Don-Bosco-College-Yelagiri-Hills-Profile-2013-2014

DON BOSCO COLLEGE

College Profile (2013-2014)

(Affiliated to Thiruvalluvar University)

Guezou Nagar, Yelagiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, INDIA – 635 853

About College

• Don Bosco College, Yelagiri Hills (DBCY)

– Arts and Science college – Affiliated Thiruvalluvar University

• Minority Institution – Salesians of Don Bosco (Chennai

Province)

• 15 Years of Experience – Innovative educational pedagogy – Industrial expertise in computer

education

Our Inspiration – St John Bosco

Birth Date: August 16, 1815

Birth Place: Becchi, Piedmont, Italy

Ordained Priest: 1841

Founder: Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB)

Educative Mission Educating the target youth with qualitative knowledge, practice and experience to become integrated persons for career and life. In pursuit of this, we offer programs and services of best-in-class standards.

Reason, Religion and Loving kindness Loving those to whom he dedicated his life Caring as a father Doing everything possible for their welfare

Educative Principles – The Preventive System

"If there ever existed, a method of education adapted to inspire confidence and love; it is the method of Don Bosco.” - Joseph Zoppi, Swiss educationist

Source: www.sdb.org

Founder - Fr Francis Guezou, SDB

His Mission

• Educating poor, tribal and rural youth in South India

• Patronizing BICS InfoTech (BIIT, BOSCO ITS and Arivagam)

His Collaborators

• Mr Leon Duhayon, French industrialist, and

• Association of Friends of Father Guezou in France

French Salesian Missionary and Founder of Don Bosco Centre, Yelagiri (in1962) To India: 1952 Ordination: 1953 (Tirupattur) Ministries: Yercaud, Kochi and Yelagiri Hills Death: January 29, 2009 (at Yelagiri Hills)

Vision and Mission

A temple of Higher Education, nurturing integrated persons,

inspired by Gospel Values.

VISION

Educating the target youth with qualitative knowledge, practice and experience to become integrated persons for career and life.

In pursuit of this, we offer programmes and services of best-in-class standards.

MISSION

College Charter

To educate and train at certificate, diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate levels, professionals of outstanding ability with integral values.

To facilitate all-round formation through multiple, integrated programmes and activities.

To develop students as true agents of social transformation in their specific settings.

To promote research and development in cutting-edge information technology and its applications.

To partner with social and educational institutes that promotes development of rural India.

To develop economic programmes for the sustainability and scalability of the institute.

Charter

Our Values and Uniqueness

• Primacy for God in Life

• Integral Formation

• Commitment to Nation-building

• Quality Service

VALUES

Affordable education fee

Indigenous system to acquire communication and English language skills

Qualified, experienced and dedicated faculty members

Industrial exposure and opportunities to work on live projects

Better job opportunities in IT and IT-enabled organizations

UNIQUENESS

College Emblem

The College emblem has four quadrants and

a Cross.

1. The top-left quadrant depicts Don Bosco, his charism and pedagogy.

2. The top-right quadrant focuses on our students from rural areas.

3. The bottom-left quadrant identifies ICT as a strategic instrument to empower the Youth.

4. The bottom-right quadrant presents Don Bosco College as an elevation of erstwhile BICS InfoTech.

5. The Cross denotes that Jesus Christ is our Divine Lord and Master.

Meaning… 1

4 3

2

5

College Motto

“To Look Up”

With Faith, Hope and Love,

In every moment of Life. This College Motto is the motto given by Fr Francis Guezou SDB for BICS InfoTech in 1998.

Logo snippet

College Anthem

DON BOSCO unites High and Low

That all Men on Earth may be One

To look-up with Hope to the future

To build a World of Love and Service.

DON BOSCO Symbol of Love

Don Bosco Home of Excellence

A College with a Difference

Empowering the Youth with Values.

DON BOSCO moves with Science & Times

Entwining Knowledge and Skill

The Portal of True Progress

Don Bosco leads to the future.

