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Support System

Institute has provided strong support in following areas

1.  Mentoring system to help at individual level

To improve Personal interaction between students and faculty so that faculty is becoming more responsive towards students and help them to improve their academic performance like class attendance, test results and participation in co-curricular activities, paper presentations, technical competition, participation in social activities are increasing. The mentor process is as followes 

A) Mentoring Process:

i.) Department shall designate a mentor activity coordinator. At the start of each academic year the coordinator shall allot a batch of students to a mentor. (Batch size should be between 15-20 students)
ii.) The mentor shall conduct the meeting of the students once in every two weeks. Sample list of points to be discussed in the meeting are: - Academic issues, Infrastructure issues, Co-curricular and Extracurricular activities, Professional guidance.
iii.) Each mentor shall send a monthly report to the coordinator. The coordinator shall forward a summary to Head of the department for necessary actions on unresolved issues.
iv.) At the end of each semester, the coordinator shall prepare a summary of the mentoring activity along with feedback on the action taken

B) Mentoring Activity : 

i.) Professional Guidance: - Professional guidance is provided by arranging lectures of eminent personalities from Academic, Industry & Social spheres.
ii.) Course work Specific: - Guidance is provided in order to improve the academic qualities, their results, Test results, Theory attendance, Industrial
iii.) Career advancement: - The students are motivated to prepare for campus recruitment drives, competitive Exams, foreign language learning, solving technical aptitude as per industry requirement, soft kills etc.
iv.) Total Development: - As stated above, the institute puts forward efforts to realize total development of the student. In addition to academics, literary, cultural and sports activities are conducted which offer avenues for leadership qualities, decision making abilities, team spirit, precision, analytical capabilities, socio-psychological awareness etc. which make an individual an intellectually mature human being.

 2.Feedback analysis and reward/corrective measures taken

The institute has a well-established feedback collection process and corrective/ preventive actions

Types of Feedback: 

• Student Feedback

1. Course Specific

2. Faculty Specific

3. Institutational Facilities 

• Graduate Exit Feedback

1. Parents Feedback

2. Alumni Feedback

3. Peer Feedback

4. Employer Feedback

Process of Feedback: 

i.) The institute has a standard questionnaire for taking the student feedback about facilities.
ii.) The feedback is taken once/twice in a academic year.
iii.) Appropriate corrective/ preventive actions are initiated at the department or institute level, whenever necessary.

3. Self Learning  

The institute is promoting self-learning capabilities among students by organizing project contests, robotics events, seminars on latest technologies. Personal counseling is done at department level for interdisciplinary projects.
A) Following are various modes of self-learning & facilities created by the institute to fulfill students need:

•Learning with Multimedia Techniques

•NPTEL Resource Centre and Study Center

•MOOCs (Massive Open On-line Courses) from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

•Industry Webinars

•National Mission on Education through Information Communication Technology (NMEICT) project of MHRD, Govt of India.

•Spoken Tutorial Project of IIT Bombay

•e-Yantra Robotics Nodal Center of IIT Bombay

4. Career Guidance 

 The Career Guidance Cell is established on 16th Sept 1998. The purpose of Career Guidance Cell is to give latest information and guidance to students about the opportunities available in India and abroad after graduation. So that students can plan early and take the right decisions according to their capacities, skill and interest. Every year good number of students passing exams like GRE, TOFEL, GATE etc. and joining to the reputed higher education Institutes in India and Abroad.

Objectives of the Career Guidance Cell

•To motivate students for Higher Education in India and Abroad by personal counseling and by conducting seminars and workshops.
•To provide information about Scholarships, Research Scholarships, Teaching Assistantships, Part-time jobs etc.
•To offer guidance about Competitive examinations such as GRE, TOFEL, GMAT, IELTS, GATE, CAT AND CET.
•To provide guidance about Universities, Programmes, Cost of study, Cost of living, Passport and Visa.
•To Create awareness about importance of Foreign Languages like German, Japanese, French etc. and to conduct Foreign Language courses.

