Criterion 2
The Institute is committed to supporting slow learners and guiding them to achieve their academic potential. The Institute also encourages bright students to motivate slow learners for academic excellence. The institution assesses the learning levels of the students and conducts various activities to encourage advanced learners and to help slow learners achieve their goals.
The institute has a policy to help academically weak students and bright students. Students scoring less than 60% marks in continuous assessment and students who fail in the end trimester examination are identified as slow learners. Faculty members also identify slow learners based on their class participation and mentoring sessions. The performance of slow learners is also observed in the continuous internal evaluation.
Bright students are identified based on their overall performance and commitment to academics.
The Institute uses monitoring and mentoring to keep track of slow learners’ progress. Along with teachers, some advanced learners are encouraged to mentor slow learners and help them with explanations and notes. Revision classes and counselling sessions are held and additional teaching has been taken up if required. The slow learners are guided by the faculty mentors on a continuous process. Mentoring is done every week by every faculty guiding them academically as well as on a personal level for all students (both bright and slow learners). Mentors guide and encourage the students to participate in different competitions, both at the state level and national levels. The advanced learners are also identified and encouraged to explore the information available online as well as e-resources and present papers in Seminars and Workshops, writing research papers and getting those published in research journals and in-house magazines.
Career Management Centre keeps close track of students and arranges career counselling sessions for slow learners regularly. Slow learners are motivated to engage in activities of various clubs to increase their involvement in academic and co-curricular activities. Group assignments and multiple projects are given to slow learners.
The students who exhibit research aptitude are encouraged by faculty members to write research papers and present them at conferences. In addition, the students are awarded certificates for participation and winning.
Bright learners are further encouraged by the faculty members and mentors by involving them in activities such as:
1. Nominated for Inter-Collegiate competitions such as Best summer project presentation, etc.
2. Nominated to represent the institution in select Inter-Collegiate Co-curricular and Extra-curricular activities.
3. Opportunity to develop their leadership skills
NLDIMSR assists Slow Learners:
- The institute provides equal importance in taking care of weak students. Some of the assisting activities are as follows –
- Arrangement of extra sessions
2. Peer to-Peer learning
3. Monitoring by the respective mentors
4. Mentoring and Counselling by Alumni
5. Mentoring by CMC
The Institute believes in fostering and nurturing a conducive teaching and learning environment on the campus. NLDIMSR has adopted student-centric teaching-learning processes such as experiential learning, participative learning and problem-solving methodologies for the enhanced learning experience.
NLDIMSR encourages and implements experiential learning as its pedagogy. Experiential learning is an involved learning process whereby students “learn by doing” and by reflecting on the experience. At NLDIMSR, Experiential learning activities include hands-on research lab experiments, internships, workshops, field visits, Communication lab etc. Well-planned, supervised and assessed experiential learning programs stimulate academic inquest by promoting interdisciplinary learning, social engagement, career development, cultural awareness, leadership, and other professional and intellectual skills.
NLDIMSR has adopted the following methods for experiential and participative learning :
Experiential Learning with Bloomberg Lab
The Institute houses South Asia’s largest standalone Bloomberg Lab with 24 terminals for real-time insights from the global financial markets to prepare the students for top-end careers in Banking, Investment Management, Corporate Treasury Management and more. The Institute is also India’s first Experiential Learning Partner of Bloomberg. The ELP Program is designed to recognize and celebrate academic institutions that are leaders in experiential learning through the integration of the Bloomberg Terminal exercises into their curricula.
Experiential Pedagogy
Anubhav – Capturing Real Life Experience: For “Principles and Practices of Management” (PPM) as one of the subjects for the first-year PGDM students, Alumni Interaction was conducted to give students real-life experiences on topics of the subject.
Business Simulation
Simulations attempt to replicate real-life situations and are more engaging and therefore make retention of learning more meaningful. At NLDIMSR, a few courses use this approach as an initiative to impart teaching and learning. In Strategic Management CAPSTONE simulation is used to give the students a first-hand flavour of running a company covering an entire gamut of business domains such as Strategy, Finance, HR, Operations Marketing etc.
