Internal Quality Assurance Cell organized “Faculty Induction Programme – 2021” for the newly joined faculty members from 27.09.2021to 01.10.2021. Faculty Induction Programme – 2021 is designed to provide a systematic and comprehensive support system for the new faculty members. The primary objective of the programme is to empower and motivate the faculty members for enlivening the learning process by adopting novel pedagogic approaches which are collaborative and participant centered, to integrate learning and teaching with ICT, and to equip them with the latest assessment tools in higher education. The first session was inaugurated on 27.09.2021 at 2.00 pm. Dr. N. Shani, IQAC Coordinator delivered the welcome address and delineated the expectations and set the roles and responsibilities of the faculty members in terms of academics and evaluation. Dr. B. Anirudhan, Principal delivered the presidential address and enlightened the faculty members on various issues with reference to establishment, academics, service rules and regulations besides research and development being carried out at NASC.
The key speaker of the first session was Dr. K. Selvavinayaki, Dean – SoCS. Curriculum Design is very important in ensuring a dynamic teaching-learning environment. The session clarified the objectives, purpose and ways of designing curriculum. She said that curriculum design must be a conscious planning effort. It is not casual, nor is it the sum total of lots of different changes being made in the curriculum over weeks, months, and years. It involves using an explicit process that identifies clearly what will be done, by whom, and when.
Dr. N. Kavitha, HoD- Computer Science handled the second session on 28.09.2021. She shared her expertise on ICT Tools & Teaching/Online Teaching Platforms. It focused on explaining the two most useful online teaching tools for the staff and student Community such as Canvas and Loom. Canvas is a Learning Management System which comprises the below modules to help teachers.
The key speaker of the session was Dr. S. Jayapriya, HoD-CDF. She emphasized on the importance of the Outcome Based Education (OBE), Blended Learning, Flipped Classroom Practices and Research Based Learning and Project Based Learning so as to give a promised result to the students and to the expectations of the parents.
The key speaker of the session was Dr. V. Shanmugham, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology. The session started off with a very informative session on the basics of Research project, Seed money, Patents and to guide the inventors in respect of patenting their innovation. He gave a brief note on Incentive Scheme and Research Identity too.
The resource person of the session was Dr. N. Saranya, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology. She elucidated on the objectives of the Skill Based Courses and the main function of New Gen IEDC. The main focus of the Centre for Skill Development is knowledge acquisition and up gradation of skill set. Education is fundamental for human development. Skill and knowledge are the driving forces of economic growth and social development. The center will envisage offering industry-driven courses of high quality with focus on employability. The main focus of Nehru Arts and Science College (NASC) is to attain the student a status of Industry/market ready.
The resource person of the session was Dr. A. Sridevi, Assistant Professor, Department of Tamil. She shared her valuable insights on the Extension Activity and Outreach Programmes.
The resource person of the fourth day on 30.09.2021 was Dr. P. K. Manoj Kumar, HoD, IT/CT. He gave a clear picture on the fundamental features and function of ERP. He explained in detail about the multiple report generation system that comprises details of students, faculty, courses, time table, lesson plan, teaching content, attendance, assignments, student and staff activity, question banks, question papers, examination details, etc. Few reports that can be generated are
The resource person of the fourth day on 30.09.2021 was Ms. Sheebha New Sheebha, Assistant Professor, Department of Information Technology/ Computer Technology. She is the Director for Curriculum Development Cell. She highlighted the importance of IIT Spoken Tutorial/Swayam/MOOC.
The resource person for fifth day was Dr. M. Kanagarathinam, Dean, School of Commerce. She shared her expertise on the institutional best practices. She explained,
The resource person for fifth day 2nd session was Mr. R. Arivazhagan. He shared his expertise on Library Resources. He informed the faculty about the available services such as open access e-journals, digital and E-Book references besides thousands of books, reference books, manuals and magazines. He amplified the A-Z services being available at library including concurrence of data on thesis and project reports looping a repository as per the guidelines of UGC and AICTE.