College History…

[1998]

BICS Inception

[1998]

BIIT & BOSCO ITS

[1999]

CDAC

[1999]

IGNOU Study Center

[1999-2011]

BIIT Professional

Education

(13 years)

[2012]

Don Bosco

College

BICS InfoTech

BIIT BOSCO ITS ARIVAGAM

Education Technology Knowledge

The beginning…

College Inauguration, 2014

College Organization Structure

Boards and Committees

o Management Board

o College Council

o Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)

o Students Grievance Redressal Committee

o Student Welfare Committee

o Media & Publication Committee

o Technology for Education (T4E) Committee

o Teaching Staff

o Administrative Staff

o Hostel Committee

o Co-Curricular Associations

Campus Culture

God Centred

Faith in God

Love

Spirituality

Morality

Self-Driven

Self-Driven

Self-Reliance

Time-Consciousnes

s

Health Awareness

Greener

Nature-Friendly

Nature Responsible

Life of Simplicity

Nature Sensitive

Trust-filled &

Free

Trust-Filled

Group Activities

Sense of Respect

Sense of Fellowship

Socially Conscious

Socially Conscious

Gender-Sensitivity

Disciplined Life

Sense of Equality

Educative Pastoral Plan [EPP]

Province-level Mandatory Pastoral Framework

Center of Excellence

Professional training wing of Don Bosco College

Offers Diploma and Certificate Programmes (skill-oriented)

As per NSD through DBTech Network.

TechTalk Software Development Trainings

Organizer BIIT

Collaboration BoscoSoft

Programme Outcome Students can opt to join BoscoSoft Technologies as trainees.

Bosco Institute of Information Technology (BIIT)

Center of Excellence

Technology Incubation and Software Service Provider

Delivering reliable and customer-driven IT Services

Service and Commercial ventures.

ISO Certified

BOSCO ITS Service Spectrum…

Application Dev. Microsoft and Java

Web Solution LAMP

Multimedia Dev. Adobe Creatives, etc.

Data Processing XML, Forms, OCR processing…

Bosco InfoTech Services (BOSCO ITS)

Center of Excellence

An Environment for…

o Learning (self, peer, and expert)

o Knowledge Exchanges

o Training (Human and Competency Development)

o Repository Infrastructure (of knowledge resources)

Arivagam units are…

• Print Library Over 1000 titles powered by eBLIS

• Digital Library Over 10,000+ titles powered by Dspace

• Corporate Training Centre Hosting TechTalk, CSR, Conferences, etc.

• Learning Resource Centre Resources on Moodle, Dspace, eBLIS

• Knowledge Bank Under development: (R&D by BOSCO ITS)

• Virtual Museum Under development: Guezou, DBC, SDB

Knowledge Resource Centre (Arivagam)

Academic Departments

Department of Foundation Studies

Department of Computer Science and Applications

Department of Commerce and Management Studies

Department of Mathematics

Department of Language (Tamil)

Department of English

• FSS

• CSA

• CMS

• MAT

• TAM

• ENG

DEPARTMENT

Department of Foundation Studies

Objective Offering Foundation Courses (as per Thiruvalluvar University): 1) Environmental Studies 2) Value Education 3) Soft Skills (by Department of English)

Co-curricular Activities

Nil

Extension Activities

That students appreciate their religion and nature to practice them meaningfully.

• FSS

• CSA

• CMS

• MAT

• TAM

• ENG

DEPARTMENT

Department of Computer Science and Applications

Objective Prepares students as software professionals with fundamentals of IT and lead them to numerous specializations by adopting a self-learning mechanism.

Co-curricular Activities

Students@IT Association

Peer Learning to enhance technical knowledge and Information Literacy.

Extension Activities

• BIIT

• IVDP Computer Academy

• FreedomSoft Club (Open Source Technologies)

• DANY Club (Young Digital Artists Network)

• FSS

• CSA

• CMS

• MAT

• TAM

• ENG

DEPARTMENT

Department of Commerce and Management Studies

Objective Moulding students to be Commerce and/or Management professional through academic activities, such as seminars, workshops, projects and other related activities.

Co-curricular Activities

Commerce Association

(to develop managerial, communication and business skills as part of Information Literacy)

Extension Activities

Financial Literacy Drive

(collaborative venture with DBSARC, Tirupattur)

• FSS

• CSA

• CMS

• MAT

• TAM

• ENG

DEPARTMENT

Department of Mathematics

Objective To enable students to develop analytical and logical ability to be employed in any field of study and life.

Co-curricular Activities

Nil

Extension Activities

Nil

• FSS

• CSA

• CMS

• MAT

• TAM

• ENG

DEPARTMENT

Department of Language (Tamil)

Objective திருவள்ளுவர் பல்கலைக்கழகம் வகுத்தளித்துள்ள பாடப்பகுதிகலள மாணவர்களுக்குப் பயிற்றுவித்து அவர்கலளப் பருவ இறுதித் ததர்வுகளுக்குத் தயார்ப்படுத்துவதாகும்.

