National Seminar On “Quality Enhancement in Higher Education in Northeast India: Challenges and Opportunities” Sponsored By: NAAC Date: 25th and 26th February 2017 Venue: Govt. Degree College, Dharmanagar Organized by: IQAC, Govt. Degree College, Dharmanagar

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE Venue: Inaugural Hall, Administrative Building, 2nd floor Date: 25/02/2017

TIME PROGRAMME 9:00 – 10:00 Registration 10: 00 – 10:05 Reception of the Guests on the Dias 10:05 – 10: 10 INAUGUARTION: Lighting of the lamp by the Inaugurator and Chief Guest 10:10 – 10:15 Opening Song 10:15 – 10: 20 Welcome Address by: Dr. Suvadip Paul, Convener of the Seminar 10: 20 - 10: 30 Speech by Inaugurator: Smt. BijitaNath, Hon’ble Minister, Science & Technology and Social Welfare, Govt. of 10:30 - 10:40 Speech by Chief Guest: Prof. Bhupal Sinha, Ex-Controller of Examination, , 10:40 – 10: 50 Speech by Special Guest:Dr.BipradasPalit, Director, Higher Education, Govt. of Tripura 10: 50 – 11.10 Key Note Address by: Dr. S. C. Momin, Associate Professor, HOD, NEHU 11:10 – 11: 20 Presidential Speech by: Dr.SambhunathRakshit, Principal, Govt. Degree College, Dharmanagar. North Tripura 11:20 – 11:30 Tea Break

PLENNARY SESSION (11:30 – 12:30) Date: 25/02/2017

CHAIR PERSON: Dr.Nikme SC Momin, Associate Professor, HOD, Deptt. of Education, NEHU, Tura INVITED SPEAKERS TIME SPEAKERS TOPIC 11:30 - 11:45 Dr. Tinku (De) Gope, Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Tripura University 11:45 - 12:00 Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Assistant Professor, Deptt. of Education, Tripura Central University 12:00 - 12:15 Prof. Sudipta Bhattacharyya, Dept. of Economics and Politics, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan 12:15 - 12:30 Dr.Subhash Sarkar, Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Tripura University 12:30 – 12:45 Dr. Nityananda Das, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Khwmulwng College, Tripura

PARALLEL TECHNICAL SESSION– I & II (12:45 – 13:30) Date: 25/02/2017 Venue: Inaugural Hall (I) & Conference Hall (II)

Sessions CHAIR PERSON: Technical Session – I Dr.Rajendra Prasad, Assistant Professor, Deptt. of Education, Tripura Central University Technical Session – II Dr.Subhash Sarkar, Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Tripura University

TECHNICAL SESSION– I Time: 12:45 – 13:30 Date: 25/02/2017 Venue: Inaugural Hall (Administrative Building- 2nd Floor) Chairperson: Dr.Rajendra Prasad, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Education, Tripura Central University Sl. No. Topic Presenters Possibilities of quality Nikme S. C. Momin, Associate Professor, Department of enhancement in higher education Education, North-Eastern Hill University, Tura Campus, by intensive development of Tura, Meghalaya 1. reading comprehension in Meghalaya Tengchira T. Sangma, Research Scholar, Department of Education, North-Eastern Hill University, Tura Campus, Tura, Meghalaya Quality Assurance in Higher Smt. Sanghita Chanda, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Education Education, Govt. Degree College, Dhramanagar, North 2. Tripura

Simple tricks to identify aromatic Dr.Arijit Das, Surajit Biswas and anti-aromatic behaviour of Department Of Chemistry, Ramthakur College, Agartala, Tripura(W), organic compounds without Huckel India rule 3. Dr.SumanAdhikari Department Of Chemistry, Govt. Degree College, Dharmanagar, Tripura(N), India

Exploration on ego strength of Dr.Tinku De (Gope) teacher for Quality Higher Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Tripura Education University 4. Mousumi Roy Research Scholar, Department of Education, Tripura University