5. Entrepreneurship Cell

 Institute has established "Entrepreneurship Development Cell" (EDC), which has been sponsored by Department of Science & Technology Govt. of India, New Delhi, and All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell" (EDC) was established aiming to support technocrats and entrepreneurs. EDC is acting as a tool to promote entrepreneurship and self-employment amongst technical students as an attractive and viable career option. Also aims to develop the skills required for being an Entrepreneur.

Objectives of EDC:
•To provide a platform to become an 'Entrepreneur'.
•To act as an institutional mechanism for providing various services including information to budding S & T entrepreneurs.
•To create Entrepreneurial culture in the parent institution and other.
•To catalyze and promote development of S & T based enterprises and promote employment opportunities.
•To create technology awareness and promote technology based enterprises in existing Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) of the region.
•To respond effectively to the emerging challenges and opportunities both at national and international level relating to SMEs and micro enterprises.

Institute has established Entrepreneurship Development Cell" (EDC), which has been sponsored by Department of Science & Technology Govt. of India, New Delhi in 2004.

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AICTE New Delhi has given recognition for the best practices

https://www.aicte-india.org/sites/default/files/FINAL%20BEST%20PRACTICES%20IN%20AICTE%20APPROVED%20INSTITUTUIONS.pdf

Followings best practices are followed in the institute:

• Credit Transfer Scheme for students: As per the MoU signed with various prestigious National Universities, students go for one / two semester and earn credits for the semester, which will be transferred at our college.
• Compulsory In-plant Training for students: Students undergo training in various sectors of industries for two months after fourth and sixth semester. In the in plant training, students thoroughly observe the industrial practices and work under the guidance of technicians of the industries. Due to this students are exposed to actual work culture of industries.
• Industrial Tour for students: At the end of fifth semester, students go for industrial tour across the country for a week. Students are exposed to the industrial practices and interact with the persons in the industries. The experts in the industries also deliver lectures to the students for introducing new technology in the field and best practices in the industry.
• Soft-skill Enhancement: Apart from technical knowledge acquired through the regular curriculum, students should also exhibit the soft skills during campus interview and also during their career. Soft skills programmes are conducted by experts for a week or more than that during both the semesters of second and third year. Students actively participate in these programmes and their soft skills are improved.
• Pre-Placement Test: In order to prepare the students for campus interview, department conducts a test at the start of final year. Questions of this test are framed based on the nature of interviews conducted by companies in the past.
• Mentoring Scheme: The Mentor Scheme is a unique opportunity for students to come up in contact with an experienced professional to gain one-to-one careers advice, support and guidance into their profession. A faculty member is a mentor for a group of 15- 20 students. The mentor and students, meet at least one hour in every week as per the schedule in the timetable in a structured way.
• Visit of Faculty to industries: In order to acquire the knowledge of industrial practices, faculty members, in a group, visit the industries in every semester. They observe the industrial practices and interact with technicians of industries. This updated knowledge of faculty member is imparted to the students.
• Outcome Based Education: Outcome based education is globally used guidelines for improving quality of academic. DKTE is constantly and rigorously working on this with following activities

1. Dynamic curricula structure strictly in adherence with AICTE guidelines. Regular and Major Curricula content revisions with due help of an expert academicians, industrial personnel and internationally renowned pedagogical experts. Global and local technological trends and impacts are studied prior to such revisions with keeping the program educational objectives in mind.

2. Most of the syllabus focusses on higher level thinking like analyzing, evaluating and creating than just understanding and explaining the concepts.

3. Choice based credit system with Honors and Minor certification Schemes (with additional credits) introduced for aspiring learners.

4. In every semester, academic audit is conducted by Internal and External expert for maintaining quality of outcome based education.