Co-curricular Activities

Tamil Mandarm (Association)

Extension Activities

தமிழ் மன்றச் செயல்பாடுகள் மூைம் தமிழ் இைக்கண, இைக்கிய, பண்பாட்டு அறிவில் மாணவர்களுக்குக் கூடுதல் அறிலவப் புகட்டுவதும், மாணவர்களின் பலடப்பாற்றலைத் தூண்டி வளர்ப்பதும் தாக்கமாகும்.

• FSS

• CSA

• CMS

• MAT

• TAM

• ENG

DEPARTMENT

Department of English

Objective Preparing students to become effective communicators in English for employment and career growth.

Co-curricular Activities

English Literary Association

(to improve communicative English through peer learning and guidance)

Extension Activities

Language Lab

(to promote English as campus language to prepare students for job market)

• FSS

• CSA

• CMS

• MAT

• TAM

• ENG

DEPARTMENT

Certificate Programmes

CSR, ACSR, ECSR

Diploma Programmes

PGDIT, TechTalks, D.C.A.

Academic Programmes

Degree Programmes

– Thiruvalluvar University

B.Sc. (CS), B.C.A., B.Com. (CA), and B.B.A.

– IGNOU

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Academic Programmes - Degree

Thiruvalluvar University • B.Sc. (Computer Science) • B.C.A. (Computer Applications) • B.Com. (Computer Applications) • B.B.A. (Business Administration)

IGNOU • M.C.A. (Computer Applications) • B.C.A. (Computer Applications)

Academic Programmes - Diploma

• PG Diploma in Information Technology PGDIT

(3 years)

• Software Development: Microsoft • Software Development: Java • Software Development: LAMP

TechTalk

(3 months)

• In Graphics and Multimedia • In Web Design and Maintenance • In Hardware and Networking

Diploma

(3 months)

• In Computer Applications DCA

(1 year)

Academic Programmes - Certificate

Need-based certificate programs

(through BIIT).

• Computing Skills for All (6 days) CSR

• Advanced Computing Skills for All (6; 14; 30; 60 days)

ACSR

• English for Religious (30; 60 days) ECSR

Best Practices

• Communication Lab Every Saturday for 2 hours

• Reading Practice Daily, 30 minutes in the morning

• Campus Language Language card to instil communication skill

• Peer Learning Through student associations as information literacy venture

• Time Management Time Budget, Time Record and Time Analysis of academic activities

• Programming Skill Development

Lab Course Planning, Student’s Preparation for an Exercise, Attending Lab Session and Continuous Assessment

• Collaborative Learning Forums

Students@IT Association, Commerce Association, Tamil Mandram, English Literary Association

• Morning Assemblies Scripture reading, Message, Daily News and Announcements (All working days)

Quality Paradigm

Quality Policy

To improve quality of service continuously,

With updated technologies and systems,

In compliance with NAAC criteria,

To realize the core values and mission of the College.

Quality System

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Industry-Institute Interface

BoscoSoft Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Technology Incubator Industrial Placement Research and Development Corporate Partnership

BoscoSoft-College Interface

Corporate Bodies, Education, Healthcare, Social & NGO, and Government Organizations.

Clientele

Software Development

Web Design & Development

Multimedia Production

Technical and Instructional Writing

Data processing

Hardware & Network Administration

Services

Industry-Institute Interface

Don Bosco India - Higher Education Network

Subsidiary of Salesian Provincial Conference of South Asia (SPCSA)

To offer,

The general guidelines enabling each academic community to draw up its own cultural, scientific, technological, educative, pastoral, Salesian project.

IUS Common Programme: Defining the identity of IUS

Reflection, Sharing and Coordination

Involvement in all Don Bosco institutions of Higher Education

Network Purpose

IUS – Salesian Higher Education Network

Industry-Institute Interface

Alumni Federation

Network of Alumni from Don Bosco College, Centres of

Excellence (BIIT, BOSCO ITS, Arivagam)

Objective Creating a community of persons involved in the well-being of one another and the society at large.

Members as,

Corporate Ambassadors Carriers of mission and Values of DBCY Towards social responsibilities Knowledge sharing and Resource mobilization Placement Opportunities for peers & fresher

Rector (President), Vice-Rector (Principal), Alumni Secretary, Alumni Joint Secretaries, Batch Coordinators

Alumni Committee Structure

Extension Activities

Study Centre signed-up in 1999

Support for IGNOU Distance Education Programmes (BCA and MCA)

Conducts contact classes (weekend) for MCA students

IGNOU Study Centre (Code: 2544D)

Extension Activities

Authorized Training Centre (of Don Bosco College / BICS InfoTech)

Offers,

DCA (to IVDP SHG members & their children)

Placement Services

Monitoring Services (by DBCY Faculty members)

IVDP Computer Academy

Extension Activities

Youth Groups

Bosco Volunteers

Bosco NSS

Bosco Fine Arts

Jesus Youth

Media Forum

Green Hills Club Newman

Club

Literacy Club

Sports Club

Blue Cross

Red Cross

AICUF

Promoting global, national or dimensional awareness. e.g. sports, social awareness, voluntarism, spirituality, Biblical studies, etc.

