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33. Give details. State whether the programme/ department is accredited/ graded by other
agencies.
Yes, the college has an outreach centre which monitors and assesses these outreach program
36. Detail any five Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of the
department
Strengths:
1. The Political Science department carries a legacy of almost eight decades and has
been able to flourish as it draws meritorious students from across the country;
2. Rich repertoire of alumni presently holding important positions in administration,
corporate and several other fields;
3. Students passing out of the PG Department have been able to clear competitive
exams like NET, civil services etc;
4. The faculty members have been regularly publishing their research works; The P G
department faculty has published in well-known peer-reviewed journals like Journal
of the National Human Rights Commision, Seminar, Policies and Practises Series.
5. Faculty members also are invited to speak at prestigious national and international
seminars.
Weaknesses
1. Due to general perception about the discipline, the discipline has failed to attract
many students.
Opportunities:
1. The P G Department has good opportunity to conduct seminars where PG students
across humanities can present and discussed their ongoing research work.
2. Need to diversify the scope of the discipline by providing additional training in
quantitative tools and techniques;
3. The idea for introducing courses like Public policy to cover the increasing scope of
studies in governance;
4. The department finds a lot of opportunities in establishing a peer network to take
further the good work done by the SJC to other colleges in Bangalore and Karnataka;
5. An aggressive advertisement about the courses offered by the college and department
Challenges:
1. The department is aware of the increasing marketisation and the need to update itself
to cater to the requirements of the students;
2. More transparent functioning of the Board of Examination was suggested
38. Future plans of the department.
 To have an alumni meet in 2017 to celebrate the 10 years of the PG dept and 103
years of the UG dept of Economics.
 To start a few diploma courses in Economics on weekends.
 Staff training programmes for Bank employees in collaboration with RBI.
 Explore possibilities of faculty exchange, student exchange, twinning programmes
with other universities and sign MOU s in this regard.
 To offer Msc course in Economics
 Introduce a optional paper in big data analytics
39. Innovations introduced during this academic year which have created a positive
impact on the functioning of the
Department. Give details.
6. Remedial classes taken by PG students, conducting preparatory exams and valuation
of answer scripts by PG
7. change in question paper pattern, has improved performance
8. introduced choice based papers
9. Faculty assigned different tasks , encouraged to pursue research
10. Dissertation work divided into four component with marks for each component to
facilitate work on time
11. Practical classes and examination for software in research methodology course

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