Best Practices from Departments
Govt. College for Women (A) Guntur Andhra Pradesh
BEST PRACTICES BY THE DEPARTMENTS, GCW(A), GUNTUR INDEX S.No Name of the Name of the Best Practice Year of Page Department Impleme- No. ntation 1. Dept. of Celebration of Nutrition Week 2012-13 3 Home Science 2. Dept. of A Bacterium per week 2012-13 11 Microbiology 3. Dept. of Conducting Blood Grouping Camps 2012-13 13 Microbiology 4. Dept. of Samishti Lectures 2014-15 15 Microbiology 5. Dept. of Conducting Extension activities to 2017-18 19 Microbiology develop interest and Scientific temper among the students 6. Dept. of “COM-E-WIN” ( COMputerEnabled 2017-18 22 Biochemistry WINdow )A Self Organized Learning Environment 7. Dept. of Samishti : A Collaborative Teaching 2012-13 27 Biochemistry 8. Dept. of Releasing D.T.P. calendars prepared by 2012-13 33 Computer students every year. Science 9. Dept. of Organizing Skill based workshops every 2012-13 36 Computer year for students Science 10. Dept. of Hardware Museum 41 Computer 2010-11 Science 11. Dept. of 5 MCQs – per week 2017-18 44 Biotechnology
12. Dept. of Medicinal Garden 2009-10 56
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 1 Botany 13. Dept. of Green Auditing 2010-11 59 Botany 14. Dept. of Empowering students with Employable skills 2016-17 62 while covering the syllabus Zoology 15. Dept. of 2016-17 67 Zoology Preparation of Manuscript Magazine 16. Dept. of Implementation of Research Based 2017-18 69 Zoology Pedagogy Tools (RBPT), a student- centered research based pedagogy 17. Dept. of Institution of Endowment prizes and 2011-12 72 Zoology display of semester toppers names in front of the department 18. Dept. of Energy Conservation 2012-13 75 Physics 19. Dept. of Adaption of Student-Centric Methods in 2007 82 English Language Teaching 20. Dept. of Integrating Soft skills with the Text 2016-17 84 English 21. Dept. of Weekly one hour is allotted for “Pleasure 2017-18 87 English Reading
22. Dept. of Eco centered Student Projects 2017-18 90 English 23. Dept. of Journalism 2015-16 93 Telugu 24. Dept. of Internship with AP Tourism Corporation 2006-07 97 Tourism & Travel Management 25. Dept. of Student Counseling for various 2012-13 100 Psychology& adjustmental problems. Sociology
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 2 DEPARTMENT OF HOMESCIENCE Celebration of National Nutrition Week 1. Objective of the Practice: . Creating awareness on importance of nutrition for building healthy nation 2. Need Addressed and the context : . Nutrition is an issue of survival, health and development for the present and future generations. . All age groups represent National Economic Asset, hence improving nutritional status of population is imperative for National Development. . But, changes in life style patterns like food habits, industrialization, technology, exercise etc all lead to different health problems in all age groups. Fast food culture and fast life left little or no time to concentrate on healthy foods, habits resulting in nutritional problems like under weight, obesity, anemia among adolescents, diabetes, heart diseases among adults.Hence there is a dire need to create awareness about health and nutrition among people, even for educated ones. . To achieve this Food and Nutrition Board, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India initiated National Nutrition Week (NNW) is an annual nutrition event. It is observed throughout the country from 1 to 7 September every year. . The basic objective of this annual event is to intensifyawareness on the importance of nutrition for health which has an impact on development, productivity, economic growth and ultimately National development. At the same time it is the responsibility of education institutes to create awareness on health and nutritional aspects for better community. 3. The Practice: . Nutrition plays an active role in our life starting from conception to old age. . Child born underweight have impaired immune function and increased risk of diseases such as diabetes and heart diseases in their later life. . Malnourished children tend to have lower IQ and impaired cognitive ability, thus affecting their school performance and then productivity in their later life.
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 3 . Keeping this in view, the department of Homescience organizing various events to create awareness, motivation and adoption of various practices for building a healthy and nutritiously prosperous community. . The following activities have been conducted on the eve of national nutrition week every year. 2012-13:Exhibition cum Sales of various nutritional products : . On this exhibition soya recopies were displayed to create awareness on high protein diet. . Apart from this various preservation products like jams –papaya, mixed fruit, squashes –ginger Yale, mousambi, grape, pine apple, and pickles –ginger, mixed vegetables, chicken etc. on 6-09-2012 as a part of National Nutrition Week Celebrations. 2014-15: . A magazine was published based on the theme of the year PoushakAahar- DeshkaAadhar. . Based on this theme the department planned to release a magazine in which various topics like balance diet, role of macro-micro nutrients in diet, food groups, nutritional assessment, BMI, low cost nutritious recipes, millets, nutritional anemia, food security etc. . The articles were contributed by final and second year and first Homescience students. . This experience enriched them in improving their scientific writing skills like colleting, analyzing, interpreting and writing information. 2015-16: . A magazine was published on the eve of National Nutrition Week with the theme “Better Nutrition: Key to Development”. . Based on this theme the department released a magazine with various articles contributed by students. 2016-17: . Nutrition week celebrations were organized on 6-09-2016 at assembly hall, GCW (A), in collaboration with Department of Women Development and Child welfare. . All the three year Home Science students were participated and displayed healthy and nutritious millet recopies along with the Extension officers of WD&CW.
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 4 . Municipal Corporation Chairperson Smt. Johnny Moon and other officials and staff members of Home Science were also acted as judges to select best recepies exhibited. . Dr. G Padmini Devi, Incharge enlightened the participants On “Millets for Nutritional security”.
2017-18: . As a part of National Nutrition week celebrations the department organized an outreach programme at Phirangipurammandal in collaboration with ICDS department on Awareness on Millets for better nutrition among rural women. . The programme was about popularization of millets in rural community as most of the millets are locally available and have many nutritional values but people are not aware of their nutritional importance. . Further millets play vital role in preventing anemia, constipation, osteo problems that are commonly faced by pregnant women. Hence awareness in most convincing manner is crucial. . To serve this purpose our students conducted method demonstration on various millet based recepies like mixed millet porridge, millet dry fruit laddu, etc.
4. Evidence of Success: . Huge response to the exhibition both from teaching and non teaching staff. Total twelve topics detailed information was collected and published in book form. . Anganwadi teachers, extension officers, Child development officers, pregnant and lactating mothers i.e. the entire ICDS sector of Guntur district participated in the exhibition. . The success has been recorded in the Department activities register from time to time.
5. Problems encountered and resources required: . Printing and publishing expenses etc.
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 5 Evidences : NUTRITION EXHIBITION CUM SALES OF VARIOUS NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS ON THE EVE OF NUTRITION WEEK CELEBRATIONS1.8.2012 to 7.8.2012
NUTRITION EXHIBITION CUM SALES OF VARIOUS NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS ON THE EVE OF NUTRITION WEEK CELEBRATIONS1.8.2012 to 7.8.2012
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MAGAZINE ON “POUSHAK AAHAR-DESH KA AADHAR” Date - 05-09-2014 Best Practice
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 7 MILLETS FOR NUTRITIONAL SECURITY Date:1-9-2016 Power point Presentation by Dr. G. Padmini Devi on “Millets for Nutritional security”
Exhibition on Millets; Date: 6-9-17 AWARENESS ON MILLETS FOR BETTER NUTRITION AMONG RURAL WOMEN
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 9 Exhibition on Millets;
6-9-17
AWARENESS ON MILLETS FOR BETTER NUTRITION AMONG RURAL WOMEN
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 10 Dept. of Microbiology Best Practice No. I A BACTERIUM PER WEEK Objective of the Practice: 1. To make the students familiar with the scientific names of bacteria. 2. To create curiosity about the organism. 3. To enable the students to learn and memorize the names of important bacteria. The Context: Bacteria are unicellular and ultra-microscopic organisms, yet they play an important role in nature. They are of tremendous importance to man. They play an important role in agriculture, medicine, environment, industries etc. Some are beneficial to man directly or indirectly, few others are very harmful as they cause various plant and animal diseases. Microbiology students study about bacteria that are important in various branches of microbiology. Hence, it is essential for a microbiology student to learn the scientific names of bacteria in addition to their common names during their course of study. By displaying the scientific name of a bacterium in week they are able to remember it properly.
The practice: Name of a bacterium is displayed in the class room and on the notice board. Evidence of Success: Students are able to remember the names of bacteria that are displayed.
Problems encountered and Resources: Problems encountered are nil. Scientific names of bacteria are taken from the resource is from http://www.bacterio.net/ List of Scientific names of Bacteria displayed . Escherichia Coli . Clostridium Botulinum . Bacillus subtilis . Bacillus anthracis . Enterococcus faecalis
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 11 . Lactobaccilus Acidophilus . Lactococcuslactis . Bifidobacteriumbifidum . Leuconostocmesenteteroides . Azotobactervinelandii . Bacillus Thuringiensis . Clostridium tetani . Corynebacteriumdiphtheriae . Haemophilusinfluenzae . Klebsiellapneumoniae . Lactococcuslactis . Mycobacterium tuberculosis . Neisseria gonorrhoeae . Pseudomonas aeruginosa . Pseudomonas putida . Rhizobium leguminosarum . Salmonella typhimurium . Shigelladysenteriae . Streptococcus pneumoniae . Staphylococcus aureus . Staphylococcus epidermidis . Streptococcus faecalis . Treponemapallidum . Vibrio cholerae . Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
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Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 12 Dept. of Microbiology Best Practice No. II CONDUCTING BLOOD GROUPING CAMPS Objective of the Practice: 1. To inculcate a sense of social responsibility among students. 2. To make the students to extend their knowledge and skills towards welfare of people around them in the society. The Context: Students, staff and public are addressed regarding importance of blood grouping. Many people don‟t know what bloodtype they have. There are several reasons that everyone should know their blood groups because to avoid incompatible blood transfusion during medical emergencies or other medical need. Getting an incompatible blood type can cause blood cells to clump, which is life- threatening. Rh-incompatibility in pregnant women leads to hemolytic disease or hemolytic anemia, and it can be very serious for the baby. One of the most valuable reasons to know about our blood type is to help others as there is a constant need for blood donations. It‟s important to know our blood type so that we can donate blood to others during emergency and when there is low supply particular blood group. Knowing Hemoglobin percentage is very important as low concentration of hemoglobin leads to anemia which drastically affects the general health. The practice: Identifying the blood group of individuals by BSc Microbiology students at blood grouping camps.
