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							             SIDDAGANGA INSTI TUTE OF TECHNOLOGY , TUMKUR
                   Questionnaire for Development of SWOT
                             (Department wise)

Name of the Department:

 1   What are the PG Programmes that the department is currently offering?


           Current input level
           Status of admissions
           Campus placement record
           % of high quality PG graduates (>75 % marks)
           No. of PG students graduated in the last 3 years yearwise
           No. of publications form M.Tech. thesis works yearwise
           Number of Joint M.Tech project guidance with institutions yearwise
           Number of joint M.Tech project guidance with Industry yearwise
           Can intake be increased?


 2   What are the PG Programmes that the department is planning to / or capable of
     designing and offering in the near future?

           Demand for the new programme
           Faculty availability
           Infrastructure availability
           Library facilities (books, journals etc.)



 3   What steps do you feel should be taken to improve the number as well as the
     quality of students admitted for PG Programmes?

           Are GATE students getting admitted? If not, what are your plans to attract
            them?
4   What are the difficulties that you are facing while trying to improve the PG
    Programmes and what are your suggestions to overcome them?




5   Is your department a recognized research centre for doctoral programmes ? If yes,
         How many eligible guides are there in your department?
         What are the areas of research?
         How many students are currently enrolled?
         Publications from the inhouse research
         No. of papers in Indian refereed journals during the last 3 years year wise
           along with impact factor.
         No. of papers in international refereed journals during the last 3 years year
           wise along with impact factor.
         Number of joint Ph. D with institutions
         Number of joint Ph. D with industry
         Do you have any collaborative research with other institutions? If yes, what
           is your department’s contribution and where is the work carried out?
         Do you have any collaborative research with other industry? If yes, what is
           your department’s contribution and where is the work carried out?
         What are your future activities and goals?




6   If the department is not recognised as a research centre, what are your plans to
    start a research centre? What are the hindrances that you face in this regard? How
    do your overcome them?
7   What are your suggestions for improving the UG Programmes offered at your
    department? (Please specify in terms of
        improvement in courses/curriculum
        improvement in value adding activities
        additional coaching for academically weak students
        conduct of tutorials
        coaching offered to prepare students to take GATE
        what other activities you have to enhance employability of students




8   What are your suggestions to develop research interest among the UG Students?
    (Please specify in terms of industry sponsored, need-based projects and mini-
    projects incorporated in various courses)




9   What are the facilities provided to UG Students for undertaking research projects
    and what are the improvements needed in this area?
10   Do you have an Industry-Institute Interaction cell in your department? If so, please
     highlight its major activities during the last three years.




11   If you don’t have interactions with industry, what are your plans for starting the
     same? (Please specify in terms of
          the nature of industries to tie up with,
          the area/activity for which such tie up can be used

     Suggested Activities under III:
        1. To identify and facilitate Guest Lectures, Interactive Workshops, Conferences, Seminars,
           Brain Storming Sessions, Technical Discussions etc. with members of the Industry,
           outside experts, eminent personalities at regular interval.
        2. To conduct Industrial Training, Orientation Courses, Industrial Visits etc for faculty and
           students at regular intervals.
        3. To facilitate joint research work, consultancy involving faculty and students.
        4. To conduct industrial exhibitions to highlight research facilities and expertise available
           with the Institution.
        5. To facilitate for professionals from industry as visiting faculty in institutions and short or
           long periods deployment of faculty from institutions to industry for gaining industrial
           experience and/or work on projects in industry.
        6. To seek and associate experts from industry in curriculum development and review.
        7. To identify continuing education opportunities, short‐term programmes and training
           needs of the industry, which the institution can provide.
        8. To promote revenue generating activities for the institution like Lab Testing, Calibration,
           Consultancy and R&D etc.
        9. To assess periodically the scientific and technological scenari o/ happenings in India and
           abroad in order to translate it into action for taking up future R&D work.
12   What are the strengths/capabilities available at your department for offering
     training programmes/continuing educations programmes etc. to people from
     industry? (Please specify in whish areas you would be able to do it?)




13   Is your department involved in conducting demand-driven research &
     development projects to the industry/government? If yes, please highlight the
     major projects undertaken during the last three years.




14a Furnish details on externally funded R&D Projects undertaken by the department
    during the last three years yearwise. (Name of the project/funding
    agency/quantum of funding/name of the principal research officer)




 b   What are your future plans in the next two years and five years?
15   Which are the areas where your department has the capability to conduct demand-
     driven research & development projects to the industry/government? What are
     your future plans?




16   What are the hindrances that you face for taking up industry sponsored R&D
     Projects? And how do you plan to overcome them?




17   What additional facilities do you feel are required at the department level for
     enhancing the industry sponsored projects?




18   What is the core area of competence where the department would be able to
     establish a Centre of Excellence focused on research? What are the resources and
     infrastructure required for this?
19   What are your suggestions for improving the overall teaching-learning process at
     your department?
         Regular workshops for faculty
         Faculty appraisal preferably in 3 stages
        The indicators include :
         % of high quality graduates (> 75% )
         % students placed through campus recruitment
         % of students qualifying in GATE exam
         % of UG students opting for PG education
         % of academically weak students and measures for improvement
         % of transition rate
     Standard of evaluation / robustness of evaluation
         Do the tests & quizzes have components like fundamentals, industry / field
            problems?
         What is the correlation between CIE & SEE marks? Do they correlate well?
            If not, what are the reasons?


         Have you identified the subjects for which tutorials are necessary?
         If so, all tutorials are conducted for all subjects? Discuss the outcome.
         Is there a mechanism to monitor the improvement in the performance of all
          students?
         The standard of tests, quizzes and SEE question papers
         What are the teaching aids used to make the classroom lecture very
          effective?




20   What are the revenue generation activities your department can take up? The
     activities to include:
         1. Consultancy projects sponsored by private & public sectors
         2. Sponsored R&D projects
         3. Offering continuing education programmes
         4. Industry institute interactive programmes for revenue generation
         5. Testing activities
21   What are your suggestions for improving the overall research activities at your
     department?




22   What is your overall vision of your department in next 2, 5 and 10 years (short,
     medium & long term)?




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