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Thiagarajar School of Management (TSM) - NAAC Self Study Report

Self-Study Report (SSR)

For the purpose of accreditation from

NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION COUNCIL

An Autonomous Institution of the University Grants Commission

P. O. Box. No. 1075, Nagarbhavi, Bangalore - 560 072


TABLE OF CONTENTS

# Description Page Number

Preface 3

Status of the College 7

1 Profile of the Institution (Autonomous College Format) 9

2 Executive Summary 19

3 Criterion-wise Evaluation Reports

3A Criterion I : Curricular Aspects 31

3B Criterion II : Teaching, learning and evaluation 48

3C Criterion III: Research, Consultancy and Extension 84

3D Criterion IV : Infrastructure and Learning Resources 120

3E Criterion V: Student Support and Progression 146

3F Criterion VI : Governance, Leadership and Management 179

3G Criterion VII : Innovation and Best Practices 206

4 Evaluative Report of the Departments

4A 1. PGDM 219

4B 2. MBA 235

5 Declaration by the Head of the Institution 252

6 ANNEXURES & ENCLOSURE 253


Preface

Thiagarajar School of Management (TSM), Madurai was established in 1962, which makes it

arguably the oldest standalone B-school in South India.

Ably supported by a high-profile Board of Governors (BOG) and Board of Studies (BOS), both of

which have many distinguished members from industry and academia, TSM endeavours to live

up to its Vision of being “A leading academic institution of choice amongst management

students and faculty and employers alike”, and its motto, which is “Learn to Learn”.

TSM has multi-dimensional strengths, straddling different areas and activities, such as

infrastructure, faculty & academics, internal processes, student profile & activities, and

placements & corporate relations, that facilitate our achieving our vision and living up to our

motto. To elucidate on this, listed below are few salient details:

Infrastructure

• A sprawling, lush-green campus with total area of over 40 acres

• Self-contained campus, with all students residing inside the campus in separate

girls’ and boys’ hostels-this also facilitates learning, as students can work

together on their group projects and assignments during late evenings

• Faculty quarters and guest house for visiting faculty and corporate visitors inside

the campus

• 24*7 Wi-Fi access across the campus, coupled with 40 MBPS broadband, which

enable our students, wherever they are, to access the net, which is so important

in today’s management pedagogy

• A well-stocked library, with over 25000 books, magazines and journals, and

access to many digital archives and corporate databases

• Play grounds/facilities for a number of games/sports such as football, cricket,

basketball, volley ball, badminton and table tennis, in addition to a well-

equipped gym

• A Central Dining Hall where all students-both boys and girls-have their meals.

This facilitates interaction among the students, and, with two large TVs at each

end of the Dining Hall, students are able to catch up on political, business and

sports news while having their meals


Academics & Systems

• The Institution has a strong faculty team, both qualitatively and quantitatively,

with a number of our faculty being doctorates or graduates of high-end

institutions such as IIMs, IITs and NITs.

• We are an NBA re-accredited B-school, which is a testimony of our high

standards straddling all relevant areas

• We are a member of ACBSP, and are in the process of getting ourselves

accredited by this international accreditation organization.

• We are an ISO 2015 compliant B-school, with all our internal processes across

academics, placements, admissions and administration strictly complying with

ISO requirements

• We lay strong emphasis on research and publications, with our faculty having

published many papers in different reputed journals

• To ensure state-of-the art-curriculum, our curriculum is reviewed and revised

every year, for which we take inputs from the members of our BOG and BOS

members, as well as from senior business executives, besides benchmarking with

IIMs A, B & C, and XLRI Jamshedpur

• We have launched, during 2014/15, a full specialization stream in Business

Analytics, which is gaining increasing traction among companies in different

verticals

• As part of our emphasis on the social sector, we organize an annual week-long

Rural Immersion Programme (RIP), during which our students spend a few days

in villages to get exposure to rural life, infrastructure and entrepreneurial

opportunities

• We lay strong emphasis on ethical practices, which is evinced by our offering a

compulsory course in the 1st year on Business Ethics & Corporate Social

Responsibility to all our students. Besides, we do not have the practice of

‘Management Quota’, and do not take any premium, donation or capitation fee

in any form from our students

Students’ Activities

The Institution has a strong student-driven culture, and all incoming students are

encouraged to participate in diverse activities, which will help their interactive, team, and

organizational skills- attributes which all corporate employers look for.


• Our students interact extensively with their counterparts in other B-schools,

through different instruments such as (a) organising Yukti-an annual

Management Fest, which is among the biggest in South India; (b) organising

Inferno-an annual inter B-school cricket tournament that attracts participation

from leading Tamil Nadu based B-schools; and (c) participating in management

fests organised by other B-schools, in which our students consistently win prizes

in diverse events

• Our students drive many key institute activities, such as Placements and

Corporate Relations, through the respective students’ committees

• Delite, our students’ café, is run and funded entirely by our students as a

business venture. This gives the students valuable exposure to the issues

involved in running a business

• We have as many as 12 students’ clubs that focus on different areas, both

academic and non-academic, such as Marketing, Finance, Operations & SCM,

HRM, Social Welfare, Films etc.

• We have strong alumni relations, with over …of our alumni across different cities

and countries being members of our Alumni Society. Each year, during our

annual convocation, we recognize successful alumni in different walks of life by

conferring on them our Distinguished Alumni Award

Corporate Relations

• Despite not being located in a metro or an industrial hub, we have strong

corporate relations, which has resulted in our inviting many senior executives from

different cities, companies and sectors to address and interact with our students. A

few doyens who have visited our campus during recent years are: Mr. Narayan

Murthy, Chief Mentor, Infosys; Mr. Lakshmi Narayan, Vice Chairman, Cognizant; Mr.

CK Ranganathan, Founder Chairman, CavinKare; VM Rajasekharan, SBU Chief

Executive, ITC; Prof. Samir Baruah, Director, IIM Ahmadabad; Shri.Kris

Gopalakrishnan, Executive Vice Chairman, Infosys; Mr. Sridhar, CMD, Central Bank of

India; and many others

o Yukti and Inferno, our annual Management Fest and Cricket tournament, are

almost entirely funded by corporate sponsorships

o We have as many as seven representatives from industry in our Board of

Governors, and four in our Board of Studies

The final collective outcome of all the above is that we have a strong track record in

Placements, which is improving each year as evident from increase in the

• number of recruiters and

• average and maximum salaries


With NBA re-accreditation, Member of ACBSP and ISO 2015 B-school the institute thrives to

sustain and enhance quality in its every deed. The preparation of the SSR report and the

application for the NAAC Accreditation is an attempt to provide a clear picture of institutions

intention towards imparting quality in the education system. This document is an evidence of

the effort by the faculty members, staff and other stake holders as a team with passion to

strengthen the institution in its pursuit of knowledge and excellence. This strenuous attempt is

made possible by the support of all stakeholders and it helped the institution to understand the

strengths, opportunities and challenges.


STATUS OF THE COLLEGE

While 3000+ schools exist in the country to satisfy the demand for MBA, only a handful

of these B-Schools impart quality education and churn out leaders. Thiagarajar school of

management (TSM), is transforming students into role ready professionals, who can take up

challenges of various industries with expertise and ease.

History of the Institution

“Service to Education is Service to God”

Shri. Karumuthu Thiagaraja Chettiar affectionately called "Kalaithanthai" meaning "Father of

Arts" founded the Thiagarajar School of Management (TSM) which was the first of its kind

institution in the southern part of Tamil Nadu. The textile honcho “Shri Karumuthu Thiagaraja

Chettiar”, popularly known as “Karumuthu”, was born in the year 1893. After completing his

Education in India & Ceylon, he started his career as an assistant editor in the Ceylon English

daily "Morning Leader". He fought for the rights of Tamil labourers in plantations in the then

Ceylon. He contributed articles and also published a book titled "Indian Immigrant on Ceylon

Estates". His persistent efforts made the Government to offer better working conditions to the

labourers. This was a phenomenal achievement at the age of 22. He returned to India from

Ceylon in 1916 and joined the Congress in 1917 and became President of the labour wing.

He established Meenakshi Mills Ltd. in Madurai in the year 1921 and went on to establish as

many as 18 Textile Mills. Besides, he also acquired sugar factories at Pandiarajapuram and

Thanuku in South India. Subsequently the renowned P.ORR & Sons Pvt. Ltd, Chennai came

under his wings of effective management. He also ventured into other industries like Banking

(Bank of Madura), Insurance (Madura Insurance which after nationalisation merged with United

India Insurance) and News Paper (Tamil Nadu).

During one of his business trips to Calcutta, he visited Shantiniketan, where he met Sir

Rabindranath Tagore. Inspired by Viswabharathi University, he started many charitable trusts,

like Thiagarajar Endowment, in 1944, Thiagarajar Dharma Vanigam in 1948, Thiagarajar College

Endowment Trust in 1951, the Thiagarajar Charities in 1962, and Thiagarajar Educational Trust.

In 1947, he started "Visalakshi Kalasalai" in his native place A. Thekkur. In 1959, the then Prime

Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru inaugurated the spacious building as well as the adjoining

hostel accommodation of this institute.

Milestones

With its intensive, industry-oriented curriculum, benchmarked against the best

institutions of the country, with strong focus on overall development, gives a learning


experience that not only ends at TSM but continues throughout the lives of its students, ready

to assimilate new learning all the time. The major milestones of the Institution are as follows:

1962- Commencement of Executive Development Programme

1972- Commencement of Part Time MBA programme

1986- Commencement of Full Time MBA programme

1994- Commencement of Full Time MCA programme

1998- Relocated to new lush green campus

2008- Received NBA Accreditation for Quality in Education for MBA programme

2008- Received Permanent Affiliation status from Affiliating University

2009- Included in the list of colleges under section2 (f) of the UGC Act, 1986.

2010- Received Autonomous Status from UGC

2011- Launch of AICTE approved PGDM Programme

2013- Received NBA Accreditation and AICTE approval for additional PGDM batch

2014 -Received candidacy status for Accreditation with ACBSP

2015- Received NBA re-accreditation for PGDM programme

2016- Awarded 15th rank Pan India by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Ministry

of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India.

The programs are also adjusted continuously to keep in pace with the changes in the external

business environment and social, political, economical changes to ensure that they are the best

and most relevant programs that possibly could be and would equip our future leaders for the

challenging careers they will experience and map their direction. The institution has been

awarded with ‘Autonomy’ status by UGC for the period of 2010-2016. The institute has sent a

proposal to the UGC to extend the Autonomy status after getting the approval from Affiliating

University and State government in 2015. In 2016, UGC constituted an expert committee to

evaluate the performance and academic attainments of the institution. The institution is

awaiting the Expert Team visit on a date of their convenience.


1. Profile of the Autonomous College

1. Name and Address of the College:

Name : Thiagarajar School of Management

Address : Pamban Swamy Nagar , Thiruparankundram

City : Madurai Pin :625 005 State : Tamil Nadu

Website : www.tsm.ac.in

2. For communication :

Designation Name Telephone

with STD

Mobile Fax E-mail

Principal and

Steering

committee

coordinator

Dr. M Selvalakshmi 0452-

2484099

9843351013 0452-

2483099

[email protected]

Director Prof.Gautam

Ghosh

0452-

2484099 9655944093

0452-

2483099

[email protected]

3.Status of the autonomous college by Management:

I. Government

II. Private �

III. Constituent college of the university

4. Name of University to which college is Affiliated: Madurai Kamaraj University

5. a. Date of establishment ,prior to the grant of “Autonomy “ – 1962

b. Date of grant of ‘Autonomy’ to the college by UGC: 17 -02-2010

6. Type of Institution:

a. By Gender

i. For Men

ii. For Women


iii. Co-education �

b. By Shift

i. Regular �

ii. Day

iii. Evening

c. Source of funding

i. Government

i. Grant-in-aid

ii. Self-financing �

iii. Any other (Please specify)

7. It is a recognized minority institution?

Yes

No �

8. a. Details of UGC recognition:

Under Section

Date, Month & Year

(dd-mm-yyyy) Remarks(If any)

i. 2 (f) 11 - 5 - 2009

The college is not eligible to receive

central assistance under section 12 (B)

of the UGC Act,1956 as the UGC has

not Finalized the details to provide

financial assistance to “Self-Financed

college “

ii. 12 (B)

(Annexure: 1 - Certificate of recognition from UGC under section 2 (f) )

b. Details of recognition/approval by statutory/regulatory bodies other than UGC (AICTE,

NCTE, MCI, DCI, PCI, RCI etc.)


Under Section/clause Day, Month and Year

Validity

Programme/

Remarks

(dd-mm-yyyy) institution

i. AICTE 2016 1 year MBA & PGDM

(Annexure: 2 - Certificate of recognition from AICTE)

9. Has the college recognized

a. By UGC as a College with Potential for Excellence (CPE)?

Yes No �

If yes, date of recognition: …………………… (dd/mm/yyyy)

b. For its contributions / performance by any other governmental agency?

Yes No �

If yes, Name of the agency …………………… and

Date of recognition: …………………… (dd/mm/yyyy)

10.Location of the campus and area :

(* Urban, Semi-urban, Rural, Tribal, Hilly Area, any others specify)

Location * Rural

Campus area in sq. mts. or acres 40.4 acres

Built up area in sq. mts. 6562.67 Sq.mts

11. Does the College have the following facilities on the campus

(Tick the available facility)? In case the College has an agreement with other agencies in

using such facilities provide information on the facilities covered under the agreement

• Auditorium/seminar complex �

• Sports facilities ∗ * play ground �


∗ swimming pool

∗ gymnasium �

• Hostel

∗ Boys’ hostels �

∗∗∗∗ Girls’ hostels �

• Residential facilities

∗ for teaching staff �

∗ for non-teaching staff

• Cafeteria�

• Health center –

* First aid facility �

* Inpatient facility

* Outpatient facility

* Ambulance facility

* Emergency care facility

Health centre staff –

* Qualified doctor Full time Part-time

* Qualified Nurse Full time Part-time�

• Other facilities

o Bank

o ATM�

o post office

o book shops

• Transport facilities

* for students

* for staff

• Power house �

• Waste management facility �


12 Details of programmes offered by the institution : (Give data for current

academic year) # Programme

Level Name of the Programme/ Course

Duration Entry Qualification

Medium of instruction

Sanctioned/ approved Student intake

No. of students admitted

1. UG

2. PG

MBA 2 years

Under graduation +

CAT/MAT/CMAT/XAT/

NMAT English 120 120

3. Integrated

Masters

4. M.Phil.

5. Ph. D.

6.

Integrated

Ph.D.

7. Certificate

8. Diploma

9. PG Diploma PGDM 2 years

Undergraduation +

CAT/MAT/CMAT/XAT/

NMAT English

120

110

13.Does the institution offer self-financed Programmes?

Yes � No

If yes, how many? 2

14.Whether new programmes have been introduced during the last five years?

Yes � No

If yes: Number 1


15.List the departments: ( Do not list facilities like library, Physical Education as

departments unless these are teaching departments and offer programmes to students)

Particulars Number Number of Students

Science

Under Graduate NA

Post Graduate

Research centre(s)

Arts

Under Graduate

Post Graduate NA

Research centre(s)

Commerce

Under Graduate NA

Post Graduate

Research centre(s)

Any Other (please specify) - MANAGEMENT

Under Graduate

Post Graduate 2 MBA -237

PGDM – 213

Research centre(s) 16. Are there any UG and/or PG programmes offered by the College, which are not covered

under Autonomous status of UGC? Give details. 17. Number of Programmes offered under (Programme means a degree course like BA, MA,

BSc, MSc, B.Com etc.)

a. annual system

b. semester system

c. trimester system - 2 �

18.Number of Programmes with

a. Choice Based Credit System� 2

b. Inter/Multidisciplinary Approach

c. Any other ( specify )


19.Unit Cost of Education

(Unit cost = total annual recurring expenditure (actual) divided by total number of

students enrolled ) .Number of the students is 410 for the year 2015-16

(a) including the salary component Rs.218656.68

(b) excluding the salary component

Rs.138778.81

20.Does the College have a department of Teacher Education offering NCTE recognized degree programmes in Education?

Yes No �

If yes,

xv) How many years of standing does the department have?

……… years

xvi) NCTE recognition details (if applicable) Notification No.:

……………………………………

Date: …………………………… (dd/mm/yyyy)

xvii) Is the department opting for assessment and accreditation separately?

Yes No

21. Does the College have a teaching department of Physical Education offering NCTE

recognized degree programmes in Physical Education?

Yes No�

If yes,

i. How many years of standing does the department have?

……… years

ii. NCTE recognition details (if applicable) Notification No.:

……………………………………

Date: …………………………… (dd/mm/yyyy)

iii. Is the department opting for assessment and accreditation separately?

Yes No


22.Whether the College is offering professional programme?

Yes � No

(Annexure: 3-22 Certificate of recognition from AICTE)

23.Has the College been reviewed by any regulatory authority? If so, furnish a copy of

the report and action taken there upon.

Programmes at TSM has been reviewed by AICTE and our MBA Programme has been

approved by Madurai Kamaraj university. PGDM programme of TSM is accredited by

NBA, AICTE.

24. Number of teaching and non-teaching positions in the College

Positions

Teaching Faculty

Non-Teaching

staff Technical Staff Professor

Associate

Professor

Assistant

Professor

Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female

Sanctioned by the

UGC/University/ State

Govt., Not Applicable

Recruited

Yet to recruit

Sanctioned by the

Management/ Society

or authorized bodies

Recruited 5 1 3 5 6 13 12 7 6

Yet to recruit

25. Qualifications of the teaching staff

Highest

Qualification

Professor Associate

Professor

Assistant

Professor Total

Male Female Male Female Male Female

Permanent

Teacher

D.Sc.,/D.Litt.

Ph.D 4 1 2 5 5 5 22

M.Phil 1 1 2

PG 1 5 4 9


Temproray

Teachers -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Part Time

Ph.D

M.Phil

PG

26.Number of Visiting Faculty/ Guest Faculty engaged by the College: 28

27.Students enrolled in the College during the current academic year, with the following details: The following is the number of students enrolled in TSM for the academic year 2016-17.

I PGDM II PGDM I MBA II MBA

# of Students Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female

From the state where the College is located

75 18 63 30 70 46 62 53

From other states of India

9 8 8 2 3 1 1 1

28. Dropout rate in UG and PG (average for the last two batches)

PGDM 1.36 MBA 0.57

29.

Number of working days during the last academic year.

208

3

0

.30.Number of teaching days during the last academic year

168

31.Is the College registered as a study centre for offering distance education

If yes, provide the

a. Name of the University

b. Is it recognized by the Distance Education Council?

Yes No

programmes for any University? Yes

No�


c. Indicate the number of programmes offered - NA

32.Provide Teacher-student ratio for each of the programme/course offered

PGDM : – 15 : 1

MBA : - 14 : 1

33.Is the College applying for?

Accreditation : Cycle 1 � Cycle 2 Cycle 3 Cycle 4

Re-Assessment:

34.Date of accreditation* (applicable for Cycle 2, Cycle 3, Cycle 4 and re-assessment only) - NA

Cycle 1: …………………… (dd/mm/yyyy) Accreditation outcome/results



* Kindly enclose copy of accreditation certificate(s) and peer team report(s)

Cycle 1 refers to first accreditation; Cycle 2 and beyond refers to reaccreditation

35. a. Date of establishment of Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)

TSM religiously follows ISO 9001 standards since 2010 and has been recently

accredited with ISO9001:2015

b. Dates of submission of Annual Quality Assurance Reports (AQARs).

(i) AQAR for year …………… on ………(dd/mm/yyyy)

(ii) AQAR for year …………… on ……… (dd/mm/yyyy)

(iii) AQAR for year …………… on ……… (dd/mm/yyyy)

(iv) AQAR for year …………… on……… (dd/mm/yyyy)

36.Any other relevant data, the College would like to include. (Not exceeding one

page)


Executive Summary

History

Established in the year 1962 by the great philanthropist and industrialist, Shri.

Karumuttu Thiagaraja Chettiar, Thiagarajar School of Management (TSM) began with the aim to

impart professional education to managers who had a burning desire to scale up their career

potential with better managerial skills. “TSM”, as it is popularly called, ignited its institution

building with an Executive Development Programme (EDP) to enhance the skills of the

practicing managers and entrepreneurs in the vicinity of Madurai. The success of EDP and the

accolades received from the industry provided the impetus to kick start the Master of Business

Administration as a part-time programme in 1972. A full time MBA course started later in 1986

became a quick success drawing the attention of people from various paths of life.

TSM offers PGDM and MBA programmes which are approved by All India Council for Technical

Education (AICTE) and accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA), New Delhi, and has

been conferred autonomous status by the UGC and Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU). TSM

has also got the candidacy status for Accreditation with the US based ACBSP (Accreditation

Council for Business School & Programs). TSM’s admissions are based on all-India tests such as

CAT and MAT or the State Government selection based on TANCET, with a uniform, transparent

fee structure and a zero capitation fee. As TSM is a part of the Manickavasagam Charitable

Foundation managed by Loyal Textile Mills Ltd. group, which runs a number of institutions

including schools and colleges, the fee structure is low enough not to be a barrier for deserving

students. In addition, part /full scholarships are available from the Trust for deserving students.

TSM has constituted three committees namely; Management Committee/Board of Members,

Board of Studies and Academic Council with the required membership profile to support the

effective Management of the School.

This 54-Year old institute is located in the heart of Madurai city, in a lush green 40- acre campus

with global standard infrastructure. TSM has a high ratio of full time faculty to students, with


most members of faculty holding Doctorates from prestigious institutions like IITs and IIMs.

Eminent faculty members in the areas of Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, Operatrions

and Systems impart rich, global and deep insights with incisive analysis both in theory and

practice to students. Motivated students can get to assist and work with faculty in research and

consultancy as well.

In a world where competition multiplies every second, placements have become a benchmark

for excellence. Students of TSM are exposed to variety of functional areas like Marketing,

Finance, HR and Operations and industry verticals like Software, Finance, Banking, FMCGs,

Manufacturing and Consulting. In our desire to be the best we have always believed in building

everlasting bonds with our corporate partners. The placement process starts with 3 months of

summer internship for PGDM and 2 months for MBA at the end of first year. The recent years

have witnessed a number of new companies on campus both for summer internship and final

placement which resulted in dual offers for many final year PGDM and MBA grads.

To keep pace with the challenges that the global environment poses for businesses across the

world, apart from rigorous and dynamic course curriculum, the pedagogy has a strong focus on

building analytical and problem solving approach with methods ranging from quantitative

analytics to a more qualitative and holistic case analysis. Continuous training is provided on soft

skills, spoken Hindi. Crash course on Statistics and Computer application is offered for Arts

students and Accounts offered for engineering undergrads during preparatory to put them in

common platform.

TSM believes that the training imparted to the students would enable them to keep pace with

the fast changing business trends and become the ignition for growth, development and talent

building.

The students of TSM realize that if they are to achieve the objectives of the institution, they

must lead by example and thus every student of the TSM is fully committed to:


• Adhere to high ethical and professional standards

• Be able to work in high performance teams

• Strive for continuous improvement

• Enhance quality of management skills

• Respect the values and contribution made by teams and individuals

VISION:

A leading academic institution of choice amongst management students and faculty and

employers alike, respected for grooming ethical managerial and entrepreneurial leadership

through high quality teaching, training, research.

MISSION:

To promote wide application of professional management principles, practices and attitudes in

the management of economic and social institutions, primarily through teaching, training,

research and consultancy.

To groom young men and women into technically proficient, managerially competent, and

socially purposeful professionals deeply committed to upholding and practicing highest

standards of probity.

To help transform entrepreneurial ideas into scalable and sustainable economic and social

institutions.

To promote responsible leadership by seamlessly weaving ethical values, social dimensions and

long-term sustainability into all aspects of its activities and academic programmes.

QUALITY POLICY AT TSM

TSM has strong quality assurance policies, procedures and standards. These are both internal

standards and international standards. TSM follows ISO standards from 2011 onwards and it is

an ISO 9001:2015 Certified Institution, with a dedicated department to ensure compliance with


this standard. The ISO assurance includes benchmarking with international levels for quality.

An Internal Audit team verifies that this policy framework is followed, and the audit is

conducted once in three months is organized once in three months.

CRITERIA I

The curriculum is designed and offered to address the challenges and opportunities of dynamic

needs of industry. For this, the review the curriculum, programs, staffing, budget, infrastructure

and other needs periodically and the inputs of several stakeholders are sought to ensure that

the curriculum meets the needs of students and recruiters alike, is intellectually rigorous,

mentally challenging, and is aligned with the School’s Vision, Mission, and Quality Objectives.

The curriculum undergoes annual revision and redesigned if required, keeping in mind the

changing requirements of the industry and society. In the beginning of every academic year the

Board of Studies will discuss the suitability of the curriculum offered by both the programmes.

By this time any changes the faculty wants to bring in the existing syllabus or if they want to

introduce new subjects, the same will be considered after the discussion with the faculty.

Similarly, the institute also ensures periodical review of the pedagogy. This process aims at

standardization and regulation of the periodic review of core courses as well as the electives

offered to the students. The curriculum is designed and delivered in such a manner that offers

wide options for students to choose from their areas of interests and ability. First year courses

provide fundamental knowledge on the various functions of management and lay the

foundation for deciding their specializations in the second year. The Institute allows students to

pursue PG programmes in general management with specialization in any area (Marketing,

Finance, Human Resources, Operations, and Information Systems). The results for the above

mentioned efforts is reflecting in terms of the number of visiting companies for campus

interview and the salary offered by the companies to our students.

CRITERIA II

The Institute provides considerable importance to students’ selection. This is for two reasons.

The first one is to improve geographical diversity of students and the second one is due to the


change in strategic direction TSM has chosen, and its aspiration to position the institute as a

premier institute in India. In the recent years the Institute is following rigorous and transparent

measures to admit best candidates on merit basis, and also to increase the geographical

diversity among the students the Institute is doing so many activities to get students from other

states. To give access to economically weaker section, women and SC, ST categories in MBA

programme 60 seats are given to the government quota which is filled along with the caste

reservation guidelines given by the government for BC, MBC, SC, SCA and ST through the single

window counseling system conducted by Anna University. In addition, to encourage the

admission of women candidates, the cutoff score for female candidates are set marginally

lower than that for male candidates. The Institute is meticulously tracking the overall

performance of the students and objectives are set and necessary actions have taken to

improve the academic performance of the students. Counseling is given to the slow learners by

the respective mentors, deans, principal and director on an escalation basis.

The faculty allocation for the various courses for the forthcoming year is planned during the

close of the previous academic year and the faculty workload is finalized. The faculty is

expected to prepare the course outlines and course schedule according to the proposed course

allocation. Apart from lecture method faculty members are using innovative pedagogies like

case studies, language labs, group discussions, simulation labs, role plays, team projects,

moodles, etc. to enhance the student’s knowledge. Basically the Institute is providing a learning

environment where students can think, discuss, ask and collaborate with the faculty. The

institute provides an environment where students can learn at every opportunity; the campus

is a fully Wi-Fi enabled, the library is one of the biggest in the region among the other b-schools

with extended working hours, students can work jointly with faculties in presenting articles in

conferences, publish their research work with the faculties and they also can involve in the

consultancy work with the faculties.


CRITERIA III

TSM Madurai believes that research plays a pivotal role in fostering the quality of

thinking and the rigor of scholarship in its delivery of management education. The institute is

having excellent and well qualified faculties and up to date infrastructure facilities to take up

the research and consultancy activities. The institute has been awarded 15th Pan India ranking

by NIRF, MHRD, Government of India for the excellency in research activities. The research

committee of the Institute is the nodal agency that oversees and checks the quality of, as well

as smooth implantation of research work as per the Institute’s guidelines. The committee

consults the Director of the Institute in issues pertaining to the facilitation and implementation

of various research work undertaken by the faculty. The intellectual capital of a business school

is viewed from the research and publications they make. This could be used for seeing the

progress of the intellectual capital of TSM, academic year wise.

Faculty members are encouraged to publish their research work in academic and practitioner

journal of repute. In order to facilitate that, faculty members are encouraged to present their

research papers in National/International level conferences/Seminars. The Institute funds the

registration fee and travel allowance. The faculty leave is treated as on official duty for the

duration of the seminar/conference plus journey days and also the institute provides full or

partial financial assistance to organize seminars/ conferences/workshops in order to promote

research in management sciences in India. In the last 4 years 11 conferences has been

organized by the institute and the faculty members has presented 154 research papers in

various journals and conferences. The faculty members were actively involved in conducting

MDPs and 23 MDPs were conducted and 6 research/consultancy projects were carried out in

the past 4 years; both MDPs and Consultancy works helped the faculties to generate a revenue

of 26 lakhs.

The Institution organizes a number of extension and outreach activities which are directly

connected with students’ academic, social and cultural fabric. The “WE CARE” club under the


banner of “GENESIS” conducted several blood donation camps and tree plantation

programmes.

CRITERIA IV

TSM is 54-year old institute located in the heart of Madurai city, in a lush green 40-acre campus

with infrastructure of global standards. TSM understands that physical infrastructure is vital for

the development of the Institute and achieving its mission and vision. The Institute has

developed a state-of-the-art physical infrastructure that includes Wi-Fi connectivity throughout

the campus, well-furnished and ICT enabled class rooms, excellent library facility with reading

rooms, well-furnished audio video enabled auditoriums, examination hall, fully equipped

seminar rooms, spacious faculty cabins, state-of-the-art IT labs, large playgrounds, separate

gymnasiums for boys & girls, facilities for outdoor as well as indoor games, well maintained

guest house and excellent hostel accommodation, to cite a few.

TSM has excellent physical infrastructure and facilities. The Institute is spread over 40 acres out

of which approximately 60% is open area well decorated with plants and trees. The Institute

has planted approximately 8,000 plants and trees in the campus. The Institute is located in

peaceful surroundings ideal for managerial learning.

TSM has various committees for the development and upgradation of Infrastructure like IT,

library, buildings etc. The budget is evaluated by the various committees and presented to the

Director. After scrutiny by the Director, it is sent to the Chairman for the approval. The budget

preparation and planning is usually done during February to plan for the purchases during next

financial year.

The Institute has a separate office for the Director and for the Principal. Individual cabins are

provided to all faculty members. Additionally, the Institute has a state-of-art boardroom which

can be used for faculty meetings. All offices, faculty rooms and the boardroom are air-

conditioned. They are equipped with a white-board, bookshelves, quality furniture, and direct


phone facility. All the faculty members are provided with individual desktops/laptops

connected to a printer.

The IT infrastructure is taken care by the IT department and the Institute has qualified technical

team for maintaining computer and networking facilities. The Institute provides 24 x 7 accesses

to intranet and internet to all the users viz. faculty, student’s staff, guests, and visitors. The

Institute has always focused on student centric teaching and learning. In this process, the ICT

enabled infrastructure plays a vital role. Availability of quality audio-video systems and

multimedia projectors in classrooms facilitates the faculty member. Use of power-point, excel

spreadsheets, videos, and online databases in classrooms helps the students to master the

basic and advanced understanding of the subject with greater clarity in application of the

concepts. The institute has 230 client server systems, 23 laptops and software to provide a

better learning environment.

CRITERIA V

The institute has a variety of activities to promote student support and progression like IT

facilities, extended library hours, value added courses, out bound training, soft skills training,

aptitude training classes, mentor mentee system etc. Various students driven, faculty guided

clubs to stimulate and motivate the students to empower themselves in various functional

areas. Apart from the classroom learning to get the experts view TSM has conducted over 80

guest lectures in the last three academic years and training programs and these include

marketing, management, research, strategy and finance areas. Students are encouraged to

attend various training programs, seminars, conferences and management meet and financial

assistance is also being provided for the students for attending these. Based on the

performance in the admission scholarships are being provided to the candidates. The institution

has a health center with a bed and some basic medicines. A staff nurse will be available on daily

basis on a part-time for checkup and consultation. All the TSM Students and one each of their

earning parents are insured in a group insurance policy with United Insurance for accidental

benefits through the Institution. TSM Placement Cell creates the platform for employment


opportunities in esteemed organizations and opens the door for world class training through

summer internship programs. The Placement activity comprises of a comprehensive structured

plan taking forward the motives of achieving 100% placements consistently. Career

Enhancement Programme (CEP) - a completely student initiative program of the institute for

3600 approach of budding manager’s career enhancement. In this initiative, students take up

the leadership role and train themselves with the guidance of mentors. This CEP was initiated

by the golden jubilee (2012 – 2014) batch of TSM. It aims at making students an industry ready

personality with so many practical applications along with regular academics. Participants are

given a platform to visualize academic and theoretical concepts through practical examples.

CRITERIA VI

Ably guided by the undiluted core values of meritocracy and quality education at affordable

price, the institute is committed to provide a rich value-based education system that does not

merely stop with imparting knowledge, moulding dynamic leaders and resourceful

entrepreneurs. It goes one step further in playing an active role in shaping their character, so

that the graduates who step out are merely intellectual outstanding but are good human

beings as well. TSM the second oldest Management School in India, and comes with strong

principles of accountability and governance. A local business group, well known for their

business acumen, established the School, and these are transformed at Institution level as well.

Record maintenance is a key aspect of TSM governance, and periodical audit is conducted to

verify and validate financial acquittal at TSM. Similarly, at student level, admission procedures

are properly documents, and students are tracked even after graduation. The Advisory Board is

responsible for overall governance, and it is made up of distinguished members with solid track

record in business processes, and credible standing in the local community. Further, there are

many channels of communication, access to Board Members and Senior Managers within the

Institution, and these channels provide uninterrupted information flow within and beyond the

Institution. These overall procedures assure governance in the Institution.


CRITERIA VII

The Institute is highly sensitive towards environment friendly practices and takes necessary

actions to preserve the environment by using renewable energy sources like solar water

heaters, rain water harvesting, yearly plantation of trees, bio gas for cooking, etc., apart from

this the institute has installed a sewage treatment plant to protect the environment.

The institute is very keen on providing updated information to the students to make them

industry ready. The curriculum is updated periodically with latest information and new subjects

are being offered to the students. To increase the students understanding apart from using

regular methods like role plays, team assignments, case study discussions, panel discussions;

students are encouraged to write on current issues, academic themes and technological

updates by means of contribution to blogs, presentations and preparation of reports. The

institute is not only focuses on educating the students on the business and management tactics

but also enhances the students to be a socially responsible citizen which is of importance to our

society. Every student at TSM is instilled with a thought of serving the society in some or other

way.

SWOC

Strengths

• TSM has its inception 5 decades back and has developed systems and procedures which

withstand the test of times

• The biggest asset of TSM is its proficient, experienced and skilled faculty base. The

visiting faculty also keeps the students abreast with the current trends in the industry.

• TSM is gifted with an eco-friendly campus making it suitable for a fully residential

programme. The other facilities provided are state of the art Computer Lab, 24/7 Wi-Fi

facility, playground for sporting events, Gym hall, Meditation hall, etc.

• Students gain access to the current marketing trends through real time projects which

enables them to have an ever-lasting learning.


• Students Clubs across various streams of management completely organized by the

students enables practical application of the concepts learned.

• Emphasis is laid on research and publications and faculty pair up with students to

facilitate learning.

• The fee is very reasonable for the facilities provided ensuring good ROI and Payback

period.

• 3 months of Internship provides students with the hands on experience and they learn

the intricacies involved in the field.

• Student driven events like Yukti and Arête enrich their learning and they effectively

guided by the faculty.

• Well-functioning library with more than 26000 books, one of the best library among the

b-schools in the region

• Strong placement team, evident by increase in number of visiting companies

• Relative grading system – a fool proof mechanism in measuring the performance of the

students.

• Technology driven campus with 24x7 Wi-Fi facility, plagiarism software to check the

students’ assignments, roll call software to manage the students’ attendance and other

hardware and software to enhance the students learning

Weakness

• TSM being located at Madurai makes it less visible and difficult to access from other

states.

• Inadequate research output in terms of funding from external agencies

• Lack of provision for International exchange of students and faculties

Opportunities

• Increasing demand for Management graduates in the corporate world.

• The industry demands high analytical skills and TSM provides Analytics courses across all

streams.


• High demand for consultancy and research services from reputed institutes of

management among the emerging players of Tier –II cities

• Government support on National and International collaborations

Challenges

• Fluctuation in the job market is the biggest challenge faced by any B-school.

• Upcoming B-schools act as a stiff competition.

• Publishing articles in ‘A’ category journals take more time

• Getting International tie ups with top universities


CRITERION I: CURRICULAR ASPECTS

1.1 Curriculum Design and Development

1.1.1 How are the institutional vision / mission reflected in the academic programmes of the

College?

Vision: A leading academic institution of choice amongst management students and faculty and



Mission:

a. To promote wide application of professional management principles, practices

and attitudes in the management of economic and social institutions, primarily

through teaching, training, research and consultancy.

b. To groom young men and women into technically proficient, managerially

competent, and socially purposeful professionals deeply committed to upholding

and practicing highest standards of probity.

c. To help transform entrepreneurial ideas into scalable and sustainable economic

and social institutions.

d. To promote responsible leadership by seamlessly weaving ethical values, social

dimensions and long-term sustainability into all aspects of its activities and

academic programmes.

Linkage of Learning Outcomes to Course Objectives and Mission: Faculty members teaching

any course adhere to the following:

i. The Course outline clearly states the course objectives which are linked to the Mission

and Vision of the Institute.

ii. The Course outline clearly states the learning outcomes from the student’s perspective

and which is linked to the course objectives.

iii. The learning outcomes are mapped with the evaluation components. This is an

important prerequisite for aligning all courses with the mission of the Institute.

1.1.2 Describe the mechanism used in the design and development of the curriculum? Give

details on the process. (Need Assessment, Feedback, etc)

The curriculum is designed and offered to address the challenges and opportunities of dynamic

needs of industry. The Institute has procedures for periodic review of its curriculum, programs,

staffing, budget, infrastructure and other needs.


Composition:

1. Heads of The Departments concerned: Chairman

2. The entire faculty of each Department: Members

3. Experts in the subject from outside the college nominated by the Academic

Council

4. Expert nominated by the Vice- Chancellor from the panels of six recommended

members by the Principal

5. Meritorious alumnus nominated by the Principal

6. Representative from Industry/ allied area

The members of the Board of Studies are instrumental in devising a systematic review

that is conducted annually, including benchmarking with other B-Schools. The other

functions of the BOS include

- Prepare syllabus for various courses

- Suggest methodology for innovative teaching and evaluation

- Suggest panel of names to the academic council for appointment of examiners

- Co- ordinate research, teaching, extension and other academic activities in the

department

The curriculum review process is a year-round process, and the inputs of several stakeholders

are sought to ensure that the curriculum meets the needs of students and recruiters alike, is

intellectually rigorous, mentally challenging, and is aligned with the School’s Vision, Mission,

and Quality Objectives. The faculty members are assisted in this process by the Board of

Studies and the Board of Governors, who ensure that the curriculum embodies the principles of

the mission of the School that include entrepreneurship and a mixture of ethical values, social

dimensions, and long-term sustainability into all academic and non-academic activities.

Faculty members are encouraged to participate in various national and international level

faculty development programs/ conferences/ workshops/training programs. This has resulted

in witnessing the latest development and changes in the management arena, which facilitated

faculty in curriculum development and adopting better pedagogy. Apart from attending these

programs, faculty had also conducted few workshops and the outcomes of the same were used

in modifying the curriculum. Faculties are encouraged to introduce new courses into the

curriculum; the same will be introduced after getting the permission from Dean, Director and

the Board of Studies.

• Course Outlines: Before the commencement of each term, faculty members teaching

provide detailed course outlines for their respective courses as per the standard format.

All course outlines contain the course objectives, session plan, reading material,

pedagogy, evaluation pattern and learning outcomes.

• Uniformity in Course Content and Structure: In cases where same course is taught by

multiple faculty members for different sections or a single faculty member teaching the

same course for multiple sections, uniformity is maintained by all faculty members in

respect of the following:


o Common Course Outline by all faculty members teaching different sections

o Common Term-end examination (on the same date and time) with the different

question paper for each sections

Program office under the supervision of Dean ensures that the course outline and its structure

are designed as per the proposed standard format. Also, Program office ensures that the course

is delivered and COE ensures the evaluation takes place as per the proposed plan.

1.1.3 How does the College involve industry, research bodies, and civil society in the

curriculum design and development process? How did the College benefit through the

involvement of the stakeholders?

Institute always makes an attempt to involve its stakeholders in designing and development of

curriculum. The curriculum is appraised by the Board of Studies every year. Board of Studies

has members from Industry, Alumni, External experts identified by Academic Council,

University representatives suggested by Vice Chancellor and All faculty members. They will

meet in the beginning of every year and discuss about the curriculum. Apart from Board of

Studies the Institute gets feedback from the following

Feedback from Corporate Guests: Executives from corporate world are regularly invited for

guest lectures. During their course of visit, the institute receives feedback on the curriculum.

Subsequently, the faculty members are expected to update the course curriculum in order to

meet the industry expectation.

Feedback from Recruiters: The Placement Cell takes a regular feedback from the recruiters on

the curriculum. The feedback and their inputs were considered and accordingly the curriculum

was updated with the launch of relevant courses.

Feedback from Research bodies: Faculty members are encouraged to participate in various

national/international level conferences, workshops and faculty development programs. Inputs

received by the faculty from different participants (researchers) of these programmes are

always used in designing and developing curriculum.

1.1.4 How are the following aspects ensured through curriculum design and development?

• Employability

• Innovation

• Research

Employable and life skills:

The curriculum is being updated periodically to enhance the employability skills of the students,

apart from the new courses are being added in the curriculum in order to meet the demand in

the industry. Students are encouraged to attend the communication classes, aptitude training

classes and they were also encouraged attend training program outside the campus. To make


the students aware about the current practices, students are recommended to undergo a

summer internship for a definite period; the Institute will arrange the company based on the

need of the students. The institute always encourages faculties to take up consultancy and

research work from the corporates; students who are good in academics are encouraged to join

with the faculty members in the research work. This gives them real time experience over the

industry practices and policies which are going to get implemented.

Innovation:

Considering the volatile nature of the business environment with rapid growth, there exists a

high end requirement for constant updation thereby equipping the students to be industry-

ready. The Institute encourages the faculty members to offer the new courses in areas that are

yet to become part of the traditional business school learning. In the current academic year

(2016-17) students were offered a course on Climate Change and Entrepreneurship, a course

that provides the student with a deep understanding of the climate change phenomenon and

show opportunities to start ventures in the field. The institute encourages the students to

organize their cafeteria (Café Entrista) operations by themselves.

Research:

Faculty members are highly motivated and possess the intellectual prowess to come up with

several publications on a continual basis. The institute also encourages the students’

involvement in research activities in collaboration with the faculty members. The institute

supports its faculty member and students by providing financial assistance, availability of

secondary data sources and required software. The students and faculty members are entitled

to attend conferences, workshops, academic seminar and faculty development program.

1.1.5 How does College ensure that the curriculum developed addresses the needs of the

society and have relevance to the regional / national developmental needs?

The institute offers the following courses which address the needs of the society and have

relevance to the regional /national developmental needs. To name a few:

• Business Ethics and Corporate Governance

• Rural Marketing

• Digital Marketing

• Climate Change and Entrepreneurship

1.1.6 To what extent does the College use the guidelines of the regulatory bodies for

developing or restructuring the curricula? Has the College been instrumental in leading any

curricular reform which has created a national impact?

