Lady Alphabet School

Lady Brabourne College
SELF STUDY REPORT NAAC 2014
CONTENTS
Pages
Preface
Executive Summary
Profile of the College
CRITERION-WISE INPUTS
Criterion I : Curricular Aspects
Criterion II : Teaching-Learning and Evaluation
Criterion III : Research, Consultancy and Extension
Criterion IV : Infrastructure and Learning Resources
Criterion V : Student Support and Progression
Criterion VI : Governance, Leadership & Management
Criterion VII : Innovations and Best Practices
23-36
37-68
69-130
131-178
179-206
207-226
227-248
EVALUATIVE REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENTS

Profile of the Principal
249-258
Arts
Department of Bengali
Department of English
Department of Sanskrit
Department of Urdu
Department of Persian
Department of Hindi
Department of History
Department of Philosophy
Department of Political Science
Department of Sociology
259-272
273-294
295-304
305-312
313-320
321-326
327-336
337-344
345-362
363-370
Science
Department of Physics
Department of Chemistry
Department of Mathematics
Department of Botany
Department of Zoology
Department of Microbiology
Department of Economics
Department of Geography
Department of Statistics
Department of Computer Science (General Course)
Post Accreditation Initiatives
Certificate of Declaration
D : Denotes documents per item being preserved for NAAC Peer Team on-site inspection
1-22
371-390
391-408
409-420
421-432
433-452
453-472
473-482
483-496
497-504
505-508
509
PREFACE
Lady Brabourne College, a premier Girls' College in Kolkata, West
Bengal, is recognized as an Institution of quality education in its own
right in the state. The Institution is awaiting the Second Cycle of
Accreditation and is also celebrating the completion of its Platinum
Jubilee in 2014. In February 2006 the College had been favourably
inspected by the NAAC Peer Team and was awarded an A grade.
Since then the College has attained a number of prestigious milestones:
it has gained status as Centre with Potential for Excellence (CPE); it
has been recognized as a DST-FIST Centre; it has also acquired DBT Star status, strengthening its
foothold and enhancing its reputation. The College spreads its academic umbrella in various new
directions to accommodate, nurture and stimulate bright impressionable minds. To give a systematic
account of the various achievements of the College, it is appropriate to consider how it has grown in
terms of teaching, research, infrastructure and administrative improvements.
University results would bear witness to the consistently good academic performance of the students
virtually in all the disciplines the College has been teaching. Moreover, since the time of initial
accreditation three new PG departments teaching Mathematics, Physics, English have been opened,
and formalities have been completed for the latest PG department which will impart advance study
in Bengali. The inauguration ceremony for the same has been celebrated. In addition one new
Honours department teaching Hindi and two new departments offering general courses in Computer
Science and Women Studies have started functioning. The College also operates five career oriented
courses, in Computer Application, Spanish Language, Public Relations and Advertising, Multi
Media & Animation and Food and Drug Safety. This has allowed the College to extend its academic
support to newer genres for students and has increased the size of student intake significantly.
The academic community of Lady Brabourne College has always believed that quality teaching
must be augmented by an environment of good research. Accordingly, the Faculty has taken pains in
building up a vibrant ambience of research. At present the College takes pride in a very active
Womens Studies Centre, dynamic Post Graduate Programmes, publications of inter-disciplinary
research volumes, including one on East Kolkata Wetland Project, ISSN journals, ISBN books
including the peer-reviewed journal The Lady Brabourne College Journal, now in its fourth volume,
as well as national and international Conference Proceedings. The list of Major and Minor Research
Projects sponsored by the CSIR, the ICSSR and the UGC, which are undertaken, completed and
in progress will be evident from the following Self Study Report (SSR) and the documentary records
of the College's Annual Reports. It is worthwhile to mention the PG department of Physics has
signed MoU with the S. N. Bose Centre for Basic Sciences and Tezpur University, Assam and the
PG department of English is progressing towards another MoU with the Satyajit Ray Film & Television
Institute (SRFTI), Kolkata, to conduct an integrated course on Texts and their Visual Representation.
The College management is seriously pursuing the opening of an Advanced Research Centre involving
the existing Post Graduate departments and efforts are underway to meet the requirements and
proceed with the formalities.
Good teaching and research cannot be performed in a vacuum. To say the least, it needs a favourable
environment. To this end the College has set up a fine infrastructural framework to meet the various
needs of the students, teachers and non-teaching staff. New buildings including a second hostel
campus and a large examination hall with an adjacent office have been completed, while a new
academic block is under construction. For an all-round development of the students, the College is
running three canteens along with a food court, quite a few reprographic centres, one modern
gymnasium in the hostel and a computerized and digitized library with increasing reading hours. At
the same time, to take care of the different needs of the students the College has set up an active
Psychological Counseling Cell, a Grievance Redressal Cell and an Anti Ragging Cell; There is also
an active Career Counseling and Placement Cell and a Remedial Coaching Centre in operation. The
National Service Scheme (NSS) units have won several prizes and honours for their commendable
work for the underprivileged. While a big generator ensures continuous power supply, an environment
friendly Solar Energy Conservation Centre and a Rainwater Harvesting System are being set up as
an alternative energy source as well as water recycling process. To add to the tenor of lush green
playgrounds a newly built Butterfly Garden adorns the hostel campus.
The College has systematically advanced its IT-enability scope. There is an efficient, high speed,
campus wide intranet with secure internet accessibility for the users. Administration, accounts
applications (COSA), library (NLIST from INFLIBNET) are accessed and managed via V-LAN
(Virtual LAN).
On the administrative side students admission at both UG and PG levels have been completely on
line since 2007. Databases of students and teachers are complete, and that of the non-teaching staff
is to be shortly undertaken. Last but not the least, a very active IQAC and a strong, supportive
Alumni Association protect and ensure the quality of academic and extra-academic activities of
Lady Brabourne College.
We at this august institution believe that empowering women as complete human beings, rising
above gender restriction, needs holistic education. The institution thus takes good care to academically
enrich, professionally expose within permissible scope and spiritually motivate the young ladies to
enable them to become positive minded people who will become the future citizens of India. We
hope that in the near future the College will have advance research facilities, increasing interface with
industries, more interdisciplinary activities and professional coaching centres so that the students
can have more access to national and international opportunities to lead meaningful lives. At the
same time the College is very proud and conscious of its heritage and culture and sustains awareness
of same among the young wards. Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata hopes to remain as a symphony
of many voices and cultures as celebrated in the College Anthem
Ek sutre bandhiachhi sahasrati mon
SSR Compilation and Analysis Team of Lady Brabourne College, 2014

Standing L to R: Dr. Shaheen Sultana, Dr. Bidisha Chattopadhyay, Dr. Mahuya Mukhopadhyay, Smt. Snigdha Pain,
Dr. Sanjukta Mondal (Parui), Dr. Sudeshna Dasgupta, Smt. Debleena Roy, Dr. Nabanita Kundu, Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti
(Guha), Dr. Joysri Acharyya
Sitting L to R: Smt. Ruby Pal, Dr. Subhalakshmi Pandey, Professor Saswati Mookherjee, Professor Siuli Sarkar (Principal),
Dr. Indrani Choudhuri Dutt (Convener IQAC & Coordinator NAAC), Dr. Snehamanju Basu (Teachers Council Secretary),
Dr. Haimanti Chakraborty, Dr. Aditi Nag Chaudhuri.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
SWOC
Strengths
The institution boasts of a multicultural, multilingual
environment upholding its glorious tradition of
empowerment of women.
Extremely dedicated, motivated and highly qualified
teachers maintain the high academic standards of the
college.
The promotion of institution-neighborhood community
network and involvement of college students in diverse
activities with socially and economically challenged
section of the society instill among them a sense of moral,
social and civic responsibility leading to their holistic
development as responsible citizens.
Various career oriented courses have been initiated within
the last five years keeping in mind the student placement
opportunities.
The Career Counselling Cell is running successfully to
take care of the students job interests.
The Womens Studies Centre successfully carries out
programmes related to various women related issues.
Special attention is provided for students who are fast
learners in the form of tutorial classes and slow learners
through remedial courses.
Extensive use of e resources and well stocked
computerized library and reading room facilities allows
students to explore aspects within and beyond curriculum.
The College has moved forward towards complete
computerization that is facilitated by an enhanced,
efficient high speed campus wide intranet with secure
internet accessibility for users enabling
o Online admission procedure ensuring complete
transparency
o Result compilation and administrative data handling
easier, error free and fast.
College offers excellent hostel facilities for outstation PG
and UG students at a nominal rate.
The Psychological Counselling Cell and Students
Grievance Redressal Cell addresses the difficulties faced
by the students.
The College boasts of a lush green pollution free campus
with a well maintained garden area including a medicinal
garden.
Measures are adopted to maintain the college campus and
especially the laboratories so that they satisfy safety norms
and other environmental parameters.
Weaknesses
Insufficient classrooms for holding extra classes or
tutorial/remedial courses.
Lack of space and infrastructural facilities along with
excessive class load acts as a deterrent to faculty research.
Insufficient funds from the Government which is not
disbursed uniformly over the entire financial year poses
problems for the college in planning and execution of
projected works.
Dependence on P.W.D. for civil and electrical work within
the college and hostel campus makes quality assurance,
maintenance and monitoring difficult.
Poor administrative staff to student/Faculty ratio acts as a
hindrance to the smooth running of the administrative
affairs of the college.
Opportunities
Establishment of the IQAC post the first cycle of NAAC
and its activities has sensitized the departments regarding
quality control, record maintenance, utilization of funds,
academic expansion and collaborations.
Introducing institutional scholarships/freeships for those
meritorious and economically backward students not
receiving financial assistance from other sources.
Participation in academic programmes like seminars,
workshops, debates, JAM/MBA tutorial classes etc. on a
regular basis and student counseling at the PG level
inculcates within the students a motivation to purse higher
studies and research.
Value education and health awareness programmes for
students including seminars, workshop and NSS activities
in slum areas with women and children inculcates a sense
of responsibility in them.
Faculty members get ample opportunity to carry out
research activities and publish their articles in institutional
Lady Brabourne College journal.
S-O Strategies
Upgradation of one classroom in every department using
modern facilities including WiFi connectivity.
Complete transition of the administrative wing into an
environment friendly paper-less computer based office.
Regular inflow of government funds for:
o maintenance of the vast open campus area
o expansion of the medical facility with a unit at the
College/Hostel campus with a full time medical
practitioner.
o Opening of a pharmacy shop and an ATM facility within
College campus
Better liaison with PWD for maintenance of College,
hostel and campus.
W-O Strategies
Generation of reserve funds for meeting contingent needs
of the College and also to cater to needy students who
fails to receive financial help from external agencies.
Enhancing the number of research proposals and
collaborative work with research Institutes and Industry.
Approaching Government for filling up of vacant teaching
and non-teaching posts.
Increasing teacher membership in syllabus committees
and boards of studies at the University level to ensure
participation in academic designing and syllabus framing,
like introduction of environment friendly courses like
green chemistry etc. at UG level.
Challenges
Little scope for introducing innovative teaching, learning
techniques due to constraints in syllabi and annual
academic schedule designed by the mother University
which also limits the number of teaching days.
Being a Government college the institution does not have
scope of filling up vacancies in teaching and non-teaching
posts.
The stable staff structure necessary for the smooth running
of the college (both academic and administrative) is often
perturbed by the transfer policies of the government.
The pace of upgrading infrastructure is not commensurate
with the annual increase in student intake as directed by
the mother University.
Transition of all administrative activities from paper-based
work to paper-less, computer based handling is
challenging involving reluctance to introduction of latest
technological trends
S-C Strategies
Complete grooming of students through academic and
value education programmes motivates them to remain
focused in their vision of achieving their goals despite
political, socio-economic or religious bias.
Updating & consequent upgradation of infrastructure
pertaining to latest technological trends.
Fund crunch for continuous purchase of books and
journals by College library can be overcome by
subscribing for e-books/journals and inclusion of the
Institutional library within library networking circle.
Maintenance of strict discipline for students and teaching/
non-teaching members thereby ensuring a healthy working
environment.
Exhaustive involvement of teaching & non-teaching staff
in the different College committees under the Teachers
Council/Principal to ensure continued and efficient
running of College activities in spite of possibilities of
superannuation/resignation /transfer of teaching /nonteaching staff.
W-C Strategies
Adopting management techniques to overcome difficulties
of working with an understaffed administrative office.
Generating resources and creating reserve funds for
maintaining:
o General well-being of the College campus
o Carrying out annual maintenance of expensive and
highly sensitive equipments in College laboratories for
which Government funding is unavailable.
Motivating students to utilize opportunities available to
them within campus at subsidized rates.
SWOC Analysis
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B. Profile of the College

1.
NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE COLLEGE:

Name
Address
: LADY BRABOURNE COLLEGE

: P1/2 SUHRAWARDY AVENUE
KOLKATA - 700 017, WEST BENGAL
: www.ladybrabourne.com
Website
1.
FOR COMMUNICATION:
Designation Name
Telephone
with STD code
Principal
Prof. Siuli Sarkar
O:033-22897720 9830111872 033-40055355 prl@ladybrabourne.com

R:033-24408085
Vice
Principal
N.A.
Steering
Dr. Indrani
Committee Choudhuri Dutt
Co-ordinator
3.
Mobile
Fax
O:033-2289 7720 9339751146

R:033-2466 7070
Email
i.choudhuridutt@
gmail.com
STATUS OF THE OF INSTITUTION :

Affiliated College
Constituent College
Any other (specify)
4.
TYPE OF INSTITUTION:
a.
b.
5.
By Gender
i.
For Men
ii.
For Women
iii.
Co-education
By shift
i.
Regular
ii.
Day
iii.
Evening
IS IT A RECOGNIZED MINORITY INSTITUTION?

Yes
No
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If yes specify the minority status (Religious/linguistic/ any other) and provide documentary evidence.
6.
SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Government
Grant-in-aid
Self-financing Any other
7.
a.
Date of establishment of the college: 26.08.1939 (dd/mm/yyyy)
b.
University to which the college is affiliated /or which governs the college
(If it is a constituent college) University of Calcutta
c.
Details of UGC recognition

Under Section
Date, Month & Year

(dd-mm-yyyy)
i. 2 (f)
17.6.1972
ii. 12 (B)
17.6.1972
Remarks
(If any)
(Enclose the Certificate of recognition u/s 2 (f) and 12 (B) of the UGC Act)
d.
Details of recognition/approval by statutory/regulatory bodies other than UGC

(AICTE, NCTE, MCI, DCI, PCI, RCI etc.)
Under
Section/
clause
Recognition/Approval
details Institution/
Department/Programme
Day, Month and

Year
(dd-mm-yyyy)
Validity
Remarks
i.
CSIR Research Project,

Department of Physics,
LBC.
16.04.2012
3 yrs
2 Research
Scholars
ii.
Indian Council of Social

Science Research
31.03.2011
2 yrs
2 Research
Scholars
(Enclosed the recognition/approval letter)

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
* Partial Autonomy granted to PG Courses.

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9.
IS THE COLLEGE RECOGNIZED

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

Yes
No
If yes, date of recognition: 15.10.2010

b.
for its performance by any other governmental agency?

Yes
10.
No
If yes, Name of the agency
: Department of BioTechnology and

Department of Science & Technology
Dates of recognition
: 28.05.2012 & 01.11.2010 respectively
LOCATION OF THE CAMPUS AND AREA IN SQ. MTS:

Location *
Urban
Campus area in sq. mts.
2.4747 x 107 sq. mts.
Built up area in sq. mts.
16000 sq. mts. (constructed area)
(* Urban, Semi-urban, Rural, Tribal, Hilly Area, Any others specify)

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 - 1

Sports facilities
*
play ground - 1
swimming pool
gymnasium -1
Hostel
*
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Boys hostel
i.
Number of hostels
ii.
Number of inmates
iii.
Facilities (mention available facilities)
Girls hostel
i.
Number of hostels : 2
ii.
Number of inmates: 230
iii.
Facilities (mention available facilities) : Gymnasium, library, common

room, music corner, computer centre, canteen, reprographic centre.

*
Working womens hostel

i.
Number of inmates
ii.
Facilities (mention available facilities)
Residential facilities for teaching and non-teaching staff (give numbers available - cadre
wise)
Cafeteria 3
Health centre First Aid, Medical Unit & Psychological Counselling Cell
First aid, Inpatient, Outpatient, Emergency care facility, Ambulance.
Health centre staff
12.
Qualified doctor
Full time
Part-time
Qualified Nurse
Full time
Part-time
Facilities like banking, post office, book shops :1 (Cheap store)
Transport facilities to cater to the needs of students and staff: No
Animal house : 1 (Microbiology)
Biological waste disposal : 1
Generator or other facility for management/regulation of electricity and voltage :2
Solid waste management facility : 1 (Chemistry)
Waste water management : 1 (Chemistry)
Water harvesting: 1
DETAILS OF PROGRAMMES OFFERED BY THE COLLEGE (GIVE DATA FOR

CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR)
Sl. Programme Name of the

No. Level
Programme/
Course
Duration
Entry
Qualification
Medium of
instruction
Sanctioned/
approved
Student
strength
No. of
students
admitted
UnderGraduate
(Honours
Subjects)
Eng., Beng.,
3 yrs.
Hindi, Urdu,
Persian, Sanskrit,
Sociology, Pol.Sc.,
History,
Philosophy,
Economics,
Geography,
Statistics,
Physics, Chemistry,
Maths, Botany,
Zoology,
Microbiology
W.B.H.S/
ISC/CBSE
(+2) or
equivalent
English
36+43+24+43+
24+31+43+36+
36+36+43+31+
19+36+36+36+
31+36+36
1346
PostGraduate
English,
Geography,
Physics, Maths,
Microbiology,
Bengali (Starting
from Aug., 2014)
B.A./ B. Sc.
English
15+27+15+15
+20+15
(Approved for
Admission
from 2014)
231
2 yrs.
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Sl. Programme Name of the

No. Level
Programme/
Course
Duration
Entry
Qualification
Medium of
instruction
Sanctioned/
approved
Student
strength
No. of
students
admitted
Integrated N.A.
Programmes
PG
Ph.D.
Departments of
Geography,
Microbiology,
Zoology, Physics,
Political Science
Post Graduate -
20+7+3+2+1
(number of
research
scholars
enrolled under
individual
faculty)
M.Phil.
History
Post Graduate -
Certificate
courses
Public Relations & 3yrs., 3yrs.,

Advertising,
2 yrs.
Mutimedia &
Animation,
Spanish
Under
Graduate
students of
the college
English
50+50+50
155
(all students
enrolled
are
existing
UG
students
of the
college)
UG
Diploma
Computer
Applications
2 yrs.
Under
Graduate
students of
the college
English
500
348 (all
students
enrolled
are
existing
UG
students
of the
college)
PG Diploma Food & Drug

Safety
1yr.
Graduate
English
10
Any Other None

(specify and
provide
details)
13.
DOES THE COLLEGE OFFER SELF-FINANCED PROGRAMMES?

Yes
* No
If yes, how many? 5
* In addition the Post Graduate Courses are also partially self financed.
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14.
NEW PROGRAMMES INTRODUCED IN THE COLLEGE DURING THE

LAST FIVE YEARS IF ANY?
Yes
15.
No
Number
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.)
Particulars
UG
PG
Research
Science
Honours & General Courses in Geography,

Statistics, Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Botany
Zoology, Microbiology, Economics & only
General Course in Computer Science. (General
Courses not offered for Microbiology &
Geography)
Physics,
Microbiology,
Geography, Maths
Physics,
Microbiology,
Geography,
Arts
Honours & General Courses in Eng., Beng.,

Hindi, Urdu, Persian, Sanskrit, Sociology,
Pol.Sc., History, Philosophy & only General
course in Womens Studies.
English, Bengali
(Commencing from
2014 session)
Political Science,
History
Commerce
N. A.
Any Other not

covered above
Certificate UG &
PG Diploma
Certificate : Public Relations & Advertising,

Mutimedia & Animation, Spanish
Diploma: Computer Application
16.
17.
18.
Diploma: Food &

Drug Safety
NUMBER OF PROGRAMMES OFFERED UNDER (PROGRAMME MEANS

A DEGREE COURSE LIKE BA, BSC, MA, M.COM)
a.
Annual System
19
b.
Semester System
c.
Trimester System
NUMBER OF PROGRAMMES WITH

a.
Choice Based Credit System
b.
Inter/Multidisciplinary Approach
c.
Any other ( specify and provide details)
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
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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
19.
No
DOES THE COLLEGE OFFER UG OR PG PROGRAMME IN PHYSICAL

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 Physical Education

Programme separately?
Yes
20.
No
NUMBER OF TEACHING AND NON-TEACHING POSITIONS IN THE

INSTITUTION
Positions
Professor
*M
Teaching faculty
Associate
Assistant
Professor
Professor
*F
*M
*F
Sanctioned by
the UGC /
University /
State Government
Recruited
39
Yet to recruit
Sanctioned by
the Management/
society or other
authorized bodies
Recruited
*M
*F
44
Part Time
Teacher (PTT) /
GuestLecturer(GL)
Non-teaching
staff
*M
*M
*F
*M
*F
27
16
20
*F
10
13
(PTT) (PTT)
+16 +15
(GL) (GL)
17
13
14
(GL)
24
(GL)
Technical
staff
2
7
Yet to recruit
*M-Male *F-Female
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21.
QUALIFICATIONS OF THE TEACHING STAFF:
Highest
qualification
Professor
Male
Female
Associate Professor
Male
Female
Assistant Professor
Male
Female
Total
Permanent teachers 89
D.Sc./D.Litt.
Ph.D.
31
22
59
M.Phil.
10
PG
15
20
Temporary teachers N.A.*

Ph.D.
M.Phil.
PG
Part-time teachers - 23
Ph.D.
M.Phil.
PG
14
* (1) Recruitment and retention of permanent teachers do not come under the purview of the Institution as it does not enjoy full
autonomy but comes under the Higher Education Department, Government of West Bengal. (2) The College does not have any
prerogative to allow 'temporary' status to teachers. In PG departments, Guest Lecturers deliver special Semester-wise
lectures as per demands of students in particular year. This number is flexible and varies from Semester to Semester.
22
NUMBER OF VISITING FACULTY /GUEST FACULTY ENGAGED WITH THE

COLLEGE.
69
23.
FURNISH THE NUMBER OF THE STUDENTS ADMITTED TO THE COLLEGE

DURING THE LAST FOUR ACADEMIC YEARS.
Categories
Year 1 (2010)
Male
Female
Year 2 (2011)
Male
Female
Year 3 (2012)
Male
Female
Year 4 (2013)
Male
Female
SC
157
162
176
206
ST
27
33
39
40
OBC
1164
1176
1259
1333
General
Others
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24.
DETAILS ON STUDENTS ENROLLMENT IN THE COLLEGE DURING THE

CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR:
Type of students
UG
PG
Students from the same state

where the college is located
1328
229
18
NRI students
Foreign students
Students from other states of India
Total
25.
Ph.D.
Total
33
1559 +
(1+33)
20
1346
231
33
1579 +
(1+33)
DROPOUT RATE IN UG AND PG (AVERAGE OF THE LAST TWO BATCHES)

UG
26.
PG Diploma M. Phil.
11.7%
PG
12.09%
UNIT COST OF EDUCATION

(Unit cost = total annual recurring expenditure (actual) divided by total number of students
enrolled )
27.
(a)
including the salary component
Rs. 62080.38
(b)
excluding the salary component
Rs. 3010.78
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
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
Profile
No
No

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PROVIDE TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO FOR EACH OF THE PROGRAMME

COURSE OFFERED
Course
Subject
UG (Honours)
English
Bengali
Persian
Urdu
Hindi
Sanskrit
History
Political Science
Sociology
Philosophy
Economics
Geography
Statistics
Physics
Chemistry
Mathematics
Botany
Zoology
Microbiology
1:4
1:5
1:1
1:6
1:3
1:3
1:6
1:5
1:11
1:9
1:6
1:3
1:6
1:3
1:3
1:5
1:2
1:5
1:3
PG
English
Physics
Microbiology
Mathematics
Geography
1:2
1:1
1:1
1:1
1:2.5
Certificate
Spanish
Public Relations & Advertising
Multimedia & Animation
1:31
1:5
1:5
UG Diploma
Computer Applications
1:58
PG Diploma
Food & Drug Safety
1:0.2
29.
Teacher/Student ratio
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 21.05.2006 (dd/mm/yyyy) .. Accreditation Outcome/Result A (8.535)
Cycle 2: .......................................... (dd/mm/yyyy) Accreditation Outcome/Result..
Cycle 3: .......................................... (dd/mm/yyyy) Accreditation Outcome/Result..
* Kindly enclose copy of accreditation certificate(s) and peer team report(s) as an annexure.
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31.
NUMBER OF WORKING DAYS DURING THE LAST ACADEMIC YEAR.

198
32.
NUMBER OF TEACHING DAYS DURING THE LAST ACADEMIC YEAR

(Teaching days means days on which lectures were engaged excluding the examination
days)
180
33.
DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE CELL

(IQAC)
IQAC
34.
35.
Profile
15.06.2007 (dd/mm/yyyy)
DETAILS REGARDING SUBMISSION OF ANNUAL QUALITY ASSURANCE

REPORTS (AQAR) TO NAAC.
AQAR
(i) 2009
(21/04/2014)
AQAR
(ii) 2010
(21/04/2014)
AQAR
(iii) 2011
(21/04/2014)
AQAR
(iv) 2012
(21/04/2014)
ANY OTHER RELEVANT DATA (NOT COVERED ABOVE) THE COLLEGE

WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE. (DO NOT INCLUDE EXPLANATORY
DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION) NONE
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12
Profile
Profile
13
14
Profile
Profile
15
16
Profile
Profile
17
18
Profile
Profile
19
20
Profile
Profile
21
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CRITERIA-WISE INPUT
C. 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.
The College remains faithful and dedicated to its traditional goal of woman
empowerment.
Since 2007-08 however it has become more conscious of inculcating national
and human values and is trying to find the mean between these and economic
empowerment of women.
Communicated to different stake holders in the following manner :
Students : Prospectus and Orientation Programmes, Value Education

Programmes, Contact Sessions with Teachers.
Teachers, Non-Teaching Staff and Parents : Interactive Sessions and

Meetings.
(D 1.1 - Prospectus & Annual Reports for Value Education)
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 Institution implements the curricula set by its mother university the
University of Calcutta in all its UG Courses.
It has structured its internal evaluative system in a vital, need-based manner
with reference to the broad guidelines of the University. It organizes class tests
regularly examining the receptivity of the students in terms of setting unit
based questions. This ensures assessment of awareness of details but does not
stress out the young minds.
Mid-terms are held in all three years to expose students to comprehensive
pattern of examination they are likely to face at terminal points.
Even compulsory language tests are held so that basic language skills are
instilled.
Practical and demonstrative teaching is undertaken in laboratories and through
excursions and educational visits.
The Department of Political Science has a tradition for participating in Intracollege Mock Parliaments.
In science subjects extensive e-literacy and use of e-resources are recommended.
In non-lab based subjects like English workshops on adaptation of texts in
other media, e-learning and usage of e-resources are encouraged. If necessary
PPT presentations are arranged. Educational visits are undertaken in many

Lab-based subjects.
Students are encouraged to present papers, write articles in in-house journals
and also give talks in Seminars and Conferences held in and outside the College.
(D 1.1.2 Academic Calendars; Annual Reports for Departmental activities)
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 University disseminates information regarding changes in curricula through
periodic circulars.
It invites teachers of affiliated colleges to participate in workshops on a new
syllabus.
It must be stated that the UG syllabus in some subjects have undergone a great
deal of modifications regarding prescribed texts and pattern of questions. The
teachers of Lady Brabourne College always keep themselves informed and
adhere to the modifications introduced.
However in general there is little scope to introduce too many suggestions in
the UG syllabus because all affiliated colleges are not of uniform standard.
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.
As stated above it is not feasible to make any significant change at the UG
level because the profiles of all colleges under the University of Calcutta are
not similar. In spite of this handicap, this College teaches the given syllabus
without diluting it and examines all angles to give the student the widest
perspective possible. The teaching is library centric and demonstrative and not
merely bookish.
Three PG departments, English, Microbiology, Mathematics are teaching syllabi
which include aspects in the curricula as yet not made current in the PG courses
of these subjects in the University. Geography and Physics also have unique
features. The PG department to be opened by Bengali is also looking for a
visionary syllabus.
The PG syllabus in English has, for instance, a very scientific inter-related
theory, practical structure.
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Students are exposed simultaneously to aesthetics, philosophy and their

applied form in the texts in all the semesters.
European Classics in translation is part of the Core course so that there is

exposure to Literatures in English. American literature is on offer as option
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and the department plans to open Visual Interpretations of Literary texts

shortly.
A set of two term papers and a dissertation is part of the core curricula
encouraging the mastering of research and critical writing skills which
will ensure career advancements.
In Microbiology there is
Introduction of tissue culture in industrial microbiology and virology.
Furthermore industrial visits are mandatory extensions of the teaching

programme.
In Mathematics- Students in M.Sc in Mathematics can opt for a new special

advanced paper Mathematical Methods in Soft Computing which is a very
modern and upcoming area of research and is not included in any other postgraduate syllabus in Mathematics in West Bengal.
(D 1.1.4 Specimens of PG Syllabi )
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?
Departments collaborate with industry, research bodies and of course the
University by organizing visits, entering into agreements with research and
other advanced learning centres and participate in seminars and workshops
held by Calcutta University to implement, substantiate the syllabus.
UGC sponsored career oriented courses with affiliation to University and
professional bodies also add extended dimension to the curriculum.
(Also see 3.2.2)
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.).
Many faculty members are selected members of Undergraduate Board of
Studies. There are representatives from History, and Sociology. In Science
there are representatives from Microbiology, Physics, Economics and Statistics.
All the existent five PG departments have their entire Faculty serving as PG
Board of Studies members. Very shortly the PG department in Bengali will
also have its own BOS.
The University of Calcutta does not have any provision for the College other
than induction of Faculty members in BOS to forward suggestions for designing
the UG syllabus. Though as stated in 1.1.3, whenever workshops are held on
syllabus the College always sends the concerned Faculty members with
suggestions.
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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 curriculum has been developed.
There is no scope under the present system to function outside the purview of
the affiliating university in matters concerning the UG syllabus except as stated
in 1.1.4.
The Institution has however used UGC sponsorship to open career oriented
add on courses in Public Relation and Advertising, Multimedia and Animation,
Computer Application and Spanish. There is also a one-year PG Diploma
Course in Food and Drug Safety.
However in case of those PG courses which enjoy academic autonomy as stated
in 1.1.4 the curricula are developed with reference to need assessment. This
will be borne out from 1.1.4. However it must be kept in mind that constraints
of infrastructure and the larger demands of the standardized UG syllabi have
determinative effect on innovative intentions.
1.1.8. How does the institution anlayse/ensure that the stated objectives of curriculum
are achieved in the course of implementation?
The institution has a very structured practice of meetings in place.
Class Test level performances are deliberated over by the Heads and Senior
Faculty at the departmental level. Any serious anomalies are addressed in
departmental meetings and contact levels are intensified at the class and tutorial
levels to smoothen out the difficulties.
College Test level performances are discussed at Staff Meetings and results
are prepared on the basis of student to student scrutiny. Cases requiring
considerations are deliberated upon and attempts are made to ascertain whether
implementation of curricula was done adequately or whether strategies have
to be revised, whether a particular student had reception problems or whether
student-teacher contact level needed to be re-negotiated.
Implementation strategies are debated over in the Governing Body level if
such a need arises.
( Also see 1.1.5)
1.2 ACADEMIC FLEXIBILITY

1.2.1 Specifying the goals and objectives give details of the certificate/diploma/ skill
development courses etc., offered by the institution.
The Institutions focus on holistic education specially addresses economic
empowerment of women as one of the areas of key concern.
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It follows that careful survey of the market and student interest were taken in
consideration at IQAC and Governing Body Meetings and it was decided to
open
UG Diploma Course in Computer Application - this course has been

designed with the help of Webel Infomatic and has always helped the
students to advance skills to help them in higher academics and in future
careers.
Certificate Course in Spanish - this course harnesses the importance of

Spanish in the global IT industry and provides a launching pad for
professional grooming.
The following UGC sponsored Certificate and Diploma Courses also help in
enlarging the scope of holistic education.
Certificate Course in Multimedia and Animation - this course taps the

potential of the flourishing media market to give students an opportunity
to plan possible careers.
Certificate Course in Public Relations and Advertising - this is another

course that also focusses on the job market and caters to a wider field of
careers such as management, hospitality etc.
PG Diploma Course in Food & Drug Safety- diploma holders having

specialized skills to investigate adulteration in food are likely to find
lucrative openings as analysts in companies.
(Also see 2.2.3)
1.2.2. Does the institution offer programmes that facilitate twinning /dual degree? If
yes, give details.
The Department of Physics has come under a Twinning Programme under the
Biotech Consortium of India as part of the DBT programme.
The Department of English is processing an agreement with Satyajit Ray Film
and Television Institute, Panchasayar (SRFTI) to open its Literary Texts and
Visual Transformation course in the PG programme.
Both the above are aimed at student exposure to extended research and career
orientation in specialist fields, however
a) The Physics programme is a research orientation programme, not a degree
course,
b) The English programme is a degree course but the degree conferring
authority will remain Lady Brabourne College under the University of
Calcutta with SRFTI as a recommending body.
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
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Range of Core /Elective options offered by the University and those opted by
the college
The College has Core options at the UG level in English, Bengali, Persian,
Sanskrit, Hindi, Urdu, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology,
in Arts. It has Core options in Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology,
Microbiology, Mathematics, Economics, Statistics and Geography. All of
these subjects except Microbiology and Geography are available in Elective
mode. In addition Women Studies and Computer Science are available in
the elective mode. With reference to the University range the range in this
College is comprehensive, and among one of the widest in the state of
West Bengal.
Choice Based Credit System and range of subject options
The University of Calcutta does not allow choice-based credit system.

The range has been explained in its operational reality in the previous
point.
Some Autonomous PG courses offer choice based credit system in case of

core/optional courses.
Courses offered in modular form
At the UG Level the University has introduced annual evaluation and has
restructured syllabi in subjects offered at this college in unit models. The
PG syllabi are all in modular form.
Credit transfer and accumulation facility
The University of Calcutta does not allow transfer of credit and

accumulation between institutions or courses between institutions. It maybe
stated though that all the PG mark-sheets are framed according to
international comprehensibility with SGPA and CGPA and letter plus
numerical credit mode in place. So students have no difficulty in enrolling
at international institutions with reference to the said marksheets.
Lateral and vertical mobility within and across programmes and courses.
This is not permissible under the existing norms for affiliated colleges in
the University of Calcutta. The College takes initiative to have open ended
seminars encouraging students of other disciplines to attend and take part
in interactive sessions. This is an initiative to disseminate a wider range of
knowledge despite the restrictions of the University.
Enrichment courses - The Certificate and Diploma Courses in Public relations,

Animations & Multimedia, Computer Course, Spanish, Food & Drug Safety
are designed and taught to enhance applied level knowledge and skill with an
eye to progession. Value education seminars and talks ranging from spiritual
education to female health and hygiene also aim at enrichment of young minds.
(D 1.2.3. will serve also as : D1.1.1, PG Prospectus, Syllabi and Mark sheet format)
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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.
The above mentioned programmes specified in 1.2.1. are all in this category.
(D 1.2.4 Prospectus of Career Oriented Courses for fee structure)
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.
The institutions thrust area is not dissemination of exclusively technical skill
based education. But the add-on courses and the Remedial programme for
academically challenged students do make the formal university curricula
acquire an integrated nature. For an institution without academic autonomy
except for its PG courses this is as far as it can go.
Mention must be made of JAM coaching by Physics, Chemistry, Maths
departments (as part of DBT programmes) to prepare students for career
orientation.
The Career Counselling and Placement Committee of the College also arranged
Career Fairs and Seminars to act as bridge between syllabus and job
requirements.
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. Teaching in the institution is intimate actual learner-centric.
1.3 CURRICULUM ENRICHMENT

1.3.1. Describe the efforts made by the institution to supplement the Universitys
Curriculum to ensure that the academic programmes and Institutions goals and
objectives are integrated?
As has been stated earlier that the present affiliation format does not allow
much leeway. However the teaching methodology with personal level
interaction adapts the syllabus to the goals of the institution.
(Also see 1.1.7)
Admission tests and interviews indigenous to the college, test student aptitude,
so that enrolled students have a natural orientation towards explorative study
and pragmatic awareness. However, as notified in March 2014, the Govt. of
West Bengal and the University of Calcutta there will be policy level changes
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and introduction of Centralised On-line Admissions.

The constant exposure of students to intra and inter departmental seminars
and library facilities widen their horizons beyond the syllabus.
In many of the PG programmes efforts are made to introduce cutting edge
syllabus definitely beyond older structures in the mother university but care is
taken to control ultra-esotericism.
(Also see 1.2.3)
1.3.2. What are the efforts made by the institution to enrich and organize the curriculum
to enhance the experiences of the students so as to cope with the needs of the
dynamic employment market?
The University of Calcutta, though somewhat handicapped by varying teaching
standards of higher education institutions affiliated to it, has gradually been
encouraging unit based functional courses and concise presentation. This is an
attempt to orient young minds to sharpen focus, select targets and sustain focus.
These are the skills needed in the employment world. The College nurtures
these qualities in its teaching methodology while maintaining careful regard
for pure research.
The PG syllabi of at least three departments make use of the autonomous format
to introduce bridge courses which are especially guided by employment needs.
(Also see 1.2.2 and 1.2.3)
The Career Counselling Cell invites representatives from the employment

sectors to hold presentations so that the students can relate the course material
to market needs.
Visits and mock interviews within academic framework and viva voce also
prepare students to adapt academic knowledge to pragmatic needs.
1.3.3. Enumerate the efforts made by the institution to integrate the cross cutting issues
such as Gender, Climate Change, Environmental Education, Human Rights, ICT
etc., into the curriculum?
Gender studies and related issues are integral to PG English. Additionally
Womens' Studies Centre and General Course are constantly pursuing latest
aspects in Gender Research and holding Awareness Programmes on the issue.
Value Education programme is an annual fixture that exposes students to human
rights, gender and environmental issues.
ICT based teaching is the norm in most science departments and extensive use
of OHP and Laptop is commonplace. The Department of English has its own
modest audio-visual set up for conducting film based and media skills
workshops. Smart boards are becoming more common. Extensive use of the
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Inter Net is also common place with regard to research. Computers are the
normal mode for all research presentation by students.
The Physics Department has a 4 inch Astronomical Telescope and uses it to
observe unique phenomena in space.
The Geography Department follows a syllabus that widely uses satellite imaging
and GPS technology among other cutting edge tools.
Environmental Studies are part of the structured UG Syllabus and the students
have to submit an Annual Project Work as a mandatory sensitizing effort.
The Political Science Syllabus includes wide exposure to the Study of Human
Rights.
1.3.4. What are the various value-added courses/enrichment programmes offered to
ensure holistic development of students?
Moral and ethical values- value education, sensitivity programmes on social
and political role and justice are held in the College.
Employable and life skills- health awareness programmes and talks on health
risk management are held.
Better career options- career fairs, placement seminars have been organized.
Community orientation- NSS activities, Organization of Seminars & College
fest are simulation spaces for training.
Psychological Counselling Cell supports students with advice and also
underlines the significance of values in life.
(D 1.3.4 Annual Reports of 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
1.3.5. Citing a few examples enumerate on the extent of use of the feedback from
stakeholders in enriching the curriculum?
There is no formal feedback system for stakeholders for specifically enriching
curricular in deference to the norms of the affiliating University.
However the College holds regular interactive parent-teacherward meets after
every internal terminal examination to discuss areas of concern and collectively
resolve the arising problems.
The College students are to come out with any personal problems standing in
the way of their development, it encourages them to avail free psychological
counselling, and parents are kept notified in discreet fashion to minimize stress
upon the ward.
The Disciplinary Committe of the College responds to any report on the students'
conduct and performance and immediately assemble to address the problem.
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Completing Syllabi in Time
Learning with Empirical Reference
Students of Certificate Course in Spanish performing at the Annual Function
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Round the clock attendance is provided by the Matrons and the Asst. supervisor
in the hostel The Principal always holds meetings whenever situation demands
with parents with a Statutory body of teachers in attendance.
All the above steps are taken to maintain a stress free learning system where
the student is never allowed to feel isolated, nor posed with any threat that she
cannot cope with the University determined syllabus.
1.3.6. How does the institution monitor and evaluate the quality of its enrichment
programmes?
The Departments are personally acquainted with each student of the Major
programmes and is specially watchful when the student is challenged in any
way.
The IQAC and the GB (Governing Body) are always sensitive to the various
enrichment programme running in the College and always watchful of gaps
and ready with suggestions of improvement.
The Grievance Redressal Cell and a box to receive the grievances of the students
are in place.
NSS and other outreach programmes and community activities like Saraswati
Puja, Banamohatsav and Bhasha Dibosh etc. Departmental Project work
like Science Day Programmes provide opportunity to monitor the quality of
enrichment programmes.
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 of Calcutta does not give academic autonomy to its affiliated
colleges except for the PG courses. However teachers of the college always respond
actively to any call for workshop on change in syllabus. They prepare suggestions
according to their expertise in the area and from their pool of experience as
University paper setters, moderators and examiners, and submit these for
consideration by the University.
(Also see 1.1.6)
1.4.2. Is there a formal mechanism to obtain feedback from students and stakeholders
on Curriculum? If yes, how is it communicated to the University and made use
internally for curriculum enrichment and introducing changes/new programmes?
There is a student feedback system in place. However the thrust area in the
questionnaire targeted at 3rd year students is more the implementation than
designing because of non-existence of academic autonomy at UG level.
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The feedback system is however read carefully by the Principal and the areas
of grievance, if any, with regard to application noted. Individual teachers have
closed door sessions with the Principal, if needed. These threadbare discussions
for providing more exhaustive, researched matter with emphasis on lucid
communication are undertaken to bring the student and teacher closer.
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?
Honours in Statistics - 2005 to open an emerging area in academic and
professional pursuits and help career planning.
PG Autonomous in Maths - 2006
Computer Science General in 2007 - To open up suitable option for honours
students of Physics, Statistics, Economics and make the major courses more
scientific.
PG Autonomous in Physics - 2007 - The importance of mathematical and
physical sciences in global development from industry, medicine, computing
cannot be overstated. Also the indigenous aptitude in mathematical sciences
must always be given space and scope.
PG Autonomous in English syllabus in 2009 - Designed as integrated course
between literary theory, textuality and practical criticism, with provisions for
applying multi-media skills to prepare students to face international situations
in academics, research and related careers.
Honours programme in Hindi in 2010 to complete the emphatic tradition of
language teaching existing in the college. The opportunity for students to pursue
advanced studies in higher education in the national language was thought
important.
General programme in Womens Studies in 2010 - to offer option to experience
an emerging area of culture study and give depth to major courses in Literature,
Political Science & Sociology.
Shortly a Post Graduate (Autonomous) Course in Bengali will go under way
from the current academic session i.e. 2014.
(Also see 1.2.1 & 1.2.3.)
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CRITERION II
TEACHING-LEARNING AND EVALUATION
2.1 STUDENT ENROLMENT AND PROFILE
2.1.1 How does the College ensure publicity and transparency in the admission process?
The earnest endeavour of the College is to ensure admission to all deserving and
meritorious students and to implement this the College takes utmost care to publicise its
admission process in the leading newspapers and television channels. In addition to this
the College announces its admission process in the College website. To ensure
transparency in the admission process the College has made it mandatory for applications
to be filed online since 2007. Admission Tests in some subjects are conducted to test
merit. The admission process is outsourced to WEBTECH, who prepares the list
according to the criterion set by the different departments of the College. Admission is
based only on merit.
N.B. : It must be added though from March 2014 Govt. of West Bengal and the
University of Calcutta will be conducting admissions in an online centralised process.
(D 2.1.1 Notice of Admission Committee in the college website
http://ladybrabourneadmissions.com)
2.1.2 Explain in detail the criterion 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
programs of the institution.
Criteria of Admission are as follows :
As of date admissions at the UG level made reference to merit alone. Admission
criterion was relaxed for reserved categories in deference to National policy. Each
Department prepared its unique index and the list of admissable students was based
on it. The index took into consideration the Board marks secured by the student and
then applied the percentile method. On the basis of the marks obtained in the last
examination i.e. Class XII School Leaving Examinations for admission at the Undergraduate level and the B.A/B.Sc. Results for the Post-graduate level.
The Dept. of English conducts an admission test for admission to its Under-graduate
course; hence it is a combination of merit and entrance test that is adopted by the
department.
The Departments of Microbiology and Bengali admit their students on the basis of
merit and interview at the Under-graduate level.
All Post- graduate3 departments (English, Geography, Mathematics, Physics and
Microbiology) admit their students for the Post-graduate courses on the basis of
merit and an entrance examination conducted by the respective departments.
2.1.3 Give the minimum and maximum percentage of marks at the entry level for each of the
programs offered by the college and provide a comparison with other colleges of the
affiliating university within the city/district.
Admission in undergraduate courses in 2013

Subject
Highest
index marks
Lowest
index marks
Highest
Percentile
Lowest
Percentile
Bengali
456
230
93
46.25
Botany
193
85
97
52.75
Chemistry
485.5
255.75
97.25
60
Economics
586
369
98.25
62.5
English
28.8
12
97.5
47
196.75
108.75
96.75
46.75
Hindi
444
242
87.25
47.75
History
489
225
97.25
46.25
Mathematics
591
380
97.75
62.5
Microbiology
584
255
97.5
54
69.75
47.75
Philosophy
461
237
92.75
46.25
Physics
682
375
96.75
59.5
Political Science
193
95
95.75
46.25
Sanskrit
446
294
87.75
59.75
Sociology
197.5
89.25
97.5
46.25
Statistics
586
384
97
65.5
Urdu
441
301
76
50
Geography
Persian
Admission in post graduate courses in 2013

Subject
Highest
index marks
Lowest
index marks
Highest
Percentile
Lowest
Percentile
Microbiology
100
40.97
Geography
57.32
28.44
English
62.5
44.25
Mathematics
77.63
43.20
Physics
65.00
51.22
N.B.:
The minimum and maximum percentage of marks at the entry level cannot be uniform because the scope of
different subjects happen to be different.
The present system of admission refers to Govt. and University guide lines with regard to reserved categories.
However till 2013 colleges in West Bengal were allowed college specific cut off marks at the entry level
correspondent to the demands of the concerned subjects. Hence there is no scope for a comparative inter
college study with regard to admission. It is possible that from 2014 the colleges will participate in a common
admission procedure.
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Teaching-Learning and Evaluation
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.
Our college has an Admission Committee which reviews the admission process
annually. The Principal and the Admission Committee sit with the Heads in several
consecutive meetings leading to the actual time of admissions and with reference to
the Criteria of the University and the Government of India & West Bengal the
benchmark for various disciplines are determined.
This review and debate policy helps in determining aptitude levels in each subject so
that dropout rate is minimised and even negated. The success rate in examination
is also high and failures are minimal.
The Annual Reports keep track of student enrolment and performance and this also
adds to the review graph.
(D 2.1.4 Specimen of Minutes & Annual Report)
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.
SC/ ST: The reservation policy of the Govt. of West Bengal is followed with respect
to admission of SC and ST category which is 22 percent and 6 percent respectively.
OBC: In 2014 the new policy of the Govt is to increase the number of seats of OBC
to 17 percent over a period of 3 years keeping the total number of seats intact. In
accordance to this the college proposes to increase one/two seats in each course as
per the infrastructure is available.
Women: The College is a womens college so this criterion does not apply separately.
Differently- able students: The College gives opportunity to disabled students.
Economically weaker section: The College has several Committees, for example
Students Welfare Committee which disseminates information related to various
scholarships of the Govt. of West Bengal such as Kanyasree, the Vivekananda
Merit Scholarships to the students and makes them aware of such stipends. Various
private and corporate house scholarship are also given to needy but meritorious
students. For example help-desks are introduced in the College premises to
encourage needy but very meritorious students of remote area of West Bengal who
have no access to computer.
Minority Community : The College regularly makes available various Govt. Funds/
Stipends to the students of the Minority Community.
The College strictly follows the governments reservation policy for SC/ST and differentlyabled candidates and adheres to the government norms. The College authority tries its
best to enrol students of the minority communities in the various courses offered by the
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College. Subjects like Urdu Hons. and Persian Hons. admit the maximum number of
Muslim students. It is worth mentioning here that the College was set up as a Muslim
girls College in 1939 and became a secular institution after independence.
Although there is no provision for wavering of any fees at the time of admission for
needy students yet the fees are highly subsidized as any comparative study with private
institutions of similar standard will reveal. Also the College offers Merit cum Means
Scholarships on behalf of the Government and other funding like the Principals Welfare
Fund etc. Text book offers are also in place.
2.1.6 Provide the following details for various programmes offered by the institution during
the last four years. Comment on the trends i.e. reasons for increase / decrease and
action initiated for improvement.
The general trend is positive as will be borne by the Annexure. In order to sustain
the trend vigilant and quality teaching, transparent evaluation, adequate resourcing
are in place.
Few disciplines do reflect variability and this is largely the impact of the level of
Board results of particular years.
(See Annexure 2.1.6, Pgs. 34-37)
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?
The institution follows an inclusive policy and tries to extend all help and support to
the differently-abled students. The endeavour is to be ergonomically compliant with
government norms.
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 of the process.
Yes. The criterion for admission is merit alone. To ensure that merit is channelized
properly admission tests customised for subject need and interviews following the
same plan are part of the admission process.
During admission there is a students' Help Desk to address the needs of the applicants
and also to answer their queries. Moreover the students are counselled on the day
of the admission to help them take admission to the suitable subjects and courses.
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?
Bridging-Tutorial classes are structured within the master time table of departments.
Faculty members sit with small group of students and orient them towards advanced
learning. Individual coaching is in place in all departments even if these are not reflected
as tutorials.
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Remedial -The College has a U.G.C. sponsored Remedial Course for students of
the Minority and Backward classes.Special classes are held in various subjects to
help the academically weak students.
Add-on & Enrichment- The college has also started UGC- sponsored self- financing
career-oriented courses. These are as follows:
Certificate course in Public Relations and Advertising
Certificate course in Multimedia and Animation.
Certificate course in Spanish.
UG Diploma course in Computer Application.
PG Diploma course in Food and Drug Safety.
The Add-on & Enrichment Courses have been designed to
Enable students to acquire IT and related skills in foreign language so that they
not only adapt to cutting edge syllabi in the science subjects, application skills in
liberal arts but also acquire extended applied skills to prepare for the job markets.
The Add-on courses in Food and Drug Safety help students to stay focused on
the seminal areas of the subject and they do well in their chosen programme of
M Sc in Micrbiology for this reason.
(D 2.2.3 Report on Remedial Course in Annual Reports 2011-12 & 2012-13 &
Prospectus of Career oriented Certificate Courses)
2.2.4 How does the college sensitize its staff and students on issues such as gender, inclusion,
environment etc?
Gender - The College caters exclusively to the educational needs of women.
Moreover the institution has a U.G.C. funded Womens Studies Centre which
undertakes research on gender issues, organizes seminars and various other
programmes to discuss and deliberate on gender issues.
Inclusive Representation - The institution is an inclusive one where there is no
discrimination made on the basis of religion, caste, ethnicity, region, language, social
status etc. Our hostel is an example of our endeavour to achieve the same. The
College being a totally government institution follows the 22% SC, 6% ST, 17%
OBC reservation.
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Environment-friendliness The institution is also fully aware of its responsibility to protect and preserve the
environment and organizes the Vanomahotsav annually to sensitize the students
about the same.
There is a Medicinal Garden maintained by the Botany Department which is not
only integral to the study of the UG syllabus but also an important instrument for
sensitization.
There is a Major Research Project under UGC funding which is actively setting up
a Butterfly Garden in the second campus adjacent to the College.
There is the Maintenance and Beautification Committee which is instrumental in the
maintenance of the cleanliness and the aesthetics of the college. The Gardening
Committee helps maintain the beautiful garden of the college.
The College has submitted proposal to the State Government to start Rain Water
Harvesting Project and a Solar Energy Conservation Centre under the guidance of
the Botany and Physics Departments respectively.
2.2.5. How does the institution identify and respond to special educational / learning needs of
advanced learners?
The College has excellent laboratory facilities in the science subjects.
There is also a well-stocked library which houses 100539 books, 466 volumes of
journals and the library subscribes to 20 journals and magazines.
Each department has a supporting Seminar Library for average as well as advanced
learners.
The Inter-NET is always available for student access.
The Post-graduate departments have research scholars and the College provides
them the best research facilities.
Summer trainings are regularly organized, as are visits to research institutes, and
industries to address the needs of advanced learners.
Students of the various departments attend special classes in different research
institutes for exposure to a research environment.
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)?
The academic performance of the students is best revealed by the examination
results.
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Monthly Tests and College Level Terminal Tests form the structure of integrated
Continuous Assessment System (CAS) and records are kept in departmental
and central database.
These data enable the teachers of the institution to advice and guide the students
and also counsel those who are weak and fail to cope with the academic standard
of the college.
Results are prepared centrally but with close dialogue conducted with
departments so that the weaknesses of individual students are tackled in a
need-based manner.
Remedial classes are taken by the faculty members of the institution to help
the under-performers. The Remedial Course is funded by the UGC to especially
help the students of the minority communities and the SC/ST candidates.
(D 2.2.6 will refer to D 2.2.3 Report on Remedial Classes under the programme)
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 publishes the Academic Calendar every year and it is circulated among
the teaching staff and the students.
The modules of the syllabus are prepared in a departmental meeting at the beginning
of each academic session and the teaching plan is subsequently distributed among
the students.
The students are evaluated both by written examination and orally. The process of
evaluation is as follows:
Monthly Test - There are year-long tests to ensure continuous assessment.
Mid term Test - These are comprehensive tests on substantial portion of the
syllabus to help the students to prepare for their Selection Tests.
Selection Test - Terminal Tests at the end of each year of study to assure the
eligibility for University Examination.
The students are also evaluated by inter and intra departmental seminars, study
circles etc.
In addition to this the autonomous post-graduate departments evaluate their

students through end semester examinations and presentation of Term Papers
in public seminars.
2.3.2 How does IQAC contribute to improve the teaching-learning process?

