Strategic Plan
VISION
To be globally responsive and socially conscious, committed to
innovation and creativity by developing and disseminating knowledge
and practice for learning and resource use optimization and to
emerge as an organization with an optimal blend of value based
growth and future preparedness, leading to prosperity of the society
and nation at large.
MISSION
We stand committed with a spirit of enterprise, will to succeed,
zeal to grow and objective-achievement orientation through value
based education for community at large by creating an environment of
intellectual stimulus, scientific orientation and social
responsibility.
GOALS
>> To impart education that enables the students to acquire the
desired skills and abilities necessary to answer the challenges of
the modern world and the process of globalization, due to
technological advancements.
>> To inculcate the spirit of enquiry, self-expression and
independent judgment amongst the students and staff.
>> To enhance the ability to utilize the full potential of
Intellectual Capital and learning resources through quality
research, consultancy, scholarship and creative performance.
>> To cherish the Indian value system with focus on the Indian
culture, traditions and heritage, imbibing the best of the West at
the same time.
>> To understand and appreciate human differences in culture, gender
and race, and finally to cultivate aesthetic sensibility and moral
values in society at large, leading to the strengthening of the
spirit of application of knowledge towards National growth
STRENGTHS
>> A Systematic process of curriculum delivery is in place.
>> Thrust on innovation, research and employability.
>> Industry relevant Value-Added Courses to supplement the academic
curriculum.
>> Approved Research Centre for Ph.D. in Management & Computer
Applications by Rajasthan Technical University, Kota.
>> Collaboration with national and international institutions and
organizations for academic exchange in the areas of teaching,
learning and research.
>> Well qualified, dedicated and committed faculty with a wide range
of expertise.
>> Conducive working environment for faculty and staff leading to
faculty and staff retention.
>> Most of the faculty members are Ph.D. holders and approved
Research Supervisors.
>> Faculty members are actively engaged in authoring books and
quality publications and are also resource person for workshops,
seminars FDPs and refresher courses.
>> Extensive use of Case analysis in teaching.
>> Students actively engaged in Live Projects/Internships with
organizations of repute. .
>> Plethora of activities organized under various student clubs
including Genesis-The Marketing Club, White Knight-The Finance Club
and Humanagers-The HR Club , #Include-The club of Programming , Webspcape-The club of website development.
>> An Active and widespread Alumni Network.
>> Effective guidance on entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial avenues
in local environment.
WEAKNESSES
>> Lack of flexibility in admission of students, as admissions are
governed by state government norms.
>> Lack of flexibility in curriculum designing.
OPPORTUNITIES
>> Exposure to recent technological advances through Webinars and
networking platforms.
>> Capitalizing on online opportunities through online courses.
>> Strategic alliances and partnerships with institutions /
organizations of national and international repute.
>> More students from rural areas are opting for Higher Education.
>> Enhanced scope for entrepreneurship development.
>> Opportunities of collaborative research with research
institutions.
CHALLENGES
>> Locational disadvantage for strengthening academia-industry
linkages.
>> Mushrooming growth of technical institutions.
>> Migration of students to universities / institutions in metros and
abroad.
Focus Areas
A) Academic Excellence
Since the day foundation of Institution was laid, institute has been
focusing on developing an ecosystem of excellence in education on
its campus. The Institute is known for being a center of co-creator
and point of knowledge sharing. It gives everyone a platform to
learn , grow and expand beyond the horizons of comfort zone and put
skill set to contribute in upliftment of self and society.
Using Interactive and engaging ways of teaching, motivating and
building strong relation with students, taking corrective measures
on the basis of feedback periodically from the stakeholders of the
institute. Institute has developed an ecosystem of quality
education.
Plan of accomplishing excellence in academics comprise of following
criteria
1. Technology in teaching-learning
The institute emphasizes on use of evolving and latest means of
digital technology into teaching for increasing student engagement
and learning. This is being facilitated by providing autonomy to
faculty members and students to design and develop teaching learning
experience based on demands of changing technology-based world.
