzap” and third prize in “Variety Variety”.

Participated in Vyuha’12, conducted by Madurai Medical College and won the first

prize in Adzap Participated in the state level cultural meet at MEPCO Engineering College Sivakasi

and won first place in solo dance.

Nature Club This club is formed mainly to create awareness among the campus community. This club actively helps in creating awareness among the people and helps them to protect the nature and wild life for the benefit of our future generation. The Photographic Club and Tamil Mandram have been extremely active throughout the year and provide ample opportunities for the students’ overall development.

As per the non-CGPA requirement for our students, almost every student mandatorily participates in sports/cultural/extra-curricular activities and credits are awarded accordingly. Besides this, the potential students also represent the university at zonal/State/National level competitions regularly.

5.3.2 Give details of the achievements of students in co-curricular, extracurricular and cultural activities at different levels: University / State / Zonal / National / International, etc. during the last four years.

The University encourages our students to participate in various co-curricular and extracurricular activities. Every year our students are selected for the INSA summer fellowship for spending a summer in research laboratories attached to reputed institutions. Besides INSA fellowship they also get summer fellowship from institutions in India and abroad. Our students actively participate in various co-curricular activities including in-plant training, industrial visit and in conferences and workshops. More than 30 achievements in a year done by the students; few examples achievements are shown below;

1. Mr. A. S. Abinav Kumaran (IV B.TECH-EEE) and Mr. P. R. Pradeesh (III B.TECH-MECH) has secured 3rd place in 400 Mts Run and 3rd in 110 Mts Hurdles in “Tamilnadu State Inter - Deemed University Athletic Competition”, SRM University Chennai, on 28.02.2015.

2. KARE SHIP Cricket Team has secured Championship Trophy in “State level T20

Cricket Tournament”, Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore on 21.02.2015. 3. Students won medals in the “14th Tamilnadu State Level Kick Boxing Championship”

organized by Virudhunagar District Kickboxing Association held at Rajapalayam on 26.07.2014- 27.07.2014.

5.3.3 Does the university conduct special drives / campaigns for students to promote heritage consciousness?

The university has initiated an effort to celebrate all the important cultural festivals like Pongal, Holi, Ramzon, Onam etc which help students to promote unity in diversity consciousness. Our students of Architecture specifically study the architectural designs of South Indian temples.


5.3.4 How does the university involve and encourage its students to publish

materials like catalogues, wall magazines, college magazine, and other material? List the major publications/materials brought out by the students during the last four academic sessions. Yes, department level student magazines are being published. 1.BIOODYSSY, 2.ELECTROCOMM, 3.INCONZ, 4.TECHSERIB

5. INFOSPARKS, 6. INFONET 5.3.5 Does the university have a Student Council or any other similar body? Give

details on its constitution, activities and funding. Each class in the departments has class representatives who represent the grievances of

the students to the Head of the Department through the class coordinator. Association of each department has student representatives from each class and the

senior members are selected as president and secretary. They conduct all the academic and non-academic events organized by the department.

Apart from this, the IQAC also has student council and Quality Circles where student’s representation is there. These meetings discuss the quality initiative taken at the department/university. The members are represented by one student each in second, third and final year.

Students participate in the administration of various clubs and the events pertaining to the club are organized by them.

Management provides adequate funds for the association and club activities.

5.3.6 Give details of various academic and administrative bodies that have student representatives on them. Also provide details of their activities.

IQAC Student Council (at the Department level) Class Committee Library Committee Magazine Editorial Board Board of Studies (as special invitees to get a feedback) Department Associations All club administration Hostel administration that includes purchase committee, mess committee.


CRITERIA VI: GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT 6.1 Institutional Vision and Leadership

6.1.1 State the Vision and Mission of the University Vision: To be a Centre of Excellence of International Repute in Education and

Research. Mission: To Produce Technically Competent, Socially Committed Technocrats

and Administrators Through Quality Education and Research.

6.1.2 Does the mission statement define the institution’s distinctive characteristics

in terms of addressing the needs of the society, the students it seeks to serve, the institution’s tradition and value orientations, its vision for the future,

etc.? Our fast growing nation requires a good number of Engineers and Technocrats to

bring about a qualitative change in the lives of the ordinary citizens. Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education (KARE) trains and churns out such skilled persons year after year.

The KARE takes all measures to make the day-to-day learning a joyful experience to the students.

Students are encouraged to join and actively participate in Professional Societies like IEEE, ISTE, CSI, AAI, to list out a few.

As the society improves by enjoying the blessings of the technologically advanced products, the qualitative life of the Engineers also improves.

The Engineers who go out of the KARE are not merely skilled persons; they also carry with them professional ethics and societal values as well. Such values and ethics are imbibed in the minds of the young people by providing inputs like Personality Development Programmes, Soft Skills, Yoga Sessions, and by offering space on campus wherein they get a chance to serve the society through NCC, NSS, Nature Club, and Awareness Camps, to list out a few.

KARE is established in a rural area, precisely to serve the economically and culturally backward society. A visible change is witnessed after the launching of this technical institution.

Nonetheless, KARE is a rural one, it attracts a good number of children from the other parts of the country; this has concomitantly produced a multicultural and a multi-lingual atmosphere, a true characteristic of a University. Nevertheless, the traditional values of the society are not being compromised on campus.

KARE runs a special programme for the Speech and Hearing Impaired children (SHIP), which trains the disadvantaged kids in diverse Engineering subjects and moulds them into employable technocrats. MNCs welcome these trained persons with open arms.

It is quite gratifying to see our trained Engineers occupying top echelons of industry and management in the global scene.

Though functioning as a University in less than a decade ago, KARE has registered an all-round growth in terms of learning, teaching, research and employable skills.

One of the prime focuses of the KARE is to equip our young engineers to take technology to the zenith, and enable them to produce economically and eco-friendly innovative products and through them take the Institute to a higher level.

6.1.3 How is the leadership involved?


(a) In ensuring the organization’s management system development, implementation and continuous improvement?

Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education is governed by a Board of Management that provides space for eminent persons from the industry, senior persons from the parent Institute, academia and society as well. This is the highest statutory body. The Chancellor is the Chairman of the Board, who presides over the Board of Management meetings. Such meetings are held periodically to offer guidelines to the other officials of the Institute to plan and monitor the various growth parameters of the Institute.

The Vice Chancellor is the Head of the Institution. Registrar, Deans, Directors, Controller of Examinations, and Finance Officer, Head of Departments report to the Vice Chancellor.

Statutory bodies like Academic Council, Planning and Monitoring Board, Finance Committee, Board of Studies (BOS), University Research Board (URB), and International Advisory Committee ensure smooth and continuous improvement and bring accountability to the system.

Need-based software developed by the campus community like Exam Administrative System (EASY), Faculty Information System (FIS), Smart SMS (SSMS), Parents Corner (PACO), Attendance Information and Maintenance System (AIMS), Staff Attendance and Leave Tracking (SALT) and Student Information System (SIS), help the Institute to run its day-to-day administrative and academic affairs.

The regular academic activities and the various events of the Institute are recorded and monitored through the IQAC.

An In-house built system ‘Google Apps’ for Education has been recently introduced to enhance the routine communication dissemination to all stake holders.

(b) In interacting with its stakeholders? The primary stakeholders are students, parents, faculty members, employers,

alumni, and professional peers. The Vice Chancellor and other higher officials of the Institute regularly meet the

students in different forums like Parent Teacher Association, Class Committee Meeting and Class Coordinators Meeting.

Students are allotted a specific time slot everyday meet the Vice Chancellor. The Curriculum and the syllabus are updated suitably after obtaining feedback

from all stake holders, especially from the Industry and relevant statutory academic bodies.

New academic programmes are introduced based on the inputs of students, members from Industry Advisory Board and International Advisory board.

The Management is easily accessible to the campus community and parents. The campus community finds a suitable berth on the IQAC and has a say in the

quality parameters of the Institute. Through the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), department-wise regular

meetings with the parents are organized wherein the top leadership represents the university and address the issues related to their wards.


In the beginning of every semester, the Vice Chancellor and the Management address the faculty members. Besides this, regular Staff Council meetings are held with the Deans and the HoDs.

