3. CRITERION III: RESEARCH, CONSULTANCY AND EXTENSION 3.1.Promotion of Research 3.1.1. Does the College have a research committee to monitor and address the issues of research? If yes, what is its composition? Mention a few recommendations which have been implemented and their impact. The college has recently formed a Research Committee to promote and monitor research activities within the college. The Research Committee is headed by Professor Goutam Bhattacharya, Head of the Department of Physics who has vast research experience to his credit. There are 7 members representing various departments of the college. 5 External Experts have been included in the Committee to guide and advise research activities. o One of the major recommendations made by the committee is to establish Swami Vivekananda Research Centre with effect from July 2013. This Research Centre will be the nodal body for all research activities which various departments will undertake in the future. o The committee recommended the college administration to allocate ‘seed money’ for research activities within the college. The college has responded positively to this recommendation and has initially allocated Rupees 1 Lac for the purpose. 3.1.2. What is the policy of the College to promote research culture in the College? The college offers all possible encouragement and infrastructural support to research activities. The college has decided to reduce the work load of faculty members who are supervising PhD scholars. Since the college is run by the Ramakrishna Mission which has branches all over the country, it liaises with these centers for purposes of field work. 3.1.3. List details of prioritised research areas and the areas of expertise available with the College. Some of the areas the Research Committee of the college has prioritized are: o Culture o History o Language and Literature o Philosophy o Religion o Development studies o Pure Sciences In a research environment where interdisciplinary approaches dominate the above mentioned areas are likely to overlap. Some of the areas in which the college already has expertize are: o Paninian Grammar and Nyaya Philosophy o Local Administration o Macro-Economic Studies o Translation Studies o Folk culture o Indian Literary Theories o Gaudiya Vaishnavism 3.1.4. What are the proactive mechanisms adopted by the College to facilitate smooth implementation of research schemes/projects? advancing funds for sanctioned projects . Once a research project is sanctioned by the concerned authority (e.g. UGC), the college provides the requisite amount to the researcher. providing seed money . On the recommendation of the Research Committee the college has made an initial allocation of Rupees 1 Lac as ‘Seed Money’. autonomy to the principal investigator/coordinator for utilizing overhead charges . The Principal Investigator/Coordinator has complete autonomy in the utilization of overhead charges timely release of grants . There has never been any delay on the part of the college in the release of grants. timely auditing . The college always adheres to time bound auditing of all sanctioned projects. Submission of utilization certificate to the funding authorities. The college submits utilization certificate to the funding authorities within the prescribed time frame. 3.1.5. How is interdisciplinary research promoted? between/among different departments of the College o The college encourages interdisciplinary research activities in keeping with recent trends. In a Minor Research Project the Principal investigator Prof. Sandipan Sen of the Political Science Department had collaborated with Swami Shastrajnananda of the Bengali Department (presently Principal) and Prof. Nachiketa Chattopadhyay of the Department of Economics and Statistics. collaboration with national/international institutes / industries. o The college is open to collaborative projects with both national/international institutes/industries. The college granted permission to Dr. Indrashis Banerjee of the Department of Political Science to act as a consultant for a major Research Project at The Burdwan University. 