Self Study Report (2 Cycle)

College of Commerce Patna 800 020, Bihar (INDIA) http://www.cocpatna.org /Fax 0612-2350136 Self Study Report (2nd cycle)

[Submitted to NAAC, Bangalore]

31st March 2015

College of Commerce, Patna 800 020 Bihar (India) www.cocpatna.org/ Phone: 0612-2350136 Institutional E-mail ID: [email protected]/ Track ID: BRCOGN13818

From: The Principal College of Commerce, Patna (Bihar)

To: The Director National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Nagarbhavi, Bangalore 560 072, India

Dear Sir, I am hereby dispatching the Self Study Report/Self Assessment Report (SSR/SAR) prepared by our team of teachers coordinated by Dr. Jainendra Kumar, Professor and Former Head, Department of Botany and Biotechnology of the college. Kindly note that it is for validation of SSR for the second cycle of assessment and accreditation. Please refer to your mail to our mail address [email protected]/ dated 5th March, 2015 vide NAAC/CAPU/E&NE/BRCOGN13818/2015. First assessment and validation of the ‘Self Study Report’ of this institution was done by the NAAC Peer team in 2009 and accreditation was granted by NAAC on March 08, 2009 assigning CGPA 2.92 on four point scale at B grade. As required, five hard copies and one soft copy of the SSR as Compact Disc (CD) along with the soft copies of the AQARs for the preceding years (2009- 10, 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13) are to be submitted to NAAC, P.O. Box No. 1075, Nagarbhavi, Bangalore 560 072 soon.

With Regards and warm wishes,

Yours Sincerely,

[Prof. (Dr.) Baban Singh] 31st March, 2015

Index

Chapter Page

1. Executive Summary 03-06

2. Profile of the Institution 07-14

3. Criteria-wise Inputs 15-120

4. Criterion I 16-31

5. Criterion II 32-52

6. Criterion III 53-73

7. Criterion IV 74-86

8. Criterion V 87-99

9. Criterion VI 100-112

10. Criterion VII 113-120

11. Evaluative Reports of the Departments 121-193

12. Post accreditation Initiatives 194-202

13. Declaration by the Head of the Institution 203

14. Appendices (i) Certificate of Compliance 204 (ii) Master Plan 205 (iii) UGC Grant XII Plan 206 (iv) UGC 2F 207

Executive summary (The SWOC analysis)

Established in 1949, College of Commerce, Patna 800 020, affiliated as a constituent unit of Magadh University, Bodh Gaya (Bihar), is recognized by University Grants Commission, New Delhi under 2(f) and 12(B). Enriched with all necessary infrastructure, an automated Central Library linked to world-wide Free information flows and databases, well equipped laboratories, computer learning premises, two websites (www.cocpatna.org and www.coclib.org), a local area wireless network (WLAN) that allows a computer device to connect to the internet at 2.4 GHz UHF and 5 GHz HHF radio waves and Intranet facilities, the College imparts undergraduate and post-graduate education to students in various subjects of Arts, Social Sciences, Humanities, Science, Commerce and management vide Botany, Biotechnology, Zoology, Biochemistry, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Economics, Commerce, Business Management and Business Administration, Hindi, English, Urdu, Maithili, Philosophy, Sociology, History, Psychology, Geography, Political Science, Library Science and Law. Degree level Vocational education is available in Biotechnology, Office management and Secretarial Practices (OMSP), Computer Applications (B.C.A.), B.Sc. (IT), Biochemistry and Functional English. Degree level add- on programs (Certificate/Diploma/Advance diploma) are available in Bioinformatics, Nutrition and Dietetics, Cultivation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Medical Lab Technology and Journalism and Mass Communication. Professional Bachelors’ program is available in Business Management (B.B.M.) and Professional Post Graduate programs in Biotechnology and Business Administration. Bachelors’ level program in Library and Information Science is supported by a Masters’ degree in the area (M. Lib).

Undergraduate Regular and vocational programs in the institution are: 1. B.A. (Honors degree) in Economics, History, Political Science, Geography, Sociology, Philosophy, Psychology, Hindi, English, Bengali (under suspension currently), Urdu and Maithili. 2. B.Sc. (Honors degree) in Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology and Mathematics. 3. B. Com. (Honors degree) in Commerce

4. B.Sc. Vocational (Honors) in Biotechnology and Biochemistry 5. B.Com. Vocational (Honors) in Office Management and Secretarial Practices, vocational Honors degree in B.B.M. and 6. Vocational Honors degree in B.C.A. and B.Sc. (IT). Postgraduate programs in the institution are: 1. M.A. in Economics, History, Political Science, Geography, Sociology, Psychology, Hindi and English (From 2015-16, in Urdu, Philosophy and LSW too). 2. M.Sc. in Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Biotechnology and Mathematics. 3. M. Com. in Commerce and Masters in Business Administration. 4. Masters’ degree in Library Science

Job-oriented programs in the institution are: 3-year add-on programs leading to Certificate/Diploma/Advance diploma in - 1. Nutrition and Dietetics 2. Bioinformatics 3. Cultivation of Medicinal and Aromatic plants 4. Medical Lab Technology 5. Journalism and Mass Communication

One-year PG diploma is available in Counseling and Rehabilitation and one- year UG degree in Library and Information science. Presently, Ph. D. programs are available in Economics, History, Political Science, Geography, Sociology, Psychology, Hindi, English, Commerce, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Biotechnology and Mathematics.

Analytical (SWOC) view of the Institution

Strengths: The most notable feature of College of Commerce, Patna is its strong, highly qualified and optimally efficient teaching fraternity that creates a uniquely conducive atmosphere for teaching and learning processes. Majority of the faculty members are well-known, popular and famous for their dedication, teaching prowess, research and social commitment inside and outside of the campus. They excel both in teaching and research. Regular publications in research journals, magazines, Newsletters, Conference proceedings, college magazines, online media and dailies and participation in national and international symposia and conferences are their hallmark. In-

house publications, ICT-enabled teaching, extracurricular and co-curricular activities and Public extension services distinguish several departments from those from other colleges of the University or state. There are altogether five faculties: (a) Science, (b) Arts, (c) Commerce, (d) Law, and (e) Management, and there are 18 departments in total viz. i. Botany and Biotechnology, ii. Chemistry, iii. Commerce, iv. Economics, v. English, vi. Geography, vii. Hindi, viii. History, xi. Maithili, x. Mathematics, xi. Philosophy, xii. Physics, xiii. Political Science, xiv. Psychology, xv. Sociology, xvi. Urdu, xvii. Zoology, and xviii. Law (now under the administrative and financial control of the institution only). Though, the institution harbors a department of Bangla too, it is not imparting any program presently. Additionally, the college runs a number of programs which directly prepare students for job market or make them self-employable. Such programs include vocational courses in Biotechnology, Bachelor in Computer Applications (B.C.A.), B.Sc. IT, Biochemistry and Office management and Secretarial Practices (OMSP); Add-On courses (that provide opportunity to students to take these additional part-time courses together with their main subject at degree level and arm themselves with Certificate, Diploma and Advance diploma progressively in three years) in Bioinformatics, Nutrition and Dietetics, Medical Lab Technology, Cultivation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Functional English and Journalism and Mass Communications; and professional courses such as BBM, MBA, Post-Graduate program in Biotechnology and PGDCR (PG Diploma in Counseling and Rehabilitation). Other strengths that the institution possesses include Compact and walled campus; Easy accessibility (by train, buses and other transport/vehicles); Disciplined atmosphere and peaceful surroundings; In-city location with satellites of villages that enable it to cater to both rural and urban mass; Co- Education; Transparent but strict admission procedure; Qualitative knowledge delivery and excellence in teaching; optimally Qualified/specialized faculties; Competitive and Student-centred ICT-supported teaching/learning with special Tutorial and Remedial classes; Coaching facility for backward classes and ST/SC students for administrative services exams; schemes for poor and downtrodden; Feedback system and Self appraisal; Automated Central library with a separate website; Departmental Seminars; Adoption of quality enhancement measures; Environmental consciousness (e.g. Rain water harvesting and use in labs, alternative energy utilization, Vermi-composting of garbage and wastes, Vermifiltration, Plantation and Social forestry units etc.), Publication of Newsletters (e.g. IQAC Newsletter; Newsletter by Department

of Botany and Biotechnology), Bi-monthly pull-out (Samanantar) and Magazines (Vimarsh - The College magazine; English department magazine – The Inward Eye: Patliputra Journal of English Studies, Urdu Today); Interdisciplinary Research activities, Collaborations and MOUs with Research organizations (e.g. with ABTF, Korea; IIT, Kanpur), Industries, Academic and environment-based associations (e.g. with ‘Harmony – The International Organization of Biologists’ and ‘Organization For Sustainable Development’), Clubs (e.g. with Rotary Club), Social organizations and Networks (e.g. with NHRDN) and NGOs/Trusts (e.g. with AVP Permaculture and Agriculture Technologies, ‘Nidan’ etc.); Periodical but frequently organized ‘invited talks’/guest lectures for students and Faculties; Regular Host to Local, National and International Seminars, Symposia and Conferences; Students’ Democratic Union; Students’ participation in administration; IQAC with representation from all walks of life; Students’ grievance cell with anti- ragging unit; Placement cell; Career counseling Cell; U.G.C. Cell; Gender Sensitization modules, Cell for Students Awareness for alternative options; Excellent regular performance records of students in university exams., arts and culture and games and Sports; Canteen facility; Indoor games; gymnasium and University Branch office in the College premises to meet the students’ day to day demands. Faculty members are regularly invited for evaluation of Ph.D. theses and as members of the statutory bodies like senate etc. by other universities. A number of faculty members from this college have served as Vice Chancellor, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Registrars in the Universities of Bihar.

Weaknesses: Though playground for Volleyball and Basketball are available in the premises, the institution utilizes Public Stadia on contract and agreement for football and Cricket (Moinul Haque Stadium in Patna) due to lack of a large playground of its own. Hostel facility for girls is under construction still. However, it is hoped that it shall be made fully functional soon.

Opportunities and Challenges: The College plans to introduce more vocational and job-oriented courses for which it needs to seek approval from the State government and University. It also plans to approach the State government for lands in Western part of the city to develop a second campus which shall facilitate the introduction of many new academic and Co- curricular programs including those that can attract overseas students such as from Nepal, Bangla Desh, Bhutan, Myanmar etc.

Profile of the Institution

1. Name and Address of the College Name: College of Commerce, Patna Address: Old Bypass Road, Kankarbagh, Patna City: Patna Pin: 800 020 State: Bihar

2. For Communication Principal: Prof. (Dr.) Baban Singh Telephone (O): 0612-2350136 Telephone (R): 0612-2592254 Mobile: 91-9431047314 Fax: 0612-2350136 E-mail: [email protected]/; [email protected]/

Steering Committee Coordinator: Prof. (Dr.) Jainendra Kumar Telephone (O): 91-9934034693 Telephone (R): 91-8986902181 E-mail: [email protected]/; [email protected]/; [email protected]/

3. Status of the Institution Constituent College

4. Type of Institution By Gender: Co-Education By Shift: Regular

5. Is it a recognized minority institution? No

6. Sources of funding: Grant-in-aid (A State University)

7. a. Date of establishment of the college: 05-09-1949 b. University to which the college is affiliated:

Magadh University, Bodh Gaya (Bihar) as a constituent college. c. Details of UGC recognition: Under Section Date, Month & Year Remarks (If any) 2 (f) 18.06.1983 Submitted as 2f.pdf 12 (B) 18.06.1983 Submitted as 12B.pdf d. Details of recognition/approval by statutory and Regulatory bodies other than UGC Section/Clause Details Date/Month/ Validity Remark Year Section 23 of Masters in 19.03.2013 2013-14 Approved by the AICTE Act Business university 1987 Administration 04.06.2014 2014-15

All other programs are recognized by the affiliating University (Magadh University, Bodh Gaya, Bihar) and appropriate bodies of the State Govt.

8. Does the affiliating university Act provide for conferment of autonomy (as recognized by the UGC) on its affiliated colleges? No 9. Is the college recognized (a). by UGC as a college with Potential for Excellence (CPE)? No. (A letter regarding CPE status from UGC was received but conferment not done yet) (b). for its performance by any other government agency? Yes, by the HRD of the Govt. of Bihar as a college for excellence. 10 Location of the campus and area (in sq. mts,) Location: Urban with rural neighborhood on the southern and eastern sides. Campus area: 5.89 acres (23836 sq. mts.) Built up area in sq. mts.: 10896 sq. mts. Approx. 11. Facilities available on the campus:  Auditorium/seminar complex with infrastructural facilities   Sports facilities: Play ground  Gymnasium   Hostel: Girls’ Hostel  (01 - Under construction)  Cafeteria 

 Health centre  (First aid available ; Inpatient bi-weekly facility ; Part-time qualified doctors )  Bank (Central Bank of India Branch)   Post office   Animal house (For rabbits)   Biological waste disposal   Power Generator for emergency   Solid waste management facility  (As Vermicomposting unit)  Waste water management  (As Vermifiltration Unit)  Water harvesting  (for labs) 12. Details of programs offered by the college (Current academic year: 2013-14) S Programme Name of the Duration Entry Medium Sanctioned Number . Level Programme/ Qualification of Student of N Course instruction Strength students . admitted B.A. (Honors) 3 years I.A./ +2 English 2880 2692 Under- 1 B.Sc. (Honors) I.Sc./ +2 and Hindi 2160 1677 graduate B.Com I.Com/+2 1920 2330 (Honors) M.A. 2 years B.A. English/ 1108 884 Post- 2 M.Sc. B.Sc. Hindi 448 340 graduate M.Com. B. Com 128 128

Program 3 M.Phil non-existent M.A./M.Sc./ English 6 under 121 4 Ph. D. Ph.D. 2-4 years M.Com. /Hindi Professor /4-2 under others LLB 3 years Inter/+2 English/ 360 256 5 Law degree Hindi Add-on programs: (a) Bioinformatics 90 85 Bachelor’s English 90 67 (b) Nutrition 3 years studentship and Hindi Certificate / and Dietetics Diploma/ (c) Medical lab Advance 90 90 6 technology Diploma (d) Journal. Course and Mass 90 82 communication . (e) Library & Information 1-year Degree 60 56 Science

PG PGDCR 1 year Graduate English 20 12 7 Diploma degree and Hindi Biotechnolgy I.Sc. (+2) 150 150 Any Other Functional I.A./+2 English 3 years English 90 60 8 (Vocational OMSP I.Com/+2 /Hindi 90 75 degree 150 150 level) B.C.A. I.Sc./+2 B.Sc. IT I.Sc./+2 90 80 90 90 Professiona B.B.M. 2 years B.Sc. 240 146 M.Sc. Biotech M.Sc. Bio English/ 60 60 9 l MBA B.A./B.Com Hindi 120 108 (PG) /B.Sc.

13. Does the college offer self-financed programs? Yes, 17 in Total. 14. New programs introduced in the college during the last five years, if any? Yes  Number: 03 (M.B.A., Certificate/diploma/Advance diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication, and 1-year course in Library and Information Science). [B.Sc. Honours (V) in Biochemistry, M. Lib., M.A. in LSW, M.A. in Urdu and M.A. in Philosophy have been introduced 2012-13]. 15 List the departments Faculty Departments UG PG Research Science 1. Botany & Biotechnology Yes Yes Yes

UG – 05 2. Chemistry Yes Yes Yes PG – 05 3. Mathematics Yes Yes Yes Research-05 4. Physics Yes Yes Yes 5. Zoology Yes Yes Yes Arts 1. Philosophy Yes No No UG – 11 2. Political Science Yes Yes Yes PG – 08 3. Psychology Yes Yes Yes Research-08 4. Sociology Yes Yes Yes 5. Urdu Yes No No 6. Economics Yes Yes Yes 7. English Yes Yes Yes 8. Geography Yes Yes Yes 9. Hindi Yes Yes Yes 10. History Yes Yes Yes

11. Maithili Yes No No

Commerce Department of Commerce Yes Yes Yes Management Department of Business Administration Yes (V) Yes No Law Department of Law Yes No No

16. Number of programs offered under (a) Annual system: 26 (Traditional & degree level vocational courses) + 05 (Add-on courses) + 01 (PG diploma CAR): Total 33 (b) Semester system: 19 (c) Trimester system: None

17. Number of programs with (a) Choice based Credit System: None (b) Inter/Multi-disciplinary Approach: 02 (Biotechnology UG and PG) (c) Any other: None 18. Does the college offer UG and/or PG programs in Teacher Education? None 19. Does the college offer UG or PG programs in Physical Education? No 20. Number of teaching and non-teaching positions in the Institution

Positions Teaching faculty Non- Technical Professor Associate Assistant teaching staff professor professor staff M F M F M F M F M F Sanctioned by 131 in total 171 in total the Sate Government* Recruited 18 5 54 19 15 7 100 x 10 04 Yet to recruit 13 vacant positions 57 vacant positions (Due to recent retirements of teachers)

*No position is sanctioned by any other agency

** No separate position sanctioned for the three categories of teachers, or for male and female in either of the teaching or non-teaching categories. Sanctioned positions for teachers are department/subject-wise: Principal – 01; Chemistry – 15 + 12 (for Demonstrator); Physics – 11 + 09 (D); Zoology – 05 + 05; Botany – 07 + 6 (D); Mathematics – 09; Geography – 04 + 01

(D); Psychology – 10 + 04 (D); Economics – 09; History – 04; Sociology – 02 + 01 (Floating position); English – 15; Hindi – 10; Urdu – 03; Bangla – 02; Maithili – 03; Philosophy – 02; Commerce – 12; Political Science – 08; Law – 12 (Not included here).

21. Qualification of the teaching staff

Highest Professor Associate Assistant qualificati Professor Professor Total on Male Female Male Female Male Female Permanent teachers D.Sc./D.Litt. 01 01 01 03 Ph.D. 18 05 54 19 14 07 117 M.Phil. None None None None None None None PG 01 01 Temporary teachers: None

22. Number of Visiting/Guest Faculty engaged with the college: 45-50 (variable)

23. Furnish the number of the students admitted to the college during the last four academic years (2009-10 to 12-13 _ Excluding self-financed programs)

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Categories Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female SC 842 199 924 225 987 205 1088 465 ST 10 12 28 - - 03 20 - OBC 1578 373 1763 437 1851 421 2080 873 General 2670 1005 2713 706 2865 692 3400 1126 Others (BCG) 37 42 40 87

24. Details on students enrollment in the college during the current academic year* (* Only Regular courses)

Type of students UG PG M. Phil. Ph.D. Total Students from the same 6604 1300 N.A. 98 8002 state where the college is located

Students from other states of 95 52 N.A. 23 170 India NRI students None None N. A. None None

Foreign students None None N. A. None None

Total 6699 1352 N. A. 121 8172

25. Dropout rate in UG and PG (Average of the last two batches) UG: 8.7% PG: 3.45%

26. Unit Cost of Education (a) Including the salary component: Rs. 35,135/ approx. (b) Excluding the salary component: Rs. 08,356/ approx.

27. Does the college offer any program in distance education mode (DEP)? No

28. Teacher-student ratio for each of the programs offered B.A./B.Sc./B.Commerce Honors programs:

Hindi (1:7.8) English (1:6.9) Urdu (1:3) Maithili (1:1) Bangla (N.A.) History (1:118.5) Philosophy (1:6) Sociology (1:232.5) Psychology (1:35) Political Science (1:53.3) Economics (1:47.1) Commerce (1:161.75) Botany (1:12.5) Physics (1:60.75) Chemistry (1:17) Zoology (1:113) Mathematics (1:114.5)

M.A./M.Sc./M. Com. Programs (based on admission in 12-13)

Hindi (1:5.8) English (1:13.77) History (1:47) Sociology (1:96) Psychology (1:10) Political Science (1:16.2) Economics (1:12) Commerce (1:16) Botany (1:12) Physics (1:10.75) Chemistry (1:3.75) Zoology (1:32.7) Mathematics

29. Is the college applying for

Accreditation: Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Cycle 3 Cycle 4

30. Date of accreditation Cycle 1: 08.03.2009 (Photocopies of accreditation certificate and peer team report are attached as annexure) 31. Number of working days during the last academic year

261

32. Number of teaching days during the last academic year

231

33. Date of establishment of Internal Quality Assurance Cell

15.07.2010

34. Details regarding submission of Annual Quality Assurance Reports (AQARs) Hard copies of AQARs are available with the institution. Due to sudden crash of the old college website (www.cocpatna.edu.in), soft copies are missing in the college records.

35. Any other relevant Data: None

Criterion-wise Inputs (Analytical Report)

Criterion-I

CURRICULAR ASPECTS

1.1 Curricular planning and implementation: 1.1.1 State the Vision, mission and objectives of the Institution and how are these communicated to the students, teachers, staff and other Stakeholders? As mentioned earlier in the 1st cycle SSR, since its inception, mission of College of Commerce has been to cater quality education and equal opportunity to all including the poor and weaker sections of the society. It was, in fact, the mission with which the legendary Pt. Indu Shekhar Jha laid the foundation of the college. The institution is in the heart of the city with a Railway Terminal in front (Rajendra Nagar Railway Terminal), but flanked by hundreds of villages on the Southern and the Eastern sides to which it has to cater. Objectives of the institution have been:  To impart world-class education even to the people of poor and weaker sections once they are admitted under the available provisions, rules and reserved quotas.  To provide equal opportunity to both Urban and rural sections of the society and to prepare the latter to come at par with the former. Since its inception, institution has been imparting quality education in commerce (since 1949), Science (since 1957), Arts and Humanities (1960), and law (since 1963) to its students admitted from all kinds of background and all representative sections of the social strata, sustained now by three generations of teachers. Cut off marks for admission in different programs and courses tend to go higher and higher year by year and some filtration mechanism (written test and interview) is adopted due to high demand and limited number of seats. Despite the fact that admission is based on marks and admission test, a fairly large proportion of underprivileged, subaltern, marginalized and downtrodden students from the neighboring backward villages get entry on the basis of their merit along with those students who come from higher strata of the society and English medium schools. The college administration consciously tries to percolate its vision and mission to a wider cross section of the society and such a heterogeneous group of

students is selected strictly on the basis of intelligence, ability and aptitude (and social and economic background in case of reserved quotas). We do have a tradition of post admission induction meet in which we carefully try to identify the immediate remedial needs of different types of the students. We try to diagnose student specific problems and arrange counseling classes for their benefit for about a week. Students are ‘primed’ to be driven by the vision and objectives of the institution. We involve students in different activities and situational management simulation to encourage their questioning ability and inculcate in them logical and rational thinking relating to real life situations and develop leadership quality.

1.1.2 How does the institution develop and deploy action plans for effective implementation of the curriculum? Details of the process are below with examples. College of Commerce is a constituent unit and post-graduate centre of Magadh University, Bodh Gaya (Bihar). Course structure and contents for all conventional subjects (non-vocational courses) are planned and published by the affiliating university and it is mandatory for the affiliated and constituent units to follow its syllabi. However, we design the final curricula that comprise -  Allotment of different topics and specifics to teachers in accordance with their expertise and involvement,  Specific teaching methods that ensure effective delivery of the subject in its right perspective to students,  Co-curricular and extra-curricular elements that induce requisite norms and values into the students,  Design of practical learning schedules and lab protocols, and  Personality development elements. These are made to reflect the vision, mission, objectives and the institutional commitment. We have curriculum implementation, diagnostic and assessment committees at departmental level. These committees minutely ponder over and go through deliberations before the beginning of each academic session to come out with an effective action plan to realize the objectives. These departmental bodies continuously monitor whether the progress of teaching, skill learning, class-room lectures and deliverance are in accordance with the plan or not. In case of a problem, these bodies provide meaningful solutions.

Departments (especially in Science) are equipped with ICT solutions such as PP presentations, digital graphics and tools, video lectures, documentaries, E-contents, E-journals, animations and films that add to the effective implementation of the curricula. One example that can be cited in this context is ‘a post-graduate class of modern biology students’ sit to learn about ‘Protein synthesis’. Students are first provided with a 30-minute delivery of its outline with the help of a chalk and board, followed by a brief 30-minute PP presentation which is finally wrapped with an animation film of 20-minute duration on the protein synthesis mechanism. Forty minutes are left for interaction and question-answer session in a two-hour schedule.

1.1.3 What type of support (procedural and practical) do the teachers receive (from the university and/or institution) for effectively translating the curriculum and improving teaching practices? Departments of the college are equipped with at least one computer, Printer, Overhead projector, transparencies and internet facility with few LCD projectors that can be shared. Wi-Fi connectivity is available and its access is provided to students as well. A few smart classrooms are there. The College administration has also made arrangement for Science departments to have MOU with other institutions like IIT, Patna, Aryabhatta Knowledge University, Patna and other institutions for access of research journals and advanced experimental facilities, and for the arts and humanities departments to have MOUs with the Central University of Bihar and other institutions. The teaching faculties are independent to introduce any innovation in teaching methods at their own. The institution only takes stock of these periodically and assesses their impacts through departmental committees. 1.1.4 Initiatives taken up or contribution made by the institution for effective curriculum delivery and transaction on the curriculum provided by the affiliating university or other statutory agency? College administration is particularly conscious to start each academic session timely. Once students finish writing their B.Sc./B.A./B.Com (Honors) Part I or Part II examinations, they are provisionally promoted to the higher class and taught theory and practical exercises without waiting for their result. Similar practice is followed in case of all the 4 semesters of the post-graduate programs. To ensure whether the institution effectively transacts the curriculum, we have special provisions for periodical MCQ/classroom tests, quiz, group discussion, project presentation, tutorial classes and remedial sessions.

1.1.5 How does the institution network and interact with beneficiaries such as industry, research bodies and the university in effective operationalization of the curriculum? The interface of our institutional network is rather strong. College is always in direct day to day contact with the university regarding curricula and related matters. We have an easy access through its Branch office which is housed in our additional campus and headed by our Principal presently as OSD who is assisted by a Nodal officer from our faculty. Time to time, the institution has reached Research organizations and industries regarding the design and implementation of the curricula (especially in case of Vocational and Add-on programs). Industries like McDowels Pvt. Ltd., Mokama were instrumental in the design of Biotechnology programs. They recognize many of our programs as relevant to their contemporary need. Tek Brain Pvt. Ltd., Patna, Delhi and Pune, Web Info Edge, Delhi, Brahma Consultancy, Pune, Alchem Laboratories, Baidyanath Ayurveda Bhawan, Patna etc. are some of the permanent recruiters of our students. We have research collaboration with institutions like IIT-Kanpur, Consortium for Scientific Research, Indore, Konkuk University, South Korea etc. A number of our alumni are at high positions in industries and software companies of global reputation and they provide inputs to us whenever needed.

1.1.6 What are the contributions of the institution and/or its staff members to the development of the curriculum by the university? (Number of staff members/departments represented on the board of studies, student feedback, teacher feedback, stakeholder feedback provided, specific suggestions etc.) Being a premier Institution, most of our senior faculties are regularly appointed as the members of the Syllabus committees of Magadh university and those of other universities. Since a decade back, about 55 faculties (some of them have recently retired) of eight different departments have served as members of the Syllabus formulation/revision committees/Curriculum development committees of Magadh University and other universities of Bihar and outside, Secondary Boards, NCERT, Open Universities such as Nalanda Open University, Patna, Punjab Technical University, Central University of Bihar, Bihar etc. Such experiences have been useful in defining the Syllabi and curricula of Magadh university. We also do have a Feedback committee to carry on and monitor feedback from students, teachers, parents or society members. These feedbacks have

played definitive role in curricular design, allotment and delivery. College of Commerce, Patna is invariably represented in Syllabus development committees of the University in most of the subjects.

1.1.7 Does the institution develop curriculum for any of the courses offered (other than those under the purview of the affiliating university) by it? If yes, give details on the process (Needs assessment, design, development and planning) and the courses for which the curriculum has been developed. College of commerce has developed the course content, course structure and curricula for the self-financed vocational and add-on programs like Biotechnology (B.Sc. and M.Sc.), Bioinformatics, Functional English, Cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants, Nutrition and Dietetics, Medical lab technology, Office-management and secretarial practices, Library and Information science, Journalism and Mass communication etc. which were later approved by the university and introduced in other colleges where these programs were sanctioned with time. These syllabi were designed by taking into account the need of students, self-employability factors, industry requirements, job market, entrepreneurship, knowledge enrichment and training. All these curricula are modern but based on the stated vision, mission and objectives of the college to arm young people with requisite skills and knowledge so as to make them self- employable and complete in all respects, and to enable them to compete in the open job market. Apart from these, due considerations are given to easy access for the disadvantaged sections, equity, self-development quotient, community development needs, awareness of ecology and environment, value education and global needs.

1.1.8 How does the institution analyze/ensure that the stated objectives of curriculum are achieved in the course of implementation? As stated earlier, the goals and objectives of the institutions have been addressed with following considerations —  Making higher education available to underprivileged as well as to those coming from urban middle classes.  Providing teaching and training to all students admitted to the institution without any bias.  Providing the students with all possible types of access to various opportunities that may be availed of. Initially, Bachelor’s course was started in Commerce in 1949. Primary vision of the founders was to impart high-class quality education in this subject area,

which was highly sought after area due to induction of growth and industry in the country after independence in 1947, as no other institution in Patna or its surroundings or Bihar taught commerce at that time. It was, in fact, a leader institution in its vision and mission in Bihar. Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, was behind the vision of the institution, and that is why the institution was launched from Chapra, Bihar – the place where the Honorable first President of India belonged. With a lot of appreciations and success in terms of its objectives, courses in Science, Arts and Law were started by the institution in later years to take forward its vision to greater heights that gradually converted into a mission to educate the young people and train them appropriately. As the target groups have been the uninitiated rural people, operational aspects of the curricula for different courses have always been executed by the college with those groups in mind. Reflection of the institutional mission and goals has been ensured through these steps:  Medium of instruction is Hindi in addition to English in almost all subjects of Science, Arts, Humanities and Commerce at both undergraduate and Post-graduate levels.  Teachers are instructed to adopt simple and direct teaching methods especially in classes dominated by the students from rural background.  If need be, special assistance is provided to rural students to enable them to catch up with others.  Special counseling sessions are arranged for students who lag behind due to their poor background and training. Better performance of our students in university examinations and different competitive examinations, Good pass percentage and students excelling at their respective places and positions are testimony to the fact that the stated objectives of the curriculum are achieved. Feedback, suggestions and write-ups from students and other groups (e.g. parents, industry people, Alumni and extended associations on Social media such as ‘School of Biotechnology, COC, Patna’, ‘Biotech Dhaba’, ‘COC_Pat’, Campaigners’ Social Forestry etc.) are used to analyze the impact of our objectives and delivery.

1.2 Academic flexibility 1.2.1 Goals, objectives and details of the certificate/diploma/skill development courses etc. offered by the institution. As stated earlier, the Goals and objectives of the courses offered by the institution are to prepare students to enter into the job market or

entrepreneurship arena equipped with relevant knowledge and requisite training. We don’t aim only the employability but also an access to the global requirement, arming the disadvantaged with skills, equity, community development and National development needs, environmental awareness and values. Progressive 3-year certificate/diploma/advance diploma programs are offered in Bioinformatics, Cultivation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Nutrition and Dietetics, Medical Lab Technology and Journalism and Mass Communication. P.G. Diploma is available in Counseling and Rehabilitation conducted by the department of Psychology. In addition, skill development programs are 3-year degree vocational programs in Biotechnology, Biochemistry, B.C.A., Information Technology, B.B.M., OMSP and Functional English. One-year degree program in Library and information science equip students with skills for Information management sector. Now, it is further strengthened by the introduction of the Masters degree in this area. Operational Language Lab instills a separate kind of skill into the students, who can use this training to find jobs as translator, language facilitator, media broadcast personnel, writer/editor etc., in addition to contributing to their personality development and communicative skills.

1.2.2 Does the institution offer programs that facilitate twining/dual degree? If yes, give details. Yes. A student of Science subject (Honors) program may opt for either Bioinformatics or C.M.A.P. or Nutrition and dietetics, or MLT. Likewise, a student of B. A. or B. Com. may opt to join certificate/diploma or advanced diploma programs in Journalism and mass communication or C.M.A.P. or Nutrition and Dietetics or MLT. A student doing his/her main graduation course in any subject may also opt for more than one add-on programs if he/she is prepared to carry them over successfully. These progressive programs arm them with various defining skills additionally while taking the main course.

1.2.3 Details of the various institutional provisions with reference to academic flexibility and how it has been helpful to students in terms of skill development, Academic mobility, progression to higher studies and improved potential for employability. Issues may cover the following and beyond.

 Range of core/elective options offered by the university and those opted by the college.  Choice based credit system and range of subject options.  Courses offered in modular form  Credit transfer and accumulation facilities.  Lateral and vertical mobility within and across programs and courses.  Enrichment courses. Following programs are presently running in the college:  B.Sc. (Hon.) programs in Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Biotechnology (V), Biochemistry (V), B.C.A. (V), B.Sc. (IT) and Mathematics. (Total: 09)  B.A. (Hon.) programs in Economics, History, Political Science, Geography, Sociology, Philosophy, Psychology, Hindi, English, Bengali, Urdu, Maithili, Functional English (V) (Total: 13)  Degree in Library and Information Science (Total: 01)  Master degree in Library Science (Total: 01)  B. Com. (Hon.) in General Commerce, B.B.A. and OMSP (V). (Total : 03)  M.Sc. Programs in Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Mathematics and Biotechnology. (Total: 06)  M.A. programs in Economics, History, Political Science, Geography, Sociology, Psychology, Hindi, English, Urdu, Philosophy and Labour and Social Welfare (Total: 11).  M.Com, M.B.A. (Total : 02) Certificate /Diploma/Advance Diploma providing enrichment courses are available in:  Bioinformatics  Cultivation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants  Nutrition and Dietetics  Medical Lab Technology  Journalism and Mass Communication P.G. Diploma is available in:  Counseling and Rehabilitation The above courses facilitate vertical and lateral mobility across the programs. Research programs are available in 18 subject areas presently. The concept of academic flexibility in terms of elective options for students applies to post graduate programs where a student has the option to take a

paper of his/her choice as special/elective paper. We have tried to introduce greater range of options in these subjects especially keeping in mind the modern areas of knowledge. Again, in case of graduate level students, they have the option to select any of the add-on courses as per his/her aptitude and choice. Most of these programs are interdisciplinary in nature. Having Certificate in one area would not deter him/her from completing diploma in another or advance diploma in some other subject area as per his/her interest and requirement. In near future, we strive to introduce more such programs. It is important to add that a student admitted into an Honors Program in Science or Arts or Humanities is given enough time to search for his/her own interest, and is given an opportunity for lateral mobility from one subject combination to another within six months of his/her admission. No program based on Choice based credit system, modular form or credit transfer facility is available presently in the institution.