Senior Faculty members and the Officer-in-charge of the Placement Cell constantly keep in touch with prominent industries in the state, and outside and thereby ensure Institute-Industry Interface.

The Alumni Association of KARE functions in the major cities of the country and has been contributing quite a lot by visiting the campus off and on and serving as resource persons and also providing nuances of the industry parameters to the campus community.

The Academic Council Meetings and the BoS Meetings (in each department) open up new avenues for interaction with academic peers whose inputs have kicked out major role in the development of the Institute.

(c) In reinforcing a culture of excellence?

Research: Towards nurturing research ambience in the Institute, the University Research

Board, (a University-wide Committee) is formulated and is supported by members of the Departmental Research Committee. It acts as an Advisory to the Institute on all matters concerning research carried out in the Institute.

Our University is ranked 7th in terms of Quantity and Quality Research output among Private Universities in the Country-as per SIR World Report and, ‘h’ index of University is 38. ( SCIMAGO Institutions Rankings table is given below).

Three of our departments namely the Department of Mechanical Engineering, EIE and ECE are DST - FIST sponsored, where 50% contribution is from the Management. The facilities obtained through this are being extensively used for teaching and research.

The system of Professional Development Allowance (PDA) granted to the faculty generated a huge impact on the faculty-researcher for registering for PhD and also for applying for sponsored research projects.

Due to the impact created by the campus community’s research outcome, the

“AKCE International Journal of Graphs and Combinatorics” has been jointly published by Elsevier from 2015 onwards and Indexed in SCOPUS from 2011 onwards. We are receiving 114 international journals from 35 countries on exchange basis. The journal also published proceedings of international conferences held outside the country.

Academic: Three of our Departments (Biotechnology, Computer Science and Engineering,

Electronics and Communications Engineering) have been accredited by NBA under Tier I category.

KARE Management has been supporting not only establishing tie-up with industries but also facilitating industry needs into the teaching-learning system.

To ensure high quality academic output, an IQAC cell is established with proper representation from each department.

Outstanding teachers and Departments are honored every year by the IQAC.


KARE Management has been giving the Chairman’s Scholarships for the best

outgoing male students and the Vice Chairman’s Scholarships for the best outgoing female students. Merit scholarships are also given to students with academic excellence. The Management also grants seed money for good student projects.

Extension Activities: The NSS unit of KARE has been quite actively involved in diverse community

projects and as a result, our NSS Unit has received several awards. The Coordinator has received the Best NSS Program Officer Award from the State Government.

The Director (Centre for Extension Activities) conducts various events periodically to create awareness among the NGO’s and self help groups.

The Management is financially supporting the Departments in organizing national/international seminars/workshops etc.

Community projects are incorporated into KARE syllabi to address the societal needs.

(d) In identifying organizational needs and striving to fulfill them? The Vice Chancellor conducts monthly review meetings with Dean/Director/HOD

and helps them to find solutions for the problems if any.


Staff Council meetings are periodically conducted to take up issues relating to students and faculty.

KARE provides space for HR Managers of industries to meet on campus and air-out their expectations of prospective Engineering and Management candidates.

PTA meetings are organized once in six months to take stock of the expectations of students and their parents.

6.1.4 Were any of the top leadership positions of the university vacant for more than a year? If so, state the reasons.

No. None of the top leadership positions of the university were vacant for more than a year.

6.1.5 Does the university ensure that all positions in its various statutory bodies are filled and meetings conducted regularly?

Yes. All the positions in various statutory bodies are filled up and all the meetings are conducted regularly as planned. The frequency of meetings and the overall summary of the meetings held in the last four years are given below.

Statutory Body Frequency No. of Meetings held in the last four

years Board of Management Quarterly 26 Academic Council Thrice 14 Planning and Monitoring Annually 6 Finance Committee Bi-Annually 10 IQAC Quarterly 18 Int. Advisory Committee Annually 3

6.1.6 Does the university promote a culture of participative management? If yes, indicate the levels of participative management. Yes, the university promotes the culture of participative management.

Faculty members across various hierarchies are represented in the Board of Management, Planning and Monitoring Board, Academic Council, Board of Studies, Staff Council, IQAC, EMGRC etc.

The functioning of the university is through various cells (under different Deans). These cells have functional freedom and every faculty is associated with any one of the 14 cells.

The promotion committee also has representation from Deans/Directors. All the HoDs have administrative and academic freedom.

6.1.7 Give details of the academic and administrative leadership provided by the university to its affiliated colleges and the support and encouragement given to them to become autonomous. NOT APPLICABLE

6.1.8 Have any provisions been incorporated / introduced in the University Act and Statutes to provide for conferment of degrees by autonomous colleges? NOT APPLICABLE

6.1.9 How does the university groom leadership at various levels? Give details. The university system grooms leadership qualities in faculty members so much so

that our faculty members are very much wanted in other institutions in the State at leadership level (like Principals of Colleges, HoDs of Department etc).


At the department level, there is a Cell Coordinator for each of the following 14 Cells: Curriculum, Non CGPA, Centre for Learning Technology, Examination, Admission, Faculty Advisory System, Professional Societies, Association and Co-curricular Activities, Extracurricular Activities, Discipline and Grievances, Research and Development, Extension and Consultancy Activities, Placement, GATE/BEC/Foreign Languages/Soft skills Training, IQAC, Infrastructure. The faculty heading these cells enjoys full responsibilities to take up suitable initiatives to make these cells function effectively.

Every one of the Deans of the Institute is assisted by Deputy Deans. The Class Coordinator of each class is responsible for the overall development of

students in his/her class such as organizing seminars/workshops, arranging industrial visits, approving in-plant training, approving leave for students and maintenance of attendance, monitor the progress of syllabus coverage etc.

Besides this, the Class Committee Chairperson reviews periodically the progress of the classes, monitors the progress of syllabi coverage and resolves issues related to slow learners.

For a group of 20-25 students, there is a Faculty Advisor who helps the students in planning their courses of study and getting general advice on the academic programme. The Faculty Advisor also maintains regular contact with the parents/guardians of their wards.

The practice of rotation of HoDs and Deans is taking place once in three years. Every faculty member gets a chance to take part in the organizational matters for

arranging Faculty Development Programmes (FDP), National Conferences/Seminars/Workshops.

The faculty members also play a role as Programme Coordinator, Module Coordinator, Course Coordinator, Assistant Wardens and Deputy Wardens to facilitate academic and administrative needs.

Students: Students also get ample opportunities to develop leadership skills. The National

Level Symposium organized in each department once in a year is wholly conducted by the students. Each department has a Department Association Forum which has one student as President and one as Secretary and a select group of supporting students from each year of study.

All the Club activities are also coordinated by the student members who are given ample opportunities to interact with the outside world, including eminent personalities.

Each class has one student as Class Representative who works closely with the Class Coordinator to address the issues and concerns of his/her class. The class committee is also represented by some select students.

Involvement of students in association activities as well as cultural festivals like SPARKS (KARE Annual Cultural Festival) will inculcate leadership quality among the students.

Proper representation is given to each programme of KARE, wherein one student represents one programme year-wise to the Student Council of IQAC.

In the hostels, student’s leadership is groomed by giving them an opportunity to take part in Mess Committee, Purchase Committee, Library Committee, etc.


6.1.10 Has the University evolved a knowledge management strategy? If yes, give details.

The continuous improvement of the knowledge base of the faculty and students is one of the major concerns of this university. Many steps are being taken towards ensuring this: (a) Through the Centre for Learning Technology (CLT), 75 programmes have

been organized for faculty members to enrich their knowledge. (b) Every single Department of KARE organizes an International Conference

once in three years and National Conference once a year with a sole motive of sharing knowledge.

(c) A new vitality is injected into each Department due to the initiatives taken by the IQAC.

(d) Faculty members are encouraged to take up some research projects as part of their academic activities. Those who registered for PhD are entitled to get Rs.2500/- every month as an incentive.

(e) Those who wish to pursue their Post Doctoral programmes either in India or abroad are financially supported by the Management.

(f) KARE faculty members are involved in energy auditing at various places across the country.

(g) Based on the feedback from the students, CLT organizes programmes to enrich the knowledge.

(g) The IQAC honors the outstanding faculty members with awards.

