NAME OF THE QUALITY INITIATIVE BY IQAC	DATE OF CONDUCTING ACTIVITY	DURATION (FROM–TO)	NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
Orientation Program for Adhoc staff   on  Importance of Preparation and Planning for Teachers	22 /08/18	1 day	21
Orientation Program for Nonteaching on Health and Hygiene	03/09/18	1 day	25
Interdisciplinary Activity on Positive Attitude to be a Successful Manager	14/07/18	1day	43
First Aid Training Camp	21/07/18	1day	160
Communicative English short-term certificate course	30/07/18  to 15/10/18	40 days	65
Interdisciplinary workshop on Desaturation in Botanical Illustrations	1/08/18 to 18/08/18	18 days	24
Blood Donation Awareness Programme	04/08/2018 14/08/2018	1day 1day	120 30
Intelligence Testing & career counseling Session for government School Students	10/08/18	1day	55
Tree Plantation Programme	11/08/18	1day	79
Clean Campus Green Campus Drive	13/08/18	1day	105
Kerala Relief Fund	20/08/18 to 30/08/18	10 days	700
Dengue Awareness Programmes	20/08/18 to 22/08/18 24/08/18 25/08/18 to 29/08/18 5/09/2018	3 days 1day 5days 1day	71 70 35 27
Voter Awareness Programmes	01/09/2018 17/9/2018 11/10/2018 12/10/2018 13/10/2018 25/10/2018 16/11/2018	1 day 1day 1 day 1 day 1day 1day 1day	50 12 175 215 75 10 120
Workshop on Domestic Wet Waste Management & Food and Immune System	22/9/2018	1day	200
Street Play on “An awareness on Right to Vote”	21/10/2018	1day	15
Inauguration of Entrepreneurship Development Cell	14/12/2018	1 day	60
Workshop on Child Development	11/01/2019 & 14/01/2019	2days	25
First aid and Self-defence Training by NDRF Team	13/01/2019	1day	45
National Science Day Celebration	17/01/2019 25/01/2019 29/01/2019	1day 1day 1 day	50 100 110
Workshop on Interviewing Skills	9/02/2019	1 day	23
Workshop on Haematological Analysis	13/02/2019	1 day	10
Workshop on Instrumentation and Protocol Designing	14/02/2019 & 15/02/2019	2 days	48
Matra Bhasha Diwas	22/02/2019	1day	45
Guest lecture on Recombinant DNA Technology	2/03/2019	1day	50
Awareness programme on How to prevent sexual harassment and abuse and institutional policy regarding it	8/03/2019	1day	180
Workshop on Vermicomposting/ Vermiculture.	11/03/2019	1day	49
Workshop on application of MS Office in Learning Process	12/03/2019 to 14/03/2019	3day	42
World Poetry Day	21/03/2019	1day	24
Interdisciplinary Guest Lecture on Freudian theory and its application in Shakespearean Tragedy	28/03/2019	1 day	24
Earth Day Celebration	23/04/19	1day	51
World Book Day and Shakespeare’s Birth Anniversary	23/04/2019	1day	24

NAME OF THE QUALITY INITIATIVE BY IQAC	DATE OF CONDUCTING ACTIVITY	DURATION (FROM–TO)	NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
Orientation Program for Adhoc staff   on  Importance of Preparation and Planning for Teachers	22 /08/18	1 day	21
Orientation Program for Nonteaching on Health and Hygiene	03/09/18	1 day	25
Interdisciplinary Activity on Positive Attitude to be a Successful Manager	14/07/18	1day	43
First Aid Training Camp	21/07/18	1day	160
Communicative English short-term certificate course	30/07/18  to 15/10/18	40 days	65
Interdisciplinary workshop on Desaturation in Botanical Illustrations	1/08/18 to 18/08/18	18 days	24
Blood Donation Awareness Programme	04/08/2018 to 14/08/2018	1day 1day	120 30
Intelligence Testing & career counseling Session for government School Students	10/08/18	1day	55
Tree Plantation Programme	11/08/18	1day	79
Clean Campus Green Campus Drive	13/08/18	1day	105
Kerala Relief Fund	20/08/18 to 30/08/18	10 days	700
Dengue Awareness Programmes	20/08/18 to 22/08/18 24/08/18 25/08/18 to 29/08/18 5/09/2018	3 days 1day 5days 1day	71 70 35 27
Voter Awareness Programmes	01/09/2018 17/9/2018 11/10/2018 12/10/2018 13/10/2018 25/10/2018 16/11/2018	1 day 1day 1 day 1 day 1day 1day 1day	50 12 175 215 75 10 120
Workshop on Domestic Wet Waste Management & Food and Immune System	22/9/2018	1day	200
Street Play on “An awareness on Right to Vote”	21/10/2018	1day	15
Inauguration of Entrepreneurship Development Cell	14/12/2018	1 day	60
Workshop on Child Development	11/01/2019 & 14/01/2019	2days	25
First aid and Self-defence Training by NDRF Team	13/01/2019	1day	45
National Science Day Celebration	17/01/2019 25/01/2019 29/01/2019	1day 1day 1day	50 100 110
Workshop on Interviewing Skills	9/02/2019	1day	23
Workshop on Haematological Analysis	13/02/2019	1day	10
Workshop on Instrumentation and Protocol Designing	14/02/2019 & 15/02/2019	2days	48
Matra Bhasha Diwas	22/02/2019	1day	45
Guest lecture on Recombinant DNA Technology	2/03/2019	1day	50
Awareness programme on How to prevent sexual harassment and abuse and institutional policy regarding it	8/03/2019	1day	180
Workshop on Vermicomposting/ Vermiculture.	11/03/2019	1day	49
Workshop on application of MS Office in Learning Process	12/03/2019 to 14/03/2019	3day	42
World Poetry Day	21/03/2019	1day	24
Interdisciplinary Guest Lecture on Freudian theory and its application in Shakespearean Tragedy	28/03/2019	1 day	24
Earth Day Celebration	23/04/19	1day	51
World Book Day and Shakespeare’s Birth Anniversary	23/04/2019	1day	24

