Enhancing global competencies through Skill developing

Objectives:

1. To make the student able and compete by enhancing creativity and innovation
2. To train the students in communication skills, soft skills, and practical skills
3. To increase the employability of the students
4. To enhance the overall academic performance
5. To prepare the students for global competition
6. To minimize the barrier between curricular and industry requirement
7. To inculcate entrepreneurial skills among students
8. To create awareness in environmental and social issues

The Context:

The huge paradigmatic shift in the global market has brought pressure and responsibilities on the educational institutions. The traditional educational system and its curriculum are found to be impractical and unemployable. There is a new concept of a global village that emerged because of globalization. Students from traditional colleges found it difficult to face the force of global competition. Considering the situation, the college embarked on enhancing the global skills and competencies which will enable the students to meet the new scenario by acquiring the employable and communicative skills.

The Practice:

The practice makes room for a group of teachers to voluntarily conduct different courses that provide training to students and equip them with a set of global skills like communication, soft skills and practical skills, necessary to compete in the global market. Teachers from different departments design the courses syllabi with the help of external academicians and industrial experts. The teacher put effort without remuneration besides the regular work. Nominal fees are collected from the students. Wide publicity is made among the students and they are stimulated to join the courses. While doing so, the importance of enhancement of skills and job opportunities are made explicit. The admission process is feasible for the students as installments in fee payments are made available for them. Besides the time table of said courses is made in such a way that teaching learning is not hampered. Teachers are conducting classes for different courses after admitting students to the courses. Also, different practical sessions are conducted to improve technical, communication as well as soft skills. For certain courses like community college special training is carried out in collaborating industries.

The following courses are run by the Institute

1. Certificate Course in Functional English 2013
2. Certificate Course in Management of Travel and Tourism 2013
3. Certificate Course in Human Rights 2013
4. Certificate Course in IncomeTax 2013
5. Certificate Course in online Banking and Marketing
6. Certificate Course in Mushroom Cultivation
7. Rural Journalism
8. Community College ( Diploma in Cast Iron Foundry Technology )
9. Community College (Diploma in Industrial Pollution and Wastewater Treatment)
10. Certificate Course vermi culture and Vermicomposting
11. Remote Sensing
12. Certificate course in R Software
13. Digital Marketing

Evidence of success:

1. A horizon of opportunities of employment is seen widened after completion of the courses
2. Most of students get employment in local as well as multinational industries
3. Few student have started their own business
4. Students can market themselves effectively
5. Student can identify their personal preferences, strengths and skills 6. Student can gain access to hidden employment market
6. Student can create realistic plan for their continuing search for employment
7. Students can develop soft skills that employers are looking for.
8. Students are motivated for the environmental awareness

Problems Encountered and Resources Required:

1. It is difficult to give admission to these courses to every aspirant.
2. A fluctuation in global market is seen regarding with employment opportunities
3. A shortage of expert trainers is experienced.
4. Low accessibility to high end instruments and softwares

Most of the resources required are fulfilled by the college with the help of the parent institute.

Goals:

1. To bring awareness among the people about cleanliness and health
2. To construct and repair the connecting roads and alleys
3. To generate awareness on the gender issues and social issues like literarcy, sanitation, safe drinking water, etc
4. To generate Environmental awareness
5. To create awareness regarding watershed development and management
6. To organise the check up camp for livestock
7. To study the socioeconomic status of the villagers

The Context:

Though the college is situated in a semi-urban area, most of the students belong to the rural area. The college has always followed the path of visionaries like Mahatma Gandhi who states “India situates in the village”.Inspired by his statement, the NSS unit of the college took the initiative to bring the reforms in the selected villages in its neighborhood community by adopting that village for specific period. The college strived to reform these villages on the basis of the priorities of the changes required in that village and on the concept of a model village visualized in the following statement of the NIRDs: “ Village Adoption means to work along with the community at the grass root level, while enabling/empowering them for pursuing the goal of development of the village in line with the Sustainable Development Goals and learning as to what works and what doesn’t and evolve a model of village development for replication and training.”

