Criterion VII – Institutional Values and Best Practices
BEST PRACTICE 1
TITLE-Student Success cell:
Objectives:
To motivate marginalized Rural Women students to make them success by providing higher education and Career opportunities.
To facilitate round the clock (24 x 7) teaching and learning Activities.
The context:
Students are from rural marginalized and first-generation learners, they lack the awareness about different Higher Education and Career opportunities which is overcome by the Student Success cell that provide curricular and additional academic activities.
The Practice:
In order to achieve the goals and objectives, our institution is conducting:
Her Leadership Alliance:To explore gender issues and promote leadership among female students.. AIESEC Programme:to gain multi-cultural work experience, opportunities and enriching leadership experience
TASK: Offers industry-relevant skill modules, internships, mentorships, and career development workshops.
Girl Boss: A 45-day program focusing on life planning, transitioning from college to work, conducted weekly for three hours.
KALPANA: An 18-week training program to develop communication, research, leadership, and job-oriented skills
I-ACT Club: Debate clubs to improve communication skills, critical thinking, and awareness of political and global affairs
Mirror Project: Enhances self-confidence, presentation styles, and public speaking skills
IWP: International Writing Programme: To enhance creative writing and cultural exchange. At Iowa City, a UNESCO City of Literature.
SURF: Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship: To foster research interest among undergraduate students. Opportunities of Internships (1-2 months) at esteemed universities/research institutions in India and abroad.
CCIP: The Community College Initiative (CCI) Program seeks to foster mutual understanding between the citizens of the United States and the citizens of participating CCI countries.
Other Training Camps Organized by Society: Data Science Camp, CAT Camp, JAM Camp, GRE , APU camp , Radio Jockey ( State Level Super student live lecture series of TSWRDC ‘s on T-SAT channel to win SR Sankaran Super student lecture Trophy)Zumba Dance Camp, Fitness Course etc. Students presentation styles, and public speaking skills through practice and feedback sessions etc.
As the students are from marginal society they are facing socio economic and financial problems. Parents from agriculture background are facing seasonal fluctuations and inadequate irrigation due to their family problems they are unable to afford for the higher education. Institution is conducting Psychological sessions, IMPACT programme, Mentally wellbeing programmes to students and parents
BEST PRACTICE 2
Women Empowerment:
Objectives:
To provide skills that give employability and entrepreneurship opportunities to women
To facilitate safety, security and gender equity of women in society.
The Context :
To ensure awareness and to create an environment for women where they have access to healthcare, quality education, guidence, employment etc. by organizing activities in the villages
The practice:
Quest Programme: to know the socio-economic conditions of the students as well as family and village conditions we are conducting this quest Programme and the faculty visit the student villages so that parents will be educated about their childrens education and Activities of the college.
SABALA HUB: Students are our full-time investment and not only do we provide a solid foundation in Entrepreneurial Practice and Mindset, but also provide access to mentors, co-working space, and international exchange programmes.
Savitri Bai Phule Women Empowerment Co-operative Stores is College level innovative program which make our students to learn business ideas. Apart from studies, the students studying in our colleges are continuously trained in Business awareness, Financial Literacy etc
Mirror project: Mirror project is implemented to students to make them confident of what they are speaking. Here the student has to select a topic of their willing and has to speak in front of a mirror.It builds selfconfidence, presentation style, public speaking style and expresses good qualities.
House Parenting &Mentor mentee Our teachers act as loco parents and Mentors to take care of students 24/7 as parents. To complete this task efficiently. House parent system is followed where each faculty is allotted a class and that faculty will be responsible for the wellbeing of their studies, health and psychological and all round development of the students,
Village Learning Centers: The idea of initiative VLCs came from Swaero circles, which emerged in 2017. functioning every day through the students of college in their respective villages, Students have started tutoring each day, transforming community spaces into classrooms.
With enormous support from parents they are able to transform their roof tops, verandas ,temples, schools ,playgrounds ,agricultural lands into educational hub,The idea is that every individual shall incorporate skills to educate each other.
Impact Programme: Institution organises an impact programe to facilitate the parents about gender equity and women empowerment.
Evidence of Success:
College organized savithri bai pule store and Sabala hub to improve their potentialities, VLCs helped students during the covid-19 pandemic, the total beneficiaries are 293, Jadi Mamatha B.A-II Year, Gadikoppula Rajitha MSCS-II Year, B. Navya Sri , MZC-I Year Students are awarded with Best VLCs
Problems encountered and resources required:
The teachers facing so many challenges to improve awareness to decline early marriages in rural areas. Inspite of Successful in Admission enrollement of Degree due to their poor socio economic conditions students will leave the College in between academic year. Faculty had taken an intiation to improve the socio economic conditions by providing tailoring ,Craft ,Zumba dance ,Yoga class .Some of the students are selected for theSMT,IKF thailand job interviews,but they did not joined beacause of lack of awareness.
7.1 Institutional Values and Social Responsibilities
Telangana Social Welfare Residential Degree College for women Nirmal lies in the transformation of Rural Marginalised first generation women students to Successful women by conducting various curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities and opportunities to shape their particular thought patterns, problem-solving capabilities and overall perception of the Studies.