TECHNICAL SESSION– II Time: 12:45 – 13:30 Date: 25/02/2017 Venue: Conference Hall (Arts Building-2nd Floor)

Chairperson: Dr.Subhash Sarkar, Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Tripura University

Sl. Topic Presenters No. 1. Self-esteem among the higher education Dr. (Mrs) Kanika Das students: an indicator of youth development Guest Lecturer, Dept. of Education NEHU, Tura Campus

2. Developing thinking strategy for university Dr.Nikme S.C. Momin, Associate students: an imperative attempt for Higher Professor, Department of Education, North Education Eastern Hill University, Tura, Meghalaya

Kasaatchi Tera K. Marak, Research Scholar, Department of Education, North Eastern Hill University, Tura, Meghalaya

3. Quality Initiatives in Higher Education: A Gautam Bhattacharjee, Assistant Professor Conceptual Framework DDMC, Khowai 4. Professional Ethics Of Teachers: A Study On Dr.Tinku De (Gope) The Degree Colleges Of Tripura Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Tripura University.

Sabita Das Assistant Professor, Department of Education, KabiNazrulMahavidyalaya, Sonamura, Sepahijla, Tripura.

LUNCH BREAK (13:30 – 14:15)

VENUE:- College Canteen (Commerce Building- Ground Floor)

PARALLEL TECHNICAL SESSION– III & IV (14:15 – 15:15) Date: 25/02/2017 Venue: Inaugural Hall (III) & Conference Hall (IV)

Sessions CHAIR PERSON: Technical Session – III Dr. Nityananda Das, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Khumulwng College, Tripura Technical Session – IV Dr.Tinku (De) Gope, Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Tripura University

TECHNICAL SESSION– III Time: 14:15 – 15:15 Date: 25/02/2017 Venue: Inaugural Hall (Administrative Building- 2nd Floor) Chairperson: Dr.Nityananda Das, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Khumulwng College, Tripura Sl. No. Topic Presenters 1. Quality concerns in teacher education: a study Dr.Tinku De (Gope),AsstProf. Tripura on the views of student teachers University (A Central University)

Ms.Sukanya Bhattacharjee. Research Scholar, Dept. of Education, Tripura University 2. Relative Participation of women in higher Joyeeta Bhattacharjee, Department Of education in north eastern states-a secondary Economics, Assam University Silchar data based study Dipangshu Dev Chowdhury, Department Of Economics Assam University Silchar 3. A study on present status of weaker section of Minakshi Datta (Paul), Ph.D. Research north-east india in higher education – issues, Scholar, Department of Education, Tripura challenges and suggestions University (A Central University), Agartala, Suryamaninagar

Kamal Deb, Ph.D. Research Scholar, Department of Education, Tripura University (A Central University), Agartala, Suryamaninagar 4. A study of contribution of job satisfaction in Tinku De (Gope) quality enhancement in General Degree Assistant Professor, Department of Colleges of Tripura Education, Tripura University, Suryamaninagar

Sangita Sarma Research Scholar, Department of Education, Tripura University, Suryamaninagar

TECHNICAL SESSION– IV Time: 14:15 – 15:15 Date: 25/02/2017 Venue: Conference Hall (Arts Building- 2nd Floor) Chairperson: Dr.Tinku (De) Gope, Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Tripura University Sl. No. Topic Presenters Present status of women in Higher Education Dr.Rajendra Prasad in North-East Region of India. Assistant Professor, Department Of Education, Tripura University (A Central University), Agartala

Nandita Sarkar 1 Research Scholar, Department Of Education, Tripura University(A Centraluniversity), A Study on Depression, Anxiety, Stress and Ms.Atasi Saha Self- Esteem of Tribal and Non-Tribal Student of I.A.S.E( Kunjaban, Agartala) Students of Govt. And Non Govt Colleges: 2 Comparative Analysis Ms.Lopamudra Saha Research Scholar (University of Calcutta) Women’s Participation And Challenges In Sangita Dey, Higher Education Guest Leturer, Govt. Degree College, Dharmanagar 3

Higher Education And Its Necessity For Dipanwita Chakraborty, Assistant professor, Department of Women 4. Philosophy, Government Degree College, Dharmanagar, Tripura.

