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ENSURING ADEQUATE AVAILABILITY OF PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND ITS OPTIMAL UTILIZATION
Adhiparasakthi College of Arts and Science is located on 71.94 acres of land in a serene atmosphere congenial for learning and has adequate physical infrastructure to accommodate all its departments, classrooms, supportive facilities and hostels. The College is endowed with excellent facilities which include adequate, spacious and well ventilated Class rooms, Seminar / Conference halls, Laboratories including Animal House, Staff rooms, Hospital, Bank, ATM, Post Office, Canteen, Residential hostels, Play ground and Gym facilities to support the teaching-learning process.
Power backup is provided by Generators with a capacity of 250 KVA. Separate multistoried and imposing buildings are available for UG and PG programmes including administration.
To ensure adequate availability of physical infrastructure, the requirements of all Heads of Departments, Conveners of Clubs / Cells and Hostel Warden are represented to the management during meetings of HoD's, at general staff meetings and through IQAC for the forthcoming year well ahead of the preparation of the budget for the academic year. The Time Table committee plans ahead for all requirements regarding classrooms, laboratories, furniture and other equipments.
The lab facilities are also used by the research students of other institutions and University departments. The College makes optimal utilization of the Seminar Hall as multipurpose hall. Apart from being used for Symposia / Seminars / Conferences / Staff meetings, it is also used optimally for some classes, club activities, College programmes, parent teacher meetings department activities and programmes and various other events. The Seminar hall has LCD facilities and is used as an ICT-Enabled Class Room and for student presentations and viva voce examinations. A Language Lab with 30 systems is used for improving the language communication skills of the students.
Centralized Air Conditioned Auditorium with an area of 40,000 Sq.ft and a capacity of about 1500 seats is available. The purified drinking water is provided with a water treatment (RO) plant by laying pipelines from Pudupadi at a cost Rs. 3.5 Crores. In order to conserve water, a sewage treatment plant was erected at a cost of Rs. 20 lakhs.
The College has a well-established 11,000 sq.ft library with good infrastructural facilities to enable researchers to review the literature and thesis writing and for the UG and PG students for studying and for reference. The well-stocked general and department libraries have about 17,000 books to support research activities and course studies. As per the departmental requirements, the institution subscribes to 31 research journals. There are also 370 back volumes of journals and 753 dissertations.
The research scholars and staff members are provided with networking and e-journals to facilitate their research. To nurture the needs of the researchers, the College Library has access to more than 5,000 e-journals and 97,000 e-books through DELNET and INFLIBNET subscription. Systems with Internet connectivity and reprographic facilities are available for the use of researchers in the library.
A fleet of 22 buses is operated for the transport of staff and students from different places.Transport facilities are also available for departmental activities, trips to places of academic interests and also for the various extension activities taken up by the staff and students of the College.
POLICY FOR CREATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROMOTE A GOOD TEACHING-LEARNING ENVIRONMENT – FEW RECENT INITIATIVES
The Policy of the College is to augment infrastructural facilities to meet the growing needs of the College and to strengthen the teaching learning environment. This will derive benefits that would deliver better value for money, enhance quality services and increase the efficiency.
The Recent Initiatives taken by the College are:
* The College computer lab has been upgraded with more systems, servers and UPS units.
* The biological science laboratories are well equipped to cater to the students and research scholars. The laboratories of Biochemistry and Microbiology and Animal House cater to the special needs of the research students of other institutions and University departments.
* A Multi-Purpose Stadium has been constructed for games and athletics events. It also houses a fully furnished and well-equipped gymnasium.
* The purified drinking water is provided to the staff and students with the installation of a water treatment (RO) plant.
* Improved and spacious toilet facilities have been provided for staff and students, while rest rooms and toilets are provided separately for women staff and students.
CATERING TO THE RESIDENTIAL REQUIREMENTS OF STUDENTS – CAPACITY AND OCCUPANCY, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND BROADBAND / WI-FI FACILITY IN HOSTELS.
The College has adequate hostel facilities both for boys and girls inside the campus. The hostels are maintained and administered directly by the Management of Adhiparasakthi College of Arts and Science and its sister institutions. The hostel premise is manned by vigilant security to give the students a feeling of the hostel being a home away from home.
Men’s hostel has 140 rooms for housing 420 students. Women’s hostel has 2 blocks with 42 and 67 rooms for housing 450 students.
COPING WITH HEALTH RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY AND NON-TEACHING STAFF
The College takes special care in ensuring the health and well-being of its students and staff members. G.B. Hospital located in the College campus provides free treatment to the students and public. It has a general medical practitioner who visits the hospital every afternoon and is available on call 24 hours. The hospital has male nursing assistant, female nursing assistant, pharmacist, general assistant and driver. This facility consists of a Doctor’s consultation room, Treatment room with bed and IV infusion facilities, Nurses’ room and a free pharmacy.
