kolhapur the shivaji university kolhapur suk has prepared the selfstudy report ssr to be put before the national assessment and accreditation council naac in coming weeks the varsity currently accredited with b grade has filed for reassessment and hence is undergoing the official procedures of the council the ssr report will be put up on the university website by january end for a month for any suggestions or feedback from the experts director of board of college and university development arjun rajage said the ssr has been prepared and will be put on the varsitys website till the month end the 200 page report includes the academic and administrative details of the varsity the report will be sent to the naac committee after which the committee will allot us a date for a visit to the varsity for assessment we expect the committee to give us a date in the month of april or may for the visit vicechancellor n j pawar told toi the earlier naac visit was organized in 2009 then the naac committee had suggested some changes in the administrative and academic areas introduction of new courses and technology too was suggested during their visit granting autonomy for some departments too was suggested by the committee i can very well say that the varsity has improved in various areas since 2009 and we are quite sure that we will get a grade in this years assessment when asked about the areas that the varsity has improved since last naac visit pawar said that they had introduced undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the department of nano sciences and a 5year integrated course also the introduction of the yashwantrao chavan school of rural development ycsrd from the 201314 academic year has paved way for the varsitys development we have granted an autonomous status to the department of technology which hosts various engineering courses and is doing well academically he pointed out the introduction of information and computer technology ict in the academics and launch of online entrance tests for various departmental courses are some of the strong points for the varsity said pawar the varsity has also adopted the semester examination pattern from 2010 which has simplified the process for the students he added