TEA BREAK (15:15 – 15:30)

TECHNICAL SESSION– V Time: 15:30 – 14:30 Date: 25/02/2017 Venue: Inaugural Hall (Administrative Building-2nd Floor) Chairperson: Prof. Sudipta Bhattacharyya, Dept. of Economics and Politics, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan Venue:Inaugural Hall

Sl. No. Topic Presenters 1. Higher Education in Manipur: Challenges and Dr.Kimthianbiak Neihsial Remedies Assistant Professor, Department Of Education, R.K. Mahavidyalaya, Kailashahar, Unakoti- 799277, Tripura

2. Higher Education among the major Tribal Peter Prasanta Debbarma, Communities of Tripura: A comparative Asst. Professor, analysis Dept. Of Geography, R.K Mahavidyalaya, Kailashahar

HimabatiReang, Asst. Professor, CTE, Kumarghat 3. Comparison of selected physical fitness Ankan Sinha, Assistant Professor Of components Physical Education, Govt. Degree College, among the students of different educational Dharmanagar, North Tripura institutions of Tripura Meenakshi Saini, Tgt, Physical And Health Education, KendriyaVidhyalaya, Panisagar, North Tripura.

4. Political awareness and participation of college Satyajit Das student in Tripura with special reference to the Assistant Professor, Department Of Political student of some selected college of north Science, Fatikroy, Tripura and DhalaiTripura District: a case Unakotitripura study

Day-2 PLENNARY SESSION (10:00 – 11:00) Date: 26/02/2017

CHAIR PERSON: Dr. Quendarisa Kharbuli, Associate Professor, UGC-HRDC, NEHU, Shillong INVITED SPEAKERS TIME SPEAKERS 10:00 - 10:15 Dr. Kathiresan Loganathan, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, Assam University, Silchar 10:15 - 10:30 Dr. Amit Kumar De Asst. Professor, ICFAI University 10:30 - 10:45 Dr.Bibhas Deb Principal, G. C. College 10:45 – 11:00 Dr. Ratna Huirem, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, Assam university, Silchar

TEA BREAK (11:00 – 11:15)

PARALLEL TECHNICAL SESSION– VI& VII (11:15 – 12:30) Date: 26/02/2017 Venue: Inaugural Hall (VI) & Conference Hall (VII)

Sessions CHAIR PERSON Technical Session – VI Dr.Quendarisa Kharbuli Associate Professor, UGC-HRDC, NEHU, Shillong Technical Session –VII Dr.Kathiresan Loganathan, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, Assam University, Silchar

TECHNICAL SESSION– VI Time: 11:15 – 12:30 Date: 26/02/2017 Venue: Inaugural Hall (Administrative Building-2nd Floor)

Technical Session- VI: Chairperson: Dr.Quendarisa Kharbuli, Associate Professor, UGC-HRDC, NEHU, Shillong Sl. No. Topic Presenters Status of Higher Education in Northeast Patriot Debbarma, Asst. Professor, Dept. States of India Of English, NetajiSubhashMahavidyalaya, Udaipur, Tripura, India

1. JaharlalDebbarma, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Philosophy, RamkrishnaMahavidyalaya, Kailashahar, Tripura, India

Quality Enhancement in Teacher Education SusmitaMandal (B.Ed.) Research Scholar, Dept. of Education, 2. Vinaya-Bhavana (Institute of Education), VisvaBharati, Santiniketan Present Status of Higher Dr.Swapna Biswas, Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Directorate of Distance Education, Tripura University 3. Dr.Nibash Chandra Shil, Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Rabindranath Thakur Mahavidyalaya, Bishalgarh Quality Assurance In Higher Education: Where Rihunlang Rymbai Are We? Assistant Professor, Department of Education, NEHU, Shillong

