Best Practice : 1
Title of the practice :
“Bus Transport Facility”
Objectives:
1.To bridge the gap of unavailability of transportation.
2.To reduce the dropout rate.
3.To provide affordable and safe transportation facility.
4.To save the time of students.
5.To improve daily attendance of students.
6.To encourage rural students for higher education.
The Context:
Public transportation across Manmad is not sufficient and frequent. Most of the area is rural and having less access to the bus facility. People around Manmad city belong to agriculture and related profession and have busy schedule. They are not ready to allow their daughters for higher education due to poor and insufficient public transportation facility.
Practice:
The college provides transportation facility to the students of remote area and manmad city. It connects ten villages across the college and covers around 15 km area. The college is supported by the parent institution with financial help. The college is providing such a crucial service to the students which has resulted into increasing the strength of the college. The college has one bus which makes students’ transportation comfortable. The college follows all road transportation norms.
Features of facility:
1.College Development Committee and the college has decided to give affordable bus transportation
service to the students.
2.Time-saving transportation for students.
3.Fuel economy and pollution control.
4.No profit and No loss basis.
Evidence of success:
1.Useful for reducing the drop out ratio.
2.To maintain the strength of students.
3.The consistent increase in the number of users.
4.The consistent increase in attending the regular classes.
Problems Encounter and Resources Required:
Problems:
1.Convincing the rest of the parents.
2.Consistency in payment of bus fees from the students.
3.Financial adjustment.
4.Maintaining to and fro during examination schedule.
Resources Required:
1.Enough financial support from other sources.
2.A concessional loan from Government Banks.
3.A special transportation grant from the Government and the UGC.
| Year | Bus Route From College | No of Students Benefited | Yearly Charges (Rs.) |
| 2017-18 | Manmad | 58 | 500.00 |
| Katarni | 87 | 1,750.00 | |
| 2018-19 | Manmad | 95 | 2,000.00 |
| Katarni | 16 | 2,500.00 | |
| 2019-20 | Manmad | 86 | 2,100.00 |
| Katarni | 30 | 2,600.00 | |
| 2020-21 | Manmad | 21 | 1,500.00 |
| Katarni | 19 | 2,000.00 | |
| 2021-22 | Manmad | 7 | 4,000.00 |
| Ambewadi /Balapur/ Visapur | 11 | 7,500.00 | |
| Katarni | 2 | 8,500.00 |
Best Practice: 02
Title of the practice:
“Rooftop Solar Electricity Panel”
Objective:
1.To generate electricity without affecting the environment.
2.To reduce electricity expenses.
3.To supply excess units of electricity to the MSEDCL.
4.College not only user but also generator.
5.A step toward green energy.
The Context:
As we become more and more aware of our impact on the environment, the importance of transitioning
from conventional energy resources to renewable sources is becoming clearer to consumers. Green
energy is a solution to greater sustainability in our power grid. According to the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), green energy provides the highest environmental benefit and includes power produced by
solar.
The Practice:
The same problem was communicated to the parent institution and according the parent institution
accepted the proposal. Accordingly, the expert committee of the parent institution visited the college and
survey was done and technical parameters were set. The expert committee submitted the report to the Hon. Sarchitnis of the Parent Institute. The parent Institute published tender notice in the newspapers for calling quotations for the same. The parent institution accordingly received quotations from the various suppliers and as per technical qualification, negotiation and terms and conditions the supplier was finalized. Financial support by affiliated university in QIP scheme. The purchase order was issued by the parent institute to the supplier and accordingly installation was inspected by the technical committee from time to time. After installation the application was submitted to the MSEDCL for supplying excess electricity on regular basis as per the environment condition through net meeter.
Evidence of Success:
1.The electricity bill amount was reduced to the minimum.
2.The college generated excess electricity.
3.The college supplied excess units to the MSEDCL.
4.Environment friendly.
Problem Encountered:
1. Security of the installed solar panel.
2. Availability of 100 % funds by funding agency to install more solar panels to generate more electricity.
3. Generation of electricity during cloudy and rainy seasons.
Resource Required:
1. Financial support from the Government.
2. Fund raising from other sources.
3. In house maintenance system for solar panel.