NAAC-Self Study report

458 Pages·2016·10.4 MB·English

Self Study Report-2016 Raja Narendralal Khan Women’s College
Self Study Report-2016 Raja Narendralal Khan Women’s College

Contents Page Number
A. Preface 1-3
B. Executive Summary and SWOC analysis of the institution 5-15
C. Profile of the Instituion 17-26
D. Criterion-wise Analytical Report
 Curricular Aspects 28-38
 Teaching-Learning Evaluation 40-77
 Research, Consultancy & Extensions 79-112
 Infrastructure & Learning Resources 114-129
 Student Support and Progression 131-148
 Governance and Leadership 150-169
 Innovations and Best Practices 171-177
E. Evaluative Report of the Departments
Humanities
 Department of Bengali 185-192
 Department of English 193-200
 Department of Sanskrit 201-207
 Department of Hindi 208-212
 Department of History 213-221
 Department of Political Science 222-229
 Department of Philosophy 230-237
 Department of Geography 238-257
 Department of Economics 258-263
 Department of Human Rights 264-269
 Department of Physical Education 270-274
 Department of Music 275-282
Science
 Department of Physics 284-292
 Department of Chemistry 293-299
 Department of Mathematics 300-309
 Department of Zoology 310-319
 Department of Botany 320-328
 Department of Physiology 329-341
 Department of Nutrition 342-358
 Department of Microbiology 359-366
 Department of Computer Science 367-373
 Department of B.C.A 374-379
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F. Post-accreditation Initiatives 381-383
G. Annexure 384-450
451-453
H. Declaration by the Head of the Institution and Certificate of
Compliance
Self Study Report-2016 Raja Narendralal Khan Women’s College

Our Heritage

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Mahatma Gandhi in Gope Palace

Raja Narendralal Khan Raja Debendralal Khan

Gope Palace – The Administrative Building of the College.
Self Study Report-2016 Raja Narendralal Khan Women’s College

A.

PREFACE
Self Study Report-2016 Raja Narendralal Khan Women’s College

PREFACE

Raja Narendra Lal Khan Women's College is a rural college situated in a backward
junglemahal area of Kankabati Gram Panchayat, Paschim Medinipur district. Out of 3444
students, more than 70% of the students hail from villages and nearly 45% students belong to
SC/ST/OBC and minority communities. The administrative building of the College-the Gope
Palace was built during the time of Raja Narendra Lal Khan, the king of Narajole in 1895. Due to
the active role of his son Raja Debendra Lal Khan in the freedom movement and as a member of
the Indian National Congress, this palace was visited by many stalwarts like Mahatma Gandhi
who stayed in this palace twice, Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru,
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Smt Kamala Nehru and Smt Indira Gandhi. Paintings by
Hemchandra Kanungo, the famous revolutionary are displayed in the palace along with many
rare photographs and antique items. Eminent scholars and writers like Acharya Prafullya Chandra
Roy and Sri. Sarat Chandra Chattopadhya also visited this palace. The palace has been declared as
a Heritage Building by the West Bengal Heritage Commission (Act IX of 2001).

The College has twenty two undergraduate and one post graduate departments offering
honours and general courses in Science and Arts. The college has displayed significant growth in
terms of infrastructure and in the academic with a vibrant research unit. At present, it is one of
the best women's college in West Bengal and in recognition of its achievements NAAC has
accredited the college as 'A' grade twice in 2004 and 2011, the College is recognized as a
―Centre with Potential for Excellence‖ by UGC, science departments have received the
prestigious DST FIST and has been selected as 'STAR' college by DBT, Govt. of India. The
college has its own Counselling, Training and Placement cell offering psychological counseling,
career counseling, value added courses, entrepreneurship development programmes and
conducting campus placement drives Mandatory computer course and spoken English course for
all students have been initiated, students are given access to e-learning lab and language lab for
reference work and to enhance communicative skills. The college hosts Study Centre of Netaji
Subhas Open University, where 14 UG and 10 PG courses are running having about 4000
students.

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The College was assessed and accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation
Council (NAAC), Bangalore for the first cycle in September, 2003 and awarded an ‗A‘ Grade on
2004. The Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) was established on the recommendations of
the Peer Team for enhancing the quality of academics in the college on 3rd March, 2005. The
college was assessed and accredited for its second cycle by NAAC, Bangalore from 7th to 9th
February, 2011 and was subsequently awarded ‗A‘ Grade with 3.1 CGPA.

