RISHI BANKIM CHANDRA COLLEGE

Self Study Report 2015 of Rishi Bankim Chandra College

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RISHI BANKIM CHANDRA COLLEGE P.O.: NAIHATI, EAST KANTAL PARA, DISTRICT: NORTH 24 PARGANAS,

WEST BENGAL, PIN 743165

SELF STUDY REPORT

Contents Page Forwarding Letter 2 Preface 3

A Profile of the College 7 B Criterion wise Analytical Report Criterion I: Curricular Aspects 21 Criterion II: Teaching, Learning and Evaluation 42 Criterion III: Research, Consultancy and Extension 83

Criterion IV: Infrastructure and Learning Resources 105 Criterion V: Student Support and Progression 129 Criterion VI: Governance, Leadership and Management 140 Criterion VII: Innovations and Best Practices 159

Innovative and Best Practice: Participatory Governance 165 Innovative and Best Practice: Innovative Practices in

Teaching-Learning 166

C Evaluative Report of the Departments From 168 1. Economics 2. Electronics 3. Chemistry

4. Mathematics 5. Physics 6. Botany 7. Microbiology 8. Zoology

9. Computer Applications 10. Statistics 11. Bengali 12. English 13. Hindi

14. Sanskrit 15. Urdu 16. History 17. Journalism & Mass Comm. 18. Philosophy

19. Political Science 20. Physical Education 21. Commerce

D Declaration of the Head of the Institution 345 E Certificate of Compliance 346


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Ref. No.: RBCC/IQAC/1 Dated: 28.12.2015

To

The Director,

National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)

P.O. Box no: 1075, Nagarbhavi,

Bangalore- 560072,

India

Sub: Uploading of Self Study Report of Rishi Bankim Chandra College for the Second

Cycle of NAAC Accreditation in the institutional website.

Sir,

In compliance with the requirement of the Letter of Intent (LOI) sent from our

end, we are uploading the Self Study Report (SSR) of our college for the Second

Cycle of NAAC accreditation of Rishi Bankim Chandra College in our institutional

website www.rbccollege.ac.in . The hard copies of SSR will reach you within the

stipulated time.

This is for your kind information and necessary action.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

Dr Sanjib Kumar Saha,

Principal,

Rishi Bankim Chandra College,

Naihati, Dist: North 24 Parganas

West Bengal, PIN: 743165


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PREFACE Section I: Foreword- About the College and the Self Study Report

Rishi Bankim Chandra College, situated in the district of North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, was

established in 1947 - the glorious year of Indian Independence. Keeping in tune with India’s

tryst with a new destiny, a group of educationists and visionaries, living in and around Naihati

and Bhatpara, who bore the rich legacy of Bengal Renaissance and the struggle for

independence, felt the need for an institution providing quality education to the masses.

Consequently, on the eve of the Independence day, they mooted the idea of establishing a

college at Naihati, which, they felt, would soon become a seat of higher learning. As the nation

aspired for a creative and dynamic growth, the magical incantation of ‘Bande-Mataram’

composed by Rishi Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, a resident of Naihati, inspired millions.

With immense national pride, the Steering Committee of the college, in its First Meeting held

on 2nd November, 1947, decided to perpetuate his memory by naming the college “Rishi

Bankim Chandra College.” The college has since grown to become a premier institution of its

kind in the district. It has completed 68 years of dedicated service to the nation.

The college is located on the eastern side of Naihati Railway station in the district of

North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India. It comprises integrated college buildings on two

adjacent plots on 1.3 acre and a large playground with gallery-shed on 3.5-acre of land. It is

near Rishi Bankim Chandra’s ancestral home at Kantalpara, forty kilometer north of Kolkata, on

the eastern bank of River Hoogly, and is well connected by roads, Kalyani Expressway and the

Railways.

On 15th January 1948, when classes first started, the college was housed at Naihati

Mahendra High School, as it did not have a room of its own. That day has ever since been

observed as the College Foundation Day. In June 1948, the college was shifted to its present

premises, at Kantalpara. In June 1948, the college purchased a plot of land measuring about

1.16 acre with two rows of temporary sheds from ‘Medland Bose & Co’. During 1951-1952, one

science lecture room (Room No.- 12, now remodelled as Kamalakanta Sabhaghar) and two

laboratories (Physics & Chemistry) were constructed with grants from the Govt. of West

Bengal. On 29th March 1959, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, Hon’ble Vice President of India,

inaugurated the first floor of the North Block, and between 1962 and 1970, two new floors of

the South and West wings of the college were constructed with UGC and State Government

grants. In late 1970s, Rishi Bankim Chandra College as a unified entity of three shifts –

Morning (for women), Day (Co-educational) and Evening (for men) - had more than fourteen

thousand students in its roll strength and had the distinction of being the largest college in the

Commonwealth nations. In 1984, the Morning and Evening shifts of the college were

segregated for administrative expediency and were established as two independent colleges.

At the onset of the 21st century, the 2nd floor of the North wing was constructed with

grants from the UGC under IX-Plan and the State Government. The 2nd floor of the North

wing now accommodates the Central Library, Pratistha - the Career Hub (built under UGC-

Spl-CD Grant) with ICT facilities and lecture theatres, and three science departments. The

Students’ Amenities Block), was inaugurated on 17th January 2006 by Sri Subhas Chakraborty,

Hon’ble Min. in Charge, Sports and Youth Affairs (Govt. of W.B): the ground floor (UGC X-Plan


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grant and college building fund) houses the Students’ Canteen and the 1st floor (UGC XI-Plan

and college building fund) has Student Union rooms. The four-storeyed Diamond Jubilee

Block, inaugurated on 15th January 2011 by Sri Ranjit Kundu, Min. in Charge, Transport, Govt.

of W.B., and President, RBC College Governing Body, presently houses 2 PG and 5 UG

departments of the college. The development of the college playground was done in 2014

under MPLAD grant offered by Hon’ble MP, Sri Dinesh Trivedi, and inaugurated by the

Hon’ble Minister in Charge, Education, Govt. of West Bengal, Dr. Partha Chatterjee in 2015, in

presence of Hon’ble MLA and an ex-student of the college, Sri Partha Bhowmick.

The college has been through the stormy phases of infancy and adolescence and has

gradually grown to maturity. It has been providing quality education for more than six

decades. This multidisciplinary co-educational college is gradually re-emerging as one of the

best colleges in the state, and aspiring to be a lead College with Potential for Excellence. With

consistent academic performance the success rate has touched 99% in Calcutta University and

West Bengal State University U.G. Degree Examinations and 100% in P.G. Examinations. Some

students of this college have excelled in University examinations, such as University toppers

(First class First) in English Honours in Calcutta University Examinations 2004 and toppers in

Hindi Honours in 2011, 2013, 2014 and English Honours in 2011 at WBSU Part III

Examinations. With this excellence and confidence the college is fulfilling the same promise of

academic excellence by consistently performing well under the West Bengal State University

(Barasat, North 24 Parganas).

Being a pioneer multidisciplinary co-educational college of independent India (the

founders of the college started their mission on the eve of Indian independence), the college

got affiliation from the University of Calcutta ab initio. Commencing its academic journey with

affiliation for Intermediate course in Arts in 1947, the college got affiliations for B. Com in

1949, I. Sc. in 1950, B. A. in 1953, B. Sc. in 1957, and subsequently for 18 General subjects, 16

Honours courses, and 1 Major course from the University of Calcutta. To spearhead the

movement for extending higher education to the masses, and to reduce the enormous load of

the University of Calcutta, the Government of West Bengal, established West Bengal State

University (Barasat, North 24 Parganas) through West Bengal Act XXVIII of 2007, passed on

25th February. The new university became functional from the academic session 2008-2009.

Fifty-seven colleges of North 24 Parganas, including Rishi Bankim Chandra College, have been

transferred to the new University through a Government notification No. 300-Edn(U)/IU-

38/08, dated, the 26th of May 2008. At present the college has West Bengal State University

affiliation for offering B.A., B.Sc. and B.Com Honours studies in 16 subjects,: (Arts) Bengali,

English, Hindi, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Sanskrit; (Science) Chemistry, Economics,

Electronics, Mathematics, Physics, Botany, Microbiology, and Zoology; and (Commerce)

Accounting and Finance; and B.Sc. (Major) course in 1 subject: B.Sc. in Computer Applications

(Major) that is equivalent to honours and BCA. The college offers 21 UG General subjects,

including Statistics and Journalism & Mass Communication, Urdu and Physical Education one

Major subject and three General Courses of Study: Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.), Bachelor

of Science (B.Sc. both Pure and Bio), & Bachelor of Arts (B.A.). The college has the distinction

of imparting UGC-recognised regular Post-Graduate Level education. The Post-Graduate

Course (M.Sc.) in Zoology of the college has been running successfully since 2005 and the


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Post-Graduate Course (M.A.) in English since 2009. Considering the unprecedented success of

the college in running P.G. courses in Zoology and English, and on the basis of the NAAC Peer

Team recommendation along with popular demand for P.G. courses in other subjects, the

college has also applied for P.G. in Economics and is planning to apply for P.G. in Bengali,

Chemistry and Sanskrit. The college is also preparing to start B.A. Honours in Journalism &

Mass Communication. Acclaimed for its focus on learner-centric teaching and systematic

evaluation, this extensive range of programmes is to be conducted by an efficient and

qualified academic staff of the college.

Aspiring to become a centre of excellence in imparting career-oriented professional

courses to the students of the college, the college had signed a Memorandum of

Understanding with IGNOU for establishing a joint-venture Partner Institution under the

Scheme of Convergence of Conventional and Distance/Open modes of Education, duly

approved by the Distance Education Council (Govt. of India), and offered courses up to 2014,

after which IGNOU closed the entire Convergence Scheme and all the Partner Institutes, as

per policy decision. The “Diamond Jubilee Block,” has considerably augmented the academic

infrastructure, by adding PG & UG science laboratories and 14 ICT-based lecture theatres with

integrated PI system and Lecterns, a space for ICT facilities, etc. from the academic session

2012-13. The first floor of the Students’ Amenities Block has been constructed to house the

students’ union rooms. In view of new UG & PG courses to be introduced shortly, other

schemes of infrastructural development are also being initiated by the college. The college has

also undertaken the project for the development of the college playground. Assistance for

development of college playground and sports infrastructure has been provided by hon’ble

MP, Sri Dinesh Trivedi under MP LAD fund and by hon’ble MLA, Sri Partha Bhowmick.

Rishi Bankim Chandra College, a multidisciplinary co-educational college, enlisted

under Sections 2(f) and 12(b) of the UGC Act, since the inception of the scheme in 1956,

acknowledged by the UGC for its relentless service to the nation for more than sixty years, had

been granted Accreditation by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) in

August 2004 and was granted B Grade with an Institutional Score of 71.55%. This distinction of

accreditation by NAAC for Quality and Excellence in Higher Education has entrusted greater

responsibility on the college and given credibility to its continued efforts towards greater

excellence in imparting integrated higher learning. As per NAAC guidelines, an Internal

Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) has been formed for ensuring qualitative improvement and

future prosperity. The IQAC and all the members of the faculty, staff and students have worked

tirelessly to prepare the Self Study Report and AQARs with inputs and analysis from all

stakeholders. The task was arduous owing to the commitment of the institution to prepare an

authentic report based on the input of nearly 4500 students, 92 members of the faculty and 41

non-teaching staff of the college without disturbing the normal academic activities of the

college. The renewal of accreditation has been long due and the college is uploading this SSR

Report after due approval of the IQAC and other stakeholders for the submission of LOI. The

college is preparing for the second visit of NAAC Peer team for assessment of the college in

the current session.

Section II: Plan of the Report


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The Self Study Report (SSR) has three sections: A – The Profile of the College; B – Criterion

wise Analytical Report; and C – Evaluative Reports of the Departments, followed by Appendix

and Documents. The Criterion-wise Reports are furnished in Section B and each of the seven

criteria (viz. Curricular aspects, Teaching-Learning & Evaluation etc., as laid down by NAAC) is

objectively analyzed to envisage the areas of our Strength & Competence, Weakness &

Deficiencies, Opportunities that emerge out of our core competence and the hitherto

unfettered Challenges looming large in near future of this institution. The Appendix

(Enclosures) contains the necessary reports & documents to corroborate the self analysis &

appraisal conducted in Section A & B.

Section III: Afterword

The case of a typical undergraduate college like ours running a number of Honours and

General courses along with PG courses in two core subjects, is characterized by limited /no

autonomy in some vital functional aspects of curricular restructuring and flexibility,

recruitment of staff (teaching and non-teaching as well), financial matters and the like. All

these undoubtedly have some bearing on institutional management and overall performance.

Besides, the fundamental objective conditions of our college, situated at the small suburban

town Naihati, about 45 kms north of the city of Kolkata, differ significantly from those of the

college operating in and around the throbbing metro cities like Kolkata. Naihati – located at

the eastern side of the river Hooghly, is infested with jute mills, rice mills and other ancillary

units and is also frilled by villages where the clock of development is ticking at a much slower

rate. Naturally, most of our students hail from families of first-generation-learners and migrant

population. Shaping the inherent skill of these students into a system of structured academic

learning is quite a challenging task and the college, ever since its inception, has relentlessly

pursued the philosophy of its founders who, on the eve of independence, dreamt of spreading

the light of education to all nooks and corners of this locality. The untiring effort over the last

six decades to rationalize this dream has some positive results and negative fall outs as well.

We would discuss those in greater details in the subsequent chapters of this volume of SSR.

The college is now in a transitional stage – a 68-year old monolithic institution is gradually

transforming itself imbibing the opportunities and challenges cropping up from the waves of

change sweeping the modern world. Assessing own limitations and constraints, reshuffling and

re-orienting the available resources and stretching to newer vista so as to uphold successfully

the heritage of the college and also to cope with the vicissitudes of this drastically changing

world of today - all form the trivet of this metamorphosing college.


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Self Study Report of

Rishi Bankim Chandra College SECTION B: SELF-STUDY REPORT

1. Profile of the Affiliated College

1. Name and Address of the College:

2.

Name: RISHI BANKIM CHANDRA COLLEGE

Address: EAST KANTALPARA, POST OFFICE: NAIHATI, DISTRICT: NORTH 24

PARGANAS,

City: PIN: 743165 STATE: WEST BENGAL

Website: www.rbccollege.ac.in

2. For Communication:

Designatio

n

Name Telepho

ne

with STD

code

Mobile F

a

x

Email

Principal Dr. Sanjib Kumar Saha O: 033-

25812099

R: 033-

25606446

9231657326 [email protected]

Vice

Principal

O

:

Steering

Committee

/ IQAC

Co-

ordinator

Dr. Shubh Brat Sarkar O: 033-

25812099

R: 033-

25135150

9830073208 [email protected]

o.in

3. Status of the Institution:

Affiliated College YES

Constituent College

Any other (specify)


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NA

WEST BENGAL STATE UNIVERSITY

4. Type of Institution:

a. By Gender

i. For Men

ii. For Women

iii. Co-education YES

b. By Shift

i. Regular YES �

ii. Day

iii. Evening

5. It is a recognized minority institution? N0

Yes

No �

If yes specify the minority status (Religious/linguistic/ any other) and provide documentary

evidence.

6. Sources of

funding:

Government

Grant-in-aid YES � (State Govt.)

Self-financing

Any other

7. a. Date of establishment of the college: 0 2 / 11 / 1947 (dd/mm/yyyy)

b. University to which the college is affiliated /or which governs the college (If it is a

constituent college)

c. Details of UGC recognition:

Under Section Date, Month & Year

(dd-mm-yyyy)

Remarks(If any)

i. 2 (f) SINCE INCEPTION OF THE SCHEME

1956

-

ii. 12 (B) SINCE INCEPTION OF THE SCHEME

1956

-

(Certificate of recognition u/s 2 (f) and 12 (B) of the UGC Act enclosed)

d. Details of recognition/approval by statutory/regulatory bodies other than UGC (AICTE,

NCTE, MCI, DCI, PCI, RCI etc.)


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�

�

�

�

Under Section/

clause

Recognition/Approval

details

Institution/Department

Programme

Day, Month

and Year

(dd-mm-yyyy)

Validity

Remarks

i. NON

E

(Recognition/approval letter enclosed as Appendix)

8. Does the affiliating university Act provide for conferment of autonomy (as recognized by the

UGC), on its affiliated colleges?

Yes No

If yes, has the College applied for availing the autonomous status?

Yes No

9. Is the college recognized

a. by UGC as a College with Potential for Excellence (CPE)?

Yes No

If yes, date of recognition: …………………… (dd/mm/yyyy)

b. for its performance by any other governmental agency?

Yes

No

If yes, Name of the agency …………………… and

Date of recognition: …………………… (dd/mm/yyyy)

10. Location of the campus and area in sq.mts:

Location * SEMI-URBAN

Campus area in sq. mts. 19750 Sq. mts.

Built up area in sq. mts. 3461.7 m2 (7000 m2 floor area, approx)

(* Urban, Semi-urban, Rural, Tribal, Hilly Area, Any others specify)


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11. Facilities available on the campus (Tick the available facility and provide numbers

or other details at appropriate places) or in case the institute has an agreement with

other agencies in using any of the listed facilities provide information on the facilities

covered under the agreement.

Auditorium/seminar complex with infrastructural facilities �

Sports facilities �

swimming pool

Gymnasium �

Hostel

∗ Boys’ hostel

i . Number of hostels

ii. Number of

inmates

iii. Facilities (mention available facilities)

∗ Girls’ hostel

i. Number of hostel

ii. Number of inmates

iii. Facilities (mention available facilities)

∗ Working women’s hostel

i. Number of inmates

ii. Facilities (mention available facilities)

Residential facilities for teaching and non-teaching staff (give numbers

available — cadre wise)

Cafeteria — �

Health centre –

First aid, Inpatient, Outpatient, Emergency care facility, Ambulance……. Health centre

staff –

Qualified Doctor Full time NIL Part-time NIL

Qualified Nurse Full time NIL Part-time NIL

Facilities like banking, post office, book shops �

Transport facilities to cater to the needs of students and staff

Animal house �

Biological waste disposal �

Generator or other facility for management/regulation of electricity and voltage �

Solid waste management facility �

Waste water management

Water harvesting �


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12. Details of programmes offered by the college (Give data for current academic

year)

SI.

No

Program

me

Name of the

Programme/

Course

Duration

Entry

Qualification

Medium of

instruction

Sanction

ed/

approve

No. of

stude

nts 1 Under-

Graduat

e

B.Sc. (Honours)

ECONOMICS

(ECOA)

3 Years

(1 + 1 + 1

annual

50% marks in the

aggregate and

45% marks in the

ENGLISH,

BENGALI

37 2

2 Under-

Graduat

e

B.Sc. (Honours)

ELECTRONICS

(ELTA)

3 Years

(1 + 1 + 1

annual

50% marks in the

aggregate and

45% marks in the

ENGLISH,

BENGALI

37 13

3 Under-

Graduat

e

B.Sc. (Honours)

CHEMISTRY

(CEMA)

3 Years

(1 + 1 + 1

annual

50% marks in the

aggregate and

45% marks in the

ENGLISH,

BENGALI

44 48

4 Under-

Graduat

e

B.Sc. (Honours)

MATHEMATICS

(MTMA)

3 Years

(1 + 1 + 1

annual

50% marks in the

aggregate and

45% marks in the

ENGLISH,

BENGALI

54 57

5 Under-

Graduat

e

B.Sc. (Honours)

PHYSICS (PHSA)

3 Years

(1 + 1 + 1

annual

50% marks in the

aggregate and

45% marks in the

ENGLISH,

BENGALI

49 53

6 Under-

Graduat

e

B.Sc. (Honours)

BOTANY (BOTA)

3 Years

(1 + 1 + 1

annual

50% marks in the

aggregate and

45% marks in the

ENGLISH,

BENGALI

54 39

7 Under-

Graduat

e

B.Sc. (Honours)

MICROBIOLOGY

(MCBA)

3 Years

(1 + 1 + 1

annual

50% Marks in

Aggregate and

45% Marks in

ENGLISH,

BENGALI

37 32

8 Under-

Graduat

e

B.Sc. (Honours)

ZOOLOGY

(ZOOA)

3 Years

(1 + 1 + 1

annual

50% marks in the

aggregate and

45% marks in the

ENGLISH,

BENGALI

44 55

9 Under-

Graduat

e

B.Sc. (Major)

COMPUTER

APPLICATION

3 Years

(1 + 1 + 1

annual

45% Marks in

Aggregate with

Math. and

ENGLISH,

BENGALI

64 14

10 Under-

Graduat

e

B.A. (Honours)

BENGALI (BNGA)

3 Years

(1 + 1 + 1

annual

50% marks in the

aggregate and

45% marks in the

BENGALI 64 61

11 Under-

Graduat

e

B.A. (Honours)

ENGLISH (ENGA)

3 Years

(1 + 1 + 1

annual

50% marks in the

aggregate and

45% marks in the

ENGLISH 71 70

12 Under-

Graduat

e

B.A. (Honours)

HINDI (HINA)

3 Years

(1 + 1 + 1

annual

50% marks in the

aggregate and

45% marks in the

HINDI 81 99

13 Under-

Graduat

e

B.A. (Honours)

SANSKRIT (SANA)

3 Years

(1 + 1 + 1

annual

50% marks in the

aggregate and

45% marks in the

SANSKRIT,

ENGLISH,

BENGALI

76 68

14 Under-

Graduat

e

B.A. (Honours)

URDU (URDA)

3 Years

(1 + 1 + 1

annual

50% marks in the

aggregate and

45% marks in the

URDU 30 26


12

15 Under-

Graduat

e

B.A. (Honours)

HISTORY (HISA)

3 Years

(1 + 1 + 1

annual

50% marks in the

aggregate and

45% marks in the

ENGLISH,

BENGALI

64 47

16 Under-

Graduat

e

B.A. (Honours)

JOURNALISM &

MASS COMM.

3 Years

(1 + 1 + 1

annual

50% marks in the

aggregate and

45% marks in the

ENGLISH,

BENGALI

30 18

17 Under-

Graduat

e

B.A. (Honours)

PHILOSOPHY

(PHIA)

3 Years

(1 + 1 + 1

annual

50% marks in the

aggregate and

45% marks in the

ENGLISH,

BENGALI

54 34

18 Under-

Graduat

e

B.A. (Honours)

POLITICAL

SCIENCE (PLSA)

3 Years

(1 + 1 + 1

annual

50% marks in the

aggregate and

45% marks in the

ENGLISH,

BENGALI

64 56

19 Under-

Graduat

e

B. Com (Honours)

ACCOUNTANCY

(ACCA)

3 Years

(1 + 1 + 1

annual

50% marks in the

aggregate and

45% marks in the

ENGLISH,

BENGALI

108 108

20 Under-

Graduat

e

B. Sc.(Bio.)BIO-

SCIENCE

GENERAL

3 Years

(1 + 1 + 1

annual

40% Marks in

Aggregate with

Bio-Science in XII

ENGLISH,

BENGALI

166 93

21 Under-

Graduat

e

B.

Sc.(Pure)PHYSICA

L SCIENCE

3 Years

(1 + 1 + 1

annual

40% Marks in

Aggregate with

Math. and

ENGLISH,

BENGALI

166 138

22 Under-

Graduat

e

B.A. (Gen.) ARTS

GENERAL

3 Years

(1 + 1 + 1

annual

System)

30% Marks in

Aggregate in XII

ENGLISH,

BENGALI

882 828

23 Under-

Graduat

e

B. Com.(Gen.)

COMMERCE

GENERAL

3 Years

(1 + 1 + 1

annual

System)

30% Marks in

Aggregate with

Science or

Commerce in XII

ENGLISH,

BENGALI

331 143

24 Post-

Graduat

e

M.A. ENGLISH 2 Years

(4

Semester

40% marks in

English Honours

ENGLISH 66 52

25 Post-

Graduat

e

M.Sc. ZOOLOGY 40% marks in

Zoology Honours

ENGLISH,

BENGALI

44 47

Integr

ated

Progr

amm

Ph.D.

M.Phil.

Ph.D

26 Ce

rtif

ica

DOEACC – O

LEVEL IT AND

COMPUTER

6

Months

40% Marks in

Aggregate with

Math. and

ENGLISH 0

27 Ce

rtif

ica

Communicative

and Functional

Sanskrit / Urdu /

6 Months Students

Admitted to the

College in 1st Year

SANSKRIT /

URDU /

ENGLISH

20+ 20

+ 20

20


13

28 Ce

rtif

ica

IT and Computer

Application

6 Months Students

Admitted to the

College in 1st Year

ENGLISH 2000 (2207)

**

29

UG

Diploma

DOEACC A-LEVEL

IT AND

COMPUTER

1 Year O-LEVEL

(DOEACC)

ENGLISH 4

PG Any Other

(specify

TOTAL 2777 2225

**

Compuls

ory for

13. Does the college offer self-financed Programmes?

Yes No

If yes, how many?

14. New programmes introduced in the college during the last five years if any?

Yes � No Number 05

15. List the departments: (respond if applicable only and do not list facilities like Library,

Physical Education as departments, unless they are also offering academic degree awarding

programmes. Similarly, do not list the departments offering common compulsory subjects for

all the programmes like English, regional languages etc.)

Sl.

No.

Department Introduced in the Year

1 URDU (B.A. HONOURS)

URDU (B.A. GENERAL SUBJECT) 2014

2 PHYSICAL EDUCATION (B.A. GENERAL

SUBJECT) 2015

16. Number of Programmes offered under (Programme means a degree course like BA, BSc,

MA,

M.Com…)

a Annual 23

b Semester 2

C Trisemester 0

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0

17. Number of Programmes with

a. Choice Based Credit System 0

b. Inter/Multidisciplinary Approach 0

c. Any other (specify and provide details) 0

6. Does the college offer UG and /or PG programmes in Teacher Education?

Yes No �

If yes,

a. Year of Introduction of the programme(s)………………… (dd/mm/yyyy)

and number of batches that completed the programme b. NCTE

recognition details (if applicable)

Notification No.:…………… Date:……………… (dd/mm/yyyy) Validity:………………..

c. Is the institution opting for assessment and accreditation of Teacher Education

Programme separately?

Yes No �

19. Does the college offer UG or PG programme in Physical Education?

Yes � No

If yes,

a. Year of Introduction of the programme(s) 15/07/2014 (dd/mm/yyyy) and

number of batches that completed the programme

b. NCTE recognition details (if applicable)

Notification No.: …………………… Date: …………… (dd/mm/yyyy) Validity:……………………

c. Is the institution opting for assessment and accreditation of Physical Education

Programme separately?

Yes No �

20. Number of teaching and non-teaching positions in the Institution

Positions

Teaching faculty

Non-teaching

staff

Technical

staff

Professor Associate

Professor

Assistant

Professor *M *F *M *F *M *F *M *F *M *F

Sanctioned by the UGC /

University / State

Government

Recruited

1 7 11 21 12 16 3

CWTT# PTT#

4 8 5 5


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Yet to recruit 29 20

Sanctioned by the

Management/ society or

other authorized bodies

Recruited

7 11 20 2

Yet to recruit 2 *M-Male *F-Female

# CWTT – Contractual Whole Time Teachers (Govt. Approved)

# PTT – Part Time Teachers (Govt. Approved)

21. Qualifications of the teaching staff:

Highest

qualification

Professor Associate

Professor

Assistant

Professor

Total Male Female Male Female Male Female

Permanent teachers

D.Sc./D.Litt.

Ph.D. 1 6 8 13 8 36

M.Phil. 1 1 2

PG 1 2 7 4 14 CWTT (Contractual Whole Time Teachers (Govt. Approved)

Ph.D. 1 2 3

M.Phil. 1 1 2 PG 2 5 7

Part-time teachers (Govt. Approved)

Ph.D.

M.Phil.

PG 5 5 10

Temporary Teachers (Guest Faculty GB Approved)

Ph.D. 2 1 3

M.Phil. 1 1

PG 4 10 14

TOTAL 1 7 11 37 36 92

22. Number of Visiting Faculty /Guest Faculty engaged with the College

20 (Visiting Faculty/Resource Person for PG classes +18 Guest Faculty for UG Classes)

23. Furnish the number of the students admitted to the college during the last four

academic years.

Year 1:

2014-2015

Year 2:

2013-2014

Year 3:

2012-2013

Year 4:

2011-2012


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Categories Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female

TOTAL 2680 1798 2554 1508 2524 1769 2541 1649

SC 501 210 455 187 497 218 489 198

ST 82 53 77 45 65 33 54 37

OBC 376 270 234 202 0 0 0 0

General 1718 1263 1787 1072 1961 1517 1996 1411

Others 3 2 1 2 1 1 2 3

24. Details on students enrollment in the college during the current academic year:

Type of students UG PG M. Phil. Ph.D. Total

Students from the same

state where the college is located

3004 133 - 3137

Students from other states of India 27 3 30

NRI students

Foreign students

Total 3031 136 3167*

*As on 23-12-2015, pending admission of 2nd year students

25. Dropout rate in UG and PG (average of the last two batches)

UG 12.5% PG 2.5%

26. Unit Cost of Education

(Unit cost = total annual recurring expenditure (actual) divided by total number of students

enrolled )

(a) including the salary component Rs. 12722.00

(b) excluding the salary component Rs. 1995.00

27. Does the college offer any programme/s in distance education mode (DEP)?

Yes No �

If yes,

a) is it a registered centre for offering distance education programmes of another

University

Yes No �


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b) Name of the University which has granted such registration.

c) Number of programmes offered

d) Programmes carry the recognition of the Distance Education Council.

Yes No

28. Provide Teacher-student ratio for each of the programme/course offered

Programme

Level

Name of

the Programme/Course

Duration No.

of

Teac

hers

No

of

Stud

ents

Teacher

-

Student

Ratio Under-Graduate B.Sc. (Honours) ECONOMICS (ECOA) 3 Years (1 + 1 + 1 annual System) 4 6 01:1.5 Under-Graduate B.Sc. (Honours) ELECTRONICS

(ELTA)

3 Years (1 + 1 + 1 annual System) 5 20 1:04 Under-Graduate B.Sc. (Honours) CHEMISTRY (CEMA) 3 Years (1 + 1 + 1 annual System) 7 83 1:12 Under-Graduate B.Sc. (Honours) MATHEMATICS

(MTMA)

3 Years (1 + 1 + 1 annual System) 3 96 1:13 Under-Graduate B.Sc. (Honours) PHYSICS (PHSA) 3 Years (1 + 1 + 1 annual System) 7 80 1:11

Under-Graduate B.Sc. (Honours) BOTANY (BOTA) 3 Years (1 + 1 + 1 annual System) 5 71 1:14 Under-Graduate B.Sc. (Honours) MICROBIOLOGY

(MCBA)

3 Years (1 + 1 + 1 annual System) 4 67 1:17 Under-Graduate B.Sc. (Honours) ZOOLOGY (ZOOA) 3 Years (1 + 1 + 1 annual System) 6 127 1:21 Under-Graduate B.Sc. (Major) COMPUTER

APPLICATION (CMAV) [MAJOR]

3 Years (1 + 1 + 1 annual System) 5 109 1:22

Under-Graduate B.A. (Honours) BENGALI (BNGA) 3 Years (1 + 1 + 1 annual System) 4 128 1:32

Under-Graduate B.A. (Honours) ENGLISH (ENGA) 3 Years (1 + 1 + 1 annual System) 6 150 1:25 Under-Graduate B.A. (Honours) HINDI (HINA) 3 Years (1 + 1 + 1 annual System) 4 213 1:53 Under-Graduate B.A. (Honours) SANSKRIT (SANA) 3 Years (1 + 1 + 1 annual System) 3 90 1:30 Under-Graduate B.A. (Honours) URDU (URDA) 3 Years (1 + 1 + 1 annual System) 2 30 1:15 Under-Graduate B.A. (Honours) HISTORY (HISA) 3 Years (1 + 1 + 1 annual System) 4 113 1:28

Under-Graduate B.A. (Honours) JOURNALISM &

MASS COMM. (JORA)

3 Years (1 + 1 + 1 annual System) 3 27 1:09

Under-Graduate B.A. (Honours) PHILOSOPHY (PHIA) 3 Years (1 + 1 + 1 annual System) 4 31 1:08

Under-Graduate B.A. (Honours) POLITICAL SCIENCE

(PLSA)

3 Years (1 + 1 + 1 annual System) 5 46 1:09 Under-Graduate B. Com (Honours) ACCOUNTANCY

(ACCA)

3 Years (1 + 1 + 1 annual System) 8 168 1:21 Under-Graduate B. Sc.(Bio.)BIO-SCIENCE GENERAL 3 Years (1 + 1 + 1 annual System) 15 67 1:04 Under-Graduate B. Sc.(Pure)PHYSICAL SCIENCE

GENERAL

3 Years (1 + 1 + 1 annual System) 24 205 1:09 Under-Graduate B.A. (Gen.) ARTS GENERAL 3 Years (1 + 1 + 1 annual System) 38 1684 1:44

Under-Graduate B. Com.(Gen.) COMMERCE GENERAL 3 Years (1 + 1 + 1 annual System) 8 556 1:70 Post-Graduate M.A. ENGLISH 2 Years (4 Semesters Credit-

Based) 22 99 1:05

Post-Graduate M.Sc. ZOOLOGY 2 Years (4 Semesters Credit-

Based) 11 69 1:06

Certificate

courses

DOEACC – O LEVEL IT AND

COMPUTER

6 Months 3 3 1:01


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241 Days (2014-2015)

212 Days (2014-2015)

Certificate

Course

Communicative and Functional

Sanskrit / Urdu / English

6 Months 2 20 1:10

Certificate

Course

IT and Computer Application 6 Months 3 550 1: 183

Diploma Course DOEACC A-LEVEL IT AND

COMPUTER

1 Year - - - Cumulative Total 215 4908 1:22.82

29. Is the college applying for

Accreditation: Cycle 1 Cycle 2 � Cycle 3 Cycle 4

Re-Assessment:

(Cycle 1refers to first accreditation and Cycle 2, Cycle 3 and Cycle 4 refers to re-

accreditation)

30. Date of accreditation* (applicable for Cycle 2, Cycle 3, Cycle 4 and re-assessment

only)

Cycle 1: 16/09/2004 (dd/mm/yyyy) Accreditation Outcome/Result: Accredited with

Grade B

Cycle 2: ………………..…… (dd/mm/yyyy) Accreditation Outcome/Result……............................

Cycle 3: ……………………..…… (dd/mm/yyyy) Accreditation

Outcome/Result…………….……………......

* Copies of Accreditation certificate(s) and peer team report(s) are enclosed as an annexure.

31. Number of working days during the last academic year.

32. Number of teaching days during the last academic year

(Teaching days means days on which lectures were engaged excluding the

examination days)

33. Date of establishment of Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) IQAC 08/05/2013

(2013-2015) 23/9/2015 ( 2 0 1 5 - 2 0 1 7 ) (dd/mm/yyyy)

34. Details regarding submission of Annual Quality Assurance Reports (AQAR) to NAAC.

AQAR (i) 2011-2012 (31/12/2015)

AQAR (ii) 2012-2013 (31/12/2015)

AQAR (iii) 2013-2014 (31/12/2015)

AQAR (iv) 2 0 1 4 - 2 0 1 5 (31/12/2015)


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35. Any other relevant data (not covered above) the college would like to include. (Do not

include explanatory/descriptive information)

Name of the

Scheme

Student Support Services &

Infrastructure Development

Relevant Data

UGC XI-Plan

Merged Schemes

& Grants

Remedial Coaching for Students

belonging to SC / ST / OBC /

Minorities / Financial Constrained /

BPL categories in both the Honours

and General Subjects

More than 300 classes have been already

organised in the last four academic sessions.

UGC XI-Plan

Merged Schemes

& Grants

Coaching for Entry in Service SC / ST

/ OBC / Minorities / Financial

Constrained / BPL categories

12 students qualified in the RLST of WBCSSC

in 2011-12 for appointment as Assistant

Teachers in English, Pure Science and Zoology.

11 students qualified the RLST of WBCSSC in

2013-14 for Assistant Teachers in English.

UGC XI-Plan

Merged Schemes

& Grants

Stipend for Students belonging to

SC / ST / OBC / Minorities /

Financial Constrained / BPL

categories for pursuing UG and PG

courses in this college

More than 300 students have received UGC

Stipend for 2010 – 2013

UGC XI-Plan

Merged Schemes

& Grants

Coaching for UGC NET / WBCSC /

SET / RET, for PG Students and Ex-

students of the college and the

locality, belonging to SC / ST / OBC

/ Minorities / Financial Constrained

/ BPL / Women categories in English

and Biological Sciences

Twelve (12) candidates qualified UGC-NET in

English in last four years. In Biological Science

the 5 students of the college have qualified

the CSIR NET & UGC-NET. One qualified

UGC-NET for JRF in English in the Dec 2014.

Eight students qualified the Research

Eligibility Test for M.Phil / Ph.D. in English

UGC XI-Plan

Merged Schemes

& Grants

Help for Persons with Special Needs

(HEPSN) Equal and better access to

differently-able person

provided through the construction of lift,

ramps, railing and special toilet in the

Diamond Jubilee Block.

UGC XI-Plan

Merged Schemes

& Grants

Day Care centre: Basic amenities for

the working parents employed in

the college

A 350 sq. ft space for toilet, crèche, rest room,

and necessary furnishings, functional from

2015.

UGC XI-Plan

Merged Schemes

& Grants

Equal Opportunity Cell Providing and safeguarding equal opportunity

to all the stakeholders across class, gender,

caste, race, linguistic, religious and ethnic

identities

UGC-sponsored Indira Gandhi Single Girl Child

Scholarship For PG Studies

40 students of the Department of English and

25 students of the Department of Zoology

received the scholarship in last four years

UGC Building

Grant and

College Building

Fund

Construction of Diamond Jubilee

Block a four-storeyed with 1250 sq

mts. floor space; 1st floor (100

sq.mts) Students’ Amenities Block;

Additional Room space on North

Block (150 sq,mts)

PG & UG science laboratories and 14 modern

multimedia lecture theatres, a space for ICT

facilities, and a roof top space for additional

amenities; Students’ Union rooms;

Gymnasium, Dept. of Physical Education,

respectively

Under MP LAD Development of college playground Standard Football/Cricket ground (80mts X


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fund of Hon’ble

MP, Sri Dinesh

Trivedi

and sports infrastructure by Naihati

Municipality & Hon’ble MLA, Sri

Partha Bhowmick

100 mts), Toilet, Changing Room, Gallery,

with, trees, wall and high-level fencing.

College

Governing Body

and IQAC

2 NSS units, 1 NCC Coy, 2 Statutory

Sub-Committees; 20 Sub-

Committees / Cells, as per UGC /

University guidelines

More than 100 meetings and 300 events /

activities organized under the overall direction

of the Governing Body and IQAC, benefitting

all the stake holders with a well-planned

organizational management

UGC-sponsored

and College

Seminar / PG

Development

fund

5 National Seminars, more than 40

state-level / Departmental

Seminars, 300 Seminar Lectures by

Resource Persons in the last four

years

More than 16000 students and 400 teachers

and staff involved in these seminars and

lectures benefitted in the last four academic

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B. CRITERIA - WISE INPUTS

CRITERION I: CURRICULAR ASPECTS

1.1 Curriculum Planning and Implementation

1.1.1 State the vision, mission and objectives of the institution, and describe how these are

communicated to the students, teachers, staff and other stakeholders.

To keep in tune with India tryst with a new destiny at the stroke of midnight when clock hands

joined their palms to welcome the birth of Independent India on the eve of 15th August 1947,

a few visionaries who lived far ahead of their time mooted an idea. The idea of a college was

thus born in Naihati, a small town 38 km from Calcutta. Freed from the shackles of colonial

rule, the residence of Naihati and Bhatpara, who bore the rich legacy on Bengal Renaissance

and freedom struggle, shaped the vision of this college. Eminent educationists and social

thinkers took up the challenge to free Indian education from the bondage of colonial past and

create opportunity of higher education in Naihati. As the nation aspired for a creative and

dynamic growth, the magical incantation of ‘Bande-Mataram’ composed by Rishi Bankim

Chandra Chattopadhyay, a resident of Naihati, ignited the mind of millions and with a sense of

national pride, the Steering Committee in its First Meeting held on 2nd November’1947,

decided to perpetuate the memory and name in the shape of this college. Thus the college

was named “Rishi Bankim Chandra College”, Naihati as per resolution adopted on 2nd

November’1947 and the Constitution of the college (clause 1) adopted in 1948. The Aims and

objectives as stated under clause 3 of the Constitution of Rishi Bankim Chandra College,

Naihati are as follows: “The college shall aim at the physical, moral, social and cultural

development of the students and also serve as a centre for the diffusion of the knowledge and

culture in the locality. It shall provide instructions in Arts, Science and Commerce, with a view

to preparing candidates for different university examinations conducted by other recognised

bodies and may also issue certificates of proficiency of its own in any particular branch of

learning or vocation or technological course.” From its very inception in 1947 the college had

formulated its mission to provide quality higher education in multidisciplinary subjects to

every cross section of the society and satisfy the needs of the community. The missions and

goals are not static; rather through re-vitalising process the college has consistently been

shaping such objectives to fit into the new emerging social expectations, fields of knowledge,

new visions in education amongst others. Aims and objectives of the college are guided and

directed by principles and policies laid down by the West Bengal State University, Department

of Higher Education, Govt. of West Bengal and the University Grants Commission. Whereas

higher education in colonised India (as declared in Macaulay’s Minutes of 1835 and Wood’s

Dispatch of 1854) was to create a class of “babus’ with western knowledge and to supply the

empire with the reliable and capable public servants, Rishi Bankim Chandra College imbibed

the new vision of education in independent India based on humanistic, liberal, moral, and

intellectual ideals of Indian Freedom Struggle and the new emergent vision of India as a

Knowledge powerhouse. The college has emerged as a pioneer in this movement during the


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last 68 years in the state of West Bengal. In the formative years the missions and goals of the

college were guided by the objectives of higher education laid down by the University

Education Commission (1948-1949) under the chairmanship of Dr. S. Radhakrishnan. The

suggestions are duly recorded in the minutes of several meetings of the Governing Body and

the resolutions adopted in those meetings frame the broader perspective on which the Goals

and missions of the college are shaped. The college has also incorporated the objectives of

education as prescribed for Affiliated College under the West Bengal State University.

Furthermore, these goals are reoriented to the needs of the local community and several

suggestions made by state Higher Education department have also been incorporated. The

missions and goals of the college are the following:

a. To act as a centre of excellence in the field of higher education, both UG and PG, and

aspire for development as a center of excellence in teaching and research, catering to the

needs of the community and aiming at the overall development of the student and faculty

through dissemination of knowledge and values of life.

b. To integrate college education into our national life, to foster and enrich India’s cultural,

literary and philosophical heritage, to nourish the Indian way of life, to advance and spread

modern scientific knowledge and to promote physical education and extra-curricular

activities.

c. To inculcate among students the ideals of social justice, truthfulness, righteousness,

democracy, nationalism, liberal humanism, secularism, socialism, tolerance, equality,

freedom of conscience, co-operation, fellow-feeling, peace, friendship, human welfare,

international amity and for the welfare and betterment of humanity through dissemination

of bearing and incessant search for knowledge and truth.

d. To provide equal educational opportunities to every cross section of the society

irrespective of class, caste, gender, religion, region, and to provide special provision for

the underprivileged section of the society such as SC, ST, first generation learners, Other

Backward classes, lower income groups, rural masses, physically and visually challenged

students, and the boys and girls from the migrated families from across the border.

e. To develop as a Student Resource Development Centre with an aim at proper utilisation of

the natural and human resources for development and to meet the man power need for

social and national development the mission is to cultivate new knowledge to interpret

traditional knowledge, and to strive fearlessly in the pursuit of truth and thereby

accomplish the goal of providing society with competent graduates trained in

multidisciplinary subjects and modern scientific knowledge.

f. To function more efficiently as a centre of academic excellence "encouraging and

providing for instruction, teaching, training and research in various branches of learning

and courses of study, promoting advancement and dissemination of knowledge and

learning, and extending higher education, to meet the growing needs of society" as

suggested in the First Statutes of West Bengal State University, 2014.

g. To fulfill terms and conditions of affiliation and "abide by the Statutes, the Ordinances and

the Regulations of the University in force", follow the prescribed curricula and syllabi,

prepare the students for University examination and implement the orders of the UGC and

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h. To constitute various committees and sub-committees for better organisational

management, fill up the vacant posts of Principal, teaching and non-teaching staff, and

create new post as and when required, following rules, terms and conditions, or any

recommendations of designated authority.

i. The Constitution of the Rishi Bankim Chandra College, adopted by the Governing Body in

1948, contains regulations on the following: Role of the Governing Body, Composition,

Election, Rules and tenure of the G.B., Role and function of the office bearers of the G.B.,

Rule, Composition and tenure of standing committee on Finance, P.F., Selection, Library

and Discipline, Quorum of different Committees, Meeting guidelines, Academic year,

terms and conditions for appointments, Service rules, maintenance of service book, special

provision for executive function, etc., under clauses 4 to 16.

j. To follow the recommendations of the NAAC Peer Team, submit the AQARs, and apply for

NAAC Accreditation for the overall development of the academic infrastructure and

delivery of courses for the benefit of students and all the stakeholders of the college.

The college has been maintaining academic ambience and excellence through integrated

learning process so as to inculcate the values of education as enshrined in the goals and

mission of this institution named after Rishi Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. The vision,

mission and objectives of the institution aim to inculcate the spirit of honesty, sincerity,

transparency and inquisitiveness among the students, teachers and other staff of the college.

The motive of the institution also encompasses discipline and austerity in life. As the college is

situated in a semi urban /industrial milieu there is always a constant attempt to understand

the forces of change that have been taking place in such areas of West Bengal in recent times.

Attempts are also made to find solutions through academic applications to many kinds of new

social phenomena that are witnessed in and around the locality. This can be called

development of a micro level solution model which can be put to practice at macro level

given proper opportunity and encouragement from the govt. and the corporate sector. The

college has a duty to make its students suitably fit to compete for employment. The principles

of discipline, honesty, sincerity and inquisitiveness as practiced and taught by the institution

widen the worldview of the students and help to make them worthy citizens of the future.

1.1.2 How does the institution develop and deploy action plans for effective

implementation of the curriculum? Give details of the process and substantiate through

specific example(s).

The Governing Body of the college approves the Academic Calendar that includes the Time

line for the Academic and co-curricular activities of the college, List of Holidays and the same

is used by the Academic Sub-Committee that includes all the HODs for framing the Class and

Examination schedule of the college at the beginning of each academic session. The Routine

Sub-Committee prepares the Main structure of the Routine keeping in mind the stipulated

quantum of classes and room allotment. At present the Department offering Honours and

General classes allot 72-90 classes per week for the UG students and 80 classes per week are

offered by the departments of Zoology and English for the PG students. The classes are

conducted in 30 classrooms and 14 laboratories located in the main campus. Lot of emphasis

is given on the preparation of the routine and proper distribution of classes towards


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formulating an effective action plan for a proper delivery of the curriculum. The Syllabus is

itemized according to the weightage and distributed among the teachers of the Department

through formal meeting of the Departmental Committees. The UG honours classes are

properly assigned according to the syllabus and the lectures are conducted keeping in mind

the requirement of the learners. The UG General papers are also conducted with equal

seriousness. Honours classes are taken in such a manner so as to give students a fair idea

about the University examination pattern and quality instruction is provided by highly

qualified faculty. For the P.G courses Resource persons and in-house faculty having

specialization in the area of study are assigned classes. The experts in the fields always give

the students an idea about the world of research keeping in mind the probability of some of

their students leaving their footprints in research activities in future. The Examination Sub-

committee and the University Centre Committee frame the Examination programme and allot

halls and invigilation duty to the teachers. For the PG classes the itemized Syllabus and

Assignment distribution is done through the BOS and Departmental Committee meetings.

Credit based lectures @ 24 lectures for every Credit are assigned to the in-house faculty and

Resource Persons drawn from other HEIs. At the beginning of each semester a hard copy of

the Syllabus and Assignment Distribution with number of lectures per assignment is issued to

every PG student and the same is also hosted in the college website. The Notices, Syllabus

Distribution and Routine are well displayed / distributed and hosed as web pages in the

college website.

1.1.3 What type of support (procedural and practical) do the teachers receive (from the

University and/or institution) for effectively translating the curriculum and improving

teaching practices?

The programmes offered by this college are regulated according to the guidelines of the West

Bengal State University. The courses offered by the University (B.Sc. & B.A., Honours &

General, PG courses in Zoology and English) are basically knowledge-based. However, the

Skill’ factor is not totally ignored in the curricula. Particularly, for Laboratory-based Science

subjects, the students get ample opportunity to develop hands-on-experience on the

theoretical knowledge imparted through classroom lectures. Side by side, in B.A. Language

courses, special weightage is placed on developing writing and communicative skills. In

B.Com. Course, apart from Advanced Accounting and Tax Practices, a special emphasis is given

on developing skill on information technology and its application to business. The West

Bengal State University established vide West Bengal Act XXVIII of 2007 has since its

inception carried the rich legacy of the University of Calcutta and modernized the curricula to

keep in tune with India’s global aspirations and included components that are need based and

relevant. The University provides logistic support in terms of Students’ registration, framing

the syllabus, conduct of Examinations, evaluation, issuance of marksheet, etc. for the Under-

graduate students. For the PG courses separate board of Studies are formed by the University

to look after the registration of the students, framing of syllabus and examination/evaluation

pattern while the college has to run its own Controller of Examinations centre, frame credit-

based syllabus modules, and ensure a standardized delivery of courses by pooling in

specialized Resource Persons from in-house and other HEIs. The college listed under UGC 12b


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receives UGC financial Assistance for College Development and development of UG and PG

courses. Several Merged schemes of the UGC under XI Plan has provided a major support for

the overall academic infrastructure of the college. The college works on an optimal use of the

academic infrastructure with well-equipped fully computerized Library, modern renovated

laboratories, well ventilated and furnished classrooms, multimedia lecture theatres, computer

and IT infrastructure, games and sports infrastructure, canteen and common room facilities.

College budgetary allocations are made for seminars and publication of magazines. However,

due to the space crunch, the college could not provide space for separate departmental

libraries and offices for the Arts departments and cubicles for individual teachers. The conduct

of examinations for best curriculum delivery requires proper streamlining from the University

authorities and the time frame of examination and declaration of result are the major

challenges face by the institution. The support from university requires strengthening.

Moreover, the teaching and administrative work load shared by the teachers of the college

catering to more than 4000 students leave little scope for Research activities and for

improving teaching practices. However, the college encourages the teachers to attend

workshops on curriculum frame work, Board of studies meetings, evaluation assignments,

Orientation programmes, refresher Courses in different subjects, and provides proper

academic ambience for effectively translating the curriculum and improving teaching

practices.

1.1.4 Specify the initiatives taken up or contribution made by the institution for effective

curriculum delivery and transaction on the Curriculum provided by the affiliating University

or other Statutory agency.

The University forms ‘Board of Studies’ (BOS) for reviewing, renewing and redesigning of

various curricula. The University carries sole discretion in selecting the members of BOS from

amongst the teachers of the university & affiliated colleges. A handful of teachers of this

college have worked as members of BOS in various subjects, such as English, Chemistry,

History, Bengali, Economics, Computer Applications, Electronics, Journalism & Mass

Communications, & played crucial roles in designing the curricula of their respective

disciplines. University also has its own teacher-feedback system, where an individual teacher

can divulge his/her expert-opinion regarding reformulation of various programmes. The

college has also utilized financial grants from the U.G.C towards this purpose. For example,

even the arts departments like History and English have purchased LCD projectors for showing

educational films and make PowerPoint presentation. The students of the PG departments are

trained to make power point presentation of their Term Papers and Dissertation. The

infrastructure for the Science departments such as Zoology, Chemistry, Micro-biology,

Electronics and Computer Applications has been fully renovated and modernised as per the

requirement of their respective curriculum. The infrastructure for the Department of Botany

and Physics is being renovated and upgraded to meet the new emerging scientific needs. So

far as the conventional methods are concerned all the department allot classes and assign

portion of the syllabus to the teachers, conduct regular classes, tutorials, unit tests and make

an effective use of board-work. Interactive Electronic Board is installed in one lecture theatre

at Pratistha for IT classes and seminars and in the Department of Journalism and Mass


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Communication. Study materials are also given to the students on a regular basis. Together

with this the student volunteers of NSS and NCC cadets play a very important role in the

overall personality development of the students. The students learn a lot about environment

and society along with sense of commitment, discipline, and service to society and ecology.

The students are also taken on excursions and educational tours to various places. The Dept. of

Journalism and Mass Communication has purchased several equipments for documentation

and dissemination of information to make the students familiar with various modes of

journalism and mass communications.

1.1.5 How does the institution network and interact with beneficiaries such as industry,

research bodies and the university in effective operationalisation of the curriculum?

The Curricula for different mathematical and technology-based science subjects like Physics,

Mathematics, Electronics and Computer Applications require exposure to the industries and

research institutes. The students are sent to these organizations either for Project Work or for

participating in exhibition and seminars under the guidance of highly qualified, research-

oriented faculty. The students of Biological Sciences are similarly exposed to field-work and

study tours on a regular basis under the supervision of research-minded specialized faculty so

that they learn a lot from the ecological resources and become familiar with the demand of

the industry and research in the field of Biological Sciences. The students of Chemistry have

the best laboratory facility amongst the colleges in West Bengal and are supported by full-

faculty strength and the Principal, himself an avid researcher in chemistry. The students are

encouraged and guided to take the challenges of the Chemical industry and research centres.

A student of the department Satwata Moitra earned rare recognition in Dr. Reddy’s

Laboratory as a Scientist. The departments of Social Sciences such as Economics, History,

Philosophy and Political Science are also engaged in active research, field-work and projects

conducted in various socio-historical sites. The students of the Department of History were

taken on field-work and study tour to heritage sites at Santiniketan in January 2006; to the

ancient archeological site of Chandraketugarh on 22.12.2008; and to the medieval historical

sites in Burdwan on 07.01.2010, under the supervision of all the members of the faculty. The

students of the Language departments are similarly exposed to the cultural and literary world

through seminars, publication, translation work, creative writing, drama, song and dance

performances. The Students of the English Department went to Gour Banga University,

Malda, in 2013, to perform an improvisational play made by the department based on the

tradition of classical Sanskrit and European theatre.

1.1.6 What are the contributions of the institution and/or its staff members to the

development of the curriculum by the University? (number of staff

members/departments represented on the Board of Studies, student feedback, teacher

feedback, stakeholder feedback provided, specific suggestions etc.

Teachers from the departments of Bengali, History, Economics, Electronics, English etc. have

served as members of the UG Board of Studies of university. Some of the teachers are

members of the UG BOS of the West Bengal State University.


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Prof. Pramila

Majumdar

Board of Studies for UG in

English

The University of

Calcutta

2003-2006

Dr Jaba

Chattopadhyay


Bengali

West Bengal State

University

2008-2011

Dr. Debashish Sen

Gupta


English

West Bengal State

University

2008-2011

Dr. Mainak Roy Board of Studies for UG in

Economics

West Bengal State

University

2008-2011

Dr. Sanhita Sen Board of Studies for UG in

History

West Bengal State

University

2009-2012

Dr. Shubh Brat Sarkar Board of Studies for UG in

English

West Bengal State

University

2011-2014

Dr. Pradipta

Bhattacharya


Economics

West Bengal State

University

2011-2014

Dr. Shubh Brat Sarkar Board of Studies for PG in

English

Rishi Bankim Chandra

College

July 2015-till

date

Prof Debashish Roy Board of Studies for PG in

English


College

July 2015-till

date

Dr. Shubh Brat Sarkar Board of Studies in UG & PG

(Humanities)

Narula Institute of

technology

(Autonomous)

2015-till date

The members of the Board of Studies like Computer Applications, Electronics, Journalism &

Mass Communications have also contributed to the development of the curriculum. At the

Board of Studies meeting the student feedback is given prime importance for the delivery of

the curriculum. Most of the teachers of the college attend workshops organized by the Board

of Studies for framing syllabus and question patterns. The teacher feedback is an important

component in such workshops as the colleges mainly deliver the UG honours and General

courses. The guidance of other stakeholder, such as management, guardians and ex-students

are also discussed at the meetings and workshops. For example, Dr. Sanhita Sen of the

department of History served as a Member of the UGBOS from 2009-2012 and contributed in

a significant manner towards giving a new shape to the UG History syllabus. In the BOS

meeting she had suggested inclusion of new topics like the Green Revolution, Politics in

Bengal in the 1960s, (History of India, Paper V); India and Her Neighbours covering Indo-

China, Indo-Bangladesh and Indo-Myanmar, Indo-Pakistan relations (World Politics since

1919 Paper VII). These suggestions were incorporated in the new syllabus for UG courses. In

English and Economics the major contribution was in the areas of evaluation and question

pattern. So far the as the question patterns are concerned new types of questions were

developed and changes took place in the area of distribution of marks.

1.1.7 Does the institution develop curriculum for any of the courses offered (other than

those under the purview of the affiliating university)by it? If ‘yes’, give details on the process

(’Needs Assessment’, design, development and planning) and the courses for which the


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curriculum has been developed.

First, the college, after conceptualising the introduction of a new course/programme, has to

sent Letters of Intention (LOI) to the University and Higher Education Council, furnishing the

information related to existing infrastructure and resources available for the proposed course

/ programme and also justifying the need of introducing such programme(s) / course(s). The

general time involved in processing this intent through physical inspection etc. by the

University appointed experts, is about 6-12 months. The Expert Committee appointed for

inspection give recommendations that are primarily followed for introduction of new courses.

As per the NAAC recommendations the college applied for PG courses in Zoology and English

and got permission to offer the courses as autonomous PG courses that required development

of curriculum for the new courses. This included ’Needs Assessment’, design of curriculum,

development and planning for the delivery of the course along with framing Examination

procedures as per the relevant UGC and University rules, guidelines and statutes. Expert

Committees for PG studies included all the in-house substantive teachers and nominees of

Vice Chancellor and the principal to develop curriculum and frame instructional and

evaluation policies. In 2015 the University formed Board of Studies of each PG Courses in the

Colleges to develop the curriculum and the teachers of the PG departments of the college are

effectively involved in the entire process.

1.1.8 How does institution analyze/ensure that the stated objectives of curriculum are

achieved in the course of implementation?

Regular classes, exchange of ideas and information between the teachers and the students

therein contribute a lot towards proper achievement of the ultimate goal. Tutorials, unit tests,

group discussions nurture inherent talents among the students. Similarly interdisciplinary

approach is maintained and the college often takes recourse to use of nonconventional

methods to drive home the message that the curriculum envisions. For example, the

Department of Political Science trains its students in the art of parliamentary debate and

some of the students have taken part in ‘Mock Youth Parliament’ organised by the Ministry of

Youth and parliamentary Affairs. Similarly the departments of History and English arrange film

shows on relevant areas. The dept. of English in-built curriculum to incorporate understanding

drama and literature through performance and the students are trained to perform scenes

from important classical plays like Kalidasa’s Sakuntala and modern European and Indian

plays along with developing their own script for song, dance and drama performance to

understand the nuances of creative arts.

2 Academic Flexibility

1.2.1 Specifying the goals and objectives give details of the certificate/diploma/

skill development courses etc., offered by the institution.

Course

Level

Name of the

Course

Duration Goals and Objectives and Relevant Details

Certificate

courses

DOEACC – O

LEVEL IT AND

COMPUTER

6

Months

Train students for national-level DOEACC examinations

and create opportunity for professional value addition for

reaping best scope in the job market in the IT sector.


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Certificate

Course

Communicativ

e and

Functional

6 Months Train students and develop their linguistic competence

and ability to undertake translation projects. The emphasis

is given on oral and written communications. Certificate

Course

IT and

Computer

Application

6 Months Train students for and create opportunity for professional

value addition for reaping best scope in the job market in

the IT sector, making them tech-savvy and enable

them to use the Knowledge based resources for

academic and professional enrichment.

UG

Diploma

DOEACC A-

LEVEL IT AND

COMPUTER

1 Year Train students for national-level DOEACC examinations

and create opportunity for professional value addition for

reaping best scope in the job market in the IT sector.

1.2.2 Does the institution offer programmes that facilitate twinning / dual degree? If ‘yes’,

give details. None

1.2.3 Give details on the various institutional provisions with reference to academic

flexibility and how it has been helpful to students in terms of skills development, academic

mobility, progression to higher studies and improved potential for employability. Issues

may cover the following and beyond:

• Range of Core / Elective options offered by the University and those opted/offered by

the college:

SL. No. SUBJECT & CODE

BSc Honours Any Two Electiv e Subjects from th e Following with an Honours

Subject

2. CHEMISTRY (CEMA) (a) MTMG, (b) PHSG.

3. MATHEMATICS (MTMA) (a) PHSG, (b) ELTG/ STSG/CEMG.

4. ELECTRONICS (ELTA) (a) PHSG/STSG, (b) MTMG.

5. BOTANY (BOTA) (a) ZOOG, (b) MCBG, (c) CEMG.

6. ZOOLOGY (ZOOA) (a) BOTG, (b) MCBG, (c) CEMG.

7. MICROBIOLOGY (MCBA) (a) CEMG, (b) BOTG/ZOOG.

8. ECONOMICS (ECOA) (a) MTMG, (b) STSG

9. COMPUTER APPLICATION

(CMAV) [MAJOR]

(a) PHSG/STSG, (b) MTMG

BA Honours Any Two Electiv e Subjects from th e Following with an Honours

Subject

1 BENGALI (BNGA) (a) PHIG/JORG, (b) HISG/PEDG, (c) PLSG, (d) ENGG/SANG/ECOG.

2 ENGLISH (ENGA) (a) PHIG/JORG, (b) HISG/PEDG, (c) PLSG, (d) ECOG. (e) BNGG.

3 HINDI (HINA) (a) HISG/PEDG, (b) PLSG, (c) PHIG/JORG, (d) ENGG/SANG/ECOG.

4 SANSKRIT (SANA) (a) BNGG, (b) PHIG/JORG, (c) HISG/PEDG, (d) PLSG,

5 PHILOSOPHY (PHIA) (a) HISG/PEDG, (b) PLSG, (c) BNGG,(d) ENGG/SANG/ECOG.


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6 HISTORY (HISA) (a) PLSG, (b) PHIG/JORG, (c) BNGG,(d) ENGG/SANG/ECOG.

7 POL. SC. (PLSA) (a) HISG/PEDG, (b) PHIG/JORG, (c) BNGG, (d) ENGG/SANG/ECOG.

8 URDU (URDA) (a) ENGG, (b) PHIG/JORG, (c) PLSG

9 JOURNALISM & MASS COMM.

(JORA)

(a) PLSG, (b) PHIG, (c) HISG/PEDG, (d) BNGG/SANG/ENGG

BCom Honours

1. ACCOUNTANCY (ACCA) As per fixed papers & Groups mentioned in the WBSU, Barasat

syllabus.

BA /BSc / BCom General

Degree Course

Choose any three as the Elective subjects from the above and

Environmental Studies (ENV S) as Compulsory subject.

1 PURE SCIENCE GENERAL GROUP-A: (a) PHSG, (b) CEMG/STSG, (c) MTMG

GROUP-B: (a) STSG/PHSG, (b) ECOG, (c) MTMG

2 BIO-SCIENCE GENERAL (a) CEMG, (b) ZOOG, (c) BOTG, (d) MCBG.

3 ARTS GENERAL (a) PLSG, (b) HISG/PEDG, (c) PHIG/JORG, (d) BNGG, (e)

ENGG/SANG/ECOG

4 B. COM. GENERAL As fixed by the West Bengal State University, Barasat, North 24

Parganas

MA / MSc PG Degree Course

1 MSc ZOOLOGY (PGZ) Zoology Core areas, Microbiology, Bio-Chemistry, Gen etics, Fishery

Science, Ecology

2 MA ENGLISH (PGE) English Literature core areas, Modern Linguistics, Indian Writings,

English Language Teaching, South Asian Literatu re, Dalit Literature,

Drama and Theatre Arts, Gender Studies, Theory and Criticism

• Choice Based Credit System and range of subject options None

• Courses offered in modular form: PG course in English (Theory and Criticism Paper 305

• Credit transfer and accumulation facility: None

• Lateral and vertical m obility within and across programmes and courses: None

• Enrichment courses: Compulsory IT and Computer Certificate offered for the 1st Year

UG students admitted to the college for making them tech-savvy and enable them to use the

Knowledge based resources for academic and professional enrichment. The option for

DOEACC certified O & A level courses is also offered to the students. The introduction of

Communicative and functional Language courses in Urdu / Sanskrit and English in 2015 also

offers scope for linguistic competence building to the faculty and students.

1.2.4 Does the institution offer self-financed programmes? If ‘yes’, list them and indicate

how they differ from other programmes, with reference to admission, curriculum, fee

structure, teacher qualification, salary etc.

DOEACC certified O & A level courses are only offered at highly subsidized fees to the

students of the college. The instructors and Computer Personnel of Pratistha – the career Hub

deliver the courses along with the compulsory ICT courses for the 1st year students.


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1.2.5 Does the college provide additional skill oriented programmes, relevant to regional

and global employment markets? If ‘yes’ provide details of such programme and the

beneficiaries.

NO

1.2.6 Does the University provide for the flexibility of combining the conventional face-to-

face and Distance Mode of Education for students to choose the courses/combination of

their choice” If ‘yes’, how does the institution take advantage of such provision for the benefit

of students?

NO

1.3 Curriculum Enrichment

1.3.1 Describe the efforts made by the institution to supplement the University’s

Curriculum t o ensure that the academic pr ogram mes and Institution’s go als and

objectives are integrated?

The institution ensures that the objectives of the curriculum are achieved through constant

monitoring by IQAC and Academic Sub-Committee. The IQAC not only ensures quality

enhancement but also emphasizes the fact that the objectives of teaching the course must be

achieved. Student Feedback, Parent-Teacher meeting, regular internal test, seminars, field

work, study tours and excursion, activities of the NSS and NCC, etc., supplement the

university curricula and strengthen the institutional goals and objectives.

1.3.2 What are the efforts made by the institution to enrich and organize the

curriculum to enhance the experiences of the studen ts so as to c ope with the nee ds

of the dynamic employment market?

The dynamic requirements of the job market and the changing nature of employment pattern

from the traditional agrarian/industrial/service sectors to a more IT-based, technology-driven

service and manufacturing sectors, have make the college undertake new challenges to

enhance the employability of its graduates. While ICT-friendly infrastructure with modern

electronic gadgets and lab equipments and Internet connectivity has given the learners an

opportunity to connect with the global trends, the instructional methods are also upgraded to

hone the skill of the learners. The Curricula for different mathematical and technology-based

science subjects like Physics, Mathematics, Electronics and Computer Applications require

exposure to the industries and research institutes for better employability. The students are

sent to these organizations either for Project Work or for participating in exhibition and

seminars under the guidance of highly qualified, research-oriented faculty, as for example, the

students of these departments attended and presented projects at ISSER, Kolkata. The

students of Biological Sciences are similarly exposed to field-work and study tours on a regular

basis under the supervision of research-minded specialized faculty so that they harness the

knowledge of the Green technologies and eco-friendly job market and learn a lot from their


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experience with ecological resources and become familiar with the demand of the industry

and job market in the field of Biological Sciences. The students of Chemistry have the best

laboratory facility amongst the colleges in West Bengal and are supported by full-faculty

strength and the Principal, himself an avid researcher in chemistry. The students are

encouraged and guided to take the challenges of the Chemical industry and research centres.

The departments of Social Sciences such as Economics, History, Philosophy and Political

Science are also engaged in active research, field-work and projects conducted in various

socio-historical sites, thereby enhancing their employability skill and competence in the

educational and service sectors, like hospitality, tourism, knowledge process outsourcing, etc.

The students of the Language departments are similarly exposed to the cultural and literary

world through seminars, publication, translation work, creative writing, drama, song and dance

performances. Modern linguistics and English Language Teaching are integrated in the

curriculum supported with training in modern ICT based learning and teaching, including the

use of mobile and functional language laboratory, interactive module based learning system,

practice classes based on TOEFL/TOESL format, and use of performance as a tool for

enhancing linguistic competence through drama, songs, debates, elocution, JAM, Dumb

Charade, and Group Discussion, etc. Every year the Department organizes Sandipan Majumder

Memorial Cultural Event on 23 February in English language that includes all the language-

oriented activities carried out through the year. The Result of such activities is inspiring next

generation of students as their seniors are hired by the technical colleges in West Bengal as

Assistant Professors in English to take the courses in Communicative, Technical and Business

English for the BTech, MBA, MCA students. At present the post-graduate students of the

college are teaching at JIS University, GNIT, NIT, Brainware College, Adamas University, JISIT,

Techno-India University, and several other colleges affiliated to Maulana Azad Technology

University, Kolkata. The students of the PG course in Zoology get Hands-on demonstration

projects, Seminars, Workshop, Audio-visual aids, Assignments, etc. that enhance their

employability skill. The UGC-sponsored coaching in NET-SET-RET, Entry-in-Service, and PG-

Development assistance for both English and Zoology have made the students more capable in

research and employability than event the University departments in the vicinity. The success

rate of the students after UG/PG course of these departments will illustrate the achievements:

Name of National /

state competitive

examinations

2005-2015

NET/

GATE

NET

-JRF

SLET RET PSC /

SSC /

Bank

Civil

services /

Defence /

Rlys

School

Service

Commmission

Private

Institution

/ Industry

English General /

Honours

- 4 18 30

MA in English 04 01 07 03 2 24 25

UGC-sponsored

Coaching NET /

Entry in Services

(External)

08 01 06 07 14 -

MSc in Zoology 4 1 2 4 10 13


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1.3.3 Enumerate the efforts made by the institution to integrate the cross cuttin g issues

such as Gender, Climate Chan ge, Environmental Education, Human Rights, ICT etc.,

into the curriculum?

Gender: The Women Cell, IQAC and the English Department organized two events in 2014

&2015 greater Gender Sensitisation and empowerment. On 4th December 2014, Prof.

Saswata Kusari Assistant Professor, Department of English, Saroda Ma Girls’ College, Barasat,

North 24 Parganas and Research Scholar, University of Kalyani, delivered a lecture on “New

Researches in Gender Studies.” On 6th October 2015, a 6-Hour Workshop, was conducted by

Sappho for Equality, an NGO working in the field of LGBT Rights, on Gender Sensitisation and

Empowerment Gender Sensitisation and LGBT Rights: Towards a Progressive Tolerant

Society.The flagship Scheme of the Govt. of West Bengal, the Kanyasree Prakalpa for

providing scholarship and incentives for Girl Students has provided major impetus to the rise

in enrolment of female students in our college (209 additional female students in 2014-

2015).

Climate Change, Environmental Education: Ecological Issues, Global warming,

Environmental Education are integrated in the UG and PG curriculum and classes are held on a

regular basis to sensitize the students, staff and faculty for ecological awareness. Dr. Shubh

Brat Sarkar delivered a lecture entitled “ In Search of Public Information and Awareness

Campaigns on Ecological Issues in Print and Electronic Media” at a UGC-sponsored National

Seminar, organized by the Dep. of Journalism and mass Communication, at Rishi Bankim

Chandra College on 16 -09- 2011. The NSS units of the college also organized the following

activities:

LISTS OF EVENTS ORGANIZED BY NSS ON

ECOLOGICAL, HEALTH, NATIONAL INTEGRATION, GENDER AND SOCIAL ISSUES DURING 2010- 2015

YEAR SL.NO EVENTS

2010-11 1. EARTH DAY:22 APRIL

2. MY EARTH MY DUTY: 25 AUGUST

3. NSS DAY: 24 SEPEMBER: SEMINAR ON AWARENESS AND SCREENING

FOR THALASSEMIA AMONG STUDENTS

4. SOS: SAVE OUR SPECIES: 18 DECEMBER: CELEBRATING

INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF BIO DIVERSITY

5. SPECIAL CAMP: 25-31 DECEMBER: WATER MANAGEMENT AND BIO

DIVERSITY CONSERVATION

6. SPECIAL TALK ON ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS: 28 JANUARY

2011-12 1. EARTH DAY: 22APRIL

2. VAN MAHOTSAVA WEEK OBSERVATION: 1ST JULY-7TH JULY

3. RABINDRA SMARAN: ECOLOGY AND TAGORE 8TH AUGUST

4. INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION

5. NSS DAY CELEBRATION: BLOOD GROUP DETECTION CAMP

6. NATIONAL EDUCATION DAY CELEBRATION:11TH NOVEMBER

7. VIJAY DIWAS CELEBRATION:16TH NOVEMBER

8. SPECIAL CAMP: 24-3OTH DECEMBER: RAIN WATER HARVESTING

AND SANITATION


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9. COLLEGE CAMPUS BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAMME:

2012-13 1. THE 175TH BIRTH CELEBRATION OF RISHI BANKIM CHANDRA

CHATTOPADHYAY: NATIONALISM AND FREEDOM 28TH JUNE


3. WORLD POPULATION DAY OBSERVATION:


5. NSS DAY: 24 SEPEMBER

6. WORLD AIDS DAY OBSERVATION: 1ST DECEMBER

7. YUVA DIWAS: 12TH JANUARY

8. SPECIAL CAMP: 18-24TH JANUARY: RESPECT THE WOMEN: CORNER

STONE OF CIVILIZED SOCIETY

9. REPUBLIC DAY OBSERVATION

10. WOMEN’S DAY CELEBRATION 8TH MARCH


2013-14 1. NSS DAY CELEBRATION

2. WORLD AIDS DAY: 1ST DECEMBER


4. EARTH DAY CELEBRATION: 22ND APRIL

5. NATIONAL YOUTH DAY CELEBRATION:12TH JANUARY



8. INTERNATIONAL MOTHER TONGUE DAY:21ST FEBRUARY

Dates Activities of the NSS Unit I & NSS Unit II 2014-2015

June, 2014 1 SHIFTING OF GARDEN PLANTS IN FRONT OF COLLEGE LIBRARY

1st December, 2014 2 WORLD AIDS DAY OBSERVATION, RED RIBBON CLUB FORMATION

12th January, 2015 3 NATIONAL YOUTH DAY OBSERVATION

18th February, 2015 4 THALASSAEMIA AWARNESS & SCREENING PROGRAMME

21st February, 2015 5 INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY OBSERVATION

1-20th March, 2015 6 COLLEGE CLEANING PROGRAMME- SWACCHA BHARAT MISSION

23-27th March, 2015 7 PARTICIPATION IN A 5-DAYS WORKSHOP ON ‘YOUTH MOTIVATION’

AT WBSU

2 - 8th March, 2015 8 SPECIAL CAMP ON “YOUTH FOR DIRT AND DISEASES” AT KEUTIA,

NORTH 24 PARGANAS,

2 - 8th March, 2015 9 SPECIAL CAMP ON “YOUTH FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT”,

KEUTIA, NORTH 24 PARGANAS

5th June, 2015 10 WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY OBSERVATION

Human Rights

The IQAC of the college, Equal Opportunity Cell and the Department of English organize

seminars and lectures on the issues related to Human Rights, SC, ST, OBC, Linguistic and

Religious Minorities, Women, Third Gender, Economically and Physically Challenged, LGBT, and

Child labour.


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Sl.

No.

Dates of

Workshop

/ Lectures

Events/ Lectures Organized by the

IQAC, “Equal Opportunity Cell”, Rishi

Bankim Chandra College on Human

Rights, Rights of Children, Women

and Dalits

Title of the Presentation

1.

05.03.2014

UGC Sponsored short-term course on

“Positive Discrimination”.

Sri Pradipta Ray, Rtd. Hon’ble Justice,

Calcutta High Court.

The Indian Constitution and

Positive Discrimination

2 05.03.2014 Prof. Chanchal Chakraborty, Formerly,

Asso. Prof. , B. R. S. College.

Positive Discrimination and the

Constitution of India

3 05.03.2014 Prof. Debjani Sengupta, Dept. of

Sociology, C. U.

Otherness of Other Backward

Classes

4 07.03.2014

Prof. Bholanath Banerjee, Dept. of

Sociology, C. U.

Caste Discrimination and

Democratizing Governance in

India

5 12.03.2014

Prof. Swapan Kr. Bhattacharyya, Rtd.

Prof. of Sociology, C. U.

Positive Discrimination as a

Weapon for Ending Negative

Discrimination. The Case of Dalits

in India

6 05.04.2014

Prof. Shilpa Nandi Ghosh, Dept. of

Political Science, Khudiram Bose

College.