The members of IQAC regularly hold meetings through which monitoring of all
seminal academic activities including research projects undertaken by the individual
teachers of the respective departments are monitored.
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Students of Economics Department Interfacing with Keventers Agro Ltd
VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE, NIMPITH
Interfacing with Research Institute
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The IQAC sensitizes departments to become computer literate in advance degrees

so that all departmental records are gradually transferred into a data base format by
the teachers.
It motivates opening of advance learning courses - PG, Career oriented courses: it
oversees the need to enhance facilities of all kinds that helps upgrade classroom
teaching.
The IQAC regularly seeks funding through schemes and instigates utilization and
application. A healthy body inspires a healthy mind. Very recently the IQAC
interacted with the convener of the Athletic Committee to encourage the formation
of a Throwball team; it also responded to student demand for yoga classes and
initiated a dialogue to induct a qualified yoga teacher.
The State Government guided by UGC norms has recognised the role of the IQAC
by including its participation as an internal sanctioning authority of Career
Advancement Scheme (CAS).
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?
The teachers have independent approach in the class room teaching process. The
tools and aids like overhead projectors, LCD projectors are made available to the
teachers.
The institution has internet and LAN system through which students can access
study materials as and when they need.
Interactive learning is conducted through workshops/ seminars/study circles/
lecture exchange programme with faculties from Central/ State universities/
Research Institutions/media/film institutions. Teachers of individual
departments organize these programmes for students and they are encouraged
to participate in interactive sessions.
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?
The institute takes care to encourage a debate and dialogue method without
neglecting the structured syllabus. It encourages students to question and clarify
in the classrooms and laboratories and during excursions. The teacher in the
institute is like a parent and a friend combined so that inhibition and diffidence
are uncommon elements. It is hoped that in keeping with the goal of woman
empowerment this free spirit with the right degree of prudence will be the
legacy of every Brabournite outside the portals of the institution.
The students are encouraged to participate in inter college debate/quiz
competition/seminars/discourses so that their communicative skills, knowledge
and critical thinking are enriched.
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In many Departments like Microbiology in the UG section seminar presentations by

students are undertaken. Many PG department like Microbiology and English have
provisions for research papers, term papers etc. as part of the course work.
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
Information and Communication Technology (NME-ICT), open educational resources,
mobile education, etc.
The college is very open to e earning; It avails internet facilities promotes research
activities and enables accessing of e journals and e books. But the thrust area is still
teacher-centric where student is treated as a sensitive human being and groomed,
nurtured really, rather than virtually. This is the USP of the college.
2.3.6. How are the students and faculty exposed to advanced level of knowledge and skills
(blended learning, expert lectures, seminars, workshops etc.)?
All the Departments of the College organize seminars and workshops to enrich the
students academically. Experts are regularly invited to deliver lectures on topics which
are already taught in the class by the departmental teachers. Thus there is a blending of
knowledge from different resource persons from the university and other institutions.
Before organizing seminars and workshops departments discuss the topics in advance,
prepare charts and conduct background research.
Blended Learning: Inter-disciplinary dissemination of learning is quite common
especially at the PG level. For example the Department of Microbiology and
Geography involve the Department of Statistics for statistical analysis of Ph D thesis
of their departments. The Department of Geography brings faculty from Calcutta
Business School for teaching statistics to the MSc students. The departments of
Persian and Sanskrit are conducting research projects in collaboration with each
other. An inter-disciplinary National seminar among the departments of Persian,
Sanskrit and Hindi was held in 2013. An inter-disciplinary International level seminar
was held among Political Science, Economics and Sociology in 2009. The postgraduate department of English is in the final process of signing a MOA with SRFTI,
Kolkata to launch an optional course in Visual Transformation of Literary Text.
Expert Lectures: All the post-graduate departments regularly bring resource persons
from various research institutes and leading universities. The under-graduate
departments also do the same whenever need arises.
Seminars: Seminars and workshops are standard enrichment programmes and are
annual fixtures. The Annual Reports of the Institution published regularly reflect the
wide ranging subjects addressed during these programmes. Student participation in
all of these is mandatory and care is taken to arrange the itinerary in such a manner
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that students benefit the most from the discussions. They not only acquire intense
knowledge of the syllabus but also widen horizons of knowledge at once relative
and expansive
Workshops:
Faculty members of the Department of Microbiology offered themselves as

Resource Persons for the enrichment of Faculty Members of the department of
Geography.
(D 2.3.6 will refer to D 2.2.3 and D 2.2.6)
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?
Since academic counselling and mentoring are part of a long established structure and
very need based and conducted in a humane way statistics are not maintained. This
would be mechanical in the perception of the College. The College has a number of
cells and even conducts remedial course for minority and backward class students.
The student Counselling Cell: Mainly psychological counseling. The cell regularly
organizes counselling session for students once a week with professional counselors
Dr. Sreemati Biswas. The cell has successfully counselled 130 students. The cell has
the following visions:
Raise greater awareness about stress and its related problems, organize
workshops and seminars on mental health.
Greater counselling sessions for students.
Organize group session and meditation.
Disciplinary Committee: The college has a Disciplinary Committee and senior

faculties as members. Its functions are as follows.
To discipline students.
To counsel them.
To correct and reform students who are found to have defiant behaviour.
The purpose of the committee is not to punish but to reform students towards
holistic awareness.
(See 5.1.9.)
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 faculty to adopt new and innovative approaches and the impact of such
innovative practices on student learning?
In all the post graduate departments the Semester system has been introduced
and a new syllabus has been started.
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In the Geography department the post-graduate students prepare Term Papers

and present these in an open seminar for evaluation. The students also prepare
dissertation papers in their final semester which are evaluated through public
seminars by the external examiners from other universities.
In Microbiology department, Semester II and IV of the Post graduate course,

every Saturday a seminar presentation of the weeks total lecture is held where
students are encouraged to give their inputs in addition to what has already
been taught in the class.
In the English Department Special areas are discussed and then students are
encouraged to determine underworked areas in the broad domain. They
compose term papers and dissertations on the basis of these investigative
determinatives to present in the IInd and IVth semesters in the PG course.
In the Physics Department the PG students are guided to do project work;

regular laboratory visits outside the College are followed by exhaustive
interactive session.
In the Mathematics Department the PG students undertake project work.
The UG section of Bengali, Political Science, Sociology, Economics all

undertake some form of innovative teaching; the Bengali department conducted
a workshop on Film & Literature; the Political Science department conduct
class lecture through Power Point Presentation.
Through the feedback process it has been learnt that the students are benefitted
enormously. The teaching learning process is further enriched
as the students get the facilities of internet and intranet.
with the use of overhead and LCD projectors in the classrooms.
with ICT tools such as photocopiers, scanners, printers etc.
with image processing software, GIS software, microscopic photographic

attachment.
by regular educational excursions being held.
by visit to different industries and research institutions, laboratories are regularly

organized.
2.3.9. How are library resources used to augment the teaching-learning process?
By recommending reference work, accessing internet facilities to students the
teaching-learning process may be augmented.
The teaching learning process may be augmented by facilitating the use of
reference books and accessing internet facilities. The library uses various ICT toolsphotocopiers, scanners, printers etc to help students.
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The library also has Wi-Fi connection. Some old and valuable books have been
digitized. The library has joined the ENLIST programme (conducted by
INFLIBNET) since 2011. E- journals and e books can be availed by this. The
College library has Institutional membership with the British Council Library. The
College library has a dedicated web page(www.lbclibrary.org) since 2012. To make
the webpage interactive e mail address is provided to communicate with users to
deliver better library services. Facebook connectivity is also provided. The library
has installed library software KOHA compatible with Z39.50. This has helped in
better acquisition, circulation, cataloguing, book reserves, bibliography services,
etc.
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.
As far as the internal organization is concerned the institution finishes its teaching
well ahead but often due to unavoidable circumstances such as election processes
teaching days are curtailed and the affiliating university changes its schedule, then the
institution faces the challenge of disseminating its tradition of close and thorough
teaching in the imposed abbreviated time frame.
But as it faces this situation quite frequently extra classes are arranged without stressing
the students and long vacations are curtailed by a week or fortnight so that a balance
can be struck between academic needs and relaxations. Mention may be made of
Puja Vacation 2013 when a number of department arranged special classes to be
taken so that the curriculum may be completed with good time.
2.3.11. How does the institute monitor and evaluate the quality of teaching learning?
Through the students feedback information process.
Monthly/Mid Term/College Test/ University Examination results of the students.
(See 2.3.1)
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2.4 TEACHER QUALITY

2.4.1 Provide the following details and elaborate on the strategies adopted by the college in
planning and management (recruitment and retention) of its human resource (qualified
and competent teachers) to meet the changing requirements of the curriculum.
Highest
qualification
Professor
Male
Female
Associate Professor
Male
Female
Assistant Professor
Male
Female
Total
Permanent teachers
D.Sc./D.Litt.
Nil
Ph.D.
M.Phil.
PG
31
22
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11
15
20
14
Temporary teachers
Ph.D.
M.Phil.
PG
Part-time teachers
Ph.D.
M.Phil.
PG
NB.
1. Recruitment and retention of permanent teachers do not come under the purview of the Institution as it does not enjoy
full autonomy but comes under the Higher Education Department, Government of West Bengal.
2. The College does not have any prerogative to allow 'temporary' status to teachers. In PG departments, Guest Lecturers
deliver special Semester-wise lectures as per demands of students in particular year. This number is flexible and varies
from Semester to Semester.
2.4.2. How does the institution cope with the growing demand/ scarcity of qualified 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.
The College is a Government Institution and thus cannot recruit teachers. The lacunae
is overcome by
inviting retired teachers, scholars as resource persons, researchers to deliver short
term courses.
inviting meritorious ex students to take classes.
concerned departments conducting periodical workshops/seminars to upgrade the
process of teaching learning.
the College is using its place under DBT STAR Programme by which the Bioscience
faculties are refreshed with newer research technologies.
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respective departments engaging Guest Lecturers and retired teachers from Research
institutes/ Universities for teaching specialized new programmes.
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.
a) Nomination to staff development programmes
Academic Staff Development Programmes
Number of faculty
Nominated 2007-2013
Refresher courses
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HRD programmes
04
Orientation programmes
18
Staff training conducted by the university
07
Staff training conducted by other institutions
08
Summer / winter schools, workshops, etc.
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07 (winter)
b) Faculty Training programmes organized by the institution to empower and enable the
use of various tools and technology for improved teaching-learning
Teaching learning methods/approaches- The Orientation and Refresher

Courses which are part of a standard procedure for screening are measures
to enhance innovative teaching skills of a teacher. These courses are
developed and conducted by Academic Staff Colleges of various
universities and teachers avail Duty Leave to attend them.
Handling new curriculum- Please refer to 2.4.2.
Content/knowledge management-Under the DBT Star College Scheme FIP

the Department of Chemistry participated in a programme on Computational
Chemistry in 2012. Under the same scheme the Department of Botany
participated in an awareness programme concerning Medicinal Plant Garden in
Garpanchakot in 2013. Yet another FIP scheme involved participation of the
Zoology department.
Selection, development and use of enrichment materials - Please refer to

note on Teaching-learning methods/approaches in 2.3.8
Assessment - The impact of faculty enrichment is directly felt in improved

teaching and is under the purview of the Heads of department.
Cross cutting issues - Faculty members participated in a UGC-sponsored

on Capacity building of Woman Managers in Higher Education in 2011.
Audio Visual Aids/multimedia - Many faculty members underwent

computer literacy programmes at different stages and they have developed
a level of on-job skill that has direct impact on class presentation through audiovisual medium.
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PG Diploma in Food & Drug Safety
Remedial Coaching in progress
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OERs N.A.
Teaching learning material development, selection and use - Faculty

members have not been formally exposed to any training programme for
content development but many faculty members in their capacities as
resource persons in refresher courses developed content with reference to
their competence.
c) Percentage of faculty
Invited as resource persons in Workshops / Seminars / Conferences

organized by external professional agencies
Participated in external Workshops / Seminars / Conferences recognized

by national/ international professional bodies
1-2 percent.
65 percent
Presented papers in Workshops / Seminars / Conferences conducted or

recognized by professional agencies
80 percent
(D 2.4.3. will refer to D 2.4.4.)
2.4.4 What policies/systems are in place to recharge teachers? (eg: providing research
grants, study leave, support for research and academic publications teaching
experience in other national institutions and specialized programmes industrial
engagement etc.)
As this is a Govt. College all the above mentioned opportunities are channelled
through the Department of Higher Education, Govt. of West Bengal.
Providing Research Grants: Teachers have opportunities to apply for Minor
and Major Research Projects to the UGC/CSIR/ICSSR/Other Bodies.
Study Leave: The Teachers are allowed to take commuted leave without MC.
Support for Research and Publication in other National Institutions:
All sponsored seminars publish proceedings which incorporate research

papers presented at the seminar.
The Lady Brabourne College Journal is a dedicated, ISSN research

Journal offering opportunity to the faculty for publishing its research work.
Specialised Programmes/ Industrial Engagements: The Principal always gives

ready permission to any faculty member invited as teachers/resource persons.
For instance a teacher from the English Department offered her consultancy
services to SRFTI in 2013. A teacher of the Geography department was invited
as resource person in the Refresher Course of the Academic Staff College,
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University of Calcutta in 2013 and 2014. These are just a few recent instances of
this healthy and standing practice.
(D-2.4.4- Invitation letters)
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.
1. Prof. Siuli Sarkar ( Principal)
2. Dr. Aditi Nag Choudhuri (Head, Microbiology)
(D- 2.4.5 Award Certficates.)
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. The students feedback information is scrutinized by the teachers/Principal annually
and appropriate correctional steps are taken by the individual teachers.
(D- Specimen feedback form)
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?
Both faculty and students are made aware of the evaluation process and reforms through
institutional notification, faculty meetings, academic calendars, and teacher-student
interactions and by holding respective departmental parent-teachers meeting.
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?
There are two levels of teaching programmes in the institution. These are:
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Post-Graduate level (autonomous): Five subjects: Four in Science and One in Artsi.e.
Geography, Microbiology, Mathematics, Physics and English.
Under-Graduate level (under C.U.)
In the Under-graduate level the University has introduced 1+1+1 system of examination
for three years degree course from 2009.
In Science subjects the syllabus has been re-formulated into 50 marks module consisting
of 16 modules and 8 Papers have been introduced since 2009 and is being run by the
institution.
The evaluation process constitutes of Theory and Practical examination at the end of
each year conducted by the university in a centralised way.
The pattern of question has been re-formulated with introduction of essay type questions
of 10 marks and objective type of questions of 4 marks.
The evaluation of practical examination is conducted through laboratory experiments,

project works, field reports, computer based work, instrumental survey techniques
and RS &GIS software operations and viva voce. (The last one is applicable for
Geography).
This enables the students to compete and appear in entrance examinations of reputed
international and national institutes of higher learning for post-graduate and PhD degrees
and other professional competitive examinations in IITs,IIMs,ISI, IIPS &TISS and others.
In the case of post-graduate programmes, the institution has been granted academic autonomy,
so it runs the two years Masters course through semester system divided into four semesters
each consisting of six months duration. A new syllabus has been introduced in all the postgraduate departments. The evaluation reforms consist of the following:
An end semester examination at the end of six months
A continuous evaluation of laboratory experiments/assignments
Presentation of Term Papers through seminars
Preparation of Field Reports/Projects through primary survey, interviews, participant

observations, questionnaires etc. collation of secondary data and collection and analysis
of chemical and biological samples as and what is relevant for the individual departments.
Preparation of a dissertation paper at the end of 4th semester based on Special papers
offered by the individual faculties based on both primary and secondary data and
presentation of the same through a public seminar.
This enables the students to appear in NET, SLET, GATE,and other competitive, academic
and professional examinations.
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?
This is implemented through academic curriculum and notification through college

prospectus and institutional Rules and Regulations and notification of individual
departmental post-graduate Rules and Regulations.
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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.
For formative evaluation the College has its own process of internal assessment system
through class tests, monthly tests, tutorials, mid-term tests and selection tests. The students
are then advised and counselled to rectify their shortcomings. The College arranges for
remedial classes for the academically weak students to help them overcome their
drawbacks and prepares them to do better in their university examinations. The university
results of our College students is exemplary, our students obtain ranks in the university
examinations. The system of assessment and evaluation adopted by us has had positive
impacts.
e.g., Zeenat Parveen (currently a Third Year student of the Department of History)
found it difficult to cope with the honours course when she took admission in this
college but constant monitoring and guidance has helped the student tremendously
and she has done fairly well in her Part I and Part II Examinations of the University
of Calcutta, of which the college is an affiliate.
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.
During the last four years, to be specific, there has been no programmed system of
rigor and transparency. This is because the graded process of examinations already
firmly in place ensures rigor and transparency.
The College has in place a very thorough invigilation mechanism.
UG and PG level scripts are assessed by several teachers ruling out any possibility of
under/over marking.
PG departments have in place a system of evaluation by third examiners ensuring rigor

and transparency in assessment.
Additionally the Disciplinary Committee plays the role of a reformative and counselling
unit to ensure complete integrity in the process.
To encourage communication skills and independent learning students are encouraged

to participate in seminars, write papers, participate in public debates conducted by the
Govt. and Non-Govt. Organizations and media i.e. television and radio.
Regular exposure to Value Education programmes lead to holistic development.
Generally speaking the students of the Institution have a very high level of integrity because of
the above mentioned systems in place.
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 graduate attributes desired include
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Consistent and excellent academic performance
An openness towards career orientation
A holistic approach to education.
The stated mission and vision of the College addresses these attributes and the college ensures
it through its sustained excellence in academic programmes; its career oriented courses and its
career counselling cell. Its regular value education programmes ensures the holistic development
of the student.
2.5.7 What are the mechanisms for redressal of grievances with reference to evaluation both at the
College and University level?
There is a provision of Review of marks obtained in the University examinations through

the departmental and institutional Heads. Students avail of this procedure and get Reviews
done as and when they think it is necessary. At the College level departmental teachers
and Heads address this and settle the grievances of the students.
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?
Yes. There is a Career Counselling Cell which conducts workshops in collaboration

with Companies and Organizations so that students and staff are made aware of
performance and learning outcomes.
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.
(See Annexure to 2.6.2, Pgs. 38-39)
2.6.3 How are the teaching and assessment strategies of the institution structured to facilitate the
achievement of the intended learning outcomes?
Through organizing UGC sponsored National and State Level workshops/seminars/

Lecture programmes the students are constantly appraised of the latest opportunities of
Higher Education, research and professional opportunities in each individual subjects.
The facilities of learning in premier academic /professional institutions e.g. NRSC, ISSRO,
TISS, are notified to the students.
At the post-graduate level the syllabus is structured in such a way that students can sit
for Competitive examinations. The special coaching is given by teachers for appearing
in JAM, NET, SLET, GATE, GMAT etc
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Inaugural Session of Interdisciplinary International Seminar

L to R : Dr. Sanghamitra Mukherjee, Principal (2005-2011), Sri Satish Chandra Tiwari, Secretary, Higher Education Department,
Professor Amit Bhaduri, Emeritus Professor JNU & Professor of Political Economy, University of Paria, Italy
Panel Discussion in Progress
Professor Siuli Sarkar (then HOD), Department of Political Science briefing the Press at UGC Sponsored International
Seminar on Globalization, Capitalist Crisis and Inclusive Development: Myths and Reality, December, 2009
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2.6.4 What are the measures /initiatives taken by the institution to enhance the social and economic
relevance (quality jobs, entrepreneurship, innovation and research aptitude) of the courses
offered?
Several professional courses have been introduced in the college since 2007. These are as
follows:
UG Diploma Course in Computer Application
Certificate Course in Spanish Language
Certificate Course in Multimedia & Animation
PG Diploma Course in Food and Drug Safety
These enable students to select their future academic and professional courses.
The post-graduate departments offer Doctoral programme so that students get
opportunities to enhance their research qualification.
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?
Through Student Data Base Management System, Alumni Association, and

personal/ departmental communication the student learning outcomes are collected and
future planning is conducted.
A regular contact with ex-students through internet and face book is maintained and
they are encouraged to come and talk to the present students through seminars/study
circles/workshops so that an academic exchange between past and present students is
maintained.
The data collected is reviewed by the Principal and the Career Counselling Cell. The
IQAC is also consulted when required. The trends in Campus recruitment form the
parameter for future interface sessions with employers. PG syllabus are modified with
reference to student needs in BOS meetings to open more windows for them. But at
the UG level the College does not have the authority to break the barriers of learning as
the curriculum is managed by the affiliating university.
2.6.6 How does the institution monitor and ensure the achievement of learning outcomes?
By monitoring the students tutorial performances, project work and seminar presentation
and College and University Examination results the institution ensures the achievements
of learning outcomes.
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2.6.7 Does the institution and individual teachers use assessment/ evaluation outcomes as an indicator
3for evaluating student performance, achievement of learning objectives and planning? If yes
provide details on the process and cite a few examples.
From the earliest days of its inception teachers of the College make attempts to be aware of
students in an individual basis. Naturally their learning outcomes are monitored and known so
as to create a pool of knowledge of academic performance. Each department has account of
its students who have benefited from this system to progress onwards in higher education and
career building.
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Ms. Sumita Roy a PG student of English became de-motivated after performing below
her capacity in the first two semester in 2011-12. However she was counselled on the
basis of the results of her positive modules and became convince of her talent and went
on to successfully complete her course and is now a teacher in New Delhi.

ANNEXURE 2.1.6
SCIENCE
Programmes
Number of
Applications
Number of students
Admitted
Demand Ratio (Applications/

Admitted Candidate)
2007
162
13
12.46:1
2008
427
19
22.47:1
2009
435
18
24.16:1
2010
556
19
29.26:1
2007
538
23
23.39:1
2008
1171
28
41.82:1
2009
941
30
31.37:1
2010
1140
25
45.6:1
2007
467
32
14.59:1
2008
351
33
10.64:1
2009
516
20
25.8:1
2010
498
33
15.09:1
2007
840
25
33.6:1
2008
1104
25
44.16:1
2009
428
20
21.4:1
2010
542
25
21.68:1
2008
151
27
5.59:1
2009
193
27
7.14:1
2010
258
27
10.32:1
2011
266
28
9.5:1
2007
670
23
29.13:1
2008
657
25
26.28:1
2009
1493
28
53.32:1
2010
713
18
39.61:1
Botany UG
Chemistry UG
Economics UG
Geography UG
Geography PG
Mathematics UG
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Programmes
Number of
Applications
Number of students
Admitted

Admitted Candidate)
2007
50
20
2.5:1
2008
47
5.88:1
2009
95
19
5:1
2010
77
20
3.85:1
2007
102
25
4.08:1
2008
95
13.57:1
2009
140
25
5.6:1
2010
201
20
10.05:1
2008
85
15
5.66:1
2009
81
10
8.1:1
2010
63
10
6.3:1
2011
126
10
12.6:1
2007
775
29
26.72:1
2008
1019
22
46.32:1
2009
992
29
34.2:1
2010
915
25
36.6:1
2007
63
12
5.25:1
2008
77
15
5.13:1
2009
92
15
6.13:1
2010
96
15
6.4:1
2007
193
14
13.79:1
2008
285
13
21.92:1
2009
364
14
26:1
2010
241
11
21.91:1
Mathematics PG
Microbiology UG
Microbiology PG
Physics UG
Physics PG
Statistics UG
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Programmes

Number of
Applications
Number of students
Admitted

Admitted Candidate)
2007
958
23
41.65:1
2008
1211
20
60.55:1
2009
1215
21
57.86:1
2010
1284
20
64.2:1
2007
333
29
11.48:1
2008
300
29
10.34:1
2009
347
33
10.51:1
2010
428
22
19.45:1
2007
1094
27
40.52:1
2008
1234
22
56.09:1
2009
1268
22
57.64:1
2010
1363
17
80.18:1
2009
15
2010
164
24
6.83:1
44
6.29:1
2007
129
19
6.79:1
2008
157
22
7.14:1
2009
232
24
9.67:1
2010
241
16
15.06:1
2007
1:1
2008
3:1
2009
1:1
2010
1.5:1
Zoology UG
ARTS
Bengali UG
English UG
English PG
Hindi UG*
2010
History UG
Persian UG
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Programmes
Number of
Applications
Number of students
Admitted

Admitted Candidate)
2007
92
18
5.11:1
2008
89
17
5.23:1
2009
109
17
6.41:1
2010
128
12
10.66:1
2007
332
17
19.53:1
2008
421
27
15.59:1
2009
344
23
14.96:1
2010
407
21
19.38:1
2007
102
18
5.67:1
2008
80
8.89:1
2009
103
26
3.96:1
2010
128
15
8.53:1
2007
306
28
10.93:1
2008
286
33
8.67:1
2009
294
35
8.4:1
2010
275
34
8.09:1
2007
53
28
1.89:1
2008
75
34
2.21:1
2009
29
14
2.07:1
2010
57
32
1.78:1
Philosophy UG
*introduced from 2010 - Hindi
Political science UG
Sanskrit UG
Sociology UG
Urdu UG
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Item 2.6.2
The flow chart illustrates the type of monitoring that the college does for maintenance of two
programmes/courses UG and PG. As PG courses are autonomous each department has its own
system of evaluation, monitoring and communication of progress to the students. However, end
semester examination at the end of each semester is common for all the PG courses and through
these students progress is monitored regularly. The five examples from two streams of two students
each at the UG and PG level illustrate the point adequately.
Arpita Roy of BSc. Honours is an example of how she has fared well in her results.
Chandrima Banerjee of B.A. Honours is an even better example of achieving excellent result after
close institutional monitoring.
As far as PG courses are concerned Jaita Sen of M.Sc in Geography has progressively achieved
better result and secured a 1st class 3rd position in her M.Sc examination after institutional monitoring.
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Jayshree Das of M.A. in English has shown remarkable improvement in her final result through
institutional monitoring.
Shilpa Dutta of M.A. in English ( 2011-2013) has also shown considerable improvement in her final
examination through institutional monitoring.
CASE STUDIES
UG (Science) Session 2010-2013
Monitoring Geography
Case 1 : Arpita Roy B.Sc
Part I
2nd class
2nd class
Part II
56.5%
Part III
52.5%
1st class
65.75%
Overall she has secured a First class (60.12%) in BSc Hons Examination.
UG (Arts)
History
Case 2 : Chandrima Banerjee
Part I
2nd class
2nd class
Part II
54%
Part III
1st class
61.5%
68%
Overall she has secured a First class (61.25%) in B. A Hons Examination.

PG (Science) Session 2011-2013
Geography
Case 1 : Jaita Sen
Marks SGPA (Semester Grade Point Average)
Semester I
4.32
Semester II
Semester III
Semester IV
CGPA Rank
4.57
4.92
5.34
4.79 1st class 3rd
PG (Arts) Session 2009-2011

English
Case 2 Jayshree Das
Semester I
45%
Semester II
Semester III
Semester IV
41.25
47%
53.5
Overall she has secured 46.68% in her M.A Examination.

Session 2011-2013
Case 3 _ Shilpa Dutta
Semester I
53%
Semester II
Semester III
Semester IV
55%
62.5%
62%
Overall she has secured 58.13% ranking 2nd in her class.
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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?
Yes. The Faculty members of the Institutions are recognized by University of Calcutta
and other Universities as the Research Guides and a number students already have
been awarded Ph.D Degree and some others have registered their name for Ph.D
Degree.
(D 3.1.1- Approval Letters of University)
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.
Yes, There are two bodies :1. Science Promotion Committee and UGC Committee -These two
committees look after the problem faced by the researchers and the Proper
communication to UGC for Work report and Audit report of the projects.
2. Institutional Ethical Committee which will clear the ethical problems in
certain projects.
3. The IQAC comprising of Senior Faculty members headed by the Principal
cover the aspect of research promotion in its regular meetings. Whenever
need arises the IQAC keeps open the option of expert consultation.
For instance at the time of launching the Platinum Jubilee inter-disciplinary
and inter-departmental project, The Role of Lady Brabourne College in
Educating the Minority Woman and its Impact on the emancipation and the
Empowerment of the Woman in Bengal it held meetings with experts on
Womens Studies in 2012.
In the time leading to the International UGC-sponsored seminar- conference
by the departments of Political Science, Economics and Sociology around
October 2009 several meetings were held between IQAC members and leading
experts in all the mentioned disciplines to chalk out the blueprint of the event.
(See also 6.1.2.)
Name of the committee
Convenors/ Chair Persons Treasurers/ Secretary
Members
1.
Dr.AditiNagChaudhuri
Dr. Haimanti Chakraborty
Dr. Bidisha Mallick

Dr. Debosri Bhadra
Dr. Himangshu Shekhar Guha
Dr. Jayasri Sarkar
Dr. Mustafizur Rahman
Dr. Nupur Basu
Dr. Rinku Saha
Dr. Sameena Murtaza
Dr. Somasree Roy Chaudhuri
Dr. Sraboni Chakraborty
Dr. Subhra Chattopadhyay
Dr.. Sudipta Das
Science Promotion
Committee
2. UGC Committee
Dr. Aditi Nag Chaudhuri

Dr. Subhalakshmi Pande
Ms. Ruby Pal

Dr. Suchita Sinha
3.
Prof. Subrata Majumdar,

Bose Institute
Dr. Aditi Nag Chaudhuri Dr. Madhumita Dube

Medical Practitioner
All India Institute of Hygiene
and Public Health
Prof. Uma Banerjee
Philosopher
University of Calcutta
Mr. Ardhendu Kayal
Lawyer, Advocate, Alipur Court
Dr. Pataki Chatterjee
Scientist Jadavpur University
Dr. Chinmoy Panda Scientist,
Chittaranjan National Cancer
Research Institute
Institutional
Ethical Committee
Ms. Abira Chakraborty

Dr. Haimanti Chakraborty
Dr. Jayasri Acharyya
Dr. Mitali Bhattacharya
Ms. Natasa Das Gupta
Prof. Sanjukta Das
Prof. Saswati Mukherjee
3.1.3 What are the measures taken by the institution to facilitate smooth progress
implementation of research schemes/projects?
Autonomy to the principal investigator
person to plan and structure any project.
the Principal investigator is the key
Timely availability or release of resources Prompt disbursement of sanctioned

grants are ensured through constant liasions with funding authorities & allocation
meetings. (see also item 6.4.1)
Adequate infrastructure and human resources (details vide items 4.2.1 &
4.3.1). Provisions for inducting Research Fellows for Major Projects, both UGC &
non-UGC sponsored are in place. e.g.
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The UGC- sponsored Major Project for setting up a Butterfly Garden in Campus
II by Dr. Anuradha Choudhuri, Department of Zoology has Research Fellows.
Research, Consultancy and Extension
The State Government funded Major Project The Role of Lady Brabourne
College in Educating the Minority Woman and its Impact on the
Emancipation and the Empowerment of the Woman in Bengal also has
Research Fellows.
The Collaborative Project between two members of the Physics department,

Tezpur University, Assam and the S.N.Bose Centre for Basic Sciences,
Kolkata also has Research Fellows.
Monte Carlo Simulation of biaxial nematic liquid, Relevant of pollinating

insects in propagation of flowing plants, Resource assessment, recovery
and utilisation in dynamic sewage-fed wetland ecosystem are three major
project which are facilitated with equipment and research assistant.
Time-off, reduced teaching load, special leave etc. to teachers

Departmental adjustments with the active support of Principal sanctioning leave
& load- distribution in place. (detail vide item 2.4.4 special leave)
Support in terms of technology and information needs

4.2.1-library; 4.3.1-IT-infrastructure)
Facilitate timely auditing and submission of utilization certificate to

(details vide item 6.4.2)
the funding authorities
Any other-helping in forging relationship with other institutes,

Organizing workshop/ Seminar etc. from time to time
i)
(details vide item
24 hrs Internet facility.
ii) Computers and laptops for every departments.

iii) Higher level Books and Journals for every subject.
iv) Spaces for research work (infra structure).
v) Faculty improvement programme and seminars are organized regularly.
vi) Insrumental facilities and Library help are taken from other Institutes.
(D- 3.1.3 List of Departmental Seminars in Annual Reports)
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UGC funded Major Research Project: Setting up of a Butterfly Garden
Butterfly Garden (Second Campus)
Animal House
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Department
2006-07
Sem WS
Interdisciplinary

2007-08
Sem WS
3
Economics
2008-09
Sem WS
2009-10
Sem WS
Zoology
Physics
Botany
Chemistry
Statistics
Mathematics
Microbiology
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2010-11
Sem WS
11
1
2
2
1
Pol. Science
Sociology
History
Sanskrit
1
1
Urdu
Philosophy
Bengali
1
1
2012-13
Sem WS
3
1
1
Geography
English
2011-12
Sem WS
1
1
3
1
1
1
2
1
Sem : Seminar, WS : Workshop
3.1.4 What are the efforts made by the institution in developing scientific temper and research
culture and aptitude among students?
Post graduate departments are organizing monthly seminar lectures by eminent
Scientists and Teachers from external Institutions.
Post Graduate students (Microbiology) have to present compulsory papers on recent
advances on the topics they are going through, especially in Second and Fourth
Semester.
PG students of English department have to write at least two term papers, one
under guidance (second semester), the second under partial supervision and applying
theories on Post-structuralism (Third semester) and finally they have to submit a
proper dissertation as a model for future Ph.D work on topics of current literary &
culture studies under their selected supervisors. They are also exposed to viva-voce
or defense of seminar paper at the Fourth Semester.
Postgraduate (Microbiology, Geography, and Physics) and undergraduate students
(Economics and Sociology) are to do Summer Project in the respective departments
under the guidance of the teachers.
Undergraduate departments also organize seminar lectures at least once a year.
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Undergraduate and Postgraduate departments of the science stream organize self

financed and sponsored workshop by DBT / DST, Govt of India.
Students are sent to different quiz contests (on or off-campus), debates etc. related
to there respective disciplines so that they acquire recent knowledge.
Research scholars of each department interact with the students so that they remain
aware what is going on. In the PG programme in English SRF and JRF scholars
from University of Calcutta and Jadavpur University become Guest Faculties to
allow present students to have maximum exposure in cutting edge areas of research
in humanities and culture studies.
Visit to Research Institute are organized for students.
Microbiology department publishes one annual magazine from the department and
Physics department publishes one wall magazine every year.
The Department of English (UG & PG) ensures that the Mandalika Banerjee
Memorial Lecture offers maximum exposure to students by not only giving them
interactive space with eminent scholars of literature but also involving them with
project work on the Topic of the Lecture. In 2012 Prof. Supriya Chaudhuri delivered
the lecture on Death in Tragedy. In 2013 Prof. Amitava Roy, teacher and performing
artist of international repute and associated with the Department of English, RBU
worked with the students on the Lecture/Project- The Tempest and the Globe.
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.)
Most of the faculty members are involved in various research activities in different
fields. A number of research projects funded by different funding agencies are ongoing
or finished in last few years. Multiple numbers of students are enrolled for their Ph.D
degree under faculty members of Microbiology, Physics, Zoology, Geography etc. List
of Ph.D students are enclosed herewith.
Name of the Guide
Topic
Name of the candidate

registered awarded Ph.D
Prof. Gopa Datta
1. Bangla Chhotogalpe Apradhan Charitra

2. Sayad Mustapha Sirajer Upanyas :
Myth O Bastabatanga
3. 1850 1938 Bangla Upanyas O Banga
Dampatyer Bibaran
Misbahul Alam
Apurba Pahar
Abhishek Ghosal
Name of the Guide
Topic

registered awarded Ph D
Prof. Sanjukta Das
1. Polyphonic Voices : Indian English Women Poets
Swarupa Gomes
2. Negotiating Context, Text & Authorship.

Selected Women's Narratives from the
subcontinents
Anupama Maitra
2. Men and Masculinities in the fiction of

Anita Desai
Aditi Sengupta
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Name of the Guide
Topic

Dr. Aditi Nag

Chaudhuri
Aluminium Toxicity in Mammal- Its

Mechanism and Preventive Measures
Srabanti Basu,
Awarded in 2002
Regulation of the Cell Signal Transduction

Pathways for Cell Survival Apoptosis by
Tri and Pentavalent Arsenic in the Rat Brain
Suchandra Bhattacharya
Awarded in 2006
Designing of Organophosphrus Pesticide

With Low Nontarget Nerve Damageale &
High Phytoremediable Characteristics Using
Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship
Rini Pal Awarded in 2008
Isolation and Characterization of Thermophilic

Chitinase Producer Microorganism From
Temperate Soil
Debalina Basu (Ghosh)

Submitted in 2012
Development of a Good Biofertiliser : Isolation,

Characterisation, Identification of Growth
Promoting microorganism with Potent Nitrogen
Fixing, Phosphate Solubilizing and Salt Tolerant
Properties from Soil around Coastal Area of
West Bengal
Biswajit Saha (Reg. on 13.01.14

University of Calcutta)
Dr. Aparna Sen
Department of Mathematics
Dr. Jayasri Sarkar
Algebra Semiring
Merry Sultana
Algebra Semiring
Sarifa Khatun
Department of Geography
Dr. Snehamanju Basu
Prof. Saswati
Mookherjee
Well being of Aged Population in selected

areas of Kolkata City and North 24 parganas
District , West Bengal : An Appraisal
Suvalaxmi Chatterjee, 2013
Transformation of Agro Economic Scenario

in Nadia Districts , West Bengal :
A Geographical Analysis.
Supriya Das, 2013
Population Dynamics of South 24 Parganas

District : A Geographical Analysis.
Jiban Krishna Mondal, 2008
Changing Pattern of Literacy and Population

in Bankura District, West Bengal
Atanu Sarkar, 2008
Problems and Prospects of Agro Based

Industries in Burdwan and Hooghly Districs
in West Bengal : A Comparative Study.
Soma Dey. 2009
Womens Role in Resource Appraisal and

Participatory Management with Special
Reference to Birbhum, West Bengal.
Anindita Das Majumdar, 2009
Geography of Gender with Special reference to

North 24 Parganas and Howrah Districts, W.B.
Sumana Debnath, 2009
A Socio Spatial Analysis of Parliament and

Assembly Election in West Bengal 1977-2011
Aritra Chakraborty, 2011
Quality of Urban Life : A Comparative Study

between Kolkata Municipal Corporation and
Haora Municipal Corporation.
Tusi Das, 2011
Reproductive Health and Fertility Behaviour

Pattern of Women in Kolkata Municipal
Corporation with Special reference to Family
Planning and Welfare Programmes.
Emily Saha, 2012
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Name of the Guide
Topic

Dr. Sanjukta Mondal

Parui
Biochemical approach to the developmental

basis of rhizophore and phylogenetic
interrelationships of some Indian species
of Selaginella P. Beauv
Rajat PramanikAwarded in
2012
Studies on ecology, taxonomy, conservation

and some biochemical parameters of an
important natural soil binder Ipomoea
pes-caprae (L.) R.Br. in the coastal belt of
East Midnapore and adjoining areas,
West Bengal, India
Tamal Chakraborty
Registered on 2011
Name of the Guide
Topic

registered awarded Ph.D
Dr. Barnali
Chakarborty
Study of the stability of Bose-Einstein

Condensate in finite optical trap
Sudip Kumar Halder
Theoretical studies on nonlinearity and

dynamical instability of (driven) Bose Einstein
condensate and exploration of suitable
control mechanism
Kamalika Roy
Isothermal - Isobaric Monte Carlo simulation

in a Gay-Berne liquid crystal using the
Wang-Landau algoritham
Shabana Shabnam
Dr. Sudeshna
Dasgupta

Name of the Guide
Topic

Dr. Siuli Sarkar
Working Women in Rural & Urban Sectors of

West Bengal.
Anasuya Chatterjee, HOD &

Assoc. Prof., Kanailal Dutta
College, Howrah
(See also Annexure 3.1.5A for Summer Project and Annexure 3.1.5B for all other Minor and Major Projects)
3.1.6 Give details of workshops/ training programmes/ 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.
Many workshops are organized by Science and Arts Departments of the Institution
with focus on capacity building in terms of research.
Sl.No. Topic
1.
Workshop on Study of Chromosome and Food and Drug

adulteration
Date
Participants
10-13.12.12
Students of Physics
and Chemistry
10-13.12.12
Students of Physics
and Chemistry
2.
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Cytology (Chromosome study) and Study of Blood Group

and Haemoglobin content

Sl.No. Topic
Date
Participants
3.
Workshop for Young Biochemists
29.10.0702.11.07
Undergraduate
students of all
colleges
in the city
4.
Workshop for young Biochemists
20.10.0825.10.08
UG students from
all the colleges
in the city
5.
Workshop for young Biochemists
6.10.0912.10.09
UG students from
all the colleges
in the city
6.
Workshop on Handling Protein and Nucleic acids

Resource Persons : Dr. Santanu Roy (APC), Dr. Soumi
Guha Polley for Nucleic acid Dr. Aditi Nag Chaudhuri &
Ms. Debalina Basu Ghosh for Protein
28.6.112.7.11
Research Scholars
from the discipline
of Chemistry and
Food & Nutrition
7.
Wokshop on Gold Nano Particles and its USE in Detection

of Breast Cancer Cells Resource Person:Prof. Subhash
C. Basu , Emeritus Professor, University of Notre Dame, USA
1.2.123.2.12
Post graduate students

and Faculty Members
of the Deapartment
8.
Workshop on Isolation and Characterization of

Cyanobacteria from Waste
Resource persons : Ms. Madhulika Gupta &
Ms. Sudipta Paul Bhattacharya
10.12.1213.12.12
Physics & Chemistry

Students
9.
Workshop on Isolation and Characterization of Purple

Non Sulfur Phototrophic Bacteria from Waste
Resource persons : Dr. Mahuya Mukhopadhyay &
10.12.1213.12.12
Physics & Chemistry

Students
10.
Workshop on Recombinant DNA Technology and

Bioinformatics
2.3.139.3.13
Faculty members
of Microbiology &
Botany
1.6.10-6.7.10
National level UG
students
11.
C. K. Majumdar Memorial Summer Workshop on

Experimental Physics in collaboration with Indian
Association of Physics Teachers RC 15
12.
To study the impedances of the complex system like

aqueous electrolyte, polymer network of different type.
Nov. 2012
8 Faculty Members
13.
Physical Science Workshop for Biological Students
11th to 13th
Dec.2012
Botany , Zoology,
Microbiology
students
14.
Student Improvement Programme
Nov-Dec,2012
Physics students
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Department of Chemistry
Sl.No. Topic
15.
Physical Science Workshop for Biological Students
Date
Participants
11th to 13th
Dec.2012
Botany , Zoology,
Microbiology
students
29th Feb. 2012
Undergraduate
Students
Department of Economics
16.
Writing a Term Paper in Economics

17.
Lets Talk Bengal
28th Sept. 2011
Undergraduate
Students
April to July
2010, 2011
2012, 2013
Postgraduate
Students
18.
Shakespeare, Post Structuralism, T. S. Eliot and Modernism,

Victorian Literature and Indian Writing in English
3.1.7. Provide details of prioritised research areas and the expertise available with the institution.
Science
Department
Prioritized Research Area
Mathematics
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Statistics
Prediction problems in reliability analysis
Zoology
1. Epitope mapping of the allergenic proteins of the pollen of allergenic

plants growing in Kolkata: implications for immunotherapy and
studies on the air pollution impact on their etiology
2. Biodiversity of Aquatic system
3. Relevance of pollinating insects in propagation of flowering plants
in Calcutta and its surrounding areas including college campus in
Park Circus
4. Role of Arsenic trioxide as an inducer of stress during embryogenesis
Physics
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
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Algebra, Lattice Theory, Ring Theory, Universal Algebra

Fluid Mechanics
Functional Analysis, Fixed point theory
Algebra, Semi ring
Differential Geometry
Nanomaterials & Soft condensed matter

Nanomaterials
Statistical Physics
Soft condensed matter
X ray diffraction
Relativistic mean field theory
BEC, soft condensed matter
Department
Geography
1. Industrial Geography, Social, Cultural Geography,

Environmental Geography
2. Environmental and community health geography
3. Regional Planning
4. Population geography
5. Urban Geography
6. Social, Political and Urban Geography
Chemistry
1. Photophysics of dye in surfactant solution

2. Photophysical and thermodynamic studies of dyes in aqueous
micellar dispersion of surfactants and in different solvents
3. Biochemical Aspects of Water Pollution in Rabindra Sarobar lake
of Kolkata
4. Study of Conducting Properties of chlorophyll a,b, xanthophyll and
carotenes in nanoscale aggregates in artificial system
5. Biomedical waste management-an infrastructural study in Kolkata
based hospitals
Botany
1. Manganese toxicity on physiology and biochemistry of Mungbean

2. Cyto taxonomical, classical genetics of different plant families
including various modern chromosomal technique
3. Plant tissue culture -cell line differentiation and embryogenesis in
Mentha arvensis
4. Antioxidant activity of some common edible herbs of Bengal
5. Heavy metal toxicity and study of biochemical antioxidative defense
mechanism of Alligator weed, and assessment of genotoxic effect of
Cd, Cr by RAPD analysis
6. Micropropagation and related biochemical analysis of different
species of Mentha
Microbiology
1.
2.
3.
4.
Economics
1. Development : Social sector

2. Indian Economic problems and Development Economics
Biotechnological potentials of Phototrophic prokaryotes

Heavy metal tolerance of Cyanobacteria
Biofilm production by bacteria
Effects of phytochemicals on cancer cell line and Agricultural and
environmental microbiology
5. Antimicrobial agents, Enzyme purification and nanotechnology
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DBT funded Tissue Culture Laboratory
DBT Workshop
DST-FIST funded Computer Laboratory
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Arts
Department
English
1. Indian writing in English

2. Post structuralism
3. Gender Studies
Bengali
1. Medieval Bengali Literature and Baishnavi song

2. Stylistics
3. Partition and partition literature
4. Tourism and ethnicity
5. Prosody and Rhetoric
6. Comparative literature
7. Mahasweta Devi
8. Bharatiya Mahabidroho
9. Tagore literature and painting
10. Fiction
11. Womens Studies
Hindi
1. Feminism and Media

2. Dalit Sahitya
Urdu
1. Modern Urdu Ghazal

2. Criticism in Urdu Literature
3. Fiction in Urdu Literature
Persian
1. Indo-Persian Literature
2. Contribution of Iran Society into Persian Studies in Kolkata
Sanskrit
1. Vedanta
2. Women in ancient India
History
1.
2.
3.
4.
Philosophy
1. Gender Study
2. Philosophy of Language
Sociology
1. Womens studies
2. Female-headed household: A study in Kolkata
Political Science
1.
2.
3.
4.
Gender Study
Womans History
Environmental History
Social History
Ethnicity
Gender Studies
Socialist Thoughts and practices
Problems of World Race and Governance with special reference to
North Africa
5. Research methodologies and Gender studies
6. Indian Political thoughts
3.1.8. Enumerate the efforts of the institution in attracting researchers of eminence to

visit the campus and interact with teachers and students?
UGC and other sponsored seminars and workshops are organized by various
departments through which researchers from various fields visit the campus
and interact with students as well as teachers. As the college is a Government
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Institute it does not have any private funding facilities. For list of seminars and
workshops organized by different departments.
(Sea also refer 3.1.3)
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?
Technically speaking the Service Rules of the Government of West Bengal do
not provide sabbatical as in place for instance in Universities of the U.K and
the US. However there is provision for Commuted Leave without Medical
Certificate for a maximum of 180 days (one hundred and eighty days) in an
incumbents entire service period to enable teachers to pursue advanced level
research work.
The Principal is very prompt to grant duty leave as required for selected Resource
Persons.
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)
Research on HPV, Nanoparticles, Herbal drugs, Biodiversity are in process.
Sl. No. Year
Department
Industry Visit
1.
Microbiology
Herald Food & Commodities Pvt. Ltd.

Palsons Derma
Botany
Vivekananda Institute of Biotechnology
Microbiology
Anmol Biscuits, Central Drug Laboratory
Chemistry
East India Pharmaceutical Works Ltd.
Zoology
Poultry Farm, Animal Resource Development,

Govt. of West Bengal
Statistics
Dakshin Roypur water Treatment Plant
Economics
Keventers Agro Limited
2.
2012-2013
2011-2012
3.
2010-2011
Microbiology
Bengal Chemical Works
4.
2009-2010
Microbiology
Britannia Industries
5.
2008-2009
Microbiology
IFB Agro Ltd.
6.
2007-2008
Microbiology
Mother Dairy
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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.
The Institute is not empowered to allot any funds for research. Other sponsoring
agencies are approached such as the UGC, DBT, DST and CSIR to fund Minor
and Major Projects.
(Also see Annexure 3.1.5B)
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?
As mentioned earlier the college is not financially autonomous and does not
have the liberty to either generate funds or to invite sponsorship from funding
authorities in a holistic capacity.
The Institution is mainly involved in UG teaching and research as main outlay
does not come under the purview except in case of the PG departments and
personal involvement on behalf of faculty members.
Individual teachers are recipients of research grants from UGC and non-UGC
sources. Departmental level MOU and agreements for teaching based advanced
learning are in place for PG Physics and English. (MOU between S.N.Bose
Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata , Tezpur University, Assam, Dept of Physics,
Lady Brabourne Collees, Kolkata, July 2013; SRFTI and Dept of English, Lady
Brabourne College, October/Nov 2013 under process)
DST-FIST programme is running.
(D-3.2.2. MOU between S. N. Bose Centre for Basic Sciences,
Kolkata, Tezpur University, Assam and Lady Brabourne College)
3.2.3 What are the financial provisions made available to support student research projects
by students?
UG students are not in the research bracket.
Post-graduate level project work engages students as associate researchers and the
funding is provided from the autonomous corpus of the departments which includes
partial UGC funding for all the PG departments except English because the XIth
Plan did not allow the latest department to apply for assistance under existent
norms.(i.e. a department must run continuously as a teaching-learning unit to be
considered eligible and English had initiated its PG course in late 2009)
3.2.4 How does the various departments/units/staff of the institute interact in undertaking
inter-disciplinary research? Cite examples of successful endeavors and challenges
faced in organizing interdisciplinary research.
Persian and Sanskrit (2011-2013) interdisciplinary project.
Registered Research Scholar in the PG department Microbiology was assisted
in data analysis by the department of Statistics.
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Faculty members of the PG department Microbiology offered their expertise to the

Faculty members of the PG Geography department.
Six departments including Microbiology, Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Geography
and Statistics run a common project under CPE grant, titled East Kolkata Wetland
Research Project.
Inter-disciplinary Studies and lateral interaction are not common factor in structure
syllabus of the University of Calcutta which the Institute is bound to follow in
UG programme consequently undertaking inter-disciplinary projects often clash
with the normal schedule of the teaching and learning of the structure syllabus.
(D 3.2.4 documents relating to the mentioned research work)
3.2.5 How does the institution ensure optimal use of various equipment and research
facilities of the institution by its staff and students?
Heads of the departments are taking responsibilities for optional use of various
instruments. Log books are maintained for different instruments for proper use
of them. Instruments namely DO meter, UV-Vis Spectrophotometer, BOD
incubator, Impedance meter are used by different Biological and Physical science
departments as well as the Geography departments.
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.
The Physics department is joint participant in the Project Development of
Nano material based Dual Mode Contrast Agent and their Surface Mediated
Conjugation Study from the First Principle with S.N.Bose Centre for Basic
Sciences, Kolkata, Tezpur University, Assam. It is thus beneficiary of the fund
provided by the Biotech Consortium India, Ltd, New Delhi under DBTsTwining
programme. The total amount for participation for all three units is Rs.122.25/
- lakhs.
3.2.7 Enumerate the support provided to the faculty in securing research funds from
various funding agencies, industry and other organisations. Provide details of
ongoing and completed projects and grants received during the last four years.
(See also 3.2.1 & 3.2.2.)
Nature of
the Project
Duration
Year
From To
Title
of the
project
Minor projects
2 years
duration
Multiple
UGC,
21,55,790
Major projects
3 years
Multiple
DST,DBT,DAE
ICSSR, CSIR
2,13,49,460
Interdisciplinary projects
Multiple
UGC
25,25000
25,25,000
25,25,000
Industry sponsored
Students research projects
Any other (specify)
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Name of the
Total grant
funding
Sanctioned Received
agency
Total grant
received
till date
3.3 RESEARCH FACILITIES

3.3.1 What are the research facilities available to the students and research scholars within
the campus?
24 hrs. internet facility
Well equipped computer laboratories
Enriched Computerized library with modern books and journals of various fields
Collaborative facilities on institutional and departmental levels with British Council
Libraries, USIS and the National Library, Urdu Academy, Itihaas Samsad, Bangiya
Arthaniti Parishad among other advanced level academic organization.
Each department with huge instrumentation facilities.
Regular visits and interaction with other research facilities, industrial institutions,
excursions and field work.
(See also 3.1.3)
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?
Building expansion to create state of the art infrastructure.
Expanding hostel and canteen facilities to help students to conduct research
and project work at the PG level beyond normal hours.
Ensuring uninterrupted and upgraded electric supply by setting up special
transformer, maintaining a generator and planning of a modest solar power
supply unit to act as supplementary source of power.
Upgrading, renovation and expansion of laboratories.
Upgrading, renovation and expansion of library and increasing library hours.
Seeking permissible funding and ensuring proper and timely conclusion of
projects with meticulous preparation of audit reports.
MOU and MOA with industry and advanced level academic and research units.
Seeking aid from the rich qualified alumni, approaching NRI alumni to train,
bonding
Women Study Centre encourages Faculties and Students undertaking research
projects.
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.
The Post Graduate course in Physics was set up with help in instrumentation
and laboratory equipment from the S.N.Bose, National Centre for Basic
Sciences, Kolkata.
3.3.4 What are the research facilities made available to the students and research scholars
outside the campus / other research laboratories?
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East Kolkata Wetland project (CPE)
Seminar on Laser since 1960 and the future Challenge in Quantum Optics, September, 2011
NSS Activity: Visit to Child Care Home
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Students are using research facilities available at various institutions like Jadavpur
University, Indian Association for Cultivation of Science, Saha Institute of Nuclear
Physics, Bose Institute, Calcutta University etc.
In certain departments like Geography and Microbiology students of other Institutes
are enrolled for PhD work.
3.3.5 Provide details on the library/ information resource centre or any other facilities available
specifically for the researchers?
Fully computerized main library, seminar library, journals, INTERNET, INFLIBNET.
(See also 4.2.1 and 4.3.1)
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.
(See also 3.2.2 & 3.2.4)
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) x
Original research contributing to product improvement x
Research studies or surveys benefiting the community or improving the services
(East Kolkata Wetland Project, HPV Project).
Research inputs contributing to new initiatives and social development
East Kolkata Wetland Project
HPV Project
Major Research Project for setting up a Butterfly Garden in the College Hostel
Campus
State Government Funded "The Role of Lady Brabourne College in

Educating the Minority Woman and its Impact on the emancipation and
the Empowerment of the Woman in Bengal".
(See also 3.2.4)
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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. The Lady Brabourne College Journal.
The national publication norms are followed. The Principal and IQAC are the
guardians of its copyright.
The Editorial board comprising
faculty members of the special area being addressed in the particular issue
experts from different fields.
Exhaustive two-tier reviews are done and only the final approval of the Peer
Review Team is the recommending verdict.
The journal is an Annual One.
Yes. It has been assigned ISSN number.
Journal
Volume
Published by
Advisory Editorial Board
College editorial Board
Dr. Sanghamitra
Mukhopadhyay,
Principal, Lady
Brabourne College
Dr. Indrani
Choudhuri Dutt,
Coordinator, IQAC
1. Dr. Alok Roy, Former Reader,

Dept. of Bengali, Scottish
Church College
2. Prof. Sati Chatterjee, Former
HOD, Dept. of English, JU
3. Dr. M. D. Feroze, Former
Reader, Dept. of Persian, CU
4. Dr. Shamim Anwar, Reader,
Dept. of Urdu, CU
1. Smt. Mahasweta
Mukhopadhyay, Dept. of
Bengali
2. Smt. Sujata Bhattacharya,
Dept. of English
3. Smt Rinku Ghosh, Dept. of
Hindi
4. Smt. Jahan Ara, Dept. of
Persian
5. Dr. Trishna Chatterjee,
Dept. of Sanskrit
6. Dr. Shaheen Sultana,
Dept. of Urdu
II
Dr. Sanghamitra
Mukhopadhyay,
Principal, Lady
Brabourne College
Dr. Subhalakshmi
Pandey (Executive
Coordinator)
1. Prof. Arun Bandopadhyay,

Dept. of History, CU
2. Prof. Ranjan Chakrabarti,
Dept. of History, JU
3. Prof. Prabal Kumar Sen,
Dept. of Philosophy, CU
4. Prof. Shobhanlal Dutta Gupta
Dept. of Pol. Sci., CU
5. Prof. Samir Das Gupta
Dept. of Sociology, KU
6. Prof. Jayati Hazra
Dept. of Geography, CU
7. Prof. Tarun Kabiraj,
Economic Research Unit, ISI
8. Prof. Purushottam Bhattacharyay,
International Relations, JU
1. Prof. Siuli Sarkar, Dept. of

Pol. Science
2. Smt. Suriti Roy, Dept. of
Pol. Science
3. Smt. Trijita Gonsalves,
Dept. of Pol. Science
4. Smt. Sudeshna Datta Gupta,
Dept. of Philosophy
5. Dr. Krishna Das Gupta,
Dept. of Philosophy
6. Smt. Kakali Sinha Roy,
Dept. of History
7. Smt. Sikha Paul, Dept. of
Sociology
8. Smt. Sumita Saha, Dept. of
Sociology
9. Prof. Saswati Mukherjee,
Dept. of Geography
10. Smt. Gargi Sinha, Dept. of
Economics
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Journal
Volume
Published by
Advisory Editorial Board
College editorial Board
III
Prof. Siuli Sarkar,

Principal, Lady
Brabourne College
Dr. Anuradha
Chaudhuri (Executive
Coordinator)
1. Prof. Ashutosh Ghosh,

Dept. of Chemistry
2. Dr. B. Achari, NIPER, IICB
3. Dr. Sujit K. Sardar, Associate
Prof., Dept. of Mathematics, JU
4. Dr. Ruma Pal, Associate Prof.,
Dept. of Botant, CU
5. Prof. Subrata Majumdar,
Bose Institute
6. Prof. Nikhilesh Kar (Rtrd.)
Dept. of Physics, NBU
7. Prof. Tapan K. Das (Rtrd.),
Dept. of Physics, CU
8. Prof. Asis K. Chattopadhyay,
Dept. of Statistics, CU
9. Prof. Budhdhadeb Manna,
Dept. of Zoology, CU
1. Dr. Nupur Basu, Dept. of

Chemistry
2. Dr. Jayasri Sircar, Dept. of
Mathematics
3. Dr. Haimanti Chakraborty,
Dept. of Physics
4. Dr. Sanjukta Mondal
(Parui) Dept. of Zoology
5. Dr. Aditi Nag Chaudhuri,
Dept. of Microbiology
6. Smt. Natasha Dasgupta,
Dept. of Statistics
3.4.3. Give details of publications by the faculty and students:

List of publications of faculty
Department
No. of
papers in
Nat/Int
Journal
Beng.
26
Eng.
Hindi
Urdu
No. of
Monographs
publications
listed in
Int. Data
base
Chap.In
Books
Books
Edited
Books with No. of papers

Book/
ISSN/ISBN in Journal
Chapter
No.
without
without
ISSN No. ISBN/ISSN
No.
39
19
30
16
18
Pers.
Sans.
12
Pol. Sc.
29
Socl.
Philos
Hist.
21
Geog.
25
Eco.
Math.
19
Stat.
Phys.
39
Chem
16
Micro
12
Bot.
11
Zoo.
24
N.B. : Citation Index, SNIP, SJR, Impact factor, H-index belong to individual faculty members. Therefore these are included
in the Departmental Evaluative Profiles. Other Publications cited in Annexure to Departmental inputs.
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3.4.4 Provide details (if any) of

Research awards received by the faculty
Department
No. of faculty Ph.D Awarded during 2006-2013
Microbiology
Economics
0*
Mathematics
Chemistry
Botany
1**
Sanskrit
Persian
History
Geography
Philosophy
Sociology
Gargi Sinha of Department of Economics received Ph.D in late 2013
**
Suparna Pal of Department of Botany received Ph.D in late 2013
***
Recognition received by the faculty from reputed professional bodies and agencies,
nationally and internationally
1. Prof. Siuli Sarkar (Principal)
2. Dr. Aditi Nag Choudhuri (Head, Microbiology)
(See also 2.4.5)
Incentives given to faculty for receiving state, national and international recognitions
for research contributions.
See answer to 3.1.9, 3.3.1, 3.3.5 Teachers from this Institution have been
selected for the Charles Wallace Fellowships from the Department of
English, International Research Fellowships have also been awarded to a
teacher in the Physics Department among others.
3.5 CONSULTANCY
3.5.1 Give details of the systems and strategies for establishing institute-industry interface?
Various strategies have been taken for establishing institute- industry interface. Some of
them are as follows:
College has a career counseling cell through which a number of students have been
absorbed in a number of industries / corporate bodies like CTS, TCS, MBT, Infosys,
Wipro, CATCG, 3G, Satyam, IBM-Daksh, FDDI, Accenture, Teach for India etc.
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The College started two career oriented courses in Public Relations and Advertising
and Multimedia and Animation with the Department to give students proper training
in the versatile use of computers.
The Course in Food and Drug Safety is also in place and is a bridge course between
academics and employment.
The Department of English is in the process of its optional course on Literary Texts
and Visual Translations as part of the PG programme. This course is also a bridge
course bringing closer media skills and literature and will open windows for
employment in digital and other formats of media.
3.5.2 What is the stated policy of the institution to promote consultancy? How is the available
expertise advocated and publicized?
The College publicizes the expertise available for consultancy services through:
Publication
Seminar Presentation
Interactions with Concerned departments in Other Colleges & Universities
3.5.3 How does the institution encourage the staff to utilize their expertise and available facilities
for consultancy services?
If any of the Staff Members are selected to offer consultancy services she is allowed
duty leave.
Departmental adjustments are made to release the teacher for the specific duration
of the consultancy service. For instance Duty Leave was granted to a teacher from
the English Department offered her consultancy services to SRFTI in 2013. Similarly
the system encouraged a teacher of the Geography department in the same way
when she was invited as resource person in the Refresher Course of the Academic
Staff College, University of Calcutta in 2013 and 2014.
All facilities listed under Research vide Items 2.4.4, 4.2.1, 4.3.1 & 6.4.1 are open
for Consultancy purpose should such need arise.
The college encourages the staff for the consultancy services by forming Committees
like the NSS (Unit 1 & 2) and the Career Counseling Cell. The members look after
the annual activities of these committees. They conduct various seminars, workshops,
training programmes, counseling sessions, field visits, lectures on Radio and Television
channels etc. from which the students as well as different communities of the society
are highly benefitted.
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Research Initiative by Department of Physics (Item 3.2.2)
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3.5.4 List the broad areas and major consultancy services provided by the institution and the
revenue generated during the last four years.
All services are free by the college. Some of the activities are listed below:
Prof. Siuli Sarkar (Principal) :
Female Hawkers in the Third World Cities 2012. Consultancy organized by

Academic Staff College, University of Calcutta.
Welfare Politics and Indian Rulers 2013. Consultancy organized by Sanskrit

Department, University of Calcutta.
Prof. Gopa Dutta :
Consultancy as President of W.B.C.H.S.E on restructuring and

reogranisation of the syllabi of classes XI and XII.
Orientation Programme organized by Academic Staff College, University

of Calcutta 2011, Rabindra Nather Choto Galpe Ragging Onanya Prasangya.
Resource Person organized by Woman Studies Centre, Aligarh Muslim

University 2012, Achivement and Agony of Krishna Bhamini Das.
Dr. Aditi Nag Chaudhuri :
Refresher Course organized by Academic Staff College, Jadavpur University

2009 on Biotechnology, Agriculture and Third World.
Orientation Course organized by Academic Staff College, University of Calcutta

2011 on HPV, Cervical Cancer and Indian Woman.
Prof. Saswati Mukherjee:
Consultancy offered in "Landscape changes : Socio-Cultural Dimensions with

ref. to Urbanized Landscapes (2012) Science College.
Consultancy programme organized by department of Geography, University of

Calcutta and Academic Staff College.
Dr. Indrani Choudhuri Dutt:
NAAC - Best Practices-2013; Consultancy programme organized by Academic

Stuff College.
Translation of Mythology in Cinematic Discourse-2013; Consultancy programme

organized by SRFTI.
Modern Aesthetics as instrument of appreciative cognition-2013; Consultancy

programme organized by Terapanthy Institute, Kolkata.
NSS Unit:
imparting free education and other services to the local slum dwellers,orphanages,
old age homes.
providing counseling and consultancy services on health and hygiene, diseases,

disaster management, environmental conservation and biodiversity, waste
management, drug abuse, womens rights, security of women, etc. through
personal visits as well as through seminars and workshops.
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arranged for regular medical camps for health checkups.
NIGHT SCHOOL :
The College has also made a contribution to the spread of education among the
people living in the slums adjoining the College.
Students took part in various disaster management activities like Aila, Flood
etc.
Annual Value Education Programme is also another aspect of community-awareness
scheme. Students have had the opportunity to interact and exchange views with
experts from Social Welfare organizations like Ramakrishna Mission, Gender
crusaders, Feminist Studies specialists, Legal Experts specializing in women-centric
laws, Environmental ethics experts and others.
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?
Consultancy services are provided free by the College
3.6 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES AND INSTITUTIONAL SOCIAL

RESPONSIBILITY (ISR):
3.6.1 How does the institution promote institution- neighbour hood community network
and student engagement, contributing to good citizenship , service orientation
and holistic development of students?
For the promotion of institution-neighbourhood community network development Lady
Brabourne College has started a National Service Scheme (NSS) Unit within the college
campus. There are actually two NSS Units in our college NSS I and II. Students of
the college are encouraged to be part of these units. The units perform various activities
throughout the year for the betterment of the neighbourhood and the holistic development
of the students. Student volunteers of Lady Brabourne College, NSS Unit have
completed various programmes contributing to good citizenship.They regularly join
various programs arranged by our College or University. Some of their activities are
given below:
Students residing in hostel participate in running a night school for the children of
Group D staff and pavement dwellers. Children are not only taught here but they are
also taken for Picnics, made to participate in Sit and Draw Competitions arranged
for them and many other activities. The NSS units also supply stationary to the
children.
Students are encouraged to clean the college and the surrounding areas. They
sometimes organize a Plastic drive Movement in the college campus. During
this drive they collected and got rid of all plastic materials which were less
than 40 microns thick.
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Students also observe and celebrate Biodiversity Day, Earth Day, World
Environment Day etc. Every Year programmes are conducted on Value added
Education, Literacy Drive Programme on Literacy Day. Students also take
part in debates on Road Safety, Prohibition of Narcotics organized by city police
in collaboration with College Students' Union. The NSS unit observe Vanamahotsav
by planting saplings collected from forest departments.
Volunteers arrange awareness programmes with a view to eradicating Dengue,
Chikungunia and Malaria in association with Lions Club and Kolkata
Municipal Corporation.
Programmes on Food safety, Flood and Drought, Preservation of Energy
Sources, Conservation of Energy, Alternative Energy sources, Republic Day,
Independence Day, International Womens' Day, Rabindra Jayanti, Teachers Day,
Reunion, Freshers welcome etc. go a long way in making the students good citizens
of our country.
Lady Brabourne College has adopted several old age homes like The Little Sister,
The Little Heart etc.
Microbiology Post graduate students have done a survey amongst college students
about the knowledge , belief and attitude towards cervical cancer, its risk factor and
Pap smear test. Their aim was also to spread the awareness about the disease
because these tests help to detect early cytological changes such as dysplasia and to
treat the patients before cervical cancer develops.
3.6.2. What is the Institutional mechanism to track students involvement / activities which
promote citizenship roles ?
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All the programmes in which the students of our college are involved are supervised
by the teachers and the committees formed by the teachers like NSS, Gardening
and Beautification Committee, Debate and Cultural programme Committee, Science
Promotion Committee etc.
3.6.3. How does the Institution solicit stakeholder perception on the overall performance and
quality of the Institution ?
The institution always endeavours to uplift its overall performance and quality. As an
institution we continually strive towards better service to our stakeholders.
Regular General Body meetings and Board meetings are held for the resolution of
several issues regarding the smooth running of the college.
Students come to know about their college through the prospectus which describes
the rich heritage of the college and provides important information about the different
departments. They are further sensitized through orientation programmes. They
become aware of, as well as active participants in, the culture of the institution through
the various programmes held throughout the year.
Students are encouraged to become part of the Studentss Union and organize their
own democratic platform. It is entirely the responsibility of the students to organize
the Students' Election. This helps the students to understand the community in which
they work, identify the needs and problems of the community, get involved in problem
solving process and of course develop among themselves a sense of social and civic
responsibility.
Students are also encouraged to organize Kaleidoscope, the College Fest. This is
used as a training media for awareness of institutional culture and gives them hands
on training in organizational skills.
Students are made part of Remedial courses which are organized to help the weaker,
underpriviledged students, NSS and also the Night School activities. This practice
encourages community consciousness and social awareness.
Regular Parent-teacher meetings are held in all the departments of the college. This
enables parents to discuss issues pertaining to their ward with the teachers.
In this institution we have a method of taking students feedback regarding academics,
the library and general environment of the college. This feedback enables us to keep
up our standards in every aspect.
3.6.4. How does the institution plan and organize its extension and out reach programme?
Providing the budgetary details for last four years, list the major extension and out
reach programmes and their impact on the overall development of students.
National Service Scheme, under the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt. of India,
popularly known as NSS was launched in Gandhijis Birth Centenary Year 1969. From
its inception, more than 3.75 crores students from Universities, Colleges and Institutions
of higher learning have benefited from the NSS activities, as student volunteers.
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The cardinal principle of the NSS programme is that it is organised by the students
themselves and both students and teachers through their combined participation in
community service, get a sense of involvement in the tasks of nation building. Our
institution encourages both students and faculty members to be a part of this NSS
scheme thus training the students in community service and making them responsible
citizens of India. In our college the programme officers in charge of the NSS units take
care of the necessary expenses which is then reimbursed by the University of Calcutta.
Year
NSS unit I
Regular Activities
(in Rs.)
NSS unit II
Special Activities Regular Activities Special Activities

(in Rs.)
(in Rs.)
(in Rs.)
2009-2010
22500
22500
2010-2011
22500
22500
22500
22500
2011-2012
22500
22500
22500
22500
2012-2013
13500
22500
22500
22500
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.
The institution promotes the participation of students and faculty members in various
extension activities.
Prof. Natasha Dasgupta of the Department of Statistics is the script writer, coordinator
and anchor of different public awareness program of Doordarshan Kendra, Kolkata.
The programmes hosted by her are as follows:
Presenter and script writer of Porjaboran Darshan :a Central Pollution Control

Board sponsored public awareness programme on environment.
Productions: Global warming (April-2012), Waste disposal management (May2012), Tagore as environmentalist (May-2012).
Host and script writer of a weekly interactive live show : Poribesh o amraawareness program on environment. (Aug-Dec-2012) Show-Topics: Air
pollution (2 episodes), Sound Pollution(2 episodes), Radioactivity, Pujor
Poribesh (2 episodes)
Panelists: Chairperson, State pollution control board, Renowned
Environmentalists, University Professors, Members of different Science clubs.
Viewers also took part in the show through telephone calls.
Script writer and anchor of the womens progrmme Srimoyee and Ghore
baire Productions: Shelter home for women (3 episodes:Nov-2012), Status
of women in Vedic era (Mar-2013), Female Hawkers (2 episodes, April-13).
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Dr. Sutapa Ray of the Department of Sanskrit and Ms. Snigdha Pain of the
Department of Statistics work as the programme officers in National Service Scheme
(NSS) Units of our college. There are two NSS Units in our college NSS I and II.
Students of the college are encouraged to be part of these units. The units perform
various activities throughout the year for the betterment of the neighbourhood and
the holistic development of the students. Student volunteers of Lady Brabourne
College, NSS Unit have completed various programmes contributing to good
citizenship. They regularly join various programs arranged by our College or
University.
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.
There are a number of programmes on social surveys undertaken by the college to
ensure social justice and empower students from under privileged and vulnerable
sections of society. The Institution is a girls college and is as such a major force
in the empowerment of women in our society, Among them, a large number of
SC, ST and minority students are getting empowered every minute by learning of
new horizons of this universe every moment that they spend here. More over the
seminar lectures organized by each department every year (details attached) , the
workshops, debates , and other types of academic and cultural programmes
organized in and off campus are making them ever stronger. This is revealed by
the large number of ex-students holding different responsible positions today.
The students are carrying the message of empowerment through education back
to their family -thus further enlightening at least five other persons on average.
Some of the activities and surveys undertaken by the college are listed below:
The post graduate diploma course in Food and Drug safety, a vocational course
has been introduced to assist the weaker students who will not go for higher
studies and would like to get a job early in their career.
Other career oriented courses like 1) Computer Application, 2) Multmedia and
Animation, 3) Public Relation and Advertising 4) Spanish language also help
the students to achieve this goal.
A survey was done by Microbiology Post graduate students in 2010 amongst
college students about the knowledge, belief and attitude towards cervical
cancer, its risk factors and Pap smear test. Their aim was also to spread the
awareness about the disease because WHO estimated that more than 1,30,000
Indian women are diagnosed with cancer of cervix every year and about 74,000
of them die from it so it is extremely necessary to spread awareness about this.
The remedial centre under UGC sponsorship undertake special coaching of slow
learner and students of less privilege section to bring them at par with main stream
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student ensuring social justice.

