Matoshri Education Society's

Approved by: All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi. Directorate of Technical Education, Maharashtra.
Affiliated to: Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Code:1121. (DTE Code: MB5122) Accrediated By NAAC

  • Matoshri Education Society's

    Matoshri College of Management &
    Research Centre, Eklahare, Nashik

    [DTE Code: MB5122] Accrediated By NAAC

Best Practices

Institute Best Practices

Matoshri Asarabai Scholarship

Financial assistance to the deserving students through -Asarabai scholarship Scheme. (Given by Matoshri Education Society)

Objectives
  • Many students seeking admissions come from the rural/tribal areas with low economic back ground. So financial assistance is extended to these deserving students. The noble objectives of the practice are to extend financial aid to the poor students, especially from the rural, to enable them to get admissions.
  • To support financially to all the deserving poor students without any discrimination of caste or creed.
  • To inculcate the values of ‘generosity’ and a ‘sense of social responsibility’ among the students.
Context

Through a sincere commitment to all students and their families, Institute strives to eliminate financial and other barriers to higher education. Institute makes a conscious effort to reach out to those with exceptional economic and educational needs. These funds are provided besides the government scholarships. Government scholarship focuses on reservation categories or EBC category only but sometimes due to want of documents or rigid conditions, many students do not fit the bill. Institutional level scholarship caters to these students. The aim is to uplift the students from lower economic class.

Evidence of Success
Years 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
No. of students receiving scholarship 138 49 135 37 63
Problems Encountered and Resources Required

It is difficult to provide scholarships to all students. The Institute may cater to more students if more resources are made available through various measures.

Matoshri Champion League

A yearly activity to inculcate management and leadership skills among the students. Institute motivates students to participate in these competitions and award them by rewarding them the cash prize of Rupees 7000/- and Rupees 5000/- and trophy to winner and runner students.

Objectives
  • To develop management and leadership abilities amongst the student.
  • To stimulate the flow of ideas and encourage students to think out of the box.
  • To inculcate Group Dynamics within the students and reduce stage fear amongst them.
  • To develop interpersonal skill among the students.
Context

Matoshri Champion League is a yearly activity conducted by the institute where in various competitions like Poster Buzz, Extempore, Debate, Library Treasure Hunt, Ad-mad Show, Management Games, Business Buzz, One Minute Show, Documentary etc. are organized in the institute which develops healthy competitive skills among the students. It stimulates the flow of ideas and talent which helps in developing students. It also enhances group dynamics and encourages them to face the audience which further reduces stage fear.

Evidence of Success
Years 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
No of students Participating 140 102 150 145 144
Problems Encountered and Resources Required

Participation of students is not 100%. There is no issue related to resources required

Promoting Social Activities

Objectives of the Practice

Develop a sense of social and civic responsibility in students.

The Context

Students are motivated to utilize the knowledge in understanding and finding practical solutions of community problems.

The Practice

Institute arranging various programs.

Evidence of Success: Activities conducted like
  • Swaccha Bharat Abhiyan
  • Water Conservation and Management
  • Digital India awareness
  • Tree plantation
  • Water Logging and Seepage
  • Street Play on Women Empowerment & Cashless Transaction Anti Superstition Program
  • Free Medical Checkup
  • Organizing Blood Donation camp
  • Health awareness program for girl students
  • Help to Orphanage
  • Seminars and workshops on Road Safety, Sexual Harassment of Women, Global Warming, Computer awareness for housekeeping staff, Campus Cleaning, Helmet awareness
  • Campaigning like “Care River Clean River”, “Save Girl Child”, “Save Tree, Save Water-Save Life”, “BetiBachao-BetiPadhao".
Problems Encountered and Resources Required

Limitation to spare more time due to rigorous academic schedule

Financial support required from SPPU and institution

Faculty Development Schemes

Objective

The objective of the practice is to motivate the faculty members to do research, organize and attend conferences, workshops, seminars and symposia to get to know emerging technology trends and also to update their domain knowledge.

The Context

For effective teaching as well as research engagements, faculty members are expected to have holistic idea of their area of specialization. To accomplish this, they require exposure to various inter-faculty interactions taking place via conferences, workshops, seminars, symposia etc. This situation is addressed by introducing various faculty development schemes.

The Practice

Research and Development Committee of the institution promotes and facilitates research undertakings of the faculty members. The faculty members are sponsored by the institute to attend the national / international conferences. To encourage quality research work by faculty members, various monetary incentives are in place.

Evidence of Success
  • Enhancement in the number of faculty members registering for Ph . D . programs
  • Enhancement in the number of quality publications by faculty members
  • Increase in the number of workshops, seminars attended by the faculty members.
  • Increase in the number of faculty members implementing best pedagogic practices
Problems encountered and resources required

Fund allocation is required for supporting research activities and Ph. D. programs.

