A Report on

05 - Day Faculty Development Programme

on
Outcome-Based Education
(1st, 2nd, 3rd, 11th February, 11th March, 2023)

About the FDP on Outcome-Based Education:

5 - Day Faculty Development Programme was organized on Outcome-based Education from 1st, 2nd, 3rd,
11th February and 11th March, 2023 in the Auditorium, Presidency University. The objective of this faculty
development programme is to nurture the philosophy of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) and build the
capacity and competencies of the faculty members in the teaching-learning system and other Academic
Process of the University. The development and implementation of good academic processes in an
institutionalized manner by involving all stakeholders for continuous improvement are paramount in
assuring the quality of the programmes.

The FDP has been conducted with sufficient discussions, deliberations in a case study approach, and
provides a hands-on experience on re-engineering or fine-tuning the academic processes that improves
the quality of the outcome education. Highly renowned professionals from academia and industry were
invited to enlighten the participants on various areas.

OBE Day 1: 1st February, 2023

The 5-day Faculty Development Program on Outcome Based Education commenced on February 1st, at
10:30am, with an inaugural ceremony in the presence of Dr. S. Baskar, BOYSCAT Fellow, Dean (R &D),
Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai (Resource Person), Dr. AM Surendrakumar, Pro-Vice
Chancellor (Academics), Dr. Muddu Vinay, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Management), Dr. Shilpa Mehta, Dean
Academics and other dignitaries. The dignitaries officially inaugurated the FDP with lighting of the lamp.
The welcome address was given by the Program coordinator Dr. SR Sudheendra, Dy. COE, Presidency
University.

The Program coordinator officially welcomed the gathering, the speakers, faculty members and the
dignitaries. The chief guest cum Resource person Dr. S. Baskar, BOYSCAT Fellow, Dean (R &D), Thiagarajar
College of Engineering, Madurai was introduced. The Chief Guest addressed the participants on OBE
Specialist on Introduction to Outcome Based Education, Key parameters of OBE, Vision, Mission and
PEO's/GA/POs/PSOs, Revised Blooms Taxonomy in Cognitive domain and Articulation of COs, CO-PO
mapping, Role of Blooms Taxonomy in Teaching and Learning. The speaker gave presentation on the
process and the basis for the framing of the course outcomes for the different subjects. A neat and
detailed presentation was also explained to the participants on the mapping process of the course
outcomes and program outcomes.

OBE Day 2: 2nd February, 2023

The Hands-on sessions has conducted by Dr. Bhaskar (Resource Person) in the classrooms Department-
wise continuation. He has made all the faculty members to prepare the CO and PO for their courses. He
also explained about Questions Design to Measure COs, CO-PO Attainment Computation and Outcomes
Analysis, Use of Technology for CO-PO Attainment Computation and Outcomes Analysis and Improving
Employability Outcomes. The process of designing the curriculum to obtaining the appropriate outcome
based education has discussed in detail with the active participation of the participants. The secession
was interactive with the audience taking an active part in understanding the process to be undertaken.
OBE Day 3: 3rd February, 2023
The day 3 sessions was taken by Dr. S. Baskar, BOYSCAT Fellow, Dean (R &D), Thiagarajar College of
Engineering, Madurai. The speaker also gave a presentation on the process of attainment of program
outcome and program specific outcomes and the method of calculating the PEOs, GA, POs and PSO’s were
neatly explained. Work sheets were also given for calculating the same which the participants were able
to take part in. detailed explanations were given by the speaker to all the queries made by the participants.
Active physical participation was also given to the participants for understanding the rubrics for OBE. The
interaction was lively with audience interacting with the speaker and the day 3 sessions was made lively
through real time examples.

OBE Day 4: 11th February, 2023

The Resource person Mr. Chaitanya Kumbhar, Inpods was introduced. He gave talk on the basic need for
outcome based education, its importance and significance. He has explained how to find CO attainment
and PO attainment in the Inpods. The hands-on sessions has been conducted in the afternoon session to
make faculty understand the process. The secession was lively with active audience interaction with the
speaker.
OBE Day 5: 11th March, 2023
The OBE attainment with software discussion done on 5th day by Dr. Shilpa Mehta, Dean Academics and
Dr. SR Sudheendra, Dy. COE. The excel templates for lab components and continual assessment have been
shared to all the faculty members. The hand-on sessions has been conducted to make faculty members
to understand the process.
The Valedictory function was held at Auditorium, Presidency University on 11th March, 2023 from 04:00
PM to 04:30 PM. The program was presided over by the program coordinator Dr. SR Sudheendra, Dy. COE,
Presidency University. The valedictory function was also attended by Dr. AM Surendrakumar, Pro-Vice
Chancellor, Presidency University, Dr. Shilpa Mehta, Dean Academics, Deans/HoDs. Among others who
attended the Valedictory function were the distinguished resource persons, faculty members of
Presidency University and invitees. The welcome and overview of the 5 day Faculty development program
was given by the program coordinator, Dr. SR Sudheendra. Subsequent to which the e-certificates were
sent to the participants on successful completion of the FDP.
05 - Day Faculty Development
Programme on