East Kolkata Wetland project undertaken by 6 undergraduate and post graduate
departments enlighten fisher man community residing in various villages within
the Ramsar site East Kolkata Wetland. They were made aware of the biotic
communities in the particular region.
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 skill inculcated.
The major extension activity organized by the college for the students are the
NSS activities. The broad objectives of the NSS are to enable the students to:
Understand the community in which they work;
Understand themselves in relation to their community;
Identify the needs and problems of the community and involve them in problem
solving process;
Develop among themselves a sense of social and civic responsibility;
Utilize their knowledge in finding practical solution to individual and
community problems;
Develop competence required for group living and sharing of responsibilities;
Gain skills in mobilizing community participation;
Acquire leadership qualities and democratic attitude;
Develop capacity to meet emergencies and natural disasters;
Practice national integration and social harmony;
Running of the Night School in the College Hostel by the students help them to
became socially aware and sympathetic.
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?
As a responsible part of the community, Lady Brabourne College prides itself in being
a center to which the neighbouring community can turn to, not only for high quality
education, but also for other developmental needs.
As mentioned before, the students residing in the college hostels conduct special
night classes for children. While a section of the students of these classes are
children of our Group D staff, a large number are street children. Both the
faculty and students have worked very hard to convince the pavement dwellers in
the immediate vicinity to send their children to these classes. It is a testimony to their
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efforts that today the poor of the vicinity are convinced of the necessity of providing
education for their children.
Students are encouraged to clean the college and the surrounding areas. Occasionally
they organize a Plastic Drive movement not only within the college campus but
also in the neighbouring locality. During this drive they collect and get rid of all plastic
materials which are less than 40 microns thick. The students also try to convey to
the local people the harmful effects of reusing thin plastic sheets and bottles.
The Science Promotion Committee organizes programmes on current topics of interest
on the ocassion of Science Day which is celebrated every year on the 28th of February.
Students from nearby schools are invited to attend these programmes and to interact
with the students of our college.
3.6.9. Give details on the constructive relationship forged (if any) with other institutions of the
locality for working on various outreach and extension activities.
Our Institution is involved in interactive sessions and other out reach activities with
several Industries in and around Kolkata. Students visit several production units of
Companies like Deys Medical, East India Pharmaceutical Works Ltd, Mother Dairy,
IFB Agro Ltd., Britannia Industries, Bengal Chemical Works, Anmol Biscuits, Central
Drug Laboratory, Herald Food and Commodities Pvt. Ltd., Palsons Derma, Bengal
Beverages etc. On these visits, the students observe the actual production procedure
of various industrial products and interact with the production engineers and
executives. The students are highly enlightened and hugely benefited from these
sessions.
Mentioned may be made of the Principal addressing local institute like UBI (Main
Branch), Indian Railway (Eastern) and Mahabeer Institute a CBSE School on ideas
of Women Education and Importance of Education with Women Workers, teachers
and students as part of reachout efforts.
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Sri Gopal Krishna Gandhi (then Governor) and Professor Andr Beteille graced the
27th Bangiya Arthaniti Parishad Conference in 2007
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3.6.10. Give details of awards received by the Institution for extension activities and /
contributions to the social/ community development during the last four years.
Sl. Name of the Faculty/
No. Committee
Description of Award
Year
Dr. Ramdas Chatterjee &

Project funded by Indian Council of Social Science

Research to work on awareness programme on
cervical cancer
2011
Sutapa Roy
Best Programme officer as NSS functionary
2009-2010
Snigdha Pain
Best Programme officer as NSS functionary
2011-2012
NSS Unit II
Best Special Camping Programme
2010-2011
NSS Unit II
Best Volunteer
2011-2012
NSS -Unit I & II
Best Unit in the State
2012
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.
Some of the PG department of the Institute are engaged in collaborative research.
Department of Physics (see 3.2.6)

Faculty members of the Physics department, Dr. Chhanda Basu Chaudhuri and
Dr. Srabani Chakraborty are joint participants in the Project Development of
Nano material based Dual Mode Contrast Agent and their Surface Mediated
Conjugation Study from the First Principle with S.N.Bose Centre for Basic
Sciences, Kolkata and Tezpur University, Assam.
A major project entitled Monte Carlo Simulation of biaxial nematic liquid crystals
sanctioned by CSIR with one of the faculty member, Dr. Sudeshna Dasgupta as the
Principal Investigator (PI) is ongoing in the Department of Physics. This project is in
collaboration with the Physics Department, Jadavpur University and Prof. Soumen
Kumar Roy of Jadavpur University is acting as the Co PI.
Department of Microbiology (See 3.1.10.)

A project entitled Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, Belief and Practice of the
Woman in Kolkata towards Cervical Cancer and Its Risk Assessment", financed by
Indian Council of Social Science Research is onging in the department with Dr. Ram
Das Chatterjee, a Guest lecturer of the Department of Microbiology, Lady Brabourne
College and former Head of the Department of Tumor Virology, Chittaranjan National
Cancer Institute, Kolkata as Principal Investigator and Dr. Aditi Nag Chaudhuri,
Head of the Department of Microbiology, Lady Brabourne College and Dr. Arnab
Ghosh, Dept of Anthropology, Viswa Bharati, Shantiniketan as Co-Investigators.
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Collaborative Research : Expansion of knowledge, Generation of new idea in

research.
Staff Exchange : Research work in the institution is largely interactive. Physical
exchange of staff is not possible within the existent frame work.
Sharing Facilities & Equipment : Laboratory and Equipment are shared by the
intuitions collaborating with Lady Brabourne College.
Research Scholarships : Collaborative schemes allowed induction of research
scholar.
3.7.2 Provide details on the MoUs/collaborative arrangements (if any) with institutions of
national importance/other universities/ industries/Corporate (Corporate entities) etc. and
how they have contributed to the development of the institution.
(Also see 3.1.5 and 3.2.6)
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.
(Also see 1.1.5, 3.2.1. and 3.2.2)
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.
(D- 3.1.3 : List of Departmental Seminars in Annual Reports)
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
(Also see 3.1.5 and 3.2.6)
The effort of the PG department of English to engage the SRFTI in teaching and optional
course in the forth semester on texts and there are Visual Representation when completed
will also result MoU and will lead to impacting student enreachment.
Curriculum Development/enrichment : The collaboration between PG department
of English and SRFTI when in place will result in curriculum development/enrichment.
Internship/ On-the-job training : Same as above.
Summer placement : The research scholars registered under the CSIR project in
the Department of Physics are attending summer projects at various institutes
throughout the country.
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Faculty exchange and professional development: The collaborative research work

with premier institutes enables and enhances exchange of faculty and resources.
Research: Students of our college get ample scope of doing research work at the
other institutes after their postgraduation.
Consultancy : Collaboration with the institutes enable the departments of the college
to consult with the faculty members of the collaborative institutes regarding various
academic.
Extension: As a part of the research project ongoing in the department of Microbiology
in collaboration with ICSSR a survey was done amongst college students about the
knowledge, belief and attitude towards cervical cancer, its risk factors and information
regarding Pap smear test.
Publication: None till date
Student Placement
Twinning programmes
Introduction of new courses
Student exchange
Any other
3.7.6 Detail on the systemic efforts of the institution in planning, establishing and implementing the
initiatives of the linkages/ collaborations.
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Individual teachers & their reputation as researchers engaged in exchange of academic

dissemination of information and set about imitating meetings and other formality to
bring about linkages and collaboration.

Item 3.1.3.
Seminars Organized in the College
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Item 3.4.3.
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Annexure 3.1.5A
SUMMER PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY POST GRADUATE
DEPARTMENTS
A. DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY:
Under the guidance of
Year
Topic
2006
1. Isolation and Characterization of two Thermophilic Chitinase

producer organism.
2007
2. Identification of an enzyme as a Marker event during sporulation in

Bacillus subtilis
2008
Follow up of potential gradient in Bacterial membrane using chemical,

biochemical and electrochemical procedures with special emphasis to
the Calcium Channels
Differences in Mechanism of resistance against antibiotics in Gram
positive and Gram negative bacteria : Efflux of Tetracycline .
2009
Rate of Enzyme catalyzed reaction and its activation energy

Trehalose synthesis inhibition in Saccharomyces cerevisieae by garlic
extract.
2010
Psychotropic drug can increase the antibiotic sensitivity by binding

with the plasmid DNA
Study of the Effect of Garlic Extract on Trehalose Content and Mycolic
Acid Synthesis of Corynebacterium sp.
2011
Study of pigment producing bacteria from waste water using nutrient

agar medium
Microbial biodiversity of East Kolkata Wetland
Study of pseudomonas sp isolated from East KolkataWetland and
analysis of its sequence using bio-informatics tools
2012
Antimicrobial effect of silver nanoparticle on pathogenic organisms

Study of pathogenic bacteria binding to gangliosides
Dr. Soumi Guha Polley
Annexure
2006
To Study the Effect Of Salmonella sp on Balb/C mice
2007
Anti microbial effect of raw honey
2008
Antimicrobial effect of different commercially available honey samples
2009
Study of Tetracycline resistant bacterial population in water & soil

samples of East Kolkata Wetland
2010
Study of antibiotic resistant bacterial population in different water

samples of East Kolkata Wetland
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Year
Dr. Mahuya Mukhopadhyay 2007
Topic
Isolation and identification of microbialpathogens from food sample.
2008
Contamination in street vended fruit juice in Kolkata.
2009
Enrichment of purple non sulfur bacteria from local pond sludge and
studying their efficiency in Biomass, Carbohydrates , and Potein
production .
2010
Management of Industrial waste by purple non sulfur bacterial isolates
2011
Study of Purple Non- Sulphur Phototrophic Bacteria Isolated From

THE WASTEWATER OF East Kolkata Wetland
An overview Of Purple Non-Sulphur Phototrophic Bacteria : Isolated
From East Kolkata Wetland
Ms. Madhulika Gupta
2012
Application of purple non sulfur bacteria as fish feed
2006
Neurotoxic effect of Cyanobacteria
2007
Remediation of heavy metals (Cu, Fe & Zn) by cyanobacteria
2008
Characteristics and effect of heavy metals of marine cyanobacteria

(Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea & Indian Ocean)
2009
Remediation of heavy metals (Cd & Pb) on cyanobacteria
2010
Effect of Ni on cyanobacteria
2011
Chromium remediation by Blue green algal (Cyanobacterial) Consortium
2012
Effect of zinc & lead on enzymatic & non enzymatic antioxidants of

cyanobacteria
Effects of cadmium and chromium on cyanobacterial enzymatic and
non enzymatic antioxidants
Ms. Sudipta Paul

Bhattacharya
2007
Biofilm Intervention Strategy against Vibrio cholerae using

phytochemicals.
2008
Antimicrobial effect of tea
2010
Curcumin : Its pleiotropic effects on biofilm .
2011
To isolate and identify Vibrio and Pseudomonas species from the

collected summer samples.
2012
Isolation and characterization of xenobiotic degrading bacteria from

waste water using SDS as marker
Optimization of conditions for extracellular protease production by
microorganisms isolated from waste water
Dr. Paramita
Chakraborty
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2006
To study the antimicrobial activity of Piper betle linn.(pan) leaf stalk

and Ocimum sanctum linn.(tulsi) leaf
Annexure
Year
Topic
Dr. Rini Roy
2006
Cupric engulfment by Escherichia coli
2007
Antimicrobial effect of Vasaka
2008
Comparison of some characterstics of halophilic organisms of three

different sea origins ( Bay of Bengal , Indian Ocean and Arabian sea ).
2009
Antifungal prospects of leaf extracts of Jack fruit plant ( Artocarpus

integrifolin).
Antiinflammatory activity of Aurvedic Plants ( Kalanchoe cronata )
on mice.
2010
Dr. Shashiprabha
Das Gupta
2011
Chromium reducing bacteria
2012
Comparison of organic acid production from microorganism in aerobic

and anaerobic condition isolated from waste water
2011
Isolation and characterization of amylase producing halophilic

microorganism from soil .
2012
Isolation, characterization and identification of non fecal coliforms from

the water samples of East Kolkata Wetland .
Isolation characterisation and identification of fecal coliforms from
water samples collected from east kolkata wetland
Dr. Tapasi Samanta
UV protective properties of dye synthesized in Bacillus subtilis spore
B. DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS:
1.
Signature of glass transition temperature in tri-component Two dimensional Ca65Mg25Y10 metallic glasses.
2.
Resolution of impedence components in SIPN-SnO2 nanocomposite based on EIS Ammonia sensors and
circuit modeling of the Warburg Element in Randles Circuit.
3.
Determination of impedence components in SIPN-SnO2 nano composite based on Ammonia sensor from
frequency response analysis.
4.
Extension of Debye-Huckel Equation for explaining the function of SIPN based Electrochemical sensor
of chloride ions.
Annexure
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C. DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY
Year Name of the
Candidate
Subject
Title of the
Dissertation
Name of the
Supervisor
2006 Snigdha Biswas
Population and welfare

Geography
Demographic Profile of
Rajar hat- Gopalpur,
Ward No.21.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Haimanti Ghosh

Geography
of Tribal People.
Socio-Economic
Condition
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu
Smita Paul

Geography
Nature of Socio economic

Behavior and its impact on
human Development.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Somali Saha

Geography
Fertility Status in
Ward No. 100
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Moumita Roy
2007 Debashree Goswami
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Age-Sex Composition
Khendbani Bankura.
Geography
Migration: Ward No, 6 of

Hooghly- Chinsurah
Municipality.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Taniya Kar

Geography
Mortality Status:
Nabagram Panchayat.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Swapna Das

Geography
Socio-Economic Profile:
Madhab Textile Industry,
Khardaha.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Shinjini Mondal

Geography
Occupational
transformation of
Population.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Smita Paik

Geography
Some Demographic
Characteristics of Village
Bhondekhali Sundarban
in North24pgns.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Manisha Sarkar

Geography
Women status of
Ashoknagar, 24 pgns (N)
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Pradipta Mallik

Geography
Spatio Temporal Variation

of Working People of
Haora District.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Arthita Ghosh
Regional Planning
Brick Industry: Achipur

Budge Budge.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Annexure
Year Name of the

Candidate
Subject
Title of the
Dissertation
Name of the
Supervisor
2008 Piyali Kanji

Geography
Socio-Economic Impact of
Falta Special Economic
Zone on Nainan and
Bishra, South 24pgns.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Sumana Ghorui

Geography
Fertility Status: A case

study of Amtala.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Mithu Rani Naskar

Geography
Inequality in Gender development: Uttar Kalyanpur

Village.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Mamata Das

Geography
The Concept of Socio

Economic Condition of
SC : Panihati.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Moumita Ghosh

Geography
Impact of Poverty on Rural

area: Sonarpur, 24 pgns (s).
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Rumpa Sutar

Geography
Prob. of Child Labour:

Panihati.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Tanushri Paik

Geography
Rituparna Hazra

Geography
The problem of child

labour- a special case
study of ward nos. 16, 19,
& 20 of Howrah Municipal
Corporation.
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Anamika Roy

Geography
Womens status in Rajarhat

- Gopalpur Municipality,
Ward nos. 17, 18, 19. 20.
Dr. Saswati
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Mookherjee
Surupa Dey

Geography
An assessment of human
development, Shirampur
Municipality, Ward no. 7
and 25.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu
Madhumita Manna

Geography
Slum area, Howrah
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Tapashi Sarkar

Geography
Annexure
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
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Year Name of the

Candidate
Subject
2009 Amrita Pramanik

Geography
Runa roy

Geography
Literacy status in
Secondary School,
Birati.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu
Piyali Kanji

Geography
Socio-Economic impact
of Faltasez.
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Sharmistha Brahma

Geography
Literacy level of Higher

Secondary School, Bally
Municipality. Howrah.
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Taniya Ghosh

Geography
Socio- cultural profile of

scheduled tribes of
ward no 1, 13, 15, 16, 17
Jhargram, Paschim
Medinipur.
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Paromita Halder
Regional Planning
Education Condition of
Two Different Villages.
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Tapashi Sarkar
Regional Planning
Development of Fishing
Economy, Chakdaha,
Nadia, W.B.
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri
Debaroti Das
Regional Planning
Comparative of wards
having health centre and
the other without in north
DumDum municipality.
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Amrita Pramanik
Regional Planning
Development of Slum area

in Kolkata, Ward-65.
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Chandreyi Sengupta
Regional Planning
Govt. Hospitals of Kolkata
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Soumi Barai
Regional Planning
Disparities in Health
Service in New Barackpur
Municipality.
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Mridula Dey
Regional Planning
Ghats of River Hoogly

along Kolkata past,
present and Future.
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Sushmita Biswas
Regional Planning
Auto rickshaw a popular

mode of Transport.
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Tanima Dutta
Regional Planning
A Passage through The

Handloom Industry of
Fullia, Nadia Dist, W.B
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Urmi Bhattacharya
Regional Planning
Shopping Malls &

Complexes Changing
economy and landscape
of Kolkata.
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
112
Title of the
Dissertation
Name of the
Supervisor
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu
Annexure

Year Name of the
Candidate

Subject
Title of the
Dissertation
Name of the
Supervisor
Sudeshna Mondal
Regional Planning
Closure of National
Jute Mills.
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Amrita Bose
Regional Planning
Puffed Rice A source

of Survival.
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Dipanwita Bal
Regional Planning
Development of Fishing
Economy: Pathar Pratima
Block
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Sumana Sarkar
Regional Planning
Present Condition of Tea

Estate: Siliguri.
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Soumi Mondal
Regional Planning
Changing Importance of
New Market.Kolkata
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Reba Paul
Regional Planning
Guava Orchard in Baruipur.
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Pinki Kundu
Regional Planning
Proliferation of Luxury
Hotels in Metropolis,
Kolkata.
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Sudeshna Pal
Regional Planning
Market at Galiff Street.
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Sagarika Das
Regional Planning
Economic and Educational

Development of Bakkhali.
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Swagata Das
Regional Planning
Functioning of Two old

age homes in Kolkata
Metropolitans.
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Saheli Sengupta
Regional Planning
Problems of Housing
Congestion in Rajarhat.
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Shahila Tarannum
Regional Planning
Evaluation of Educational
Uplifement.
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Debasmita Das
Regional Planning
Production and Income

generation Potential of a
Plastic Product Industry.
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Ruchira Gupta
Regional Planning
Development and the impact

of Kalyani express way.
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Pratima Prasad Shah
Regional Planning
Silk jute Mill and economic

condition. Gouripur.
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Lipi Roy
Regional Planning
BPO employment:
Sector-V, Saltlake.
Writuparna
Chakraborty..
Priyanka Sanpui
Regional Planning
Socio-Economic Condition
of the Idol- Makers:
Howrah.
Writuparna
Chakraborty
Swarna Saha
Regional Planning
Problem of Dropout in
selected urban and Rural
: Kolkata.
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Annexure
113

Year Name of the
Candidate
Lipika Dutta Guptta
114
Subject
Title of the
Dissertation
Name of the
Supervisor
Regional Planning
Problems and Present

conditions of Garihat
markets under KMC
Writuparna
Chakraborty
Amrita Bannerjee

Geography
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Nirmegha Sen

Geography
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Amrita Sikdar

Geography
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Mandakini Basu

Geography
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Anwesha Roy

Geography
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Arpita Biswas

Geography
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Labanya Das

Geography
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Archana Pramanik

Geography
Krishna Biswas

Geography
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Suparna Bannerjee

Geography
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Ahami Sarkar

Geography
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Subhra Sikdar

Geography
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Banani Sarkar

Geography
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Impact on Migration of
Ward No.25 Howrah.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Annexure
Year Name of the

Candidate
Subject
Title of the
Dissertation
Name of the
Supervisor
2010 Jayashree Sen

Geography
Socio economic profile of

migrants, a case study of
Dum Dum Cantonment
area, ward No. 15 and 16,
under Dum Dum
Municipality.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Ayantika Mishra

Geography
Fertility Level: A
Comparative Study of
Hindus and Muslims.
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee.
Piyali Sarkar

Geography
Level of Literacy: A case

study of Secondary
Schools of Chandpara
and Dhakuria Village.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Sanchari Roy Ghatak

Geography
The Status of Child

Development: A Case
Study of Ward No. 120
and 121.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Angana Basu

Geography
Gender Related Issues:

A comparative study of
women status in Ward No.
98 and12-12, KMC
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee.
Sovini Bhattacharya

Geography
Differential Fertility Rate

of Women: A case Study
of Ward No. 23 Baranagar
Municipality Corporation.
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee.
Tania Chakraborty

Geography
Impact of Literacy
Programme in Ward No.3
and14, Baranagar
Municipality.
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee.
Tulika Parui

Geography
Differential Literacy Status

Among Religious Groups:
A case study of Panchpara
Village.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Sayanti Pal

Geography
Changing of occupational
structure: A case
study of Garanhata,
Ward No. 18, KMC
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee.
Itika Sadhukhan

Geography
A case study of Maheshpur

in Chapra Block and Majdia
Krishnaganj Block, Nadia.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Moon Barua
Regional Planning
The Extension of Metro

Railway and its impact.
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Annexure
115
Year Name of the

Candidate
Subject
Title of the
Dissertation
Name of the
Supervisor
2011 Anamika Mukherjee
Regional Planning
Impact of Durgapur Experss

way on Dankuni Urban
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Ranita Sarkar
Regional Planning
A case study of Texmaco Ltd Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Chandana Mondal
Regional Planning
Growth and development

of Falta special Economic
Zone and its impact on
industrial development.
Sudipta Paul
Regional Planning
Commercial Expansion of
Dr. Jayasri Ray
New Town, Rajarhat, Action Chaudhuri.
Area-I, A Geo-Spatial analysis
Deborupa Roy
Regional Planning
Impact of Eastern Metropoli- Dr. Jayasri Ray

tan Bypass On Its Surround- Chaudhuri.
ing Areas: Case Study
Patuli to Ruby.
Jayeeta Murmu
Regional Planning
Cottage Industry and Gold

Dr. Jayasri Ray
Threaded Zari Embroidery In Chaudhuri.
and Around Panchla
Nayantara Kar
Regional Planning
Bakery Industry of West

Bengal: A case Study of
Britannia Industries Limited.
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Kalyani Saha
Regional Planning
The Economic Viability of

the two brick Kilns: Kulpi,
Durganagar, South 24 pgs.
A comparative Study.
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Mili Das
Regional Planning
Lather Industry In Kolkata

and its Relocation.
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Manosi Mondal
Regional Planning
Problems and Prospects of

Clay Modeling Industry of
Krishnanagar, Nadia.
Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Mousumi Mondal

Geography
The Problem of Child Labour Dr. Snehamanju

Ward No. II, Rajpur-Sonarpur Basu.
Municipality.
Maitreyee Acharya

Geography
A Geographical Analysis of
Female Education of 27 No.
ward in North Dum Dum
Municipality.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Payel Sarkar

Geography
A Socio-Economic Prodile of
Urban Poor, Ward No.35
Kamar hati Municipality.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Tutunmoni Ghosh

Geography
Heath Status of Women in

Dr. Snehamanju
Lower Income Group: A Case Basu.
study of Barasat Municipality.
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Dr. Jayasri Ray

Chaudhuri.
Annexure

Year Name of the
Candidate

Subject
Title of the
Dissertation
Name of the
Supervisor
Ambika Naskar

Geography
Female work Participation

Dr. Snehamanju
with Reference to Narayangar, Basu.
Canning I , South 24 Pgs.
Sutapa Aditya

Geography
A study on work Participation Dr. Snehamanju

with special reference to
Basu.
ward No. 48, Kolkata.
Tania Ghosh

Geography
Socio Cultural Profile on

Scheduled Tribe in
ward 1, 13, 15-17 Jhargram
Municipality Paschim
Medenipur.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Suchandra Kundu

Geography
Female Literacy and Female

Employment: A case study
of Ward No. 22 Under
Rajarhat Gopalpur
Municipality.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Gargi Das

Geography
Housing Problem of Lower

INCOME group, case study
of Ward no. 2, Barasat
Municipality.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Nivedita Jana

Geography
Socio Economic Status of

Widow Population with
special reference to ward no.
20 North Barack Pore
Municipality.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Srijita Chowdhury

Geography
Assesment of Levels of
Education with reference to
ward No. 107 KMC
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee.
Madhumita Oraon

Geography
Problems of Aged People

Dr. Saswati
with Special Reference to
Mookherjee.
North DumDum Municipality.
Ward-9
Supriti Paul

Geography
Fertility Status of Women :

A case study of WardNo.49
K.M.C
Annexure
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee.
117
Year Name of the

Candidate
Subject
Title of the
Dissertation
Name of the
Supervisor
2012 Sucheta De

Geography
Demographic Characteristic
Ward No.1 North DumDum
Municipality.
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee.
Trisha Naya

Geography
Fimale Literacy among Higher Dr. Saswati

and Lower income group of
Mookherjee
ward No. 12 Sonarpur
Municipality.
Subhomita Datta

Geography
Assesment of Quality of Life Dr. Saswati

with Special reference to
Mookherjee
Ward No.24, Bardwan
Municipality.
Amrita Mitra
Regional Planning
Implication of vested land

distribution in rural landuse:
Kalikapur, P.S- Sonarpur .
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Dr. Subhra
Chattopadhyay
Shilpa mondal
Regional Planning
Role of Micro Credit in

Rural Development,Gaighata
Block, 24 pgns.
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Dr. Subhra
Chattopadhyay
Chitralekhe
Dasbairagya
Regional Planning
New Behala Draining System. Dr. Saswati

Mookherjee
Dr. Subhra
Chattopadhyay
Debangana Kabasi
Regional Planning
Implication of Sarva Shiksha

Abhijan in rural, Baduria
Block, 24 Pgns.
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Dr. Subhra
Chattopadhyay
Mamani Chatterjee
Regional Planning
Mahatma Gandhi National

Rural Employment
Guarantee act.
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Dr. Subhra
Chattopadhyay
Angina Mukherjee
Regional Planning
Nivedita setu A means of

Connectivity
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Dr. Subhra
Chattopadhyay
Madhurima Roy
Regional Planning
Coal Mine Area:

Jamuria Block.
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Rima Sengupta
Regional Planning
Impact of Microfinance on
Urban Poor with special
reference to Harivevpur,
ward no.115.
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Dr.Subhra
Chattopadhyay
Pritilata Halder
Regional Planning
Role of Gram Sansad,

Kultali, Thana, S.24 pgns.
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Dr. Subhra
Chattopadhyay
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Annexure

Year Name of the
Candidate

Subject
Title of the
Dissertation
Name of the
Supervisor

Geography
Problem Related To Migration

of Labour Force- A Case
Study of Kole Market, of
Ward No. 49 Kolkata
Municipal Corporation.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu.
Aditi Das

Geography
Issues of Poverty in Rural

Area- A case study of
Jothbhim Village, Bhangore,
Block-2, South 24 parganas
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee.
Dipanwita Naskar

Geography
The Fertility Differential

among the Working Women.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu
Arunima Sarkar

Geography
Assesment of Female
Education and Employment
with Special Reference to
Ward No.23 Under South
Dum Dum Municipality.
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Durba Banerjee

Geography
Gender Disparity- A Case

study of Ward No. 27 of
Panihati Municipality
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Mandakini Malo

Geography
A case study of Health Care

facilities in ward no-124,
Kolkata Municipality
Corporation.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu
Sohini Roy

Geography
A comparative study of
Dr. Saswati
Incidence of Child Literacy in Mookherjee
Ward No.9 and 19 of
Chandannagar Municipality.
Amrapali Mukherjee

Geography
Problems of Aged Population Dr. Saswati

- A case study of ward no.104 Mookherjee
under KMC.
Sneha Ghosh

Geography
Major Causes of Infant

Dr. Snehamanju
Mortality and a comparative Basu
Analysis Between ward 1 and
16, Serampore Municipality,
Hoogly Disrtict.
Tanaya Banerjee

Geography
A case study on Deomstic

Violence And its Impact on
social Development in
ward no.-72, 73, 84,89, and
118 K.M.C
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu
Pinky Dubey

Geography
Status of Female work

participationA Case study
of Keutia Mouza
Barrackpore-I block
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu
Annexure
119

Year Name of the
Candidate
120
Subject
Title of the
Dissertation
Name of the
Supervisor
Sampa Biswas
Regional Planning
Production Scenario of
Hastings Jutemill of Rishra
and Its Regional Implicaion.
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Dr. Subhra
Chattopadhyay
Tiyasha Banerjee
Regional Planning
A perspective study on
Variability of peoples
participation in Gram
Panchayat- A case study
on Maipith Baikunthapur
Gram Panchayat, Kultali,
South 24 Parganas.
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Dr. Subhra
Chattopadhyay
Tanusree Mridha
Regional Planning
Brick Industry VS Agriculture Dr. Saswati

activity a landuse conflict in Mookherjee
Minakhan mouza.
Dr. Subhra
Chattopadhyay
Paromita Roy
Regional Planning
Development of Satellite
Township A case study of
Baishnabghata Patuli
Township, Ward No.110.
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Dr. Subhra
Chattopadhyay
Anushree
Chakraborty
Regional Planning
Development perspective
and socio-economic profile
of profile of Barasat town
with special reference to
Ward No.1
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Dr. Subhra
Chattopadhyay
Supriya Nandi
Regional Planning
Industrial Growth and its

Impact on Regional Development of the surrounding
areas: A case study of
Texmaco Company
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Dr. Subhra
Chattopadhyay
Tania Mukherjee
Regional Planning
Changing Scenario and

Dr. Saswati
Commercial Growth Along
Mookherjee
the Diamond Harnbour Road Dr. Subhra
Chattopadhyay
Ipsita Sarkar
Regional Planning
Renovation of Santragachi
Wetland, in Howrah DistrictRole of NGO IN Local
Goverence
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Dr. Subhra
Chattopadhyay
Jagori Das
Regional Planning
Land conversion from Rural

to Urban Ethos of Planning:
A case study of Action
Area-II, New Town, Rajarhat
Kolkata.
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Dr. Subhra
Chattopadhyay
Rima Shaw
Regional Planning
Land Conversion from Rural

to Urban, Ethos of Planning :
A case study of Action
Area-II, New Town, Rajarhat
Kolkata.
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Dr. Subhra
Chattopadhyay
Annexure

Year Name of the
Candidate

Subject
Title of the
Dissertation
Name of the
Supervisor
Tania Malla Barman
Advance
Geomorphology
Anthropogenic impact on
Landslides in Gantok.
Sutopa Mukherjee
Tshering Domu
Lepcha
Advance
Geomorphology
Impact of Jhoras on
Landslides in Kalimpong.
Sutopa Mukherjee
Somali Roy
Advance
Geomorphology
Case study of Rellikhola

Kalimpong.
Sutopa Mukherjee
Smita Chakraborty
Advance
Geomorphology
Rellikhola Channel
Sindhibong, Kalimpong.
Sutopa Mukherjee
Regional Planning
Impact of Sarva shiksha

Dr. Subhra
Avhijan on change in Drop
Chattopadhyay
out condition of Purat mouza
Hooghly.
Smritikana Ghosh
Regional Planning
Impact of Industries on Local Rajasree Bannerjee

health in Dankuni. Ward-14
Tanaya Maitra

Geography
Fertility Differentials among

different income groupsward-67 KMC
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Sayanki Saha

Geography
An appraisal of the Attitude

Towards Women In Modern
Life, WARD-96 &114
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Rumki Kundu

Geography
Evolution of Child (10-15)

Immunization status in Slum
Ward-98
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Ruma Sen

Geography
Work Participation of
Baranagar, Ward 20
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Kaberi Saha

Geography
Work Participation of
Ward 98-101.
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Sharmistha Fulmali

Geography
Study of Female Literacy in

Ward-112.
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Sudipta Chandra

Geography
Problems and Prospect of

Ageing Population,
Baranagar, ward-34.
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Sampa Mondal

Geography
Domestic Violence Against

women, South 24pgns.
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Jaita Sen

Geography
Slums- The Marginalized

Mass,KMC, WARD-92.
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Sabah Siddiqui
Nusker

Geography
Life on the Edge-Life of

street children KMC.
WARD-46.
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Pallabi Majumder

Geography
Womens Literacy in the

Baruipur Municipality.
Ward-4.
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
2013 Joyshree Maji
Annexure
121

Year Name of the
Candidate
Subject
Title of the
Dissertation
Name of the
Supervisor
Marteena D. Gomes

Geography
Problems of Labour in
ward-3&5 Dum Dum.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu
Shreya Das

Geography
The status of Heath,

hygiene and sanitation
KMC WARD-120.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu
Tunkai Oraown

Geography
Socio-Economic Cahanges,
Barasat, Ward-4.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu
Anindita Biswas

Geography
Study of adult literacy in

ward-2,3,3. Sonarpur.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu
Sangita Mondal

Geography
Gender disparity among

children, South sankrile,
Howrah.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu
Soumita Paul

Geography
Changing Socio economic

Condition of Population due
to Infra structural, Garia
ward-111.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu
Sweta roy

Geography
Female literacy, Srerampur

ward-1&19.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu
Priya Saha

Geography
Problems Of Child labour.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu
Anusua Das

Geography
Mother and Child Health,

Ward-130.
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu

Geography
Dr. Snehamanju
Basu

Geography
Geography
Geography
Geography
122
Annexure
Annexure 3.1.5B
LIST OF RESEARCH PROJECTS IN LAST 5 YEARS
1. PERSIAN
Title of the
Project
Funding
Agency
Period
Contribution of
the Iran Society
Calcutta to
Persian Studies
UG.C
6th March, 2007 Jahan Ara

to
5th March, 2009
Sekhasuhodaya : University of Calcutta 20.07.11to

a social and
- under the scheme
20.07.13
linguistic study Encouragement to
Young Faculty other
than Science
Technology
under UPE
Name of the Affiliation

Principal
Investigator
Dr. Mou
Dasgupta
Name of the
Co-Investigator
Associate
Professor
Associate
Smt. Syeda
Professor, CU Shariqatul Moula
Alquadri.
Associate
Professor
2. URDU
Name of Principal Investigator
Title of the Project
Funding Agency
Period
1. Dr. Shaheen Sultana
Ghalib and Wordsworth

-A Comparative Study
UG.C
2009-11
2. Dr. Nelufar Murtaza
Makhdoom Ki
Ghazal Key
Imtiazaat
UG.C
2007-09
3. Dr. Shabana Nasreen
Modern Poetry:
Trends and Traditions
UG.C
2011-13
3. SANSKRIT
1.
Title of the project:
Women in Ancient India (social position, rights and duties)
2.
Funding agency :
University Grants Commission.
3.
Period :
2009 to 2011
4.
Total Grant :
66,500/- (sixty six thousands and five hundred only)
5.
Principle Investigator :
Dr. Sutapa Ray
6.
Affiliation :
CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY
Annexure
123
4. SOCIOLOGY
TITLE OF THE PROJECT
FUNDING
AGENCY
PERIOD
NAME OF
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR
AFFILIATION
1. DECISION-MAKING IN THE
FAMILY: A SOCIOLOGICAL
STUDY OF FEMALE HEADED
HOUSEHOLD IN KOLKATA.
UGC
2007-2009
ANITA
MUKHERJEE
ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR
2. FEMALE HEADED
HOUSEHOLDS: PROBLEMS
AND COPING STRATEGIES.
A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY
IN KOLKATA.
WOMENS
2010-2012
STUDIES CENTRE
L.B.C. (UGC)
ANITA
MUKHERJEE
ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR
1. A COMPARARIVE STUDY
REGARDING TH1. THE
QUESTION OF SOCIALIZATION OF CHILD/ CHILDREN
AND THE PROBLEM OF
EMPLOYED MOTHERS.
UGC
2006-2008
DR. BAISALI
SINHA
ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR
1. A COMPARARIVE STUDY
REGARDING TH1. THE
QUESTION OF SOCIALIZATION OF CHILD/ CHILDREN
AND THE PROBLEM OF
EMPLOYED MOTHERS.
UGC
2006-2008
DR. BAISALI
SINHA
ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR
2. PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENT AND RELATED SOCIOPSYCHOLOGICAL AND

HEALTH HAZARDS- A
SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
AMONG THE WOMEN IN
TEACHING
PROJECT HAS
2010- 2012
BEEN DONE UNDER WOMENS
STUDIES CENTRE
L.B.C. (FUNDED
BY UGC)
DR. BAISALI
SINHA
ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR
1. WORKING WOMEN AND

ROLE MANAGEMENT- A
SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY
UGC
SHIKHA PAUL
ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR
2. PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENT RELATED SOCIOPSYCHOLOGICAL AND

HEALTH HAZARDS- A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AMONG
THE WOMEN IN TEACHING
PROJECT HAS
2010-2012
BEEN DONE UNDER WOMENS
STUDIES CENTRE
L.B.C. (FUNDED
BY UGC)
DR. BAISALI
SINHA
ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR
SHIKHA PAUL
ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR
3. HEALTH STATUS AND RURAL UGC

WOMEN- A SOCIOLOGICAL
STUDY
2007-2009
NOV,2011
MAY,2013
5. HISTORY
Name of Faculty
Funding agency
Subhalakshmi Pandey
UG.C sponsored Minor Research Project Haunted

India : Colonial Writing on Oriental Apparitions
2008-2010
Kakoli Sinha Ray
UG.C sponsored Minor Research Project Sikar,

Ecological Changes and Notions of Conservation in
the Raj, 1850-1947
2008
UG.C sponsored Womens Studies Project
2010
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Year
Annexure
6. PHILOSOPHY
Name of Faculty
Funding agency
Topic
Period
Smt. Mamata Dhar
UGC
Caste System its Revoluation

through Ages
2005-2007
Smt. Sudeshna Datta Gupta
UGC
Dr. Krishna DasGupta
UGC
2006-2008
The Role of language in creating
and Expressing Sociocultural
Identity and difference : with
Special reference to
Androcentrism
2005-2007
7. POLITICAL SCIENCE
Name of Faculty and Topic
Funding agency
Year
Principal Investigator-Suriti Ray-Cultural

Plurality and Persistence of Ethnic identity: A
Study of an Urban Trading Locality.
U.G.C sponsored Minor

Research Project
PHW025/05-06
Submitted in May 2008
Principal Investigator Suriti Ray- UGC

sanctioned project entitled The Empowerment
of Women in West Bengal: A Case Study.
UGC sanctioned project

2013-completed
under the Womens study
Centre, Lady Brabourne
College
Suriti Ray- Principal Investigator Empowerment

and Gender Equality: Problems encountered.

Research Project.
PHW222/11-12
Ongoing-2012
8. BOTANY
Period
Name of Principal Affiliation

Investigator
Name of CoPrincipal
Investigator
1) Isolation, characterization UGC

and evaluation of antioxidative status of polypnenols
present in some leafy
vegetables consumed by
the rural population of
Bengal.
2006
-2008
Dr. Bidisha Mallick UGC
Nil
2) Management of growth
UGC
and antioxidant properties
of Capcicum annum L. by
essential micronutrients.
PSW-063/09-10 (ERO)
Dt: 26.10.09
20092011
Dr. Suchita Sinha
UGC
Nil
3) Understanding of the
defense mechanisms in
Cadmium and Chromium
stressed plant.
PSW-062/09-10 (ERO)
Dt. 26.10.09
20092011
Suparna Pal
UGC
Nil
Annexure
Funding
Agency
UGC
Affiliation
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9. CHEMISTRY
Funding
Agency
Period
Name of Principal
Investigator
Affiliation
Name of CoPrincipal
Investigator
Affiliation
Photophysics of Dye in
Surfactant solution
UGC No.F.
PSW050/0506
(ERO)
20062008
Dr. Papia
Ganguly
Maulana
Azad College
Kolkata
Nil
Not
Applicable
Biochemical Aspects of Water

Pollution in Rabindra Sarobar Lake
of Kolkata
UGC No. PSW- 2007130/06-07(ERO) 2009
Dr. Sukanya
Chakrabarti (Guha)
Lady Brabourne Dr. Soma

College
Deogharia
Lady
Brabourne
College
Study of Conducting Properties of UGCNo. F. PSW 2007Chlorophyll a,b, Xanthophyll and - -122/06-07
2009
carotenes in Nanoscale aggregates
in artificial system
Dr. Nupur Basu
Bidhannagar
College
Nil
Not
Applicable
Biomedical waste management-an

infrastructural study in Kolkata
based hospitals
Dr. Soma Samaddar
Lady
Brabourne
College
Dr. Nabanita
Kundu
Lady
Brabourne
College
Dr. Papia Ganguly
Lady
Brabourne
College
Nil
Not
Applicable
UGCNo.UGC
(MRP-F.PSW039/11-12
20112013
Photophysical and thermodynamic UGCNo. PSW- 2013studies of dyes in aqueous Micellar 36/12-13 (ERO) 2015
dispersion of Surfactants and in
different solvents
10. ECONOMICS
Name of Faculty
Funding agency
Year
Individually by Siuli Jana, Ruby Pal and

Joysri Acharyya (Minor)
UGC
Completed in 2007 (referred in last NAAC

Report)
Isha Das Gupta
UGC
2008-2010
Joysri Acharyya (Minor)
UGC
2011-2013
11. MATHEMATICS
Name of Faculty
Topic
Funding agency
Year
Dr. Sumita Basu
Designing of Rough
Cellular Automaton for
measuring Growth in
different fields
UGC Minor
Research Project
F.PSW 064/09-10
12. MICROBIOLOGY
Name of the Faculty
Topic
Period
Funding Agency
1. Mathematical Modeling of Biologically

Active Organic Molecules .
2005-2007
UGC
2. Microbial Ecology of East Kolkata

Wetland
2010-2012
UGC (CPE
Departmental Project)
3. Assessment of knowledge, Attitude,

Belief and Practice of the Women in
Kolkata, towards Cervical Cancer and its
Risk Factors
2011-2013
Indian Council of
Social Science
Research
(Co-Investigator)
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Annexure
Name of the Faculty
Topic
Period
Funding Agency
Dr. Aparna Sen
1. Isolation, Identification and

Characterisation of Free-living Nitrogen
Fixing Bacteria with Salt Tolerant
Properties from the Estuarine and
Coastal Areas of West Bengal
2007-2009
UGC Minor Research

Project.
2. A mechanistic study on cancer cell

apoptosis, amelioration of cancerinduced immunosuppression and
systemic toxicity: Role of flavonoids
2008-2011
CSIR Major Research

Project.

Wetland
2010-2012
UGC (CPE
Departmental Project
Dr. Mahuya
Mukhopadhyay
1. Production of SCP and Carbohydrates

2009-2011
by Purple Non Sulfur Photosynthetic
Bacteria utilizing Conventional substrates
and waste materials
UGC (Minor Project)

Wetland
2010-2012
UGC (CPE
1. Bioremediation of Heavy metals by

Fresh water cyanobacteria under
stress conditions
2008-2010
UGC (Minor Project)

Wetland
2010-2012
UGC (CPE

Wetland
2010-2012
UGC (CPE
2. Effects of Phytochemicals on the

Formation and Dispersal of Bacterial
Biofilms taking Vibrio cholerae and
Pseudomonas aeruginosa as model
biofilm formers
2012-2014
UGC- Minor Research

Project
Ms . Madhulika Gupta
Chaudhuri
Ms. Sudipta Paul

Bhattacharya
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13. PHYSICS.
Funding Period
agency
Affiliation
Name of
Coinvestigator
2008-2011 Dr. Ashmita Das

Gupta
Reader, Dept. of
Physics
Viswa Bharati
1. Dr. Haimanti
Chakrabarti
Collaborators
Prof. Sabu
Thomas
Started
from
2012
Dr. Haimanti
Chakrabarti
Associate
Prof. WBES
Prof. Saswati
Dasgupta
Teacher in-charge
Rammohan
College, Kol-9
2. Impedance study and

characterization of different
semi interpenetrating
Polymeric Network
Started
from
2012
Dr. Haimanti
Chakrabarti
Associate
Prof. WBES
Baishali Kanjilal
Institute of
Materials
Science,
University of
Connecticut,
USA.
Study of theintergrain
UGC
tunneling magnetoresist ance
in double perovskite polycrystallin e, singlecrystalli ne as
well as nanometer- scale sized
materials
2005-2007 Dr. Bidisa

Chattopadhyay
Lecturer
WBES
Prof. A.Poddar
SINP, Kolkata
Study of correlation between UGC

magnetization and electric
polarization in multiferroic
compounds
March,
2012March,
2014
Dr. Bidisa
Chattopadhyay
Lecturer
WBES
Prof. P. Mandal
SINP, Kolkata
Theoretical studies on
Nonlinearity and Dynamical
Instability of (driven) BoseEinstein Condensate and
Exploration of suitable
controlMechanisms.
20082010
Dr. Barnali
Chakrabarti
Lecturer
WBES
Study of Bose Einstein

DAEcondensation in finite optical BRNS
trap
2010
Dr. Barnali
Chakrabarti
Lecturer
WBES
Monte Carlo simulation of

biaxial nematic liquid
20122015
Sudeshna Das
Gupta
Assistant
Professor
LBC, WBES
Effects of annling on free

DST
volume and chain mobility in
pilot fluoroelastomers
investigated by non destructive measurement protocol.
In house projects
1. Effect of spin orientation in
aqueous solution of
Paramagnetic salt
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DST
CSIR
Name of the
principal
investigator
Soumen Kumar
Roy, Jadavpur
University
Annexure
14. ZOOLOGY
Name of the Faculty
Topic
Period
Funding Agency
Dr. Sanjukta Mondal

Parui
Relevance of pollinating insects in

propagation of flowering plants in Calcutta
and its surrounding areas including college
campus in Park Circus
[F. No. 41-56/2012

(SR), dt.13th July,
2012- 2014
UGC Major
Dr. Paulami Maiti
Biodiversity of the Icthyofauna of Kolkata [F.PSW-033/05-06

sewage fed wetlands and their conservation (ERO),
strategies
dt.21.03.2006].
UGC Minor
Resource assessment, recovery and

utilization in dynamic sewage fed wetland
ecosystem for low cost production of
animal protein
[F.No. 41-102/2012 UGC Major

(SR),
dt. 12th July, 2012].
Dr. Anuradha
Chaudhuri
Relevance of pollinating insects in

propagation of flowering plants in Calcutta
and its surrounding areas including college
campus in Park Circus
[F. No. 41-56/2012

(SR),
dt.13th July, 2012]
UGC Major
Dr. Antara Kar
A Study on the Role of Arsenic Trioxide as [PSW 088/ 10-11

an Inducer of Stress during Embryogenesis (ERO), dt. 20.10.10
UGC Minor
DR. SUMANA SAHA (Transferred)

A. AS PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Funding agency
Date of Sanction
Duration
Diversity Assessment of Round Headed

Borers (Cerambycidae : Coleoptera) of
Dooars, West Bengal
UGC (Regional
Office, Kolkata)
5.12.2008
2 years
(2009-2011)
B. AS CO-INVESTIGATOR
Funding
Date of Sanction Duration
Collaboration, if any
1. Insect Faunal
Diversity of Jaldapara
Wildlife Sanctuary
UGC,
New Delhi
28.3.2001
3 years
(2001-2004)
With Prof. D. Raychaudhuri,

Entomology Laboratory,
Dept. of Zoology,
2. Insect Faunal Diversity of MOEF, GOI

Buxa Tiger Reserve,
New Delhi
Jalpaiguri, West Bengal.
17.10.2001
3 years
(2001-2004)
Do
3. Studies onthe Borers

Attacking Shade Trees of
Tea Plantations
NTRF, C/o
Tea Board
Kolkata
4/8.10.2001
(2002-2005)
3 years
Do
4. Inventorisingthe Spiders
as Bioresource of Dooars
& DarjeelingDistrict of
West Bengal.
DBT, GOI
New Delhi
20.11.2006
3 years
6 months
(2006-2010)
Do
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Funding
Date of Sanction Duration
Collaboration, if any
5. Assessmentof Spiders as
Second Order of Biocontrol Agents in Tea
Ecosystem with special
reference to Assam and
Dooars of West Bengal.
NTRF, C/o
Tea Board
Kolkata
27.3.2008
3 years
(2008-2011)
Do
6. Assessment &
Documentation of Faunal
Diversity of Buxa Tiger
Reserve : Insects &
Spiders
West Bengal 11.12.2009

Biodiversity
Board,
GOWB
2 years
(2009-2011)
Do
XIth XIIth
plan period
With Prof. D.Raychaudhuri

Entomology Laboratory,
Dept. of Zoology,
University of Calcutta &
Dr. A. Basu Majumder,
Research Officer, Tea Board
7. Survey onthe incidence

of insect pests and predators including spiders in
Darjeeling Tea Plantations
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4.8.2011
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CRITERION IV
INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEARNING RESOURCES
4.1 PHYSICAL FACILITIES
4.1.1 What is the policy of the Institution for creation and enhancement of infrastructure that
facilitate effective teaching and learning?
The existing policy of the institution :
To plan for sustainable expansion so as to
a) ensure academic growth and allied activity promotion
b) improve existing facilities
c) add according to new needs
Submitting plans and proposals for infrastructural extension to the government for
approval and financial sanction.
Mobilizing funds from the government, and from other sources such as UGC, CSIR,
DST, DBT etc for academic growth.
Monitoring of the on-going construction of the Roma Chaudhuri Memorial Building.
Persuasion of infrastructural development resulted in completion of PG Hostel Building
and Merged Scheme Building.
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.
* Curricular and co-curricular activities :
Classrooms : All the classrooms are equipped with black/white board, and if
teacher requires, she uses over head projector and laptop computer with LCD
screen. Presently there are 38 classrooms, 33 laboratories and 1 instrument
room and 28 classrooms, 10 laboratories and 2 research rooms are proposed
in the Merged Scheme Building.
Technology enabled learning spaces: A computer room with several

computers with internet facility are often used for teaching purposes. Computer
labs also exist for teaching purposes in specified areas for Physics, Mathematics,
Microbiology, Statistics and Zoology department. Other departments like
Economics set up equipments whenever needed.
Seminar Halls: Two large classrooms are equipped with microphone and
computer connectivity where departmental seminars are held. The auditorium
is used for national/international seminars or multi departmental seminars. The
proposed upcoming new building the Roma Chaudhuri Memorial Building is
slated to have dedicated Audio Visual rooms. The newly completed Merged
Scheme Building will be used for seminars when need arises.
Tutorial spaces: The classrooms are used for tutorial purposes during slack
session/hours.
Laboratories : Science subjects have set up modern laboratories. High level

experiments using X-ray diffractometer, LCR Meter etc are being done in the
Physics laboratory.
Ancillary units for dedicated research equipment exist, but in future the Roma
Chaudhuri Memorial Building and Merged Scheme building will have extended
facilities.
Botanical Garden : The Botany department has been maintaining and

augmenting a Medicinal Plant Garden and Orchid exhibits are also in place.
Mention may also be made of the Butterfly Garden promoting ecological
exploration and sustenance in the Second Campus.
Animal House : Maintained by Microbiology department.

