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6.1.11. Give details of the UGC autonomous review committee‟s
recommendations and its compliance.

 The College had completed ten years of autonomy and was due for the extension of
autonomy in July 2015.
 The autonomy report was submitted on time. Two visits took place in 2016: a
Bangalore University team, followed by a UGC team.
 The teams were pleased with the progress made by the College in pursuing
academic autonomy.
 They have extended the autonomous status for another term.
 The following suggestions were made (action taken indicated in brackets):

 Prepare a calendar of meetings for various bodies to ensure timely
implementation of suggestions. (Already in place)
 Academic and teacher performance to be evaluated by an external agency.
(done once in 2014 through LIBA)
 Give greater representation to external examiners. (Already in place)
 Appointment of faculty and admission of students to follow reservation policy.
(Already in place—College follows norms pertaining minority institutions)
 Vacant teaching posts need to be filled. (Government action required)
 UGC scales need to be extended to management staff. (Extended to faculty
with NET/K-SET)
 Major and subsidiary option to be offered under CBCS. (CBCS introduced in
2016-17)
 Postgraduate courses to have specialization. (Most courses already have such
options)
 Nomenclature of degrees and course content to be according to UGC norms.
(Implemented accordingly in course titles for BVA and M.A.
Communications)
 Internships to make students more employable. (Already in place)
 Greater access to journals. (INFLIBNET in place, and JSTOR introduced in
2016)
 Grievance Cell to be strengthened. (Already in place, efforts are being made)
 Students from rural areas to be admitted. (Granted as per applications
received)
 College should function within its territorial jurisdiction and give an
undertaking that teachers will discontinue guiding students from other
universities. (Compliance ensured)

6.2. Strategy Development and Deployment

The College has continuously striven to provide quality and inclusive education with
the help of its stakeholders. This has often required strategic planning in different
spheres of the College activities. Given the increasing demand for quality education
and the College‘s commitment to the marginalized, complex strategic planning that
will be both inclusive and equitable is necessary. From infrastructural planning
through to academic delivery the College is in the constant process of evolving new
and effective strategies to meet the challenges of classroom and laboratory space,
academic infrastructure and library needs. Strategies for empowering students from

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