1. Dr. (Mrs.) Elizabeth Verghese Chancellor Patron. 2. Dr. K. Sarukesi Vice-Chancellor

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1 MINUTES OF THE 14 th ACADEMIC COUNCIL MEETING Held on , Saturday Time : 10.a.m. Venue: K.S. Moorthy Hall The following were present : Sl.No. Name of members Designation 1. Dr. (Mrs.) Elizabeth Verghese Chancellor Patron 2. Dr. K. Sarukesi Vice-Chancellor 3. Dr. Muthiah Mariappan Former Vice-Chancellor, (Bharathidasan University) 4. Prof. S. Santhakumar Dean (Rtd.) Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT, Chennai 5. Prof.T.R Jagadeesan Former Director, College of Engineering, Anna University, 6. Mr. B. Viswanath General Manager-Engineering, Delphi TVS 7. Mr. Ashok Verghese Director 8. Dr. Aby Sam Director 9. Prof. S. Ramachandran Advisor 10. Mr. L. Jayachandran Controller of Examinations 11. Prof. A. Joseph Stanley Director (Academic) 12. Prof. G. Ilavazhagan Director - Research (Funded & Sponsored) 13. Prof. V. Paramasivam Professor (Emeritus) 14. Prof. R. Devanathan Professor (Emeritus) 15. Prof. M.J.S. Rangachar Dean (Electrical Sciences) 22

2 16. Prof. D. G. Roy Chowdhury Dean (Research) 17. Prof. V. Subbiah Dean (Post Graduate Studies) 18. Prof. Ravi Kumar Bhargava Dean (Architecture) 19. Prof. R. Angeline Prabhavathy Dean (Building Sciences) 20. Prof. Gopalji Malviya Dean (Centre for Defense Technology Studies) 21. Mrs. Kerstin Frick Dean (Post Graduate Studies & Collaborations) - Arch. 22. Prof. N. Rajasekharan Nair Dean (Applied Sciences) 23. Prof. B. Venkataraman Dean (Mechanical Sciences) 24. Brig (Retd.) Prof. Ravi Varman Dean (Administration) 25. Dr. B. Selvamuthukrishnan Director of Sports 26. Prof. Jessy Rooby HOD, Dept. of Civil Engineering 27. Prof. E.R. Naganathan HOD, Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering 28. Prof. T.V.Nagarajan Professor, Dept. of Aeronautical Engineering 29. Dr. Dilip A Shah Senior Professor & HOD, Aerospace Engineering 30. Prof. M. Subramanian HOD, Dept. of Automobile Engineering 31. Prof. T.S. Ravikumar HOD, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering 32. Dr. A.K.Parvathy Prof. & HOD, Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engg., 33. Prof. Uppu Ramachandraiah HOD, Dept. of Electronics & Inst. Engg., 34. Prof. Anitha S. Pillai HOD, Dept. of Computer Applications 35. Prof. S. Sumathi HOD, Dept. of Chemistry 36. Prof. M.L. Suresh HOD, Dept. of Maths 37. Prof. Rama Krishnasayee HOD, Dept. of Foreign Languages 23

3 38. Prof. V. Ravikumar HOD, Dept. of Chemical Engg., 39. Prof. Yamuna Krishna HOD, School of Management Studies 40. Prof. S. Nagarajan HOD, Dept. of IT 41. Ms. Annie Aureen Albert HOD, Dept. of Physics 42. Prof. Varghese Dolly Professor & HOD Dept. of Languages 43. Prof.A.Udhayakumar Professor & Additional Controller of Examinations 44. Prof. K.Nithyanandam Chief Librarian 45. Mr. Ashok Rajan Asso. Professor, School of Fashion Design & Arts 46. Air CMDE (Retd.) V. Govindraj Deputy Director (Orient Flight School) 47. WG. CDR (Retd.) T.R. Shankaran Simulator and Ground Instructor (Orient Flight School) 48. Dr. Pon.Ramalingam Registrar Non-Member & Secretary The following have expressed their inability to attend the meeting:- 1. Dr. Anand Jacob Verghese Vice President of Holding Society - Patron 2. Dr. V.V.S. Raveendra Global Delivery Director TATA Consultancy Services 3. Mr.G.S.Ramesh Chairman, Layam Group, Chennai. 4. Commodore. S. Shekhar Joint Director, CDTS 5. Prof. Ninan John Dean (Student Affairs) 6. Mrs. Sheeba Chander Asso. Prof. & HOD, School of Architecture 7. Prof. Vanaja Shivakumar HOD, Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engg., 8. Mr. Salim Mahmood Deputy Director (Admissions) 1. OPENING REMARKS BY THE CHANCELLOR The Chancellor informed that HGI celebrated the 73 rd Birth Anniversary of Founder Chairman, Dr. K.C.G. Verghese on During the event, Dr. K.C.G. Verghese Excellence Awards were presented to achievers in business arena and other notable fields. 24