* Specialized facilities and equipment for teaching, learning and research:
An X-ray Diffractometer (Radon House made) is available at Physics

department for advanced level experimental study in condensed matter
Physics.
Two DL 360P Servers with INTEL XEON gen 8 E52690 have been installed
at the Department of Physics for simulation work in Computational Statistical
Physics supported by CSIR.
One Programmable Furnace operating upto 1200oC is being used in the

Physics research lab for different types of sample preparation.
The Botany department has set up a dedicated tissue culture lab.
Extra curricular activities sports, outdoor and indoor games, gymnasium,

auditorium, NSS, NCC, cultural activities, Public speaking, communication
skill development, yoga, health and hygiene etc.
* Extra curricular activities :
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Sports : A large playground with an area of 3390 sq. ft. is available

within college campus. Provisions for playing different games are there.
The event of Annual sports is held every year.
Prizes and trophies are awarded to the successful participants in the
annual sports meet. A special prize is awarded each year to the student
for an outstanding performance in sports and games. Interested students
who are good in sports are sent each year as participants to the Annual
Inter- government College Sports Meet.
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Outdoor and Indoor Games: Provisions for outdoor games like

Badminton, minor games such as cycling and indoor games like table
tennis and carom are there.
Infrastructure and Learning Resources
Gymnasium: Steppers, Tread mills and Exercising cycles for enhancing

physical fitness are provided not only in the College but also in the
hostel.
Auditorium : A state of the art auditorium is there for holding seminars

workshops, awareness programme and cultural functions.
NSS Activities
NSS : Two units of NSS are always active in different social activities.
In 2011 one Program Officer has received award for best performance
from University of Calcutta. The LBC Unit II bagged the Best Unit
Award in the year 2012. In 2013 another College programme officer
received the Best Programme Officer Award.
NCC : No such wing is available in our college
Public speaking, communication skills development : Regular

debate and extempore speeches are held by Debate and Cultural
Committee for training students in public speaking and communication
skills development. Students also participate successfully in events
outside college. A dedicated unit exists for conducting a Certificate
Course in Public Relations and Advertising and it is a definite add-on
facility in this regard.
Yoga : Provisions are underway to upgrade the existent facility and

purchase of equipment and engage teacher. It is hoped that from the
forthcoming academic session (2014) free yoga sessions under expert
guidance will be made available for all interested students as an effort
towards holistic education.
Health and Hygiene : Active roles are played by the members of the
Maintenance and Beautification Committee. Gardening Committee and
the NSS to maintain healthy, clean and hygienic condition of college
and hostel. Under NSS students take active part in removing used
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Central Library
Precious Collections
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litter from the campus. De-weeding and mowing of the College play
ground is done twice a year. Appropriate measures are taken for regular
disposal of lab-wastes. Workshops on Health & Hygiene of Adolescent
Girls are regularly held in the College.
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.
In full session every classroom and laboratory is in use during college hours indicating
the optimum use of the available space. The College offers around twenty four
programmes which is as many as the existing infrastructure permits.
The computer network infrastructure at the College provides an efficient, high speed,
campus wide intranet with secured accessibility for the users. The network also
connects the users of the main campus to the users of the college hostel to ensure
internet access for the students at the hostel.
Wide Area Network (WAN) has been installed at our campus. At present there are
around ninety seven nodes throughout the college situated at different departments
as well as library, seminar halls, auditorium which helps teachers and students to
remain connected as well as use the internet for academic purposes.
Beyond college hours from 9 a.m to 6 p.m. self financing courses e.g. Career oriented
courses on Spanish language, Multimedia and Animation, Public Relations and
Advertising, Diploma Course in Computer Applications, PG Diploma Course in
Food & Drug Safety are held in the College premises.
Language improvement classes (Remedial) are also held beyond college hours.
Teachers carry out research in the college premises well beyond college hours.
The academic curriculum also involve the regular conduct of seminars and workshops
at different departments.
In face the College is the only centre in the eastern region for blind IAS candidates.
On Sundays and holidays almost throughout the year public and competitive
examinations conducted by UPSC, WBPSC, School Service Commission, College
Service Commission, IAPT and the Joint Entrance Council are held in the college
premises.
During Polio vaccination drives the College is always used as a centre for administering
polio drops.
During Parliamentary, Assembly and Municipal elections, the College campus is
requisitioned as polling center and on occasions as the regional election office.
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The master plan of the college and of the hostel are enclosed in Document which
gives a comprehensive detailing of the existing buildings and structures of the college
and future plan of expansion.
4.1.4 How does the institution ensure that the infrastructure facilities meet the requirements of
students with physical disabilities?
In the ground floor there is one ramp which facilitates the movement of wheel chair.
The Institute made an effort to have a lift installed under the SIPDA scheme of the
Central Government and the PWD Civil drew up estimates for it but as yet response
is awaited from the Central Government.
It may however be mentioned that the new building The Roma Chaudhuri Memorial
Building has provision for at least two lifts and one of them will be connected with
the New Science Building so that connectivity with all parts of the college for physically
challenged students will be established. This lift will also have the ramp provision for
aiding entry and exit.
Most of the classes for students with difficulties in movements are arranged
downstairs. Special stools are arranged for such students whose normal growth is
challenged in the labs.
4.1.5 Give details on the residential facility and various provisions available within them:
Hostel Facility Accommodation available with tight security and one in-house
super and one non-residential super. Wholesome meals are provided at minimum
expenses. Clean and green environment surrounds the campus and there is a
proposed rain water harvesting project. TV, magazines, computer facilities are
provided and group activities like Saraswati Puja, Independence Day celebration
take place every year. Tuition facilities are given, during examination students are
accompanied by personnel to the examination centre.
Administration:
The Principal of the College is ex-officio in-charge of the College Hostel. In addition,
the hostel is run by one residential super, one non-residential super, one assistant
super and one matron.
The Hostel Committee consists of the Principal, Superintendents, Assistant
Superintendent and some members of the teaching staff. The Committee plays a
great role in the all-round development of the Hostel.
As a decentralized administrative measure there is a provision for forming Hostel
Union. Elected boarders are performing the role of General Secretary and different
prefect posts.
FACILITIES All boarders enjoy the following facilities.
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Telephone: Students are allowed to use their own mobile phone. One phone
connection is available in the office for making and receiving STD as well as
local calls in a very restricted way.
Gathering in the College Auditorium
Instrument Facility
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Medical Facilities: In an establishment for about 240 boarders, it is quite

likely that medical emergencies may arise. In order to tackle minor cases, a
first-aid kit along with a large stock of medicines is available from the Medical
Perfect. There is also a sick room where the patients are cared for. In addition,
the hostel has a consulting physician who very kindly renders his services at any
time of the day and night. But in case of extreme emergency, a situation that
occurred a few times in the past, we take the services of the nearest hospital.
Kolkata Corporation medical team visits for examining the hostel campus and
overseeing sanitation of environment to prevent the breeding of infectious disease
spreading insects.
Library: Lady Brabourne College Hostel has also started a small library in the
common room. The library consists of both reference and story books. It also
subscribes to some journals and newspapers.
Journals : Competition Success Review, Competition World
Festival Special : Desh, Statesman, Kishor Gyan Bigyan
Daily News Paper : Anandabazar Patrika, Statesman, Telegraph
Drinking Water Facility: Lady Brabourne College Hostel not only provides
24 hours running water to the boarders but has also ensured that the students
get proper drinking water. For this reason four water purifiers and a water
purifier cum cooler have been installed in the hostel building and in the common
room.
Sports Facilities: Sport is an important part of student-life as it not only provides

us with entertainment but also helps in building up a good and healthy life. The
College Hostel is equipped with all possible requirements for indoor and outdoor
games. Sports facilities like Table Tennis, Carom, Chess, Ludo, Badminton
have been introduced in the hostel. The common room also has a mini gym with
Twister, Jogger, Exercising cycles etc.
Entertainment: In the leisure hour students are allowed to watch TV. With
prior permission of the Superintendent students are allowed to watch TV in
holidays.
Microphone: All the important announcements, notifications and reminders

are made with the help of a microphone installed at the Hostel gate.
Conveyance: College building is adjacent to the Hostel building. During the

University Examinations the students are allotted seats in different colleges of
the city. Though the Hostel does not own a private conveyance, the Hostel
authority arranges for a bus that takes the students to the examination centre
and brings back in order to save them from any hassle in availing city transport.
They are escorted to the center by office staff of the hostel.
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ICT as a Teaching Resource
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FREE NIGHT SCHOOL

A free Night School was started under the charge of the boarders of the College
Hostel in 1952. The 45 students with whom this school started functioning comprised
the wards of the Group-D staff of the College and some children from the adjacent
slum areas. The students belong to different academic standards. The Students Union
in the hostel includes a Headmistress under whose supervision the classes are
held. The students are also given light snacks. In order to encourage the meritorious
students, special prizes are awarded to them in the Annual Prize Distribution
Ceremony of the College. They are encouraged to participate in the Annual Sports
Day of the college.
CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND FESTIVALS
Freshers Day and Farewell Party

The students celebrate these two occasions enthusiastically. The Hostel has
been made a home away from home by the continuous and sincere efforts of
the college authority, the staff of the hostel and the boarders.
Republic Day & Independence Day

These two important days are celebrated by the hostelities. The patriotic
sentiments rise high and amalgamate to make the tricolour more glorious. Amidst
various patriotic songs in Hindi, Bengali and Nepali the national flag is hoisted
by our respected Principal.
Saraswati Puja
It is one of the celebrations which is much looked forward to by all the students
of the college especially those residing in the hostel. From buying things like
sweets, fruits etc. to procuring the idol of the Goddess of Learning everything is
carried out with great responsibility by the students. A cultural programme is
also organized by the students in the evening.
RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, GYMNASIUM, YOGA CENTER, ETC.

The facilities available are :
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a large playground with an area of 3390 sq. ft.
provisions for playing major games e.g. badminton, minor games e.g. cycling
and indoor games e.g. tables tennis and carom.
steppers and exercising cycles for enhancing physical fitness.
yoga sessions will shortly be available free of cost.
annual Sports are held every year. Prizes and trophies are awarded to the
successful participants. A special prize is awarded each year to a student for
outstanding performance in sports and games. Interested students who are good
in sports are sent each year to participate in the Annual Inter-Government College
Sports Meet.
COMPUTER FACILITY INCLUDING ACCESS TO INTERNET IN

HOSTEL
The College provides a few computers in the Hostel to cater to the needs of the
residential students. The College wide area network (WAN) connects the users of
the main campus to the users at the college hostel to ensure internet access for the
students residing at the college hostel.
FACILITIES FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCIES
The Teachers Council has a First Aid and Medical Committee to look into
these matters.
The college has adequate number of First-Aid boxes to take care of minor
injuries. students have access to medical advice and treatment from specialized
medical practitioners at the Students Health Home.
All staff and students of this college receive prompt medical attention at the
adjacent National Medical College and Hospital also a government run
institution.
Sick room facilities are provided to examinees (for both College and University
examinations) as and when required.
In the hostel sick students are promptly attended to by doctors on call.
The college conducts health awareness programs from time to time.
The hostel campus is always kept clean and care is taken to drain out water so
as to prevent breading of mosquitos and other pests. KMC authorities are
invited frequently to carry out preventive measures to keep infection at bay.
LIBRARY FACILITY IN THE HOSTELS

The College hostel has a small library equipped with text books and fictions.
Newspapers like Anandabazar Patrika, The Telegraph, The Statesman, magazines
like Competition Success Review and Competition World and Puja Numbers like
Desh, Anandamela and Kishor Gnan Bignan.
INTERNET AND WI-FI FACILITY
As noted above, the college WAN connects to the hostels to ensure that students
residing there have access to internet facilities through wireless access points.
RECREATIONAL FACILITY-common room with audio-visual equipments
RESIDENTIAL FACILITY - Available for Hostel Super and Assistant Super
and non-teaching staff member
CONSTANT SUPPLY OF SAFE DRINKING WATER
SECURITY
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4.1.6 What are the provisions made available to students and staff in terms of health care on
the campus and off the campus?
The Teachers Council has a First Aid and Medical Committee to look after related
matters. With First Aid boxes minor injuries of staff and students are usually taken
care of.
The students have access to medical advice and treatment from specialized medical
practitioners at the Students Health Home, a state-level autonomous health
organization, on payment of a subsidized annual subscription of Rs. 5.00 only.
All staff and the students of this College get prompt medical attention if needed, in
the adjacent National Medical College and Hospital, also a government-run institution.
Lady Brabourne College has one Medical Unit (donated by Alumni Association)
and one Psychological Counselling Cell. Two doctors, one General Physician and
one Psycho Analyst pay regular visit to the college.
Regular seminars and workshops are held in the college and hostel to address medical
awareness of the students.
Sick room facilities are provided to examinees (for both College and University
examinations) as and when required.
In the hostel, sick students are readily attended to by doctors on call.
There is provision by the State Government to provide Health Cards for teaching &
non-teaching staff on the basis of which they can avail immense medical benefit off
campus.
Regular visits are conducted by KMC teams to prevent the fostering of mosquitobred infectious disease.
4.1.7 Give details of the Common Facilities available on the campus spaces for special
units like IQAC, Grievance Redressal unit, Womens Cell, Counseling and Career
Guidance, Placement Unit, Health Centre, Canteen, recreational spaces for staff and
students, safe drinking water facility, auditorium, etc.
IQAC: College has set up an Internal Quality Assurance Cell for the supervision of
teaching-learning process and overall infrastructural development of the college. As
per the desire of the Principal (Chairperson) and the august status of the cell, the
IQAC documents are kept in the Principals Chamber and the coordinator works
from there because she is in constant touch with the Principal.
After the completion of Roma Chaudhuri Memorial Building, space may be identified
in the Main building for a separate IQAC office*.
*Efforts are underway to create office in mainbuilding
According to the new CAS rule, the CAS documents must be verified by the IQAC
convenor and counter signed by the Principal.
Grievance Redressal Unit: A box is kept in the library for the purpose, and a
committee under Teachers Council takes care of those problems.
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Womens Cell: The Department of Sociology acts as the Coordinating Department.

It organizes programmes on women: An active Womens Studies Centre is operating
in the college with women-centric issues, conducts camps, workshops, publishes
material on research on womens issues to promote women empowerment.
Counselling and Career Guidance: College has set up a Career Counselling Cell
which has organized career fairs, campus int:erviews and placement programmes
time to time. The cell is set up in front of Library Annexe in a separate space having
6ftx4ft dimension.
Placement Unit: This unit is working alongwith Career Counselling Cell sharing its
office space.
Health Centre: This college has its medical room where doctors pay regular visit.
Canteens: Three canteens are running successfully within the college campus, along
with a canteen in the hostel campus.
Recreational spaces for staff and students: In the hostel one black and white
T.V. in the dining room and one colour T.V. in the students common room with
cable connection are there.
Safe drinking Water facility: Every floor has Aquaguard facility in the college and
also in hostel. Few cooler-cum-purifier are also there.
Auditorium: A state of the art, air conditioned auditorium is there for holding seminars
and cultural functions. Fixed plush seating and audio-visual facilities are there.
4.2 LIBRARY AS A LEARNING RESOURCE

4.2.1 Does the library have an Advisory Committee?
Yes
Specify the composition of such a committee. What significant initiatives have been
implemented by the committee to render the library, student/user friendly?
The Library Advisory committee meet as and when required for up-gradation and
development of our library.
The Library Advisory Committee consists of :
1. Prof. Siuli Sarkar, Principal, Lady Brabourne College.
2. Dr. Arun Chakraborty, Librarian, Bose Institute.
3. Dr. Arup Roy Choudhury, Deputy Librarian, ISI, Kolkata
4. Dr. Gopa Dutta, HOD, Bengali Department, Lady Brabourne College. (Former
Principal of the College and Former Vice Chancellor of Gour Banga University,
West Bengal.
The Library Advisory Committee is providing guidance and required support towards
the sustainable development of the college library.
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Recently, Library system migration is being done according to the decision of the Library
Advisory Committee.
Library Committee :
The Library Committee is monitoring the overall work of the library. It consists of two
Librarians and a few number of teaching staff. The Committee meet as and when required
for the developmental management.
4.2.2 Provide details of the following:
Total area of the library (in Sq. Mts.)
Total seating capacity
583 Sq Mt.
80
Working hours (on working days, on holidays, before examination days, during
examination days, during vacation)
Working days
Monday-Saturday
Holidays
Recreation library in Hostel is open
Before examination Days
8 am - 6 pm
During examination Days
8 am - 6 pm
During vacation Library open
11 am - 5 pm
Absolute Holidays
(During Puja days & Christmas)
Layout of the library (individual reading carrels, lounge area for browsing and relaxed
reading, IT zone for accessing e-resources)
The Library is housed in the first floor of the college. There are two units Main
Library Hall and Annexe Library.
Our library has one reading hall; a small lounge area for browsing and net surfing in
main library area. The space provided for relaxed reading for faculty members is
situated at annexe library. There is also an IT zone having six computers 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.
BOOKS AND PERIODICALS SELECTION AND PURCHASE POLICY :
The Purchase Policy for books and periodicals for different department as well as the
library involves the decisionmaking by the Principal, Teachers Council Secretary (T.C.S.),
and departmental heads for State Government Grants. The Principal, T.C.S., UGC
Committee Convenors, departmental heads involve themselves in the purchase policy
for UGC Grant.
Books and periodicals are selected by subject teachers. Departmental Heads place the
orders to the vendors to purchase the books. Book suppliers submit the ordered books
with bills to the library. After this, librarian passes the bills to the office after completion
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Career Counselling and Placement Cell
Cheap Store
Reprographic Centre
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of necessary technical activities.

In case of journals, librarian places the orders (with a prior discussion with concerned
subject teachers) to the vendors and passes the bills after submission of journals to the
library.
ALLOTMENT FOR LIBRARY (LAST EIGHT YEARS)
GOVT. GRANT
05-06
435000.00
06-07
07-08
08-09
09-10
10-11
11-12
12-13
445000.00
150000.00
(Archives)
400, 000.00
950000.00
500, 000.00
400, 000.00
550, 000.00
300, 000.00
06-07
07-08
08-09
09-10
10-11
11-12
12-13
169102/450000/Archives
Nil
184208.00
232000.00
Nil
118292.00
CPE
212498.00
UGC GRANT
05-06
Nil
LIBRARY HOLDINGS (LAST EIGHT YEARS)

Library
Holdings
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
Text Books
53
862
938
940
693
1029
476
334
Reference Books
230
1294
1408
1410
1040
617
713
500
30
34
15
13
16
Journals/Periodicals
24
e-Resources
CDs
CDs
CDs
CDs
CDs
CDs
CDs
CDs
(Accompanying (Accompanying (Accompanying (Accompanying (Accompanying (Accompanying (Accompanying (Accompanying
materials)
materials)
materials)
materials)
materials)
materials)
materials)
materials)
Free e-journal
Free e-journal
Free e-journal
Free e-journal
Free e-journal
Free e-journal
Free e-journal
Free e-journal
/book from
/book from
/book from
/book from
/books through /books through /books through /books through
Internet
Internet
Internet
Internet
Internet
N-LIST
N-LIST
N-LIST
Any other
Digitization
Digitization
BOOKS RECEIVED AS GIFT DURING LAST EIGHT YEARS

05-06
06-07
07-08
08-09
09-10
10-11
11-12
12-13
127
235
53
221
93
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4.2.4 Provide details on the ICT and other tools deployed to provide maximum access to the
library collection?
ICT APPLICATIONS :
OPAC : Yes, Library provides in-house Online Public Access Catalogue.
Electronic Resource Management package for e-journals : Yes, Our library has
joined in N-LIST pragramme of INFLIBNET.
Federated searching tools to search articles in multiple databases : Yes, we are using
Google Chrome as search engine to access online books and journals.
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Library Website : Yes (www.lbclibrary.org) Feed-back form is available in our college

library web-site and college library Face Book.
In-house/remote access to e-publications : Yes, library uses Open Access Library
(www.oalib.com) to access free e-publications. For accessing materials from other
libraries we take help from the library professionals of other important academic
institutions. For example - Indian Statistical Institute Library, Kolkata and Bose
Institute Library, Kolkata, Indian Institute of Science Library, Bangalore. Library
professionals of these institutions are provided the required e-document if it is available
in their library.
Reprographic and Scanning facilities are available in the Library.
Library automation : Our library is automated. Cataloguing, assigning membership

identification number and circulation system is fully automated.
Total number of computers for public access : 8 computers
Total number of printers for public9 access : 2 printers
Internet bandwidth/speed 2mbps 10mbps 1gb (GB)
Institutional Repository : Published documents of our faculty members are being filed
in our library.
Content management system for e-learning : Not yet.
Participation in Resource sharing network/consortia : Not yet
4.2.5 Provides detail on the following items :

Library Utilizations :
Average number of walk-ins : 100 - 150
Average number of books issued/returned : 100 - 150
Ratio of library books to students enrolled : 1:100 (including Text and Reference)
Average number of books added during the last three years : 1760
Average number of login to OPAC : 100 - 150
Average number of login to e-resources : 50 - 60
Average number of e-resources downloaded/printed : 30 - 40
Number of information literacy training organized : Information literacy training in

Library Orientation Programme is arranged every year for 1st year students.
Details of weeding out of books and other materials : Usually badly damaged
book and lost books are weeded out from library file.
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4.2.6 Give details of the Specialized services provided by the library :
Manuscript : NA
Reference : Yes, Library provides Reference service.
Reprography : Yes, Library has two Xerox machines for providing Reprography
services.
ILL (Inter Library Loan Service) : From BCL Library as and when it is required.
Information Deployment and Notification : Special notifications are given in Library

Face Book, Notice Board.
Printing : Yes, users get printing facility as and when it is required.
Reading list/Bibliography compilation : Yes, library provides bibliographic services

as and when it is required.
In-house/remote access to e-resources : Yes, faculty members and post-graduate

students can access e-resources through N-LIST programme.
User Orientation and awareness : Yes, User orientation and awareness programme
is organized by our library at the beginning of the academic year.
Assistance in searching Databases : Yes, library provides assistance in searching

databases (open sources) to our users.
INFLIBNET/IUC facilities : Yes, the facility organized by INFLIBNET (N-LIST

Programme) is available in our library.
ADDITIONAL SERVICES
Library also provides extended instructional library facilities to outsiders (Ex-student

and Ex-teachers).
USER AWARENESS PROGRAMME
Orientation lectures
Book exhibition / Book display
STOCK VERIFICATION
Physical verification of stock of books is carried out during the Summer Vacation. The
physical verification of books on Mathematics, English and Economics have done.
Recently, stock verification of books on Geography and Statistics of seminar library
have been completed.
Other activities of the Library
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Library extends its facility beyond the premises through Face-Book connectivity to
users.
Librarians are associated with the Teaching-Learning programme of Library and

Information Science course conducted by the different State Universities towards fulfilling
the UGCs objective RESOURCE MOBILISATION. They have been engaged as
guest faculty and examiner of the Department of Library and Information science at
University of Calcutta and Netaji Subhas Open University.
Library is taking initiative towards fulfilling the UGCs objective towards Capacity
Building of Women Manager. Library and Women Studies Centre of Lady Brabourne
College organized Regional level SAM workshop(Residential) during 15th-19th Jan
2011. Dr. Mitali Bhattacharya, Librarian, Lady Brabourne College was the Local
Coordinator in the said workshop. She is working as Trainer Associate of SAM
workshop organized by different colleges in Kolkata .
4.2.7 Enumerate on the support provided by the library staff to the students and teachers of the
college.
Support provided by the library staff:
Library provides - Reference services, Reprography services, ILL (Inter Library Loan)
service from BCL Library, Information deployment from other sources, downloading
facilities according to the enquirers requirement, printing facilities, preparing reading list
/ bibliography compilation, In- house access to e-resources and remote access to eresources through N-LIST programme.
4.2.8 What are the special facilities offer by the library to the Visually/Physically challenged persons?
Give details.
Most of our users are normal. If situation arises the library will restructure its service pattern.
4.2.9 Does the library get the Feed-back from its users? If yes, how is it analysed and used for
improving the library services. ( What strategies are deployed by the library to collect feed
back from users? How is the feedback analysed and used for further improvement of the
library services?)
Yes, library uses Feed-back form.
Library provides the Feed-Back form to its users at the end of every academic year.
Students are requested to fill-up the Feed Back Form and submit it to the library. Apart
from this , library provides Feed Back facility through its library web-page also.
Filled up Feed-back Forms reflect the quality of library services. If any shortcoming is
reflected library tries to overcome it.
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4.3. IT INFRASTRUCTURE
4.3.1. Give details on the computing facility available (hardware and software) at the institution.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Components of information technology in Lady Brabourne college
The IT and IT enabled campus is using three divisions of IT facility.
HARDWARE
NETWORKING and Wi-Fi
SOFTWARE
Application of INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY in our college

Information technology (IT) is the application of computers and telecommunications equipment to
store, retrieve, transmit and manipulate data, the term is commonly used as a synonym for computers
and computer networks. Information technology infrastructure of our college is the integrated
framework upon which digital networks operate. This infrastructure includes data
centers, computers, networks, Database devices, and a regulatory system.
Infrastructure includes the transmission media, including telephone lines, and satellites and antennas,
and also the routers that transfer data between disparate transmission technologies.
Our IT infrastructure is viewed as everything that supports the flow and processing of information
and it is following the BIC model and we have unparallel IT and IT enabled facility in our college
which have been developed in last three years.
USES OF INFRORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN OUR COLLEGE:
The College has a central computer center where internet browsing facilities are available
supplementing the same in the library.
The Mathematics, Physics, Geography, Microbiology, Botany, Chemistry, Computer Science,

Zoology and Statistics departments have set up their own computer laboratories as computer
programming and use of specialized software has become an essential part of the requirements
of the syllabi in these subjects.
In each department the faculty is provided with computers and on-line facilities over a LAN.
Introduction to computer software in our college

Computer software, or simply software, also known as computer programs, is the non-tangible
component of computers. Computer
software includes all computer
programs regardless of their
architecture; for example, executable
files, libraries and scripts are
computer software. We have three
kinds of software in our college.
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Types of Software:
There are different categories of software used in the campus including system
software, utilities and applications software. Software can also be described as being
either generic or bespoke.
System software is the software used to manage and control the hardware components and which
allow interaction between the hardware and the other types of software. The most obvious type of
system software is the computers operating system but device drivers are also included within this
category.
Utility Software is software such as anti-virus software, firewalls, disk defragmenters and so on
which helps to maintain and protect the computer system but does not directly interface with the
hardware.
Applications Software are designed to allow the user of the system complete a specific task or set
of tasks. They include programs such as web browsers, office software, database software and so
on.
The entire individual software package, we use is
Generic (or off-the-shelf)
Bespoke (custom-built).
Generic software is mass produced that it is used by a wide variety of different users in a range of
different situations.
Bespoke software is created for a specific purpose which is used in a known environment.
Advantage of generic software: It is used when there is a package available that meets the needs of
the user. Because it is used by many more people the cost of creating it is spread over a greater
number of people or organizations and so the cost to the individual is much lower. It also has the
advantage that it is available immediately theres no waiting time involved while the software package
is designed, created and tested.
Advantage of Bespoke software: It has the advantage that it is tailor made to exact specifications
given by the IT infrastructure committee but it is significantly more expensive.
Dedicated websites and online database applications of the college:
www.ladybrabourne.com
www.ladybrabournecollegemis.com
Online CMIS
Online fees collection software/online Billing software
Online CAS Software (centrally used by the faculties)
Online Student database (SDMS and EDMS)
Online Teachers database (centrally used)
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www.lbclibrary.org
www.ladybrabourneadmissions.com(online application )
www.ladybrabournehostel.com
KOHA (centrally used)
KOSA (centrally used)
www.ladybrabournecollegemis.com
Screen shot of online CMIS software
Online MIS software

Our objective of CMIS website is to design and implement software solutions that provide suitably
detailed reports in an accurate, consistent and timely manner for smooth functioning or management
of college administration. A comprehensive database consisting of all information related to student
activity in academic or nonacademic field is very vital. Proper systematic documentation of the same
is required periodically. We have to prepare and provide similar information multiple times and it is
a repetitive effort and wastage of institute effort & time.
Apart from this we have to face loss of information due to loss of document. We are running on
shortage of storage capacity. We require vital student or faculty information regularly for proper
management of our resources. We have to provide same information regularly to get approval of
various Govt./UGC/DST/DBT grant. We expect this information and college capability will be
available worldwide through this CMIS system which will be virtually free from any manual error.
And data retention and data backup will help not only us but all of us who are any way or other is
proudly associated with this prestigious college.
STUDENTS DATABASE:
Introduction: Our Students Management System or Student Database has four primary parts and
also sub parts.
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Student Information Directory

Session wise Information
Faculty wise Information
Departments wise Information
Individual Information
Student Placement Information
Research Information
Student Award Directory
Award & Scholarship
Fees Collection Software: We have online fees collection software.
Screen shot of SDMS
TEACHERS DATABASE:
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www.ladybrabournehostel.com
Outstation students who take admission to the college are using the facilities of a college Hostel
which is situated adjacent to the college premises. Messing fees collection and hostel students
database is maintained.
www.lbclibrary.org
This is dedicated website for library.The general library has recently undergone total computerization.
Students can now access searching and browsing options and can also use the internet in the library.
KOHA :
Koha is an open source Integrated Library System (ILS), used world-wide
by public, school and special libraries.
Feature: Koha is web-based ILS, with a SQL database (MySQL preferred) backend with cataloguing
data stored in MARC and accessible viaZ39.50 or SRU. The user interface is very configurable
and adaptable and has been translated into many languages. Koha has most of the features that
would be expected in an ILS, including:
Simple, clear interface for librarians and members (patrons)
Various Web 2.0 facilities like tagging, comment, Social sharing and RSS feeds
Union catalog facility
Customizable search
Circulation and borrower management
Full acquisitions system including budgets and pricing information (including supplier and
currency conversion)
Simple acquisitions system for the smaller library
Ability to cope with any number of branches, patrons, patron categories, item categories,
items, currencies and other data
Serials system for magazines or newspapers
Reporting
Reading lists for members
COSA
COSA ensures accuracy and timeliness in the generation of Pay Bills, Schedules and other Annexure
required for producing Salary Bills of the establishments of Government Departments. The salient
feature of COSA is that it neither needs any DBMS engine to be installed in the user machine nor
any sort of Programming/Reporting Software tool nor hence proved to be a cost-effective solution
in conformation with the policy of NIC in implementing E-Governance in the Government Offices.
COSA is running successfully in around 2000+ DDO offices in West Bengal.
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Online CAS Software:

Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) is a State government announced scheme to provide financial
incentives to college and university Faculty and Librarian on the basis of the recommendations made
by the University Grants Commission (UGC). Lady Brabourne College is the pioneer in introducing
the Online CAS Software implemented by UGC guidelines.
Benefits of Software
The recent CAS process is utmost difficult to carry manually, for instance the API Score,
based on various modules, calculated after each session is a herculean task. It is made easier
by CAS software, offering accurate calculations of deficiency, along with presenting a report
at the end of each year
User Friendly, Convenient, Time Saving
Data accumulation is made easier through technologically
Can be accessed through online from anywhere
Accessible 24 X 7
Do not have to manage huge amount of data
Calculates API automatically as per UGC rule for
All the data can be edited or deleted whenever need through Edit/Delete tab
Report, information, calculations, just a click away.
Printable output (ready for submission) for each academic year
Principal/Committee can validate and approve the data online
CAS software is well managed, clear, lucid and precise
Supremely helpful to the Administrators as well, helping them to accurately & quickly trace
and manage enormous amount of data
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Cost effective
Easier, faster, precise, transparent calculation, handling of API scores
As per UGC guideline data needs to be entered for three broad Categories
Category 1 Need to enter following information under this categoryPrimary Teaching Info
Special Primary Teaching Info-IT Value Added Info
Category 2 Enter data related to the development activities undertaken by the teacher ranging
from field based activity, corporate management system etc.
Category 3 Need to enter following information under this category
Journal Publication Info
Publication Info
Project and Consultancy Info - Enter info of any ongoing or completed research projects or
consultancies.
Create Personal Research Info
Learning Evaluation
Paper Presentation
All data is reviewed by the concerned authorities who thereby approve or disapprove data through
online system. The incumbent after the approval process can see the status report, and resultant API
scores. Finally, a hard copy (print out) of the Report is taken by the committee/individual & submitted.
Software used by different departments:
Bengali
Software: A dedicated website equipped with online EDMS software.
(www.ladybrabournebengalidepartment.com)
Product Features: - The EDMS includes the following:-
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1.
Student Master Module.
2.
Attendance Module.
3.
Examination Roll Number Module.
4.
Admit Card Form Module.
5.
Admit Card Generation Module.
6.
Mark Sheet Generation Module.
7.
Certificate Generation Module.
8.
Module for Promotion to Next Semester.
9.
Module for Re-Admission in the same Semester.
10.
Module for Retention in the same Semester.
11.
Professor Master Module.
12.
Admit Card History Module.
13.
Search Module Search be College Roll No. or Examination Roll No..
14.
Examination Scheduler Module.
15.
Examination Marks Module - Two examiners can give marks in any paper / module
and in case the difference between the marks given by the two examiners is greater than
a specified limit then the system has scope to enter marks of third examiner. The Mark
Sheet has option to provide marks in breakup of Theory Paper, Continuous Assessment
Marks, Term Paper Marks, Field Report Marks and Dissertation Marks.
16.
C Marks Module C Marks or Continuous Assessment Marks can be given for 1st
Semester & 2nd Semester where multiple teachers can give there marks and same is
averaged out at the end of the semester.
17.
TR / FR / DR Marks Module - Term Paper (TP) Marks can be given for 1st Semester
& 2nd Semester, Field Report (FR) Marks can be given for 3rd Semester and Dissertation
(DR) Marks can be given for 4th Semester.
18.
Generate Roll Slip.
19.
Generate Award List.
20.
Reports
a. Group Attendance Report within a Date Range.
b. Consolidated Group Attendance Report.
c. Student wise Attendance Summary Report.
d. Examination Scheduler.
e. Semester wise Module wise Examination Marks.
f. Semester wise Module wise List of Students to send for Third Examiner Marks.
g. Continuous Marks (C Marks) Report.
h. Term Paper Marks (TP Marks) Report.
i. Field Report Marks (FR Marks) Report.
j. Dissertation Marks (DR Marks) Report.
k. Semester wise Module wise Roll Slip.
l. Semester wise Module wise Award List.
m. Semester wise Examination Marks Report with Status.
n. Semester wise Credit List (SGPA) Report.
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o. List of Failed Student Report.

p. List of Students with Admission Type and Status.
q. Mark Sheet Report.
r. List of Promoted Students.
s. List of Re-Admitted Students.
t. List of Retained Students.
u. Module wise Award List.
v. Admit Card Form Report.
w. Admit Card Report.
x. Student wise Examination Marks Report.
21.
Settings
a. Database Backup.
b. Change Session.
PHYSICS
The Department of Physics, a postgraduate department can boast of fully IT enabled lab and Staff
room. The Department has a total of twenty two computers and four laser Printers, equipped with
8 subject specific software. Different software tools has multiple utilities in the department and
mainly used for high end computational purpose of post graduate students. Faculties use them for
various research purpose.
LATEX: LATEX helps in the scientific document preparation system and document markup language.
It is widely used for the communication and publication of scientific documents. LaTeX uses
the LaTeX typesetting program for formatting its output, and is itself written in the TeX macro language.
LaTeX is not the name of a particular editing program, but refers to the encoding or tagging conventions
that are used in LaTeX documents.
Gfortran: It is essentially a FORTRAN Compiler. Gfortran is the name of the GNU Fortran project,
developing a free Fortran 95/2003/2008 compiler for GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection. The
gfortran development effort uses an open development environment in order to attract a larger team
of developers and to ensure that gfortran can work on multiple architectures and diverse environments.
G95: G95 is a free, portable, open source Fortran 95 compiler. It implements the Fortran 95
standard, part of the Fortran 2003 standard, as well as some old and new extensions including
proposed features for the Fortran 2008 standard like Co-array Fortran.
FORCE: FORCE is again a highly developed and important FORTRAN Compiler.
ICC: Intel C++ Compiler, also known as icc or icl, is a group
of C and C++ compilers from Intel available for OS X, Linux, Windows and Intelbased Android devices. The compilers generate optimized code for IA-32 and Intel 64 architectures,
but non-optimized code on non-Intel but compatible processors, such as certain AMD processors.
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A specific release of the compiler (11.1) is available for development of Linux-based applications
for IA-64 (Itanium 2) processors. It is a graphics package.
Gnuplot: gnuplot is a command-line program that can generate two- and threedimensional plots of functions, data, and data fits. It is frequently used for publication-quality graphics.
The program runs on all major computers and operating systems (GNU/Linux, Unix, Microsoft
Windows, Mac OS X, and others). It is a program with a fairly long history, dating back to 1986.
Despite its name, this software is not distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), but
its own more restrictive open source license it is a graphics package.
Xmgrace: Grace is a free WYSIWYG 2D graph plotting tool, for Unix-like operating systems.
The package name stands for Graphing, Advanced Computation and Exploration of data. Grace
uses the X Window System and Motif for its GUI. It has been ported toVMS, OS/2,
and Windows 9*/NT/2000/XP (on Cygwin). In 1996, Linux Journal described Xmgr (an early name
for Grace) as one of the two most prominent graphing packages for Linux it is a graphics package.
LAPACK: LAPACK (Linear Algebra Package) is a software library for numerical linear algebra.
It provides routines for solving systems of linear equations and linear least squares, eigenvalue
problems, and singular value decomposition. It also includes routines to implement the
associated matrix factorizations such as LU, QR, Cholesky and Schur decomposition. LAPACK
was originally written in FORTRAN 77, but moved to Fortran 90 in version 3.2 (2008). The routines
handle both real and complex matrices in both single and double precision.
CHEMISTRY
Software/Software tools: UV-Visible spectrometer data analysis software
Botany, Chemistry, Zoology e-centre
E-centre: The e-centre has eleven computers and printers to help students with their practical and
demonstrative assignments. The Lab provides each undergraduate science student from these
departments enough opportunities to access web and conduct syllabus related searches and
experiments.
MICROBIOLOGY
NCBI GenBank: The GenBank sequence database is an open access, annotated collection of all
publicly available nucleotide sequences and their protein translations. This database is produced
and maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information(NCBI) as part of
the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration (INSDC). The National Center for
Biotechnology Information is a part of the National Institutes of Health in the United States. GenBank
and its collaborators receive sequences produced in laboratories throughout the world from more
than 100,000 distinct organisms.
CLUSTALW 2: Clustal is a widely used multiple sequence alignment computer program.
Clustal Omega: Clustal Omega is the latest addition to the Clustal family. It offers a significant
increase in scalability over previous versions, allowing hundreds of thousands of sequences to be
aligned in only a few hours. It will also make use of multiple processors, where present. In addition,
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the quality of alignments is superior to previous versions, as measured by a range of popular

benchmarks. (Note: Command line-only program.)
EMBOSS:
EMBOSS is an acronym for European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite. EMBOSS is a
free open source software analysis package specially developed for the needs of the molecular
biology and bioinformatics user community. The software automatically copes with data in a variety
of formats and even allows transparent retrieval of sequence data from the web. Also, as extensive
libraries are provided with the package, it is a platform to allow other scientists to develop and
release software in true open source spirit. EMBOSS also integrates a range of currently available
packages and tools for sequence analysis into a seamless whole.
PDB : The Protein Data Bank (PDB) is a repository for the three-dimensional structural data of
large biological molecules, such asproteins and nucleic acids. (See also crystallographic database.)
The data, typically obtained by X-ray crystallography or NMR spectroscopy and submitted
by biologists and biochemists from around the world, are freely accessible on the Internet via the
websites of its member organisations (PDBe, PDBj, and RCSB). The PDB is overseen by an
organization called the Worldwide Protein Data Bank, www.PDB.com.
Rasmol: Rasmol is a program for molecular graphics visualisation originally developed by Roger
Sayle. This site is provided for the convenience of users of Rasmol and developers of open source
versions of Rasmol. The site itself is provided courtesy of Bernstein + Sons. Maintenance of Rasmol,
much of the development, and integration of modifications provided by the community is done at the
ARCiB laboratory at Dowling College.
Genedoc BLAST: Is another Protein Engineering Protocol.
MATHEMATICS
Software:
MATLAB:Matlab software is a high performance language for technical computing that integrates
computation, visualization and programming in an easy-to-use environment where problems and
solutions are expressed in familiar mathematical notation. MATLAB (matrix laboratory) is a multiparadigm numerical computing environment and fourth-generation programming language. Developed
by MathWorks, MATLAB allows matrix manipulations, plotting of functions and data, implementation
of algorithms, creation of user interfaces, and interfacing with programs written in other languages,
including C, C++, Java, and Fortran.
GEOGRAPHY
Software/Software tools:
ERDAS IMAGINE is a remote sensing application with raster graphics editor abilities designed by
ERDAS for geospatial applications. The latest version is 2013, version 13.0.2. ERDAS IMAGINE
is aimed primarily at geospatial raster data processing and allows the user to prepare, display and
enhance digital images for mapping use in geographic information system (GIS) or in computer-
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aided design (CAD) software. It is a toolbox allowing the user to perform numerous operations on
an image and generate an answer to specific geographical questions.
It is used for preparing maps fro1m satellite imagery.
TNT MIPS with 4 licenses are used for both RS and GIS mapping.
21st century Professional version with 5 licenses
21st century with 12 licenses
Geomedia professional with 2 licenses:
Intergraphs GeoMedia: It is a geographic information system (GIS) application for working with
and conducting analysis on geographic information as well as producing maps from that analysis.
GeoMedia is used for: creating geographic data; managing geospatial databases; joining business
data, location intelligence and geographic data together; creating hard and soft-copy maps; conduct
analysis in real-time; base platform for multiple applications, geographic data validation, publishing
geospatial information and analysing mapped information.
These RS & GIS software are used for digital mapmaking purpose for the students of post graduate
and undergraduate level as per their curriculum. Geomedia Professional and 21st century software
are used for both RS & GIS mapping.
STATISTICS
Hardware: The department of Statistics along with its Lab has a total of twenty one computers,
four printers and one Laptop. The departmental computers are equipped with subject specific software
to help the students in dealing with their course work and in learning advanced ideas of their subject.
The software helps the departments in advanced research and learning.
Software/Software tools
Minitab Inc. It produces two other products that complement Minitab 16 Quality Trainer, an
eLearning package that teaches statistical tools and concepts in the context of quality improvement
that integrates with Minitab 16 to simultaneously develop the users statistical knowledge and ability
to use the Minitab software and Quality Companion 3, an integrated tool for managing Six
Sigma and Lean Manufacturing projects that allows Minitab data to be combined with project
management and governance tools and documents.
It is included in the undergraduate syllabus for the second year and third year. The students learn to
perform statistical analysis using the software. It is equipped with following techniques: Descriptive
statistics, Multivariate Analysis, Time series analysis,
Turbo C: It is included in the undergraduate syllabus for second and third year. The students write
programmes on different topics of statistics wise- Descriptive statistics, Numerical analysis, Timeseries etc.
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CAREER COUNSELING CELL
It is the IT centre accessed by the students throughout the year.
Also the availability of the computers helps the students to browse internet,
Fill their application forms for different competitive exams.
Search the internet for any syllabus related material.
NETWORKING:
The College is networked through WAN and LAN. Here is a projection of that.
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DEPARTMENTWISE NODE DISTRIBUTION

SL.
NO.
DEPARTMENT
BUILDING
NO. OF
NODES
Student Common Room
Main
Front Office
Main
Auditorium
Main
1 AP
Principals Room
Main
Cash
Main
Staff Room
Main
Accounts
Chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry
7 + 1 AP
Bio Chemistry
Main
10
Math
Main
11
Economics
Chemistry
12
Library
Main
9+1 AP
(out door)
13
Library Reading Hall
Main
12 + 1 AP
14
Botany
Chemistry
15
English
Chemistry
16
Geography
Chemistry
17
Physics
Old Science
9 + 1 AP
18
Physics Computer Lab
New Science
19
WEBEL Lab
Old Science
10
20
Computer Science
Old Science
21
Bengali
Old Science
22
Pol Science, Sociology, Women

Studies
New Science
23
Sanskrit & Persian
New Science
2+1
24
Hindi
New Science
25
Zoology
New Science
2 + 1 AP
26
Statistics
New Science
10
27
Hostel Super
Super Office
2 + 1 AP
(out door)
28
PG Geography
Total
PG Building
CASCADING
1(UTP) from L3 Switch in the

Principals Room.
Bridge to
Hostel Super Office.
1(FOC) from L3 Switch in the

Principals Room.
1(UTP)from L2 Switch in Physics.
Bridge to Library.
1 (FOC) from L2 Switch in the
Hostel Supers Room.
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CONSUMPTION OF SWITCH PORTS

SL.
NO.
LOCATION
ITEM
BUILDING
NO. OF
PORTS USED
VACENT
PORTS
Principals Room
L3 Switch
Main, Ground Floor
23
Chemistry
L2 Switch
Chemistry, 1st Floor
24 +1
Physics
L2 Switch
Old Science, 1st Floor
23
Hindi
L2 Switch
New Science, 1st Floor
23
Library
L2 Switch
Main, 1st Floor
17
Hostel Supers Room
L2 Switch
Supers Office,
Ground Floor
21
PG Geography
L2 Switch
PG, Hostel Area
19
Library Reading Hall
Unmanaged Switch
Main 1st Floor
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HARDWARE: The College has a vast network of 208 computers spreading all over the
college. Here is a glimpse of that.
Physical Audit and status of computers/printers/laptops as on 31st March 2013
Sl.
No.
Department
No. of computer
No. of Printer
Laptop
Bengali
Botany /Chemistry/Zoology Lab
Botany Dept
Career Counseling cell and Students e-centre
Chemistry
Computer science
Economics
English
Geography Dept
10
Geography Lab
15
11
Hindi
12
History
13
Library Annex
14
Library main
13
15
Mathematics
16
Mathematics Lab 1
20
17
Mathematics Lab 2
17
18
Microbiology
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1
3
Sl.
No.
Department
19
Microbiology Lab
20
Multimedia Room
21
NAAC Cell
22
Main Office
23
Accountant Office
24
Revenue Section
25
Persian/Sanskrit
26
Philosophy
27
Physics Department
28
Physics Lab
19
29
Political Science and Sociology
30
Principals Office
3( One server)
31
Statistics Dept and Lab
21
33
Webel
13
34
Zoology
35
Hostel e-centre
208
64
37
Total
No. of computer
No. of Printer
Laptop
1
1
1
2
Conclusion: Lady Brabourne College is one of the best colleges with respect to IT and IT
infrastructure which is the main focus of todays world.
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4.3.2 Detail on the computer and internet facility made available to the faculty and students
on the campus and off-campus.
Refer to answer to 4.3.1.
4.3.3 What are the institutional plans and strategies for deploying and upgrading the IT
infrastructure and associated facilities?
Our institution is always vigilant in its pursuit of excellence in academics and
extracurricular. The thrust areas remain vertical academic upgradation and continuous
advancement in research.
A thrust in the improvement of the working of the library was contemplated. The
expeditious utilization of the grant received from the National Archives and a matching
grant from the State Government were to be organized so that the computerized
cataloguing of the backlog was completed and an archival unit was initiated.
Computerized cataloguing has been successfully implemented in our college.
An online procedure for admission was planned. Previously forms could be
downloaded from the College website but it was proposed that submission,
processing of forms and drawing up of admission lists would be totally online. This
online admission procedure held in 2007-2008 was extremely successful and met
with tremendous public approval.
Student fees collection scheme through bank (for both undergraduate as well as
postgraduate) was planned and successfully implemented using a fees management
software.
We have set up a web server which hosts the College Management Information
Software (CMIS). The objective of this was to design and implement software
solutions that provide suitably detailed reports in an accurate, consistent and timely
manner for smooth functioning or management of College administration. A
comprehensive database consisting of all information related to student activity in
academic or non academic field is absolutely vital. Proper systematic documentation
of the same is required periodically. We have to prepare and provide similar
information multiple times and it is a repetitive effort and wastage of institute effort &
time. This student data management software is running successfully.
A similar database consisting of all information related to teacher activity in academic
or field of research is equally vital. The CMIS software also caters to this. The
Career Advancement Scheme for the teachers is also managed by this software.
Objective
To design and implement software solutions that provides suitably detailed
reports in an accurate, consistent and timely manner
To refer to the group of information tied to the automation to support of
human decision-making
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Canteen
Hostel Building PG
Hostel Building UG
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Challenges
Prepare and provide similar information multiple times i.e.
Repetitive effort
Wastage of Institute effort & time
Loss of information due to loss of document
Shortage of storage capacity
Requirement of vital information even after 5 years
Requirement of special category (SC/ST etc) compliance data
Provide success information to get approval of Govt./UGC/DST/DBT

grant
Provide research paper publication count to UGC/DST/DBT etc.
Understand students achievement and award them accordingly
Worldwide availability of college capability
Manual error
Data Retention and Data backup
And so on...
CMIS How it Works
A Management Information System (MIS) provides information that is

needed to manage a system efficiently and effectively.
Management information systems involve primarily
Information
Decision making
Management information systems are distinct from other information systems
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Study of the information needs of management at every level in making

decisions.
Continuously gather relevant data, both from inside and outside an

organization.
Data is then processed, integrated, and stored in a centralized database

(or data warehouse)
Data is constantly updated and made available to all who have the
authority to access it, in a form that suits their purpose
Data is analyzed for operational activities
Scope of Work
Student Management System
Student Information Detail
Category wise Student Information
Academic Information of the Students
Result Management System
Award Information
Computerization of the preparation of monthly salary bills using software package

COSA (Computerization of Salary Accounting) has been implemented at our
college a few years back. In the year 2012, an upgradation of this software has
also been done. At present the COSA software is being successfully used for
the smooth running of the preparation of monthly salary bills for all the employees.
An on-campus ATM facility is proposed for the convenience of the students

and teachers.
It was proposed that the college would be connected through a Wide Area
Network (WAN) using structured cabling. The already existing computer
network infrastructure at the college was extended and enhanced into an efficient,
high speed, campus wide intranet with secure internet accessibility for the users
since October, 2012. The network also connects the users of the main campus
to the users at the college hostel to ensure internet access for the students residing
at the college hostel.
The foundation stone of the new college building, "The Roma Chaudhuri
Memorial Building was laid in the year 2010. For connecting the various
departments to be housed in this new building and for the connection between
the existing building and the The Roma Chaudhuri Memorial Building we require
a WAN connection. The proposal for this connection is as per the following
diagrammatic representation. The figure below shows a typical floor plan with
the required number of nodes, switches, racks, access points etc.
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Generator
Fire Fighting Equipment - A Secured Campus
Medical Unit
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4.3.4 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
Heads
Amount
2010-2011
Computer maintenance stationary and accessories

Antivirus software
Maintenance of website
Rs. 17691
Rs. 11284
Rs. 40000
2011-2012
Computer maintenance stationary and accessories

Antivirus software
Rs. 34514
Rs. 12896
Rs. 45000
2012-2013
Procurement of computers, laptops, printers, accessories

Antivirus softwares
AMC of computers and its accessories
Salary of computer science part time teacher
Fax machine maintenance and repair etc.
Rs. 520000
Rs. 56982
Rs. 45750
Rs. 145000
Rs. 84000
Rs. 5000
2013-2014
Procurement of computers, laptops, printers, accessories

Antivirus softwares
AMC of computers and its accessories
Rs. 550000
Rs. 56982
Rs. 45750
Rs. 145000
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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?
i) To teach the student in a more illustrative and understandable way, teachers are
using laptops, LCD projector, smart boards and OHP in the class room. Certain
departments are using different academic softwares for advanced learning of their
students e.g. MINTAB is used by department of Statistics, exp EYES (Experiments
for Young Engineers & Scientists) supported by GNU software is used by Department
of Physics in their laboratory.
ii) Students are given internet access for using e-library under the supervision of the
teachers.
iii) The already existing computer network infrastucture at the college was extended
and enhanced into an efficient, high speed, campus wide intranet with secure internet
accessibility for the users. The network also connects the users of the main campus
to the users at the college hostel to ensure internet access for the students residing at
the college hostel.
iv) Assistance to students is provided for in-house/remote access to e-resources by
using different open source journal facilities and N-List Programme. Teachers can
also access a good number of International as well as National level journals using
N-List facility to acquire an updated knowledge regarding their research activities.
v) Using Avere Projector various seminars and conferences are conducted.
vi) Beginners and advanced learners are encouraged to enrol in the Self-financed
Computer Course to become cognizant and proficient, as the case may be, so that
they can be inducted in the e-learning process.
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 Wide-Area Network connection existing in the college enables both faculty
members as well as students to remain connected (via the Local Area Network)
and access the internet.
Different advanced Teaching Aids are being used in the classrooms e.g. :
a) Optoma make Digital Multimedia Projector
b) Avermedia make portable Digital Document Visualiser
c) Interactive White Board with Digital Annotation Sensor
d) Over-head Projector, LCD Projector.
e) Television with DVD Player
Assistance to students is provided for in-house/remote access to e-resources by
using different open source journal facilities and N-List Programme. Teachers can
also access a good number of International as well as National level journals using
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N-List facility to acquire an updated knowledge regarding their research activities.

It may however be mentioned that as an institution Lady Brabourne College on
principle does not believe a teacher can be replaced by virtual means ; for this
institution generous usage of ICT with teacher-guidance is the key to student-nurturing.
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?
College library uses N-LIST programme to give access all the faculty members and
students to established e-journals like journals published by American Physical Society,
Institute of Physics Publishing etc.
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)?
The major sources of Institutional receipts are i) Development Grant from State Govt.,
ii) UGC Grants, iii) DST Grants, iv) DBT Grants, v) CSIR Grants. Apart from these,
the college receives grants from Govt. of West Bengal for payment of salaries to its
staff. In all the cases, after receiving the sanction letter, Principal, along with the concerned
Heads of the Departments, (for i and ii) all HODs and TCS (for iii, iv and v) all HODs
of science departments, IQAC Convener, TCS and Librarians, decides democratically
about the disbursement of sanctioned money among all claimants according to the need
of all concerned. Principals office for Development grant and concerned committees
for other grants arrange for external audit done by reputed Chartered Accountants.
Then, the audited Utilization Certificate is sent to the sanctioning authority.
2012-13
2011-12
2010-11
2009-10
a. Building
Rs. 7, 42, 737

- UGC
Rs. 1, 91, 40, 690

- UGC
Rs. 4, 47, 52, 000

- UGC
Rs. 95, 70, 345

- UGC
Rs. 47, 85, 173
- UGC
b. Furniture
Rs. 3, 00, 000

- State Devt PLan
Rs. 3, 00, 000

- State Devt Plan
Rs. 3, 00, 000

- State Devt PLan
Rs. 2, 25, 000

- State Devt PLan
c. Equipment
Rs. 5, 00, 000

- State Devt PLan
Rs. 8, 00, 000

- State Devt Plan
Rs. 5, 00, 000

- State Devt Plan
Rs. 6, 87, 500
- Addl UGC
Rs. 5, 50, 000
- addl UGC
Rs. 8, 75, 000

- State Devt Plan
d. Computers
See Ans of 4.3.4
e. Vehicles
f. Any other
Rs. 8, 30, 000

State Devt Plan
Rs. 14, 00, 000

State Devt Plan
Rs. 8, 50, 000

State Devt Plan
Rs. 11, 75, 000

State Devt Plan
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4.4.2 What are the institutional mechanisms for maintenance and upkeep of the infrastructure,
facilities and equipment of the college?
The institution takes following steps to maintain, upkeep its infrastructure, facilities and
equipment of the college :
Maintains Dead Stock Register regularly to keep account of the non-functional
equipment and infrastructure, like computers, furniture, machineries etc.
Annual Maintenance Contracts (AMC) for computers used in different departments
as well as those used as a central facility like the Wide Area Network (WAN),
different laboratory instruments, Aquaguard machines, Intercom etc. are renewed
regularly to ensure their good service.
All the objectives and eyepieces of microscopes are cleaned twice a year by
professionals-once at the end of monsoon and once before the University practical
examinations.
Centrifugation instruments are kept dust free in an air-conditioned room to maintain
its sensitivity. Both the rotor heads (centrifugation tube, Ependorff tube) are used
alternatively for proper maintenance.
Generally as far as practicable for a fully government owned institution, a constant
effort is made to provide dedicated and secure space for equipments and tools.
4.4.3 How and with what frequency does the institute take up calibration and other precision
measures for the equipment/instruments?
Digital Instruments in different lab-based departments are calibrated at the onset of
the Practical Session by Faculty Members themselves, after which they are calibrated
on a regular basis by the students before each and every experiment.
All instruments are also calibrated annually by technical personnel provided by the
instrument manufacturers.
Simple and Compound Microscopes are the indispensible instrument in the
department of Botany. All the objectives and eyepieces of microscopes are cleaned
twice a year by a professional one at the end of monsoon and another before the
University practical examinations. Throughout the year general maintenance is carried
out by the students and the Group D staffs.
Binocular Microscopes (Dewinter make) are operated by the faculty members mostly
and software upgradation has been done by the professionals of a particular company
thrice a year.
Digital pH-meter used in the tissue culture and Biochemistry laboratories is calibrated
regularly using different pH solutions.
Centrifugation instruments are kept dust free in an air-conditioned room to maintain
its sensitivity. Both the rotor heads (centrifugation tube, Ependorff tube) are used
alternatively for proper maintenance.
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Upcoming Roma Chaudhuri Memorial Building
UGC funded Merged Scheme Building
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Two Laminar Airflows are operated for aseptic culture in the Department of Botany
and maintained by a regular cleaning with alcohol and maintenance of hepa filter by
checking the barometric reading.
Shaker used in the Tissue Culture laboratory is kept in put on condition sometimes
at a stretch of 24 hours for the suspension culture process.
Lamps for UV-Vis Spectrophotometer for different wavelength of light is maintained
and checked at regular intervals.
Submarine and vertical gel are maintained periodically.
4.4.4 What are the major steps taken for location, upkeep and maintenance of sensitive
equipment( voltage fluctuations, constant supply of water etc.)?
To avoid harmful effects of X-ray radiations, separate chamber for X-ray laboratory
is under construction using DBT-star grant and also some assistance from PWD
(Civil) West Bengal. The inner wall of the chamber is to be lead shielded. Also Xray protective lead jacket (2 Nos.) will be procured for the students experimenting
in the X-ray laboratory.
We are in the process of using solar energy in our laboratory as a clean, renewable
and sustainable source of energy. For this purpose we are going to install solar
laboratory which will open up research facilities for the students. Different properties
of solar radiation and its efficiency during the year will be studied in the laboratory.
We are maintaining cleanliness in the laboratory, by regular dusting and wiping apart
from which most of the instruments are kept covered to protect from dust and
obtain better efficiency.
As PG course has been started since 2007 in the department of Physics, we are in
the scarcity of laboratory space. We are sharing UG optics laboratory for the PG
students. Thus the paucity of space compels the students not more than two at a
time. To avoid this claustrophobic condition, we have planned for air- conditioning.
It is in the process.
To maintain the cleanliness in the Computer Laboratory and keeping the Laboratory
dust free as much as possible, shoe rack has been stationed just outside the lab. The
floor is covered with vinyl sheet and its cleanliness is maintained regularly. For better
maintenance of the cleanliness, we are in process of procuring vacuum cleaner. In
the computer labs of some departments like Mathematics, Statistics etc. AC machine
have already been installed.
All laboratories are equipped with Fire Extinguisher. Recently, old fire extinguishing
mechanism in the college has been overhauled thoroughly and 23 extinguishers (MAP
CO2 5kg cylinders) have been posted at appropriate locations.
All computers of the College are UPS protected.
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All the departments are solely dependent on the college for the regular and constant
supply of tap water. Distilled water is however purchased and stored for usage in
quantitative estimation.
All sensitive instruments are connected to Voltage Stabilisers to avoid voltage
fluctuations.
For regular power supply Inverter facilities are provided in the Instrument rooms.
An Ashok Leyland Make DG Set Generator is installed at the college to provide
uninterrupted power supply to the main building especially during the examination
season.
Transformer- A CESC installation has been put in place in 2012 and new cabling
has been done to disseminate extra load.
Any other relevant information regarding Infrastructure and Learning
Resources which the college would like to include.
Other Highlights :
The college has acquired ERNET connectivity in May 2004, under the UGC- NRC
scheme. The facility has been extended to many departments using two separate
LAN connections.
The college website www.ladybrabourne.com, introduced in 1998 re-designed in
2002 and 2005, is being used successfully for entire admission process. This college
is the first college in West Bengal to have extended this facility to the general public.
The self-financing Certificate Course in Computer Applications is offered in
collaboration with WEBEL Informatics Ltd. (Under Dept. of Information Technology,
Govt. of West Bengal). Another Self-financing course on Spanish Language Training
Programme began in November 2007 in collaboration with WTCC School of Trade
and Communication, Kolkata. There is dedicated space for this in the Computer
training centre in the 2nd Floor in the Physics Building.
The college has introduced 2 three-year UGC sponsored career-oriented selffinancing Certificate Courses in Public Relations and Advertising and Multimedia
and Animation. There is dedicated self-contained AC unit between the Physics
and the Zoology departments.
A one-year Post Graduate Vocational Course on Food & Drug Safety conducted
by the PG department of Microbiology of our College, sponsored by UGC has
been launched in 2010-2011. This course uses the microbiology laboratory, the
area of this lab being 1830sq ft.
The departments of Philosophy, Political Science and Sociology have collaborated
to create a counseling centre which offers psychological counseling to students,
faculty members and office staff of the College by experts & well-known counsellors.
Recently, old fire extinguishing mechanism in the college has been overhauled
thoroughly and 23 extinguishers have been posted at appropriate locations.
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A state of the art Telephone Exchange is being installed by BSNL to minimize faults.
The College maintains its own power generating (partial) system in case of power
failure.
In the year 2013, CESC has set up a 40KV Transformer in the College premises to
meet the continuous increment of power requirement of the college.
The College has a Cheap Store within the campus which provide books and stationery
to students and staff at competitive prices.
There is also a spacious Food Court adjacent to the Auditorium which is a multifunctional unit acting as extension space for seminar entertainment and also for
academic purposes as book launching programme.
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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?
The prospectus provides not only an overview of the College but also upholds the
unique features of Lady Brabourne College. Among the unique features, students
are made aware of the following:
Norms of admission/ courses offered at UG/PG level in the prospectus*.
Code of Conduct
Hostel Accommodation
Rules & Guidelines of the college and hostel for the students.
Medical Unit & Sick room with facility of a visiting doctor.
Stipend/award and prizes for the students.
Unique assessment system through monthly/midterm/annual examinations
Seminars & Workshops at international, national and state-level are organized
by all departments regularly.
Updated and well stocked library.
Computer Wi-Fi facilities & Networking connecting College with Hostel.
Games and sports opportunities, well-equipped playground and one Badminton
Court/ Volley Ball Court.
Students' Common Room with updated magazine section
Canteens at three locations.
24 hour generator back up for examinations as well as for ongoing research
work.
Fire extinguisher
Filtered water facilities.
Career-Oriented Add-on Courses
Womens Studies Centre
Career Counselling Cell
Psychological Counselling Cell
*In addition the Academic Calendar is provided to the students to communicate the year long schedule of the
institution.
Strong and active outreach programme conducted by College NSS unit (best
NSS units awarded by Calcutta University twice) and a Night school run by
hostel students for children of local slum dwellers organizes outreach
programmers like adoption of slum areas, visit to orphanage and other such
activities. NSS unit of Lady Brabourne College has received the award for
being the best NSS Unit under University of Calcutta.
Lady Brabourne College , being a government college, shows its commitment
towards its students as well as to the broader society by keeping a high standard
in imparting education at the UG and PG levels and research works pursued in
different departments. The College equally stresses on social works through
its various outreach programmes to serve the lower rung of the society. The
College is accountable for its administrative work to the Department of Higher
Education, Govt. of West Bengal, and for its academic work to the University
of Calcutta.
(D 1.1.1 will be the point of reference for 5.1.2)
5.1.2 Specify the type, number and amount of institutional scholarships / free ships
given to the students during the last four years and whether the financial aid was
available and disbursed on time?
Year 2009-2010
WBMDFC Scholarship 85 students
Merit Scholarships 3
Lady Brabourne College Students' Welfare Fund 29
Delhi Alumni Association 2
Year 2010-2011
Lady Brabourne College Students' Welfare Fund - 29
Year 2011-2012
Year 2012-2013
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Student Support and Progression
*National Merit Scholarship Recipients 10-15 students per year. It must be noted
that despite the high scores being acquired by the students (75% and above) only
a handful of them with only lower family income can avail this.
In the year 2013, the Govt. of West Bengal declared a one-time Kanyashree
scholarship of Rs. 25000 for needy, single girl-child, and from Lady Brabourne
college 17 students have been selected by the Government of West Bengal for
Kanyashree stipend which were awarded to them in January 2014.
Moreover, 45 students have been allowed to have Full and half free studentship
by the DPI, Govt. of West Bengal, in 2013-14.
Our College is occasionally requested by a number of NGOs to send the names of
needy and meritorious students for one-time scholarship, like the Sheela Kanoria
scholarship, which was declared in 2013 and availed of by 14 students of our
college.
Purabi Banerjee Scholarship named after former student of the College and Suhita
Sinha Ray Memorial Scholarships are two other Private scholarships awarded in
the names of two former faculty members of this College to deserving candidates
from Arts faculty.
5.1.3 What percentage of students receives financial assistance from state government,
central government and other national agencies?
Approximately 20% can avail financial assistance from different agencies.
(D-5.1.3)
5.1.4 What are the specific support services/facilities available for?

