DOON UNIVERSITY DEHRADUN

SSR PART-II
DOON UNIVERSITY, DEHRADUN
Commission (GoUk) to develop the courses. All the regional managers of the
specified institutions and Mr. Pankaj Naithani, Secretary- Uttarakhand Service
Commission were members of the Course Development Committee. The need
assessment for the course was based on the current emphasis of the union
government on skill building and expression of intent expressed by the above
institutions regarding the need-rationale and employment potentials for such
courses.
42. Does the department obtain feedback from
a. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes,
how does the department utilize the feedback?
All faculty members through their participation in the Staff meetings of the
Department, Academic Advisory Board (in which all the faculty members and
some external members nominated by the Vice Chancellor are members),
representation to IQAC as well as representation in the Academic Council do
provide regular feedbacks on the curriculum as well as teaching learning
evaluation. Department follows the instructions and the decisions of the AC
and submits action taken reports before each AC meeting.
b. students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and
how does the department utilize the feedback?
IQAC of the university through its formal feedback system undertakes
feedback surveys on all the courses undertaken by the Department. The survey
also contains questions on quality of teaching and the performance of the
faculty members associated with the course. IQAC as well as the office of the
Vice Chancellor suggests specific instructions to relevant faculty member
based on the results of the survey.
c. alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the
department utilize the feedback?
Although the number of alumni of the department is small given that only a
few students have passed out from the Department, there is a provision of
alumni feedback system run through the Alumni Cell of the University. The
Department also undertakes several efforts to reach out to parents of the
students to seek their feedback and report the progress of the department.
While these meetings with parents create a lot of enthusiasm among parents, it
also attracts some media attention about the departments efforts to ensure
transparency, accountability and participation (TAP)
Potential employers are reached out through different efforts of syllabus
revision, course development and other efforts of the department towards
improvements in the teaching learning content and processes. The recent
initiative of the Department to introduce certificates, diplomas and B.Voc and
M. Voc courses in Actuarial Economics, the department took active support
from the Oriental Bank of Commerce (Corporate-Public), Punjab National
Bank (Corporate-Public), HDFC Bank (Corporate-Private) and the
Uttarakhand Service Commission (GoUk) to develop the courses.
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