Quality Indicator Framework (QIF)

Criteria 4- Infrastructure and Learning Resources (100)

4.1 Physical Facilities (30)

4.1.1. The Institution has adequate infrastructure and physical facilities for teaching- learning. viz., classrooms, laboratories, computing equipment etc. (5)

Lucknow Public College of Professional Studies is located in a well-connected reputed area of the city at the bank of Kathauta lake, providing a lush green vast playground for sports activities, swimming pool, well established and maintained infrastructure, state-of-the-art auditorium and a big conference room to cater the needs of seminars and conferences at national and international level, fully ventilated class rooms and equipped labs of physics, chemistry, computer and journalism- all facilitate teaching and learning.

The College is spread over 2.471 acres (10,000 square meter) of land. There are two academic blocks- ‘Block A’ and ‘Block B’ having 3697.47 sq.m. and 2839.51 sq.m. construction area respectively.

Classrooms: Pleasant Class Room is the place where students learn with zeal to achieve their goals. Classrooms are spacious, well ventilated and decorated with colours and curtains. The seating capacity of a class room is of 60 students, well-equipped with mounted LCD projectors, white screens and podium.

Conference Room: There is a well-equipped conference room with A/C and LCD, Internet facility and projector system. Conference room has sitting facility of more than 150 people.

Computer Labs: There are advanced & well-equipped three computer labs with latest configuration in the college. The labs are well supported with latest softwares version and strong anti-virus software support against invasion of viruses.

Well Stocked Library: LPCPS library is known as Swami Vivekanand Library. The library has a collection of Textbooks, Reference and Rare-books, Journals, magazines, e-journal and e-book. The library is using fully automating Integrated Library Management System-KOHA software. The circulation of books is based on Bar- Code. The library has a collection of 20,438 Books as a book bank facility for the students. The library has e-journal: J-Gate, IBI(Shoghsindhu), Taxman’s etc. Library has also plagiarism software Turnitin.

Laboratories: LPCPS provides well- equipped laboratories for its students. Physics and chemistry labs have been built for a better experience and learning process of student.

Media Lab- We also have a BAJMC lab with separate audio, visual and editing rooms for the overall learning and development in media field.

LPCPS Internet Radio- LPCPS has a well-established radio room which is used for the oral and aural grooming of the students.

Incubation Room: LPCPS has a well-furnished and well-designed incubation room. All the group activities and discussions take place here.

Counselling Room- The College counselling sessions are being held time to time for students proper grooming and guidance. The specialists teachers listen to the students, talk with them, try to find a way together to solve their problems and give them some advice.

Placement Cell- The placement cell plays a crucial role in locating job opportunities for undergraduates passing out students from the college by keeping in touch with reputed firms and industrial establishments.

E-SARTHI- LPCPS has launched an E-platform where students will get incessant solutions to all their academic needs. E-Sarthi is a platform where students will get regular updates regarding their attendance, class schedules, online exams and can get access to a brainteaser of their syllabus.

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4.1.1. Photos for Infrastructure and physical facilitiesView Document
Additional informationView Document

4.1.2. The Institution has adequate facilities for cultural activities, sports, games (indoor, outdoor), gymnasium, yoga etc (5)

The college focuses on overall development of the students through participation in co - curricular activities and extra-curricular activities. Outdoor and Indoor sports are encouraged amongst students to groom them with qualities like leadership, team spirit and competitiveness. Ever since the inception of the college, the objective has been to provide holistic experience to the students and hence has taken measures to develop necessary infrastructure to achieve it. The college playground which has been used by the college has an approximate area of 4400 sq. meter and on an average 100-150 students use it daily.

Sports & Games: 

The college has assigned additional responsibility of sports to the in-charge for regular conduction of sports activities. The student’s council (Sport’s Club) also holds two dedicated positions as sports club head and in-charge to manage the sports events. The college has well equipped facilities for indoor sports like Table-Tennis, Carrom, Chess etc. Some of the outdoor sports activities carried out are Badminton, Basketball, Volleyball, Cricket, Football, Kabaddi, Athletic etc. Individual sports activities like wushu and swimming are encouraged. 

Auditorium: The College has a State-of-the-art auditorium, Shri Ramlal Memorial Auditorium with an area of 796 square meter; inaugurated by then Hon’ble’ governor Shri Ram Naik on 04 May, 2015. This well-furnished fully equipped and air-conditioned auditorium has a seating capacity of 1500.

