ACADEMIC ADVISORY BOARD

OBJECTIVES

Assisting students (advisees) to identify their academic values and goals, consistent with their capabilities, interests, and educational back grounds. To accomplish smooth conduct of academic activities of various programs in the institution.

FUNCTIONS

1. Analyse and suggest improvement in all the academic activities in the department including identification of faculty to teach courses, offering elective courses and time table preparation and so on

2. Introduce best practices/systems for attainment of PEO’s.

3. Encourage industry-institute interactions to bridge curriculum gaps and suggest initiatives to enhance employability skill sets.

4. Redefine existing PEO’s (as and when felt necessary), aligning of PEO’s to the mission statements and defining program specific outcomes.

5. Constantly monitor the skill sets among current students and propose necessary action plan for skill development through technical and soft skills training.

6. Encourage ‘Entrepreneurship Development’ through special training.

7. Identify and suggest thrust areas to conduct various activities like final year projects, training courses and additional experiments to meet PEO’s.

8. Evaluate proposals/ offers for internship and guide students with respect to advanced technologies sought from the industries.

9. Plan guest lectures (minimum two to three) and industrial visits (minimum two) throughout the semester.

10. Motivate students to organize project exhibition and also participate in competitions.

11. Plan any academic activity like workshops and seminars.

12. Sustaining the activities of professional bodies and their student’s chapters. Board officials are as follows: -

Chairperson

• Dr. M . Vidhya - Principal

Members