PRINCIPAL’s DESK Dear Students Sri Pratap College since its inception has been contributing immensely towards education sector in the valley. True to its logo “Ad Aethera Tendens” which means to fly higher and higher, the institution has shown gradual progression from Intermediate college, to a level of UG and PG programmes in all science streams. Besides these, the institution earns a distinction of offering advanced 5- year Integrated PG programmes in Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Physics, Geography, Environment Science, Biochemistry and Information Technology. At present the Institution has been granted the status of School of Sciences as a constituent of Cluster University Srinagar. To assess the academic status, quality sustenance system and other academic benchmarks, the institution has recently been Re-Accredited by NAAC with Grade A. With a motive to boost and enrich the academic and the related skill pursuits of the students, the Institution has introduced add-on skill based courses in Personality Development, Course on Information Technology Concepts and Diagnostic Clinical Biochemistry. The Institution pursues its vision- mission document through highly qualified and self-motivated faculty to achieve ultimate academic excellence. Before filling up the admission form, you are advised to go through the Prospectus, with a view to get abreast with rules and regulations governing your stay in the institution. I, welcome you all to the Sri Pratap College and wish you well in your academic pursuits. Keeping in view the glorious past of this College, I would advise you to work towards enhancing the esteem of this college. You shall find your teachers and other staff members always ready to guide and assist you on the path of your academic pursuits & overall personality development. With best wishes, Prof. (Dr). Khurshid Ahmad Khan Vision • To strive, to seek, to find out, not to yield. Mission • To enable the students to think logically, analytically and critically in order to inculcate scientific temper among them; • To realize one’s potential for self- development in terms of physical, emotional, intellectual, aesthetic and moral attainments through educational experience; • To acquire a comparative capability to appreciate and imbibe the emerging values of contemporary times such as concern for ecology, equity, credibility, harmony and cultural pluralism. Goal • To eke out an honourable living by honing the potential of the learners in the direction of employability. Objective • To educate budding scientific-minded educands to blend the scientific knowledge with socio-cultural needs of the society. COLLEGE PROFILE Sri Pratap College, the oldest and premier institute of higher education in Kashmir embodies a history of 116 years of its glorious past. It was established in 1905, as an intermediate college by upgrading the famous Hindu High School, Srinagar. It was the personal effort of notable British Social Reformer and educationist, Dr. Annie Besant who directed the Central Hindu College Trust, Banaras (to which it was affiliated) to appoint, Mr. M.U. Moore, a noted Irish scholar as the first principal of the institution. Beginning with a modest roll of eight students and only six teachers on its staff, in a few years’ time, the college rose to the degree level in Arts by 1911 when state government took it over and renamed it as Sri Pratap College after the name of the then ruler of the state Maharaja Pratap Singh. In 1912 the college was affiliated to the Punjab University, Lahore with the state patronage available to it by virtue of which the growth of S.P. College received a notable fillip. Ever since, the development of the college has been a steady process through the entire span of the 20th century. During the tenure of Prof. I. K. Sharga (1911-1921) the science stream up to the intermediate level was introduced in the college curriculum. The dynamic and ablest academics and administrators like Prof. M. U. Moore, Prof. Vinamali Chakaravati, Prof. I. K. Sharga, Prof. Lawrence Mac Dermot, Prof. Molvi Mohammad Ibrahim, Dr. Mohammad Din Tasser, Prof. Jia Lal Kaul and Prof. Saif-ud-din have served the college and contributed to the level that the hundreds of the college alumni rose to eminence in different fields of human activity in the state, by occupying important positions. The history of S. P. College is in fact, the history of progress of higher education in Kashmir. Almost for the first half of the 20th century, S. P. College had the distinction of being the only institution to provide facilities for imparting higher education in Arts and Science disciplines in the valley. Despite a good number of colleges coming into existence in the valley after 1947, this college continues to maintain its primacy and academic excellence all along. With the delinking of arts faculty from it in 1975, S. P. College is now an exclusively science college imparting science education at undergraduate level in a broad spectrum of subjects like Botany, Chemistry, Bio-chemistry, Bio-technology, Zoology, Environment & Water