Mandatory Disclosure

Mandatory Disclosure 2022-23
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Grievance Redressal Committiee
Covid19
Cell
College Internal Compliance Committee
Anti-Ragging Committiee
Governing Council
HR Department
Rules & Regulations
Financial Statement of PACE

Grievance Redressal Cell

A grievance redressed mechanism is formulated in the college to address any flaws and lacunae in the system and complaints raised by students/staff/stakeholder. The table below shows the list of members of grievance redressal committee.

Grievance Redressal Committee

Name	Designation	Profession	Department	Mobile No	Email ID
Dr. Ramis M. K.	Member	Principal	ME	9035960243	ramismk@pace.edu.in
Dr. Abdul Rehman	Member	Retired VC	Special Invitee	9447032786	abdulmangalore@rediffmail.com
Dr. Palakshappa K.	Chairperson	HOD	CV	9448158900	hod_civil@pace.edu.in
Dr. Sharmila Kumari	Member	(Vice Principal & HOD)	CSE	9482254295	sharmilabp@gmail.com
Dr. Sayyad Ameen Ahammad	Member	Director	MBA	9632142630	sayyad_mba@pace.edu.in
Prof. John Valder	Member	HOD	EE	9845207834	hod_eee@pace.edu.in
Mr. Jameela	Member	Asst. Professor	OBC	9980769495	jameelapace@gmail.com
Mr. Mohammed Sinan	Member	Student	CSE	8590514134	sinan.mohd593@gmail.com

The Grievances are found as follows:

Attendance & assessment grievances by the students.
Fee payment issues of students.
Classes, library & sports grievances by the students.
Hostel food & transport.
Clusters and indiscipline.
Staff grievances.

Grievance Redressal Procedure:

At the department level, any student who has grievance can approach the counselor/ any faculty member/HOD. The HOD shall investigate the matter and can take appropriate decision.
If the grievances could not be resolved at the department level, the matter can be reported to the Principal. The Principal will forward it to the grievance redressal cell to further investigation and recommend suitable actions.
The grievances related to Hostel, Library, Transport and other general facilities can be reported to the concerned section heads, which will be forwarded to the Principal, Chairman of Grievance Redressal Cell.
Any grievances related to staff can be brought to the notice of the Principal through HOD.
Students/ staff can also submit their grievances through the college website.

Apart from the committee, the institution has Internal Quality Assessment Cell (IQAC) comprising of all HODs to ensure the quality of academic and non-academic functioning. Feedbacks are taken periodically through ERP from the students, on academic and non-academic matters assessed and recommended for required remedial measures.

Grievance Submission Form

SPECIAL CELL FOR COVID 19

With reference to VTU circular dated 5th May 2020 special cell for COVID 19 has been constituted at P.A. College of Engineering to handle the students grievances related to academic and exam matters. Please find below the details of Nodal officer and members constituted on 9th May 2020.

Name	Designation	Mobile No	Email ID
Dr. Palakshappa K	Nodal Officer	9448158900	hod_civil@pace.edu.in
Prof. Ismail Shaffi	Member	9535622435
Mr.Abdul Majeed	Member	9980191499	abdulmajd@gmail.com
Mrs.Shainy Mathew C	Member	8762728951	shainy_bio@pace.edu.in
Mr Chethan	Member	7892478557
Mrs.Shamna N V	Member	9449503087	shamnanv@gmail.com
Mr. Vittal Bhat M	Member	7019626458	vital_eee@pace.edu.in
Mrs.Asia Hazreena	Member	9945298123	hazareena_te@pace.edu.in
Mr.Varun Hegde	Member	9164569010	varun_mech@pace.edu.in
Mr.Zoheb Ali	Member	9916470754

Grievance Submission Form

College Internal Compliance Committee

Sexual Harassment at workplace is a violation of women’s right to gender equality, life and liberty. It creates an insecure and unreceptive work environment, which disheartens women’s participation in work, thereby adversely affecting their economic empowerment and achievement of their goal. The college has also set up Anti-Sexual Harassment Committee to deal with matters related to the prevention of sexual harassment and gender discrimination in the college campus. We have constituted a committee to deal with matter & the details are given in table below