1.2.4 Institution’s self-financed programmes. How do they differ from other programmes with reference to admission, curriculum, fee structure, teacher qualification, salary etc.? Presently, Self-financed programmes in the institution are as follows:

1. B. Sc. (Hon.) Biotechnology (V) 2. B. Sc. (Hon.) B.C.A. (V) 3. B. Sc. (Hon.) IT 4. B. Sc. (Hon.) Biochemistry (V) 5. B. A. (Hon.) Functional English (V) 6. B. Com. (Hon.) Office Management and Secretarial Practices (V) 7. Degree program in B.B.A. 8. One-year Degree program in Library and Information Science 9. Add-on course (3-years progressive) in Bioinformatics 10. Add-on course (3-years progressive) in Medical Lab Technology 11. Add-on course (3-years progressive) in Nutrition and Dietetics 12. Add-on course (3-years progressive) in Cultivation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants 13. Add-on course (3-years progressive) in Journalism and Mass Communication 14. MBA 15. M.Sc. General Biotechnology 16. P.G. Diploma (1-year) in Counseling and Rehabilitation 17. M. Lib

In self-financed programs, admission is strictly given on the basis of a written test of all the applicants, who fulfill the basic criteria, followed by an interview of the screened candidates and a final merit list. In few cases, such as in B.Sc. Biotechnology and M.Sc. Biotechnology, the interview of the candidates screened on the basis of the written test is uniquely linked to the students’ performance at the test examination to avoid any imbalance in admission procedure. The aim is to grant admission to genuine and deserving students. Course contents and Curricula for self-financed courses have been developed at college level and approved by the university or/and University Grants Commission or DBT. Fee structure varies from course to course depending upon the annual running expenditure incurred. The faculty for such programs includes both in-house and guest faculty. The mode of payment to these faculty members and the technicians associated with these programs is on class basis or hour/period basis as per the rate approved by the university/recommended by the U.G.C.

1.2.5 Does the college provide additional skill oriented programs, relevant to regional and global employment markets? If yes, provide details of such programs and the beneficiaries. Yes, College recently organized a VLSI chip design workshop of one week for its BCA and IT students. Students opting for Small scale electronic product market were beneficiaries. The institution organized a three day graphic design workshop too. Traditional painting methods are not eco-friendly in modern times. Digital designing is the need of today. Graphic design provides typical thinking and solution required for modern day problem solving digitally. Beneficiaries were those opting for publication companies, advertisement agencies, Newspaper agencies, product design firms, and Manufacturing and web development companies. For Biotechnology students, skill learning workshops are held time to time. One such workshop had three-tier presentation. A short PP presentation by an expert on the skill (e.g. developing monoclonal antibodies) was followed by real time demonstration of the major steps and complete video screening of the skill. Guest lectures on techniques and tools are organized time to time. Recently, Dr. Rajiv Kumar Sinha from Griffith University, Australia and Dr. K.A. Narayan, a technocrat and widely known expert on Water Conservation from Brisbane delivered talks on vermiculture/vermicomposting and Water harvesting/Ground water recharge respectively in the department of biotechnology.

1.2.6 Does the university provide for the flexibility of combining the conventional face to face and distance mode of education for students to choose the courses/combinations of their choice? If yes, how does the Institution take advantage of such provision for the benefit of students. No.

1.3 Curriculum enrichment: 1.3.1 Describe the efforts by the institution to supplement the university curriculum to ensure that the academic programmes and institution goals and objectives are integrated. As executor of the syllabi, the college faculties/departments insert following elements in the curricula to ensure that the academic programmes and institution’s goals and objectives are integrated.  Mode/method of teaching on the basis of class composition and students background.  Use of teaching aids.  Distribution of topics to teachers on the basis of their expertise.  Assessment of students on the basis of periodical tests/exams.  Feedback from students.  Tutorials and remedial classes.  Special Classes, Invited talks/lectures  Quiz/Seminar/Group discussion, language lab and personality development classes etc.  Dress code for students.

1.3.2 What are the efforts made by the institution to enrich and organize the curriculum to enhance the experiences of the students so as to cope with the needs of the dynamic employment market? In our effort to enrich and organize the curricula with a view to enable the students to cope with the needs of the employment market, we stress on experimental learning i.e. learning by doing. We work on the philosophy of “Pahle dikhao tab sikhao”. Our distinct and uniquely designed teaching method is capable of provoking self-actualization in our students and developing in them a passionate love for learning. We try to stimulate the intellectual and creative potential of our students that makes them fit and able to cope with the needs of the industry and other employing agencies/establishments. Many departments have developed unique tools for enhancing the learning process. For example, the department of Physics has developed many non-

conventional low cost/no cost demonstrative experiments at undergraduate level in collaboration with Prof. H.C. Verma, Deptt. of Physics. IIT-Kanpur. Cue has also been taken from the works of Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR, Mumbai to make physics teaching interesting, realistic and applied. The institution tries to introduce innovations at departmental level to help students come out suitably trained and fully prepared for the career that he/she opts for. For example, the department of Botany and Biotechnology possesses a number of videos, animation films on skills to make students recapture, learn and enhance their ability and experiences and realize their goals in life. Departments of English, Hindi, Urdu and other languages carry out language learning lab activities. Journalism and Mass communication course arms its admitted students with added skills. We encourage, motivate and recommend our deserving students to go for summer/winter training, On-job training, short research projects etc. to Winter/Summer schools of different highly graded research institutions and industrial establishments of the country to expose them in their respective subject. We have sent students for NIUS programme in Physics in Homi Bhaba centre for Science education, Mumbai and Winter school in Cosmology and Radio telescope making in IUCCA, Pune. Students of biotechnology and bioinformatics have attended training/learning programs at the School of Life Sciences, JNU, Delhi, Bioinformatics facility at University of North Bengal, Siliguri, McDowell’s Pvt. Ltd., Mokama (Bihar), National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, Alchem laboratories, Solan (H.P), ABTF, Konkuk University, South Korea and other reputed labs, industry and research organizations. Such on-spot learning and training opportunities and schedules are also made available to the students of the departments as per their requirement and choice. We arrange for our students free lectures in different science subjects available on NPTEL, a Govt. of India Initiative and special invited talks.

1.3.3 Enumerate the efforts made by the institution to integrate the cross- cutting issues such as gender, climate change, environmental education, Human rights, ICT etc. into the curriculum. College of Commerce believes in trans-disciplinary enquiry and all departments of the college work together in unison for holistic development of its students. They are made to learn and grasp the above mentioned cross- cutting issues. Co-curricular activities are organized time to time to make them aware of global warming and other environment related issues, gender

sensitization and AE (Adult Education) related issues, human rights, ICT solutions, sustainable development etc. Thematic seminars and talks are regularly organized around these themes. In 2013, a seminar was held on Sustainable Development and Environment protection. It was addressed by three internationally reputed scientists. A symposium on ‘Consumer Rights’ was held in 2009. The NSS wing of the college is also active in disseminating a concern for environment, Pollution, Human rights etc. Dept. of Geography organizes many programs to make students aware of the climate changes and the factors that are causing such changes. Department of Botany and Biotechnology regularly organizes awareness events and symposia related to environment education, GM crops and food, commercial applications etc.. A faculty member of this department is the secretary of an international organization named ‘Organization For Sustainable Development’ (www.harmonybihar.org/OSD.htm) which is instrumental in showcasing the burning issues related to environmental degradation and motivating the people to think about sustainable strategies for the use of the Natural Resources. STRIDE is an annual Public Extension program of the college held for three days on a large scale (in December). It exposes students to a variety of issues that relate to community service, skill learning, environment, career options, health care, blood donation, tools and techniques of modern biology, applied physical and chemical processes, instrumentation, economics, language learning, ethical attributes, psychotherapy and controlled behaviour, management skills, genetic counseling and genetic diseases, political correctness etc. Several faculty members are associated with important Clubs serving in high positions such as Governor/Secretary. They are instrumental in organizing events that address cross cutting issues directly.

1.3.4 What are the various value added courses/enrichment programmes offered to ensure holistic development of students?  Moral and ethical values  Employable and life skills  Better career options  Community orientation. With an approach for the holistic development of students, the institution organizes value added / enrichment co-curricular programmes. Blood donation camps, Natural calamity awareness camps and Community service events (e.g. STRIDE and NSS camps) are organized to inculcate moral/ethical values and

community orientation into the students. The ‘Students’ Awareness Forum’ is responsible for educating students about the alternative employment opportunities, adoption of modern agricultural applications and practices, entrepreneurship and self employment. Counseling sessions are periodically organized to make students aware of better career options with the help of renowned personalities from the world of Academia, Research and Industry. A workshop called ‘Inspire’ was organized on January 11, 2014 to make students aware about the opportunities in the field of physical sciences. The resource persons were Prof. H.C.Verma, IIT- Kanpur, Mr. Samar Bagchi, Kolkata, a renowned Science Propagator of India and Prof. Shwetketu Virbhadra, Rutgers University, USA. An invited talk was recently delivered on May 18, 2014 by Prof. R.J. Choudhary, scientist E of CSR, Indore. At a congregation of biology students, films on life skills were screened for their benefit recently.

1.3.5 Extent of use of the feedback from stakeholders in enriching the curriculum with examples. We are having a regular practice of taking feedback from our students on the relevance and appropriateness of the course contents in present perspective and enrichment of topics, on whether the course content is burdensome, effectiveness of the teaching methods, transaction of syllabi, method of evaluation, teaching aids and innovations. The feed-back received is emphatically communicated to the university’s academic council and syndicate for suitable action. As said before, curricula of subjects like Nutrition and Dietetics, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Medical Lab Technology, Journalism and Mass Communication and Functional English were developed with big inputs from the Industry and employing agencies. Periodically, feedbacks are also sought from parents, Govt. agencies, business establishments, social workers, NGOs etc.

1.3.6 How does the institution monitor and evaluate the quality of its enrichment programmes? Periodically, we take feedback from our alumni on the basis of their experiences regarding transaction of curriculum, and from industries and research institutions/Academic institutions regarding whether our students are usefully employed. We try to monitor whether our co-curricular and extracurricular activities could induce correct orientation, entrepreneurship, ethics and values into the students.

1.4 Feedback system 1.4.1 What are the contributions of the institution in the design and development of the curriculum prepared by the university? As discussed in section 1.1.5, several senior teachers of our college are regularly invited by the university to participate in the meetings of committee/ board to design course contents for the programmes of the main subjects as members. Faculty members play decisive and constructive role in the design of the syllabus and curricula finalized by the university. Curricula for vocational, self-financed and add on programs have been designed by the institution.

1.4.2 Is there a formal mechanism to obtain feedback from students and stakeholders on curriculum? If yes, how is it communicated to the university and made use internally for curriculum enrichment and introducing changes / new programmes? This point has already been dealt with in sections 1.3.5 and 1.3.6. As far as the matter of feedback obtained to be made use of internally is concerned, the college has liberty to design, modify and execute them only in vocational self- financed and add-on programs. Regarding university, the institution puts its findings and views before the examination board and its statutory committees or bodies represented by the principal.

1.4.3 How many new programmes / Courses were introduced by the institution during the last four years. What was the rationale for introducing new courses/ programmes? 3-year add-on Progressive course in Journalism and Mass Communications and 1-year degree course in Library and Information Science were introduced on students’ demand. Recently, Master’s program in Library science and M.A. courses in Urdu, Philosophy and Labor and Social Welfare have been introduced after due approval from the appropriate authorities. Bachelor’s vocational program has been started in Biochemistry. All these programs were introduced on the basis of the feedback/demand of the students and other stakeholders.

1.4.4 Any other relevant information regarding curricular aspects which the college would like to include. College of Commerce is committed to the operation and continuance of useful and effective curricula added with co-curricular exercises and activities that must inculcate discipline, responsibility, amicability, positivity, dash and

personality, morality, life skills, knowledge and working/ experimental/ research skills into students. Transaction of curriculum adopts transformative approach of learning which involves a change in the frame of reference a person possesses. After NCF 2005, constructivist learning is given emphasis in curriculum design. In this regard, leading departments have developed some demo experiments and teaching aids. While organizing the curriculum following principles are taken into consideration –

 Principle of sequencing  Principle of continuity  Principle of accuracy  Principle of adequacy  Principle of interest  Meaningfulness  Continuous evaluation  Stress on interactive lectures rather than prescriptive ones  Stress on practical learning and skill development/projects  Monitoring and monthly test exams/weekly seminars/feedback  University examination at year /semester ends  Oral / written feedback from passed out students and incorporation of new concepts /correction of faults in curricula.

Criterion II

TEACHING- LEARNING AND EVALUATION

2.1 Student Enrolment and Profile 2.1.1 How does the college ensure publicity and transparency in the admission process? Enrolment in any programme offered by the college is open to one and all- irrespective of socio-economic background and place, caste and creed. The only criterion for enrolment is that a candidate must have obtained marks in the qualifying examination as prescribed by the College/university / state govt. for a particular programme.  In the beginning of an academic session, the college advertises about admission into various programmes through a press communiqué in local dailies namely The Times of India, Hindustan Times, Dainik Jagaran, Prabhat Khabar and other Newspapers.  Admission Notice is posted on the College website too.  The information is prominently displayed on the college notice board as well as departments’ notice board.  The college prospectus contains all relevant information with regard to eligibility criteria, deadline for applying, dates of entrance tests and fee structure etc. It is available at the college information centre. All these collectively ensure publicity as well as transparency in the admission process.

2.1.2 Explain in detail the criteria adopted and process of admission e,g. (i) merit (ii) common admission test conducted by state agencies and national agencies (iii) combination of merit and entrance test or merit, entrance test and interview (iv) others Since the programmes vary in nature and quality, so also does the admission process. In case of B.A., B.Sc., B. Com , M. A., M. Sc,, M. Com and Law, admission is granted on the basis of marks obtained by a candidate in the qualifying examination and the % of cut-off marks varies from subject to subject. For instance, it is usually above 60-65% in Biological Sciences, around 70-75 % or more in Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics, and around 60-65% in Commerce at the graduate level. In professional and vocational / self-financed courses, admission is granted strictly on the basis of the merit shown at the previous qualifying examination, performance in the entrance

test followed by an interview of the screened candidates above cut-off marks (i.e. by a three-tier system of selection).

2.1.3 Give the minimum and maximum percentage of marks for admission at entry level for each of the programmes offered by the college and provide a comparison with other colleges of the affiliating university within the city/district.

Programs UG PG Other Colleges (% of (% of (Av. % of marks) marks) marks) UG PG [COC] [COC] Physics 79.6-65.0 75.0-72.6 75.8-56.2 71.2-69.7 Chemistry 78.0-50.0 69.5-67.0 73.7-46.2 72.2-68.0 Botany 65.6-45.5 69.3-65.4 65.0-49.8 70.0-63.0 Zoology 75.0-45.6 73.3-71.0 74.8-45.8 68.6-63.3 Mathematics 88.6-65.4 73.13-70.4 78.4-60.8 70.5-64.2 Hindi 65.0-45.0 64.2-45.0 65.6-45.0 52.8-45.0 English 81.0-45.0 63.3-45.0 74.0-46.2 64.6-45.0 Urdu 61.5-45.0 - 59.1-45.0 - Maithili 60.0-45.0 - 68.8-45.0 - Philosophy 60.5-45.0 - 58.6-45.0 - Psychology 73.8-45.0 71.2-69.5 73.4-45.0 66.7-59.0 Political 73.8-45.0 64.8-61.8 75.4-45.8 60.8-56.7 Science Economics 86.0-47.0 66.2-63.9 82.0-45.4 64.7-57.4 Sociology 77.0-45.0 66.7-63.7 68.4-55.0 62.2-57.9 History 74.6-45.0 66.9-63.9 75.0-45.5 65.6-59.5 Commerce 76.4-60.0 74.6-72.7 80.6-57.0 75.5-70.5 Geography 72.6-67.7 71.4-69.1 74.4-62.0 69.2-65.0 BBM Entrance Bioinformatics Above 45% MBA test CMAP Do BCA Do MLT Do BSC IT Do N&D Do Biotechnology Do J&MC Do OMSP Do FA Do BLIS Do C&R Do

 OMSP – Office management and Secretarial Practices; BLIS – Bachelor in Library and Information Science; CMAP – Cultivation of Medicinal & aromatic Plants; MLT – Medical Lab Technology; N&D – Nutrition & Dietetics; J&MC – Journalism & Mass Communication; FA – Functional English; C&R – Counseling & Rehabilitation.

Comparative chart of averages of maximum and minimum marks for admission into UG programs in College of Commerce (blue-grey columns) and other colleges of the city (brown columns) 1. Physics 2. Chemistry 3. Botany 4. Zoology 5. Mathematics 6. Hindi 7. English 8. Urdu 9. Maithili 10. Philosophy 11. Psychology 12. Political Science 13. Economics 14. Sociology 15. History 16. Commerce 17. Geography

Comparative chart of averages of maximum and minimum marks for admission into PG programs in College of Commerce (blue-grey columns) and other colleges of the city (brown columns)

1. Physics 2. Chemistry 3. Botany 4. Zoology 5. Mathematics 6. Hindi 7. English 8. Psychology 9. Political Science 10. Economics 11. Sociology 12. History 13. Commerce 14. Geography 2.1.4 Is there a mechanism in the institution to review the admission process and student profiles annually? If yes, what is the outcome of such an effort and how has it contributed to the improvement of the process? There are committees for admission to different programmes each headed by a Professor-in-charge and supported by the general office staff members. These committees are responsible for the whole process of admission and its review. A review gives an insight that plays a significant role in the process to be adopted next year. The Principal oversees the whole mechanism and maintains fairness and transparency by all means. Review of the previous year’s admission plays a distinctive role in the decision of the criteria to be adopted for the current year.

2.1.5 Reflecting on the strategies adopted to increase/improve access for following categories of students, enumerate on how the admission policy of the institution and its student profiles demonstrate/reflect the National commitment to diversity and inclusion  SC/ST  OBC  Women  Differently abled  Economically weaker sections  Minority community  Any other In each case of admission, college sticks strictly to the rules and regulations prescribed by the University/ State Govt. with regard to reserved categories and % of seats reserved for each category such as SC, ST, OBC, military personnel, candidates excelling in sports, those having cultural competence, those who are physically challenged and applicants coming from economically weaker sections or minority section. For SC, ST, EBC, OBC and Backward class women, the State Govt. has well-defined rules that are to be strictly followed by the institution.

2.1.6 Details for various programmes offered by the institution during the last four years and comment on the trends. i.e. reasons for increase/decrease and actions initiated for improvement.

Number of Number of Demand Programmes applications students admitted Ratio (Session: 2012-13: (Appl/Adm) Entry level only UG * 1. Physics 810 162 5.0 2. Chemistry 327 91 3.6 3. Maths 1151 229 5.03 4. Zoology 260 113 2.3 5. Botany 62 25 2.48 6. History 854 158 5.4 7. Political Science 227 160 1.4 8. Economics 400 157 2.55 9. Sociology 214 155 1.38 10. Geography 475 112 4.24 11. Psychology 150 105 1.43 12. Philosophy 56 20 2.8 13. Hindi 30 26 1.15 14. English 184 30 6.13 15. Urdu 06 03 2.0 PG** 1. Physics 265 48 5.52 2. Chemistry 198 48 4.13 3. Mathematics 334 96 3.47 4. Botany 135 48 2.81 5. Zoology 162 48 3.37 6. Pol. Science 305 96 3.17 7. Economics 389 96 4.05 8. History 524 96 5.46 9. English 498 96 5.18 10.Psychology 186 48 3.87 11. Geography 176 48 3.70 12. Sociology 415 96 4.32 Ph.D. No seat limit except Teacher category quota

Any other***

* In Degree level Vocational programs e.g. Biotechnology, BCA and B.Sc. IT, demand ratio is very high (6.8 to 8.75). In BBM, demand ratio is around 5.0. In Functional English, it is around 1.7. In one-year BLIS course, 60 students were selected from 105 applications. ** In M.B.A., 55 admissions took place against 60 sanctioned seats. The selected students fulfilled the AICTE requirements. In M.Sc. Program in Biotechnology, admissions are on the basis of entrance test. *** In Add-on courses, the students taking/selected for a subject as the main B.Sc. / B.A. / B. Com (Honors) course are normally given entry except few exceptions when the admission is open to outside candidates. In comparison to other colleges of the city or elsewhere, admission demand is usually better for the institution due to its reputation for teaching quality and faculty strength. The college is known to be one of the highly rated institutions of the state.

2.2 Catering to Student Diversity

2.2.1 How does the institution cater to the needs of differently-abled students and ensure adherence to government policies in this regard? As stated, the College has reserved seats for admission of differently-abled students. They are awarded free-studentship and other incentives if they deserve. In addition, such students are provided easy access to the classrooms and examination halls. 4rth grade staff members are allotted to look after their daily needs in special cases. There are no specific provisions and rules from the State in addition to these. Admission is granted to the physically challenged students only in general programs and few others, but not in some vocational or professional courses which require physical stress of field work or training schedules that involves strenuous outdoor work. So it may not be feasible for the physically challenged students to join in such assignments.

2.2.2 Does the institution assess the students’ needs in terms of knowledge and skills before the commencement of a program? A new program begins with a Day for Orientation which offers a platform for fruitful interaction between the teacher and the taught. It enables a teacher to identify the learners’ strengths and weaknesses (SWOT), their socio-cultural background, interests and aptitudes. Consequently, the proposed input is designed and graded. During Orientation, it is emphasized that the new entrants should be enabled to confidently cope with the expectation of the new atmosphere without any inhibition. Certain issues are taken into account:

a. Gender equity and not gender divide b. General health awareness c. Code of conduct ( discipline, college uniform) d. Participation in the maintenance of the college campus e. Syllabus and curriculum designed for a particular program f. Counseling (especially for the physically challenged candidates and for those coming from relatively less-privileged background)

2.2.3 What are the strategies adopted by the institution to bridge the knowledge gap of the enrolled students (Bridge/Remedial/ Add- on/Enrichment Courses, etc.) to enable them to cope with the program of their choice? Once the knowledge-gap of the enrolled students is identified and their need realized, special remedial classes are arranged for the selected students besides the regular routine. These remedial classes are followed by special lectures in order to make the students confident and focused. Learner autonomy is valued. As a result, in course of time, the students are enabled to cope with the demand of the program they are enrolled in. If required, teachers may be entrusted to take up the problems of the students individually and provide requisite help to the slow learners. In general programmes, special arrangements (e.g. sending telephonic messages and emails, take-home assignments) are made for them so that they should not lag behind their classmates in academic activities. In many departments (especially of Science e.g. Biotechnology), special teaching materials and notes are available on the college websites from where the slower students can take cue for sustenance and cope over.

2.2.4 How does the college sensitize its staff and students on issues such as gender, inclusion, environment etc.? Such issues are addressed in a natural way. The ambience and outlook inherent since more than sixty five years of the institution have introduced and stabilized a permanent culture that expresses in controlled behavior, discipline, respect to elders and seniors, equality and equity, wider accommodation, affectionate relationships, environmental awareness and cooperative attitude. Gender sensitization modules have been created recently to deal with the different aspects of gender issues from now on.

2.2.5 How does the institution identify and respond to special educational/learning needs of advanced learners?

Advance learners are initially made to help and take in their slow learning friends along with them. It is to avoid any psychological rift that may arise in between. Once the slow learners are confident enough and realize their handicap without any envy and sense of inferiority, the advance learners are also given special attention. They can meet their teachers separately and get help. In classrooms, a teacher is instructed to devise his/her teaching method and content with a view to include both the groups (bridge) and strictly adhere to the ‘Principle of Inclusion’.

2.2.6 How does the institute collect, analyze and use the data and information on the academic performance (through the programme duration) of the students at risk of drop out (students from the disadvantaged sections of society, physically challenged, slow learners, economically weaker sections etc. who may discontinue their studies if some sort of support is not provided)? Encouragement and Sustenance are the backbone of the approach of the teachers. Here, we do not forget our mission and vision and always hope to bring up the ‘disadvantaged’. Normally, faculty members and the departments identify and solve such problems at their own level but in some cases reports may be sent to the Principal/Authority for interference. It has been noticed that students coming from economically weaker section are sometimes at the risk of drop out. In such a case, help comes from various sources – the college authority offers concession in term fees; special provisions by the library in terms of book lending; department seminar helps and lending of learning materials; the teachers are also ready to help the needy learners; etc. May be in extreme cases, psychological intervention is required to dispel any inferiority complex in the student.

2.3 Teaching – learning Process

2.3.1 How does the college plan and organize the teaching- learning and evaluation schedules? Like other universities of Bihar, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya has its own academic calendar which shows the total number of working days in an academic year. It is mandatory for each college of the university to rigidly follow the calendar. Classes are scheduled by the Routine Committee in the beginning of the academic session. The Master Routine comprises of allotment of classes (as per the UGC norms: Assistant Professor -16 classes per week, Associate Professor – 14 classes per week and Professor – 12 classes per week) along with lecture halls for each class. The departments take

note of their allotments and accordingly copy their own schedules. Departmental meeting decides the in-house allotment of topics among the teachers as per their expertise and specialization. Teachers prepare formal lesson plans well in advance for each course and execute these plans throughout the semester/year. If necessary, the remedial classes are proposed/arranged in small groups (tutorial) besides regular classroom teaching. Teaching plan, teaching methodology, allotment of inaugural and ‘special Induction lectures’, methods of class tests (unit test/ monthly test/mandatory tests, take home assignment etc.), projects, seminars, ‘Invited’ special talks, students’ presentations in plenary and so on are analyzed as well as scheduled by the departments before the real classroom teaching begins. At any stage, the teachers are not allowed to face their students at a state of unpreparedness or semi-preparedness. Evaluation schedules are given by the university in the form of semester-end or annual examinations. In-house tests are scheduled by the departments. Entrance tests are organized by the Examination control room of the college.

2.3.2 How does IQAC contribute to improve the teaching-learning standard? College has IQAC (Internal Quality Assurance Cell) which contributes in sustenance and enhancement of the quality of teaching-learning process, through regular monitoring of the academic activities at all levels and suggesting proper measures whenever necessary in addition to other responsibilities. It may directly interfere and address the students. The students are encouraged in Pair / Team Work, Peer Teaching (especially when the stress is on demonstration), Collaborative Learning / Teaching, using teaching aids, Social media and E-learning.

2.3.3 How is learning made more student-centric? Give details on the support structures and systems available for teachers to develop skills like interactive learning, collaborative learning and independent learning among the students? Group discussion, Debates and quizzes, Educational local and outside tours are the other common participatory learning activities in the institution. In debates, excelling students are awarded. On-job assignments and project works in groups are other resources for participative or collaborative learning. Interactive teaching is the normal mode of teaching in the college with the help of ‘Chalk and Talk’. Teaching method, where ‘outline’ or ‘overview’ knowledge is only provided to the students who are asked to read from written

learning resources and then again meet the teacher to clear doubts if any, induces independent learning abilities in students. ICT enabled teaching mode usually combines all. In addition, we believe that ‘inspiring teachers are the best teachers’.

2.3.4 How does the institution nurture critical thinking, creativity and scientific temper among the students to transform them into life-long learners and innovators ? In order to showcase their talents in multiple areas of creative faculty, the college provides a platform of wider spectrum for the students. Besides studies, co-curricular extra-curricular activities such as debate, discussion on contemporary issues, skit, musical programs and lyrical plays are organized at college/inter-college levels at regular intervals. All these activities motivate the learners for further learning and building their confidence since each of these activities demands a lot of conceptual clarity and upgradation of information/ knowledge and skills. To induce innovative thinking, as stated in Criterion I, several ‘designed classes and programmes’ are arranged time to time.

2.3.5 What are the technologies and facilities available and used by the faculty for effective teaching? Eg: Virtual laboratories, e-learning - resources from National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) and National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NME-ICT), open educational resources, mobile education, etc. Most departments have computers (and supportive multimedia instruments on share basis), internet connectivity, OHP and slide projectors to enable students to learn in a modern way. Virtual laboratories are also created e.g. in Botany and Biotechnology and Physics. NPTEL and NME-ICT are also taken advantage of. Central library of the institution is automated with all facilities and online links for E-learning, e-resources and e-books. www.harmonybihar.org specially caters to biology and biotechnology students.

2.3.6 How are the students and faculty exposed to advanced level of knowledge and skills (blended learning, expert lectures, seminars, workshops etc.)? Seminars at departmental level and college level are both a common practice and a regular exercise for enriching faculty and students. These are sometimes

centred around techniques of teaching and research. Experts are invited to address the students and/or teachers in the college auditorium. Workshops are held. The Department of Botany and Biotechnology, the department of Physics and some other departments have organized such utility workshops in recent months to expose their faculty members and students to the modern concept of blended learning and virtual/smart classes. In order to give a quality exposure to the students as well as the faculty members on advanced level of knowledge and skills, the following measures are additionally adopted: 1. Expert lectures are arranged on contemporary, current and relevant topics 2. Seminars are organized by departments on their own 3. Students’ presentations/seminars are held in plenary 4. Students are constantly encouraged to log on to useful websites and e- learning resources, educational T.V. programs as a habit 5. College annual magazine Bimarsh invites students’ contributions 6. Newsletters and Journals are published from different departments e.g., The Inward Eye: The Patliputra journal Of English Studies, Urdu Today, Newsletter of Botany and Biotechnology or by collaborating associations e.g. Online Journal of Modern Biology by www.harmonybihar.org/ 7. Students are encouraged to take advantage of Language laboratory for language learning and improve their communicative skill All these facilities create a kind of conducive atmosphere for teaching, learning and research in the institution.

2.3.7 Detail (process and the number of students \benefitted) on the academic, personal and psycho-social support and guidance services (professional counseling/mentoring/academic advise) provided to students? Career Counseling and Psycho analytical aptitude test are two processes in this regard. Career counseling cell advises students on career options. The latter is carried out by the Department of Psychology. For the last quarter of the academic session 2013-14, following number of students got the benefit: Career counseling: 326 PAA Test: 12 Student mentoring has been under the purview of the departments till now and done without records. But, now it has been given a wider applicability. A link on the college library site www.coclib.org offers free mentorship to the

(meritorious) students on choice.

2.3.8 Provide details of innovative teaching approaches/methods adopted by the faculty during the last four years? What are the efforts made by the institution to encourage the faculty to adopt new and innovative approaches and the impact of such innovative practices on student learning? Admittedly, one-to-all lecture method is the most common method of traditional teaching. This method is supported by an interactive approach which ensures active participation and complete involvement of the students. They can freely discuss their difficulties with their teachers and share information. Use of Multi-media Aids like PowerPoint Presentations, 25 mm slides, videos, LCD Projectors/ OHP and other available devices are the additional teaching applications. Students participate in interactive lab exercises, quiz or elocution classes, problem-solving exercises, field projects, seminars and guest lectures. All these approaches of teaching are adopted by different departments of the college as per the need. Online teaching materials are prepared by several teachers. Virtual labs are used in science departments. The College provides all such facilities and infrastructure.

2.3.9 How are library resources used to augment the teaching- learning process? The college library is of great help for students as well as for teachers in terms of teaching-learning and research. The students have access to text and reference books and journals. Besides usual lending of books/journals/dailies, it offers on-line reading facilities. It provides facilities and services like computers with broadband internet services, e-Journals, rare books. periodicals, copier, printer and scanners. The Library is completely automated with smart ID cards issued to students. The system scans an ID card and displays all the records of issue and returns. The student can choose from books online and get it issued if available at the time. Additionally, the library has a separate website with teaching notes and other materials to provide students with all possible learning options.

2.3.10 Does the institution face any challenges in completing the curriculum within the planned time frame and calendar? If ‘yes’, elaborate on the challenges encountered and the institutional approaches to overcome these. Yes, sometimes. Due to unavoidable and unwarranted circumstances arising out of political or social turmoil, academic schedules and calendar may be

affected severely. Rare that may be, conditions are never allowed to go out of hands. The university might truncate curricula in extreme cases if there is no way out. Normally, extra classes and additional hours are enough to complete the courses of study in case of minor interruptions. There are instances when we have resorted to class arrangement on holidays and vacations. May be, we have to distribute written class notes among the students in some cases to compensate for any loss of days. We try to complete the course contents in all cases without any compromise with whatsoever. 2.3.11 How does the institute monitor and evaluate the quality of teaching learning? Such monitoring and evaluation is the responsibility of the departments. Chairpersons of the departments are responsible to maintain the quality. Departmental heads have to take feedbacks from the students, evaluate the teaching outcomes of the session and act accordingly. They are independent of any type of control from the above in regards to quality control and management except in very cases when top management may have to interfere.

2.4 Teacher Quality 2.4.1 Provide the following details and elaborate on the strategies adopted by the college in planning and management (recruitment and retention) of its human resource (qualified and competent teachers) to meet the changing requirements of the curriculum.

Highest Professor Associate Assistant qualification Professor Professor Total M F M F M F Permanent teachers

D.Sc./D.Litt. 01 01 01 03

Ph.D. 18 05 54 19 14 07 117

M.Phil. None None None None None None None

PG 01 01

Temporary teachers: None (Ad-hoc teachers are employed for Vocational/add-on course as per the requirement).

The appointment of teachers is done by the university or an agency of the State Government (College Service Commission/Public Service Commission/Selection Board). Retaining eminent faculty is never a problem. Faculties prefer to stay here more than any other college of the University due to its ambience, homogeneity and cordial atmosphere, and prime position in the academia. The College, being one of the largest colleges of the state in terms of student strength and teaching positions, attracts the best talents. Being in the Heart of the capital is another plus point.

2.4.2 How does the institution cope with the growing demand/ scarcity of qualified senior faculty to teach new programmes/ modern areas (emerging areas) of study being introduced (Biotechnology, IT, Bioinformatics etc.)? Provide details on the efforts made by the institution in this direction and the outcome during the last three years. For such interdisciplinary programmes, we do have in-house qualified teachers in the departments of science, arts and commerce with good training and research background to teach modern subject areas. For some core areas of Modern biology, Information technologies and business management, we do employ guest faculty with good degree and requisite training in concerned fields. In some cases, we have trained young intelligent people with mandatory qualification, training and research over the years to do the job in both theory and practical classes, that as in Biotechnology.

