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prepared and given to the College Magazine Committee to record all the events of the
academic year.

6.3. FACULTY EMPOWERMENT STRATEGIES

6.3.1. What efforts are made by the College to enhance the professional
development of teaching and non-teaching staff?
The College encourages the teachers to attend local, state, national and international
workshops/seminars/conferences. The College grants on-duty leave for the teachers
who participate in such programs. It conducts orientation programs for all newly-
recruited teachers at the beginning of the academic year. Periodic training programs in
the use of ICT, modern office management, and soft skills are conducted for non-
teaching staff. The College encourages its teachers to pursue higher studies. It also
encourages the departments to organize conferences and workshops, and to undertake
research projects.

6.3.2. What is the outcome of the review of the Performance Appraisal Reports?
List the major decisions.
The staff members submit annually the self-appraisal reports to the Principal. The
Principal meets faculty for discussion around this appraisal and the student evaluation
and provides suggestions for improvements, if required. When the need arises for a
special area or concern to be addressed across the teaching community, relevant
training programs featuring outside experts are organized. For example, workshops on
writing research proposals and thinking beyond evaluations in the classroom have
been organized.

6.3.3. What are the welfare schemes available for teaching and non-teaching
staff? What percentage of staff have availed the benefit of such schemes in the
last four years?
The College provides ESI Medical and Provident Fund (PF) facility for all
management-paid non-teaching staff, and PF facility for all management-paid
teaching staff. The government aided teachers have access to the Staff Welfare Fund
and St. Joseph‘s Staff Cooperative Credit Society. These provide loans to those who
need financial help.

6.3.4. What are the measures taken by the College for attracting and retaining
eminent faculty?
The College has both government aided and management-paid faculty on its rolls. The
aided faculties are governed by norms framed by the Directorate of Collegiate
Education, Karnataka, in this regard. The College has a carefully framed recruitment
policy which commences with positions being advertised in national dailies. The
College management has revised the pay scale for its management staff on par with
aided faculty—recruits with NET/K-SET/PhD thus start with the current UGC scales,
and may be paid higher starting salaries. Even recruits without these qualifications
earn a better package compared to other colleges in Bangalore. About 50% of the staff
recruited in the last five years has research degrees.

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