GOVERNMENT COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) RE-ACCREDITED WITH ‘A’ GRADE by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) (CGPA 3.09 Points) RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM.

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PROSPECTUS OF B.A., B.Com., B.Sc., COURSES 2016 - 2017

website : e-mail: www.govtcollegerjy.org [email protected] NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION COUNCIL An Autonomous Institution of the University Grants commission Certificate of Accreditation The Executive Committee of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council on the recommendation of the duly appointed Peer Team is pleased to declare the Government College (Autonomous) , Dist. East Godavari, affiliated to Andhra university, as Accredited with CGPA of 3.09 on four point scale at A grade valid up to November 29, 2016

NAAC Date : November 30, 2011 Director

EC/57/RAR/28 BRIEF HISTORY OF THE COLLEGE

Government College, Rajahmundry started functioning as a Zilla school in 1853 and was upgraded as a Provin- cial school of in 1868. This was the beginning of the unbroken story of Government College, Rajahmundry which completed 160 years of its mammoth service in the field of Higher Education. It is the first and the oldest college in Andhra Pradesh. The high school classes were discontinued in 1885 and since then the college has remained exclusively as college for University classes. The College was affiliated to University of Madras in 1891.

At the commencement of 19th century, the Government College at Rajahmundry was one of the only three graded Colleges maintained by Government in Madras Presidency, and the other two being the Presidency College at and the Kumbakonam College at Kumbakonam. Having been started by the British, the college imparted Higher Education of European Standards under the masterly guidance of academic luminaries from Oxford and Cambridge Universities and produced personae par excellence in all fields of life and learning. STALWARTS OF ARTS COLLEGE : The great people who served this institution include Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan who worked as a faculty member in the Department of Philosophy (1916-1919). He was the first Vice-President of (1952-1962), and also served as second President (1962-1967) of India and is considered as the most influential scholar of comparative religion and philosophy. Another stalwart Sri. Kandukuri veeresalingam Pantulu who was a social reformer of Andhra Pradesh worked in this college as a faculty member in Telugu Department during the year 1876-77. He is widely considered as the man who first brought about the renaissance in and Telugu literature. He fought for the emancipation and empowerment of women way back in 1910.

Some of the students of this Alma mater, who later turned into giants in various spheres were Sri K.V. Reddy Naidu, Acting Governor in 1936 in Madras Presidency, Sri Tanguturi Prakasam Panthulu, known as Andhra Kesari (literally, the Lion of Andhra) and the first Chief Minister of the erstwhile Madras province that was to become , Sri Varahagiri Jogiah Panthulu (illustrious father of V.V. Giri former ), Sri V.K. Krishna Menon (former Defence Minister of India) and Sri P.S. Rao, Chairman, Damodar Valley Corporation, former Governor of and an awardee of Padmabhushan. The college also produced some outstanding literary and artistic stalwarts like Sri Damerla Rama Rao and freedom fighters like Sri Gadicherla Harisarvottama Rao who took active part in Vandematharam Movement in pre-independence era and Sri , the former Chief Justice of Supreme court.

The college was affiliated to Andhra University in 1926. From 2012-13, the first year Degree courses are affili- ated to Adikavi Nannaya University, Rajahmundry. The Centenary celebrations of the College were held in February 1960, with Sri C.D.Deshmukh, the then Chairman of U.G.C, as President. Undergraduate courses were started in the college from 1930. PUC and Intermediate courses were withdrawn in 1971-72 and Vocational course in B.Com (Com- puters) was introduced during the academic year 2007. B.A with Economics, Statistics and Computer Applications, was started in 2007-08 and B.Sc with combinations of Mathematics, Economics, Statistics and Geography, Geology and Computer Science were started in 2008. The college has started restructured courses in B.Sc on self finance basis with combinations of Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science; Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science; Biotechnology, Botany, Chemistry and Microbiology, Zoology, Chemistry. Post graduate courses in Mathematics, Physics and Chem- istry were started during the academic year 1971-72 and the college has the distinction of being the first College in Government sector to introduce the Post Graduate courses in Science subjects. M.A. (Telugu) and M.Com. Courses were introduced from 1982 and 1987 respectively. M.Sc (Zoology) was started during 2001-02 and M.Sc (Botany) in 2009 on self finance basis. At present, the college offers instruction in 21 UG programmes and 7 PG programmes. The Department of Chemistry has been recognized by Andhra University as Research center and it is offering M.Phil and Ph.D courses in Chemistry and the Department has produced 2 Ph.D’s and 5 M.Phil’s so far. The Department of Physics has also been recognized as a Research Centre by Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. Some scholars are carrying out research in the Departments of Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics for M.Phil and Ph.D degrees.