2.4.3 Providing details on staff development programmes during the last four years elaborate on the strategies adopted by the institution in enhancing the teacher quality. (a) Nomination to staff development programmes

Academic Staff Development Programmes Number of faculty nominated Refresher courses 75 HRD programmes 40 Orientation programmes 55 Staff training conducted by the university None Staff training conducted by other institutions None

Summer / winter schools, workshops, etc. 105

(b) Faculty Training programmes organized regularly by the institution/departments to empower and enable the use of various tools and technology for improved teaching-learning. Following programs were organized during 2012-13:

 Teaching learning methods/approaches - 02  Handling new curriculum - 04  Content/knowledge management - None  Selection, development and use of enrichment materials - 01  Assessment - 01  Cross cutting issues - 01  Audio Visual Aids/multimedia - 04  OER’s - None  Teaching learning material development, selection and use - 01

 invited as resource persons in Workshops / Seminars / Conferences organized by external professional agencies - 28.5%  participated in external Workshops / Seminars / Conferences recognized by national/ international professional bodies - 86.5%  presented papers in Workshops / Seminars / Conferences conducted or recognized by professional agencies - 78.9%

2.4.4 What policies/systems are in place to recharge teachers? (eg: providing research grants, study leave, support for research and academic publications, teaching experience in other national institutions and specialized programmes, industrial engagement etc.) The Institution provides Study leave for research subject to approval by the university. At university level, facilities are available for research grant, publication support, lien and other ‘duty’ leaves for On-site experience, for visiting an institution as a faculty, industrial training and engagement, educational tours, foreign study travels, for attending seminars/symposia etc. that can be availed of by the teachers of its constituent units

2.4.5 Give the number of faculty who received awards / recognition at the

state, national and international level for excellence in teaching during the last four years. Enunciate how the institutional culture and environment contributed to such performance/achievement of the faculty. There is no formal award constituted by the State Government for teaching in Bihar. However, it may be said (unofficially!) that a majority of teachers of College of Commerce are well-known and recognized for their excellent teaching far and wide. A Students’ survey by the local Edition of the National Hindi Newspaper ‘Hindustan’ in 2012 voted a teacher of the Department of Botany as one of the most popular teachers in the State. Mostly, we do value the opinion and concerns of the students utmost. They are supposed to have the final say regarding the judgment related the merit and utility of a teacher. Their reciprocation, gratitude and their expression of recognition and respect are the chief reference points that we refer to. The State government’s recognition of talent and excellence is expressed by recruiting/appointing the institution’s faculty members regularly as Vice-Chancellors, Pro Vice-Chancellors, members of senate/syndicate, members/chairpersons of B.P.S.C. and as chairperson/member of academic bodies etc. At national and international level too, due recognition has been obtained by many of us for excellence in teaching and research.

2.4.6 Has the institution introduced evaluation of teachers by the students and external Peers? If yes, how is the evaluation used for improving the quality of the teaching-learning process? Though a start has been made in regard to documented evaluation of teachers by their students but it is still not as much operational as it should be. Feedback from peers, parents and alumni are the reference points for teachers’ evaluation. Such feedbacks are used to poke teachers for improvement if required. Due recognition is provided to teachers for excellence and extraordinariness.

2.5 Evaluation Process and Reforms

2.5.1 How does the institution ensure that the stakeholders of the institution especially students and faculty are aware of the evaluation processes? Students and faculty members are informed of the schedules of the evaluation in advance by the college and/or university through communiqués and

notifications on website, newspapers and notice boards, and the main process of evaluation is conducted by the faculties with the help of the Examination Control department of the college and university .

2.5.2 What are the major evaluation reforms of the university that the institution has adopted and what are the reforms initiated by the institution on its own? Annual examinations in undergraduate programs and semester-end examinations in post-graduate programs are directly conducted by the Examination Control Department of the University with the help of the college teachers. The Class tests and internal assessment tests in post graduate courses are carried out by the College Examination Control board. In case of Undergraduate programs, marks allotted to students in practical examinations conducted by the college by utilizing the services of external examiners, and under the recently introduced system of evaluation in Post-graduate programs, internal assessment test marks and marks allotted to students in practical examinations are sent over to the University to be added to the final tally of marks. The Institution itself conducts both examination and evaluation in add-on courses and issues the Certificate/Diploma or Advance Diploma. In internal examinations, the answer books written by the students are strictly coded and allotted to the appointed examiners for evaluation and assessment.

2.5.3 How does the institution ensure effective implementation of the evaluation reforms of the university and those initiated by the institution on its own? The College follows all the existing and reformatory instructions and rules of the university related to the evaluation of UG, PG and Vocational courses. Evaluation of the students enrolled in add-on courses is carried out by the institution on the pattern suggested/approved by the university. The rules and pre-defined mode of the evaluation system are mandatory and need to be followed strictly by the institution without any deviation.

2.5.4 Provide details on the formative and summative assessment approaches adopted to measure student achievement. Cite a few examples which have positively impacted the system. At the Institution level, we assess and evaluate the students of add-on programs in a natural formative way with step by step mentoring and progression. In a sense, this practice continues in case of the evaluation of the UG and PG students too for their practical skills (practical examinations in

Science subjects) and PG Viva-voce examination. The annual and semester- end evaluation of the students for their theoretical knowledge is typically summative. The overall mechanism operates in a seamless manner.

Traditional Annual exams (Theory) Undergraduate Class tests/Unit tests/Seminars Programs Periodical Practical Undergraduate exams. (Science) Vocational University programs Annual Practical exams. (Science) College

Undergraduate add-on programs Internal tests/Practical exams./Semester-end exams.

Class tests/Internal assessment Post graduate tests/Semester-end practical

programs Semester-end theory exams.

2.5.5 Detail on the significant improvements made in ensuring rigor and transparency in the internal assessment during the last four years and weightages assigned for the overall development of students (weightage for behavioral aspects, independent learning, communication skills etc.) Internal assessment system in PG programs has been introduced by the university only two years back and it is improving year by year. But, it does not comprise any component of weightage for behavioral aspects, independent learning, communication skills etc. However, these significant aspects are taken care of in Viva voce examination/evaluation of students in some way.

2.5.6 What are the graduate attributes specified by the college/ affiliating university? How does the college ensure the attainment of these by the students? Evaluation of knowledge of the students through internal assessment ingredients, semester-end and annual final examinations with subjective long-

answer type and objective multiple-choice based questions is the method that the university follows. At institution’s level, we have devised procedures to inculcate desirable attributes into our students during the duration of their study e.g. discipline, upright and independent thinking, self-confidence, community living, communicative skill, right behavior, skills and knowledge at the college level. Imbibing these attributes, our students are known to fare well, excel in life and are placed in high job and research positions globally. A quantitative mechanism of the evaluation of specified graduate attributes is not operative, however.

2.5.7 What are the mechanisms for redressal of grievances with reference to evaluation both at the college and University level? Grievances of a student related to evaluation and marks allotted are addressed by the university in case of both UG and PG programs. There is a system of scrutiny (and re-evaluation in rare cases). At College level (in add-on courses), we have full liberty to address complaints and we get the student re- evaluated in case of genuine grievance.

2.6 Student performance and Learning Outcomes

2.6.1 Does the college have clearly stated learning outcomes? If ‘yes’ give details on how the students and staff are made aware of these? No, the institution does not have such a policy/programme yet. However, IQAC is pondering over this issue and may suggest some method/mechanism soon to assess and measure the quality of learning and teaching of the students. It is to be attempted at the graduate level first.

2.6.2 Enumerate on how the institution monitors and communicates the progress and performance of students through the duration of the course/ program? Analytical presentation of results of four years: The students are in direct contact with their teachers. Progress or lag condition is made known to them individually, and in special cases, if the need be, their parents are too communicated. During the last four years (2009-10/10-11/11-12/12-13), students in general have fared well. A number of students (e.g. from Hindi, Biotechnology, Physics, History, English, Chemistry, Psychology, Geography, Economics, Zoology, Botany) have topped the lists of successful candidates in their final examinations or placed in high positions (2nd, 3rd or in top ten) during the last four years. It is more often that our students excel at University level and the institution is highly rated for that.

During the last four years, a number of our students passed their M.Sc. /M.A. or M. Com exams and got placed in good positions. Many of them have joined good research organizations across the country and even abroad. During the last four years, 65-75% students have been placed in 1st class with high grades/marks at post-graduate examinations in all subjects combined together. At graduate level, 55-65% excelled with high grades/marks. Monitoring of the performance is done subject-wise at departmental level. The overall performance program-wise during the last four years is depicted below:

2.6.3 How are the teaching, learning and assessment strategies of the institution structured to facilitate the achievement of the intended learning outcomes? Teaching, learning and assessment are the three components of the whole mechanism of the educational system that the institution follows under the rules of the affiliating university and the state. At college level, we are assigned to provide teaching and learning ingredients at their best with a structured assessment process that includes unit tests, home assignments, practical tests, internal assessment and viva-voce examination of the students. Final assessment rests with the affiliating university. A structured and quantitative assessment procedure for evaluating learning outcomes is not in place as such.

2.6.4 What are the measures/initiatives taken up by the institution to enhance the social and economic relevance (student placements, entrepreneurship, innovation and research aptitude developed among students etc.) of the courses offered? The College has a placement Cell for students. To develop entrepreneurship, we have invited talks from industry people and successful entrepreneurs

regularly program-wise. For PG students, we have project work in the forth semester. Additionally, in Science subjects, we try to induce research aptitude in students by several innovative approaches (e.g. workshops, special lectures by eminent scientists, seminars, project reports and innovative experiments etc.)

2.6.5 How does the institution collect and analyze data on student performance and learning outcomes and use it for planning and overcoming barriers of learning? As mentioned above, it is not operational as a system as yet. However, we attempt to follow corrective measures during academic sessions on the basis of the outcome of the previous years.

2.6.6 How does the institution monitor and ensure the achievement of learning outcomes? As described above, learning outcomes are not measured in any quantitative way but qualitative assessment is done for the benefit of the students.

2.6.7 Does the institution and individual teachers use assessment/ evaluation outcomes as an indicator for evaluating student performance, achievement of learning objectives and planning? If ‘yes’ provide details on the process and cite a few examples. Yes, individually. At department level, few teachers are assigned for the work especially in cases of highly meritorious students or poorly performing students.

2.6.8 Any other relevant information regarding Teaching-Learning and Evaluation which the college would like to include. Some departments regularly conducts field works, educational excursions, on- job training, additional research assignments, 1-2 month placement of students at big laboratories and innovative designed experiments to make students learn in a big way.

Criterion III RESEARCH, CONSULTANCY AND EXTENSION

3.1 Promotion of Research

3.1.1 Does the institution have recognized research center/s of the affiliating University or any other agency/organization? The institution is recognized by the affiliating university as a Research centre for all those subjects that have post-graduate teaching sanctioned by the university and approved by the State Government.

3.1.2 Does the Institution have a research committee to monitor and address the issues of research? If so, what is its composition? Mention a few recommendations made by the committee for implementation and their impact. Yes, the College has a Research Advisory Committee headed by a Coordinator (Dr. K.K. Singh) who is assisted by five members. RAC has three functions to look after: (1) Research coordination, (2) Research monitoring and assistance, (3) Research consultancy services. Some of its recent recommendations are – (i) All Heads of the Research enabled departments or their representative shall be associate members of the Committee and shall be invited to attend the proceedings as and when required. (ii) The Principal shall monitor the quarterly proceedings and recommendations of the committee one day after the meetings and find out ways to implement the recommendations or take appropriate action regarding collaborations, MOUs, coordination, funding, infrastructure, books/library, instruments, chemicals and reagents etc. (iii)The Research grants obtained by faculty members from different funding agencies shall be maintained as separate bank accounts in the name of the Principal Investigator/Researcher. (iv) Research grants/stipends/Fellowship installments of the JRFs/SRFs shall be maintained as separate bank accounts but these shall be monitored by the Research Committee and/or Principal regularly. (v) It is recommended to the faculty members that their research publications with their students shall give proper prominence to the scholar/student and if a student has contributed more than 70% to the findings, he/she shall be placed as the first author. It is to promote

diligence and dedication to work in the students. (vi) Before sending a paper for publication the concerned faculty and/or research worker are advised to meet the RAC to discuss the findings and give a short presentation on the topic for the benefit of peers and interested students. It is conceived as a step to encourage collaboration and dissemination of knowledge. It has been decided that Interdisciplinary research should be promoted especially in science.

3.1.3 What are the measures taken by the institution to facilitate smooth progress and implementation of research schemes/ projects?  Autonomy to the principal investigator: Yes  Timely availability or release of resources: Yes  Adequate infrastructure and human resources: Yes  Time-off, reduced teaching load, special leave etc. to teachers: Yes, all the three.  Support in terms of technology and information needs: Yes . If required.  Facilitate timely auditing and submission of utilization certificate to the funding authorities: Yes.  Any other: Yes. One to one interaction between the principal and researcher for additional assistance, if any.

3.1.4 What are the efforts made by the institution in developing scientific temper and research culture and aptitude among students? As mentioned in the previous section, the PG students are encouraged to carry out research by allotment of projects, seminars, stimulating talks etc. Additionally, they are required to do project works in their final semester.

3.1.5 Give details of the faculty involvement in active research (Guiding student research, leading Research Projects, engaged in individual/collaborative research activity, etc. Faculty members are involved in active research and they present research papers in various National & International Conferences and their papers are published in reputed National and International Journals. Following are some of the details of the research activities: Major achievements of the last four years: Ph.D. supervision and successful completion: Chem-17, Phy-03, Botany-08, Zoology-01, Commerce-28, Psychology-42, Urdu-09, Pol. Sc.-12, Philosophy-

01, Hindi-06, History-04, Geography-05, Economics- 17, English- 13, Hindi- 06 Total-172 Ph.D. students registered: Chem-13, Phy-08, Botany-08, Zoology-01, Commerce-11, Psychology-10, Urdu-05, Pol. Sc.-09, Philosophy-05, Hindi- 09, History-08, Geography-10, Sociology-01, Economics-15, English-08. Total-121 Research papers published in National Journals (Department wise): Chem-196, Phy-50, Botany-12, Zoology-04, Commerce-139, Psychology-119, Urdu-46, Pol. Sc.-30, Philosophy-02, Hindi-34, History-04, Geography-25, Sociology -07, Economics- 82, English-58 , Mathematics-04. Total-810 Research papers published in International Journals: Chem-11, Phy-02, Botany-05, Commerce-2, Psychology-02, Urdu-01, Pol. Sc.-15, Philosophy- 01, Hindi-08, Geography-02 Sociology-03; Economics- 09, English- 17. Total-78 No of National Conferences attended: Chem-78, Phy-50, Botany-10, Zoology- 04, Commerce-139, Psychology-119, Urdu-46, Pol. Sc.-30, Philosophy-02, Hindi-34, History-04, Geography-25, Sociology -07-; Economics- 82 , English-58 , Mathematics-04. Total-742 Names of Teachers who attended International Conferences: Chem-15, Phy-19, Commerce-20, Psychology-22, Urdu-03, Philosophy-02, Hindi-10, History-07, Geography-02, Sociology-03, Pol. Science-15, English- 09 , Botany-04, Mathematics-04, Economics-13 Total- 148

3.1.6 Give details of workshops/ training programmes/ sensitization programmes conducted/organized by the institution with focus on capacity building in terms of research and imbibing research culture among the staff and students. Six research sensitization workshops/lectures have been organized at department level (Physics – 02; Botany – 04) during the last academic year. Physics: Inspire Workshop popularizing Inspire programme of DST, Govt. of India (Resource Persons: Prof. H.C. Verma, Dept of Physics, IIT-Kanpur, Prof. Shwet Ketu Virbhadra, Dept of Mathematics, Rutgers University, U.S.A., Mr. Samar Bagachi, a renowned science propagator of India from Kolkata)

Guest lecture on the “Physics of Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors’ (Resource person Prof. Ramjanay Choudhary, Scientist E, Consortium for scientific Research, Indore) Botany/Biotechnology: Talk on ‘Research tools and Kalazar’ (Resource Person: Dr. Diwakar Singh Dinesh, IMRI, Kadamkuan, Patna) Talk on ‘Environmental Engineering’ (Resource Person: Dr. Rajiv K. Sinha, Brisbane, Australia) Demonstrative workshop on ‘Ground water Conservation and Recharge’ (Resource Person: Dr. K.A. Narayan, Brisbane, Australia) Workshop on ‘Techniques of Bioinformatics’: (Resource Person: Dr. J. Kumar; Dr. M. Kumar; Dr. M. Sinha; Dr. Priti Bala)

3.1.7 Provide details of prioritized research areas and the expertise available with the institution. The prioritized research areas include: Chemistry - Coordination Chemistry, Organic synthesis, Solid Waste Management and Chemical kinetics. Physics – Nanoparticles, Solid state physics, Theoretical Physics (Relativity and Condensed matter). Advance quantum and Mathematical Physics. Botany – Phytochemistry, Cytogenetics, Molecular biology, Plant Tissue Culture, Bioinformatics and Molecular Modeling, Environmental biology, Microbiology and Plant Pathogenesis. Zoology – Animal Ecology and Effect of Agrochemicals on Vertebrates. Mathematics – Functional analysis, Applied Mathematics Psychology – Social and Clinical Psychology, Buddhist psychology, IQ assessment, Indigenous Psychology. Political Science – Political thought, International relation, Political sociology, Women’s studies, Public administration and Indian political system. History – Modern History, Medieval Studies and Anglo-Indian impacts. Sociology – Marx, Socio-Economics. Hindi – Contemporary and Ancient literature. English – Indian English writing, Language and Commonwealth literature. Geography – Caste migration, Environment, Settlement studies, population. Economics – Women studies, Child labor, and Migration. Commerce – Financial management, Accounting and Marketing.

3.1.8 Enumerate the efforts of the institution in attracting researchers of eminence to visit the campus and interact with teachers and students?

It is a common practice to invite renowned Scientists and researchers for interaction at seminars/symposia or by special lectures. During the last four years, a number of Scientists and Researchers from IIT, Patna; NIT, Patna; IIT, Kanpur; NIT, Rourkela; ABTF, Korea; Department of Environmental Engineering, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia; Department of Life Sciences, JNU, New Delhi and other prominent institutions visited the institution and interacted with the researchers, faculties and students.

3.1.9 What percentage of the faculty has utilized Sabbatical Leave for research activities? How has the provision contributed to improve the quality of research and imbibe research culture on the campus? Approximately, 15% of the faculty members have taken leaves of different types such as Study leave or Lien to work in research laboratories and institutions outside the state or to attend workshops or training programmes during the last four years. Grant of study leaves by the institution/university has contributed to the knowledge, expertise, experience and abilities of the faculty since decades.

3.1.10 Provide details of the initiatives taken up by the institution in creating awareness/advocating/transfer of relative findings of research of the institution and elsewhere to students and community (lab to land) Publications of works in Journals/Magazines by the Faculty members are reported in the College magazine/publications. Reports in Hindustan Times and other Newspapers have contributed to the spread of Research activities being pursued in the Institution locally. One way of dissemination of research output and ideas has been through College level seminars to discuss the findings of research with faculty members, students and media. Additionally, more often, we showcase our research findings through models/charts or PP presentations.

3.2 Resource Mobilization for Research

3.2.1 What percentage of the total budget is earmarked for research? Give details. The College does not have any pre-fixed budgetary provision for research on its own. A faculty member has to obtain funds from different funding agencies e.g. Science & Technology departments, other departments of the state government, UGC, DST, DBT and etc. The Institution provides Infrastructure and basic Instrumental/library support only.

3.2.2 Is there a provision in the institution to provide seed money to the faculty for research? No.

3.2.3 What are the financial provisions made available to support student research projects? None. The student has to carry out on his own or under JRF/SRF schemes or under a sanctioned Research project of a faculty member. However, the institution plays a key role by providing access to instruments and infrastructural facilities. Special grant may be sanctioned in some cases by the institution.

3.2.4 How does the various departments/units/staff of the institute interact in undertaking inter-disciplinary research? Cite examples of successful endeavors and challenges faced in organizing interdisciplinary research. Interdisciplinary research has been carried out between Botany/Biotechnology department and Department of Chemistry. Few papers (Authors: Dr. Jainendra Kumar, Department of Botany and Biotechnology and Dr. Girish Kumar Sinha, Department of Chemistry) were also published on their findings (e.g. ‘Studies on biological activity of synthetic mannich base nitrogen mustard of 3-aminophthalimide -1’ – published in Int. Mult. Res. Jour.: available at http://irjs.info/). Currently, a new interdisciplinary project collaboration between Chemistry and Biotechnology departments is under consideration. It is themed around ‘QSAR (Quantity Structure Activity Relationship) and drug Development’. Collaboration of biotechnology/Botany with the Department of Physics is also at conceptual level. In the area of Kala-azar, interdisciplinary collaborative research is currently underway between the department of Botany and Rajendra Memorial Research Institute (ICMR Unit), Agamkuan, Patna (Dr. D.S. Dinesh and team) with more than three publications till date.

3.2.5 How does the institution ensure optimal use of various equipment and research facilities of the institution by its staff and students? The departments are custodian of the instruments and other infrastructure available with them. All the instruments/equipments are accessible to one and all (student/faculty from any department can utilize instrumentation available

in any department).

3.2.6 Has the institution received any special grants or finances from the industry or other beneficiary agency for developing research facility? If ‘yes’ give details. No, none in recent times.

3.2.7 Enumerate the support provided to the faculty in securing research funds from various funding agencies, industry and other organizations. Provide details of ongoing and completed projects and grants received during the last four years. The college encourages the faculty to apply for the research projects to various funding agencies through Research Advisory Committee. RAC provides all the information regarding the funds available with UGC under major & minor research projects, DST, DBT, State Science and Technology department and other national and international funding agencies/Trusts/Organizations. The institution promotes collaborative research activities with other research/Scientific organizations and Universities.

Research projects during last four years: Major Research Projects: Chemistry: Dr. Vijay Kumar Title of the project: Kinetic parameters of Platinum Metal complexes and their catalytic importance. Funding agency: University Grants Commission Sanctioned amount: Rs. 5,14, 800/- Duration: 2008-2011 Current status: Finished Political Science: Dr. Rachna Suchinmayee Title of the project: Political and Social Study of Voting pattern in Bihar. Funding agency: UGC Sanctioned amount: Rs. 6,23,200/- Duration: 2011-14 Current status: Final Draft Stage Philosophy: Prof. Pramod Kumar Title of the project: Hetuvidya Studies in Modern and Contemporary China Funding agency: China National Planning Office of Philosophy & Social Sciences, University of Sanghai (China).

Sanctioned amount: Not specified yet from the corpus. In Collaboration with Prof. Heyen Shen of University of Sanghai. Duration: 2013-2015 Current status: Work in progress Major Workshop project: English: Dr. Bithika Dasgupta Sarkar Title of the project (Awareness and Workshop project): Sensitivity, Awareness and Motivation. Funding agency: University Grants Commission [from Capacity building Women Manager program] Sanctioned amount: Rs. 5,65,000/ Executed in 2013 [February]

Major Applied for Research projects: Botany/Biotechnology: Prof. Jainendra Kumar Title: Tissue culture of major horticultural, plantation and vegetable crops suitable for LDPE polyhouse and Shade Net cultivation and open fields in Upper Gangetic plains of India. [To CSIR, New Delhi]. Amount: 22, 50, 000/ approx. Economics: Dr Rashmi Akhaury Applied for a major project related to the Study of empowerment of women in Gaya district and adjoining areas of Bihar. [To UGC] Amount: Rs. 8, 00, 000/- approx.

Minor Research Projects Political Science: Dr Indira Sinha Title of the project: Empowerment of Dalits with special Reference to Political Participation, Representation, Movements and Leadership A Case Study of Nalanda District. Funding agency: University Grants Commission Sanctioned amount: Rs.1,50,000/ Duration: 2010-12 Current status: Finished. Political Science: Dr Arvind Aditya Raj Title of the project: Power Struggle in the red Corridor: Dynamics of Maoist’s actions, Human rights questions and State response in the Bihar hinterland. Funding agency: University Grants Commission Sanctioned amount: Rs. 67,000/ Duration: 2011-2013

Current status: Finished. History: Dr Rajiv Ranjan Title of the project: Udantpuri Mahavihar: Ek Addhayan Funding agency: University Grants Commission Sanctioned amount: Rs. 1.02, 000/ Duration: 2009-11 Current status: Finished. Physics: Dr Santosh Kumar Title of the project: ZnO based DMS systems. Funding agency: University Grants Commission. Sanctioned amount: Rs. 1, 42, 000/- Duration: 2013-15. Current status: Work in progress. Grant received till yet: Rs. 1, 20, 000/- Economics: 1. Dr. Punam Title of the project: Socio-Economic Scenario of Agricultural Labourers. Funding agency: University Grants Commission. Sanctioned amount: Rs 80,000/- Duration: 2009-2011. Current status: Finished. Economics: Dr. Rashmi Akhauri Title of the project: Empowering Women in Bihar - A Case Study of Patna District. Funding agency: UGC, New Delhi Sanctioned amount: Rs 86,000/ Duration: 2009-11 Current status: Finished Commerce: Dr. R.U. Singh Title of the project: Dalit empowerment and Social Justice – A Case study of Patna District. Funding Agency: UGC Duration: 2012-13 Grant: 1,01,000/- Current status: Grant Received Rs. 61,000/-. In Final stages.

3.3 Research Facilities

3.3.1 What are the research facilities available to the students and research scholars within the campus? The institution has all basic facilities for research e.g. laboratories,

instruments, library and related resources, computers with necessary hardware and software, research guides, perspective projects, recurring grants for chemicals and reagents, technical support and maintenance, and coordinated instrumentation where interdisciplinary works can be carried out.

3.3.2 What are the institutional strategies for planning, upgrading and creating infrastructural facilities to meet the needs of researchers especially in the new and emerging areas of research? Regarding the emerging technology field, lately, the college has submitted an elaborate plan for an ultra-equipped Plant Tissue Culture laboratory to the NHM directorate of the Agriculture department of the State Government for subsidy for infrastructure development, instrumentation and support amounting to Rs. 2, 50, 000, 00/- in total. Once established, it shall primarily be aimed to carry out and perfect the protocols of tissue culture of commercially important horticultural, plantation and vegetable crops. (A Research project in this regard has been submitted to CSIR). The lab will be able to produce several lakhs of TC plants (e.g. Gerbera, Carnation, rose, banana, papaya, Pine apple, Coccinia indica (vegetable), seed potato etc.) every year to be distributed to farmers and growers. Multiple plans to develop infrastructural facilities with the help of different state/national or international funding agencies for all types of research including those in Pure and Applied Science, Humanities, Social Sciences and Commerce is under active consideration of the institution. Prospective agencies shall be approached during 2015-16.

3.3.3 Has the institution received any special grants or finances from the industry or other beneficiary agency for developing research facilities? None till yet. A proposal to establish a Special Physical instrumentation lab in the area of material science and nano-materials is under the active consideration of Science and Technology department of Govt. of Bihar.

3.3.4 What are the research facilities made available to the students and research scholars outside the campus / other research laboratories? It is done on departmental level with the help of the faculty members with contacts in /or collaboration/MOU with Research laboratories and organizations outside. Department of Physics has carried out many researches with the help of IIT, Kanpur. Department of Biotechnology has an MOU with ABTF, South Korea and an understanding with Bioinformatics Facility, NBU, Siliguri and others. Other departments have such

collaborations too.

3.3.5 Provide details on the library/ information resource center or any other facilities available specifically for the researchers? As mentioned in other sections, Central library has such facilities and resources that benefit researchers directly and specifically. In addition, the researchers may help resources available in CSIR labs and other institutes.

3.3.6 What are the collaborative research facilities developed/ created by the research institutes in the college. For ex. Laboratories, library, instruments, computers, new technology etc. We provide summer trainings to students from outside institutions. We are open to all in respect to our expertise, supervision and consultancy. A number of research students coming from far off places have worked in our labs for part research leading to Ph.D. or short research projects allotted for summer training or post-graduate requirement. Presently, a collaborative research project related to ‘Kalazar’ in the area of Phytochemistry and drug discovery and a few collaborative papers have been already published e.g. Insecticidal Effect of Plant Extracts on Phlebotomus argentipes (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Bihar, India published in Indian Journal of Medical Research.

3.4 Research Publications and Awards

3.4.1 Highlight the major research achievements of the staff and students in terms of  Patents obtained and filed (process and product)  Original research contributing to product improvement  Research studies or surveys benefiting the community or improving the services  Research inputs contributing to new initiatives and social development Many research papers by people in Social Sciences relate to Community development and services. Such projects have been carried out by faculties from Political Science, Economics and Commerce. Research in applied Science (e.g. Plant tissue Culture) has also led to discoveries and findings that are directly beneficial to communities and society. Research, survey and awareness related to modern agricultural practices and innovative technologies, sustainable living strategies and vermicultural applications take up by a faculty member of Botany and biotechnology department have

contributed immensely to the urban communities and farming people as well. There has been no culture of patent filing in the institution till recently and free information flow has been the norm. But, now a strategy has been conceived to have an IPR and patent facilitating body in the campus that would look after patenting of protocols, processes and products.

3.4.2 Does the Institute publish or partner in publication of research journal(s)? If ‘yes’, indicate the composition of the editorial board, publication policies and whether such publication is listed in any international database? The institution publishes two journals (In English literature and Urdu literature), one magazine and three Newsletters which bring out views, analyses, development, reports, fictions, research and informative articles. In these publications, the college has a definite policy to give voices to teachers as well as students. College teachers constitute to the Editorial Board. All these publications have in-house faculty members on the Editorial Board. Section 3.4.3 presents some details. The institution has collaboration/understanding with few Research Journals that are published by Professional bodies, Research organizations and academic publishers of elsewhere e.g. Online Journal of Modern biology, Journal of Ultra-Chemistry, Journal of Behavior research review, Rooh-e- Urdu, Spectrum etc.

3.4.3 Details of publications by the faculty and students: No of Books published: Chem-04, Phy-08, Botany-12, Commerce-21, Psychology-31, Urdu-05, Hindi-12, History-02, Sociology-02, Economics-05, English-02 , Total-104 Chapter in Books: Book Review in Cyber Literature (ISSN no. 0972-0901) by Dr. Kumar Chandradeep (English); Chapters in Biology books for NOU by Dr. J. Kumar (Botany). Editorship: Pro. R.N. Pandey (Chemistry) - Consultant Editor of Journal of Ultra Chemistry. Prof. J. Kumar (Botany/Biotechnology) – Editor, Online Journal of Modern Biology ISSN 0973-9394. Dr. Alpana Sengupta (Psychology) - Research Editor of Journal of Behaviour Research Review ISSN No 0975-7198. Dr Dinesh Kumar (Psychology) - Member of editorial Board, for (i) Perspective in Psychological Research Regd. no – ISSN-0971-1562, (ii)

Anusandhan Regd. no ISSN-0973-0923, (iii) Social Research Journal ISSN 0975-02741 (iv) Spectrum, ISSN 0974-2417 Dr Kumar Chandradeep (English) - Executive editor of Cyber literature ( A Biannual) ISSN NO-0972-0901; Editor of The Inward Eye: Paltliputra Journal of English Studies ISSN NO-2278-9162; Member, Advisory Board, Urdu Today ISSN NO-2321-8029. Dr. S.I. Qadri (Urdu) - Editor of the journal of Anjuman Taraqqui-e-Urdu, Bihar; Rooh-e-Urdu, Patna; Member of Editorial Board of Yuva Samvad, Delhi (Hindi) and Tahqueeqat, Patna (Trilingual research journal-Urdu, Persian and Arabic). Workshop attended/organized during last four years: Chemistry - 07, Physics -13, Botany - 03, Psychology-25, Urdu-16, Pol. Science -12, Philosophy-01, Hindi-08, History-03, Geography-01, Economics-18, English - 04. Total-111

3.4.4 Research awards, recognition/incentives etc. Formal Research awards have been received by the faculty members in the past at State and National level. However, during the last four years, there has not been any recipient as such. Informal recognition/certificate of app[recitation and award at National and International level at Symposia and Conferences are routinely received by a number of faculty members. Many teachers are well known in their respective fields for standard research and contribution. On this basis, they are regularly invited as resource persons or to sit on Research boards, National Govt. Departments, International Committees, Research Review panels and Journals’ Editorial Boards. Faculty members from this college had received awards like Sahitya Akadmi and Padmashree. The institution’s Research Advisory Committee (RAC) has recently recommended to the authorities to institute a corpus for incentives for faculties doing high-end research. Several of the research articles and papers published in reputed and Peer reviewed Journals by the faculty members during the last four years individually carry variant but high metric evaluators like Citation index, Impact Factor, h-index, SCImago Journal Ranking etc. As researches are reported by individuals in Journals of their choice, it becomes mostly difficult to assess these at departmental level. We hope to develop a system for it in near future.

3.5 Consultancy

3.5.1 Give details of the systems and strategies for establishing institute-industry interface? We don’t have a well-defined system of making Institute – Industry interface till yet. Instead, we have made direct contact with some industries to have a useful and practical interface time to time. For example, we had an arrangement with McDowels (Mokama) in the interest of biotech students for their on-job training and consultancy. As mentioned in Criterion I report, such arrangements exist for Physics, Chemistry and Biology departments with industrial units/establishments like Tek Brain Pvt. Ltd., Web Info Edge, Brahma Consultancy, Alchem Laboratories, Baidyanath Ayurveda Bhawan and others. Consultancy in conjunction with extension services is also taken up in collaboration with some social organizations e.g. NHRDN (National Human Resource Development Network), Patna Chapter, NGO e.g. Nidan, Trust e.g. A.V.P. Permaculture and Agriculture Technologies and Club e.g. Rotary Club of India (Patna).

3.5.2 What is the stated policy of the institution to promote consultancy? How is the available expertise advocated and publicized? Reports in Newspapers and reviews are the means by which we have been advertising our expertise since long. To promote it further, we are including a link of available consultancy related expertise and services on our college website.

3.5.3 How does the institution encourage the staff to utilize their expertise and available facilities for consultancy services? The college has now a policy in regard to this. A committee for Consultancy, collaboration and extension services exists. It is entrusted with the responsibility to coordinate the faculties in context of these services.