Evidence of Success: Appreciation from staff, students and public
Problems encountered and Resources: Staff, students, NGOs and blood grouping kits etc
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 13 Academic year 2012 to 13:
Academic year 2013 to 14 : Blood grouping camp for BSc I, II & III year Microbiology students on 04-12-2013
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 14 Academic year 2014 to 15 Blood Grouping Campto Non TeachingStaffByI Year Students On 12- 08-2014
Academic year 2017 to 18 Blood Grouping Camp At Kurnutala Village On 10-01-2018 The camp was conducted for villagers where identification of blood groups and estimation of hemoglobin was done. Staff gave the suggestions to the villagers who are identified with anemia -- - x- --
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 15 Dept. of Microbiology Best Practice No. III SAMISHTI LECTURES Objective of the Practice: 1. To enrich a course through the inclusion of relevant, specialized knowledge which that course‟s normal lecturer does not possess.
Context: A Samishti lecture is given by a faculty member who possesses advanced knowledge and expertise of a particular subject area within the college. Generally, the purpose of this arrangement is to enrich a course through the inclusion of relevant, specialized knowledge which that course‟s normal lecturer does not possess. For instance, a teacher teaching a course in Botany or Zoology may invite a colleague from Microbiology department to deliver a guest lecture on cultivation of microorganisms. The information contained in the lecture may then broaden students‟ understanding of growth requirements and cultivation techniques of microorganisms The practice: Some interdisciplinary topics are covered by inviting a teacher from other departments who has expertise in that particular topic. Evidence of Success: The lectures are with admiration by the students.
Problems encountered and Resources: Staff, students, Laboratory equipment, ICT tools.
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 16 Academic year 2014 to 15
Academic year 2015 to 16 Academic year 2016 to 17
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 17 Activity:A guest lecture on Activity: A Samishti class on General Applications of microbiology was Characters of Algae was given by Mrs. D. given under Samishtiprogramme. Uma, Lecturer in Botany to I BSc MZC & Name of the Lecturer:Dr. K. Sucharita BZC students Class: I SemesterB.ScBZC Name of the Lecturer: Dr. K. Sucharita Date :16-10-15 Class: I Semester B.ScBZC Date : 30-09-16
Activity: A Samishti class on A Academic year 2017 to 18 class on DNA Finger printing to I Objective of the programme: MSc Zoology students Interdisciplinary Departmental Name of the Lecturer: Dr. K. Sucharita activity on 07. Sep.2017 Class:IM.ScZoology Students Participants:
Date : 28-10-16 B.Z.C (EM) and (TM) students
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Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 18 Dept. of Microbiology Best Practice No. IV Conducting Extension Activities To Develop Interest And Scientific Attitude Among School Children. Objective of the Practice: 1. To develop interest and scientific attitude among school children. 2. To encourage the students to disseminate their knowledge in the society and create scientific temperament in the society.
Context: Many schools especially government schools do not have proper practical exposure or advanced learning techniques due to lack of proper facilities in the school. As part of institutional social responsibility our College has adopted few schools in the surrounding. This activity was introduced in 2017 academic year
The practice: We are bringing these school children to our laboratory providing the activity based learning experiences. Our students are educating them by giving PPT presentations and talks about health and hygene. We are also conducting competitions and distributing prizes to encourage them to develop scientific attitude.
Evidence of Success: Appreciation from staff and students of the school. Able to motivate to peruse their future education in the field of science and research
Problems encountered and Resources: Staff, students, Laboratory equipment, ICT tools.
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 19 Creating Awareness on Health and Hygiene toGovt Primary School Children on 10-01-18
Explaining About Microorganisms to J.R.M Municipal High Schools Students
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 20 PPT presentation To J.R.M Municipal High Schools StudentsBy III B.sc Student S. Swati on Water borne diseases
Elocoution competitions to J.R.M muncipal High School Students In View Of National Science Day On 28-02-018
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Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 21 Best Practice of Dept. of Biochemistry “COM-E-WIN” ( COMputerEnabledWINdow ) A Self Organized Learning Environment Objective of the Practice : To provide hands on experience to students in basic operation of computer by “SOLE” (Self Organized Learning Environment). To provide life science students (Students from botany, zoology, Biochemistry, Microbiology & Biotechnology), an opportunity to watch downloaded animations/ videos in their subjects, PPTs and other learning resources. To encourage all the students to use the system for general purpose of using MS office. To motivate them by inspirational scientists & their discoveries
Need Addressed and the Context: We have been observing the students from non-computer science for the past six years in their computer skills. Majority of students I come across, don‟t know even the basic operation (on & shutdown) of the computer. And we cannot even expect them to work on computer to do some exercises, like using MS office. One of the reasons we observed is lack of interest and also opportunity / exposure to operate computer. Hence, we would like to provide an open access to operate a system any time between 9.30 to 5pm by making it open to all the students through the window of the department. So that whenever the system is free, they can operate and browse different services provided by the department. The Practice: We started this mission from 1st Feb 2018(Academic year 2017-18). This was inaugurated by our honourable Regional Joint Director (RJD) Sri. VaraPrasadaRaogaru& our respected Principal Dr. Ch. Pulla Reddy garu.
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 22 More than 100 animations, PPTs, Question papers and other information related to life sciences were archived in this system. Students from any passing by can gain basic info on operating a computer system, thereby making them “Computer Literates” Especially useful to all the life science students, in accessing good number of animations, PPTs, PG entrance model papers etc related to their subjects. Evidence of Success: Students are showing interest in operating Students are gathering to watch animations, PPTs etc Maintaining log book Problems Encountered : Lack of internet connection Frequent maintenance problems because of old computer Resources using : . A computer system., . A dedicated window . Log book
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 23 Inauguration of COM-E-WIN on 1st Feb 2018
Inauguration of COM-E-WIN by Regional Joint Director Sri. M. Prasada Rao garu
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Students utilizing services of COM-E-WIN
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Evidence in the form of Log Book
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 26 Best Practice – II of Dept. of Biochemistry, GCW(A), Guntur “SAMISHTI” 1. Introduction : College has launched a program called “Samishti” as part of quality education in the college for more than 10 years. This is a collaborative teaching – Learning methodology, which is based on sharing of knowledge and resources between the departments of the college.
2. Objective of the Practice : To inculcate the habit of sharing of subject specific knowledge of the teacher for the benefit of students of other branches. The expertize of one teacher is useful to the students of other programs of the same college. To reduce the burden on the teacher to some extent and at the same time imparting teaching from the subject expert.
3. Need Addressed and the Context: The college is hosting a good number of multi-disciplinary programs spanning among Languages, Humanities and Sciences. Many of the courses contain some topics which are similar and are in the syllabi of the other departments. The teacher expert in her specialization may not have the same expertize on all the courses in her syllabi as the prescribed syllabi are interdisciplinary. The syllabus between different disciplines is interconnected. But the teachers might not be well specialized in that particular sub topic. Hence they take assistance from other subject teachers of the same college, who are specialized in that topic by inviting them to teach to their students. Hence the students will be benefitted by that teacher resource.