As per the norms of AICTE, the institute abides by the policy of minimum teaching hours and

credits. The Board of Studies is the body who looks over the creation and updation of the


curriculum and this committee consists of member(s) from the affiliation university who is

nominated by the vice chancellor. Being an autonomous institute, the curriculum is revised and

updated on regular basis.

1.2 Academic Flexibility

1.2.1 Give details on the following provisions with reference to academic flexibility

a) Core / Elective options

b) Enrichment courses

c) Courses offered in modular form

d) Credit transfer and accumulation facility

e) Lateral and vertical mobility within and across programmes and courses

The curriculum is designed and delivered in such a manner that offers wide options for students

to choose from their areas of interests and ability. First year courses provide fundamental

knowledge on the various functions of management and lay the foundation for deciding their

specializations in the second year. The Institute allows students to pursue PG programmes in

general management with specialization in any area (Marketing, Finance, Human Resources,

Operations, and Information Systems). In the event of number of applicants for a certain

elective exceeding the capacity, students will be selected based on one or more of the following

criteria.

a. Preference to PGDM

b. CGPA

c. Grades in 1 year courses in that functional area.

As the choice is given to specialize in more than one functional area, it gives comprehensive

scope for students to gain in-depth knowledge in two functions areas of management and also

helps in increasing their prospects of employability.

A) Core / Elective options

I) Number of Courses and Credits: Students enrolled in PGDM programme are required to

successfully obtain a minimum of 137 credits or a maximum of 146 credits of work load spread

over two years. For MBA programme, the students should score a minimum of 125.5 credits

and a maximum of 127.5 credits.

II) Core (Compulsory) Courses: The following is the term-wise list of Core courses offered at

TSM Madurai, which are mandatory (compulsory) for students pursuing PGDM program under

every stream/specialization

Compulsory Courses Year – I

Term - I Term - II Term - III

1 Organizational Behaviour

and Management-I

Organizational Behaviour &

Management-II

Corporate Finance-II


2 Micro Economics for

Managers

Macro Economics for

Managers

Strategic Management

3 Business Statistics-I Business Statistics–II India and International

Economic Environment

4 Financial Accounting and

Reporting

Marketing Management–II Management Science &

Applications

5 Marketing Management-I Managerial Cost accounting Management Information

Systems

6 Business Communication-I Operations Management Human Resource

Management

7 Management and

Productivity Tools

Business Communication-II Legal Aspects of Business

8 Seminar on Contemporary

Business Issues-I

Corporate Finance-I Business Research

Methodology

9 Foundation Mathematics Rural Immersion

Programme

Business Ethics and

Corporate Governance

10 - Seminar on Contemporary

Business Issues -II

Seminar on Contemporary

Business Issues-III

Compulsory Courses Year – II

Term - IV Term - V

1 Strategic Management - I Enterprise Resource

Management

2 Seminar on Contemporary

Business Issues

Simulation Games

III) Number of Elective Courses: In the second year of the Program, each student is required to

opt for elective courses across the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Terms based on his/her aptitude

and/or interest. The number of elective courses (on credit basis) to be chosen by the students

across the three terms is as following:

Number of Electives and Credits

Electives courses Electives credits

Term Core Minimum Maximum Minimum Maximum

IV 2 6 7 22 25

V 2 6 7 22 25

VI - 4 5 12 15

Total 4 16 19 56 65


# 1.5 Credit (means 13 sessions of 75 minutes each) is defined as 16 hours 25 minutes of

teaching.

The Institute ensures offering minimum and maximum number of full courses in all the three

terms. Every student has to choose a range of electives out of the elective courses offered by

the Institute, with 16 being minimum and 19 maximum, during these terms.

IV) Area-Wise Elective Courses: Elective courses that actually run in an academic year vary in

accordance with requisite minimum student subscription for electives and operational issues of

scheduling.

Table I List of Elective

Term IV (Electives)

Term V (Electives)

# Subject Name Credit

1

Security Analysis and Portfolio

Management(Compulsory) 3

2 Fixed Income Securities: Analysis and valuation 3

3 Management control System 3

4 Management of Banking and Financial Institutions 3

5 Emotional Intelligence 2

6 Performance Mapping and Competency Management 3

7 Learning and Development (Compulsory) 3

8 Psychology at Work 3

9 Sales and Distribution Management -Compulsory 3

10 Marketing of Financial Products 3

11 Digital and Social Media Marketing 3

12 Customer Relationship Management 3

13 Supply Chain Management-compulsory 3

14 Project Management 3

15 Data Mining 3

16 Business Model - Compulsory 3

17 Climate Change and Entrepreneurship 1.5


1 Strategic Financial Management (Compulsory) 3

2 Alternative Investment Management 3

3 Options, Futures and Swaps 3

4 Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring 3

5 Strategic Human Resource Management 3

6 Talent Management 3


Term VI (Electives)

7 Managing People and Performance in Organizations 3

8 Labor Legislation And Administration (Compulsory) 3

9 Services Marketing (Compulsory) 3

10 Integrated Marketing Communications 3

11 Product and Brand Management 3

12 B2B Marketing 3

13 Manufacturing & Materials Management 3

14 International Logistics Management 3

15 E-Commerce 3

16 Marketing Analytics 3

17 Advanced Quantitative Methods in Management 3


1 Taxation 2

2 International Financial Management 3

3 Financial Modeling Through Spreadsheets 3

4 Advanced Financial Analysis (compulsory) 3

5 Financial Risk Management 3

6 Global Competitive Marketing Strategy 3

7 Consumer Behaviour 3

8 Seminar in Marketing 3

9 Pricing Management 3

10 Consumer Behaviour 3

11 Rural Marketing 3

12 Positive Psychological Capital 3

13 Interpersonal Effectiveness 3

14 HR Analytics and Metrics 3

15 Managerial Counseling 3

16 Interpersonal Effectiveness (Compulsory) 3

17 Supply Chain Metrics 3

18 Total Quality Management 3

19 Services Operations Management 3

20 Econometrics 3

22 Data Visualization for Decision Making 3

23 Big Data Analytics 3

24 International Human Resource Management 3


B) ENRICHMENT COURSES

The institute offers several enrichment courses to enhance the knowledge level of students,

the enrichment courses can be classified into credit enrichment courses and non-credit

enrichment courses. It includes – Digital Marketing, Language Labs, Simulation games, IIA, Rural

Immersion Program to bring out the social responsiveness and Entrepreneurial skills, Seminar

on Contemporary Business Issues, soft skills training program, outbound training program etc.

Digital Marketing:

This course is being offered as an elective in the area of Marketing. Competitive advantage of a

firm, in the existing corporate landscape, is influenced by three competences; first firm’s ability

to make provisions for easier and timely access of relevant information to the consumer,

second ability to help consumers connect with other consumers and third motivating

consumers for voluntary brand engagement behavior. To effectively achieve these objectives

firms, need to make efficient use of digital platforms. The challenge, however, is; “How to

allocate resources effectively across digital channels?” This course endeavors to address this

challenge by analyzing the impact of digital on business models and developing frameworks to

design digital and social strategy

At the completion of the course, the participants would be able to: i) describe and apply the

core concepts of digital marketing, ii) demonstrate how to use different digital marketing tools

to solve problems of business decision making and to design sustainable business strategies and

iii) assess the impact of digital marketing on business outcomes.

Integrated Interactive Approach (IIA):

The School is innovating at providing an integrated framework for its students from the very

beginning of the program. The school has introduced an IIA module in each trimester, where

four cases are discussed from the viewpoint of multiple disciplines, with an objective of seeking

an integrated analysis of the case from multiple perspectives. During the case discussion,

faculty members from multiple disciplines are present to facilitate this discussion, and provide a

joint summary and conclusions at the end of deliberations. This module prepares the students

in having a wider perspective than one chosen discipline for the major, and serves as a basis for

understanding that real business decisions require an analysis from multiple perspectives, and

cannot remain the domain of one discipline alone. Care is taken when the cases are chosen by

the team of faculty who will be instructors in all the courses offered that trimester, to ensure

that the case material provides a rich environment where all the functional areas that the

students are being instructed in that trimester are represented, and that the case is not focused

on one functional area. Thus the IIA case serves two functions; the first being to reinforce the

learning in specific functional areas, and the second being the integration across functional

areas. Initial and informal feedback from students provides validation for this approach, and a

formal evaluation process has been implemented that will provide guidance as to any

corrective action to be taken for this module. One finding may be that the IIA cases should be a


separate module in the curriculum, and not be included as part of the courses of the current

trimester.

Language Labs:

English language lab has been developed to enhance the language skills of students to make

them successful in careers. The major focus of the language lab is to make the students well-

versed in the following aspects, such as – communication skills, listening skills, vocabulary,

phonetics and conversation skills.

C) Courses Offered in Modular Form:

All the courses at TSM are offered in modular form.

D) Credit Transfer and Accumulation Facility - NIL

E) Lateral and Vertical Mobility Within and Across Programmes and Courses

The programmes spans for a duration of two years. However, in case of back logs maximum

two supplementary per course will be permissible. Change of specialization during the

continuance of any term is not allowed. Area of specialization should be indicated during the

third trimester and the elective courses are offered as indicated in the curriculum

1.2.2 Have any courses been developed specially targeting international students? If so, how

successful have they been? If “no”, explain the impediments.

The curriculum designed and developed are at par with the international university standards.

At present, the institute is working on the process of inviting international students. However,

currently no such courses have been offered targeting international students.

1.2.3 Does the College offer dual degree and twinning programmes? If yes, give

details.

Not Applicable.

1.2.4 Does the College offer self-financing programmes? If yes, list them and indicate if

policies regarding admission, fee structure, teacher qualification and salary are at par with

the aided programmes?

Both the programmes offered by the Institute are self-financing programmes.

Programmes: 1. PGDM

2. MBA

Admission Policy: The institute follows a transparent admission process as stated in 2.1.2.


Fee Structure: The institute charges fees as per the guidelines given by the regulatory bodies.

Capitation fee is not collected in any form and the admission is purely on the basis of MERIT.

Teacher Qualification: The faculty members are selected bases on the norms as prescribed by

the AICTE.

Salary: The salary for the faculty members are fixed as per the norms given by the regulatory

bodies (AICTE).

1.2.5 Has the College adopted the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS)? If yes, how many

programmes are covered under the system?

Yes, the institute adopts the CBCS for the both the programmes. The students are allowed to

pursue any courses from the following functional areas (Marketing, Finance, Human Resources,

Operations and Information Systems)

1.2.6 What percentage of programmes offered by the College follows:

Trimester – 100 %

The Institute follows Trimester system for PGDM programme.

1.2.7 What is the policy of the College to promote inter-disciplinary programmes? Name the

programmes and what is the outcome?

Not Applicable

1.3 Curriculum Enrichment

1.3.1 How often is the curriculum of the College reviewed for making it socially relevant

and/or job oriented / knowledge intensive and meeting the emerging needs of students and

other stakeholders?

The curriculum undergoes annual revision and redesigned if required, keeping in mind the

changing requirements of the industry and society. Similarly, the institute also ensures

periodical review of the pedagogy. This process aims at standardization and regulation of the

periodic review of core courses as well as the electives offered to the students.

Curriculum and pedagogy review

One time curriculum review (core courses):

i. Benchmark courses, in view of existing vision, mission, learning objectives of the

Institute (this is also being revised now).

ii. Identify gaps keeping needs of external socio-economic and business environment.

iii. Identify action points.

iv. Repeat till consensus is reached.


v. Invite external industry and academic personnel for combined review.

vi. Freeze courses.

vii. Allocate faculty/identify faculty training need (as in case of Sustainable Development

recently).

viii. Develop detailed course outline, circulate in area/faculty body, get approval

Regular curriculum review:

i. Ensure all core courses, and electives, being repeated for next batch, must have

updated by concerned faculty member/s.

ii. Circulate updated course outline to area-faculty.

iii. Receive comments over e-mails/otherwise.

iv. Have area-meeting to discuss/finalize same, develop a Minutes of Meeting and get it

accepted.

v. Incorporate changes agreed upon and re-circulate to area, before uploading in OLT, or

before circulating to students.

1.3.2 How many new programmes have been introduced at UG and PG level during the last

four years? Mention details.

o Inter-disciplinary

o Programmes in emerging areas

Not Applicable

1.3.3 What are the strategies adopted for revision of the existing programmes? What

percentage of courses underwent a major syllabus revision?

In the beginning of every academic year the Board of Studies will discuss the suitability of the

curriculum offered by both the programmes. By this time any changes the faculty wants to

bring in the existing syllabus or if they want to introduce new subjects, the same will be

considered after the discussion with the faculty.

Table : List of New Electives Introduced in Last Four Years

2012-14

Area

Subject Name

Marketing

Services Marketing

Customer Relationship Management

Digital Marketing

Business Analytics

Business Analytics

Advanced Data Analysis And Techniques for

Managers

Economics Labour Economics


2013-15

Area

Subject Name

Operations Manufacturing Materials Management

Finance

Financial Modeling Through Spreadsheets

Fixed Income Securities: Analysis and Valuation

Technical Analysis

Mutual Funds and Brokerage Services

Financial Risk Analytics And Metrics

Financial Risk Management

Insurance Risk Management

Commodity Markets

Marketing

Integrated Marketing Communication

Pricing Management

Customer Analytics

Human Resource Management

Interpersonal Effectiveness

Emotional Intelligence

HRM in Practice

Business Analytics

Marketing Analytics And Metrics

HR Analytics and Metrics

2014-16

Area

Subject Name

Operations

Services Operations Management

International Logistics Management

Supply chain Management

Finance

Alternative Investment Management

Taxation

Investment Banking

Marketing Marketing of Financial Products

Industrial Economics

Economics and Law


Global Competitive and Marketing Strategy


Psychology at Work

Advanced Organizational Behavior

Business Analytics

Financial Analytic And Metrics

Supply Chain Analytics & Metrics

Business Decision Models

Advanced Quantitative Methods in

Management

Systems

Information Security Management

Data Visualization for Decision Making

General Management Entrepreneurship Development

2015-17

Area

Subject Name

Finance Management Control Systems


Positive Psychological capital

Talent Management

Systems Big Data in Business

General Management Climate Change and Entrepreneurship

1.3.4 What are the value-added courses offered by the College and how does the College

ensure that all students have access to them?

The institute offers several enrichment courses to enhance the knowledge level of students,

the enrichment courses can be classified into credit enrichment courses and non-credit

enrichment courses. It includes – Digital Marketing, Language Labs, Simulation games, IIA, Rural

Immersion Program to bring out the social responsiveness and Entrepreneurial skills, Seminar

on Contemporary Business Issues, soft skills training program, outbound training program etc.

1.3.5 Has the College introduced any higher order skill development programmes in

consonance with the national requirements as outlined by the National Skills Development

Corporation and other agencies?

NIL


1.4 Feedback System

1.4.1 Does the College have a formal mechanism to obtain feedback from students regarding

the curriculum and how is it made use of?

The institute right from the inception collects feedback from the students regarding the course

content and delivery.

Students Feedback: In order to bring about positive changes and improvement in the course

delivery and quality of course delivery by faculty members, feedback is collected from students.

Course feedback is collected at the end of every trimester of every faculty teaching courses in

respective terms. The faculty after perusal of the quantitative and qualitative feedback takes

appropriate measures and makes suitable changes and amendments on the basis of feedback

given by the students.

1.4.2 Does the College elicit feedback on the curriculum from national and international

faculty? If yes, specify a few methods adopted to do the same - (conducting webinar,

workshop, online forum discussion etc.). Give details of the impact on such feedback.

The institute regularly obtains feedback from the eminent academicians at the National level

through the following ways:

• Members of the Board of Governors/Management Committee

• Members of the Board of Studies/Academic Council

• Course vetting by experts from IIMs/IITs

• Consultations with scrutiny board members

These measures lead to the revision and updation of the courses in line with the industry

requirements.

1.4.3 Specify the mechanism through which alumni, employers, industry experts and

community give feedback on curriculum enrichment and the extent to which it is made use

of.

• Feedback from Corporate Guests: Executives from corporate world are regularly invited

for guest lectures. During their course of visit, the institute receives feedback on the

curriculum. Subsequently, the faculty members are expected to update the course

curriculum in order to meet the industry expectation.

• Feedback from Recruiters: The Placement Cell takes a regular feedback from the

recruiters on the curriculum. The feedback and their inputs were considered and

accordingly the curriculum was updated with the launch of relevant courses.

• Feedback from In-House Faculty: A course has to be approved by another faculty

member of the same functional area and by the Dean. This process is followed for not

only the current courses but also for the newly launched electives.


• Feedback from Alumni: Alumni meetings are conducted thrice in a year at various

locations such as Madurai, Chennai and Bengaluru. During the meetings, the School

collects feedback on the course curriculum offered to them during their study period.

Also, the practical relevance of the subjects studied in their job context is checked.

1.4.4 What are the quality sustenance and quality enhancement measures undertaken by the

institution in ensuring effective development of the curricula?

TSM is ISO 9001:2015 certified.

The Board of Studies with members from different stake holders constitutes the proper

creation and updation of curriculum.

The Academic Council monitors the execution of curriculum and ensures that the faculties

maintain the course plan as per academic calendar and time table and commencement of

examination.

The research council advises Academic Board on research strategies and reviews progress and

also support the research activities of academic staff and postgraduate students.

Faculties are encouraged and supported to attend development programs, workshops and

conferences.

The Institute also conducts workshops, skill development programmes and conferences for the

enhancement of students and faculties

The School is an ISO 9001:2015 certified organization. In the year 2011, the School has received

its first ISO certification for ISO 9001:2008. In total the School has 35 Quality Standard

Procedures (QSP) which includes both academic and non-academic areas.

QSP 18: QSP 18 focuses on the Design and Development of the curriculum. Based on the QSP

18, standardized set of procedures are adopted for the design and development of course

curriculum.

QSP 20: QSP 20 emphasis on the Academic Calendar, Timetable and Course plan. The faculty

members are expected to prepare their course plan in a pre-defined method meeting the

requirements of QSP 20.

QSP 24 and 25: focus on the conduct of continuous assessment and conduct of end term

examination, respectively. Following the ISO standards, systematic guidelines and procedures

are adopted for conducting and evaluating the examination. The School follows standard set of

guidelines and procedures to attain the quality standards.


CRITERION II: TEACHING-LEARNING AND EVALUATION

2.1 Student Enrolment and Profile

2.1.1 How does the College ensure publicity and transparency in the admission process?

The Institute provides considerable importance to students’ selection. This is for two reasons.

The first one is to improve geographical diversity of students and the second one is due to the

change in strategic direction TSM has chosen, and its aspiration to position the institute as a

premier institute in India.

Publicity: In the recent years the Institute is following rigorous measures to admit candidates

from other states in order to improve the geographical diversity. An admission team is formed

with a designated member for the admissions, faculty and staff members; this team will take

care of the publicity, admission process and communication to the members. Every year this

team will prepare admission brochures, flyers and posters; these materials will be sent to the

selected colleges in the state and other states also. Apart from this, the Institute has teamed up

with online sites like shiksha, careers306, entrance corner, etc. to advertise and create

awareness about the Institute and also campaigns are being conducted in different cities like

Bhubaneswar, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, etc. The important dates for admission and admission

process are communicated through college website, partnering websites, newspaper

advertisements and tele-calling to the aspiring candidates. To clarify the doubts of the aspiring

candidates the telephone numbers of the admissions team and the mail id are also

communicated.

Transparency: The main motto of the Institute is to select and admit best students, so the

Institute is following a rigorous mechanism to scrutinize the candidates and select the students

on merit basis. In order to achieve this Institute is following a transparent procedure to admit

the students.

The selection is based on standard aptitude test scores obtained in nationally recognized tests

such as CAT, MAT etc, and an internal assessment consisting of GD-PI and written Ability Test

(WAT) conducted by TSM. The cut off scores for PGDM is gradually strengthened since 2011,

indicating improving quality, and the student enrolment has increased since 2011.

In the selection procedure, internal assessment and interviews are transparent, and panels

include both internal and external members, and ratio being about 50 percent each. This

provides transparency and eliminates any bias. The scoring options are clearly mentioned prior

to the assessment procedures, and very seldom any moderations are conducted.

The weightage for different components of evaluation are as follows:


# Item Marks

1 Aptitude Test 40

2 Academic Records 15

3 Personal Interview 25

4 Group Discussion 10

5 Essay Performance 10

Total 100

2.1.2 Explain in detail the process of admission, the criteria for admission (Ex. (i) merit, (ii)

merit with entrance test, (iii) merit, entrance test and interview, (iv) common test conducted

by state agencies and national agencies (v) others followed by the College?

The Institute is following a transparent merit based admission process using entrance exam

scores of state and central agencies like CAT/GMAT/XAT/MAT/CMAT/TANCET and an interview

conducted by TSM’s faculty team. The admission procedure is as follows


2.1.3 Does the College have a mechanism to review its admission process and student

profiles annually? If yes, what is the outcome of such an analysis and how has it contributed

to the improvement of the process?

• The Institute aims to become as a leading management of choice for students and

faculties; to achieve this students’ diversity is a very important factor. The admission

team is reviewing the admission process and has developed and adopted various

strategies to achieve student diversity in the Institute. The student diversity is focused

Selection

Based on the entrance exam score, past academic performance, essay writing, group discussionand personal interview a weighted score will be calculated by the admission team. The topcandidates will be asked to join the Institute.

GD & Personal InterviewThe admissions team will short list candidates based on their marks in 10th Std, 12th Std /Diploma, UG and the entrance exam scores. these candidates will be intimated and requested toattend the Essay writing, Group Discussion and Personal Interview on the campus on a specificdate

Application Form

Students have to fillup the institutes application form clearly indicating their marks in 10th Std,12th Std / Diploma, UG and the entrance exam scores

Entrance Exam

The candidates need to takeup an entrance exam from CAT/GMAT/XAT/MAT/CMAT/TANCET.Every year the admission team will fix a cutoff score for each of the exams stated above. Belowthat score the students are not eligible to apply for the score


on the basis of 1) Gender 2) Domicile 3) Educational background 4) tenure and nature of

work experience.

Gender

The gender diversity among the students of TSM is given in the following table:

2015-17 % 2014-16 % 2013-15 % 2012-14 %

Male 64 (MBA)

73 (PGDM)

47

53

72 (MBA)

55(PGDM)

57

43

80 (MBA)

36 PGDM)

67

57

61(MBA)

12(PGDM)

59

67

TOTAL

MALE 137 62 127 64 116 64 73 60

Female 53 (MBA)

32 (PGDM)

62

38

43 (MBA)

29(PGDM)

60

40

39 (MBA)

27(PGDM)

33

43

42 (MBA)

6 (PGDM)

41

33

TOTAL

FEMALE 85 38 72 36 66 36 48 40

TOTAL 222 100 199 100 182 100 121 100

DOMICILE: PGDM

The geographic diversity among the PGDM students of TSM is given in the following table:

Geographic Diversity 2015-17 % 2014-16 % 2013-15 % 2012-14 %

Tamil Nadu 83 79 69 82 57 90 17 94

Other States: South

India 15 14 11 13 2 3 1 6

Western India 1 1 - - -

- -

East and North East 5 5 1 1 -

- -

North India 1 1 3 4 -

- -

TOTAL 105 100 84 100 63 100 18 100


DOMICILE: MBA

The geographic diversity among the PGDM students of TSM is given in the following table

Geographic

Diversity

2015-17 % 2014-16 %

2013-15 % 2012-14 %

Tamil Nadu 98 84 101 88 105 89 96 93

Other States: South

India 12 10 9 8 9 7 - -

Western India 2 1.5 - - - - -

East and North East 2 1.5 2 2 2 1 5 4

North India 3 3 2 2 5 3 4 3

TOTAL 117 100 115 100 119 100 103 100

Note: All non-Tamilian students are from PGDM and MBA direct admissions.

DOMICILE: PGDM

The educational background among the PGDM students of TSM is given in the following table

Educational Background 2015-

17 %

2014-

16 % 2013-15 % 2012-14 %

Engineering 73 70 60 71 39 70 11 61

Commerce 19 18 14 17 11 17 4 22

Science 8 7.5 6 7 5 8 - -

Arts 3 2.5 - - 2 3 1 6

Business Management

(BBA) 2 2 4 5 5 8 2 11

Others - - - 1 2 - -

TOTAL 105 100 84 100 63 100 18 100


EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND MBA:

The educational background among the MBA students of TSM is given in the following table

Educational

Background 2015-17 % 2014-16 % 2013-15 % 2012-14 %

Engineering 94 80 90 78 85 71 53 51

Commerce 12 10 14 12 13 11 17 16.5

Science 7 7 4 3.5 15 13 15 14.5

Arts 2 1.5 3 3 2 2 13 13

Business Management

(BBA) 2 1.5 4 3.5 4 3 5 5

Others - - - - - - -

TOTAL 117 100 115 100 119 100 103 100

WORK EXPERIENCE PGDM:


Work Experience 2015-17 2014-16 2013-15 2012-14

No work experience 65 54 48 14

< or equal to12 months 13 11 7 2

13-24 months 19 14 6 1

25-36 months 3 2 1 1

Greater than 36 months 5 3 1 -

TOTAL 105 84 63 18


WORK EXPERIENCE MBA:


2.1.4 What are the strategies adopted to increase / improve access to students belonging to

the following categories (SC, OBC WOMEN, SOCIO-ECONOMICALLY WEAKER SECTION)

The Institute strictly adhere to the admission norms given by the University, State and Central

government in filling up the seats from the various sections of the society. In MBA programme

60 seats are given to the government quota which is filled along with the caste reservation

guidelines given by the government for BC, MBC, SC, SCA and ST through the single window

counseling system conducted by Anna University. In addition, to encourage the admission of

women candidates, the cutoff score for female candidates are set marginally lower than that

for male candidates.

2.1.5 Furnish the number of students admitted in the College in the last four academic

years.

MBA & PGDM Admissions Data for 4 years

Year MBA-

Sanctioned

strength

Total

students

admitted

Occupancy *PGDM-

Sanctioned

strength

Total

students

admitted

Occupancy Total

MBA&

PGDM

2013- 120 119 99% 120 63 53% 182

Work Experience 2015-17 2014-16 2013-15 2012-14

No work experience 84 94 97 79

< or equal to12 months 15 10 12 16

13-24 months 11 9 7 8

25-36 months 5 2 2 -

Greater than 36 months 2 - 1 -

TOTAL 117 115 119 103


15

2014-

16

120 112 93% 120 78 65% 190

2015-

17

120 117 98% 120 105 88% 222

2016-

18

120 120 100% 120 113 94% 233

2.1.6 Has the College conducted any analysis of demand ratio for the various programmes

offered by the College? If so, indicate significant trends explaining the reasons for increase /

decrease.

2013

Admissions

2014

Admissions

2015

Admissions

2016

Admissions

Number of

Applications Received 443 589 594 653

For the past four years the number of candidates applying for the college is increasing, this is in

response to the recognition given to the Institute by various stake holders including MHRD and

rating agencies; the placement track record of the Institute and the admission mechanism. This

is also reflected in the increase in the students’ enrolment for the programmes offered by the

institution.

Admission

Year

Total Sanctioned

strength (MBA+PGDM)

Total Enrollment

(MBA+PGDM)

2013 240 182

2014 240 190

2015 240 222

2016 240 233


2.1.7 Was there an instance of the College discontinuing a programme during last four

years? If yes, indicate the reasons.

The MCA programme was discontinued from the Institute due to the reasons following

• Deterioration in the quality of students getting admitted in the course

• Employability of the students was an area of concern.

• Preference towards the course was reducing among students and employers across the

country

2.2 Catering to Student Diversity

2.2.1 Does the College organize orientation / induction programme for freshers? If yes, give

details of the duration of programme, issues covered, experts involved and mechanism for

using the feedback in subsequent years.

Yes, the college organizes orientation/induction programme for freshers.

The Institute organizes orientation programme, separately for the PGDM and the MBA students. This is

due the difference in the date of joining and commencement of the program for PGDM and MBA. There

will be a formal inaugural ceremony followed by an introduction about the Institute, faculty, different

resources available in the institute like library, student service center, hostel, online resources available,

internet facilities, computer labs etc. After this the students will be taken to a campus walk

accompanied by the Deans and faculty members.

The orientation programme aims to identify areas to give students basic knowledge in areas which are

new to them and/or areas in which they are found lacking. The areas may include:

1. English language skills

2. Basics of Accounting (for Non accounting background students)

3. Foundation Mathematics

4. General and Business awareness

5. Additionally, guest lectures by senior business executives may be arranged.

The procedure includes the following:

1. Planning for the inaugural

2. Planning for the sessions

3. Allocation of Faculty

4. Time Table preparation

5. Evaluation methodology for activities, wherever applicable

6. Books, Stationery& Other requirements

7. Confirmation from Guest Faculty for Industry Institute Interactions.

8. Students’ feedback

9. Faculty feedback about students.


2.2.2 Does the College have a mechanism through which the “differential requirements of

student population” are analyzed after admission and before the commencement of classes?

If so, how are the key issues identified and addressed?

Differential requirements of the student population can be classified into personal

requirements and academic requirements.

Regarding the personal requirements students are requested inform if they have any kind of

health issues, allergic to food or medicine or any other requirements. For differently abled

candidates, hostel rooms and class rooms are allotted in the ground floor.

Management is a multi-disciplinary program with students from different educational

background, to make the students familiar with the subjects’ preparatory class are being

conducted. A list of subjects is being taught in the preparatory course and the classes are

decided based on the candidate’s graduation stream/programme, interested candidates can

also attend preparatory classes other than designated to them. The Institute follows a mentor –

mentee system where each mentor will be allotted a set of candidates at the beginning of the

first trimester. The students can approach the mentor at any point of time to discuss their

difficulties, requirements or suggestions on which necessary actions will be taken.

2.2.3 Does the College provide bridge /Remedial /add - on courses? If yes, how are they

structured into the time table? Give details of the courses offered, department-wise/faculty-

wise?

YES, the preparatory sessions are conducted before the commencement of course. The

following are the details of the various courses being offered during the preparatory

programme in the MBA & PGDM.

PGDM

Year Course

2016-18

batch

Introduction to Accounts (IA), Foundation Mathematics (FM), Introduction to

Management (IM), Introduction to Excel (IE)

2015-17

batch

Management Foundation (MF), Economics (ECO), Management Information

Systems (MIS), Organizational Behavior and Management (OB), Operations

(OPE), Contemporary Business Issues (CB), Case Methods (CM), Accounting

(ACC), Communication (COM), Management Games (MG), Fianance (FIN)

2014-16

batch

Qualifying Maths, Accounting, Communication, Business Understanding,

Business Awareness

2013-15 Qualifying Maths, Accounting, Communication, Business Understanding,


batch Business Awareness

MBA

Year Course

2016-18

batch

Introduction to Accounts (IA), Foundation Mathematics (FM), Introduction to

Management (IM), Introduction to Excel (IE)

2015-17

batch

Management Foundation (MF), Economics (ECO), Management Information

Systems (MIS), Organizational Behavior and Management (OB), Operations

(OPE), Contemporary Business Issues (CB), Case Methods (CM), Accounting

(ACC), Communication (COM), Management Games (MG), Fianance (FIN)

2014-16

batch


Business Awareness

2013-15

batch


Business Awareness

2.2.4 Has the College conducted a study on the incremental academic growth of different

categories of students; - student from disadvantaged sections of society, economically

disadvantaged, physically challenged and slow learners etc.? If yes, give details on how the

study has helped the College to improve the performance of these students.

The Institute is meticulously tracking the overall performance of the students and objectives

are set and necessary actions have taken to improve the academic performance of the

students. Counseling is given to the slow learners by the respective mentors, deans, principal

and director on an escalation basis.

2.2.5 How does the institution identify and respond to the learning needs of advanced

learners?

Advanced learners are motivated to take part in different activities like marketing club, HR club,

public speaking club, operations club, economics club etc.

They are also motivated to take part in different competitions in different other institutions.

The college provides financial assistance to the interested candidates.


At TSM students are also encouraged to take part in live projects whereby they have to design

solution for a real time problem faced by a company. E.g. developing a marketing channel

strategy to overcome the problem of cannibalization, conducting an industry analysis and

suggesting the future course of action for a digital marketing company, etc.

The advanced learners are also suggested to read additional case studies, management articles,

etc.

2.2.6 How does the institution cater to the needs of differently-abled students and ensure

adherence to government policies in this regard?

Adhering to the policies of the government, special care is being taken towards the differently

abled candidates at the point of admission itself. The differently abled candidates are allotted

with appropriate seating arrangements in the class rooms at the ground floor. Extra time will be

given during the examinations as per the government rule. Ramp, lifts and special toilet

arrangements are provided at selective places in order to support the needy.

2.3 Teaching-Learning Process

2.3.1 How does the College plan and organize the teaching, learning and evaluation

schedules? (Academic calendar, teaching plan and evaluation blue print, etc.)

• The curriculum must be designed

o To meet the requirements of statutory body/ Industry.

o to provide value based education

o to incorporate the latest developments in the respective courses/functional

areas

o to achieve academic excellence

• The procedures followed to develop and design curriculum that can meet these

purposes are

1. Adequacy of existing courses shall be examined and determined

2. Solicit expertise from industry and other institutions

3. Based on the above input course faculty will recommend courses in each functional

area.

4. The designed curriculum will be submitted / Peer reviewed by the following Process to

achieve parity with the high-end B-School.

o referring to curriculum of similar programmes run by other reputed institutions

o Opinion of experienced faculty from within or outside

o Referring to users i.e., present/past students, business executives and obtaining

their views.


5. The designed curriculum will be presented in the BoS and Academic Council and once

ratified cannot be amended during the academic year.

6. The issue will be discussed in annual faculty meetings

7. Curriculum is designed to meet industry requirements to maintain good placement

records.

8. New course/paper introduction process

o A proposal for a new course should come from a course faculty after the

discussion and consent among the domain area faculty members.

o After this the new course should be recommended by the respective Dean.

o The new course may be approved by the Director and may be proposed for final

approval by BoS.

9. In exceptional cases (like visiting faculty etc.,) special approval may be given by Director

to have a new course offered in the middle of the academic year by taking

recommendations from the designated team appointed by Director.

10. Minimum number of students to have an elective is 20

11. In the case of any natural calamities extra sessions can be planned at the time of

incidents. Based on the expertise and interest subjects will be allotted to the faculty

members and the faculty members will be requested to prepare a course plan/lesson plan

and submit it to the respective deans for approval

12. The academic calendar will be prepared during the month of April/May for the next

academic year.

• Evaluation process:

The Institute follows evaluation schemes similar to that of IIM and XLRI in order to make

the outcome competitive. Relative Grading is followed and external examiners are

members of the assessment board meetings, thus providing scrutiny and validity.

Further, the proceedings of the Board are documented and minutes are kept for three

years, visiting academics are involved in the conduct of the examinations, marking and

grading. Institute uses both academics and practitioners in the assessment processes.

The following tools are used for the evaluation process.

a. Open book test

The Institute has provision for open-book examination. In such cases faculty prepare

the questions in some different format so that it is ensured that unless the student

has learnt the course well he would not be able to answer the questions.

b. Moodle – a software supported examination system

The faculties apply ICT to facilitate a variety of effective teaching, assessment and

evaluation. The students can submit their assignments online and teachers can

evaluate and post the results. ICT acts as a mode of communication between the

faculty and student to convey information, share class notes, and doubts can be

clarified. Moodle is a free open-source learning management system or e-Learning

platform that serves educators and learners across the globe. The Moodle platform


is also used for assignment submission, online quiz, discussion forum, files

download, instant messages and online calendar.

c. Question Paper setting procedures (External/Internal/Combined)

The faculties prepare question paper one month prior to the examination. Usually

two set of question papers are prepared. The question papers are then vetted by

External experts (A Scrutiny Board is constituted comprising of both External and

Internal experts and faculty members respectively) in the Scrutiny Board meeting.

The Internal faculty member of the same area also vets the question papers. Having

undergone the double vetting (by External as well as Internal Experts) the course

faculty improves the question paper which is eventually used for End-Term

Examination.

d. Assessment

The assessment will comprise of continuous assessment and final examination,

carrying marks. Continuous assessment will be made as per the guidelines framed

by the Institute from time to time. While preliminary assessment/evaluation will be

done on absolute marks basis, these will be converted into letter grades for the

purpose of reporting/publishing in the grade sheet. In case some students get less

than 50% in Continuous Assessment (Internal), they can request for Internal

Supplementary Exam.

2.3.2 Does the College provide course outlines and course schedules prior to the

commencement of the academic session? If yes, how is the effectiveness of the process

ensured?

The faculty allocation for the various courses for the forthcoming year is planned during

the close of the previous academic year and the faculty workload is finalized. The faculty is

expected to prepare the course outlines and course schedule according to the proposed course

allocation. At the beginning of each academic year a meeting will be organized by the vertical

heads and the faculty members. Decisions regarding the curriculum, course plan, lesson plan,

commencement and completion of the term will be taken. The faculty members will be

requested to prepare a course plan/lesson plan and submit it to the Director through the Deans

for approval. The Deans will monitor the work load, lesson plan, teaching methodology, log

book and syllabus completion as per schedule. The Institute encourages the faculty to use

different methodologies for teaching and supporting them with equipment and infrastructure

and also motivates them to attend lectures of eminent faculties, webinars, conferences and

workshops.


This course outline/syllabus thus prepared is vetted by the eminent faculty members

from esteemed colleges / Universities and the following are some of the criteria which are

considered for vetting the syllabus:

• The syllabus content meets contemporary competitive requirements

• The pedagogical tools are suitable to respective topics.

• Marks division has been properly done for respective evaluation instruments

• Standard books (Text& Reference) are utilized for study material

2.3.3 What are the courses, which predominantly follow the lecture method? Apart from

classroom interactions, what are the other methods of learning experiences provided to

students?

All the courses except lab sessions under PGDM and MBA programme predominantly follows

the lecture method. Apart from the lecture method the following methods are used to

inculcate

Case Studies:

Aspirants at TSM are exposed to about 50-60 Case studies per trimester with inputs from

premier institutes like Harvard Business School. This gives a rich global exposure as to how

corporate sector goes about decision making in real life situations and how they resolve them.

Budding managers are thus exposed to real life problems and their knowledge is channelized to

the conduct of analytical decision making skills.

Group and Panel Discussions

Class room lectures are being supplemented with interactive sessions and group discussions

where the students get versatile exposure to improve analytical skills apart from incisive

thinking, presentation skills, reasoning capabilities.

Learning Labs

The learning labs enable MBA participants to glean insights, analyze an Organization, and

appreciate the unique nature and challenges faced by individual companies in their respective

spheres of operation. The Impact of various assumptions and environmental conditions are well

understood with the help of simulation programs.

Problem-Solving Sessions

Management decisions are generally made after data collection and analysis. These decisions

should be able to stand scrutiny from various angles. Accordingly, students’ skills are honed in

this direction. Problem solving sessions provide a valuable opportunity to develop analytical

and logical skills required on the job.


Role-Plays

Interpersonal relationship terminologies are better understood with the enactment of role play

sessions so that students get involved actively and learn the application of concepts to have a

better understanding of the organizational dynamics.

Team Projects

Organizational success is a result of team work where synergy and co-ordination matter a lot.

So development of team effort is encouraged by teams of students engaging in performing

assignments, projects, field surveys etc.

Theoretical Overviews

In addition to soft skills, students are trained to prepare write ups on current issues, academic

themes and technological updates by means of contribution to blogs, presentations and

preparation of reports.

Development Immersion Programme

Long standing Association with organisations like Ecologin, Tata-Dhan Academy etc. club the

students of Business Management to help them sensitise on the various social issues of

poverty, inequality and development in rural and urban context. Students team up generate a

proposal on status, issues and interventions related to livelihood, health, education and to look

at the roles of different stakeholders (Government, NGOs and corporate) in the process of

development for a sustainable society.

Book Review

Sessions include reading of Folklore, Biographies of Eminent Corporate leaders and their works.

Also, to get immense knowledge of CSR (Corporate social responsibility); management books

are reviewed in addition to prescribed text books. Management Studies participants share their

knowledge gained about the essence of the book with the peers.

Moodle

Moodle is virtual Learning Environment that creates online dynamic websites for students. It

includes the activity modules (such as forums, databases and wikis) to build richly collaborative

communities of learning using assignments or quizzes. Moodle is an open source learning

management system that provide an assessment platform to access courseware, give practice

tests, discuss doubts and give mock exams.

Also students are provided with an establishment to run a cafeteria. This provides an

environment where students can develop their entrepreneurial skills. Students are also

encouraged to participate in club activities such as Entrepreneurship Development Cell, Book

club, Fine Arts club, Marketing club, Know your World club, Kaizen-operations management


club, Movie club, Human Resource club, Strategy club, Communication club, Finance club, IT

club and Economics club.

2.3.4 How ‘learning’ is made more student-centric? Give a list of participatory learning

activities adopted by the faculty that contribute to holistic development and improved

student learning, besides facilitating life-long learning and knowledge management.

The Institute is providing a learning environment where students can think, discuss, ask and

collaborate with the faculty. For this purpose, the Institute has created an environment where

students get many avenues to discuss and learn from the faculty and other experts other than

just class room environment.

Students are exposed to seminars and guest lectures from eminent personalities and industrial

experts, industrial visits are organized where students get an opportunity to visit a factory and

discuss with the employees of that organization.

The institute has a fantastic library with extended working hours; students can find all the

resources they need both online and offline in the library. The campus is connected with both

LAN and Wi-Fi facility around the clock.

Other than this, students are provided with summer internship (arranged by the college) in

their area of interest and also advanced learners are encouraged to take up live projects and

involve in consultancy work along with the faculties.

To improve the organizing skills, leadership and team work students are encouraged to conduct

various events and are given assistance to participate events held in other colleges.

2.3.5 What is the College policy on inviting experts / people of eminence to provide lectures

/ seminars for students?

The Institute has strong views on the aspect of external members providing curricular activities,

and this is demonstrated by a list of guest speakers invited to provide curricular support. While

the internal workforce is suitably qualified to meet teaching requirements, Institute also invite

executives from industry to give guest lectures on contemporary issues at regular intervals.

Procedure for inviting experts/people of eminence:

a. Decide upon the area/field for the event and the Resource Person(s).

b. Get permission from the Director for conducting the event.

c. Get acceptance from the Resource Person.

d. Prepare the budget for the program. Get acceptance from Director.

e. Prepare the invitees list

f. Fix up the date and venue.

g. Print the invitation.


h. Send the invitation to various institutions.

i. Publish the details of the upcoming event in the college website and also in

websites advertising the events.

j. The panel of judges for events like Yukti and other seminars/conferences will be

vetted by the Senior Management of Loyal Textiles Group.

k. Arrange transportation and accommodation/food for the Resource Person and

participants.

This procedure applies to the events, like National/International conferences,

workshops, trainings, seminars, faculty development programs, Convocation, Yukti, and

Inferno organized by TSM.

2.3.6 What are the latest technologies and facilities used by the faculty for effective

teaching? Ex Virtual laboratories, e-learning, open educational resources, mobile education,

etc.

