SECTION-B : PREPARATION OF SELF-STUDY REPORT
1. Profile of the Affiliated / Constituent College 1. Name and Address of the College: Name: SARSUNA COLLEGE Address: 4/HB/A HO-CHI-MIEN SARANI, SARSUNA UPANAGORI, SARSUNA City: KOLKATA Pin:700061 State:-WEST BENGAL Website: www.sarsunacollege.ac.in
2. For communication : Designation Name Telephone Mobile Fax Email Teacher-in- Arun O: 033- +9109432299379 033- arunkumandawn8@gmail. charge Kumar 24524104 24523699 com Dawn R:-033- 24452721 Steering Sarottama O:-033- +919830603755 033- [email protected] Committee Majundar 24523699 24523699 Co- R:-033- ordinator 24023656 3 . Status of the Institution: Affiliated College
4. Type of Institution: a. By Gender: Co-education b. By Shift: Day 5. It is a recognized minority institution? No
6. Sources of funding: Grant-in-aid 7 . a. Date of establishment of the college: 29/09/1999 b. University to which the college is affiliated /or which governs the college (If it is a constituent college):- University of Calcutta, Kolkata c. Details of UGC recognition: Under Section Date, Month & Year Remarks(If any) 1) 2f 5/1/2007 2) 12B 5/1/2007
(Enclose the Certificate of recognition u/s 2 (f) and 12 (B) of the UGC Act) d. Details of recognition/approval by statutory/regulatory bodies other than UGC (AICTE, NCTE, MCI, DCI, PCI, RCI etc.):- N.A.
8. Does the affiliating university Act provide for conferment of autonomy (as recognized by the UGC), on its affiliated colleges? Yes If yes, has the College applied for availing the autonomous status? No
9. Is the college recognized a. by UGC as a College with Potential for Excellence (CPE)? No b. for its performance by any other governmental agency? No 10. Location of the campus and area in sq.mts: Location *:- Semi-Urban
Built up area in sq. mts.- 6559.0 (* Urban, Semi-urban, Rural, Tribal, Hilly Area, Any others specify)
11. Facilities available on the campus (Tick the available facility and provide numbers or other details at appropriate places) . seminar room with infrastructural facilities Sports facilities play ground swimming pool Gymnasium Hostel Boys’ hostel
i. Number of hostels ii. Number of inmates iii. Facilities (mention available facilities) Girls’ hostel
i. Number of hostels
ii. Number of inmates iii. Facilities (mention available facilities) Working women’s hostel i)Number of inmates ii. Facilities (mention available facilities)
Residential facilities for teaching and non-teaching staff (give numbers available — cadre wise) Cafeteria — Health centre – The College is affiliated to the “Student Health Home” established by the University of Calcutta with the main centre at Maulali. Students get medical facilities and specialised treatment from there. First aid, Inpatient, Outpatient, Emergency care facility, Ambulance: -First aid and
sick room facilities are provided to allstudents, teaching and non-teaching staff as
and when required.
Health centre staff – Doctor on call facility is available Facilities like banking, post office, book shops:-banking, cheap store, Xerox centre. Also all students are provided with Students’ safety policy. Transport facilities to cater to the needs of students and staff:-Though the college has no direct transport facility, however there are some buses and autos depart from the Sarsuna College stand Animal house:- Biological waste disposal:- Generator or other facility for management/regulation of electricity and voltage Solid waste management facility- Waste water management- Water harvesting- 12. Details of programmes offered by the college (Give data for current academic year)
SI. Programm Name of the Duration Entry Medium Sanctioned/ No. of No e Programme/ Qualificatio of approved studen . n Level Course instructio Student ts n strength admitt ed 1. Under- BIOCHEMISTRY 3years 50% in total ENGLIS 37 25 Graduate H CHEMISTRY 3years 55% in total ENGLIS 42 41 and 55% in H Chemistry Or 60% in Chemistry COMPUTER SC. 3years 50% in total ENGLIS 37 33 and 45% in H Computer Science or in both Physics and Maths ECONOMICS 3years 55% in total ENGLIS 32 04 and 55% in H Economics.
Or 60% in Economics
Or 55% in total (for those who did not have Economics in 10+2 level GEOGRAPHY 3years 60% in total ENGLIS 65 71 H/BENG and 65% in ALI Geography Or 70% in Geography
MICROBIOLOGY 3years ) 50% in ENGLIS 42 35 H total and 45% either in 1) Biology and Chemistry(b oth) Or 2) Biology and Physics (both) Or B) 55% in following 1) Biology and Chemistry (both) or 2) Biology and Physics (both)
ZOOLOGY 3years 50% in total ENGLIS 37 44 and 45% in H Biology Or
55% in Biology BOTANY 3years 50% in total ENGLIS 32 36 and 45% in H Biology or related subject Or 55% in Biology or related subject PHYSICS 3years 50% in total ENGLIS 22 28 and 45% in H Physics Or 55% in Physics MATHS 3years 50% in total ENGLIS 17 13 and 45% in H Mathematic s Or 55% in Mathematic s ACC & FINC 3years 50% in total ENGLIS 167 124 and 50% H marks in Accountanc y / Mathematic s
Or
55% in Accountanc y/ Mathematic s MARKETING 3years 50% in total ENGLIS 57 17 and 50% H marks in Accountanc y Or 55% in Accountanc y BENGALI 3years 50% in total BENGA 67 72 and 50% LI marks in Bengali Or 55% in Bengali ENGLISH 3years 60% in total ENGLIS 57 54 and 55% H marks in English Or 65% in English. HISTORY 3years 50% in total ENGLIS 57 52 and 50% H/BENG marks in ALI History Or 55% marks in History Or 50% in total if History was not a subject in 10+2
examination . POLITICAL SC. 3years 50% in total ENGLIS 57 54 and 45% H/BENG marks in ALI Political Science. Or 55% in Political Science Or 55% in total if Political Science was not a subject in 10+2 examination EDUCATION 3years 50% in total ENGLIS 42 44 and 45% H/BENG marks in ALI Education / related subjects. Or 55% in Education / related subjects B.A. GEN 3years Qualified in ENGLIS - 620 10 + 2 level H/BENG ALI B.SC GEN 3years Qualified in ENGLIS - 125 10 + 2 level H/BENG ALI B.COM GEN 3years Qualified in ENGLIS - 269 10 + 2 level H/BENG ALI 2. Post- COMPUTER SC 2years 55% in ENGLIS 30 22 Graduate Computer H Sc. GEOGRAPHY 2years 55% in ENGLIS 20 20 Geography H
13. Does the college offer self-financed Programmes? No 14. New programmes introduced in the college during the last five years if any? Yes. Number:- Post Graduation (2) and Distance education (11) 15. List the departments: (respond if applicable only and do not list facilities like Library, Physical Education as departments, unless they are also offering academic degree awarding programmes. Similarly, do not list the departments offering common compulsory subjects for all the programmes like English, regional languages etc.) Faculty Department UG PG Resear ch Science BIOCHEMISTRY BIOCHEMISTRY COMPUTER Nil (HONS ADN (HONS ADN SCIENCE, GEN), BOTANY GEN), BOTANY GEOGRAPH (HONS AND (HONS AND Y GEN), GEN), CHEMISTRY(HONS CHEMISTRY(HON AND S AND GEN), COMPUTER GEN), COMPUTER SCIENCE SCIENCE (HONS AND (HONS AND GENERAL), GENERAL), ECONOMICS ECONOMICS (HONS AND GEN), (HONS AND GEN), ELECTRONICS ELECTRONICS (GEN), (GEN), GEOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHY (HONS AND GEN), (HONS AND GEN), MATHEMATICS(HO MATHEMATICS(H NS AND ONS AND GEN), GEN), MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY (HONS (HONS AND GEN), AND GEN), PHYSICS (HONS PHYSICS (HONS AND AND GEN), STATISTICS GEN), STATISTICS (GEN), (GEN), ZOOLOGY ZOOLOGY (HONS AND (HONS AND GEN) GEN) Arts BENGALI (HONS BENGALI (HONS Nil AND GEN), AND GEN), EDUCATION EDUCATION (HONS AND GEN), (HONS AND GEN), ENGLISH (HONS ENGLISH (HONS AND GEN), AND GEN), FILM STUDIES FILM STUDIES (GENERAL), (GENERAL), HISTORY (HONS HISTORY (HONS AND GEN), AND GEN), POLITICAL POLITICAL SCIENCE (HONS SCIENCE (HONS AND GEN) AND GEN) Commer ACCOUNTS AND ACCOUNTS AND Nil ce FINANCE FINANCE (HONS AND GEN), (HONS AND GEN), MARKETING MARKETING (HONS AND (HONS AND GEN) GEN)
16. Number of Programmes offered under (Programme means a degree course like BA, BSc, MA, M.Com…) a. annual system-B.A.,B.Sc.,B.Com b. semester system:-M.Sc in Computer Sc, Geography c. trimester system:-Nil 17. Number of Programmes with a. Choice Based Credit System-0 b. Inter/Multidisciplinary Approach-0 c. Any other ( specify and provide details)- 0 18 . Does the college offer UG and/or PG programmes in Teacher Education? No 19. Does the college offer UG or PG programme in Physical Education? No
20. Number of teaching and non-teaching positions in the Institution Recruited Positions Teaching Faculty Non- Technical (Through college service commission Teaching Staff (csc)/Not through college service staff 0 2 20 20 14 16 commission) Professor(cs Associate Assistant c) Professor(c Professor(t Yet to recruit 0 0 15 13 sc) hrougf csc) 0 0 0 Sanctioned by the ------21 1 12 1 Management/ Contractual Part-time Guest society or other Teacher(not teacher(no lecturer authorized bo csc) t csc) (not csc) dies 2 2 - - - Recruited M F M F M F M F M F Sanctioned by the 0 0 0 0 13 10 7 1 3 0 UGC / University / Yet to recruit - - - -
State Government
21. Qualifications of the teaching staff: Highest Professor Associated Professor Assistant Professor Total qualification Male Female Male Female Male Female Permanent teachers D.Sc./D.Litt. Ph.D. 0 0 0 1 5 4 10 M.Phil 0 0 0 0 1 1 02 P.G. 0 0 1 0 6 4 11 Temporary teachers(Guest Lecturer) Ph.D. 2 1 3 M.Phil 1 1 2 P.G. 11 14 25 Part-time teachers Ph.D. 05 03 08 M.Phil. 01 04 05 P.G. 13 14 27 Contractual teachers Ph.D. 0 3 03 M.Phil 0 0 00 P.G. 1 3 04
22. Number of Visiting Faculty /Guest Faculty engaged with the College.-30 23. Furnish the number of the students admitted to the college during the last four academic years. Categories Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 M F M F M F M F SC 162 126 172 129 181 122 163 146 ST 0 3 5 5 2 7 2 2 OBC 0 0 0 0 5 1 14 3 General 580 364 741 445 679 509 853 568 Others ------
24. Details on students enrolment in the college during the current academic year:
Type of UG PG M.Phil. Ph.d Total students
Students from the 1762 42 0 0 1804 same state where the college is located Students from other 0 0 0 0 0 states of India NRI students 0 0 0 0 0 Foreign students 1 0 0 0 1 Total 1763 42 0 0 1805
25. Dropout rate in UG and PG (average of the last two batches)
UG :-12.42% PG:-0
26. Unit Cost of Education
(Unit cost = total annual recurring expenditure (actual) divided by total number of students enrolled ) (a) including the salary component Rs. 10148.34
(b) excluding the salary component Rs. 3137.36
27. Does the college offer any programme/s in distance education mode (DEP)?Yes a. is it a registered centre for offering distance education programmes of another University? Yes
b. Name of the University which has granted such registration. Directorate of Distance Education(DDE), Vidyasagar University
c. Number of programmes offered: 11 M.A. (BEN, ENG, HIS, POL) M.Com. M.Sc.(PHY, CHEM, MATH, BOT, ZOO, GEO) d. Programmes carry the recognition of the Distance Education Council: Yes
28. Provide Teacher-student ratio for each of the programme/course offered
Subject Ratio
Honours General
Bengali 1:14 1:60
Education 1: 8 1:120 English 1:21 1:40
Film Study N.A. 1:75
History 1:12 1:120
Political Sc. 1:8 1:120
Commerce 1:29 1:43
Bio-Chemistry 1:6 -
Botany 1: 5 1: 15
Chemistry 1:11 1:50
Computer Sc 5:1(UG) N.A.
7.5:1(PG)
Economics 1:3 1:89
Mathematics 1:4 1:20
Microbiology 1:9 1:4
Electronics N.A. 1:15
Geography 1:22(UG) 1:17
1:3(PG)
Physics 1: 8 1: 20
Statistics N.A. 1:10
Zoology 1:13 1:20
29. Is the college applying for
Accreditation : Cycle 1
(Cycle 1refers to first accreditation and Cycle 2, Cycle 3 and Cycle 4 refers to re- accreditation)
30. Date of accreditation* (applicable for Cycle 2, Cycle 3, Cycle 4 and re-assessment only) N.A.
Cycle 1: ……………… (dd/mm/yyyy) Accreditation Outcome/Result….…....
Cycle 2: ……………… (dd/mm/yyyy) Accreditation Outcome/Result……..... Cycle 3: ……………… (dd/mm/yyyy) Accreditation Outcome/Result…….....
* Kindly enclose copy of accreditation certificate(s) and peer team report(s) as an annexure. 31. Number of working days during the last academic year.-223
32. Number of teaching days during the last academic year:-114 (Teaching days means days on which lectures were engaged excluding the examination days) 33. Date of establishment of Internal Quality Assurance Cell : N.A.
(IQAC) IQAC …………………… (dd/mm/yyyy)
34. Details regarding submission of Annual Quality Assurance Reports (AQAR) to NAAC. N.A.
AQAR (i) ……………… (dd/mm/yyyy)
AQAR (ii) ……………… (dd/mm/yyyy)
AQAR (iii) ……………… (dd/mm/yyyy) AQAR
(iv) ……………… (dd/mm/yyyy)
35. Any other relevant data (not covered above) the college would like to include. (Do not include explanatory/descriptive information)
CRITERION I: CURRICULAR ASPECTS
1.1 Curriculum Planning and Implementation
Vision, Mission and communication methods
Sarsuna College was established in 1999 as an undergraduate institution affiliated to a reputed university(university of Calcutta)and the primary purpose was to provide the socially and economically backward populace of this semi- urban locality access to affordable standard higher education, the meritorious students opportunity and modern infrastructure to study new age subjects like microbiology and computer science within travelling distance and all students the wherewithal to be economically independent, ethically upright socially responsible citizens of the country. Since it’s inception, the college has followed a policy favouring transparent and open declaration of the college’s aim, growth potential and dialogue between students, teachers, staff members, parents, local residents and members of the larger community is encouraged. The first is accomplished by annual publication of detailed report of student and college performance and future plans of developement in the college prospectus, college magazine, close daily interaction between representatives of the elected students’ Union and the institutional head, the teacher’s council , the staff council and other constituted bodies. There are regular parents teachers meetings arranged by various departments and all stakeholders are invited to contribute to any dialogue related to the developement and betterment of the College by the Governing Body of the College. All suggestions are considered democratically by the body and due weightage given to positive advice for betterment.
How the Curriculum is Implemented:
The College has a duly constituted body which devices and implements policies for curriculum implementation. This body; the academic sub- committee constituting of the head of institution(ex-officio),the Teachers Council Secretary and all heads of departments, meet at the beginning of every academic session to finalise the academic calendar which is calibrated with the university academic schedule. The dates of college examinations, class and room allocation finalisation of the routine for all three years for the present academic session (tabled by the routine committee) are the decisions taken in the first academic sub-committee meeting of the session. Subsequently, the committee meets for general meetings atleast once every quarter to finalise evaluation criteria, selection criteria, attendance and promotion issues or any other academic agenda. The chief decisions of the meetings are discussed as agenda and ratified by the Teacher’s Council in their General meeting and implemented. The individual departments discuss syllabus distribution (the college follows the university curricula) and classes are allocated keeping in mind the number of working days, college event calendar, availability and specialization of faculty and departmental routines are published, circulated among all stakeholders at the commencement of the academic year. Every quarter the academic sub-committee at its general meeting reviews academic pregress as well as transacting other business.The university allocates 15/16 honours classes per year per subject and 5/6 general classes as well as compulsory language classes for English and Bengali departments. The UGC and the university requires every full time teacher to take a minimum of 22 classes and part time teachers 10 classes per session. These have to be adjusted to provide foe the 64/72 classes for the working weeks available.
External Support to Faculty for Curriculum Improvement:
The university publishes academic curricula, schedule of university and college examinations, for minor or major curriculam reforms the university organises workshops which the college causes the relevant faculty members to attend. Full time teachers are regularly permitted by the college to attend orientation and refresher courses at university academic staff colleges. Also, the college actively supports the organisation of collaborative UGC sponsored seminars, publish departmental journals which are actively syllabus oriented. Teachers encourage and accompany students to conferances, exhibitions, excursions(both compulsory and voluntary) lectures which would enhance their conceptual space and make better interpretation and innovation of academic practices possible. The teachers often take interdisciplinary classes within the college(English teachers teach political Science students and economics teachers regularly undertake modules for accountancy courses) faculty from Botany and Zoology undertake modules for the recently opened post graduate Geography dept, statistics faculty take Bio-Statistics classes in the departments of Zoology, Microbiology, Biochemistry and a number of lecture series’ by eminent personalities have been arranged by various departments which are open to all students for the better understanding of general curricular aspects.
Effective Curriculum Delivery
The college takes the following steps to proactively encourage curriculum delivery and curriculum implementation recommended by the University of Calcutta: The academic sub-committee monitors class allocation, class attendance and academic schedule maintenance. Problems arising from discrepancies between number of classes allocated and number of actual working days, non availability of faculty, non attendance of students which may result in non compliance in the matter of syllabus completion are dealt with as soon as they are brought before the committee by any stakeholder( head of Department, faculty, student body representative or any other). The committee recommends and the department allocates special classes at the end of the academic session (including the period marked as study leave after selection examinations every year in the case of those departments which need to augment their teaching of the curriculum, need to give special assistance to academically weak candidates or extra encouragement to bright students. The college actively supports curriculum oriented activities like film viewing, organising science exhibitions, excursions to sites of topical interest, seminar lecture competitions(for students) on topics related to the syllabus so that there is an enhancement of the academic horizon while adhering to the curriculum.
Intraction with External Benificieries:
The college has regular interfaces with it’s benificieries in the following trajectories:
The college is in direct and regular correspondence with the board of studies of departments present in the college, inspector of colleges, controller of examinations, and academic and administrative functionaries of the University of Calcutta on a daily basis not only to facilitate the smooth opration of the college but also to ensure that the two institutions are able to have a fruitful partnership each benifitting from the other’s resources.
Many of the faculty of the college are engaged in active research either for academic enrichment(M.Phil, PhD, Post Doctoral)or engaged in various projects attached to research institutes and universities across the city and the state. There is interaction between these institutes and the college and resource sharing in terms of laboratory usage, library usage, senior faculty invitation for lectures and talks which is doubtless an invigorating sign of intellectual stimulation.
The college has successfully conducted campus interviews in the past few years and the industry(specially the IT sector) has shown encouraging interest in recruiting students from the college. Also the college has in the past organised seminars on career counselling and niche skill development at which important leaders of industry have spoken to and answered queries put by the students regarding the scopes and opportunities in various service sectors and intrepeunership goals.
College Faculty Contribution to University Curriculum Design:
There are no members of the faculty of this college who are members of the boards of study in the subjects taught under the purview of the university but the board invites feedback and organises workshops every time there is a proposal for any change in any portion of the syllabi and before attending any such workshop the College ensures that the attending teachers receive feedback from their respective departmental collegues and students which can be conveyed at an opportune moment to the board. Also the faculty of the college maintains extremely cordial and close relationship with the respective university departments and there is constant exchange of ideas and feedback.
The college at present does not design or develop the curriculum for any subject but follows the curriculum design and execution directives of the affiliating university.
Method of analyzing effectiveness of Curriculum Implementation
An attempt is made by the college to assiduously adhere to and inculcate the objectives of curriculum implementation stated in the prospectus, website and verbally in orientations and convocations of the University following the recommendations made by NAAC by the following methods:
The college as stated in its prospectus tries to keep up with the fast paced changes in academia and socio economic needs of the contemporary world without making compromises with the unique traditions that it is committed to preserving. The laboratories have extremely sophisticated, cutting age equipment which are maintained and calibrated where required regularly, the library offers e – resources , audio visual facilities for enhanced or digital aid to learning is available, there are an adequate number of computers(laptops and desktop),the office is automated and transparency of information sharing is ensured through the constantly updated college website. However, the college ensures that the students are grounded in discipline, regularity and courteous exchange of ideas in a conducive environment, that all national traditional and regional cultural festivals are ceremoniously celebrated and that all students and staff irrespective of class, caste and gender can at at all times conduct their respective business in the college freely, fairly and safely. The college is committed to the promotion of equal opportunities, with no compromises and no exceptions.
1.2 Academic Flexibility . Twinning/Dual Courses/Diplomas
The College does not offer diploma or certificate courses of study.
The institution does not offer autonomous courses and /or courses which facilitate twinning/dual degrees since this college only offers courses in its affiliated capacity and this provision is not a part of the regular system of the University of Calcutta.
Academic Flexibility and Methodology of Implementation with Details:
The college is academically divided into three faculties; science, humanities (languages and social sciences) and commerce. The college offers 19 subjects as core options(honours and general). All details regarding subject options are a part of the college prospectus and college website The college does not yet offer any subject options (from among choices offered by the university) from the departments of Agricultural Science, Ancient History, ancient languages, any language literature option other than English and Bengali,History,Languages,Linguistics,Museology,Philosophy,Sociology,South East Asia studies etc. Two new post graduation departments (Computer Science and Geography) affiliated to and following the curriculum of the Calcutta Universityhave commenced from 2014-2015 details of which are available in a separate post graduate prospectus and is shortly to be uploaded to the college website. The college allows students to opt for elective options (three in the case of the three year general course students and two electives and one honours subject in the case of three year honours courses). Every student has the option of lateral movement i.e transferring from one elective option to another within the first three months of commencement of classes provided the options and combinations adhere to the clusters designated by the University curriculum setters(each of the three subjects should belong to separate clusters and two subjects from the same cluster cannot be opted for by a single undergraduate student ). Also credit transfer or accumulation are not supported by the University evaluation norms therefore the college though agreeing in principle that this allows students greater opportunity for extending their intellectual scope and preparing them for diverse employability training , has not instituted this system in their own evaluation structure. However a kind of vertical mobility plan is already in place because the University allows students unsuccessful in elective subjects to sit for supplementary examinations and if successful, they are inducted in the promoted year, thus preventing the loss of an academic year for the students. This is also applicable in the case of unsuccessful candidates who apply for a re-examination of scripts and are thereby declared successful. To promote smooth transition and minimise loss of academic time, the college allows students (though without attendance credit) to attend classes in the higher year until they attain eligibility or otherwise. There is no system in place for vertical movement between courses. Again, the academic plan of each department is framed at the beginning of each academic year, and modules for the facilitation of dividing teaching time and teaching responsibility among faculty are fixed and maintained on the responsibility of the Head of respective departments. If there is any problem with time management, the head with permission from the head of the institution arranges for extra classes and manages module distribution for the optimum utilisation of academic time and the completion of the entire syllabus. The curriculum for some subjects are divided formally by the university and for some the division is done by the college departments. The University has not yet commenced with the semester system. The students of all departments are encouraged (funds are provided for the same from the college budget) for the creation of syllabus oriented wall magazines, conducting of seminar lecture presentations, arranging for single day talks or lecture series’, science exhibitions organised departmentally. Students are involved in the seminars(UGC sponsored or otherwise)organised by college departments and short slot presentations are encouraged. Students are encouraged and assisted to participate in subject based quizzes, panels and socially relevant debates and essay competitions organised by other HEIs, government agencies or NGOs.Students are inspired to participate in socially relevant voluntary activities like blood donation camps, thalassemia awareness camps and sapling plantation projects which the college firmly believes are very much an integral part of academic enrichment in a holistic manner.
Self Financed Courses:
The college does not offer self financed programmes though the college offers new age subjects like microbiology, biochemistry, computer science to students from socially and economically backward areas and believes that premium quality teaching and market worthy employability should be available to all on the basis of merit only. The college believes that affordable higher education (without quality compromises) for all without exceptions or prejudices should be attempted and that this is the aim of this institution.
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Integration of Curriculum with goals of Institution, Contemporary Socio- Economic Climate, Enrichment Programmes to Implement the above and Feedback from Stakeholders to Monitor the Process:
The college being an affiliated institution, does not have the authority or necessary autonomy to frame its curriculum but certain efforts are constantly made to :
Prepare students for the needs both conventional and emerging needs in the job market. To this end, students are counselled about preparing themselves for all India competitive examinations personally in classes. The commerce department regularly take classes in which mock interviews and group discussions to prepare students for job interviews at various levels. The Compulsory English classes especially for commerce students train students in communicative English to make them job ready, and for the development of the personality; a very necessary aid to our underpriviledged students who come from semi rural backgrounds and for whom lack of confidence and poor communicative skills in English is a deterrent to gaining employment even with the requisite skill set. Students are encouraged to attend career counselling workshops organised by the college and other agencies. Students are taught as a part of their language training(compulsory for all first year students) the methodology of CV writing and the best formats for application writing for jobs. Thus providing soft skills to our students is one method of ensuring that they are not at a disadvantage among students from priviledged backgrounds in the job market.
The curriculum is taught in the social science and language departments with the view to creating student skills in written and spoken communication and in collating , analyzing and interpreting data, through theoretical or field work (for example the History department regularly arranges field trips to historical and archeological digs in West Bengal. The Education Department and the English department arranges trips to the Indian Museum, The Victoria Memorial Museum ). The Science departments organise exhibitions(for example, the Chemistry Department organised an exhibition on Chrystallography ) and industrial tours to Chembiotech( a chemical company)organised by the Chemistry Department. The Commerce department tries to ensure that the students through their compulsory projects do original research in the areas of corporate taxes, the share market etc in the course of which the students are guided by the faculty to interact with industry personnel and gain valuable experience in field. These are methods of enlarging, enriching and expanding upon the curriculum within the academic framework to enhance learning, create interest, inspire desire for further research among students while adhering to the set curricular frame and preparing students for university evaluation processes leading to the gaining of a viable degree.
The college has provisions for the teaching and project report presentation required compulsorily by the University in environment al science.Also the NSS of which the college has undertaken membership. conducts programmes such as college and surroundings cleanliness and beautification drive. The college organises awareness programmes on the benefits of blood donation , awareness about blood group matching before marriage and psychological guidance and counselling workshops to increase awareness about gender equations, awareness of environment and community issues. Since the college is geographically located in a residential area (satellite township),and draws a large section of its students from the locality and surrounding semi- urban residential areas, there is a close connection and frequent interaction between the residents living within the immediet vicinity and the students which is mutually beneficial in increasing community awareness. The college has an active disciplinary committee and a grievance cell which also looks into issues or allegations of sexual harassment, gender prejudice, allegations of discrimination and other such offences. Though the existence of committees is a measure for safety, and containment; they also serve in enforcing awareness and inculcates the values and benefits of conducting oneself as a law abiding, socially responsible member of the regional, national and global community.
The college takes extremely seriously the responsibility of inculcating habits of free, fair and rational decision making and communal responsibility sharing in it’s students through learning to make ethically viable choices for the welfare of the community. Since the college is a community in a microcosm, the responsibility of electing and conducting a student’s union, by, of and for the students is a test for the students in training themselves in the public arena.The college feels that these extracurricular activities along with cultural and academic enrichment programmes enhance the curriculum and encourages character and personality building so as to make students viable, employable, responsible and caring citizens ; a credit to their families, institutions and their community.
The enrichment drives are often aimed at and includes as commentators and observers, external members of the community; parents,local residents, small businesses directly dependent on the college who are invited to participate in cleanliness drives around the campus, tree plantation drives to name but two. Direct feedback in the form of face to face communication is encouraged to gauge feedback about the enrichment efforts and needs for improvement. Naturally our efforts are not sufficient to the needs of our community and we often achieve much less than we aim for but with sincerity and the help and good wishes of the diverse local community of which the college is a part, no dream is too big for us to achieve.
1.4 Feedback System
Collecting Feedback from Stakeholders for Curriculum Improvement and Contributing to the University Curriculum Formation Process by Implementing the Same and Evidence Thereof in College Courses:
The faculty of each department and often the head of the vinstitution is invited to take part in discussions, panels and workshops regarding curriculum reform. The college has unfortunately, no formal method for recording student feedback on proposed or instituted curricular reforms. However, the college ensures that the teachers who represent the department at curricular reform or implementation meetings are sufficiently briefed and are prepared with suggestions pertaining to the specific needs, benefits or preferances of their students and make the opinions of the college or department known.
The college has introduced on the basis of increasing demand Honours options in Mathematics, Botany and Physics (the elective options were already available)and the study of Elective Statistics. Also, two Post Graduate departments(Geography and Computer Science) in the regular course affiliated to the University of Calcutta and ten distance Post Graduate courses(in all three faculties)affiliated to the University of Bidyasagar have commenced operations in the session 2014-2015.All subjects were introduced after demand for them were strong enough for the governing body to acknowledge them and after due deliberation permission for affiliation and/or introduction were sought and obtained after inspection for each by relevant authorities returned favourable reports about the available infrastructure(details given in relevant sections)and assurance of funding for improvements(now completed)proved satisfactory.
CRITERION II: TEACHING – LEARNING AND EVALUATION Admission Procedure: Procedural Transparency, Efficiency and Comparibility with similar HEIs
The college has a structured admission procedure in place which is both transparent and efficient. The admission criteria(cut off percentages for form collection)in every subject is advertised in flex banners at all local vantage points within the radius of the college. It is also uploaded in the college website. There is a students help desk outside the college maintained by the Student’s Union to answer queries at the time of form collection. The forms are distributed after inspection of marksheets and counselling by teachers from relevant faculties. All available subject combinations and other relevant data is available in the very detailed college prospectus, a document which is scrupulously updated and reedited every year. The prospectus is available at the time of form collection or form submission.The form can also be downloaded online. The process for online submission is complete and awaits permission from relevant authorities to be functional.On submission, the data is collated according to the weightage system decided on by the admission sub-committee(total marks+subject or related subject marksx2=grand total).There is no provision for intake of students through a common entrance test since the University of Calcutta makes no such provision. The data of individual students is digitally entered and tabulated and a merit list drawn according to the number of sanctioned seats per department. The scrutiny of merit list forms for cross checking purposes is undertaken by each department and on designated dates, the selected candidates appear for counselling at appointed hours(faculty wise, department wise). After successful counselling, the candidates are given provisional admission slips and the designated time of admission is mentioned in it. The office completes admission formalities(department wise)on the designated dates. The hard copies of the merit lists are published on a giant notice board erected for the purpose of admission immedietly outside the Campus wall and the soft copies have been uploaded since the 2011-2012 session(2011-2012, 2012-2013 sessions in the centralised college merit listings uploaded through the efforts of the Ministry of Higher Education Government of West Bengal and in and from 2013-2014 onwards on the college website). The admission process is handled by the college office through a fully automated process. The admission criteria for Sarsuna College is as below( 2014-2015, 2013-2014)
ADMISSION NOTICE, 2014-15
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
FOR ADMISSION TO 1ST YEAR HONOURS CLASS (2014-15)
MINIMUM CUT-OFF HONOUR SUBJECT SUBJECT/S NEEDED TO PASS MARKS NEEDED BY S COMBINATI IN LAST EXAM TO APPLY FOR GENERAL CANDIDATES SUBJECT ON A HONS. TO APPLY FOR A HONS.*
50% in total and 45% in Biology Must pass in Chemistry and Biology or related subject Chemistry, / Biotechnology in last exam. Botany Or Zoology Biotechnology should be treated as 55% in Biology or related related subject. subject
Must pass in Biology / Zoology, Biotechnology in last exam. Botany ,, Microbiology Biotechnology should be treated as related subject.
Must have passed Physics, Biochemistr Botany, Chemistry, Biology / Bio-technology 50% in total y Physics and Maths in last Examination.
Must have passed Physics, Biochemistr Zoology, Chemistry, Biology / Bio-technology ,, y Mathematics and Maths in last Examination. Must have passed Physics, Biochemistr Zoology, Chemistry, Biology / Bio-technology ,, y Botany and Maths in last Examination.
55% in total and 55% in Must have passed Physics, Physics, Chemistry Chemistry Chemistry and Maths in last Mathematics Or Examination. 60% in Chemistry
Must have passed Physics, Electronics, Chemistry Chemistry and Maths in last ,, Mathematics Examination.
Must have passed Computer 50% in total and 45% in Electronics, Applications/ Computer Computer Computer Science Mathematics Science/Physics, and Maths in last Science or in both Physics and Maths Examination.
Must have passed Computer Computer Physics, Applications/ Computer ,, Science Mathematics Science/Physics, and Maths in last Examination.
55% in total and 55% in Economics. Or Statistics, Must have passed Mathematics in 60% in Economics Economics Mathematics last Examination. Or 55% in total (for those who did not have Economics in 10+2 level)
Political Must have passed Mathematics in Economics Science, ,, last Examination. Mathematics
60% in total and 65% in Geography Must have passed Geography, Economics, Or Geography Statistics or Mathematics in last Statistics 70% in Geography Examination. ADMISSION TEST ON 18.6.14 Economics, Must have passed Geography in last Geography Political ,, Examination. Science
Economics, Must have passed Geography in last Geography ,, Bengali Examination.
50% in total and 45% in Mathematic Chemistry, Must have passed in Maths, Physics Mathematics s Physics and Chemistry in last Examination. Or 55% in Mathematics
Mathematic Statistics, Must have passed in Math and ,, s Physics Physics in last Examination.
Computer Mathematic Must have passed in Maths and Science, ,, s Physics in last Examination. Physics
A) 50% in total and 45% either in 1) Biology and Chemistry(both) Or 2) Biology and Physics Must have passed in Physics , (both) Microbiolog Chemistry, Chemistry, Maths and Biology in last Or y Zoology Examination. B) 55% in following 1) Biology and Chemistry (both) or 2) Biology and Physics (both)
Must have passed in Physics , Microbiolog Chemistry, Chemistry, Maths and Biology in last ,, y Botany Examination. 50% in total and 45% in Physics Chemistry, Must have passed in Maths, Physics Physics Or Mathematics and Chemistry in last Examination. 55% in Physics
Computer Must have passed in Maths and Physics Science, ,, Physics in last Examination. Mathematics
50% in total and 45% in Biology Must have passed Chemistry, Chemistry, Or Zoology Biology / Bio-technology in last Botany 55% in Biology Examination
Must have passed Chemistry, Botany, Zoology Biology / Bio-technology in last ,, Microbiology Examination
50% in total and 50% marks in Accountancy / Mathematics Must pass Mathematics / Statistics / Accounting Economics for the Science stream & Finance Or candidates. 55% in Accountancy/ Mathematics
Must pass in B.O. or Management in 50% in total and 50% marks in last examination. Must pass Accountancy Marketing Mathematics / Statistics / Economics Or for the Science stream candidates. 55% in Accountancy
50% in total and 50% marks in Education, Bengali Bengali History Or 55% in Bengali.
Film Studies, Bengali ,, English Education, Bengali ,, English Film Studies, Bengali ,, History 50% in total and 50% marks in History Or Political 55% marks in History History Science, Or Economics 50% in total if History was not a subject in 10+2 examination.
Political History Science, ,, Education Political History Science, Film ,, Studies
60% in total and 55% marks in Economics, English English Political Or Science 65% in English.
Education, English Political ,, Science Film Studies, English Political ,, Science
50% in total and 45% marks in Political Science. Or Political History, 55% in Political Science
Science Economics Or 55% in total if Political Science was not a subject in 10+2 examination.
Political History, ,, Science Education Political History, Film ,, Science Studies 50% in total and 45% marks in Related subjects are Political Education / related subjects. English, Science, Maths, Education Or Bengali Philosophy,Sociology, History, 55% in Education / related Economics subjects
Related subjects are Political English, Science, Maths, Education Political ,, Philosophy,Sociology, History, Science Economics Related subjects are Political History, Science, Maths, Education Political ,, Philosophy,Sociology, History, Science Economics Related subjects are Political History, Science, Maths, Education ,, Bengali Philosophy,Sociology, History, Economics
*CUT -OFF MARKS FOR SC/ST/OBC/PC Relaxation of Cut-off Marks for SC/ST/OBC/PC candidate as per University rules and practices.
All candidates seeking admission in Science Honours subjects must secure 24 in theory and 06 in practical (in all lab based subjects in the last examination).
e subject or related subject or 55% in subject for eligibility in application for honours courses .The college usually creates merit lists on the basis of marks obtained in the last examination passed which for undergraduate courses is the 10+2 Board examination except in the cases of the department of Geography from the 2011 session onwards and for the case of English 2011 and 2012 later discontinued, where admission tests were conducted and the merit list created by the summation of the GT with admission test results(taken on 100). In intradepartmental comparative analysis for the two featured years it is seen that, while the departments of Chemistry, Economics, Geography, Bengali, History and English there is a tendency to consistently raise the eligibility criteria for subject marks and total above the university minimum requirement while in the case of the Commerce Departments the criteria was raised above the minimum in the last year and in the case of Zoology while in their first year of intake the criteria was increased above the minimum , it was decreased to the minimum requirement in 2014. The Department of English commenced with and then discontinued admission tests as it was perceived that no significant qualitative difference was occasioned by the exercise as evaluation of quality of linguistic proficiency (the reason for taking admission tests) did not lead to better quality intake. Thus it is seen that in the case of fluctuation of eligibility criteria the overwhelming concern is demand for seats in the college. It is a concern for the college which is geographically located in a residential semi urban locality where the demographic majority is economically backward. The western hinterland is an industrial belt along the Hoogly where the demographic majority belong to the minority communities. These are the areas from which the majority of the students of the college come. Many among them are first generation learners. Thus there is a wide diversity in terms of socio-economic background, gender, culture and religion and in order to maintain this diversity and encourage the disadvantaged to profit from the facilities available, the college adjusts the criteria accordingly.
On comparative analysis between the eligibility criteria of Sarsuna College vis-a vis Vivekananda College for Women, Vivekananda College Thakurpukur, Maheshtala College, Budge Budge College it is observed that except for Vivekananda College for Women where in the last two sessions several departments like English, Geography and several science departments, the eligibility criteria was raised above the minimum all the other mentioned college retained the minimum eligibility criteria. The area is densely populated and the demand for quality higher learning consequently high. Sarsuna College in its intake policy attempts to maintain a balance between quality control and social responsibility for community upliftment.
1.1.4 Student Profile Analysis at the time of Admission and Effective Use of the same
1.1.5 The admission form collates data about the economic background(BPL/non BPL), educational background(first generation learner),caste, race, nationality etc. This data is available for analysis to understand the diversity quotient of the college and if it is felt that the profile of students is skewed or there is a discrepancy between requirement and intake, the eligibility criteria or method of intake(admission test to be taken or not)may be reformed accordingly in the following session as shown above. Commitment to maintainence of Diversity in Student Profile
The college maintains the reservation quota for admission of SC/ST, designated by the Govt of India, the UGC and CU (SC- 22% ST,6%,OBC-17%) and as per Govt Order No.846-SE(P&Y)Dtd- 12.8.98,3% reservation for disabled persons, all of which is subject to proper production of documentation as recommended. All these details are clearly stated in the college prospectus and in the college website. There are no minority or gender reservations but strict vigilance is kept on the admission process so that discrimination on the ground of gender or religion cannot exclude eligible candidates from admission. ∗ ∗ ∗ Student Demand Ratio:
Number of enrolled / number of applications
Courses 2011 2012 2013 2014 Ratio
Commerce 143/ 395 , 197/577, 179/DU, 142/388
BCom(G) 181/DU , 179/434, 226/DU, 269/295
BA(G) 464/DU, 578/DU, 600/DU, 620/827
BSc(G) 138/258, 150/DU, 94/DU, 125/280
Beng 59/ 102, 54/ 218, 58/DU, 72/223
Biochem 12/ 84, 11/ 61, 14/DU, 25/54
Bot 13/DU, 19/DU, 36/98
Chem 12/ 111, 11/105, 14/DU, 25/139
Eco 4/10, 4/10, 5/DU, 4/13
Edu 19/ 93, 34/ 154 , 25/DU, 44/185
Eng 31/134 , 35/151, 50/DU, 54/139
Geo 56/ 412, 60/337, 59/DU, 71/284
His 30/ 224, 44/188, 43/DU, 52/98
Math 10/ 31, 13/DU, 13/58
Micro 25/ 132, 28/ 103, 22/DU , 38/98
Phy 12/DU, 15/95, 28/117
Pol Sc 23/105, 41/ 177, 21/DU, 54/117
Zoo 33/191, 33/ 123, 23/DU, 44/100
Comp SC 17/ 46, 14/ 48, 21/DU, 33/338
Analysis and ratio: It is observed that for most programmes in most years, the ratio varies between 1:2 and 1:3 sometimes going upto as much as1:5 or even in exceptional circumstances upto 1:10.In the absence in some cases of some data a more exact figure cannot be arrived at.
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Differently Abled Students
The college strictly follows the Government norms regarding admission of SC/ST, OBC students according to the quota regulations recommended by the relevant authorities. There is no conversion of seats from reserved to general catagories and the admission criteria recommended by The government for enrolling reserved category candidates is strictly followed. Also the quota recommended for the differently abled(physically challenged only as the college does not have the necessary infrastructure to cater to mentally challenged individuals) is maintained and the college maintains facilities like an elevator to facilitate movement of individuals with mobility problems. As per university directive, students with motor difficulties and visual/auditory/speech difficulties are given extra time, extra coaching to allow them equal opportunity. However there is no Braille facility in the college. 6 NAAC for Quality and Excellence in 0 Higher Education Manual for Self-study Report Affiliated/Constituent Colleges
Assessment before Admission The college takes admission test in Geography to assess preparedness of applicants . The test is advertised in the admission notices and taken by the department. It assesses students on the basis of their last examination syllabi. The marks awarded are summed with the GT arrived at by computation on the basis of previous examination(details given above).The merit list is prepared on the basis of equal weightage to previously scored marks and admission test results.
Bridge or Remedial Courses
There is no provision for remedial/bridge coaching but the departments identify students with specific lacunae (i.e linguistic inability in the case of English students, conceptual difficulties in the case of pure science students ) by the end of the first half of the first year(i.e after the mid term examinations) and then extra classes and assignments are allotted to these students to enable them to stay on par with the rest.
Sensitization to Socio-environmental Issues
The college prospectus and the college website makes the social commitment of the college to equal opportunity, economic and social upliftment and environmental preservation very clear. Also the college is affiliated to the NSS and they undertake a number of projects(details given in relevant portion)towardsensitization.
Advanced Learners
The departments identify students with potential to excel and these are encouraged to avail of physical and digital resources of the library and laboratories, are sent to participate in conferences to increase exposure and encouraged to make creative endeavours to expand their horizons. To this end, each department has provisions for maintaining a certain number of advanced texts as seminar libraries especially for the use of advanced learners.
