VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY MIDNAPORE : WEST BENGAL: 721 102 ANNUAL REPORT 2009-2010 II VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY fjJ~!F~dtunuvv f!jJUM1UUUe!(/ Vice-Chancellor It gives me immense pleasure to note that the Annual Report ofVidyasagar University for the year 2009-2010 is going to be published very soon. This endeavour is to focus on various parameters ofour University's performance and to assess the same with the previous year. Understanding the whole issue on a broad perspective is critically important for all the members of the University community. I commend all those who have worked with passion and commitment to bring out the Report. I wish every success in this endeavour. s~~~~ ~wapan~umarPro~nu~ 'Vice-Chanceilor Midnapore 721 102 West Bengal India Tel: (03222)275329 (Office)/263202 (Res.) At weekends (033)25771361 &25312257 (Res.) Fax:(91)03222-275329 E-mail: [email protected]/[email protected] VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY CAMPUS N & ",1,( . w........ ',..·~E 't'T s SCALE •• o 25 50 '100 M Legend Engineering section Stadium o Boys' Gym o Teachers' &Officers' Quarter o Girls' Hostel o Canteen Pond Directorate OfDis. Education ~--J C__J Students'Hostel Administrative Building VCts Quarter o Staff Quarter MAP SHOWING JURISDICTION OF VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY '1/\'t ..>~ I LOCATION 1\1 Nt .AI OF AFFILATED COLLEGES , \ N w· .......,,'I ~E ',~ s ,-,,-tN •.M l<jloI'nO?lef" i11155 1"':,::'2 I) 30 BAY OF BENGAL. Legend • Affllated Colleges * Vldyasagar University Contents Page No. 01. University Communication 01 02. Vice-Chancellors Since Inception 02 03. University at a Glance 03 04. Annual Report, General Information 06 05. Administrative Officers 11 06. Members of the Court 12 07. Members of the Executive Council 14 08. Faculty Council for Postgraduate Studies in Arts & Commerce 16 09. Faculty Council for Postgraduate Studies in Science 17 10. Council for Undergraduate Studies in Arts, Science and Commerce 18 11. Council for Undergraduate Studies in Law 19 12. Finance Committee 19 13. Highlights 2009-20 I0 20 14. Central Library 23 15. Office of the Registrar 26 16. Office of the Finance Officer 31 17. Office of the Controller of Examinations 41 18. Office of the Inspector of Colleges 43 19. Office of the Dean, Students Welfare 48 20. Office of the Secretary, Faculty Councils for Postgraduate Studies 49 21. Office of the Secretary, Faculty Councils for Undergraduate Studies 52 22. Office of the Development Officer 54 23. Office of the University Engineer 60 24 Office of the Medical Unit 61 1 . 125. Directorate of Distance Education 62 b6 National Service Scheme Activities 67 I . 127. Computer Centre 68 I 8. Postgraduate Faculty in Arts & Commerce i) Department of Bengali 72 ii) Department of Commerce with Farm Management 75 iii) Department of MBA 80 iv) Department of Economics with Rural Development 82 v) Department of English 86 vi) Department of History 92 Page No. vii) Department of Library & Information Science 97 viii) Department of Sociology 102 ix) Department of Sanskrit 104 x) Department ofPolitical Science with Rural Administration 105 xi) Department of Philosophy and Life World 108 xii) Department of Santali III xiii) Department of Mass Communication & Videography 113 29. Postgraduate Faculty in Science i) Department ofAnthropology 116 ii) Department of Applied Mathematics with Oceanology 130 and Computer Programming iii) Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science and Management 136 iv) Department of Botany and Forestry 140 v) Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technology 155 vi) Department of Physics and Technophysics 164 vii) Department of Zoology 169 viii) Department of Geography and Environment Management 178 ix) Department of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System 191 x) Department of Microbiology 196 xi) Department of Electronics 204 xii) Department of Aquaculture Management and Technology 207 xiii) Department of Computer Science 214 xiv) Department of Human Physiology with Community Health 217 ANNUAL REPORT 2009 - 2010 (For the period from 1st April, 2008 to 31st March, 2009) Prepared following clause (XXXI) of Section 21 of Vidyasagar University Act 1981 (amended upto 1997) VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY Postal Address Vidyasagar University Midnapore : 721 102 Dt. Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal Cables & Telegram University. Midnapore STDCode 03222 University (EPABX) 276554 1276555 1276557 1276558 Vice-Chancellor: Office 275329,Fax-(03222)275329,Ext.-401 Bungalow 263202, [email protected] Dean, Faculty ofArts and Commerce Ext: 476 Dean, Faculty of Science Ext: 474 Registrar (03222) 275297, Fax - (03222) 275297, Extn. 404 e-mail [email protected] Controller ofExaminations (03222) 275441, Ext. -419 Finance Officer (03222)297937,Ext-409 (03222)269381 Inspector of Colleges Ext-412 (03222)263206 Dean, Students Welfare Ext.-445 Deputy Registrar (03222)261215 Ext-406 Development Officer (03222)261187 Ext 407 Deputy Controller of Examinations (03222)261144 Ext 418 Deputy Inspector of Colleges (03222)261159 Ext 411 University Library (03222)276556,Ext.