Moot Court
NLDIMSR has implemented an innovative pedagogy for its students during the delivery of the Business Law course. Participants took part in simulated court or arbitration proceedings, usually involving drafting memorials or memoranda and participating in a verbal argument.
Data Modelling
Data Analytical skills are imparted to students through hands-on workshops. In addition, introduce subjects like Business Data Analytics using R and Python, Market Research, Market Analytics, and HR Analytics as value-added and certification courses.
Other experiential learnings, participative learning and problem-solving methodologies adopted by the Institute are as follows:
- Case study solving and discussion-focused pedagogy
- Extensive and regular interaction with industry experts and alumni
- Value-added programs on the latest practices, techniques and tools like Fintech, Data Visualisation, SPSS, etc.
- Summer Internship Projects
- Research Projects and Live Projects
- Student-led Forums and clubs to learn leadership skills
- Student-led events and activities like Placements, Institute Publications, Inter B-School events
- Student Participation in inter and intra-collegiate level Competitions
- Industry Visits
- My Social Responsibility Cell activities
- Entrepreneurship Cell activities
- Use of LMS for MIS platform
Teachers and students of NLDIMSR extensively use ICT tools and online resources for effective teaching and learning.
Each of the classrooms is equipped with modern ICT tools to deliver lectures and impart experiential learning to the students. All Classrooms are equipped with Lectern, LCD/Laser Projectors, SMART Boards with Stylus, Computers with a Camera, Audio Equipment (Amplifier and Speakers), etc. Outside each classroom, biometric machines for attendance, and a scheduler displays the details of the ongoing and upcoming lecture. The equipment is sufficient to carry out hybrid classes (partial attendance physically in class and the rest remotely).
The Institute has well equipped ICT lab with statistical analysis packages like SPSS, R Studio, Python, MS- 365 Suite, and Simulation software like CAPTONE and Markstrat etc.
NLDIMSR has implemented its state-of-the-art IT infrastructure as:
- Wi-Fi-enabled Campus (through CISCO Access Points)
- 200 MBPS dedicated Internet lease line
- All students are provided with laptops with the latest configuration.
- LAN connected 65 Computer Lab with updated Operating Systems and other analytical software applications (SPSS, R, Python, etc.)
- 15 LAN-connected Digital Computer Labs with access to library e-Resources and the latest Research software.
- 24-terminal Bloomberg Laboratory for students to access information on Corporate Houses.
- All students and faculty are provided with the online version of Microsoft Teams including the Microsoft Office (O365) productivity suite for better learning.
- NLDIMSR’s ERP solution with the cloud-based multi-modules software application.
Online Classes Owing to the pandemic, all classes were shifted online. ZOOM was selected as a tool to deliver online classes. As a backup, MS Teams was available to the faculty.
Every Faculty Member is provided with a laptop/Desktop with an internet facility.
Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Coursera platform offered students a plethora of online courses in various disciplines. Also, the EDX platform offered certain courses to students of higher education.
Currently, the Institute has subscribed to 500 COURSERA licences for its students to enhance the teaching and learning resources.
The Institute’s modern Digital Library is equipped with the best computing power and remote access capabilities that provide students & faculties access to e-resources on the campus, ensuring continuous and uninterrupted learning.
The E-journals and databases are accessed from campus as well as from home or anywhere through the Integrated platform Knimbus (Remote Access) The library has subscribed to Industrial Database, E-Journals, E-books and E-cases packages to motivate the researchers, students, and faculty. Presently the library is having the following Electronic Resources databases:
▪ EBSCO Business Elite (E-Journals Database)
▪ J-Gate (E-Journals Database)
▪ CMIE’s Prowess (Industry Database)
▪ Proquest’s Ebrary (E-books database)
▪ EMERALD Emerging Market Case Studies (EEMCS)
▪ Taxmann Publishers Daily updation of amendments.
▪ Knimbus Integrated platform (Remote Access)
▪ Urkund / Ouriginal Anti plagiarism software
NLDIMSR Library has DSpace as a Digitized Institutional Repository. Students and Faculty can access, download and copy digitized records of DSpace within the campus. DSpace includes Syllabus, Past years’ papers, PDF books, Research papers presented or published by the faculty members and students, projects, events records etc.