Drop out Risk Assessment
The college conducts mid-term examinations. Some departments conduct unit assignments. On the basis of performance until mid term, the departments conduct interfaces with parents, guardians of students and try to identify problem areas : academic, social or economic. The vulnerable sections often come from disadvantaged backgrounds and/or (are)first generation learners. The departments with the help of the college authorities try to identify the potential drop outs and try to strike a balance between counselling students and guardians while respecting their self respect and need for independence. The student’s welfare fund is used to help retain economically vulnerable students.
2.3 Teaching-Learning Process
Organization of Academic Plan
The college academic sub-committee devices an academic plan at the beginning of every academic session. The individual departments on the basis of these formulates a textwise/topic wise/ module wise as applicable. This is disseminated to the students along with the routine via the notice board and hard copies. The classes are taught using a combination of conventional lectures, project and field work based learning, using audio –visual mechanisms, soft copies of learning materials are disseminated in departments(like English) which have created a departmental id for this purpose. The college conducts two examinations(departments often have additional evaluative methods like tutorials and assignments)mid-term examination and Selection Examination. The results are collected and collated by the Result Sub-Committee and duly published on the notice boards. Soft copies are maintained by the same Committee while the exam is centrally conducted by the Internal Exam Committee. The departments make the scripts available for inspection by students and their parents and meeting results in counselling and formation of strategies for improvement of performance. Often students and guardians sign an undertaking pledging better effort in the University finals. These are mathods of exerting moral influence for improving performance. The evaluation process is structured, transparent and efficient in time management.
Contribution of the IQAC
The IQAC is newly formed and have already, by inspecting particulars of teaching and nonteaching performance(in the former case, CAS regulations make this inspection mandatory) made suggestions about maintainence of records on teaching duties,leave restrictions, duties outside teaching like evaluation. Committee duties etc is helping to structures the academic process for maximum utilization of resources. Student Centric Learning
The college encourages the use of a combination of conventional lecture methods and independent learning incentivization. to that end assignments in the form of minor projects, seminar lectures,tutorial method of supplementary teaching is encouraged.The central library has adequate student seating, the UGC sponsored network resource centre, othet ICT enabled teaching methods are adopted like the use of DTU, LCD Projectors in several laboratoty and model classes.Eclassrooms have not yet been introduced but has been proposed as the infrastructure is present already in atleast two departments(Commerce and Geography)
Nurturing Creative, Analytic and Innovative Thinking in Students
The institution has a large number of well equipped laboratories, and through a combination of grants from the UGC and other sources such as the MP LAD scheme have managed to aquire an impressive array of equipment (details provided in individual departmental profile reports and in Section 3 of the SSR.)Also the ICT facilities are varied and numerous. Not only is the college fully WiFi enabled, each department has and uses atleast one PC and one netbook for classroom teaching. There are more than three LCD projectors in the college, a network resource Centre(part of UGC grant). The library is a repository of more than 12000 books and efforts are on to digitise the catalogue and through the facility of INFLIBNET the college students and teachers will soon secure the services of a large number of digital academic journals. These are the methods through which by the providing of necessary infrastructure and observing enthusiastic researchers (the teachers are in a majority research fellows or involved in projects; details in Section 3 of SSR),who lead from the front,the college is commited to the production of a student body whowill be enthused to pursue higher academics in innovative ways.
Enriched Academic Inputs
More than 5 departments in the college have organised UGC sponsored state level or National Level Seminars, students and naturally teachers regularly attend and present papers at National and International conferences across India and publish regularly(details available in individual departmental SSRs and in Section 3 of the college SSR). The college arranges talks and lecture series by eminent persons. These are some methods by which the college is attempting to inspire intellectual enthusiasm in its students.
Academic and Psycho-social Guidance and Support
All attempts to guidance of students whether academic or psycho-social are made informally on a case to case basis based on personal acquaintance with students involved and involving stakeholder participation. There is yet no formal mechanism in place though there is a grievance redressal cell etc, guidance and counselling is done through the establishment of personal rapport. Though in the pipeline, the proposal for professional psychological mentoring has not yet materialised.
Innovative Teaching and Teaching Tools
The faculty of different departments take up varied methods but the common innovations used are: Organising seminar lecture competition among students every year Every department publishes a wall magazine highlighting concepts from individual disciplines. Setting assignments designed as small research projects to encourage the learning of methodological approaches to research.9Education, Commerce) Excursions to relevant sites as field visit even when not ompulsory.(History) Industry laboratory visits(Chemistry) Augmentting textual with audio visual inputs as in film viewing(English, Bengali, History) These are the common endeavours but there are others. Teachers in this college firmly believe that to prevents staleness is to encourage energy and innovation.
2.3.9 How are library resources used to augment the teaching- learning process?
Syllabus Completion and Challenges.
The institution(all departments therein) face the common problem of syllabus incompleteness. This is partly due to:
Loss of teaching time due to examinations, cocurricular and extra curricular activities.
Non attendance of students and poor class attendance leading to disruption of lesson plans.
Loss of resources through resignation of temporary teaching staff and delay in completing process of reappointment of replacement.
There is a constant attempt to readjust the academic routine, assign and take extra classes in study breaks take on additional class duties by the permeanant staff to complete the syllabus in time for the examinations. It is a very challenging task.
Institutional Evaluation of Teaching Learning
The institution takes constant feedback from all stakeholders in the teching learning process through various channels:
Students are encouraged to approach the Departmental Head,the institutional head. The
Academic Committee or through the Governing Body Students representative, the GB itself
to make feedback reports and evaluate or offer comments on academic processes.
Teachers can make feedback reports through the Academic Sub Committee , the Head of Institution and teachers representatives in the Governing body. The IQAC AND THE Teachers Council also collect, collate and analyze information . Parents and Guardians are encouraged during parent teacher meetings and at any time to seek interview with the head of institution to provide their feedback.
All feedback is given due weightage and discussed according to degree in the appropriate forum.
2.4 Teacher Quality
Highest Professor Associated Professor Assistant Professor Total qualification Male Female Male Female Male Female Permanent teachers D.Sc./D.Litt. Ph.D. 0 0 0 1 5 4 10 M.Phil 0 0 0 0 1 1 02 P.G. 0 0 1 0 6 4 11 Temporary teachers(Guest Lecturer) Ph.D. 2 1 3 M.Phil 1 1 2 P.G. 11 14 25 Part-time teachers Ph.D. 05 03 08 M.Phil. 01 04 05 P.G. 13 14 27 Contractual teachers Ph.D. 0 3 03 M.Phil 0 0 00 P.G. 1 3 04
Bioinformatics and Biotechnology
2.4.3 Providing details on staff development programmes during the last four years elaborate on the strategies adopted by the institution in enhancing the teacher quality.
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Academic Staff Development Programmes Number of faculty nominated All full time faculty(23) have attended atleast one refresher and one Orientation and some have attended two refreshers or one refresher and one summer/ winter school. The college has not yet organised any faculty development exercise yet nor have any faculty from the college been invited as resource person yet, to faculty enrichment programmes.
Evaluation Reforms
The college follows University reforms like preparing students who are unsuccessful in an elective subject in a year to sit for supplementary examinations so as to prevent year loss. Also the college prepares Honours students who have been granted Honours without the requisite percentage on the understanding that the backlog will be cleared in the following examination. All reforms in the form of project preparation as a part of internal marking is assiduously and scrupulously followed in the case of the Sciences, Environmental Science and Commerce subjects.
Formative and Summative Assessments and Weightages
The formative assessment is made during the Mid Term Examination evaluation. If required the student is counselled to take extra classes or to change an elective subject to another which will help him/her score better (elective English may be replaced by history if language is a problem for example). This helps in ascertaining that the final evaluation and the summation of both is an effective an error free as well as just evaluation of the student. Also student potential can be summatively judged if gradual progress in academic terms is seen together with other attributes like extra curricular achievements(a state level table tennis player can be given certain relaxations in academic evaluation in view of her sport potential, the same applies for a part time television actor) and attendance as well as discipline. Also, the evaluation process is extremely transparent as script showing is mandatory in most departments and relaxations if any from the announced norms is done within a stated frame decided on by the Academic Sub Committee. There is no scope for individualdiscretion in evaluation process as the decisions, scripts, results are all in the public domain. Graduate Attributes
The graduate attributes specified in the prospectus. The website of the college and the University state that asHEIs they feel duty bound and committed to the creation of socially responsible,morally just and balanced, economically viable and productive members of the community. The college believes that by encouraging diversity among students, creating a challenging, envigirating and exciting intellectual atmosphere encouraging healthy competition these goals may be approached if not achieved. The college learns by making mistakes but never giving up on its vision.
Grievance Redressal in Evaluation
The university allows re-examination of scripts on demand or if production in court for self examination by examinee on application under the RTI Act.If marks are found to be changed(or unchanged) in the case of re- examination, new marksheets are issued. In the case of the college, examinees are always shown examined scripts, allowed to clear doubts about evaluation and if complaint is found valid changes in marking are duly made and noted in the published result.
2.6. Student performance and Learning Outcomes Stated Learning Outcomes
The college announces examination promotion criteria(which is the same as the University) and Honours retention criteria in the prospectus and in the website. The same is reiterated in class. The selection criteria for Test Examination is similarly announced. If the College Academic Sub Committee makes an exception or relaxation it is announced after the Promotion Criteria meetings by the individual departments.
Course Wise Evaluation Analysis( four years )
Numberof students who passed as compared to number who appeared:
Departments 2011 2012 2013 2014
B.A(G) 156/232 , 66/205, 79/236, 119/336
B Com(G) 91/133, 22/86
BSc(G) 37/58, 23/48 , 46/88 , 36/86
Bengali 43/48 , 38/39, 40/44 , 36/47 Bio Chemistry 13/13, 3/7, 8/10, 7/9
Chemistry 9/9, 1/3, 11/11, 11/12
Commerce 65/67, 83/91, 46/46
Computer Science 12/12 , 12/14 , 11/13, 5/11
Economics 2/2, 3/3, 2/2 , 1/1
Education 17/19, 14/20, 22/27, 7/11
English 25/25, 13/19, 17/18, 10/10
Geography 33/34, 23/24, 34/34 , 45/45
History 30/34 , 19/29, 24/31, 23/26
Microbiology 19/22, 12/12, 14/16, 14/14
Political Science 25/25, 29/37, 25/26, 17/17
Zoology NA , 11/13, 16/19, 29/30
Analysis: The findings are that the results are more or less consistent with a few variants in particular years which since the general trend is constant may be taken as aberrations. Also, the Honours results are expectedly better. The real challenge for the college is not the academic results of those who take the finals but retaining the drop outs and ensuring that all students who are admitted are retained intil they gain their degrees.
Learning Outcome and Analysis
The institution assigns a result committee whose task it is to collect, collate and publish the results of Mid Term and Selection Examinations. This data is stored digitally and data through the session is departmentally and generally discussed in the final Academic Sub-Committee meeting to decide strategies of evaluation and selection criteria, attendance criteria ,changes if required in teaching pattern, necessity of counselling or extra classes. The aim always is to use self assessment to identify loopholes in student instruction and strategising as to how it can be overcome in the next session.
CRITERION III: RESEARCH, CONSULTANCY AND EXTENSION
3.1 Promotion of Research
3.1.1 Does the institution have recognized research center/s of the affiliating University or any other agency/organization?
Nil
3.1.2 Does the Institution have a research committee to monitor and address the issues of research? If so, what is its composition? Mention a few recommendations made by the committee for implementation and their impact.
NIL
3.1.3 What are the measures taken by the institution to facilitate smooth progress and implementation of research schemes/ projects?
The college provides complete autonomy to the principal researcher regarding his/her research work. It also offers infrastructural services as much possible within the college. The researcher is allowed to use the college resources in terms of library, laboratory and e-resources if required by the investigator. The college also looks into the easy and speedy disbursement of funds when sent by the funding authorities. The college facilitate timely auditing and submission of utilization certificate to the funding authorities: College provides necessary support to the researcher in terms of preparing the utilization certificate and submitting it to the funding authorities.
3.1.4 What are the efforts made by the institution in developing scientific temper and research culture and aptitude among students? a) All the departments of the college encourage the students to attend/ participate in various seminars and workshops organised within the college and elsewhere from where the students can gain knowledge regarding latest research and developmental work done in the respective fields. b)Departments like Education and History have often organised educational excursions, going beyond the prescribed curriculum activities of the Undergraduate courses of the University of Calcutta. c) Voluntary projects are also often undertaken by departments to inculcate scientific temperament among the students.
3.1.5 Give details of the faculty involvement in active research (Guiding student research, leading Research Projects, engaged in individual/collaborative research activity, etc.
Guiding student research: Presently two of our faculty members are involved in guiding research scholars registered under
Leading Research Projects/ engaged in collaborative research activities: Currently two Assistant Professors of Education (Dr. Pintu Kumar Maji) and Geography (Smt. Prashasti Bhattacharya) departments are engaged in Minor Research Projects and One Assistant Professor of the department of Bengali, Dr. Tanmay Bir has been sanctioned a Major Research Project under UGC.
An exhaustive list of minor research projects undertaken by the faculty members in the recent years is given in 3.______
3.1.6 Give details of workshops/ training programmes/ sensitization programmes conducted/organized by the institution with focus on capacity building in terms of research and imbibing research culture among the staff and students.
Workshops/ training programmes/sensitization programmes have not been conducted by the institute. However, the college has organized various departmental seminars at state and national levels funded by the UGC or self financed.
3.1.7 Provide details of prioritised research areas and the expertise available with the institution.
The GIS laboratory set up by the department of Geography is proposed to be developed as a prioritized research area.
3.1.8 Enumerate the efforts of the institution in attracting researchers of eminence to visit the campus and interact with teachers and students?
Lecture series or One-day talks are organised from time to time by various departments where eminent personalities are invited to interact with the students. The institution encourages such programmes and if and as much possible allows financial aids as well. The college also tries to create and maintain environment congenial to conducting such lectures and interactions.
Some of such organised activities are listed here as examples:
Bengali department has organized in 2014 a lecture on Bengali Literature from Bangladesh by Dr. Prakash Dasgupta, Lecturer, University of Chittagong Department of Biochemistry has organized a one day talk on Environmental toxicity by Dr. Aditi Nag Choudhury, Associate Professor, Lady Brabourn College. Department of English organized lecture by Dr. Srimati Mukherjee, Basanti Devi college, Associate Prof, delivered a lecture on Feminist Readings of the Indian English Literature.
3.1.9 What percentage of the faculty has utilized Sabbatical Leave for research activities? How has the provision contributed to improve the quality of research and imbibe research culture on the campus?
No sabbatical leave has been utilized by any of the faculties of this college.
3.1.10 Provide details of the initiatives taken up by the institution in creating awareness/advocating/ transfer of relative findings of research of the institution and elsewhere to students and community (lab to land)
Nil
3.2 Resource Mobilization for Research
3.2.1 What percentage of the total budget is earmarked for research? Give details of major heads of expenditure, financial allocation and actual utilization.
Research work undertaken by the faculties of this college is chiefly facilitated by the funding agencies. The college budget does not have any provision for research.
3.2.2 Is there a provision in the institution to provide seed money to the faculty for research? If so, specify the amount disbursed and the percentage of the faculty that has availed the facility in the last four years?
The institution does not have any provision to provide seed money to the faculty members to undertake any research projects. Most of the research projects carried on by the college faculties are funded by other agencies like UGC or other universities.
3.2.3 What are the financial provisions made available to support student research projects by students?
The college at the present is unable to provide any such assistance to the students
3.2.4 How does the various departments/units/staff of the institute interact in undertaking inter-disciplinary research? Cite examples of successful endeavors and challenges faced in organizing interdisciplinary research.
The college organises various state-level and national-level seminars and inter-disciplinary participations are highly encouraged. College faculties also interact regarding paper presentations and participations in seminars or workshops organised by other institutes. However, since the college offers primarily core subjects in the undergraduate level, it does not have much scope and infrastructure for inter-departmental research programmes within the campus.
The college publishes inter-departmental academic journals to create a common platform for the related subjects to showcase their research. It also provides students a window into the world of interdisciplinary research.
Some of the relevant activities are listed below. i) Robotics and Embedded System Design in collaboration with Computer Science and Physics departments of Sarsuna College and IIT Bombay organised a two-day workshop and a competition on Robotics on 9th and 10th of March, 2015. ii)In the two-day state level seminar organised by the department of Geography, Sarsuna College in collaboration with Kolkata Municipal Corporation and CAD centre of Jadavpur University in 2011 on Geographical Appraisal of the City of Joy’s Environmental Well-being, papers were presented by Madhab Sarkar (Asstt Prof. Bengali), Piyali Dasgupta (Asstt. Prof. Economics) iii) Sarottama Majumdar of English department presented a paper in the UGC sponsored National level seminar organised by Economics department on Sustainability and Environment. iv) Dr. Tanmay Bir of Bengali department of this college presented a paper in the UGC sponsored two-day National Seminar organised by the department of Political Science of this college. v) College allowed participation of a large number of faculties from a number of departments in the seminar organised to promote and provide guidance regarding Bengali Wikipedia organised by Wikimedia, India chapter, in collaboration with Jadavpur University on occasion of ten years celebration of Bangla Wikipedia. Dr. Tanmay Bir, of the department of Bengali, Sarsuna College, also the Joint convenor of the seminar was the chief facilitator between the college and the department.
3.2.5 How does the institution ensure optimal use of various equipment and research facilities of the institution by its staff and students?
The responsibility of maintaining the laboratories and their equipments rests with the respective departmental staff complete with the teachers and technical assistants. They work as a group to ensure that the laboratories are being optimally used and any such practice that might lead to misuse of instruments are not only discouraged but also penalised on a case to case basis and at the discretion of the laboratory in-charge and the teacher-in charge.
3.2.6 Has the institution received any special grants or finances from the industry or other beneficiary agency for developing research facility? If ‘yes’ give details.
A few departments of the college has received grants from various beneficiary agencies for developing research facility.
i) The MLA LAD has sanctioned and disbursed a sum of 17 lakhs for setting up of GIS and Remote Sensing laboratory in the first phase and 15 lakhs have been sanctioned for the second phase. This has helped the department of Geography of this college to set up GIS and Remote Sensing laboratory with future plans of providing students training in this area and also generating revenue for the college. ii) Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India, sanctioned project on active targeting of nanoparticles grafted with ligands to cells of the reticuloendothelial system by receptor mediated endocytosis and their application against macrophage-associated diseases., sanctioning rupees 36.75 lakhs for the duration of 2008-12 to Dr. Samchaita Lala of the Botany department. This project has helped her to contribute greatly to the development of research facility in the college.
3.2.7. Enumerate the support provided to the faculty in securing research funds from various funding agencies, industry and other organisations. Provide details of ongoing and completed projects and grants received during the last four years.
MINOR RESEARCH PROJECT
Nature of Duration Title Funding Total grant Total grant the project agency received till Sanctioned Received date (in Rs.) (in Rs)
Minor March 2012 Topological UGC 159599 159599 Full Research to March Entropy of a amount Project 2014 Compact/ disbursed Non compact set (via measure theory): An Overview and Estimation
March 2012 Chemistry of UGC 1,48,000 1,48,000 Full to March the Platinum amount 2014 Metals disbursed Incorporating Organosulfur azo and Schiff Base Ligands:
Synthesis, Structure and Exploration of Reactivity.
November Two UGC 1,54,000 1,54,000 Full 2011 to dimensional amount November warranty disbursed 2013 analysis: some issues
February Inclusive UGC 1,02000 1,2000 Full 2012 to growth in amount February West Bengal disbursed 2013 with Special Reference to Howrah District
78,000 61,500
February Prasasthi UGC 260000 190000 190000 2015 to February 2017
January2012 Ishwar UGC 1,12,000 1,12,000 Full to February sandhan o amount 2013 prakriti disbursed sambhog
2011-12 “Impact of UGC 2,70,000 2,70,000 Full Socio- amount Economic disbursed Determinants on Mental Health Outcomes in West Bengal”
2012-13 .“Inclusive UGC 2,70,000 2,70,000 Full Growth in amount West Bengal disbursed with special reference to Howrah District”
Major Research Project
3.3 Research Facilities
3.3.1 What are the research facilities available to the students and research scholars within the campus?
There is a well-stocked library with access to internet and e-journals. Internet facility with INFLIBNET connection is made available to both teachers and students.
The Chemistry laboratory has facility to analyse unknown samples and compounds for medical research and industrial research purpose with the help of FTIR spectrophotometer (Perkin Elmer) and UV-visible spectrophotometer (Perkin Elmer).
Department of Geography has a laboratory on GIS and Remote Sensing to facilitate further research on this subject.
Various laboratories with modern set-up are there to help students carry on various projects as prescribed by the University.
3.3.2 What are the institutional strategies for planning, upgrading and creating infrastructural facilities to meet the needs of researchers especially in the new and emerging areas of research?
The college regularly seeks grants from various sources like UGC and other government agencies to create new infrastructure and upgrade the existing ones. Outcomes of such endeavours are mentioned below:
The Chemistry laboratory has plans to analyze unknown samples and compounds for medical research and industrial research purpose with the help of FTIR spectrophotometer (Perkin Elmer) and UV-visible spectrophotometer (Perkin Elmer). This would in future help in generating revenues and seeking new collaborations with medical and chemical research centers.
Computer Science departments have plans to further collaborate with the IIT Bombay, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Roorkie and IIM Calcutta for faculty and student exchange programme. It has already collaborated with the IIT Bombay Robotics Research Group and organised a workshop cum competition as the first step towards this venture. 3.3.3 Has the institution received any special grants or finances from the industry or other beneficiary agency for developing research facilities?? If ‘yes’, what are the instruments / facilities created during the last four years.
No such grants have been received from the industry.
3.3.4 What are the research facilities made available to the students and research scholars outside the campus / other research laboratories?
The institution does not have any such tie-up/ agreement with any research institute. However, the faculties through their personal relations are able to organise interaction and observation in various research institutes or universities on a case to case basis.
3.3.5 Provide details on the library/ information resource center or any other facilities available specifically for the researchers?
The library as a resource centre is available for all the faculties involved in research. The library as well as the staff-room work-stations have access to the research journals through INFLIBNET.
Being an undergraduate college the library nevertheless lacks in the sophisticated educational infrastructure required in promoting doctoral or post-doctoral or other research projects.
3.3.6 What are the collaborative research facilities developed/ created by the research institutes in the college. For ex. Laboratories, library, instruments, computers, new technology etc.
Robotics GIS laboratory of the college is seeking a collaboration with Geological Survey of India, Kolkata and doing the needful in this regard. 3.4. Research Publications and Awards
3.4.1 Highlight the major research achievements of the staff and students in terms of
Patents obtained and filed (process and product) Original research contributing to product improvement: Research studies or surveys benefiting the community or improving the services: 1. Piyali Dasgupta, Assistant Professor, economics of this college has done substantive research on mental health and community. A few such projects are: a. A minor research project entitled “Impact of Socio-Economic Determinants on Mental Health Outcomes in West Bengal” funded by UGC. It has provided important insights regarding mental health issues as these affect individual capabilities, freedoms and economic welfare which in turn are the key to rationality, perception and wellbeing in consumption and production behaviour. b. A project entitled as “Realizing the Significance of Socio-Economic Triggers for Mental Health Outcomes in India” with the association of Antonio Rodríguez Andrés, Assistant Professor, AUI (Morocco), Bidisha Chakraborty, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics J.U and Siddhartha Mitra, Professor, Department of Economics, J.U and this project has been funded by CAS, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University. This study estimates the impact of socio economic triggers (urbanization, unemployment, poverty, education and crime against women) on suicide rates on the basis of Indian state level panel data for the period 1992 to 2009 using Fixed Effect Panel estimation and finds that urbanization and crimes against women increase suicide rates, regardless of gender. c. Dr. Tanmay Bir has contributed greatly in the field of standardization of Bengali style sheet, development of Bengali e-zine and web-zine and has presented a number of papers on this topic at various seminars as well as have a number of published papers. d. Dr. Chameli Pandit has done her research project on “Inclusive growth in West Bengal with special reference to Howrah district”.
3.4.2 Does the Institute publish or partner in publication of research journal(s)? If ‘yes’, indicate the composition of the editorial board, publication policies and whether such publication is listed in any international database?
Several departments of the college bring out research journals though they are not yet listed in any international database yet. This is one of the recent practices adopted by the college to allow departments to come out with their research journals in order to provide the faculty a wider platform to showcase their research work and also help enhance the research quality. It also allows our students to easily access important research work being done in their respective fields. Efforts are being made to make these journals peer-reviewed and obtain issn nos for them.
Following is a list of college published journals: Journal Department Year of first No. Of volumes Editorial board Publication name publication published policy Ecosta Economics and 2014 1 Chameli College statistics Mondal Pandit published. and Sanjib Contributor Gupta y insts were given. Saparja Bengali 2005 7 There is an Published advisory board by the comprising of college. eminent scholars of Bengali literature. The editorial board comprises of the teachers of this college, Dr. Tanmay Bir and Sri Madhab Sarkar. Sarsuna Political Science 2010 2 Arun Kumar Published Journal of Dawn, by Sarsuna Political Sushmita College Science Medha and Arpan Mondal DJCS Comp sc 2015 (to be published)
Publication per faculty:
Number of papers published by faculty and students in peer reviewed journals (national / international):
Number of publications listed in International Database(for Eg: Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.)
Economics
Piyali Das Gupta:
i) Andrés, A.R., Chakraborty, B. Dasgupta, P., Mitra, S. (2014), Realizing the significance of socio-economic triggers for mental health outcomes in India, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (Elsevier), June,50 - 57.*IFI 8.349,
Geography
Arpita Bhattacharjee:
1. “The World Trade Organization (WTO) and Developing countries: A Fact File in Brief”, Proceeding Vol-I, pg 14-20, International Conference on Globalization and sustainable Development: Perspective of Digital Revolution and Environmental Management. August 23-25, 2002.
2. “The impact of climatogenetic Zones and Pedogeomorphic surfaces on landuse pattern in a
Profile section of Godavari-Mahanandi Basin”, XXV Indian Geography Congress, National
Association of Geographers, India, Dec 27-29, 2003.
3.“Geomorphological Appraisal of Upper Wunna Watershed, Nagpur district, Maharashtra”, Indian Journal of Landscape systems and Ecological studies, Institute of Landscape, Ecology, and Ekistics, Volume:- 2 pg 97-102, 2006 June [ISSN NO. 0971-4170]. 4. “Land resource and management, sustainable development through agriculture in the 21st century”, proceeding volume of UGC sponsored National Seminar on Sustainable development: An interdisciplinary approach, Sept. 23-24, 2011, pg 30-38.
5. “Climate change and threat to environment: Problems and Prospects of sustainable water management”, proceeding volume of UGC sponsored State level Seminar on Environmental Degradation and Strategies for conservation and management, Nov. 24-25, 2011, pg 56-
6.“Climate change and Eco-tourism- a strategy for nature conservation”, proceeding volume of UGC Sponsored National Seminar on changing Environmental Scenario of Indian Subcontinent: AGeographical Appraisal, Nov. 25 -26th, 2011, Pg- 61-67. 7. “Solar UV radiation and global climate change: interactive effects on Biogeochemical cycling”, UGC Sponsored National Level Seminar on Education for Sustainable Development in 21st century, Oct – 4 –5th, 2012, pg- 231-238.
Debasmita Ghosh
1) Debasmita Ghosh. “Child Labours in West Bengal: A Spatio-Temporal Analysis.” Geographical Review of India, Volume 70; Number 1; March 2008; pp71-79.
2) Debasmita Ghosh, Sanyukta Roy. “Micro-level Study about a Buddhist Agglomeration-A Case Study of Maheshtala Municipality, 24 Paraganas (south).” Indian Journal of Landscape Systems and Ecological Studies, Volume 33; Number 2; December 2010; pp679-684.
Prashasti Bhattacharyya
1. Prashasti Bhattacharyya, A Brief Appraisal of Transforming Living Space of South Kolkata, The International Journal of Humanities & Social Science, April Issue, 2014. [ISSN 2321-9203; IF: 0.587]
2. Prashasti Bhattacharyya, Crimescape Analysis of Kolkata, the City of Joy, International Journal of Innovative Research & Development, Vol. 3, Issue 4, March, 2014. [ISSN: 2278 – 0211; IC Value: 6.19]
3. Prashasti Bhattacharyya, A Geographical Perusal of Deviance in Kolkata, Abstract in Pre-Seminar Proceeding Volume and Paper in Post–Seminar Proceeding Volume of National Seminar on Contemporary Research in Geography, 14th- 15th March, 2014
4. Prashasti Bhattacharyya and Sumana Ghatak, A Transforming City and its Changing State of Environmental Wellbeing: A Special Emphasis on South Kolkata; Abstract in Pre-Seminar Proceeding Volume and Paper in Post –Seminar Proceeding Volume of UGC sponsored State-level Seminar on Geographical Appraisal of the City of Joy’s Environmental Wellbeing , 2012, Kolkata.
5.The Crime Component of Kolkata’s Social Environment: A Brief Study, Asian Studies, Vol.XXV, June-December 2007, pg.47-69, Netaji Institute for Asian Studies, Kolkata.
Rituparna Hajra
Journals:
Hajra, R. and Ghosh, T. (2014). Formulation of Methodological Approach for Sustainable Tourism Using ‘GSTC’ Criteria: A Case Study of Sagar Island, India. International Journal of Innovative Research & Development, Vol 3, Issue 1, p. 305-309. [ISSN: 2278 – 0211; IC Value: 6.19]
Hajra, R., Mitra, R., Ghosh, T., (2014). Assessing the Indicator Based Sustainability: A Pragmatic Approach. The International Journal Of Humanities & Social Studies Vol 2, Issue 1, p. 39-43. [ISSN 2321 – 9203; IF: 0.587]
Hajra, R., Mitra, R., and Ghosh, T. (2012). Impact of Gangasagar Mela on Sustainability of Sagar Island, West Bengal, India. International Journal of Research in Chemistry and Environment, Vol. 2, Issue 1, pp. 140-144 [ISSN 2248-9649].[IC Value (2012) - 5.35]
Book Chapter:
Ghosh, T., Hajra, R. and Mukhopadhyay, A. (2014). Island Erosion and Afflicted Population: Crisis and Policies to Handle Climate Change. In: International Perspectives on Climate Change: Latin America and Beyond. Ed: Filho Leal, Fátima Alves, Sandra Caeiro and Ulisses Azeiteiro, IX, 217- 226, Springer. [ISBN 978-3-319-04488-0]
Papers in Proceedings and Edited Volumes:
Hajra, R., Mukhopadhyay, A., Huq, H., Rahman, Md, R. and Ghosh, T. (2013). Crisis and Policy for the Environmental Refugees in Ghoramara Island (India). 4th International Conference on Water and Flood Management, ICWFM-2013, 9-11 March 2013. Institute of Water and Flood Management, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Vol. 2, pp. 459- 465. [ISBN: 978-984-33-7310-6].
Hajra, R., Mitra, R., Ghosh T.,[2011] Pollution Potential of Annual Religious Gathering of Sagar Island and The Issue of Coastal Sustainability, Proceedings of National Seminar on Advances in Environmental Science and Technology, Kolkata,5th & 6th February, 2011. 106- 111.
Hajra, R., Das, D.,(2009) Impact of conversion of Agricultural Land into Fisheries, Sarberia- Agarhati Gram Panchayat, North 24 Parganas ,Journal of Indian National Cartographic Association, Volume 29, 2009, pp. 342- 349.
Satabdi Das 1.A Study on Trend of Air Quality in Some Industrial Cities of West Bengal; in proceedings of International Seminar On Environmental Perspectives And Resource Management 19th-20th December, 2014, organised by Institute Of Landscape Ecology And Ekistics, Kolkata, 2014. ISBN: 978-81-928047-4-3
Computer Science
Arijit Choudhury: a) A NOVEL SCHEME FOR DATA ENCRYPTION TECHNIQUE, IJMA, ISSN 2229 – 5046, 2013
Saptarshi Naskar as a Co-author: a) “Obscure History of Graphs”, S.S.Sarma, S.Naskar, K.Basuli, and R.Halder, The ICFAI University Journal of Computer Sciences, Vol. III, No. 2, pp.74-78, 2009. b) “An Internet-based IP Protection Scheme for Circuit Designs using Linear Feedback Shift Register(LFSR)-based Locking”, R.Halder, P.S.Dasgupta, S.Naskar, and S.S.Sarma, SBCCI’09, August 31st - September 3rd, 2009, Natal, RN, Brazil, Copyright 2009 ACM 978-1-60558-705-9. c) “Generation of All Spanning Trees of a Simple, Symmetric Connected Graph”, K. Basuli, S. Naskar, S.S.Sarma, SSRN, id: 1529902, December 30, 2009 d) “Generation of All Spanning Trees”, S. Naskar, K. Basuli, and S.S.Sarma, SSRN, id: 1433035, December 30, 2009 e) “A Close Encounter with Intractability”, S.S.Sarma, S. Naskar, and K. Basuli, SSRN, id: , December 30, 2009 f) “An internet-based IP protection scheme for circuit designs using linear feedback shift register (LFSR)-based locking.”, Raju Halder, Parthasarathi Dasgupta, Saptarshi Naskar, Samar Sen- Sarma, In Ivan Saraiva Silva, Renato Perez Ribas, Calvin Plett, editors, Proceedings of the 22st Annual Symposium on Integrated Circuits and Systems Design: Chip on the Dunes, SBCCI 2009, Natal, Brazil, August 31 - September 03, 2009. ACM, 2009. g) “Connectedness of a Graph from its Degree Sequence and it is Relevent with Reconstruction Conjecture”, S. Naskar, K. Basuli, and S.S.Sarma, Journal of Global Research in Computer Science, Vol.1, No.1, ISSN-2229-371X, August 2010. h) “Role of Degree Sequence in Determination of Maximal Clique of a Graph”, K. Basuli, S. Naskar, and S.S.Sarma, Journal of Global Research in Computer Science, Vol.1, No.2, ISSN- 2229-371X, October 2010. i) “Generation of All Spanning Trees a Combinatorial Approach”, S. Naskar, K. Basuli, and S.S.Sarma, Journal of Global Research in Computer Science, Vol.1, No.4, pp. 68-74, ISSN-2229- 371X, November 2010. j) “An Internet-based IP Protection Scheme for Circuit Design using Linear Feedback Shift Register-based Locking”, R. Halder, P.S. Dasgupta, S. Naskar, and S.S.Sarma, IAENG, 2010. k) “Application of MODBUS Protocol in Serial Port Data Communication”, S.Sarkar, S. Naskar, and K. Basuli, European Conference for Academic Discipline, Organized by The International Journal of Arts and Science, Gottenheim Germany, November 29 - December 3, 2010. l) “An Internet-based IP Protection Scheme for Circuit Design using Linear Feedback Shift Register-based Locking”, R. Halder, P.S. Dasgupta, S. Naskar, and S.S.Sarma, Engineering Letters, Engineering Letters Year: 2011 Vol. 19 Issue: 2 Pages/record No.: 84-94. m) “Extracting Plain Text from Corrupted Word Document”, S. Naskar, S. Sarkar, and K. Basuli, Journal of Global Research in Computer Science, Vol. 2, No. 8, pp. 21- 23, ISSN-2229-371X, August 2011. n) Spanning Tree Generation in the Limelight, CCSIT, LNICST 86, pp 188-192, 2012. o) Reconstruction Conjecture, CCSIT, LNICST 86, pp 17-25, 2012. p) Minimizing Boolean Sum of Products Functions Using Binary Decision Diagram, IJCSEA, Volume 2, Number 1, pp. 73-86, February 2012. q) A NOVEL SCHEME FOR DATA ENCRYPTION TECHNIQUE, IJMA, ISSN 2229 – 5046, 2013. r) Cell Phone Operated Land Rover a Novel Approach. IJAIM 2.3 (2013): pp 47-50. s) An Efficient Data Encryption Technique, Euro-American Conference, 3-April-2014.
Chemistry
Ashis Dey : “A novel technique for the fabrication of Near-Net-Shape CMCs” by A. Dey, M. Chatterjee, M. K. Naskar, S. K. Dalui and K. Basu, Bull. Mater. Sci., Vol. 25, No. 6, 2002.
“Near-net-shape fibre reinforced ceramic matrix composites by the sol infiltration technique”, A. Dey, M. Chatterjee, M. K. Naskar, K. Basu, Materials Letters, 57 (2003) 2919-2926.
“Effects of processing parameters on the fabrication of near-net-shape fibre reinforced oxide ceramic matrix composites via sol-gel route” M. K. Naskar, M. Chatterjee, A. Dey and K. Basu, Ceramic International, 30 (2004), 257-265.
“Characterization and dielectric properties of polyaniline-TiO2 nanocomposites”; Ashis Dey, Sukanta De, Amitabha De and S. K. De; Nanotechnology, 15 (2004) 1277-1283.
“Charge transport mechanism of vanadium pentoxide xerogel - Polyaniline nanocomposite”; Sukanta De, Ashis Dey and S. K. De; The European Physical Journal B., 46 (2005) 355-361.
“Electrical transport and dielectric relaxation in Fe3O4-polypyrrole hybrid nanocomposites, Ashis Dey, Amitabha De and S. K. De, J. Phys: Condens. Matter, 17 (2005) 5895-5910.
“Proton and electron conduction in polymer intercalated vanadium pentoxide xerogel”, Sukanta De, Ashis Dey, and S. K. De, Solid State Ionics, 177 (2006) 245.
“Characterization and transport properties of intercalated polypyrrole - vanadium pentoxide xerogel nanocomposite”; Sukanta De, Ashis Dey and S. K. De; Solid State Communications, 137 (2006) 662.
“Giant dielectric constant in titania nanoparticles embedded in conducting polymer matrix”, Ashis Dey, Sukanta De, Amitabha De and S. K. De, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol, 6 (2006) 1427-1436.
Impedance and dielectric spectra in zirconia-polypyrrole hybrid nanocomposites, Ashis Dey and S. K. De, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 39 (2006) 4077-4086.
Conductivity relaxation in zirconia nanoparticles dispersed in conducting polymer, Ashis Dey and S. K. De, J. Appl. Poly. Sci. 105 (2007) 2225-2235.
Large dielectric constant in zirconia polypyrrole hybrid nanocomposites, Ashis Dey and S. K. De, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol, 7 (2007) 2010-2015.
Structure, morphology and ionic conductivity of solid polymer electrolyte Arup Dey, S. Karan, Ashis Dey and S.K. De, Mater. Res. Bull. 46 (2011) 2009-2015.
Suparna Pal
1."Dimeric Phenanthrenes from the orchid Bulbophyllum reptans" by Majumder.P.L.,Pal.S. & Majumder.S. Phytochemistry,1999,50,891-897
2. "Rigidanthrin,a new dimeric phenanthrene derivative of the orchid Bulbophyllum rigidum" by Majumder.P.L.,Bandyopadhyay.S & Pal. S.,J.Indian chem..Soc.,2008,85,1116-1123
3."A Steroidal ester from Coelogyne Uniflora" by Majumder P.L.& Pal.S.,Phytochemistry,1990,29(8),2717-2720.
4. "Occurrence of lignans in the orchidaceae plants Lusia volucris and Bulbophyllum triste" by Majumder.P.L.,Lahiri.S.& Pal.S.,J.Indian Chem.Soc.,1994,71,645-647.
5."Rotundatin,a new 9,10-dihydrophenanthrene derivative from Dendrobium rotundatum" by Majumder.P.L. & Pal.S.,Phytochemistry,1992,31(9),3225-3228.
6."Cumulatin and tristin,two bibenzyl derivatives from the orchids Dendrobium Cumulatum and Bulbophyllum triste"by Majumder.P.L. & Pal.S.,Phytochemistry, 1993,32(6),1561-1565.
7. "A novel method of carbon-carbon bond formation at the benzylic carbon of 9,10- dihydrophenanthropyrans with methyl ketones by the action of phosmolybdic acid on silica gel support" by Majumder P.L. & Pal.S.,J.Indian Chem.Soc.,1993.
