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1. Computer Science
Faculty
Greeting… yet another end of an suc-
cessful academic year… experience is
not just measured by the number of
years… it is measured by the exposure
what we get in the previous year,
which help us to take better decisions
for the coming year… Happy Vaca-
tion…settle down and draft down your
new academic year plans...
Volume II, issue 9
P A G E 1
in this issue >>>
 Department Events
 Campus Connect: Prince Shri
Venkateshwara Arts and Sc. Clge
 Article: Caution: Women Empow-
erment zone ahead
 College Roundup: Prince Shri
Venkateshwara Arts and Sc. Clge
 Lions Anniyappa Book bank
A P R I L 2 0 1 9
St. Joseph's College (Arts & Science), Kovur, Chennai conducted a technical symposium on
behalf of Department of Computer Science, which held on 5th
March. Mr.Edward Sathish,
Senior Manager, CTS graced the occasion as a Chief Guest. About 15 colleges in and
around Kanchipuram District participated and there were events on Paper Presentation,
Web Designing, Science Quiz, Debug and the like. The one day symposium declared GU-
RUNANAK COLLEGE as the overall winner.
Sridevi Arts and Science college, Ponneri Conducted COM-VIDENSKAB’19 and Farewell
program. Dr. R. Latha, Head, Dept. of Computer Science, St. Peters Institute of Higher
Education and Research was the Chief Guest

2. P A G E 2
C O M P U T E R S C I E N C E F A C U L T Y V O L U M E I 1 , I S S U E 9
Self-financing Institutions
Family owned and promoter run Academic Institutions
are playing a vital role in higher education space for long
term value creation in Tamil Nadu. We are witnessing a
huge difference in the style of management of our Aca-
demic institutions between the promoter managed and
professional managed, and many of these Institutions
have had a mixed record in attracting and retaining high
quality Academic talents.
Promoter managed
Since the promoters have their money invested in the
institution they are more interested in creating long term
return on investment value versus the professionals who
are more concerned about short term profits because
their remuneration and incentives are dependent on that
only. It is argued that since they have started the institu-
tion and withstood tough times to get the institution to a
respectable position they understand the culture of the
institution better than anyone else.
Professional Managed
Professional managers should be
at the wheel of the institution say
that promoters often lack the spe-
cialized skills required to run an
institution whereas professionals
have better skill sets to success-
fully manage an Institution. They
argue that promoters control the
academic democracy and are often dictate and tend to
miss the opportunities because they don‟t listen to others
Actual Scenario
In recent times we have seen that there are Institutions,
both promoters managed and professionally managed,
few are doing well while others have made a big mess
which was reflected clearly in the recent NRIF 2019 rank-
ing which is actually depends on the Chairperson‟s Big
Dreams and poor executions. In Tamil Nadu most of the
Self-financing Institutions are family managed with pro-
moters being in charge of managing the Institution and
only few are professionally managed Institutions.
Work atmosphere
A passionate workplace is a function of clarity of purpose
and an empowering culture. The essence is in how well
the department and its heads have managed to inspire
faculties through their vision, how clearly faculties are
able to see „how their role contributes to department and
degree to which faculties are empowered to do their role.
It is not just the promoter‟s interest but the work atmos-
phere and culture.
Faculty Participations
In the initial stage, faculties may have to adjust before
being accepted into the system, but once they succeed
almost become innovators and creators in their own do-
main.
As long as their results show up, faculties are successful.
Good Institution does not look to appoint just faculties but
associates with multidisciplinary expertise and aptitude
towards Research activities. Decision making is faster in the
successful promoter-led institutions. Once there are clear
positive atmosphere, faculties have the opportunity and
freedom to think and act as heads to drive growth
Head’s Quality
There are certain competencies that are common to good
heads, irrespective of the institutional context – for example a
strong drive for results, strategic thinking ability and the
ability to lead and develop a large department. However,
over and above these general leadership competencies, there
are some traits that are core to Academic professionals who
succeed and thrive in promoter led organizations.
Inclusive of external professionals
Timing is an all important question. In the early stages of
growth, too much management is more dangerous than too
little. There is some merit in living with some
“chaos” and letting the Institutions evolve in an ad
hoc way. Yet successful institutions typically reach a
point where bringing in a different type of Aca-
demic talents is necessary to take the institution to
the next level.
The first step is for the promoter to realize that dif-
ferent professionals are required for the future jour-
ney. Incidentally this is often the stage when an In-
stitution progress is visibly slowed down by the lack
of formal structures, systems and processes. Going external
might also be an imperative if there is a sudden shift in the
research domain and Accreditations which might demand a
certain set of skills that is not available in the current team.
Decision Making Framework: Role clarity alone is insuffi-
cient. Decision making clarity is also needed. Who takes
which decision and how? It is important to have protocols on
areas where the promoters will drive decision making and
areas where they will support/endorse decisions made by
the professional. Only then is the Institutions ready to bring
in an external professional in a senior leadership roles such
as Dean‟s, Director‟s and Heads of the Departments.
Takeaways
There are lessons can be picked from some of the successful
Institutions, we have seen few Institutions in Tamil Nadu
they ran into trouble because of the dictatorship of those
chairpersons. And those successful Institutions appoint
academic professionals those are better than them and then
leave them to get on with it. They also continuously look
for people who will aim for the achievements and not settle
for the routine. However it is ideal to have the promoter
has the Chairperson of the Institution and he/she should
be supported by professionals with diverse skills because
success of any institution not lies in ROI, it's about the
reputation which created by their faculties whom the insti-
tution recruits and retains.
Institutional success are measured by the reputation created by its
Faculties not by its ROI
Dr. C.V. Suresh Babu
“Good Institution does not
look to appoint just facul-
ties but associates with
multidisciplinary exper-
tise and aptitude towards
Research activities.”