• PPTs, Video streaming from YouTube and professional CD’s are utilized for delivery of

lecture

• MOODLE e-Learning Management System is used to share teaching aid materials with

students, conduct online quizzes and evaluation of performance

• 24 x 7 Internet facility (84 mbps) and Wi-Fi Facility (Academic & Hostels) are made

available to all students,

• Students are promoted to use software facility (SPSS, E-Views, Turnitin, Prowess)

• Capstone Simulation and Simulation games are used

• Online facility is used to coordinate guest lecture from USA

• Faculties promote students to make use of language lab and e journals

2.3.7 Is there a provision for the services of counselors / mentors/ advisors for each class or

group of students for academic, personal and psycho-socio guidance? If yes, give details of

the process and the number of students who have benefitted

The Institute follows a mentor – mentee system where each mentor will be allotted a set of

candidates at the beginning of the first trimester. The students can approach the mentor at

any point of time to discuss their difficulties, requirements or suggestions on which

necessary actions will be taken. If required, the assistance of External counselors may be

sought.

The mentors provide academic social and career guidance to the students all through their

learning period in the institution. Each faculty will be guiding and mentoring around 10

students from each year and also will maintain their records on academics, extracurricular

performances etc. Mentor meetings are conducted on a fortnightly basis.

Faculty Mentors thus help students

• To cope up with the environment


• To balance academics and personal life

• To overcome unknown fears and uneasiness

• To cope up with methodology

• To monitor individual progress

In addition, committees such as Grievance redressal committee, Anti- ragging Committee

prevent and protect the students from any perturbing incidences during their course of study.

2.3.8 Are there any innovative teaching approaches/methods/ practices adopted/put to use

by the faculty during the last four years? If yes, did they improve the learning? What methods

were used to evaluate the impact of such practices? What are the efforts made by the

institution in giving the faculty due recognition for innovation in teaching?

Details Features Benefits/Comments

Summer

Internships

3 months (MBA-2 months) Better industry exposure;

Better placement prospects

Outbound Training Students (PGDM) are taken on a

weeklong adventure trip

Leadership and team skills training;

Memorable experience

Group Excursion All students in their I year are taken

on a group excursion to places such as

Ooty, Kodikanal and Mysore for a

period of three days

Fosters Interpersonal relationship

and group thinking among students

Business

Simulation Exercise

Students undergo a simulation

exercise conducted by Industry

experts for a period of three days

Application of concepts learnt

Updation of curriculum with best

practices

Grading Relative (as in IIMs /XLRI/ leading

overseas business school)

HBS Cases Cases from the Harvard Business Press

are discussed in the class

Understanding Mgmt. in a Global

perspective

Soft Skills &

Business

Communication

Training

Exclusive training by eminent people

on an ongoing basis

Self-Development and Placement

preparation


2.3.9 How does the College create a culture of instilling and nurturing creativity and

scientific temper among the learners?

At TSM we carry out following activities to instill and nurture creativity and scientific temper

among students

• Organizing various competitions at the college among the students

o Business plan competition, marketing plan competition, operations competition,

financial analysis, etc. (Yukti)

o Intra-school competition (among the students of TSM) : ad competition, debate

competition, music and dance competition, face painting, etc

• Live projects with companies to understand the current challenges faced by different

industries

• Case studies to develop analytical skills in taking managerial decisions

2.3.10 Does the College consider student projects a mandatory part of the learning

programme? If so, for how many programmes is it made mandatory?

Yes. The Summer Internship Programme is an integral part of course curriculum at TSM. The

institute has implemented a 3-months (April-July) duration internship programme for PGDM

students whereas for MBA students the duration of the internship programe is for 2-months

(May-July).

Table: SIP Placement statistics

Academic Year 2012-2014 2013-2015 2014-2016 2015-2017

No of offers

made PGDM 18 59 79 113

No of offers

made to MBA 102 116 103 117

∗∗∗∗ Number of projects executed within the College - Nil


∗∗∗∗ Names of external institutions associated with the College for student project work

Year MBA PGDM

2015 - 17 63 53

2014 – 16 55 44

2013 – 15 44 18

2012 - 14 47 10

∗∗∗∗ Role of the faculty in facilitating such projects

Faculty mentors (supervisors) play an important role in Summer Internship Programmes (SIPs).

All the students are categorized with respect to their area of SIP and evenly distributed among

available faculty members of the institute. The faculty supervisors guiding the students

throughout their internship period by providing necessary academic and research direction.

After the completion of SIPs, the students work under respective supervisors for one month

further fine tuning of their SIP report. All the SIP reports in TSM follow anti-plagiarism

mechanism before the final submission. There is an unified report format dully approved by the

director is available for thesis making guidance.

2.3.11 What efforts are made to facilitate the faculty in learning / handling computer-aided

teaching/ learning materials? What are the facilities available in the College for such efforts?

Optical Fiber Cable Backbone Network: 84 Mbps (1:1) OFC Leased Line Connectivity (64 mbps

(1:1) OFC ILL from BSNL & 20 mbps (1:1) OFC ILL from RELIANCE)

Client PCs: About 210+ client computers @ TSM campus fully connected by Local Area Network

(Laptop Clients – 21 Nos) with the speed of 100/1000 mbps

Wi-Fi Facility: WIFI Controller with Bandwidth Management, Seamless Roaming, User

authentication, Wireless Spectrum, Rogue AP Management, Device Authentication. AURBA

Access Points – 91 Nos (Main Building – 9 Nos, Meenakshi Hostel – 24 Nos, Skanda Hostel – 46

Nos, Faculty Residence – 10, Chairman’s Residence – 2)

Video Conferencing System: LifeSize Team 220 - Full High Definition Videoconferencing System

- 1080P30, 720P60, H.239, Transmit & Receive, Dual HD Camera, Dual HD Display, 4Site MCU @

1080P, with Dual Micpod and Samsung 55 inch LED TV


English Language Lab - Language Lab to provide learners a sustainable access to self-

instructional, multimedia, language learning software as a complementary to classroom

teaching. Hardware: The language lab is equipped with a UPS for 30 computers + 1 (server),

each provided with a headphone and is placed in a compact cubicle creating a user-friendly

atmosphere. As the various software installed are self-explanatory and are of different variety

each student has the liberty to choose a software of their choice and be benefitted.

LCD Projection Facility: LCD Projectors (15 nos) in all class rooms and lecture halls.

Smart Class Room Facility: Smart Classrooms are technology enhanced classrooms that foster

opportunities for teaching and learning by integrating learning technology, such as computers,

specialized software, audience response technology, assistive listening devices, networking, and

audio/visual capabilities.

Software Facility: CMIE – PROWESS Database, SPSS 22.00, ProQuest, Windows 10.0

Professional, Windows Server 2008, IBM DB2, Symantec Endpoint Protection Anti-Virus

Software, Anti-Plagiarism Software - Turnitin originality check.

2.3.12 Does the College have a mechanism for evaluation of teachers by the students /

alumni? If yes, how is the evaluation used in achieving qualitative improvement in the

teaching-learning process?

Yes. The institute collects student feedback after each trimester. The feedback is shared with

faculty members followed by analysis and discussion of the feedback. Following the discussion

necessary improvisation in the course plan and or pedagogy is implemented

2.3.13 Does the institution face any challenges in completing the curriculum within the

planned time frame and calendar? If yes elaborate on the challenges encountered and the

institutional approaches to overcome these.

No. The institute has not faced any challenges in completing the curriculum within the planned

time. The curriculum is well planned and the faculties are encouraged to prepare necessary

materials before the commencement of the semester.

2.3.14 How are library resources used to augment the teaching-learning process?

At TSM the library helps the faculty members as well as the student by providing support in the

form of books, internet sources, e-journals and other academic materials. It has two sections;

journal section and books section.

All the students as well as faculty members have open access to the library. Faculty members

use the library extensively for their research pursuits and students are given assignments which

demand intensive library usage.


2.3.15 How does the institution continuously monitor, evaluate and report on the quality of

teaching, teaching methods used classroom environments and the effect on student

performance.

• Quality of the teaching and learning is monitored by Deans

• The Institute collects the feedback from students on each subject and the same is

discussed with the respective faculties after thorough evaluation

• Mentor – Mentee meetings are conducted once in a trimester, students can give their

suggestions to their mentor about the learning experience and their expectation about

the next semester.

• The performance of the faculty is being evaluated once in a year in Management review

meeting. The faculties are evaluated based on their contribution to the Institution

towards academic, research/consultancy and administration.

2.4 Teacher Quality

2.4.1 What is the faculty strength of the College? How many positions are filled against the

sanctioned strength? How many of them are from outside the state?

Requirement Filled Faculty members

from outside the state

Visiting Faculty

32 33 11 28

2.4.2 How are the members of the faculty selected?

TSM has a transparent recruitment policy as set by the Board. The advertisements are

published in newspapers, interviews are conducted with external stakeholders participating in

selection and qualification verified prior to job offer.

Procedure for Faculty Selection

1. Advertisement /Referral /head hunters shall be the source for staff recruitment

2. Short listing the application based on the structured criteria

3. Preliminary screening, if needed by telephonic / personal interview by director or

any other authorized staff

4. Sending the call letter for interview

5. Interview process shall include

a. Presentation by the candidate

b. Class room observation by the Faculty and / or Students

c. Panel interview by the faculty members


d. Interview by Members of the TSM Board of Governors

e. Interview by Correspondent

2.4.3 Furnish details of the faculty

Highest

Qualification

Professor Associate Professor Assistant

Professor

Total

Male Female

Male Female

Male

Female

Permanent teachers

D.Sc./D.Litt.

Ph.D. 5 1 2 6 6 3 23

M.Phil. 1 2 3

PG 4 4 8

Temporary teachers

Ph.D.

NOT APPLICABLE M.Phil.

PG

Part-time teachers

Ph.D.

NOT APPLICABLE M.Phil.

PG


2.4.4 What percentage of the teachers have completed UGC-CSIR-NET, UGC-NET, and SLET

exams? In that what percentage of teachers are with PG as highest qualification?

Faculty members completed Percentage

UGC-CSIR-NET

UGC-NET 9

SLET 3

PG as highest Qualification 33

2.4.5 Does the College encourage diversity in its faculty recruitment? Provide the following

departments-wise details.

% of faculty % of faculty % of faculty % of

who are from other from other faculty

product of the Colleges States from

same College within the abroad

State

PGDM 6 50 44 6

MBA 11 77 12 0

2.4.6 Does the College have the required number of qualified and competent teachers to

handle all the courses for all departments? If not, how do you cope with the requirements?

How many faculty members were appointed during the last four years?

TSM follows AICTE guidelines for qualification compliance when recruiting faculty. Out of the 33

faculties, 20 are PhD qualified; and others have appropriate qualifications to teach. The

qualifications obtained by staff are from IIT, IIM and other premier institutions. Following are

the faculty recruited by the institution in the last four years.


# Name of the Faculty Designation

1 D. Bipasha Maity Associate Professor

2 Dr. Ashok Natarajan Professor

3 Dr. Prema Shankaran Professor

4 Dr. Shailesh Rastogi Associate Professor

5 Dr. M. Jeevanantham Assistant Professor

6 Prof. Alagammai Kalairaj Assistant Professor

7 Dr. R. Saraswathy Associate Professor

8 Dr. Tanusree Chakraborti Assistant Professor

9 Dr. Medha Satish Kumar Assistant Professor

10 Prof. Gautam Ghosh Professor

11 Dr. Susobhan Goswami Professor

12 Dr. Mehir Baidya Professor

13 Dr. B. Janarthanan Assistant Professor

14 Dr. Nilamadhab Mohanty Assistant Professor

15 Prof. Nithya M Assistant Professor

16 Prof. G. Shivaraj Assistant Professor

17 Prof. P. Ramachandra Gopal Assistant Professor

18 Prof. Goutam Sutar Assistant Professor

19 Prof. Preetha Lakshmi Assistant Professor

20 Prof. R. Beanca Assistant Professor

21 Prof. G. Daisy Assistant Professor

22 Prof. S. Nivethitha Assistant Professor

23 Dr. S. Sriram Associate Professor

24 Prof. S. Kundhavai Assistant Professor

25 Prof.J.Ramesh Kumar Assistant Professor

In addition, the Institute has 28 visiting faculty members to handle different subjects.

2.4.7 How many visiting Professors are on the rolls of the College?

Both from academia and industry 28 eminent personalities are visiting the campus to handle

subjects across six trimesters.


Visiting Faculty

# Name of the Faculty Qualification Subject Industry

1 Mr.S. Jagdish PGDM (IIM A) Human

Resource

Former Professor, IIM-B

2 Mr. S. Natana Gopal FCA Finance Chartered Accountant,

Madurai

3 Mr. M. Elango BA, B.L Human

Resource

Advocate, Madurai

4 Mr. Suyam Prakasam MBA Finance Credit Manager, AJ. Square

Consultancy Services,

Madurai

5 Mrs.A. Uma Rani B.Sc,

PGDPM,M.A,

FDPM

Finance Tata Dhan Academy

6 Ms. Ramya

Subramanian

B.Com, FCA Finance Chartered Accountant,

Formerly VP at ICICI Bank

7 Mr. Shyam

Krishnamoorthy

B.E,

MBA(University

of New York

Stern School of

Management)

Marketing Consultant, Bengaluru

8 Mr.Kalyanaraman

Subramaniam

PGDM (IIM C) Marketing Consultant, Bengaluru

9 Dr.Chandrasekaran Ph.D Finance Vice President Corporate

Affairs, Take Solutions Ltd ,

and adjunct faculty,

LIBA,Chennai


10 Mr. Rajat Iyer MBA Marketing CEO Saarthak Development &

Business Solutions P Ltd,

Chennai

11 Mr. R. Seshadri MBA Marketing Managing Director, Anugrah

Madison advertising P ltd,

Chennai

12 Dr. M. Rama Krishnan MBA, Ph.D Human

Resource

SVP-HR, Loyal Textiles

13 Mr. Radha Krishan Pillai B. Tech., (IIT

K),PGDM, (IIM

C), Fullbright

scholar

Strategic

Management

Consulting

14 Mr. Gopalakrishnan B.Tech (IITM),

PGDM (IIMA)

Operations Teaching and Consulting

15 Mr.R.Natarajan PGDM (IIMB)

B.Tech (IIT M)

Operations Former Supply Director-India,

Reckitt Benckiser (India) Ltd.

Present Teaching and

Consultancy

16 Dr.S Balachandran B.Tech (IITM),

PGDM (IIM A)

Marketing Consultancy, Former SVP,

Murugappa Group

17 Mr. V.K . Kumar B.Tech (IIT M),

PGDM (IIM A)

Operations Consultancy

18 Mr. Venkatesan B.Tech (IIT M),

PGDM (IIM C)

Marketing Consultancy

19 Dr. Udayan K Basu M.Sc (IIT KGP),

PhD Cal

University

Finance Teaching and Consulting

20 Dr. Chinmoy Ghosh PGDM (IIM C),

Phd

(Pennsylvania

State University,

Finance Gladstein Professor of

Business and Innovation, and

Head of the Department of

Finance at the School of


USA) Business, University of

Connecticut

21 Mr. Raghunath Thali MBA, Ph.D Marketing Head, Asia Pacific, SAP

22 Mr. J. Balasubramanian B.Com, CA, CSW Finance Chief Accountant, BSNL,

Madurai

23 Mr. K. Venkatesh PGDBM (IIM-B) Marketing Consultant, Bengaluru

24 Mr. Jothinath Ganguly PGDBM (IIM B) Marketing Channal Marketing Manager,

HP

25 Dr. Geetha Ravi BA, MA, M.Phil,

Ph.D

Business

Communications

HOD, English Department,

Fatima College, Madurai

26 Prof. Mahesh

Doraiswamy

B.Sc, PGDM Teaching and

Consulting

Consulting

27 Dr. R. Ponraj MBA, M.Phil,

PhD

Associate

Professor

NMSS Vellaichamy Nadar

College

28 Mr. KL Baskaran PGDM (IIM

Calcutta)

International

Logistics

Management

Certified Supply Chain

Professional-Consultant.

2.4.8 What policies/systems are in place to recharge teachers? (eg: providing research

grants, study leave, nomination to national/ international conferences/Seminars, in-service

training, organizing national/international conferences etc.)

A. One faculty by rotation is sent for faculty development programme conducted by IIM

[Ahmedabad]. This is on full salary during the period, and all the out-of-pocket expenses are

borne by the college in this regard.

B. All faculty are encouraged to do consulting in Private and Public Sector Units and

Government departments

C. The revenue sharing is in the ratio of 60:40 for Faculty to Institution.

D. Faculty is encouraged to visit companies for practical exposure and the college organizes

such visits.


E. Faculty is encouraged to present papers in conferences and seminars organized by

institutions of repute. On duty is given for the same.

F. In some cases, the faculty are sent to conferences organized in foreign countries

G. On duty is given to faculty with full pay, for completing their PhD

H. A Research Fund is budgeted every year and faculties are encouraged to submit proposals

to a constituted committee which will approve the proposals.

I. Faculty is also encouraged to do collaborative research with faculty from other reputed

Business schools.

J. Faculty are allowed On duty for field work required for their research

2.4.9 Give the number of faculty who received awards / recognitions for excellence in

teaching at the state, national and international level during the last four years.

NIL

2.4.10 Provide the number of faculty who have undergone staff development programmes

during the last four years. (Add any other programme if necessary)

2016-17 2015-16 2014-15 2013-14

No of faculties

deputed for PhD

1 16 13 7

No. of faculties

attended MDP

-- -- -- --

No. of faculties

attended Seminars/

Conferences

10 (as on

January)

14 15 3

IIM Ahmedabad –

FACULTY

DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAMME

1 1 1 1

FACULTY

DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAMME -

OTHERS

1 2


2.4.11 What percentage of the faculty have been invited as resource persons in Workshops /

Seminars / Conferences organized by external professional agencies ETC

Dr. M. Selvalakshmi

Madurai Kamaraj University Nominated Member - Board of Studies in

1. Kodaikanal Christian College, Kodaikanal

2. V.H.N.S.N College, Virudhunagar

3. SVN College, Madurai

External Academic Auditor for the Departments of Economics and Business Administration,

Ayya Nadar Janaki AmmaI College, Sivakasi

Dr. Goswami

1. Reviewer in Emerald Journal of Emerging Marketing Case Studies and Journal of

Marketing Intelligence and Planning

Dr. V. Senthil

1. Member, Board of Studies-B.Sc. (Computer Science), Fatima College, Madurai

Dr. Mehir

1. PhD examiner in AMU from 2010 to till date.

2. PhD supervisor in AMU from 2010 to till date.

Dr. PRC Gopal

1. Reviewer of International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

journal published by Emerald- ABDC-B category & Scopus indexed

2. Reviewer of International Journal of Production Economics journal published by

Elsevier– ABDC A Category & Scopus indexed

Prof. Balaji M

1. Reviewer of Optimal Control, Applications and Methods journal published by Wiley-

ABDC-B category & Scopus indexed

2.4.12 How often does the College organize academic development programmes for its

faculty, leading to enrichment of teaching-learning process?

In addition to Guest lectures, TSM faculty do organize number of workshops and training

programmes exclusively for TSM faculty. The institution had organized training programmes

regularly on ISO 9001 standards, case methodology, research methodology and IIA teaching

method.


2.4.13 What are the teaching innovations made during the last five years? How are

innovations rewarded?

Several innovations in teaching especially in pedagogy and in offering cutting edge electives are

initiated in this institution in the last five years. Some of it include:

1. Integrated and interactive Approach

2. Simulation games

3. Outbound training programmes

4. Relative grading

5. Group excursion to develop interpersonal skills

6. Shuffling of students between sections: After each trimester students are shuffled

between sections. The slow learners are redistributed among different sections. It

serves two purposes viz; (1) better socialization among the students and all the students

get the opportunity to interact with every other member of their class (2) slow learners

get a different environment and an opportunity to get rid of their inhibition

7. Group activities: A major component of the management education at TSM is group

assignments. Students are distributed into different groups. Each group is

heterogeneous with regards to academic background and academic performance. Apart

from team building this method promotes peer learning among the students

2.4.14 Does the College have a mechanism to encourage

• Mobility of faculty between institutions for teaching?

• Faculty exchange programmes with national and international bodies? If yes, how

have these schemes helped in enriching quality of the faculty?

Nil. The institution is working on the collaboration with the foreign Universities.

2.5 Evaluation Process and Reforms

2.5.1 How does the College ensure that all the stakeholders are aware of the evaluation

processes that are operative?

All programs at TSM follow a continuous evaluation system in order to assess the student’s

progression throughout the course. The components of evaluation and the relative weightage

for each component are decided entirely by the course instructor and are communicated to the

students along with the course outline at the beginning of each term.

• Information regarding evaluation method and grading pattern is communicated to the

students during the orientation program


• Course plan involves evaluation criteria. The course plan is shared with the students

before the commencement of the term.

• Marks are displayed on the notice board

• Moodle is used to conduct quizzes which helps students get the results immediately

2.5.2 What are the major evaluation reforms initiated by the College and to what extent

have they been implemented in the College? Cite a few examples which have positively

impacted the evaluation management system?

TSM is an autonomous Institution under Madurai Kamaraj University. The Institution has its

own well defined and documented Evaluation System which is communicated to Students by

Course Instructor before Course begins. Each year, the Evaluation Components and entire

evaluation system is reviewed in the Board of Studies and academic council and necessary

changes, if desired, are made. Some examples include,

• Internal evaluation using moodle

• Unique methods of evaluation: design of live campaigns (DMSS), Marketing plan

assignment, business plan competition (CCE), documentary making ( RM)

2.5.3 What measures have been taken by the institution for continuous evaluation of

students and ensuring their progress and improved performance?

Since TSM is an autonomous Institute, the evaluation and assessment approaches are decided

and developed by the institution in consultation with the Board of Studies and the academic

council. To measure the students’ achievements, their continuous evaluation and ensuring their

progress and improved performance, a judicious mix of Internal and External assessment

approach is adopted. The evaluation component comprises of two components:

Continuous evaluation component – 60%

End term examination component – 40%

For Internal Assessment, Faculty members take regular class tests/quizzes, presentations,

assignment submissions, role-plays in the class. For External assessment, it is mandatory for a

student to appear for an End of the Term examination which carries 40% weightage of the total

evaluation. During class room sessions, faculty members use several teaching pedagogies to

make the students learn.

2.5.4 What percentage of marks is earmarked for continuous internal assessment? Indicate

the mechanisms strategized to ensure rigour of the internal assessment process?

Total percentage of marks earmarked for continuous internal assessment is 60%. This is divided

in mid-term examination, class tests, quizzes, class participation, presentations, assignments,

case analysis, role plays, term papers, projects etc. Depending on the nature of the course and


faculty preferences, all of these or few of these components can be considered for internal

assessment components. Faculty members have to announce in advance before the

commencement of the course in his/her course outline the components on which he/she will

evaluate the students.

2.5.5 Does the College adhere to the declared examination schedules? If not, what

measures have been taken to address the delay?

TSM being ISO 9001:2015 certified, strictly adheres to the examination schedules. Any

deviation in the examination schedules is a major process non-conformity and the institution

has zero tolerance in this non-conformity.

2.5.6 What is the average time taken by the College for declaration of examination results?

Indicate the mode / media adopted by the College for the publication of examination results

e.g., website, SMS, email, etc.

After the term is over, examinations are held. The result for the end term examinations is

declared within 30 days from the date of last examination. The result is published in the

institute notice board which can be accessed by all students.

2.5.7 Does the college have an integrated examination platform for the following

processes?

• Pre-examination processes – Time table generation, OMR, student list generation, invigilators, squads,

attendance sheet, online payment gateway, etc.

• Examination process –Examination material management, logistics.

• Post examination process – attendance capture, OMR based exam result, auto processing, generic

result processing and certification.

The Controller of Examinations is vested with the overall superintendence and control of

examination processes in respect of all academic programs. The Controller of Examinations is

appointed by the Director in consultation with the Deans. The Controller of Examinations

performs the following functions and duties:

• Preparation and notification of schedules for Term examinations of all courses and

programs

• Issuing guidelines on printing, packing and sealing of examination question papers and

their supply to examination centers

• Assigning and notifying invigilation duties for various end-term examinations, viva-voce

and SIP presentations

• Monitoring arrangements for conduct of examinations, collection of answer papers and

prescribing norms for seating arrangements in examination halls


• Inspection of examination centers and submitting reports on malpractices in

examination to the Program Chairperson for appropriate action

• Submitting reports on dereliction / failure in the performance of examination duties and

providing details of such persons to the Principal and the Director for appropriate action

• Supervising the arrangements for preparation, printing and distribution of marks sheets

• Correction of mistakes in marks sheets

• Supervising the preparation of eligibility list of students for each Convocation

• Supervising the compilation of merit list, rank list and medals list of students

• Issuing guidelines on the conduct of examinations and other related matters

• Performing other duties assigned by the Academic Council and Director from time to

time.

The examination dates for each term are announced at the beginning of the year through

academic calendar. At the end of the term a detailed date wise examination schedule is

informed to the students. Faculty members are also informed well in advance of their

Invigilation duties. Controller of Examinations and Deans ensures the smooth conduct of

examination. Once the exams are finished, evaluation work starts for which each faculty

members are given 21 days. The Institute has a well-equipped COE office to take care of the

Pre-examination processes like time table generation, student list generation, invigilators,

attendance sheet etc. and examination process which includes examination material

management and logistics. The office of the controller of examinations also take care of post

examination processes like attendance capture, result processing and certification.

2.5.8 Has the College introduced any reforms in its Ph.D. evaluation process?

Not Applicable

2.5.9 What efforts are made by the College to streamline the operations at the Office of the

Controller of Examinations? Mention any significant efforts which have improved process and

functioning of the examination division/section?

Development of in-house software which is duly tested is used for mark sheet preparation.

Also each year, during Annual Faculty Body Meeting, CoE discusses the issues faced by his office

regarding conduct of examination and declaration of results and actions taken. The discussion

attracts some useful comments and suggestions from faculty body presents. These comments

are incorporated/left for further discussion after evaluating their pros & cons.

2.5.10 What is the mechanism for redressal of grievances with reference to evaluation?

There is a provision for the students to get the photocopy of the evaluated end term

examination answer sheet. The MBA student can also apply for reevaluation of his end term

examination performance. In spite of this if a student is not satisfied; he can approach the Dean


to further resolve the issue. There is also a Grievance Redress Cell, which can be approached for

redresses.

2.6. Student Performance and Learning Outcomes

2.6.1 Does the College have clearly stated learning outcomes for its programmes? If yes,

give details on how the students and staff are made aware of these?

Yes. The Institute has a clearly stated learning outcomes and it is linked to the vision and

mission statement.

Vision: A leading academic institution of choice amongst management students and faculty and



Mission:

e. To promote wide application of professional management principles, practices

and attitudes in the management of economic and social institutions, primarily

through teaching, training, research and consultancy.

f. To groom young men and women into technically proficient, managerially

competent, and socially purposeful professionals deeply committed to upholding

and practicing highest standards of probity.

g. To help transform entrepreneurial ideas into scalable and sustainable economic

and social institutions.

h. To promote responsible leadership by seamlessly weaving ethical values, social

dimensions and long-term sustainability into all aspects of its activities and

academic programmes.

Linkage of Learning Outcomes to Course Objectives and Mission: Faculty members teaching

any course adhere to the following:

iv. The Course outline clearly states the course objectives which are linked to the Mission


v. The Course outline clearly states the learning outcomes from the student’s perspective

and which is linked to the course objectives.

vi. The learning outcomes are mapped with the evaluation components. This is an

important prerequisite for aligning all courses with the mission of the Institute.

2.6.2 How does the institution monitor and ensure the achievement of learning outcomes?

• Following provisions are followed at TSM to ensure the achievement of learning

outcomes;


• Tests are conducted every trimester and analysis of result is carried out

• Marks are displayed on the notice board

• Names of the students who got placed are shared with other faculties and students

through email

• Name of the students who win prizes at different competitions are shared on social

media and through email

2.6.3 How does the institution collect and analyze data on student learning outcomes and

use it for overcoming barriers of learning?

Mid-term performance analyses followed by student counseling is done at TSM to understand

challenges faced by student and provide them guidance in dealing with these challenges

Student feedback at the end of the trimester helps faculties explore problems faced by students

which eventually helps in improvising on the outcomes

2.6.4 Give Programme-wise details of the pass percentage and completion rate of students.

MBA PGDM

Batch Percentage of

Pass in First

class

Total No. of

Students

Percentage of

Pass in First class

Total No. of

Students

2014-2016 78.50 107 64.10 78

2013-2015 97.39 115 42.37 59

2012-2014 99.02 102 100% 18

2011-2013 100% 99 100% 11


CRITERION III: RESEARCH, CONSULTANCY AND EXTENSION

3.1 Promotion of Research

3.1.1 Does the College have a research committee to monitor and address the issues of

research? If yes, what is its composition? Mention a few recommendations which have been

implemented and their impact.

An activity chair for Research has been instituted with a senior faculty who has

accomplished research credentials.

Institute Research Committee

Member Panels Dr. J Sathyakumar Conveyer

Dr. Vidya Suresh Member

Dr. Sailesh Rastogi Member

Dr. V Senthil Member

Dr. Mehir Biadya Member

Dr. Goutam Sutar Member

• Institute Research Committee (IRC), chaired by the Director, is the Institute’s senior

research management body. It advises Academic Board on research strategies and

reviews progress in these areas.

• It is required to establish research committees to support the research activities of

academic staff and postgraduate students. IRC is expected to comply with and oversee

the implementation of Institute-wide research policies. Faculty research committees are

formed by the Director to advise the IRC on research matters.

• The support includes but is not limited to:

• Assisting IRC with coordinating the activities of its subcommittees and monitoring

external research policy developments

• Securing and supporting external research funding from the public and private sectors

• Thaiagarajar School of Management Business Review (TBR) is the Institute’s commercial

arm through which the management and commercialization of disclosable Intellectual

Property are conducted.

3.1.2 What is the policy of the College to promote research culture in the College?

TSM Madurai provides full or partial financial assistance to organize seminars/

conferences/workshops in order to promote research in management sciences in India.


The Institute has organized more than 6 workshops during last three years. The

chairperson of Institute Research Committee and the Director carries the following

responsibilities.

Encouraging the faculty members:

• To actively engage in research and publications

• Attend and present papers in research conferences and seminars

• Write and publish case studies, books and monographs of scholarly standards.

• Documenting the research contributions of individual faculty members and

authenticate the same in their performance appraisal reports

Creating necessary infrastructures for research and publications by way of:

• Organizing faculty research seminars/workshops.

• Identifying and procuring research databases.

• Creating and implementing annual research budget.

• Periodically update the list of research journals for grading purposes;

• Advice the management in assessing research contributions of faculty members for

grading purposes;

• Recommend faculty members for participation in international and national

conferences, and research seminars;

• Create and maintains database for working papers

• Explore and formalize research tie-up with national and foreign universities and

institutions of repute

• Facilitate sponsored research programs.

At TSM Madurai, a full time regular faculty member, who has been in continuous

service with the Institute for a period of minimum 6 years, is eligible to go on a sabbatical for a

period of 6 months. This engagement with the outside institution should be honorary and the

faculty member cannot receive any salary/ pay during this period from the outside institution,

other than an honorarium and travel/ living expenses. At the end of the sabbatical, the faculty

member will return to the parent Institute or the pre-existing employment terms and has to

undertake to serve the parent institution. The faculty member has to submit a report on his

work during the sabbatical period along with the documentary evidence on research

paper/books/case studies contributed by him/her. During the sabbatical period, the faculty

member goes on a loss of pay. This type of leave cannot be clubbed with or exchanged with

any other form of leave. Permission to go on sabbatical to a reputed institution will be granted


by the Director, and approval of sabbatical on other grounds will be granted by the

Management Committee.

TSM Madurai believes that research plays a pivotal role in fostering the quality of

thinking and the rigor of scholarship in its delivery of management education. For promotion of

Research, faculty members are given increments and promotions on the basis of following

criteria:

Teaching Contribution – 60%

Research Contribution – 20%

Institutional Contribution – 20%

Earlier the weightage for research was 15%, the director in consent with the chief

managing director has increased it to 20%

Computation of Research Credit Points (for an academic year):

1. Paper published in ABDC-A* journals and indexed in Scopus or not (100)

2. Paper published in ABDC-A journals and indexed in Scopus or not (80)

3. Paper published in ABDC-B journals plus indexed in Scopus (70)

4. Paper published in ABDC-B journals and not indexed in Scopus (60)

5. Paper published in ABDC-C journals plus indexed in Scopus (50)

6. Paper published in ABDC-C journals and not indexed in Scopus (40)

7. Paper published not in ABDC-C journals but indexed in Scopus (30)

8. Paper published not in ABDC and also not indexed in Scopus (20)

9. International conference (outside India)-40 whereas inside India 20. National

Conference (10) and Others (5).

Faculty members are encouraged to publish their research work in academic and practitioner

journal of repute. In order to facilitate that, faculty members are encouraged to present their

research papers in National/International level conferences/Seminars. The Institute funds the

registration fee and travel allowance. The faculty leave is treated as on official duty for the

duration of the seminar/conference plus journey days.


3.1.3 List details of prioritized research areas and the areas of expertise available with the

College.

TSM Madurai, being a top ranked B-School understands importance of research prowess and

need for expertise in the field of management research. The priority area of the Institute’s

research is various aspects of business and management related issues and probable solutions

of them. The main focus is on the application of existing set of knowledge in solving business

problems. Most faculty of the institute holds PhD in their respective subjects, which talks about

their research capabilities. Apart from that, the faculty members of the Institute constantly

update and upgrade their research skills through attending various conference, seminars and

faculty development program, both national as well as international.

An indicative list of recent research areas of interest includes the following:

• Food Supply Chain Management

• Sustainable Supply Chains

• Design Thinking

• Climate Change Impact

• Marketing Analytics

• Brand

• Talent Management

• Work-life balance

3.1.4 What are the proactive mechanisms adopted by the College to facilitate smooth

implementation of research schemes/ projects?

The research committee of the Institute is the nodal agency that oversees and checks

the quality of, as well as smooth implantation of research work as per the Institute’s

guidelines. The committee consults the Director of the Institute in issues pertaining to the

facilitation and implementation of various research work undertaken by the faculty.

The intellectual capital of a business school is viewed from the research and publications they

make. This could be used for seeing the progress of the intellectual capital of TSM, academic

year wise. The following procedures are adopted to promote research culture in the institution.

1. The faculty will identify their area of interest and work in depth

2. Faculty can deploy TSM students for research and publication and work with them

on co authorship basis.

3. Faculty to produce one publication a year in refereed journals.


4. Financial assistance can be provided for cost of purchase of secondary data,

collection of primary data, travel and local conveyance for conducting survey.

Subsequently the faculty should send an email to the Director, marking a copy to

Principal regarding their area of interest to conduct any research or make any

publication.

5. The faculty should submit all the relevant bills and vouchers

6. Faculty research outcome will be considered as a one parameter in annual

performance.

7. Encouraging the faculty get funds from various government organizations and

fulfilling the all necessary government requirements to get the grants.

3.1.5 How is interdisciplinary research promoted? Between/among different departments of

the College and Collaboration with national/international institutes / industries.

Management itself is an inter-disciplinary subject where various specialized areas of

knowledge are combined in analysing and solving business issues. In that sense, almost most of

the research works carried out by the faculty are inter -disciplinary in nature. In certain specific

cases, two or more faculty members can collaborate on certain research undertakings. This is

done at the individual level and at the sole discretion of the researchers.

3.1.6 Enumerate the efforts of the College in attracting researchers of eminence to visit the

campus and interact with teachers and students?

The Institute on a regular basis conducts and organizes various national and international level

conferences and seminars. These are the excellent platform for the students to interact and

gain knowledge from eminent academicians and researchers, who are invited as guests,

keynote speakers, panel discussion members or participants in these research activities that are

carried out in the campus.

15

29 31

0

20

40

2014 2015 2016

Guest lectures


3.1.7 What percentage of faculty has utilized sabbatical leave for research activities? How has

the provision contributed to the research quality and culture of the College?

The privilege of sabbatical for the faculty for carrying out a focused research work has been

introduced in the last year. So far only one faculty member has availed of this facility. The

institute is in the process of developing an objective method of assessing the positive impact of

such system.

3.1.8 Provide details of national and international conferences organized by the College

highlighting the names of eminent scientists/scholars who participated in these events.

The following Conferences were conducted by the faculty members of the Institute in last three

years.

# Name of the conference Nature Month & Year Resource Person Duration

1 Strategic Marketing Workshop

2013

National Nov-13 Mr Kalyanaraman

COO, TVS Finance &

Services Ltd, G Mr.

Ramprasad, Director

Enzotech Solutions

Pvt. Ltd

1 DAY

2 Digital Marketing International 2014 Dr.P.MohanSuyambu

raj

Dr.V.Senthil

1 DAY

3 Enhancing the Human

Potential; The HR Way (ARETE)

National Nov-13

Dr. Sathyakumar 1 DAY

4 HR Conclave-HR Challenges in

the Emerging Economic

Environment

International Feb-14 Dr. Sathyakumar 1 DAY

5 Customer Relationship

Management

National Jun-14 Prof. Gautam Ghosh 2 DAYS

6 Network Security

Championship

National Mar-14 Prof. V. Senthil 2 DAYS

7 Nvivo-Seminar Computer

Assisted Qualitative Data

International Feb 2014 Dr. Mustafa Ally 1 DAY


# Name of the conference Nature Month & Year Resource Person Duration

Analysis- Dr. Mustafa Ally

8 International conference on

Research Training and Grand

Writing- Dr. Rajgurajan,

Queensland University,

Australia

International June 2015 Dr.Rajgurajan,

Queensland

University, Australia

1 DAY

9 Faculty Development

Conference on “Research

Orientation, Philosophy and

Challenges ahead”- Dr.

Prakashvel, University of

Wollongong, Australia – Dubai

Campus

International Feb 2016 Dr.Prakashvel,

University of

Wollongong,

Australia – Dubai

Campus

1 DAY

10

IIMC Strategic marketing

Workshop 2016-Alumni of

IIMC, Chennai Chapter

National Mar-16 Mr. Mali K

Mahalingam

Shri Ravi K

Santhanam

1 DAY

11 Future perspective of Human

Resource- Dr. Charles Godwin

National Oct 2016 Dr. Charles Godwin 1 DAY

3.1.9 Details on the College initiative in transferring/advocating the relative findings of

research of the College and elsewhere to the students and the community (lab to land).

Faculty members regularly publish their research work in various national and international

journals, magazines and also contribute to local newspapers on various issues pertaining to

business and economy. The idea is to make the acquired knowledge available to maximum

number of audience.

Participation and organization of various seminar and conference is part of academic activities

of TSM. These research conclaves are ideal platform for sharing and acquiring knowledge from

the peer and the industry.

3.1.10 Give details on the faculty actively involved in research (Guiding student research,

leading research projects, engaged in individual or collaborative research activity etc.)


Research and publications are considered to be one of the most important objectives of TSM

for achieving academic excellence. Faculty members are continuously involved in research work

and are encouraged to attend conferences, seminars, presenting papers and publishing them in

reputed international and national journals. Many papers have been published in various

reputed publishing houses like Sage Publications, Inderscience, Elsevier, Wiley etc.

Total 154 research papers have been published in International and National Journal of repute

by faculty members till 2016.

YEAR NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL

2011 02 09

2012 17 28

2013 08 17

2014 05 30

2015 05 16

2016 01 07

Total 38 107

On the other hand, total 8 conference proceedings (Year 2015 - 07, Year 2016 – 02) have been

published in National & International conferences by TSM faculty members.

Apart from research, faculty members are also involved in writing of books and case studies.

Faculty have published their writings in various reputed publishing houses like Lambert

Academic. 4 Books and few book chapters have been published.

Development of its faculty members is an important activity in of all academic establishments.

TSM encourages faculty to conduct and attend Faculty Development Programs (FDP). In

response to that encouragement, more than 15 FDPs and workshops have been organized

during last three academic years by TSM faculty members.

3.2 Resource Mobilization for Research

3.2.1 What percentage of the total budget is earmarked for research? Give details of major

heads of expenditure, financial allocation and actual utilization for last four years.


The Institute receives grant from its management exclusively for research, seminars and

workshops. Over and above the grant expenditure is borne by the Institute from its own

resources. In the last three years, total expenditure incurred from its own resources was 3.5%

to 4% (approx.) of the total budget which amounts to 15 to 30 Lakh per year.

Management Development Programme 2013-14

Programe Name Income Expenses Net

General management 55447 36609 18838

Business communication 22159 14425 7734

Creativity & Innovation 31639 19565 12074

Advance Financial analysys 11603 8236 3367

Jump I 450000 130978 319022

Total 570848 209813 361035

Seminar & Workshop 2013-14


AICTE Research Methodology 161214 128277 32937

HR Conclave 221805 722747 -500942

Arete club 2013 14500 17112 -2612

Finance for Non finance manager 59496 38627 20869

IT for Business 19920 15494 4426

Conference on digital marketing 35819 35455 364

Network security championship 34104 34249 -145

Training for postal dep 89000 48323 40677

workshop on AJAX 118992 89236 29756

Consultany

Palmyrah workers society 294000 132135 161865

Prime academy 22250 10400 11850

Chella software 25000 - 25000

CSM Project 101000 22164 78836

MDP on reporting and analysis of financial

statements 60000 24620 35380

Total 1257100 1318839 -61739

Grand total 1827948 1528652 299296

Management Development Programme 2014-15

Income

HR arete 34250 28754 5496

international conference on digital marketing 31271 26296 4975


Training postal 169699 95468 74231

Workshop on mobile apps 47348 38185 9163

CSM Project 101000 112720 -11720

research work tvs srichakra I 288000 176000 112000

research work tvs srichakra II 210000 154000 56000

Consotree 34000 0 34000

Chella software

10715 -10715

Hi tech arai

5982 -5982

915568 648120 267448

Expenses

Jump I 150000 262361 -112361

Jump II 150000 159407 -9407

NVIVO -10 97900 39911 57989

Hi tech arai

16008 -16008

Certificate Program in general management

40906 -40906

Palmyrah workers society

97427 -97427

National security championship

4018 -4018

IMCA digital marketing 32500 32500 0

Workshop on strategic marketing 0 43663 -43663

430400 696201 -265801

Grand Total

1647

Seminar & Workshop 2015-16


HR Arete 43750 34986 8764

MDP Digital marketing 44019 24504 19515

MDP palmyrah 80500 0 80500

Hi tech arai ltd 83400 30000 53400

Toast Master Program 4454 4454 0

HPCL Programe 144000 8524 135476

JUMP III 173250 72653 100597

JUMP II 405000 228393 176607

Apollo 0 3736 -3736

Consultancy

Smart Home Furniture 21834 0 21834

Loyal Textile Mills Ltd 94000 9085 84915

Grand total 1094207 416335 677872


3.2.2 What are the financial provisions made in the College budget for supporting student

research projects?

Students of this institute are encouraged to undertake research work and present them in

various appropriate platforms like national and international conferences, seminars etc. TSM

sponsors the student’s travel expenses and other expenses of participation.

3.2.3 Is there a provision in the institution to provide seed money to faculty for research? If

so, what percentage of the faculty has received seed money in the last four years?

The Institute does have a provision for providing money to the faculty member to undertake

various research activities. The amount available is Rs. 3 lakhs. So far, no faculty has utilized this

facility, but as the Institute moves towards greater innovations and research orientation, it is

expected that more number of faculty will benefit from this facility.

3.2.4 Are there any special efforts made by the College to encourage faculty to file for

patents? If so, provide details of patents filed and enumerate the sanctioned patents.

Not Applicable.

3.2.5 Provide the following details of ongoing research projects:

Not Applicable.