Management, Geography, Geology, Information Technology, Electronics, Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Human Genetics and Bioinformatics with as many as 31 subject combinations. In a significant stride forward the college is running P.G. level programmes in Chemistry and Environmental Science since 2003. P.G. level programmes in Botany, Zoology and Physics have also been successfully introduced from Academic session-2017. Besides these, as a new trend setter in the state, 5-year Integrated PG programmes in Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Physics, Geography, Environment Science, Biochemistry and Information Technology have been started from the academic year 2017-18. It is worth to mention that the college got submerged in the September 2014 deluge. This resulted in huge loss of infrastructure and other support facilities in the college. Fortunately, with the support of all the stake holders the college has been able to restore all the basic facilities viz. class rooms, laboratories, library, parks, sports fields, boundary walls, roads etc., so much so that NAAC Re- Accredited the college with Grade A, which usually less than eight percent colleges allover India get. The Sri Pratap College Srinagar is presently a constituent College of the Cluster University Srinagar and is affiliated to the University from the academic session, 2017-18. The college has been granted the status of School of Sciences as a constituent of Cluster University Srinagar. The infrastructure for the School of Sciences of the proposed Cluster University is fast coming up under the flagship scheme of RUSA- Rastriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan. The college is on its way to broaden the entire spectrum of science education in the light of modern perspective. With a motive to boost the academic pursuits of the institutions, add-on skill based courses in Personality Development, course on Computer Concepts and Diagnostic Clinical Biochemistry have been started and are being conducted successfully. In the near future many more academic endeavors are awaiting a start. PROGRAMMES OFFERED AND ADMISSION PROCEDURE College offers following Programmes: 1) UG Programmes a) B.Sc. Medical b) B.Sc. – Non-Medical 2) 5- Years Integrated Programmes a. Bio-Chemistry b. Botany c. Chemistry d. Environmental Science e. Geography f. Information Technology g. Physics h. Zoology 3) PG Programmes c) Botany d) Chemistry e) Environmental Sciences f) Physics g) Zoology ELIGIBILITY AND PROCEDURE FOR ADMISSION TO UG, IG & PG LEVEL COURSES Candidates seeking admission in B.Sc. must have qualified 10+2 exam or its equivalent with Science subjects through any recognized Board of the country with at least 45% marks for general category and 40% marks for reserved category. The admission to UG, Integrated and PG- Programmes is made by the Cluster University Srinagar. The admission to these programmes begins after a formal notification is issued by Cluster University Srinagar. The students have to apply for the admission online at www.cusrinagar.edu.in and for this purpose, University conducts entrance tests. The information about these tests is notified by the University from time to time. The list of candidates who are selected for these programmes is communicated by the Cluster University Srinagar to the constituent colleges. To complete the admission formalities the selected candidates are required to visit the allotted college and the downloaded hard copy of the form is to be deposited in the college admission section during office hours. The form should be accompanied with the following documents. i) Two attested Xerox copies of the 10+2 marks card. ii) Original provisional / character certificate from the institution last attended. iii) One attested Xerox copy of category certificate, if any. iv) Two attested Xerox copies of 10th class Marks card or D.O.B. certificate. v) Original fee receipt. ➢ Candidates shall bring original documents of above mentioned certificates at the time of submission of hard copy of the admission form for verification. SUBJECT COMBINATIONS OFFERED AT UG LEVEL WITH INTAKE CAPACITY 1) Medical Stream (Core Subjects in 1st Semester i.e., entry level) S. No Combination Maximum Intake 01. Chemistry Botany Zoology 128 02. Chemistry Zoology Geography 21 03. Chemistry Geography Geology 21 04. Chemistry Botany Bio-Chemistry 11 05. Chemistry Botany Geography 21 06. Chemistry Botany Bioinformatics 11 07 Chemistry Zoology Bio-Chemistry 11 08. Chemistry Zoology Geology 29 09. Chemistry Zoology Biotechnology 11 10. Chemistry EWM Zoology 11 11. Chemistry EWM Geology 11 12. Chemistry Zoology Human Genetics 21 13. Zoology Bio-Chemistry Bio-Informatics 11 14. Botany Zoology Cl. Biochemistry 11 15. Chemistry Zoology Cl. Biochemistry 11 16. Chemistry Zoology EVS 11 17. Chemistry Botany EVS 11 18. Chemistry Botany Biotechnology 11 2) Non-Medical Stream (Core Subjects in 1st Semester i.e., entry level) `S. Combination Maximum No Intake 01. Mathematics Physics Chemistry 85 02. Mathematics Physics Information Technology 69 03. Mathematics Physics Electronics 64 04.