Positive Discrimination in India

7 5-04-2014 Prof. Mrinmoy Dutta, Rishi Bankim

Chandra College

8 5-04-2014 Prof. Runi Dutta, Rishi Bankim

Chandra College

Health Care: A Major exclusion

for STs in India

9 5-04-2014 Dr. Sourav Majumder, Rishi Bankim

Chandra College

Itibachak Baishyamya: Rajniti O

Bastab (Positive Discrimination:

Politics and Reality)

10 5-04-2014 Dr. Bijan Biswas, Rishi Bankim

Chandra College

Samajik Baisamya: Sekal Ekal

(Social Inequality: Then and Now)

11 5-04-2014 Prof. Indrani Bandyopadhyay, Kalna

College,

12 5-04-2014 Prof. Durjoy Roy, Rishi Bankim

Chandra College

Positive Discrimination: The

World Scenario

Events Organised by IQAC and the Department of English on Equal Rights and Opportunities

1 10

September

2014

Prof. Kalyan Das, Assistant Professor,

Department of English, Presidency

University, College Street, Kolkata.

Literature form the Margins:

Introducing Caste and Cultural

Politics in Dalit Literature

2 16

September

Ms Drishadwati Bargi, Research

Scholar, Centre for Women Studies,

Modernity of Caste


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2015 Jadavpur University

3 25 August

2014

Dr. Syamasree Basu, Assistant

Professor, Department of English

African American Feminism

4 13 March

2015

Sri Lucky Gupta, Wirter, Director,

Performer, Producer, Rangalok

Theatre, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir,

India

Special session of Interaction and

Solo Performance “Ma Mujhe

Tagore Bana De” on the Plight

and Aspirations of a dalit Child

Labour

1.3.4 What are the various value-adde d cou rses/enrichment pro grammes

offered to ensure holistic development of students?

§ moral and ethical values

For the all-round personality development of the learners and for inculcating moral and

ethical values the goals and mission of the college have special provisions. The students who

cross the threshold of school days and step into the sphere of college education are gradually

groomed through a process of total personality development to mature into a sensible human

being and prospective achiever. Being a college imparting UG and PG courses, the institution

can share only three-five years in the life of every student, but within this period the students'

personality finally shapes into perfection. The college provides a rich academic ambience: the

serenity of peaceful academic pursuit in well-built spacious classrooms and library contributes

to the positive intellectual growth of the students. Members of the staff and faculty maintain a

very high standard of moral conduct and intellectual ability and such standards are imbibed by

the students. The all-round personality develops through different activities such as games,

sports, physical training, NSS, NCC, co-curricular and cultural functions. The college provides

proper infrastructural facilities to the students for physical growth, fitness and sportsmanship.

Students are encouraged and supported to participate in collegiate and inter-collegiate

activities and are taught to work in group and develop a sense of co-operation and

belongingness.

§ employable and life skills

The course module of the college is regulated by syllabus of the West Bengal State University.

The students are required to accumulate knowledge on the prescribed area and express

proficiency in the University exam. The existing system of examination-centric learning

process is highly demanding on the students' capacity to learn. Primarily, the learning

resources are provided through class lectures and practical lessons. Students are provided with

reference materials, academic calendar, systematic motivation, evaluation and assessment

methods to inculcate the healthy habit of self-learning. The classroom lectures are supported

by special counselling sessions, tutorials, seminars, educational tours. Efforts are made to train

the learners to use the curriculum-specific learning to score good marks and then use the

learning for higher education and career-making. This makes the students employable for the


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traditional service and research sectors. For developing their employability in new emerging

fields the students are made familiar with career options and provided basic ICT-environment.

Training in managerial skill, leadership qualities communicative and interview skill is

integrated in the wide range of co-curricular activities of the college. The elected

representatives of the Students’ Union also take active role. The Students’ Employment and

Academic Placement Cell also conducts training sessions for preparing students for job

interview and placement in various institutes and industries. As Communication skills are

essential for employability and livelihood for new generation of learners the traditional

classroom-teaching method is supplemented with ICT based teaching method. There has been

more stress on Teacher-centric dissemination of knowledge where the communication skill of

the teacher influences and moulds the students' skill and communicative power. Students are

encouraged to read aloud the sections from the text, raise pertinent questions or interrogate,

offer suggestion and give answers to teacher's queries. The college, catering to a large number

of students especially in the General Degree classes, follows the traditional teaching method

to develop the communicative skill of the students. The teachers encourage bilingual and

translational method to develop the communicative skill of the students. However, in the

Honours classes the traditional methodology is supplemented by a more learner-centric and

often ICT-based learning process through which the students are given more scope to develop

their communication skill. In the language and literature courses special emphasis is given on

the spoken language: Linguistics, phonetics, performance and creative writings are integral

part of the curricula. The curricula provide significant scope for developing language

proficiency and classroom interactive communication is always encouraged in the classes.

However, as the students belong to different linguistic communities in this suburban and

industrial province, more systematic guidance is needed for imparting communications skill.

The college has recently introduced Communicative English courses & Spoken Urdu/Hindi and

Sanskrit courses to support the language teaching through the curricula. The activities outside

the classroom are primarily targeted to develop the all-round personality of the learners and

such activities depend primarily on the communication skill. The students are encouraged to

participate in the college cultural competitions such as Extempore lectures on contemporary

topics, Elocution, Debating, Recitation, Group discussion. The students organise several

departmental functions under the guidance of the faculty. These become a platform for

harnessing the communicative resources of the students. In a multidisciplinary college like

ours no uniform method of promoting numerical skills among the students can be adopted.

Working within the existing constraints of prescribed curricula for Science, Arts and

Commerce students, the teachers encourage the students to adopt a realistic attitude to life

and inculcate computational skill to survive in a materialistic world and succeed in the

competitive exams. However, the Students' Employment and Academic Placement-

Counselling Cell has been organising special training classes for transferring numerical and

analytical skill among the students so that they succeed in competitive exams. Ushering in a

era of IT Revolution the college has emerged as a potential site for the dissemination of

knowledge through revolutions in the information technology. The college is a pioneer in the

field of college level computer education in the district sub-division. Having introduced

courses in Computer Application in 1996 and R.B.C. College Computer Center that was


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commissioned in 1995 with The Institute of Computer Engineers (India), now integrated with

the College’s career Hub, Pratistha, the college has started pooling in the resources of the

Information Technology with hands on training in software development and web designing.

The central computer facility at Pratistha has the ICT infrastructure, lab automation for

Multimedia development with Internet connectivity. Three lab chambers each having a

capacity of 20 computers with Internet and multimedia faculty and three dedicated computer-

instructors provide students to learn computers within the college time. The college has its

own web-site containing all the relevant information about the institution. Presently the

college 20 BSNL BB connections along with mobile Data 3G connectivity through dongle.

Substantial academic information required for new emerging areas of study, are being

downloaded and the faculty and students utilize such resources are also being stored in the

college library that is fully computerized with bar coded books and journals. The extension of

library on the second floor of the north wing, has given a boost to the resource mobilization

through Information Technology. The newly furnished library space provides sufficient

infrastructural support to use reference books, ENCYCLOPAEDIAS, and other viable

information source.

§ better career options

RBC College Students’ Employment & Academic Placement-Counselling Cell, Formed on

06/3/2003, provides information, assistance, guidance, instruction and counselling to regular

students and graduates of the college, for job placement and admission to higher

degree/diploma or other academic courses. The Cell organises campus interviews, counselling

sessions and training for students’ job placement, offers guidance and counselling for

admission to higher educational courses, and maintains regular correspondence with different

organisations, industry and institutions. The Cell has organised three Free Academic

Counselling and Coaching sessions for West Bengal Central School Service Commission, RLS

Test, in which 620 ex-students of the college attended more than 800 classes offered by 70

faculty members. 12 students who attended the course and mock-interview session in 2010-

2011 have been empanelled for appointment as Assistant Teacher by WBCSSC. The Cell

organises mock-interview sessions, training in soft-skill and communicative English. CIPLA,

Procter & Gamble, HDFC Life, Tata Johnson Controls Automotive Ltd., among others, have

recruited students from the college. On the basis of the exemplary achievement of the Career

and Counselling Cell, the college has received UGC grant under XI Plan to introduce new

courses for Entry-in-Services and Job Placement. The composition of the employment cell is

given below: Chairman (Ex-Officio), Principal, Jt. Conveners, Dr. Pradipta Bhattacharya and Dr.

Shubh Brat Sarkar, and the members are Dr. Mainak Roy, Dr. Tapan Kr. Chakraborti, and

Debashish Sengupta. Since 2010 the cell is working under the management of the Pratistha -

the Career Hub of the college, maintaining & updating records of students’ profile & job

opportunities; conducting career counselling sessions, grooming & mock interview sessions

and arranging training for self-employment & entrepreneurship.

§ community orientation: On 13 March 2015 Sri Lucky Gupta, Writer, Director,

Performer, Producer, Rangalok Theatre, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India conducted a

Special session of Interaction and Solo Performance “Ma Mujhe Tagore Bana De” on the Plight


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and Aspirations of a dalit Child Labour. Two NSS Units of the college work throughout the year

organizing activities with community orientation. The Women Cell organizes activities on

gender sensitization, the Equal Opportunity Cell also organized lectures on Positive

Discrimination and Dalit issues. The Students’ Union works throughout the year and develop

the community orientation of the students

1.3.5 Citing a few examples enumerate on the extent of use of the feedback from

stakeholders in enriching the curriculum?

The management of different activities related to the administration and academic affairs of

the college is framed on the principles of participatory and available interaction between the

students, teachers, non-teaching staff and administrator. The management is time tested and

through an in-built mechanism for internal assessment that has gradually evolved through

years, the college has consistently ensured the quality of higher education. As per the

recommendations of the UGC, the college was first to introduce the Self Appraisal of the

teachers and has been maintaining such records since the session 1999. This has helped in

formulating the future curricular activities. Along with this, the college has introduced

Students’ Feedback System to check the quality of education and design future planning for

curricular (and infrastructural) development. The information furnished in college-designed

format by the individual teachers are used at the time of screening for Career Advancement,

i.e., for promotions to higher pay-scales and also for selecting the candidates to participate in

the Refresher Courses & Orientation Programmes, organized by the Academic Staff Colleges

& Refresher Course Centres of different universities.

1.3.6 How does the institution monitor and evaluate the quality of its enrichment

programmes?

Student Feedback is taken and analysed for internal quality check-up of the enrichment

programmes and performance of the institution.The management of different activities

related to the administration and academic affairs of the college is framed on the principles of

participatory and available interaction between the students, teachers, non-teaching staff and

administrator. The management is time tested and through an in-built mechanism for internal

assessment that has gradually evolved through years, the college has consistently ensured the

quality of higher education. Among the most significant feedback received from the students

are related to participation of few teachers in such activities that often require extra time and

energy.

1.4 Feedback System

1.4.1 What are the contributions of the institution in the design and development of the

curriculum prepared by the University?

The University forms ‘Board of Studies’ (BOS) for reviewing, renewing and redesigning of

various curricula. Several teachers of this college have worked as members of BOS in various

subjects, such as English, Chemistry, History, Bengali, Economics and contributed a lot in the

design and the development of the curriculum prepared by the university. Apart from the


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members of BOS the teachers have in the workshops on Syllabus provided important

suggestions for designing the curricula of their respective disciplines. The University also has

its own teacher-feedback network, where an individual teacher can divulge his/her expert-

opinion regarding reformulation of various programmes. The following teachers of the

college have contributed a lot as members of the UG Board of Studies of the West Bengal

State University.

Dr Jaba

Chattopadhyay


Bengali

West Bengal

State University

2008-2011

Dr. Debashish Sen

Gupta


English

West Bengal

State University

2008-2011

Dr. Mainak Roy Board of Studies for UG in

Economics

West Bengal

State University

2008-2011

Dr. Sanhita Sen Board of Studies for UG in

History

West Bengal

State University

2009-2012


English

West Bengal

State University

2011-2014

Dr. Pradipta

Bhattacharya


Economics

West Bengal

State University

2011-2014


English

Rishi Bankim

Chandra College

July 2015-till

date

Prof Debashish Roy Board of Studies for PG in

English

Rishi Bankim

Chandra College

July 2015-till

date

Teachers of the departments of Computer Applications, Electronics, Journalism & Mass

Communications have also served as members of BOS. Most of the teachers of the college

attend workshops organized by the Board of Studies for framing syllabus and question

patterns. The teacher feedback is an important component in such workshops as the colleges

mainly deliver the UG honours and General courses. The guidance of other stakeholder, such

as management, guardians and ex-students are also discussed at the meetings and workshops.

For the PG Courses there is greater autonomy and the entire responsibility of Curriculum

designing and delivery is taken up by the members of the faculty of Zoology and English.

1.4.2 Is there a formal mechanism to obtain feedback from students and stakeholde rs on

Curriculum ? If ‘yes ’, how is it communicated to the University and made use internally for

curriculum enrichmen t an d in tro ducing chan ges/new programmes?

At the Board of Studies meeting the student feedback is given prime importance for the

delivery of the curriculum. Attempt is made to make the curriculum student-friendly and the

entire delivery of the course learner-centric and relevant. For PG Course in English the

following Feedback is being used for curriculum enrichment every semester since 2009:

a) Suggestion regarding Instructional Method / Course Component / Assignment / Level

of Interaction / Term Paper / use of LCD projector and ICT

b) Was the instruction useful and did it help you in the learning process?

c) Was the content and class lectures designed according to your need?


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d) Was the method of teaching appropriate? Rate the level of your understanding

e) Was the session learner-centric?

f) Rate the level of interaction.

g) Rate the relevance of the course component in your life and academic career

h) Your valuable suggestion regarding the evaluation method, Mid Sem and End

Semester Exam, etc. Class Room Facility, Library Facility, Co-operation from the English

Department, Computer & IT Facilities, Use of Teaching Aid in Class, Adminstrative

Support / Office Assistance and services

i) Your Suggestion Regarding Students’ Amenities like Canteen, Common room, Toilet,

Drinking Water, etc.

j) Your Feedback Regarding the academic ambience of the College, (whether the

academic atmosphere of the college is suitable for higher studies?)

For the PG Courses the feedback of the students is given more importance along with the

requirement of the stakeholders for designing the curriculum and instructional methodology,

the feedback and suggestions are discussed in the BOS meetings and appropriate steps are

taken to incorporate them in the curricula and course delivery.

1.4.3 How many new programmes/courses were introduced by the institution during the

last four years? What was the rationale for introducing new courses/programmes?)

Two new courses in the Under-graduate level were introduced in the last four years with the

rationale as stated below:

Sl No Course Academic

Session

Rationale

i. B.A. Honours in Urdu

and General Urdu as a

subject for B.A. course

2014-2015 To offer the students from linguistic

minority groups to get opportunity

to pursue higher studies in their

preferred language and literature

and support the demand of the local

community for the development of

Urdu as an important state language

of West Bengal

ii. Physical Education as a

General Subject for BA

/BSc /BCom

2014-2015 To support the aspirations of

sportspersons and offer scope for

development of the subject and its

application

Any other relevant information regarding curricular aspects which the college would like to

include.


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CRITERION II: TEACHING - LEARNING AND EVALUATION

2.1 Student Enrollment and Profile

2.1.1 How does the college ensure publicity and transparency in the admission process?

The college had since 2011 been using a software (developed by the college) based

computerized single-window admission process. In order to ensure wide publicity and

transparency in the entire admission process the Department of Higher Education, Govt. of

West Bengal, made On-Line Admission mandatory. The admission process for 2015-16 session

was successfully done through this process with financial assistance of Rs. 1.5 lakh from the

Govt. of W. B. for upgradation of ICT and Internet facilities. The college received a record

number of on-line application for its 22 UG Courses and admitted a record number of 2207

students for 1st year Honours and General Courses in 2015. The entire process was planned

and implemented by the Admission Sub-Committee. A separate and dedicated website

www.rbccadmission.in was developed for admission with a weblink in the college website.

Banners and advertisements were arranged by the college with assistance of the Students’

Union for a wider publicity. IT software firm was engaged for software development along

with ICICI bank for online submission of forms and collection of fees. Merit lists were

generated and the applicants were given clear guidelines for admission. The following flow-

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2.1.2 Explain in detail the criteria adopted and process of admission (Ex. (i) merit (ii)

common admission test conducted by state agencies and national agencies (iii) combination

of merit and entrance test or merit, entrance test and interview (iv) any other)to various

programmes of the Institution.

For admission to UG courses for the session 2015 Merit list was prepared on the basis of

criteria prescribed by the respective departments based on the marks in H.S /XII. The Subject-

wise Merit list was published on the 05.06.2015 at 10:30 a.m. in the website

www.rbccadmission.in / www.rbccollege.ac.in and Provisional admission started on and from

05.06.2015 at 10:30 a.m. according to merit list. General Guidelines for eligibility was placed

in the Admission Regulations. The Eligibility Criteria for “Honours” Courses was set at a

minimum of 50% marks in the aggregate and 45% marks in the subject or related subject at

the previous H.S. (10+2) qualifying examination or 55% marks in the subject or related subject

at the previous H.S. (10+2) qualifying examination, for the Honours courses as per WBSU rules.

For PG courses a similar criteria based on Merit was followed for admission in 2015 after

declaration of WBSU BA/BSc Part III results.

2.1.3 Give the minimum and maximum percentage of marks for admission at entry level

for each of the programmes offered by the college and provide a comparison with other

colleges of the affiliating university within the city/district.

SI.

No.

Programme

Level

Name of the

Programme/

Course

Minimum % of

Marks at (X II )

Maximum %

of Marks at

(X II )

In Other 51

General

Degree

Colleges of

the District

Minimum %

of Marks at (X

II )

In Other

51

General

Degree

Colleges

of the

District

Maximu1 Under-

Graduate

B.Sc. (Honours)

ECONOMICS

(ECOA)

50% marks in

the aggregate

and 45%

80% marks

in the

aggregate

50% marks in

the

aggregate

80%

marks in

the 2 Under-

Graduate

B.Sc. (Honours)

ELECTRONICS

(ELTA)

50% marks in

the aggregate

and 45%

85% marks

in the

aggregate

50% marks in

the

aggregate

85%

marks in

the 3 Under-

Graduate

B.Sc. (Honours)

CHEMISTRY

(CEMA)

50% marks in

the aggregate

and 45%

90% marks

in the

aggregate

50% marks in

the

aggregate

90%

marks in

the 4 Under-

Graduate

B.Sc. (Honours)

MATHEMATICS

(MTMA)

50% marks in

the aggregate

and 45%

85% marks

in the

aggregate

50% marks in

the

aggregate

85%

marks in

the 5 Under-

Graduate

B.Sc. (Honours)

PHYSICS

(PHSA)

50% marks in

the aggregate

and 45%

90% marks

in the

aggregate

50% marks in

the

aggregate

90%

marks in

the 6 Under-

Graduate

B.Sc. (Honours)

BOTANY

(BOTA)

50% marks in

the aggregate

and 45%

80% marks

in the

aggregate

50% marks in

the

aggregate

80%

marks in

the


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7 Under-

Graduate

B.Sc. (Honours)

MICROBIOLOGY

(MCBA)

50% marks in

the aggregate

and 45%

85% Marks

in

Aggregare

50% marks in

the

aggregate

85%

Marks in

Aggreg8 Under-

Graduate

B.Sc. (Honours)

ZOOLOGY

(ZOOA)

50% marks in

the aggregate

and 45%

95% marks

in the

aggregate

50% marks in

the

aggregate

95%

marks in

the 9 Under-

Graduate

B.Sc. (Major)

COMPUTER

APPLICATION

50% marks in

the aggregate

and 45%

95% Marks

in

Aggregare

50% marks in

the

aggregate

95%

Marks in

Aggreg10 Under-

Graduate

B.A. (Honours)

BENGALI

(BNGA)

50% marks in

the aggregate

and 45%

75% marks

in the

aggregate

50% marks in

the

aggregate

75%

marks in

the 11 Under-

Graduate

B.A. (Honours)

ENGLISH

(ENGA)

50% marks in

the aggregate

and 45%

87% marks

in the

aggregate

50% marks in

the

aggregate

87%

marks in

the 12 Under-

Graduate

B.A. (Honours)

HINDI (HINA)

50% marks in

the aggregate

and 45%

77% marks

in the

aggregate

50% marks in

the

aggregate

77%

marks in

the 13 Under-

Graduate

B.A. (Honours)

SANSKRIT

(SANA)

50% marks in

the aggregate

and 45%

85% marks

in the

aggregate

50% marks in

the

aggregate

85%

marks in

the 14 Under-

Graduate

B.A. (Honours)

URDU (URDA)

50% marks in

the aggregate

and 45%

67% marks

in the

aggregate

50% marks in

the

aggregate

67%

marks in

the 15 Under-

Graduate

B.A. (Honours)

HISTORY (HISA)

50% marks in

the aggregate

and 45%

74% marks

in the

aggregate

50% marks in

the

aggregate

74%

marks in

the 16 Under-

Graduate

B.A. (Honours)

JOURNALISM &

MASS COMM.

50% marks in

the aggregate

and 45%

70% marks

in the

aggregate

50% marks in

the

aggregate

70%

marks in

the 17 Under-

Graduate

B.A. (Honours)

PHILOSOPHY

(PHIA)

50% marks in

the aggregate

and 45%

65% marks

in the

aggregate

50% marks in

the

aggregate

65%

marks in

the 18 Under-

Graduate

B.A. (Honours)

POLITICAL

SCIENCE (PLSA)

50% marks in

the aggregate

and 45%

70% marks

in the

aggregate

50% marks in

the

aggregate

70%

marks in

the 19 Under-

Graduate

B. Com

(Honours)

ACCOUNTANCY

50% marks in

the aggregate

and 45%

85% marks

in the

aggregate

50% marks in

the

aggregate

85%

marks in

the 20 Under-

Graduate

B. Sc.(Bio.)BIO-

SCIENCE

GENERAL

40% Marks in

Aggregate

with Bio-

Science in XII

70% Marks

in

Aggregate

with Bio-

Science in

40% Marks

in Aggregate

with Bio-

Science in

XII

70%

Marks in

Aggreg

ate with

Bio-21 Under-

Graduate

B.

Sc.(Pure)PHYSIC

AL SCIENCE

GENERAL

40% Marks in

Aggregate

with Math.

and Science

in XII

77% Marks

in

Aggregate

with Math.

and

40% Marks

in Aggregate

with Math.

and Science

in XII

77%

Marks in

Aggreg

ate with

Math.


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22 Under-

Graduate

B.A. (Gen.) ARTS

GENERAL

30% Marks in

Aggregate in

XII

62% Marks

in

Aggregate

30% Marks

in Aggregate

in XII

62%

Marks in

Aggreg23 Under-

Graduate

B. Com.(Gen.)

COMMERCE

GENERAL

30% Marks in

Aggregate

with Science

or Commerce

in XII

67% Marks

in

Aggregate

with

Science or

30% Marks

in Aggregate

with Science

or

Commerce

67%

Marks in

Aggreg

ate with

Science 24 Post-

Graduate

M.A. ENGLISH 45% marks in

English

Honours

65% marks

in English

Honours

45% marks in

English

Honours

65%

marks in

English 25 Post-

Graduate

M.Sc. ZOOLOGY 50% marks in

Zoology

Honours

77% marks

in Zoology

Honours

50% marks in

Zoology

Honours

77%

marks in

Zoology In Most of the Subjects the Maximum marks scored by student in XII admitted to the colleges

in the North 24 Parganas belong to our college

2.1.4 Is there a mechanism in the institution to review the admission process and student

profiles annually? If ‘yes’ what is the outcome of such an effort and how has it contributed

to the improvement of the process?

Yes, the college has an institutional system to review the Admission process and students

profiles on a regular basis. Following is the report on review and improvement of Admission

process submitted by the Admission Sub-Committee:

Sl

No.

Sessi

on

No.

of

Meet

ings

: No. of

Members

present

Summary of Review of the

Admission Sub-Committee

Proceedings 2011-2015

Important Resolutions for the

Improvement of Admission

Process

1 2011-

12

07 12 /

meeting

(average)

Admission Sub-Committee with Jt.

Conveners, the HODs and 5-6

members from the staff and students

sit on a regular basis during the entire

admission process (April-September);

Delay in time for admission to Hons

Courses may be reduced through

Computer-based Merit-Counselling;

Admission Notice needs more

publicity; Local cable channel may be

used for; Students from Open School

are willing to take admission;

Students from Vocational are willing

to apply for admission; For preparing

Prospectus the entire load ins on an

individual;

Memo No.ED-289/2012 dated

08.06.2012 from Govt. of W.B.

Education Directorate, for

enhancement of 10% s eats in all

subjects ; Sports Quota may be

introduced for admitting good

Admission to Hons Courses to be

conducted through Computer

software developed by th e college

Programme Developers at the

Career Hub - Pratistha and

Counselling be on Merit basis;

Admission Notice will be displayed

at Students’ Notice Board &in front

of College gate; Utilization of local

cable channel for publicity Students

from Open School to be admitted

to General Cours es; Students from

Vocational to apply for B.A. Genl.

Only; A sub-committee for

preparing Prospectus was Formed;

On the basis of Memo No.ED-

289/2012 dated 08.06.2012 from

Govt. of W.B. Education

Directorate,10% seats in all subjects

of undergraduate Pass & Hons

Courses will be enhanced; Students

from Vocational Stream be

2 2012-

13

08 11 /

meeting

(average)

3 2013-

14

07 12 /

meeting

(average)

4 2014-

15

08 13 /

meeting

(average)

4 2015-

16

05 11 /

meeting

(average)


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sportspersons: Total No. of Students

admitted-1895 and better fac ilities

should be ensured to the students;

Finance Sub-Committee approval on

23.04.2014 for the introduction of

online admission into UG courses

from the academic session 2014-15

should be utilised; The college Cost

and Account software be upgraded

and integrated with onlin e admission

and COSA software with banking

networking an amount or Rs.

150000.00 be sanctioned for the

purpose under the budgetary

allocation. For on-Line admission

more Anti-Virus software should be

installed in the computers

admitted to B.Com Genl; 20 seats to

be filled through Sports Quota; the

College to ensure a smooth

Admission Process and ragging-free

atmosphere to the new entrants:

On-Line Admission process should

be used for 2014-2015; Account

software be upgraded accordingly;

Financial approval granted on

30.03.2015 regarding the purchase

of original licensed software

(Microsoft Office and Microsoft

Windows) in at least 5 computers as

per recommendation of the

Admission Sub-Committee.

2.1.5 Reflecting on the strategies adopted to increase/improve access for following

categories of students, enumerate on how the admission policy of the institution and its

student profiles demonstrate/reflect the National commitment to diversity and inclusion

The College has instituted the Equal Opportunity Cell as an institutional watchdog for

safeguarding the interest of all the new applicants and to protect their rights, opportunity

and equal access to higher education. The admission Sub-Committee also takes a review of

the entire process on a regular basis so that there is no discrimination based on caste,

gender, class, religion, region, language, and physical form or ability. The college has a rich

heritage and unblemished record of policy of integration and inclusion with firm

commitment to all the constitutional provisions such as reservation policy, secularism,

socialism, gender equality, minority rights, etc. Not a single complaint of discrimination has

ever been reported against the college since its foundation. The IQAC of the college, Equal

Opportunity Cell and the Department of English organize seminars and lectures on the issues

related to SC, ST, OBC, Linguistic and Religious Minorities, Women, Third Gender, Economically

and Physically Challenged, LGBT, and Child labour.

∗ SC/ST As per the W.B. govt. reservation in higher education 22% of seats are reserved for

the candidates belonging to SC category and 6% of seats are reserved for the candidates

belonging to SC category. The General Merit list contains all the names according to merit and

thus the meritorious candidates of SC categories are admitted without reducing the 22% / 6%

seats reserved for SC/ST category. The seats that remain vacant are duly notified at least 3 times

and the college tries to accommodate all the eligible SC / ST candidates till the last date of

admission. The college follows a policy of Zero tolerance to any kind of discrimination on the

basis of caste / tribal identity and this is inculcated by the staff, students under the vigilant eyes

of the authority and teachers.


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Categories Total Admitted

2011-2014

Average /

Year

Percentage of

Admitted Students

TOTAL 17023 4255.75 100

SC 2755 688.75 16.18399

ST 446 111.5 2.619985

OBC 1082 270.5 6.356106

General 12725 3181.25 74.75181

Others 15 3.75 0.088116

∗ OBC As per the W.B. govt. reservation in higher education 10% of seats are reserved for

the candidates belonging to OBC-A category and 7% of seats are reserved for the candidates

belonging to OBC-B category. The General Merit list contains all the names according to merit

and thus the meritorious candidates of OBC categories are admitted without reducing the 10% /

7% seats reserved for OBC-A/OBC-B category. The seats that remain vacant are duly notified at

least 3 times and the college tries to accommodate all the eligible OBC candidates till the last

date of admission. The college follows a policy of Zero tolerance to any kind of discrimination on

the basis of caste /class identity and this is inculcated by the staff, students under the vigilant

eyes of the authority and teachers.

∗ Women The college has a very healthy compositional ratio of Students for co-

education. The ratio is much higher than the national ratio although the number of female

students is less as compared to the male students. The flagship Scheme of the Govt. of West

Bengal, the Kanyasree Prakalpa for providing scholarship and incentives for Girl Students has

provided major impetus to the rise in enrolment of female students in our college (209

additional female students in 2014-2015).

Session Male Students Female Students Third Gender

2014-15 2680 1798 0

2013-2014 2554 1508 0

2012-2013 2524 1769 0

2011-2012 2541 1649 0


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The Women Cell, IQAC and the English Department organized two Lectures in the last two

years for greater Gender Sensitisation and empowerment.

∗ Differently abled

As per UGC guidelines and W.B. govt. rules regarding reservation in higher education 3% of

seats are reserved for the candidates belonging to Physically and Visually Challenged category

and the college has admitted students belonging to these categories on priority basis. Under XI

Plan HEPSN-grant (@ Rs. 2,00,000) and College building fund (@ Rs. 2,00,000) the college has

also created infrastructural facility, like lift, ramp, railing and wheel chair for the Challenged

category students and staff. The General Merit list contains all the names of the challenged

category on the top as per rules. The seats that remain vacant are duly notified at least 3 times

and the college tries to accommodate all the eligible students with special needs. The visually

challenged candidates are provided writers and the physically challenged students are assisted

by student and staff volunteers. The college follows a policy of Zero tolerance to any kind of

discrimination on the basis physical form or ability and this is inculcated by the staff, students

under the vigilant eyes of the authority and teachers.

∗ Economically weaker sections

A majority of the students admitted to our college belong to financially challenged categories

with economic indicators showing a sharp increase in the income gap in the district because of

the transitional phase in economy moving from traditional agricultural/industrial mode to the

new financial capitalism and IT-based mode. Hailing from the families of migrant agricultural

and industrial working class, the students invest their meager income on affordable state-

sponsored education provided by the college. For the welfare of economically challenged

students, many being first-generation learner, the college provides Concession in Fees

through the Students’ Welfare Fund:

Students’ Welfare Fund 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015

Amount 42800 24856 12400 23800 16400

No. of UG Students 111 74 62 104 67

No. of PG Students 0 0 0 1 1

Amount spent per student 385.5856 335.8919 200 226.6667 241.1765


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Remedial classes were provided for the students belonging to the SC/ST/OBC/Financially

Challenged under UGC-sponsored Merged scheme @ Rs. 1038521, the Utilisation Ceriticate

submitted to UGC.

∗ Minority community

For the welfare of Minorities as defined by the Indian Constitution, minorities based on

Religion, Language, Gender and ethnicity, the college has followed the policy of equality and

liberty with adequate administrative and financial support. The college has an integrated

composition of multi-religious and multi-linguistic students and staff. As per the demand of

the Linguistic community of the locality the college introduced BA Honours Course in Urdu in

2014, and the college has the sole credit in the district and colleges under West Bengal State

University of offering courses in 5 (five) major languages spoken by the people of the locality:

Sanskrit, Bengali, Hindi, English, and Urdu. For the students belonging to the Religious

Minority, like the followers of Islam and Sikhism, along with economically disadvantaged OBC

and General students, the college has provided UGC-sponsored scholarship amounting to Rs.

450000/- in the last four years. A large number of students belonging to minority religious

groups study MA in English 20 students belonging to minority religious communities have

taken admission to MA English out of 336 students (2009-2015) nearly 6% of the total

students. The access of Minority students to UG and PG courses in our college is much above

the national average and with the inclusion of new subjects like Urdu and Journalism and Mass

Communication and MA in English the enrolment rate is expected to rise many fold.

∗ Any other: Gender column has been included in the Admission form as per UGC

stipulation and applicants belonging to “third-sex” were communicated about this gender

neutral academic facility at our college. The college has a record of providing an

intellectually stimulating academic environment to all the learners, staff and teachers

irrespective of their sex and gender orientation. An ex- student (Bengali Honours, 1997) of

the college belonging to the transgender category has recently become the Principal of a

Women’s College affiliated to the University of Kalyani.

Sl.No Date Gender Sensitization Workshop

organized by IQAC and the

Department of English

Topic

1 19 December Prof. Niladri R. Chatterjee, Head, Judith Butler’s “Gender


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2013 Department of English, University of

Kalyani

Trouble

2 3 November

2014

Prof. Niladri R. Chatterjee, Head,

Department of English, University of

Kalyani

Beauvoir “The Second

Sex”

3 4th

December

2014

Prof. Saswata Kusari Assistant

Professor, Department of English,

Saroda Ma Girls’ College, Barasat,

North 24 Parganas and Research

Scholar, University of Kalyani

“New Researches in

Gender Studies”

4. 6th October

2015

6-Hour Workshop, conducted by

Sappho for Equality, an NGO working

in the field of LGBT Rights, Gender

Sensitisation and Empowerment

Gender Sensitisation and

LGBT Rights: Towards a

Progressive Tolerant

Society

2.1.6 Provide the following details for various programmes offered by the institution

during the last four years and comment on the trends. i.e. reasons for increase / decrease

and actions initiated for improvement.

The following data chart details programme-wise Demand Ratio for admission to various

courses offered by the college for the last five years (2011-2015). The cumulative average of

Applicants and students admitted to the courses reflect a demand for Courses like BSc

Honours in Zoology, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and BA Honours in Philosophy,

English, Sanskrit and History. The Demand for core subjects for Teaching at the School level

has been increasing since 2011 for students aspiring for jobs in Schools through the School

Service Commission Examination. Decline in the number of application in non-Secondary

school subject is a cause for worry and the college conducts Counselling sessions for

admission to such courses by charting career prospects in other sectors. The demand for BA

General course has been ever increasing as a maximum number of students (usually with low

merit score in H.S.) admitted to this course in our college get the best teachers and classes to

score good marks in the university exams. The demand among ST Category students is very

low while those belonging to ST Category usually opt for this college for better academic and

administrative support. While the other two colleges sharing the same campus have suffered

a steady shortfall in demand and admission, the college has consistently maintained the high

demand and admission ratio. However, due to the proliferation of private college admitting

students with low score in professional subjects there has been a steady increase in dropout

rate among the students admitted to the 1st year UG courses. The demand ratio of the PG

courses in Zoology has remained positive (1 : 05.8) for the last 10 years and the drop out ratio

is very low; for MA in English the demand ratio 1:2 and because of the availability of ODL

courses in English, the college has to depend on the excellence in course delivery for

attracting students from different districts of West Bengal. Demand for BSc General Courses

has been on a decline due to the exodus of students to the professional courses offered by

private Engineering Diploma and Degree colleges that have mushroomed in the last ten


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years. To address this trend the college has introduced BSc. Computer Application (Major),

Microbiology (Honours), Journalism and Mass Communication (Honours) courses in these last

ten years of competition.

Programmes

Numb

er of

applica

tions

SC

Number

of

applicati

ons SC

Number

of

applicati

ons

General

Total

Numbe

r of

applicat

ions

Numb

er of

stude

nts

admit

ted

Demand

Seats:

Ratio

Applica

nts

B.Sc. (Honours)

ECONOMICS

(ECOA)

0 0 15 16 8 1: 2

B.Sc. (Honours)

ELECTRONICS

(ELTA)

0 0 27 27 20 1: 1.4

B.Sc. (Honours)

CHEMISTRY

(CEMA)

2 36 204 242 83 1: 2.9

B.Sc. (Honours)

MATHEMATICS

(MTMA)

1 44 223 268 96 1: 2.8

B.Sc. (Honours)

PHYSICS (PHSA)

3 61 258 322 80 1: 4

B.Sc. (Honours)

BOTANY (BOTA)

2 32 134 168 71 1: 2.4

B.Sc. (Honours)

MICROBIOLOGY

(MCBA)

0 9 32 41 67 1: 0.6

B.Sc. (Honours)

ZOOLOGY (ZOOA)

4 72 439 515 127 1: 4.1

B.Sc. (Major)

COMPUTER

APPLICATION

(CMAV) [MAJOR]

0 5 50 55 109 1: 0.5

B.A. (Honours)

BENGALI (BNGA)

6 81 223 310 128 1: 2.4

B.A. (Honours)

ENGLISH (ENGA)

3 67 341 411 150 1: 2.7

B.A. (Honours)

HINDI (HINA)

2 24 129 155 213 1: 0.7

B.A. (Honours)

SANSKRIT (SANA)

11 114 254 379 90 1: 4.2

B.A. (Honours)

URDU (URDA)

0 3 35 38 30 1: 1.3

B.A. (Honours)

HISTORY (HISA)

4 81 272 357 113 1: 3.2

B.A. (Honours)

JOURNALISM &

MASS COMM.

(JORA)

1 4 60 65 27 1: 2.4

B.A. (Honours)

PHILOSOPHY

(PHIA)

1 34 110 145 31 1: 4.7


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B.A. (Honours)

POLITICAL

SCIENCE (PLSA)

0 14 94 108 46 1: 2.3

B. Com (Honours)

ACCOUNTANCY

(ACCA)

2 32 304 338 168 1: 2

B. Sc.(Bio.)BIO-

SCIENCE GENERAL

3 26 197 226 67 1: 3.4

B.

Sc.(Pure)PHYSICAL

SCIENCE GENERAL

3 31 222 256 205 1: 1.2

B.A. (Gen.) ARTS

GENERAL

34 388 1428 1850 1684 1: 1.1

B. Com.(Gen.)

COMMERCE

GENERAL

1 128 369 498 556 1: 0.9

M.A. ENGLISH 2 16 90 108 53 1: 2 M.Sc. ZOOLOGY 2 24 160 186 32 1: 5.8 DOEACC – O LEVEL

IT AND

COMPUTER

0 2 14 16 10 1: 1.6

Communicative

and Functional

Sanskrit / Urdu /

English

3 17 20 20 1: 1

DOEACC A-LEVEL

IT AND

COMPUTER

0 1 6 7 6 1: 1.2

87 1332 5707 7127 4373 1: 1.6

Demand Ratio for BSc Honours

Demand Ratio for BA & BCom Honours


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Demand Ratio for BA /BSc /BCom General Degree Courses

Demand Ratio for MSc Zoology and MA English

2.2 Catering to Student Diversity

2.2.1 How does the institution cater to the needs of differently- abled students and ensure

adherence to government policies in this regard?

Differently-abled students have been admitted subject to the fulfillment of minimum marks.


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As per UGC guidelines and W.B. govt. norms, 3% seats are reserved for U.G. and P.G. courses

for candidates belonging to Physically and Visually Challenged category and the college has

admitted students belonging to these categories on priority basis. Visually challenged students

have a provision for scribes from the college during Tests and University examinations and the

physically challenged students are assisted by student and staff volunteers. The college shows

sensitivity in making them a part of the college mainstream and gives them a sense of

independence and achievement. Under XI Plan HEPSN-grant (@ Rs. 2,00,000) and College

building fund (@ Rs. 2,00,000) the college has also created infrastructural facility, like lift, ramp,

railing and wheel chair for the Challenged category students and staff. The college follows a

policy of Zero tolerance to any kind of discrimination on the basis physical form or ability and

this is inculcated by the staff, students under the vigilant eyes of the authority and teachers.

2.2.2 Does the institution assess the students’ needs in terms of knowledge and skills

before the commencement of the programme? If ‘yes’, give details on the process.

Assessment of the students’ needs in terms of knowledge and skills before the commencement

of the programme for General and Honours courses are normally made by the university

through its Board of Studies (BOS).The college provides information in this regard through the

members of the BOS. All relevant data pertaining to the students are elicited through the

application form itself. However, all the departments offer internal guidance, motivation and

orientation to the students on their respective subjects in the introductory sessions. The

advanced learners are encouraged through personal grooming, extended interactions, special

counselling & guidance and providing access to advance learning materials.

2.2.3 What are the strategies adopted by the institution to bridge the knowledge gap of the

enrolled students (Bridge/Remedial/ Add-on/Enrichment Courses, etc.) to enable them to

cope with the programme of their choice?

The institution identifies weaker and advanced learners on the basis of class-room interaction,

class-test and Test examinations. To bridge the knowledge gap, Remedial classes are

organized. Students also interact with teachers outside the class–room. The teachers always

assist the students to sort problem faced by them in their course of study outside the class. The

departments organize (beyond scheduled Class Routine) extension lectures and tutorials

particularly targeted for the improvement of academically disadvantaged students. The

Academic Subcommittee has initiated the process for making same Remedial Courses an

integrant part of the curricula. Remedial classes were provided for the students belonging to

the SC/ST/OBC/Financially Challenged under UGC-sponsored Merged scheme @ Rs.

1038521, the Utilisation Certificate submitted to UGC that included the following items

Expenditure for UGC-spon Remedial Coaching (2009-2013)

Items

Amount

Non-recurring

1 Equipment 209188

2 Books & Journals and Study Materials 203381

Recurring


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1 Honorarium to Coordinator 11750

2 Remuneration to Teachers 608550

3 Payment to Part-time LDC 1700

4 Contingency

Rs. 10,38,521

2.2.4 How does the college sensitize its staff and students on issues such as gender,

inclusion, environment etc.?

Over the years number of female students and staff is increasing. The institution has

constituted the Equal Opportunity Cell funded by U.G.C. The college has organized gender

related sensitising workshop for the students through the programme of the cell. To address

the problems of the female students, the college has set up Women’s Cell. Under the auspices

of the cell, the college has arranged social awareness programme to respect the dignity and

integrity of every human being. To maintain gender balance amongst female students and

staff, the college encourages student and staff to involve and participate in all bodies. Female

students participate in the bodies of Student Union and female staffs participate in different

sub-committees. The college has a very healthy compositional ratio of Students for co-

education. The ratio is much higher than the national ratio although the number of female

students is less as compared to the male students. The college has an active Women Cell that

organizes lectures, workshop and seminars in collaboration with IQAC and the Department of

English that offers special course in Gender and Literature for the MA students. The flagship

Scheme of the Govt. of West Bengal, the Kanyasree Prakalpa for providing scholarship and

incentives for Girl Students has provided major impetus to the rise in enrolment of female

students in our college (209 additional female students in 2014-2015). Nearly 70 students of

the PG courses in English and Zoology have received UGC-sponsored Indira Gandhi Single

Girl Child Scholarship (@Rs. 40000/- each) in the last four years. Gender sensitization is

regularly done by the Women’s Cell and NSS Units of the college.

Session Male Students Female Students Third Gender

2014-15 2680 1798 0

2013-2014 2554 1508 0

2012-2013 2524 1769 0

2011-2012 2541 1649 0

Among the faculty too the male-female ratio is very healthy and much above the national


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average with women teachers out numbering the male teachers and sharing equal rights,

opportunity and access to administration and delivery of academic curriculum.

Session Male Teachers Female Teachers

2014-2015 45 47

2013-2014 42 43

2012-2013 43 44

2011-2012 46 42

The Women Cell, IQAC and the English Department organized the following Lectures in the

last two years for greater Gender Sensitisation and empowerment:

Sl.

No.

Date Resource Person & Speaker / Organisation Topic

1 25 August

2014

Dr. Syamasree Basu, Assistant Professor,


African American

Feminism

2 4th

December

2014

Prof. Saswata Kusari, Assistant Professor,

Department of English, Saroda Ma Girls’

College, Barasat, North 24 Parganas

“New Researches in

Gender Studies”

Gender column has been included in the Admission form as per UGC stipulation and

applicants belonging to “third-sex” were communicated about this gender neutral academic

facility at our college. The college has a record of providing an intellectually stimulating

academic environment to all the learners, staff and teachers irrespective of their sex and

gender orientation. An ex- student (Bengali Honours, 1997) of the college belonging to the

transgender category has recently become the Principal of a Women’s College affiliated to

the University of Kalyani.

Sl.No Date Gender Sensitization Workshop organized

by IQAC and the Department of English

Topic

1 19 December

2013



Kalyani

Judith Butler’s “Gender

Trouble

2 3 November

2014



Kalyani

Beauvoir “The Second

Sex”

3 4th Prof. Saswata Kusari Assistant Professor, “New Researches in


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December

2014

Department of English, Saroda Ma Girls’

College, Barasat, North 24 Parganas and

Research Scholar, University of Kalyani

Gender Studies”

4. 6th October

2015

6-Hour Workshop, conducted by Sappho

for Equality, an NGO working in the field

of LGBT Rights, Gender Sensitisation and

Empowerment

Gender Sensitisation and

LGBT Rights: Towards a

Progressive Tolerant

Society

For inclusiveness and providing equal access to the students belonging to different categories

strategies are adopted by the college. To encourage students belonging to the following

categories SC, ST, OBC, Minorities 12 Lectures were organized by the IQAC and “Equal

Opportunity Cell” of Rishi Bankim Chandra College. Sri Pradipta Ray, Rtd. Hon’ble Justice,

Calcutta High Court delivered conducted a session on “The Indian Constitution and Positive

Discrimination” on 05.03.2014. Prof. Kalyan Das, Assistant Professor, Department of English,

Presidency University, College Street, Kolkata delivered a lecture on “Literature form the

Margins: Introducing Caste and Cultural Politics in Dalit Literature” on 10 September 2014.

Sensitisation regarding Ecology and Environment is done through activities and seminars

organized by NSS, Students’ Union, Departments of Biological Sciences. Ecological Issues,

Global warming, Environmental Education are integrated in the UG and PG curriculum and

classes are held on a regular basis to sensitize the students, staff and faculty for ecological

awareness. Dr. Shubh Brat Sarkar delivered a lecture entitled “ In Search of Public Information

and Awareness Campaigns on Ecological Issues in Print and Electronic Media” at a UGC-

sponsored National Seminar, organized by the Dep. of Journalism and mass Communication,

at Rishi Bankim Chandra College on 16 -09- 2011. The NSS units of the college also organized

the following activities:

LISTS OF EVENTS ORGANIZED BY NSS ON

ECOLOGICAL, HEALTH, NATIONAL INTEGRATION, GENDER AND SOCIAL ISSUES DURING 2010- 2015

YEAR SL.NO EVENTS

2010-11 1. EARTH DAY:22 APRIL


3. NSS DAY: 24 SEPEMBER: SEMINAR ON AWARENESS AND SCREENING

FOR THALASSEMIA AMONG STUDENTS

4. SOS: SAVE OUR SPECIES: 18 DECEMBER: CELEBRATING

INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF BIO DIVERSITY



6. SPECIAL TALK ON ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS: 28 JANUARY

2011-12 1. EARTH DAY: 22APRIL


3. RABINDRA SMARAN: ECOLOGY AND TAGORE 8TH AUGUST


5. NSS DAY CELEBRATION: BLOOD GROUP DETECTION CAMP

6. NATIONAL EDUCATION DAY CELEBRATION:11TH NOVEMBER


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7. VIJAY DIWAS CELEBRATION:16TH NOVEMBER

8. SPECIAL CAMP: 24-3OTH DECEMBER: RAIN WATER HARVESTING

AND SANITATION


2012-13 1. THE 175TH BIRTH CELEBRATION OF RISHI BANKIM CHANDRA

CHATTOPADHYAY: NATIONALISM AND FREEDOM 28TH JUNE


3. WORLD POPULATION DAY OBSERVATION:


5. NSS DAY: 24 SEPEMBER

6. WORLD AIDS DAY OBSERVATION: 1ST DECEMBER

7. YUVA DIWAS: 12TH JANUARY

8. SPECIAL CAMP: 18-24TH JANUARY: RESPECT THE WOMEN: CORNER

STONE OF CIVILIZED SOCIETY

9. REPUBLIC DAY OBSERVATION

10. WOMEN’S DAY CELEBRATION 8TH MARCH


2013-14 1. NSS DAY CELEBRATION

2. WORLD AIDS DAY: 1ST DECEMBER


4. EARTH DAY CELEBRATION: 22ND APRIL

5. NATIONAL YOUTH DAY CELEBRATION:12TH JANUARY



8. INTERNATIONAL MOTHER TONGUE DAY:21ST FEBRUARY

Dates Activities of the NSS Unit I & NSS Unit II 2014-2015

June, 2014 1 SHIFTING OF GARDEN PLANTS IN FRONT OF COLLEGE LIBRARY

1st December, 2014 2 WORLD AIDS DAY OBSERVATION, RED RIBBON CLUB FORMATION

12th January, 2015 3 NATIONAL YOUTH DAY OBSERVATION

18th February, 2015 4 THALASSAEMIA AWARNESS & SCREENING PROGRAMME

21st February, 2015 5 INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY OBSERVATION

1-20th March, 2015 6 COLLEGE CLEANING PROGRAMME- SWACCHA BHARAT MISSION

23-27th March, 2015 7 PARTICIPATION IN A 5-DAYS WORKSHOP ON ‘YOUTH MOTIVATION’

AT WBSU

2 - 8th March, 2015 8 SPECIAL CAMP ON “YOUTH FOR DIRT AND DISEASES” AT KEUTIA,

NORTH 24 PARGANAS,

2 - 8th March, 2015 9 SPECIAL CAMP ON “YOUTH FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT”,

KEUTIA, NORTH 24 PARGANAS

5th June, 2015 10 WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY OBSERVATION

2.2.5 How does the institution identify and respond to special educational/learning

needs of advanced learners?

The college identifies advanced learners on the basis of attendance in class-room, interaction

with the teachers both inside and outside the class-room, interaction in the laboratory, class-


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test and Test examinations. Advanced learners are suggested advanced reference books. They

are encouraged to participate in seminar talk with modern equipment, in publishing Wall

Magazine. P.G. students are given special attention through seminar dissertation projects. In

the last four years several students of this college got first class first and University Toppers in

the university Examinations, such as Sri Gurpreet Singh stood 1st in English Honours in 2011.

The first rank in Hindi honours for the last years is held by students of this college: Shagufta

Yasmin secured First Class First Position in B.A. Part III Hindi Honours Examination, 2011; in

2013, Lakhi Shaw passed B.A. Part III Hindi Honours Examination in First Class First Position

with 66.5% marks; in 2014 Tumpa Shaw passed B.A. Part III Hindi Honours Examination in

First Class First Position securing 66.33% marks. Lakhi Shaw, Priyanka Sinha, Priyanka Gupta

won the first prize in Hindi Ghyan Pratiyogita in 2011-2012 organised by Sanskritik

Punarnirman Mission, Kolkata. Similarly, Chandan Das secured 2nd position in University final

Examination in Economics in 2012-13. The advanced learners are encouraged through

personal grooming, extended interactions, special counselling & guidance and are provided

access to advance learning materials. 14 students of the college got 1st Classin the WBS

University Part III Examination 2015. These students not only excel in the university

examinations but also get chance in premier institutes like JNU.

2.2.6 How does the institute collect, analyze and use the data and information on the

academic performance (through the programme duration) of the students at risk of

drop out (students from the disadvantaged sections of society, physically challenged, slow

learners, economically weaker sections etc. who may discontinue their studies if some sort

of support is not provided)?

Data and information are collected from the records of the regular class attendance, results of

the class tests, Test examination etc. The faculty members of different departments analyze

the attendance, results of different examinations in the departmental meeting. The

departments meet the parents in parent-teacher meeting where the parents are informed

about the attendance, class performance, strength and weakness of their wards. Psychological

support sometimes helps to minimize the dropout rate. Our college provides financial support

to students from economically weaker sections of society. The institution is receiving financial

assistance for student welfare from Central Government. U.G.C. has sanctioned aid to our

college to safeguard the financially / physically challenged students for carrying on their

studies. A majority of the students admitted to our college belong to financially challenged

categories with economic indicators showing a sharp increase in the income gap in the district

because of the transitional phase in economy moving from traditional agricultural/industrial

mode to the new financial capitalism and IT-based mode. Hailing from the families of migrant

agricultural and industrial working class, the students invest their meager income on

affordable state-sponsored education provided by the college. For the welfare of

economically challenged students, many being first-generation learner, the college provides

Concession in Fees through the Students’ Welfare Fund:

Students’ Welfare Fund 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-

2015


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Amount 42800 24856 12400 23800 16400






submitted to UGC. The number of students who received financial assistance in the last 5

years is shown below:

UGC Stipend / Scholarship for Students

belonging to Minority and Finacially Challenged

Categories

Student Welfare Fund

YEAR No. of

Students

Amount No. of Students Amount

2010-2015 525 480000 418 120256

2.3 Teaching-Learning Process

2.3.1 How does the college plan and organize the teaching, learning and evaluation

schedules? (Academic calendar, teaching plan, evaluation blue print, etc.)

The college follows the academic schedule of The West Bengal State University, to which it is

the presently affiliated. As regards teaching plan, it is left to individual departments, although


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certain common principles are shared by all teachers, irrespective of departments. They

pertain to the quest of excellence as the essential culture of the college, the need to be

organized, systematic and proactive in teaching, the duty to maintain a caring culture, keeping

in mind the importance of value based teaching learning process. Evaluation plans too follow

the prescriptions provided by the University. The following is an annual in-house calendar

which the college follows in structuring its activities in accordance with the University

Calendar:

SUMMARY ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR THE UG COURSES

SESSION 2015-2016

EVENTS DATES

FIRST YEAR New Batch (2015-2016)

1 Admission Form June 1-15, 2015

2 Admission Merit List June16, 2015

3 Commencement of Classes July 1, 2015

4 Registration Form fill up 1st Year August 1, 2015

5 Commencement of Classes 2nd & 3rd Year August, 2015

6 Class Tests December 2015

7 College Foundation Day January 15, 2016

8 Selection Test Third Year January, 16-31, 2016

9 Selection Test Second Year February,15-29, 2016

10 Results Selection Test Third Year February, 28, 2016

11 Examination Form fill up February 28, 2015

12 Selection Test First Year March, 15-31, 2016

13 Results Selection Test Second Year March, 15, 2016

14 Examination Form fill up Second Year March 15, 2016

15 Results Selection Test First Year February, 28, 2016

16 Results Selection Test First Year March, 15, 2016

17 Examination Form fill up First Year February 28, 2015

18 BA/BSc/BCom H/G/M Part III WBSU Exam April, 2 2016

19 BA/BSc/BCom H/G/M Part III WBSU Exam May, 2 2016

20 BA/BSc/BCom H/G/M Part III WBSU Exam June, 2 2016

21 Summer Recess June (1 Week) 2016

SUMMARY ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR THE PG COURSES

MSc ZOOLOGY AND MA ENGLISH

SESSION 2015-2016

EVENTS DATES

FIRST/THIRD (ODD) SEMESTER New Batch (2015-2016)

1 Admission Form July 20, 2015

2 Admission Merit List July 30, 2015

3 Commencement of Classes August 1, 2015

4 Mid-Term Tests October 2015

5 Semester Examination Form fill up November 2015


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6 End semester examination December,15-24, 2015

7 Results odd semester January, 31, 2016

SECOND/FOURTH (EVEN) SEMESTER

8 Commencement of Classes January 02, 2016

9 College Foundation Day (Holiday**) January 15, 2016

10 Sandipan Majumdar Memorial Cultural Event February 23, 2016

11 Mid-Term Test March 25-31, 2016

12 World Shakespeare Day Celebration April 23, 2016

13 Semester Examination Form Fill up April 28-30, 2016

14 End Semester Examination June 10-22, 2016

15 Summer Recess June (1 Week) 2016

16 Results Declaration July 31, 2016

17 Commencement of Third Semester July 1, 2016

The teaching process mainly constitute class room teaching, supplemented by tutorial

lectures, group discussions, project work, class tests throughout the academic sessions and

appended by annual examination and University examinations, followed by the evaluation

process. The college follows this Routine Structure for the UG Courses for 2015-2016:

SCIENCE

SUBJECTS

HONOURS GENERAL Total

Theory Practical Theory Practical 1ST 2

N

D

3R

D

1ST 2N 3RD 1ST 2N 3R 1S 2N 3R 1ST 2N 3R

CHEMISTRY 16 17 17 6 9 19 8 4 4 21 21 6 51 51 46 148

PHYSICS 14 15 29 12 9 9 4 3 6 15 12 6 45 39 50 134

MATHEMATI 15 20 17 X X 9 4 9 4 X X X 19 29 30 78

ELECTRONIC 20 16 21 6 6 14 4 4 5 X 6 3 30 32 43 105

BOTANY 14 15 21 9 9 18 4 6 5 12 12 6 39 42 50 131

MICROBIOL

OGY

14 14 20 6 6 9 2 4 3 6 3 6 28 27 38 93

ZOOLOGY 15 14 14 9 9 9 4 5 4 9 9 6 37 37 33 107

CMAV 23 22 29 74

ECONOMIC 24 20 22 X X X 3 3 4 X X X 27 23 26 76

TOTAL 132 131 161 48 48 87 33 38 35 63 63 33 299 30 34 946

Subject: for Arts 1st year 2nd year 3rd year General TOTAL

BENGALI 21 21 24 31 97

ENGLISH 20 19 22 11 72

HINDI 24 23 23 5 75

SANSKRIT 20 19 21 11 71

HISTORY 18 20 22 24 84

POL.SC 20 16 16 11 63

PHILOSOPHY 19 20 22 9 70

ECONOMICS 14 14

JOURNALISM AND MASS COM. 20 20 24 27 91

URDU 16 16 0 10 42

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 6 6


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TOTAL

178 174 174 159 685

Classes for Commerce Hons. General ENVS Total

Commerce Ist year 28 26 1+1 56

Commerce 2nd year 26 24 X 50

Commerce 3rd year 40 16 X 56

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Allotment of classrooms and laboratories is done before the commencement of the session

and the assignment of the teachers distributed according to the syllabus and work load. Item-

wise distribution of the syllabus is also done in advance. The Examination Sub-committee and

the University Centre Committee frame the Examination programme and allot halls and

invigilation duty to the teachers. For the P.G courses Resource persons and in-house faculty

having specialization in the area of study are assigned classes. For PG classes itemized

Syllabus and Assignment distribution is done through the BOS and Departmental Committee

meetings. Credit based lectures @ 24 lectures for every Credit are assigned to the in-house

faculty and Resource Persons drawn from other HEIs. At the beginning of each semester a

hard copy of the Syllabus and Assignment Distribution with number of lectures per

assignment is issued to every PG student and the same is also hosted in the college website.

The Notices, Syllabus, Assignment Distribution and Routine are well displayed / distributed

and hosed as web pages in the college website.

2.3.2 How does IQAC contribute to improve the teaching –learning process?

The college has set up an IQAC (Internal Quality Assurance Cell) entrusted with the following

responsibilities in accordance with the guidelines of NAAC:

a) Sustainable development and application of quality benchmarks/parameters for various

academic and administrative activities through a co-ordination with the Governing Body and

Academic Sub-committee.

b) Facilitating the creation of a learner-centric environment conducive to quality education

and faculty maturation, the IQAC keeps regular track of students’ activities, routine,

attendance, and examination processes. Every Sub-committee is required to submit annual

Report and feedback.

c) The IQAC encourages the faculty to get feedback response from students, parents and other

stake holders for qualitative development of the institution, and through Parent-teacher

meeting some of these responses and suggestions are incorporated in teaching-learning

process.

d) The IQAC in collaboration with EOC, Sub-committees and various departments organize

intra institutional workshops, seminars and conferences on educational and social themes.

e) The documentation of the various programmes and activities are done by the members of

the IQAC, leading to systematic planning of management processes for quality improvement.

f) Acting as a nodal agency of the Institution for coordinating quality-related activities the

improvement of teaching learning process is ensured by the IQAC.


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g) Development and maintenance of institutional database through modern computer system

management, and uploading the relevant information through the College Web Team for the

purpose of maintaining /enhancing the institutional quality are done by the IQAC.

h) Development of quality culture in the institution is done through incentives in the form of

recognition, publicity, and appreciation for Innovative and best practices.

i) Preparation of Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) as per guidelines and parameters of

NAAC, submitted to NAAC, done by the IQAC, allows an overall analysis of the strength and

weakness of the Institutional delivery system.

2.3.3 How is learning made more student-centric? Give details on the support structures

and systems available for teachers to develop skills like interactive learning, collaborative

learning and independent learning among the students?

Traditionally, the college has avoided one-way flow of knowledge by respecting the

independence of the students, keeping in mind their talent and enormous potential. The

foremost factor is ensuring the provision for a congenial academic ambience to the students.

We believe that without this the optimum effect of all else will not be reached. A major

support system is the excellent library we maintain. Without a doubt, it the best library among

all colleges affiliated to The West Bengal State University and we encourage our students to

make optimum use of this facility. The college library has computers supported with internet

connections which are used both by the students and faculty members. The college has a well-

designed and generously furnished Computer Centre which is made good use of by students.

Faculty members too have access to this. Regular interactive sessions with the students are

organized and students are motivated to actively participate in these sessions. Frequent

student seminars, debates and symposia are organized. The PG departments involve practice-

based group activities for the students, such as team projects on theatre and performance on

literary and social subjects by the English Department and visit to ecological sites for group

study on environment and species introduced by the Zoology department. The UG students of

Botany, Economics, Computer Applications, Commerce, History and Journalism are similarly

involved in such study experience beyond the classroom for developing collaborative learning

and independent learning skill.

2.3.4 How does the institution nurture critical thinking, creativity and scientific

temper among the students to transform them into life-long learners and innovators?

Promotion of original and critical thinking is inherent in the tradition and culture of the

college. Students’ views in almost all respects are valued with due respect and appreciation.

Faculty members serve as facilitators in the process of enabling them to grow in every respect.

The students are encouraged to stay focused on the quest of knowledge and passionate

learning in order to have a holistic growth and development instead of an obsession with

excessive examination and result oriented learning. It is our conviction that, once a taste for

ideas is inculcated in students, they will remain lifelong learners. The college encourages

students to develop clarity on concepts, enabling them with critical and free thinking,

creativity and scientific temper. If this is not done, these will remain mere words and no

attempts will be made towards cultivating them. Publication of departmental magazine and


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Wall magazines (History, Botany, English, Bengali, Sanskrit, Hindi, among others), organizing

departmental students’ seminars, organizing excursions and educational tours are few steps in

these regards. In the last four years the college has organized 5 UGC-sponsored National

Seminar, 2 State-Level UGC-sponsored Seminars, 7 UGC-sponsored Workshops on

Educational Innovation, and more than 14 college sponsored seminars and workshops, 89

special lectures, directly involving more than 100 faculty and 1700 students to expose the

students to the best scholarship in various disciplines and allow them to inculcate critical

thinking, creativity and scientific temper among the students.

2.3.5 What are the technologies and facilities available and used by the faculty for

effective teaching? Eg: Virtual laboratories, e-learning - resources from National Programme

on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) and National Mission on Education

through Info rmati on and Com municatio n Technology (NME-ICT), open educational

resources, mobile education, etc.

The college has one of the best libraries in any college in the West Bengal State University

with many journals, LCD Projector-enabled classrooms, satisfactory computer-students ratio,

interactive e-board, and internet connectivity. Open access educational resource materials

are stored in the departmental computers and used by the faculty and students. The resources

in libraries at Kolkata such as National Library, British Council Library, and State Library are

also used along with the virtual libraries hosted by the Govt. of India and foreign universities.

2.3.6 How are the students and faculty exposed to advanced level of knowledge and skills

(blended learning, expert lectures, seminars, workshops etc.)?

Various departments organize seminars every year. Workshops are organized along with

extension lectures by distinguished scholars and eminent professors. In the last four years the

college has organized 5 UGC-sponsored National Seminar, 2 State-Level UGC-sponsored

Seminars, 7 UGC-sponsored Workshops on Educational Innovation, and more than 14 college

sponsored seminars and workshops, 89 special lectures, directly involving more than 100

faculty and 1700 students to expose the students to the best scholarship in various disciplines

and allow them to inculcate critical thinking, creativity and scientific temper among the

students. The college encourages faculty members to participate in various UGC-spon

Refresher Course and Orientation Programmes organized by various universities, FDP, and

other educational workshops so as to maintain the quality of teaching and to infuse newer

dimensions in the teaching-learning and evaluation process.

Academic Staff Development Programs Participation in RCs, Ops, etc. Number of Faculty

Refreshers Course 18

HRD programs 15

Orientation Programmes 8

Staff training conducted by the University 5

Summer/ Winter Schools, workshop, etc. 12

Faculty Development Program 1

Total 59


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Support and encouragement provided to faculty members to participate in national and

international symposia in India and abroad. In the last four years teachers of the college

received scholarship and invitations for research and presentation of papers. Prof. Anindita

Ghoshal of the Department of History received Charles Wallace Trust Fellowship from Charles

Wallace India Trust to work in various libraries and archives in UK, 2014; she got an Academic

and Foreign Travel Grant from ICHR to present a paper in a symposium organized by the Dept.

of English, University of Cardiff, Wales, UK, 2013 and was honoured with Research-Writing

Fellowship From Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group (CRG) to conduct a field-work based

research in Tripura, 2012, and a Short Term Residential Fellowship in the Department of South

Asian Languages and Civilization, Division of the Humanities, University of Chicago in 2009.

She also got an Academic Affiliation with a Scholarship for 1 month from Asiatic Society of

Bangladesh, Dhaka in 2008. Dr. Broja Gopal Dutta of the Department of Physics presented a

paper with S. K. Chakrabarti, “Inclination effects and Time Variability Properties of Black Hole

Transients”, in Proceeding of Fourteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting, Rome, Italy at University

of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy, on July 12-18, 2015.The college also encourages Student-

teacher interactions outside the classrooms that mainly focus on topics and themes beyond the

syllabi.

2.3.7 Detail (process and the number of students \benefitted) on the academic, personal and

psycho-social support and guidance services (professional Counselling/mentoring/academic

advise) provided to students?

The college has in its mission imbibed the values of holistic education that nurtures on an

interpersonal relationship among the teachers and students. Alongwith academic support the

teachers extend psychological Counselling and career Counselling to the students. Statistical

information not maintained as the college feels this as an integral part of the work assigned to

them. However, the college has a Students’ Employment & Academic Placement-Counselling

Cell, Formed on 06/3/2003, that provides information, assistance, guidance, instruction and

counselling to regular students and graduates of the college, for job placement and admission

to higher degree/diploma or other academic courses. The Cell organises campus interviews,

counselling sessions and training for students’ job placement, offers guidance and counselling

for admission to higher educational courses, and maintains regular correspondence with

different organisations, industry and institutions. The Cell has organised three Free Academic




2011 have been empanelled for appointment as Assistant Teacher by WBCSSC. The Cell





courses for Entry-in-Services and Job Placement, NET/SET/RET coaching for

SC/ST/OBC/Minorities/Women/Economically Challenged categories. The academic

counselling and coaching is therefore extended to the ex-students of the college for better


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career prospects.

2.3.8 Provide details of innovative teaching approaches/methods adopted by the faculty

during the last four years? What are the efforts made by the institution to encourage the faulty

to adopt new and innovative approaches and the impact of such innovative practices on

student learning?

The college as an institution committed to the pursuit of excellence stills continues to follow

the conventional teaching methodology and class room lecture mode. However, the efficient

tutorial system in college facilitate the individual teachers to adopt and adapt new modes and

methods which they implement without affecting the curricular structure designed by the

university. Adequate internet connections, classrooms provided with projectors supplement

their effort. A major educational innovation undertaken by the Department of English through

four UGC-sponsored workshops and two college-spon workshops attended by more than 250

PG students and faculty between 2009-2015:

Similar innovative approach to learning beyond classroom has been adopted by the

departments of Social Sciences such as Economics, History, Philosophy and Political Science,

engaging the students undertake active research, field-work and projects conducted in various

socio-historical sites. The students of the Department of History were taken on field-work and

study tour to heritage sites at Santiniketan in January 2006; to the ancient archeological site of

Chandraketugarh on 22.12.2008; and to the medieval historical sites in Burdwan on

07.01.2010, under the supervision of all the members of the faculty. The Department of

Political Science trains its students in the art of parliamentary debate and some of the students

have taken part in ‘Mock Youth Parliament’ organised by the Ministry of Youth and

parliamentary Affairs. Similarly, the departments of History and English arrange film shows on

relevant areas. The dept. of English in-built curriculum to incorporate understanding drama

and literature through performance and the students are trained to perform scenes from

important classical plays like Kalidasa’s Sakuntala and modern European and Indian plays

Seminar / Workshop / Conference Organiser Dates Title

4-day UGC-Spon Workshop on

Educational Innovation Beyond

Classroom (Under XI Plan)

Dept of

English (PG)

19-22 April,

2010

“Understanding Drama Beyond the

Clasroom through Performance and

Third Theatre”




Dept of

English (PG)

6-9 April, 2011 “Understanding Drama th rough

Performance and Third Th eatre”




Dept of

English (PG)

12-16 March,

2012

“Understanding Drama th rough





Dept of

English (PG)

12-15 March

2013





Classroom

Dept of

English (PG)

March 25-28

2014



4-day Workshop on Educational

Innovation Beyond Classroom

Dept of

English (PG)

10-13 March,

2015




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along with developing their own script for song, dance and drama performance to understand

the nuances of creative arts. The students of the Language departments are similarly exposed

to the cultural and literary world through seminars, publication, translation work, creative

writing, drama, song and dance performances.

2.3.9 How are library resources used to augment the teaching-learning

process?

The library resources at the Central Library of the college provides an effective support to the

teaching-learning process through organisational planning, management of resources,

delivery of services and fully computerised acquisition and delivery system. The modern &

fully renovated Central Library, has a rich collection of text and reference books, journals,

newspapers and mgazines, besides a substantial number of complimentary books, journals

and magazines. With two large well-furnished Reading Rooms, the Library can accommodate

60 students and 25 teachers at a time, and has provision for future growth and upgradation of

services through computerisation and storing of quality reference material in digital-text

formats. Apart from books purchased from UGC CD grant, PG grant, Book grant under UGC

merged schemes, State Govt grant and college fund, the college has also received donations

for book purchase and furniture during the academic session 2009-2010 and has instituted

“Sandipan Majumdar Memorial Library Collection” for the English Department (UG & PG)

and “Mankumari Majumdar Memorial Library Collection” for Competitive Exams. The college

has procured books and journals with financial assistance of UGC under XI plan period for PG

in English. The college has also instituted the “Career Corner” with books, periodicals and

magazines for competitive examinations, sponsored by the Govt. of West Bengal. The library

remains open to the members on all working days during college hours i.e. from 10.30 A. M.

to 4.30 P.M supported with the Librarian and staff:

Name Designation Duty Assigned

1. Kasinath Santra Librarian Accession, Processing to books, etc. Overall

supervision, Acquisition,

2 Lipi Das Clerk (Fixed pay) Do

3 Swarnankur Dey Clerk (Fixed pay)

4 Dipak Kumar Dey Library Peon

5 Shakuntala Ahir Lady attendant

Shelving books, Dusting books, and other

routine works.

Student members are provided with two Reader’s Tickets, one for lending purpose and the

other for reference purpose. They will have to present identity cards along with Reader’s

Ticket before any book is issued them. Teachers are eligible to borrow maximum (as

recommended by the Library Sub-committee to the G. B.) of 10 books on his/her subject of

teaching. Other staff member may borrow one book, with the written permission of the

Principal. Members are allowed to borrow books for the period of vacation. The book issued to

them are be returned by them within three days after the vacation failing which overdue

changes are levied from the time the vacation ends. For the books not issued for vacation, the

overdue charges are levied for the entire overdue period. Computerised access system has


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been brought into practice in order to publicize books and induce the readers to do their

selection easily and properly. Books are classified according to Dewey Decimal Classification

(DDC) numbered and barcoded for computer based delivery system. Previous year’s question

papers of the University examinations are available in the library for consultation. Classified

arrangement is followed in the library. Bookbinding is done from time to time. Regular

periodical dusting is done both manual and by vacuum cleaner. Naphthalene balls are used to

repel bookworms. Open access system also helps to prevent bookworms. Various departments

also maintain departmental libraries with book-bank facility to cater to the needs of the

honours and post-graduate students.

Total No. of Books & Journals and Expenditure for the Purchase of Such Books

Subject

Total

Books

/

Journ

al

Upto

2010-

11

Add

No. of

Books

/

Journ

al

2010-

11

Amount

Rs.

Add

No. of

Books

/

Journ

al

2011-

12

Amo

unt

Rs.

Add

No. of

Books

/

Journ

al

2012-

13

Amou

nt

Rs.

Add

No. of

Books

/

Journ

al

2013-

14

Amo

unt

Rs.

Add

No. of

Books

/

Journ

al

2014-

15

Am

oun

t

Rs.

Total

Book

s/

Jour

nal

Upto

2014

-15

English 1107 489 131379 44 4978

0 59

5032

9 421

2284

69 11

108

25 2131

Economic

s 457 20 9793 29

1040

0 29

1040

0 9 5216 21

996

0 565

Electroni

cs 516 25 8684 29

1008

1 Nil Nil Nil Nil 25

102

20 595

Chemistr

y 823 20 8000 28 9949 Nil Nil Nil Nil 10

100

00 881

Hindi 1686 33 8000 36 9985 Nil Nil Nil Nil 25 100

00 1780

Botany 501 10 8000 9 1038

5 Nil Nil Nil Nil 2

100

00 522

Urdu Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 121 240

60 121

Philosoph

y 538 9 8000 20

1000

0 20

1000

0 Nil Nil 46

932

2 633

Comp.

Appl. 543 18 4581 28 9752 Nil Nil Nil Nil 36

999

6 625

History 1045 3 16807 26 1013

2 18 7816 Nil Nil 58

109

24 1150

Bengali 1325 197 23000 89 9710 89 9710 Nil Nil 77 100

00 1777

Sanskrit 985 85 8000 28 1038

1 28

1038

1 Nil Nil 46

109

21 1172

Commerc

e 1490 21 8000 20

1000


100

31 1556

Physics 953 Nil Nil 28 1000 Nil Nil Nil Nil 21 102 1002


70

0 91

Mathema

tics 823 36 8024 36

1000


977

9 930

Statistics 53 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 26 100

00 79

Microbiol

ogy 82 4 1147 10

1434

6 Nil Nil Nil Nil 5

100

00 101

Political

Science 528 12 6349 10 3918 13 4207 Nil Nil 40

965

9 603

Zoology 952 20 17079 113 1469

63 60

8676

8 41

1400

00 6

100

00 1192

Journalis

m 305 29 16798 34 9944 Nil Nil Nil Nil 45

150

74 413

Environm

ental

Science

79 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 79

Total

No.of

Books &

Journals

1479

1 1031 291641 617

3557

26 316

1896

11 471

3736

85 681

221

062

1790

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2.3.10 Does the institution face any challenges in completing the curriculum within the

planned time frame and calendar? If ‘yes’, elaborate on the challenges encountered and the

institutional approaches to overcome these.

The college has an exemplary work culture. The faculty members try their level best to

complete their assignments within the planned timeframe and academic calendar. The

shortage of teaching staff has been addressed in the last five years and all the departments

have teachers to complete the assignments. Whenever a post becomes vacant efforts are

initiated by approaching the West Bengal College Service Commission to recruit new faculty

members to fill in the vacant posts. Often Guest faculties (eminent professors, retired faculty

members) are hired to meet the challenges.

2.3.11 How does the institute monitor and evaluate the quality of teaching learning?

The quality of teaching-learning is reflected through the effectiveness of academic activities

and the overall academic progression of the students. Supported by a highly qualified and

meritorious academic staff participating in various academic activities, the delivery of

academic services is of the highest standards, as reflected by the academic score of the

students. With consistent academic performance the success rate has touched 99% in Calcutta

University and West Bengal State University U.G. Degree Examinations and 100% in P.G.