3.2.6 How many departments of the College have been recognized for their research activities

by national / international agencies (UGC-SAP, CAS, DST-FIST; DBT, ICSSR, ICHR, ICPR, etc.)

and what is the quantum of assistance received? Mention any two significant outcomes or

breakthrough due to such recognition.

Not Applicable.

3.2.7 List details of completed research projects undertaken by the College faculty in the last

four years and mention the details of grants received for such projects (funded by Industry/

National/International agencies).

Consulting at TSM is viewed as a dynamic learning process for the faculty. It provides an

opportunity for them to share insights with practitioners and contributes to experimentation

and new learning by clients. Consulting brings the faculty in contact with real-life managerial

problems, and thus greatly enriches teaching and research.


Consultancy Projects during 2012-2013

S.

No.

Consultancy

Assignment

Client Coordinator/s Time Span Revenue

Generation

in Lakhs of

Rs..

Year

1 Customer

Relationship

Management

Software

Customization

Loyal Textile

Mills

Prof. S. Raghupathy

&

Dr. V. Senthil

3 months

(Completed)

0.40 * 2013

2. Report on

Feedback of

Postmasters’

Training

India Post Prof.

N. Manjula

1 month

(Completed)

1.00* 2014

3. Report on

Industrial

Potential of

South

Tamilnadu

CII,

Madurai

Dr. P. Mohan

Suyamburaj , Prof.

M. Subramanian &

Dr. Bipasha Maity

1 month

(Completed)

0.25 * 2014

4. Data Mining

Consultancy

Prime

Academy Pvt

Ltd

Prof. S. Raghupathy 1 month

(Completed)

0.22 * 2014

5. Marketing

Consultancy

CSM Home

Essentials

Dr. P. Mohan

Suyamburaj &

Prof N. Manjula

4 months

(Completed)

2.02 * 2014

6. Management

Audit of PWDS

Palmyrah

Workers’

Development

Society

Prof.

S. Raghupathy

4 months

(ongoing)

5.12* 2015

6 Research work

TVS Srichakra

TVS Srichakra

Dr. Mehir Baidya (ongoing) 0.70* 2015

3.3 Research Facilities

3.3.1 What efforts are made by the College to keep pace with the infrastructure requirements

to facilitate Research? How and what strategies are evolved to meet the needs of

researchers?


The research Committee of the Institute, comprised by a faculty chair and few senior faculty

members is the nodal agency in matters of research related planning and setting the agenda for

the Institute’s research work. Along with this committee’s recommendation, TSM also solicit

opinions and expectations from all the faculty members regarding institutional support in

carrying out their research work. The management of the organization is open to new ideas and

suggestions for improving the research culture and generous is allocating funds for various

research related infrastructure in terms of software and hardware up-gradation, subscription to

databases, recruitment of faculty research assistance etc.

3.3.2 Does the College have an information resource centre to cater to the needs of

researchers? If yes, provide details on the facility.

A good library is pivotal to the growth of an educational institution. Being the heart of any

academic, the library at TSM, understands well the fundamental importance in the Institute

promoting lifelong learning and improving the knowledge, skills and competence of its

academic community. Library has rich collection of Books, Journals, e-journals, corporate &

industry information and country research databases such as ABI/INFORM Complete

(Proquest), and many more to fulfil research and teaching need of academic community.

• CMIE process (data base) http:prowess.cmie.com

• ABI INFORM PROQUEST DATABASE available (search.ebscohost.com)

• J-Gate Online Database

5758

59

2014 2015 2016

National and International

Journals Subscriptions


No of books April 2014 April 2015 April 2016 Dec 2016

Management 14749 15370 16028 16669

General 518 518 518 523

International

Journal

National Journal International

Magazine

National

Magazine

April 2014 24 33 5 38

April 2015 24 33 5 38

April 2016 26 33 5 38

The Institute is having computerized library with modern catalogue and e-journal facilities. The

library consists of 16,000 plus books. Being one of the biggest libraries in the western region,

the researchers within the region and outside make use of this facility. The library expenses are

as follows.

1474915370

1602816669

518 518 518 523

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

14000

16000

18000

Apr-14 Apr-15 Apr-16 Dec 2016

Number of Books

Management General


# YEAR AMOUNT FOR

BOOKS (Rs.)

AMOUNT FOR

JOURNALS&

NEWSPAPER

(Rs.)

TOTAL (Rs.)

1 2011 - 2012 1197416 586133 1783549

2 2012 - 2013 186413 1559761 1746174

3 2013-2014 1,91,192 11,79,474 13,70,666

4 2014 -2015 3,47,441 12,10,304 15,57,745

5 2015-2016 2,05,090 12,68,514 14,73,604

E - resources 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16

DELNET 11500 11500 11500

CMIE 107865 107865 98496

EBSCO/PROQUEST 683586 345000 345000

J-GATE 67416 61416 62400

Total 870367 525781 517396

3.3.3 Does the College provide residential facilities (with computer and internet facilities) for

faculty?

The program offered by the Institute is a two-year full time residential in nature. Therefore, all

students automatically get the facility. There are faculty residences available in the campus,

where some faculty stay with their family. All residential facility is fully Wi-Fi enabled that allow

easy access to internet facility. TSM has provision for temporary accommodation for faculty

inside the campus (in guest house) as well.

3.3.4 Does the College have a specialized research centre/ workstation to address challenges

of research programmes? If yes, give details.

Not Applicable.


3.3.5 Does the College have research facilities (centre, etc.) of regional, national and

international recognition/repute? Give a brief description of how these facilities are made

use of by researchers from other laboratories.

Not Applicable.

3.4 Research Publications and Awards

3.4.1 Highlight the major research achievements of the College through the following:

• Major papers presented in regional, national and international conferences Publication

per faculty

• Faculty serving on the editorial boards of national and international journals

• Faculty members on the organization committees of international conferences,

recognized by reputed organizations / societies.

Research and publications are considered to be one of the most important objectives of TSM

for achieving academic excellence. Faculty members are continuously involved in research work

and are encouraged to attend conferences, seminars, presenting papers and publishing them in

reputed international and national journals. Many papers have been published in various

reputed publishing houses like Sage Publications, Inderscience, Elsevier, Wiley etc.




Till 2011 02 09

2012 17 28

2013 08 17

2014 05 30

2015 05 16

2016 01 07

Total 38 107


On the other hand, total 8 conference proceedings (Year 2015 - 07, Year 2016 – 02) have been

published in National & International conferences by TSM faculty members.

Apart from research, faculty members are also involved in writing of books and case studies.

Faculty have published their writings in various reputed publishing houses like Lambert

Academic. 4 Books and few book chapters have been published.

Development of its faculty members is an important activity in of all academic establishments.

TSM encourages faculty to conduct and attend Faculty Development Programs (FDP). In

response to that encouragement, 15 FDPs and workshops have been organized TSM faculty

members. Every year TSM sponsors one faculty on rotation basis to attend FDP on

Management at IIM Ahmedabad. The tenure is for 4 months between June to September, the

period is considered as on duty and the entire program is sponsored (app Rs 2 lakhs) by the

institute.

Year Faculty

2011 Dr. M Selvalakshmi

2012 Dr. M Subramanian

2013 Dr. Vidya Suresh

2014 Prof. M Balaji

2015 Prof. P Mutharasi

2016 Dr. N Manjula

3.4.2 Does the College publish research journal(s)? If yes, indicate the composition of the

editorial board, publication policies and whether it is listed in international database?

TSM Business Review (TBR) is the official bi-annual publication of Thiagarajar School of

Management, Madurai, India. TBR is published since 2013 regularly during the months of June

and December. It provides an open platform for reading and sharing articles, research papers

and case studies that have a high impact on the management field. It has a special emphasis on

management issues that are relevant to emerging economies and aims at providing a link

between academic research and practical implications. Notably TBR is one among the very few

journals in India which is listed in both Proquest and EBSCO - Business Source Premier.


TSM Business Review, published by Thiagarajar School of Management, Madurai is an

international bi-annual, double blind, peer-reviewed journal with ISSN 2348 –3784. TBR

welcomes original research papers, case studies with teaching note, book reviews, discussion

papers and perspectives on various functional areas of management science. It aims to present

the latest thinking and research on major management topics in form of articles that meet high

academic quality standards, while still being accessible to non-specialists. The journal has a

distinguished editorial board composed of leading experts/researchers from around the world.

We encourage authors to bring rigorous empirical and high quality research work from the

areas of Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior, Marketing Management,

Accounting Research, Financial Management, Banking and Financial Institutions,

Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Development Economics, Operations Management,

Business Innovation Business Information and Technology, Project Management, Knowledge

Management Organizational Development, Strategic Management, Business Process,

Reengineering and Benchmarking, Productivity, Competitiveness and Business Growth,

Entrepreneurship and Small Business, New Product Development, Leadership and

Organizational Change, Service and Manufacturing Management, Supply Chain and Value

Analysis, General Management, Banking, Insurance, Corporate Governance, Information

Technology and emerging trends in allied subjects across the globe. Papers should not have

been simultaneously submitted for publication to another journal or any other source. If the

paper has appeared earlier in a different version, we would appreciate you to send a copy of

the same with your contribution.

Frequency of Publication Biannual

Month of Publication December and June

Submission of research paper/case/reviews Throughout the year

Notification of acceptance Within 20 working days of submission

through email

Processing and Publication fees There is no processing and publication fee

Author’s receivable Authors shall receive free copy of the journal

TBR is indexed with following international societies:


# Indexing Partner

1 Google Scholar

2 ABI/INFORM Global

3 ProQuest Asian Business & Reference

4 ECONIS / EconBiz (ZBW – German National Library of Economics)

5 Research Bible

6 (In process) EBSCO

3.4.3 Give details of publications by the faculty:

• Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international)

Monographs

• Chapters in Books Editing Books

• Books with ISBN numbers with details of publishers

• Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities

International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO

host, etc.)

• Citation Index – range / average

• SNIP

• SJR

• Impact factor – range / average h-index




2011 02 09


2012 17 28

2013 08 17

2014 05 30

2015 05 16

2016 01 07

Total 38 107

• On the other hand, total 8 conference proceedings (Year 2015 - 07, Year 2016 – 02)

have been published in National & International conferences by TSM faculty members.

• Apart from research, faculty members are also involved in writing of books and case

studies. Faculties have published their writings in various reputed publishing houses like

Lambert Academic. 4 Books and few book chapters have been published.

3.4.4 Indicate the average number of successful M.Phil. and Ph.D. scholars guided per faculty.

Not Applicable

3.4.5 What is the stated policy of the College to check malpractices and misconduct in

research?

Academic integrity and adherence to high standard of ethical behavior is the core value of the

Institute which religiously followed by the faculty and students alike. The Institute has acquired

software (Turnitin) that could identify plagiarism, if at all, committed by any researcher. Apart

from the automated system, TSM has eligible and accomplished researchers in various fields of

management, who extensively scrutinize every research work before it could be taken to public

domain.

3.4.6 Does the College promote interdisciplinary research? If yes, how many inter

departmental / inter disciplinary research projects have been undertaken and mention the

number of departments involved in such an endeavour.

Management itself is an inter-disciplinary subject where various specialized areas of knowledge

are combined in analysing and solving business issues. In that sense, almost most of the

research works carried out by the faculty are inter -disciplinary in nature. In certain specific


cases, two or more faculty members can collaborate on certain research undertakings. This is

done at the individual level and at the sole discretion of the researchers.

3.4.7 Mention the research awards instituted by the College.

As of now, no such provision is made by the Institute. But research is an important criteria for

promotion of the faculty members.

3.5 Consultancy

3.5.1 Give details of the systems and strategies for establishing institute industry interface?

• The Placement Cell along with the consultation of Heads of the Departments, initiate

the interface talks with the industry as well as training institutes and other research

organizations for understanding their requirement and to cater their needs.

• Through appropriate contacts and agencies, the technical skill set and soft skill

improvement have been provided or heightened to the students so as to enhance their

employability skill.

• The Training and Placement Officer (TPO) makes association with the H.R Departments

of different companies. The cell also designs the units according to the requirement of

students.

• Department Advisory committee of each department enhances the institute industry

interface through the guidance of the constituent members.

3.5.2 What is the stated policy of the institution to promote consultancy? How is the

available expertise advocated and publicized?

• The management inspires and upkeeps the faculty to utilize their expertise and

facilities for consultancy services.

• Faculty members from various departments have been prompted to extend

consultancy services in their respective fields.

• The institute publicizes the expertise available for consultancy service and facilitates

there by collaborating with industries.

• The college publicizes the expertise available for consultancy service through

� Correspondence with the Heads or Administrators of various esteemed

Institutions or organizations.

� By word of mouth

� Through information on the college website & Email


� Through interaction with Peers, Experts during Seminars, Conferences

3.5.3 How does the institution encourage the staff to utilize their expertise and available

facilities for consultancy services?

• The college motivates the staff to utilize their expertise for consultancy services by

networking with institutions, organizations and other agencies.

• The college administration makes every effort to encourage the staff for utilization of all

human resources, intelligence and available facility in the campus to promote co-

operation with industries/companies so as to set the bonds between the two in a very

flexible manner by which the consultancy services gets a boost up.

• The staff members are being encouraged to involve in more consultancy works by

providing suitable incentives.

• A ratio of 60:40 income generated from the consultancy is divided between the Faculty

(60%) and the institution (40%).

• The staff members are also encouraged to involve more in consultancy works by

providing appraisals.

3.5.4 List the broad areas and major consultancy services provided by the institution and the

revenue generated during the last four years.

The Institute encourages the staff members to carryout various consultancy projects from

various industries. The following table gives a snippet of the expenditures for Faculty

Development Program, Research & Publications, MDP & Consultancy and Faculty Annual

Meeting.

MDPs Organized and the Consultancy and Research Projects Undertaken by TSM

1. Management Development Programmes

A major academic objective of TSM is to actively promote professional development of

practicing managers, through well designed and delivered Management Development

Programmes (MDPs). These are being designed as short-duration skill development

programmes for business executives who cannot attend long-duration programmes. They are

meant for corporate executives as well as for the personnel working in social and government

organizations.

The MDPs offered by TSM are classified as “Open programmes” and

“Sponsored/Customized programmes”. Open programmes are designed and offered by TSM


faculty members based on their areas of specialization and are open for participation by the

executives of any organization. Sponsored (In-company) programmes are designed and

conducted to suit the specific needs of an organization at its request. The various disciplines

covered by MDPs of TSM are: Marketing, Human Resource Management, Operations, Finance

& Accounting, Information Technology Systems, Strategic Management, General Management

and Business Environment.

1.1. TSM organizes different types of MDPs:

� Short-duration skill development programmes for business executives who cannot

attend long-duration programmes.

� MDPs for both corporate executives and personnel working in social and government

organizations

� TSM offers both “Open programmes” and “Sponsored/Customized programmes”

Management Development Programmes organised

Management Development Programmes-2014-15

# Programme Title Programme Director Date

1 Finance and Non-Finance Managers Prof. Raghupathy S Feb 13-24, 2015

2 MDP for Junior Executives of TVS

Group- JUMP I

Prof. Prema Sankaran Oct 2013- March

2014

3 NVIVO 10 Prof. Prema Sankaran Nov 1 & 2, 2014

4 IT for Managers , Apollo Specialty

Hospitals, Madurai

Prof. S. Raghupathy

Dr. Prema Sankaran, Dr.

Shailesh Rastogi

Feb 11, 2015

5 Audit Management, Palmyrah Workers

Development Society Prof. S. Raghupathy March 2, 2015

6 Information Technology for Business Prof. Sherin M. John Jan 25th

,2014

7 National Conference on Digital

Marketing

Dr. P. Mohan

Suyamburaj Jan 31 ,2014

8 International HR Conclave Dr. J. Sathyakumar

Feb 1, 2014

9 Effective Selling Skills

Dr. S. Sriram

Feb 7, 2014

10 Finance for Non- Finance Executives Prof. S. Raghupathy Mar 1-2, 2014


11 MDP for Junior Executives of TVS

Group- JUMP II Prof. Prema Sankaran

Oct 2014 to

March 2015



1 General Management Programme

for TVS Srichakra

Dr. Prema Sankaran Jan to June 2016

2 Management Development

Programme- Apollo Hospital

Executives (5 nos)

Dr. Sarawathy Jan to April 2016

3 Interpersonal Effectiveness

Workshops for HPCL Officers (3

nos)

Dr. Sarawathy, Dr.

Prema Sankaran

27th & 28th

January,2016

4 Management Development Skills

for Hi-tech Arai Madurai

Executives (4 nos)

Dr. Saraswathy

18.06.2016,

27.06.2016,

08.07.2016

5 Winning ways through Digital

Marketing

Dr. M Selvalakshmi

Dr. Janathanan B

Dr.N Manjula

26 December

2015



1 Digital Marketing Dr. M Selvalakshmi

Dr. Janathanan B

Dr. Saraswathy

17 December

2016


2 Advanced Excel Dr. Vidya Suresh

Dr. Goutam Sutar

Dr. Shailesh Rastogi

Dr. Senthil V

10 December

2016

Consultancy/Workshops-2015/16

S.No. Topic Program Director Date

1

WORKSHOP on Human Values and Prospective

Professionals

Prof. S. Raghupathy

Nov 2015

2

The Art of Living Youth Empowerment & Skills

(Yes Plus )

Dr. Prema Sankaran

Dec 2015

3

HPCL Dealers Training Programme -

Interpersonal Effectiveness Workshop

Dr. R. Saraswathy

Jan 2016

4

HPCL Officers Training Programme -

Interpersonal Effectiveness Workshop

Dr. R. Saraswathy

Jan 2016

5 ICDTI Workshop 2016

Dr. Prema Sankaran

March 2016

6 IIMC Strategic marketing Workshop 2016 Dr. Shailesh Rastogi

April 2016

7

Stock Market Online Share Trading

and Share Market

Mr.Prasanth

Ramani Feb 2016

8 SMAART HOME FURNITURES

Dr.Selvalakshmi,

Dr. Saraswathy Ongoing


Consultancy/Workshops-2014/15

S.

No.

Consultancy

Assignment

Client Coordinator/s

1. Report on Feedback of

Postmasters’ Training

India Post Prof. N. Manjula

2. Report on Industrial

Potential of South

Tamilnadu

CII,

Madurai

Dr. P. Mohan Suyamburaj ,

Prof. M. Subramanian &

Dr. Bipasha Maity

3. Data Mining

Consultancy

Prime Academy

Pvt Ltd

Prof. S. Raghupathy

4. Marketing Consultancy CSM Home

Essentials

Dr. P. Mohan Suyamburaj

&

Prof N. Manjula

5 Management Audit of

PWDS

Palmyrah

Workers’

Development

Society

Prof. S. Raghupathy

6 Research work TVS

Srichakra of Butyl

TVS Srichakra

Dr. Mehir Baidya

7 Research Work TVS

Srichakra – Demand

for 2-Wheelers

TVS Srichakra

Dr. Mehir Baidya

2. Consultancy and Research Projects Undertaken by TSM

Consulting at TSM is viewed as a dynamic learning process for the faculty. It provides an

opportunity for them to share insights with practitioners and contributes to experimentation

and new learning by clients. Consulting brings the faculty in contact with real-life managerial

problems, and thus greatly enriches teaching and research.

We received all the consultancy projects through our MDP initiatives:


1. Feedback on Postal Training Programmes

2. Data Mining Consultancy, Prime Academy Pvt Ltd

3. Report on Industrial Potential of South Tamilnadu

4. CSM Marketing Consultancy Project

5. TVS Marketing Consultancy and Research Project

6. Loyal Textile Mills Ltd – CRM Software Development Consultancy Project

7. Loyal Textile Mills Ltd – Productivity study at the weaving department

Consultancy Project Details (2013- 14, 2014-15, 2015-16)

# Financi

al Year #

Name of faculty (Chief

Consultant)

Client

Organization

Title of

Consultancy of

project

Amount

received (in

Rupees)

1. 2015-16

1

Dr. J. Sathyakumar

Dr. R. Saraswathy

Dr. Tanusree

chakraborty

Loyal Textiles

Valli Textiles Employee Profiling 250000

2 Dr. J. Sathyakumar

Dr. Vidya Suresh Loyal Textiles

Managerial

Counseling 40000

3

Dr. M. Selvalakshmi

Dr. R. Saraswathy

Dr. B. Janarthanan

Smart Home

- Sofa Care

Project market

Assessment 120000

4 Dr. Nilamadhab

Mohanty

Loyal farm

Valli farm

Chinthamani

farm

Sustainable

Organic Dairy Farm 300000

5 Dr. PRC. Gopal

Dr. Gautam Sutar

Dr. Balaji Loyal Textiles

Productivity

Improvement in

Weaving

Department


6 Dr. N. Manjula

Dr. B. Janarthanan

Dr. M. Selvalakshmi

Ruby Food

Product

Markeitng

Assistance Field

Work. Study on

MPS - anti

microbial hospital 40000

7

Dr. N. Manjula

Dr. R. Saraswathy

Times

Franchise

Loyal Textiles -

Marketing

Assistance for

promoting NEET &

JEE for schools in

South Tamil Nadu

for Times franchise 100000

8

Dr. N. Manjula Loyal Textiles

Study on Market

Potential for anti

microbial Inner

wear with

reference to

hospital 100000

9

Dr. J. Sathyakumar

Thiagarajar

Model Higher

Secondary

School

Competency

Mapping and

Reward Fixation 100000

2. 2014-15

1

Prof. N. Manjula Report on

Feedback of

Postmasters’

Training

India Post

40000

2

Dr. P. Mohan

Suyamburaj , Prof. M.

Subramanian &Dr.

Bipasha Maity

Report on

Industrial

Potential of

South

Tamilnadu

CII,Madurai

40000

3 Prof. S. Raghupathy Data Mining

Consultancy

Prime Academy Pvt

Ltd 25000


4

Dr. P. Mohan

Suyamburaj & Prof N.

Manjula

Marketing

Consultancy

CSM Home

Essentials

40000

5

Prof. S. Raghupathy Management

Audit of

PWDS

Palmyrah Workers’

Development

Society 267000

3. 2013-14

Prof. S. Raghupathy General

Consulting

Palmyrah Workers

Development

Society 512000

Dr. Sathyakumar

Customer

Relationship

Management Loyal Textiles Mills 40000

3.6. Extension Activities and Institutional Social Responsibilities (ISR)

3.6.1 How does the institution promote institution-neighborhood-community network and

student engagement, contributing to good citizenship, service orientation and holistic

development of students?

Our institute motivates students towards social participation and strives to achieve its goal

of providing higher technical education to create equitable society with ethical and moral

values. The college is conscious of its role in sensitizing the students in developing campus

society connection and wellbeing of its neighborhood. Our institution’s social responsibility is to

increase knowledge and encourage them to participate in social activities. The institute’s Social

Responsibility is mostly student driven. The “WE CARE –Academic Social Responsibility (ACR)”

club is the centre where numerous social activities operate. The event titled GENESIS held on

the 13th and 14th of August every year comes with assorted themes like

• Planting tree saplings

• Blood Donation

• Offerings extended to Old age Home /Orphanage/ Remote Villages

• Flood Donation

• Writing exams for physically challenged students

• Eye Camp

• Literary Session


• Cleaning the litter

Blood Donation camp:

“There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest

creed”

1. GENESIS 2006 50 units of blood








Tree Plantation:

1. GENESIS 2007 14 Saplings

2. GENESIS 2008 14 Tree Saplings







GENESIS 2006 - 2015

1.

GENESIS 2006 Visit to Captain Lingam’s Welfare Trust’s Old Age Home in

Thirunagar

2. GENESIS 2008 Karunai Illam House (6 old age unattended people and 11

students), Offered uniforms and dinner to the students,

Sarees and Lunch to the Old people

3. GENESIS 2009 Inba Illam and Bharathi Old Age Home(15 unattended

people above 60 years), Karunai Illam

4. GENESIS 2011 Team Discussion about opportunities for development,

Field Study in Sambakulam and Nilayur villages, Visit to

Indian Association of Blind

5. GENESIS 2012 Inba Illam (55 unattended people above 60 yrs) , Old Age

Home(6 unattended people above 60 yrs), Offered lunch

and other requirements to the inmates, Karunai Illam

(Dinner and materials like bedsheets and towel were

provided to the inmates of KarunaiIllam ), Eye Camp at

Inba Illam (Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital)

6. GENESIS 2013 Inba Illam(53 unattended people above 60 yrs), Old Age

Home (8 unattended people above 60 yrs), Dinner and

materials like bedsheets and towel were provided to the

inmates of KarunaiIllam

7. GENESIS 2014 Inba Illam House (60 unattended people above 60 yrs)


8. GENESIS 2015 Inba Illam House (60 unattended people above 60 yrs) &

CHENNAI AND CUDDALORE FLOOD DONATION (Dec 5 &

Dec 6, 2015)

3.6.4 How does the institution plan and organise its extension and outreach programmes?

Providing the budgetary details for last four years, list the major extension Programmes their

impact on the overall development of students.

The Institution organises a number of extension and outreach activities which are directly

connected with students’ academic, social and cultural fabric. The “WE CARE” club under the

banner of “GENESIS” conducted several blood donation camps and tree plantation

programmes.

The college organizes a number of outreach programmes for the benefit of all its students

and to increase their involvement in social issues. These include organization of workshops,

training programmes, survey programmes for the identification of social issues and taking

measures to create awareness etc. Through the WE CARE Team, regular visits to villages or

orphanage/old age homes, annual camps and special camps, tree plantation, road cleaning

drive etc. are conducted. Rallies for creating social awareness have been arranged regularly as a

part of extension work carried out by the institution.

Rural Immersion Programme (RIP PGDM) & Development Immersion Programme (DIP MBA)

The institute takes conscious effort to sensitize the budding managers, the prospects and

challenges in the adoption of “inclusive growth” policy. Rural Immersion Programme is

exclusively designed for the PGDM/MBA students to meet the following key objectives:

� Expose students of Business Management to the issues of poverty, inequality and

development in rural and urban context

� Make them understand the status, issues and interventions related to livelihood, health

and education

� Help them to critically look at the roles of different stakeholders (govt., NGOs and

Corporate) in the process of development in the grassroots

� Facilitate self-reflection process to connect self (as a Business Management

professional) in development process

� Aided with field work, the RIP & DIP Programme is planned for a period of one week –

ten days with the support and cooperation of the parent NGO’s (DHAN Foundation) field

experts.


� The programme serves as an eye-opener to the young generation about the liabilities

and limitations of the underprivileged community. It provides deeper insights about the

following key dimensions to the students of management:

� Poverty, inequality and Development

� Livelihoods and Development

� Social Development (Health and Education)

How does it work?

Students are divided into heterogeneous groups, and each group is assigned an area and a

community to work with. The objective of the field study is to understand the poverty in both

rural and urban way and also learn about the various development initiatives taken by different

communities and their allied social service organisations.

The course is focused on sensitizing every student on social issues which will eventually help

them to serve the community in a better way. The course concentrates on coastal poverty,

rural poverty, urban poverty which definitely helps students to understand the poverty,

livelihood and social welfare in a holistic perspective.

As students of management education are going to be future decision makers about CSR

activities in the organisation, the RIP & DIP serves as a great platform in making them

understand the areas of concern.

Outcomes:

The programme facilitates a huge positive transformation in the student’s mind set on

struggling communities. A feeling of empathy, patience, compassion, love and care helps every

student to become a better human being.

In an effort to conceptualize the field exposure and experiences and find its applicability in

the larger commercial sphere, future managers resort to develop research papers. The papers

span across several development perspectives such as:

� Street children issues

� Challenges in micro financing

� Rural health care system


This endeavour of consolidation as research papers has indeed given them an opportunity to

gain clarity on important development issues – by concept and action, role and action by

different stakeholders in addressing development issues and ability to relate with development

issues as a management professional, irrespective of the sector they represent.

Involvement in these activities helps students mature socially by providing a setting for

student interaction, relationship formation, and discussion. Working outside the classroom with

diverse groups of individuals allows students to gain more self-confidence, autonomy, and

appreciation for others' differences and similarities. These activities help them to become good

leaders.

Academic Social Responsibility Program (ASR)

The objectives of the program are as follows:

• To guide UG students for choosing the best career option based on personality test

result and proper counselling

• To enhance their communication skills through MOCK Group Discussion and Personal

Interview (GDPI) workshop

• To motivate the students through Guest Lecture such as Goal Setting

• To create awareness about management education and its potential

• To enrich their quantitative ability through Speed Maths

All these are offered at no additional cost to the participant.

2013-14

S.No Topic No. of Students

1 GDPI Workshop 1205

2 Effective Communication 200

3 Career Counselling Seminar 300

4 Aptitude Training 60


2014-15

S.No Topic No. of Students

1 GDPI Workshop 2620

2 Speed Maths 240

3 Goal Setting 180

4 Interview Skills 120

5 Career Counselling 260

3.6.7 Reflecting on objectives and expected outcomes of the extension activities organized by

the institution, comment on how they complement student’s academic learning experience

and specify the values and skills inculcated.

The additional activities conducted by the institute enhance the scholastic learning skills of

the students thus improving their commitment towards the society. The courses such as Rural

Immersion Programme, socially related activities like Blood donation, Flood relief fund, Tree

Plantation, visits to old age homes/ Orphanages and few other social activities help the

students to know their rights and inculcate an effectual knowledge to solve the milieu. These

activities make them more compassionate and enlightened younger generation of the future.

• The students think out of the box, beyond the curriculum depicting their social

responsibility.

• These activities improve the managerial skills, stress management, communication skill.

• It creates awareness among the young society about social problems and the ways to

mitigate them.

• It helps the students to handle complex situations.

• It builds the self confidence in them, cultivate the culture to respect other ideas

• Literacy level has increased

• Most of the people are using inbuilt Restroom

3.6.8. How does the institution ensure the involvement of the community in its reach out

activities and contribute to the community development? Detail on the initiatives of the

institution that encourage community participation in its activities?


The initiatives of the institution that encourage community participation in its activities are as

follows.

• Plantation

• Blood donation camp

• Awareness Camp

• Orientation program with the presence of eminent persons in the field of science,

medicine, literature, art and social service

• Providing Education

• Frequent visits to Old Age Home/ Orphanages

Annually, the “WE CARE” Club under the banner “GENESIS” conducts a two days special camp

(13th & 14th of August) to remote villages, Orphanages for the upliftment of the

underprivileged. During special camps, care is taken to motivate the destitute, school children

and the underprivileged for their overall growth.

3.6.9. Give details on the constructive relationships forged (if any) with other institutions of

the locality for working on various outreach and extension activities.

The institution has many constructive relationships with organizations like

• Blood donation camp with Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS)

• Plantation, student personality development programme and soft skills training

• HDFC Bank (operations Team)

• Meenakshi Mission Hospital and Research Centre,

• Rajaji Government Hospital, Madurai

• Government Hospital, Usilampatti

• The institute educates women and children at villages during special camps under

GENESIS & RIP, DIP Programmes.

• Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Care


CRITERION IV: INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEARNING RESOURCES

4.1 Physical Facilities

4.1.1 How does the College plan and ensure adequate availability of physical infrastructure

and ensure its optimal utilization?

TSM is 54-year old institute located in the heart of Madurai city, in a lush green 40-acre campus

with infrastructure of global standards. TSM understands that physical infrastructure is vital for

the development of the Institute and achieving its mission and vision. The Institute has

developed a state-of-the-art physical infrastructure that includes Wi-Fi connectivity throughout

the campus, well-furnished and ICT enabled class rooms, excellent library facility with reading

rooms, well-furnished audio video enabled auditoriums, examination hall, fully equipped

seminar rooms, spacious faculty cabins, state-of-the-art IT labs, large playgrounds, separate

gymnasiums for boys & girls, facilities for outdoor as well as indoor games, well maintained

guest house and excellent hostel accommodation, to cite a few.

TSM has excellent physical infrastructure and facilities. The Institute is spread over 40 acres out

of which approximately 60% is open area well decorated with plants and trees. The Institute

has planted approximately 8,000 plants and trees in the campus. The Institute is located in

peaceful surroundings ideal for managerial learning.

Optimum utilization of infrastructure is essential for the Institute to achieve the objectives. The

Institute ensures utmost utilization of the capacity by encouraging faculty members to utilize

audio-visual aids for teaching-learning processes.

Institute is taking sustained efforts in creating and preserving the green environment within the

campus which has received several appreciations from the visitors to our campus including the

likes of legend Padma Vibhushan Prof.MS Swaminathan, Chairman, MS Swaminathan Research

Foundation. Auditorium and seminar halls are frequently used for various events such as MDPs,

Guest Lectures, Club activities etc.

TSM has various committees for the development and upgradation of Infrastructure like IT,

library, buildings etc. The budget is evaluated by the various committees and presented to the

Director. After scrutiny by the Director, it is sent to the Chairman for the approval. The budget

preparation and planning is usually done during February to plan for the purchases during next

financial year.

4.1.2 Does the College have a policy for creation and enhancement of infrastructure in order

to promote a good teaching-learning environment? If yes, mention a few recent initiatives.

The Institute is spread in 40 acres, approximately 60% of which is open. The Institute is located

in peaceful environment. The lush green campus has approximately 8,000 trees and plants. It

has eight classrooms, four tutorial rooms, two seminar halls, two auditoriums, one examination

hall, one library with two reading halls and two computer labs. All rooms, auditorium, library

and IT labs are well furnished, air-conditioned, and equipped with good quality furniture and


fixtures with audio – video facility. All classrooms are equipped with LCD projectors, black and

white board and quality sound systems. The Institute has video conferencing facility that can be

connected in any of the above rooms. The entire campus is Wi-Fi enabled with 24-hour internet

availability in all rooms and hostel. The Library of the Institute is one of the best in South India.

It has a seating capacity for 80 persons. The library carries approximately 27,000 titles and

subscribes to various national and international journals and newspapers. The Institute has one

cafeteria, student mess, faculty & staff mess, dispensary and sports clubroom. Apart from this,

the Institute has a football ground, basketball court, two badminton courts, table tennis facility,

cricket ground, and two gymnasiums with all sports kits.

The institution has two faculty rooms, Director's chamber, Principal's room, Visitors hall, MDP

hall and one administrative office, all the halls being air-conditioned.

It is the institution policy that all the revenues generated from the institution are invested in

the infrastructure and fully spent for the students' development. This is evident from the

increase in the capital expenditure and operating expenditure for the last 4 years.

The details of facilities available are as below:

A. For curricular and co-curricular activities:

i) Teaching rooms: The classrooms and tutorial rooms are equipped with modern furniture.

All classrooms are air-conditioned and equipped with good quality furniture and fixtures. All

rooms are equipped with LCD projectors, black and white board and quality sound systems.

The Institute has video conferencing facility that can be connected in any of the above

rooms. The class rooms are Wi-Fi enabled. Other details about the class-rooms are as

below:

Room Type Number

of Rooms

Carpet

Area

(Sq.m)

Electrification

& Lighting

Air-

conditioning

Flooring Painting Furniture

Classrooms 8 677 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Tutorial

Rooms

4 188 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Seminar

Halls

2 178 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

MDP Hall 1 150 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

IT Labs 2 335 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes


ii) Auditorium: The Institute has two auditoriums with a combined seating capacity of 500

at any time. The auditoriums are well furnished and air-conditioned. They are equipped

with projectors and quality sound systems. The auditorium is Wi-Fi enabled and video

conferencing facility can be connected.

iii) IT labs: The Institute has two IT Labs with 150 terminals in all. All the two IT labs are air-

conditioned and well furnished.

iv) Library: The Institute has one large library that has an area of approx. 353 sq. meters

spread over five rooms. The library is well furnished and air-conditioned.

B. For Extra-curricular activities:

The Institute places large importance on overall development of students and therefore has

developed state of the art facilities for extra-curricular activities.

i. Outdoor games: The Institute has a large playground. The Institute has a football

ground, one basketball court, two badminton courts, volley ball court and a cricket

ground.

ii. Indoor games: Facilities for indoor games such as table tennis, chess, carom etc. are

provided.

iii. Gymnasium: The Institute also two separate gyms for boys and girls.

iv. The details of above facilities are as below:

Recreation Facilities Facility Operational Sports Kit Available

Foot Ball Ground Yes Yes

Basket Ball Ground Yes Yes

Badminton Court Yes Yes

Table Tennis Yes Yes

Cricket Ground Yes Yes

Gymnasiums Yes Yes


The Institute also has a sports committee. Institute bears the expenses for students

participating in inter-college sports events. Institute provides budgetary support for

participation.

In order to keep pace with the changing environment and needs related to academic growth,

the Institute provides additional infrastructure from time to time. Below are details of

additions in last four years as per annual records of the Institute:

Amount in Lakhs of Rupees

Capital 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-15 2015-16

Buildings 0.27 159.50 182.70 58.51

Plant and Machinery 4.05 21.12 16.68 67.66

Computers 19.06 3.11 5.75 13.76

Vehicle -- 0.23 3.33 --

Furniture and Fittings 2.99 17.41 16.55 11.09

Capital Work in Progress 20.11 128.63 24.30 --

• Note : 2015-16 subject to audit

Faculty Quarters

There are faculty residences available in the campus, where some faculty stay with their family.

All residential facility are fully Wi-Fi enabled that allow easy access to internet facility. Currently

there are 10 houses which are fully furnished with wifi and generator facilities. All the houses

are occupied by the faculty members of the institution.

Staff Quarters

There are also facilities for supporting staff in the form of four fully furnished rooms.

Expansion Plans

The institution has the following expansion plans.

• Faculty quarters expansion—additional 2 homes

• Gents hostel-additional 15 rooms


4.1.3 Does the College provide all departments with facilities like office room, common room,

separate rest rooms for women students and staff?

TSM has dedicated offices for each department. All offices are furnished with high quality

furniture and fittings and are air-conditioned. The details of all administrative areas are as

below:

Office Area in

Sq.m

Flooring Electrification

& Lighting

Furniture &

Fixtures

Air-

conditioning

Administrative

office

89 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Placement Office 89 Yes Yes Yes Yes

IT Department

Office

30 Yes Yes Yes Yes

COE Office 34 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Security 10 Yes Yes Yes --

Medical Room 54 Yes Yes Yes --

Students Service

Centre

20 Yes Yes Yes --

Faculty offices:

The Institute has a separate office for the Director and for the Principal. Individual cabins are

provided to all faculty members. Additionally, the Institute has a state-of-art boardroom which

can be used for faculty meetings. All offices, faculty rooms and the boardroom are air-

conditioned. They are equipped with a white-board, bookshelves, quality furniture, and direct

phone facility. All the faculty members are provided with individual desktops/laptops

connected to a printer. Following are the details of these facilities:


Office Area in

Sq.m

Flooring Electrification

& Lighting

Furniture &

Fixtures

Air-

conditioning

Director's Room 54 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Principal's Room 29 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Board Room (MDP

Hall)

150 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Faculty Room 1 161 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Faculty Room 2 161 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Institute has provided for separate common/rest rooms for women staff members and

students. All blocks in the campus has separate common/rest rooms for men and women staff

and students.

4.1.4 How does the College ensure that the infrastructure facilities meet the requirements of

students/staff with disabilities?

The Institute is sensitive to the needs of students with physical disabilities. In order to cater

their needs, the Institute has provided various infrastructural supports. A ramp has been

developed at the student's dining hall. Lifts are available in the Gents hostel and students dining

hall. Wheel chairs are available at request. Doctor is available on campus for one hour each day.

There is a 24 x 7 medical assistance available through a tie-up with the local hospital. A vehicle

is available all the time to take any student from campus to hospital in the city.

4.1.5 How does the college cater to the residential requirements of students?

Mention: Capacity of the hostels and occupancy (to be given separately for men and women),

Recreational facilities in hostel/s like gymnasium, yoga center etc., Broadband connectivity / wi-fi

connectivity in hostel/s.

The programs offered by the Institute are fully residential and therefore it is essential for the

Institute to provide for appropriate hostel and other facilities. The Institute understands this

requirement and provides best-in-class residential accommodation for students. Below are the

details of hostel accommodation:

Gents Hostel Ladies Hostel

Capacity (pax) 293 187

Occupancy (pax) 293 159


Facility Number

of

Rooms

Single

Rooms

Double

Sharing

Rooms

Multiple

Sharing

Rooms

E&L FL P F SWF

Gents

Hostel

150 56 81 13 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Ladies

Hostel

91 4 79 8 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Gents

Hostel

Toilets

27 -- -- -- Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Ladies

Hostel

Toilets


Gents

Common

Room


Ladies

Common

Room


E&L - Electrification & Lighting

FL- Flooring

P-Painting

F-Furniture

SWF-Sanitary & Washing Facilities

The Institute has sufficient rooms to accommodate all students.


Facilities provided in Hostel

The Institute has provided excellent facilities for the students in order to support the overall

learning environment. The facilities include:

i. Students Dining Hall: The Institute has a central dining hall with a seating capacity of

200 students. It is fitted with two LED TVs for watching business and other news

channels during dining.

ii. Students Service Centre: A service centre is available within the campus. Students can

avail photo copying facilities and purchase required stationary items.

iii. Cafeteria: The institute has a central cafeteria fully managed by students.

iv. Recreation and sports: Lush-green open space for outdoor recreation and three rooms

dedicated for sports club. Apart from this, the Institute provides facilities for indoor and

outdoor games for example; sport kits are available for cricket, football, basketball,

table tennis, etc.

v. Gymnasium: The institute has two separate fully equipped gymnasiums for gents and

ladies.

vi. Wi-Fi facility: The hostels are Wi-Fi enabled for 24 hours’ internet access.

vii. Medical room/Availability of Doctor: The Institute has a medical room and a

dispensary. A doctor is available round the clock for any medical assistance. A vehicle is

also available with resident driver in case of any medical emergencies.

viii. Hygiene factors: TSM has a 1000 litres per hour reverse osmosis drinking water plant.

Water cooler with water purification systems are provided in hostel for safe drinking

water for students. All rooms are equipped with separate dust-bins. Similarly, all

corridors in the hostels are equipped with large dustbins. All garbage is collected from

these dustbins in two very large dustbins, one for plastic waste and other for other

waste.

vii. Parking facilities: The Institute is well organized in utilization of the area and has

dedicated parking lots for faculty &staff vehicles, student's vehicles and Institute's own

cars.


viii. ATM: A fully operational ATM machine is installed by Central Bank of India is available in

the campus.

ix. Laundry: The Institute has also provided the laundry facility to students within the

hostel premises.

x. Transportation: TSM Madurai is located in the South of India, Madurai. The campus is

situated 6 km from Madurai Railway Junction, 10 km from Madurai International

Airport. Being in the South India and known for cultural and religious heritage tourism,

Madurai is well connected by Air, Road and Rail. Situated in the foothills of

Thirupparankundram, the institute is well connected to the city. Additionally, two cars

with residential driver are available at the campus for any urgent requirement of

students such as medical emergency. Apart from above, the public transport is

accessible at the main gate of the Institute.

xi. Power Supply: The Institute has a dedicated HT Line that provides electric supply from

Tamil Nadu Electric Board. Campus has 500 KVA transformer for stepping down to 440

Volts and other distribution system. As standby, there are three generators having total

capacity of 450 KVA.

xii. Water Supply: The Institute has potable water supply. It has its own five bore-wells. The

institute also has Reverse Osmosis water treatment plant to cater to the needs of

drinking water.

xiii. Security: The Institute has hired 20 contractual security guards. The guards are assigned

at various places inside the campus such as main gate, hostel buildings, Guest house,

faculty residence, mess, administrative block etc.

CCTV systems is installed for security purposes. Main building, college entrance, hostels

entrance, dining halls all are under CCTV surveillance. In addition to that, the institute

has designed special policies for the security of students.