3.5.4 List the broad areas and major consultancy services provided by the institution and the revenue generated during the last four years. No revenue is generated. Revenue generation is not permitted by the xisting rules of State and University. We provide free consultancy. The major areas, where we have been providing consultancy to entrepreneurs, industry, associations, individuals or organizations, include laboratory design and establishment, experimentations

and protocols, technical know-hows, electronics, Nanotechnology research, Compound synthesis, Species identification, Plant Tissue culture, Vermiculture and composting, Sustainable development strategies, aquaculture and shallow water cultivation of aquatic crops, modern farming methods, Psycho-social problems, investments, Commercial ventures and economic implications, event management, political analyses and survey methods, social services, jobs and training, examination related strategies, language learning and phonetics and a lot of other relevant topics. Some faculty members have regularly served as consultant at National panels too.

3.5.5 What is the policy of the institution in sharing the income generated through consultancy (staff involved: Institution) and its use for institutional development? Income is not generated at institutional level.

3.6 Extension Activities and Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR)

3.6.1 How does the institution promote institution-neighbourhood- community network and student engagement, contributing to good citizenship, service orientation and holistic development of students? The institution has been organizing community services programs for the benefit of its neighborhood for years. These activities are student centric and inculcate discipline, control and humane behavior in our students. A prestigious 3-day annual Public Extension programme carried out by the institution in the month of December every year is STRIDE. STRIDE-2014 was organized from 21st December 2014 to 23rd December 2014. It has been a widely acclaimed activity on the part of our students who serve people with free clinical tests, diagnostics, health related advices, first aids and emergency management of killer diseases, routine hygiene, food choice, drinking water quality check-up, blood donation, environmental education and other issues supported with demonstrative displays, posters and flags. These activities are in addition to those by NSS and NCC units that carry out extensive social works and community services round the year. Theme based seminars and talks are organized time to time to motivate the students in regard to ISR and Individual commitments for society.

3.6.2 What is the Institutional mechanism to track students’ involvement in various social movements / activities which promote

citizenship roles? The College asks students from every department to come up and participate in social service activities and extension programs. They are assigned tasks in advance for preparations. A record is kept to analyze their attendance, active participation level and contribution after the outreach program is concluded. NSS units are trained on the guiding concept of “You first” and they are given individual assignment to work in a particular situation. It judges his/her degree of involvement.

3.6.3 How does the institution solicit stakeholder perception on the overall performance and quality of the institution? The public extension activities and functions carried out independently or in collaboration with NGOs or Clubs by the college have participation of both faculties and students. These activities mainly target village people, neighborhood population, parents and peers. Since olden times, the institution has carved out a niche for itself and a perspective social perception which has gradually created an image of philanthropy and social integration of the institution.

3.6.4 How does the institution plan and organize its extension and outreach programmes? Providing the budgetary details for last four years, list the major extension and outreach programmes and their impact on the overall development of students. The institution has active NSS and NCC units. Additionally, it has a committee to plan and execute extension activities for the whole year. Estimates are made in advance and funds are released by the college office as per the estimate individually for different proposals as and when needed. We do not have fixed annual budgetary provision. In general, 20-25 and 30-35 activities and outreach programmes are carried out by our NCC and NSS units every year respectively. STRIDE is a 3-day annual function which also showcases all outreach programs carried out during the year. Students from different departments participate in all these activities directly. They learn, absorb social values and ethics and develop correct disposition and orientation in regard to the society.

3.6.5 How does the institution promote the participation of students and faculty in extension activities including participation in NSS, NCC, YRC and other National/ International agencies? They are made to understand the meaning of Social accountability, advantages of Public service and our slogan ‘Sathi hath badhana; chalen ham

sath – sath’. Special classes/sessions are arranged for participating students by faculty members for assignment, preparation and preview of such functions/programmes. Participation, in some cases, is made mandatory rather than optional to create a dedicated group of answerable cadets.

3.6.6 Give details on social surveys, research or extension work (if any) undertaken by the college to ensure social justice and empower students from under-privileged and vulnerable sections of society?  Social justice and empowerment are the two key points which are stressed upon in all such programs.  Students from rural areas, weaker sections, under-privileged segments of the society are encouraged to participate with conviction, confidence and energy to work in their own areas so that people and community are emotionally involved and feel empowered.  Social survey is regularly made in slums and shanties and NSS units provide all kinds of help to the people of these settlements.  Feedback records are kept and analyzed to plan survey and work in slums in a structured manner so that positive results are obtained and young people are encouraged to learn and progress.  Many research programs carried out by our faculties of Economics, Political Science, Psychology and Commerce have made social survey and research works where students from under-privileged locations have been involved directly (See Section on Minor projects).

3.6.7 Reflecting on objectives and expected outcomes of the extension activities organized by the institution, comment on how they complement students’ academic learning experience and specify the values and skills inculcated. On the basis of our experience of doing social activities and public extension services for years inside or outside of the campus, we believe that -  Students develop new outlook and absorb values by participating in Public services and extension works.  Such events induce responsibility and Social understanding in them.  Their personality becomes amicable and they are correctly disposed towards learning and education.  They are able to put everything in social perspective and develop a deep sense of belonging to the society, and State.  Positive traits develop in their personality.

3.6.8 How does the institution ensure the involvement of the community in its reach out activities and contribute to the community development? Detail on the initiatives of the institution that encourage community participation in its activities? Community participation initiatives of the institution revolve around the following –  NSS Units of students that carry out social surveys, do sanitation works, work for awareness, provide consumer items to people of slums, educate boys and girls of slums and instill good living habits in them.  Environmental awareness seminars that involve community people, inform and make them aware.  Organization of camps in rural areas and slums to involve and teach people.  STRIDE is our prestigious 3-day annual event that involves communities and instills in them a feeling of togetherness and collective development.

3.6.9 Give details on the constructive relationships forged (if any) with other institutions of the locality for working on various outreach and extension activities. We sometimes involve Non-government organizations/Clubs only in some of our outreach programs. We do not have any collaboration with any other institution in this respect but we respect the bond that we have with the poor beneficiaries and village people whom we intend to serve.

3.6.10 Give details of awards received by the institution for extension activities and/contributions to the social/community development during the last four years. Awards as such are heart-felt appreciations by the beneficiary village people and local populations. Regular Media coverage on large scale has given us utmost satisfaction and encouragement to work further. No formal award has been received by the institution in this regard. However, our students from NSS have been regularly awarded for their work both at State and national level.

3.7 Collaboration

3.7.1 How does the institution collaborate and interact with research laboratories, institutes and industry for research activities. Cite examples

and benefits accrued of the initiatives - collaborative research, staff exchange, sharing facilities and equipment, research scholarships etc. The institution approaches industry, organizations and universities for collaboration of different kinds at departmental level or institutional level. As mentioned in Criterion II, we have collaboration of student exchange/sharing facilities, training and research with industries, Research organizations like IITs and world famous international institutions like ABTF, Korea.

3.7.2 Provide details on the MoUs/collaborative arrangements (if any) with institutions of national importance/other universities/ industries/Corporate (Corporate entities) etc. and how they have contributed to the development of the institution. Please see Criterion II. As regards the development of the institution, we may say that industries played key roles in the design and development of curricular for applied areas (Vocational and Add-On courses), while Research laboratories have armed our students with skills and knowledge (e.g. in animal breeding, plant breeding, Stem cell research, NMR technique, Nano- technological skills etc.). College of Commerce has MOUs with –  ABTF, Konkuk University, South Korea  NHRDN, Patna Chapter  AVP Permaculture and Agriculture Technologies (Trust)  NGO Nidan  Organization for sustainable Development, Bihar  Harmony, Bihar College has collaborative arrangement with many institutions and facilities available in the country in the area of social works, industrial training, research, students’ exchange and faculty training (described elsewhere).

3.7.3 Give details (if any) on the industry-institution-community interactions that have contributed to the establishment / creation/up-gradation of academic facilities, student and staff support, infrastructure facilities of the institution viz. laboratories / library/ new technology /placement services etc. There is no such three-way interaction strategy at present but we do have plans to have such interface.

3.7.4 Highlighting the names of eminent scientists/participants who contributed to the events, provide details of national and international conferences organized by the college during the last four

years. The world famous Stem Cell Scientist Prof. Hoon Taek Lee from Konkuk University, Korea visited the college and delivered lectures in December 2009. We had an MOU with ABTF, Korea for Students’ exchange and Research. International Bihar Science Conference held in 2009 had luminaries like Dr. U.N. Singh, Chief Technologist, NASA; Dr. K.D. Kumar, RYERSON, Canada; Dr. Himanshu Shekhar, DRDO, Pune; Prof. Vijay A. Singh, Homi Bhabha Centre of Sciences, Mumbai; Dr. R.K. Mishra, A-1 technology Inc., USA; Prof. Pramod Yadav, JNU, New Delhi, Prof. H.C. Verma, IIT, Kanpur and many others. National Conference of Bihar Mathematical Society (2012): The conference was attended by mathematicians from all over India and some from abroad too. International Seminar on Sustainable development (2013): It was addressed By Prof. Rajiv K. Sinha, Department of Environmental Engineering, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia; Dr. Kumar A. Narayan, Ground water Recharge expert and Technocrat, Adelaide, Australia and Prof. N.K. Mishra, Patna and others. National Pre-Conference of Indian Economic Association (2014): was addressed by Dr. Y.V. Reddy, former Governor, Researve Bank of India and Chairman, 14th Finance Commission, Govt. of India; Prof. K.D. Swamy, Vice Chancellor, Bharatpur University, Rajasthan; Prof. G. Nancharaiah, Dean, School of Economics, University of Hyderabad and many researchers from the country.

3.7.5 How many of the linkages/collaborations have actually resulted in formal MoUs and agreements? List out the activities and beneficiaries and cite examples (if any) of the established linkages that enhanced and/or facilitated - As said earlier, we have an MOU with ABTF, South Korea for Students’ exchange and Research. Understanding for collaboration exists with IIT, Kanpur and Bioinformatics Facility, NBU, Siliguri for research. For Extension services, we have an MOU with ‘Organization for Sustainable Development (OSD), Australia-Bihar. We are in the process of developing a linkage with Horticulture Department of the Govt. of Bihar for funding, subsidy and training. Additionally, we have understanding with a few Pharmaceuticals and Entrepreneurial establishments.

3.7.6 Detail on the systemic efforts of the institution in planning, establishing and implementing the initiatives of the linkages/ collaborations. Institution developed a strategy for approaching Research organizations, Universities, NGOs, Social organizations and portals and Industries with a view to maximize gains in terms of academics, education, research, social participation, awareness, training, placement and entrepreneurship. Apart from formal MOUs, we do have informal linkages for following types of activities. Some linkages/understanding processes are still in pipeline or in progress.

Concept of collaboration of the Institution

Academic Faculty training strategies Social participation

Education Awareness Research Institution Placement Student training

Students’ Students’ exchange training

Entrepreneurship

Criterion IV INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEARNING RESOURCES

4.1 Physical Facilities 4.1.1 What is the policy of the Institution for creation and enhancement of infrastructure that facilitates effective teaching and learning? The college has always tried to optimize the infrastructural facilities. Number of classrooms, laboratories, library, auditorium, gymnasium, departments, general offices, rooms for officials, computers, furniture and all other types of necessary infrastructures has been added over years. Its policy is to enhance the facilities as far as the available spaces allow or as far as possible. Addition to existing infrastructure is being continuous made and some works are in progress still today. In this respect, we also hope to approach the government to have us a second campus so that we add more facilities to increase the effectiveness of the teaching/learning process and related activities that shall enhance overall development of our students.

4.1.2 Detail the facilities available for (a) Curricular and co-curricular activities – classrooms, technology enabled learning spaces, seminar halls, tutorial spaces, laboratories, botanical garden, Animal house, specialized facilities and equipment for teaching, learning and research etc. (b) Extra –curricular activities – sports, outdoor and indoor games, gymnasium, auditorium, NSS, NCC, cultural activities, Public speaking, communication skills development, yoga, health and hygiene etc. The institution possesses required facilities/infrastructure for all the three sections of activities i.e. Curricular, Co-curricular a n d Extra –curricular activities that include well furnished class rooms with proper ventilation and facilities for presentations; Science labs with modern amenities and instruments for different subjects e.g. botany, biotechnology, zoology, physics, chemistry, computer science, IT and languages equipped with latest instruments and software.; language lab; automated library with more than 50,000 books, magazines, newspapers, journals, computers, reprographic unit, a separate website and online learning resources; girls’ hostel (under

construction); University extension office; bank; post office; seminar rooms; air conditioned presentation halls; conference hall/auditorium with dance floor; common room for boys and girls; NSS/NCC rooms; toilets; washrooms; departments; staffrooms; well furnished glassed offices (air conditioned in most cases); tiled floors; playground, gymnasium, indoor game facilities; counter sale canteen; botanical garden; animal house; etc. to cater to the curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular needs. The college campus houses all the facilities at one compact place. The college library is situated in a separate double storey building with spacious reading room for students and teachers.

4.1.3 How does the institution plan and ensure that the available infrastructure is in line with its academic growth and is optimally utilized? Give specific examples of the facilities developed/augmented and the amount spent during the last four years (Enclose the Master Plan of the Institution / campus and indicate the existing physical infrastructure and the future planned expansions if any). Keeping pace with the growth and enhanced activities, the college keeps on augmenting its infrastructure. Extra seminar halls and other structural units with tiled floors have been added during the last four years. All facilities are optimally used, and in this regard, we need more structures and extensions for our growing needs. A new Master plan is under way (A copy is attached herewith). During the last four years, considerable amount has been spent on infrastructure that included building, equipment, computers and furniture. Figures in Rs. are as follows:

Items 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13

Building 30,00,336 71,88,153 35,00,465 1,08,56,673

Furniture None None 2,97,017 32,24,485

Equipment 6,73,267 7,51,270 25,07,722 40,09,200

Computers 5,00,000 3,45,000 4,15,600 2,10,550

4.1.4 How does the institution ensure that the infrastructure facilities meet the requirements of students with physical disabilities? In context of disabled, special arrangement, like wheelchair and ramp, is the norm. If a student is physically handicapped and taking some examination, he or she may be provided a seat in an easily accessible ground floor room even if his/her seat is located in some other room on upper floors. Likewise, classes etc. are also specially arranged for such students.

4.1.5 Give details on the residential facility and various provisions available within them:  Hostel Facility – Accommodation available  Recreational facilities, gymnasium, yoga center, etc.  Computer facility including access to internet in hostel  Facilities for medical emergencies  Library facility in the hostels  Internet and Wi-Fi facility  Recreational facility-common room with audio-visual equipments  Available residential facility for the staff and occupancy  Constant supply of safe drinking water  Security The College has separate common rooms and rest rooms for female students. For the women in the teaching faculty and non-teaching fraternity, toilets and public utility facilities are separately available. Recreational centre, gym, periodical yoga classes, computer facility and internet, medical centre, audio-visual implements, drinking water facility, botanical garden, aquaculture unit, vermiculture and vermifiltration unit, security personnel, take-away canteen facility, double flushing systems, auditorium, conference rooms, meeting rooms, common rooms etc. are available for use in the institution. Hostel facility is being developed for girls that shall have all the facilities indicated above e.g. internet and Wi-Fi, medical assistance, recreational annexes etc. (It could have already been made operational a year back but for the constraints regarding funding and strategic complications).

4.1.6 What are the provisions made available to students and staff in terms of health care on the campus and off the campus? The institution has a medical centre that provides consultancy, medical diagnostic check-up facilities, over-the-counter medicines and free first aid. It is meant exclusively for the students, non-teaching staff members and faculties.

4.1.7 Give details of the Common Facilities available on the campus spaces for special units like IQAC, Grievance Redressal unit, Women’s Cell, Counselling and Career Guidance, Placement Unit, Health Centre, Canteen, recreational spaces for staff and students, safe drinking water facility, auditorium, etc. All the units mentioned here exist in the institution with their separate offices and/or extended activity centres. As submitted above, facilities like auditorium, conference rooms, health unit, recreation rooms etc. are available. Safe drinking water is made available through the widely spaced installed dispensing units fitted with aqua guards.

4.2 Library as a Learning Resource 4.2.1 Does the library have an Advisory Committee? Specify the composition of such a committee. What significant initiatives have been implemented by the committee to render the library, student/user friendly? We have a Library Committee comprising five members. Prof. Jainendra Kumar (Department of Botany/Biotechnology) is the Prof-in-charge assisted by three senior faculty members namely Prof. Md. Quddus (Department of Commerce), Prof. Shailendra Kumar Singh (Department of Mathematics) and Prof. Lalan Prasad Singh (Department of English) and the librarian/assistant librarian. The committee sits regularly, takes note of the requirements/requisitions and recommends to the head of the institution for maintenance or arrangement for the demands and needs. To make the library more user-friendly and easily accessible, computer- enabled automation of the processes exists with a separate website. New E- resources are installed and applications are enhanced in a phased manner over years on recommendations from the library committee as per the requisitions and students’ demand.

4.2.2 Provide details of the following:  Total area of the library (in Sq. Mts.)

 Total seating capacity  Working hours (on working days, on holidays, before examination days, during examination days, during vacation)  Layout of the library (individual reading carrels, lounge area for browsing and relaxed reading, IT zone for accessing e-resources) Total area of the Central library: 788 square meters Total seating capacity in the Central library: 150 approx. In addition, departmental seminar libraries exist in seven departments i.e. Botany, Hindi, English, Mathematics, Psychology, Zoology and Geography. Working hours of the library: 07; on/before examination days – 07 hours (On Holidays/in vacations – none). The Central library comprises reading desks, IT section, a lounge, rooms for meetings/deliberations and few carrels for teachers.

4.2.3 How does the library ensure purchase and use of current titles, print and e-journals and other reading materials? Specify the amount spent on procuring new books, journals and e-resources during the last four years. Requisition is made by the departments through Heads on the basis of contemporary survey and demands for purchase of books and other reading resources. The library committee screens the lists and recommends to the Principal’s office for purchase/acquisition. After being cleared by the statutory Purchase committee, quotations are invited as per the process and orders placed for supply to an appropriate bidder.

Amount spent/ 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Library holdings

Text books 3,34,594 None 4,97,600 14,16,624 and other resources Total Rs. 22,48,818/-

4.2.4 Provide details on the ICT and other tools deployed to provide maximum access to the library collection?

 OPAC: Yes  Electronic Resource Management package for e-journals: Yes  Federated searching tools to search articles in multiple databases: Yes (Only for biology students)  Library Website: Yes  In-house/remote access to e-publications: Only In-house  Library automation: Yes (Autolib)  Total number of computers for public access: Yes (06) + (04 under aquistion)  Total numbers of printers for public access: Yes (02)  Internet band width/ speed 2mbps / 10 mbps / 1 GB: Yes (2 mbps)  Institutional Repository: Yes  Content management system for e-learning: No  Participation in Resource sharing networks/ consortia (like Inflibnet): No The Central library has internet facility with its own website www.coclib.org with OPAC, Coral installation (an Open source free software program for Electronic Resource Management packages), Search engines, links to open source e-resources and public domain e-publications, and library automation system.

4.2.5 Details on specifics:  Average number of walk-ins/day: 250-450  Average number of books issued/returned; 50-125  Ratio of library books to students enrolled: 25:1  Average number of books added during last three years; 755  Average number of login to OPAC: Not available yet.  Average number of login to e-resources: About 25-50  Average number of e-resources downloaded/printed: 25-50  Number of information literacy trainings organized: None

 Details of “weeding out” of books and other materials: None (not any in the last four years)

4.2.6 Details on specific services:  Manuscripts: Available  Reference: Available  Reprography: Available  ILL (Inter Library Loan Service): None  Information deployment and notification (Information Deployment and Notification): Yes.  Download: Yes.  Printing: Yes.  Reading list/ Bibliography compilation: No  In-house/remote access to e-resources: available.  User Orientation and awareness: Yes.  Assistance in searching Databases: Yes (in special cases only)  INFLIBNET/IUC facilities: No.

4.2.7 Enumerate on the support provided by the Library staff to the students and teachers of the college. The library staff provides all kinds of help to the students/faculty members beginning from book search to the issue of books. They help in reprography, printing, getting access to catalogues, connecting to internet, downloads etc. too.

4.2.8 What are the special facilities offered by the library to the visually/physically challenged persons? Give details. Such students may be provided with all possible help, if need be. As per our principle, even reader/writer may be provided to individuals in special cases of urgency.

4.2.9 Does the library get the feedback from its users? If yes, how is it analyzed and used for improving the library services. (What strategies are deployed by the Library to collect feedback from users? How is the feedback analyzed and used for further improvement of the library services?) Students have a form to return their feedback which could be referred to the library committee for study and action.

4.3 IT Infrastructure 4.3.1 Give details on the computing facility available (hardware and software) at the institution.  Number of computers with Configuration (provide actual number with exact configuration of each available system) Department-wise/Section-wise list of computers: BCA: Total = 40; 30 (COMPAQ, CORE TO Duo CPU; 2GB RAM; 320 GB HDD) and 10 (CHIRAG; PENTIUM 4; 2 GB RAM; 500 GB HDD); 02 printers (01 HP Laserjet printer/scanner/copier and 01 HP printer). B.Sc. IT: Total = 20; 01 (COMPAQ; CORE TO DUO CPU; 2 GB RAM; 320 GB HDD) and 19 (Assembled; Dual Core; 01 GB RAM; 320 GB HDD); 01 HP Laserjet printer/scanner/copier. Botany/Biotechnology: Total = 10 (HCL 05/ HP 02/ COMPAQ 03; DUAL CORE/PENTIUM; 2 GB RAM; 40/320/500 GB HDD); 02 Printers (One Laserjet and one Inkjet). Chemistry: Total = 03 (PENTIUM; 256 MB RAM; 40 GB HDD) with one HP printer Physics: Total = 02 (COMPAQ; PENTIUM; 256 MB RAM; 40 GB HDD) with one HP printer. Mathematics: Total = 02 (COMPAQ; PENTIUM; 256 MB RAM; 2 GB HDD) with 01 HP Laserjet printer/scanner/copier. BBM: Total = 16 (12 assembled with Dual Core; 1 GB RAM; 40 GB HDD/ 01 HP; PENTIUM; 1 GB RAM; 160 GB HDD/ 03 COMPAQ; PENTIUM; 01 GB RAM; 160 GB HDD) with one Canon printer/scanner/copier. MBA: Total 21 (HP; CORE TO DUO; 2 GB RAM; 500 GB HDD) with 01 HP printer/scanner/copier. Functional English: Total = 03 (one locally assembled and two HP (PENTIUM 4; 2 GB RAM; 160 GB HDD) with one Xerox printer. Account section (Office): Total = 03 (COMPAQ; i3 Processor; 8 GB RAM; 1 TB HDD) with one HP Multimedia printer. General section (Office): Total = 01 (Acer; CORE TO DUO; 2 GB RAM; 500 GB HDD) with one HP printer. Law: Total = 01 (COMPAQ; Dual Core; 2 GB RAM; 500 GB HDD) Psychology: Total = 01 (COMPAQ; CORE TO DUAL; 2 GB RAM; 320 GB HDD).

Hindi: Total = 01 (COMPAQ; CORE TO DUO; 2 GB RAM; 320 GB HDD). English: Total = 01 (COMPAQ; CORE TO DUO; 2 GB RAM; 320 GB HDD). Geography: Total = 02 (01 Acer CORE TO DUO 2 GB RAM 320 GB HDD/01 COMPAQ PENTOUM D; 512 MB RAM and 80 GB HDD) with 01 HP LASER printer. History: Total = 01 (COMPAQ; CORE TO DUO; 2 GB RAM; 500 GB HDD) with 01 HP Deskjet printer. Political Science: Total = 01 (COMPAQ; CORE TO DUO; 2 GB RAM; 320 GB HDD). J&MC: Total = 18 (16 Acer with AMD A8-5600K APU, 8 GB RAM and 01 TB HDD/ 01 COMPAQ with CORE TO DUO processor, 2 GB RAM and 320 GB HDD/ 01 HP with Dual processor, 2 GB RAM and 320 GB HDD). Economics/LSW: Total = 02 (01 HCL, Core to Duo p[rocessor, 2 GB RAM and 500 GB HDD + 01 COMPAQ with Core to Duo processor, 2 GB RAM and 500 GB HDD). Zoology: Total = 01 (COMPAQ; Core to Duo; 2 GB RAM; 500 GB HDD) MLT: Total = 01 (HP; Dual Core, 40 GB RAM; 320 GB HDD) with 01 HP Printer/scanner/copier. OMSP: Total = 01 (COMPAQ; Core to Duo processor; 2 GB RAM; 500 GB HDD). Central Library: Total = 06 (COMPAQ /HCL; i3/Dual Core processors; 4 GB RAM; 500 GB HDD). Grand Total = 158  Computer-student ratio: 1:62  Stand alone facility: 27  LAN facility: In Library, Botany, BCA, IT, MBA, BBM, Journalism & Mass Communication and Central library have LANs. Thus, 131 computers are on LAN.  Wi-Fi facility: All  Licensed software: 267  Number of nodes/ computers with Internet facility: 131  Departments (BCA, IT, BBM, MBA, Biotech B>Sc., Biotech M.Sc., FA, J&MC, Physics, Chemistry, Hindi, English, History, Psychology, Botany, Accounts section) have been supplied with total 17 laptops, each with one.

4.3.2 Detail on the computer and internet facility made available to the faculty and students on the campus and off-campus? All computers and applications installed along with the Internet and Web browsing are available to the students and faculties except a few installed in offices. They are free to work on the systems in their department where, in few instances, operators are employed to help. Off campus, we do not have any system.

4.3.3 What are the institutional plans and strategies for deploying and upgrading the IT infrastructure and associated facilities? Addition of computers and their upgrade is what the institution is expected to do continuously year by year. We hope to have 500 systems in two-three years from now. All systems would be on LAN with intranet facilities. In Science departments, we do need to link the activities/exercises being carried out in their laboratories with the central monitoring facility of the concerned department. The institution also plans to have a separate computer centre in the campus that shall cater to the students and learners exclusively without any restriction of the departmental control.

4.3.4 Provide details on the provision made in the annual budget for procurement, upgradation, deployment and maintenance of the computers and their accessories in the institution year wise for last four years) The institution cannot employ a system of fixed budgetary provision on its own for separate items i.e. procurement, upgrade, deployment and maintenance as per the existing rules/circulars of the affiliating university except the UGC grants/State grants sanctioned directly to the institution. Purchases and investments are based on students’ demands, requisition by the departments and time-based needs. As presented above, amount spent on the purchase of computers and laptops during the last four years has been as follows:

Rs. 5,00,000 Rs. 3,45,000 Rs. 4,15,600 Rs. 2,10,550

4.3.5 How does the institution facilitate extensive use of ICT resources including development and use of computer-aided teaching/ learning

materials by its staff and students? The faculty members can make use of computers located in their departments and elsewhere to prepare their Power-point presentations, teaching sheets, questionnaires, spreadsheets, animation/films, CDs, VCDs, on-line materials etc. and upload their teaching materials on the college/library website with the help of the technicians appointed specifically for it during office hours or even off-campus. Access is always free with no administrative monitoring or rationing. Students are allowed to access the systems for reading, copying, web browsing, e-mailing, printing, downloading and application learning only.

4.3.6 Elaborate giving suitable examples on how the learning activities and technologies deployed (access to on-line teaching - learning resources, independent learning, ICT enabled classrooms/learning spaces etc.) by the institution place the student at the centre of teaching-learning process and render the role of a facilitator for the teacher. Whole system of network is student-centric. A figurative drawing shown below showcases the theme of ICT based student learning process:

ICT Teaching Aids Classroom

PP presentations

Online materials for Teacher Student home reading/Tasks/etc.

Students are required to follow the ICT aided learning process. Teaching through PP slides interspersed with short videos or animations is the most preferred method that we follow in the given set-up. CDs and VCDs are also used more often. Online teaching materials are all to read and learn from home. In case of fast learners, we employ even individual e-mail correspondences for giving them inputs, referencing required books/resources and answering their specific questions. Referring students to web pages of utility is also a normal procedure. Giving inputs to students about search engines and search preferences is another way to enlighten them. On Teaching/Learning page of www.cocpatna.org and Students’ page of www.coclib.org, the students are now being provided with several useful and

properly ranked reading/learning materials and links which shall be updated time to time. An online teaching page has been inserted in the college website for students who can put questions to it to be answered by experts in no time (actually, as soon as possible). Obviously, the page is linked to the e-mails of teachers/experts who get queries and answer them to be automatically returned via the mailing system. Rarely (for example, in department of Biotechnology), advance online booking of off-routine special classes by students has also been employed to clear their doubts, exclusive teaching and provide solutions to their specific problems. 4.3.7 Does the Institution avail of the National Knowledge Network connectivity directly or through the affiliating university? If so, what are the services availed of? Not yet.

4.4 Maintenance of Campus Facilities 4.4.1 How does the institution ensure optimal allocation and utilization of the available financial resources for maintenance and upkeep of the following facilities (substantiate your statements by providing details of budget allocated during last four years)?

a. Building b. Furniture

c. Equipment d. Computers

e. Vehicles

As given above, the college invests in different items/processes on the basis of demands ands and need time to time. The institution has a fund for these purposes called MU fund monitored by the university and it has first to get approval from the university to get the fund released for work. The amount spent on building, furniture, equipment and computers during the last four years have been given above. No amount has been spent in terms of vehicle. % of expenditure on building, furniture, equipment and computers is shown below for the last four years (2009-10; 10-11; 11-12; 12-13).

4.4.2 What are the institutional mechanisms for maintenance and upkeep of the infrastructure, facilities and equipment of the college? These issues are taken up for consideration after they are reported by the departments, maintenance guards and proctors and referred to respective committees for action as per the norm (presented elsewhere in detail). Expert technicians and manufacturers’ agents and service centres are contacted time to time for upkeep, correction of faults, if any and upgradation.

4.4.3 How and with what frequency does the institute take up calibration and other precision measures for the equipment/ instruments? It is carried over by the departments concerned once every six months in regular course (but immediately on report of an error/fault) and reported to the Principal for further action.

4.4.4 What are the major steps taken for location, upkeep and maintenance of sensitive equipment (voltage fluctuations, constant supply of water etc.)? Instruments and equipment are kept as recommended by the manufacturer. For control in voltage fluctuations, we employ CVT and Voltage stabilizers of appropriate capability in laboratories, computer rooms etc..

Criterion V STUDENT SUPPORT AND PROGRESSION

5.1 Student mentoring and support

5.1.1 Does the institution publish its updated prospectus/handbook annually? If ‘yes’, what is the information provided to students through these documents and how does the institution ensure its commitment and accountability? Yes, the college before the commencement of a new academic session, publishes updated prospectus at two levels- general and specific. The general prospectus provides all kinds of information related to growth of the college along with important statutory provisions, university rules, course offered and their contents, promises and prospect, available infrastructure and admission methodology to be followed. The specific prospectus/brochure as to different vocational and add - on courses separately publishes detailed information related to their course content, duration and fee structure. The proctorial board keeps its eyes on the commitment made in the brochure and ensures the accountability if any violation and negligence reported to it by the aggrieved or stake-holders.

5.1.2 Specify the type, number and amount of institutional scholarships / freeships given to the students during the last four years and whether the financial aid was available and disbursed on time? Apart from NTSE/STSE scholarships, there are at present, four major central and state agencies or undertaking like Bihar State social welfare department, national handicapped finance and development corporation, Bihar state minority finance corporation, Indian Oil Corporation, which have provided financial assistance to the students of this college. During the last four years. Rs. 49,387,121 (Rs. Forty nine lakhs thirty seven thousand and one hundred twenty one only) has been disbursed among the eligible beneficiaries. Nearly 40% students of the college get the financial assistance from different sources. The fee structure of traditional programmes/ courses has not been revised since a long time, hence the fee amount has become nearly insignificant in comparison to other auxiliary educational expenses. Nevertheless, the eligible applicants are rewarded with the freeship by the Principal. As to paid/ vocational courses students are helped to have educational loans.

5.1.3 What percentage of students receive financial assistance from state

government, central government and other national agencies? The main assistance, roughly coming to about 90%, that students belonging to weaker sections are able to obtain is from Welfare department of the Govt. of Bihar.

5.1.4 What are the specific support services/facilities available for  Students from SC/ST, OBC and economically weaker sections  Students with physical disabilities  Overseas students  Students to participate in various competitions/National and International  Medical assistance to students: health centre, health insurance etc.  Organizing coaching classes for competitive exams  Skill development (spoken English, computer literacy, etc.,)  Support for “slow learners”  Exposures of students to other institution of higher learning/ corporate/business house etc.  Publication of student magazines Besides the financial assistance from different sources and learning materials from Central library and departmental seminars, the students from vulnerable sections are provided with remedial coaching not only for their core subjects but also for various competitive examinations conducted by central and state government as well as public undertakings (by our UGC Cell). Short term programmes are also arranged to improve their communicative skills in Hindi as well as in English. Classes for spoken English are arranged for the different heterogeneous groups to break psychological barriers coming in the way of effective and fluent speech/talk. The department of BCA and B. Sc.(IT) arrange computer literacy programme especially in Word/office applications, data entry and internet. The final year students of UG and PG courses are also helped through lectures, mock- interviews and group– discussion to improve their soft–skills and personality. Students with physical disabilities are given admission on compassionate ground in different programmes as per the availability of seats and rules.. They are provided with wheel-chairs if they require and front seats in the classroom are reserved for them and that too preferably at ground floor in the vicinity of wash-room.

There is no formal structure to extend specific support to the foreign students as they are generally from Nepal, who do not feel any kind of cultural shock due to cultural similarities . The college has a Health Check-up centre and a part-time consultant physician to extend medical help and routine check-up facility to students. There is no scheme for health insurance as such. From time to time, different departments and programmes like MBA, BCA, B.Sc.(IT), Biotechnology, Journalism and Mass-communication arrange awareness programmes with the help of experts and executives from Central university Bihar, IIT, Patna, NIT, Patna, IIT, Kanpur faculty and corporate groups working in and around Patna, which have encouraged and helped the students in nurturing higher dreams. Such programmes also aware and motivate the students in context of self employability, for their own cottage and small sized enterprises. This kind of exposure helps them to have working experience in automobiles, realty, and insurance and hotel sector as well as branded private educational institutions. On the recommendation of the mentors’ and teachers’ assessment in the classroom, the slow learners are identified and they are given extra- classes and written class notes with special inputs to come up. The college publishes its magazine Vimarsha in which students express their creative and critical skills. Besides this, there is another fortnightly magazine Samanantar published with the cooperation and contributions from the students. IQAC publishes a monthly Newsletter. Another Newsletter is published by Biotech. Department.

