Sadakathullah Appa College

Sadakathullah Appa College
Motto in English
 “My Lord, Vouchsafe Me Wisdom”
Established 1971
President Alhaj. P.S.A. Pallak Lebbe
Principal Dr. M. Mohamed Sathik
Location Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, India
8°43'20.8"N 77°45'39.4"E
Campus Urban
Affiliations Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
Website http://sadakath.ac.in

Sadakathullah Appa College[1], is a minority general degree college located in Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu. It was established in the year 1971. The college is affiliated with Manonmaniam Sundaranar University[2].[3] This college offers different courses in arts, commerce and science.

VISION

Sadakathullah Appa College, founded by the Muslim minority community, is committed to provide quality higher education to all especially the Muslims, both men and women and other deprived, disadvantaged, underprivileged sections of the society. It is equally committed to inculcate the students with spiritual and moral values. The college aims at producing good and useful citizens worthy of the great land

MISSION

  • To offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses in humanities, arts and sciences

  • To undertake, initiate and promote research both pure and applied at M.Phil \ Ph.D levels.

  • To offer extension services.

HISTORY OF SADAKATHULLAH APPA COLLEGE

Ever since the British period the twin towns of Tirunelveli and Palayamkottai, intersected by the Perennial River Thamirabarani, have been great centres of learning. The Tirunelveli district has a sizeable Muslim population which necessitated the need for an institution of higher education. Due to the dedicated and sincere efforts of the Muslim elite, a College of Arts and Sciences, named after the renowned Arabic scholar Sadakathullah Appa, was started in 1971. The motto of the College is “My Lord, Vouchsafe Me Wisdom”. The College is located on a 40 acre sprawling campus and is run by Sadakathullah Appa Educational Society. It was first affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University for 20 years. With the birth of the Manonmaniam Sundaranar University in 1990, the College was affiliated to it. It became co-educational in 1997. The College with a vision of providing quality higher education to all, especially the Muslim, both men and women, and other deprived, disadvantaged, underprivileged sections of the society, is equally committed to inculcate the students with spiritual and moral values. The College aims at producing holistic personalities by introducing globally relevant subjects and imbibing in them aptitude for learning, internalizing of best practices, Institutional culture and commitment towards community.

The College which celebrated its Silver Jubilee in the year 1999 volunteered for assessment by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore and was accredited with B+ in the year 2003. Subsequently the College was reaccredited with “A” Grade in the year 2009. The Peer Team that visited the College on 26-10-2009 and 27-10-2009 for reaccreditation commended the College for its successful endeavours towards promoting its holistic Academic Excellence. To improve the administrative system in the College, it was decided to go in for ISO certification. Subsequently the College was declared an ISO 9001:2000 certified institution. In the year 2011, ISO 9001:2000 certification was updated to ISO 9001:2008 by the British Standards Institution (BSI). The Academic year 2007-2008 was a memorable one in the eventful history of Sadakathullah Appa College, with the College becoming Autonomous. It elevated the institution to stand high in the academic arena. Having completed the term of Autonomy in 2012, the College went for extending Autonomy through the submission of a detailed Self Study Report covering all the activities of our institution during the period 2008-2012 and the College has been duly conferred with the extension of Autonomous status for five more years from 2012-2013 to 2016-2017. A proposal is prepared for submitting to the UGC to apply for obtaining the status of College with Potentials for Excellence. The Internal Quality Assurance Cell of the College prepared the Self Study Report for third cycle of reaccreditation by the NAAC and submitted the SSR in December 2014. Eventually the College has been accredited by NAAC with ‘A’ Grade with a CGPA of the 3.40 on its third visit on the campus on 3rd, 4th and 5th of November 2015.

Alumnus

Another notable feature is the growing number of Endowments sponsored by liberal donors. The income from the endowments is spent on scholarships, prizes and special lectures. The College has taken every effort to get the students various scholarships. The Islamic Study Circle too gives scholarship from the Zakat Fund every year in the holy month of Ramzan.