These are as follows:

• Students are not allowed to leave the campus at night or stay out at night. All

students who go out of the campus during evening hours are required to return

by 10:00 pm. No student is allowed to enter or exit the campus between 10:00

pm and 6:00 am expect in case of emergencies and with special approval from

hostel warden.

• Students are prohibited from going to the rooftops of hostel blocks.


• Students are prohibited from burning any kind of fire-crackers/lighting of fire of

any kind/ creating a fire place or triggering any device that produces noise or

explosive sound inside or near the campus.

• No male student is allowed to enter the girl's hostel.

• All students are required to register their vehicle with the Administration

department. Students are required to wear helmets in case they go out of

campus on a two-wheeler.

xiv) Recreational facilities: Lush-green open space for outdoor recreation and one room

dedicated for sports club. Apart from this, the Institute provides facilities for indoor and

outdoor games for example; sport kits are available for cricket, football, basketball, table

tennis, etc.





Volleyball Court Yes Yes



Gymnasiums Yes Yes

xviii) Broadband / Wi-fi facility in hostel/s: Entire campus, including all hostels, is wi-fi

enabled for 24-hour internet connectivity throughout the year.

4.1.6 How does the college cope with health related support services for its students, faculty

and non-teaching staff on campus and beyond?

There is a medical dispensary in the campus which is open for two hours a day. There are

trained medical attendants available at all times. A qualified medical practitioner attends the

medical dispensary on all working days of the Institute. For severe cases, which cannot be

treated on campus, the patient is shifted to well-equipped hospital in Madurai which is located

in 10-minute drive from the institute.

4.1.7 What special facilities are made available on campus to promote interest in sports and

cultural events?


The Institute focuses on overall development of students, for this purpose, various physical

and infrastructural facilities are provided for sports and cultural events etc. Below are the

details of such facilities:





Volleyball Court Yes Yes



Gymnasiums Yes Yes

The Institute has a sports committee and Institute bears the expenses for students

participating in inter-college sports events. Institute provides budgetary support for

participation.

The institute has a cultural club called as Zero Gravity. There are two major objectives of the

club. Primary objective is to provide a platform for TSMites to showcase their talents in music,

dance, dramatics, photography and literature. Second objective is to identify the right talents,

hone their skills and encourage them to represent TSM in Cultural competitions in other

institutions.

This year, Zero Gravity has launched LEVITATE 2016, which is an intra-college cultural

competition. 12 competitions are spread over a period of two months and students compete

representing four teams (all the students are randomly divided into these 4 teams). The

winning team gets the rolling trophy and there are prizes worth Rs. 23,000.

4.2 Library as a Learning Resource

4.2.1 Does the library have an Advisory Committee? Specify the composition of such a

committee. What significant initiatives have been implemented by the committee to render

the library, student/user friendly?

Yes, Library has an advisory committee. The composition of the advisory committee is as

below:


Chairperson-Library Development

Faculty member nominated by Director on

rotation basis

Dean-PGDM Ex-officio member

Dean-MBA Ex-officio member

Finance Officer Ex-officio member

Librarian Ex-officio member

The objective of the Library Advisory Committee (LAC) is to provide a general direction,

academic support, and guidance to Library. The LAC holds meeting at least once in a quarter to

discuss and decide on matters of current operations and strategic nature. The role of LAC

includes ratifying the policies of Library with respect to procurement of books, journals, e-

resources etc., discussing and proposing the budget, evaluating suggestions made by users

(Faculty, students and staff) and reviewing the functioning of Library from time to time.

The LAC makes recommendations to the Director for any kind of purchase requirements.

Some of the initiatives implemented are as follows:

• Increasing the limits of books that can be issued to students and faculty.

• Purchase of electronic database of journals

• Sending updates on addition of books/journals/magazines in the library.

Library is accessible to corporate employees like Honeywell and alumni members by paying

an annual subscription fee.

4.2.2 Provide details of the following:

a) Total area of the library (in Sq.mts.): 353 Sq. M

Total seating capacity: 80

b) Working hours (on working days, on holidays, before examination days, during examination

days, during vacation)

LRC shall remain open on all the days except the National and Official holidays and shall

observe the time schedule as given:


Monday to Sunday 9:30 am to 9:00 pm

Summer Vacation 9:30 am to 5:30 pm

Lunch Hours ---

Issue/Return (Number of Days) All Seven Days

c) Layout of the library (individual reading carrels, lounge area for browsing and relaxed

reading, IT zone for accessing e-resources)

Layout of the Library: Attached

d) Access to the premises through prominent display of clearly laid out floor plan; adequate

signage; fire alarm; access to differently abled users and mode of access to collection

Mentioned below are the details

Access to premises: A signage is provided near the main gate of the Institute that directs

towards the Library. There are number of displays inside the Library directing the users to

different areas within the library. Fire alarms are installed for any contingency. In addition,

CCTV cameras are installed for security purposes. The library has an open mode of access

wherein users can directly go to the stack, collect the book/reading material etc., and get it

issued.

4.2.3 Give details on the library holdings Total No.

a) Print: 30123 (Books – 26999, Back volumes – 2565, Summer Internship Reports – 559)

(Books, back volumes and thesis)

b) Non Print (Microfiche, AV): 797 (CD-ROM)

c) Electronic (e-books, e-Journals): More than 21205 (through databases)

d) Special collection: Included in books in (a) above (HBR & Special Collections - 706)

4.2.4 What tools does the library deploy to provide access to the collection?

iv. OPAC: Available

v. Electronic Resource Management package for e-journals:

Available


• Proquest

• J-Gate

• Delnet

• CMIE Prowess

vi. Federated searching tools to search articles in multiple databases:

Available Databases

vii. Library Website: Available

viii. In-house/remote access to e-publications: Available

4.2.5 To what extent is the ICT deployed in the library?

i. Library automation – Available (Autolib)

ii. Total number of computers for public access – 4

iii. Total numbers of printers for public access – 1

iv. Internet bandwidth/speed : 84 mbps

v. Institutional Repository – Available

vi. Content management system for e-learning – Available

vii. Participation in Resource sharing networks/consortia (like Inflibnet) -Available(DELNET)

4.2.6 Provide details (per month) with regard to.

i. Average number of walk-ins–724 per month

ii. Average number of books issued/returned–339 per month

iii. Ratio of library books to students enrolled–56 per student

iv. Average number of books added during last three years - 600 per year

v. Average number of login to OPAC –Information not available

vi. Average number of login to e-resources- 4095 per year

vii. Average number of e-resources downloaded/printed –3339 per year

viii. Number of information literacy trainings organized -1


4.2.7 Give details of the specialized services provided by the library

i. Manuscripts - Available

ii. Reference -Available

iii. Reprography -Available

iv. ILL (Inter Library Loan Service) - Available

v. Information deployment and notification (Information deployment and Notification) -

Available

vi. OPAC – Available

vii. Internet Access - Available

viii. Download - Available

ix. Printing - Available

x. Reading list/Bibliography compilation - Available

xi. In-house/remote access to e-resources -Available

xii. User Orientation and awareness - Available

xiii. Assistance in searching Databases - Available

xiv. INFLIBNET/IUC facilities – Available (DELNET)

4.2.8 Provide details on the annual library budget and the amount spent for purchasing new

books and journals.

Library procures books, journals etc. and subscribes to e-resources based on the requisitions

of users (faculty, students and staff). Mentioned below are the details of procurement of

books, journals and e-resources by Library:


2013-14 2014-15 2015-16

Number Total Cost Number Total Cost Number Total Cost

Books 621 1.91 658 3.47 585 2.05

Journals/Periodicals 98 3.09 104 6.85 106 5.17

E-Resources 4 8.70 4 5.25 5 7.51


4.2.9 Does the library get the feedback from its users? If yes, how is it analyzed and used for

improving the library services.

Yes, the Library collects feedback from all students and faculty on a yearly basis. The feedback

is analyzed and shared with the Library Advisory Committee. The committee takes the

feedback and suggestions are discussed to improve the library facilities.

4.2.10 List the infrastructural development of the library over the last four years.

Following infrastructural developments have been undertaken:

i. Air-conditioning of reading halls and journals/periodicals section

ii. 3 Book shelves have been added for the stacking of newly purchased books.

iii. CCTV system implemented for the additional security purpose.

iv. Computer systems were upgraded with latest configuration.

4.2.11 Did the library organize workshop/s for students, teachers, non-teaching staff of the

College to facilitate better Library usage?

Yes, the library organizes workshop during the orientation program for the newly joined

students. Library also provides all access related details to the newly joined faculty and staff

members. In addition, the library details are available in library disclosure document. Further,

the library staff is open to resolve any problem that a user (faculty, staff or students) is facing.

Library intranet link:

LAN – http://192.168.10.169/opac/main.asp Wifi: http://192.168.80.3/opac/main.asp

4.3 IT Infrastructure

4.3.1 Does the College have a comprehensive IT policy addressing standards on IT Service

Management, Information Security, Network Security, Risk Management and Software Asset

Management?

The Institute provides technological and information resources to faculty, staff, and students

pursuing the mission of TSM Madurai and used to the extent that they promote that mission.

Technological and information resources are accessed and utilized in an ethical manner. All

users of technological and information resources adhere to high moral, legal, and professional

standards, and are expected to support the mission, and act in the best interests of TSM

Madurai.

TSM Madurai supports accessibility to technological resources and strives to provide state-of-

the-art, environment friendly facilities for all members of the institution community. The

institution acknowledges its responsibility to all faculty, staff, and students to provide a safe

and healthy technical environment for work and study.


The Institute has clearly defined policy on usage of IT which broadly covers:

• Access

• Acceptable use policy

• Unacceptable use

• User responsibilities

• Account Security

• Internet Usage

• Electronic mail (E-Mail) Use (including chat rooms, messenger services or similar)

• Copyright

• Compliance

• Protecting Confidentiality, Integrity and Accuracy

• Privacy

• Anti-Virus Policy

• IT Asset Disposal Policy

• Replacement of Equipment

• Support Services, and

• Backup Policy

4.3.2 Give details of the College's computing facilities (hardware and software).

a. Number of systems with configuration

b. Computer-student ratio

c. Dedicated computing facility

d. LAN facility

e. Wifi facility

f. Propriety software / Open source softwares

g. Number of nodes/ computers with internet facility

h. Any other

TSM Madurai has been conceptualized as a centre for learn to learn. The fully Wi-Fi campus has

been meticulously designed to meet world standards. The “WiFi-Zone” created by the wireless

LAN provides students with wireless accessibility at any place within the campus.

The IT Resource Centre divides into two sections of 70 higher system configuration desktop,

each well-equipped with latest technology and all system are ensured with the latest versions

of software. Both labs are connected high speed distributed structured CAT-6 cable network

that gives a connectivity of 1Gbps and secure high-speed internet connectivity.

The Institute has following various computing resources for students, faculty and staff.


Particulars Numbers

Desktop Computers Total - 184 Nos

Students 150

Faculty Members 12

Staff 8

Classrooms and other halls for students purpose 14

Laptops Total - 23 Nos

Faculty 18

Staff 5

Servers Total - 3 Nos

Printers Total - 8 Nos

Each faculty in the Institute is provided with a desktop/laptop and connected to a printer in

his/her office cabin. Apart from this, students also have their own laptops. The computer-

student ratio is 1:2. All computers (desktops and laptops) have access to internet.

Computing Resources – Configurations and Quantity

Desktop Computers

# Model Number Quantity

1 HCL /intel PIV 3.4 Ghz Processor/ ram 4 GB/ 160GB

HDD/18.5”LCD Monitor

26

2 HCL/ intel Pentium D 2.0 Ghz Processor/ram 4

GB/160GB HDD/18.5”LCD Monitor

44

3 HCL /intel Core2 Duo 2.93 Ghz Processor/4

GB/160GB HDD/18.5”LCD Monitor

7

4 HCL /Intel Core i5 3.10 Ghz Processor/2 nd Gen /RAM

4 GB/500GB HDD/18.5”LCD Monitor

40

5 Zenith /Intel Core i5 3 Ghz Processor/ 2nd Gen RAM 4

GB/500GB HDD/18.5LCD Monitor

50

6 DELL Core i5 3.2 Ghz Processor/ 4th gen/ RAM 4

GB/500GB HDD/18.5 ”LCD Monitor

17


Laptop Computers


1 Model # : HP Pavilion - DV6-3224TX, Configuration:

Core I3 - 380M Processor, 2.60 Ghz, 4GB Ram, 500GB

HDD, 1GB,GC, 15.6" Screen, Windows 7 HomeBasic

2

2 Sony VAIO E14A16FN/S/H Intel Core i7 /4GB/750

GB/14" creen/DVDRW/WEB

Camera/Bluetooth/Wifi/Card reader

1

3 DELL 3521 Model Intel Corei3/500GB HDD/4 GB ram

/1GB graphics card /windows 8

3

4 Lenova G470 Core i3 / 4GB ram /750GB

HDD/14"screen /windows 8 preloaded

1

5 Intel Core i3, 5th Generation Processor /500GB HDD/4

GB Ram, 14 " screen, Windows -10.1 Pro, Back Bag,

15

6 Intel Core i5, 5th Generation Processor /500GB HDD/4

GB Ram, 14 " screen, Windows -10.1 Pro, Back Bag, 3

Years Warrenty.

1

Servers


1 IBM X226 Series 1 GB RAM, 73 GB SCSI HDD 2

2 IBM 6c Xeon E5 2620/8GB Ram/300 Gb Hard

disk/additional 8GB ram/with wall 42 u rack

1

Printers


1 Canon MF 4820D LaserJet 1

2 HP 4515 inkjet Colour 1

3 Canon 2900B LaserJet printer 1

4 Canon MF 4890 DW LaserJet

printer

1


5 HP 1020 plus LaserJet printer 1

6 Canon MF4820D LaserJet 1

7 Canon MF4320D LaserJet 1

8 HP P1007 LaserJet 1

Video Conferencing Kit


1 Life-size Team 220 -

10x Camera - Dual

MicPod

Life-size Team 220 - Full High Definition

1

2 Videoconferencing System - 1080P30,

720P60,

H.239 Transmit & Receive, Dual HD Camera,

Dual

HD Display, 4Site MCU @ 1080P, with Dual

Micpod

Monitor Samsung 55" LED TV

1

Software Details

# Type of Software Software Name Number of Users

License

A Operating Systems

Windows server 2008 5

Windows 7 Home basic 4


Windows 8.1 Pro 17

Windows 10 Pro 19

B Application

Software

1.

Microsoft Office 365 mail Server Unlimited (Cloud

based)

2. Prowess Unlimited (Cloud

based)

3. ProQuest Unlimited (Cloud

based)

4. Microsoft Axapta Institution Contract

5. IBM DB 2 Institution Contract

6. Microsoft dynamics AX4.0 Institution Contract

7. SPSS 22.0 10 concurrent

8. Moodle Open source

9. Roll call Open source

10. Symantec Anti-Virus 200 no’s

11. Personal Oracle 7 Institution Contract

12. Oracle 8i Institution Contract

13. Red Hat Linux 7.0 Institution Contract

14. MS Visual Studio - Enterprise Edition Institution Contract

15. Tally ERP 9.0 5

16. MS Windows 2000 Advanced Server Institution Contract

17. MS Office 2003 Professional Institution Contract

18. Dream Weaver MX Institution Contract

19. Adope Photoshop with CS Institution Contract

20. UML Multimedia Cyber Class Room Institution Contract

21. Visio Professional 2003 Institution Contract

22. Star Office 7 Institution Contract

23. Microsoft Visual studio 2005 + DVD

MSDN PACK

Institution Contract

4.3.2 What are the institutional plans and strategies for deploying and upgrading the IT

infrastructure and associated facilities?

The Institute has embarked on the following up-gradation in the following areas:

i. Bio-Attendance System for Student attendance in - 14 Nos. class rooms.


ii. Bandwidth up-gradation 40 MBPS to 84 MBPS in all hostels for the AY 2016-17. It will

cater to the internet requirements of 480 students in the campus along with access to

faculty and staff members in the entire campus.

iii. Moodle - Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment. Moodle acts as a

mode of communication between the faculty and student to convey information, share

class notes, and doubts can be clarified. Moodle is used for assignment submission,

online quiz, discussion forum, files download, Moodle instant messages and online

calendar. The teachers can apply ICT to facilitate a variety of effective assessment and

evaluation.

4.3.3 Give details on access to online teaching and learning resources and other knowledge,

and information provided to the staff and students for quality teaching, learning and

research.

The Institute provides excellent resources for high quality teaching-learning activities and

research.

Usage of intranet:

• Network Based and web based application software and database.

• Students are provided with server space to save their work

• Student data sharing over the network.

• Server space provided to faculty members to share reading materials/ notes etc. with

students

• Support to MDP / Conference / Alumni / Annual Event Programs

• On learning resource Centre (LRC) portal of the Institute, a web page is devoted

exclusively for various e-resources like e-periodicals, e-audio visual materials, corporate

videos and databases. Another page is devoted for links to e-newspapers both national

and international.

• Electronic Mail Services

• Moodle, an open source software is customized and implemented for TSM and has the

following features like Online Quiz, Assignments etc.

• Online Test for Placement

• Online Database

• Online Live Lecture

• Web – Conference / Workshop / Company Interaction

• Find material of related project and research work

• Company information

• Web Development

• All e-resources


• E-Journals: ProQuest, EBSCO, J-Gate Management Sciences.

• Social network media: Facebook & WhatsApp

• E-news: National–Business Line, Times of India, etc., International–Chicago Tribune,

Washington Post, etc.

• E-Books: Open source eBooks etc.

4.3.4 Give details on the ICT enabled classrooms/learning spaces available within the College

and how they are utilized for enhancing the quality of teaching and learning.

The Institute has provided state of the art IT infrastructure to enable computer aided teaching

and learning. The Institute encourages extensive use of ICT resources for teaching and learning.

All faulty members have been allotted a laptop/desktop for this purpose. All classrooms,

seminar halls and auditorium are equipped with quality audio-video facilities and multimedia

projectors. The campus is fully Wi-Fi enabled and internet connectivity is available in all

classrooms, seminar halls and auditorium. Further, the Institute has video conferencing facility

that can be connected to any of the class rooms.

The Institute has always focused on student centric teaching and learning. In this process, the

ICT enabled infrastructure plays a vital role. Availability of quality audio-video systems and

multimedia projectors in classrooms facilitates the faculty member. Use of power-point, excel

spreadsheets, videos, and online databases in classrooms helps the students to master the

basic and advanced understanding of the subject with greater clarity in application of the

concepts. Students also play a critical role here. For example, in many courses the students are

allotted exercises/ assignments in terms of presentation of case studies, topics etc. Such

activities not only enhance the learning outcomes but also develop self-confidence among

students.

Similarly, in many courses the quizzes are conducted online. All such activities put students at

the Centre of the teaching and learning process.

4.3.5 How are the faculty facilitated to prepare computer aided teaching-learning

materials? What are the facilities available in the College or affiliating University for such

initiatives?

Faculty members are highly encouraged to make optimum use of IT infrastructure for

enhancing teaching-learning activities. All faculty members are provided with individual

laptops/desktop connected to a printer. Faculty very often uses application software’s such as

MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, SPSS etc. in classrooms. Further, the databases such as CMIE

Prowess etc. are regularly used in classroom. Students are encouraged to use these databases

for their projects and presentations. The Institute has a highly qualified team of IT professionals

who are available for any query / problem related to IT. Facilities for online learning and testing

are available through Moodle application.


In addition, the Institute provides 24 x 7 access to intranet and internet to all the users viz.

faculty, students staff, guests, and visitors. The intranet installed at TSM, has advanced optic

fiber cables running at 1 Gbps and a star connected high speed distributed structured CAT-6

cable network that gives a connectivity of 1 Gbps to the entire campus including the student's

residence. The Institute has high-speed multi-services enabled network infrastructure. The

network is converged with integrated voice, video and data. The Institute has two leased lines

[Reliance 20 MB (1:1), BSNL 64 MB (1:1)] for providing access to secured and fast internet. The

Institute also provides remote access capability for network users.

4.3.6 How are the computers and their accessories maintained? (AMC, etc.)

Maintenance of IT infrastructure is taken care by the IT department. The Institute has

qualified technical team for maintaining computer and networking facilities. The details of

the IT staff are as below:

Name Designation Academic

Qualification

Professional

Qualification

B.SundarGanesh Technical Assistant BSC., CCNA

S.Sivakumar Technical Assistant DEEE ., DCHM,PGDCA,

M.Balamurugan Technical Assistant M.Sc. Cs &IT PGDCA

The Institute has entered in AMC with various private parties for the following services:

• Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) in IT labs and Server room

• Servers Maintenance

• Network and Switches

4.3.7 Does the College avail of the National Knowledge Network connectivity directly or

through the affiliating University? If so, what are the services availed of?

No.

4.3.8 Provide details on the provision made in the annual budget for update, deployment and

maintenance of the computers in the College?

The Institute understands the changing environment due to technology. To keep pace with the

changes, the Institute invests liberally for IT resources. The budget allocations for last four years

are as below:


Amount in Lakhs of Rs.

Year Up-gradation, maintenance and

day to day operations

(Operating Budget)

Procurement

(Capital Expenditure Budget)

2013-14 12,00,000 25,00,000

2014-15 18,00,000 25,00,000

2015-16 23,00,000 30,00,000

2016-17 23,00,000 50,00,000

4.4 Maintenance of Campus Facilities

4.4.1 Does the College have an Estate Office / designated officer for overseeing maintenance

of buildings, class-rooms and laboratories? If yes, mention a few campus specific initiatives

undertaken to improve the physical infrastructure.

Yes, the Institute has designated Administrative officer for overseeing the maintenance of

physical infrastructure. Civil Engineer and Administrative Officer oversee the maintenance of

physical infrastructure.

The infrastructure of the Institute is best-in-class and following initiatives were taken in last one

year to improve it further:

• Sewage treatment plant was installed in the year 2014.

• As a part of energy conservation drive, all sodium vapor street lights were replaced with

LED lights.

• New block of faculty residence is added with 4 apartments in the year 2016

• The internet bandwidth has been increased to 84 mbps (1:1).

4.4.2 Does the College appoint staff for maintenance and repair? If not, how are the

infrastructure facilities, services and equipment maintained? Give details.

Yes, the Institute has dedicated staff for maintenance and repair activities. Civil Engineer and

Administrative Officer oversee the maintenance of physical infrastructure.

The Institute has 20 contractual housekeeping staff (Gents and ladies) for the cleaning of the

bathrooms, hostel rooms, hostel corridors, hostel premises as well for cleaning and upkeep of

the classrooms and administrative areas like faculty offices, director's office, Administrative

office, Dining hall, Library, Placement department etc. The Institute also has two classroom

facilitators or office assistants, each for MBA and PGDM programme who assist the faculty


members and visiting faculty/guests to conduct classes. These facilitators are responsible for

upkeep of the classrooms and report any kind of problem to concerned department like IT,

Administration, Housekeeping etc. Further, the Institute has 10 office assistants in various

departments and areas like faculty & director office(s), library, administration, accounts and

placement. These office boys help faculty members in carrying out inter-office work and also

they also serve refreshment from time to time. The Institute has 10 acres of green landscape

many lawns, flower beds & pots, trees and shrubs. The Institute has 5 gardening staff

comprising of a head gardener and many support gardening staff who maintain round-the-year

greenery in the campus. The Institute hired 20 private security personnel for 24x7 round-the-

year security of the campus. These security personnel are responsible for security of hostel

premises, administrative buildings and other key assets in the campus.

Maintenance and repair of the infrastructure is taken care in systematic manner. Staff

appointed for cleaning and maintenance of building carry out Day to day maintenance. The

Institute has designated areas for sensitive equipments such as generators, water coolers and

purifiers etc. The support staff is responsible for upkeep of these equipments, under the

supervision of Administrative Officer.

The Institute has on its roll the following support staff:

Facilitators Numbers

Civil Engineer 1

Electrician 1

Plumber 2

Since the Institute has three in-house electric generators (One - Stamford 200KVA, Two

numbers of Stamford 125KVA), the electrician on-duty in the campus 24x7 for uninterrupted

electricity supply in event of power-cuts or power failure.

Fire extinguishers are available in all Generator rooms and in all labs for safety purpose.

The Institute has entered in AMC with various private parties for the following services:

• Air-conditioning machines

• Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) in IT labs and Server room

• Servers Maintenance

• Network and Switches

• Lifts in dining hall/gents hostel


CRITERION V: STUDENT SUPPORT AND PROGRESSION

5.1 Student Mentoring and Support

5.1.1 Does the College have an independent system for student support and mentoring? If

yes, what are its structural and functional characteristics?

YES, each student is allocated with faculty mentors, during the commencement of the course.

The mentors provide academic social and career guidance to the students all through their

learning period in the institution. Each faculty will be guiding and mentoring around 10

students from each year and also will maintain their records on academics, extracurricular

performances etc. Mentor meetings are conducted on a fortnightly basis.

Faculty Mentors thus help students

• To cope up with the environment

• To balance academics and personal life

• To overcome unknown fears and uneasiness

• To cope up with methodology

• To monitor individual progress

In addition, committees such as Grievance redressal committee, Anti- ragging Committee

prevent and protect the students from any perturbing incidences during their course of study.

5.1.2 What provisions exist for academic mentoring apart from class room work?

There exists various students driven, faculty guided clubs to stimulate and motivate the

students to empower themselves in various functional areas. These clubs are

Student Clubs

Entrepreneurship Development Cell

The aim of the cell is to inculcate professional ethical entrepreneurship in students. Initiatives

ranging from entrepreneurship awareness camps, entrepreneurship development programmes

to interactive sessions with successful entrepreneurs kindle the spirit of entrepreneurship in

the students.

Kaizen Operations Management Club

Kaizen is a student-run organization that provides its members the educational tools required

to succeed in Operations careers. The club is dedicated to budding managers who would be


able to meet the challenges of tomorrow’s dynamic business environment by focusing on the

latest practices of Operations.

The Enablers Communication Club

Prowess in communication is the focus of attention here. The club takes endless effort develop

students in all spheres to become a smart comprehensive executive. The activities of this club

include group discussion, presentations, mock stress interviews, aptitude tests, quiz, extempore

debates, personality development workshops etc.

Athmabodha Book Club

The main agenda of this club is to promote book reading as a regimental habit among students

and give timely pointers to ardent bookworms. Be it student or faculty, anyone can review a

book with relevance to academics, self-development and important literary works.

Avec Popcorn Movie Club

The Objective of the club is to promote thought-provoking entertainment! It encourages

students to have the right attitude when it comes to critically evaluating films, drawing relevant

inferences and inspiration.

HEDGE Finance Club

There is nothing more volatile than the capital markets. The objective of this club is to keep

tabs on capital market alerts and focus on financial management discipline. The club is also

credited with its very newsletter Hermes, which cover topics on contemporary financial issues.

Zero Gravity Fine Arts Club

A fine Arts Club is exclusively for students who are interested in art and cultural activities.

Individuals and teams actively participate in intercollegiate competition events like classical

vocal, classical dance, instrumental music, mono acting etc.

Nach the Human Resource Club

The club is formed to highlight the role and potential of Human Resource Management in the

corporate environment and how important it is to harness the potential of people to achieve

business goals. The club also enables students to have interactions with professionals and gain

pearls of wisdom.

IT CLUB

IT is growing at a scorching pace and regular updates are the need of the hour. This club does

precisely that by throwing the spotlight on the latest news and trends in information


Technology.

Candhai Marketing Club

The club acts as an indispensable resource for aspiring marketers at TSM, through resourceful

coordination of its members with faculty and marketing professionals.

Sun Tzu Strategy Club

Strategy club functions with the objective to enhance the strategic and analytical thinking skills

for their professional enrichment. The club organizes workshops, guest lectures and conducts

events like IPL Bidding, Simulation Exercises and Strategy games to stimulate strategic thinking.

Economics Club

Economics Club is a yet another initiative of the TSM exemplifying its commitment to facilitate

analysis of micro, macro and international economic issues. The club initiates debates and

discussions on real time economic issues through seminars, video lectures, workshops and

group discussions.

Students are motivated with reimbursements and On duty arrangements to facilitate

participation in

• Paper presentations

• Intercollegiate contests & events

5.1.3 Does the College provide personal enhancement and development schemes for

students? If yes, describe techniques employed e.g., career counseling, soft skill

development, etc.

At TSM, guest lectures and training programs are an essential component of teaching to keep

students abreast with the current trends in management. To this end, TSM has conducted over

80 guest lectures in the last three academic years and training programs and these include

marketing, management, research, strategy and finance areas. Mentor-mentee program,

Business communication courses and organization behavior courses all add value to the

students in their overall development.

The following procedure is followed to provide adequate personal enhancement to students.

• Identify training needs through appropriate diagnostic tests.

• External Experts or faculty members to provide orientation/training to the students

• Provide ad hoc pre placement preparation for the II year students based on the recruiters

visit.

• Provide timely evaluation and feedback to the students to facilitate development.


Students are guided to take up AMCAT Examination is to understand career opportunities and

prospects.

The major initiatives include the following

• External

o Designing & Writing of CV

o Handling of Aptitude Tests

o Handling of Personal Interviews and Group Discussions

o Industry Analysis – By Mr. Venkataramanan, (IIMC Alumnus),

• Internal

o Simulated personal interviews and groups discussions

o General & Business Awareness

o Revision of Domain Concepts

o Student Driven programme- “Career Enhancement Training”

Additionally, though not a part of Pre-Placement Training, certain core courses such as Business

Communications, Seminar on Contemporary Business Issues and National & International

Economic Environment assist in Placement preparedness

5.1.4 Does the College publish its updated prospectus and handbook annually? If yes, what

are the activities / information included / provided to students through these documents? Is

there a provision for online access?

Yes, Both Prospectus and students’ handbook are provided annually with due updation.

5.1.5 Specify the type and number of scholarships / freeships given to students

(UG/PG/M.Phil/Ph.D./Diploma/others in tabular form) by the College Management during

the last four years. Indicate whether the financial aid was available on time.

Scholarship is being offered to the meritorious students based on their performance in the

admission process


PGDM 2013-15 BATCH

# Name Gen Scholarship

Amount

1 Richard Laurent M 70000

2 Jayalakshmi.R.S F 70000

3 Prabaharan.S M 70000

4 Abirami.G F 70000

5 Vijayaragavan.S M 60000

6 Jeevan Nirmal Raj.G M 50000

7 Sriram.R M 60000

8 Siva Chelldurai.P M 60000

9 Jeffery Jonathan Jeyaraj.E M 50000

10 Kannan.B M 70000

MBA 2013-15 BATCH

# Name Gen Scholarship

Amount

1 Nishanth.R M 70000

2 Sandeep.S M 70000

3 Jhansi Rani.R.S F 70000

4 Abhinesh.R.J M 60000

5 Saranya.M F 60000

6 Krithika.T.V F 60000

7 Divya.B F 60000

8 Yamini.A.S.P F 60000

MBA 510000

PGDM 630000

TOTAL(Rs.) 1140000

Amount to be adjusted in 3

installments(Rs.) 380000


2014-16

2015-17

# Name

Programme Scholarship

amount (Rs.)

1 Ajhamirtha M

MBA 80,000

2 Ashwanth R

MBA 60,000

3 Sairam TA

PGDM 150,000

4 Sourav DE PGDM

90,000

5 Satyendra Nath Saha PGDM

90,000

6 Dharini R PGDM

80,000

7 Anubala B PGDM

80,000

8 Devanand H PGDM

60,000

9 Anubhav Roy Chowdhury PGDM

80,000

10 Sonal Thomas PGDM

60,000

# Name Prog

Amount

Rs

1 Deepak. J PGDM 100000

2 Gopalakrishnan. K PGDM 90000

3 Malavika. N PGDM 90000

4 Srishnath.A PGDM 90000

5 Umesh Raaj. M PGDM 75000

6 Ganesh Ram J PGDM 90000

7 Vishwanathan PGDM 165000

8 Poorani.RB MBA 90000

9 Jaya Janane. M.V MBA 75000

Total 865000


11 John Thomas P PGDM

60,000

12 Uthra Ravichandran PGDM

80,000

2016-18

# Name

Programme Scholarship

1 Adhiti R PGDM

100,000

2 Mangaleshwaran PGDM

50000

3 Shanmughanand B PGDM

50000

4 Manikandan K PGDM

75,000

5 Rajaguhan R PGDM

75000

6 Yatheeswaran A PGDM

50000

7 Juhi Singh PGDM

50000

8 Janani G PGDM

100000

9 Prasath R PGDM

50000

10 Mohamed Hussain PGDM

50000

11 Senthamizhselvan PGDM

100000

12 Ajay Kumar B PGDM

50000

13 Mani Kandan E PGDM

75,000

14 Aakash PGDM

50000

15 Pratim PGDM

100000

16 Jaya PGDM

50000

17 Sravani PGDM

18 Pratim PGDM

100000

19 Sriram S PGDM

100000


5.1.6 What percentage of students receives financial assistance from state government,

central government and other national agencies? (e.g., Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana

(KVPY), SN Bose Fellow, etc.)

NIL

5.1.7 Does the College have an International Student Cell to cater to the needs of foreign

students? If so, what measures have been taken to attract foreign students?

NIL

5.1.8 What types of support services are available for

• Overseas students

Not Applicable

• Physically challenged / differently abled students

o Ramps and lifts have been constructed to enable mobility.

o Bathroom and toilet facilities are provided.

o Wheel chair is available for them.

o Rooms for learning and accommodation are arranged in the ground floor to

support them.

• SC/ST, OBC and economically weaker sections : Facilitate obtaining educational

benefits through Government

Following are the students who have availed the benefits.

S.Prabhakaran (1411059) & S.Santhosh (1411081) of MBA 2014-16 batch availed under

Community (SC) Adi Dravida and Tribal Welfare Scholarship scheme.

• Students to participate in various competitions/ conferences in India and abroad

Students are motivated to participate in various management and cultural competitions

National and State level. Following are the support provided to them in the process.

1. Information about the management events are collected from

students/director/faculty/competition flyers received from other institutes/mail received from

other institutes/Dare2compete.com/knowafest.com

2. Mail communication will be sent to students group with brochure and links with Nomination

form.


3. From the nominated set of students, the required no. of students will be shortlisted either

by Faculty in-charge of the Functional Area (Clubs) or through test conducted by the Student

driven clubs.

4. The students shortlisted for representing the institution will be intimated through mail. They

are encouraged to take guidance and support from area faculty members as a measure of

preparation.

5. The Institution provides Travelling Allowance (100% for winning team and 50% for runner up)

to the students, considering the ranking of the institute where they have taken part.

6. The prizes (Cash/Voucher, Trophy) won by the student will be completely enjoyed by the

concerned student(s)

7. Students will also be provided with On- duty to support their attendance management for

regular classes.

• Health centre, health insurance etc.

The institution has a health centre with a bed and some basic medicines. A staff nurse will be

available on daily basis on a part-time for checkup and consultation.

All the TSM Students and one each of their earning parents, are insured in a group insurance

policy with United Insurance for accidental benefits through the Institution.

• Skill development (spoken English, computer literacy, etc.,) Skill development (spoken English, computer literacy, etc.,) Skill development (spoken English, computer literacy, etc.,) Skill development (spoken English, computer literacy, etc.,)

• Core courses are offered in Business Communication (Writing and Oral)

• Fully operational English Language Lab (with 1 Teacher + 30 Student) Console) is

available. Faculty resource to support the students

• Special language and soft skills training are provided by the Volunteers in the

senior classes

• Outbound training programme is organized to enhance interpersonal skills.

• Life project exposure with leading organizations in and around Madurai

• Training on the following computer based programmes are provided to the

students internally

• CMIE Prowess Training has been provided during the orientation course

• SPSS (Software package for Social Science)

SPSS workshop for one day was provided to MBA students. This was a practical session done in

computer lab in the batch of 20 for 120 students. These sessions were based on " Transform


and Data" menu of SPSS. Focus was on data entering from questionnaire, types and levels of

data, and the entire process of cleaning the data at row level. The transform menu contains

arranging and creating the required variables to make the data usable for research. Each menu

was conducted for 3 hours. It helped first year MBA students in fine tuning their presentation

as well as gives them confidence to complete their summer internship report where they are

required to do data analysis with primary research. This is the third batch of the workshop. The

slots are allotted by program dean.

• Advance Excel for Decision Making

Using pedagogy with a mix of class room and practical session. Emphasis was given on

interpretation of output and presentation of results. This workshop covered the following:

• Overview of Advanced functions of EXCEL

• Optimization through EXCEL

• Demand Forecasting using Time Series and Causal Models

• Simulation: Applications in different area

• Decision Marking through EXCEL

• Regression Analysis

• DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis)

• Financial Modeling

• performance enhancement for slow learners / stuperformance enhancement for slow learners / stuperformance enhancement for slow learners / stuperformance enhancement for slow learners / students who are at risk of failure and dents who are at risk of failure and dents who are at risk of failure and dents who are at risk of failure and

dropouts dropouts dropouts dropouts

Following measure are taken to support the slow learners:

• Personal counseling by the respective mentors

• Remedial classes for slow learners in specific subjects

• Preparatory course for a period of two weeks

• Shuffling of the students across parallel batches to promote inter personal skills and

help them out of their inhibitions

• Exposure of students to other institutions of higher learning/ corporates/business Exposure of students to other institutions of higher learning/ corporates/business Exposure of students to other institutions of higher learning/ corporates/business Exposure of students to other institutions of higher learning/ corporates/business

houses, etc.houses, etc.houses, etc.houses, etc.

Industrial visit to corporate houses and Live projects from leading organizations.

• Publication of student magazine:Publication of student magazine:Publication of student magazine:Publication of student magazine:


An in house quarterly student magazine namely “TSM Echoes” has been published by the

students. Physical and online copies of the magazine are circulated among the students, faculty

and alumni of the Institution.

5.1.9 Does the College provide guidance / coaching classes for Civil Services, Defense

Services, NET/SLET and any other competitive examinations? If yes, what is the outcome?

No

5.1.10 Mention the policies of the College for enhancing student participation in sports and

extracurricular activities through strategies such as

∗ additional academic support by providing

• On –duty arrangements

• Flexibility in examinations

• Travel and Registration reimbursements

* Sports uniform and materials

• Sports Kit and Playground

The Institution provides financial and physical support to the student to organize an

intercollegiate competition in Football in the name of “TACKLE” and Cricket in the name of

“INFERNO”

5.1.11 Does the College have an institutionalized mechanism for placement of its students?

What services are provided to help students identify job opportunities, prepare themselves

for interview, and develop entrepreneurship skills?

The Institution has an exclusive Placement Cell. TSM Placement Cell creates the platform for

employment opportunities in esteemed organizations and opens the door for world class

training through summer internship programs. The Corporate relations team comprising of TSM

students efficiently steer the process. The Placement activity comprises of a comprehensive

structured plan taking forward the motives of achieving 100% placements consistently. TSM

students are profiled in detail to identify the aspects of their competencies to accelerate their

career path. Holding an alumni network of nearly 2000 and more than 150 corporate ensures

that the placement process is tuned based on Industry need and feedback.

Recruiters who wish to visit the campus for placements have to communicate formally through

our email id mentioned below to the placement cell. Recruiters have to mention the Job

Description, Profile, date of visit and the process in the mail. Recruiters will be provided any


infrastructural support necessary for conducting the placement process in the college premises.

TSM provides High speed wifi connected computer labs & highly reliable internet facility for the

online interview process. Recruiters are also requested to specify the variable components and

earning potential in the CTC for the reference of the candidates.

Once the process is over the recruiters are requested to send a formal communication of

selected candidates to the official email of the placements cell. The students will be available to

join from the third week of April.

Career Enhancement Programme (CEP) - a completely student initiative program for 3600

approach of budding manager’s career enhancement. In this initiative, entirely students take up

the leadership role and train themselves with the guidance of mentors. This CEP was initiated

by the golden jubilee (2012 – 2014) batch of TSM. It aims at making students an industry ready

personality with so many practical applications along with regular academics. Participants are

given a platform to visualize academic and theoretical concepts through practical examples.

These are some of the fields of management where training is being done:

• Competitive & Written examinations for recruitment

• Management Reviews

• Research Papers

• Updates from newspapers & world class magazines

• General & Business quiz

• Marketing, Finance, HR, Operations, Systems, and Economics related activities

through CEP or respective clubs.

• Apart from English, developing Hindi as a medium of communication

• Latest company updates

After regular academic classes, students are self – driven towards this TSM’ites driven program.

Learning is no more tedious rather it has become enjoyable. The motto ‘Learn to Learn’ is

realized through this activity. It also makes TSMites to have post dinner sessions on their own

interest in the fully residential TSM campus.

Give the number of students selected during campus interviews by different employers (list the

employers and the number of companies who visited the campus annually for the last four

years).


2015-16 1 99acres.com 2

2 Align associate 1

3 Axis Bank 2

4 B&Y Millon 1

5 Berger Paints 1

6 Bluestar 4

7 BNP Paribas 2

8 Cavinkare 4

9 Chainsys 3

10 Chella Software 1

11 Coca-Cola 2

12 Coffee day beverages 3

13 Cognizant Technologies 1

14 Colgate 3

15 CUB 21

16 E&Y 5

17 Enzotech 1

18 Godrej & Boyce 1

19 GSK 2

20 HDBFS 4

21 Heinz 1

22 Honeywell 2

23 ICICI bank 2

24 ICICI Prud Life 15

25 ICICI securities 3

26 ICRA 5

27 ITC 3

28 Janalakshmi Finance 4

29 JRA Analytics 2

30 Kotak Life Insurance 5

31 Mahindra Finance 4

32 Mallow Technologies 1

33 MTR FOODS 2

34 Myeasy docs 3

35 Naukri.com 1

36 Nestle 6

37 PAYODA 1

38 Pepsico 4


39 Pure Chemicals 3

40 Reckitt Benkiser 1

41 Rupeezone 1

42 Sundaram Finance 4

43 TCS 16

44 TCS BPS 3

45 TI Cycles 1

47 TVS Tyres 2

48 Vernalis 4

49 Whirlpool 1

50 Wildcraft 4

51 Zoho 2

170

2014-15 1 Asian Paints 2

2 Axis Bank 7

3 Blue Star 1

4 Citibank 1

5 City union Bank 13

6 Coffe day beverages 3

7 Cognizant 1

8 Colgate 1

9 Embark Solutions 3

10 Federal Bank 1

11 Fuji Film 1

12 GREedge 4

13 HDB Financial Services 5

14 Hyundai 1

15 ICICI Bank 10

16 ICICI Prud Life

Insurance 12

17 ICICI Securities 9

18 ICRA 3

19 Idea 2

20 ING Vysya Bank 1

21 ITC 3

22 Janalakshmi Finance 4

23 Khazana Jewellery 1

24 Khimji Ramdas 1

25 Kotak Life Insurance 5


26 Madura Fabrics 2

27 Mafoi Strategy 2


29 Naukri 2

30 Nestle 4

31 RBS 1

32 Reliance

Communications 8

33 Reliance securities 1

34 SICAL logistics 5

35 Siiras.com 6

37 Sports Insight 3

38 Talent Ease 3

39 TCS 11

40 TCS BPS 3

41 TTK Services 1

42 Turbo Energy 1

43 Vernalis 2

44 Vodafone 5

45 Whirlpool 1

46 Zoho 2

165

2013-14 1 Zoho 1

2 TCS 9

3 Coffee Day 2

4 Ujjivan 1

5 Airtel 6

6 Colgate 3

7 Acurus 2

8 Bllue Lotus 3

9 Kotak OM Life 5

10 Naukri 2

11 ING Vysya Bank 1

12 Citi Bank 1

13 ITC 3

14 ICICI Securities 10

15 CUB 14

16 VIP INDUSTRIES Ltd 6

17 TIME 1


18 AXIS BANK 3

19 NESTLE 2

20 AXIS SECURITIES 4

21 ICRA 5


23 Khimji Ramdas 2

24 Shanti Gears 16

25 Surprise Solution 1

26 Hindustan Mistubushi 4

27 Whirlpool 2

28 Jaro Education 3

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5.1.11 Does the College have a registered Alumni association? If yes, what are its activities

and contributions to the development of the College?