Name	Designation	Gender	Mobile No	Email.ID
Dr. Manjula Vi (HOD AIMLE)	Chairperson	F	8242284701	manjulav@gmail.com
Dr. Palakshappa (HOD Civil	Member	M	9448158900	hod_civil@pace.edu.in
Mrs. Shainy Mathew	Member	F	8762728951	Shainy_bio@pac.edu.in
Mr. Nihas Khan	Member	M	7736567870	hr@pace.edu.in
Mrs .Sumayya	Member	F	9845798801	janeammi@gmail.com
Ms. Disha	Member	F	9964157540	dieladisha@gmail.com
Ms. Ayshath Shabthab	Member	F	8921717393	ayshathshabthabka@gmail.com
Ms. Aysha Shifa	Member	F	8086118050	4pa20bt001@pace.edu.in
Ms. Laila Jaseela	Member	F	8242284702	laila_bio@pace.edu.in
Mr. Mohammed Rafiq ( External person)	Member	M	8310039342	Mohammedrafiq@gmail.com

Anti Ragging Committiee

In order to curb the menace of ragging, the institution has formed an anti-ragging committee to make the campus ragging free. The committee constituted for anti-ragging is as shown in table below

Anti Ragging Committee Members Details

Name	Designation	Profession	Department	Mobile No	Email ID
Dr. Ramis M. K	Chairman	Principal	ME	9448503567	principal@pace.edu.in
Dr. SharmilaKumari M	Member	SVice-Principal/ HOD CS	CS	9482254295	sharmilabp@gmail.com
Dr. Sayyad Ameen Ahammad	Member	Director	MBA	9632142630	sayyad_mba@pace.edu.in
Dr. Palakshappa K.	Member	HOD	CV	9448158900	palakshappa@yahoo.com
Prof. John Valder	Member	HOD	EE	9845207834	johnvd@rediffmail.com
Prof. Mitra	Member	Assistant Professor	Maths	9449208001	mitra.math@pace.edu.in
Prof. Abdul Majeed	Member	Assistant Professor	Maths	9980181499	majeed.math@pace.edu.in
Prof. Ismail Shafi	Member	Assistant Professor	Physics	9535622435	shaffi_phy@pace.edu.in
Mr. Iqbal	Member	Physical Director	Physical Education	9886598946	pd@pace.edu.in
Circle Inspector	Member	Police officer	Ullal Circle	9876543210
Sub Inspector	Member	Police Officer	Konaje	9876541230	konajemgc@ksp.gov.in
Mr. Srinivas	SMember	4PA18CV047	CV	9916598136	sshrinivasv@gmail.com
Mr. Muhammed P. V.	Member	4PA18ME077	ME	9656202244	muhmmedpvharis@gmail.com
Mr. Syed Ummar	Member	4PA18CS111	CS	9900448811	syedummerusain@gmail.com
Mr. Irfan	Member	4PA18EC021	EC	6361001199	irfanshaikh888@gmail.com
Ms. FathimathNasiha	Member	4PA20BA010	MBA	8618230140	fath.nazia245@gmail.com
Vaishnavi	Member	4PA18BT029	BT	8152099306	4pa18bt029@pace.edu.in

Roles and Responsibilities of Anti-Ragging Committee

To create awareness about ragging and its consequences.
To conduct orientation programme to avoid ragging in the campus.
To support and comply with the guidelines of the Honorable Supreme Court and be vigilant on actual acts amounting to ragging.
To conduct regular orientation programme to the new entrants highlighting ragging menace.
To bring to the notice of the anti-ragging committee any untoward incident along with recommended actions.
To create awareness about anti ragging committee at the departmental level.
To make campus/ hostels ragging free zone.
Periodical interaction with students and surprise visits to hostels.

Grievance Submission Form

GOVERNING COUNCIL

The Governing Council of P. A. College of Engineering is headed by the Chairman and Managing Trustee of P. A. Educational Trust. The decisions of the Governing Council are executed by the Executive Director through the Principal. The financial matters of the institution are monitored by the Director (Finance) under the aegis of the Executive Director, through the internal auditor and the supporting staff. The academic body comprising of heads of various departments, teaching and non-teaching faculty members are under the supervision of the Principal. The supporting departments like Examinations, Library, Student Welfare Office, Office of the Dean (Research) and Physical Education are also under the supervision of the Principal. The Vice Principal and the Director (Academics) support the Principal in academic and associate matters. The daily affairs of the various departments like Administrative Office under Office Superintendent, the HR Office under HR Officer, Transportation & Security managed by Estate Manager, Purchase, Stores and Canteen/Mess supervised by Purchase Manager, Construction and Maintenance under Site Engineer are managed by the Principal under the guidance of the Executive Director.

