Profile P.G.Department of History Khallikote
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PROFILE P.G.DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY KHALLIKOTE AUTONOMOUS COLLEGE BERHAMPUR, 760001 1 CONTENTS Sl.No Items Page No 1. Introduction 2. Staff Position 3. Students Strength 4. Performance of Students (Academic) 5. Performance of Students (Literary, Cultural, Games and Sports) 6. Seminar Activities 7. Achievements of Faculty Members 8. Co-curricular Activities of Faculty Members 9. Assets of the Deptt., Plans & Proposals 10 . Profiles of Faculty Members 2 INTRODUCTION:- The Post-Graduate Department of History, Khallikote Autonomous College, Berhampur is one of the oldest departments of the College dating back its inception to 1878 having only intermediate classes. In 1944 it had Under Graduate courses and finally, in 1992, it acquired Post Graduation teaching facilities and in 2015 M.phil. The department, right from its beginning, maintained, all along, a record of academic excellence, some of its students having been placed in various important avocations both inside and outside the state. COURSE OFFERED / COURSE STRUCTURE:- At present the Department offers courses at the Under Graduate,Post Graduate & M.phil levels. The course structure has been designed in consonance with the U.G.C. guidelines. Special care has been taken in the preparation of the syllabi by incorporating chapters relating to the study of Regional History and Culture, Historical application in Tourism and new aspects of the national and global history. The semester system of examination has been introduced both at the Under-Graduate and Post- Graduate levels, with effect from 2007-2008 sessions. CBCS system has been introduced in UG and PG since 2015. Special care is being taken for the completion of courses in time,necessary guidance is given in project works,and seminar classes are held on every Monday.The Department offers new papers on Elective course titled History & Culture of Odisha p-l and History of Freedom Movement in India,P-ll,Understanding History and Culture of Odisha as SEC-ll paper & History of America for UG (hons.) Students from this year i.e 2018.Syllabus of the M.phil courses has been prepared as per latest guidlines of UGC.Papers titled “Situating Women in the History & Society of India”, “Research Methodology” and “Historiography” are taught in First semester of M.phil course along with 4 paper presentations.Second semester consists of “Dissertation”,Viva Voce, & minimum 8 paper presentations. 3 DETAILS OF STAFF POSITION (2018-19) No of post sanctioned – 04 No of posts actually filled up / present – 01 No of posts vacant – 03 Sl Name of the Date of Date of Date of Total Remarks No. Teacher with joining in confirmation Promotion into length of Designation Govt. by the next higher Service Service O.P.S.C Office 1 Dr.Prasanta Kumar 01.02.2017,Asst 18 years Narendra,Asst.Prof 20.02.2001 30.9.1999 professor-stage- completed of History. ll Guest Faculty:- Sl.No Name of the Teacher with Period (1) Period (2) Designation 1 Dr.Siba Prassana Pathy July– December January -- March 2 Smt.P.Sasmita Kumari July – December January – March 3 Smt.Swatideepa Swain July – December January – March 4 STUDENTS STRENGTH The following tables show the students strength of the Depts. during the academic session 2018-19, at the U.G., P.G.& M.phil levels. UNDER GRADUATE LEVEL (2018-2019) SL.NO CLASS SANCTIONED ACTUAL STRENGTH STRENGTH 1 +3 1ST Year Hons. 72 80 2 +3 2nd Year Hons. 72 80 3 +3 3rd Year Hons. 72 80 POST GRADUATE LEVEL (2018-2019) SL.NO CLASS SANCTIONED ACTUAL STRENGTH STRENGTH 1 P.G. Part –I 40 40 2 P.G. Part –II 40 40 M.Phil LEVEL (2018-2019) SL.NO CLASS SANCTIONED ACTUAL STRENGTH STRENGTH 1 M.Phil. 8 1 5 PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS: ACADEMIC The academic activities of students of Under – Graduate, Post- Graduate & M.phil. classes are as per the following. POST - GRADUATE LEVEL Year No of No of No of Students Passed % of Pass Students Students 1st 2nd Enrolled Appeared Division Division 2014 16 16 05 06 68% 2015 16 16 06 06 75% 2016 40 34 12 16 82.3% 2017 40 35 16 13 82.8% 2018 40 34 17 11 82.3% UNDER GRADUATE LEVEL Year No of No of No of Students Passed % of Pass Students Students 1st 2nd (Hons.) Without Enrolled Appeared (Hons.) Hons. 2014 60 60 24 26 02 86.6% 2015 70 60 24 24 03 85% 2016 70 61 30 22 03 90% 2017 80 79 45 25 03 92% 2018 80 78 48 23 02 93.5% 6 M.Phil Classes Year No of No of No of Students Passed % of Pass Students Students Enrolled Appeared 2015 05 05 05 100% 2016 04 04 04 100% 2017 02 02 02 100% 2018 Nil Nil LIST OF ALUMUNI:- Dr. Kunja Bihari Maharana, Retd. Principal, S.K.C.G. Autonomous College Paralakhemundi, Mr. Anadi Sahu Former M.P.,Late Mr. Sibaram Panda, Retd. Vice-Principal S.B.R. Govt. Women’s College, Berhampur, Mr. Sunil Sarangi, Business