-444 Computer Science (03222)273174, Ext. - 446 Co-ordinator, NSS (03222) 263201, Ext. - 475 Director, DOE (03222)264338,Ext.-457 Fax (91) 03222-275329I 275297 e-mail [email protected] [email protected] Website http://www.vidyasagar.ac.in http://www.vu.emet.in Professor Bhupesh Chandra Mukherjee 29.09.19811031.12.1986 Professor Birendra Nath Goswami 01.01.1987 to 07.04. \987 Dr. .Iyotirmoy Pal Chaudhuri 08.04.1987 to 30.04.1987 Professor Manas Kumar Chattopadhyay 01.05.1987 to 09.06.1987 (pro. tempore) Professor Manas Kumar Chattopadhyay 10.06.19871013.06.199l Professor Manoranjan MaW 14.06.1991 t021.07.1991 (pro.tempore) Professor Satva Narayan Ghosh 22.07.1991 to 21.07.1995 (forenoon) Professor Amiya Kumar Dey 21.07.1995 to 21.10.1999 (forenoon) Professor Ananda Deb Mukhopadhyay 21.10.1999 to 30.11.2003 Professor Swapan Kumar Pramanick Since 0 1.12.2003 UNIVERSITY AT A GLANCE 1. Name of the University VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY 2. Date of Establishment 29th September 1981, the University was established as per Vidyasagar University Act, 1981 (West Bengal Act XVIII of 1981) 3. Type ofthe University State Aided dual mode University 4. Date ofUGC Recognition (12B) March 1, 1990 5. Address P.O.- Vidyasagar University, Dist:- Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, Pin Code- 721 102 6. Chancellor Shri Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Governor of West Bengal 7. First Vice-Chancellor Professor Bhupesh Chandra Mukherjee Present Vice-Chancellor Professor Swapan Kumar Pramanick 8. Dean, Faculty of Arts & Commerce Professor Sankar Prasad Singha Department of English. 9. Dean, Faculty Science Professor Sushanta Kumar Cbakraborty Department of Zoology 10. Jurisdiction Undivided Midnapore District ( now Paschim Medinipur and Purba Midinipur District) or any District which may be created in future out of any part thereof. 11. Affiliated Colleges I Institutions (a) Total no. ofaffiliated Colleges! Institutes!Centre 69 (including affiliated courses) (b) No. of General Colleges 39 (c) No of Government Colleges 02 (d) No ofGirls' Colleges 03 (e) No of Professional Colleges (REd) 14 (t) No. of Law Colleges 03 (g) No. of Paramedical Colleges 04 (h) No. of Colleges with affiliated courses 11 12. Area of the Campus (in acres) 138.78 (a) Main Campus 103.74 (b) Residential Campus 35.04 3 ,, $anctiQned In-position 121 112 23 22 Non-: C~.lC l.[I}: g. ;~:l;1P joyee 134 127 TCi)'.':),.'1 (,',:nlractu:.d) 16 NC,tHC;lching Employee (contractual) 16 L·:\n}~k)) ('t: (casual: 9 El·iir)J\'l\'~.~(' (11_'I!'C~igh agenc;\~~) 18 b', l.~tL::·t' "'al,: (If Distance Education Unicer 02 Teacher (Cure 'i'cd'~her) 04 I\~ ;.)(;- teach ing 10 29 ('..I t.l1l!! ~(j1eJ coliege , ,,:;) "1 'ear ltC't's 1372 1268 (b) Nor.-teaching staff 1045 933 ~, S,uduilS Furolmcnt Male Female Total Ii) Ph,:} (Reg.isierd) 49 19 68 (bl ph,n ': .xwarded) 35 02 37 J~G (c ) Posigraduatet l' year + 2 year) 1771 1200 2971 MaLe. Female Total SC ST Minority lJnder ....raduate : B A 32398 23731 56129 7872 3461 2303 B.Se. 6882 2947 9829 952 282 262 R.Com. 954 209 1163 77 35 57 Others (I3CA 1256 779 2035 290 124 44 U.hL rlP.i:,L. Law, Paramedical) Male Female Total (c) h"..:.tgradmdc (in affiliated colleges) 256 198 454 (n fkcclO1(l\e of Distance Education 9522 8274 17796 02 02 (i) Science, (ii) Arts & Commerce 7, C'OtH1Ci; for Undergraduate Studies 02 (i) Arts, Science, Commerce, (ii) Law 8. BC':lld .iiStudics (ill Post-graduate 26 II» LnJ"j!.raduatc 37 + 6 (Vocational) 9. Number of Books and Journals of University Library B(.·.nk~, 79851 .!('UiT::ii.~ 125 fJ::'iiodica!s (Bound back volume journals) 2925 '! liCSC:< 253 c-Journal 5000 (approx) [member of UGC-INFONET e­ journal consortia] 50000 (approx) under public domain 4 20. No. of N.S.S. Units (a) University - 11, (b) Colleges - 123 Volunteers: Male - 8573, Female - 4829 21. Staff Quarters (a) Teachers & Officers 08 (b) Employees 12 22. Staff Hostel (a) Teachers & Officers 02 (Capacity 48 units) (b) Employees 01 (Capacity 24 units) 23. Boys Hostel 01 (Capacity 172 seats) 24. Women Hostel 01 (Capacity 165 seats) 25. Guest House 01 (Capacity : Single Bed room 10 Double Bed room 06 A.C room 02 26. Amenity Centres General- 01 (including Multigym facility) Women - 01 27. Computer Centre 01 (Capacity - 65 computers) 28. Total No. of Computers in the University 410 29. Number of VLAN 22 30. Number of computers under LAN 400 31. Number of computer Access to Internet 350 32. Number of LAN / Internet users 2000 (Faculty + Research Scholars+ Students+ Staff) 33. Internet Band Width Capacity - 2 MBPS Leased line (Under UGC­ lNFONET Programme) 2 MBPS BROADBAND (BSNL) (University fund) s ANNUAL REPORT 2009-2010 GENERAL INFORMATION The University was established on 29 September 1981, by an act called the VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY Act, 1981 (West Bengal Act XVIII of 1981) after the name of Pandit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar, the great educationist and social worker ofBengal.