Students from SC/ST, OBC and economically weaker sections?
Apart from governmental assistance, the College Students Welfare Committee
offers financial assistance to the needy students so that they can continue with
their studies by helping them buy text/reference books, study materials or
important stationeries.
Besides remedial courses in different subjects are taken by the teachers for the
minorities and SC/ST students who are guided by the college teachers to cope
with their difficulties in Honours and Pass subjects.
From 2014 onwards there will be a gradual induction of OBC students which
will comprise 17% of the total number of students admitted as per the directives
of the Government of West Bengal and the University of Calcutta.
Students with physical disabilities
College has provided a ramp for the easy movement for PwDs. In the upcoming Roma Chaudhuri Memorial Building provisions have been made for
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Addressing Holistic Education
Annual Prize Distribution
Alumni Sponsored Endowment Lecture
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installations of two lifts, one of them to be specially designed for the convenience
of PwDs. This lift will connect all the buildings with the said one.
(D 4.1.3 will also be the referral document for 5.1.4.)
Overseas students
As overseas students are rare in the college, therefore, a sustained specialized
support system cannot be justified. Still, the college offers hostel
accommodation to them at a minimum charge of Rs.1000/- only (per month)
for overseas students as cost towards lodging, breakfast, tiffin and all meals.
Students to participate in various competitions/National and International
The students of all the departments participate in various kinds of extra curricular
events, those include debates, quiz, social, cultural, drama and creative writing
competitions along with different academic events including paper/poster
presentation at different workshops/seminars organized by various Universities,
colleges and institutions at international, national and state levels. The Cultural
committee of the Teachers Council and the Students Union ensure student
participation in various programmes held in the college from time to time all
the year around. Prizes for co-curricular activities encourage students
participation too.
Medical assistance to students: health centre, health insurance etc.
Medical Unit with a sick room
Visiting doctor, at the College and hostel.
Psychological Counselling Cell for the mental health of students
A number Awareness Programmes for improving health and hygiene of

students.
Organizing coaching classes for competitive exams

Several sessions for aspiring students for GATE & JAM & MBA entrance
examinations are organized by several departments.
Skill development (spoken English, computer literacy, etc.)
Students are provided with Computers with net connection at different

places of the college and hostel to help them grow their computer skills.
Remedial classes are held to develop soft skills among students. Also
remedial classes help minority and backward students requiring special
attention for their career improvement.
Smt. Santa Ghosh conducted classes in Special Communicative English

and interactive session in 2012-2013 in Remedial Course Programme.
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Support for slow learners

Tutorial classes are conducted by all the departments for slow learners. Remedial
classes help slow learners to cope with their academics.
Exposures of students to other institution of higher learning/ corporate/
business house etc.
Students from the Science Departments regularly interact with industry

under the scheme of industrial interface. They actively participate in
different Seminars & Workshops organized by renowned institutions like
IICB, Bose Institutes, University of Calcutta and so on. Science Students
regularly undertake academic excursions and visits to various firms and
institutes as a part of their academic courses.
The Department of English has organized interactive workshops with
SRFTI to expose students to the world of media and performing arts to
design their professions.
The Department of Bengali also organized in collaboration with SRFTI a
workshop on Bengali Cinema and Bengali Literature.
Public Relations and Advertising Course offers an exposure to the

corporate houses. The faculty itself comes from various top Corporate
Houses like the Infinity Infotech and others. During the course the students
are on contacts with such corporate houses for their practical training.
Publication of student magazines

Annually the College publishes college magazine Dyuti(Enlightenment) where
students of different departments contribute. On the other hand the department
of Physics brings out a wall magazine Anneswa(Search) and the Department
of History brings out their wall magazine Sammaswar(Chorus).
5.1.5 Describe the efforts made by the institution to facilitate entrepreneurial skills,
among the students and the impact of the efforts.
The College has started two UGC sponsored career-oriented courses in Public
Relations and Advertising and Multimedia and Animation which aim to equip
the students with such knowledge and training that they will be able to develop
their entrepreneurial skills. The College also has training courses for Computer
application and Spanish. There is also a PG diploma course in Food and Drug
Safety conducted by the Microbiology department which ensures ready
employment.
(D 2.2.3 will be the referral document for 5.1.4.)
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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, debates and discussions, cultural activities etc.
Students are actively encouraged and supported by their respective departments
to participate in various academic, cultural and co-curricular activities for which
they do not miss out on the lectures as well as class attendance percentage.
In Hostel nutritious tiffin is given after each provided and special care is taken
regarding food on examination days.
Concerned teachers ensure that no students participating in various activities
of the College miss out on class lectures and extra classes are held to meet
their losses.
Moreover students are escorted and guided by college staff to the State-Level
competitions held off campus.
Womens Studies Centre makes an effort to raise the level of consciousness
about womens issues through various creative mechanisms like poster making,
drama, debate, story writing and the like on womens issues.
NSS is dedicated to sensitization of the college students about their social
responsibilities by holding various outreach programmes for slum dwellers
and BPL people.
The College makes an effort to organize round the year activities such as IntraCollege competitions in various categories like singing, recitation, dancing,
painting, Urdu-shayari and various such other activities. The College has a
Cultural Committee and Drama Committee to organize co-curricular activities.
These Committees organize Cultural Programmes on a large scale like Annual
Function and College Reunion with hosting of dramas in English/Sanskrit/
Hindi/Urdu/ and Bengali which also involves student participation from a
number of departments. Besides the college also organizes several cultural
programme to commemorate or celebrate International Womens Day,
International Vernacular day in the form of Bhasha Divas, National Science
Day, National Education Day, Baishe Shravan, Vanamahotsav and several
others. The College has a Committee for Cultural Activities and Debate &
Extempore which annually organizes intra-college debate competitions. The
teachers are involved with dedication to prepare the students for such
competitions.
Apart from the Annual Sports, which is a regular event held every year with
active participation of students, they are provided with different sports
equipments to play outdoor and indoor games throughout the year. A
Gymnasium is there in the college hostel to cater to fitness requirements of the
students.
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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.
Year
JAM
GRE
ISI M.STAT NET/SET UGC-CSIR

Entrance
-NET
ENGLISH
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
3
1
4
2
1
BENGALI
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
1
1
1+1 (SET)
1
URDU
2006
2007
2008
1
1
1
POLITICAL
SCIENCE
2007
2012
1
1
PHILOSOPHY
2010
2011
2012
IISER
2
1
3
1+2 SET)
2
1(SET)
1+2(SET)
-
HISTORY
2008
2009
2012
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GATE
1
1
SANSKRIT
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
ECONOMICS
2010
2011
2012
PhD
1
1
1
2
2
2

Year
JAM
GRE

Entrance
-NET
GEOGRAPHY
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
3
2
1
2
8
3
3
MATHEMATICS
2009
2011
CHEMISTRY
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
2
IISER
3
2
2
5
1
1
1
3
1
4
2
1
1
1
PHYSICS
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2
2
2
1
2
-
2
3
2
MICROBIOLOGY
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2
1
2
-
2
4
3
7
4
GATE
1
1
ZOOLOGY
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
STATISTICS
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
PhD
3
3
1
-
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Year
JAM
GRE

Entrance
-NET
BOTANY
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
1
1
2
1
-
PhD
GATE
IISER
NB. (1) It maybe mentioned that many students from the institution are individually counseled by the Teachers of the
College regarding their future career options because the bonding of three years gives rare insight into the aptitude
and preferences of the young wards. Teachers use this valuable knowledge-beyond the scope of mere statistics- to
write recommendations to students applying successfully to international universities.
(2) This information undergoes constant changes due to continuing inputs by students spread over time.
5.1.8 What type of counseling services are made available to the students (academic,
personal, career, psycho-social etc.)
The College has
A Career Counselling Cell which regularly interacts and brings in industry
placement experts for students career counseling.
There is also a Psychological Counseling Cell which holds counselling sessions
for individual students to help them to cope with stress and challenges of life.
The Disciplinary Committee of the College deals with the erring students
and their guardians in a supportive stance so that they can come back to their
mainstream life with confidence.
Objectives of the Psychological Counselling cell
Modern day life creates tremendous pressure on the mind and body of individuals.
Stress-related disorders, trauma and mental set backs are common syndromes
that many people suffer in this highly globalized and competitive world. Students
being young in mind and body are no exception. In fact they are mostly victims of
stress and disorder and are indeed in need of counseling. Gender wise again female
students have peculiar psychological problems which in most cases they suppress
and do not disclose. This has an indirect impact on their behavior and affects their
studies. Lady Brabourne College being a pioneer in womens education has taken
up the cause of such students. The College has opened up a psychological
counseling cell since 2010 to provide psychological help to the students to cope
with stress and trauma by certified professional counselor.
Lady Brabourne College is also aware of its social responsibility and therefore
organizes various awareness programmes for students and faculty members with
participation from different Universities, College, NGOs and Counseling Centres.
Grievance Redressal Cell
Since 2010 the College Grievance Cell received eight grievances. These are divided
into two categories.
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1. Regarding the services of the College office

2. Regarding the services of the College library
All grievances are addressed in due time. Student interests were looked into.
There are no pending complaints lying idle anymore.
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).
The College has a Career Counselling and Job Placement Cell which regularly
interacts and brings in industry placement experts for students career counselling.
The Career Counseling Committee and placement cell of Lady Brabourne College
was very active during the last few years especially since 2007. It has organized
several seminars, interactive sessions, Industry-faculty meet, recruitment drives
and awareness programmes of its kind. Here is look into a few.
Placement Through the placement Cell of Lady Brabourne College.
Students are mainly placed in private Industry/ Institution.
Year
Company visited /recruited
2007-08
CTS,TCS.MBT, Infosys, Wipro
2008-09
CATCG,3G, CTS,TCS, Satyam
2009-10
Infosys, IBM-Daksh, CTS
2010-11
Teach for India, FDDI,University of Sussex, Azim Premzi University,CTS, Several media
houses-Times of India.
2011-12
Teach for India, TCS
2012-13
Teach for India Fellowship, TCS, IBM, Accenture, Wipro, Indian Coastal Guard, Gandhi
Fellowship
CTS: Cognizant Technology Solutions

TCS: Tata Consultancy Services
Scale of pay in which candidates are placed

a) Consolidated: For fellowship and integrated job programme like Teach
for India etc and Campus ambassador programme in INFOSYS.
b) Regular Pay with allowances: IT Industry provides pay packages. Normal
break up of components are more or less like this.
Basic, HRA, Medical, Conveyance, LTA, PF,Food Coupon, Gratuity,
Variable pay. etc.
The range of salary is 2.80 lakhs-3.2lakhs.
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Bridging Academics & Employment
Meeting with Stakeholders (Parents)
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Through College:
i)
Campus and onsite Selection - Written Examination based on MCQ,

GD, PI, Technical and HR interviews.
ii) Written Examination and Interview etc.

The Cell was very much active during all these years. It has provided the
students with several national and international level interaction
programmes and recruitment drive in different corporate sectors. Only a
few of them are mentioned here.
Student- -industry interaction program
FDDI-Footwear Design and Development Institute, Ministry of

Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India.
Opening for Higher Education
Presentation by University of Sussex for the final year students

willing to go abroad for higher studies.
Some of the programmes organized by this cell in the year 2013-14

are as shown in the following page:
Sr.
No
Company/Institution
Name & Address
Purpose of visit
Date
1.
Vision Web Information &

Technology (p) ltd.
Recruitment and TeacherStudent interaction
January 2013
2.
Catalyst Learning Services
Training
February 2013
3.
Met Technologies (p) ltd
Recruitment Industry oriented skill

training
February 2013
4.
Vista Mind
Quiz Competition and Industry

oriented skill training
February 2013
Institute of Moving Images
Display and Filmmaking workshop
August 2013
Teach for India
Recruitment presentation
September 2013
AnandaBazaar Patrika
Awareness programme
September 2013
Quizcraft
Quiz
September 2013
Ilead
Presentation and display
September2013
10
AIMA
Business Management Presentation
September-2013
11
The Telegraph
Display on Youth Festival
September2013
12
Acharya Bangalore B School
Seminar
September2013
13
RN consultancy
Presentation
Teacher-Industry
Interface interaction
November 2013
14
Wipro Technologies
Recruitment and Presentation
Teacher-Student
interaction
November
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Sr.
No
Company/Institution
Name & Address
Purpose of visit
Date
15
British council
Presentation and Language skill

set training
Display and
Interaction
Nov2013
16
Symbiosis Institute of Business

Management-Pune
Teacher-Industry
November 2013
17
International Management
Institute-Kolkata
Teacher-Industry
November 2013
18
IQST
Industry oriented skill training
Teacher-Industry
November 2013
19
Seagull Foundation for the arts
Presentation
October 2013
20
Universuity of Sussex
Seminar
Teacher-Student
interaction
November 2013
21
T.I.M.E
Teacher-Student
interaction
December 2013
22
Microsoft
Teacher-Student
interaction
January 2013
23
ABP
Personality grooming
Student interaction,
January2013
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.
The institution has a well-functioning student grievance redressal cell which
receives grievances and are also addressed to by the authority in the last four
years. The college grievance cell has become very active since 2010. The numbers
of records that are found though not huge are tabulated below.
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Grievance received and redressed during the years 2011-13

1. REPORTED ON - 2.3.11
Name
Anonymous 2nd year students
Brief Description
Inefficiency on the part of the office staff regarding producing the document
for Railway concession
Action Taken
Duty allocated for the said job exclusively for providing the speedy services.
Whether student/ applicant/

other person given
personal hearing
Grievance cell had a meeting with the Head Assistant of the office according
to the advice of the Principal of the college.
Status of disposal
Student interests were looked into.
Name
Brief Description
Lack of cooperation on the part of the office staff with the student
Action Taken
The Principal of the college had a talk with all office staff and makes them
aware about the norms of the student dealings.

other person given
personal hearing
Grievance cell had a meeting with the Principal of the college
Status of disposal
Name
Brief Description
Deep dissatisfaction for uncooperative behavior of office clerk
Action Taken
Head Assistant was informed regarding the situation and advice to take an
action.

other person
given personal hearing
Grievance cell had a meeting with the Head Assistant of the Office of the
college
Status of disposal
4. REPORTED ON 15.3.12
Name
Anonymous
Brief Description
Unwillingness towards providing Railway concession form
Action Taken
Duty allocated for the said work from the Head assistant

other person given
personal hearing
Grievance Cell had a meeting with the Head Assistant of the Office
Status of disposal
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Name
Brief Description
Unwillingness towards providing Railway concession form
Action Taken
Duty allocated for the said work from the Head assistant

other person given
personal hearing
Grievance Cell had a meeting with the Head Assistant of the office
Status of disposal
6. REPORTED ON30.11.12
Name
Anonymous 1st year student of 2012
Brief Description
For extending library books issuing facility
Action Taken
Book issuing facility extended till students received their Admit card

other person given
personal hearing
Grievance cell had organized a meeting with the Librarian of the college
Status of disposal
Student interest were looked into.
Name
Anonymous student of Sociology Department
Brief Description
Inactivity of the seminar library of the Sociology department
Action Taken
The HOD. of the Sociology department allocate the duty of seminar library
in order to make it fruitful for the student.

other person given
personal hearing
Grievance cell had a meeting with the Head of the Sociology Department
according to the advice of the Principal of the college.
Status of disposal
Name
Anonymous
Brief Description
Common students are not getting the opportunity to talk with the Principal
of the college as and when it is required.
Action Taken
Members of the Grievance Cell had organized a meeting with all students in
the Auditorium; They were requested to understand that the Principal is the
last and the apex authority to be approached. Every grievance does need to
be personally addressed to by the principal if satisfactorily dealt with at the
primary level.

other person given
personal hearing
Grievance cell had organized a meeting with the Union member of the
college in presence of the Principal of the college
Status of disposal

(See also 5.1.7)
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5.1.11 What are the institutional provisions for resolving issues pertaining to sexual
harassment?
The College has a Disciplinary Committee comprising senior teachers to enquire,
and take actions in cases of sexual harassment, if any, in the college. It is to be
noted here that no particular case of sexual harassment has yet been reported to
the authority. The college authority stands behind every student as a rock to protect
them from any kind of unseemly behavior inside/outside the campus. It must be
mentioned that Lady Brabourne College is an all womens' College and therefore
instances of sexual harassment are minimal.
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?
The Prospectus makes it very clear that the Institution believes in holistic
education and is very seriously committed to its goal of free and healthy thinking.
As additional precaution the College and the Hostel staff remain very alert and
cautious during the time of the admission and the Principal along with the
Convenors of different sub-committees under the Teachers Council address
the Freshers at the orientation programme where the liberal and democratic
culture of Lady Brabourne College is projected very strongly.
Moreover, the college has a Disciplinary Committee comprising senior teachers
which deals with these kinds of problems, if any. This committee acts in close
coordination with the Students Union and it is to be mentioned that no report
of ragging has yet been reported to the College authority.*
* Efforts are underway to disseminate anti-ragging regulations during 2014 admissions.
5.1.13 Enumerate the welfare schemes made available to students by the institution.
There are Principals Welfare Fund and Students Welfare Committee, which are
basically college funds, to help needy students in pursuing their studies. The former
is a voluntary contributory fund formed by the college teachers and the latter is a
collective fund from the students.
(D- 5.1.13 Reports of Student Welfare Committee and State aids as reflected in the AQARs)
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?
Yes. The college has Alumni associations based in Kolkata, New Delhi and
even in Bangladesh.
The Lady Brabourne College Alumni Association has deep bond with the college
and regularly organize cultural programme and also sometimes collaborates
with departments and also the college itself to organize cultural as well as
academic events. The Alumni organizes every year Vasanta Utsav to
commemorate the season of colours. Professional theatre groups/singing bands
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Psychological Counselling Cell-Session
Collaborative Seminar of Women's Studies Centre with NGO
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are also invited to perform in the College. Tagores drama Gora was staged
by the Abhash group on 27 January, 2012 and Kaccher Manush, another
drama was staged by a renowned theatre group of Kolkata, Gandhar, on 26th
February, 2013.
On the academic front the Alumni has collaborated with the Womens Studies
Centre and has organized an awareness programme on Save the Girl Child
on 20 September, 2010. On 05.09.11 a donation of Rs. 1, 09,059/- was received
by the committee. It was decided by the organization that a fixed deposit would
be made and the interest will be utilized for two purposes, a) each year a
memorial lecture in the name of Mandalika Banerjee, an ex student of the
Department of English, would be organized and b) each year a Mandalika
Memorial Silver Medal would be awarded to the best all rounder student of
English Department. Accordingly the silver medal was awarded in 2011 and
2012, Annual Prize Distribution Ceremonies. In September 2012 the Mandalika
Banerjee Memorial Inaugural lecture was organized by the Department of
English in collaboration with the Alumni Association which sponsored the
lecture. Eminent scholar of international repute anf former Head, Dept. of
English (JU) Prof. Supriya Chaudhuri delivered the maiden lecture on Death
in Tragedy.
The LBC Alumni Association also organizes a fete every year. A whole day
workshop on Adolescent Health was organized in September 2012. The
Association sponsored a seminar on Drought and its management in West
Bengal which was organized by the Geography Department of the college.
The seminar was held on 4.8.12. Student participation was spectacular. Needy
students are also helped through donations from the Alumni. A special donation
has been made by Kamalika Banerjee of Rs.20, 000/- for supporting a needy
student of the college in 2012.
Regarding the college infrastructure, the Lady Brabourne College Alumni
donates a subscription to upkeep and maintain a part of the College Garden.
They also brought out a Platinum Jubilee number of the annual magazine of
Lady Brabourne College .
Delhi Alumni Association extends monetary help to the needy but meritorious
students.
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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
%
Above 95%
PG to M. Phil.
5%
PG to Ph.D.
20%
Employed at UG level
Campus selection (Average done on the basis of
data collected from 2007-08 to 2013-14)
Other than campus recruitment
10%
60%
The overall trend observed through the data reveals the fact that most of the students
of Lady Brabourne college, a premier undergraduate college, prefer to pursue
higher studies in the form of doing post graduation in different Universities and
Institutes, while a very negligible fraction opts for a job, just after graduation or
post-graduation. It is also noteworthy that a significant fraction of student takes
the examinations like JAM, GRE and other entrance examinations to get to some
world famous institutions like TIFR, IISc, ISI and IITs. The fact remains that
Lady Brabourne alumni are spread all over India and overseas as career women.
(See also 5.1.8)
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. (Table in next page).
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YEAR

PART I
B.A+B.Sc
PART II
B.A+B.Sc
PART III
B.A+B.Sc
University
Average
2009
99%
98%
98%
89.02%
2010
98%
99%
98%
93.86%
2011
97%
98%
100%
94.93%
2012
97%
99%
99%
98.45%
2009
100%
100%
100%
2010
100%
100%
100%
2011
100%
100%
100%
2012
100%
100%
100%
Completion Rate
5.2.3 How does the institution facilitate student progression to higher level of education
and/or towards employment?
Post-Graduate Courses are offered by the Departments of Geography,
Microbiology, Mathematics, Physics and English of Lady Brabourne College.
In 2014, Bengali department has also been sanctioned by the Calcutta University
to open a P.G. course.
The College runs two UGC sponsored Career Oriented Courses in Public
Relations and Advertising and Multimedia and Animation and a Diploma
Course in Food and Drug Safety. In addition there is the Career Counselling
Cell to look after the placement of students in different sectors.
Coaching classes are held by the Science departments for JAM, GATE and
MBA entrance examinations.
(See D 5.2.3 Annual Report 2011-12 for detailed CPE report).
5.2.4 Enumerate the special support provided to students who are at risk of failure and
drop out?
Special care is taken of students who are at risk of failure by providing them
special tutorial facilities. One-to-one interactions with teachers concerned are
held.
The College offers them readmission facility in the same class.
Parent-Teacher meetings are held regularly to apprise the parents about their
wards performance.
The College has a Principals Welfare Fund and Students Welfare Committee
to economically support those students who are at the risk of discontuining the
course to become dropouts. There is also the provision for UGC sponsored
Remedial Course to cater to their academic side too.
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5.3 STUDENT PARTICIPATION AND ACTIVITIES

5.3.1 List the range of sports, games, cultural and other extra curricular activities available
to students. Provide details of participation and programme calendar.
Lady Brabourne College students are adept in balancing and excelling in both
the curricular activities and extra-curricular activities. In the present context a
bird's eye view of sum of the major events of the cultural and extracurricular
calender of the Institute is being provided.
The College Foundation Day and the Annnual Prize Distribution Ceremony
are formally celebrated every year with pomp and splendour every
December.
The College celebrates National Commemorative Days like 26th January,

15th August, 24th January Calcutta University Foundation Day, the
Saraswati Puja/Basant Panchami, Bano Mahotsav with proper respect and
solemnity.
On 28th February every year the National Science Day is observed with
enthusiasm.
On 8th March every year the College observed International Womens' Day.
Annual Sports Day is celebrated with participation of students amounting

to 100%.
The students of the College conduct a two-day Inter College Festival called
Kaleidoscope.
On 1st of March, 2013, the 150th Birth Anniversary celebration ceremony

of Swami Vivekananda was organized by the College with due respect and
a UGC sponsored seminar was organized by the college, where a number
of renowned scholars and activists spoke on the various aspects of Swamiji.
Students of our college and various other colleges participated in an Essay
writing competition.
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.
2009: Aratrika Bhattacharyya of Sociology Honours got the National Scholarship
in Rabindra Sangeet, under the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
2010: Aratrika Bhattacharyya of Sociology Honours won several awards and
distinctions in Eastern Music from the Rajya Sangeet Academy, Kolkata; Sri
Aurobindo Institute of Culture, Kolkata;Gorky Sadan, Kolkata;Bangla Sangeet
Mela; Doordarshan and Akashvani.
2011: Bushra Alam of Chemistry Honours won the first prize in debate on Road
Safety organized by the Birla Tyres.
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2011: Darpana Dey of Sanskrit Honours won a prize in painting competition

organized by the Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Vivekananda Vidyabhavan,
Dumdum.
2012: Sucharita Sen of Political Science Honours and Nandini Basu of English
Honours won the First and the Second prizes respectively in the elocution
competition on Philosophy of Swami Vivekananda organized under the aegis of
the University of Calcutta, directed by the Department of Higher Education, Govt.
of West Bengal.
2013: Poulomi Das of Third year Economics Honours won the First prize in
Classical Indian Dance event organized by the Dover Lane Music Conference,
Kolkata.
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?
For the upkeep of institutional quality, the Lady Brabourne College has long
been following the system of Feedback forms from the outgoing Third year
students and also through social networking. Campus is upgraded on the basis
of the feedback from the students, which are confidentially examined by the
teachers concerned how they are evaluated by the passed out students on their
performances in the classrooms. In case of any improvement and rectifications
on the part of any teacher is required, the institutional head takes step as and
where necessary. Needless to say, that these feedback reports help a teacher to
make amends in her process of career advancement.
The IQAC is very active in the College since the previous NAAC. It
meticulously takes note of progress and regress and publishes AQARs which
are kept ready in the Principals chamber and are at the disposal of the Governing
Body and any Government, UGC and Calcutta University Inspection teams on
any visits that take place. Any suggestion made at any point of time is given
consideration and met to the best of the Institutions non-autonomous scope.
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.
Annually the College publishes college magazine Dyuti (Sparcle), the Department
of Physics publishes Anwesha (Spirit of Quest) and department of History
publishes Sammaswar (Chorus). The College students make posters during
various seminars and workshops. Poster competitions are organized by Women's
Studies Centre and NSS every year as a part of awareness programme.
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5.3.5 Does the college have a Student Council or any similar body? Give details on its
selection, constitution, activities and funding.
The students' Unions in the College and Hostel are formed through election by
the students of both Undergraduate and Postgraduate programmes. The Principal
is the President of the Students Union and there is a Students Union General
Secretary. Several committees of the Union work in close association with
corresponding Committees formed by the Teachers Council. The most notable
point of the union is its apolitical nature, which encourages a method through
which only those having requisite ability to lead from the front are elected
from many, by the students. Students' Union Election take place each year
peacefully and democratically without any external interference whatsoever.
The General Secretary of the Students Union is an important member of the
college Governing Body and shoulders a great deal of responsibility for the
advancement and progress of the college by being a party to all the important
and major policy making decisions.
Similar method of electing a Union is followed in the college Hostel too. The
posts in the Hostel Union are General Secretary, Assistant General
Secretary, Dining Prefect, Medical Prefect, Building Prefect, Common room
and Library Prefect, Garden Prefect, Night School Head-mistress and Assistant
Head-mistress. The hostel unions help hostel superintendent and assistant
superintendent in the smooth running of the hostel and also supervise regular
messing system in the Hostel. A night school for underprivileged boys/girls of
the local slum area is run successfully by the boarders for a long time in the
hostel premise under the supervision of the Hostel Union and guided by the
Night School Headmisterss and Assistant Headmistress.
The Hostel Union also observes different ceremonies like the Republic Day,
the Independence Day and some festivals like Swaraswati Puja, Nababarsha
etc.
5.3.6 Give details of various academic and administrative bodies that have student
representatives on them.
Governing Body
Students Union Committees of the College.
Students Union Committees of the Hostel.
Hostel Committees
(D-5.3.6 Annual Reports and list of Hostel Committees)
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5.3.7 How does the institution network and collaborate with the Alumni and former
faculty of the Institution.
The Principal and the IQAC Coordinator and the TCS liase with the Office Bearers
of the Alumni to plan and execute collaborative activities. The Alumni members
then get in touch with the relevant TC Committees for implementation of the
events.
The College networks and collaborates with the Alumni through the College
website and social networking sites.
There is an administrator from among the existing faculty to cater to the upgradation
of the website and handle various correspondences.
There are also several social networking communities of Alumni in Twitter, Orkut
and Facebook.
College Management Information System (CMIS) is in place and ensures

transparency in information dissemination.
A more personal networking is in place as special achievers such as Ms Arundhati

Bhattacharyya, Chairperson and MD of SBI, India are contacted by the Principal
and acknowledged for their success and national contribution.
In every programme organised by the College the Alumni Association office holders
and ex-teachers of all departments are cordially invited.
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Item 5.1.2
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Item 5.1.9
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Item 5.2.1
Item 5.2.2
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CRITERION VI
GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP & 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 institutions distinctive characteristics in terms of addressing
the needs of the society, the students it seeks to serve, institutions traditions and
value orientations, vision for the future, etc.
Since its inception the mission of the college has been to promote a democratic
and secular intellectual environment in which female students from socially
sheltered and challenged background would be encouraged to share a common,
progressive platform with relatively emancipated compatriots. The College
continues to sustain and develop a community which is national in outlook,
faithful to their particular culture and faith, and connected with each other in
terms of intellectual emancipation to form a truly unique sisterhood.
6.1.2 What is the role of top management, Principal and Faculty in design and
implementation of its quality policy and plans?
The Institution is wholely managed by women educationists headed by the
Principal.
The Principal is usually a teacher who is completely familiar to the spirit of the
institution. She has two advisory bodies to frame quality parameters. The older
body is the Governing Body which has representatives from stake holders like
the state government, present teachers and students, non teaching staff, PWD.
Additionally, after evaluation by NAAC in 2006, the IQAC assists the Principal
in chalking out
a) Academic programmes, including identification of research areas.
b) Infrastructural blue prints related to academic progression & campus
management.
c) Value Education programmes.
d) Authentication of data by incumbent applying under CAS (Career
Advancement Scheme) by IQAC Convenor.
The GB and IQAC meet at regular intervals to monitor the implementation of
the programmes. The IQAC plays a more active role because the standing Cell
consists of present teachers headed by the IQAC Co-ordinator, who survey the
entire college and engages in motivating the Faculty and students to realize
the targets while fulfilling regular academic obligations. The IQAC also assists
the Principal in following up with government authorities issues of funding
and infrastructural development.
6.1.3 What is the involvement of the leadership in ensuring :

the policy statements and action plans for fulfillment of the stated mission
In order to fulfill the stated mission, the Principal involves herself in every
policy decision by presiding over each and every meeting and giving her valued
opinions and suggestions. On every policy statement and action plan for the
fulfillment of the stated mission she takes advice from the members of the
IQAC Core Committee. In each IQAC and TC committee meeting things are
openly discussed and decisions are taken quite democratically.
(D 6.1.2 Principals Notice Minutes Register)
formulation of action plans for all operations and incorporation of the

same into the institutional strategic plan
Once the policies are formulated, executive committees are constituted under
the leadership of the Principal.
Interaction with stakeholders
The Principal interacts with the faculty members both teaching and nonteaching, students and the guardians whenever necessary, for a qualitative
improvement of the college. Parent-teacher meetings are held at departmental
levels as well where, if necessary, the Principal also intervenes.
Proper support for policy and planning through need analysis, research
inputs and consultations with the stakeholders
The Principal takes time out of her busy schedule and makes regular as well as
surprise visits to the departments and offices as a step to ensure excellence
everywhere and at all times. For instance the college identified a group of
students who are first generation learners and find it difficult to follow the
medium of general instruction which is English. It was decided to apply to the
UGC under the XIth Plan for starting a remedial centre, which is in place to
address the need investigated. This automatically leads to cultivation of a culture
of excellence.
Reinforcing the culture of excellence
Please refer to the earlier paragraph.
Champion organizational change
The recommendations of the Governing Body are considered wherever and
whenever possible. Suggestions from stakeholders are kept in mind. For
instance a Grievance Redressal box has been in place in response to student
demands. The setting up of a Psychological Counselling Cell under CPE is
also another instance of bringing about organizational change in response to
stakeholder demand.
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Governance, Leadership & Management
Since 2011 the college is gradually trying to evolve an organizational structure

that will achieve equilibrium between centralization and de-centralization; the
interaction level between the Principal and IQAC Coordinator, on the one hand
and the departmental heads, on the other has intensified.
( D 6.1.3. T.C.Committees)
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?
There is a constant and vigilant system of monitoring progress in which the
Principal is always actively engaged and there is a live consultation between the
Principal, the TCS (Secretary, Teachers Council), Coordinator, IQAC, Conveners
of UGC Committees and all the Heads as also those seniors in charge of key
areas. The Librarians, the Hostel super and the Head Clerk are always in touch if
policies concern their jurisdiction. Annual Reports are prepared and all progress
is documented; if targets remain unfulfilled immediately the projection for the
coming year is modified at the IQAC level.
(D 6.1.4- AQAR, Annual Report)
6.1.5 Give details of the academic leadership provided to the faculty by the top
management?
The Principal guides the Secretary of the Teachers Council, in preparing the
Academic Calendar, which comes into effect at the beginning of every Academic
Session. The TCS prepares the list of TC Committees and Principal's Committee
in consultation with the Principal.
Each department maintains a Monthly Progress Report Register to note down
the progress in teaching as per syllabus. The Principal goes through these and
gives her observations. Total number of classes taken by the teachers, class tests
taken, tutorials and special classes taken by them are also recorded there for the
Principal to note and give her comments. She carefully goes to the feedback forms
filled by students of all departments regarding their evaluation of teachers,
librarians and talks to the concerned teachers or librarians who is poorly evaluated
by her students.
(D 6.1.5 Academic Calendar, Progress Report, blank Feedback Forms)
6.1.6 How does the college groom leadership at various levels?

Professors (WBSES) and seniors in key positions are entrusted with the charge of
Principals Office in the absence of the Principal. They also head various academic
and administrative committees to run the college. The large scale academic and
cultural programmes the college hosts on regular basis speaks volumes on the
team spirit and organizational skills of the Faculty.
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Principal in her Office
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Special mention must be made here of the five PG departments (Geography,

Microbiology, Mathematics, Physics and English). These are autonomous units
for all academic and administrative matters, including fund management, within
the college. They are, for all practical purposes miniature federal structures.
Teachers of the college act as coordinators taking over the mantle of the controller
while pursuing their own academic and other activities concerning the college as
a whole.
Junior teachers work with senior teachers in various Committees of the Teachers
Council as well as in various Principals Committees. This enables them to learn
while assisting and prepares replacements as and when the seniors retire.
(See Item 6.1.2)
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?
Heads of the Departments normally take many decisions such as purchases of the
department in general for the respective departments by informing the Principal
rather than by seeking Principals permission. Again the PG departments run their
units independently though the Principal remains informed, but ex-officio in all
matters.
(See Item 6.1.2 & 6.1.6)
6.1.8 Does the college promote a culture of participative management? If yes, indicate
the levels of participative management.
The Principal prefers to take decisions democratically. Thus instead of imposing
her decisions on the faculty, she consults heads of the departments before taking
any major decision. She has a number of Principals Committees for this purpose.
The conveners of TC committees and departmental heads, the hostel super, the
librarians and the treasurers & the IQAC convener are all engaged in by the
Principal in the form of consultants.
6.2 STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT

6.2.1 Does the Institution have a formally stated quality policy ? How is it developed,
deployed and reviewed ?
Yes. The Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) is prepared every year in
correspondence with the Annual Report. In the AQAR Plan A addresses the quality
policy of the year before and records its implementation in Plan B. Plan C is the
formal blue print of the projection for the forthcoming year.
(See 6.1.4)
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6.2.2 Does the Institute have a perspective plan for development? If so, give the aspects
considered for inclusion in the plan.
The perspective plan for development involves the consultation and
correspondence between the current AQAR, the State government development
grant and the current five year plan in progress for UGC funding. From 2010 2013 for example the perspective planning took into consideration grants received
under CPE, DST-FIST scheme and DBT star status scheme.
(D:audit report, AQAR, allocation map of state development grants & UGC)
6.2.3 Describe the internal organizational structure and decision making processes
The internal organizational structure and decision making processes can be
depicted in the following chart :
6.2.4 Give a broad description of the quality improvement strategies of the institution
for each of the following :
I. Teaching & Learning
II. Research & Development
III. Community Engagement
IV. Human Resource Management
V. Industry Interaction (See in following page)
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I) TEACHING & LEARNING

Teaching aid
*1. Black board,

chalk and duster.
2. Ancient Indian
Map used by Dept.
of Geography and
History.
*3. Overhead Projector
*4. LCD Projector
*5. Computer with
internet facility
*6. Smart Board
*7. Computer lab
equipped with
C+ MINITAB
8. GPS 13(Geographical Positioning
System) - used by
Dept. of Geography.
*9. Interactive board.
10. Structural Model
for illustrating the
three dimensional
molecular structure
of organic
compounds.
- used by Dept. of
Chemistry.
11. Phoenix Box Kitused for simulation
of different
laboratory based
experiments in
Dept. of Physics.
*12. Audio visual aids
e.g. DVDs and CDs.
Assessment
Remedial/
Tutorial classes
Faculty
Improvement
Programme
Seminar
Workshop
UG
1. Monthly test
2. Midterm Examination
3. Selection test
PG
1. Semester Examination
2. Dissertation Evaluation
3. Viva voce
4. Interactive Session
5. Project Presentation
Lecture
6. Seminar defence
1. Remedial classes for

minority students.
2. Tutorial classes for
advanced learners.
3. Tutorial classes for
weak students.
4. Special Tutorial
Classes for JAM
(Chemestry & Physics
Dept.)
5. Short Lecture course
on the Introduction
to Polymer Physics.
Science departments
(Physics,Chemistry,
Botany,Zoology and
Microbiology) organised
faculty improvement
programme.
Science and arts

departments organised
seminars funded by
Institution,UGC,DBT.
(Also see 3.1.3)
1. DBT sponsored
workshops are
organised by
Physics,Chemistry,
Botany, Zoology and
Microbiology
departments.
2. UGC sponsored
workshops organised
by arts departments.
(Also see 3.1.3)
* Used by most of the Departments
II)
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

a)
Major Research Project
b) Minor Research Project
(See 3.1.5B)
III) COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

a)
NSS activity - Students of both Science and Arts departments participate in NSS
activity.
b)
Night School - Run by the boarders of College Hostel for the wards of hostel
staff and other underprivileged children of the locality.
c)
Research Project on Environment -By the first year students of Undergraduate

course.
d)
Rainwater harvesting project - Dialogue initiated with State Govt. and concerned
authority.
e)
Solar Energy Conservation - Dialogue underway with the State Government

West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency.
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Office 1
Cash Office
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f)
Butterfly Garden - Part of major research project of faculty member of Zoology

department.
g)
Wetland Project - By the following Departments :

(i) Botany, (ii) Chemistry, (iii) Geography, (iv) Microbiology,(v) Statistics and
(vi) Zoology
h)
Relief Fund - Created by faculty members for helping victims during disaster
like natural calamity etc..
i)
Principals Welfare Fund - Created by faculty members for helping financially

weak students.
IV) HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

a)
Students : Foundation is made at the UG and PG level to give exposure in Cultural,

Entrepreneurship (through Kaleidoscope), Writing skill, Public speaking, Sports,
Seminar defense along with Academics.
b)
Teachers : Faculty members are involved in academic work as well as Committee

work. The various responsibilities are coordinated with academic activities and
do not compromise the latter.
(See 2.4.3.)
V)
INDUSTRY INTERACTION
Si no Department
Date
Industry visit
Botany
2013
Vivekananda Institute of Biotechnology, Nimpith.
Chemistry
a) 2011
b) 2012
c) 2013
a) East India Pharmaceutical Works Limited, Sarsuna Factory

b) Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute.
c) NMR laboratory,Jadavpur.
Microbiology
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
Zoology
a) 2011
Economics
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Deys Medical
East India Pharmaceutical Works Limited
Mother Dairy
IFB Agro limited
Britannia Industries
Bengal Chemical Works
Anmol Biscuit And Central Drug Laboratory
Herald food and commodities Pvt and Palsons Derma
b) 2013
a) State Poultry Farm, Govt. of West Bengal, Tollygunge,

Kolkata.
b) Lac Cultivation Areas in the Purulia District.
2011
Food Processing Industry: Keventers Agro Limited, Barasat.
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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 outgoing batch of UG students fill in Feedback forms to indicate performance
of all the teachers of the respective departments, including Part Time and Guest
Teachers. They also fill in feedback forms for the Librarians and the Campus
including the Office, Library and the Canteens. Suggestions from parents are
recorded departmentally after PT meeting, PG Board of studies meetings are
minuted and all inputs are considered and integrated as far as practicable.
(D 6.2.5 Feedback forms, BOS minutes, Hostel records)
6.2.6 How does the Management encourage and support involvement of the staff in
improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the institutional processes ?
Meetings are held regularly at all levels, not only to frame policies but also to
implement them and monitor feedback on the outcome of the implementations.
Attendance of all concerned members is compulsory in these meetings. Under
special circumstances, a faculty member is permitted to change her Preparatory
Day in case such a meeting falls on her Preparatory Day.
(See 6.1.8)
6.2.7 Enumerate the resolutions made by the Management Council in the last year and
the status of implementation of such resolutions.
The Governing Body of the college meets thrice every year, in January, May and
September. The resolutions made in these meetings are meticulously recorded in
the minutes and preserved in the Principal's office. Some of the resolutions are
being implemented while the rest have been implemented.
(D 6.2.7 Minutes of Governing Body meetings)
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 institution is under dual control. It is under the Higher Education Directorate
of the Government of West Bengal for administrative purpose and under the
University of Calcutta for academic purpose. The Directorate does not have a
policy as yet in allowing the college to apply for autonomy. However it has allowed
certain highly rated departments from previous NAAC gradation to open
autonomous PG courses and the University has immediately conferred that status
on these departments.
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?
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The College has a Grievance Redressal Cell. Two senior teachers are in charge of
this cell. A Complaint Box is kept in the Library where teachers, students as well
as non teaching staff may drop letters or notes of complaint. Complaints are
promptly attended to and sought to be resolved in consultation with the Principal.
The Principal herself meets visitors during specified visiting hours which the
guardians may avail themselves of for placing their grievances directly to the
Principal for redressal of the same.
Students' grievances - through General Secretary
Teachers' grievances - through Teachers' Council Secretary
Non-teaching Staffs' grievances - through Head Clerk
(See 5.1.9)
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?
Intances of court cases are rare in this institution because the standing Disciplinary
Committee at its level consist and sorts out matters related to academic malpractice
which are mostly due to immaturity on part of the students.
Few cases have been filed by students to defend their own corrupt position and in
all instances the College has successfully defended its stand point and verdicts
have always been in favour of the College.
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?
Yes. The Principal goes through all the filled in feedback forms related to the
performances by the Teachers, Librarians and the Campus, including the Office.
She meets the teachers and librarians individually if she feels it necessary and
advises them. Annual Confidential Reports (ACR) given by the Principal also
have a reflection of the same.
For the Campus and the Office-Staff, necessary steps are taken.
Apart from the Feedback forms, there is a grievance box in which students and
teachers as well as non teaching staff, put in their grievances which are given
attention.
Above all IQAC meetings also include Performance Lacuna in the agenda.
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Secretary-Higher Education Department, Govt. W.B., Sri Vivek Kumar addressing the Platinum Jubilee gathering
Inaugural Program of PG-Bengali graced by Professor Suranjan Das, Hon'bl Vice Chancellor, Calcutta University,
Professor Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay, Pro VC (Academic) Calcutta University, Professor Basab Chaudhuri, Registrar,
Calcutta University, Sri Debashish Biswas, Inspector of Colleges.
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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?
The Principal grants duty leave to the faculty members for participating in
Orientation Program and Refresher Courses and seminars held for training
purposes i.e. related to data capture & NAAC.
DBT sponsored Faculty improvement programs are organized by the science
departments.
Librarians attended the following programs :
a) UGC sponsored workshop on Team building and Decision making in the
arena of Higher Education organized by Maulana Azad College, Kolkata
b) Training on preservation on Digital document organized by Administrative
Training Institute, Government of West Bengal.
c) Workshop on the syllabus upgradation for Bachelor of Library and
Information Science (BLIS) course organized by the Netaji Subhas Open
University (NSOU) funded by Department of Distance Education,
Government of India.
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?
Under the UGC scheme of capacity building for women managers, the college
permitted a group of teachers to participate in SAM workshop.
( D 6.3.2 SAM certificates).
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.
Monthly self appraisal forms are filled in by the faculty members which include
their attendance, hours of work, number of classes taken and multiple activities
performed. These appraisal forms are periodically sent to the Higher Education
Department, Govt. of West Bengal, after being reviewed by the Principal.
Departmental level meetings and closed door meetings with the Principal are
held whenever required to regulate discharge of allocated duties and
responsibilities of Faculty.
Non-teaching staff members are time to time called under the aegis of the
Head clerk in the presence of the Principal to ensure streamlining of operations.
(D 6.3.3 Blank self appraisal forms for monthly performance )
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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?
The relationship quotient between the Principal and faculty is very positive.
The need to appraise is rare. On those few occasions private dialogues with
the Head ( if it involves members other than the Head) in attendance are
sufficient motivating strategies.
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?
Government of West Bengal has provisions for several welfare schemes which
are available for both teachers as well as non teaching staff which are availed
through individual applications to the government.
Principals Welfare Fund which is meant for the students mainly, if necessary,
teachers may also be provided with assistance.
The college is maintaining a fund Golden Jubilee Commemorative Fund,
wherefrom the wards of the non teaching staff are awarded prize every year
once they come out successful in Secondary or Higher Secondary Examination.
Health Cards for teachers and non-teaching staffs have been issued by the
College under Governments Health Scheme.
6.3.6 What are the measures taken by the Institution for attracting and retaining eminent
faculty?
The Principal is not the appointing authority as maybe ascertained from answer
to 6.2.8. Within her limited capacity she is vigilant to see that in all seminars
enlightened educationists, social activists, philanthrophists are invited to give
maximum exposure to students.
Retired teachers in many cases are appointed as part-time teachers to provide
departmental support.
The autonomous PG departments invite specialist teachers against honorariums
as Guest Faculty to deliver short seminars on their research areas.
The College uses all possible avenues to apply for grants to which it is entitled
in the 2(f) and 12(b) category to promote research. At the institutional level
sabbatical and educational tours are always permitted.
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6.4 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCE

MOBILISATION
6.4.1 What is the institutional mechanism to monitor effective and efficient use of
available financial resources?
There are established procedures and processes for planning and allocation of
financial resources. The institution has developed strategies for mobilizing
resources and ensures transparency in financial management of the institution.
The income and expenditure of the institution are subjected to regular internal
and external audit.
Regular and prompt fund dispensation meetings under IQAC, UGC with Heads.
Allocation meetings.
Internal funds managed by Treasurers.
Internal auditing at the end of Teachers Council tenure.
Audit and utilization certificate generation for external funds such as UGC.
Seminars and Projects have dedicated treasurers.
PG departments maintain books and conduct internal audits.
Computerization of salary, arrear and fees collection.
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.
Internal audit is done by the senior faculty members selected by the Principal in
consultation with the treasurers of college fund. External audit is done by
Government Auditors. Audit of other grants ( UGC, DBT, DST ) is done by reputed
Chartered Accountants.
The last Government Audit was conducted in late 2013. The objections raised
were not addressed to any new areas but referred to schedules of updation. This is
a very common and general observation by visiting audit teams and it is usually
met with promptness.
(D 6.4.2 Audit Report)
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.
The major sources of Institutional receipts are (i) Admission and Tuition fees of
the students (ii) Development grant from State Government (iii) UGC grants (iv)
DST grants and (v) DBT grants. Apart from these, the college receives grants
from the Govt. of West Bengal for payment of salaries to its staff.
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Expenditures are incurred in such a way that there is no deficit. However, the
salary account very often shows a deficit. This is however under the direct
management of the department of Higher Education and office of the Pay &
Accounts, Govt. of West Bengal.
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 sends proposals for additional grants to the UGC, DST and DBT
under various plans and whenever necessary.
In order to meet seminar expenses the college applies for funds to various other
Institutions such as I.C.S.S.R., M.O.S.P.I. etc.
In order to meet expenses for construction of new building, repair and renovation
the college applies for both Government and UGC funds.
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 Institutional policy remains the emancipation and empowerment

of women from socially varied and even challenged background and
providing a platform to develop and sustain excellence as stated in 6.1.1
Also see Answers provided for 6.1.2 and 6.1.4
b. How many decisions of the IQAC have been approved by the management/
authorities for implementation and how many of them were actually
implemented?
The IQAC has been functioning since 2007. Since then it has met regularly
around November to frame the AQAR. (also see answer to 6.2.1).
(D 6.5.1 AQAR )
c. Does the IQAC have external members on its committee? If so, mention any
significant contribution made by them.
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The functioning unit of the IQAC of the institution comprises of a standing

committee with the Principal and senior core members. But at any given
point commensurate to the scope and magnitude of the plan and programme
external experts are invited. For example in recent years (2009) when an
International seminar involving the departments of Political Science,
Economics, Sociology was organized a body of experts deliberated with
the IQAC at the planning stage, again when the various PG courses were
being planned and academic autonomy was being conceived for these
university and subject experts joined the IQAC meetings.*
*As per UGC Plan guidelines external invited members are always part of the IQAC
d. How do students and alumni contribute to the effective functioning of the

IQAC?
The standing committee adopts the procedure mentioned in c) above and

co-opts whenever their participation is necessary. For example in certain
value education seminars alumni members were contacted to offer inputs
and even propose speakers. In a Project for recording the educational role
of Lady Brabourne College, now in progress, the IQAC co-ordinator
participated in a meeting with external members of the Womens Studies
Centre of the College to discuss and formulate collaborative parameters.
e. How does the IQAC communicate and engage staff from different constituents
of the institution?
By invitation and co-option.
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.
Please refer to the answers in 6.2.1 and 6.2.2 given earlier.
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.
As the institution is not autonomous there is no scope for such in house
programmes unless permitted by the state government. However on its own
initiative and with interaction with the IQAC of University of Calcutta the
college sends its coordinator to workshops and seminars on quality
enhancement. The idea is to learn and disseminate and to showcase the
achievements of the college especially its Best Practices.
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?
Academic Audit is carried out in the following manner:
In the PG departments academic progress and status are reviewed regularly by
Boards of Studies (BOS). Board of Studies consists of five external academic
experts appointed by the University who periodically sit with the departmental
teachers to discuss changes in syllabus, quality of teaching-learning at the PG
level and all maters pertaining to examination and results.
The Governing Body of the College also includes Government Nominee and
in the GB meetings deliberations on new courses, advanced learning, students
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progression are conducted leading to policy framing and necessary

modifications at IQAC level.
The record of classes allotted and actually taken by individual teachers is
compiled by the Institutional Head from the self appraisal of monthly
performance submitted by the faculty members. These are forwarded to the
Director of Public Instructions, Higher Education Directorate of Govt. of West
Bengal for his perusal.
(D 6.5.4 Monthly Progress Reports)
6.5.5 How are the internal quality assurance mechanisms aligned with the requirements
of the relevant external quality assurance agencies/regulatory authorities?
Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata is a wholly State Government owned
institution affiliated to the University of Calcutta. These bodies define the
parameters for academic and related quality factors to which the internal quality
assurance mechanism refer to determine holistic parameters.
The Internal quality assurance mechanism not only includes IQAC but also
the teachers as a community, and bodies like the Disciplinary Committee.
Responding the policy outlines of the Regulatory Bodies the College pursues
a system of (a) Transparent democratic admission. (b) Inclusive education,
extending facilities to challenged section of community. (c) A healthy
environment is ensured by all units of internal quality mechanism, circular
from the University Grant Commission are posted at strategic locations.
(d) Bridging between academics and progressive opportunities are given
attention by IQAC and Career Counseling Cell. (e) The IQAC arranges Value
Education Programmes in order to spread value based awareness, so that
students develop sense of social and economic justice and integrity of character.
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?
Departmental and General Staff meetings are conducted.
A system of internal assessment like class tests, monthly tests and college tests
are in place.
Tutorials are also conducted.
Student seminars, poster presentations to showcase student -level research,
dissertation and term paper presentations, are part of the regular academic
programme,
The student feedback forms mentioned in 6.2.5 also aid in assessment of
teaching-learning.
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6.5.7 How does the institution communicate its quality assurance policies, mechanisms
and outcomes to the various internal and external stakeholders?
Student Orientation Programme and the mandatory distribution of the
Prospectus.
Regularly updated college website.
Notification in print & electronic media.
Value Education Seminars and Programs are held every year during Full Session
of the College so that all internal stakeholders can participate and get involved.
In specific cases notification is made particularly for the external stakeholders.
Any other relevant information regarding Governance, Leadership and
Management which the college would like to include.
Lady Brabourne College can claim to be an extremely well organized institution
with very definite programming of all its activities.
Academic activities like Time Table management to ensure continuous,
uninterrupted teaching in concurrence with varied activities are practised. Tests
are held on schedule and results are always published on the announced date.
The campus remains disciplined under the supervision of teaching staff and
the students union allowing freedom of creativity and expression but permitting
no excesses.
The hostel is well managed with a very organized catering and lodging facility.
Its smooth running leaves the students free from mundane concerns, so that
they can fully concentrate on the pursuit of advanced learning and career plans.
The menu and quality of food are very closely monitored and efforts are regularly
made to address any rare instance serious grievance; tasty and healthy food are
provided.
The Principal maintains an administration calendar monitoring deadlines and
commitments.
Since the college is a Government run college the Principal has to keep constant
liaison with the Higher Education Department and Directorate of Government
of West Bengal. In some cases she has to maintain contact with the University
of Calcutta and Higher Education Council, West Bengal.
Academic Calendars prepared by the Principal and a team are distributed to
the faculty at the onset of the New Session. The Students Notice Boards have
it displayed as well.
There are Performance Registers in which the teachers themselves mention
the nature of regular and extraordinary duties and note the time committed
thereby. The meetings chaired by conveners outside the Principals chamber
are also minuted.
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The major events, the College Foundation Day, Re- Union Day and the
Kaleidoscope, cater to a large number of invited guests and participants. The
faculty and the students organize and manage these events with clockwork
precision and no untoward incidents mar the dignified and cheerful spirit of
celebration on these occasions.
The Foundation Day of the University of Calcutta is observed on 24th of January,
when the Principal hoists the University-Flag in the college.
The Independence Day and the Republic Day are officially observed in the
college and in the hostel.
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CRITERION VII
INNOVATIONS AND BEST PRACTICES
7.1 ENVIRONMENT CONSCIOUSNESS
7.1.1 Does the Institute conduct a Green Audit of its campus and facilities?
Lady Brabourne College has an environment friendly campus monitored by a

standing Maintenance and Beautification Committee. From time to time the
Principal holds meetings with the PWD (civil) concerning upgradation of
infrastructure and the maintenance of the garden features as one of the agenda.
Other than this tree planting ceremonies are part of the regular activities of the
College. The College has been made a plastic free zone and students are constantly
sensitized about clean and green environment through talks, postering, etc. Efforts
are under way to harvest rain water and instal solar panels for partial illumination
of the campus.
The gardening committee has entered into a contractual agreement with the
Horticultural Development Centre regarding cutting of bushes, leveling and
mowing, lawnmaking by carpet and shade loving grass, hedgemaking by Golden
Duranta, Tagar Nana and Kamini, as well as shrub-planting of different kinds at
various places as required.
Rare plants are preserved with great care. Plants are counted every year and naming
of the plants of the College garden with the help of expert taxonomist is done.
Every year both Honours and Pass students of the Department of Botany are
taken to the garden to identify, count and report on the plants of the College
garden in their field reports. These field reports are preserved by the College.
The Alumni Association has engaged additional personnel for maintaining the
front portion of the garden.
The College boasts of a medicinal plant garden in its campus. This garden is
regularly maintained and upgraded by planting medicinal plants every year. The
garden is jointly looked after by the Botany department and the Gardening
Committee.
A major research project (for three years) under the department Zoology has been
sanctioned by the University Grants Commission and a butterfly garden has been
set up and is being maintained on a two to three cottah plot in the hostel campus
of Lady Brabourne College. Having butterflies around means the biodiversity in
the area is healthy. The work will also spread cheer on the campus and get students
interested in the environment. Students will undertake a study on the status of
pollinating insects and their revival. Conservation of butterflies is critical to any
ecosystem because it is a secondary producer. Numerous birds, amphibians, reptiles
Bono Mahotsav
Green Campus
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Innovations and Best Practices
and insects are directly dependent on butterfly larvae, pupa, and butterfly egg for
survival. Saving them around our locality will help improve their habitat and will
create a healthy ecosystem. Butterflies are very specific in their choice of food
plants and plants on which they lay eggs. Absence of specific plants will cause
that particular species of the butterfly to disappear. Keeping this in mind, various
indigenous and wild plants like Akanda, varieties of citrus plants and milk weeds
which serve as food and egg laying plants have been planted to create the habitat.
Different species of butterflies like common mime, common rose, grassy yellow
etc have been released and are being bred.
Certain safety norms are followed by the Chemistry Department to protect the
environment from hazardous pollutants that are commonly produced in the
laboratories during regular practical classes, both Honours and General.
The steps adopted are as follows:
All rubbish collected from the laboratories are not directly made to flow out
through the regular drainage system but dumped in a concrete pit which was
constructed in 2005 just behind the Chemistry Laboratory to store the harmful
products till arrangements were made for their safe and suitable disposal.
Students working within the laboratory (around 300 per session) always have
the chance of exposure to toxic fumes. This is taken care of by running efficient
and multiple exhaust fans in the laboratories during class hours. This helps to
drive away the fumes and reduces their concentration within the confines of
the laboratory.
Handling of reagents which produce pungent irritating fumes are always carried
out within fume chambers built within each laboratory.
Broken glass pieces of laboratory glass apparatus are manually crushed before
disposal. However the Department is planning to install a mechanical glass
crusher to make the process faster and more efficient in the near future.
Calcutta University (Board of Studies for Chemistry) has also redesigned the
syllabus where experiments involving carcinogenic or toxic chemicals have
been reasonably reduced. Special techniques have been specified regarding
reagent handling, also to protect the young students from health hazards, like
using adaptors for pipetting organic solvents like chloroform and carbon
tetrachloride, using H2S water during qualitative analysis instead of the Kipps
Apparatus for producing hydrogen sulphide gas. Needless to say, these safety
norms are meticulously followed by the Department to make the purpose of
such rules, a success.
The College has also contacted the Kolkata Municipal Corporation for pestcontrol drives, especially, malaria and dengue-larva extermination in both
campuses. The library has a fumigation chamber for treatment of affected
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documents which are treated with para-di-chloro-benzene. A preservation unit

is also maintained where different kinds of insecticides are kept for the treatment
of affected documents.
A fire-fighting system is in place which is continuously upgraded. A transformer
has been installed for even distribution of load which will prevent outbreak of
fire.
East Kolkata Wetland Research Project: The awareness of environmental
pollution related hazards led the way for many science departments to undertake
a Major Project under CPE funding. The result is an interdisciplinary research
project on East Kolkata Wetland, its environment and locality. The project
was undertaken by the departments of Botany, Zoology, Microbiology,
Chemistry, Geography and Statistics. The main objective was the assessment
of viability of a conservation strategy in a developing country like India. The
East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW) is situated between 2225' to 2240' N and
8820' to 8835' E and adjacent to the eastern part of Kolkata bordering the
Salt Lake township on the one hand and the upcoming new township at Rajarhat
on the other.The total area is 12,500 hectares. It was named Ramsar site in
November 2002.
Uniqueness of East Kolkata Wetland:i.
Worlds largest waste water fed aquaculture system.
ii. Waste recycling region.

iii. Recovery of nutrients through productive activities like pisciculture and
agriculture. It is rightly called the best example of integrated resource
recovery being involved in activities like vegetable farming on garbage
dumped fields, waste water-fed fish cultivation and winter paddy farming
using fishpond effluent. There are 254 sewage fed fisheries.
iv. 10,500 tons of table fish per year.
v. 150 tons of fresh vegetables daily.
vi. Providing livelihoods for more than 50,000 people directly and as many
as indirectly.
vii. It helps in Flood control in urban Kolkata.
viii.To safeguard it, its Biodiversity is to be preserved.
Its Biodiversity covers: 100 plant species
Rare mammals including the marsh mongoose, the small Indian mongoose
palm and the threatened Indian mud turtle.
40 species of birds, both local and migratory.
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Rich biodiversity of microorganisms.

