ANNUAL REPORT FY- 2076/2077 CENTRAL DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY (Estb. 1965) Tribhuvan University Institute of Science and Technology Central Department of Zoology (Estd. 28 November 1965) Kirtipur, Kathmandu Phone: 01-4331896, Email: [email protected] Website: www.cdztu.edu.np [ii] ANNUAL REPORT FY- 2076/2077 CENTRAL DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY (Established Date: 1965 AD) Kritipur, Kathmandu, Nepal (977-1) 4331896, email: [email protected] Website: www.cdztu.edu.np [iii] Report Preparation Team 1. Prof. Dr. Tej Bahadur Thapa, Head of Department 2. Mr. Pitambar Dhakal, Lecturer 3. Mr. Ganga Ram KC, Section Officer 4. Mr. Mahesh Basnet, Accountant Officer [iv] Executive Summary The annual report of the Central Department of Zoology (CDZ) has synthesized various activities carried out by the department in the fiscal year 2076/77. This report is based on the database of the students enrolled, their graduation trend or drop out in the last three academic years, income sources, expenditure trend, existing facilities, and infrastructure and laboratory instrument available at the department. Student enrolment is stable with occupancy of full quota every year. However, in Zoology, there is an increasing trend of students appearing in the entrance examination for M.Sc. It explicitly reflects the attraction of students in the field of Zoology. As far as the students drop out trend is concerned, it was negligible as few students preferred to choose the universities abroad for higher education. The graduate trends among the enrolled students were quite high and satisfactory. Among the graduated students, most of them are involved in teaching and research in Universities of affiliated college and some have joined civil service sector or NGOs, or self employment in the field of applied Zoology such as fish farming, bee keeping, animal husbandry, and so forth. Considering the social responsibility of the public academic institution, CDZ is always in close and regular communication with the government organizations, local authorities, research institutions and communities. The department has been continuously involved towards generating awareness in plethora of biological processes, services and conservation needs of the species. The work plan and budget for the current and next fiscal year along with other relevant data have been included in the annex of the report. [v] [vi] TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents Page Report Preparation Team ii Executive Summary iii Table of Contents iv 1. Background 1 1.1 Human Resources 1 2. Academic Progress 2 2.1 Programs 2 2.2 Enrolment Trend Analysis of the Last Three Years 2 2.3 Pass Rate/Graduation Trend Analysis of the Last Three Years 3 2.4 Educational Pedagogy 4 2.5 Scholarship and Freeships 4 2.6 Guest Lecturers and Department Events 4 2.7 Publications 5 3. Physical Progress 5 3.1 Infrastructural Development 5 3.2 Educational Aids 5 3.2.1 Educational Equipments (ICT, Lab Equipments, etc) 5 3.2.2 Books/Journals/Reference Materials 5 3.2.3 Furniture 6 4. Financial Progress 6 4.1 Analysis of Financial Resources / Income of the Last Three Years 6 4.1.1 Self Generated Resources / Income 6 4.1.2 Grants from Government Sources 6 4.2 Expenditures Analysis of the Last Three Years 6 4.3 Audit Observations / Issues and Steps Taken to Mitigate the Issues Raised by Audit Observations in the Last Fiscal Year 7 5. Social Progress 7 5.1 Department's Involvements in Social Activities 7 5.2 Society's Contributions for Central Department of Zoology 7 5.3 Plan for Central Department's Contribution to Society 8 [vii] 5.4 Plan for Increased Involvement of Society in the Central Department 8 5.5 Issues and Challenges 8 5.5.1 Short Term 8 5.5.2 Long Term 8 5.5.3 Mitigation Measures Taken to Address the Issues and Meet the Challenges 8 5.5.4 Plan for Addressing the Issues and Challenges 8 6. Annual Budget of the Current Fiscal Year (as per the Strategic Plan) 9 TABLES Table 1: Faculty Members in the Department, FY 2076/2077 2 Table 2: Administrative and Laboratory Staff in the Department, FY 2076/2077 2 Table 3: Pass rate/Graduation trends of the M.Sc. Students in Last three Academic Years Disaggregated by Gender 3 Table 4: Income of CDZ for Three Fiscal Years (2074/075 – 2076/077 6 Table 5: Expenditures of CDZ for Three Fiscal Years (2074/75- 2076/77) 7 Table 6: Program and Budget of the CDZ in the FY 2076/2077 10 FIGURES Figure 1: Student Enrolment Trend in M. Sc. Zoology During 2074 – 2076 3 ANNEXES Annex I. Name of Current Faculty Members of Central Department of Zoology, TU 11 Annex- II: Names of Administrative, Technical and Support Staff at Central Department of Zoology, TU 11 Annex – III: PhD Scholars at the Central Department of Zoology, TU 12 Annex – IV: List of M.Sc. graduates from Central Department of Zoology, TU during FY 2076/2077 12 Annex - V: Seminars, Online Guest Lectures and Webinars Conducted at Central Department of