5.1.5 Describe the efforts made by the institution to facilitate entrepreneurial skills among the students and the impact of the efforts. Departments, and especially vocational and add-on program segments of the institution arrange special lectures and short workshops by successful entrepreneurs and business people to instill entrepreneurial attitude in students. Few students after passing out their final examination have started their own venture and quite a number of them are successful in Food processing, Medicinal plant cultivation and processing, Biofertilizer production, modern Farming, Business, Paramedical assistance, Print and electronic Media, NGOs etc.

5.1.6 Enumerate the policies and strategies of the institution which promote participation of students in extracurricular and co- curricular activities such as sports, games, Quiz competitions, debate and

discussions, cultural activities etc. (additional academic support, flexibility in examinations; special dietary requirements, sports uniform and materials etc.) To promote participation of students in extra- curricular and co- curricular activities, the college has, apart from NCC and NSS units, there vibrant committees for promotion, protection and management of sports/games, debating skills and cultural activities by students. These bodies try to maintain their rich tradition to win laurels for the college at the intra-college functions/games, inter college, inter-university, state level and national-level events /tournaments. The overall policy of the college aims to provide ample opportunities to maximum number of students to participate in sports like football, kabaddi, chess, volleyball, cricket, badminton, boxing, athletics, table tennis, wrestling, discus throw etc. and various indoor games, in quiz and debate competitions, and in music, dance and drama. The college also owns a modern gymnasium and a large auditorium within the premises. Students are provided with sports uniforms and other required equipment’s. In the recent years, the college has won gold medals in Boxing, table tennis, chess and hammer throw at the inter college tournament organized at Bodhgaya. Our cadets have been the part of republic day parades at the State functions. Cultural activities are regularly organized on fresher’s day, farewell day, republic day, independence day, Hindi diwas, Tulsi jayanti, sworn mahotsava and various inaugural functions apart from the statutory events of the college. In 2013 and 2014, indo-Korean meets were organized to help our students to have cultural interactions with other nationality. NCC and NSS units are provided with dietary requirements during their regular exercises and events. For those students who represent the college at university and state level tournaments and camps remaining away for days, their teaching-learning losses are compensated by arranging extra classes. There is sufficient flexibility in the university examination programmes under which students can appear on their examination simultaneously for the first year as well second year courses if they fail in the former earlier. Likewise, in third year, they can appear for their second year courses in case of failure in the letter.

5.1.7 Enumerating on the support and guidance provided to the students in preparing for the competitive exams, give details on the number of students appeared and qualified in various competitive exams such as UGC-CSIR- NET, UGC-NET, SLET, ATE / CAT / GRE /

TOFEL / GMAT / Central /State services, Defense, Civil Services, etc. Students preparing for National level or State level competitive examinations, are properly taken care of at their departments. Teachers provide them reading materials, necessary inputs and notes as required. Consultancy is provided to them in subsidiary papers by other departments on recommendation from the core department. In 2012-13, following number of students* are officially reported to appear and successfully qualify in – UGC-CSIR-NET – 122/42 SLET/CAT/GMAT – 250/24 State/National services etc. – 233/33 Others – 345/123 * Most cases remain unreported.

5.1.8 What type of counselling services are made available to the students (academic, personal, career, psycho-social etc.) At the departmental level, the college has a continuous mentoring programme (CMP) which takes care of student’s academic personal career and psycho- social needs. Under this programme, every teacher of the particular department works as a mentor for students divided into different groups in accordance with the strength of the faculty members. This helps in promoting better report between the teachers and students and ensuring personal care and counselling. 5.1.9 Does the institution have a structured mechanism for career guidance and placement of its students? If ‘yes’, detail on the services provided to help students identify job opportunities and prepare themselves for interview and the percentage of students selected during campus interviews by different employers (list the employers and the programmes). We have both career counseling and placement cells which help the students to identify jobs that suit individually to them, learn about various career opportunities on the basis of their ability, accessibility and affordability, provides them training as per requirement and arrange placements by campus selection. About 40% of the students who passed their M.Sc./M.A./M.B.A. examinations in 2011-12 got jobs/placements in banks, Private beverages firms, electronics and software companies, State level enterprises, research organizations, pharmaceuticals and services*. [* Data obtained from feedback and sample survey]

5.1.10 Does the institution have a student grievance redressal cell? If yes, list (if any) the grievances reported and redressed during the last four years. Yes, the college has a Students’ grievance cell which ensures redressal of the student’s grievances and complaints and it works as a bridge between the authority and the students.

5.1.11 What are the institutional provisions for resolving issues pertaining to sexual harassment? We do have a committee in this regard. This Committee/ Cell actually came into existence only after the infamous and unfortunate incident of Dec 16, 2012 in New Delhi. That sad and unfortunate event led to self-introspection at institutions and formation of ‘bodies’ that were meant for resolving issues pertaining to sexual harassment. Considering gender discrimination as a complex socio-psychological issue, this Cell takes pre-emptive steps like arranging talks, workshops and departmental seminars to sensitize the students with gender issues, parity, adulthood-relationship as well as about the guidelines of the supreme court.

5.1.12 Is there an anti-ragging committee? How many instances (if any) have been reported during the last four years and what action has been taken on these? Though the college has an anti- ragging sub-committee, there has never been any report in this regard till date. Instead, our Freshers’ day celebrations by senior students to receive new entrants for a program help in maintaining goodwill and congenial environment on the campus. Such goodwill persists for the whole duration.

5.1.13 Enumerate the welfare schemes made available to students by the institution. The college, as stated earlier, provides freeships to some of the students and also gives cash award to meritorious students when they attract the attention of teachers and the authorities. Additionally, we have some schemes of prozes and awards for toppers at university examinations, sports/games, cultural activities, debate/quiz, extension programs etc.

5.1.14 Does the institution have a registered Alumni Association? If ‘yes’, what are its activities and major contributions for

institutional, academic and infrastructure development? The institution has an alumni association documented at the college but not registered with the Government. We do have alumni placed at high positions locally as ministers, judges, officers, business people etc. They have helped us to procure State Govt. funds in some cases. Alumni placed outside, in the country or abroad have been helpful for students graduating from this institution in preparing and procuring jobs and assignments, and in terms of feedback and linkages. Individual donations are not received.

5.2 Student Progression

5.2.1 Providing the percentage of students progressing to higher education or employment (for the last four batches) highlight the trends observed. (data of 09-10/10-11/11-12/12-13)

Student progression %

UG to PG 73/82/69/71 PG to M.Phil. None PG to Ph.D. 54/49/61/55 Employed  Campus selection 5.7%  Other than campus recruitment** (Average)

** Data not available

5.2.2 Provide details of the programme wise pass percentage and completion rate for the last four years (cohort wise/batch wise as stipulated by the university)? Furnish programme-wise details in comparison with that of the previous performance of the same institution and that of the Colleges of the affiliating university within the city/district.

The following table shows pass% of major UG programs in 2009-10 session (and MBA) in comparison to overall university results.

The following table shows pass % of major UG programs in 2010-11 (and MBA) in comparison to some other colleges of the city.

The following table presents pass % of major UG programs along with MBA program in 2011-12 in comparison to some other colleges.

The following table presents pass % in major UG pro0grams and MBA in 2012-13.

Following tables present the pass % in PG programs in comparison to the overall university pass % for four years.

Histograms showing comparison of PG results of COC and University

(Session: 2012-13)

PG Results in the Session 11-12 and 12-13 of COC and University overall respectively:

The performance of COC has been consistent including the years before 2009- 10.

5.2.3 How does the institution facilitate student progression to higher level of education and/or towards employment? It naturally occurs through encouragement and guidance. Meritorious and diligent students performing well (obtaining 75% or more marks) at UG level are given special attention and encouragement/incentive to do their M.Sc. and pursue research leading to Ph.D. Students who are not as performing are advised and guided to go for employment as per their ability, skill and knowledge level.

5.2.4 Enumerate the special support provided to students who are at risk of failure and drop-out? Such students are identified for special care and attention during classes. We attempt to inspire them and get on. There are many instances when we have instilled confidence in such boys and girls and made them to cope up and perform well.

5.3 Student participation and activities

5.3.1 Range of sports, games, cultural and other extracurricular activities available to students. Details of participation and program calendar. Sports/games: football, volleyball, cricket, athletics, wrestling, Kabaddi, table tennis, badminton, Chess, carom, boxing, and hammer and discuss throw. Cultural and co- curricular and extra-curricular activities include debating competitions, elocution tests, quiz programs, music, dance, drama, one-act plays and street shows. We organized an inter-university cultural event called Tarang in 2009 at Bodhgaya. We have played host to inter college cricket matches recently where our boys excelled. We organize events related to Teachers’ day, Gandhi Jayanti, Bihar Diwas, Sawan mahotsav, Tulsi jayanti, Benipuri jayanti, Hindi diwas etc. annually. Program calendar for events (except those required on fixed days) is decided in the start of the session and it slightly varies year to year due to examination schedules, holidays and untoward interruptions.

5.3.2 Major student achievements in co- curricular, extracurricular and cultural activities at different levels for the previous four years. The institution got gold medals for overall performance in 2009-10, 2011-12 and 2012-13 at Inter college tournaments at the university level. In the past years too, students have won individual and team golds, silver and bronze medals for cricket, football, athletics, kabbadi etc, at inter-college and state level competitions. Recently, the college was the team winner in table tennis at the university among all the colleges of the university. The boys were semi- finalist in Kabbadi and football at the same event. Some of our students have achieved also at National level in classical Dance, Chess and Music.

5.3.3 Feedback to improve the performance and quality of the institutional provisions?

IQAC collects feedback from different Stake holders (students, parents, social activists, business people, industrialists, alumni) regarding academic performance, strategies and improvements, sports, cultural and placement activities to assess its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and challenges for the holistic development of the institution.

5.3.4 Involvement and encouragement of students for publication Students actively participate in all cultural and academic activities of the college. They contribute essays, poems and short stories for the college magazine and newsletters. They also design and write college posters, pamphlets and hand bills on the occasion of different celebrations. During Symposia and state level seminars, the students are separately invited to participate and contribute by making posters on current issues, popular Science themes, forestry and environment, life sketches of scientists, litterateurs, other famous people and Nobel laureates.

5.3.5 Student Council, its selection, constitution, activities and funding. In 2012, a well organized election to constitute students’ union was held under the supervision of the university and that body exists today having five office bearers like president, vice president, secretary, joint secretary, treasurer and six university representatives who represent the students of the college at university level students’ union. It has well-furnished office inside the premises of the college. The Students’ Union and its representatives are required to look into the demands of the students and present them to the authorities. At the same time, they are watchdogs for the institution facilitating feedback, identification and recommendation of weaker friends for academic and financial incentives, giving cooperation in maintenance and improvement of college administration and infrastructure, bridging between the institution’s students and university and providing suggestions/ideas.

5.3.6 Academic/administrative body that with student on it. A member of the students’ union has been placed in the IQAC to represent the students and offer valuable suggestions. 5.3.7 Institution’s network and collaboration with the Alumni and former faculty of the Institution. The college has maintained a fine tradition to invite the former faculty members on different days of Institutional events, vive- voce seminars, symposia, debates, competitions and local examinations. As regards alumni, interactions with them are both online and in the form of annual meetings.

Criterion VI GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

6.1 institutional vision and leadership

6.1.1 The vision and mission of the institution and enumerate on how the mission statement defines the institution’s distinctive characteristics in terms of addressing the needs of the society, the students it seeks to serve, institution’s traditions and value orientations, visions for the future, etc? Established on 5th September, 1949 with the objective of importing quality education for economically and socially disadvantaged sections of the society, the stated mission of the college is “catering education to all; providing equal opportunity to poor and downtrodden". The vision of the institution is to create a class of intellectually, morally and spiritually sound and committed citizens, who must become human resource of high caliber to cater to the needs of the society and nation as a whole. The vision and mission of the college is epitomized in the college monogram comprising a triangle enclosed in a circle with motifs of a book, a lotus and a swan symbolizing the quest for knowledge, purity and integrity. The motto inscribed herein is “vidya vinayam cha”- वया वनयं च. 6.1.2 What is the role of top management, Principal and Faculty in design and implementation of its quality policy and plans? Principal is the head and Custodian of the institution. He is appointed by the university. He is supposed to nurture the vision of the institution and provide direction in all affairs that sustain its mission. The Principal is chiefly responsible for the quality and standard of the college because these two things depend on the direction that he follows. Decentralization of power can only keep a control over possible wayward decisions and provide a variety of options among which most rewarding lines may be chosen. Policies pertaining to the plans for sustenance of existing quality and further improvement in quality are formulated and finalized by the Principal with inputs from different statutory and non-statutory committees that currently exist in the institution. Faculty members associated with the management committees and departments are entrusted with the implementation of the decided policies if they relate to teaching, examinations, attendance, learning resources etc. The policies and plans relating to infrastructure, campus,

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ambience, purchases, expenditure, office matters etc. are implemented by the Principal and his office.

6.1.3 What is the involvement of the leadership in ensuring:  the policy statements and action plans for fulfillment of the stated mission  formulation of action plans for all operations and incorporation of the same into the institutional strategic plan  interaction with stakeholders  proper support for policy and planning through need analysis, research inputs and consultation with the stakeholders  reinforcing the culture of excellence  champion organizational change Principal, being head of the institution for all practical purposes, provides leadership in all the activities of the college and gives direction to the institution in formulation and implementation of action plans and strategies for realizing institutional goals. He takes final decision in all such matters but not without consultation with the committees entrusted with different types of functions. First, a matter is referred to the concerned committee where members sit with the convener and decide upon the issue at hand, give recommendations and suggestions individually, discuss on all options together, find out the best way/process/policy unanimously, and finally, the convener or coordinator transmits the decision to the executive (Read Principal) who takes action for implantation and execution, gets it executed, and then reports it back to the committee at the next meeting as action taken. As per the stated mission of catering education to all and providing equal opportunity to all without caste, creed, or background, equality and impartially are ensured in the all institutional activities such as admission process, classroom teaching-learning, co-curricular events, extra-curricular activities and award of incentives to the students. Democratic practice can be seen in the profile of the students. In order to involve different segments of stakeholders, parent-teacher meet, seminars and students’ assembly, alumni meet and interactive sessions with industry people/representatives are organized for holistic development of the institution. Suggestions and recommendations coming from these people are referred to the concerned committees for consideration during meetings in regard to policies, plans, actions, execution and final implementation. Additionally, IQAC is consulted on all matters related to different aspects of the development, improvement, modifications, organizational and qualitative

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changes and excellence. The management committees have to give priority to the recommendations of IQAC while deciding on an issue. Making pragmatic need analysis on the basis of inputs from industry related people, corporate sector people, possible employers, parents, alumni and students, programs/courses having employment or self-employment potential were introduced. For instance, as reported in other sections, the college provides vocational and add-on courses in Journalism and Mass communication, Functional English, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, BCA, Bachelor of library and information science (BLIS), BBM, MBA, Nutrition and Dietetics, Counseling and rehabilitation, Office management etc. In all these cases, first, policy was conceived on the basis of need analysis and inputs referred to, then action was taken by requesting the University/UGC for support and approval and finally the programmes were launched. 6.1.4 What are the procedures adopted by the institution to monitor and evaluate policies and plans of the institution for effective implementation and improvement from time to time? Periodic review is done on the basis of feedback reports received from departmental heads, coordinators, proctors, teachers, members of the concerned committees, IQAC, office staff and student representatives. Analyzing these feedbacks and having consultations with experts from academia and elsewhere, strategy for improvement is ensured under the stewardship of the Principal.

6.1.5 Details of academic leadership provided to the faculty by top management? In practice, the Principal provides academic leadership to the faculty through departmental heads appointed on the basis of seniority/rank as well as academic achievements. The flow of instructions, teaching related recommendations and general inputs is as presented below – Principal (Receiver of multi-sourced feedbacks) HOD Faculty members. 6.1.6 How does the college groom leadership at various levels? Departmental heads provide academic leadership to the faculty, whereas sectional heads provide leadership to the non-teaching staff under them. Each level of leadership transfer, individuals are given full liberty associated with accountability without any undue interference. Leadership among students is groomed through co-curricular and extra-curricular activities such as debate, seminars, quiz, sports and cultural events besides through their involvement in NCC and NSS units.

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6.1.7 How does the college delegate authority and provide operational autonomy to the departments/ units of the institution and work towards decentralized governance system? As evident from the above presentation, the college has a system of completely decentralized governance. Departmental heads are responsible for monitoring the activities of the teaching and non-teaching (if any) staff of the department. Different sectional heads are authorized to plan and execute their work subject to supervision and possible reconsideration. Various committees constituted for different aspects of management and governance are independent to take decision but democratically. In this respect, important committees are those related to admission, learning resources and library, Purchase, planning and development, proctors’ functions, examinations, retired faculty, alumni, research/seminar, student feedback, sports/games, cultural activity, debating competition, students’ grievances, career counseling, freeship/scholarship/stipends/awards and prizes, students’ placement, anti-ragging, female counseling and gender sensitivity, assessment and accreditation and internal quality assurance.

6.1.8 Does the college promote a culture of participative management? If yes, indicate the levels of participative management. Yes, institution’s management strategy is inclusive and participative. Due emphasis is laid on the involvement of faculties, office staff, students, parents and people/experts from outside. No action is taken by the authority without involvement of these at different levels of decision making. Functional levels of planning and actions are as follows – Policy decisions: Outside Experts/Resource persons + Students + IQAC + Management related committees + Principal Planning: Planning & Development Committee + Principal + Office staff members Execution/Action: Departments/Faculty + Principal + Office members + Proctors Teaching – learning: Feedback committee + Faculty members + students Examinations: Examination control board + Principal + university officials + Office members Purchases: Purchase Committee + Principal + Expenditure Bursar + Accountant/Accountancy staff + Financial advisors/experts [+ Departmental chairpersons/members + Library In-charge (for books/learning resources)] Salary: University + Principal + Bursar + Office Accountants

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Admission: Concerned Committees + Principal + Cash Office + Section officer + concerned staff + Departments Infrastructure: Concerned Committees + Engineer/Planner + Principal Disciplinary issues: Principal + Proctors + Students Events: Concerned bodies + Students + Principal + Departments + Office Linkages/Collaborations: Concerned bodies/committees + IQAC + Faculties

6.2 2. Strategy development and deployment 6.2.1 Does the institution have a formally stated quality policy? How is it developed, driven, deployed and reviewed? The institution’s stated policy is based on its ‘stated’ vision and mission. It does decide every aspect of development and planning keeping in view that the college has definite target groups to serve. As about 50% of its students come from backward classes, weaker sections and poor segments of the society, policies are framed keeping this fact mind. All levels of action, i.e. decision making, execution of schemes, deployment of strategies and review of resultants, have to be oriented in this light.

6.2.2 Does the institution have a perspective plan for development? If so, give the aspects considered for inclusion in the plan. As evident from the above representation (6.2.1), all issues related to development are perspective to the stated fact and vision. Both long and short term plans are conceived, revised and executed in this light.

6.2.3 Internal organizational structure and decision making processes.

Office of the Principal IQAC

Bursar I Bursar II Examination Board Accountants’ office Cash Section

Proctors’ Board Management Committees

Faculties and Departments

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We have represented above (6.1.8) how policies are formulated and action plans are conceived, executed and reviewed.

6.2.4 Quality improvement strategies of the institution for:  Teaching & Learning  Research & development  Community engagement  Human resource management  Industry interaction Administratively, strategies related to the above mentioned aspects of quality improvement selectively and definitively empower the following segments/wings of the institution respectively:  Faculties and Departments  RAC and faculty members  IQAC, Committee for Collaboration and Extension services, Cultural Society, PRO, PTA, NCC, NSS and Student Forum  Principal and Chairpersons/Heads of the department  IQAC, Principal, Departmental heads and Collaboration committee For quality improvement in teaching and learning, teachers attend orientation and refresher courses. In this respect, workshops and seminars are also organized by departments. For students, remedial courses and free coaching, particularly for weaker sections, are held. It is proposed to introduce smart classes and virtual classes. It is also proposed to link the college library to other renowned libraries of the country. Faculty members and research scholars are free to use all available facilities for research and development. Teaching routine schedules support them. Teachers are motivated to procure UGC / DST / ICSSR / IIPA sponsored major and minor projects. Research aptitude is encouraged through survey, project work, dissertation and journals. Teachers and students often conduct slum programmes whereby they enlighten people/slum dwellers on subjects like population control, environmental issues, civil programmes, hygiene and sanitation, etc. NCC and NSS units conduct various community programmes regularly. Committee for Extension services additionally organize community engagement programs/functions e.g. STRIDE, blood-donation camp etc. Faculties associated with NGO'S do help communities in their own way. Quality improvement of the available non-teaching human resources is done through inspiration and training workshop

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We send students for project works/ summer training/ internship in the Govt. establishments, NGOs, industries and business organizations. Student’s assembly is held periodically to receive feedback. The feedback committee provides the guidelines and regulates it. Feedback is taken from the industries and employers. It is received through questionnaires in most cases.

6.2.5 How does the Head of the institution ensure that adequate information (from feedback and personal contacts, etc.) is available for the top management and the stakeholders, to review the activities of the institution? The institution organizes parents-teacher meet to take feedback whenever required. Feedback is also received by departments, and through personal contact of teaching members from different sources and reported to the Principal to review the activity of the institution.

6.2.6 How does the management encourage and support involvement of the staff in improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the institutional processes? In the democratic set-up that we have, all people (Principal, teachers, non- teaching staff, technical staff, university engineer and representatives etc.) are equally involved and play their role at which they have to. Decentralization is the ‘mantra’ of collective responsibility.

6.2.7 The resolutions made by the management council in the last year and the status of implementation of such resolutions. There is no management council as such but a plethora of committees for management. In recent times (last year), important resolutions taken by these bodies and approved by the Principal included:  Enhancement in infrastructure  Master Routine to be recast  Renovation of structures and tiling of floors  Wi-Fi facility  Enlargement of IQAC  Indian Economic Association Conference  Seminar on themes recommended by departments/faculty  Organizing STRIDE 2014  Enhancement in Sporting activities  Establishment of vermin units and rain water recovery

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 Hosting Inter-college Cricket matches for the University  Audit of accounts  Restrained utilization of college funds  Approaching HRD/S&T departments of Bihar Govt. for funds for a Central Instrumentation Facility  Approaching University for filling vacant posts.

6.2.8 Does the affiliating university make a provision for according the status of autonomy to an affiliated institution? NO

6.2.9 How does the institution ensure that grievances / complaints are promptly attended to and resolved effectively? Is there a mechanism to analyze the nature of grievances for promoting better stakeholder relationship? Students’ grievance cell registers complaints and grievances, report them to concerned committees/departments/Principal to look after and arrange for redress. Corrections are reported back to the Principal who finds steps to better relationship with stakeholders. 6.2.10 During the last four years, had there been any instances of court cases filed by and against the institute? Provide details on the issues and decision of the court on these? No, except some instances of information seeking RIT filing by individuals.

6.2.11 Does the institution have a mechanism for analyzing student feedback on institutional performance? If ‘yes’ what was the outcome and response of the institution to such on effort? Students’ feedback committee comprises six faculty members who receive suggestions and complaints from the students engaging a suggestion box, analyze them threadbare and suggest appropriate/corrective measures to the Principal and the departments for implementation.

6.3 Faculty empowerment strategies

6.3.1 What are the efforts made by the institution to enhance the professional development of its teaching and non- teaching staff? The college grants duty leave to the teaching and non- teaching staff up to the permissible extent to attend different national and international level seminars,

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symposia, conferences, workshops and courses e.g. orientation and refresher programs, SAM, DOT, DTS, etc.

6.3.2 What are the strategies adopted by the institution for faculty empowerment through training, retraining and motivating the employees for the roles and responsibility they perform? An open strategy is to allow the employees to go for courses and programs as above on their own. Secondly, the institution is committed to host such training events itself. Thirdly, invited motivational talks targeting teachers and non-teaching employees separately are arranged from known and famous motivators/successful entrepreneurs and senior faculties.

6.3.3 Details on the performance appraisal system of the staff to evaluate and ensure that the information on multiple activities is appropriately captured and considered for better appraisal. There is no definite mechanism in this regard. Normally, senior members of the faculty and office employees are entrusted to evaluate the functioning of younger employees, suggest improvements, cultivate them properly and get them along.

6.3.4 What is the outcome of the review of the performance appraisal reports by the management and the major decisions taken? How are they communicated to the appropriate stakeholders? Since qualified people are recruited by the university as lecturers, assistant professor, associate professor or professor for teaching departments and efficient persons as non-teaching employees from a large number of aspirants/applicants in permanent positions, appraisal is normally not required. All perform best to their merit and ability. In case of bad performers, individual cases are reported to the university for transfer of the concerned any other punitive action. Even in absence of a formal and official appraisal system, under-performing teachers are identified on the basis of students’ feedback and reports. In such case, they are informed for their failure and provided with positive inputs or suggestions for improvement. There are few instances when the concerned member rectified the lapses, modified the approach and techniques and went ahead with success.

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6.3.5 What are the welfare schemes available for teaching and non- teaching staff? What percentage of staff have availed the benefits of such schemes in the last four years? Till some decades ago, the institution had a cooperative society that provided loans to staff members in case of need and urgency. But, it closed away with time. Presently, loan from Provident Fund, group insurance benefit, medical insurance benefit, advance salary payment in case of need, easy bank loan, and admission and freeship to wards are the welfare schemes available for staff and faculty. Majority of them avail these on occasions.

6.3.6 What are the measures taken by the institution for attracting and retaining eminent faculty? As indicated above, being a constituent unit of the university, appointment of teachers is done by the latter and college does not have any say in the process. However, once appointed and posted at the institution, faculties are motivated to perform as per the reputation of the college and take recourse to brilliance. Over the time, the members earning laurels and excellence are given incentives to work in key positions and achieve with certain kind of protection from the authorities. In accordance with its high teaching and research standard and reputation, the college attracts good faculties in a natural way.

6.4 Financial management and resources mobilization.

6.4.1 What is the institutional mechanism to monitor effective and efficient use of available financial resources? Effective management of finance and grants includes a multiple of mechanisms. All start with the Preparation of Annual budget by the Planning & development committee. In case of building woks, mechanism follows these steps: (i) Evaluation of proposed works needing finance by the same (ii) Recommendation of the finalized works to the University employed engineer/architect by the same (iii) Estimate preparation by engineer with the help of the accountants/building committee members and getting it approved by P&D committee (iv) Sending the approved draft to the University for final approval before tenders are invited, and (v) Open selection of the suitable bidder for the allotment of work. In case of purchase of books, instruments, chemicals, assorted items, The mechanism follows this course: (i) Recommendation/request by departments/Purchase committee/library/sports committee etc., (ii) Evaluation of the proposal by the Purchase committee, (iii) Inviting quotations through

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advertisement/notice board and website from reputed firms/suppliers, (iv) Allotment of supply order to the lowest bidder, if found otherwise fit. In case of books, approval of the purchase by the departments and library committee is mandatory.

6.4.2 What are the institutional mechanisms for the internal and external audit? When was the last audit done and what are the major audit objections? Provide the details on compliance. Annual audit of accounts by competent Chartered Accountant and State approved Auditor is the norm of financial management. Auditors are employed by the institution or university or both. Occasionally, the State appoints the auditor. Last audit was done in 2012-13. No audit objection was entertained.

6.4.3 What are major sources of institutional receipts / funding and how the deficit is managed? Provide audited income and expenditure statement of academic and administrative activities of the previous four years and the reserve fund / corpus available with institutions. Major resources of funding for the college are grants from the State government (regarding salary), UGC, occasional grants from M.P./M.L.A.’s quota and College fund accrued from fees from students. Income and expenditure statement of the last four years (2009-13) are attached herewith.

6.4.4 Details on the efforts made by the institution in securing additional funding and utilization of the same (if any). The institution approached an MLC (a faculty member of Commerce department) for funds for construction of additional new rooms/ small halls on the first floor of the college auditorium and a part was sanctioned. Work is still under progress.

6.5 Interval quality assurance cell (IQAC)

a. Has the institution established an Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)? What is the institutional policy in this regard? Yes. An Internal quality assurance cell exists to ensure maintenance and enhancement of academic standard and other activities related to teaching- learning, infrastructure, research, linkages, and other matters in connection with the students and other stakeholders.

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IQAC has now become an active big brother-like agent overseeing all events, processes, planning and development issues, public extension services, teaching and research related norms and all types of activities and forward recommendations to the institution head (Principal), other officials meant for different types of assigned works and the departments. The college has completely integrated with this system. b. How many decisions of the IQAC have been approved and implemented by the management? Till date, the institution had ten major recommendations by IQAC all of which were approved and implemented (or being implemented). c. External members on IQAC and their contributions Two retired teachers of the college, one teacher from some other college, two eminent Professors (Retired) from other universities, one member from the industry, one from alumni and one active society member. They all take part in deliberations and provide inputs and suggestions. d. How do Students and alumni contribute? One member of the alumni association is on the panel of IQAC. When the members feel so, the invite representatives from the students’ union or other available old boys/women to participate in the meetings and contribute. e. How does IQAC engage staff from different constituents of the college? As need be, they are instructed by the Principal/Chairman to report and carry out the assigned work or responsibility.

6.5.2 Does the institution have an integrated framework for Quality assurance of the academic and administrative activities? Yes, it is so. IQAC put out its recommendations for both academic and administrative segments.

6.5.3 Does the institution provide training to its staff for QA procedures? No, not yet.

6.5.4 Does the institution undertake academic audit? No, not yet.

6.5.5 How are the IQA mechanisms aligned with the relevant external QA agencies?

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No work in this regard has been sought after till date but we hope to go for it in near future.

6.5.6 What institutional mechanisms are in place to continuously review the teaching learning process? Give details of its structure, methodologies of operation and outcome. Monitoring and review of the whole system of teaching-learning mechanism has been carried out annually for years. It is carried out by the departments individually in the year-end meeting. Loopholes are identified and tried to be plugged during next academic session. Appreciated items are continued while less effective processes are discarded. Students’ feedback is again important and plays key role in reaching decisions.

Department Principal Head

Faculty members Monitoring and review of teaching’s mode, method Students and effectiveness

6.5.7 How does the institution communicate its QA policies, mechanisms and outcomes to the various internal and external stakeholders? Students are informed. Parents are informed separately. In future, we shall develop a system by which policies and outcomes of IQA shall be communicated to the active alumni and employers. We are waiting for the required maturity level of IQAC and the mechanisms that it stands for.

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Criterion VII INNOVATIONS AND BEST PRACTICES

7.1 Environment Consciousness

7.1.1 Does the institute conduct a Green Audit of its campus and facilities? Yes, we care about environment and take stock of the activities that took place during the previous year regarding the green practices and plantation at the end of each year. Though our campus is not very large and comprises a well- covering canopy of trees, we try to induce more environment-friendly schemes year by year.

7.1.2 What are the initiatives taken by the college to make the campus eco-friendly? Energy conservation, use of renewable energy, alternative energy, water harvesting, carbon minimization, plantation, solid waste management, e-waste management and sustainable development strategies are always at top priority of the institution. We carry out -  Regular awareness programmes at college level as well as departmental level (e.g. talks and seminars on radiation from cell phone towers and mobile phones, ground water recharge, water harvesting, sustainable development, vermicomposting were convened during the last four years)  Various competitive sessions for students like poster, painting and essay writing regularly to create awareness among the students about energy conservation  Plantation drives  Conservation of energy by switching of electricity when not in use and minimum use for nights in the campus  Use of double flush lavatories  Use of indicators in water tanks to prevent the overflow thus conserving electric energy and the water energy as well  Use of power saving devices like compact florescent light (CFL)  Use of Solar lamps (under process)  Rain water drainage from roof to different gardens of the campus  Rain water harvesting to get distilled water for labs and irrigation  Vermicomposting and vermifiltration

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 Students’ program in the form of plays, posters and demonstration under “Carbon action plan” theme for educating people to reduce green house gas emission by the local community and dependence on the use of renewable energy  Prohibition of burning of wastes and garbage in the campus  Less use of paper by resorting to e-mails, automation in library and ICT in teaching-learning  Regular awareness campaign by N.S.S. volunteers  Non-use of plastics  Greeting guests with saplings/flowers to promote greenery and spread awareness  Separate arrangement for disposal of organic waste and hazardous waste. [Toxic or hazardous waste could contaminate soil, air and water if left to mix with landfill]  Containment of hazardous waste  E-waste management by useful hardware spare parts retained in e- waste collection area to put them to use later and non usable parts collected separately.

7.2 Innovations Details of innovations introduced during the last four years which have created a positive impact on the functioning of the college? Innovative practices introduced during last four years are –  Internal quality check system and IQAC enlargement  Pre-STRIDE functions  Catering to 30 poor boys/girls computer education  Fully functional Bank branch and Post Office  Virus indexing technique by PCR in Biotechnology  Enhancement of the Career counseling cell’s activities  Female counseling cell  Gender sensitization cell  Students Grievance cell [Suggestion and complaint box for students: Suggestions given by students are considered positively. Complaints are solved by the principal’s office assisted by the proctors, exam. Controller, office staff and related departments]  Environment enhancement cell to make the environment of the college premises and its surrounding locality eco-friendly  Wi – Fi connectivity

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 Separate website of college library  Vermiculture  Vermicomposting  Vermifilteration unit  Mushroom spawn culture  Mushroom cultivation training/consultancy  Banana tissue culture research and production set-up consultancy  Polyhouse/Nethouse farming consultancy

7.3 Best practices

7.3.1. Two best practices that have contributed to the achievement of the Institutional Objectives and/or contributed to the quality improvement of the core activities of the college: Two best practices adopted by the institution are (I) related to environment - Solid and waste water treatment through the bioactivity of Eisenia foetida (Red wiggler worm), and (II) related to Public Extension services and ISR – Annual 3-day public event STRIDE. I. 1. Title of the Practice Solid and waste water treatment through the bioactivity of Eisenia foetida (Red wiggler worm)

2. Goal Aim of the project is to showcase an easy technology to get rid of the city garbage, domestic waste and polluted sewage water and obtain eco-friendly, harmless and organic fertilizer rich in both macro and micronutrients for agricultural/horticultural crops and irrigation water from sewage with the help of an earthworm Eisenia fetida (Red wiggler Worm).