6.1.11 How are the following values reflected in the functioning of the university? Contributing to national development

The thrust areas identified by DST, DBT, CSIR, BRNS, ICMR etc are addressed through our academic research groups. The office of the Research and Development encourages the faculty to continue their research and Post Doctoral research on these thrust areas. The university also has many sponsored projects from government agencies which are all on the thrust areas identified by such agencies towards National Development.

The need of the hour is skilled manpower as being increasingly recognized by the UGC. KARE is taking serious initiatives towards this by incorporating practical components in the curriculum where industry inputs are directly incorporated through one credit courses by industry personnel.

KARE has recently established the National Cyber Defense Research Centre which is the first of its kind in the country. The n-CARDMATH is a unique centre conducting advanced research in Discrete Mathematics. The TIFAC CORE in Network Engineering is also a unique centre in India to conduct research in Networking. Other centres of excellence are Centre for Biotechnology, Centre for Composite Materials, Centre for Nanotechnology and International Research Centre, which contribute a lot towards the research needs of our nation.

The graduates of KARE are very much appreciated by the employers about their integrity and commitment to work, besides technical knowledge which directly contributes to the building of strong human resources for the country.

Being situated in a rural location and offering qualitative training of international standards is a remarkable contribution of KARE towards national development.

In summary, every aspect of KARE is fine tuned towards national development.


(a) Fostering global competencies amongst students The syllabus is designed for courses taking into account the syllabus/curriculum

followed in globally reputed institutes. Three of our Departments, Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and

Communication Engineering and Biotechnology are accredited by NBA under Tier-I category and other departments also following NBA guidelines. KARE is preparing its engineering students with the guidelines-Graduate Attributes- prescribed by NBA.

KARE is updating the curriculum and syllabus whenever there is a need. In the recent initiative, students obtaining certification through online courses (NPTEL, MIT Open Courseware, MOOC, and COURSERA etc) are given credit. Our students are encouraged to take such courses.

The university has signed many MoUs with overseas universities through which student exchanges are carried out. The opportunity of Video conferencing and one credit courses by faculty members in reputed overseas universities also help students get global competency.

The students are also given opportunities to work on collaborative projects with overseas universities or industries.

International Certifications like Oracle Certified Java Programmer (OCJP), Cisco Certified Network Administrator (CCNA) and foreign languages like German, Romanian, French, and Korean are taught at the campus which enables our students globally competent.

(b) Inculcating a sound value system among students From its inception as an Engineering college, KARE is very much appreciated by

the parents for molding their children in good discipline, in professional ethics and unfailing.

The curriculum has a space for Humanities elective on ‘Professional ethics’. The NSS, NCC wing and other club activities also help students develop sound values of life through various programmes like Blood Donation camps, Tree Plantations, Temple Cleaning, Village Cleaning, Laying Roads, visiting Orphanages, awareness programmes on Health Hazards etc. The NSS coordinator of KARE has earned awards and recognitions in service organizations and also from the State Government.

The recent initiative to introduce the concept of ‘EPICS-in-IEEE’, and Community Project in the curriculum is a step towards inculcating sound values among students by giving them a chance to understand deeply the problems of the Indian society.

Recently, KARE signed a MoU with World Community Service Centre, Aliyar to offer various Yoga and Meditation courses to our students. And it has become a part of the time table in the current academic year. Promoting use of technology

KARE is actively engaged in promoting use of technology in teaching-learning activity.

Many of the central services have been automated by use of technology such as entry of daily attendance and lecture details by faculty members, on-line registration of courses by students, automatic generation of grades to assist course teachers in finalizing grades, biometric system for attendance entry by staffs like


Exam Administrative System (EASY), Faculty Information System (FIS), Smart SMS (SSMS), Parents Corner (PACO), Attendance Information and Maintenance System (AIMS), Staff Attendance and Leave Tracking (SALT) and Student Information System (SIS) etc.

Applications such as Google Apps are used for obtaining student feedbacks and for administrative purposes.

LCD facilities are available in all class rooms. The smart class rooms are available in each department. The entire campus is Wi-Fi connected. 1 Gbps Connectivity to National Knowledge Network (NKN) and Campus Wide

Networking with Optical Fiber Backbone The Innovation Lab supported by National Instruments, which has been recently

established, is a major initiative to connect technology to conventional learning. All the departments use advanced software related to curriculum. Every faculty member is provided with a laptop for class room teaching. The entire academic and administrative activities are automated. (c) Quest for excellence KARE is increasingly committed towards its quest for excellence which is

reflected in its vision statement and day-to-day practice. Over the years, KARE has established some highly active research Centres such

as TIFAC-CORE in Network Engineering, n-CARDMATH, Centre for Biotechnology, Centre for Composite Materials, International Research Centre. Centre for Nanotechnology, Centre for Cyber Security Research etc.

New Centres of Excellence are coming up; these are Centre for Bio-medical Engineering, Centre for Cloud Computing and Centre for Big Data Analytics etc.

Three of our departments are DST-FIST sponsored to establish state-of-the-art laboratories. Other departments are also taking initiatives to obtain FIST.

At present practical components have been introduced into theory courses, in-order to ensure excellence in teaching—learning activities.

Happily, three of our engineering departments have been accredited by National Board of Accreditation under Tier – I Category.

6.2 Strategy Development and Deployment 6.2.1 Does the university have a perspective plan for development? If yes, what

aspects are considered in the development of policies and strategies? Yes. The university has a perspective plan for development.

Vision and mission: All the policies and strategies are framed to meet the vision of the university to be an excellent Centre of learning in the country. Constructive steps have been under taken to train the entrusted students to become employable and also to excel in diverse avenues of Science, Engineering, Technology and Management.

Teaching and learning: By taking cues from the industry, the KARE is updating its curriculum and syllabi to meet the emerging needs of the industry. KARE also provides space to offer specialized courses by experts from industry or research labs (both within the country and overseas). It has setup laboratories, organized industrial lectures, and arranged Video Conferencing for experiential and real time learning.


Use of new ICT enabled technologies and pedagogy (for curriculum enrichment through online courses from NPTEL/ MOOC/COURSERA) are adopted.

Research and development: The Research and Development components of the perspective plan are developed with the focus to increase the number of PhD holders in the KARE both through in-house research as well as from recruitment of qualified faculty.

More research oriented laboratories are planned to be established in each department with industrial/governmental support and/or collaboration.

Strengthening of international level research collaboration, joint paper publications in the thrust area identified by scientific bodies like DST,CSIR are envisaged.

University is strengthening the recruitment of faculty members purely for research as a major initiative towards promoting quality research.

Community engagement: Community service-based projects are blended into the teaching learning as promoted by IEEE through its innovative ‘EPICS’

programme. In order to do rural outreach services, impetus is given to each and every

department to carry out some worthy projects. The NSS and NCC unit of KARE also play a vital role in this aspect.

Human Resource planning and development: Human Resource development is one of the important parts of strategic plan of the KARE. Faculty training programmes are strengthened through both in-house FDP/FTP as well as deputing faculty to attend such programmes outside campus.

The plan also incorporates providing opportunities and training to younger faculty members to take up responsibilities in administration, academic activities and research.

Industry Interaction: Towards strengthening institution-industry interaction, plans are envisioned to establish specialized PG programmes in order to fine-tune to the need of the industry. Curriculum design and implementation will have more industry inputs and supports.

The institute plans to strengthen the existing MoUs and also to sign up new MoUs to enable a global connection with KARE.

Internationalization: Faculty members with PhD degree are financially supported to go for Post-doctoral Programmes in reputed universities and research centres abroad.

The plan also envisions increasing exchange of students and faculty members with the overseas universities.

KARE has been turning into a Green Eco Friendly campus.

6.2.2 Describe the university’s internal organizational structure and decision

making processes and their effectiveness. The Institute’s internal organizational structure is depicted in the figure as below:

All the officers of the Institute have administrative freedom to plan various activities concerning their portfolios. *Administration structure in next page.


However, all such activities are placed for discussion and approval at the Staff Council Meeting comprising the Vice Chancellor, Registrar, Deans/Directors and HoDs.

The recommendations of the Finance Committee, Planning and Monitoring Board, Academic Council, University Research Board, International Advisory Committee and IQAC are to be approved by the Board of Management, which are effectively implemented.