E-mail and social media interactions with Alumni are regularly done. TSM Alumni group has an

exclusive email ID for interaction as [email protected] and also a facebook page as “TSM

Alumni“.

Alumni meets are conducted annually in three different locations such as Madurai, Chennai and

Bangalore to ensure visibility and reach in the major metros.

Alumni take part in the institutional development at various levels viz.

1. Member of BOG/BOS

2. Panel member in the Student Admission process

3. Periodic Guest lectures

4. Support with Industry based live projects to the students

5. Recruitment of existing students in the companies for internship/final placement

Institution is in the process of facilitating the registration of alumni association.

5.1.12 Does the College have a student grievance redressal cell? Give details of the nature of

grievances reported and how they were redressed.

Yes, Students are provided with contact details in case of academic or operational problems

such as Water scarcity, Students indiscipline, Internet speed and network congestion etc. The

faculty and administration take immediate steps to help them with suitable solutions.


Mentor meetings are conducted every trimester to help the students understand the academic

environment, challenges and possible ways of coping up.

Respective Warden meets with the inmates once in six months to address various issues and

help them with solutions.

5.1.13 Does the College have a cell and mechanism to resolve issues of sexual harassment?

The grievance redressal cell shall take this issue into concern, but no such cases are reported so

far.

5.1.14 Is there an anti-ragging committee? How many instances (if any) have been reported

during the last four years and what action has been taken on these?

Yes, There is an Anti- ragging Committee in place.

Activities of the Committee are as follows:

• Enable the students take up the online anti-ragging Affidavit by Aman Movement.

• Install cameras in the college and hostel premises to take control of the issue

• Displaying circulars on anti- ragging principles and committee members with their

contacts

• Putting up banners and posters giving information on Anti-Ragging helpline – displays

• Not a single case has been reported for ragging

5.1.15 How does the College elicit the cooperation from all stakeholders to ensure overall

development of the students considering the curricular and co - curricular activities, research,

community orientation, etc.?

Parents. Students, faculty, recruiters, Management, civil society, alumni are all the stake

holders considered.

• Inputs on design and development of the course from the various stake holders

• Periodical feedback Management sources feedback from the recruiters, students,

parents, alumni

• Guest lectures from the recruiters on their expectations on the freshers from the

Industry

• Recruiter’s feedback on the students performance in the placement interviews

• Experimentation by the members of Board of Studies on improving the pedagogy to

the student community


5.1.16 What special schemes/mechanisms are in place to motivate students for participation

in extracurricular activities such as sports, cultural events, etc?

Additional academic support is provided in terms of

• On –duty arrangements

• flexibility in examinations

• Travel and Registration reimbursements

5.1.17 How does the College ensure participation of women in ‘intra’ and ‘inter’ institutional

sports competitions and cultural activities? Provides details of sports and cultural activities in

which such efforts were made?

To facilitate the participation of women students in large numbers, the institution organizes

Intra College cultural and sports competitions with adequate financial aids.

Equal opportunities and motivation are given to women students to make them take up

intercollegiate competitions as well.

5.2 Student Progression

5.2.1 Provide details of programme-wise success rate of the College for the last four years.

How does the College compare itself with the performance of other autonomous Colleges /

universities (if available)

MBA PGDM

Batch Percentage of

Pass in First

class

Total No. of

Students

Percentage of

Pass in First class

Total No. of

Students

2014-2016 78.50 107 64.10 78

2013-2015 97.39 115 42.37 59

2012-2014 99.02 102 100% 18

2011-2013 100% 99 100% 11


5.2.2 Providing the percentage of students progressing to higher education or employment

(for the last four batches) highlight the observed trends.

Student Progression

2014-16 BATCH 2013-15 BATCH 2012-14 BATCH 2011-13 BATCH

Employed in campus

selection

190 (97%) 165 (93%) 114 (97%) 93 (95%)

Employed other than

campus selection

1% 1% 1% 1%

PG to Mphil

PG to PhD

5.2.3 What is the Programme-wise completion rate/dropout rate within the time span as

stipulated by the College/University?

Given below is the completion rate of two programmes.

PGDM MBA

2014-16 97.5% 100%

2015-17 99% 98.6%

5.2.4 What is the number and percentage of students who appeared/ qualified in

examinations like UGC-CSIR-NET, UGC-NET, SLET, ATE / CAT / GRE / TOFEL / GMAT / Central /

State services, Defense, Civil Services, etc.

More than 95% of students are placed through the campus placements to several corporates.

Very few students opt for the higher studies after a short stint in the industry.

5.2.5 Provide details regarding the number of Ph.D/D.Sc./D.Litt. theses submitted,

accepted, resubmitted and rejected in the last four years.

Not Applicable


5.3 Student Participation and Activities

5.3.1 List the range of sports and games, cultural and extracurricular activities available to

students. Provide details of participation and program calendar.

Students are guided in organizing events such as

• Yukti, an Intercollegiate Annual Management Fest

YUKTI (meaning strategy), TSM’s annual business school summit, is one of the largest business

conclaves in India with 1000’s of participants from various prestigious B-schools. The primary

aim of Yukti is to foster a good relationship between the students of various institutions,

acquire & share knowledge among them. Thus, it provides a platform for budding managers to

express their innovative thoughts and prove their mettle by sharing the dais with eminent

personalities from various corporate

• Genesis-an Intra collegiate Community based annual activity organized in memory of

the TSM student who was killed in an accident in 2004.

Tournaments organized by the Institution:

Football – TACKLE

Cricket -INFERNO

• INFERNO is an inter-college Cricket tournament conducted between B-Schools by TSM

during the month of March every year. INFERNO was inaugurated in the year 2010 and TSM

cricket team were the inaugural champions of the tournament. Four INFERNO tournaments

have been conducted so far with TSM cricket team backing two of the four championships. TSM

is the current champion.

• At TSM INFERNO is the most anticipated sporting event for Cricket lovers where Cricket

teams from well known B-Schools of Tamil Nadu clash off against each other in great fashion.

The participating teams arrive with full preparation and training mixed with passion and

commitment for one reason which is to win the INFERNO Championship. The venue for the

tournament is TSM every year. And at TSM we put the maximum efforts in preparing a very

good pitch and ground well enough for the teams to show all their talents with no holding back.

• For every game there is a Man-of-the-Match, a Man-of-the-Series Trophy for the best

performer in the tournament, Trophy for the tournament Runners and finally the Rolling

Trophy for the INFERNO Champions.


Participation in Cultural Events:

An orchestrated effort is being made to to make TSM students participate in Management Fests

organised by well-known B-schools in Southern India. Our students’ have performed well,

securing podium finish as well as 1st prize in many events across several B-schools. A few B-

schools where they won laurels were NMIMS, Hyderabad; Christ University, Bangalore; Great

Lakes, Chennai; IFMR, Chennai, Amrita, Coimbatore and Cochin University of Science &

Technology. The total amount that our students won as prize money or gift vouchers was about

Rs. 4 Lakh, as against almost nil in the previous year. Incidentally, most of the participants were

from PGDM 1st year.

Another creditable achievement was by a PGDM 2nd year student who participated in a

competition on summer project presentation organized by NITIE, Mumbai, finishing second in

the final. The event featured students from several IIMs, the Shailesh Mehta School of

Management, IIT Bombay, as well as many leading Mumbai-based B-schools. Besides the TSM

student, all the other finalists were from NITIE, Mumbai.

With a view to identifying talent for B-school fests, and also to provide our students with a

platform to demonstrate their talents, we also conduct an annual inter-year cultural and

management fest, commencing from the academic year 2016-17

5.3.2 Provide details of the previous four years regarding the achievements of students in

co-curricular, extracurricular activities and cultural activities at different levels: University /

State / Zonal / National / International, etc.

Student participation in Other College Events 2012 - 2013

# Name

Name Of The

Institute Event Domain

Participation/Position In

Event

1 Subhalakshmi G Samyog 12,PSGIM HR day Event Participation

2 Susan G Samyog 12,PSGIM HR day Event Participation

3 Sindhuja D Samyog 12,PSGIM HR day Event Participation

4 Saminathan ct

Heritage 2012,Tata

dhan Academy HR day Event Participation

5

Michael Nicholas

Anandh

Heritage 2012,Tata


6 Raj kumar J

Heritage 2012,Tata

dhan Academy

Communication with

Community 2nd Prize

7

Nimmy

Georgiana EW

Heritage 2012,Tata

dhan Academy

Varnabharathi,

Chiralekha 1st & 2nd Prize

8 Nivedhitha PR

Heritage 2012,Tata

dhan Academy Pracharan,Sanskriti 2nd Prize


# Name

Name Of The



Event

9 Boomika R

Heritage 2012,Tata

dhan Academy

Sanskriti,communication

with Community 2nd Prize

10 Durai MA

Heritage 2012,Tata

dhan Academy

Communication with

Community 2nd Prize

11 Karuppasamy

Heritage 2012,Tata

dhan Academy Pracharan 2nd Prize

12 Mithun Vignesh

Heritage 2012,Tata

dhan Academy Pracharan Participation

13 Arun Prabakar

Heritage 2012,Tata


14 Preethi

Heritage 2012,Tata

dhan Academy Varnabharathi 1st Prize

15 Deepthi R

Heritage 2012,Tata

dhan Academy

Communication with

Community Participation

16 Heartenshia fdo

Heritage 2012,Tata

dhan Academy

Communication with

Community 2nd prize

17 Ishwarya SM

Heritage 2012,Tata

dhan Academy

Communication with

Community 1st & 2nd Prize

18 Yamini

Heritage 2012,Tata

dhan Academy Varnabharathi 1st Prize

19 Suresh kumar

Arthayudh

2012,Christ

University,Bengaluru Mergers & Acquisition Participation

20 Arun Kumar I

Arthayudh

2012,Christ

University,Bengaluru Mergers & Acquisition Participation

21 Devi

Arthayudh

2012,Christ

University,Bengaluru Quiz-Prashnamanch Participation

22 Adhavan

Arthayudh

2012,Christ

University,Bengaluru

Financial Planning-

VItteyaneyojana Participation

23 Mervin Kingston

Arthayudh

2012,Christ

University,Bengaluru CFO Chanakya Participation

24 Alagamai

Arthayudh

2012,Christ


Risk management-

Apadhdharma Participation

25

Amar

Vigneshwaran

Arthayudh

2012,Christ


Risk management-


26 Sri Varshni

Arthayudh

2012,Christ

University,Bengaluru The Venn-Chakravyuh Participation


# Name

Name Of The



Event

27 Saravanan

Arthayudh

2012,Christ


FinanciaL Planning-

Vitteyaneyojana Participation

28 Bhargavi

Arthayudh

2012,Christ

University,Bengaluru Quiz- Prashnamanch Participation

29 Sivasubramanian

Arthayudh

2012,Christ


Corporate Governance-

Neetishastram Participation

30 Raghavan

Arthayudh

2012,Christ

University,Bengaluru The Venn-Chakravyuh Participation

31 Gokul Nath

Arthayudh

2012,Christ


Corporate Governance-


32 Chakkaravarthi

National Conference

on Green Business

at Fatima college,

Madurai

Case Analysis, Quiz,

Paper presentation 2nd Prize

33 Kannan

National Conference

on Green Business

at Fatima college,

Madurai



34 Mutheeswaran

National Conference

on Green Business

at Fatima college,

Madurai Case Analysis 1st prize (Rs.2000)

35 Vivek J

National Conference

on Green Business

at Fatima college,


36 Subahari

National Conference

on Green Business

at Fatima college,

Madurai Paper Presentation 1st prize (Rs.2000)

37 Neerija

National Conference

on Green Business

at Fatima college,




# Name Name Of The Institute Event Domain

Participation/Position

In Event

1 Saminathan CT

Bannari amman Institute of

Technology,Sathyamangalam Case Analysis 2nd Prize (Rs.2500)

2

Muthukarthick

B



3 Priyanka B



4

Mohammed

Hariz

Kongu arts & Science

College,ERode Paper Presentation Participation

5 Sathish



6 Sethu Gautham



7 Gnanavel



8 Subha Hari



9 Prathusha



10 Priyanka


College,Erode

Participated in

Seminar Participation

11 Suganya


College,Erode

Participated in


12

Ragul

Dhramaraj


College,ERode

Participated in


13

Jedees amala

Dee

Hindustan

College,Coimbatore

Quiz:Tata Mutual

Fund Participation

14 Elakkiya S

Hindustan

College,Coimbatore

Quiz:Tata Mutual

Fund Participation

15 Abhirami

Hindustan

College,Coimbatore

Quiz:Tata Mutual

Fund Participation

16 Krithiga

Hindustan

College,Coimbatore

Quiz:Tata Mutual

Fund Participation

17 Vaishnavi

Hindustan

College,Coimbatore

Quiz:Tata Mutual

Fund Participation

18 Anbu Selvi

Hindustan

College,Coimbatore

Quiz:Tata Mutual

Fund Participation

19 Sathya Narayani Tata dhan Heritage 2013 Participation

20

Aishwarya

Lakshmi S

PSG Institute of

Management HR Event SAMYOG 1st Prize

21 Saranya MV

PSG Institute of

Management HR Event SAMYOG 1st Prize

22 Abhirami R

Hindustan

College,Coimbatore

Quiz: Tata Mutual

fund Participation




In Event

23 Anbu Selvi Sangam Hotel

NSE Investor

Awareness Program Participation

24 Elakkiya S Sangam Hotel

NSE Investor

Awareness Program Participation

25 Krithika TV SSN College,Chennai IPL Bidding Participation

26 Balakrishnan V SSN College,Chennai IPL Bidding Participation

27 Sowmini S

Loyola School of

Management Paper Presentation 2nd Prize

28 Shree Sakthi S SSN College.Chennai Best Manager Participation

29 Chandra S SSN College.Chennai Business Quiz Participation

30 Monica Linda Vishop Herber College Ms FIRMA 1ST Prize

31 Krithika TV Vishop Herber College ADZAP,Variety 2nd Prize

32 Divya R Vishop Herber College

Corporate

Show,Variety 1st Prize

33 Suriya Rao R SSN College,Chennai IPL Bidding Participation

34 Sriram S SSN College,Chennai IPL Bidding Participation

35 Cibi B Bishop Herber College

Corporate Show,

Variety &

B-Quiz 1st Prize

36 Balaji S SSN College,Chennai

Operations,Business

Quiz Participation

37 Sheik Misskin N Bishop Herber College Best Manager 2nd Prize

38 Yuvasri G Tata-Dhan Academy Debate Participation

39 Jeya Shree GK Tata-Dhan Academy Debate Participation

40 Jeyashree GK Vishop Herber College Paper presentation Participation

41

Muthu Lakshmi

SM Vishop Herber College

Mime & Corporate

Show 1st Prize

42 Gayathri M

Rajagiri Centre for Business

Studies,Kerela Dance Competition Participation

43 Balaji PM SSN School of Management Best Manager Participation

44 Yamini ASP

Rajagiri Centre For Business

Studies ,Kerela. Marketing Game Participation

45 Naveen


Studies ,Kerela. Marketing Game Participation

46 Yamini ASP


Studies ,Kerela. Dance Competition Participation

47 Dinesh Raj N


Studies ,Kerela. Dance Competition Participation

48 Abinesh RJ

IIMC Alumni

Association,Chennai Case Presentation Participation

49 Saranya M

Ethiraj College for

women,Chennai Paper Presentation Participation




In Event

50 Saranya S

Ethiraj College for

women,Chennai Paper Presentation Participation




In Event

1 Maheswaran K Karunya University Paper Presentation Participation

2 Satish Ram Anna University,Chennai Paper Presentation Participation

3 Logesh Babu I Anna University,Chennai Event Management 2nd Prize

4

Ratna Gnana

Karthik K Anna University,Chennai Event Management 2nd Prize

5 Priyadharshini S Anna University,Chennai Event Management 2nd Prize

6

Ramachandra

Raja K Anna University,Chennai Event Management 2nd Prize

7 Venkatesh T Anna University,Chennai Event Management 2nd Prize

8 Manikandan s Anna University,Chennai Business Quiz Participation

9 Ajay Kumar A Anna University,Chennai Business Quiz Participation

1 Siva S Anna University,Chennai Business Quiz Participation

0

Bon Anto

Pradeep D Anna University,Chennai Business Quiz Participation

11 Renuga Devi G Anna University,Chennai Data WIZ 2nd Prize

12 Anupriya T Anna University,Chennai Data WIZ 2nd Prize

13 Kalaivani T Anna University,Chennai Data WIZ 2nd Prize

14 Satish ram S Sastra University HR Participation

15 Jackson Jacob Sastra University HR Participation

16 Rathi Priya

National Institute of

Personnel Management Business quiz 3rd Prize

17 Rajesh kanna

National Institute of

Personnel Management Business quiz 3rd Prize

18

Amar

Vigneshwaran

Arthayudh 2012,Christ


Risk management-


19 Sri Varshni



The Venn-

Chakravyuh Participation

20 Saravanan



FinanciaL Planning-

Vitteyaneyojana Participation

21 Bhargavi



Quiz-

Prashnamanch Participation

22 Sivasubramanian



Corporate

Governance-



23 Raghavan



The Venn-

Chakravyuh Participation

24 Gokul Nath



Corporate

Governance-


25 Chakkaravarthi

National Conference on

Green Business at Fatima

college, Madurai



26 Kannan



college, Madurai



27 Mutheeswaran



college, Madurai Case Analysis 1st prize (Rs.2000)

28 Vivek J



college, Madurai Case Analysis 1st prize (Rs.2000)

29 Subahari



college, Madurai Paper Presentation 1st prize (Rs.2000)

30 Neerija



college, Madurai Paper Presentation 1st prize (Rs.2000)




In Event

1 Ramanathan

Symbiosis Institute of

Business Management,

Bengaluru Marketing Participation

IFIM, Bengaluru Marketing Participation

IFMR, Sri City Operations Participation

2 Jothi Prakash

Cochin University of Science

and Technology, Cochin Operations 1st Prize (Rs.30000)

3

Sandhana

Aghasty Cv SASTRA, Tanjore Marketing Participation

4 Nantha.B Christ University, Bengaluru Best Manager Semi-Finals

5 Ruba Atchuthan


and Technology, Cochin Operations 1st Prize (Rs.30000)

6

Kandha

Hariharan R

Amrita School of Business,

Coimbatore Marketing 1 2nd Prize(Rs.10,00


Coimbatore Marketing 2 2nd Prize(Rs.10,000)



and Technology, Cochin Marketing 1st Prize(Rs.30,000)

7 Malarvizhi.M Christ University, Bengaluru HR Final Round

8 Alameen.S IFMR, Sri City Marketing Final Round

9 Sakthi Sri.A Christ University, Bengaluru HR Participation

10

Milton Raja

Selvam E Christ University, Bengaluru Operations Semi-Finals

Symbiosis Institute of


Bengaluru Operations Semi-Finals

LIBA Chennai Marketing 2nd Prize( Rs. 10,000)

11 Solai Raj G Christ University, Bengaluru Operations Final Round

Symbiosis Institute Of


Bengaluru Operations Semi-Finals

LIBA Chennai Best Manager Quarter final

12 H.Devanand LIBA Chennai Marketing Final Round (Rs.5000)

Christ University, Bengaluru B-Plan Final Round

Kumaraguru College of

Technology, Coimbatore Finance Final Round

13 Hari Krishnan N Christ University, Bengaluru Marketing Final Round

14 Karthik.S


and Technology, Cochin Finance

1st Prize( Rs.30,000

Per Team)

15 Jerine Kiruba J IFIM, Bengaluru HR Participation

16 Benitta Edwin IFIM, Bengaluru Marketing Participation

IFMR, Sri City Operations 3rd Prize

17 G.Sri Krishnan

Kumaraguru Collage Of

Technology At Coimbatore Marketing 1st Prize(Rs:3000)

Kumaraguru College Of

Technology At Coimbatore

General

Management 2nd Prize


Technology, Coimbatore Best Manager Participation

18 Varuna A


Technology Marketing 1st Prize (Rs 3000)


Management Marketing 2nd Prize


Management

General

Management Participation


Management Debate Participation

19 Sri Hari Prasth.L


Technology Marketing 1st Prize (Rs:3000)

20 Gokilamani T Christ University, Bengaluru CSR Semi finals

21 Vishwanathan K Christ University, Bengaluru CSR 2nd Prize


22

Gopalakrishnan

K IFMR, Sri City HR Winner

23

Manoj

Subramanian IFIM, Bengaluru Photography 2nd Prize

24

Manoj Jones Raj

V IFMR, Sri City B-Plan Final Round

25

Rajiv

Subramoniam IFMR, Sri City B-Plan Final Round

26 Prabha V R IFMR, Sri City B-Plan Final Round

27 Raja Vignesh D



1st Prize (Rs.18000

Vouchers- Rs 12000)

IFMR, Sri City Finance Final Round

IFMR, Sri City Best Manager Participation

28 Srinivasan R IFMR, Sri City B-Plan Semi finals

IFMR, Sri City Finance Semi finals

Christ University, Bengaluru Marketing Semi finals

Christ University, Bengaluru Business Quiz Semi finals

29 Vignesh E IFMR, Sri City Marketing Semi finals

30 Ganesh Ram J LIBA Chennai Operations Participation

Christ University, Bengaluru Finance Final Round

SIOM, Nashik Operations Final Round

NMIMS, Hyderabad Operations

Winner ( Rs.25000

Cash, 72000 Worth

Certifications By

Scnext)

IFMR, Sri City Best Manager Participation

31

R.Karunyaa

Dhanavathini Christ University, Bengaluru

General

Management Semi-Finals

32 Shruthi Sankari


Coimbatore Marketing Final Round


Coimbatore HR Participation

33 Maheswaran K

Great Lakes Institute of

Management, Chennai CSR 1st Prize

Christ University, Bengaluru CSR 2nd Prize

34

M.Sakthi

Narayanan


Coimbatore Marketing 2nd Prize( Rs.8300)


Coimbatore Finance 2nd Prize( Rs.8300)

35 B.Vignesh Rajan


Coimbatore Operations 1 1st Prize(Rs.15000)


Coimbatore Operations 2 2nd Prize (Rs.10000)

36 John Thomas P Christ University, Bengaluru, Operations Semi finals


Bengaluru

LIBA Chennai Marketing 2nd Prize (Rs.10000)

37

Kumara

Venkatesh. C LIBA Chennai Marketing 2nd (Rs 10000)

38

Kamalakannan

R.M


and Technology, Cochin Operations 1st Prize(Rs.30000)

39

Hari Hara

Suthan S


and Technology Operations 1st (Rs.30000)

40 Aiswarya.R IFIM, Bengaluru Finance Final Round

41 Sourav De IFIM, Bengaluru Marketing Final Round

42 Sairam T A IFMR, Sri City Finance Final Round

43 Karthikesh P S IIM Kozhikode'

General


XIME, Bengaluru HR 1st prize

44 Karthik T S Christ University, Bengaluru HR 1st Prize

LIBA Chennai HR 3rd Prize

IFMR, Sri City HR Participation

45

Satyendra Nath

Saha IFIM, Bengaluru Marketing 1st Prize

46

Meenatchi

Sankaran


Coimbatore Finance 2nd Prize (Rs.10000)

IFIM, Bengaluru Finance 1st Prize

47 Syed Ibrahim N IFMR, Sri City HR Semi Finals

IFIM, Bengaluru Finance 3rd Prize

48 Jayavignesh.J.T Christ HR 1st Prize (Rs. 5000)

LIBA Chennai HR Participation

LIBA Chennai Marketing 1st Prize (Rs.5000)


Technology, Coimbatore Marketing Participation


Technology, Coimbatore Finance Participation


Technology, Coimbatore

General


49

Aadithiya

Kanagam C


Technology, Coimbatore Marketing 2nd Prize




Technology, Coimbatore

General


50 Bharath Kannan


and Technology Finance 1st Prize (Rs.30000)

51 Krithika R


Coimbatore Operations Final Round

52 Narendran V IFMR, Sri City Operations Final Round


53 Baranidharan.M


Coimbatore Operations 1 2nd (Rs.10000)


Coimbatore Operations 2 1st (Rs.15000)

54 M.Vinoth Kumar IFMR, Sri City Marketing Final Round

55

N.Packia

Ramanan


Coimbatore Finance 2nd Prize Rs.10000

IFMR, Sri City HR Final Round

56 Ajhamirtha LIBA Chennai Marketing 1st Rs.5000

LIBA Chennai HR Participation



57

Vigneshwaran

M IFMR, Sri City Marketing 3rd Prize

58 C Gokul SASTRA, Tanjore Best Manager Final Round

LIBA Chennai Operations Participation

Narsee Monjee Institute Of

Management Studies,

Hyderabad Operations 1st Prize (Rs.25000)

59 Arun Rajas A IFMR, Sri City HR Final Round

60 Nithya K Christ University, Bengaluru HR Participation

61 Umesh Raaj.M Christ University, Bengaluru Business Quiz Participation

IFIM, Bengaluru HR Participation

IFMR, Sri City HR Final Round

62

Sowmiya

Lakshmi.V.S

Kumaraghuru College Of

Technology Marketing 2nd Prize (Rs.2500)


Technology

General



Technology Debate Participation


Technology Quiz Participation

63 S.Gopinath IFMR, Sri City Marketing Semi Finals

64 Paulraj


and Technology-Cochin Marketing 1st Prize (Rs.30000)

65 Ragunanthan


and Technology-Cochin Marketing 1st Prize (RS.30000)


Coimbatore Marketing 2nd Prize (Rs.10000)

66 Rubind Kumar R Christ University, Bengaluru

General


67

Sri Hari Prasath

L


Technology, Coimbatore Marketing 1st Prize (RS.3000)


68 Gayathri A IFMR, Sri City HR Final Round

69 R.Divya Bharathi


Coimbatore HR 3rd Prize


Coimbatore Marketing Participation

70 Prem Anand M IFMR, Sri City Marketing Final Round

71 Kishnaraj R IFMR, Sri City Marketing Participation

72 Srinivasan R Travel club Quiz 1st Prize

73 Vignesh Rajan.B Travel Club Quiz Participation

74

Uthra

Ravichandran

Confederation of Indian

Industry HR Participation

75 Raja Priya S SSN College,Chennai BA Participation

76 Renuga Devi G SSN College,Chennai BA Participation

77 Priyadharshini S SSN College,Chennai BA Participation

78 Kalaivani T SSN College,Chennai BA Participation

79 Monica AA SSN College,Chennai BA Participation

5.3.3 How often does the College collect feedback from students for improving the support

services? How is the feedback used?

The institution collects an annual feedback from the students through a structured online

questionnaire. In addition interim feedback is collected by the Correspondent and the Director

through periodic student interactions. Mentor meetings conducted once in a Trimester also

serve as a platform to obtain feedback from the learners

The inputs from these various sources serve as a direct aid for enhancing infrastructural

facilities to the students (installation of water heaters, Shuttle badminton court in the hostel

etc.)

5.3.4 Does the College have a mechanism to seek and use data and feedback from its

graduates and employers, to improve the growth and development of the College?

Employer feedback is received from all the recruiters and Summer Internship companies. Based

on their suggestions and observation new courses have been introduced in the curriculum.

Example: Management of Banking and Financial Institutions Course.

Student feedback has been collected in each trimester for all the subjects being taught on the

course and the faculty. This feedback element will be considered in the annual appraisal of the

faculty. In addition alumni feedback is collected through online questionnaires.


5.3.5 How does the College involve and encourage students to publish materials like

catalogues, wall magazines, College magazine, and other material? List the major

publications/ materials brought out by the students during the previous academic session.

An in house quarterly student magazine namely “TSM Echoes” has been published by the

students. Physical and online copies of the magazine are circulated among the students, faculty

and alumni of the Institution

Facebook, and website and blogs

5.3.6 Does the College have a Student Council or any similar body? Give details on its

constitution, major activities and funding.

Not available.

5.3.7 Give details of various academic and administrative bodies that have student

representatives on them. Provide details of their activities.

Representatives are identified at the beginning of each Academic year in consensus with the

Deans and the Students

Any additional information regarding Student Support and Progression, which the institution

would like to include.

Entrepreneurial Exposure to Students:

Delight was a sophisticated cafeteria organized by students themselves now taken over by the

batch of 2016 and christened as "ENTRISTA". The infrastructure lies amidst of plain greenery

with an amicable environment for academics as well as for student’s chit-chat. The cafeteria

has been entirely driven by the initiatives and financial support of the student community

thereby providing them an opportunity to understand the challenges in running a business at a

smaller level.


CRITERION VI: GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

6.1 Institutional Vision and Leadership

6.1.1. State the vision and mission of the College.

The vision and mission of Thiagarajar School of Management is given below:

TSM Vision

A leading academic institution of choice amongst management students and faculty and



TSM Mission

To promote wide application of professional management principles, practices and attitudes in

the management of economic and social institutions, primarily through teaching, training,

research and consultancy.

To groom young men and women into technically proficient, managerially competent, and

socially purposeful professionals deeply committed to upholding and practicing highest

standards of probity.

To help transform entrepreneurial ideas into scalable and sustainable economic and social

institutions.

To promote responsible leadership by seamlessly weaving ethical values, social dimensions and

long-term sustainability into all aspects of its activities and academic programmes.

6.1.2 Does the mission statement define the College's distinctive characteristics in terms of

addressing the needs of the society, the students it seeks to serve, College's traditions and

value orientations, vision for the future, etc.?

We take our roles very seriously at TSM and ensure no stone is left unturned, when it comes to

transforming students into role ready professionals, who can take on challenges of varied

industries with aplomb.

Ably guided by our undiluted core values of meritocracy and quality education at affordable

price, we are committed to provide a rich value-based education system that does not merely

stop with imparting knowledge, moulding dynamic leaders and resourceful entrepreneurs. It

goes one step further in playing an active role in shaping their character, so that the graduates

who step out are merely intellectual outstanding but are good human beings as well.


The institution believes in being a fair knowledge provider. This is bolstered by our NO

DONATION policy, making high standards education affordable to deserving candidates

through scholarships.

The Vision and Mission of Thiagarajar School of Management (TSM) have been developed with

the active involvement and participation of all faculty members in thoughtful and focused

deliberations and debate under the guidance of the Director and The Chairman, Board of

Governors. The Vision, Mission statements serve the Institute as a navigational guide for

direction and action.

The Vision and Mission statements have been the starting point for developing the Institute's

strategic objectives and the program level goals of our two post-graduate management

programmes, MBA & PGDM.

Being an Institute of legacy and excellence, TSM believes in reinventing itself in the changing

business scenario, incorporate in its vision, and mission the dynamics of the business world.

Core Values

• Undiluted core values of ethics and meritocracy

• Learn to Learn Environment

• Collaborative, inclusive and continuous learning

• Participation, empowerment and innovation

Steps taken to achieve Mission and Vision:

TSM is the second oldest Management School in India, and comes with strong principles of

accountability and governance. A local business group, well known for their business acumen,

established the School, and these are transformed at Institution level as well. Record

maintenance is a key aspect of TSM governance, and periodical audit is conducted to verify and

validate financial acquittal at TSM. Similarly, at student level, admission procedures are

properly documents, and students are tracked even after graduation. The Advisory Board is

responsible for overall governance, and it is made up of distinguished members with solid track

record in business processes, and credible standing in the local community. Further, there are

many channels of communication, access to Board Members and Senior Managers within the

Institution, and these channels provide uninterrupted information flow within and beyond the

Institution. These overall procedures assure governance in the Institution.

The strategic Objectives of the Institution are vertically and horizontally aligned, in that regular

review of programs, staffing, infrastructural needs are conducted. The outcome of these

reviews is then fed into the Advisory Board activities as well as budget reviews. This has made

the programs current, and the infrastructure adequate to teach the programs. Further, external


input is also sought to ensure that both programs and staffing are competitive, and this is a key

element of TSM.

In addition to the above, regular staff meetings and retreats are conducted to assure alignment

of thoughts, and this has given the Institution a high level of engagement from internal

stakeholders, and makes the graduates competitive in the workplace. Innovative practices in

design, development and delivery of cross-functional elective courses in emerging areas of

management are encouraged, appreciated and supported by the Institute. The process of

curriculum and pedagogy review of courses – content, structure and delivery – is directed

towards establishing relevance of courses to business context, in alignment with the Mission


6.1.3 How is the leadership involved in ensuring the organisation’s management system

development, implementation and continuous improvement interaction with stakeholders

reinforcing culture of excellence identifying needs and championing organizational

development (OD)?

The mission of TSM is set to address the student population that we receive – namely rural

students. With this aspect in mind, we provide teaching and knowledge to students with a key

aim to make them in the competitive environment of management, applicable to this cohort of

students.

The top management of TSM Madurai comprising of the Governing Board/Board of Governors,

Academic Council and the Director.

Governing Board/Board of Governors:

The Governing Board manages the strategic intent of the institution. The membership of the

Board is periodically reviewed to assure suitability and relevance. The Board is led by Shri.

Manikam Ramaswami, the Correspondent of the Institution. The composition of the Board is

both internal and external, with a majority from external, to assure independence of the Board.

The budget is formulated annually and reviewed periodically to accommodate changing

expenditure patterns based on external and internal forces.

The governing body is very active and effective in providing strategic direction to the

institution. The body meets every year and reviews the institutions performance in terms of

enrollment, curriculum, infrastructure, placements, staffing, admission procedures, as well as

any other pertinent aspect influencing the conduct of the institution.

In terms of decision making, there are two channels. Strategic decision making occurs at

Governing Board level as this influences the entire organisation. This requires a longer time

cycle. Operational decision making occurs at the Director level, with feedback provided by

academic and administrative staff members. This requires a shorter time cycle. The two


decision making aspects are tightly woven, and scrutinised and reported systematically at

various committee levels. This also provides a level of transparency required in institutions such

as TSM.

The list of Board of Governors of Thiagarajar School of Management is given below:

1. Shri. Manikam Ramaswami,

• Chairman, Board of Governors

• Correspondent, Thiagarajar School of Management, Madurai.

• Chairman and Managing Director, Loyal Textile Mills, Chennai

2. Shri. R Gopalakrishnan

• Former Executive Director of Tata Sons.

3. Shri. B.T. Bangera

• Managing Director, Hi-Tech Arai Limited, Madurai.

4. Shri Joseph Zachariah

• Director, Vikaasa School, Madurai

5. Shri. N. Murali

• Co-Chairman, The Hindu, Chennai.

6. Shri. Lakshmi Narayanan

• Vice Chairman, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Chennai

7. Shri. J. Philip

• President, Xavier Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship, Bangalore.

8. Shri. K.S. Bharath

• Chairman & Managing Director, Aparajitha Group, Madurai

9. Shri. S Sridhar

• Former Chairman and Managing Director, Central Bank of India, Mumbai

10. Prof. N. Venkiteswaran

• Former Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Ahamedabad

11. Smt. Valli Ramaswami

• Manickavasagam Charitable Foundation, Madurai

12. Dr. K. Ravichandran

• Professor and Head, Dept. of Entreprenuership Studies, MKU (Representative of

Madurai Kamaraj University)

13. Prof. Gautam Ghosh

• Director, Thiagarajar School of Management, Madurai

14. Dr. M. Selvalakshmi

• Principal, Thiagarajar School of Management, Madurai


15. Dr. N. Manjula

• Associate Professor, Thiagarajar School of Management, Madurai

Academic Council:

The Academic Council is constituted by the Governing Board to advise the Governing Board on

all academic policies, programs and processes concerning courses, syllabi, curricula, pedagogy,

research, faculty appraisal and development in tune with the emerging best practices in

management of business and management education.

1. Mr. Ravi Santhanam, Founder & CEO of MetaDrsti Advisory, Chennai

2. Prof. Devanath Tirupati, Professor, Dean Academics, Formally Director In-Charge, IIM

Bangalore

3. Prof. N. Venkiteswaran, Former Professor, IIM Ahmedabad

4. Dr. S. Jagadish, Former Professor, IIM Bangalore

5. Mr. B.T. Bangera, Managing Director, Hi-Tech Arai Limited, Madurai

6. Mr. Joseph Zachariah, Director, Vikaasa School, Madurai

7. Mr. Krishnan, Former Banker, Bangalore

8. Prof. Sethu G, Professor, IIM Trichy

9. Dr.G.Arumugam, Senior Professor and Head, Dept. of Computer Science,MKU

10. Dr.K.Ravi Chandran, Professor and Head, Dept. of Entreprenuership Studies, MKU

11. Dr.S.V.Hariharan, Senior professor and Head, Dept. of Econometrics, MKU

Director/Principal: The Director/Principal of Thiagarajar School of Management is appointed by

the Governing Board and invested with the overall responsibility of superintendence and

administrative control over the affairs of the Institute including its day-to-day activities towards

operational efficiency and planned effectiveness in its processes. The Director reports to the

Governing Board and participates in the review meetings conducted by the Board to review the

performance and developmental agenda of the Institute. Director exercises line authority over

faculty members who in turn have a direct administrative reporting relationship with the

Director. All faculty members, Area Chairpersons (for each functional area of academics),

Activity Chairpersons (faculty coordinators for each academic and allied activity) and the Deans

have an administrative reporting relationship with the Director.

Roles of Faculty Members:

Faculty members play diverse roles at various levels in the entire value chain of academic and

allied processes. Faculty members are actively engaged in a wide range of academic and allied

functions and processes.

They are responsible for:


• design and delivery of courses;

• achieving course objectives by mapping learning outcomes of their courses and aligning

them with the program level goals;

• periodical review of curriculum and pedagogy;

• contributing towards achieving excellence in teaching, research and training;

• Active involvement and participation in academic administration, Institutional

development and student development initiatives.

Involvement of Faculty in Institutional and academic administration:

As can be seen from the above structural arrangement at Thiagarajar School of Management,

its faculty members are actively engaged and involved in various administrative roles in the

domains of academic program execution, research, MDP and consultancy, placements to

purchases; academic benchmarking roles such as curriculum and pedagogy review, research,

accreditation; and on student interface platforms (student affairs, alumni affairs, hostel

wardens, student grievances, disciplinary issues) apart from their regular individual roles of

teaching, research, training and consultancy.

6.1.4 Were any of the senior leadership positions of the College vacant for more than a year?

If so, indicate the reasons.

So far, at Thiagarajar School of Management, no senior leadership position has remained

vacant for more than one year. Whenever a transition of leadership happens, the Institute

appoints leaders on officiating basis, to maintain the smooth flow of its operation.

6.1.5 Does the College ensure that all positions in its various statutory bodies are filled and

conduct of meetings at the stipulated intervals?

Yes, the Institute does insure that all its statutory bodies are filled and the Institute conducts

meetings at regular intervals. Regular meetings are held at different levels, with

representatives of various committees and bodies.

6.1.6 Does the College promote a culture of participative management? If yes, indicate the

levels of participative management.

The institute does promote a culture of participative management. The entire faculty body is

involved in decision-making process, and they are the supreme body for all academic decisions.

Decentralization in Decision-making:

The organizational structure of TSM is a blend of professional autonomy, individual

accountability and well-defined authority structure enmeshed in a network of integrating roles

– the roles of activity and area chairpersons. The Institute functions under the overall

superintendence and control of the Governing Board. The Director/Principal is the Chief

Executive and administrative head responsible for providing direction, leadership and for the


day to day functioning of the Institute and the Deans are the functional head responsible for

the conduct of academic programs and processes within the broad framework of its Mission,

Vision, strategic objectives and goals and the guidelines issued by the Governing Board from

time to time.

Within this overall framework, faculty members have the professional operational autonomy in

conducting their teaching, research, training and consultancy apart from introducing new

courses of relevance. The chairpersons of various areas and activities do similarly operate

independently in their respective domains within the framework of clearly defined

expectations reflected in the Institutional objectives. The Director thus delegates his

administrative authority to various activity Chairpersons for effective discharge of multifarious

activities and the Dean delegates the academic functional authority to the Area Chairpersons

and other faculty members. This results in delegation of functional and administrative authority

percolating down to faculty members creating professional autonomy through this enmeshed

structure.

Faculty members are involved in the processes of faculty recruitment and selection wherein

their inputs and feedback play a significant role in selecting new faculty members. Their

involvement in identifying their own training and development needs matches with the

Institutional support of sponsorship for such programs for talent development.

The interface and involvement of faculty members in all aspects of academic administration

throughout the Institution is assured by the structural design. The faculty members invariably

assume the roles of activity chairpersons and membership in administrative committees and

the budgetary inputs for various activities and the activity chairpersons who are expected to

match budgetary allocations with the academic priorities ensuring their relevance submit

functions. Faculty members are actively involved in the admission process where they select

prospective students of TSM exercising control over student input quality.

Transparency in academic administration is achieved through well-defined roles and objectives,

professional practices and processes communicated through the Students’ Handbook circulated

to all faculty members and students respectively. All academic programs and processes

including the respective roles of faculty members and Deans are guided by the provisions of

Student Handbook, Academic Manual, Faculty guidelines and circulars issued from time to time.

Modifications to the academic policies, programs and processes as deemed necessary, are

carried out after due deliberations and debate at the faculty body meetings.

6.1.7 Give details of the academic and administrative leadership provided by the University

to the College?

Being certified as an University with potential for excellence, Madurai Kamaraj University

strongly believes in de-centralised and participatory governance. As a visionary step, academic

and administrative autonomy has been granted to select Schools. The National and

International level connectivity and visibility of this University is a pointer that the University is


moving from the status of University with Potential for Excellence to the status of University of

Excellence.

Madurai Kamaraj University supports us and guides us in all the developmental activities of our

institution. The following are the eminent members appointed by MKU in various statutory

bodies.

Board of Governors/Management Committee

• Dr. K. Ravichandran, Professor and Head, Dept. of Entreprenuership Studies, MKU

(Representative of Madurai Kamaraj University)

Academic Council

1. Dr.G.Arumugam, Senior Professor and Head, Dept. of Computer Science,MKU

2. Dr.K.Ravi Chandran, Professor and Head, Dept. of Entreprenuership Studies, MKU

3. Dr.S.V.Hariharan, Senior professor and Head, Dept. of Econometrics, MKU

Board of Studies

• D. Thenpandian, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Business Administration,

Mannar Thirumalai Naicker College, Madurai (Representative of Madurai Kamaraj

University)

6.1.8 How does the College groom the leadership at various levels?

The institute provides various forums and platforms for faculty and staff to develop leadership

at various levels by giving them various portfolios of areas/activity. Some of them are as follow:

1. Dean

2. Area Chairpersons

3. Student Placement Training

4. MDPs and Consultancy

5. Alumni Affairs

6. Controller of Examinations

7. International Relations

8. Library Committee

9. Admissions Chairperson

10. Disciplinary Committee for non-academic issues

11. Students’ Grievance Redressal Committee

12. Prevention of Sexual Harassment Committee

13. Anti-Ragging Committee

14. Purchase Negotiation Committee


15. Sports Activities

16. TSM Journal

17. Yukti Coordinator

18. Convocation Coordinator

19. Club Activities Advisor

In addition, faculty members are also involved in task forces for specific purposes such as

Accreditation, Curriculum and Pedagogy Review, Students Manual etc.

