College Profile (2013-2014)

DON BOSCO COLLEGE

(Affiliated to Thiruvalluvar University) Guezou Nagar, Yelagiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, INDIA 635 853

About College
Don Bosco College, Yelagiri Hills (DBCY) Arts and Science college Affiliated Thiruvalluvar University

Minority Institution Salesians of Don Bosco (Chennai Province)

15 Years of Experience Innovative educational pedagogy Industrial expertise in computer education

Our Inspiration St John Bosco

Birth Date: August 16, 1815 Birth Place: Becchi, Piedmont, Italy Ordained Priest: 1841 Founder: Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB)

Source: www.sdb.org Educative Mission Educating the target youth with qualitative knowledge, practice and experience to become integrated persons for career and life. In pursuit of this, we offer programs and services of best-in-class standards.

Educative Principles The Preventive System Reason, Religion and Loving kindness
Loving those to whom he dedicated his life Caring as a father Doing everything possible for their welfare

"If there ever existed, a method of education adapted to inspire confidence and love; it is the method of Don Bosco. - Joseph Zoppi, Swiss educationist

Founder - Fr Francis Guezou, SDB

French Salesian Missionary and Founder of Don Bosco Centre, Yelagiri (in1962) To India: 1952 Ordination: 1953 (Tirupattur) Ministries: Yercaud, Kochi and Yelagiri Hills Death: January 29, 2009 (at Yelagiri Hills)

His Mission Educating poor, tribal and rural youth in South India Patronizing BICS InfoTech (BIIT, BOSCO ITS and Arivagam) His Collaborators Mr Leon Duhayon, French industrialist, and Association of Friends of Father Guezou in France

Vision and Mission

VISION

A temple of Higher Education, nurturing integrated persons, inspired by Gospel Values.

MISSION
Educating the target youth with qualitative knowledge, practice and experience to become integrated persons for career and life. In pursuit of this, we offer programmes and services of best-in-class standards.

College Charter

Charter
To educate and train at certificate, diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate levels, professionals of outstanding ability with integral values. To facilitate all-round formation through multiple, integrated programmes and activities.

To develop students as true agents of social transformation in their specific settings.

To promote research and development in cutting-edge information technology and its applications.

To partner with social and educational institutes that promotes development of rural India.
To develop economic programmes for the sustainability and scalability of the institute.

Our Values and Uniqueness

VALUES
Primacy for God in Life Integral Formation Commitment to Nation-building Quality Service

UNIQUENESS
Affordable education fee Indigenous system to acquire communication and English language skills Qualified, experienced and dedicated faculty members Industrial exposure and opportunities to work on live projects Better job opportunities in IT and IT-enabled organizations

College Emblem
Meaning
The College emblem has four quadrants and a Cross. 5 1 2

1. The top-left quadrant depicts Don Bosco, his charism and pedagogy.
2. The top-right quadrant focuses on our students from rural areas. 3. The bottom-left quadrant identifies ICT as a strategic instrument to empower the Youth. 4. The bottom-right quadrant presents Don Bosco College as an elevation of erstwhile BICS InfoTech. 5. The Cross denotes that Jesus Christ is our Divine Lord and Master.

College Motto
Logo snippet

To Look Up With Faith, Hope and Love, In every moment of Life.

This College Motto is the motto given by Fr Francis Guezou SDB for BICS InfoTech in 1998.

College Anthem
DON BOSCO unites High and Low That all Men on Earth may be One To look-up with Hope to the future To build a World of Love and Service. DON BOSCO Symbol of Love Don Bosco Home of Excellence A College with a Difference Empowering the Youth with Values. DON BOSCO moves with Science & Times Entwining Knowledge and Skill The Portal of True Progress Don Bosco leads to the future.

