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HERAMBA CHANDRA COLLEGE
(A Unit of Brahmo Samaj Education Society)
23/49, Gariahat Road, Kolkata-700 029 Phone : 2461-1236 (Principal's Room), 2461-2689 (Teachers' Room), 2461-0131 (Office) Website : herambachandracollege.ac.in E-mail : [email protected] and [email protected]
1 Prospectus2016-2017 History of The College
Heramba Chandra College, a premier co- Commerce Subject was also essential to create educational institution, is popularly known as trained personnel who would fulfil the South City Day College. The college has a industrial and commercial goals of the long glorious history. It has celebrated its country. golden jubilee in the year 2006. The South Calcutta Branch was opened in In the history of education in India, the 1946. The main object, in view of the achievements of City College need to be disturbances then prevailing, was to provide remembered not only for its pioneering efforts education at an institution in a safe zone for the in the field of modern education in the country, students of South Calcutta. It was started in but also for the fact that it is the embodiment of November, 1946, at the premises of the South the liberal spirit of those master-minds that Suburban Branch School at 110 Lansdowne enriched the nineteenth century renaissance in Road. In July, 1952 the South Calcutta Branch India. had to be shifted to premises at 50 Mahim The City College of today had its modest Halder Street, Kalighat. The Late Horendra beginning in the City School, which was Coomer Mukherjee, the then popular founded on January 6, 1879 by the Sadharan Governor of West Bengal, laid the foundation Brahmo Samaj. Late Ananda Mohan Bose, the stone of the present South Calcutta Building then President of the Samaj had borne the on January 6, 1954. The opening ceremony of initial expenses of the foundation of the the South Calcutta Building was performed on school. Late Sivananth Sastri and other January 6, 1955. prominent members of the society were With effect from June 1, 1961 the South City actively associated in founding the school. College Branch of the City College branched In 1881, only two years after its establishment, off into three separate colleges, namely the City School was raised to the rank of a Sivanath Sastri College (Morning,), college when F. A. classes were started. Since Heramaba Chandra College (Day) and then, the college made rapid strides towards the advancement of higher education. The B. Prafulla Chandra College (Evening). Thus was born Heramba Chandra College. As A. classes were opened in 1884 and thus within five years of its establishment, the an unit of Brahmo Samaj Education Society institution developed into a first-grade the college is marching ahead with its college. academic flag held high by the brilliant In January 1905, City College was placed performances of its students in different under the control of a society registered under examinations as well as exceptional Act XXI of 1860 called, "The City College achievements in the sports arena. The college, Institution", which is now known as Brahmo conspicuous for its high level of commerce Samaj Education Society. education, has also progressed in recent years The Commerce Department of the City by opening honours courses in subjects like College was started in 1939 with a view to Bengali, English, Economics, Education and making education more utilitarian. With the Geography in addition to Political Science and progress and expansion of trade, commerce History which were being taught at the college and industry, it was realised that education in since 1963.
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Principal’s Desk
H erambachandra College welcomes beings. Students must fit in this modern you all. College is a place to remember. world. So, college provides some help People who are fortunate to continue to nurture the various talents of the their higher studies get admitted to a students through different clubs. While college. After completing 12 long years encouraging students in studies it has of the disciplined school life, college is persuaded them also to form a place where one can breath freely. Photography Club, Nature Club, These three years of college life is the Drama Club and Trekking & Rock- best part of a student’s life. Here Climbing Club. Regular excursions by student’s take first step towards Departments and the Students' Union individuality. The first ray of future are always supported. Sport persons are shines from here. This is the place also encouraged here. This college has where cocoons turn into beautiful won many trophies and prizes in butterflies. The college lends a helping various fields of sports, both group hand to make one step forward in wise and as individuals. A person her/his broader life. cannot be a human being unless and This college is educating people for until she or he is aware of the society. more than 60 years with a reputation. At Different social activities are organized first it was the only one college of by the college to make students aware commerce in south Kolkata. Gradually, of the surroundings. This college not it has spread its branches and now there only wants to prepare its students for are honours in Bangla, Education, the outer world, but also wants to English, History and Political Science provide some job opportunity. Many in Arts, and Economics and Geography companies are regularly visiting this in Science, along with honours in college for their recruitment and they Accounting & Finance and Marketing are quite satisfied. in Commerce. This college holds All these are in a nutshell. Details are its head high by the successful within this prospectus and rest for your performances of the students for experience. I, on behalf of all the decades continuously. Hope, the teaching, non-teaching members and students who have enrolled themselves senior students, welcome you all to this in this institution will take the batons wonderful world of Herambachandra from the seniors and win the race as College family. Wish you all a very complete human beings. successful life. Be one with this college The College believes in all round and be so forever. growth of the students as human With best wishes
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General Instructions
1. All students must follow college rules. 2. No student shall be sent up for University examination if he or she fails to attend the requisite number of classes in each subject, which are as follows : (a) At least 75% of the classes held, for being considered as a collegiate student. (b) At least 60% but less than 75% of the classes held, for being considered as non- collegiate student. A student attending less than 60% of the classes held, is treated as a dis-collegiate student and will not be sent up. 3. Carry your identity card at all times. You have to show it to the security personnel at the college gate. You may be denied entry into college if you have no identity card. If for some reason you cannot show it, carry your fee book to use as a means of identifying yourself. 4. If you misplace your fee book, apply to the Principal for a duplicate through the office. Your fee book is not transferable. Do not hand it over to any unauthorised person. Duplicate fee book costs Rs. 70/-. 5. If you misplace your identity card, report the loss at the nearest police station. Attach a copy of the report to your application for the duplicate identity card. For duplicate identity card a stamp size photograph and a sum of Rs. 30/- are needed. 6. Classes begin at 11:45 a.m. and all classes go on for 45 minutes. 7. Be punctual. The entrance to the First Floor class area will close as soon as classes start. The gate will be opened again only after the period is over and will remain open for 10 minutes. 8. Be courteous and attentive to your teachers. 9. See page 9 for the list of office personnel to whom you can go and meet when you need assistance. 10. Apply to the Principal when you need anything. Take the application to the office for processing and action. 11. The Principal Bursar or any other faculty member can be approached if there is a problem. 12. Use of Cell Phone during class hours is punishable. 13. Ragging in the college in any form is prohibited by law, and if anybody is found to be guilty of ragging, he/she will be liable to be punished under the provisions of section 4, section 5, and section 6 of the West Bengal Prohibition of Ragging in Educational Institution Act 2000 and rules framed by Higher Education Department, Technical Branch, Government of West Bengal.
Helpline : 1800-180-5522 (24 x 7 Toll Free) e-mail : [email protected] UGC website : www.ugc.ac.in & www.antiragging.in UGC Contact No. : 09871170303, 09818400116
4 Prospectus2016-2017 Central Council of Brahmo Samaj Education Society
Present Members Sri Arnab Paul (President) Smt. Kum Kum Banerjee (Secretary) Sri Samir Das (Secretary) Dr. Sudakshina Kundu Mookherjee (Secretary) Sri Sudhir Saha Sri Lakshmi Narayan Roy Sri Sourav Chatterji Sri Premamoy Das Dr. Keya Dasgupta Smt. Surupa Datta Smt. Rita Biswas Sri Salil Hazra Smt. Kasturi Chakraborty Smt. Subrata Dutta Smt. Samita Das Sri Biswajit Roy Teachers' Representative Ram Mohan Sarani Complex Teachers' Representative Surya Sen Street Complex Teachers' Representative South Kolkata Complex Principal, Umesh Chandra College Principal, City College of Commerce & Business Administration Principal, Ram Mohan College Principal, City College Principal, Ananda Mohan College Principal, Sivanath Sastri College Principal, Heramba Chandra College Principal, Prafulla Chandra College Headmaster, City College School
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Governing Body
Chairman : Smt. Rita Biswas Secretary : Dr. Nabanita Chakrabarti Members : Smt. Kumkum Banerjee Sri Salil kumar Hazra Dr. Indrani Roy Sri Pramamoy Das Dr. Keya Dasgupta Smt. Kasturi Chakraborty Smt. Rebecca Rakshit Sri Sourav Chatterji Smt. Sunanda Roychoudhury Dr. Amit Kumar Dasgupta (Teachers’ Representative) Principal, Sivanath Sastri College Principal, Prafulla Chandra College Invitee : Bursar - Head Clerk - Sri Subrata Mondal N.T.S. Re-presentative - Sri Ratan Kr. Kanjilal G.S. (Students’ Union)