HoDs are given full academic and administrative freedom. With the approval of the BOS, and the Academic Council, they can modify the Course Content. HoDs are empowered to adopt suitable Course Delivery and Training Programmes for faculty and students etc.

6.2.3 Does the university have a formal policy to ensure quality? How is it designed, driven, deployed and reviewed? Yes. The Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) has designed and implemented quality policy for faculty development, student performance and research. This is reviewed on a quarterly basis and constructive feedbacks are given to the concerned departments.

Student feedbacks are obtained every semester, analyzed and action taken to fill the gap.

The Office of Controller of Examination has a policy of question paper auditing by external experts for all the courses in each semester. Most of the exam answer scripts are evaluated by external experts.

Academic audit of Departments is done through an appointed special task force by the Office of the Dean (Academic) once a semester.

Alumni feedbacks are also used to improve the quality of all the aspects of university functioning including hostel, library, admission process, transportation etc.

The Departmental Research Committee in each department meets regularly as well as on need basis. Thesis evaluation is done, as a policy, by one eminent examiner within the country and one from overseas, after fulfilling the mandatory requirement of three Scopus publications of which one must be in Thomson Reuters Impact Factor journals as approved by the Office of Dean (Research and Development).


As a policy, there is a regular stock verification of all the equipment, glass ware etc once a year. Items to be condemned are identified and necessary action is taken to remove them from building blocks.

6.2.4 Does the university encourage its academic departments to function independently and autonomously and how does it ensure accountability?

Yes. Each Department is led by a Department Head who is overall responsible for the academic activities of the Department. He/She is supported by faculty members in charge of different Cells like Academic, Research, Students’

Activities, Placement, and Discipline etc. The HoD has the freedom to suggest starting of new programmes and/or

modification of curriculum in the existing programmes. They also have freedom to conduct Faculty Development Programmes, Organization of Conferences, Seminars and Workshops etc for which financial support is offered by the Management upon recommendation of the Vice Chancellor.

The quality of such programmes is ensured by the IQAC office through its quarterly meeting.

The HoD, as the Chairperson of the Department Research Committee (DRC) for assessing the progress of PhD scholars, has freedom within the norms prescribed by the office of Dean (R&D).

Similarly, the HoD, as Chairperson of the Board of Studies (BoS) of the department, has freedom within the norms prescribed by the office of Dean (Academic).

Besides this, once in a year the HoDs and the faculty members of the Departments have to attend review meetings with external experts to assess the output as well as to re-define the direction of progress.

6.2.5 During the last four years, have there been any instances of court cases filed by and against the institute? What were the critical issues and verdicts of the courts on these issues?

There was no court case of critical issue. 6.2.6 How does the university ensure that grievances / complaints are promptly

attended to and resolved effectively? Is there a mechanism to analyse the nature of grievances for promoting better stakeholder-relationship? (a) The KARE has a well established system for addressing the grievances of

students at different level as listed below: Anti-Ragging Committee is intended to ensure a ragging-free campus.

KARE is proud to declare that so far no cases of ragging are reported by any students on campus.

Anti-discrimination committee: In order to create an academic environment that encourages diversified options for living and learning and to eradicate discrimination in any form, KARE adopts several guidelines for the prevention of discrimination on campus.

Examination Monitoring and Grievances Redressal Cell (EMGRC): All the matters concerning examination grievances are addressed promptly by this cell through periodic meetings.

Women’s Redressal Cell looks after any grievances from girl children. The Discipline Cell looks after all the grievance cases reported in the

matter of student discipline in the campus.


Students can also directly approach with their grievances directly to the Vice Chancellor or any of the administrative Deans.

Faculty Advisory System helps in solving student grievances. (b) The KARE addresses the grievances of faculty through Dean (Faculty

Affairs). (c) Parent Teacher Association (PTA) General Body constitutes a committee

comprising one parent from each year, to address the grievances of the parents.

(d) Alumni Association organizes meeting once in a year to promote better relationship with alumni.

(e) Industry Advisory Board of our KARE addresses the industry needs.

6.2.7 Does the university have a mechanism for analyzing student feedback on institutional performance? If yes, what was the institutional response? The university has a mechanism to obtain students’ feedback in every

semester on the teaching – learning processes through the Centre for Learning Technology (CLT) of the university.

This feedback is analyzed and the HoDs are directed to take necessary action. Besides, Exit Survey/Graduate Survey feedback is taken by the Alumni Office

on the graduation day from students on all the aspects of KARE functioning such as hostel, transportation, library, infrastructure, admission process etc, besides teaching/curriculum.

Course Exit Surveys is taken by individual departments to get the feedback about each course and the collective feedback is analyzed by Programme Assessment Committee.

From the academic year 2013-14, the analysis of these feedbacks is taken by IQAC Office, and suggestions are given to the Management for improving the system.

6.2.8 Does the university conduct performance audit of the various departments? Yes. The audit is conducted once a year for all the faculty members.

A separate auditing is done for faculty members who draw professional development allowances for research by external experts.

Besides, the IQAC conducts review quarterly for the academic and administrative activities for all the departments.

The academic performance is also audited by office of Dean Academic thrice in a semester.

6.2.9 What mechanisms have been evolved by the university to identify the developmental needs of its affiliated institutions?

NOT APPLICABLE 6.2.10 Does the university have a vibrant College Development Council (CDC) /

Board of College and University Development (BCUD)? If yes, detail its structure, functions and achievements. KARE has a Board of Management and a Planning and Monitoring Board. The details of its structure, functions and achievements are given below:

The Board of Management is led by the Chancellor. The Vice Chancellor works under the leadership of the Chancellor to put in place the policy framework for governing the institution with a view to fulfill the Vision and Mission.


The Board of Management which includes representatives from the Trust, Academia along with senior faculty members, who approves the policy framework and issue guidelines for implementation. The Registrar ensures that the policies framed and approved by the Board of Management are implemented by the various administrative and academic units of KARE.

The Deans are entrusted with the task of framing domain-specific policies to be implemented horizontally across the various disciplines of the Institute.

The Directors, with special emphasis on selective domain, bring in niche area for development into academic, research, continuous learning and extension activities. They exercise vertical control over the academic and administrative functions of their units.

Thus, while the leadership functions of the University are implemented by the Senior Management, much emphasis is given on the decentralization of rules and responsibilities. Whenever possible, the bottom-up approach is followed through inputs provided by faculty committees.

6.3 Faculty Empowerment Strategies 6.3.1. What efforts have been made to enhance the professional development of teaching and non teaching staff?

University and the Management have taken efforts to enhance professional competency of the faculty members through various development activities- Centre for Learning Technology (CLT) Organization of Faculty Development Program, Conferences, Seminars,

Workshops, etc Sponsorship to Higher Studies (PG to Ph D, PhD to Post Doctoral Fellowships) Sponsorship to attend Conferences/FDP/ Workshop/Seminars/Guest Lectures Assistance to visit / interact with Industry Cadre wise incentives for doing research as listed below

Cadre Amount Sanctioned Per Month Senior Professor Rs. 25,000/-

Professor Rs. 20,000/-

Associate Professor Rs. 15,000/-

Assistant Professor Rs. 10,000/-

Research Scholars Rs. 2,500/-

Teaching and Research competency award for the faculty. Regular orientation/recharge/leadership programmes for top level faculty. Computer literacy programmes for non-teaching staff. Training for Non-teaching staff and supports training outside through sponsorship

6.3.2. What is the outcome of the review of various appraisal methods used by the University? List the important decisions.

The University has various appraisal methods like faculty review, Professional Development Allowance review (PDA) and IQAC audit to assess the quality attainment. The following are the important decisions. Encourage the faculty to attend workshops/conferences at reputed institutions. Encourage the research supervisors in getting funded projects and consultancy

activities.


Encourage research publications in non-paid Scopus and SCI indexed journals.

Encourage student’s participation for workshop, conferences, patent filing and project contest at national/international level.