• Date : 1^st August 2016 :- 7 day workshop on Maintenance and Repair of Laboratory Instruments was organised for both Teaching and Non-teaching staff members of Science departments. Conducted by Western Regional Instrumentation Centre (WRIC) Mumbai , 31 beneficiaries from four different colleges including St Thomas College.

• Date: October 5,2016 :- Free Medical and Dental Check-up were organised for girls Conducted by Student Union Council and NCC Wing of College ,Assisted by  Shail Khare (Gynocologist) CHMO, District Hospital, Durg, C.G and  Dr. Swati Rao (Dentist) CHMO District Hospital,Durg, CG ,Beneficiaries : 97

• Date : 13^th October, 2016 : Organised an Orientation session for adhoc and newly appointed staff . Conducted by : Co-ordinator, IQAC Beneficiaries : 17 members of staff.

• Date: October 13 to October 16 2017: -Computer Training for Non-Teaching Staff, Conducted by P.G. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science ,Beneficiaries : 4.
  

• Date :15^th November, 2016 Photography Contest with the theme “GREEN” was organised for the students of the college by IQAC on and conducted by Department of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Beneficiaries :

I Prize        Piyush J Kumar     BA III

II Prize      Saket Uchchadia     BA II

Sidhant Frank              Bom III

Vidhi Agnihotri           BJMC III

III Prize     Piyush J Kumar   BA III

Saket Uchchadia                    BA II

• Date: December 20,2016 : Photography Competition for Alumni which was sponsored by Alumnus G.Bittu ,  Conducted by Alumni Association

Beneficiaries :

Category  1 (Just Natural)

I Prize :  Mr. Mayank Sharma  and  Ms. Neha Verma

II prize:  Mr. Hitesh Tikharia

Category 2 (Road Scapes)

I prize : Mr. Adarsh  Paul and Mr. Anuj Sharma

II prize : Mr. N. Rajneesh Narayan

• Community Service was taken up in different modes and all the departments executed them at different levels
  1. Antinarcotic drives: Gram Pithora on 8^thOctober 2016 by Student Union  council
  2. Donations: Date: 26^th October, 2016, Donated Rs.4750 toAkshay Patra (Unlimited Food for Education) which is a Hare Krishna Movement towards food expenses for 5 children for one year  . Donated by P.G. Department of Botany –  Staff and students.

• Date: December 19,2016 : Clean India Initiative and cashless, digital transactions at Janjgir village of Durg district. The message was disseminated through street plays and villagers pledged to keep the village clean Conducted by: P.G. Department of Commerce.

• Voluntary services: Classes of social science in the Government School, uabandha,Bhilai .  G. Dept. of Commerce GyaanDaan Programme is conducted twice a week throughout the year for weak students of primary classes at Government School, Ruabandha, Bhilai  Conducted by:  PG Dept of Economics ,3. 7 day community service was organised by taking classes in Gen. Science for class 6, 7 and 8 at Government Middle School, Sector-7, Bhilai. Conducted by P.G. Department of Chemistry
• Decreasing interest towards life sciences is a matter of concern. In order to develop interest towards study of Plant Sciences students from neighbouring schools of  Class IX of BSP senior Secondary School, Sector – VII, X and MGM School, Sector 6 were introduced to  basic practical and use of various laboratory equipment on 13^th February, 2017. Conducted by P.G. Department of Botany.

• Environmental and Social issues: the department of  Journalism and Mass Communication  conducts Awareness drives  on Environmental and Social issues on various occasions  through Street Plays at Civic Centre and Tafree organised by Mayor of  of  Bhilai.