6 Prospectus2016-2017 FACULTY Department of Bangla : 01. Smt. Nabanita Chakrabarti, Associate Professor M. A., M. Phil., Ph.D Smt. Tanushree Hansda, Assistant Professor M.A., B.Ed 02. Smt. Sabita Mandal M.A., B.Ed 03. Smt. Reshmi Mitra M.A., B.Ed., Ph.D 04. Sri. Ananya Sankar Debabhuti M.A., M.Phil., B.Ed. Department of Commerce : 06. Sri. Jayanta Ghosh, Associate Professor M.Com., M.Phil., Ph.D, ACMA (Head of the Department) Sri. Amal Krishna Roy, Associate Professor M.Com., Ph.D Smt. Sarmistha Dasgupta, Associate Professor M.Com., M.Phil., ACA Smt. Debasree Basu M.Com., M.Phil. 12. Sri. Amal Ghosh Roy M.Com., ACMA 13. Sri. Shyamal Kumar Ghosh M.Com., B.Ed. 14. Sri. Subhro Ghosh M.Com., M.Phil., B.Ed 15. Sri. Abhra Pratim Palit M.Com., CA (Inter) 16. Smt. Mahua Mukherjee M.Com., B.Ed, MBA 17. Smt. Soumita Chaterjee M.Com. 18. Sri. Ranjan Sen Sharma M.Com., B.Ed 19. Sri. Archiman Lahiri M.Com. 20. Sri. Sibasish Datta M.Com. 23. Sri. Rana Ghosh M.Com., M.Phil, MBA 26. Smt. Oindrila Bhattacharya M.Com., PGDFM, PGDIM 27. Sri Joydeep Chakraborti M.Com. Sri Souvik Majumdar MCA Sri Subhajit Debnath MCA(IT), M.Tech (CSE) Sri Amit Kumar Roy M.Com., ICAI (Inter) Sri Palash Kundu MCA, ME Sri Sirsha Biswas M.Com., ACS Sri Aditya Das M.Com. Smt. Mousumi Basu M.Com. Smt. Ishika Ghosh M.Com. Sri Asis Pal M.Com. Smt. Priyanka Banik M.Com. Sri Abhishek Sengupta M.Com., CMA (Inter) Smt. Neha Das M.Com. Smt. Sreetama Ghosh M.Com., M.Phil, B.Ed. Smt. Sahita Mitra M.Com. Sri Debasish Biswas M.Com., M.Phil Department of Economics : 28. Smt. Indrani Mitra, Associate Professor M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D 30. (Head of the Department) Sri. Amit Dasgupta, Associate Professor M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D, ACA, ACMA Sri. Subir Maitra, Associate Professor M.Sc. Smt. Susmita Roy Chowdhury M.Sc. 32. Smt. Mahuamita Deb M.Sc., Ph.D 33. Smt. Angana Chatterjee M.Sc. Smt. Arpita Banerjee M.Sc., Ph.D Smt. Suravi Kar Roy M.Sc., M.Phil Smt. Indrani Chakraborty M.A., B.Ed
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Department of Education : 36. Smt. Chhaya Banerjee, Associate Professor M.A. (Head of the Department) 39. Smt. Sanchita Das M.A. Sri Dipankar Das M.A., M.Phil Sri Pranab Kumar Mondal M.A., B.Ed Smt. Sarmistha Bhattacharjee M.A., B.Ed. Smt. Gargi Sengupta M.A., B.Ed. Department of English : 40. Smt. Lily Law, Associate Professor M.A., Ph.D. (Head of the Department) 41. Smt. Sudeshna Basu M.A. Smt. Amrapali Basu M.A. Sri Sanjay Dey M.A. Department of Geography : 44. Smt. Jayeeta Bagchi M.Sc., Ph.D. 45. Smt. Moumita Ghosh M.Sc., B.Ed. 46. Smt. Bhaswati Bhattacharjee M.Sc., B.Ed 47. Smt. Basabdutta Ghoshchoudhury M.Sc., B.Ed Department of Hindi : 48. Department of History : 49. Sri. Raktim Sur, Associate Professor M.A., Ph.D. (Head of the Department) Sri Achintya Mondal, Assistant Professor M.A. 50. Smt. Sukanya Basu M.A. 51. Smt. Mahua Roy M.A. 52. Smt. Upama Biswas M.A. Department of Mathematics 54. Sri. Arup Kumar Mallick (Department in-charge) M.Sc., MCA 57. Sri. Suvankar Baidya M.Sc., M.Ed. Sri Animesh Sinha M.Sc. Smt. Sulagna Bhowmick M.Sc. Department of Political Science Smt. Papia Sengupta, Assistant Professor M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. 58. (Head of the Department) Smt. Sarmistha Banerjee, Associate Professor M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. Smt. Lily Mukherjee, Associate Professor M.A., M.Phil. 61. Smt. Chirashree Mukherjee M.A., M.Phil. Department of Statistics Smt. Chandra Mani Kumar M.Sc. Sri Pritam Sarkar M.Sc.
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Name Responsibility General Section 01. Sri Subrata Mondal Head Clerk 02. Sri Pranjoy Pal Typist 03. Smt. Dipita Bhattacharya Admission Related Matters 04. Sri Sib Sundar Das University Related Matters 05. Sri Pallab Dey University Related Matters 06. Sri Satrajit Mitra Concession (Rail, Bus) Certificates, College Exams 07. Sri Bappaditya Das Electrician cum Caretaker 08. Sri Biswajit Saha Electrician cum Caretaker 09. Smt. Kajal Nath Receiving, Destpatch, Attestation, Stipend, Scholarship 10. Sri Bhim Bahadur Chhetri Bearer 11. Sri Dipak Das Bearer 12. Sri Kartik Das Bearer 13. Sri Paban Kr. Singh Bearer 14. Sri Udayan Sengupta Bearer 15. Sri Ramdeo Rabidas Bearer 16. Sri Pulak Das Bearer Accounts Section 01. Sri Sujoy Banerjee Accountant 02. Sri Utpalendu Giri Assistance in Accounting Work 03. Sri Kalipada Mahakul Student Ledger and Accounts Related Matters 04. Sri Sudipta Mondal Student Ledger and Accounts Related Matters 05. Sri Bablu Mandi Bearer Cash Section 01. Sri Ratan Kr. Kanjilal Cashier 02 Sri Santanu Narayan Basu Cash Assistant 03. Sri Kishore Bhanu Nayak Bearer-Cash Section
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COLLEGE OFFICE
Name Responsibility Seminar Library 1. Smt. Tapati Bera Assistant Librarian 2. Smt. Rituparna Mitra Library Assistant 3. Sri Madhab Ch. Mondal Bearer, Caretaker 4. Smt. Sikha Das Bearer Central Library 1. Sri Hiralal Dasgupta Bearer 2. Nilima Dey Bearer Staff Room 1. Sri Tapas Das Bearer 2. Sri Uttam Bera Bearer 3. Sri Sampad Das Bearer Geography Department 1. Smt. Swati Ghosh Laboratory Assistant 2. Sri Ramesh Jay Singh Bearer Gate and Others 1. Sri Tek Bahadur Chhetri Darwan 2. Sri Chedilal Rabidas Sweeper 3. Sri Ramdhani Rabidas Sweeper
ADMISSION
Admission to this college is made strictly on the basis of merit. Our college has made arrangements to make the entire admission process Online. Instructions about admission are made available at the college website and at the website www.herambachandraadmissions.com almost as soon as the Higher Secondary Examination results of the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education are published.
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B.Sc 60 60 10 20 60 1 510 700 300 420 200 200 100 200 200 6080 1740 1200 ith Mig Economics(H) W
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THE SESSION 2015-16 60 60 10 20 60 1 840 510 700 300 420 200 200 100 200 200 General 5180 1200 ith Mig W
B.A 60 60 10 20 60 1 140 510 700 300 420 200 200 100 200 1 5280 1200 COLLEGE ithout Mig W
60 60 10 20 60 1 140 510 700 300 420 200 200 100 200 200 1 5480 1200 Honours ith Mig W
CHANDRA YEAR COURSES FOR
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60 60 10 20 60 1 960 510 700 300 420 200 200 100 200 240 200 General 5540 1200 HERAMBA ith Mig W
60 60 10 20 60 B. Com 1 510 700 300 420 200 200 100 200 240 5640 1260 1200 ithout Mig W
4 60 60 10 20 60 1 510 700 300 420 200 200 100 200 240 200 5840 1260 1200 Honours ith Mig W FEES STRUCTURE FOR FIRST aken T aken T aken T ADMISSION Aid Fee O BE DEPOSITED otal Particulars . Fee T THE TIME OF utition Fee NB : For Geography general subject Rs. 600/- extra as lab fee and 300/- excurtion to be paid over the amount of B.A. (Honours) T T Lab Fee if GEOG is Session Charges Lab Deposit if GEOG is Admission Fee Excursion if GEOG is Development Fee Electric Charge FEES T Printing & Stationery A Building Maintenance Fee Special Library Fee Library Deposit Exam. Fee Sports Fee I.T C.U. Registration Fee C.U. Migration Fee C.U. Exam Form Fee C.U. Sports Fee
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COURSES OFFERED
1. Bachelor of Arts a) Honours in Bangla b) Honours in Education c) Honours in English d) Honours in History e) Honours in Political Science 2. Bachelor of Commerce a) Honours in Accounting and Finance b) Honours in Marketing c) General 3. Bachelor of Science a) Honours in Economics b) Honours in Geography
Subjects Offered as combinations for B. A. / B. Sc. (Honours) Courses : a) Economics b) Education c) History d) Mathematics e) Political Science f) Statistics
Languages Offered (Compulsory) in the 1st Year
B. A. / B. Sc. Courses B.Com Courses a) Compulsory English a) Communicative English b) Alternative English or b) Alternative English or Compulsory Bangla or Compulsory Bangla or Compulsory Hindi Compulsory Hindi
Compulsory Subject in the 3rd year Environmental Studies
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SYLLABUS FOR DIFFERENT COURSES
B.A. (Honours) Courses Bangla (Honours) Part - I Paper - I Module (I) : Pracheen Madhya Juger Bangla Sahityer Itihas, (II) : Adhunik Juger Prabandha, Kabyo, Samoyiki, (III) : Adhunik Juger Natak Uponyas Chhotogalpa, (IV) : Bangla Bhashar Itihas. Paper - II Module (I) : Chhanda, (II) : Alonkar, (III) : Proof - Reading, (IV) : Vaishnab Padabali, (V) : Shakta Padabali, (VI) : Chandi Mangal- Mukunda Chakraborty
Part - II Paper - III Module (I) : Katha Sahityer Rupobhed, (II) : Chandrashekhar - Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, (III) : Srikanto (1st part)- Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, (IV ) : Sesher Kabita - Rabindranath Thakur, (V) : Hansuli Banker Upakatha - Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay Paper - IV Module (I) : Natoker Rupobhed, (II) : Bango Rangomancher Itihas, (III) : Ekei Ki Bole Sabhyata & Buro Shaliker Ghare Ron- Madhusudan Dutta, (IV) : Muktodhara - Rabindranath Thakur, (V) : Tiner Talowar - Utpal Dutta
Part-III Paper - V Module (I) : Kabyer Rupobhed, (II) : Birangana - Madhusudan Dutta, (III) : Sonar Toree - Rabindranath Thakur, (IV) : Sanchita - Najrul Islam, (V) : Ekaler Kobita Sanchayan, (VI) : Kabya Shaili Bichar Paper -VI Module (I) : Putul Nacher Itikatha - Manik Bandyopadhyay, (II) : Aranyer Adhikar - Mahasweta Debi, (III) : Rabindra Nath Thakurer Chhotogalpo, (IV) : Swadhinata Purbabarti Chhotogalpo, (V) : Swadhinata Parabarti Chhotogalpo Paper-VII Module (I) : Prabandha Nibandha Rupobhed, (II) : Kamalakanter Daptar- Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, (III) : Chhinnopatra - Rabindranath Thakur, (IV) : Ekaler Prabandha Sanchayan, (V) : Ekaler Samalochana Sanchayan, (VI) : Prabandha Rachana Paper-VIII Module (I) : Sanskrita Sahityer Itihas, (II) : Engrejee Sahityer Itihas, (III) : Hindi Sahityer Itihas, (IV) : Kabya Jiggasha - Atulchandra Gupta, (V) : Sahitya - Rabindranath Thakur
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Group - A Philosophical Foundation of Education Module- I (1) Concept and aims of modern education. (2) Child Centric and Life Centric education. (3) Functions and scope of education-Education for Human Resource - Development. (4) Education as propagation of values. Module-II (5) Role of Philosophy in education. (6) Schools of philosophy and their influence on education : Idealism, Naturalism and Pragmatism. (7) Schools of Indian philosphy- Vedic Schools - Sankhya, Yoga, Nyaya Non vedic Schools - Charvak, Buddhist, Jain.