Dr. Ujjwal Das :
RhCl3-Assisted C-H and C-S Bond Scissions: Isomeric Self-Association of Organorhodium(III) Thiolato Complex. Synthesis, Structure, and Electrochemistry
K. Pramanik, U. Das, B. Adhikari, D. Chopra and H. Stoeckli-Evans, Inorg. Chem., 2008, 47, 429–438.
Botany Chapter in Books Mithu Biswas (Das): i) Singh A, Das M, Bal S and Banerjee R. (2014) Rice Processing (Chapter 4) In: Engineering Aspects of Cereal and Cereal- Based Products Ed. Raquel de Pinho Ferreira Guine’ Paula Maria dos Reis Correia; CRC Press, Taylor & Francis. (ISBN 13: 978-1-4398-8702-8) ii) Bhanja T, Das M, Banerjee R.(2008) Downstream Processing of Biologicals: A Strategic Approach.(Chapter 9) In: Advances in Fermentation Technology Ed. A. Pandey, C. Larroche, C. R. Soccol and C. Dussap; Asiatech Publishers Inc., . (ISBN 13: 978-8-1876- 8018-5 )
Sanchaita Lala: i) Basu M.K. and Lala S. (2006) Nanoparticulate Drug Delivery to the Reticulo-endothelial System and to Associated Disorders.(Chapter 21) In: Nanoparticulates as Drug Carriers. Ed. Torchilin V.P. Imperial College Press, London pp. 463-480. (ISBN 1-86094-630-5)
Publications in National and International Journals :
Dr. Mithu Biswas (Das) : i) Das M., Banerjee R., Bal S.(2008) Evaluation of Physicochemical Properties of Enzyme Treated Brown Rice (Part B) J. of Food Science and Technology, 41 (10): 2092-2097. (*Citations 30 *SNIP 0.380 *SJR 0.210 *IF 2.545) ii) Das M., Gupta S., Kapoor V., Banerjee R., Bal S.(2008) Enzymatic Polishing of Rice – A New Processing Technology (Part A), J. of Food Science and Technology, 41 (10): 2079-2084. (*Citations 37 *SNIP 0.380 *SJR 0.210 *IF 2.545) iii) Das M., Banerjee R., Bal S.(2008) Multivariable parameter optimization for endoglucanase production by Trichoderma reesei Rut C-30 from Ocimum gratissimum seed J. Braz. Arch. Biol. Technol. 51 (1): 35 – 41. (*Citations 11 *SNIP *SJR: *IF 0.45) iv) Roy R, Das M., Banerjee R., Bhowmick AK.(2006) Comparative studies on crosslinked and uncrosslinked natural rubber biodegradation by Pseudomonas sp., Bioresource Technology, 97 : 2485-2488. (*Citations 7 *SNIP 1.988 *SJR 1.342 *IF- 4.980) v) Roy R., Das M, Banerjee R., Bhowmick AK. (2006) Comparative studies on rubber biodegradation through solid-state and submerged fermentation, Process Biochemistry, 41 :181-186.(*Citations 13 *SNIP 1.562 *SJR 1.172 *IF- 2.627)
Sanchaita Lala :
i) Maity A., Hazra A., Palit P., Mondal S., Lala S., Mondal N.B.(2013) The cytotoxic effects of diketopiperazines against Leishmania donovani promastigotes and amastigotes. Medicinal Chemistry Research 22(7): 3452-3458.(*Citations 3 *SNIP 0.800 *SJR 0.355 *IF 1.612) ii) Bhowal S.K, Lala S., Hazra A, Paira P., Banerjee S., Mondal N.B., Chakraborty S.(2008) Synthesis and assessment of fertility-regulating potential of 2-(2''-chloroacetamidobenzyl)-3- (3'-indolyl) quinoline in adult rats as a male contraceptive agent. Contraception. 77(3): 214- 222. (*Citations 10 * SNIP 1.096 *SJR 1.333 *IF 2.327) iii) Lala S., Gupta S., Sahu N.P., Mandal D., Mondal N.B., Moulik S.P., Basu M.K.(2006) Critical evaluation of the therapeutic potential of bassic acid entrapped in oil-in-water microemulsions and poly-lactide nanoparticles against experimental leishmaniasis. Journal of Drug Targeting 14(4):171-179. (*Citations 20 *SNIP 0.671 *SJR 0.715 * IF 1.699) iv) Gupta S., Lala S., Sanyal S.K., Dutta S., Basu M.K., Moulik S.P.(2005) Designing and testing of an effective oil-in-water microemulsion drug delivery system for in vivo application. Drug Delivery. 12(5): 267-273. (*Citations 29 *SNIP 0.534 *SJR 0.385 *IF 1.067 ) v) Tyagi R., Lala S., Verma A.K., Nandy A.K., Mahato S.B., Maitra A.N., Basu M.K.(2005) Targeted delivery of arjunglucoside I using surface hydrophilic and hydrophobic nanocarriers to combat experimental leishmaniasis. Journal of Drug Targeting. 13(3): 161- 171. (*Citations 48 *SNIP 0.615 *SJR 0.706 *IF 1.569 ) vi) Basu M.K. and Lala S. (2004) Macrophage specific drug delivery in experimental leishmaniasis. (Review) Current Molecular Medicine. 4(6):681-689.(*Citations 51 *SNIP 1.095 *SJR 1.779 *I.F. 4.94 ) vii)Lala S., Pramanick S, Mukhopadhyay S., Bandyopadhyay S., Basu M.K (2004). Harmine: Evaluation of its antileishmanial properties in various delivery systems. Journal of Drug Targeting. 12(3): 165-175.(*Citations 68 , *SNIP 0.609 *SJR 0.696 *IF 1.907) viii)Lala S., Nandy A.K., Mahato S.B., Basu M.K. (2003) Delivery in vivo of 14-deoxy-11- oxoandrographolide, an antileishmanial agent, by different drug carriers. Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 40(3):169-174.(*Citations 18 *SNIP 0.267 *SJR 0.187 *IF 0.252 ) ix) Chakraborty S. and Lala S. (1998) Assessment of the antifertility effect of phaseolinone, an antileishmanial agent, in male rats. Contraception. 58(3):183-
Zoology
Indraneel Saha
1. Saha I, Das J, Maiti BR, Chatterji U.(2014?) A Protective Role of Arecoline Hydrobromide in Experimentally Induced Male Diabetic Rats. BioMed Research International. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/136738 (*Citations 0 *IF 2.706)
2. Saha I, Chatterjee A, Mondal A, Maiti BR, Chatterji U. (2011) Arecoline augments cellular proliferation in the prostate gland of male Wistar rats. J Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.255 (2):160-8. (*Citations 9 *SNIP 1.376 *SJR 1.569 *IF 4.141)
3. Pradhan D, Saha I, Chatterjee A, Mondal A, Sarkar S, Maiti BR. (2011) Alterations of circadian rhythms of thyroid-stimulating hormone, thyroid, adrenal and insulin hormones, and blood glucose profiles following lithium treatment in alternate Light-Dark, constant Light and constant Dark regimens in rats. Biol. Rhy. Res. 43 (3), 301-322 (*Citations 0 *SNIP 0.416 *SJR 0.173 *IF 0.654)
4. Saha I, Chatterji U, Chaudhuri-Sengupta S, Nag TC, Nag D, Banerjee S, Maiti BR. (2007) Ultrastructural and hormonal changes in the pineal-testicular axis following arecoline administration in rats. J Exp Zool Part A Ecol Genet Physiol. 307(4): 187-98. (*Citations 13 *SNIP 0.640 *SJR 0.540 *IF 1.27)
5. Saha I, Chatterji U, Chaudhuri_Sengupta S, Maiti BR. (2007) Suppression of circadian rhythm of pineal and testicular hormones following lithium treatment in normal and reversed light-dark cycles, constant light and constant dark in rats. Biol. Rhy. Res. 38 (1): 19-32. (*Citations 2*SNIP 0.377 *SJR 0.195 *IF 0.545)
6. Dasgupta R, Saha I, Pal S, Bhattacharyya A, Sa G, Nag TC, Das T, Maiti BR. (2006) Immunosuppression, hepatotoxicity and depression of antioxidant status by arecoline in albino mice. Toxicol. 227(1-2): 94-104. (*Citations 43 *SNIP 1.355 *SJR 1.021*IF 3.048)
Rituparna Biswas
1. Biswas R, Ghosh P, Banerjee N, Das JK, Sau T, Banerjee A, Roy S, Ganguly S, Chatterjee M, Mukherjee A and Giri A.K. Analysis of T cell proliferation and cytokine secretion in the individuals exposed to arsenic. Human and Experimental toxicology, 27 (2008) 381-386. (Impact factor : 1.407)
2. Biswas R, Poddar S and Mukherjee A. Investigation on the genotoxic effects of long term administration of sodium arsenite in bone marrow and testicular cells in vivo using the comet assay. Journal of environmental pathology, toxicology and oncology, 26 (2007) 29-37. (Impact factor : 0.877)
3. Biswas R and Mukherjee A. Effect of sodium arsenite on the induction of apoptosis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells of mice. Perspective in cytology and genetics. 13 (2007) 309-314.
Banerjee M, Sarma N, Biswas R, Roy J, Mukherjee A and Giri AK. DNA repair deficiency leads to susceptibility to develop arsenic induced premalignant skin lesions. International Journal of Cancer, 123 (2008) 283-287. (Impact factor : 5.007) Physics Suman Sinha :
Magnetoimpedance of a glass-coated amorphous microwire, Journal of Applied Physics, 105, 07A311 (2009), S. Sinha, B. Das and K. Mandal.
Magnetization dynamics in wire-shaped amorphous magnetic materials as probed by Barkhausen noise measurement, Journal of Physics D : Applied Physics, 40, 2710 (2007), S. Sinha, K. Mandal and B. Das.
Study of magnetic barkhausen noise from amorphous Fe70Ni8Si10B12 and Fe40Ni40B20 Ribbons, Journal of Non destructive Testing and Evaluation, 5, 49 (2006), S. Sinha and K. Mandal.
Giant magnetoimpedance in amorphous (Co0.93Fe0.07)63Ni10Si11B16 glass-coated microwire, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 302, 223 (2006), S. Sinha, K. Mandal and M. Vazquez.
Contributions to giant magnetoimpedance from different domain regions of Co68.15Fe4.35Si12.5B15 amorphous wire, Journal of Applied Physics, 99, 033901 (2006), K. Mandal, S. Sinha and P. Anil Kumar.
Size and temperature dependent cationic redistribution in NiFe2O4(SiO2) nanocomposites : positron annihilation and Mossbauer studies, Journal of Physics D : Applied Physics, 39, 4228 (2006), Subarna Mitra, K. Mandal, Suman Sinha, P M G Nambissan and S. Kumar.
Effect of tensile stress on the magnetic Barkhausen noise in amorphous Fe70Ni8Si10B12 ribbon, Indian Journal of Physics, 79(9), 991 (2005), S. Sinha and K. Mandal.
Tapati Banerjee :
1.The crystal and molecular structure of N-(3,4,5-trimethoxycinnamoyl)-Δ3-piperidine-2-one, an amide alkaloid (piperlongumine), C17H19NO5.’ Banerjee T; Chaudhuri, S. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 1986, 64(5), 876-80.
2. ‘Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of nickel(II) complexes with 3,5-dimethyl-1-(o- aminophenyl)pyrazole (DApPz): x-ray crystallographic studies of [Ni(DApPz)2(H2O)2]Cl2.H2O and [Ni(DApPz)2(NCS)2].H2O.’ Saha, N; Saha, A; Chaudhuri, S; Mak, T. C. W.; Banerjee, T; Roychoudhury, P. Polyhedron, 1992, 11(18), 2341-9.
3 ‘N-benzenesulfonylglycylglycine, (I),andtetrakis(μ-Nbenzenesulfonylglycyl glycinato) bis[aquacopper(II)](Cu-Cu)-water (1/4), (II).’ Mukherjee, K; Banerjee, T; Roychowdhury, P; Yamane, Takashi. Acta Crystallographica, Section C: Crystal Structure Communications, 1995, C51(10), 2025-8.
4.‘N-benzenesulfonylglycylglycine,(I),andtetrakis(μ-Nbenzenesulfonylglycyl glycinato) bis[aquacopper(II)](Cu-Cu)-water (1/4), (II).’ Mukherjee, K; Banerjee, T; Roychowdhury, P; Yamane, Takashi. Acta Crystallographica, Section C: Crystal Structure Communications, 1995, C51(10), 2025-2028
5 ‘X-ray crystal structure of bis-(p-nitroacetophenone-4,6-dimethyl-2-pyrimidyl hydrazone)copper(I) perchlorate.’ Mitra, A; Banerjee, T; Roychowdhury, P; Saha, N; Das, S. Polyhedron, 1996, 15(19), 3371-3375.
6 ‘Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of cobalt(III) complexes with S-benzyl dithiocarbazate of 5-methyl-3-formyl pyrazole (HMPzSB): x-ray crystal structure of [Co(MPzSB)2]Cl.’ Mitra, A; Banerjee, T; Roychowdhury, P.; Chaudhuri, S; Bera, P; Saha, N. Polyhedron, 1997, 16(21), 3735-3742.
7 ‘Synthesis, characterization and crystal structure analysis of bis (pyridine-2-carbaldehyde thiosemicarbazonato)cobalt(III) thiocyanate monohydrate.’ Chattopadhyay, S. K.; Banerjee, T; Roychoudhury, P; Mak, Thomas C.W.; Ghosh, S. Transition Metal Chemistry (London), 1997, 22(3), 216-219
8 Studies of nickel(II) complexes of 3-hydroxyiminobutanone thiosemicarbazone and 3- hydroxyiminobutanone (4-phenylthiosemicarbazone). Crystal structure of bis[3- hydroxyiminobutanone (4-phenylthiosemicarbazone)]nickel(II) nitrate, monohydrate, [Ni(C11H14N4OS)2](NO3)2•H2O.’ Chattapadhyay, S. K; Chattopadhyay, D; Banerjee, T; Kuroda, R; Ghosh, S. Polyhedron, 1997, 16(11), 1925-1930.
9. ‘X-ray elucidation of 17α-pregna-2,4-dien-20-yne-(2,3-d) isoxazole-17β-ol.’ Dey, R; Banerjee, T; Chowdhury, P. Roy; Chaudhuri, S. Journal of Chemical Crystallography, 2001, 31(5), 263-266.
10. ‘5-Amino-1-[2-(diethylamino)ethyl]-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide’. Dey, R; Banerjee, T; Langer, V; Ray, S; Roychowdhury, P. Acta Crystallographica, Section E: Structure Reports Online , 2006, E62(2), o814-o816.
Biochemistry
Manaroma Polley Mondal
1.Kalkier mK9: A prorenin converting enzyme, in hypertensive mice. Uddin, M. Polley-Mandal, M. and Beg, O.U. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 304: 724-728, 2003. 2.Elevation of oxidative stress in aorta of genetically hypertensive mice. Mukarram Uddin, Hong Yang, Mingjian Shi, Manorama Polley-Mandal and Zhing Mao Guo. (Mechanism of ageing and development,vol 124 Issue- 7,2003 811-817)
3.Brain regional adenylate cyclase activity: Effect of Theophylline under nontolerant and tolerant conditions.M.Mandal and M.K. Poddar. Biogenic Amines, 16, No. 3,(2001) 251-268.
4. Possible mechanism of interaction of GABAergic Adenosinergic systems in the regulation of theophylline- Research induced locomotor activity under its nontolerant and tolerant conditions. M. Mandal and M.K. Poddar. Neurochemical, 24 (1999) 757-765.
5. Hippocampal Serotonin: Effect of theophylline in nontolerant, tolerant and withdrawal rats. M. Mandal and M.K Poddar. Biogenic Amines, 15 (1999) 217-228.
6. Theophylline withdrawal stimulates brain regional serotonin. M. Mandal and M.K. Poddar. Journal of Serotonin Research, 4 (1998) 273-282.
7. Brain regional serotonergic activity: Effects of theophylline in nontolerant and tolerant rats. M. Mandal and M.K. Poddar. Journal of Serotonin Research, 4 (1998) 283-293.
Surajit Sinha
1. Bandyapadhyaya,G.,Sinha,S.,Chattopadhyay,B.D.,Chakrabarty,A.,2008.Protective role of curcumin against nicotine induced genotoxicity on rat liver under restricted dictary protein,Europian Journal of Pharmacology,588,151-157.
2. Sinha,S.,Maity,M.,Chattopadhyay,K., Chattopadhyay,B.D.,2012,Potential Amelioration of Curcumin against Nicotine-induced toxicity of protein malnourished female rats. Journal of Pharmacology,7(4),166-180.
Swagatika SamantaRay
1.Using phosphorus of MoO3/ZSM-5 to modify performance in methane dehydoaromatisation. S. Burns, J.S.J. Hargreaves, P.Pal, K. M. Parida, S. Parija, J. Molecular catalysis, A: Chemical 245 (2005) 141-146.
2.The effect of dopants on the activity of MoO3/ZSM-5 catalysts for the dehydroaromatisation of methane. S. Burns, J.S.J. Hargreaves, P.Pal, K. M. Parida, S. Parija, Catalysis Today, 114, 4 (2006) 383-387.
3. Photocatalytic degradation of phenol under solar radiation using microwave irradiated zinc oxide, K.M. Parida, Swagatika Parija. Solar Energy 80, 8 (2006) 1048-1054.
4. Preparation, characterization of molybdophosphoric and tungstophosphoric acid intercalated zinc aluminium hydrotalcite like compounds and their catalytic evaluation towards the oxidative bromination of phenol. K.M. Parida, S. Parija, J.Das, P.S. Mukherjee. Catalysis communication 7, 11 (2006) 913-919.
Microbiology
Kirat Kumar Ganguly-
1. Trerotola, M.; Ganguly, K. K.; Fazli, L.; Lu H.; Fedele, C.; Dutta, A.; Liu, Q.; Angelis, T. D.; Riddell, L. W.; Riobo, A. N.; Gleave, M. E.; Zoubeidi, A.; Pestell, R. G.; Altieri, D. C.; Languino, L. R. The Trop-2 / α5β1 integrin complex is up-regulated in invasive prostate cancer and displaces FAK from focal contacts ( accepted for publication,under revision for the journal Oncotarget, December, 2014) 2. Nanda, D.P., Dutta, K., Ganguly K.K., Hajra, S., Mandal, S.S., Biswas, J., Sinha, D. MMP- 9 as a potential biomarker for carcinoma of oral cavity: a study in eastern India. Neoplasma. 2014 Aug 23. http://www.elis.sk/download_file.php?product_id=3971&session_id=1ek83bq6u18hopbjdf35 vk7m30 3. Sinha, D.; Dutta, K.; Ganguly, K.K.; Biswas,J.; Bishayee, A. A novel synthetic oleanane triterpenoid suppresses adhesion, migration, and invasion of highly metastatic melanoma cells by modulating gelatinase signaling axis. Mol Carcinog. 2014 Feb 10. doi: 10.1002/mc.22136. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24510625. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mc.22136/abstract 4. Sen, T.; Ganguly, K. K.; Biswas, J.; Chatterjee, A. Focal Adhesion Kinase Induces Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 by Involving α5β1-Mediated Signaling in Breast Cancer Cell, MCF-7 (in press, Acta Medica International, December, 2014). 5. Sayeed, A.; Fedele, C.; Trerotola, M.; Ganguly, K. K.; Languino, L. R. IGF-IR Promotes Prostate Cancer Growth By Stabilizing α5β1 Integrin Protein Levels, Levels. PLoS ONE, 8 (10):e76513. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076513. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0076513 6. Pal, S.; Ganguly, K. K.; Chatterjee, A. Extracellular matrix protein fibronectin induces matrix metalloproteinases in human prostate adenocarcinoma cells PC-3. Cell Communication & Adhesion, Early Online: 1–10, 2013 http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/15419061.2013.833193 7. Ganguly, K. K.; Pal,S.; Moulik, S.; Chatterjee, A. Integrin and Metastasis. Journal of Cell Adhesion and Migration. Volume 7, Issue 3, May/June 2013. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23563505 8. Pal, S.; Ganguly, K. K.; Moulik, S.; Chatterjee, A. Modulation of MMPs by cell surface integrin receptor α5β1. Anti-cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry, 2012, 12 (7): 726-732. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22292746 9. Ganguly, K. K.; Sen, T.; Mandal, S.; Biswas, J.; Chatterjee, A. Studies on expression of Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) in Human Breast Cancer tissue. Journal of Cancer Therapy, 2012, 3, 7-19. http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?paperID=17211 10. Ganguly, K. K.; Sen, T.; Pal, S.; Biswas, J., Chatterjee, A. Studies on Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) in Human Breast Cancer cell MDA-MB-231. Advances in Biological Chemistry, 2012, 2, 29-42. http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?paperID=17274 11. Maity, G .; C h o u d h u r y , P.R .; Sen, T.; Ganguly, K. K.; S i l , H ., C h a t t e r j e e , A . Culture of human breast cancer cell line (MDA-MB-231) on fibronectin- coated surface induces pro-matrix metalloproteinase-9 expression and activity. TumourBiol.2011Feb;32(1):129-38. http://www.springerlink.com/content/23388t7h4748mj82/?MUD=MP
Lopamudra Choudhury (Roy):
Number of paper published in peer-reviewed international journal – 1.
Dasgupta, M., Das, R., Haque, G., Banerji, I., Nandy, S., Mitra, A. K. and Roy, L. (2014) Modification in Asphalt Texture by Heavy Metal Tolerant Bacteria Isolated From Industrial Effluent. Nature Environment and Pollution Technology. 13(4):787- 790. [ISSN: 0972-6268; NAAS Rating of the Journal (2014) = 4.94; Index Copernicus: 4.47; Scopus H-Index = 2; Scopus SJR = 0.166; Cites per Doc. (2Yr) equivalent to Impact FactorTM = 0.086 as per www.scimagojr.com].
Education Indrani Nath: Articles: 1. Nath,I. and Halder,K. (2007). Poverty and illiteracy: tarnishing twins of time, Anwesa, vol 2, pp 12-19 (ISSN: 0973-5895). 2. Nath,I., Halder,K. and Maiti, N.C. (2013). Elementary education of slum children : an attempt to reach the un-reached, Indian Journal of Educational Research, vol 2, pp 68-81 (ISSN: 2277-3819). 3. Nath,I. and Halder, K.(2014). Public private partnership in Indian education, Magis, Xaverian Journal of Education, vol 3, pp 52-66 (ISSN: 2319-3239). Book: 1. Halder, K. and Nath, I. (2014). Bharatiyo Sikshar Samprotik Bishoy, K. Chakraborty publication, Kolkata (ISBN: 81-904263-9-7).
Pintu Kumar Maji : . 1. Maji, P.K., and Ali, R. (2014). Locus of Control, Environmental Attitude and Environmental Action amongst School Students, MAGIS’ – Xaverian Journal of Education, v3, p 67-76 (ISSN: 2319-3239). 2. Maji, P.K., and Sengupta, M., and Banerjee, D. (2013).The Effect of Inclusion on the Locus of Control and Environment Related Behaviour of the Students with Visual Impairment. International Research Journal Persons with Special Needs and Rehabilitation Management, v3, p74-84 (ISSN: 2321-9254). 3. Sengupta, M., Banerjee, D., and Maji, P.K. (2012). Environment Related Behaviour of Students with Visual Impairment: An Exploratory Factor Analysis. Indian Journal of Educational Research, v1, p 65-81(ISSN: 2277-3819). 4. Sengupta, M., and Maji, P.K. (2011). Ecological value and pro-environmental behaviour amongst secondary school students living in the Sundarbans. ANWESA, A Journal of Education, v 6, p 8-21 (ISSN: 0973-5895). 5. Sengupta, M., Banerjee, D., and Maji, P.K. (2010). Environmental awareness and Action amongst visually impaired students. Indian Journal of Special Education, v 1, n 1, p 54-66 (ISSN: 2229-3612). 6. Sengupta, M., Banerjee, D., and Maji, P.K. (2010). Environmental attitude, ecological value and pro-environmental behaviour amongst secondary school students with visual impairment. Educatum, Journal of Education and Behavioural Science, v 4, n 1, p 8-16 (ISSN: 0975-2641).
Ranu Roy: Book: Banerjee,D. and Roy,R. (2013). Study on working women in higher education and their freedom in decision making. Pp 1-7, Victorious publishers (India) (ISBN: 978-81-92474-4-1)
History Anamitra Chattopadhyay
Ouponobesik Banglay Dakati: Prasanga Hooghly Zella(Dacoity in Colonial Bengal:District Hooghly) in Hooghly Zella Sekal O Ekal (Hooghly District: Past and Present), August 2010, pub. Kanakshali Recreation Club, Chinsura, Hooghly, ISBN no.978- 81-908627-0-7.
Crime in Pre and Early Colonial Bengal, The Quarterly Review of Historical Studies, ISSN -0033-5800. (To Be Published)
Subhashis Ghosh
Drozu Saheber Bichar (Trial of Drozu Sahib),Sahitya Darpan, (Puja Oct-Dec) 2012.
Ekti Bibahabichhed O Englande Dharma Sanskar (A Divorce and A Religious Reform in England), Sahitya Darpan, (Puja Oct-Dec) 2013.
Dwarakanath- Bangiyo Renaissance er Bismrito Pothikrit (Dwarakanath- The Unsung Hero of Bengal Renaissance), Ekhan Roddur, (April 2011).
Drakula- Uponyaser Charitra Ebong Itihas ( Drakula- A Fictional Characterv and History), Ekhan Roddur, (Puja 2011).
Sohorer Aaloy Ek Bhabaghure (A Vagabond In The Light Of A City), Ekhan Roddur, (Puja 2012).
English
Swati Roy Choudhury
Roy Choudhury,S. Race, Gender and Disability: Problematising Physical and Mental Disability in Mahesh Dattani’sTara and Bravely Fought the Queen. Wizcraft Journal of Language and Literature.Vol.1, Issue 1 (Sept, 2012)ISSN 2319-4952
Roy Choudhury,S. The Darkest Land: Australian Landscape in the early Bush Ballads. New Academia Journal .Vol.1, Issue 4. (October, 2012 ISSN-2277-3967
Roy Choudhury,S.Sengupta,S. The Fairies and the Elizabethan World Politics in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Critical Essays on A Midsummer Night’s Dream:Setu Publication.ISBN- 978-93- 80677-50-7
Sarottama That Sublime “old Gentleman”: India’s Shakespeare: Translations, Interpretations Newark: University of Delaware Press ,Shakespeare’s plays in Calcutta and Performance.(eds.) Poonam Trivedi and Dennis 2005. 260-268. 1775-1930 Bartholemeusz ISBN-87413-881-7
Intricate Impression, Sublime indifference: West Bengal.(ed) Satinath Ray Vol XLII No 10
The many faces of Tagore in contemporary (16th May-1st June 2000), 87-96. Press.(Co-authored by Sudeshna Banerjee)
Nime Dutta o tatkalin Bangasamaj: ekti Saparya.(ed)Tanmaay Bir Vol IV ( 2008), 54-59. Punarmulyayan. (Journal for Bengali, Sarsuna College)
Multiculturalism and “Pride and Prejudice” Journal of Ananda Mohan College Vol III ( 2008), 14- 17(eds.)Prasanta Bandopadhyay ,Sandipan Sen
Bhabishyamukure Joshodebir mala: Kalottirno(ed)Subhashish Ghose Vol III(2009) 45-49 Derozio o tar kabyacharcha (Journal of History, Sarsuna College)
Theseus ,the cusp of the Minoan Hellenic Kalottirno.(ed)Shubhashish Ghose Vol III (2010) 31-34
Commerce Sanjib Mitra: 3
(i) Mitra, S. (2014). Socio-Economic Drivers of Financial Inclusion: An Empirical Study. Contemporary Issues in Business Studies, Ed. Prof. Sharmistha Banerjee, UGC-ASC-CU and Department of Business Management-CU, Kolkata, 5-15. [ISBN 978-81-927807-3-3].
(ii) Mitra, S. (2012). Taxation of Mutual Funds and Investors: A Theoretical Analysis. Mutual Funds, Retail Investors and SEBI. Ed. Dr. Sujit Kr. Das, Department of Commerce, New Alipore College, Kolkata, 212-227 [ISBN-978-81-924140-9-6]. (iii) Mitra, S. (2012). IFRS Implementation in Indian Banks: Some Key Issues. Seminar Volume on Indian Accounting Standards: Convergence with IFRSs, Ed. Amal Kr. Bhakat, Department of Commerce, P. N. Das College, Palta and Indian Accounting Association, Law Point Publication, Kolkata, 185-200 [ISBN 978-93-82472-68-1].
3.4.4 Provide details (if any) of research awards received by the faculty: recognition received by the faculty from reputed professional bodies and agencies, nationally and internationally incentives given to faculty for receiving state, national and international recognitions for research contributions.
Nil
3.5 Consultancy
3.5.1 Give details of the systems and strategies for establishing institute-industry interface?
The college has a thriving placement cell which helps in inviting a number of reputed companies to the campus for placement of the students.
Several departments such as Microbiology, Biochemistry, Chemistry has industrial visit as part of their curriculum which are regularly undertaken. This provides the students an opportunity to directly learn from the industries.
3.5.2 What is the stated policy of the institution to promote consultancy? How is the available expertise advocated and publicized?
The college offers the service of its guidance cell to any of the students in need of or willing to avail its services. The college maintains a strict confidentiality regarding information of the concerned individual. Information regarding the working of this cell is provided in the college prospectus which is mandatory for each candidate taking college admission form. So any student taking admission in this college is made aware of this cell.
The career and guidance cell has also organised an UGC sponsored seminar in 2010 to educate the students regarding the need and various aspects of guidance and counseling.
3.6.1 How does the institution promote institution-neighbourhood- community network and student engagement, contributing to good citizenship, service orientation and holistic development of students?
The responsibility to form the interface between college and the community through students’ participation in various extended social activities are taken up by the NSS unit of this college. Though newly established in 2014, NSS unit here is already very active in its functioning. There is a body of teachers and a teacher coordinator who help to chalk out the programmes to be undertaken by the NSS with the help of the students.
Already the NSS unit has undertaken activities like plantation of trees both within and outside the campus and a very important activity in the form of Thalasemia Awareness Programme.
The NSS has chalked out plans to engage more directly with the surrounding community and extend social welfare to all the sections of the society. There is a plan to extend the NSS activity to the nearby villages as well.
The students and the staff are encouraged to participate in the annual blood-donation camp organised by the Sarsuna College Students’ Union. Through this activity the college students learn their responsibilities towards their society and also make meaningful contribution to their society.
Just before the blood donation Camp, an Awareness Camp is also organised to spread awareness regarding this activity. An eminent speaker delivers speech on the importance of blood donation in our society and thereby creates a sense of awareness and social responsibility among the students of our college.
3.6.2 What is the Institutional mechanism to track students’ involvement in various social movements / activities which promote citizenship roles?
We encourage our students to report their participation in any such event and try and highlight them in our college magazine. If it is outstanding we felicitate during award ceremony.
3.6.3 How does the institution solicit stakeholder perception on the overall performance and quality of the institution?
Through conducting meetings with the guardians of the students of the college; meeting with the local people to get their feedback
All students use their phone or e-mail or personal meetings to convey their grievances or achievements.
3.6.4 How does the institution plan and organize its extension and outreach programmes? Providing the budgetary details for last four years, list the major extension and outreach programmes and their impact on the overall development of students.
The college does not have much scope for extension and outreach programmes. However we have started with the NSS wing in the last academic year.
3.6.5 How does the institution promote the participation of students and faculty in extension activities including participation in NSS, NCC, YRC and other National/ International agencies?
The college has a thriving NSS unit and students are constantly encouraged to participate in these. Awareness camps and lectures are given to create awareness among the students. The college prospectus also provides information regarding NSS.
3.6.6 Give details on social surveys, research or extension work (if any) undertaken by the college to ensure social justice and empower students from under- privileged and vulnerable sections of society?
Nil
3.6.7 Reflecting on objectives and expected outcomes of the extension activities organized by the institution, comment on how they complement students’ academic learning experience and specify the values and skills inculcated.
These extension activities complement the students’ academic learning. These activities teach the students that they are a part of the community and inculcate in them a sense of social responsibility. The institute encourages the students to actively participate in these programmes so that they can emerge as better individuals and be more productive to the society.
3.6.8How does the institution ensure the involvement of the community in its reach out activities and contribute to the community development? Detail on the initiatives of the institution that encourage community participation in its activities?
The institution does not have much scope for this however the NSS wing of the college acts as an interface through its various activities.
3.6.9 Give details on the constructive relationships forged (if any) with other institutions of the locality for working on various outreach and extension activities.
Not much has been done in this regard
3.6.10 Give details of awards received by the institution for extension activities and/contributions to the social/community development during the last four years.
Nil
3.7 Collaboration
3.7.1 How does the institution collaborate and interact with research laboratories, institutes and industry for research activities. Cite examples and benefits accrued of the initiatives - collaborative research, staff exchange, sharing facilities and equipment, research scholarships etc.
Not much has been done on this regard
3.7.2 Provide details on the MoUs/collaborative arrangements (if any) with institutions of national importance/universities/ industries/Corporate (Corporate entities) etc. And how they have contributed to the development of the institution. Nil
3.7.3 Give details (if any) on the industry-institution-community interactions that have contributed to the establishment / creation/up-gradation of academic facilities, student and staff support, infrastructure facilities of the institution.
The Department of Computer Science and Physics in collaboration with IIT Bombay has plans to set up robotics lab for its students.
Apart from that nothing much has been done in this regard.
3.7.4 Highlighting the names of eminent scientists/participants who contributed to the events, provide details of national and international conferences organized by the college during the last four years. 1. Career guidance and counseling cell of Sarsuna College Status: UGC sponsored state level seminar Venue: Sarsuna College
2. Department of economics In collaboration with Khantra College, Bardhwan Status: UGC sponsored National Level Seminar Topic: Sustainable Development: An Interdisciplinary Approach Date: September 23-24, 2011 Venue: Sarsuna College
4. Departments of Geography in collaboration with KMC and CAD Centre, JU. Status: UGC state level seminar Topic: “Geographical Appraisal of the City of Joy’s Environmental Wellbeing” Date: 17-18th Jan, 2012 Venue: Kolkata Town Hall
5. Department of English in collaboration with Sahitya Akademi Status: the UGC sponsored National Seminar Topic: Transposing Cultures Translating Texts: A Reappraisal of Indian English Literature(s) Date: February 2-3, 2012 Venue: Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture
6. Department of Bengali in Collaboration with Banaras Hindu University Status: U.G.C Sponsored National Seminar Topic: An Introspection of Bengali Language and literature Outside West Bengal (in India) and its Destiny Date: 17th & 18th February, 2012 Venue: Sarsuna College, Kolkata
7. Department of Political science Topic: Inauguration of a new political culture based on the politics of non violence and assimilation in violence and terror hit areas of Midnapore(East & West) , Bankura and Purulia districs in South West Bengal Date: 24th and 25th March, 2012 erupting in last years i.e 2005-2011 Venue: Sarsuna College
3.7.5 How many of the linkages/collaborations have actually resulted in formal MoUs and agreements ? List out the activities and beneficiaries and cite examples (if any) of the established linkages that enhanced and/or facilitated - Curriculum development/enrichment Internship/ On-the-job training Summer placement Faculty exchange and professional development Research Consultancy Extension Publication Student Placement Twinning programmes Introduction of new courses Student exchange Any other Nil
3.7.6 Detail on the systemic efforts of the institution in planning, establishing and implementing the initiatives of the linkages/ collaborations.
None as of now
3.6Extension Activities and Institutional Social Responsibility(ISR)
3.6.1 How does the institution promote institution-neighbourhood- community network and student engagement, contributing to good citizenship, service orientation and holistic development of students?
3.6.2 What is the Institutional mechanism to track students’ involvement in various social movements / activities which promote citizenship roles?
3.6.3 How does the institution solicit stakeholder perception on the overall performance and quality of the institution?
3.6.4 How does the institution plan and organize its extension and outreach programmes? Providing the budgetary details for last four years, list the major extension and outreach programmes and their impact on the overall development of students.
3.6.5 How does the institution promote the participation of students and faculty in extension activities including participation in NSS, NCC, YRC and other National/ International agencies?
3.6.6 Give details on social surveys, research or extension work (if any) undertaken by the college to ensure social justice and empower students from under-privileged and vulnerable sections of society?
3.6.7 Reflecting on objectives and expected outcomes of the extension activities organized by the institution, comment on how they complement students’ academic learning experience and specify the values and skills inculcated.
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3.6.8How does the institution ensure the involvement of the community in its reach out activities and contribute to the community development? Detail on the initiatives of the institution that encourage community participation in its activities?
3.6.9 Give details on the constructive relationships forged (if any) with other institutions of the locality for working on various outreach and extension activities.
3.6.10 Give details of awards received by the institution for extension activities and/contributions to the social/community development during the last four years.
3.7 Collaboration
3.7.1 How does the institution collaborate and interact with research laboratories, institutes and industry for research activities. Cite examples and benefits accrued of the initiatives - collaborative research, staff exchange, sharing facilities and equipment, research scholarships etc.
3.7.2 Provide details on the MoUs/collaborative arrangements (if any) with institutions of national importance/other universities/ industries/Corporate (Corporate entities) etc. and how they have contributed to the development of the institution.
3.7.3 Give details (if any) on the industry-institution-community interactions that have contributed to the establishment / creation/up- gradation of academic facilities, student and staff support, infrastructure facilities of the institution viz. laboratories / library/ new technology /placement services etc.
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3.7.5 How many of the linkages/collaborations have actually resulted in formal MoUs and agreements ? List out the activities and beneficiaries and cite examples (if any) of the established linkages that enhanced and/or facilitated - a. Curriculum development/enrichment b. Internship/ On-the-job training c. Summer placement d. Faculty exchange and professional development e. Research f. Consultancy g. Extension h. Publication i. Student Placement j. Twinning programmes k. Introduction of new courses l. Student exchange m. Any other
3.7.6 Detail on the systemic efforts of the institution in planning, establishing and implementing the initiatives of the linkages/ collaborations.
Any other relevant information regarding Research, Consultancy and Extension which the college would like to include.
4.1.1 What is the policy of the Institution for creation and enhancement of infrastructure that facilitate effective teaching and learning?
The institution tries to provide the students with cut-age modern technologies, state-of-the-art laboratories and proper access to the e-resources to enhance the student quality and increase their employability. Some facilities are listed below:
The college has set up classrooms with audio-visual facilities.
It has well-equipped laboratories and a well-stocked library with easy access to both physical and e-resources. The departments have seminar library facilities to cater to the more refined aspects of the subjects.
4.1.2 Detail the facilities available for
a. Curricular and co-curricular activities – classrooms, technology enabled learning spaces, seminar halls, tutorial spaces, laboratories, botanical garden, Animal house, specialized facilities and equipment for teaching, learning and research etc.
Number of class room: 35
Laboratory: 21
Botanical garden: nil
Animal house: nil
Specialised facilities and equipment for teaching, learning and research etc: audio visual teaching aids, well equipped laboratories, well stocked library with e-resource, wi-fi enabled campus.
b. Extra –curricular activities – sports, outdoor and indoor games, gymnasium, auditorium, NSS, NCC, cultural activities, Public speaking, communication skills development, yoga, health and hygiene etc.
4.1.3 How does the institution plan and ensure that the available infrastructure is in line with its academic growth and is optimally utilized? Give specific examples of the facilities developed/augmented and the amount spent during the last four years (Enclose the Master Plan of the Institution / campus and indicate the existing physical infrastructure and the future planned expansions if any).
The picture of the college building plan is given below:
The College campus, measuring 70,600 sq.fit(approx), is situated besides a massive water body and amidst tranquil greenness. The building consists of four floors, housing large spacious classrooms and laboratories, staff room, library, office etc.
1. AUDITORIUM : The College boasts of a large auditorium and stage where many programmes are held annually.
2. CANTEEN : The College canteen serves substantial and nutritious meals at reasonable prices. It is a favourite rendezvous of students and standards of hygiene are strictly maintained.
3. COMMON ROOM : Separate common rooms have been provided for boys and girls and there is provision in each for indoor games and other co-curricular activities.
4. CHEAP STORE : The College provides a cheap store within the campus to enable students to buy stationery at a reasonable price.
5. PLAY GROUND : The College fronts a large play ground that is used by the institution for all co- curricular activities.
6. PHOTOCOPIER : For the benefit of the students, there is a photocopier inside the College campus where reading materials can be photocopied at a low price. There is also a telephone booth.
7. COMPLAINT BOX : As per the directives of the University, there is a Complaint Box within the College premises where students can express their views and grievances, if any.
8. CYCLE STAND : There is a cycle stand and car parking zone within the college campus where students may keep their conveyances.
9. ELEVATOR: There is an elevator, which is used for the benefit of the physically handicapped and the sick.
10. COMPUTER ROOM: There is separate computer room for the teachers in the staff room.
FUTURE PLAN:- The College has taken positive initiatives to expand the college building
4.1.4 How does the institution ensure that the infrastructure facilities meet the requirements of students with physical disabilities?
Elevator 4.1.5 Give details on the residential facility and various provisions available within them: Hostel Facility – Accommodation available : Nil Recreational facilities, gymnasium, yoga center, etc. : Nil Computer facility including access to internet in hostel : Nil Facilities for medical emergencies: first aid facilities, doctor on call, student health home card, ESI facilities for the non-teaching staff. Library facility in the hostels: Nil Internet and Wi-Fi facility: available Recreational facility-common room with audio-visual Equipments : Nil
Constant supply of safe drinking water : 24 hours pure drinking water facilities available from water purifying plant installed within the college campus. Security: 24 hours security guard appointed on rotational basis. Resolution taken by the purchase committee of the Sarsuna college to install web camera in the college campus.
4.1.6 What are the provisions made available to students and staff in terms of health care on the campus and off the campus?
First aid facilities and call for doctor for students and staff. ESI facilities for non teaching staff.
4.1.7 Give details of the Common Facilities available on the campus –spaces for special units like IQAC, Grievance Redressal unit, Women’s Cell, Counselling and Career Guidance, Placement Unit, Health Centre, Canteen, recreational spaces for staff and students, safe drinking water facility, auditorium, etc.
IQAC: room no. 203 Grievance redressal unit: room no. room no. 413 A Women’s cell: Nil Counselling and career guidance: room no. 413-B Health unit: Nil Canteen: separate space has been allotted Recreational spaces for staff and students: Boys common room : room no.101, Girls common room : room no.103, Recreational facilities for non-teaching staff :room no. 411A, for teaching staff: part of the staff room. Water facility: Water plant Auditorium: room no.411 & 412
4.2 Library as a Learning Resource
4.2.1 Does the library have an Advisory Committee? Specify the composition of such a committee. What sigcnificant initiatives have been implemented by the committee to render the library,student/user friendly?
Our college have a library committee, consist of principal, librarian and teacher representatives. According to library advisory committee existing library will be shifted to more spacious area for providing reading room facility. Library automation has been started recommendation of the library committee.
4.2.2 Provide details of the following:
* Total area of the library (in Sq. Mts.) * Total seating capacity:50 * Working hours (on working days, on holidays, before examination days, during examination days, during vacation)
Working days: Monday to Friday:10.30AM -5.00PM Saturday:10.30AM -2.00PM
Before examination days 10AM -5.00PM
During examination10.30AM -5.00PM
During vacation10.30AM -5.00PM
* Layout of the library (individual reading carrels, lounge area for browsing and relaxed reading, IT zone for accessinge-resources)
4.2.3 How does the library ensure purchase and use of current titles, print and e-journals and other reading materials? Specify the amount spent on procuring new books, journals and e- resources during the last four years.
Library Year -1 Year -2 Year -3 Year -4 holdings
Numb Total Num Total Numb Total Numb Total er Cost ber Cost er Cost er Cost Text 1475 3,03,668 911 2,68,085 977 2,87,567 461 2,15,426 books
Reference 86 1,30143 112 1,04255 124 1,17,456 74 71,808 Books
Journals/ 3 3,500 3 3,500 3 3,500 3 3,380 Periodical s
e------N- 5000 resources LIST
Any other ------(specify)
4.2.4 Provide details on the ICT and other tools deployed to provide maximum access to the library collection? * OPAC:Present with in college campus. * Electronic Resource Management package for e-journals * Federated searching tools to search articles in multiple databases * Library Website:Using college website. * In-house/remote access to e-publications * Library automation : In initial stage. * Total number of computers for public access:03 * Total numbers of printers for public access: 01 * Internet band width/ speed 2mbps 10 mbps 1 gb (GB) * Institutional Repository:No(planning to install D-space as IR) * Content management system for e-learning:No * Participation in Resource sharing networks/consortia (like Inflibnet):No
4.2.5 Provide details on the following items: * Average number of walk-ins: 350@day * Average number of books issued/returned:170 * Ratio of library books to students enrolled: 1:4 * Average number of books added during last three years:2659 * Average number of login to opac (OPAC): No * Average number of login to e-resources:10@day * Average number of e-resources downloaded/printed:160 * Number of information literacy trainings organized * Details of “weeding out” of books and other materials: 380 out of syllabus and out dated books are weeded out on 12.02.15 form library. 4.2.6 Give details of the specialized services provided by the library * Manuscripts No * Reference:Yes * Reprography:Yes * ILL (Inter Library Loan Service):No * Information deployment and notification (Information Deployment and Notification);No * Download:Yes * Printing:Yes * Reading list/ Bibliography compilation:Yes * In-house/remote access to e-resources * User Orientation and awareness:Yes * Assistance in searching Databases:Yes * INFLIBNET/IUC facilities:INFLIBNET/NLIST programme facilities provided to students and teachers.
4.2.7 Enumerate on the support provided by the Library staff to the students and teachers of the college. i.Book circulation service(Issue return) ii.reference Service iii.Bibliographic service iv.OPAC service v.Reprographic service vi.CAS(Current Awareness Service) service.
4.2.8 What are the special facilities offered by the library to the visually/physically challenged persons? Give details.
As library located in 1st floor lift is provided for visually/physically challenged users. Doorsills are avoid in library floor for smooth and easy movement for them.
4.2.9 Does the library get the feedback from its users? If yes, how is it analysed and used for improving the library services. (What strategies are deployed by the Library to collect feedback from users? How is the feedback analysed and used for further improvement of the library services?) i.Suggesion register is providing to collect user opinion, ii.Survey method also followed by questionnaire distribution.