All faculty members and Chairpersons of different Areas and Activities have a functional and an

administrative reporting relationship with the Director.

6.1.9 Has the College evolved any strategy for knowledge management? If yes, give details.

The institute has various forums and platforms and these forums and platform are free to

devise their own knowledge management strategy and that they are in line with the overall

objectives and policies of the institute.

The following committees and forums are entirely run by the students with activity

/functional focus at TSM, with the assistance and guidance of a faculty member who is either

an activity Chairperson or functional chairperson.

Entrepreneurship Development Cell

The aim of the cell is to inculcate professional ethical entrepreneurship in students. Initiatives

ranging from entrepreneurship awareness camps, entrepreneurship development programmes

to interactive sessions with successful entrepreneurs kindle the spirit of entrepreneurship in

the students.

Kaizen Operations Management Club

Kaizen is a student-run organization that provides its members the educational tools required

to succeed in Operations careers. The club is dedicated to budding managers who would be

able to meet the challenges of tomorrow’s dynamic business environment by focusing on the

latest practices of Operations.

The Enablers Communication Club

Prowess in communication is the focus of attention here. The club takes endless effort develop

students in all spheres to become a smart comprehensive executive. The activities of this club

include group discussion, presentations, mock stress interviews, aptitude tests, quiz, extempore

debates, personality development workshops etc.


Athmabodha Book Club

The main agenda of this club is to promote book reading as a regimental habit among students

and give timely pointers to ardent bookworms. Be it student or faculty, anyone can review a

book with relevance to academics, self-development and important literary works.

Avec Popcorn Movie Club

The Objective of the club is to promote thought-provoking entertainment! It encourages

students to have the right attitude when it comes to critically evaluating films, drawing relevant

inferences and inspiration.

HEDGE Finance Club

There is nothing more volatile than the capital markets. The objective of this club is to keep

tabs on capital market alerts and focus on financial management discipline. The club is also

credited with its very newsletter Hermes, which cover topics on contemporary financial issues.

Zero Gravity Fine Arts Club

A fine Arts Club is exclusively for students who are interested in art and cultural activities.

Individuals and teams actively participate in intercollegiate competition events like classical

vocal, classical dance, instrumental music, mono acting etc.

Nach the Human Resource Club

The club is formed to highlight the role and potential of Human Resource Management in the

corporate environment and how important it is to harness the potential of people to achieve

business goals. The club also enables students to have interactions with professionals and gain

pearls of wisdom.

IT CLUB

IT is growing at a scorching pace and regular updates are the need of the hour. This club does

precisely that by throwing the spotlight on the latest news and trends in information

Technology.

Candhai Marketing Club

The club acts as an indispensable resource for aspiring marketers at TSM, through resourceful

coordination of its members with faculty and marketing professionals.

Sun Tzu Strategy Club


Strategy club functions with the objective to enhance the strategic and analytical thinking skills

for their professional enrichment. The club organizes workshops, guest lectures and conducts

events like IPL Bidding, Simulation Exercises and Strategy games to stimulate strategic thinking.

Economics Club

Economics Club is a yet another initiative of the TSM exemplifying its commitment to facilitate

analysis of micro, macro and international economic issues. The club initiates debates and

discussions on real time economic issues through seminars, video lectures, workshops and

group discussions.

6.1.10 How are the following values reflected in various functions of the College?

• Contributing to national development

• Fostering global competencies among students

• Inculcating a value system among students

• Promoting use of technology

• Quest for excellence

The institute boasts of state of the art physical and intellectual infrastructure, which is compare

to any global or national B-Schools of repute. In discharge of its academic and non-academic

activities, the Institute extensively uses Information Technology and other advanced mode of

research, communication and knowledge transmission. The IT lab, Wi-Fi enable campus and

hostel, availability of top graded research software and database are testimony to TSM’s

commitment toward promotion of technology and quest for excellence. The innovative

teaching and learning methods, relevant and updated course content, wide range of choice for

specialization, use of participatory pedagogy and IT facility help student develop global

competency in them.

Courses like Rural Immersion Programme, make the students to realise the need for inclusive

development and facilitate them to explore the opportunities at the bottom of the pyramid.

This programme was introduced to sensitise students towards education, poverty and

livelihood of rural people around Madurai and south of Tamil Nadu.

TSM is dedicated toward the cause of nation building and its development by creating a pool of

talented and high skill graduates who will take the nation to towards higher path of glory and

achievement. Academic integrity, transparency in conduct and a fair system of evaluation are

some of the ways in which the institute inculcates values among its students that would

become part their life-long learning.

6.1.11 Give details of the UGC autonomous review committee’s recommendations and its

compliance.

Visit is expected in January 2017.


6.2 Strategy Development and Deployment

6.2.1 Does the College have a Perspective Plan for development? If so, give the aspects

considered in development of policy and strategy.

i. Teaching & Learning

ii. Research & Development

iii. Community engagement

iv. Human resource management

v. Industry interaction

1. Teaching & Learning:

The Institute has two post-graduate management programmes, PGDM & MBA each

having separate faculty members and a Dean. Dean issue the timetable for the classes,

mid-term examinations and end-term examinations. Faculty members will prepare a

course plan, log sheet and assessment of the students internal marks.

TSM is ISO 9001:2015 certified by TUV, which means the institute has defined quality

systems & procedures. Any deviation from the defined systems & procedures is

identified as a non-conformity.

Deans would facilitate the teaching learning process with the following activities.

• Scheduling and notification of classes

• Procurement & distribution of text books and other readings to the students

• Scheduling, notification and conduct of examinations in accordance with the guidelines

of Controller of Examinations

• Preparation and execution of Academic Calendar

• Notification and compilation of information on elective courses

• Compilation of student attendance and academic records

• Allocation of class rooms

• Posting of the Results

• Preservation of examination records and answer scripts;

• Coordination with visiting faculty

• Coordinating and facilitating Student Internship Program (SIP)


2. Research & Development:

TSM provides full or partial financial assistance to attend seminars/

conferences/workshops in order to promote research in management sciences in India.

The Institute also encourage to conduct conferences and has organized various

conferences and workshops for promoting research and publications.

In addition to the conferences and workshops, TSM publishes a journal titled TSM

Business Review (TBR). TBR is the official bi-annual publication of Thiagarajar School of

Management, Madurai, India. TBR is published since 2013 regularly during the months

of June and December. It provides an open platform for reading and sharing articles,

research papers and case studies that have a high impact on the management field. It

has a special emphasis on management issues that are relevant to emerging economies

and aims at providing a link between academic research and practical implications.

Notably TBR is one among the very few journals in India which is listed in both

Proquest and EBSCO - Business Source Premier.

TSM also encourage the faculty members to publish in top journals and attend and

present papers in research conferences and seminars, write and publish case studies,

books and monographs of scholarly standards.

TSM created necessary infrastructures for research and publications by way of:

• Organizing faculty research seminars

• Identifying and procuring research databases

• Providing faculty research associates for support

• Creating and implementing annual research budget

• Periodically update the list of research journals for grading purposes

• Encourage faculty members for participation in international and national

conferences, and research seminars

• Explore and formalize research tie-up with national and foreign universities and

institutions of repute.

3. Community Engagement:

The young graduates pursuing management education needs to be sensitized towards

rural development issues and exposed to the opportunities existing for them to respond

to those issues as responsible citizens of the country.


Second year students of Thiagarajar School of Management need to undergo a 10-day

course on “Rural Development Immersion Programme-Perspectives, Experiences and

Opportunities” every academic year.

The programme has the following objectives:

• Expose the students of Business Management to the issues of poverty, inequality

and development in rural and urban context

• Make them understand the status, issues and interventions related to

livelihoods, health and education

• Help them to critically look at the roles of different stakeholders (govt., NGOs

and corporate) in the process of development at the grassroots

• Facilitate self-reflection process to connect self (as a business management


We Care Club:

We Care is the Academic Social Responsibility club of TSM. It was initiated by our

Director as the consequence of Rural Immersion Programme (RIP) and set of students

decided to continue rendering service to the society.

The objectives of the club are as follows:

• To bring about a sense of social responsibility among the TSMites

• To provide Academic aids to the rural students

• To help the downtrodden by providing monetary and non – monetary measures

Blood donation camps, tree plantations, visits to orphanages and old age homes are

some of the activities done by this club.

4. Human resource management:

TSM always believed in undiluted core values of meritocracy and ethics. Policies for

Students admission, faculty recruitment, performance appraisals and students’

evaluation is purely based on merit. It is our endeavor to attract and retain best talents

and minds in the journey of managerial learning.

5. Industry interaction:


Growth happens with healthy and meaningful interactions. Since inception, TSM's "Integrated

Learning", which includes visits, field studies and internships, helps students to explore career

opportunities in their area of interest.

a) Factory / Institutional visits and study tours:

To supplement the theoretical knowledge imparted to the students through the classroom

teaching / learning, the students are exposed to the practical world through industrial /

institutional visits and study tours.

b) Field Study / Survey Reports/Live Projects:

Students are asked to identify the problems in the subject. For example, in the subjects like

Marketing Research, Product Management, Advertising and Sales Promotion and Personal

Selling and Sales Management it is required to carry out a field study / survey. After the survey,

they are required to submit a report. On completion of their projects, the students are required

to make presentation of their reports before the industry representatives, faculty members and

students.

c) Summer Internship:

To ensure summer Internship for all first year students, in the preferred functional area as it is

an essential part of the curriculum. I PGDM students will take 3 months of internship (April-

June) and I MBA students will take 2 months of internship (May-June) each year. Summer

internship provide possibility of converting the internship into pre placement offer (PPO) and

help them in career placements.

d) Guest Lectures from the Industry:

A vital part of preparation in the teaching and learning process at TSM are the guest lectures by

practicing managers. Aimed at providing invaluable exposure to global thought leaders with

ethical values, this programme brings the students face-to-face with the biggest names in

business and also academics, across the globe.

6.2.2 Enunciate the internal organizational structure of the College for decision making

processes and their effectiveness.

The organizational structure of TSM is a blend of professional autonomy and hierarchical

authority interfaced with coordination mechanisms is presented below.


6.2.3 Specify how many planned proposals were initiated/ implemented, during the last four

years. Give details.

Some of the proposals planned and implemented are:

• Board of Studies – Curriculum Review

• Relative Grading

• More number of elective courses

• Expansion of Hostels

• Expansion of Faculty Quarters

• Increase in IT

• Students dining hall

• Increased focus on Research and publications.

Correspondent

Board of Governors

Director/Principal

Programme Heads

FacultyChairperson Admissions

Chairperson Placements

Quality Circle

Research & Publications

Admin

Supervisor Steno LibrarianHostel

Wardens

Tech Manager

Finance


6.2.4 Does the College have a formally stated quality policy? How is it designed, driven,

deployed and reviewed?

Quality Policy

TSM is committed to achieve excellence in its core activities of teaching, research and

consultancy in the field of management and information technology education and allied

functions and strives for continual improvement in all its endeavours. TSM will diligently

practice highest standards of transparency, fairness and integrity in all its stakeholder dealings

including student admission and evaluation, employee relations and statutory compliance.

Quality Objectives

• To impart Competency-based education and training to the students

• To establish Culture of continuous improvement

• To enhance Teamwork by total involvement of faculty, students and support staff

• To promote continuous upgrading of knowledge, skills and attitudes of faculty and

support staff

• To optimise usage of resources

• To strengthen Industry partnership

The quality policy and quality objectives are deployed, implemented and audited using ISO

9001:2015 Quality Management System.

6.2.5 How does the College ensure that grievances / complaints are promptly attended to and

resolved effectively? Is there a mechanism to analyze the nature of grievances for promoting

better stakeholder-relationship?

The institute has Student Grievance Redressal Committee to address the grievances of

students’ community. The committee also offers counseling services if any personal problem is

reported. The committee is headed by Principal, Deans, Administrative Officer, Faculty

members and Hostel Wardens.

Grievance Redressal Mechanism (GRC)

i. The students of TSM are informed about the existence of such a committee, the

members and the procedure of submitting grievances-academic or non-academic.

ii. The Grievance Redressal Mechanism does not replace their existing establishment(s) of

TSM. Students must approach the respective establishment(s) within TSM campus first.

Only in cases where the issues are not resolved, they can communicate the matters to

Grievance Redressal Committee (GRC).


iii. In this context, the aggrieved student is required to submit the grievance or complaint in

writing to the Principal of TSM. Students are advised to make a detailed submission of

grievances along with necessary evidence(s)/document(s).

iv. The Principal convenes a meeting within ten working days of receiving the complaint. To

facilitate expedition of multiple cases during a period, the coordinator takes a call for

convening the meeting by collating all the cases. Members of the committee discuss and

suggest remedial steps or dismiss as the case may be.

v. The redressal meetings are convened with a quorum of minimum three members

including/excluding the coordinator.

vi. The report, only in case of remedial steps suggested by the committee, is submitted to

the Director within five working days of the meeting.

vii. The decision of committee is communicated to the student within three further working

days. GRC will also ensure proper and timely execution of suggested remedial steps

through respective establishment(s) of TSM.

6.2.6 Does the College have a mechanism for analyzing student feedback on institutional

performance? If yes, what was the institutional response?

Yes, there exist a continuous feedback mechanism of such kind – it is there for both orientation

program as well as our core flagship program and includes feedback on faculty and course.

Students’ Feedback: In order to bring about positive changes and improvement in the course

delivery and quality of inputs by faculty members, anonymous on-line feedback is collected

from students. Such course-wise, faculty-wise feed-back is collected during the end of every

term in respect of every faculty teaching courses in respective terms.

Students are also required to provide wholesome feedback on the programme during the end

of the programme. They are expected to submit their qualitative and quantitative feedback on

academics, infrastructure and the learning environment.

6.2.7 In what way the affiliating University helped the College to identify the developmental

needs of the College?

Representatives from MKU in the various statutory bodies like Management Committee,

Academic Council and Board of Studies are distinguished professionals themselves. They guide

us in the strategic decisions, curriculum development, accreditations and other activities. MK

University supports the convocation process as well by the timely delivery of convocation

certificates.


6.2.8 Does the affiliating university have a functional College Development Council (CDC) or

Board of College and University Development (BCUD)? If yes, in what way College is

benefitted.

Madurai Kamaraj University has a fully functional Dean of College Development Council who

supports and guide us in several academic and non-academic matters.

6.2.9 How does the College get feedback from non-teaching, teaching, parents and alumni on

its functioning and how it is utilized?

There are regular visits by BOG members/Management Committee to the campus, wherein

they not only interact with top line leadership but also meet the entire faculty for their opinion

and feedback on the activities planned and executed. There are various meetings between non-

teaching staff with Director and Dean. As far as the feedback of alumni is concerned it is

achieved through alumni chapter meets.

6.2.10 Does the College encourage autonomy to its academic departments and how does it

ensure accountability?

There is a fair degree of autonomy which a faculty enjoys in this institute but with its share of

accountability. The feedback systems at different levels, the annual performance appraisal

system and a free and transparent communication system within the organization are some of

the ways in which the accountability of every individual are ensured in the Institute.

6.2.11 Does the College conduct performance auditing of its various departments?

Performance auditing is done through performance appraisals of individuals. Every year it is an

exercise which is carried out and an informal feedback is given to the heads of various

departments regarding their progression and also scope for improvement.

6.3 Faculty Empowerment Strategies

6.3.1 What efforts are made by the College to enhance the professional development of

teaching and non-teaching staff?

Faculty Development:

• Each year, one faculty by rotation is sent for faculty development programme

conducted by IIM [Ahmedabad]. This is on full salary during the period, and all the out-

of-pocket expenses are borne by the college in this regard.

• All faculty are encouraged to do consulting in Private and Public Sector Units and



• The revenue sharing is in the ratio of 60:40 for Faculty to Institution.

• Faculty are encouraged to visit companies for practical exposure and the college

organizes such visits.

• Faculty are encouraged to present papers in conferences and seminars organized by


• In some cases, the faculty are sent to conferences organized in foreign countries

• On duty is given to faculty with full pay, for completing their PhD

• Research Fund is budgeted every year and faculty are encouraged to submit proposals

to a constituted committee which will approve the proposals.

• Faculty are also encouraged to do collaborative research with faculty from other

reputed Business schools.

• Faculty are allowed On duty for field work required for their research

Development of Non-teaching staff:

• Excel workshops

• ISO auditor training

• Communication Workshops

6.3.2 What is the outcome of the review of the Performance Appraisal Reports? List the

major decisions.

Performance Appraisal:

The performance appraisal process is encapsulated in clearly defined dimensions of faculty

performance in the areas of teaching, research, institutional development and compliance.

Research output is measured through a structured point credit system quantifying publications

on the basis of categorization of national and international journals and the respective credits

attached to each category. The performance appraisal process, criteria, dimensions and

weightages are laid down and is circulated to all faculty members including notifications on

changes made thereto from time to time. The performance of faculty members is reviewed

annually by BOG including Director on the established dimensions and measures. Faculty

Performance Review interview is conducted for each faculty member by the Appraisal

Committee upon conclusion of which constructive feedback is given to each faculty member

every year. Faculty members are encouraged to develop a work plan for the forthcoming year

detailing their plans and objectives to be achieved in different domains of their performance.

The decisions pertaining to Salary increments, promotions, bonus package, nomination to IIM

Ahmedabad FDP etc. are some of the major decision outcomes of the appraisal process.


6.3.3 What are the welfare schemes available for teaching and non-teaching staff? What

percentage of staff have availed the benefit of such schemes in the last four years?

i. Family Trip during Summer Vacation: TSM organize fully paid family trips for the faculty

and staff members to attractive tourist locations.

ii. Salary Advances: All full time regular employees are eligible to avail interest-free salary

advance up to a maximum limit of one month’s gross salary for any purpose which is

recoverable in equated installments spread over not more than 12 months.

In last 4 years almost everyone has been a beneficiary of the various welfare schemes available

to them.

6.3.4 What are the measures taken by the College for attracting and retaining eminent

faculty?

TSM provides the following faculty care and welfare support facilities to attract and retain

eminent faculty:

i. The compensation package: The Institute provides to its faculty one of the most

competitive compensation packages and it is one of the best in the industry. Along with

it, there are several other monetary and non-monetary benefits provided to the faculty

members.

ii. The Faculty members are given access to the most comprehensive, advanced and

modern tools, techniques and data bases that they could use for churning out high

quality research work. Research and publication is greatly encouraged and the workload

of the faculty is adjusted against his/her research contribution. This help faculty grow

intellectually and advance their academic career.

iii. The Institute encourages and provides financial support for faculty members to

participate and present various research papers in national and international conference

and seminars.

iv. Summer Vacation Leave: The Institute provides paid summer vacation leave to all

faculty members up to a maximum duration of 21 days during the month of May, every

year, in addition to the regular paid leave.

6.3.5 Has the College conducted a gender audit during the last four years? If yes, mention a

few salient findings.

TSM always believed in merit and never made decisions based on gender bias. The gender ratio

for teaching, non-teaching and for the students is given below as on December 2016.


Male Female Male to Female Ratio

Teaching Positions 16 15 1.06:1

Non-Teaching Positions 19 10 1.9:1

All Students of all years 283 168 1.68:1

6.3.6 Does the College conduct any gender sensitization programs for its staff?

The Institute has a cell that deals with issues pertaining to gender discrimination or harassment.

The cell has informally been active in spreading the awareness about gender related issues.

6.3.7 What is the impact of the University’s UGC-Academic Staff College Programmes in

enhancing competencies of the College faculty?

Faculty members have availed and attended summer fellowships, winter fellowships and staff

college training programmes conducted and sponsored by UGC. It had good impact on updating

the faculty knowledge and enhancing the classroom teaching. It is very relevant for upgradation

and updation of domain knowledge.

6.4 Financial Management and Resource Mobilization

6.4.1 What is the institutional mechanism to monitor effective and efficient use of financial

resources?

Financial management and resource mobilization:

The Institute has established a structured system of budgeting for effective allocation of

financial resources and budgetary control system to ensure efficient utilization of such

resources. The budget development process of estimating the requirement of funds for various

academic, allied and support activities of the Institute is carried out through involvement and

participation of Correspondent, Director and Finance Officer. Budgetary Control of comparing

the budgetary allocations with the actual utilization of resources for analyzing deviations is

exercised at periodic intervals.

a) The Budget Cycle of TSM: The Institute’s Budget preparation is an annual strategic

planning process commencing in November / December every year. The Head of

Finance (Controller of budget) coordinates with the Director, Activity Chairpersons (like

Admissions, Placements, Library etc.) and heads of committees as well as Faculty

members for preparing the budget for the forthcoming financial year based on previous


year’s data and the new initiatives planned for the forthcoming year. In the month of

January, the initial budget proposals discussed in detail with the Director along with the

concerned departments / area and activity heads for any additions / deletions in the

budget. In the month of February/March, the budgetary proposals are submitted to the

Chairman for discussion and approval. The final approved budget is received from the

Chairman in the month of March/early April every year.

b) Budget Implementation: The following procedures are followed to ensure that all

expenditure incurred is in accordance with the approved budgetary allocations:

i. Constitution of Purchase Committee / Price Negotiation Committee (PNC):

The Purchase Committee / Price Negotiation Committee is constituted under the

orders of the Director. In general, the constitution of the purchase committee /

Price Negotiation Committee is as following:

• Director

• Activity Chairperson

• Finance Officer

• Administrative Officer

• A member from the Loyal Textile Mills Ltd.

ii. Approval of PNC Proposals and Decisions on Contracts and Procurement:

All capital expenditure finalized by the PNC to be finally approved by the Director. Any

expense exceeding the Purchase Order needs to be re-approved by the PNC before

settlement of account.

All requirements for purchases / services to be negotiated by PNC except procurement

of small urgent requirements / items, which shall be ratified by the PNC in its next

meeting.

iii. Periodical Analysis of Budget vs. Actual Expenditure:

The analysis on budget vs. actual expenditure is carried out by the Head of Finance and

the report is discussed with the Director.

6.4.2 Does the College have a mechanism for internal and external audit? Give details.

Internal and External Audit: Independent auditors appointed by the Chairman to carry

out audit at two levels (Internal and External).


a) Internal Audit: Internal Auditors carry out their inspection work within the Institute and

submit their report to the management. They also help in designing the institute’s systems and

processes and in developing specific risk management policies. Internal Auditors ensure the

implementation of Institutional policies for effective utilization of resources as well as risk

management apart from assessing their effectiveness. The work of the internal auditors is

continuous and based on the internal control systems.

b) External / Statutory Audit: External auditors are appointed by the Chairman to audit

the accounts of the Institute and submit their report to the Management Committee.

They provide their experienced opinion on the truthfulness of the organization’s

financial statements and perform work on a test basis to monitor systems that are in

place.

6.4.3 Provide audited income and expenditure statement of academic and administrative

activities of the previous four years.

Audited Income & Expenditure Statement for last four years from F.Y 2012-13 to 2015-16


Financial Year Income Expenditure

2012-13 484.33 534.43

2013-14 850.74 628.20

2014-15 983.88 771.67

2015-16 1169.23 894.30

6.4.4 Have the accounts been audited regularly? What are the major audit objections and

how are they complied with?

The institute’s accounts are audited by the Chartered accountants appointed by the Chairman

annually. The observations are recorded and communicated to the top management as well as

all the concerned staff members.

So far, the institute’s accounts have never faced any major audit objections.

6.4.5 Narrate the efforts taken by the College for resource mobilization.

TSM is managed by Manickavasagam Charitable Foundation. TSM is self-sustained in meeting

the operating expenses and the trust supports the capital expenditures. Any surplus is

reinvested back to the institution for the development of students’ community.


6.4.6 Is there any provision for the College to maintain the corpus fund? If yes, give details.

The Institute does maintain a corpus fund.

6.5 Internal Quality Assurance System

6.5.1 Does the College conduct an academic audit of its departments? If yes, give details.

Being ISO 9001:2015 certified institution, our institution ensures quality assurance by:

• Sticking to the academic calendar designed and communicated

• Adherence to the norms and policy as mentioned in QSP

• Strict implementation of rules and norms of attendance

• Continuous performance evaluations

• Time bound activity planning and execution

• Year-long planning and compliance

Summary of ISO 9001:2015 quality management system is given below:

1. TSM ISO certification initially obtained in the year 2011.

2. Re-certification obtained in the year 2013.

3. TSM created Quality System Procedures (QSP) for ensuring the quality objectives.

4. There are 35 QSPs to meet the institution vision, mission and quality objectives.

5. All the QSPs are covering the academic and Non-academic areas.

6. To ensure Quality, TSM conducts an internal quality audits (IQA) once in three months.

7. Further to this, there will be a Surveillance audit by external agency by BV once in a

year.

8. TSM conducts Management Review (MR) meetings once in six months where all

stakeholders of TSM participate and discuss the modifications required for creation or

updation of QSP. In addition to this, quality objectives are reviewed.

9. All deviations are recorded during the audit and these are called as non-conformities.

10. Internal auditors are selected based on the training and qualifying the prescribed exam.

11. All auditors ensure that all non-conformities are closed.


6.5.2 Based on the recommendations of academic audit what specific measures have been

taken by the College to improve teaching, learning and evaluation?

During annual meeting of Board of Studies and academic council, all the academic and

administrative issues are raised and discussed. A thorough review of the programme is carried

out and all measures are taken to improve teaching, learning and evaluation processes, and this

is a continuous process at TSM.

6.5.3 Is there a central body within the College to continuously review the teaching learning

process? Give details of its structure, methodologies of operations and outcome?

For continuous monitoring and review of the process of teaching and learning, the Institute has

ISO Committee consisting of internal auditors. Along with it, there is Controller of Examination

(COE) and Deans who monitor the process of evaluation.

Controller of Examination (COE)

The Controller of Examinations is vested with the overall superintendence and control of

examination processes in respect of all academic programs. The Controller of Examinations is

appointed by the Director in consultation with the Deans. The Controller of Examinations

performs the following functions and duties:

• Preparation and notification of schedules / re-schedule/re-exams for Term examinations

of all courses and programs

• Issuing guidelines on printing, packing and sealing of examination question papers and

their supply to examination centers

• Assigning and notifying invigilation duties for various end-term examinations, viva-voce

and SIP presentations

• Monitoring arrangements for conduct of examinations, collection of answer papers and

prescribing norms for seating arrangements in examination halls

• Inspection of examination centers and submitting reports on malpractices in

examination to the Program Chairperson for appropriate action

• Submitting reports on dereliction / failure in the performance of examination duties and

providing details of such persons to the Principal and the Director for appropriate action

• Supervising the arrangements for preparation, printing and distribution of marks sheets

• Correction of mistakes in marks sheets

• Supervising the preparation of eligibility list of students for each Convocation

• Supervising the compilation of merit list, rank list and medals list of students

• Issuing guidelines on the conduct of examinations and other related matters

• Performing other duties assigned by the Academic Council and Director from time to

time.


6.5.4 How has IQAC contributed to institutionalizing quality assurance strategies and

processes?

Almost all the initiatives taken by the quality assurance cell had been approved by the top

management and most of them are implemented with varying degree of success.

6.5.5 Does the IQAC have external members on its committees? If so, mention any significant

contribution made by such members.

There are external reviewers and experts who are formally there on different boards, like Board

of Studies, Academic Council and Internal audit etc. All these eminent personnel will review and

provide fruitful feedback on various aspects of academics and research domain.

6.5.6 Has the IQAC conducted any study on the incremental academic growth of students

from disadvantaged sections of society?

TSM is an institute that is built on the philosophy of merit based education system, where the

ultimate parameter of a student’s selection, evaluation and graduation is on merit. Therefore,

the Institute does not classify/discriminate its students on any other basis and no study has

been made in this regard.

6.5.7 What policies are in place for the periodic review of administrative and academic

departments, subject areas, research centres, etc.?

A thorough study is carried out and if needed for the betterment of the institute the policies of

the place is revisited and reviewed. The institute has a formal process of annual review of

performance of individual faculty and administrative staff. The system is transparent, fair and

comprehensive in nature.

The members of the Management Committee visit the campus at a regular interval and take

stock of the various departments of the Institute.


CRITERIA – 7 INNOVATIONS AND BEST PRACTICES

7.1 Environment Consciousness

The Institute is highly sensitive towards environment friendly practices and takes necessary

actions to preserve the environment by using renewable energy sources like solar water

heaters, rain water harvesting, yearly plantation of trees, bio gas for cooking, etc., apart from

this the institute has installed a sewage treatment plant to protect the environment.

7.1.1. Does the college conduct green audit?

The Institute is gifted with a posh campus with lot of greenery where students can enjoy an

eco-friendly life. The campus contains over 9000 trees which gives place for birds and

mammals. The used water is treated to redeposit on earth for the fertility of the surroundings

and for balancing ground water. It also helps the Institute from shortage of water. Conserving

water and nature for future is one of the best practices followed in the campus. Green campus

supports the students to keep away from pollution and maintains carbon neutral environment.

It also ensures healthy, Hygiene study environment for better learning life without any

discomforts. It relieves lot of stress that can’t be ignored in the life of management students. To

maintain the eco-friendly environment in 2015 alone more than 2000 saplings were planted.

The campus architecture supports limited dependency on electricity for good visual lighting and

air flow and also the hostels were fitted with solar water heaters which will reduce the

electricity usage on a large amount. The Institute is willing to create a formal system for green

auditing, so far there is no formal procedure is being followed.

7.1.2 What are the initiatives taken by the college to make the campus eco – friendly?

∗∗∗∗ Energy conservation

The Institute gives high importance to energy conservation, Faculties and Students

are encouraged to use resources whenever it is necessary and requested to switch

off the equipment when it is not required. The whole campus is fitted with LED lights

which has a track record of saving more energy, all the computers in the institute are


LED monitors, the air conditioners fitted in the campus are 3 star rated. In order to

save energy the boy’s hostel and the girl’s hostel is equipped with solar water

heaters to provide hot water; bio gas is used in the mess for cooking food.

∗∗∗∗ Use of renewable energy

To save the electricity solar water heaters are used in the boys and girls hostel; to

prepare food in the mess hall bio gas is used and also a water treatment plant is

installed in the campus to treat the used water which supports the campus from

shortage of water and the earth’s fertility is maintained.

∗∗∗∗ Water harvesting

As per the mandate given by the state government all the buildings are installed

with rain water harvesting system; the water is directed towards bore well to

increase the ground water level.

∗∗∗∗ Efforts for Carbon neutrality

To achieve the zero carbon foot print the institute has installed a 10 cum bio gas

plant and to maintain the forestation every year different varieties of plants are

planted in the campus. The Institute has a fully residential program so, the use of

automobiles are highly reduced. The Institute is depending upon the IT system

wherever it is possible, as a recent development the Institute has introduced the

ERP system in the college and all the faculty, staff members and students are

encouraged to use it, this practice will reduce the usage of paper on a massive level.

∗∗∗∗ Plantation

The Institute maintains a greenery campus and by planting and maintaining different

varieties of trees it ensures that the greenery is maintained. In a move to protect the

forestation the area 2000 saplings were planted last year.

∗∗∗∗ e-waste management

To manage the e-waste and to maintain a clean campus all the electronic wastes like

CDs, Hard Disks, unusable mouse, key boards, monitors, CPUs are being collected

once in six months and given to the certified vendors for proper disposal.

∗∗∗∗ Sewage treatment plant


To treat the sewage the Institute has installed a sewage treatment plant with a

capacity of 90 KLD; the treated water is used for gardening purpose throughout the

campus.

7.2 Innovations

7.2.1 Give details of innovations introduced during the last four years which have created a

positive impact on the functioning of the college.

Curriculum

Having ranked 15th at all India level by NIRF, MHRD the institute is very keen on providing

updated information to the students to make them industry ready. The curriculum is updated

periodically with latest information and new subjects are being offered to the students. To

increase the students understanding apart from using regular methods like role plays, team

assignments, case study discussions, panel discussions; students are encouraged to write on

current issues, academic themes and technological updates by means of contribution to blogs,

presentations and preparation of reports. To increase the better understanding of subjects a 15

day preparatory classes is being conducted for the first year students before the actual

commencement of the program. Subjects like Mathematics, Communication, Accountancy and

Introduction to management were taught in the preparatory class.

The syllabus for the first year and the second year is vetted by the eminent faculty members

from esteemed colleges / Universities, and the following are some of the criteria which are

considered for vetting the syllabus:

• The syllabus content meets contemporary competitive requirements

• The pedagogical tools are suitable to respective topics.

• Marks division has properly done for respective evaluation instruments

• Standard books (Text& Reference) utilized for study material


The institute is not only focuses on educating the students on the business and management

tactics but also enhances the students to be a socially responsible citizen which is of importance

to our society. Every student at TSM is instilled with a thought of serving the society in some or

other way. Rural Immersion Program is organized for I year PGDM and MBA students, in

association with an Alumnus from IIM-A. The students were divided into heterogeneous groups

and were allotted rural areas and a specific working community. The objective of the visit was

to inculcate social entrepreneurship training. The team members were taught to propose a

social entrepreneurship business plan embodying the necessity elements of original plan. The

stay at villages was an enlightened for many students to know how the society around us still

lives with a poverty driven condition.

For better understanding of the interrelationships among different functions like Human

Resource, Marketing, Finance, IT, etc., the Institute has introduced the Integrated & Interactive

Approach (IIA), which helps the students to understand the complexity of business when a lot

more decision areas to be considered. The IIA is focusing on three main objectives,

1. Synchronization of all functions like Marketing, Finance, Human Resource,

Systems, etc.

2. Extensive use of Harvard case studies for better understanding

3. Making the students Industry Ready

To increase the leadership skills and team building capabilities an out bound training program

is being conducted exclusively for the PGDM students.

Faculty Development

K. One faculty by rotation is sent for faculty development programme conducted by

IIM [Ahmedabad]. This is on full salary during the period, and all the out-of-

pocket expenses are borne by the college in this regard.


L. All faculty are encouraged to do consulting in Private and Public Sector Units and


M. The revenue sharing is in the ratio of 60:40 for Faculty to Institution.

N. Faculty is encouraged to visit companies for practical exposure and the college


O. Faculty is encouraged to present papers in conferences and seminars organized

by institutions of repute. On duty is given for the same.

P. In some cases, the faculty are sent to conferences organized in foreign countries

Q. On duty is given to faculty with full pay, for completing their PhD

R. A Research Fund is budgeted every year and faculties are encouraged to submit

proposals to a constituted committee which will approve the proposals.

S. Faculty is also encouraged to do collaborative research with faculty from other

reputed Business schools.

T. Faculty are allowed On duty for field work required for their research

Infrastructure

The Institute is trying to provide best infrastructure facility to the students by

continuous upgradation.

• The whole campus is Wi-Fi enabled for round the clock internet access.

• The institute has a video conference room which enables the students to

attend the lectures of eminent personalities.

• To maintain the attendance of the students a roll call software is used where

students can check their attendance at any point of time and also

• To maintain the students research skills assignment are allotted for the

students and to prevent plagiarism ‘Turnitin Anti plagiarism Software’ is

used.

• ADD ERP system


Library

Library is the soul of any institution. It is a center of acquiring, processing, preserving

and disseminating information to the user community with the motto of enriching

knowledge.

• Extended working hours, Monday to Friday 9.30 a.m. to 9.00 p.m. on regular

working days and 9.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. on weekends and summer vacation.

• Students and Faculty members can suggest books they need; the same will

be bought after the proper approval.

7.3 Best practices

7.3.1 Give details of any two best practices which have contributed to better academic and

administrative functioning of the College.

Best Practice 1

1. Development Immersion Program (DIP) – Rural immersion Program (RIP)

2. Objectives of the practice

• To elicit the entrepreneurial talents among the students

• Expose the students of Business Management to the issues of poverty, inequality

and development in rural and urban context

• Make them understand the status, issues and interventions related to

livelihoods, health and education

• Help them to critically look at the roles of different stakeholders (govt., NGOs

and corporate) in the process of development at the grassroots

• Facilitate self-reflection process to connect self (as a business management


• To make them understand how to create a business model.


3. The context

It is not the job of the institute to educate the students on business and

management tactics but also to enhance the students to become a responsible

citizen which is important to the society. To ensure this every student is instilled

with a thought of serving the society in one or another way. To ensure this the

Institute has created an ambience, where students have the opportunity to

understand the problems pertained in the rural environment by visiting rural areas,

interacting with the people living there and understanding the problems they face.

The very important aspect is to find solutions to the problem in the way of social

entrepreneurship. Students are put into teams and were allotted rural areas and

specific working communities, interact with the people in that community,

understand their problem, and create a business model. These visits were

documented and submitted for evaluation to various social venture capitalists.

4. The Practice

This Development Immersion program(DIP) that had molded students for years

together, took another perspective to add more value and meaning to the system by

focusing more on social Entrepreneurship development and realigned the course as

RURAL IMMERSION PROGRAM. Rural Immersion Program is organized for the I year

PGDM and MBA students, in association with an Alumnus from IIM-A. The students

were put into a rural learning during the first week of January for PGDM and first

week of February for MBA. The course designers of Institute are very conscious that

learning should not be confined only to class rooms. RIP is a well-structured

program where students work in teams to come up with successful business plan.

The program's agenda is to groom the student's entrepreneurial abilities and give

them a glimpse of how business models are created. The program focuses on social

entrepreneurship where students are taken to various rural business unit and were

divided into heterogeneous groups and allotted rural areas and a specific working

community. The objective of the visit was to inculcate social entrepreneurship


training. The team members were taught to propose a social entrepreneurship

business plan embodying the necessity elements of an original plan. The stay at

villages was an enlightened for many students to know how the society around us

still lives with a poverty driven condition. Students interacted with the villagers and

their care and affection that the villagers showed towards the students was

immense. As a part of this RIP, NGO visit was also scheduled. Students were similarly

divided into different teams and were taken to several different cattle and fish

farms. More interestingly, students were taught the importance of organic

cultivation and cause relation in societal development. There were seminars and

lectures by society developers and other village respects that made students to

relate the conceptual knowledge with the community. The concept of becoming a

social entrepreneur was the core take away. As business students, creating business

models out of the social problems was brought to us as a niche area. Social business

models not only cater to the concerned, but also to the society. The students

presented their learning before an elite jury. Various guest lecturers were invited to

interact with the students. The visits were documented and submitted for the final

evaluation from various social venture capitalists. The RIP emphasized on not only

making use of the society for oneself but also to give back something to it.

5. Evidence of Success

The evidence of success of the overall program cannot be measured immediately.

The main objective of the program is to make the students understand the problem

areas in the society which needs to be addressed. The concept of becoming a social

entrepreneur is the core take away. As business students creating social business

models out of the social problems is brought as a niche area.

• Companies generally contribute 2% of their profits to CSR activity. Students of

management education are going to be future decision makers about CSR activities

in the organization. In such a responsible sense, they must know the areas of

concern when they contribute towards CSR. For such deeds, Development


Immersion Program serves as a great platform in making them understand the

concern areas.

• The programme facilitates a huge positive transformation in the mindset of

students about the struggling community. A feeling of compassion, love and care is

all that people expect and to nurture that in the minds of students, such immersion

programs are very important tin helping them to realize the importance of serving

the society.

• In an effort to conceptualize the field exposure and experiences, and find its

applicability in the larger commercial sphere, future managers resort to develop

research papers. The papers span across several development perspectives such as

street children issues, challenges in micro financing, rural health care system and the

like. This endeavor of consolidation as research papers has indeed given them an

opportunity to gain clarity on important development issues – by concept and

action, role and action by different stakeholders in addressing development issues

and ability to relate with development issues as a management professional,

irrespective of the sector they represent.

• Learning how to create a business model is a part of the program. The success of

this objective is measured by making the students to create a business model and

presenting it to an elite panel of jury and the visits were documented and submitted

to social venture capitalists for final evaluation.

6. Problems Encountered and Resources Required

• Identifying the rural areas and a working community where students are going to

interact and work is a difficulty.

• Health conditions of the students, work place safety and student’s adaption to

rural conditions were major concern areas, because these can spoil the total

objective of the program.

• To arrange accommodation, transport facilities, basic necessities and emergency

responses a lot of planning was required.


• To engage the students, to give lectures, for periodical follow-ups and for the

panel jury a lot of human resource was also essential for the success of the

program.

Best Practice 2:

1. Integrated and Interactive Approach (IIA)

2. Objectives of the practice

a. To provide a better learning environment to the students and evaluate their

understanding towards each subject they study.

b. To create the understanding of multi-disciplinary approach of management

and prepare the students to solve the problems in the real world when they

take up their job.

3. The context

A key element of TSM’s stated is emergence as an “academic institution of choice

amongst management students and faculty and employers alike“. To this end TSM

invited Mr. Ravi Santhanam to Coach & Mentor their faculty. A “small group” based

approach was chosen. The intent was to involve a wide cross section of the faculty,

by rotation, in this exercise. The group was branded as “Round Table”.

1. The Round Table studied published literature on, 21st century skills required for

successful careers in the emergent professional world.

2. Three broad groups of required skills were identified.

- Literacy Skills

- Learning Skills

- Life Skills

3. It was decided to focus on Learning skills, to begin with. Literacy & Life Skills be

taken up later.

4. Outcome Measures for Learning Skills was finalized as 4Cs

- Critical Thinking

- Creative Thinking

- Collaboration


- Communication

5. The Round Table brainstormed and explored various alternatives. The approach

described below titled “Integrated & Interactive approach was chosen.

4. The Practice

Interactive Approach:

a. Students of a class of 60 would be divided into 15 teams of four. Every lecture

session would begin with a 15 minute presentation by this group.

i. 5-minute summary on the concepts taught in the previous class

ii. 5-minute presentation linking the concepts to current reality, i.e news

items in business press.

iii. 5-minute Questions and Answers with rest of the class

b. Faculty would evaluate the Teams on the spot.

c. After the first 15 lectures, the Teams with lowest scores would be a given a

second opportunity to present and improve their scores.

d. The balance 60 minutes would be as at present - Faculty handling the class, as

per “course plan”.

Integrated Approach:

a. Two or more subjects / courses in a trimester would be identified as “Companion

Courses”

b. Every 5th Session (of the 25 sessions in a trimester) would be an “Integrated Case

Discussion” where all the faculty of “Companion Courses” would jointly discuss

the case in class and draw out learning relevant to their respective expertise. The

intent were following:

i. Bring alive the concepts taught in the previous four sessions and help the

students internalize; move from RAM to Hard Disc. (Ref TED Talk by Dr

Peter Doolittle)

ii. Relate to their learning in earlier Trimester and linkages with learning in

subsequent Trimesters


iii. Important Note: The current methodology of Teaching Concepts through

lectures remains unchanged. The Case discussions have been added only to

help relate to “reality”. This does not imply a shift to Case discussion based

pedagogy.

c. Cases which fulfilled the following criteria where chosen

i. Involves a business that the student fraternity can readily relate to

ii. Takes a comprehensive view of the business, lending itself to bringing alive

concepts across the relevant Companion Courses

d. A total of 5 Cases, meeting the above criteria were chosen. The sequence of the

5 cases was jointly finalized by the relevant faculty, keeping in mind, the logical

sequence in which the concepts (brought alive by the Case). Simultaneously the

“Session Plan” in each of the Companion Courses was also shuffled to harmonize

Sharing of Concepts & Bringing them Alive with Cases

e. To begin with just two subjects - Marketing & Managerial Cost Accounting were

chosen as Companion Courses.

f. After ten sessions (two sets of five each), Economics & HR were brought in as

Companion Courses.

g. Even with 4 Companion Courses – the integrated session for discussion of cases

would be limited to 150 minutes. This is to keep up learning tempo and prevent

student fatigue. In such integrated session, each of the 4 faculty would take

20~40 minutes, to discuss the case from the perspective of their specialization.