Manager, Dale Carnegie India and Senior financial Analysist, Goldmansachs, Bangalore, Dr. Bhagaban Sahu, Professor,P.G Department of History, Berhampur University and Mr. Manoj Kothia of Axis Bank, Jaipur are the ex-students of this deptt.. Mr. Akshaya Kumar Jena and Mr. Rabindra Kumar Sahu, ex-students of this deptt. are working in Indian Army. SEMINAR ACTIVITIES Every week, students of the dept. take part in the Seminar paper presentation and discussion activities from which they benefit immensely. During the session 2017-18 a number of papers were presented by the Students. Among the papers presented, mention may be made of the following: “ Saivism in Orissa” “Position of Women during the Vedic period” “Resistance Movement in Khurda under Buxi Jagabandhu. “Ancient Ports of Odisha” “Saheed Laxman Naik-His role in Freedom Movement” “History as a Tourism Product” “Emergence of Indian Nationalism” “Ramadevi-her role in Freedom movement” 7 “Scientific Revolutions in 17th & 18th century Europe” “Kalinga War : Causes and Effects” PROJECT WORK Some of the project works of the P.G. 2nd year students,submitted in 4th semester exam. 2018 are given below: “Historycity of Berhampur Town.” “Saktism in Odisha” “Traditional Folk Culture of Ganjam District.” “Ancient Ports of Odisha” “Cult of Jagannath” “Satyabadi bana Vidyalaya & Pandit Gopabandhu Das” “Women Freedom Fighters of Ganjam” STUDY TOUR (2004-2013) Students of the Post-Graduate Classes were taken on Study Tour to places of Historical and Cultural importance to gain practical knowledge about the ancient monuments. During the course of such tours in the year 2018 students visited Buddhakhola and Biranchinarayan temple at Buguda in Ganjam district.The temple is made of wooden roof with the support of stone pillars.The 17th century monument is dedicated to Sun God with excellent paintings on the wall of the roof. Co-Curricular & Cultural Activities of Students: The dept. does organise every year different competitions of essay,debate,g.k,song,& quiz etc. to increase competitive attitude of students followed by an Annual function. Students of the dept.organise Welcome,farewell ceremonies,Ganesh puja &Swaraswati Puja etc successfully every year. ACHIEVEMENTS OF FACULTY MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT All members of the teaching Staff are experienced and committed to their duties. Besides engaging their regular classes allotted to them, they take a number of remedial and doubt-clearing classes in the greater interest of the students. With the introduction of Semester system of examination 8 w.e.f. 2007, and CBCS system since 2015 special care is being taken by the teachers for the timely completion of courses; conduct of viva-voce tests and seminar activities, conduct of internal assessment tests and other activities. As regards the academic pursuits of teachers, it is needless to mention here that all members of the teaching staff are quite experienced and competent in the field of their specialization. In spite of their pre- occupations in the departmental works, they regularly attend Seminars, Workshops and such other Intellectual gatherings, at the State, national and International levels and present their papers. They have books and research articles to their credit, details of which have been attached at the end of this presentation. TOTAL NO. OF CLASSES ENGAGED BY REGULAR FACULTIES PER WEEK U.G. & P.G. LEVELS SL. NAME &DESIGNATION U.G. P.G. TOTAL NO 1 Dr.Prasanta Kumar Jun-Dec : 2018 Jun-Dec : 2018 25 Narendra Jan-Apr : 2018 Jan-Apr : 2018 25 TOTAL NO. OF CLASSES ENGAGED BY GUEST FACULTIES (PER WEEK) U.G. & P.G. LEVELS SL NAME July- Nov Jan - March .N O 1 Dr.Siba Prasanna Pathy 16 14 2 Smt.P.Sasmita Kumari 16 10 3 Smt.Swatideepa Swain 16 14 CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES ASSIGNED TO FACULTY MEMBERS, 9 SESSION : (2018-19 ) Dr.Prasanta Kumar Narendra: 1. Vice-President,Physical Education Association. 2. Deputy Controller of Examination. 3. Assistant Superitendent of R.K.Hostel. ASSETS OF THE DEPARTMENT The deptt. has to its credit, an Audio-Visual system and such other teaching aids as per the following, so as to make the learning process more interesting and effective. U.G.C. aided Library Public Address System Aqua-guard Water Purifying System System HCL with Printer Interactive Board Green Board Museum (newly created from October 2013) Besides the above mentioned material objects, the real assets of the deptt. are, undoubtedly, the sincere and dedicated teachers and obedient students, who, by their ceaseless effort enrich the deptt. In the real sense.The dept.has been publishing its own journal titled “AURORA” since 2014 to enrich the historical research capability of students.The dept. has its own wall magazine named “SWAYAMSIDHA” containing the ctreativity of budding talents of the dept.