Governing Council Members

Name	Designation	Profession	Category	E mail ID & Contact No.
Dr. P.A. Ibrahim	Chairman	Business & Educationist	Chairman of P A Education Trust	p.a.group@yahoo.com 08242284701
Mr. Abdulla Ibrahim	Member	Executive Director	Nominee of the Trust	abdulla@pace.edu.in 8884999916
Mr. Ahmed Kutty	Member	Director Finance	Nominee of the Trust	calicutoffice@gmail.com 8242284701
Mr. M P Ahammed	Member	Industrialist	Nominated by Trust	chairman@malabargroup.com
Dr. Syed Shakeeb –Ur –Rahman	Member	Academician	Educationist	94498 02999 94480 71986
Dr. Ramesh U	Member	Director (AICTE)	Educationist	rameshumnr@gmail.com 9447246162
Dr. Abdul Rahman	Member	Pro Vice Chancellor (KTU)	Educationist	rahmanpaika@gmail.com 9447032786
Director of Technical Education	Member	Director DTE	Ex Officio Member	dteacm@hotmail.com 08022355227
Director of SWRO AICTE	Member	Director SWRO	Ex Officio Member	kshreekk@gmail.com 08022205979
Mr. Aseef Mohammed	Member	Advocate	Nominated by Trust	aseefmjm@gmail.com
Dr. Ramis M. K.	Member Secretary	Principal	Faculty Member	ramismk@pace.edu.in 9035960243
Dr. Sharmila Kumari	Member	Vice Principa	Faculty Member	sharmilabp@gmail.com
Dr. Abdul Sharief	Member	Educationist	Nominee of the Trust	principal@pace.edu.in 9448503567

Functions and Responsibilities Governing Council

To frame rules & regulations, procedures and policies.
To amend and approve policies from time to time.
To approve budgets of infrastructure requirements like buildings, equipment and other resources.
To take appropriate decisions for addition of new courses and variation of intake for different courses.
To assess the academic improvements and to set a roadmap for continuous progress of the institution.
To constitute various sub committees like purchase committee, recruitment committee and other committees required for effective functioning and overall development of the institution.

HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT

P. A. Educational Trus

The P. A. Educational Trust (P. A. E. T.) was established in 1999 with a mission to deliver quality education on par with global standards. The Trust through its various educational institutions is committed to mould the new generation with knowledge, ethics and social responsibility. With Dr P. A. Ibrahim Haji, a renowned educationalist and philanthropist at the helm of affairs, the trust is well equipped to groom talents, and mould them into top-quality professionals with profound knowledge, and strong ethical values.

In the initial years of the establishment of the trust, it envisioned and succeeded in establishing P. A. College of Engineering (PACE) which is now a prominent college in this geographical zone. The college is affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) Belgaum, approved by AICTE (New Delhi) and recognized by the Govt. of Karnataka as a minority institution. The institution offers both the undergraduate programmes (Bachelor of Engineering) and the Postgraduate programmes (Master of Technology). Seven departments are recognised as University Research Centres which offers Ph.D / M.Sc (Engg.) by research based on the research work. In 2009, P. A. College of Engineering became the very first institution to be accredited by the NBA in the region of Mangaluru.

In the very next year of establishment of the P. A. College of Engineering, the trust was successful in establishing the Centre for Management Studies and Research offering MBA Programme. The MBA programme is administered through the best faculty members in the field having high academic qualifications and industry exposure. The management graduates from this department are most sought by companies in India and abroad.

VISION

PACE is envisaged as a centre of evolution for excellence in Technological, Management and Research Education. The institution aspires to spread universal knowledge through villages and cities enabling expansion of human resources.

MISSION

To provide career-oriented professional education to produce technically competent engineers and managers with moral and ethical values.
To foster and promote an effective learning environment in the campus to be recognized as a place that encourages excellence and diversity in thoughts and endeavour.
To provide research and intellectual resources to address problems facing the industry and the society while advancing the scopes of multidisciplinary applications.

RECRUITMENT PROCEDURE

The Head of the Department would identify the vacancy for the teaching (various specializations) or non-teaching staff at various cadres by the end of each academic year.
The Principal, after approving the teaching and non-teaching staff requirement with required qualifications and experience in various cadres, sends the list to the Human Resources department.
The HR department would then go ahead with the resource planning, the preparation of the job description, etc.
Sorting and screening of the resumes filtering through the collection received through advertisements, headhunting & referrals is the next step.
Scheduling presentations & / or interviews after shortlisting the right candidates, followed by the HR interview, wherein the salaries and other perks are negotiated.
The HR department then prepares and forwards the offer letter to each of the candidates selected by the subject experts and approved by the Management and engages in routine follow-up, if needed by mail &/or telephone.
The HR department also issues the appointment order upon receiving the confirmation from the candidates and assigns their unique employee code (EMP code).
The newly appointed candidates get their joining report from the concerned departments, which is later forwarded to the HR department through the proper channel after obtaining the signature from the Principal.
The newly appointed employees receive an orientation for better understanding of the college, students, the nature of their work and responsibilities.

