Spring 2017 Cohort:

Overview

Strategy #1:TO CREATE INTERACTION AMONG DEPARTMENTS AND SENIORS AND JUNIORS FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION

Ideators club enhances the interaction among seniors and juniors with creative thinking abilities of them. It aims at bringing out the entrepreneurial skills of a student. In order to make I&E more effective, introduction of a course that focuses on innovation, is essential.
Making students to design and implement innovative ideas
Fun with learning
Allotting faculty for guidance
As a part of course, various activities related to innovation, few workshops need to be implemented.
To make learning more interesting, students should be given more opportunities to share their ideas and knowledge.
It takes almost 3 to 4 months to complete the projects.
Students must form into groups of 4(maximum of 2 from each department) and select a mentor of their choice from each department. This makes the project inter-disciplinary.
In a week’s time, students start working out on their projects.
In order to make sure their projects are going on as per schedule, they have to send their progress monthly to faculty whom they opted as their mentor
If anyone wants to add extensions to their project and need financial support, they get ‘seed money’ of about $1600
They have to wait for one month to get the requested seed money K. Chokkanathan, I&E cell coordinator takes care of these. This request process is done in the month of March.

STRATEGY#2- OFFERING VARIOUS COURSES RELATED TO LATEST TECHNOLOGIES FOR ALL THE STUDENTS IN THE COLLEGE

This could possibly be a program of classes that will take place during both the student's second and third year in order to make sure that the student is ready to tackle the final projects before graduating and heading out into the workforce.
Getting updated with latest technologies
Encouraging students for active participation
Maximum of 200 students shall be taken in for the club during the semester. Every semester this club offers new registrations
Since there are students from different branches, we planned to have the classes during 3 - 4, where at least students from few branches have a free period.
Conducting guest lectures and weekend classes on latest technologies

SPRING 2018 COHORT:

OVERVIEW:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBXtY44V3vs

Strategy #1-Creating Inter-Disciplinary Activities among Students and Departments

1. A branch representative must be elected and a student governing club must be formed to look at the various activities happening in the college.

2. Every student may not feel comfortable in expressing their views and ideas in front of management,in such case this governing body acts as a bridge between the management and the students.

3. Creating a group mail to all the students in the college so that the information regarding the events will be passed to everyone.

Strategy #2-Less Practical Teaching

1. Projectors: We have this resource called projectors in our college but our main motto is to make use of these projectors efficiently in a productive and effective way.That is, we are seeking to avail this resource called projectors to be fixed in each and every classroom possible so that it helps the students to understand the concepts in a practical way.It enables students for more efficient note-taking such that they can focus more on listening and this can solve the issue of students taking down incorrect or irrelevant notes.This is particularly useful when covering new or complex topics.

2. Experiments: Frequent experimental work in classrooms enables students to enhance their practical knowledge and to think out of the box.Learning by doing is a kind of thing that allows the students to involve, participate and learn from the resources and activities.

3. Roofless Teaching: This means that taking students to educational and industrial tours as it helps students to gain information regarding the functioning of the industry.It also provides opportunities to plan, organize and engage in active learning both inside and outside the classroom.

4. Recording Classes: This kind of activity is very helpful and beneficial especially when students miss the classes due to several reasons.Recorded videos of lectures assist the students to access the missed lectures and understand the next lecture after he/she goes to the class.Viewing recorded material provides more opportunities for interaction during class time.

5. Awareness of e-library among all students: Availing the resource of e-library helps the students to understand the concepts in a profound way and to learn how to apply the concepts in day to day life

Strategy #3-CREATING AWARENESS FOR THE UTILISATION OF RESOURCES AMONG STUDENTS.

To bring awareness among students to join the clubs in the college we employ multiple strategies.

Educating seniors to talk with juniors about various clubs in the college, their motives and objectives.
To give extra credits for active members of the clubs.
To give prizes and certificates for the winners of the competitions held in the club
To conduct Inter-College Competitions
To conduct events like Hackathon, Makeathon and even guest lectures from famous personalities.
To conduct a 3 day mandatory workshop for each club. So the students of various departments can come to know about the existence, motives, and functions of the clubs
To conduct games for relaxation and motivation among students
To give funding for innovative projects and start-ups built as the part of the club.
Teacher's cooperation plays a crucial role in ensuring that students are aware of the resources that are present and elevating the importance of participation in the activities as much as possible.
Alumni giving encouragement to the students and letting them generate novel ideas and assisting them to build new projects that develop the thinking of the students and making them capable to get along with contemporary technologies.

MILESTONES AND THEIR TARGET DATES:

MILESTONE	TARGET DATES/DURATION
Creating a group mail for college	15 DAYS
Seniors Campaignig about resources	2 MONTHS
Recording of video classes	3 MONTHS

Strategy #4: To improve the chance of more priority for extra-circular activities.

Different clubs i.e;for cultural,technical,sports,non technical,innovative clubs must be established .
The students may not get a chance to go somewhere and learn the arts of their interests.So, in order to fulfill their dreams, these clubs will be definitely helpful.
The clubs must be established on the majority basis, the students who show much interest in the particular club, that club must be implemented so that the management also does not face any loss.
Frequent cultural events can be held that is weekly once that improves the spirit among the students and this further helps them to refresh,rejuvenate and increase the opportunities for social interaction and new relationship development.
These extracurricular activities form a platform to find clubs that share similar social or even entertainment interest for socialization.
Interaction with people of different backgrounds helps in development of interpersonal skills of students

Priorities:V R Siddhartha Engineering College Student Priorities