In addition two other faculty, based on relevance and availability, would be

invited to share the same case from the perspective of their specialization for 10

~ 15 minutes each. A dry run / co-ordination meeting between all concerned

would be held prior to the Integrated Session for this.

h. Faculty will make a special effort to illustrate and elaborate (Ref TED Talk by Dr

Doolittle), both during the Individual Sessions and Joint Case Discussion Sessions

– through videos, stories, samples etc. as appropriate

5. Evidence of Success


The program creates a positive environment where students get the opportunity to

review what they have learned and by sharing their thoughts to the team mates

their understanding improves and they get an opportunity to evaluate their ideas in

front of subject matter expert. By discussing the integrated case studies in the class,

the students get an opportunity to apply their knowledge and they are required to

make decisions when different functions are present. With critical & creative

thinking, collaboration and better communication this activity increases the decision

making skills of the students.

6. Problems Encountered and Resources Required

a. Time table schedules need to be stable since more than one course has to run in

tandem.

b. Cases would be distributed well in advance so that Students get a reasonable

opportunity to study & prepare.

c. To save time, system of students signing the attendance, followed by a head

count to tally, would be adopted.

d. Faculty from companion courses would sit in, whenever schedule permits, to

provide feedback and have a firsthand sense of how the companion course is

progressing.

e. Students would be encouraged to draw up a classroom etiquette standard and

follow it.


3. Evaluative Report of the Departments

NAME OF THE DEPARTMENT: PGDM

1. Name of the Department & its year of establishment - PGDM -2011

2. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters;

Integrated Ph.D., etc.) PGDM

3. Interdisciplinary courses and departments involved: NA

4. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system √

5. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments : NA

6. Number of teaching posts sanctioned and filled (Professors/Associate Professors/ Asst.

Professors)

Sanctioned Filled

Professors as per norms 4

Associate Professors As per norms 2

Asst. Professors As per norms 10

7. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /Ph.D. /

M. Phil. etc.,)

8.

# Name of the

Faculty Designation Qualification Area

Experience

Academic

(years)

Experience

Industry

(years)

1 Prof. Gautam

Ghosh Professor

B.Tech (IIT Kanpur),

PGDM(IIM Calcutta),

PhD (Pursuing, NIT

Trichy)

Marketing 15 25


# Name of the


Experience

Academic

(years)

Experience

Industry

(years)

2 Dr. J. Sathya

Kumar Professor

Ph.D, M.Com, MBA,

M.A, BGL, PGDIL,

PGDFM, PGDHR&R,

PG Dip, in Guidance

and Counseling.

Human

Resources 12 25

3 Dr. Prema

Sankaran Professor

MBA, PhD (Bharathiar

University) Finance 16 5

4 Dr. Ashok

Natarajan Professor

B.Sc, PGDM (IIM

Calcutta),

MS ,PhD (University of

California, Irvine, USA)

Finance 13 7

5 Dr. Mehir Baidya Professor

MBA, PhD (Indian

Institute of Technology

Kharagpur)

Marketing 9 4

6 D. Bipasha Maity Associate

Professor

MSc, PhD ( Indian

Institute of Technology

Kharagpur)

Economics 9 -

7 Dr. M.

Jeevanantham

Assistant

Professor MBA, PhD (NIT Trichy) Finance 3 -

8 Dr. Tanusree

Chakraborti

Assistant

Professor

MA, PhD (Calcutta

University), PGDM,

MBA

Human

Resources 13 1

9 Dr. N. Manjula Associate

Professor

MBA, MPhil,

PhD(Mother Teresa

University)

Marketing 14 -

10 Dr. B. Janarthanan Assistant

Professor MBA, PhD (NIT, Trichy) Marketing 3 -

11 Dr. Nilamadhab

Mohanty

Assistant

Professor

Fellow, Institute of

Rural Management

Anand

Marketing 1 2

12

Prof. P.

Ramachandra

Gopal

Assistant

Professor

B. Tech, MBA, PhD (IIT

Kharagpur) (Submitted

Theis)

Operations 3 1

13 Dr. Goutam Sutar Assistant

Professor

MSc., PhD (IIT

Kharagpur)

Quantitativ

e

techniques

/OM

4.2 -


# Name of the


Experience

Academic

(years)

Experience

Industry

(years)

14 Dr. V. Senthil Assistant

Professor

MCA, M Phil, PhD

(Madurai Kamaraj

University)

Systems 15 2

15 Prof. Nithya M Assistant

Professor

B.Tech, MBA, PhD

(Anna University

Chennai)(Submitted

Thesis)

Marketing 1.6

16 Dr. Nivethitha S Assistant

Professor

MBA, PhD (Joint

program - IIT-M and

University of Passau,

Germany)

Human

Resources

7 months 4 months

8. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty – programme-wise information :13.79 %

13.79%

At TSM, Out of 29 courses for first year and 58 elective courses for final year, 12 courses

are handled by visiting faculty for PGDM Programme . (12 / (29+58)) 9. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio– 15 : 1

No.of students – 213;

Core faculty -16; 10. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff: sanctioned and

filled – Technical – 6 ; Administration - 19 11. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international funding

agencies and c) Total grants received. Mention names of funding agencies and grants

received project-wise. - NA 12. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; DBT, ICSSR, etc.; total grants received

# Name Date Venue Faculty

Name

Type Grant

Received

1 Research

Methodology using

SPSS

23-Jan -2013 to

25-Jan - 2013

TSM

Madurai

Dr. Vidya

suresh &

Dr.Bipasha

Maity

National

(AICTE

Funded)

Rs.1,37,400


13. Research facility / centre with -NA o state recognition

o national recognition

o international recognition

14. Publications:

* Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national /

International) -

* Monographs

* Chapter(s) in Books

* Editing Books

* Books with ISBN numbers with details of publishers

* Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,

Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences

Directory, EBSCO host, etc.)

* Citation Index – range / average

* SNIP

* SJR

* Impact factor – range / average

* h-index

Total 154 research papers have been published in International and National Journal of

repute by faculty members till 2016.


Till 2011 02 09

2012 17 28

2013 08 17

2014 05 30

2015 05 16

2016 01 07

Total 38 107


have been published in National & International conferences by TSM faculty members.



studies. Faculties have published their writings in various reputed publishing houses like

Lambert Academic. 4 Books and few book chapters have been published.

15. Details of patents and income generated –NA

16. Areas of consultancy and income generated

Financial

Year #

Name of faculty

(Chief Consultant)

Client

Organization

Title of Consultancy of

project

Amount received

(in Rupees)

2015-16

1

Dr. J. Sathyakumar Loyal Textiles

Employee Profiling

250000

Dr. R. Saraswathy Valli Textiles

Dr. Tanusree

chakraborty


Loyal Textiles Managerial Counseling 250000

Dr. Vidya Suresh

3

Dr. M. Selvalakshmi

Smart Home -

Sofa Care

Project market

Assessment 120000 Dr. R. Saraswathy

Dr. B. Janarthanan

4 Dr.

NilamadhabMohanty

Loyal farm

Sustainable Organic Dairy

Farm 300000 Valli farm

Chinthamani

farm

5 Dr. N. Manjula Loyal Textiles

Study on Market Potential

for anti microbial Inner

wear with reference to

hospital

100000

6

Dr. PRC. Gopal

Loyal Textiles Productivity Improvement

in Weaving Department 300000

Dr. GautamSutar

Dr. Balaji

7 Dr. N. Manjula Ruby Food

Product

Markeitng Assistance Field

Work. Study on MPS - anti

microbial hospital

40000


Dr. B. Janarthanan

Dr. M. Selvalakshmi

8

Dr. N. Manjula

Times Franchise

Loyal Textiles -Marketing

Assistance for promoting

NEET & JEE for schools in

South Tamil Nadu for

Times franchise

100000

Dr. R. Saraswathy


Thiagarajar

Model Higher

Secondary School

Competency Mapping and

Reward Fixation 100000

2014-15 1 Prof. N. Manjula India Post Report on Feedback of

Postmasters’ Training 40000

2

Dr. P. Mohan

Suyamburaj& Prof

N. Manjula

CSM Home

Essentials Marketing Consultancy 40000

2013-14 1 Dr. Sathyakumar

Customer

Relationship

Management

Loyal Textiles Mills 40000

17. Faculty recharging strategies







D. Faculty is encouraged to visit companies for practical exposure and the college







H. A Research Fund is budgeted every year and faculty are encouraged to submit



Business schools.

J. Faculty are allowed on duty for field work required for their research

K. Faculty Retreat has been conducted annually

d) Student projects

o percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter-

departmental -NA o percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with industries /

institutes

100% (Summer Internship Projects) .Each student is required to undertake summer

Internship Program (SIP) at the end of First Year. This is undertaken in an

organizational setting. The duration of the SIP is 3 months.

e) Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by

o Faculty o Doctoral / post doctoral fellows - NA o Students

2013-14

S.No Name Name Of The Institute

Event

Domain


In Event

1 Karthick Rajagiri School of business operation 2nd Prize (Rs.10000)

2015-16

S.No Name Name Of The Institute

Event

Domain


In Event

1 JothiPrakash



2 RubaAtchuthan



3 KandhaHariharan R


Coimbatore

Marketing

1 2nd Prize(Rs.10,00

4 Amrita School of Business, Marketing 2nd Prize(Rs.10,000)


Coimbatore 2

5


and Technology, Cochin Marketing 1st Prize(Rs.30,000)

6 LIBA Chennai Marketing 2nd Prize( Rs. 10,000)

7 H.Devanand LIBA Chennai Marketing Final Round (Rs.5000)

8 Karthik.S



1st Prize( Rs.30,000

Per Team)

9 IFMR, Sri City Operations 3rd Prize

10 Vishwanathan K Christ University, Bengaluru CSR 2nd Prize

11 Raja Vignesh D



1st Prize (Rs.18000

Vouchers-Rs 12000)

12 NMIMS, Hyderabad Operations

Winner ( Rs.25000

Cash, 72000 Worth

Certifications By

Scnext)

13

M.Sakthi

Narayanan


Coimbatore Marketing 2nd Prize( Rs.8300)

14


Coimbatore Finance 2nd Prize( Rs.8300)

15

Kumara Venkatesh.

C LIBA Chennai Marketing 2nd (Rs 10000)

16 Kamalakannan R.M


and Technology,Cochin Operations 1st Prize(Rs.30000)

17 Hari Hara Suthan S


and Technology Operations 1st (Rs.30000)

18 XIME, Bengaluru HR 1st prize

19 Karthik T S Christ University, Bengaluru HR 1st Prize

20 LIBA Chennai HR 3rd Prize

21 SatyendraNathSaha IFIM, Bengaluru Marketing 1st Prize

22 MeenatchiSankaran


Coimbatore Finance 2nd Prize (Rs.10000)

23 IFIM, Bengaluru Finance 1st Prize

24 IFIM, Bengaluru Finance 3rd Prize

25 BharathKannan


and Technology Finance 1st Prize (Rs.30000)

26 Baranidharan.M


Coimbatore

Operations

1 2nd(Rs.10000)

27


Coimbatore

Operations

2 1st (Rs.15000)


28 N.PackiaRamanan


Coimbatore Finance 2nd Prize Rs.10000

29 Paulraj


and Technology-Cochin Marketing 1stPrize (Rs.30000)

30 Ragunanthan


and Technology-Cochin Marketing 1st Prize (RS.30000)

31 R.DivyaBharathi


Coimbatore HR 3rd Prize

32 Srinivasan R Travel club Quiz 1st Prize

f) Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national

international) with details of outstanding participants

S.no Name of conference Date Venue Faculty

Name

Type

1 Research Methodology

using SPSS

23-Jan -2013 to

25-Jan - 2013

TSM

Madurai

Vidya suresh National

(AICTE

Funded)

2 National Conference

on Digital Marketing

31 January 2014 TSM

Madurai

Dr.Mohan

Suyamburaj

National

3 International

Conference on Digital

Marketing

20 February 2015

TSM

Madurai

Dr.Mohan

Suyamburaj

International

g) Student profile course-wise:

Name of the

Applications

Selected Pass percentage

Course

received

Male Female Male Female

(refer question no. 2)

PGDM (16-18) 653 84 26

PGDM (15-17) 594 71 32

PGDM (14-16) 589 52 26 100% 100%


PGDM (13-15) 443 36 23 98.33% 100%

22. Diversity of Students

Name of the % of % of % of % of

Course students Students students students

(refer question from the from the from other from other

no. 2) college State States Countries

PGDM(16-18) NA 84.54 15.45 NA

PGDM(15-17) NA 90.29 9.70 NA

23. How many students have cleared Civil Services, Defense Services, NET, SLET, GATE and

any other competitive examinations? NA

24. Student progression

Student progression Percentage against enrolled

UG to PG NA

PG to M.Phil NIL

PG to Ph.D NIL

Ph.D to Post Doctoral NA

Employed

• Campus recruitment

• Other than campus recruitment

98.65

Entrepreneurs NIL

25. Diversity of staff

Percentage of faculty who are graduates of

the same parent university -1

from other universities within the State – 6

from other universities from other States - 9

26. Number of faculty who were awarded Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the assessment

period. – 3 (academic year 2016 -17)


27. Present details about infrastructural facilities

a) Library

The library has an impressive collection of around 26000 books that cover all

contemporary management literature. It has annual subscriptions to 165 national

and international journals and magazines. It maintains multiple copies of standard

and prescribed textbooks for PGDM and MBA. TSM Library has E- Resources which

includes ABI Inform Proquest Database; J- GATE; CMIE –Prowess; Delnet; ICRA.

• Print: 30123 (Books – 26999, Back volumes – 2565, Summer Internship Reports –

559) (Books, back volumes and thesis)

• Non Print (Microfiche, AV): 797 (CD-ROM)

• Electronic (e-books, e-Journals): More than 21205 (through databases)

• Special collection: Included in books in (a) above (HBR & Special Collections - 706)

b) Internet facilities for staff and students

TSM has deployed a high speed and highly reliable internet facility at its campus.

TSM Backbone network is 64 mbps (1:1) OFC Leased Line (20 mbps from BSNL and

20 mbps from Reliance) spread across TSM campus and connected with LAN and

WIFI Network for round the clock Internet access. TSM also have the backup Broad

Band Connection with the bandwidth of 6 mbps and WiMax connection of 2 mbps.

TSM WIFI network is a Controller based secured network with 98 Access Points

spread over the Main Building, Hostels, and Faculty Guest Houses. The Controller has

the features of Bandwidth Management, Seamless Roaming, User authentication,

Rogue AP Management and Device Authentication.

c) Total number of class rooms

Class rooms: 12

1. MBA Lecture Halls- 4

2. PGDM Lecture Halls-4

3. Seminar Halls- 2

4. Tutorial Rooms-2

d) Class rooms with ICT facility -All Classrooms are equipped with ICT

e) Students’ laboratories - 1. Computer Centre 1: 72 systems

2. Computer Centre 2: 48 systems

f) Research laboratories - NA

28. Number of students of the department getting financial assistance from College.


Year

Scholarship

received

13-15 10

14-16 7

15-17 10

16-18 19

29. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new

program(s)? If so, give the methodology. NA

30. Does the department obtain feedback from

a. Faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how does the

department utilize it?

Structured feedback is collected from all the faculty members as a part of

stakeholders’ survey. In addition, feedback and reviews are also regularly collected

during faculty meeting conducted as per the academic requirements. The institute

regularly obtains feedback from the eminent academicians at the National level

through the following ways:

� Members of the Board of Governors/Management Committee

� Members of the Board of Studies/Academic Council

� Course vetting by experts from IIMs/IITs

� Consultations with scrutiny board members

These measures lead to the revision and updation of the courses in line with the industry

requirements.

b. Students on staff, curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation and what is the

response of the department to the same?

Yes, In order to bring about positive changes and improvement in the course

delivery and quality of inputs by faculty members, anonymous on-line feedback –

course wise and faculty wise are collected from students during the end of every

term in respect of every faculty teaching courses in respective terms. Students are

also required to provide wholesome feedback on the programme during the end of

the programme. They are expected to submit their qualitative and quantitative

feedback on academics, infrastructure and the learning environment.

c. Alumni and employers on the programmes and what is the response of the

department to the same?

Feedbacks from alumni are collected during annual alumni meet held at Chennai,

Madurai and Bangalore. Feedback is collected on how far courses are applicable in

industry / corporate. Based on responses, feedback is discussed during annual faculty

retreat and necessary changes are taken.


31. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10)

TO BE UPDATED

32. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar)

with external experts.

- Simulation exercises.

- Integrated Interactive Approach through case methods

- Guest Lectures – 25 lectures are arranged in this academic year. Speakers are from

various companies like Hyundai, Accenture, Tafe, Idea, Blue Dart, etc., are invited

for the same .

- Workshop -5 on various topics like art of living, Design thinking, Strategic

marketing, Human values and prospective professionals.

- Mock GD/PI and resume building session by FACE Academy, Alumni & IMS Madurai.

33. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes.

In order to enrich and mold students into ready for corporate mode , different methods

of teaching has followed .

Case study discussion – students are exposed to about 50-60 Case studies per

trimester with inputs from premier institutes like Harvard Business School. This gives

a rich global exposure as to how corporate sector goes about decision making in real

life situations and how they resolve them.

Group and panel discussion- Class room lectures are being supplemented with

interactive sessions and group discussions where the students get versatile exposure

to improve analytical skills apart from incisive thinking, presentation skills, reasoning

capabilities.

Learning Lab- the learning labs enable MBA participants to glean insights, analyze an

Organization, and appreciate the unique nature and challenges faced by individual

companies in their respective spheres of operation.

Problem solving sessions - Management decisions are generally made after data

collection and analysis. These decisions should be able to stand scrutiny from various

angles. Accordingly, students’ skills are honed in this direction.

Role plays - Interpersonal relationship terminologies are better understood with the

enactment of role play sessions so that students get involved actively and learn the

application of concepts to have a better understanding of the organizational

dynamics.

Team Projects - Organizational success is a result of team work where synergy and

co-ordination matter a lot. So team effort is encouraged by teams of students


engaging in performing assignments, projects, field surveys etc.

Theoretical overview -In addition to soft skills, students are trained to prepare write

ups on current issues, academic themes and technological updates by means of

contribution to blogs, presentations and preparation of reports.

Development immersion programme: Long standing Association program with Tata-

Dhan Academy club the students of Business Management to let in involve various

social issues of poverty, inequality and development in rural and urban context.

Students teamed up generate a proposal on status, issues and interventions related

to livelihood, health, education and to look at the roles of different stakeholders

(Government,NGOs and corporate) in the process of development for a sustainable

society.

Book review: Sessions include reading of Folklore, Biographies of Eminent Corporate

leaders and their works. Also, to get immense knowledge of CSR (Corporate social

responsibility); management books are reviewed in addition to prescribed text

books. Management Studies participants share their knowledge gained about the

essence of the book with the peers

34. How does the department ensure that programmer objectives are constantly met and

learning outcomes monitored?

The institute has systems and procedures in place to collect feedback from Students,

Faculty Members, Recruiters and develop the roadmap for institute activities and

processes that are consistent with mission.

35. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities. –

WeCare– Academic social responsibility club of TSM . The primary objective of this club

includes -To bring about a sense of social responsibility among the TSMites, to provide

Academic aids to the rural students and to help the downtrodden by providing

monetary and non – monetary measures

Genesis- Blood Donation camps are arranged inside the campus; Tree plantation and

visits to old age home/ Orphanages etc.

Village adoption- Initiatives are on the anvil to adopt the village located near the TSM

campus.

RIP: Long standing Association program with Tata-Dhan Academy club the students of

Business Management to let in involve various social issues of poverty, inequality and

development in rural and urban context. Students teamed up generate a proposal on

status, issues and interventions related to livelihood, health, education and to look at


the roles of different stakeholders (Government, NGOs and corporate) in the process of


36. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department.

a. Student Driven programme- “Career Enhancement Training”

b. Live Projects , in order to provide real time experience with industries in and

around Madurai like Smaart Home Furniture ; CSM Home Essentials ; Perrys

biscuit etc.,

c. Special language and soft skills training are provided by the Volunteers in the

senior classes

d. Outbound training programme is organized to enhance interpersonal skills.

e. Training on the computer based programmes like CMIE Prowess, SPSS, Advanced

Excel are provided to the students internally

f. performance enhancement for slow learners / students who are at risk of failure

and dropouts

g. Exposure of students to other institutions of higher learning/

corporates/business houses, etc. Industrial visit to corporate houses

h. Publication of student magazine

i. Students are given Projects on statistics

37. State whether the programme/ department is accredited/ graded by other agencies. Give

details.

PGDM – NBA Accredited AIU Recognized

38. Detail any five Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of the

department

Strengths

• The biggest asset of TSM is its faculty base being very experienced and skilled. The

visiting faculty also keeps the students abreast with the current trends in the industry.

• TSM is gifted with an eco-friendly campus make it suitable for a fully residential

programme. The other facilities provided are Computer Labs, 24/7 Wi-Fi facility,

playground for sporting events, Gym hall, Meditation hall , etc.

• Students are given access to the current marketing trends through real time projects

which enables an ever-lasting leaning.


• Clubs are initiated for all streams of management and it is completely organized by the

students.




period.

• 3 months of Internship provides students with the hands on experience and they learn

the intricacies involved in the field.



Weakness


states.

Opportunities

• There is a high demand for Management graduates in the corporate world.


streams.

Challenges



39. Future plans of the department.

• Strive to become and remain as one among the top 20 PGDM programmes in the

country

• Have a highly diversified students base

• To be a B-school of choice among the employers/recruiters

• To continue encourage faculty development through participation in FDPs and research


NAME OF THE DEPARTMENT: MBA

1. Name of the Department & its year of establishment - 1972

2. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters;

Integrated Ph.D., etc.) MBA

3. Interdisciplinary courses and departments involved: NA

4. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system √

5. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: NA

6. Number of teaching posts sanctioned and filled (Professors/Associate Professors/ Asst.

Professors)

Sanctioned Filled

Professors as per norms 1

Associate Professors as per norms 6

Asst. Professor as per norms 10

9. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /Ph.D. /

M. Phil. etc.,)

# Name of the Faculty Designation Qualification Area

Experience

Academic

(years)

Experience

Industry

(years)

1

Dr. Susobhan

Goswami Professor MA, MMM, PhD Marketing 29 3

2

Dr. Vidya Suresh Associate

Professor

MA, FDPM (IIMA)

PhD (Bharathiar

University)

Economics 17 1

3

Prof. S. Raghupathy Associate

Professor

B.Sc, MBA,

ACMA, CFAFRM,

CAIA, PMP ,

PGDPM,PhD

Finance 8 23


# Name of the Faculty Designation Qualification Area

Experience

Academic

(years)

Experience

Industry

(years)

4 Dr. Shailesh Rastogi

Associate

Professor MMS, PhD Finance 15 2

5 Dr. R. Saraswathy

Associate

Professor

MBA, PhD (NIT-

Trichy)

Human

Resources 10 8

6 Dr. M. Selvalakshmi

Associate

Professor

MBA, M.Phil, FDPM

(IIMA) PhD Marketing 14 3

7

Prof. R. M.

Somasundaram

Associate

Professor M. Sc, MBA, M.Phil

Quantitative

techniques 45 -

8 Prof. G. Shivaraj

Assistant

Professor B.Tech, MBA,PGPM Marketing 2.5 2.5

9

Prof. M. Balaji Assistant

Professor

ME, MBA, FDPM

(IIMA), PhD

(Pursuing in IIT

Madras)

Operations 8 1

10 Prof. Sherin M John

Assistant

Professor

BE , ME, PhD

(Pursuing) Systems 13 7

11

Prof. P. Mutharasi Assistant

Professor

MBA, MPhil, FDPM

(IIMA), PhD

(Pursuing)

Human

Resources 11 -

12 N.Y.Preethalakshmi

Assistant

Professor

B.Com (C.A) ,

PGDM Marketing 6 months

13

R.Daisy Assistant

Professor M.A, M.Phil , Ph.D

Managerial

Communica

tion 3

14 J.Ramesh kumar

Assistant

Professor B.E., MBA Marketing 4.9 4.1

15 R.Beanca Roslin

Assistant

Professor B.Tech., PGDM Marketing 4

16

Medha sathish

kumar

Assistant

Professor M.Sc., Ph.D

Human

Resource 1 1

17

Prof. Alagammai

Kalairaj (Adjunct

Faculty)

Assistant

Professor

B.Com, ACA, Dip

(IFR)

Finance 1 1

15. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty – programme-wise information

20.2 %

We, At TSM offer 23 courses for first year and 56 elective courses for final year students.

Out of which 16 courses are handled by Visiting faculty who are industry experts and


academic experts ( 16 /(23+56))

16. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio– 14 : 1

No.of students – 237

core faculty -15

17. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff: sanctioned and

filled – Technical – 6; Administration - 19

18. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international funding

agencies and c) Total grants received. Mention names of funding agencies and grants

received project-wise. - NA

19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; DBT, ICSSR, etc.; total grants received

S.no Name Date Venue Faculty

Name

Type Grant

Received

1 Research

Methodology using

SPSS

23-Jan -2013 to

25-Jan - 2013

TSM

Madurai

Vidya

suresh

National

(AICTE

Funded)

Rs.1,37,400

20. Research facility / centre with -NA

o state recognition

o national recognition

o international recognition

21. Publications:

• Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national /

o International) -

o Monographs

o Chapter(s) in Books

o Editing Books

o Books with ISBN numbers with details of publishers

o Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,

Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social

Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.)

* Citation Index – range / average

* SNIP

* SJR

* Impact factor – range / average

* h-index


Total 154 research papers have been published in International and National Journal of

repute by faculty members till 2016.


Till 2011 02 09

2012 17 28

2013 08 17

2014 05 30

2015 05 16

2016 01 07

Total 38 107


have been published in National & International conferences by TSM faculty

members.


studies. Faculties have published their writings in various reputed publishing houses

like Lambert Academic. 4 Books and few book chapters have been published.

18. Details of patents and income generated -NA

19. Areas of consultancy and income generated

Financial

Year #

Name of faculty

(Chief Consultant)

Client

Organization

Title of Consultancy

of project

Amount

received (in

Rupees)

2015-16

1

Dr. J. Sathyakumar Loyal Textiles

Employee Profiling 250000 Dr. R. Saraswathy Valli Textiles

Dr. Tanusree

chakraborty


Loyal Textiles Managerial

Counseling 40000

Dr. Vidya Suresh

3

Dr. M. Selvalakshmi

Smaart Home -

Sofa Care

Project market

Assessment 120000 Dr. R. Saraswathy

Dr. B. Janarthanan

5 Dr. PRC. Gopal

Loyal Textiles Productivity

Improvement in Dr. GautamSutar


Dr. Balaji Weaving Department

6

Dr. N. Manjula

Ruby Food Product

Markeitng Assistance

Field Work. Study on

MPS - anti microbial

hospital

40000 Dr. B. Janarthanan

Dr. M. Selvalakshmi

7

Dr. N. Manjula

Times Franchise

Loyal Textiles -

Marketing Assistance

for promoting NEET &

JEE for schools in

South Tamil Nadu for

Times franchise

100000 Dr. R. Saraswathy

2014-15

1

Dr. P. Mohan

Suyamburaj , Prof.

M. Subramanian

&Dr. BipashaMaity

Report on

Industrial Potential

of South

Tamilnadu

CII,Madurai 40000

2 Prof. S. Raghupathy Data Mining

Consultancy

Prime Academy Pvt

Ltd 25000

3

Dr. P. Mohan

Suyamburaj& Prof

N. Manjula

Marketing

Consultancy CSM Home Essentials 40000

4 Prof. S. Raghupathy Management

Audit of PWDS

Palmyrah Workers’

Development Society 267000

2013-14 1 Prof. S. Raghupathy General Consulting Palmyrah Workers

Development Society 512000

20. Faculty recharging strategies







D. Faculty is encouraged to visit companies for practical exposure and the college







H. A Research Fund is budgeted every year and faculty are encouraged to submit



Business schools.

J. Faculty are allowed on duty for field work required for their research

k. Faculty retreat has been conducted annually

h) Student projects

o percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter-

departmental -NA

o percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with industries /

institutes

100% (Summer Internship Projects) .Each student is required to undertake summer

Internship Program (SIP) at the end of First Year. This is undertaken in an

organizational setting. The duration of the SIP is 2 months.

i) Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by

o Faculty

o Doctoral / post doctoral fellows - NA

o Students

2012-13

S.No Name Name Of The Institute Event Domain


In Event

1 Raj kumar J

Heritage 2012,Tata dhan

Academy

Communication with

Community 2nd Prize

2

Nimmy Georgiana

EW


Academy

Varnabharathi,

Chiralekha 1st& 2nd Prize

3 Nivedhitha PR


Academy Pracharan,Sanskriti 2nd Prize

4 Boomika R


Academy

Sanskriti,communication

with Community 2nd Prize

5 Durai MA Heritage 2012,Tata dhan Communication with 2nd Prize


Academy Community

6 Karuppasamy


Academy Pracharan 2nd Prize

7 Preethi


Academy Varnabharathi 1st Prize

8 Heartenshiafdo


Academy

Communication with

Community 2nd prize

9 Ishwarya SM


Academy

Communication with

Community 1st& 2nd Prize

10 Yamini


Academy Varnabharathi 1st Prize

11 Chakkaravarthi

National Conference on Green

Business at Fatima college,

Madurai



12 Kannan



Madurai

Case Analysis,

Quiz,Paper presentation 2nd Prize

13 Mutheeswaran




14 Vivek J




15 Subahari




16 Neerija




2013-14



In Event

1 Saminathan CT



2 Muthukarthick B



3 Priyanka B



4 Aishwarya Lakshmi S PSG Institute of Management HR Event SAMYOG 1st Prize

5 Saranya MV PSG Institute of Management HR Event SAMYOG 1st Prize

6 Sowmini S Loyola School of Management Paper Presentation 2nd Prize

7 Monica Linda Vishop Herber College Ms FIRMA 1ST Prize


8 Krithika TV Vishop Herber College ADZAP,Variety 2nd Prize

9 Divya R Vishop Herber College Corporate Show,Variety 1st Prize

10 Cibi B Bishop Herber College

Corporate Show, Variety

& 1st Prize

11 Sheik Misskin N Bishop Herber College Best Manager 2nd Prize

12 Muthu Lakshmi SM Vishop Herber College Mime & Corporate show 1st Prize

2014-15



In Event

1 LogeshBabu I Anna University,Chennai Event Management 2nd Prize

2

RatnaGnanaKarthik

K Anna University,Chennai Event Management 2nd Prize

3 Priyadharshini S Anna University,Chennai Event Management 2nd Prize

4 Ramachandra Raja K Anna University,Chennai Event Management 2nd Prize

5 Venkatesh T Anna University,Chennai Event Management 2nd Prize

6 Renuga Devi G Anna University,Chennai Data WIZ 2nd Prize

7 Anupriya T Anna University,Chennai Data WIZ 2nd Prize

8 Kalaivani T Anna University,Chennai Data WIZ 2nd Prize

9 RathiPriya

National Institute of Personnel

Management Business quiz 3rd Prize

10 Rajesh kanna

National Institute of Personnel

Management Business quiz 3rd Prize

11 Chakkaravarthi



Madurai



12 Kannan



Madurai



13 Mutheeswaran




14 Vivek J




15 Subahari




16 Neerija





2015-16



In Event

1 G.Sri Krishnan

Kumaraguru Collage Of

Technology At Coimbatore Marketing 1st Prize(Rs:3000)

2


Technology At Coimbatore General Management 2ndPrize

3 Varuna A


Technology Marketing 1st Prize (Rs 3000)

4


Management Marketing 2nd Prize

5 Sri HariPrasth.L


Technology Marketing 1st Prize (Rs:3000)

6 Gopalakrishnan K IFMR, Sri City HR Winner

7 Maheswaran K

Great Lakes Institute of

Management, Chennai CSR 1st Prize

8 Christ University, Bengaluru CSR 2nd Prize

9 B.VigneshRajan


Coimbatore Operations 1 1st Prize(Rs.15000)

10


Coimbatore Operations 2 2nd Prize (Rs.10000)

11 LIBA Chennai Marketing 2nd Prize (Rs.10000)

12 Jayavignesh.J.T Christ HR 1st Prize (Rs. 5000)

13 LIBA Chennai Marketing 1st Prize (Rs.5000)

14 AadithiyaKanagam C


Technology, Coimbatore Marketing 2nd Prize

15 Baranidharan.M


Coimbatore Operations 1 2nd(Rs.10000)

16


Coimbatore Operations 2 1st (Rs.15000)

17 Ajhamirtha LIBA Chennai Marketing 1st Rs.5000

18 Vigneshwaran M IFMR, Sri City Marketing 3rd Prize

19

NarseeMonjee Institute Of

Management Studies,

Hyderabad Operations 1st Prize (Rs.25000)

20 SowmiyaLakshmi.V.S


Technology Marketing 2ndPrize (Rs.2500)

21 Sri HariPrasath L


Technology, Coimbatore Marketing 1st Prize (RS.3000)


j) Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national

international) with details of outstanding participants

S.no Name of conference Date Venue Faculty

Name

Type

1 Research Methodology

using SPSS

23-Jan -2013 to

25-Jan - 2013

TSM

Madurai

Vidya suresh National

(AICTE

Funded)

2 National Conference

on Digital Marketing

31 January 2014

20th feb’15

TSM

Madurai

Dr.Mohan

Suyamburaj

National

3 International

Conference on Digital

Marketing

20 February 2015 TSM

Madurai

Dr.Mohan

Suyamburaj

International

k) Student profile course-wise:

Name of the

Applications

Selected Pass percentage

Course

received

Male Female Male Female

(refer question no. 2)

MBA (16-18) 653 73 47

MBA (15-17) 594 63 54

MBA (14-16) 589 72 39 96.39% 100%

MBA (13-15) 443 62 53 100% 100%

23. Diversity of Students

Name of the % of % of % of % of

Course students Students students students

(refer question from the from the from other from other

no. 2) college State States Countries

MBA (16-18) NA 116 (96.67%) 4 (0.33%) NA

MBA(15-17) 102(82.17%) 15 (12.82%) NA


25. How many students have cleared Civil Services, Defense Services, NET, SLET, GATE and

any other competitive examinations? NA

26. Student progression

Students Progression % against enrolled

UG to PG NA

PG to M.Phil -

PG to Ph.D -

Employed – Campus Recruitment 98

Entrepreneur

28. Diversity of staff

Percentage of faculty who are graduates of

the same parent university -1

from other universities within the State – 11

from other universities from other States - 2

29. Number of faculty who were awarded Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the assessment

period. – 2 (this academic year) -

30. Present details about infrastructural facilities

a) Library

The library has an impressive collection of around 26000 books that cover all

contemporary management literature. It has annual subscriptions to 165 national

and international journals and magazines. It maintains multiple copies of standard

and prescribed textbooks for PGDM and MBA. TSM Library has E- Resources which

includes ABI Inform Proquest Database; J- GATE ;CMIE –Prowess ; Delnet; ICRA.

• Print: 30123 (Books – 26999, Back volumes – 2565, Summer Internship Reports –

559) (Books, back volumes and thesis)

• Non Print (Microfiche, AV): 797 (CD-ROM)

• Electronic (e-books, e-Journals): More than 21205 (through databases)

• Special collection: Included in books in (a) above (HBR & Special Collections - 706)

b) Internet facilities for staff and students

TSM has deployed a high speed and highly reliable internet facility at its campus.


TSM Backbone network is 64 mbps (1:1) OFC Leased Line (20 mbps from BSNL and

20 mbps from Reliance) spread across TSM campus and connected with LAN and

WIFI Network for round the clock Internet access. TSM also have the backup Broad

Band Connection with the bandwidth of 6 mbps and WiMax connection of 2 mbps.

TSM WIFI network is a Controller based secured network with 98 Access Points

spread over the Main Building, Hostels, Faculty Guest Houses. The Controller have

the features of Bandwidth Management, Seamless Roaming, User authentication,

Rogue AP Management and Device Authentication.

c) Total number of class rooms

Class rooms: 12

1. MBA Lecture Halls- 4

2. PGDM Lecture Halls-4

3. Seminar Halls- 2

4. Tutorial Rooms-2

d) Class rooms with ICT facility - All classrooms are with ICT Facilty

e) Students’ laboratories - 1. Computer Centre 1: 72 systems

2. Computer Centre 2: 48 systems

f) Research laboratories - NA

40. Number of students of the department getting financial assistance from College.

Year

Scholarship

received

13-15 8

14-16 2

15-17 3

16-18 nil

41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new program(s)?

If so, give the methodology. NA

42. Does the department obtain feedback from

a. Faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how does the

department utilize it?

b. Students on staff, curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation and what is the


response of the department to the same?

Yes, In order to bring about positive changes and improvement in the course

delivery and quality of inputs by faculty members, anonymous on-line feedback –

course wise and faculty wise are collected from students during the end of every

term in respect of every faculty teaching courses in respective terms. Students are

also required to provide wholesome feedback on the programme during the end of

the programme. They are expected to submit their qualitative and quantitative

feedback on academics, infrastructure and the learning environment.

c. Alumni and employers on the programmes and what is the response of the

department to the same?

Feedback from alumni are collected during annual alumni meet held at Chennai ,

Madurai and Bangalore . Feedback is collected on how far courses are applicable in

industry / corporate. Based on responses, feedback is discussed during annual

Faculty Retreat and necessary changes are taken.

43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10)

1) Mr. SriramVenkatakrishnan, Director – CitiMortgage

2) Mr. PrakashVel, Professor,University of Wollongong

3) Mr. Sentil Kumar, Senior Vice President ,Credit Swisee

4) Mr. AnandSelvakesari, Country Business Manager Citi Bank

5) Mr. Ajith Raj Nair, Joint Managing Director Mann Hummel Filters

6) Mr. Nagaraj, Managing Director Aparajitha Corporate Services

44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar)

with external experts.

- Simulation

- IIA

- Guest Lectures – 25 lectures are been arranged in this academic year .speakers are

from various companies like Hyundai , Accenture, Tafe, Idea, Blue Dart, etc., are

invited for the same .

- Workshop -5 on various topics like art of living, Design thinking, Strategic

marketing, Human values and prospective professionals.

- Mock GD/PI and resume building session by Alumni, FACE Academy, IMS Madurai .

45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes.

In order to enrich and mold students into ready for corporate mode , different methods

of teaching has followed .

Case study discussion – students are exposed to about 50-60 Case studies per


trimester with inputs from premier institutes like Harvard Business School. This gives

a rich global exposure as to how corporate sector goes about decision making in real

life situations and how they resolve them. ,

Group and panel discussion- Class room lectures are being supplemented with

interactive sessions and group discussions where the students get versatile exposure

to improve analytical skills apart from incisive thinking, presentation skills, reasoning

capabilities.

Learning Lab- the learning labs enable MBA participants to glean insights, analyze

an Organization, and appreciate the unique nature and challenges faced by

individual companies in their respective spheres of operation.

Problem solving sessions - Management decisions are generally made after data

collection and analysis. These decisions should be able to stand scrutiny from various

angles. Accordingly, students’ skills are honed in this direction.

Role plays - Interpersonal relationship terminologies are better understood with the

enactment of role play sessions so that students get involved actively and learn the

application of concepts to have a better understanding of the organizational

dynamics.

Team Projects - Organizational success is a result of team work where synergy and

co-ordination matter a lot. So development of team effort is encouraged by teams of

students engaging in performing assignments, projects, field surveys etc.

Theoretical overview -In addition to soft skills, students are trained to prepare write

ups on current issues, academic themes and technological updates by means of

contribution to blogs, presentations and preparation of reports.

Development immersion programme : Long standing Association program with

Tata-Dhan Academy club the students of Business Management to let in involve

various social issues of poverty, inequality and development in rural and urban

context. Students teamed up generate a proposal on status, issues and interventions

related to livelihood,health,education and to look at the roles of different

stakeholders (Government,NGOs and corporate) in the process of development for a

sustainable society.

Book review : Sessions include reading of Folklore, Biographies of Eminent

Corporate leaders and their works. Also, to get immense knowledge of CSR

(Corporate social responsibility); management books are reviewed in addition to

prescribed text books. Management Studies participants share their knowledge

gained about the essence of the book with the peers


46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and

learning outcomes monitored?

The institute has systems and procedures in place to collect feedback from Students,

Faculty Members, Recruiters and develop the roadmap for institute activities and processes

that are consistent with mission.

47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities. –

WeCare– Academic social responsibility club of TSM . The primary objective of this club

includes -To bring about a sense of social responsibility among the TSMites, to provide

Academic aids to the rural students and to help the downtrodden by providing

monetary and non – monetary measures

Genesis- Blood Donation camps are arranged inside the campus ; Tree plantation and

visits to old age home/ Orphanages etc.,

DIP: Long standing Association program with Tata-Dhan Academy club the students of

Business Management to let in involve various social issues of poverty, inequality and

development in rural and urban context. Students teamed up generate a proposal on

status, issues and interventions related to livelihood, health, education and to look at

the roles of different stakeholders (Government, NGOs and corporate) in the process of


48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department.

a. Student Driven programme- “Career Enhancement Training”

b. Live Projects , in order to provide real time experience with industries in and

around Madurai like Smaart Home Furniture ; CSM Home Essentials ; Perrys

biscuit etc.,

c. Special language and soft skills training are provided by the Volunteers in the

senior classes

d. Outbound training programme is organized to enhance interpersonal skills.

e. Training on the computer based programmes like CMIE Prowess, SPSS, Advanced

Excel are provided to the students internally

f. performance enhancement for slow learners / students who are at risk of failure

and dropouts

g. Exposure of students to other institutions of higher learning/

corporates/business houses, etc. Industrial visit to corporate houses

h. Publication of student magazine:

i. Students are given Projects on statistics


49. State whether the programme/ department is accredited/ graded by other agencies. Give

details.

50. Detail any five Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of the

department

Strengths

• The biggest asset of TSM is its faculty base being very experienced and skilled. The

visiting faculty also keep the students abreast with the current trends in the industry.

• TSM is gifted with an eco-friendly campus make it suitable for a fully residential

programme. The other facilities provided are Computer Labs, 24/7 Wi-Fi facility,

playground for sporting events, Gym hall, Meditation hall , etc.

• Students are given access to the current marketing trends through real time projects

which enables an ever-lasting leaning.

• Clubs are initiated for all streams of management and it is completely organized by the

students.




period.

• At the end of first year , students undergo 2 months internship programme. Internship

provides students with the hands on experience and they learn the intricacies involved

in the field.



Weakness


states.

• The MBA programme is affiliated to the Madurai Kamaraj University hence disabling us

from making enrichments to the curriculum.

Opportunities

• There is a high demand for Management graduates in the corporate world.


streams.

Challenges




51. Future plans of the department.

• To sustain as one of the top MBA programmes in south India

• To be a B-school of choice among the employers/recruiters

• To continue encourage faculty development through participation in FDPs and research


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