The Practice:

In the above context, the NSS unit took responsibility of preparing the plan and selecting the village for this adoption. The priority of selecting a village is the backwardness of that village in terms of cleanliness, health and hygiene, environment consciousness, women empowerment, rainwater harvesting, irrigation, etc. Besides, the demand and willingness of the people of that village for voluntary participation. Accordingly, the NSS unit identified the basic requirements in the village Renawale in 2014 and Pogarwadi in 2015 and did the reformative activities for development in those villages in the respective years. The college also made tie-ups with certain NGO’s and Youth organizations in that villages to do activities in collaboration. In the year 2016, the Government of Maharashtra started a Munijan scheme of village adaptation and asked the universities to implement the scheme through the NSS units of the college. Accordingly, the college adopted the village Kushi in 2016 for the period of five years and the NSS unit of the college started doing the extension activities for reforms thereafter.

The list of the reformative activities at Renawale, Pogarwadi and Kushi

• Cleanliness drive • Plantation and conservation • Health checkup camp • Lectures on women empowerment • Rainwater harvesting • Nala bunding • Road repairing • Cementary repairing • Environment awareness programme • Digital Banking awareness drive • Toilet pits construction • Livestock health check up • Socioeconomic survey • Voters awareness camp

Evidence of Success: • Improvements in health awareness • Roads repaired • Nala Bunding constructed • Report of socioeconomic survey submitted to the Local Administrative bodies. • Green covered area enlarged • People went for cashless transactions • Rainwater harvested through the pond. • Awareness among women about rights and duties created.

Problems Encountered and Resources Required: • Poor participation of women. • Limited financial resources • Local political influences • Poor cooperation from government agencies.

Introduction: Every year, teachers from different faculties complete their refresher orientation courses at different institutions across the country. Therefore, the IQAC recommended organizing a colloquium of Refresher Orientation participants in the year 2018-19. The idea was finalized in the College Development Committee meeting and the responsibility was given to the Department of English.

Goals: • To develop networks with other disciplines • To make all faculties familiar with recent trends in all subjects • To develop a community of colleagues around enhancing teaching excellence • To identify one or more evidence-based strategies to implement in the course to support student learning

Practice: In the year 2019-20 five teachers completed their training programs and course.

The Department of English scheduled their lecture series in the colloquium. 

1 Dr. Rathod R. B. Education policy 

2 Dr. Gaikwad M. N. Sant Sahityatil Paryavaran Vichar

3 Dr. Lohar G. M. Quantum physics and human nature

4 Dr. Patil V. S. Air pollution

5 Dr. Nalawade A. M Nano technology and its application

The ROCs colloquium was inaugurated by Hon. Principal Dr. R. V. Shejwal. Teachers and students participated in the colloquium.

Evidence of success: 

• Teachers became familiar with different area of knowledge
• Teachers and students were acquainted with the upcoming fronts of research
• E-booklet compiling the reports of RC/OC participants was published by Dr. R. M. Rattihalli, ex- head department of statistics, Shivaji University Kolhapur

Problems encountered

• Financial problems to organize the practice • Need of support for sending faculties to RC/OC

Introduction:

Every year, many teachers and students attain the Quiz competition from different faculties in the college. This practice receives overwhelming response, Therefore the IQAC recommended organizing a Quiz competition for students and faculties not only for own college but also for other college participants. The idea was finalized in the College Development Committee meeting and the responsibility was given to Department of Statistics.

Goals:

• To improve and expand the knowledge in general or in specific area

• To promote the general knowledge

• To promotes the healthy debate amongst the participants in order to learn from each other

• To promote the team building process.