Examinations. Some students of this college have excelled in University examinations, such as

University toppers (First class First) in English Honours in Calcutta University Examinations

2004 and toppers in Hindi Honours in 2011, 2013, 2014 and English Honours in 2011 at WBSU

Part III Examinations. With this excellence and confidence the college is fulfilling the same

promise of academic excellence by consistently performing well under the West Bengal State

University (Barasat, North 24 Parganas). Keeping aside the high dropout rates due to


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extraneous external reasons such as livelihood questions, marriage, and economic

disadvantage faced by a maximum number of dropout students, the college has consistently

maintained good results. Through a process of student feedback system, review by academic

peers, systematic account taking of the activities through various sub-committees, regular

Departmental Committee meetings on academic performances, and overall review by the

Board of Studies, the quality of teaching-learning is sustained. Through meetings of the

Teachers’ Council and Academic Sub Committee, different aspects of teaching-learning

activities are discussed, debated and important decisions are taken on changes in teaching

learning practices. Regular meetings of the Academic Sub-Committee of the college are held

to discuss about the lacunae in teaching-learning process and the possible amendments in this

regard:

2.4 Teacher Quality

2.4.1 Provide the following details and elaborate on the strategies ado pted by the

college in planning and m anagement (recruitment and retention) of its human resource

(qualified and competent teachers) to meet the changing requirements of the curriculum

The college has no autonomy in recruiting full time teachers. The college submits ‘Requisition’

to the College Service Commission, West Bengal, for appointing new teachers. W.B.C.S.C.,

from its panel of selected incumbents (through SLET/NET & personal interview), recommends

the candidate(s) for appointment in the college. Subsequently, the college Governing Body

formalises the recommendation of W.B.C.S.C. and appoints the teacher(s). However, for

appointing Part-time/Guest Lecturer(s), the college, after receiving ‘Requisition’ from the

department(s), places the ‘Requisition’ to the Governing Body for approval. Once the approval

is granted by the Governing Body, notification inviting applications from eligible candidate is

published and circulated in college Notice Book and Notice Board in and outside the college.

A selection committee is formed by the Principal, which includes representatives from the

G.B., subject expert along with the Vice-Principal & Principal as members. After the received

applications are processed / short listed, personal interview of the candidates is conducted by

the selection committee and the most suitable candidate(s) whose profile & performance (past

records & interview performance) matches the best with the department’s ‘Requisition’, is

finally selected and appointed. For such appointments the rules laid down by the UGC for

eligibility is strictly maintained. New teaching position in the college is created in the

following procedure: A new department is created and the subject is introduced; Average

teaching load of a teacher of any existing department is calculated. If the workload exceeds

the stipulated minimum workload of 16 Hrs./wk of direct teaching, the requisition for new

teacher is suggested. ‘Surplus’ teaching posts, on superannuating of any teacher can be

diverted to ‘Deficit’ departments under these three circumstances, the college takes resolution

in its Governing Body to create new teaching positions and the resolution is sent for approval

from the Calcutta University and Higher Education Council, Govt. of West Bengal. As the

approval is obtained, ‘Requisition’ is sent to the College Service Commission, West Bengal.

2.4.2 How does the institution cope with the growing demand/ scarcity of qualified


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senior faculty to teach new programmes/ modern areas (emerging areas) of study being

introduced (Biotechnology, IT, Bioinformatics etc.)? Provide details on the efforts made by

the institution in this direction and the outcome during the last three years.

In new emerging technological and biological science as well as for specialised courses in

Humanities Resource persons are drawn from different HEIs. The following Resource Persons

were pooled in by the some departments and the names of others are listed in the evaluative

reports of the respective departments:

• Professor C.R. Sahu: Zoology specialization in Developmental Biology, University of

Kalyani

• Professor S. K. Mukherjee: specialized in Ecology and Conservation Biology, WBES, Ex-

Principal of HMMGC, Chinsurah.

• Professor Dhira Dey: specialized in Taxonomy and Entomology, WBES, Retired from

Bethune College

• Professor Srijib Kumar Bagchi: specialized in Statistics in Biology, Calcutta University

• Professor Ardhendu Bikas Das: Sanskrit retired Professor RBCC

• Professor Madhu Sudan Ganguly: specialized in Biochemistry, CU

• Professor Poulam iMitra: specialized in Biodiversity and field ecology, CU

• Professor Biswarup Bhattacharya: specialized in Animal Behavior, Vidyasagar

University

• Professor Rabin Mukherjee: specialized in Plant Sciences, Retired teacher RBCC

• Professor Sanjib Bhakta: Director of Microbiology at the Institute of Structural and

Molecular biology, Birbeck, University of London and UCL.

• Professor Chiranjib Paul: specialized in Immunology, West Bengal State University

• Professor Pankaj Manna: specialized in Evolutionary Genetics, RBCC

• Professor Kamales Misra: specialized in Parasitology, Immunology and Ecology

• Professor Krishna Ganguly: specialized in Cytogenetics and Fish Immunology

2.4.3 Providing details on staff development programmes during the last four years

elaborate on the strategies adopted by the institution in enhancing the teacher quality.

The teachers and staff are encouraged to attend development programmes.

a) Nomination to staff development programmes

Academic Staff Development Programs Number of Faculty nominated (2011-2015)

Refreshers course 18

HRD programs 15

Orientation Programs 8

Staff training conducted by the University 5

Summer/ winter schools, workshop, etc. 12

Faculty Development Program 1

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b) Faculty Training programmes organized by the institution to empower and enable

the use of various tools and technology for improved teaching-learning

v Teaching learning methods/approaches None

v Handling new curriculum All the Departments that came under the affiliation of the

West Bengal State University in 2008 had to handle new curriculum. The teachers attended

workshops and seminars organised by the Board of Studies.

v Content/knowledge management None

v Selection, development and use of enrichment materials

v Assessment All the Departments that came under the affiliation of the West

Bengal State University in 2008 had to handle new curriculum and new assessment methods.

The teachers attended workshops and seminars organised by the Board of Studies on

evaluation, marking and assessment pattern.

v Cross cutting issues: None

v Audio Visual Aids/multimedia

v OER’s Internet, DTP, Multimedia and IT facilities, facilities for internet

browsing, photocopying, DTP works, and computer facilities for practice classes for value

addition are available to the student, staff and faculty of the college at a subsidised rate. The

college plans to introduce computer-based DTP services by offering part-time work

opportunity to the IT trained students of the college under “Earn-while-you-Learn” scheme.

v Teaching learning material development, selection and use

Modern Teaching Equipments such as White and Green board, Overhead Projectors,

Departmental computers, Audio-Visual Aids, DVDs, Broad Band Intenet connection and LCD

projectors, photocopying machine, etc., are used for effective learner-centric teaching and in

seminars or conferences. The college has received UGC Special Equipment garnt under XI

plan.

c) Percentage of faculty

∗ invited as resource persons in Workshops / Seminars / Conferences organized by

external professional agencies 100%

∗ partici pate d in external Worksho ps / Seminars / Conferences

recognize d by national / inter nation al professional bodies 100%

∗ presented papers in Workshops / Seminars / Conferences conducted or recognized

by professional agencies 90%

2.4.4 What policies/systems are in place to recharge teachers? (eg: providing research


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grants, study leave, support for research and academic publications teaching experience in

other national institutions and specialized programmes industrial engagement etc.)

Although the institution is primarily not a research orientated organization and basically a

college designed to teach various under graduate courses under West Bengal State University,

still within its own limitations the college has always encouraged active research by the

members of the faculty. Beside encouraging the pursuit of the doctoral research (in last one

year, no less than three faculty members have obtained their PhD Degree from different

universities) and externally funded research projects (No less than six teachers are acting as

Principal Investigators in UGC- sponsored Minor Research Projects. Support and

encouragement provided to faculty members to participate in national and international

symposia in India and abroad. In the last four years the following teachers of the college

received international scholarship and invitations for research and presentation of papers at

International Conferences. The Governing Body not only approved their leave for study and

research but also noted with appreciation the achievement of the teachers:

Prof. Anindita Ghoshal,

Department of History

Charles Wallace Trust Fellowship from Charles Wallace India

Trust to work in various libraries and archives in UK, 2014



Academic and Foreign Travel Grant from ICHR to present a

paper in a symposium organized by the Dept. of English,

University of Cardiff, Wales, UK, 2013



Short Term Residential Fellowship in the Department of

South Asian Languages and Civilization, Division of the

Humanities, University of Chicago in 2009.



Academic Affiliation with a Scholarship for 1 month from

Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka in 2008.

Dr. Broja Gopal Dutta,

Department of Physics

“Inclination effects and Time Variability Properties of Black

Hole Transients”, in Proceeding of Fourteenth Marcel

Grossmann Meeting, Rome, Italy at University of Rome "La

Sapienza", Rome, Italy, on July 12-18, 2015.

The Dept. of Computer Applications, in last couple of years has conducted (on college–

funding) a handful of projects related to ICT management system. Invitations were given to the

Resource persons drawn from the HEIs in consultation with the Departmental Committees at

undergraduate level on demand basis (Curriculum design) and as per recommendation of

Board of Studies in Post Graduate Courses (English and Zoology). The participation of the

teachers in these State Level/ National / International Conferences/Workshops/Seminars is a

part of faculty development without which the students cannot be enriched with the new

researches in their respective disciplines. In the last year

2.4.5 Give the number of faculty who received awards / recognition at the state, national

and international level for excellence in teaching during the last four years . Enunciate

how the institutional culture and environment contributed to such

performance/achievement of the faculty.


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Authority provides very strong support to the teachers to excel in teaching. The awards are

receieved by the students of the college through their excellent result in University

examinations. Some teachers have received recognition for their research work bur no such

recognition was received for teaching for the last four years.

2.4.6 Has the institution introduced evaluation of teachers by the students and external

Peers? If yes, how is the evaluation used for improving the quality of the teaching-learning

process?

Yes. Report on Student Feedback for UG courses was kept confidential by the authorities and

the teachers were advised to improve the quality of teaching-learning and try their best to

orient themselves to cater best learning experience to the students in a friendly atmosphere.

For PG Course in English the following evaluation by the students is being used for curriculum

enrichment every semester since 2009:

a) Was the instruction useful and did it help you in the learning process?

b) Was the content and class lectures designed according to your need?

c) Was the method of teaching appropriate? Rate the level of your understanding

d) Was the session learner-centric?

e) Rate the level of interaction.

f) Rate the relevance of the course component in your life and academic career

g) Whether the academic atmosphere of the college is suitable for higher studies?

Suggestion regarding Instructional Method / Course Component / Assignment / Level of

Interaction / Term Paper / use of LCD projector and ICT, Mid Sem and End Semester Exam,

Class Room Facility, Library Facility, Co-operation from the Department, Computer & IT

Facilities, Use of Teaching Aid in Class, Adminstrative Support / Office Assistance and

services, Students’ Amenities like Canteen, Common room, Toilet, Drinking Water, etc.,

academic ambience of the College. For the PG Courses the feedback of the students is given

more importance along with the requirement of the stakeholders for designing the curriculum

and instructional methodology, the feedback and suggestions are discussed in the BOS

meetings and appropriate steps are taken to incorporate them in the curricula and course

delivery. Self appraisal in consultation with the IQAC, submission of PBAS on a regular basis by

the teachers and their respective evaluation by the IQAC, also help to address issues related

to the improvement of teaching-learning activities of the college.

2.5 Evaluation Process and Reforms

2.5.1 How does the institution ensure that the stakeholders of the institution especially

students and faculty are aware of the evaluation processes?

The evaluation process is designed by the University along with the methods of Evaluation and

Marking pattern. The teacher as examiner is required to follow the rules laid down by the

University for Evaluation of students. Details regarding examination and evaluation are

discussed in the Examination and Results sub-committee of the College and faculty members

are made aware of this, through the HODs. Notifications for all examinations are circulated

through the college notice boards, websites and departmental notice boards. The time charter


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for various evaluation tests (periodicals, unit tests, Annual/mid/end-term examination /

College selection test examination and University examination) is furnished in the ‘Academic

Calendar’ for that particular academic session. The teachers of individual departments, during

the motivation & orientation classes (at the very beginning of a course) explains the

department specific methodology of teaching and evaluation, such as, the question pattern,

marks break-up model answers, etc. A copy of book and question booklet is handed over to

each student by their respective HODs in the introductory class which provide details of

courses, marks distribution and question pattern of University examinations. As most of the

faculty members are also involved in the University‘s assessment process as paper

setter/moderator/examiner, they are well aware of the evaluation process at the University

level and provide competent guidance to the students. The teachers in their introductory

classes communicate to the students the system of evaluation consisting of class test and

selection test at the college level, and the annual system of University examination (Part-I,

Part-II and Part-III at the end of 1st, 2nd and 3rd year respectively). The results of class test and

selection test are also discussed with the students, and evaluated answer scripts are shown to

each student which helps them to understand their errors, shortcomings and also the

evaluation pattern. In the parent-teachers meetings, the evaluation process is clearly

explained to the parents.

2.5.2 What are the major evaluation reforms of the university that the institution has adopted

and what are the reforms initiated by the institution on its own?

The UG & PG Examination Regulations are also hosted in the web for the convenience of the

students. The pattern in the UG has been reformed by introducing the annual pattern - 1+1+1

method of evaluation; for the PG courses semester and credit-based system is a major reform.

Institution being affiliated to the West Bengal State University is obliged to adhere to the

evaluation reforms implemented by the University. The major evaluation reforms initiated by

the affiliating University have been through changes in curriculum and reforms in Examination

and question pattern. Syllabi have been updated in most subjects and changes in question

pattern have been hosted in the university and college websites. Supplementary examination

has been introduced where student can clear the backlog papers by being promoted to next

higher class. Another major evaluation reform of the University is the introduction of

Continuous Internal Assessment in UG general practical examination. In this process 80%

weightage is given to attendance and performance during the practical classes and rest 20%

to viva-voce during University practical examination. The project work has been introduced in

some of the subjects at UG level (Accountancy Hons., Economics Hons., Computer

Applications Major) which help the evaluation of students based on their thinking ability, skills

and scientific aptitude in various aspects of their studies. All evaluation reforms instructed by

the university are strictly followed by the college. The institution has also initiated some

reforms for betterment of evaluation process. The evaluation method of organizing

examination on Annual basis has been changed to class tests and a ‘selection Test

examination‘. Class tests are conducted at departmental level to evaluate the learning

outcome in general and to identify weak and advance learners accordingly. Same pattern of

question papers (like University examinations) are used in-house examinations. Class room


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seminars are organized to improve the understanding of basic concepts and presentation skills

of the students and to broaden their conception of the subject. Interactive sessions are held in

class room through teacher-student discussion on the topics taught. Term Paper, Dissertation,

Project work and workshop evaluation are major evaluation reforms initiated at the PG level.

For PG courses, instead of earlier annual method of evaluation, all the PG departments have

adopted the semester system to focus on continuous evaluation. The qualitative aspects are

ensured through evaluation of students by external members. Seminars are part of the

curriculum, where students present independent papers.

2.5.3 How does the institution ensure effective implementation of the evaluation reforms

of the university and those initiated by the institution on its own?

The College has undertaken the following measures to ensure effective implementation of the

evaluation reforms of the University and those initiated by the institution: For smooth

conduction of university examinations, college constitutes Examination Sub-Committee,

Result Sub-committee and University examination Centre committee every year. The teachers

perform tirelessly to ensure a full-proof examination system. The Examination sub-Committee

which ensures that the reforms initiated are effectively implemented and circulars issued by

the University are followed for selection test examinations. Teachers continuously monitor the

performance of the students and provide academic guidance and counselling. Slow learners

are identified after the class test examinations and remedial coaching is given to them after

the regular class hours. Special remedial coaching is given to the SC, ST, OBC and Minority

Students. The University has provisions for re-evaluation of answer scripts for those students

who remain dissatisfied with their score. Departmental teachers discuss and familiarize the

students about the scope of such system. Often they recommend those advanced learners who

have fared poorly, to consider this option. There have been instances when the observation of

the Departmental teachers has benefitted students. The University has provisions to show

answer scripts to students under RTI. The College provides complete support to those

individual students who wish to assess the evaluation of one‘s scripts through this method.

College conducts selection Test examination based on the question pattern followed by the

affiliating University. This makes the exercise fulfilling as it gives students a chance to assess

their preparations in a setting akin to the real time environment. The Results sub-Committee

maintains a record of the marks obtained by each student in the University and selection test

examination. Findings of the committee are discussed in Teachers’ council meetings, attended

by all teachers of the College. The College Office maintains a record of the number of students

appearing in the University examination and preserves the gazettes published by the

University with the data of examinee‘s marks. All these methods ensure that the evaluation is

complete and well-documented.

2.5.4 Provide details on the formative and summative assessment approaches adopted to

measure student achievement. Cite a few examples which have positively impacted the

system.

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classroom interactions, student’s seminars, project assignments, field works, attendance and

performance in practical classes, etc. The evaluation through these methods enables the

teacher to judge student’s progress taking into consideration their level of understanding.

This has resulted in better interaction, active participation and better attendance of the

students in the classroom. The evaluated answer scripts are shown to the students to motivate

them to perform better next time. Summative assessment is externally and done through the

University examinations which are held annually in the UG Courses (1+1+1 Pattern) and

semester wise (four semesters) in the PG Courses. The students who get the maximum marks

in each subjects and overall aggregate in the University examination (in B.A., B.Sc. and

B.Com.) are awarded prizes in the Annual Prize Distribution Function of the college. This

serves as an incentive for better academic performance. The weak students are given special

care through special classes within the college hours and remedial classes beyond the college

hours to enable them to perform better in college and university examinations. All these

approaches of evaluation have positively impacted the system.

2.5.5 Detail on the significant improvements made in ensuring rigor and transparency in the

internal assessment during the last four years and weightages assigned for the overall

development of students (weightage for behavioral aspects, independent learning,

communication skills etc.

College strictly maintains transparency in the internal assessment of students. The patterns of

evaluation prescribed by the university are strictly followed by the teachers. Record of marks

of class tests, selection test are displayed on the departmental notice boards. The evaluated

scripts such tests are also shown to the students and their performance is discussed

individually. Weightage is given to class attendance and class performance in practical classes

during University practical examination based on continuous internal assessment. There is no

mechanism for a quantified weightage for behavioral aspects, communication skills etc. These

are assessed through students’ participation in different co-curricular (NSS, NCC) and extra-

curricular (sports, cultural programmes etc) activities of the College and conveyed to them as

and when necessary.

2.5.6 What are the graduate attributes specified by the college/ affiliating university?

How does the college ensure the attainment of these by the students?

The college is named after nationalist and man of letters, Rishi Bankim Chandra

Chatttopadhyay which itself inculcate social and ethical values in the students to make them

sensitive, sensible, useful and conscientious global citizens. The Goals, Mission and Objectives

laid down in the college constitution clearly state the graduate attributes. The college aims to

make its student a talented professional in their respective field of study and gain confidence,

English Communication Skills, Computer Literacy, Team-work skill for holistic development in

student’s personality. These attributes are attained by students by being a part of academics

well as extra-curricular activities held in the college. Classes, lectures, presentations, projects,

field works, seminars, etc. contribute to the academic part. Departmental functions, college

festivals, etc. contribute to the creative part of student’s development.


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2.5.7 What are the mechanisms for redressal of grievances with reference to evaluation

both at the college and University level?

The mechanisms for redressal of grievances with reference to evaluation both at the college

and University level are available. In case of grievances regarding evaluation at the College

level, following steps are followed: Student can directly approach the departmental Head or

any teacher of the department. The evaluated answer script is shown to the student. The

concerned teacher often explains to the students their shortcomings and motivates them to

perform better next time. If there is any mistake in evaluation, it is corrected and also

incorporated by the faculty members in the marks slip. If there is any further grievance,

students can seek the intervention of the Students Grievance & Redressal Cell of the College

for rectification of their complaints. The students are advised to drop their complaints in

written form in the redressal boxes which are kept in the Principal’s office. These boxes are

opened and the complaints are scrutinized at regular intervals. The evaluation complaints /

suggestions are discussed in the Cell’s meetings and proper measures are taken informing the

concerned teaching staff. For redressal of grievances with reference to evaluation at the

University level, following steps are followed: The students may apply for re-evaluation of

answer scripts as per University guidelines, which is duly forwarded by the Principal. If

unsatisfied, the students can also approach the University for a Photostat copy of their

evaluated answer script under RTI act as per University guidelines and application for which is

also duly forwarded by the Principal. The University has provisions to show answer scripts

under RTI.

2.6. Student performance and Learning Outcomes

2.6.1 Does the college have clearly stated learning outcomes? If ‘yes’ give details on how the

students and staff are made aware of these?

The Result Sub-committee and Academic Sub-committee take a stock of the learning

outcome through an analysis of the results of college and university examinations. The

learning outcome is also judged by the success rate of students in the competitive

examinations and access to job market.

2.6.2 Enumerate on how the institution monitors and communicates the progress and

performance of students through the duration of the course/programme? Provide an analysis

of the students results/achievements (Programme/course wise for last four years) and

explain the differences if any and patterns of achievement across the

programmes/courses offered.

Continuous assessment of the results and follow up process to address major changes in the

result pattern are integrated in the institutional process and the Result Sub-committee

prepares Annual Reports that are discussed in the Academic Sub-Committee and the

Governing Body. The following table shows the programme wise success rate of the students

in the Part III University Examinations.


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Subject 2011-2012

Success Rate %

2012-2013

Success rate %

2013-2014

Success rate %

2014-2015

Success rate %

AVERAGE RATE OF

SUCCESS 2012-

2015

BNGA 69.7 74.29 86.21 86.21 79.1025

ENGA 96.9 91.3 87.5 82.76 89.615

SANA 72 56.36 48.28 66.67 60.8275

HINA 79.2 100 84 83.33 86.6325

HISA 85.7 60 76.92 50 68.155

PLSA 89.5 100 100 75 91.125

PHIA 87.5 90 88.24 79.17 86.2275

PHSA 69.2 77.42 75 60 70.405

CEMA 91.7 100 92.31 60 86.0025

MTMA 50 38.89 94.12 36.84 54.9625

ELTA 75 50 100 100 81.25

ECOA 100 66.67 50 33.33 62.5

ZOOA 55.6 84 72.22 81 73.205

BOTA 100 50 66.67 81.82 74.6225

MCBA 100 76.92 100 100 94.23

ACCA 61.5 68 47.37 27.27 51.035

CMAV 42.9 35.14 41.03 11.54 32.6525

AVERAGE 78.02353 71.70529 77.05118 65.58471 73.09118

The Bar Chart shows at a glimpse that the result of the students of ENGA, PLSA, CEMA and

MCBA has remained consistently good while in CMAV the result has been low because the

students fail in the Elective subjects. The overall Success rate during this 4-year period is


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presented below:

Subject

No of

students

appeared

2011-

2012

Success

Rate

No of

students

appeared

2012-

2013

Success

rate %

No of

students

appeared

2013-

2014

Success

rate %

No of

students

appeared

2014-

2015

Success

rate %

AVERAGE 350 78.02353 351 71.70529 310 77.05118 266 65.58471

The average appearance and success rate of the graduates of the college has shown a

declining trend and is a major cause of concern. The institution has taken the following steps

to arrest this declining trend: attendance of the students and teachers shall be closely

monitored and recorded by the IQAC and Routine Sub-Committee; the teachers be asked to

solve the previous year question papers and instruct the students the marking pattern and

content upgradation.

2.6.3 How are the teaching, learning and assessment strategies of the institution

structured to facilitate the achievement of the intended learning outcomes?

These are all integrated for a holistic approach to learning and assessment. The review of

performance of the students is taken into account in the process of assignment distribution.

Continuous evaluation through class tests is used for preparing students for the final

examination.

2.6.4 What are the measures/initiatives taken up by the institution to enhance the

social and economic relevance (student placements, entrepreneurship, innovation and

research aptitude developed among students etc.) of the courses offered?

The college has taken a lead in making the courses relevant in terms of progression of the

students to PG-level and research on the one hand and to prepare the students for the

competitive examinations for job placements. The Students’ Employment and Academic

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charting a proper career graph for the students. The Cell also conducts training sessions for

preparing students for job interview and placement in various institutes and industries. Core

focus is now being placed on integrated academic and career progression of the students

through ICT facilities, exposure to job markets, computer education and communicative

English, to streamline the student resource towards effective employability. As good

communication skill is essential for employability and livelihood for new generation of

learners the traditional classroom-teaching method is supplemented with ICT based teaching

method. The students are encouraged to participate in the college cultural competitions such

as Extempore lectures on contemporary topics, Elocution, Debating, Recitation, Group

discussion. Working within the existing constraints of prescribed curricula for Science, Arts

and Commerce students, the teachers encourage the students to adopt a realistic attitude to

life and inculcate educational skill to survive in a materialistic world and succeed in the

competitive exams.

2.6.5 How does the institution collect and analyze data on student performance and

learning outcomes and use it for planning and overcoming barriers of learning?

The result data and student record of student progression to higher studies and job are

analysed and used for future academic planning.

2.6.6 How does the institution monitor and ensure the achievement of learning outcomes?

Through a rigorous administration of the policies for improvement of academic performance

and constant monitoring of the processes at work the college ensures that the learning

outcomes are consistent.

2.6.7 Does the institution and individual teachers use assessment/ evaluation outcomes as

an indicator for evaluating student performance, achievement of learning objectives and

planning? If ‘yes’ provide details on the process and cite a few examples.

The PBAS, submitted by the teachers every year, and the Feedback mechanism are used to

ensure that the delivery of course and the expected outcome remain consistent with the

aspirations of the institution. Individual teachers plan their lessons in advance and give

reference materials to the students along with detail learner-centric guidance in the

classroom. The learning objectives are also analysed in the meetings of the Academic Sub-

Committees.

Any other relevant information regarding Teaching-Learning and Evaluation which the

college would like to include.

The management of different activities related to the administration and academic affairs of

the college is framed on the principles of participatory and available interaction between the

students, teachers, non-teaching staff and administrator. The management is time tested and

through an in-built mechanism for internal assessment that has gradually evolved through

years, the college has consistently ensured the quality of higher education.


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CRITERION III: RESEARCH, CONSULTANCY AND EXTENSION

3.1 Promotion of Research

3.1.1 Does the institution have recognized research center/s of the affiliating University

or any other agency/organization? ‘

No as such there is no scope of running a ‘Research Centre’ by this college since this college is

mainly engaged in undergraduate teaching, however college runs post graduate section in

two subjects, namely in Zoology and English. A section of teachers, however, is actively

engaged in research with the financial assistance from UGC and other sponsoring agencies

such as DST/ ICSSR etc within their department which in their turn promotes a research

environment in the college. Some teachers such as Dr. Mainak Roy and Dr. Sheik Hannan

Mondal are working as research supervisors. The teachers of the PG Departments are eligible

for guiding research scholars for M.Phil. and Ph.D. courses offered at the West Bengal State

University as per WBSU Research Regulations 2013 for offering autonomous PG course in

Zoology and English affiliated to the university. 5 students of the English department have

qualified the RET and are doing their course work for M.Phil and PhD at West Bengal State

University and the Supervisors would be allotted in due time by the Board of Research Studies.

Dr. Debashish Sengupta and Dr. Shubh Brat Sarkar of the department have applied for M.Phil.

/ Ph.D. Supervisorship at the West Bengal State University and are waiting for the allotment of

scholars for Supervisorship. However, most of the teachers are engaged in informal guidance

to the ex-students pursuing their MPhil/PhD work at different universities in west Bengal.

3.1.2 Does the Institution have a research committee to monitor and address the issues of

research? If so, what is its composition? Mention a few recommendations made by the

committee for implementation and their impact.

College has a research committee consisting of subject experts from senior faculty, teachers’

representative of governing body and the Principal as convener. The committee on receipt of

the research proposal from the teachers, sends the proposal to the experts for their

suggestions, modification and recommendation and the financial feasibility are also examined

by the committee from the proposed budget of the research proposal. In collaboration with

IQAC the Research Sub-Committee is assigned the task of documenting and preserving

imprints of major research work of the faculty. The Sub Committee also identifies areas for

interdisciplinary research and provides logistic support to the researchers. The teachers who

are actively engaged in Research / PhD work (4 teachers have submitted their thesis in 2015)

are provided useful support and space to work on their research both within and outside the

college.

3.1.3 What are the measures taken by the institution to facilitate smooth progress and

implementation of research schemes/ projects?

§ autonomy to the principal investigator: as per the rules laid down by the granting


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authorities, the principal investigator enjoys the full liberty to pursue the research project.

He/She enjoys the autonomy in the academic sphere to complete his/her research project.

§ timely availability or release of resources: As soon as the funds are received the

concerned teacher is allowed to draw the same. Since the college does not have enough

money to sponsor any research project, college has little scope to advance the release of

financial resources, however, the college has the provision for short period interest free

refundable advance to teachers which may be utilised to initiate the research work provided

the approval from the sponsoring authority is obtained.

§ adequate infrastructure and human resources: As per the project proposal, if the

institutional infrastructure is sufficient for carrying out the research, the faculty is provided

space and relaxation. College usually provides its infrastructure in terms of Library, Laboratory

and computer centre to pursue the research work. Moreover, advanced students are being

utilised to assist the research programme on guidance of the teachers. College normally

maintains the financial accounts of the project on demand from the concerned teachers.

§ time-off, reduced teaching load, special leave etc. to teachers: As per the rules

laid down by the First Statutes 2014 of West Bengal State University, provisions for Study

Leave, Special Study Leave, FDP, and relaxation of 2 hour of teaching load are provided to the

teachers on the basis of the ir application and the work load of the department. In no case is

the teacher discouraged or unnecessarily confined in the campus. The college usually

sanction special study leave to a teacher while he/she is engaged in Ph.D. programme under

FIP/FDP scheme etc., subject to the fulfilment of eligibility criteria. However this short leave is

approved by the college Governing Body. For any Post-Doctoral research, teachers are

eligible for special study leave subject to the approval of the college governing body and

subject to the existing rules laid down by the State Government. Like most of the under

graduate colleges in the State our college also suffers from full time faculties in sufficient

numbers, naturally college cannot exercise ‘time-off’ or ‘reduced teaching load’ in formal

terms. However, informal arrangement through rescheduling the classes are made to ensure

some advantages to the teachers engaged in active research.

§ support in terms of technology and information needs: Limited infrastructural

provisions are their within the college for advanced lab-based research as the college is

primarily a teaching institute. However, the teachers are provided internet connectivity free of

cost and library resources too are augmented to meet the research requirements. The college

has a state of art computer set-up with internet facilities that can be can be made available to

the teachers engaged in active research.

§ facilitate timely auditing and submission of utilization certificate to the funding

authorities: As soon as the project work is over the college arranges for the audit of expenses

and inventories for the issuance of the Utilisation Certificates that are duly recorded and


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submitted to the granting authority by the college. The college authority extends fullest

cooperation in auditing the expenditure incurred by the researcher with the assigned auditor

of the college and subsequently audited utilisation certificate is forwarded to the sponsoring

authority immediately after completion of the research project, so that no delay occurs for

releasing the next instalment of grant from the funding agency.

§ any other: any other: The college normally provides secretarial assistance to the

researcher as and when needed. The teachers of the college are working overtime fulfilling

their assigned teaching responsibility and carrying out their research. Teachers are

encouraged to apply for Minor /Major Research Projects and other CSIR/DST/ SAP projects.

List of MRPs, Research Publications and paper Presentation at International/national/state

seminars by the members of the faculty would inspire others to take up such challenges in

research and make India a Knowledge superpower.

3.1.4 What are the efforts made by the institution in developing scientific temper and

research culture and aptitude among students?

The college normally in addition to normal teaching encourages departments to organise

seminar, workshop, field-visit, industry-visit to enlarge the knowledge horizon of the student

community. Moreover, the college encourages student to browse the internet and collect

advance learning materials published in internationally reputed journals. Talks and lectures by

reputed scholars and eminent scientists and interactive sessions are arranged to enhance the

thurst of knowledge and subsequently develop the scientific temper and research culture and

aptitude among the students.

3.1. 5 Give details of the faculty involvement in active research (Guiding student

research, leading Research Projects, engaged in individual/collaborative research activity,

etc.

Sl.

No

Name of the Teacher Department Research

Programme

Registered with

University of

1 MAINAK ROY ECONOMICS Ph. D

(Supervisor)

West Bengal State

University (Barasat)

2 SEIKH HANNAN

MONDAL

CHEMISTRY Ph. D (Co-

Supervisor)

Jadavpur University

As per WBSU Research Regulations 2013 the teachers of the PG Departments are eligible for

guiding research scholars for M.Phil. and Ph.D. courses offered at the West Bengal State

University Dr. Debashish Sengupta, who has guided a MPhil scholar at Vinayak Mission

University, and Dr. Shubh Brat Sarkar of the Department of English have applied for M.Phil. /

Ph.D. Supervisorship at the West Bengal State University and are waiting for the allotment of

scholars for Supervisorship.


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3.1.6 Give details of workshops/ training progr ammes/ sensitization

programmes conducted/organized by the institution with focus on capacity building in

terms of research and imbibing research culture among the staff and students.

For effective delivery of the curriculum the college has been using a combination of

conventional and innovative learner-centric approaches. Apart from regular classes, seminars,

workshops, extension lectures, field work, excursion and activities beyond classroom are

organised to acclimatize the students to the world of higher education.

Name of

the Department

UGC-sponsored No. of

Seminars

/

worksho

ps

No. of

Papers

Presente

d by

faculty

No. of

Special

Lecture

s

No

Student

Participa

nts /

event ECONOMICS (ECOA) 1 State seminar 1 7 2 69 CHEMISTRY (CEMA) 4 7 83 MATHEMATICS (MTMA) 22 96

PHYSICS (PHSA) 22 4 80 BOTANY (BOTA) 1 National Seminar 2 26 17 71 MICROBIOLOGY (MCBA) 30 2 67 ZOOLOGY (ZOOA) 10 6 127 BENGALI (BNGA) 1 National Seminar 1 30 4 128

ENGLISH (ENGA) 1 National Seminar 10 31 100 150 HINDI (HINA) 3 19 213 SANSKRIT (SANA) 2 1 90 URDU (URDA) 1 30 HISTORY (HISA) 3 25 2 113

JOURNALISM & MASS COMM.

(JORA) 1 National Seminar 3 9 1 27

PHILOSOPHY (PHIA) 1 National seminar 1 5 31 POLITICAL SCIENCE (PLSA) 1 State level 1 6 46

3.1.7 Provide details of prioritized research areas and the expertise available with the

institution.

Among the faculty several research areas have evolved through time and the college has an

expertise in different fields of study being a college offering 21 subjects of study under one

roof.

3.1.8 Enumerate the efforts of the institution in attracting researchers of eminence to visit the

campus and interact with teachers and students?

One of our ex-students now engaged in active research in the field of genetic biology in the

University of Sussex in U.K. have visited our college in at least two occasions and interacted

with the students to attract them in this area of research. Dr. Shamik Chakraborty of

University of Tokyo Presented a delivered a lecture on Physical Chemistry and interacted with

teachers and students for encouraging them to the research in the area of physical chemistry

in 2010-11. Dr. Piyal Bhattacharya of Kanchrapara College delivered a lecture with an


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interactive session in the field of Environmental Science in 2013-14. Research Scholars from

other organisations as well as our ex-students who are engaged in active research are pooled

in to deliver Seminar Lectures.

3.1.9 What percentage of the faculty has utilized Sabbatical Leave for research activities?

How has the provision contributed to improve the quality of research and imbibe research

culture on the campus?

During this five year period one teacher from the department of History utilized this sort of

leave by joining to FDP programme. In addition, two more teachers have visited and

presented papers in the conference held abroad. Prof. Anindita Ghoshal of the Department of

History received Charles Wallace Trust Fellowship from Charles Wallace India Trust to work in

various libraries and archives in UK, 2014. Dr. Broja Gopal Dutta of the Department of Physics

presented a paper with S. K. Chakrabarti, “Inclination effects and Time Variability Properties

of Black Hole Transients”, in Proceeding of Fourteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting, Rome,

Italy at University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy, on July 12-18, 2015.

3.1.10 Provide details of the initiatives taken up by the institution in creating

awareness/advocating/transfer of relative findings of research of the institution and

elsewhere to students and community (lab to land)

The teachers who are also engaged in active research like MPhil or PhD are required to

deliver lecture on their research area in presence of students and other teachers of the

college. The papers that are widely appreciated and also documented and the researcher has

to make a formal presentation of the research findings. Through this process the college

ensures a proper dissemination of research findings for the overall application of the finding

in the real world.

3.2 Resource Mobilization for Research

3.2.1 What percentage of the total budget is earmarked for research?

Give details of major heads of expenditure, financial allocation and actual utilization.

As such the college has no provision of budget allocation for research since it is primarily an

under graduate college, however, each department has their own budget allocation for

‘seminar’ ‘field excursion’ and contingency fund. Proper utilisation of these heads may help

indirectly to inculcate a research temperament among the teachers as well as students.

3.2.2 Is there a provision in the institution to provide seed money to the faculty for research?

If so, specify the amount disbursed and the percentage of the faculty that has availed the

facility in the last four years?

In general there is no such provision of seed money to facilitate research project. But some

departments have ‘project assignment’ in their university curriculum , in these cases the

college used to meet the financial obligation for pursuing research projects of the students,


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on demand.

3.2.3 What are the financial provisions made available to support student research

projects by students?

College budget yet to incorporate any such provision since the student research programme

is not mandatory in all departments. It is mandatory only in the department of Commerce and

Economics, and these two departments are pursuing the students’ research from their own

contingency funds.

3.2.4 How does the various departments/units/staff of the institute interact in

undertaking inter-disciplinary research?

Cite examples of successful endeavours and challenges faced in organizing

interdisciplinary research.

Interdisciplinary Research is carried on by the teachers engaged in PG teaching in the college

as the course curriculum offer this flexibility. For example, in the Masters of Arts in English,

Dalit Studies, South Asian Literature, Linguistics, components from Philosophy, Economics,

Political Science and History offer interdisciplinary research. Teachers of the Departments of

Economics, Urdu, Philosophy, Hindi and Political Science are invited as Resource Persons to

conduct sessions in interdisciplinary studies.

3.2.5 How does the institution ensure optimal use of various equipment and

research facilities of the institution by its staff and students?

Being, mainly an undergraduate teaching college, as such there is no scope for building up

infrastructure for promotion of research in the college. However, teachers with the funds that

they received in the head of ‘equipment’ and books helped in creating a research

infrastructure in miniscule form.

3.2.6 Has the institution received any special grants or finances from the industry or other

beneficiary agency for developing research facility? If ‘yes’ give details.

No, the college is yet to receive any such grants from neither industry nor from other agencies.

3.2.7 Enumerate the support provided to the faculty in securing research funds from various

funding agencies, industry and other organizations. Provide details of ongoing and completed

projects and grants received during the last four years.

Name of the

Professor and

Department

Title of the Minor

Research Project

Sanction Letter

No./ Date of

Approval

Amount

Approved

Amount

Received

Utilization

Certificate

submitted or

not

Dr. Sanhita Sen,

History

The Sundarbans: Myopic

Development,

Environmental Disaster

and Human Misery

PHW- 273/13-

14 (ERO),

18.03.2014

3,00,000 1.87,500 Annual

Utilization

Certificate

submitted on

09.07.2015


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Dr. Avinash

Mundra, Botany

Appraisal of Seedling

Biodiversity in

Introduced/ Rare

Medicinal Plants of

West Bengal and their

Germplasm

Conservation

PHW-162/13-

14 (ERO),

18.03.2014

2,55,000 1.95,000 Annual

Utilization

Certificate

submitted on

09.07.2015

Dr. Reema Roy,

Journalism and

Mass

Communication

Popularity and Impact of

Social Networking Sites

in Cyber age: An

Empirical Study on Users

of Social Networking

Sites in East India

PHW-274/13-

14 (ERO),

18.03.2014

2,90,000 1,85,000 Annual

Utilization

Certificate

submitted on

09.07.2015

Dr. Supti Raha,

History

Representation of the

Working Class in the

Contemporary

Literature: Bengal, 1930-

47

PHW-282/11-

12 (ERO),

25.01.2012

1,37,500 1,08,750 Utilization

Certificate

submitted on

10.12.2015

Dr. Mainak Roy,

Economics

Micro Credit and

Human Development: A

Capability Approach

PHW-183/11-

12 (ERO),

08.08.2011

1,46,000 78,000 Utilization

Certificate

submitted on

01.08.2015

Dr. Saurav

Mazumder,

Bengali

Rabindra Chotogalpe

Bichchinnota o Naisanga

PHW-124/10-

11 (ERO),

20.10.2010

87,000 73,500 Utilization

Certificate

submitted

Dr. Pradipta

Bhattacharya,

Economics

Ecotourism in West

Bengal and Sikkim: An

Impact Analysis in

Dynamic Optimization

Framework

PHW-217/09-

10(ERO),

07.09.2009

1,04,000 57,000 Utilization

Certificate

submitted on

01.08.2015

Dr. Shubh Brat

Sarkar

Impact of European

Dramaturgy on Indian

Drama in English and in

English Translation

F. PHW-216/09-

10 DATED 11

SEPTEMBER

2009

98500 83250 Utilization

Certificate

submitted

Dr Sushanta

Kumar Nandi

Department of Physics PSW-140/06-07

(ERO)

14 JUL 10,

8/8/10,

26/10/09

Final inst. 35,000.0

0

Utilization

Certificate

submitted

Dr. Zahed

Hossain

Department of Botany PSW-174/09-

10, 26/10/09

149000 124500.0

0

Utilization

Certificate

submitted

Prof Anindita

Ghoshal

Communal Politics and

Refugee Movement in

West Bengal (1946-

1967)’,

PHW-048/08-

09 (ERO)

12 DEC 2008

61000 61,000.0

0

Utilization

Certificate

submitted


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Dr Kamales

Misra Major

Research

Project

Department of Zoology PSW-065/05-06

(ERO)

16 DEC 2008

15668 15,668.0

0

Utilization

Certificate

submitted

* Details of the ongoing and completed minor research programmes are furnished below.

3.3 Research Facilities

3.3.1 What are the research facilities available to the students and research scholars

within the campus?

As such there exists no structured and systematic arrangement for research facility to the

students as there is no scope for research to the undergraduate students. We must keep it in

our mind that the institution is basically an undergraduate teaching college. Like any other

undergraduate teaching college, this college too, has limited opportunity to develop a

research infrastructure as well as research ambience in the college to encourage students to

involve in research activity, moreover, teachers are not always encouraged to pursue their

post-doctoral or any equivalent research work as this may jeopardize the normal teaching

assignment of the concerned teacher. Moreover a teacher is normally discouraged by the

existing system in terms of leave rules and others; authority normally weighs the leave

application in term of the benefit that may be accrued directly to the students’ community in

immediate near future. This type of attitude is detrimental toward the spread of research

environment in undergraduate college. In spite of all these odds some of the teachers are

engaged in active research (i.e. guiding of Ph. D scholar). They used to arrange the laboratory

facility with the parent university where the scholar is registered. In addition, they used to

borrow journals and making photocopies and hire software packages that are absolutely

necessary for their Ph. D students.

3.3.2 What are the institutional strategies for planning, upgrading and creating

infrastructural facilities to meet the needs of researchers especially in the new and

emerging areas of research?

The College is creating research infrastructure slowly by making an inventory from the capital

grants that are obtained from the teachers receiving their sponsoring authorities against the

research projects, after their completion of the projects. In addition, teachers of different

departments are encouraged to place requisition for purchasing equipments and books from

the college funds (from the budget allocation) and any special funds obtained from UGC, DST

and other funding agencies such as State Government.

3.3.3 Has the institution received any special grants or finances from the industry or other

beneficiary agency for developing research facilities?? If ‘yes’, what are the instruments /

facilities created during the last four years.

Department of English received Rs. 50,000/- plus a wooden almirah from “ Sandipan

Majumdar Memorial Book Grant” during the year 2010-11 for ensuring facility of higher

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3.3.4 What are the research facilities made available to the students and research scholars

outside the campus / other research laboratories?

There is a Students’ Counselling and Placement Cell, and under the vibrant leadership of this

Cell students are communicated the information and are trained so that they can crack

different entry examinations including the examination for entry in courses leading to

research degrees, such as M.Phil, Ph. D etc.

3.3.5 Provide details on the library/ information resource center or any other facilities

available specifically for the researchers?

None.

3.3.6 What are the collaborative research facilities developed/ created by the

research institutes in the college. For ex. Laboratories, library, instruments, computers,

new technology etc.

None.

3.4 Research Publications and Awards

3.4.1 Highlight the major research achievements of the staff and students in terms of

∗ Patents obtained and filed (process and product) With respect to patent (or IPR) right,

achieved by the students the college is not in a position to keep proper tracking since this is

basically a UG teaching college but we came to know that some of our ex-students are

pursuing very fruitful research Cancer and it is learnt that some of them have either enjoying

patent rights or have applied for.

∗ Original research contributing to product improvement Our ex-students Dr. Sanjib Bhakta

is working as Senior Scientist in ISMB, Birbeck, London and is pursuing research in Tuberculosis

and Drug Development. Our another ex-students Late Satwata Moitra, who was engaged in

the Drug Development in Reddy’s Laboratory.

∗ Research studies or surveys benefiting the community or improving the services:

Research surveys particularly done by the departments belong to the Social Science group,

have immense positive impact to the society in this connection mention may be made about

the Survey conducted by the NSS unit in the locality, which helped the society through their

major findings.

∗ Research inputs contributing to new initiatives and social development: Yes, research

presented by teachers and students are acting as inputs contributing to new initiatives to

social developments. In this connection mentioned may be made about the researched

assignment undertaken by the students of Economics department as part of their syllabus

commitment have sincerely chosen the subjects which are of extremely important from the

view point of society.


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3.4.2 Does the Institute publish or partner in publication of research journal(s)? If ‘yes’,

indicate the composition of the editorial board, publication policies and whether such

publication is listed in any international database? YES, Departments of Botany, History and

English have their journals. The editorial board usually consists the faculty of the college.

3.4.3 Give details of publications by the faculty and students: It is observed that the college

has listed nearly 264 publications of the faculty presently working in the college. On an

average annually roughly there are 4 (four) publications per department, nearly 90 percent of

the papers published in either ISBN/ISSN category Journals/books. Moreover 90 percent of

these papers are published in peer reviewed Journal and are listed in national / international

database. Details of the publication is cited in the relevant section of the S.S.R. Volume.

∗ (a) Publication per faculty

∗ (b1)Number of papers published by faculty and students in peer reviewed journals (national) (b2) Number of papers published by faculty and students in peer reviewed journals international)

∗ (c) Number of publications listed in International Database (for Eg: Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.)

∗ (d) Monographs

∗ (e) Chapter in Books

∗ (f) Books Edited

∗ (g) Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers

∗ (h) Citation Index

∗ (i) SNIP

∗ (j) SJR

∗ (k) Impact factor

∗ (l) h-index

NAME OF THE TEACHERS

PUBLICATION PER

FACULTY

JOURNA

LS (NATIONAL

)

JOURNALS (I

PUBLICATIO

MONOGRAPH

CHAPTER I

BOOKS

EDITED

BOOKS

WITH IS

BN/ISSN

CITATION

SNIP

SJR

IMPACT FA

H-INDEX

TOTAL PRES

TOTAL PRESENTATION NATIONA

TOTAL

PRESENTATION OT

Dr. Sanjib Kumar Saha, Principa

4 4 4

Sri Kashinath Santra, Library

Dr. Sucharita Bhattacharyya, Bengali

1 1

Prof. Chandana Bhattacharyya

Bengali

2 1 1

Dr. Saurav Majumder Bengali

1 1 1 6 1

Dr. Bijan Biswas, Bengali

12 10

2 12

7 1

Dr. Trayee Biswas, Botany

Dr. Tapas Kumar Bota 3 2 1 1 1


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JOURNALS (NATIONAL )

JOURNALS (INTERN

PUBLICATIONS LIST

MONOGRAPHS

CHAPTER IN BOOKS

BOOKS

EDITED

BOOKS

WITH IS

BN/ISSN NUMBERS

CITATION INDEX

SNIP

SJR

IMPACT FACTOR

H-INDEX

TOTAL PRESENTAT

TOTAL PRESENTATION NATIONAL

TOTAL PRESENTATION OTHERS

Dr. Avinash Mundhra, Bota 14 12 2 2 1 1

Dr. Gargi Bhattacharya Bota

Prof Saikat Das, Botany

Prof. Prabal Das, Botany

Dr. Bhaswati Ghosh, Chemist

1

Dr. Ratna Dutta, Che 1

Dr. Gopa Nandi, Che 1

Dr. Seikh Hannan Mandal, Chemist

4 4 4 6

Dr. Debolina Mitra, Chemist

1 1 2

Dr. Soma Sen, Chemist

1 1 1

Prof. Chinmoy Biswas, Che 1

Dr. Himadris Chattopadhyay, Com 1 6 3

Dr. Probhat Kumar Pal, Commer

1 1

Prof. Sudipta Ghosh, Commer

Prof. Mrinmoy Dutta, Commer

2 2 2

Prof. Lopamudra Roy, Com 1 1

Prof. Subhajit Banerjee, Com

Prof. Soumya Ghosh, Commer

Prof. Abhijit Mitra, Commer

Prof. Debasree Bhattacharjee,

Compute

Prof. Antara Dutta, Com

Prof. Diptamoy Ghosh, Com

Prof. Baisali Ganguly, Compute

Prof. Suchisree Sengupta, Compute

Dr. Mainak Roy, Econom

13 11 4 2 2 1

Dr. Pradipta Bhattacharya, Eco 11 1 1 1

Prof. Tarun Kr. Banerjee, Eco

Prof. Babu Dhar, Econom

Dr. Kalpana Das, Electron

Prof. Durjoy Roy, Electron

1 1 1

Prof. Saptarsika Das (Biswas), Elec

Prof. Anirban Bhattacharya, Elec

Prof. Atanu Ghosh, Electron

Dr. Debashish Sen Gupta, English

1 5

Dr. Shubh Brat Sarkar, English

25 3 2 4 22

3 17

2 12 7

Prof. Pramila Majumder, Engl 5 5

Prof. Tamalika Das, Engl 2 1


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JOURNALS (INTERN

PUBLICATIONS LIST

MONOGRAPHS

CHAPTER IN BOOKS

BOOKS

EDITED

BOOKS

WITH IS

BN/ISSN NUMBERS

CITATION INDEX

SNIP

SJR

IMPACT FACTOR

H-INDEX

TOTAL PRESENTAT


TOTAL

PRESENTATION OTHERS

Prof. Jasmeet Singh, Engl 3 3 3

Prof. Taniya Neogi, Engl 3 3 2 3

Prof. Sanchali Sarkar, English

1 1 1

Prof. Hrishikesh Kumar Singh, Hindi

4 2 2 1 4 1

Dr. Ramesh Yadav, Hindi

7 4 3 3 1

Dr. Swati Ghosh, Hin 4 4 4

Dr. Renu Shaw, Hin

Dr. Supti Raha, History

2 1 2 1 1

Dr. Sanhita Sen, History

6 4 2 1 1 3 1

Prof. Anindita Ghoshal, History

9 7 2 2 5

Prof. Kakali Mukherjee, Hist 6 6 5

Dr. Reema Roy, Jour 8 5 2 1 4 2 4

Prof. Priyam Basu Thakur Journalis

3 3

Prof. Aparna Mohanta Journalis

7 7

Dr. Epshita Roy, Journalis

1 1 1 4

Prof. Indrani Sarkar Jour 3 3

Dr. Gargi Roy, Mat 8 5 3 5

Dr. Tapan Kr. Chakraborti, Mathem

3 2 1 2

Dr. Gopal Chandra Ghosh, Mathem

11 6 5 6

Prof. Debasree Ghosh, Microbio

7 3 4 3

Prof. Monalisha Ghosh, Micr

Dr. Subhash Kumar Bhattacharya

Microbio

20 16 4 16

Dr. Sreemanti Das Microbio

9 1 8 9

Prof. Tithi Dutta, Micr

Prof. Sharmistha Biswas, Phil 4 3 1

Dr. Arindam Mallick, Philoso

Prof. Subhas Garai, Philoso

1 1 1 4

Prof. Anindita Mukherjee, Philoso

1

Prof. Mahadev Phys 1

Dr. Susanta Kumar Nandi, Phys 1 1

Dr. Subhrajyoti Biswas, Physics

4 4

Dr. Enakshi Guru, Physics

4 4

Dr. Moitrayee Mukherjee, Physics

12 12 5

Dr. Sharmistha Dhar, Phys 4 4

Dr. Brajagopal Datta Phys 7 2 4 4 3 8 2

Prof. Prasun Majumdar, Physics

Prof. Runi Dutta, Political

6 4 2 3 1


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PUBLICATIONS LIST

MONOGRAPHS

CHAPTER IN BOOKS

BOOKS

EDITED

BOOKS

WITH IS

BN/ISSN NUMBERS

CITATION INDEX

SNIP

SJR

IMPACT FACTOR

H-INDEX

TOTAL PRESENTAT


TOTAL

PRESENTATION OTHERS

Prof. Priyanath Barman, Polit

Prof. Sweta Bagchi, Polit

Prof. Krishna Saha, Political

1

Prof. Samir Sarkar, Political

Dr. Ashok Kumar Mahata, Sanskrit

2 2 1

Dr. Ardhendu Bikas das Sans 1 1 1

Prof. Parimal Sardar Sans

Prof. Sathi Bhowmick, Statistics

Dr. Sudipta Majumdar (nee Paul)

Zoology

Dr. Ashish Kumar Sarkar, Zoology

1 1 1

Prof. Debashis Roy, Zool 1 1

Prof. Sonali Bhattacharyya, Zool

Dr. Subhendu Acharya, Zoology

TOTAL 276 145

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1 8 67

3.4.4 Provide details (if any) of

∗ research awards received by the faculty: Anindita Ghosal of Dept. of History have

received the Charles And Wallace India Trust, UK Scholarship in the year. Moreover see also

received academic & foreign travel grant from ICHR in the year 2013. Dr. Brajagopal Dutta of

Dept. of Physics received an award from UGC Travel Fellowship in 2015 to present is papers at

the University of Rome. Prof. Kakali Mukherjee of Dept. of History also received Ph.D.

Fellowship under FDP Scheme.

∗ recognition received by the faculty from reputed professional bo dies and

agencies, nationally and internationally: Dr. Brajagopal Dutta of Dept. of Physics has

received recognition from IUCAA (UGC), Pune (India).

∗ incentives given to faculty for receiving state, national and international recognitions for

research contributions. Appreciation by the Governing Body, recognition of work in the

college academia, encouragement by the peers and colleagues are major incentives for

carrying on research work offered by the institution.

3.5 Consultancy

3.5.1 Give details of the systems and strategies for establishing institute-industry

interface? As such true exists no structure System and Strategy for establishing institute –


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industry interface, as the institution is primarily an UG College. However, the college

encourages the members of Science Faculties to initiate institute – industry interface by their

personal initiatives by highlighting the expertise that are available with the faculties.

3.5.2 What is the stated policy of the institution to promote consultancy? How is

the available expertise advocated and publicized? The college has no such stated policy to

encourage the staff to utilize their expertise for consultancy services.

3.5.3 How does the institution encourage the staff to utilize their expertise and available

facilities for consultancy services? College encourages the staff members to be engaged in

research and academic consultancy actively to expose the expertise that are available with

the college before the outside environment, particularly before the industry and other

research institutes of repute and NGOs.

3.5.4 List the broad areas and major consultancy services provided by the institution and

the revenue generated during the last four years.

One of the Senior faculty members of the Dept. of Economics extended his expertise to an

internationally reputed NGO DRC – SC, Kolkata in the broad area of “Agricultural and Rural

Development” in the wake of Climate change, purely on non-remunerative basis.

3.5.5 What is the policy of the institution in sharing the income generated through

consultancy (staff involved: Institution) and its use for institutional development? Since the

college is yet to earn any revenue from the consultancy services as such, there is no such

sharing for formula. However, the college is thinking a sharing of revenue as 90 : 10 ratio so

that the 10 percent could be utilized for the institutional develo

3.6 Extension Activities and Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR)

3.6.1 How does the institution promote institution-neighbourhood- community network

and student engagement, contributing to good citizenship, service orientation and holistic

development of students?

The college has two very vibrant units of NSS. The student members through their

participation in various programme not only aware the citizen belongs to the neighbourhood

villages about the several evils that the society is confronting such as Illiteracy, attitude

towards HIV/AIDS , Thalassaemia etc, but also take active part in blood donation,

identification Thalassaemia carriers and advises them how to prevent it in the next

Generation. In this way i.e. by enriching the knowledge base, and through the action oriented

programme, they used fulfil their social responsibility.

3.6.2 What is the Institutional mechanism to track students ’ involvement in various

social movements / activities which promote citizenship roles?


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The officials in charge of NCC and NSS keep the track record of all the activities of the cadets

/ volunteers of their organisations, respectively. Details of the programme undertaken by them

and programme wise list of participants are maintained. A summary statement is furnished

below:

Summary Report on NCC Activities of NCC Company (Army), Naihati RBC College

SESSION/TRAINING YEAR: 2009 – 2015

1. Name of Company: RBC College NCC COY (S.D) No. 1/49

2. NCC officer: Lt. Arindam Mallick

3. Name & Address of the Institution/ Head of the Institution: Principal: Dr. Sanjib Kumar

Saha, Rishi Bankim Chandra College, Naihati, Dist: North 24 Parganas, Pin – 743 165, Ph.

No. – (033) 2581 2099

4. Name of the Battalion & Group HQ: 49 Bengal Battalion, NCC, Kalyani, Kalyani Group.

Name of Directorate: West Bengal & Sikkim Directorate.

5. Summary Report (2009-2015): 559Enrolments; 269 B Certificates received during

2009-2015; 58 C-Certificates received during 2009-2015; 9 No. of Thal Sena Camps

attended by cadets during 2009-2015; 14 No. of Republic Day Camps attended by cadets

during 2009-2015; 47 Army attachment Camps Army attachment Camps attended by

cadets during 2009-2015; 11 National Integration Camps attended by cadets during 2009-

2015; 11 Trek/Rock Climbing Training Camps attended by cadets during 2009-2015; 1150

Cadets attended different camps during 2009-2015; Cadet Madhav Prasad went to USSR.

Year En

rol

m

en

t

B

Cer

tifi

cat

e

C-

Cer

tifi

cat

e

No.

of

Thal

Sena

Cam

ps

No. of

Repub

lic

Day

Camp

Army

attachm

ent

Camps

National

Integration

Camps

Trek/Rock

Climbing

Training

Camp

No. of

Cadets

participat

ed in the

Combined

Annual

Training

Camps

2009 80 41 12 1 0 180

2010 80 39 16 2 3 6 Army

attachme

nt Camps

2 National

Integration

Camps,

Cadet

Madhav

Prasad went

to USSR

160

2011 10

0

46 10 0 1 7 Army

attachme

nt Camps

160

2012 80 70 11 3 5 7 Army

attachme

nt Camps

3 National

Integration

Camps

300

2013 80 32 6 3 3 7 Army

attachme

4 National

Integration

1 Trek/Rock

Climbing

120


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nt Camps Camps Training

Camp

2014 59 6 1 0 1 10 Army

attachme

nt Camps

6 Trek/Rock

Climbing

Training

Camps

100

2015 80 35 2 0 1 10 Army

attachme

nt Camps

2 National

Integration

Camps

4 Trek/Rock

Climbing

Training

Camps

130

Such record is used effectively for planning and implementation of the programmes for

developing citizenship roles of the students.

3.6.3 How does the institution solicit stakeholder perception on the overall performance and

quality of the institution?

The college has different sub-committees to peer the performance and quality of the

institution. The sub-committees consist of representatives from different stake holder such as

teachers, non-teaching staff and students. In addition the highest decision making platform

The College Governing Body (GB) and its miniature the finance sub-committee incorporates

member of the local body also. In this way the perception all stakeholders are included in the

process of evaluation of overall performance and quality of the institution.

3.6.4 How does the institution plan and organize its extension and outreach programmes?

Providing the budgetary details for last four years, list the major extension and outreach

programmes and their impact on the overall development of students.

At the beginning of every financial year the Annual Budget keeps provision for expenditure

under various heads of outreach programmes such as Seminars, field work, cultural activities

and workshops to be organised by the departments. The Budgetary provisions for NSS and

NCC are not within the purview of the college Annual Budget as the funds are directly utilised

according to the guidelines of the sanctioning authorities. The Annual expenditure of each

NSS Unit is approximately Rs 22500 / unit / year for regular annual expenditure. For NCC, the

expenditure is made as per the release of grants to the NCC Coy headquarters and the

college has no account of the expenditure.

Year Programme Undertaken by NSS @ a budget of Rs 22500/unit/year for regular annual

expenditure

NSS Unit – I NSS Unit - II

2009-10 • World AIDS Day observation

• Awareness of Global Warming

• Awareness of Swine Flue

• Awareness on Water Pollution

• Campaign against Domestic Violence

• Special Camp on “socio-economic survey & free eye check-up camp at Garifa slum area.

NSS Unit – II has not been formed.


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2010-11 • Earth Day Observation

• My Earth, My Duty

• Participation in State Level Pre R.D. selection camp

• NSS Day Celebration

• Seminar on Thalassaemia awareness and screening

• Seminar & Exhibition on “Save our Species-bio-diversity

• Special camp on Water Management and Bio-Diversity Conservation

• Seminar on Environmental Laws

NSS Unit – II has not been formed.

2011-12 • Earth Day Celebration

• Vano Mahotsab Week Observation

• Rabindra Smaran

• Independence Day Celebration

• Blood group Detection Camp & NSS Day Celebration

• National Education Day Celebration

• Orientation Programme for Volunteers

• Vijoy Diwas Celebration

• Special Camp on “Rain Water Harvesting & Sanitation

• College Campus Beautification Programme.

• World Population Day Observation

• Orientation Programme for Volunteers

• My Earth, My Duty

• NSS Day Celebration& certificate Distribution.

• Communal Harmony Week Observation

• World AIDS Day observation

• Special Camp on “Awareness against Alcoholism”

• Yuba Diwas Celebration.

• Republic Day Celebration & Blood Donation Camp

• Matri Bhasha Diwas Celebration

• College Campus Beautification 2012-13 • Celebration of Birth Day of Rishi Bankim

Chandra.

• Observation of “Vandemataram”

• Observation of World Population Day

• Observation of “my earth my duty”

• Seminar on NSS Day-How to overcome mental distress in modern-day life.

• Celebration of Women’s Day

• Observation of World AIDS Day.

• Special Camp in Keutia Gram Panchayat area on “ Respect women and Child care”

• Yuba Diwas

• Republic Day Celebration

• Orientation programme for volunteers.

• The College Campus beautification Programme.

• Earth Day Celebration & Awareness on Global Warming

• Independence Day Celebration

• NSS Day celebration, cultural programme and distribution of certificates.

• National Education Day Celebration

• Rabindra Smaran

• Orientation Programme for Volunteers.

• Vijay Diwas celebration

• Special camp on Socio economic survey at Panpur near Naihati.

• “Matri Bhasha Diwas” celebration.

• The College Campus beautification Programme.

3.6.5 How does the institution promote the participation of students and faculty in extension

activities including participation in NSS, NCC, YRC and other National/ International agencies?

During the time of admission students are informed about the NSC and NCC through the

college admission brochure (Prospectus). In addition to that after admission for newly


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admitted students class campaigns are done by volunteers to attract and induct them in the

NSS/NCC. Further notification from the college authority is circulated to them. For example,

the enrolment figures of students as NCC cadets and examinees for NCC-B and NCC-C

certificates:

Year Student Enrolment B Certificate C-Certificate

2009 80 41 12

2010 80 39 16

2011 100 46 10

2012 80 70 11

2013 80 32 6

2014 59 6 1

2015 80 35 2

TOTAL 559 269 58

For each NSS unit the upper limit for membership is 100 students. There has been an

unprecedented demand for enrolment and the college had to open the second Unit in 2012.

Now the demand has increased and the college is planning to start its third unit.

3.6.6 Give details on social surveys, research or extension work (if any) undertaken by the

college to ensure social justice and empower students from under-privileged and

vulnerable sections of society?

The NSS Unit of the college undertakes such activities on social surveys, research and

extension to ensure the rights enshrined in the Indian Constitution to ensure social justice and

equality for empowerment of the underprivileged is maintained.

3.6.7 Reflecting on objectives and expected outcomes of the extension activities organized

by the institution, comment on how they complement students’ academic learning experience

and specify the values and skills inculcated.

The objectives of the extension activities are guided by the goals and missions of the college

and major policy initiatives of the government. The outcome has been very encouraging as

the institution can cross the threshold of the academic world and reach the grass root activism

through the students, teachers and staff participating in such activities. The college often

adopts nearby villages for social surveys and health camps.

3.6.8 How does the institution ensure the involvement of the community in its reach

out activities and contribute to the community development? Detail on the initiatives of

the institution that encourage community participation in its activities?

For activities that require the participation of community, elected representative of the local

bodies are approached and usually the college receives active support of their networking

skill that makes such community participation possible.

3.6.9 Give details on the constructive relationships forged (if any) with other institutions


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of the locality for working on various outreach and extension activities.

Collaborations with local administrative bodies help the college forge a strong bond with the

local community for working on various outreach and extension programmes. With Naihati

Municipality the college has worked for the up gradation and beautification of the college

playground under MPLAD scheme of Hon’ble MP, Sri Dinesh Trivedi. The college playground

has now become a hub of sports and games activities serving the need of the students and the

locality. Similarly the NSS winter camps are usually organised in the villages and local

Panchayat members are the collaborators.

3.6.10 Give details of awards received by the institution for extension activities

and/c ontribu tions to the social /community development during the last four years.

The seminar on awareness and screening for Thalassaemia among students and people of the

locality allowed the early detection of several cases and addressed major health issues. On 18

December the celebration of International year of Bio-diversity made the participants aware

of various species and the importance of bio-diversity. Similar activities on water management

and biodiversity conservation offer scope for better ecological awareness. The following

summary would explain the rewards gained by the college:

LISTS OF EVENTS ORGANIZED BY NSS FOR SOCIAL AWARENESS SUCH AS

SOCIAL SURVEYS, RESEARCH OR EXTENSION WORK DURING 2010- 2014

YEAR SL.NO EVENTS

2010-11 1 NSS DAY: 24 SEPEMBER: SEMINAR ON AWARENESS AND SCREENING FOR

THALASSEMIA AMONG STUDENTS

2. SOS: SAVE OUR SPECIES: 18 DECEMBER: CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL

YEAR OF BIO DIVERSITY



4 SPECIAL TALK ON ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS: 28 JANUARY

2011-12 5. NSS DAY CELEBRATION: BLOOD GROUP DETECTION CAMP

6. SPECIAL CAMP: 24-3OTH DECEMBER: RAIN WATER HARVESTING AND

SANITATION


2012-13 8. WORLD POPULATION DAY OBSERVATION:

9. SPECIAL CAMP: 18-24TH JANUARY: RESPECT THE WOMEN: CORNER STONE

OF CIVILIZED SOCIETY


2013-14 11. COLLEGE CAMPUS BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAMME:

3.7 Collaboration

3.7.1 How does the institution collaborate and interact with research laboratories, institutes

and industry for research activities. Cite examples and benefits accrued of the initiatives -

collaborative research, staff exchange, sharing facilities and equipment, research

scholarships etc.

The Curricula for different mathematical and technology-based science subjects like Physics,


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Mathematics, Electronics and Computer Applications require exposure to the industries and

research institutes. The faculty collaborate with research or industrial organizations either for

Project Work or for participating in exhibition and seminars. The teachers of Biological

Sciences are similarly exposed to research institutes for on a regular to make students familiar

with the demand of the industry and research in the field of Biological Sciences. Department

of Chemistry has the best laboratory facility amongst the colleges in West Bengal and provide

help to other two colleges sharing the same campus. A student of the department Satwata

Moitra developed research acumen working in this lab and joined Dr. Reddy’s Laboratory as a

Scientist. The departments of Social Sciences such as Economics, History, Philosophy and

Political Science are also engaged in active research, field-work and projects conducted in

various socio-historical sites and the faculty are associated with ICHR, ICCR, British Council,

American Centre USIS.

3.7.2 Provide details on the MoUs/collaborative arrangements (if any) with institutions

of nati onal i mpo rtance/ other universities/ industries/Corporate (Corporate entities) etc. and how

they have contributed to the development of the institution.

No as such there is no scope of MOUs / collaborative arrangements with research institutes of

national importance. However, the members of the faculty are working closely with several

universities and research centres in their individual capacity, actively engaged in research with

the financial assistance from UGC and other sponsoring agencies such as ISI/DST/ ICSSR etc.

Some teachers, Dr. Mainak Roy and Dr. Sheik Hannan Mondal, for example, are working as

research supervisors. The teachers of the PG Departments in Zoology and English, Dr.

Debashish Sengupta and Dr. Shubh Brat Sarkar, have applied for M.Phil. / Ph.D. Supervisorship

at the West Bengal State University and are waiting for the allotment of scholars for

Supervisorship. The college is exploring the possibility of institutional collaboration with the

universities and research bodies.

3.7.3 Give details (if any) on the industry-institution-community interactions that have

contributed to the establishment / creation/up-gradation of academic facilities, student

and staff support, infrastructure facilities of the institution viz. laboratories / library/

new technology /placement services etc.

As most of the collaborative work in on individual capacity and the college is neither a funding

agency for research or registered research institute, for carrying forward the programmes the

college has to depend on own finance or government grants.

3.7.4 Highlighting the names of eminent scientists/participants who contributed to the

events, provide details of national and international conferences organized by the college

during the last four years.

Sl. No. Organised by Title of the Seminar Date

1 DEPARTMENT OF

POLITICAL SCIENCE AND

ECONOMICS

Political Economy of Development 17 April 2008


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2 STATE LEVEL

SEMINAR HISTORY (UGC)

Twentieth Century World History 2008

3 NATIONAL SEMINAR –

JOURNALISM & MASS

COMMUNICATION

“Recent Changes in Indian Journalism &

Its Impact on Society”

16th

September,

2011.

5 NATIONAL SEMINAR -

BOTANY

“Recent Advances in Plant Sciences:

Diversity, Conservation and its

applications” held on.

18th & 19th

November,

2011

7 NATIONAL SEMINAR-

PHILOSOPHY

“Some Issues of Applied Ethics and

Western Logic”

2011

6 NATIONAL SEMINAR-

BENGALI

“ Shatabarsher Aaloke Geetanjali “ on, 2 – 3 march

2012

4 NATIONAL SEMINAR -

ENGLISH

“Contemporary Trends in Indian Drama in

English and in English Translation”

27-28 March

2012

LIST OF EMINENT SCIENTISTS AND RESOURCE PERSONS WHO HAVE VISITED THE COLLEGE

IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS:

• Professor C.R. Sahu: Zoology specialization in Developmental Biology, University of

Kalyani

• Professor S. K. Mukherjee: specialized in Ecology and Conservation Biology, WBES, Ex-

Principal of HMMGC, Chinsurah.

• Professor Dhira Dey: specialized in Taxonomy and Entomology, WBES, Retired from

Bethune College

• Professor Srijib Kumar Bagchi: specialized in Statistics in Biology, Calcutta University

• Professor Madhu Sudan Ganguly: specialized in Biochemistry, CU

• Professor Poulami Mitra: specialized in Biodiversity and field ecology, CU

• Professor Biswarup Bhattacharya: specialized in Animal Behavior, Vidyasagar

University

• Professor Rabin Mukherjee: specialized in Plant Sciences, Retired teacher RBCC

• Professor Sanjib Bhakta: Director of Microbiology at the Institute of Structural and

Molecular biology, Birbeck, University of London and UCL.

• Professor Chiranjib Paul: specialized in Immunology, West Bengal State University

• Professor Pankaj Manna: specialized in Evolutionary Genetics, RBCC

• Professor Kamales Misra: specialized in Parasitology, Immunology and Ecology

• Professor Krishna Ganguly: specialized in Cytogenetics and Fish Immunology

3.7.5 How many of the linkages/collaborations have actually resulted in formal MoUs and

agreements? List out the activities and beneficiaries and cite examples ( if any) of the

established linkages that enhanced and/or facilitated - None

a) Curriculum development/enrichment:

b) Internship/ On-the-job training

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d) Faculty exchange and professional development e) Research

f) Consultancy

g) Extension

h) Publication

i) Student Placement

j) Twinning programmes

k) Introduction of new courses l) Student exchange

m) Any other

3.7.6 Detail on the systemic efforts of the institution in planning, establishing and

implementing the initiatives of the linkages/ collaborations.

New changes in the orientation towards a research based academic activities has made the

institute respond to the new challenges. The teachers are therefore striving as researcher and

teachers to meet the requirement of the society. The college has to incorporate these

aspirations of institutional linkage and collaboration while maintaining the high standards in

teaching-learning.

Any other relevant information regarding Research, Consultancy and Extension which the


The college has attained great success as a teaching institute serving the student community

with best academic resources and hands on training for better employability and higher post

graduate studies. The trend has been positive as the quantity of research work in the

following table illustrates:

Name of the Department No. of Seminars

/ workshops

organised by the

college

No. of Papers

Presented by

college faculty

at Seminars

No. of

Special

Lectures

Organised in

the college

No Student

Participants /

event

ECONOMICS (ECOA) 1 7 2 69 CHEMISTRY (CEMA) 4 7 83

MATHEMATICS (MTMA) 22 96 PHYSICS (PHSA) 22 4 80 BOTANY (BOTA) 2 26 17 71 MICROBIOLOGY (MCBA) 30 2 67 ZOOLOGY (ZOOA) 10 6 127

BENGALI (BNGA) 1 30 4 128 ENGLISH (ENGA) 10 31 100 150 HINDI (HINA) 3 19 213 SANSKRIT (SANA) 2 1 90 URDU (URDA) 1 30

HISTORY (HISA) 3 25 2 113 JOURNALISM & MASS COMM.

(JORA) 3 9 1 27

PHILOSOPHY (PHIA) 1 5 31

POLITICAL SCIENCE (PLSA) 1 6 46


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CRITERION IV: INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEARNING RESOURCES

4.1 Physical Facilities

4.1.1 What is the policy of the Institution f or cre ation an d enhancement of infrastructure

that facilitate effective teaching and learning?

The mission of the college, from its basic inception, has been to provide quality higher

education to learners belonging to every cross section of society. In this multidisciplinary co-

educational institution with over 4000 students the demand for better infrastructural facilities

far exceeds the existing provisions. Aspiring to become a model academy of excellence in the

twenty first century, the college has introduced new and emerging fields of study, such as

vocational courses, Major course in Computer Applications, Honours Degree Course in

Electronics. For a balanced academic growth the core subjects are retained and provided

better infrastructural facilities like modernized laboratories, spacious classroom and modern

library facilities. To cater to the ever-expanding qualitative academic horizon, a new block has

been constructed in 2001 on the second floor of the North wing, with provisions for library,

five lecture theatres & three laboratories. The total floor area added was of 2157.38 Sq. ft. for

library and 6606 Sq. ft. for classrooms and laboratories. To meet the need for future academic

growth the college has constructed the Students' Amenities Block in 2006 and added

adequate grants are allotted by the UGC under Xth Plan Period. Once the block is complete

the college can shift some of its offices to the block along with providing amenities to the

students. New lecture rooms & seminar rooms are in the proposed plan to meet the

requirement for academic growth. New millennium is a dynamic and challenging period as

new frontiers of knowledge, science and technology are opening up. After becoming the

pioneer in college computer education in the region the college aspires to be a leader in the

fields of biotechnology, paramedical science, statistical science, communication language,

interdisciplinary studies, seed technology, fisheries, physiology, comparative literature,

environmental studies, management studies, information technology and media studies. Such

a diversification of curricula has become the core of recent planning for infrastructural

development. The implementation of this mission began with inauguration of a modern

auditorium on 5th October 2002 with a sitting arrangement for two hundred fifty (250), stage,

refreshment rooms, acoustics, lighting arrangements and toilets. New lecture theatres are

inducted in the current session and classes are being conducted in the newly extended block.

Gradually keeping up pace with academic diversification, such infrastructural development

plan will be continuously undertaken, with a prospective goal to become an autonomous Post-

Graduate institute and, in future a deemed university.

4.1.2 Detail the facilities available for

a) Curricular and co-curricular activities – classrooms, technology enabled learning

spaces, seminar halls, tutorial spaces, laboratories, botanical garden, Animal house,

specialized facilities and equipment for teaching, learning and research etc.

Large college campus, on approximately 5 acres of land with 60,000 sq. ft. floor area, at

Kantalpara, Naihati. Amenities include well-furnished classrooms, library, well-equipped


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laboratories, internet connectivity, computer and multimedia lab, auditorium, offices, internal

security, high-tech intercom and BSNL broadband connectivity, students’ amenities block,

canteen and a large playground with landscape garden, flower bearing trees, and fountain.

The college provides quality education to students and the existing infrastructure is properly

utilized for best efficiency:

Classrooms, technology enabled learning spaces, seminar halls, tutorial spaces, laboratories,

etc.

a. Total space for direct teaching (floor area in the classroom = 29,485 Sq. ft. (2740.25 Sq. mts.

approx) Main Building + 10400 Sq. Ft (966.54 Sq. mts. approx) New Block -Diamond Jubilee

Block = 3706.80 m2

Learning space per student = 10 Sq. ft. / student (.92 Sq. Mt. /student) approx.

b. Total super built space for students' amenities (including library and auditorium) and Extra-

curricular activities = 9929 Sq. ft. (922.76 Sq. mts.)

Extra space for personality growth per student = 2.06/student (.19 Sq. mts.)

c. Total area for game and sports = 3.30 acres (143784 Sq. ft.)