Group - B Contributions of Great Educators Module- I (1) Roussean. (2) Froebel. (3) Montessori. (4) Bertarnd Russell. Module - II (5) Dewey. (6) Rabindranath Tagore. (7) Vivekananda Paper-II Psychological Foundation of Education Developmental Aspects of Psychology Module- I (1) Introduction to psychology Relation between education and psychology. Different perspectives of psychology. (2) Personality development, psychoanalitical theory of Personality, Erikson's stages of psycho-social development Module - II (3) Stages and types of development and their Educational significance (a) Physical and motor development. (b) Cognitive development. (c) Emotional development. ( d) Moral development.
Group - B Cognitive Approach Module- I (1) Neural basis of Cognition. (2) Perception. (3) Attention. (4) Memory. Module- II (5) Motivation. (6) Learning. Transfer of Learning. (7) Intelligence
Part-II Paper-III Development of Education in India
Group-A Education in Ancient, Medieval and British India Module - I (1) Synoptic study of Brahmanic, Buddhist and Islamic Education in Ancient and Medieval India. (2) Brief outline of events relating education from 1757 to 1947.
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Module-II (3) Brief outline of Hunter Commission, Curzon Policy, National Education Movement, Calutta University Commission, Basic Education, Sargent Plan.
Group-B Development of Education after 1947 Module-I (1) Constitutional provision for Education in India. (2) Brief outline of the recommendations made by different Education Commissions Module - II (3) National Policy on Education. (4) Current Issues in Education Paper - IV Sociological Foundation of Education and Educational Organization and Management
Module- I (1) Sociological Foundation of Education. (2) Society and Education. (3) Social groups and education Module-II (4) Social change and education. (5) Education and social communications. (6) Education and Contemporary Social issues Group-B Organization and Management Module- I (1) Principles of Educational organization. (2) Aspects of School organization. (3) Educational Management and Administration Module- II (4) Concept of Education Management. (5) Types of Education Management. (6) Educational Planning
Part-III Paper - V : Psychology of Adjustment and Educational Guidance and Counselling Group - A Psychology of Adjustment Module - I (1) Concept of Adjustment. (2) Maladjustment. (3) General Causes of maladjustment. Module - II (4) Stress, stressors - personal and environmental stress. (5) Multi - axial classification of mental disorders. Group - B Educational guidance and counseling Module - I (1) Concept of guidance. ( 2) Counselling. (3) Identification and guidance for special learners. Module - II (4) Basic data necessary for guidance. Paper - VI : Group - A Evaluation in Education Module - I (1) Educational Measurement and Evaluation. (2) Tools and techniques of Evaluation.
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Module - II (3) Scales of Measurement. (4) Criteria of Standardized test. Group - B Statistics in Education Module - I : (1) Statistics - use in Education. (2) Organization and Graphical Representation of data. (3) Measures of Central tendency. (4) Measures of variability. Module - II (5) Percentile and percentile rank. (6) Characteristics of Normal Curve. (7) Skewness and Kurtosis. (8) Concept of Z. Score. (9) Linear Correlation Paper - VII : Educational technology and curriculum Group - A Educational technology Module - I (1) Concept, need and scope of educational technology. (2) System approach to education. (3) Computer and its role in education. (4) Use of media in education. (5) Models of teaching. Module - II (6) Communication and educational technology. (7) Instructional techniques. (8) Distance education. Group - B Curriculum Studies Module - I (1) Concept of curriculum. (2) System Approach to curriculum. (3) Objectives of curriculum. (4) Bloom's Taxonomy of educational objectives. Module - II (5) Determinants of content selection. (6) Curriculum transaction. (7) Curriculum evaluation. Paper - VIII Comparative Education and Practical Group - A Comparative education (Any one country from UK, USA, China) Module - I (1) Concept, meaning, scope of comparative Education. (2) Various issues of the Indian educational system with special reference to school education in comparison with one of the above mentioned countries. (a) Structure of education. (b) Administration Module - II (a) Curriculum. (b) Examination. (c) Teacher education. (d) Education for all. (e) Distance education and open learning. Group - B Practical (A) Statistics Practical. (B) Pedagogy Practical
English (Honours) Part - I Paper - I History of Literature Group - A O.E. period to 1750 (1) Old English and Middle English Periods. (2) Elizabethan and Jacobean Periods . (3) Civil War, Restoration and Augustan Periods. Group - B 1750 to 2000 (1) Pre-Romantics and Romantics. (2) Victorian. (3) Modern and Post-Modern
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Philology Group - A : Latin, Greek, Scandinavian & French Influence Group - B : Word Notes Group - C : Word-formation Processes and Americanism Group-D : Consonant Shift, Makers of English Language (Shakespeare, Milton & the Bible)
Paper - II Poetry From Elizabethan Age To The Romantic Revival. Group - A : John Donne- The Good Morrow, Andrew Marvell- To His Coy Mistress, William Blake- The Tyger & The Lamb. Group - B : William Wordsworth - Tintern Abbey, S.T. Coleridge- Kubla Khan, P.B. Shelley- Ode to the West Wind & To a Skylark, John Keats - Ode to a Nightingale & To Autumn Group - C : Shakespeare's Sonnets No. 87 (Farewell ! thou art too dear for my possessing) & No. 130 (My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun) Group - D : John Milton : Paradise Lost, Book I Group - E : Alexander Pope : The Rape of the Lock (First 3 Cantos) Group - F : Literary Terms of Poetry Part - II Paper - III Drama Group - A : Marlowe : Edward II, Shakespeare- The Midsummer Night's Dream Group - B : Literary terms on drama Group - C : Sheridan : The Rivals, Shakespeare : Macbeth Paper - IV Novel, Essays and Short Stories Group - A : Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice OR Sir Walter Scott - Kenilworth Group - B : Essays - Francis Bacon of Studies, Charles Lamb - The Superannuated Man, and George Orwell:. Shooting an Elephant Group - C : Literary Terms on Fiction Group - D : Stories - James Joyce - Araby, H.E. Bates -The Ox and Katherine Mausfield - The Fly. Group - E : Joseph Conrad - The Secret Sharer
Part - III Paper - V Victorian Poetry, Twentieth Century Poetry, Prosody and Unseen Group - A : Lord Tennyson - Ulysses, Robert Browning -My Last Duchess, Matthew Arnold- Dover Beach, Hopkins - Pied Beauty, Elizabeth Barret Browning - The Ways of Love Group - B : W. B. Yeats - An Acre of Grass, Dylan Thomas - In my craft or Sullen art, T. S. Eliot - The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Wilfred Owen - Spring Offensive and Ted Hughes - Hawk- roosting Group - C : Prosody (Scansion) Group - D : Rhetoric
Paper - VI Novel, Essay & Writing Group - A : Charles Dickens - Great Expectations OR Thomas Hardy - The Mayor of Casterbridge
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Paper - VII Drama and Literary Types Group - A : John Osborne : Look Back in Anger OR Arnold Wesker : Roots, George Bernard Shaw : Pygmalion, Synge : Riders to the Sea Group - B : Literary Types - Tragedy, Novel, Epic, Comedy
Paper - VIII Optional Paper Group - A : Indian Writing in English (including Indian writing in English translation) Novel : R. K. Narayan - Guide, Anita Desai - Voices in the City, Rabindranath Tagore - The Home and the World, Amitava Ghosh - The Shadow Lines Short Story : Munshi Prem Chand - The Shroud Ruskin Bond - The Eyes are not Here Manik Bandyopadhyay - Primeval Gangadhar Gadgil - The Faceless Evening Poetry : Toru Dutt - Our Casuarina Tree Nissim Ezekiel - Enterprise, Kamala Das - An Introduction MahadeviVerma - This is the Lamp of the Temple, Agyeya - Hiroshima Drama : Mahesh Dattani - Bravely Fought the Queen OR Vijay Tendulkar - Silence ! The Court is in Session Group - B : American Literature Novel : Mark Twain -Huckleberry Finn, Ernest Hemingway - The Old Man and the Sea, F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby, Alice Walker -Color Purple. Short Story : Edgar Allan Poe - The Fall of the House of the Usher , O' Henry - The Last Leaf John Steinbeck - The Chrysanthemums, Kate Chopin - The Story of an Hour. Poetry : Robert Frost - After Apple Picking, Langston Hughes - Harlem to be Answered, Sylvia Plath - Daddy, Muriel Rukeyser - The Poem as Mask , Walt Whitman - Good-bye My Fancy!. Drama : Tennesse Williams - The Glass Menagerie OR Arthur Miller - A View from the Bridge Group - C : Post-Colonial Literature in English Novel : Margaret Atwood - Surfacing, Chinua Achebe - Things Fall Apart, Bapsi Sidhwa - Ice-Candy Man, Salman Rushdie - Midnight's Children. Short Story : Henry Lawson - The Drover's Wife, Alice Munroe - The Photographer Nadine Gordimer - Six Feet of the Country, V.S. Naipaul : Man-man. Poetry : (from An Anthology of Commonwealth Poetry, Macmillan) Judith Wright - Clock and Heart, Wole Soyinka - Telephonic Conversation Derek Walcott - A Far Cry from Africa, P. K. Page -First Neighbours, Kishwar Naheed - I am Not that Woman. Drama : Ngugi Wa Thiong and M.G. Mugo -The Trial of Dedan Kimathi (Worldview) OR Sunil Kuruvilla - Night Out (Playscripts, Inc., New York)
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History (Honours) Part - I Paper - I History of India from the earliest Times to 600 CE Unit - I Module (I) : Sources of Early Indian History. (II) : Changing Relationship between people and landscape, from hunting gatherers to Post Harappan Cultures in the Indian subcontinent. (III) : The Vedic corpus and transition to the age of Janapadas and Mahajanapadas (C1500B.CE-400 B.C.E). (IV) : Mauryan and Post Mauryan India (C400 B.C.E.-300 C.E.). (V) : The Age of the Guptas (C300 CE - 600 CE) Unit- II Module- (I) : Aspects of Society, (II) : Religious Development. (III): Comparative Structures of Economics in some early states - Maurya Satvahana Kusana - Gupta. (IV) : Patterns of Trade, Urbanization and Routes of Communication. (V) : Cultural Life. Paper - II History of India from C 600 - C 1500 Unit- I CA.D. 600 - 1200 Module- (1) : Archaeological and Literary sources and Historiography - Debates. (2) : Polity, (3) : Economy, (4) : Society, (5) : Culture and Religion.