Conduct students contest to increase the competency of the student’s

performance. Senior faculty to assist the development of junior faculty in terms of

publications and proposals submitted to various funding agencies. Assistant Professors need to be involved in Institute-level activities for

enhancing their administrative activities / abilities Achievements: Ranked 7th in terms of Quantity and Quality Research output among Private

Universities in the Country-as per SIR World Report. h index of University is 38. AKCE-Journal of Graphs and Combinatorics is jointly published by Elsevier

from 2015 onwards and indexed in SCOPUS from 2011 onwards. Increase in the in-take of our students for higher studies at foreign

universities. Pouring-in recognition for our faculty from overseas universities and Indian

premiere institutions, funding agencies (one of our eminent faculty Prof. S.Arumugam is recognized as PAC member of DST).

Faculty with teaching and research competencies are rewarded with monetary benefits and double promotions.

Increase in the student’s placement.

6.3.3. What are the welfare schemes available for teaching and non teaching staff? What percentage of staff have benefited from these schemes in the last four years? Give details.

The following facilities are available for teaching and non-teaching staff in the institute: Medical facility on campus with doctor available round the clock. Medical Leave. Sabbatical leave for higher studies. Free Medical Care for staff and the family members. Free accommodation for faculty staying in hostels. Staff members in need are also provided with residential quarters within the

campus. Contribution for Employees Provident Fund Maternity Leave. School Admission to the Wards Fee concession for wards of the staff members who are joining in KARE. Fee concession for transport facility to non teaching members. Revenue share for the faculty in consultancy projects. Higher monetary benefits to faculty with competency in teaching and research. Almost every employee has benefited from the institute with the above mentioned facility.


6.3.4 What are the measures taken by the University for attracting and retaining eminent faculty? The following are the measures taken by the University for attracting and retaining eminent faculty. Industry competitive salary. A pleasing environment to serve and free working environment, wherein

faculty can enjoy pursuing excellence. Plenty of opportunity for self-development. A robust incentive for publication in reputed journals. A good amount of incentives in terms of increments and promotion for better

performers. Freedom for consulting work. Registration Fee, Travel and Dearness Allowance for attending Conferences Travel and Dearness Allowance for presenting projects to obtain funds Transport Facilities to visit industries to seek Consultancy assignments and

incentives for Funded Projects. Admission to the wards of the faculty in the Schools (State Board and CBSE) Admission to the wards of the faculty in KARE, and its Sister institution. Faculty internship.

6.3.5 Has the university conducted a gender audit during the last four years? If yes, mention a few salient findings.

KARE makes efforts to maintain gender balance among the faculty members by taking in more number of lady faculty members due to the increase in number of female students. Following table shows the presence of lady faculty members for the past 4 years.

Academic Year Total Faculty Members

No. of Lady Faculty Members

% of Lady Faculty Members

2011 - 12 380 134 35 2012 - 13 276 92 33 2013 - 14 238 95 39 2014 - 15 262 87 33 2015-2016 382 117 30.62

6.3.6. Does the university conduct any gender sensitization programmes for its faculty? Yes, the institute has organized gender sensitization programmes for students, faculty, and non-teaching staff. The institute also organized seminar on women empowerment and celebrated

women’s day on July 29, 2015. Also, our institute has organized one day workshop on “Save Women from

Cancer”, on 9th October 2014.

6.3.7 What is the impact of the university’s Academic Staff College Programmes in enhancing the competencies of the university faculty? The Centre for Learning Technologies is taking necessary measures to

improve the competency levels of the faculty through periodical events. The English proficiency of the faculty members are mentored through BEC

(Business English Certification) Examination.


Prominent resource persons are called in to enlighten our faculty, ultimately resulting in effective teaching-learning and research processes.

Orientation programmes such as Mission 10X and Watch your Lectures, help in enhancing the teaching competencies among the faculty.

Through quality research, h index of our University is 38.

6.4 Financial Management and Resource Mobilization

6.4.1 What is the institutional mechanism available to monitor the effective and efficient use of financial resources?

Financial resources of the institution are monitored by internal control and internal audit. A Financial Committee comprising of higher officials meets once in six months to discuss the effective and efficient use of financial resources.

6.4.2 Does the university have a mechanism for internal and external audit? Give details.

Yes, a mechanism is in place for internal and external audit. Internal auditor is in-charge of the financial income and expenditure and external audit is done regularly.

6.4.3 Are the institution’s accounts audited regularly? Have there been any major

audit objections, if so, how were they addressed? Yes, the accounts of the institution are audited regularly by external auditor twice

a year. No major objection has been reported in the audit.

6.4.4 Provide the audited income and expenditure statement of academic and administrative activities of the last four years.

The audited statement of income and expenditure for four years is enclosed.

6.4.5 Narrate the efforts taken by the University for Resource Mobilization.

The KARE attains its major resource from the fees paid by the students and fund from its trust.

Sponsored projects received by the faculty for research grants are utilized for various research activities.

Financial resources are also obtained through consultancies and MoUs with industries through Industry-Institute interaction (e.g. One third of contribution is from industry for establishing TIFAC-CORE in Network Engineering).

Sponsorship from Alumni.

6.4.6 Is there any provision for the university to create a corpus fund? If yes, give details.

Yes, corpus fund has been created for the KARE for five crores and the copy of the fixed deposit is enclosed.

6.5 Internal Quality Assurance System

6.5.1 Does the university conduct an academic audit of its departments? If yes, give details. Yes. The university has a three tier system of academic auditing of all the departments.

Internal auditing is done through the office of Dean (Academic) twice a semester. The Dean (Academic) constitutes a team of senior faculty to complete this task.

External auditing is done through the office of Controller of Examination at the end of each semester for two faculty members in each department. The low-scoring faculty members are chosen for the auditing.


The IQAC analyzes the academic performance of both the faculty and students once in three months.

Besides this, the office of Vice Chancellor also conducts an academic audit cum promotion review once a year with the help of external experts (concerning each department).

6.5.2 Based on the recommendations of the academic audit, what specific measures have been taken by the university to improve teaching, learning and evaluation?

Teaching, learning, and evaluation gap are discussed with the faculty members, and measures for improvement are undertaken.

Mapping of learning outcome with each session is executed, which helped in better achievement of learning goals.

6.5.3 Is there a central body within the university to continuously review the teaching learning process? Give details of its structure, methodologies of operations and outcome? Yes.

The academic office constitutes academic audit of each department with a perfect shuffle of senior faculty members, to ensure effective teaching learning process.

The auditing team is comprised of three internal faculty members, who review the course structure, content delivery and assignments.

The academic office collects the syllabus coverage details before the sessional examinations. Extra classes are scheduled if there is any deviation found for the subjects.

The result analysis is done by Chairperson during class committee meetings and special coaching classes are scheduled for the slow learners.

6.5.4 How has IQAC contributed to institutionalizing quality assurance strategies and processes?

The IQAC has identified various quality parameters (related to faculty improvement, research, and student development) based on which each department has to be assessed on a quarterly basis. Further, the IQAC has also come up with a detailed assessment metrics for each of these quality parameters. These metrics help the department to plan their internal quality enhancement strategies in all aspects. On a quarterly basis, departments are also ranked based on the metrics in terms of faculty, students, research and consultancy, organization of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities, academic performance and departmental level meetings.

6.5.5 How many decisions of the IQAC have been placed before the statutory authorities of the University for implementation?

The text detailing all the decisions of the IQAC listed down in the quarterly IQAC meeting, with IQAC external and internal members, is placed before the Board of Management for discussion and implementation. A list of selected major suggestions from IQAC which has been accepted and implemented is: Acceptance of the quality metrics for quality parameter assessment A major change in the curriculum structure by incorporating the concept of

one–credit courses, project component in lab courses and practical component in theory courses.

Initiation of IAS training academy inside the KARE campus.


Initiation of diploma courses in Classical Music and Classical Dance. Initiatives towards establishment of International Research Centre. Initiative towards the active functioning of Entrepreneur Development Cell. Initiatives towards EPICS in IEEE implementation in curriculum. Participation of students in Summer Fellowship/Internship Program.

6.5.6 Does the IQAC have external members on its committees? If so, mention any significant contribution made by such members.

Yes. The IQAC has 3 external members, one representing academia, industry and NGO. The members are changed once in a period of three years. Some of the significant suggestions made by external members are listed as below: To conduct sponsored workshops/seminars on quality theme. Consequently,

the IQAC has conducted a two days national Workshop on “Role of

Information Communication Technology (Green Cloud- Green Data- Green Networking) in Overall Institutional Quality Development” during July 4th & 5th 2014.