CATEGORY OF STAFF

Teaching:Principal, Vice Principal, Professor, Associate Professor, Visiting Faculty, Physical Director and Librarian.
Technical:Foreman, Lab Assistant, Lab Instructor.
3Non-Teaching Staff:Administration department, Internal Auditor and members of the Accounts department, Office superintendent, HR department, Attenders, Drivers, Maintenance department, Housekeeping and Security personnel.

Guidelines for Recruitment of Teaching Staff

Cadre- Qualification (As per UGC/ AICTE Norms)

Assistant Professor:Candidates holding a postgraduation degree and good academic record with at least 60% marks or an equivalent CGPA either at UG or PG level in the relevant discipline from a recognised Indian University or an equivalent Degree from a recognised foreign university.
Associate Professor:Doctoral Degree (Ph.D) in an appropriate area with a good academic record with at least 60% marks or an equivalent CGPA either at UG or PG level in the relevant discipline from a recognised Indian University or an equivalent Degree from a recognised foreign university.
Dean/ Professor:Doctoral Degree (Ph.D) in an appropriate area with good academic record with at least 60% marks or an equivalent CGPA either at UG or PG level in the relevant discipline from a recognised Indian University or an equivalent Degree from a recognised foreign university.
Librarian:Master’s degree in Library Science/ Information Science or an equivalent professional degree with at least 60% marks or its equivalent CGPA and consistently good academic record.

RECRUITMENT PANEL

The recruitment panel for the teaching staff is constituted as below mentioned:

Chairman / Executive Director
Academic Director
Principal
Vice Principal
Head of the concerned department
Senior subject expert from the concerned department
External Expert Member
HR Officer

The recruitment panel for the non-teaching staff is constituted as below mentioned:

Chairman / Executive Director
Academic Director
Principal
Vice Principal
Head of the concerned department
Subject Expert (wherever applicable)
HR Officer

CLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES

Employees of the college shall be classified as:

Regular:The Regular employee is one who is appointed by the management as regular through order in writing; or any other employee, who after the successful completion of his / her period of probation is confirmed in service in writing by the management.
Probationer:The Probationer is an employee, who is provisionally employed in a regular vacancy and has not been confirmed as regular in writing. Every newly appointed employee will in the first instance be on probation for a period of one year or less during which his / her performance and conduct will be periodically assessed by the management as considered fit for the job position. In the event of unsatisfactory performance during the initial period of probation his / her service could either be terminated at any time with or without written notice or payment in lieu thereof or the probation extended for a further period as deemed necessary. The maximum period of extension of the probation period shall not, however, extend more than one year in any case.
Casual:The Casual employee is one whose employment is of occasional or casual in nature, and who is engaged for work for a short duration not exceeding ten weeks at a time on daily wages.
Temporary: The Temporary is one who is appointed for a limited period of work of essentially temporary nature or one employed temporarily in a leave vacancy or as an additional employee in connection foreseeing a temporary increase in workload, and who is issued an order of temporary appointment in writing by the management.
Substitute:The Substitute is one appointed as a substitute in the place of a regular employee on long leave for purposes such as research, maternity, etc.
Part-timers: The Part-time employee is the one appointed for work on a part-time basis for less than four hours a day.

RULES AND REGULATIONS OF SERVICE

1. These rules & regulations of service have come into effect and are in force from 01 November 2000 and have been made applicable to all staff/employees under the institutions of P. A. Educational Trust.

If the conditions agreed upon in a contract &/ or appointment letter of an employee overlap or conflict in any manner with any of the provisions of these rules and regulations of service, the conditions and requirements mentioned in the contract/appointment letter of the individual employee would be deemed final and binding both on the employer and on the employee.
The conditions, which are not mentioned in the individual contract &/ or appointment letter, but which are set out in these rules and regulations are also automatically binding on such employees.
The contract of service entered into by an employee prior to coming into effect of these rules and regulation of service shall be deemed to have been entered into under these rules, and no separate consent of individual employees will be necessary.