Counseling & Students Development cell.
Objectives of the practice
The main objective of cell is to build inner potential within the students. To create more awareness about their hidden potentials through the behavior, Career planning, study related & Creativity & make them feel confident to face the present & future challenges. Counseling tries to enable the students to make them confident with positive attitude to face the professional & Personal life situations.
The context
To meet the challenges of the Industrial requirements, to make the students understand & realize their inner potential, to help Management students overcome the difficulties, weakness & face the challenges in Academics, personal, & professional front confidently.
The practice
At our Institute we are dedicated to counseling& Mentoring.It is headed by a seniorfaculty having Industrial and academics experience .For students. For 2nd semester, Institute conducts Interest test for specialization selection followed by individual counseling. The counseling& mentoring Cell are functional & available throughout the year for students as well as for staff members.
Evidence of Success

The scientific process of mentoring and counseling the students has resulted in remarkable transformations in the life of students. The success of students in academics and placements reflects the support provided by counseling cell. The counseling cell’s record of students counseled and encouraged to achieve greater heights in career.

The counseling sessions with the students gives the students insights about their own personality traits and also provides guidance regarding the areas of improvement within them to become a thorough professional. It helps the students in preparing themselves for the placement. Many students face a dilemma while selection of specialization in their second year. Counseling cell plays a major role by discussing and interpreting the results of Interest. Of course it is individual choice to finalize specialization but cell provide support to think about their specialization with right direction. Along with counseling, every faculty take care of student mentoring as “mentor”, discuss their issue of any kind with the students & minutes of the meeting are maintain, thus also helps students & mentor to resolve the issues of student, these decisions are strong foundation of their career path and are reflected in their results and placements. There have been cases wherein students with low self-esteem and low morale were referred to the counseling cell. Appropriate counseling sessions were conducted with them. As a result of the efforts taken in the form of counseling and mentoring, the students have gained self-confidence and have successfully progressed in their career.

The success of counseling cell was observed in some extreme cases of depression also.

Some of the students were on the verge of dropping out of MBA program for reasons pertaining to their family, health issues or poor performance in semester exams. The counseling cell has been successful in motivating such students to complete their MBA program

Industrial Exposure to the Students

Objectives
  • Industrial exposure is the backbone of the overall development of MBA students.
  • It is through industrial exposure that the transformation from a student to a career Professional happens. No amount of classroom teaching & training can replace the Valuable education that a professional student gets through industry exposure.
  • Moreover, it is important for students coming from different community & family backgrounds to familiarize themselves with the changing role they will have to play for the rest of their working lives & attain success.
Context

A student of MBA gets to learn the important Do’s & Don’ts in professional life through industry exposure. It also takes away the initial “Resistance to change” from a student to professional life. Student also gets a clear picture of the various industry sectors for making a choice which fits their individual personality.

Practice
Institute provides a plethora of opportunities for corporate interactions such as:
  • Regular Guest lectures/ Talks Sessions /Seminars & workshops by practicing managers from different sectors of the industry.
  • Visits of alumni to share their experiences at their workplaces
  • Frequent industrial visits arranged by the Institute for the students
  • Summer Internship Programme for MBA students
Evidence of success

The success of this practice of emphasis on Industrial exposure is evidenced from the fact that our students have done remarkably well in their careers. Moreover, students also very categorically demand this exposure and participate very earnestly and enthusiastically in this activity for their betterment and future preparation for their professional career.

Counseling & Students Development Cell

Objectives

The main objective of cell is to build inner potential within the students. To create more awareness about their hidden potentials through the behavior, Career planning, study related & Creativity & make them feel confident to face the present & future challenges. Counseling tries to enable the students to make them confident with positive attitude to face the professional & Personal life situations.

Context

To meet the challenges of the Industrial requirements, to make the students understand & realize their inner potential, to help Management students overcome the difficulties, weakness & face the challenges in Academics, personal, & professional front confidently.

Practice

At our Institute we are dedicated to counseling & Mentoring. It is headed by a senior faculty having Industrial and academics experience. For students. For 2nd semester, Institute conducts Interest test for specialization selection followed by individual counseling. The counseling& mentoring Cell are functional & available throughout the year for students as well as for staff members.

Evidence of success

The scientific process of mentoring and counseling the students has resulted in remarkable transformations in the life of students. The success of students in academics and placements reflects the support provided by counseling cell. The counseling cell’s record of students counseled and encouraged to achieve greater heights in career.