The East Kolkata Wetland is located in a low-lying region. It was once covered
with salt-water marshes. These salt-water marshes were between the River
Hooghly in the West and the Bidyadhari River to the East.
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation area generates roughly 600 million litres
of sewage and wastewater everyday and more than 2500 metric tons of garbage.
The wastewater is led by underground sewers to the pumping stations in the
eastern limit of the city, and then pumped into open channels. The responsibility
of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation ends with the reaching of the wastewater
to the outfall channels. Thereafter, the sewage and wastewater is drawn into
the fisheries of the East Kolkata Wetland by the owners of the fisheries, where
within a few days detention, bio-degradation of the organic compounds of the
sewage and wastewater takes place. Such a wetland should be a treasure island
of microbes, flora and fauna.
(D 7.1.1 Field Reports)
7.1.2 What are the initiatives taken by the College to make the campus eco-friendly?
Energy conservation Over the last five decades we have been witnessing the escalating demand for
energy in all fields. The demand for fossil fuels has increased to a huge extent
and this in turn has a huge impact on various ecological factors. People sought
new and renewable sources as an alternative way to meet the rising demand
for energy. One of the promising and virtually inexhaustible sources of energy
is the Sun. Solar energy can be harnessed and used to produce electricity with
the help of photovoltaic cells or solar cells. Although each cell produces only
a small amount of electricity, the cells, when linked together into solar arrays
can meet larger requirements. Sun is an extremely clean energy source which
produces neither any air pollution nor any hazardous waste. Lady Brabourne
College has planned to set up solar panels on the roof tops of the buildings in
the main campus as well as in the hostel campus. The solar energy thus produced
can be used to run the various electrical and electronics laboratories and can
also be used for outdoor lighting of our campus. The panel at the hostel can be
used to generate electricity for running geysers which will help the students
especially during the winter months. WBREDA (West Bengal Renewable
Energy Development Authority) will help us to install a 1 KWp Solar PV
Power Plant.
To avoid harmful effects of X-ray radiations, separate chamber for X-ray
laboratory is under construction using DBT-star grant and also some assistance
from PWD (Civil) West Bengal. The inner wall of the chamber is to be lead
shielded. Also X-ray protective lead jacket (2 Nos.) will be procured for the
students experimenting in the X-ray laboratory.
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National Science Day
IQAC Organised Value Education Seminar
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We are in the process of using solar energy in our laboratory as a clean,

renewable and sustainable source of energy. For this purpose we are going to
install solar laboratory which will open up research facilities for the students.
Different properties of solar radiation and its efficiency during the year will be
studied in the laboratory.
Cleanliness in the laboratories is maintained, by regular dusting and wiping
apart from which most of the instruments are kept covered to protect from
dust and obtain better efficiency.
As PG course in Physics has started since 2007 there is scarcity of laboratory
space, so UG optics laboratory is shared by the PG students. Paucity of space
compels not more than two students at a time. To avoid this claustrophobic
condition, air-conditioning is in the process.
To maintain the cleanliness in the Computer Laboratory and keeping the
Laboratory dust free as much as possible, shoe rack has been stationed just
outside the lab. The floor is covered with vinyl sheet and its cleanliness is
maintained regularly. For better maintenance of the cleanliness, we are in
process of procuring vacuum cleaner.
Energy conservation is ascertained also in the following manner:
Use of windows or skylights for daylight, with ways to control excessive

light and/or glare.
Lights are turned off when students are not around, and windows provide
light where possible.
Mercury vapour lights in outdoors have been replaced with metal halide.
Occupancy sensors to shut off lights when rooms are not in use have been
installed.
Doors and windows have tight seals and are closed when the air conditioner
is running.
Fans are turned off when the rooms are unoccupied.
Printers, copiers are turned off at the end of the day, as also desk lamps
when not in use.
Sleep mode on computers and monitors are activated.
Equipments are checked regularly for proper operation and maintenance

needs.
Use of renewable energy Solar light in the College campus

Rain water harvesting:
Rainwater harvesting is an innovative alternative water supply approach.
Rainwater harvesting captures, diverts, and stores rainwater for later use.
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Implementing rainwater harvesting is beneficial because it reduces demand on

existing water supply, and reduces run-off, erosion, and contamination of surface
water. Rainwater can be used for nearly any purpose that requires water.
Lady Brabourne College has undertaken a project for Rain Water Harvesting
in collaboration with State Water Investigation Directorate, West Bengal.
Rain water will be collected from the rooftop of College and Hostel building
with the help of gutters and downspouts. These downspouts will be channelized
to lead the collected rain water up to a filter bed. The rain water will be filtered
and then be recharged to the nearest aquifer hereafter through a newly
constructed bore well. The harvested water can be used as drinking water as
well as for storage and other purposes like irrigation.
Check dam construction - As the College is in an urban area this is not under
the purview of the institution.
Carbon neutrality:
Plantation of trees & maintenance of adequate greenery in the College campus.
Green plants are instrumental in consuming Carbon-dioxide (mainly released
as an automobile exhaust and also during exhalation) and releasing oxygen
which is vital for respiration.
All cars parked inside the College pertain to anti-pollution standards. This
minimizes the release of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, the key
ingredients of automobile waste.
By turning off equipments when not in use.
Use of low energy light bulbs.
Efficient use of air-conditioner.
Use of inverter instead of Generator in the laboratories.
Plantation Every year in the 3rd week of July our College observes Banmohotsav under the
supervision of the Gardening Committee of the College. On the occasion new
plants are planted by the Principal. Students of the College also plant many
medicinal plants in the College garden.
Lady Brabourne College has a medicinal garden in its campus. In this garden
medicinal plants are planted during the rainy season.
Hazardous waste management a) Periodic checks by efficient personnel from Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics.
b) Radioactive compounds are disposed of by the Chemistry dept.
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c) Chemicals are disposed off by the Chemistry dept

d) Waste from Chemistry labs are disposed off in sealed containers.
e) Disposal of pathogenic bacteria by Microbiology department.
f) The microorganisms used and grown in different media for teaching and
research purposes are sterilized after use by autoclaving. It is done by the
students after class and also by the laboratory assistants.
g) Waste water is used for culturing Purple Non sulfur phototrophic bacteria which
can decrease the chemical load in waste water.
h) Animals after experiment are buried in the back yard.
i) Acid digestion is done in special chamber.
E-waste management e-waste matter is written off and carried away from the
campus by appointed agencies for destruction.
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.
A Psychological Counseling Cell functions in a unit in the College since 2011.
Trained psychiatrists visit regularly to counsel students and sensitize them on
the art of stress management.
A Womens Studies Centre has been established in 2010, dedicated to address
women-centric social, political, legal issues. It actively pursues exploration of
feminist studies; it also organizes talks, seminars, workshops, awareness
programme and film-shows. It regularly publishes ISBN books and newsletters
regularly.
Value Education seminars are held on spiritual and health issues and are
permanent fixtures in the College calendar.
Students are made aware of humanitarian issues through awareness programmes
by the NSS unit and voluntary fund raising activities so that they remain
conscious of national calamities such as the Uttarakhand floods.
The fitness centre has been better equipped with government funds to encourage
the habit of regular exercise.
Computerized fees collection by Bank on a fixed date and it is done on a half
yearly basis. Smart attitude, faster method, less burden for the students and
that ultimately results in higher collection.
Admission is totally on-line. As a result there is very little margin for academic
or financial error.
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NSS Health Camp in progress
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90% of the library has been computerized. Efforts are under way to make it
fully air-conditioned to ensure a dust-free environment.
Phase by phase air conditioning is under way, again to promote and sustain
dust-free environment of research and advanced learning areas.
Digitization of rare manuscripts is being considered on a larger scale.
Result management software has been customized in various PG departments
to help autonomous academic management.
A generator is in place to ensure uninterrupted power supply during events
and examinations. AMC is in place so that the generator is kept in prime
condition not only to ensure power supply but also to sustain clean and green
environment.
An Awareness Programme on ADOLESCENT HEALTH FOR GIRLS in
association with The Adolescent Health Committee of the Bengal Obstetric &
Gynecological Society was organized for the benefit of the students who
enthusiastically participated.
As part of a project entitled Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, Belief and
Practice of the Woman in Kolkata towards Cervical Cancer and its Risk
Assessment an awareness programme was organized. The aim was to spread
awareness about cervical cancer as according to WHO estimates, more than 1,
30,000 Indian women are diagnosed with the disease every year. Early detection,
low cost detection methodologies, and treatment of cervical precancerous
lesions were discussed to enable both teachers and students to become aware
of these issues as also to spread awareness among others.
To teach the students in a more illustrative and comprehensive way, teachers
of most Science Departments use LCD projector and OHP in the class room.
Students are given internet access for using e-library under the supervision of
the teachers.
Students visit premier research laboratories of the country and also present
what they have learnt during their visit followed by an interactive session.
This is under the curriculum of PG students.
In the PG course, students do projects in their final semester under the guidance
of both in house faculties as well as under the faculties of other Research
Institutes.
Each Department organizes monthly seminar, on various current interesting
topics in which eminent research workers are being invited. Students
participation in the question session is highly appreciated by the speakers.
Students are also motivated to participate and present their work in various
seminars and workshops organized by the other departments of the College as
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well as other academic Institutes.

The Physics Department publishes Annual Science Magazine Annwesa (Wall)
on the current topics of the respective year.
Almost all departments from time to time organize National level seminars,
workshops as well as in house interdisciplinary workshops in which students
are encouraged to take leading roles.
A Telescope is set up by the Physics department to view the solar and lunar
eclipses in such a way that all students of our College can avail the opportunity.
Students design interesting experiments, power point presentation and outlay
posters under the guidance of the teachers.
Just like the Science departments, the Department of English has an audiovisual unit for its students to make teaching-learning more interesting.
The Post Graduate students of the English department are made to write term
papers in their first year course of study and dissertations in their second year
which facilitate and orient them towards research and higher studies.
Under Graduate students are encouraged to do projects which help in original
research work.
An e-library is being set up for students to get access to books that are at times
unavailable in the market or too expensive to buy. It also ensures quick access
to the book(s) needed.
7.3 BEST PRACTICES

BEST PRACTICE I
NSS Unit I and NSS Unit II coordinated their efforts to work extensively with Gorachand
Lane Slum situated behind the College Campus.
The Objective
The target group of women to be sensitized on basic health and hygiene to promote
community health. As wives, mothers and the segment earning livelihood the
women were selected as the target group for promoting community welfare.
The other target group of slum children was selected because they were the future
of not only the community but had the potential to become more sensitized and
valued citizens of a better tomorrow.
The Context
It is well known that city slums are places of unhealthy congestion with minimum or no
hygienic amenities. They are hubs of ignorance of healthy activity involving children
despite the fairly widespread awareness of school education; nutritional facts are
unknown or considered in a casual fashion and so chronic childhood diseases like
diarrhoea, typhoid, jaundice etc are common occurrences. Women are paradoxically
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the chief breadwinners but also subject to exploitation and domestic violence;
consequently they cannot channelize the required effort to sound child-rearing and better
upkeep of their household environment. The NSS Units decided that piecemeal activities
are not the need but a sustained camp and continuous interaction between the two groups
of stakeholders concerned namely the slum dwellers and the College students as
community workers should be organized.
The Practice
The Program officers of NSS Unit II concentrated on the Gorachand Lane Slum. This
slum had been brought under the Colleges extension activity scheme since 10th
November, 2009. The Unit re-motivated the target group of children to continue to
attend classes tutored by the College students in the Adjoining Hostel Campus on five
days of the week from 5pm to 7pm. They were encouraged to consider themselves as
part of the Brabourne family so that they shed their reluctance. As part of the interface
activity they are also made part of the team which clean the College Campus and spend
time in the garden every Saturday.
The Camp conducted from 15.2 2012 to 21.2.2012 gave a first day exposure on the
value and need of NSS activity by Sri P.K.Patnaik, Youth Officer, NSS Regional Centre.
On the very first day groups were formed from among College students and a
detailed fact finding mission was undertaken to Gorachand Lane to collect
information and sample data from the target group of women about their domestic
problems.
On 17th February 2012, after a green audit and tree plantation drive the slum
children were given detailed exposure on personal health and hygiene. The
instruction was given in short simple statements and interactive mode; the stress
was on adopting simple measures and following a regimen; the aim was that
keeping to the basics will provide the impetus to grow clean and healthy habits.
On 19th February, 2012 about 100 children from the slum were given free lunch;
the menu was simple, wholesome and nutritious and apart from making the camp
a joyful social gathering to nurture fellow feeling the aim was also to demonstrate
that food simply and cleanly prepared can be very nutritious.
Impact of the Practice

The women were surprisingly candid and as they know the College as a vigilant
participant in their area and relate well with the young women because of the frequent
visits of their children to the campus they came out with their problems. The mission
served as the beginning of a basic data base that could be developed with further such
camps and the collected information may well become the genesis of a larger social
welfare project in the future.
The children benefited on the level of awareness and health but above all the frequent
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Paying Homage to Rabindranath Tagore on his Death Anniversary
Annual Function
Annual Sports
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exposure to a caring and friendly group of youth dissipated much of ingrained social
inhibitions and also removed much of fear of higher education which for the NSS Unit
was a most positive sign.
Obstacles faced and Overcome
The obstacles encountered in working at the Gorachand Lane Slum were not particular
but part of a general social picture of the city where inequalities and mal-distribution of
resources are perennial problems. The group of students forming the lead groups, though
very eager to do their bit for such a worthy cause faced some amount of parental objection.
This led some of the students to become unsure of their participation. Then again in the
slum the women though very willing to share their problems faced quite a lot of pressure
from local clubs and the men-folk. It seems the local pressure groups feared police
activity in the face of candid confession.
However patient counseling undertaken by the programme officer and some of the
more resilient students did the trick. It took some time but the ice was broken after the
first few sessions; a great deal of motivational talk by the Youth Officer of NSS Regional
Centre also paved the ground for the interactive camp.
Contact Details
THE PRINCIPAL
P1/2, Suhrawardy Avenue
Kolkata 700 017
West Bengal.
Telephone (O) 033-22897720
E mail:prl@ladybrabourne.com
Website:ladybrabourne.com
BEST PRACTICE II
In 2013 Lady Brabourne College hosted the 29th Annual Conference of Paschimbanga
Itihas Samsad and organized along with a UGC sponsored National level seminar on
The Colonial Bengal: The Making of Womens Education.
The Objectives:
Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad being a premier Research Institute of History and a body
which aims at popularizing the study of History through vernacular, held its 29th annual
Conference in Lady Brabourne College on 24th and 25th of January, 2013. A UGC level
seminar was also organized by the department of History of LBC on The Colonial
Bengal: The Making of Womens Education to sensitize the students about the condition
of women in the colonial period and their emancipation through education; the hurdles
crossed by a teeming millions of known and unknown women, who wanted to read and
be liberated from the clutches of dark beliefs and superstitions and above all, from
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patriarchy. This attempt to learning was collaborated by a section of urban, middleclass,

English educated Bengali male intelligentsia whose objective was to create a new
Bengali woman. But once allowed to traverse the path of education, women began to
break barriers mainly social and cultural, sometimes even political, if not economic.
Thus colonial rule and its close relation to reforms and awakening of Bengal were tied
up with the Womens question and this roadmap to modernism was the theme of this
Seminar.
The Context:
The modern urban woman needs to know the trajectory of liberal education, modernism,
and role of women in it. The seminar was aimed at unfolding the role played by men to
get their better-halves educated, role of colonial government, and of course the responses
of women to these endeavours. Needless to say, that among the broader horizon of
womens urges to get education, the smaller perspectives of minorities attempt for the
same target was not missed. The different courses of educating women pursued by
different communities, classes and in different regions were taken note of. Eventually
how a separate identity of women was set upon to be formulated, was the basic enquiry
made by the speakers.
The Practice:
The seminar organized by the department of History, Lady Brabourne College, was
entitled The Colonial Bengal: The Making of Womens Education. The Annual
Conference of Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad was inaugurated by Professor Narayani
Gupta and the keynote address was given by Prof. Uma Chakravarti. The four Sectional
Presidents were:
Prof. Upinder Singh,-Ancient India, Prof. Amit De-Medieval India, Prof. Shyamapada
Bhowmick-Modern India and Prof. Swapna Bhattarchryya- Countries outside India.
The speakers of the seminar were Prof. Rachona Chakraborty University of Calcutta,
Prof. Sonia Nishat Amin of Dhaka University and Dr. Manowara Hossain of Hastings
College of Women.
The first and the second day of the conference saw papers presented by delegates and
scholars who came from throughout the country and even from Bangladesh, our
neighbouring country.
Impact: The Conference helped to add another feather to the academic cap of Lady
Brabourne College. The students were greatly benefitted from the lectures of the
renowned scholars and historians who are stalwarts in different fields of historical
research by listening to them. Thus the seminar fulfilled the objective in more than one
way.
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Contact Details
The Principal,
Lady Brabourne College,
P1/2, Suhrawardy Avenue,
Kolkata 700 017,
West Bengal.
Telephone (O) 033-22897720
E mail:prl@ladybrabourne.com
Website:ladybrabourne.com
It may be mentioned that keeping compatibility with the two latest AQARs the Best Practices
have been presented in the SSR. The Institution however has many other Best Practices as
AQARs show.
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Letter - Monitoring Pollution within Campus (Item 7.1.1)
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Letter - Solar PV Power Plant (Item 7.1.1)
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Letter No. 1 - Rain Water Harvesting (Item 7.1.1)
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Letter No. 2 - Rain Water Harvesting (Item 7.1.1)
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Evaluative Reports
of the Departments
Professor Siuli Sarkar

M.A., Ph.D (Calcutta University)
Principal, Lady Brabourne College
PUBLICATIONS
Books:
1.
Book entitled Rajnaitik Tatwa : Paschimi Chintadhara (jointly with Payal Bose),
Progressive Publishers, 2012.
2.
Book entitled District Politics and Administration: First Phase of the Red Panchayats in
West Bengal, Scholar Publications, Kolkata, 2010
3.
Book entitled Public Administration in India, PHI Learning, New Delhi, January, 2010
4.
Book entitled Kolkata Hawkers: A Chronicle of Deprivation, Discontent and Struggle,

World View Publications, Kolkata, 2009.
5.
Book entitled Ei Aamader Desh, Leena Publication, April 2006
Articles in Edited Volumes:

1.
Female Hawkers in Some Third World Cities, Contemporary Social Problems in India,
Vol II, Daya Publishing House, New Delhi (in press).
2.
Women and Literature: Some Female Writers and Female Characters in Bengali
Literature, The Other Universe, Edited Book of Womens Studies Centre, Lady Brabourne
College, Setu Publishers (in press).
Journals:
1.
A Review Article on a book entitled Self-Finance of the Local Government: Experience

of West Bengal Panchayats, by Dr. Panchanan Chattopadhyay, Professor and Head,
Department of Political Science, Assam University, Socialist Perspective (in press).
2.
SocioEconomic Profile of the Street Hawkers of Kolkata, Journal of Sociological

Association of West Bengal (in press).
3.
Article on Journey of the West Bengal Panchayats (1978-2012), Socialist Perspective,

December 2012 - March 2013, Vol. 40, No. 3-4.
4.
Some Peculiar Features of Street Hawking in Kolkata, Jadavpur University Journal of

Sociology, Volume 6, No. 6, Jadavpur University, 2012.
5.
Partisan Politics and a Crack in the Red Fort of West Bengal, The Lady Brabourne
College Journal of Social Sciences, Vol II, 2011.
6.
Participation of the Weaker Gender: India Now and Then, Politicus, Vol 1, No.2,
July-December, 2009, Ashutosh College Publication (Invited Contribution).
7.
Female Representation in Indian Panchayats Socialist Perspective, Vol.37, Nos, 1-2,

June 2008 - September 2009.
8.
Political Orientation of the Street Hawkers of Kolkata, The West Bengal Political
Science Review, Volume XI, No.2, July-December, 2008.
9.
Communications Between the Panchayats and the Marginalized: A Development

Perspective, Socialist Perspective, Vol.35, No1-2, June-September, 2007.
10. The Study of the West Bengal Zilla Parishad and the Relevance of the Communications
Perspective, The West Bengal Political Science Review, Vol. X, No.1, January-June,
2007.
Seminar Proceedings:
1.
Administration of Female Education in West Bengal: a 21st Century Scenario, West

Bengal Political Science Review, 2014 (in press).
2.
Unwanted Effects of Globalization on Indian Economy, Conference Volume of the

34th Annual Conference of Bengal Economic Association, organized by the Department
of Economics, Lady Brabourne College, February, 2014 (in press).
3.
Swami Vivekananda, Conference Volume of UGC-sponsored National Seminar on

Swami Vivekanandas Vision and Its Relevance in the Contemporary World, organized
by Lady Brabourne College in collaboration with Ramakrishna Sarada Mission
Vivekananda Vidyabhavan, March, 2013.
4.
Beauty of the Three Classical Indian Languages, Conference Volume of UGC-sponsored

National Seminar on Comparative Aesthetics of the Sanskrit, Persian and Hindi Literature,
organized by the Departments of Sanskrit, Persian and Hindi, Lady Brabourne College,
April, 2013 (in press).
5.
Gender Disparities in Health, Conference Volume of UGC-sponsored National Seminar

on Social Inequality: Some Contemporary Issues of India, organized by the Departments
of Political Science and Sociology, Lady Brabourne College, March, 2013 (in press).
6.
Status of Muslims in West Bengal and Gujarat: A Comparative Study, Proceedings of

the International Seminar on Globalization, Capitalist Crisis & Inclusive Development:
Myths and Reality, Lady Brabourne College, 2011.
7.
Diaries and Memoirs:Autobiography of Rassundari Dasi, Conference Volume of UGCsponsored National Seminar on History Through Reminiscence: Diaries, Memoirs &
Oral History, organized by the Department of History, Maulana Azad College and
Paschimbanga Itihas Sansad, 2011 (in press).
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8.
Akbars Benevolent Administration: An Objective Analysis, Administration, Politics

and Society in Medieval India 1206-1707 A.D., UGC-Sponsored National Seminar
organized by the Departments of Political Science and Islamic History and Culture,
Maulana Azad College, October, 2010.
9.
Article on Socio-political Behaviour of the Underprivileged in WBPSA, Ninth Annual

Conference Souvenir, March, 2007.
Pre-Publication Review
1.
Pre-publication reviewer of Pearson Text Books on Political Science Honours, 2011.
2.
Pre-publication reviewer of Higher Secondary Text Books, appointed by West Bengal

Council of Higher Education, 2006.
Lectures Delivered/ Paper Presentation

1.
Psychological Nourishment: The impact of Christmas Carol, inaugural lecture at a

National Seminar on Psychological Enrichment of Students:Role played by Ethics and
Literature, organized by the Departments of Philosophy & Urdu in collaboration with
Psychological Counselling Cell, Lady Brabourne College, April, 2014.
2.
Female Education in West Bengal: A 21st Century Scenario, at the 15th Annual
Conference of the WBPSA on Contemporary Trends in Politics and Political Science,
March, 2014.
3.
Rabindranather Mayar Khela, the inaugural lecture at a seminar organized by the

Alumni Association of Lady Brabourne College, February, 2014.
4.
Positive and Negative Results of Globalization in the Socio-economic Sector of India,

the inaugural lecture in the 34th Annual Conference of Bengal Economic Association in
collaboration with the Punjab National Bank, ICSSR and Council for Higher Education,
Government of West Bengal, organized by the Department of Economics, Lady Brabourne
College, February, 2014.
5.
Some Suggestions Regarding the Present Structure of West Bengal Panchayats, invited
lecture in a One-day Workshop on The Challenges Before the Fourth State Finance
Commission, organized by the Centre for Decentralization and Rural Reconstruction,
Rabindra Bharati University, January, 2014.
6.
Two consecutive lectures on The Concept of Public Welfare in India, Refresher Course,
Department of Sanskrit, University of Calcutta, 18th September, 2013.
7.
Saratchandra Chattopadhyay: Byakti o Srashta, seminar organized by the Alumni

Association of Lady Brabourne College in collaboration with the Department of Bengali,
Lady Brabourne College on Saratchandra Chattopadhyay, September, 2013.
8.
Panchayats of West Bengal:Strength and Weakness, invited lecture in One-day

Workshop on Decentralization and the Financing of Local Governments in West Bengal,
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organized by the State Finance Commission in collaboration with Sampling and Official
Statistics Unit, I.S.I, Kolkata, July, 2013.
9.
Messages of Education at various Stages of Life, invited lecture at Mahavir Institute

of Education and Research, May, 2013.
10. Comparative Aesthetics of Literature, lecture delivered at UGC sponsored National

Level Seminar organized by the Departments of Sanskrit, Hindi & Persian, Lady
Brabourne College, April, 2013.
11. Female Education in India in the Twenty First Century, an invited lecture at UGC
sponsored National Level Seminar on Education organized by the Institute of Education
for Women, Hastings House, Government of West Bengal, March, 2013.
12. Kinds of Social Inequality in India, Lecture delivered at UGC sponsored National
Level Seminar organized by the Departments of Political Science and Sociology, Lady
Brabourne College, March, 2013.
13. Visions of Swami Vivekananda, lecture delivered at UGC sponsored National Level
Seminar organized by all the Departments of Lady Brabourne College, March, 2013.
14. Womens Movements in India, lecture delivered at seminar organized by Agami Nirman,
an NGO and Womens Studies Centre, Lady Brabourne College, March, 2013.
15. Vote daan ekti mulyaban adhikar o kartabya (in Bengali), an invited lecture delivered
at National Voters Day, organized by Basanti Devi College in collaboration with District
Election Officer (Kolkata South) and Director of Land Records and Surveys and Joint
Land Reforms Commission, West Bengal, January, 2013.
16. Female Education in Colonial Bengal, lecture delivered at Annual Conference of
Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad, January, 2013.
17. Invited lecture delivered on Value of Education at the Annual Function of Udvaas, an
NGO, January, 2013.
18. Women and the Value of Education, National Level Seminar on Socio-Economic Reality
in the Present Scenario, organized by Durgapur Centre For Urban Development,
December, 2012.
19. Womens Achievements in Literature, talk given at a seminar on Women and Literature
held at Lady Brabourne College organized by the Womens Studies Centre, Lady
Brabourne College, October, 2012.
20. Consumer Rights and their Protection talk given at a seminar on Consumer Rights
held at Lady Brabourne College organized by the Department of Consumer Affairs and
Fair Business Practices, Government of West Bengal, September, 2012.
21. Mental and Physical Health of Girls in West Bengal, lecture delivered at an Awareness
Programme on Adolescent Health for Girls organized by the Adolescent Health Committee
of Bengal Obstetric and Gynecological Society, August, 2012.
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22. Women and their Achievements, lecture delivered at the United Bank of India on the
occasion of International Womens Day Celebration, March, 2012.
23. Female Hawkers as a Class, Two consecutive lectures at an Orientation Programme
organized by the Academic Staff College, University of Calcutta, February, 2012.
24. Violence Against Women in West Bengal, lecture delivered at a seminar on Women
and Violence organized by the Womens Studies Centre, Lady Brabourne College,
February, 2012.
25. Let us Talk Bengal, a talk given at a workshop on Contemporary Bengal held at
St.Xaviers College organized in joint collaboration with Department of Political Science,
St.Xaviers College and Department of Political Science, Lady Brabourne College,
September, 2011.
26. Role of the Second Chamber in Modern Democracy, a lecture delivered at a seminar
on Democracy and Second Chamber held at Lady Brabourne College organized by West
Bengal Political Science Association in collaboration with Department of Political Science,
Lady Brabourne College, September, 2011.
27. Political Science: Concept, Nature and Approaches, Extension Lecture given at
Ramakrishna Sarada Mission, Vivekananda Vidya Bhavan, February, 2010.
28. Paper on Socio-Political Behaviour of the Underprivileged, presented at the Ninth
Annual Conference of WBPSA, 17 March 2007.
29. An Ethnographic Study of the Street Hawkers of Kolkata, presented in a U.G.C
supported workshop on Governance organized under the DRS Programme, Department
of Political Science, Calcutta University, December, 2006.
30. Feminism and Politics, lecture delivered as a resource person at the Orientation
Programme for College and University Teachers, organized by the Academic Staff College
(UGC), University of Calcutta, February 2006.
31. Interactive Lecture on Paschim Banger Tristar Panchayati Raj Byabastha organized
by the Netaji Subhas Open University and Gyan Vani FM Channel, broadcasted on 30
January, 2006.
32. Interactive lecture on Rajniti o Prashasan: Parasparik Samparka organized by the
Netaji Subhas Open University and Gyan Vani FM Channel, broadcasted on 18 January,
2006.
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RESEARCH
Research Project:
1.
U.G.C sponsored Minor Research ProjectSocio-Political Behaviour of the

Underprivileged: A Study of the Street Hawkers of Kolkata submitted in April 2008.
Other Research Activities:

1.
Ph.D Thesis Examiner of Burdwan University, 2013.
2.
Ph.D Thesis Examiner of Banasthali University, Rajasthan, 2012
3.
Recognised as supervisor for Ph.D Programme in Political Science of Calcutta University

since 27.08.2011. Smt. Anasuya Chatterjee, Head of Department, Political Science,
Kanailal Bhattacharya College, Howrah is working as Ph.D scholar under her supervision
in a project "Working Women in the Formal & Informal Sectors : A Case Study of
Kolkata".
TEACHING
Teaching at Undergraduate Level:
1.
Lady Brabourne College, University of Calcutta, at Honours level, from February 1,

2011 - till date as Professor.
2.
Hooghly Mohsin College, University of Burdwan, at Honours level, from July 23, 2010
- January 31, 2011 as Professor.
3.
Lady Brabourne College under University of Calcutta, both at Honours and General
level from July 1, 1987 to July 22, 2010 as Lecturer, Assistant Professor and Associate
Professor.
4.
Deshbandhu College for Girls under University of Calcutta, both at Honours and General
level from March 26, 1987 to June 30, 1987.
5.
Lady Brabourne College under University of Calcutta, both at Honours and General
level from July 1, 1986 - June 30, 1987 as part time lecturer.
Teaching at Postgraduate Level:

1.
Hooghly Mohsin College under University of Burdwan, from July 23, 2010 - January
31, 2011
Examinership, Paper-Setting
1.
Paper-setter, Moderator, Head Examiner, Examiner and Scrutinizer for B.A. Honours
and General Examination of the University of Calcutta.
2.
Scrutinizer for M.A. examination, University of Calcutta.
3.
Paper-setter B.A and M.A. examinations, Netaji Subhas Open University.
4.
Examiner, Political Science Honours examination, St. Xaviers (Autonomous) College,

Kolkata.
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5.
Paper-setter, Head Examiner and Examiner of WBCS and other Civil Service
Examinations of the West Bengal Public Service Commission.
6.
Paper setter and Moderator for Higher Secondary Examination, West Bengal Council
for Higher Secondary Education.
7.
Member of Higher Secondary Syllabus Committee.
8.
Member, PG Board of Studies, Burdwan University.
9.
Paper Setter of UG (Honours) and PG Examinations of Burdwan University.
10. Moderator of the West Bengal Council of Rabindra Open School.

ADMINISTRATIVE/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Academic Administration:
1.
Member of Disciplinary Committee, University of Calcutta, June 2012 - till date.
2.
Member of Senate, University of Calcutta, February, 2012 - till date.
3.
Member, Academic Advisory Committee, UGC-Academic Staff College, University of

Calcutta, January, 2012 - till date.
4.
Principal, Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata, February 1, 2011 - till date.
5.
Chairman (Ex-officio) Board of Studies of the Postgraduate Departments of Mathematics,

Physics, Microbiology, Geography, English and Bengali (2014-till date), Lady Brabourne
College, February 1, 2011 - till date.
6.
Life Member, West Bengal Political Science Association, since 2008.
7.
Life Member, Indian Political Science Association, since 2007.
8.
Life Member, Council for Political Studies, Kolkata, since 2006.
Selection Committee:
1.
Member, Selection Committee for selection of Assistant Professor for Government

Colleges, Public Service Commission, West Bengal, 2014.
2.
Vice Chancellors Nominee, Selection Committee to select Associate Professors and

Assistant Professors at Sidhu-Kanhu-Birsa University, June, 2012.
3.
Vice Chancellors Nominee, Selection Committee to select Associate Professors and

Assistant Professors at Gour Banga University, December, 2011.
4.
Member, Selection Committee to select Lecturer against FIP at Ramkrishna Sarada

Mission Vivekananda Vivekananda Vidyabhavan, August, 2010.
5.
Member, Selection Committee to select Assistant Head Mistress of West Bengal Tribal
Welfare School, organized by the West Bengal Public Service Commission, February,
2010.
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Organizing Seminar/Conference
1.
Organized Twelve UGC/CPE sponsored National Seminars during February, 2011 till
date.
2.
Joint Convenor of an International Conference on Globalization, Capitalist Crisis and

Inclusive Development: Myths and Reality held in December, 2009 organized by the
Departments of Economics, Political Science and Sociology, Lady Brabourne College,
Kolkata.
Sessions Chaired
1.
Session in an International Conference on Religion and Globalization: A Changing

Perspective Organized by the Centre for the Study of Religion and Society, Department
of Sociology, Jadavpur University, December 2012.
2.
Session at a UGC-sponsored State Level Seminar on Position of Women in India,

organized by Hooghly Mohsin College in collaboration with Paschim Banga Itihas
Samsad, September, 2010.
3.
Session at a UGC sponsored National Seminar on The Role of the Hooghly District in
Spreading Education in Bengal, on the Occasion of 175th Year Celebration of Hooghly
Mohsin College, August 2010.
4.
Session in a Research Workshop on Internationalizing Research and Collaboration:

Australian Fellowship, Exchange and Study Abroad Programmes, organized by the Indian
Association for the Study of Australia, Eastern Region and the Heritage Institute of
Technology, Kolkata, 30 March, 2009.
5.
Session in an International Conference on Landscapes and Rivers: Symbolizing Cultural

Linkages between Australia and India, Organized by the Indian Association for the
Study of Australia, Eastern Region and the University of New South Wales, Australia,
22-23 January, 2009.
Felicitations and Honours

1.
Invited by Agami Nirman, an NGO, as their Special Guest to their research-based annual
musical programme, April, 2014.
2.
Invited as a Special Guest by the Eastern Railway Mens Congress Womens Council on
the occasion of the publication of their tri-lingual literary magazine Shreeja, March,
2014.
3.
Nominated as one of the members of the Expert Committee of the UGC-New Delhi,
December 9-13, 2013.
4.
Felicitated by I-Lead, an Educational Institute for Exemplary leadership qualities and

outstanding contribution in the field of Education, September 5, 2013.
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Books Used/Available as Text/Reference in Universities/Libraries

1.
Public Administration in India

(i) M.A. Politics, University of Mumbai, Maharashtra.
(ii) M.A. Political Science, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala.
(iii) P.G. Studies in Political Science, Rani Channamma University, Karnataka.
(iv) M.A. Local Government, School of Governance and Public Policy, Rajiv Gandhi
National Institute of Youth Development, Tamil Nadu.
2.
Kolkata Hawkers: A Chronicle of Deprivation, Discontent and Struggle.

Available in the following International Libraries:
(i) The British Library, St. Pancras, London, NW1 2DB, United kingdom.
(ii) University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 2JD, United Kingdom.
(iii) Columbia University in the City of New York. Columbia University Libraries, New
York, NY 10027, United States of America.
(iv) Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, United States of America.
(v) Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540, United States of America.
(vi) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States of America.
3.
District Politics and Administration: First Phase of the Red Panchayats in West Bengal
(i) Fondation nationale des sciences politiques, PARIS Fondation Sci. Politiques,
Paris CEDEX 07, 75337 France.
(ii) The British Library, St. Pancras, London, NW1 2DB, United kingdom.
(iii) Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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EVALUATIVE REPORT OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF BENGALI
1.
Name of the Department : Bengali
2.
Year of Establishment 1939, 1950 (Honours Course ), July 2014 (P.G course will start)
3.
Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated

Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.)
UG (Honours, General and Compulsory Courses)
PG ( From July 2014)
4.
Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved :- Department is

involved in the interdisciplinary General course in Womens Studies.
5.
Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise) : Annual system in UG

level
6.
Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments : Department

participate in the teaching of the Womens Studies General course.
7.
Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. NA
8.
Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons N.A
9.
Number of Teaching posts :

Sanctioned
Filled
Professors
Associate Professors
5*
Asst. Professors
* All base posts are Assistant Professors post, upgraded by Career Advancement Scheme.
10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /Ph.D.
/ M. Phil. etc., )
Name
Qualification Designation Specialization
No. of years
of experience
No. of Ph.D.
Students guided for
the last 4 years
Dr. Gopa Dutta
M.A, Ph.D
Professor
Tagore
Literature
34
3(three)
Smt. Mahasweta
Mukhopadhyay
M.A
Associate
Professor
Comparative
Literature
31
Dr. Swati Datta
M.A.,
Ph.D
Associate
Professor
Tagore
Literature
27
Contd.....

Name
No. of years
of experience
No. of Ph.D.
Students guided for
the last 4 years
Dr. Kanika Biswas
M.A.,
Ph.D
Associate
Professor
Comparative
Literature
25
Dr. Sima Ghosh
M.A.,
Ph.D
Associate
Professor
Medieval
Period
25
M.A.,
B.Ed, Ph.D
Associate
Professor
Comparative
Literature
17
M.A
Assistant
Professor
Medieval
Period
11
Dr. Arpita
Bhattacharya
Smt. Sanghita
Ghosh
Dr. Jayashri Chakrabarty retired on 31.12.2006
Smt. Kasturi Mukherjee retired on 31.3.2008
Dr. Purabi Biswas retired on 31.7.2012
11. List of senior visiting faculty : NA

12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (programme wise) by
temporary faculty : NA
13. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise) : (2012-2013)
Programme
UG Level
Total no. of students
Total no. of teachers
Student Teacher Ratio
105
15 : 1
14. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff; sanctioned and
filled : NA
15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil / PG. :
Ph.D
PG
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 N.A
18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University N.A
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19. Publications:
Name of the
Faculty
No. of No. of Mono

papers publi- Graphs
Nat/Int cations
listed in
Int. Data
base
Prof.Gopa
Dutta
Chap.
In
Books
Books
Edited
Books
with
ISSN/
ISBN
No.
Citation
Index
SNIP
SJR
Impact H-Index Book

Book
factor
chapter chapter
without with
ISSN/
ISSN/
ISBN
ISBN
20
(National)
2
(Book)
16
Smt.Mahasweta
Mukherjee
2
(Book)
Dr.Swati Datta
Dr. sima Ghosh
Dr Kanika
Biswas
1
(Book)
Dr. Arpita
Bhattacharya
1
(Book)
16
1
(Book)
Smt. Sanghita
Ghosh
Details given in Annexure 1
20. Areas of consultancy and income generated :
Prof. Gopa Datta :

1.
Resource person in Principals workshop, Academic Staff College Calcutta

University 2012
2.
Resource person in Orientation programme, Academic Staff College Calcutta

University 2011
3.
Resource person in Orientation programme, Academic Staff College Calcutta

University 2012
4.
Resource person, Aligarh Womens Studies Centre 2012
5.
Consultancy regarding reconstruction of H.S syllabi & modernized the exam

system for class XI & Class XII as President W.B.C.H.S.E 2004-2009
6.
June 2009- May 2012 as V.C Gaur Banga University given the actual shape to
university.
7.
Examiner of Ph.D & M.Phil of J.U, C.U, R.B.U.
8.
Academic Co-ordinator International Tagore Conference on Mirage minded

Genius in Perth, Australia 7-8 May, 2012.
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21. Faculty as members in

a)
National committees
b)
International Committees
c)
Editorial Boards.
Prof.Gopa Datta :
1.
Member, Advisory Board, Sahitya Academy
2.
External Member of Ph.D Committee in humanities & Social Science,

Presidency University
3.
BOS, CU representative ST. Xaviers College (Deptt. Of Bengali)
22. Student projects

a)
Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/
programme :ENVS Project : 100% of First Year Honours Students
b)
Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution

i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies N.A
23. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students

Student :
Sreyosee Chakraborty .Receipient of P.C Chandra Gold Medal (2009) for best all
round performance
Faculty:
Prof. Gopa Datta

Rabindranath Thakur Award 2011 by Institute of Social Heritage.
Bharatmata Award 2012 by Institute of Social Heritage.
24. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department :

Name
Designation
Prof. Darshan Choudhury
Rtd. Professor, Deptt. of Bengali, Kalyani University
3.9.2008
Prof. Sumita Chakraborty
Rtd. Professor, Deptt. of Bengali, Burdwan University
7.4.2011
21.2.2010
Prof. Himabanta
Bandyopadhyay
Professor, Deptt. of Bengali, Rabindra Bharati University
7.4.2011
Subodh Sarkar
Eminent Poet
21.2.2011
Sebanti Ghosh
Eminent Poet
21.2.2011
Prof . Swarajbrata
Sengupta
Rtd. Prof. of Bengali, Erstwhile Presidency College
21.2.2011
Prof. Soumitra Basu
Prof. Dept. of Drama, Rabindra Bharati University
1.9.2009
Sumita Basu
Eminent theatre personality
1.9.2009
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Date of visit
Name
Designation
Date of visit
Bratya Basu
4.9.2008
Saonli Mitra
3.9.2008
Nabanita Deb Sen
Eminent Poet, Fiction writer, Columnist
7.4.2011
Sumon Mukhopadhyay
Noted Film & Theatre Personality
7.9.2011
Atin Bandyopadhyay
Eminent Fiction writer, Columnist
21.2.2007
Someswar Bhowmik
Director, EMRC
7.92011
Shamik Bandyopadhyay
Noted critique of Film & Theatre
7.9.2011
Pracheta Gupta
Noted Fiction Writer
Gautam Ghosh
Eminent Film Director
7.4.2011
Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay
Director, BiswaBharati Granthan Bibhag
21.2.2014
Sujit Ghosh
Rtd Prof of Bengali Bidhan Nagar Govt. College
8.4.2011
Sunil Gangopadhyay
Eminent Fiction Writer & columnist
8.4.2011
Bani Basu
8.4.2011
Tillotama Majumder
8.4.2011
Usha Ganguli
4.9.2008
Sukanta Bandyopadhyay
Eminent Fiction Writer & columnist1
7.4.2011
21. 2 2011
25. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding

Name of the Seminar
Category
Venue & Date
Funding Agency
Dynamics of Drama classical & Modern

languages : An Exploration
National
3rd & 4th

September 2008
UGC
Satabarsha uttar Manik : ekaler pratyasa
National
7th & 8th

April 2011
Presidency College
UGC
Literature & Film : Exploring Inter

relationship
National
7th & 8th

September 2011
UGC under
C.P.E
2nd February 2010
Kolkata Baimela,
Cultural Centre
American Embassy
Kavi Sammelan with Indian born American

Poet Meena Alexandar, Usha Akela,
Gautam Dutta & Bangla poet
Utpal Kr. Basu, Mandakranta Sen
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26. Student profile programme/course wise:

Nameofthe Course/
programme
(refer question no. 4)
Applications
received
Selected
UG (2007)
333
35
29
97
UG (2008)
300
35
29
97
UG (2009)
347
35
33
100
UG (2010)
428
35
22
94
*M
Enrolled
*F
Pass
percentage
27. Diversity of Students

Nameofthe Course
% of students from
the samestate
% of students from
other States
% of students
from abroad
U.G (2007)
100
UG (2008)
100
UG (2009)
100
UG (2010)
100
28. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as
NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc.?
NET / SET : 5
29. Student progression

Student progression
Against % enrolled
UG to PG
90%
PG to M.Phil.
NA
PG to Ph.D.
NA
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral
NA
Employed
Campus selection
Entrepreneurship/Self-employment
30. Details of Infrastructural facilities
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a)
Library :We have separate seminar library for our UG students with 1200 books.
b)
Internet facilities for Staff & Students :
Department has its own desk top facility & laptop facility
Internet facilities for the students prevails in college library & computer centre
c)
Class rooms with ICT facility : NA
d)
Laboratories : NA
31. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government
or other agencies :
Name of the Scholarship
No. of Student
Special Financial Assistance given by Students Welfare Committee of LBC
22
West Bengal Minority Development Finance Corporation (WBMDFC)
32. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with
external experts :
Seminar/ worksop/special lecture
Title & Date
Speaker
Special Lecture
Adhunik Bangla Chotogalpo

4.2.2009
Prof. Sumita Chakraborty
Seminar
Kavyasaili 1.9.2009
Dr. Swarajbrata Sengupta
Kabi sammelan
21.2.2011
Subodh Sarkar
Sebanti Ghosh
Prabal Basu
Workshop
Literature & film : Exploring

inter relationship 7.9.2011
Shamik Bandyopadhyay
Suman Mukhopadhyay
Someswar Bhowmik
Nitish Mukhopadhyay
Prof. Gopa Dutta
Seminar
Bangla chotogalper
bibartan 21.2.2012
Pracheta Gupta
Seminar
Janma sardhasata barshe

Dwijendralal Roy 9.12.2013
Dr. Shampa Bhattacharya

Dr. Debasish Roy Chowdhury
Seminar
Barabhasa O choto
bhasa 21.2.2014
Dr. Ram Kr. Mukhopadhyay
33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning :
Teachers are using audio gadgets to assist the teaching learning process
Visuals are also being used as and when necessary
34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities :

Approximately 60 Students of the Department participated sincerely in NSS activities.
Students of the department staying in Hostel participate in the teaching of underprivileged
slum dwellers in the night school.
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35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans

SWOC:
DEPARTMENT OF BENGALI
STRENGTH
Dedicated teachers with high academic standard
Development of the student through cultural & extra
curricular activities
Well stocked seminar library
Recently approved PG course to be started from
current academic session
Good teacher:student ratio
WEAKNESS
In-sufficient built in space for class room
No administrative staff to handle administrative
work of the department
No departmental fund for small recurring expenses
of the department
OPPORTUNITY
Well organized seminars & workshop enlightens
students about the subject in a multifaceted fashion
Teachers are engaged in various research work and
publish their research articles regularly in peer
reviewed journals
S-O STRATEGIES
Upgrading one classroom each, dedicated for UG
and PG respectively, with multimedia facilities to
enhance the quality of teaching using audio-visual
aids
Computers have been installed for administrative
and academic work of the department
Interactive sessions are regularly held after seminars
W-O STRATEGIES
After following C.U. syllabi for two years, the
department will gain eligibility to frame its own
PG syllabi and curriculum maintaining desired
standard.
New building under construction will provide ample
space to the department for future expansion
Applying to Government for sanction of nonteaching post.
CHALLENGE
Limited freedom in deploying innovative teaching
methods due to syllabus and time constraints arising
from the (1+1+1) examination system adopted by
the University of Calcutta.
Being a government Institution there is little
freedom in obtaining non-teaching staff for smooth
running of UG & PG course in the department
S-C STRATEGIES
Opening of the PG course will resolve certain issues
pertaining to the department in the following
manner:
Research work will get new dimension and most
of the teachers will take the initiative of guiding
research fellows under them.
The self-financing PG course will reduce the
fund crisis of the department to a large extent
which shall be utilized and subsequently audited.
University of Calcutta has recommended the
appointment of administrative staff.
W-C STRATEGIES
Despite the limited infrastructure the teachers are
using audio visual gadgets as far as possible, for
teaching-learning process.
Special classes are held to complete syllabus within
the short time schedule available in addition to
tutorial classes.
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Annexure-I to Department of Bengali

Details of Publication
Lady Brabourne College Journal vol -1, 2010 kolkata (National)
1.
Badal Sarkarer 'Baki Itihas` : Gathansailir anannyata - Dr. Purabi Biswas (Ghosh)
2.
Sardha- Satabdir Chhera Smriti : Banga Rangamancher Abhinetrikul, Smt. Mahasweta

Mukhopadhyay
3.
Rabindra-natake Raja Charitra : Dr. Swati Dutta
4.
Bhasahin Jibaner Asfuta Bedana : Dr. Sima Ghosh
5.
Unis sataker samaik patra sampadanai Banga Mahila : Dr. Arpita Bhattacharya
PROF. GOPA DUTTA

Book:
1.
Kathar Alinde Galpo, Ebong Mushaira, 2007
2.
Upanyasa path Prasange, Ababhas, 2007
Book Chapter (with ISSN/ISBN numbers)

1.
"Biral Bhasar Ashirbani Rabindranath O Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, korak,

Rabindranath O Bibhinna Bharatiya Byaktitwa, Boimela 2011
2.
Dampatyer Sukh Asukh Rabindranather Upannyash, Ebang Mushayera, Kathakobid

Rabindranath. March 2011
3.
Nalinir kane Ali kahe gunjaria (Madhusudan Datta) Aharnish, 2011
4.
Chandalika O Shyama, Bouddha Kahinir Narir Natun Nirman, Karunaghana Dharanite

karo kalankashyn, Edt Shimul Barna, Bangladesh Bouddha Academy, 2011
5.
Galpaguchher kayekti galpo : Anya Path, Rabindranath, Parikatha, 2011
6.
Oliver Twister sange kichukshan, Charles Dickens bishesh sankhya, Ebong Mushaira,
2012
7.
Kulinism in Bengal, The Aligarh Historians Society, Edt. Irfan Habib, Indian History
Congress, Mumbai, 2012
8.
Maitreya Jatak : Ekti Samay, ananta Samay, Upanyas Sankhya, Ebong Mushira, 2012
9.
Sonali Duksha: Aparup ekti gadyagatha, Sunil Gangopadhyay smaran O Boimela sankhya,
2012
10. Parichita janatar saranite ami agantuk, Parikatha, 2012

11. Galper Jadukar Bhalobasar Galpo, Narendranath Mitra Sankhya, Ujagar, 2013
12. Rabindranather Swadesh Kichu bhabna, Siksha Sarathi Rabindranath, Edt. Kartick
Chandra Mondal, Tamralipta Mahavidyalaya, 2013
267
13. Putuler hate Putul ebong Manik Anwesha, Edt. Swasti Mandal Akshra Prakashani, 2013
14. Kafkar Durgn : bipanna Astitwer kampan, Frantz Kafka Bishesh sankhya, ebong Mushaira,
2013
15. Ajgubi noi ajgubi noi satyikarer katha, Autumn Annual, Presidency Alumni Association
2012-2013.
16. Rabindranath Tagore A minded genious International seminar, organized by I.C.C.R Indian
Consulate General, Perth & Murdoch University, perth Australia, 7-8 May, 2012 concept
Paper, Presentation of Paper, chairing one session
Book Chapter (with out ISSN/ISBN)
1.
Ramapada Chowdhury r chotogalpo, Ujagar, Ramapada Choudhury Sankhya
2.
Mantor bhaiarta darshan, Dibaratriri kabya, Sadat Hossain Manto Sankhya
3.
Jyortimoyee Devi : Tar Jibansilpo, Subhasree Patrika
4.
Panchkari De-r Rahasyalok, Milemishe Patrika
SMT. MAHASWETA MUKHERJEE

Book
1.
A Book of poems named Bikele Joyar Ase published on January 2010 from Ebong
Mushayera.
2.
A Book of translation in Bengali from Vietnami Poet Huu Suns eminent book Can you
remember Still published on January 2006

1.
Poems, articles, short stories published in contemporary little magazines and journals
such as Proma, Jignasha, Bhashabandhan, Anubad Patrika, Krittibash, Lady
Brabourne College Journals, Womens Sahhayog ( 9th and 10th Volume ).
2.
Translation of some poems from Hindi Literature such as Gulab Khandelwals Batsayan,
Augneyas, Bimal Laths, Ramesh Pandeys etc
DR. SWATI DATTA

1.
Putulnacher Itikatha : Bastabatar Prasanga - Kathak 1st Year 1st Edition 2008
DR. SIMA GHOSH

1.
268
Abol-Tabol e Natukepona - Amra Sahajatri - issue no May-June 2009.
DR. KANIKA BISWAS

Book:
1.
"Mahabidroher Ekti Dushprapya Upanyas O Anyanya - Bangiya Sahitya Samsad, 2012,

ISBN9789382012566

1.
"Mahasweta Devir Prakriti Bhabana - Ekaler Raktakarabi 34, issue, October 2008. Editor
Pradip Bhattacharya ISSN No 0972-0006
2.
"Chaya Darpane Mahasweta - Ebong Mushayera, 2011.ISBN 9789381170281
3.
"Anushandhane Mahasweta - Ebong Mushayera, August 2012, ISBN 9789381170519
4.
Prakritike chena Mahasweta Devir chokhe, Communique, vol-2, academic journal oF

Durgapora Govt. College, Edt by Dr. Suvra Kumar Mukhopadhyay, ISSN -0973-8584
5.
Kaliprasanna Singha o 1857 er mahabidroh, Ajker Bodhan, Sep-Oct 2008, Edt by Basudeb
Mandal, Hindusthan Cables Burdwan, ISSN 0871-5819
6.
Dharsita sisu : Samajik nirapatta, Manabadhikar o Bangla Sahitya, Manabadhikar : Nana

prasanga, Edt. By Anjan Bandyopadhyay, Ramananda College, Bishnupur, June 2012,
ISBN 971-81-921246-0-5

1.
Peshar Chokhe Chokh Rakha Ek Lekhak O Tar Ekti Golpo Samiksha - Communique
Vol. 1, Number 2, 2007. Academic journal of Durgapore Govt. College
2.
"Bangla Maha Bidrohamulak Duti Upanyas - Ekti Tulanamulak Paryabekshan

Adwitiya, Sharodiya Sankhya, October 2009.
3.
"Sabitri Royer Antahsalila - Golpo Charcha, Edt. By Ujjal Kumar Majumdar, Bangiya
Sahitya Samsad, 2008
4.
Madhurilatar galpo nari niryatan prasange, News Letter, Womens studies Centre, Lady
Brabourne College
DR. ARPITA BHATTACHARYA

Book:
1.
Sudhindra Nath Datta O Bishnu De : Gadya manan Gadya riti, December 2005, Pustak
bipani, Kolkata -9

1.
Prem O Nisarger Manas Bhraman : Prakriti O paryatan, Bihran, 2nd year, 1st issue, January
2008, Edt, by Shamik Roy & Sikha Basu, Kolkata 47, ISSN 0974-2573
2.
Satso Pahar tinti nadir rupkatha O banchito Manusher katha, Bihran, 2nd year, 2nd issue,
July 2008, Edt, by Shamik Roy & Sikha Basu, Kolkata 47, ISSN 0974-2573
269
3.
Anubader Rajniti : Rajnitir Anubad, Bhorai, 1st year, January 2008, Edt, by Shamik Roy
& Sikha Basu, Kolkata 47, ISSN 0974-2565
4.
Akhyan rachanar annya bhuban : Bangla Kathasahitye Prantajiban, Bhorai, 2nd year,
January 2009, Edt, by Shamik Roy & Sikha Basu, Kolkata 47, ISSN 0974-2565
5.
Bharatiya Sthapatye mithun bhaskarja : Ruptirtha Khajuraho, Bihran, 3rd year, 2nd issue,
July 2010 Edt by Shamik Roy & Sikha Basu, Kolkata 47, ISSN 0974-2573
6.
Aranyanibir MadhyaPradesh : Ekti Parikrama, Bihran, 3rd year, 2nd issue, July 2010, Edt
by Shamik Roy & Sikha Basu, Kolkata 47, ISSN 0974-2573
7.
Bharater Belabhumi Parikrama : Tathya sandhanir drishtite, Bihran, 2nd year, 2nd issue,
July 2009, Edt by Shamik Roy & Sikha Basu, Kolkata 47, ISSN 0974-2573
8.
Oupanibeshikatar Parinam : Upanayse uttaraner sanjibani barta, , Bhorai, 3rd year, January
2010, Edt, by Shamik Roy & Sikha Basu, Kolkata 47, ISSN 0974-2565
9.
Koch Behar : Rajsaharer oitizza Rajbariri chetana, Bihran, 3rd year, 1st issue, January
2010 Edt by Shamik Roy & Sikha Basu, Kolkata 47, ISSN 0974-2573
10. Rabindra bhabnai Nari : Pragati O Bidroher Pratimurti, , Bhorai, 4th year, January 2011,
Edt, by Shamik Roy & Sikha Basu, Kolkata 47, ISSN 0974-2565
11. Mandirmay Chhatisgarh : Anusandhanir Drishtite, Bihran, 4th year, 1st issue, January
2011, Edt by Shamik Roy & Sikha Basu, Kolkata 47, ISSN 0974-2573
12. Bharatiya Charu O Karu Silper Pithasthan Andhra Pradesh, Bihran, 4th year, 2nd issue,
July, 2011, Edt by Shamik Roy & Sikha Basu, Kolkata 47, ISSN 0974-2573
13. Bharatiya Nrityakalar dharai Uttarpurba Bharater Nrityasaili, Bihran, 5th year, 2nd issue,
July, 2012 Edt by Shamik Roy & Sikha Basu, Kolkata 47, ISSN 0974-2573
14. Bharate Dalit Rajniti O Vivekanander sudra jagaran, Bhorai, 5th year, January 2012, Edt,
by. Shamik Roy & Sikha Basu, Kolkata 47, ISSN 0974-2565
15. Biggyan, Rabindranath, Krishi Biggyan O Pallisanskar, Rabindranath O samakalin
Prasanga `, 1st pub Feb 2012, Edt by Dr. Tapas Kr. Bhattacharya & Imanul Haque, Kolkata.
ISBN 978-81-921083-4-6
16. Bangla Upanayase Deshbhag : Atit smritir nichak bisadmai barnana, Partitrion Literature
: Memory & inheritance of Self, 10th feb, 2014, Kolkata, ISBN 978- 93- 82112-11-2
1.
Rabindra juger kayekjan kabi, Korak Sahitya Patrika, prak sarad sankhya, Edt. By Tapas
Bhowmik, May- August, 2007, Kolkata
2.
Chitrangada O Debjani : Triptihin Prem OAsahishnu Kamanar duti Alekhya, Natya Katha,
14th year, 18th vol, Edt. By Soumitra Lahiri, March 2010, Kolkata
3.
Rabindranather Nari : Bidroho O Pragatir Pratimurti, Kuruksehtra, Gitanjali sankhya,

edt.by Sujan Gupta 2012, Kolkata
270
SMT. SANGHITA GHOSH

Book
1.
Sharat Chandrer Pallisamaj : Samaj Bastabatar Shilparup - Ratnabali, 2008.

