The Academic Audit process :

Academic audit is performed by internal and external experts.

1. Internal: Academic Audit Committee comprising of 2-3 senior faculty members and HoD conduct an audit before commencement of the semester, verify each and every focused area through a predefined questionnaire and identify the gaps thereby suggests remedial action.
2. External: One Industry expert and one expert from other institution conducts review of the focused areas and report the specifying the gap/scope for improvement.

• Curricular aspects
• Teaching Learning
• Evaluation & Results
• Lab Maintenance
• Learning Resources
• Faculty Performance and Improvements

 Curricular aspects :

The department academic calendar is to be prepared in-line with the University and institution academic calendar. Course Outcomes (COs) prescribed by JNTUH are mapped with POs indicating the level of correlation by respective subject handling faculty and PMAC. The targets for PO attainment for the academic year are decided by PMAC, depending on the previous attainment levels. Therefore, mentioned targets and articulation matrix is audited by AAC and scope for improvement is suggested.

Observations :

1. PO5 modern tool usage is slightly correlated to Power Electronics and Electrical Hybrid Vehicles.
2. PO3 Design/development of solutions slightly correlated to HVDC subject.

Actions taken :

• The Committee advised the faculty to Students were encouraged to use modern tools and technologies such as ETAP tool to do predictive analytics on scalable and robust datasets.

Teaching Learning :

Course files are prepared by faculty members soon after the subject allocation and work load finalization. The Academic Audit Committee performs audit of the course files i.e. verify the contents of the course file, lesson plan, probable assignments, extra material lecture notes, e-resources and their relevancy etc., Basing on the committee’s feedback, the faculty member need to make suggested modifications and include the recommended material. Course file contents must be as per recommendations made by Academic Audit Committee. This audit ensures the quality deliverables to the students.

 Observations :

• D V Ramanarsaiah, Assistant Professor, didn’t add live examples and e-resources like animated videos in EMF course file. The Academic Audit Committee advised the faculty member to provide ample opportunities for practice by giving them model presentations.
• K Sindhura, Assistant Professor, didn’t include assignment questions in the course file. The Academic Audit Committee advised the faculty to include previous question papers, assignment questions in the course file.

Action taken :

• EMF  subject can be understood better by imagination and visualization through NPTEL links other Coursera and lecture material. Dr. P Rajendhar Rao incorporated them in the course file.
• AE subject can be understood better by imagination and visualization through NPTEL links and lecture material. B Balvinder Singh incorporated them in the course file.
• Mr M Amruth Raj, Assistant Professor added assignment questions in the course file.

Evaluation & Results :

Faculty members are directed to have continuous monitoring of reception and understanding levels of students. Conducting regular assignments and internal assessments play vital role in understanding the conceptual acceptance levels of students. Performance analysis and actions taken towards attaining better results is a continuous process and will be done till the end of every semester. A review of this process by Academic Audit Committee is a clear necessity for quality enhancement.

Observations :

• M Sumanth Asst.Professor-EEE dept.-didn’t enter mid-1 exanimation marks provided by the examination department.
• N Naresh, Asst. Professor-EEE dept.-didn’t enter mid-1 exanimation marks provided by the examination department.

 Action taken :

• K Prem Kumar, Asst. Professor-EEE dept.-took backlog classes and could able to improve the pass% to 90.
• The Committee advised the faculty member to find out the reason and suggested to update the marks entry in result file.

Lab Maintenance :

The academic committee during their visit at every lab checks thoroughly about the maintenance and updating of stock registers, consumables and equipment, list of experiments, log books, lab manuals. The Academic Audit Committee gives the feedback to the faculty in-charge of each lab.

Observations :

• For M & I lab it is found that nearly 40% of 3  B.Tech EEE students given average feedback about their understanding due to lack of real time knowledge sharing. Few labs were equipped with high-end Servo Stabilizers. The Committee identified interrupted power supply.

Action taken :

• In EED lab, the lab in-charge didn’t correct the lab records and not maintained lab assessment sheets for one week.

Learning Resources :

In the era of knowledge driven organizations, availability of quality learning resources becomes adroit in manufacturing the knowledgeable professionals. KLRCET has got distinct place in making it to happen. Before the start of every semester the academic audit committee reviews the library, infrastructural amenities, availability and relevancy of e-resources and guides the coordinators to execute necessary up gradations.

Observations :

• Need for enhancement of the students’ knowledge levels in advanced core subjects is identified.

Action taken :

• To increase core knowledge and skills, encouragement was given to enroll in NPTEL courses offered by IITs.

Faculty Performance and Improvements :

Feedback on faculty performance like their conceptual ability and teaching methodologies. is collected from the students, twice in a semester. Feedbacks are reviewed by the concerned HODs, and course coordinators. The Academic Audit Committee and The Principal counsel the faculty with differential feedback and guide them to strengthen their performance. Participation in faculty development programmers, certifications, workshops and seminars are made compulsory for such faculty. Teachers with better feedback are encouraged to proceed for Research & publications. Scholar guidance, qualification enhancement, involvement in funded research projects, filing patents likewise is highly desirous and incentives were provided for their accomplishments.

Observations :

• SK Saida Pasha, Asst. Professor-EEE Dept Improved the quality of question paper in Bloom’s Taxonomy.
• Mrs P Akhila, Asst. Professor-EEE Dept had attended FDP Program for five days.

 Action taken :

• Based on audit committee instructions, faculty trained and prepared the question papers in Bloom’s Taxonomy
• The Academic Audit Committee observed and advised the faculty to undergo FDP program for a week instead of three days.

Based on audit committee instructions, All faculties are instructed to  register in NPTEL Courses.