1. Vision Mission
Government College of Engineering Yavatmal was
established by Government of Maharashtra in 2018 by upgrading old Government
Polytechnic with an objective of providing Technical education to the students
from economically and educationally backward rural district of eastern Vidarbha and is in the east-central part of the
state.
The Yavatmal is a Cotton
City and Jowar and cotton are the main produce of the district.
Out of the total Population of
20.77 lakhs, 10.9% are SCs and 21.47% are STs. In 2006, the Ministry of
Panchayati Raj named Yavatmal as one of the country's 250 most-backward
districts (out
of a total of 640).
The Institute, situated on Dhamangaon road, is affiliated to the Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar Technological University, Lonere Dist. Raigad. Being Government, the
institute is charging least fees to students as compared to other engineering
institutes in the district.
·
VISION
“Towards technical excellence for holistic
socio-economic development”
·
MISSION
·
Imparting Quality Education to Develop Globally
Competitive Engineers
·
Enhancing Creativity, Innovation and
Promoting Lifelong Learning
·
Establishing Learning Environment/ Facilities
for Deepened Academic Ambience
·
Developing a deep sense of respect
towards the Fundamental Duties and Constitutional values, bonding with one’s
country, and a conscious awareness of one’s roles and responsibilities and inculcating
Ethical and Moral Values through curriculum and pedagogy
Strengths
·
Government
Institute
·
Qualified
and well experienced teaching faculty
·
Scholarships
to socio-economically disadvantaged students
·
Disciplined
students from rural area
Weaknesses
·
Undernourished
polytechnic upgraded to degree college recently
·
Inadequate
faculty and support staff
·
Insufficient
instructional area
·
Passive
support of PWD for infrastructure development and maintenance
·
Obsolete
and scanty equipment of old polytechnic in laboratory
·
Nonexistence
of infrastructure for digital learning using ICT tools
·
Dependency
on affiliating university for academics
·
Limited
financial and administrative powers
·
Poor
connectivity
Opportunities
·
Availability
of funding from AICTE, DST, MoE and other Govt. agencies for research &
development
·
Socio
economic growth through Tribal development and rural students
·
Start-up
and incubation center to get more exposure for student to become an
entrepreneur.
·
Start
the various sports activity and different clubs for overall student
development.
·
Govt.
of India funding for one of the most economically backward districts of the
country
Threats
·
Disinterest
of students towards core engineering disciplines.
3. KEY CHALLENGES
As the college is an outcome
of upgradation of one of the starving Government Polytechnics in Yavatmal,
there are naturally many key challenges. The recent pandemic for two years
immediately after establishment of this college aggravated the situation as the
college remained almost closed and the infrastructure was handed over to local
administration for using it for health measures. This has resulted in delayed
development at natal stage.
It is needless to mention
that as the old institution i.e. Government Polytechnic caters to the diploma
(vocational) education involved in training skilled and supervisory manpower,
the infrastructure (except building) of old polytechnic is of no use to degree
college. Furthermore, NEP 2020 has put additional impetus on HEIs to convert
them in multidisciplinary education and multidisciplinary research.
In order compensate the
delay and bring the institute at par with other government institutes in the
state for implementation of NEP 2020, the speed for development has to be
increased. To realize this, it is necessary to overcome a few challenges that
have been an integral part of the institute’s constitution. There is hardly any
freedom for conducting academic, administrative and financial activities on the
part of the head of the institute. This lack of flexibility and freedom is
likely to put tremendous restrictions in the development and change process.
The state Government’s policy of encouraging the institute to become autonomous
can bring shift in the governance of the institute and can make huge impetus to
implement new ideas and systemic changes at all levels. However, the institute
is not yet eligible for acquiring autonomy due to number of years of standing.
In order utilize this
gestation period effectively, following major challenges need to be overcome.
1)
Shortage
of building and infrastructure and nonexistence of its maintenance
2)
Obsolete
and inadequate machinery and equipment
3)
Unbearable
Faculty/staff shortage
4)
Absence
of Industry-Institute Interaction
5)
Networking
and strengthening relationship with stakeholders
6)
Hands
on training and revision of curricula for Industry 4.0
7)
Employability
of the students
4. GOALS
Short
term Goals (2 years till 2024):
1)
To
fill up vacant faculty positions to empower the teaching learning environment
2)
To
establish/upgrade laboratory as well as teaching learning infrastructure
3)
To create
the campus-wide network for effective use of ICT tools
4)
To
improve communication among the department through intranet, networking etc.
5)
To allocate
and refurbish existing building infrastructure
6)
To
establish/practice system for implementation of outcome based education
7)
To
enhance employability of graduates through students training (soft-skill, Employability
Skills, personality development, Higher studies awareness camp, Remedial
coaching/ crash course on important subject of programming, skills envisaged in
Industry 4.0 & IT-ITes future skills)
8)
To increase
industry projects, industry visits
9)
To
establish Industry-Institute Interaction for employability and entrepreneurship skills development
10)
To
develop student activity center through project Lab, Tinkering Labs and
different clubs for students, NSS unit, mentors, Student chapters GATE club
alumni association
11)
To
condu ct training need analysis and
prepare faculty development plan
12)
Establishment
of Internal Quality Assessment Cell
13)
Acquiring
permission for distribution of funds to the departments for Maintenance of
Laboratory/computational facilities (recurring funds) & Up-gradation of
laboratory/ computation facilities (non-recurring funds)
Long-term
Goals (till 2027):
1)
To get
all the UG programmes accredited by the NBA/NAAC
2)
To
make available state of the art library
3)
To
establish up to date laboratories to match the upcoming NABL standards
4)
To
establish industry funded laboratories in every department
5)
To
establish strong Industry Institute Interaction through courses and joint
research projects through industry projects/ assignments, arranging expert
lectures, industrial visits, Industry advisory boards and Signing of MoU’s
6)
To
remove deficiency in academic and administrative area
7)
To
enhance facilities for students for co-curricular and extra-curricular
activities
8)
To
established Wi-Fi campus
9)
To
strengthen water management system in the campus
10)
To
enrich library facilities (digital library, journals etc.)
11)
Development
of seminar hall
12)
Development
of digitized smart class rooms
13)
Submission
of project proposals to AICTE/ DST/ PCB/ UGC/ MNRC etc. for institute
development and department development as well as faculty training
14)
Increase
in faculty publication
The action
plans to be implemented will focus on the overall development of students as
well as faculty. Priority will be given to create outstanding academic
environment and state-of-the-art facilities for curricular, co-curricular and
extra-curricular activities.