3.1.6. Enumerate the efforts of the College in attracting researchers of eminence to visit the campus and interact with teachers and students. The college plays a proactive role in attracting researchers of eminence to interact with teachers and students. Some of the efforts include: o Organizing National and International level Seminars/Workshops at regular intervals with eminent scholars and researchers as resource persons. o Inviting scholars of repute as ‘Resident Scholars’ from time to time. o Organizing extension lectures by eminent scholars on a regular basis at the Departmental level. o Organizing weekly seminars with speakers from various walks of life. o Inviting distinguished scholars as ‘Nalinikanta Brahma Chair Professor’ for one year. 3.1.7. What percentage of faculty have utilized sabbatical leave for research activities? How has the provision contributed to the research quality and culture of the College? Approximately 10% 3.1.8. Provide details of national and international conferences organized by the College highlighting the names of eminent scientists/scholars who participated in these events. Following is the year-wise list of the seminars and conferences oraginsed by the college. Year 2012-2013 Occasion Name of Speaker Title of Lecture (if any) Date Weekly Prof. Somenath Arobdeshe Vivekananda 21 July Seminar Bhattacharya Bhavadhara 2012 Sri Ashoke Roy Prithibir Antimkal : 28 July Nastradamus-Maya 2012 Civilization-Ekaler Bijnan Dr. Debiprasad Brohmander Utso Sondhane 11 August Duary 2012 Swami Turning points in History: The 25 August Sarvapriyananda Japanese Attack on Pearl 2012 Harbour, December 7, 1941 Debabrata Roy SWeccha Roktodan : Bijnan O 1 Samajik Dik Septemb er 2012 Dr. Chaitali Pulse Polio Awareness (NSS) 22 April Mukherjee 2012 Soumyajyoti Ghosh Music (Flute Recital) 7 April 2012 Departmental Swarup Roy & Film Show 21 April Seminar Susanta Roy 2012 (English) Departmental Dr. Sitanath Acharya Sahityatattwalocanam 28 March Seminar 2012 (Sanskrit) Dr. Rita Chatterjee Bish-shotokiyo Natyalocanam 28 March 2012 Endowment Prof. Sabyasachi Nano Carbon and Nano 6 October Lecture Sarkar Composite, Molecule to 2012 (Chemistry) Macromolecular Self Assembly assisted by Water Extension Dr. Uday Banerjee Role of Mitochondria in Cell 25 August Lecture Growth and Apoptosis 2012 (Microbiolo gy) Special Lecture Dr. Sourabh Bikas Opportunities for further studies 4 (Economics) Paul in Economics at the post- Novemb graduate level (and scopes for er 2012 research) Colloquium Dr. Debkumar FDI in Retail in India : 8 Lecture Chakraborty Problems and Prospects Septemb er 2012 Colloquium Dr. Parthasarathi Ramanujan : Ek Bismoy 15 Lecture Mukhopadhyay Protibha September 2012 Spiritual For staff members of 150th birth anniversary of 12 May Heritage Vidyamandira & Swami Vivekananda 2012 Seminar other colleges Students' ------- Video show on Kamarpukur- 19 January Seminar Jayrambati 2013 Rani Rashmoni Raikamal Dasgupta Sri Sri Ma Saradadebi O Swami 15 August Memorial Vivekananda 2013 Lecture Sw Sk. Makbul Islam Sri Ramakrishnadeb O Islam 13 October Tejasananda Dharma 2012 Memorial Lecture Ambica Sarkar Amitava Roy The story of particles and 24 & Jadunath Chaudhuri interactions: the Higgs/ God November Majumder Particle 2012 Memorial Lecture Year 2011-2012 A. UGC Sponsored Seminars: Sl Department Date Theme /Subject Speakers 1 Microbiology 6, 7 April Development Santanu Tripathi, Malay Kr Roy, (Collaborator – 2011 and Challenges Wriddhiman Ghosh, Dujoy Bose Institute, in Basic and Sengupta, Triveni Krishnan, Rupak Kolkata) Applied Bhadra, Soumitra Das, Sanjay Research Ghosh 2 Indian Culture 19, 20, 21 Sri Swami Prabhananda, Amiya P Sen, and Spiritual January, Ramakrishna’s Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, Swami Heritage 2012 Ideas and Our Tyagananda, Pradyot Kumar (Collaborator-- Times : A Mukhopadhyay, Sabujkali Sen, J N Ramakrishna Retrospect on Mohanty, Ramkumar Mission His 175th Birth Mukhopadhyay, M Institute of Anniversary Sivaramakrishna, Swami Culture, Sarvagananda, Pravrajika Golpark) Bhaswaraprana, Syed Anwar Hussain, Jeffery D Long, Swami Atmapriyananda, Jayanta Sircar, Swami Bhajanananda 3 English 13, 14 At the K N Daruwalla, Sayantan (Collaborator – February, Crossroads : Dasgupta, Anil Acharya, Anjana Centre of 2012 The Short Story Basu, Dipika Mukherjee, M Advanced in Indian Sridhar, Urvashi Sabu, Debashree Studies, Dept Literatures Dattaray, Ipshita Chanda of Comparative Literature, JU) 4 History 24, 25 Religion and Ganapathy Subbaiah, Kunal (Collaborator – February, Culture in India Chakrabarti, Madhuparna Dept of 2012 across the ages : Roychowdhury, Swati Biswas, History, Historical Bhaskar Chakraborty, Suchandra Serampur Reflections Ghosh, Ranabir Chakravarti, College) Shahnoorur Rahman, Tapati Guha Thakurta, Moinak Biswas 5 Economic 2, 3 March Indian Economy Abhijit Sen, Ranajoy (Collaborator – 2012 : The Last Two Bhattacharyya, Amitava Sarkar, Bangiya Decades Arijita Dutta, Anindya Sen, Sankar Arthaniti Bhaumik, Sankalpa Bhattacharjee, Parishad) Subrata Sarkar, Achin Chakraborty, Ratan Kumar Ghoshal, Santanu Ghosh B. Half-day Seminars/ Workshop under CPE Scheme: Sl Department Date Theme / Subject Speakers 1 Mathematics 10, 11, 12, Algebra and S.K.Mapa, A.P.Baishnab, 14 May Analysis K.C.Chatterjee, K.K.Sen, 2011 S.M.Srivastava 2 Bengali 20 Pashcatyer Anirban Das, Bitashok December Adhunik Bhattacharya, Swaraj sengupta 2011