Unit- II C 1200 - 1500 Module-(1) : Sources and Historiography, (2) : Polity and Institutional Structure (1206 - 1290, 1290 - 1350, 1350 - 1500), (3) : Economy, (4) : Society, (5) : Culture and Religion Part - II Paper - III Transformation of Europe (15th - 17th Centuries) Unit-I Module I 1.1. Nature of Feudal Society and its regional variations, 1.2. Crisis, 1.3. Transitional Debate. Module II 2.1. Economic crisis and the commercial decline in the 14th Century Europe, 2.2. The Urban decay and the epidemics. Module III 3.1. Impact of the fall of constantinople. 3.2. Development of National Monarchy. Module IV 4.1. Economy in the 15th Century Europe, 4.2. Economic Expansion of Europe in the 16th Century, 4.3. Proto- industrialisation the rise of new merchants, 4.4. Price Revolution, 4.5. Agricultural Revolution and the Enclosure Movement. Module V 5.1. Printing Revolution, 5.2. Revolution in war techniques, 5.3. The exploration of the new world, (5.4.) Portuguese and Spanish voyages. Module VI 6.1. Renaissance, 6.2. Renaissance Humanism, 6.3. Rediscovery of classics, (6.4.) Italian Renaissance and its impact on art, culture, education and political thought, 6.5. Northern Humanism.
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Unit II Module I 1.1. The formation of early modern state, 1.2. The empire of Charles V of Spain. 1.3. New Monarchy in England. Module II 2.1. Reformation Movement, 2.2. Origins and courses, 2.3. Martin Luther and Lutheranism, 2.4. John Calvin and Calvinism, 2.5. Radical reformation : Anabaptists and Huguenets, 2.6. English reformation and the role of the state. 2.7. Counterreformation. Module III 3.1. The Economy of the 17th Century Europe. Module IV 4.1. Origins of Modern Science, 4.2. Scientific Revolution, 4.3. Emergence of Scientific Academics, 4.4. Origins of Enlightenment. Module V 5.1. Peace of Westphalia (1648), 5.2. Emergence of Modern European State System. Module VI 6.1. The English Civil War of the 17th Century, 6.2. Political ideas of the Civil War, 6.3. The settlement of 1688 and the ideas of John Locke and the concept of liberalism
Paper - IV History of India from C 1500 - C 1800 Unit-I Module- (1) The Mughals, (2) The foundation and consolidation of Empire, (3) Ideology and State in Mughal India, (4) Economy in Mughal India : Patterns prospects and structure, (5) Crisis of the Mughal Empire Unit- II Module- (1) Society in Mughal India - Structure and growth, (2) Religion and Culture in Mughal India, (3) Decline of the Mughals and the Emergence of Successor states, (4) Consolidation of English Power, (5) Interpreting the 18thCentury and transition to colonialism.
Part - III Paper - V History of East Asia (1839 - 1950) Unit - I Module- (1) Pre-colonial China, (2) Colonial Penetration in China, (3) Popular Movements, (4) Restoration, Reform, Revolution, (5) Nationalism and Communism in China Unit- II Japan Module- (1) Pre-Restoration Period, (2) Meiji Restoration (1867-68), (3) Popular and Democratic Movements, (4) Economic Modernization, (5) Emergence of Japan as an Imperial Power. Paper - VI History of India from (1800-1964) Unit - I Module- (1) Understanding Modern India, (2) The Indian Response, (3) Rural Economy and Society, (4) The Non-agrarian Sector, (5) Early Resistance to Colonial Rule, (6) Colonial Intervention and growth of Modern Education.
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Unit- II 1885-1964 Module- (1) History of Indian Nationalism : Economic social and political trends up to 1919 as background, (2) The Gandhian Era, (3) New Trends in National Movement, (4) Pre-War Political Developments, (5)Post War Upsurges, (6) Communal Politics and Partition, (7) India from 1947-1964
Paper - VII History of Europe 1789-1919 Unit - I Module I 1.1. Understanding the 18th Century Europe, 1.2. Enlightened despotism, 1.3. Socio-economic and political background of the French Revolution- Philosophers. Module II 2.1. Trends in the French Revolution, 2.2. Aristocratic revolt-bourgeois popular and peasant revolt, 2.3. The constituent assembly and its achievements, 2.4. Girondins and Jacobins The reign of Terror and the rise and face of the Jacobin Republic, 2.5. The Thermedorian reaction and the Directory, 2.6. Interpreting the French Revolution, 2.7. Role of Women in French Revolution. Module III 3.1. Napolean Bonaparte : The revolution legacy, 3.2. The reorganization of France and Europe, 3.3. Conflicting estimation of Napolean's character and achievements. Module IV 4.1. The Vienna Congress, 4.2. Metternich and the conservation order, 4.3. An overview of the revolution of 1830 and 1848, 4.4. Pattern of insurrection in France and other central European Countries- collapse of the revolution. Module V 5.1. The emergence of nation states in central Europe, 5.2. Unification of Italy and Germany, 5.3. Russian modernization, 5.4. France under the second Empire. Unit II Module I 1.1. Industrialisation in Europe - difference in the industrialization process between England and the Continent France, German and Russian industrialization, 1.2. Rise of the working class movement and the socialist thought (Utopian Socialism, Marxism), 1.3. Art and culture, literature and science of the 18th century Europe with special reference to Romanticism and its cultural and political aspects. Module II 2.1. The Third Republic, Paris commune and the new German Reich, 2.2. Europe in 1871 Bismarckian diplomacy new balance of power Kaiser William II and the new course of German foreign policy. Module III The Eastern question in later 19th century with reference to the Crimean war and the Balkan Nationalism. Module IV 4.1. Age of imperialism (1871 1914) colonial expansion scramble for colonies, 4.2. Anglo German antagonism Triple Alliance- Triple Entente and the Emergence of two armed camps origin of the First World War.
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Paper - VIII World Politics in the 20th Century from 1919 - 2000
Unit I Module I 1.1. The Versailles settlement of 1919, 1.2. The League of Nations, 1.3. The Locarno treaty, the Kellogg Briand Pact. Module II 2.1. The reparation issue and its impact, 2.2. The Great Depression and its international impact, 2.3. European Dictatorship : Origins of Fascism and Nazism and its impact on World Politics. Module III 3.1. Responsibility of Hitler for the outbreak of 2nd World War, 3.2. Diplomatic background of the Second World War - Policy of Appeasement - the Munich Pact Nazi Soviet NonAggression Pact, 3.3. The Spanish Civil War. Module IV 4.1. Background of the foundation of UNO, 4.2. Debate on the origins and nature of the Cold War, 4.3. Cold War and Soviet and American economic and military alliances: NATO, WTO, IMF, World Bank, Warsaw, COMECON Module V 5.1. USSR's relation with the East European Countries (1945-54), 5.2. The US foreign policy in the Postwar period : Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan.