4.3 IT Infrastructure
4.3.1. Give details on the computing facility available (hardware and software) at the institution. Number of computers with Configuration (provide actual number with exact configuration of each available system):- 124 1 Server:-Intel-wordcore processor, 8gb ram, 1 tb scsl hard disk, RHPL-5 1-Dual core, 4gb ram, 500gb hard disk, mac 18-4I3,2gb ram, 500 gb hard disk,ubuntu-11.5 20-4I3,2gb ram, 500 gb hard disk,xp fedora 30-4I3,2gb ram, 500 gb hard disk,xp Windows 8 5- pentium-4, 512vram, 350 hard disk, windows xp 49-4I3,1gb ram, 350 gb hard disk,xp Windows 8 Computer-student ratio: 30:1.5 Stand alone facility: 60 (approx) LAN facility: All the computers Wifi facility: all Licensed software: 20 Number of nodes/ computers with Internet facility: 61
4.3.2 Detail on the computer and internet facility made available to the faculty and students on the campus and off-campus?
Wi-Fi enabled campus and adequate computers.
4.3.3 What are the institutional plans and strategies for deploying and upgrading the IT infrastructure and associated facilities? Future Plan of the Department To arrange for more campus recruitment To arrange for inter-college seminars and programmes To open a research group in collaboration with IITs’, IISc., ISI, IIMs’ 4.3.4 Provide details on the provision made in the annual budget for procurement, upgradation, deployment and maintenance of the computers and their accessories in the institution (Year wise for last four years)
Sections 2009- 2010- 2011- 2012- 2010 2011 2012 2013
Building, furniture and 267407 70886 141881 157768 equipment
4.3.5 How does the institution facilitate extensive use of ICT resources including development and use of computer-aided teaching/ learning materials by its staff and students? The institute has plans to develop smart class rooms and smart audio-visual room.
4.3.6 Elaborate giving suitable examples on how the learning activities and technologies deployed (access to on-line teaching learning resources, independent learning, ICT enabled Classrooms/learning spaces etc.) by the institution place the student at the centre of teaching-learning process and render the role of a facilitator for the teacher.
The college has taken step towards setting up ICT enabled class rooms or learning places but is yet to have any concrete online teaching resource. However we offer e-resources to our faculty and students in their learning.
4.3.7 Does the Institution avail of the National Knowledge Network connectivity directly or through the affiliating university? If so, what are the services availed of?
INFLIBNET
4.4Maintenance of Campus Facilities 4.4.1 How does the institution ensure optimal allocation and utilization of the available financial resources for maintenance and upkeep of the following facilities (substantiate your statements by providing details of budget allocated during last four years)?
The college keeps a part of its budget allocated to maintain the following facilities which are integral to the proper functioning of the college. The financial resource is allocated only after an informed estimation of the possible expense under these heads:
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Building, furniture and 267407 70886 141881 157768 equipment
Computers 8440 36669 57018 84416
Any other:
Generator 14154 15263 9306 23966
EPABX 2427 7501 4001 3640
Electrical 26174 53723 23743 18084
Water treatment plant 4084 11544 16236 3894
Pump 1500 1800 - -
Airconditioners 3000 6700 4091 10,000 Lift - 7966 23715 -
4.4.2 What are the institutional mechanisms for maintenance and upkeep of the infrastructure, facilities and equipment of the college?
No permanent staffs is employed for the maintenance and repair of infrastructure. Higher expert and labourers are appointed for this purpose. For the maintenance of computers and other electronics accessories college has annual maintenance contracts (AMC).
CRITERION V: STUDENT SUPPORT AND PROGRESSION 5.1 Student Mentoring and Support
5.1.1 Does the institution publish its updated prospectus/handbook annually? If ‘yes’, what is the information provided to students through these documents and how does the institution ensure its commitment and accountability?
Every year our college publish its updated prospectus. Through this, our students become aware about the facilities that the college will provide to them during the pursuit of their course. Our college has honours in 17 subjects. This information is given in the prospectus. With this, future scope of the subjects is also mentioned separately. These informations help the students to choose subject according to their eligibility. In the prospectus subjects’ combination has also been tabulated for the benefits of the students. Along with this, the varied financial aids including stipend of the minorities group, concession in tuition fees in the form of Half-free studentship to a limited number of students of our college who are in acute financial hardship, have also been mentioned separately. Along with all the above facilities, students are also warned about the norms of the college that our institution followed strictly.
All the commitments that are placed before the students through this prospectus are strictly followed. Our institution has its apex body called Governing body. All the issues regarding students, staff is handled very delicately and carefully by this body.
5.1.2 Specify the type, number and amount of institutional scholarships / freeships given to the students during the last four years and whether the financial aid was available and disbursed on time?
College is the facilitating and disbursing agent for the following funds: a) sc/st/obc/ minority fund from the West Bengal govt. Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Scholarship/ Stipend is granted by the Director of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Welfare from the Office of the Special Officer, S.C. & S.T. Welfare. b) Student welfare fund: money collected from every student during the time of admission and given to the students asking for concession at discretion of the TIC c) Memorial prizes given to various students for academic performances.
1) Debapriya Sengupta Memorial Scholarship is awarded by Smt. Indira Sengupta in memory of her son to a college student securing highest marks in Computer Science (Hons.) in university Examination from this college. 2) Late Santosh Kumar Banerjee Memorial Award donated by Dr. Dipendra Banerjee, younger son of Late Santosh Kumar Banerjee is awarded to a student, securing highest marks among the college students in English in University Final Examination. 3) Late Anurupa Roy Chowdhury Memorial Award to a student for securing highest marks in Micro biology in University Final Examination among the College students. In addition to the above our college also provide the following benefits to the students: 1) Poor and meritorious students having regular attendance and good performance in the periodical and annual examinations are provided with financial assistance from Students’ Welfare Fund and Students Aid Fund and Fund of the Teachers’ council. 2) College prizes are awarded to students who secure the highest marks in every Honours subjects, B.A. (General), B.Sc. (General), B.Com (General) in final University Examinations. 3) Special prize of a book grant worth Rs. 2500 and scholarship of Rs 200/ month for a period of 2 years (provided he or she be a student of Post Graduation ) is awarded to a student ranking first in the University Examination. 4) Special prize of a book grant worth Rs. 1000 and scholarship of Rs. 100/ month for a period of 2 years (provided he or she be a student of Post Graduation ) is awarded to a student ranking between 2nd to 10th in the University Examination. 5) Certificates, prizes and medals are also awarded to students on the basis of their performances in various Departmental Seminars, Sports and talent Hunt Competitions. 8) Teachers’ Council prizes are awarded to students who secure the highest marks in B.Sc. (Hons.), B.A. (Hons.) and B.Com (Hons.) in University Examination.
About 2 students of our college have got one of these scholarship in the last four years. There are committees formed by the apex body of our college i.e. Governing Body with students, non-teaching staff and teaching staff as members to look into the process of selection and distribution of available fund.
5.1.3 What percentage of students receive financial assistance from state government, central government and other national agencies?
20 to 30% 5.1.4 What are the specific support services/facilities available for
Students from SC/ST, OBC and economically weaker Sections
- Poor and meritorious students having regular attendance and good performance in the periodical and annual examinations are provided with financial assistance from Students’ Welfare Fund and Students Aid Fund and Fund of the Teachers’ council. - Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Scholarship/ Stipend is granted by the Director of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Welfare from the Office of the Special Officer, S.C. & S.T. Welfare.
Students with physical disabilities - there is an elevator, which is used for the benefit of the physically handicapped and sick persons including students, teachers and non-teaching staff. Overseas students
Students to participate in various competitions/National and International- every year our students participate in various inter- college, district, state and National level competitions. For these purposes, our college provides financial supports to all the participants and the organisers. This financial assistance is provided from the College Fund in discretion with the Teacher- in Charge.
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Medical assistance to students: health centre, health insurance etc. – The college is affiliated to the “Students Health home” established by the University of Calcutta. Students can get medical facilities and specialised treatment in lieu of an annual subscription of Rs. 4/ per head. Organizing coaching classes for competitive examinations. Skill development (spoken English, computer literacy, etc.,) third year students have to do some projects in their course. While persuing this task the students have to equipped themselves with the computer and this facilities are given to them in our computer lab. In the process our students are well equipped with the computer. They can access the internet and can do work in the excel Sheet. Therefore in the process they develop skill in computer. Support for “slow learners” – special care is given to the students who are slow learners by the respective teacher of the department. Class tests are taken periodically and on the basis of assessment slow learners are identified and they are under vigilance by the faculties of the respective department. Exposures of students to other institution of higher learning/ corporate/business house etc. - faculties from other colleges or Universities are very often invited to deliver lectures. In this process students get some exposures.
5.1.5 Describe the efforts made by the institution to facilitate entrepreneurial skills, among the students and the impact of the efforts.
The undergraduate curriculum of the University of Calcutta has provisions to teach official communications. The teachers encourage students to develop proficiency in this regard to make them more job-ready. The college provides public platform to the students in terms of various competitions and extracurricular activities which help in development of their soft skills. The college also encourages computer proficiency and proficiency with e-resources to enable them keep up with the technologies. For this purpose the college has a large number of computers, computer and IT laboratories and wifi enabled campus for the students. It also encourages campus placements and other industry-college interfaces.
These efforts have brought a positive impact upon the students. Since most of them are from the rural background, these efforts of the college help them improve their employability.
5.1.6 Enumerate the policies and strategies of the institution which promote participation of students in extracurricular and co- curricular activities such as sports, games, Quiz competitions, debate and discussions, cultural activities etc. additional academic support, flexibility in examinations special dietary requirements, sports uniform and materials any other Our college has taken the strategies to develop competitive attitudes of the students by participating in any inter departmental and intra departmental competition related to indoor sports, cultural events, etc. The institution provides benefits of flexibility in examination to those students who performed in any inter college cultural or sports competition.
Food allowance are given to the students who participate in any inter college cultural and sports. Sufficient funds are also maintained to provide sports uniform and materials to the students.
5.1.7 Enumerating on the support and guidance provided to the students in preparing for the competitive exams, give details on the number of students appeared and qualified in various competitive exams such as UGC-CSIR- NET, UGC-NET, SLET, ATE / CAT / GRE / TOFEL / GMAT / Central /State services, Defense, Civil Services, etc. The college does not have an infrastructure to directly facilitate or guide students in this regard but the library is well-stocked with such resources and our alumni may gain access to them as and when required.
5.1.8 What type of counselling services are made available to the students (academic, personal, career, psycho-social etc.)
Career counselling is made available to the students, mainly organised by the department of Computer Science, English and Commerce. Apart from that we have Grievance Redressal Cell where the students get councelled on the psycho- social ground. Personal Concelling has also been done under the guidance of both the teachers and the parents.
5.1.9 Does the institution have a structured mechanism for career guidance and placement of its students?
If ‘yes’, detail on the
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services provided to help students identify job opportunities and prepare themselves for interview and the percentage of students selected during campus interviews by different employers (list the employers and the programmes). – persons from various corporate sectors like TCS DAKSH,TCS ,IGNITE,WIPRO,BPO,HCL,SBI,SBI LIFE come to our college for campusing purpose. On an average 50 students appeared and 3 to 16 students get job in this process.
CRITERION VI: GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
6.1Institutional Vision and Leadership
6.1.1 State the vision and mission of the Institution and enumerate on how the mission statement defines the institution’s distinctive characteristics in terms of addressing the needs of the society, the students it seeks to serve, institution’s traditions and value orientations, vision for the future, etc.?
The institute thinks high about serving a section of students who are first generation learners. It has designed the fees structure in such a way that it is affordable and makes necessary payment options to help the poor sections. Moreover it looks to help specially the students with BPL certificates.
The institute has a tradition of having prayer every day at 10.25 am sharp to start the day with some holy thoughts. In every department the introductory lecture is delivered by the departmental in charge and the head of the institute on the first day of college to make the students oriented toward the values and responsibilities of them in the college and society.
The institute plans for setting up a computer centre for the students belonging to backward classes to make them trained them in some basics of computers. It has also sent up proposals to open SC/ST cell in the college to UGC for funding. The institute has also trying to open some new departments like food and nutrition, psychology etc in near future.
6.1.2 What is the role of top management, Principal and Faculty in design and implementation of its quality policy and plans?
Head of institute along with the convenors and members of different sub committees set up and design various policies and principles for betterment of the college. After the formulation of the policies, the head of the institute makes them sanctioned in the General Body and take immense responsibilities to implement them judiciously.
6.1.3 What is the involvement of the leadership in ensuring :
the policy statements and action plans for fulfilment of the stated mission formulation of action plans for all operations and incorporation of the same into the institutional strategic plan Interaction with stakeholders Proper support for policy and planning through need analysis, research inputs and consultations with the stakeholders Reinforcing the culture of excellence Champion organizational change
6.1.4 What are the procedures adopted by the institution to monitor and evaluate policies and plans of the institution for effective implementation and improvement from time to time?
Time to time evaluation reports are submitted to the head of institute by the each sub- committee convenors regarding the policies in action.
6.1.5 Give details of the academic leadership provided to the faculty by the top management? Head of the institute under the guidance from GB and consultation in academic sub- committee provide full authority to the Departmental in charge regarding the academic leadership. The departmental in charge allot classes to the others faculties of the department along with distribution of syllabus. Regular meetings are conducted by the departmental in charge with his colleagues to discuss matters like completion of syllabus, requisition books and journals etc. Parent’s teacher meetings are conducted after declaration of results on internal examinations like class tests, selection tests etc. to make the parents aware of the performance of their wards.
6.1.6 How does the college groom leadership at various levels?
GB guides the head of the institute to recruit teachers in different sub committees and give them different responsibilities. The convenor of each sub- committees select other teaching and non- teaching members of that group and formulate different policies and plan of work. They take care of the execution of the plans as well. The college provide full autonomy to the departments which are working under the guidelines decided in the academic sub- committee.
6.1.7 How does the college delegate authority and provide operational autonomy to the departments / units of the institution and work towards decentralized governance system?
6.1.8 Does the college promote a culture of participative management?If ‘yes’, indicate the levels of participative management. (6.1.7 and 6.1.8 together) College promote participation management. The every department have one class representative from each year elected by the students’ union who can interact with the teachers of the respective department regarding any problem or matter arising in classes. The teachers try to solve the matter and if he or she fails in doing so, then the matter is discussed in the academic sub- committee in presence of the head of the institute and there also if it is not resolved then it is deferred to GB for resolutions.
6.2 Strategy Development and Deployment
6.2.1 Does the Institution have a formally stated quality policy? How is it developed, driven, deployed and reviewed?
6.2.2 Does the Institute have a perspective plan for development? If so, give the aspects considered for inclusion in the plan.
(6.2.1 and 6.2.2 together)
The institute have perspective plan for development. It has built up new annexe building in the last year to increase number of class rooms and enrol more number of students in each department. It also plans to open more PG departments in near future under regular ciriculum of the University of Calcutta to engage more students in higher degrees.
Other than providing academics help the institute also plans to provide safe drinking water to every members of the college by installing water coolers with purifiers. The plan is approved the work is in progress.
6.2.4 Describe the internal organizational structure and decision making processes .
6.2.4 Give a broad description of the quality improvement strategies of the institution for each of the following
Teaching & Learning Modern teaching methods have been opted by the institute to enhance the quality of teaching. LCD projector and OHP are frequently used to teach in classes. Often printed hand outs, notes in CD or pen drive given to the students. Wi-Fi connections in the college help the students to clear up their doubts with their teacher in the laptop or note pad. English department has its own email id in which the study materials are posted for the students and even students can send up mails to inyteract with faculties. English department also had a faculty exchange programme with Sushil Kar college and now has collaborated with them and send a proposal for seminar. As a part of curriculum the students of all the streams have to submit project on environmental aspects in their final year under supervision of one of the faculty recruited for this purpose. The students of Zoology, Botany and Geography of the final year have to submit a detail report on the educational excursion as part of their course. Biodiversity studies are done by the students of zoology and botany under supervision of teachers every year followed by submission of a detailed report. Research & Development Science, arts and commerce departments carry out several minor research projects in their respective departments. Botany department in collaboration with IICB carried out a DST sponsored major project with a scholar fellow. The college has several sophisticated instruments to carry out more research works in future and plan for awarding Ph.D. Dr. Tanmay Bir of Bengali department has already working with a scholar in a UGC sponsored major project. Geography department plans to give open access to the newly set up GIS laboratory to students other than our college after the college hours with prior permissions.
Community engagement
NSS of the college carries out several camps like Thalassemia screening in the college. The enthusiasms of students’ union help us to collect blood of different blood groups through a whole day blood donation camp. For the last few years there is science exhibition to make people aware of small scientific facts like adulteration, blood group screening etc. Recently chemistry department organised an exhibition on crystals which attract several school students and the enthusiast locals. Zoology department carried out a biodiversity study of localities close to the college under guidance of ENDEV to perform a people biodiversity register. Human resource management Guest lecturer appointment, TC meeting and sending up faculties for workshop and seminars are part of the institute. Industry interaction
Microbiology department and chemistry department have visited several industries with their students and interacted well with them to share thoughts and knowledge.
6.2.5 How does the Head of the institution ensure that adequate information (from feedback and personal contacts etc.) is available for the top management and the stakeholders, to review the activities of the institution?
Adequate information are uploaded to the website or send to the top management and stakeholders through email. The informations are also discussed in the GB meeting as well with the top management and stakeholders.
6.2.6 How does the management encourage and support involvement of the staff in improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the institutional processes? The management encourages GL recruitment and support staffs to initiate different methods of teaching practices for effectiveness and efficiency of the institute.
6.2.7 Enumerate the resolutions made by the Management Council in the last year and the status of implementation of such resolutions.
GB has resolved to take GL to all the departments those who are lacking manpower. A bundle of well-educated enthusiastic teachers are newly appointed as GL to take the allotted classes in the routine.
Opening of PG regular courses in Geography and Computer science was resolved which have been started in this session.
Opening of PG under Distance learning of VU was also started from this session as resolved in the GB.
Opening of other undergraduate courses under CU has also been resolved which is yet to start as the permission from the university is yet to be received.
6.2.8 Does the affiliating university make a provision for according the status of autonomy to an affiliated institution? If ‘yes’, what are the efforts made by the institution in obtaining autonomy? Yes. The Institution has not been applied for autonomy.
6.2.9 How does the Institution ensure that grievances / complaints are promptly attended to and resolved effectively? Is there a mechanism to analyse the nature of grievances for promoting better stakeholder relationship?
With the development of science and technology at a rapid pace life has become more challenging and complex day by day. Every individual must develop the ability to adapt and cope up with those challenges day in and day out both within and outside the family. Guidance and counseling aimed at helping individuals to gain insight into themselves and in maximizing their endowed potentials. Since the aim of education in broader perspective is all round development of an individual therefore guidance is an integral part of the educational system as it helps in achieving the said goal. Ours is an under graduate co-educational college mostly consisting of students belonging to the age group of 18/19 years to 21/22 years . This is a transitional phase very delicate and crucial in nature. Student faces all sorts of emotional crisis, conflicts related to values, attitudes, problems related to academic choice, vocational choice and so on particularly at this stage. One striking observation is that we usually find more number of girl students rather than boys who approaches us with problems related to crisis in relationship (love affairs), tension and anxiety (related to examination), stress, family and peer pressure, depression (often low self esteem caused by academic failure and social rejection in the form of criticism leads to pessimistic notion about life). Social relationships constitute a major problem area for many students which includes broken family, unhealthy family environment, parental discord, unsuccessful love affairs and likewise. That more girls than boys approaches us however does not mean that boys do not face such problems but what we feel is that boys are more desperate and does not feel comfortable to talk about these issues with the teachers rather they feel free to discuss such issues with their peer groups. The girls on the other hand are still more vulnerable and insecure and feel free and more approachable to the teachers for help and guidance. The boys who approaches us mostly comes with academic related problems like poor concentration level, poor performance in the examination, peer rivalry and so on. We find quite a large number of student both in honours and general stream who are first generation learners and therefore gets hardly any academic related assistance or guidance at home. Guidance and counseling helps the students to have better self understanding and proper adjustment to self and society. We also try to identify and motivate specially the students from weaker sections of the society. If required we call the parents, peers or the teaching as well as non teaching faculty to get detailed information regarding the concerned student so that we can provide necessary help or assistance as per requirement. In case of critical problems which require more experts intervention we even call parents and advise them to consult professional counsellors or psychiatrist.
6.2.10 During the last four years, had there been any instances of court cases filed by and against the institute ? Provide details on the issues and decisions of the courts on these?
No
6.2.11 Does the Institution have a mechanism for analyzing student feedback on institutional performance? If ‘yes’, what was the outcome and response of the institution to such an effort?
There is no feedback form as such but the students’ union has the power to provide feedback through the class representatives to the departmental in charge or directly to the head of institute at any time . There is an open access of the students to the head and he encourages all the stakeholders of the college to provide feedback for betterment and upliftment of all the departments of the college.
6.3Faculty Empowerment Strategies
6.3.1 What are the efforts made by the institution to enhance the professional development of its teaching and non teaching staff?
For faculty development the head and the top management provide permission to the teachers to attain seminars, refreshers’ course, orientation programmes and workshops.However not only the teachers but the non teaching staffs are also allowed and encouraged to attain seminars and workshops related to admission, administration and finance.
6.3.2 What are the strategies adopted by the institution for faculty empowerment through training, retraining and motivating the employees for the roles and responsibility they perform?
6.3.3 Provide details on the performance appraisal system of the staff to evaluate and ensure that information on multiple activities is appropriately captured and considered for better appraisal.
Besides teaching the faculty members are ascertained with other duties like conducting internal and university examinations, maintenance of discipline, grievance cell, counselling, campusing etc under different sub- committtees. All these duties are taken into consideration during Career advancement of the teachers as per DPI norms and regulation formulated by UGC.
6.3.4 What is the outcome of the review of the performance appraisal reports by the management and the major decisions taken? Howare they communicated to the appropriate stakeholders?
6.3.5 What are the welfare schemes available for teaching and non teaching staff? What percentage of staff have availed the benefit of such schemes in the last four years? For teachers there are no welfare schemes but for non- teaching staffs there is EPF and ESI health schemes under which all of them are enrolled and get benefitted as and when required.
6.3.6 What are the measures taken by the Institution for attracting and retaining eminent faculty?
Recruiting faulties is not possible and permitted by the institute. The head can only invite eminent speakers, scientists to deliver lectures on special topics or seminars. 6.4Financial Management and Resource Mobilization
6.4.1 What is the institutional mechanism to monitor effective and efficient use of available financial resources?
The institute has a strong finance sub-committee which makes policies, budget and decisions to monitor the efficient use of available funds received from different funding agencies like UGC , SAAC, DST, MLA-LAD, Higher Education Department.
6.4.2 What are the institutional mechanisms for internal and external audit? When was the last audit done and what are the major audit objections? Provide the details on compliance.
Bursar keeps regular information regarding financial position of the college from the office staffs. Ledger books are maintained to keep the income and expenditure from the college and different funds. Internal and external audit is done at the end of every financial year.
Last audit report was received on March’14 for the year 2012-2013.
The audit of 2013-14 is due in March ’15 and soon be processed. There is no such major audit objection ( please check it from sidhu …as what ever I got from suparna di all are same) Form No. 10BB
Audit Report under section 10 23© of the Income Tax Act,1961, in the case of any Fund or Trust or Institution or any University or other educational institution or any hospital or other medical institution referred to in sub-clause (iv) or sub-clause (vi) or sub-clause (via) of section 10(23).
i. We have examined the Balance Sheet as at 31st MARCH,2013 and the Income and Expenditure or Profit and Loss Account for the year ended on that date attached herewith of SARSUNA COLLEGE (name of fund or institution or any university or other educational institution or any hospital or other medical institution). ii. We certify that the Balance Sheet and the Income and Expenditure Account or Profit and Loss Account are in agreement with the books od account mainted by the head office at 4/HB/A, Ho-Chi-Minh Sarani, Kolkata-700061. iii. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standard generally accepted in India.Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement(s). An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statement. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. iv. Subject to the comments below :- (a) We have obtained all the information and explanation which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purpose of theaudit. (b) In our opinion, proper books of account have been kept by the head office and brances of the above-named fund, or trust, or institution or any university or other educational institution or any hospital or other medical institution so far as appears from our examination of the books of accounts. (c) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the information given to us, the said accounts resd with notes thereon, if any, given a true and fair view— (1) In the case of Balance sheet, of the state of affairs of the above-named fund or trust, or institution or any university or other educational institution or any hospital or other medical institution as at 31st March, 2013. (2) In the case of Income and Expenditure Account or Profit and Loss Account, surplus or deficit or profit or loss for the year ended on that date.
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6.4.3 What are the major sources of institutional receipts/funding and how is the deficit managed? Provide audited income and expenditure statement of academic and administrative activities of the previous four years and the reserve fund/corpus available with Institutions, if any.
The major sources of fund are UGC, SAAC, DST sponsored MRP in Department of Botany, Students,MLA – LAD for GIS lab and Higher education department sanctioned fund to purchase software in geography department. The funds are totally utelised and timely utelisation certificates are issued and send to the funding agencies.
The deficit is managed by the revenue generated by conducting different competitive examinations, rent from BSSN,UBI bank, Canteen and Cheep store.
The Institution does not have the provision for the academic and administrative activities audit .
6.4.4 Give details on the efforts made by the institution in securing additional funding and the utilization of the same (if any).
We applied for additional grant (Rs. 10 lakh) to state Govt. (SAAC). The grant has not been yet received.
CRITERIA VII: INNOVATIONSAND BEST PRACTICES
7.1Environment Consciousness
7.1.1 Does the Institute conduct a Green Audit of its campus and facilities?
Not Done.
7.1.2 What are the initiatives taken by the college to make the campus eco-friendly?
Plantation
Students’ Union of Sarsuna College through NSS unit has taken an initiative to give the college an eco-friendly atmosphere. With this noble idea the volunteers (students of our college) have planted about 200 plants around the college campus. Along with this many indoor plants are also taken into account. This involvement of the students gives all the stakeholders of our college a refreshing atmosphere. This activity will develop a sense of awareness towards environment among the students. Watering of these both outdoor and indoor plants regularlyhelps the students to inculcate among themselves a sense of social responsibility toward environment. It also helps to develop a sense of cleanliness towards the environment. Students of our college have done this job with great enthusiasm.
Cleanliness Cleanliness programme are also taken into account by the Students Union of our college. Students volunteers of our college have cleaned the surrounding area of the college campus with the objective to make our college a pollution free environment. Since students spend most of their crucial time in the college so it becomes the responsibility of every stakeholder to make the college campus free of pollution.
7.2Innovation
7.2.1 Give details of innovations introduced during the last four years which have created a positive impact on the functioning of the college.
1) The decision regarding Rotational Headship was taken in the apex body of our college i.e., in Governing Body and it was activated for the first time in the year 2013. This decision was taken only for those departments who have at least one full time teacher. This decision was noble in the sense that it gives equal opportunities to all the full time teachers to develop competent attitude among them. It also helps to distribute the work load equally and helps to remove in discrepancies (if any) between teachers and also between teachers and students. 2) Very few department of our college (e.g., English Department) has developed their own email-id with the objectives that any departmental queries could be solved as early as possible. The respective department could understand their own problems and it could be solved in short period of time. With the formation of this id, students of the respective department are benefitted and they can communicate with their respective departmental teachers. 3)In the year 2014, Sarsuna College has formed a NSS unit with a basic objective to arouse and enrich the social consciousness of students. Thalassemia camp was set up in our college campus with the objectives to make the students aware of this disease. It was done with the assistant of doctors from the renowned institution i.e.,SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINES. This camp was set up periodically with some objectives. In the first phase it was organised to make the students aware about this disease. In the second phase, blood samples were collected to enquire about the numbers. These samples were taken from the students along with the teaching and nonteaching staff of our college. This camp gives us a great satisfaction as the students of our college are benefitted most. Along with the students, teachers and non-teaching staff of our college came to know about this disease. Parents of the thalassemia detected students are also invited so that they could know about the causes and the necessary steps for diagnosis of their children.
7.3Best Practices
7.3.1 Elaborate on any two best practices which have contributed to the achievement of the Institutional Objectives and/or contributed to the Quality improvement of the core activities of the college.
1. Title of the Practice 1) Plantation and Cleanliness Programme 2) Health Camp organised by the students’ union of and NSS unit ofSarsunaCollege. 2. Goal
1) The Programme of Cleanliness and Plantation :
These programme is done very frequently by the Students’ Union of Sarsuna College with an aim to understand the importance of environment and to inculcate among themselves the practice of remains clean. This initiatives will necessary develop a sense of responsibility toward the environment, towards the society, awareness about the environmental pollution,develop competence required for group living and sharing of responsibilities, gain skills in mobilizing community participation;
2) Blood Donation Camp: This camp has beenarranged last year by Students’ Union of Sarsuna College.Blood donation is the best service to the human kind. By donating the blood, one helps the needy and may save a precious life.This initiative has a positive impact among the students.Through this camp volunteers have develop leadership quality and democratic attitude within them, helps to develop social responsibility among the students. This camp helps the students aware about their blood group also.Truly this initiative will have a great positive impact on the society. 3) Thalasemmia Camp Sarsuna College NSS unit and Students’ Union had organised Thalassemia camp last year in our college campus with the objectives to make the students aware of this disease. Students along with the teachers and staff of our college are benefitted most.All the participants came to know about the causes of this disease and the measures that have to be taken when needed. Truly this was a noble task taken by our college towards nation building. As we all know that health is wealth so it is our prime responsibility to enquire about the diseases and its pros and cons. Therefore we think that our college has gone ahead towards nation development. Both students, teachers and non teaching staff through their combined participation get a sense of involvement in the tasks of nation building.
3. The Context
Blood donation camp which was organised last year by the Students’ Union of Sarsuna College with the association of Health Point, a Blood Bank,is a challenging task before the students. This noble objective cannot be done forcefully. Regular counselling is needed so that they could voluntarily donate the blood to serve the purpose. Organisers were very careful about the needles that are to be injected to the human bodyas any contamination may lead to deadly disease like AIDS. Special care is needed to avoid this contamination so that no infected bloods are stored in the Blood Bank. Therefore before this camp blood sample were taken to test HIV or Thalassemia. The students of our college have done this task successfully with the help of Health Point, a Blood Bank. If for some students the results come out negative, the parents are invited and made them aware of it. Identified students along with their parents are counselled in a separate event.They are told about the diseases, how it spreads and about the necessary steps taken to prevent further contamination. As most of the students of our college are coming from marginalised families and most of them are first generation learners, this noble initiative will be a great help for them. It develops a sense of responsibility towards the society. These are the first steps that were handled very carefully by the volunteers of the Students’ Union of our college. Another challenging task before the Students’ Union is to remove the fear of needles. It is found that most of the students who are eager to voluntarily donate the blood are afraid of needle.Organisers have very successfully overcome this issue.
4. The Practice
NSS unit and Students’ Union ofSarsuna College in association with the SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINES had organized a thalassemia camp last year. Our Teacher-in- Charge had officially inaugurated the camp and appreciated the efforts of the volunteers towards this noble cause. There was a great deal of enthusiasm among the students during the camp. It was the first time in our college and great many people comprising of students, teachers and nonteaching staff had participated. Refreshments, Certificates & Donor Cards were given to all the donors. It is undoubtedly a noble task by the students to come forward to organize such events of social benefit.
However this camp was a challenging task before the NSS unit and Students’ Union of our college. It is because of the fact that most of the students do not have the sense of awareness about this disease. They are very much ignorant and did not take it seriously. They do not even have the inquisitiveness about the programme. For them they come to college to serve the purpose of education. Even if the organisers are able to gather the students they are not at all ready to give sample of their blood to test for the disease. They are of the opinion that they are young and there is no chance to have this diseasewithin themselves. Moreover the parents of the thalasemmia identified (about 5%,mainly carrier) students were not very much informative about this disease. After this camp, the situations have changed. Students now have acquired responsibility towards their health, towards the health of the society. Parents of thalassemia identified (mainly carrier) students were regularly counseled and now they are very much aware of this disease.
Definitely, this task was a challenging issue before the organisers and they are able to overcome these hurdles. The attitudes of the students towards this health camp have now changed. Today everyone is talking about Human Development Index (HDI). In today’s world a nation is developed if this HDI has highest value. This HDI is nothing but the index of three items- income, education and health. So health is one of the constituents for the development of the nation. So if this health is ignored a nation could not be developed. A healthy student and a conscious students could only take the nation towards the path of development.
Definitely, through these type of programme students have developed skill within themselves and attitudes towards community. The outcome of a nation depends on a persons skill and attitudes. At the lower level skill cannot help to generate greater output per worker than the higher level skilled workers. Therefore the rate of social progress and development depends naturally on the level of education. The higher the level of education is, the faster the socio economic, political and cultural could take place.
5. Evidence of Success Provide evidence of success such as performance against targets and benchmarks and review results. What do these results indicate? Describe in about 200 words.
It is no doubt that organising a health camp is a noble task by the Students’ Union and NSS unit of Sarsuna College. All the participants consisting of students, teachers and nonteaching staff had actively participated in this programme. Volunteers had worked enthusiastically to make this programme a great success.Great success in the sense that during the ongoing process volunteers had to overcome many challenges. The first and most important challenge was the students’ participation ratio. This ratio was likely to be lower in the sense that most of the students possess a negative attitude toward such type of events. The percentage of absenteeism was also lower during this period. Another most important problem that the organisers faced was shortage of fund. Mainly due to this problem, the organisers could not conduct the programmeat a large scale. About 17%(comprising both Blood Donation camp and Thalassemia Camp) of the total stakeholders had participated actively in this programme and made it a success. Though the participation figure in this programme is not up to the mark however we would call it a success. This is because organizing the students in one cell is not an easy task for the organisers. Even if they succeed in this part they had to step back in organizing the programme at large scale for financial crunch. However, at the end we could say that our students now have understood the positive impact about this programme. Most of the time they enquired about the next camp for such type of programme. If we now have an adequate fund then the organisers may conduct the programme at large scale.
6. Problems Encountered and Resources Required Please identify the problems encountered and resources (Financial, Human and other) required to implement the practice in about 150 words. This practice is no doubt a noble venture of the Students’ Union and the NSS unit of our college. All the volunteers comprising students, teachers and nonteaching staff had participated actively and made it a great success. Success in the sense that all the volunteers faced massive hurdles to organise such events. During the process of on-going event it had become a general tendency of most of the students not to come to college. Most of the students are of the opinion that such practices are of no help to them. College are meant only for studies. If they feel any difficulties about their health they will go to any clinic for testing. They are of the opinion that no measures will be taken by the volunteers at the time of need. Moreover most of the students were not willing to give blood for testing. They were giving vague issues for not to give blood.To overcome such situations, volunteers had conducted a counselling centre before such events to counsel all those students who possessed negative attitude towards such events. This was first hurdle that the organisers faced. The next most important hurdle come from the side of those parents whose child was identified (about 5%) as the carrier of such diseases. The organisers also counselled all those parents and they were succeed in the process. Now they are benefitted most and their children are undertreatment. Such events made the students very activce and had develop among themselves a sense of awareness. The last hurdle was the financial crunch in conducting such programme.
7. Notes (Optional) Any other information that may be relevant and important to the reader for adopting/ implementing the Best Practice in their institution (about 150 words). 8. Contact Details Name of the Principal: SRI ARUN KUMAR DAWN, TEACHER – IN -CHARGE Name of the Institution: SARSUNA COLLEGE City: KOLKATA Pin Code: 700061 Accredited Status: Work Phone : 033- 24524104 Website: www.sarsunacollege.ac.in Mail:arunkumandawn8@gmail. Fax: 033- 24523699033- Mobile: +9109432299379 com 24523699
3. Evaluative Report of the Departments
ARTS
BENGALI:
The Self-evaluation of every department may be provided separately in about 3- 4 pages, avoiding the repetition of the data. 1. Name of the department BENGALI DEPARTMENT 2. Year of Establishment 1999 (GEN), 2001 (HONS) 3. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.) UG 4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved No
5. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise) ANNUAL
6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments
taking compulsory Bnengali classes in BSc, BCom faculty in our college
7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. NO
8. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons NA
9. Number of Teaching posts
Sanctioned Filled
0 Professors Associate 0
0 Professors 0
Asst. Professors 2 2
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10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /Ph.D. / M. Phil. etc.,)
No. of Ph.D. No. of Years Students of guided for Name Qualification Designation Specialization Experience the last 4 years Dr. Tanmay One Asst. Prof. Modern Indian Bir MA, Ph.D 12+ not yet HOD Literature registered
Literature of Sri Madhab MA. Asst. Prof. 9+ 0 Bangladesh Sarkar Sri Ishita Novel & short Dutta MA. PTT 14+ 0 story
Sri MA. (Ph.D Novel & short Debabdrata PTT 14+ 0 pursing) story Chakraborty MA, MPhil, Sri Somnath (PhD Guest 2+ 0 Mondal Pursuing)
11. List of senior visiting faculty Dr. Shakti Sadhan Mukhopadhyaya ( Honorary) Dr. Kanonbihari Goswami
12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (programme wise) by temporary faculty
13. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise) Hons 14 : 1 Gen 60:1
14. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff; sanctioned and filled 0
15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil / PG.
PhD - 01 PhD - 01 (pursuing)
16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received 1. UGC sponsored Major Research Project has been awarded to Dr. Tanmay Bir in the year 2015
17. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received
Two day National Seminar on the Rs.1,50,000
18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University No
19. Publications:
* a) Publication per faculty
* Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) by faculty and students
Number of publications listed in International Database (For Eg: Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) Monographs
Chapter in Books Books Edited
Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers Citation Index SNIP
SJR Impact factor h-index
20. Areas of consultancy and income generated NO 21. Faculty as members in
a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards….
Dr. Tanmay Bir 1. Exicutive Member of SEW (NGO) 2. Member of editorial board SEW Magazine (ISSN) 3. Member of editorial board Saparja, (ISSN Jounal) 4. Member of editorial board ARATRIK (ISSN Magazine).
Sri MAdhab Sarkar 1.Member of editorial board Saparja (ISSN Journal)
Sri Debabrata Chakraborty 1. Member of editorial board Saparja, (ISSN Journal)
Smt Ishita Dutta 1. Member of editorial board Saparja, (ISSN Journal)
Sri Somnath Mondal 1. Member of editorial board Saparja, (ISSN Journal) 22. Student projects
a. Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/programme NO
b. Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies
23. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students
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25. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding
a. National
UGC National Seminar in Collaboration with Banaras Hindu University on An Introspection of Bengali Language and Literature outside West Bengal (in India) and its Destiny
b. International UG Department Not eligible for International seminar.
26. Student profile programme/course wise:
Name of the Applications Selected Enrolled Pass Course/programme received percentage (refer question no. 4) *M *F B.A (H) BENGALI 200 65 15 44 76.6
*M = Male *F = Female
27. Diversity of Students Name of the % of % of students % of Course students from other students from the States from abroad same state
B.A (HONS AND 100% ------GEN) BENGALI
28. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defence services, etc. NET- 3 .
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29. Student progression Student progression Against % enrolled
30% UG to PG
PG to M.Phil. 1% PG to Ph.D. 1%
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral
Employed ------ Campus selection Other than campus recruitment Entrepreneurship/Self-employment 30. Details of Infrastructural facilities
a. Library: Total Books = 3810 ( College Library = 3550 copy & Departmental Library = 260 copy).
b. Internet facilities for Staff & Students: One Laptop & Desktop computer with Internet facilities for Staff. c. Class rooms with ICT facility: NIL.
d. Laboratories : NIL. 31. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies 32. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with external experts: A series of special lectures have been done in every year in different topics by eminent professor.
33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning lecture, audio visual, educational tour. 34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension Activities: NIL 35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans Every year the department of Bengali of Sarsuna College publishes two wall magazines (one on 21 February & other on 22 se shraban) and Saparja--a departmental journal (ISSN). Already we have a huge number of books for honours as well as pass courses. The number of books are being increased in every year in college library, where not only test-books but also some extra knowledge books are being increased. Apart from that there is a departmental library where from every students can collect their necessary books as early as possible. Instead of lecture method, the students get the facilities of audio-visual method and extra classes also. We arrange Seminar Lecture by the visiting eminent professor every year for the benefit of our students. We would like to increase this kind of Seminar.
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EDUCATION:
The Self-evaluation of every department may be provided separately in about 3- 4 pages, avoiding the repetition of the data.
Name of the department : EDUCATION
1. Year of Establishment : 1999 2. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.): UG (i) B.A. (Education General-)-Since 1999 (ii) B.A. (Education Honours) - Since 2003-2004 ;
3. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved : Nil
4. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise): Annual
5. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: N.A.
6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. : Nil
7. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: Nil
8. Number of Teaching posts:
Filled Sanctioned
Professors Nil Nil
Associate Professors Nil Nil
Asst. Professors Two Two
9. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /Ph.D. / M. Phil. etc.,)
No. of No. of Years of Ph.D. Name Qualification Designation Specialization Experience Students guided for the last 4 years Dr. Indrani M.Phil; B.Ed; Assistant Mental 11 Two Nath Ph.D. Professor Hygiene and (jointly) Special Education Dr. Pintu M.Phil; B.Ed; Assistant Evaluation in 4 Nil Kumar Maji Ph.D. Professor Education and Educational Technology Jayeeta Pal M.A., B.Ed. Govt. Curriculum 10 Approved studies & Nil Part-time Special Lecturer Education Ranu Roy M.A. Guest Teacher 2 Nil lecturer education & Envirormental education M.A., B.Ed. Guest Special 1 Nil Shree Chatterjee lecturer education & Environmental education
10.List of senior visiting faculty: Nil
11. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (programme wise) by temporary faculty:
Course Lectures Practical Classes
Education Honours 15% Nil
Education General 20% N.A.
12. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise):
Education (Hons.): 1: 8 Education (General) : 1:120
13.Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff sanctioned and filled : Sanctioned : N.A. Filled - N.A.
14. Qualifications of teaching faculty with D.Sc./ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil / PG.: M.Phil & Ph.D.: Two PG : Three
15. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received:
Dr. Pintu Kumar Maji: National: one International: Nil
01. Research focused on the ‘Measuring 3‘R’s (Reuse, Reduce and Recycle) Practices for Sustainable Lifestyle in the context of Environmental Education of college students, UGC Minor Project, New Delhi, India
16. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received : Nil
17. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: N.A.
18. Publications:
* Publication per faculty:
Dr. Indrani Nath : 4
Dr. Pintu Kumar Maji : 6
* Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national /international) by faculty and students
Number of publications listed in International Database (For Eg: Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.):
Monographs Chapter in Books Books Edited
Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers Citation Index SNIP
SJR Impact factor (IF) h-index
Publications :
Dr. Indrani Nath:
Articles:
4. Nath,I. and Halder,K. (2007). Poverty and illiteracy: tarnishing twins of time, Anwesa, vol 2, pp 12-19 (ISSN: 0973-5895).
5. Nath,I., Halder,K. and Maiti, N.C. (2013). Elementary education of slum children : an attempt to reach the un-reached, Indian Journal of Educational Research, vol 2, pp 68-81 (ISSN: 2277-3819).
6. Nath,I. and Halder, K.(2014). Public private partnership in Indian education, Magis, Xaverian Journal of Education, vol 3, pp 52-66 (ISSN: 2319-3239).
Book:
2. Halder, K. and Nath, I. (2014). Bharatiyo Sikshar Samprotik Bishoy, K. Chakraborty publication, Kolkata (ISBN: 81-904263-9-7).