To introduce opportunities for On-line Courses for students. This has been discussed in the Academic Council and students are given credit for completing interested courses through on-line (NPTEL, EDEX, COURSERA etc) in-lieu of classroom teaching. Recently, NPTEL Study Centre has been established to promote such initiatives.

6.5.7 Has the IQAC conducted any study on the incremental academic growth of students from disadvantaged sections of society? Yes, the office of IQAC conducted the survey for the academic performance of SC students.

Year SC

Admitted Passed 2013-2014 56 51

2014-2015 61 57

6.5.8 What policies are in place for the periodic review of administrative and academic departments, subject areas, research centres, etc.?

Once in three months, the office of IQAC conducts review meeting for the departments to evaluate the performance in terms of administrative and academic departments, subject areas and research activities and rank the departments. The office of Research and Development conducts Professional Development

Allowance (PDA) review once a year to take stock of the progress of research scholars and supervisors who are drawing PDA allowance.

The faculty review is also conducted by the management once in a year to review the contributions of a faculty in academic, research and administration front. Based on the performance, the faculty are promoted and rewarded with additional increments.

The Office of Academics conducts internal and external expert review. Every department has a Department Research Committee (DRC) which

conducts a research progress meeting once in every six months for the research scholars in their department.


CRITERION VII: INNOVATION AND BEST PRACTICES 7.1 Environment Consciousness

7.1.1 Does the university conduct a Green Audit of its campus?

Yes. Green Audit is conducted in phased manner in the campus. Energy audit is conducted at Central Library and Nelson Mandela Hostel. In addition to Green audit the following activities are carried out inside the campus. 1. NSS volunteers from the department of CSE organized the “Go Green Save the

Nature” Programme 2. NSS volunteers from Biotech organized "Campus Cleaning Programme” inside the KARE campus 3. CSE Dept. organized a Tree Plantation programme inside the KARE campus Energy audit conducted in the campus resulted in replacement of all energy consuming lighting incandescent lamps to energy saving CFL lamps. All new buildings are also fitted with energy saving bulbs. New street lightings are fitted with solar lamps are the effect of green audit of its campus.

7.1.2 What are the initiatives taken by the university to make the campus eco-friendly?

Energy conservation Energy audit and electrical energy related carbon emission study were conducted by the students of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering department under the guidance of BEE certified energy auditor. Under the recommendation, the university electrical maintenance department has carried out the following measures to conserve electrical energy.

(a) Replace 36 W CFL with 15 W LEDs (b) Install T-5 lights in hostels, Academic block and all offices (c) Switch off UPS after office hours in central library (d) Reduce the lighting level by switching of redundant light (e) The estimated saving by implementing all the above measures is 16,700 units

(kWh) of electricity per annum. Corresponding CO2 emission reduction is 16.87 tCO2 per year

University has planned to install energy efficient super fans in all class rooms and office rooms in a phased manner to reduce energy consumption. Proposed other measures are:

(a) Timer for street light (b) Installation of star rated (5 star) geysers in university guest house

(Already installed in few rooms) (c) Remote monitoring of electricity in each hostel, administrative and academic

blocks for close control of electricity use (d) Energy audit is being taken up in hostels and in all other academic buildings

by the students of Mechanical and Electrical engineering department as project works in a phased manner.

Use of renewable energy The university uses stand-alone solar street lights replacing conventional lights. There are a total of 55 solar street lights of 11W each. This has reduced electricity use by 2200 units per annum and carbon emission of 2.42 tCO2 per annum. A biogas plant of


4 m3 capacity (Year of installation 2008) is installed to generate biogas from kitchen waste. The biogas is used for hot water generation for kitchen use.

Water harvesting (a) The university has installed rain water harvesting system in all academic,

administration, and guest house and hostel buildings. The rain water collected is used to recharge the bore wells.

(b) The waste water coming from hostels are treated in water treatment plant of 4,00,000 liters/day capacity (installed in the year 2005) and recycled for gardening purpose.

Check dam construction The university has 3 check dams within the campus area.

Efforts for Carbon neutrality To achieve carbon neutrality, the university keeps planting more trees and increases the surface of green lawn. The university Nature Club has planted one lakh saplings at various locations in and around the university in the last four years. To reduce the paper usage all circulars from VC office and other departments are sent through electronic media vis e-mail/SMS and this has reduced the usage of paper significantly. The university is moving towards paperless administration to reduce its carbon foot print and moving towards carbon neutrality.

Plantation Plantation is a continuous process and the university campus is filled with trees and green lawns. There is Nature club run by the students which actively involved in plantation and increasing the green cover within the campus. A separate nursery garden is maintained in university campus to cultivate plants and is replanted within the campus on a regular basis.

Hazardous waste management Used oil from hostels and transport department are disposed safely through vendors.

E-waste Management All e-wastes are disposed in the following manner:

Donating to needy nearby rural community and schools To re-use for training of our own and sister institute students Disposed through vendors

7.2 Innovations 7.2.1 Give details of innovations introduced during the last four years which have

created a positive impact on the functioning of the university. There are many innovations that are introduced and which are seen to have very

highly positive impacts in the university. Some of the innovations introduced are quite recent, and its full impact will be seen in near future. (a) Teaching – Learning – Evaluation

We have introduced very recently one credit courses which will be handled by experts from industries or scientists from research labs with an aim to train students in the recent technological development in the field. The interest shown by the students to register for these courses clearly indicates its impact in terms of how well the student community is receptive about the initiative. In order to impart skill oriented training, we have also introduced the

concept of ‘project work in lab’ and ‘practical component in theory


courses’. The university offers MOOC courses, NPTEL courses and

community based projects to enrich the teaching and learning process. In addition, the university operates from 9 AM to 9 PM to maintain effective learning atmosphere in the campus. This innovative concept is very well tuned to the recent UGC recommendation to the universities to focus on skill development of its graduates.

Over the years, KARE also introduced many innovative and industry oriented professional courses namely MBA (Actuarial Science), B.Tech (Automobile Engineering), B.Tech (Food Technology), M.Tech (Industrial Safety Engineering), a special B.Ed program for Hearing Impaired, B.Arch, M.Arch, to name a few.

Many inter-disciplinary courses are also being offered such as Integrated M.Sc (Mathematics and Computer Science), B.Tech (ICT), M.Tech (Pharmaceutical Biotechnology), M.Tech (Information Assurance and Security) etc.

In view of offering skilled manpower training to industry employees, a special M.Tech (Manufacturing) is designed only for employees of M/s. Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited (TAFE), Madurai.

KARE has made complete automation of examination process from online registration till the declaration of results. To make the examination – evaluation system more transparent, dummy number system in the answer scripts is introduced and systems of external auditing of question papers were introduced four years ago. In the last two years, more reformatory steps were undertaken such as external question paper setting and external valuation.

Founder Chairman Scholarship and Vice Chairman Scholarship scheme are given to one boy and one girl student respectively from the final year for overall top performance in curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular aspects. These students are honoured along with their parents in a public function and this has also boosted the morale of other students also to improve their performance.

Initiative has been taken towards outcome based education system in all the departments. The course plans and lecture delivery methods are all tuned towards this goal. Almost all the departments have defined their vision and mission statements in line with that of the university and identified the program outcomes and program educational objectives.

(b) Research International Research Centre (IRC) has been opened with a view to bring

together all the scientists who are working in the area of material science for which state-of- the art equipment are procured. After the establishment of IRC, the research culture is fast spreading even amongst the UG students who are utilizing the IRC facilities extensively.

In every department, one or more research laboratories are established to support the thrust area of research. This is an innovative initiative which has helped the faculty members to register for PhD (those who don’t have


PhD degree) and take up both basic and applied research. This is also helping the students in each department to imbibe research culture.

Seed money is given to the students who take initiative for innovative student projects.

The number of collaborative research with industries and other reputed institutes at the department level has also increased.

Appointment of full time research faculty with stipend is also another recent innovative initiative towards quality research.

(c) IQAC Quality Assessment Metrics After the formulation of Quality Assurance Metrics by IQAC during 2014-

15, the individual departments are rated on their performance in faculty credentials, student credentials, research and organization of various events on a quarterly basis. A significant improvement is seen both in terms of quantity and quality of output under each of the quality parameters. This is one of the major innovative initiatives taken by the university.