1.
Brata Katha : Ethics and Aspiration Around Bengali Women - Victorian Journal of Arts,
2007.
2.
Vaishnavism In Bengal and Shri Chaitanya - Victorian Journal of Arts, 2008
3.
Dasharathi Rayer Krishnakathar Radha O Krishna Victorian Journal of Arts, 2009.
4.
"Chandrabatir Ramayan : Bismritapray Adhyay - Dash Diganta, 2009
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THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
1.
Name of the Department : English
2.
Year of Establishment: 1939
3.
Names of Programmes/Courses offered (UG,PG,M.Phil.,Ph.D., Integrated Masters;

Integrated Ph.D.,etc.) :
UG: B.A. Honours (English)
PG: M.A.in English Literature
4.
Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: NA
5.
Annual/semester/choice based credit system (programme wise):
B.A Honours : Annual Examination (Part I , II, & III) under the University of Calcutta
M.A. : Semester system under Autonomous PG Course run by the college in

association with the University of Calcutta
The M. A. Mark sheet has provisions for marks & letter based credit system to enable
students to apply
6.
Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments:

Faculty members of this Department teach, set questions and evaluate scripts of the
Womens Studies Course, an interdisciplinary component of the B. A. Arts programme
run by the University of Calcutta.
7.
Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.:A

Module on Text and Their Visual Representation, part of the M.A. Course in English
Literature is to be launched in collaboration with the Satyajit Ray Film & Television
Institute. Preliminary talks are under way.
8.
Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: Nil
9.
Number of Teachingposts
Sanctioned
Filled
Professors
AssociateProfessors
Asst.Professors
All base posts are Assistant Professors post, upgraded by CAS
10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt./Ph.D./

M.Phil.etc.,)
Name
No. of years
of experience
No. of Ph.D.
Students guided for
the last 4 years
3 Ph.D [ongoing];
4 M. Phil
Prof Sanjukta Das
Ph. D
Professor
Gender; Indian
Writing in
English;
Translation
27
Dr. Indrani
Choudhuri Dutt
Ph. D
Associate
Professor
T. S. Eliot:
Modernism
and Post
modernism
27
Dr. Parna Ghose
M. Phil,
Ph. D
Associate
Professor
T. S. Eliot ;
Womens
Travel
Narratives
26
Madhumita Barua
M. Phil.
Asst.
Professor
Popular
Literature
Dr. Paramita
Chaudhuri
M.Phil.,
Ph. D
Asst.
Professor
Nonsense
Literature
Monalisa Jha
M.A.
Asst.
Professor
Teachers transferred or retired between the period1st March 2006 to 31st March 2013
Dr. Anasuya Guha
*Promoted and
transferred in
Jan 2011
Ph, D
Associate
Professor
Shakespeare
27
years now
Dr. Sabita
Majumder
*Retired in July 2011
Ph.D
Associate
Professor
American
Literature
29
at the time
of retirement
M.Phil
Associate
Professor
Womens
Travel
Narratives;
War Poetry
24
years now
M.Phil;
Ph.D
Assistant
Professor
Victorian
Culture
Studies
11
years now
Sujata Bhattacharya
*Transferred in
Feb 2012
Dr. Sanmita Ghosh

*Transferred in
Feb 2012
11. List of senior visiting faculty:
274
1.
Dr. Sabita Majumder, Former Head of Dept. Lady Brabourne College
2.
Prof. Ashok Sengupta, University of Kalyani
3.
Dr. Chandreyee Niyogi, Jadavpur University
4.
Dr. Sudeshna Kar Barua, Gokhale College
5.
Dr. Srimanti Chowdhuri, S.A. Jaipuria College
6.
Dr. Ralla Guha Niyogi, Basanti Devi College
7.
Dr. Gargi Gangopadhyay, Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Vivekananda Vidya Bhavan
8.
Dr. Sudeshna Dutta Choudhury, Senior Research Fellow, Jadavpur University
9.
Dr. Swati Mukherji, Gurudas College
10. Dr. Subhojit Sengupta, Vidyasagar University

11. Dr. Anindita Chatterjee, Sanskrit College
12. Smt. Anushila Bhattacharyya, Bidhannagar Govt. College
13. Smt. Mau Chattopadhyay, S.A. Jaipuria College
14. Sri Kushal A Biswas, Womens Christian College
15. Sri Debashish Lahiri, Lalbaba College, Belur
16. Smt. Nilanjana Basu, Research Scholar, Jadavpur University
17. Smt. Sonali Sarkar, Khidderpore College
18. Smt. Uma Biswas, East Calcutta Girls College
19. Smt. Debapriya Basu, Senior Research Fellow, Jadavpur University
20. Smt. Parama Basu, Junior Research Fellow, Jadavpur University
21. Smt. Paramita Datta, Gobardanga Hindu College
22. Smt. Monami Mukherjee, Panihati Mahavidyalaya
23. Sri Ramit Samaddar, Jadavpur University
24. Sri Pinaki De, Raja Peary Mohan College, Uttarpara
25. Smt. Godhuli Goswami, Asst. Editor, Sahitya Akademi
12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (programme wise)by
temporary faculty: None at the UG level;
2012
2013
33% *
38% *
* At the PG level Guest Faculty have taken the classes indicated above :
13. Student-Teacher Ratio (programme wise)

Total No. of Students
Ratio
UG
91
15.1:1
PG
42
1.3:1
275
filled: Nil
15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/D.Litt/Ph.D/MPhil/PG.: Present permanent
faculty shown in table below:
Serial
No.
Name of Faculty
Qualifications
Prof Sanjukta Das
Ph. D
Dr. Indrani Choudhuri Dutt
Ph. D
Dr. Parna Ghose
Madhumita Barua
Dr. Paramita Chaudhuri
Monalisa Jha
M. Phil, Ph. D
M. Phil.
M.Phil., Ph. D
M.A.
16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National, b) International funding
agencies and grants received : *Cited below are completed projects
Name of Faculty
Title of Project
Dr. Parna Ghose &

Smt. Sujata
Bhattacharya
The Other Journey:

UGC[PHW-068/06-07 Rs. 1,00,000/An Exploration into
(ERO) dated15/1/07]
the World and Self. A
study on the travel
narratives by women
writers in the 19th
century, both Indian
and British
2007-09
Dr. Indrani
Choudhuri Dutt
The Role of Lady

Brabourne College in
Educating the Minority
Woman and its Impact
on the Emancipation
and Empowerment of
the Woman in Bengal.
2013
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Funding Agency
Grant Received
Under IQAC and the

Rs. 4,00,000/Woman Studies Centre,
Lady Brabourne
College, jointly funded
by the Higher
Education Department,
Govt of West Bengal
No. 227 (Sanc)-EH/P/
CG/4C-63/2013,
dt. 6th Sept, 2013
Period
17. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST;UGC, DBT, ICSSR,etc.andtotal

grantsreceived:Nil
18. ResearchCentre/facilityrecognizedbytheUniversity
19. Publications:
Name of the
Teacher
No. of
papers
Nat/Int
Prof. Sanjukta Das
No. of
publications
listed in
Int. Data
base
Mono
Graphs
Chap.
In
Books
4 Natio- One essay

14
2
nal; 3 in a mono- chapters Authored
Interna
graph in Books
and 1
tional
with
Edited;
ISBN No.
Dr. Indrani
Choudhuri Dutt
Dr. Parna Ghose
Smt Madhumita Barua
Dr. Paramita
Chaudhuri
Books
Edited
Books
with
ISSN/
ISBN
No.
Citation
Index
SNIP
SJR
Impact
factor
H-Index
1-jointly
authored
Publications by Faculty now transferred or Retired

Dr. SabitaMajumder
Dr. AnasuyaGuha
Smt. SujataBhattacharya
Dr. Sanmita Ghosh
1 Edited
A detailed list of publication per faculty up to 2013 is given in the Annexure I

20. Areas of consultancy and income generated:
PROF. SANJUKTA DAS
1.
Was inducted as Member, Scientific Committee, ICSSR, JNU Conference on Gender

Studies & Expanding Horizons of Inter/Trans-Culturality'
2.
Was invited as Resource Person at the following Refresher Courses organized by the
Department of English, University of Calcutta in collaboration with the Academic Staff
College, University of Calcutta
a.
The Wide Sargasso Sea: journey of a text at the XVII Refresher Course in English
Twentieth Century: Literary and Cultural Contexts on 20th Nov 2010.
b.
Elsewhere during the English Renaissance, at the XV Refresher Course in English

on Renaissance Western and Indian, during Nov 5-26,2008.
c.
Early Indian Poetry in English at the XIV Refresher Course in English, on Indian
Writing in Translation and New Literatures in English, Feb-March 2008.
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DR. INDRANI CHOUDHURI DUTT :

1.
Offered her expertise on NAAC evaluation as IQAC Coordinator to teachers of district

Colleges in West Bengal in the Academic Staff College, C.U. in 2012.
2.
Offered her expertise on the relationship of literature and mythology for widening the
scope of Visual Representation to aspiring directors and technicians of the Satyajit Ray
Film and Television Institute, (SRFTI), An Academic Institute of the Ministry of I & B,
Government of India, Panchasayar, Kolkata, at SRFTI Kolkata on 26th January, 2013.
3.
Offered her expertise on Modern Aesthetics to enrich Associate and Assistant Professors
of Jain Viswa Bharati Institute, (Deemed University), Ladnun, Dist. Nagaur, Rajasthan,
website:www.JVBI.ac.in in June 2013.
Peer Review
1.
Invited to act as Peer Reviewer by the B.P. Poddar Institute of Management and
Technology,137, V.I.P Road, Kolkata, India, December 2013-Jan 2014.
M.Phil Examiner for Department of English, Jadavpur University.

a)
National committees b) International Committees c)Editorial Boards.
Prof. Sanjukta Das
1. Member, Scientific Committee, ICSSR, JNU Conference on gender

Studies& Expanding Horizons of Inter/Trans-Culturality
2. Jadavpur University Society for American Studies
Dr. Indrani Choudhuri Dutt
1. Jadavpur University Society for American Studies
Dr. Paramita Chaudhuri
1. Shakespeare Society of Eastern India
22. Student projects:

a)
Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter-departmental/

programme:
i)
100% students of the M.A. programme write a dissertation and Term Papers as
mandatory Course work
ii) 100% students of the Undergraduate programme in English Honours do a project

on Environmental Science as mandatory Course work
b)

i.e. in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies: Nil
23. Awards/Recognitions received by faculty and students
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Dr. Parna Ghosh was invited to present a paper titled An Other Odyssey : an
Indian Perspective at the Oxford Travel, Culture Seminal Series & Oxford Centre
for Life Writing hosted seminar on Navigating Networks: Women, Travel and Female
Communities, held at Wolfston College, Oxford on 4.10.2013
Dr. Anasuya Guha received Charles Wallace India Trust Award on May 2005
Dr. Sanmita Ghosh received Charles Wallace India Trust Award on May-June, 2004
Dr. Indrani Choudhuri Dutt received British Council Visitorship Award on 1990
Students of the Department have performed exceptionally well at inter college

competitions bringing home trophies in Drama, Western Vocal, Cartoon, AdSpoofs at Quest 2007
Swati Moitra, a Third Year Honours student was selected to read a paper on
Breaking the Mould: Gender, Genre, Representation at the Inter-University
Students Seminar organized by the Centre for Advanced Studies in English, at
the Faculty of Arts, Jadavpur University held on 31.3.2006 and 1.4.2006.
24. List of eminent academicians and scientists/visitors to the department:

Sr.
No.
Name
Affiliation
1.
Prof. Krishna Sen
Professor Calcutta University and Leverhulme

Visiting Professor, University of Leeds
2.
Prof. Amitava Ray
Professor, Rabindra Bharati University and Founder

President of Shakespeare Society of Eastern India
3.
Prof. Supriya Chaudhuri
Professor, Jadavpur University
4.
Prof. Malabika Sarkar
Jadavpur University
5.
Prof. Rimi B Chatterjee
Jadavpur University
6.
Prof. Sati Chatterjee
Jadavpur University
7.
Prof. Subir Dhar
Rabindra Bharati University
N.B. : The eminent scholars mentioned above visited during 2008-2014
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25. Seminars/Conferences/Workshops organized & the source offunding

a) National :
Topic
Speaker
Funding Agency
Date
Post-colonialism
Prof. Krishna Sen,

Professor Calcutta University
and Leverhulme Fellow
29th April, 2014
The Tempest & the Globe
Prof. Amitava Ray,

Professor, Rabindra Bharati
University and Founder
President of Shakespeare
Society of Eastern India
Mondalika Banerji
Memorial Fund
27th Nov,2013
Workshop on Literary Texts Sri Biren Das Sharma,

and Visual Transformations Asst. Professor, Satyajit Ray
Film and Television Institute
UGC CPE grant
14th and 15th

September 2011
Workshop on Literary Texts Sri Biren Das Sharma,

and Visual Transformations Asst. Professor, Satyajit Ray
Film and Television Institute
UGC CPE grant
14th and 15th

September 2011
Death in Tragedy
Prof Supriya Chaudhuri

Professor,Jadavpur University
Mondalika Banerji
Memorial Fund
19th Sept, 2012
Romantic Poetry
Prof. Malabika Sarkar,

Jadavpur University
9th Dec, 2009
Victorian Poetry
Prof. Rimi B Chatterjee,

Jadavpur University
Modernism and Modernity

in English Literature
Prof. Sati Chatterjee
28th March, 2008
Dynamics of Drama in
Many Speakers
Classical & Modern
Languages: An Exploration
UGC in collaboration
with the six Language
Departments of the
College
3rd Sept & 9th

Sept,2008
Mahesh Dattani and Drama
3rd Oct, 2007
b)
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Prof. Subir Dhar, Rabindra

Bharati University
International: Nil
26. Student profile programme/coursewise:

Nameofthe Course/
programme
Applications
received
Selected
*M
Enrolled
*F
B. A. Hons (entry year 2007)
1094
Pass
percentage
30
Nil
27
70%
1234
30
Nil
22
77%
1268
30
Nil
22
68%
1363
30
Nil
17
100%
in 2013
M.A. (entry year 2009)
Data not
available
69
Nil
15(6 dropped)
60%
164
80
Nil
24 (10 dropped)
58%
131
131
Nil
17(8 dropped)
53%
PG
*M=Male *F=Female

Name of the Course
% of students from
the samestate
% of students from
other States
% of students
from abroad
B.A. Honours 2006-09 batch
100%
Nil
Nil
93%
7%
Nil
100%
Nil
Nil
95.5%
4.5%
Nil
88%
12%
Nil
100%
Nil
Nil
100%
Nil
Nil
97%
3%
Nil
2009-11
100%
Nil
Nil
2010-12
93%
7%
Nil
2011-13
100%
Nil
Nil
2012-14
100%
Nil
Nil
2013-15
100%
Nil
Nil
M.A.
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NET, SLET, GATE, Civilservices, Defense services, etc.?
NET:
3 from 2004-07 UG batch;
1 from 2005-8 batch;
4 from the 2006-09 UG batch ;
2 from 2007-10 batch;
1 from 2009-11 PG batch.
Total 11 have qualified NET

Student progression
Against % enrolled
UG to PG
2004-07 batch, 21 MAs, 3 MBAs, 1 PGDBM

2007-10 batch : 22%
2009 batch : 36%
2010 batch : 65%
PG to M.Phil.
3 from 2004-07 batch

2 from UG 2007-10 batch
PG to Ph.D.
N. A
N. A.
Employed
Campusselection
None through campus selection; N. A

a)
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Library
The Department has received a total of Rs. 2,04,000/- under Development

Grant for the years from 2007-8 to 2013-14. It has purchased books worth Rs.
1,99,994/-for the undergraduate and postgraduate courses out of this.
It has also purchased books worth Rs. 4022/- out of the UGC X1th Plan
allocation.
Apart from the College Central Library there are two seminar libraries__ one
for the UG students and one for PG students. These libraries are curated by the
faculty and run with the active participation of the students.
In keeping with the demand of technological upgradation the department has

started a project called the E- Library. It is a collection of digitized books,
articles and research materials stored in the departmental computer which could
be accessed by the PG students. Students use the E-Library for downloading
texts and research material.
b)
c)
d)
Internet facilities for Staff & Students
Internet is available for the faculty in the Department Staff Room as well as the
General Staff Room.
The students access the internet from the College Library.
In order to use the e-library PG students access the internet from the PG staff
room of the Department.
Class rooms with ICT facility
The PG classrooms are equipped to show films and power point presentations.
The Department has a movable film viewing facility.
Laboratories Not applicable for a literature department
or other agencies; Nil
32. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures/workshops/seminar) with
external experts :
The Department organized a special lecture on The Tempest and the Globe by
noted academic and Shakespearean Theatre specialist Prof. Amitava Roy, in
collaboration with the Alumni Association of Lady Brabourne College and funded
by Mondalika Banerji Memorial Fund on 27th Nov., 2013.
The Department organized a special lecture on 'Death in Tragedy' Prof. Supriya

Chaudhuri, Professor, Jadavpur University funded by Mondalika Banerji Memorial
Fund on 19th Sept, 2012
Postgraduate students participated in a Workshop on Literary Texts and Visual

transformations with resource person Sri Biren Das Sharma, Asst. Professor, Satyajit
Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata, with UGC CPE grant on 14th and 15th
September 2011
Students of 1st Year Honours attended a talk on 18th Century Drama by Prof. Praloy
Deb at Rani Birla college organized by the English Study Centre, Kolkata on 6th
Dec, 2013
Students of 1st Year Honours attended a talk on Gender and Post-colonialism by

Dr. Arpita Mukhopadhyay at St. Pauls College on 12th Feb 2014.
Students of 2nd year Honours participated in a seminar on The Life of a text: Pride
and Prejudice 200 years after held at AJC Bose College on April 2013
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Students of the PG section are preparing to present papers on Shakespeare in May

2014. Each paper will be followed by interaction with other students as well as the
faculty.
The Department has organized a Lecture on Post-colonialism to be delivered by

Prof. Krishna Sen, Professor Calcutta University and Leverhulme Visiting Professor,
Leeds University, on 29th April, 2014
The Department organized a special lecture on Romantic Poetry by Prof. Malabika

Sarkar, Jadavpur University Department of English on 9th Dec, 2009
The Department organized a special lecture on Victorian Poetry by Prof. Rimi B.

Chatterjee, Jadavpur University on 9th Dec, 2009
The Department organized a special lecture on Modernism and Modernity in English

Literature Prof. Sati Chatterjee Department of English, Jadavpur University, on
28th March, 2008
The Department organized a Seminar on Dynamics of Drama in Classical & Modern

Languages: An Explorationfunded by the UGC in collaboration with the six
Language Departments of the College on 3rd Sept, & 9th Sept, 2008
The Department ran Language Improvement classes from 2006-2008 for students
from all disciplines in the college who were backward in English Language skills.
In 2008 the programme was adopted by the Remedial Course of the College as the
Department began preparations for opening it's autonomous PG programme
The Department organized a special lecture on Mahesh Dattani and Drama by

Prof. Subir Dhar, Rabindra Bharati University on 3rd Oct, 2007
Students and Teachers attended a British Council commissioned Indo-UK production,

a performance of A Midsummer Nights Dream directed by Tim Supple, with a multilanguage production with an all Indian and Sri Lankan cast at the Tollygunge Club
, Kolkata on 29th April, 2006
33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning
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At the UG level, students are taught through: regular lectures, Seminar lectures,
Tutorials, and written assignments.
There is a dense routine of constant evaluation through Class Tests and Mid- term
Tests and feedback.
Each term the faculty notes individual progression with the syllabus.
The Tutorial system helps the Department take note of students progress and needs
on a one-to-one basis.
Parent-Teacher meetings and consultations are held to provide holistic academic

and all-round development of the students.
In addition students are encouraged to access libraries for print texts and online
sources for e-texts and journals.
At the PG level, subject area specialists from the Department as well as other
institutions are assigned lectures.
Films and other audio-visual screenings are an integral part of the methodology.
34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities Students
of the department are active in :
i)
ii)
The National Security Service (NSS) : 2011-13:
Riya Subba, an ST student of the Department has successfully completed the

rigorous 2 years of NSS during 2011-12, speaking to the women and children
of the adjoining slum at Gorachand Lane on Health and Hygiene, motivating
children to join the Night School run by the College Hostel, teaching at the
Night School, participating in Bio- diversity and Conservation Seminars, and
drives against Tobacco Consumption, Dengue , Malaria and Cikangunia, and
awareness drives on Breast Cancer, and Campus cleaning programmes and
Tree Plantation.
Nandini Basu attended the Special Camp during this term.
Similar activities were engaged in by the following students of the Department

over two years each:
2009-11: Sudeshna Basak, Ushashi Sardar, Madhurai Gangopadhyay, Shatabdi

Thakur, Ananya Shaw and Priyanka Misra.
2010-12 : Surabhi Jiwrajka
Students of the Department have been very proactive in Students Union activities
such as the College Fest where they conceive, plan, raise funds and organize a
mammoth cultural programme involving several colleges
iii) The Literary Secretary of the Students Union, every year is from the Department of
English. She is the Student Editor of the college magazine. She is responsible for
organizing debates and creative writing in both intra and inter -college competitions.
Students of the Department have also worked as Asst. General Secretary overseeing
all the activities of the Union
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35. SWOCanalysisofthedepartmentand Futureplans

SWOC:
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
STRENGTH
This is an old Department that has a good reputation
in the country and abroad and an illustrious list of
alumni.
An ideal mix of senior and young faculty, all of
whom are engaged in research and publication .
Specializations among present faculty is richly
diverse with little duplication
As part of a reputed government college it draws
the best and the brightest along with a good number
of students from underprivileged backgrounds.
The Masters Degree Course with an autonomous
academic syllabus and schedule has created scope
for originality and innovation besides making the
Department a hub of specializations from many
other institutions.
As part of an illustrious college the Department is
well equipped with a sound institutional
infrastructure
All processes such as admissions, Script evaluation
after class tests and mid -term tests are transparent
allowing for an error free process
WEAKNESS
As the college has grown along with its departments
adequate space has become a need.
Faculty strength is less than optimal
Administrative staff dedicated for this department
is required
The government embargo on recruitment of parttime faculty along with the annual increase in
student intake set by the University is a source of
pressure.
OPPORTUNITIES
The autonomous PG Course has opened up fresh
thinking in curriculum development, course
structuring and research training.
English Studies has undergone a radical change
globally and this Departments alumni list of the
last ten years shows how the students have been
able to leverage this as they have moved into careers
in teaching, journalism, advertisement and other
fields.
S-O STRATEGIES
English Studies at the undergraduate level can be
made more meaningful not only as a movement
towards further studies but also as a resource for
early employment or diversification to studies in
mass communication or management.
A collaboration with SRFTI is on the cards for
implementing the course on Film and Literature.
W-O STRATEGIES
The faculty has risen to the challenges and
optimized time and space allocation.
The faculty is constantly devising ways to overcome
the stretched teacher student ratio, as student intake
increases every year, by creating additional nodes
of interaction (online support) and organizing
lectures by visiting faculty.
The faculty constantly scouts for the best guest
faculty to enhance pedagogical inputs
CHALLENGES
Being a Government college recruitment and
transfer of teaching/non-teaching staff depends on
Government policies and process of filling up of
vacant posts or sanction of new posts is slow.
The Department does not have secretarial or
administrative staff for running the activities of its
autonomous PG Course.
Scope of orienting students towards higher studies
and research is limited due to time 99constraints.
S-C STRATEGIES
To train students for higher studies and research,
stress is laid at the PG level on imparting training
in research methodology through term papers and
dissertations.
At the UG level also, final year students, at times,
are made to do projects and write papers on topics
chosen from their syllabus.
W-C STRATEGIES
In the absence of secretarial or administrative staff
for its autonomous PG Course, the faculty has honed
multitasking skills to successfully complete
Semester system targets by investing more time as
well as devising optimal manpower utilization
processes.
The facultys strong managerial abilities and e-skills
are ensuring smooth running of the UG and PG
sections of the Department.
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Annexure-I to Department of English

PROF. SANJUKTA DAS
International Publications:
1.
Prof. Sanjukta Das : A Study of the Collapse of Ethics in Ian McEwans Amsterdam in
Perspectives on Booker Prize Winning Books of the World: Speculations and Observations,
Germany : Lambert Academic Publishing , 2013. ISBN 978-3-659-18779-7
2.
Prof. Sanjukta Das Developing Indigeneity as a Critical Tool in Post-colonial

TheoryIndia- UK Academic Network, 2005-6, Department of Postcolonial Studies,
University of Leeds &The Department of English, Calcutta University [article in
monograph]
3.
Prof. Sanjukta Das Mother Tongue / Aunty Tongue: Indian English Poetry in the Indian
Classroom in Colonial and Post- Colonial Perspectives: Text, Context, Intertext, Calcutta
University, 2007. ISBN:81 8211-029-7
Journal Articles
1.
Article entitled Shakespeares Sonnets 87 and 130: Readings in Pegasus Collection 5,

August 2011, 1SSN: 0975 8488
2.
Article entitled Uncracking India: Raja Raos Non-Duality in Journal of the Department
of English, Vol.XXXIV, Nos.1&2, University of Calcutta.2008 R.N 2598B
3.
Article entitled Rebirth of the Therigatha: Journey of the songs into an English
syllabus,Our Heritage: Vol.XLI, Parts 1&2, Kolkata: 2014. ISSN 0474-9030
4.
Article entitled From Self to Other: The Poetry of Kamala Das in Literature and
Criticism, the Journal of the Literary Society of India, Vol.5, No. 1. Calcutta, 2007.ISSN
0974-6021
*Chapter in Books
1.
A Study of the Collapse of Ethics in Ian McEwans Amsterdam in Perspectives on

Booker Prize Winning Books of the World: Speculations and Observations, Germany:
Lambert Academic Publishing , 2013. ISBN 978-3-659-18779-7
2.
Psychology, translation of Ashalata Singhas Manastatva, Tapati Gupta and Anil Acharya
(Eds.) The Other Voice: Selected Stories by Written by Bengali Women Writers. Kolkata
Anushtup, 2013.ISBN-978-93-82425-05-2
Rewriting the Underdog Narrative: a study of AravindAdigasThe White Tiger, in

Persepectives on AravindAdigas The White Tiger, Jaipur: Aadi Publications, 2012. ISBN
978-93-80902-72-2
4.
The Meaning and Method of History: European Experiences, Srobona Munshi, Ed.
Redefining Humanism : Selected Essays of D.P. Mukherji, New Delhi: Tulika Books,
2009. ISBN: 978-81-89487-62-1
287
5.
Somerset Maugham: The Lotus Eater, Jayati Gupta (ed.) Narrative and Narration ,
Anthem Press, 2008. ISBN 978-1-84331-712-8
6.
Mother Tongue / Aunty Tongue: Indian English Poetry in the Indian Classroom in
Colonial and Post- Colonial Perspectives: Text, Context, Intertext, Calcutta University,
2007. ISBN:81 8211-029-7
7.
Researched, annotated and translated eight essays in Tapati Gupta (ed.) Bankim Chandras
Bangadarshan : selected essays in translation, Department of English, Calcutta University,
Kolkata : Das Gupta and Company Pvt. Ltd. 2007. . ISBN:81 8211-034-3 Titles of the
essays :
1.
Praceen O Adhunik Bharatbarsha; Pratham Parichhed : Swadhinata, Bhadra, 1280
2.
Dwitiyo Parichhed : Rajniti, Bhadra, 1280
3.
Praceena Ebong Nabeena, Baisakh, 1280
4.
Teen Rakam, Ashad 1281
5.
Bangabhumi Shasyashalini Boliya Ki Bangalir Durbhagyo, Asvin, 1280
6.
Banga Desher Krishak, Bhadra, 1279.
7.
Strijati in Samya, Kartik 1492.
8.
Jogendra Chandra Ghoshs Jatibhed, Asvin, 1280.
*Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers

1.
Reading and Writing Difference: Gender and Literature, Sanjukta Das Ed. Kolkata:
Manfakira, 2013. ISBN: 978-93-80542-56-0
2.
The Wife and the Beloved and Other Stories: Ashapurna Devi, Best of Fifty Years,
Translated by Sanjukta Das, New Delhi: Supernova Publishers 2013. ISBN: 978-8189930-58-5
Derozio to Dattani: Essays in Criticism, Sanjukta Das. Worldview, New Delhi,

2008.ISBN:81-86423-19-2
Paper Presented
1.
Early Indian Poetry in English UGC sponsored XIV Refresher Course in English, on
Indian Writing in Translation and New Literatures in English, organized by the Academic
Staff College & the Dept of English, Calcutta University, Feb-March 2008
2.
Elsewhere during the English Renaissance at the UGC sponsored XV Refresher Course
in English on Renaissance Western and Indian organized by the Academic Staff College
& the Dept of English, Calcutta University, Nov 5-26,2008
3.
The Wide Sargasso Sea : Journey of a Text at UGC sponsored XVII Refresher Course
in English Twentieth Century: Literary and Cultural Contexts organized by the Academic
Staff College & the Dept of English, Calcutta University, 20th Nov. 2010
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4.
Sylvia Plath, Post-Modernism and American Womens Poetry Seminar on PostModernism in American Literature and Art, organized by the Jadavpur University, Society
for American Studies, February 13, 2008
5.
The English Indian Poets National Symposium on Early Indian Writings in English:
Tagore and his Contemporaries Department of English & Other Modern European
Languages, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan in collaboration with Sahitya Akademi, 20-21
September 2008.
6.
Skirting History, Reinforcing Gender: The Pedagogy of Indian English Literature UGC
National Seminar on Scripting Their Own Stories : Indian Womens Writing in English,
Department of English and Other Modern European Languages, Visva Bharati,
Santiniketan, 24th Feb, 2007.
7.
The Emergence of Post Colonial Thought through Nationalist Formations in Nineteenth

Century Bengal. Bankim Chandras Bangadarshan and Toru Dutts English Writings.
M.Phil Lectures on Britain Bengal Interface presented at the University of Calcutta,
during 2007-08
8.
Prose as Social Vehicle: Margaret Fuller and Her Age Autumn Seminar on Other Spaces:
Non-fictional Prose-Writing in America organized by the Jadavpur University Society
for American Studies, (JUSAS) on 27th October 2010.
9.
Bangla to English, Bengali to Ingreji : Texts, Translators and the Implied Reader at the
International Conference, Connecting Cultures: Translation and Texts, organized by the
Department of English, University of Calcutta, under UGC DRS (SAP-III) Phase-II
programme on February 24th-26th 2010.
10. In Search of the Popular: Shakespeare, Sholay, and the Thakur from Bengal UGC
sponsored State Level Seminar on Popular Fiction : Cultural Artefact or Commercial
Product? organized by the Gour Mohan Sachin Mandal Mahavidyalay in collaboration
with The American Library, at the Lincoln Room, The American Library, Kolkata, 25th
March 2010
11. Indian English Literature : Post Rushdie at the UGC sponsored National Conference
on Locating New Indianness : A study of Contemporary Literature in English organized
by St. Pauls Cathedral Mission College in collaboration with City College of Commerce
and Business Administration on 2nd March 2012
INDRANI CHOUDHURI DUTT
State Level & National Level Peer Reviewed Journal Publications.
1.
Shilpo Samalachana, Samaj O Sri Samares Majumder, Abhijatri, Vol. 31, 2006, Pub in
Calcutta Book Fair by Abhijatri Prakashan, House no 47, Jiigachcha, Mudran Upnagari,
Howrah. (post 1st NAAC)
2.
The Gaming Principle: Modern Management and Shakespeares Antony and Cleopatra,
Peer Reviewed Journal, Words, Annual Edition 2006, pub. By the Department of English
( Morning), S.A. Jaipuria College, Kolkata. (post 1st NAAC)
289
3.
Ekti Samparker Mrityu- Ingrezi Nature Literature-e Prakriti o Manush, Vol. 32, 2007,
Pub in Calcutta Book Fair by Abhijatri Prakashan,i House no 47, Jiigachcha, Mudran
Upnagari, Howrah.
4.
Translation of Sylvia Plaths The Arrival of the Bee Box and Tulips, JUSAS Newsletter
Vol. XI. No 3, 2008.
5.
The Suburban Garden: Eliots comic Vision & the Structure of Belief Published by the
Principal and IQAC of The Lady Brabourne College Journal, Vol 1, 2009-10.
6.
Translation of Poems by Sylvia Plath and Hart Crane in Translation, Transplantation,

Transcription: an Anthology of American Poetry in Bengali, Pub. By JUSAS ( Jadavpur
University Society for American Studies)-2010-2011- Chapters in Book.
7.
The Inheritance of Loss: T.S.Eliots American Escape and Legacy, JUSAS ( Jadavpur
University Society for American Studies), On-line Journal, 2013.
Books Edited
1.
The Lady Brabourne College Journal, Vol 1, 2009-10. Founder co- Editor and Executive
Publisher of the Research Journal of Lady Brabourne College , Kolkata.
Resource Person in State and National Level Seminars and Conferences.

1.
Presented Paper on Methodology and Challenges I translating Sylvia Plath in Workshop

on Translating American Literature, held in June 2008 at Jadavpur University, organized
by JUSAS.
2.
Presented The Inheritance of Loss: T.S.Eliots American Escape and Legacy, In National
Level seminar on Reconfiguring Modernism in the American Context, organized by
JUSAS at Jadavpur University, 23rd February, 2011.
3.
Presented Paper on Greek Myths: Exploring the Nature and Impact in Special National
Level Lecture, organized by the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, (SRFTI), An
Academic Institute of the Ministry of I & B, Government of India, Panchasayar , Kolkata,
at SRFTI Kolkata on 26th January, 2013.
4.
Presented Paper on Best Practices at Lady Brabourne College at National Level Conference
on Quality Assurance, Enhancement & Sustanibility in Higher Education organized by
IQAC J.D.Birla Institute (Autonomous), Kolkata, and NAAC on April 5th and 6th, 2013.
5.
Presented two-day Lecture series on The Aesthetics on Modernism in a National Level

Special Lecture series on Modern Western Aesthetics , organized by the South Calcutta
Jain Terapanthy Sabha, Kolkata at the Institute of the Terapanthy Sabha, Kolkata, in
June 2013.
6.
Presented Paper on The Dare and the Disturbance: Eliots Poetic Journey and the Nature
of Modernism, at the Special Lecture Series organized by the Department of English,
Basanti Devi College, Kolkata on 29th January, 2014.
290
DR. PARNA GHOSE

Journal Articles
1.
Zenana Gaari : Travel Narratives by the Gendered Subaltern of Colonial India (jt.)
published in Women and Environment by the Womens Studies Centre of Chandernagore
College in 2009. It is a Higher Education Dept. sponsored Seminar volume.
2.
Paper entitled T.S. Eliots Early Poetry: The Genesis of his Social Criticism, published
in the Lady Brabourne College Journal Vol.1 in 2010. This is a refereed academic journal.
3.
Paper entitled Beyond the Purdah: A Quest for Space, Voice and Visibility published
in Metaphorical Visibility: An Indian Perspective (2012). ISBN: 978-81-923688-9-4.
This is the post-seminar volume (refereed) published by Maulana Azad College that had
organised a UGC sponsored National Seminar in collaboration with the Womens Studies
Centre of RBU on Visibility/Invisibility: An Enquiry into the Conditions of Women in
India
4.
Paper entitled A Battle of Ones Own: Writings of Affrilachian Women Poets presented
at the International Seminar organized by Loreto College in collaboration with the
American Center, Kolkata on Aspects of Modernity: American Womens Poetry in
December 2012. The post-seminar volume is forthcoming.
5.
Common Themes, Uncommon Territories (jt.). 2013. This is a Research Project

sponsored by UGC to the Womens Studies Centre of the college.
6.
Paper entitled The Dressed Body as Language : Looking at History Through the Letters
of Lady Curzon is a forthcoming publication of a UGC sponsored National Seminar
organized by the Dept. of History, LBC in collaboration with Maulana Azad College &
Paschim Banga Itihas Samsad on History Through Reminiscences: Diaries, Memoirs
and Oral History. (2011)
*Chapter in Books
1.
Contributor to Historic Dictionary (Personalities), published by Govt. of West Bengal
Paper Presented
1.
Paper entitled An Other Odyssey : An Indian Perspective presented at the

interdisciplinary international research conference Navigating Networks: Women, Travel
and Female communities at Wolfson College, University of Oxford on 04. 10. 2013
2.
Paper entitled A Battle of Ones Own: Writing of Affrilachian Women Poets presented
at the international seminar Aspects of Modernity: American Womens Poetry organized
by the Dept. of English, Loreto College, Kolkata in collaboration with American Centre,
Kolkata on 17 and 18th December, 2012
3.
Paper entitled Glimpses of an other world: Women Travellers of Colonial India

presented at the Centre for Studies in Romantic Literature on 3 & 4th February, 2011
291
MADHUMITA BARUA
Journal Articles
1.
Article entitled Juggling with Politics in The Adventures of Tintin published in the
academic journal of Krishnagar Government College entitled ConscientiaVol. 1, No 2,
January 2013, pp. 81-88. ISSN:2278-6554
2.
Article entitled Canonizing Detective Fiction published in the peer reviewed Journal
of the English Department, Vidyasagar University, Vol. 10, 2012-2013, pp.56-66. ISSN
0973-3671
3.
Article entitled Juxtaposition of Formulas in Conan Doyles TheValley of Fear to be

published in a forthcoming peer reviewed journal of the Humanities Departments of
Lady Brabourne College.
Paper Presented
1.
Presented a Paper entitled Juggling with politics in The adventure of Tintin at UGC
sponsored seminar on Literature, War and the Politics of Representation: 20th Century
and after organized by the Department of English, Krishnanagar Govt. College on 4. 3.
2008-5. 3. 2008.
2.
Presented a paper entitled Canonizing Defective Fiction at UGC sponsored National

Level Seminar on Remapping the English Literary Canon: Language, Society and Culture
organized by the Department of English, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore on 18 and
19th February, 2013
DR. PARAMITA CHAUDHURI

Journal Articles
1.
Article entitled The nonsense of G.K. Chesterton in a forthcoming journal to be published

by the Humanities Departments of Lady Brabourne College.
2.
Article entitled, Transgressors in The God of Small Things in the Newsletter (Vol-4,
March 2013) published by Womens Studies Centre, Lady Brabourne College.
*Chapter in Books
1.
Chapter entitled Red Oleanders: A Reading Tracing a Journey from Death-in Life to
Life-in-Death published in the book entitled Indian Drama (In English and Translation)
Cross Roads of Thoughts. First Edition: 14th Nov 2012. ISBN 978-80761-03-9
2.
Chapter entitled, The Life of an English Householder in Early 19th Century Calcutta in
a forthcoming publication (book) of a UGC sponsored National Seminar organized by
the Dept. of History, LBC in collaboration with Maulana Azad College & Paschim Banga
Itihas Samsad on History Through Reminiscences : Diaries, Memoirs and Oral.
292

3.
Chapter entitled, Chokher Bali: A Journey from Tagore to Rituparno Ghosh in a

forthcoming publication (book) of The Womens Studies Centre, Lady Brabourne College.
Paper Presented
1.
Paper entitled The Triumph of Nonsense in Twelfth Night : Viola as a Shakespeare an

Alice presented at the World Shakespeare Conference on 2-3 Jan 2007
2.
Paper entitled Simulation of Schizophrenia in poor Tom and Lears Madness presented
at the International Shakespeare Scholars meet, Kolkata on 14-15 Dec 2008
3.
Paper entitled Withdrawal, Silence, and Death in The God of Small Things presented
in the UGC Sponsored National Seminar, organized by Dept. of English, Maheshtala
College in collaboration with Saheed Anurup Chandra Mahavidyalaya, H. L. Roy
Auditorium, Jadavpur University on 13 Feb 2012
4.
Paper entitled Life Goes on: A 21st Century Lear on the Streets of London presented at
the Shakespeare Society of Eastern India: National Conference on Shakespeare other
Masters, Kolkata on 30th March, 2013
5.
Paper entitled The Carrollian Wonderland and Ha-Ja-Ba-Ra-La presented at the

Shakespeare Society of Eastern India, and Tagore-Gandhi Institute for Culture Srudies:
International Conference on Translation Studies: Theory and Praxis/Comparative
Literature, Kolkata on 18-20 April, 2014
Publications by faculty now transferred or retired :

DR. SABITA MAJUMDER:
1. A Raisin in the Sun: American Dream and Black Reality, The Lady Brabourne College
Journal (Refereed Journal),Vol. 1, March 2010.
DR. ANASUYA GUHA:
1.
Article entitled Shakespeares Sister in vol. entitled Breaking the Silence, Department
of English, Calcutta University, 2009
2.
Article entitled Caesar and Cleopatra: Shaws Reworking of History as Farce, in Lady
Brabourne College Journal (Refereed Journal), Vol. 1, March 2010.
3.
Article entitled Subarnalata o Shakespearer Bon, Kali o Kalam, Dhaka, May 2010.
4.
Article entitled Ek Atyashcharya Jadu Uran, Kolkata: Kali o Kalam 2007
5.
Shakespeares Cleopatra : A Problem of Gender, Journal of Calcutta University, 2007
6.
Edited book Seeta Devir Teenti Upanyas, Kolkata : Deys 2009
SMT. SUJATA BHATTACHARYA:

1.
Charting Unknown Territories: A Review of Travelogues by Women in 19th century

colonial India in The Lady Brabourne College Journal (Refereed Journal),Vol. 1, March
2010.
293
DR. SANMITA GHOSH

1.
Romantic Inheritance in the Victorian Fairy Tale: John Ruskins The King of the Golden
River in Romanticism and its Legacies. Fine Prints in association with Basanti Devi
College, Kolkata 2009.
2.
The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood: A Victorian Fairy Tale, The Journal of Childrens
Literature Studies, UK, vol. 6. Issue 3 , Nov. 2009
3.
The Literary Fairy Tale in Victorian Fairy Tale in Victorian England : An Imaginative
Response to an Industrial Culture in The Lady Brabourne College Journal (Refereed
Journal),Vol. 1, March 2010.
294
EVALUATIVE REPORT OF THE

DEPARTMENT OF SANSKRIT
1.
Name of the Department: Department : Sanskrit
2.
Year of establishment: 1941
3.
Names of programmes /courses offered (UG, PG, M. Phil, Ph. D, Integrated Masters,
Integrated Ph.D): UG(Honours & General Courses)
4.
Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: N.A.
5.
Annual /semester /choice based credit system (programme wise): Annual System in UG
Level.
6.
Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: None
7.
Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.: N.A.
8.
Details of courses /program discontinued (if any) with reasons: N.A.
9.
Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/ Associate Professors/
Asst. Professors/others):
Sanctioned
Filled
Professor
Nil
Nil
Associate Professor
Nil*
Nil
Assistant Professor
10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization (D.Sc./
D.Litt./Ph.D. /M.Phil. etc.): 6
Name
No. of years
of experience
No. of Ph.D.
Students guided for
the last 4 years
Dr. Sutapa Ray
M.A, B.Ed
PhD
Assistant
Professor
Nyaya
Philosophy
8 Years
Nil
Dr. Samapti Garai
M.A, PhD
Assistant
Professor
Veda
9 Years
Nil
11. List of senior Visiting Faculty: 3
Smt. Sukla Sen
Smt. Ratna Sen
Dr. Trishna Chatterjee
temporary faculty:
Course
Year (2012 2013)
Percentage of lectures
in Theoretical Classes
Total
33%
B.A. Honours
13. Student Teacher ratio (Programme-wise) : 2012-13

Course
No. of Teachers
44
8.8 : 1
B.A. Honours
*Data include full timer and part timer teachers.
14. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff: sanctioned
and filled: N.A.
15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with D.Sc. /D. Litt /Ph.D. /M. Phil /P.G.:
Teaching faculty with Ph.D.: 2
16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national, b) international funding
agencies and c) Total grants received:
Principal Investigator
Dr. Mau DasGupta
Dr. Ratna Chanda
Dr. Sutapa Ray
Status
Funding Agency
Grants Received
Minor Research Project

March 2005 to March 2007
UGC
Rs. 60000.00

January 2006 - January 2008
UGC
Rs. 90000.00

October 2009 - March 2011
UGC
Rs. 66500.00
17. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC; DBT, ICSSR etc and total grants
received: N.A.
18. Research centre /facility recognized by the university: None
19. Publications:
Details of publications by the faculty
Name of the faculty
No. of
No. of
Journal
papers publications
Nat/Int listed in
Int.Data base
Chap.In
Books
Books Books With

Edited
ISSN/
ISBN No.
SNIP
SJR
1.
Dr.SutapaRay
2.
Dr.Samapti Garai
3.
Dr.Trishna Chatterjee
20. Areas of consultancy and income generated: N.A.

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a)
National Committees : None
b)
International Committees : None
c)
Editorial Boards : None

a)
programme; 100% students of UG have done ENVS Project.
b)

i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/other agencies : Nil
23. Awards / Recognition received by faculty and students:

Name
From
Award Name
Dr Sutapa Ray
Best Programme Officer NSS
Dr Sutapa Ray
Best Programme NSS
Lagnajita Chakraborty
Best Volunteer NSS
Ramkrishna Mission
3rd Prize for Painting
Darpana Day
Year
2013
24. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department:

Sl. Name
No.
Affiliation
Date of Visit
Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri
Gurudas College
10. 4. 2006
Mrinal Kanti Ganguli
Asutosh Professor of Calcutta University
28. 2.2011
Ratna Basu
Professor of Calcutta University
24.4.2013
Bidyut Baran Ghosh
Retired Professor of Sanskrit College
24.4.2013
Dilip Kanjilal
Retired Principal of Sanskrit College
24.4.2013
Nabanarayan Bandyopadhyaya
Professor of Rabindra Bharati University
24.4.2013
25. Seminars/ Conferences/ Workshops organized and the source of funding:

National Level Seminars:
Sl Seminar topic & date
No.
Date
Funding
agency
1.
Dynamics of Drama in Classical and Modern Language: an

Exploration
3.09.08
04.09.08
UGC
2.
Swami Vivekanandas Vision and its relevance in the contemporary World
1.03.2013
UGC
3.
A comparative study of Aesthetics in Sanskrit, Persian and Hindi
24.4.13
25.04.13
27.04.13
UGC
4.
Workshop on Stage Performance
4.09.2011
UGC
297
26. Student profile programme /course wise:

Name of the Programme
(refer to question no. 4)
Applications
received
Selected
(No. of seats)
Enrolled
Pass
percentage
Pass out
Year
UG-2007
102
18
18
83%
2010
UG-2008
80
09
09
100%
2011
UG-2009
103
26
26
65%
2012
UG-2010
128
15
15
100%
2013
B.A. SANSKRIT Honours
27. Diversity of students:

Name of the course
% of students from
the same state
% of students from
other states
% of students from
abroad
2007
100
2008
100
2009
100
2010
100
NET, SET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc?
Year
NET*
SET
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
29. Student-progression
Student progression
Percentage against enrolled
UG to PG
80%
PG to M.Phil
N.A
PG to Ph.D**
N.A
Ph.D to Post Doctoral
N.A
Employed
Campus selection
N.A
N.A
Other than campus recruitment**
298
N.A
30. Details of departmental infrastructure facilities

a)
Library: Seminar Library
b)
Internet facilities for Staff & Students: Yes
c)
Class rooms with ICT facility: None
d)
Laboratories: N.A.
or other agencies:
Year
Name of the Student
Name of Scholarship
2006-2007
Subhra Halder
College Fund
1500
Madhumita Mondal
College Fund
1300
Champakali Mondal
College Fund
1000
2007-2008
Dipti Halder
College Fund
2000
2009-2010
Maumita Banik
College Fund
3000
Antara Das
College Fund
3000
2010-2011
Khadija Khatoon
College Fund
2000
2011-2012
Sunita Sahoo
College Fund
2750
Tabassum Khatun
College Fund
2750
Anwesha Saha
College Fund
2750
Pamoli Sen
College Fund
2750
Nilanjana Dutta
College Fund
2750
Rupsha Saha
College Fund
2750
Sumita Sahoo
College Fund
2750
Deepika Mondal
College Fund
3000
Dilruba Parvin
College Fund
3000
Dilruba Parvin
Minority Cell (WB Govt.
5100
Chandana Das
College Fund
3000
Chandana Das
P Banerjee Scholarship
3600
Sutapa Das
Shila Kanuria
Bipasha Saha
Kanyashree (WB Govt.)
25000
Prakriti Mondal
Kanyashree (WB Govt.)
25000
2012-2013
2013-2014
Amount of Grant
299
32. Details on student enrichment program (special lecture /workshops/ seminar) with external
experts:
Sl Seminar topic
No.
Date
Speakers
Funding Agency
1.
Mahabharatiya Nitisastra
10th April, 2006
Nrisingha
Prasad Bhaduri
College Fund
2.
Paniniya Vyakarane Samasa

Samiksa
28th April 2011
Mrinal Kanti Ganguli
College Fund
Workshops conducted:
Workshop Topic
Workshop on stage performance
Date
Funding agency
4.09.2011
UGC
National level seminar

Seminar Topic
Date
Funding agency
Dynamics of Drama in Classical and Modern

1-3rd and 4th September 2008
UGC
Swami Vivekanandas Vision and its relevance

in the Contemporary World.
2-1st march 2013
UGC
A comparative Study of Aesthetics in Sanskrit,

Persian and Hindi.
3-24th, 25th and 27th April 2013
UGC
33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning:
Interaction with the students in the classroom
Consultation through student advisor
Lecture method
Suggestion and list of reference books also given by teachers
34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities

Participation of students and faculty in the extension programmes like seminar conducted
in different colleges by the department of Sanskrit. Students are regularly involved in
NSS programme with some social activities. Every Year 120 hours camp is organized by
the Programme Officers from the department of Sanskrit along with one other Department,
faculty give proper guidance to teach the slum people. The students of the Department
traditionally play a great role in the extracurricular activities like - Drama, Dance, song,
and game. Every function of the college usually begins with the Mangalacharanam which
is performed by the students of the Sanskrit Department. The students of the Department
regularly submit creative writing for the college magazine. The hostelites of the dept.
impart education in the night school of the college hostel and thus they grow and mature
their sense of responsibility to the society.
300
Year
NSS Activities
Night School
2009
14
2010
11
2011
19
2012
16
2013
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SWOC:
DEPARTMENT OF SANSKRIT
STRENGTHS
Students get ample opportunities to know the age
old unique culture of mother India as Sanskrit
literature is the thesaurus of all branches of
knowledge of humanity.
Highly motivated and competent faculty members.
WEAKNESSES
Teaching posts lying vacant in the department
makes syllabus completion extremely difficult for
the existing faculty.
Difficult to attract students who opt for
technologically advanced, job-oriented courses.
OPPORTUNITIES
Students trained with sound knowledge of Sanskrit
can work in any Indological study centre throughout
the world.
Opportunity for going into teaching profession,
work in museums and to carry on research work in
the subjects related to Indology.
S-O STRATEGIES
Complete grooming of students through academic
programmes arranged by the faculty motivates them
to remain focussed in their vision
W-O STRATEGIES
Approaching Government for filling up of vacant
teaching posts.
Motivating the students to do in-depth study which
can be utilised in various professions
CHALLENGES
To unearth the hidden treasure of our ancient
knowledge systems encoded in millions of
unpublished manuscripts available today
throughout the world.
To translate and interpret and prove its scientific
potential and its universal approach in the context
of globalization.
S-C STRATEGIES
To attract students with an aptitude to work on the
unpublished manuscripts and delve deeper into our
ancient knowledge systems.
W-C STRATEGIES
Motivating the students to utilise the opportunities
available to them.
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Annexure to Department of Sanskrit
Dr. Sutapa Ray Viharan, ISSN-0974-2573
Bauddhastup Sanchi : Dharma theke saundaryer Sopan, Third year, Second Vol. July2010
Varnil Vaichitryamayotay utsav mukhar Chhisgarh, Fourth Year, First Vol, January-2011
Andhrapradesh O BaudhasilpaKarma, Fourth Year, Second Vol, July-2011.
Orisar anginay Sthapatyasaili, Fifth Year, First Vol, January -2012
Aitihyavahi Tripura: Prachin Parikrama, Fifth Year, Second Vol, July- 2012
2.
Bhorai,ISSN-0974-2565
Sudraker Mricchakatik: Narir Swarnarath, Forth Year, January -2011
Vedadhyayane Anadhikari Sudra : Sampradayikata O Vicchinnatavader Namantar,

Fifth Year, January-2012.
Shishu o Kishor mone Aparadh Pravanata O SukumarBritti, Sixth Year,

January-2013
Dr. Samapti Garai

ISSN NO -0973-8584
Sastrio Sangiter Mul Utsa Swarup Sambed. Page No-67, Vol-3, 2009.
Oupanisadik Chetanai Rabindramanas. Page-91, Vol-5, 2011.
Dr. Trishna Chatterjee
Mahakavyer Chalchitre Ram sitar dampatya Prem, Bhorai, ISSN-0974-2565, Fourth Year,
January-2011.
303
304
THE DEPARTMENT OF URDU
1.
Name of the Department: Urdu
2.
3.
Names of programmes /courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil, Ph. D, Integrated Masters, Integrated
Ph.D): UG (Honours & General Courses)
4.
5.
Annual /semester /choice based credit system (programme wise): Annual System in UG Level.
6.
7.
Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. : N.A.
8.
9.
Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/ Associate Professors/ Asst.
Professors/others):
Sanctioned
Filled
Nil
Nil
Associate Professor
2*
Assistant Professor
Professor
*All base posts are Assistant Professors post, upgraded by Career Advancement Scheme.
10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization (D.Sc./D.Litt./Ph.D.
/M.Phil. etc.): 3
Name
Qualification
Designation Specialization
Dr. Shaheen
Sultana
M.A.(Double),
B.Ed, Ph.D,
Associate
Professor
Dr. Nelufar
Murtaza
M.A., B.Ed,
Ph.D,
Associate
Professor
Dr. Shabana
Nasreen
M.A.,
Ph.D.,
Assistant
Professor
Rashida Khatoon
Zahida Bano
No. of years
of experience
No. of Ph.D.
Students guided for
the last 4 years
Modern Urdu
Ghazals
17 Yrs.
Nil
Urdu Criticism
16 Yrs.
Nil
Urdu Poetry
13 Yrs.
Nil
12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (programme wise) by temporary
faculty:
Course
Year (2012 2013)
Percentage of lectures in Classes
B.A Honours
13.33%
13. Student Teacher ratio (Programme-wise) : (2012 2013)

Course
B.A. Honours
No. of Teachers
Total no of students
124
24.8 : 1
14. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff: sanctioned and
filled: N.A.
Teaching faculty with Ph.D.
Teaching faculty with M. Phil
16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national, b) international funding agencies and
c) Total grants received:
Ongoing
Status
Funding Agency
Grants Received
Comparative Study of
Ghalib and Wordsworth
(2010 onwards)
UGC
Rs 1,31,000.00
Status
Funding Agency
Grants Received
Dr. Shaheen Sultana
Feeling of Loneliness
in Modern Urdu Poetry
(2007 -2009)
UGC
Rs 70,000.00
Dr. Nelufar Murtaza
Abul Kalam Azad and

reconstruction of national
education
UGC
Rs 80000
Dr. Shabana Nasreen
Modern Urdu
Poetry-Simt-O-Raftaar
UGC
Rs 104000
Dr. Shaheen Sultana
Completed
17. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC; DBT, ICSSR etc and total grants received
: Nil
18. Research centre /facility recognized by the university: None
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19. Publications:
Faculty
Papers
Int
Nat
Mono Chapter Books Citation SNIP

graphs in
Edited Index
Books
10
Dr. Nelufar Murtaza
Dr. Shabana Nasreen
Dr. Shaheen Sultana
SJR Impact h-index

factor

a)
National Committees
b)
c)
Editorial Boards
Faculty
Committee
Dr. Shaheen Sultana
Life Member, Asiatic Society, Kolkata*
*State level

a)
programme
100% of 1st Year (Honours) student of ENVS project.
(b) Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution
i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies: N.A.
307

Name of Faculty/Students
Dr. Shaheen Sultana
Name of the Award
Organization
Year
BOLT Award
(Broad Outlook
Learner Teacher)
AIR INDIA
and
THE STATESMAN
2004

Sl. No. Name
Affiliation
Date of Visit
Prof. Shahid Akhtar
HOD, Dept. of Urdu, Hooghly Mohsin College
2006
Prof. Yousuf Taqi
Ex-Professor, Dept of Urdu, Calcutta University
2007
Prof. Yasmin Akhter
HOD, Dept. of Urdu, Calcutta Girls College
2008
Prof. Iqbal Jawed
Principal, Surendra Nath College, Kolkata
2009
Prof. Nusrat Jahan
HOD, Dept. of Urdu, Surendra Nath College
2010
Prof. Dabir Ahmad
HOD, Dept. of Urdu, Maulana Azad College
2011
Prof. Shameem Anwar
HOD, Dept. of Urdu, Calcutta University
2012
Prof. Farhat Ara Kahkashan
HOD, Dept. of Urdu, Victoria Girls College
2013
25. Seminars/ Conferences/ Workshops organized and the source of funding : N.A.
Applications
received
Selected
(No. of seats)
Enrolled
Pass
percentage
Pass out
Year
2007
53
32
28
90%
2010
2008
75
34
34
94%
2011
2009
29
29
14
98%
2012
2010
57
34
32
94%
2013

Name of the Course
% of students from
the samestate
% of students from
other States
% of students
from abroad
U.G.-2010
100
U.G.-2011
100
U.G.-2012
100
U.G.-2013
100
U.G.-2014
100
308
28. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET,
SET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc?
Year
NET
2006
2007
2008
Student progression
Against % enrolled
UG to PG
90%
PG to M.Phil.
N.A.
PG to Ph.D.
N.A
N.A.
Employed
Campus selection
N.A.
N.A
40%

a)
Library: There are 1370 Books in the Seminar Library of the Department
b)
Internet facilities for staff and students: Internet facility available (i) for the Faculty
Members; and (ii) for the Students
c)
Class rooms with ICT facility : None
d)
Laboratories : N.A
309
31. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other
agencies: Details attached in separate sheet.
Year
Number of the Students
Name of Scholarship
2007
Student's Welfare Fund
WB. Minority (Urdu Academy)
2008
11
2009
32
22
36
24
2010
2011
2012
2013
experts:
Departmental Seminars
Sl Seminar topic
No.
Date
Speakers
Funding
Agency
Values in Urdu Shairee
2006
Prof. Shahid Akhtar
College Fund
History of Urdu Literature
2007
Prof. Yousuf Taqi
College Fund
Modern Urdu Ghazals
2008
Prof. Yasmin Akhter
College Fund
Bengal mei Urdu Shairee
2009
Prof. Iqbal Jawed
College Fund
Urdu Shairee aur Awaam
2010
Prof. Nusreat Jahan
College Fund
Modern Ghazal Poets
2011
Prof. Dabir Ahmad
College Fund
Criticism in Urdu Drama
2012
Prof. Shameem Anwar
College Fund
Modern Day Problems in Urdu Ghazals
2013
Prof. Farhat Ara Kahkashan
College Fund
POWER-POINT Presentation
34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: N.A.
310
35. SWOC analysis of the Department and Future Plans

SWOC:
DEPARTMENT OF URDU
STRENGTHS
High academic standard of the students.
Excellent results in univeristy examinations.
Remedial classes are conducted for the
economically and socially backward students.
Motivated and dedicated teachers.
WEAKNESSES
Low faculty strength.
Lack of communication skills of students in English
is the main cause of their weakness in other subjects.
OPPORTUNITIES
Enthusiastic faculty with research aptitude
promotes research culture among students and an
enquiry-based learning approach.
Presentation of papers in seminars to enrich
knowledge.
Scholarships of different kinds enables the students
to promote various skills.
Various professional opportunities are made
available to the students through proper counselling
and advise given by the faculty members.
S-O STRATEGIES
to remain focussed in their vision of achieving their
goals by getting job placements.
W-O STRATEGIES
Regular in-flow of government funds for research.
CHALLENGES
Empowerment of women through education
becomes difficult since majority of the students are
from educationally and economically backward
community structure.
To attract students with an aptitude to pursue higher
studies.
Need for well-equipped language laboratory with
internet facilities to impart good and up to date
education.
S-C STRATEGIES
Introducing institutional scholarships/freeships for
the economically backward students, not receiving
financial assistance from other sources.
Creating well equipped computer laboratories with
internet facilities to increase awareness of the
students.
W-C STRATEGIES
Generating resources for research activities.
available to them.
311

Annexure I to Department of Urdu
Name of the Faculty
Books/Articles
Dr. Shaheen Sultana Books

Articles in Journal
Dr. Nelufar Murtaza Book

Articles in Journal
Dr. Shabana Nasreen Book
Articles in Journal
312
Title
1. Naya Ghar (2001)
2. Right Steps to success (2000)
1. Faiz Ki Shairee, 2010
2. Alamghir An Able Administrator, Proceedings of the
International Conference in Political Science, Maulana
Azad College, Kolkata, 2010
3. Urdu Shairee mei Aalmi Massail Ke Akassi,
4. Urdu drama ki mukstasar tarikh
5. Urdu shairee mein ehsas tanhai, Karwane Khayal, 2006
6. Atish aur Naasikh ka Mowazna, Naya Daur, 2006
7. Bahadur Shah Jafar aur Junge Azadi, 2007
8. Urdu Shairee Mein Aalmee Massail, 2007
9. Masnabee Huszney Akhtar, Naya Daur, 2008
10. Ghalib, Almee Sahara, 2009
1. Urdu Tanquid key Nayey Dabistani Abaad (1995)
1. Makhdoom Mohiuddin kee Ghazal key imteyazaat
1. Nassakh aur talamzah-e-Nassakh kee adbi Khidmaat, 2012
2. Diwane Maekash (compiled and edited-2013)
ISBN-978-81-910952-0-5
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Nassakh ek Shair, 2009

Parween Shakir kee Shairee, 2010
Prem chand ki Novel nigari, 2010
Faiz Zidan namaa key Hawaley-ISSN-0971-6009, 2011
Khalilur Rahman Azmi, 2013
Shaheera Masroor ki afsana Nigari 2007
ISBN-978-93-81029-57-2, 2013
7. Makttobatey Shiblee (Review)
EVALUATIVE REPORTS OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF PERSIAN
1.
Name of the Department : Persian
2.
Year of establishment : 1939
3.
Names of Programmes/Course offered (UG, PG, M.Phil, Ph.D., Integrated Masters,

Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc) : UG (Honours and General Courses)
Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments /units involved : NA
5.
Examination System: Annual/Semester/Trimester/Choice Based Credit System : Annual

system in UG level
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 programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons N.A.
9.
Asst. Professors/others)
Sanctioned
Filled
Professor
Associate Professor
1*
Asst. Professor
10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization, experience
and research under guidance
Name
1. Jahan Ara
2. Syeda
Shariquatul
Moula
Al-Quadri
No. of Ph.D.
Students guided for
the last 4 years
M.A.
Associate
Professor
Indo-Persian
Literature
30 years
M.A.,Ph.D*
Assistant
Professor
Indo-Persian
Literature
12 years
M.A.
Assistant
Professor
Indo-Persian
Literature
11 years
3. Yasmin
*Ph.D awarded in 2013
No. of years
of experience
Dr. Nasrin Jahan retired in December 2006.
11. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors: N.A.
12. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty- programme-wise information - N.A.
13. Student Teacher Ratio (Program me-wise): (2012-13)
Programme
10
3.33 : 1
UG Level
filled : NIL
15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ M.Phil/ P.G.
Ph.D
1*
PG
* Ph.D degree awarded in 2013
agencies and grants received.
Research Projects (Major/Minor) :
No. of faculty
Period of project National/International Funding Agency
Grant received (Rs)
2009-2011
National
UGC
50,000.00
2011-2013
National
UGC
2,00,000.00
17. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC- /CAS, DPE; DBT, ICSSR, AICTE,
etc; total grants received. NA
18. Research Centre / facility recognized by the University - N.A
19. Publications:
Name of the
Teacher
No. of
papers
Nat/Int
No. of
publications
listed in
Int. Data
base
Mono
Graphs
Chap.
In
Books
Books
Edited
Books
with
ISSN/
ISBN
No.
Citation
Index
SNIP
SJR
Impact
factor
H-Index
Jahan Ara
Nil
nil
nil
nil
nil
Syeda Shariquatul
Moula Al-Quadri
Nil
nil
nil
nil
na
na
Nil
Nil
nil
nil
nil
nil
na
na
Yasmin
** Details in Annexure 1.
20. Area of consultancy and income granted : N.A

314
a)
National Committees :
b)
International Committees :

c)
Editorial Boards :
Committees
Name of Faculties
National
Jahan Ara : Life Member Iran Society Kolkata

Syeda Shariquatul Moula Al-Quadri : Life Member Iran Society Kolkata
International
Jahan Ara : Life Members of Asiatic Society, Kolkata

Syeda Shariquatul Moula Al-Quadri : Life Members of Asiatic Society, Kolkata
Yasmin : Life Members of Asiatic Society, Kolkata
Editorial Boards
22. Students Projects:

a)
b)
Percentage of students who have done in house projects including inter departmental/
programme.
ENVS Projects: 100 % students of First Year Honours class.
100% students are engaged in departmental projects.

i,e., in Research Laboratories/ Industry/other agencies. N.A
23. Awards/ Recognitions received by faculty and students: N.A

24. List of eminent academicians and scientists/ visitors to the departments: N.A
25. Seminars/Conferences/ Workshops organized & the source of funding:
a)
National : 3. Seminars, 1 workshop & Exhibition of Manuscript UGC
Topic
Date
Funding Agency
1. DDynamics of Drama in Classical and Modern

3rd and 4th September 2008
UGC
2. Swami Vivekanandas Vision and its relevance

in the contemporary World
1st March 2013
UGC
3 A Comparative Study of Aesthetics in Sanskrit,

Persian, and Hindi in Academic collaboration
with CUMRC
24th, 25th and 27th April 2013
UGC
b)
International : N.A
26. Student profile programme/ course wise:

Name of the
Course/programme
Applications
received
Selected
Male
UG (2007)
01
01
01
UG (2008)
03
03
01
100
UG (2009)
02
02
02
100
UG (2010)
03
02
02
100
Enrolled
Female
Pass
percentage
315
27. Diversity of students

Nameofthe Course
% of students from
the samestate
% of students from
other States
% of students
from abroad
UG (2007)
100
UG (2008)
100
UG (2009)
100
UG (2010)
100
28. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defense Services examinations,
NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations ? Give details category-wise.
NET : 1
Student progression
UG to PG
80%
PG to M.Phil
NA
PG to Ph.D.
NA
NA
Employed
Campus selection
Entrepreneurship/ self employment
30. Details of infrastructure facilities:
Details of Infrastructural facilities:

a)
Library: The department maintains a library of its own. There are about 200
books in the departmental library.
b)
Internet facilities for Staff and Students: Internet facilities are provided for staff
in the departmental desktop computers and for students in the computers in the
library.
c)
Class rooms with ICT facility : Nil
d)
Laboratories : NA
31. No of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or

other agencies:
No. of Student
Students Welfare Committee of the college
Iran Society, Calcutta
West Bengal Minority Development Finance Commission (WBMDFC)
316
32. Details of students enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops/ seminar)

involving external experts.
1)
Seminar UGC sponsored National Seminar -Dynamics of Drama in Classical and

Modern Languages : An Exploration(3rd & 4th September,2008)
2)
Swami Vivekanandas Vision & its relevance in the Contemporary World (1st March
,2013)
3)
A Seminar cum Exhibition on A Comparative Study of Aesthetics in Sanskrit

,Persian & Hindi(24th,25th & 27th April 2013)
33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning : Interaction with the students in
the classroom, tutorial written work & audio visual
34 Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: Nil
317
35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans:

SWOC:
DEPARTMENT OF PERSIAN
STRENGTHS
A strong academic foundation combined with moral
values and ethical principles prepare the students
to acquire global competency.
The department provides them with access to higher
education and subsequently to a better life.
Remedial classes are conducted for the
economically and socially backward students.
Motivated and dedicated teachers.
High academic standard.
All round development of students through
academic and extracurricular activities.
WEAKNESSES
As most of the students are first generation learners
coming from economically under-priviledged
families their level of motivation is very low and
they have poor learning skills. It is very difficult
for them to cope up with the academic demands of
the college.
Lack of communication skills of students in English
is the main cause of their weakness in other subjects.
Number of students seeking Persian Hons. has been
affected by the abolition of 3rd Language from
school syllabus.
OPPORTUNITIES
Enthusiastic faculty with research aptitude
promotes research culture among students and an
enquiry-based learning approach.
Presentation of papers in seminars to enrich
knowledge.
Scholarships of different kinds enables the students
to promote various skills.
Participation in extracurricular activities facilitates
the students to exhibit their talents.
available to the students through proper counselling
and advise given by the faculty members.
S-O STRATEGIES
W-O STRATEGIES
Regular in-flow of government funds for research.
CHALLENGES
Empowerment of women through education
becomes difficult since majority of the students are
from educationally and economically backward
community structure.
studies.
Creating research aptitude among the economically
backward students.
Need for well-equipped language laboratory with
internet facilities to impart good and up to date
education.
S-C STRATEGIES
Creating well equipped computer laboratories with
internet facilities to increase awareness of the
students.
W-C STRATEGIES
Generating resources for research activities.
available to them.
318
Annexure-I to Department of Persian

Detailed list of Publications of Faculty
SMT. JAHAN ARA
1.
Rabindranath Tagore : A Golden Link between India & Iran , Lady Brabourne College
Journal Volume I- 2010
Newsletter
1.
Remarriage of Women among Muslims, Newsletter- Womens Studies Centre , Lady

Brabourne College, Volume -2- March 2011
2.
Contribution of Hasina Murshid in Muslim Womens Education in Bengal, Newsletter

Womens Studies Centre, Lady Brabourne College Volume -4 March- 2013
SYEDA SHARIQATUL MOULA ALQUADRI

1.
Sultanul Aulia , Tasawwuf e- Milli , vol-4 of May 2006.
2.
Islam Ka Ibtaydayi Dur , Tasawwuf e- Milli ,vol 5 of September 2006.
3.
Similarities between Persians and Indians in Ancient Society Lady Brabourne College
Journal, Vol-1, Kolkata-2010
319
320
THE DEPARTMENT OF HINDI
1.
Name of the Department : Hindi
2.
Year of establishment: 2010, Hindi Hons.
3.
Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil, Ph.D., Integrated Masters, Integrated
Ph.D., D.Sc. D.Litt. etc): UG
4.
Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: N/A
5.
Annual/Semester/Trimester/Choice Based Credit System (programme wise) : Annual
6.
Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments : N/A
7.
Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institution etc. : Nil
8.
Details of courses /programmes discontinued (if any): Nil
9.
Number of teaching posts

Sanctioned
Filled
Professor
Associate Professor
03
02
Asst. Professor
10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization (D.Sc/D.Litt./
Ph.D./M.Phil etc.)
Name
Rinku Ghosh
Kammu Khatick
No. of years
of experience
No. of Ph.D.
Students guided for
the last 4 years
M.A.,
B.Ed
Assistant
Professor
Womens
Studies
13
Nil
M.A,.B.Ed
PGDT,M.Phil
Assistant
Professor
Womens
Studies
Nil
Rinku Ghosh Submitted Ph.D Thesis in Jan-2014 (Not yet Awarded)
11. List of senior Visiting faculty: Priyanka Shah

12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (programme-wise) by
temporary faculty
Lecture delivered by temporary faculty
27%
13. Student- Teacher ratio (programme-wise):

Course
Total number of students (2012-2013)
Student Teacher ratio
26
8.67:1
B. A. (Honours)
filled: Nil
15. Qualification of teaching faculty with D.Sc/ D.Litt./ Ph.D/M.Phil/PG.:
Teaching Faculty with M. Phil
agencies and grants received: Nil
17. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC,DBT, ICSSR, etc; total grants received:
Nil
18. Research Centre/facility recognized by the University: N/A
19. Publications
Name of the
Teacher
No. of
papers
Nat/Int
No. of
publications
listed in
Int. Data
base
Mono
Graphs
Chap.
In
Books
Books
Edited
Books
with
ISSN/
ISBN
No.
Citation
Index
SNIP
SJR
Impact
factor
H-Index
See Annexure I
20. Areas of consultancy and income generated: Rinku Ghosh- Consultancy charges from
Public Service Commission.
a)
National committees: Nil
b)
International committees: Nil
c)
Editorial Boards: Member of the Editorial Board, LBC Journal-Rinku Ghosh
22. Student projects: EVS Projects

a)
Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter-departmental

/programme -100% participation
b)

/programme percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other
universities/ industry/ institute : Nil
23. Awards/ recognitions received by faculty and Students:
322
Antara Chowdhury- Received grade 3 certificate In Western Classical Violin Exam.