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 27 4. The Practice: The department is practicing this method for more than a decade. One of the teacher (topic expert) is invited by other teachers of the same college, to take class for his/her students. The evidence is documented in a relevant format. 5. Evidence of Success: Around 33 Lectures were delivered under samishtifrom 2012-13 onwards. The students were benefitted through mutual collaboration Teacher who was dealing with the syllabus feels happy as she has given best resource to her students. Syllabus burden on the teacher is reduced to some extent. Students feel happy, as they could get best teaching in that particular topic. The evidence is documented and maintained in the department activity register. 6. Problems Encountered : Sometimes has to wait for the adjusting time between two departments, which leads to postponement of the event. The teacher has to take classes after the class hours. Inadequate ICT facilities. 7. Resources using : . Teacher among the college . ICT facilities . Labs / classrooms ---x---
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 28 Dept. of Biochemistry :: Activities under Samishti
Class & Year of Acade Dept. S.N Lecture Topic student mic hosting Date Designation o Delivered by Covered s Year Samishti benefitt ed Classificatio Dept. of 17/9 III 2012- Dr. C. Lec. In n of 1 Biochemi /201 yrBioche 13 Madhavi Microbiology stry 2 Microorgani m sms Dept. of 24/9 Lec. In 2012- Electrophor II B6 2 Biochemi /201 J. Madhavi Biotechnolog 13 Biochem stry 2 y esis Dept. Of 12- DNA coiling, 2012- Lec. In I B4 3 Biochemi 06- K. Sucharitha reassociatio 13 Microbiology Biochem stry 2012 n kinetics Dept. Of 2013- 22/1 K. Saritha Lec. in Carbohydrate I BSC 4 Biochemi 14 0/13 Rani Chemistry s Biochem stry Dept. of 21- 2014- Lec. in II B5, B6 5 Biotechn 10- D. Vijayasree Colorimetry 15 Biochemistry (20) ology 2014 Classification Dept. Of III 2015- Lakshmi Lec. In of 6 Biochemi yrBioche 16 18/1 HimaBindu Microbiology Microorganis stry m 2/15 ms Dept. of 10- Electron Home 2015- Lec. In 7 Home 07- B. Dorka Transport Science 16 Biochemistry Science 2015 Chain students Dept. of 21- 2015- Lec. in Carbohydrate I B5, B6 8 Biotechn 08- B. Dorka 16 Biochemistry s (20) ology 2015 Dept. of Colorimetric 2015- 28/8 Lec. in I B5, B6 9 Biotechn D. Vijayasree Estimation of 16 /15 Biochemistry (20) ology Proteins Separation of Dept. of 03- 2015- Lec. in Plant III B5, 10 Biotechn 09- D. Vijayasree 16 Biochemistry pigments by B6 (20) ology 2016 TLC 02- PG 2016- Dept. of Lec. In Southern 11 08- B. Dorka Student 17 Zoology Biochemistry blotting 2017 s PG 2016- Dept. of 15/2 Lec. In Western 12 B. Dorka Student 17 Zoology /17 Biochemistry blotting s 13 2016- Dept. of 03- B. Dorka Lec. In Bioinformatic PG
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 29 17 Zoology 09- Biochemistry s Student 2017 s Dept. of 08- Yeast - I BSc 2016- Lec. In 14 Home 03- B. Dorka Structure, Home 17 Biochemistry Science 2016 Reproduction Science Beer- III BSc Lambert's Dept. 02- B3, B4, 2016- Lec. In Law & UV- 15 Chemistr 07- B. Dorka B5 & B6 17 Biochemistry VIS y 2017 Student Spectrophoto s meter Dept. of 2016- 21/7 Lec. in Organization III B5, 16 Biotechn D. Vijayasree 17 /16 Biochemistry of Genome B6 (20) ology Dept. of 2016- 29/8 Lec. in RNA III B5, 17 Biotechn D. Vijayasree 17 /16 Biochemistry polymerase B6 (20) ology Dept. of 09- Transcription 2016- Lec. in III B5, 18 Biotechn 01- D. Vijayasree in 17 Biochemistry B6 (20) ology 2016 Prokaryotes Dept. of Sterilization 2016- 22/9 Lec. in I B5 & 19 Biotechn D. Vijayasree and isolation 17 /16 Biochemistry B6 (15) ology of Bactteria III B1, 2016- Dept. Of 23/2 Lec. in Lipid 20 D. Vijayasree B3, B5 17 Botany /17 Biochemistry Metabolism & C (35) Dept. of 03- Adsorption 2016- Lec. in I B1, B2 21 Microbiol 06- D. Vijayasree Chromatogra 17 Biochemistry (56) ogy 2017 phy Dept. of 03- 2016- Lec. in I B1, B2 22 Microbiol 09- D. Vijayasree TLC 17 Biochemistry (56) ogy 2017 Dept. of Yeast – I BSc 2016- Lec. in 23 Home 3/8/ B. Dorka Structure & Home 17 Biochemistry Science 2016 Life Cycle” Science Dept. of 02- 2016- Lec. in Bioinformatic III BSc 24 Biochemi 08- Dr. Rafiya 17 Chemistry s Biochem stry 2017 Dept. Of 10- 2016- K. Saritha Lec. In 25 Biochemi 01- HPLC II B6 (7) 17 Rani Chemistry stry 2016 Dept. Of Life cycle of III B3, 2016- 22/1 Dr. K. Lec. in 26 Biochemi Bacteriophag B4, B6 17 2/16 Sucharitha Microbiology stry e (20) Dept. Of Dr. N. 2016- 28/1 Lec. In 27 Biochemi ManjulaBhara Spectrometer II B6 (6) 17 /17 Physics stry thi Dept. Of III B1, 2016- 23/2 Lec. in Lipid 28 Biochemi D. Vijayasree B3, B5 17 /17 Biochemistry Metabolism stry & C (35)
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 30 Dept. of 2017- 14/1 Lec. in Mucopolysac II B5, B6 29 Biotechn D. Vijayasree 18 2/17 Biochemistry charides (15) ology 03- IIIb1,B5, 2017- Dept. of Lec. in Lipid 30 07- D. Vijayasree C1 & C2 18 Botany Biochemistry Metabolism 2018 (35) Dept. Of Dr. N. II B3, 2017- 14/9 Lec. In 31 Biochemi ManjulaBhara Spectrometer B4, B6 18 /17 Physics stry thi No: 46 Dept. Of Lec. In II B3, 2017- 13/1 Diabetes 32 Biochemi K. Geethanjali Biotechnolog B4, B6 18 2/17 Millitus stry y No: 46 Dept. Of Lec. In 2017- 14/3 Hypersensitiv 33 Biochemi K. Geethanjali Biotechnolog III B6 (7) 18 /18 ity stry y
SAMISHTI
Activity : Guest lecture on “Electron Transport Chain”
Date : Wednesday the 7th Oct. 2015; 12 noon to 1 pm
Factulty : Mrs. B. Dorka, Lecturer in Biochemistry Participants : B.Sc. Home Science students
Samishti to III BSc Biotechnology students Topic of the Lecture : Organisation of Genome (Molecular Biology) Date : 21/7/2016 Time : 10:50-11:40 Batch of Students : IIIB5 & B6 Total no of Students: 20
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 31 Departments involved: Biochemistry & Biotechnology Synopsis of the class: Mrs. D. VijayaSree, Lecturer in Biochemistry has explained how the information from parents offspring has been carried and how that genes were organized in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. The length of the DNA is so long that it cant be fit in the small cell, hence it is organized in such a way that it can fit in a minute cell. DNA is folded into nucleosome, scaffold, solenoid and then into chromosomes with the involvement of proteins called histone and non histone in case of eukaryotes where as it is arranged into loops and each loop is supercoiled in prokaryotes. References: Molecular Biology – David Freifelder Molecular Biology – Watson Response of the students: Students responded very well while discussing about introduction. They have participated actively in discussing the folding of DNA. Students were keen to listening to organization of prokaryotes and eukaryotes genome.
Samishti to III BSc Biotechnology students Topic of the Lecture : RNA Polymerase (Molecular Biology) Date : 29/8/2016 Time : 10:50-11:40 Batch of Students : IIIB5 & B6 Total no of Students: 20 Departments involved: Biochemistry & Biotechnology Synopsis of the class: Mrs. D. VijayaSree, Lecturer in Biochemistry has explained the main enzyme required for the DNA to be transcribed. In prokaryotes only one enzyme is present whereas in eukaryotes three enzymes were present (RNA Pol I, II &III) RNA polymerase I transcribes large rRNA genes RNA polymerase II is the one which is involved in transcribing DNA for mRNA synthesis. It is the holoenzyme with five polypeptide subunits(2α, 1β, 1β‟ and 1 σ) RNA polymerase III is involved in transcribing tRNA genes, small nuclear RNA genesand 5S rRNA genes. References: Molecular Biology – David Freifelder Molecular Biology – Watson Response of the students: Students were keen to listening to various types of RNA Polymerase in prokaryotes and eukaryotes and their individual subunit activity. ---x---
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Dept. of Comp. Science
Best Practice-I
Releasing D.T.P. calendars prepared by students every year.
Objective of the Practice : 1. To enhance the creativity of the students. 2. To enhance the designing skills (D.T.P skills) of add on course students and multimedia students. 3. To develop the team spirit among the students. 4. Knowledge sharing between students is fundamental for successful innovation 5. To provide the awareness on new technology apart from acedemics 6. To educate the students in different fields Need Addressed and the Context: To enhance the D.T.P.skills among the students and to provide some real time project experience among add on course and multimedia students.The overall theme of project is to explore the interactions between industry and acedemia.While designing Calender the major challenges are learning the complete tools in multimedia software.We filled the gap between photoshop and animationsoftware.Students play an important role to complete the project with an innovative ideas. Project plan,design and implementation are contextual features to apart new skills in software. Staff members played vital role to provide the encouragement to students The Practice: Department of computer science releases a department calendar every year since 2008. Calendar along with the date and day information, contains information related to computer science. Every year calendar is being released on some important information specific to computer science. For example: 2018 calendar is dedicated to the topics of “Cloud computing and Multimedia”
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 33 as these two new courses are started in the department from 2017-18, 2017calendar is dedicated to “Cashless transactions”, 2016 calendar is dedicated to “E-waste”, etc. Another specialty is calendars are designed by the students with the guidance of computer science faculty. Information regarding Latest Technologies which are useful in our daily life and guidence on different Government serivices,policies kept on calenders.So this knowledge is benifitable to all students who are not having computer background.Higher education system in India supports Interactive/Participative methods in teaching learning process. Calenders are using in our college only.By providing economical support calenders can distribute to all government colleges.Students who are studying in other colleges will get motivation to apply their creativity. Evidence of Success: Practice is continuing since 2008 with out any break and students are very happy to see their work on the walls of the principal‟s chamber, computer science labs, etc. Confidence among the students is boosted that they can do some real time work which could earn their bread if needed. Every year students voluntarily bringing their ideas. These methods are driven by the situational analysis of what is the most appropriate thing for us to learn. Both faculty and students have a lot of emphasis is laid on the clarity and careful analysis of content Resources: 1. Infrastructure of Computer Science lab. 2. Systems with Photoshop, Corel draw & Illustrator. 3. Students with prior knowledge on DTP(Add on Course students or Multimedia students) . 4. Students with prior knowledge on Social challenges. 5. Students with good software skills. 6. Wifi connected Computer systems.
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 34 2013 Calendar Release 2014 Calendar Release
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Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 35 Dept. of Computer Science Best Practice – II Organizing Skill based workshops every year for students. Objectives:- 1. To acquaint students with one of the recent areas in computer science 2. To enhance the skills of the students by giving hands on experience. 3. To give a platform for students to take off in the related field. 4. Interactive method is fundamental for successful workshop 5. To provide the participation apart from acedemics 6. Students require a participatory understanding of varied domains and factors
Need Addressed and the Context:- By the time, students are passing out as computer graduates some basic skills like assembling & dissembling a computer and some acquaintance with latest technology like app development, Robotics is appreciated. To fill the gap, skill based workshops are organized every year.The workshops are providing the initial inputs to software projects. We can now consider a number of specific methods which can be from with in the course of classroom instruction.It is however ,important to note that the choice of any form of methods should not be arbitary,but needs to be governed by the criteria we have already examined.
