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CONTENTS

Description Page Nos.
Covering letter i
Compliance Certificate ii
LOI Status iii
Executive Summary 1-10
Part-I Profile of the College 11-22
Part II Criterion-wise Evaluation Reports
1. Criterion I : Curricular Aspects
1.1 Curriculum Planning and Implementation 23-33
1.2 Academic flexibility 33-38
1.3 Curriculum Enrichment 38-43
1.4 Feedback System 44-45

2. Criterion II : Teaching-Learning and Evaluation
2.1 Student Enrolment and Profile 46-53
2.2 Catering to Student Diversity 53-58
2.3 Teaching-Learning Process 58-73
2.4 Teacher Quality 73-82
2.5 Evaluation Process and Reforms 83-91
2.6 Student Performance and Learning Outcomes 91-101
3. Criterion III : Research, Consultancy and Extension
3.1 Promotion of Research 101-146
3.2 Resource Mobilization for Research 146-161
3.3 Research Facilities 161-167
3.4 Research Publications and Awards 167-209
3.5 Consultancy 209-211
3.6 Extension Activities and Institutional Social 211-226
Responsibility
3.7 Collaborations 226-240
4. Criterion IV : Infrastructure and Learning Resources
4.1 Physical Facilities 240-257
4.2 Library as a Learning Resource 257-264
4.3 IT Infrastructure 264-269
4.4 Maintenance of Campus Facilities 269-272
5. Criterion V : Student Support and Progression
5.1 Student Mentoring and Support 272-324
5.2 Student Progression 324-326
5.3 Student Participation and Activities 326-329
6. Criterion VI: Governance and Leadership &
Management
6.1 Institutional Vision and Leadership 330-336
6.2 Strategy Development and Deployment 336-344
6.3 Faculty Empowerment Strategies 344-349
6.4 Financial Management and Resource Mobilization 349-351
6.5 Internal Quality Assurance System (IQAS) 352-356
7. Criterion VII: Innovations and Best Practices
7.1 Internal Quality Assurance System 357-358
7.2 Inclusive Practices 358-366
7.3 Stakeholder Relationship 366-372
Evaluative Report of the Departments
A. Electronics and Tele Communication Engineering 373-426
B. Computer Science Engineering Civil Engineering 427-455
C. Electrical and Electronics Engineering 456-467
D. Information Technology 468-479
E. Mechanical Engineering 480-493
Part-III F. Electrical Engineering 494-505
G. Civil Engineering 506-513
H. Master in Computer Applications 514-523
I. Master in Business Administration 524-531
J. Basic Science and Humanities-Physics 532-539
K. Basic Science and Humanities-Chemistry 540-552
L. Basic Science and Humanities-Mathematics 553-565
M. Basic Science and Humanities-English 566-573
Declaration 574
Ref. No.: TAT/NAAC/15-16/10229 Date: - 11/4/2015
To
The Regional Coordinator,
East & North East Region,
Central Application Processing Unit(CAPU),
National Assessment and Accreditation Board,
Bangalore,
Karnataka.
Sub:- Submission of SSR to the NAAC Central Application Processing Unit.
Ref: - (i) Our LOI bearing Track ID- ORCOGN22819 dtd. 20/09/2014.
(ii) Your letter no.- NAAC/CAPU/ET&NE/ORCOGN22819/2014 dtd. 12/11/2014.
Sir,
Our LOI was accepted on 12/11/2014 and we have proceeded further as per your advice as under.
(i). A soft copy of SSR complete in all respects has been uploaded today i.e. on 11/4/2015
(within 5 months from the date of acceptance of LOI) on our institutional website
http://tat.trident.ac.in. After uploading of SSR we are hereby informing our regional
coordinator (East & North East Region) by email today. A separate post copy will be sent.
(ii). As advised, the uploaded SSR is not password protected and is accessible online to
all stakeholders.
(iii). The certificate of compliance and the declaration of the head of the institution
complete in all respect are with the SSR.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
For Trident Academy of Technology,

Prof. (Dr.) M. N. Dwibedi
Principal
(i)
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE

(ii)
LOI STATUS

(iii)
Trident Academy of Technology, Bhubaneswar
Executive Summary
1. Introduction:
An educational institution is not about its buildings but importantly about its students
and faculty. To meet the competitive edge in the contemporary times, out technical
education has a long way to go before we can say that we have reached a satisfaction
stage. The technical education in our country is riddled with various problems in
terms of quality, financing and research. We need to come together and work
forwards improving the quality of our technical education to compete with the
world’s premier institutions in today’s knowledge based economy. It is to be noted
that technological advancement has always been innovative and explorative.
Some men of such mettle who have assimilated the essence of educational philosophy
established an educational empire.
2. The Progression:
Trident Academy of Technology is one of the top-notch engineering college under
BPUT in odisha. By virtue of providing technical education Trident Academy of
Technology also ranked position in Data Quest. Trident Academy of Technology is
accredited by big corporate like TCS, Capgemini etc. for placement and project
activities. The college has association with BRFST (Board of Research in Fusion
Science and Technology), Ahmedabad and with IISc, Bangalore for research
&development activities. The college is running an IEDC (Innovation &
Entrepreneurship Development Centre) funded by DST, New Delhi.
3. Organisational Culture:
This is the outcome of great visionaries, who have rich experience in research and
education. The institution fast catered to bridge the gap of demand and supply of
quality engineers. The envisaged vision of our institute is “undisputed leadership in
sustained development of skilled human resources from Eastern India through
excellence in educational practices”.
The envisaged vision of the Institution is getting realized though:
• Churning out quality disciplined engineers and managers.
• Turnkey research for leading National & International level of
organizations.
• Academic achievements (University Results & Ranks, Co-curricular
excellence and break through student projects).
• International recognition of the institution (publication in International
Journals / Conferences and collaborative research).
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4. Work Force Profile:
The academic programmes and all academic activities of the Institute are supported
by a strong contingent of about 180 well-qualified and experienced faculty members.
Out of the 180 faculty members, 17 have Ph.D degrees, 29 have M.Phil degrees and
134 have PG degrees. The college maintains a faculty student ratio of 1: 15 for
B.Tech. and 1:12 for M.Tech. has adopted scientific methods of recruitment, appraisal
& training of its faculty to ensure that this key segment of the institute is
strengthened.

