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1.2.7. What is the policy of the College to promote inter-disciplinary programs?
Name the programs and what is the outcome?

 As the College follows the triple major system, students are exposed to a broad
spectrum of learning across disciplines in the undergraduate section. This is exploited
by the institution in arranging seminars and workshops of an inter-disciplinary nature
at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Many term paper ideas also fall
into the inter-disciplinary category as do programs organized by associations such as
Physical Sciences Association, Natural Sciences Association and Social Sciences
Association. A recent initiative towards starting inter-disciplinary courses has been
made with the introduction in 2016 of M. Sc. Big Data Analytics. This course is a
collaborative effort of the Departments of Mathematics, Economics, Statistics and
Computer Science.
 Since many members of the faculty take up research projects (both major and
minor), and write papers along with faculty from other departments, students are
directly benefitted by interacting with faculty capable of a multi-disciplinary approach
to their subjects.

1.3. CURRICULUM ENRICHMENT

1.3.1. How often is the curriculum of the College reviewed for making it socially
relevant and/or job oriented / knowledge intensive and meeting the emerging
needs of students and other stakeholders?

 The curriculum of the College is reviewed annually through the BOS. Major
changes are made once in three years.
 The BOS comprises subject experts who are often researchers themselves, which
helps in making the courses knowledge-intensive.
 The BOS comprises industry experts whose feedback help in forming syllabi
relevant to the emerging trends and also makes them job-oriented.
 The presence of alumni helps in improving the course based on their experiences
with the subject when they were students and also suggests new units to the
course.
 Feedback from students who are currently studying in the institution, members of
the department (through department meetings) and parents (through Parent-
Teacher meetings) is also considered.
 Feedback from eminent faculty members who visit the College has been taken
into consideration in updating the curriculum.

1.3.2. How many new programs at have been introduced UG and PG level
during the last four years? Mention details.
∗ Inter-disciplinary
∗Programs in emerging areas

The College in keeping with the emerging needs of the city‘s educational landscape in
the areas of Sciences, Social Sciences, Languages and Professional Courses, has
introduced several courses during the last four years. This is shown in the table given
below:

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