The Practice:- Every year computer science department is organizing one skill based workshop. In 2013 – workshop on “Assembling and Deassembling a computer”, in 2014 “ National Workshop on “Robotics”, Workshop on “Applications of Mathematics inComputer Science” & Workshop on “Work from Home”, in 2015 Workshop of “Clay Modeling”, RUSA sponsored Workshop on “Building my own Android App”, & District Level Workshop on “Analysis of U.G. Computer Science”, in 2016 Workshop on “Clay Modeling”, in 2018 workshop on “Internet of things” for regular B.Sc.,
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 36 students and “Clay Modeling” workshop for multimedia students is proposals.A lot of emphasis is laid on the clarity and carefull analyses of content.Higher education system in India supports Interactive/Participative methods in teaching learning process.We come across students from different backgrounds during our training workshops.It's not just HR,faculty even face a challenge with respect to working with students and collecting the resources. Evidence of Success:- Students of the college are selected to participate in the national Workshop on “Robotics at IIT – Madras” during 2013-2014. Development of different mobile apps. knowledge regarding CAD/CAM software Getting Knowledge on Artificial Intelligence Awareness on System administration Theoretical computer science strongly involves discrete mathematics Resources:- 1. Infrastructure of computer science lab 2. Funding from RUSA, Autonomy, Spl. Fee etc., 3. Resource persons proficient in the field from outside industries, universities, etc., 4. Students as resource persons. 5. Multimedia course Instructor as resource person. 6. Collection of various old accessories of the computer. 7. ARK Techno Solutions for Robotics
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 37 Workshop on “Assembling a Computer”
Dept. of Computer ScienceNational Workshop on “ROBOTICS
Workshop on “Work from Home”
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 38 National Workshop on Applications of Mathematics in Computer Science
RUSA Sponsored Workshop on “Building my own Android App”
Workshop on “Clay Modeling”
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 39 2017-2018 District Level Workshop on"Internet of Things"
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Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 40 Dept. of Computer Science Best Practice – III Hardware Museum . Objective:- 1. To acquaint the first year students with the internal parts of the computers and related accessories . 2. To acquaint them with some simple and regular hardware problems and their solutions . 3. The event is meant for hardwarefounders,enthusiasts. 4. The Museum aims at tackling questions and challenges faced by students. 5. Need for awareness and understanding of the role open hardware can play in museums. 6. Goal is to build with parts that are inexpensive ,easily replaceable,and hopefully not produced by a company
Need Addressed and the Context:- Computer science graduates through they are proficient in programming. Sometimes they are unable to manage the hardware of the system. To create an interest toward to make them address atleast little hardware problems. The Museums are providing the initial inputs to Hardware manufacturing. We can now consider a number of specific methods which can be from with in the course of classroom demonstration.Staff members played main role to provide the guidence to students.This means that anyone can study ,modify,distribute,make ,or sell hardware based upon these designs.
The Practice:- All the hardware parts of one system are opened and labeled and are placed in a glass box in the computer science lab. For all the fresher‟s entering into the lab, seniors are explaining the parts, their labels & functioning to their juniors. They are also explaining how to address some simple problems which are normally encountered .Computers can take many forms ,from
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 41 micro controllers to small linux-based computers to larger systems built from these components. The students comfortable with these tools and development environments will grow. These developments indicate that the future workforce might be skilled in working with these tools already,and might prefer to work with openness sharing and an eye for flexibility for future adjustments and modifications. By making the choice to get on board with open source hardware,students became part of a growing community of users and developers. Evidence of Success:- Students of the college provided knowledge to first year students. Observations on different types of mother boards Classifications of storage devices like floppy disks etc. Getting Knowledge on Pentium-III and Pentium-IV processors Awareness on System administration Practical Knowledge on integrated chips Awareness on generations of computers
Resources:- 1. One box with glass door on the top. 2. One unused computer. 3. Collection of various old accessories of the computer. 4. Students as resource persons. 5. Infrastructure of computer science lab. 6. Students with good hardware knowledge 7. System administrator as resource person.
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 42 Department of Computer Science2010-2011 Hardware Museum Inauguration
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Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 43 DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY BEST PRACTICE Title of the Practice - 5 MCQs – per week 1. Objectives To enable the students to pay full attention in the class To make the habit of noting down important points in the class. To prepare them continuously for P.G entrance exams To improve their cognitive skills
2. The context With the revolution of computers and internet, students are loosing the habit of taking notes in the class Usual pattern of Semester exams do not have MCQs, but all competitive exams are in MCQs form Students need not have to prepare separately for P.G exams Many students cannot afford to purchase practice books Students need to be encouraged to take up carrier in applied life sciences.
3. The Practice Teacher gives 5 MCQs/fill in the blank questions per week. Models question papers of various universities are also used. Students can refer to their notes to answer the questions The brief discussion that happen during question hour will give the feeling of summarizing the topic as well as repetition for slow learners
4. Evidence of success Students feel confident to write various P.G entrance exams Slow learners also tend to improve their learning abilities Students have material for quick revision for their P.G entrance exams.
5. Problems encountered and Resources required If some students were absent for a class, they fail to attempt the questions Good teaching material Model question papers of various P.G entrance exams, CSIR, UDC-NET exams etc.
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 44 Dept. of Biotechnology ::5 MCQs – per week
Course with course code : Molecular Biology BT5310 Class : III B.SC BT.BC.C &BT.B.C Semester : V Month & Week: JULY - I wk Topic : Nucleotides are the Precursors for DNA Synthesis S.No Questions Answer with explanation 1. The nitrogenous base is Answer: a covalently linked to the which Nucleotides are phosphate esters of a five carbon carbon of the pentose sugar. sugar, either ribose of 2‟-deoxyribose. The a) C1 nitrogenous base is covalently linked to the C1 b) C2 carbon of this pentose sugar to form the c) C3 nucleotide. d) C4
2 Which of the following is not a Answer: d part of a nucleotide? Nucleotides are phosphate esters of a five carbon a) Ester linkage sugar, either ribose of 2‟-deoxyribose. The b) Phosphate group nitrogenous base is covalently linked to the C1 c) Base carbon of this pentose sugar to form the d) Hydrogen bond nucleotide. Hydrogen bond is made by the bases to hold the two strands of DNA together and is not a part of the nucleotide.
3. In which carbon do the Answer: b deoxyribonucleotides lack an –OH A deoxyribonucleotideslack an –OH molecule at molecule? the C2 position of the ribose sugar ring. This is a) C1 the substrate for DNA synthesis and is known as b) C2 the 2‟-deoxyribonucleotide c) C3 d) C4 4. Which of the following is not a Answer: b nucleotide? TMP is not a nucleotide. Thymine is not present a) AMP in form of Thymidine monophosphate as it is not b) TMP used in RNAs. Thymine is present in the form of c) GMP dTMPdeoxythymidine monophosphate as it is d) CMP used in the synthesis of DNA only.
5. Which of the following is not a part of a nucleoside? Answer: c a) Deoxyribose sugar A nucleoside is the deoxyribose sugar linked to b) Glycosidic linkage the base with a glycosidic linkage. Addition of a c) Phosphate phosphate at the 5‟-carbone leads to the d) Base formation of the nucleotide
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Course With course code : Molecular Biology BT5310 Class : III B.SC BT.BC.C &BT.B.C Semester : V Month & Week: JULY & III WK Topic: DNA Replication S.No Questions Answer with explanation 1. Replication of chromosome Answer: b occurs during which phase. Replication of chromosome occurs during the S – a) G1 phase of the cell cycle. During this time all the b) S DNA is duplicated exactly once. Incomplete c) G2 replication of any part causes inappropriate links d) Division between daughter chromosomes.
2 How many origin of replication Answer: a are present in the E. coli genome The E. coli genome has only one origin of a) 1 replication, thus only one replicon. The eukaryotic b) 100 genome has multiple origin of replication sites, c) Uncountable thus have a multiple replicon system. The origin d) None of replication in E. coli genome is known as the ori C. 3. The origin of replication is rich Answer: a in The origin of replication is an A, T rich segment of a) A, T DNA which unwinds readily but not b) G, C spontaneously. Unwinding of DNA at this region is c) A, G controlled by the replication initiation proteins d) C, T
4. Answer: b The topological unlinking of DNA The final step in prokaryotic DNA replication is in prokaryotes is promoted by the topological unlinking of the parental DNA a) Helicase strands. This process is catalyzed by b) Topoisomerase topoisomerase. c) Tus d) Dna C 5. Which enzyme is used to remove Answer: d the primer from the Okazaki Primer used for prokaryotic replication of lagging fragment? strand is a DNA primer thus RNase H and 5‟ a) Endonuclease exonuclease is not used. Endonuclease is used for b) RNase H producing restrictions within the strand. Thus to c) 5‟ exonuclease remove DNA primer polymerase is used in the d) Polymerase prokaryotic organisms
Course With course code : Molecular Biology BT5310 Class : III B.SC BT.BC.C &BT.B.C
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 46 Semester : V Month & Week: JULY &II wk Topic: DNA as genetic material S.No Questions Answer with explanation 1. 1. How is the genetic material Answer: b expressed? Expression of the genetic material is the a) By replication and transcription series of processes how the sequence of b) By transcription and translation bases in the DNA directs the production of c) By translation and modification the RNAs and proteins that perform d) By mutation and transposition cellular functions and define cellular identity. The basic processes responsible for gene expression are transcription and RNA processing followed by translation.
2. The bacterial system has ______Answer: RNA polymerases. The bacterial system has 3 RNA a) 1 polymerases. They are RNA polymerase I, b) 2 RNA polymerase II and RNA polymerase III. c) 3 RNA polymerase I transcribes mRNAs, and d) 4 RNA polymerases II and III transcribes the other specialized RNAs.
3 Which RNA polymerase deals with the Answer: a production of mRNA? Polymerase I is responsible for the a) RNA polymerase I transcription of the different types of rRNA b) RNA polymerase II except the 5S rRNA. 5S rRNA is transcribed c) RNA polymerase III by polymerase III along with some small d) RNA polymerase IV nuclear RNA genes and the tRNAs. Polymerase II deals with the transcription of the mRNAs.
4 The RNA polymerase holoenzyme has Answer: a the structural formula of ______In a complete RNA polymerase, called the a) α2ββ‟ωσ holoenzyme there are 5 sub units. Of which b) αβ2β‟ωσ two are α and one of the each of the other 4 c) α2ββ‟ω subunits namely β, β‟, ω and σ. d) α2ββ‟σ
5 The α subunits of polymerase has a Answer: a function of ______The α subunits of polymerase is required a) Promoter binding for the core protein assembly, but has no b) Initiation clear role in transcription assigned to it. c) Elongation However, this subunit plays an important d) Termination role in promoter binding.
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Course With course code : Molecular Biology BT5310 Class : III B.SC BT.BC.C &BT.B.C Semester : V Month & Week: JULY & IV Wk Topic: Initiation of Transcription S.No Questions Answer with explanation 1. What is the consensus sequence of the Answer: b Pribnow box? The Pribnow box is also known as the – a) TATATA 10 promoter site. It was first recognized b) TATAAT by Pribnow in 1975. It has a consensus c) TAATA sequence of TATAAT. d) TTAAT
2. The –35 sequence is highly conserved and Answer: d has a consensus sequence of The –35 sequence is highly conserved a) TGACAA in efficient promoters and has a b) TCGAA consensus sequence of TTGACA. The c) TGCAAC first three positions of this hexameric d) TTGACA sequence are the mostly conserved.