Per capita space for games and sports per student = 29.94 Sq. ft. / per student

d. Total space for office and administration = 5241.5 Sq. ft. (487.12 Sq. mts.)

Total number of staffs positioned in such offices = 40

Main staff room space for faculty = 864 Sq. ft.; Space = 9.39 Sq. ft. / teacher

e. Total number of classes held on average in one specific time-period:

Arts = 20 lecture-periods (each period is of 45 mins. duration)

Science = 15 lecture-periods

Commerce = 3 lecture-periods

Total = 38 lecture-periods

Total number of classrooms available for conducting lectures in specific time-period:

Arts = 12 Classrooms

Science = 15 -do-

Commerce = 3 -do-

Total = 30 -do-

f. Total number of practical classes held on an average in specific period slot = 4

Total no. of laboratories available = 08 Lab-based Science Departments + 2 Lab-based PG

Departments = Total Laboratories. 19 Laboratories (separate sections/ chambers). Practical

classes for the honours students are held in the laboratories and extra time for practice in

given to them.

Ratio of practical classes to laboratories = (1:1.5).

5 new rooms in the extension block were inducted in 2002 session, 4 laboratories were added

during 2002-2012. 18 new classroom / lab space were added to the existing infrastructure in

2011 at the Diamond Jubilee Block where 2 PG Departments and 4 UG Departments are

housed at present.

Ratio of classes held and class rooms available = (1:1).

As per the specifications charted above it can be stated that the optimum utilization of

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The college has its own botanical garden within the compound of the main campus and

at the college playground tree plantation has been done. A n Animal house and insect

germination chamber are also maintained by the Department of Zoology. Specialized

facilities and equipment for teaching, learning and research are also kept at the college

Central Library as well as Pratistha- the Career Hub of the college. The college ensures that the

existing infrastructural facilities are fully utilized. The college has formed different sub-

committees to monitor the optimum utilization of infrastructure.

a. The Academic Sub-committee monitors the proper utilization of classrooms and

practical laboratories

b. The Routine Sub-committee monitors the overall academic routine and ensures the

optimum use of existing facilities.

c. the Building Sub-Committee, on the instruction of the Governing Body, executes

different projects for infrastructural development (Civil and Electical).

d. The Governing Body monitors the overall management of infrastructure and its proper

utilization.

e. Since 2013, the IQAC recommends and monitors the infrastructural expansion plan.

b) Extra –curricular activities – sports, outdoor and indoor games, gymnasium,

auditorium, NSS, NCC, cultural activities, Public speaking, communicati on skills

development, yoga, health and hygiene etc.

The college has a large Multi-Facility 3.5-Acre Playground and sports complex with

boundary wall, entry gates, and a large gallery shed for sports and games, along with the

college play-courtyard and common rooms for indoors games, provide the college

sportspersons adequate facility to augment their skill and earn laurels for the college and the

state. The college provides certain infrastructural facilities to the students to encourage them

in active participation in games and sports so that they develop leadership qualities, co-

operation, sportsman ship, courage, and determination and physical fitness. Special facilities

are provided for training and practice to talented sports persons. The college organises annual

sports and athletics meet along with several games competition. The College has its

playground measuring 3.5 acre approximately with a standard football ground measuring 100

mts X 80 mts., located at a distance of just 5 minutes from the College. The compound is

surrounded by a wall constructed by the College. The College organizes its outdoor sports

events like Football, Cricket and athletics in the ground. The College is in the process of set up

a basketball court in the playground.

Assistance for development of college playground and sports infrastructure has been

provided by Hon’ble MP, Sri Dinesh Trivedi under MP LAD fund and by Hon’ble MLA, Sri

Partha Bhowmick. the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports has recently granted a sum of

Rs. 3,00,000/- for the purchase of sports equipment on the basis of a Project Proposal duly

forwarded by the local MLA, Hon’ble Sri Partha Bhowmick, for the development of gymnasium

and other sports facilities at the college playground that has been renovated and beautified

with colourful pattern, modern toilet and amenities and full-size football/cricket ground

under MPLAD fund granted by the Hon’ble MP, Sri Dinesh Trivedi, and dedicated to the

college by Sri Partha Chatterjee, Hon’ble Minister, Education, Govt. of West Bengal.


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The college maintains regular team for major games and sports events. The

infrastructural facilities provided at present are:

1. College playground measuring around 3.5 acre clearly marked by boundary walls,

located on the northeastern side, about 500 meters off the main campus. The playground is

located in a sylvan, pollution free open land. Games and sports tournaments are organised on

this playground.

2. College inner courtyard located in the college main campus, measuring around 0.5

acre, provides facilities for games like badminton, Kho-Kho, Kabbaddi and for training and

practice. College courtyard / quadrangle for training and practice. The space is also utilised for

conducting Badminton & Kho-Kho tournaments.

3. College Gymnasium presently staioned on the third floor of the north block with

multi-gym equipments with facilities for bodybuilding, weight lifting, and exercise, to be

shifted to the sports and games comples in the college playground.

4. College common rooms for boys and girls are equipped with facilities for indoor

games like Carom and Table Tennis.

For special training the Railway Sports Association provides their indoor courts and

gymnasiums and a large playground adjacent to the college.

HIGHLIGHTS

� Students' Common Rooms.

� College inner courtyard.

� College Main Playground

� Temporary Indoor Gymnasium (Permanent under process).

Profile of sports equipment / instruments (full set for practice and tournaments)

1. Volley Ball

2. Cricket

3. Football

4. Basket Ball

5. Jajeline

6. High-jump pit

7. Pitch Roller

8. Table-Tennis

9. Badminton

10. Carom

FUTURE PLANS:

� Develop Integrated Multifacility Sports and Games Complex for major games and

sports activities at the college playground.

� Modernize the Gymnasium.

� Conduct regular sports and games tournaments.

� Give more incentive to meritorious sportsperson.

� Purchase sports and games items.

To fulfil the mission of personality and character building of the students, the college has

placed special focus on the physical development of the students by providing them with


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facilities for physical training, games & sports. Total education within the curricula integrates

physical and health education with intellectual, moral and mental development. The college

provides certain infrastructural facilities to the students to encourage them in active

participation in games and sports so that they develop leadership qualities, co-operation,

sportsmanship, courage, determination and physical fitness. Special facilities are provided for

training and practice to talented sports persons. The college organises annual sports and

athletics meet along with several games competition.

Swimming pool: As of today, the College has no swimming pool of its own. However, there

is a swimming pool being constructed at stone pelting distance from the College, and we

can use the Pool if required.

Gymnasium: The old structure that housed the college gymnasium was demolished to build

the Diamond Jubilee Block in 2011 under UGC XI Plan. The new college gymnasium is

being equipped with financial assistance from W. B. Govt., Department of Youth affairs,

and is being built with UGC building grant at the college play ground. The college has a

stock of traditional gymnasium equipment presently installed in the 3rd Floor of northern

Block in the Department of Physical Education. The college is hopeful that the Gymnasium

would be set and made fully functional in this session.

The Students' Amenities Block: The college has special building dedicated to the students of

the three college sharing the same campus built with UGC Builoding Grant under X Plan and

Xi Plan and college building fund at a cost of nearly 20,00,000/ to cater to the need of the

student community. This independent Students' Amenities Block within the college premises

has brought some of the students’ related extra-curricular activities and amenities under a

single roof. The Master plan of this building has the provision for construction of a three

storied structure comprising of Students' Recreation Room, Students' Canteen, Students'

Union Office, rooms for NSS, NCC, College Health Centre, Study & Seminar Halls, etc.

Total Cover Area = 284.98 Sq. mts. (3066.38 Sq. ft.)

Land (Plot Area) = 1.06 acre.

Ground Coverage of the building = 103.64 Sq. mts.

The college has its own auditorium, KAMALAKANTA SABHAGHAR (named after the most

famous humourist character in Rishi Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s works). The College

auditorium and conference hall is a fully furnished 150-seater hall that hosts UGC-sponsored

seminars, workshops, cultural events, conferences and shows. Some equipments are also

installed in the hall and electronic board, Overhead Projectors, Audio-Visual Aids, DVDs, and

LCD projectors are used during seminars and conferences.

4.1.3 How does the institution plan and ensure that the available infrastructure is in line

with its academic growth and is optimally utilized? Give specific examples of the

facilities developed/augmented and the amount spent during the last four years (Enclose

the Master Plan of the Institution / campus and indicate the existing physical infrastructure and

the future planned expansions if any).

The college main building constructed on the main plot of land is a three/four-storied building

having four wings/blocks:

1. North Wing/Block:


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2. West Wing /Block

3. South Wing/Block

4. East Wing/Bloc

The classrooms are spacious and well ventilated with enough space for corridors and stairs.

The classrooms, laboratory, library and office along with rooms for other facilities are located

in the main complex.

Floor Area And Space for Different Infrastructural Facilities

Class Room and Laboratory := TOTAL = 19485 Sq. ft.

A. North Wing – Room Nos. 2, 17, 21, 21A, 22, 23

Total Class Room Space = 3575 Sq.ft.

North Wing 1st floor: (23’x 53’+25’-6’’x17’-10’’+27’-10’’x36’-6’’)

Total Area:- 1219+454+1015=2688 Sq. ft.

North Wing – 1st & 2nd floor (old structure) Room No. – 12, 13, 13A, 13B, 13C, 14, 14A, 15,

15A, 4B Total Class Room Space 7000 Sq.ft. 3rd floor (extension building)

Total Class Room & Lab. Space = 6606 Sq. ft

West Wing - Room Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 43. Total Class Room Space = 4184 Sq.ft

Library:- TOTAL = 2157 Sq. ft.: North Wing 2nd floor (New Library) Total Area:- (6.1 x 12.3 mts.

+ 8.2 mts x 15.3 mts.= 200.5 Sq. mt )= 2157.38 Sq. ft.

Office: TOTAL = 3029 Sq.ft.

i. General Section: 34’-7.5”x22’

Total Area:- 762 Sq. ft.

ii. Account Section: 24’x20’


iii. Establishment Section: 33’-8”x12’


iv. Principal Office: 16’-2”x19’-7”+19’-11”x21’-10”+10’x14’

Total Area:- 316+434+140+140+140(Toilet)=1170 Sq. ft.

v. Examination / Vice Principal Office: 12’-1”x9’-8”


vi. Examination & Result Section: 11’-8”x8’-2”

Total Area:- 96 Sq. ft.(approx)

Total Area = 1165

Staff Room: 33’-10”x20’-10”+16’x10’ Total Area:- 864 Sq. ft.

NCC Office: 20’-3”x9’-3.5” Total Area:- 192 Sq. ft.

Co-operative Office: 10’-2”x10’-8” Total Area:- 109 Sq. ft.

Students’ Amenities:- TOTAL = 1936 Sq. ft.

Boys’ Common Room: 25’-3.5”x25”; Total Area:- 632 Sq.ft.

Girls’ Comon Room: 24’-7”x24’-8” ; Total Area:- 606 Sq. ft.

Students’ Union Room: 8’-9”x15’-9.5”; Total Area:- 138 Sq. ft.

Canteen: 25’-10”x7’-8”; Total Area:- 198 Sq.ft.

Cycle Garage Shed: 32’-10”x11’; Total Area:- 362 Sq. ft.

Total Area = 1047.5 Sq. ft.

Pump House: 8’-6”x9’-0”; Total Area:- 76.5 Sq.ft.


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Caretaker’s Room: 30’-2”x17’-6”; Total Area:- 528 Sq.ft.

Generator Room: 23’-11”x17’-1”; Total Area:- 443 Sq.ft.

New Silent Generator Room: 20’-”x8’-1”; Total Area:- 160 Sq.ft.

College Auditorium: 50’ x 27’-7.5” (inner) + 27’-8.5” x 20’-6” (outer)

Total Area:- 1380+566=1946 Sq.ft.

Toilet: Total Area: 1622 Sq.ft.

Girls':- 15’-10” x 32’-0” = 505 Sq. ft.

Girls’ (DJ Block) 18’ X 6’ = 108 sq. Ft.

Boys':- 15’-10” x 32’-0” = 505 Sq. ft.

Boys’ (DJ Block) 18’ X 6’ = 108 sq. Ft.

Staff 12’ X 12’ = 144 sq. Ft X 2 = 288 sf.ft.

Staff (DJ Block) 18’ X 6’ = 108 sq. Ft.

4.1.4 How does the institution ensure that the infrastructure facilities meet the requirements of

students with physical disabilities?

Under the UGC-sponsored Merged Scheme HEPSN, the college has utilised the Grant to

provide equal and better access to differently-able person through the construction of lift,

ramps, railing and special toilet in the Diamond Jubilee Block.

4.1.5 Give details on the residential facility and various provisions available within them:

• Hostel Facility – Accommodation available NO

• Recreational facilities, gymnasium, yoga center, etc. YES

• Computer facility including access to internet in hostel N/A

• Facilities for medical emergencies YES, local railway, municipalty and state govt. and

other ambulance services

• Library facility in the hostels NONE

• Internet and Wi-Fi facility YES, IN MAIN CAMPUS

• Recreational facility-common room with audio-visual equipments YES, R. B. C.

College Students’ Amenities Block was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Minister of Transport,

Sports, and Youth Affairs, Sri Subhash Chakraborty, on 17th January 2006 and dedicated to

the students of R. B. C. Colleges. The 1000 sq. ft. Ground floor has been built under UGC Xth

Plan and with RBC College building fund in 2006. The first floor with 1000 sq. ft. space has

been built under XI Plan and with RBC College building fund in 2011-12, was dedicated to the

students of the college by the Governing Body in presence of the Hon’ble MLA, Sri Partha

Bhowmick. The proposed 4-storey block will provide additional space for students’

extracurricular activities, recreation and community oriented extension activities. The Block

presently houses a 30-seater Students’ Canteen on the ground floor and Students’ union

rooms on the first floor

• Available residential facility for the staff and occupancy NONE

Constant supply of safe drinking water: YES

• Security: YES 24 X 7

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the campus and off the campus?

Emergency health services available to the students, members of teaching and non-teaching

staff of the college as the govt. facilities and Railways Primary Health unit. To cater to the

growing need for quality education and ensure better health care for students and staff, the

college had started a health centre to provide first aid and medical assistance. The health

centre had a compounder and doctors were enrolled for regular visit and the centre

functioned as a Medical Unit funded by the college. Due to severe financial crunch, the unit

was forced to a closure. In the present context, however, Health Services are provided to the

students, teachers and non-teaching staff through special health awareness campaigns,

medical test, seminars, workshops and blood donation camps. In the last five years the college

and its NSS unit have organised more than thirty (30) programmes (See Enclosure: Report on

NSS Activities) to provide basic health education, testing and training to the students.

Moreover, the college has the regular assistance of Indian Medical Association (Naihati

Branch) that supports health care programmes conducted in the college. The IMA has also

given a list of eminent doctors who offer free consultation and visit the college in case of any

emergency related to general health or illness of students, teachers and non-teaching staff of

the college.

4.1.7 Give details of the Common Facilities available on the campus

–spaces for special units like

IQAC, YES

Grievance Redressal unit, YES

Women’s Cell, YES

Counselling and Career Guidance, Placement Unit, YES

Health Centre, NONE

Canteen, recreational spaces for staff and students, YES

safe drinking water facility, auditorium, etc. YES

4.2 Library as a Learning Resource

4.2.1 Does the library have an Advisory Committee? Specify the composition of such a

committee. What significant initiatives have been implemented by the committee to render

the library, student/user friendly?

YES, there is an active library-sub-committee and consists of 1. The Principal 2. The librarian 3. Five members of the faculty from all the three streams – Science, Arts and Commerce 4. One non-teaching member and 5. Ex-officio member – the Secretary, Teachers’ Council.

The college Library sub-committee functions as an advisory board and monitors the functioning of the library.

Some of the significant initiatives taken and decisions implemented by the library-sub-committee to make the library student and user friendly are as follows:

1. Library automation using Koha (ver.3.06.04.000) software.


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2. Installation of CCTV as a security measure. 3. Extension of shelf space. 4. Installation of uninterrupted power supply by UPS followed by generator back up. 5. Amenities enhancement

a) Installation of water purifier and water cooler. b) Installation of Exhaust fan.

CENTRAL LIBRARY of the college is modern & fully renovated, has a rich collection of text and

reference books, journals, newspapers and magazines, besides a substantial number of

complimentary books, journals and magazines. With two large well-furnished Reading Rooms,

the Library can accommodate 36 students and 12 teachers at a time, and has provision for

future growth. The process of computer-based cataloguing has been completed with financial

assistance from the Department of Higher Education, Govt. of West Bengal in 2014. The

integrated process of library management through Koha software and library services through

computerization has improved the services. The digitisation of Library resources has been

undertaken and process is on for storing quality reference material in digital-text formats for

future on-line access. Apart from books purchased from UGC CD grant, PG grant, Book grant

under UGC merged schemes, State Government grant and college fund, The college has also

received donations for book purchase and furniture during the academic session 2009-2010

and has instituted “Sandipan Majumdar Memorial Library Collection” for the English

Department (UG & PG) and “Mankumari Majumdar Memorial Library Collection” for

Competitive Exams. The college has procured books and journals under different merged

schemes with financial assistance of UGC under XI & XII plan period equally distributed

among the departments/sections. The college has also instituted the “Career Corner” with

books, periodicals and magazines for competitive examinations, sponsored by the Govt. of

West Bengal. Various departments also maintain departmental libraries with book-bank

facility to cater to the needs of the Honours and Post-graduate students.

4.2.2 Provide details of the following:

∗ Total area of the library (in Sq. Mts.)

Room - 1 126 Sq.Mts. Room - 2 74 Sq.Mts.

Total Area 200 Sq.Mts.

∗ Total seating capacity

Room - 1 36

Room - 2 12

Total 48

∗ Working hours (on working days, on holidays, before examination days, during

examination days, during vacation)

The working hour of the library is from 10.30 am. to 04.30 p.m. on every college working day.

The lending counter is closed at 04.00 p.m. to facilitate stock verification and rearrangement

of books. The central library of the college remains open to the members on all college

working days (6 days per week). On an average library is open for 250 days every session. In the


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last two sessions 2013-14 and 2014-2015, the college Central Library remained open for 227

and 237 days, respectively.

∗ Layout of the library (individual reading carrels, lounge area for browsing and relaxed

reading, IT zone for accessing e-resources)

4.2.3 How does the library ensure purchase and use of current titles, print and e-journals

and other reading materials? Specify the amount spent on procuring new books, journals and

e-resources during the last four years.

Library budget is prepared by the Finance Subcommittee and then the Library Subcommittee distributes such budgeted figure among various departments according to their demand and need. The Departments purchase books/journals by taking advance or submit list of books/journals for centralized purchase. After the books are supplied the librarian processes those and refers the bills for payment or adjustment of advance payment.


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Library

Holdings

Year-1

2014-15

Year-2

2013-14

Year-3

2012-13

Year-4

2011-12

Numbe

r

Total

Cost

Numbe

r

Total

Cost

Numbe

r

Total

Cost

Numbe

r

Total

Cost

Text

Books

654

2,21,062/

-

448

3,73,685/

-

301

1,89,611/

-

586

3,55,726/

-

Reference

Books

27 23 15 31

Journal/

Periodical

s

06 03 04 04

e-

resources

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Any other

(specify)

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

4.2.4 Provide details on the ICT and other tools deployed to provide maximum access to the

library collection?

∗ OPAC

∗ Electronic Resource Management package for e-journals

∗ Federated searching tools to search articles in multiple databases

∗ Library Website

∗ In-house/remote access to e-publications

∗ Library automation

∗ Total number of computers for public access

∗ Total numbers of printers for public access

∗ Internet band width/ speed2mbps 10 mbps 1 gb (GB)

∗ Institutional Repository

∗ Content management system for e-learning

∗ Participation in Resource sharing networks/consortia (like Inflibnet)

The process of computerisation of the Central Library started after the creation of new library

space, designed as a modern Library-cum-information & multimedia centre. Gradually, the

entire library activity was computerised with financial assistance from the Govt. of West

Bengal in 2013-2014. The librarian of the college attended several workshops on the use of

ICT technology in the library. With infrastructural setup, lending of books, audio-visual


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material and stock verification were made fully computerised. Furthermore, the facility for

Internet browsing, e-digitisation of library resources and other multimedia e-learning

processes would be incorporated.

The details on the ICT and other tools deployed to provide maximum access to the library

resources are listed below:

OPAC YES

Electronic Resource Management Package for e-journals NO

Federated searching tools to search articles in multiple databases NO

Library Website NO

In-house/remote access to e-publications NO

Library automation YES

Total No.of Computers for public access 6

Total No.of printers for public access 2

Internet band width/ speed 2mbps

Institutional Repository NO

Content management system for e-learning NO

Participation in Resource sharing networks/consortia(like INFLIBNET) NO

4.2.5 Provide details on the following items:

∗ Average number of walk-ins

∗ Average number of books issued/returned

∗ Ratio of library books to students enrolled

∗ Average number of books added during last three years

∗ Average number of login to opac (OPAC)

∗ Average number of login to e-resources

∗ Average number of e-resources downloaded/printed

∗ Number of information literacy trainings organized

∗ Details of “weeding out” of books and other materials

Average number of walk-ins

(February to July poor foot falls)

82/day

Average number of books issued/returned 125/day

Ratio of library books to students enrolled 5:1

Average number of books added during last three years 490/year

Average number of login to e-resources N/A

Average number of e-resources downloaded/printed N/A

Number of information literacy trainings organized N/A

Details of "weeding out" of books and other materials Weeding is done time to

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4.2.6 Give details of the specialized services provided by the library

∗ Manuscripts

∗ Reference

∗ Reprography

∗ ILL (Inter Library Loan Service)

∗ Information deployment and notification (Information Deployment and Notification)

∗ Download

∗ Printing

∗ Reading list/ Bibliography compilation

∗ In-house/remote access to e-resources

∗ User Orientation and awareness

∗ Assistance in searching Databases

∗ INFLIBNET/IUC facilities

Manuscripts NIL

Reference YES

Reprography NO

ILL(Inter Library Loan) NO

Information deployment and notification YES

Download YES

Printing NO

Reading list/Bibliography compilation NO

In-house/remote access to e-resources NO

User Orientation and awareness YES

Assistance in searching Databases YES

INFLIBNET/IUC facilities NO

4.2.7 Enumerate on the support provided by the Library staff to the students and teachers

of the college.

� Use of catalogue and classification system is explained personally.

� Information of Books regarding a particular topic is provided if asked for.

� Alternative books are suggested to student.

� In special cases reference books are issued overnight to teachers as well as students.

� Newspapers, magazines and CD’s of books are kept in the library.

� The library provides Open Access service to its users.

4.2.8 What are the special facilities offered by the library to the visually/physically

challenged persons? Give details.

Library staff extend their support to visually / physically challenged students in searching and furnishing books and required information. Visually challenged students are allowed in the library with their scribes. The college proposes to install special voice interactive software in


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the computers and Books in Braille script. The Library staff extend special care to facilitate their use of library resources.

4.2.9 Does the library get the feedback from its users? If yes, how is it analyzed and used

for improving the library services. (What strategies are deployed by the Library to collect

feedback from users? How is the feedback analyzed and used for further improvement of

the library services?)

Users have direct access to the Librarian and they can discuss their problems, demand or

grievances. Librarian tries to solve them. In special cases the matter is referred to the Library

Subcommittee for discussion and redressal.

4.3 IT Infrastructure

4.3.1. Give details on the computing facility available (hardware and software) at the

institution.

Apart from the central computer facility, the college has computer facilities in all the science

departments and the computer related learning is integrated within the curricula. The college

had achieved an optimum use of existing infrastructural facilities and for this separate space

was added during UGC X-Plan and XI-Plan periods. Computer facilities are now provided to

every science department in the renovated / extended / newly constructed space. Due to the

scarcity of space the Arts and Commerce departments have no separate office and staff room

to install such ICT facilities although the English Department with UG and PG sections have

been allotted space for the installation of ICT facilities and modern Language Lab. The

Department of Journalism and Mass Communication too has dedicated ICT infrastructure with

interactive e-Board and computers. However, all the departments are allowed to use the

facilities at the central computer and career hub, Pratistha, which also provides scope for

additional computer-based office and administrative work. Moreover, different departments

related to the college administration have computers of their own. The Cash Section uses

computer for the collection of fees and issuance of receipts, the Accounts Section has

computerised its accounting procedure for the Payment / Salary / Demand / Disbursement

and other accounting work and has separate computers, and the IQAC working on this report

have been provided ICT support. Under XI-Plan Special Equipment Grant and Additional

Equipment Grant the college receiver the necessary financial support to overhaul the entire

ICT infrastructure.

• Number of computers with Configuration (provide actual number with exact

configuration of each available system)

Computer Configuration and other details

The computerisation process of the college started in 1999 and has seen an exponential

growth in the last four years with a total investment of more than 35 lakhs. The old stoct has

either been disposed as e-waste through proper process or has been upgraded for modern

use. A list of ICT bases equipment inventory is given below:


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A) ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS (Old Stock, 2004, upgraded with new peripherals and gadgets

up to 2014 ):

1. Department of Electronics: The Computer courses within the curricula of the department

are taught in the Computer Applications Laboratory.

2. Department Physics: Same as Above.

3. Department of Commerce:- As per the syllabus of the University of Calcutta and from 2008

West Bengal State University,, "Information Technology related to Business" was introduced

and separate computer facility was provided in the Multimedia Lab for this purpose.

B) ADMINSTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS (Old Stock, 2004, upgraded with new peripherals and

gadgets up to 2014):

1. CASH SECTION : (i). 1 P.IV, 1.8.GHz Intel Processor, 15" Colour Monitor, 1 C.D Writer, FDD,

Speaker, UPS: 1 KVA, key board, 128 MB RAM.

(ii) P.IV Server, 40 GB, 1.8 G.Hz, 2 slots of 128 MB RAM, Network-Windows: 1KVA Voltage

Stabilizer.

(iii) P I, 233 MHz, 15"Colour Monitor, FDD, HDD, UPS-500VA, Keyboard, 8 MB RAM

(iv) P I,233 MHz, 15" Colour Monitor, FDD, HDD, UPS-500VA, Keyboard, 8 MB RAM

2. ACCOUNTS SECTION: Computerization of payment /salary /demand & disbursement &

others Accounting Work.

(i) P.IV, 2.53 G.Hz, 845 G. Mother Board (original Box Pack Samsung) 256 DDR RAM, 40 GB

HDD (Samsung), 1.44 FDD(Samsung), 52xCDROM, 52xCD Writer (Samsung ), Cabinet

(Frontec), Multimedia Keyboard, Scroll Mouse, Speaker 480, 15" Colour Monitor (L.G), 500 KV

UPS (Avo), Epson 1170+ (B/W) Printer, softwares on Payment and Salary & P.F. interest.

DEPARTMENT ICT EQUIPMENTS: UGC ADDITIONAL GRANT EQUIPMENT XI PLAN

Bengali (I) FULLY PORTABLE OVERHEAD PROJECTOR OF 3 M MAKE (20000)

(II) COMPUTER SET WITH CPU, MONITOR, SOUND SYSTEM (30000)

English LCD PROJECTOR WITH SPEAKERS AND COMPUTER SET WITH LASER PRINTER HP 1020 (40000)

Hindi (I) COMPUTER SET, CPU, MONITOR, SOUND SYSTEM (30000) (II) 32” LCD TV & DVD PLAYER (40000): STEEL AND WOOD Protective dust free COVER BOX (UGC APPROVED GRANT: 2800)

Sanskrit (I)COMPUTER (30000)

History (I) FULLY PORTABLE OVERHEAD PROJECTOR OF 3M MAKE (20000) (II) COMPUTER (25000)

Political Science (I) COMPUTER (22000)

(II) FULLY PORTABLE OVERHEAD PROJECTOR OF 3M MAKE (20000)

Journalism and Mass Communication

(I) OVERHEAD PROJECTOR (20000)

(II) DIGITAL CAMERA, DVD, CAM CORDER (40000)

(III) SMART BOARD (50000)

Mathematics (I) (A) 3 COMPUTERS (COMPAQ) (120000)

(B) 1 LAPTOP (DEL INS-1470) (40000)

(II) WINDOWS VISTA SOFTWARE (10000) (III) CALCULATORS (CAS 10-FX-991 MS) (3200)

Economics (I) 2 COMPUTER SETS WITH UPS (60000)

(II) 1 LASER JET PRINTER (10000) (III) STATISTICAL SOFTWARE E.G. SPSS OR EVIEWS (25000)

Botany (I) LCD PROJECTOR (OPTOMA EW 330) & DELL LAPTOP, INS-1470


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(86000+40000) (II) OVER HEAD PROJECTOR WITH DOUBLE LIGHTS (15000)

Computer Application

(I) DIGITAL ANNOTATION SENSOR (80000)

(II) 10 SET COMPUTER INSTRUCTION CONSOLE WITH UPS, PROCESSOR, MONITOR AND PERIPHERALS (220000)

Electronics (I) 2 NOS. OF PERSONAL COMPUTER WITH ACCESSORIES (60000)

(II) 1 LCD / DLP PROJECTOR (60000)

(III) 1 LAPTOP COMPUTER (35000)

Commerce (I) LAPTOP COMPUTER INTEL CORE 2 DUO PROCESSOR, 320 GB (40000)

(II) LAZER JET HP 1020 PRINTER (9000)

(III) TALLY SOFTWARE ORIGINAL LICENSED COPY (30000) (IV) DATA CARD TATA PHOTON (10000 P.A.)

DEPARTMENTS Department of Electronics

LIST OF ICT BASED EQUIPMENTS UGC XI PLAN ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT GRANT (I) DESKTOP PC ACCESSORIES: 1X KEYBOARD & OPTICAL MOUSE COMBO (LOGITEC/IBALL) DESKTOP M/M SPEAKER; 1 X 10 MTS VGA CABLE (RS 2282.00) (II) LCD PROJECTOR ACCESSORIES: PROCESSOR, MONITOR AND PERIPHERALS:

PROCESSOR- AMD ATHLON 2 / PHENOM / PHENOM 2 X2/X3/X4 PROCESSOR @ 3GHZ SPEED; MOTHERBOARD- AMD ATI 780 CHIPSET MOTHERBOARD ASUS/GIGABYTE/MSI; RAM- 2 GB DDR3 KINGSTON/CORSAIR/TRANSCEND/HYNIX; HARD DISK- SEAGATE/WD/HITACHI SATA 500 GB; ATX CABINET WITH 450 SMPS; DVD R/W- HP/LG/ASUS; UPS- MICROTECH 600 VA; (RS 16475.00)

(III) LAPTOP ACCESSORIES: 15.6”/17”/18.5” TST LCD/LED (SAMSUNG/AOC/IBALL/LG/ACER/DELL MONITOR EXTERNAL BACKUP MONITOR (RS. 5000.00)

Department of Economics

(I) COMPUTER SET AND PRINTER ACCESSORIES HW/SW (RS. 3960.00)

(II) STATISTICAL SOFTWARE SPSS, Eviews (RS. 25000.00)

Department of Computer Application

PART A

(I) DIGITAL ANNOTATION SENSOR: INTERACTIVE BOARD 88” (DIAGONAL), PORTABLE INTERACTIVE WRITING PAD (WINDOWS COMPATIBLE) WITH RF TECHNOLOGY, 4 SET OF SPARE WRITING PENS FOR DRY-ERASE USE, FLOOR STAND FOR 2000 MM INTERACTIVE BOARD (UGC APPROVED GRANT: RS. 80000)

PART B (II) 10-SET COMPUTER INSTRUCTION CONSOLE WITH UPS, PROCESSOR, MONITOR AND PERIPHERALS: PROCESSOR- AMD PHENOM X4- 04 NOS. PROCESSOR – AMD PHENOM X2 – 06 NOS.

MOTHERBOARD- ASUS NVDIA- 10 NOS

RAM- ZION 2 GB- 10 NOS HARD DISK- SEAGATE SATA 320 GB- 10 NOS

DVD R/W- LG 22 X- 10 NOS

MONITOR- SAMSUNG LCD 18-5”- 10 NOS KEYBOARD- LOGITECH OPTICAL 10 NOS

CABINET- IBALL ATX- 10 NOS,

UPS- MICROTEK 800 VA- 10 NOS PRINTER- HP LASER JET 1020- 2 NOS

PRINTER- EPSON DESKJET- 1 NO


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OTHER ICT ACCESSORIES (UGC APPROVED GRANT: RS.220000)

Department of Philosophy

(I) SPHIGOMANOMETER (UGC APPROVED GRANT: RS. 3000)

(II) COMPUTERS FOR POLYGRAPH TEST SOFTWARE / EQUIPMENT (UGC APPROVED GRANT: RS.50000)


1. LCD PROJECTOR: SHARP/NEC/DELL DLP PROJECTOR ENTRY LEVEL

2. SPEAKERS: IMTEX 2600 PMPO 3. COMPUTER SET:

PROCESSOR- AMD PHENOM X4

MOTHERBOARD: ASUS NVDIA RAM: ZION 2 GB DDRZ

HARD DISK: SEAGATE 500 GB

DVD R/W: LG 22 X MONITOR: SAMSUNG LCD 18-5”

KEYBOARD: LOGITECH M/M OPTICAL

CABINET: IBALL UPS: MICROTECH 600 VA

4. PRINTER: HP LASER JET 1020 (UGC APPROVED GRANT: RS. 40000)

Department of Political Science

(i) COMPUTER SET: PROCESSOR- AMD PHENOM X4

MOTHERBOARD: ASUS NVDIA

RAM: ZION 2 GB DDRZ HARD DISK: SEAGATE 500 GB

DVD R/W: LG 22 X

MONITOR: SAMSUNG LCD 18-5” KEYBOARD: LOGITECH M/M OPTICAL

CABINET: IBALL

UPS: MICROTECH 600 VA (UGC APPROVED GRANT: 22000) (ii) Fully Portable overhead LCD MULTIMEDIA projector Entry Level SHARP/NEC/DELL (UGC APPROVED GRANT: 20000)

Department of Journalism and Mass Communication

Smart Board: INTERACTIVE BOARD 76-80” (DIAGONAL), RF ADOPTER, 4 SETS OF SPARE WRITING PENS FOR DRY-ERASE USE (UGC APPROVED GRANT: 50000)

REMEDIAL COACHING FOR STUDENTS BELONGING TO SC/ST/OBC/MIN/FC CATEGORIES CONVENER, UGC MERGED SCHEME XI PLAN SPONSORED

(1) DIGITAL DUPLICATOR WITH AUTOMATIC MASTER PRINTER MACHINE, SCANNER AND THERMAL SCREENING SYSTEM FOR A-4 AND B-4 SIZE PAPER (40GSM TO 120 GSM) HIGH SPEED PRINT (2) MONOCHROME A-4, ALL-IN-ONE, LAZER PRINT, FAX, COPIER, DUPLEX PRINTING, 30PPM, CANON/SHARP/HP

(PRATISTHA- THE CAREER HUB, BUILT WITH UGC SPL GRANT X PLAN)

(I) 10 - SET COMPUTER INSTRUCTION CONSOLE WITH INTERNET CONNECTION, UPS, PROCESSOR, MONITOR AND PERIPHERALS: PROCESSOR- AMD PHENOM X4- 02 NOS. PROCESSOR – AMD PHENOM X2 – 08 NOS.

MOTHERBOARD- ASUS NVDIA- 10 NOS

RAM- ZION 2 GB- 10 NOS


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UGC MERGED SCHEME XI PLAN SPONSORED RBC COLLEGE COMPUTER AND CYBER CENTRE, UGC-SPONSORED EQUIPMENT GRANT FOR COLLEGES IN BACKWARD AREA,

HARD DISK- SEAGATE SATA 320 GB- 10 NOS DVD R/W- SONY/SAMSUNG/LG 22 X- 10 NOS

MONITOR- LG/SAMSUNG LCD 18-5”- 10 NOS

KEYBOARD- LOGITECH OPTICAL 10 NOS CABINET- IBALL ATX- 10 NOS

UPS- MICROTEK 800 VA- 10 NOS

PRINTER- HP LASER JET 1020- 1 NOS PRINTER- EPSON DESKJET- 1 NO

OTHER ICT ACCESSORIES 24 PORT SWITCH

(UGC APPROVED GRANT: RS.200000)

(PRATISTHA- THE CAREER HUB, BUILT WITH UGC SPL GRANT X PLAN) & THE CO-ORDINATOR,UGC SPONSORED NET-SET-RET COACHING CENTER, RBC COLLEGE, UGC MERGED SCHEME XI PLAN SPONSORED RBC COLLEGE NET-SET-RET COACHING CENTER

(1) 10 LAPTOPS WITH ACCESSORIES BATTERY CHARGER AND LAPTOP CASE WITH THE FOLLOWING OR COMPATIBLE CONFIGURATION (Lenovo/Samsung/ Dell/ HP/ Compac/Sony/Acer) : 14" LED HD, Intel Core i3 Processor 330M (2.13Ghz, 3MB L2 Cache), 4GB DDR3, 320GB, nVIDIA GeForce G 310M (512 MB DDR3), DVD Super Multi, 10/100 Lan, Digital Motion Webcam, Bluetooth, Powered USB, HDMI, eSATA, SRS 3D Sound Effect, Spill Proof Keyboard, 6Cell Battery, Windows 7 Home Premium, 5 Yr Pickup and Drop Warranty (2) PRINTER- HP LASER JET 1020- 1 NOS

(3) PRINTER- PIXMA IP1200 BUBLEJET CANON/- 1 NO

(4) OTHER ICT ACCESSORIES 24 PORT SWITCH, 24 HDMI PORTS, 24 USB PORTS AND CABLE FOR NETWORKING 24 COMPUTERS IN A LAN (5) 32” LCD TV HD READY, WITH HDMI, USB, AND INTERNET PORTS, AND COMPUTER INTERFACE WITH INBUILT STEREO (LG / SAMSUNG / PHILIPS / VIDEOCON) (UGC APPROVED GRANT: RS.250000)

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, UGC EQUIPMENT GRANT FOR PG IN ENGLISH

(1) 10 LAPTOPS WITH ACCESSORIES BATTERY CHARGER AND LAPTOP CASE WITH THE FOLLOWING OR COMPATIBLE CONFIGURATION (Lenovo/Samsung/ Dell/ HP/ Compac/Sony/Acer) : 14" LED HD, Intel Core i3 Processor 330M (2.13Ghz, 3MB L2 Cache), 4GB DDR3, 320GB, nVIDIA GeForce G 310M (512 MB DDR3), DVD Super Multi, 10/100 Lan, Digital Motion Webcam, Bluetooth, Powered USB, HDMI, eSATA, SRS 3D Sound Effect, Spill Proof Keyboard, 6Cell Battery, Windows 7 Home Premium, 5 Yr Pickup and Drop Warranty (2) PRINTER - HP LASER JET 1020- 1 NOS

(3) OTHER ICT ACCESSORIES 24 PORT SWITCH, 24 HDMI PORTS, 24 USB PORTS AND CABLE FOR NETWORKING 24 COMPUTERS IN A LAN

(PRATISTHA- THE CAREER HUB, BUILT WITH UGC SPL GRANT X PLAN) THE COORDINATOR,

(1) 04 LAPTOPS WITH ACCESSORIES BATTERY CHARGER AND LAPTOP CASE WITH THE FOLLOWING OR COMPATIBLE CONFIGURATION (Lenovo / Samsung / Dell / HP / Compac / Sony / Acer) : 14" LED HD, Intel Core i3 Processor 330M (2.13Ghz, 3MB L2 Cache), 4GB DDR3, 320GB, nVIDIA Ge Force G 310M (512 MB DDR3), DVD Super Multi, 10/100 Lan, Digital Motion Webcam, Bluetooth, Powered USB, HDMI, eSATA, SRS 3D Sound Effect, Spill Proof Keyboard, 6Cell Battery, Windows 7 Home Premium, 5 Yr Pickup and Drop Warranty


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UGC SPONSORED COACHING CLASSES FOR ENTRY IN SERVICES (PRATISTHA- THE CAREER HUB, BUILT WITH UGC SPL GRANT X PLAN) THE MEMBERS OF THE MANAGING BODY,

(2) PRINTER - HP LASER JET 1020- 1 NOS (3) OTHER ICT ACCESSORIES: 24 PORT SWITCH, 24 HDMI PORTS, 24 USB PORTS AND CABLE FOR NETWORKING 24 COMPUTERS IN A LAN

THE COORDINATOR, UGC SPONSORED CAREER AND COUNSELLING CELL (PRATISTHA- THE CAREER HUB, BUILT WITH UGC SPL GRANT X PLAN) THE MEMBERS OF THE MANAGING BODY,

(1) 01 LAPTOPS WITH ACCESSORIES BATTERY CHARGER AND LAPTOP CASE WITH THE FOLLOWING OR COMPATIBLE CONFIGURATION (LENOVO / SAMSUNG / DELL / HP / COMPAC / SONY / ACER) : 14" LED HD, INTEL CORE I3 PROCESSOR 330M (2.13GHZ, 3MB L2 CACHE), 4GB DDR3, 320GB, NVIDIA GE FORCE G 310M (512 MB DDR3), DVD SUPER MULTI, 10/100 LAN, DIGITAL MOTION WEBCAM, BLUETOOTH, POWERED USB, HDMI, ESATA, SRS 3D SOUND EFFECT, SPILL PROOF KEYBOARD, 6CELL BATTERY, WINDOWS 7 HOME PREMIUM, 5 YR PICKUP AND DROP WARRANTY (2) ONE (1) PRINTER/ SCANNER/ COPIER/ FAX/ DUPLEX PRINTING/ - LASER PRINTER MONOCHROME (HP/CANON/WIPRO - (3) OTHER ICT ACCESSORIES: 24 PORT SWITCH, 24 HDMI PORTS, 24 USB PORTS AND CABLE FOR NETWORKING 24 COMPUTERS IN A LAN (4) ONE (1) PHOTOCOPIER- ENTRY LEVEL DIGITAL, DUPLEX PRINTING, HEAVY DUTY, A-4 & B-4, FULL AUTOMATIC PAPER LOADING TRAY OPERATION (XEROX/SHARP/CANON/ANY OTHER BRANDED ITEM WITH PROPER INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION) (5) TWO (2 NOS) INTEGRATED PUBLIC ADDRESS PODIUM WITH BUILT-IN 60W AMPLIFIER, 1 TWEETER, 3 WOOFER, AND BUILT-IN-MIC, 2 INPUT 2 OUTPUT/ 1 COLLAR WIRELESS MIC, WOODEN 4 SQFT. TOP WITH STEEL/ FIBRE BODY BOTTOM, SMALL TABLE LAMP, AND COMPUTER INTERFACE

• Computer-student ratio 90 COMPUTERS FOR TEACHER, STAFF AND STUDENTS

RATIO 1:40

• Stand alone facility

• LAN facility �

• Wifi facility � (LIMITED)

• Licensed software �10 INSTALLED SEPARATELY WITH INBUILT LICENCES SOFTWARE

IN MOST OF THE LAPTOPS.

• Number of nodes/ computers with Internet facility: ACCESS TO HI-SPEED INTERNET

IS PROVIDED EITHER THROUGH 20 DEDICATED BSNL BB CONNECTION OF WI-FI OR

THROUGH DONGLE

• Any other

4.3.2 Detail on the computer and internet facility made available to the faculty and students

on the campus and off-campus?


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All the aforementioned computers, except those used as dedicated servers, all the computers

and ICT peripherals can be used by faculty and students.

4.3.3 What are the institutional plans and strategies for deploying and upgrading the IT

infrastructure and associated facilities?

Regular up gradation and maintenance is done. A major ICT infrastructure investment has

been planned for the Departments of Botany, Physics, Zoology and for the General Office for

this financial year.

4.3.3 Provide details on the provision made in the annual budget for procurement,

upgradation, deployment and maintenance of the computers and their accessories in the

institution (Year wise for last four years)

YEAR PROCUREMENT UPGRADATION MAINTENANCE

2011-2012 1800000 (Cumulative) 300000 10000

2012-2013 1500000 (Cumulative) 200000 5000

2013-2014 500000 (Cumulative) 100000 5000

2014-2015 500000 (Cumulative) 10000 5000

4.3.5 How does the institution facilitate extensive use of ICT resources including development

and use of computer-aided teaching/ learning materials by its staff and students?

Computer Aided Learning Packages: The Science and technology related departments of the

college that have an integrated computer related curricula usually develop computer aided

learning packages for their students. The new syllabus of the Degree Course in Commerce has

introduced a course in "Information Technology related to Business". Computer labs are

equipped with Computer Aided Learning Packages. The Library is fully computerised. The

centralized computer facility at Pratistha the career hub located in the 2nd floor of the North

Block and the ground floor of Diamond Jubilee Block provides infrastructural support to every

department and IT classes to nearly 2000 1st year students. The PG courses make extensive use

of ICT based teaching-learning and the students make power point / multimedia presentations

on their Term Papers and Dissertation. Thus the extensive use of ICT resources is inbuilt in the

course delivery system of the college.

0

50000

100000

150000

200000

250000

300000

1800000

(Cumulative)

1500000

(Cumulative)

500000

(Cumulative)

500000

(Cumulative)

2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015

UPGRADATION

MAINTENANCE


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4.3.6 Elaborate giving suitable examples on how the learning activities and

technologies deployed (access to on-line teaching-learning resources, independent

learning, ICT enabled classrooms/learning spaces etc.) by the institution place the

student at the centre of teaching-learning process and render the role of a facilitator for the

teacher.

The college has computer related learning integrated within the curricula of all the science

subjects. The college has achieved an optimum use of infrastructural facilities so the arts

departments are not yet allotted space for separate office and staff room though the

departments use ICT based learning resources in their classrooms. Moreover, different

departments related to the college administration have computers of their own. The Cash

Section uses computer for the collection of fees, the Accounts Section has computerised its

accounting procedure for the Payment/Salary/Demand/Disbursement and other accounting

work and has separate computers, and the NAAC Steering Committee working on this report

has been sanctioned separate computer.

4.3.7 Does the Institution avail of the National Knowledge Network connectivity directly or

through the affiliating university? If so, what are the services availed of?

No.

4.4 Maintenance of Campus Facilities

4.4.1 How does the institution ensure optimal allocation and utilization of the

available financial resources for maintenance and upkeep of the following facilities

(substantiate your statements by providing details of budget allocated during last four

years)?

BUDGETARY ALLOCATION FOR LAST FOUR YEARS

BUILDING

FURNITURE

EQUIPMENT

SUMMARY TABLE 2015-16)

PARTICULARS

2014-2015

ESTIMATED

2014-15

ACTUAL

2015-16 ESTIMAT

ED

TOTAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURES

6930000

527209

7208000

200000

40000

250000

SUMMARY TABLE(2014-2015)

2013-14

ESTIMATED(RS)

2013-14

ACTUAL(RS)

2014-15

ESTIMATED(RS)

TOTAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURES

5372000

345584

6930000

150000

30000

150000


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SUMMARY TABLE (2013-2014)

PARTICCULARS 2012-13

ESTIMATED 2012-13 ACTUAL

2013-14 ESTIMATED

UGC & STATE

COLLEGE

UGC & STATE

COLLEGE

UGC &

STATE

COLLEGE

TOTAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURES 5730000

4861000 1390894

204552 0

5372000

800000

100000 200000

SUMMARY TABLE (2012-2013)

PARTICCULARS 2011-12

ESTIMATED 2011-12 ACTUAL

2012-13 ESTIMATED

UGC&STATE

COLLEGE

UGC&STATE

COLLEGE

UGC&STATE

COLLEGE

TOTAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURES 9414000 50000 5964281

207090

5730000

4861000

700000

400000

3000000

TOTAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURE UNDER THE HEADS OF BUILDING, FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT

1850000

570000

3600000

DISTRIBUTION OF FUND UNDER DIFFERENT HEAD FOR INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

EXPENDITURE FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS

a. Building 1850000

b. Furniture 570000

c. Equipment 3600000

0

500000

1000000

1500000

2000000

2500000

3000000

3500000

4000000

YEAR 2014-15 2103-14 2012-13 2011-12 TOTAL

BUILDING

FURNITURE

EQUIPMENT


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d.

Computers

Recurring Expenditure on Maintenance and upgradation of computers and

accessories for the last four years: 400000/-.The college has in possession a

large number of computers. The maintenance of the computers and

accessories is a major area of fiscal consideration. However, the college has

devised its own procedure for maintenance to reduce the cost. Instead of

giving Annual Maintenance Contract to anyone the college has mobilized its

own resources to maintain its computer facilities. Instead of spending a large

amount of money on Annual Maintenance Contract the college uses the

resource of its faculty members and staff. Furthermore, the peripherals, such as

printers, are send for servicing, bi-annually, to expert technicians.

e. Vehicles NIL

f. Any other

4.4.2 What are the institutional mechanisms for maintenance and upkeep of the

infrastructure, facilities and equipment of the college?

The college has developed an institutional method of procurement, maintenance and upkeep

of the infrastructure done through the Finance Subcommittee, Building Subcommittee,

Purchase Subcommittee, and the computer experts of the college.

4.4.3 How and with what frequency does the institute take up calibration and other

precision measures for the equipment/ instruments?

On a daily basis in case of lab equipments and computers in use.

4.4.4 What are the major steps taken for location, upkeep and maintenance of

sensitive equipment (voltage fluctuations, constant supply of water etc.)?

Through the properly installed electric connection, installation of new 80 kva transformer,

Installation of 2 generators (5 kva diesel generator and a new 6 KVA silent genset), regular

checkup of water connections, etc.

A. The college has two separate regular electricity connections given by the West Bengal

State Electricity Board & WBSEC Ltd. Along with two separate transformers. The electricity

bills are regularly paid and the power supply is considerably consistent without major black

outs / loadshedding. The classrooms, laboratory, library, offices are electrified with

adequate lighting and fans. The corridors and the courtyard have good lighting

arrangement. Streetlights are recently provided on the outer sides of the college campus

and high power lights are provided in the college play ground.

B. Although the supply of electricity is steady, the college has two standby generators (5 kva

diesel generator and a new 6 KVA silent genset) to provide uninterrupted electricity to the

laboratories, class rooms and offices. The generators are regularly maintained and

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C. Water Supply:- The college has a constant supply of water from the local tank supplied by

the Naihati Municipality. The water is safe for drinking purpose and the college maintains

a regular check. The direct supply of water is stored in the roof top reservoir by pump. The

tanks are regularly cleaned and the water supply connections are properly maintained. The

college provides drinking water facility in every office, laboratory, staff room, common

room, library etc. The taps and basins are also placed near the classroom on every floor to

provide safe drinking water to every student. Two water purified coolers are also installed,

one in Principal’s office with donation from Dr. Jaba Chattopadhyay (ex-faculty), and one

in front of the Central Library.

Any other relevant information regarding Infrastructure and Learning Resources which the


Toilets and wash-bathrooms:- To maintain proper hygiene and sanitation and provide basic

amenities to the students, staffs and teachers, the college has constructed adequate number

of toilets in the Diamond Jubilee Block and a project for up gradation of toilet facility in the

main building is being implemented.. However, due to scarcity of resources, proper

modernization and extension of such facilities are not yet made.

� The Modern ICT-based library infrastructural development programme nearing

completion.

� The Master Plan for Multi-facility sports and games complex with a large playground

(100 mts X 80 mts) and gymnasium with multiple sports/games facilities, guarded by

boundary walls on in the college playground a 3.5 acre plot is being executed stage-

wise.

� Two floors of the Students' Amenities Block have become operational.

� The Diamond jubilee Block inaugurated on 15 January 2011 has become fully

functional.

� Project for New extension, augmentation and renovation for toilet and laboratory on

the Northern side of the main campus approved by the Governing Body

� Landscape garden and fountain. Fully furnished Auditorium

� Use of ICT based Teaching-learning


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CRITERION V: STUDENT SUPPORT AND PROGRESSION

5.1 Student Mentoring and Support

5.1.1 Does the institution publish its updated prospectus/handbook annually? If ‘yes’, what is

the information provided to students through these documents and how does the institution

ensure its commitment and accountability?

Yes, the contents of the updated prospectus of current academic session (2003-2004) are as

follows:

1. Composition of college Governing Body.

2. Brief historical sketch of the college & future visions.

3. Rules & regulations of the college.

4. College awards & prizes, for creditable performance of college students in

Calcutta University examinations in various streams.

5. Department wise list (with qualification) of Full-time & Part-time teachers.

6. List of Non-teaching staff.

7. Subject abbreviations (codes) for B.A./B.Sc. 3 year Honours & General

Examinations conducted by the University of Calcutta.

8. Subject combination offered by the college with marks allotment (for BA &

B.Sc. Honours & General and B.Com. General streams.

9. Summary Academic Calendar.

5.1.2 Specify the type, number and amount of institutional scholarships / freeships

given to the students during the last four years and whether the financial aid was available

and disbursed on time?

Details of financial aids / assistance to students:

i) From central Govt: Scholarships & Stipends.

ii) From State Govt: SC/ST stipends & OBC stipends – provided through

nationalised bank.

iii) From College: Students’ Welfare Fund from which members of economically

disadvantageous & meritorious students are granted financial assistance every

year.

KANYASHREE PRAKALPA (FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR PURSUING EDUCATION FOR GIRLS)

Several girl students of this college hailing from the economically challenged sections of

society have received scholarship under W.B. West Bengal Govt-sponored Kanyashree

Prakalpa.

Stipend for Students belonging to SC/ST/OBC/Minorities/Financial Constrained/BPL

categories for pursuing UG and PG courses in this college. More than 300 students have

received UGC Stipend for 2010 – 2013.

INDIRA GANDHI SINGLE GIRL CHILD SCHOLARSHIP FOR PG STUDIES: More than 40

students of the Department of English and around 25 students of the Department of Zoology

have received UGC-sponsored “Indira Gandhi Single Girl ChildScholarship for PG studies.’’

Our college provides financial support to students from economically weaker sections of

society. The institution is receiving financial assistance for student welfare from Central


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Government. U.G.C. has sanctioned aid to our college to safeguard the financially / physically

challenged students for carrying on their studies. A majority of the students admitted to our

college belong to financially challenged categories with economic indicators showing a sharp

increase in the income gap in the district because of the transitional phase in economy moving

from traditional agricultural/industrial mode to the new financial capitalism and IT-based

mode. Hailing from the families of migrant agricultural and industrial working class, the

students invest their meager income on affordable state-sponsored education provided by the

college. For the welfare of economically challenged students, many being first-generation

learner, the college provides Concession in Fees through the Students’ Welfare Fund:

Students’ Welfare Fund 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015

Amount 42800 24856 12400 23800 16400






submitted to UGC. The number of students who received financial assistance in the last 5

years is shown below:

UGC Stipend / Scholarship for Students

belonging to Minority and Finacially Challenged

Categories


YEAR No. of

Students

Amount No. of Students Amount

2010-2015 525 480000 418 120256


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5.1.3 What percentage of students receive financial assistance from

state government, central government and other national agencies?

UGC Stipend / Scholarship for

Students belonging to Minority and

Finacially Challenged Categories

Student Welfare Fund PERCENTAGE OF

STUDENT

BENEFICIARIES

YEAR No. of

Students

Amount No. of

Students

Amount

16.93 % + All the SC

ST students 18% 2010-

2015

525 480000 418 120256

5.1.4 What are the specific support services/facilities available for

� Students from SC/ST, OBC and economically weaker sections

Stipend for Students belonging to SC/ST/OBC/Minorities/Financial Constrained/BPL



SC/ST/OBC & MINORITY CELL: An empowerment and Equal Opportunity Cell for the

protection of rights of the students belonging to SC, ST, OBC and Minorities, both religious

and linguistic, formed by the college in 2009, has become fully functional. The Cell regularly

monitors the implementation of UGC Merged Schemes so that the beneficiaries of the scheme

are provided the best resources and support for their future development. The Equal

Opportunity Centre (funded by UGC under XI Plan) has organized seminar and workshop on

“Positive Discrimination” in March-April 2014.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY CELL: Formed as per UGC-guidelines, theEqual Opportunity Cell of R.

B. C. College, has been institutionalized in 2012 for upholding the principles of equality as

enshrined by the Indian Constitution for providing and safeguarding equal opportunity to all

the stakeholders across class, gender, caste, race, linguistic, religious and ethnic identities.

The Equal Opportunity Cell organized a UGC-sponsored Short-Term Course on Positive

Discrimination from 5th March to 5th April 2014.

� Students with physical disabilities

HEPSN: Under the UGC-sponsored Merged Scheme the Grant is being utilised to provide

equal and better access to differently-able person through the construction of lift, ramps,

railing and special toilet in the Diamond Jubilee Block.


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� Overseas students NIL

� Students to participate in various competitions/National and International YES

� Medical assistance to students: health centre, health insurance etc.

UGC-SPONSORED DAY CARE CENTRE: Built under XI Plan Merged scheme the Day Care

centre shall provide basic amenities for the working parents employed in the college. The

facilities are to be provided to the teachers and staff of the college as per the objectives of

UGC XI-Plan Merged Scheme.

� Organizing coaching classes for competitive exams

Coaching for Entry in Service for 3rd Year/PG Students and Ex-students of the college

belonging to SC/ST/OBC/Minorities/Financial Constrained/BPL categories. 12 students who

have received coaching and interview guidance have qualified in the RLST of WBCSSC in 2011

for appointment as Assistant Teachers in English, Pure Science and Zoology. 11 students who

have received coaching and interview guidance have qualified in the RLST of WBCSSC in

2013-14 for appointment as Assistant Teachers in English.

� Skill development (spoken English, computer literacy, etc.,)

Language Laboratory and certificate course in Communicative English along with 4 papers on

Modern Linguistics and English Language Teaching in the MA English curriculum.

� Support for “slow learners: Remedial Coaching

� Exposures of students to other institution of higher learning/ corporate/business

house etc. Yes.

� Publication of student magazines: On Annual basis by the Students’ Union

5.1.5 Describe the efforts made by the institution to facilitate entrepreneurial skills,

among the students and the impact of the efforts.

Integrated in the course curricula of Commerce and Computer Applications.

5.1.6 Enumerate the policies and strategies of the institution which promote participation of

students in extracurricular and co- curricular activities such as sports, games, Quiz

competitions, debate and discussions, cultural activities etc.

∗ additional academic support, flexibility in examinations

Generally the students are encouraged to write examination in proper schedule. However,

sometimes it happens that sports event and examination coincide, and in that case, the

College allows the students to write special examination. The same policy goes for the regular

classes too. The Sportsperson often find themselves busy in practices, and the College relaxes

its stringent attendance regulation for them upon their appeal. Beside, we offer full and half

waiver of tuition fees for the sportspersons depending upon their financial status.

∗ special dietary requirements, sports uniform and materials

The college does not have any provision to fulfil special dietary requirement of the

sportsperson directly. We offer financial aid instead to them so that they can have good

dietary support of their choice. For tournaments, the College supplies full set of sports gear to

the players. Besides, every year we issue material like Cricket bats, Wickets, Balls, Pads, Gloves,

shoes etc. to the students who play cricket. Similarly, Footballs, Jerseys, Shoes etc are issued to


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the students.

∗ any other

5.1.7 Enumerating on the support and guidance provided to the students in preparing

for the competitive exams, give details on the number of students appeared and qualified

in various competitive exams such as UGC-CSIR- NET, UGC-NET, SLET, ATE / CAT / GRE /

TOFEL / GMAT / Central /State services, Defense, Civil Services, etc.

Coaching for UGC NET / WBCSC / SET / RET, for PG Students and Ex-students of the college

and the locality, belonging to SC/ST/OBC/Minorities/Financial Constrained/BPL/Women

categories in English and Biological Sciences is being conducted by the college. Resource

persons are drawn from different colleges and universities to prepare the students for the

eligibility tests for lectureship and research fellowship. Twelve (12) enrolled candidates have

qualified UGC-NET in English in last four years.In Biological Science the students of the

college have qualified the CSIR NET & UGC-NET. One student of the English Department has

also qualified UGC-NET for JRF in English in the Dec 2014. Eight students of the English

Department have qualified the Research Eligibility Test for M.Phil / Ph.D. after attending these

coaching classes.

The college has an Employment and Academic Placement Cell duly formed by the Governing

Body in the year 2003.

Role – Maintaining & updating records of students’ profile & job opportunities. Monitoring

and Coordinating the activities of the Cell, Organizing counseling sessions and

Correspondence. Conducting career counselling sessions, grooming & mock interview

sessions. Arranging training for self-employment & entrepreneurship. Updating information

about academic opportunities for higher education

5.1.8 What type of counselling services are made available to the students (academic,

personal, career, psycho-social etc.)

Academic:) Remedial Coaching for Students belonging to SC/ST/OBC/Minorities/Financial

Constrained/BPL categories in both the Honours and General Subjects.Students of general

category who are academically poor and financially constrained are also provided these

special remedial classes. More than 300 classes have been already organised in the last two

academic sessions.

Career:) Coaching for Entry in Service for 3rd Year/PG Students and Ex-students of the college

belonging to SC/ST/OBC/Minorities/Financial Constrained/BPL categories. 12 students who

have received coaching and interview guidance have qualified in the RLST of WBCSSC in 2011

for appointment as Assistant Teachers in English, Pure Science and Zoology. 11 students who

have received coaching and interview guidance have qualified in the RLST of WBCSSC in

2013-14 for appointment as Assistant Teachers in English.

Coaching for UGC NET / WBCSC / SET / RET, for PG Students and Ex-students of the college

and the locality, belonging to SC/ST/OBC/Minorities/Financial Constrained/BPL/Women

categories in English and Biological Sciences is being conducted by the college. Resource

persons are drawn from different colleges and universities to prepare the students for the


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eligibility tests for lectureship and research fellowship. Twelve (12) enrolled candidates have

qualified UGC-NET in English in last four years.In Biological Science the students of the

college have qualified the CSIR NET & UGC-NET. One student of the English Department has

also qualified UGC-NET for JRF in English in the Dec 2014. Eight students of the English

Department have qualified the Research Eligibility Test for M.Phil / Ph.D. after attending these

coaching classes.

3) Stipend for Students belonging to SC/ST/OBC/Minorities/Financial Constrained/BPL



5.1.9 Does the institution have a structured mechanism for career guidance and

placement of its students? If ‘yes’, detail on the services provided to help students identify

job opportunities and prepare themselves for interview and the percentage of students

selected during campus interviews by different employers (list the employers and the

programmes).

RBC COLLEGE STUDENTS’ EMPLOYMENT & ACADEMIC PLACEMENT-COUNSELLING CELL:

Formed on 06/3/2003, the Cell provides information, assistance, guidance, instruction and









2011 have been appointed as Assistant Teacher on recommendation of WBCSSC. Several

students have qualified TET in 2013 and 11 students have qualified RLT Test conducted by W.

B. School Service Commission and joined as Assistant Teachers in English in 2013. The Cell





courses for Entry-in-Services and Job Placement.

5.1.10 Does the institution have a student grievance redressal cell? If yes, list (if any) the

grievances reported and redressed during the last four years.

RBC COLLEGE STUDENTS’ GRIEVANCE AND REDRESSAL CELL: Formed on 21/8/2003, is a

forum for the redressal of students’ grievances for better protection of students’ rights,

interests, opportunities, and for welfare of students within the framework of existing provision

of the college administration.

5.1.11 What are the institutional provis ions for resolving issues pertaining to sexual

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WOMEN’S CELL: Formed in 2006 as per NAAC and UGC recommendations the Women’s Cell

of the college looks into women issues and the problems faced by the girl students and female

staff of this college. The Cell addresses the problems as per the existing legal framework.

Gender sensitization programmes are undertaken by the Women’s Cell with a view to

ameliorating the academic ambience and allow all the students, staff and faculty to pursue

their mission with dignity and self-respect.

5.1.12 Is there an anti-ragging committee? How many instances (if any) have been reported

during the last four years and what action has been taken on these?

ANTI-RAGGING COMMITTEE: Following the recommendations of the Raghuvan Committee

and UGC, a committee for the prevention of ragging and violence in college campus has been

formed. The Guidelines framed by UGC are being implemented since the session 2009-2010.

Ragging is strictly prohibited in the college premises and any such act is punishable under law.

5.1.13 Enumerate the welfare schemes made available to students by the institution.


2010-2015

No. of Students Amount

418 120256

5.1.14 Does the institution have a registered Alumni Association? If

‘yes’, what are its activities and major contributions for institutional, academic and

infrastructure development?

The college Alumni Association was been registered on 11/03/2003, Reg. No. S/IL/14519 of

2002-03 under West Bengal Act XXVI of 1961. The laid down aims, objectives and activities of

the association are:

a. Systematic documentation and regular upgradation of the Alumni profile.

b. To keep close relation among the ex-students of the college for their welfare

c. To establish good relation among the members of the association, present students

of the college and the management of the college

d. To educate the members of the association in discharging their duties and

responsibilities

e. To give necessary suggestion to the college authority for the all-round

improvement of the college

f. To solve the various problems of the students though discussions

g. To arrange and organize cultural functions time to time for the improvement of the

cultural standard of the members of the association

h. To help the needy students of all communities for their studies

i. To arrange and organize various competitions on different subjects among the

members of the association as well as present students of the college time to time

To do all such other activities as many be deemed incidental or conducive to the attainment of

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5.2 Student Progression

5.2.1 Providing the percentage of students progressing to higher education or

employment (for the last four batches) highlight the trends observed.

Student progression

% UG to PG 26%

PG to M.Phil. Record not

kept PG to Ph.D. Do

Employed

• Campus selection

• Other than campus recruitment

3%

15-35% (as

reported)

5.2.2 Provide details of the programme wise pass percentage and completion rate for the

last four years (cohort wise/batch wise as stipulated by the university)? Furnish

programme-wise details in comparison with that of the previous performance of the same

institution and that of the Colleges of the affiliating university within the city/district.

Subject 2011-2012

Success Rate

2012-2013

Success rate %

2013-2014

Success rate %

2014-2015

Success rate %

AVERAGE RATE OF SUCCESS

2012-2015

BNGA 69.7 74.29 86.21 86.21 79.1025

ENGA 96.9 91.3 87.5 82.76 89.615

SANA 72 56.36 48.28 66.67 60.8275

HINA 79.2 100 84 83.33 86.6325

HISA 85.7 60 76.92 50 68.155

PLSA 89.5 100 100 75 91.125

PHIA 87.5 90 88.24 79.17 86.2275

PHSA 69.2 77.42 75 60 70.405

CEMA 91.7 100 92.31 60 86.0025

MTMA 50 38.89 94.12 36.84 54.9625

ELTA 75 50 100 100 81.25

ECOA 100 66.67 50 33.33 62.5

ZOOA 55.6 84 72.22 81 73.205

BOTA 100 50 66.67 81.82 74.6225

MCBA 100 76.92 100 100 94.23

ACCA 61.5 68 47.37 27.27 51.035

CMAV 42.9 35.14 41.03 11.54 32.6525

AVERAGE 78.02353 71.70529 77.05118 65.58471 73.09118


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5.2.3 How does the institution facilitate student progression to higher level of education and/or

towards employment?

RBC COLLEGE STUDENTS’ EMPLOYMENT & ACADEMIC PLACEMENT-COUNSELLING CELL:

Formed on 06/3/2003, the Cell provides information, assistance, guidance, instruction and









2011 have been appointed as Assistant Teacher on recommendation of WBCSSC. Several

students have qualified TET in 2013 and 11 students have qualified RLT Test conducted by W.

B. School Service Commission and joined as Assistant Teachers in English in 2013. The Cell





courses for Entry-in-Services and Job Placement. Coaching for UGC NET / WBCSC / SET / RET,

for PG Students and Ex-students of the college and the locality, belonging to SC / ST / OBC /

Minorities / Financial Constrained / BPL / Women categories in English and Biological

Sciences.Twelve (12) candidates qualified UGC-NET in English in last four years. In Biological

Science the 5 students of the college have qualified the CSIR NET & UGC-NET. One qualified

UGC-NET for JRF in English in the Dec 2014. Eight students qualified the Research Eligibility

Test for M.Phil / Ph.D. in English

5.2.4 Enumerate the special support provided to students who are at risk of failure and drop

out?

RemedialCoaching and Finacial aid along with counselling.

5.3 Student Participation and Activities

5.3.1 List the range of sports, games, cultural and other extracurricular activities available to

students. Provide details of participation and program calendar.

Sportspersons enrolled as students are provided multi-facility 3.5 acre playground, play-

courtyard, and common rooms for indoors games, for harnessing their competence in sports

and games, so that they can participate in the inter college tournaments and university meets,

and earn laurels for themselves and the college. The college has its own football, cricket,

volleyball, athletics, Table-Tennis and kho-kho teams. Its football team has won the Inter

Collegiate Tournament in 2006 and the Athletics team has won several medals in inter college

tournaments in 2007 and 2008 and a silver medal in State-level high jump event of the SAI.

The college has received accolades for hosting the Inter-College Volleyball and Cricket


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tournaments in 2009. 2010, and 2011 of the West Bengal State University (Barasat, North 24

Parganas) for three consecutive sessions. The students of the college have represented as

members of the university athletics, swimming, Kho-Kho, and other games’ teams in the Inter

University tournaments organised by Association of Indian Universities and SAI in the last

session.

The Range of Sports & Games facilities offered to the students includes the following:

Football

Cricket

Athletics (events like Sprint, Run, Broad jump, high jump, javelin throwing, shot put etc)

Indoor games like Chess, Carrom etc.

Basketball (Note: This facility will be set up shortly)

Student participation in the above events are considerable. The College has a well put

football and cricket teams which take part in inter College tournaments. Athletics events also

see some participation. A few students of this College have taken part in running, high jump

and broad jump. There is no such formal program calendar in Sports, as the tournaments are

principally organized by the West Bengal State University, and they don’t maintain any

calendar. Moreover, lack of communication, delayed communication from the University

prevents us to fix any such calendar. However, The College Sports in which all the

departments take part is usually organized in February/March every year.

5.3.2 Furnish the details of major student achievements in co- curricular, extracurricular

and cultural activities at different levels: University / State / Zonal / National /

International, etc. for the previous four years.

In this multicultural, multidisciplinary, co-educational college, the rich cultural heritage of

India, spirit of national integration and communal harmony are cherished through Annual

Cultural Festival, Freshers’ Welcome Programme, Annual Reunion, Teachers’ Pre-Puja Meet,

Teacher’s Day celebration, BhashaDiwas, RabindraJayanti, AmbedkarJayanti, World Theatre

Day, World Shakespeare Day,and International Yoga Day. Colourful cultural functions are

regularly organised by the students, staff and faculty of the college on these occasions. The

students of the Department of English organize Teachers’ Day Function, SandipanMajumder

Memorial Cultural Event (23 February), Freshers’ Welcome Programme, and Farewell Function,

World Shakespeare Day every year.

The College is fortunate enough to get students admitted in it having high mettle in sports and

games. The recent achievements are as follows

Year Event Organized by Prizes won

2013-14 Inter College Chess

tournament

West Bengal

State

University

Champion

2014-15 West Bengal Inter

College District Sports

Championship

Govt. of West

Bengal,

3rd in 100m sprint

1st in 200 m race

1st in High Jump

3rd in high jump


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2015-16 Inter College

tournament

WBSU 4 Prizes won

.

5.3.3 How does the college seek and use data and feedback from its graduates and

employers, to improve the performance and quality of the institutional provisions?

No formal feedback is there.

5.3.4 How does the college involve and encourage students to publish materials like

catalogues, wall magazines, college magazine, and other material? List the publications/

materials brought out by the students during the previous four academic sessions.

The Students’ Union has a Magazine Subcommittee to oversee and organise these activities.

5.3.5 Does the college have a Student Council or any similar body?

Give details on its selection, constitution, activities and funding.

Yes, STUDENTS’ UNION, a representative body of the democratically elected Students’ Union, constituted as per the regulations specified in the R. B. C. College Students’ Union Constitution, takes active role in maintaining the spirit of harmony among the students, dissemination of knowledge, conducting extra-curricular activities and welfare programmes. The Students’ Union contributes to the academic, cultural and social development of the institution by coordinating with students and organising various programmes.

5.3.6 Give details of various academic and administrative bodies that have student

representatives on them.

Governing Body, Admission Subcommittee, and other academic and cocurriculr

subcommittees have students representatives

5.3.7 How does the institution network and collaborate with the Alumni and former

faculty of the Institution.

Through Correspondence and electronic communication / notifications.

Any other relevant information regarding Student Support and Progression which the college

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CRITERION VI: GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

6.1 Institutional Vision and Leadership

6.1.1 State the vision and mission of the Institution and enumerate on how the mission

statement defines the institution’s distinctive characteristics in terms of addressing the

needs of the society, the students it seeks to serve, institution’s traditions and value

orientations, vision for the future, etc.?

As enunciated in the college constitution (1948), the Goals & Mission of the college is “The

college shall aim at the physical, normal, social and cultural development of the students and

also serve as a centre for the diffusion of knowledge and culture in the locality. It shall provide

instruction in Arts, Science and Commerce with a view to preparing candidates for different

university examination. It may also conduct courses of training for examination conducted by

other recognized bodies and may also issue certificates of proficiency of its own in any

particular branch of learning or vocational or technological course.”

VISION FOR FUTURE: Aspiring to become a ‘Great Institution of Higher Learning’ in new

millennium the college cherishes traditional values rich heritage of academic expertise, and

the community oriented activities along with the new scientific and technological

advancement. Catering to the needs of a large student community, every aspiration is focused

towards the fulfillment of its mission and goals:

a) To provide Greater and Equal access, Quality and Excellence, Relevant and Value

based education to students belonging to multifarious social, economic, cultural and linguistic

backgrounds.

b) To provide greater access to ICT facilities and placement opportunities through various

UGC-sponsored schemes like Entry-in-services coaching, NET/SET/GATE coaching, career

counseling

c) To explore opportunities for Open & Distant Learning (ODL) modes through

collaboration with Netaji Subhas Open University (NSOU) and other state universities like

University of Kalyani in vicinity, using the experience of hosting such courses of IGNOU under

the Convergence Scheme (initiated in August 2008; IGNOU withdrew the scheme in July 2012,

but in the course of these 4 yrs., we got a hands-on experience of the strength and potential of

ODL mode of higher education)

d) To improve physical infrastructure of classrooms, laboratories, library and other basic

amenities

e) To introduce PG courses in Bengali, History, Chemistry, Botany, in addition to the

already introduced PG courses in English and Zoology under WBSU in recent years.

To implement the recommendation of NAAC Peer Team, improve the physical infrastructure

of the college, adopt innovative methods of teaching by incubating modern methods of

learning/evaluation and introduce a flexible approach in selection of courses at the degree

level; to introduce latest managerial concepts for the management of the college with

strategic planning, teamwork, collective decision making process, with IQAC as the think- tank

of college, and prepare the college for the second NAAC inspection.

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implementation of its quality policy and plans?

a) There are four (4) teaching members in the top management body of the college, i.e.,

Governing Body who in consultation of other faculty members through the Teachers’ Council,

regularly reflect in the G.B meetings the valued collective opinion of the faculty towards

framing and implementation of policy for sustaining and improvement of quality in almost all

aspects of the functioning the college

b) Suggestions, e.g. regarding opening of new subjects are primarily mooted and

discussed in the floor of Teachers’ Council, and on the basis of consensus, proposal is placed

for approval in G.B and subsequent forwarding to the University and Higher Education Council

for final nod.

c) The members of faculty act as the conveners and active members of different sub-

committees, e.g., Admission, Academic, Library

6.1.3 What is the involvement of the leadership in ensuring :

• the policy statements and action plans for fulfillment of the stated mission

• formulation of action plans for all operations and incorporation of the same into the

institutional strategic plan

• Interaction with stakeholders

• Proper support for policy and planning through need analysis ,research inputs and

consultations with the stakeholders

• Reinforcing the culture of excellence

• Champion organizational change

A general process flow chart for institutional decision making process is depicted below:

6.1.4 What are the procedures adopted by the institution to monitor and evaluate policies

and plans of the institution for effective implementation and improvement from time to time?