Towards quality improvement, senior faculty members (including various Deans) are regularly deputed to attend workshops/seminars conducted by reputed national /international level bodies in quality enhancement, and suggest strategies and plans to implement them in the university. Many such initiatives are taken in the recent past.

(d) Miscellaneous In order to provide a cultural unity amongst the students, the university

has taken an initiative to celebrate all the major festivals of all states and religion like Pongal, Holi, Onam, Bakrid etc. This initiative is quite successful.

In order to promote and support students’ involvement in sports, KARE has become an official associate partner of Rajasthan Royals IPL T20 cricket team. This is one of the most innovative initiatives taken for the first time in the country by any university.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Cell (IEDC) is another good initiative by the university in encouraging students towards entrepreneurship. Over the years, the cell has started functioning very effectively, and is supporting many innovative student projects by DST funding. IEDC has also organized many awareness camps for the students.

7.3 Best Practice 7.3.1 Give details of any two best practices which have contributed to better

academic and administrative functioning of the university. Best Practice – I 1. Title of the Practice

Integrated Overall Skill Development through Non-CGPA Courses 2. Objectives of the Practices

The primary objective of this practice is to provide a platform for students to excel in their activities outside the academic curriculum.

The non-CGPA courses include in-plant training, industry lectures, soft skills, international certifications, co-curricular activities, extra-curricular activities,


sports, NCC, NSS, international proficiency exams like TOEFL, GRE, CAT, GMAT, GATE and learning foreign languages like German, Romanian, Korean etc.

These non-CGPA courses help students to get good industry exposure, gain soft skills and become eligible for higher studies in India/abroad.

3. The Context The scenario in higher education worldwide is changing from conventional output

based education to outcome based education wherein a student is expected to possess certain attributes at the time of graduation as prescribed by NBA (called Graduate Attributes). These include aspects covering academia (quality as engineers and researchers), contribution to society and community (engineer and society; environment and sustainability) and employability (ethics; individual and team work; communication; project management; lifelong learning). The non-CGPA courses are so designed that it can cater to the needs of employability and contribution to society and community so that the students are better prepared to face the ever increasing challenges in the corporate sector.

4. The Practice The Non-CGPA courses are classified into 4 major groups. Each student has to

mandatorily take at least one course from each group and a total of 6 courses (18 credits) to qualify for non-CGPA requirements.

Group – I courses include Industrial Training (students are exposed to various processes/technologies adopted in the industry), Advanced Industrial Training (besides exposure to processes/technologies; specification of equipment/tools student was trained in; alternatives available for the processes/services based on literature review and discussion with industrial experts; advanced technologies available for specific domain and special focus on testing/quality/safety/maintenance/environmental issues etc) and Industrial lectures by experts from industries (minimum 6). Both the industrial training is of two weeks duration.

Group-II courses include soft skill training (personality grooming and communication skills; analytical and problem solving skills and presentation skills/GD/interview skills – all these are planned over a span of 3.5 years), international certification courses (IBM certifications, MySQL, LabView from NI etc), co-curricular activities (any three out of the following four options viz., professional society membership and participation in activities; paper presentation/publication; value-added courses and mini-projects/model development).

Group-III courses include sports (minimum 40 hours with 80% attendance), National Cadet Corps (with a common syllabus for all the 4 years of UG consisting of national integration; drill; weapon training; leadership; disaster management; social service; health and hygiene; adventure activities; environmental and ecology; self defence and posture training – all of which are covered in the regular 40 parades and in special classes), National Service Scheme (a student should have put 240 hours in a period of 2 years which includes orientation course, campus work and community service contributing 60 hours per semester; in addition, one annual special camp), extra-curricular


activities (includes as activities as prescribed by departments/clubs which include photography, music, dance, literature club, quiz club, nature club etc).

Group-IV courses include English proficiency certification (BEC; TOEFL; IELTS), Aptitude proficiency certification (GRE; GMAT; GATE; CAT; NAC-Tech; TANCET) and other languages (foreign language; Hindi etc).

The non-CGPA course at KARE is integrated as a mandatory part of B.Tech Curriculum and is therefore unique in the context of Indian higher education.

S. No Group Category Min. Credit Requirement

1 Group I

Industrial Training 3 2 Advanced Industrial Training

3 Industrial Lectures 4

Group II Soft Skills

3 5 International Certification 6 Co-curricular Activities 7

Group III

Sports

3 8 NCC 9 NSS 10 Extracurricular Activities 11

Group IV English Proficiency Certification

3 12 Aptitude Proficiency Certification 13 Foreign Languages

Total Requirement of credits 18 5. Evidence of Success

Since, non-CGPA is mandatory for all the students to be eligible for getting their degree, it has 100% success.

Besides, the feedbacks from the recruiters, distinguished visitor and eminent person visiting the campus have been very encouraging on the performance of our students in communication skills, presentation skills etc. This leads to successful recruitment done by 77 employers who visited our campus last year and recruited 1367 students.

6. Problems Encountered and Resources Required The main problem for the student is to plan and manage time to complete the 18

credits on time, particularly in foreign languages category. The university offers Korean and Romanian language through professor from

South Korea and Romania respectively through contact mode. In general, the University is creating all the possible avenues to offer all supports required for timely completion of the course.

Best Practice – II 1. Title of the Practices

Speech and Hearing Impairment Programme (SHIP) 2. Objectives of the Practices

To impart Technical education to the differently able students. To make these students employable


To make the students excel in the chosen field of interest. To provide equal opportunity in technical education for differently able students To equip them with the adequate skills for employability.

3. The Context KARE is the first Technical Institute to offer special B.Tech. Programs in the

whole of Asia for children with speech and hearing impairment. Although with great potential for technical competence, there are no opportunities available for such students for technical training. This special programme was formally inaugurated by the then President of India, Hon. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on 5th January 2007. The medium of instruction is English. During the first two years of study, the students are prepared for Senior Secondary Examination conducted by NIOS (National Institute of Open Schooling, MHRD, Govt of India). These students are given an option to specialize in one of the following branches: Computer Science & Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Civil Engineering & Information Technology. The Institute also has Speech and Audiology lab to monitor and enhance the speech and hearing levels of these students.

4. The Practice Bilingual-Bicultural: In this approach, American Sign Language is the only

method used in the classroom. Traditional English is taught through exposure to printed words on paper.

Auditory/Oral: This teaching approach does not use sign language, but instead teaches the English Language through residual hearing and speech.

Total Communication: This method combines auditory and visual communication for instruction. A combination of sign systems is used, including American Sign Language, signed English, speech and sign language used simultaneously, cued speech and/or other communication methods.

Active learning: Peer instruction, discussion groups and collaborative problem solving

Assistive Technical Capabilities: FM Systems which amplify sound from an instructor’s microphone for maximizing auditory abilities for those students with

some degree of hearing

5. Evidence of Success - Placement Records 2012-2013

1 CSE SHIP Ananthlaskhmi B. S. Acire Technologies 2 CSE SHIP Deepa nair V.S Acire Technologies 3 CSE SHIP Madhu mathi N. Acire Technologies 4 CSE SHIP Periyasamy M. Acire Technologies 5 CSE SHIP Sabari venkatesh V. T Acire Technologies 6 CSE SHIP Srimathi S. Acire Technologies 7 CSE SHIP Sriram krishna thulasi Acire Technologies 8 CSE SHIP Maha raja S. Acire Technologies 9 CSE SHIP Sundar S. CGI 10 CSE SHIP Mani kandan M. CGI


11 CSE SHIP Madhu mathi N. CGI 12 CSE SHIP Madhu mathi N. Scope International 13 CSE SHIP Venu rakesh V. Scope International 14 Mech SHIP Mathan kumar .V Scope International 15 CSE SHIP Mani kandan M. Scope International 16 CSE SHIP Haja jahabar sahib M. Scope International 17 CSE SHIP Monica R. Scope International 18 CSE SHIP Deepika.V Sutherland Global Services 19 CSE SHIP Madhu mathi N. Sutherland Global Services 20 CSE SHIP Mani kandan M. Sutherland Global Services 21 CSE SHIP Monica R. Sutherland Global Services 22 CSE SHIP Renisha R. Sutherland Global Services 23 CSE SHIP Sabari venkatesh V. T Sutherland Global Services 24 CSE SHIP Shobana T. Sutherland Global Services 25 CSE SHIP Sirish babu T G. Sutherland Global Services 26 CSE SHIP Soniya C. Sutherland Global Services 27 Mech SHIP Annamalai P. Sutherland Global Services 28 Mech SHIP Ramesh V. Sutherland Global Services 29 CSE SHIP Haffiz T.M. Sutherland Global Services