Metcalfe Boys Hostel, attached to the college was started in July 1950. It is under the control of the Principal assisted by a committee consisting of a Deputy warden and other staff members of the college. A new girls hostel was built in the college campus with UGC funds and it was opened in August, 2011 and can accommodate a strength of 100 girls. 3 The UGC granted Autonomous status to this college during the academic year 2000-2001 and it is extended till 2018. The college is one of the very few Government Colleges in Andhra Pradesh which were granted autonomy. Under the Autonomous set up, the college introduced Semester System. The college was accredited with grade ‘A’ by NAAC in 2004 and again the College has been re-accredited with NAAC “A” grade in November, 2011 and the grade is applicable upto November, 2016 and it is the only Govt. College in East Godavari to get NAAC ‘A’ grade. Some of the prominent British Principals who worked in this institution were E.P.Metcalfe (1877-1896), E.W.Middlemast (1896-1903), Mark Hunter (1903-1909), O.J.Couldrey (1909-1919), and C.J.Wilkinson (1919-1921),. The college has grown from strength to strength over the past 160 years and is forging ahead as a Global Educational Institution under the able leadership of Principals in succession. The college now caters to the educational needs of more than 3500 students with various groups and combina- tions of study at UG and PG levels. The college withstood the onslaught of social, political and economic changes and emerged as a towering champion of education for the upliftment of the poor and the downtrodden sections of society. FEE STRUCTURE FOR FIRST YEAR DEGREE COURSES

2016-2017 1st Year Fee Particulars

Admis- Sl.No. Group Tution Spl. Fee Univer- CPDC CMD Restuctu- TOTAL sion Fee Fee sity Fee red fee

1 BA Gen (EHP, GHP, PPT, HP 500 875 720 50 165 50 0 2360 ENG, HET, HET, ESCOM)

2 BA COMP (ES COMP) 500 875 720 50 165 50 1000 3360

3 BSC GEN (MPC TM, MPC EM, BZC, 500 1175 720 50 165 50 0 2660 TM, BZC EM, GMC, GMP, MES, MPE)

4 BSC OMP (MZC, BBC, MP COMP, 500 1175 720 50 165 50 3000 5660 MS COMP)

5 B COM GEN (TM, EM) 500 1175 720 50 165 50 0 2660

6 B COM COMP (COMP) 500 1175 720 50 165 50 2000 4660

Note : Separate applicatation should be submitted for each group

EXISTING POST GRADUATE COURSES 1. M.A. (Telugu) 5. M.Sc. (Organic-Chemistry) 2. M.Com .,Through M.Sc. (Physical -Chemistry) Through 3. M.Sc. (Mathematics)} AKNUCET M.Sc. (Analytical-Chemistry) } AKNUCET 4. M.Sc. (Physics) 6. M.Sc. (Zoology) 7. M.Sc. (Botany)

