DOON UNIVERSITY DEHRADUN

SSR PART-I
DOON UNIVERSITY, DEHRADUN
Any gaps, difficulties or problems brought into the notice of the respective
bodies, as above are referred to the respective HoDs/faculty/Division. The
administration has issued advisories formally and informally to take up
corrective actions in areas such as improving the classroom interaction,
maintaining discipline, arranging guest faculty on special
topics/subject/courses, individual difficulties of the students and also
strengthening the assessment/examination processes.
6.5.3 Is there a central body within the university to continuously
review the teaching learning process? Give details of its structure,
methodologies of operations and outcome?
Though the University has recently appointed Dean, Academic affairs to look
into the teaching learning aspects/processes, due to the limited number of
senior professors and also small organizational set up- Schools/ Departments/
Student community, the support system for the Dean, Academic Affairs is
rather limited. This is to be noted that the respective Schools/Departments are
autonomous and accountable for creating and maintaining a smart teaching
learning process which are relatively better equipped in terms of staff,
equipments, advisors and processes.
6.5.4 How has IQAC contributed to institutionalizing quality assurance
strategies and processes?
In the process of selection of appointment of faculty and non-teaching staff
IQAC carries out screening of the applications received and adheres to the
minimum eligibility conditions for short listing of candidates. The list of
shortlisted candidates is put on the website of the University to ensure
transparency.
6.5.5 How many decisions of the IQAC have been placed before the
statutory authorities of the University for implementation?
The following decisions of IQAC were placed before the statutory bodies of
the University and have been implemented.
Ph.D regulations of the University with regard to mode of admission,
pre Ph.D coursework, credit structure of the pre Ph.D coursework, etc.
Uniformity in the structure of academic programmes in different
Schools and Departments with respect to minimum number of credits,
number of core and elective courses, etc.
Provision and guidelines for Zero Semester.
Constitution of School Faculty Council, Academic Advisory
Committee and Doctoral Research Committee in each
School/Department.
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