• 9 day Educational tour was organised to Bahra University, Shimla; Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla and Centre for manufacturing and retailing shawls at Kullu. Date: January 14, 2017 to January 22, 2017. Organised by : Student Union Council  , Beneficiaries : 111

• 7 day Computer Training for Non-Teaching Staff of the college  , Date: June 22, 2015,

Conducted by PG Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

• 1 day Orientation of New and ADHOC Teaching Faculty. Date: August 6, 2015.    Conducted by Dr. Vinita Thomas, IQAC Coordinator.

• 2 day workshop for Office Staff . Date: October 5 and 6, 2015

Resource persons:

Mr. Bhanu Murthy Kota, DGM, HR, Bhilai Steel Plant

Mr. Jacob Kurian, DGM, L and A, Bhilai Steel Plant

• “Learning With Fun” in St. Thomas College for students of Class IV and V of Govt.

Middle School, Ruabandha.

Date:  October 22 to 24, 2015

Conducted by: P.G. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

• Gyaandaan, a special teaching assistance programme is given for weak students at Govt. Primary School, Ruabandha, Bhilai, twice a week throughout the year.
• Dental check-up was organised by the B. Ed students on 3^rd November 2015 at St. Thomas School, Risali . More than 200 students were benefited by the check-up.
• 1 day orientation to the introduction of Choice Based Credit System by the Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur

Date: December 12, 2015

Resource Person: Prof. A.K. Pati, Director IQAC and NCNR, Pt. Ravishankar

Shukla University, Raipur

• 1 day workshop on Use of Electronic Resources.

Date: May 11, 2016

Resource Persons:

Dr. S. Senpati, Chief Librarian, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur

Dr. Mh. Imtiaz Ahmed, Asst. Librarian, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur

• Community Services:

 Need Based Service

As per the directives issued by Durg ollectorate regarding upgradation of quality of  education in government schools of the district the post graduate students of Botany organised a need based community service from 5^th October – 17^th October, 2015 to meet needs of school children in Government Higher Secondary School, Ruabandha, Bhilai  under the guidance of the faculty members. Looking into the problem of inadequate teachers faced by the school, 65 students of UG and PG rendered services by teaching Mathematics, English, Social Science, Science and Environmental Science.

Students of class IX, X and XII were benefitted by their service.

• Extension Activity

Orphanage Visit:

1. Anand Marg Orphanage Smriti Nagar, Bhilai

Date: September 16, 2015

Visited by P.G. Department of English

2. Bhagat Singh Ashram, Khursipar

Date: October 31, 2015.

Visited by P.G. Department of Botany

Visit to Ashram:

1. Mother Teresa Ashram situated in Vaishali Nagar, Bhilai

Date: 16^thOctober 2015

Visited By Department of Education

2. Sneha Sampada Ashram, Bhilai

Date:  December, 2015

Visited by Department of Psychology

• Voluntary Services
  

1. Blood donation camp was organised in the college premisesin collaboration with Skandashram and Model Blood Bank, Raipur. 113 volunteers from among students, Faculty and staff members registered their names for blood donation.

2. Students assisted the administrative work at Pragati School, a school for Special Children , Date:  December, 2015,  Visited by Department of Psychology

• Awareness Drive:

1. Health and Hygiene: Awareness was created asstudents performed various events such as skit and displaying posters. They also motivated the students through interactive ways. There were total 15 students of who participated in the awareness program held at Government Primary School, Ruabandha.

Conducted by : P.G. Department of Economics

2. Social Issue on “Selfie” A skit was presented about the ill practices taking places in the society due to the new selfie era.

Date:

Conducted by Department of Journalism and Mass Communication

Interdisciplinary Activities
 Interdisciplinary Talk by the faculty of the college was organised for other members of the faculty
Topic :  Scientometry
Date: July 26, 2014
Resource Person: Dr. James Mathew, HOD PG Department of Chemistry

Interdisciplinary Activities

Interdisciplinary Talk by the faculty of the college was organised for other members of the faculty

1. Tax Laws and Tax Planning

Date: September 21, 2013
Resource Person: Dr. Ashok Mishra, HOD PG Department of Commerce

2. How to balance work and life?

Date: December 14, 2013

Resource Person: Dr. Debjani Mukherjee, HOD, Department of Psychology

5 day workshop on Research Methodology and Data Analysis in Socio Behavioural Research was organised for the faculty

Date:  February 11-15, 2013.

Resource Person:

1. Prof. G.S. Bajpai, National Law University, Delhi
2. Dr. D.P. Singh, Head, Research Methodology Dept. TISS Mumbai
3. Dr. SoumiAwasthi, Scientist, Defence Institute of Psychological Research (DIPR)
4. Dr. B.G.Singh, VC Sundarlal Sharma University, Bilaspur
5. Dr. NawalBajpai, IIM Raipur

2 day workshop on Research Methodology was organised for the faculty

Date: January17 and 18, 2012.

Resource Person: Prof. G.S. Bajpai, National Law University, Delhi