St Joseph Engineering College hosts TEQIP 1.3 Sponsored Five-Day Faculty Development Program
Mangaluru: The Department of Mechanical Engineering of St Joseph Engineering College (SJEC), Mangaluru, organized TEQIP 1.3 Sponsored Five-Day Faculty Development Program (FDP) on Outcome Based Education (OBE) and NBA Accreditation for faculty members of engineering institutes from 30 December 2019 to 3 January 2020. The FDP was organized in association with Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU)-Belagavi, Aryabhatta Knowledge University-Patna, and Biju Patnaik University of Technology-Rourkela.
The five-day FDP included sessions on effective implementation of OBE from several perspectives. More specifically, it was intended to address the implementation of the OBE system at affiliated institutions. Specific responsibilities of institution-level administrators, heads of individual programs and individual faculty were addressed through specially designed interactive sessions.
The FDP was inaugurated on the first day by the Chief Guest, Dr Umakanth P Kulkarni, Professor & Head, Department of Computer Science and Engineering at SDM College of Engineering and Technology, Dharwad. Rev. Fr Rohith D’Costa, Incharge Director of SJEC, Rev. Fr Alwyn Richard D’Souza, Assistant Director of SJEC, Dr Rio D’Souza, Principal of SJEC, Dr Shreeranga Bhat, Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) Coordinator at SJEC, Mr Rakesh Lobo, HR Manager at SJEC were also present on the occasion.
Dr Umakanth Kulkarni, speaking about the implementation of OBE mentioned that it is directly proportional to the learning that takes place inside the classroom. He urged the participants to embrace modern teaching pedagogies which eventually enhances the overall teaching-learning process.
Several sessions on OBE and NBA accreditation were scheduled on all five days of the program. The resource persons for the FDP were Dr Umakanth P Kulkarni, Professor & Head, Department of CSE at SDM College of Engineering and Technology-Dharwad, Dr ESM Suresh, Professor & Head, Department of Civil Engineering at NITTTR-Chennai, Dr Rio D’Souza, Principal of SJEC, Dr Shreeranga Bhat, Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) Coordinator at SJEC, Sathyendra Bhat J and Ragesh Raju, Assistant Professors-MCA at SJEC and Dr Claire Komives, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering at San Jose State University USA and Secretary of Indo Universal Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE).
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Power tariffs under BESCOM to rise from May 1
Bengaluru (PTI): Power bills for consumers under the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) will go up from May 1, following an order issued by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) on Friday.
The hike comes after KERC allowed the BESCOM to recover a revenue deficit of Rs 2,068 crore incurred in 2024-25, from the consumers.
As a result, for every unit of electricity consumed in 2024-25, the customers will be charged an additional 56 paise, it said.
"BESCOM shall calculate, for each of the active consumers of FY2024-25 the amount to be recovered based on their actual energy consumption during FY2024-25. Such amount shall be recovered during FY 2026-27 in equal monthly instalments, to be called as 'FY25 True up Charges', commencing from the first meter reading date falling on or after 1 May 2026 and concluding with the reading date ending on 30 April 2027," the order said.
"It is further ordered that BESCOM shall maintain a separate head of account, allocated for the purpose, to record the adjustment of the said amount to ensure full recovery of the deficit," it added.
Similarly Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (CESC) has also recorded a revenue deficit of Rs 121.71 crore and can collect an additional 15 paisa per unit for consumption in 2024-25, official sources said.