OUTCOME
BASED
EDUCATION
12 - 18
August
2022
OFFLINE

Venue: The Auditorium, Presidency University

Presidency University, Itgalpur, Rajanakunte, Yelahanka, Bengaluru 560064 www.presidencyuniversity.in

ABOUT THE PROGRAMME
Presidency University, a leader in the field of Higher Education has taken the initiative to increase
and improve faculty standards across all levels, especially in the area of 'Outcome-BasedTeaching
Learning Methods and Research'.

During the present Covid-19 pandemic situation also Presidency University has been at the forefront
in delivering quality education through virtual mode. The same has been recognised recently by QS.
lnfact, Presidency University is one of the few leading Universities in India to receive the prestigious
QS I-Gauge E-Lead Certificate for excellence in online education.

In the pursuit of academic excellence, Presidency University is proposing to conduct a Faculty

Development Programme (FDP) on Outcome-Based Education (OBE) from 12th - - 18th August 2022
for the benefit of university faculty and other stakeholders.

As the Outcome-based Education embraces each part of the education system, it involves a
restructuring of curriculum, assessment and reporting practices in education to help achieve higher
order-thinking and cognitive skills as laid down in the National Education Policy-2020.

AIMS AND
AIMS ANDOBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES

The objective of this faculty development programme is to nurture the philosophy of

Outcome-Based Education (OBE) and build the capacity and competencies of the faculty members
in the teaching-learning system of the university. The development and implementation of good
academic processes in an institutionalized manner by involving all stakeholders for continuous
improvement are paramount in assuring the quality of the programmes.

The faculty development programme will have sufficient discussions, deliberations in a case study
approach, and provides a hands-on experience on re-engineering or fine-tuning the academic
processes that can improve the quality of the outcome. Highly renowned professionals from
academia and industry are being invited to enlighten the participants on various areas.

KEY TOPICS
KEY TOPICSANDAND
PROPOSED OUTCOMESOUTCOMES
PROPOSED OFTHE FDP OF THE FDP
• Quality Assurance and Program Design Concepts
• Top-down Program Design
• Course Outcomes Design
• Questions Design to Measure COs
• CO-PO Attainment Computation and Outcomes Analysis
• Use of Technology for CO-PO Attainment Computation and Outcomes Analysis
• Improving Employability Outcomes
• Introduction to Outcome Based Education, Key parameters of OBE
• Vision, Mission and PEO's/GA/POs/PSOs
• Revised Blooms Taxonomy in Cognitive domain
• Articulation of COs, CO-PO mapping, Role of Blooms Taxonomy in Teaching and Learning
• Pedagogy and Content Delivery
• Project-Based Learning and Higher Order Thinking
• Outcome-Based Question Papers and Quality Measurement
• Case Studies on Attainment Evaluation of COs and POs
• Innovation in Education
• Industry-Academia Interface.
PATRONS

MR. NISSAR AHMAD DR. D. SUBHAKAR

CH AN CELLOR V I CE - C HA NCE L L OR
P RES ID EN CY UN IVERSITY , BAN GALORE P RE S I DE NCY UNI V E RS I T Y, B A NGA L ORE

SPEAKERS

MR. AJAY BHAGWAT DR. S. BASKAR DR. A. M. SURENDRA KUMAR

Director, Inpods Ed - Tech For Accreditations BOYSCAST Fellow, Dean (R&D), Pro Vice-Chancellor & COE,
And Rankings, OBE, New Delhi Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai Presidency University, Bangalore

DR. C. S. RAMESH DR. B. V. PRABHU DR. SIVAPERUMAL

Dean (R & D) Director, Placement & Training, Dean (Sponsored Project),
Presidency University, Bangalore Presidency University, Bangalore Presidency University, Bangalore

DR. KRISHNAKUMAR K DR. S. R. SUDHEENDRA

Professor & Associate Dean, School of Management, Professor & Dy. COE,
Presidency University, Bangalore Presidency University, Bangalore
Day 1 – Friday, 12-08-2022
INAUGURATION – 9:30am – 10:00am
Speaker - Mr. Ajay Bhagwat
Director, Inpods Ed - Tech for Accreditations and Rankings, OBE, New Delhi

Session 1 10:15am – 12:15pm

Topic: Quality Assurance and Program Design Concepts
• Quality Assurance in higher education
• As per NEP 2020 and NAAC criteria 1 curricular aspects, designing a program based on the
principles of outcomes-based education

Session 2 1:30pm – 2:45pm

Topic: Top-down Program Design
• Knowledge dimensions and curriculum design
• Cognitive process and balancing the expectations of students’ academic performance