4 SPECIAL FEATURES LIBRARY : The college has wonderful library with around 85000 text books with separate Reference section accessible for students. The book collection consists of very old books of 100 years old to latest versions. It has also Reading Room facility with a wide variety of Journals and magazines of varied subjects. The library is kept open for the staff and students during the working hours of the college. UNIFORM : The College has made it compulsory for every student to come in Uniform from Monday to Friday, to promote equality and to establish identity for the students of the College. N.C.C. : In order to encourage extension activity and to give scope for all round development of the students two Senior Army wings of NCC, one for Boys and one for Girls are functioning in the College. N.S.S. : To give opportunity for the students, both boys and girls, in Community Development and Social Service, 5 units with a volunteer capacity of 100 each are actively functioning in the college undertaking a variety of social service activities including Blood Donation Camps in association with the RED RIBBON Club of the College. HOSTEL FACILITY : Hostel facility is available in the campus for both boys and Girls. Age old and renowned Metacalfe Hostel with Gym facility for Boys and a new building with a capacity to accommodate 100 Girl students give ample scope for the students to make use of their time in the College Library and Laboratories with out wasting their time. JKC : Jawahar Knowledge Centre has been functioning in the college since 2005 to provide employable skills to the students. Every Year students are trained in batches and Campus Drives are being arranged inviting Human Resource wings from reputed companies. There is no fee for SC & ST students and for others it is meager. Free and compulsory training in JKC is available to all Students belonging to SC & ST Communities. So far, nearly 13,250 students got placements in reputed national and multinational companies. For its relentless efforts, this was made Nodal JKC for the and received Best JKC award from the Department. E-CLASS ROOMS : To encourage application of Information and Communication Technology separate e-class rooms are developed by some of the departments like Physics, Chemistry, and teaching-learning process is done with the help of LCD projectors. Some of the Departments also offer internet facility to the students in their departments and very soon it will be extended to all the departments also. SPECIAL COACHING FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS : In the previous year Integrated coaching for Bank Probationary Officers and Combined Graduate Level Examination was given successfully for 120 students, and another 120 Post Graduate students were given coaching for UGC NET/ SLET, under UGC Merged Schemes. This facility will be continued in future also. IGNOU STUDY CENTRE : IGNOU Study Centre was started in November 2013 in the place of hitherto Convergence Centre giving ample opportunity for the students to get Double Degree and Value Added Programmes simultaneously with out losing the academic year. The classes will be arranged out of the College working hours enabling the students to enhance their skills by attending the classes there. CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM : From this year onwards i.e., 2014-15, Choice Based Credit System is going to be introduced in all Autonomous Colleges in the State. This College being Autonomous is no exception and under this system, a student will be given choice to select among the different specializations which are Advanced and Skill Based in the Core subjects during the V & VI Semester and at the same time one has to select one general elective in the III or IV Semesters. The General Elective may be from the same discipline or interdisciplinary.

5 Certificate / Diploma Courses :

Certificate courses are offered by the different departments with a separate fee structure. Each course Cassias one credit. A student can take any number of courses during the three years Period.

1. Human Rights Dept. of Pol. Science

2. Farms Managements Dept. of Economics

3. Hindi Translation Dept. of Hindi

4. Communicative English Dept. of English

5. Tally ERP Dept. of commerce

6. Computers in Practical Accounting Dept. of commerce

7. Nursery & Gardening Dept. of Botany

8. Clinical Lab Technology Dept. of zoology

9. Journalism in Telugu & DTP Dept. of Telugu

10. Household wiring Dept. of Physics

11. Mobile Servicing Dept. of Physics

12. Chemical Lab Technology Dept. of Chemistry

13. Kuchipudi Dance

14. Karnatic Music

15. Anchoring

Career Guidance Cell : To equip the students with more skills and competitive knowledge Career Guidance Cell is functioning effectively. It also guide the students who aspire for higher education and Research.

Research Labs : The College is having Research facility with equipped laboratories. Students will have exposure to the Labs and get encouragement to persue research in their respective areas.