3. Journey
towards our
Mission on
UGC NET
V O L U M E I 1 , I S S U E 8
C O M P U T E R S C I E N C E F A C U L T Y
Doing PhD is one of the most exciting and rewarding of practice in the both CS and CA departments
C O M P U T E R S C I E N C E F A C U L T Y V O L U M E I 1 , I S S U E 9
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S. Arunarani J. AngelinJebamalar V. Divya R. Sabin Begum B. Kamatchy
Multimodal Biometrics Cloud Computing Computer Networks Cloud Computing Image Processing
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For us happiness is a way of travel – not a destination, this year we made it to Mysore as our Department Tour

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P A G E 4
C O M P U T E R S C I E N C E F A C U L T Y V O L U M E I 1 , I S S U E 9
The Department of Computer Sci-
ence, Chevalier T Thomas Eliza-
beth College for Women con-
ducted an intensive training in
”Diploma in Image Editing and
Web development” in association
with ALB Computer Training In-
stitute from 04/01/2019 to
23/02/2019.
I. You can do it yourself” series:
1. Writing Journal Papers
2. Doing Project
3. Self Learning
II FDP’s
1. Teacher—Do’s and Don’ts
2. Personalized Teaching
3. Teaching Beyond Syllabus
4. Project Based Teaching
5. Teaching with Technology
6. My Teacher—student’s
perspective
7. Challenge the Challenge—A Road Map UGC NET
8. Once upon a time long long ago-Teaching
through stories
9. From Guru to Teacher, Trainer, Coach,
Mentor — Channing role of a Modern
Teacher
III SEP—Student Empowerment
Programs:
1. I am ready for University Exam
2. 5 units in 150 minutes
3. After UG what NEXT…
4. Activity Based Learning
IV Skill Development Programs
1. Document Management System through
Word processor
2. Effective Presentation
3. Build your own website
4. Decision Making through Spread sheet
5. Data Analysis through Spread Sheet
6. Problem solving using C / C++ / Java
7. Story, Screenplay, Dialogue and Direction —
Multimedia product development
V Quiz Programs on following subject areas:
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