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CAMPUS JOTTINGS
Total concentration on NAAC team’s visit
G. NARASIMHA RAO
The major happening in Andhra University campus is the administration’s total concentration on facing the National Assessment and Accensure that all that is required by the committee is in place and to motivate the teachers and student further to ensure the top grade this time.When it is expected on the part of teachers to join the efforts, it is learnt that some teachers in some departments are not even present when the VC visited their departments. There are also reports that there are discrepancies in awarding marks as per the performance indicators set for teachers, in a bid to improve the status of the university in the eyes of NAAC. Seminars attended, publications made, awards received, feed back from students, are some of the performance indicators but it is alleged that some teachers have been awarded very high marks though their performance, particularly their publications are of not good standards and the journals in which they are published are not scientific in nature. Even an article published in a non-scientific journal or an award received from a local organisation has earned marks for some teachers. An award for a university teacher is considered to be as a performance indicators.
NAAC wants real feed back
One important task for the AU administration in its bid to impress the Peer Team is securing a good feedback from the students about their teachers. Unlike in the past when a group of students gathered to give opinion (positive of course) the Peer Team will now meet the students at random during its visit to the departments and elicit their opinion.
This new method has been followed in Osmania University and AU has to get ready to face this real litmus test.
Paying back
An example set by Prof. J.V. Prabhakara Rao, former Principal of AU College of Arts and Commerce, by modernising the room in Nagarjuna hostel where he stayed during his PG course is catching up.Teachers, alumni, scholars and project fellows of Department of Geology got the two lecture halls of the department renovated.
He also felicitated the teachers. Rector B. Satyanarayana, Principal of Science College P. Rajendra Prasad, professors M. Chandra Rao, C.V. Raman, C. Kasipathi, M. Jagannadha Rao, Vinod Rao, N. Subba Rao, Dhanunjay and others were present.
Gnanavani to be extended
The AU School of Distance Education has decided to extend the programmes of Gnanavani, an educational FM channel it is beaming and also increase the coverage area.
Prof. Venugopal Reddy released a book “Number One-ga Edagandi” written by HoD of Psychology and Parapsychology M.V.R. Raju. At Vijayawada recently, Minister for Animal Husbandry Mandali Buddha Prasad released a book “Adhunika Bhasha Sastram” written by a senior professor of AU SDE Velamala Simmanna.
AU prof. on editorial board
A senior professor of Department of Geology N. Subba Rao has received the rare honour of being the only Indian as a member of the editorial board of the prestigious International Journal of Environmental Geology being published by Springer (USA).
Award for professor
A professor of Department of Geography Bandaru Hemamalini received the Environmentalist of the Year 2007 award from the National Environmental Sciences Academy (New Delhi). Prof. Venugopal Reddy congratulated Prof. Hemamalini on receiving the award.
Ph.D.s awarded
A lecturer of Dr. V.S. Krishna Government Degree College B. Seethalakshmi received her Ph.D. degree from Andhra University for her thesis “A search for antimicrobial agents in plant resources against pathogens of Zea Mays L. and Eleusine Coracana (L) Gaertin. Crops”.
A Deputy Chief Manager (environmental management) of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant Kishore Chenna was awarded Ph.D. in environmental sciences by Acharya Nagarjuna University, for his thesis on “development of environmental indicators and index for integrated steel plants using process cycle impacts”.
Training programme
Andhra University College of Engineering organised a one week training programme on Total Station and GPS survey as part of community services programmes sponsored under the Technical Education Quality Improvement programme.
College pats its RDP participants
Dr. L. Bullayya College felicitated three of its students S. Sravani of final B.Com., K.S. Anil Kumar of B.Com. second year and P. Srikanth of secondyear B.Sc. for participating in the Republic Day parade’s NCC contingent.
Mother’s Day celebrated
The Gayatri Vidya Parishad Degree College celebrated the Mother’s Day (anniversary of Kastur Ba Gandhi on Feb. 22. Principal of the college P.V. Sarma was chief guest.
Help to the visually handicapped
The ICFAI National College distributed 20 Braille slates to the Help to Help Association for the Blind. Centre head M. Sudha gave away the slates.
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