The Institute will continue to adopt technology enabled pedagogy at
all levels and encourage blended teaching methodology involving
traditional, interactive, and ICT enabled pedagogical techniques to
enhance the teaching-learning process.
2. Academic advancement
The Institute focuses on accomplishing academic excellence by
incorporating guest lectures, workshops, trainings, case analysis
and simulation exercise into the overall experience of teaching for
the students.
Freedom and flexibility support to faculty members is given in
experimenting and innovating the knowledge imparting process.
Individuals with strong research and teaching acumen are invited for
events/co-curricular activities organized on campus.
B) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
1. Foster an environment for Innovation based on Research :
>> The Institute inspires students to undertake interdisciplinary
research.
>> The Institute encourages students to participate in national and
international. Conferences and present papers under mentorship of
faculty members of the Institute.
>> Institute has established an Innovation Cell to provide a platform
for students to convert their innovative ideas into an
entrepreneurial opportunity and transform into successful ventures.
>> Institute has enhanced a library enabled with various digital
resources for students and faculty members to use for the purpose of
research.
>> The institute has an open eco system for encouraging promoting
training, research and innovation in the curriculum through
mentoring, technical and financial support.
>> The Institute has been recognized as Research Centre by Rajasthan
Technical University, Kota.
>> The faculty members of the Institute are research supervisors and
are contributing to the world of research by guiding their scholars
with their PhD and research articles.
2. Enhancing Infrastructure and Resources for facilitating state of
the art Researches:
>> The Institute has plans to continuously improve physical
facilities, equipment, knowledge and technology based resources.
>> Need based infrastructure advancement identified on the basis of
research proposals and innovation projects will be added and
modified in the existing facilities available the Institute.
>> More books, journals and periodicals will be added in physical and
digital library of the Institute.
3. To promote research tie-ups with industry, agencies, government
bodies and NGOs for research, projects, internships and innovative
programs :
In order to bring in exposure to new dimension of research, the
institute will promote collaborative form of researches with
Institutes of repute.
4. Enhancing the research profile of the Institute, Faculty and
Students:
>> Institute has an inhouse interdisciplinary peer reviewed Journal
to its credit "Oorja." It has played a significant role in the
direction of promoting research publications.
>> Original and plagiarism free work of research will always be a
priority of the institute.
>> With a research friendly culture, the institute encourages its
faculty members to undertake research projects, publish in UGC care
listed journals or those indexed in SCOPUS/Google Scholar/Web of
Science or Indian Citation Index) with high impact factor.
C) INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESOURCES
1. To make conscious efforts for revenue resources of the Institute
Regular and strategic investments will be made in order to enhance
the overall learning experience at campus and promote smooth and
effective operating environment in the Institute. Focus area of
Investing will involve creating effective and secure communication
between the students and the faculty.
The institute will continue to provide state of the art physical and
digital & IT based resources to encourage research bent in students
and enhance their overall learning experience at the Institute.
2. To continue to invest in expansion of Library and Technology
Resources:
Technology has key role to play in today's day and age of learning.
The institute will work in the direction of providing required
technology resources to its faculty members and students so that
they evolve as members of the society with an ease to adapt to the
technological advancements in the world. The institute will continue
to use latest library management softwares in order to provide
smooth working environment in Library.
The Institute plans to incorporate many electronic data bases and
platforms to facilitate open and extensive reading and learning
experience for its students. This will provide easy and
user-friendly experience to the researchers and budding
entrepreneurs.
3. ICT enabled services
>> The institute will ensure to provide modern class rooms , high
speed internet , LAN facility, software upgradations in computer
labs and class rooms of the Institute.
>> Emphasis will be on developing technology facilities to deliver
virtual teaching from the Institute.
>> Continuous Website upgradation and updating will be done in order
to facilitate information sharing with the stakeholders of the
Institute.
4 Developing Eco-Friendly and Sustainable Campus
The institute will continue to work in the direction to develop an
approach of resource conservation and making the campus more
sustainable in terms of its operations.
