1 C o t t o n College Prospectus Cotton College Prospectus 2 From the Principal As Cotton College moves into its one hundred and fourteenth year, it fondly recollects its contribution towards the field of higher education in North East India. A college that has produced stalwarts in fields ranging from scientific research through music to politics, Cotton College stands today to welcome a new generation of students. The college offers a host of facilities for its students. It has an extremely well stocked library with over one lakh twenty three thousand volumes and a special section for old and rare books-a unique feature for a college library. Besides, each department has its own specialized library catering to the needs of students of particular disciplines. Well equipped laboratories and museums serve every academic need of students. A gymnasium, an indoor stadium, activity hubs, counseling centres for academic, career and emotional counseling and facilities for sports and cultural activities ensure a healthy environment for the all-round development of each and every Cottonian. The college also boasts of an Entrepreneurship Development Cell which, besides providing self-employment avenues, also conducts courses in Mass Communication and Foreign Language. Its audio-visual studios have helped students to produce a number of excellent documentaries, short films, music albums as well as plays for the radio. Over the years Cotton College has provided a platform for a great many academicians, dignitaries, cultural icons and a host of other personalities to interact with its students, thereby exposing them to a larger world of positive human activity. It is our vision that Cotton College shall be at par in academic excellence with international standard, which can be translated into practice with full cooperation of our students and learned teachers. We believe to educate our students with newer innovations which they will cherish for the rest of their lives and leave a legacy behind for everyone who follows them. I strongly believe that the flag of Cotton College shall be flying higher and higher to the Himalayan height with its past glory and a future promise. (Dr Nirada Devi) Principal Cotton College 3 C o t t o n College Prospectus Cotton College Prospectus 4 Founders of Cotton College Sir Henry John Stedman Cotton Raibahadur Bhuban Ram Das K.C.S.I.Chief Commissioner of Assam (from 1896 to 1902) Manick Chandra Barooah Prof. F. W. Sudmersen First Principal of Cotton College Raja Prabhat Chandra Barua (1901-26) [Courtesy : 'IMAGES' (1st Edition, 2002); published & edited by Pradip Hazarika, Abhijit Barthakur, Suresh Kumar Nath & Ankuran Dutta] Principal Vice Principal Dr. Nirada Devi Dr. Subrata Sharma Bhattacharya Contacts : Principal : (0361) 2540715 () Vice Principal : (0361) 2608839 Cotton College Fax : (0361) 2540715 / 2606610 Dr Surya Kumar Bhuyan Library : (0361) 2606155 Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) : (0361) 2734783 [Phone & Fax] / 09207049360 Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) : (0361) 2606610 [Phone & Fax] Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility (BIF) Center : (0361) 2131697 : E-mail of Principal : E-mail of Vice-Principal : E-mail of IQAC : . 5 C o t t o n College Prospectus C o n t e n t s Page No. Page No. COTTON COLLEGE A PROFILE 7 LIBRARY SERVICE 34 ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS 36 COURSES OF STUDY (Regular Courses) 10 Anthropology 36 Two year Higher Secondary Course in Science and Arts 10 Assamese 38 Three Year (Six Semesters) Degree Course Bengali 40 in Science and Arts 11 Biotechnology 42 Choice-Based Credit System and Continuous Bodo 42 Assessment and Grading Pattern 11 Botany 43 List of Subjects for Core and Chemistry 45 Elective Papers in B. A 12 Computer Science & IT 47 List of Subjects for Core and Economics 49 Elective Papers in B. Sc 12 Education 51 Compulsory Papers in B.A and B.Sc 12 English 53 Combination of Subjects 13 Geography 55 Self-Financing Courses 16 Geology 57 Admission Procedure 17 Hindi 59 (i) Attendance Rules 20 History 60 (ii) Cancellation of seats 20 Islamic Studies (Arabic & Persian) 61 (iii) Examination Rules 20 Mathematics 63 (iv) Rules for Annual Examination of H.S. 21 Philosophy 65 (v) Maintenance of discipline among students 21 Physics 67 (vi) Code of Conduct for students 22 Political Science 69 (vii) Others 23 Sanskrit 70 A. Students Travel Concession 23 Statistics 71 B. Renewal of College Identity Card 23 Zoology 72 C. Renewal of Admission 23 ACADEMIC CENTERS 74 D. Admission of Unsuccessful Students 23 E. Hostel Facilities and Hostel Rules 23 Center for Mass Communication & Journalism (CMCJ) 74 F. Hospital Facility 24 Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility (BIF) Center 75 G. Scholarship 24 Institutional Biotech Hubs (BTHubs) 76 H. College Transfer Certificate 25 CO-CURRICULAR & EXTENSION SERVICES 77 College Fees 26 SOCIETIES, ASSOCIATIONS AND FORUMS 80 Fees Structure for HS 1st year (Science) 26 COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION & NON-TEACHING Fees Structure for HS 1st year (Arts) 27 STAFF MEMBERS 82 Fee Structure for B.Sc. 1st Semester 28 LIST OF NON-TEACHING STAFF (GRADE IV) 83 Fee Structure for B.A. 1st Semester 29 Hostel Fees Structure 30 Cotton College Academic Calendar, 2014 31 Cotton College Prospectus 6 Cotton College - A Profile With a heritage that goes back to more than a hundred years, Cotton College, the premier seat of higher learning in Northeast India, unequivocally occupies the pride of place among the institutions of its kind in the North-Eastern part of the country. Having contributed significantly to the academic and cultural life of the region the institution has not only withstood the test of time but has also carved a niche for itself in the sphere of higher education in the country. Contemporaneous with Murarichand College of Sylhet (now in Bangladesh) of the undivided India under the British rule, Cotton College came into existence on 27th May, 1901 through the untiring efforts of such magnanimous and illustrious sons of the soil like Late Manick Chandra Barooah, Rai Bahadur Bhuban Ram Das and Raja Prabhat Chandra Barua, backed by the unstinted support of the intelligentsia of the region of that time. However, had it not been for the unreserved support and concern of the then Chief Commissioner of the then Assam Province from 1896 to 1902, Sir Henry John Stedman Cotton, K.C.S.I., the institution would not have perhaps seen the light of day. While the time In 2011, came, therefore, to express their sense of gratitude to the foremost popular ruler of the province, the people of Gauhati decided to name the institution itself after him. Cotton The first admission took place on 17th June, 1901 with 37 students in the first year F.A. Class and 2 students in the second year of the same course. The faculty was College was consisted of only five members including Prof. Frederick William Südmersen (1871 1953), the first Principal of the college from 1901 to 1926. The other four faculty members were Prof. Chunilal De, Prof. Indu Bhusan Brahmachary, Prof. Paresh Nath reaccredited Lahiri and Prof. Maulvi Abu Nasr Muhammad Oheed. Classes during the initial years of the establishment of the College were held in the building which presently houses with grade A Chemistry Department of the College. However, no girl student was admitted to the course. It was only in 1929 that two girl students were admitted to the first year by the Intermediate (Science) class of the College for the first time thus marking the beginning of co-education in the history of higher learning in this part of the country. National The College was first affiliated to Calcutta University, Kolkata. It was under this university itself that the institution developed into a full-fledged Degree College and Assessment & barring Persian, secured affiliation for the Honours course too in all the subjects taught then. However, with the establishment of Gauhati University in 1948, it became Accreditation one of its original constituent colleges. Although Post-Graduate classes in certain subjects like English, Economics and Botany were introduced in the College at different Council points of time under Calcutta University itself, such classes had to be finally discontinued as part of economy drive and also because of the establishment of Gauhati University. It was only in 1969 that the Assam State Government decided to (NAAC) with introduce PG classes in Physics in the College on a permanent affiliation basis. Subsequently, the benefit of PG classes was extended to other subjects as well and CGPA 3.39 finally on 17th October, 1992, the then Honble President of India, Late Dr Shanker 7 C o t t o n College Prospectus Dayal Sharma, at a glittering function held in the premises of the College formally declared Cotton College as a Post- Graduate institution. Cotton College now has come under the Cotton College State University w.e.f. 1st November, 2011 by one State Govt. notification. In 2011, Cotton College was reaccredited grade A by the National Assessment & Accreditation Council (NAAC) with CGPA 3.39 and the University Grants Commission (UGC) recognized it as a College with Potential for Excellence in 2005. The present day College has an infrastructure built on a sprawling campus covering an area of about 34 acres in Panbazar locality and about 6.4 acres in Rupnagar locality (second campus) of the city of Guwahati. The facilities include a modern library well stocked with books, journals as well as rare manuscripts and with UGC INFLIBNET-NLIST e-journal browsing facility; well equipped laboratories in different academic departments; a newly developed C entral Instrumentation Centre; a full fledged Department of Computer Science & IT; a well equipped Centre for Mass Communication & Journalism, a vibrant Placement Cell, a dynamic Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) and a state of the art Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility (BIF) Center.