College History

[1998]
BICS Inception

[1998]
BIIT & BOSCO ITS

[1999]
CDAC

[1999]
IGNOU Study Center

[1999-2011]
BIIT Professional Education (13 years)

[2012]
Don Bosco College

The beginning
BICS InfoTech BIIT
Education

BOSCO ITS
Technology

ARIVAGAM
Knowledge

College Inauguration, 2014

College Organization Structure

Boards and Committees

o Management Board o College Council o Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) o Media & Publication Committee o Technology for Education (T4E) Committee

o Students Grievance Redressal Committee

o Student Welfare Committee

o Teaching Staff
o Administrative Staff o Hostel Committee

o Co-Curricular Associations

Campus Culture
God Centred
Faith in God

SelfDriven
Self-Driven

Greener
NatureFriendly
Nature Responsible Life of Simplicity Nature Sensitive

Trustfilled & Free

Trust-Filled Group Activities Sense of Respect Sense of Fellowship

Socially Conscious
Socially Conscious GenderSensitivity Disciplined Life Sense of Equality

Love

Self-Reliance TimeConsciousnes s Health Awareness

Spirituality

Morality

Educative Pastoral Plan [EPP]

Province-level Mandatory Pastoral Framework

Center of Excellence
Bosco Institute of Information Technology (BIIT)
Professional training wing of Don Bosco College Offers Diploma and Certificate Programmes (skill-oriented)
As per NSD through DBTech Network.

TechTalk Organizer Collaboration Programme Outcome

Software Development Trainings BIIT BoscoSoft Students can opt to join BoscoSoft Technologies as trainees.

Center of Excellence
Bosco InfoTech Services (BOSCO ITS)
Technology Incubation and Software Service Provider Delivering reliable and customer-driven IT Services Service and Commercial ventures.
ISO Certified

BOSCO ITS Service Spectrum

Application Dev.
Web Solution Multimedia Dev. Data Processing

Microsoft and Java

LAMP Adobe Creatives, etc. XML, Forms, OCR processing

Center of Excellence
Knowledge Resource Centre (Arivagam)
An Environment for o Learning (self, peer, and expert) o Knowledge Exchanges o Training (Human and Competency Development) o Repository Infrastructure (of knowledge resources)

Arivagam units are

Print Library Digital Library Corporate Training Centre Learning Resource Centre Knowledge Bank Virtual Museum Over 1000 titles powered by eBLIS Over 10,000+ titles powered by Dspace

Hosting TechTalk, CSR, Conferences, etc. Resources on Moodle, Dspace, eBLIS

Under development: (R&D by BOSCO ITS) Under development: Guezou, DBC, SDB

Academic Departments
Department of Foundation Studies
DEPARTMENT

FSS CSA CMS MAT

Department of Computer Science and Applications

Department of Commerce and Management Studies Department of Mathematics

TAM
ENG

Department of Language (Tamil)

Department of English

Department of Foundation Studies

DEPARTMENT

Objective

FSS CSA CMS MAT

Co-curricular Activities Extension Activities

Offering Foundation Courses (as per Thiruvalluvar University): 1) 2) 3) Nil Environmental Studies Value Education Soft Skills (by Department of English)

TAM
ENG

That students appreciate their religion and nature to practice them meaningfully.

Department of Computer Science and Applications

DEPARTMENT

Objective

FSS CSA CMS MAT

Co-curricular Activities

Prepares students as software professionals with fundamentals of IT and lead them to numerous specializations by adopting a self-learning mechanism.

Students@IT Association
Peer Learning to enhance technical knowledge and Information Literacy. BIIT IVDP Computer Academy FreedomSoft Club (Open Source Technologies)

TAM
ENG
Extension Activities

DANY Club (Young Digital Artists Network)

Department of Commerce and

Management Studies
DEPARTMENT

Objective

FSS CSA CMS MAT

Co-curricular Activities

Moulding students to be Commerce and/or Management professional through academic activities, such as seminars, workshops, projects and other related activities.

Commerce Association (to develop managerial, communication and business skills as part of Information Literacy) Financial Literacy Drive (collaborative venture with DBSARC, Tirupattur)

TAM
ENG
Extension Activities

Department of Mathematics
DEPARTMENT

Objective

FSS CSA CMS MAT

Co-curricular Activities Extension Activities

To enable students to develop analytical and logical ability to be employed in any field of study and life.

Nil

TAM
ENG

Nil

Department of Language (Tamil)

DEPARTMENT

Objective

FSS CSA CMS MAT

Co-curricular Activities

Tamil Mandarm (Association)

TAM
ENG
Extension Activities

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Department of English
DEPARTMENT

Objective

FSS CSA CMS MAT

Co-curricular Activities

Preparing students to become effective communicators in English for employment and career growth.

