Durgapur Women’s College—Self Study Report 1 C-44702-2016 This is to certify that Madhumita Jajodia of Durgapur Women's College has successfully uploaded the data of All India Survey on Higher Education(AISHE) 2016-2017. 17/04/2017 Durgapur Women’s College—Self Study Report 3 Durgapur Women’s College—Self Study Report List of Contents Page No. Preface 05 PART: A 08-31 Executive Summary 09 SWOC Analysis 18 Profile of the Institution 20 PART: B 32-172 Criteria- wise inputs Criterion I: Curricular Aspects 33 Criterion II: Teaching-Learning and Evaluation 63 Criterion III: Research, Consultancy and Extension 94 Criterion IV: Infrastructure and Learning Resources 115 Criterion V: Student Support and Progression 131 Criterion VI: Governance, Leadership and Management 150 Criterion VII: Innovation and Best Practices 168 PART: C 173-307 Evaluative Report of the Departments I: Bengali 174 II: Economics 187 III: English 203 IV: Hindi 216 V: History 222 VI: Philosophy 231 VII: Political Science 237 VIII: Sanskrit 244 IX: Chemistry 251 X: Computer Science 260 XI: Electronics 276 XII: Mathematics 288 XIII: Physics 294 PART: D 308-318 Annexure -- I: Copy of Layout of the College 309 Annexure – II: Letter of Declaration 312 Annexure -- III: Certificate of Compliance 313 4 Durgapur Women’s College—Self Study Report Annexure—IV: Copy of UGC 2(f) 12(b) Certificates 314 Annexure—V: Copy of Cerificate of Affiliation: University of Burdwan 315 Annexure-VI: Copy of Certificate of Affiliation: Kazi Nazrul Univeristy 317 Annexure—VII: Copy of Audit Reports 318 5 Durgapur Women’s College—Self Study Report PREFACE " যাহা কিছু জাকিবার যযাগ্য তাহাই কবদ্যা , তাহা প쇁ু ষকিও জাকিকত হইকব ,যেকেকিও জাকিকত হইকব —�ধু িাকজ খাটাইবার জিয যয তাহা িে , জাকিবার জিযই ‖ —-রবীন্দ্রিাথ ঠা嗁র ―স্ত্রীকিক্ষা‖ Whatever is worthy to be known constitutes knowledge. Knowledge is to be acquired by both men and women—not only for the sake of its practical application, but as an end in itself. — Rabindranath Tagore ―Stree Shiksha‖Women‘s Education] One of the various spheres in which Higher Education Institutions of India have made tremendous advancements in the last few decades is that of women‘s education. Durgapur Women‘s College is proud to be a significant contributor to this progressive trend. Durgapur Women‘s College is located (23°33‘05.7‘‘ N and 87° 17‘51.0‖ E) on Mahatma Gandhi Road of the ―Steel City‖ Durgapur, under the jurisdiction of Burdwan district, West Bengal. The establishment of a college in this part of the state was the result of the government policy – ―Education for the People‖. Durgapur Women‘s College, situated on a sprawling expanse of 14 acres (5.665 hectare) had started functioning from the academic session of July 1980 . However, the formal foundation stone of the College was laid by the then Hon‘ble Chief Minister of West Bengal, Sri Jyoti Basu on 5th April,1981 and we celebrate that day as the Founadation Day of the College. Initially, Durgapur Women‘s College started functioning from David Hare Primary School, B-Zone Durgapur -5. Later on the College started functioning from its own premises on Mahatma Gandhi Road from 1982. At the time of its inception, the College taught seven Arts subjects for BA General Degree Course only. Today, the College runs two streams, Arts and Science, with 9 Honours and 12 General course subjects. There are more than fourteen hundred students studying in the institution headed by the Principal, 16 Full Time Teachers (fourteen Assistant/ Associate Professors and two Graduate Lab Instructors), one Librarian (also a teaching staff), seven Government Approved Part Time teachers (APTT), one Government approved Contractual Whole Time teacher (CWTT), 27 Management 6 Durgapur Women’s College—Self Study Report Appointed Guest Faculty and eighteen non-teaching employees (including management appointed temporary staff). The major sources of income of the College are UGC grants, State Government grants, some donations and fees received from the students. The resources are quite insufficient to meet all its needs, but the College is trying its best to keep pace with the ever changing world of higher education. Since its establishment in 1980, the College has tried ceaselessly to provide quality education to girl students living in and around the city of Durgapur. Durgapur, owing to its thriving industrial sector, is a densely populated city with a cosmopolitan and eclectic culture. The city-population comprises Indian nationals belonging to various linguistic, religious and ethnic communities and the College, as a result, has students from different socio-cultural backgrounds. Since the stated vision of the College is to empower women, the teaching and non-teaching staff of the College try to impart holistic education to the students so that they become ready to face the world when they finally come out of the secure