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The development of syllabi for different academic programs in College is undertaken
through a robust Board of Studies (BOS) that keeps in focus the larger issues while
paying attention to minute details. Syllabi are further enhanced through the inclusion
of ideas arising out of informal discussions with students and other stakeholders. The
inclusion of eminent personages from research institutions, industry and corporations,
and department alumni in the BOS ensures that syllabi are pertinent and relevant to
the needs of modern society.

An atmosphere of challenge and stimulation is maintained in all academic, co-
curricular, and extra-curricular activities of College to ensure that students are well
prepared to meet and withstand the variety of challenges that they will inevitably find
in the spheres of life and work.

Criterion II: Teaching-Learning and Evaluation

College follows an admission policy that includes a preferential option for the poor
and the marginalized sections of society. While initially instituted for the education of
young Catholic men, today College admits and encourages the education of men and
women from all backgrounds. Applications are received and accepted today from a
diverse student body spanning several socio-ethnic and religious backgrounds from
across India as well as from several other countries, including Afghanistan, Bhutan,
Cote d'Ivoire, Iran, Maldives, and Sri Lanka.

A carefully planned and monitored admission process ensures transparency and
equitable opportunity to all applicants. Admission decisions are made by a specially
constituted committee, and adhere to the Reservation Policy of the Government of
India as it applies to Christian minority institutions.

The academic calendar is planned well in advance, and is outlined in a detailed
fashion in the College Calendar. Lectures are primarily adopted as a method of
promoting interest in learning among students. In addition, curricula of the Natural
and Physical Sciences include experimental learning as an important tool, while those
of the Social Sciences utilise discussions in the classroom and in groups,
presentations, quizzes, report-writing, case studies, and management games in their
teaching-learning process. The curricula aim at both sharpening the students'
understanding of subjects as well as improving their grasp of how their subjects
interface with the real world.

College has adopted technology prominently in its teaching-learning process in recent
years, equipping several classrooms with projectors, providing students with access to
academic resources through INFLIBNET, through the inclusion of software-based
learning in many syllabi, and through the recognition of MOOCs for awarding credits.
Some of the innovations seen in recent years include the use of case studies, field
work, data based research, reviews of literature, screening films and documentaries in
the Social Sciences, practical examinations in statistical software in the postgraduate
Economics program, the online Learning Management System MOODLE in the
postgraduate Physics program, Virtual Lab Experimentation by the Biotechnology
Department, and many more.

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