SSR 2015

473 Pages·2014·12.66 MB·English

SELF STUDY REPORT FOR CYCLE II ACCREDITATION 2014
OF
KRISHNAGAR GOVERNMENT COLLEGE
Krishnagar, Nadia, West Bengal
(Established 1846)

NAAC CYCLE I ACCREDITATION (2008): “A” GRADE (CGPA: 3.14)
COLLEGE WITH POTENTIAL FOR EXCELLENCE (2010)

Submitted to:
National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)
An Autonomous Institution of the University Grants Commission
P.O. Box No 1075
Nagarabhavi
Bangalore – 560 072

KGC SSR II

KGC SSR II

KGC SSR II 2014 CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ITEMS PAGE NO.

SECTION A: Preface 1

SECTION B: Executive Summary 3

SECTION C: Profile of the College 15

SECTION D: Criterion Wise Evaluative Report 31

I. Curricular Aspects 33

II. Teaching-Learning and Evaluation 44

III. Research, Consultancy and Extension 80

IV. Infrastructure and Learning Resources 130

V. Student Support and Progression 157

VI. Governance, Leadership and Management 191

VII. Innovations and Best Practices 229

SECTION E: Evaluative Reports of the Departments 239
I. Department of Bengali 241
II. Department of English 249
III. Department of Sanskrit 261
IV. Department of History 270
V. Department of Philosophy 278
VI. Department of Political Science 289
VII. Department of Economics 298
VIII. Department of Geography 307
IX. Department of Physics 328
X. Department of Chemistry 337
XI. Department of Mathematics 350
XII. Department of Botany 360
XIII. Department of Zoology 372
XIV. Department of Physiology 386
XV. Department of Statistics 397

SECTION F: Post Accreditation Initiatives 403

SECTION G: ANNEXURE I 405

SECTION H: Declaration of the Principal 457

SECTION I: Enclosures 459
I. NAAC Accreditation Certificate (Cycle I) 461
II. Certificate of recognition: 2 (f) and 12 (B) of the UGC Act 462
III. Certificate of Affiliation (University of Kalyani) 463

KGC SSR II 2014 PREFACE

S A: Preface
ECTION

Currently the education system of India, both at the national and state
level, is experiencing a transitional phase as it is striving to adjust itself to the
process of globalisation and economic reforms. Hence two concepts viz.
universalization of education and globalization of education have been
injected into the domain of policymaking and planning. While universalization
is expected to bring about inclusive development by encouraging the under-
privileged segments of the society to participate in the formal learning process,
globalisation is attempting to integrate the flow of knowledge in the global
space.
Krishnagar College was established based on the education pattern of
the Imperial British Raj. In his epochal Minutes (1835), Thomas Babbington
Macaulay puts greater emphasis on higher education than on education for the
masses. By and by the necessity of women’s education was also felt, which
led to turn this college into a co-educational institution in 1932. Presently, our
principal aim is to impart finest quality of higher education to one and all
irrespective of differences in gender, caste, creed, religion and socio-economic
conditions. This college is located at a distance of 125 Km. from the
Metropolis of Kolkata in the District Head Quarter of Nadia District, namely
Krishnagar. This is a suburb surrounded by rural atmosphere. Yet, the greater
perspective is to help the students to upgrade their socio-economic conditions
along with their sense of responsibilities to be good citizens of the nation.
The journey of this educational institute started on 28th November,
1845 in a local rented house located at Hatarpara. With the sanction of Lord
Hardinge, the then Governor General of India, the college was formally
launched on 1st of January and was provided with a grant in 1846 by the
British Government. The king (Raja) of Nadia, Srishachandra Roy and the
queen (Maharani) of Cossimbazaar of Murshidabad district Srimati
Swarnamoyee contributed vast tracts of land for construction of a new college
building. Moreover, the local elites also came forward with financial
assistance to build up the present palatial building of Krishnagar College. On
1st of June, 1856, the institution was shifted from that rented house to this
palace. The first Principal of this college was the eminent Shakespearian
scholar Captain D.L. Richardson.
From 1865 to 1999 the college was affiliated to the University of
Calcutta. From 1999 onwards this college has been incorporated under the
University of Kalyani, located 56 Km. to the south of Krishnagar. Post-
graduate teaching was introduced in the Departments of Geography and
Philosophy in 2002, in the Department of Bengali in 2008 and in the
Department of Zoology in 2010. In 2008 the college was given the status of A
Grade with CGPA 3.14 by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council
of University Grants Commission and in 2010 it acquired the status of College
with Potential for Excellence under the auspices of University Grants
Commission. The college has undergone many changes and substantial
amount of upgradation has taken place in terms of technology, research and
teaching which will be discussed in details in the subsequent sections. Attempt
has been made to initiate and incorporate the recommendations suggested in
the Cycle I of Accreditation. The limitations and challenges faced by the
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