PROSPECTUS DIPHU GOVERNMENT COLLEGE ESTD: 1964 ESTD: 1964 NAAC ACCREDITATION (2005): B++ INSTITUTIONAL SCORE: 84 SESSION: 2013-14 www.diphugovtcollege.org E-mail: [email protected] Tel/ Fax: +91 3671 272317 (O) DIPHU: KARBI ANGLONG: ASSAM: INDIA Sections Page No Prologue 01 College Profi le 02-03 Emblem & Motto 04 Courses Structure O5-16 SECTION: I: Assam University Guideline 07 Admission Procedure 17-22 SECTION: II: Fee structure 22 SECTION: III: Student Support Facilities 23-25 SECTION: IV: Internal Examination & Promotion Rules 26-27 Healthy Practices 28-34 1. Hygiene 28 2. Academic 28 3. Career Guidance 28 4. Earner-Learner Scheme (Extension Programs) 28 5. Teacher Guide Program 29 6. Outreach Program 29 7. QAC and IQAC 29 8. Alumni Association 29 9. Contact hour 30 SECTION: V: 10. RTI Cell 30 11. Internal Coordination 30 12. Discipline 31 13. Menace of Ragging 31 (a) NCC 33 14. Co-Curricular (b) Scouts and Guides 33 activities (c) NSS 33 (d) Associations 33 15. Teacher Evaluation Program 34 16. Research Works 34 17. Art & Craft Centre 34 SECTION: VI: CCSDGC 35-36 SECTION: VII: IGNOU 37 SECTION: VIII Academic Calendar 38-39 SECTION: IX: Faculty 40-50 SECTION: X: DGCSUS 51 CONTENTS SECTION: XI: Panorama 52-57 Annexure A Identity Card Form Annexure B Application for Admission Form Annexure C Receipt cum Check List 2 PROLOGUE he Diphu Government College is going to step into Admission time for the Session 2013-14. Being located in the Sixth Schedule area of Assam, the College is playing the pivotal role in disseminating knowledge in this gradually growing Karbi Anglong District. With a divine Tdemography, the college plays the role for many activities along with the study and related human development efforts. Such an institution always requires very dynamic and energetic faculty to support the incessantly growing various requirements of present day competitive world. Students passing out from this institution are found to be equally competent to other students of the state. With the opulence of both short and long term courses and a future plan to modernise the college with all the possible ways, the present strength of the students has reached to 4477 inclusive of all streams. As a pre requisite measure to upgrade the teaching methodology and knowledge imparting technique, the authority of the college was determined to install Language Laboratory, Audio visual class rooms (with modern amenities), VSAT, Biometrics for Attendance Record, Wi–fi Internet connectivity to every department etc. Accordingly these were implemented. At the same time, the teachers will require some extra training for the purpose at the earliest. Digital Library is another plan on the pipe line. Arrangement of various training programs for Capacity Building to the faculty of the College is anticipated as per the Direction of the Ministry of Hill Area Development, Assam for efficient discharge of duties. A double storied Hostel is sanctioned by the NEC for the College to facilitate the students coming from remote areas. Keeping all the existing facilities and extension activities of the students intact, the authority expects the College to result at par the other best colleges in the country. To achieve such a goal is not an easy task in a very short span of time, but the continuous endeavour and positive approach will certainly help one day to bring such dream into reality. So far as the maintenance of discipline is concerned, it has the prime importance to reflect the decency of the institution and in forging the good natured human being. Government of Assam is with a serious view for inclusion of the Scouts and Guides immediately. The College has decided to execute the same. Among the other activities, the college has many healthy practices mentioned in Section V of this Prospectus. A Central Announcing System is to be installed. With the coming time, the college is expected to bring more conducive academic atmosphere with more contact hours with the students. Let us glorify our highly esteemed academic institution with our sincere services for the benefit of the student community in particular and public in general. PPrincipalrincipal Diphu Govt. College, Diphu 1 PROFILE DIPHU GOVERNMENT COLLEGE iphu Government College is the only NAAC accredited higher educational institution in Karbi Anglong District of Assam. It was due to the pioneering efforts and visions of Lt. Chatra Sing Teron, Lt. Sai Sai Terang, Lt. Jogendra Nath Goswami, Lt. Dhoniram Rongpi, Lt. Joysing DDoloi, Lt. Sar Rongpi and Lt. Padma Kanta Barua, that the college came to be formally inaugurated on 23rd June,1964. The College being a venture Arts College and beginning with only seven students and five teachers was taken over by the Government of Assam in the year 1967. A lot of combined creative efforts had been put together by its noble founders along with the founder Principal P.K. Bhuyan and the student leaders in converting the college into a Government College. The Science and Commerce streams were introduced in the college in the years 1979 and 1987 