Tiss Dual Degree Programmee : This college is proud of being Selected by the Govt.of Andhra Pradesh to offer Dual Degree i.e., another Degree by Tata Institute of Social Sciences for a selected no of candidates on the College JKC Platform. This Programme will enhance Students Skills in the fields of Financial Literacy, Legal Literacy, Digital Literacy, Youth Leadership and Peoples Skills, Entrepreneorial Development and Communicative Skills.

6 Online Submission of Application Starts from 25.4.2016 Closing Date for Online Submission of Application Starts from 25.5.2016 SUBJECTS OFFERED FOR DEGREE COURSES: PART I: (a) FIRST LANGUAGE - ENGLISH (b) SECOND LANGUAGE: TELUGU/HINDI/SANSKRIT (c) HUMAN VALUES AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS, COMMUNICATION SOFT SKILLS AT THE END OF FIRST SEMISTER. (d) ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AT THE END OF SECOND SEMISTER. Part II COURSES OFFERED :

Course Group Subjects Medium Eligibility

E.H.P Economics, History, Political Science E.S.C. Economics, Statistics, Commerce B.A. G.H.P. Geography, History, Political Science T..M. (General) H.P.Eng. History, Philosophy, English Literature P.P.T. Philosophy, Public Administration, Telugu Literature H.E. Spl.Tel. History, Economics, Spl. Telugu Any Intermediate Candidate is B.A. E.S.C. Economics, Statistics, Computer Applications Eligible (Computers) (Elective Subjects in Final Year Only) E.M.

B.Com. General With Financial Accountancy OR E.M. & Cost Accountancy Specialisation T.M.

B.Com. Restructured With Languages C& Cobal, CBA, ASA, Foxpro, E.M. (computers) Tally ERP.9 M.P.C Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry E.M.

M.P.C. Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry T.M. Only M.P.E. Mathematics, Physics, Electronics E.M. M.P.C.Students M.P.G. Mathematics, Physics, Geology E.M. are Eligible

B.Sc. M.C.G. Mathematics, Chemistry, Geology E.M.

(General) M.E.S., Mathematics, Economics, Statistics T.M./E.M. M.P.C.&M.E.C.

B.Z.C., Botany, Zoology, Chemistry E.M. Only Bi.P.C.Students B.Z.C., Botany, Zoology, Chemistry T.M.

B.B.C. Bio-Technology, Botany, Chemistry E.M. Only Bi.P.C. Students

B.Sc. M.P. Comp. Mathematics, Physics, Computers E.M. M.P.C. (Restructured) M.S. Comp. Mathematics, Statistics, Computers E.M. M.P.C. & M.E.C. Z.M.C Zoology, Micro Biology, Chemistry E.M. Bi.P.C. B.B.A. E.M. Intermediate (Vocation) any Group 1st Year Degree Classes Commences on 16.06.2016

Note : Separate Application must be submitted for each group 7 GENERAL RULES TO BE FOLLOWED AFTER ADMISSION

I. RULES OF ATTENDANCE : 1. 75% of Attendance is Compulsory in Theory and 90% of Attendance in Practicals in every Semester. 2. The candidate who is not eligible for the examination due to the shortage of attendance i.e. less than 66% will have to seek readmission and get the required attendance in the same Semester in the successive year. II. READMISSION : Students : (1) Who do not pay the Tuition Fee (2) Who do not have the required attendance (3) Who do not pay the Examination Fee, may seek readmission for continuing in the same Semester in the next academic year.

III TUITION FEE : 1. Candidate must pay the Tuition Fee of the Semester with in the stipulated time. 2. Defaulters of payment of Tuition Fee will not be eligible to take the examination.

