Annexure-1

Mandatory Disclosure

Mandatory Disclosure by Institutions running AICTE approved Engineering/ Technology/Pharmacy programmes to be included in their respective Information Brochure, displayed on their website and to be submitted to AICTE every year together with its URL

 

The following information is to be given in the Information Brochure besides being hosted on the Institution’s official Website.

 

“The information has been provided by the concerned institution and the onus of authenticity lies with the institution and not on AICTE.”

 

i.         Name of the Institution

 

 

Ø       Address including telephone, Fax, e-mail.

 

II.                Name & Address of the Director - Address including Phone, Fax, e-mail

 

III.      Name of the Affiliating University

IV.       Governance

v      Members of the Board and their brief background

 

v                        Members of Academic Advisory Body

 

The Academic Monitoring Committee (AMC) has been constituted with the following members to review the Academic performances and achievements of the individual Departments & Staff and to advise the steps to be taken to strengthen the academic activity. 

 

·          Dr. M. Sridhar, Principal & Director (R&D)-Chairman

·          Dr. A. Ramakrishna Rao, Dean (Students’ Welfare), Professor & HOD, AS & H-Convener

·          Dr. M. R. S. Mitra, Professor & HOD, CSE

·          Prof. M. M. S. Prasad, Professor & HOD, ME

·          Mr. V. Srinivasa Rao, Asst Professor & HOD I/c, EEE

·          Mr. B. Chandran Mahesh, Asst Professor & HOD I/c, ECE

·          Ms. K. Sivani Devi, Asst Professor in Physics & Warden (Girls Hostel)

·          Mr. S. Sudheer Kumar, Campus In-Charge

 

v                        Frequency of the Board Meetings and Academic Advisory Body

The Board of Governors will meet at least twice in a year and as frequently as may be required. The Academic Monitoring Committee (AMC) meets at least once in each semester. Its decisions and recommendations are discussed & finalized at the meetings of the Heads of the Departments with Principal as Chairman. The decisions taken are implemented by the Individual Departments.

 

v                        Organizational chart and Processes

Principal is the Academic head of the College. He is assisted by the Dean (Students Welfare) and the Advisory Committees constituted for various functions. A Strong team of supporting staff renders necessary support to the academic activities of the College, as per the schedules and policies laid down by the Pondicherry University, to which this college is affiliated, and by the management of the College. The Organizational Chart is given below.

 

v                  Nature and Extent of involvement of faculty and students in academic affairs/ improvements

 

At the Department level, Head of the Department will organize the Academic Programmes and review the progress of the Academic work, involving the class teacher, and the class student representatives. Faculty members are encouraged to adopt new methods and techniques in teaching. The suggestions from students and teachers are examined and good suggestions are adopted.

 

Students counseling is in practice in the institute. 15 students are attached to each faculty. They meet every week and the member of the faculty In-charge gathers information about their problems and progress in studies and counsels them.

 

v                        Mechanism/Norms & Procedure for democratic/good Governance

 

The Mechanism introduced is student centered, with the objective that the fruits of the various steps taken shall reach the stakeholders – students and the parents. A system of student evaluation has been introduced.  Feedback from the students is taken.

 

Complaint boxes are kept in the College. Each Department undertakes student counseling under a team of competent teachers of the Department. The inputs for improvement are from various forums like students, parents, teachers and visiting experts. They are discussed at various levels. Parents are kept informed of the progress of their wards. Meetings with parents are organized.

 

v                        Student Feedback on Institutional Governance/faculty performance

 

Feedback from the students is taken.  The feedback form used by the students is given below. The performance of the Teachers is assessed based on the Feedback received. Steps are initiated to improve the standards of teaching and of laboratory work.

 

STUDENT FEED BACK FORM

 

Session:                                          Branch:                                        Semester:

 

The feedback given by the students aims at improving the quality of the teacher. The students are to award marks impartially against each subject. Each question is rated on 1-5 points scale i.e., Very Good-5; Good-4; Average-3; Below average-2; Poor-1.