Steps in the direction of energy conservation and use of alternative
and sustainable means of energy generation will be used at the
campus. An eco - system to promote the idea of recycle and reduce
wastage will be developed at the institute in order encourage
students to become more responsible and aware members of the
society.
D) FEEDBACK FROM STAKEHOLDERS OF THE INSTITUTE
Stakeholders of the Institute includes, students, parents, internal
and external faculty, community, management bodies, other
institutions, accreditation agencies, funding agencies, alumni,
NGOs, industry. In order to achieve academic excellence at institute
emphasis is on taking feedback from its stakeholders whenever
needed. On the basis of need, experience and expectations, overall
teaching, learning and evaluation process is designed.
Based on their needs, expectations, experiences, insights and
suggestions, the teaching-learning, evaluation practices, operations
and management initiatives are fine tuned. This feedback is also
used for setting priorities and allocating resources. Some efforts
which have been made in this direction and will be pursued are as
follows.
1. Students
>> Use of online platforms for teaching
The Institute is planning to incorporate different learning
platforms (MOOC courses) available online, like COURSERA and SWAYAM
or those developed by the Institute faculty, in its curriculum.
>> Integration of digitalization
Integration of digitalization in the teaching learning process by
providing smart classrooms, wi-fi enabled campus, subscription of
national and international online courses, E-journals, development
of E-content to make the teaching-learning process effective.
>> Establishment of E-Igniters Incubation Centre
The E igniters incubation Centre (TEIIC) of the institute was
established with an objective of nurturing and encouraging
entrepreneurial ability among the students. TEIIC aims to provide a
platform for motivating, encouraging and mentoring the students and
alumni of the Institution towards the journey of becoming
self-employed.
TEIIC aims to provide active support of various services and
facilities including workspace, communication, networking and
continuous physical support in terms of electricity, water supply,
IT Labs in addition to the Training and Mentoring Programme for
budding entrepreneurs.
Vision
The vision of TEIIC is to establish an ecosystem made of all key
support elements required by
entrepreneurs to start and grow business based on ideas having
sustainability innovation and
social relevance.
Mission
>> To provide the students with the required mentorship support
required at various phases
>> in establishing a venture.
>> To establish a strong network between the academia, various
industries, financial
>> institutions and other institutions in the network.
>> To provide other key support services comprising intellectual
property support, technical
>> and legal support.
>> To promote and support start-ups which are capable of addressing
key issues and problems of society.
>> To promote entrepreneurship and innovation, the institute has also
collaborated with ATAL incubation center of two universities of
repute.
Bosch India Foundation, under Prime Minister's Kaushal Vikas Yojana
had identified ISIM in the state for its 'Employable Vocational
Education and Skill Development' program in higher education, CSR-
Industry-Academia Collaborative initiative.
TEIIC in its endeavor to mentor different start-ups and budding
entrepreneurs towards successful business ventures introduces
experts from different industry domains with those who need advisory
support to scale up.
>> Digitalization
The Institute plans to develop its own Learning Management System to
track student progress, manage content, identify training and
learning gaps, utilize analytical data, facilitate reporting, manage
classrooms, etc.
2. Staff members/Faculty
>> Motivation for Research
In the coming years, the Institute will encourage faculty and
students to undertake research and related activities, such as
undertaking of research projects, publication of research papers in
reputed journals, participation and presentation of the research
papers in seminars/workshops/conferences. The tenure and funding
amount for research projects taken up by faculty will be increased
and possibilities of getting funding from other sources for research
will be explored.
Quality of research will however receive priority over quantity of
research under all circumstances.
Greater coordination between researchers and policymakers will be
ensured through advocacy efforts for getting research findings
incorporated in the policies.
Besides, more faculty development programmes will also be organized
and collaborative research will be encouraged.
>> Trainings/Faculty Development Programs
Proactive efforts will be made to upgrade the knowledge and skills
of the faculty and contribute in their personal and professional
development, and build educational leadership. Opportunities will be
provided to acquaint them with the best practices in the country and
abroad.