3 –10, – 35 and +1 sites are the consensus Answer: a promoter sites of sigma factor Different sigma factors recognize ______different promoter sites. As σ70 sigma a) σ70 factor is the most common sigma factor b) σ32 the highly studied –10, – 35 and +1 c) σ54 sites of promoter belongs to it d) σ28
4 Negative supercoiling enhances the rate of Answer: a transcription. Negative supercoiling enhances the a) True rate of transcription of many genes. b) False This is because it facilitates the unwinding of the DNA duplex by the RNA polymerase 5 The Pribnow box is present on the coding Answer: b strand of the DNA template. The Pribnow box or the –10 sequence is a) True present in the sense strand of DNA b) False duplex. The sense strand is also known as the non – coding strand. It also harbors the other two conserved sequences for polymerase binding.
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 48 Course With course code : Molecular Biology BT5310 Class : III B.SC BT.BC.C BT.B.C Semester : V Month & Week: AUG & I wk Topic: Termination of Transcription S.No Questions Answer with explanation 1. The stem of the hairpin loop of RNA Answer: b consists mostly of The stem of the hairpin loop of RNA consists a) A, T mostly of G, C. This makes the structure b) G, C c) A, G more stable and thus facilitating proper d) C, T termination 2. The rho protein has how many Answer: b subunits. The rho protein is a hexameric protein a) 4 containing 6 subunits. This protein is known b) 6 to mediate transcription and is known as the c) 8 Rho dependenttranscription d) 10 3. The rho proteins are ATP independent Answer: b proteins. The rho protein is an ATP dependent protein. a) True It uses the hydrolysis of ATP to terminate the b) False transcription in the presence of a single stranded RNA 4. The rho protein can even bind within Answer: b operons to terminate transcription. The Rho protein fails to bind to any transcript of RNA that is being translated. a) True Thus rho protein cannot bind within operons b) False to terminate transcription and binds beyond the operon or gene to terminate transcription 5. The hairpin structure generated in Answer: a the RNA is followed by a stretch of The RNA hairpin is followed by a sequence of oligonucleotide complementary to the many “U” residues. Thus the complementary base is stretch of nucleotides in the DNA strand is a) A adenine or “A”. b) T c) G d) C
Course With course code : Molecular Biology BT5310 Class : III B.SC BT.BC.C &BT.B.C
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 49 Semester : V Month & Week: AUG & II Wk Topic : Genetic code S.No Questions Answer with explanation 1. The codon is a Answer: c a) Singlet The codon is a triplet. Singlet and doublet b) Duplet codes are not enough to code for 20 amino c) Triplet acids. Again in case of a quadruplet codon d) Quadruplet there will be 256 possible codons which are highly excessive. Triplet codon thus is the minimum requisite having 64 possible codons 2. Which of the following is not a Answer: d termination codon? UGA, AGA and AGG are termination codons of a) UGA which UGA is the universal termination codon b) AGA and AGA and AGG are mitochondrial c) AGG termination codons. But UAC is the universal d) UAC codon for tyrosine 3 In case of mitochondrial genetic Answer: a code UGA In case of mitochondrial genetic code UGA is a Codes for tryptophan codon. But UGA is a stop codon in a) Tryptophan the universal genetic code. b) Arginine c) Proline d) Stop
4 There is one amino acid for one Answer: b genetic code. In a triplet code for a particular amino acid a) True more than one word can be used. This b) False phenomenon is described by saying that the code is degenerate. A non – degenerate could be one where there is one to one relationship between amino acids and the codons so that 44 codons out of 64 will be useless or nonsense codons.
5 The distribution of codon is made Answer: a in such a way to minimize Inspection of the distribution of codons in the mutation effect. genetic code suggests that the code evolved in a) True such a way as to minimize the deleterious b) False effects of mutations. For instance, mutations in . the first position of a codon will often give a similar, if not same, amino acid
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 50 Course With course code : Molecular Biology BT5310 Class : III B.SC BT.BC.C &BT.B.CSemester : V Month & Week: Topic :DNA as genetic material S.No Questions Answer with explanation 1. Which of the following statement is Answer: c false about DNA? In case of eukaryotes DNA is abundantly found a) Located in chromosomes in nucleoplasm which is surrounded by the b) Carries genetic information from nuclear membrane. This structure is known as parent to offspring nucleus which is found in the cytoplasmic c) Abundantly found in cytoplasm matrix. In case of prokaryotes DNA is found in a d) There is a precise correlation less dense cytoplasmic matrix known as the between amount of DNA and number nucleoid of sets of chromosome per cell
2. Which of the following function of Answer: d DNA is necessary for the purpose of Mutation facilitates the change of bases within a evolution? DNA and if this change encodes for a viable a) Replication amino acid which in turn may lead to the b) Transcription synthesis of a different protein. This protein c) Translation exerts a phenotypic character to the organism d) Mutation which may be different from the wild type character or may generate a unique character itself, thus leading to evolution 3 Fredrick Griffith‟s experiment Answer: d involving Streptococcus pneumoniae When heat killed virulent (smooth) type bacteria lead to the discovery of were injected in the mouse along with the living a) DNA as genetic material avirulent (rough) type of bacteria the mouse b) RNA as genetic material developed the disease, which was an unlikely c) Protein as genetic material result. Moreover when the bacteria were isolated d) Transforming principle from the infected mouse they were found to be of the virulent type. Thus, it was believed that some factor from the heat killed virulent type bacteria transformed the avirulent to virulent type bacteria which was known to be as the transforming principle. 4 Definite results proving DNA to be Answer: c genetic material was given by Avery, Macleod and MacCarty in their experiment a) Fredrick Griffith with pneumococcus strains type IIIS and type IIR b) Hershey and Chase they performed three separate experimental c) Avery, Macleod and MacCarty setups:- d) Meselson and Stahl i) Using DNase to degrade DNA ii) Using RNase to degrade RNA iii) Using Protease to degrade proteins Thus, when the separate combinations were injected into mice respectively the transforming principle was found to be DNA. 5 What stores the genetic information in Answer: c DNA? Genetic information is stored in the sequence of a) Sugar nitrogenous base as they are of four types and b) Phosphate they are A, T, G and C. The order of their c) Nitrogenous base occurrence decides the mRNA sequence which in
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 51 d) Polymerase turn codes amino acids and leading to synthesis of proteins. Sugars and phosphates form the backbone and are common to all, whereas polymerase helps in the replication of DNA template
Course With course code : Molecular Biology BT5310 Class : III B.SC BT.BC.C &BT.B.C Semester : V Month & Week: AUG &III wk Topic : The Central Dogma Outlines the Flow of Genetic Information S.No Questions Answer with explanation 1. Who were the first to suggest that one Answer: b strand of DNA might act as a template In Watson and Crick‟s paper on the model for the synthesis of its complementary of DNA double helix they ended with a strand? statement that it had not escaped their a) Meselson and Stahl notice that the specific pairing they had b) Watson and crick postulated immediately suggested that c) Walter Flemming one strand might be the template for the d) Rosalind Franklin and Maurice complementary strand synthesis. Wilkins
2. Which of the following regarding the Answer: b basic mechanism of gene expression is Gene expression is carried forward from correct? DNA to mRNA (transcription) and mRNA a) DNA ―>tRNA―> protein to protein (translation). To this RNA can b) RNA ―>cDNA ―> mRNA―> protein be converted to cDNA by reverse c) RNA ―> DNA―> mRNA ―> protein transcription. Then the process is carry d) DNA ―> protein forwarded in the same manner.
3 Which of the following does not take part Answer: a in gene expression? Replication is the coping of the gene in a) Replication double but plays no role in the production b) Transcription of protein thus, expression of gene. c) RNA processing Transcription is the production of RNA d) Translation from DNA and RNA processing is used for stabilizing the RNA in cytosol ad excision of non-coding regions. Translation is the major process which leads to the formation of polypeptide chain.
4 Multiple copies of RNA could be formed Answer: a at the same time. The RNA produced does not remain base a) True paired to the template DNA strand and is b) False displaced only by a few nucleotides behind the transcription site. Thus another RNA polymerase can attach itself to the DNA template facilitating multiple RNA production 5 Which of the following statements is true Answer: b with respect to the DNA double helix? The two strands having complementary
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 52 a) Composed of two or more base pairing have the same helical polynucleotide chains geometry but have opposite polarity. This b) The base pairs have opposite polarity is because the strands are held together c) Covalent bond exists in base pairing are antiparallel in nature d) T is transcribed as U
Course With course code : Molecular Biology BT5310 Class : III B.SC BT.BC.C &BT.B.C Semester : V Month & Week: AUG & IV wk Topic : Various Classes of RNA Have Different Functions S.No Questions Answer with explanation 1. With respect to polycistronic mRNAs Answer: b which of the following is wrong? Eukaryotes only contain 1 ORF per mRNA and a) Multiple ORFs are thus monocistronic. Polycistronic mRNAs b) Found in Eukaryotes are generally found in prokaryotes with 2 or c) Encodes proteins with related more ORFs. functions d) Multiple polypeptide chain 2. What was the name of ribosome Answer: d binding site? Upstream the ORF a 3 – 9 base pair sequence a) ORF on the 5‟ side of the sequence is identified as b) P site the ribosome binding site (RBS). This element c) A site is referred to as the Shine – Dalgarno d) Shine – Dalgarno sequence sequence, named after the scientists who discovered it by comparing the sequences of multiple mRNAs. 3 Which part of the ribosome identifies Answer: b the Shine – Dalgarno sequence? The Shine – Dalgarno sequence is identified by a) Protein the 16S rRNA. The core of the 16S rRNA has b) 16S rRNA the sequence of 5‟…..CCUCCU…..3‟ and is c) 23S rRNA located near the 3‟ end of the rRNA. Not d) 5S rRNA surprisingly the prokaryotic RBS are most often the subset of sequence 5‟…..AGGAGG…..3‟. Thus, 16S rRNA is the one that aligns the ribosome with the mRNA. 4 Eukaryotic mRNAs recruit Answer: b ribosomes using the Shine – Eukaryotic mRNAs recruit ribosomes using Dalgarno sequence. specific chemical modifications called 5‟ cap. a) True The 5‟ end of the mRNA is capped with b) False methylated Guanine nucleotide to the mRNA via an unusual 5‟ to 5‟ linkage. To this methylated Guanine three phosphates are added. This cap binds to the ribosome which then slides along the mRNA length to find the „AUG‟ for start of translation.
