The institution has performance appraisal system, effective welfare measures for teaching and non-teaching staff and avenues for career development/ progression.

• The institute has introduced a performance-based appraisal system for faculty members to uphold high standards of education, encourage professional development, and ensure accountability within the academic community. The PBAS is designed based on some of the guidelines set by the UGC. It is structured around four key criteria:

• 1. Academic Performance, encompassing teaching, learning, and evaluation-related activities.
• 2. Co-Curricular and Professional Related Performance.
• 3. Profession-related contribution.
• 4. Research/Consultancy/Projects-related contribution.

• Every faculty has to submit a claim form that would be thoroughly verified and evaluated by the audit cell of IQAC. Eligible faculty members across all departments will be granted incentives which are above a regular increment, promotions, and benefits.

• The parameters under criteria 1 are evaluated every month and faculty are given feedback for improvement. Under good practices IQAC declares an open house after the claim forms are submitted to clear the doubts or to guide the faculty in improving their performance.

• Employee welfare schemes implemented at the Institute:



• Free medical facility:

• All the staff is provided completely free medical facility for any ailment (headache to heart surgery) at the Arundathi Hospital, a unit of KMR educational society.



• Welfare measures:

• a. Financial assistance like fee reimbursement, books allowance etc. is provided to the children of an employee who has completed 3 years of services at the institute.

• b. A loan of Rs. 50,000/- is provided to the faculty who wishes to pursue Ph.D.

• c. Advance loan for purchase of vehicles is also provided to a tune of Rs.1 Lakh.

• d. Reimbursement of registration fee to the faculty attending FDP’s, Conferences to the tune of Rs.3000/-

• e. Transportation to all faculty at a subsidized rate and completely free for non-teaching staff.

• f. Maternity benefit: All women faculty who have completed 3 years of service at the institute are entitled the maternity benefit of 180 days leave with full pay.

• g. Group medical insurance: The Institute has taken group medical scheme from Reliance company. Group Health Insurance is offered to the entire staff to the tune of Rs. 550046/-

• h. Donation of Cycles: To encourage fitness among the staff the institute has donated 30 cycles to the staff willing.

• i. Employees State Insurance (ESI): This facility is extended to class IV staff to cover their medical expenses.

• j. Recreation facilities: Free membership is given at gym, sports, yoga, zumba centers which are within the institute.

• k. Employees Provident Fund: To cultivate the spirit of savings for the future, the EPF facility is extended to the faculty. The PF is refunded with the interest in the event of death, permanent disability, super annulations etc.

• Welfare measures for Non-Teaching Staff:



• a. Contribution to non-teaching staff association fund, festival bonus.

• b. Every year the management gives two pairs of uniform to the staff.

• c. All the class IV employees are given free transport from their homes to college

• d. Donation of cash or kind and free bus facility for the marriage of family members of class IV employees.

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Percentage of teachers provided financial support to attend conferences/workshops and towards membership fee of professional bodies during the last five years

MLRIT ensures that adequate numbers of qualified faculties are available for enhancing the excellence of academics, and research. 'Teacher quality is a composite term to indicate the quality of teachers in terms of qualification of the faculty, teacher characteristics, the adequacy of recruitment procedures, faculty availability, professional development and recognition of teaching abilities. Teachers take initiative to learn and keep abreast of the latest developments, innovate, continuously seek improvement in their work and strive for individual and institutional excellence. Teacher quality has a direct relation to learning outcome to the extent that it is a major determinant of the overall quality index of the institution. For this purpose, the Management has sanctioned posts that are above and beyond the stipulated norms by the statutory boards.

6.3.2.1: Number of teachers provided with financial support to attend conferences/workshops and towards membership fee of professional bodies year-wise during the last five years

Year	2022-2023	2021-2022	2020-2021	2019-2020	2018-2019
Full Time Teachers	274	256	242	243	253
No of Sanctioned posts	274	256	242	243	253

Formula:

Total number of teachers provided with financial support to attend conferences,workshops and towards membership fee of professional bodies during the last five years

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- X 100

Total number of sanctioned posts during the last five years

Response: 100%

Policy document on providing financial support to teachers Institutional Data Copy of letter/s indicating financial assistance to teachers Audited statement of account highlighting the financial support to teachers Link for Additonal Information

Percentage of teachers undergoing online/ face-to-face Faculty Development Programmes (FDPs)/ Management Development Programmes (MDPs) during the last five years.

MLRIT ensures that adequate numbers of qualified faculties are available for enhancing the excellence of academics, and research. 'Teacher quality is a composite term to indicate the quality of teachers in terms of qualification of the faculty, teacher characteristics, the adequacy of recruitment procedures, faculty availability, professional development and recognition of teaching abilities. Teachers take initiative to learn and keep abreast of the latest developments, innovate, continuously seek improvement in their work and strive for individual and institutional excellence. Teacher quality has a direct relation to learning outcome to the extent that it is a major determinant of the overall quality index of the institution. For this purpose, the Management has sanctioned posts that are above and beyond the stipulated norms by the statutory boards.

6.3.3.1: Total number of teachers who have undergone online/ faceto-face Faculty Development Programmes (FDP)/ Management Development Programs (MDP) during the last five years

Year	2022-2023	2021-2022	2020-2021	2019-2020	2018-2019
Full Time Teachers	274	256	242	243	253
No of Sanctioned posts	274	256	242	243	253

Formula:

Total number of teaching staff attending such Programmes during the last five years

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- X 100

Total number of full time teachers during the last five years

Response: 100%

Refresher course/Faculty Orientation or other programmes as per UGC/AICTE stipulated periods, as participated by teachers year-wise. Institutional data Annual reports highlighting the programmes undertaken by the teachers Link for Additonal Information