PREFACE Pub Kamrup College, a degree College having both Science and Arts stream at Baihata Chariali, Dist- Kamrup, Assam was established as an Arts College in the year 1972. The College was brought under Grants-in-Aid system of the Government of Assam during the year 1979. It becomes a multi stream College during 1986 when the science stream was introduced. The College has been provincialised as per the Assam College Provincialisation Act, 2005. It has now turned into a full fledged institution of higher learning providing UG courses in Science, Humanities and Skill based career oriented courses. In the year 2002 the College was recognised by the UGC under section 2f of its regulation as an undergraduate College. In the same year the Institution was included under 12(B) by the UGC Act. It is noteworthy that the college feels honoured being recognised under ‘Star College Scheme’ in 2012 by Department of Bio-technology, Govt. of India. It is also matter of encouragement that our college is one of the six selected colleges out of twenty colleges from Assam recently (2014) to have the grant of one core and eighty five lakhs to start vocational degree courses under B.Voc programme of UGC. With the changing scenario of new educational policy the institute determines its aim to provide and support the new generation in the field of Research and Skill based quality education. The teaching faculty and Management are endeavouring relentlessly to achieve the determined goal since its inception. Sincerity, hard work and honesty are the prerequisite of the institution which every stakeholder has been nurturing unremittingly. Besides regular Major courses in Humanities and Science subjects our College offers self-finance courses in BBA, BCA, PGDCA, - and side by side under the new UGC scheme entitled as ‘Add- on- Course” MLT and TTM has been introduced from the session 2014-2015. Pub Kamrup College is the only college in North East Region among the general colleges offering Add-on courses in Medical laboratory Technician (MLT) in collaborative effort in PPP mode with city based first grade Hospital named ‘Nemcare Hospital, North Eastern Medical Care and research Centre (P) Ltd.’. New ambitious project for opening Degree courses on Food Technology and Quality Management (which is under process with a financial grant from MOFPI), Post graduate course in Nano science and Nanotechnology is in the plan to be introduced from the coming year. Our Affiliating University and Govt. of Assam selects the College as a Nodal College for TDC final examinations and centre for district and State level govt. programme. Regular departmental as well as Inter-departmental seminars and extra motivational lectures are organized in the College in which eminent personalities from and within the state and outside are invited to deliver talks, demonstration, etc. Another redeeming feature of our college is the organising of group discussions, hands-on-training and workshop for the researchers and students at regular intervals both in house and outreach programmes. The College is in good position from the financial help from DBT for opening the Institutional Biotech Hub and inclusion under Star College Scheme during the XIth plan period to boost up research activities in relevant areas. The presence of the Former President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Kalam as Chief Guest on the occasion of “Bijnan Mela” held in our college, 2010 supported by Assam Science Technology and Environmental Council, Govt. of Assam becomes a strong boosting point to encourage the young generation towards science education. Students also take part in subject specific Educational Tour programme to different places of importance and advance laboratories every year organized by the respective Department regularly.We believe that these activities help the students to multiply their intellectual quests for their all round development. The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is at par with the new academic advancement which ensures the effective institutional functioning. At present it is the only Science College within the radius of 20km in the rural area on the North bank of Brahmaputra and up to the Indo-Bhutan international border towards North. Self Study Report, Pub Kamrup College 1 At present we have 47 numbers of permanent faculty members with 15 regular departments and 32 supporting staff working in different sections of the institution. The teaching and non teaching staffs of past and present irrespective of positions, their contribution is enormous and praiseworthy in the all-round development and growth of this institution. The vision of the College is to transform this rural educational Institution of higher learning into an ‘Institute of Higher Education’ appropriating all the paradigm shifts. Thus the sole objective of the Institution is clear enough,- that the institute is to prepare students to be skilful, trained and dressed as dynamic citizens of tomorrow. We earnestly hope to turn this institution to an ‘Institute of Higher Education’ with all paradigm shifts to facilitate our students for learning and research and creating them resourcefully fitted out and motivated to meet any challenge of life. Now we, the Pub Kamrup College volunteers for the 1st cycle of assessment and accreditation. As we are submitting the self-study report for accreditation, a humble and careful effort has been taken to involve all the faculty and supporting staff of the College by the Steering Committee in its preparation to maintain quality sustenance and improvement to lead the College into the future. The College was accredited by NAAC in 2004 by offering B- grade. Unfortunately due to the non-appointment of permanent Principal by Govt. of Assam from 2009 to 2012, the College could not process for reaccreditation within the stipulated period,- but still the whole fraternity of the College remembers the statement in the ‘peer team report’- ‘The team is convinced that the College has the potentiality to develop itself as one of the leading Institutions, of the state vis-à-vis the country’. We strongly believe that assessment and accreditation from an autonomous body like NAAC is a matter of pride and honour for our college. We welcome the visit of the Peer Team of NAAC to Pub Kamrup College. Self Study Report, Pub Kamrup College 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Pub Kamrup College is one of the prestigious institutions in North Eastern region of the country in the field of Teaching, Learning and Research. Established in the year 1972, the Institution was the brain child of some of conscious local people of Baihata Chariali, Kamrup, Assam (longitude 900 44″ E and latitude 2602″ N), in pursuit of quality education for generating better human resources amongst the aspiring progeny hailing primarily from an agrarian society centering the vast rural area on the north bank of Mighty Brahmaputra. With the past 41 years of glorious existence, the College is proud of catering the knowledge in both the fields of Humanities and Sciences among the student fraternity. During the past years the College is able to develop quality education and record a few outstanding achievements to our credit. The untiring effort put in by the Management, staff and the students has been blessed with remarkable support from alumnae, parents and the community at large to give the College to its present status. We believe each of the achievement reminding us to renew our commitment to the stakeholders, without compromising the vision of the founders. A brief outline of the activities of the College recorded criteria wise in the Self Study Report is given below- CURRICULAR ASPECTS Our Institution is offering 15 Under Graduate courses with Major and General Courses. Moreover we have introduced a number of value added Add on, diploma and certificate courses and Self financing Career oriented courses as well as short term skill development programmes designed by the faculty members of the institution which enable students to acquire additional skills by the time they complete their first degrees. The introduction of Choice Based Credit and Semester System in 2010 by the University, offers the College greater flexibility in introducing elective and open courses at the undergraduate level. The College has tied up with other agencies to offer more flexibility and diversity in its academic programmes – it offered Add on courses on Advanced Diploma and Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technician and Diploma in Travel and Tourism Management in 2013- 2014 academic sessions. Teachers are actively involved in curriculum design and development of the affiliating University as they are members of academic bodies and subject experts of curriculum revision committees of UG courses. The Institution has always fostered a collaborative network with the university, research bodies and industry to further curriculum design, for higher studies and research. The goals and objectives of the College are integrated to make the College a center of higher education well equipped with modern technology to meet the challenges of recent time. TEACHING LEARNING Transparent admission process is ensured at all stages in our institution. Teaching methods are adapted according to the needs of students. The respective teachers prepared the teaching plans and lesson plans for the whole academic session. Moreover the College initiated the steps to keep the daily progress report of each individual teacher to review the curriculum implementation and better future planning in this regard. The teachers availed training programmes within and outside the campus to improve the quality of teaching- learning. Remedial coaching, Peer group learning and tutorial sessions are arranged to help slow learners while advanced learners are motivated through multiple intelligent skills. Special attention is given to the physically challenged students. Good results, campus discipline and general atmosphere conducive to learning may be taken as justification for the Self Study Report, Pub Kamrup College 3 uniformly high demand ratios for all programmes.