RE-ACCREDITATION REPORT OF NEW ALIPORE COLLEGE Affiliated to the University of Calcutta Submitted to: National Assessment and Accreditation Council Bangalore by New Alipore College Block – ‘L’, New Alipore West Bengal Kolkata – 700053 Website: www.newaliporecollege.ac.in E-mail: [email protected] 28.01.2016 Ref: Track ID WBCOGN13229 Preface The Self Study Report of New Alipore College, Kolkata is being presented in one volume as per NAAC guidelines. It consists of the Executive Summary, Profile of the College, Criteria- wise inputs, Evaluative Reports of the Departments, Annexure, Post Accreditation Initiatives and Enclosures. The Institution has made a sincere effort to take new initiatives and upgrade its performance keeping in mind the recommendations of the previous NAAC Peer Team Report. Contents A PREFACE Page No. B Executive Summary C College Profile D CRITERION WISE INPUTS CRITERION – I CURRICULAR ASPECTS 1 – 14 CRITERION – II TEACHING - LEARNING AND EVALUATION 15 – 40 CRITERION – III RESEARCH, CONSULTANCY AND EXTENSION 41 – 60 CRITERION – IV INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEARNING RESOURCES 61 – 83 CRITERION – V STUDENT SUPPORT AND PROGRESSION 85 – 101 CRITERION – VI GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT 103 – 123 CRITERION – VII INNOVATIONS AND BEST PRACTICES 125 – 130 E DEPARTMENTAL PROFILE 131 – 267 F ANNEXURE – I - DEPARTMENTAL PUBLICATIONS 269 – 321 G ANNEXURE – II COMPUTERS AND THEIR CONFIGURATIONS 322 – 333 H NCC AND NSS ACTIVITIES 335 – 350 I ENCLOSURES 351 – 373 J POST ACCREDITATION INITIATIVES 375 – 376 Dr. Sujit Kumar Das Principal Reaccreditation Report 2015 of New Alipore College Executive Summary Executive Summary New Alipore College is a Government sponsored co-educational college offering undergraduate programmes in Arts, Science and Commerce. It was established on 5th August 1963 as part of the Government of West Bengal initiative to cater to the displaced persons of erstwhile East Pakistan. The college is situated in the Southern part of the city in an area known as New Alipore, which was conceived as a satellite township of Calcutta. The college is well connected by road and rail and draws students from semi urban areas as well as from the heart of the city. The mission of the institution is to impart quality education to the young students who enter its portals. The motto of the college “Tamaso ma Jyotirgamayo”-meaning, ‘Lead us from darkness to light, from ignorance to knowledge-therein lies the advancement of learning’ is the beacon towards which all the activities of the college are directed. Post accreditation, the college has tried to enhance and improve the academic and administrative functioning as well as put in place quality maintenance and enhancement practices in all the different assessment categories. 1. Curricular Aspects The college offers 19 undergraduate courses in three shifts. The Morning shift from 6.45 to 12 noon offers B.Sc (Hons) and (Gen) in Zoology, Botany, Anthropology along with Chemistry as general subject. The day section from 10.30 to 4.30 pm has all the Humanities combinations along with Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science and Economics and Electronics and Geography as general subjects. Commerce is taught in the evening shift from 3.30 to 7.30 in Honours and General course. Since accreditation, three new Departments, Anthropology, Geography and Electronics have been started and Sanskrit, Education and Journalism have been upgraded to (Hons) teaching Departments .Anthropology has also begun offering (Hons) course. The curriculum is laid down by the University and the role of the institution is limited to offering suggestions to the Board of Studies for changes in the curriculum. Teachers of the college attend workshops on curriculum and offer suggestions and in most of the cases they are accommodated. One of our teachers is a member of the Board of Defence Studies. Reaccreditation Report 2015 of New Alipore College Executive Summary Wherever possible the faculty tries to incorporate topics which go beyond the scope of the curriculum laid down by the University. The Department of Journalism for example conducts workshops for the students in video filming and documentary film making. The students of the Department also bring out an “events” magazine called Clippings. The Department of English conducted a drama workshop in collaboration with the students of Visva Bharati, Santiniketan. The Science Departments participate in Science fairs and exhibitions and almost all departments take their students on educational trips. The students of the Department of Botany look after and tend to a medicinal garden. Thus, through innovative approaches the scope of the curriculum is widened to make it more relevant in the present context. 