Zoology, TU during FY 2076/2077 15 Annex – VI: Publication of Faculty Members of the Central Department of Zoology, TU 16 Annex – VII: List of Equipment Procured in the FY 2076/ by Central Department of Zoology, TU. 20 [viii] 1. Background Department of Zoology was established in 1965 with the mandates of producing qualified man power on Zoology, carrying out research, and advising Government on matters of faunal resources. In 1987 it was upgraded as Central Department of Zoology is now one of the largest departments among the Central Departments under the Institute of Science and Technology (IoST), Tribhuvan University. The department has been offering Master's and PhD programs in Zoology, and has produced over 2000 M. Sc. and 16 doctoral level graduates. The CDZ is endowed with well qualified, competent and committed faculty members with specializations in diverse fields of Zoology viz Ecology, Entomology, Fish and Fisheries, Parasitology, and Molecular biology. Besides this, department also has a group of dedicated staff in administration, finance, library, information technology and laboratory to support academic and research activities of the departments. Master’s curriculum of Zoology has been revised and updated considering international standard in order to meet the national demand of qualified and research oriented human resources in the diverse fields of Zoology. The curriculum encompasses the fundamental theoretical aspects on Zoology, experimental learning, field works, seminar and thesis. It is mandatory to all students to carry out thesis under the supervision of a faculty member of the concerned stream. The thesis work provides opportunity to learn fundamentals of research methodology, and document research results in the form of a thesis and publication of article/s in a peer reviewed journal. The thesis should be at a high level of originality and should examine a problem in depth. There is increasing trends of publishing the articles in peer reviewed national and international journals. CDZ has established research nexus with other national research laboratories for the academic benefit of the students. This annual report is prepared on the basis of analyses and summary of the various activities conducted and progress made by the department in the Fiscal Year 2076/2077. The report includes the human resources and physical resources available at the department, academic progresses including 1 ANNUAL REPORT 2076/077 programs, enrolment trends, pass rate/graduation trend analysis, educational pedagogy, physical facilities and progress status (infrastructure, educational aids and equipments, ICT and Lab, Books/Journals, furniture), financial progress (income and expenditure) and upcoming plan and strategies of the department. 1.1 Human Resources CDZ is providing academic services through seventeen faculty members specialized in various fields of Zoology (Table 1). A complete list of them with academic qualification has been annexed (Annex – I). Most of the faculty members received PhDs from reputed Universities abroad and have long experience of research and have number of publications in national and international peer reviewed journals. The faculties have made significant publications in national and international peer reviewed journals. Table 1. Faculty Members in the Department, FY 2076/077 Position Total Male Female PhD Non PhD Professors 7 6 1 7 - Associate Professors 4 3 1 4 - Assistant Professors 6 5 1 2 4 Total 17 14 3 13 4 Department has a team of dedicated administration, finance, library and laboratory staff to support day to day operation of teaching learning and research activities (Table 2 and Annex - II). Table 2: Administrative and Laboratory Staff in the Department, FY 2076/077 Category Total Male Female Administration 4 3 1 Finance 1 1 - Laboratory 4 3 1 Support 6 4 2 Total 15 11 4 2 ANNUAL REPORT 2076/077 2. Academic Progress 2.1 Programs The CDZ has been offering M.Sc. and PhD program since its inception in 1965. Currently department has a capacity to enroll 60 students in MSc in every academic year; however the number of applicants for entrance examination is always in increasing trend. 2.2. Enrolment Trend Analysis of the Last Three Academic Years The student enrollment trend in M. Sc. Zoology was stable due to fixed quota of 60 per batch, however there is increasing pressure. Trend analysis showed that the number of female student is comparatively higher than males with variable proportions every year (Figure 1). As far as the student from disadvantaged group is concerned, the number is more than 6% in each batch but variable in number. 80 60 40 2074 20 2075 0 Total Male Female EDJ 2076 Number of students Categories of admitted students in three … Figure 1. Student enrolment trend in M. Sc. Zoology during 2074 - 2076 The first PhD in science was enrolled in Zoology in 1966 and now there are nearly more two dozen of PhD scholars conducting their research in various fields of Zoology.