4 Tan Sri Dr. Tony Fernandes, Chief Executive Officer, Air-Asia was honoured with the Life Time Achievement Award. The Chancellor also informed about the online entrance examination conducted for admission to UG Engineering courses. She said that more number of students were admitted in UG Engineering courses even though there is a decline in the admission for the UG Engg. courses in other colleges as per media reports. She also added that an orientation training was conducted for the first year students and the classes have already started. She informed that the University has been awarded B grade by NAAC. The MHRD has retained B Grade to the University. She said that an appeal is made to MHRD and the outcome is awaited. She emphasized the need to strengthen the research activities and advised the staff to publish more Research papers. She also requested the Directors, Deans, HODs and Senior Professors to put more efforts in the progressive direction to take the Institution to the greater heights. 2. ADDRESS BY THE VICE-CHANCELLOR The Vice-Chancellor in his address expressed his sincere thanks to the Chancellor, the Directors, the Registrar and all the members present for the meeting. He informed the following : Dr. K.C.G. Verghese Excellence Award 2013 a well-organized function, was attended by many dignitaries from India and overseas. NAAC awarded Grade B to the University with 2.82 points and it is short of mere 0.18 points, for securing Grade A. He expressed his hope to improve and get Grade A within a span of 2 years. University has been Accredited by the International Accreditation Organisation. University has become a member of Association of Indian Universities. (Deemed universities need to be in existence for five years to become eligible for membership) International Conference on Materials for Energy and Nanoconvergence was conducted between 4 th & 6 th July It was well received and appreciated by all participants. Indian Institute of Science for the first time has agreed to conduct International Conference ADCOM 2013 at Hindustan campus between 21 st & 25 th October The experts from ACCS (Advanced Computing & Communication System) visited our campus to see the facilities available in the campus and were pleased to inform that such facilities are not available even in institutions, like IISc, IITs. They expressed their willingness to conduct the conference in Hindustan University campus in which selected number of faculty members, research scholars and students can register, free of cost. A one day workshop on Outcome Based Curriculum was conducted for the benefit of faculty members at Hindustan Campus by resource persons of NITTTR. The Centre for Defence Technology Studies of the Hindustan University has completed one year on 13 th July On this occasion, a CDTS Annual Lecture will be conducted on 29 th July Lieutenant General (Dr.) Prakash Menon, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Military 25

5 Advisor to the National Security Advisor and Former Commandant of the National Defence College has consented to deliver a lecture on India s Cyber Security Challenges. NBA documents for the five departments, Aero, Civil, Automobile, Mechanical and CSE will be completed as early as in the 1 st week of September 2013 for submission. 3. CONFIRMATION OF THE MINUTES OF 13 TH ACADEMIC COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON The Director (Academic) read out the Minutes of the 13 th Academic Council Meeting held on and the Academic Council confirmed the minutes of the meeting. 4. ACTION TAKEN REPORT ON THE 13 TH ACADEMIC COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON The Action Taken Report on the minutes of 13 th was confirmed with the following observation:- Academic Council Meeting held on Dr. Aby Sam, Director informed that the internal marks of the students should be maintained properly by the departments for at least five years even for the passed out students. He also informed that some of the students secured high marks in internal tests and low marks in external examinations. It will definitely have an impact on the image of the Institution. We have to review our evaluation system. It was suggested to bring in new examination reforms which involve more responsibility to our faculty members for the conduct of external examination. The Vice-Chancellor informed that it will be discussed in the next IQAC meeting. 5 Items for approval Sl. No (a) Items Academic regulations for P.G. Diploma in Advertising Photography and Advanced Certificate in Professional Photography. Decision Taken Approved Separate Admission eligibility Criteria for PG Diploma in Advertising Photography, Diploma in Professional Photography and Certificate Courses to be mentioned in the Regulation. 26

6 6. Resolutions brought forward by the Board of Studies Sl. No (i) (a) (b) (ii) (iii) Items Decision Taken Chairperson Board of Studies for Information Technology. Introduction of B.Tech. (Information Technology) evening programme from the academic year Introduction of Professional Diploma in Cyber Investigation and Laws (PDCIL) and Professional Diploma in IT Infrastructure Management (PDIIM) courses from the academic year Chairperson Board of Studies for School of Management. Introduction of outcome based curriculum and syllabi for MBA (General), MBA (Aviation Management), M.B.A. (Hospitality Management), M.B.A. (Hospital & Health Care) and M.B.A. (Media & Entertainment) courses from the academic year It was suggested to include one Mathematics unit in some of the subjects where it is relevant and applicable. It was suggested to modify the curriculum in consultation with Director (Academic) Approved. Spelling mistakes in page No 28 (Financial Accounts) and Page No 25 (Management) need correction. Chairperson Board of Studies for Fashion Design and Arts. Action IT- HOD and Director (Academic) Director (Academic) HOD - School of Management (a) Introduction of P.G. Diploma in Advertising Photography course from the academic year Approved with following amendments:- 1. A chapter in Light metering to be added before the chapter Metering spot and Averaging in Module No 1 in semester Module No 8 - The word Saree to be substituted by Indian wear. 3. It was suggested to tie up with a company in Photography field for conducting these courses. The Coordinator for Fashion Design & Arts 27