The various activities which contribute towards the attainment of these goals are as follows:
Academic Learning:
Institution is providing effective teaching learning process by well qualified and enthusiastic faculty with good qualifications and most of the faculty are in to the research, received Doctorates and striving to develop their academic profile.
Institution is having spacious well-equipped classrooms which facilitates better teaching and learning process.
The Concept of learning by doing, practical approach is facilitated by the well-equipped laboratories like Computer, Physics, Botany, Zoology, Microbiology and Chemistry labs.
Library is the space where the student gains extended knowledge in different areas by referring books, journals, Magazines, newspaper, e- resources provided with library which has 11000 plus books including academic and reference books etc. Library is also automated with KOHA software which enables e-services.
Institution also supports ICT enabled Teaching learning process by having one projector, one Mobile projector and one Digital smart board with 100mbps speed wifi internet connection. For the student usage college provides 21 desktops, 21 HP Laptops and 30 Samsung Tablets which improves Information technology and technical skills of the students.
Examination Committee: The main objective of this committee is to conduct Internal and External Assessments. Examination committee works as per University notifications, ordinance and publishes results and award certificates (provided by the University and Institute) to the students who pass the final examinations. Keeping the record of each and every issue related to the examination.
Student Success Cell (SSC): SSC is the main asset of the college which is making the student aware of the Career and higher education opportunities the world by conducting many activities. SSC is providing guidance for higher education opportunities to the students and also guides them to join in National Level Institutions and conducting Mock exams for the students such as CUCET, NIMCET, CPGET, ICET, CAT, HCU, Azim Premji University, EFLU and many more.
“Student Success Cell” stands for a powerful combination of knowledge, skills and values we the faculty conducting Bridge course test and Baseline test, Mock tests for PG Preparatory classes and Mock interviews for CAT, JAM, GRE, TISS, APU, AISEC Camps etc.
Istitution has IQAC which works for better quality education and promotes ADD ON courses and Swayam NPTEL courses.
Alumni Relations (DAR): The Alumni Relations Department of the college works towards building a fraternity among the alumni body and foster a lifelong engagement with the students graduating from TSWRDC(W) Nirmal.
Placement Cell: The placement Cell works to organize and coordinate campus drives. Conducts various Competitive exams and special classes for their higher education, jobs and to tackle the world outside.
Cultural and Sports:
Sports are a part of the regular curriculum in the college as student overall development needs physical and mental fitness. Physical activities are organized daily in the morning and evening by Physical Director. Students are encouraged to participate in the Inter Collegiate Tournaments, Inter University Tournaments, District, State and National Level Tournaments.
Zumba Dance: Zumba dance to the students is a regular practice which improves mental, emotional and physical Health
Mirror project: Expressing themselves infront of a mirror is a best practice done by the students to overcome problems in expression, communication skills, stage fear.
Social Development – NSS Activities To instil a sense of responsibility in students and contribute to society and nation building. Our faculty and students actively engage in social outreach activities, including NSS activities.
Health &Nutrition Awareness programme, Voter Awareness programme to exhibiting their sense of civic responsibility., Socio-Economic Survey, 2K Run, Harithaharam programme and ‘Say No to Plastic’ drive, visit nearby villages and creative awareness and some of the service – oriented activities to develop sensitivity and empathy in students.
Institution celebrates all the Regional, National festivals.
Special Attention to Slow Learners: Students are assessed throughout the respective sessions by respective subject teacher and mentors. They are evaluated for subject knowledge by subject teacher and overall learning of skills and knowledge by mentors.
Student Council Elections and Formation: Student council elections and formation serve as a platform for students to develop leadership abilities by running for and serving in various council positions.
Over all Development
Wellness Centre
Student’s welfare is the one of the premier objectives of TSWREIS. College coordinates with PANACEA, the Health Wing ensures the best care to the students 24x7. Regular health check-up, frequent weight & hemoglobin check-ups will be carried out by the HS. Student health is regularly monitored by the health supervisor (HS). The Health Centre, monitors the details of sick students every day and takes the necessary action. The details of medication administered, protocol followed etc., are updated to the PANACEA on a daily basis. A specialized diet is provided for anaemic students.
Mess Committee: Institution has a mess committee with faculty and students to supervise the Mess and Nutrition supplement given to the Students.
As the students are women students their health comes to the high priority to the institution so the Menu is designed by the expert Nutritionists and Dieticians.
The Daily mess is supervised by the Faculty performing Mess Duties.
Institution also strives for the security of students by providing 8 Surveillance cameras, 24/7 watchman and 24/7 Faculty monitoring by DAY and NIGHT DUTIES daily and even in holidays.
Mentor Mentee (House Parenting): Students with disciplinary issues are directed to the counsellor their house parents. The Mentor mentee programme conducting counselling to those students who wish to maintain anonymity while addressing their mental health issues
The distinctiveness of Multifaceted Learning was evidenced as Students exhibited their competence out of the total strength 345 students were admitted for higher studies in state level, 165 students qualified national level qualifying examinations and 57 students got placements in different areas.