 

THEORY SUBJECTS (T1 TO T8 – Subject Names)	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	T7	T8
1. Ability of the teacher to explain the Basic concepts
2. Teacher's command over the subject
3. Teacher's enthusiasm and capability to cite examples & clear doubts
4. Accessibility of the teacher outside the class
5. Interaction with the students during the semester
6. Teacher's ability to control the class
7. Punctuality and regularity of teacher in engaging the class
8. Discussion of solution to question papers, assignments and typical questions
9. Teacher's ability to express orally
10. Capability of the teacher to follow innovative techniques in teaching methodology
11. Is the teachers Lecturer Interesting
12. Over all impression on the teacher.
Total:

 

T1           : TEACHER :

T5           : TEACHER :

 

T2           : TEACHER :

T6           : TEACHER :

 

T3           : TEACHER :

T7           : TEACHER :

 

T4           : TEACHER :

T8          : TEACHER :

 

Performance Index    :        Average Score         x 100 =                   %

Maximum Score

 

Note: The faculty taking the feedback has to supply to the student with the list of teachers handling the subjects

 

Complaint boxes are kept in the College. Complaints received are analyzed and the Principal and the Administration take prompt follow up action by initiating corrective steps wherever required. Senior faculty members of each department undertake the Student Counseling.

 

v                              Grievance Redressal mechanism for faculty, staff and students

 

RIT has created a Grievance Redressal Cell headed by the Dean (Students’ Welfare),              Dr A. Ramakrishna Rao, who is taking care of all grievances from the faculty, staff and students.

 

V.        Programmes

 

v      Name of the Programmes approved by the AICTE

 

RIT has been offering the following UG (B. Tech.) & PG (MBA & MCA) Programmes with the approval of AICTE:

 

·         Computer Science Engineering

·         Electrical & Electronics Engineering

·         Electronics & Communication Engineering

·         Mechanical Engineering

·         Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering (intake made 0 from 2008-09)

·         Information Technology

·         Master of Business Administration

·         Master of Computer Applications

v                              Name of the Programmes accredited by the AICTE

 

Efforts are under way to apply for accreditation for the fir four programmes during 2009-10.

 

v                              For each Programme the following details are to be given:

·         Name

·         Number of seats

·         Duration

·         Cut off mark/rank for admission during the last three years

·         Fee

 

The above details are tabulated below:

 

 

·         Cut off mark/rank for admission

 

As per the admission procedure laid down by the Government of Puducherry in terms of the Supreme Court judgment and the AICTE guidelines, admissions are made in the merit order at the qualifying examination. 45% is the cut off mark prescribed for B. Tech., 50% for MBA and 55% for MCA.   

 

·         Placement facilities

 

Training and Placement Cell has been established to help RIT students getting placement. Ms P. Madhuri, Training & Placement Officer, who has considerable experience in industry, has been entrusted with the responsibility of the Training & Placement Officer.

 

·         RACE

 

A Centre by name ‘Regency Academy for Career Excellence’ (RACE) has been set up in the College campus in collaboration with Nicco Ventures to provide coaching facility to prepare the students for Competitive Examinations, viz. Engineering Services, Central Services (IAS, IPS etc.), GRE, TOEFL, GMAT, GATE, etc.  The coaching in this Centre is provided beyond college hours by specialized faculty.

 

·         Campus placement in last three years with minimum salary, maximum salary and average salary

 

RIT has been established during 2000 and so far five batches of students have been passed out. RIT students got placements with a minimum salary of Rs. 10,000/- per month and a maximum salary of Rs. 36,000/-per month.

 

v      Name and duration of programme(s) having affiliation/collaboration with Foreign University(s)/Institution(s) and being run in the same Campus along with status of their AICTE approval. If there is foreign collaboration, give the following details:

 

Details of the Foreign Institution/University:

·                     Name of the University/Institution

·                     Address

·                     Website

·                     Is the Institution/University Accredited in its Home Country

·                     Ranking of the Institution/University in the Home Country

·                     Whether the degree offered is equivalent to an Indian Degree? If yes, the name of the agency which has approved equivalence.

If no, implications for students in terms of pursuit of higher studies in India and abroad and job both within and outside the country.

·                     Nature of Collaboration

·                     Conditions of Collaboration

·                     Complete details of payment a student has to make to get the full benefit of collaboration.

NOT APPLICABLE

At the moment, RIT does not have any affiliation/collaboration with any of the Foreign University/Institution.