7 (b) (c) Introduction of Advanced Certificate in Professional Photography from the academic year Introduction of Certificate course in Professional Photography (iv) Chairperson Board of Studies for Architecture. Introduction of outcome based curriculum and syllabi for M.Arch. (General) and M.Arch. (Housing) courses from the academic year Approved and Advanced Certificate course may be called as Diploma in Professional photography. A chapter in Light metering to be added before the chapter Metering spot and Averaging in Module No 1 in semester 1. Approved. A chapter in Light metering to be added before the chapter Metering spot and Averaging in Module No 1 in semester 1. Approved. (v) Chairperson Board of Studies for Aeronautical Engineering. (a) Introduction of B.Sc. (Avionics) course from the academic year Approved. (b) Introduction of B.Sc. (Aircraft Approved and under Maintenance Engineering) course from Semester IV, in the the academic year Subject with Code No AV 132, Flying Training to be changed as Flight (c) Introduction of curriculum and syllabi for III & IV semesters for B.Sc. (Aviation) course from the academic year Training Approved and under Semester VI, in the Subject with Code No AV 1311, credit should be 5 instead of 6. The Coordinator for Fashion Design & Arts The Coordinator for Fashion Design & Arts HOD-Aero HOD -Aero 7. Items for Presentation Sl. No (a) Items Review of Research and Promotion activities in the last one year - Prof. D.G. Roy Chowdhury - Dean (Research) Decision Taken Dr. Roy Chowdhury has informed that the faculty members are not coming forward to register for Ph.D. and apply for international scholarships. We are looking for Adjunct faculties from research organizations and industries for guiding our Ph.D. scholars. The members suggested the following : - to consider fee concession for our faculty members to encourage them to pursue Ph.D. 28

8 to include the name of the guide also along with the details of Ph.D. scholars in the presentation to the Academic Council. to identify two to three critical areas from where the research activities can flourish. (b) Review of Performance of P.G. programmes. - Prof. V. Subbiah, Dean (PG Studies) to bring out Hand Book on major facilities available for information. The Vice- Chancellor informed that the details are already available in our website. Noted. (c) Examination Performance Review. - Dr. A. Joseph Stanley, Director (Academic) Noted 8. Any other items with the permission of the Chair. The Director (AV) informed that we keep on increasing the number of programmes but on the other hand, the strength of students is decreasing and admission policy reforms are to be done to attract students for various courses. The members suggested that there is no need for P.G. Diploma / Diploma certificate courses to place before the Academic Council for approval. Only degree courses need to be placed before the Academic Council for approval. Vice-Chancellor Dr. K. Sarukesi completes his tenure on 31 st July On this occasion, Dr. (Mrs.) Elizabeth Verghese, Dr. Aby Sam, Director, Dr. S. Ramachandran, Advisor, Dr. A.Joseph Stanley, Director (Academic), Dr. Pon Ramalingam, (Registrar), Mr. Ashok Verghese, Director, Dr. Gopalji Maliviya, Dean (CDTS) and external members, Dr. Muthiah Mariappan, Former Vice-Chancellor, Bharathidasan University, Prof. T.R. Jagadeesan, Former Director, College of Engineering, Anna University, Prof. S. Santhakumar, Dean, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT, Chennai, Mr. B. Viswanath, General Manager Engineering, Delphi TVS, Chennai have felicitated Dr. K. Sarukesi for his dedication and excellent service rendered as Vice-Chancellor in Hindustan University from August 2008 to July The Vice-Chancellor thanked the Management and members of the Academic Council for all the support and cooperation. The following suggestions were made to improve the pass percentage in 1 st and 2 nd year students :- In Engineering Mechanics - more tutorial classes are to be conducted and the students are to be asked to work out the problems in the class itself. o Engineering Graphics to be made as practical subject instead of theory subject. 29

9 o The syllabus for Mathematics subject to be restructured in every department concerned. The Director (AV) informed that he had noticed a lot of mistakes in a question paper for the University Examination and it should not happen in future. The Vice- Chancellor informed that he has already given instructions to the HODs that the faculty members handling the subjects to check the question papers within 30 minutes from the commencement of the examination and report to the Controller of Examinations, if any mistakes are found, for informing the students in the examination hall immediately for necessary correction. 9. The VC thanked all members for their valuable suggestions and support. Sd/- REGISTRAR Copy to : All Members 30