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1.4.2. Does the College elicit feedback on the curriculum from national and
international faculty? If yes, specify a few methods adopted to do the same -
(conducting webinar, workshop, online forum discussion etc.). Give details of the
impact on such feedback.

 Each department has a cycle of BOS once a year for which external subject experts
from other reputed institutions are invited. Their recommendations, suggestions and
feedback are considered and incorporated and the syllabus is modified accordingly.
 Many of the BOS members have had research and teaching experience aboard and
thus their sharing of expertise becomes valuable.
 Some departments have taken specific feedback regarding their syllabus from
renowned professors from reputed international universities.
 In a 2016 interaction with the faculty of Seattle University, USA, several of our
departments presented details of the curriculum, after which a discussion was held
comparing aspects of curriculum delivery. This process came after visits to the said
university by some of our teachers who also gave guest lectures there.

*Impact of the Feedback
The feedback received from the national and international faculty has shaped the
discussion around matters of syllabus and curriculum in several departments, and
changes were made as and when they were found to be practical and sustainable.

1.4.3. Specify the mechanism through which alumni, employers, industry
experts and community give feedback on curriculum enrichment and the extent
to which it is made use of.

 The nature of the composition of the board has provided opportunities to elicit
information from all stakeholders in the most appropriate and useful way. All
departments have enjoyed this goodwill of the members of the BOS.
 The departments ensure that industry experts and alumni who are potential
employers in divergent fields are consulted. Departments also earnestly seek
guidance in these matters and keep track of suggestions made and the follow-up
they have devised in response.
 The Department of Social Work and the Joseph‘s Outreach Centre along with
NCC, NSS have been helpful in sharing their experiences of the community needs
and this gets reflected in the syllabi or teaching in some way or the other.
 When CBCS was brought into effect, many departments were able to elicit feedback
on syllabi from alumni who are now employed by various international institutions.
The Department of English has alumni who are faculty in Colgate University and
Roanoke College, Virginia. They are regularly consulted when they happen to visit
India.
 Another source of feedback from the alumni is during the annual alumni meets. The
alumni are sometimes invited, as and when the rules permit, as external laboratory
examiners in some departments. During these sessions, valuable curricular inputs
are received from them.
 The Academic Council and Governing Council which are both regulatory bodies are
constituted so as to give adequate representation to the larger community. Their
meetings are crucial as processes of review for existing and proposed curricula.

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