5. Students:
2014-15 2013-14 2012-13 2011-12
Categories
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
2 4 11 2 6 5 11 5
SC
ST 3 2 4 0 4 1 0 2
OBC 12 4 4 2 4 1 0 0
General 206 66 366 191 372 208 307 173
Others

6. The Infrastructure:
To ensure high quality technical education to the students, the college provides best possible
infrastructure facilities in the campus. The college is located in serene atmosphere, in an area
covering 10 acres (48,730 Sq. Mts.) and has a built-up area of over 34,700 Sq. Mts. Apart
from regular class rooms, labs, auditoriums, waiting halls and other amenities, facilities are
provided for sports activities like Cricket, Football, Volleyball, Basketball and Indoor
Games.
Library:
The college has a central library with carpet area of 424 sqm. with all modern facilities. The
library has

52235 volumes, 274 e-journals, 275 science direct and 25 IEEE articles. The library also
provides e-learning facility, digital library, reading room and reference section. All the library
operations have been computerized.
Computerized Library Management for search, indexing, issue/return records. Bar
coding used. The indexing, issue and return records of books and journals are
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managed through an in house developed library management package
All books in the library (about 52,235 volumes) are bar coded and managed through
bar code readers. The library service of the institution is managed through college
intranet e-governance. We are scaling up the service to be accessed through internet
as well. Through intranet the students and faculties can access digital resources from
institution library server.

Computers, LAN and Internet:
The college has very good support facilities in the form of state-of-the-art computer
laboratories, a campus-wide Local Area Network and a wireless internet connectivity of 30
Mbps (1:1). The college has 600 systems with a computer student ratio of 1:4 for UG and 1:1
for PG with internet facility. The college has its website, www.tat.ac.in designed by its own
faculty members and in-house maintenance of systems.

Hostel:
College has three in-campus hostels (one girls hostel and two boys hostels) with
capacity of 1200 inmates. Each hostel is having its own mess to cater to all inmates.
There is a small library inside the hostel attached to common room with TV facility.
There is a small computer room available with internet connection in each hostel. All
hostels are under Wi-Fi coverage.

Vision, Mission & Values:
The purpose of education is much more expansive than finding a means of
empowerment to sustain oneself and his or her family. Education is meant to prepare
rational and aware citizens. One should always keep the bigger picture, the higher
calling, and the greater good in mind. Education is potent tool for the development of
the mankind. Any satisfactory system of education focuses on a balanced growth of
both knowledge and wisdom. We believe our institute is a temple of learning and
evolving as a model of an ideal institution.
Vision
“Undisputed leadership in sustained development of skilled human resources
from Eastern India through excellence in educational practices”.

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Mission
• To foster holistic excellence in the new generation of students.
• To install in them, the power of aggressive positive thinking, insatiable desire
for information and knowledge, a penchant for out-of-the box ideation and
capacity of execution.
• To aim at inculcating in the learners, a professional maturity with a benchmark
of the practices from the best academia around the world to face the
challenges of India Inc, looking beyond tomorrow…
Objectives:

• To provide innovative teaching along with creating awareness, learning
personal growth as committed educational process.
• Imparting training program to the students
• Continual up gradation of Knowledge, Skills & Attitude of faculty by sending
for training or arranging in house training. Effective Interaction with Industry
by arranging talks by industry personal and taking students to industry visit.
• To establish research and development infrastructure.

7. Organizational Structure & Governance System:
Participative Management:
Institute believes on the philosophy of obtaining ideas, suggestion and advices from
diversified related directly or indirectly contributing to the growth and educational
value system. Institute follows the culture of participative management by forming
various committees consisting of faculty members, academicians, administrative
executives, industry experts and alumni etc. In some of the committees, student
representatives and supportive staffs are included. The Institute welcomes innovative
ideas, concepts and thoughts from the employees and involves them in decision
making process.

E-governance System:
To monitor and control academic and administrative activities with respect to quality
college has one e-governance system is available, which is developed and maintained
by in-house members. The features of e-governance system are like:
Online Attendance, Course coverage, online tests, Accounts details, Academic
performances.
The e-governance system is accessible by members of faculty and staffs, parents,
students and also by visitors.
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