DOON UNIVERSITY DEHRADUN

SSR PART-I
DOON UNIVERSITY, DEHRADUN
House Allotment Committee, Hostel Management Committee - Chief Hostel
Warden and Hostel Wardens, Grievance Redressal Cell, Entrepreneurship and
Skill Development Cell, Foreign Collaboration Cell, Scholarship Committees,
Foreign Student Cell, Equal Opportunity Cell, Placement Cell and Alumni
Cell.
Established in 2005 and making its debut in 2009 with its first academic
programme, Doon University is a young evolving University. The
management systems development, implementation and continuous
improvement are the key aspects of building its credibility, consolidation,
development, further expansion and diversification. This is manifested by the
following examples:
The University has strictly adhered to the UGC Regulations with regard to the
structure of the academic programmes, programme curriculum- development,
modification and up-dating.
The university has adopted semester system from the very beginning and has
put in place the credit based grading system providing credit flexibility across
the disciplines. The Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) has been adopted in
the new academic programmes- Integrated programmes in Physics, Chemistry,
Mathematics and Computer Science. The other academic programs will
gradually move towards adopting the CBCS based curriculum. The University
has adopted the continuous evaluation system in terms of assessment through
class tests/quiz, presentations, assignments, including mid-semester and endsemester
examinations.
The selection and appointment of teaching and non-teaching staff is as per the
UGC Regulations and State Government Regulations.
Admissions to the various programmes are open and transparent based on All
India Entrance Test. From manual admission process, the university has
gradually introduced online admission facility for the aspiring students.
A feedback system has been introduced for assessing the quality of teaching
and the teachers from the very inception of the academic programmes. The
University is committed to further improve and strengthen it by way of
providing online feedback facility to the students.
The central library services and facilities are fully automated. Students, faculty
and staff can access e-journals/publications subscribed through INFLIBNET
for study and research.
With a view to ensure quality of the research the University obtained the
membership of Shodhganga and Shodhgangotri and also have made it
mandatory to apply plagiarism software to check the originality of the research
work. Each head of the department and the interested faculty has been given
access to the URKUND software.
The University is in the process of implementing modular software based
online system which includes student life-cycle management, admission
management, fee management, teaching and attendance management, student
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