The Academic Calendar is designed in line with the quality objectives of the institute and monitored by the program office. The academic calendar is prepared before the commencement of the academic year. The academic calendar is prepared by the Director of the institution in consultation with the faculty members and heads of departments. The academic calendar is shared with the students, faculty members and staff members at the beginning of the academic year.
A detailed academic calendar includes the following details:
1. Classes Commencement
2. Examination Commencement and end
4. Semester Break/ holidays
5. Beginning and End of Summer Internships
6. Beginning and End of Final Projects
7. Beginning and End of Formal Teaching Sessions.
8. Dates of all events to be conducted in the particular academic year.
Courses allotted to faculty members are finalized by the Director in consultation with faculty members, time table coordinator and HODs on basis of students’ feedback. Faculty members prepare session plans and prepare teaching assignments for the next semester.
Faculty members plan the methods for internal assessment in the teaching/course Plan which is made known to students. Assessment methods are designed to evaluate the attainment of each Course Outcome. Each question in Semester/ Trimester end exams and each internal assessment tool is mapped to Course Outcomes. Faculty prepares the Course plan for every course/subject allotted in the prescribed format. The Course plan indicates the plan for course delivery and assessment tools. It also maps the Course Outcomes with Program Outcomes. The course plan is approved by HOD after discussion with faculty. The Course plan has to detail the assessment methods planned along with the weightage.
On completion of the course, Faculty calculates the attainment levels of each Course Outcome and maps the same with POs. Gap Analysis is done and measures for improvement in PO attainment are discussed with HOD and noted in the Course Completion and Review Report to incorporate the same in the next year’s Course Plan.
The attainment level of PO calculated through the direct assessment method is given a weightage of 80% in the overall PO attainment evaluation. Indirect Assessment is done through Course Outcome Survey at the end of each Trimester and Program Exit Survey at the end of the program for each Batch.
The broad components of evaluation for any course/subject may be as follows. The total marks for each course with the maximum that can be assigned for each component will be as per the specific requirements of the course.
- Class participation/ Individual presentation in class
- Quizzes/ Class test/ Surprise test/ Assignments (announced/unannounced)
- Individual assignments/ Group assignments/ Presentations/ Decision sheets
- Case Discussion/ Case Presentation/ Decision sheets/ Project reports
- Research Paper Presentations /Viva
- Mid-term examination
- End-term examination
- Any other institute-specific component
Every course should have at least 3-4 evaluation components. The end-Term examination is a compulsory component. The mode of the End-Term Examination will depend on the course learning objective.
Examination Procedures:
The examination department of NLDIMSR is the backbone of the examination system. All examination-related norms and processes are clearly defined in order to accomplish this and leave no room for any assumption or ambiguity. The examination department facilitates the conduction of both internal and end-term exams, evaluation, display of results, and maintenance of students’ records for all courses. The LMS software is connected with the examination process to automate numerous activities. The examination department has a detailed written policy and a surveillance system for security.
Some of the key highlights of the examination policy are the following:
- Continuous internal assessment and end-term examination are separate heads for passing. i.e., 50:50 ratio for PGDM and For MMS 60:40.
- A Student will be declared PASS and be eligible for Grade in PGDM course, only if a student secures at least 50% and 40 % marks separately in each head of passing.
- A student who passes the CIA but fails in the end-term examination of the course shall repeat the next end-term examination.
- Supplementary examination for internal assessment shall be completed, as per the schedule planned by the Institute. The supplementary exam for the end-term examination is conducted in the next Trimester.
- A student who may have a permanent or temporary physical disability may apply to appoint a scribe for the examinations.
- All the examiners submit two sets of question papers.
- Question papers are set according to the outcome-based education (OBE) system.
- After the Question Papers are received, the same can be forwarded to the HoDs or Senior Faculty in the area for Vetting – the quality of the questions, CO-PO mapping, substantiality of the question paper, the phrasing of the questions, are the questions straight or higher-order application/thinking oriented?
- The Question Papers will be used only after they are vetted.
- Institute distributes the Diploma Certificates to all the passed students in the formal convocation program.