The Alumni Association of our College has been a source of support to the growth of the College. The Dubai Chapter of our Alumni has come forward to bear the educational expenses of the deserving students.

FACILITIES and HOSTEL

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Study Centre has been functioning at our College since 2007. Our College is also a centre for the conduct of the M.S.University Distance Education Courses. The institution is growing every day. With a view to inculcating in students the importance of values, Moral Instruction Classes for Non-Muslim students and Deeniyat Classes for Muslim students are conducted on all Wednesdays.

Students need to be aware of their social commitments and national obligations. For this, there are six National Service Scheme units in our College. The N.S.S Programme Officers of our College have been working as a team with dedication. Our College N.C.C. Unit has a Government sanctioned strength of 104 cadets with 33% reservation for girls. The college has a separate hostel for boys and girls. Boys Hostel area covers 24,475 sq.ft, Ladies Hostel - I - 14,000, sq.ft, Ladies Hostel - II - 14,000, sq.ft , 306 girls are accommodated every year in the Ladies Hostel and 205 boys in the Boys Hostel. The Construction Area of the Total Building Sq. Ft is 1 Lakh and 1 thousand sq.ft with new class rooms covering 9000 sq.ft.

The College has adopted Shift System from the academic year 2007-08. The introduction of the shift system is helpful to the students to join other Career Oriented Programmes conducted at our College. The classes for the students admitted in the Aided Courses commence at 8.00 A.M. and ends at 1.10 P.M. The Self-Finance Courses and other add-on courses are taught between 1.20 P.M. and 6.15 P.M. The College is now introducing new, learner - centered syllabi for all the courses to implement Choice Based Credit System which is a salient feature of Autonomous Colleges.

EXAMINATION

SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS

In general all theory question papers will be set by External examiners. While single valuation is followed for Under Graduate courses there will be double valuation for PG Courses. If the difference of marks between the valuations is above 20% the answer script will be sent for third valuation and the average of the closest two marks will be taken as final mark. The students having arrear papers are permitted to write their arrear along with regular papers. A maximum of 4 arrear papers may be written by regular and present students in the semester examination. However the final year students can write all the papers in the last semester along with the regular papers. A student who registers for any UG / PG Degree course will have to complete the course within five years and four years respectively. Otherwise the student has to re-register. A student must have done a minimum of 75% of the list of practical arranged by the class teacher and submit the record note-book. The practical examination will be conducted by one external and internal examiners. The same rules governing theory examinations will apply for absentees, and failed candidates, who wish to take the practical examinations again.

SYLLABUS FOR THE SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS

A student failing in a paper in the semester examination is permitted to write that examination under the same syllabus. In the event of a change in the structure of course pattern or a change in the syllabus, the HOD concerned works out a subject equivalence duly authorized by the Academic Council. Students who lack in attendance and not granted condonation by Principal, must repeat that semester and this can be done only after completing, the prescribed study period. The Principal is to be approached for getting readmitted into a course. Such students are called casual students.

Contact details[4]

Sadakathullah Appa College,

Rahmath Nagar, Tirunelveli -627011,

Tamil Nadu, India,

Ph : 0462 2540763,2540764

Email: principal@sadakath.ac.in

secretary@sadakath.ac.in

Web : www.sadakath.ac.in

COLLEGE TIMING

 8.00 a.m to 1.10 p.m
 1.20 p.m. to 6.30 p.m

COLLEGE OFFICE TIMING

8.00 a.m to 6.15 p.m

LIBRARY[5]