Red wiggler Earthworm – Eisenia fetida

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3. The Context Vermicompost helps us in terms of (1) replacement of harmful chemical fertilizers which play hazards with the soil fertility and human health, and (2) removal of garbage and solid waste of the cities/villages in an effective way. It is the product from the action of the intestinal microflora of the worms which digest and modify the useless organic waste into usable fertilizer mass.

4. The Practice Earthworms have over 600 million years of existence as waste managers in the global ecosystem. Vermi-composting is low or no-energy requiring zero-waste technology, easy to construct, operate and maintain. Earthworms degrade and compost all organic wastes by two ways: 1) Through ‘enzymatic action’ on the carbohydrates, lipids and proteins of the waste components; 2). Through ‘proliferating decomposing microbes’ in the waste biomass in billions in a short span of time. A temperature range of 20 ° C to 30° C and a moisture content of 60-75 % is optimum and ideal for good worm function. Given the optimal conditions, earthworms can multiply by 28 i.e. 256 worms every 6 months from a single individual. Up to 3 cocoons per worm per week are produced. From each cocoon about 10-12 tiny worms emerge. Most earthworms consume about a half their body weight of organics in the waste in a day. Eisenia fetida consumes organic matter at the rate equal to its body weight every day. It also detoxifies the content to a good degree by bio- accumulating any toxic chemicals and disinfects it by anti-pathogenic coelomic fluid discharge and devouring pathogens of the waste biomass while degrading it into odourless vermicompost. The compost bin design (Cross section) is as shown below:

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The population of Eisenia fetida (also called tiger worm) promotes the growth of beneficial decomposer aerobic bacteria in the waste biomass and also acts as an aerator, grinder, crusher, chemical degrader and biological stimulator. As compared to the conventional composting systems, it takes nearly half the time to convert waste into vermicompost and the process becomes faster with time as the degrader worms and microbes multiply in number. Moisture content of 60 - 70 % of total weight of waste is considered to be ideal for vermicomposting. It is an aerobic process and adequate flow of air in the waste biomass is essential for worm function. Worms breathe through their skin and need adequate oxygen in the pit. Lime powder and egg shells should be periodically added for enhance activity. Earthworms have to be protected from birds, moles, snakes, lizards, toads, rats, certain arthropods, centipedes, leeches, soldier flies and pets (cats and dogs). % Nutrient content in Vermicompost is: Organic carbon 9.8 to13.4; Nitrogen 0.51 to 1.61; Phosphorus 0.19 to 1.02; Potassium 0.15 to 0.73; Calcium 1.18 to 7.61; Magnesium 0.093 to 0.568; Sodium 0.058 to 0.158; Zinc 0.0042 to 0.110; Copper 0.0026 to 0.0048; Iron 0.2050 to 1.3313; and Manganese 0.0105 to 0.2038.

6. Evidence of Success Management of Solid waste from the campus has been a troublesome exercise. The two vermicompost units are sufficient to get rid of these wastes and leaf litters of the campus. The organic compost can now be used in gardens or exported to needy farmers. Our results are self explanatory in terms of environmental management. The technology is simple and may be practiced on small or large scale both. We have appeal to make to the Govt. environmental agencies, municipal corporations, municipalities and NGOs to encourage urban people living either in large houses or apartments to have vermicomposting bins of appropriate size in accordance with their domestic waste mass/day and start the process of disposing their domestic and kitchen wastes by adopting the technology. It shall solve the severe problem of solid waste disposal of the city in a big way. Additionally, the agencies may collect the surplus products from the households and transfer them to the village people/farmers. The approach will benefit in two ways. 7. Problems encountered and Resources required It is understood that about one ton of waste can be vermicomposted in the trench of an ideal size every 2 months. Compost unit size is 10’ (L) x 3’ (W)

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x 2.5’ (H) with bricks sidewalls and plastered base. A compost unit/trench fares well only if located away from the sun. High temperature in summer going up to 40 degree or above in this part of globe creates problem. It is to be protected from rains also. Too much water harms. The pit needs continuous monitoring, maintenance of moisture, aeration, ambient temperature and feeding. In an institution, where organic waste and garbage is meager in amount, the productivity is quite marred. Cattle dung is regularly required by the worms for consistent and optimum activity. It is also scarce to obtain. Hence, ideal growth/reproduction of worms and compost productivity are affected. Obtaining a quintal of compost per month is only obtainable in such conditions. 8. Notes Vermifiltration (VFT) unit comprises a system that taps the capability of the Red wiggler worms to purify waste/sewage water through some innovations. It has a bed of worms on which waste water is sprinkled through a motor. The intestinal passage of this water gets rid of its impurities.

II. 1. Title of the Practice: Annual 3-day public event STRIDE 2. Goal The event was first launched in 2001 as a two-day function at which the students of biotechnology used their skill to provide some clinical tests of the people free of cost. It was highly successful and widely praised. The institution decided to make it a major event. The goal was to serve people and make students understand their social commitment. 3. The context As an Institutional Social responsibility, the event was enlarged gradually and the organizer invited various departments to participate over years. It became a 3-day event and participation of students and community people increased year by year. Now, we have made it a mega event that showcases the talent, dedication and social commitment of our students. 4. The practice Over years, graduate students of botany, biotechnology, physics, chemistry, Psychology, B.Sc. IT, B.C.A., Zoology, Medical lab technology, Nutrition of dietetics, OMSP, Commerce, BBA, Hindi, English and other departments, NSS and NCC started participating with their skills that may benefit general mass and community people. The event comprises: (i) Free clinical tests by biotech and MLT students supervised by experts

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and trained technicians e.g. Blood group test, Blood pressure check, BMI test, Colour blindness, TC/DC of blood, Hb %, Blood sugar, Salts, Creatinine blood test and a number of other tests (if required) (ii) Students from biological sciences (Botany, Zoology, N&D) exhibit posters related to environment, pathogens, cleanliness, diet, food choices and types, health care and life style, vitamins, minerals, authentic herbal applications, yoga, exercises etc. (iii)Students from Psychology with the help of their teachers/supervisors organize camps for psycho-analysis, IQ test, Counseling and rehabilitation etc. (iv) Students from OMSP and commerce put exhibits regarding budgeting, saving and expenditure, management and business principles etc. (v) Students from Social Sciences have displays on sacred groves, social problems, socio-geographic understanding, socio-economic issues, locations and timings etc. (vi) Students from Physics, chemistry, B.C.A. and IT put displays on communications, technology, hardware, software, internet, information flow etc. (vii) Students from Literature have posters and displays on contemporary events, language, heritages etc. They also perform one- act plays and drama on social issues and national themes. (viii) NCC and NSS students participate to carry out awareness related to sanitation, environment, water shortage, plantation, medication, drugs, pollution, drinking water etc. among visitors, organize blood donation camps and exhibit their service rules and benefits. The 3-day event has become a social event, and is held with the slogans – from lab to land / from class room to society. 5. Evidence of success The event was named STRIDE as we hold it in the last month of the year (usually just before Christmas starts). It showcases what our current students of B.A./B.Sc./B.Com. learnt during the year to march a big step forward (Stride). All participants perform their job diligently from 9.00 am to 3.30 pm for the three days of the event and interact with the visiting people from neighborhood and surrounding villages, educate them on issues and provide them with health care solutions. Hundreds of people visit the event and get benefited. The 3-day event has become an identity for the institution and appreciated by one and all including media people, neighbors, village

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communities, parents, housewives, teachers and students as well. 6. Problems encountered The funds required for the show are arranged by the college. We have to invest in chemicals, reagents, stationery items, lunch for participants, tea- coffee, stalls, posters, banners, dais, stages, pandals etc. Normally, there is no problem encountered and we treat it as one component of our ISR.

Contact Details Name of the Principal: Prof. (Dr.) Baban Singh Name of the Institution: College of Commerce, Patna (Bihar) City: Patna Pin Code: 800 020 Accredited Status: Accredited Work Phone/Fax: 0612-2350136 Website: www.cocpatna.org E-mail: [email protected] Mobile: 91-9431047314

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Evaluative Reports of the Departments

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Evaluative Report of the Department (I)

1. Name of the department: Botany and Biotechnology

2. Year of Establishment: 1957

3. Names of Programs / Courses offered: 3- year degree B.Sc. (Honors)program in Botany; 3 - year degree vocational B.Sc. (Honors) program in Biotechnology; 2 -year (4-semester) M.Sc. program in Botany; 2- year (4-semester) M.Sc. program in Biotechnology; 3-year progressive (Certificate/diploma/advance diploma program) add-on course in Bioinformatics; 3-year progressive (Certificate/diploma/advance diploma program) add-on course in Cultivation of Medicinal and aromatic Plants, Ph.D. program.

4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: 3-year degree vocational B.Sc. (Honors) program in Biotechnology; 2-year (4-semester) M.Sc. program in Biotechnology; 3-year progressive (Certificate/diploma/advance diploma program) add-on course in Bioinformatics Departments involved: Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.

5. Annual/ semester system We have Annual system of examination in graduate programs and Semester system in post-graduate programs and add-on programs.

6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: In a) Medical lab Technology, and b) Nutrition and Dietetics offered by the Zoology department.

7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.: None

8. Details of courses/programs discontinued: None

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9. Number of teaching posts

Sanctioned Filled Professors 02 Associate Professors 07 03 Asst. Professors 01 (To be promoted soon)

10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, experience and Ph.D. produced in last four years. 1. Dr. Jainendra Kumar, M.Sc., Ph.D.; Professor; Specialization: Cytogenetics, Molecular biology, Bioinformatics, Plant Tissue culture, Environmental biology; Experience: 38 years approx.; Ph.D. produced during 2009-13: 07 2. Dr. N.M. Mehta, M.Sc. Ph.D.; Professor; Specialization: Plant pathology; Experience: 40 years approx.; Ph.D. produced during 2009-13: None 3. Dr. Manoj Kumar (I), M.Sc., Ph.D.; Associate professor; Specialization: Plant pathology and Plant disease expression; Experience: 18 years; Ph.D. produced during 2009-13: 02 4. Dr. Manoj Kumar (II), M.Sc., Ph.D.; Associate Professor; Specialization: Plant Cytology; Experience: 18 years; Ph.D. produced: 02 5. Dr. Manoj Kumar (III), M.Sc., Ph.D.; Assistant Professor; Specialization: Plant Cytology; Experience: 11 years; Ph.D. student currently: 01 6. Dr. Shantwana Rani, M.Sc., Ph.D.; Associate Professor; Specialization: Plant biotechnology; Experience: 11 years; Ph.D. student currently: 01

11. List of senior visiting faculty (during last four years) 1. Dr. N.K. Mishra, Professor and Former Head, Department of Zoology, Patna University; Expert on Molecular biology and Neurobiology of invertebrates. 2. Dr. Jagdish Ojha; Professor & Former Head, Department of Zoology, TM Bhagalpur University, Bihar; Expert on Fish Biology. 3. Dr. A.P. Singh, Professor, Chief Scientist and Former Director, Farms and Seeds, Birsa Agriculture University, Ranchi, Bihar; Expert on Cytology and biology of grasses and farm crops. 4. Dr. D. S. Dinesh, IMRI (ICMR), Agamkuan, Patna.

12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (program wise) by temporary faculty Biotechnology program (B.Sc.): 42%; Biotechnology program (M.Sc.): 50%; Bioinformatics program (add-on): 40%.

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13. Student -Teacher Ratio (program wise) Based on 2012-13 single year admission only: UG program in Botany: 4:1 approx. PG program in Botany: 8:1

14. Number of academic support staff (technical): filled/sanctioned Demonstrators and Lab technicians: 05/06

15. Qualifications of teaching faculty All faculty members are Ph.D.

16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received Presently none

17. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received Presently none (One applied). One applied for Grant.

18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University Yes, for both Botany and Biotechnology

19. Publications (During last four years):

 Publication per faculty: 03  Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) by faculty and students: 12  Number of publications listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.): 02  Monographs: None  Chapter in Books: 02  Books/Journal Edited: 01 Journal  Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers: None  Citation Index/SNIP/SJR/Impact factor/h-index: Not estimated

20. Areas of consultancy and income generated Plant Tissue culture lab design and development; Tools and techniques in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics; Polyhouse and Shade net crop cultivation:

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Free Consultancy.

21. Faculty as members in a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Board: 01 (In Editorial Board of ‘Online Journal of Modern biology’: ISSN 0973- 9394)

22. Student projects a) Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental program (M.Sc. Biotechnology & Botany): 75% b) Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies (M.Sc. Biotechnology & Botany): 25%

23. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students: None

24. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department 1. Prof. Hoon Taek Lee, Director & Professor, Animal Biotechnology Frontier, Konkuk University, Korea 2. Dr. Rajiv K. Sinha, Associate professor, Department of Environmental Engineering, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. Visiting Professor & Academic Advisor, Charotar University of Science & Technology (CHARUSAT), Gujarat, India; Expert on Vermiculture applications and management, protection of environment and Sustainable development. 3. Dr. K.A. Narayan, M.Tech., Ph.D.; Executive Chemical Engineer and Ground water Recharge expert; Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO, Australia. 4. Dr. N.K. Mishra, Professor and Former Head, Department of Zoology, Patna University; Expert on Molecular biology and Neurobiology of invertebrates. 5. Dr. Jagdish Ojha; Professor & Former Head, Department of Zoology, TM Bhagalpur University, Bihar; Expert on Fish Biology. 6. Dr. A.P. Singh, Professor, Chief Scientist and Former Director, Farms and Seeds, Birsa Agriculture University, Ranchi, Bihar; Expert on Cytology and biology of grasses and farm crops. 7. Dr. Pramod Yadav, Professor, Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Jawahar Lal University, New Delhi. 8. Dr. Arnab Sen, Bioinformatics Facilty, NB University, Siliguri, India.

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25. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding (in the last four years) a) National: None b) International: 01, Bihar Science Conference (Funded by Alumni; NOU, Patna, Bihar; DST, Patna, Bihar.

26. Student profile program/course wise [For (1), (2) and (3) 2012-13: Part/year I; For (4) 2012-13 Final year]:

Name of the program Applications Selected Enrolled Pass received (2) (3) percentage (1) M F (4) B.Sc. Botany 62 25 15 10 87.5 B.Sc. Biotechnology 455 50 31 19 98 M.Sc. Botany 80 37 16 21 97.5 M.Sc. Biotechnology 81 20 04 16 100

27. Diversity of Students Name of % of students % of students % of students from the from the same from other abroad Course state States

All students in all programs from Bihar

28. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc.? NET: 05 29. Student progression

Student progression Against % enrolled UG to PG 64% approx. (Passing B.Sc. in 12-13) PG to M.Phil. None

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PG to Ph.D. 26% approx. (in 2012-13) Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral None Employed Campus selection None from the batches Other than campus recruitment of 2012-13

Entrepreneurship/Self-employment 01 from 2012-13 M.Sc. passout

30. Details of Infrastructural facilities a) Library: Yes b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students: Yes c) Class rooms with ICT facility: Yes d) Laboratories: Yes (10 in number)

31. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies 11 32. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /seminar) with external experts 10 Invited special talks, 02 workshops and 04 seminars were held during 2009-13 for students.

33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning In addition to Chalk and Board use, PP presentation on the topic/subject often supported by animations/films/videos is used for elaboration and it is followed by interactive discussion. It is the ideal method but more often than not, we resort to interactive teaching method that includes giving home assignments to students to be returned during the next class.

34.Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities Yes, very prominently, our students lead Public Extension activities, especially the annual 3-day event STRIDE which is planned, organized and strategically managed by our students, though students from several other departments take part and contribute.

35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans In respect to teaching-learning process, the most well-known feature of our department has been our strong mode of induction that we follow to train our students in practical learning, protocols and skill development. Apart from

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providing best possible lectures and theoretical teaching to our students, we have always taken special care of this aspect of the Science education. In biotechnology, we have our own specifically designed practical books on Microbiology, Immunology, Biochemistry, Cytology, Molecular biology, Plant and animal tissue culture and Bioinformatics compiled by one of our senior faculty members. In Botany practical classes too, we normally refer to two books written by Late A.K. Sinha/J. Kumar and Late Dr. S.P. Lal (all of our department) respectively for lower and higher classes. Another strong point is our stress on discipline and culture. Our students have always been appreciated for their amicability, behavior, discipline and attitude too. The department has produced numerous talented people who have been / or are placed in high positions in Govt. jobs, Private establishments, Research organizations and Universities in India and abroad. We have been continuously involved in dedicated research in the given set-up and produced Ph.D. students who are employed as teachers or researchers in different universities and elsewhere. As regards weaknesses, at this point of time, we are quite short of faculty. Seven posts are sanctioned but only six people are working. As a matter of fact, we need more sanctioned posts and new appointments with requisite qualification in relation to biotechnology. As the department continues to expand, it also needs more infrastructure and laboratories. Availability of funds is to be ensured for expansion, We need to get rid of intermediate teaching so that we get more time to concentrate on graduate/post graduate students and carry out our research activities more sincerely. The institution cannot get rid of the intermediate teaching on its own or with the help of the university. It is under the jurisdiction of the Human Resource Department of the state government which has done it in case of only one university till yet. Due to present constraints in terms of shortage of teachers/specialized faculties (which hopefully is temporary), we always try to make good of the available opportunities whatsoever. We do have plans for introducing more job-oriented programs and innovative courses in the form of regular, vocational or Diploma programs related to both major and minor subject areas such as ‘Computational biology’, ‘Process development in Biology’, ‘Processing of minor and major fruits’, ‘Aquaculture techniques’, ‘Fish modeling and Management’, ‘Sustainable agriculture and development strategies’, ‘Environmental management’, ‘Rural Technology delivery’, ‘Modern agricultural methods and Organic Farming approaches’, ‘Quality control, Certification and Assurance’, ‘Bio-fuel development strategies’ etc. which

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shall be highly contemporary and extremely helpful to the students of the state who might opt for self employment in Bihar or other Agro-based states of India or go for numerous specialized job opportunities available in the global market and international establishments.

Evaluative Report of the Department (II)

1. Name of the department: Physics

2. Year of Establishment: 1957

3. Names of Programs / Courses offered: 3- year degree B.Sc. (Honors)program in Physics; 3-year degree vocational B.Sc. (Honors) program in B.C.A; 2- year (4-semester) M.Sc. program in Physics; 3- year vocational B.Sc. (Honors) program in IT; Ph.D. program.

4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: None

5. Annual/ semester system Annual system of examination in graduate programs and Semester system in post-graduate programs exist.

6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: In 3-year degree Vocational course in Biotechnology and 2- year M.Sc. program in Biotechnology by the department of Botany and Biotechnology.

7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.: None

8. Details of courses/programs discontinued: None

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Sanctioned Filled Professors None Associate Professors 11 07 Asst. Professors 01

10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, experience and Ph.D. produced in last four years. 1. Dr. S.D. Yadav, M.Sc., Ph.D., Associate professor; specialization: Solid state Physics; Experience: 37 years; Ph.D. produced during 2009-13: 02 2. Dr. A.K. Jha, M.Sc., Ph.D.; Associate professor; Specialization: Solid state Physics and Electronics; Experience: 39 years; Ph.D. produced during 2009- 13: None. 3. Dr. S.K. Singh, M.Sc., Ph.D.; Associate professor; Specialization: Spectroscopy and Plasma; Experience: 32 years; Ph.D. produced during 2009- 13: 01. 4. Dr. A.K. Sinha, M.Sc., Ph.D.; Associate professor; Specialization: Advance Quantum; Experience: 32 years; Ph.D. produced during 2009-13: 03. 5. Dr. B.C. Roy, M.Sc., Ph.D.; Associate professor; Specialization: Solid State and X-Ray; Experience: 18 years; Ph.D. produced during 2009-13: 03. 6. Dr. K.P. Yadav, M.Sc., Ph.D.; Associate professor; Specialization: Electronics; Experience: 18 years; Ph.D. produced during 2009-13: 01 7. Dr. A.K. Bhaskar, M.Sc., Ph.D.; Associate professor; Specialization: Quantum Physics; Experience: 18 years; Ph.D. produced during 2009-13: 01. 8. Dr. Santosh Kumar, M.Sc., Ph.D.; Assistant professor; Specialization: Solid State and Spectroscopy; Experience: 11 years; Ph.D. produced during 2009- 13: 01.

11. List of senior visiting faculty (during last four years): None

12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (program wise) by temporary faculty: None

13. Student -Teacher Ratio (program wise) Based on 2012-13 single year admission only: UG program: 13:1 PG program: 5:1

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14. Number of academic support staff (technical): filled/sanctioned Demonstrators and Lab technicians: 04/09

15. Qualifications of teaching faculty: All are Ph.D.

16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received: 01 (National); From UGC; Rs. 1,42,000/-

17. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received: Presently one from UGC as above.

18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: Yes.

19. Publications (During last four years):

 Publication per faculty: 03  Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) by faculty and students: 23  Number of publications listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.): 04  Monographs: 02  Chapter in Books: 02  Books/Journal Edited: 01 (Book)  Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers: 02  Citation Index/SNIP/SJR/Impact factor/h-index: CI 5.0; IF 3.0

20. Areas of consultancy and income generated: NONE

21. Faculty as members in a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Board: 03 (In Editorial Board/Syllabus committees)

22. Student projects a) Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental program: 100% In M.Sc. 4th semester. b) Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside

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the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies: None

23. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students: One

24. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department 1. Prof. H.C. Verma, IIT, Kanpur 2. Dr. Ram Janay Chaudhary, ScE, CSR, Indore. 3. Prof. Shwetketu Virbhadra, Rutgers University, USA 4. Mr. Samar Bagchi, Renowned Science propagator, India

25. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding (in the last four years) a) National: Seminar: 01 (Funding From the Institution); Workshop: One (INSPIRE) funding from B.S.S.E.B., Patna. b) International: None

26. Student profile program/course wise [For (1), (2) and (3) 2012-13: Part/year I; For (4) 2012-13 Final year]:

Name of the program Applications Selected Enrolled Pass received (2) (3) percentage (1) M F (4) B.Sc. Physics 810 162 140 22 91.0 M.Sc. Physics 75 43 34 09 98.0

27. Diversity of Students Name of % of students % of students % of students from the from the same from other abroad Course state States

All students in all programs from Bihar

28. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services,

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etc.? NET: 01 29. Student progression

Student progression Against % enrolled UG to PG 80% in 2012-13

PG to M.Phil. 1% in 2012-13 PG to Ph.D. 20% in 2012-13

Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral 1% Employed Campus selection None in 2012-13 till yet. Other than campus recruitment

Entrepreneurship/Self-employment No report

30. Details of Infrastructural facilities a) Library: Well equipped CL facility b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students: Available c) Class rooms with ICT facility: Available d) Laboratories: Available for B.Sc. Physics, M.Sc. Physics, B.C.A. and B.Sc. IT separately. Well equipped.

31. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies Report not available 32. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /seminar) with external experts: Special lectures (04) and seminars organized including Inspire (02).

33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: Personalized supervision method; Slide show method; Model based teaching.

34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: Low cost experiment and teaching method workshop organized across the state for faculties.

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35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans The treasure and strength of the department is the rare assemblage of highly qualified and experienced teachers in their respective fields. Faculty members are well known across the state for their abilities in both teaching and research. Some are Ph.D. from IITs and some from other reputed research institutions. We have developed many inventories and modules for sieving talents of potential of students through effective method of evaluation. We have developed many low-cost or no-cost experiments for effective delivery of concepts connecting them to real life situations. Known for quality research, some of our faculty members are collaboration with Homi Bhabha Centre for Science education, TIFR, Mumbai etc. to disseminate and popularize Govt. of India initiatives at undergraduate level like NIUS, NGPE, Science Olympiad etc. to attract students for career in Physics. The department is very focused and committed for effective delivery of the curriculum with the help of a committee entrusted with its monitoring. We periodically arrange programmes to make students aware of the opportunities in Physics. Exposing students to experiments is our priority. Teacher-student interaction is personalized with a congenial environment of relationship. We have research collaboration with IIT, Patna, IIT, Kanpur, Consortium of Scientific Research, Indore, AKU, Patna etc. We have conducted workshops at school level across the state to instill interest, correct attitude and sense of involvement in school teachers teaching Physics. Weakness: As we are aware, number of publications in peer-reviewed journals with high Impact factor and citation index by the department is not that much in recent years which we are capable of. We hope to catch up soon. Opportunities: During last few years, we have felt that good students are not coming up to take up Physics as a career and go for higher education and research in the state. As faculty members with concerns, we are required to get ourselves involved on larger scale with correct perspective to attract talented students to come into this subject area. We do think to take up this initiative at our level with a zeal and involvement. Being one of the biggest colleges in the state, we should have more collaboration with outside institutions with good infrastructure and instrumental facilities in the area of research. Challenges and future plans: We plan to develop a Model centre for teaching Physics with help from some reputed National institutions. We plan to develop a non-conventional laboratory for our undergraduate students on the pattern of

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that at IISER, Mohali. We have constituted two groups of ourselves in the department to look after the research requirements. These shall be responsible for approaching different national and international funding agencies for high-end instrumentation and writing collective research proposals respectively. We plan to modernize at all levels.

Evaluative Report of the Department (III)

1. Name of the department: Chemistry

2. Year of Establishment: 1957

3. Names of Programs / Courses offered: B.Sc. (Honors) 3-year degree in Chemistry; 2 - year post graduate programme in Chemistry. Ph.D. programme.

4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: None

5. Annual/ semester system: B.Sc. (Honors) – annual examination system M.Sc. – Semester system (Semesters 4)

6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: 3-year vocational course and M.Sc. course in Biotechnology.

7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.: None

8. Details of courses/programs discontinued: None

9. Number of teaching posts

Sanctioned Filled Professors 05 Associate Professors 15 09 Asst. Professors 01

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10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, experience and Ph.D. produced in last four years.

11. List of senior visiting faculty (during last four years): 1. Prof. (Dr.) H.C. Rai, Former HOD, BBRA Bihar University, Muzzafarpur, Bihar. 2. Prof. (Dr.) S.N. Vidyarthi, HOD, J.P. University, Chapra. 3. Prof. (Dr.) R.N. Sharma, Gorakhpur University (UP) 4. Prof. (Dr.) N.N. Sharma, BBRA Bihar University, Muzzafarpur 5. Prof. (Dr.) Mahesh Chandra, Former Professor, Magadh University 6. Dr. Sushil Kr Singh, Former Associate Professor, Magadh University 7. Prof. (Dr.) B. Mahapatra, Magadh Mahila College, Patna 8. Prof. (Dr). Ramjatan Prasad, Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribagh 9. Dr. Rajiv Ranjan, Patna University, Patna

12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (program wise) by temporary faculty: No temporary faculty.

13. Student -Teacher Ratio (program wise): In 2012-13 – B.Sc. (H) I: 6:1; M.Sc. programme: 2:1

14. Number of academic support staff (technical): filled/sanctioned: 12/12

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15. Qualifications of teaching faculty: Ph.D.-14, M.Sc.-1

16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received: 02 (Dr. Vijay Kumar & Dr Kalpana Shahi have submitted their Project reports for Major and Minor projects respectively in the last 4 years)

17. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received: Two UGC projects finished.

18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: Chemistry Department of the college is recognized as Research Centre by Magadh university, Bodh-Gaya. All faculty members are recognized as Research Supervisors.

19. Publications (During last four years):

 Publication per faculty: 12  Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) by faculty and students: 186  Number of publications listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.): Paper published by Prof. (Dr.) Girish Kumar Sinha, “Synthesis of Some Nitrogen Mustards” ChemInform ,Vol.31, Issue 18, page no May 2, Wiley Online Library, 111 River Street,Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774, North America (USA)); Article first published online: 8 JUN 2010 DOI: 10.1002/chin.200018069  Monographs: None  Chapter in Books: None  Books/Journal Edited: Books edited: 04  Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers: None  Citation Index/SNIP/SJR/Impact factor/h-index: ∗ Impact factor: Paper published in Following Journals: 1. Journal of Indian Chemical Society, Kolkata (SJR 0.15, h index-26) 2. Oriental Journal of Chemistry, Bhopal (SNIP-0.508 in 2013,SJR-0.26, h index-9) 3. Rasayan Journal of Chemistry (SJR-0.22, h index-7) 4. Asian Journal of Chemistry ( SJR-0.19, h index-23))

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5. International Multidisciplinary Research Journal ; 2(9)24-26, ISSN 2231-6302( h5 index-3, h-median -5)

20. Areas of consultancy and income generated: Free consultancy for establishment of Chemical Laboratory, teaching methodology, preparation for Competitive Exams, rain harvesting , distillation plants etc.

21. Faculty as members in a) National committees: Dr Ram Nath Singh, Senator, Magadh University , Bodh-Gaya (Bihar) b) International Committees: Prof Girish Kumar Sinha 1. Committee Member for ‘3rd Asia-Pacific International Congress on Engineering and Natural Sciences, (APICENS) at Singapore, 15th - 17th August 2014 ( ISBN 978-986-89298-2-1), 2. Senior Member , Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological& Environmental Engineering Society , Commercial Building, 112-114 Des Voeux Road, Central, Hong Kong, (APCBEES ,Registered No.: 52577283-001-07- 10-2) Member NO.: 100673, dated-20-09-2012 c) Editorial Board: Prof. R.N.Pandey, Consultant Editor of Journal of Ultra Chemistry, ISSN-2319-8036

22. Student projects a) Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental program: 100% in PG b) Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies: None

23. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students: None

24. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department: None

25. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding (in the last four years): None

26. Student profile program/course wise [For (1), (2) and (3) 2012-13: Part/year I; For (4) 2012-13 Final year]:

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Name of the program Applications Selected Enrolled Pass received (2) (3) percentage (1) M F (4) B.Sc. 327 91 81 10 79% M.Sc. 235 30 15 15 100%

27. Diversity of Students

Name of % of students % of students % of students from the from the same from other abroad Course state States No student from outside

28. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc.?: In previous years, several students cleared NET. No record available for 2012-13.

29. Student progression (In 2012-13)

Student progression Against % enrolled UG to PG 61%

PG to M.Phil. None PG to Ph.D. 42%

Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral None Employed Campus selection No data Other than campus recruitment

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Entrepreneurship/Self-employment No report

30. Details of Infrastructural facilities a) Library: None in the department. Students take advantage of the Central library of the college b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students: Yes. c) Class rooms with ICT facility: We use B.C.A.’s facilities d) Laboratories: UG + PG Lab = 04, Research Lab = 02

31. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies: Many of students are getting Welfare department’s Scholarship. 32. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /seminar) with external experts: Three seminars namely “Plastic- boon or bane”, “Role of Chemistry in daily life”, and “Solid waste management” were organized during the last four years.

33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: Teaching- Learning Materials to students, Lectures with demonstration of practicals, Syllabus–based class-room seminars, Power point presentation along with interaction with students in PG Classes.

34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: 1. Tree Plantation Program-to clean and green environment, 2. Awareness program on health, Education and social problems, 3. Shramdan - making the roads clean

35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans We have our strong points in; 1. High quality of Curriculum 2. Innovative and Student-centered teaching 3. High demand of Courses in Chemistry We plan to expand facilities for research that could facilitate larger project works by the faculties. We have good interdisciplinary research opportunities in collaboration with Biotechnology, Botany and Physics departments. We shall have to conceive such projects with bigger funds. One such project at conceptual level is ‘QSAR refinement of potential drug compounds’ with the department of Biotechnology.

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Evaluative Report of the Department (IV)

1. Name of the department: Zoology

2. Year of Establishment: 1957

3. Names of Programs / Courses offered: Bachelor’s Honours programme in Zoology, Post graduate course in Zoology, Add - on courses in Medical lab Technology and Nutrition and Dietetics.

4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: Medical lab Technology. Department of Biotechnology involved.

5. Annual/ semester system: B.Sc. course is annual. PG programme runs with semester system.

6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: None

7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.: MLT in collaboration with Mahavir Cancer Sansthan, Patna, Patna Medical College Hospital and Vatsalya, Patna. Nutrition and Dietetics in collaboration with Magadh Hospital, Patna, Patna Medical College and Apollo Hospital, Patna.

8. Details of courses/programs discontinued: None

9. Number of teaching posts

Sanctioned Filled Professors 01 Associate Professors 05 02 Asst. Professors None

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10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, experience and Ph.D. produced in last four years. 1. Dr. N.P. Tiwary, M.Sc., Ph.D. Professor; Specialization in Fish; Experience: 36 years; Ph.D. produced during the last four years 04. 2. Dr. B. Singh, M.Sc., Ph.D., Associate professor; Specialization in Entomology; Experience: 24 years; Ph.D. produced during the last four years: 03. 3. Dr. S.K. Das, M.Sc., Ph.D.; Associate professor; Specialization: Entomology; Experience: 39 years; Ph.D. produced during the last four years: 01.

11. List of senior visiting faculty (during last four years): Dr. B.B. Verma, Kala-azar Central Diagnostic centre.

12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (program wise) by temporary faculty: M.L.T. – 50%; N&D – 50%

13. Student -Teacher Ratio (program wise): B.Sc. (H) Zoology (2012-13) – 37.7: 1; M.Sc. Zoology (2012-13) – 16:1 [Single batch ratio].

14. Number of academic support staff (technical): filled/sanctioned: Lab Technicians = 02; Store keeper = 01 [Sanctioned post for demonstrator = 05.

15. Qualifications of teaching faculty: M.Sc., Ph.D.

16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received: None

17. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received: None

18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: Yes

19. Publications (Total):

 Publication per faculty: 20.4  Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) by faculty: 61  Number of publications listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences

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Directory, EBSCO host, etc.): None  Monographs: None  Chapter in Books: In the books by NOU by Dr. N.P. Tiwary and Dr. B. Singh  Books/Journal Edited: None  Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers: No  Citation Index/SNIP/SJR/Impact factor/h-index: -

20. Areas of consultancy and income generated: Aqua culture and Social works

21. Faculty as members in a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Board: No 22. Student projects a) Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental program: All in M.Sc. b) Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies: 05

23. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students: Senior Scientist Award: Dr. Bindu Singh

24. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department: Dr. S.P. Roy, Dr. Razziuddin, Dr. K.K. Singh.

25. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding (in the last four years) a) National: None b) International: None 26. Student profile program/course wise [For (1), (2) and (3) 2012-13: Part/year I; For (4) 2012-13 Final year]:

Name of the program Applications Selected Enrolled Pass received (2) (3) percentage (1) M F (4) B.Sc. 260 113 86 27 91% M.Sc. 295 49 20 29 98%

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27. Diversity of Students Name of % of students % of students % of students from the from the same from other abroad Course state States

Students from the state only

28. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc.? Not known. 29. Student progression

Student progression Against % enrolled UG to PG 80% PG to Ph.D. 80%

Employed Campus selection 50% PG Students Other than campus recruitment 90% MLT 80% N&D Entrepreneurship/Self-employment

30. Details of Infrastructural facilities a) Library: Yes, Departmental seminar b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students: Yes c) Class rooms with ICT facility: Two d) Laboratories: 03 31. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies: 12 32. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /seminar) with external experts: Special lectures by eminent doctors of Patna one per month. Regular workshop on techniques. 33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: PP presentation & Use of Internet. 34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: Organizing Regular Health camps; Health centre in

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MLT building, Participation in STRIDE. 35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans Strength: 1. Qualified teachers providing all helps to the students as and when required for their overall development. 2. Laboratories: Well developed with modern equipments. 3. Fully trained lab technicians with proper protocols for handling of instruments 4. Training programmes organized from time to time. 5. Workshops conducted for students. 6. Wi-Fi and Teaching aids. 7. Modern Teaching methodologies used. Weakness: 1. Less no. of sanctioned posts and still vacant positions. 2. Lack of funds for developing infrastructure further. Opportunity: 1. To train the students both at undergraduate and post graduate level and preparing them for a highly competitive future. Challenge: 1. To develop the department into a centre of excellence.

Evaluative Report of the Department (V)

1. Name of the department: Mathematics

2. Year of Establishment: 1957

3. Names of Programs offered: B.Sc. Honors in Mathematics and M.Sc. in Mathematics.

4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: None

5. Annual System in Bachelor’s course and semester system in Post- graduate course

6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: In Biotechnology 3 year degree vocational course.

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7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.: None

8. Details of courses/programs discontinued: Not any.

9. Number of teaching posts -

Sanctioned Filled Professors 01 Associate Professors 09 05 Asst. Professors -

10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, experience and Ph.D. produced in last four years. 1. Dr. S.K. Singh; M.Sc., Ph.D., LLB; Professor; Specialization: Functional analysis, Topology, DG; Experience: 37 years; Ph.D. in 4 years: 01. 2. Dr. Kishore Kumar; M.Sc., Ph.D.; Associate professor; Functional analysis; 37 years; Ph.D. produced: None. 3. Dr. C.D. Singh; M.Sc., Ph.D.; Associate professor; DG; 38 years; None 4. Dr. R.K.K. Verma,; M.Sc., Ph.D.; Associate professor; Functional analysis/Topology; 36 years; None 5. Dr. Pratibha Yadav; M.Sc., Ph.D.; Associate professor; Functional analysis and Modern Algebra; Ph.D. produced: 01.

11. List of senior visiting faculty (during last four years): None

12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (program wise) by temporary faculty: None; no temporary faculty.

13. Student -Teacher Ratio (program wise): 48:1 in B.Sc. (As per 2012-13 admission; 10:1 in M.Sc. (As per 2012-13 admission).

14. Number of academic support staff (technical) -filled/sanctioned: None

15. Qualifications of teaching faculty: All Ph.D.

16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received: None

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17. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received: None 18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: Yes. 19. Publications (During last four years):

 Publication per faculty: 1.6  Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) by faculty and students: 08  Number of publications listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.): None  Monographs/ Chapter in Books/ Books/Journal Edited: None  Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers: 02; Simi Publications, New Delhi by Dr. SK Singh.  Citation Index/SNIP/SJR/Impact factor/h-index: Not known 20. Areas of consultancy and income generated: None 21. Faculty as members in a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Board: Mathematics Mentor: Dr. P. Yadav.

22. Student projects a) Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental program: Mathematical projects in M.Sc. b) Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies: None

23. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students: Yes. (1) Dr. SK Singh, (2) Dr. RKK Verma

24. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department: Several famous mathematicians during Bihar Mathematical Society conference. 25. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding (in the last four years) a) National: Bihar Mathematical Society conference (Funding by BMS, Institution and Magadh University) b) International: No 26. Student profile program/course wise [For (1), (2) and (3) 2012-13: Part/year I; For (4) 2012-13 Final year]:

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Name of the program Applications Selected Enrolled Pass received (2) (3) percentage (1) M F (4) B.Sc. 1159 229 211 18 88 M.Sc. 280 48 38 10 92

27. Diversity of Students Name of % of students % of students % of students from the from the same from other abroad Course state States

From the state only

28. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc.?: Yes but no official data available.

29. Student progression

Student progression Against % enrolled UG to PG 51% PG to Ph.D. No report Employed Campus selection and Other than campus No report recruitment Entrepreneurship/Self-employment No report

30. Details of Infrastructural facilities a) Library: Yes 01 b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students: Yes. c) Class rooms with ICT facility: Use others’ d) Laboratories: None 31. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies: No report or data. 32. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /seminar) with external experts: Talks by faculties (Senior/retired/present); Interactive session during BMS Conference.

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33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: 34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: Students participate in NSS and other activities. 35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans: The department of Mathematics need – 1. A Research laboratory, 2. A computer lab, 3. Participative programmes with Physics, Chemistry and Biology departments, and more faculty members against the sanctioned positions (09), and 4. Enhancement in Research activities by faculties and students We have plans for these but we need funding. Number of applications for admission proves that Conventional courses in Mathematics are still very popular among students as career option. Addition of some new programmes (May be vocational or progressive type Add-on) like in ‘Computational mathematics’ and ‘Algorithm development for software programs’ or ‘Combinatorial applications’ etc. may enrich the department and provide students with more fruitful options.

Evaluative Report of the Department (VI)

1. Name of the department: Economics

2. Year of Establishment: 1960

3. Names of Programs / Courses offered:UG (Hons.), PG and Ph.D.

4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: None

5. Annual/ semester system: UG under annual system of exams. and PG programme under semester system of exams.

6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: Yes. In MBA and LSW programmes.

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institutions, etc.: None

8. Details of courses/programs discontinued: None

9. Number of teaching posts

Sanctioned Filled Professors 01 Associate Professors 09 09 Asst. Professors -

10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, experience and Ph.D. produced in last four years.

Ph.D. Students Name Qualification Designation Specialization Experience during In last 4 years years 1. Dr. Punam M.A., Ph.D. Professor Indian 22 01 Economy

2. Sri R.N. M.A. Associate Indian 35 None Pandey professor Finance

3. Dr. M.A., Ph.D. Associate Agriculture 37 01 Ramayan professor Economics Prasad

4. Dr. M.A., Ph.D. Associate Micro – 18 03 Rashmi professor economics, Akhouri Mathematical

5. Dr. R.C. M.A., Ph.D. Associate Mathematical 18 02 Choudhary professor Economics 6. Dr. M.A., Ph.D. Associate Mathematical 18 02 Mridula professor Economics, Kumari Women’s studies 7. Sri S.K. M.A., Associate Monetary 18 None Pandey M.Phil. professor Economics, Macro - economics

8. Dr. M.A., Ph.D. Associate Indian 18 12 Umesh professor Economics Prasad

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9. Dr. K.N. M.A., Ph.D. Associate Finance 25 18 Yadav professor 10. Dr. M.A., Ph.D. Associate Mathematical 18 01 Pravin professor Economics, Kumar Micro - Economics

11. List of senior visiting faculty (during last four years): None

12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (program wise) by temporary faculty: None

13. Student -Teacher Ratio (program wise): UG – 16:1; PG – 6:1

14. Number of academic support staff (technical): filled/sanctioned: None

15. Qualifications of teaching faculty: One M.A.; One M.Phil.; 08 Ph.D.

16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received: 02 Minor projects by UGC; 01 major project under consideration of UGC.

17. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received: UGC - 02

18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: Yes.

19. Publications (During last four years):

 Publication per faculty: 8.6  Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) by faculty and students: 25  Number of publications listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.): None  Monographs, Chapter in Books, Books/Journal Edited, Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers, Citation Index/SNIP/SJR/Impact factor/h-index: Not known

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20. Areas of consultancy and income generated: Development Sector (No Income)

21. Faculty as members in a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Board: Executive member of IEA; Member Editorial Board. 22. Student projects a) Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental program: All in M.A, programme. b) Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies: None

23. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students: Four students from PG and four students from UG receive K.K. Sinha Memorial award.

24. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department: None 25. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding (in the last four years) a) National: b) International: 01 (Pre Conference of IEA) 26. Student profile program/course wise [For (1), (2) and (3) 2012-13: Part/year I; For (4) 2012-13 Final year]:

Name of the program Applications Selected Enrolled Pass received (2) (3) percentage (1) M F (4) B.A 400 157 129 28 89.6 M.A. 259 60 40 20 94.5

27. Diversity of Students Name of % of students % of students % of students from the from the same from other abroad Course state States

All students from State

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examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc.?: 03

29. Student progression

Student progression Against % enrolled UG to PG 57% PG to M.Phil. - PG to Ph.D. Not known Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral - Employed Campus selection No report Other than campus recruitment Entrepreneurship/Self- No report employment

30. Details of Infrastructural facilities a) Library: Central library b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students: Yes at the library c) Class rooms with ICT facility: Use of special rooms/auditorium of the college d) Laboratories: None 31. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies: Not known 32. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /seminar) with external experts: Special quiz/group discussion and debate among students. 33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: Assignments; Powerpoint presentation; Personalized supervision like mentoring. 34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: Students participate in NSS programmes and other welfare related activities by the college. 35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans: The department comprises qualified, active and efficient faculties. We produce comparatively well-trained students. The department has been famous since long. Research projects are regularly applied for and done. Regarding infrastructure, there are lapses due to paucity of funds. We need to develop a rich departmental seminar library. Presently, our students are

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catered by the Central library of the college which houses sufficient number of books and references in the subject area. We recommend purchase of books every year to have new editions and better books that come out. We wish to develop further by having a separate computer aided well- equipped Research lab with quality reference books and journals. We have our plans already developed and shall be executed if and when funds are obtained. We plan to approach UGC in this regard too.

Evaluative Report of the Department (VII)

1. Name of the department: Psychology 2. Year of Establishment: 1960 3. Names of Programs / Courses offered:B.A. (Honors) degree in Psychology, M.A. Program in Psychology and Ph. D. Program 4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: None 5. Annual/ semester system: Graduate program – Annual; PG program – Semester System. 6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: Yes, partial. 7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.: None 8. Details of courses/programs discontinued: None 9. Number of teaching posts:

Sanctioned Filled Professors 02 Associate Professors 10 06 Asst. Professors 01

10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, experience and Ph.D. produced in last four years.

Experience Ph.D. Name Qualification Designation Specialization In during last years 4 years

1. Dr. Jai M.A., Ph.D., Professor OB & HRM 24 03 Mangal Deo PGDHRM

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2. Dr. Subha M.A., Ph.D. Professor Mental testing 23 03 Prasad and Guidance 3. Dr. Tarni M.A., Ph.D., Associate Psychometrics 35 05 Jee BL professor 4. Dr. M.A., Ph.D. Associate Educational & 31 02 Shaukat Ara professor Clinical Psychology 5. Dr. M.A., Ph.D. Associate Industrial 28 02 Lalendra professor Psychology Kumar 6. Dr. Alpana M.A., Ph.D. Associate Personality and 18 06 Sen Gupta professor Mental measurement 7. Dr. Dinesh M.A., Ph.D., Associate Clinical 18 10 Kumar BL, D. Litt professor Psychology

8. Dr. Kirti M.A., Ph.D. Associate Clinical 18 02 professor Psychology 9. Dr. M.A., Ph.D., Assistant Clinical & 11 02 Sangita B. Lib. professor Educational Sinha Psychology

11. List of senior visiting faculty (during last four years): None 12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (program wise) by temporary faculty: NA

13. Student -Teacher Ratio (program wise): UG – 12:1; PG – 5:1

14. Number of academic support staff (technical): filled/sanctioned – 02/04

15. Qualifications of teaching faculty: Ph.D. = 09; D.Litt. = 01

16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received: UGC Research Award 01.

17. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received: NA

18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: Ph.D. programme.

19. Publications (During last four years):

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 Publication per faculty: 04  Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) by faculty and students:  Number of publications listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.): 02  Monographs, Chapter in Books, Books/Journal Edited, Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers etc.: Dr. Jai Mangal Deo has contributed chapters in Several Conference/Symposia Proceedings, given lectures and published articles. Dr Alpana Sengupta is the Rsearch Editor of Journal of Behaviour Research Review ISSN No. 0975-7198 Dr Dinesh Kumar is the member of the editorial Board of -  Perspective in Psychological Research ISSN-0971-1562  Anusandhan ISSN-0973-0923  Social Research Journal ISSN 0975-02741  Spectrum ISSN 0974-2417

20. Areas of consultancy and income generated: None 21. Faculty as members in a) National committees b) Internat. Committees c) Editorial Board: 06

22. Student projects a) Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental program: 100% in Post Graduate b) Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies: None

23. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students: 01

24. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department: 1. Prof. Arun Kumar Singh, Patna University, Patna. 2. Prof. Prabha Shukla, Patna University, Patna. 3. Prof. Kartik Jha, Patna University, Patna. 4. Dr. Amardeep Kumar, Department of Psychiatry, Patna Medical Hospital, Patna 25. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding

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(in the last four years) a) National: 01 (National Seminar on ‘Recent trends in applied Psychology’ on 23rd January 2010 (Source of funding: Local). b) International: None

26. Student profile program/course wise [For (1), (2) and (3) 2012-13: Part/year I; For (4) 2012-13 Final year]:

Name of the program Applications Selected Enrolled Pass received (2) (3) percentage (1) M F (4) B.A 150 105 70 35 96.5 M.A. 200 45 20 25 94.9

27. Diversity of Students Name of % of students % of students % of students from the from the same from other abroad Course state States

From Bihar

28. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc.?: 01 in NET.

29. Student progression

Student progression Against % enrolled UG to PG 90 PG to Ph.D. 70 Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral - Employed in job or self-employed No information

30. Details of Infrastructural facilities a) Library:  b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students:  c) Class rooms with ICT facility: Not yet

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31. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies: No information 32. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /seminar) with external experts: In total 07 lectures by invited experts were organized. 33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: Lecture, discussion, quiz, demonstration and interaction. 34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: High 35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans Strength is our faculty. All members are highly qualified, dedicated and helping. Students appreciate our teaching and return satisfied. We have produced diligent students with high caliber and many of them prefer to carry research leading to Ph.D. or otherwise. We need to expand and induce new methods of teaching and learning. And for this, sophistication is required at a higher plane. We hope to achieve that in near future. We are abreast of the challenges and hope not to leave any opportunity that comes in our way to enhance the infrastructure.

Evaluative Report of the Department (VIII)

1. Name of the department: Political Science 2. Year of Establishment: 1960 3. Names of offered: B.A. Honors, M.A. and Ph.D.

4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: None 5. Annual system: B.A. Semester system: M.A. 6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: None 7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.: None

8. Details of courses/programs discontinued: None

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9. Number of teaching posts

Sanctioned Filled Professors None Associate Professors 08 05 Asst. Professors 04

10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, experience and Ph.D. produced in last four years.

Experience Ph.D. Name Qualification Designation Specialization In during years last 4 years 1. Dr. Ram M.A., Ph.D. Associate Public 36 02 Gopal Singh Professor administration 2. Dr. Indira Do Do International 18 01 Sinha Relations 3. Dr. Arvind Do Do Do Do 04 Adityaraj 4. Dr. Do Do Do Do 03 Rachna Suchinmayee 5. Dr. Asha Do Do Do Do 03 Rani 6. Dr. Anil M.A. Assistant Do Do None Kumar Professor

7. Dr. M.A., Ph.D. Do Public 11 02 Amitabh Administration Agrawal 8. Dr. Do Do International 18 02 Sanjay Relations Kumar 9. Dr. M.A., Do Public Do None Raghvendra M.Phil., Administration Kishore Ph.D.

11. List of senior visiting faculty (during last four years): None 12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (program wise) by temporary faculty: NA

13. Student -Teacher Ratio (program wise): In Undergraduate (2012-13) 18:1 and in Post Graduate (2012-13) 8:1.

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14. Number of academic support staff (technical): filled/sanctioned - None 15. Qualifications of teaching faculty: One M.A., eight Ph.D. (one M.Phil. and Ph.D. both).

16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received: None presently

17. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received: 04 from UGC

18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: Yes.

19. Publications (During last four years):

 Publication per faculty: 05 (Averaged)  Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) by faculty and students: 15  Number of publications listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.), Monographs etc.: None 20. Areas of consultancy and income generated: None 21. Faculty as members in a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Board: NA 22. Student projects Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental program: 100% in M.A,

23. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students: Dr. Indira Sinha: Campus Teacher award by American Political Science association in Seattle, USA on 2nd Sept. 2011. Glory of India award in Bangkok in March 2011. Total Int. awards: 04; National: 06 (Shiksha Ratna, Indian & Int. Achiever’s award, Indira Gandhi Seva Ratna, etc.)

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26. Student profile program/course wise [For (1), (2) and (3) 2012-13: Part/year I; For (4) 2012-13 Final year]:

Name of the program Applications Selected Enrolled Pass received (2) (3) percentage (1) M F (4) B.A 227 160 125 35 98.6 approx. M.A. 225 73 47 26 100%

27. Diversity of Students Name of % of students % of students % of students from the from the same from other abroad Course state States

None from outside

28. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc.? No data available

29. Student progression

Student progression Against % enrolled UG to PG 76 PG to Ph.D. NA Employed NA

30. Details of Infrastructural facilities a) Library: No (Students can use the facilities available in the Central library). b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students:  c) Class rooms with ICT facility:  d) Laboratories: No 31. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies: 09 32. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /seminar) with external experts: Organized special lectures

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33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: Laptop and projector use, Group discussion, debate, quiz, assignments etc.

34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: Students participate in social works by NSS/NCC. 35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans The department of Political Science has its strength in its capable young faculty. We follow schedules of classes with special attention on students’ learning progress day by day. We identify the slow learners early and give them special inputs to catch on with advance learners. With some further impetus, we may do better. Despite some drawbacks, we plan to enlarge the available facilities for better efficacy. One way is to share and collaborate with other departments for space, library, ICT solutions and applications and other modern facilities in relation to teaching and research.

Evaluative Report of the Department (IX)

1. Name of the department: Sociology 2. Year of Establishment: 1960

3. Names of Programs offered: B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. 4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: None

5. Annual/ semester system: B.A. course annual; M.A. course semester-wise

6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: None 7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.: None 8. Details of courses/programs discontinued: None

9. Number of teaching posts

Sanctioned Filled Professors Associate Professors 02 + 1 FP 02 Asst. Professors

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10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, experience and Ph.D. produced in last four years. 1. Dr. Kaushlendra Kumar Singh, M.A., Ph.D.; Associate Professor; Experience: 35 years; Specialization: Industrial Sociology; No. of Ph.D. stds. Produced in the last four years: 05 2. Dr. Gyanendra Yadav, M.A., Ph.D.; Specialization: Anthropology; Experience: 18 years; Ph.D. produced in 4 years: 01.

11. List of senior visiting faculty (during last four years): Prof. Satish Kumar, Professor & Head (Retd.), Patna University. 12. Percentage of lectures delivered by temporary faculty: Mrs. Niharika Kumari, M.A. (Temp. faculty): Classes in B.A. (H) 15%; in M.A. 10%.

13. Student -Teacher Ratio (program wise): 52:1 in B.A. and 32:1 in M.A.

14. Number of academic support staff (technical): filled/sanctioned – 02/03 15. Qualifications of teaching faculty: M.A., Ph.D. 16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received: None 17. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received: None

18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: 

19. Publications (During last four years):

 Publication per faculty: 07  Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) by faculty and students: 07  Number of publications listed in International Database, Monographs/Chapter in Books, Books/Journal Edited/ Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers: 02 books by KK Singh.  Citation Index 2.0

20. Areas of consultancy and income generated: Sports/Games (Free)

21. Faculty as members in a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Board:

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DR. KK Singh was a Senate member at Babu Jagjivam Ram National Foundation, Ministry of Social Justice, Govt. of India; Coordinator, RAC, College of Commerce, Patna. 22. Student projects a) Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental program: All in PG Course b) Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution: None

23. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students: Not recently

24. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department: None

25. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding (in the last four years): Organized Conference on ‘Teaching learning and Research methodologies’.

26. Student profile program/course wise [For (1), (2) and (3) 2012-13: Part/year I; For (4) 2012-13 Final year]:

Name of the program Applications Selected Enrolled Pass received (2) (3) percentage (1) M F (4) B.A 214 155 118 37 100 M.A. 315 96 27 69 100

27. Diversity of Students Name of % of students % of students % of students from the from the same from other abroad Course state States

All from Bihar

28. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc.? 11

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Student progression Against % enrolled UG to PG 76% PG to Ph.D. 12%

Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral Not known Employed 21% approx.

30. Details of Infrastructural facilities a) Library: No (Central Library caters) b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students:  c) Class rooms with ICT facility: Use central facility d) Laboratories: None 31. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies: Several

32. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /seminar) with external experts: Special lectures and Group discussion, seminars. 33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: Overhead projection.

34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: Students actively participate in all events, STRIDE, Sports/games, Public service/NSS etc.

35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans; The Department of Sociology is highly active despite the shortage of faculty. Dr. KK Singh is in-charge of Sports/Games and coordinator, RAC of the college. College students fare extremely well at inter-college or State level competitions in sports/games or even at National level. Our subject is popular among students and they love to study it at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Some modernization is needed and we have plans to implement it in the form of enhanced facilities and space once we obtain required funds from some source.

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Evaluative Report of the Department (X)

1. Name of the department: Geography 2. Year of Establishment: 1960 3. Names of Programs: Graduate (B.A. Honors degree) and M.A. in Geography. Ph.D. research. 4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: No

5. Annual (B.A.); Semester system (M.A.) 6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: No 7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.: No 8. Details of courses/programs discontinued: None

9. Number of teaching posts

Sanctioned Filled Professors 01 Associate Professors 04 01 Asst. Professors 02

10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, experience and Ph.D. produced in last four years.

Experience Ph.D. Name Qualification Designation Specialization In during years last 4 years 1. Dr. Hira M.A., Ph.D. Professor Agriculture 32 06 Lal Singh Geography 2. Dr. Do Associate Political 32 06 Mridula Professor Geography Singh 3. Dr. Abhay Do Do Cultural 11 None Shankar Geography 4. Dr. Do Do Population Do 03 Rashmi Geography

11. No. of senior visiting faculty (during last four years): 10

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12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (program wise) by temporary faculty: About 50%

13. Student -Teacher Ratio (program wise); UG: 28:1 PG: 12:1 14. Number of academic support staff (technical): filled/sanctioned: None/01

15. Qualifications of teaching faculty: All Ph.D.

16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received: None 17. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received: None 18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: Yes.

19. Publications (During last four years):  Publication per faculty: 04 approx  Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) by faculty and students: 15  Number of publications listed in International Database/ Monographs/Books/Journal Edited/Books etc. None 20. Areas of consultancy and income generated: To Students only.

21. Faculty as members in national committees/international Committees/ Editorial Board: Nil

22. Student projects a) Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental program: 100% in PG programme. b) Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution: Nil 23. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students: Nil

24. Eminent academicians/ visitors: Yes time to time. Total 10.

25. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding (in the last four years): None 26. Student profile program/course wise [For (1), (2) and (3) 2012-13: Part/year I; For (4) 2012-13 Final year]:

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Name of the program Applications Selected Enrolled Pass received (2) (3) percentage (1) M F (4) B.A 475 112 92 20 90% M.A. 385 48 28 20 Do

27. Diversity of Students Name of % of students % of students % of students from the from the same from other abroad Course state States

All students from the state (Students from Nepal in previous years)

28. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc.? No record.

29. Student progression

Student progression Against % enrolled UG to PG 65

PG to Ph.D. 16 Employed Campus selection Nil Other than campus recruitment 02

Entrepreneurship/Self-employment No report

30. Details of Infrastructural facilities a) Library: Central Library of the College b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students: Yes. c) Class rooms with ICT facility: Yes. d) Laboratories: Yes. 31. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college,

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university, government or other agencies; 12 32. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /seminar) with external experts: Home tasks, Class works, Workshops, lectures. 33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: Use of computer 34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: Students take part. 35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans: The department has a separate building. All faculty members are qualified and popular. Our assignments to students inspire them to understand the intricacies of the subject and they enthusiastically come forward to learn and carry out projects. Undoubtedly, we need to improve more and bring some modern facilities to the department. We have been taking help from other institutions with whom we collaborate. The challenge is to arrange the scarcely available funds. Being a subject of contemporary importance, we are seeking help from the Govt. agencies and other sources. We think we can do better once we get the assistance from any source to develop further.

Evaluative Report of the Department (XI)

1. Name of the department: English

2. Year of Establishment: 1960

3. Names of Programs / Courses offered:3-year degree Honors course in English; 2-year post graduate course in English; Ph.D. programme.

4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses: None

5. Annual/ semester system: Honors course in annual mode and M.A.

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programme in Semester mode.

6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: We participate in some programmes that arrange spoken English classes for students.

7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries etc.: None 8. Details of courses/programs discontinued: None

9. Number of teaching posts

Sanctioned Filled Professors 02 Associate Professors 15 09 Asst. Professors 02

10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, experience and Ph.D. produced in last four years. 1. Dr. Ashok Kumar, M.A. in English, Hindi and Sanskrit, Ph.D. in English; Professor; Specialization: Comparative Literature and comparative linguistics; Experience: 22 years; Ph.D. produced in last 4 years: 02. 2. Dr. Lalan Prasad Singh, M.A., Ph.D.; Professor; Specialization: Linguistics and Indian English writing; Experience: 36 years; Ph.D. produced in last 4 years: 03. 3. Dr. Shampa Ghosh, M.A., Ph.D., P.G.D.D.E.; Associate Professor; Specialization: Feminist studies & Gynae Criticism Translation; Experience: 33 years; Ph.D. produced in last 4 years: None. 4. Dr. Arun Kumar, M.A., Ph.D.; Associate Professor; Specialization: American Literature; Experience: 35 years; Ph.D. produced in 4 years: 01. 5. Dr. Saloni Prasad, M.A., Ph.D.; Associate Professor; Specialization: Commonwealth Literature; Experience: 18 years; Ph.D. produced in last four years: 01. 6. Dr. Kumar Chandradeep, M.A., Ph.D.; Associate Professor; Specialization: British Novel, English Poetry and Indian English Literature; Experience: 18 years; Ph.D. produced in last 4 years: 01. 7. Dr. Bithika D. Sarkar, M.A., Ph.D., B.Ed., P.G.D.T.E.; Associate Professor; Specialization: Linguistics (Phonetics) & ELT; Experience: 18 years; Ph.D. produced in last 4 years: 01. 8.Dr. Narendra Kumar, M.A., Ph.D.; Associate Professor; Specialization:

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Romantic and Victorian Poetry; Experience: 18 years; Ph.D. produced in last 4 years: 02. 9. Dr. Aditi, M.A., Ph.D.; Assistant Professor; Specialization: Indian English Writing, Poetry and Subaltern Literature; Experience: 18 years; Ph.D. produced in last 4 years: None. 10. Dr. Jotish Chandra, M.A., Ph.D.; Associate Professor; Specialization: American Literature; Experience: 37 years; Ph.D. produced in last 4 years: 01 11. Dr. Ashok Kumar, M.A., Ph.D.; Assistant Professor; Specialization: English Tragedy; Ph.D. produced in last 4 years: None. 12. Dr. Ved Prakash Chaturvedi, M.A., Ph.D.; Associate Professor; Specialization: English Novel and Translation; Experience: 23 years; Ph.D. produced in last 4 years: 01. 13. Dr. Shiv Kumar Yadav, M.A., Ph.D., BET; Associate Professor; Specialization: Indian English Fiction (With special reference to Dalit Women & Children); Experience: 18years; Ph.D. produced in last 4 years: None.

11. List of senior visiting faculty (during last four years): 1. Dr. J.P. Singh, Professor of English, Former Vice-Chancellor, LN Mithila University, Darbhanga, Bihar. 2. Dr. S.S. Prasad, Former Head, Department of English, Patna University. 3. Dr. B.B. Singh (Former faculty) 4. Dr. G.P. Yadav (Former faculty) 5. Dr. Ravindra Rajhans (Former faculty) 6. Dr. R.P. Singh (Former faculty)

12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (program wise) by temporary faculty: N.A.

13. Student -Teacher Ratio (program wise): 2:1 in UG (On the basis of Single batch admission of 2012-13 in B.A. I) and 3:1 in PG (On the basis of single batch admission of 2012-13 in PG I)

14. Number of academic support staff (technical): filled/sanctioned: N.A.

15. Qualifications of teaching faculty: All Ph.D. with some having additional qualification (see above) 16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received: None

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17. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received: None

18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: Yes.

19. Publications (During last four years):

 Publication per faculty: 06 approx.  Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) by faculty and students: 95 articles  Number of publications listed in International Database/ Monographs/ Chapter in Books/ Books/Journal Edited/ Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers – 58 articles in national level and 17 in international level magazines. 02 books; Dr Kumar Chandradeep is -  Executive editor, ‘Cyber literature’ ( A Biannual); ISSN NO-0972- 0901  Editor-The Inward Eye: Paltliputra Journal of English Studies; ISSN NO-2278-9162  Member, Advisory Board, Urdu Today; ISSN -2321-8029  Book Review published in Cyber Literature (ISSN 0972-0901)

20. Areas of consultancy and income generated: None

21. Faculty as members in a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Board: yes, 02.

22. Student projects Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental program: In M.A.

23. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students: Dr. Ravindra Rajhans (Retd.) was awarded Padmshree for his contribution to literature.

24. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department – A number of renowned academicians such as Prof. J. P. Singh, Former Vice- Chancellor, LNM.U., Darbhanga, Prof. Hari Mohan Prasad, Head, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya and Prof R. Bhagwan Singh, Jharkhand have visited

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the department during last four years.

25. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding (in the last four years) Sensitivity Awareness Motivation ( SAM) : A Five Day Long Workshop Funding agency: UGC (Under the ageis of Capacity Building of Women Managers in Higher Education – CBWMHE) [2nd to 6th February, 2013]  Dr. Bithika Dasgupta Sarkar ( Coordinator ), Associate Professor, Dept. of English  Dr. Alpana Sengupta ( Assistant Coordinator), Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychology. Note: It was a state-level workshop meant for only lady teachers working in various UGC funded institutions/colleges.

26. Student profile program/course wise [For (1), (2) and (3) 2012-13: Part/year I; For (4) 2012-13 Final year]:

Name of the program Applications Selected Enrolled Pass received (2) (3) percentage (1) M F (4) B.A 184 30 26 04 85 M.A. 95 44 29 15 96.5

27. Diversity of Students All students from the State only

28. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc.? – 11 in NET 29. Student progression

Student progression Against % enrolled UG to PG Approx. 55% PG to Ph.D. 21%

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Employed No Information

Entrepreneurship/Self-employment No report

30. Details of Infrastructural facilities a) Library: Yes departmental Seminar b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students: Yes. c) Class rooms with ICT facility: Have to share d) Laboratories: No

31. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies: No Report. 32. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /seminar) with external experts: Seminar and guest lectures are arranged periodically with external resource persons.

33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: Literary quiz, Students’ Seminar, Group activity, Assignment, PP presentation etc. 34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: Yes. The students take part in NSS, NCC, STRIDE and other such ISR Events/activities.

35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans: The department of English is one of the best departments armed with adequately qualified and sincere faculty members. Given wider space, we are capable of faring better. We do have all basic facilities to perform well but we hope to enlarge these with better infrastructure and ICT solutions that shall induce us to use our full potential and inspire the students as well. More often, we organize seminars and workshops relevant to the various socially significant themes in modern living, women’s empowerment, current trends in politico-socioeconomic thoughts, philosophy, interdisciplinary activities, career opportunities, Social media applications and utilities etc. We have a 3-year degree vocational programme in ‘Functional English’ that has been running successfully for many years and an approved proposal for a post graduate course in ‘English with Media studies’. With these programmes coupled with our complete involvement with the smart Language laboratory of the college, we have plans to grow further and attract students with an eye to the contemporary job market and self-employability. Definitely, we have a tough challenge ahead of us but we are determined to come out clean of all

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barriers. As said somewhere else, the department is proud of having been served by highly respected, renowned and eminent faculty members in the past. We too salute them. We try to maintain the reputation and old glory with our sincerest efforts. However, if we are told to identify one of our weaknesses, it is that we are underutilized, or one may say that we have not exploited ourselves fully. We have plans to popularize English literature among students as a viable career option even in this era of commerce and competition. Simultaneously, we may not forget taking recourse also to the possible applied aspects that arm you with a job immediately.

Evaluative Report of the Department (XII)

1. Name of the department: Hindi 2. Year of Establishment: 1960 3. Names of Programs offered: B.A. (Honors) in Hindi, M.A. in Hindi and Ph.D. 4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: None 5. Examination system: Annual in Hons. Course and Semester in M.A. 6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: At Intermediate level and Hindi composition in Vocational programs. 7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.: None 8. Details of courses/programs discontinued: None 9. Number of teaching posts

Sanctioned Filled Professors 02 + (one on Lien) Associate Professors 10 06 Asst. Professors 01

10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, experience and Ph.D. produced in last four years.

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Name 1 2 3 4 5 Dr. Kumari Lakshmi M.A., Ph.D., Associate Tulsi 30 02 D.Litt. Professor/Head Dr. Shailendra Kumar M.A., Ph.D. Professor Journalism 36 04 Singh Dr. Usha Sinha M.A., Ph.D. Professor Novel 36 02 (On Lien) Dr. Mangla Rani M.A., Ph.D., Professor Values 24 02 D.Litt. Dr. Ajay K. Sinha M.A., Ph.D. Associate Tulsi 24 02 LLB Professor Dr. Kanchana Singh M.A., Ph.D. Do Nagarjuna 18 02

Dr. Shreekant Singh M.A., Ph.D. Do Tulsi 18 02

Dr. Dinesh Prasad M.A., Ph.D., Do Nagarjuna 18 02 Singh D.Litt. Dr. Binod Kumar M.A., Ph.D. Do Ageya 18 02 Mangalam Dr, Nilima Singh M.A., Ph.D. Assistant Novel 11 02 Professor (1) Qualification, (2) Designation, (3) Specialization, (4) No. of years as experience, and (5) Ph.D. students supervised in the last 4 years.

