An exclusive monthly newsletter for the faculties of computer science department of affiliated colleges of University of Madras

1. Computer Science
Volume 3, Issue 2
Faculty
Education is the key to
success in life, and
teachers make a lasting
impact in the lives of
their students and On
September 5, everyone
who remembers his own
education remembers
teachers, not methods
and techniques. The
teacher is the heart of
the educational system. I
am happy to cover those
wonderful moments cre-
ated in every campus in
this issue along with
regular departmental
events and a monthly
article with an academic
importance.
Inside this issue:
Interface 1
SAMAR-2K19 1
Article: Institutional
Ranking
2
Campus Teachers
Day Celebrations
3
Department Events 4
Best Teachers Award 4
Lions Club Book
Bank
4
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INTERFACE at Anna Adarsh College
The Department of Com-
puter Science, Anna Adarsh College
for Women, Reaccreditated by
NAAC with ‘A+’ Grade, organized
its Annual Intercollegiate Sympo-
sium – INTERFACE on 17.09.2019.
The guests were Dr. Santhosh Babu
IAS, Principal Secretary, Information
Technology, Govt. of Tamil Nadu,
Mr. Mathivanan Elangovan, Vice
President, Head, Learning & Devel-
opment, Sify Technologies Limited,
Ms. Ranjini Manian, Founder- Chair-
person, Global Adjustments Founda-
tion.
Dr. Santhosh Babu IAS in his speech, empha-
sized on women empowerment and encouraged
the students to focus on a goal, chase that goal
with disciplined excellence. Almost 26 teams
from 19 city colleges participated in the technical
symposium. The meet encouraged the students
to participate in events namely short film presen-
tation, Technical Singing, Mime, Web Designing,
Clay Sculpture, Technical Potpourri, and Mind
Mapping. Ethiraj College (Shift II), won the
Overall Rolling Shield with the highest score.
FromEditorsDesk
Thiruthangal nadar college Department of Computer Applications, Computer science and Software
Application Jointly organize a National level technical symposium SAMAR-2K19 Consecutively third
year. Dr. N. Zackariah, Presidency College, Prof. P. Vijai Prasad, Md. Sadaq Arts and Science college
and Dr. D. Suntha, MOP Vaishnav college was the chef guest. 410 students from 55 colleges from dif-
ferent part of the city participated. Gurunanak College bagged the overall title.
SAMAR -2K19 at Thiruthangal Nadar College