>> Use of ICT in the Teaching-Learning system
The Institute encourages the faculty to create a flexible and open
learning environment with interactive, experimental and multimedia
based delivery system. Learner autonomy and independence is
promoted. Teachers and learners will continue to communicate and
collaborate. Learning resources such as LCD projectors, models,
modules, ready to use lab tools (online and offline), interactive
language laboratory, computing laboratory, etc. will be used in the
process.
3. CSR and community engagement
To make a positive contribution towards local communities the
Institute plans to generate funds for taking up welfare activities
for the marginalized, deprived and backward sections of the society.
Faculty members, students and their parents, alumnae will be
encouraged to serve the society in any form.
Literacy camps, health awareness camps, social awareness camps,
environmental awareness camps, human rights awareness camps will be
organized in the adopted villages with assistance from local NGOs
and Government departments. It is hoped that this will also
contribute in building a competitive advantage and a positive
reputation for the institution.
4. Industry-Academia Interface
In the wake of quantum jump in technologies with global
connectivity, the institutions have responsibility to provide not
only the required skills and knowledge to their students, but also
practical industrial experience. The Institute under the aegis of
Training and Placement Cell plans to find out the gap between the
needs of the industry and the end product of the institute.
This cell will assist departments in organizing workshops,
conferences and symposia with joint participation of the industries
and faculties of the institute, enhance participation of industry
experts in curriculum development, taking up projects jointly,
coordinating/identifying industrial partners, setting up 'Centre for
Excellence' and inviting Visiting faculty from industries.
The Cell will also encourage faculty members to use their expertise
in solving the problems faced by the industries, thus creating
opportunities for consultancy, industrial testing by faculty members
or technicians, in-plant trainings for the students, identifying the
areas for Executive Development Programmes in recent technological
advances.
5. International Tie ups and Collaboration
Factors such as interconnectedness of the world today, mobility of
students, scholars, diversity in programs, need for building
reputation and branding, emergence of the digital technologies,
requirements of a global knowledge economy, etc. have made it
crucial for Institute to embrace and integrate a global dimension
into their purpose, functions and delivery of education.
6. Strengthening Relationships with Alumni
The Institute understands that alumni can serve many important
roles, such as building and growing its brand name through
word-of-mouth, through social media, and other modes.
IIIM Alumni Association- Dharohar - has been functional since the
time of its inception and aims to encourage the alumnae of the
Institute to take an abiding interest in the progress and
development of their alma mater and reconnect with it from time to
time.
Some of the alumni are in regular contact with the Director,
Principal and the Placement officer and senior faculty members and
have shared their success stories and the ways in which they can
contribute towards the Institute growth and expansion. Communication
links with others are also maintained in the following ways
>> The alumnae interact with current students through guest
lectures/panel discussions/ seminars to guide them on various
professional avenues available.
>> They visit the campus to support the existing batch of students in
planning and organizing events, extending support and participating
in cultural, as well as academic events that take place on campus.
>> Some of them donate books to the central library of the Institute.
>> They share their work experiences and mentor the students of the
Institute towards higher education and/or career avenues in various
fields.
>> Alumnae who are working in various organizations, keep the faculty
members and the Placement Cell of the Institute abreast with the
job-opportunities available for current students.
>> Those who are entrepreneurs provide inputs to the existing
students on how to start a new venture and encourage and guide them
on self-employment, to establish themselves as entrepreneurs.
>> They also serve the Institute on being appointed as members,
special invitees of the Boards of Studies, the IQAC, and other
Committees, and play a vital role in enhancing the curricula and for
the betterment of infrastructure, by offering feedback which is used
by the Institute/Department for continual improvement.
>> Respective Heads of Departments seek the opinion / suggestions of
the alumnae on various developmental activities, as also the
curricular aspects, pertaining to their departments by staying in
constant touch with them.
>> The Institute invites them as chief guests/speakers/judges in its
functions and events thereby creating a platform for
dialogue/discussion between the current students and the alumnae.
>> "Cambuzz" published bi-annually wherein the alumni contribute
articles of general interest, their success-stories and personal
achievements.