Dr. Pintu Kumar Maji : . 7. Maji, P.K., and Ali, R. (2014). Locus of Control, Environmental Attitude and Environmental Action amongst School Students, MAGIS’ – Xaverian Journal of Education, v3, p 67-76 (ISSN: 2319-3239). 8. Maji, P.K., and Sengupta, M., and Banerjee, D. (2013).The Effect of Inclusion on the Locus of Control and Environment Related Behaviour of the Students with Visual Impairment. International Research Journal Persons with Special Needs and Rehabilitation Management, v3, p74-84 (ISSN: 2321-9254). 9. Sengupta, M., Banerjee, D., and Maji, P.K. (2012). Environment Related Behaviour of Students with Visual Impairment: An Exploratory Factor Analysis. Indian Journal of Educational Research, v1, p 65-81(ISSN: 2277-3819). 10. Sengupta, M., and Maji, P.K. (2011). Ecological value and pro-environmental behaviour amongst secondary school students living in the Sundarbans. ANWESA, A Journal of Education, v 6, p 8-21 (ISSN: 0973-5895). 11. Sengupta, M., Banerjee, D., and Maji, P.K. (2010). Environmental awareness and Action amongst visually impaired students. Indian Journal of Special Education, v 1, n 1, p 54-66 (ISSN: 2229-3612). 12. Sengupta, M., Banerjee, D., and Maji, P.K. (2010). Environmental attitude, ecological value and pro-environmental behaviour amongst secondary school students with visual impairment. Educatum, Journal of Education and Behavioural Science, v 4, n 1, p 8-16 (ISSN: 0975-2641).
Ranu Roy:
Book:
1. Banerjee,D. and Roy,R. (2013). Study on working women in higher education and their freedom in decision making. Pp 1-7, Victorious publishers (India) (ISBN: 978-81-92474-4-1)
19.Areas of consultancy and income generated: NA 20.Faculty as members in
a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards:
Dr. IndraniNath life member of All India Association for Educational Research. 21.Student projects:
a. Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/programme:
b. Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies: N.A.
22. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students: Nil
23. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department: Nil 24.Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding: Nil
c. National
d. International
25.Student profile programme/course wise: 2013-2014
Name of the Applications Selected Enrolled Pass Course/programme received percentage (refer question no. 4) *M *F Education Honours 93 40 11 8 63%
*M = Male *F = Female
26. Diversity of Students
Name of the % of % of students % of Course students from other students from the States from abroad same state
Education Honours 100% 0% 0%
Education General 100% 0% 0%
27. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defence services, etc. ?
Net cleared 4 (four) students.
28. Student progression:
Student progression Against % enrolled
25% UG to PG
PG to M.Phil. Nil PG to Ph.D. 0.01
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral Nil
Employed
Campus selection
Other than campus recruitment Exact data not available
Entrepreneurship/Self-employment Data not available
29.Details of Infrastructural facilities: a.Library: Central Library and Departmental Library
b. Internet facilities for Staff & Students: Desktop and Laptop Computers with wireless Broadband
c. Class rooms with ICT facility: i) Overhead projector ii) LCD projector
d. Laboratories: N.A.
30. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies: Approximately 10
31. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures workshop / seminar) with external experts: Nil
32. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning:
i) Use of overhead projectors for 5% lectures.
ii) Use of PowerPoint presentations and LCD projector for selected lectures.
iii) Use of computer animations and multimedia for selected lectures.
33. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension Activities: Nil
34. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans:
The Education department is successfully conducting the Education General Course since 1999 and Education Honours course since 2003 under University of Calcutta.
The Department consists of young and dynamic faculty who always sincerely and dedicatedly looks after the academic requirements of each and every student with utmost care and affection. The department has a well-stocked seminar library with a good collection of valuable reference books which the teachers as well as students can consult as and when required. The central library allows students to borrow sufficient number of books to fulfil their requirements. Day issue facility of books are also available for the students. Two of our faculty members hold Ph.D. degrees from University of Calcutta and have a very good research career behind them. Others hold post-graduate degrees among them two holds B.Ed degree also. Lectures and practical classes are held with utmost regularity and meticulous care. Overhead projectors are often used for lectures and occasionally LCD projector is employed for power point presentations for selected lectures. Computer facility with wireless and broadband internet access is provided to all faculty members and students. Excursions and field trips though not prescribed in the under graduate C.U. syllabus but are still quite often under taken specially for the honours students. Those places/ locations/institutions are chosen for the field trip that are somehow related to their syllabus so that the students can have a firsthand experience of what they are taught in the class room. Students are always very enthusiastic in this regard and they really enjoys such kind of educational trips. But since most of the students comes from economically weaker families and the department does not get any financial assistance from college or else where in this regard so because of the monetary constraints on the part of the students the department has to organise such trips to near by places therby curtailing the travelling expense.. Project work which is again not included in their syllabus are assigned to the students. Topics are selected from their syllabus. The objective of assigning such task is to provide the students ample opportunity for self study, freedom to work independently, providing basic training to carry research work, writing reports, systematically presenting their findings, analysing and drawing conclusion, helping them in bibliography writing. Departmental seminars are also organised regularly where the students presents paper using power point or OHP , followed by open discussion on it by the students as well as the teachers. Students of the department also puts up wall magazine where they expresses their views on various topics or current issues.
The main weakness of the Department is shortage of full time faculty. In comparison to the huge enrolment particularly in the general course the teacher pupil ratio is quite poor. Secondly, if more fund was allocated for book purchase then we could have provided our students with more variety of books as such exposure to good and variety of books will definitely help them to improve the quality of self study, to improve the answer quality and so on. Thirdly, there is acute shortage of rooms particularly for conducting practical classes. Fourthly, if we could have provided our students with a computer laboratory then we could have taught them how to use computer for various statistical analysis which woud have helped them in near future as such kind of basic knowledge is very essential these days. Fifthly, the quality of students admitted is not of a very high standard yet our faculty members really works hard and tries to guide and motivate them constantly so that they can produce their best in them. We are very proud that the very first honours batch of our department obtained three ranks in the final University examination 1st, 5th and 10th position respectively. In the consecutive years also almost regularly students are getting some position/rank in the final University examination. Many students have completed their post graduation course. Many of them have completed B.Ed course and are working in schools as para teachers as well as appointed by School Service Commission as full time faculty. One of our ex student is pursing Ph.D course under University of Calcutta. Many of our ex-students are teaching in colleges as well as in post graduate level in distance mode as guest lecturer, part time lecturer, full time faculty or PCP instructor. Many of our ex-students after completing their post graduation have also joined the college and served as a part time or guest lecturers.
We also intend to improve our research infrastructure to become self-sufficient as much as possible. In future, we aspire to introduce a regular M.A. course and offer facilities for Ph.D. research to qualified candidates.
Manual for Self-study Report Affiliated/Constituent Colleges HISTORY:
The Self-evaluation of every department may be provided separately in about 3- 4 pages, avoiding the repetition of the data.
1. Name of the department HISTORY 2. Year of Establishment 1999
3. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.) UG
4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved NIL
5. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise)ANNUAL
6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments NIL
7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. NIL
8. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons
9. Number of Teaching posts
Sanctioned Filled
Professors Associate
NIL
NIL
Professors NIL
NIL
Asst. Professors ONE ONE
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10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /Ph.D. / M. Phil. etc.,) Name Qualification Designation Specialization No. of Years No. of Ph.D. of Students Experience guided for the last 4 years
ANAMITRA CHATTOPADHYAY COLONIAL INDIA 14 NIL
NAMITA BOSE GOVT. APPROVED PART-TIME LECTURER ANCIENT INDIA 16 NIL
SUBHASHIS GHOSH GOVT. APPROVED PART-TIME LECTURER MODERN EUROPE 11 NIL
AMIT KUMAR CHATTOPADHYAY GOVT.APPROVED PART-TIME LECTURER MEDIEVAL INDIA 10 NIL
CHANDRANI ROYCHOWDHURY GUEST-LECTURER MEDIEVAL INDIA 4 NIL
MOUSHUMI HALDER GUEST-LECTURER MODERN INDIA 1 NIL
11. List of senior visiting faculty NIL
12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled(programme wise) by temporary faculty GUEST LECTURERS- LECTURES DELIVERED: 99.99%
13. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise) 1:12
14. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff; sanctioned and filled -NIL
15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil / PG.- PG
16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received -NIL
17. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received UGC SPONSORED STATE-LEVEL SEMINAR ON MARCH21, 2015 (2014-15)
18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University NO
19. Publications:
a) Publication per faculty
Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national /international) by faculty and students
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Number of publications listed in International Database (For Eg: Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) Monographs
Chapter in Books 1)Anamitra Chattopadhyay, Ouponobesik Banglay Dakati: Prasanga Hooghly Zella(Dacoity in Colonial Bengal:District Hooghly) in Hooghly Zella Sekal O Ekal (Hooghly District: Past and Present), August 2010, pub. Kanakshali Recreation Club, Chinsura, Hooghly, ISBN no.978-81-908627-0-7. Books Edited
Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers:
Anamitra Chattopadhyay
Ouponobesik Banglay Dakati: Prasanga Hooghly Zella(Dacoity in Colonial Bengal:District Hooghly) in Hooghly Zella Sekal O Ekal (Hooghly District: Past and Present), August 2010, pub. Kanakshali Recreation Club, Chinsura, Hooghly, ISBN no.978-81-908627-0-7.
Crime in Pre and Early Colonial Bengal, The Quarterly Review of Historical Studies, ISSN -0033-5800. (To Be Published)
2) Subhashis Ghosh,
Drozu Saheber Bichar (Trial of Drozu Sahib),Sahitya Darpan, (Puja Oct-Dec) 2012.
Ekti Bibahabichhed O Englande Dharma Sanskar (A Divorce and A Religious Reform in England), Sahitya Darpan, (Puja Oct-Dec) 2013.
Dwarakanath- Bangiyo Renaissance er Bismrito Pothikrit (Dwarakanath- The Unsung Hero of Bengal Renaissance), Ekhan Roddur, (April 2011).
Drakula- Uponyaser Charitra Ebong Itihas ( Drakula- A Fictional Characterv and History), Ekhan Roddur, (Puja 2011).
Sohorer Aaloy Ek Bhabaghure (A Vagabond In The Light Of A City), Ekhan Roddur, (Puja 2012). Jamidar Dwarakanath (Zamindar Dwarakanath), Ekhan Roddur (April 2013). SNIP
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20. Areas of consultancy and income generated 21. Faculty as members in
a. National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards…. 22. Student projects
c. Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/programme
d. Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies
23. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students
24. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department: Eminent Academician Dr. Saktisadhan Mukherjee, Reader, Dept. Of Bengali, Khiderpore College, delivered Lecture on Renaissance of Italy and Renaissance of Bengal in our Dept. NAAC for Quality and Excellence in Higher Education 95 Manual for Self-study Report Affiliated/Constituent Colleges
25.Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding
e. National
f. State: UGC Sponsored State-Level Seminar on ‘Colonial Calcutta: Varied Faces- A Retrospection’ to be held on March 21, 2015.
26. Student profile programme/course wise: (2011-14)
Name of the Applications Selected Enrolled Pass Course/programme received percentage (refer question no. 4) *M *F
History Honours 224 55 18 12 88.46%
*M = Male *F = Female
27. Diversity of Students Name of the % of % of students % of Course students from other students from the States from abroad same state
History Honours 100% 0% 0%
History General 100% 0% 0%
27. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defence services, etc. ? 10 students have cleared School Service Commission Test. 28. Student Progression: Student progression Against % enrolled
40% UG to PG
PG to M.Phil. Nil PG to Ph.D. Nil
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral Nil
Employed
Campus selection
Other than campus recruitment Exact data not available
Entrepreneurship/Self-employment 70%
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e. Library: no. of Books- 1450
f. Internet facilities for Staff & Students : Internet wi-fi facility available in Staff Room. Desktop for each Department and Notepad to the Head of the Department. Students can access internet in Library.
g. Class rooms with ICT facility
h. Laboratories
Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies: SC Stipend from Government- 14
Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with external experts:
30.Special lecture by Dr. Saktisadhan Mukherjee, Reader, Khidirpur College on Italiyo Renaissance o Banglar Renaissance (Comparative Study of Renaissance in Italy and Bengal Renaissance) in 2006.
31. Departmental Seminars arranged. In 2005 Seminar Lecture on ‘Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose and History’ delivered by Professor Chittabrata Palit.
32. In 2006 Departmental Seminar Lectures on Banghadip Parajay ( An Old Text- A Testimony Of The History of Kolkata with special reference to Sarsuna) Delivered by Professor Anirudhha Ray ( on Historical context) and Dr. Saktisadhan Mukherjee (on Literary context).
These lectures enormously benefit the students in getting knowledge of the various nuances of history.
Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning:
The students of the Department of History are shown films based on history every year to enable them study history in an interesting manner. They have been shown films like ‘Gandhi’, ‘The Great Dictator’, ‘Bose- The Forgotten Hero’, ‘Apocalipto’, ‘Jodha Akbar’, ‘1942’(Bengali), ‘’Vidyasagar’(Bengali).
The Department of History has arranged educational Excursion-
1. Serampore, Hooghly, Chinsura, Chandannagar(2004)
2. Birla Industrial and Technological Museum, Kolkata (2004)
3. Indian Museum (2005) 4. Museum of Sabarna Roychoudhuri Sangrahasala (The Zamindar family from whom the British received Kolkata)
5. Khana- Mihir Dhibi (Remnants of the palace of Barahamihir and Khana) and Chandraketugarh (2005)
6. National Library (2006)
7. Murshidabad (2007)
8. Nabadwip, Mayapur, Lakshman Sener Dhibi (Palace of the last Sena King of Bengal Lakshman Sen)(2008)
9. Murshidabad (2009)
10. Malda, Gour, Pandua (2010)
They have been shown a presentation on rare artefacts preserved in the Libraries and Museums of the U.S.A.
Students are encouraged to wall up their Departmental Wall- Magazine ‘Kristi’ every year which helps them gather an idea of research and presentation.
Students are encouraged to present Seminar lectures on variety of Historical facts every year.
Students are encouraged to engrave sculptures on historical subjects like Indus Valley Civilization and Khajuraho temple structure.
Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities
SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans:
To the students the study of history as a bookworm can only be too boring. Feeling the essence of history is most necessary in order to get into the subject. This feeling of history can come only if we encourage students visit various historical sites including museums. The University Syllabus does not sanction any help (both financial and academic) to augment such projects . However the Department of History, Sarsuna College has always endeavoured to organise visits to various historical sites as well as museums to cater to their students’ need who come from semi-urban areas, financially weak families, minority communities and yet have exhaustive interest in taking part in these projects. Our College has been providing a limited portion of the expense the major portion being expensed by teachers and students. Following is the list of excursions undertaken by the Department:
1. Serampore, Hooghly, Chinsura, Chandannagar(2004)
2. Birla Industrial and Technological Museum, Kolkata (2004)
3.Indian Museum (2005)
4.Museum of Sabarna Roychoudhuri Sangrahasala (The Zamindar family from whom the British received Kolkata)
5. Khana- Mihir Dhibi (Remnants of the palace of Barahamihir and Khana) and Chandraketugarh (2005)
6. National Library (2006)
7. Murshidabad (2007)
8. Nabadwip, Mayapur, Lakshman Sener Dhibi (Palace of the last Sena King of Bengal Lakshman Sen)(2008)
9. Murshidabad (2009)
10. Malda, Gour, Pandua (2010)
The Department of History also has published a departmental journal named ‘Kalottirno’ in 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010. Enormously enriching articles from eminent historians have been put into these volumes which cater the students with knowledge other than the regular text syllabi. However as the College is unable to grant the money any further and as no provision has been given of any financial help to encourage this move from any institution other than our College the Department has failed to continue the publication of such enriching journal.
POLITICAL SCIENCE: The Self-evaluation of every department may be provided separately in about 3- 4 pages, avoiding the repetition of the data.
1 Name of the Department: Political Science
2. Year of Establishment: 1999 Name of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.): UG (i) B.A. General - Since 1999 (ii) B.A. Honours - Since 2001
3. Name of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: NA
4. Annual/ Semester/Choice based credit system (programme wise): Annual
5. Participation of the Department in the courses offered by other departments: N.A.
(a) Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign
institutions, etc. : N A
(b) Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: N A
(c) Number of teaching posts:
Filled Sanctioned
Professor Nil Nil
Associate Professor One One
Asst. Professor One Nil
6. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /Ph.D. / M. Phil. etc.,)
No. of No. of Years of Ph.D. Name Qualification Designation Specialization Experience Students guided for the last 4 years Arun Kumar M.A Associate International 33 N A Dawn (Ph D Professor Relations pursuing) Susmita Medda M.A Part Time India and Her 12 N A (Dutta) Lecturer Neighbours (Govt. Approved) Swagata Saha M.A. Guest International 04 N A lecturer Relations Arpan Mandal M.A. M.Phil Guest Research 03 N A lecturer Methodology
7. List of senior visiting faculty: N A
8. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (programme wise) by temporary faculty:
Course Lectures Practical Classes Political Science 75% N A
Honours
Political Science 75% N.A.
General
8. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise):
Honours: 1: 8 General: 1:120
9. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff sanctioned and filled : Sanctioned : N A Filled – N A
10. Qualifications of teaching faculty with D.Sc./ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil / PG.:
M.A: Three, M. A. & M. Phil : One
11. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International
funding agencies and grants received:
Arun Kumar Dawn: National (UGC/Minor)) - One
International: N A
Name of the Project: Eradication of Poverty and the role of some specific ‘Self
Help Groups’ (SHGs) in the region adjacent to Kolkata
City in the District of South 24 Parganas
12. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total
grants received : N A
13. Research Centre /Facility recognized by the University: N A
14. Publications:
* Publication per faculty:
* Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals
(national /international) by faculty and students
Number of publications listed in International Database (For Eg: Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.):
Monographs Chapter in Books, Books Edited
Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers Citation Index SNIP
SJR Impact factor (IF) h-index
Publications :
Arun Kumar Dawn: Books:
1. Dawn, Arun Kumar, Policy of the Government of India and the Question of
Sustainable Development in the Eleventh Plan Period, 2007-2012: A
Perspective, in Sustainable Development: An Interdisciplinary Approach,
Jointly Edited by Chakraborty, Dr. Pinaki, Dasgupta Smt.Piyali. Mandal (Pandit)
Dr. Chamelli pp - 111-123, 2011 (ISBN: 978-81-924076-8-5)
Articles:
7. Dawn, Arun Kumar, Sachar Committee Recommendations and its Implications in West Bengal, New Man & Society, Vol-02, No. 01, January-June 2011 pp 66-74 (ISSN 2231-6698) 8. Dawn, Arun Kumar, Decentralised Planning and the Formation of a District Planning Committee in West Bengal: An Overview, Sarsuna College Journal of Political Science, Vol-1, March 2010, pp-94-100
9. Dawn, Arun Kumar, Quantitative Research: Introduction to the Sampling Process in Sarsuna College Journal of Political Science, Vol-2, March 2014, pp-76- 86
15. Areas of consultancy and income generated: N A 16. Faculty as members in: Arun Kumar Dawn as
(i) Founding member and Vice President of the Kolkata Centre for Contemporary Studies
(ii) Life time member of the West Bengal Political Science Association
(iii) Former Member of the Ethical Committee of Dr. R. Ahmed Dental College & Hospital, Kolkata (iv) Treasurer (2009-2013), South 24- Parganas District Committee, WBCUTA (v) Member of the WBCUTA & AIFUCTO
17. Student projects:
a. Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/programme: N A
b. Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies: N A
18. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students: N A
19. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department:
1. Prof. Radha Raman Chakraborti, Former V C, Netaji Open University
2. Prof. Samir Kumar Das, Former V C, North Bengal University
3. Prof. Amartya Mukhopadhyay, University of Calcutta
4. Prof. Arunava Ghosh, Rabindra Bharati University
5. Prof. Anirudh Despande, Delhi University
6. Prof. Apurba Barua, North Eastern Hill University 7. Prof. Ashokendu Sengupta, WB Higher Education Service
8. Prof. Sujato Bhadra, Kolkata based Human Rights Activist
9. Sri Gautam Navlakha, Delhi based Human Rights Activist
10. Sri Prasant Rahi, Uttarakhand based Human Rights Activist
11. Sri Subir Bhowmik, Former Journalist, BBC
12. Sri Rajat Ray, Journalist, Kolkata TV
13. Prof. Amit Bhattacharjee, Jadavpur University
14. Prof. Dwaipan Bhattacharjee, Centre for Studies in Social Science (ICSSR)
15. Sri Naba Dutta, Kolkata based Human Rights Activist
16. Prof. Apurba Mukhopadhyay, Netaji Institute for Asian Studies
17. Dr. Subrata Bagchi, Kidderpur College, Kolkata
18. Sri Santosh Chowdhury, Kandi Raj College, Murshidabad
19. Sri Saugata Ray, Former Central Minister
20. Sri Santosh Rana, Leftist Political Leader
20. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding:
g. National: ‘Inauguration of a New Political, Culture based on the Politics of Non Violence and Assimilation in Violence and Terror hit areas of Midnapore (East & West), Bankura and Purulia District in South West Bengal erupting in last few years i.e. 2005-2011’ on 23rd & 24th March 2012 (UGC Funded)
h. International: N A
21. Student profile programme/course wise: 2011-2014
Name of the Applications Selected Enrolled Pass Course/programme received percentage (refer question no. 4) *M *F
Political Science 105 55 12 11 100% Honours Political Science General
*M = Male *F = Female
22. Diversity of Students
Name of the % of % of students % of Course students from other students from the States from abroad same state
Honours 100% 0% 0%
General 100% 0% 0%
23. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defence services, etc. Data not available
24. Student progression:
Student progression Against % enrolled
25% UG to PG
PG to M.Phil. PG to Ph.D. Do
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral Do
Employed
Campus selection
* Other than campus recruitment Exact data not available
Entrepreneurship/Self-employment Data not available
25. Details of Infrastructural facilities:
Library: Central Library and Departmental Library
b. Internet facilities for Staff & Students: Desktop and Laptop Computers with
wireless Broadband c. Class rooms with ICT facility: i) Overhead projector ii) LCD projector
d. Laboratories: N.A.
26. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies: Data not available with the Department
27. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures workshop / seminar) with external experts: Various Seminar, workshop and Interface Programmes
28. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning:
iv) Use of overhead projectors for 5% lectures.
v) Use of PowerPoint presentations and LCD projector for selected lectures.
vi) Use of computer animations and multimedia for selected lectures.
29. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension Activities: N A
30. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans:
The Department of Political Science is one of the finest ones in our college not only in contents but also in forms. In spite of absence of good number of teachers thanks to the policy of the Govt. of West Bengal, our department has been successfully conducting both the General and Honours courses since 1999 and 2001 respectively. The college has recruited Part Time, Guest and Contractual teachers several times on the basis of academic merit and interview. The process seems to be much conducive to the interests of student. We organise seminar, workshop and interface programmes regularly for the students where most of the resource persons are usually invited from different segments of the society in order to enrich them. We have also recently started publishing Departmental Journal which tends to gather knowledge under a single roof. We have in the meantime collected/purchased a good number of reference books in the Seminar as well as Central Library where the students even at Post Graduate level could avail of the benefits. We also subscribe to many national periodicals/journals regularly so that the students can be accustomed to a better academic environment.
We believe that our Discipline helps the students to know the process of decision making with the help of understanding government and political affairs at local, regional, national and international levels. We also orient our beloved students to develop capacity of analysis, interpretation and evaluation.
The Department badly needs a sizable amount of teachers, financial assistance for procuring books, journals and technical devises both for the students and staff. We need more and more workshop, seminar and academic interface programmes. It is also our humble ambition to introduce training programme for the students for different competitive examination.
Only then, we will remain content with our mission.
COMMERCE:
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10. Name of the department: COMMERCE
11. Year of Establishment: 1999 12. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.): UG (i) B. Com Pass/General since 1999 (ii) B. Com Honours in Accounting since 2001 (iii) B. Com Honours in Marketing since 2003
13. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: Nil
14. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise): Annual
15. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: Nil
16. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc: Nil.
17. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: Nil
18. Number of Teaching posts
Filled Sanctioned
Professors Associate Nil Nil
Professors Nil Nil
Asst. Professors Three Two
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11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /Ph.D. / M. Phil. etc.,)
No. of Years No. of Ph.D. of Experience Students Name Qualification Designation Specialization guided for the last 4 years Sanjib Mitra M. com Assisstant Accounting 14 Nil Professor Uttam Kumar M. com, Assisstant Marketing 14 Nil Bhakta M. Phill Professor Management Rupa M. com Part Time Accounting 15 Mukherjee Teacher(govt.) Nil
Prasanta Parai M.A. Part Time 15 Nil (Economics) Teacher(govt.) Econometrics Ph. D.
Smarajit M. com Part Time Accounting 15 Nil Bhaumick Teacher(govt.) Subrata M. com Part Time Accounting 13 Nil Sarkar Teacher(govt.) M. com Part Time Accounting 13 Nil Netai Biswas Teacher(govt.) Partha Mitra M. com Part Time Accounting 13 Nil Teacher(govt.) Raja Dey M. com Part Time Accounting 11 Nil Teacher(govt.) Shibsankar M. com Part Time Accounting 10 Nil Naskar Teacher(govt.) Rima M. com Part Time Accounting 7 Nil Banerjee Teacher(govt.) Leenapriya De M. com Part Time Accounting 6 Nil Teacher(govt.) Piyali M. com Part Time Accounting 6 Nil Chatterjee Teacher(govt.) Swapna Das M. Sc (Math) Guest Algebra & 01 Nil Lecturer Analysis
20. List of senior visiting faculty: Nil
21. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled(programme wise) by temporary faculty:
Course Lectures Practical Classes
B.Com. (Honours) 50% 70%
B.Com. (General) 55% 100%
22. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise):
B.Com. (Honours): 28.57 : 1 B.Com. (General): 42.85 : 1
23. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff; sanctioned and filled: Nil
24. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil / PG.:
Ph. D: One, M. Phil: One, PG: 12
25. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received: Nil
26. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received: Nil
27. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: Nil
28. Publications:
* a) Publication per faculty
(i) Sanjib Mitra: 03
(ii) Uttam Kumar Bhakta:
* Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) by faculty and students
Faculty: Nil Students: Nil
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Number of publications listed in International Database (For Eg: Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) : Nil Monographs : Nil
Chapter in Books :
Sanjib Mitra: 3
(iii) Mitra, S. (2014). Socio-Economic Drivers of Financial Inclusion: An Empirical Study. Contemporary Issues in Business Studies, Ed. Prof. Sharmistha Banerjee, UGC-ASC-CU and Department of Business Management-CU, Kolkata, 5-15. [ISBN 978-81-927807-3-3].
(iv) Mitra, S. (2012). Taxation of Mutual Funds and Investors: A Theoretical Analysis. Mutual Funds, Retail Investors and SEBI. Ed. Dr. Sujit Kr. Das, Department of Commerce, New Alipore College, Kolkata, 212-227 [ISBN-978-81-924140-9-6].
(iii) Mitra, S. (2012). IFRS Implementation in Indian Banks: Some Key Issues. Seminar Volume on Indian Accounting Standards: Convergence with IFRSs, Ed. Amal Kr. Bhakat, Department of Commerce, P. N. Das College, Palta and Indian Accounting Association, Law Point Publication, Kolkata, 185-200 [ISBN 978-93-82472-68-1].
Uttam Kumar Bhakta:
Books Edited : Nil
Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers : Nil Citation Index SNIP
SJR Impact factor h-index
22. Areas of consultancy and income generated : Nil 23. Faculty as members in
b) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards…. : NIl 23. Student projects
e. Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/programme : 100% students of B. Com (Honours) Final Year (143 students for the session 2014-15). About 14% of total students.
f. Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies : Nil
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29. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding : Nil
i. National
j. International
27. Student profile programme/course wise:
Name of the Applications Selected Enrolled Pass Course/programme received percentage (refer question no. 4) *M *F
Honours 393 143 106 37 100%
*M = Male *F = Female
28. Diversity of Students Name of the % of % of students % of Course students from other students from the States from abroad same state
Honours 100% General 100%
29. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc. ?
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30. Student progression Student progression Against % enrolled
UG to PG
PG to M.Phil. PG to Ph.D.
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral
Employed Campus selection Other than campus recruitment Entrepreneurship/Self-employment 31. Details of Infrastructural facilities
i. Library: Plenty of Text and Reference books on each subject in the Central library.
j. Internet facilities for Staff & Students: Yes
k. Class rooms with ICT facility: The department has no permanent class room with ICT facility. The department has one LCD Projector, one DTU, one Laptop computer and two Note books (mini laptop). With the help of above, smart classes with Power Point Presentations are arranged as and when required. Moreover, the college has two common class rooms with ICT facility. Smart classes are also held there.
l. Laboratories: There are 24 desk top computers fully equipped with latest version of required softwares (Windows 7, Tally etc.). The IT Laboratory has a broadband connection for Internet facility. 36. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies 37. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with external experts: Occasionally special lectures on contemporary topics are delivered by external experts. Again seminar lecture competition of honours students are also held in the department.
38. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning:
(i) Use of laptop computer and LCD Projector in the class room.
(ii) Use of Internet facility (particularly UGC Inflibnet E-Resource) for literature survey of B. Com Honours Project Work.
(iii) Often Project copies are sent by the students to the respective Supervisor-Teacher through e-mail and the same are sent back to the students after necessary corrections.
39. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension Activities: Students regularly participate in all such programmes organised by the NSS wing of the college. 40. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans:
S (Strength): Experienced as well as young, energetic & dynamic faculty; Well equipped IT Lab; Rich collection of text and reference books; Special lectures and tutorial classes; career counselling and placement programme; Departmental journal and wall magazine.
W (Weakness): Lack of permanent faculty; Inadequate fund allocation for expansion of Lab and acquisition of modern teaching–learning aids; Insufficient budgetary support for books and journals.
O (Opportunity): Scope for establishment of departmental library; to utilize the IT lab along with the faculty for conducting allied courses and also for undertaking research projects.
C (Challenge): To impart quality and value education so that more number of students can go for PG and/or Professional courses ; to develop the application skill to enable the students for employment in general and self employment in particular and last but not the least, to motivate and train the students in entrepreneurship development so that they can establish their own business unit and become a future industrialist of the country.
Future Plans: To Introduce Post Graduate course on regular basis; To arrange for short term On-the-job training (Internship) in collaboration with the industry; To conduct Professional/job oriented courses; To organise greater number of special lectures and seminars for the students; To Interact regularly with the Professional Institutes for improvement of students knowledge, skill and thereby employment opportunity.
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BIO CHEMISTRY:
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1. Name of the department – Biochemistry (H+G)
2. Year of Establishment – 2004 (JULY) 3. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.) – UG and Pass 4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved- Nil
5. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise) - Annual
6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments – Microbiology and Chemistry 7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.- Nil
8. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons- Nil
9. Number of Teaching posts
Filled Sanctioned
Professors Associate
Professors
Asst. Professors NIL NIL
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10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /Ph.D. / M. Phil. etc.,)
No. of Years No. of of Ph.D. Name Qualification Designation Specialization Experience Students guided for the last 4 years Monorama MSc, PhD Part time Biochemistry 12 years NIL Polley lecturer Mondal
Surajit Sinha MSc, PhD Part time Physiology 10 years NIL lecturer Swagatika MSc, M.Phil Part time Organic 6 years NIL Samantaray lecturer chemistry
Sarbari MSc, PhD Part time Physical 10 years NIL Mukherji lecturer chemistry
Arijita Sen MSc Guest Biochemistry 1 year NIL lecturer
11. List of senior visiting faculty-NIL
12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled(programme wise) by temporary faculty- Arijita Sen
Theory class- 57 , Practical- 21
13. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise) – 31:5
14. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff; sanctioned and filled- one (college appointed)
15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil / PG.
Name Qualification Monorama Polley Mondal MSc, PhD
Surajit Sinha MSc, PhD
Swagatika Samantaray MSc, M.Phil
Sarbari Mukherji MSc, PhD
Arijita Sen MSc
16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received-NIL
17. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received-NIL
18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University-NIL
19. Publications:
* a) Publication per faculty
* Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) by faculty and students
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Chapter in Books Books Edited
Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers Citation Index SNIP
SJR Impact factor h-index
PAPERS ( MANORAMA POLLEY MONDAL)
1. Kalkier mK9: A prorenin converting enzyme, in hypertensive mice. Uddin, M. Polley-Mandal, M. and Beg, O.U. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 304: 724-728, 2003.
2. Elevation of oxidative stress in aorta of genetically hypertensive mice. Mukarram Uddin, Hong Yang, Mingjian Shi, Manorama Polley-Mandal and Zhing Mao Guo. (Mechanism of ageing and development,vol 124 Issue- 7,2003 811-817)
3. Brain regional adenylate cyclase activity: Effect of Theophylline under nontolerant and tolerant conditions.M.Mandal and M.K. Poddar. Biogenic Amines, 16, No. 3,(2001) 251-268.
4. Possible mechanism of interaction of GABAergic Adenosinergic systems in the regulation of theophylline- Research induced locomotor activity under its nontolerant and tolerant conditions. M. Mandal and M.K. Poddar. Neurochemical, 24 (1999) 757-765.
5. Hippocampal Serotonin: Effect of theophylline in nontolerant, tolerant and withdrawal rats. M. Mandal and M.K Poddar. Biogenic Amines, 15 (1999) 217-228.
6. Theophylline withdrawal stimulates brain regional serotonin. M. Mandal and M.K. Poddar. Journal of Serotonin Research, 4 (1998) 273-282.
7. Brain regional serotonergic activity: Effects of theophylline in nontolerant and tolerant rats. M. Mandal and M.K. Poddar. Journal of Serotonin Research, 4 (1998) 283-293. ABSTRACTS
1. Kalkrein-like enzymes modulation in genetically inbred hypertensive mice. Uddin, M. and Polley-Mandal, M. FASEB Meeting, April 11-15, 2003, San Diego. CA
2. Sequencing and restriction enzyme analysis of the promoter region of kallikrein-like prprenin converting enzyme C in hyper, hypo and Normotensive mice. Uddin, M. and Polley-Mandal, M. 8 th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities, Dec. 8-11, 2002, The University of Hawaii, Hawaii.
3. Elevation of oxidative stress in the aorta of hypertensive mice. Uddin, M., Hong Yang, Yingehun Zhang, Mingjian, Shi, Polley-Mandal, M. and Zhing Mao, Guo. American Heart Association’s. 56th Annual Fall Conference on High Blood Pressure Research. Sep. 18th 2002, Orlando, FL.
4. Binding of HeLa nuclear transcription factor to promoter regions of prorenin converting enzymes mK9, mK13, mK22 in normotensive, hypertensive and hypotensive mice.FASEB Meeting, April, 20-24, New Orleans, 2002.
5. Withdrawal of theoohylline: Effect of hippocampal GABA ergic system and Ca 2+ - ATPase in relation to locomotor activity. Mandal. M. and Poddar M.K. IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience and Federation of Asian Oceanian Neuroscience Socities (FAONS). Symposium. 20th Scientific Meeting. Dec. 7-10 2000.
6. Brain regional adenosinergic activity: Withdrawal effect of theophylline. M.K.Poddar and M. Mandal. 4th International Congress, Polish Neuroscience Society, Poland. Sep. 5-12, 1999
7. Withdrawal effect of theophylline on brain regional gamma-aminobutyric acid. M.K. Poddar and M. Mandal. 5th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience. Jerusalem, Israel. It was held on July 11th-16th, 1999.
8. Theophylline withdrawal reduces locomotor activity: Possible mechanism of involvement of central GABAergic- Serotonergic interaction. M.K. Poddar and M. Mandal. International Colliquium on “Brain Research” Organized by National Brain Research Centre(NBRC) Oct. 1-3, 1999.
9. Is hippocampal serotonin involved in theophylline-induced locomotor activity under nontolerant, tolerant and withdrawal conditions ? M.K. Poddar and M. Mandal. Neuropharmacology FAOPS. Congress, Brisbrane, Queenstand, Australia. Sept. 27 to 1st Oct. 1998.
10. Brain regional GABA: Effect of theophylline in nontolerant and tolerant rats. M. Mandal and M.K. Poddar. J. Pharmacol. Presented in the 1st Asia pacific international colliqullum on neuroscience. Singapore, Dec. 15-17, 1994
11. Effect of repeated administration of theophylline on adenosine deaminase activity in mammalian brain regions. M.K. Poddar and M. Mandal. J. Neurochemistry, 61 (Suppl.), S 81, 1993.
12. Effect of theophylline on adenylate cyclase activity in mammalian brain regions. M K. Poddar, M. Mandal and S. Mukhopadhyay. Proc. 1st APSN Meeting Oct. 22-23 (1992) p. 106, Nagoya, Japan.
Chapter
M.K. Poddar, M. Mandal and S. Mukhopadhyay. Theophylline-induced locomotor activity in nontolerant and tolerant mammals: Involvement of central serotonergic activity. In: Environment and Physiology. B.N. Mallick and R. Singh (Eds.) (1993) pp. 80-90. Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, India.
PAPERS ( SWAGATIKA SAMANTARAY)
List of Publications
1. Using phosphorus of MoO3/ZSM-5 to modify performance in methane dehydoaromatisation. S. Burns, J.S.J. Hargreaves, P.Pal, K. M. Parida, S. Parija, J. Molecular catalysis, A: Chemical 245 (2005) 141-146.
2. The effect of dopants on the activity of MoO3/ZSM-5 catalysts for the dehydroaromatisation of methane. S. Burns, J.S.J. Hargreaves, P.Pal, K. M. Parida, S. Parija, Catalysis Today, 114, 4 (2006) 383-387.
3. Photocatalytic degradation of phenol under solar radiation using microwave irradiated zinc oxide, K.M. Parida, Swagatika Parija. Solar Energy 80, 8 (2006) 1048-1054.
4. Preparation, characterization of molybdophosphoric and tungstophosphoric acid intercalated zinc aluminium hydrotalcite like compounds and their catalytic evaluation towards the oxidative bromination of phenol. K.M. Parida, S. Parija, J.Das, P.S. Mukherjee. Catalysis communication 7, 11 (2006) 913-919.
20. Areas of consultancy and income generated -NIL 21. Faculty as members in
c) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards….- NIL 22. Student projects
g. Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/programme- NIL
h. Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies- NIL
23. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students- NIL
24. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department Dr.Sandip Kumar Bandhopadhay( Reader,department of biochemistry,IPGM,Kolkata): He gave series of lectures on clinical biochemistry on one day per week.
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25.Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding
k. National: NIL
l. International: NIL
26. Student profile programme/course wise:
Name of the Applications Selected Enrolled Pass Course/programme received percentage (refer question no. 4) *M *F
B.Sc (H) 84 35 04 13 53 Biochemistry(BCMA)
*M = Male *F = Female
27. Diversity of Students Name of the % of % of students % of Course students from other students from the States from abroad same state
B.Sc (H) 100 NIL NIL Biochemistry(BCMA
28. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc. ?
NET - ONE
SLET - NIL
GATE- TWO
CIVIL SERVICE- NIL
DEFENCESERVICE-NIL
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29. Student progression Student progression Against % enrolled
65 UG to PG
PG to M.Phil. NIL
PG to Ph.D. 10
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral 3
Employed NIL Campus selection 62 Other than campus recruitment Entrepreneurship/Self-employment 2 30.Details of Infrastructural facilities:
m. Internet facilities for Staff & Students: YES
n. Class rooms with ICT facility: YES
o. Laboratories:
A) INSTRUMENT:
Sl.No. DESCRIPTION OF INSTRUMENT QUANTITY
1. UV SPECTROMETER 1
2. COLORIMETER 2
3. PH METER 2
4. INCUBATOR(AT 37o) 2
5. LAMINAR 1
6. POTENTIOMETER 1 7. CENTRIFUGE 1
8. MICROCENTRIFUGE 2
9. ELECTRONIC WEIGHING 2 MACHINE
10. ORDINARY WEIGHING MACHINE 1
11. DISTILLED WATER PLANT 1
12. AUTOCLAVE 1
13. INCUBATOR WITH SHAKER 1
14. OVEN 1
15. CONDUCTIVITY METER 1
16. ANALYTICAL BALANCE 6
17. MICROSCOPE 2
18. POLARIMETER 1
19. FURNACE 1
20. ELECTROPHORESIS TANK 4
21. MICROPIPPETE 4
22. STIRER 1
23. VORTEX 1
24. UV ILLUMINATOR 1
B) ASSET OF LABORATORY:
Sl.No DESCRIPTION QUANTITY
1. COMPUTER 1 2. LAPTOP 1
3. LASER PRINTER 1
4. UPS 1
5. WHITE BOARD 1
6. WOODEN WALL CABINET 6
7. STUDENT WORKING BENCHE AND TABLE 3
8. WORKING TABLE 3
9. EXHAUST FAN 2
10. FIRE EXTINGUISHER 1
11. FRIDGE 2
12. ALMIRAH 1
C) DESCRIPTION OF THE LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT:
The area of laboratory is near about 800 sqft. The room is airy. Available water supply is there. The lab is divided into four chambers and has well equipped gas line and well designed drainage system. 4 wooden working table is there for the students.
D) LIBRARY:
SEMINAR CENTRAL
Around 70 books Around 300 books
41. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies – 0
42. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with external experts: Seminar and student reunion come competition.
A) STUDENT SEMINAR COME COMPETITION ON 2005,2006 &2009 B) SEMINAR BY PROFESSORS FROM DIFFERENT COLLEGES 21.09.2006- Prof. A .B. Banerjee, (department of Biochemistry,CU) Dr.Sandip Kumar Bandhopadhay( Reader,department of biochemistry,IPGM,Kolkata)
01.12.2006- (World’s Aids Day : Avik Mukherjee (Research Scholar ,West Bengal University Of Technology)
08.12.2007- Biochemistry- Dr. Aditi Nag Chowdhury (Lady Brabourne College HOD of microbiology department)
43. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning-
a) Chalk & Talk(maximum). b) Overhead Projection 44. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension Activities- NIL 45. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans –
STRENGTH:
Biochemistry department set up at 2004. From 2004 till now the lab has been remodelled. The laboratory is well equipped with all kinds of old and new instruments as well as apparatus. This lab can accommodate quite a good number of students to work together. The list of instruments has already been given in tabular form. Apart from laboratory our departmental library is also well known for varieties of books of Indian as well as International authors, which can guide our students in theatricals as well as practical aspects. To build up keen interest on this subject students are allowed to give postal presentation as well as seminars upon various topics of their own scientific interest.
Weakness:
1) Laboratory setup should be upgraded if we plan to commence the Post Graduate programme. 2) As this is a new invented subject we are getting less number of students and also some student drop out.
Opportunity:
Here students get different kinds of theoretical as well as practical knowledge on clinical, molecular as well as enzymological technique.
Challenges:
To give students keen interest on this newly invented subject and helping them to build up a competitive attitude, so that they can carry forward their career on this subject in India as well as in abroad. Future plan:
1) To organise state level and national level seminar for the sake of students by renowned professor of biochemistry from different university and institute. 2) Every year we want to organise seminar competition among students. 3) We want to arrange summer project and workshop for the students sponsored by UGC 4) Thinking about starting Post Graduate programme on biochemistry in distance.