English Literary Association (to improve communicative English through peer learning and guidance) Language Lab (to promote English as campus language to prepare students for job market)

TAM
ENG
Extension Activities

Academic Programmes
Degree Programmes
Thiruvalluvar University B.Sc. (CS), B.C.A., B.Com. (CA), and B.B.A. IGNOU View M.C.A. and B.C.A.

Diploma Programmes
PGDIT, TechTalks, D.C.A. View

Certificate Programmes
CSR, ACSR, ECSR View

Academic Programmes - Degree

Thiruvalluvar University
B.Sc. (Computer Science) B.C.A. (Computer Applications) B.Com. (Computer Applications) B.B.A. (Business Administration)

IGNOU
M.C.A. (Computer Applications) B.C.A. (Computer Applications)

Academic Programmes - Diploma

PGDIT (3 years) TechTalk (3 months)
PG Diploma in Information Technology

Software Development: Microsoft Software Development: Java Software Development: LAMP

In Graphics and Multimedia In Web Design and Maintenance In Hardware and Networking

Diploma (3 months)

DCA (1 year)

In Computer Applications

Academic Programmes - Certificate

Need-based certificate programs (through BIIT).

CSR

Computing Skills for All (6 days)

ACSR

Advanced Computing Skills for All (6; 14; 30; 60 days)

ECSR

English for Religious (30; 60 days)

Best Practices
Communication Lab Reading Practice Every Saturday for 2 hours Daily, 30 minutes in the morning

Campus Language
Peer Learning

Language card to instil communication skill

Through student associations as information literacy venture Time Budget, Time Record and Time Analysis of academic activities Lab Course Planning, Students Preparation for an Exercise, Attending Lab Session and Continuous Assessment Students@IT Association, Commerce Association, Tamil Mandram, English Literary Association Scripture reading, Message, Daily News and Announcements (All working days)

Time Management

Programming Skill Development Collaborative Learning Forums Morning Assemblies

Quality Paradigm
Quality Policy
To improve quality of service continuously, With updated technologies and systems, In compliance with NAAC criteria, To realize the core values and mission of the College.

Quality System

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Industry-Institute Interface
BoscoSoft Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Services
Software Development Web Design & Development Multimedia Production Technical and Instructional Writing Data processing Hardware & Network Administration

Clientele
Corporate Bodies, Education, Healthcare, Social & NGO, and Government Organizations.

BoscoSoft-College Interface
Technology Incubator Industrial Placement Research and Development Corporate Partnership

Industry-Institute Interface
IUS Salesian Higher Education Network
Don Bosco India - Higher Education Network
Subsidiary of Salesian Provincial Conference of South Asia (SPCSA)

Network Purpose
Reflection, Sharing and Coordination Involvement in all Don Bosco institutions of Higher Education

IUS Common Programme: Defining the identity of IUS To offer, The general guidelines enabling each academic community to draw up its own cultural, scientific, technological, educative, pastoral, Salesian project.

Industry-Institute Interface
Alumni Federation
Network of Alumni from Don Bosco College, Centres of Excellence (BIIT, BOSCO ITS, Arivagam) Objective Creating a community of persons involved in the wellbeing of one another and the society at large.
Members as, Corporate Ambassadors Carriers of mission and Values of DBCY Towards social responsibilities Knowledge sharing and Resource mobilization Placement Opportunities for peers & fresher

Alumni Committee Structure

Rector (President), Vice-Rector (Principal), Alumni Secretary, Alumni Joint Secretaries, Batch Coordinators

Extension Activities
IGNOU Study Centre (Code: 2544D)

Study Centre signed-up in 1999 Support for IGNOU Distance Education Programmes (BCA and MCA) Conducts contact classes (weekend) for MCA students

Extension Activities
IVDP Computer Academy

Authorized Training Centre (of Don Bosco College / BICS InfoTech)

Offers, DCA (to IVDP SHG members & their children)

Placement Services Monitoring Services (by DBCY Faculty members)

Extension Activities
Co-Curricular Associations
Red Cross Bosco Volunteers AICUF Bosco NSS Bosco Fine Arts

Blue Cross

Youth Groups

Jesus Youth

Sports Club
Green Hills Club

Media Forum

Literacy Club

Newman Club

Promoting global, national or dimensional awareness.

e.g. sports, social awareness, voluntarism, spirituality, Biblical studies, etc.