5 With respect to the composition of Answer: d
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 53 ribosome which of the following is There is a discrepancy in the sedimentation correct. velocity of the subunits separately and as a a) Ribosome is composed of 60S and whole. This is because of the fact that the 30S subunit sedimentation velocity is determined both by b) Eukaryotic ribosome small shape and size and hence, it is not an exact subunit contains only one 16S rRNA measure of mass. Prokaryotic ribosome c) 60S subunit consists of 5S rRNA consists of 50S and 30S subunit and the 30S and 23S rRNA subunit contains only one 16S rRNA. The 50S d) 60S and 40S makes up the 80S subunit consists of 5S and 23S rRNA ribosome
Course With course code : Molecular Biology BT5310 Class : III B.SC BT.BC.C &BT.B.C Semester : V Month & Week: SEP & I wk Topic : Transfer RNA S.No Questions Answer with explanation 1. The 3‟ end of tRNA is Answer: b a) 3‟ CCA 5‟ Explanation: All tRNA has a conserved b) 3‟ ACC 5‟ sequence of 3‟ ACC 5‟. This sequence is c) 3‟ CCG 5‟ conserved so as to facilitate cognate amino d) 3‟ GCC 5‟ acid binding 2. How many loops are present in the Answer: c clover leaf model of tRNA? There are 4 loops and an acceptor stem in a) 2 the clover leaf model of tRNA. The names of b) 3 the 4 loops are ΨU loop, D loop, anticodon c) 4 loop and the variable loop d) 5 3 Which of the following does not Answer: c contribute to the stability of tRNA? Due to the negative charge of the tRNA a) Base and sugar – phosphate backbone, it is unlikely for the molecule to backbone interaction have a hydrophobic nature. Thus, b) Hydrogen bonding hydrophobic interactions do not play any c) Hydrophobic interactions role in the structural stability of the d) Base pairing molecule. On the other hand, the other interactions such as the hydrogen bonding leads to base pairing which leads to its classic clover leaf model 4 Why the variable loop is named so? Answer: a a) Variable number of bases The variable loop sits between the b) Variable region anticodon loop and the ΨU loop and its c) Multiple loops present region is fixed. The name is so given d) Variability of presence because they vary in size from 3 to 21 bases. 5 Thymine is present in tRNA Answer: a a) True Some unusual bases are present in the b) False tRNA for its improved functioning. One of such pos – transcriptional modification done enzymatically is the presence of thymine base in place of uracil in the primary structure.
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 54 Course With course code : Molecular Biology BT5310 Class : III B.SC BT.BC.C &BT.B.C Semester : V Month & Week: SEP &II WK Topic : Genome Organization S.No Questions Answer with explanation 1. In the beads on a string model, the bead is Answer: b made up of ______The “beads on a string” model is for the a) 6 histone proteins nucleosome. It consists of the 8 histone b) 8 histone proteins protein core or the bead and the DNA c) 6 histone proteins and DNA wound around imitating a string. d) 8 histone proteins and DNA 2. How many types of histone molecules are Answer: c found in nature? Eukaryotic cells commonly contain five a) 3 abundant histone molecules. They are b) 4 named as H1, H2A, H2B, H3 and H4. c) 5 d) 6 3 Association of DNA and histone is mediated Answer: b by Association of DNA and histone is a) Covalent bonding mediated by a large number of b) Hydrogen bonding hydrogen bonds, that is, ≈140 bonds. c) Hydrophobic bonding The majority forms between the protein d) Vander Waals interactions and the oxygen of the phosphodiester backbone near the minor grove. Only 7 hydrogen bonds are made between the protein side chains and the bases in the minor groves of the DNA. 4 Which of the following is not a Answer: b characteristic of nuclear scaffold? Two classes of protein contributing to a) Associated with loops of 40 – 90 kb nuclear scaffold have been identified, b) Topoisomerase I that are, topoisomerase II and SMC c) SMC protein protein. Presence of Topo II as a protein d) Proteinacious in nature associated with the structure can be proved when the cells are treated with drugs which results in DNA breaks at the sites of Topo II DNA bindings. The treatment generates DNA fragments of about 50 kb size 5 Which of the following regions promote Answer: A histone – DNA association? A:T rich DNA has an intrinsic tendency a) A, T to bend toward the minor grove. Thus b) A, G A:T rich DNA is favored in positions in c) G, C which the minor grovefaces the histone d) C, T octamer. G:C rich DNA has the opposite tendency thus, is favored . when the major grove faces away from the histone octamer
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Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 55 Dept. of Botany Best Practice-I Medicinal Garden Objective of the Practice : To develop medicinal garden to nurture few endangered species of plant kingdom and to promote interest among the students towards gardening. To promote organic farming To enhance and support bio-diversity on the campus.
Need Addressed and the Context: Main objective is to enrich students with cultivation skills and make them to love plants. Protection of few Endangered species To promote students to develop interest towards higher studies in plant sciences. Utility of medicial plants basing on their merits.
The Practice: Identification of plants based on their potential applications Supporting the cause of campus beautification
Evidence of Success: Developed more than 50 rare and endangered Species Contribution to campus beautification
Resources: Medicinal garden ,ANU, Guntur Ravi gardens ,Bapatla.
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Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 57 STUDENTS OF NON-SCIENCE OBSERVING PLANTS
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Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 58 Dept. of Botany Best Practice-II Green Auditing 1. Objective of the Practice : To enumerate the number of trees and plants available on the campus. To lable plants/trees. To realize the purpose or usefulness of plants/trees.
2. Need Addressed and the Context: To have the awareness of richness of plant kingdom on the campus To uphold and sustain ecosystem. To improve the environment.
3. The Practice: Implemented from the year 2010-11 Web referance. Identification of flora and fauna on the campus.
4. Evidence of Success: Sustainable development of greenary in the campus Contribution to campus beautification
5. Resources: Medicinal garden ,ANU, Guntur Ravi gardens ,Bapatla .
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Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 61 Dept. of Zoology Best Practice: I Empowering students with Employable skills while covering the syllabus
Objective of the Practice: To Impart subject matter with hands on experience
Need Addressed and the Context: With an objective to provide employable skills which can be useful for starting a small-scale unit after education. As they have Vermiculture and Aquaculture in syllabus Vermicomposting unit establishment and preparation of Aquarium and Aquarium fish Management was taken to impart employable skills. The Practice: Department of Zoologystarted Certificate courses in Vermiculture and Aquarium fish Management, Introduction to Visual Arts to provide additional information after college hours from 2016-17. After Aquarium fish Management the course a workshop was organized to prepare simple Aquariums and fish food during 2016-17 . Department also prepared a big Aquarium and installed in college verandah as part of workshop. Prepared Aquarium cum Water fountains in 2017-18 workshop. An exhibition was arranged after the certificate course on Introduction to Visual Arts and students exhibited commendable work and was telecasted by ETv in Yuvaprogramme. Established a small Vermiculture unit in 2016-17 and sold the manure and the amount procured was proposed to establish little bigger unit in 2017-18 .
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 62 Evidence of Success: Conducted Aquarium Preparation Workshop Established Vermiculture Unit Exhibition on Visual Arts prepared by students Workshop on Aquarium cum Water fountain preparation &display The activities are well documented in the department activity register. Resources: Workshops and certificate courses were organized with the resources provided from Autonomy funds.
Aquarium Preparation Workshop
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Vermiculture Unit
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 64 Exhibition on Visual Arts prepared by students
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 65 Workshop on Aquarium cum Water fountain preparation & dispaly
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Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 66 Dept. of Zoology Best Practice: II Preparation of Manuscript Magazine Objective of the Practice : To draw out the innate talents of the students, to train the minds of the students to think beyond syllabus
Need Addressed and the Context: With an objective to improve the experiential learning and community awareness, the manuscript magazine “COLOURS of LIFE” is in preparation from 2016-17 .
The Practice: Some topics like Obesity, Surrogacy, Amniocentesis test, Junk food, Domestic Violence etc., were given and the students of II BZC EM & II MZC students during 2016-17 put their brains and presented their views in the form of poems/ jokes/ drawings and articles and the same was released in BIOSPARK-2016, an Inter collegiate Science Fest and best article was awarded.
Evidence of Success: Release of Manuscript magazine during 2016-17 Release of Manuscript magazine during 2017-18 Resources: Special fee funds of the dept. were utilized for stationery and preparation of book.
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 67 Release of Manuscript magazine during 2016-17
Release of Manuscript magazine during 2017-18
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Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 68 Dept. of Zoology Best Practice: III Implementation of Research Based Pedagogy Tools (RBPT), a student-centered research based pedagogy Objective of the Practice: To Impart new things related to subject and to instill research aptitude among students
Need Addressed and the Context: To encourage students to understand the subject concept and to enhance the skills of the students, department proposed to prepare models of Aquaculture related boats, nets, cultivable fishes, prawns as they have aquaculture related topics in their syllabus
The Practice: Introduced from 2017-18 Final year Degree (B.Sc) Zoology students learn the basics of Aquaculture as part of their curriculum. Aquaculture industry is growing at a rapid rate providing lot of employment opportunities. Andhra Pradesh leading among the eastern coast with 42% growth rate in fisheries sector in 2016-17. An activity was proposed for entire class to enhance and extend the learning of the students related to Aquaculture and to apply the gained new knowledge. The idea is to provide an opportunity for Active learning and to involve the students in the process of learning.
