VIDYASAGAR COLLEGE 2011-12 ACCREDITED BY NAAC A STAR COLLEGE (DBT, Govt. of India) PROSPECTUS 2011 CONTENT Welcome …. 03 Admission Process …. 05 Subject Code and Combination …. 06 General Guidelines for Admission 11 About the College …. 13 Attendance …. 13 Schedule of College Test and Examination …. 13 Teachers’ Council …. 13 Siksha Karmi Union …. 14 Vidyasagar College Students' Union …. 14 Academic Activities …. 15 Laboratories …. 16 Compulsory Computer Awareness Course …. 16 College Library …. 16 Library Rules 16 Seminars …. 17 Counseling Cell …. 17 Grievance Redressal Cell …. 17 Medical and Health Services …. 17 College Computer Centre …. 18 Students' Cheap Store & Canteen …. 18 Ongoing Developmental Activities …. 18 Extra-Curricular Activities …. 18 National Service Scheme …. 18 National Cadet Corp …. 19 Sports and Games …. 19 Social and Cultural Activities …. 19 College Magazine …. 19 General Information …. 20 College Governing Body …. 21 Prizes and Awards …. 22 Faculty Members and Staff …. 23 2 PROSPECTUS 2011 Welcome Vidyasagar College was at the forefront of ushering in a revolution in the field of education in British India. The college, known for its rich, glorious legacy and its immense contribution to the field of education in the country, has its origin in the Metropolitan Training School - later renamed as Calcutta Training School - which was set up by Thakurdas Chakraborty at 1 Arpuly Lane in 1859. In 1860, Vidyasagar became the President of the managing committee of the Training School. In 1864, he was entrusted with the complete charge of its administration and in the same year, he renamed the school as Metropolitan Institution. Vidyasagar sought collegiate affiliation from Calcutta University and the Institution was granted affiliation for First Arts on 1st January, 1872. This day is celebrated as the Foundation Day of Vidyasagar College. Later in 1879, the Institution was declared a first grade college with BA affiliation. In due course affiliation for the BL course was granted. In 1882 postgraduate courses were introduced and a record number of students passed with flying colours. In 1917, the Metropolitan Institution was renamed as Vidyasagar College. It can be regarded as the first truly secular educational institution in the pre-independence era as the college was entirely run by Indian academicians. As part of the expansion plans, an evening section devoted to the teaching of Commerce was opened in 1922. In 1931, a morning section - the women's department of the college - was established. In 1960, the two sections developed into independent colleges known as Vidyasagar Evening College and Vidyasagar College for Women respectively. During World War II, two branches of the college were set up in Nabadwip and Suri which later became known as Nabadwip Vidyasagar College and Suri Vidyasagar College respectively. The Dawn Society (1902), precursor of the National Council of Education, that later came to be known as Jadavpur University, began functioning from Vidyasagar College. Several eminent personalities have been associated with Vidyasagar College in various ways - Rashtraguru Surendranath Bannerjee, Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy, Professor Sisir Kumar Bhaduri, Swami Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore, Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee, Acharya Jadunath Sarkar, G.D. Birla, Ram Manohar Lohia and Babu Jagjiban Ram, to name a few. The Institution offers flexible programmes at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels (under autonomous status). It has, at present 20 Honours courses, 21 General subjects and two postgraduate course in Zoology and Geography. One new general course in Education is going to be offered from this academic session. It is the aim of the institution to open more post-graduate courses, job-oriented courses and also to inculcate research aspiration in students. The Governing Body provides efficient and 3 PROSPECTUS 2011 effective leadership in improving the academic, administrative and financial aspects of the college. Admission to the college is based strictly on merit Of the total number of students 43.1% are female, 14% are from the SC/ST category and 40% are from the rural, urban and backward areas of West Bengal The average pass percentage of graduating students is 90-95%, while that for post graduation is 100%. The academic subcommittee deals with the attendance of the students strictly and regular parent-teacher meetings are held Periodical tests are also held to ensure that the syllabi are properly covered and that the students improve their academic performance. The college library has a vast collection of books - curriculum based text books, reference books and rare and old books including some used by the founder himself. Several departments have well-stocked seminar libraries, too. With a view to supplementing the curriculum, seminars, workshops and popular lectures on varied topics of academic and social interests are organized. The teachers counsel students on academic and personal issues and a grievance redressal mechanism