Unit II Module I 1.1. Bi-polarism and regional conflicts : Korean War, Cuba, conflict in Middle East Activities of P.L.O. Intifadah Wars of 1948-49, 1967, 1973 Gulf War of 1990-91, 1.2. Disintegration of European Empires and the emergence of the 3rd World, (1.3.) The Non-Aligned Movement, (1.4.) The politics of Detente. Module II 2.1. Rise of Red China and its impact on World Politics, 2.2. Sino-Soviet relations, 2.3. Sino - U.S. relations. Module III 3.1. Indo-Pakistan relations, 3.2. India and the liberation War of Bangladesh, 3.3. The Liberation Struggle of Vietnam (1945-54, 1954-75) Module IV 4.1. Reunification of Germany, 4.2. The end of Socialist regime and the disintegration of USSR. Module V 5.1. End of Cold War, (5.2.) The onset of Globalisation, 5.3. American uni- polarism and its significance for international politics.
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Political Science (Honours) Part - I Paper - I Political Theory Unit - I (1) What is Politics - Approaches to the study of politics, (2) Theories of the State, (3) Concept of State Sovereignty Unite - II (1) Democratic Theories - David Held's Classification, (2) Liberty, Equality, Rights, Law, Justice, (3) Empirical Political Theories. Unite - III (1) Marxist approach to the study of Politics, (2) Dialectical Materialism, Historical Materialism, Concept of Class and class struggle, (3) Marxist theory of the State. Unite-IV (1) Marxist Concept of Freedom and Democracy, (2) Marxist Theory of Revolution, (3) Marxist theory of the Party Paper - II Comparative Politics and Government Unit-I (1) Comparative Politics and Comparative Government, (2) Scope, purpose and method of comparison, (3) Federalism in U.S.A. and Russia. Unit-II (1) Nature of liberal and socialist political systems, (2) Party system in U.K., U.S.A. and P.R.C. - Interest groups in U.K. and U.S.A. Unit - III (1) Legislature in U.K., U.S.A. and P.R.C., (2) Executive in U.K., U.S.A., France and Russia. Unite - IV (1) Relation between executive and legislature in U.K., U.S.A and P.R.C., (2) Judiciary in U.K., U.S.A. and P.R.C., (3) Rights of the citizens of U.K., U.S.A. and P.R.C.-- Duties of the citizens of P.R.C.
Part - II Paper - III Government and Politics in India Unit - I (1) Framing of the Indian Constitution, (2) Fundamental Rights and Duties - Directive Principles, (3) Nature of Indian Federalism - Union - State Relations, (4) Union Executive - President, Vice-President, Prime Minister Unite - II (1) Union Legislature, (2) Government in the states - Governor, Chief Minister, State Legislature, (3) The Judiciary - Supreme Court - High Court, (4) Constitutional amendment Unit - III (1) Party system : Features and trends, (2) Electoral Process, (3) Role of business, working class, peasants in Indian Politics. Unit - IV (1) Role of religion, language, cast, tribe and regionalism in India Politics, (2) New Social Movements since the 1970s.
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Paper - IV International Relations Unit - I (1) International Relations : Its evolution, (2) Some representative theories of International Relations, (3) Emergent issues in International Relations Unit-II (1) Some basic concepts in International Relations, (2) Foreign policy : Concept and technique. Unit-III (1) Cold war and its evolution : an outline, (2) Europe in transition, (3) Problems of developing countries. Unit-IV (1) Indian Foreign Policy : Basic Principle and evolution, (2) Foreign politics of U.S.A. and China, (3) U.N.O.
Part-III Paper - V Western Political Thought Unit - I (1) Greek political thought : main features - Plato : justice, communism - Aristotle : State, Classifications of constitutions, (2) Roman political thought : theories of Law and Citizenship - Contributions of Roman thought, (3) Medieval Political Thought in Europe : main features. Unit - II (1) Renaissance thought : main features : contribution of Machiavelli, (2) Political Thought of Reformation, (3) Bodin : Contributions to the theory of Sovereignty. Unit - III (1) Hobbes : founder of the science of materialist politics, (2) Locke : founder of Liberalism : views on natural rights, property and consent, (3) Rousseau's views on Freedom and Democracy, (4) Bentham :Utilitarianism. Unit - IV (1) John Stuart Mill's views on liberty and representative government, (2) Hegel : Civil Society and State, (3) Utopian and Scientific Socialism : basic characteristics- Anarchism : an outline, (4) Varieties of non Marxist socialism : Fabianism, Syndicalism Guild Socialism, German Revisionism.
Paper - VI Indian Political Thought and Movement Unit - I (1) Features of ancient Indian political ideas : an overview - Kautilya : Saptanga theory, Dandaniti, Diplomacy, (2) Medieval political thought in India : Legitimacy of kinship - duties and responsibilities of a Muslim ruler, (3) Modern Indian thought : Rammohan Roy as pioneer of Indian liberalism - his views on Rule of Law, Freedom of thought and Social Justice, (4) Bankimchandra, Vivekananda and Rabindranath : Views on nationalism. Unit - II (1) Gandhi : State and Trusteeship, (2) M. N. Roy : Radical Humanism, (3) Narendra Deva :contributions in Socialism, (4) Syed Ahmed Khan : views on colonial rule and modernization. Unit - III (1) Foundation of the Indian National Congress, (2) Bengal Partition and Swadeshi Movement, (3) Khilafat and Non-Co-operation Movement - Civil Disobedience 24 Prospectus2016-2017
Movement, (4) Alternatives to Congress politics : (a) Subhas Chandra Bose and Forward Bloc (b) Congress Socialist Party (c) the Communists. Unit - IV (1) Movements against caste system and untouchability - Ambedkar's views on Social Justice and Depressed Class, (2) Class and the nationalist movement under colonial rule :Working class movement and peasant movement, (3) Roots of communal politics, Savarkar and Hindu nationalism, Jinnah and two nation theory, (4) August 1942 movement - The INA - Naval uprising.
Paper - VII Political Sociology Unit - I (1) Social bases of politics, (2) Process of State formation and nationalism in West Europe and Third World, (3) Social stratification and politics : caste, class, elite. Unit - II (1) Gender and politics : basic issues, (2) Power, Authority and Legitimacy, (3) Religion, Society and Politics - religion in society : different views. Unit - III (1) Classification and types of political systems, (2) Political culture and political socialisation, nature, types and agencies, (3) Political participation, concept and types, (4) Groups in politics : Parties and Pressure groups. Unit - IV (1) Political communication : Concept and features, (2) Electorate and electoral behaviour (with reference to India), (3) Military and Politics : Conditions and modes of intervention, (4) Political development and social change - role of tradition and modernity.
Paper - VIII Public Administration Unit - I (1) Nature, Scope and Evolution of Public Administration - Private and Public Administration - Principles of Socialist Management, (2) Challenges in the discipline of Public Administration & responses. New Public Administration, Comparative Public Administration and Development Administration (with special reference to India), (3) Major concepts of administration : (a) Hierarchy, (b) Unity of Command, (c) Span of Control, (d) Authority, (e) Centralization, Decentralization and Delegation. (f) Line and Staff, (4) Bureaucracy : Views of Marx and Max Weber. Unit - II (1) Ecological approach to Public Administration :Riggsian Model, (2) Administrative Processes : (a) Decision making, (b) Communication and Control, (c) Leadership, (d) Co-ordination, (3) Policy - making : Models of policy making - policies and implementation. Unity - III (1) Continuity and change in Indian administration : a brief historical outline, (2) The Civil Service in Indian (Bureaucracy), recruitment (role of UPSC, SPSC), training, (3) Organization of the union Government Secretariat Administration : PMC Cabinet Secretariat, (4) Organization of the State Government: Chief Secretary - relationship between Secretariat & Directorate, (5) District Administration : Changing role of District Magistrate.
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Unit - IV (1) Local Self Government : Corporations, Municipalities and Panchayats in West Bengal : Structure and functions - 73rd and 74th Amendment : an overview, (2) Planning and Plan Administration : Planning Commission, National Development Council, District Planning, (3) Financial Administation : Public Accounts Committee, Estimates Committee : role of CAG, (4) Citizen and Administration : functions of Lokpal & Lokayukt.
