Annual Report 2016-17 Magadh Mahila College Patna University Magadh Mahila College Annual Report 2016 Page 1 1. Magadh Mahila College: An Introduction Magadh Mahila College, the pioneer institution of higher education for women in Bihar, was established in 1946. Presently a constituent unit of Patna University, possessing a permanent affiliation under section 12B of UGC Act since 1952. It has been reaccredited with „A‟ grade (3.02 CGPA) by NAAC in 2012 imparting education to more than 4500 students in various disciplines. It has also been awarded CPE (Centre of Potential for Excellence) by the UGC in 2012. A multi-faculty institution offering Bachelor (Honours) degree courses in Humanities, Social Science, Commerce, as well as Physical and Life Sciences, the college also offers Post Graduate courses in five subjects. A large number of Professional Courses are also taught under self financing schemes. Quality teaching, Computer education, facility for extracurricular activities including Sports, Music, NSS, NCC, Science and IT Society, Students‟ Counselling and Grievance Redressal Cell, Gender club, Green Earth Brigade, Red Ribbon Club, Language Lab and hostel accommodation inside the campus with modern facilities. A wi-fi campus, green and clean environment on the bank of river Ganga add a remarkable aura to this most desirable institution for women throughout Bihar and neighboring states. The students of Magadh Mahila College have excelled in academics, as well as in sports and music for the last seven decades. They have also brought accolades for the college with their extra ordinary performances in software engineering and I.T. sectors. The demand for its vocational courses is ever increasing. Asper the demand of time, the college is sensitive to the need of the society and offers a number of professional courses under self-financing scheme as Bachelor course in Computer Applications (BCA), Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications (PGDCA), Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA) and Bachelor in Social Work (BSW). We also offer various Post Graduate Diploma courses in Social Sciences e.g. Post Graduate Diploma in Women & Child Welfare and Post Graduate Diploma in Population Education. Presently there are five hostels (Gargi, Maitreyi, Awantika , Vaidehi and Welfare Hostel) inside the campus. The Welfare Hostel constructed by the Department of Welfare, Govt. of Bihar is meant exclusively for the students of SC/ ST and weaker sections of the society. A Magadh Mahila College Annual Report 2016 Page 2 new hostel namely “Vaidehi” Chhatrawas constructed just beside Gargi Chhatrawas (Hostel No.–I) in the north-west corner and allotted to students since July 2015. First floor of a new building for P.G. Department of Economics, B. Com and Management has also been constructed from internal resources of the college and has been functioning since 2014. Construction of Second floor is to be started very shortly from the first instalment of grant received under RUSA. An Indoor Sports Complex in the northern side of the main building for indoor games and sports has already been constructed. Process of construction of a new canteen in the campus financed from the fund provided by the Education Minister, Bihar has started. New proposal for extension of the main building with lift and ramp has been submitted to the Government of Bihar and we hope to obtain a sizeable grant to start and complete it. As part of introduction of Add-on courses, the college has been running the Certificate Course in Computer Application (C.I.C.) since large number of students; faculty members as well as support staff of the college are getting benefited from this course. The course is running on No-Profit-No-Loss basis. Short-term Language Proficiency Course is also running on regular basis in the language Lab which is well equipped with 51 computers and Audio- visual facility. Latest language software is available to create proficiency among the students. This has become a very popular choice among students specially those who aspire to get a job in MNCs. CMCC (Career Management and Counselling Cell) has been working quite successfully and efficiently since its inception in December 2009. Companies like TCS, WIPRO, IBM, ICICI, HDFC, Reliance, Tata AIG, HCL Pvt Ltd, C.SAP etc are regularly recruiting our students, Counselling, lectures, workshops and mock interviews are regularly organized for the benefit of students. Awareness is created among students for selecting a suitable career by inviting experts from big industrial houses and banks to motivate and guide them. In all such endeavour we give preference to meritorious and deserving students coming from less privileged sections of the society and remote rural areas. The concept of inclusive growth in the entire academic and extracurricular activities is given priority. In order to fulfil the Indian Constitution‟s obligation for inclusiveness which aims to ensure that the under-privileged, economically weaker section of the society and minorities get equal opportunity, the college administration has launched various special schemes