2. Teaching –Learning and Evaluation- The most important aspect of any academic institute is its teaching learning activity. The institute is proud of its academic environment and the very cordial and warm relationship between teachers and taught. The highly qualified and motivated faculty try their best to make the teaching learning process an enriching, participative and enjoyable experience. In tune with the changing global scenario teaching methodology is designed to address diverse needs. The traditional chalk and talk method is supplemented by interactive, project based, practical, computer assisted learning. Towards this end two smart classes have already been set up and the plan is to gradually convert the larger classrooms into technology enabled teaching spaces. The Journalism department is fitted with state of the art equipment and relevant software for film editing and documentary making. The faculty is highly qualified and more than 50 % of permanent faculty have Ph. D degrees, and 7 % have M.Phil. degrees. Of the Contractual and part time teachers 22 % are Ph.D s and 6% have M.Phil degrees. All teachers publish in academic journals and attend workshops and seminars to keep themselves updated. The students are from diverse backgrounds and have unequal intellectual abilities, therefore the teaching process is inclusive and takes into account the skill and ability of all learners. Special classes are arranged for advanced learners and slow learners. To make the teaching learning enjoyable, educational trips are organised, students are encouraged to take part in Students’ seminars and workshops and make power point presentations. Our students perform very well in the University examinations and most of them, about 70% of all honours students go on to pursue higher studies. Reaccreditation Report 2015 of New Alipore College Executive Summary To make Teaching- Learning process more meaningful and result oriented, the following measures have been taken: The Departments hold their Departmental Meetings to which the Principal is also invited. The Syllabus is divided among teachers and the Division of the syllabus (Teacher wise and term wise) is decided upon. The Master Routine is prepared by the Routine Committee. The Departments are asked to allot classes to individual teachers. The number of classes that remain unallotted (primarily due to shortage of Teachers) is thus determined. The Academic Committee (in which all Heads of Departments are members) meets and the guidelines for the forthcoming Academic Year are set. Requirements of Guest Faculty (if any) are placed with a comparative analysis of workload of previous and current academic years. The HOD’s have to provide a weekly report of the number of classes allotted and taken and the reasons for not taking classes. The IQAC is in charge of monitoring the classes and submits its own report. The Principal analyses the weekly reports and talks to the concerned Teachers and Departments. The outgoing Third Year students assess the teachers and the feedback forms are analysed by the Principal and the concerned teacher is apprised of the outcome of the assessment. We try to maintain a liaison with the guardians. In many cases we call the guardians and apprise them about the performance of their wards. Their problems are also considered and solutions are offered. Students are free to approach the HOD or the Principal with grievances concerning academic discipline and their grievances are sympathetically looked into. The overall academic atmosphere of the college has improved but there is always room for improvement. We are optimistic about the future. Reaccreditation Report 2015 of New Alipore College Executive Summary 3. Research –Consultancy and Extension. The institution promotes and encourages research. The Institution has a research committee which informs the faculty about the seminars/workshops being conducted by the various Universities and Staff Colleges. The research committee helps the faculty apply for Major and Minor research projects. We have study circles in Arts, Science and Commerce Faculties which are actively involved in arranging in house lectures by the faculty and other eminent scholars. The Department of Commerce has brought out two volumes of their Departmental journal. Two journals, one by the Arts Faculty and the other by the Science Faculty are in the final stages of publication. The journals published by the Commerce Department of our college have been highly appreciated. Many of our faculty are engaged in research work. More than 50% of the permanent faculty have Ph.D degrees and seven teachers are registered part time research scholars and engaged in research activities. At the moment there are two ongoing Minor U.G.C project in the Department