• Student Exchange Program: Through MOUs with prestigious global universities, many students got chance to learn in well-known foreign universities at fraction of cost. Many global university students comes at DKTE through student exchange program for getting quality education from our various programs.
• Industry Institute Interaction : Faculty and students are expected to be academically strong and have a good practical exposure. They are encouraged to upgrade their knowledge in their respective disciplines. Besides having a good academic records, students need to have good communication skills, soft skills and learnability skills. To cater to these aspects of student development eminent personalities from various reputed Institutes and industries are invited to impart practical exposure to the students through conferences, workshops, seminars, guest lecturers etc. The Institute has signed MoUs with reputed industries to bridge the gap between industry and academia. Students are encouraged to undertake sponsored projects to get hands on experience. They are motivated to participate in project competitions, National/International conferences/ Workshops and, seminars. They are encouraged to share their ideas with the outside world by presenting their research work in National/International conferences and Journals. The progress of the students is regularly monitored by their project guides.
• Social Awareness - Contribution to the Local Industry and Society: DKTE is persistently working on Women Empowerment, especially on access to education and employment. Through this activities many has become self-dependent and self-reliant. 

1. Kranti Garment Training Centre : DKTE along with the Ichalkaranji Municipal Council started a Garment Training Centre to provide training facilities the women from poor class in the garment manufacturing, free of cost. As a result of the availability of trained personals, garment industry started to grow in Ichalkaranji and today over 6000 stitching machines have been installed. The DKTE is thus doing a commendable job in the area of women empowerment.

2. Training and Rehabilitation of Devadasis

3. Carpet manufacturing training for Destitute Women

DKTE is playing a vital role for addressing the burning environmental issues with following projects related to the environment.

1. Preparation of Environmental Status Report, Plan and Action : To address the environmental issues in Ichalkaranji, prepared six Environmental Status Reports which highlights on the quality of air, water, soil, noise etc. Further, the environmental management plan given acts, which are useful tool to combat pollution. Also introduced the concept of recycling of wastewater in the industry. This has tremendously reduced the pollution load.

2. Effluent Treatment Plants : Designed & Developed six Effluent Treatment Plants & three common effluent treatment plants for treating Textile Process effluents.

3. Installation of Solar Light System in Rural Area

Other supports are listed below:

1. Organization of Blood Donation Camp: A Blood Donation camp is organized twice in a year, as a social responsibility, around 500 bottles of blood is donated through the society.

2. Social Activities through National Social Service (NSS) Scheme.

3. Organization of Gram Swachata Abhiyan and Village Development programme

4. Providing Medical Equipment to needy patients on nominal charges

5. Helping to orphanage and old people hostels at Chokak Ashram, Solapur Ashram, and Velankar Ashram Sangali

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Sports and the other physical activities are the integral part of the education institute and life. It offers vent to diffuse the excess energy and have balanced mind set. Sports activities provides opportunity to interact and make friends, strategize, learn to be the part of team and the most importantly inculcate the virtue of accepting the defeat with spirit and appreciate the winner.

Facilities

DKTE offers sports and fitness facilities to students and staff to stay active. Facilities for indoor and outdoor games are provided to students.

                                                                                              Play Ground Facility

                                                                                          Indoor Facility 

                                                                                                 Gymnasium

Student Participation in Sports

Students are encouraged to participate institute/University/Zonal/State/National level sport events. Winners are awarded prizes, certificates and motivated with financial support. Students are consistently participating and achieving in sports like Chess, Badminton, Table Tennis, Swimming, Cricket, Kho-Kho, Kabaddi, Volley-ball, Football, Athletics etc.

