FDP Jan 2019 Report

Curriculum Gap Analysis, Modalities for DAB & PAC
Meetings, Framing Effective Action Items –
Dr Shreeranga Bhat
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Dr Shreeranga Bhat
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
St Joseph Engineering College
Dr Shreeranga Bhat holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical
Engineering and master’s degree in Engineering Management
from MIT, Manipal. Dr Bhat holds a Ph.D degree on the topic
‘Lean Six Sigma’ from VTU, Belagavi. His areas of interest
include Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Robust Engineering,
Reliability Engineering and Design of Experiments. Dr Bhat is
actively involved in the accreditation process and is the IQAC
coordinator for the college.
Curriculum Gap Analysis, Modalities for DAB &
PAC Meetings, Framing Effective Action Items
Dr Shreeranga Bhat shed light on Gap Analysis and its relevance
to SAR. As a corrective action to the gaps identified ‘Content
Beyond Syllabus’ can be conducted. Issues regarding gaps in the
syllabus can be raised at PAC meetings and then discussed in DAB
meetings. Documentary evidence of the gaps communicated to the
university needs to be kept ready during the NBA visit. The key
steps to follow are Identify the gap, Create syllabus to bridge the
gap, Get approval from the HOD and Stakeholders,
Implementation and finally Assessment. He also gave his insights
on Curriculum Gap Analysis and Course Gap Analysis.
In regards to the topic ‘Modalities for DAB & PAC Meetings’, he
said that if the POs and PSOs were addressed in meetings then the
minutes of the meeting are to be recorded and communicated to
the university. He also mentioned that it is expected to conduct the
meeting within 20 days of announcement of results rather than
waiting for revaluation results.
Addressing the topic ‘Framing Effective Action Items’ he
requested the gathering to write the action items scientifically and
discussed some of the action items using examples. The session
ended with a group activity on writing action items.
“The importance of
identifying
and
documenting curriculum
gaps for an affiliated
institution was clearly
explained.”
Ms Sadhika Shetty
Department of Electronics and
Communication Engineering