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19. Name of the department : BOTANY
20. Year of Establishment : 2002 21. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.): (iii) B.Sc. (General)-Since 2002 (ii) B.Sc. (Honours) - Since 2012-2013 ;
22. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved : Nil
23. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise): Annual
24. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: Some classes of the Biochemistry and Geography departments are taken by our faculty members, when invited.
25. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. : Nil
26. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: Nil
27. Number of Teaching posts:
Filled Sanctioned
Professors Nil Nil
Associate Professors Nil Nil
Asst. Professors One One
12. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /Ph.D. / M. Phil. etc.,)
No. of No. of Years of Ph.D. Name Qualification Designation Specialization Experience Students guided for the last 4 years Dr. Sanchaita Ph.D. Assistant Cell Biology & Eight One Lala Professor Genetics ; (jointly) Nanomedicine Dr. Mithu Ph.D. Contractual Plant Two Nil Biswas (Das) Full-time Taxonomy; Lecturer Plant Biotechnology Subhamoy M.Sc. Govt. Cell Biology, Chatterjee Approved Molecular Eight Nil Part-time Genetics and Lecturer Plant Biotechnology
29. List of senior visiting faculty: Nil
30. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (programme wise) by temporary faculty:
Course Lectures Practical Classes
B.Sc. (Honours) 24.48% 18.18%
B.Sc. (General) 80% 64.28%
13. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise):
B.Sc. (Hons.): 1: 5 B.Sc. (General) : 1:15
17. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff sanctioned and filled : Sanctioned : Nil Filled - One (temporary)
18. Qualifications of teaching faculty with D.Sc./ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil / PG.:
Ph.D.: Two PG : One
19. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received: Nil 20. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received :
DBT One (joint) ` 51.75 lakhs
21. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: No
22. Publications:
* Publication per faculty:
Dr. Sanchaita Lala : 10
Dr. Mithu Biswas (Das) : 7
* Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national /international) by faculty and students
Faculty:
a) Dr. Sanchaita Lala : 10 b) Dr. Mithu Biswas (Das) : 7 Students: Nil
Number of publications listed in International Database (For Eg: Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.):
Dr. Sanchaita Lala: 9 Dr. Mithu Biswas(Das) : 5 Monographs
Chapter in Books
Dr. Sanchaita Lala: 1 ii) Basu M.K. and Lala S. (2006) Nanoparticulate Drug Delivery to the Reticulo- endothelial System and to Associated Disorders.(Chapter 21) In: Nanoparticulates as Drug Carriers. Ed. Torchilin V.P. Imperial College Press, London pp. 463-480. (ISBN 1-86094-630-5).(*Citations 3) Dr. Mithu Biswas (Das): 2 iii) Singh A, Das M, Bal S and Banerjee R. (2014) Rice Processing (Chapter 4) In: Engineering Aspects of Cereal and Cereal- Based Products Ed. Raquel de Pinho Ferreira Guine’ Paula Maria dos Reis Correia; CRC Press, Taylor & Francis. (ISBN 13: 978-1-4398-8702-8) (*Citation 1 ) iv) Bhanja T, Das M, Banerjee R.(2008) Downstream Processing of Biologicals: A Strategic Approach.(Chapter 9) In: Advances in Fermentation Technology Ed. A. Pandey, C. Larroche, C. R. Soccol and C. Dussap; Asiatech Publishers Inc., . (ISBN 13: 978-8-1876-8018-5 )
Books Edited
Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers Citation Index SNIP
SJR Impact factor (IF) h-index
Publications in National and International Journals :
Dr. Sanchaita Lala :
i) Maity A., Hazra A., Palit P., Mondal S., Lala S., Mondal N.B.(2013) The cytotoxic effects of diketopiperazines against Leishmania donovani promastigotes and amastigotes. Medicinal Chemistry Research 22(7): 3452-3458.(*Citations 3 *SNIP 0.800 *SJR 0.355 *IF 1.612) ii) Bhowal S.K, Lala S., Hazra A, Paira P., Banerjee S., Mondal N.B., Chakraborty S.(2008) Synthesis and assessment of fertility-regulating potential of 2-(2''- chloroacetamidobenzyl)-3-(3'-indolyl) quinoline in adult rats as a male contraceptive agent. Contraception. 77(3): 214-222. (*Citations 10 * SNIP 1.096 *SJR 1.333 *IF 2.327) iii) Lala S., Gupta S., Sahu N.P., Mandal D., Mondal N.B., Moulik S.P., Basu M.K.(2006) Critical evaluation of the therapeutic potential of bassic acid entrapped in oil-in-water microemulsions and poly-lactide nanoparticles against experimental leishmaniasis. Journal of Drug Targeting 14(4):171-179. (*Citations 20 *SNIP 0.671 *SJR 0.715 * IF 1.699) iv) Gupta S., Lala S., Sanyal S.K., Dutta S., Basu M.K., Moulik S.P.(2005) Designing and testing of an effective oil-in-water microemulsion drug delivery system for in vivo application. Drug Delivery. 12(5): 267-273. (*Citations 29 *SNIP 0.534 *SJR 0.385 *IF 1.067 ) v) Tyagi R., Lala S., Verma A.K., Nandy A.K., Mahato S.B., Maitra A.N., Basu M.K.(2005) Targeted delivery of arjunglucoside I using surface hydrophilic and hydrophobic nanocarriers to combat experimental leishmaniasis. Journal of Drug Targeting. 13(3): 161-171. (*Citations 48 *SNIP 0.615 *SJR 0.706 *IF 1.569 ) vi) Basu M.K. and Lala S. (2004) Macrophage specific drug delivery in experimental leishmaniasis. (Review) Current Molecular Medicine. 4(6):681- 689.(*Citations 51 *SNIP 1.095 *SJR 1.779 *I.F. 4.94 ) vii)Lala S., Pramanick S, Mukhopadhyay S., Bandyopadhyay S., Basu M.K (2004). Harmine: Evaluation of its antileishmanial properties in various delivery systems. Journal of Drug Targeting. 12(3): 165-175.(*Citations 68 , *SNIP 0.609 *SJR 0.696 *IF 1.907) viii)Lala S., Nandy A.K., Mahato S.B., Basu M.K. (2003) Delivery in vivo of 14- deoxy-11-oxoandrographolide, an antileishmanial agent, by different drug carriers. Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 40(3):169-174.(*Citations 18 *SNIP 0.267 *SJR 0.187 *IF 0.252 ) ix) Chakraborty S. and Lala S. (1998) Assessment of the antifertility effect of phaseolinone, an antileishmanial agent, in male rats. Contraception. 58(3):183-191. (*Citations 7 *SNIP 1.107 *SJR 1.098 *IF 1.615)
Citation indices All Since 2010
Citations 256 156
h-index 7 7
i10 index 7 6
Dr. Mithu Biswas (Das) : vi) Das M., Banerjee R., Bal S.(2008) Evaluation of Physicochemical Properties of Enzyme Treated Brown Rice (Part B) J. of Food Science and Technology, 41 (10): 2092- 2097. (*Citations 30 *SNIP 0.380 *SJR 0.210 *IF 2.545) vii) Das M., Gupta S., Kapoor V., Banerjee R., Bal S.(2008) Enzymatic Polishing of Rice – A New Processing Technology (Part A), J. of Food Science and Technology, 41 (10): 2079-2084. (*Citations 37 *SNIP 0.380 *SJR 0.210 *IF 2.545) viii) Das M., Banerjee R., Bal S.(2008) Multivariable parameter optimization for endoglucanase production by Trichoderma reesei Rut C-30 from Ocimum gratissimum seed J. Braz. Arch. Biol. Technol. 51 (1): 35 – 41. (*Citations 11 *SNIP *SJR: *IF 0.45) ix) Roy R, Das M., Banerjee R., Bhowmick AK.(2006) Comparative studies on crosslinked and uncrosslinked natural rubber biodegradation by Pseudomonas sp., Bioresource Technology, 97 : 2485-2488. (*Citations 7 *SNIP 1.988 *SJR 1.342 *IF- 4.980) x) Roy R., Das M, Banerjee R., Bhowmick AK. (2006) Comparative studies on rubber biodegradation through solid-state and submerged fermentation, Process Biochemistry, 41 :181-186.(*Citations 13 *SNIP 1.562 *SJR 1.172 *IF- 2.627)
Citation indices All Since 2010
Citations 99 83
h-index 5 4
i10 index 4 4
24. Areas of consultancy and income generated: Nil 25. Faculty as members in
b) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards: Nil 26. Student projects: Nil
a. Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/programme: N.A.
b. Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies: N.A.
27. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students: Nil 28. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department: Nil 29. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding: Nil
m. National n. International
28. Student profile programme/course wise: 2013-2014
Name of the Applications Selected Enrolled Pass Course/programme received percentage (refer question no. 4) *M *F
B.Sc. (Honours) 90 23 17 6
B.Sc.(General) 15 15 12 3
*M = Male *F = Female
29. Diversity of Students
Name of the % of % of students % of Course students from other students from the States from abroad same state
B.Sc. (Honours) 100% 0% 0%
B.Sc. (General) 100% 0% 0%
30. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defence services, etc. ?
31. Student progression: Our first B.Sc. (Honours) batch has not yet graduated.
Student progression Against % enrolled
Not Applicable (N.A.). UG to PG
PG to M.Phil. N.A.
PG to Ph.D. N.A.
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral N.A
Employed N.A Campus selection
Other than campus recruitment
Entrepreneurship/Self-employment
32. Details of Infrastructural facilities:
a. Library: Seminar Library with Reading facility
No. of books: 185 (approx.)
b. Internet facilities for Staff & Students: Desktop and Laptop Computers with wireless Broadband
c. Class rooms with ICT facility: i) Overhead projector ii) LCD projector
d. Laboratories: The Botany laboratory is equipped with refrigerated ultracentrifuge, clinical centrifuge, distillation plant, digital microbalance, digital balance, magnetic stirrer, cyclomixer, pH meter, digital colorimeter, digital spectrophotometer, light microscope with photographic attachment, laminar air flow cabinet, thermostatic and B.O.D. incubators, autoclave, thermostatic water bath along with simple and compound microscopes , stage and ocular micrometers and camera lucidas for all students as well as a good collection of permanent slides, herbarium sheets and preserved jar specimens.
46. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies: B.Sc. (Honours): 7 (SC stipend) B.Sc (General) : 7 (SC stipend)
47. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures workshop / seminar) with external experts: Nil
48. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning:
vii) Use of overhead projectors for 90% lectures, especially to show diagrams.
viii) Use of Powerpoint presentations and LCD projector for selected lectures.
ix) Use of computer animations and multimedia for selected lectures.
49. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension Activities: Nil
50. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans:
The Botany department is successfully conducting the B.Sc. (General) Course of the University of Calcutta since 2002. The B.Sc.(Honours) course has been introduced in the session 2012-2013 and its first batch is about to graduate.
The Department prides itself on its modern infrastructure and young and dynamic faculty. It has a well-stocked seminar library with a good collection of valuable reference books. Its lending library, integrated with the main college library, allows students to borrow sufficient books for their academic needs. The sincerity and efficiency of our faculty members is lauded throughout the college. Two of our faculty members hold Ph.D. degrees from premier Institutes and have a very good research career behind them. Others hold post-graduate degrees. Lectures and practical classes are held with utmost regularity and meticulous care. Overhead projectors are used regularly for lectures and occasionally an LCD projector is employed for Powerpoint presentations. A few lectures use multimedia and computer animations. Computer facilities with wireless broadband internet access is provided to faculty and students. The laboratory is well equipped with scientific instruments and specimens as mentioned earlier. Our department is probably the only undergraduate department in the city of Kolkata to have a refrigerated ultracentrifuge. Excursions and field studies are organised regularly as prescribed in the Syllabus.
The main weakness of the Department is that, the quality of students admitted not being of a very high standard, their academic performance is often unsatisfactory. Moreover, the research facilities in the Department are in the process of being developed and are not yet adequate. The lack of sufficient laboratory space is a serious constraint in expansion.
The Department is at present in the process of expanding its academic activities. The B.Sc. (Honours) course has just gained foothold. The M.Sc.(Distance Education) course of the Directorate of Distance Education, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal is about to be introduced from the current session (2014-2015). Occasionally, the Department endeavours to conduct vocational training courses and workshops to prepare students for employment, especially self-employment. A proposal for such a workshop on cultivation of edible mushrooms has been submitted to UGC for approval and funding.
We also intend to improve our research infrastructure to become self- sufficient as much as possible. A tissue culture facility is in the anvil. We are making efforts to procure funds to purchase some sophisticated research instruments like a lyophilizer, sonicator, carbondioxide incubator etc. In future, we aspire to introduce a regular M.Sc. course and offer facilities for Ph.D. research to qualified candidates.
CHEMISTRY: The Self-evaluation of every department may be provided separately in about 3-4 pages, avoiding the repetition of the data.
28. Name of the department : CHEMISTRY
29. Year of Establishment : 2001 30. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.): (iv) B.Sc. (General)-Since 2001-2002 (ii) B.Sc. (Honours) - Since 2002-2003
31. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved : Nil
32. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise): Annual
33. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: Some classes of the Biochemistry department are taken by our faculty members, when invited.
34. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. : Nil
35. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: Nil
36. Number of Teaching posts:
Filled Sanctioned
Professors Nil Nil
Associate Professors One One
Asst. Professors Two Two
13. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /Ph.D. / M. Phil. etc.,)
No. of No. of Ph.D. Years of Students Name Qualification Designation Specialization Experience guided for the last 4 years Dr. Suparna Pal Ph.D. Associate Organic Eighteen Nil Professor Chemistry Dr. Ashis Dey Ph.D. Assistant Physical Eight Nil Professor Chemistry Dr. Ujjwal Das Ph.D Assistant Inorganic Professor Chemistry Seven Nil Sipra Sen M.Sc. Part- Organic Ten Nil timer(Govt.a Chemistry pproved Subholakshmi M.Sc. Part- Organic Nine Nil Ghosh timer(Govt.a Chemistry pproved) Dr. Niren Ch. Ph.D Guest Inorganic Forty Nil Gayen Lecturer Chemistry Dr. Sharmistha Ph.D Guest Physical Two Nil Dhatt Lecturer Chemistry
31. List of senior visiting faculty: l (Dr. Niren Ch. Gayen)
32. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (programme wise) by temporary faculty:
Course Lectures Practical Classes
B.Sc. (Honours) 27.7% 12.5%
B.Sc. (General) 70% 60%
13. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise):
B.Sc. (Hons.): 11:1 B.Sc. (General): 50:1
23. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff sanctioned and filled : Sanctioned : 1 Filled - Three ( One sanctioned and Two temporary )
24. Qualifications of teaching faculty with D.Sc./ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil / PG.:
Ph.D.: Five PG : Two
25. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received: One
26. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received :
UGC Two 03.43 lakhs
27. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: No
28. Publications: * Publication per faculty: Dr. Suparna Pal : 7
Dr. Ashis Dey : 13
Dr. Ujjwal Das : 1
Dr. Sarmistha Dhatt : 10 * Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national /international) by faculty and students
Faculty: 31 Students: Nil
Number of publications listed in International Database (For Eg: Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.):
Monographs * Chapter in Books * Books Edited
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SJR Impact factor (IF) h-index
Publications in National and International Journals :
Dr. Suparna Pal
1."Dimeric Phenanthrenes from the orchid Bulbophyllum reptans" by Majumder.P.L.,Pal.S. & Majumder.S. Phytochemistry,1999,50,891-897
2. "Rigidanthrin,a new dimeric phenanthrene derivative of the orchid Bulbophyllum rigidum" by Majumder.P.L.,Bandyopadhyay.S & Pal. S.,J.Indian chem..Soc.,2008,85,1116- 1123
3."A Steroidal ester from Coelogyne Uniflora" by Majumder P.L.& Pal.S.,Phytochemistry,1990,29(8),2717-2720.
4. "Occurrence of lignans in the orchidaceae plants Lusia volucris and Bulbophyllum triste" by Majumder.P.L.,Lahiri.S.& Pal.S.,J.Indian Chem.Soc.,1994,71,645-647.
5."Rotundatin,a new 9,10-dihydrophenanthrene derivative from Dendrobium rotundatum" by Majumder.P.L. & Pal.S.,Phytochemistry,1992,31(9),3225-3228.
6."Cumulatin and tristin,two bibenzyl derivatives from the orchids Dendrobium Cumulatum and Bulbophyllum triste"by Majumder.P.L. & Pal.S.,Phytochemistry, 1993,32(6),1561- 1565.
7. "A novel method of carbon-carbon bond formation at the benzylic carbon of 9,10- dihydrophenanthropyrans with methyl ketones by the action of phosmolybdic acid on silica gel support" by Majumder P.L. & Pal.S.,J.Indian Chem.Soc.,1993. Dr. Ashis Dey : 1. “A novel technique for the fabrication of Near-Net-Shape CMCs” by A. Dey, M. Chatterjee, M. K. Naskar, S. K. Dalui and K. Basu, Bull. Mater. Sci., Vol. 25, No. 6, 2002.
2. “Near-net-shape fibre reinforced ceramic matrix composites by the sol infiltration technique”, A. Dey, M. Chatterjee, M. K. Naskar, K. Basu, Materials Letters, 57 (2003) 2919-2926.
3. “Effects of processing parameters on the fabrication of near-net-shape fibre reinforced oxide ceramic matrix composites via sol-gel route” M. K. Naskar, M. Chatterjee, A. Dey and K. Basu, Ceramic International, 30 (2004), 257-265.
4. “Characterization and dielectric properties of polyaniline-TiO2 nanocomposites”; Ashis Dey, Sukanta De, Amitabha De and S. K. De; Nanotechnology, 15 (2004) 1277-1283.
5. “Charge transport mechanism of vanadium pentoxide xerogel - Polyaniline nanocomposite”; Sukanta De, Ashis Dey and S. K. De; The European Physical Journal B., 46 (2005) 355-361.
6. “Electrical transport and dielectric relaxation in Fe3O4-polypyrrole hybrid nanocomposites, Ashis Dey, Amitabha De and S. K. De, J. Phys: Condens. Matter, 17 (2005) 5895-5910.
7. “Proton and electron conduction in polymer intercalated vanadium pentoxide xerogel”, Sukanta De, Ashis Dey, and S. K. De, Solid State Ionics, 177 (2006) 245.
8. “Characterization and transport properties of intercalated polypyrrole - vanadium pentoxide xerogel nanocomposite”; Sukanta De, Ashis Dey and S. K. De; Solid State Communications, 137 (2006) 662.
9. “Giant dielectric constant in titania nanoparticles embedded in conducting polymer matrix”, Ashis Dey, Sukanta De, Amitabha De and S. K. De, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol, 6 (2006) 1427-1436.
10. Impedance and dielectric spectra in zirconia-polypyrrole hybrid nanocomposites, Ashis Dey and S. K. De, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 39 (2006) 4077-4086.
11. Conductivity relaxation in zirconia nanoparticles dispersed in conducting polymer, Ashis Dey and S. K. De, J. Appl. Poly. Sci. 105 (2007) 2225-2235.
12. Large dielectric constant in zirconia polypyrrole hybrid nanocomposites, Ashis Dey and S. K. De, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol, 7 (2007) 2010-2015.
13. Structure, morphology and ionic conductivity of solid polymer electrolyte Arup Dey, S. Karan, Ashis Dey and S.K. De, Mater. Res. Bull. 46 (2011) 2009-2015.
Dr. Ujjwal Das :
1. RhCl3-Assisted C-H and C-S Bond Scissions: Isomeric Self-Association of Organorhodium(III) Thiolato Complex. Synthesis, Structure, and Electrochemistry
K. Pramanik, U. Das, B. Adhikari, D. Chopra and H. Stoeckli-Evans, Inorg. Chem., 2008, 47, 429–438.
Dr. Sarmistha Dhatt : Thesis publications 1. A perturbation theory without energy corrections. S. Dhatt and K. Bhattacharyya, Int. J. Quantum .Chem. 111 (2011) 1950 2. Concurrent multiple-state analytic perturbation theory via supersymmetry. S. Dhatt and K. Bhattacharyya, J. Math. Phys. 52 (2011) 042101 3. Surprises in nonlinear perturbations: Case of a multiple well potential problem. S. Dhatt and K. Bhattacharyya, Int. J. Quantum. Chem. 112 (2012) 171 4. Infinite square well with a sinusoidal bottom: a candidate for the Klauder phenomenon? S. Dhatt and K. Bhattacharyya, J. Math. Chem. 50 (2012) 9 5. Embedding Scaling Relations in Pade Approximants: Detours to Tame Divergent Perturbation Series. S. Dhatt and K. Bhattacharyya, Int. J. Quantum. Chem 113 (2013) 916. 6. Asymptotic response of observables from divergent weak-coupling expansions: A fractional- calculus-assisted Padé technique. S. Dhatt and K. Bhattacharyya, Physical Review E 86 (2012) 026711. 7. Single-substrate Enzyme Kinetics: The Quasi-steady-state Approximation and Beyond. S. Dhatt and K. Bhattacharyya, J. Math. Chem. 51 2013) 1467. Post-thesis publications 8. Accurate estimates of asymptotic indices via fractional calculus S. Dhatt and K. Bhattacharyya, J. Math. Chem. DOI 10.1007/s10910-013-0258-0 9. Enzyme Kinetics: A critique of the Quasi-Steady State-Approximations. K. Bhattacharyya and S. Dhatt, MATCH Commun. Math. Comput. Chem. 70 (2013) 759-784 10. Understanding malignancy and viral action: An extended Michaelis Menten type model for T-cell proliferation (Communicated) 2014. S. Dhatt
Ciation indices Citations h-index i10 index
27. Areas of consultancy and income generated: Nil 28. Faculty as members in
c) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards: Nil 29. Student projects: Nil
a. Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/programme: N.A.
b. Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies: N.A.
Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students: Nil
30. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department: Nil 31. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding: Nil
o. National p. International
29. Student profile programme/course wise: 2013-2014
Name of the Applications Selected Enrolled Pass Course/programme received percentage (refer question no. *M *F 4) B.Sc. (Honours)
B.Sc.(General)
*M = Male *F = Female
30. Diversity of Students
Name of the % of % of students % of Course students from other students from the States from abroad same state
B.Sc. (Honours) 100% 0% 0%
B.Sc. (General) 100% 0% 0%
31. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defence services, etc. ?
32. Student progression:.
Student progression Against % enrolled
UG to PG
PG to M.Phil. N.A.
PG to Ph.D. N.A.
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral N.A
Employed N.A Campus selection
Other than campus recruitment
Entrepreneurship/Self-employment
33. Details of Infrastructural facilities:
a. Library: Seminar Library with Reading facility
No. of books: 300(approx.) b. Internet facilities for Staff & Students: Desktop and Laptop Computers with wireless Broadband
c. Class rooms with ICT facility: i) Overhead projector ii) LCD projector
d. Laboratories: The Chemistry laboratory is equipped with centrifuge, distillation plant, digital microbalance, digital balance, magnetic stirrer, pH meter, digital colorimeter, FT-IR &VIS UV spectrophotometer, potentiometer, conductivity meter, vacuum pump & oven, & various glasswares and organic & inorganic chemicals that can be used in UG & PG courses.
51. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies: B.Sc. (Honours): B.Sc (General) : 52. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures workshop / seminar) with external experts: Nil
53. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning:
x) Use of overhead projectors for 90% lectures, especially to show diagrams.
xi) Use of Powerpoint presentations and LCD projector for selected lectures.
xii) Use of computer animations and multimedia for selected lectures.
54. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension Activities: Nil
55. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans:
Strengths: Inspiring team of students and teachers- to work together.
Senior faculty members Well equipped laboratory facility
Modern instrumental facility.
Weaknesses: Lack of teachers
Lack of space Syllabus bound work no apprenticeship
Opportunities: Projects to meet reality with targets
Involve students for training and apprenticeship
Collaboration efforts Challenges: To make classes more technology intensive
Extra class and student communication
Future Plans: Introduction of Faculty Exchange programmes with other institutions Organizing National/International seminars.
COMPUTER SCIENCE:
1. Department COMPUTER SCIENCE 2. Establishment
a. Pass Course was introduced in the 2002 b. Honours Course was introduced in 2002
3. Programmes offered
Under Graduate and Post Graduate only
4. Interdisciplinary courses and the departments involved
The department is involved with the Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Electronics to run the B.Sc. (Hons.) course which is interdisciplinary in nature
5. System followed For undergraduate studies the department follows annual system
For post graduate studies the department follows semester system (as per CU)
6. Participation in the courses offered by other departments
No such practice
7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.
IIM Calcutta, ISI Calcutta, and Kalyani University
8. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons
No such practice
9. Teaching posts
Number of Posts Total Sanctioned Total Filled up Total Vacant
Professor NA NA NA
Associate Professor NA 0 NA
Assistant Professor 2 2 1(Freezed)
* Entry level posts are of Assistant Professor, upgraded to Associate Professor through CAS
The filled in strength is not adequate to provide teachers to all classes in the routine (as per university rule) and hence the department has arranged service of
a. Government approved part time teachers : 1
b. College appointed temporary guest faculty (part of the year) : 3
c. Government approved contractual teachers : 0
d. College appointed permanent teachers (round the year) : 2
10. Faculty profile :
Experience No. of Name Designation Qualification Specialization Ph.D. UG PG fellows
Discrete Math, Saptarshi Naskar Asst. Professor PG Graph Theory, 9 5 Coding Theory
Part Time Lecturer Piu Bera PG Networking 8 - (Govt. Approved)
Graph Theory, Arijit Choudhury CWTT PG 3 3 Cryptography
Mobile Aradhita Mukherjee CWTT PG Computing, 3 - DBMS Suchandra Das Guest Lecturer PG DBMS 4 -
Microprocessor, Monodeep Banerjee Guest Lecturer PG 1 - Electronics
Sourav Das Guest Lecturer PG OS 1 -
Digital Dipak Sen Guest Lecturer B. Tech. 8 - Electronics
11. List of senior visiting faculty
No such visiting faculty
12. Dependence on temporary faculty
% of classes taken by the Temporary Teachers 100
13. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise)
Students Teacher ratio (without PTTs) UG NA
Students Teacher ratio (with PTTs) UG 5:1
Students Teacher ratio (without PTTs) PG NA
Students Teacher ratio (with PTTs) PG 15:2
14. Number of academic support staff
Technical support staff Academic support staff
Sanctioned posts 2 -
Filled up posts 1 -
15. Qualifications of teaching faculty
Teachers With Number Percentage
D.Sc. 0 0
D.Litt. 0 0
Ph.D. 0 0
M. Phil 0 0 PG 7 87.5
Total number of Teachers 8 87.5
16. Faculty with ongoing/completed projects
None
17. Departmental projects funded and total grants received
None
18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University
None
19. Publications:
Selected list of papers and books published and/or accepted during last five years:
By Saptarshi Naskar as a Co-author: t) “Obscure History of Graphs”, S.S.Sarma, S.Naskar, K.Basuli, and R.Halder, The ICFAI University Journal of Computer Sciences, Vol. III, No. 2, pp.74-78, 2009. u) “An Internet-based IP Protection Scheme for Circuit Designs using Linear Feedback Shift Register(LFSR)-based Locking”, R.Halder, P.S.Dasgupta, S.Naskar, and S.S.Sarma, SBCCI’09, August 31st - September 3rd, 2009, Natal, RN, Brazil, Copyright 2009 ACM 978- 1-60558-705-9. v) “Generation of All Spanning Trees of a Simple, Symmetric Connected Graph”, K. Basuli, S. Naskar, S.S.Sarma, SSRN, id: 1529902, December 30, 2009 w) “Generation of All Spanning Trees”, S. Naskar, K. Basuli, and S.S.Sarma, SSRN, id: 1433035, December 30, 2009 x) “A Close Encounter with Intractability”, S.S.Sarma, S. Naskar, and K. Basuli, SSRN, id: , December 30, 2009 y) “An internet-based IP protection scheme for circuit designs using linear feedback shift register (LFSR)-based locking.”, Raju Halder, Parthasarathi Dasgupta, Saptarshi Naskar, Samar Sen- Sarma, In Ivan Saraiva Silva, Renato Perez Ribas, Calvin Plett, editors, Proceedings of the 22st Annual Symposium on Integrated Circuits and Systems Design: Chip on the Dunes, SBCCI 2009, Natal, Brazil, August 31 - September 03, 2009. ACM, 2009. z) “Connectedness of a Graph from its Degree Sequence and it is Relevent with Reconstruction Conjecture”, S. Naskar, K. Basuli, and S.S.Sarma, Journal of Global Research in Computer Science, Vol.1, No.1, ISSN-2229-371X, August 2010. aa) “Role of Degree Sequence in Determination of Maximal Clique of a Graph”, K. Basuli, S. Naskar, and S.S.Sarma, Journal of Global Research in Computer Science, Vol.1, No.2, ISSN- 2229-371X, October 2010. bb) “Generation of All Spanning Trees a Combinatorial Approach”, S. Naskar, K. Basuli, and S.S.Sarma, Journal of Global Research in Computer Science, Vol.1, No.4, pp. 68-74, ISSN- 2229-371X, November 2010. cc) “An Internet-based IP Protection Scheme for Circuit Design using Linear Feedback Shift Register-based Locking”, R. Halder, P.S. Dasgupta, S. Naskar, and S.S.Sarma, IAENG, 2010. dd) “Application of MODBUS Protocol in Serial Port Data Communication”, S.Sarkar, S. Naskar, and K. Basuli, European Conference for Academic Discipline, Organized by The International Journal of Arts and Science, Gottenheim Germany, November 29 - December 3, 2010. ee) “An Internet-based IP Protection Scheme for Circuit Design using Linear Feedback Shift Register-based Locking”, R. Halder, P.S. Dasgupta, S. Naskar, and S.S.Sarma, Engineering Letters, Engineering Letters Year: 2011 Vol. 19 Issue: 2 Pages/record No.: 84-94. ff) “Extracting Plain Text from Corrupted Word Document”, S. Naskar, S. Sarkar, and K. Basuli, Journal of Global Research in Computer Science, Vol. 2, No. 8, pp. 21- 23, ISSN-2229-371X, August 2011. gg) Последовательный порт передачи данных с использованием протокола MODBUS, Авторы: Saptarshi Naskar, Krishnendu Basuli, Samar Sen Sarma, Перевод: Скрыпник Д.В, 2011. hh) Spanning Tree Generation in the Limelight, CCSIT, LNICST 86, pp 188-192, 2012. ii) Reconstruction Conjecture, CCSIT, LNICST 86, pp 17-25, 2012. jj) Minimizing Boolean Sum of Products Functions Using Binary Decision Diagram, IJCSEA, Volume 2, Number 1, pp. 73-86, February 2012. kk) A NOVEL SCHEME FOR DATA ENCRYPTION TECHNIQUE, IJMA, ISSN 2229 – 5046, 2013. ll) Cell Phone Operated Land Rover a Novel Approach. IJAIM 2.3 (2013): pp 47-50. mm) An Efficient Data Encryption Technique, Euro-American Conference, 3-April-2014.
By Arijit Choudhury: b) A NOVEL SCHEME FOR DATA ENCRYPTION TECHNIQUE, IJMA, ISSN 2229 – 5046, 2013
20. Consultancy
The Department does not provide any consultancy
21. Academic Involvement beyond Campus
Trying to collaborate with IIT Bombay, IITKGP, IIMC for student-faculty exchange program.
22. Student projects:
All third year Students are involved in Project work on Analysis of Algorithm and Social network.
23. Awards/ Recognitions
Nil 24. List of eminent academicians and scientists/ visitors to the department
Sw. Suparna Nanda Ji Maharaj, Former Principal RKMRC, Narendrapur. Prof. Samar Sen Sarma, Professor, Dept. of CSE, CU Prof. Partha Sarathi Dasgupta, Professor, MIS Department of IIMC. Prof. Jyotshna Kr. Mondal, Professor, University of Kalyani. Prof. Nabendu Chaki, Professor, Dept. of CSE, CU.
25. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized
None 26. Student profile:
Demand, Utilization, Female Enrolment and Success scenario
Pass Demand Ratio Utilisation Enrolled–Male Enrolment-Female Ratio PG Hons Gen
27. Diversity of Students
Locational profile of the students
% Own Other students Own State Other State Abroad enrolled District District from UG 70 0 70 0 0 PG 24 0 24 0 0
Social profile of the students:
% of students belonging General SC ST OBC Minority to
UG
PG
28. Students Success in Competitive Examination Number of successful students during 2005- 13 NET/SET 2 GATE 4 Civil Service 0 Banking 2 SSC 2 Others 25
29. Student Progression
Student progression Against % enrolled UG to PG 45 PG to M.Phil. 0 PG to Ph.D. 4 Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral 0 Campus selection 25 Other than campus recruitment 40 Self-employment 4
30. Details of Infrastructural facilities
Department has a separate library having books with Reading facilities
Department has separate internet facility used by Teachers and Student
Department has one ICT based classrooms having the following facilities Smart Board Smart Pen Laptop Projector
Department has two laboratories having the following facilities: Computer Software Lab (computers,Internet,printers,projector,Scanners) Hardware (digital lab)
31. Financial Assistance to Students
Percentage % of students receiving SC ST OBC stipend 100 % of students receiving state government stipend 100 % of students receiving UGC stipend 0
32. Student enrichment programmes
a) Inter college/ Intra college coding championship b) Workshops by IITB.
33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning
Teaching methods practiced by the department are as follows -
Chalk and talk /black board based teaching
ICT based teaching
Group study / Collaborative learning
Home assignment / Open book assignment
Students’ group discussion Students quiz
Differentiated assignment and homework
Problem solving or case studies
Simulations
34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities
Working for NSS, Sarsuna College Unit
35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans
Strength :
Good reputation of the department
Good inter personal relationship
Good teacher student relationship
Good discipline
High propensity towards use of Technology
High demand for admission
Strong interdisciplinary attitude
Good infrastructural base
Research Facilities
Weakness :
Limited space
Opportunity :
Revised syllabus enables the students to remain updated
Increasing digitization enhances departmental efficiency and performance
Constraint :
Financial constraint due to government's policy of remittance of 50 % tuition Space constraint
Future Plan of the Department To arrange for more campus recruitment To arrange for inter-college seminars and programmes To open a research group in collaboration with IITs’, IISc., ISI, IIMs’
GEOGRAPHY:
The Self-evaluation of every department may be provided separately in about 3-4 pages, avoiding the repetition of the data.
37. Name of the department : GEOGRAPHY
38. Year of Establishment : Under Graduate Pass Course on 2001
Under Graduate Honours Course on 2002
Post Graduate Course on 2014
39. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.) : Undergraduate Post Graduate in Regular Mode Post Graduate in Distance Mode
40. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved:
Zoology, Botany, Computer Science, Chemistry, Commerce, Economics, History departments are involved in teaching interdisciplinary topics in Post Graduate course
41. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise) :
Annual at UG level
Semester at PG level
42. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments:
Departmental faculty takes compulsory Environmental Science classes of all other
Departments.
43. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc:
PG in Distance Mode under Vidyasagar University
44. Details of courses / programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons : None
45. Number of Teaching posts:
Sanctioned Filled
Professors Associate 0 0
Professors 0 0
Asst. Professors 3 (1 frozen) 2
14. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /Ph.D. / M. Phil. etc.,):
No. of No. of Ph.D. Years of Students Name Qualification Designation Specialization Experien guided for ce the last 4 years
Assistant Professor, Environmental Prashasti M.Sc. in 8 NA Head of the Dept. Geography Bhattacharyya Geography
Agricultural Dr. Arpita PhD, M.Sc. in Assistant Professor 10 NA Geography Bhattacharjee Geography
Contractual Population M.Sc. in Rituparna Whole time (Govt. Geography 5 NA Geography Hajra approved)
Dr. Debasmita PhD, M.Sc. in Regional Contractual Whole time 6 months NA Ghosh Geography Planning
M.Sc. in Environmental Satabdi Das Contractual Whole time 6 months NA Geography Geography
Sumana M.Sc. in Permanent Geomorphology 7 NA Ghatak Geography Part-time (Govt. approved)
Population M.Sc. in Angana Basu Guest Lecturer Geography 4 NA Geography
M.Sc. in Regional Sangita Paul Guest Lecturer 3.5 NA Geography Planning
Environmental M.Sc. in Soma Sarkhel Guest Lecturer Geography 6 months NA Geography
33. List of senior visiting faculty:
Senior visiting faculty for PG Section:
Prof. Apurba Rabi Ghosh, eminent Cartographer and Retired Professor, University of Calcutta Prof. Malay Mukhopadhyay, Professor, Dept. of Geography, Viswabharati University Prof. Saswati Mookherjee, Professor, Dept. of Geography, Lady Brabourne College Prof. Lakshmi Shivaramakrishnan, Professor, Dept. of Geography, University of Burdwan Prof. Sunando Bandopadhyay, Professor, Dept. of Geography, University of Calcutta Prof. Uttam Mukhopadhyay, Professor, Dept. of Geography, Vidyasagar College Dr. Asit Sarkar, NATMO Prof. Snehamanju Basu, Professor, Dept. of Geography, Lady Brabourne College Prof. Pranam Dhar, Professor, Dept. of Commerce, West Bengal State University.
34. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled(programme wise) by temporary faculty
UG (Hons.) UG (Pass) PG
% of % of % of % of % of % of practical practical practical lectures lectures lectures classes classes classes delivered delivered delivered handled handled handled
73.26 % 61.54 % 63.16% 60% 46.67% 0
35. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise) :
Undergraduate - 7 : 1
Postgraduate – 3 : 1
36. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff; sanctioned and filled :
EXISTING LAB ATTENDANTS: 2 (Casual)
SANCTIONED : 2
FILLED : 0
37. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil / PG.: Teachers with Number
DSc 0
DLitt 0
PhD 2
MPhil 0
PG 7
Total number of 9 Teachers
38. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received:
One faculty with Minor Research Project under National funding agency, Grant of Rs. 2,60,000/-
39. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received:
Topic Grant Name of Funding received Year Status Faculty Agency (Rs.)
Analysis of the Changing Prashasti Environment & 2014 UGC 2,60,000/- Ongoing Bhattacharyya Livability of -15 South Kolkata, the Once Fringe Areas
40. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University : Nil
41. Publications:
A. Prashasti Bhattacharyya
1. Prashasti Bhattacharyya, A Brief Appraisal of Transforming Living Space of South Kolkata, The International Journal of Humanities & Social Science, April Issue, 2014. [ISSN 2321-9203; IF: 0.587] 2. Prashasti Bhattacharyya, Crimescape Analysis of Kolkata, the City of Joy, International Journal of Innovative Research & Development, Vol. 3, Issue 4, March, 2014. [ISSN: 2278 – 0211; IC Value: 6.19]
3. Prashasti Bhattacharyya, A Geographical Perusal of Deviance in Kolkata, Abstract in Pre- Seminar Proceeding Volume and Paper in Post–Seminar Proceeding Volume of National Seminar on Contemporary Research in Geography, 14th- 15th March, 2014
4. Prashasti Bhattacharyya and Sumana Ghatak, A Transforming City and its Changing State of Environmental Wellbeing: A Special Emphasis on South Kolkata; Abstract in Pre-Seminar Proceeding Volume and Paper in Post –Seminar Proceeding Volume of UGC sponsored State- level Seminar on Geographical Appraisal of the City of Joy’s Environmental Wellbeing , 2012, Kolkata.
5.The Crime Component of Kolkata’s Social Environment: A Brief Study, Asian Studies, Vol.XXV, June-December 2007, pg.47-69, Netaji Institute for Asian Studies, Kolkata.
B. Dr. Arpita Bhattacharjee:
1.“The World Trade Organization (WTO) and Developing countries: A Fact File in Brief”, Proceeding Vol-I, pg 14-20, International Conference on Globalization and sustainable Development: Perspective of Digital Revolution and Environmental Management. August 23- 25, 2002.
2.“The impact of climatogenetic Zones and Pedogeomorphic surfaces on landuse pattern in a Profile section of Godavari-Mahanandi Basin”, XXV Indian Geography Congress, National Association of Geographers, India, Dec 27-29, 2003.
3.“Geomorphological Appraisal of Upper Wunna Watershed, Nagpur district, Maharashtra”, Indian Journal of Landscape systems and Ecological studies, Institute of Landscape, Ecology, and Ekistics, Volume:- 2 pg 97-102, 2006 June [ISSN NO. 0971-4170].
4.“Land resource and management, sustainable development through agriculture in the 21st century”, proceeding volume of UGC sponsored National Seminar on Sustainable development: An interdisciplinary approach, Sept. 23-24, 2011, pg 30-38.
5.“Climate change and threat to environment: Problems and Prospects of sustainable water management”, proceeding volume of UGC sponsored State level Seminar on Environmental Degradation and Strategies for conservation and management, Nov. 24-25, 2011, pg 56-61.
6.“Climate change and Eco-tourism- a strategy for nature conservation”, proceeding volume of UGC Sponsored National Seminar on changing Environmental Scenario of Indian Subcontinent: AGeographical Appraisal, Nov. 25 -26th, 2011, Pg- 61-67.
7.“Solar UV radiation and global climate change: interactive effects on Biogeochemical cycling”, UGC Sponsored National Level Seminar on Education for Sustainable Development in 21st century, Oct – 4 –5th, 2012, pg- 231-238.
C. Rituparna Hajra
Journals: 1. Hajra, R. and Ghosh, T. (2014). Formulation of Methodological Approach for Sustainable Tourism Using ‘GSTC’ Criteria: A Case Study of Sagar Island, India. International Journal of Innovative Research & Development, Vol 3, Issue 1, p. 305- 309. [ISSN: 2278 – 0211; IC Value: 6.19] 2. Hajra, R., Mitra, R., Ghosh, T., (2014). Assessing the Indicator Based Sustainability: A Pragmatic Approach. The International Journal Of Humanities & Social Studies Vol 2, Issue 1, p. 39-43. [ISSN 2321 – 9203; IF: 0.587] 3. Hajra, R., Mitra, R., and Ghosh, T. (2012). Impact of Gangasagar Mela on Sustainability of Sagar Island, West Bengal, India. International Journal of Research in Chemistry and Environment, Vol. 2, Issue 1, pp. 140-144 [ISSN 2248-9649].[IC Value (2012) - 5.35]
Book Chapter:
1. Ghosh, T., Hajra, R. and Mukhopadhyay, A. (2014). Island Erosion and Afflicted Population: Crisis and Policies to Handle Climate Change. In: International Perspectives on Climate Change: Latin America and Beyond. Ed: Filho Leal, Fátima Alves, Sandra Caeiro and Ulisses Azeiteiro, IX, 217-226, Springer. [ISBN 978-3-319- 04488-0]
Papers in Proceedings and Edited Volumes:
1. Hajra, R., Mukhopadhyay, A., Huq, H., Rahman, Md, R. and Ghosh, T. (2013). Crisis and Policy for the Environmental Refugees in Ghoramara Island (India). 4th International Conference on Water and Flood Management, ICWFM-2013, 9-11 March 2013. Institute of Water and Flood Management, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Vol. 2, pp. 459- 465. [ISBN: 978-984-33-7310-6]. 2. Hajra, R., Mitra, R., Ghosh T.,[2011] Pollution Potential of Annual Religious Gathering of Sagar Island and The Issue of Coastal Sustainability, Proceedings of National Seminar on Advances in Environmental Science and Technology, Kolkata,5th & 6th February, 2011. 106- 111. 3. Hajra, R., Das, D.,(2009) Impact of conversion of Agricultural Land into Fisheries, Sarberia- Agarhati Gram Panchayat, North 24 Parganas ,Journal of Indian National Cartographic Association, Volume 29, 2009, pp. 342- 349.