Processes Integrating IT
NLDIMSR has its own customized Learning Management System (LMS) Software named “Qual Campus”. The software has two modules related to the examination. One is “Assignment” which is related to continuous internal assessments (CIA) and the second one is “Examination” which is related to the end-term examination.
The Software has broadly the following features:
- The Qual Campus is a seamless software that integrates the examination department, faculty members, and students. The software has many automated processes right from uploading exam information to the declaration of results and record keeping.
- Faculty members have their own credentials for log-in on Qual Campus LMS
- After log-in they can access the assignment module and can select the assignment type. Assignment type includes a variety of CIA components. They also need to upload other details like assignment start date, assignment end date, marks, mapping with course outcome, etc. An e-mail notification will be generated automatically to all the concerned students on their official email id about the new assignment.
- Students can access the assignment only between the start date and end and they can submit the assignment by logging on to Qual Campus using their own credentials.
- After submission faculty members can check their assignments online and submit the marks only on Qual-campus with comments. The assignment marks and comments will be visible to students automatically.
- Faculty members are submitting evaluation marks of end-term answer books on Qual-Campus.
- During the lockdown time period, the Exam Module of Qual Campus upgraded and added the feature of uploading the end-term question papers and submission of the scanned answer book by all the students. That feature was widely used by all the faculty members during the online examination period.
During the online end-term exam, invigilation was done by all the faculty members through their zoom licensed accounts. Institute also opted for the facility of NAD Digi locker and started to upload exam mark sheets and certificates of the current academic year and previous academic years. Institute also has an academic integrity policy and plagiarism check software named “Ouriginal” (Old name Urkund). It is mandatory for all the students to scan all the assignments and project reports before submission and they can submit their assignments and project reports with “Ouriginal” analysis report.
The Continuous Internal Assessment System (CIAS)
The continuous internal assessment components of the exam include:
- Class Participation
- Individual Presentations
- Quizzes
- Class Test
- Assignments
- Case Discussions and Analysis,
- Live Projects
- Viva-Voce
It is advisable for every course to have at least 3-4 evaluation components. All the internal assessment components are finalized by the particular teaching faculty members before the semester/trimester start and they describe in their detailed course plan with all the details like an individual assignment or a group assignment, marks of component, and intended course learning outcome (CLO) to be assessed. It is also mandatory for all the faculty members to upload and conduct all the internal exams through only LMS and submit all the CIA marks to the exam department prior to 15 days of end term examination. All the CIA marks are compiled automatically and generated report by LMS.
Reforms in the Examination Procedure
NLDIMSR continuously improves the quality of examination procedure toward a more transparent and fairness in the examination process by applying the following examination reforms:
- Follow the grading system for reporting the result of a student’s performance
- The examination module of Qual Campus software was designed and fully equipped based on outcome-based education (OBE).
- Examiners map all the components/questions with course outcomes (CO).
- Institute also introduce the rubrics for CIA and advised examiners to evaluate the performance based on the suggested rubrics.
- After evaluation of all the components and end-term answer books, the examiner calculates the attainment level of each COs and submits the report.
- At the end of the Academic Year, Dean and Programme office evaluate the attainment and achievement of overall POs based on the different attainment levels of COs and submit the report.
The Institute has well-defined Program Outcomes for its PGDM program approved by AICTE and the MMS program (till 2020-21) approved by the University of Mumbai. The outcome of effectiveness in teaching-learning is measured through the attainment of program outcomes after the program and the attainment of course outcomes on completion of every course. Students’ performance in the examinations and meeting of learning outcomes is a very important indicator of successful completion of the program. The Program Outcomes are as under:
Program Outcomes / Program Educational objectives are disseminated to stakeholders through various platforms as under:
1.It is published on the Institute’s website (https://www.nldalmia.in).
2.It is published in the Institute’s brochures, Student Manual, Admission brochure, Placement brochure, and other promotional material.
3.It is exhibited at various venues like administrative offices, faculty cabins, auditoriums, seminar halls, classrooms, computer labs etc. within the Institute where viewership is high.
4.It is disseminated through Institute videos and presentations during Institutional programmes.
