Annual Report 2018-19
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Annual Report 2018-19 Hon’ble Chief Guest Shri Sunil Ambekar ji, Hon’ble Guest of Honour Dr Payal Mago ji, Hon’ble Guest of Honour Dr. J. P. Sharma ji, Hon’ble University Representatives, Governing Body Prof. Ashok K. Prasad ji and Prof. S.K. Muttoo ji, other distinguished guests, colleagues, parents and my dear students, I welcome you all to the 46th Annual Prize Distribution Function of our college. I am pleased to welcome our Chief Guest Shri Sunil Ambekar who is a social activist and presently the National Organising Secretary of “Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP)” the leading student organization in India with 3.2 million members and a strong presence in almost all districts of India. Shri Sunil Ambekar has played an important role in India’s student movement with focus on issues related to education, social justice, national security, economy and played a key-role in many national campaigns including the Agitation against Bangladeshi Infiltration and Youth Against Corruption (YAC). He is currently leading the organization’s initiatives on Educational reforms with policy focus on National Education Policy. Shri Sunil Ambekar strives for the goal of national reconstruction through students, whom ABVP considers first as today’s citizens and then tomorrow’s leaders. True to this motto ABVP has provided leadership to various domains ranging from politics to economy and educational sector to social organizations. Sh. Sunil Ambekar travels across the country meeting various stake holders of educational sector, motivating students and interacting with a wide range of people which include industrialists, artists and professionals discussing issues of national importance and sharing his experiences. He has visited Peking University, NUS Singapore and almost all state & central universities and premier institutes like IIT, NLU, AIIMS, IISER, to name a few. Shri Sunil Ambekar through his active mentorship of World Organization of Students and Youth (WOSY) regularly interacts with international student community in India. He played a pivotal role in leading youth intervention in Indo-Nepal relations over a decade now and was part of the three-member delegation to China on the invitation of CAIFC under International Department of Communist Party of China. 1 Annual Report 2018-19 Shri Sunil Ambekar holds a Masters degree in Zoology with specialization in Cytology from Nagpur University. He joined ABVP in 1983 and became a full-time worker for the organization in 1990 holding various responsibilities and became the National Organising Secretary in 2003. I welcome our Guest of Honour Dr Payal Mago, Principal, Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women (University of Delhi). She is also Joint Dean Academic Affairs and Projects (University of Delhi) and Joint Dean of Colleges (University of Delhi). She is member, standing committee of MHRD to look into the working of Women’s Studies. She is member of standing committee of University of North Bengal for the Centre for Women’s Studies. She is member of advisory committee, Women’s Studies at Stella Mary’s College, Chennai. She is a former member of Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA), Ministry of Environment and Forest and Climate Change, Government of India. She is member Academic Council of Sikkim University, Gangtok, Sikkim. She is Visitor’s nominee to Central Universities of Haryana and Sikkim. She is a Member of Court, University of Delhi and Maharishi Dayanand University. Dr Payal Mago initiated the reputed Erasmus Project at Silesian University, Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava, Czech Republic in 2018. She earned her Ph.D. degree in Botany with specialization in Microbiology and Plant Pathology from the University of Delhi in 1994. She earned her M. Phil. Degree in Botany from the University of Delhi ion 1990. She holds M.Sc. in Botany from the University of Delhi (1989). She was a recipient of UGC CAS Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Senior Research Fellowship(SRF) from 1991 to 1995. As a scholar of repute, Dr Payal Mago has extensively published Papers in Referred national and international Journals. She has presented a number of papers in Conferences, Workshops and Symposiums. She is the distinguished author of eight scholarly books on Botany, environmental issues, and intellectual property rights. 