 

v      For each Collaborative/affiliated Programme give the following:

 

·         Programme Focus

·         Number of seats

·         Admission Procedure

·         Fee

·         Placement Facility

·         Placement Records for last three years with minimum salary, maximum salary and average salary

 

NOT APPLICABLE

 

v      Whether the Collaborative Programme is approved by AICTE? If not whether the Domestic/Foreign Institution has applied to AICTE for approval as required under notification no. 37-3/Legal/2005 dated 16^th May, 2005

 

NOT APPLICABLE

 

VI.       Faculty

 

v      Branch wise list faculty members:

 

·                     Permanent Faculty

·                     Visiting Faculty

·                     Adjunct Faculty

·                     Guest Faculty

·                     Permanent Faculty: Student Ratio

 

RIT has a strong team of 118 permanent faculty members and the branch-wise list of faculty members is given in Compliance Report item no. 12 (ii) (b)

 

 

v      Number of faculty employed and left during the last three years

 

176 faculty members have been employed during the last three years (since 1.9.2005) and 74 faculty members have left the institution during the same period.

 

VII.     Profile of Principal with qualifications, total experience, age and duration of employment at the institute concerned

Name                               :        Dr. M. Sridhar

Date of Birth                      :        14-08-1967

 

Academic Qualifications:

         

Details of Experience (Academic/Industrial) – in reverse chronological order

 

Academic Experience:

1.      Teaching at PG & UG Level       -        06

2.      Research                                  -        10

 

Guided 60 Ph. Ds in National/International level, 100+ M. S. (by Research).

Publications: Over 100+ in International & National journals and 100+ National/International conferences.

 

Administrative Experience:

·         Served as a Director for UNIX R&D, USA and as a Director (A&P) for Group of Institutes.

·         Served as Scientist for Unix

·          Served as Research Scientist/Post Doctoral Committee member for Unix R&D Labs, USA.

 

Looking after all the administrative affairs, viz. academic, recruitment, staff & students, placement, R&D, computer centre, library and examination cell of RIT. Presently working on NBA and NAAC Accreditation process.

 

Date of Appointment in the present Institution:    27 June 2009

For each Faculty give a page covering

1.           

Photograph

Name

2.            Date of Birth

3.            Educational Qualification

4.            Work Experience

-                      Teaching

-                      Research

-                      Industry

-                     

Signature

Others

5.            Area of Specializations

6.            Subjects teaching at Under Graduate Level

   Post Graduate Level

7.            Research guidance

                                                      No. of papers published in

Masters’s                                       -           National Journals

Ph.D.                                              -           International Journals

                                                      -           Conferences

8.            Projects Carried out

9.            Patents

10.        Technology Transfer

11.        Research Publications

12.        No. of Books published with details

Faculty Profiles of all the faculty members is given at Annexure 2 (A) (1) page no. from ……… to…..

 

VIII.    Fee

 

v            Details of fee, as approved by State fee Committee, for the Institution.

 

Fee committee of U. T. of Puducherry has prescribed a Tuition fee of Rs. 33,000/- for              B. Tech. courses, Rs. 30,000/- for MBA and Rs. 20,000/- for MCA per annum.

 

v            Time schedule for payment of fee for the entire programme.

 

Students are expected to pay the tuition fee in one installment at the beginning of the academic year.

 

v            No. of Fee waivers granted with amount and name of students.

 

---NIL---

 

v            Number of scholarships offered by the institute, duration and amount

 

---NIL---

 

v            Criteria for fee waivers/scholarship.

 

RIT has been encouraging merit by providing free education to the toppers at the higher secondary level, from all the 23 districts of Andhra Pradesh and also of the four parts of the Union Territory of Puducherry. RIT encourages National integration and cultural interaction among the students from all over India by offering free seats to the students from the North-Eastern States of India, i. e. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim and the most backward region of Gorkhaland of West Bengal. Thus, RIT has a mix of students from various geographical locations and backgrounds.

Besides, the management has been kind enough to waive the fee (in part or full) in case of poor and deserving students, the details of which are included in the above tables.

 

v            Estimated cost of Boarding and Lodging in Hostels

 

It costs Rs. 28,000/- per year per student for both lodging and boarding.

 

Ix.       Admission

 

v            Number of seats sanctioned with the year of approval.

 

 

v                  No. of students admitted under various categories each year in the last 3 years.