Sub-committees, e.g.,

Academic, Building, Library,

Students’ Welfare

Identification and preparation of plans for

development, based on inputs collected

from the relevant stakeholders through

participatory management process

Draft action plan forwarded to

Governing Body for final approval and

financial clearance and incorporation /

integration into the institutional

strategy

Action plan in final approved shape

forwarded to the Subcommittees

concerned for implementation and

follow-up/monitoring to ensure

adherence with the overall goal of

comprehensive institutional

developmental strategy

Monitoring, Evaluation and

improvisation – Continuity:

Back to Sub-committees


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Details of Procedures Monitoring & Evaluating sub-committees

Academic Procedures:

1. Admission

2. Curricular Aspects

3. Teaching-Learning

4. Performance Appraisal & Students’

Feedback

5. Students’ Evaluation

6. Co-curricular Activities

7. Placement Services

1 - Admission Sub-Committee

2 , 3 & 4 – Academic Sub-Committee,

Routine & Exam. Sub-Committees

5 - Results Sub-Committee

6 - Physical Instructor & Sports Sub-

Committee, Cultural Sub-committee

7 – Placement Cell

Financial procedures:

Allocation of financial resources though annual

budget exercise, Supervision of

implementation of Budgetary provisions &

Auditing

Bursar , Finance – Convener & Finance Sub-

Committee

Personnel:

Procedures & Records up-gradation, Service

files and service conditions

Service-Book Sub-Committee, Provident

Fund Sub-Committee

Materials, Facilities & infrastructural planning

& implementation:

Utilization of funds, Purchase & Allocation of

materials and infrastructural provisions

Bursar, Departmental Representatives &

Purchase Sub-Committee, Library Sub-

Committee, Building Sub-Committee along

with Purchase & Finance Sub-Committees

6.1.5 Give details of the academic leadership provided to the faculty by the top

management?

i) Grant of Special Study leave for pursuit of PhD/Higher studies in order to usher academic

excellence of the faculty.

ii) Faculty Improvement Programme (GB Resolution Dt. 24.8.2012 – as per UGC

recommendation Letter No. F.T.F WBS-033-01/12-13(ERO), Prof. Kakali Mukherjee was

granted Study Leave under FDP Scheme for 2 years).

iii) Encouraging Faculty to participate in Seminars /Workshops/ Symposia, within the

state/nation and also abroad.

iv) Granting permission for participation by faculty in Orientation/Refresher as well as other

skill-development courses/programmes (e.g., Dr. Gopal Chandra Ghosh – granted leave to

attend “Pedagogical Training for Mathematics Teacher” PTMT Programme at University of

Tripura from 01.12.2014 to 12.12.2014, Prof. Debashis Roy attended a ten-day programme on

TEQIP oriented advanced technology in nano & bio technological applications at NIT,

Durgapur, in November 2014).

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i) College pursues the system of “Rotational Headship” for the Academic Depts for a tenure of

three (3) years.

ii) The members of Faculty are nominated as to act as Bursar and also as Conveners of various

sub-committees, e.g., Admission, Examination, Library, Sports, NSS, NCC, Building, Purchase,

Finance etc.

iii) The senior-most member of any administrative dept., e.g., Accounts, Establishment etc is

offered to head the department as “Departmental In-Charge”.

6.1.7 How does the college delegate authority and provide operational autonomy to the

departments / units of the institution and work towards decentralized governance system?

Autonomy is granted to the Academic Departments to:

i) Decide upon the criterion for Admission to 1st year courses, above the minimum

eligibility norms stipulated by the University

ii) Decide upon the Teaching pedagogy ensuring optimum utilization of available

resources

iii) Decide upon departmental workload distribution

iv) Decide upon special departmental needs, e.g., field visits, departmental seminars /

extension lectures, educational excursions.

v) Deciding upon departmental Budget (to be incorporated in the institutional Annual

Budget)

vi) PG Departmental autonomy - Academic Autonomy for framing syllabus within the

flexible zone allowed by the affiliating University, conduct of exams, declaration of results –

The Board of Studies overviews the entire process, BOS contains 2 external subject-experts

from other universities, 1 Professor from WBSU as Chairperson, and the Dept. Head is the only

internal member in BOS); Financial Autonomy – PG Dept. can settle upon the course /

examination and other allied fees for the course.

6.1.8 Does the college promote a culture of participative management? If ‘yes’, indicate the

levels of participative management.

The Sub-committees (mentioned earlier) are of pivotal importance to the functioning of the

institution. The composition of almost all the sub-committees include representatives from all

three stakeholders of the institution, e.g., Teaches, Non-Teaching staff-members and students.

Composition of Sub-committees:

Name of the

Sub-

Committee

Chairpers

on

Convener No. of Teaching Members No. of

Non-

teaching

Members

No. of

Student

represen

tative

members

Total

No.

of

Mem

bers

Academic Principal Nominate

d Teachers

(2)

4 Teaching members in

G.B & Heads of all

academic depts.

0 0 20 -

24

Admission Do Do 4 Teaching members in 2 2 28 -


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G.B, Secretary, Teachers

Council, Bursar, & Heads

of all academic depts.

30

Examination Do Do 6-8 Teachers 0 0 8-10

Routine Do Do 4-6 Teachers 0 0 6-8

Result Do Do 6-8 Teachers 0 0 8-10

Library Do Do 4-6 Teachers 1 1 8-10

Sports Do Do 4-5 Teachers 2 2 8-10

Women Cell Do Do

(Woman)

4 Women

Teachers

1

(women

N.T staff)

2 (girl

students)

8-10

Students’

Welfare

Do Do 4 Teachers 1 1 6-8

Grievance Do Do 3 Teachers 1 1

Building Do Formed as per UGC Guidelines 12-14 (includes teachers, staff,

Architect, PWD Nominee Engineer, University Engineer, Technical

Representatives of Local Government (Naihati Municipality)

NSS Do Do

(Programm

e Officers)

5-8 Teachers as members

of Advisory Board

NCC Do 1

(Programm

e Officer)

6.2 Strategy Development and Deployment

6.2.1 Does the Institution have a formally stated quality policy? How is it developed, driven,

deployed and reviewed?

The college top management i.e., the Governing Body formally incubates upon blue-prints and

plans for development prepared at the sub-committee levels and approves/suggests for

further improvisation (if needed). Once approved, the project is monitored by the appropriate

committee under direct surveillance of Principal, Bursar and other competent persons

(nominated by the G.B). Please refer to the process flow chart furnished against Q. 6.2.3 below.

6.2.2 Does the Institute have a perspective plan for development? If so, give the aspects

considered for inclusion in the plan.

The institution envisages development plan on three (3) aspects broadly – a) Academic, b)

Infrastructural, c) Co-curricular.

6.2.3 Describe the internal organizational structure and decision making processes.

From the angle of ‘organizational structure’, the college is a so-called ‘Flat Organization’,

having the minimum of organizational hierarchy. Internal co-ordination and monitoring of

processes become simpler and very transparent (through manual system of checks & balances,


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peon-book posting etc.) for such organizations. Our college is no exception. For the sake of

better institutional management, the college has attempted whole-heartedly to implement

the concept of “Quality Circle”. Prof. Ishikawa, the father of Quality Circle (QC) in Japanese

industries, defined QC as “a small group of people doing similar work who meet voluntarily

and regularly, usually under the leadership of their supervisors to identify and discuss the work

problems, leading to improvement in their total performance and environment of work life”.

The college has various committees/sub-committees, those are constructed to oversee

particular process/processes to function as quality circles ensuring maximum utilization of

available resources, leading to comprehensive development and sustained growth. Given

below a schematic layout of the various functional aspects of institutional management in our

college:

Functional Areas Details of Processes Quality Circles (QCs)

Management of Academic

Process

1. Admission

2. Curricular Aspects

3. Teaching-Learning

4. Performance Appraisal

& Students’ Feedback

5. Students’ Evaluation

6. Co-curricular Activities

7. Counselling, training

and Placement Services

1 - Admission Sub-Committee

2 , 3 & 4 – Academic Sub-

Committee, Routine & Exam.

Sub-Committees

5 - Results Sub-Committee

6 - Physical Instructor &

Sports Sub-Committee,

Cultural Sub-committee

7 – Academic and

Employment Placement Cell

Financial Management Allocation of financial resources

though annual budget exercise,

Supervision of implementation

of Budgetary provisions &

Auditing

Bursar , Finance – Convener

& Finance Sub-Committee

Personnel Management Procedures & Records up-

gradation, Service files and

service conditions

Service-Book Sub-

Committee, Provident Fund

Sub-Committee

COLLEGE

Management

of Academic

Processes

Financial

Management

Personnel

Management

Materials

Management Facility &

Project

Management


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Materials Management Utilization of funds, Purchase &

Allocation of materials and

infrastructural provisions

Bursar, Departmental

Representatives & Purchase

Sub-Committee

Facilities & Project

Management

Planning, Implementation &

supervision of renovation,

expansion and extension

projects

Library Sub-Committee,

Building Sub-Committee

along with Purchase &

Finance Sub-Committees

These sub-committees once redesigned as quality circles would be instructional problem-

solving groups, consisting of people willing to volunteer to reduce difficulties for improvement

of the quality of service rendered. This ‘Bottom-Up” management approach would infuse the

sense of belongingness of an individual employee (be a teacher or a non-teaching staff or a

student) to the larger system of institutional management and motivate the force within the

institution to achieve newer heights of operation. The college has immense potential to

achieve the peak of excellence in the activities and process of image – building should be

intensified immediately along the following courses of action:

� Forming Staff, students, Alumni & Parent Associations – First three are there, we are

thinking to constitute Parents’ Association shortly

� Increasingly involving experts from the industry, professional bodies and other

agencies in various aspects as members of different committees

� Increased participation of faculty in seminars organized by professional societies and

industry-academic interaction activities.

� Organizing extension services to various agencies and to the local community more

frequently and on wider scales

� Publication of activities, achievements, facilities and innovations through mass media

and contributing articles for publications in reputed journals more regularly

� Inviting eminent personalities to the college to participate in various functions and

programmes.

6.2.4 Give a broad description of the quality improvement strategies of the institution for

each of the following

• Teaching & Learning

i) Adherence to Academic Calendar

ii) Library Automation

iii) Use of modern logistics in teaching

iv) Interdisciplinary teaching pedagogy (PG English & Zoology)

• Research &

Development

i) Formation of IQAC to evaluate and forward research

proposals of the Faculty

• Community

engagement

i) NSS Annual camps – health awareness programmes at the

camp-sites for the inhabitants of vicinal locality

ii) Arsenic survey at (NSS Annual Reports)

iii) Socio-economic survey conducted by NSS at Bhabagachi and


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Amrapalli villages in vicinity

iv) NCC coy regularly attend National Integration camps,

Republic Day parade, Annual Training Camps, rescue-relief

operation and even assist the local police as Crowd Management

Volunteers during the festivals

• Human Resource

Management

i) Granting Duty leave to faculty for attending Orientation &

refresher courses and other skill-development

seminars/workshops/ courses

ii) In-house computer training for non-teaching staff in order to

make them accustomed with the requirements of present day

office-management

• Industry interaction

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6.2.5 How does the Head of the institution ensure that adequate information (from

feedback and personal contacts etc.) is available for the top management and the

stakeholders, to review the activities of the institution?

The Performance Based Appraisal Form (as prescribed UGC/Higher Education Dept., Govt. of

West Bengal) is filled in and submitted by each and every teacher and the end of an academic

session is exhaustive in nature and capable enough not only for the top management to judge

the performance of the teacher concerned but also to enable the teacher to assess own

performance in a particular academic year and to make corrections / improvisations thereof, if

required. The departmental committees regularly hold review meetings in order to

incorporate improvisations (as required) in teaching pedagogy, the Teachers’ Council holds

periodic meeting to assess the results of college-students in various university-examinations

and to chart out strategies for improvement there from.

6.2.6 How does the management encourage and support involvement of the staff in

improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the institutional processes?

i) College pursues the system of “Rotational Headship” for the Academic Depts for

tenure of three (3) years.

ii) The members of Faculty are nominated as to act as Bursar and also as Conveners of

various sub-committees, e.g., Admission, Examination, Library, Sports, NSS, NCC, Building,

Purchase, Finance etc.

iii) Usually based on seniority, the members of non-teaching staff is nominated as the

Departmental In-Charge of various functional administrative departments

iv) Autonomy is granted for preparing departmental day-to-day functional plans and

departmental budget.

6.2.7 Enumerate the resolutions made by the Management Council in the last year and the

status of implementation of such resolutions.

GB Resolutions related to:


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Session Of

Gove

rning

Body

i) Facility expansion ii) Opening New

Subjects /Courses

iii)

Extens

ion

Progs.

iii)

Value-

added

Prog.,

targete

d to

SC/ST/

Minorit

y

iv) Introducing

Awards/Accolad

es to encourage

excellence

2013-

14

Resol

ution

. 17.8.2013 –

Regarding opening

of ODL courses of

WBSU

26.11.2014 –

Resolved to offer

Phy. Edu as a gen.

subject to 1st yr.

students from 2014-

15 academic session.

11.5.2013 –

1. Introducing

“Avik Mukherjee

Memorial

Award” to the

student

obtaining

highest marks in

Botany (Hons.)

Statu

s of

Impl

emen

tatio

n

Phy. Education (Gen)

Course introduced

since 2014-15

academic session

2014-

15

Resol

ution

1. 26.11.2014 –

Proposal for

construting Sports

gallery at College

sports ground;

2. 30.3.2015 –

Accounts Software be

upgraded and

integrated with COSA

with banking

networking for online

admission,

Purchase of 5 original

licensed software (MS

OFFICE & MS

Windows) for

computerized

admission

Statu

s of

Impl

1. An amount of

Rs. 9,20,579.00 is

approved for the said


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emen

tatio

n

purpose.

2. Started

Online admission

from 2014-15

academic session

6.2.8 Does the affiliating university make a provision for according the status of autonomy to

an affiliated institution? If ‘yes’, what are the efforts made by the institution in obtaining

autonomy?

The affiliating university (West Bengal State University) permits very limited or even no

autonomy in different aspects of pursuit of academic courses, at undergraduate level. The

course curricula are laid down by the university, end-term examination (Part I, II and III)

stipulations are also fixed. The college can however exercise autonomy in terms of adopting

innovative teaching-learning pedagogy for the sake of effective and gainful dissemination of

the courses and also in internal assessment of progress of the students. However, in post-

graduate studies, the university permits autonomy to a considerable extent in – i) framing

curricula, ii) pedagogy, iii) evaluation, etc.

6.2.9 How does the Institution ensure that grievances / complaints are promptly attended to

and resolved effectively? Is there a mechanism to analyse the nature of grievances for

promoting better stakeholder relationship?

The college has a fully functional Students’ Grievance Redressal Cell (The Principal has formed

The Students’ Grievance and Redressal Cell for the better protection of the interests & rights,

and for the redressal of grievance of the regular students of Rishi Bankim Chandra College

vide Notice dated 01-08-2003) to attend the complaints and dissents. Anti-ragging Cell is

dedicated to address any incident / complaint thereof of in-campus ragging. A policy of zero

tolerance is adopted in such case. Women Cell addresses grievances particularly from the girl

students and also the lady teachers and staff.

6.2.10 During the last four years, had there been any instances of court cases filed by and

against the institute ? Provide details on the issues and decisions of the courts on these?

Nil

6.2.11 Does the Institution have a mechanism for analyzing student feedback on institutional

performance? If ‘yes’, what was the outcome and response of the institution to such an effort?

The College, ever since 2003 has developed a system of collecting student’s feedback about

their academic pursuit and other aspects of college-life through a well-conceived 2-page

questionnaire which is handed over to the pass-outs (after completion of 3-year regular study)

to fill-in and submit. Same is also collected from the students passing out from the Post-

graduate streams as well. Analyzing the feedback collected from students of last ten years, we

present a chart of important issues pointed out by the students and the attempt of

management to address such issues:


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Major Issues 2003-2008 2009-2014

Lack of students’

canteen, common-

room facilities,

Students’ Union

Room, Girl’s Toilet

Students’ Amenities Block was constructed

ground floor commissioned w.e.f 17.01.2006

The 1st Floor was

constructed

Lack of adequate

classrooms

The 4-storied Diamond Jubilee Block housing

Zoology (PG), English (UG & PG), Economics

(Hons. & Gen.), Mathematics (Hons. & Gen.),

Statistics (Gen.) and Journalism & Mass

Comm. (Gen.) was constructed and

commissioned on & from 15.01.2011

Demand for New

courses

i) Statistics (Gen), Journalism & Mass

Comm. (Gen), Microbiology (Hons.) was

opened

ii) Post Graduate Courses in English &

Zoology

Urdu, Physical

Education

Shortage of staff

(Teaching & Non-

teaching)

i) Full-time and part-time contractual

teachers are appointed

ii) Non-teaching staff appointed on

contractual basis, fixed-pay, paid from

college-fund

i) At present

the college has 12

CWTT , 10 PTT and

16 Guest Lecturers

ii) At present 22

Fixed-pay Non-

teaching staff of

Group C & D

category are

working

Demand for

upgradation of

Sports facilities

Thorough overhauling of the 3.11 acre

college-playground was undertaken,

boundary wall was constructed

Concrete Gallery

provision was made

6.3 Faculty Empowerment Strategies

6.3.1 What are the efforts made by the institution to enhance the professional development

of its teaching and non teaching staff?

i) Grant of Special Study leave for pursuit of PhD/Higher studies in order to usher academic

excellence of the faculty (e.g., Dr. Zahed Hossain - study leave for Post Doctoral research work

abroad for the period 13.7.2007 to 06.01.2008, Dr. Dipti Banerjee – study leave for Post

Doctoral research work for the period 28.7.2007 to 28.9.2007)

ii) FIP – vide GB Resolution Dt. 24.8.2012 – as per UGC recommendation Letter No. F.T.F

WBS-033-01/12-13(ERO), Prof. Kakali Mukherjee was granted Study Leave under FDP Scheme

for 2 years


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iii) Encouraging Faculty to participate in Seminars /Workshops/ Symposia, within the

state/nation and also abroad (e.g., Dr. Braja Gopal Dutta – Leave to attend Grossmann

Meeting at Rome 12.7.2015 to 18.7.2015 to present a paper)

iv) Granting permission for participation by faculty in Orientation/Refresher as well as

other skill-development courses/programmes – Given below a chart indicating the number of

faculty granted leave to attend the skill development programmes in last two academic

sessions:

No. of Faculty attending 2013-14 2014-15

Refresher Course 6 01

Orientation Prorg. 01 0

Other Skill-Dev. Prog. 01 (Prof. Debashis Roy

attended TEQIP oriented

advanced technology in

nano & bio technological

applications at NIT,

Durgapur)

01 (Dr. Gopal Chandra Ghosh –

granted leave to attend

“Pedagogical Training for

Mathematics Teacher” PTMT

Programme at University of Tripura

day from 01.12.2014 to

12.12.2014)

Refresher Course attended

v) N.T Staff granted permission to acquire value-addition diplomas/trainings

6.3.2 What are the strategies adopted by the institution for faculty empowerment through

training, retraining and motivating the employees for the roles and responsibility they

perform?

T he college follows the UGC guidelines regarding the Career Advancement scheme of the

teachers and the relevant G.Os issued by the Govt. of West Bengal regarding promotional

avenues of the non-teaching staff. The faculty training, retraining and motivating the

employees is therefore integrated under service rules. The members of the faculty are allowed

to attend the Orientation programmes and Refresher Courses and encouraged to pursue

research and present papers at seminars and conferences. The attrition rates are quite low

although the retirement rate is considerably high and the teachers perform their

responsibilities according to the assignment entrusted to them by the administration.

6.3.3 Provide details on the performance appraisal system of the staff to evaluate and ensure

that information on multiple activities is appropriately captured and considered for better

appraisal.

The institution collects the UGC prescribed PBAS self-evaluation data as implemented by the

Education Directorate, Govt. of West Bengal. The teachers are required, according to the

WBSU First Statutes 2014, to submit the PBAS Self Appraisal form every year, duly filled in

with the relevant information, as prescribed by UGC & Education Directorate, Govt. of West

Bengal. The statements are authenticated on the basis of documentary proof by the IQAC and

the Principal. The same document is used at the time of promotion under CAS scheme 2010.

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with teaching-learning and qualify for such promotional opportunities. Thus this inbuilt

mechanism makes the documentation of performance mandatory for better appraisal.

6.3.4 What is the outcome of the review of the performance appraisal reports by the

management and the major decisions taken? How are they communicated to the appropriate

stakeholders?

6.3.5 What are the welfare schemes available for teaching and non teaching staff? What

percentage of staff have availed the benefit of such schemes in the last four years?

The following are the welfare schemes for the members of staff of the college:

i) R. B. C. College Co-operative Credit Society (for both teaching and non-teaching staff),

a registered body, maintains members’ benevolent fund, from which financial assistance is

given to its members in distress.

ii) R. B. C. College Co-operative Credit Society takes recurring deposits, fixed deposit

and share (dividend declared for shareholders annually) from its members

iii) Teachers’ Council has the provision to extend financial support, to teachers, non-

teaching staff and students of this college, as well as the outside parties (flood-relief etc.)

through resolutions adopted in its meetings.

The following are the various loan facilities available to the teachers and non-teaching staff of

this college:

i) From R. B. C. College Co-operative Credit Society:

a) Loans for eight (8) years (housing construction, repair and maintenance) up to a

maximum limit of Rs. 5,00,000.00 at a time @10.50% p.a

ii) From the Provident Fund A/C – Refundable / Non-refundable loan is granted for the

staff whose service period is less than 20 yrs. And Non-refundable loan is granted to the staff

member who has completed 20 years of service.

iii) Loan from External agencies (Government organizations like Centralized Banks or

Financial Institutions and private sources, like HDFC, ICICI, etc.). The college authority

favorably treats the applications from the staff for salary deduction at source for repayment of

such loans.

6.3.6 What are the measures taken by the Institution for attracting and retaining eminent

faculty?

Albeit constrained by limited financial resources, the college never shies away from the task of

providing quality education. Apart from encouraging the faculty to be in the continuous

process of professional development, the college often engages highly experienced and

eminent faculty even after their superannuation, so that the students may continue to be

benefitted from their vast repertoire of knowledge. Given below the list of the faculties who

retired last two academic sessions from our college, and are currently engaged:

Sl. No. Department Name of the Faculty

1 Botany Prof S.S Sahoo


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Prof. R N Mukherjee

2 Sanskrit Dr. B.B Sengupta

Dr. Ardhendu Bikash Das

3. Zoology 1. Prof. K K Misra

2. Prof. P K Manna

And in a few other departments, particularly in P.G studies, senior/ retired teachers from

W.B.S.U, Univ. of Kalyani, Calcutta University and eminent personalities in related fields are

regularly been invited as resource persons to conduct sessions.

Dept. of English Post Graduate (Visiting Resource Persons)

1. Prof. Tirthankar K Chattopadhyay

2. Prof. Debiprasad Bhattacharyya

3. Prof. Sankar Chatterjee

4. Prof. Jayati Gupta, Tagore National Chair Professor

5. Prof. Minakshi Pawha, Lucknow University

Dept. of Zoology Post Graduate (Academic Session 2014-15)

1. Prof. C R Sahoo

2. Prof. SK Mukherjee

3. Prof. Dhira Dey

4. Prof. M S Ghoshal

Dept. of Microbiology

1. Dr. Subhas Bhattacharyya

6.4 Financial Management and Resource Mobilization

6.4.1 What is the institutional mechanism to monitor effective and efficient use of available

financial resources?

Three steps are followed for implementation of the any developmental work of the college.

Step I: The teachers and the staff members discuss the problem and necessities of the

particular department with HOD of the department in presence of principal. Regarding

Building construction primary discussions are made in the Building sub-committee.

Step II: Then the proposal is discussed in the Financial Committee for feasibility, applicability

and source of funding of the proposal for onward approval at the Governing Body.

Step III: After the decision of the Governing Body, it immediately goes to the Building sub-

committee for proper implementation following specific norms mentioned in this regard. For

purchasing furniture and equipments it goes to the purchase sub-committee for procurement.

So, we implement our meagre amount of finance in a short time with our healthy teamwork.

6.4.2 What are the institutional mechanisms for internal and external audit? When was the

last audit done and what are the major audit objections? Provide the details on compliance.

Although there is no such formal provision hitherto exercised, the Principal with the assistance

of the Bursar and Convener of Finance Sub-committee, and in liaison with the Chief

Accountant, regularly monitors the day to day financial transactions. This College is one


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among only a few in the state at present, having a full-fledged of the Accounts Section, which

undertakes internal financial revision under the supervision of the Accountant, Bursar & the

Principal. There is a post of Bursar appointed by the principal on the basis of the decision taken

at the Governing body to monitor the day to day financial activities of the institution. A due

bill is released after three-tier controlling system established.

Step I: After submission the bill is first verified by the Accountant on the basis of the work

order issued.

Step II: Then it is verified by the Bursar thoroughly.

Step III: Finally, the bill is passed by the principal for payment

Besides, Higher Education department used to appoint a statutory auditor every year for

auditing the yearly accounts of the college and the report is subsequently sent to the higher

education department. We audit the accounts by two sets of auditors every year. There is no

delay or no objection regarding the auditing point of view found in the college since from the

inception of the college.

6.4.3 What are the major sources of institutional receipts/funding and how is the deficit

managed? Provide audited income and expenditure statement of academic and administrative

activities of the previous four years and the reserve fund/corpus available with Institutions, if

any.

Major sources of institutional receipts/funding are:

a) Tuition fee and other receipts from the students

b) UGC Grants

c) State Govt. Pay-packet matching grant

d) State Govt. developmental grant, MP / MLA LAD (Occasional)

e) Endowments received

The major sources of funding of the institution on the following heads:

� Govt. Grant for Salary of Staff Members

� Fees& Charges received from the students

� Interest received from Bank deposit

6.4.4 Give details on the efforts made by the institution in securing additional funding and

the utilization of the same (if any).

The college has to apply for the appropriate grant scheme of departments other than

Education for securing additional funding. These Project proposals are prepared by the

teachers and duly approved at the meeting of the Governing Body before submission. The

utilisation of such grant is based on the guidelines of the granting authorities. For example, the

Department of Youth Affairs and Sports has recently granted a sum of Rs. 3,00,000/- for the

purchase of sports equipment on the basis of a Project Proposal duly forwarded by the local

MLA, Hon’ble Sri Partha Bhowmick, for the development of gymnasium and other sports

facilities at the college playground that has been renovated and beautified with colourful

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granted by the Hon’ble MP, Sri Dinesh Trivedi, and dedicated to the college by Sri Partha

Chatterjee, Hon’ble Minister, Education, Govt. of West Bengal.

6.5 Internal Quality Assurance System (IQAS)

6.5.1 Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)

a. Has the institution established an Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)? If ‘yes’, what is

the institutional policy with regard to quality assurance and how has it contributed in

institutionalizing the quality assurance processes? Yes, the activities are listed below

b. How many decisions of the IQAC have been approved by the management/ authorities for

implementation and how many of them were actually implemented? Most of the

recommendation of the IQAC are accepted and project implementation is cent percent.

c. Does the IQAC have external members on its committee? If so, mention any significant

contribution made by them. The external members of the IQAC such as the local MLA and an

ex-student of the college, Sri Partha Bhowmick, the Chairman of Naihati Municipality and the

President, G.B., RBC College, Prof Amal Chakraborty have made remarkable contribution to

the overall development of academic and physical infrastructure of the college.

d. How do students and alumni contribute to the effective functioning of the IQAC? Ex-

students of the college carry the brand-identity of RBC College and ensure that the rich

academic heritage of the college is cherished.

e. How does the IQAC communicate and engage staff from different constituents of the

institution? Through notification, memos, e-mails, SMSes, personal contact, and letters the

communication is made.

a. Date of establishment of IQAC – 22-03-2005; IQAC 08/05/2013 (2013-2015) 23/9/2015

( 2 0 1 5 - 2 0 1 7

b. Given Below a table depicting major recommendations and follow-up action undertaken by

IQAC ever since its inception. The table would provide a snapshot of major recommendations

which were approved and implemented by the college authority.

Year Evaluation/Following up Recommendation

2005 To progress on basis of the

recommendations NAAC Team

Capacity or Facility Extension – speed of

construction of Students amenities block be

geared up, so that from next session at least

the ground floor be commissioned

Explore opening of Distance Education

Courses.

Expedite opening of PG courses in

Eng/Zoo/Eco

Introduction of new subjects-STAT

/MCB/JOUR & Mass Comm

2006 Opening of New subjects

On 17.01.2006 Students’ Amenities • Admission process be Computerized

- Task be assigned to Computer Centre under


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Block (Ground Floor) was opened for

the students.

the stewardship of Managing body-

necessary logistic s be acquired

2007 Computerization of admission with an

integrated software developed

completely using in-house resource

and expertise was done successfully

done Hons courses only. The

publication of Merit List and issue of

I.D Cards & Library cards were also

integrated in that software developed

in-house.

• Computerized admission be

extended for all GEN courses as well

• Decision to expedite institutional tie-

up competent agencies to provide basic

computer literacy with a goal to 100%

computer literacy among students

• To expedite commissioning ODL

courses of IGNOU/NSOU/ KU etc.

2008 • Tie-up with a private company,

named Excel Infocom Pvt. Ltd.

providing computer education as one

of the partner of state govt. in a host of

schools and colleges and other

institutes (Youth Welfare Computer

Centres) did not mature.

However the goal is not abandoned.

• Development of appropriate

infrastructure: Planning for Diamond Jubilee

Block.

• To incarnate RBC College Career Hub

to provide i) basic and advanced tailor-made

computer training at minimized cost to our

students, ii) Value-added courses and Career

shaping to make out students better fit to

job-market requirements.

• Participating in convergence scheme

of IGNOU for commissioning of ODL

courses.

• UGC sponsored Entry-in-services &

NET/SET/RET be introduced

• Sports facility be upgraded -

construction of boundary wall and up-

gradation of 3.5 acre college play ground be

undertaken immediately.

2009 • Computerization for both Hons

& Gen admission done successfully

with a customized software developed

completely in-house.

• RBC College Career Hub

“PRATISTHA” was commissioned

• Admission taken in Post

Graduate (M.A) in English course

(inaugural batch) July 2009

• To speed up the admission process, a

few (3/4) back office-data entry staff be

hired purely temporarily on hourly wage-

basis.

• UGC sponsored Entry-in-services &

NET/SET/RET be brought under the umbrella

of RBCCCH.

• The construction plan of 4-storied

Diamond Jubilee Block on the eastern plot

be expedited.

2010 Construction of DJ Block started • Space extension Diamond Jubilee

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2011 DJ Bock was commissioned on 15.01.11

2012 • Sports facility-

renovation/construction of boundary

wall and up-gradation of 3.5 acre

college play ground with gallery with

shade was constructed

• Digitization of library

• College website be floated

• LAN connection

• Expedite online admission with

payment gateway arrangement with a

commercial bank

2013 Library automation / digitization COHA based library digitization software

acquired and implemented

2014 Project for roof shed with provision for

rainwater harvesting and Solar Panels

The construction of Roof shed on the North

Block is complete

2015 online admission with payment

gateway arrangement with ICICl bank

was finalized

On-line Admission system used for Admission

2015

6.5.2 Does the institution have an integrated framework for Quality assurance of the

academic and administrative activities? If ‘yes’, give details on its operationalisation.

College has an integrated framework of quality assurance as specified under WBSU First

Statutes 2014 and relevant government orders.

6.5.3 Does the institution provide training to its staff for effective implementation of the

Quality assurance procedures? If ‘yes’, give details enumerating its impact.

Yes, e.g., Library digitization has been successfully done by training the library staff, online

admission (2015) has been conducted smoothly by providing training our in-house accounts-

staff.

6.5.4 Does the institution undertake Academic Audit or other external review of the

academic provisions? If ‘yes’, how are the outcomes used to improve the institutional

activities?

Yes. The concerned sub-committees (Admission, Academic, Exam, Result, Dept. Committees,

Library) and the Teachers’ Council incessantly monitor the academic processes and review the

status of implementation of any proposed plan in this aspect, and collectively incubate upon

designing improvement strategies/ action plan, e.g.,

Academic

process

Issues marked through

internal Audit

Action Taken

Admission Need for smooth, prompt and

error-free admission

Partly manual (with some degree of

computerization) admission process was made

fully computerized ever since 2010-11.

Since 2015-16, Online admission facility (with

fee payment gateway facility arrangement

with ICICI Bank) has been introduced

Website Miscommunication, difficulty All important notifications (e.g., change of


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in dissemination and

circulation of information

among students / other

stakeholders

date of Univ. exam. Etc.), merit lists, as well as

the curriculum and academic calendar etc. are

provided / uploaded continuously through

college website www.rbccollege.ac.in.

Remedial

Teaching

Trailing students, students of

backward communities, first-

generation learners need

more intensive grooming

Remedial classes are arranged for SC/ST/OBC

& Minority students, to enable them to catch

up with the other students

6.5.5 How are the internal quality assurance mechanisms aligned with the requirements of

the relevant external quality assurance agencies/regulatory authorities?

The College undertakes annual academic audit/review through the various sub-committees.

6.5.6 What institutional mechanisms are in place to continuously review the teaching

learning process? Give details of its structure, methodologies of operations and outcome?

Given below the overview of structure and function of different committees which are

entrusted for implementation and continuous monitoring & reviewing of teaching-learning

process:

Sub-Committees Structure Focus

Academic Please refer to

Query No. 6.1.8

Teaching pedagogy, academic resources

College

Examination

Exams / Publication of results

Univ. Exam

Center

Proper conduct of Univ. exam.

Dept.

Committees

Dept. academic & administrative functionalities

P.G BOS/EC PG Studies

Teachers’ Council Providing suggestions on Overall academic,

administrative and any other matter related to

teaching and learning

6.5.7 How does the institution communicate its quality assurance policies, mechanisms and

outcomes to the various internal and external stakeholders?

The college enunciates the policies and mechanisms planned and adopted each year through

the publications of AQAR reports annually.

Any other relevant information regarding Governance Leadership and Management which the


• The college is a flat organization, having a minimum of organizational hierarchy.

• Internal co-ordination and monitoring of college activities are transparent.

• Participatory management and collective organizational administration


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CRITERIA VII: INNOVATIONS AND BEST PRACTICES

7.1 Environment Consciousness

7.1.1 Does the Institute conduct a Green Audit of its campus and facilities?

There is no formal mechanism for Green Audit. The college takes all possible steps to make the

campus eco-friendly. Vehicles are not allowed in the campus. Smoking is prohibited in the

campus. The use of plastic bags is avoided in the campus. Various seedling/sapling plantation

programmes are also organized by the NSS units of the college to arouse environment

consciousness. These green practices reduce pollution and render fresh and clean air for

breathing. The students realize that men should progress with nature and not against nature.

No such formal audit has been conducted till date. However, the College takes all possible

steps to keep the campus and its surrounding eco-friendly. Use and unruly disposal of

plastics are discouraged in the Campus. The College playing ground has a good number of

big trees.

7.1. What are the initiatives taken by the college to make the campus eco-friendly?

The institution has taken many major and minor initiatives to make the campus eco-friendly

and spread the message and method of creating a healthy and pollution free zone.

∗ Energy conservation

To conserve energy, The College is under a process to replace the tungsten filament bulbs with

Compact Fluorescent Lamps. Besides, Most of the Dedicated Classrooms are fitted with

miniature circuit breakers to switch off the electrical appliances in those rooms at one go

when the room is not being used. Almost 99% of the power hungry CRT monitors are replaced

by the eco friendly LCT Monitors to save power consumption. Energy conservation is a

prerequisite for eco-friendly practices. The concern for energy conservation prevails among

both the staff and the students. Special attention is given so that by the end of regular College

hours, all electronic and electrical installations are immediately switched off and the devices

are unplugged. The use of generators for emergency power supply at the time of power cut is

kept at an optimal level. The class rooms are naturally well lighted and ventilated and rarely

require electric light. The college also uses environment friendly and Bureau of Energy

Efficiency (BEE) star rated instruments to reduce consumption of energy.

∗ Use of renewable energy

Being a day College, we normally use sunlight as the primary source of light in a considerable

share of the class rooms. Albeit, due to very old, and ill-planned building structure in the old

building, there are some portion in the College where sunlight never enters. The college is

actively considering the possibility of using solar power to illuminate such portions of the

building. The college is planning to start the use of non-conventional energy to make eco-

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top of the college building to produce power and maintain uninterrupted power supply in the

campus.

∗ Water harvesting

The college has a sanction Municipality plan for roof-top rain water collection to meet the

requirement of water for cleaning the floor and toilets. The shed is already built and the water

collection would be installed in a short time. As the College has no water source like water

body etc. nearby, we use Rainwater to maintain a few small water bodies in the College

campus, which are being used by the department of Zoology (UG & PG) for pisciculture. The

old North block and the new Diamond Jubilee Block, however, has a large roof area that

collect rain water, and we let the water go back to the soil through the open College grounds,

which in turn, replenishes the ground-water to some extent. A large part of the ground water

table in this district is arsenic infested, and it is our social responsibility to recharge the ground

water as far as practicable. A special camp on rain water harvesting in the adopted village has

been organized by NSS units of college. However rain water harvesting facility at present is

not available in our College.

∗ Check dam construction

There is no provision of construction of a check dam in the College Campus. The College

playing ground has a deep drain passing by it, but the grassy surface of the ground is able

enough to check soil erosion due to water flow during the monsoon.

∗ Efforts for Carbon neutrality

The College is in a continuous process to neutralize carbon emission. The College has already

installed a silent generator in the Diamond jubilee Block that emits considerably low amount

of toxic fumes in comparison with the conventional GenSet. However, a old and polluting

Genset still supply power to a part of the building, as there exist common electrical connection

shared among three Colleges in the Campus. The College will replace that with another Silent

Genset once the physical trifurcation in over. No Cars/motorcycles are allowed in side the

College campus. Any sort of smoke generation like igniting dead leaves and other wastes is

prohibited inside the campus. The College has no air-conditioner installed anywhere in its

campus, thereby reducing toxic emission to the environment.

∗ Plantation

The College compound is way too small for plantation. However, we have small gardens in the

campus maintained by the department of Botany in which they grow plants. The College play-

ground, in the other hand, has a few large trees in there, and the College has planted some

more trees around the ground. The NSS volunteers, however, encourage and take initiatives of

Plantation in the nearby villages.

∗ Hazardous waste management

The departments of Chemistry, Zoology, and Microbiology generate some amount of

hazardous wastes through out the year, which are structurally disposed off with the help of the

local municipal body. Colour Coded Bins are used to separately collect the hazardous waste


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and dispose them off. Being a plastic free campus, there usually are no plastic wastes in the

campus.

∗ e-waste management

Electronic wastes like old computers, accessories thereof etc are handed over to the agencies

who systematically dispose them. During the last five years or so, all the electronic instruments

purchased are RoHS compliant, ensuring minimal accumulation of Hazardous waste.

Check dam construction: Since the college is in an elevated, high-lying area, there is no threat

from instant floods. Thus, the construction of check Dam around the college is not necessary at

present.

Efforts for Carbon neutrality: The college is within easy walking distance of the Naihati railway

station. A large number of students and employees prefer to travel by train. They walk to the

college to remain healthy and maintain environment. Vehicles are not allowed inside the

campus. The use of coal as fuel in the canteen has been banned and replaced by gas. Cooling

machines are used as and when absolutely necessary in order to reduce emission of

greenhouse gases. Seminars, quiz contests, poster exhibitions are often organized by NSS to

educate about environmental issues.

Plantation: Tree Plantation programme ‘Van-mahotsava’ is held annually by the NSS Unit.

Everyone participates with full enthusiasm in this eco-friendly activity. Additionally, the

Department of Botany also maintains an experimental Plant Garden in the college.

Hazardous waste management: Hazardous waste, which poses a threat to the environment, is

primarily generated in the laboratories of the department of Chemistry and biological

sciences. Waste chemicals of laboratories are properly disposed by dissolving them in water.

Moreover, primary importance is given to reduce the volume of chemical wastes generated in

laboratories through purchase of minimum quantity of hazardous chemicals required and

substituting hazardous chemicals with non-hazardous chemicals whenever possible.

E-waste management: The different departments of the college take the responsibility to

identify all un-useable/irreparable, rejected/discarded electrical and electronic products as e-

waste products. Burning of rubber and plastic in the campus and throwing e-waste in

municipal bins are strictly prohibited in the college. E-waste is handed over to companies

engaged in recycling of e-waste for proper disposal which further insure minimum

environment pollution.

Besides this, Environmental Studies have become a compulsory part of the curriculum. The

theoretical classes held as part of this course help to generate awareness of environmental

issues among the students

7.2 Innovations

7.2.1 Give details of innovations introduced during the last four years which have created a

positive impact on the functioning of the college.

• Use of ICT in teaching-learning: The Departments of Electronics, Physics, English,

Journalism & mass Communication, etc., are equipped with LCD multimedia projection or


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large sized Television for ICT assisted teaching.

• Laptop Computers for departmental uses: Every department of the College was provided

with Laptop Computers to help the faculty enrich their knowledge and the teaching-learning

process.

• Innovations towards Infrastructural Development: The PG departments of English and

Zoology have been shifted to the newly constructed diamond Jubilee block which enjoys

relatively calm atmosphere due to its placement behind the old complex. The departments of

Electronics, Microbiology, and Computer Application are provided with separate

establishment on the 2nd floor of the north block of the old building. The General Office is

being shifted to the north block as well. The department of commerce has been assigned a

new staff room at the first floor. The humanities departments are also assigned separate

staffrooms so that the teachers can avoid the chaos concentrate in to studies and teaching-

learning process. A few large rooms are still occupied by the other two Colleges housed in the

same campus, and the evacuation process is on as of today. The College will be able to

reshuffle the infrastructure even more efficiently after the completion of physical trifurcation.

The College has installed two water filter & cooling systems to provide the students and staff

with comfortable drinking water.

• Website: The College has created its website www.rbccollege.ac.in in 2013 which

contains all the relevant information about the College. The College regularly uploads notices

and other information relevant to the stakeholders.

• Computerization of Administrative Works: The College administration has computerized

almost every aspect of governance. The Salary and other account related issues were

computerized since 2011. Recently, In accordance with the Government of West Bengal, The

College has enrolled itself in the COSA scheme for management of salary accounts. The back

office of the Admission process was computerized since 2010 using software developed in-

house by the college staff.

• Computerization of the Central library: The College has also installed Software based on

koha to manage the library administration. Besides, uninterrupted power supply and closed

circuit camera surveillance has also been installed in the Library.

• Renovation of Seminar Hall: The College has a 150 seater seminar hall which was

renovated recently, and has plans for installation of PA system and projection mechanism in

the hall in near future.

• Academic Innovations:

o The College has arranged remedial coaching for financially weak and slow learner

students, for which, UGC has provided some financial support.

o The College rewards a plethora of awards to the students who performs excellently in the

University Examination. The awards, endowment and College awards by type encourage

students to perform in a friendly but competitive atmosphere.

o Field work and study tours are conducted by not only the departments of Botany and

Zoology, but also, the Department of Economics has also conducted some field work for

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o Special Classes for the sportsperson are arranged on demand to the students who

regularly engaged in rigorous practice of their favorite sports events. Such students are

encouraged to avail the best of both the worlds, sports and studies. In the last few years, such

students have given their alma mater a few prizes in the Inter-College and Inter University

sports and games meets.

o The teachers of the College have helped the West Bengal State University by drafting

model questions and answers to publish subjectwise question banks.

o Student services like general computer education, career Counselling etc has been

unified under a single facility, Named “Pratistha-the Career hub.”

The admission Process has been made even transparent by introducing Computerized and

online admission.The builders of this institution had many designs and plans to implement,

goals to reach and vision to be realized. Hence they moved in the direction of assuring total

quality. The result is percolated in these years and everything is in the realm of reality.

Innovations practiced in teaching methodology, library and internet service, admission, etc.

are on par with most of the urban institutions.

Following are some of the innovations introduced in the college:

Information and communication technology (ICT) enabled teaching and learning process:

Most of the Departments are equipped with desktop/ laptop and projectors to assist in audio-

visual teaching in addition to the classical system of ‘Chalk & Talk’ method.

Library automation & Installation of CCTV in the library: The Central Library of the college has

been upgraded with the installation of the koha software (for digital cataloguing) and CCTV. It

enables them to maintain the records of journals, magazines and books etc.

Computerization of the administrative work: The College has introduced the following

software programmes for Administrative work management during the years that have created

noticeable impact on the functioning of the college.

College website: The college website has been updated and online transparent admission

process has been introduced through ICICI banking. It has made the entire process easy and

less time–consuming for stake holders. Admission is conducted strictly on the basis of merit

and as per government regulations.

Self-assessment and feedback mechanism: Teachers submit their self assessment report based

on PBAS format annually. Based on their report, teachers are encouraged to apply for minor

and major research project grants to UGC and other funding agencies. The faculty members

are also encouraged to publish research papers in reputed journals. Feedback on the college,

departments and the performance of teachers is taken from regular third year outgoing

honours students. Analysis of data is used for improvement as well as encouragement. This

helps to understand both the strengths and the weaknesses of the faculty.

Introduction of continuous evaluation process: Evaluation is done through frequent class tests,

selection test and University level annual examination to ensure a continuous assessment of

students’ progress. Individual feedback is given by the teacher to help the student monitor

their progress and improve upon shortcomings. Remedial class is offered to students who need

extra and special attention.

Internet, DTP, Photocopy, multimedia & IT facilities: The facilities for High speed Internet

browsing, photocopying, DTP works and computer facilities for practice classes for value


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addition are available to the students and staffs of the college. The college plans to introduce

computer-based DTP services by offering part-time work opportunity to the IT-trained

students of the college under ‘Earn while you Learn’ scheme.

Grievance & Redressal Cell: A Grievance box is set up for the students. The Student Grievance

& Redressal cell take swift, appropriate and decisive action, if any complaint is registered.

Student centric teaching programmes like assignments, seminars, project works, field visit, etc.

has been introduced in some of the subjects to increase their practical knowledge.

Wall magazines: Different departments of College encourage creative writings among

students through publication of wall magazines.

Award functions: The College also motivates the students through awards and prizes on the

basis of their performance in academic and extra-curricular activities. A prize distribution

ceremony is held annually on the college foundation day 15th January to felicitate meritorious

students from different subjects of our college. Sports Day is celebrated with a great zeal

annually in the month of January-February to promote all round development of the students.

Apart from this, programmes like quiz competition, environmental awareness seminars are

conducted to improve students’ personality.

The Placement Cell of the College provides counselling and career guidance to the students

Some departments of the College publishes journals – Bulletin of Plant Science (Department

of botany) and (Department of History). The objective is not only to encourage the

contribution of research activities by faculty and students of the College but also to promote

the sharing of knowledge and ideas among students.

The College has a Women’s cell to render service to women’s issues.

The college has SC/ST/ Minority cell to monitor the needs of students from such categories.

The college conducts university and test examination in a very effective and efficient manner.

The key features are as follows:

The college ensures timely submission of examination forms and the display of date sheets on

the notice boards and college website. The college values the time of students during

examinations and ensures issuing admit cards well in advance.

The college constitutes centre committee for university examination and examination sub-

committee for test examination.

Invigilation duties are allocated to teachers in advance.

Seating plans are displayed on notice boards before the conduct of examination to avoid

inconvenience. The committee ensures special arrangements for the students who are either

physically handicapped or unfortunately met with accident, injury or suffer from any illness.

However, the committee does not compromise with the rules and regulations of the West

Bengal State University. The committee takes strong and appropriate actions against any case

of unfair means.


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Innovative and Best Practice

1. Title of the Practice: Participatory Governance

2. Goal

The College Governance has remained a sensitive issue since its inception, and to handle it

strategically, the College has adopted Participatory Governance. The Goals of such Strategic

Participation are as following:

• Adopting a “concept of collective decision-making and harmony”

• Decentralizing responsibilities with clear demarcation of duties allotted.

• Promoting leadership qualities in all the stakeholders

• Creating statutory and non statutory bodies with members with members from all

academic and managerial levels to frame policies.

• Grooming different levels of leadership.

3. The Context

Participatory Governance as contrasted with autocratic administration is the basis of creating

an ambience of voluntary and maximum contribution by every member of the institution.

Everyone realizes his responsibility as stakeholder and partner in the progress of the

institution.

The context was the resolution of the College to streamline the administration; it was the

collective wisdom of the management that to sustain the best practices of his institution, a

participatory approach to administration was the need of the hour. It was imperative to take

the staff, teaching and non-teaching, the student community on board in seeking suggestion

to formulate decision.

4. The Practice

In this College, any major change in policy that involves the academic and administrative filed

is discussed at various bodies and levels like constituent committees, teachers’ council,

students’ union, non-teaching staff association and the Governing Body.

The Governing Body delegates responsibilities based on the level of competency of the staff

members so that the task is carried out to perfection. Students are involved in most of the

decision making committees like the Governing Body, admission sub committee, sports sub

committee, and they voice their views in academic and administrative meetings.

The connection between the parents and the prominent citizens of the locality is strong and

as we are able to collaborate with them frequently, our service to the student community is

enhanced. Transparency in governance is a materialization of participatory approach and it

builds up mutual reliance and support.

5. Evidence of Success

Cooperative decision making has resulted in a variety of teacing- learning methods. Albeit we

are not authorized to modify the University Curriculum, the college, practices


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interdisciplinary teaching options wherever possible. College Sports and events like Fresher’s

welcome, fest that are organized by the students union, observe adequate participation of the

teaching and not teaching staff fraternity in them. The bodies of elected student

representative and non-teaching staff work in line with the College authority implementing

curricular, co-curricular and extra curricular activities, and some administrative activities as

well.

6. Problems Encountered and Resources Required

This participatory governance, as the College observed, is not a fool-proof mechanism of

running the administration. With the diversity of the heterogeneous structure, various issues

creep in along. Socio-Political changes in the locality and the State as well, affect the

smoothness of policy-making. To enhance this Participatory Governance, The College needs

competent human resource more and more, and that is what the system is trying to develop

among the stakeholders of the Institution.

7. Notes (Optional)

Participation of the stakeholder in the decision making process is very important,

especially when the decision is regarding such stakeholder.

8. Contact Details: Given at the end of Best Practice 2

BEST PRACTICE -2

Title of Practice: Innovative Practices in Teaching-Learning: Beyond Classroom

Goal: Teaching and learning should not be confined to classrooms felt Rabindranath Tagore.

That the process could be more efficacious when taken beyond the constrictions of the

classrooms is felt by one and all. But our-stereo-typed courses often demand the need of

classrooms. Still opportunities to take it beyond the classroom are appreciated by the College

and excursions, theatre workshops, field-work, seminars and symposiums, promoted. These are

innovative strategies which are very much the need of the day.

The Context: Rishi Bankim Chandra College is situated in a crowded locality hemmed in by

houses. But at some distance from the College there are open inviting spaces. It is always felt

that such open spaces could be conducive to studies. If curricular designing was such that it

included study- tours, and field-work, interdepartmental exchanges, then it could be ever so

motivating to the students. It could be an effective orientation for the students and inculcate

in them a healthy interest for the subject. Drams can hardly be taught unless a proscenium

theatre is envisaged. Conferences and interactions could also stimulate young minds.

The Practice: To explore the resources beyond the classroom is the mission of the College. This

it is surmised would make teaching and learning attractive to the teacher and the student.

Accordingly the science departments go on study-tours and field-work. Educational tours,

especially of Departments like Botany and Zoology, are integral part of the syllabus. Moreover

the students are encouraged to go to research institutes.

The students of the humanities departments are encouraged to go on excursions. The

Department of History goes to places of historical interest. The Journalism Department goes

on study-tours to simulate the actual situation of their future work.


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The students of the Department have to mandatorily participate in theatre workshops, that

develop in them a sensibility to appreciate theatre, leadership quality, and togetherness.

Moreover they go on theatre festivals or competitions often hosted by the College or different

universities as the PG students di d when they went to a tgheatre festival at Malda that was

organized by Gour Banga University.

Creativity is encouraged by bringing out departmental magazines and wall magazines. Botany

Department brings out a wall magazine ‘Sabujpatra’, while the History Department brings out

the departmental magazine ‘Quest’.

Seminars and workshops are interactive in nature that motivate the students to participate and

develops in them an interest for the subject.

Evidence of Success: Such innovative efforts of the Departments have been very successful,

and have been appreciated within and beyond the College. They have increased the students’

enthusiasm and their proficiency in the subject. The theatre workshops have been exciting and

innovative. The drama productions, especially like the one jointly organized with Gour Banga

University, have been widely acclaimed.

Problems Encountered and Resources Required: 1. Innovations are generally resisted at the

outset. They have to be overcome.2. Often such activities are not in the syllabus. Thus their

need is not immediately felt. 3. There is always a paucity of funds. 4. Students discontinuing

the Course especially in science departments is a great dampener.

Contact details:

Name of the Principal: Dr. Sanjib Kumar Saha

Name of the Institution: Rishi Bankim Chandra College

City: Naihati, District: North 24 Parganas, Pin Code: 743165

Accredited Status: Accredited, Grade-B

Work Phone: 25812099.

Website: [email protected]


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Evaluative Reports of the Departments

Evaluative Report of the Department of Economics

1. Name of the department: ECONOMICS

2. Year of Establishment: Date of establishment of the department: 1948 - as a subject for

Intermediate Arts (IA), 1954 – BA Pass Course, 1964 – Hons. In Economics Course

3. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated ment

Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.) : UG (General and Honours)Statistics and Mathematics

are keenly associated with this department

4. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise): Annual – Part –I, Part –

II & Part – III Examination as designed by the parent university Participation of the

department in the courses offered by other departments

5. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.

Both the two full time faculties used to take classes in the PG (English) courses in the area

of non-fictional English.

6. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons : No such

discontinuation has taken place

7. Number of Teaching posts

sanctioned Filled

Professors

Associate Professors 1

Asst. Professors 1

Part Time Teacher 1

Guest Teacher 1

04 02 + 1 (1 PTT)

8. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /Ph.D. /

M. Phil. etc.,)


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Name Qualification

Designation Specilization

No. of Years of Experience

No. of Ph.D. Students guided for the last 4 years

MAINAK ROY M.A. Ph.D. Associate Professor

Econometrics & Optimization Technique

31 years 1

PRADIPTA BHATTACHARYA

M.A. Ph.D. Assistant Professor

Econometrics

TARUN BANDYOPADHAYAYA

M.A. M.Phil.

Part Time Teacher (Permanent)

BABU DHAR MA Guest Teacher

Econometrics & Statistics

9. List of senior visiting faculty:

• Prof. Sunil Sarkar

• Dr. Alok Chatterjee

• Prof. Madhusudhan Dutta (KU)

• Prof. Ajitava Roychoudhuri (JU)

10. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled(programme wise) by

temporary faculty : Only 8 % of total classes are taken by temporary faculty

11. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise): 9:3 (Hons.) & 90:3(General)

Year Student- Teacher Ratio

Honours General

2010-11 15:3 90:3

2011-12 15:3 90:3

2012-13 15:3 90:3

2013-14 15:3 90:3

2014-15 15:3 90:3

12. Final Results:

Year No of Students

Appeared

Passed Secured Ist

Class

PNC** Success Rate

2010-11 - - - - -

2011-12 7 7 3 - 100%

2012-13 6 3 1 1 50%


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2013-14 2 1 1 1 50%

2014-15 3 2 - 1 66.66 %

** PNC = Pass not cleared: Department has no responsibility in PNC since the

subsidiary subjects are taught in other departments.

13. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff; sanctioned and

filled: No such provision

14. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil/PG: 2 Ph.D, 1 M.Phil. & 1

MA

15. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from. a) National b) International funding

agencies and grants received: 2 (Two) minor research projects were submitted in this year.

16. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants

received: Approved: Sanctioned: Utilsed:

17. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University

18. Publications:

∗ a) Publication per faculty - 5

∗ Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international)

by faculty and students

∗ Number of publications listed in International Database (For Eg: Web of

Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database -

International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) 3

∗ Monographs

∗ Chapter in Books 2

∗ Books Edited

∗ Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers 3

∗ Citation Index

∗ SNIP

∗ SJR

∗ Impact factor

∗ h-index

19. Areas of consultancy and income generated:

20. Faculty as members in

a) National committees

b) International Committees

c) Editorial Boards

21. Student projects :

• An Analysis of Socio-Economic Parameters: The case study on Sreema Mahila

Samity > Puskal Pal 2013

• Study on Selected Socio-Economic Features: The Case of Sreema Mahila Samity >

Ankeeta 2013


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• An Analysis of Socio-Economic Parameters: The case study on Chapra Dhantala

Krishi Unnayan Samabaya Samity > Saukat Kumar Das 2013

• A Study on Selected Socio-Economic Features: The Case of Chapra Dhantala Krishi

Unnayan Samabaya Samity > Annu Prasad 2013

• An Analysis of Socio-Economic Parameters: A case study on Chapra Dhantala Krishi

Unnayan Samabaya Samity > Satyaki Paul 2013

• Study on Selected Socio-Economic Features: The Case of Sreema Mahila Samity >

Chandan Das 2013

• An Enquiry in to the Status of Primary Education in Eastern States of India >

Bodhisatya Sarkar 2014

• An Enquiry in to the Status of Primary Education in North-Eastern States of India >

Nasreen Banu 2014

• Expansion of Informal Sector in India > Sumit Sahoo 2014

• Some Observation on Organised Manufacturing Sector in India > Pryanka Agarwal

& Shampa Paul 2015

• Changing Consumption Pattern of Rural & Urban Population in India. > Samrat

Chaudhury 2015

22. a) Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter

departmental/programme: All students appearing in the Part – III Examination of

Economics are to submit a research project (Dissertations) as a prerequisite to obtain final

degree in Economics (Honours) degree from the West Bengal State University (since

2012-13).

b) Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in

Research laboratories/Industry/other agencies: Exact figures cannot be provided

23. Awards/ Recognitions received by faculty and students

Debanjali Basu: Received Chinmoyee Sarkar Smriti Puroskar in 2012-13 for her excellent

performance (securing 3rd position in Economics Honours) in final Examination of WBSU.

Chandan Das: Received Chinmoyee Sarkar Smriti Puroskar in 2012-13 for his excellent

performance (securing 3rd position in Economics Honours) in final Examination of WBSU.

Bodhisatya Sarkar: 2014 Received Chinmoyee Sarkar Smriti Puroskar in 2013-14 for his

excellent performance (securing 1st Class & topper in the Economics Honours in the

College ) in final Examination of WBSU 2014.

23. List of eminent academicians and scientists/ visitors to the department

• Prof. Ajitava Roychoudhuri (Jadavpur University)

• Prof. Madhusudhan Dutta (Kalyani University)

• Prof. Apurba Mukherjee (Burdwan University)

24. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding

a) National:

b) International:

25. Student profile programme/course wise:


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Name of the

Course/programme

(refer question no. 4)

Applications

received

Selected Enrolled

*M *F

Pass

percentage

B.A./B.Sc. Honours 100%

B.A./B.Sc. General with

Economics

*M=Male F=Female

** In last five years all eligible applicants were selected as no of applicants are much

less than the approved intake capacity.

26. Diversity of Students

Name of the Course

% of

students

from the

same state

% of

students

from other

States

% of

students

from

abroad

B.A./B.Sc. Honours 100 Nil Nil

B.A./B.Sc. General with

Economics

100 Nil Nil

27. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as

NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc?

It is very difficult to maintain any systematic record of the students achievement after

their completion of tenure in this college, however, informally we came to know that a

handful number of ex-West Bengal Civil Services Examination and subsequently got the

placement in several departments of the State Government.

28. Student progression

Student progression Against % enrolled

UG to PG 100 % in all these years

PG to M.Phil.

PG to Ph.D.

Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral

Employed



• No campus selection

• No systematic record

Entrepreneurship/Self-employment • No systematic record

29. Details of Infrastructural facilities

a) Library: With the initiative of the existing teachers a stock of books (collected from the


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specimen copies supplied to the teachers by different publishers) has been created and

are being utilised by the students. In addition in the Central Library there exists a separate

stock of books are available for the Students as well as Teachers of department of

Economics. The progress of such stock is given below.

Year No of Books

2010-11 487

2011-11 506

2012-12 544

2013-14 544

2014-15 565

b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students: There is no such facility in the department.

c) Class rooms with ICT facility: Two class rooms are with ICT facility.

d) Laboratories: A small computer laboratory with 2 Desktops and 2 laptops are available

for teachers as well as for students to prepare their project reports which are integral part

of their syllabus. In addition a central computer laboratory is available to the

students/teachers to supplement their need.

30. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or

other agencies.

31. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with

external experts

32. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning

33. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities

34. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans

Strength>> Economics was fast acquiring a unique distinction as a discipline. Institutionally,

the existence of a galaxy of efficient, dedicated and sympathetic teachers taking everything in

their stride to earn a name for the department, proved a veritable source of attraction for the

subject. Mention must also be made of the college library which by then had possibly become

the most equipped one outside the city of Kolkata, in terms of appropriate and satisfactory

acquisition for Economics students.

Weakness>> The department of Economics had, always to confront with the external problems

for making both ends meet, ever since its inception till date. On the one hand there has always

been a natural expectation and utmost effort on the part of the teachers for reasonably

satisfactory results from the students. On the other hand, it has also been a fact that, the

department had to make do with, not one student of average merit but those attracted to the

subject more because of its supposed prestige value than on account of any innate motivation

on the part of the aspirants. The department was therefore reduced to solving perhaps the

basic if not the one problem of Economics, i.e., maximizing something subject to one or more

constraints. And the department acquitted itself reasonably well in this onerous task as

testified by the moderately good average success rate of the students qualifying in Economics

over the years. The countless number of graduates in Economics produced by the department


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over the years may arguably be reckoned as ‘pedestrian’ in formal academic scores, but in

terms of their responsiveness to societal and public issues acquired by virtue of their

association with the teachers of high caliber and broad outlook, Economics students of this

college have made a mark in all walks of life.

Opportunity>> Only a small fraction of student intake Capacity of the department is being

utilised as only a handful number of students are showing their eagerness to take admission to

this department, it is a general trend in the state, in fact baring a few colleges situated in and

the capital city, most of the colleges are facing same problem, a host of factor is acting behind

this problem, if this problems are removed greater number of students can easily be absorbed

and underutilised part of the infrastructure could be utilised in a more efficient manner.

Increase in the number of students would encourage the teachers to exert themselves further.

General trend of academic results is not unsatisfactory, in fact it could have been more

spectacular if they do better in their pass (subsidiary subjects), this is not in the grip of the

department. In the subject matter of Economics, there is a popular theory known as “small is

beautiful.” In near future the department would do still better since being a small department,

we could take personal intimate care of our students.

Challenge >> The greatest challenge before the department and the college authority is to

convince local people about the future of a students studying Economics. Here a section of

student and guardian apprehends a lesser opportunity since the largest potential-employment

lies with the school services do not have enough scope for the pass outs of Economics since the

subject is taught from the lower level. Therefore a large number of shifting from the subject is

taking place. Schools are also not providing any clear picture of the potentiality of the subject

through proper counseling, rather are generating some elements of fear-psychosis among the

parents and students about the difficulties that they may face with the subject.


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Evaluative Report of the Department of Electronics

1. Name of the Department: ELECTRONICS

2. Year of Establishment: 1999

3. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters;

Integrated Ph.D., etc.): UG (B.Sc. Honours & General)

4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: NONE

5. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise) : UG (Annual)

6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: NONE

7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. : NONE

8. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons : NONE


sanctioned Filled

Professors *** -

Associate Professors *** -

Asst. Professors 2 2

CWTT (Contractual

Whole Time

Teacher)

- 2

Part Time Teacher - 1

***Posts are on promotion as per UGC norms


M. Phil. etc.,)

Name Qualification Designation Specialization No. of

Years of

Experience

No. of

Ph.D.

Students

guided for

the last 4

years

Kalpana Das M.Sc

(Physics),

PhD

Assistant

Professor

Electronics 15 Years NIL

Durjoy Roy M.Sc.

(Electronics)

Assistant

Professor

Microprocessor 10 Years NIL

Anirban

Bhattacharya

M.Sc.

(Electronics)

Contractual

Full Time

Lecturer

IC Fabrication 10 years NIL


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Saptarshika

Das

M.Sc.

(Electronics)

Contractual

Full Time

Lecturer

Optics 10 years NIL

Atanu Ghosh M.Sc.

(Electronics)

Part-Time

Teacher

Microprocessor 6 years NIL

11. List of senior visiting faculty: NIL


temporary faculty: 15% Approx

13. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise):

Programme: B.Sc (Hons): 5:1

B.Sc (Gen): 3.2:1


filled:

Technical Staff (Laboratory Attendant): Sanctioned : 01 Filled: 01

15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil/PG:

PhD: 01

PG: 04

16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding

agencies and grants received: NONE


received: NONE

18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: NONE

19. Publications:

∗ a) Publication per faculty

∗ Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) by

faculty and students : NONE

∗ Number of publications listed in International Database (For Eg: Web of Science,

Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences

Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) NONE

∗ Monographs: NONE

∗ Chapter in Books: NONE

∗ Books Edited : NONE

∗ Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers: NONE

∗ Citation Index : NONE

∗ SNIP: NONE

∗ SJR: NONE

∗ Impact factor : NONE

∗ h-index : NONE

20. Areas of consultancy and income generated : NONE


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a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards….: NONE

22. Student projects

a) Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter

departmental/programme: 0%


Research laboratories/Industry/other agencies : 0%

23. Awards/ Recognitions received by faculty and students: NONE

24. List of eminent academicians and scientists/ visitors to the department: NONE


a) National: NONE

b) International: NONE


Name of the

Course/programme


Applications

received

Selected Enrolled

*M *F

Pass

percentage

B.Sc (Honours) 22 19 8 4 100%

B.Sc (General) 15 11 5 0 82%

*M=Male F=Female


Name of the

Course

% of

students

from the

same state

% of students

from other

States

% of

students

from

abroad

B.Sc (Honours) 96% 4% 0%

B.Sc (General) 100% 0% 0%


NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc. ? NET: 06

29. Student progression:

Student progression Against %

enrolled

UG to PG 85%

PG to M.Phil. 0%

PG to Ph.D. 0%

Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral 0%

Employed



0%

80%

Entrepreneurship/Self-employment 10%



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a) Library: Shared Facility of Central Library

b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students: NONE

c) Class rooms with ICT facility: 01

d) Laboratories: One Laboratory

31. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or

other agencies:

From UGC: DATA NOT AVAILABLE

From College : DATA NOT AVAILABLE


external experts: NONE

33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning:

• Lecture & Interactive Class

• Group Discussion among students.

• Questioning and answer method

• Unit Tests

• Assignments

34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: NONE

35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans:

• STRENGTH:

o Strong Student-Teacher interaction,

o Healthy Student-Teacher Ratio,

o Good Cohesion among the students,

o Competent Faculty & Diversified Fields of Interests

• WEAKNESS: Preferences for technical education forces front rankers not to join general

sciences and in addition students coming to general sciences are mostly economically

unsound.

• OPPORTUNITIES: In addition to teaching regular courses, students are encouraged to

take higher studies.

• CHALLAENGES: Keeping students focused for taking up higher studies.

• FUTURE PLANS:

o To improve infrastructure.


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Evaluative Report of the Department of Chemistry

1. Name of the department: Department of Chemistry, Rishi Bankim Chandra College,

Kantalpara, Naihati, North 24

Parganas, Pin-743165.

2. Year of Establishment: 1950-Intermediate Science (I.Sc.); 1957-B. Sc. Pass Course; 1967-

B. Sc. Hons. (in Chemistry)

Course.


Integrated Ph.D., etc.):

Programme Level Of Study

Chemistry

Honours

Undergraduate

Chemistry

General

Do

N.B.: Unchanged for the period from 2010-2015.

4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: Not Applicable

5. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise) : Annual /Honours

Honours: Annual

Year Theory Practical

1st (PART-

I)

150 50

2nd(PART-

II)

150 50

3rd(PART-

III)

200 200

General: Annual


1st (PART-

I)

100 --

2nd(PART-

II)

100 100

3rd(PART-

III)

75 25


6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments:

(i) Some Units of PART-I Syllabus of Microbiology Honours Course;

(ii) Chemistry General Course of PART-I & II Syllabus of Physics(Hons.), Botany(Hons.),

Mathematics(Hons.), Zoology(Hons.) and Microbiology(Hons.) Courses.



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7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. : Not

Applicable

8. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: Not Applicable

9. Number of Teaching posts : Total sanctioned post (including Associate & Assistant

Professor) = 07

2010-

11

2011-

12

2012-

13

2013-

14

2014-

15

Nature of post Sanctione

d

Filled Filled Filled Filled Filled

Professor ----- ----- ----- ----- -----

Associate

Professor

02 03 04 04 04

Assistant

Professor

05 04 03 03 03

TOTAL =

07 07 07 07 07 07

10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt.

/Ph.D. / M. Phil. etc.,):

(i) DR. BHASWATI GHOSH, Ph. D.

ACADEM

IC YEAR

DESIGNATION SPECIALIZATION No. of YEARS of

EXPERIENCE

No. of Ph.D.

Students

guided in

last 4 years

2010-11 Associate Professor Bio-Chemistry 15 Nil

2011-12 DO DO 16 DO

2012-13 DO DO 17 DO

2013-14 DO DO 18 DO

2014-15 DO DO 19 DO

(ii) DR. RATNA DATTA, Ph. D.

ACADEM

IC YEAR


EXPERIENCE

No. of Ph.D.

Students

guided in

last 4 years

2010-11 Associate Professor Organic

Chemistry

13 Nil

2011-12 DO DO 14 DO

2012-13 DO DO 15 DO

2013-14 DO DO 16 DO

2014-15 DO DO 17 DO


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(iii) DR. GOPA NANDI, Ph. D.

ACADEM

IC YEAR


EXPERIENCE

No. of Ph.D.

Students

guided in

last 4 years

2010-11 Assistant Professor Organic

Chemistry

12 Nil

2011-12 Associate Professor DO 13 DO

2012-13 DO DO 14 DO

2013-14 DO DO 15 DO

2014-15 DO DO 16 DO

(iv) DR. SEIKH HANNAN MANDAL, Ph. D.

ACADEM

IC YEAR


EXPERIENCE

No. of Ph.D.

Students

guided in last

4 years

2010-11 Assistant Professor Physical

Chemistry

10 Nil

2011-12 Assistant Professor DO 11 DO

2012-13 Associate Professor DO 12 DO

2013-14 DO DO 13 DO

2014-15 DO DO 14 DO

(v) DR. SOMA SEN, Ph. D.

ACADEM

IC YEAR


EXPERIENCE

No. of Ph.D.

Students

guided in last

4 years

2010-11 Assistant Professor Inorganic

Chemistry

03 Nil

2011-12 DO DO 04 DO

2012-13 DO DO 05 DO

2013-14 DO DO 06 DO

2014-15 DO DO 07 DO

(vi) DR. DEBOLINA MITRA, Ph. D.

ACADEM

IC YEAR


EXPERIENCE

No. of Ph.D.

Students

guided in last

4 years


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2010-11 Assistant Professor Physical

Chemistry

02 Nil

2011-12 DO DO 03 DO

2012-13 DO DO 04 DO

2013-14 DO DO 05 DO

2014-15 DO DO 06 DO

(vii) Mr. CHINMOY BISWAS, M. Sc.

ACADEM

IC YEAR


EXPERIENCE

No. of Ph.D.

Students

guided in last

4 years

2010-11 Assistant Professor Inorganic

Chemistry

02 Nil

2011-12 DO DO 03 DO

2012-13 DO DO 04 DO

2013-14 DO DO 05 DO

2014-15 DO DO 06 DO

11. List of senior visiting faculty : Nil

12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (programme wise) by

temporary faculty: Not

applicable


2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Programme Student :

Teacher

Student :

Teacher

Student :

Teacher

Student :

Teacher

Student :

Teacher

Chemistry

Honours

99 : 7 65 : 7 63 : 7 61 : 7 82 : 7

Chemistry

General

392 : 7 698 : 7 381 : 7 591 : 7 385 : 7

OVERALL

PROGRAMME

491 : 7 763 : 7 444 : 7 652 : 7 467 : 7

14. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff (sanctioned and

filled) :

2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Nature of

post

Sanc-

tione

d

Filled Sanc-

tione

d

Filled Sanc

-

tion

ed

Fille

d

San

c-

tion

ed

Fille

d

Sanc

-

tion

ed

Fille

d

Technical 06 02 06 02 06 01 06 01 06 02


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Staff (skille

d)

(skille

d)

(skill

ed)

(skill

ed)

(skill

ed)

Administrativ

e Staff

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

Fixed Paid

(College)

00

00

00

00

01

01

01

01

01

01

15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with D.Sc./ D.Litt/ Ph.D./ M.Phil./PG.:

2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Qualific

ation

No. of

Teachers

No. of

Teachers

No. of

Teachers

No. of

Teachers

No. of

Teachers

D. Sc. ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

D. Litt. ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Ph. D. 06 06 06 06 06

PG. 01 01 01 01 01


agencies

and grants received : Nil


received : Nil

18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: Nil

19. Publications:

a) Number of Publications per faculty


N.B.: No Publication during the Period from 2010 to 2015.






ACADEM

IC YEAR

In

National/

Internation

al Peer

Review

Journals.

In

Inter-

nationa

l

Databa

se

Mon

o-

grap

hs

Chapt

er in

Books

Boo

ks

Edit

ed

Book

s

with

ISBN

/

ISSN

Nos.

Citat

ion

Inde

x

SNI

P

SJR Impac

t

Facto

r

h-

inde

x

2010-11 00 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---


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2011-12 02 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

2012-13 00 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

2013-14 01 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

2014-15 01 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

TOTAL = 04




ACADEM

IC YEAR

In

National/

Internation

al Peer

Review

Journals.

In

Inter-

nationa

l

Databa

se

Mono

-

graph

s

Chapte

r in

Books

Books

Edite

d

Books

with

ISBN/

ISSN

Nos.

Ci

ta

tio

n

In

de

x

SNI

P

SJR Impac

t

Facto

r

h

-

i

n

d

e

x

2010-11 00 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -

-

-

2011-12 00 --- --- 01 --- --- --- --- --- --- -

-

-

2012-13 00 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -

-

-

2013-14 00 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -

-

-

2014-15 00 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -

-

-

TOTAL = 01



20. Areas of consultancy and income generated: Not Applicable


a) National committees, b) International Committees, c) Editorial Boards….

Membership in Teacher’s Name

National Committee ----

International Committee ----

Editorial Board ----


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N.B.: No Membership in National/ International/Editorial Board during the Period from 2010

to 2015.

22. Student projects: Nil


departmental/programme


Research laboratories/Industry/other agencies

23. Awards/ Recognitions received by faculty and students: Nil.

24. List of eminent academicians and scientists/ visitors to the department

Sl.

No

.

Name of Eminent

Academicians &

Scientists/ Visitors to the

Department

Designation Year Broad Area of

Lecture

Delivered

1. Dr. Shamik Chakraborty Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Chemical Resources Laboratory,

Tokyo Institute of Technology,

Japan.

2010 SPECTROSCOPY

N.B.: No such Eminent Academicians and Scientists / Visitors to the Department during the

Period from 2010 to 2015.

25. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding: Nil.

a) National

b) International


Name of the

Course/programme


Year Applications

received

Selected Enrolled

*M *F

Pass %

(**)

Remarks

Undergraduate

(Honours Course)

2010 -

11

300 (approx.) 42 32 10 83 %

2011 -

12

300 (approx.) 30 25 05 91.7 %

2012 -

13

300 (approx.) 32 26 06 100 %

2013 -

14

300 (approx.) 42 35 07 92 %

2014 -

15

350 (approx.) 67 52 15 60%

*M=Male; F=Female

** The figures under this column is with respect to the numbers of students appeared in PART-


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III Examination.

27. Diversity of Students:

Name of the

Course

% of students from

the same state

% of students

from other States

% of students

from abroad

Under graduate 100% Nil Nil


NET, SLET, GATE, Civil

services, Defense services, etc. ? Not Applicable



UG to PG 50%(on average)

PG to M.Phil. Not applicable

PG to Ph.D. Not applicable

Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral Not applicable

Employed



Nil

No formal record is

maintained

Entrepreneurship/Self-employment Nil


a) Library:

Types of

Library

No. of Books

for Honours

Students

No. of Books

for General

Students

Remarks

Central 01 01 Issued only for 15

days

Departmental 02 --- Issued only for 15

days.

b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students : Not Applicable.

c) Class rooms with ICT facility : There exists in the college premises a non-profit professional

Information Communication Technology (ICT) training centre, called R. B. C. College

Computer Centre, with state-of-art computer laboratories and experienced resource persons

that is accessible to our students if needed. Since there is no departmental ICT facility as such,

we are planning to have a classroom with ICT facility very soon.

d) Laboratories:

There are five different chemical laboratories of 350 to 400 sq. feet (approx.) each and one

instrumental laboratories around 250 sq. feet (approx.). Details are stated below:


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Sl.

No.

Name Remarks

1. LAB.-I Allotted for conducting Organic and Inorganic Chemistry Practical

classes for Honours Course.

2. LAB.-II Allotted for conducting Organic and Inorganic Chemistry Practical

classes for General Course.

3. LAB.-

III

Allotted for conducting Physical and Analytical Chemistry Practical


4. LAB.-

IV

Allotted for conducting Organic and Inorganic Chemistry Practical

classes for General Course.