Extension Activities
Bosco Academic Success Initiative Series

BASIS
Academic Mentoring and Coaching (by Faculty Members)
A process for successful academic performances.

To provide,
Basic Academic Skills Services (Vocabulary Notebooks | Handwriting Practices, Study Skills | Memorization Techniques | Gyan Darshan) Class Quality Circles (CQC) to help weaker students

Student Facilities
Scholarship
List of Government Scholarships
National Merit Scholarship
Post-Matric Scholarship for SC/ST Hindus & Christians Merit Scholarship for SC/ST Securing above 1000 marks (cut-off to be fixed by Govt.) Political Sufferers, Defence Personnel / Ex-Service Mens Children Scholarship Scholarship to Children of Freedom Fighters National Loan Scholarship Post-Matric Scholarship for Minority Students

Student Facilities
Teaching and Learning Environment
CEETLE
Computer-based Education Environment for Teaching, Learning and Evaluation
Web-based, personalized, blended eLearning environment Campus-wide Accessibility (educational resources, services, computing devices and software) Lab-wide Wi-Fi Connectivity

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Student Facilities
Student Counselling Service
Part-Time Counseling
College offers,
Free Confidential Professional Counselling Services On Students request By Qualified faculty members

Student Facilities
Christ the Redeemer Chapel
Dedicated in 1977 to Christ the Redeemer Architectural landmark at Don Bosco Centre Evoking tranquillity and inner feeling for Gods presence Having Fr. Francis Gueouzs mortal remains (since, January 30, 2009)

Student Facilities
Library (Arivagam)
Learning and Sharing Environment Students, Associates and DBCY Stakeholders Learning Outcome, Work Experiences and Corporate Strategies

Arivagam Constituents:
Print Library (powered by eBLIS) Digital Library (powered by DSpace) Learning Resource Centre Corporate Training Centre Knowledge Bank Media Services Virtual Museum

Student Facilities
Safe Drinking Water
RO Drinking Water Plant
Donated by IVDP, (NGO in Krishnagiri) Providing safe drinking water in College campus

Student Facilities
Sports and Games
Open Playgrounds (for girls and boys)
Basketball

Volley ball
Football Trekking opportunity in Yelagiri Hills.

Student Facilities
Computing Resource Centre
Computer Lab
Support for regular Lab Activities Use of Students Laptops (as per college norms)

Human Resource: Staff

Academic Year: 2013-2014

STAFF DEPARTMENT Teaching Foundation Studies Non-Teaching TOTAL

English and Communication

Language (Tamil) Mathematics Computer Science & Applications Commerce & Management Librarian Administrative Staff

2
2 2 7 2 2 8 20 8

2
2 2 7 2 2 8 28

Total

Current Students
Academic Year: 2013-2014

PROGRAMME PGDIT / BCA BCA B.COM. (CA) BSC (CS) BBA BCA B.COM. (CA) BCS (CS)

YEAR III II II

BOYS 45 25 9

GIRLS 31 13 8

TOTAL 76 38 17

II
I

21
11

12
8

33
19

I
I I

27
33 29

26
20 25

53
53 54

Total

200

143

343

Medals and Awards

Medal Name
Josephine Guezou Medal

Awarded To
B.Sc. (C.S.) Student

Joacquim Guezou Medal Fr Guezou Diamond Jubilee Medal Fr Varghese Menacherry SDB Medal Fr Louis Panikulangara SDB Medal
Archbishop Louis Matthias SDB Medal Papa Duhayon Medal Fr Guezou Golden Jubilee Medal

B.C.A. Student B.Com. (C.A.) Student PGDIT Student PGDIT Student

PGDIT Diploma Holder B.C.A. Graduate M.C.A. Graduate

Contact or Write to Us
Contact Information
Principal Don Bosco College Guezou Nagar, Yelagiri Hills Vellore District, Tamil Nadu INDIA 635 853

Office: (04179) 295443, 245239 (office hours only) Mobile: (+91) 9786000439 info@dbcyelagiri.edu.in www.dbcyelagiri.edu.in