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∗ Faculty exchange and development: Faculty participation in these extension
activities has been helpful for faculty development as well. Since mentors are
involved in monitoring these extension activities of their mentees, they are also
sensitized about social issues though they may not be teaching subjects in Social
Sciences. Some of the teachers are invited as resource persons to deliver lectures or be
a part of the program.

∗ Research, Publication: Some of the faculty members have registered for PhDs on
topics that are related to extension activities.

∗ Consultancy, Extension: Four of the faculty members have been providing
consultancy services to organizations engaged in the extension activities. They have
established a Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Social Work,
University of North Carolina, USA.

∗ Student placement: NGOs with whom students have worked during their extension
services have come back to offer placement to some of the students. The learning
through extension activity has also helped in increasing employability of students in
general.

3.7.3. Does the College have MoUs nationally/internationally and with
institutions of national importance/other universities/industries/corporate houses
etc.? If yes, explain how the MoUs have contributed in enhancing the quality and
output of teaching-learning, research and development activities of the College?

The College has an MoU with St. Louis University, Missouri, USA to start M.A. in
Higher Education. An MoU with University of Minnesota, USA is on the anvil and
another with Seattle University, USA has been signed. The College has two cultural
exchange programs with University de Namur, Belgium (seven students from the
College participated in the exchange program, and students from Belgium visited this
campus). A UGC-sponsored International Conference on Higher Education was
organized jointly by the College and St. Louis University. In collaboration with Tata
Consultancy Services (TCS), the College is offering B. Com.-BPS and M. Sc. in Big
Data Analytics. The College is also introducing Diploma Programs from the academic
year 2017-18 in collaboration with various industries.

3.7.4. Have the College industry interactions resulted in the
establishment/creation of highly specialized laboratories/facilities?

The College has pursued industry-academia collaboration by starting industry-
relevant courses. The postgraduate course in Big Data Analytics is in collaboration
with TCS. TCS will be installing a modern data centre with teleconference facilities
estimated to cost about Rs. 1,00,00,000. This facility will be useful to researchers
working in the field. TCS has trained the teachers to teach the subject and has agreed
to pay the salaries of the teachers for the next two years. TCS also collaborates with
the College in running the B. Com.-BPS course.

*Any additional information regarding research, consultancy and extension which
the institution would like to include

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