COMPREHENSIVE IT POLICY ADDRESSING STANDARDS
The comprehensive IT policy of the College is to maintain good standards and to support and facilitate the teaching, evaluation, research and administrative functions of the College through an e-managed environment providing a high speed network, secured from intruders, with regular data backup and recovery techniques; along with licensed software and updates in highly refined servers for better performance and flexibility
IT SERVICE MANAGEMENT
The Instrument Maintenance Facility of the College receives written and oral complaints and addresses them at the earliest.
INFORMATION SECURITY
The College has implemented a system by which the confidentiality and security are ensured. The data at the College main office are protected. Only those persons who have been authorized by the Principal can have access to those data.
NETWORK SECURITY
The data from Controllers office and College accounts are covered under Network security and kept secure.
RISK MANAGEMENT
The College has developed a data back-up system to prevent accidental loss of data. There are two kinds of data back-up viz. the manual back-up system and the Office Data system which automatically stores data in separate storage device.
SOFTWARE ASSET MANAGEMENT
The College has streamlined procedures for purchase, storage, renewal and upgradation of software and their licenses. Licensed software and updates are stored in servers for better performance and flexibility.
Teachers use ICT-enabled tools including online resources for effective teaching and learning
Google Classroom and WhatsApp groups are used to manage and post course-related information – learning material, quizzes, lab submissions and evaluations, assignments, etc. The PPTs are enabled with animations and simulations to improve the effectiveness of the teaching-learning process. The online learning environments are designed to train students in open problem-solving activity. Lab manuals are mailed to students well in advance, before the experiment is performed. The use of computers and the internet forms the major component of E-learning. In our institution 53 teachers are using ICT tools and resources available in 6 classrooms.
ICT Tools:
- Projectors – projectors are available in different classrooms/labs
- Desktop and Laptops – Arranged at Computer Labs.
- Printers – They are installed at HOD Cabins.
- Scanners – Multi-function printers are available.
- Seminar Rooms – seminar halls are equipped with all digital facilities.
- Smart Board – One smart board is installed in the campus.
- Auditorium – It is digitally equipped with mike, projector, cameras and computer system.
- Online Classes through Google Meet and Google Classroom
- MOOC Platform (NPTEL)
- Digital Library resources (DELNET,INFLIBNET, E-books, etc)
USE OF ICT BY FACULTY
- PowerPoint presentations – Faculties are encouraged to use PowerPoint presentations in their teaching by using LCDs and projectors. They are also equipped with digital library, online search engines and websites to prepare effective presentations.
- Industry Connect – Seminar and Conference rooms are digitally equipped, where guest lectures, expert talks and various competitions are regularly organized for students.
- Online quiz – Faculties prepare online quiz for students after the completion of each unit with the help of Google Forms.
- Video Conferencing – Students are counseled with the help of Google Meet application.
- Video lecture – Recording of video lectures is made available to students for long term learning and future referencing.
- Workshops – Teachers use various ICT tools for conducting workshops on latest methods such as SPSS, Programming languages, simulations, etc.
Procedure and Policies for Maintenance
SPECIAL FACILITIES AVAILABLE TO PROMOTE INTEREST IN SPORTS AND CULTURAL EVENTS
SPECIAL FACILITIES FOR SPORTS EVENTS
Sports and games play a significant role in the educative system of APCAS. Daily games like football, basketball, volleyball and cricket are available to students in the campus.
The UG curriculum has one hour compulsory physical education class. All UG students are trained in group events. The College has a multi Gym for work outs and facilities for indoor and outdoor sports activities within the G.B. Stadium. The facilities available in the campus are listed below.
Infrastructures Fields / Courts Available
Indoor Stadium
- Badminton,
- Table Tennis (2 Tables),
- Carrom Board,
- Chess Board
Outdoor Stadium
- Ball Badminton,
- Basket Ball,
- Cricket,
- Foot Ball,
- Hand Ball,
- Hockey,
- Kabbadi,
- Kho-Kho,
- Volley Ball,
- 400 mts Track,
- Discus Throw,
- High Jump,
- Javelin Throw,
- Long Jump,
- Shot Put
Multi Gym
- IF8102 Lat Pull down / Low Row,
- IFFB Flat Bench,
- Body Solid Gfid-71 Flat Incline Decline Bench,
- Rubberized Hexagonal Dumbells – 3 kg, 5 kg, 7 kg, 8 kg, 10 g, 12.5 kg, 15 kg, 17.5 kg, 20 kg, 25 kg;
- IF8122 PEC FLY/REAR DELT;
- Olympic Bar –OB47 8.2 kg Curl Bar, OB60 13 kg, OB86 20 kg;
- Yoga mat 4 mm,
- Dumbell Rack 3 Tier,
- IF8110 LEG Press/Calf Raise,
- Olympic Rubberized Plates – 1.25 kg, 2.5 kg, 5 kg, 10 kg, 15 kg, 20 kg, 25 kg;
- Olympic Collars OC03,
- Tuff Stuff Calgym CG-5514 LEG Extension/Curl,
- IFCC Cable Cross Over, IF8121 Multi Press
UG Block PG Block Auditorium G.B. Sports Complex 
Gents Hostel Ladies Hostel Biochemistry Laboratory
Microbiology Laboratory Computer Laboratory
Gymnasium Animal House