Our Winners

• At National Level

Miss Ishwari Vardai (Yoga : Prizes in Rhythmic Yoga, Pair Artistic Yoga at National Yoga Competition)	Mr. Asutosh A. Makode (Body Building Prizes at National, State, Zonal & District Level)

• At Zonal, Inter-Zonal and State Level

Institute Girls Team (Kabbadi) Runner-up in ZEST 2K19 @COEP Pune	Institute Boys Team (Kho-Kho) winner team in ZEST 2K19 @COEP Pune
Felicitation of Inter Zonal, Zonal, lead College Winner Swimming team	Institute Boys Team (Kho-Kho) Winner at State Level

More winners

• At Lead College Level 

Felicitation of Inter Engineering Lead College Cricket Tournament Winner Team	Girls and Boys Kho-Kho Team Winners at Lead College Level

More winners

Players Played in University Team

Competitions Organized

Our institute has also taken lead in organizing sports competition at Inter-zonal, Zonal and lead college level in sports like Kho-Kho, Kabaddi, Swimming and Indoor games etc. After the completion of Zonal, Inter-zonal & Inter Engineering events. Every year Institute’s “Annual Sports Meet” is organized, in that large number of events were conducted for both men & women.
Indoor Games
Chess, Carom, Badminton, Table-tennis etc.
Outdoor Games
Cricket, Kabaddi, Kho-Kho, Football, Volleyball, Ladies Cricket, Basketball etc.
Athletics
Running, Short-Put Javelin Through, Relays, Weightlifting, Bodybuilding, Swimming etc. 

                                                        Engineering College Lead Kho-Kho Turnament arranged at DKTE

Annual Sports Day Celebration

Every year college organizes annual sports day for falicitating students for thier remarkable achievents in sports. This event motivates students to actively participate and win prices at National, State, Inter Zonal, Zonal and Lead College Level sports. 

                                     DKTE Shree                                                                                              Individual Prices

                         Boys Winner Team                                                                                              Girls Winner Team

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Institute strongly believes that Research is a tool for building knowledge, for facilitating learning as well as nourishment and exercise for the young minds. Since its inception, strong industry-institute interaction helped us to update industrial trends and practical hand-on experience to faculty and students. After granting of Autonomous Status by UGC, New Delhi, and Shivaji University, Kolhapur, the activities are strengthened by setting up     R & D Unit.

Activities promoted through R & D Unit are

• UG and PG level Academic Projects
• High-Impact and industry sponsored UG and PG Projects
• Development of Research Centres
• Sponsored Research Projects
• Industrial testing
• Technical and Turn Key Consultancy
• Facilitating Intellectual Property Rights
• Research outcomes exhibition
• Support and organize National and International Conferences, Seminars, workshops and Training Programs

The Research & Development (R&D) Unit is specifically setup in the Institute to provide specialized administrative and managerial support for the operation of Research. The Unit is composed of Dean, R & D and coordinators from each academic departments.

Along with teaching and academic research leading to UG, PG and doctoral degree, the Institute gives high priority to research and development projects. The approved research centres includes Department of Textiles, Mechanical, Electronics, Computer Sc. and Engineering. Institute emphasis on industrial and sponsored research projects which helps in promoting industry interactions and be associated with real life current industrial or social challenges. The nature of activities being conducted are trouble shooting , product, process and design development, investigating problems relevant to industry, turnkey consultancy and socio-economic issues of the country.

To enrich industrial participation in engineering education, the institute has initiated developing infrastructure including sponsored / funded facilities such as TIFAC-CORE in Technical Textiles; Technology Business Incubation with thirst area in Garment and Textiles; Italian Technology Centre for Textile machines; VLSI Design laboratory, BOSCH Automation Laboratory; Entrepreneurship Development Cell; Smart e-foundry laboratory and Mistubishi Automation Laboratory. To achieve enhanced industrial participation in engineering education, the Institute has established Centre of excellence in nonwoven supported by Ministry of Textiles.

The Institute is actively involved in collaborative research with national as well as international industry / universities to remain as a leader in engineering and technical developments and haring knowledge. A large number of collaborative MoUs are under operation. For promoting academic and research activities MoUs have been signed with industries and universities across the globe.

R&D unit plays important role by providing one time seed amount incentive to new faculty for facilitating research, 100% funding for registration of patents as well as publication at journal of repute, 100% funding for presenting research work at international conference held abroad as well as attending national / international exhibitions.