4. Daniel Debbarman Assistant professor, Department of Education, Govt. Degree College, Dharmanagar, Tripura

Reservation Policy In Higher Education In The Amit Kumar De State Of Tripura: Pros And Cons Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, The ICFAI University Tripura, Kamalghat, West Tripura

5. AniruddhaChakraborty Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, The ICFAI University Tripura, Kamalghat, WestTripura

TECHNICAL SESSION– VII Time: 11:15 – 12:30 Date: 26/02/2017 Venue: Conference Hall (Arts Building-2nd Floor) Chairperson: Dr.Kathiresan Loganathan, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, Assam University, Silchar Sl. No. Topic Presenters 1. A study on Career Maturity & Academic Kamal Deb, Ph.D Research Scholar, Achievement of the Women in Higher Department of Education, Tripura University Education in reference to Tripura (A Central University), Agartala, Suryamaninagar

MinakshiDatta (Paul) Ph.D. Research Scholar, Department of Education, Tripura University (A Central University), Agartala, Suryamaninagar

2. An enquiry of equity in higher education: a MahashwetaChakraborty, Department Of caste based study of North East India Economics, Assam University Silchar

Dipangshu Dev Chowdhury, Department Of Economics Assam University Silchar

3. Recent Technological Trends For Enhancement Alak Das The Qualitative Education Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Government Degree College, Longtharai Valley. Dhalai, Tripura-799275

4. Women And Quality Of Higher Education In Caroline Lepcha India Research Scholar Department Of Education VinayaBhavana, VisvaBharati, Santinikentan, Bolpur, West Bengal, India 5. Role Of Women In The Growth Of Higher Sebika Dhar Education In North-Eastern Region Of India-A Research Scholar, Department of Bengali, Study Tripura University

TECHNICAL SESSION– VIII Time: 12:30 – 13:30 Date: 26/02/2017 Venue: Inaugural Hall (Administrative Building-2nd Floor) Chairperson: Dr.Ratna Huirem, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, Assam university, Silchar Sl. No. Topic Presenters Impact of Choice Based Credit and Semester Ananya Sinha Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, System: A Study of Government Degree Colleges In Tripura NSM, Udaipur

Patriot Debbarma 1. Assistant Professor, Department of English, NSM, Udaipur

Dr.Karnika Sinha Assistant Professor, Department of Education, NSM, Udaipur Higher Education Status In North Eastern Bechan Singh, Research Scholar, Region Of India Department Of Education, Assam University, 2. Silchar

The need for quality education for enhancing Sentulal Debbarma, Research Scholar, lives and status of current education in Department Of Economics, Assam University 3. Northeast India

An analysis of expansion in higher education DipangshuDev Chowdhury facilities - a secondary data based study of Department Of Economics North-Eastern States Assam University Silchar 4. Md. Altaf Husain Department Of Economics, Nilam Bazar College, Assam Blended Teaching Learning Strategies And NilimaTirkey Its Effect On Learners’ Performance Research Scholar, Department of Education, VinayaBhavana, VisvaBharati University, Santiniketan

Rajarshi Roy 5. Professor of Education Department of Education, VinayaBhavana, VisvaBharati University, Santiniketan

LUNCH BREAK (13:30 – 14:30)

VELEDICTORY FUNCTION (14:30 – 15:15)

Venue: Inaugural Hall (Administrative Building-2nd Floor)

President: Dr. S. N. Rakshit

Guests: Dr. Quendarisa Kharbuli, Associate Professor, UGC-HRDC, NEHU, Shillong. Sri Nirmal Saha, Associate Professor, Govt. Degree College, Dharmanagar

Vote of thanks: Mr. Daniel Debbarma, Joint Convenor