5. LAB.-V Allotted for conducting Instrument based Physical Chemistry Practical


31. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government

or other agencies:

The number of SC/ST/OBC/Minority/Financially Challenged/Physically Handicapped

students received financial assistance from UGC merged scheme of 11th Plan from the

Department of Chemistry during the Period from the year

2010 to 2015 :

STREAM 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

CHEMISTRY(Honours) 00 02 10 02 00 00

CHEMISTRY(General) 11 15 33 12 00 00

32. Details on student enrichment programmers (special lectures / workshops / seminar)

with external experts:

Department has arranged the following student enrichment programmes:

(i) Organization of special lectures/seminar by eminent academicians and scientists/

visitors as mentioned in item

no. 24 above,

(ii) Organization of departmental seminars by the staff and the students.

(a) Special Lectures :

ACADEMIC

SESSION

DATE SPEAKER TOPIC

JULY, 2014

TO

JUNE, 2015

May 05, 2015 DR. SANJIB KR. SAHA Fundamentals of Quantum

Mechanics and its applications.

(b) Seminars and Workshops :


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ACADEMIC

SESSION

DATE SPEAKER TOPIC

JULY,

2010

TO

JUNE,

2011

a) Dec. 22,

2010

a) Students (1st yr., 2nd yr. &

3rd Yr.) of Chemistry

Honours

1. Tathagata Saha

2. Subrata Sur

3. Jayshree Mukherjee

4. Sourav Mal

5. Suman Dey

a) Life & Works of Acharya Prafulla

Chandra Roy (To celebrate 150th

Birth Centenary).

b) Dec. 24,

2010

b) Dr. Samik Chakraborty b) Spectroscopic Studies of Conventional and Non-conventional

H-bonding and aromatic Substitution Reaction Mechanism.

JULY,

2011

TO

JUNE,

2012

a) Sept. 23,

2011

a) Dr. Sanjib Kr. Saha a) Basics of Polymer Chemistry and

Its Application

b) Dec. 17,

2011

b) Dr. Ratna Datta b) Basic Principles and Applications

of UV & IR Spectroscopy

(b) Seminars and Workshops :

ACADEMIC

SESSION

DATE SPEAKER TOPIC

JULY, 2013

TO

JUNE, 2014

Feb. 12, 2014 a) Silpa Roy, Amit

Baidya, Goutam

Panday, & Priyanka

Kumari Sah [ 2nd &

3rd Yr. Students of

Chemistry

Honours].

Poster Presentation in National Seminar

on Food Security & Genetically

Modified Crops in Celebration of

National Science Day(2013) :

a) Topic of Poster: “Life at Molecular

Level”.

b) Debasis Roy,

Milan Ghosh, & Md.

Anish [ 2nd & 3rd Yr.

Students of

Chemistry

Honours].

b) Topic of Poster: “DNA Technology &

Genetic Engineering”.


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JULY, 2014

TO

JUNE, 2015

May 15, 2015

a) Chandan Neogi

b) Supriya Saha

c) Mohitosh Biswas

d) Dipankar Das

[ 2nd & 3rd Yr.

Students of

Chemistry

Honours].

Lectures Delivered to “Celebrate the International Year of Light and Light based Technology (2015)”:

a) Photochemical Reaction

b) Life of C. V. Raman

c) Photosynthesis

d) Raman Effect

(c) Field Work :

ACADEMIC

SESSION

DATE SPEAKER TOPIC

JULY, 2014

TO

JUNE, 2015

Jan. 23--25,

2015

Sanjukta Yadav, & Deep

Ghosh [ 2nd Yr. Students

of Chemistry Honours].

Participated in Science fair

Organized by Naihati Juvenile

Association.

Topic of Poster: Chemistry of

Neurotransmitter and its role in

Human body.


Nature of

Class

Methodology Adopted

Theoretical Usual Lecture Method, Inductive Method, Deductive

Method, Heuristic Method.

Practical Demonstration Method and Performance by the Student.


Some of our Departmental Staff are members and actively involved in Institutional Social

Responsibility (ISR) through the National Service Scheme (N.S.S.) Unit-I & II of our college. It

is worthy to mention below the names of them.

Name of the Teacher Designation Member of

N.S.S. Unit

Dr Ratna Datta Associate Professor I

Prof. Chinmoy Biswas Assistant Professor I

Dr. Soma Sen Assistant Professor II

Dr. Debolina Mitra Assistant Professor II

Dr. Seikh Hannan Associate Professor Chairman,


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Mandal R.B.C. College Employees

Cooperative Credit Societies Ltd.


A. STRENGTH:

1. Curricular Aspect:

i) Curriculum Content of both the Honors and General Course is very good and is not only of

National Standard but also of International Standard as some of our students are doing higher

education in science/Technology.

ii)The Board of Studies of Chemistry of West Bengal State University,Barasat has updated the

theoretical and the Practical Curriculum of both the Honours and General Courses in the year

of 2011` since the functioning of the University is in the year of 2008.

2. Teaching-Learning and Evaluation :

i) Students are admitted in Honors Courses through the publication of a merit list followed by

Counseling, but in General course this is done through first- come first-serve basis subject to

the fulfillment of eligibility criteria.

ii) Teachers are able to complete both the Theoretical and Practical of Hons. and General

syllabus in due time.

iii) The diverse needs of both the Hons. and Gen. degree course students are Catered by the

Teachers through the individual interaction whenever possible.

iv) Teachers provide the syllabus at the onset of both the Hons. and the General Course(PART-

I/PART-II/PART-III).

v) The methods of teaching that is usually followed, is Lecture method, Inductive/ Deductive

method, Heuristic method and Demonstration method. Students’ constructive interaction in

the classroom is always encouraged. Sometimes printed course materials are also provided to

the students.

vi) Teachers sometimes take remedial classes as proposed in the UGC merged scheme.

vii) Attendance of the students in the Honours course is good and regular.

viii) The academic careers of the existing teachers are good and they are encouraged to

participate in the Orientation / Refresher Courses in order to upgrade their knowledge and

quality of teaching. It is ultimately the teachers’ innovation to execute instructional material to

the students and the students’ curiosity to know the unknown that makes the Teaching-

Learning Process meaningful.

ix) Teachers take class tests after consultation with the students. However, it is mandatory for a

student to sit for the Selection Test Examination that is meant for qualification to take on the

University PART-I/II/III Examination. The performances in these examinations are satisfactory.

x) The ratio of the number of students passed the University Exam. To that appeared at is

pretty high for both the Honours and General Courses.

Xi) It is selected as one of the Centre for conducting Part-I and Part-II Practical Examination of

West Bengal State University, Barasat since 2008. And is serving this duty very successfully

without any complain.

Xii) It is worthy to note that departmental teachers provide instructional material to the


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students whenever needed. University question papers are solved in the classroom to make the

students aware of the style of answering the question. Teachers also conduct selection test

examination for practical classes of Honours course so that the students can feel

psychologically more comfortable in the University Examination Centre. These are the things

best practiced in the Department.

3. Research, Consultancy and Extension :


ACADEMIC

YEAR

PARTICIPATION IN

SEMINAR/SYMP. etc.

ACTED as GUEST

FACULTY

REMARK

2010 - 11 01 ---- ----


ACADEMIC

YEAR

PARTICIPATION IN

SEMINAR/SYMP. etc.

ACTED as GUEST

FACULTY

REMARK

2010 - 11 01 ---- ----


ACADEMIC

YEAR

PARTICIPATION IN

SEMINAR/SYMP. etc.

ACTED as GUEST

FACULTY

REMARK

2010 - 11 01 ---- ----


ACADEMIC

YEAR

PARTICIPATION IN

SEMINAR/SYMP. etc.

ACTED as GUEST

FACULTY

REMARK

2010 - 11 04 02 P.G. Course

2011 - 12 03 02 P.G. Course

2012 - 13 00 02 P.G. Course

2013 - 14 02 02 P.G. Course

2014 - 15 00 02 P.G. Course


ACADEMIC

YEAR

PARTICIPATION IN

SEMINAR/SYMP. etc.

ACTED as GUEST

FACULTY

REMARK

2010 - 11 01 ---- ----


ACADEMIC

YEAR

PARTICIPATION IN

SEMINAR/SYMP. etc.

ACTED as GUEST

FACULTY

REMARK

2010 - 11 01 00 -----

2014 - 15 01 01 P.G. Course



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ACADEMIC

YEAR

PARTICIPATION IN

SEMINAR/SYMP. etc.

ACTED as GUEST

FACULTY

REMARK

2010 - 11 01 00 -----

4. Infrastructure and Learning Resources:

i) Department has 02 Theoretical Class-room, 04 Laboratories, 01 Instrument Room, 01

Chemical Balance, and 01 Store Room. That is, departmental space is sufficient for running

Honours and General Course.

ii) The department has its own staff room.

Iii) The department has its own store room for the laboratory chemicals and glassware.

iv) Infrastructure and Learning resources are maintained and developed by the Grants from the

college authority, UGC, State Government and by the departmental contingency originated

from the University Examination Centre Fees.

v) A Departmental Library is maintained by the teaching staff and is accessible only to the

Honours students.

vi) Department has its own Overhead Projector (01), Computer based Power Point Projector

(01), Desktop Computer (o1), Laptop Computer (01) and also Internet Facilities. Now-a-days,

these are also very good teaching aid for undergraduate student.

5. Student Support and Progression :

i) At the very onset while collecting the Admission Forms, the students are provided with the

college Prospectus which contains the updated relevant information about the college since

its inception, viz., the Rules and Regulations of the College, Department-wise list of Teachers,

list of Awards and prizes for the students’ noteworthy performance in the University

Examinations, existence of Students’ Welfare Fund, Subject combinations and allotment of

marks, a resume of Academic calendar, category-wise availability of number of seats in each

stream and Fees structure, etc.

ii) Some of our Departmental faculty members being also the members of National Service

Scheme (N.S.S.) team of our college, encourage the departmental students to participate in

the N.S.S. activities.

iii) The Dept. of Chemistry arranges remedial classes for the students.

Iv) Some of our students qualified in the JEST and now carrying on advanced studies.

v) The Department organizes guardians’ meeting to strengthen Parent-Teacher relationship.

The response on the side of the Guardians is very good.

vi) The Teachers provide study materials for the benefit of the students whenever needed.

6. Governance and Leadership :

i) The Head of the Department (HOD) is selected from the Teaching Staff by the College

Governing Body (G.B.) by rotation in every three years as per seniority.

ii) The coordination of the HOD, Teaching Staff, Non-teaching Staff of the Department and

the Principal of our College is very strong resulting in the progress of the Department.

iii) The Department has formed Sub-committees for its systematic functioning.


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iv) The utilization of the College Grants, UGC special Grants, and Departmental Contingency

is fruitfully done under the supervision of HOD. AS a result, the Department is running

smoothly with the cordial relation among the Teaching Staff, Non-teaching Staff and the

students.

v) The HOD recommends to the Principal for the economically poor students of the

Department for Stipend or for the assistance from Students’ Benevolent Fund of the college.

vi) The HOD also encourages the teaching staff to pursue research, to perform University

duties, to attend refresher/orientation course organized by the Academic Staff College, to

participate in Seminar/Symposium/Workshop etc.

vii) The management of the Department as Centre for University Practical Examinations is

under the highlevel Supervision of HOD and other Teaching and Non-teaching Staff.

7. Innovative Practices :

i) The Department Makes arrangement of the guardians’ meeting to discuss the progress of

their wards.

ii) The Department sometimes makes arrangement of the seminar where students deliver talks

on various topics related to Chemistry.

iii) The Department issues books from its Library on the long term basis to economically poor

but meritorious students of Chemistry Honours.

iv) Stock check up of Chemistry Laboratory Store is done under the supervision of HOD.

B. WEAKNESS :


i) Being affiliated to West Bengal State University, Barasat, the College has limited scope for

improving the curriculum designed by the University.

ii) There is no formal scope of studying multidisciplinary course as such.

iii) There is no scope of open learning in the colleges through distant education.


i) The number of Non-teaching and Technical Staff in the Department like Chemistry is very

low (Permanent-o1, Contractual-01 and Store Keeper-nil). The situation is extremely bad.

ii) The attendance of particularly the students of General Course is not only irregular but also

very bad.

iii) It is not possible to take sufficient number class-tests owing to hurry of completion of

syllabus in time.

iv) It is not possible to reach the desired level of individual interaction due to the huge bulk of

students in the General Degree Course.

iv) The number of quality students ultimately continue for Honours Course is low due to the

socio-economic profile of the locality. As a result, the number of students securing ≥ 60 %

marks in the University Examinations are not so good as such in spite of the whole hearted

effort of the Department.


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i) It is hard to find time for execution of Research, Consultancy and Extension activities to the

desired extent of desired proficiency after spending time in Teaching, Evaluation, and other

academic and administrative duties of the College and the University. In spite of this fact some

of our faculty members are keeping in touch with such activities.

4. Infrastructure and Learning Resources :

i) The condition of Theoretical classrooms, namely, Chair, Table, Benches, Blackboard etc. is

bad.

ii) The Laboratories are shared by the other two colleges, namely, Rishi Bankim Chandra

College for women (Morning), and Rishi Bankim Chandra Evening College, and the

Department of Microbiology of our College. As a result, it is not even possible to place more

than one almirah containing books of Departmental Library.

iii) The condition of Store for Laboratory Chemicals/ Glassware / Instruments etc. is very small

as it is in the same room shared by the other two Colleges in the same premises and prepared

by temporary partition. The stock of the Laboratory Store is not so good due to lack of space.

iv) The Department has no room meant for Computer based Teaching facilities.


i) The commencement of remedial classes and guardians’ meeting is relatively less as required.

This due to the huge load of both the Theoretical and the Practical Classes for completing the

prescribed Syllabus in time.

ii) There is no scope of formal guidance to the Undergraduate Students willing to move for

higher studies.

iii) There is no Departmental Almni Association at present.


i) In spite of the lack of Nonteaching Staff for a long time, the filling of these vacant positions

is still awaited. This results in the formation of nontrivial pressure on the existing staff while

addressing large number of students in the Practical Classes.

ii) There is no Store keeper in the Chemistry Laboratory for the last 3 years.

iii) There is less Financial freedom of the HOD regarding purchase related matter.

iv) There is no mechanism of checking the efficiency of the Nonteaching Staff.

v) There is no mechanism to ensure more than 80 % attendance in the class for the students of

both the Honours and General Degree Course.

vi) Although there exists Rules and Regulations regarding Filling up Forms for appearing at the

University Examinations, the College/Department cannot implement them for various external

pressures.

vii) There is no mechanism for checking the work efficiency of Subcommittee members and

the conveners.

viii) Issue of books from the college Central Library to the students of Honours subjects, e.g.,

Chemistry, is insufficient in number and the students of Honours and General Course of PART-

I/II/III do not get Library Card in time.


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i) The scope of frequent organization of Departmental Seminars is limited due to the load of

completion of Syllabus of both the Honours and the General Course.

ii) There is no Departmental wall-Magazine or Bulletin on Chemical Sciences.

iii) There is no scope of Departmental Educational Tour or Industrial visit.

iv) Stock check up of Chemistry Laboratory Store is irregular due to lack of required number of

Non-teaching Staff.

C. OPPURTUNITIES :


i) It will be worthwhile to introduce multidisciplinary Project Works for the students of both

the Honours and the General Course. This will equipped them more in the job market.

ii) Programme for Industrial visit for Honours students may be arranged.

iii) There is a scope of Open Learning in the colleges through distant education.


i) There is a huge opportunity to prepare student-centric syllabus based Instructional

Materials.

ii) It will be worthwhile to prepare a information Communication Technology (ICT) based

classroom.

iii) In order to nurture leadership among the students Departmental wall-magazine/Bulletin

may be published.

iv) The Department of Chemistry has the opportunity to conduct Educational Tour/ Industrial

visit.

v) The Departmental Almni Association will facilitate interaction of our Current Students with

the Ex-Students in different spheres of life. Hence, Alumni Association may be formed.

vi) There is an opportunity to take Part-III Practical Examination Centre for the students of

Chemistry Honours Course under West Bengal State University, Barasat.

vii) The Department is aware of increasing the number of First Class from the department and

hence planning to organize remedial classes only for the Honours and General Course.


i) There is some opportunity to carry out UGC/DST sponsored Minor/ Major Research Project.

ii) There is a scope of counseling the current students regarding their motivation in further

studies.

iii) There is a scope of membership in the professional bodies for the enhancement of dynamic

activities of the Teaching Staff.


i) The Department has the opportunity to utilize properly its large space provided the

Department of Microbiology, R. B. C. College for women and R. B. C. Evening College are

shifted to their allotted space.


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ii) Expansion of Departmental Library and to increase its accessibility to the students.

iii) To provide ICT based Instructional facilities.


i) To restructure and reduce the volume of the College Prospectus in a more systematic

manner.

ii) To take necessary step to increase the number of Awards for the creditable performance of

the students of the Department.

iii) To provide more study materials/ to increase more individual interaction/ to arrange

counseling and guidance for encouraging them in future studies.


i) The regular performance of the subcommittees of the Department.

ii) If required number of Non-teaching Staff if provided, then every opportunity to increase

the performance of the Department.


i) Celebration of Birth days of eminent chemists.

ii) To hence the relation with the Industry.

D. CHALLENGES :

i) To increase the attendance in the class of the Honours and General students.

ii) To overcome the difficulties in running both the Honours and General Chemistry Practical

classes caused by the lack of sufficient number of Non-teaching Staff.

iii) To motivate the students for doing well in the Examinations of West Bengal State

University, Barasat, as most of the students are from economically poor background and

sometimes first generation learners.

iv) To motivate the students of both Honours and General Courses in doing Tutorial/Remedial

classes.

v) To maintain the Chemistry Laboratory Store properly in addition to the daily teaching load.

vi) To issue at least one book to all the students of Chemistry Honours.

vii) To buy sufficient numbers of Glassware and Instrument so that the Department can provide

the required set of them for an Experiment to perform for each student.


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Evaluative Report of the Department of Mathematics

• Name of the department: Department of Mathematics, Rishi Bankim Chandra College,

Kanthalpara, Naihati, North 24 parganas, West Bengal-743165.

• Year of Establishment: 1947 - as a subject for

Intermediate Arts (IA), 1950 – Intermediate Science, 1957 – Pass Course in BA & BSc, 1960 - Hons. (In

Mathematics)

• Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters;


Programme Level of Study

Mathematics

Honours

Undergraduate

Mathematics General Undergraduate

• Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: Business

Mathematics(B. Com)

• Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise) : Annual

MTMA 3 YEARS COURSE 800 MARKS


B. Sc. MTMA PART-I 200 0

B. Sc. MTMA PART-II 200 0

B. Sc. MTMA PART-III 350 50

• Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments:

I. B. COM PART-II (BUSINESS MATHEMATICS)

II. Mathematics general course of part-I and part-II syllebus of a) physics(Hons), b)

Chemistry(Hons), c) Electronics(Hons) d) Computer Science(Major)

MTMA 3 YEARS COURSE 400 MARKS


B. Sc. MTMG PART-I 100 0

B. Sc. MTMG PART-II 200 0

B. Sc. MTMG PART-III 100 0


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• Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. : Not

Applicable

• Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons : Not Applicable

• Number of Teaching posts

sanctioned

Filled

Professors Nil Nil

Associate Professors 03(By CAS)(one retd.

On 31/10/2013)


• Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /Ph.D. /

M. Phil. etc.,)

Name Qualification Designation Specializati

on

No. of

Years of

Experien

ce

No. of

Ph.D.

Stude

nts

guide

d for

the

last 4

years

Dr. G. Roy M. Sc. Ph.D. Associate

Professor &

Head

Solid

Mechanics

28 years Nil

Dr. T. K. Chakraborty M. Sc. Ph. D. Associate

Professor

Real

Analysis

22

years(ap

p)

Nil

Dr. G. C. Ghosh M. Sc. Ph. D. Assistant

Professor

Adv.

Geometry

10 years Nil

• List of senior visiting faculty: Nil

• Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled(programme wise) by

temporary faculty :Not Applicable.

Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise): For the session 2014-15

DETAILS ENROLLMENT IN THE SESSION 2014-15


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1ST

MALE

1ST

FEMALE

2ND

MALE

2ND

FEMALE

3RD

MALE

3RD

FEMALE

TOTAL

MTMA 31 8 9 5 14 4 71

Programme Student:Teacher

Mathematics Honours 71:3

Mathematics General 504:3(approximately)

Overall Programme 575:3(approx)

• Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff; sanctioned and

filled:

• Qualifications of teaching faculty with D. Sc/ D. Lit. / Ph. D/ M. Phil/PG. :

Qualification No. of Teachers

Ph. D. 03

M. Phil. 01

• Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding

agencies and grants received : Nil

• Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants

received :Nil

• Research Centre /facility recognized by the University : Nil

• Publications: List of Publication Faculty-wise

a). Ms. M. Bhattacharyya: Nil

b). Dr. G. Roy:

1. “ Thermoelasti wave propagation in Temperature-rate dependent elastic half-space ”,

National Acad. Sci. Allahabad, Vol 61, Sec A, 1991.

2. “Temperature-rate dependent magneto-Thermoelastic wares in a finitely conducting elastic

half psace”, Computers Math. App. Vol 19, No. 5, pp85-93, Printed in Great Britain, 1990.

3. “The coupled magnetothermo elastic problem in elastic half space with two relaxation

times”, Lett. Appl. Egg. Sc. (International Jr. Engg. Sc.) Vol 23, No. 9 pp. 975-986, Printed in

Great Britain, 1985.

4. “ A coupled magneto-thermo-elatic problem in a perfectly conducting elastic half space

with thermal relaxasion”, Int. Jour. Of Math. & Math. Sc. , Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando,

Florida, U. S. A. Vol 13 #3, 1990.

5. “Radially symmetric temperature rate dependent thermoelastic wave propagation in an

infinitely extended thin plate containing a circular hole”, Int. Jour. Of Engg. Sci. Vol. 27No. 3,


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pp251-259, 1989.

6. “Spherically symmetric thermoelastic waves in a temperature-rate dependent medium with

a spherical cavity”, Comp. Math. Appl. Vol. 20, No. 11, pp1-12. 1990.

7. “On spherically symmetric temperature-rate dependent thermoelastic wave propagation”,

Jour. Math. Phy. Sc. Vol 24, No. 4, 1990.

8.”Magneto-Thermoelastic interactions in temperature rate dependent solid due to heat

sources”, National Acd. Sc. India, Sec A, Vol. 60, 1990.

c) Dr. T. K. Chakraborty

1.”A wide Vitali Covering Theorem”, Ranchi Univ. Math. Jour. Vol. 16(1985)

2. “Topological Vitali Measure spaces”, Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society

Volume 32 No. 2, Oct. 1985

3. “Separated sets and density topology in Topological Vitali Measure spaces”, Indian Jour. Of

Math. Vol. 32. No. 3, 1990.

d) Dr. G. C. Ghosh( Total Cited 120 as on 05/09/2013)

1. “Certain curvature restrictions on a quasi Einstein manifold”, Publ. Math. Debrecen,

69(no.1-2)209-217.

2. “On quasi Einstein manifolds”, Period. Math. Hungar, 48 No. 1-2, 223-231.

3. “On conformally flat special quasi Einstein manifolds”, Publ. Math. Debrecen, 66 No. 1-2,

129-136

4. “On quasi Einstein and special quasi Einstein manifolds”, ICMA-2004, 178-191.

5. “On generalized quasi Einstein manifolds”, Kyungpook Math. Jour. 44 No. 4, 607-615.

6. “Some global properties of generalized quasi-Einstein manifolds” Ganita, 56 no.1 65-70.

7. “On weakly concircular Ricci symmetric manifolds”, South East Assian J. of Math. Math.

Sci. 3 no.2 9-15.

8. “On quasi Einstein manifolds II”, Bull. Calcutta Math. Soc. 96 no. 2, 135-138.

9. “On Lorentzian para-Sasakian manifolds”, Kuwait Jour. Sci. Engg. 31 No. 2, 1-13.

10. “Some global properties of weakly Ricci symmetric manifolds”, Soochow J. Math. 31 No. 1,

83-93

11. “On weakly Ricci symmetric spacetime manifolds”, Rad. Mat., 13 No. 1, 93-101.

• Areas of consultancy and income generated : nil

• Faculty as members in

a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards….

Name Membership in Learn Society

Dr. Gopal Chandra Ghosh 1. Life Member of Calcutta Mathematical Society

2. Life Member of Indian Statistical Institution, Kolkata.

• Student projects : Nil



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departmental/programme: not applicable


Research laboratories/Industry/other agencies: not applicable

• Awards/ Recognitions received by faculty and students: First Class second among W. B. S.

U. in the year 2011.

• List of eminent academicians and scientists/ visitors to the department: Nil

• Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding :Nil

a) National

b) International

• Student profile programme/course wise:(as per result committee report of this college)

Name of the

Course/programme


Session/

year

No of students

Appeared.

Pass out Above 60% Pass percentage

Undergraduate

Mathematics Honours

2013 18 07 2 38.89%

2012 08 04 2 50%

2011 07 07 1 100%

2010 09 06 0 66.67%

• Diversity of Students

Name of the

Course

% of

students

from the

same state

% of students

from other

States

% of

students

from

abroad

Ungergraduate 100% Nil Nil

• How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as

NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc. ? : Few pass out student cleared

NET/SET also SSC but data has not maintain properly

• Student progression


UG to PG Data has not

maintained

PG to M.Phil. n/a

PG to Ph.D. n/a

Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral n/a

Employed




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Entrepreneurship/Self-employment

• Details of Infrastructural facilities

a) Library : Central Library with good collection of books, also there is a Departmental

Library with sample copy donated by publisher and department teachers.

b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students : Nil

c) Class rooms with ICT facility: Normal class room

d) Laboratories: not enough but run as per course need.

• Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or

other agencies: SC/ST students received scholarship as per State Govt. rule also College

provides some students for financial aids.

• Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with

external experts : some time teachers arranged special lecture with demand of the

requirement of the students.

• Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: Conventional class Lecture.

• Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities:

Department student participated NSS & N CC Programme

• SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans: SWOC report to be submitted within

a short period.

34. Swoc Analysis of the department and Future plans :

A Strength:

1. Curricular aspect

The college is under West Bengal State University, Barasat. The syllabi of both pass and

honors

Course of this university has similarity with that of Calcutta university. Also the standard of

the

syllabi is at per with other high grade national universities .

2. Teaching –Learning and Evaluation

i) Admission in honors course is done strictly on merit basis. General course admission,

however

depends on the decision of the college authority on year to year basis subject to

fulfillment of eligibility criteria.

ii) The department provides the curriculum content year wise for both honours and general

course students within a few days after starting of classes for the respective year.

iii) Teachers are very particular in completing the theoretical and practical classes of honors

students and theoretical classes for general classes at least thirty days before the final

examination scheduled by the university.

iv)Teachers try to motivate the admitted students to continue general education as the

general tendency of the students is to try for other education even after one year.


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v) A number of remedial classes are taken as per UGC norm.

vi) Students are constantly advised not to be absent in their classes excepting in urgent

need

vii) Academic as well as counseling needs of most of the honors students are catered with

utmost care by the teachers of the department.

viii) Teachers take extra classes , adjust classes beyond routine to compensate the untaken

classes during public holidays. The teachers of the department even adjust extra practical

classes for the students who cannot attend normal classes due to genuine cause.

ix) Class tests are taken by the respective teachers periodically for the honors students and

in few cases for general students. All the students are to take selection tests to be eligible for

appearing at the university examination.

x) The teachers of the department have been selected by West Bengal College Service

Commission . As per norm of UGC they are to participate in orientation courses as well as

refresher courses. To the teachers this is an unique opportunity to refresh, update

themselves of their subject. Moreover they are trained to adopt different methods for

imparting better understanding procedure of the subject to the students. Thus a teacher

learns more and gives better understanding to the students.

xi) The pass, appeared ratio is reasonably high for both honors and general students. During

the last four years a good number of students had secured high first class honors

3. Reserch , consultancy and Extension :


i) The department has 01 classroom (20 ft x 12 ft ) for honors students and one classroom

( 25ft x 20ft) for general students. One laboratory (10 ft x 10 ft) with 07 computers, one

laptop and 07 ten digit calculators cater the need of practical classes of part III honors

students

ii) Infrastructure and learning resources are maintained and developed by the regular college

grant, UGC grant etc

iii) A departmental library initiated and maintained by the teachers of the department is very

helpful for the honors students


i) Updated relevant information about the college, admission procedure, rules and

regulations of the college and university, academic calendar etc are provided in the

Prospectus of the college which is distributed to the students at nominal cost.

ii) The teachers of this dept always motivate the students to join prestigious institutions for

higher mobility after being graduated in this college . A number of students during last

four years had taken admission for PG course in Kalyani university, Barasat state

university and in integrated PhD course in IIT, Kharagpur.

iii) Passout students having good academic record are felicitated (not always regularly)

to increase the spirit of the existing students


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6. Governance and Leadership

i) The HOD is selected by rotation among the teaching staff by the governing body as

per seniority. Upto 1/05/2015 Dr. Gopal Chandra Ghosh acting as HOD then Dr Gargi Roy

is leading the department.

ii) All the grants ( college , UGC, W. B. S. U. ) sanctioned to the department are properly

utilized in consultation with all the teachers of the department and Principal

iii) One of our teaching staff, Dr Tapan Chakraborty is acted as the Burser of the college

during 01/02/2013-01/02/2015 and Dr. Gargi Roy acting as Burser of the College at present

and thus taking the financial responsibility of the whole college under the instruction of .

the Principal

iii) Dr Gopal Chandra Ghosh has also taken the responsibility of center secretary of the

college and Dr Gargi Ray is acting as the supervisor of the University Examinations at

this center

iv) Dr. Gopal Chandra Ghosh acting as Nodal officer for preparation of AISHE data uploading

v) Dr. Tapan Chakraborty is one of the G. B. Members (2012-2016 )

7. Innovative Practices

i) Students are encouraged to give talk on topics of their choice in presence of teachers

ii) Guardians’ meeting is called once in a year to inform the extent of academic progress of

their wards

iii) Students are induced to participate in different programs with teachers, such as

felicitation to passout students with good result, to take part in discussion about the life

and work of the mathematicians and scientists so that teacher student relation becomes

easy and natural

B. Weakness :

1. Curricular Aspect :

i) Distribution of syllabi of a few subjects in part 1 and part 2 are not systematic.

2. Teaching –Learning and Evaluation

i) There is no Gr D staff in the department

ii) At present the dept has 3 teaching staff on substantive post out of 5 sanctioned posts.

It is needed to engage guest teachers for smooth running of the dept. until recommendation

for

Fresh recruitment by W. B. C. S. C. .

iii) This is to be admitted that neither the departmental library nor the college library can

supply necessary sufficient no of books to both honors and general students in proper time.

3. Reserch , consultancy and Extension :


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i) There is no net facility in the department. Financial resource being very limited, the college

cannot purchase journals which is much needed for carrying out research work. Excepting

during summer recession active research work cannot be done.


i) The department needs at least one more class room for honors students and one staff room

( 10 ft x 8 ft) for teachers.


i) Academic support to students through remedial classes, supply of suitable text book,study

material is not suffient w.r to requirement.

ii) Campusing facility( as in Delhi, NCR , Maharashtra and Bangalore) for the outgoing

students is not available in the college

6. Governance and Leadership

i) There is a tendency of the general as well as honors students to be absent from their

classes without genuine cause. There is no mechanism to the department to ensure 80%

attendance of students.

7. Innovative Practices

i) Classload on teachers does not permit them to give sufficient time to arrange seminar

lecture,

Students’ talk etc

C. Opportunities:

i) There is a scope of Open Learning in the colleges through distant education.

ii) It will be worthwhile to prepare a information communication Technology(ICT)

base classroom.

iii) There is a scope of counseling the current students regarding their motivation

in further studies

D. Challenges :

i) To increase the attendance in the class of the Honours and General course student.

ii) To motivate the student to realize the subject matter in batter way to participate different

workshop

all over India.

i) Multidisciplinary project works in association with some nearby engineering colleges or

industry may be very helpful.

ii) Visit to ISI, Kolkata , S .N Bose Institute of Mathematical sciences at Salt Lake with a few

lectures by the resource persons there may be arranged by the department with active help

of the college.


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Evaluative Report of the Department of Physics

The Self-evaluation of every department may be provided separately in about 3-4 pages,

avoiding the repetition of the data.

Name of the department : PHYSICS

Year of Establishment : 1954

Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters;

Integrated Ph.D., etc.) : UG (Hons. & Gen.)

.Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: Nil

.Annual/semester/choice based credit system (programme wise): Annual

.Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: Nil

.Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.: Nil

.Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: Nil

.Number of Teaching posts:

Sanctioned Fulfilled

Professors N/A N/A

Associate Professors N/A N/A


.Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /Ph.D. / M.

Phil. Etc.,)

Name Qualification Designation Specializ-

ation

No. of

Years of

Experience

No. of

Ph.D.

Students

guided for

the last 4

years

Prof. Mahadev

Chattopadhyay

M.Sc., B.Ed. Asst. Prof. Electronics 16 Nil

Dr. Susanta Kumar

Nandi

M.Sc., Ph. D. Asst. Prof. Nuclear

Reaction

9 Nil

Dr. Subhrajyoti Biswas M.Sc., Ph. D Asst. Prof. Nuclear

Reaction

5 Nil

Dr. Enakshi Guru M.Sc.,B.Ed.,

Ph. D

Asst. Prof. Computer

Application

In Physics

12 Nil

Dr. Sarmistha Dhar M.Sc., Ph. D Asst. Prof. Solid State

Physics

9 Nil


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Dr. Moitrayee

Mukherjee

M.Sc., Ph. D Asst. Prof. Atomic and

Molecular

Physics

1 Nil

Dr. Brajagopal Datta M.Sc., Ph. D Asst. Prof. High Energy

Physics

12 Nil



temporary faculty:

Name & Qualification Theory Practical % of Classes

Dr. Prasun Kumar Majumdar, M.Sc. Ph. D. 0 104 7.4

Sanjib Kumar Manna, M.Sc. 50 205 9.84

Swarnakamal Paul, M.Sc. 9 102 4.9

.Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise):

Honours General

7:1 31:1

.Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff; sanctioned and filled:

Lab

attendant

Sanctioned Filled

4 2 (Fixed pay)

.Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ Mphil/PG. : Already given in item

10.

.Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding

agencies and grants received: Nil

.Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received:

Nil


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.Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: N/A

.Publications: **

.a) Publication per faculty

.Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international)

by faculty and students

.Number of publications listed in International Database (For Eg: Web of Science,

Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International

Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.)

.Monographs

.Chapter in Books

.Books Edited

.Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers

.Citation Index

.SNIP

.SJR

.Impact factor

.h-index

.Areas of consultancy and income generated : Nil

.Faculty as members in

a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards…. : Nil

.Student projects


departmental/programme: Nil


Research laboratories/Industry/other agencies:

.Awards/ Recognitions received by faculty and students: Nil

.List of eminent academicians and scientists/visitors to the department: Nil

.Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding

a) National : Nil

b) International : Nil

c) Departmental: i) Lectures delivered by the 3rd Yr. (Honours) Students of their own

choice

.Student profile programme/course wise:

Name of the

Course/programme


Applications

received

Selected Enrolled

*M *F

Pass

percentage

Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil

*M=Male F=Female


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.Diversity of Students

Name of the Course

% of students

from the same

state

% of

students

from other

States

% of students

from abroad

B.Sc. (Hons. & Gen.) 100 Nil Nil

.How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET,

SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc.

.Student progression:


enrolled

UG to PG 50

PG to M.Phil. N/A

PG to Ph.D. N/A

Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral N/A

Employed

.Campus selection Nil

.Other than campus recruitment N/A

Entrepreneurship/Self-employment N/A

.Details of Infrastructural facilities:

a) Library : Departmental seminar Library (Approx. 225 books)

b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students: Available (Three computers)

c) Class rooms with ICT facility: Nil

d) Laboratories: Separate Laboratories for Honours and General Students.

.Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or

other agencies: N/A

.Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with

external experts:Nil

.Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: Board Work and ppt Presentation.

.Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities:

.SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans:

a) Effective number of direct teaching days (excluding university and college examinations,

vacations, holidays, election duties, etc. )

b) Lack of Laboratory space and lab. Attendants. In addition, same lab (General) is shared by

the three colleges.

c) Students have a general tendency to get chance in the JEE which is the main cause of poor

attendance in the classes, particularly in the theory classes.

d) Most of our students come from poor families and engaged in various jobs (for example

tuition, part time job, etc. ) to help themselves and their families.

e) Limited computer facility for both Honours and General students.


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e) No grant from the college to enrich the Departmental Seminar Library.

**17.

Teacher Details of publications

Mr. Mahadev Chattopadhyay

Dr. Susanta Kumar Nandi Lag variability associated with quasi-periodic oscillation

frequency of GRO J1655-40 during its 2005 and 2010 outbursts.

33rd Meeting of the Astronomical Society of India (ASI),Pune,

February 17-20, 2015.

Dr. Subhrajyoti Biswas Contribution of $\pi$-$\eta$ mixing to the difference between

pp

and nn scattering length

S. Biswas and P. Roy.

Proceedings of the Indian National Science

Academy, Vol. 81, 169 (2015)

ISSN: 0370-0046

Dr. Enakshi Guru

Dr. Sarmistha Dhar

Dr. Moitrayee Mukherjee

Dr. Brajagopal Datta 1. Broja. G. Dutta, Belloni, T. and Motta, S.

“Lag variability associated with quasi periodic oscillations in GX

339-4 during outbursts”, in Proceeding of 40th COSPAR

Scientific Assembly Held 2-10 August 2014, in Moscow, Russia,

2014cosp...40E.764D.

2. Broja G. Dutta, P. S. Pal, S. K. Chakrabarti,

“Lag variability of GRS 1915+105 during Plateau States”, in

Recent Trends in the Study of Compact Objects (RETCO-II):

Theory and Observation ASI Conference Series, 2015 (accepted,

in press).

3. Broja G. Dutta, S. K. Chakrabarti,

“Inclination effects and time variability properties of black hole

transients”, in Proceeding of Fourteenth Marcel Grossmann

Meeting, Rome, Italy at University of Rome "La Sapienza",

Rome, Italy, July 12-18, 2015.

Self Study Report of Rishi Bankim Chandra College

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Evaluative Report of the Department of Botany

The Self-evaluation of every department may be provided separately in about 3-4 pages,

avoiding the repetition of the data.

1. Name of the department : BOTANY

2. Year of Establishment : 1952 – Intermediate Science (Biology), 1957 – B.Sc. Pass Course

(BOTG), 1980-81 – B. Sc. (Honours) in Botany (BOTA)

3. Names of Programmes / Courses offered : UG

4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: NIL

5. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise) : ANNUAL

6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: NIL

7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. : NIL

8. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons : NIL


sanctioned Filled

Professors NIL NIL

Associate Professors



M. Phil. etc.,)

Name Qualificatio

n

Designatio

n

Specializati

on

No. of

Years of

Experien

ce

No. of Ph.D.

Students guided

for the last 4

years

DALI CHANDRA M.Sc., Ph.D. Associate

Professor

Taxonomy &

Ecology of

Angiosperm

s

32

Retired

on

31.03.20

11.

NIL

SANKAR KUMAR

SAHOO

M.Sc. Associate

Professor

Taxonomy &

Ecology of

Angiosperm

s

38

Retired

on

31.12.20

14.

NIL

TRAYEE BISWAS M.Sc., Ph.D. Assistant

Professor

Cell Biology,

Molecular

Genetics &

9 NIL


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Plant Tissue

Culture

AVINASH

MUNDHRA

M.Sc. , Ph.D. Assistant

Professor

Phycology &

Taxonomy

of

Angiosperm

s

5.5 NIL

TAPAS KUMAR

CHAKRABORTY


Professor

Microbiolog

y

14.5 NIL

GARGI

BHATTACHARAY

A


Professor

Cell Biology,

Molecular

Genetics &

Plant Tissue

Culture

1 NIL

SAIKAT DAS M.Sc. Contractu

al Whole

Time

Teacher

Applied

Mycology &

Molecular

Plant

Pathology

6 NIL

KRISHNA

CHAKRABORTY

M.Sc. , Ph.D. Guest

Lecturer

Mycology

and Plant

Pathology

Permane

nt

faculty:

28 years

(1982-

2008) &

Guest

Lecturer:

1 year

(2012

onwards)

NIL

PRABAL DAS M.Sc. Guest

Lecturer

Plant

Physiology,

Biochemistr

y and

Molecular

Biology

1.5

(2011-

12)

NIL

RABINDRA NATH

MUKHERJEE

M.Sc. , Ph.D. Guest

Lecturer

Microbiolog

y

Permane

nt

faculty:

35 years

(1968-

2004) &

Guest

Lecturer:

NIL


213

1 year

(2014

onwards)



temporary faculty :

Session % of lectures

delivered (per

week)

% of practical class

handled

(per week)

Dr. Krishna

Chakraborty

2012-13 4.3 (3/ 70) -

2013-14 3.1 % (2 / 65) -

Prabal Das 2012-13 8.5 (6/ 70) 9.2 (6/ 65)

2013-14 4.6 (3/ 65) 10 (6/ 60)

Dr. R.N. Mukherjee 2014-15 9.23 (6/65) -

13. Student -Teacher Ratio (Programme wise):

Programme: UG

2014-15: BOTA- 12.2:1 (61/5); BOTG- 49.4 : 1 (247/5)

2013-14: BOTA- 11.4:1 (57/5); BOTG- 50.6 : 1 (253/5)

2012-13: BOTA- 11.0:1 (55/5); BOTG- 58.6 : 1 (293/5)

2011-12: BOTA- 10.0:1 (50/5); BOTG- 57.0 : 1 (285/5)

2010-11: BOTA- 17.4:1 (87/5); BOTG- 71.2 : 1 (356/5)


filled:


Ph.D. - 4

PG - 1


agencies and grants received: NIL


received: NIL

18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: N.A.

19. Publications:

a) Publication per faculty

SANKAR KUMAR SAHOO:

∗ Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national /

international) : 3

∗ Number of publications listed in International Database : 3


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AVINASH MUNDHRA:


international) : 8


TAPAS KUMAR CHAKRABORTY:


international) : 10


∗ Citation Index : 88

∗ h-index: 5

GARGI BHATTACHARYA:


international) : 5


20. Areas of consultancy and income generated : NIL

21. Faculty as members in Committees :

SANKAR KUMAR SAHOO:

� Life member of Indian Mycological Society

� Associated with Academy of Biodiversity Conservation, Salt-lake as

worker and Resource Person

TRAYEE BISWAS:

� Life member of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy

� Life member of Botanical Society of Bengal

AVINASH MUNDHRA:

� Life member of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy

� Life member of Botanical Society of Bengal

� Life member of Probir Chatterjee Research Foundation, Kolkata

� Member of Editorial Board- New York Journal of Science

22. Student projects : NIL



b) Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution

i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/other agencies

23. Awards/ Recognitions received by faculty and students : Two students Gargi Ghosh

(2007-10) , Joymanika Ghosh (2008-11), Suman Rajak (2009-12), Krishnendu Mukherjee

(2010-13) and Monideepa Dey (2011-14) received Labanyaprabha Debi Memorial

Award, Kartik-Nandarani Merit Award and Rishi Bankim Chandra College Award (highest

marks in BOTA) for the year 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2014 respectively.


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24. List of eminent academicians and scientists/ visitors to the department :

� Dr. K. R. Samaddar, Ex-Professor of Botany, University of Kalyani

� Dr. K. R. Naskar, Retired Principal Scientist, CIFRI/ ICAR

� Dr. A. R. Thakur, Former Vice-Chancellor, West Bengal State University

� Dr. G. G. Maiti, Ex-Professor of Botany, University of Kalyani

� Dr. N. D. Paria, Professor of Botany, University of Calcutta & Former Vice-

Chancellor, Vidyasagar University

� Dr. A. P. Das, Professor of Botany, University of North Bengal

� Dr. Ambarish Mukherjee, Professor of Botany, University of Burdwan

� Dr. Sandip Mukhopadhyay, Associate Professor of Botany, University of Calcutta

� Dr. Krishnendu Acharyya, Associate Professor of Botany, University of Calcutta

� Dr. A. K. Singh, Associate Professor of Botany, Uday Pratap Autonomous College,

Varanasi

� Dr. A. K. Das, Associate Professor of Botany, Bethune College, Kolkata

� Dr. A. K. Sarkar, Associate Professor of Botany, West Bengal State University

� Dr. S. K. Sinha, Associate Professor of Botany, University of Kalyani

� Dr. Zahed Hossain, Assistant Professor of Botany, West Bengal State University

� Dr. Sribir Sen, Associate Professor, Durgapur College of Commerce & Science

� Dr. P. R. Sur, Scientist, CNH, Botanical Survey of India

� Dr. Sanjib Bhakta, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, University of London (UK)


a) National : UGC sponsored National Seminar on “Recent Advances in Plant Sciences:

Diversity, Conservation and its applications” held on 18th & 19th November,

2011.



Name of the

Course/programme


Applications

received

Selected Enrolled

*M

*F

Pass

percentage

UG BOTA

2014-15 44 17

25

81.82

2013-14 117 33 21

12

67.7

2012-13 211 32 14

18

50.0

2011-12 270 26 12

14

100.0

2010-11 27 16

11

90.91

*M=Male F=Female


Name of the % of students % of students % of students


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Course

from the same

state

from other

States

from abroad

UG BOTA

2014-15 100 - -

2013-14 100 - -

2012-13 100 - -

2011-12 100 - -

2010-11 100 - -


NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc ? N.A.

29. Student progression :


enrolled

UG to PG

Batch 2012-15 9.1% (1/11)

Batch 2011-14 35.71%

(5/14)

Batch 2010-13 5.5 % (2/36)

Batch 2009-12 36.3% (8/ 22)

PG to M.Phil. NA

PG to Ph.D. Batch 2009-12 9.1% (2/ 22)

Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral NA

Employed


• Other than campus recruitment (2009-12

batch)

-

4.18 % (1/ 22)



a) Library : A small Departmental Library having 205 reference books and journals

on Botany and allied subjects are being maintained for lending as well as daily

reading purposes to cater the needs of our students.

b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students : Nil

c) Class rooms with ICT facility: 2 LCD and 2 Over Head Projectors and one

projection screen are available. One of the class-room cum laboratory is fitted

with a smart board.

d) Laboratories: Three well equipped laboratories including sufficient

simple/compound microscopes, autoclave, hot air oven, incubator, distillation


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plant, centrifuge, digital balance, refrigerator, etc. which serve the purpose of

practical class teaching are available.

31. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university,

government or other agencies:

Year No. of students

receiving financial

assistance from

UGC

2015 -

2014

2012 3

2011 -

2010


external experts:

Date Speaker (s) Title of the Seminar

16.12.2011 Dr. Sanjib Bhakta (U.K.) Tuberculosis Drug Development

23.12.2011 Dr. Sribir Sen (Durgapur) On Viral Life-cycle (Lytic & Lysogeny

cycle)

13.02.2012 Dr. Sanjib Kr. Saha

(Principal, R.B.C. College)

Application of Thermodynamic

Principles in Biological Systems

16.12.12 Prof. P. K. Manna

(Ex. HOD, Zoology, R.B.C.

College)

Population Genetics (H-W Law)

26.09.2012 Prof. Debashis Roy

(Zoology, R.B.C. College)

Measuring Biological Diversity in

Ecological Communities

02.03.2013 Prof. G. G. Maiti (Former

Faculty, University Of

Kalyani)

Workshop cum Seminar on Plant

Taxonomy

07.03.2013 Dr. A. K. Das (Bethune

College, Kolkata)

Mycopathology2

25.09.2013 Dr. Krishna Chakraborty

(Former Faculty, R.B.C.

College)

Genes – the behaviour of hereditary

characteristics

05.10.2013 Dr. Zahed Hossain (Asst

Prof WBSU)

Prokaryotic gene regulation – operon


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20.01.2014 Prof. P. K. Manna

(Ex. HOD, Zoology, R.B.C.

College)

Population Genetics (H-W Law)

17.07.2014 Dr. Sanjib Bhakta (U.K.) Integration of interdisciplinary

approaches in tackling antibiotic

resistance in tuberculosis

33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning : ICT, Study tour cum excursions

34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities : Students

and Teachers fulfills their social responsibilities through participation in various activities

of NSS units of our college.


SWOC (STRENGTH, WEAKNESS, THREATS AND CHALLENGES) analysis of Botany

Department is given below:

STRENGTH:

� Full-time faculty members cover most of the theoretical and practical classes, and

there is a strong bond and a high level of interaction between faculty members and

students.

� Qualified staff members.

� Easy accessibility of teachers.

� Innovative teaching methods by using ICT.

� Conducive learning environment.

� Importance also given to co-curricular and extracurricular activities through

organizing various activities throughout the year, e.g. Annual Reunion, Publication of

Wall magazine and a departmental journal (Bulletin

of Plant Science), seminars, workshops, Celebration of Teachers Day with cultural

programme, Fresher’s Welcome, etc.

� Well maintained Museum and Herbarium of botanical specimens.

WEAKNESS

� Lack of infrastructure including physical space, etc. and shortage human resources;

� Inadequate and untimely allotment of departmental funds to support different

departmental activities.

� Sharing of laboratory space with Botany Department of RBC College for Women.

OPPORTUNITIES

� Continuing education for intellectual enrichment.

� Good job prospects in different private / public/ academic and/ or non-academic

institutions.

CHALLENGES


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� To upgrade ordinary students to higher level of studies.

� Risk of losing of prominent faculty and staff for better opportunities at other

Colleges/ Universities.

FUTURE PLANS :

i) Development of medicinal plant’s garden.

ii) Digitization of Herbarium.

iii) Establishment of Tissue Culture Laboratory.

36. Miscellaneous Information : The teachers of Botany Department are also engaged in

different assignments of University as mentioned in the table:

Name of the Faculty Assignments

Prof. S. K. Sahoo Examiner, Scrutineer, Moderator, Paper-Setter and

Head-Examiner (Hons.)

Dr. T. Biswas Examiner, Scrutineer (Hons. & Gen.)

Dr. A. Mundhra Examiner, Scrutineer, Paper-setter (Hons. & Gen.)

Dr. T. K. Chakraborty Examiner, Scrutineer, Paper-setter (Hons. & Gen.)

Dr. G. Bhattacharya Examiner (Gen.)

Prof. S. Das Examiner, Scrutineer (Hons. & Gen.)


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Evaluative Report of the Department of Microbiology

1. Name of the department: Department of Microbiology,Rishi Bankim Ch. Collage,

KantalPara,Naihati,North 24 Pargana Pin-743165.

2. Year of Establishment: Established in the year of 2007



4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and

the departments/units involved: Chemistry

Dept. , Botany Dept. & Zoology Dept.

5. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise) :

Honors – Annual General – Annual

6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: NA

7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. :NA

8. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons :NA


sanctioned Filled

Professors nil nil

Associate nil nil

Program Level of Study

Microbiology Honors Under Graduate

Microbiology General Do

Year Theory Practica

l

1st (Part I) 100 __

2nd(Part

II)

100 100

3rd(Part

III)

70 30

Year Theor

y

Practic

al

1st (Part I) 150 50

2nd(Part

II)

150 50

3rd(Part

III)

200 200


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Professors

Asst. Professors nil nil

Post Numbers of

teachers

CWTT 1

PTT 1

GUEST 3


M. Phil. etc.,):

Sl

No Name Qualification Designation Specialization

No. of Years

of

Experience

No. of

Ph.D.

Students

guided

for the

last 4

years

1 Monaleesha

Ghosh

MSc in

Microbiology

Full time

contractual

Teacher

Microbiology 10 Nil

2 Tithi Dutta MSc in

Microbiology

Part Time

Lecturer Microbiology 4 Nil

3 Dr.Sreemanti

Das Post Doc. Guest Faculty

Molecular

Biology - Nil

4

Prof. Subhas

Kr.

Bhattacharya

Ph.D Guest Faculty Bio Tech, Diary

Technology 38

8 Ph.D

Students

5 Dr.Ritwika

Bhattacharya Post Doc. Guest Faculty Microbiology -


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Name

Prof. Subhas Kr. Bhattacharya


temporary faculty:

13. Student -

Teacher Ratio

(program

wise):

Program Student :Teacher

Microbiology Honors 68:5

Name Programme/Yr.

Wise

Theory

%

Practical

%

Prof.Subhas kumar Bhattacharya 2014-15 session

7

nil

Tithi Dutta do 9 50

Dr. Sreemanti Das do 15 20

Monaleesha Ghosh do 19 60

Dr.Ritwika Bhattacharya do 8 12


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Microbiology General 80:4


filled :

Laboratory assistant-1(Fixed Payee)

15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil/PG.:


D Sc. -

D Litt -

Ph. D 3

PG 2


agencies and grants received: NA


received : NA

18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University : NA

19. Publications:



faculty and students



Directory, EBSCO host, etc.)

∗ Monographs

∗ Chapter in Books

∗ Books Edited

∗ Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers

∗ Citation Index

∗ SNIP

∗ SJR

∗ Impact factor

∗ h-index

(2014-15)


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(2013-14)

(2012-13)

(2011-12)

Name of the

Teachers

In

National/I

nternation

al peer

review

journals

Internal

Databas

e

Mono.

Graphs

Chapter

in Books

Books

Edited

Books

with

ISBN/ISS

N Nos.

Citatio

n Index SNIP SJR

Impac

t

Factor

h-

Index

Dr. Subhash

kumar

Bhattacharya

16/4 - ---- - 1 - - - - - -

Dr.Sreemanti

Das 1/8 - - - - - - - - - -

Name of the

Teachers

In

National/I

nternation

al peer

review

journals

Internal

Databas

e

Mono.

Graphs

Chapter

in Books

Books

Edited

Books

with

ISBN/ISS

N Nos.

Citatio

n Index SNIP SJR

Impac

t

Factor

h-

Index

Dr. Subhash

kumar

Bhattacharya

16/4 - ---- - 1 - - - - - -

Dr. Debosree

Ghosh 3/4 4 - - - - - - - - -

Name of the

Teachers

In

National/I

nternation

al peer

review

journals

Internal

Databas

e

Mono.

Graphs

Chapter

in Books

Books

Edited

Books

with

ISBN/ISS

N Nos.

Citatio

n Index SNIP SJR

Impac

t

Factor

h-

Index

Dr. Subhash

kumar

Bhattacharya

16/4 - ---- - 1 - - - - - -

Dr. Debosree

Ghosh 3/4 4 - - - - - - - - -


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(2010-11)

20. Areas of consultancy and income generated : NA

21. Faculty as members in :NA


22. Student projects :il





23. Awards/ Recognitions received by faculty and students: Every year the pass out toppers of

the department received awards in prize distribution ceremony.

24. List of eminent academicians and scientists/ visitors to the department :

Sl No Name of Scientist Designation Year

Broad area of

lecture

delivered

Name of the

Teachers

In

National/I

nternation

al peer

review

journals

Internal

Databas

e

Mono.

Graphs

Chapter

in Books

Books

Edited

Books

with

ISBN/ISS

N Nos.

Citatio

n Index SNIP SJR

Impac

t

Factor

h-

Index

Dr. Subhash

kumar

Bhattacharya

16/4 - ---- - 1 - - - -

Dr. Swati Das 8/3 - - - - - - - - - -

Name of the

Teachers

In

National/I

nternation

al peer

review

journals

Internal

Databas

e

Mono.

Graphs

Chapter

in Books

Books

Edited

Books

with

ISBN/ISS

N Nos.

Citatio

n Index SNIP SJR

Impac

t

Factor

h-

Index

Dr. Subhash

kumar

Bhattacharya

16/4 - ---- - 1 - - - -

Dr. Swati Das 8/3 - - - - - - - - - -


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1

Dr. Shamik

Chakraborty

Post doctoral

research fellow,

Tokyo institute of

technology,

japan

2010

spectroscopy

25. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding : Nil

a) National

b) International

26. Student profile programme/course wise: 2012-13

Name of the

Course/programme


Year(Session)

Applications

received

Selected Enrolled

*M *F

Appeared Pass %

Microbiology

Honors (U -G)

2014-2015 58(Approx) 40 22 18 7 100

*M=Male F=Female


Name of the

Course

% of

students

from the

same state

% of students

from other

States

% of

students

from

abroad

Microbiology 100% 0% 0%


NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc. ? Nil



enrolled

UG to PG 98%

PG to M.Phil. NA

PG to Ph.D. NA


Employed



NA



a) Library


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Library Type No of books taken

for honors student

No of books taken

for General student Remarks

Central 2 1 Issued only for

15 days

b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students: Nil

c) Class rooms with ICT facility: There exist in the college premises a nonprofit professional

information communication technology (ICT) training center. called R.B.C college computer

centre with state-of-art computer laboratories and experienced resource person that is

accessible to our students if needed.Since there is no departmental ICT facility as such, we are

planning to have a classroom with ICT facility very soon.

d) Laboratories: There are two laboratory cum class rooms with one culture room.


or other agencies: Nil


external experts:

i)Organization of departmental seminar by the teaching staff.


Nature of class Methodology adopted

Theoretical Usual lecture method

practical At first experimental demonstration

and then experimental work.

34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities:

Teacher’s Name Social Responsibility

Monaleesha Ghosh Sports sub-commitee

Tithi Dutta Sc/ST/Minority cell


Strength:

a.Well equipped laboratory.

b.One to one interaction with the students.

c. The department also arranges remedial classes for the students.

d. The department sometimes makes arrangement of seminar where the teachers delivered

talk on various topics.

Weakness:

a. Number of instruments are less than required.

b. Inadequate space in laboratory.

c. Inadequate teaching faculty and non teaching staff.

d. It is not possible to take sufficient numbers of class test owing to hurry of completion of


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syllabus in time.

Opportunities:

a. A career counseling cell supervised by the departmental teachers may be formed where

employment facility will be provided for only the ex students.

b. It will be worthwhile to prepare a information communication technology(ICT) based

classroom.

c. In order to nurture leadership among the students, department wall magazine may be

published

d. The department of microbiology has the opportunity to conduct industrial visit.

Challenges:

a. To increase the attendance in honours and general classes.

b. To overcome the difficulties in running both the honours and general microbiology

classes caused by lack of sufficient numbers of teaching faculty and non teaching staff.

c. To motivate the students for doing well in the examination of west Bengal state

university, barasat, as most of the students are from economically poor background and


Future plans:

a. Organization of national and state level seminars.

b. Organizing training programme for the parents so that they can identify the problem of

there wards which have to be counseled.


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Evaluative Report of the Department of Zoology

1. Name of the department: Department of Zoology




UG: Bachelor in Zoology Honours: Bachelor in General Biological Sciences with Zoology,

Botany and Microbiology or Chemistry.

PG: Post Graduate Degree or M.Sc. in Zoology in Four Semester System

4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: Applied for

Certificate, Diploma, and Advanced Diploma of Career Oriented Program of UGC in Applied

fishery for Graduate Students.

5. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (program wise): Four Semester choice

based Credit system

6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: Chemistry,

Botany, Microbiology with their General curricula.

7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.: Nil

8. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: None


sanctioned Filled

Professors None Nil

Associate Professors None One (promoted from

Assistant Professor)

Asst. Professors Thirteen Three


M. Phil. etc.,)


Years of

Experience

No. of

Ph.D.

Students

guided

for the

last 4

years

Dr. Ashis

Kumar Sarkar

M.Sc. PhD. Associate

Professor

Cytogenetics 23 Nil

Dr. Sudipta

Majumdar

M.Sc. NET,

PhD

Assistant

Professor

Endocrinology 6 months Nil

Debashis Roy M.Sc., NET Assistant

Professor

Fish and

Fisheries

15 Nil


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Dr. Suvendu

Acharya

M.Sc. PhD Contractual

Whole time

teacher

Fisheries 4 Nil

Sonali

Bhattacharya

M.Sc. Contractual

Whole time

teacher

Endocrinology 7 Nil

Dr. Krishna

Gangopadhyay

M.Sc. PhD. Assistant

Professor

(on Lien)

Cytogenetics 10 Nil


• Prof. C.R. Sahu

• Dr. S. Mukherjee

• Dr. D. Dey

• Dr. K.K. Misra


temporary faculty

13. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise)

• 1st Year: UG: >10:1

• 2nd Year: UG: >8:1

• 3rd Year: UG: >6:1

• PG 1st Sem: >5:1

• PG 2nd Sem: >5:1

• PG 3rd Sem: >5:1

• PG 4th Sem: >4:1

14. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff;

• Sanctioned: Three (two Laboratory attendant and Graduate laboratory instructor)

• Filled: Two ( two lab attendant)

15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil/PG.

• DSc.: None

• PhD.: Four: Three (two Substantive and one CWTT) and one in lien leave.

• MPhil. Nil

• PG. only: Two (one Qualifed with NET in Life Sciences)


agencies and grants received: NIL


received.

UGC: Amount of ` 10, 000, 00.00

18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: None


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19. Publications:

∗ a) Publication per faculty: two/faculty


faculty and students: Two (International)

∗ Number of publications listed in International Database (For e.g. : Web of Science,



∗ Monographs


∗ Books Edited


∗ Citation Index

∗ SNIP

∗ SJR

∗ Impact factor: 4.25 and 4.38

∗ h-index

20. Areas of consultancy and income generated



b) Member in West Bengal Department of Science and Technology: Dr. Ashis Kumar Sarkar.



departmental/program

85 percent students of Forth semester in Post Graduate Curricula are entitled to submit

dissertation on the basis of their in house projects funded by the departments.


Research laboratories/Industry/other agencies: Fifteen percent students either used to

collaborate or join in DBT/DST projects (Two joined in BIOTECH RISE program in Internship at

Bose Institute and IISET, Shibpur, Howrah)

23. Awards/ Recognitions received by faculty and students: Nil

24. List of eminent academicians and scientists/ visitors to the department: None


a) National: Nil

b) International: Nil


Name of the

Course/programme


Applications

received

Selected Enrolled

*M *F

Pass

percentage

UG 1st Year B.Sc. Zoology

Hons.

548 54 19

25

80.0

UG 2nd Year B.Sc. Zoology

Hons.

41(promoted Part

I)

17

24

79.8


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Name of the

Course/programme


Applications

received

Selected Enrolled

*M *F

Pass

percentage

UG 3rd Year B.Sc. Zoology

Hons.

32(promoted in

Part II)

12

20

75.6

PG 1st Semester M.Sc. 79 36 11

25

81.1

PG 1st Semester M.Sc. 30 9

21

100.0

PG 1st Semester M.Sc. 33 33 11

23

100.0

PG 1st Semester M.Sc. 33 11

23

100.0

*M=Male F=Female


Name of the

Course

% of

students

from the

same state

% of students

from other

States

% of

students

from

abroad

UG B.Sc.

Honours

100 nil nil

UG B.Sc. General 92 8 nil

PG M.Sc. 100 nil nil


NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc.?

• Four (NET)

• One SLET/SET

• Two Banking Services

• Five in Civil Services

• Ten in School Services



enrolled

UG to PG 72%

PG to M.Phil. Nil

PG to Ph.D. 7%

Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral 1%


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enrolled

Employed



Nil

Yes/Seven

Entrepreneurship/Self-employment Yes Fisheries


a) Library: Rich library carrying 750 books for PG and UG students; Purchase of thirty seven

(37) new arrivals and latest editions are in process.

b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students: Wifi and rented Internet connection available for

students and faculty

c) Class rooms with ICT facility: Yes we have

d) Laboratories: Facility of BOD incubator, ELISA Reader, PCR machine, Chick hatching

Incubator, Autoclave for sterilization, all biochemical and environmental measurement are

possible.


or other agencies:

32. Stream 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

ZOO

(Hons)

3 1 3 -

ZOO (PG) 4 1 - - 21

Some of SC/ST students got financial assistant by participating in the Remedial Program

(Funds received by UGC), in last 4 years and also got Indira Gandhi Single girl child

scholarship.

West Bengal Government Felloship: As Jaga


external experts:

a) Dr. Sumit Sarkar, Ph. D, an alumnus of this college and at present working as a Staff Scientist at

National Centre for Toxicological Research under U.S Food and Drug Administration at Jefferson,

U.S.A, delivered a lecture on “Blood Brain Barrier: Structural Components & Function :

Neurodegenerative Disorders.” at 2 pm on 3 December, 2010

b) Dr. Anamika Basu, Ph.D., Post Doctoral Research Associate: Center for Health Disparities and

Molecular Medicine: Loma Linda University: California, USA delivered a lecture on Expression of the

Stress Response Oncoprotein LEDGF/P75 in Human Cancer on 19 November, 2012.

c) Sourav Roy, PhD Assistant Professional Researcher : Department of Entomology, Center for Disease

Vector Research and Institute for Integrative Genome Biology: University of California Riverside USA

delivered a lecture on A Multidisciplinary Approach for Identifying Stage-Specific Transcription Factor

Binding Sites in the Irish Potato Famine Pathogen, Phytophthora infestans .

d) The department of Zoology with Dept. of Botany and Microbiology arranged interdisciplinary

seminar on “Recent topics on Life science “in two phases on 5th March, 2013 and 16th April, 2013.

e) Prof S. B. Bagchi delivered lecture on Role of Statistics in Biology on 16th March, 2012.


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f) Prof. Tanmoy Bhattacharyya (retd. Prof. of Vidyasagar University and eminent scientist) delivered

lecture on “ABC OF ETHOLOGY” on a departmental seminar organized by Dept. of zoology on 15th

March, 2012.

34. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: Hands-on demonstration

projects, Seminar, Workshop, Audio-visual aids, Assignment submission the same curricula

what they study


The Dept. of Zoology joined hands with NSS as a collaborator in a awareness program in

places like Keutia, Kuliagarh, North 24 Parganas interacted with residents there. NSS tried to

address environmental aspects and importance of these places were conveyed by their

student volunteers, the Zoology students, however, gave emphasis on study of Bio-Diversity

and process of Rain Water harvesting in these areas.


There are 3 full time (Substantive) and 3 (CWTT) teachers in our department; most of them

are young and energetic. As the department runs both UG and PG courses, there are better

scope of openings for the both the teachers and students in the field of research and

interaction with other Universities. Moreover the department possess many modern

instruments and equipment like Laminar flow, Spectrophotometer, PCR machine , Phase

contrast Microscope, Binocular Microscope, Autoclave etc. The department makes

arrangement of the Parents Teacher meeting to discuss the progress of their wards. The

department makes arrangements of the seminar where students deliver talks on various topics

of Life science, and the department arranges remedial theory and practical classes for the

Hons students. A departmental Library by the Teaching staffs and is accessible to all Zoology

students.

In weakness part, the number of skilled nonteaching and technical staff is very low. The

attendance of Students particularly in third year Hons is irregular and not satisfactory. Loss of

direct teaching days can not be compensated due to lack of sufficient number of teachers.

The number of quality students ultimately continues for Hons course is low due to the socio

economic profile of the locality. As result the number of students securing first class in

University Exam is not satisfactory. It is difficult to find time for research activities after

spending time in teaching, evaluation and other academic, administrative duties of both UG

and PG courses of the college and the University. The present challenge of the department is

to overcome the difficulties in running both the Hons and Postgraduate classes caused by the

lack of sufficient number of teaching and non teaching staffs.


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Evaluative Report of the Department of Computer Application

1. Name of the Department: Computer Applications Major



Integrated Ph.D., etc.): UG (B.Sc. Major)

4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: NONE

5. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise) : UG (Annual)

6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: NONE

7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. :

NONE

8. Details of courses/programmes (if any) with reasons : NONE


sanctioned Filled

Professors *** -

Associate Professors *** -


CWTT (Contractual

Whole Time

Teacher)

- 1

Part Time Teacher - 0

Guest Teacher 4

***Posts are on promotion as per UGC norms

10.


M. Phil. etc.,)


Years of

Experience

No. of

Ph.D.

Students

guided for

the last 4

years

Debasree

Bhattacherjee

DOEACC ‘B’

Level(MCA

equiv.)

CWTT JAVA,J2EE 6 NIL

Madhumita

Ghosh

MCA

GL

JAVA,ORACLE 1 NIL

Suchisree

Sengupta

M.Sc

(Computer

Sc)

GL Cryptography 0 NIL


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Antara Dutta M.Sc

(Computer

Sc)

GL System

Programming

9 NIL

Diptomoy

Ghosh

MCA GL Oracle 8 NIL

Saibal

Bhattacharyya

B.Com

ABCA

Lab

Instructor

Web

Programming

9 NIL



temporary faculty: 50% Approx


Programme: B.Sc (Major):14:1


filled:

Technical Staff (Laboratory Attendant): Sanctioned : 01 Filled:01


PhD: 00

PG: 05


agencies and grants received: NONE


received: NONE

19. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: NONE

20. Publications:



faculty and students : NONE



Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) NONE

∗ Monographs: NONE

∗ Chapter in Books: NONE

∗ Books Edited : NONE

∗ Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers: NONE

∗ Citation Index : NONE

∗ SNIP: NONE

∗ SJR: NONE

∗ Impact factor : NONE

∗ h-index : NONE

21. Areas of consultancy and income generated : NONE


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a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards….: NONE





Research laboratories/Industry/other agencies : 100%

24. Awards/ Recognitions received by faculty and students: NONE

25. List of eminent academicians and scientists/ visitors to the department: NONE


a) National : NONE

b) International: NONE


Name of the

Course/programme

(refer question no. )

Applications

received

Selected Enrolled

*M *F

Pass

percentage

B.Sc Major(CMAV) 31 31 23 08 11.54

*M=Male F=Female


Name of the

Course

% of

students

from the

same state

% of students

from other

States

% of

students

from

abroad

B.Sc

Major(CMAV)

NONE NONE NONE


NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc. ? ZERO



enrolled

UG to PG 8

PG to M.Phil. 0

PG to Ph.D. 0

Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral 0

Employed



2

8

Entrepreneurship/Self-employment 6


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a) Library: Shared Facility of Central Library

b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students: NONE

c) Class rooms with ICT facility: NONE

d) Laboratories: One Laboratory


or other agencies: NONE


external experts: NONE


• Lecture & Interactive Class

• Group Discussion among students.

• Questioning and answer method

• Unit Tests

• Assignments

35. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: NONE


• STRENGTH:

o Strong Student-Teacher interaction,

o Healthy Student-Teacher Ratio,

o Good Cohesion among the students,

o Competent Faculty & Diversified Fields of Interests

• WEAKNESS: Preferences for technical education forces front rankers not to join general

sciences and in addition students coming to general sciences are mostly economically

unsound.

• OPPORTUNITIES: In addition to teaching regular courses, students are encouraged to

take higher studies.

• CHALLAENGES:

o To create more space within the department.

o To provide job opportunities to the final year students or passed outs.

o To keep students focused for taking up higher studies.

• FUTURE PLANS:

o Development in infrastructural facilities.

o Opening of job oriented programmes.


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Evaluative Report of the Department of Statistics

1. Name of the department: Department of Statistics

2. Year of Establishment: 14.07.2006



4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: Microbiology,

Commerce ,Mathematics, Economics


General – Annual

6. Participation of the department in the

courses offered by other departments:

Microbiology,Commerce




Post Numbers of

teachers

CWTT ---

PTT 1


M. Phil. etc.,):


Statistics General Under Graduate


l

1st (Part I) 100 __

2nd(Part

II)

100 100

3rd(Part

III)

75 25

sanctioned Filled

Professors nil nil

Associate

Professors

nil nil

Asst. Professors nil nil

Sl


No. of

Years of

Experience

No. of Ph.D.

Students

guided for

the last 4

years

1 Sathi

Bhaumik

MSc in

Statistics

Part time

Teacher Statistics 4 Nil


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11. List of senior visiting faculty:Nil


temporary faculty:NA

13. Student -Teacher Ratio (program wise):


Statistics General 26:1


filled :nil



D Sc. -

D.Litt -

Ph. D -

PG 1




received : Nil

18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University : Ni

19. Publications:







∗ Monographs


241


∗ Books Edited


∗ Citation Index

∗ SNIP

∗ SJR

∗ Impact factor

∗ h-index




22. Student projects :il





23. Awards/ Recognitions received by faculty and students:

24. List of eminent academicians and scientists/ visitors to the department : Nil


a) National

b) International

26. Student profile programme/course wise: 2014-15

Name of the

Course/programme


Year(Session)

Applications

received

Selected Enrolled

*M *F

Appeared Pass %

Statistics (General)

2014-2015

20

*M=Male F=Female


Name of the

Course

% of

students

from the

same state

% of students

from other

States

% of

students

from

abroad

Statitics 100% 0% 0%


NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc. Nil



enrolled


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enrolled

UG to PG NA

PG to M.Phil. NA

PG to Ph.D. NA


Employed



NA



a) Library : There are 79 nos. Of books of Statistics in the central library

b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students: No






d) Laboratories: No




external experts:

i)Organization of departmental seminar by the teaching staff.

33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning :conventional method of

teaching



Strength:

a. One to one interaction with the students.

b. The department also arranges remedial classes for the students.

Weakness:

a. Only one part time teacher in this department

b. For the above reason, syllabus is not being covered up entirely.

c. There is insufficient number of books of Statistics available in central library.

Opportunities:

Challenges:

a. Covering up the syllabus is the prime most challenge at this stage.

b. To motivate the students for doing well in the examination of west Bengal state

university, barasat, as most of the students are from economically poor background and



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Evaluative Report of the Department of Bengali

1. Name of the department: Bengali language and literature

2. Year of Establishment: 1947 : Intermediate arts ; 1953 : B.A General/Pass ;

1958 : Hons.


Integrated Ph.D., etc.): UG

4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: Nil

5. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise) : Annual

6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: Nil


8. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: Nil


sanctioned Filled

Professors Nil Nil

Associate Professors 03 03



M. Phil. etc.,)


Years of

Experience

No. of Ph.D.

