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2.4.7. How many visiting Professors are on the rolls of the College?

The Communications Department has four visiting faculty in their specialized area of
work relating to filmmaking and animation.

2.4.8. What policies/systems are in place to recharge teachers? (eg: providing
research grants, study leave, nomination to national/international
conferences/seminars, in-service training, organizing national/international
conferences etc.)

The members of the faculty are actively encouraged to attend seminars and
workshops in order to recharge themselves. When invitations are sent to College, the
Principal informs the concerned department and when a faculty member responds and
chooses to attend the program, he/she is given permission, leave, registration fees and
TA. The aided faculty are required to attend refresher courses conducted by the
Academic Staff College. Management-paid teachers update their knowledge by
writing, publishing and attending seminars and workshops.
Moreover, regular departmental meetings on research activities of the academic year
are conducted. The PhD guides of Botany and Chemistry departments supervise
research by faculty members registered from within those departments as well as
other allied departments of the College. In other departments, where dissertations are
compulsory, teachers keep abreast with emerging knowledge by guiding students in
their research work.

i. Give the number of faculty who received awards/recognitions for excellence in
teaching at the state, national and international level during the last four years.

Teachers of the college have not received awards/recognition of the kind specified
above, but have reported recognition by other bodies. These are shown below:
1. Communication: Shri. Johnson Rajkumar: Named among the top 25 ‗Teachers
Transforming the Landscape of Education‘ in India by the magazine, Campus
Diaries 2016.
2. Chemistry: Dr. Michael Rajamathi received a Teacher Appreciation Award ―Guru
Vandana‖, from Rotary Bangalore South and Karnataka Civil Defense Corps in
2013.
3. Environmental Science: Dr. M.R.E. Wilson received a Teacher Appreciation
Award ―Guru Vandana‖, from Rotary Bangalore South and Karnataka Civil
Defense Corps in 2013.
4. NCC: Lt. Akshay D.M. – Best in Drill, Best Contingent Commander, Best in
Weapon, Training (Silver Medal); Awarded Deputy Director General
Commendation card.

2.4.10 Provide the number of faculty who have undergone staff development
programs during the last four years. (Add any other programme if necessary).

All teachers in the College have attended training/enrichment program/orientation
programs throughout the four years. All management-paid teachers necessarily go
through orientation and most of them also go through HRD training. The entire
faculty body attends talks of general interest, including those pertaining to gender
sensitization and intellectual property rights.

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