Gymnasium: The college has an in-house open gym facility which the faculty and students can avail. The gymnasium has facilities like cycle, abdominal bench, Weights and Dumbbells. Regular Yoga sessions are also held in the college.

Swimming Pool- LPCPS has an indoor swimming pool which is 25m in length and 13m in breadth and 5.5m depth.

Cultural: Cultural activities are conducted on different occasions like first year induction, orientation day farewell, teacher’s day, national festivals, annual festivals at the end of the academic year.

Clubs- A club is “a group of students organized with a similar interest for a social, literary, athletic, political, or other common purpose”. Students have the opportunity to join any of these clubs in pursuit of their interest. There are following clubs functioning in the college:

  1. Anchor’s Club
  2. AI Club
  3. The Communicators
  4. Happening souls
  5. E-Cell
  6. Dance club
  7. Music club
  8. Drama club
  9. Sports club
  10. Kalakriti club

The College annual fest ‘XENIUM’

The College has also organised its mega annual cultural-sports fest XENIUM. It was a one-week long event, having a good number of gathering over there. The College has also successfully conducted international edition of annual fest XENIUM INTERNATIONAL in 2019-20, where participants of 23 countries who are studying different colleges in India were invited over here.

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Geotagged Pics of Sports and Cultural FacilitiesView Document
4.1.2 Additional InformationView Document

4.1.3. Percentage of classrooms and seminar halls with ICT- enabled facilities such as smart class, LMS, etc. (10)

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONView Document
PROJECTOR BILLView Document
Geo-tag Photographs 2020-21 NView Document
MASTER TIME TABLEView Document
Percentage of Class Rooms With ICT FacilityView Document
DATA TEMPLATE NEWView Document

4.1.4. Average percentage of expenditure, excluding salary for infrastructure augmentation during last five years(INR in Lakhs) (10)

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Average percentage of expenditure for infrastructure augmentation during last five years(INR in Lakhs)View Document
Audited statement of Balance sheet during the last five yearsView Document
Expenditure on Physical & Academic facilities during last five yearsView Document

4.2 Library as a learning Resource (20)

4.2.1. Library is automated using Integrated Library Management System (ILMS) (4)

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Koha usage reportView Document
Library Rules 1- SSRView Document
View Link 4.2.1 SSRView Document
Koha ILMSView Document
koha purchage detailsView Document

4.2.2. The institution has subscription for the following e-resources 1. e-journals 2. e-ShodhSindhu 3. Shodhganga Membership 4. e-books 5. Databases 6. Remote access to e-resources (6)

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e-journals GST Law ( Taxmann)View Document
IBI shodhusindhuView Document
e-books newage publicationView Document
GST-Law e-journal usage reportView Document
Database J-gate e- journalsView Document
Turnitin plagiarism checker softwareView Document
Turnitin plagiarism (usage report)View Document
All e- journals membership detailsView Document
Template e-journals 4.2.2 SSRView Document
purchage details (SSR)1View Document
e-Journals details ( DVV)View Document
e-Journals details NAAC( DVV)View Document

4.2.3. Average annual expenditure for purchase of books/e-books and subscription to journals/e- journals during the last five years (INR in Lakhs) (5)

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Budget Bill 2017-18View Document
Budget Bill 2016-17View Document
Audit report 2016-21 SSRView Document
Template data 4.2.3 SSRView Document
Balance sheet 2017-21 (DVV)View Document
Balance sheet 2017-21 NAAC (DVV)View Document
Library book circulation 2016-17View Document
Library book circulation 2017-18View Document
Library book circulation 2018-19View Document
Library book circulation 2019-20View Document
Library book circulation 2020-21View Document
Budget Bills 2020-21View Document
Audit reportView Document
Budget Bills- 2019-20View Document
Budget Bills 2018-19View Document
Magazine Details - 2021View Document
Magazine Details - 2020View Document
Magazine Details 2019View Document
Magazine Details 2018View Document
Magazine Details 2017View Document
Additional Link - 4.2.3 SSRView Document
Library Manual Work 2016-17View Document
Library Manual Work 2017-18View Document
Library Manual Work 2018-19View Document
Library Manual Work 2019-20View Document
Library Manual Work 2020-21View Document

4.2.4 Percentage per day usage of library by teachers and students (foot falls and login data for online access) Data for the latest completed academic year

