To develop a Quality Conscious System of Technical Education where excellence, relevance to market needs and participation by all stake holders are the major determinants. NBA is dedicated to building a technical education system, as vendors of human resources that will match the national goals of growth by competence, contributions to economy through competitiveness and compatibility to societal development. NBA will provide the Quality bench marks targeted at Global and National Stockpile of human capital in all fields.
Literally Accreditation means Recognition and Guarantee of minimum quality
NBA is a process of quality assurance, giving credit where it is due for some clearly visible and demonstrable strategies of academic activities and objectives of the institutions, known to be honestly pursued and efficiently achieved by the resources currently available with a potential for continuous improvement in quality.
COMPREHENSIVE REPORT OF THE NBA ACCREDITATION VISIT TO ST.MARY’S COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, HYDERABAD, ANDHRA PRADESH
| 1.0 P reamble |
| In accordance with AICTE’s communication of F.No./NBA/ ACCR-1024/08, dated June 11, 2008 a visit of the NBA expert committee was conducted between 27-29 June,2008 for considering the proposal of three UG programmes to St. Mary’s College of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad. The programmes included B.Tech in (1) Computer Science & Engineering (2) Electronics & Communication Engineering, and (3) Information Technology. I was the Chairman of the team. The schedule of the visit was kept in accordance with the one mentioned in the Manual of Accreditation. |
2.0 Detailed Reports, Guidelines for awarding marks and
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| After a detailed presentation made by the Institute about the activities and facilities of the Institute, visits were conducted by the Experts to the concerned departments, laboratories as well as central facilities available in the Institute. Detailed discussions were held with the faculty, non teaching staff, students as well as alumni and parents. All the relevant documents, records and files were gone through minutely. Based on the information sought from the documents as well as from the concerned persons from the Institute, detailed reports were prepared. These reports along with the relevant work sheets are enclosed herewith. |
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| 3.0 M y General Observations: |
| Though this was the first accreditation for the Institute, the preparation of the Institute in terms of detailed documents and presentation was outstanding. There was a total cooperation from all the people concerned in the Institute. The Institute is located in a land of 100 acres and has excellent infrastructure in terms of layout, space, cleanliness and maintenance. There is a Boys’ hostel in the campus and the Girls’ hostel is outside the campus in a rented building. The Institute is however constructing a new hostel, so that both the Boys and Girls will have separate hostels in the campus only. The Institute has very good transport facilities for bringing students, faculty and staff from the city. The transport is free for faculty and staff. The presence of a good learning environment is visible throughout the campus. The admission process and academic results are upto the mark and training and placement activity of the Institute is quite effective. Being a minority Institute, the Institute is following the guidelines as provided under the rules for minority Institutions. |
| 4.0 Overall Strengths |
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We at St. Mary’s focus on providing academic calendar to the students well ahead of the commencement of the Semesters. We concentrate more on academic standards and student empowerment by conducting programs such as Guest Lectures, Industrial Tours, Seminars, Workshops, Training Sessions & Pleasure Trips. Harnessing the skills by focusing on the development of individual, professional and personal growth is an important part of life at campus.
Students get ample opportunities to unleash their creative energies and develop skills through sporting events, cultural events, intercollege competitions college festivals, debates, which help them to develop soft skills, like cross cultural communication and networking to understand cultures and lifestyles. Societies and clubs are run by students to suit, all tastes and preferences.
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