Context Problem Activity Fisheries to get Collect information 1. Literature Review major boost and and Prepare models of 2. Designing and Preparation job opportunities in various types of nets, of Models, the sector are gears, boats, 3. Collection of information continuously rising hatcheries used in on the Model prepared in AP as the state fisheries with low cost 4. Presenting and explaining has long coast line materials and present the Model in the exhibition in the exhibition. Resources Output Assessment:
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 69 Books from Submission of Basing on the Model Library, Internet information on the Prepared, Learning material access, Materials model prepared gathered and notes prepared, necessary for Presenting the Models Expression and content during preparation of and explaining in the presentation Models , Water exhibition source and fish food
An RBPT activity was planned and each student was asked prepare a model (without duplication) related to fisheries industry and gather information on the model prepared and explain to the visitors during the exhibition. As per the problem given students did some research on about different types of nets, gears, boats, hatcheries, hapas, types of fishes and prawns cultured etc., Each student selected a model basing on the resources available to them Students gathered information about the selected model , learn the structure of the model, designed the model and tried with different low cost materials and finally submitted their model for the exhibition scheduled on 18.10.2017.
Evidence of Success: An exhibition was conducted on this theme. Many students enthusiastically participated in the exhibition with their innovative models. Recorded in the activity register
Resources: Special Fee funds given to the department and service by faculty and students
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Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 71 Dept. of Zoology Best Practice: IV Institution of Endowment prizes and display of semester toppers names in front of the department
Objective of the Practice : To motivate and inspire other students also to get good results and to see their name on the boards.The boards will be permanent and the objective of the department to inspire students to study well so as to have their names on the boards.
Need Addressed and the Context: With an objective of encouraging students to learn Zoology subject and also to acknowledge and appreciate the efforts of the students who really worked well, the dept. of Zoology, GCW(A), Guntur instituted endowment prizes for all classes by depositing cash in the bank and issuing prizes every year with the interest accrued on the deposit. The boards were installed in front of the department from 2015-16 to display the awardees names on that and to motivate others also to study well. Besides this the department is also conducting orientation programme for first years in June/July every year in which it gathers all Zoology students and appreciate semester toppers. This is also like a platform where second and third years share their views and opinions with first years and encourage them to utilize the resources present in the department.
Evidence of Success: 1. Meritorious cash award instituted by Smt.T.S.Parvathi Devi, Rtd. Lecturer in Zoology for the student who secured highest marks in Zoology in I year Deposited amount – Rs.10,000/-. From the academic year 2011-12 onwards
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 72 S.No Academic Year Name of the Student secured 1 2011-12 Ms. N.Rajitha, BZC (TM) 2 2012-13 Ms. K.Pavani, BiZC (EM) 3 2013-14 Ms.U.Sravani, MZC 4 2014-15 Ms.Suvarna, MZC (EM) 5 2015-16 Ms.Sk.Basheera BZC (TM) 6 2016-17 Ms.A.Spandana MZC 7 2017-18 Ms.A.LakshmiBai , MZC Ms.A.Bandhavi, BZC EM
2. Meritorious cash award instituted by Smt.T.S.Parvathi Devi, Rtd Lecturer in Zoology for the student who secured highest marks in Zoology in II year Deposited amount – Rs.10,000/-, from the academic year 2011-12 onwards
Academic S.No Name of the Student & Group Year 1 2011-12 Ms. M.Nirmala, BZC (TM) 2 2012-13 Ms. B.Jaya Lakshmi, BZC (TM) 3 2013-14 Ms.T.Sowjanya, BiZC (EM) 4 2014-15 Ms.N.Vineetha, BiZC (EM) 5 2015-16 Smt. V.SivaParvathi MZC 6 2016-17 Ms.N.Nagachandana BZC EM 7 2017-18 Ms.A.Spandana MZC
3. Meritorious cash award instituted by Smt.T.S.Parvathi Devi, Rtd Lecturer in Zoology for the student who secured highest marks in Zoology in V Paper /VII Paper Deposited amount – Rs.10,000/-, from the academic year 2011-12 onwards. S.No Academic Name of the Student & Group Year 1 2011-12 Ms. D.Aneesha, BZC (TM)
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 73 2 2012-13 Ms. Y.LakshmiPrasanna, BZC (TM) 3 2013-14 Ms.D.Veeranjamma, BZC (TM) 4 2014-15 Ms.K.Bhuvaneswari, MZC (EM) 5 2015-16 Ms.P.Alekhya, BiZC (EM) 6 2016-17 Smt. V.SivaParvathi MZC 7 2017-18 Ms.N.Nagachandana BZC EM
4. Sri Singaiah Memorial cash award instituted by his grandson Sri. U.Venkateswarlu, Rtd Lecturer in Zoology for the student who secured highest marks in Zoology in VI /VIII papers from the academic year 2015-16 .Deposited amount – Rs.10,000/-, from the academic year 2011-12 onwards.
S.No Academic Year Name of the Student & Group 1 2015-16 Ms.P.Alekhya, BiZC (EM) 2 2016-17 Ms.LeelaKalyani, MZC 3 2017-18 Ms.N.Nagachandana BZC EM
5. Meritorious cash awards instituted by Dr.Ch.Tulasi, I/c, Dept. of Zoology for the students who secured first and Second place in M.Sc Zoology in I & II Semesters from the academic year 2017-18, Deposited amount-Rs.15,000/-, from the academic year 2011-12 onwards. Academic Name of the S.No Name of the Student , II Year Student , I 1 2017-18 Ms.U.Sravani Ms.P.RamaKoteswaramma
Resources: Endowment prizes were instituted by lecturers who instituted the award and Special Fee funds given to the department were utilized for making the boards.
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Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 74 DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS Title of the Best Practice:: Energy Conservation
Energy club is started in 2008 by the Department of Physics Objective :: To inculcate good habits of energy saving methods among students The Context:: The students of Science lead the programme. The Department of Physics guides the students. The NCC team and NSS teams support to conduct rally and awareness programmes.Every year some activities relating to energy conservation are being done. NEDCAP, Guntur, APSPDCL(Department of Electricity), Guntur support our activities. The Need :: . Energy conservation is the important issue nowadays. . Our country is a developing country. The usage of energy resources has been increased in the world. . If this is continued for some more years, all the sources of energy get consumed. . Hence we have to conserve the energy for the future. Everyone should take the responsibility of saving methods of energy. . The use of CFL bulbs, Solar lights, LED bulbs must be increased. Practice :: . Our college is specially Girls College. We started this programme with a belief that if the girl child is educated in this field one generation can be saved. . We begin to educate these girls by organizing the activities like slogan writing, group discussions, seminars, debates and exhibitions. . They also played some important role in educating the society by participating in rallys, conducting exhibitionsand surveys. . We take the help of APSPDCL, Guntur, NEDCAP, Guntur, Our College NSS and NCC teams. . Every year we observe Energy Conservation Week in December.
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 75 Evidence of success :: . Now the students understand the importance of energy saving. . All the students visited the exhibitions conducted in our college and learned the importance of Energy conservation. . Some students convinced their parents in using of CFL bulbs and LED bulbs. . Many students participated in slogan writing competition and rallys with enthusiasm. ProblemsEncountered :: . Because of semester system, there is no sufficient time toorganize too many programmes. . If we want to conduct an exhibition, the students have to spend much time in preparatory work. Some Important Activities by the Energy Club 2012-13 . Exhibition on the Eve of Sustainable Energy Year in Collaboration with NEDCAP, Guntur on 27-9-2012. . All the students of the college visited the Exhibition. The faculty of the Physics Department explained the use of different solar equipment.
Energy Conservation Week from 14-12-2012 to 20-12-2012 in Collaboration with NEDCAP: A meeting was arranged on this occasion in Assembly Hall.
On 14-12-2012 an Invited Lecture was arranged in the college. Dr.Y.GowriSankar, HOD, Department of Physics, Hindu College, Guntur talked about the wastage of present resources and explained the need for preservation of resources for the future generations
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 76 2013-14 A rally was conducted by our college students to promote energy savings methods on 16-12-2013
2014-15 Energy conservation week was observed in the college from 14-12-2014 to 21-12- 2014.Slogans regarding conservation was written and pasted on the walls in different places in the college . 2015-16 : On 14-12-2015 An essay writing,Poster presentation and also power point presentation competitions were held for the students on the eve of Energy conservation day in collaboration with department of Environmental sciences .Prizes were awarded for the winners. Certificates were issued toall the participants 2016-17 : We conducted a survey on power saving methods. The students of III B.Sc(M.P.C. and M.P.Cs) participated in this survey. Poster presentation competition was also conducted on the occasion of Energy conservation week in December and the winners were given prizes 2017-18: Energy Conservation Week from 14-12-2017 to 20-12-2017 was observed by APSPDCL,Guntur.As a part of this programme, a rally was conducted. The students of Government College for women, Guntur, participated in this programme under the guidance of Energy club on 19-12-2017 from 10 am to 12 noon. All the staff members of department of Physics participated in this programme.
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 77 2012-13 Exhibition on solar power
Energy Conservation Week from 14-12-2012 to 20-12-2012 in Collaboration with NEDCAP.
Invited Lecture by Dr.Y.GowriSankar, HOD, Department of Physics, Hindu College, about the wastage of present resources and the need for preservation of resources for the future generations.
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18-09-2014 Invited Lecture
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Essay writing competition on sustainable energy resources
2017-18 Rally in Support of APSPDCL,Guntur on the occasion of Energy Conservation Week
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2. Need Addressed and the context: . Improving the Listening, Speaking, Reading and writing Skills of students since most of them are from rural background and first generation learners and have poor communication skills
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 81 3. The Practice: . This is the regular practice of the college during teaching. . Designing Listening Modules for Prose and poetry with Pre-Listening, While Listening and Post-Listening Activities. . Designing reading modules for Prose and Poetry with Reading activities like Skimming, Scanning, Zig-saw reading etc., . Designing writing modules to train students in the Five Step writing process. . More emphasis is laid on Speaking Skill by involving them in Pair work and Group Work.
4. Evidence of success . Lively and interactive class rooms with an increase in the motivation level of students. . More enthusiastic learners
GROUP WORK
Inner Circle and Outer Circle Pair Work Activity for Self Introduction
Poster Presentation Power Point Presentation by students
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Role Play
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1. Objective of the Practice: . To equip students with the required soft skills to meet the challenges of the global world.
2. Need Addressed and the Context . Today‟s competitive world needs candidates who are mentally strong, physically fit and are emotionally balanced.
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 83 . Integrating soft skills with the prescribed text can be a value addition and lends a practical orientation to the lesson. This saves time and is cost affective.
3The Practice : . Identification of the value inherent in the prose or poetry is done well in advance and is discussed with students as a Post Reading Activity.
