NEHU ANNUAL REPORT ANNUAL North-Eastern Hill University Forty-Fourth NORTH-EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY Mawkynroh-Umshing, Shillong - 793 022, INDIA Annual Report Tel: +91-364-2721001 (4 lines), Fax: +91-364-2721000 Website : www.nehu.ac.in 2017-2018 2017-18 FORTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT FORTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT 2017–2018 © 2018 NORTH-EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY Mawkynroh, Umshing, Shillong—793 022, INDIA Tel: +91-364-2721001(4 lines), Fax: +91-364-2721000 Website : www.nehu.ac.in From the Vice-Chancellor’s Desk am delighted to place before you this Forty-Fourth Annual Report on activities and achievements of NEHU for the year 2017–18. This year’s annual report shows that we have passed Ianother milestone towards excellence. There has been much that NEHU has achieved for 44 years of its existence, and what had been accomplished in 2017–18 is in concurrence with the University’s motto—RISE UP AND BUILD. NEHU is committed to achieving what it with a total of 331 presentations. In addition, has been set up as objectives with a vision faculty members of the University were to develop academic leadership, keeping in actively involved in 150 research projects consonance with the national and global supported by various government funding perspective that values diversity and inclusion. agencies. Many academic departments have Its mission is, therefore, to achieve excellence also academic collaborations with other in teaching, learning and research, capacity institutions within and outside the University. building, social outreach, skill development and innovative academic programmes. The University’s prospects for academic excellence call for augmented resources, The eight schools of the University have 44 including filling of vacancies, increased teaching departments and two centres, located financial support and internal revenue, on Shillong and Tura campuses. The total of and above all, greater commitment on the 335 teachers and 5127 students gives rise to a part of the academic community. I would teacher-student ratio of 1:15. As many as 1697 like to take this opportunity to thank to all students of the University departments were students, teaching and non-teaching staff, awarded their degrees/diplomas in 2017–18, and stakeholders for their hard work and of which 625 were males and 1072 females. endeavours towards this end. I also express my thanks to the members of the Editorial Board Research activities in 2017–18 were promising for their efforts in bringing out this Annual with hundreds of publications, including 265 Report on time for perusal and information papers published in India and 250 abroad. of all readers. Of 515 papers, 282 are published in the UGC-approved journals, 219 are indexed in Elsevier’s Scopus, and 181 in Web of Science. The NEHU faculty held 10 international and Prof. S. K. Srivastava 79 national/regional seminars or conferences, Vice-Chancellor v Executive Summary orth-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), established in 1973 by an Act of Parliament, is the oldest Central University in North-East India with its headquarters at Shillong and a campus at Tura in the West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. The main objective of Nthe University is to disseminate and advance knowledge, and to pay special attention to the improvement of the social and economic conditions and welfare of the people of the hill areas in North-East India, particularly their intellectual, academic and cultural advancement. This Forty-Fourth Annual Report presents the activities and achievements of the University for the academic year from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018. It is based on the information collected from the departments/centres and administrative units of the University. Background The University has eight schools: School of Economics, Management and Information Sciences (SEMIS), School of Education (SE), School of Humanities (SH), School of Human and Environ- mental Sciences (SHES), School of Life Sciences (SLS), School of Physical Sciences (SPS), School of Social Sciences (SSS), and School of Technology (SOT) with 44 Departments and two Centres as shown in Figure 1 below: vi There are thirty-five departments on Shillong campus and nine departments at Tura campus. While many departments offer only postgraduate and PhD programmes; some others offer undergraduate degrees as well, but all departments and centres are actively involved in research projects. Several departments are supported by the Central Government funding agencies like the Special Assistance Programme (SAP) of the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the FIST Programme of the Department of Science and Technology. Two departments (Botany and Chemistry) are recognized by the UGC as Centres for Advanced Studies. The University also has 69 affiliated colleges (33 permanent and 36 provisional