Co-Curricular

Associations

Extension Activities

Bosco Academic Success Initiative Series

Academic Mentoring and Coaching (by Faculty Members)

• A process for successful academic performances.

To provide,

Basic Academic Skills

Services (Vocabulary Notebooks | Handwriting Practices, Study Skills | Memorization Techniques | Gyan Darshan)

Class Quality Circles (CQC) to help weaker students

BASIS

Student Facilities

Scholarship

National Merit Scholarship

Post-Matric Scholarship for SC/ST Hindus & Christians

Merit Scholarship for SC/ST Securing above 1000 marks (cut-off to be fixed by Govt.)

Political Sufferers, Defence Personnel / Ex-Service Men’s Children Scholarship

Scholarship to Children of Freedom Fighters

National Loan Scholarship

Post-Matric Scholarship for Minority Students

List of Government Scholarships

Student Facilities

Teaching and Learning Environment

Computer-based Education Environment for Teaching, Learning and Evaluation

Web-based, personalized, blended eLearning environment

Campus-wide Accessibility (educational resources, services, computing devices and software)

Lab-wide Wi-Fi Connectivity

CEETLE

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Student Facilities

Student Counselling Service

College offers,

Free

Confidential

Professional Counselling Services

On Students’ request

By Qualified faculty members

Part-Time Counseling

Student Facilities

Christ the Redeemer Chapel

Dedicated in 1977 to Christ the Redeemer

Architectural landmark at Don Bosco Centre

Evoking tranquillity and inner feeling for God’s presence

Having Fr. Francis Gueouz’s mortal remains (since, January 30, 2009)

Student Facilities

Library (Arivagam)

Learning and Sharing Environment Students, Associates and DBCY Stakeholders Learning Outcome, Work Experiences and Corporate Strategies

Arivagam Constituents: • Print Library (powered by eBLIS) • Digital Library (powered by DSpace) • Learning Resource Centre • Corporate Training Centre • Knowledge Bank • Media Services • Virtual Museum

Student Facilities

Safe Drinking Water

Donated by IVDP, (NGO in Krishnagiri)

Providing safe drinking water in College campus

RO Drinking Water Plant

Student Facilities

Sports and Games

Basketball

Volley ball

Football

Trekking opportunity in Yelagiri Hills.

Open Playgrounds (for girls and boys)

Student Facilities

Computing Resource Centre

Support for regular Lab Activities

Use of Students Laptops (as per college norms)

Computer Lab

Human Resource: Staff

DEPARTMENT

STAFF

TOTAL Teaching Non-Teaching

Foundation Studies 3 3

English and Communication 2 2

Language (Tamil) 2 2

Mathematics 2 2

Computer Science & Applications 7 7

Commerce & Management 2 2

Librarian 2 2

Administrative Staff 8 8

Total 20 8 28

Academic Year: 2013-2014

Current Students

PROGRAMME YEAR BOYS GIRLS TOTAL

PGDIT / BCA III 45 31 76

BCA II 25 13 38

B.COM. (CA) II 9 8 17

BSC (CS) II 21 12 33

BBA I 11 8 19

BCA I 27 26 53

B.COM. (CA) I 33 20 53

BCS (CS) I 29 25 54

Total 200 143 343

Academic Year: 2013-2014

Medals and Awards

Medal Name Awarded To

Josephine Guezou Medal B.Sc. (C.S.) Student

Joacquim Guezou Medal B.C.A. Student

Fr Guezou Diamond Jubilee Medal B.Com. (C.A.) Student

Fr Varghese Menacherry SDB Medal PGDIT Student

Fr Louis Panikulangara SDB Medal PGDIT Student

Archbishop Louis Matthias SDB Medal PGDIT Diploma Holder

Papa Duhayon Medal B.C.A. Graduate

Fr Guezou Golden Jubilee Medal M.C.A. Graduate

Principal

Don Bosco College

Guezou Nagar, Yelagiri Hills

Vellore District, Tamil Nadu

INDIA – 635 853

Office: (04179) 295443, 245239 (office hours only)

Mobile: (+91) 9786000439

[email protected]

www.dbcyelagiri.edu.in

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