2. The hours of work and duty timings would be intimated through notices exhibited on the staff notice boards at the college. The employees are required to take note of such information and adhere to the timings, which are liable to be altered at the discretion of the Principal in consultation with the management if required.2.The hours of work and duty timings would be intimated through notices exhibited on the staff notice boards at the college. The employees are required to take note of such information and adhere to the timings, which are liable to be altered at the discretion of the Principal in consultation with the management if required.

3.The attendance of the employees shall be marked in their respective attendance registers & / or electronic attendance system (Biometric) maintained in the college either at the Department or at the Principal’s office.

On arrival for the duty, the employee shall affix his initials in the appropriate place against his name in the attendance register &/or Electronics attendance system (Biometrics). The attendance register will not be available for marking attendance after 15 min from the time fixed of the commencement of the duty of the college.
No employee reporting later than 15 minutes fixed for the commencement of his duty will be allowed to attend to duty during that session unless obtained permission in writing by his Head of the Department in consultation with the Principal.
If the total period of late coming exceeds 30 minutes per month, half-day CL per 30 minutes delay will be deducted from his / her CL account.
When the duty is over for the day, an employee shall leave the college premises only after signing off from the Electronic Attendance System (Biometrics) / attendance register.
Any employee not found at his/ her place of work during the duty timings without prior permission of the Head of the Department / Head of the Institution or any other person empowered in this regard shall be considered as absent, and CL will be deducted from his credit.

4.Promotion/ increment is based on the advancement of educational qualification, technical education, professional performance, skill enhancement, research output, teaching innovation, outreach programmes, and leadership abilities as deemed fit and assessed appropriately and timely by the respective heads of the department and the institution.

STANDARD OF CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE

The employees must maintain a high standard of conduct and shall always behave in a sober manner, tempered with kindness and courtesy, friendliness and understanding with all students and colleagues. They must refrain from gossiping, loud talking or any other activity that would disturb the students or co-employees.

The employees should always be neatly dressed in clean clothes while on duty. Employees, who have been provided with uniforms and tools according to the nature of their duties/work, must wear them or use them only while on duty. All employees shall carry out their daily duties faithfully and sincerely under the direction of their superiors and shall obey the instruction and directions issued to them from time to time. Insubordination and /or wilful disobedience of orders of superior while on duty shall be considered as serious misconduct.

The employees shall observe the instructions put up on the staff notice board at the college or issued to them from time to time by their superiors. Such orders shall be deemed to have been served /communicated to the employee concerned and hence every employee shall make himself/herself familiar with the day-to-day communication.

An employee is required to accept and to attend to any work allotted to him/ her by the Head of the Department &/or Institution even when normally it may not be earmarked for the category to which he belongs beside the main routine work attached to the post held by him/ her keeping in mind that the institution deserves the dedicated work of all employees to enable the college to attain a worthy status in the field of education. Such work, within working hours, will not entitle the employee for any extra remuneration.

Every incident/ happening/ occurrence out of ordinary or any emergency arising in the college shall be immediately reported to their immediate superior/ HoD/ Principal by the employee.

Every employee is expected to take enough care of the property materials, instruments, equipment, etc. of the college. All employees are required to carry with them their identity cards while on duty and produce it when called for.

No article except personal belongings shall be brought in or taken out by an employee from the premises of the college without the written permission of the Head of the Department and the Principal. Any pilferage will be considered as serious misconduct.

SOCIAL SECURITY / INCENTIVE PLAN

Employees Provident Fund (EPF):1.Employees of PACE coming under the purview of the Employees Provident Fund shall be enrolled as a member from the date of joining. The college contributes 12% of Basic + DA, subject to the maximum limit of Rs 1,800/- towards the EPF account of each employee.
Employees State Insurance (ESI): PACE contributes towards the Employees Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme.
Gratuity: The college contributes to group gratuity /life assurance if any, payable under the payment of the act to the employee at the time of the retirement.
Group Accident Policy: All the employees of PACE are covered under the Group Accident Insurance Policy of Star Health and Allied Insurance company

In addition, incentive plans are implemented to motivate the employee to deliver high productivity, to participate in national/international seminars for publishing papers in reputed journals, to fund quality research, etc.

RESIGNATION/RETIREMENT FROM SERVICE

The rules pertaining to the resignation or retirement from service is as follows:

A member of the regular staff may resign from his / her post and terminate his / her engagement with the institution by giving to the appointing authority, three-months’ notice or three months’ pay in lieu thereof. The vacation enjoyed by such an employee during the notice period will not be counted as part of the notice period. However, the appointing authority, may for sufficient reasons, accept the notice for a lesser period also.
The age of retirement for all teaching staff shall be 60 years and for non-teaching staff, 58.
The management reserves the discretion to terminate the contract by giving three months’ salary in advance.

