SELF STUDY REPORT FOR N.A.A.C (National Assessment and Accreditation Council) Motilal Nehru College (Evening) (University of Delhi) December-2015 1 2 Table of Contents S.NO. PARTICULARS PAGE NO. 1. PREFACE 4 2. LIST OF SSR COMMITTEE MEMBERS 5 3. TEACHERS IN-CHARGES OF VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS 6 4. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 7 – 8 5. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: SWOC 9 – 14 6. PROFILE OF THE COLLEGE 15 – 28 7. CRITERION I: CURRICULAR ASPECTS 29 – 47 8. CRITERION II: TEACHING – LEARNING AND 48 – 73 EVALUATION 9. CRITERION III: RESEARCH, CONSULTANCY AND 74 – 103 EXTENSION 10. CRITERION IV: INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEARNING 104 – 120 RESOURCES 11. CRITERION V: STUDENT SUPPORT AND PROGRESSION 121 – 139 12. CRITERION VI: GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP AND 140 – 159 MANAGEMENT 13. CRITERION VII: INNOVATIONS AND BEST PRACTICES 160 – 166 14. ANNEXURES : EVALUATION REPORTS OF THE 167 – 286 DEPARTMENTS 15. UGC XIIth PLAN DEVELOPMENT GRANTS LETTER 287 – 299 16. DECLARATION BY THE HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION 300 17 CONTACT DETAILS 301 3 4 List of SSR Committee Members Steering Committee for the Year 2015-16 Dr. S.K. Sharma Principal Dr. G.N.Trivedi Convenor Dr. Sushma Gupta Sub-committee Convener Dr. Vichitra Garg Sub-committee Convener Dr. Rajesh Kumar (Eng) Sub-committee Convener Dr. Priya Bhalla Sub-committee Convener Dr. Pradip Sharan Member Dr. Jyoti Jakhar Dahiya Member Dr. Bishnu Charan Nag Member Sh. Rajnish Kler Member Dr. Ashwani Kumar Member Sh. Sanjiv Ranjan Member Ms. Ishta Vohra Member Ms. Parul Batra Member Ms. Jaya Priyadarshini Member Ms. Monika Member Ms. Kavita Member Sh. Nishant Sharma Member Sh. Mohd. Shahid Ali Member Dr. Bipul Kumar Member Ms. Deepika Member Sh. Pramod Kumar Member Sh. Sujit Kumar Member Sh. Vikash Kumar Member 5 Teacher In-charges of Various Departments Commerce Mrs. Renu Govila Economics Dr. Anjali Aggarwal English Dr. Pradip sharan Hindi Dr.Ashwani Kumar History Sh. Prem Kumar Physical Education Dr. M.S.Rathi Political Science Dr.Prahlad Kumar Bairwa 6 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AO Administrative Officer AMC Annual Maintenance Contract API Academic Performance Indicator ASI Archaeological Survey of India AV Audio Visual CAG Comptroller &Auditor General CBS College Of Business Studies CCTV Close Circuit Television CGHS Central Government Health Services CGPC Career Guidance and Placement Cell CV Curriculum Vitae DALS Delhi Legal Services Authority DU Delhi University DULS Delhi University Library System ECA Extra-Curricular Activities EVS Environmental Studies GB Governing Body GFR General Financial Rules IA Internal Assessment ICC Internal Complaints Committee ICHR Indian Council for Historical Research ICSSR Indian Council of Social Science Research ICT Information and Communication Technology ILLL Institute of Life Long Learning IQAC Internal Quality Assurance Cell IT Information Technology MOU Memorandum of Understanding NA Not Applicable NGO Non-Government Organizations NKN National Knowledge Network N-LIST National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content OH Orthopedically Handicapped OPAC Online Public Access Catalogue PAS Performance Appraisal System PF Provident Fund PH Physically Handicapped PWD Persons with Disability SC Staff Council SOL School of Open Learning 7 SRO Statutes, Rules and Ordinances SUAC Students Union Advisory Committee TIC Teacher-in-Charge TTC Time Table Committee UGC University Grants Commission VH Visually Handicapped WUS World University Service 8 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Motilal Nehru College (Evening) is a constituent college of the University of Delhi. The nomenclature of the college was altered from Hastinapur College to the current one in 1977. It was named after a remarkable freedom fighter, Motilal Nehru whose commitment to freedom and democracy still illuminates and guides us to follow the values of unity and integrity, justice, equality and rational ways of thinking. Being established in 1965 as one of the Evening colleges of the University, it successfully stood up to the task of imparting higher education to those deprived of it. At the outset, the specific thrust of the college was to provide the incentive of higher education to those who are employed and enabling them to get graduation degree from the University of Delhi. The College achieved a significant milestone in the academic year of 1991-92 when it was turned into a co-educational institution to facilitate admission and education to girl students. Though with the changing times the profile of students has broadly changed, the institute’s commitment to address their needs continues resolutely. Like any other college of the University, our students are admitted directly after completing senior secondary school. They come from diverse socio-economic background. The college has ever remained a popular choice among students who sought admission to the University’s evening colleges. At present we have over 2200 students enrolled in the College. The College offers 07 undergraduate courses in Humanities, Social