2. Institutional Ranking
Ranking the Institutions is to measure their performances and
growth with respect to certain standards. When it comes to se-
lecting the institution, most of the students who are looking for
higher education consider ranking as the most important pa-
rameter before selecting a particular institute.
Ranking Agencies
Globally there were many agencies the most popular are:
 Times Higher Education World University Rankings:
Rankings look at things like how many research papers are
published, how many Nobel laureates are on the faculty,
how many PhDs are granted and whatever else.
 The Centre for World University Rankings
(CWUR) is a global university ranking that
measures the quality of education and training
of students, as well as the prestige of the faculty
members and the quality of their research.
 National Institutional Ranking Framework
(NIRF): The govt. of India felt a need to start its own ranking
system since our institutions were poorly represented. The
Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry launched
the NIRF in 2015. The framework outlined a methodology to
rank institutions across the country and promised annual
rankings for colleges and universities.
The Process
Every agency have their own unique metrics, these rankings
employ many performance indicators covering the full range of
a university's core activities: teaching, research, knowledge
transfer and international outlook. The selected Educational
Institutions were asked to submit the data/ reports on which
they will ranked.
For Example: In World university ranking, they give 50%
weightage to (academic and employer reputation) thus this
ranking is too much based on user experience. The surveys
which they conduct are primarily based on western sample
space.
The Reliability
Once the data was submitted by the institutes, most of these
agencies didn't even bothered to cross check the data/ reports
submitted. In fact, At times these agencies make it clear, on its
website itself, that the responsibility for accuracy and authentic-
ity of the data lies with the respective institutions.
 Their approach was very unprofessional with almost zero/
no fair chance for many institutions.
 Not all institution was considered for the rankings, thus
making it monopoly of few.
 No cross verification of reports/ data submitted by insti-
tutes.
 Claims of Institutions were not cross examined. In order to
gain more govt funds there is a possibility that many institu-
tions could do a lot of number jugglery
Thus, credibility of these rankings is highly doubtful.
The Reality
Case 1: Few Private institutions are placed at 2nd, 3rd and 5th
positions for placements, above IITs. Interestingly, nine of the
top 20 IIT's for placement parameter don’t fall in the overall top
100 list of engineering institutions.
Case 2: One Institution in North India ranked among first 20
initiations in India in one of the agencies report.. but the
review of that college in a public domain was so bad... the
students and parents of that institution were given negative
remarks of all those parameters for what they are been
claimed good in the report.
Case 3: There were few 3 tier engineering colleges in the list,
neither have permanent teaching faculty nor good place-
ment records, in spite they are in top 100 ranks.
Case 4: A institute in North East, it is founded in 2010, No
permanent campus, It has <50% placement that too in Tier
2/3 companies, No Permanent faculty, No in-
frastructure, No proper Connectivity and it has
been placed about many premier intuition in
the country.
These rankings tell you almost nothing about
the undergraduate experience. That’s because
learning and teaching quality are way harder to
measure (eg, are students doing well because
the Institution has a good reputation, so is able to choose
high-IQ, high-achieving applicants, or because of what the
Institution actually offers).
Choose what is right for you
Do you think any university ranking agencies can know
thousands of universities? Of course not. The simple truth is
that there is no such thing as a definitive table. But in fact
the wildly differing outcomes of these tables make them
more, not less, useful. The key is in knowing how to inter-
pret them. If a student or a parent wants to know how good
a university is, before applying to any institution just check
the ranking for the past 3 years. If the ranks are stable then
talk to the alumni and check about the placements and fee
hike etc.
Find an Institution that’s right for the student. Talk to peo-
ple going there, and recent graduates. Particularly in the
discipline the student wants to study. For example, say one
wanted to study International Economics. Would it matter
to him if the Institution had won project grant for Artificial
Intelligence? Or the Automobile Department have signed a
MoU with a German Company. Doing well at a lower tier
Institute seems to be better than being mediocre at a top
Institute.
The Conclusion
In fact our Indian rankings are not false, but they don't show
the actual scene, because it's under a development phase,
even the popular global ranking agencies at their earlier
phase had also faced a similar situation but later they stan-
dardized every metric and expanded globally. But, today
these parameters focuses heavily on things like how many
journal papers the university produces, how many PhDs are
awarded, and even how many Nobel laureates are on staff.
Though the rankings are purely objectivity based, it can be
biased since the responsibility of cross checking the data lies
on the institution rather than the government. We seriously
need to have much more realistic approach in a more struc-
tured & organized manner. These sorts of inaccurate & un-
reliable rankings can be misleading at times. What is impor-
tant is that there should a complete list of universities and
the rating should be done by the users and the community.
Institutional Ranking
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“…. there is a
possibility that many
institutions could do a
lot of number jugglery”
Computer Science Faculty
Dr. C.V. Suresh Babu
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3. CTTE College
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Volume 3, Issue 2
Sri Muthukumaran arts and science college
Vidhya Sagar Women’s College
Anna Adarsh College for Women

4. The Department of
Computer Appli-
cations, Chevalier
T Thomas Eliza-
beth College for
Women organized
a “Workshop on
Angular” on 18
September 2019 by
the eminent Re-
source person, Mr.
V.M. Hemananth, Cognizant Technology Solutions. Students
from various departments such as Department of Physics,
Mathematics, Computer Science and Computer Applications
attended the workshop.
Computer Science Faculty
Lions Club of Chennai Elite Stars Celeberated Teacher
Day on 21st Sep. 2019 at Meenakshi Sudararajan
Engineering College, Chennai. Our Faculties Prof. W.
Mary Magdalene Viola, Annai Vellankani College of
Women and Prof. P.C.S. Balasubramaniam from Sridevi
college was facilitated for their outstanding services.
Lions Club of Chennai Elite
Stars (District 324 A1) has
initiated a permanent project
to serve “Economically
weaker section” students by
sponsoring them for their
Academic books for their
entire course with association
with Anniyappa Publications. For further details please contact
anniyappapublications@yahoo.com
Titles available
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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:
1. Computer Science
2. Information Technology
3. Management
4. Teaching Methodology
5. Research Methodology