2013-2014 1 CSE SHIP J. kishore Trust RCM 2 CSE SHIP S. Saranya Trust RCM 3 CSE SHIP Amjesh jose Trust RCM 4 CSE SHIP R. Ashok Gowtham Trust RCM 5 CSE SHIP B. Balachander Trust RCM 6 CSE SHIP Devashish Trust RCM 7 CSE SHIP M. Easwar Trust RCM 8 CSE SHIP M. Ganesh Kumar Trust RCM 9 CSE SHIP B. Kohila Trust RCM 10 CSE SHIP V. Rajkumar Trust RCM 11 CSE SHIP M. Rajavignesh Trust RCM 12 CSE SHIP C.Ranjini Trust RCM 13 CSE SHIP G. Sugnaya Trust RCM 14 CSE SHIP S.Somasundaram Trust RCM 15 CSE SHIP T. Saianand Prasath Trust RCM 16 CSE SHIP M.D Vinoth Kumar Trust RCM 17 CSE SHIP B. Yoven Bharatharaj Trust RCM 18 Mech SHIP N. Yuvaraj Trust RCM 19 Mech SHIP S. Nagim Fazil Trust RCM 20 Mech SHIP L. Venkatesh Trust RCM 21 Mech SHIP S.Nagarajan Trust RCM


22 Mech SHIP M. Thamilmani Trust RCM 23 Mech SHIP M. Easwaran Trust RCM 24 Mech SHIP D. Mohammed Sidque Trust RCM 25 Mech SHIP T. Vijay Trust RCM

2014-2015 1 CSE SHIP Ammu P.S Indian Association for the Blind 2 CSE SHIP Rekha R Indian Association for the Blind 3 CSE SHIP Annie R Indian Association for the Blind 4 CSE SHIP Dhanalakshmi G Indian Association for the Blind 5 CSE SHIP Pandimurugan S Indian Association for the Blind 6 CSE SHIP Santhosh A Indian Association for the Blind 7 CSE SHIP Renia zainabha TNQ Books 8 CSE SHIP Sabarinath P TNQ Books 9 CSE SHIP Zuhaina khadheeja M TNQ Books / Ernst & Young Services 10 CSE SHIP Sathya S Trust RCM 11 CSE SHIP Thirumanrajani R Trust RCM / Indian Association 12 CSE SHIP Annalakshmi P Trust RCM / TNQ 13 MECH SHIP Selva ganesh Indian Association for the Blind 14 MECH SHIP Manikandan R. N. Indian Association for the Blind 15 MECH SHIP Pranesh K Indian Association for the Blind 16 MECH SHIP Arulanantham E Indian Association for the Blind 17 MECH SHIP Noorullah K. Indian Association for the Blind 18 MECH SHIP Prabhakaran K Indian Association for the Blind 19 MECH SHIP Shivaramakrishnan G Indian Association for the Blind 20 MECH SHIP Vishnu pranavan R Indian Association for the Blind 21 MECH SHIP Chandra sekar S Trust RCM 22 MECH SHIP Gopinath P Trust RCM 23 MECH SHIP Tamilarasan T Trust RCM 6. Problems Encountered and Resources Required

Hearing impaired students are slow learners and hence frequent repetition of lessons is required.

Teaching English language is not easy as these students are exempted from one language at the school level.

Students find difficulty in assimilating concepts and remembering them for long Non availability of proper sign language for technical terms. Sensitive to environment. Resources required Development of proper sign language for technical terms. Assistive technologies for both learning and living environment. Speech to sign converter and interpreter (software). ICT tools tailored to hearing impaired students. E-learning content suitable for H.I students.


Best Practice – III 1. Title of the Practice

Semester Long Industrial Project

2. Objectives of the Practices The primary objectives of this practice are: To identify field problems that need technical solutions and to learn relevant new

technologies/processes to analyze and solve such problems. To provide an opportunity to students to experience the work culture of the

industry by being part of it. To learn practical skills such as project management, team spirit, communication To motivate students sprit of research in terms of publication in reputed

conferences and journals.

3. The Context KARE strongly believes in that the effectiveness of engineering training imparted

to students is most appropriately tested by their involvement in taking up and completing a technically useful project work. An engineer should be a designer, thinker, innovator and system integrator, and for this to happen he/she should be allowed to independently put together all aspects of learning to solve a practical problem. The best way to provide such opportunity is to allow the students to become a part of work that is being implemented in an industry or in a research lab. The most challenging issue in implementing this practice is the difficulty in facilitating those students who have backlog course which mandates their presence in the campus. The university has tried to address this issue to a great degree by providing choice to the students to choose the project either in the 7th or 8th semester.

4. The Practice The project work is of a semester long duration without any other additional

course work load on the student except a self study course (which can even be online course) so that the student is completely free and fully focused on the project work.

By the end of 6th semester (for students who want to opt for project in 7th semester) or at the end of 7th semester (for students who want to opt for project in the 8th semester), the students’ either with the help of their faculty advisors or on

their own interest should finalize the industry or the research lab in which they are interested in doing the project.

The Head of Department constitutes a Project Review Committee which scrutinizes such applications and recommends the HoD. After the approval from HoD, application is submitted to the Coordinator (Corporate Relations) for final approval. For each project, ideally 3-4 students are there in a batch who will have one external guide (in the industry) as the main guide and one internal faculty (in the department) as the co-guide.

The title and quantum of work to be done in the project are decided in mutual consultation with both the external and internal guides. The progress of the students in the project work is assessed by the Project Review Committee through three periodical reviews either by visiting the industry site or by inviting the


students to the campus. However, the students are free to contact their internal guide or any other faculty member any number of times during their project work. This system ensures that the project is not completed in the last few days but is carried systematically throughout the semester.

In case, a particular project work is not found to show satisfactory progress during the intermediate assessment, the Project Review Committee can recommend for converting it to fully internal on-campus project.

The students are trained in doing detailed literature reviews and connecting what they learn to the problem they intend to solve. Many students have learnt upcoming technologies by such exposure to industries.

The semester long project system as envisaged in the curriculum of KARE is unique to achieve most of the graduate attributes that are expected from a student as recommended by NBA.

5. Evidence of Success It is observed that about 40 – 50% students opt for external projects with a tie up

in industry or a research lab. Every year, students’ come up with innovative solutions to problems and also

publish their project work in reputed conferences and journals. A sample list of completed projects is given below. Details are kept in individual

departments which can be seen during the committee visit to the campus.

S.No Dept Name of the Students Name of the Company

1 Biotech Alieschristopreethi.B Sivakami Subhashini.T

Unibiosys Biotech Research Institute, Cochin,Kerela

2 Civil Princyprema Rani CECRI, KARAIKUDI

3 CSE M.A.Rajavel R.Selvavignesh

Link ware technologies Private limited, Chennai

4 ECE G.Selvavignesh Vernalis, Madurai

5 EEE A.Domnic Delfiya K.Anusiya

Epaxes Industrial Automation, Chennai

6 EIE Alagesh Kanna Southern railways, Madurai

7 IT B.Goutham, R.Guruvenkatesh E.Joelroymathew

Trinitive, Chennai

8 MECH

Velmurugan, Vinothkumar Senthamil selvam

Fertilizer and Chemicals, Travancore Ltd, Cochin.

9 MBA P.A.Abdull Malik AVR Manufacturers, Chennai

6. Problems Encountered and Resources Required One of the challenges faced in financing such projects as of now is that, the

students have to bear their travel, stay and any other expenditure related to the project work, and this sometimes become difficult for students coming from economically weaker section of society. Such students, though very much interested, are not able to choose industry oriented projects.

For students who opt for project work in 8th semester, it sometimes become difficult to fully concentrate on the project work if they have to visit the campus for taking part in campus recruitment programmes etc.