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Strengths:
1. Qualified, experienced, Technologically sound, young and dynamic staff
2. Well equipped laboratories
3. Increase in the course demand ratio
4. Our staff are a part of BOS and BOE of other reputed colleges and institutes
5. Department conducts 2 certificate courses
Weakness:
1. Lack of space, funding and time constraint for carrying out research
2. Lack of campus recruitment options.
Opportunity:
1. To present research and scientific findings in seminars or journals
2. Collaborations with other national and international universities and industries
3. Tapping the potentials
4. Strengthening Interdepartmental research
5. Resource management
Challenges:
1. Overlapping syllabi between departments.
2. New emerging courses and colleges, and competitive institutes.

38. Future plans of the department.
 Increase placement opportunities on campus
 Collaborations with research institutes and industries
 To tap more resources : resource sharing and fellowships (summer fellowships for
staff)
 To apply for major research projects
 Organise collaborative faculty development programmes
 Organise State level, National level seminars and conferences
 Up gradation of infrastructure and labs to accommodate curriculum demands
39. Innovations introduced during this academic year which have created a positive impact on
the functioning of the department. Give details.
 Students do dissertations and internships in institutes of high repute which builds
contacts and enhances collaborative work.
 Faculty members from the Department being resource persons to other institutes.
 Procurement of new instruments for the upliftment of labs.

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