• To relieve the stress of the daily work routine

• To make a new friend from different culture, at times

• To built up the students soft skill

Practice : In the year 2019-20 department of statistics with the help of department of mathematics organized an institution level quiz competition on 17th January 2020 in which 186 from all faculties (UG and PG) were participated. This event was followed by District level written quiz competition on 2nd Feb., 2020 in which 35 students from the college were participated in the event. The district level quiz was followed by university level oral quiz competition, which was organized in collaboration with Shivaji university Statistics Teachers organization. In this event, 148 students and 35 teachers for university affiliated colleges were participated. Overall activity was held at college campus.

Evidence of success:

• Enhances critical thinking and reasoning ability necessary for competitive examination
• Increased participation in competitive / NET/ SLET examination
• Developed confidence amongst students
• One student from B.Sc. II got Ist rank in district level competition.
• One student from B.Sc. II got II nd rank in University level competition.

Problems encountered:

• Financial problems to conduct the practice • Limited resources as a study material for student

Introduction:

• The college designed a program to deal with this pandemic situation and to approach students, parents and society.

Objectives:

• To create awareness towards the COVID-19 pandemic amongst students, staff, parents and the community Conduct outreach activities to communicate government guidelines important sops in society.
• To carry out the psychological counselling of students and parents during the pandemic to maintain their mental health Promoting practice of yoga especially associated with enhancing lung capacity and physical endurance.

Practice:

• In keeping these objectives in front, the departments organized guest lecture activities and programs through online platforms.

Evidence of success:

           Better awareness in the community Motivation of students to work as Corona warriors Aid government and local medical authorities to fight Corona’s successful SOP implementation

Problem encountered: problems faced to create willingness amongst students to participate in online mode. This gap is seen across all remotely located rural areas

Introduction:

The college conducts skill-oriented programs on the online platform.

Objectives:

To inculcate the skills associated with the preparation of herbal and synthetic cosmetics, sericulture, apiculture, vermiculture, integration of statistical methods, ETP operational skills etc. amongst students

Practice:

considering the objectives, different departments organize training sessions, and lectures through online mode

Evidence of success:

An enhancement in skill amongst the students is seen amongst students. 

Objectives:

1. To understand the parliamentary procedure
2. To inculcate leadership among the students

Context: 

Students are above the age of 18 and are legally given the right to vote. they are voters and leaders also in the future.

Practice: 

The students are divided into the ruling party and the opposite party. and given different roles such as the PM, and all other Ministers, the opposite leader, the speaker, and all MPs.

Evidence of Success:

1. heightened awareness regarding the democratic institute among the students.
2. The participant students participated in the voting of Local Government Bodies.

Problems encountered:

1. students can make the analytical explanation 2. Budgetary Provisions should be made

Objectives:

1. To create awareness of the subject
2. To develop a liking for statistics

Context:

Statistics as a subject is included in Mathematics at the high school and Junior college levels, treated as a separate subject and a field of career. In fact, now a day due to development in the data analysis field, there is a huge demand for statistical abilities

Practice:

Department of Statistics and Shivaji University Statistics Teachers’ Association Kolhapur organize SUSTA written a SUSTA Written Quiz on 5/6/2022. For the quiz, Miss M A Mulik and Mr. P H Borate were appointed as supervisors. 22 students participated

Evidence of Success:

Interest in statistics subject Four students of the statistics department achieved success

Problems encountered:

Due to the Covid pandemic, the quiz was postponed but it was later organized online

Objectives: ·

1. To breed self-esteem and self-confidence in girl students and women employees.
2. To remove all forms of gender discrimination and violence against women employees and girl students

The Practice:

• Under the WEC, the following measures are adopted by the WEC for protecting, empowering, and gaining confidence in their abilities.
• Gender Sensitization Action plan is prepared every year.
• Functional Internal Complaint Committee to curb the evils such as eve-teasing, defaming and ragging.
• Establishment of a group named ‘Tiche Vyaspith’ means Her Platform for Women Employee for daily interaction and discussion ·

Evidence of Success · Gaining of self-esteem and self-confidence · Creating of safe and secure premises

Objectives:

1. To develop research- welcoming ambience

2. To created ecosystem for innovation, exchange of ideas and transfer of knowledge

3. To direct the research to solve the real-world problems, ultimately having a positive impact on society

The Practice:

1. Drafting independent policies for Knowledge Creation and Transfer, for research and for ethics and plagiarism in research and modifying them from time to time by IQAC

2. Strategies for research promotion were developed by Research cell/committee/FIRE.

3. Annual organization of science exhibition for undergraduate and post graduate students

Evidence of success:

1. Funds received under DST-FIST-I, DBT-STAR College,

2. Twelve awards received in Satara district Avishakar competition arranged by Shivaji University, Kolhapur

Our parent institute is Shri Swami Vivekanand Shikshan Sanstha, Kolhapur. It is dedicated to the upliftment of downtrodden society and human values. The quality statement of our college is ‘Pursual of high degree of excellence imbibing human values in all endeavors’. ‘The inculcation of human values among students’ is the priority of our college. Accordingly, the college has planned and implemented several programs in last five years to achieve this goal. These extension and outreach activities have inspired our students to volunteer in community service. The purposes of these activities are as follows:

• Sensitizing students to social issues and problems
• Inculcating human values through focus and practice
• Fostering a feeling of commitment toward the community
• Striving to bring an impactful change in society through deeds

The following units of the college and their major activities have played a vital role in order to bring these goals into reality:

Unnat Bharat Abhiyan Committee (UBA)
National Social Service (NSS)
National Cadet Core (NCC) 
Department of Botany

‘Hari Vari Nirmal Vari’ is a cleanliness drive/campaign organized at Lonad to falatan road for four days.

‘Hari Vari’ is Maharashtra’s biggest pilgrimage lasting for almost a month that begins at Alandi, Saint Dynaneshear’s shrine and at Dehu, Saint Tukaram’s shrine, and ends at the temple of Lord Vithoba in Pandharpur. Over lacks of pilgrims across Maharashtra and beyond start their journey of more than 200 km on foot and thousands of people join them at different places since the tradition of Vari began nearly 700 years ago. These pilgrims are called Varkari. They are provided water, food and shelter during their journey. They are of different castes and of socio-economic backgrounds. Still they live together as a group. They call each other ‘Mauli’ (means Mother) and touch the feet. It is perfect example of gender equity, cultural harmony and equality.

During these days, despite efforts by Government and NGOs, solid waste management becomes an issue. Tones of all sorts of garbage is littered on the road. NSS department of the college volunteered to arrange cleanliness drive along the route of the procession. Vari halts at night where the trail of litter left behind, after the departure to next destination, largely due to edibles provided in plastic wrappers and thermocol plates and glasses. During the period, students interact with the Varkari  of all caste and understand their concerns.

NSS volunteers do the following activities during the cleanliness drive:

1. Awarness of Personal hygiene, Sanitation and diseases
2. Awareness of plastic use – spoons, plates or cups
3. Awareness of use of thermocol plates and glasses
4. Collection and disposal of garbage
5. Placing large dustbins for collection of garbage
6. Litter is cleared on the road from Lonad to falatan

As a Result of the camp, the increased awareness is seen among Varikari about personal and public hygiene. The road from Lonad to Falatan is made completely plastic-free and clean. Students interacted with the Varkari  of all castes and socio-economic backgrounds. It si . Student learned to build a strong foundation of human values such as forgiveness, kindness, sympathy, tolerance, respect, and harmony.

Natural Distaste Relief Activities

1. Flood relief camp 2019

        During the monsoon in 2019, lakhs people had been evacuated due to the devastating floods in Western Maharashtra’s five districts including the worst-hit Kolhapur, Sangli, and Satara with great death toll. The region was pummeled by the rain for the last two months and major rivers Krishna, Koyana and Panchganga were in spate. The flood-hit regions especially villages were facing the problems of zero connectivity, spread of contagious diseases, irregular supply of essentials such as water and food, mud-filled houses and road, dislocation, evacuation etc. The state Government along with the teams of the NDRF, the Navy, Cost Guard, and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) had started relief operation.