Paper Presented in Conference 1. Hajra, R., Mitra R., Ghosh T.,[2012] Socio-economic variability and sustainability of Sagar Island, West Bengal, National Conference on Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM-12), February 24-25, 2012, Department of Marine Sciences, Berhampur University, Berhampur- 760007, Odisha.
Abstract Accepted in Journal 1. Hajra, R., Szabo, S., Ghosh, T., Matthews, Z. and Foufoula-Georgiou, E. (2015). Abstract submitted to special issue ‘sustainable deltas: livelihoods, ecosystem services and policy implications’ of Sustainability Science January 2015, Volume 10, Issue 1.
Abstract Submitted to Conferences Hajra, R. and Ghosh, T. (2015). ‘Migration as Adaptation’ for the vulnerable Agricultural Community of Sagar Island, India. Abstract submitted to 21st International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM 2015), Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
D. Dr. Debasmita Ghosh
Journal:
1) Debasmita Ghosh. “Child Labours in West Bengal: A Spatio-Temporal Analysis.” Geographical Review of India, Volume 70; Number 1; March 2008; pp71-79.
2) Debasmita Ghosh, Sanyukta Roy. “Micro-level Study about a Buddhist Agglomeration- A Case Study of Maheshtala Municipality, 24 Paraganas (south).” Indian Journal of Landscape Systems and Ecological Studies, Volume 33; Number 2; December 2010; pp679-684.
Paper Presented:
1) Debasmita Ghosh, “Sex Disparity of Child labour in West Bengal”, International Conference on Environment, Resource and Regional Development, Burdwan, India, 8th and 9th March, 2010; pp20.
2) Debasmita Ghosh, “Occupational Disparity of Child labour Between Rural and Urban areas of West Bengal”, National Seminar on Applied Geography: Issues and techniques, 14-15 January, 2011.
3) Debasmita Ghosh, “Educational Profile of Child Labour in West Bengal”, UGC Sponsored National Level Seminar on Resource Management and Sustainable Development, 23-24 September, 2011.
4) Debasmita Ghosh, “Poverty and Dropout – The Sorrow States of Child Labourers in India”, National Association of Geographers, India(NAGI), 33rd Indian Geography Congress, 11-13 November, 2011.
5) Debasmita Ghosh, “The Quest for Food : A Critical Appraisal of Various Occupations of Working Children – West Bengal”, UGC Sponsored National Level Seminar on Changing Environmental Scenario of Indian Sub-Continent: A Geographical Appraisal, 25-26 November, 2011.
E. Satabdi Das
1. A Study on Trend of Air Quality in Some Industrial Cities of West Bengal; in proceedings of International Seminar On Environmental Perspectives And Resource Management 19th-20th December, 2014, organised by Institute Of Landscape Ecology And Ekistics, Kolkata, 2014. ISBN: 978-81-928047-4-3
30. Areas of consultancy and income generated:
Prashasti Bhattacharyya, Assistant Professor is acting as a consultant on honorary basis in Santi Infotech, 41 Hem Chandra Naskar Road, Kolkata- 700010 from July, 2014. The Company deals with GIS solutions and application development.
31. Faculty as members in a) National Committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards….
A. Prashasti Bhattacharyya : Two National Committees
1. Geographical Society of India
2. Institute of Landscape, Ecology and Ekistics
B. Dr. Arpita Bhattacharjee : Four National Committees
1. National Association of Geographers
2. Indian Institute of Geographers
3. Indian Institute of Geomorphologists
4. Institute of Landscape, Ecology and Ekistics
C. Dr. Debasmita Ghosh : One National Committee
1. Geographical Society of India
32. Student projects: i. Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/programme :
100 % of students are every year engaged in in-house field work based projects incorporated in their UG course of study. Year Location of Field-based Project work
2014 Nainital, Uttarakhand (3rd Yr. Hons.)
2013 Ooty-Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu (3rd Yr. Hons.)
2012 Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh (3rd Yr. Hons.)
2011 Vasco-Panjim, Goa (3rd Yr. Hons.)
2010 Namchi-Rabangla, Sikkim (3rd Yr. Hons.)
2014 Pujali, S 24 Parganas (2nd Yr. Gen)
2013 Harindanga, S 24 Parganas (2nd Yr. Gen)
2012 Digha, Medinipur (2nd Yr. Gen)
2011 Bakrahat, S 24 Parganas (2nd Yr. Gen)
2010 Digha, Medinipur (2nd Yr. Gen)
21 % (12) students of UG course were involved in a voluntary field work based project on the effects of Phailin in Gopalpur, Odisha in 2012. j. Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories / Industry / other agencies : Not yet
32. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students:
AWARDS:
Faculty:
Debasmita Ghosh : PhD. awarded in 2014 from University of Calcutta on the topic “Socio-economic Appraisal of Child Labour- A Case Study of Kolkata”
Rituparna Hajra : Awarded with Certificate of Excellence and Silver Medal as National Winner in Rio+ 20 India Program, Short Term Course in Sustainable Development.
Students:
Rohit Bhattacharya, 3rd Year Hons. student was awarded 1st prize for the project based Poster “ Coping with a Severe Cyclone at Gopalpur, Odisha, in the Under Graduate level Science Poster Competition of Kolkata District Student-Youth Science Fair, 2014, organised by Youth Services Department, Govt. of West Bengal in collaboration with School Education Department, Higher Education Department, W.B.State Council of Science & Technology, Govt. of West Bengal & Birla Industrial & Technological Museum.
33. List of eminent academicians and scientists /visitors to the department: Academicians / Scientists / Visitors as resource person and felicitated in 2012 on the occasion of Seminar :
Sri Partha Chatterjee, Hon’ble Minister-in-charge, Industry, Commerce, Information Technology, Government of West Bengal. Dr. Abhirup Sarkar, Professor, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata and President of the then Governing Body, Sarsuna College, Kolkata. Dr. Dipankar Chakroborty, Director, The School of Environmental Studies, Jadavpur University. Dr. Arun Kanti Biswas, Former Head and Deputy Director, NEERI, Kolkata. Dr. Kalyan Rudra, Chairman, West Bengal Wasteland Development Corporation. Sri Devendra Pradhan, DDGM, Regional Meteorological Centre, Alipore, Kolkata. Ganesh Kumar Das, Scientist, Regional Meteorological Center, Alipore, Kolkata. Dr Dipak Chakroborty, Former Chief Scientist, West Bengal Pollution Control Board. Sri Jayanto Basu, Department of Environmental Science, University of Calcutta and Director of ENGIO Organisation, Kolkata. Sri Tapan Saha, Senior Scientist, Institute of Environmental Studies & wetland Management, Department of Environment, Govt. Of West Bengal. Dr. Chitta Ranjan Pathak, Former Professor, Department of Architecture and Regional Planning, IIT, Kharagpur. Dr. Ranjan Basu, Professor, Department of Geography, University of Calcutta. Dr. Sukla Bhaduri, Professor, Department of Geography, University of Calcutta. Dr. Joy Sen, Associate Professor, Department of Architecture & Regional Planning & RCG School of Infrastructure Design and Management, IIT Kharagpur. Dr. Priyotosh Dutta, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Anandomohan College. Kolkata. Smt Sanchita Mondal, (Member, Mayor-in-Council, Environment and Welfare Services) Sri Nilangshu Bhusan Basu, Principal Chief Engineer (Civil) & Chief Municipal Engineer (Planning Development), KMC. Dr. Malay Mukhopadhyay, Head, Department of Geography, Visva Bharati University. Dr Debashis Basu, MD, President, Diabetes Awareness and You. Dr Aniruddha Mukhopadhyay, Head, Department of Environmental Science, University of Calcutta. Dr. Lakshmi Sivaramakrishnan, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Burdwan. Dr. Annapurna Shaw, Professor, Public Policy & Management, IIM, Joka. Sri Basudeb Bhatta, Sr. Systems Engineer, Computer Aided Design Centre, Computer Science and Engineering Department, Jadavpur University. Sri Tapas Ghatak, Geophysicist, Former Director and in-charge, Environment Cell, KMDA, Govt of WB; Sr. Consultant UNICEF, World Bank, DFID Sri Vivek Bharadwaj, IAS and CEO, Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.
Academicians invited or to be invited to take classes/guest lectures or other administration-related purpose in PG Section of the Dept. :
Prof. Subhas Ch. Mukhopadhyay, eminent Geomorphologist and Retired Professor, University of Calcutta Prof. Himangshu Ranjan Betal, eminent Cartographer and Retired Professor, University of Calcutta Prof. Apurba Rabi Ghosh, eminent Cartographer and Retired Professor, University of Calcutta Prof. Sunando Bandopadhyay, Professor, Dept. of Geography, University of Calcutta. Prof. Lakshminarayan Satpati, Associate Professor, Dept. of Geography, University of Calcutta. Prof. Sutapa Chaudhuri, Professor, Centre of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Calcutta. Prof. Subrata Kumar Midya, Professor, Centre of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Calcutta. Prof. Jayanta Bandopadhyay, Eminent environmentalist and Retired Professor, IIM Joka. Prof. Joy Sen, Department of Architecture and Regional Planning, IIT, Kharagpur. Prof. Lakshmi Shivaramakrishnan, Professor, Dept. of Geography, University of Burdwan Prof. Malay Mukhopadhyay, Professor, Dept. of Geography, Viswabharati University Prof. Kalyan Rudra, Chairman, West Bengal Pollution Control Board. Prof. Asit Sarkar, NATMO Dr. Devendra Pradhan, DDGM, Alipur Meteorological Office. Prof. Anindita Ghosh, Professor, Dept. of Geography, Vidyasagar College Prof. Uttam Mukhopadhyay, Professor, Dept. of Geography, Vidyasagar College Prof. Saswati Mookherjee, Professor, Dept. of Geography, Lady Brabourne College. Prof. Snehamanju Basu, Professor, Dept. of Geography, Lady Brabourne College Prof. Pranam Dhar, Professor, Dept. of Commerce, West Bengal State University. Prof. Subhamita Chowdhury, Dept. of Geography, West Bengal State University.
30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding:
One UGC Sponsored State Level Seminar on “Geographical Appraisal of the City of Joy’s Environmental Well-being” was organised by the Department of Geography, Sarsuna College in collaboration with Kolkata Municipal Corporation and Computer Aided Design (CAD) Centre of Jadavpur University on 17th & 18th January, 2012 at the Town Hall, Kolkata.
30. Student profile programme/course wise:
Name of the Enrolled Course/programme Applications Pass Selected (refer question no. received percentage *M *F 4) 100% (pass out of 450 (2011-12) 415 22 34 2014)
UG Geog. Hons. 393 (2012-13) 330 33 32 Not yet . 307 (2013-14) 238 20 47 Not yet
366 (2014-15) 284 35 35 Not yet
PG in Geog. 146 (2014) 146 9 11 Not yet
*M = Male *F = Female
31. Diversity of Students
Name of the % of % of students % of Course students from other students from the States from abroad same state
UG Geog. Hons. 99% 1% 0
PG in Geog. 100% 0 0
32. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defence services, etc.?
Competitive Examination No. of successful students ( 2008 – 2014)
NET (UGC / CSR) 6 SET 2 Civil Services 2 Banking 2 SSC/TET 15 Other Govt. Service 7 Airlines, Navy, Police, 10 Technical
33. Student progression
Student progression Against % enrolled
Pass out year Percent UG to PG 2014 39.29 2013 10.91 2012 21.82 2011 27.27 2010 23.64
PG to M.Phil. 0
PG to Ph.D. 0
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral 0
Employed 2 Campus selection Other than campus Mostly all recruitment
Entrepreneurship/Self-employment Many
31. Details of infrastructural facilities:
No. of Laboratories : 5 Internet Equipments in concerned subject facilities for Class rooms with Library Staff & ICT facility Students Name of Equipment Numbers GIS LAB EQUIPMENTS & SOFTWARES 1. Main 1. Computers (Desktop) 35 Wifi networking College 2. Laptop 2 in all 5 Llibrary with 3. GIS Software : 21st Century 6 users classrooms and both reading laboratories of 4. GIS Software: MapInfo Professional GRANT and lending the Department 5. GIS Software: ERDAS IMAGINE Edukit SANCTIONED facilities 6.GIS Software: ArcGis Master Lab Kit V10.3 IN FINANCIAL
YEAR 2014-15. 2. Seminar FUND NOT Library with YET both reading 7. Geomatica DISBURSED. and lending 8. Coloured Printer 2 facilities 9. A4 Scanner & A4 Portable Scanner 2 10. A3 Scanner 1 TEACHING AIDS 11. DTU Interactive Pen Display/ Teaching Aid 1 12. LCD Projector & Electronic Screen 3 , E.Screen 2 13. Overhead Projector & Screen 1 SURVEYING & OTHER EQUIPMENTS 14. Garmin GPS 2 15. Dumpy Level & Accessories 8 sets 16. Prismatic Compass & Accessories 6 sets 17. Theodolite & Accessories 2 sets 18. Altimeter 2 19. Clinometer 2 20. Abney level 2 21. Planimeter 2 22.Rotameter 9 23. Mirror stereoscope 4 24. Pocket stereoscope 6 MAPS, PHOTOS & IMAGES 25. Air Photos (3photo sets) 4 x 10copies=40 26. Satellite imagery (1:50,000) 2 x 10copies=20 1 x 9copies= 9 6 x 1 copy=6 Total - 35copies 27. Topographical Maps 18 maps(Total copies=410) ROCKS & MINERALS 72 specimens All other drawing & measuring instruments, accessories
31.Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies
Government’s Backward Caste Scholarship : 24 Male Geog. Hons. students 38 Female Geog. Hons. students ( 2013-14 session) Minority Scholarship : 2 Geog. Hons. students ( 2013-14 session)
32. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with external experts:
SEMINAR :
One UGC Sponsored State Level Seminar on “Geographical Appraisal of the City of Joy’s Environmental Well-being” was organised by the Department of Geography, Sarsuna College in collaboration with Kolkata Municipal Corporation and Computer Aided Design (CAD) Centre of Jadavpur University on 17th & 18th January, 2012 at the Town Hall, Kolkata.
Eminent resource persons including honourable Minister Sri Partha Chattopadhyay , the Mayor and other MICs, academicians from different allied disciplines and from different universities and institutes like IIT Kharagpur and IIM Joka, Alipur Meteorological Department,experts, administrators and bureaucrats from KMC, KMDA, Pollution Control Board, West Bengal Wasteland Development Corporation, Institute of Environmental Studies and Wetland Management, technical experts from NATMO, CAD Centre etc, doctor delivered valuable lectures and engaged in debates with participating teachers and students who came from nearly every college of the city. All departmental students and some others also actively participated in the seminar.
The seminar was attended by 364 participants of whom 28 were resource persons and 44 papers were submitted, some presented and all published in the proceeding volume.
The Seminar gave us new avenues to collaborate with different prestigious institutes and thereby further our aim to make this college a dynamic centre of higher education with an emphasis on interdisciplinary and technical knowledge development. A highly technocentric GIS laboratory was henceforth been proposed and is nearing completion under the funding of Bidhayak Elaka Unnayan Prokalpo (BEUP) so that the College can deliver sound technical knowledge and prepare students for the technical job market.
SPECIAL LECTURES:
Special lecture by Dr. Malay Mukhopadhyay, Professor, Dept. of Geography, Viswabharati University on 12th November, 2014 on “Application of Geomorphology in feasibility of engineering and industrial projects: A Geomorphic approach to hazard studies.”. Post Graduate students and Third Year Hons. students were the listeners and they benefitted a lot by the lecture and the discussion following it.
Special lecture by Sri Subhamoy Chatterjee, Permanent Part-time Faculty, Dept. of Botany, Sarsuna College on 14th November, 2014 on “ Forest & Biodiversity Conservation in India”. Post Graduate students and Third Year Hons. students were the listeners.
Special lecture by Dr. Saswati Mookherjee, Professor, Dept. of Geography, Lady Brabourne College on 18th November, 2014 on “ The Development of Indian Geography and Recent Trends”. Post Graduate students and Third Year Hons. students were the listeners.
Special lecture by Dr. Pranam Dhar, Professor, Dept. of Commerce, West Bengal State University on 9th December, 2014 on “ Globalisation, WTO and Indian Economy”. Post Graduate students and First Year, Third Year Hons. students were the listeners.
33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning:
Chalk and talk / black board based teaching
ICT based teaching
Group study and collaborative learning
Home and open book assignments Students’ seminar
Students’ group discussion
Students’ quiz and debates
Field work and surveys
34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension Activities:
Students and teachers of the Dept. participated in programmes arranged by NSS : Blood Donation Camp, Thalassemia Testing Camp, Cleaning of neighbourhood, Gardening
Prashasti Bhattacharyya, Assistant Professor of the Dept. is a member of the college NSS Committee.
35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans
STRENGTHS :
1. The Department has dedicated teachers who emphasise on good inter-personal relationship and teacher-student relationship with a priority always on the students and their academic enhancement with rendering them all types of assistance.
2. The Department maintains a very disciplined educational environment with regularity of the teaching-learning process and have identified the needs of making continuous formative assessment of students. Teachers take extra classes during slack session to compensate for classes lost and specially to help students practice practical topics better. The department have introduced a formal mechanism of conducting an admission/ aptitude tests for both UG and PG courses and profile mapping exercises are given to identify the diversity amongst students. Teachers make use of web resources to provide better learning resources to both UG and PG learners. The department also provides academic plans with question banks, instructional note sheets and maintains continuous internal assessment. The department maintains a sound database of all student groups so that all information can be communicated at ease and through SMS communication. Course allocation is made amongst the teachers within the department. Lesson plan is prepared by each teacher in the respective portions of their allotted syllabus by way of i) Modularization of the syllabus; ii) Month wise teaching plan; iii) Internal Assessment plan. The Department aims at improving teaching-learning process by identifying the diverse needs of the students and evolving strategies for catering diverse needs. We aim at adoption of learner centric learning strategies and exploring the multiple intelligences We also encourage different methods other than classroom teaching i.e. group discussion, student seminar, term paper preparation and preparing departmental wall magazine, etc. Even after completion of regular classes and after their Test Examination, the students are allowed to make use of laboratory equipments for preparation of final examination. We practice a regular communication of the faculty with students and their guardians to share about improvement status, problems and prospects of students through the arrangement of meetings.
3. We are in the process of constantly improving our already excellent infrastructure, i.e. laboratories and classrooms so that they are always sufficient and even more with respect to the needs. Teaching learning process is made easy, interesting and acceptable by the use of the Interactive Teaching Aid and projector, laptop, Wi-Fi facilities in all the classrooms and laboratories of the Department.
4. We are already concentrating on technocentric aspect of the subject and hence the development of a very modern and well equipped Geographical Information System laboratory.
5. The Department counsels the students at the time of admission to guide them about the prospect of the subject. Classroom related academic counseling is always provided by the teachers by way of providing individualistic attention. Outside classroom counselling, personal counseling is also provided by teachers, as students personally visit faculty members seeking guidance for their personal problems. Teachers offer mentoring services to students after college hours whereby they guide them on their personal or social concern.
6. Teachers have access to Open Book Resource through INFLIBNET. Teachers also provide reading materials from online sources like e-books and journals.
7. The Department enjoys a very good reputation and hence a constant high demand for admission. Inspite of stiff competition from other colleges, admission is on the rise in UG level in the college. The first admission in PG course also saw a considerable demand for entry into the course with applications coming from students all over Kolkata and surrounding districts. 8. The introduction of Post Graduate Section of the Department in 2014 here in this peripheral part of the city adds to the strengths of the Department. It may be added that in Kolkata the number of seats in post-graduate studies in Geography taking into consideration all centres of learning giving this opportunity is far less than students succeeding with good results in UG level, especially for male students.
9. The course fee of Post Graduation in this College have been kept the minimum amongst such self-financed courses in the subject in other institutions. Besides it has been fixed that 2 financially challenged meritorious students out of 20 students will be given financial concessions.
10. Here persists a strong interdisciplinary acceptance in the teaching- learning process. The department is already inviting academicians and experts of the special areas of the subject from other departments of the College and even eminent professors of the subject and allied subjects from different colleges, universities and other centres of learning for special lectures. Mutual exchange of teaching and knowledge is highly being encouraged and practiced on regular basis.
11. We ascribe extreme importance to field-based teaching of the subject and applying methods learnt in geographical appraisal of different areas of the country.
WEAKNESSES :
1. Sanctioned posts for more teaching and laboratory attendant will help maintaining overall efficiency in every aspect with rising student numbers.
2. A large student group in each class is sometimes striking with academic and socio- economic diversity making the maintenance of quality difficult. Vernacular mode of studying being more prevalent amongst the students studying in this college limits them in understanding and accepting quality study material.
3. There is very little time available after the completion of the syllabus oriented teaching-learning to involve in extension activities and other career advancement related activities.
4. Financial stress of a section of students and absence of institutional assistance prevent regular trips and field-based teaching of this very much field oriented subject. A single field trip in a 3 Year Course as per the University syllabus is highly regarded as insufficient.
5. The College or the Department has not yet established collaboration and networking with industry and research organization for lab sharing, collaborative research etc.
OPPORTUNITY : 1. Rejuvenating existing infrastructure with expensive modern GIS and Remote sensing softwares and lab equipments will be made possible with the availability of funds from different State and National agencies, always made available at application.
2. There is timely recommendation of contractual and guest teachers and non-teaching staff in this college as and when required and suggested by approving authorities.
3. Although there is compulsion to totally follow UG syllabus formulated by the affiliating university, there is the opportunity to formulate new syllabus, make necessary alterations and diversifying in techniques in near future for Post Graduate Section as academic autonomy is provided by the affiliating university.
4. The department is fortunate enough to invite academicians and experts of the special areas of the subject and allied subjects from different colleges, universities and other centres of learning for special lectures. The college have already accepted suggestions and made communications with institutions like departments of Geography and allied departments of the Universities of Calcutta, Burdwan, Viswabharati, Jadavpur, Lady Brabourne College, IIM Joka, etc. for faculty exchange specially for Post Graduate Section.
5. There is scope for departmental seminars involving debates and communication between scholars and students forming an interface that will supplement regular teaching and discover avenues of higher education and research.
6. We always had a high propensity towards the increased use of technology in the subject and guiding the students to learn the technical methods and diversify their career avenues. We are fortunate enough to receive large funds to develop our laboratories for the purpose.
7. The faculty members hope to be engaged into UGC minor and major projects in relevant topics that will add to the dimensions of practicable teaching and also involve aspiring students. There are also valuable suggestions from resource persons who came to this college during UGC Sponsored State Level Seminar on Geographical Appraisal of the City of Joy’s Environmental Wellbeing organised by the department in collaboration with Kolkata Metropolitan Corporation and CAD Centre of JU that we may enter into collaborative projects with administrative organisations like KMC, KMDA etc. once we have built the desired infrastructure.
8. The department intends to publish a yearly journal with the increase of fund that will publish dissertation papers and write-ups of academicians to add to our library resource and knowledge base.
CONSTRAINT :
1. A little more better accessible location would have attracted more better quality students and increased prosperity of the college.
2. Inadequacy of full time posts increases the burden of duties on a small group of staff. 3. The intake capacity for a laboratory based subject at UG level is already very high and should not go on increasing.
FUTURE PLANS :
1. We dream of initiating very soon a training programme in GIS and Remote Sensing software and application herein the Department outside regular college hours. We intend to rise beyond only imparting syllabus oriented formal education to cope with the needs of the dynamic employment market. We are planning for collaboration and networking with industry and research organization for lab sharing, collaborative research etc. We specially want to collaborate with any GIS and RS based national or international organisation for the purpose.
2. We shall make conscious effort for developing and sharing expertise for revenue earning purposes in future.
3. We hope to arrange for campus recruitment inviting companies and industrial organisations who are involved in GIS and remote sensing solutions and application development. Once we prepare our UG and PG students with training in GIS we shall proceed for the purpose.
4. We hope to develop linkages with industries, trading houses, Govt departments, training and research institutes to enable our students to go for summer training/programme of internship/live projects.
5. We are also planning to organise a National / International Seminar on environmental and urban developmental issues.
6. We hope to modernise and enrich our Seminar Library, specially for the PG students with the purchase of more specialised books and journals.
7. We hope to concentrate in research at different levels from utilising departmental resources. Teachers will be encouraged to submit more research proposals to different funding agencies to enhance research activities.
8. We shall try to organise more frequent field studies, especially for the Post Graduate section.
MICROBIOLOGY:
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46. Name of the department :- Department of Microbiology(H+G)
47. Year of Establishment:- July 2001
48. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.):- UG and PASS
49. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved:-Nil 50. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise):- Annual
51. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: Biochemistry
52. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.: Nil
53. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons:- Nil 54. Number of Teaching posts
Filled Sanctioned
Professors Associate ------
Professors ------
Asst. Professors ONE NIL
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15. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /Ph.D. / M. Phil. etc.,)
No. of No. of Years of Ph.D. Name Qualification Designation Specializatio Experienc Student n e s guided for the last 4 years M.Sc Part time Microbiology 13 yrs Nil Swapna (Microbiology) lecturer(Go Dey vt approved) Lopamudra M.Sc Part time Microbiology 9yrs Nil Choudhury (Microbiology), lecturer M.Phil (Govt (Microbiology), approved) Persuing Ph.D in Microbiology
From Calcutta University
Abhishek M.Sc Guest Microbiology 4yrs Nil Chatterjee lecturer
Sugata M.Sc, Guest Microbiology 4yrs Nil Dutta lecturer Kirat M.Sc,Ph.D, Guest Microbiology 6months Nil Kumar Post-Doc lecturer and cancer Ganguly biology Rajdeep M.Sc, Guest Microbiology 6 months Nil Das lecturer
42. List of senior visiting faculty:- Nil
43. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled(programme wise) by temporary faculty:- 100%
Since the only sanctioned post in the department is yet to be filled, the department is fully run by the temporary faculties.
44. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise):-
Student- Teacher Ratio
Honours General
54:6(Part-I+Part-II+Part-III) 21:6 (Part-I+Part-II+Part-III)
45. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff; sanctioned and filled:- technical staff(sanctioned)-one and filled-one
46. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil / PG:-PG-4, M.Phil- 1,
Ph.D -1
47. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received: - Nil
48. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received:- Nil
49. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University:- Nil
50. Publications:
* a) Publication per faculty:
Faculty
1. Dr. Kirat Kumar Ganguly
* Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / International) by faculty and students: 11
Dr. Kirat Kumar Ganguly-
12. Trerotola, M.; Ganguly, K. K.; Fazli, L.; Lu H.; Fedele, C.; Dutta, A.; Liu, Q.; Angelis, T. D.; Riddell, L. W.; Riobo, A. N.; Gleave, M. E.; Zoubeidi, A.; Pestell, R. G.; Altieri, D. C.; Languino, L. R. The Trop-2 / α5β1 integrin complex is up-regulated in invasive prostate cancer and displaces FAK from focal contacts ( accepted for publication,under revision for the journal Oncotarget, December, 2014) 13. Nanda, D.P., Dutta, K., Ganguly K.K., Hajra, S., Mandal, S.S., Biswas, J., Sinha, D. MMP- 9 as a potential biomarker for carcinoma of oral cavity: a study in eastern India. Neoplasma. 2014 Aug 23. http://www.elis.sk/download_file.php?product_id=3971&session_id=1ek83bq6u18hopbjdf3 5vk7m30 14. Sinha, D.; Dutta, K.; Ganguly, K.K.; Biswas,J.; Bishayee, A. A novel synthetic oleanane triterpenoid suppresses adhesion, migration, and invasion of highly metastatic melanoma cells by modulating gelatinase signaling axis. Mol Carcinog. 2014 Feb 10. doi: 10.1002/mc.22136. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24510625. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mc.22136/abstract 15. Sen, T.; Ganguly, K. K.; Biswas, J.; Chatterjee, A. Focal Adhesion Kinase Induces Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 by Involving α5β1-Mediated Signaling in Breast Cancer Cell, MCF-7 (in press, Acta Medica International, December, 2014). 16. Sayeed, A.; Fedele, C.; Trerotola, M.; Ganguly, K. K.; Languino, L. R. IGF-IR Promotes Prostate Cancer Growth By Stabilizing α5β1 Integrin Protein Levels, Levels. PLoS ONE, 8 (10):e76513. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076513. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0076513 17. Pal, S.; Ganguly, K. K.; Chatterjee, A. Extracellular matrix protein fibronectin induces matrix metalloproteinases in human prostate adenocarcinoma cells PC-3. Cell Communication & Adhesion, Early Online: 1–10, 2013 http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/15419061.2013.833193 18. Ganguly, K. K.; Pal,S.; Moulik, S.; Chatterjee, A. Integrin and Metastasis. Journal of Cell Adhesion and Migration. Volume 7, Issue 3, May/June 2013. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23563505 19. Pal, S.; Ganguly, K. K.; Moulik, S.; Chatterjee, A. Modulation of MMPs by cell surface integrin receptor α5β1. Anti-cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry, 2012, 12 (7): 726-732. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22292746 20. Ganguly, K. K.; Sen, T.; Mandal, S.; Biswas, J.; Chatterjee, A. Studies on expression of Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) in Human Breast Cancer tissue. Journal of Cancer Therapy, 2012, 3, 7-19. http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?paperID=17211 21. Ganguly, K. K.; Sen, T.; Pal, S.; Biswas, J., Chatterjee, A. Studies on Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) in Human Breast Cancer cell MDA-MB-231. Advances in Biological Chemistry, 2012, 2, 29-42. http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?paperID=17274 22. Maity, G .; C h o u d h u r y , P.R.; Sen, T.; Ganguly, K. K.; S i l , H ., C h a t t e r j e e , A . Culture of human breast cancer cell line (MDA-MB-231) on fibronectin- coated surface induces pro-matrix metalloproteinase-9 expression and activity. TumourBiol.2011Feb;32(1):129-38. http://www.springerlink.com/content/23388t7h4748mj82/?MUD=MP
Faculty 2: Smt Lopamudra Choudhury (Roy):
Number of paper published in peer-reviewed international journal – 1.
Dasgupta, M., Das, R., Haque, G., Banerji, I., Nandy, S., Mitra, A. K. and Roy, L. (2014) Modification in Asphalt Texture by Heavy Metal Tolerant Bacteria Isolated From Industrial Effluent. Nature Environment and Pollution Technology. 13(4):787- 790. [ISSN: 0972-6268; NAAS Rating of the Journal (2014) = 4.94; Index Copernicus: 4.47; Scopus H-Index = 2; Scopus SJR = 0.166; Cites per Doc. (2Yr) equivalent to Impact FactorTM = 0.086 as per www.scimagojr.com].
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Number of publications listed in International Database (For Eg: Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.)
Dr. Kirat Kumar Ganguly: - 11(list as above) Smt Lopamudra Choudhury (Roy) - (Scopus and EBSCO) – 1.
Citation Index-67 Impact factor Faculty- Dr. Kirat Kumar Ganguly Total Impact Factor for 09 publications: 19.816 h-index- 5 33. Areas of consultancy and income generated 34. Faculty as members in
d) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards…. Smt Lopamudra Choudhury– Member of The Indian Science Congress Association (National committee).
24. Student projects
k. Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/programme:- 60%
l. Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies: All (industrial visit as a compulsory part of 3rd yr paper-VII practical)
34. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students:- 1. Dr. Kirat Kumar Ganguly
a. Received Senior R e s e a r c h Fellowship (SRF) from Defense Research & Development Organization (DRDO), Government of India. b. Received Senior R e s e a r c h Fellowship (SRF) from Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute f r o m Ministry of Health & Family Welfare-Government of India. c. Received Post-Doctoral Research Associateship (NIH, USA) from Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA
2. Lopamudra Choudhury:-Qualified in the GATE Examination (in Life Sciences), 2006
3. Sugata Dutta- Qualified in the GATE Examination (in Life Sciences), 2012
4. Rajdeep Das- Qualified in the GATE Examination (in Life Sciences), 20
35. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department
i) Prof. J.J.Ghosh visit on 2002 (Professor, Department of Biochemistry) ii) Dr. Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay visit on 2005 (Pro Vice Chancellor academic, CU)
iii) Prof. A. B. Banerjee Visit on 2006 (Department of Biochemtry, University College of science, kol)
iv) Dr.Sandip K.Bandhopadhyay Visit on 2006 (Reader Department of Biochemtry IPGME)
v) Dr.Arup kumar Mitra visit on 2012 (Associate prof. and ex head Department of Microbiology (UG+PG), St.Xavier’s College)
vi) Dr.Madhumita Moitra visit on 2012 (Assistant prof. Department of Microbiology (UG+PG), St.Xavier’s College)
vii) Dr. Swati Roy Gangopadhyay visit on 2012 (Head department Of Microbiology (UG+PG), Rastruguru Surendranath College
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31. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding
q. National:- Nil r. International:- Nil
32. Student profile programme/course wise:
Name of the Applications Selected Enrolled Pass Course/programme received percentage (refer question no. 4) *M *F
Microbiology(Hons) 132 40 9 16 100% UG (Session-2011-2014)
*M = Male *F = Female
32. Diversity of Students Name of the % of % of students % of Course students from other students from the States from abroad same state
Microbiology 100% Nil Nil (H+G) undergraduate course
33. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc.? 72 Students (from 2001 to 2014)
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34. Student progression Student progression Against % enrolled
95% UG to PG
PG to M.Phil. 2 to 3% PG to Ph.D. 50 to 60%
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral 40 to 45%
Employed
Campus selection Nil Other than campus 37% recruitment Entrepreneurship/Self-employment 2%
34. Details of Infrastructural facilities
p. Library :- Seminar library -70 books(in steel almirah), Central library-near about 170 books q. Internet facilities for Staff & Students:- yes
r. Class rooms with ICT facility:- yes s. Laboratories:- This lab is well equipped with following relevant instruments: i) Laminar air flow ii) Micro centrifuge iii) Refrigerator iv) pH meter v) Vortex vi) Colorimeter viii) UV transilluminator ix) BOD shaker cum incubator x) Hot air oven xi) Over Head projector xii) LCD projector xiii) Autoclave xiv) Microscpose (binocular and monocular) xv) Room temperature shaker xvi) Water bath xvii) Deep freezer (-20oC) xviii) Air conditioner xix) Water and gas line xx) Exhaust fan xxi) Wooden wall cabinet and wooden student’s working table xxii)Pressure cooker xxiii) Fire extinguisher xxiv) Hot plate xxv) Electronic weighing machine xxvi) Gel apparatus
Microbiology has 2 labs one is divided by 4 chambers and another is in annex building. Both lab is well spacies, airy and can accommodate more than 50 students once at a time.
56. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, University, government or other agencies: - 0
57. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / Workshops / seminar) with external experts: - i) 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2012 department had arranged a one day seminar cum student’s competition that improves students speaking skills. ii) Prof. A.B Banerjee in 2006 topic – mode of biochemical action of antibiotics iii) Dr.Sandip K. Babndhopadhyay in 2006 topic- free radicals iv) 2007 attend a seminar (Bengal science lecture) on Einstein and Bose a few lessons by Prof.Sushanta Duttagupta organised by West Bengal Council of science and Technology and Department of Science and Technology Gov. of West Bengal.Vanue Presidency College. v) 2007 a one day seminar cum student competition. Guest speakers our ex students topic vaccine and vaccination and spectroscopy vi) 2008 Seminar held on account of world AIDs Day sponsored by Rotaract club of Behala. Topic-AIDs and one day seminar cum student’s competition vii) Attend UGC sponsored seminar on present scenario and future prospects of microbiology and plant biotechnology, organised by Botany and Microbiology, Asutosh College, Kolkata in collaboration with Bose Institute, Kolkata, 2011 vii) Attend a seminar on Journey of Microbiology: Evolution ton its Modern Age application Organised by The Department of Microbiology Tara Devi Harakh Chand KanKaria Jain College ix) 2012- two day seminar cum students’ competition: Dr.Arup Kumar Mitra topic general talks on microbiology, Dr.Swati Roy Gangopadhayay: - topic:-Dengue Dr.Madhumita Moitra:-topic: medical microbiology
58. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning:- Chalk and talk over head and Power point presentation
59. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension Activities: - Nil
60. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans:-
Strength:
One of the oldest UG (Hons+ Pass) laboratory in Kolkata. This laboratory is well equipped with all the relevant instruments and can accommodate near about 50 students at one go. This laboratory has all the ultramodern infrastructural facilities including separate AV room. Our departmental library has a vast collection of books and journals on different aspects of Microbiology. Utmost importance is given towards building the theoretical basis and practical skills of UG students. To make students updated about ongoing scientific inventions (related to Microbiology) different college /UGC sponsored seminars are organised.
Weakness:-
Some of the essential (costly) instruments are shared from other labs.
Number of faculty requires an increase.
Laboratory set up has to be further upgraded if we plan to commence PG programme.
Opportunity:-
Students getting exposure to modern microbiolocal techniques and concepts of in different aspects of microbiology. Audio visual presentation makes the topic more interesting and communicable. Students are given an opportunity for visiting different related industries and research institutions for future career development. The visits expose them to applied field of Microbiology.
Challenges:-
To bring out the best from each and every student and developing a competitive attitude in them. Since Microbiology is a research oriented subject, emphasis is given to develop their practical skills and strengthen their theoretical concepts for their proper career shaping.
Future Plan
Provision for starting PG curriculum with further equipped lab and classroom setup Provision for giving summer training and different certificate and diploma courses to UG/PG students. To run different projects funded by government agencies. To arrange workshops To start student exchange programmes
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55. Name of the department : PHYSICS
56. Year of Establishment : 2001 57. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.): (v) B.Sc. (General)-Since 2001-2002 (ii) B.Sc. (Honours) - Since 2012-2013 ;
58. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved : Nil
59. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise): Annual
60. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: Some classes of the Biochemistry department are taken by our faculty members, when invited.
61. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. : Nil
62. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: Nil
63. Number of Teaching posts:
Filled Sanctioned
Professors Nil Nil
Associate Professors Nil Nil
Asst. Professors Two One
16. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /Ph.D. / M. Phil. etc.,)
No. of No. of Years of Ph.D. Name Qualification Designation Specialization Experienc Students e guided for the last 4 years Dr. Suman Ph.D. Assistant Atomic & Eight Nil Sinha Professor Molecular Physics ; Material Science Dr. Tapati Ph.D. College Biophysics Eleven Nil Banerjee approved Part-time Lecturer Arpita Bose M.Sc. Guest Electronics Five Lecturer months Nil
Abhedananda M.Sc. Guest Solid State Four Nil Bhattacharya Lecturer Physics months
51. List of senior visiting faculty: Nil
52. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (programme wise) by temporary faculty:
Course Lectures Practical Classes
B.Sc. (Honours) 67% 70%
B.Sc. (General) 67% 65%
13. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise):
B.Sc. (Hons.): 1: 8 B.Sc. (General) : 1:20
29. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff sanctioned and filled : Sanctioned : Nil Filled - One (temporary)
30. Qualifications of teaching faculty with D.Sc./ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil / PG.: Ph.D.: Two PG : Two
31. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received: Nil
32. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received : Nil
33. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: No
34. Publications:
* Publication per faculty:
Dr. Suman Sinha : 7
Dr. Tapati Banerjee : 10
* Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national /international) by faculty and students
Faculty:
Dr. Suman Sinha : 7
Dr. Tapati Banerjee : 10
Students: Nil
Number of publications listed in International Database (For Eg: Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.):
Dr.Suman Sinha : 5 Dr. Tapati Banerjee : 10 Monographs Chapter in Books Books Edited
Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers Citation Index SNIP
SJR Impact factor (IF) h-index Publications in National and International Journals :
Dr. Suman Sinha :
Magnetoimpedance of a glass-coated amorphous microwire, Journal of Applied Physics, 105, 07A311 (2009), S. Sinha, B. Das and K. Mandal.
Magnetization dynamics in wire-shaped amorphous magnetic materials as probed by Barkhausen noise measurement, Journal of Physics D : Applied Physics, 40, 2710 (2007), S. Sinha, K. Mandal and B. Das.
Study of magnetic barkhausen noise from amorphous Fe70Ni8Si10B12 and Fe40Ni40B20 Ribbons, Journal of Non destructive Testing and Evaluation, 5, 49 (2006), S. Sinha and K. Mandal.
Giant magnetoimpedance in amorphous (Co0.93Fe0.07)63Ni10Si11B16 glass-coated microwire, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 302, 223 (2006), S. Sinha, K. Mandal and M. Vazquez.
Contributions to giant magnetoimpedance from different domain regions of Co68.15Fe4.35Si12.5B15 amorphous wire, Journal of Applied Physics, 99, 033901 (2006), K. Mandal, S. Sinha and P. Anil Kumar.
Size and temperature dependent cationic redistribution in NiFe2O4(SiO2) nanocomposites : positron annihilation and Mossbauer studies, Journal of Physics D : Applied Physics, 39, 4228 (2006), Subarna Mitra, K. Mandal, Suman Sinha, P M G Nambissan and S. Kumar.
Effect of tensile stress on the magnetic Barkhausen noise in amorphous Fe70Ni8Si10B12 ribbon, Indian Journal of Physics, 79(9), 991 (2005), S. Sinha and K. Mandal.
Dr. Tapati Banerjee :
1.The crystal and molecular structure of N-(3,4,5-trimethoxycinnamoyl)-Δ3-piperidine-2- one, an amide alkaloid (piperlongumine), C17H19NO5.’ Banerjee T; Chaudhuri, S. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 1986, 64(5), 876-80.
2. ‘Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of nickel(II) complexes with 3,5-dimethyl-1- (o-aminophenyl)pyrazole (DApPz): x-ray crystallographic studies of [Ni(DApPz)2(H2O)2]Cl2.H2O and [Ni(DApPz)2(NCS)2].H2O.’ Saha, N; Saha, A; Chaudhuri, S; Mak, T. C. W.; Banerjee, T; Roychoudhury, P. Polyhedron, 1992, 11(18), 2341- 9.
3 ‘N-benzenesulfonylglycylglycine, (I),andtetrakis(μ-Nbenzenesulfonylglycyl glycinato) bis[aquacopper(II)](Cu-Cu)-water (1/4), (II).’ Mukherjee, K; Banerjee, T; Roychowdhury, P; Yamane, Takashi. Acta Crystallographica, Section C: Crystal Structure Communications, 1995, C51(10), 2025-8.
4.‘N-benzenesulfonylglycylglycine,(I),andtetrakis(μ-Nbenzenesulfonylglycyl glycinato) bis[aquacopper(II)](Cu-Cu)-water (1/4), (II).’ Mukherjee, K; Banerjee, T; Roychowdhury, P; Yamane, Takashi. Acta Crystallographica, Section C: Crystal Structure Communications, 1995, C51(10), 2025-2028
.
5 ‘X-ray crystal structure of bis-(p-nitroacetophenone-4,6-dimethyl-2-pyrimidyl hydrazone)copper(I) perchlorate.’ Mitra, A; Banerjee, T; Roychowdhury, P; Saha, N; Das, S. Polyhedron, 1996, 15(19), 3371-3375.