respectively. The College campus is located on a hillock of the District head quarter, Diphu. It has 17 Departments, 4477 Students (Session 2012-13), 93 Teachers, 5 Library staff and 54 Non-teaching staff at present. The college realizes with Dr. R. Kothari that “in the rapidly changing world of today, one thing is certain- yesterday’s educational system will not meet today’s and even less so, the need of tomorrow.” The college is aware of the need and urgency of equipping the learners with tools required for making them compatible to the context of the ever changing global scenario. Gradual introduction of Degree programs in Arts, Science and Commerce streams driving the college closer to the cherished goal of imparting higher education facilities in this District. Considering the parameters of employment opportunity, value addition, skill formation and global relevance, the college has been putting relentless efforts in diversifying its courses/ programs. The college has been imparting Certificate, Diploma and Advanced Diploma Courses in Tourism, Journalism and Nursery Teachers’ Training under UGC’s Career Oriented Program (COP). The College has also been offering different courses on Computer Education for the last thirteen years. Introduction of various courses and programs in recent years proves the dynamic character of this college. The college has an RCC two-storied building housing all the Arts and Commerce departments. There is an extended AT building which is now housing the Department of Geography, NCC office and the Cultural museum (Department of History). A separate Science Building with multi-storey provision is accommodating the Physics and Chemistry departments in the ground floor and the departments of Botany and Zoology in the first floor. Further, there is a two storied building which is accommodating IGNOU Study Centre and College Guest Rooms on the 1st floor. On the ground floor there is the College Canteen, Post Office (PIN: 782462), DGCSUS (Diphu Government College Students’ Union) Office and a Health Centre. 2 The College has at present 1 (one) Principal’s Residence, 3 (three) hostels: 2 (two) for girls and 1(one) for boys, 3 (three) Wardens’ Residence for hostels, 23 (twenty three) Teachers’ Residence and 6 (six) Non-teaching staff Residence. The College has a Play ground, a Basket Ball court, and various indoor game facilities, a spacious Auditorium with light and sound facilities, an air conditioned Conference Hall with roof mounted LCD Projector facilities. The campus is beautified by a College Garden, a Peace Park and a solar energy park. Moreover, the college has a Central Library with a stock of over 46,964 Books. Journals, Newspapers and Magazines are also available to the College community. The college has an Internet Cafe at the UGC Network Resource Centre. The college provides ample opportunities to promote general, transferable skill among the students through co-curricular activities like outreach program organized by NSS wing, NCC, Debating and Extempore Speech Competitions, Wall Magazine, College Magazine, Science Journal, Arts Journal and Commerce Journal, the Annual College Week Festival, Seminars, Literary Competitions etc. A number of forums such as the Arts Society, Science Society, Commerce Society, Sahitya Chora, Planning Forum, Education Forum, History Forum, Political Science Forum, Population Education Club, Career Guidance Cell, etc. are there. The college has instituted an innovative “Teacher-Guide Program” to guide the students in academic and other information needs. The college is affiliated to Assam University (Central University), Silchar. The medium of instruction in the college is English. The college will be celebrating its Golden Jubilee in 2014. 3 EMBLEM AND MOTTO TO T O M TThehe mmottootto ooff tthehe ccollege,ollege, ““ANOANO BBHADRAHHADRAH The emblem of the college is the Jambili Athon, which is also the cultural KKRATAVYORATAVYO YYANTUANTU symbol of the Karbis. The Jambili Athon VVISHWATAH”ISHWATAH” is an artifact, made from the wood of the iiss a SSanskritanskrit vverseerse Bengvoi Tree (Holarrhina antidysenterica). The artifact consists of a main stem and ttakenaken ffromrom tthehe RRigig VVeda.eda. four branches. On the main stem, there TThehe mmeaningeaning ooff tthehe vverseerse is the Vojaru (Drongo Bird) and on the //mottomotto iiss ““LetLet nnobleoble side branches are perched different kinds tthoughtshoughts ccomeome ttoo uuss of birds. The Jambili Athon is ethnically ffromrom eeveryvery sside”.ide”. decorated with beads and Sobai (Couries). According to tradition, the Vojaru stands for the Karbi King and the other birds symbolize the representatives from traditional territorial divisions of the erstwhile Karbi Kingdom. In short, the Jambili Athon refl ects the socio-political structure of the Karbis. The hills in the background symbolize the traditional life of the people of Karbi Hills (Anglong). Just below the Jambili Athon is a lighted lamp which symbolizes the light of knowledge that dispels EM: darkness and ignorance.