The counseling sessions with the students gives the students insights about their own personality traits and also provides guidance regarding the areas of improvement within them to become a thorough professional. It helps the students in preparing themselves for the placement. Many students face a dilemma while selection of specialization in their second year. Counseling cell plays a major role by discussing and interpreting the results of Interest. Of course, it is individual choice to finalize specialization but cell provide support to think about their specialization with right direction. Along with counseling, every faculty take care of student mentoring as “mentor”, discuss their issue of any kind with the students & minutes of the meeting are maintain, thus also helps students & mentor to resolve the issues of student, these decisions are strong foundation of their career path and are reflected in their results and placements. There have been cases wherein students with low self-esteem and low morale were referred to the counseling cell. Appropriate counseling sessions were conducted with them. As a result of the efforts taken in the form of counseling and mentoring, the students have gained self-confidence and have successfully progressed in their career.

The success of counseling cell was observed in some extreme cases of depression also.

Some of the students were on the verge of dropping out of MBA program for reasons pertaining to their family, health issues or poor performance in semester exams. The counseling cell has been successful in motivating such students to complete their MBA program.

Green Practices

1. Bicycle

A bicycle is the most economical way of transportation. It helps to improve the health of the community. It is pollution free. Bicycles are used for internal travelling within the campus. Some staff members are also using bicycles to come to college occasionally.

2. Public Transport & Car Pulling

College provides bus facility. Apart from the bus facility, the members and students use public transport for their convenience. The institution instructs the students on transportation etiquettes like to remain polite, to follow traffic rules, offer their seats to the elderly people, pregnant women etc. Most of students and staff members use car pulling to come to college.

3. Pedestrian Friendly Roads

Pedestrian Roads provide a safe path for people to walk along that is separated from the motorized traffic. They aid road safety. The institution wants to expand the pedestrian road surrounding the campus to encourage more multimodal transportation.

4. Plastic Free Campus

Initiative has been taken to make campus plastic free by discouraging use of plastic bags to minimize environmental damage and risks associated with it

5. Green Landscaping with Trees and Plants

Events like tree plantation, Clean India Campaign etc. are organized regularly.Green Audit is introduced; but the college has taken care of environment problems and accordingly it has planted trees in and around the campus. Green Campus Competition is organized on the Independence Day, the college has jointly taken free plantation by the students and staff members. All these activities are carried out with the sole objective of environment awareness among students and staff members. The infrastructure is designed in such a way as to provide enough light, air and ventilation in the class rooms Trees and plants are planted around the building.

6. Paperless office

The use of paper is greatly reduced by maintaining e-records. This reduce carbon footprint. We use tally ERP.9 Software in office.

Rain Water Harvesting

Water plays a significant role in our lives, since it is a precious natural resource. Over the past few years, there has been an increase of water shortages in several parts of the Maharashtra. Thus, Rain water harvesting is being done to conserve the water resource. Rain water is collected in underground water tank and it is being used for the purpose of green campus. Each and every member of institute is engaged with the development of green campus.

Renewable Energy Sources

Renewable Energy Sources

The Sun is an extremely powerful energy source, and sunlight is by far the largest source of energy received by Earth, but its intensity at Earth’s surface is actually quite low. This is essentially because of the enormous radial spreading of radiation from the distant Sun. A relatively minor additional loss is due to Earth’s atmosphere and clouds, which absorb or scatter as much as 54 percent of the incoming sunlight. The sunlight that reaches the ground consists of nearly 50 percent visible light, 45 percent infrared radiation, and smaller amounts of ultraviolet and other forms of electromagnetic radiation.

Reach and Unreached

Objectives of the Practices:
  • The primary aim is to attract and retain the talents of rural area students in the realm of higher education.
  • Another key objective is to empower and shape the students belonging to Rural & Backward classes through the provision of higher education opportunities.
Context

Situated in a rural area, MCMRC caters to a population largely involved in agricultural activities. The deficiency of quality higher education opportunities in rural areas has resulted in a low enrollment of rural students, significantly impacting the female population. Consequently, aligning with the institute's mission and vision, a campaign has been initiated in rural areas to augment student enrollment in higher education.

Evidence of Success:
  • An increase in the number of students pursuing higher education has been observed.
  • The campaign has successfully heightened awareness regarding higher education opportunities.
Problem Encountered:

The campaign has proven to be instrumental in enhancing the educational status of individuals residing in the targeted villages. The enrollment of students from Rural area and specially women have increased notably in college

My Vote My Duty

Objectives of the Practices:
  • To encourage people to participate in elections and create awareness about democracy by enrolling themselves in the voting process.
Context

This campaign has certainly helped, even if in a small way to strengthen governance, to informed voting and the essence of true democracy was realized when people directly questioned their candidate.

Evidence of Success:
  • The rate of voter registration has increased in the rural areas.
  • The perception of voters, particularly among young voters, has undergone a transformation.
  • The long queues seen at polling stations right from the early hours are seen at polling stations right from the early hours.
Problem Encountered:

Voter awareness is imperative for the political legitimacy of the system in rural areas. This campaigning will alter voters' perceptions about elections, encourage them to participate actively, and ultimately result in a higher voter turnout in the upcoming elections.