has also become operative. A health-care unit has been set up to cater to students as well as the staff. Sports, social and cultural functions, science club, cine club and N.S.S are some of the student activities which deserve special mention. Apart from prizes, scholarships and endowments, free studentship and assistance from the Students Aid Fund are offered to financially handicapped but meritorious students. There is also an SC/ST cell providing statutory educational and financial facilities to SC/ST students. Also a placement cell has been constituted and is working in full swing. Major corporate houses have shown keen interest in our students and an appreciable number of them have been absorbed by such companies. Vidyasagar College Computer Centre is accredited to the Department of Electronics, Government of India, to conduct CCC, 'O’ level and ‘A’ level courses. The college is proud of the fact that the first phase of construction of its third campus, situated in CL Block of Bidhannagar, is complete. Currently two Post Graduate programs in Zoology and Geography are run from that campus. Efforts are on to introduce more technology based and job-oriented courses. This campus will also boost of a Girls’ Hostel in compliance with a long standing demands from the students. All in all with its wide range of academic programmes and excellent educational facilities, the college, whose motto is ‘Wisdom, sacrifice and service', is set to take on the challenges in the field of education in the twenty-first century. 4 PROSPECTUS 2011 The college has been accredited by NAAC in January. 2009. It has also been declared as a Star College under the Department of Biotechnology, Govt, of India. Admission Process Application forms for admission are available only on the college website www.vidyascigarcollege.edu.in and www.wbcas.com . Forms will be available online from 06.06.2011 and the same can be filled up and submitted online by the students up to 13.06.2011 till midnight. After submitting the form online, the system will auto generate a bank challan of IOB in triplicate and unique student identity number. The challan has to be deposited to any branch of IOB anywhere in India against a charge of Rs 100/- on or before 15.06.2011. The candidate has to produce the stamped challan and the unique student code generated by the computer during admission/counseling. Separate application in prescribed form for each subject in Advanced (Honours) / General Courses of study is to be submitted. Provisional Merit list will be published online and will include five times the number of seats available in each Honours subject / General Course of study Publication of names in the merit list is not an assurance of admission. Applicants whose names appear on the merit list will be asked to assemble and seats will be filled strictly in order of merit from amongst the assembled applicants. In case seat(s) remain vacant, all applicants, barring those who did not avail themselves of the first assembly, will again be asked to assemble to fill the seats remaining vacant. The college authority reserves the right to change / modify the above procedure, if deemed necessary, with proper notification. The college accepts no responsibilities for cancellation of admission or for any other eventuality due to suppression or misstatement of facts by students at the time of admission and for any admission made inadvertently in contravention of any rule of the Calcutta University. Candidates are to deposit admission and other fees within the notified date, failing which the admission will be cancelled and the college will not be liable for such cancellation and refund of money deposited in the bank after the said notified date. SC/ST candidates must have proper caste certificate issued by the government or receipt from the government confirming that he/she has applied for the requisite certificate. 5 PROSPECTUS 2011 At the time of admission students must produce in original (a) Mark sheet (b) Evidence of age; (c) Transfer certificate, if required; (d) SC/ST certificate, if required; (e) Physically Handicapped certificate, if required; and (f) Two copies of recent passport-size photograph, (g) Acknowledgement receipt (i) Deposit slip of Indian Overseas Bank Only candidates from Boards / Councils / Universities recognized by C.U. are eligible for admission and the college shall bear no responsibility for any wrong admission made inadvertently or due to suppression or misstatement of facts by applicants. Subject Code and Combination Subject(s) Honours General English ENGA ENGG Bengali BNGA BNGG Sanskrit SANA SANG Hindi — HING Philosophy PHIA PHIG History HISA HISG Political Science PLSA PLSG Economics ECOA ECOG Geography GEOA GEOG Journalism JORA JORG Physics PHSA PHSG Chemistry CEMA CEMG Mathematics MTMA MTMG Computer Science CMSA CMSG Electronics ELTA ELTG Zoology ZOOA ZOOG Botany BOTA BOTG Physiology PHYA PHYG Bio-Chemistry BCMA BCMG Psychology PSYA PSYG Food & Nutrition FNTA FNTG Education - EDUG 6 PROSPECTUS 2011 Subject Combination Environmental Studies is compulsory with all subject combinations Comb.