        After the flood level subsided, a fortnight National Service Scheme camp from 22 to 28 August 2019 was organized under in two villages of Bamani and Dhamani in Sangli district. As part of social responsibility and awareness, National Service Scheme of the college, undertook a campaign to clean muddy roads, schools, gymkhana and public places.

• Two primary schools in Bamani and Dhamne villages, religious places, Gram Panchayat office and other public places were cleaned.
• Along with cleanliness, NSS undertook the task of rebuilding the homes of the poorest families in the village. Construction of about six houses was carried out in both the villages.
• Donations were collected through our National Service Scheme to reduce the stress of expenditure on students’ educational material in this critical situation. With the help of collected charity, educational materials were distributed by visiting the flood affected schools. Approximately, an educational material was distributed among two thousand students.
• Medicines were supplied to numerous people.
• The task of providing clothes to the flood victims was carried out on behalf of our National Service Scheme.

2. Distribution of Educational Kit and Essential commodities

During the flood time, the college collected relief fund of Rs 89082. The flood to Koyan river had affected Bopali, Mhavashim and Patan villages  in Satara district. College distributed educational Kits to the students Lal Saheb Patankar Vidyalay at Bopoli (Satara), Dadasahib Patenkar at Mhavashim, and Kailasvashi Dyanojirao Salunkhe Highschool and Jr. College Patan in 2019. College also distributed the essential commodities to the villagers of Bopolo on  29/8/2019.

Educational kits also were distributed to the students of Tukaram Salval Kadam Highschool at Masuchi Wadi and Vishunpanth Nagarale Highshcool at Nagarale, Sangli.

3. The NH4 (Mumbai-Bengaluru National Highway) was shut for traffic and some 1800 vehicles were stranded on the highway as reported by Times of India. A part of this highway road runs to the east side of Satara. The state of the drivers and their helpers was miserable. They were out of food items, water, clothes and money. NSS unit of the college supplied the essential commodities to these drivers and helper for four days. Students extended their helping hands by collecting money for them.

Covid pandemic 2020

Digging of Atrophy pits at village Mhate

Village Mhate is a hanging settlement in Sahydri sub-region 23 km from the college. Since it is situated at steep terrain of mountain, there was problem of construction of the proper drainage system and public hygiene. NSS unit organized a special camp from 21-29 March 2021 and dug 70 atrophy pits relieving the village of drainage problem. The villagers appreciated it. 

With continuous involvement of students, these units organized extension activities in the neighborhood community in terms of impact and sensitizing students to social issues and rural development. Working at Mhate was a great experience to instigate in students basic human values of compassion, generosity, sharing and caring, trust, patience, perseverance, dignity and humility, etc.

1. National Cadet Core (NCC)

1. Department of Botany

Outcome of the Community Service:

These social activities have provided opportunities for students to engage, communicate, and collaborate with one another and with society. These have promoted and reinforced human values in them. Volunteering in community service fostered compassion, empathy, respect and tolerance, cooperation and teamwork, honesty and integrity, responsibility and accountability gratitude and appreciation. Students have become environmentally consciousness. College has received number of awards and recognition for community service. In conclusion, these activities have played a significant role in shaping their character as expected in the vision of the college.

Lal Bahadur Shastri and Swami Vivekanand are the idols of our Sanstha. Shastriji recognised the contribution of the farmers and solders in building of the nation. Dr Bapuji Salunkhe was deeply imprssed by his work and gave his name to our college. To uphold his work and principles in the society and students, the college started to organize the lecture series “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan” in his memory since 2005.

The lecture series was started with following aims:

1.To immortalize Lal Bahadur Shastri’s principles and his contribution to India

2.To drive relevance of the motto ‘Jay Jawan, Jay Kisan’ in the contemporary society

3.To nurture the patriotism in the minds of the students

4.To inspire students to join the army and to be a military man or military officer.

5.To organize the lectures of military officers who have a significant contribution to the military.