with Magadh Mahila College Annual Report 2016 Page 3 UGC assistance. General candidates holding BPL Cards (Below Poverty Line) issued by the Central Government / State Government are also eligible to enrol and avail benefits of such schemes and coaching classes. The important among these are: Scheme of Remedial Coaching and Coaching forEntry Into Services at undergraduate level for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, OBC and Minority Community Students (RCC and CES) supported by the UGC are also being run . The College administration motivates the faculty members to engage themselves in research activities. There are many major and minor research projects are going on and in a position to submit. Many research papers have been published by our faculty members. Teachers have participated and presented papers in several International, National and State level conferences / seminars / symposium / workshop etc. In the year 2013 our college conducted one International seminar in collaboration with the P G department of Economics, sponsored by IHD, ICSSR, NABARD, ILO and Fredrich Stiftung Foundation on Youth Employability: Dimensions, Priorities and Challenges. Apart from this, four UGC sponsored national level seminars and a large number of state and college level seminars and workshops have also been conducted during this period. Books of repute have been authored by our faculty members and were published by esteemed publication houses.The college faculty members have developed study materials for Distance Education courses including IGNOU, DDE of Patna University and Nalanda Open University. College Magazine Committee and Research Journal Committee are responsible for publication of College Magazine and Research Journal which is published every year. The articles are selected and approved by an expert Editorial board, thus maintaining the high quality of publication. SRIJAN is the name of College magazine and the College Research Journal is published in the name of JIGYASA. College teachers are members of several Academic and Socialbodies‟ viz. Prof. (Dr.) Shashi Sharma, Principal of Magadh Mahila College, Patna is member of various committees of Patna University. The Chaiman UGC New Delhi has nominated the Principal as expert to serve as Member on the Adviosary Commiee of Midnapur College, Midnapur, Dist. Magadh Mahila College Annual Report 2016 Page 4 Midnapur (West Bengal) under the Scheme „College with Potential for Execllence‟(CPE) on 11th April 2018. She is also member of Acedemic Council of Nalanda Open University. Dr. Suraj Deo Singh, Asst. Prof. & H.O.D. Urdu is a member of Book Publishing Committee of Bihar Urdu Academy, Patna. Dr. Pushpanjali Khare, Asst. Prof. of Botany was elected member of both Patna University Senate and Sydicate in the year of ………. Dr. Neera Choudhury, Department of Music, is a member of Research Committee, P.G. Department of Music, L.N.M.U., Darbhanga, Dr. Arbind Kumar of Department of Music, is a member of Research Committee, P.G. Department of Music, J.P. University, Chapra. Dr. Aruna Choudhury, Head, Department of Maithili is a member of the Maithili Advisory Committee, Sahitya Academy, Though the college is primarily for undergraduate studies, it had the distinction to conduct several UGC Refresher courses for university and college teachers. The college has conducted six refresher courses on IT and e-learning, NAAC Accreditation Process, Implementation of Semester System. Its department of Computer Applications is the only department in the whole of Bihar and Jharkhand, which conducts UGC Refresher course in IT. The department also conducted several laboratory sessions on Computers for the UGC Academic Staff College for the Orientation Courses. The college has organized Summer and Winter School Programmes in which faculty members of various universities of Bihar were benefitted. Considering the growing demand for foreign languages in the job market, we have started a short term German Language Proficiency Course which will be in two levels, each of three months duration. There is a very good response from students for enrolment in this course. In future we plan to expand it to one year duration. The college will srart Four Three MonthsCirtificate Courses and Two Six Months Certificate Courses for Skill Development of Girll Students from new Academic Session 2018-2019.From Fine Arts stream the name of new coursse are: (i) Block Printing, (ii) Madhubani Painting (iii) Tikuli Art and (iv) Jute Art, Craft and Designing. From ICT stream the name of course is „IT Skill Development in Graphics & Web-Designing and from Business Administration stream the name of course is „Office Management Course”. Magadh Mahila College Library is well equipped with more than one lakh (1, 23, and 303) books including e-books on various topics, computers with networking and internet Magadh Mahila College Annual Report 2016 Page 5 connection, a huge collection of periodicals, journals, magazines and daily newspapers of repute. It provides physical and digital access to materials available and remains open for the students and faculty for long hours.