Students

guided for

the last 4

years

Sucharita

Bhattacharya

MA,Phd Associate

Professor

Drama, Novel 22+ Nil

Chandana

Bhattacharyya

MA, B.Ed Associate

Professor

Rabindra-

Sahitya

22+ Nil


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Saurav

Mazumder

MA,PhD Associate

Professor

Novel And

Short-Story

16+ Nil

Bijan Biswas MA,B.Ed,

Phd

Assissant

Professor

Linguistics 9+ Nil

11. List of senior visiting faculty: Nil


temporary faculty: Nil

13. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise): Approx. 35: 1 ( for Hons. ), Approx. 450 :

1( for General)


filled: Nil

15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil/PG.: Ph.D – 03 ,

PG – 01


agencies and grants received: (2012-13)

Name of the teacher Nature of Project Funding

agency

Grant received

Saurav Mazumder Minor Research

Project

UGC Rs. 73500


received: Nil


19. Publications:

∗ a) Publication per faculty :

Name of faculty

No. of publication

Book Paper/Monograph/

Chapter in Book

Sucharita Bhattacharya Nil Nil

Chandana Bhattacharya Nil Nil

Saurav Mazumder Nil 1

Bijan Biswas Nil 4


faculty and students : Nil



Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) : Nil

∗ Monographs ( including paper presented for publication in


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seminar/course/workshop proceedings ) :

(2013-14)

Name of the

faculty

Title of the Paper Title of the Seminar

/course/workshop

Organising

Institution

Date

Saurav

Mazumder

Bankimchandrer

Rachanay Bichchinnata

o Naisangyabhabna

Bishoy

Bankimchandra

Ebong Ekabingsho

Shataker Bhabna

Kalyani

University

27-3-

14

Itiibachak Baishamya:

Rajniti O Bastab

Positve

Discrimination

Equal

Opportunity

Centre, Rishi

Bankim

Chandra

College

5-4-

2014

Bjan Biswas

Ganonatyo:Kaler

Anibarjya Kanthoswar

Bangla Natok:oitijhyo

O Aadhunikota

Rabindra

Bharati

University

4-3-14

to 5-3-

14

Bankimchandrer

Swadeshchetona:

Ekush Shatoker Aaloy

Bankimchandra

Ebong Ekobinsho

Shatabdir Bhabna

Kalyani

University

27-3-

14 to

28-3-

14

Samajik Baishamya :

Sekal Ekal

Positve

Discrimination

Equal

Opportunity

Centre, Rishi

Bankim

Chandra

College

5-4-

2014

(2011-12)

Name of

the faculty

Title of the Paper Title of the

Seminar/course/works

hop

Organising Institution Date

Saurav

Mazumder

Rabindradarshane

paribesh-

bichchinnata:

Paribesh-nitibidyar

aaloke

Some different issues

in western logic and

practical ethics


College

30-3-

12

Raabindrik

bichchinnatar aaloke ‘

Moner Manush’

Rabindranath o Baul

sanskriti

Rabindra Bharati

University

29-3-

12

Aadhunik sabhyatay

bichchinnatar sankat:

‘ Raktakarabi ’r

samakalin bhashya

Contemporary trends

in Indian

drama:Theory, practice

criticism


College

28-3-

12


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Rabindraprabandhe

bichchinnata o

naisangyabodh

Rabindranather

prabandhasahitya

Bhangar

Mahavidyalaya

27-3-

12

Bichchinnatar

drishtikone

Geetanjali

Shatobarsher aaloke

Geetanjali


College

3-3-12

Bjan Biswas

Rabindranather

prabandhe samakal o

kalottirna kichu

bhabana

Rabindranather

prabandhasahitya

Bhangar

Mahavidyalaya

26-3-

12

Bharatatwa o

Rabindranath

Rabindranather

Rajnaitik Chetana:

Annya Rabindranath

Acharya Prafulla

Chandra College

22-12-

11

Rabindranather

Muktadhara :

Bahaman sankat

Samasaamayik

prekshapat :

Rabindranather

prasangikata

East Calcutta Girls’

College

26-8-

11

Bangla sangbadpatre

aadhunik bhashariti

Recent changes in

Indian journalism and

its impact on society


College

16-9-

11

Geetanjalir engreji

anubad ebong kichu

katha

Rabindranather

anubad O anubade

Rabindranath

Derozio Memorial

College

23-11-

11

Rabindranather

Shikshachinta

Uttar

adhunikatabaader

aaloy Rabindranather

Shikshachintar

bishleshan

Ramakrishana Mission

Shikshaamandira

25-11-

11

Adhunik bangla

chotogalpe pratibadi

nari

Some different issues

in western logic and

practical ethics


College

30-3-

12

Tarkopriyo Bangali:

Sangbadpatrer

Darpane

NSS & News Media

and Bengali Culture

NSS, University of

Kalyani

3-5-12

to 4-5-

12

∗ Chapter in Books : (2014-15)

Faculty as

Author

Name of the Chapter Name of the

Book

ISBN No. Publisher Year

of

publi

catio

n

Saurav

Mazumder

Raja O Rani : Kahinir

Antorbishleshan

Rabindranather

Raja O Rani

Pathaker

978-93-

81329-47-4

Ratnabali 2014


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Anweshane

Bijan Biswas

Geetanjali : Atmto-

unmochon O

Attmonibedaner Gaan

Shatobarsher

Aaloke

Geetanjali

978-81-925-

320-0-4

Ishan

Prakasha

ni

2014

Nazruler Kabita :

Bhasha Byaboharer

Drishtikone

Bhasha:

Prayoge

Byabohare

978-81-295-

2375-4

Dey’s

Publishin

g

2015

Rabindra Natyodharay

Muktodhara ek

Anobodyo Natok

Rabindra

Natyocharcha

978-93-830-

16-42-6

Pragnabi

kash

2015

Bankimchandrer

Prabandhe Samokaleen

Samaaj

175 tamo

janmobarsher

aaloke Bankim

Prabandher

Paryalochona

978-93-

82045-99-1

Sahitya

Sangee

2015

(2013-14)

Faculty as

Author


Book

ISBN No. Publisher Year of

publicati

on

Bijan Biswas

Rabindranather Lipika :

Rup O Rase Ek Abhinaba

Sreejan

Bahumukhi

Sreejane

Rabindranat

h

978-81-

925519-1-3

Dept. of

Bengali,

Shibpur

Dinaband

hu

Institutio

n

2013

Vivekananda O Adhunik

Bharat

Swami

Vivekanand

a: Literature

& Culture

978-93-

82045-89-2

Sahityasa

ngee

2013

Bharatpathik

Vivekananda

Prakshyepane

Prakshyepan

e Swami

Vivekanand

a:

Sardhashata

barsher

Pare

978-81-

925784-1-5

Shree

Ramakris

hana

Sarada

Vidyamah

apith

2014

(2012-13)

Faculty as

Author

Name of the

Chapter

Name of the

Book


publicati

on

Rabindrachetana

y swadesh

Rabindranath o

bharatiyatwa

81-89820-

45-9

Prayag

Prakashani

2012


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Bijan Biswas

Vivekananda : Ek

Anirban

Aalokshikha

Swami

Vivekananda O

Bartamankale

tar

Prasongikata

978-31-

61484-10-1

Dept. of

Bengali,

Dinabandhu

Mahavidyala

ya

2013

Suchitra

Bhattacharyar

Chotogalpe

Narimon

Samaj O

Sahitye Nari:

Abasthan o

Nirman

978-81-

910832-3-7

Ekush

Shatak

2013

(2011-12)

Faculty as

Author


Book

ISBN

No.

Publisher Year of

publicati

on

Saurav

Mazumder

Rabindranather

rupak-sanketik

natake

samajbastabata

Prabandha

Sanchayan

978-93-

81329-

11-5

Ratnabali 2011

(2010-11)

Faculty as

Author


Book


publicati

on

Saurav

Mazumder

Rabindranather

rupak-sanketik

natake

samajbastabata

Prabandha

Sanchayan

978-93-

81329-

11-5

Ratnabali 2011

∗ Books Edited :

(2013-14)

Faculty as

Editor

Name of the Book ISBN No. Publisher Year of

publication

Bijan Biswas Rabindranather

Muktadhara

978-81-

906318-1-5

Unique Books

International

2014

(2012-13)

Faculty as

Author

Name of the Book ISBN No. Publisher Year of

publication

Bijan Biswas Bangla sahitye

Bibhutibhushan

Mukhopadhyay

978-93-

82041-08-5

Akshar

Prakashani

2013

∗ Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers : Nil

∗ Citation Index

∗ SNIP

∗ SJR


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∗ Impact factor

∗ h-index

20. Areas of consultancy and income generated : Nil


a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards… : Nil



departmental/programme : Nil


Research laboratories/Industry/other agencies : Nil

23. Awards/ Recognitions received by faculty and students : Nil

24. List of eminent academicians and scientists/ visitors to the department : Nil

25. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding :

a) National : Nil



Name of the

Course/programme


Applications

received

Selected Enrolled Pass percentage

*M *F

UG(HONS)

2014-15

1st year 405 62

2nd year N/A 45

3rd year N/A 29 86.21

UG(GEN.)

2014-15

1st year 854 854

Data not

available

2nd year N/A 737

3rd year N/A 561

*M=Male F=Female


Name of the

Course

% of

students

from the

same state

% of students

from other

States

% of

students

from

abroad

UG(HONS. &

GEN.)

100 Nil Nil


NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc. ? : Data not available


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29. Student progression :


UG to PG Data not available

PG to M.Phil. Data not available

PG to Ph.D. Data not available

Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral Data not available

Employed



Data not available

Entrepreneurship/Self-employment Data not available


a) Library : There is a common Central Library, but no Departmental Library for Bengali.

b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students : There is no Broadband Internet facility for the

Department, but students and teachers have common internet access in the multimedia

laboratory. Teachers also access internet through USB modem occasionally .


d) Laboratories : Nil


or other agencies :

No. of students ( 2014-15)

From UGC Data not available

From Government Data not available

From College Data not available

From University Data not available

Total 4


external experts : An educational visit to BANKIM BHAWAN ( the commemorative museum

in the birthplace of the great litterateur Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay ) was organized by

the teachers and students of the Bengali department on 4-11-2015.

33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning :

• Conventional classroom lecture i.e chalk and talk is the dominant method of teaching

• Remedial coaching for weaker students is practiced

• Group-discussion among students in the classroom is often adopted

• Help of audio-visual resources is taken when necessary

34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities : The

faculty and students are sincerely involved in extension activities of the institute. Dr. Bijan


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Biswas, Assistant Professor of this Department has been serving as the Programme Officer of

the National Social Service unit of the college for the last three years. Each year nearly

twenty students from Hons. course and nearly fifty students from General course of the

department actively participate in various programmes of the NSS like AIDS awareness,

hygiene awareness, thalassemia awareness, blood donation, environmental protection,

campus cleanliness, socio-economic survey of nearby slum area etc.

35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans :

Strength

• Dedicated full-strength faculty

• Regular knowledge-upgradation of the teachers by attending training courses, seminars

etc.

• Courses are covered fairly by taking regular classes

• Exellent co-ordination between teachers and students

Weakness

• Shortage of one teacher with respect to UGC approved five teaching posts

• Inadequate number of classrooms

• Unavailability of separate departmental room/space

• Inadequate library facility ; No departmental library

• Lack of infrastructural facility to use modern teaching aids like computer , LCD projector

• Student intake with little literary-mindedness

Opportunity

• Enthusiasm among students to be admitted in the department : student intake has been

100% in respect to Seat availability for the last one decade

• A lot of job opportunity for the students, specially in the school-teaching level

Challenge

• Diversion of quality students to other professional courses

• Very limited scope to improvise in the course curriculam for not being in a position to

review or update the syllabus under the affiliating university

FUTURE PLANS

• Upgradation of the overall infrustucture by having a separate departmental space,

language laboratory etc.

• Enrichment of the library

• Conducting educational tours

• Publication of journal from the department

• Organising state/national level seminar and workshop regularly


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Evaluative Report of the Department of English

1. Name of the Department: Department of English, Rishi Bankim Chandra College,

Kantalpara, Naihati, North 24 Parganas, Pin 743 165.

2. Year of Establishment: 1947 – English as a subject for Intermediate Arts (IA), 1953 –

English as a subject for BA Pass Course, 1958 – English as a subject offered for Honours Course

in English; 2009 – MA in English Literature and Language.


Integrated Ph.D., etc.) – English as a subject for Intermediate Arts (IA), 1953 – English as a

subject for BA Pass Course, 1958 – English as a subject offered for Honours Course in English;

2009 – MA in English Literature and Language

Programme Level of study Cut-off marks at entry level in %

BA Honours in English Undergraduate 50% in Agg. & 50% in subject, OR , 50% in Agg. &

45% in Eng-A

BA (General course) Do As per University Norms, pass in English in XII /

Equivalent

MA Post-graduate As per University Norms 40% marks in English

Honours

4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: The PG Course in

English is interdisciplinary in nature. The components of the syllabus include Economics,

Comparative Literature, Dalit and Tribal Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Sanskrit,

Bengali, Hindi, and Urdu literature besides theatre and Performance studies. The course

components are covered by the Resource Person drawn from the college as well as experts

from other HEIs and theatre groups. UGC-sponsored coaching classes for NET / SET / RET also

requires classes in interdisciplinary areas for Paper I, such as Computer Application,

Environment Studies, Education, Mathematics and Commerce.

5. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise):

Programme System Duration Paper & Marks

Structure

Marking Pattern

BA Honours in

English

Annual 1+1+1 = 3 100 X 8

papers = 800

Aggregate in %

BA (General

course)

Annual 1+1+1 = 3 100 X 4

papers = 400

Cumulative

Aggregate in %

MA in English Semester (Credit 4 semesters of 5 50 X 20 SGPA, AGPA, CGPA

on 6.00 point Scale


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Based) credits each papers = 1000 with Aggregate in %

of marks out of 1000

6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: The

teachers of the department have delivered lectures on English Literature for the students on

BA Honours in Bengali. Similar assistance is extended to the students of Sanskrit, Hindi and

Urdu literature through faculty interaction.

7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. The

teachers of the Department are eligible for guiding research scholars for M.Phil. and Ph.D.

courses offered at the west Bengal State University as per WBSU Research Regulations 2013 for

offering autonomous PG course in English affiliated to the university. 5 students of the

department have qualified the RET and are doing their course work for M.Phil and PhD and the

Supervisors would be allotted in due time by the Board of Research Studies. Dr. Debashish

Sengupta and Dr. Shubh Brat Sarkar of the department have applied for M.Phil. / Ph.D.

Supervisorship at the West Bengal State University and are waiting for the allotment of scholars

for Supervisorship. However, the teachers are engaged in informal guidance to all the ex-

students pursuing their PhD work at different universities in west Bengal.

8. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: HS Course in English

withdrawn by the Govt. of West Bengal in 2001; Compulsory English paper for Degree Course

withdrawn by the West Bengal State University in 2010, as per policy decision.


Sanctioned Filled

Professors NA

Associate Professors 00 02 (CAS)


Part-Time Teacher (Govt. Approved) 01 01

Guest faculty (Management

Apointed)

06 02

• Two sanctioned posts under reserved category as per 100 point roster of the college are

vacant. One post has become vacant w.e.f. 24 September 2015. Requisition for the posts has

been submitted to the West Bengal College Service Commission and the college is waiting for

the recommendations for appointment as per the Govt. rules.


M. Phil. etc.,)


Years of

Experience

(as on

No. of

Ph.D.

Students

guided


254

30.12.2015)

Pramila

Majumder

MA Associate

Professor

American Literature,

Indian Writings, Victorian

Literature

26.75 years -

Debashis

Sengupta

MA, MPhil,

PhD

Associate

Professor

19th Century Fiction,

Indian Writing of the

Partition, Thomas Hardy

24 years -

Shubh

Brat

Sarkar

MA, CTE, PhD Assistant

Professor

European Drama, Women

Writings in English, Indian

Drama-Theatre, Literature

of the Margins

16.8 years -

Tamalika

Das

MA Part-Time

Teacher

(Govt.

Approved)

Women Writings in

English, Post Colonial

Studies

6.25 years -

Taniya

Neogi

MA (JU),

B.Ed (JU)

Guest

faculty

(College GB

Approved)

Post colonial and Gender

Studies, Modern and Post

Modern studies, Literary

Theory

1.75 years -

Sanchali

Sarkar

MA Guest

faculty

(College GB

Approved)

Gender Studies, Post

Colonial Studies, Film

Studies, Shakespearean

Studies

1.75 years


Name Qualifica

tion

Designation

of the

Resource

Person

Specialization No. of

Years of

Experien

ce

Ph.D.

Students

guided,

last 4

years

Tirthankar

Chattopadhyay

MA (CU),

M.A.

(Leeds)

Formerly

Professor, KU

Twentieth century English

Literature,

Modernism

50 1

Debiprasad

Bhattacharya

MA, PhD Formerly

Professor, KU

Victorian and Twentieth

century English Literature

and Indian Writing in

English

45 2


255

Jayati Gupta MA, PhD Formerly

Professor,

WBSU

Poetry, Travel Literature,

Literature from the

Margins

35 1

Sarbani

Chaudhury

MA, PhD Professor, KU Renaissance Studies,

Shakespeare, Women

Studies

30 3

Purnendu Kumar

Bhattacharya

MA, PhD Formerly

Associate

Professor

17th & 18th Century

English Literature, Indian

Writings in English

35 -

Pradip Ranjan

Sengupta

MA, PhD Formerly

Associate

Professor, BC

Renaissance Studies,

Indian Writings, Modern

Drama

34 -

Sarmila

Majumdar

MA Associate

Professor, KU

American Literature,

Indian writings, South

Asian Literature

30 2

Chandranath

Adhikari

MA,

M.Phil.

Guest faculty

(College GB

Approved)

Victorian Studies, Indian

Writing in English,

29 -

Nilanjan

Chatterjee

MA,

MPhil

Associate

Professor, SC

Victorian Studies, Indian

Literature

27

Niladri R.

Chatterjee

MA,

Ph.D.

Associate

Professor, KU

Modern European

Literature, Gender

Studies, Cultural Studies

20 1

Sipra Mukherjee MA, PhD Associate

Professor,

WBSU

Postcolonial Studies,

South Asian Literature,

Dalit Literature,

Twentieth Century

Drama,

20 -

Sravasti

Chattopadhyay

MA,

MPhil

Associate

Professor,

MC,

Twentieth Century

Poetry, Victorian Fiction

20 -

Chandrava

Chakravarty

Ma, Ph.D. Associate

Professor,

WBSU

Seventeenth Century

Literature, Indian

Writings, Post-colonial

Studies

16 -

Sharmistha

Chatterjee

Sriwastav

MA,

PGDTE,

BT, Ph.D.

Assistant

Professor, AU

Indian Literature, South

Asian Studies, English

Language Teaching

14 -


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Subhendu

Sarkar

MA,

Ph.D.

Assistant

Professor, RC

Modern European Drama,

Marxist Criticism,

Alternative Theatre

13 -

Monisha Sarkar MA, BT,

Ph.D.

Assistant

Professor,

ECGC

Non-fictional Prose,

European Drama,

Victorian Fiction,

Literature of the North-

East India

12 -

Somak Mandal M.A. Assistant

Professor,

WBSU

Modern Linguistics,

English Language

Teaching, Postcolonial

Studies

8 -

Drubajyoti

Sarkar

MA,

Ph.D.

Assistant

Professor, KU

Victorian Studies,

Literature of the Raj,

Religion-Culture Interface

8 -

Jasmeet Singh MA, B.Ed CWTT (Govt.

Approved),

RBCC

Indian and European

Drama, Modern and Post

Modern Literary Theory,

Dalit Studies

7 -


temporary faculty: UG-12%; PG: 40%

COURSE CLASS

ALLOTTED

CLASSES

TAKEN BY

REGULAR

FACULTY

CLASSES TAKEN

BY TEMPORARY

FACULTY

% OF CLASSES

TAKEN BY

TEMPORARY /

VISITING FACULTY

BA Honours

in English

64 52 12 18.75%

BA (General

course)

16 8 6 37.5%

MA 80 40 40 50%

TOTAL 160 100 60 36.25%

13. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise)

COURSE NUMBER OF

TEACHERS

NUMBER OF

STUDENTS

STUDENT

TEACHER RATIO

BA Honours in English 6 150 1:25

BA (General Course) 6 246 1:41


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MA IN ENGLISH 15 93 1:6.2


filled:

Number of Academic support staff

(technical) and administrative staff

SANCTIONED (G.B) FILLED

01 01

Sri Raja Chowdhury, B.A.

15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil/PG.

Faculty for UG & PG Courses, Substantive and Management Apointee Male Female Total

Total no. of teachers (for UG & PG classes) 2 4 6

Teachers with Ph.D. or equivalent as the highest qualification 2 0 2

Teachers with PG or equivalent as the highest qualification 4 4

Teachers with other specific eligible qualification (specify)

(MPhil)

0 0

Visiting Faculty for Seminar Lectures/Classes for P.G. Course in

English

Male Female Total

Total no. of teachers (for PG classes) 11 8 19

Teachers with Ph.D. or equivalent as the highest qualification 6 6 12

Teachers with PG or equivalent as the highest qualification 3 1 4

Teachers with other specific eligible qualification (specify)

(MPhil)

2

(MPhil)

1

(MPhil)

3


agencies and grants received: 2 UGC-SPONSORED MRPs DONE BETWEEN 2006-2012 -

UGC – Minor Res. Project of D. Sengupta – Rs 33,000.00 (completed 2006); Dr. S. B. Sarkar

UGC MRP of Rs. 98500 (completed 2012)


received

PRINCIPAL

INVESTIGATOR

UGC- MINOR

RESEARCH

PROJECT

2006-

2008

THOMAS HARDY RS

33000/-

UC &

PROJECT

SUBMITTED

IN 2008


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PRINCIPAL

INVESTIGATOR

UGC- MINOR

RESEARCH

PROJECT

2010-

2012

IMPACT OF EUROPEAN

DRAMATURGY ON

INDIAN DRAMA IN

ENGLISH AND IN

ENGLISH

TRANSLATION

RS

98,500/-

UC &

PROJECT

SUBMITTED

IN MARCH

2012

UGC

DEVELOPMENT

GRANT FOR

POST-

GRADUATE IN

ENGLISH

PG-GRANT

UNDER XI

PLAN

2011-

12

EQUIPMENT

BOOKS & JOURNALS

EDUCATION

INNOVATION / FIELD

WORK

Rs

200000

Rs

200000

Rs 50000

UC

SUBMITTED

18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: The teachers of the

Department are eligible for guiding research scholars for M.Phil. and Ph.D. courses offered at

the west Bengal State University as per WBSU Research Regulations 2013 for offering

autonomous PG course in English affiliated to the university. 5 students of the department

have qualified the RET and are doing their course work for M.Phil and PhD and the

Supervisors would be allotted in due time by the Board of Research Studies. Dr. Debashish

Sengupta and Dr. Shubh Brat Sarkar of the department have applied for M.Phil. / Ph.D.

Supervisorship at the West Bengal State University and are waiting for the allotment of

scholars for Supervisorship. However, the teachers are engaged in informal guidance to all

the ex-students pursuing their PhD work at different universities in west Bengal. Dr.

Debashish Sen Gupta has supervised an MPhil scholar Smt. Sudipta Chakraborty for the

Dissertation entitled ‘”Thomas Hardy Liked Women”: The Problem of Feminine Retaliation

Against the Masculine Offensive in the Fiction of Thomas Hardy’, at the Vinayaka Missions

University, Salem Tamil Nadu for the award of MPhil Degree in2008.

19. Publications: SEE ANNEXURE 1

a) a) Publication per faculty

b) b) Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (1. national / 2.

international) by faculty and students

c) Number of publications listed in International Database (For Eg: Web of Science,



d) Monographs

e) Chapter in Books

f) Books Edited

g) Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers

h) Citation Index


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i) SNIP

j) SJR

k) Impact factor

l) h-index

Name of the Faculty

(UG & PG Courses,

Substantive and

Management

Apointee)

A b 1 b2 c d e f g h i j k l

Pramila Majumder 5 4 1

Debashis Sengupta 5 1

Shubh Brat Sarkar 25 2 1 20 3 17

Tamalika Das 2 1

Taniya Neogi 3 3 3

Sanchali Sarkar 1

(accepted)

20. Areas of consultancy and income generated: Nil


a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards…. NONE

Name of the Faculty Committee / Board Institution Period

Prof. Pramila

Majumdar


English

The University of

Calcutta

2003-

2006

Dr. Debashish Sen

Gupta


English

West Bengal State

University

2008-

2011

Prof. Pramila

Majumdar

Chair Person, Expert

Committee for PG in

English


College

2009-

2012


English

West Bengal State

University

2011-

2015

Dr. Shubh Brat Sarkar Board of Studies in UG &

PG (Humanities)

Narula Institute of

technology

(Autonomous)

2015-till

date

Dr. Debashish Sen

Gupta

Chair Person, Expert

Committee for PG in

English


College

2012-

2015

Dr. Shubh Brat Sarkar Chair Person, Board of

Studies for PG in English


College

March

2015-Jul

2015


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English


College

July 2015-

till date

Dr. Debashish Sen

Gupta

Member Jadavpur University

Society for American

Studies (JUSAS)

2009-till

date

Dr. Debashish Sen

Gupta

Member American Study Circle

at USIS Calcutta.

2005-till

date



departmental/programme:

Name of the Project Class / Batch Project Supervisor No. of

Student

Percen

tage of

Studen

ts

Performance Project: Badal

Sircar’s Indian History Made

Easy

M. A. 2nd Semester

(2010)

Dr. Subhendu

Sarkar & Dr.

Shubh Brat Sarkar

34 100%

Book and Film Review M.A. 4th Semester

(2012)

Dr. Shubh Brat

Sarkar

44 100%

Drama & Performance

Project

M.A. 2nd Semester

(2012)

M.A. 4th semester

(2012)

Dr. Shubh Brat

Sarkar

44

45

100%

In Search for Love in Poetry

Improvisation through Song,

Dance and Drama

M.A. 3rd semester

(2013)

Dr. Shubh Brat

Sarkar

44 100%

Translation of Dalit Poetry

from Bengali, Hindi & Urdu

to English

M.A. 1st Semester

(2014)

Prof. Pramila

Majumdar, Prof

Hrikesh Kumar

Singh & Dr.

Shubh Brat Sarkar

44 100%

Short Docu-Drama Project

on the Representation of the

Female & the Transgender

in Myth and History

M.A. 3rd Semester

(2014)

Dr. Shubh Brat

Sarkar

18 100%

Short Performance Project

on 5 plays: Kalidasa’s

Sakuntala, Aristophanes’

Frogs, Brecht’s Mother

Courage and Dario Fo’s

WeWon’t Pay, We Won’t

Pay

M.A. 3rd Semester

(2014)

Dr. Shubh Brat

Sarkar

26 100%

100% PG STUDENTS; 100% UG Students having Journalism and Mass Communication as a


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General / Honours Paper

b) Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e. in


Name of the Project Class / Batch Project Supervisor No. of

Student

Percent

age of

Student

s

Meeting the Playwright

Badal Sircar: 23 April 2010

(Kolkata) Interview & Chat

& Play Reading session

2nd Semester

(2010)

Prof Tamalika Das &

Dr. Shubh Brat Sarkar

28 90%

English language Teaching

(ELT) at Local Schools and

Institutions

MA 4th Semester

in English

Prof Tanmay Ghosh

Dr. Sharmistha

Chatterjee Sriwastav

46 100%

23. Awards/ Recognitions received by faculty and students

NAME DESIGNATION INSTITUTION YEAR/

DURATION

AWARD/AREA

Dr.

Debashish

Sen Gupta

Associate

Professor

Visited American Studies

Research

Centre, Hyderabad

21.05.1996-

20.06.1996

Teacher Grant (Travel,

In-Residence and

Perdiem)

Dr.

Debashish

Sen Gupta

Associate

Professor

Visited American Studies

Research

Centre, Hyderabad

25.12.1996-

15.12.1997.

as a grantee

Dr. Shubh

Brat Sarkar

Assistant

Professor

American Studies Research

Centre, Hyderabad

Sept-Oct

1997 (21

days)

Research Grant (Travel,

In-Residence and

Perdiem)

Priyankari

Sengupta

Student of

English Honours

2001-2004

University of Calcutta 2004 University Topper, First

in First Class, Bachelors

Examination.

Prof.

Taniya

Neogi

Guest Faculty

(GB Approved)

Lady Brabourne College 2009 Recipient of Best

Student and Topper

awards in English

Honours

Prof.

Sanchali

Sarkar

Guest Faculty

(GB Approved)

Kalyani University 2009 University Topper,

First in First Class,

Bachelors Examination.

2009.


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Prof.

Sanchali

Sarkar

Guest Faculty

(GB Approved)

UGC 2009-11 Indira Gandhi National

Merit Scholarship.

Gurpreet

Singh

Student of

English Honours

2009-2011

West Bengal State

University

2011 University Topper, First

in First Class, Bachelors

Examination.

24. List of eminent academicians and scientists/ visitors to the department (2009-2015)

1. Tirthankar Chattopadhyay, Formerly Reader, Kalyani University

2. Sankar Cahtterjee, Formerly Reader, Kalyani University

3. Minakshi Pawha, Professor, Lucknow University

4. Debiprasad Bhattacharya, Formerly Professor, Kalyani University

5. Jayati Gupta, Formerly Professor, West Bengal State University, Tagore National Chair

Professor

6. Sarbani Chaudhury, Professor, Kalyani University

7. Sarmila Majumdar, Associate Professor, Kalyani University

8. Purnendu Kumar Bhattacharya, Formerly Associate Professor

9. Pradip Ranjan Sengupta, Formerly Associate Professor, Behala College

10. Meenakshi Krishnan, Associate Professor, Barrackpore Rastraguru Surendranath College

11. Nilanjan Chatterjee, Associate Professor, Serampore College

12. Sipra Mukherjee, Associate Professor, West Bengal State University

13. Sravasti Chattopadhyay, Associate Professor, Mahadevanada Mahavidyalaya

14. Niladri R. Chatterjee Associate Professor, Kalyani University

15. Chandrava Chakravarty, Associate Professor, WBSU.

16. Sharmistha Chatterjee Sriwastav, Assistant Professor, Aliah University

17. Partha Sarathi Bhaumick, Assistant Professor, Jadavpur University

18. Drubajyoti Sarkar, Assistant Professor, KU

19. Subhendu Sarkar, Assistant Professor, Ranaghat College

20. Monisha Sarkar, Assistant Professor, East Calcutta Girls’ College

21. Somak Mandal, Assistant Professor, West Bengal State University

22. Santanu Chakraborty, Assistant Professor, Guru Nanak Institute of Technology


Sl.

N

o

Seminar / Workshop /

Conference

Organi

ser

Dates Title Funding

Agency

Collaborators

/Remarks

1 UGC-Sponsored

Seminar

Dept

of

Englis

h

20-21

Decem

ber,

2002.

“The Dialectics of

Protest in Indian

Literature in

English, Native

Australian and Black

American

Literature”

UGC Articles written by

eminent scholars

Gayatri

Chakraborty Spivak

and Dipesh

Chakraborty were

published


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2 4-day UGC-Spon

Workshop on

Educational

Innovation Beyond

Classroom (Under XI

Plan)

Dept

of

Englis

h (PG)

19-22

April,

2010

“Understanding

Drama through

Performance and

Third Theatre”

UGC

Spon

Completed in

Collaboration with

Satabdi

Natyagosthi

3 4-day UGC-Spon

Workshop on

Educational

Innovation Beyond

Classroom (Under XI

Plan)

Dept

of

Englis

h (PG)

6-9

April,

2011

“Understanding

Drama through

Performance and

Third Theatre”

UGC

Spon

Completed in

Collaboration with

Satabdi

Natyagosthi

4 5-day UGC-Spon

Workshop on

Educational

Innovation Beyond

Classroom (Under XI

Plan)

Dept

of

Englis

h (PG)

12-16

March,

2012

“Understanding

Drama through

Performance and

Third Theatre”

UGC

Spon

Completed in

Collaboration with

Satabdi

Natyagosthi

5 UGC-sponsored

National Seminar in

collaboration with

West Bengal State

University (Under XI

Plan)

Dept

of

Englis

h (UG

PG)

27-28

March

2012

Contemporary

Trends in Indan

Drama in English

and in English

Translation

UGC-

spon

Organised in

collaboration with

West Bengal State

University

6 4-day UGC-Spon

Workshop on

Educational

Innovation Beyond

Classroom (Under XI

Plan)

Dept

of

Englis

h (PG)

12-15

March

2013

“Understanding

Drama through

Performance and

Third Theatre”

UGC-

Spon

Completed in

Collaboration with

Satabdi

Natyagosthi

7 4-day UGC-Spon

Workshop on

Educational

Innovation Beyond

Classroom

Dept

of

Englis

h (PG)

March

25-28

2014

“Understanding

Drama through

Performance and

Third Theatre”

College

Spon

Completed in

Collaboration with

Satabdi

Natyagosthi

8 4-day Workshop on

Educational

Innovation Beyond

Classroom

Dept

of

Englis

h (PG)

10-13

March,

2015

“Understanding

Drama through

Performance and

Third Theatre”

College-

spon

Completed in

Collaboration with

Satabdi

Natyagosthi

9 Educational Theatre

on Contemporary

Social Issues

Dept

of

Econo

mics

13

March

2015

Sri Lucky Gupta,

Writer, Director,

Performer,

Producer, Rangalok

College-

sponsore

d

Special session of

Interaction and

Solo Performance

“Ma Mujhe Tagore


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Name of the

Course/Programme


Applications

received

Selected Enrolled

*M *F

Pass percentage

English Honours (2015-2016) 515 72 37 + 25 50%

MA in English 1st Semester July

2015

80 45 31 + 14 45%

*M=Male F=Female


Name of the Course

% of students from

the same state

% of students from other

States

% of students

from abroad

English Honours (2015-

2016)

100% NONE NONE

MA in English 1st

Semester July 2015 & 3rd

Semester 2015

90% 10% NONE


NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc.?

Name of

National /

state

competitive

examinations

2005-2015

NET/

GATE

NET-

JRF

SLET RET Civil

services

/ PSC /

SSC /

Rlys

Defense

services

School

Service

Commmission

Private

Institution

/ Industry

English

General /

Honours

- 4 18 30

MA in English 04 01 07 03 24 25

UGC-

sponsored

08 01 06 07 14 -

and

Englis

h (PG)

Theatre, Jammu,

Jammu and

Kashmir, India.

Bana De” on the

Plight and

Aspirations of a

dalit Child Labour

10 Gender Equality and

Awareness – An

Interactive Workshop

Dept

of

Englis

h (PG)

6

Octobe

r 2015

Issues Related to

Gender Equality and

Rights

Co-

Sponsore

d by

Sappho

for

Equality

Sappho for Equality

– Kolkata (NGO

working for Third

Gender & LGBT

Rights)


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Name of

National /

state

competitive

examinations

2005-2015

NET/

GATE

NET-

JRF

SLET RET Civil

services

/ PSC /

SSC /

Rlys

Defense

services

School

Service

Commmission

Private

Institution

/ Industry

NET/SET/RET

/SSC/ Entry in

Services

Coaching

(External)

Total 12 2 13 10 4 56 55



enrolled

UG to PG 90%

PG to M.Phil. 10%

PG to Ph.D. 10%

Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral -

Employed



2%

96%



a) Library: The College Library has a rich collection of more than 3000 (approx) books and

reference materials on English language and literature (Acquisition of 2131 titles between

2000-2015 & rest procured before 2000, presently being restored) . Recent publications are

added on a regular basis for both UG & PG students. 1024 books and Journals for the students

of English Honours and P.G. were added to the Library during the last five years with a total

capital expenditure of Rs 4,76,000/- (including UGC Grant of Rs. 2,40,000/-). The Library has

a stock of nearly 500 ebooks on English Language and Literature Studies, e-stored from open

learning sources in DVD and Internal HDD.

b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students: The computer and internet resources are available at

Department and the Career Hub that houses the Lecture Theatresl and ICT facilities along

with the services of the trained instructors and personnel of the Hub. The English Language

Teaching Laboratory has been developed for practical training and ELT practice. English

Language Teaching and ICT Multimedia Laboratory is presently housed in the ground floor of

the Diamond Jubilee Block.

c) Class rooms with ICT facility: 05 (DJB 9-13) 5 sets of Lectern with inbuilt Mike, Speaker,

Lamp, Port, Multipurpose plug point, LED Smart TV with USB & HDMA Personal Computer

Connectivity. One LCD (portable) Projector is also used along with 20 Wi-fi enabled Laptops.


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d) Laboratories: 01 (Modern Internet enabled English Language Laboratory with self-Learning

software and e-modules for Practical classes on ICT-based English Language Teaching and

Testing, used by the students of 4th Semester course in MA (English) opting for ELT.


or other agencies:

YEAR UGC-spon

Stipend

/Scholarship

for

Minorities,

OBC &

Economicall

y

Challenged

“Indira

Gandhi

Single

Girl Child

Scholarsh

ip for PG

studies.’’

Merit

cum

Means

Minority

Scholarsh

ip for PG

Studies in

English

OBC

Merit

cum

Means

Scholarsh

ip for PG

Studies in

English

SC & ST

Stipend

/scholars

hip for

PG

Studies

SC & ST

Stipend

/scholarshi

p for UG

studies

Kanyasr

ee

Prakalpa

.

2010 15 2 3

2011 07 5 7 5

2012 19 8 3 3 7 7

2013 02 12 4 4 7 6 2

2014 9 4 4 8 5 1

2015 8 5 5 7 5 1

TOTAL 43 42 16 16 38 31 4


external experts

Year Seminar Lectures by

Resource Person

Workshops /

Seminars

Special Literary /

Cultural Activities

2010 48 1 3

2011 46 1 4

2012 46 2 4

2013 44 1 4

2014 48 2 4

2015 44 2 4


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a) Prof. Pramila Majumdar has served the college as Convener of Examination Sub-

Committee, Chairperson of Expert Commmittee, PG Studies in English, and as member of

different Sub-Committees.

b) Dr. Debashish Sengupta has served the college as Bursar, Convener of Admission Sub-

Committee, Chairperson of Expert Commmittee, PG Studies in English, and as member of

different Sub-Committees.

c) Dr. Shubh Brat Sarkar has served the college as a Member of Governing Body (2007-

2011) and (2012-2015), Co-ordinator of Building Sub;Committee, Member, Finance Sub-

Committee Sub-Committee, Convener of Expert Committee, PG Studies in English (2009-

2015), Member of Board of Studies in English (2015-till date)ember of different Sub-

Committees Coordinator, IQAC (2015-till date)

d) Prof. Tamalika Das is a Member of SC/ST/OBC/Minority Cell.


Strength: The strength of the department is in its experienced and dedicated teachers who

are competent to teach the university curricula as well as prepare students for NET, SET and

School Service or Civil Service examinations. While intensive curricular study is encouraged

for academic success, modern method of English language teaching is also promoted in the

PG classes which has accounted for a gainful placement as academics in private engineering

and management colleges.

Weakness: The university offering PG courses have separate Controller of Examinations

centre while the Principal of the college is overburdened with additional responsibility to look

after the examination of the PG students. The new challenges in research and teaching are

not properly supplemented by the available resources and time-frame of the semester system.

The gradual rise in dropout rates in the UG English Honours course that is beyond the control

of the department is another weakness.

Opportunity: Research opportunities galore for the faculty and students of the department.

More intensive coaching for NET-JRF/ SET /RET, seeing the success rate of the students of the

department.

Challenges: Sustaining the success rate in the PG course; arresting the trend of dropout rate

in the UG Honours course and sustain the success rate at university examinations; and to reap

the benefits of Knowledge economy by diversifying the career options of the students who

usually stick to traditional employment opportunities.

35. Any other information which highlights the unique achievements of the department:

1.In BA Hons Examination 2004, Smt Priyankari Sengupta, a student of the department has

qualified in 1st Class and has secured the highest marks in English Hons in the said

examination of the Univ of Calcutta.


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2.In BA Hons Examination 2011, Sri Gurpreet Singh, a student of the department has qualified

in 1st Class and has secured the highest marks in English Hons in the said examination of the

West Bengal State University.

Departmental Publication: The Dialectics of Protest in Indian Literature in English, native

Australian and Black American Literature, the Journal of the Department of English, R.B.C.

College, was published in 2003. The Department publishes this Journal on an Annual basis.

The Achievements of the Department of English

1. The students of the department have excelled in academics and higher education, with

several ex-students of the college serving as Principals, Professors, or as senior executives in

MNCs, or as Administrative officers. The English Honours graduates of the college have

excelled in their PG Studies in English at various universities.

2. In BA Part II Hons (2+1) Examination 2004, Miss Priyankari Sengupta, a student of the

department secured 1st Class First (Gold Medalist) with the highest marks in English Honours

in the said examination of the University of Calcutta. Gurpreet Singh, secured 1st Class First

(Gold Medalist) with the highest marks in English Honours, at the WBSU Examinations 2011.

3. The teachers of the department have worked as Head Examiners, Moderators, Paper

Setters, Scrutineers, and Examiners at various University Examinations, including WBSU Part

I/II/III Examinations.

4. PG students presented research papers at a Seminar organised by the Department of

English, University of Kalyani, and were selected as speakers for Panel discussion “Why

Theory?” The 4th Semester PG students went to University of Gour Banga, Malda, to perform

in an original departmental production in May 2012. In 2013, the students of 3rd Semester

completed a project on Understanding Love Poetry through Performance and in 2014, the

students of 3rd Semester completed a collaborative Research and Performance Project on 1

classical Indian play and 3 European plays and 16 topics related to the position of women and

transgender in Myth, Society and Literature for greater gender sensitization.

AWARDS AND PRIZES FOR THE STUDENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

1. Prof. Amiya Kumar Ghosh Endowment Prize – Awarded by the college to the student who

obtains highest marks in English (Hons) in B.A (Hons) Degree Examination.

2. SandipanMajumdar Memorial Gold Medal, from endowment fund of Rupees Three lakh,

donated by Sri Samiran Majumdar, father of Sandipan, an ex-student studying English

Honours, who untimely left the world on 9 June 2009. – Awarded to the PG students of the

English department securing first-class-first and first three ranks at the MA Examinations.

Results of the Students of the De par tment of English in Three Ye ar B.A. Honou rs

in English

200

3

200

4

200

5

200

6

200

7

200

8

200

9

20

10

20

11

20

12

20

13

20

14

20

15


269

Appeared 36 38 35 26 33 32 42 25 25 32 23 24 29

Passed 36 36 32 24 33 32 41 25 23 29 21 21 27

Pass % 100

%

95

%

100

%

91

%

100

%

100

%

97.

62

%

10

0%

92

%

96.

9%

91.

3%

87.

5%

93.

10

%

50 % -

55%

3 6 3 3 1 7 1 4 5 6 4 5

55 % -

60%

3 5 3 3 0 3 1 2 2 4 1 3 2

60% above 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Highest

Score

58

%

63

%

59

%

58

%

60

%

58

%

56

%

51

%

65

%

57

%

56

%

57

%

58

%

Results of the Students of the Department in the PG Examinations – MA in

English

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Appeared 34 40 42 44 45

Passed 34 40 42 43 45

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Appeared

Passed

Pass %

50 % - 55%

55 % - 60%

60% above

Highest Score


270

Pass % 100% 100% 100% 98% 100%

40% - 45% 0 0 1 1 3

45 % - 55% 04 03 10 7 14

55 % - 60% 10 17 16 16 15

60 % - 65% 15 19 13 14 10

65% above 5 1 2 5 3

Highest Score 70% 69.83% 66.375% 67.375% 66%

ANNEXURE 1

LIST OF PUBLICATION and PAPER PRESENTATION:

NAME OF WORK

Prof Pramila Majumdar

TYPE OF

WORK

In

Book/Journal

ISSN/ISBN

Number

Publisher,

Type

(Local/national

/international

Year

“Elementary Lessons of Ranu.” Avenel

Selected Short

Stories

Translation

of Short

Stories

Book ISBN 978-

93-80666

Burdwan:

Avenel Press

(national)

2010

0

10

20

30

40

50

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015


271

Ruskin Bond’s “The Eyes Have

It.” As “Chokher Bahire” in

TROINIK (Vernacular) Jan-Jun

2014, Issue 3-4

Translation

work “��”

TROINIK

(vernacular)

NA Local 2014

“Konta Besi Sotyi” – Which

One is More True” in TROINIK

(Vernacular) July-Sept 2014,

Issue 1

Poetry “��”

TROINIK

(vernacular)

NA Local 2014

“Puratoni” – “Old Fashioned”

in TROINIK (Vernacular) Oct

’14 – Mar 2015, Issue 1-2 /

July-Sept 2014, Issue 1

Poetry “��”

TROINIK

(vernacular)

NA Local 2014

P. G. Wodehouse’s “Loveliest

of Trees” – “Sundari Cheri” in

TROINIK (Vernacular) Apr -

Jun 2015, Issue 4

Translation

work “��”

TROINIK

(vernacular)

NA Local 2014

Dr. Debashis Sengupta

NAME OF WORK

TYPE OF

WORK

In

Book/Jour

nal

ISSN/IS

BN

Number

Publisher,

Type

(Local/nati

onal

/internati

onal

Year of

Publication

“‘In Conformity with Norms?’:

Moral Dilemma of the Female

Characters of Girish Karnad’s

Hayavadana and Naga-

Mandala”

UGC-

sponsored

National

Seminar, 28

March 2012

Seminar

Volume

NA Rishi

Bankim

Chandra

College

National

2012

NAME OF WORK

Dr. Shubh Brat Sarkar

TYPE OF WORK

(article

/chapter/book

/monograph/

Conference

In

Book/Jo

urnal

Peer-

revie

wed

(Yes /

No)

ISSN/

ISBN

Num

ber

Publisher,

Type

(Local/national

/international

Year

of

Public

ation


272

proceedings)

1. “Impact of

Environmental

Pollution on Human

Psychology: An

Analysis through

Selected Literary

Works”

Fifty Third

Orientation Programme:

Proceedings;

UGC-ASC

BOOK NO NIL Kolkata:

Academic Staff

College

(University of

Calcutta)

Publisher,

Type (national)

2003

2. Abstract of lecture

delivered: “Role of

Language and

Performance…”

UGC- National

Seminar on

Disaster and Its

Management:

Perspective and

Future

Approaches

NAT.

LEVEL

SEMIN

AR

JOURN

AL

YES NIL Krishnan agar

Government

College

Publisher,

Type (UGC

national-level)

16-17

April

2004

3. “Ecological Theatre:

Performance and

Environmental Issues”

Prakashkaal, Vol

2. Eds. Niyogi et

al

JOURN

AL

NO NIL Halisahar:

Prabal Deb

Publisher,

Type (local, little

magazine)

2005

4. “Contemporary

Trends in African

American Theatre”

Studies in

American

Literature:

Volume IV. Eds.

Bandyopadhyay

et al

INT.

JOURN

AL

YES N/A Calcutta:

American

Literary Study

Circle, American

Center (USIS)

Publisher,

Type

(international)

2006

5. “Role of Language

and Performance in

Awareness Campaigns

on Ecological Disaster

Management and

Mitigation”

Combating

Dissaster:

Perspective in

the New

Millennium. Eds.

Banerjee et al.

BOOK YES ISBN

81-

8750

0-29-

8

Kolkata: acb

publications

Publisher,

Type

(international)

2005

6. “Treatment of History

and Politics in Indira

Indo-Anglian

Literature: Past BOOK N/A ISBN

81-

Kolkata: Books

Way Publisher,

2008


273

Parthasarathy’s

‘Aurangzeb’” with M.

Sarkar

to Present, Ed.

Ketaki Datta.

8929

3-35-

4

Type (national)

7. “Sri Aurobindo” with

M. Sarkar

Indian Poetry in

English. Eds B. K.

Banerjee & K.

Bakshi

BOOK N/A ISBN

81-

8929

3-57-

5

Kolkata: Books

Way Publisher,

Type (national)

2008

8. Jane Austen’s ‘Pride

and Prejudice: A

Critical Appraisal

Ed. Shubh Brat

Sarkar Jane

Austen’s ‘Pride

and Prejudice: A

Critical Appraisal

Ed. With an

Introduction and

Notes by Shubh

Brat Sarkar

BOOK N/A ISBN

81-

8929

3-59-

1

Kolkata: Books

Way Publisher,

Type (national)

2009

9. “Women Novelists of

the Romantic Period”

Jane Austen’s

‘Pride and

Prejudice: A

Critical Appraisal

Ed. Shubh Brat

Sarkar

BOOK N/A ISBN

81-

8929

3-59-

1

Kolkata: Books

Way Publisher,

Type (national)

2009

10. “Jane Austen’s Pride

and Prejudice and the

Epistolary Mode”

Jane Austen’s

‘Pride and

Prejudice: A

Critical Appraisal

Ed. Shubh Brat

Sarkar

BOOK N/A ISBN

81-

8929

3-59-

1

Kolkata: Books

Way Publisher,

Type (national)

2009

11. “Cinematic

Adaptations of Jane

Austen’s Pride and

Prejudice”

Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and

Prejudice: A

Critical Appraisal

Ed. Shubh Brat

Sarkar

BOOK N/A ISBN

81-

8929

3-59-

1

Kolkata: Books

Way Publisher,

Type (national)

2009

12. Introduction to

Alexandre Dumas The

Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre

Dumas The Count of Monte

Cristo Books

Way Classic

Edition, Kolkata

BOOK N/A ISBN

978-

93-

8014

5-03-

7

Kolkata: Books

Way Publisher,

Type (national)

2009

13. “Dionysus in Search of

a Playwright:

Rereading

Aristophanes’ BOOK N/A ISBN

978-

Kolkata: Books

Way Publisher,

2010


274

Aristophanes’s The Frogs and the Poetics

of Metatheatre”, With

M. Sarkar

‘Frogs’. Ed.

Jaydip Sarkar.

93-

8014

5-79-

2

Type (national)

14. Jane Austen’s ‘Pride

and Prejudice: A

Critical Appraisal.

Second Revised

Edition

Jane Austen’s

‘Pride and

Prejudice: A

Critical Appraisal Ed. With an

Introduction and

Notes by Shubh

Brat Sarkar

BOOK N/A ISBN

81-

8929

3-59-

1

Kolkata: Books

Way Publisher,

Type (national)

2010

15. “Macbeth and his

‘Poisoned Chalice’:

Shakespeare’s

cauldron of evils’’

Evil and its

Ramification in

Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ and

Other Plays’’

UGC-

SEMIN

AR

VOLUM

E

Peer

Editor

ial

revie

w

Chak

daha

Colle

ge

NO Publisher,

Type (UGC-

SPONSORED

State Level

seminar)

2011

16. “Sri Aurobindo” with

M. Sarkar

“Sri Aurobindo’s ‘The

Golden Light’ and ‘The

Tiger and the Deer’”

Studies in Indian Poetry in English.

Revised and

enlarged edition.

Eds B. K.

Banerjee, K.

Bakshi & D.

Banerjee

BOOK N/A ISBN

81-

8929

3-57-

5

Kolkata: Books

Way Publisher,

Type (national)

2012

17. “History and Politics

in Indira

Parthasarathy’s

Aurangzeb”

CLCWeb:

Comparative

Literature and

Culture

<http://docs.lib.

purdue.edu/clcw

eb>

Purdue

University Press

©Purdue

University

Volume 14.2-

(2012)

JOURN

AL

YES ISSN

1481-

4374

(Purdue

University Press)

Publisher,

Type

(international

<http://docs.lib.

purdue.edu/clc

web>

Purdue

University Pr ess

©Purdue

University

JUNE

2012


275

18. Narratology and R. K.

Narayan’s Short

Stories

R. K. Narayan: Critical Essays.

Ed. Sarbani

Putatunda

BOOK N/A ISBN

978-

81-

203-

4536-

2

New Delhi, PHI

Learning Private

Limited

Publisher,

Type

(international)

2012

19. “In Search of Public

Information and

Awareness Campaigns

on Ecological Issues in

Print and electronic

Media”

Recent Changes

in Indian

Journalism & Its

Impact on

Society . Ed.

Reema Roy

UGC-

sponsor

ed

Nationa

l

Seminar

YES ISBN:

978-

81-

9063

18-0-

8

Kolkata: Unique

Books

International

2012

20. “ Narratology and

James Joyce’s

Dubliners: “Araby”

and “Eveline”

Modern Short Story: Text and

Narrative. Ed.

Ghoshal, Durga

et al.

UGC-

sponsor

ed

Nationa

l

Seminar

Krishna

gar

Women

’s

College

YES ISBN

978-

81-

9243

95-0-

1

The Publication

Unit,

KWCollege,

(UGC-spon

National Level

Seminar

Publication)

Aug

2012

21. “Improvisations on

Brechtian Dramaturgy

in Habib Tanvir’s

Charandas Chor”

UGC-sponsored

National

Seminar, 14

September, 2011

Jogesh

Chandr

a

Caudhu

ry

College

,

Kolkata

Natio

nal

In

Press

22. “Linguistic Criticism of

R. K. Narayan’s A Tiger

for Malgudi and other

Short Stories”

UGC-sponsored

National

Seminar

Motijhe

el

College

,

Dumdu

m

Natio

nal

In

Press

23. “Between the

Brechtian Parable

Plays and

Chhattisgarhi Folk

Performance:

Theatricality and

UGC-sponsored

National

Seminar, 28

March 2012

Rishi

Bankim

Chandr

a

College

Natio

nal

2012


276

Dialectic in Habib

Tanvir’s Charandas

Chor”

24. ‘’Protest against

Ecological

Degradation in Some

Contemporary

Ecodrama and

Performance’’

Perspectives on

Ecocriticism

UGC-

sponsor

ed

Nationa

l

Seminar

on

Ecocriti

cism-

21-22

Jan

2012,

Boinaig

arh

College

, Odisha

YES ISBN

978-

93-

5126-

166-7

The, Principal,

Bonaigarh

College (UGC-

spon National

Level Seminar

Publication)

2013

25. A Midsummer Night’s

Dream: Reception,

Performative

Circumstances and

Shakespeare’s

Transmutation of

Theatrical Sources”

with M. Sarkar

Summer? Night?

Or Dream? Ed.

Pradip Ranjan

Sengupta

BOOK YES ISBN

978-

93-

8076

1-49-

7

Burdwan: Avenel

Press (national)

2014

26. “William Blake’s

Composite Art”

English Poetry BOOK In

Press

Burdwan: Avenel

Press (national)

2015

Prof.

Tamalika

Das

NAME OF

WORK

TYPE OF WORK

(article

/chapter/book

/monograph/

Conference

proceedings)

In

Book/Journal

Peer-

reviewed

(Yes /

No)

ISSN/ISBN

Number Publisher,

Type

(Local/national

/international

Year of

Publication


277

“Anxiety

and

Otherness

in the

Theatre of

Badal

Sircar”

UGC-sponsored

National

Seminar, 28

March

2012

Rishi Bankim

Chandra

College

NA NA National 2012

“Theatre

and

Theatrics:

An

Overview

of an

Interview

with Badal

Sircar”

Natya Sanskriti

Anuvava: A

Complete

Theatre Journal

Brischik N/A N/A State 2011

Prof. Taniya Neogi

Title of the Paper / Book

Publisher Year ISSN / ISBN Peer

review

ed

Rema

rk

Spectral Presences in Three

Modern Plays: Ibsen’s Ghosts,

Strindberg’s The Ghost Sonata

and O’Neill’s The Emperor

Jones

New

Academia

April

2014,Vol.3

Issue 2

ISSN 2277-3967

(Print)

ISSN 2347-2073

(Online)

Yes 2014

Paule Marshall’s Brown Girl,

Brownstones: A Novel of

Growth Beyond Brownness and

Brownstones

The

Criterion

August

2014, Vol.

5, Issue 4

ISSN 0976-

8165

Yes 2014

An Unconventional

‘Memsahib’: A Reading of Flora

Annie Steel’s short stories

Edulight Septembe

r 2015,

Vol. 1,

Issue 1

ISSN 2454-8987 Yes 2015

Prof Sanchali Sarkar

Title of the Paper / Book

Publisher Year ISSN / ISBN Peer reviewed Remark

"Men Not Allowed":

Gendered Spaces in

Indian Public Transport

Sibeal Feminist

Network, Ireland

2016 PENDING YES

(International)

accepted

ASSOCIATESHIP/PARTICIPATION DONE BY THE FACULTY:

NAME INSTITUTION DURATIO RESEARCH AREA REMARKS


278

N

Prof. Sanchali

Sarkar

Kalyani University. 2012. Research Assistantship Women’s

Conditon in Bengal.

COMPLETE

D

Prof. Taniya

Neogi

English Department

West Bengal State

University

29th and

30th April,

2014

‘New Post Colonial Studies:

Changing Boundaries and

Emerging Concerns’. An

International Seminar

ATTENDE

D

Prof. Taniya

Neogi

Victoria College and

Seth Soorajmull

Jalan Girls’ College

3rd and 4th

December

, 2015

. ‘Women’s Voices: Heard Voices

and Those Unheard. Elizabethan

and Jacobean theatre and the

Indian Classroom Context’.

ATTENDE

D

PAPERS PRESENTED BY THE TEACHERS OF THE DEPARTMENT

Seminars Attended and Papers Presented by Dr. Debashish Sen Gupta

a)”An Existential Crisis and the Self in Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” at American

Studies Research Centre on 15.05.1997.

b)” Mark Twain and the River: The Mississippi in Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn” in one of the seminars of

JUSAS.

c)’ “In Conformity with Norms?”: Moral Dilemma in the Female Characters of Girish Kanrad’s Hayavadana

and Nagamandala’ in a National Seminar at Rishi Bankim Chandra College on 27.08.2012

d)” With Rage in his Heart: The Assaults of the Deviant Masculine in Emile Bronte”s Wuthering Heights”, in

one of the Departmental Seminars.

e)”Self and Sin: Problematizing Crime in Twain’s Huck Finn and Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter” on 24.11.2015

in a seminar organized by JUSAS.

Serial TITLE OF

LECTURE/PRESENTATION

BY DR. SHUBH BRAT

SARKAR

DETAILS OF

CONFERENCE/

SEMINAR

Organised by Date of

Presentation

Type (Local /

national

/intern

ational

1. “Influence of Absurd on

American Drama”

Scholars’ Seminar American Studies

Research Centre,

Hyderabad

01-10-1997 International

2. “Impact of Environmental

Pollution on Human

Psychology: An Analysis

Fifty Third

Orientation

Programme:

Kolkata: Academic

Staff College

(University of

05-01-2003 National


279

through Selected Literary

Works”

Proceedings Calcutta)

3. “Ecological Theatre:

Performance and

Environmental Issues”

UGC- Sponsored

Refresher Course

Department of

English, University

of Kalyani

14-11-2003 National

4. “Contemporary Trends in

African American Theatre”

International Panel

Discussion on “Race,

Ethnicity and

Memory: Reviewing

Afro-American

Cultural Encounter”

Calcutta: American

Literary Study

Circle, American

Center (USIS)

19-02-2004 International

5. “Role of Language and

Performance in Awareness

Campaigns on Ecological

Disaster Management and

Mitigation”

UGC-Sponsored

National Seminar

on “Disaster and Its

Management:

Perspectives and

Future Approaches”

Krishnanagar Govt.

College, WB, India

16 April 2005 National

6. “Artaud’s Theatre of Cruelty

on American Soil”

First Pre-Submission

Lecture for PhD

Department of

English, University

of Kalyani

12-05-2006 Local

7. “Theatre as Ritual: America

Turns to Grotowski”

Second Pre-

Submission Lecture

for PhD

Department of

English, University

of Kalyani

19-09-2006 Local

8. Indira Parthasarathy’s

‘Aurangzeb’: Historicisation,

Politics and Dramaturgy

UGC-Sponsored

Refresher Course

Department of

Comparative

Literature, Jadavpur

University

19-07-2008 National

9. “Role of Theatre in the Age

of Ecological Crisis”

UGC-Sponsored

Refresher Course

Department of

English, University

of Calcutta

21-01-2010 National

10. “From Fiction to Film:

Cinematic Adaptation of

Jane Austen’s Novels”

“Twice Born Fiction”

Seminar Lecture

Series on Media,

Literature and

Society”

Serampore College Nov 2010 Local

11. Theory and Practice: Literary

/ Cultural Theory and its

Textual Application

UGC-spon

Extension Lecture

RBC College for

Women

21

September

2011

Local

12. “Improvisations on

Brechtian Dramaturgy in

Habib Tanvir’s Charandas

UGC-sponsored

National Seminar

Jogesh Chandra

Caudhury College,

14

September,

National


280

Chor” Kolkata 2011

13. “ In Search of Public

Information and Awareness

Campaigns on Ecological

Issues in Print and Electronic

Media”

UGC-sponsored

National Seminar,

Dept. of Journalism

& Mass

Communication

Rishi Bankim

Chandra College

16 -09- 2011 National

14. “ Narratology and James

Joyce’s Dubliners: “Araby”

and “Eveline”

UGC-sponsored

National Seminar

Krishnagar

Women’s College

25-11-2011 National

15. “Linguistic Criticism of R. K.

Narayan’s A Tiger for

Malgudi and other Short

Stories”

UGC-sponsored

National Seminar

Motijheel College,

Dumdum

6 -12- 2011 National

16. “In Search of a Minimalist

Theatre: Chaikin, Grotowski

and Badal Sircar”

UGC-sponsored

National Seminar

Rishi Bankim

Chandra College

28 March

2012

National

17. Teaching Shakespeare in

the Indian Classrooms: from

colonial to post-

independence period

National Seminar Serampore College 6-7 October

2015

National

18. Representation of the Dalit

Female in Male Dalit

Writings

State-Level Seminar Sarojini Naidu

College for Women

14 October

2015

State

19. Lessons of War in Twentieth

Century Theatre

UGC-sponsored

National Seminar

Asannagar MMT

Mahavidyalaya

27 November

2015

National


281

Evaluative Report of the Department of Hindi

1. Name of the Department : Hindi



Integrated Ph.D., etc.): UG, B.A Honours

4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: None

5. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise) : Annual

6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments : Taking spl.

classes in Dept. of English on ‘THE HALFWAY HOUSE’ by Dr. Ramesh Yadav in two

consecutive sessions.

7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. None

8. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons None


sanctioned Filled

Professors Nil Nil

Associate Professors Nil Nil



M. Phil. etc.,)

Name of faculty Qualification Designatio

n

Specializati

on

No. of

years of

experienc

e

No. of

Ph.D.

students

guided for

the last 4

years

Hrishikesh kumar

Singh

M.A.,B.Ed.,M.P

hil.

Assistant

Professor

Katha

sahitya

3 years &

5 months

Nil

Dr. Renu shaw M.A. CWTT* Premchand 5 years Nil

Dr. Ramesh yadav M.A.,M.Phil.,Ph

.D.

Guest

Lecturer

Katha

Sahitya

3 years Nil

Dr. Swati ghosh M.A.,Ph.D. Guest

Lecturer

Premchand 1 year Nil

CWTT* - Contractual Whole Time Teacher (Govt. Approved)

11. List of senior visiting faculty: None


temporary faculty


282

Name of faculty Session % of taken classes

(per week )

Dr. Ramesh

Yadav

2012-13 15%

2013- 14 15%

2014-15 15%

Dr. Swati Ghosh 2012-13 15%

2013- 14 15%

2014-15 15%


Session Year Total number

of students

Student

Teacher ratio

2010-11 1st year 63 63:4(2 Full

Time & 2 Guest

Teacher

2nd year 57 57:4(do)

3rd year 54 54:4(do)

2011-12 1st year 61 61:4(do)



2012-13 1st year 69 69:4(do)



2013- 14 1st year 64 64:4(do)



2014-15 1st year 78 78:4(do)




filled: None

15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil/PG.: a. Ph.D. - 3

b. M.Phil.


agencies and grants

Received: None


received: None

18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University : None

19. Publications and Paper Presentation:


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A. Hrishikesh Kr. Singh

Type of

Publication

Name of the

Book/journal

Name of the

Chapter

Referenc

e with

Year

Name of the

Publisher

ISBN Name of

Author/Edito

r

Article in a

research

journal

Sankalp

(Research

journal of Hindi

Dept., University

of Calcutta)

Fort William

College Ki Bhumika

2007

University of

Calcutta ,

Dept. of Hindi

Editor : Prof.

Amarnath

Sharma

Article in a

research

journal

Sankalp

(Research

journal of Hindi

Dept., University

of Calcutta)

Fort William Ki

Sthapna Aur

Prarmbhik Karya

2009 University of

Calcutta ,

Dept. of Hindi

Editor : Prof.

Amarnath

Sharma

Article in a

literary

journal

Pairokar Sampradayikta aur

Samajik Awamulyan

ke Daur Me Bhishm

Sahani Ke Natakon

Ka Auochitya

2013 Rozaida

Khatoon, Hi-

Tech

Communicatio

n &

Consultants,

Kolkata

ISSN-

2320-

5601

Editor : Noor

Muhmmad

Noor

Article in a

Book

(seminar

proceeding)

Vaishvikasran Ki

Aandhi Mein

Hindi Kahani Se

Gayab Hota

Manushya

Vaishvikasran Ki

Aandhi Mein

Maddhim Hoti

Jivan Ki Lau

2014 B.K. Sahitya

Prakashan,

Kolkata

ISBN:978-

81-

921414-

7-3

Editor : Dr.

Neeraj

Sharma

Name of Conference/Seminar/Workshop Title of the Paper

Participated in a One-day Workshop on the New Syllabi of 3yr B.A.

(Hons. And General) in Hindi in 2003.

Participated in UGC sponsored National Seminar on

“Sampradayikta aur Samajik Awamulyan ke dour me Bhiushma

Sahani, Habib Tanvir aur Safdar Hashmi ke Natakon ka Aouchitya”

in 2011.

Sampradayikta aur Samajik Awamulyan ke

dour me Bhiushma Sahani ke Natakon ka

Aouchitya”.

Participated in UGC sponsored National Seminar on

“Contemporary Trends in Indian Drama : Theory, Practice and

Criticism” in 2012.

Contemporary Indian Women and Safdar

Hashmi’s Aurat(Women).

Participated in UGC sponsored National Seminar on “Some

Different Issues in Western Logic and Practical Ethics” in 2012.

Nari Samanta ke Sawal aur Neeti- Shastra.


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Participated in UGC sponsored National Seminar on “Vaishvikasran

Ki Aandhi Mein Hindi Kahani Se Gayab Hota Manushya” in 2013.

Vaishvikasran Ki Aandhi Mein Maddhim

Hoti Jivan Ki Lau.

Participated in International Seminar on “Feminism, Physical &

MentalWork Field Of Women And Literature” in 2014

Auraton Ki Nimnata : Ek Mithak.

Successfully participated in 4-week Orientation Programme (OP-

112) held from 10.06.2013 to 06.07.2013 at HPU, Shimla.

Successfully participated in 3-week Refresher Course held from

06.08.2015 to 26.08.2015 at Ranchi University, Ranchi.

B. Renu Shaw

Participation in Seminar/Conference/Workshop :

• Participation in UGC Sponsored State Level Seminar on ‘Political Economy Of

Development’ on April 17,2008 at Rishi Bankim Chandra College , Naihati.

• Participation in UGC Sponsored State Level Seminar on ‘Twentieth Century India : Some

Reflections’ .

• Participation in UGC Sponsored National Seminar on ‘Recent Changes in Indian

Journalism and Its Impact on Society’ on Sept.16,2011 at Rishi Bankim Chandra College ,

Naihati.

• Participation in UGC Sponsored National Seminar on ‘Global Warming’ .

• Participation in UGC Sponsored National Seminar on ‘Satabarsher Aloke Geetanjali’ on

2-3 March,2012 at Rishi Bankim Chandra College , Naihati.

C. Dr. Ramesh Yadav

Type of

Publication

Name of the

Book/journal

Name of the

Chapter

Referenc

e with

Year

Name of the

Publisher

ISBN Name of the

Author/Edito

r

Article in a

journal

News Hint Nirmal ke

bina anirmal

rah gaya

samkalin

paridrishya

June

2006

R J Pandey Editor : R J

Pandey

Article in a

research

journal

Sankalp

(Research

journal of

Hindi Dept.,

University of

Calcutta)

Stri-purush

samanta ki

padtal aur

Yashpal

2009 University of

Calcutta ,

Dept. of

Hindi

Editor : Prof.

Amarnath

Sharma

Article in a

journal

Nishan Jhutha-sach

ka samajik

April-

June

Sangita

Bhakt

Joint Editor :

Upendra


285

yatharth 2010 Yadav & Nila

Ram

Article in a

journal

Nishan Yatharthvadi

kathakar

Premchand

2011 Sangita

Bhakt

Joint Editor :

Upendra

Yadav & Nila

Ram

Chapter in a

Book(semina

r

proceeding)

Recent

Changes in

Indian

Journalism

and Its

Impact

Journalism

and its

objectives.

2012 Unique

Books

Internationa

l

978-81-

906318-

0-8

Editor :

Reema Roy

Chapter in a

Book(semina

r proceeding

Satabarser

Aaloke

Geetanjali

Geetanjali

Mein Ganga

Jamuni

Dhara

Eshan

PrakashaniI

978-81-

925320-

0-4

Article in a

Book

(seminar

proceeding)

Vaishvikasra

n Ki Aandhi

Mein Hindi

Kahani Se

Gayab Hota

Manushya

Vaishvikasra

n Ke Duar

Mein

Samkalin

Hindi Kahani

Ke Naye

Tevar

2014 B.K. Sahitya

Prakashan,

Kolkata

ISBN:978

-81-

921414-

7-3

Editor : Dr.

Neeraj

Sharma


UGC sponsored National Seminar on “Contemporary

Trends in Indian Drama : Theory, Practice and Criticism”

The Contemporary Relevance of Dharmvir

Bharati’s Andha Yug

UGC sponsored National Seminar on “Some Different

Issues in Western Logic and Practical Ethics”

Stri Chetna ki Prakriti aur Neeti Shastra

UGC sponsored National Seminar on “Shatborshe Aloke

Gitanjali”

Gitanjali mein Ganga Jamuni Dhara aur

Rabindra

Others Academic Credentials :

• Appointed as Examiner and Paper Setter in Hindi under West Bengal State

University and University of Calcutta.


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• Working as an academic Councellor in Hindi (both for P.G & U.G.) at

IGNOU (Study Centre - 2482) from July, 2009 to till date.

• Worked as Asst. Co-ordinator at IGNOU.

• Acted as Judge in Cluster Level KVS National Social Science Exhibition-Cum-

National Integration Camp 2012.

D . Dr. Swati Ghosh

Type of

Publication

Name of the

Book/journal

Name of the

Chapter

Referenc

e with

Year

Name of the

Publisher

ISBN Name of

Author/Editor

Article in a

research

journal

Research Link

Vol.8

Bangle ke

Dwijendra Lal Roy

evam Hindi ke

Jaishankar Prasad

ke ‘Chandragupta’

Natak ka

Tulanatmak

Adhyayan.

2009

ISSN

0973162

8

Editor : Dr.

Ramesh Soni

Article in a

research

journal

Wisdom Herald Adhunik Jivan

Dwand Aur Mohan

Rakesh ke Natakon

ki Katha Vastu.

2013 ISSN

2231148

3

Editor : Jyoti

Dubey

Article in a

research

journal

Universal

Review

Hindi Natya

Parampara Aur

Mohan Rakesh Ka

Natya Sahitya

2013 ISSN

2277-

2723

Editor : Dr.

Rajneesh Kant

Mishra

Article in a

Book

(seminar

proceeding)

Vaishvikasran Ki

Aandhi Mein

Hindi Kahani Se

Gayab Hota

Manushya

Vaishvikasran Ki

Aandhi Mein Hindi

Kahani Se Gayab

Hota Manushya Aur

Mohan Rakesh

2014 B.K. Sahitya

Prakashan,

Kolkata

ISBN:97

8-81-

921414-

7-3

Editor : Dr.

Neeraj Sharma

20. Areas of consultancy and income generated



Name of the faculty: Hrishikesh Kr. Singh

Academic Credentials :

• Appointed as paper setter in Hindi under West Bengal State University.

• Appointed as Head Examiner in Hindi under West Bengal State University.


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• Appointed as Examiner in Hindi under West Bengal State University,

University of Burdwan and Kalyani University(UG & PG).

• Appointed as Moderator in Hindi under Kalyani University( PG).

• Appointed as Evaluator in Hindi in 12th RLST of The West Bengal School

Service Commissio (ER).

• Acted as Expert of Selection Committee for the appointment of Guest

Teacher in Hindi in Rishi Bankim Chandra College For Women, Naihati.

• Acted as Expert of Selection Committee for the appointment of Contractual

Teacher in Hindi in Jawahar Navoday Vidyalaya, Kalyani.

• Acted as Judge in Cluster Level KVS National Social Science Exhibition-Cum-

National Integration Camp 2010-11.

• Acted as Academic Counselor in Hindi at IGNOU Partner Institute (code-

7465).

• Delivered lectures as a resource person in different institutions.

Administrative Contributions :

• Working as Head of the department of Hindi of R.B.C College since 2010.

• Active member of National Service Scheme Unit-1 of R.B.C College.

• Member of Teachers’ Council, R.B.C College.

• Active member of Centre Committee, R.B.C College.

• Active member of College Examination Committee, R.B.C College.

• Active member of Games and Sports Committee, R.B.C College.

• Active member of College Admission sub-Committee, R.B.C College.



departmental/programme: None




• A student, named Shagufta Yasmin secured First Class First Position in B.A. Part III

Hindi Honours Examination, 2011 and recipient of RISHI BANKIM CHANDRA

COLLEGE AWARD.

• In 2013 Lakhi Shaw passed B.A. Part III Hindi Honours Examination in First Class First

Position. She secured 66.5% marks .

• In 2014 Tumpa Shaw passed B.A. Part III Hindi Honours Examination in First Class First

Position. She secured 66.33% marks .

• Lakhi Shaw, Priyanka Sinha, Priyanka Gupta won the first prize in Hindi Ghyan Pratiyogita

in 2011-2012 organised by Sanskritik Punarnirman Mission, Kolkata.


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• Shovan Pramanik of B.A. III Year successfully participated in 6 days Adventure Camp

Sponsored by Govt. of India, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, through

North Eastern Council & executed by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, (NSS) under the

Pilot Scheme “Youth to the Edge” organized at DZUKOU Valley - Kohima in Nagaland from

15th - 22nd March 2012.

24. List of eminent academicians and scientists/ visitors to the department:

• A departmental Seminar on 6th August 2010 on “Premchand ki Prasangikta”. The

speakers were Prof. Arun Hota (HOD, Dept. of Hindi, WEST BENGAL STATE UNIVERSITY),

Dr. Rahul Pandey (Asst. Prof. in Hindi, West BENGAL STATE UNIVERSITY), Dr. Srikant Gond (

Associate Prof., Dept. of Education, Kalyani University).

25. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding : As mentioned in

item 24.


Seession Name of the

Course/programme


Applications

received

Selected Enrolled

*M *F

Pass

percentage

2010-11 B.A.Hons. 207 63 M=15,F=48 90.91%

2011-12 B.A.Hons. 220 61 M=25,F=36 79.2%

2012-13 B.A.Hons. 195 69 M=31,F=38 56.36%

2013-14 B.A.Hons. 199 64 M=25,F=39

2014-15 B.A.Hons. 235 78 M=20,F=58

*M=Male F=Female


Name of the Course

% of

students

from the

same state

% of students

from other

States

% of students

from abroad


NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc? : Mira Shaw (Dec.2011) & Shagufta

Yasmin (Dec.2014) has cleared the NET.


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enrolled

UG to PG

PG to M.Phil.

PG to Ph.D.


Employed





a) Library: Central library with reference reading and lending facilities. Total number 0f books

is …………

b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students: Both have internet facility.

c) Class rooms with ICT facility: No

d) Laboratories: Nil


or other agencies:

Disbursed Year No. of

Students

2010 06

2011 03

2012 15

2013 06


external experts

• A departmental Seminar on 6th August 2010 on “Premchand ki Prasangikta”. The

speakers were Prof. Arun Hota (HOD, Dept. of Hindi, WEST BENGAL STATE UNIVERSITY),

Dr. Rahul Pandey (Asst. Prof. in Hindi, West BENGAL STATE UNIVERSITY), Dr. Srikant Gond (

Associate Prof., Dept. of Education, Kalyani University).

• A departmental Seminar Lecture on ‘ Tulsi Das ki Samajik Chetna’ organized on

21.12.2011.

• A departmental Seminar Lecture on ‘ Hindi Diwas’ 14 Sept,2012.

33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: Through ICT facilities and more

involvement in class activities.


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34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: The

teachers and students perform their social duties and commitments through participation

in various activities organized by NSS and NCC Units of our college.


Strength :

• Young faculties with collaborative mind.

• Students- teachers healthy and supportive relation.

• Conducive learning enviorenment.

• Fees concession for students.

• Contemporary reference books at library.

Weakness of the department:

• Scarcity of full time faculty.

• Lack of Infrastructural Development.

Opportunity of the department:

• Literature is the flame of Life. A man can develop his morals, ethics and character through

the Literature. It is a continuing educational process for intellectual enrichment.

• In the department, students get a home like environment and they learn their subject in a

friendly atmosphere.

• A lot of job opportunities for the students, especially in the field of Teaching &

Translation.

Challenges of the department:

• Social, cultural and economical background of the students, which is often poor and

therefore becomes a serious impediments to their studies.

• There should be a specified class room for the students with modern equipmentsfor

audio-visual aids.

Future plans:

• To form a councelling cell where students facing social inequalities and economic

challenges and discrimination get on even field for pursuing their studies.

• A departmental library for the dept. of Hindi.

• Organizing seminar and workshop regularly.

• To set up a language laboratoryfor co-curricular activities.


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Evaluative Report of the Department of Sanskrit

1. Name of the department: Sanskrit

2. Year of Establishment: 1947 (Intermediate Arts), 1953 (B.A. Pass), 1964 (B.A. Honours)



Programmes / Courses Level

B.A. Three Year Honours Degree in

Sanskrit

UG

B.A. Three Year General Degree UG



Programmes /

Courses

College Examination College

Examination

University

Examination

B.A. Three Year

Honours Degree

Course(1st Year)

Class Test Selection Test Part I Examination

B.A. Three Year

Honours Degree

Course(2nd Year)

Class Test Selection Test Part II Examination

B.A. Three Year

Honours Degree

Course(3rd Year)

Class Test Selection Test Part III Examination

B.A. Three Year

General Degree (1st

Year)


B.A. Three Year

General Degree

(2nd Year)


B.A. Three Year

General Degree (3rd

Year)




8. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons : Nil

9. Number of Teaching posts:

Categories Sanctioned Filled

Professors

Associate Professors 3


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Asst. Professors 4

Total=

4 3


M. Phil. etc.):

Name Qualification Designation

Specialization No. of

Years of

Experience

No. of

Ph.D.

Students

guided

for the

last 4

years

Ardhendubikas

Das

M.A.(Double),

B.Ed., M.Phil.,

Ph.D.