IV NO WAIVING OF FEES TO DISCONTINUED STUDENTS

As per the instructions of the Asst.Registrar (CDC), Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, No. CII (Sup)/Fee/2005, dt 28.11.05. Students who discontinue their studies for various personal reasons should pay the entire fee for all the three years. Under any circumstances no waiving of fee to discontinued student is admissible. Parents are advised to make clear note of the fee structure as it is an Autonomous Institution. No T.C. and C.C. will be issued if there are any dues from the students. V EXAMINATION FEE :

1. Candidates who pay the Tuition Fee and who have minimum 75% attendance will be eligible to pay the Examination Fee. 2. The Candidates who do not pay the examination Fee will not be promoted to the next semester. 3. The defaulters of Examination Fee should pay the penal fee of Rs. 750/- along with the Examination Fee within 15 days of the commencement of the next Semester. Otherwise, they have to forego the eligibility of continuing in the Semester. The receipt should be submitted immediately to the Examination Cell. VI. SCHOLARSHIPS: 1. All eligible candidates will get post metric scholarships from the Govt. of Andhrapradesh and in order to avail this facility one has to apply for scholarships in the right procedure and in time, with all necessary documents. 2. If any candidate discontinue in the middle of the course he will not get scholarship. 3. Any candidate wants to take T.C before the completion of the course he has to pay all the dues to the College. 4. The candidates who desire to get fee concession and Scholarship have to submit the Original Caste Certificate and Income Certificate in the Office. VII. ADMISSION ON T.C. : There is no provision for admission on TC as the College is Autonomous and its Examination syllabus structure is different. VIII. PARENT-TEACHERS' MEET : Parent or Guardian must attend the Parent-Teacher Meet without fail whenever intimated by the proctors. Each student must submit 4 self-addressed cards and two stamp-size photos to the proctors concerned. IX. BETTERMENT OPPORTUNITIES : 1. Betterment is exclusively available for V and VI Semester Students only. 2. Students have to avail themselves of the chance with in a period of one year only. 3. Candidates who get first class are not eligible to avail themselves of their improvement opportunity as per University norms. 4. Betterment cannot be Paper -wise Students have to apply for Betterment of all the V & VI Semester Papers. The college gives one chance to failed candidates to appear for the examination with the old model, in case of a change in the syllabus and Model question Paper.

8 SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED DURING THE YEAR 2016-2017

S.No. Month - Day Importance Department

1 June 5 World Environment Day Botany 2 June 14 World Blood Donor’s Day Botany 3 July 1-7 Vana Mahotsav Week Botany 4 July 2 World Sports Day Physical Education 5 July 11 World Population Day Statistics 6 August 6 Hiroshima Day Physics 7 August 9 Nagasaki Day Physics 8 August 12 Librarians Day Library 9 August 15 Independence Day College 10 August 24 Sanskrit Day Sanskrit 11 August 26 Women’s Equality Day WEC 12 August 29 Telugu Bhasha Dinotsavam Telugu 13 September 4 Minority Welfare Day College 14 September 5 Teachers Day Philosophy 15 September 8 World Literacy Day English 16 September 14 Hindi Day Hindi 17 September 16 International Day of the Preservation of the Ozone Layer Geography 18 September 22 Hindi Divas Hindi 19 September NSS Day NSS Units 20 September 26 CSIR Foundation Day Chemistry 21 September 27 World Tourism Day History 22 October 1-7 Vanya Prani Saptah Zoology 23 October 2 Gandhi Jayanthi History 24 October 30 World Thrift Day Economics 25 October 31 National Integration Day English 26 November 1 A P Formation Day Academic Cell 27 November 11 National Education Day Academic Cell 28 November 11-17 International week of Science and Peace All Science Departments 29 November 14 Pandit Birth Day & World Diabetes Day Academic Cell 30 November 14-20 National Library Week Library 31 November 25 International Day on Violence on Women Politics 32 December 1 AIDS Day & World Computer Literacy Day Computers 33 December 4 Chemical Disaster Prevention Day Chemistry 34 December 10 Human Rights Day Politics 35 December 22 Srinivasa Ramanujan’s Birthday Mathematics 36 December 24 National Consumers Day Commerce 37 January 12 National Youth Day Academic Cell 38 January National Voters Day Academic Cell 39 January 26 Republic Day College 40 March 8 International Women’s Day WEC 9