The Sadakathullah Appa College Library has emerged as a Knowledge Resource Centre, catering mainly to the information needs of the Faculty, Research Scholars and students. The Library is functioning since its inception from the year 1971. It is shelved as an independent department on the campus with a floor area of nearly 3,600 sq.ft. Now, a new building is being been constructed with a ground floor area of 6000 sq.ft and 6000sq.ft as its first floor. Automation of this library consisting of over fifty one thousand books and documents has been completed and is put to use. Library users have always cherished memories of availing of the services of this treasure-house of documents since the past decades. The collections in the library include Books, National and International Journals, standard newspapers and magazines and online e-resources. The Library is equipped with all modern facilities on par with International standards. It gives training to students to get access to books and journals using standard websites like NPTEL. We are also a member in INFLIBNET-NLIST & DELNET for accessing their databases. We receive a lot of e-resources (i.e., e-books, e-journals) from these databases. The library provides Information Services, Reference Services, Bibliographic Services and Reprographic Services. On a whole, it is a great pride to say that SAC Library acts as “The Ocean of Knowledge” which quenches the thirst of the library users. The library is providing a happy, user friendly atmosphere for learning and distribution of knowledge and information.

E-Library & E-conferencing

The E-Library & E-conferencing is on state of the art facility to promote “Knowledge Discovery Process” among the researchers and students of our college and the M.S.U area.

This facility delivers 2154 e-journals and 51746 e books through NLIST-INFLIBNET forum by Govt-of-India. This facilits include e-journals from 18 – American Institute of Physics (USA)

240 – Cambridge University (UK)

150 – Indian Journals.com (India)

206 – oxford University Press (UK)

And e-books from

45100 – Ebrary (USA)

1308 – Mc Graw Hill (USA)

3500 – Net Library (USA)

E-library and E-Conferencing is first of its kind in Tirunelveli District, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Colleges. Sadakathullah Appa College has introduced this special feature- a golden opportunity for the benefit of students and Researchers.

Research centre[6]

Departments recognized as research centers:

•Chemistry

•Computer Science

•Commerce

•English

•History

•Mathematics

•Microbiology

•Physics

•Zoology

Departments with M.Phil Courses:

•Computer Science

•Commerce

•English

•History

•Mathematics

•Physics

Introduction

Research activities in Sadakathullah Appa College, on the one hand contribute to the fundamentals of various sciences, and on the other, to the understanding of socially relevant issues. In order to strengthen and expand the research activities in the institution, Research Promotion Committee (RPC) was established and has been functioning for several years. Teachers in the departments of Tamil, English, Chemistry, Commerce, Computer science, History, Mathematics, Microbiology, Library and Information science, Physics and Zoology have guided research scholars leading to the award of Ph.D. degrees. At present, 104 scholars are working under 38 research supervisors in different disciplines. Our faculty members have received funds to do major and minor research projects from various funding agencies. Apart from working on projects granted by the funding agencies like the UGC, the faculty members have worked on their own and their output can be seen not only as the impressive list of publications but also as books and articles published in journals of repute.

As a result of tireless efforts taken in the research activities, the college has to its credit many research publications in National and International peer reviewed Journals. The faculty members have also presented research papers at various national and international conferences. A total 1047 research papers have been published from 2012 to 2018, out of which 504 research papers have been published in journals and remaining have been published in conferences. It is noteworthy to mention here that out of total research papers published in international journals, more than 300 research papers have published in peer reviewed journals with impact factor from the range 0.5 to 9.0. Research in the college is facilitated by infrastructural and administrative support from the college management. State-of-the-art laboratories, computer and Internet facilities and a well equipped library offer high quality research infrastructure for advanced studies.

Vision :

To inculcate a research culture among the staff and students

To encourage all the departments of Sadakathullah Appa College, to become “ Research Centres”

To contribute to the nation through excellence in qualitative research

To serve as valuable resource for industry and society

Mission:

Undertaking projects which may offer opportunities for innovations, from government, public and private agencies

Conducting training programmes for scholars to improve research and development Organizing and attending workshops and seminars to broaden research knowledge

Objectives:

To make the students and the faculty members aware of the latest advancements in technology

To conduct research and studies that are aiming at achieving the goals of building a knowledge-based society

To encourage faculty members and other researchers conducting innovative scientific research

To provide a rich intellectual environment for collaborative research among faculty and students from various departments

To encourage the staff members to apply for minor and major research projects with different funding agencies

To encourage the staff members to publish research papers in UGC listed journals

To develop research and educational collaborations with larger community, including industry, minority serving colleges, universities and institutions of higher learning