6.To organize lectures of farmers who successfully experimented and used technology on their farm.

7.To pay respect and sense of gratitude towards the farmer for their noteworthy contribution to the progress of India

8.To aware the society regarding the problems of farmers

Distinctiveness of institutional performance in imbibing human values:

Lal Bahadur Shastri is a symbol of patriotism and bravery. He generated an immense respect for the contribution of jawans and kisans to the nation. Since Satara district is recognized for people’s contribution to defence services and agricultural initiatives in the Cooperative sector. This lecture series has acquired the distinctive identity in the society.

This two-day lecture series is organized on the 11th and 12th of January every year to memorize the death anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri and to celebrate the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekanand on these two days.

To justify the title of lecture series “Jay Jawan!Jay Kisan!”, one of the two lectures is related to Indian defense services, and other is to the agriculture sector. The selected topics of the lectures are chosen based on their relevance in the present time. It not only opens the windows of new knowledge but also inspires the students to make a career in the defense services and agriculture sector.

The lecture series is arranged in the campus as well as off campus location. Some of the lectures are arranged in the village itself

The following table shows the names of the speakers and subject:

During 4^th Cycle Assessment Period

Introduction

The college carries its vision- social justice and women empowerment- through it’s various forums and activities. Vidhyarthini Vikas Mandal (VVM) is one of the active forums, that actualizes this vision by organizing activities and workshops through- out the year. The girl students in the college are on the forefront of the curricular co-curricular and extracurricular activities.

Objective of the VVM: since its inception in the reaccreditation period the VVM aims at empowering the girl students enrolled in the college. It aims to call upon the social justice and gender equality. It also has purpose of achieving development of overall personality of girl student. To fulfill its objectives, the VVM organizes such programs and activities specially directed toward strengthening of the girl student community. The feature of VVM is that the members of it are all women faculties.

The activities carried out in 2019-20

1 Individual and group counselling How to handle day to day difficulties 1st week of July 2019 Prin. Dr. R. V. Shejwal 302

2 A lecture on “Awareness of Women-related laws” To understand rights and laws 23/09/2019 Advt. Madhuri Prabhune 89

3 A lecture on “Women’s Health” Do’s and Don’ts of women health and diet 25/10/2019 Dr. Shankar Surve , M.D. (Auy) 81

4 Yoga Training Programme Guidance for Health and stress management 20 Dec 19 to 15 Augus20 Jan 2020 Devayani Shainde 88

5 Quiz on the occasion of Savitribai Phule Jayanti To learn lives and struggle of social reformer 3rd Jan 2020 Prin. Dr. R. V. Shejwal 104

6 Competition on Mahendi, Rangoli and Art of Cooking

To give exposure to traditional and homely arts 03/01/2020 Prin. Dr. R. V. Shejwal 122

7 A state level seminar on successful working women from Satara To understand and learn from the lives, struggle and work 25/02/2020 Dr. Bharti Patil, Dr. Sambhajirao Patane 126

8 Health checkup camp To check general health and prescribe medicine 04/03/2020 Civil hospital staff 105

10 Celebration of world women day Lecture on States Women recognition and Felicitation of women faculty 08/03/2020 Mrs. Sangeeta Rajapure ( SDO Wai) 103

Notable activity: among these activities and programs organization of state level seminar on 25th Feb . 2020 can be identifiers as a noteworthy activity from the many reasons. The seminar was organized jointly by late. Shrimatee Sardabai Govindarao Pawar study centre , Shivaji University Kolhapur and LBS college ,Satara. The theme was “successful working women in Satara.” It was attended by renowned people such as Dr. Bharati Patil, co-coordinator and Dean of faculty of Humanities, Shivaji University Kolhapur, Dr. Amit Kulkarni, Member, Management council Shivaji University Kolhapur, Dr. Sambhajirao Patane a Well known Social thinker activist.

Outcome •

• Overall personality development of girl student from the college
• Good and active health of students
• Acquisition of skills and homely arts
• Increased awareness regarding laws