affiliations), including NEIGRIHMS (offering MBBS and MD/MS courses) and some minority institutions. It is also one of the first few select Universities, which grants affiliation to Minority Educational Institutions from all over the country. NEHU is the recipient of a number of endowments of many organizations and individuals. The University has instituted several awards like the Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma Literary Award, Prof. M. K. Khare Memorial Prize, Smt. Sarada Krishna Iyer Memorial Award, U Tirot Sing Memorial Prize, Prof. M. N. Karna Young Sociologist Award, Rajendra Kumar Sunheri Devi Jain Charitable Award, Kiang Nongbah Award and Dr. D.S. Babu Memorial Award. Several faculty members of the University have been honoured in recognition of their contribution towards high academic distinction in the country. The University has a number of centres, units and cells, known as Central Services, which carry out and facilitate the educational and research activities as well as the health, sports and other activities for the general welfare of the University community. Such Central Services include Central Libraries, Voice and Data Networks, Health Centres, Career and Counselling Cells and Student’s Welfare Cells (one on each campus at Shillong and Tura). Other Central Services are Guest Houses, Hostels and different units; including International Hostels, College Development Council, UGC-Human Development Centre, Bioinformatics Centre, Computer Centre, Hindi Cell, Equal Opportunity Cell, Pension Cell, Women’s Cell, RTI Cell, Internal Quality Assurance Cell, National Service Scheme Cell, Publication Unit, Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility, Design Innovation Centre, Sports Department, and Campus Development Department (all located on Shillong campus). NEHU also provides space for other institutions, namely IGNOU, ICSSR-NERC, English and Foreign Languages University, Sports Authority of India, and the Shillong Science Centre, which are functioning within the Shillong campus. Teaching and Non-Teaching Staff The University has 447 sanctioned posts, of which 323 have been filled under the three categories of teaching position, viz., Professors, Associate Professors, and Assistant Professors, as given in Figure 2. In 2017–18, there were altogether 335 teachers (including those from erstwhile Mizoram and Nagaland campuses). As for the non-teaching staff, the University has 703 sanctioned posts; of which 67 were in Group A, 185 in Group B, and 451 in Group C. As many as 313 non-teaching posts were lying vacant during 2017–18; of which 71 and 227 were in Group B and Group C, respectively. vii Student Enrollment NEHU is a leading university in North-East India that attracts students and scholars not only from the North-East but also from other parts of the country and abroad. Almost all departments have conducted entrance tests for admission to their respective programmes as per the University Rules. The University has adopted the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) at the postgraduate level and in some departments at the undergraduate level as well. During 2017–18, as many as 5127 students were enrolled for degrees/diplomas in various departments of the University, thereby giving rise to a student-teacher ratio of 15:1 (i.e., there were about 15 students enrolled for every one teacher during the period under report). Student enrollment for degrees in various departments of the University had slightly decreased from 4929 in 2016–17 to 4827 in 2017–18 (about 2% less than it was last year, but similar to that in 2015–16). However, enrollment in diploma and certificate courses increased from 223 in 2016–17 to 300 in 2017–18. The enrollment of students for various degrees and programmes of the University is given in Table 1. As many as 3755 students (73%) were enrolled for degrees at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels (including 11 overseas students), and 1072 research scholars (21%) were admitted into MPhil/PhD programmes (including 3 overseas students). viii Table 1: Student Enrollment in Departments of the University Degree/Diploma SC ST OBC General Male Female TOTAL BA LLB 5 262 0 21 129 159 288 BArch 5 42 2 71 65 55 120 BTech 74 302 38 300 560 154 714 MA 7 1330 25 110 427 1045 1472 MSc 6 524 9 97 269 367 636 MCom 1 81 0 14 44 52 96 MLISc 0 55 1 1 18 39 57 MTTM 2 50 0 3 30 25 55 LLM 0 18 0 2 7 13 20 MBA 11 37 13 46 47 60 107 MCA 3 27 1 16 31 16 47 MEd 1 38 0 5 4 40 44 MTech 4 44 1 50 69 30 99 PG Diploma 0 35 0 14 27 22 49 FC SEDE 6 218 12 15 79 172 251 MPhil 9 54 9 31 30 73 103 PhD 58 568 48 294 441 527 968 Post-Doc 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 GRAND TOTAL 192 3686 159 1090 2278 2849 5127 % 3.74 71.89 3.10 21.26 44.43 55.57 100.00 As many as 3686 students out of 5127 belonged to the Scheduled Tribes (72%), and 7% were SC and OBC. Overall, there were 2278 males (44%) and 2849 females (56%), i.e., there were about 80 male students per 100 female students.