LEAVE RULES

Casual Leave (CL): All Employees are eligible for 15 days of casual leave. The regular employees, who have not completed one year of service are eligible to avail CL in the proportion of their service (approximately one per month). Only eight CL at a stretch is permitted, and it cannot be clubbed with any other leave except weekly and general holidays, SCL, and OOD.
Vacation Leave (VL): The teaching staff excluding the Principal, the Librarian, and the Physical Director, 30 days per semester in one/two stretches (to avail the benefit of vacation could be availed provided the staff need to be on roll for one full semester)
Commuted Leave (CML): The staff is eligible for 10 days (20 days half pay leave) of CML in a calendar year (excluding the probation period).
Special Casual Leave (SCL): The teaching and non-teaching staff are eligible for SCL for university/college allotted work, attending conferences, seminars, higher studies, workshops, etc. which is limited to 30 days in a calendar year.
On Official Duty (OOD): The faculty members/staff are permitted to avail OOD for any official work as instructed by the Principal.
Earned Leave (EL): The non-vacation staff is eligible for 30 days EL with full pay in a calendar year. Fifteen EL will be credited in advance to the leave account twice in a calendar year. (on 1st Jan & on 1st July). The employees who do not complete one year of service are not eligible for EL. Earned leave can be accumulated up to 240 days.
Maternity Leave (ML): The female employees after the completion of one year of the service are eligible for 90 days ML, may be combined with all other leaves except SCL. The female employees who have two or more living children are not eligible for maternity leave.
Leave Not Due (LND): Leave not due may be granted only to employees with no other Half Pay Leave at his/her credit on medical certificate at the discretion of the management. If the leave sanctioning authority is satisfied that there is a reasonable prospect of the employee returning to duty on expiry of the sanctioned leave, the same may be granted by the management. The amount of leave should be limited to the Half Pay Leave that the employee is likely to earn subsequently.
Study Leave: The Study Leave is a special facility to the staff members in order to enable them to upgrade their qualifications, so that they will be of greater use for the institute on their rejoining. It should be applied 2 months in advance to the Governing Council through proper channel.

Note:All types of leave should be sanctioned prior to proceeding on leave. Only in exceptional cases like severe health disorder or emergency, the employee may inform the higher authorities by telephone/email and submit the leave form immediately after reporting for duty. Leave cannot be claimed as a matter of right. The discretion is reserved with the Management/Principal to grant leave, either to refuse or revoke leave at any time according to the requirements of the college service.

DISCIPLINARY ACTION

An employee against whom disciplinary action is proposed to be taken should be issued a Show Cause Notice or given a Charge-sheet by the management or the Principal, clearly stating the circumstances and facts related to the misconduct alleged, affording him/ her the opportunity to submit explanation in writing, if any, within seven days of receipt of the said charge- sheet.

Such an employee shall also be given an opportunity to answer the charges at the time of an enquiry before an Enquiry Officer/committee to be appointed by the management or the Principal of the college. The date and time of the said enquiry would be fixed keeping in mind the requirement for sufficient duration for the employee concerned to prepare, explain or to produce any evidence he/she wishes to rely upon in his/her defense at the enquiry.

Any notice, order, charge-sheet or communication meant for the charge-sheeted employee shall be in English or in Kannada. In case of an unauthorized absence by an employee, the notice or any such communication shall be sent to him/ her by 'registered post acknowledgement due' to the address provided by him/ her as per the rules. If the employee concerned refuses to accept any communication in connection with any disciplinary process when it is sought to be served on him/ her, the exhibition of such communication on the notice board of the college would be considered as sufficient proof of service of the said communication to him/ her. If the employee concerned fails to appear before the Enquiry Officer at the appointment time and place without sufficient cause for his absence to the satisfaction of the Enquiry Officer/Committee, then the enquiry is liable to be held 'ex parte'. During the enquiry, the employee shall be permitted to produce records and examine witnesses in his defense, peruse records produced in support of the allegations into and cross- examine witnesses examined against his interest.