Activities and services

  • NCC
  • NSS
  • Sadakath Outreach Programme (S.O.P)
  • YOUTH RED CROSS
  • RED RIBBON CLUB
  • SPORTS
  • YOUTH WELFARE
  • FRIENDS OF POLICE
  • MANITHAM

Departments

Science

  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Mathematics
  • Botany
  • Zoology
  • Computer Science
  • Library and Information Science
  • Molecular Modeling
  • Microbiology
  • Physical education
  • NUTRITION AND DIETETICS
  • Life science

Arts and Commerce

  • Tamil
  • Arabic
  • English
  • History
  • Economics
  • Commerce
  • B.B.A

Physical education

Library

Accreditation

The college is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC).

AUTONOMOUS STATUS

The Affiliating System is 150 years old in India. As the goal of the Nation as well as the student needs is changing drastically, we need to move faster to keep pace with them. An institution can realize its specific, broad, distant goals and immediate objectives only when it can adapt itself to the changing academic environment. This would be possible only through autonomy. Having become autonomous on 12.10.2006 we are able

  • To design curriculum to suit student needs.
  • To produce materials to realize our objectives of producing patriotic citizens whose primary efforts would be towards acquiring current knowledge and skills of Science & Technology and Humanities & Literature
  • To experiment, identify and strengthen new methods of teaching and learning with the help of modern technology
  • To arrive at a fool-proof framework of testing the learners and thereby grade them according to their true merit
  • To promote :

a) A multi - dimensional growth of our students' morals that would serve as models to others

b) Intellect that would solve existing problems, cater to the present needs and plan a future that would be brightened with the insight of the human brain

c) A physique that would be healthy, flexible and strong through exercise and sports, and also neat due to self - respect and personal care

  • To establish and strengthen the tie-up between local bodies, organizations, industries and thereby bridge the gap between theory and practice in our students
  • To cater to the needs of our villages in particular through student community service.
  • To identify more areas where we can concentrate upon to the benefit of the neighbouring society, in particular the Nation and the world at large.

NAAC REPORT 2015

NAAC CERTIFICATE OF ACCREDITATION - http://sadakath.ac.in/naac.php

INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE CELL (IQAC)[7]

The IQAC of our College, established in 2006, channelizes all efforts and measures of the institution towards promoting its holistic academic excellence. Our curriculum is inclusive and challenging. The curriculum is designed to sensitize students to current developments taking place worldwide and educate them for the future so that they can be culturally versatile and are comfortable working, communicating and collaborating with people all over the world. In this view the IQAC of our College aims at developing a system for conscious catalytic improvement in the overall performance of the institution and the IQAC is successful in achieving it.

The IQAC of our College strives to provide a good environment for learning. It envisages giving Quality Assurance in all the ventures undertaken by the institution. The IQAC gives more emphasis on revising the curriculum with a focus on need-based courses and global trends. It focuses on introducing inter-disciplinary, job-oriented and skill-based courses. It also focuses on introducing Choice Based Credit System with academic flexibility for the students to select the subjects of their interest, introducing socially relevant extension programmes and implementing Feedback Mechanism.

NIRF

SUMMARY - http://sadakath.ac.in/nirf.php

ISO 9001:2015 QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

http://sadakath.ac.in/iso.php

References

  1. ↑ "Sadakathullah Appa College, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu, India". sadakath.ac.in. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  2. ↑ University, Manonmaniam Sundaranar. "Manonmaniam Sundaranar University". www.msuniv.ac.in. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  3. ↑ "Affiliated College of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University".
  4. ↑ "Sadakathullah Appa College, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu, India". sadakath.ac.in. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  5. ↑ "Sadakathullah Appa College, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu, India". sadakath.ac.in. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  6. ↑ "Sadakathullah Appa College, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu, India". sadakath.ac.in. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  7. ↑ "Sadakathullah Appa College, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu, India". sadakath.ac.in. Retrieved 2018-09-02.


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