Associate

Professor

Indian

Philosophy,

Grammar and

Linguistics

17 Years Nil

Ashok Kumar

Mahata

M.A., Ph.D. Associate

Professor

Veda and

Mimamsa

17 Years

Nil

Parimal Sardar M.A., B.Ed. Assistant

Professor

Nyaya 1 Year Nil




13. Student -Teacher Ratio (Programme wise):

Programmes / Courses Ratio

B.A. Three Year Honours Degree (1st

Year)

36:3

B.A. Three Year Honours Degree (2nd

Year)

15:3

B.A. Three Year Honours Degree (3rd

Year)

24:3

B.A. Three Year General Degree(1st

Year)

300:3

B.A. Three Year General Degree(2nd

Year)

250:3

B.A. Three Year General Degree(3rd

Year)

200:3


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filled: Nil

15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/Dlitt/PhD/MPhill/PG

Name of the

Teachers

Ph. D M. Phil PG

Ardhendubikas Das � � �

Ashok Kumar

Mahata � X �

Parimal Sardar X X �




received: Nil


19. Publications:



faculty and students :



Directory, EBSCO host, etc.): Nil

∗ Monographs: Nil

∗ Chapter in Books:

(2013-14)

Name of

faculty

Name of

the title

and page

Name of book,

Date of

publication &

Editor

ISBN Publisher Address

Ashok

Kumar

Mahata

Vaidik

Bharat:

Narir

Pitrdhane

Adhikar

pp.131-

136

Abhiksa (July,

2013) Dr. Tapan

Shankar

Bhattacharya

978-93-

83368-

66-2

Sanskrit

Pustak

Bhandar

38, Bidhan

Sarani,

Kolkata-700

006

∗ Books Edited: Nil

∗ Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers:

(2012-13)


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Name of

faculty

Name of books ISBN Publisher Address

Ardhendubikas

Das

Padmanabhadatta’s Concept

of Cases and Case-endings:

A Study

978-93-

83368-

26-6

Sanskrit

Pustak

Bhandar

38, Bidhan

Sarani,

Kolkata-700

006

∗ Citation Index: Nil

∗ SNIP: Nil

∗ SJR: Nil

∗ Impact factor: Nil

∗ h-index: Nil

20. Areas of consultancy and income generated: Nil


a) National committees: Nil

b) International Committees: Nil

c) Editorial Boards: Nil





Research laboratories/Industry/other agencies: 0%


24. List of eminent academicians and scientists/ visitors to the department: Nil


a) National: Nil

b) International: Nil


Name of the Course/

programme


Applications

received

Selected Enrolled

*M *F

Pass percentage

Part III & Year

B.A.(Hons)

Session of Admission=

2012-13

386 63 26 37 79.17%

Year of

Passing=2015

*M=Male F=Female

27. Diversity of Students:

Name of the Course

% of students from

the same state

% of students

from other

States

% of students

from abroad


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B.A. (Honours) 100% Nil Nil

B.A.(General) 100% Nil Nil


NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc.? Not known



UG to PG Not applicable

PG to M.Phil. Not applicable

PG to Ph.D. Not applicable

Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral Not applicable

Employed


• Other than campus

recruitment

Not applicable

Entrepreneurship/Self-

employment

Not applicable


a) Library:

Books: 1172

Journals: Nil

Departmental library does not exist.

b) Internet facilities for staff and students: No such facilities are available for staff and

students.


d) Laboratories: Nil


or other agencies:

Year College State Government UGC

2014 Department wise data is not

available

2015 Department wise data is not

available


external experts:

A Departmental Seminar entitled Evolution of Sanskrit Poetics was organized and held on 12.03.2015

by the Department of Sanskrit. Prof Basudeb Karmakar, Ex-Principal of Serampore Girls’ College

delivered his lecture on Sanskrit Poetics in the seminar. Students of the Sanskrit Department and the

Teachers of various departments participated there actively. The students asked relevant questions

and the speaker made them satisfied by his convincing answers. The participants were almost seventy

in all and the duration of the programme was of three hours.


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Traditional lecture method is followed by the teachers in the classroom. Class Tests are

conducted regularly. Students are asked to deliver short lectures through special

programmes.


Students of the department participate in social service through their various activities viz

special camps on blood donation and check up, relief work for the victims of natural disaster,

awareness campaigns on domestic violence, human rights etc organized by the NSS Unit of

the college. They take part in Republic Day Parade, National Integration Camp, Army

Attachment Camp, Trekking and Mountaineering expeditions through the NCC unit of the

college.


Strength:

1. Sanskrit has been introduced as a subject in Rishi Bankim Chandra College since its

establishment in 1947. Naihati is the adjacent area of Bhatpara, a reputed centre of Sanskrit

culture, where various traditional Sanskrit scholars were famous all over the country. Rishi

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, the creator of our national song vande mataram, is also the

deserving successor of this cultural heritage. The college substantiated its connection with

this invaluable tradition by introducing the study of Sanskrit in curriculum.

2. Three whole time teachers of the department take their allotted classes sincerely. The

classes are fully assigned and held regularly. Distribution and arrangement of curriculum are

decided in the departmental meetings.

3. A vacant post of whole time teacher became filled as Parimal Sardar joined the post of

Assistant Professor in the Department of Sanskrit on August, 2014.

4. Parent–Teacher meeting is arranged by the department regularly. The guardians are

informed the percentage of attendance and performance in class tests of the students.

5. The department felicitates the successful students with mementoes, prizes, books etc.

Weakness:

1. The department confronts problem for the want of departmental office room,

departmental library, internet and other modern facilities etc for the students and the

teachers of the department.

2. Poor knowledge in English language of the students is a great obstruction because the

famous expositions of Sanskrit texts are written in English.

3. Scope of Sanskrit in service sector is very much limited and that is why interest in Sanskrit

among the learners.

4. A senior teacher of the department, Dr Ardhendubikas Das, Associate Professor of Sanskrit

has retired on June, 2015. After the retirement of Dr. Das, the department is running with

shortage of teachers because two substantive posts are lying vacant.

Opportunity:

1. Sanskrit is a classical language and it is mother of most of the modern languages of Indian

sub-continent. It is a language of our culture, heritage, literature, thought and philosophy. So,

it is very much important to the nation in the sphere of education.

2. Sanskrit does not belong to any religious community or sect. In our college the students

learn Sanskrit irrespective of religion, caste etc. We should get advantages from Sanskrit for


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its unanimous acceptability.

3. More expansion of Sanskrit education would strengthen the national integration of our

country.

Challenge:

1. Text books are essential element in teaching and learning process. So, availability of text

books without printing mistake is necessary for the students. But unfortunately, some of

Sanskrit books comprise numerous printing mistakes. It is a great obstruction to learn a strict

language like Sanskrit.

2. Insufficient knowledge in English language of the students opposes the advancement of

the knowledge of Sanskrit.

3. Negligence of Sanskrit education in school level makes obstruction to strengthen the base

of the students.

Future plans:

1. The department is thinking to organize a seminar on Sanskrit Drama and Dramaturgy in

the coming session. It will be a state level seminar.

2. The department is planning for publication of a departmental journal. The journal will

comprise the research oriented composition of the teachers, students and distinguished

guests of the department.


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Evaluative Report of the Department of Urdu

1. Name of the department: Urdu

2. Year of Establishment: 2014 (B.A. General), 2014 (B.A. Honours)





Urdu

UG




Programmes /

Courses


Examination

University

Examination

B.A. Three Year

Honours Degree

Course(1st Year)


B.A. Three Year

Honours Degree

Course(2nd Year)


B.A. Three Year

Honours Degree

Course (3rd Year)


B.A. Three Year

General Degree (1st

Year)


B.A. Three Year

General Degree

(2nd Year)


B.A. Three Year

General Degree (3rd

Year)





9. Name of Teachers:

Sayeesta Parveen Guest lecturer MA (Urdu), PhD

(ongoing) Anwar Seraj Guest Lecturer MA (Urdu) PhD

Dr. Omar Ghazali Hony. Guest Lecturer MA, PhD

10. Number of students : Honours 6 +26 ; General : 42


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Evaluative Report of the Department of History

1. Name of the department- History

2. Year of Establishment- 1953. Honours Courses started in 1958.


Integrated Ph.D., etc.)- UG

4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved- NA

5. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise)- Annual

6. .Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments- Extension lecture

given in the History department of the Mahadevananda College, Barrackpore, 24 Parganas (North) on

16 March, 2011 by Dr. Sanhita Sen. Dr. Supti Raha had delivered an extension lecture in the History

department of the Mahadevananda College, Barrackpore, 24 Parganas (North) on April,1, 2011 on

‘Humanism And Renaissance Art.’

6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. -

NA

7. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons -NA


Sanctioned

4

Filled

4

Professors NA NA

Associate Professors 2 2


• Prof DebaratiTarafdar has worked as anAssistant Professor from 24.09.2013 under the

UGC FDP Scheme in place of Prof. Kakali Mukherjee till 21.07.2014


M. Phil. etc.,)

Name Qualification Designation Specialization No. of Years

of

Experience

No. of

Ph.D.

Students

guided for

the last 4

years

Dr.

SuptiRaha

M.A

M. Phil,Ph.D

Associate

Professor

Modern India 29 Years NA

Dr.

SanhitaSen

M.A, M. Phil,

Ph. d

Associate

Professor


Prof.

Anindita

Ghoshal

M.A

Submitted

Thesis in 2015

Assistant

Professor

Modern India 10 years NA

Prof. Kakali

Mukherjee

M.A, M. Phil

Submitted

Assistant

Professor



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Thesis in 2015

10. List of senior visiting faculty- NA


temporary faculty- NA

12. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise)-

Year Hons. Gen (approx.)

1st Year 10:1 185.1:1

2nd year 5.1:1 139.1:1

3rd Year 6.1:1 95.1:1


filled- NA

14. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil/PG-

Dr. Sanhita Sen and Dr. SuptiRaha

Prof. Kakali Mukherjee and Prof. Anindita Ghoshal submitted Thesis in 2015 for the Award

of PhD


agencies and grants received-

16. Dr Sanhita Sen received a grant of Rs. 3,00000/ from UGC in March 2014 for Minor

Research Project entitled The Sundarbans-Myopic Disaster, Environmental Disaster and

Human Misery.

Dr. Supti Raha received UGC Minor Research Project entitled “Representation of the Working Class in

Contemporary Literature: Bengal,1930-47” amounting Rs.1,08,750/- in March 2012 and completed

in December 2014. Prof. Anindita Ghoshal received UGC Minor Research Project entitled ‘Communal

Politics and Refugee Movement in West Bengal (1946-1967)’, amounting Rs. 92,000 in 2008 and

completed in 2013.


received- NIL

18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University- NIL

19. Publications: See Appendix-1




∗ Number of publications listed in International Database (For eg: Web of Science,



∗ Monographs


∗ Books Edited


∗ Citation Index


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∗ SNIP

∗ SJR

∗ Impact factor

∗ h-index

20. Areas of consultancy and income generated- NA

21. Faculty as members in a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial

Boards- Dr. Sanhita Sen continues to be a member of a national level Non-Governmental

Organization (NGO) named Calcutta Society for Professional Action in Development(SPADE).



departmental/programme- About 10% students participated in events organized by other

departments. A number of students participated in Mock Parliaments organized by Dept. of

Political Science. Nabanita Nath, one of the students of our department received the

certificate of‘Best Lady Leadership’ in 2010 in Mock Parliaments organized by Dept. of

Political Science. Avishek Acharyya remained the President of the N.S.S. unit of the college

for a record three times. He worked on rural areas through N.S.S. Special Camp. Two wall

magazines were published, which carried writings by our students on historical matters and

other related issues. Students and teachers of the department participate in various

awareness programmes held in college.


Research laboratories/Industry/other agencies- Avishek Acharyya attended the Earth

Debates organized by the British Council in London in 2010. He also attended the South

Asian Youth Environment Meet (SAYEM) at Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2011.

21. Awards/ Recognitions received by faculty and students- Prof. Anindita Ghoshal

• Received Charles Wallace Trust Fellowship from Charles Wallace India Trust to work

in various libraries and archives in UK, 2014

• Got an Academic and Foreign Travel Grant from ICHR to present a paper in a

symposium organized by the Dept. of English, University of Cardiff, Wales, UK, 2013

• Got the Research-Writing Fellowship From Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group

(CRG) to conduct a field-work based research in Tripura, 2012

• Got a Short Term Residential Fellowship in the Department of South Asian Languages

and Civilization, Division of the Humanities, University of Chicago, 2009

• Got an Academic Affiliation with a Scholarship for 1 month from Asiatic Society of

Bangladesh, Dhaka, 2008

• Received the ‘GautamChattopadhyay Memorial Prize’ for Best Paper in the Modern

India Section, in the 28th Annual Conference of the PaschimbangaItihasSamsad, entitled


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“UdbastuAstityerBinirman: SthanikNagarikatwerAagrasaneChakmara” (In Bengali), January,

2013

• Prof. Kakali Mukherjee got Award for “Best Paper” in the Modern India section by the

Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad in 2014.

22. List of eminent academicians and scientists/ visitors to the department - NIL

23.Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding - Tanvir

Mokammel,

an internationally acclaimed writer and parallel film maker of Bangladesh delivered a lecture

on The History of Bangladesh : Partition to the War of Liberation (1947-1971) on 25.02.2013.

The fund was provided by the College. The department organized U.G.C.sponsored State-

level Seminar in 2008.

a) National-

b)International-


Name of the

Course/programme


Applications

received

Selected Enrolled

*M *F

Pass

percentage

UG (2014-15)Honours 140 40 26-14 83.33%

*M=Male F=Female


Name of the

Course

% of

students

from the

same state

% of students

from other

States

% of

students

from

abroad

UG Honours 99% 1% NIL


NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc. Not Known.


Student progression Against%

enrolled

UG to PG Approx. 26%

PG to M.Phil. NA

PG to Ph.D. NA



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Student progression Against%

enrolled

Employed



NA

Entrepreneurship/Self-employment NA


a) Library – The Central Library is on the whole well-equipped to provide support to students.

Books are more or less regularly purchased through UGC Grant or College Grant. Students

can make use of library resources through open access system.

b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students- NA

c) Class rooms with ICT facility- NA

d) Laboratories- NA


or other agencies- Financial assistance is provided from college to economically weak

students. 8 students received financial assistance in 2010-11, 08 in 2011-12, 10 in 2012-13,

02 in 2013-14.

28 Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with

external experts- –. Dr. Indranil Chattopadhyay, B.K.C.College, delivered an Extension

Lecture on’ First World War: Recap’ on 9.12.15. Prof. Biman Samaddar, Shantipur College,

delivered an Extension Lecture on ‘ Kolkata O Shahartalite Deshbhag O Udbastu Sroter

Prabhab: Ekti Sameeksha’ on 11.12.15. The students got benefitted out of the lectures most,

whereas it was indeed an enriching experience for the faculty members. The department

conducted excursions in places like Shantiniketan, Hetampur, Burdwan and

Chandraketugarh. The students had a firsthand experience to watch the historical

reminiscences, which previously they only read in their history books. Students are

encouraged to do project works on specific aspects of art and architecture of ancient and

medieval period.

29. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning- Conventional

33. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities-

a) Dr. Supti Raha worked as Joint Convener, Library Sub-committee, Joint Convener,

Admission Sub-committee and Joint Convener, Routine Sub-committee. She has also

performed assignment as H.E,. Paper-setter, Moderator and Examiner at West Bengal State

University, Barasat.


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b) Dr. Sanhita Sen worked as Convenor of the college Examination Sub committee, Joint

Convenor of the result sub-committee, Joint Convenor, Routine Sub-committee. She has also

performed assignment as Head-Examiner, Paper-setter, Moderator, Examiner at West

Bengal State University, Barasat.

c) Prof. Anindita Ghoshal worked as Joint Convener, Result sub-committee and has performed

assignment as Paper-setter and Examiner at West Bengal State University, Barasat.

d) Prof. Kakali Mukherjee worked as member of Cultural Sub-committee, N.S.S. and

performed assignment as Examiner at West Bengal State University, Barasat.

34.SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans- - Presence of 4 full time teachers in

our department and good working relationship among teachers often act as a driving force.

This is an important source of strength. While pointing out on the weakness part of the

department, it may be mentioned that most of our students used to be the first generation

learners. The overall quality of students is poor. A section of students come from Hindi

medium school. Students having Urdu as vernacular are taking admission into History

Honours in recent years. As the medium of instruction in college is either English or Bengali

and these students are very poor in English, they find it difficult to follow the Honours

syllabus. It sometimes leads to poor results. The department arranges parent-teacher meeting

to apprise them about the progress of their wards.

The college is under the affiliation of newly established West Bengal State University,

Barasat. As the university is in its nascent stage, the parents are uncertain regarding future

prospect of their wards. There is also a general tendency among students to depend upon

private coaching centers. Irregularity of students particularly in 2nd and 3rd year classes is a

continuous problem. To bring back the students in classrooms and motivate them for their

betterment is our biggest challenge.

Appendix-1

List of Publications

Annexure – I Supti Raha

1. ‘ Technology and handicraft production: Experience of the leatherworkers of Bengal

1870-1947’ Published in a Vol. Essays in History of Science, Technology & Medicine (ed.)

Nupur Das Gupta and Amit Bhattacharyya, Setu Prakashani, Kolkata, January, 2014, ISBN:

978-93-80677-64-4

2. ‘Potter’s Craft: A Traditional Sector in Colonial Bengal’ Communicated and accepted for

publication in a Vol. Underdevelopement & Development: Issues in Colonial India (To be

ed.) Bipasha Raha and Subhayu Chattopadhyay, Visva- Bharati, Santiniketan

Annexure -II SanhitaSen


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1. Bhadralok Respose to British Imperialism, INQUEST’, May 2010, VOL III. Published by Rishi

Bankim Chandra College

2. “The Sundarbans: A Case of Myopic Development” (article in a book) in A. K. Sarkar and K.

Chakraborty (ed.), New Aspects on Indian History- Local, Regional, National, 2011, ISBN 81-

87891-50-5

3. Monograph 6 Articles: Belgachhia, Paikpara, Sherpur, Kandi, Muktagachha etc. In Dr. R.

Chakraborty (ed.) “Dictionary of Historical Places; Bengal, 1757-1947”, 2013, Published by

Primas Books, Delhi, ISBN No. 10-9380607415

4. Articles in “Dictionary of Personalities: Bengal”, Ranjan Chakraborty (ed.) and Sponsored

by the Govt. of West Bengal (forthcoming)

5. Colonial Legacies, Immigration and Environmental Catastrophe- the Sundarban in the Post

Colonial Period, State level Seminar at the Rashtraguru Surendra Nath College, Barrackpore,

24 Parganas (North) on 30.08.13 (proceeding vol. forthcoming)

6. Awakening of the Sundarbans- role of the Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs),

Presented at the national level seminar at the M.S. University, Baroda in March, 2010. The

M.S. University has communicated that it would be published.

Book

Tradition and Modernity of the Elite: A Saga of the Acharyyas of Muktagachha and the

Paikpara Raj, 1857-1947. ISBN 81-87891-85-8. Published by Readers Serrvice, 59/5A Garfa

Main Road, Kolkata-700075. Email: [email protected]

International Database of the Book

1.vufind.carli.illinois.edu

2.biblio.co.uk

3.search.library.cornell.edu

4.164.100.47.13

5 blog.lib.umn.edu

6 www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de

7 www.abebooks.co.uk

8. www.waterstones.com

9. www.landmarkonthenet.com

10. www-lib.turf.ac.jp


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11. bookshop.theguardian.com

Annexure -III Anindita Ghosal

1. ‘Acquisition of Rehabilitation Rights by East Bengal Refugees Post-1947’ (Article),

Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 70th Session, Kolkata, 2010

2. ‘Ak Bhinno Astitwa Nirmaner Lorai: Udbastu Andolon’ (Article in Bengali), Itihas

Anusandhan (Book), Kolkata, 2010

3. ‘The Survival Question of the East Bengal Refugees: The Story of Tripura (1946-71)’,

Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 71th Session, Aligarh, 2011

4. ‘Partition of 1947 and the Economy of Dhaka’ (Article), 400 Years of Capital Dhaka and

Beyond (Book), Volume: ll, ECONOMY AND CULTURE, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka,

July, 2011, ISBN- 978-984-512-012-8

5. ‘Bongal Kheda in Assam and the Quest for Linguistic Identity’ (Article), Diamond

JubileeCelebration Volume(Journal), Special Issue, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh,

Dhaka,February, 2012 ISSN- 1015-6836

6. Changing Mentality of the Bengalee Refugees in Tripura’ (1946-71), (Article), in Refugee

Watch (Journal), CRG, Kolkata, December, 2012

7. ‘Astityohinota Theke Andoloner Pathe: Banglar Udbastu Jiboner Koyekti Tukro Chhobi’

(Article in Bengali), Anustup (Journal), Book Fair, 2012, ISSN 0974-2677

8.Udbastu Astityer Binirman: SthanikNagorikotyer Agrasone Chakmara’, (in Bengali), in Itihas

Samsad, Kolkata, January, 2013, ISBN: 978-81-910874-3-7

9. Shahbag Movement: Contesting Religious Fundamentalism and Charting a New

Beginning? in Mainstream, Vol. 1, No. 52, December 2013, ISSN- 0542-1462

Annexure – IV Kakali Mukherjee

1. "Bhadralok Sreni O Krishak Sreni: Bhinna Sreni Abosthan, Bhinna Drishtibhongi :

Barddhaman Canal Satyagraha", Itihas Anusandhan, 26th vol. 2012, ISBN: 978-81-910874-2-0

2. "Sramik Srenir Astitwa Nirmaner Lorai : Ballavpur Papermill Andolon, Ranigunge", pg. 511-

517‘, Itihas Anusandhan, 27th vol. 2013, ISBN: 978-81-910874-3-7

3. “1930 Saler Ain Amanyo Andolane Bardhaman Jelar Bhumika”, Itihas Anusandhan, 28th vol.

2014, ISBN: 978-81-910874-4-4


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4. Bardhaman Jelay Nari Andolane Mahila Atmoraksha Samitir Bhumika, Itikatha, Vol. II no 1,

2014, ISSN 2320-3447

5. Sramik Dharmaghat theke Sramik Andoloner Pathe Burnpur, 1953 in a State level Seminar

at the Rashtraguru Surendra Nath College, Barrackpore, 24 Parganas (North) on 30.08.13

(proceeding vol. forthcoming)

6.Young Intelligentsia and The Left:Study of Burdwan during 1930s’on November 2015, Cleo ,

Corpus Institute of Reasearch, ISSN 0976-O75X


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Evaluative Report of the Department of Journalism and Mass

Communication

The Self-evaluation of every department may be provided separately in about 3-4 pages, avoiding the repetition of the data. 1. Name of the department : Journalism & Mass Communication 2. Year of Establishment: 2007 3. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters;

Integrated Ph.D., etc.): UG, B.A Honours (JORA) and General (JORG). 4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: Economics and

Political Science. 5. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise) : Annual 6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments Orientation

Course in NSS. 7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. None 8. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons None 9. Number of Teaching posts

sanctioned Filled

Professors Nil Nil Associate Professors Nil Nil

Asst. Professors Nil Nil

Contractual Whole Time Teacher

1 1 (G.O No. 663- Edn (CS)/10m-3/11, dated 13.07.2011)


M. Phil. etc.,) Name Qualific

ation Designation

Specialization No. of Years of Experience

No. of Ph.D. Students guided for the last 4 years

Dr. Reema Roy (since 2007)

M.A (NET Qualified)

CWTT International Communication , Newspaper Management, Social Media

11 years N.A

Epshita Roy (2012- 2014)

M.A (SET Qualified)

Guest Lecturer

Photo Journalism, Sports Journalism

2 years N.A

Priyam Basu Thakur (2012- 2014)

M.A (NET Qualified)

Guest Lecturer

Women & Media, Mass Communication

1 year N.A


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Aparna Mohanta (since 2014)

M.A

Guest Lecturer

Folk Media, Photo Journalism

2 years

N.A

Indrani Sarkar (since 2014)

M.A

Guest Lecturer

Video Production, Current International Affairs.

2.6 years N.A

11. List of senior visiting faculty: None


temporary faculty :

Name of faculty Name of the course

Session % of taken theory classes (per week )

% of taken practical classes (per week )

Epshita Roy JORG 2012-13 1st Year: 0% 2nd Year: 0% 3rd Year: 12.5%

1st Year: (No practical class as per syllabus) 2nd Year: 50% 3rd Year: 50%

2013- 14 1st Year: 16.6% 2nd Year: 28.5% 3rd Year: 33.3%

1st Year: (No practical class as per syllabus) 2nd Year: 11.1% 3rd Year: 50%

Priyam Basu Thakur

JORG 2012-13 1st Year: 33.3% 2nd Year:50% 3rd Year:12.5%


2013- 14 1st Year: 16.6% 2nd Year:42.8% 3rd Year:33.3%

1st Year: (No practical class as per syllabus) 2nd Year:33.3% 3rd Year: 0%

Aparna Mohanta JORA 2013-14 1st Year: 20.68% 2nd Year: (not applicable ) 3rd Year: (not applicable )

1st Year: 10.34% 2nd Year: (not applicable ) 3rd Year: (not applicable )

2014-15 1st Year: 8.69% 2nd Year: 11.11% 3rdYear:(not applicable )

1st Year: not allotted 2nd Year:7.04 % 3rd Year: (not applicable )

JORG 2013-14 1st Year: 10.34% 2nd Year: 12.5%

1st Year: (No practical class as per


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3rd Year: 16.67% syllabus) 2nd Year: not allotted 3rd Year: not allotted

2014-15 1st Year: 13.04% 2nd Year: 3.70% 3rd Year: 10.0%

1st Year: (No practical class as per syllabus) 2nd Year: 7.04% 3rd Year: 20.0%

Indrani Sarkar JORA 2013-14 1st Year: 10.34% 2nd Year: not applicable 3rd Year: not applicable

1st Year: 13.79% 2nd Year: not applicable 3rd Year: not applicable

2014-15 1st Year: 13.04% 2nd Year: 11.11% 3rd Year: not applicable

1st Year:17.39 % 2nd Year: 7.04% 3rd Year: not applicable

JORG 2013-14 1st Year: 10.34% 2nd Year:12.5% 3rd Year:25.0%

1st Year: (No practical class as per syllabus) 2nd Year:6.25% 3rd Year:8.33%

2014-15 1st Year: 17.39% 2nd Year:3.7% 3rd Year: 20.0%



Session Name of the course

Year Total number of students

Student Teacher ratio

2010-11 1st year 90 90:1

JORG 2nd year 81 81:1 3rd year 54 54:1

2011-12 JORG 1st year 56 56:1 2nd year 73 73:1

3rd year 105 105:1 2012-13 1st year 73 24:1

JORG 2nd year 51 17:1 3rd year 54 18:1

2013- 14 JORG 1st year 66 22:1

2nd year 70 23:1 3rd year 40 14:1

JORA 1st year 11 4:1 2014-15 JORG 1st year 54 18:1


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2nd year 60 20:1 3rd year 38 13:1

JORA 1st year 19 6:1 2nd year 8 3:1


filled: None 15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil/PG.: a. PG- 3, b. PhD- 1. 16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding

agencies and grants Received: N.A.

17. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received : 1. UGC sponsored Minor Research Project. UGC Sponsored National – Level Seminar on “Recent Changes in Indian Journalism and Mass Communication”. Grant received Rs. 101250.00 in 2011.

18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University : None 19. Publications and Paper Presentation: Name of the Faculty :Reema Roy :

Type of Publications

Name of the Book

Name of the Chapter

Reference with Year

Name of the Publisher

ISBN/ISSN/ISSUE

Name of Author/Editor

Chapter in a book

Issues of Journalistic Ethics

Citizen Journalism: Oxygen for Democracy and Challenges to Ethical Issues

2012

Subarnarekha

81-86263-004( ISBN)

Editor of the Book : Prof .Dr. Tapati Basu

Edited Book Recent Changes in Indian Journalism

2012 The Unique Books International

978-81-906318-0-8( ISBN)

Reema Roy (ed.)

Chapter in a book

Rabindranath O Bharatiyatwa

Bangadarshan: Rabindranath O Nationalism

2012 Prayag Prakashani

81-89820-45-9( ISBN)

Dr. Amal Modak

Column in a forthright magazine , “Chhatra Raajneeti Bonam Shaktipreeksha”

Sambad Baichitra

Front Page 7 January, 2011

Triptymay Baidya, Belghoria, Kolkata

Year- I, Issue 3

Triptymay Baidya

Chapter in a book

Media and women

Socio-political response

2014 Sunrise Publications

97893-80966-35-9 ( ISBN)

G P Pandey (ed.)


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to social networking sites among women: a comparative study between Kolkata and Dhaka

Colum in a political and financial weekly magazine

Ashtoprohor (pg-11)

2013 Dewan Hanifmahmud, 12 kaji najrulislam avenue, carone bazaar, Dhaka-1215, Bnagladesh

Issue year-1, issue -36

Dewan Hanifmahmud

Sl no. Name of

Conference/Seminar/Workshop Title of the Paper Year

1. UGC sponsored International Seminar on Issues of Journalist Ethics and Freedom in the Contemporary age of Digital Media

Citizen Journalism: Oxygen for Democracy and Challenges to Ethical Issues

9-11 January, 2012

2 Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Govt. Of India sponsored International Seminar on “National Service Scheme on Development of Youths and News Media and Bengal Culture”

Ganamadhyam: Binodon o Bangali

3-4 May, 2012

3 UGC sponsored National Seminar on “Recent Changes in Indian Journalism and Its Impact on Society”

Photo Journalism in Digital Age and Ethical Issues

16 September, 2011

4 UGC sponsored National Seminar on “Journalism in the Age of New Media”

Death of Distance in the Darkness of Digital Divide

10-11 January, 2012

5 UGC sponsored National Seminar on “Communication: a Need for Community Development”

Publics Participation in the Context of Development Communication

17–18 February, 2012

6 UGC sponsored National Seminar on “Satabarsher Aloke Geetanjali”

Geetanjali o Swadesh Vabna 2-3 March, 2012

7 UGC sponsored National Seminar on “Some Different Issues in Western Logic and Practical Ethics”

Growing Suicidal Tendencies Among Students and Adults: A By Product of Critical Social Structure and Media Driven Market

30 March, 2012

8 UGC sponsored National Conference Mobile & Scientific 4-5


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on “ Science Communication & Media Writing”

Communication Among Teenagers

December, 2012

9 ICSSR sponsored National Conference on “Media & Women: Different Emerging Perspectives In The Way Of Development”

Socio-Political Response To Social Networking Sites Among Women: A Comparative Study Between Kolkata & Dhaka

15-16 March, 2013

10 UGC sponsored State Level Seminar on “Bishoy: Rabindranath o Bharatiyattyo”

Bangodarshan: Rabindranath o Nationalism

17-18 February, 2012

11. ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on “New Media : Prospects and Problems”

Social Media: New Tool for Women Empowerment”

11-12 October, 2013

12. West Bengal State Council of Science & Technology funded National Seminar on “ Food Security & GM Crops”

Role of Print Media in Awareness on GM Crops

12 February, 2014

13 ICSSR sponsored International Conference on “ Crony Journalism : Redefining Journalistic Practice”

N.A 18-19 January, 2014

14 UGC sponsored short term course on POSITIVE DISCRIMINATION

on and from 5th March, 2014 (4 days)

Name of the Faculty :Epshita Roy (2012- 2014) Type of Publication

Name of the Book

Name of the Chapter

Reference with Year


ISBN Name of Author/Editor

UGC sponsored National Conference proceedings (Science Communication and Media Writings)

Safol Bigyan-Gyapok hisebe Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray” (Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray- A Successful Science Communicator)

2012


UGC Sponsored National Seminar on ‘Development Communication-Role of media’

‘Role of Development Communication for the prevention of AIDS’

UGC sponsored State Level seminar on “Trial by Media-Overstepping its Brief”

‘Trial by Media’

27th Annual Conference of the Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad Safol Gyapok hisebe Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy’


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UGC sponsored State Level seminar on “Photojournalism: A New Challenge for Mass Media”

presented photo slides

28th Annual Conference of the Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad Bigyaponer sekal o ekal’ (The Past and Present of Advertisement)

Name of the Faculty :Priyam Basu Thakur (2012- 2014) GENERAL PUBLICATION

• Challenge er mukhe natun desh Dakshin Sudan – published in International Affairs in VORER ALO ( monthly magazine) - September, 2011 issue

• Shikhkha e Muktodhara – published in a special edition on Rabindranath Tagore in VORER ALO ( monthly magazine) – August, 2011 issue

• Bisvakobir Bisvavraman– published in MANUSHER KOTHA – September, 2012 issue. Name of the Faculty :Aparna Mohanta (since 2014)

SL.NO. General Publication Year &Date

1 Surer mayajale sushthotar ashash”published in “Newz Bangla”, Bengali daily news paper

21th Jan, 2013

2 “Ratna sambharer jonopode”, published in “Newz Bangla”, Bengali daily news paper

21st April 2013

3 Weekly column on Jatra in “Newz Bangla”, Bengali daily news paper

From Jan-June, 2013

4

Many celebrities interviews, like Joy Goswami, Mahasweta Debi, Suchitra Bhattayacharyay,Sanatan Dinda, Anupam Roy, Srishendu Mukhopadhyay, etc.

6th june,2013, 3rd feb 2013,14TH Arpril,2013 11th May 2013, 29th June 2013,4th july ,2013

5 A cover story on Sunday supplement of NewsBangle , Gotimoy Obosor Japon.

6th Jan, 2013

Sl.no. Name of Conference/Seminar/Workshop

Title of the Paper

1 Conducted a Departmental Seminar on “Changing scenario of print journalism” on 23rd December 2014.

N.A.

2 Conducted a Departmental Seminar on “Television – as a Mass Medium” on 17th February 2014.

N.A.

3 Conducted a departmental seminar on “Mass Media and the future prospects of students”; 17th March 2014.

N.A.

4 Participated in an International semir held at West Bengal State University on “Narrative journalism-Today and Tomorrow” ; May,2010.

N.A.

5 Participated in a state level seminar held at Netaji Nagar Day College, January ,2011

N.A.


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6 Participated in the workshop on “Development Of West Bengal - Role of Media” held at Kolkata Information Centre; (March 2008)

N.A.

7 Participated in a seminar held at Barrackpore Rastraguru Surendranath College, “Carrier in Journalism”; September, 2008.

N.A.

8 Participated in the seminar held at West Bengal State University on “Photo Jounalism and future of youth”, 2011

N.A.

Name of the Faculty :Indrani Sarkar (2014)

Type of Publication

Name of the Book

Name of the Chapter

Reference with Year


ISBN Name of Author/Editor

An article on Business Journalism in Academic Journal of Dum Dum Motijheel Rabindra Mahavidyalaya

Academic Journal Dum Dum Motijheel Rabindra Mahavidyalaya 2014

Sangbadikotay Orthoniti

(A

contemporary discussion on Business Journalism)

2014 Dr. Sandip Dasgupta (principal, Dum Dum Motijheel Rabindra

Mahavidyalaya)

(ISSN : 2231-315X)

Sabitri Dutta & Doyel Chatterjee (Asst.prof)

Dum Dum Motijheel Rabindra

Mahavidyalaya

Types Of Publication Publication Date & Year

General Publication (On Newspaper)

• An article on Event Management Programme on Batayan (Journal, 2008) Rastraguru Surendranath College, Barrackpore.

December, 2008

• Four Celebrities Interview on Kaishorok Motamot (weekly news paper) Naihati.

September, 2008

SL.NO Name of Conference/Seminar/Workshop Title of the Paper

1 1

Participated a departmental seminar on “Journalism: in theory & practice” on Tuesday, 31 March, 2015.

N.A.

2

Participated a Departmental Seminar on “Changing scenario of print journalism” on 23rd December 2014.

N.A.

3 Conducted a Departmental Seminar on “Television – as a Mass Medium” on 17th February

N.A.


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2014.

4 Conducted a Departmental Seminar on “ Feature Film” on 19th March 2014 N.A.

5 Conducted a Departmental Seminar on “Documentary Film” on 19th February 2014

N.A.

6

Participated in the seminar held at Calcutta University, on “International Relation”, 23th November, 2011

N.A.

7 7

UGC sponsored National Seminar on “Journalism in the Age of New Media”, February, 2011.

N.A.

8

workshop on “Development Of West Bengal - Role of Media” held at Kolkata Information Centre; (March 2008)

N.A.

9

Participated in a seminar held at Barrackpore Rastraguru Surendranath College, “Carrier in Journalism”; September, 2008.

N.A.

10 Attended the seminar on “Role of Media and development of society”, held at Rishi Bankim Chandra College (Naihati), By Khuskom (September,2008, Little magazine Publishers, Nandan)

N.A.

20. Areas of consultancy and income generated Not explored so far


b) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards…. Name of the faculty: Reema Roy

Academic Credentials :

Year Sl.No. University Assignment Paper University 2010 2011

1. Internal Examiner (JORG) III B WBSU

2. Board Of Studies Meeting WBSU 3. Examiner (JORG) II A WBSU

4. Head Examiner (JORG) I WBSU 5. Paper Setter (JORG) II WBSU

6. Head Examiner (JORG) IV A WBSU

7. Internal Examiner (JORG Practical)

IVB WBSU

8. Board Of Studies Meeting WBSU

2011 - 2012

1. Examiner (JORA) I WBSU 2. Examiner (JORA) III WBSU

3. Examiner (JORG) II A WBSU 4. Examiner (JORG) I WBSU

1. Paper Setter (JORG) IVA WBSU 2. Examiner (JORG) IVB WBSU

3. Internal Examiner(JORG) IIIB WBSU 4. Head Examiner (JORG) IV A WBSU

5. Internal Examiner (JORG Practical)

IVB WBSU


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2012 – 2013

1. External Examiner (JORA) IIB WBSU 2. External Examiner (JORA) IVB WBSU

3. Examiner (JORG) IVA WBSU 4. Examiner (JORG) IIIA WBSU

2013 - 2014

1. External Examiner (JORA) IIB WBSU 2. External Examiner (JORA) IVB WBSU

3. Examiner (JORG) IVA WBSU 4. Examiner (JORG) IIIA WBSU

5. Reviewer (JORG) II WBSU

6. External Examiner(JORA) VIII WBSU 7. Internal Examiner (JORG) IV B WBSU

2014 - 2015

1. External Examiner (JORA) IVB WBSU 2. Paper Setter (MJMC) JMC 123 The IIS Univ, Jaypur

3. Examiner (JORA) I WBSU 4. Internal Examiner (JORG) IVB WBSU

5. External Examiner(JORA) VIII WBSU

6. Examiner(JORA) IV A WBSU 7. Paper Setter(JORA) I1 WBSU

8. Paper Setter(JORA) I WBSU 9. Reviewer I WBSU

10 External Examiner(JORA) IVB WBSU 11 External Examiner(JORA) IVB WBSU

12 Examiner (JORA) I WBSU 13 Examiner (JORA) II WBSU

Administrative Contributions :

1. Working as an In-charge of the department of Journalism and Mass Communication of R.B.C College since 2007.

2. Member of Board of Studies in Journalism and Mass Communication, West Bengal State University, session 2009-12.

3. Member, advisory committee , National Service Scheme of R.B.C College Unit I (2010-15).

4. Programme Officer, National Service Scheme of R.B.C College Unit I (2015-16).

5. Member of Teachers’ Council, R.B.C College. 6. Member, Admission sub-committee (2010-2015). 7. Member, Result sub-committee (2010-11, 2011-12). 8. Member, Award sub-committee (2012-13, 2013-14). 9. Member, Routine sub-committee (2014-15). 10. Member, Equal Opportunity Centre, Rishi Bankim Chandra College.

Others Professional Experience

1. Academic Staff College, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. From 16/06/2014 –

05/07/2014. Three Weeks. 2. Training Orientation and Research Centre, Ramkrishna Mission Lokasiksha

ParishadWest Bengal. From 25/07/2011 – 30/07/2011. 6 days.


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3. Invited as a resource person in Dhaka University in department of Mass Communication.

4. Worked as Anchor in an Interactive Radio Counselling Programme in Gyan Vani FM Radio Station.

5. Column Writer in different small Newspapers. 6. Worked as freelancer in a reputed Bengali daily named, SANANDA. 7. Worked as an intern in a TV channel based news prograamme at Rainbow production,

named as KHAS KHABOR. 8. Worked as an intern in a TV channel based news prograamme at Sukriti Production,

named as KHOBOR EKHON. Name of the faculty: Epshita Roy(2012- 2014)

Other Professional Experiences:

• Freelancing as the Talker and Researcher in the Yuvabani section of All India Radio, Kolkata.

• Articles were also selected and published in the reputed magazine “Unish Kuri” of ABP Ltd.

• Working as a Reporter in the North 24 Parganas district based newspaper “Naya Dunia”.

• Worked in Akash Bangla (A Bengali News Channel) as Programme Researcher.

Name of the faculty: Priyam Basu Thakur(2012- 2014) Other Professional Experiences:

1. Worked as a script writer in National Geographic channel, Discovery channel , Fox History (10.04.2011– 07.11.2012)

Name of the faculty: Aparna Mohanta (since 2014) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Sl no Organisation Designation Period

1 Rishi Bankim Chandra College

Guest Lecturer 4th September 2014- Present

2 Gobardanga Hindu College

Guest Lecturer 2nd January,2014-present

3 Newz Bangla Entertainment Reporter

7th November2012-28th January 2014

4 Levonsys (Hydrabad) IT Recruiter 1year,2011-2012

5 Probasher Chithi Sub editor 6 months(2010) Name of the faculty: Indrani Sarkar (since 2014) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Sl no

Organisation Designation Period

1 Rishi Bankim Chandra College

Guest Lecturer 3rd September 2014- Present

2 DumDum Motijheel Rabindra Mahavidyalaya

Guest Lecturer 21st September 2013-Present


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3 Sikkim Manipal University Lecturer 18th March, 2013-18th December, 2013

4 Kaishorok Motamot (Weekly News Paper)

Special Correspondent (Mainly covered celebrity’s interview)

8 months (2009)

5 Documentarywala Assistant Director 8 months (2008)


a) Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/programme:

• Students (100%) of each third year have to do a project regarding their study.

b) Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/other agencies:

• Average 5-7% of students of each final year work in different news media, Public Relations agencies, Advertising agencies and video production industry or in NGO.


I. A student, named Abhishek Acharya won International Climate Championshipwhich is organized by BRITISH COUNCIL in 2010. He also got a programme by British Council named “Green Shoes Programme”

II. In 2011 Abhishek Acharya went Goa and won International Climate Championship. III. In November of 2011 Abhishek Acharya was selected for South Asian Youth

Environment Meet at Dhaka. IV. Abhishek Acharya took part in a programme named Active Citizen at Mumbai,

organized by BBC in December,2011. V. Abhishek Acharya got a project from BBC which was worth of Rs. 30000/- from BBC.

Year University Assignment Paper University 2014 Examiner(JORA) III WBSU

External examiner(JORA) IIB WBSU

Examiner(JORA) VI WBSU

YEAR ASSIGNMENT PAPER UNIVERSITY 2015 Reviewer(JORA) VI WBSU

Reviewer(JORA) III WBSU

Reviewer(JORA) IV WBSU

Paper setter(JORA) VIII WBSU

External examiner(JORA) VIII WBSU Examiner (JORA) VI WBSU

Examiner (JORA) VII WBSU Paper setter(JORG) II WBSU

External examiner(JORA) IVB WBSU Examiner (JORA) III WBSU

Examiner (JORG) III WBSU Internal examiner(JORA) IIB WBSU


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24. List of eminent academicians and scientists/ visitors to the department: I. Dr.Uma Sankar Pandey, HOD, dept.of Journalism and Mass Communication ,

Surendranath College, Sealdah West Bengal. II. Soumitra Dastidar, Documentary film Director.

III. Porf. (Dr.) K.V.Nagraj. HOD – Dept. of Mass Communication, Assam University. IV. Porf. Pallav Mukhopadhyay, HOD- Dept. of Film Studies; Faculty, Dept. of

Journalism and Mass Communication, West Bengal State University V. Shri, Sujit Sarkar, State Chief Information Commissioner, WB

VI. Shri Sailendra Sil, Correspondent, Agency France-Press VII. Shri Jayanta Ghosal, Senior Journalist, Chief of bureau, Ananda Bazaar Patrika

VIII. Shri Rajib Bhattacharya, Senior Correspondent, Doordarshan. IX. Shri Gautam Chowdhury, Senior Executive Editor, The Bengal Post. X. Shri Bitan Bhattacharya, District Correspondent, North 24 PGS, Ananda Bazaar

Patrika XI. Shri Subhashis Chaudhuri, District Correspondent, North 24 PGS, The Telegraph

XII. Dr.Baidyanath Bhattacharyya, Chairman UG Board of studies, Dept. of Journalism and Mass Communication, CU.

XIII. Porf. Sawtan Chattopadhyay, Astt. Porf., Dept. of Mass Communication, JU. XIV. Shri Rathindra Mohan Bandhopadhyay, Ret. Chief Sub-Editor, Ananda Bazaar

Patrika XV. Smt.Papiya Singha Debnath, News Anchor, ABP Ananda.


I. An UGC sponsor National Level Seminar on “Recent Changes in Indian Journalism & Its Impact on Society” on 16th September, 2011.

II. Students to take part as delegate in 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th International Social Communication Cinema Conference on 15th to 21st February – 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.

III. A departmental Seminar Lecture on 6th January 2012 on “Mass Communication and Its Application in Society”. The speaker was Prof. Pallav Mukopadhay (HOD, Dept. of Film Studies & Faculty, Dept. of Journalism & Mass Communication, WEST BENGAL STATE UNIVERSITY).

IV. The Department of Journalism & Mass communication of Rishi Bankim Chandra college presented a seminar on the topic “Journalism: in theory & practice” on Tuesday, 31 March, 2015. Couple of eminent people headed the seminar. One of them was Mr. Uday Basu, Sr. reporter of Ajkal patrika & followed by Mrs. Nandini Chakroborty, Departmental head of journalism & Mass communication, Mrinalini Dutta College, Birati.

V. Students of the department of Journalism and Mass Communication took part in a

seminar organized by North 24 Parganas Press Bureau on 27 December, 2014 at Naihati Utsav.

VI. Journalism & Mass Communication department has organized a seminar

on CHANGING SCENARIO IN PRINT JOURNALISM on 23 December,2014. Mr. Subhasish Choudhuri, District Correspondent of The Telegraph (English daily) and Mr. Bitan Bhattacharya, Journalist of Anandabazar Patrika (largest selling Bengali daily) attended the seminar as the resource persons.


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26. Student profile programme/course wise: Seessio

n Name of the

Course/programme (refer question no.

4)

Applications received

Selected Enrolled *M *F

SC ST OBC Pass percentage

2010-11

JORG 1st Year 90 90 M=35,F=55 12 2 3 98%

JORG 2nd Year 81 81 M=34 , F=47

10 4 2 96%

JORG 3rd Year 54 54 M=18, F=36

4 0 1 98.78%

2011-12

JORG 1st Year 56 56 M=18,F=38 3 1 3 96.54%

JORG 2nd Year 72 72 M 29, F=43 7 1 2 97%

JORG 3rd Year 105 105 M=57,F=48 13 1 3 98.35%

2012-13

JORG 1st Year 72 72 M=30 , F=43

10 2 3 95.32%

JORG 2nd Year 51 51 M= 15, F=36

7 0 1 97.78%

JORG 3rd Year 54 54 M= 24 , F=30

4 0 1 98.99%

2013-14

JORG 1st Year 66 66 M= 29 , F=37

6 0 2 93%

JORG 2nd Year 60 39 M= 15, F= 24

3 2 0 94.87

JORG 3rd Year 40 37 M=10,F=27 2 1 1 78.38

JORA 1st Year 20 11 M= 5, F= 6 4 0 O

2014-15

JORG 1st Year 67 60 M=25, F= 35

7 3 3 76.77

JORG 2nd Year 56 45 M= 20, F= 25

5 4 2 60.31

JORG 3rd Year 45 35 M=15,F=20 2 0 1 86.7

JORA 1st Year 25 18 M=7, F=11 3 0 1 100%

JORA 2nd Year 8 8 M=4, F=4 2 2 0

*M=Male F=Female 27. Diversity of Students N.A.

Name of the Course

% of students from the

same state


States

% of students from abroad

JORA (UG) 100 NA NA

JORG(UG) 100 NA NA


NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc? 29. Student progression


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UG to PG 20%

PG to M.Phil. PG to Ph.D.

Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral Employed



Other than campus

recruitment - 30%



a) Library: Central library. Total number 0f books is 361. b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students: Faculty and students both cann’t access Internet . c) Class rooms with ICT facility: Yes. The classroom is very well equipped with computers, interactive board, Projector, television, DVD player, digital SLR camera, DV Cam etc. d) Laboratories: N.A.

31. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies; N.A.

32. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with external experts

I. One-day seminar on “Mass media & Public opinion” -16th Feb 2008. II. 7th International Social Communication Cinema Conference -15-21 Feb. 2008.

III. Three days workshop on “Development of West Bengal- role of mass media” at Abonindra sabhagher (Information centre) - 25th 26th 27th March 2008.

IV. Workshop on “Development journalism & media interface” organized by mass media centre department of information& cultural affairs by government of west Bengal - 2nd-3rd April 2008.

V. A Documentary show & Discussion organized by (Information & cultural department of West Bengal).

VI. Exhibition in college festival “Sampan” 2008. VII. Kolkata international documentary film festival 2009 organized by

documentarywalla-26-30th Jan 2009. VIII. 8th International Social Communication Cinema Conference-15-21 Feb 2009.

IX. One day state level workshop “Journalism & Mass communication Education theory & practice”-13 April 2009.

X. Exhibition in college festival “Sampan”2009. XI. Two days National workshop on print and visual media organized by mass

communication department of St.Anand Ram Jaipuria College. (The Tidings 2010)-8-9th Jan 2010.

XII. 9th International Social Communication Cinema Conference -15-21 Feb2010. XIII. 10th International Social Communication Cinema Conference -15-21 Feb2011. XIV. UGC sponsor National Level Seminar on “Recent Changes in Indian Journalism &

Its Impact on Society” on 16th September, 2011. XV. A departmental Seminar Lecture on 6th January 2012 on “Mass Communication

and Its Application in Society”. The speaker was Prof. Pallav Mukopadhay (HOD,


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Dept. of Film Studies & Faculty, Dept. of Journalism & Mass Communication, WEST BENGAL STATE UNIVERSITY).

XVI. The Department of Journalism & Mass communication of Rishi Bankim Chandra college presented a seminar on the topic “Journalism: in theory & practice” on Tuesday, 31 March, 2015. Couple of eminent people headed the seminar. One of them was Mr. Uday Basu, Sr. reporter of Ajkal patrika & followed by Mrs. Nandini Chakroborty, Departmental head of journalism & Mass communication, Mrinalini Dutta College, Birati.

XVII. Students of the department of Journalism and Mass Communication took part in a

seminar organized by North 24 Parganas Press Bureau on 27 December, 2014 at Naihati Utsav.

XVIII. Journalism & Mass Communication department has organized a seminar

on CHANGING SCENARIO IN PRINT JOURNALISM on 23 December,2014. Mr. Subhasish Choudhuri, District Correspondent of The Telegraph (English daily) and Mr. Bitan Bhattacharya, Journalist of Anandabazar Patrika (largest selling Bengali daily) attended the seminar as the resource persons.

XIX. A first year student (season 2015-18), named Somnath Adhikary, is a licensed Ham

Radio user. h\He works for NGO and does well during Nepal earthquake and Chennai heavy rain to keep communication for the help of victims.

XX. A second year student (season 2014-17), named Rahul Halder, is associated with a

film production house (Independent Films), he also makes shot films.

XXI. Some ex students along with present students are running an amateur photography agency, named as ‘Moments’.

, XXII. Field Work:

Report of Bolpur excursion in 2012 The Department of Journalism & Mass communication, Rishi Bankim Chandra College has conducted its first educational trip to Bolpur (Shantiniketan), West Bengal, along with the students of ongoing sessions (2009-12, 2010-13 And 2011-14). The trip was held to take the students to field work. The main purpose of the excursion was to make out the students that how the folk communication or better known as traditional communication helps for the development of rural people in West Bengal. Bolpur (Shantiniketan) Block, a very renowned place of tourism in district Birbhum and famous for its rich folk forms like Baul Sangeet, jatra, kavigaan etc. These traditional communication forms are mainly transmitted the messages for development of rural societies. Our students have gone to the different locations to search out the Baul singers. They observed that what kind of messages they transmit by their songs. The student also followed how the messages are successful to make a socio-economic change. Students also visited some villages to know about the people of rural societies. The students had a visit to a nearby handicraft Workshop, which was a development initiative of NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development) in Phuldanga and Bonerpukurdanga village. NABARD is an apex Development Bank that facilitates credit flow for development of small industries, agriculture, cottage industries, and other small


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businesses in rural areas. It is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra with its branches located all over the country. This curriculum was taken to make out the student that how NABARD is working for rural development. Over all this was a good excursion for all the students. The Department of journalism & Mass Communication of Rishi Bankim Chandra College hope that all the experience & knowledge gathered from this educational trip will help our students in their further study & future work.

Report of Bishnupur excursion in 2013

As the first tour has gone successful, the Department of Journalism & Mass Communication, Rishi Bankim Chandra College planned its 2nd Annual Educational trip to Bishnupur, Bankura with the students of ongoing Sessions (2010-13, 2011-14 & 2012-15). The Head of the Dept. Mrs. Reema Roy headed the trip. The main concern of this trip to explore one of the core areas of Mass Communication study called cultural communication. Cultural and architectural heritage visit at Bishnupur,Bankura,West Bengal The town of Bishnupur in West Bengal is home to a rich array of unique architectural, artistic and crafts traditions that grew out its strategic location between the coastal states of Bengal and Orissa. Historically, the Bishnupur culture fused elements of Bengali, Orissa and Islamic architecture, most strikingly manifested in the style of local temples. The terracotta and lateritic structures have curving rooflines that evolved from the style of nearby wood, bamboo and straw houses. One or more pinnacles, an innovation derived from Orissa temples, surmount this distinctive roof. Each shrine is either fronted or surrounded by a gallery, and pierced by an entrance consisting of three arches, suggesting Islamic influence. Some of the more eye-catching temples are covered with vividly carved terracotta panels. Artisans developed the technique of baking the area's rich red earth to make long lasting bricks or sculptures resembling stone carvings. The panels portray the life of the Hindu god, Vishnu, and his principal avatar, Krishna, as well as aspects of everyday life: bullock carts, riverboats and hunting scenes. These sculptures, temples & all these historical things have a great influence on the cross-cultural communication of this area. These curved sign & symbols are the tools of communication since ancient times. The Students have visited many temples, the local market to understand how the communication is affected by the cultural hegemonic discourse. The students had a great time to pursue their practical fieldwork about the process of cultural communication along with their teacher. The Department of journalism & Mass Communication of Rishi Bankim Chandra College hope that all the experience & knowledge gathered from this educational trip will help our students in their further study & future work.


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Report of Mandarmani Excursion in 2014

The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication of Naihati Rishi Bankim Chandra College (Day Section) organized a pristine fieldwork trip to Mandarmoni, West Medinipore from January 25th to January 29th, 2014. Although as the spot suggests, the trip was nothing near to fruitless enjoyment. The students got themselves introduced to how Social Child Welfare is done and how a Non-Profit Organization works. The students worked with Antyodoy Anath Ashram and stayed in the Ashram’s office campus in order to learn more closely from Mr. Balaram Karan, the founder of the said orphanage, and the winner of “24 Ghonta Ananyo Sanman” in 2011. The students through their close association with the N.G.O were precisely able to learn about how N.G.O.s works, as they themselves took part in some of the activities. The students visited the Orphanage’s school along with their accompanying professors and spent the whole day among the orphans, spending quality time and learning in the process. Although the fieldwork was all not purely academics. The students also enjoyed sightseeing and tried their hand in photography. The students along with spending their fieldwork days with the little orphans also had a cricket match with them, but the results remained undecided. The Department gave an amount as donation to the fund of the Orphanage. While departing, the students were bid farewell with smiling and giggling faces around them, the image etched in the memory of the students forever making the fieldwork trip a memorable event for their life.

Report of Daringbadi excursion in 2015

The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication of Naihati Rishi Bankim Chandra College (Day Section) organized a pristine fieldwork trip to Daringabdi, Odisha from 21st January to 25th January, 2015. Daringbadi, the Kashmir of Odisha is situated at a 915 m height form sea level at Kandhamal District, and is a three hours road trip from its nearest Railway station, Behrampur. The trip consisted of 25 students (which included the newly introduced Departmental Honours students) and four teachers. This year, the subject of the field trip was Photography, with special emphasis on the lighting process. The students were taught how light can be efficiently used to get more enhanced photographs and how light can be guiding


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tool to achieve the best results for taking a photo. The scenic beauty of the place gave the students abundant chance to press the shutters of their camera, and under the guidance of our able teachers, the students indeed excelled in their photography. However, the fieldwork was not essentially academic. The students got chance to see the surroundings, and the waterfalls and the Emu sanctuary were specifically impressive. The Natural Beauty of the place was enchanting and fascinating. The watchtowers presented a breathtaking view of the whole of Daringbadi and the cameras worked endlessly in capturing the stunning frames. The cold temperature of the place along with the beauty justified the title of Kashmir of Odisha to the fullest. The day before the departure, the students submitted their works to the professors and a small get-together was held, where the students were asked to perform and indoor co-curricular activity they excelled at. The students returned with heartfelt beauty of the place curved in their mind and stunning photos in their bag.


I. Power point projection II. Film and documentary screening

III. News covering process learning by field work IV. Photography learning and field work. V. Making of Documentary.

VI. Online Journal making. VII. Learning of editing software like QuarkXPress, Photoshop etc.

VIII. Field survey. IX. Debate in class. X. Making of radio script.

XI. Exhibition by the students. 34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities:

Through NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEMME (NSS) of RISHI BANKIM CHANDRA COLLEGE students learn and do different programmes for community nearby college, like: I. College cleaning.

II. Maintain the green environment. III. They make the departmental notice board by eco friendly elements. IV. Awareness campaigning about AIDS, use of water and its preservation, child

health, heath checking camp, blood group testing, thalassemia testing, need of education among child, women respect etc.

V. They also celebrate different “DAY”s like Independence Day, Republic Day etc. VI. The students also work with NGO and local newspaper loke AJKER

BARRACKPORE. The students works as public relations personnel in SHISHUMELA in 2015.


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VII. After the devastative earth quake in Nepal in 2015, students prayed for the victims and showed homage by lightening candles and kept silence. They also collected money for the victims.

VIII. They also celebrate different cultural practices like Tagore’s birthday, Basatna Utsav etc. These occasions give students the platform to interact with each other and self confidence.


Strength of the department:

• Young faculties with collaborative mind.

• Students are very interested to learn this subject.

• Good laboratory.

• Well collection of books at library. Weakness of the department:

• Lack of full time faculty.

• Lack of lab assistant.

• Lack of classroom.

• No accessibility of Internet Opportunity of the department:

• It’s a professional subject, which has a good prospect in different sector like media, public relation firms, advertisement agencies, film industry. There are also some Govt. services like Block Informatics Officer are recruited from this area. In coming session of School Service Commission of West Bengal Govt. is going to introduce this subject from class XI. So there will be another opportunity of the subject will be open.

• In the department students get a home like environment and they learn their subject in a friendly atmosphere.

Challenges of the department:

• As it is a comparatively new department in this college, it is in its infant stage from the perspective of infrastructure. Though the progress is not bad, it should be more effectively.

• There should be more class room for the students.

• More computers with MAC EDIT SUIT.

• PD camera.

• Air conditioned Lab. Future plans:

• Introduce of a PG Diploma course in photography.

• Set –up of a video edit suit of a reputed company

• Introduce of a tutorial help for the students who are interested to give different entrance exam in PG like in Jamia Milia Islamia University, IIMC. FTI, SRFTI or in different universities.


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Evaluative Report of the Department of Philosophy

1. Name of the department: Department of Philosophy, Rishi Bankim Ch. Collage, Kantal

Para,Naihati,North 24 Pargana Pin-743165.

2. Year of Establishment: Established in the year of 1950.





Honors – Annual General – Annual

6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: NA




sanctioned Filled

Professors nil nil

Associate

Professors

1 1


Post Numbers of

teachers

CWTT 1

PTT --

GUEST --



Philosophy Hons/Gen Under Graduate


l

1st (Part I) 200 __

2nd(Part

II)

200 ---

3rd(Part

III)

400 ---

Year Theor

y

Practic

al

1st (Part I) 100 --

2nd(Part

II)

200 --

3rd(Part

III)

100 --


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M. Phil. etc.,)


Name

Nil



13. Student -Teacher Ratio (program wise):


Philosophy Honors 50:4

Philosophy General 400:4


filled :

Laboratory assistant-Nil



M.Phil 2

Ph. D 1

Sl


No. of

Years of

Experience

No. of

Ph.D.

Students

guided for

the last 4

years

1 SARMISTHA

BISWAS M.A. M.Phil SUBSTANTIVE Advance Logic 29 Nil

2 ARINDAM

MALLICK M.A. Ph.D SUBSTANTIVE

Phenomenology

sociology 19 Nil

3 SUBHAS

GARAI M.A. B. Ed. SUBSTANTIVE Advance Logic

1 year 6

months Nil

4 ANINDITA

MUKHERJEE M.A. M. Phil CWTT Logic 8 Nil


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PG 4




received : NA

18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University : NA

19. Publications:







∗ Monographs


Sl.

No

Name of the

Teachers

In National/International

peer review journals

Chapter

in Books

Books

Edited

Books with

ISBN/ISSN Nos.

Impact

Factor

1 SARMISTHA

BISWAS

ARTICLE TITLE:-“THE

OBJECTIVE CONCEPTION

OF KNOWLEDGE.”

JOURNAL NAME: - INDIAN

SCIENCE CRUISER, VOL.-28,

NOVEMBER-1- JANUARY

2014.

Book Title:-

“CONCEPT OF

KNOWLEDGE-A

RELATIVE

APPROACH”,

ISBN-978-81-

92736303,

OCTOBER, 2013.

2 SUBHAS

GARAI

. Article Title:-“GANDHI ON

WOMEN EMANCIPATION.”

Journal Name:-PRATIDHANI

THE ECHO.

AN INTERNATIONAL

JOURNAL, PAGE NO.-105-

109. ISSN PRINT- 2321-

9319,

E- 2278-5264,

Impact Factor.-6.28

. Book title: -

“CONCEPT OF

MAN IN THE

LIGHT OF

ALLAMA

MUHAMMAD

IQBAL” Publisher

name:-Scholar

Publication, Asam,

India, Year: -

January, 2016.


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∗ Books Edited


∗ Citation Index

∗ SNIP

∗ SJR

∗ Impact factor

∗ h-index




22. Student projects :Nil






24. List of eminent academicians and scientists/ visitors to the department :Nil


a) National

b) International

26. Student profile program/course wise: 2014-2015

Name of the

Course/program


Year(Session)

Applications

received

Selected Enrolled

*M *F

Pass % with respect to

selected

Philosophy Honors

(UG)

2014-2015 90(Approx) 45 10 35 30%

*M=Male F=Female


Name of the Course

% of students from the same state


States

% of students

from abroad

Philosophy 100% 0% 0%


NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc? ? NA



enrolled

UG to PG NA

PG to M.Phil. NA


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enrolled

PG to Ph.D. NA


Employed



NA



b) Library

Library Type No of books taken

for honors student

No of books taken

for General student Remarks

Central 2 1 Issued only for

15 days

b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students: Nil






d) Laboratories: NA




external experts:

i)Organization of departmental seminar by the teaching staff: NIL

ii) Organization of special lecture by visitors as mentioned in item 24, above: NIL


Nature of class Philosophy

Theoretical Usual lecture method

practical NA.

34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: Nil


The department has decided to improve and elevate the student and teacher interaction by

organizing departmental seminars, workshop in various philosophical concepts and

psychological issues. Different women issues that are faced in the contemporary social

structures and situation are also taken in consideration to be discussed through different

inter-departmental discussions and workshops and extension lectures by eminent national

and international personalities.


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Evaluative Report of the Department of Political Science

1. Name of the department : Political Science

2. Year of Establishment: General Course -1954 and Honours Course-1968


Integrated Ph.D., etc.): UG only.

4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: General courses

offered by the department in Political Science to students of History, Philosophy, Economics,

Bengali, English, Journalism, Hindi, Sanskrit

5. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise): Annual Selection Test

centrally organized by the college and University Examination under the aegis of the

university.

6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: Students of

the department opt general(pass course) subjects offered by other departments of

Humanities

7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. : Nil

8. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: None


sanctioned Filled

Professors

Associate Professors



M. Phil. etc.,)

Name Qualification Designation Specialization No. of Years

of

Experience

No. of Ph.D.

Students

guided for

the last 4

years

Runi

Datta

MA, B.ED Assistant

Professor

Research

Methodology

11 years

Priya

Nath

Barman

MA Assistant

Professor

Public

Administration

15 months

Samir

Sarkar

MA Part-time

lecturer

Developmental

Studies

10 years

Krishna

Singh

MA, M.Phil Part-time

lecturer

Public

Administration

8 years

Sweta

Bagchi

MA,B.ED,B.LIB.SC Part-time

lecturer

Public

Administration

11 years


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temporary faculty: 14 % of lectures are delivered by temporary faculty .(guest lecturer)

13. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise): including Honours and General

First year Second year Third year

Honours 4:1 3:1 3:1

General 116:1 74:1 52:1


filled: Nil

15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil/PG: See 150




received: NIL


19. Publications:

∗ a) Publication per faculty :

Runi Datta:

(2014-15)

Publication in peer reviewed journal.:NIL

Seminar presentations:

Names of papers presented in UGC sponsored National Seminars and State level Seminars:

a) “Problems of Health Care: A Study of Rural West Bengal”

(2013-14)

Publication in peer reviewed journals :

a)“The World of Quacks: A Parallel Health Care System in Rural West Bengal”, IOSR-JHSS(

International journal)

b)“ Status of Healthcare in West Bengal: Initiatives ,Achievements and Critical Analysis”,

International Journal of Economic and Social Research.


Names of papers presented in UGC sponsored National Seminars and State level Seminars

1) “Identity Construction and Popular Television Serials “

2) “Health Care: A Major Exclusion for the STs in India”

(2012-13)


a)”Health for all: A Rhetoric or Reality “, Socialistic Perspective



1) “Health not For All- A major crisis in India”

(2011-12)




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1) “Right to health”

2) “The problematic of Indian Secularism”

(2010-11)


Health and Health Care : A conceptual framework and changing pattern- Magazine

Rangberang.


Seminar presentation in PG department of English on the topic “Political History of Dalit

Movement in India”

Seminar presentation in UG department of Political Science on the topic “A Profile of slums in

kolkata” in RBC college for women.

Priya Nath Barman: Nil

Krishna Singh: Seminar Presentation organized by Political Science Association, West

Bengal, entitled” Bharatiya Prekhapote Tapshili Jati o Upajatir Manabadhikar Langhan”

Samir Sarkar: Nil

Sweta Bagchi : Nil


faculty and students. :NIL


Scop us, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences


∗ Monographs


∗ Books Edited

∗ Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers: Crisis of Civilization

(book), “Health Not for All: A Major Crisis in India “(chapter),published by the Principal of

Sarojini Naidu College .

∗ Citation Index

∗ SNIP

∗ SJR

∗ Impact factor

∗ h-index

20. Areas of consultancy and income generated : Not Applicable


a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards….: Runi Datta ,

member of Political Science Association ,West Bengal

22. Student projects /seminars



b) Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e. in

Research laboratories/Industry/other agencies: 60% students of the Department participate


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in Students Seminar organized by the department. 50% of Students participate in practice

sessions of Mock Parliaments in the department and selected candidates are send to

participate in Youth Parliament Competition organized by Department of Parliament Affairs

,Government of West Bengal. Pupils also actively participate in various activities of the NSS.

Selected candidates are send for Quiz Contest.


24. List of eminent academicians and scientists/ visitors to the department:

• Prof. Debarati Sengupta, Dhola Mahavidyalaya.

• Chanchal Chakraborty , ex Associate Professor, Department of Political science ,

Rashtraguru Surendranath College, Barrackpore an

• Dasorathi Sengupta, ex Associate Professor, Maulana Azad College


a) National: nil

b) International –Nil, c)Extention lecture by resource person funded by the college


Name of the

Course/programme


Applications

received

Selected Enrolled

*M *F

Appeared Pass percentage

2014-15 90 54 7(M),10(F) 12 75%

*M=Male F=Female


Name of the

Course

% of students from

the same state

% of students

from other

States

% of students from

abroad

Honours 99% 1% _


NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc. ? Nil



UG to PG 16% approx.

PG to M.Phil. _

PG to Ph.D. _

Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral _

Employed



Entrepreneurship/Self-employment _


a) Library: Students can make avail of the department‘s own library along with the College


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library. Department purchased 40 books worth Rs 9659 funded by UGC.

b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students: Staff and students of the department can utilize

internet facilities provided by the college.

c) Class rooms with ICT facility: No ICT facility.

d) Laboratories: Not applicable


or other agencies

Year Number of students

2014 Not found

2015 Not found


external experts:

1. In 2013-14 a Departmental Seminar was held on 28.9.13 on two very interesting topics

namely “Gorkhaland Movement” and “Feminist Approach to Politics”. Eminent Scholars like

Prof. Chanchal Chacraborty and Dasarathi Sengupta expressed their expertise on the topics

respectively. Interactive sessions added to the knowledge of the students. Students seminars

are organized frequently for academic enrichment. The students of the department attended

a four days workshop on “Positive Discrimination” organized by RBC College Equal

Opportunity Centre on and from 5.3.2014.

33. . Students seminars are organized frequently for academic enrichment. Professor

Debarati Sengupta of Dhola Mahavidyalaya delivered an extension lecture on “Emergence of

Nationalist Politics” on 16.7.14.

34. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: Tutorials, supply of study

materials , interactive sessions with students ,class tests, students’ seminar ,remedial classes .

35. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: Runi

Datta- Performance of variegated duties assigned by the college as head of the Department

and as as Convener of Canteen Sub-Committee, as member of NSS and Award Distribution

Committee, Admission Sub Committee, Academic Sub Committee, convener of Equal

Opportunity Centre, training of students for participation in Youth Parliament Competition

and Quiz Contest. Priya Nath Barman-Performed duties as member of Routine Committee.

Samir Sarkar-Performed duties as member of Award Committee. Krishna Singh-Performed

duties as member of Women’s Grievance Cell..

36. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans: The main challenge facing the

department is dearth of full time teachers. The department has two full time teachers, two

part-time teachers and one guest lecturer to carry the burden of syllabus and other

department related activities. Shortage of full time teachers often acts as a major hindrance

to undertake variegated enrichment programmes for the department like seminars,

workshops. Students who enroll their names usually come from low socio economic

background, some are first generation learners. Most of them are not well versed with English

language and finds it difficult to consult reference books written in English. The department

lacks students with good quality which has adverse effects on the result at the end of the year.

The students are not regular about attending classes. Despite so many constraints, the

strength of the department lies in its ability to cultivate good interpersonal relationship


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between teachers and among teachers and students. The department had been successful in

organizing departmental seminar, extension lecture and students seminar. The teachers try

their utmost to help the students by supplying them with books and study materials. Unless

the present crisis of full-time teachers is met, the department possibly cannot undertake too

many activities, however, in the near future, it has plans to organize National Seminar and

more extension lectures and other student centric programmes along with educational tours.


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Evaluative Report of the Department of Physical Education

1. Name of the department: Physical Education

2. Year of Establishment: 2015 (B.A. General)





Urdu

UG




Programmes /

Courses


Examination

University

Examination

B.A. Three Year

General Degree (1st

Year)





9. Name of Teachers:

Radharani Ghosh Guest lecturer MPEd (Phy Edn)

10. Number of students : General : 42


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Evaluative Report of the Department of Commerce

1. Name of the department COMMERCE

2. Year of Establishment 1949


Integrated Ph.D., etc.) UG

4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved

MATHEMATICS,ECONOMCS

5. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise) ANNUAL

6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments YES

7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. NA

8. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons NA


sanctioned Filled

Professors NIL NIL

Associate Professors NIL NIL

Asst. Professors 2 –SUBSTANSIVE

2 –CONTRACTUAL

3 –PART-TIME

1 –GUEST LECTURER

ALL


M. Phil. etc.,)

Name Qualificat

ion

Designation Specializatio

n

No. of

Years of

Experie

nce

No. of Ph.D.

Students

guided for

the last 4

years

DR HIMADRIS

CHATTOPADHYAY

M.COM

AICWA,

PH.D.

ASST.PROF.

IN

COMMERCE

ACCOUNTIN

G AND

FINANCE

14 NIL

DR PROBHAT

KUMAR PAL

M.COM.

PH.D.

ASST. PROF.

IN

COMMERCE

ACCOUNTIN

G AND

CONTROL

16 NIL

MRINMAY DUTTA M.COM.

M.PHIL

CONTRACTU

AL WHOLE

TIME

TEACHER

ACCOUNTIN

G AND

FINANCE

6 NIL

SUDIPTA GHOSH M.COM CONTRACTU

AL WHOLE

TIME

ACCOUNTIN

G AND

FINANCE

6 NIL


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TEACHER

SOUMYA GHOSH M.COM

B.ED.

PT ACCOUNTIN

G AND

FINANCE

25 NIL

SUBHAJIT BANERJEE M.COM PT ACCOUNTIN

G AND

FINANCE

26 NIL

LOPAMUDRA ROY M.A

LLB

PT GEOGRAPHY

CARTOGRAP

HY

29 NIL

ABHIJIT MITRA M.COM

M.PHIL,

MBA

GL ACCOUNTIN

G AND

FINANCE

6 NIL

11. List of senior visiting faculty NIL


temporary faculty 60%

13. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise) 90:1


filled 02

15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil/PG. ONE PH. D. AND

TWO M.PHIL


agencies and grants received NIL


received NA

18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University NA

19. Publications:



faculty and students 10




∗ Monographs


∗ Books Edited


∗ Citation Index

∗ SNIP

∗ SJR

∗ Impact factor


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∗ h-index

20. Areas of consultancy and income generated NA







Research laboratories/Industry/other agencies 40/720*100=5.5%

23. Awards/ Recognitions received by faculty and students UNDER PROCESS

24. List of eminent academicians and scientists/ visitors to the department NIL

25. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding NIL

a) National

b) International

26. Student profile programme/course wise for the Academic Year 2014-15

Name of the

Course/programme


Applications

received

Selected Enrolled

*M *F

Pass

percentage

UG (B.COM.FIRST

YEAR)

675 306

(H-81,G-

225)

M-245

F-61

H-73%

G-475%

UG(B.COM SECOND

YEAR)

-- 284

(H-62,G-

222)

M-227

F-55

H-71%

G-41%

UG(B.COM.THIRD

YEAR)

-- 170

(H-12,G-

158)

M-211

F-39

H-63%

G-29%

*M=Male F=Female

27. Diversity of Students for the Academic Year 2014-15

Name of the

Course

% of

students

from the

same state

% of students

from other

States

% of

students

from

abroad

UG 97% 3% NIL


NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc. ? 10% ON AN AVERAGE



enrolled

UG to PG INFORMATION

NOT


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enrolled

AVAILABLE

PG to M.Phil.

PG to Ph.D.


Employed





a) Library ADEQUATE

b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students SATISFACTORY

c) Class rooms with ICT facility NIL

d) Laboratories SATISFACTORY


or other agencies 100


external experts

a) SPECIAL LECTURES

b) CLASS SEMINAR

33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning LECTURE, PRACTICAL.



Commerce department plays a leading role in facilitating the improvement of the educational

environment of the college and the locality also. At present the department has nine teachers to

impart the lessons with updated techniques and concepts. Students get themselves absolved to jobs

after passing out. And few students are pursuing the higher studies for betterment. With the help of

our limited resources we are trying our best reach the feat and in near future we will open the

alternative commerce based curricula i.e. BBA, M.Com etc. for augmenting the better opportunity for

the students.


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D. DECLARATION BY THE HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION

I certify that that the data included in this Self-Study Report (SSR) are true to the best of my

knowledge.

This SSR is prepared by the institution after internal discussions, and no part thereof has been

outsourced.

I am aware that the Peer team will validate the information provided in this SSR during the

peer team visit.

Signature of the Head of the institution

with seal:


Principal,


Naihati, Dist: North 24 Parganas


Place:

Naihati,

Dist: North 24 Parganas,

West Bengal.

Date: 24. 08. 2015


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E. CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE

(Affiliated Colleges and Recognized Institutions)

This is to certify that RISHI BANKIM CHANDRA COLLEGE (Name of the institution) fulfils

all norms

1. Stipulated by the affiliating University and/or

2. Regulatory Council/Body [such as UGC, NCTE, AICTE, MCI, DCI, BCI, etc.] and

3. The affiliation and recognition [if applicable] is valid as on date.

In case the affiliation / recognition is conditional, then a detailed enclosure with regard to

compliance of conditions by the institution will be sent.

It is noted that NAAC’s accreditation, if granted, shall stand cancelled automatically, once the

institution loses its University affiliation or Recognition by the Regulatory Council, as the case

may be.

In case the undertaking submitted by the institution is found to be false then the

accreditation given by NAAC is liable to be withdrawn. It is also agreeable that the

undertaking given to NAAC will be displayed on the college website.


Principal,


11Naihati, Dist: North 24 Parganas


Date: 24.08.2015 Principal/Head of the Institution

Place: Naihati, (Name and Signature with Office Seal)

Dist: 24 Pgs (N),

West Bengal


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