User:Gayatri/dgr/Core Values

= D.G. Ruparel College of Arts, Science and Commerce =

Quest for lifelong learning

 * Continuous efforts to impart to learners knowledge and skills that are relevant to the demands of the changing times.
 * Encouragement to the faculty to adopt innovative methods of teaching that will cater to the needs of learners at various levels.

Learners as the focus

 * Regard learners as the focal point of all activities and efforts and adopt policies that effectively meet their needs.
 * Impart skills which can translate into practical applications for the industry.
 * Support curricular training with co-curricular and extra-curricular activities aimed at building the overall personality of the    learners.
 * Provide learner-centric academic and personal enrichment opportunities.
 * Empowerment to pursue their goals.
 * Guide learners towards self-actualization.

Stimulation of active learning

 * Enabling critical thinking through freedom of thought and expression.
 * Adopting an integrative and inclusive approach towards various disciplines.
 * Nurturing talent and creativity.

Fostering research

 * Motivating students as well as faculty members to take up research.
 * Creating a mindset for inquiry.
 * Inculcating analytical attitude.

Efficient Governance

 * Identifying new means of resource generation.
 * Optimal deployment of resources.
 * Development of state of the art infrastructural facilities.
 * Consultative decision-making process that is effectively communicated to all the stake-holders.
 * Transparency in functioning.
 * Constant assessment and upgradation of processes to ensure maximum productivity.

Collaboration with industry

 * Development of synergistic alliances with world-known academic, research and consulting institutions.
 * Creating an interface with the industry to ensure that the skills imparted to the learners are in consonance with the needs of the industry.

Social responsibility

 * Sensitizing learners about social, ecological, economic and political issues.
 * Endeavouring to find solutions that will benefit society as a whole.
 * Positive role modeling in order to create responsible citizens.