B. Com (Honours) in Accounting & Finance Part - I Paper 1.2 Chg Financial Accounting - I Module - I Unit (I) (a) Introduction (b) Concept for determination of Business Income, (II) Financial Accounts of Sole Proprietorship Business Module-II Unit (I) Final Accounts [Incomplete records, Non-profit organisations], (II) Accounting for Special Sales Transaction [Consignment, Sale on approval], (III) Sectional and Self Balancing Ledger, (IV) Insurance Claim, (V) Partnership Accounts - I Paper 1.3 Chg Business Regulatory Framework Module-I Unit (I) Indian Contract Act 1872, (II) Sale of Goods Act 1930, (III) Indian Partnership Act 1932, (IV) Negotiable Instruments Act 1881, (V) Consumer Protection Act 1986 Module-II Unit-VI Indian Company Law Paper 1.4 Chg Principles and Practice of Management and Business Communication Module-I Unit- (I) Principles and Practice of Management, (I) Introduction to Management, (II) Different Schools of Management Thoughts, (III)Planning, (IV) Organising, (V) Motivation, (VI) Leadership, (VII) Co-Ordination and Control Module-II Business Communication Unit (I) Introduction, (II) Types of Communication, (III) Tools of Communication, (IV) Drafting, Paper 1.5 Chg Economics - I Module I Microeconomic Theory Unit (I) Introduction, (II)Basics of Demand & Supply, (III) Theory of Consumer Behaviours, (IV) Theory of Production, (V) Theory of Cost, (VI) Market for Commodities, (VII) Factor Price Determination. Module-II Indian Economic Environment Unit (I) Indian Business Environment, (II) Overview of Indian Economic Trends (III) Issues in Indian Economy, (IV) Problems & Policies of Indian Economy, (V) Indian Economic Planning
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Paper 1.6 Chg Business Mathematics & Statistics Module-I Unit (I) Permutation, (II) Combinations, (III) Set Theory, (IV) Logarithm, (V) inomial Theorem, (VI) Compound Interest & Annuities, (VII) C o l l e c t i o n , Classification and Presentation of Statistical Data, (VIII) Measures of Central Tendency Module-II Unit (IX) Measures of Dispersion, (X) Moments, Skewness&Kurtosis, (XI) Correlation & Regression, (XII) Interpolation, (XIII ) Index Numbers, (XIV) Time Series Analysis
Honours in Accounting & Finance and Marketing (2nd Year) Paper 2.1 Chg Information Technology and Application in Business Module - I Unit- (I) IT & Business, (II) Number System & Data Interpretation, (III) Fundamentals of Computers, (IV) Data organization & DBMS, (V) Data Communication & Computer Network, (VI) Internet, (VII ) Security Issues. Module-II Unit (VIII) Introduction to GUI based OS, (IX) Word, (X) Spread Sheet, (XI) DBMS (XII) FA Package
Paper 2.2 Chg Principles of Marketing & E-Commerce Module - I Unit-(I) Marketing and Market Segmentation, (II) Product, (III ) Pricing, (IV) Promotion, (V) Retail and Wholesale Module - II Unit- (I) Overview of E-Commerce, (II) Categories of E-Commerce, (III) E-CRM (IV) E-Payment, (V)ERP, (VI) Supply Chain Management
Paper 2.3 Ch Auditing Module - I Unit- (I) Introduction, (II) Auditing Procedure & Techniques, (III) Internal Control & Internal Audit, (IV)Audit Sampling and Analytical Procedure, (V) Audit (Vouching & Verification of Different Items) Module - II Unit- (I) Company Audit, (II) Audit Report & Certificate, (III) Audit of Different Institutions, (IV) Investigation, (V) Other Thrust Areas
Paper 2.4 Ch Financial Accounting-II Module - I Unit- (I) Partnership Accounts II, (II) Branch Accounting, (III) Hire Purchase & Instalment Payments, (IV) Departmental Accounts, (V) Introduction to Accounting Standards
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Module-II Unit- (I) Company Introduction & Accounting for Shares & Debentures, (II) Buy Back & Redemption of Preference Shares, (III) Redemption of Debentures, (IV) Company Final Accounts
Paper 2.5 Ch Direct & Indirect Taxation Module - I Unit- (I) Basis Concepts and Definitions under Income Tax Act, Residential Status, Agricultural Income, (II) Salary and House Property, (III) Profits and Gains from Business & Profession, Capital Gains, Income from Other Sources, (IV) Income of others included in Assessee's Total Income, Set Off, Cary Forward of Losses, (V) Total Income & Tax Payable. Module-II Unit- (I) Tax Management , (II) Wealth Tax, (III) Central Sales Tax, 1956, (IV) West Bengal Value Added Tax (VAT) Act 2003, (V) Central Excise Act 1944.
Paper 2.6 Ch Cost & Management Accounting Module - I Unit- (I) Introduction, Cost Concepts, Terms & Classifications, Costing Methods & Techniques, (II) Material Cost and Methods of Pricing Material Issues, (III) Employee Cost, Incentive Systems, (IV) Overhead. Module-II Unit- (V) Cost Book Keeping, (VI) Job, Contract and Motor Transport Costing, (VII) Process Costing, (VIII) CVP Analysis, (IX) Budgetary Control and Standard Costing.
Paper 2.6 Ch Auditing Module - I Unit-(I) Introduction, (II) Auditing Procedure and Techniques, (III) Internal Control and Audit, (IV) Audit Sampling and Analytical Procedure, (V) Audit (Vouching and Verification) Module-II Unit- (I) Company Audit, (II) Audit Report and Certificate, (III) Audit of Different Institutions, (IV) Investigation, (V) Other Thrust Areas.
General Degree Course (2nd year) Paper 2.3 Cg General Financial Accounting II Module - I Unit- (I)Partnership Accounts -II, (II) Branch Accounting, (III) Hire Purchase & Instalment Payment System, (IV) Departmental Accounts
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Module-II Unit-(I) Company - Introduction and Accounting for Shares &Debentures, (II) Buy-back and Redemption of Preference Shares, (III) Investment Accounts, (IV) Redemption of Debentures
Paper 2.4 Cg General Paper Direct & Indirect Taxation Module - I Unit-(I) Basis Concepts & Definitions, Residential Status & Incidence of Tax, Exempted Incomes, Agricultural Income, (II) Heads of Income & Provisions governing Heads of Income, (III) Profits &Gains from Business &Profession, Income from Other Sources, Capital Gains, (IV) Income of other persons included in Assessee'sTotal Income, Set Off & Carry Forward of Losses, Deduction form GTI, (V) Computation of Total Income &Tax Liability. Module-II Unit-(I) Tax Management, (II) Wealth Tax, (III) Central Sales Tax, 1956, (IV) West-Bengal Value Added Tax Act, 2003, (V) Central Excise Act, 1944.
Paper 2.5 Cg Cost & Management Accounting I Module - I Unit-(I) Introduction, (II) Material Cost, (III) Methods of Pricing Material Issues, (IV) Employee Cost, (V) Incentive System. Module-II Unit-(I) Overhead, (II) Preparation of Cost Sheet, (III) Cost Book-keeping, (IV) Job Costing, Batch Costing & Contract Costing
Paper 2.6 Cg Auditing Module - I Unit-(I) Introduction, (II) Auditing Procedure & Techniques, (III) Internal Control & Internal Audit, (IV) Audit Sampling & Analytical Procedure, (V) Audit [Vouching & Verification of Different Items]. Module-II Unit-(I) Company Audit, (II) Audit Report & Certificate, (III) Audit of Different institutions, (IV) Investigation, (V) Other Thrust Area.
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Paper 3.1 HA Financial Accounting III Module - I Unit-(I) Investment Accounting, (II) Company Merger & Reconstruction, (III) Business Acquisition & Conversion of Partnership into Limited Company, (IV) Valuation of Goodwill & Shares Module-II Unit-(I) Introduction to Accounting Theory, (II) Introduction to Financial Statements, (III) Accounting Ratios for Financial Statement Analysis, (IV) Fund Flow Statement, (V) Cash Flow Statement
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Paper 3.2 HA Economics II & Advanced Business Mathematics Module - I Unit-(I) Macro Economics, (II) National Income Accounting, (III) E q u i l i b r i u m Income Determination, (IV) Commodity & Money Market Equilibrium, (V) Money and Inflation Module-II Unit- (I) Functions, (II) Limit & Continuity, (III) Differentiation, (IV) Application of Derivatives, (V) Integration, (VI) Matrix, (VII) Determinants, (VIII) P robability Theory.
Paper 3.3 HA Indian Financial System Module I Unit-(I) Financial System, (II) Money & Indian Banking System, (III) Development Banks, (IV) Other Financial Institutions, (V) Interest Rate Structure. Module-II Unit-(I) An Overview of Financial Markets in India, (II) Money Market, (III) Capital Market, (IV) Investors' Protection, (V) Financial Services.
Paper 3.4 HA Financial Management Module - I Unit-(I) Introduction, (II) Basic Concepts, (III) Sources of Finance& Cost of Capital, (IV) Leverage & Capital Structure Theories, (V) Working Capital Management (I) Module-II Unit-(I) Working Capital Management-II, (II) Capital Expenditure Decisions -I, (III) Capital Expenditure Decisions-II, (IV) Dividend Decisions, (V) Financial Control Honours in Marketing (3rd Year) Paper 3.1 HM Consumer Behaviour & Sales Management Module-I Consumer Behaviour Unit-(I) Consumer Behaviour- Concept, (II) Consumer Behaviour of an Individual, (III) Consumer's Decision Making Process, (IV ) Consumer Behaviour & Society, (V) Consumer Behaviour & Market Research.
Module-II Sales Management Unit-(I) Sales Organisation, (II) Designing the Sales Force, (III) Managing the Sales Force, (IV) Personal Selling & Salesmanship, (V) Marketing Channels & Selection, (VI) Channel Management.
Paper 3.2 HM Product and Pricing Management and Marketing Communication Module I Product & Pricing Management Unit-(I) Product, (II) New Product Development, (III) Packaging, (IV) Branding, (V) Pricing, (VI) Economic issues.
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Paper 3.3 HM Retail Management &Marketing of Services Module I Retail Management Unit-(I) Retailing, (II) Retail Formats, (III) Pricing and Promotion in Retail. Module-II Marketing of Services Unit-(I) Introduction to Service Marketing, (II) Service Marketing Management, (III) Service Marketing in Non-profit and Profit Organization.
Paper 3.4 HM Rural Marketing & International Marketing Module I Rural Marketing Unit-(I)Rural Marketing, (II) Understanding Rural Marketing Environment, (III) Rural Consumer, (IV) Rural Marketing Strategies, (V) Promotion & Distribution in Rural Markets, (VI) Marketing of Agricultural Products. Module-II International Marketing Unit-(I) Introduction, (II) Identifying & Selecting Foreign Markets, (III) Product / Service Planning for International Market, (IV) International Pricing, (V) Promotion of Product / Service Abroad, (VI) International Distribution, (VII) Import & Export Policies & Practices in India
Paper 3.5 Project Work (Written + Viva) (For all Honours Courses) 3rd Year General Paper 3.1 GA: Financial Accounting III Module - I Unit-(I) Company Final Accounts, (II) Company Merger and Reconstruction, (III ) Introduction to Accounting Standards, Business Acquisitions, Valuation of Shares and Goodwill Module-II Unit-(I) Holding Company, (II) Company Liquidation, (III) Introduction to Financial Statements.