Sciences and Commerce. Outside classroom, the students are offered a number of opportunities for their holistic development. They are motivated to become rational, responsible and self-reliant citizens of the country. The faculty’s endeavour has been to cultivate the institution as a centre for questioning, analyzing and critically evaluating the normative. The effort has been to promote the spirit of inquisitiveness among students. The College has had eminent personalities as its governing body members who have encouraged us to build this institution as one contributing to bring in social change. We are proud to have been associated with distinguished educationists like Veera Raghvan and A.E.T. Barrow; leading social and political figures like Ram Bhaj and Sardar Gurumukh Nihal Singh; and industrialist like Rakesh Bhan, Scientist Prof. Khurana and Lawyer Mr. Khemchand as our governing body members, to name a few. Apart from academics, the College has remarkable sporting records. Motilal Nehru college (Evening) has performed exceptionally well in various sporting events in the past few years. 9 Irrespective of the fact that as an evening college we have serious time constraint, our students have performed very well at various tournaments at University, State and National levels. We have been attempting to create an environment where our students have been participating in the social change. STRENGTHS The College believes in and follows the value of inclusiveness. Majority of our students come from not so privileged classes and the College attempts to bridge the social gap between the products of ‘private’ and ‘public’ education systems. The importance of this institution lies in the fact that it creates opportunities for those education seekers who, to use Gandhian metaphor; “stand last in the queue”. The fee charged by the College is one of the lowest in the University. The lower fee structure gives a chance to quality education to those sections of the society who have been at the bottom of the social pyramid. We have a pro active fee concession committee which looks into individual cases. Many of our students come from an educational background where English is rarely used as a medium of instruction. A considerable number of critical and theoretical study resources unavailable in Hindi, is painstakingly translated by our teachers. The rural background of a substantial number of our students presents a great challenge before the teaching faculty to fine tune these students and make them capable of facing challenges to be encountered in the future. A considerable percentage of our students are first generation learners. Efforts are made at reducing the gap between the social classes conventionally known as ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’. The institution feels proud of the fact that over the years despite the limitations of time, space and infrastructure, the students have not only been pursuing higher studies but have taken lucrative jobs in diverse fields of social life. The vision of inclusiveness guides our concerns for the large number of students from the North East. The college has a special advisory council in place in the College. They are guided on a regular basis and their concerns are addressed. The College is sensitive to the needs of the differently able students. The college is ‘Disabled friendly’. We have ramps to connect all parts of the college building. As per norms, a disabled friendly toilet is a part of the College building. We also provide special laptops with better configuration to the physically and visually challenged persons. The College is sensitive about maintaining a healthy gender ratio in the College which is a challenge for any institution functioning till late evening. Following our vision of gender inclusiveness, the College gives two to three percent merit relaxation to its women candidates at the time of admission. The women students have a Girls’ Common Room and special attention is paid to give them a safe environment. We have zero tolerance policy to eve teasing 10 and sexual harassment. The college has an active ‘Gender Champion Society’ which has been constituted to sensitize the students to gender issues. The College understands that social change is permanent not through coercion but through a change in ideology and mindset. Though prompt action is taken to contain any perceived act of sexual harassment, the College encourages cultural activities to initiate the change in the attitude of our students to address the issues concerning gender equality and sexual harassment. Our students have been introduced to Delhi Police’s initiative Nirbheek. We have a complaint box where the students can leave undersigned as well as anonymous complaints of sexual harassment. One police officer has been appointed to address the same. It is a matter of pride for an evening college that this year in the students’ union, out of six members, three are women. The College offers 07 undergraduate courses and our faculty pays heed to academic and co- curricular activities to facilitate an overall development of our students. Our competent and dedicated faculty is surely one of the strengths of the institution.