4. Evidence of Success . Students are able to grasp some of the attitudes and tendencies like Positive Thinking, Time- management, Coping with Frustation etc.
5. Resources: . Printed Pictures and You Tube Videos
Evidence : 19-5-2018 GROUP „A‟
Try to interpret the following poem. STATE OF MIND If you think you are beaten, you are:
If you think you dare not, you don‟t
If you like to win, but think you can‟t
It‟s almost a cinch you won‟t.
If you think you‟ll lose, you‟re lost;
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a fellow‟s will;
It‟s all in the state of mind.
If you think you‟re outclassed, you are;
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 84 You‟ve got to think high to rise,
You‟ve got to be sure of yourself
Before you can win the prize.
Life‟s battles don‟t always go
To the stronger or faster man;
But sooner or later the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.
Read the following passage and make notes. Information explosion, technological advances, internet, knowledge at the click of a button.
Things are changing at such a rapid pace that what you know yesterday doesn‟t relate to you today and what you are learning today might be outdated in a couple of months or weeks!
In the light of these advances what does a youngster of today need to do to
“survive” and “succeed‟ in the new millennium?
A decade or so ago, knowledge was doubling every 7years (scientific advances, discoveries, inventions, etc.) Now, knowledge is doubling every 3 years which means we have more things to learn in less time. The implications of this knowledge explosion on the youth in particular would be tremendous.
To begin with, they‟ll have to cope with this vast amount of knowledge, assimilate more in less time. This intensifies the competition and exerts pressure causing stress. Students, Learners & professionals have to learn fast and apply it even faster. But, on the positive side, acquiring knowledge has become easy. More
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 85 number of colleges, economical education, more avenues, and tremendous opportunities. Again, on the flip side the competing platform is GLOBAL. A
Student doing his management course in India would be pitched against management students world over and has to prove her/himself better than the rest.
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Department of English Best Practice from 2012-13 Weekly one hour is allotted for “Pleasure Reading”
1. Objective of the practice: . To enable the students derive the pleasure of reading stories. . Help the students improve their vocabulary . To improve their comprehension levels.
2. Need addressed and the context: . Most of the students are from marginalized sections of the society and have no access to literature particularly to the story books in English. . An opportunity to read and appreciate the story books improved their comprehension and vocabulary.
3. The Practice: . Two hundred story books donated by the faculty members are kept at the disposal of students in the Departmental Library. . Weekly one hour is allocated for Pleasure Reading. . The faculty members will distribute the story books among the students of a particular class. . Graded allotment is followed depending on the comprehension level of the students.
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 86 . Students are asked to read and write down the new words.
4. Evidence of success : . Students have evinced great interest in reading the story books written in a simple language.
5. Resources : . More than Two Hundred story books.
Evidences for Pleasure Reading
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Objective of the Practice: . To motivate students review the reflection of „Ecological Concerns‟ in Literature.
Need Redressed and the context: . We are living in an age when pollution, scarcity of water, plastic waste and global warming are posing a threat to human survival. . It is necessary for the younger generation to know, to think of and to begin acting in the right direction. . The review projects on literature would definitely help them in knowing the gravity of the situation.
The Practice:
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 89 Advanced learners were involved in various group projects such as a. Reflection of Ecological issues in Newspapers in a given span of time b. Poster Preparation on the causes and effects of Natural calamities c. Review of Short stories for the identification of ecological themes d. Collecting the biographies of Environmental Activists
Evidence of Success: . There is an increase in the awareness about environmental issues among students and most of them stopped using plastic bags. . Submission of student projects based on the theme related to sustainable environment.
Resources: Newspapers, Collection of Short Stories and Internet
Kerala Floods
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Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 92 Dept. of Telugu Best practice Journalism Course Objective of the practice: The media is playing a very prominent role in the present society are relying extensively on the media for information, knowledge and entertainment, In this background there are ample opportunities for employment in the media field. Hence the objective of this course is to develop proper understanding and awareness regarding the media among the students and encourage them to find suitable employment in the said field.
Expected outcome: The students will acquire necessary knowledge and skills in gathering of information and news, drafting of articles suitable for different kinds of media utilizing the information. so gathered and they will acquire the ability to conduct interviews and interactions successfully.
The context: The department of Telugu has designed a certificate course in Journalism with an objective of creating awareness about journalism and providing the fundamental knowledge required for a career in the field of journalism. The faculty has evinced great care and a lot of enthusiasm in designing the course material, in motivating the students for admission in to the course and in running the classes smoothly without any interruption to the regular UG & PG classes. However the department has faced several challenges in meeting the transport expenditure in taking students to news paper offices on field trips for providing firsthand knowledge and in inviting eminent resource persons owing to the dearth of funds.
The practice: The course content include the origin and evolution of news papers in India, introducing the reputed news papers and literary magazines, the guidelines to be followed while writing Features, News Reports, Book Reviews, Columns and Editorials.
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 93 It also includes the principles to be followed and the precautions to be taken while writing for different media (T.V, Radio & Internet). The eligibility criteria and the job chart of reporter and an editor one also focused upon. The course is significant in ensuring an easy admission to reputed schools of journalism and in pursuing advanced courses in journalism. Media is playing a prominent role in the world of today. Professionalism adds value to News reporting, Interviewing and reviewing a book. Given the importance of Professionalism in news publication this certificate course has been designed to impart training in the fundamental aspects of journalism.
Evidence of success: This course has been designed with an aim of providing immediate employment opportunities to women students at under graduate level. It has been conducted successfully during the academic years 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18. In 2015-16 fifty students, in 2016-17 thirty three students and in 2017-18 fifty seven students completed the course successfully and got certificates. They get good training in Writing news, Reporting and Interviewing. Some of them got admission in advanced course of journalism with their interest. Some of them are working in local T.V channels. As the pupils are very much interested in journalism we have decided to continue the course.
Problems encountered and resources required: As our lecturers are engaging both P.G & U.G classes, it would have been better if higher authorities arranges skilled person from outside. As the journalism is a modern course we don‟t find ample books or material to distribute to the students. As the journalism demands field work for reporting and also some extra skills like editing, proof reading which we can provide them only by visiting media offices, due to lack of funds and as it is short term course we could not provide that experience which is very much important.
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 94 Inauguration of Journalism Certificate Course
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 95 Award of certificates to the students upon the completion of the course
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Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 96 Govt. College for Women (A) Guntur. Best practices of Department of Tourism and Travel Management 1. Title of the practice: “Internship (Trainning) Programe For 48 Days” in collaboration with Andhra Pradesh Tourism Corporation 2. Objective of the practice: To provide practical experience to the students of tourism on basic operational activities at a tourist destination (centre/office) or hotel. To provide practical training in the areas of reception, front office, housekeeping, food production and beverage etc which are key departments of a tourist accommodation/ hotel. To encourage the students to learn various problems or procedure relating to tourists when they arrived at a particular tourist destination. 3. Context: Though our students well versed in theoretically equipped in tourism management but they lagging behind in practical knowledge. Due to this reason department has arranged the lengthy and useful training in all aspects of tourism industry with the association of APTDC, Vijayawada. 4. Practice: We started this program from 2006 onwards and our students involved very enthusiastically to gain the practical knowledge. Our students were deputed for practical knowledge (internship) at various tourist places in Andhra Pradesh namely Vijayawada- Bhavani Island, Vijayawada- Berm Park, Amaravthi- Archaeological Museum, Bapatla- suryalanka beach etc every year. Usually, students deputed for this training in summer after the completion of 4th semester course.
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 97 5. Evidences of success: Students are showing keen interest to undergo this internship training and submitting project work record. Students actively participating in various activities and supporting the staff and tourists at their allotted internship training centers. After the successful completion of training they were awarded participation certificates by the concerned authorities. The department is maintaining a book of record with mentioning all the particulars of the students every year. Some of the meritorious students that who were proved their Excellency in training are offered various jobs from various institutions relating to tourism. 6. Problems encountered: Students are facing difficulty regarding boarding and lodging facilities during training period. It is a big burden for our students to bare the expenses in their training program as most of the students are belongs to lower middle class. 7. Resources required: Financial support or the stipend required from the college or APTDC or other Govt. tourism agencies.
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 98 Internship Completion Certificates given by Tourism Corporation, Andhra Pradesh
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 99 Department of Psychology and Sociology Best Practices ( 2015 - 18) Student Counselling for various adjustmental problems.
Objectives of the Practice 1. Understanding self 2. Coping with difficult situations 3. Acquiring positive self regard and sense of optimision about one‟s own ability. 4. Effective solutions to personal and interpersonal problems.
The Context In the present scenario because of Globalization we are getting so many opportunities like getting jobs, getting technological advancement and flow of information and so on. At the same time we are getting so many problems like family disputes, language problems,adjustmentalproblems , loss of beloved ones, lack of Emotional adjustment, over usage of technology, adopting Foreign culture like pub culture and so on. For them in counseling Social stigma plays the challenging role in counseling. So many members do not come out side to express them feelings. So, it is difficult to give individual counselling. To identify the cultural differences also a challenge. Time factor is another challenge for teacher counselor. Students may avoid attending counseling session during class timings. Some members they do not have any awareness regarding counselling. The Practice and Uniqueness In the present scenario for gaining comfortable life, people are dumping so much of stress in their brains. They are facing so many problems like inferiority complex, suicidal tendency and in the adolescent period they may fall in so many attractions and getting pain.
Best Practices by the Departments, Government College for Women (A), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Page 100 For this to know of their strengths and weakness and to lead to peaceful life in the society. In other Institutions we don‟t have any Psychology departments and counsellors. But in our Govt. College for women we have the Psychology dept. and give the group counselling regarding of various issues like adjustmental problems, Inferiority complex issues, suicidal tendency and so on.
Evidence of Success Through Academic counseling students got the Improvement. We can check their output by Evaluation. We can identify their behavioural changes / adjustment in the society after counseling by taking feedback. So, we can know the adjustment of thee Individuals. So, there is need for counselling.
Problems Encountered and Resources Required There are so many Therapies in counseling regarding the density of the problem. So, in counseling session to follow different approaches is difficult in the college. More & more tests to be needed to identify problem. Assistance is needed to record the client‟s progress and to maintain record. There must be need for counselling room with sound proof for getting privacy.
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Individual Counseling
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