7.2.1

Describe two best practices successfully implemented by the Institution as per NAAC format provided in the Manual 

Response: 

1. Title of the Practice – Mentorship Program– A step for Students Success 

2. Objectives of the Practice    

       a) Career enhancement – : Help the mentee learn the ropes and prepare for career 

       b) Psychosocial Functions: Help the mentee develop a sense of competence and clarity of 

       c) Learning from mentee – new technologies, new developments, important features of next generation 

       d) Sharing of suggestions, opinions and problems at personal or professional

 

3. The Context We at SRIT noticed that the students have a peculiar background and motivation level while being admitted to the College. These students not only have misconceptions but also are inexperiencedinordertogetthebriefviewoftheindustry.Thestudentsneedvariedtimetocomeoutof their shell to face the demanding world. These students need to be handled individually by setting reasonable goals and working on their confidence and independence. We also understood that these students should be engaged in challenging activities and also need to provide with courteous negative feedback whenever necessary. The Mentorship Program was started at SRIT with a view of sharing the knowledge, advice, and resources from the mentor to mentee. While designing the program care was taken to understand that, need of the hour is to be futuristic in skill development by incorporating a diligent and informed approach for better future career opportunities.

 

4. The Practice Mentorship Program always tries to help the mentee achieve his/her career path by providing guidance, motivation, emotional support and role modeling. The program allows discussing openly with the grownup student in order to work on the grey areas and highlight the positive side of an individual. During the discussion, inputs are provided by the mentor for the betterment of the mentee. The activities are then planned considering the overall requirement of the students. These activities help and inspire the students to connect with their own self and with the surrounding. They also spoke about the difference it made to their academic and personal growth and how empowering it was to be part of something, “larger than ourselves.” 

5. EvidenceofSuccessTheMentorshipProgramhasbeenconductedfromthepasttwoyearswith required modification. The success of the program is evident from following areas of improvement 

1] Increase in attendance

2] Increased participation

3]Enhanced performance in Formative assessment

4] Lowered conflicts

5] Creates conducive environment

6] Built positive attitude and focus
7] Improves placement record.

These observations are based on the statistical data and also the feedback from faculty and parents through various interactions and feedback from students.
6. Problems Encountered and Resources Required
Resources required:
1) Counselor
2) Mentoring rooms
3) Students
The program focuses on personal and professional growth. Below is the chart which gives perspective of the entire activity.

Title: Empowering Employability skills.

Objective: To enhance and empower quantitative and qualitative aptitude of the students for effective employability by providing proper training which is required for the placements so as to make them sound not only technically but also make a versatile personality by understanding the needs of industries.
To expose students to the recent technologies by arranging regular industry interaction meets which involves a thorough discussion and interaction with HR‘s of various companies.

Context: A professional course like engineering strives to get maximum number of its students placed through campus interviews The increasing competition makes it imperative that apart from a regular degree certain skills are required by engineers. Industries while advertising for various posts even mention essential skills required along with the essential qualification. Various companies involved in the Placement drives in the institute had given the feedback that despite, the student being technically sound, he should be properly trained for the skills which are required for the placements recognizing the need, the student undergo internship with different industries. Regular industry interaction meet which involved a thorough discussion and interaction with HR‘s of various company have helped us to understand the need of having student exposure to the recent technologies.

The practice: As part of the TPO activities we conduct various programs to improve the employability skills of our students. We make sure their technical skills are updated and communication and soft skills are in place. In this regard we conducted Career Guidance Seminars, a Seminar on Improving Employability Skills, and a special initiative on Aptitude and Soft Skills Training, a Seminar on How to prepare for an Interview, Training on Aptitude and Soft Skills. It has been our constant endeavor to make sure our students are updated and possess all the necessary skills that make them engineers in last couple of years we have conducted a total of 06 programs related to improving Technical Skills, Communication skills, Gate Preparation. More than 06 programs to make sure we churn out quality