The employee concerned may be permitted to be assisted by his co-employee during the enquiry, if (s)he so desires in writing. The employee on whom the punishment is imposed consequent to disciplinary proceedings conducted as provided herein may appeal to the Administrative Committee of the Trust within thirty (30) days of the communication of the order of punishment. The appeal shall be forwarded to the said Committee through the Principal. The Administrative Committee or any member(s) thereof delegated in this respect shall dispose of the appeal within three (3) months of it being preferred. If the employee makes in writing a voluntary and unconditional admission of his guilt regarding the charges at any stage of the disciplinary proceedings, no further enquiry would be necessary to be held or continued; however, if the employee concerned requests to be heard on the nature of punishment, such an opportunity may be afforded to him. When misconduct alleged is of very serious nature, the Administrator or the Principal may suspend the employee from duty pending disciplinary proceeding. During such period of suspension, the employee concerned shall not leave the station except with the written permission of the Administrator or the Principal.

During the period of suspension, the employee shall be paid a subsistence allowance amounting to fifty percent (50%) of his salary during the initial ninety (90) days. If, however the period of suspension exceeds beyond those ninety (90) days, the rate of subsistence allowance shall be increased to seventy five percent (75%) of his salary. Provided that where the disciplinary proceedings are prolonged on account of any reason attributable to the employee concerned and therefore the period of suspension gets extended beyond the initial ninety (90) days, the rate of subsistence allowance for the period exceeding those ninety (90) days shall be only twenty five percent (25%) of the salary of the said employee. If the employee is acquitted of the charges alleged against him, he would be entitled to his salary for the entire period of his suspension, and the same would be paid to him after deducting the subsistence allowance already drawn by him. If the employee is dismissed, the order of dismissal shall become effective from the date of suspension itself, notwithstanding the subsistence allowance already paid to him.

GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE

Any complaints or grievances arising out of employment, including those relating to unfair treatment or wrongful action on the part of the supervisory staff, shall be first referred to the Head of the Department in which the employee is working.

In the event of expression of dissatisfaction by an employee in the decisions of the HOD, or if the latter so wishes, the complaint may be referred to the Principal. The Principal at his/ her discretion may appoint an officer or a Committee to investigate the grievance.

Based on the findings arrived at through the aforesaid process, the Principal shall decide on the subject matter of the grievance and communicate the same to the employee concerned through HoD, and such decision of the Principal will be final and binding.

RULES & REGULATIONS

Students are expected to be familiar with those regulations covered in this Handbook that apply to them. The rules of PACE provide a framework within which all students are free to pursue their course, under the safest and most equitable conditions the College can create. These rules, then, serve as the guidelines forming the protection of each individual’s well-being. Whenever violations of the rules occur, the College will treat them as matters of serious concern because they disrupt the individual lives of students, and the shared life of this community.

The College expects every student to be familiar with the rules and regulations governing, set forth in the pages of the Handbook. The College takes all these diverse principles very seriously; together they create a foundation for the responsible, respectful society that PACE seeks to foster among its students, faculty, and staff.

The information contained herein may be added or amended from time to time, as and when directives or received from government or any law enforcing authority & the decision of the head of the institution shall only be considered final.

Discipline, Conduct and Behavior

The behavior of the students, both within and outside the college premises should be decent and befitting to a professional institution.
Discipline and decorum should be maintained in institute at all times.
Every Student shall conduct himself / herself in such a way to cause no disturbance to the working of the classes or to fellow students.
Drinking alcohol, consuming drugs and smoking inside the premises of the college is strictly prohibited.
Indulging in ragging in any form within the campus/outside the campus or in hostels is strictly prohibited. It will result in rustication from the College.
Students shall not loiter along the verandahs or crowd in front of the office or the Campus roads.
Students will refrain from violence and using abusive language in any form may it be verbal, physical or by gestures.
Students are prohibited from organizing or attending meetings in the college, distributing notices, collecting money and exhibiting banners, flags, posters etc. without the permission of the Principal.
Students are prohibited from indulging in anti-institutional, anti-national, antisocial, communal, immoral and political expressions and activities within the Campus and hostels.
Students are required to keep safe custody of their valuables. The College has provided safe-lockers in different department for the convenience of the students. The Institution will not be responsible for any loss or damage to your valuables.
Students are bound to obey any disciplinary action including non issue of conduct certificate on any ground.

Course Duration

The duration of the B.E. degree course is 4 academic years which is normally divided into 8 semesters. Each semester consists of at least 90 working days.

College Timings

College working hours are: 9:00a.m. to 12:55 p.m., 1:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Attendance

Students are required to be regular in their attendance. As per VTU regulations, a minimum of 85% attendance is necessary in both Theory and Practical Courses, in each semester. Otherwise students cannot appear for University examinations.

Dress Code

TBoth boys and girls should wear any decent dress appropriate for an educational institution. Jeans pants and T shirts are prohibited.