confines of the classrooms. Unlike many other Institutions of Higher Learning located in other urban centres of the state of West Bengal, Durgapur Women‘s College does not suffer from inadequacy of space. The sprawling fourteen acres campus has given the College a remarkable picturesque beauty and has kept alive the provision of future extension. Thus, we see the College as one with immense potential for betterment and diversification in future. Durgapur is aspiring to the status of a future-ready ―Smart City‖ and is well on its way to become one of the foremost urban centres in the country. Keeping this national perspective in mind, we are committed to provide our students with all those technical, technological and professional support that would make them at par with the students from other Universities and Colleges. Since its inception, the College was affiliated to the University of Burdwan. In the last couple of years, the College has experienced many significant changes which have resulted in a radical overhaul of its academic structure.At present the college is in a state of transition as regards its status of affiliation. Till 23nd June 2015, it was affiliated to the University of Burdwan (BU). On 24th June 2015, along with 12 other General Degree Colleges in the vicinity of the Duragpur-Asansol Industrial area, Durgapur Women‘s College‘s affiliation was shifted to the recently established (2012) State-sponsored Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol. Accordingly, in its transitional phase, the current Third year students are following the syllabi and course-structure of the University of Burdwan (1+1+1 Annual system); the Second Year students are following the syllabi and the course-structure of Kazi Nazrul University (1+1+1 Annual System); and the First Year students are following the 7 Durgapur Women’s College—Self Study Report semester-wise Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) introduced from the academic session of 2016-17. Administrative and academic difficulties arising from these significant changes notwithstanding, there has been a concomitant change in the academic ambience of the College. The Choice Based Credit System-- Kazi Nazrul University happens to be the first of its kind in the State of West Bengal to adopt the system—with its broader range of subject-options and flexibility of structure has infused a new vigour into the teaching community. Keeping in mind the more career-oriented thrust of the CBCS, the College has applied for the opening of new Honours and Programme courses in various subjects. As a women‘s College, the College community encounters certain problems unique to women learners in this country. Early marriage, early childbirth, health issues, domestic pressure are some of the circumstances that compel some students to leave their courses midway. We are committed to find ways of solving these problems through personal mentoring and periodical counselling of the students and their family members. The Institution is committed to present a sympathetic and humane face to its stakeholders so that its triple objectives, to educate, to empower and to enlighten young minds are achieved successfully. We know that much may be done by way of improving the infrastructural support and the teaching- learning outcomes of the College and this attempt at having the College accredited by NAAC is definitely a step towards that direction. We hope that the accreditation process and its results would place us clearly in the Higher Education map of the country and would reveal our weaknesses and strengths from an impartial and objective perspective. Our continuous and sincere efforts are directed towards securing a future for the College which will be even more glorious than its past. The NAAC committee has prepared the Self Study Report with the active support of all staff in regular interactions with the Principal and the entire campus community. The report has been finalised with utmost sincerity, honesty and collective effort of the faculty members, which is now being submitted to the NAAC for assessment and accreditation. It would be great delight to hear from you soon on the Peer Team visit for the inspection of our College. 8 Durgapur Women’s College—Self Study Report SELF STUDY REPORT PART - A 9 Durgapur Women’s College—Self Study Report EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Durgapur Women‘s College, being the first and sole women‘s Degree College in the locality, has been playing a vital role in providing quality education to the girl students of this city and its vicinity since its establishment in 1980. The College with its stated vision of empowering women is ceaselessly trying to extend academic opportunity among the students belonging to various linguistic, religious and ethnic groups residing in and around this industrial city.