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No.of students 2018-19View Document
4.2.4 Mathod of computing per day usage of libraryView Document
Number users using library through e-accessView Document
Template data SSR- 4.2.4View Document
Last Pages of Accession RegisterView Document
No. of teachers details last five yearsView Document
No. of students data 2020-21View Document
Number of physical users accessing libraryView Document
No. of students data 2019-20View Document
No.of students 2017-18View Document
No.of students 2016-17View Document
No. of faculty & students template SSR 4.2.4View Document
Online log - book entries data 5th march to 19th march 2022 (DVV)View Document
Online footfall data 5th march to 19th march 2022 NAAC (DVV)View Document
Online login software data (DVV)View Document

4.3 IT Infrastructure (30)

4.3.1. Institution frequently updates its IT facilities including Wi-Fi (5)

 

 

Institution frequently updates its IT facilities including Wi-Fi

The college has always given priority for up-gradation of IT facilities. The college provides continuous and regular Internet access throughout the campus. The campus is Wi-Fi enabled. The college regularly updates the internet connection every year and as of now we have 5 multiple connections of Internet.Computersare installed at different places within the College campus (like a computer lab, incubation cell, accounts office, administration office, principal office, library, examination cell, faculty rooms, hostel etc.).

  • Wi-Fi facility is available throughout the campus area.
  • We have a leased line connection of 35 mbps in our college.
  • We have multiple connections of Wi-Fi (5 connections) separately for students and teachers.
  • LAN facility is available.
  • Since the entire campus is Wi-Fi enabled; all the computers including desktops as well as laptops can access internet facility.
  • There are three computer labs in our college.
  • The college is also in the process of automating all its manual work via ERP System. 
  • We have online admission module in our college.

The plans for infrastructural development and up-gradation are given top priority as the College realizes the correlation between adequate infrastructure and effective teaching – learning. The strategiesadopted for ensuring adequate infrastructure are as follows:

 

  • At the beginning of the academic year, the college administration works for the up-gradation of existing infrastructure after assessment based on the suggestions from Heads of the departments, IT initiative and Website Committee report and lab technicians after reviewing course requirements, computer – student ratio, budget constraints , and also students grievances.
  • Effective utilization of infrastructure is ensured through appointment of adequate and well qualified lab in charges.
  • In the era of communication and information the college has always been reviewing the current needs and accordingly the internetbandwidth is upgraded from time to time.
  • The college provides its students well-furnished computer labs, with 172 computers exclusively for students to serve the day-to-day computing needs of students. The details of the computers are attached here.
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Supporting Documents for Institution frequently updates its IT facilities including Wi-FiView Document

4.3.2. Student – Computer ratio (Data for the latest completed academic year) (10)

 

 

Student – Computer ratio (Data for the latest completed academic year)

                               The student- computer ratio is   8.5 : 1

 

 

Number of computers (For Students)

Total Number of students

 

172

1474

 

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Documents Student – Computer ratio (Data for the latest completed academic year)View Document
Stock Register and Additional InformationView Document

4.3.3. Bandwidth of internet connection in the Institution Options: A. ≥50 MBPS B. 30 MBPS – 50 MBPS C. 10 MBPS – 30 MBPS D. 10 MBPS – 05 MBPS E. < 05 MBPS (15)

 

 

Bandwidth of internet connection in the Institution

Options:

A.  ≥ 50 MBPS

B.  30 - 50 MBPS

C.  10 - 30 MBPS           

D.  10 - 5 MBPS E. < 5 MBPS

 

Option C- 20 Mbps leased line connection in our college (till July 2020)

ADDITIONAL

  • 35 Mbps leased line connection in our college (2022-23)
  • There are 5 internet connections (broadband) in our college to provide internet facility. Each of these has a connection of 100 MBPS.
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Supporting Documents (Bandwidth of internet connection in the Institution Options)View Document

4.4 Maintenance of Campus Infrastructure (20)

4.4.1. Average percentage of expenditure incurred on maintenance of infrastructure (physical and academic support facilities) excluding salary component during the last five years(INR in Lakhs) (10)

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Balance Sheet of last five yearsView Document
Expenditure on Physical & Academic facilities during last five yearsView Document
Average percentage of expenditure incurred on maintenance of infrastructure (physical and academic support facilities) excluding salary component during the last five yearsView Document

4.4.2. There are established systems and procedures for maintaining and utilizing physical, academic and support facilities - laboratory, library, sports complex, computers, classrooms etc. (10)

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4.4.2. Additional InformationView Document
4.4.2 POLICY AND PROCEDUREView Document