Identity card

Each student will be provided with an Identity Card with his/her name and photo with their proper details. The ID cards are required for all transactions in the college campus to use facilities including libraries, buses, hostels, examinations, sports and student hostels. The students are required to wear college Identity Card on all college working days inside the campus and produce it on demand by the authorities.

Cleanliness of the Campus

Students shall only use the waste bins to dispense the waste materials within the Campus.
Writing on walls, pillars, toilets and furniture is strictly prohibited.
Eating of snacks/lunch inside the class rooms or in the corridor is strictly prohibited.

Care of the College Property

Students shall not damage or destroy or cause any loss in any manner to the Institute’s properties
Students are advised to switch off the fans and lights when they leave the class rooms.
Furniture in the class rooms should not be moved and displaced.

Internal Test

There are 3 internal tests conducted every semester in each theory and practical papers and 40 IA marks will be awarded.

The Internal Assessment marks in a theory subject shall be based on three tests generally conducted at the end of 6, 10 and 14 weeks of each semester. An additional test may be conducted for desirous students before the end of the semester to give an opportunity to such students to improve their Internal Assessment Marks. Average of 3 tests marks shall be the Internal Assessment Marks for the relevant subject.

In the case of a Practical, the IA marks shall be based on the laboratory records /reports and one practical test.

Examination Rules

Students should not enter the Exam Hall without proper dress code & ID Card.
Silence should be maintained in the examination hall.
Students should occupy the allotted seat at least 30 minutes before the commencement of all the examinations. No candidate shall be admitted after 30 minutes of the commencement of the examination and shall be allowed to leave the examination hall before 45 minutes of the commencement of the examination. No candidate should leave his/her seat during last 10 minutes.
Seating Arrangement: Seating arrangement will be displayed in our college Notice board/Exam block notice board.
Hall tickets, ID cards and calculators should be checked by the students themselves before entering the Exam Hall.
Wallets, pouches (from all students), Cell Phones and bus passes and other belongings should be kept on the luggage room before the commencement of the examinations while other belongings should be kept outside the exam hall only.
Candidates should not carry any written / printed material, cell phone, pen drive, iPod, programmable
If any student indulged in mal-practice during Exam, the student will not be allowed to write further examinations and the student will be allowed to participate in college activities only after completion of the enquiry conducted by college disciplinary committee.
A candidate should neither possess nor refer to any forbidden material in any form nor should seek / obtain assistance in any form from any person / source towards answering the questions during the examinations. He / She should not assist other candidates in any form towards answering the questions during the examinations. The candidate should not reveal his / her identity in any form in the answer scripts. The candidate should not indulge in canvassing either directly or indirectly to award more than deserving marks in the examinations. The candidate should maintain discipline and decorum during the examinations.
Violation of the above rules in any form during the examinations will attract punishment ranging from levying fine to permanently debarring the candidate from continuing his/her studies as given below.In the event of continued poor performance in internal tests and poor class attendance by any student, the principal has the authority to withhold permission for him/her to write the university examinations.

Library Rules:

A person desirous of using the library shall enter his/her name, address and time of entry legibly and put signature in the register kept at the entrance for the purpose
Strict decorum and discipline must be maintained in the Library. Users must ensure that Rights of other users of the Library are not breached in any way by their own acts of Commission or demission.
Use of Cell phones is not allowed. If readers wish to keep them while using the library, they must be switched off.
Eating, Sleeping and talking loudly are strictly prohibited in the Library.
A non-member can use the library materials in the Library premises with the permission of the Principal/Librarian.
Readers must not bring sticks, umbrellas, briefcase, boxes and other such articles into the library. They may be deposited at the Library property counter. The users are advised not to leave expensive items with the property counter.
Documents taken out of the shelves must be left on the issue table. Replacing the Documents on shelves by users is not encouraged as the documents may get misplaced.
Readers should not mark, underline, write, or tear pages or otherwise damage the library documents.
Readers are requested to handle all Library property carefully to avoid damage to it and also not to disturb other readers/users.
No Library material can be taken out of the Library without permission of the Library staff.
Photocopying service is available for bonafide members of the library at nominal charges. All photocopying must comply with copyright Legislation.
Some items in the Library cannot be copied because of copyright laws, poor condition, or donor restrictions.
The discretion/decision of the Principal/Librarian on any matter pertaining to Library services will be binding on the Library users.
Anyone who violates the rules and regulations of the Library may be debarred from using the Library facilities or penalty.
The Librarian, with the approval of the Principal, reserves the right to add, delete, or modify any of these rules as and when required.