11. List of senior visiting faculty (during last four years): 1. Prof. Amar Kumar Singh, Head and Dean, Patna University, Patna 2. Prof. Nripendra Verma, Former Head, TM Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur, Bihar 3. Prof. Pramod Kumar Singh, Former Head, BR Ambedkar University, Muzaffarpur, Bihar

12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (program wise) by temporary faculty: No temporary faculty

13. Student -Teacher Ratio (program wise): As per 2012-13 single batch admission, 3:1 approx. in both B.A.(H) I and in M.A. (Excluding Inter load and 2 years of B.A. and one year of M.A.)

14. Number of academic support staff (technical), filled/sanctioned: None

15. Qualifications of teaching faculty: 10 Ph.D. and 03 with D.Litt.

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International funding agencies and grants received: None 17. Departmental projects and total grants received: None

18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: Yes

19. Publications (During last four years):  Publication per faculty: 05 approx.  Number of papers by faculty: 42  Number of publications listed in International Database/ Monographs/ Chapter in Books/ Books/Journal Edited/ Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers etc. 12 in total.

20. Areas of consultancy and income generated: None

21. Faculty as members in a) Committees c) Editorial Board: 09

22. Student projects a) Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental program: 100% in M.A. Final semester. b) Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution: 75% (out of the total)

23. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students: Yes by faculty members (Total 20)

24. List of eminent academicians / visitors to the department: 1. Shri Krishna Deo Kalpit, Deputy Director, Doordarshan, Patna. 2. Dr. Gupteshwar Pandey, ADG, Bihar 3. Dr. Nilam Pandey, Deputy Director, PRO, Bihar 4. Dr. Nagendra Prasad Mohini, Nritya Guru, Bihar 5. Shri Naresh Saraswat, Classical singer of repute, Bihar

25. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding (in the last four years) a) National/International: None

26. Student profile program/course wise [For (1), (2) and (3) 2012-13: Part/year I; For (4) 2012-13 Final year]:

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Name of the program Applications Selected Enrolled Pass received (2) (3) percentage (1) M F (4) B.A 30 26 21 05 100% M.A. 50 29 11 18 100%

27. Diversity of Students Name of % of students % of students % of students from the from the same from other abroad Course state States

All students are from Bihar

28. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc.? More than 100 students are reported to clear NET, Banking services, Railways, UPSC, BPSC, TET etc. exams in last 4 years.

29. Student progression

Student progression Against % enrolled UG to PG 90% PG to Ph.D. 65%

Employed Campus selection Through competitive Other than campus recruitment exams.

Entrepreneurship/Self-employment -

30. Details of Infrastructural facilities a) Library: Yes. b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students: Yes c) Class rooms with ICT facility: Yes. d) Laboratories: N.A.

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university, government or other agencies: No report

32. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /seminar) with external experts: ICT applications, Lectures from invited experts, PP presentation etc. 33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: We employ tutorial and remedial classes for weak students. We organize quiz and group discussion. Experts and well-known academicians are invited to deliver knowledgeable motivation lectures. Demonstrations and students’ seminars are held regularly. Class notes and home assignments are given to students to prepare their final notes. Internet resources are also used time to time.

34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: Yes, very actively our students take part in Social services through NCC, NSS, STRIDE of the college etc.

35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans The department of Hindi comprises eminent faculty since old days. We remember the legacy and attempt to do fairly well. Students enjoy our classes and fare quite well at their examinations. Several students have topped the Merit list of the university in both U.G. and P.G. levels consistently and very regularly. Though we lack space for expansion and more activities, we do our best and use the available infrastructure optimally. A challenge to us is the customized utilization of ICT applications to their potential. However, we try to adapt and evolve by converting our teaching materials on ICT lines. We have also adopted other modern teaching methods. We have now a policy following which we need to convert any challenge into an opportunity.

Evaluative Report of the Department (XIII)

1. Name of the department: History

2. Year of Establishment: 1960

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3. Names of Programs offered: B.A. (Hons.) in annual system of evaluation, M.A. in semester system of evaluation and Ph.D. research program.

4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: None 5. Annual/ semester system: As indicated above. 6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: None 7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.: None 8. Details of courses/programs discontinued: None

9. Number of teaching posts

Sanctioned Filled Professors 01 Associate Professors 04 03 Asst. Professors none

10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, experience and Ph.D. produced in last four years.

Name * ** *** **** ***** Dr. Suresh Paswan M.A., Ph.D. Associate Medieval 37 01 Professor Indian History Dr. Shushila Sahay M.A., Ph.D. Professor Modern 33 02 Indian History Dr. Usha Prasad M.A., Ph.D. Associate Ancient 18 02 Professor Indian History Dr. Rajeev Ranjan M.A., Ph.D. Associate Do 18 05 Professor * Qualification ** Designation *** Specialization **** Experience ***** No. of Ph.D. students in last 4 years

11. List of senior visiting faculty (during last four years): None 12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (program wise) by temporary faculty: None

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B.A. – 40:1; M.A. – 24:4 in 2012-13 newly admitted batch.

14. Number of academic support staff (technical), filled/sanctioned: None 15. Qualifications of teaching faculty: All Ph.D. 16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received: None 17. Departmental projects: None

18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: 

19. Publications (During last four years):

 Publication per faculty: 05 approx.  Number of publications etc.: Dr. Usha Prasad: 08 articles; Dr. Rajeev Ranjan: 13 articles.  Citation Index: 02 Dr. Rajeev Ranjan; 01 Dr. Usha Prasad.

20. Areas of consultancy and income generated: None

21. Faculty as members in a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Board: Dr. Usha Prasad in Editorial Board of Mahila Adhikar Abhiyan. 22. Student projects Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental program: All students on M.A. final semester.

23. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students: NONE 24. List of eminent academicians / visitors: N o ne

25. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops: None 26. Student profile program/course wise [For (1), (2) and (3) 2012-13: Part/year I; For (4) 2012-13 Final year]:

Name of the program Applications Selected Enrolled Pass received (2) (3) percentage (1) M F (4) B.A 854 158 125 33 100% M.A. 675 94 64 30 Do 27. Diversity of Students

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Name of % of students % of students % of students from the from the same from other abroad Course state States

From Bihar only

28. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc.? Ten in NET (As reported till date)

29. Student progression

Student progression Against % enrolled UG to PG 75 PG to Ph.D. 06 Employed Campus selection * Other than campus recruitment

* Several students are reported to clear competitive exams in Banking sector, BPSC, UPSC etc. but figures are not available with us. 30. Details of Infrastructural facilities a) Library: Central Library b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students: Yes in the campus and library premises. c) Class rooms with ICT facility: Yes, if shared. d) Laboratories: N.A.

31. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies: Scholarship from Welfare department (number not in department)

32. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /seminar) with external experts: Special lectures, quiz etc.

33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: Overhead and PP presentations in special classes.

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34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: Yes, students are involved in all activities e.g. NSS, NCC, health camps etc. 35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans: Department of History has been very popular with the students. Demand ratio has been great. Despite lower number of faculty staff members, we engage students in regular classes and give them inputs to learn the subject. Assignments and on-spot seminars help them a lot. Our one achievement has also been the results of students’ learning depicted at university examinations. Our students are regularly in the Merit list. Through 2014-15, we plan to induce certain additional facilities in the form of ICT solutions. Students are expected to learn by observing the historical events with the help of archived documents supported by recorded videos. We also plan to hold workshops that will showcase the important events of ancient, medieval and modern history of the country and the world. Quiz will follow the workshops. Students will be made to ‘feel’ and then learn the history.

Evaluative Report of the Department (XIV)

1. Name of the department: Philosophy

2. Year of Establishment: 1963

3. Names of Programs offered: B.A. (Honors) in Philosophy. [From 1987-89 to 1998-2000, post graduate teaching was available].

4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: None 5. Annual/ semester system: Annual system. 6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: None 7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.: None 8. Details of courses/programs discontinued: None

9. Number of teaching posts

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Professors 01 Associate Professors O2 01 Asst. Professors

10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, experience and Ph.D. produced in last four years.

Dr. Pramod Kumar Professor Buddhist logic and 29 years Ph.D. M.A., Ph.D. Epistemology of produced Indian Philosophy experience 01 in last 4 years Dr. Rita Niranjan Associate Vivekanand, 33 years None M.A., Ph.D. Professor Contemporary of Indian Philosophy experience

11. List of senior visiting faculty (during last four years): NONE 12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (program wise) by temporary faculty: None 13. Student -Teacher Ratio: 6:1 14. Number of academic support staff (technical): None 15. Qualifications of teaching faculty: Both Ph.D. 16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received: Prof. Pramod Kumar is working on a research project entitled ‘Hetuvidya studies in India’ in collaboration with the department of Philosophy, Sanghai University, Sanghai (China).

17. Departmental projects funded by DST etc. and total grants received: None

18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: Not technically due to non-existence of P.G. program. 19. Publications (During last four years): None

20. Areas of consultancy and income generated: None

21. Faculty as members in a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Board: Prof. Pramod Kumar chaired a session ‘Buddhism and Society’ at 17th Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies held at the University of Vienna (Austria) from 18th August to 23rd August 2014.

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22. Student projects: None

23. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students: Prof. Pramod Kumar delivered an invited special lecture on ‘Some lost Buddhist texts and their relevance in modern research’ at the department of Chinese and Tibetan languages, Punjab University, Chandigarh.

24. List of eminent academicians/visitors to the department: None 25. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding (in the last four years): None 26. Student profile program/course wise [For (1), (2) and (3) 2012-13: Part/year I; For (4) 2012-13 Final year]:

Name of the program Applications Selected Enrolled Pass received (2) (3) percentage (1) M F (4) B.A 56 04 04 - 100%

27. Diversity of Students Name of % of students % of students % of students from the from the same from other abroad Course state States

From Bihar

28. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations? Not Known.

30. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans The department needs to be revived especially in context of Buddhist studies. Dr. P. Kumar has specialization in the area and he has wide experience. He has visited several countries and presented papers. He is well recognized by the research community in Buddhist Studies. Students from Buddhist countries may be attracted to the centre for training and research. First, revival of post graduate teaching and creation of faculty positions are two necessities that can be followed by further expansion of infrastructure.

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Evaluative Report of the Department (XV)

1. Name of the department: Urdu 2. Year of Establishment: 1962 3. Names of Programs offered: B.A. (Honors); Study centre of Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad (PG teaching) 4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: Presently, the Add-on program ‘Journalism and Mass communication’ is coordinated by Dr. T. Fatmi of the department. 5. Annual/ semester system: Annual 6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: None 7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.: None

8. Details of courses/programs discontinued: None

9. Number of teaching posts

Sanctioned Filled Professors None Associate Professors 03 01 Asst. Professors 02

10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, experience and Ph.D. produced in last four years. 1. Dr. T. Fatmi, M.A., Ph.D., 18 years of experience; 03 Ph.D. students enrolled. 2. Mr. S.I. Quadri, M.A.; 22 years of experience; Carries out supervision of research with some other centres/university (Ph.D. students guided in last four years – 04). 3. Dr. Akbar Ali, M.A., Ph.D.; 11 years of experience; 4 Ph.D. students enrolled (1 JRF).

11. List of senior visiting faculty (during last four years): None 12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (program wise) by temporary faculty: None

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13. Student -Teacher Ratio: 1:1 (Based on B.A. program admission in 2012- 13 Batch I/Part I).

14. Number of academic support staff (technical): None 15. Qualifications of teaching faculty: 02 Ph.D.; 01 M.A. 16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects: None 17. Departmental projects: None 18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: Not by Magadh University. 19. Publications (During last four years): Number of Papers Published 46 (National) + 01(International) = 47 by S.I. Quadri.

20. Areas of consultancy and income generated: None 21. Faculty as members in a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Board: Md. S.I. Quadri: i. Regular invitation from Academic Staff Colleges of central and state universities to deliver lectures in Subject Refresher Courses. ii. Extending the services voluntarily to Anjuman Taraqqui-e- Urdu, Bihar as Director, Education where the coaching facilities for competitive examinations are being given continuously. iii. Editor of the journal of Anjuman Taraqqui-e-Urdu, Bihar Rooh-e-Urdu, Patna. iv. Member of Editorial Boards of 02 magazines: Yuva Samvad, Delhi (Hindi) and Tahqueeqat, Patna (Trilingual research journal-Urdu, Persian and Arabic). 22. Student projects: None 23. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students: None 24. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department: None 25. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding (in the last four years): None

26. Student profile program/course wise [For (1), (2) and (3) 2012-13: Part/year I; For (4) 2012-13 Final year]:

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Name of the program Applications Selected Enrolled Pass received (2) (3) percentage (1) M F (4) B.A 06 03 03 - 100%

27. Diversity of Students Name of % of students % of students % of students from the from the same from other abroad Course state States

One student from West Bengal

28. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc.? 54 students have cleared NET till date. 02 cleared NET in 12-13.

32. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /seminar) with external experts: Special talks. 33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: Through Internet and Visual media.

34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: Yes.

35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans: The Department publishes a Research Journal ‘Urdu Today” quarterly. ‘Samanantar’ is compiled by Dr. T. Fatmi. Mr. S.I. Quadri’s 81 articles have appeared in Newspapers/magazines. He has developed expertise to coach and train the aspirants for NET/JRF examinations of University Grants Commission, New Delhi for the first Paper (General) and Urdu language. More than 40 JRF and 75 NET candidates were successful in previous years. We extend academic support in different forms to NCERT, New Delhi; CIIL, Mysore; Bihar Archives, Patna; Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi; All India Radio, Patna; Doordarshan, Patna. In context of the above mentioned activities, we require better space and facilities. However, we do have access to J&MC facilities. The challenge is to popularize Urdu literature among non-Muslim students too. By coordinating

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with other language subjects e.g. English, Hindi and Maithili departments, we can do it. We collaboratively work in Our modern Language Lab.

Evaluative Report of the Department (XVI)

Name of the department: Maithili Year of Establishment: 1962 Name of the Program: B.A. (Honors) in Mathili. Number of teaching posts

Sanctioned Filled Professors 01 Associate Professors 03 NONE Asst. Professors NONE

Presently, 21 students are admitted to the department in total. With a carpet area of 62 sq. Mt., the department teaches vernacular Maithili to students of Intermediate classes. It is one of the few departments in the state to teach/research in the area of extremely rich Maithili literature. In Patna, it is the only centre of learning Maithili subject and renowned Maithil culture. Through recruitment of faculties, some innovative approaches and exploiting easily available resources, the department can be raised to a higher bar and as a centre of internationally famous Mithila painting learning in Bihar.

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Evaluative Report of the Department (XVII)

1. Name of the department: Commerce 2. Year of Establishment: 1949 3. Names of Programs / Courses offered: 3- year degree course B.Com. (Honors); 2-year M.Com program; Ph.D. program; 3- year vocational degree course in Office management and Secretarial practices; 3- year degree honors program in B.B.M. and 2-year M.B.A. 4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: None 5. Annual/ semester system: B.Com, OMSP, BBM (Annual) and M.Com; MBA (Semester) 6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: None 7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.: None 8. Details of courses/programs discontinued: None 9. Number of teaching posts

Sanctioned Filled Professors 02 Associate Professors 12 05 Asst. Professors 05

10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, experience and Ph.D. produced in last four years.

Name 1 2 3 4 Dr. M.P. Singh M.Com., Ph.D. Professor Practical 06 training Dr. Md. Quddus Do Do Marketing 03 Dr. M.R. Rahman Do Associate Statistics 07 Professor Dr. R.P. Gupta Do Do Practical 01 Training Dr. Md. Imitiyaz Do Do Accounts 03 Hassan Dr. Padmini Prasad Do Do Statistics 03

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Dr. Jagdish Prasad Do Do Taxation Law 01 and Accounts Dr. K.B. Padmadeo Do Assistant Statistics 03 Professor Dr. A.K. Thakur Do Do Labour & 14 Social Welfare Dr. A,M. Pandey Do Do Statistics 04

Dr. R.U. Singh M.Com, Ph.D., Do Financial 02 M.A., MBA Management and Accounts Dr. Anita Das M.Com, Ph.D. Do Statistics None

11. List of senior visiting faculty (during last four years): None

12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (program wise) by temporary faculty: N.A. 13. Student -Teacher Ratio (program wise): UG – 54:1; PG -8:1 (Single batch ratio)

14. Number of academic support staff (technical); filled/sanctioned: None 15. Qualifications of teaching faculty: M. Com.; Ph.D.; MBA in one case (Dr. R.U. Singh). 16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects: One minor project under Dr. R.U. Singh 17. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received: None 18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: Yes. 19. Publications (During last four years):  Publication per faculty: 17  Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) by faculty and students/ Books/Journal Edited: Books – 141; Articles - 204 20. Areas of consultancy and income generated: None 21. Faculty as members in a) National/International Committees & Editorial Board: 12 22. Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental program: 100% in PG 23. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students: None 24. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department: None

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25. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding (in the last four years): 02 (IEA). 26. Student profile program/course wise [For (1), (2) and (3) 2012-13: Part/year I; For (4) 2012-13 Final year]:

Name of the program Applications Selected Enrolled Pass received (2) (3) percentage (1) M F (4) B.A 3100 647 524 123 67 M.A. 1496 96 75 21 96.8

27. Diversity of Students Name of the % of students % of students % of students from Course from the same from other abroad state States All students from the state only.

28. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc.? No data available. 29. Student progression

Student progression Against % enrolled UG to PG 78 PG to Ph.D. 10-12 approx. Employed Exact figure not available Campus selection but good percentage of the Other than campus recruitment students completing their course get self-employed. Entrepreneurship/Self-employment

30. Details of Infrastructural facilities a) Library: Yes b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students: In Central library c) Class rooms with ICT facility: Yes 31. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies: No figure 32. Details on student enrichment programs (special lectures /

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workshops /seminar) with external experts: Lectures/projects

33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: Powerpoint aided lecture 34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: Yes. In NCC, NSS, STRIDE etc.

35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans: Demand ratio in our department is excessively high. All faculty members are competent and qualified. Evidently, the challenge is to manage such large number of students. In addition, we have to teach I. com students too. We use different methods to teach students in graduate and post graduate classes and make them learn the subject in an interesting way. We have plans to develop further and bring about innovative changes to help develop and train students (especially of post graduate) with the aid of modern applications and tools e.g. IT enabled solutions, Excel/Lotus spreadsheets etc. We need more space and updated facilities for which we are trying.

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Post Accreditation initiatives

The College of Commerce, Lohianagar (Kankarbagh), Patna affiliated to Magadh University, Bodh Gaya (Bihar) as a constituent unit was accredited on 08.03.2009 with CGPA 2.92 on four point scale at B grade by NAAC after a Peer team visit between 27-28 January 2009. Post accreditation initiatives of the institution include –  A formal IQAC (Internal Quality Assurance Cell) body was constituted on 15.07.2010. Before it, a committee to look into the matters related to quality control and sustenance in the institution existed.  The pre-IQAC Committee comprised the Principal, the Bursar, a proctor and a teacher representative who happened to be the President of the Teachers’ association of the college.  The first IQAC comprised of the Principal as Chairperson with nominated members as - 1. Coordinator: Prof. Birju Prasad Sharma (Department of Botany) 2. Prof. Lalan Prasad Singh (Department of English) 3. Prof. Shailendra Kumar Chaudhary (Department of Hindi) 4. Prof. M.P. Singh (Department of Commerce) 5. Prof. N.K. Mishra (Retd. Professor & Head, Department of Zoology, Patna University, Patna) 6. Dr. H.R.P. Gupta (Department of Zoology) 7. Dr. Shanker Singh (Department of Botany) 8. Shri Krishna Kumar (ADM. Govt. of Bihar) 9. Shri Raja Ram Singh (Retd. Executive Engineer, Irrigation, Govt. of Bihar as a Local Community member) 10. Dr. Anil Kumar (Department of Chemistry)  The second IQAC body was constituted during the session 2011-12 with the Principal as its Chairman and other members nominated by the Principal as follows: Coordinator - Prof. Aftab Ahmad (Department of Botany). Members: Dr. Arun Kumar (Department of English), Dr. B.C. Roy (Department of Physics), Dr. R.U. Singh (Department of Commerce), Prof. Jagdish Ojha (Retd. Professor & Head, Department of Zoology, TM Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur), Dr. Manoj Kumar (Department of Botany), Dr. Shrikant Singh (Department of Hindi), Dr. Bindu Singh (Department of Zoology), Prof. B.K. Prasad (Retd. Professor & Head, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya) and Dr. Shashi Bhusan Prasad (Senior Doctor and Physician, Govt. of Bihar).

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 The present IQAC comprises 18 members including the Principal Prof. (Dr.) Baban Singh as Chairperson and Prof. Jainendra Kumar as coordinator. Nominated members from outside are: Prof. A.P. Singh (Retd. Director and Chief Scientist, Genetics Division, Birsa Agriculture university, Ranchi, Jharkhand); Prof. N.K. Mishra (Renowned Academician and former Head and Retd., Department of Zoology, Patna university); Prof. Jagdish Ojha (Former and Retd. Head, Department of Zoology, T.M. Bhagalpur university, Bhagalpur, Bihar); Prof. B.K. Prasad (Retd. Professor and Head, Department of Botany, Magadh university, Bodh Gaya); Shri Krishna Kumar (Govt. Administrator, Joint Secretary, Planning and Development department, Govt. of Bihar); Shri Nitesh Kumar Roy (Dy. Director, Department of Horticulture, Govt, of Bihar); Shri K.P. Yadav (Senior advocate, Patna High court); Shri Anup Kumar (Local resident and Director, Asha Construction Pvt. Ltd., Patna); Shri Dilip Maharaj (Branch Head, Bihar, Agriplast Tech. India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore) and Shri Nirbhay Shankar (Regional manager, Bioviz Technology Pvt. Ltd. And Senior Alumnus). Nominated members from the college are Prof S.K. Chaudhary (Department of Hindi), Dr. I.K. Chaudhary (Department of Maithili), Prof. R.N. Pandey (Department of Chemistry), Dr. A.K. Jha (Department of Physics), Dr. Tarni Ji (Department of Psychology), Dr. Ramayan Prasad (Department of Economics) and Dr. A.K. Bhaskar (department of Physics). In 2009-10, IQAC meets suggested the following -  To strengthen the infrastructural facilities and Establishment of a Girls’ hostel.  To decentralize the power by forming committees for different types of activities.  To popularize the use of online teaching and learning resources by the teachers and students.  To encourage faculty members for more research activities and publication of papers.  To start new courses (e.g. as proposed: 1-year degree course in Library and Information Science, Post-Graduate Course in Business Administration and Add-on course in Biological Techniques) through proper channel, following mandatory provisions and with approval from appropriate authorities.  To hold more workshops, quiz, group discussions, seminars and invited special lectures at departmental level and to host/organize more state level or national/international level seminars, symposia and conferences in the

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college for better exposure of faculty and the students to new information and research.  To encourage and allow young teachers to attend faculty improvement programmes being organized at different institutions or universities time to time, and organize such events locally too as host.  To organize regular events for Extension services under the concept of Institutional Social Responsibility. In 2010-11, IQAC approved following actions to be taken:  To enhance laboratory facilities in Science.  To provide wider platform to students to express their opinion and bring out their potentialities.  To increase public extension events and practices/  To strengthen NCC and NSS units.  To start and activate UGC Cell with full time activities.  To take up plantation drive.  To approach companies for recruitment of students.  To provide infrastructure and facilities for providing free coaching to students preparing for competitive examinations. Plan of Action recommended by IQAC for 2011-12 included:  To increase facilities department-wise as per their demands.  To host Bihar Mathematical Society Conference.  To develop and enlarge library facilities.  To provide necessary inputs for enhanced research activities and publication of papers.  To start new courses if proposed.  To organize more games, sport events and public services.  To approach UGC for CPE status as per the UGC letter no. D.O. No. F. 12-/2010 (NS/PE) dated May 2011. IQAC recommended plan of Action in 2012-13 was:  To further strengthen UGC Cell activities.  To establish language lab with requisite software and consoles.  To enhance library set-up by introducing a new automation system and enriching it with books etc.  To provide for a more efficient research coordinating facility to faculty members for research and publication.  To provide tiling of floors in the departments, and offices.  To perform further installation of alternative energy providing facility i.e. big power generator unit.

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 To approach NAAC for second cycle of Accreditation.  To approach Govt. of Bihar (Higher Education department) for Centre of Excellence as per its letter no. 15/M1-07/11 dated 25.8.2012. In response to recommendations of IQAC and other decisions taken up by various committees of the college and departments, several introductions, renovation works and corrective measures for overall improvement of the institution were taken up and completed during the previous years as post- accreditation initiatives.  New and improved prospectus/brochure of the college with more and latest information for students, parents and other stakeholders is now printed at the start of every academic session and distributed.  Rs. 1,45,00,000.00 was sanctioned and disbursed to the college from Higher Education department of Bihar by letter no. 15/G 1-13/1996 (Uchcha Siksha) - 07 dated 02.01.2013 against Centre of Excellence status given by the State Govt. for renovation works, Common room furniture and improvement of other facilities.  1-year Bachelors’ degree course in Library and Information Science (BLIS) was started from the session 2009-10 with sanction and approval from Magadh University, Bodh Gaya. M.B.A. Course was started from the session 2009-10 with approval from AICTE. Other courses/programs introduced with appropriate affiliation and approval recently include B.Sc. (V) in Biochemistry, Post-graduate programs in Philosophy, Urdu and Labour and Social Welfare, Bachelors’ program in Journalism and Mass Communication and Masters’ degree in Library Science. Proposal for MCA program is in the pipeline. Courses in ‘Research methodology’ were launched in Sociology and Psychology.  Renovation works were undertaken for the face lift of several classrooms and departments to facilitate smooth passage of students and comfort. Rs. 30,00,336.00 were spent on infrastructure, Rs. 3,34,594.00 were spent on the purchase of books in the Central library while Rs. 6,73,267.00 were spent on equipment / instruments during the financial year during the financial year 2009-10 itself. In successive years too, sums have been spent on these items.  Two conference halls of medium size equipped with roof-fitted LCD projectors were developed, one in the department of Botany and the second in the Physics/B.C.A. section of the college in addition to the main auditorium.  To promote online teaching-learning and office works, computerization was taken up on a large scale and large sum of money has been spent

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during successive financial years. Internet and Wi-Fi systems have been remodeled.  Process for establishment of a Girls’ Hostel in the nearby College premises was initiated in 2009 and construction work was undertaken following the approval and grant obtainment.  Departments were moved to constitute better curricula implementation panels to look over more strengthened and user-compliable delivery of lectures and mode of transaction of lessons. Several committees and sub- committees were created and put into action at institutional and departmental level. Departments were geared to take regular feedbacks from the students, parents and other stakeholders regarding teaching, learning, research, entrepreneurial awareness and employability. Parents were to be directly contacted whenever required to inform them about the learning progress of the pupil. A feedback system was put in place for the students regarding teaching methods and prowess of the teacher.  Impetus on holding more seminars, invited lectures, national and international Conferences and faculty improvement programs was enhanced with an awareness drive among the students and teachers. International Science Conference was held in Feb. 2009 which was addressed by luminaries like Dr. U.N. Singh, Chief Technologist, NASA; Dr. K.D. Kumar, RYERSON, Canada; Dr. Himanshu Shekhar, DRDO, Pune; Prof. Vijay A. Singh, Homi Bhabha Centre of Sciences, Mumbai; Dr. R.K. Mishra, A-1 technology Inc., USA; Prof. Pramod Yadav, JNU, New Delhi, Prof. H.C. Verma, IIT, Kanpur and others.  Several state level conferences, Invited talks and addresses by national and International scholars and scientists ranging from general subjects like ‘Possible harms from mobile towers and mobile electronic instruments’ or ‘Sustainable living and development practices’ to specific subject areas like ‘Groundwater problems and its recharge’ or ‘Genetic diversity among Indian populations’ or ‘Mapping Sound behavior’ or ‘Quantitative study of Structure-Activity relationship of chemical molecules’ etc., department level seminars, lectures and faculty improvement events and programs have been organized on year to year basis. National level Bihar Mathematical Society Conference and Pre- conference International Seminar of The Indian Economic Association (IEA) were held. Under the National UGC’s scheme ‘Capacity building of Women managers in Highe3r education (CBWMHE), 5-day long SAM (Sentization, Awareness & Motivation) workshop was held between 2-6

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February 2013 organized by the coordinators/ resource persons Dr. Alpana Sengupta of Psychology department and Dr. Bithika Dasgupta Sarkar of English Department. Two faculty enrichment events under National DTS (Direct Trainer Skills) course of the Department of Personnel and Training, Govt. of India were carried out successfully. The latest was organized by the Direct Trainer of the College Dr. Shampa Ghosh of the English Department. College magazine “Bimarsh’, Journals (from English and Urdu departments) and Newsletters were published as usual but with more contribution from the students. A ne w magazine ‘Samanantar’ was launched. IQAC started publication of a ‘Newsletter’ too. A conference on ‘Modern Techniques of Learning, Teaching and Research’ was held and a ‘Research Bulletin’ was published as its Proceedings during the last session.  Debating Society and Student Forum was reconstituted to give a new impetus on Students’ participation in debates, seminars, sports and games, cultural activities, learning-teaching processes and social/public works in association with the Cultural Society, games and sports society and other bodies of the institution.  Election of Students’ Union was held in a transparent, fare and democratic manner to provide students with the fundamental right to expression and participation. The Union was provided with a separate office for deliberations and work.  Campus look was improved by renovating the existing paths and new roads were laid with complementing plantation design. Marble floors were laid at several departments, administrative block and commerce block for clean look and sanitation. The work is to continue in a phased manner and at a regular pace. Regarding betterment of public utilities, sanitation and safety, construction works were completed in the form of grillwork, addition and improvement of toilets, better vehicle parking and Sewage system etc.  Plans were mooted, approved and executed for the construction of a separate ‘Technical building’ for the institution along with other extended facilities over existing structures for classrooms and related utilities. A separate Information Centre (CIC) was established to disseminate student related information easily and cater to all types of general enquiries.  Renovation of the Botanical garden was taken up and finished with Vermicomposting trenches and a uniquely and indigenously designed

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VFT (Vermifiltration) unit that purify contaminated waste water to the level of irrigationally useful water.  A new system of automation ‘AutoLib” was installed in the Central library that is more user-friendly with a separate website created to enhance the utility of library and E-resourcing.  A language lab installed with a language learning software system and separate teacher and student consoles was developed where students are made to learn spoken English easily by the Instructor/Coordinator Dr. Bithika Dasgupta Sarkar of the English department assisted by some of her colleagues. Facility needs to be enlarged as student enrollment is increasing and it would soon be shifted to a larger space. The facility will be enhanced in context of other languages too including Hindi, Urdu and Bangla and some foreign languages over time.  With a new office, library and classrooms, the UGC Cell started coaching students for entry into Services (Course I), carried out remedial classes (Course II), arranged NET/SLET Classes (Course III) and Counselling classes (Course IV) along with coaching for Short term Programmes for Equal Opportunities (Course V) on a regular basis. It started providing free coaching to students of backward classes and SC/Minority.  Placement Cell was reconstituted and activated to assess job market with the help of modern applications and approaches and approach Banks, Firms, Companies etc. for better opportunities and placement of students. New companies like Alchem laboratories were approached for on-job training of students and absorption in future. To aware students of alternative avenues like self employable ventures, a special committee was created.  Laboratory facilities were augmented in Science departments e.g. Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology. Renovation works were taken up and done in some departments and office segments too wherever needed e.g. in the department of Economics, Political Science, Arts block, auditorium and sports’ complex for better utility and usefulness.  Students were provided with better representation in meetings of the administrative bodies by inviting their representatives.  Cultural wing of the institution coordinated by Dr. Laxmi Singh of Hindi department organized 5-6 events per year in the campus. Inter-community and inter-cultural programs have also been performed. A team of students from Korea performed a highly appreciable cultural show under Cultural exchange programme. Three ‘SPIC MACAY’ events were organized in these years.

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collects and listens to students reports related to amenities, administration or teaching lapses.  Number of seminars, conferences, invited talks and symposia has been has been increased on year to year basis. We have fixed to organize minimum ten events in the main auditorium in addition to those many held in the departments.  The college has also taken steps to arrange Yoga and Martial Arts classes in addition to sporting events, gym classes and games.  Girls’ Hostel is in final stages.  Number of departmental seminars and libraries has been increased.  A new Research Advisory Committee was constituted to enhance research activities in the campus. Research is now carried out in those subjects too which were mentioned in the PTR e.g. Geography, Commerce, Hindi. Department of Bangla is presently not functioning due to some technical snag.  We do have now a Central Computing facility and computerized cash and finance system.  For sports like football and Cricket, the institution has agreement/contract with Moinul Haque Stadium and other Playground managements.  Load of intermediate classes is as usual. The State Govt. has not prepared sufficient infrastructure and upgradation of +2 Schools till yet to take away the Intermediate programs from the colleges of the state (State Govt. has taken intermediate teaching off only from the three colleges of Patna University as yet).  As recommended in the PTR, it is practically difficult to seek autonomy for the institution under the given provisions of the state rules. Alternatively, we hope that more supports come from UGC in the form of CPE status and under different Schemes which can help us to prosper further.

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Declaration by the Head of the Institution

I certify that the data included in this Self-study Report (SSR) are true to the best of my knowledge.

This SSR is prepared by the institution after internal discussions, and no part thereof has been outsourced.

I am aware that the Peer team will validate the information provided in this SSR during the peer team visit.

Signature of the Head of the institution with seal:

Place: Patna (Bihar)

Date: 31.03.2015

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Certificate of Compliance (Affiliated/Constituent/Autonomous Colleges and Recognized Institutions)

This is to certify that College of Commerce, Patna 800 020 fulfils all norms

1. Stipulated by the affiliating University and/or

2. Regulatory Council/Body [such as UGC, NCTE, AICTE,

MCI, DCI, BCI, etc.] and

3. The affiliation and recognition [if applicable] is valid as on

date.

Prof. (Dr.) Baban Singh Date: 31/03/2015 Principal/Head of the Institution

Place: Patna (Name and Signature with Office seal)

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