 

**Admissions to Govt. quota seats (50%) through CENTAC are yet to commence.

 

v                  Number of applications received during last two years for admission under Management Quota and number admitted.

 

 

X.        Admission Procedure

 

v                              Mention the admission test being followed, name and address of the Test Agency and its URL (website).

 

The Government of Puducherry has reserved 50% of the seats allotted, branch wise, under its quota and the remaining 50% of seats are marked under management quota. For the Government seats admission test (JET) is conducted by the convener entrance test nominated by Government, i. e. CENTAC. For the management quota seats, RIT is permitted to conduct the entrance test under the supervision of the Admission committee appointed by the Government under the Chairmanship of a retired High Court Judge.

 

URL of Test Agencies:         www.pec.edu (for Govt. quota seats)

                             :        http://www.regencyengg.com/ (for Management quota seats)

 

v                              Number of seats allotted to different Test Qualified candidates separately [AIEEE/CET (State conducted test/University tests)/Association conducted test]

 

After the Admission process is completed for the vacancies, the State Government through the Admission committee, permits the College to take candidates from the rankers at the AIEEE/ JET. For the seats left even after this process, the College is permitted by the Government to admit candidates who are otherwise qualified, strictly in the order of merit at the qualifying exams (+2).

 

v                              Calendar for admission against management/vacant seats:

 

The admission schedule given by the Permanent Admission Committee (PAC), Govt. of Puducherry Order dated 16.05.2007 is as followed.

 

	UG	PG
Last date for request for applications.	15-06-09	15-06-09
Last date for submission of application.	15-06-09	15-06-09
Dates for announcing final results.	18-06-09	17-07-09
Release of admission list (main list and waiting list should be announced on the same day)	18-06-09	17-07-09
Date for acceptance by the candidate (time given should in no case be less than 15 days)	17-08-09	10-08-09
Starting of the Academic session	14-07-09	27-07-09
Last date for closing of admission	31-08-09	31-08-09

-     The waiting list should be activated only on the expiry of date of main list.

 

Since all the candidates appeared for Entrance Test are offered seats till the cut off date, the rankers who have not turned up for counseling are obviously not interested and therefore, maintaining a waiting list does not arise.

 

-          The policy of refund of the fee, in case of withdrawal, should be clearly notified.

 

RIT refunds the fee in case of sliding by continuous counseling conducted by CENTAC. It also refunds the fee of the withdrawn students.

 

XI.              Criteria and Weightages for Admission

 

v                  Describe each criteria with its respective weightages i.e. Admission Test, marks in qualifying examination etc.

 

50% weightage for Admission test and 50% weightage in qualifying examination.

 

v                  Mention the minimum level of acceptance, if any.

 

As per the orders of the Govt. of Puducherry (U. T.), 45% marks at the qualifying examinations is being followed as minimum acceptance for admission for B. Tech., 50% for MBA and 55% for MCA programmes.

 

v                  Mention the cut-off levels of percentage & percentile scores of the candidates in the admission test for the last three years.

 

As per the admission procedure laid down by the Government of Puducherry in terms of the Supreme Court judgment and the AICTE guidelines, admissions are made in the merit order at the entrance test and at the qualifying examination with equal weightage (50:50).  There is no cut off mark prescribed.   

 

v                  Display marks scored in Test etc. and in aggregate for all candidates who were admitted.

 

Please refer to Appendix–MD1.

 

 

Yes

 

XII.     Application Form

 

v                        Downloadable application form, with online submission possibilities.

 

Downloadable Application form is made available in the RIT website.

 

XIII.    List of Applicants

 

v                  List of candidates whose applications have been received along with percentile/percentage score for each of the qualifying examination in separate categories for open seats. List of candidates who have applied along with percentage and percentile score for Management quota seats.

 

The applications received by CENTAC for the government quota seats are available only with CENTAC (Pondicherry Engineering College in our case). List of candidates who have applied for management quota seats is given at Appendix-MD2.

 

XIV.    Results of Admission under Management Seats/Vacant Seats

 

v      Composition of selection team for admission under Management Quota with the brief profiles of members (This information be made available in the public domain after the admission process is over).

 

·         As per the orders of the Supreme Court and the AICTE guidelines, the Governmen