5.It is communicated during events that are conducted internally and externally.
6.It is displayed on various social media platforms such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.
7.During the deliberations and discussions of the various committees such as the College Development Committee meeting, the Governing Council meeting, the Placement Committee, the Advisory Committee meeting, the Academic Advisory Committee meeting, etc.
8.The Course Plan, and Course Completion Report prepared by faculty members includes Program Outcomes.
Course Outcomes
A Course outcome has defined the knowledge, skills, the application of the knowledge and the skills the learner has acquired which he/she can demonstrate as the result of pursuing the Management course.
Course Outcomes are defined for every course (subject) and lay down the expected learning outcomes from students at the end of the course delivery. Course Outcomes are mapped to Program Outcomes. The Course Outcomes are drafted carefully using Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Course Outcome attainment is calculated by each faculty for their respective courses based on marks scored by the students in Semester/ trimester end exams and internal assessment. The attainment levels of each Course are mapped with the relevant POs every Semester/trimester. The attainment levels from Summer Internships and Final Project are also calculated. At the end of the Program (four/six semesters/trimesters), the final attainment levels from all courses, summer internship and final project are collated for all Semesters/trimesters to determine the average attainment for each PO.
Course Outcomes are communicated to stakeholders as under:
- Course Plan prepared by the faculty includes Course Outcomes. The faculty discusses the Course Outcomes with the students.
- Each component of Continuous Assessment and Term-end Assessment is mapped to Course Outcomes.
- During the deliberations and discussions in Academic department meetings, Board of Studies and Academic Advisory Committee meetings, the attainment of Course Outcomes is discussed.
- COs are published on the Institute’s website (https://www.nldalmia.in).
Attainment of Program Outcomes is measured through two methods:
Sr. No. | Method to evaluate Program Outcome | Weightage in overall evaluation |
1 | Direct Assessment through Course Outcome attainment | 80% |
2 | Indirect Assessment through student and alumni survey | 20% |
- PO attainment through Direct Assessment:
Every course in the curriculum is mapped to Program Outcome. The attainment level of each course helps in the evaluation of attainment of each Program Outcome. The average attainment level of all courses mapped to a Program Outcome is calculated to determine the attainment of Program Outcome through courses. The process to calculate PO attainment is described below:
At the end of every Semester, Course Outcome attainment is calculated by each faculty for their respective courses based on marks scored by the students in Semester end exams and internal assessment. The attainment levels of each Course is mapped with the relevant POs every Semester. The attainment levels from Summer Internships and Final Project is also calculated. At the end of the Program (four semesters), the final attainment levels from all courses, summer internship and final project is collated for all Semesters to determine the average attainment for each PO. The attainment level of PO calculated through direct assessment method is given a weightage of 80% in overall PO attainment evaluation.
- PO Attainment through Indirect Assessment
Indirect Assessment of attainment of Program Outcomes is done by taking feedback from current batch and alumni through Google form floated by Program Office at the end of the program. Student feedback on attainment of POs through Courses and other co-curricular activities conducted for the students in terms of training programs, workshops, guest lectures by industry experts, student events, conclaves, seminars, summer internship, final project, MSR activities, departmental club activities, projects etc is taken.
Attainment of Course Outcomes
Course Outcomes are defined for every course using Blooms Taxonomy as the base. Attainment of Course Outcomes (COs) is determined through Continuous Assessment (20% weightage) and Term end examination (80% weightage). Target Attainment levels are defined
for courses.
- Continuous Assessment (CA): Faculty plans assessment tools like case analysis, tests, presentations, Viva –voce, assignments, projects etc to assess the attainment of Cos. Each such tool are mapped to one or more COs. The marks scored by the students are used to compute attainment of COs through continuous assessment.
- Term end Examinations: Every question in the question paper is mapped to one or more COs. The marks scored by the students in each question is used to compute attainment of COs
The attainment is compared to Target Attainment levels defined to determine final score of CO Attainment.
The curriculum and course contents of PGDM program is reviewed at regular intervals to examine achievement of Program Outcomes as well as to ensure industry relevance. PGDM curriculum and course contents are reviewed for every batch (once in an academic year).