ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION 2009-2010 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION, 2009-2010 June, 2010 C Government of West Bengal Edited & Published by Shri Satish Chandra Tewary, IAS, Principal Secretary Department of Higher Education Government of West Bengal Bikash Bhavan, Salt Lake City Kolkata - 700 091 Printed at Hooghly Printing Co. Ltd. (A Govt. Company) 41, Chowringhee Road, Kolkata - 700 071. FOREWORD The present volume of Annual Report for 2009-10 of the Department of Higher Education gives an account of the activities carried out in the Deptt. along with those undertaken in different wings of the Deptt. and various autonomous organizations associated with it. The Report also presents, in brief, the facilities of the higher education available in the State. The Govt., despite its various limitations, has been taking conscious measures to uplift the status of higher education in the State, both in terms of quality and access. While making sincere efforts towards increasing Gross Enrolment Ratio in higher education across the State, we have focused the backward areas of the State. We are also in the process of updating the education map of the State to priorities the need of various regions for setting up new colleges, creating new faculty positions or providing development grants. During the year 2009-10, 12 colleges of the State have been declared as “Centres with potential for excellence” by UGC. It is indeed a significant achievement for the State to have 16 such centres as on date in State Universities. Number of NAAC accredited colleges in the State has also gone up during the year. So far, 249 colleges in the State have been accredited by NAAC. West Bengal has been recognized to be the first State to accept the UGC recommendation of the revision of pay scales of the university and college teachers. A Bill upgrading Presidency College to the status of a university has been passed in the WBLA with a view to enable this premier institution of education of our country to function more efficiently as a teaching, training and research centres in various branches of knowledge. Another Billl has been passed in the Assembly for setting up a university named Sidho-Kanho-Birsa University in the Dist. of Bankura and Purulia. Fulfilling the commitment of the Govt. towards assisting the poor but meritorious students pursuing higher study at various post matric levels, 22,390 no. of scholarships involving an amount of more than 21 crore has been awarded since the inception of the scheme in 2006-07. Full and half free studentship are also available to the poor and meritorious students in Govt. as well as self financing institutions. The State Govt. views with concern that Govt. of India has been issuing innumerable directions and guidelines on maintenance of quality of education and also proposing to bring about several new legislations without any in depth review of the existing system and assessment of the impact of the proposed legislations in consultation with various stake-holders, including the State Govts. Since education belongs to the concurrent list in the constitution, it is imperative for the Union Govt. to share the concern of the State. iii The State Govt. supports several autonomous voluntary organizations and research institutes through release of grants. Activities of several such organizations including Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata, Netaji Institute of Asian Studies, Bankim Bhaban Gabeshana Kendra, R. K. Mission Institute of Culture have been mentioned in the Report. I believe this report would help in understanding the higher education scenario of our State, its merits and shortcoming. Dated : 15th June, 2010 (Sudarsan Raychaudhuri) Bikash Bhawan, Minister- in- charge Salt Lake, Kolkata - 700 091 Higher Education Department iv PREFACE Over the period of last one year (2009-10), considerable progress has been made in the area of expansion of the access to Higher Education including Technical Education. Number of colleges have gone up to 791. In the field of technical education, 11 new Engineering and Technology colleges have been established, making total no. of such colleges in the State to 83 with an intake capacity for 23,854. Like previous years, maintenance of quality and high standard of education continued to be the thrust area in the State’s education policy. State Council of Higher Education played a significant role in this regard resulting in increase in the number of NAAC accredited colleges. The universities, colleges, three Directorates of the Deptt. and various other organizations have provided information for publication of this volume. I am thankful to all of them. My collegues in the Deptt. (specially Shri Hrishikesh Gayen, Joint Secretary) have put in lot of efforts in collecting the information and preparing the report in time. I appreciate their effort and thank them. Some errors might have crept in while