6 ‘Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of cobalt(III) complexes with S-benzyl dithiocarbazate of 5-methyl-3-formyl pyrazole (HMPzSB): x-ray crystal structure of [Co(MPzSB)2]Cl.’ Mitra, A; Banerjee, T; Roychowdhury, P.; Chaudhuri, S; Bera, P; Saha, N. Polyhedron, 1997, 16(21), 3735-3742.
7 ‘Synthesis, characterization and crystal structure analysis of bis (pyridine-2-carbaldehyde thiosemicarbazonato)cobalt(III) thiocyanate monohydrate.’ Chattopadhyay, S. K.; Banerjee, T; Roychoudhury, P; Mak, Thomas C.W.; Ghosh, S. Transition Metal Chemistry (London), 1997, 22(3), 216-219
8 Studies of nickel(II) complexes of 3-hydroxyiminobutanone thiosemicarbazone and 3- hydroxyiminobutanone (4-phenylthiosemicarbazone). Crystal structure of bis[3- hydroxyiminobutanone (4-phenylthiosemicarbazone)]nickel(II) nitrate, monohydrate, [Ni(C11H14N4OS)2](NO3)2•H2O.’ Chattapadhyay, S. K; Chattopadhyay, D; Banerjee, T; Kuroda, R; Ghosh, S. Polyhedron, 1997, 16(11), 1925-1930.
9. ‘X-ray elucidation of 17α-pregna-2,4-dien-20-yne-(2,3-d) isoxazole-17β-ol.’ Dey, R; Banerjee, T; Chowdhury, P. Roy; Chaudhuri, S. Journal of Chemical Crystallography, 2001, 31(5), 263-266.
10. ‘5-Amino-1-[2-(diethylamino)ethyl]-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide’. Dey, R; Banerjee, T; Langer, V; Ray, S; Roychowdhury, P. Acta Crystallographica, Section E: Structure Reports Online , 2006, E62(2), o814-o816.
35. Areas of consultancy and income generated: Nil 36. Faculty as members in
d) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards: Nil 37. Student projects: Nil
a. Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/programme: N.A.
b. Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies: N.A.
36. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students: Nil
37. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department: Nil 38. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding: Nil
s. National
t. International
33. Student profile programme/course wise: 2013-2014
Name of the Applications Selected Enrolled Pass Course/programme received percentage (refer question no. 4) *M *F
B.Sc. (Honours) 96 20 08 03 Physics (Honours) was introduced in 2012, no batch has passed out till now. B.Sc.(General)
*M = Male *F = Female
33. Diversity of Students
Name of the % of % of students % of Course students from other students from the States from abroad same state
B.Sc. (Honours) 100% 0% 0% B.Sc. (General) 100% 0% 0%
34. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defence services, etc.? Nil
35. Student progression: Our first B.Sc. (Honours) batch has not yet graduated.
Student progression Against % enrolled
Not Applicable (N.A.). UG to PG
PG to M.Phil. N.A.
PG to Ph.D. N.A.
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral N.A
Employed N.A Campus selection
Other than campus recruitment
Entrepreneurship/Self-employment N.A
35. Details of Infrastructural facilities:
a. Library: Seminar Library with Reading facility
No. of books: 100 (approx.)
b. Internet facilities for Staff & Students: Desktop and Laptop Computers with wireless Broadband
c. Laboratories: Physics laboratory is equipped with instruments and experimental set- ups which covers the syllabus of the University.
31. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies: B.Sc. (Honours): Nil B.Sc (General) :
32. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures workshop / seminar) with external experts: Nil 33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning:
xiii) Use of Powerpoint presentations for selected lectures.
xiv) Use of computers.
34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension Activities: Nil
35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans:
The Physics department is successfully conducting the B.Sc. (General) Course of the University of Calcutta since 2001. The B.Sc.(Honours) course has been introduced in the session 2012-2013.
The department has a seminar library with a good collection of valuable reference books. Lectures and practical classes are held with utmost regularity. The laboratory is well equipped with scientific instruments and experimental set-ups.
The lack of adequate faculty members is a serious concern for the department.
The M.Sc.(Distance Education) course of the Directorate of Distance Education, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal is introduced from the current session (2014-2015).
ZOOLOGY: The Self-evaluation of every department may be provided separately in about 3- 4 pages, avoiding the repetition of the data.
64. Name of the department------ZOOLOGY
65. Year of Establishment----- GENERAL- 2002, HONOURS-2009 66. Names of Programmes / Courses offered---- UG UNDER UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA 4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved : Nil
5. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise): Annual
6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: Some classes Geography departments are taken by our faculty members, when invited.
7. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments----NA
8. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.-- PG DISTANT COURSES UNDER VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY
9. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons---NA
10. Number of Teaching posts
Filled Sanctioned
Professors Associate NONE NONE
Professors NONE NONE
Asst. Professors ONE ONE
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17. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /Ph.D. / M. Phil. etc.,)
No. of No. of Years of Ph.D. Name Qualification Designation Specialization Experien Students ce guided for the last 4 years DR. M.Sc. ASSISTANT ENDOCRINOLOGY 8YEARS NONE INDRANEEL NET PhD PROFESSOR 3 SAHA AND HEAD MONTHS
DR. M.Sc. GOVT CYTOGENETICS NONE RUPANWITA PhD APPROVED AND MOLECULAR BISWAS CONTRACTUAL BIOLOGY FULL TIME
SMT.RITUPA M.Sc. GOVT FISHERY NONE RNA SARKAR APPROVED PART TIME SMT. BARNALI M.Sc. GOVT ECOLOGY NONE SARKAR M.Phil APPROVED PART TIME DR. NILOY M.Sc. GUEST CELL BIOLOGY 3YEARS NONE KUNDU Ph.D LECTURER
SRI. SUVAJIT M.Sc. GUEST ENDOCRINOLOGY 3YEARS NONE DEY LECTURER
SRI. RAKESH M.Sc. GUEST PARASITOLOGY 3YEARS NONE NASKAR LECTURER AND IMMUNOLOGY
53. List of senior visiting faculty--NONE
54. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled(programme wise) by temporary faculty ---DEPARTMENT HAS THREE GUEST FACULTIES EACH TAKING TEN CLASSES PER WEEK OF WHICH SEVEN ARE THEORY AND THREE ARE PRACTICAL CLASSES.
55. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise) –GENERAL 1:20 HONOURS 1:13 56. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff; sanctioned and filled ----ONE CASUAL TECHNICAL STAFF
57. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc—NONE
D.Litt—NONE
Ph.D—THREE
MPhil –ONE
PG.-- THREE
58. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received---NONE
59. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received –NONE
60. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University-- NONE
61. Publications: SEE ANNEXURE
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Areas of consultancy and income generated 38. Faculty as members in
e) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards…. NONE 25. Student projects ----NONE
m. Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/programme
n. Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies
39. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students----NONE
40. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department ----NONE NAAC for Quality and Excellence in Higher Education 95 Manual for Self-study Report Affiliated/Constituent Colleges
32. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding NONE
u. National
v. International
34. Student profile programme/course wise:
Name of the Applications Selected Enrolled Pass Course/programme received percentage (refer question no. 4) *M *F
HONOURS 250 27 17 10 100%
*M = Male *F = Female
34. Diversity of Students Name of the % of % of students % of Course students from other students from the States from abroad same state
HONOURS 100% 0 0
35. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc. ? NONE
36. Student progression Student progression Against % enrolled
54% IN 2012,23% IN 2013,44%IN 2014 UG to PG
PG to M.Phil. NIL PG to Ph.D. NIL
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral NIL
Employed 2012 BATCH FOUR STUDENTS ARE EMPLOYED Campus selection SEVERAL GENERAL STUDENTS ARE Other than campus WORKING AS MEDICAL recruitment REPRESENTATIVES Entrepreneurship/Self-employment NIL
30. Library:
Central Library
No. of books: 250
Seminar Library with reading and borrowing facilities
No. of books: 150
b. Internet facilities for Staff & Students: Desktop and Laptop Computers with wireless Broadband
c. Class rooms with ICT facility: i) Overhead projector
d. Laboratories: The three laboratories are equipped with refrigerator, clinical centrifuge, table top centrifuge, digital balance, magnetic stirrer, cyclomixer, gel apparatus, rocker, binocular microscope, microtome, hot plate, pH meter, digital colorimeter, light microscope along with simple and compound microscopes , stage and ocular micrometers for all students as well as a good collection of permanent slides,bones and preserved jar specimens.
31.Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies: B.Sc. (Honours): 5 (SC stipend) B.Sc (General) : 7 (SC stipend)
32. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures workshop / seminar) with external experts: Nil
33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: xv) Mostly chalk and talk to seek attention of every student.
xvi) Use of overhead projectors especially to show diagrams.
34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension Activities: Nil
35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans:
The department is successfully conducting the B.Sc. (General) Course of the University of Calcutta since 2002. The B.Sc.(Honours) course has been introduced in the session 2009-2010 and its fourth batch is about to graduate.
The Department has its own seminar library with a good collection of valuable reference books. Its lending library, integrated with the main college library, allows students to borrow sufficient books for their academic needs. The sincerity and efficiency of our faculty members is lauded throughout the college. Three of our faculty members hold Ph.D. degrees from premier Institutes and have a very good research career behind them. One of the faculties has M.Phil and pursuing Ph.D. Others hold post-graduate degrees. Lectures and practical classes are held with utmost regularity and meticulous care. Overhead projectors are used regularly for lectures. A computer facility with wireless broadband internet access is provided to faculty and students. The laboratory is well equipped with scientific instruments and specimens as mentioned earlier. Excursions and field studies are organised regularly as prescribed in the Syllabus.
The glory of the department is its bundle of students who did M.Sc. and doing M.Sc. The department is proud of its academic performance in honours as it produces several students attaining first class for the last three years.
The Department is at present in the process of expanding its academic activities. The B.Sc. (Honours) course has gained foothold. The M.Sc.(Distance Education) course of the Directorate of Distance Education, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal is about to be introduced from the current session (2014-2015).
We also intend to improve our research infrastructure to become self- sufficient as much as possible.. We are making efforts to procure funds to purchase some sophisticated research instruments like a Elisareader, sonicator etc. In future, we aspire to introduce a regular M.Sc. course and offer facilities for Ph.D. research to qualified candidates.
DR. INDRANEEL SAHA
NO. OF PAPERS 07 Citation indices All Since 2010 Citations 67 52
h-index 3 3
i10 index 2 1
List Publications: 1. Saha I, Das J, Maiti BR, Chatterji U.(2014?) A Protective Role of Arecoline Hydrobromide in Experimentally Induced Male Diabetic Rats. BioMed Research International. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/136738 (*Citations 0 *IF 2.706)
2. Saha I, Chatterjee A, Mondal A, Maiti BR, Chatterji U. (2011) Arecoline augments cellular proliferation in the prostate gland of male Wistar rats. J Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.255 (2):160-8. (*Citations 9 *SNIP 1.376 *SJR 1.569 *IF 4.141)
3. Pradhan D, Saha I, Chatterjee A, Mondal A, Sarkar S, Maiti BR. (2011) Alterations of circadian rhythms of thyroid-stimulating hormone, thyroid, adrenal and insulin hormones, and blood glucose profiles following lithium treatment in alternate Light-Dark, constant Light and constant Dark regimens in rats. Biol. Rhy. Res. 43 (3), 301-322 (*Citations 0 *SNIP 0.416 *SJR 0.173 *IF 0.654)
4. Saha I, Chatterji U, Chaudhuri-Sengupta S, Nag TC, Nag D, Banerjee S, Maiti BR. (2007) Ultrastructural and hormonal changes in the pineal-testicular axis following arecoline administration in rats. J Exp Zool Part A Ecol Genet Physiol. 307(4): 187-98. (*Citations 13 *SNIP 0.640 *SJR 0.540 *IF 1.27)
5. Saha I, Chatterji U, Chaudhuri_Sengupta S, Maiti BR. (2007) Suppression of circadian rhythm of pineal and testicular hormones following lithium treatment in normal and reversed light-dark cycles, constant light and constant dark in rats. Biol. Rhy. Res. 38 (1): 19-32. (*Citations 2*SNIP 0.377 *SJR 0.195 *IF 0.545)
6. Dasgupta R, Saha I, Pal S, Bhattacharyya A, Sa G, Nag TC, Das T, Maiti BR. (2006) Immunosuppression, hepatotoxicity and depression of antioxidant status by arecoline in albino mice. Toxicol. 227(1-2): 94-104. (*Citations 43 *SNIP 1.355 *SJR 1.021*IF 3.048)
DISCLAIMER:
The departmental SSRs though strictly following the requirements set in the SSR proforma, are arranged in interpretative and stylistic frames preferred by the different departments. It was felt advisable by the steering committee to permit a degree of autonomy for presentation of required material so as to allow the individuality of the departments to surface. We at Sarsuna College believe that divergent attitudes to approaching problems should be encouraged in order to engender innovation and inspire creativity.
4. Evaluative Report of the Departments
The Self-evaluation of every department may be provided separately in about 3-4 pages, avoiding the repetition of the data.
67. Name of the department: STATISTICS
68. Year of Establishment: 2005 69. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.)- UG (G) 70. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved- Nil
71. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise)- Annual
72. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments-
Economics, Bio-chemistry, Microbiology, Zoology 73. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.-Nil
74. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons:-N.A.
75. Number of Teaching posts
Filled Sanctioned
Professors Associate Nil Nil
Professors Nil Nil
Asst. Professors 1 1
18. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /Ph.D. / M. Phil. etc.,)
No. of Years No. of Ph.D. of Experience Students Name Qualification Designation Specialization guided for the last 4 years SANJIB M.SC ASSISTANT INDUSTRIAL 4.5 Nil KUMAR PROFESSOR STATISTICS GUPTA
62. List of senior visiting faculty:-Nil
63. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled(programme wise) by temporary faculty-Nil
64. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise) 1:10
65. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff; sanctioned and filled:- Nil
66. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil / PG.-PG
67. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received :-Nil
68. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received :-Nil
69. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University:-Nil
70. Publications:
* a) Publication per faculty -1
* Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) by faculty and students:-1(international)
Paper:-Gupta SK.,De S.,Chatterjee A. (2014): Warranty forecasting from incomplete two- dimensional warranty data, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 26, 1-13.
Number of publications listed in International Database (For Eg: Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.):-1 Citation Index:-1 Impact factor- 1.97
39. Areas of consultancy and income generated:-Nil 40. Faculty as members in
f) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards….Nil 26. Student projects
o. Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/programme-Nil
p. Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies:-Nil
41. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students:-Nil
42. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department:- Nil
33. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding:-Nil
w. National
x. International
35. Student profile programme/course wise:-N.A.
Name of the Applications Selected Enrolled Pass Course/programme received percentage (refer question no. *M *F 4)
*M = Male *F = Female
35. Diversity of Students Name of the % of % of students % of Course students from other students from the States from abroad same state
UG (GENERAL) 100 0 0
36. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc. ?:-N.A.
37. Student progression:-N.A. 36. Details of Infrastructural facilities
t. Library-Available:-No departmental library
u. Internet facilities for Staff & Students-Available:-Available for Staff
v. Class rooms with ICT facility-Available:-No
w. Laboratories-Available:-Not required 61. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies:-Nil 62. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with external experts:-Nil
63. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning:-Chalk-Duster 64. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension Activities:-NSSO 65. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans:-
The Statistics department is successfully conducting the B.Sc. (General) Course of the University of Calcutta since 2005. The department also takes the classes of some other departments like Zoology, Bio-chemistry etc. Since there are a few students in general course, our faculties are always trying to solve each problems of the students at their very best. The quality of some students is very good. In the library there are plenty of text books.
We want to introduce the honours course in recent future.
5. Evaluative Report of the Departments
The Self-evaluation of every department may be provided separately in about 3- 4 pages, avoiding the repetition of the data.
76. Name of the department FILM STUDIES
77. Year of Establishment 2001 78. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.) UG 79. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved NIL
80. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise) ANNUAL
81. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments NO 82. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. NIL
83. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons NIL
84. Number of Teaching posts
Filled Sanctioned
Professors Associate
0
Professors 0
Asst. Professors 0
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19. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /Ph.D. / M. Phil. etc.,)
No. of Years No. of of Ph.D. Name Qualification Designation Specialization Experience Students guided for the last 4 years M.A., Ph.D. P.T.T. Audiovisual 14 years 0 Dr. Goutam (Govt. Media Chakraborty Approved) H.O.D. M.A., Ph.D. P.T.T. 14 years 0 Dr. Tamal (Govt. Dasgupta Approved)
71. List of senior visiting faculty NIL
72. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled(programme wise) by temporary faculty NIL
73. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise) 75:1 (considered all the three years)
74. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff; sanctioned and filled NIL
75. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil / PG.
Both Ph.D
76. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received NIL
77. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received NIL
78. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University NIL
79. Publications:
* a) Publication per faculty NIL
* Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) by faculty and students NIL
Number of publications listed in International Database (For Eg: Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) NIL Monographs NIL
Chapter in Books NIL Books Edited NIL
Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers NIL Citation Index NIL SNIP NIL
SJR NIL Impact factor NIL h-index NIL
41. Areas of consultancy and income generated NIL 42. Faculty as members in
g) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards…. NIL 27. Student projects
q. Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/programme 100%
r. Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies No such information
43. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students
Nirod Baran Swriti Puraskar from R.B.U. received by Dr Goutam Chakraborty (Faculty)
44. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department NIL
34. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding
y. National NIL
z. International NIL
36. Student profile programme/course wise:
Name of the Applications Selected Enrolled Pass Course/programme received percentage (refer question no. 4) *M *F
UG (2011-12) 81 31 15 16
*M = Male *F = Female
36. Diversity of Students Name of the % of % of students % of Course students from other students from the States from abroad same state
37. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc. ?
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38. Student progression Student progression Against % enrolled
UG to PG
PG to M.Phil. PG to Ph.D.
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral
Employed Campus selection Other than campus recruitment Entrepreneurship/Self-employment 37. Details of Infrastructural facilities
x. Library No departmental library
y. Internet facilities for Staff & Students No
z. Class rooms with ICT facility Normal classroom
aa. Laboratories classroom cum laboratory 66. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies 67. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with external experts
68. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning NIL 69. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension Activities NIL 70. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans
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The Self-evaluation of every department may be provided separately in about 3- 4 pages, avoiding the repetition of the data. 85. Name of the department : ECONOMICS
86. Year of Establishment : 1999 87. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.): (vi) B.A/B.Sc. (General)-Since 1999 (ii) B.Sc. (Honours) - Since 2003-2004 ;
88. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved : Nil
89. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise): Annual
90. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: Some classes of the Commerce departments are taken by our faculty members, when invited.
91. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. : Nil
92. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: Nil
93. Number of Teaching posts:
Filled Sanctioned
Professors Nil Nil
Associate Professors Nil Nil
Asst. Professors Two Two
20. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /Ph.D. / M. Phil. etc.,)
No. of No. of Years of Ph.D. Name Qualification Designation Specialization Experience Students guided for the last 4 years Piyali Das M.A. Assistant Econometrics Twelve Nil Gupta Professor And Statistics
Dr. Chameli Ph.D. Assistant Econometrics Four Nil Mandal Professor And Computer (Pandit) Application Debamitra M.Sc. Govt. International Banerjee Approved trade and Seven Nil Part-time Econometrics Lecturer
80. List of senior visiting faculty: Nil
81. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (programme wise) by temporary faculty:
Course Lectures Practical Classes
B.Sc. (Honours) 15.15% -
B.Sc. (General) - -
13. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise):
B.Sc. (Hons.): 3 : 1 B.Sc. (General) : 260: 3 (Approximately)
35. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff sanctioned and filled : Sanctioned : Nil Filled - Nil
36. Qualifications of teaching faculty with D.Sc./ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil / PG.:
Ph.D.: One PG : Two
37. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received: Nil
38. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received :
Two Minor research projects funded by UGC (2.7 lakhs)
a. “Impact of Socio-Economic Determinants on Mental Health Outcomes in West Bengal” by Piyali Das Gupta in the session 2011-2012
b. .“Inclusive Growth in West Bengal with special reference to Howrah District” by Chameli Mandal (Pandit) in the session 2012- 2013.
39. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: No
40. Publications:
* Publication per faculty:
Piyali Das Gupta : 1
* Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national /international) by faculty and students
Faculty: Piyali Das Gupta : 1 Students: Nil
Number of publications listed in International Database (For Eg: Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.):
Scopus (1): i) Andrés, A.R., Chakraborty, B. Dasgupta, P., Mitra, S. (2014), Realizing the significance of socio-economic triggers for mental health outcomes in India, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (Elsevier), June,50 - 57.*IFI 8.349,
Books Edited
a) Piyali Das Gupta : 1 (joint)
b) Dr. Chameli Mandal (Pandit) : 1 (joint)
Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers
ISBN: 978-81-924076-8-5; Sahajatri, Kolkata. Citation Index Nil SNIP
SJR Impact factor (IF) h-index
Publications in National and International Journals :
Piyali Das Gupta:
i) Andrés, A.R., Chakraborty, B. Dasgupta, P., Mitra, S. (2014), Realizing the significance of socio-economic triggers for mental health outcomes in India, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (Elsevier), June,50 - 57.*IFI 8.349,
43. Areas of consultancy and income generated: Nil 44. Faculty as members in
e) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards: Nil 45. Student projects:
a. Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/programme: 100% students of final year (2012- 2015) or 71.4 % of the total students including three consecutive years.
Title of the Project Session Name of the Name of the
students Supervisor
1. Economic Growth and Development of 2014- Dipankar Das Piyali Dasgupta West Bengal in post reform period: an Empirical Analysis 2015
2. Microfinance And its role in 2014- Akanshya Piyali Dasgupta
Development: an Indian perspective 2015 Dubey
3. Employment Elasticity in Public and 2013- Suvankar Dr. Chameli Private sector for India – A comparative analysis. 2014 Banik Mondal (Pandit)
4. An open pole: what will you vote for? 2012- Tomoghno Piyali Dasgupta
An LCD TV or a Rice Plant? 2013 Mallick
5. A Critical Overview Of the Migration 2012- Soumi Karar Piyali Dasgupta Models 2013
b. Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies: Nil
45. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students: Nil
46. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department: Nil 47. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding:
aa. National: A National Seminar sponsored by UGC organised by the Department on “Sustainable Development: An Interdisciplinary Approach” in the session 2012- 2013.
bb. International Nil
37. Student profile programme/course wise: 2011-2014
Name of the Applications Selected Enrolled Pass Course/programme Received in Percentage (refer question no. 2011-12 *M *F 4) B.Sc. (Honours) 10 10 2 0 50%
B.Sc.(General) Comment [e1]: office
*M = Male *F = Female
37. Diversity of Students
Name of the % of % of students % of Course students from other students from the States from abroad same state
B.Sc. (Honours) 100% 0% 0%
B.Sc. (General) 100% 0% 0%
38. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defence services, etc. ?
Nil
Student progression: Student progression Against % enrolled
100% (Session 2005 - 2006) UG to PG 33.3 % (session 2007- 2008)
50% (session 2008 -2009) 66.7 % (Session 2011-2012) 66.7 % (Session 2012-2013) PG to M.Phil. N.A.
PG to Ph.D. 28.6%
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral N.A
Employed N.A Campus selection
Other than campus recruitment 70 oercent as per self report of the students
Entrepreneurship/Self-employment One
38. Details of Infrastructural facilities:
a. Library: Seminar Library with Reading facility
No. of books: (approx.) 991 books in central library including 59 books in seminar library.
b. Internet facilities for Staff & Students: one Desktop, 2 Laptop Computers and 1 mini Laptop with wireless Broadband.
c. Class rooms with ICT facility: i) Overhead projector ii) LCD projector
N.A
d. Laboratories: N.A 71. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies: B.Sc. (Honours): (SC stipend) B.Sc (General) : (SC stipend) Comment [S2]: office
72. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures workshop / seminar) with external experts: Nil
73. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning:
xvii) Use of Black board for 99% lectures, especially to show diagrams.
xviii) Use of articles from renowned journals for selected lectures on Indian economy and development studies.
xix) Arrangements of regular mock test after completion of a topic.
xx) Use of Internet facility (particularly UGC Inflibnet E-Resource) for literature survey of B.Sc. Honours Final year Project Work.
74. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension Activities: Nil
75. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans:
The department is successfully conducting the B.A and B.Sc. (General) Course of the University of Calcutta since 1999 And B.Sc. (Honours) course since 2003 – 04 by a group of sincere, efficient and energetic teachers. The faculty members always try to satisfy their students by vivid presentation of their lectures by giving day to day examples relating human behaviour and Indian economy and make them conceptually good in the subject. The individual care is always taken for improvement of the students and it is possible because of low intake of students. It has a well-stocked seminar library with a good collection of valuable reference books. These books help both students and teachers for consultation of the subject matters thoroughly. Its lending library, integrated with the main college library, allows students to borrow sufficient books for their academic needs. One of our faculty members hold Ph.D. degrees from recognised Institute and other two members are also pursuing their research works in the premier universities. Computer facilities with wireless broadband internet access are provided to faculty.
The main weakness of the Department is that, the quality of students admitted not being of a very high standard. The inconsistency of academic performance prevails over the year depending upon the student’s quality representing diverse standards. Moreover, the lack of sufficient computer facilities and internet access for conducting project work is a serious constraint in process of development.
There is an opportunity of giving extra care to the poor students in the department. The training of collecting primary data from the household survey and secondary data from the various official sources e.g NSSO, Reserve bank and Census in time of pursuing project work in the final year helps students to get jobs in marketing research and different institutions and NGOs as project associates in future. There is also an opportunity for the students and teachers to submit paper/articles of the contemporary issues in economics in the departmental journal and wall magazine titled “Koutilla”. Sustainability of the Department with a scant number of Honours students is itself a challenge to the department.
7. Evaluative Report of the Departments
The Self-evaluation of every department may be provided separately in about 3- 4 pages, avoiding the repetition of the data.
94. Name of the department ELECTRONICS
95. Year of Establishment 2001 96. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.) UG 97. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved NIL
98. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise)
ANNUAL
99. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments With COMPUTER SC (H) and CHEMISTRY(H)
100. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.
NIL
101. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons
NIL
102. Number of Teaching posts
Filled Sanctioned
Professors Associate 0 0
Professors 0 0
Asst. Professors 0 0
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No. of No. of Ph.D. Years of Students Name Qualification Designation Specialization Experience guided for the last 4 years 17 years in Biswajit B. Sc + P.T.T. (Govt. Electronics & Industry + 0 Das B.Tech approved) telecommunication 13 years in teaching
82. List of senior visiting faculty NIL
83. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled(programme wise) by temporary faculty 50%
84. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise) 15:1
85. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff; sanctioned and filled No academic support stuff. Only one non-technical support stuff.
86. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil / PG.
87. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received None
88. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received NIL
89. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University
NIL
90. Publications:
* a) Publication per faculty NIL
* Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) by faculty and students NIL
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Number of publications listed in International Database (For Eg: Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) NIL Monographs NIL
Chapter in Books NIL Books Edited NIL
Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers Citation Index NIL SNIP NIL
SJR NIL Impact factor NIL h-index NIL
46. Areas of consultancy and income generated NIL 47. Faculty as members in
h) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards…. NONE 28. Student projects
s. Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/programme NONE
t. Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies NONE
48. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students Awards of All India Radio Documentary own by Biswajit Das - Faculty 1st prize: 2nd prize:
49. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department NONE
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35. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding
cc. National NIL
dd. International NIL
38. Student profile programme/course wise:
Name of the Applications Selected Enrolled Pass Course/programme received percentage (refer question no. 4) *M *F
Electronics (G) Gen for Gen. 7 Gen for Hons. 18
*M = Male *F = Female
38. Diversity of Students Name of the % of % of students % of Course students from other students from the States from abroad same state
39. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc. ?
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UG to PG PG to M.Phil. PG to Ph.D. Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral Employed Campus selection Other than campus recruitment Entrepreneurship/Self-employment 39. Details of Infrastructural facilities
bb. Library No separate library cc. Internet facilities for Staff & Students Not available dd. Class rooms with ICT facility No ee. Laboratories Well equipped with various components, Microprocessor kit and Oscilloscope, Signal Generator and other Electronic testing kits 76. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies 77. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with external experts NIL
78. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning
Nothing special 79. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension Activities NIL 80. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans
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STRENGTH: a. Department is small and cozy. Hence personal attention is possible. b. The faculty of the department has long experience in various electronic industry. hence students may gain practical industry oriented knowledge instead of simply bookish knowledge. c. The student-teacher ratio makes it possible for teachers to successfully address individual need of the students.
WEAKNESSES: a. Laboratory space is too small. b. There is no departmental library. c. There is no computer in the laboratory with INTERNET connection. d. Only one faculty member. e. No technical assistant in the laboratory. f. poor language competence of the students. Most of the students are from Bengali medium.
OPPERTUNITIES: a. Scopes are there to start ELECTRONICS(H) course b. Scopes are there to offer ELECTRONICS as a subject combination with other Honours Subjects viz. with Physics(H) etc.
CHALLENGES: a.To get appropriate teaching & non-teaching stuff
FUTURE PLAN To start ELECTRONICS(H) course. 8. Evaluative Report of the Departments
The Self-evaluation of every department may be provided separately in about 3- 4 pages, avoiding the repetition of the data.
103. Name of the department : MATHEMATICS
104. Year of Establishment : 105. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.) : I) B.Sc.(Gen)-Since 2001. II) B.Sc. (Hons)-Since 2012-2013 106. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved:Nil
107. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise): Annual
108. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments :
MSBG and BMS classes of the Commerce department were taken by the faculties of
Our department. 109. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.:Nil
110. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons
111. Number of Teaching posts
Filled Sanctioned
Professors Associate Nil Nil
Professors Nil Nil
Asst. Professors One One
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22. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /Ph.D. / M. Phil. etc.,)
No. of Years No. of Ph.D. of Students Name Qualification Designation Specialization Experience guided for the last 4 years
Tapas M.Sc. Assistant Real Analysis Ten Nil Lowha Professor
Jagatpati M.Sc. Govt. Abstract Sixteen Nil Das Approved Algebra part time lecturer Souptick M.Sc. Guest Module One Nil Chakraborty Lecturer Theory,Number Theory,Analytic function. Subhra M.Sc. Guest Two Nil Bhowmik Lecturer
91. List of senior visiting faculty: Nil
92. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled(programme wise) by temporary faculty:
Course Lectures Practical Classes
B.Sc(Honours) 25% 100%
B.Sc.(General) 22% --
93. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise):
B.Sc.(Hons)- 1:4
B.Sc.(Gen) - 1:34
94. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff; sanctioned and filled: Nil
95. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil / PG.
PG: Four
96. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received : Nil
97. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received:
i) UGC Sponsored Minor Research Project.
Title- Topological Entropy of Compact/Non-Compact Sets(via Measure Theory): An Overview and Estimation.
98. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: Nil
99. Publications:
* a) Publication per faculty:
Tapas Lowha : 3
* Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) by faculty and students
Faculty : Tapas Lowha :3
Student : Nil
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Number of publications listed in International Database (For Eg: Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) a) Tapas Lowha : 3 Monographs
Chapter in Books Books Edited
Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers Citation Index SNIP
SJR Impact factor h-index
Publication of Papers: Tapas Lowha : 1. Basu, C. K., & Lowha, T. (2014). “WEIGHTED SHARING OF A SMALL FUNCTION OF A MEROMORPHIC FUNCTION AND ITS DERIVATIVES”.International Journal of Mathematical Archive (IJMA) ISSN 2229-5046, 5(3). ( I.F.4.091(SJIF 2012)). 2. T.Lowha. “Some Generalizations of Differential Polynomials of Meromorphic Functions”. Int.J. Math and Comp.Research, Vol2, Issuue7,July(2014), Page 518-530. (I.F.2.2003 (Uifactor)). 3. T. Lowha, “Sharing Condition of Meromorphic Function”. Antarctica J. Math.,11(3)(2014),247-264. (Scientific Factor:18.0)
48. Areas of consultancy and income generated : Nil 49. Faculty as members in
i) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards…. : Nil 29. Student projects
u. Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/programme: Nil v. Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies : Nil
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ee. National
ff. International
39. Student profile programme/course wise:
Name of the Applications Selected Enrolled Pass Course/programme Received percentage (refer question no. 4) *M *F
B.Sc.(Hons) 31 12 9 3 Honours 2012-13 introduced in 2012-13.So no data is available. B.Sc.(Gen)
*M = Male *F = Female
39. Diversity of Students Name of the % of % of students % of Course students from other students from the States from abroad same state
B.Sc.(Honours) 100% 0% 0%
B.Sc.(Gen) 100% 0% 0%
40. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc. ?
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40. Student progression Student progression Against % enrolled
N.A. UG to PG
PG to M.Phil. N.A. PG to Ph.D. N.A.
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral N.A.
Employed N.A. Campus selection Other than campus recruitment Entrepreneurship/Self-employment N.A. 40. Details of Infrastructural facilities
ff. Library : Appoximately 900 books in the central library.
gg. Internet facilities for Staff & Students: One desktop computer & one
laptop computer with wireless Broadband (for faculties).
hh. Class rooms with ICT facility : Nil
ii. Laboratories : Yet to set-up 81. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies : Nil 82. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with external experts :Nil
83. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning : Chalk-Duster. 84. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension Activities: Nil 85. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans :
The Mathematics department is successfully conducting the B.Sc. (General) Course of the University of Calcutta since 2001. The B.Sc.(Honours) course has been introduced in the session 2012-2013 and its first batch is about to graduate . The department has a well-stocked books in the central library. Students can read all books in the reading room and also they are allowed to borrow sufficient books from the library. Our faculties are actively doing Ph.D. work. One of the guest faculty have done his post graduate from Bombay IIT. Since there are only a few students in honours course, our faculties are always trying to solve each problems of the students at their very best. Very recently we are planning to introduced a departmental journal for the benefit of our students. Though our department has been suffering badly due to the shortage of full time teaching staff yet all of us are very sincere at their end.
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The Self-evaluation of every department may be provided separately in about 3-4 pages, avoiding the repetition of the data.
112. Name of the department ENGLISH
113. Year of Establishment 1999 (Gen)
2001 (Hons) 114. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.) UG 115. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved NONE
116. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise) ANNUAL
117. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments:
Apart from taking mandatory compulsory English classes for all the first year B.A/B.Sc/B.Com students as prescribed by the University of Calcutta, the department has also taken classes in Political Science and Bengali departments as and when invited.
Lecture series on the History of English literature to Bengali Honours students Lecture on feminism to Political Science Department.
118. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. NIL
119. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons NONE
120. Number of Teaching posts
Filled Sanctioned
Professors Associate ------
Professors -----
------Asst. Professors TWO TWO
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No. of No. of Years of Ph.D. Name Qualification Designation Specialization Experience Students guided for the last 4 years PhD ASSISTANT CULTURE 14 SAROTTAMA (PURSUING) PROF STUDIES: MAJUMDAR EIGHTEENTH ----- AND NINETEENTH CENTUURY BRITISH INDIA NABANITA M.PHIL ASSISTANT TRANSLATION 5 SENGUPTA PhD PROF STUDIES, (PURSUING) NINETEENTH CENTURY ------BENGAL- BRITAIN INTERFACE M.PHIL PART TIME AUSTRALIAN 6 SWATI ROY PhD LECTURER DRAMA CHOUDHURY (PURSUING) (GOVT ------APPROVED)
100. List of senior visiting faculty NONE
101. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled(programme wise) by temporary faculty 42.65%
102. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise) 21:1 (HONS)
40:1 (GEN)
103. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff; sanctioned and filled NIL
104. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil / PG. NAME PG M.PHIL PhD OTHERS
SAROTTAMA JADAVPUR PURSUING FROM B.ED. MAJUMDAR UNIVERSITY JADAVPUR (CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY) 1997 1999
NABANITA UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY PURSUING FROM ------SENGUPTA OF DELHI OF CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA 2002 2004
SWATI UNIVERSITY JADAVPUR PURSUING FROM ROYCHOUDHURI OF BURDWAN UNIVERSITY VISHWABHARATI UNIVERSITY 2007 2010
DIPENDRANATH UNIVERSITY GUHA OF ANNAMALAI ------
1990
105. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received NIL
106. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received NIL
107. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University NONE
108. Publications:
* a) Publication per faculty
* Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) by faculty and students
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Number of publications listed in International Database (For Eg: Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) Monographs
Chapter in Books Books Edited
Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers Citation Index SNIP
SJR Impact factor h-index Sarottama Majumdar That Sublime “old Gentleman”: India’s Shakespeare: Translations, Interpretations Newark: University of Delaware Press ,Shakespeare’s plays in Calcutta and Performance.(eds.) Poonam Trivedi and Dennis 2005. 260-268. 1775-1930 Bartholemeusz ISBN-87413-881-7
Intricate Impression, Sublime indifference: West Bengal.(ed) Satinath Ray Vol XLII No 10
The many faces of Tagore in contemporary (16th May-1st June 2000), 87-96. Press.(Co-authored by Sudeshna Banerjee)
Nime Dutta o tatkalin Bangasamaj: ekti Saparya.(ed)Tanmaay Bir Vol IV ( 2008), 54-59. Punarmulyayan. (Journal for Bengali, Sarsuna College)
Multiculturalism and “Pride and Prejudice” Journal of Ananda Mohan College Vol III ( 2008), 14-17(eds.)Prasanta Bandopadhyay ,Sandipan Sen
Bhabishyamukure Joshodebir mala: Kalottirno(ed)Subhashish Ghose Vol III(2009) 45-49 Derozio o tar kabyacharcha (Journal of History, Sarsuna College)
Theseus ,the cusp of the Minoan Hellenic Kalottirno.(ed)Shubhashish Ghose Vol III (2010) 31-34
50. Areas of consultancy and income generated NONE 51. Faculty as members in
j) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards…. NIL 30. Student projects NIL 52. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students NIL
53. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department
1. Prof. Jharna Sanyal, Professor, University of Calcutta
2. Dr. Ramkrishna Bhattacharya, Reader, Anadamohan College
3. Prof. Ananda Lal, Professor, Jadavpur University
4. Dr. Avijit Gupta, Associate Professor, Jadavpur University; Director, Jadavpur University Press.
5. Prof. Margaret Zama, Professor, Mizoram University
6. Dr. Saugoto Bhaduri, Professor, Centre for English Studies, School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
7. Prof. Pradip Acharya, (Retd) Professor, Cotton College, Guwahati.
8. Dr. Ramkumar Bhattacharya, Ex-chairperson, Sahitya Akademi.
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gg. National : A TWO DAY NATIONAL SEMINAR ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH IN COLLABORATION WITH SAHITYA AKADEMI ON “"Transposing Literature, Translating Cultures: A Reappraisal of Indian English Literature(s) to be organised in collaboration with Sahitya Akademi on 2nd and 3rd of February 2012.
hh. International
40. Student profile programme/course wise:
Name of the Applications Selected Enrolled Pass Course/programme received Percentage (refer question no. 4) *M *F
B.A (HONS) 134 50 22 28 20% ENGLISH
*M = Male *F = Female
40. Diversity of Students Name of the % of % of students % of Course students from other students from the States from abroad same state
B.A. (HONS) 100% ------
41. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc. ?
None (as of the information received till date)
41. Student progression Student progression Against % enrolled
Above 60% (combination of both regular and UG to PG distance mode)
PG to M.Phil. ---- PG to Ph.D. -----
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral ----
Employed 60% and above (other than campus recruitment) Campus selection Other than campus recruitment Entrepreneurship/Self-employment ------
Note: We do not have access to complete data hence the given data is tentative.
41. Details of Infrastructural facilities
jj. Library: A well-stocked central library and seminar library consisting of about 1300+50 books
kk. Internet facilities for Staff & Students:
The library has internet facility and the students can avail the INFLIBNET to browse scholarly journals.
The teacher’s room has wifi connectivity and each department has been provided with a desktop in a separate workstation and a laptop.
ll. Class rooms with ICT facility: i) Overhead projector ii) LCD projector
mm. Laboratories : A well-equipped Audio-visual laboratory shared from the Film Studies department. 86. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies: 7 (approx) 87. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with external experts a) Special lecture series on Tragedies and Comedies by Prof. Ramkrishna Bhattacharya, Reader, Anandamohan College. b) Dr. Srimati Mukherjee, Basanti Devi college, Associate Prof, delivered a lecture on Feminist Readings of the Indian English Literature. c) A Faculty exchange programme was undertaken with Susil Kar College in which Dr. Sudeshna Chakravorty delivered a lecture.
88. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: a) conventional lectures
k) Talks by eminent external resource persons
l) Film viewing in collaboration with film studies department
m) Participation in seminar and conferences in other educational institutions
n) Publication of departmental journal and encouraging students to contribute papers .
o) Creation of syllabus oriented wall magazines
p) Seminar lecture competitions 89. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension Activities: a) Participation in community oriented programmes organised by the college through its NSS unit and Students’ Union wing b) Participated and won prizes in various inter-college competitions as an extension of the college activities. 90. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans
Strength:
1. The department boast of a well-knit teacher-student community comprising of the alumni as well.
2. Though we have a mixed student community, we have students aware of the contemporary needs. Some are even confident and articulate. This helps in improving the general awareness level of the class.
3. The department, through the networking of its faculties are able to provide for students’ interaction with eminent external resource persons.
4. Presence of the Film Studies Department in the college provides our students with an exposure to the streams like film making, journalism, photo journalism, e-journalism, etc. It also allows us with an internal resource to make our students aware of the film as an extension of the literary medium.
Weakness:
1. Since majority of our students come from the rural background, they are often weak in linguistic and grammatical proficiency.
2. Quite a number of them have problems in comprehension as it is impossible to use any language other than English as the medium of instruction.
3. Turnover rate is high among temporary faculties and since the college does not have recruiting authority of permanent faculties, the department faces problems in smooth completion of the prescribed syllabus.
4. Huge number of students in the compulsory English classes leads to an unfavourably skewed student-teacher ratio.
Opportunities:
1. There is an opportunity to provide students with the basic language skills and personality development. We are trying to create platforms where these skills can be properly nurtured.
2. There is an opportunity to initiate the students to the translated literature of various languages across the globe. This can give them the training to take up Comparative Literature courses later.
3. The students can also be exposed to various classic films and encouraged to study and understand the literature-film interface.
4. The department has opportunities to create more inter-departmental interaction among students by initiating language related competitions such as debates, story writing, essay competition, etc.
Challenges:
1. Since most of the students come from rural background one of the greatest challenges is their lack of awareness in this subject.
2. Many of our students come from Bengali medium backgrounds and therefore they often have problems in verbal communication though they might be proficient in writing skills.
3. One of the challenges is to make our students internet-friendly and help them to use the resources available on the web.
Future Plans:
1. The department has plans to open Post-Graduation degree and is taking necessary steps in the direction.
2. We also have a plan to build a video library to provide exposure to our students in this direction.
3. The department plans to build a language laboratory where we can train our students and improve their employability. This language laboratory can also be used as one of the avenues for generating fund for the college.
4. The department already uses a departmental e-mail id to communicate with its students for academic purposes but now we have a plan to create a departmental blog space which can be used as a repository of enriching course material and other relevant writings. It can also be used as a forum to encourage students’ creativity and make them more proficient with contemporary resources.
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