During the past few years, NAAC peer Team recommendations were attended to and the
college has made tireless efforts to comply with those recommendations. The peer Team
recommendations allowed the college to introspect and improve on quality parameters. A more
functional IQAC with defined roles and responsibilities was a major initiative taken by the
college. More teachers were involved in preparing the SSR along with the IQAC. Introspections
and discussions amongst teachers have helped in preparing a precise Self Study Report (SSR).

The college has witnessed many changes during the last five years. Some experienced
teachers retired and the next generation of teachers have taken over the responsibility of carrying
forward the tradition and legacy of the college. Some new academic programmes like B.A. in
Human Rights and Certificate courses in Soft Toy making, Art and Craft were initiated and are
being conducted successfully. This has also given an opportunity to invite and interact with
experts from various fields who shared their knowledge and helped in expanding our academic
horizons and enhancing the overall quality of teaching-learning. Resource mobilization from
various funding agencies was taken up as a major strategy to improve the infrastructure, augment
teaching-learning facilities and allocate projects to students to make learning more ‗student
centric‘. Funds from CPE-UGC and DST-FIST (Ministry of Science and Technology) has helped
the college in enhancing the infrastructure for teaching and research. Programmes like DBT
(Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology)-STAR scheme have
focussed on additional skill development amongst undergraduate students. Research endeavors
have been geared up in the last five years with increased participation of students and teachers in
research with a greater number of major and minor research projects being funded by different
funding agencies. The preparation of SSR involved teamwork and the members have taken efforts
to prepare the SSR. The SSR includes the Preface and cover letter, Executive Summary, SWOC
of the institution, Profile of the college, Criterion wise inputs, Evaluative Report of the
Departments, Post Accreditation Initiatives, Annexure supporting the data, Declaration by the
Head of the Institution and Certificate of Compliance. The SSR has been shared with teachers,
students and the management at every stage of its preparation and finalization.

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I take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to each and every individual
colleague for their valuable contribution in preparing the SSR. I express my deep sense of
gratitude to the President of the Governing Body and all members of the Governing Body for their
constant support in all the endeavors of the college. I would also like to acknowledge the tireless
efforts of the IQAC members and all seven Criteria In-Charges, Heads of Departments, Members
of the Steering Committee and all teachers for their support in our journey towards excellence.
The IQAC Coordinator has played a pivotal role in propagating quality initiatives in the college
and rejuvenating the IQAC. The Head clerk and his team of office staff have responded very well
and worked very efficiently in providing data for preparation of the SSR.

Date-05/02/2016
Dr. Jayasree Laha
(Principal)
Raja N. L Khan Women‘s College

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B.
Executive Summary and
the SWOC analysis of the
institution

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Part – A
Executive Summary and SWOC Analysis

Criterion – I: Curriculum Aspects

 Human Rights has been introduced as a General subject at the undergraduate level from
2012.
 Two new certificate courses have been introduced–Certificate Course in Dance and
Certificate Course in Art and Craft.
 No of courses run in Distance Education mode under NSOU has increased from a total of 15
courses to 14 courses at UG level and 12 Courses at the PG level during the period.
 The college is in the process of getting sanction for starting of PG courses in five subjects
and NSS at UG level.
 Syllabus of the undergraduate and post graduate courses have been revised in 2014 by the
affiliating university.
 Faculty members have contributed to the revision of curriculum as members of BOS of
Vidyasagar University and also as participants of syllabus revision workshops. Workshop on new
syllabus has also been organized by the college.

Table 1: A profile of growth during the Post-accreditation period with regard to Criteria I is
reflected in the following table.
Sl. Sub-Sector March, 2011 January, 2016
No.
1 College Teaching Dept. 21 (UG) 22 (UG)
01 (PG) 01 (PG)
2 Certificate courses 03 05
3 ICT enable courses 12 20
4 No. of PG students 40 48
5 No. of UG students 2395 3444 (2015-16)
6 DDE courses 15 26
7 Job oriented courses/programmes 03 08

Value added courses introduced so far are the following - Courses in Computer Application and
Financial Accounting, Computer Application and Information Technology, Communicative
English and Soft Skill, Certificate courses in Art and Craft and Dance for developing job
acquiring skills and/or for entrepreneurship development are conducted by Career Advancement
Centre-The training cell of the college.
Smart classes, upgraded laboratories and application of ICT have been major areas of
advancement in the college over the period of 2011-2016. So, the college has attempted to cope
with the demands of the new curricula firstly through technological up-gradation and secondly
through the application of it in teaching method.

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