Paper 3.2 GA Cost & Management Accounting Module - I Unit-(I) Service Costing & Output Costing, (II) Process Costing (1), (III) Process Costing (2), (IV) CVP Analysis, (V) Marginal Costing & Management Decision Module - II Unit-(I) Budgetary Control, (II) Standard Costing, (III) Financial Statement Analysis (1), (IV) Financial Statement Analysis (2), (V) Statement of Changes in Financial Position
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Paper 3.3 GA: Financial Management Module - I Unit-(I) Introduction, (II) Basic Concepts, (III) Sources of Finance & Cost of Capital, (IV) Leverage & Capital Structure Theories, (V) Working Capital Management - I Module-II Unit-(I) Working Capital Management - II, (II) Capital Expenditure Decision - I, (III) Capital Expenditure Decision - II, (IV) Dividend Decisions, (V) Financial Control
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Paper - IA : Microeconomic Principles Unit (1) The Economic way of Thinking, (2) Market and Adjustments, (3) Market Sensitivity and Elasticity, (4) Government Intervention, (5) Utilitarian Approach, (6) Markets and Welfare, (7) Market Failure, Externalities and Public Goods (8) Conflicting and Complimentary Roles of Market and Government.
Paper - IB : Macroeconomic Principles Unit (1) Nature and Scope of Macroeconomics, (2) Accounting Output and Income, (3) Consumption and Investment, (4) Production and Growth, (5) Unemployment, (6) Money and Monetary Institution, (7) Inflation.
Paper - IIA: Statistics for Economics Unit (1) Data Presentation, (2) Central Tendency, (3) Dispersion, (4) Skewness and Kurtosis, (5) Probability Theory, (6) Random Variables and Probability Distributions, (7) Bivariate Analysis, (8) Population Statistics.
Paper - IIB : Mathematics for Economics Unit (1) Introduction to Functions and Graphs, (2) Derivatives and its Uses in Single- Variable Calculus, (3) Functions of several variables, (4) Linear Algebra, Fundamentals of Matrix Algebra and Linear Programming, (5) Optimization with Equality and Inequality Constraints, (6) Difference Equations, (7) Differential Equations, (8) Game Theory.
Part - II
Paper - IIIA : Microeconomics Unit (1) Consumer Theory, (2) Production and Costs, (3) Market Structure, (4) Input Markets, (5) Other Issues Related to Market.
Paper - IIIB : Macroeconomics Unit (1) The Economy in the Long Run, (2) The Economy in the Short Run, (3) Foreign Trade and Exchange Rate, (4) Theories of Consumption and Investment, (5) Demand for Money, (6) Economic Growth.
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Paper - IVA : Development Theory Unit (1) Concepts and Measures of Development, (2) Process of Development- Theoretical Perspectives, (3) Factors in Economic Development, (4) Population and Development, (5) Development Strategies, (6) Development in a Labour Surplus Economy, (7) Development, Inequality and Poverty, (8) Environment and Development
Paper - IVB : Indian Economy Since Independence Unit (1) Indian Economy at the Time of Independence, (2) Planning : Evolution of India's Development Goal and Strategy, (3) Land and Agriculture, (4) Industrial Development : Evolution, Trade and Policy, (5) Employment, Wages and Inflation. Part - III Paper - VA : International Economics Unit (1) Basic Models of Trade, (2) Resources, Comparative Advantage, and Income Distribution, (3)The Standard Trade Model, (4) Trade Policy, (5) Accounting, Income Determination and Exchange Rates.
Paper - VB : Public Finance Unit (1) Introduction to Public Economics, (2) Forms and Functions of Government, (3) Federal Finance, (4) Public Goods and Public Sector, (5) Government Budget and Policy, (6) Revenue Resources, (7) Tax Structure, (8) Distribution and Stabilization.
Paper - VIA : Comparative Development Experience Unit (1) International Comparisons of Development, (2) Genesis of Capitalism, (3) Industrialization Experiences in Early Part of 20th Century, (4) Post Second World War Development Scenario, (5) Development and Underdevelopment as Historical Processes, (6) Evolution of New International Economic Order, (7) Development Policies and Role of the State, (8) Some Recent Development Experiences
Paper-VIB : Contemporary Economic Issues : India and West Bengal Group - A : Contemporary Economic Issues : India Unit (1) Economic Reform in India Since 1991, (2) Agriculture, Poverty and Social Security, (3) Post-Reform Performance of Indian Economy, (4) Indian Economy : Some Current and Future Issues.
Group-B : Contemporary Economic Issues : West Bengal Unit (5) West Bengal Economy : An Overview, (6) Growth and Development of West Bengal Economy
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Paper - VIIA : Statistics & Basic Econometrics Unit (1) Joint Probability Distribution, (2) Sampling Theory, (3) Sampling Distribution, (4) Classical Statistical Inference, (5) Elementary Econometrics, (6) Time Series Data
Paper - VIIB : Applied Economics Group - A : Application of Economics to Managerial Issues Unit (1) Nature and Scope of Managerial Economics, (2) Demand, Cost and Profit Analysis, (3) Organization Design, Principal-Agent Analysis & Incentive Design, (4) Pricing Policies and Practices, (5) Capital Budgeting, (6) Cost of Capital, (7) Inventory Management, (8) Corporate Governance.
Paper - VIIB : Applied Economics Group : B : Mathematical Economics Unit (1) Theory of the Consumer, (2) Theory of the Firm, (3) Games and Decisions, (4) Inter-Temporal Choice Theory, (5) Behaviour under Uncertainty, (6) Comparative Statics, (7) Application of Difference and Differential Equations.
Paper - VIIIA : Indian Economic History Unit (1) Economic Conditions in India on the Eve of British Rule, (2) Aspects of Economic Policies in British India, (3) Impact of British Rule on India, (4) Early Economic Planning Initiatives during British Rule.
Paper - VIIIB : Term Paper Geography (Honours)
Part-I Module No. (1) Geotectonics and Geomorphology , (2) Hydrology and Oceanography, (3) Economic Geography, (4) Practical
Part- II Module No. (5) Climatology, (6) Soil and Biogeography, (7) S ocial, Cultural and Political Geography, (8) Practical.
Part - III Module No. (9) Population and Settlement Geography, (10) Regional Geography of India, (11) Phylosophy of Geography, (12) Contemporary Issues in Geography, (13) Mapping Techniques, (14) GIS and Remote Sensing, (15) Statistical Techniques, (16) Contemporary Techniques in Geography.
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Academic Advancements 1. Honours Graduates of all streams and subjects are eligible to join Post Graduate Courses, run by the University in different subjects. They may also join Post Graduate Courses of other Universities. For example- Commerce Graduates may join M.Com. Course. Apart from M.A. in the subject concerned, English honours graduates may join M.A. in Mass Communication, History honours graduates can join M.A. in Museology, Archaeology, Geography honours graduates may join course in GIS, Political Science honours graduates and Education honours graduates can join M.A. in Sociology, Economics honours graduate may opt for International Trade or Foreign Trade courses tought by JNU or MSQE course offered by ISI. 2. All graduates, pass or honours, are eligible for post graduate courses in management. Accounting and Finance and Economics honours students usually have an edge in financial management, while marketing students possess advantage in marketing management. 3. Though students of all disciplines can pursue Chartered Accountancy and/or Cost Accountancy Courses, Accounting & Finance students are definitely more inclined to such courses. 4. M.A. in rural development and M.A. in social welfare are other courses, which may be pursued by graduates from any social science subject.
Career Prospects 1. Campus interviews are arranged regularly for the third year Students. The reputed companies like TCS, WIPRO, IBM etc. recruit considerable number of students every year. Students may contact Prof. Sarmistha Dasgupta in this regards. 2. All students graduated from our college are eligible to sit for different competitive examinations like UPSC and PSC, Civil Services, Miscellaneous Services, Banking Services etc. 3. Though all graduates are eligible to sit for School Service Commission Examinations, scope is enormous for Bangla, English, History and Geography. In this field, there is very limited scope for Commerce and Economics. 4. For Commerce graduates West Bengal Audit and Accounts service is a very good option. 5. For Economics honours graduates, there are special options for Indian Economic Services and Indian Statistical Services, Statistical Investigators (NSSO/CSO) 6. Journalism is another career option for graduates. 7. Bangla and English honours students can join publication industry.
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Academic Performance of the students in B.A. / B.Com. / B. Sc. Final (Honours and General) Examinations :
2016 Examinations Appeared Qualified First % of * Class Success B. Com (Hons.) 826 670 96 81.12 B. A. (Hons.) 79 78 - 98.7452 B. Sc. (Hons.) 42 41 3 97.6200 B. Com (General) - - - - B. A. (General) - - - - B. Sc. (General) - - - -0 Total 1947 789 99 -
2015 Examinations Appeared Qualified First % of * Class Success B. Com (Hons.) 804 653 104 81.63 B. A. (Hons.) 79 73 2 95.52 B. Sc. (Hons.) 31 30 3 100.00 B. Com (General) 356 204 2 57.46 B. A. (General) 42 12 - 25.71 B. Sc. (General) 1 - - 0.00 Total 1313 972 111 -
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College Library The college library functions in two divisions : (I) Heramba Chandra College Central Library, (II) Seminar Library. The Central Library is equipped with a diversified collection of booking different subjects with their various updated ramifications to meet the quest for knowledge of their users. The Seminar Library is designed to meet the demands of the honours students of B. Com., B. A. and B. Sc. A UGC Book Bank is also set up here for the candidates of Part-I, II, and III of the Degree examinations. The students may enroll themselves in both Central and Seminar Libraries for borrowing books. Students can also access library online. A Central Library for all the three Colleges in the building is filled with rare books since the inception of the colleges which any teacher or student, may use. Total No. of Books for Use of Students 1. Heramba Chandra College Central and Seminar Library-More than 26,000 books, 2. South City Common Central Library - More than 25,000 books General Rules a) Library cards are issued on production of fee book and 3-copies of stamp size photograph (separately in the Central Library and in Seminar Library). b) Honours level text books are available in Seminar Library. One book at a time is issued for one month. c) All categories of text books and reference books are available in the Central Library both for honours and general course students. Here also one book is issued at a time for one month. d) Late fine is charged @ Rs. 5/- per month for non-submission of books within due dates. e) During summer recess (16th May to 30th June) both the libraries remain open as usual. f) In case of loss of library card a duplicate library card is issued against payment of Rs. 10/- . g) In case of loss or damage of books issued, Borrower is to replace the same books of latest edition. h) Requisition slips for home use to be submitted within 2:00 p.m. Books will be issued at 2:45 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Borrowed books are to be returned within 2:00 p.m.