Session 3 3:00pm – 4:30pm

Topic: Course Outcomes Design
• Course Blueprint Model of Cognitive process (Revised Bloom’s taxonomy) for CO designing
• Using the above model for designing the measurable COs
• Showing compliance with NBA accreditation’s Criteria 3

Day 2 – Saturday, 13-08-2022

Speaker - Mr. Ajay Bhagwat

Director, Inpods Ed - Tech for Accreditations and Rankings, OBE, New Delhi

Session 1 9:30am – 10:45am

Topic: Questions Design to Measure COs
• Using the above model for designing the questions
• Outcomes-based assessments questions paper design + Use of technology
• Importance of Meta-cognitive knowledge related assessments

Session 2 11:00am – 12:15pm

Topic: CO-PO Attainment Computation and Outcomes Analysis
• Thresholds, Target and CO Attainment computation
• COs attainment analysis
• PO outcomes computation and batch-wise analysis
• Student performance gap analysis and designing remedial actions

Session 3 1:30pm – 2:45pm

Topic: Use of Technology for CO-PO Attainment Computation and Outcomes Analysis
• Showing how technology can be used to achieve 350+ points of NBA accreditation for the criteria
# 1, 2, 3 and 7
• Showing how technology can be used to achieve Criterions of NAAC accreditation such as
Curricular aspects, Teaching, leaning and evaluation, Student’s progression
Day 2 – Saturday, 13-08-2022
Speaker - Mr. Ajay Bhagwat
Director, Inpods Ed - Tech for Accreditations and Rankings, OBE, New Delhi

Session 4 3:00pm – 4:30pm

Topic: Improving Employability Outcomes
• Use of outcomes data for mentoring of students and Training and Placement
• Students Dashboard for their Program Outcomes
• Bridging the gap between the industry and academia

Day 3
2 – Tuesday,
Saturday,16-08-2022
13-08-2022

Speaker - Dr. S Bhaskar

BOYSCAST Fellow, Dean (R&D), Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai

Session 1 9:00am – 10:30am

Topic: Introduction to Outcome Based Education, Key parameters of OBE

Session 2 10:45am – 12:15am

Topic: Vision, Mission and PEO's/GA/POs/PSOs

Session 3 1:00pm – 2:00pm

Topic: Revised Blooms Taxonomy in Cognitive domain

Session 4 2:00pm – 3:00pm

Topic: Articulation of COs, CO-PO mapping, Role of Blooms Taxonomy in Teaching
and Learning

Day 4
2 – Wednesday,
Saturday, 13-08-2022
17-08-2022
Session 1 9:30am – 10:45am

Topic: Pedagogy and Content Delivery

Dr. Krishnakumar K- Professor & Associate Dean, SoM, Presidency University
Session 2 11:00am – 12:15pm

Topic: Project Based Learning and Higher Order Thinking

Dr. Sivaperumal S, Dean -Sponsored Research, Presidency University

Session 3 1:15pm – 2:30pm

Topic: Industry Academia Interface

Dr. B V Prabhu, Asso. Director-Career Services and Industry Connect

Session 4 2:45pm – 4:00pm

Topic: Innovation in Education

Prof. CS Ramesh, Dean R & D, Presidency University
 Day 5 – Wednesday, 18-08-2022 (Hands on)

Speakers - Dr. Surendra Kumar, Pro-VC & COE

Dr. S R Sudheendra, Dy. COE

Session 1 9:30am – 10:45am

Topic: Outcome Based Question Papers and Quality Measurement

Session 2 11:00am – 12:15pm

Topic: Outcome Based Question Papers and Quality Measurement

Session 3 1:15pm – 2:30pm

Topic: Outcome Based Question Papers and Quality Measurement

Session 4 2:45pm – 4:00pm

Topic: Outcome Based Question Papers and Quality Measurement

SESSION
4:00pm onwards

RANKING
Times B-School Survey 2022 Times Engineering Institute Ranking Survey 2021
Ranked No. 1 in Pan India under Top Emerging Engineering
Ranked 27 in Pan India in Ranked 9 in Institutes
Top 150 B-Schools Top 25 Private Universities Ranked No. 4 under Emerging Engineering
Institutes-Placement
Ranked 6 in Ranked 15 in Ranked No. 7 under Emerging Engineering
Top 20 South B-Schools Top 20 Institutes-Placement Institutes-Research Capability
Indian Institution Ranking Framework (IIRF) 2021 CSR-GHRDC B-Schools Survey 2021

Ranked 34 in Top Law Colleges (Private) at All India Level Ranked 5 in Pan India in the category Outstanding
B-Schools of Excellence
Ranked 34 in Best Private Universities 2021 at All India Education World Magazine, April 2020
Level
Ranked 40 in Overall MBA Ranking 2021 at All India Level Ranked 27 in Pan India Ranked 7 in Karnataka