2 Annual Report 2018-19 I welcome our Guest of Honour, Dr. J. P. Sharma who is Joint Director (Extension), Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. He has a vast experience of 32 years conducting strategic research, guiding, teaching post graduate students, conducting national/international training programmes and carrying out agricultural development interventions at national level. He earned his Doctoral degree from IIT, Delhi and Post Graduation degree from GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar. He was awarded Fellowships from IIT, Delhi and UNDP, respectively. He is an accredited entrepreneurial motivational trainer. He has handled 13 institutional and 19 externally funded research projects; designed and developed innovative extension approaches like IARI-Post Office Linkage Extension Model (Krishi Dak), Cyber Extension Model, Expert Systems, E-learning Module, National Extension Programme, IARI-VO Partnership Programme, Innovative farmer led extension delivery system (IFLED). Many of his research findings became government priorities. He developed linkages with top national and international organizations to formulate collaborative extension/research projects. He has been engaged in postgraduate teaching for over 28 years, taught 11 postgraduate courses, guided 20 students as Chairman/Co- Chairman/Memeber, Advisory Committee. He was nominated as a member of Sub-group VII under Working Group on Agricultural Research and Education for XIIth Plan of erstwhile Planning Commission, working group on agriculture technology sharing (ATS) formed during the G20 meeting of Agricultural Chief Scientists, Core Group Member in National programme on "Scientific Validation and Research on Panchgavya (SVAROP)”. He is member of important committees like Academic Council, Board of Management, Extension Council, Research Advisory Council (RAC) of the Institute. He has been nominated as member of RAC & QRT of several ICAR Institutes. He is the Chief Editor of Journal of Community Mobilization for Sustainable Development and Editor of International Journal of Applied Science and Humanities, Asian Journal of Extension Education, Journal of Agri Science, Egypt. 3 Annual Report 2018-19 He has published more than 300 papers in reputed journals, magazines and newspapers, published 30 books/bulletins. He has organized more than 100 trainings as Course Director on the topics of national relevance. He made scholarly presentations in 55 national & 30 international fora and organized/participated in more than 100 exhibitions/farmers' fairs. Dr. Sharma has contributed immensely as Secretary, International Federation for Women in Agriculture and as Founder President, Society for Community Mobilization for Sustainable Development. He is coordinator of Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav (Govt flagship scheme), Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (MoHRD), Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Krishi Shiksha Yojana (MoA&FW). He is Honorary Fellow of Society for Plant Research & Andaman Science Association. He has received more than 60 awards including Dr Rajendra Prasad Puruskar and Hari Om Ashram Trust Award of ICAR, Rajbhasha Gaurav Puraskar of Ministry of Home Affairs, Shanti Prasad Goel Memorial Award, Manthan Award – South Asia and Dr. G. S. Vidyarthi Award for making outstanding contributions for the upliftment of the farming community. I extend a warm welcome to our Distinguished Guests Prof. Ashok K. Prasad and Prof. S.K. Muttoo, University Representatives, College Governing Body. I am thankful to Prof. Ashok K. Prasad for presiding over our 46th Annual Prize Distribution Function today. SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS (2018-19) 1.Vijay Sushma Scholarship Award Ms. Aanchal Rawat, BA (H) English II Year 2. Anand Singh Negi Scholarship Award (Joint Winners) Ms. Rupa Rani, BA (H) Hindi III Year Mr. Deepanshu Kaushik, BA (Prog) III Year 3. Staff Association Scholarship Award Ms. Anita, BA (Prog), 2015-2018 Batch 4 Annual Report 2018-19 ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE REPORT Members of the Admission Committee for the academic year 2018-19 were: Convenor: Dr. Bharat Singh Members: Dr.Shiba C. Panda Dr. V. P. Bansal Dr.Vijaya Devi Khari Dr.Neerja Singh Dr. Samir Kumar Verma Ms. Tulika Prasad Ms. Tarakeshwari Negi Mr. DurgeshVerma Mr. Vivek Arora (Co-opted) All Teachers-in-Charge of the various departments were also members of the Committee: Buddhist Studies: Dr.Ranjana Rani Singhal Commerce: Dr. B. K. Grover Economics: Late Shri Akhilesh Kumar Yadav English: Dr. Shashi Prabha Hindi: Dr. Manju Tanwar History: Dr. Rajiv Kumar Verma Mathematics: Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Political Science: Dr.Ashutosh Kumar The process of Admission for the 2018-19 session was completed under ten cut-off lists. The course wise number of admissions made is as under: 5 Annual Report 2018-19 Sr. No. Course Total Intake Upto 31st March 1 Pol. Science (H) 46 53 2 History (H) 46 57 3 Hondi (H) 46 63 4 English (H) 46 55 5 Economics (H) 46 73 6 B. Com (H) 125 127 7 B. Com (P) 189 216 8 B.A. (Prog.) 283 335 The Admission process was smooth due to the participation of all the Teaching and Administrative members of the College. I thank all the members of the Committee for their inputs and support