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Days of Issue and Return of Books Seminar Library For all Honours Courses : First year - Monday and Wednesday Second year - Tuesday and Thursday Third year - Any day Central Library a) For all Honours Courses First year - Wednesday and Friday Second year - Tuesday and Thursday Third year - Any day except Saturday
b) For General Courses First year and Second year - Monday and Thursday Third year - Any day except Saturday Library Hours for both the Libraries 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. - Monday to Friday 12:00 noon to 2:45 p.m. - Saturday
Computer Courses In the year 1993, 27 March, Late Dr. Karuna Ketan Sen, President, Brahmo Samaj Education Society and Ex-Vice Chancellor of Kalyani University, inaugurated the Arun Sen Computer Information Institute (ASCII). The centre is situated inside the College campus in a separate Air Conditioned room with sufficient number of computers for the use of students.
Facilities Offered The Arun Sen Computer Information Institute (ASCII), run in technical collaboration with ICE(I), is recognised by DOEACC 'A' level and CCC course and the certificates issued by this centre is recognised by the Directorate of Employment, Govt. of W. B. The courses of the computer centre have been designed to train students in computer technology by an efficient group of teachers at an affordable rate of fee. A computer centre committee with Principal of the college as the Chairman is looking after the affairs of the centre.
Information Cell For providing various types of information to the students and all other concerned persons an Information Cell has been initiated in the College which is headed by Prof. Sarmistha Banerjee, Public Information Officer.
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Grievance Redressal Cell The students may express their grievance in writing to this cell. They can contact Prof. Papia Sengupta, Prof. Indrani Mitra, Prof. Lily Mukherjee for the purpose. Student Support Committee Student Support Committee of the college is ready to help the students in any academic or personal matters. They may contact Prof Papia Sengupta, Prof. Raktim Sur & Prof. Chhaya Banerjee in this respect. Women's Cell Girls students may approach Prof. Sarmistha Banerjee, Prof. Sarmistha Dasgupta & Prof. Lily Law for any sorts of problem. Extra Curricular Activities There are some clubs in the college to support the different talents within the students. Apart from the studies, the college is very much keen to promote the extra curricular activities of the students with the help of Photography Club, Drama Club, Trekking & Rock Climbing Club, and Nature Club. Students are free to join these clubs and can take many active part. College Publications Many of the academic departments used to publish departmental bulletins periodically. Faculty members and students belonging to the departments contribute articles. 'Apperceptions', 'Uchchaisraba', 'Cross Current' are such bulletins published by the Commerce Department, Bangla Department and jointly by Economics and History Departments respectively. Students' Common Room There are two common rooms, one for the boys and the other for the girls. There are some indoor games facilities available at the boys common room. Cheap Book - Store The college has a cheap books store that meets the needs of the students. Students' Mutual Benefit Fund Needy, meritorious, enthusiast students with genuine urge for learning are provided concession in tuition fees. Girl students can avail Kanyashree Prakalpa provided by Govt. of West Bengal. SC/ST Scholarship scheme by Govt of West Bengal is also provided. Seminars / Extension Lectures Seminars, extension lectures, workshop on syllabus are often organised at departmental level. Students and teachers participate at those seminars and lectures. Students may contact Prof. Sharmistha Dasgupta, Prof. Sarmistha Banerjee, Prof. Jayanta Ghosh in this respect. Research Activities Quite a substantial number of teachers are engaged in research activities either as their Doctoral / M. Phil. dissertations or in Minor Research Projects approved by the University Grants Commission.
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College Canteen The college has a spacious cheap canteen. Teachers, non-teaching staff and obviously students enjoy the facilities of that canteen.
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45 Prospectus2016-2017 The Students' Union All regular students are members of the students' union. The students union is run by the elected students' representatives from among the members of the students' union. It needs to be mentioned that according to the students' union of the college no student shall be allowed to contest students' union election unless he/she attends at least 55% of classes held in his or her class for which he/she wants to be elected. The Students' Union is supposed to (a) assist the college administration in interacting with the students ; (b) identify and seek to realise the legitimate demands of the students ; (c) try to find solutions to the grievances of students ; (d) look after the welfare of students ; (e) negotiate with the administration for better amenities to be made available for students ; (f) organise cultural functions, festivals, annual 'Socials', cultural events to welcome new entrants into the college and to bid farewell to the students who graduate ; (g) organise participation in various games and tournaments and Annual Athletics Meet under the guidance of the Director of Games and Sports. Alumni Association SANJYOG, the Alumni Association of the college provides bonding among the ex-students of the college. All ex-students are eligible to be members of the said association. They are in touch with the college on a regular basis. They also hold many programmes regularly. Contact details : e-mail id : [email protected]. Website : http://sanjyog.in. Mobile No. : Subhranil Mitra- 9163368467, Tirtha Sinha - 9830008280.
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46 Prospectus2016-2017 LIST OF HOLIDAYS - 2016 Sl. Month Date Day Occassion No. 1. January 01 Friday New Year’s Day 2. January 06 Wednesday College Foundation Day 3. January 12 Tuesday Swami Vivekananda Janmajayanti 4. January 23 Saturday Netaji's Birth Day 5. January 24 Sunday C.U. Foundation Day 6. January 26 Tuesday Republic Day & Maghotsav 7. January 31 Sunday Birth Day of Sivanath Sastri 8. February 13 Saturday Saraswati Puja (Sri Panchami) February 14 Sunday Day Following (Sri Panchami) 9. March 07 Monday Shiva Ratri (Only Night Colleges, namely Ananda Hohan College, Prafulla Chandra College and City College of Commerce & BA) 10. March 08 Tuesday Siva-Ratri (Day Following) (For Other Colleges Namely Umeshchanger College, Sivanath Sastri College, Heramba Chandra College, Rammohan College & City College) N.B. Only 1 day for Shiva Ratri 11. March 23 Wednesday Doljatra 12. March 24 Thursday Holi Festival 13. March 25 Friday Good Friday 14. March 26 Saturday Easter Saturday 15. April 13 Wednesday Chaitra Sankranti 16. April 14 Thursday Bangla Naba Barsha 17. May 01 Sunday May Day 18. May 08 Sunday Rabindra Jayanti (25th Baishakh) 19. May 17 Tuesday Foundation Day of Sadharan Brahmo Samaj 20. May 21 Saturday Buddha Purnima 21. May 22 Sunday Birth Day of Raja Rammohun Roy 22. July 06 Wednesday Ratha Jatra & Id-ul-Fitr 23. August 15 Monday Independence Day 24. August 23 Tuesday Bhadrotsav (6th Bhadra) 25. August 25 Thursday Janmastami 26. September 12 Monday Id-Ul-Joha 27. September 23 Friday Ananda Mohan Bose Day 28. September 30 Friday Mahalaya 29. October 02 Sunday Mahatma Gandhi Birth Day 30. October 12 Wednesday Muharram 31. November 09 Wednesday Jagadhatri Puja 32. November 14 Monday Guru Nanak's Birthday 33. December 13 Tuesday Fateha Duaz Daham 34. December 25 Sunday Christmas Day
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LIST OF HOLIDAYS - 2016 Contd.
A. Other Holidays 1) 5 (Five) days at the discreation of the College Authority 2) Special 3 holidays on account of College Sports, College Annual Social and Prize Distribution, if any. 3) The Computer Section will generally observe the same holidays as are enjoyed by the College office and additional Holiday for Viswakarma Puja on Saturday, 17the September, 2016. B. Extra-ordinary Holidays for specific Colleges 1) April 17, Friday- Arun Kumar Sen's Birthday (for UCC, CCC & BA, SNSC, HCC and PCC only) 2) April 19, Tuesday- Mahabir Jayanti (for UCC & CCC & BA only 3) July 18, Monday - Inauguration Day (Holiday for UCC, CCC & BA, SNSC, PCC & HCC) 4) August 02, Tuesday- Acharya Prafulla Chandra Day ( PCC only) 5) December 05, Monday- Heramba Chandra Maitra Day (HCC only) 6) December 16, Friday- Umeshchandra Dutta Day ( UCC only) C. Long Holiday Puja Vacation : Friday 7th October, 2016 to Thursday 3rd November, 2016 D. Long Recess 1) Summer Recess- Monday 16th May, 2016 to Thursday 30th June 2016. According to the amended C.U. First Statues, all Teaching & Non-Teaching Staff of the College shall perform duties and office shall remain open except on holiday (only class will remain suspended) 2) Winter Recess- Saturday 24th December, 2016 to Saturday 31st December, 2016 same as Summer recess. E. Examination C.U. Exams, 2016-As applicable to individual College and as Scheduled by the Calcutta University THE NUMBER OF WORKING DAYS IN EVERY COLLEGE SHALL BE AT LEAST 200 DAYS IN AN ACADEMIC YEAR FROM 1st JULY TO 30th JUNE (See Amended C.U. First Statutes-136A)
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