compiling the volume, I would like to apologize for the same. It would be of immense help towards improvement of the publication if suggestions are received from the readers. Dated : the 15th June, 2010 ( S. C. Tewary ) Bikash Bhawan, Principal Secretary to the Salt Lake, Kolkata - 700 091. Government of West Bengal v CONTENTS FOREWORD (iii) PREFACE (v) CHAPTER – 1 : HIGHER EDUCATION IN WEST BENGAL AT A GLANCE 1 CHAPTER – 2 : ADMINISTRATIVE SET-UP OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 9 2.1 Introduction 11 2.2 Administrative set up 11 2.3 Functionaries in the Department of Higher Education 14 2.4 Universities and other important Organisations/Institutions 22 attached to the Deptt. of Higher Education CHAPTER – 3 : MAIN ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS DURING THE YEAR 31 3.1 Introduction 33 3.2 Policies 33 3.3 Budget of the Higher Education Department 34 3.4 Post Graduate courses in General Degree Colleges 38 3.5 Technical education 44 3.6 University education 46 3.7 Non-Government colleges 47 3.8 Government colleges 51 3.9 Measures for quality improvement of Higher Education 51 3.10 Scholarship and Stipend 52 3.11 Full and half free studentship for the engineering & 58 technology students CHAPTER – 4 : ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT EDUCATION 59 4.1 Introduction 61 4.2 Expansion in Degree Level Engineering & Technology Education 61 4.3 Expansion in Management Education 92 4.4 Expansion in Master of Computer Application (MCA) Education 98 vii 4.5 Status of NBA Accreditation of Different Engineering 102 & Technology Colleges 4.6 State Government Fund Sanctioned and Released 112 4.7 Lateral Entry Scheme 114 4.8 Financial Assistance to Poor & Meritorious Students Studying in 114 Engineering & Technology Colleges 4.9 Significant Policies Adopted for Effective Governnance of 115 Private Self-Financing Institutions 4.10 Significant Policies Adopted for Introduction of Good Governance 116 in Governemnt Engineering & Technology Colleges 4.11 Prohibition of Ragging and RTI Act, 2005 117 4.12 Major Activities and Achievements 118 4.13 Introduction of new courses in Private Engineering 120 & Technology Colleges 4.14 Performance in different competitive Examination like GATE,CAT 120 4.15 Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) 120 CHAPTER – 5 : UNIVERSITIES 121 5.1 General Information 123 5.2 Calcutta University 129 5.3 Jadavpur University 138 5.4 Rabindra Bharati University 158 5.5 Burdwan University 163 5.6 Kalyani University 172 5.7 North Bengal University 178 5.8 Vidyasagar University 187 5.9 West Bengal State University (Barasat) 193 5.10 Gour Banga University 196 5.11 Netaji Subhas Open University 199 5.12 West Bengal University of Technology 209 5.13 Bengal Engineering and Science University 213 5.14 U. G. C. Recommendation for the 11th Plan 219 viii CHAPTER – 6 : OTHER UNIVERSITIES 221 6.1 Other State Aided Universities in West Bengal 223 6.2 Central Universities in West Bengal 231 6.3 Institutes of Importance 236 CHAPTER – 7 : COLLEGES 251 7.1 General Information on Govt. and Non-Govt. Colleges 253 7.2 Games and Sports in Colleges 260 7.3 Hostel Facilities in Colleges 260 7.4 Some Salient Features of Colleges 264 CHAPTER – 8 : PROFESSIONAL COURSES 271 8.1 Teachers’ Training 274 8.2 Physical Education 284 8.3 Law Education 291 8.4 Computer Education 295 8.5 Art Education 296 8.6 Music 297 8.7 Language Courses 299 CHAPTER – 9 : ACTIVITIES OF THE WINGS OF THE GOVERNMENT, ACADEMIES 301 AND ORGANISATIONS 9.1 Institut de Chandernagor 303 9.2 Institute of English 306 9.3 Joint Entrance Examination Board 308 9.4 Netaji Institute for Asian Studies 310 9.5 National Service Scheme (NSS) 313 9.6 West Bengal District Gazetteers 317 9.7 West Bengal State Archives 318 9.8 West Bengal State Book Board 321 9.9 West Bengal State Council of Higher Education 323 ix 9.10 West Bengal College Service Commission (WBCSC) 324 9.11 Day Students’ Homes 326 CHAPTER – 10 : RESEARCH INSTITUTES AND AUTONOMOUS VOLUNTARY 329 ORGANISATIONS ASSISTED BY THE STATE GOVT. 10.1 Bankim Bhaban Gabesana Kendra 331 10.2 Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta 334 10.3 Jagadis Bose National Science Talent Search 337 10.4 Institute of Historical Studies 344 10.5 Paschim Banga Itihas Samsad 346 10.6 Ramkrishna Mission Institute of Culture 349 10.7 Socio-Economic Research Institute 354 10.8 Sri Sri Sitaramdas Omkarnath Sanskrit Siksha Samsad 355 10.9 Calcutta Mathematical Society 357 10.10 Institute of Science, Education & Culture (ISEC) 359 10.11 Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata 361 10.12 Bangiya Sahitya Parishad 368 APPENDICES : 369 APPENDIX — I : Colleges and Subjects 371 APPENDIX — II : Decadal Growth of Colleges Scince 1811 390 APPENDIX — III : U. G. C. List of Vocational Subjects 390 x APPENDIX APPENDICES APPENDIX - I : Colleges and Subjects APPENDIX – II : Decadal Growth of Colleges Since 1811 (Excluding Technology Colleges) APPENDIX - III : U.