Held by Trinity College London, on 12th Dec, 2013.
24. List of eminent academicians and scientist/ visitors to the department: N/A
Sr. No.
Name
Smt. Usha Ganguly
Prof. Jawarimal Parakh
Affiliation
Date
3.09.2008
IGNOU, New Delhi
24.4.2013
25. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and source of funding:

Sl.No.
Topic & Date
Speakers
1.
Dyanamics Of Drama In Classical And Modern Languages :

An Exploration, 3rd And 4th September-2008(National Level
Seminar-Cum-Workshop Organized By Six Language
Departments of The College)
2.**
A Comparative Study of Aesthetics in Sanskrit, Persian

and Hindi, 24th, 25th And 27th April-2013.Literature.
(National level seminar and Exhibition)
b)
Funding
Smt. Usha Ganguly

Eminent theatre
personality
3.09.2008
UGC
Prof. Jawarimal
Parakh
IGNOU, New
Delhi, 24.4.13
UGC
International : Nil
26. Student profile programme/course wise : (last 4 yrs)

Name of the Course/
programme
Applications
received
Selected
2010
44
24
07
71.4%
2011
41
24
08
2012
34
24
11
2013
26
25
07
Male
Enrolled
Fimale
Pass
percentage
UG
*M = Male, *F = Female

Name of the Course
% of students from
the samestate
% of students from
other States
% of students
from abroad
2010
100%
2011
87.5%
12.5%
2012
100%
2013
85.7%
14.3%
NET, SET, GATE a civil services, Defense services etc.: Nil
323
Student progression
Against % enrolled
UG to PG
60%
PG to M.Phil
N/A
PG to Ph.D.
N/A
N/A
Employed
Campus selection
N/A
Entrepreneurship /self -employment
N/A
30. Details of infrastructure facilities

a)
Library: Enriched Seminar library with 560 books covering the entire syllabus.
b)
Internet facilities for staff and students For Staff only: 01 Computer
c)
Class rooms with ICT facility : Nil
d)
Laboratories. : N/A
or other agencies.
Students received Govt. Scholarship 3
32. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures/workshop/ seminar) with
external experts:
SL.NO TOPIC & DATE
SPEAKERS
FUNDING
1.
DYANAMICS OF DRAMA IN CLASSICAL AND

MODERN LANGUAGES :AN EXPLORATION, 3RD AND
4TH SEPTEMBER-2008(National level Seminar-cumWorkshop organized by six language departments of the
college)
Smt. Usha Ganguly

Eminent theatre
personality
3.09.2008
UGC
2.**
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF AESTHETICS IN

SANSKRIT, PERSIAN AND HINDI, 24TH, 25TH AND 27TH
APRIL-2013.LITERATURE.(National level seminar and
Exhibition)
Prof. Jawarimal
Parakh
IGNOU, New
Delhi, 24.4.13
UGC
33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: General classroom teaching.
34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: one
student participates in NSS activity.
324
35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future Plans:

SWOC:
DEPARTMENT OF HINDI
STRENGTH
Well-structured teaching learning process with
regular classes taken by diligent teachers and
continuous assessment.
Additional tutorial classes.
Students enthusiastic not only about academic
activities but also participate in other College
programmes like Annual Function, AnnualSports
and Bhasha Diwas
Good academic output from students
Computer with internet facility
WEAKNESS
In-sufficient space available and no separate room
for seminar library.
Inadequate teaching faculty for a full-fledged
department involved in teaching, honours and
general course along with Hindi as a Modern Indian
Language (MIL)
OPPORTUNITY
Teachers are engaged in research work pursuing
their Ph.D degree
S-O STRATEGIES
Introduction of modified Hindi Software will help
in the study of linguistics of official Hindi language.
Workshops on Rajbhasa and its implications within
the syllabus and outside will orient students to take
up higher studies in their rashtra-bhasha.
Research area on anubad shall be taken up by the
teachers
Introduction of Hindi coaching for competitive
exams like WBCS, IAS, NET and SLET.
W-O STRATEGIES
Approaching the government for sanctioning new
teaching posts.
CHALLENGE
S-C STRATEGIES
Maintenance of strict discipline for students ensures
a healthy academic environment
W-C STRATEGIES
Despite limitations the teachers are striving to
achieve their targets.
tutorial classes.
325

Annexure-I to Department of Hindi
Seminar Proceedings
Partition Literature: Memory and inheritance of self. Title of the Paper- Desh Bhager Tragedy,
Nari o ekti Hindi Golpo, Rinku Ghosh.
326
THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
1.
Name of the Department : History
2.
Year of Establishment : 1939
3.
Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters;
Integrated Ph.D., etc.): UG
4.
Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: Womens Studies
5.
Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise): Annual
6.
Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: Teachers

and students of the department is actively involved with the Womens Studies Centre of
the college.
7.

N.A.
8.
Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: N.A.
9.
Number of Teaching posts

Sanctioned
Filled
Nil
Nil
Asst. Professors
Nil
Professors
10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt./Ph.D.

/ M. Phil. etc.)
Name
No. of years
of experience
No. of Ph.D. /M.Phil

Students guided for
the last 4 years
28Yrs
Nil
Dr. Subhalakhmi
Pandey
Associate
Professor
M.A.,
M.Phil., PhD.
Social
History
Dr. Aparna
Bandopadhyay
Associate
Professor
M.A.,
PhD
Gender/
Womens
History
17 Yrs.
Supervising M.Phil. of
one student of School
of Womens Studies,
Jadavpur University.
Kakoli Sinha Ray
Associate
Professor
M.A.
Environmental
History
17 Yrs.
Nil
Note: Dr. Ratna Bagchi Transferred in 2011
11. List of senior visiting faculty: Nil
temporary faculty: N.A.
13. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise)
Course
B. A. (Honours)
Year
Total number of
students (2012-2013)
1st year
32
23:1
2nd year
20
3rd year
17
Total
69
filled: N.A.
15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil / PG. PhD.:
Teaching Faculty with Ph. D
Teaching Faculty with P. G
agencies and grants received
Name of Principal
Investigator
Dr. Subhalakhmi
Pandey
Dr. Aparna
Bandopadhyay
Kakoli
Sinha Ray
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Title of
Project
Funding
Agency
Period
Total Grant
(Rs.)
Affiliation
Haunted
India: Colonial
Writing on
Oriental
Apparitions
UGC
2008-2010
1,00,000
Lady Brabourne
College
A Leisure of
Womens Own:
Television
Megaserials and
Bengali Women
in Contemporary
Kolkata
UGC
2014-2016
2,80,000
Lady Brabourne
College
Shikar, Ecological
Charges &
Nations of
Conservation in
the Raj 1850-1947
UGC
2008-2010
75,000
Lady Brabourne
College
received: UGC CPE Project:
Departmental Projects
Grants Received
UGC CPE project Video Documentation of the colonial buildings in

B.B.D. Bag, area of Kolkata.
Rs. 50,000/-
18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: N.A.

19. Publications:
Name of faculty
Papers in peer
reviewed journals
Chapters in
books
Books/Journals
edited
Books with ISSN/

ISBN Numbers
Dr. Subhalakshmi
Pandey
9 (in a
single book)
Dr. Aparna
Bandyopadhyay
Kakoli Sinha Ray
10
(in a single book)

Kakoli Sinha Ray delivered 20 lectures and wrote 15 articles for Paper V (European
Renaissance) of History Honours for a project of EMMRC for the U.G.C. to make
educational programmes for the country wide classroom network (Channel I) of
Doordarshan.
Faculty
Serving in (a) National Committees (b) International Committees

(c) Editorial Boards (d) any other
Dr. Subhalaksmi Pandey 1.

2.
3.
4.
Life member of life members of Indian History Congress

Life member of Institute of Historical Studies, Kolkata
Life member of the Indian Association for Asia Pacific Studies.
Life member of head of the Committee for Revision of Syllabi of the
Undergraduate Honours (Paper 4) course of the Calcutta University
Dr. Aparna
Bandyopadyay
1. Annual member of the Indian History Congress

2. Life member of Indian Association for Womens Studies
3. Life member of Paschim Banga Itihas Samsad
Kakoli Sinha Ray
1. Life member of life members of Indian History Congress

2. Life member of Institute of Historical Studies, Kolkata
3. Life member of the Indian Association for Asia Pacific Studies.
22. Student projects:

a)
Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental
programme:
1.
The first year students of the department submit an EVS Project at the end of
the first year
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b)
2.
100% (all students of the department are mandatorily involved with the
publication of the departmental wall magazine Samaswar).
3.
At least 40% of the students were involved in the UGC, CPE Project on the
colonial buildings in the B.B.D. Bag area of Kolkata.

i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies: N.A.
23. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students: N.A.

Sr. Name
No.
Affiliation
Date
1.
Prof. Gautam Bhadra
Rabindranath Tagore Fellow

in National Library
04.02.10
2.
Prof. Badrinayan Tiwari
G. B. Part Social Science Institute
04.02.10
3.
Prof Sudeshna Bhattacharyya.
Jadavpur University
04.02.10
4.
Prof. Sonia Nishat Amin.
Dacca University
24-26th Jan, 2013
5.
Prof. Rochona Chakraborty.
Calcutta University
25.01.2013
6.
Prof. Aparna Ray
IDSK
04.02.10
7.
Prof. Narayani Gupta
Professor, Delhi University
24.01.2013
8.
Prof. Uma Chakravarti
Professor, Miranda House,

New Delhi
24.01.2013
9.
Prof. Upinder Singh
Delhi University
24.01.2013
10.
Prof. Amit De
Calcutta University
24-26th Jan, 2013
11.
Aparna Roy
04.02.10
12.
Prof. Swapna Bhattacharyya
Calcutta University
24-26th Jan, 2013
25. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding a) National

b) International:
Name of Seminar/
Workshop/
Conference & date
Organizer and
Source of Funding
National or
International
Seminar
Speakers
1. History Through
Reminiscences:
Diaries, Memoirs
and oral History,
4th Feb. 2010.
Organized by Lady
Brabourne College &
funded by U.G.C.
National
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
2. Unish Shatake
Organized by Lady
Streeshikshar Nirman
Brabourne College &
in collaboration with
funded by U.G.C.
Paschimbanga Itihas
Samsad on 25th Jan, '13
National
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Prof. Gautam Bhadra

Prof. Badrinayan Tiwari
Prof Sudeshna Bhattacharyya.
Prof. Aparna Ray
Aparna Roy
Name of Seminar/
Workshop/
Conference & date
Organizer and
Source of Funding
National or
International
Seminar
3. Annual conference of
Paschimbanga Itihas
Samsad from 24th to
26th January,2013.
Organized by Paschim
National
Banga Itihas Congress
in association with
& funded by Paschim
& U.G.C.
Speakers
1. Prof. Sonia Nishat Amin.

2. Prof. Amit De
3. Prof. Swapna Bhattacharyya

Nameofthe Course/
programme
Applications
received
Selected
1. U.G. (Hons.) 2007
129
30
18
100%
2. U.G. (Hons.) 2008
157
30
21
95.2%
3. U.G. (Hons.) 2009
232
30
23
82.6%
4. U.G. (Hons.) 2010
241
30
16
81.2%
Male
(N.A.)
Enrolled
Female
Pass
percentage
*M = Male *F = Female
27. Diversity of Students:

Name of theCourse
% of students from
the same state
% of students from
other States
% of students
from abroad
U.G.(2006)
96
U.G.(2007)
100
U.G.(2008)
90
10
U.G. (2009)
100
U.G.(2010)
100
U.G.(2011)
94.4
5.6
U.G.(2012)
96
U.G.(2013)
100
1.
Debarati Majumdar,cleared SET in 2008
2.
Debosree Dey cleared NET in 2009
3.
Debarati Ganguly cleared NET in 2012
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Student progression
UG to PG
100%
PG to M.Phil.
25%
PG to Ph.D.
10%
NIL
Employed
Campus selection
50%

a)
Library:
There are 410 books in the Seminar Library of the Department. Students also use
the Central library of the college.
b)
Internet facilities for Staff & Students:

Students can access WAN and LAN facilities
c)
Class rooms with ICT facilities: Nil
d)
Laboratories: Nil
or other agencies:
YEAR
COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP
OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
NIL
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
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external experts: regular lectures, seminars and workshops are held and experts and
academicians of reputed institutes and universities are invited to enrich the students.
Name of Seminar/
Workshop/ Conference
& date
Organizer and Source

of Funding
National or
International
Seminar
Speakers
1. History Through
Reminiscences:
Diaries, Memoirs and
oral History,
4th Feb. 2010.
Organized by Lady
Brabourne College &
funded by U.G.C.
National
1. Prof. Gautam Bhadra

2. Prof. Badrinayan Tiwari
3. Prof Sudeshna Bhattacharyya.
4. Prof. Aparna Ray
5. Aparna Roy
2. Unish Shatake
Streeshikshar Nirman
in collaboration with
Paschimbanga Itihas
Samsad on
25th Jan, 2013.
Organized by Lady
Brabourne College &
funded by U.G.C.
National
3. Annual conference
of Paschimbanga
Itihas Samsad from
24th to 26th
January, 2013.
Organized by Paschim
National
in association with
& funded by Paschim
& U.G.C.
1. Prof. Sonia Nishat Amin.

2. Prof. Amit De
3. Prof. Swapna Bhattacharyya
Class lectures is the general mode of teaching.
Tutorials help the students to clear their doubts and help them to rectify their
shortcomings.
Students are encouraged to publish articles in the departmental wall magazine

Swamaswar to encourage independent thinking.
Regular excursions to historical places are held to apprise them about the rich
historical heritage of the country.
Moreover additional study materials are given to augment their knowledge.
34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities:

Students of the hostel are associated with the endeavour to teach underprivileged children.
Moreover they are actively involved with the college unit of the N.S.S. Some students
are enrolled in the Computer course offered by WEBEL.
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35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future Plans:

SWOC:
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
STRENGTH
Dedicated teachers.
Students show good academic output in University
examinations.
The students actively participate in different cocurricular and extra-curricular activities like
attending seminars, workshops or bringing out a
wall magazine; Swamaswar and doing project
work on various topics in history.
Students learn their moral and social responsibilities
through their activities in the N.S.S. units of the
College and involvement in teaching assignments
in the Night School run at the College hostel.
Students are taken for regular excursions to
historical places to apprise them about the rich
historical heritage of the country and their
knowledge is augmented with additional study
materials.
WEAKNESS
In-sufficient built in space for class room, seminar
library, seminar room and archival gallery.
No administrative staff to handle administrative
work of the department
No departmental fund for small recurring expenses
of the department.
Lacks the requisite teaching strength, thereby
hampering the teaching learning process.
OPPORTUNITY
Excellent student-teacher interaction that is
constructive in orienting students towards higher
studies, research and in general shaping their
careers.
Well organized seminars & workshop enlightens
students about the subject in a multifaceted fashion
Teachers are engaged in various research work and
publish their research articles regularly in peer
reviewed journals
S-O STRATEGIES
The department aims to initiate Post Graduate
course in History with additional space and
infrastructure
The department also has the potential and plans of
collaborating with the Womens Studies Centre to
start a course on post graduate studies and intense
research activities.
The faculty are interested in setting up an
Environmental History Studies Cell in the
department.
Upgrading of one classroom with multimedia
facilities to enhance the quality of teaching using
audio-visual aids
Computers have been installed for administrative
and academic work of the department
W-O STRATEGIES
Expansion of the department with availability of
more space.
Requesting Government for quick filling up of
vacant teaching post in the department.
CHALLENGE
Being a government Institution the process of filling
up of teaching posts is very slow.
S-C STRATEGIES
Strict discipline among students is maintained to
ensure a healthy academic environment in the
department.
W-C STRATEGIES
tutorial classes.
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SUBHALAKSHMI PANDEY
Publication
1.
Ideologues of Imperialism: A Study in the Memoirs of Colonial Masters in India,

published in the Lady Brabourne College Journal of Social Sciences, vol.II, (Referred),
2010.
Books
1. Rabindranath Tagore: The Sentinel Of The East by Subhalakshmi Pandey published in
Avanel Companion to Modern Social Theorists (p.361), Avanel Press, 2011.
Chapters in Book
1. Eight Entries in the Dictionary of Historical Places: Bengal Chapter (1757-1947),
published by Department of History, Jadavpur university, 2009, funded by the State level
Committee for the celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the First indian War of
Independence, ed. by Prof. Ranjan Chakraborty, Jadavpur University.
Proceedings
1. Colonial India and the Wives of Empire: Alice Perrin and Her Writing, Article published
in the Proceedings of UGC Sponsored Seminar on History, Historiography and Society,
Chandernagore College.
APARNA BANDYOPADHYAY
Book
1. Of Sin, Crime and Punishment: Elopements in Bengal 1929 in Samita Sen, Ranjita
Biswas and Nandita Dhawan (eds,), Intimate Others: Marriage and Sexualities in India,
Stree, Kolkata, 2011. ISBN No. 81-906760-1-6.
2.
The Politics of Reading: A Study of the Critical Responses to Nirupama Devis Novels
in Simonti Sen (ed.), They Dared: Essays in Honour of Pritilata Wadder, Bethune College,
Kolkata and Gangchil, 2011. ISBN No: 978-93-81346-14-3.Chapters in BookStreer Patra
Ebang. [Apropos Streer Patra] in P.K. Das, S. Mukhopadhyay and N. Jana (eds.),
Technologies of Revolution: Society, Economy and Polity, Barasat Government College,
Kolkata, 2011.Nobeli Bhut: Upanyas o Unish Shataker Bangali Meyera [The Ghost of
Novels: The Novel and Nineteenth Century Bengali Women] in Sanbikshan Sankalan
vol 19, 2011.
Newsletter
1. A Review of Swapna M. Banerjees book, Men, Women and the Domestics: Articulating
Middle-Class Identity in Colonial Bengal in School of Womens Studies, Jadavpur
University Newsletter Vol 20, March 2007.
2.
Edited Lady Brabourne College Womens Studies Centre Newsletter Vol 3, March 2012
along with Dr. Krishna Dasgupta.
3.
Smaran: Ashalata Singha [Reminiscences: Ashalata Singha], Lady Brabourne College

Womens Studies Centre Newsletter, Vol 3, March 2012.
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4.
A Review of Chitrarekha Guptas book Nirupama Devi: Jivane o Sahitye [Nirupama

Devi: In Life and in Literature] in School of Womens Studies, Jadavpur University
Newsletter, Vol 30, December 2012.
5.
Bangla Dharabahik o Meyera [TV Serials and Women] Lady Brabourne College
Womens Studies Centre Newsletter, March 2013, forthcoming.
6.
Edited Lady Brabourne College Womens Studies Centre Newsletter Vol IV, March 2013
along with Dr. Krishna Dasgupta.Proceedings
(a) Breaking Fetters: The Indissoluble Marriage and Strategies of Exit in Late Colonial
Bengal in Education, Marriage and the Bridal Industry, Midnapore College Seminar
Proceedings Volume, forthcoming.
(b) Oupanibeshik Juge Bangla Upanyaser Pathika [The Women Readers of Bengali
Novels in the Colonial Period] in Women and Literature: Different Faces, Different
Voices, Barasat Government College Seminar Proceedings Volume, November
2013.ming.
7.
Love, the Novel and Hindu Nationalism in Late Colonial Bengal at 2nd Global
Conference on Gender and Love Proceedings Volume, Inter Disciplinary Press, e.book,
forthcoming.
8.
Tin Ain sambandhe Dui-Char Katha in [A Few Words about Act III] in Position of
Women in Indian Society from Ancient to Modern Times, Hooghly Mohsin College
Seminar Proceedings Volume, forthcoming.
Abstract
1. Asati Bidhabar Bishayadhikar Sankranta Mokaddama o Oupanibeshik Ain-Adalater
Charitra[The Widow Unchastity Case and the Character of the Colonial Judiciary]-an
Abstract in Itihas Anusandhan vol 27, Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad, Kolkata, 2012.
KAKOLI SINHA RAY
Publication
1. Reminiscences of Wild India , Journal of Social Sciences 2, Lady Brabourne College
2010 (referred)
Book
1. A Sport of a Bygone Era: Shikar (in Press)
Chapters in Book
1. Ten articles on Historical Personalities in The Dictionary of Historical Places of Bengal
(1757-1947), 2013
Proceedings
1. Ordering the Oriental Jungle: The Indian Experience, History, Historiography and Society,
U.G.C. sponsored Seminar Vol. 2008.
2.
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Gendering the Indian Wilderness: The Indian Jungles in the Eyes of the Sahibs, Higher
Education Dept. Seminar Vol. March 2009
THE DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY
1.
Name of the Department: Philosophy
2.
3.
Names of programmes / courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil, Ph. D, Integrated Masters,
Integrated Ph.D): UG (Honours and General Courses)
4.
Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: Department is

involved in the interdisciplinary General course in Womens studies.
5.
Annual /semester /choice based credit system (programme wise): Annual system in UG
level.
6.
Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: Department

participates in the teaching of the Womens Studies General course.
7.

N.A.
8.
9.
Sanctioned
Filled
Professor
Associate Professor
2*
Assistant Professor
Vacant
10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization (D.Sc./D.Litt./
Ph.D. /M.Phil. etc.):
Name
No. of years
of experience
No. of Ph.D.
Students guided for
the last 4 years
Dr. Nivedita Patra

(Mukhopadhyay)
M.A,
Ph.D
Associate
Professor and
Head
Nyaya
Vaisesika
Darsan
28 yrs
Nil
Dr. Krishna
Dasgupta
M.A,
Ph.D
Associate
Professor
Vedanta and
Philosophy of
Language &
Gender studies
24 yrs
Nil
Mamata Dhar (Retd.) in 2012.
Sudeshna Dattagupta (Retd.) in 2013
11. List of senior Visiting Faculty: N.A.

13. Student Teacher ratio (Programme-wise):
Programme
52
26 : 1
UG Level
filled: N.A.
Ph.D
M.Phil
16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national, b) international funding agencies
and c) Total grants received:
No. of faculty
Period of project
National /
International
Funding
Agency
Grant received
(Rs)
2005-2007
National
UGC
65,000.00
received: NA
18. Research centre /facility recognized by the university: N.A.
19. Publications:
Name of the
Teacher
Dr Krishn
Dasgupta
No. of
papers
Nat/Int
No. of
publications
listed in
Int. Data
base
Mono
Graphs
Chap.
In
Books
Books
Edited
Books
with
ISSN/
ISBN
No.
Citation
Index
SNIP
SJR
Impact
factor
H-Index
3
National
with
ISSN
nil
nil
nil
nil
nil

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a)
National committees
b)
International committees
c)
Editorial Boards
Committees
Name of Faculties
National
International
Editorial Boards
Dr. Krishna Dasgupta
1. Member of Editorial Board, Newsletter of Womens Studies Centre,
2. Member of Editorial Board, Lady Brabourne College Magazine
and Social Science Journal
Dr. Krishna Dasgupta

1. Life Member of Ramkrishna Mission Institute of Culture
2. Annual Member of Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad
3. Annual Member of Indian History Congress

a)
/ programme :
b.

i.e. in Research Laboratories/ Industry/ other agencies: N.A.
23. Awards / Recognition received by faculty and students: None

Dr. Dikshit Gupta, Retired Professor, University of Calcutta
Prof. Shefali Moitra, (J.U.)
Dr. Sudeshna Banerjee, (J.U.)
Prof. Tapati Sengupta Loreto College
Dr. Tara Chatterjee, Eminent Academician
Dr. Manidipa Sanyal, Reader, University of Calcutta
Sri Vijoy Menon, Retd. IAS Officer
25. Seminars/ Conferences/ Workshops organized and the source of funding: a) National :
None, b) International : None
Applications
received
Selected
Enrolled
Pass
percentage
UG (2007)
92
30
18
72.22
UG (2008)
89
30
17
64.70
UG (2009)
109
30
17
76.47
UG (2010)
128
30
12
41.66
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Name of the Course
% of students from
the samestate
% of students from
other States
% of students
from abroad
UG (2007)
97
Nil
UG (2008)
98
Nil
UG (2009)
100
Nil
UG (2010)
100
Nil
NET : 3
29. Student-progression :
Student progression
Against % enrolled
UG to PG
93%
PG to M.Phil
NA
PG to Ph.D.
NA
Ph.D to Post-Doctoral
NA
Employed
Campus selection
Entrepreneurship / Self-employment
NA

a)
Library : The department has a seminar library having 930 books.
b)
Internet facilities for staff and students: Wi-fi connection is provided to students in
the college library. A laptop has been provided to the staff by the college authorities.
c)
Class rooms with ICT facility: None
d)
Laboratories: None
or other agencies: From college 3.
Special Financial Assistance given by Students Welfare Committee of LBC : 3
experts:
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Sl No. Seminar topic
Date
Speakers
1.
Human Rights
10.04.2006
Dr. Dikshit Gupta, Retired Professor,

2.
Feminism
18.04.2006
Dr. Shefali Moitra, (J.U.)

Prof. Sudeshna Banerjee, (J.U.)
Prof. Tapati Sengupta Loreto College
3.
Ethics in Bhagvad Gita
27.02.2009
Dr. Tara Chatterjee
4.
Ordinary language and

formal logic
28.02.2011
Dr. Manidipa Sanyal, Reader,

6.
Positive attitude towards life
20.07.2012
Sri Vijoy Menon
33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: Delivering class lectures using
blackboard. Helping students to follow textbooks and references with the help of
interactive teaching sessions. Students become prepared for their graduation courses as
well as various competitive exams and become able to think critically and analytically.
34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities : Seven
students of the department participated in NSS programme in the year 2011.
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35. SWOC analysis of the Department and future plans

SWOC:
DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY
STRENGTHS
Excellent academic records by the students.
WEAKNESSES
The examination system of the parent university
has reduced the number of total classes in the
academic year and this has hindered discussion of
topics beyond the syllabus.
OPPORTUNITIES
available to the students.
S-O STRATEGIES
W-O STRATEGIES
teaching posts.
Increasing teacher membership in syllabus
committees and boards of studies at the University
level to ensure participation in designing of the
syllabus and the curriculum.
CHALLENGES
studies.
S-C STRATEGIES
W-C STRATEGIES
available to them.
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Annexure-I to Department of Philosophy
PUBLICATION DETAILS : (ANNEXURE TO ITEM NO. 19)

Faculty :
DR KRISHNA DASGUPTA
1)
Article titled The Role of Language in Delineating the Other in Bulletin of the
Ramkrishna Mission Institute of Culture, May 2008,ISSN No.: 0971-2755
2)
Article titled Some Reflections on the Vedantic Studies in Bengal: Traditional and Modern
Apporoaches to It in Journal of Social Sciences, Lady Brabourme College,2011. ISSN
No. 2231-3400
3)
Article titled The Dawn of Vedantic Renaissance in Nineteenth Century Bengal: New
Hope for Rejuvenated Humanity in our Heritage, Bulletin of the Department of Post
Graduate Training and Research, Sanskrit College, Kolkata, Volume XL1 Parts 1 & 2,
February -2014, ISSN No. 04749030.
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THE DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
1.
Name of the Department : Political Science
2.
3.
Integrated Ph.D., etc.) : UG
4.
Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved Public Relations

and Advertising and Multimedia and Animation (UGC sponsored career-oriented courses)
and Womens Studies
5.
Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise) : Annual
6.
Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments : Womens

Studies
7.
Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. : Nil
8.
Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons : Nil
9.

Sanctioned
Filled
Professors
1 (Principal)
Asst. Professors

/M. Phil. etc.,)
Name
No. of Ph.D.
Students guided for
the last 4 years
26 years
Siuli Sarkar
M.A, Ph.D
Suriti Ray
M.A,
M.Phil
Associate
Professor
Political Science
(Modern India)
Part time:
10 Yrs, Full
time: 15 Yrs
M.A
Assistant
Professor
Political Science
17 years
Assistant
Professor
International
Relations
(South asia)
12 years
Sarmistha Sen
Peu Ghosh
M.A.
Ph.D
Professor
Political Science
(Public Adminisand
Principal
tration & Local
since 01.02.11 Self Government)
No. of years
of experience
(Socialist Thoughts
and Practices)

Name
No. of years
of experience
No. of Ph.D.
Students guided for
the last 4 years
Trijita Gonsalves
M.A.
M.Phil
Assistant
Professor
Political Science
(Research
Methodology)
Part time :
1 yr, full
time: 8 yrs
Sukanya Ray
M.A.,
Ph.D
Assistant
Professor
Indian Political
Thought
Years : 6 yrs
(5 years as a
full time faculty
& 1 year as a
part-time
faculty)
11. List of senior visiting faculty: Nil

temporary faculty: N. A
13. Student - Teacher Ratio (programme wise)
Course
Year
Total number of students (2012-2013)
B.A. (Honours)
1st year
32
2nd year
22
3rd year
20
Total
74
14.8:1
filled: Nil
15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil / PG.
Teaching Faculty with Ph. D.
Teaching Faculty with P. G.
Name of the Faculty
Topic
Funding agency
Year
Amount
Prof. Siuli Sarkar
Socio-political Behaviour of the

Underprivileged: A Study of the Street
Hawkers of Kolkata

Research Project
2006-2008
65000
Dr. Suriti Ray
Cultural Plurality and Persistence of

Ethnic identity: A Study of an Urban
Trading Locality

Research Project
2006-2008
50000
Dr. Suriti Ray
Project Under Womens Studies Centre

entitled The Empowerment of Women in
West Bengal: A Case Study
Womens study Centre,

2011-2013 A part of
the total
allocation
Dr. Suriti Ray
Empowerment and Gender Equality:

Problems encountered.

Research Project
2012-2014
65000
Dr. Peu Ghosh
A project on Democracy Deficit and

Political Unrest in North Africa:
Implications on World Peace and
Global Governance
U. G. C.
2014-2016
215000
346
received: N. A
18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: N. A
19. Publications:
Faculty
members
No. of
papers
Nat/Int
1. Siuli Sarkar
10
2. Suriti Ray
3. Peu Ghosh
4. Trijita Gonsalves
5. Sukanya Ray
No. of
Mono
publi- Graphs
cations
listed in
Int. Data
base
Chap.
In
Books
Books
Edited
Books
with
ISSN/
ISBN
No.
2
1
Citation
Index
SNIP
SJR
Impact
factor
H-Index
Paper
without
ISSN No.
2
3
20. Areas of consultancy and income generated

Framing of WBCS Syllabus Suriti Ray
a)
National committees
b)
c)
Editorial Boards
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Faculty

Prof. Siuli Sarkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Life member of Indian Political Science Association

Life member of West Bengal Political Science Association
Life member of Council for Political Studies
Member of Senate, Calcutta University
Member of Disciplinary Committee, Calcutta University
Member of Advisory Committee, Academic Staff College, Calcutta University
Suriti Ray
1.
2.
3.
4.
Life member of Indian Political Science Association

Life member of West Bengal Political Science Association
Life member of Council for Political Studies
Editorial Board of International Seminar, Lady Brabourne College
Dr Peu Ghosh
1. Life member of West Bengal Political Science Association

2. Life member of Council for Political Studies
3. Member Editorial Board of Womens Studies Centre, Lady Brabourne College
Sarmistha Sen
1. Life member of West Bengal Political Science Association

2. Life member of Council for Political Studies
Trijita Gonsalves
1. Member of West Bengal Political Science Association

2. Member Editorial Board of Seminar Proceedings of the International Seminar,
Dr. Sukanya Ray
1. Member of West Bengal Political Science Association

2. Member Editorial Board of the Seminar Proceedings of the UGC-Sponsored
National Seminar, Lady Brabourne College

a)
b)
programme
Environmental Science projects 100%, inhouse.
projects funded by womens studies: 2 students of political Science worked as

research assistance in project entitled The Empowerment of Women in West
Bengal: A Case Study

i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies; N. A

1.
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Outstanding Student of the Year Award - Imrana Shahin 2010
24. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department

Sr. Name
No.
Affiliation
Date
Professor Tridib Charaborty Department of International Relations,

Jadavpur University
16.9.2006,27.1.2009
28.3.2011
Prof. Aswini Kanta Ray
Centre for Political Studies, JNU
16.1.2010
Dr. Sanghamitra Lahiri
Retired Faculty in Political Science, Lady

Brabourne College, Currently Guest Lecturer
at Rabindra Bharati University (R.B.U)
22.2.2011
Payal Bose
Sarada Mission College
2006-2008
Soumi Neogi
Seth Soorajmal Jalan Girls College
Aug 12-Jan 13
Sujata chowdhury
Loreto College
5.8.2006

a) National
b) International
Topic
Date
List of Speakers
UGC sponsored International

Seminar on Globalization,
Capitalist Crisis and
Inclusive Development:
Myths and Reality
22-23 December, 2009
22-23 Dec.
2009
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Second Chamber in Modern

Democracies, 6 September,
2011 in collaboration with
West Bengal Political
Science Association
(WBPSA).
6 Sept. 2011
1. Prof. Amitabha Roy

2. Prof. Ashok Sarkar
Funded by -WBPSA
Lets Talk Bengal, in

collaboration with
St. Xaviers
workshop
28 Sept., 2011
Students workshop
UGC sponsored
national level an
Interactive-College
Student Workshop on
Youth for Social Change,
in collaboration with NSHM
Institute for Media Studies
14 Dec., 2011
Prof. Madhupa Bakshi
Funded by
National Institute for
Media Studies
Social Inequalities: Issues and

Practical Experiences In India
12 March,
2013
1. Prof. Andre Beteille

2. Prof. Debi Chatterjee
3. Prof. Manabi Mazumdar
4. Prof. Rajasree Basu
5. Prof. Priya Sangameswaram
6. Prof. Jyoti Jalan
7. Prof. Mukul Mukherjee
8. Prof. Ishita Mukherjee
UGC sponsored
National Seminar
Funding Agency
Prof.Amit Bhaduri
UGC sponsored
Prof.Sanjoy Banerjee
International
Prof.Abhirup Sarkar
Seminar
Prof.Shamhita Das Dasgupta
Prof.Sweta Ghosh
Prof. Radharaman Chakrabarty
Prof. Purusottam Bhatacharya
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Name of the
Course/programme
Applications
received
Selected
Enrolled
Female
2007
332
18
17
94%
2008
421
28
27
96%
2009
344
24
23
95%
2010
407
23
21
91%
Male
Pass percentage
Under-Graduate (UG)

Name of the Course
% of students from
the same state
% of students from
other states
% of students from
abroad
2010
100%
2011
94.7%
5.3%
2012
95%
5%
2013
100%
B. A. Pol. Science Honours
NET-2

Student progression
Against % enrolled
UG to PG
80%
PG to M.Phil.
50%
PG to Ph.D.
20%
1%
Employed
Campus selection
50%

a)
350
Library
Seminar Library belonging to the department 495 Books
TC Memorial Books
b)
Internet facilities for Staff & Students The students have access to Library computers
with internet facilities. They also have full access to a large number of computers
placed in the Central Computer room. The faculty members have departments own
computer facilities with internet connection.
c)
d)
Laboratories: N. A
31. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, Government
or other agencies
West Bengal Minority Development and Finance Corporation post-Matrix
scholarship11 Students
external experts
Topic
Date
List of Speakers
UGC sponsored International

Capitalist Crisis and Inclusive
Development: Myths and
Reality 22-23 December, 2009
22-23 Dec.,
2009
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Second Chamber in Modern

Democracies, 6 September,
2011 in collaboration with
West Bengal Political Science
Association (WBPSA).
6 Sept., 2011
1. Prof. Amitabha Roy

2. Prof. Ashok Sarkar
Funded by -WBPSA
Students workshop
UGC sponsored
national level an
Interactive-College
Workshop
Lets Talk Bengal, in

collaboration with St. Xaviers
Funding Agency
Prof. Amit Bhaduri

UGC sponsored
Prof. Sanjoy Banerjee
International Seminar
Prof. Abhirup Sarkar
Prof. Samhita Das Dasgupta
Prof. Sweta Ghosh
Prof. Radharaman Chakrabarty
Prof. Purusottam Bhatacharya
28 Sept., 2011
Student Workshop on Youth

for Social Change, in
collaboration with NSHM
Institute for Media Studies
14 Dec., 2011. Prof. Madhupa Bakshi
Funded by National
Institute for Media
Studies
Social Inequalities: Issues and

Practical Experiences In India
12 March,
2013
UGC sponsored
National Seminar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Prof. Andre Beteille

Prof. Debi Chatterjee
Prof. Manabi Mazumdar
Prof. Rajasree Basu
Prof. Priya Sangameswaram
Prof. Jyoti Jalan
Prof. Mukul Mukherjee
Prof. Ishita Mukherjee
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Workshops
Conferences
Seminars
Power point presentation
Youth Parliament
Video Conferencing
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Students of the hostel are associated with the endeavour to teach underprivileged
children. Moreover students are also actively involved with the college unit of the
N.S.S.

SWOC:
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL
SCIENCE
STRENGTHS
Highly motivated and competent faculty members
with different specialization and research
backgrounds.
Collaborative efforts with different colleges and
research institutes.
WEAKNESSES
Lack of infrastructural facilities.
Introduction of modern technological facilities
difficult due to dearth of funds.
OPPORTUNITIES
As the department coordinates two self-financed
career oriented courses the career opportunities of
the students are increased.
S-O STRATEGIES
W-O STRATEGIES
Approaching Government for funds for
infrastructural developement.
CHALLENGES
studies.
S-C STRATEGIES
W-C STRATEGIES
available to them.
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Annexure I to Department of Political Science
PROF. SIULI SARKAR, Principal

PUBLICATIONS
Books:
1.
Book entitled Rajnaitik tatwa : Paschimi Chintadhara (jointly with Payal Bose),
Progressive Publishers, 2012.
2.
Book entitled District Politics and Administration: First Phase of the Red Panchayats in
West Bengal, Scholar Publications, Kolkata, 2010
3.
Book entitled Public Administration in India, PHI Learning, New Delhi, Jan, 2010
4.
Book entitled Kolkata Hawkers: A Chronicle of Deprivation, Discontent and Struggle,

World View Publications, Kolkata, 2009.
5.
Book entitled Ei Aamader Desh , Leena Publication, April 2006
Articles in Edited Volumes:

1.
Female Hawkers in Some Third World Cities, Contemporary Social Problems in India,
Vol II, Daya Publishing House, New Delhi (in press).
2.
Women and Literature: Some Female Writers and Female Characters in Bengali
Literature, The Other Universe, Edited Book of Womens Studies Centre, Lady Brabourne
College, Setu Publishers (in press).
Journals:
1.
A Review Article on a book entitled Self-Finance of the Local Government: Experience

of West Bengal Panchayats, by Dr. Panchanan Chattopadhyay, Professor and Head,
Department of Political Science, Assam University, Socialist Perspective (in press).
2.
SocioEconomic Profile of the Street Hawkers of Kolkata, Journal of Sociological

Association of West Bengal (in press).
3.
Article on Journey of the West Bengal Panchayats (1978-2012), Socialist Perspective,

December 2012 - March 2013, Vol. 40, No. 3-4.
4.
Some Peculiar Features of Street Hawking in Kolkata, Jadavpur University Journal of

Sociology, Volume 6, No. 6, Jadavpur University, 2012.
5.
Partisan Politics and a Crack in the Red Fort of West Bengal, The Lady Brabourne
College Journal of Social Sciences, Vol II, 2011.
6.
Participation of the Weaker Gender: India Now and Then, Politicus, Vol 1, No.2,
July-December, 2009, Ashutosh College Publication,(Invited Contribution).
7.
Female Representation in Indian Panchayats Socialist Perspective, Vol.37, No-s, 1-2,

June 2009- September 2009.
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8.
Political Orientation of the Street Hawkers of Kolkata, The West Bengal Political
Science Review, Volume XI, No.2, July-December, 2008.
9.
Communications Between the Panchayats and the Marginalized: A Development

Perspective, Socialist Perspective, Vol.35, No1-2,. June-September, 2007.
10. The Study of the West Bengal Zilla Parishad and the Relevance of the Communications
Perspective, The West Bengal Political Science Review, Vol. X, No.1, Jan-June, 2007.
Seminar Proceedings:
1.
Administration of Female Education in West Bengal: a 21st Century Scenario, West

Bengal Political Science Review, 2014 (in press).
2.
Unwanted Effects of Globalization on Indian Economy, Conference Volume of the

34th Annual Conference of Bengal Economic Association, organized by the Department
of Economics, Lady Brabourne College, February, 2014 (in press).
3.
Swami Vivekananda, Conference Volume of UGC-sponsored National Seminar on

Swami Vivekanandas Vision and Its Relevance in the Contemporary World, organized
by Lady Brabourne College in collaboration with Ramakrishna Sarada Mission
Vivekananda Vidyabhavan, March, 2013.
4.
Beauty of the Three Classical Indian Languages, Conference Volume of UGC-sponsored

National Seminar on Comparative Aesthetics of the Sanskrit, Persian and Hindi Literature,
organized by the Departments of Sanskrit, Persian and Hindi, Lady Brabourne College,
April, 2013 (in press).
5.
Gender Disparities in Health, Conference Volume of UGC-sponsored National Seminar

on Social Inequality: Some Contemporary Issues of India, organized by the Departments
of Political Science and Sociology, Lady Brabourne College, March, 2013 (in press).
6.
Status of Muslims in West Bengal and Gujarat: A Comparative Study, Proceedings of

the International Seminar on Globalization, Capitalist Crisis & Inclusive Development:
Myths and Reality, Lady Brabourne College, 2011.
7.
Diaries and Memoirs:Autobiography of Rassundari Dasi, Conference Volume of UGCsponsored National Seminar on History Through Reminiscence: Diaries, Memoirs &
Oral History, organized by the Department of History, Maulana Azad College and
Paschimbanga Itihas Sansad, 2011 (in press).
8.
Akbars Benevolent Administration: An Objective Analysis, Administration, Politics

and Society in Medieval India 1206-1707 A.D., UGC-Sponsored National Seminar
organized by the Departments of Political Science and Islamic History and Culture,
Maulana Azad College, October, 2010.
9.
Article on Socio-political Behaviour of the Underprivileged in WBPSA, Ninth Annual

Conference Souvenir, March, 2007.
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Pre-Publication Review
1.
Pre-publication reviewer of Pearson Text Books on Political Science Honours, 2011.
2.
Pre-publication reviewer of Higher Secondary Text Books, appointed by West Bengal

Council of Higher Education, 2006.
Lectures Delivered/ Paper Presentation

1.
Psychological Nourishment: The impact of Christmas Carol, inaugural lecture at a

National Seminar on Psychological Enrichment of Students:Role played by Ethics and
Literature, organized by the Departments of Philosophy & Urdu in collaboration with
Psychological Counselling Cell, Lady Brabourne College, April, 2014.
2.
Female Education in West Bengal: A 21st Century Scenario, at the 15th Annual
Conference of the WBPSA on Contemporary Trends in Politics and Political Science,
March, 2014.
3.
Rabindranather Mayar Khela, the inaugural lecture at a seminar organized by the Alumni
Association of LBC, February, 2014.
4.
Positive and Negative Results of Globalization in the Socio-economic Sector of India,

the inaugural lecture in the 34th Annual Conference of Bengal Economic Association in
collaboration with the Punjab National Bank, ICSSR and Council for Higher Education,
Government of West Bengal, organized by the Department of Economics, Lady Brabourne
College, February, 2014.
5.
Some Suggestions Regarding the Present Structure of West Bengal Panchayats, invited
lecture in a One-day Workshop on The Challenges Before the Fourth State Finance
Commission, organized by the Centre for Decentralization and Rural Reconstruction,
Rabindra Bharati University, January, 2014.
6.
Two consecutive lectures on The Concept of Public Welfare in India, Refresher Course,
Department of Sanskrit, University of Calcutta, 18th September, 2013.
7.
Saratchandra Chattopadhyay: Byakti o Srashta, seminar organized by the Alumni

Association of Lady Brabourne College in collaboration with the Department of Bengali,
Lady Brabourne College on Saratchandra Chattopadhyay, September, 2013.
8.
Panchayats of West Bengal:Strength and Weakness, invited lecture in One-day

Workshop on Decentralization and the Financing of Local Governments in West Bengal,
organized by the State Finance Commission in collaboration with Sampling and Official
Statistics Unit, I.S.I, Kolkata, July, 2013.
9.
Messages of Education at various Stages of Life, invited lecture at Mahavir Institute

of Education and Research, May, 2013.
10. Comparative Aesthetics of Literature, lecture delivered at UGC sponsored National

Level Seminar organized by the Departments of Sanskrit, Hindi & Persian, Lady
Brabourne College, April, 2013.
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11. Female Education in India in the twenty First Century, an invited lecture at UGC
sponsored National Level Seminar on Education organized by the Institute of Education
for Women, Hastings House, Government of West Bengal, March, 2013.
12. Kinds of Social Inequality in India, Lecture delivered at UGC sponsored National
Level Seminar organized by the Departments of Political Science and Sociology, Lady
Brabourne College, March, 2013.
13. Visions of Swami Vivekananda, lecture delivered at UGC sponsored National Level
Seminar organized by all the Departments of Lady Brabourne College, March, 2013.
14. Womens Movements in India, lecture delivered at seminar organized by Agami Nirman,
an NGO and Womens Studies Centre, Lady Brabourne College, March, 2013.
15. Vote daan ekti mulyaban adhikar o kartabya (in Bengali), an invited lecture delivered
at National Voters Day, organized by Basanti Devi College in collaboration with District
Election Officer (Kolkata South) and Director of Land Records and Surveys and Joint
Land Reforms Commission, West Bengal, January, 2013.
16. Female Education in Colonial Bengal, lecture delivered at Annual Conference of
Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad, January, 2013.
17. Invited lecture delivered on Value of Education at the Annual function of Udvaas, an
NGO, January, 2013.
18. Women and the Value of Education, National Level Seminar on Socio-Economic Reality
in the Present Scenario, organized by Durgapur Centre For Urban Development,
December, 2012.
19. Womens Achievements in Literature, talk given at a seminar on Women and Literature
held at Lady Brabourne College organized by the Womens Studies Centre, Lady
Brabourne College, October, 2012.
20. Consumer Rights and their Protection talk given at a seminar on Consumer Rights
held at Lady Brabourne College organized by the Department of Consumer Affairs and
Fair Business Practices, Government of West Bengal, September, 2012.
21. Mental and Physical Health of Girls in West Bengal, lecture delivered at an Awareness
Programme on Adolescent Health for Girls organized by the Adolescent Health Committee
of Bengal Obstetric and Gynecological Society, August, 2012.
22. Women and their Achievements, lecture delivered at the United Bank of India on the
occasion of International Womens Day Celebration, March, 2012.
23. Female Hawkers as a Class, Two consecutive lectures at an Orientation Programme
organized by the Academic Staff College, University of Calcutta, February, 2012.
24. Violence Against Women in West Bengal, lecture delivered at a seminar on Women
and Violence organized by the Womens Studies Centre, Lady Brabourne College,
February, 2012.
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25. Let us Talk Bengal, a talk given at a workshop on Contemporary Bengal held at
St.Xaviers College organized in joint collaboration with Department of Political Science,
St.Xaviers College and Department of Political Science, Lady Brabourne College,
September, 2011.
26. Role of the Second Chamber in Modern Democracy, a lecture delivered at a seminar
on Democracy and Second Chamber held at Lady Brabourne College organized by West
Bengal Political Science Association in collaboration with Department of Political Science,
Lady Brabourne College, September, 2011.
27. Political Science: Concept, Nature and Approaches, Extension Lecture given at
Ramakrishna Sarada Mission, Vivekananda Vidya Bhavan, February, 2010.
28. Paper on Socio-Political Behaviour of the Underprivileged, presented at the Ninth
Annual Conference of WBPSA, 17 March 2007.
29. An Ethnographic Study of the Street Hawkers of Kolkata, presented in a U.G.C
supported workshop on Governance organized under the DRS Programme, Department
of Political Science, Calcutta University, December, 2006.
30. Feminism and Politics, lecture delivered as a resource person at the Orientation
Programme for College and University Teachers, organized by the Academic Staff College
(UGC), University of Calcutta, February 2006.
31. Interactive Lecture on Paschim Banger Tristar Panchayati Raj Byabastha organized by
the Netaji Subhas Open University and Gyan Vani FM Channel, broadcasted on 30 January,
2006.
32. Interactive lecture on Rajniti o Prashasan: Parasparik Samparka organized by the Netaji
Subhas Open University and Gyan Vani FM Channel, broadcasted on 18 January, 2006.
SURITI RAY, Associate Professor
Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national/international by faculty

and students) 4
Chapter in Books 2
Publications
1.
Ray Suriti, Women in Indian Parliament, Social Science Journal, in IQAC Journal of
Lady Brabourne College, January, 2011.
2.
Ray Suriti, Empowerment of women in West Bengal: a case study.(Howrah district),

Compilation of reports, Women Studies, Lady Brabourne College,2013.
3.
Ray Suriti,The Status of the Girl Child in India an Overview, Rabindra Bharati Journal
of Political Science,vol IX, 2008.
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Chapters in books
1.
Ray Suriti Impact of Child Marriage on Women in India, in Arunabha Ghosh (ed.),
Women in India, Problems, Potentialities and Power, Mitram, Kolkata, 2010.
2.
Ray Suriti, Government and Administrative consolidation under Razia Sultana in Ray
Ranjan Kumar (ed.),Administration, Politics and Society in Medieval India 1206-1707
A.D. Departments of Political Science and Islamic History and Culture,Kolkata,2010.
Seminar Proceedings
1.
Imparting Education: the Indian Scenario, in the Seminar Proceedings of the international
Seminar on Globalization, Capitalist Crisis & Inclusive Development: Myths and Reality,
2011
DR. PEU GHOSH, Assistant Professor

1.
Number of Books 3 (sole authorship)
2.

and students 7+1 International Seminar Proceedings
3.
Chapter in Books 3
Book Details
1.
International Relations, PHI Learning, New Delhi, October, 2009
Second Revised Edition, March, 2011
Third Revised Edition, March, 2013
2.
Bhutanese Refugees: A Forgotten Saga, Minerva Publisher, Kolkata, July 2010
3.
Indian Government and Politics, PHI Learning, New Delhi, September, 2012
Publication
1.
Operation Iraqi Freedom: A Study from the International Humanitarian Law Perspective
in The West Bengal Political Science Review, Vol. VIII, No-I & II, Jan-Dec, 2005.
2.
Tremor of Terror, in The West Bengal Political Science Review, Vol.IX, No-I & II,
Jan-Dec, 2006
3.
Political ideas of Rammohan Roy, Politicus, Ashutosh College Publication, Feb 2010
4.
Central Asia and Central Asia and Caspian Sea Region: The Great Game Rivalry in
IQAC Journal of Lady Brabourne College, January, 2011.
5.
The Lhotshampas : Voiceless, Unrepresented and Evicted from The Land of the Thunder
DragonBhutan, Socialist Perspective, Vol38, No.3-4, December2010-March2011,
[published in December, 2011]
6.
Bhopal Gas Disaster: Justice Delayed and Denied, Politics and Society, Department of
Political Science with Rural Administration, Vidyasagar University, Vol-VII: 2010-2011.
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7.
Rabindranath Tagore: Nationalism and Internationalism, in The West Bengal Political

Science Review, Vol.14, 2011 (special issue on Rabindranath Tagore).
8.
Central Asia: The New Hot-Spot of International Conflict, in Journal of Asian Politics,
Vol.1, No.2, Rasi Publications Pvt Ltd, Raichur, Karnataka, July-December, 2011.
International Publication)
Chapters in Book
1.
Indo-Bhutan Relations: Continuity or Change? in Raj Kumar Kothari, (ed.), Indias

Foreign Policy: Challenges and Opportunities in the New Millennium, Academic
Excellence, New Delhi, 2011.
2.
India and the United Nations, in Raj Kumar Kothari, (ed.), Atlantic Publishers and
Distributors (P) Ltd., Jan 2012.
3.
Indias Engagement with Central Asia: Need For a Holistic Approach in Radharaman
Chakrabarti and Iman Kalyan Lahiri (ed.), Indias Constructive Engagement in Asia and
Around, Academeic Execllence, New Delhi, 2012
Seminar Proceedings
1.
Global Economic Crisis and the Predicament of the Failed States: A Case Study of
Somalia, in the Seminar Proceedings of the International Seminar on Globalization,
Capitalist Crisis & Inclusive Development: Myths and Reality, May/June 2011.
Newsletter
1.
Nobel Women: Harbinger of Change, Newsletter, Womens Studies Centre, Lady

Brabourne College, 2012.
2.
Social Media: Changing Landscape of Political Communication, Dyuti, 2012-2013.
3.
Anti-Rape Bill and Gender Justice, Newsletter of Womens Studies Centre, Lady
Brabourne College, 2013.
TRIJITA GONSALVES, Assistant Professor

and students - 3
Details of Papers
1.
Tehri Dam: Displacement in the Garhwal Himalayas in Refugee Watch A South

Asian Journal on Forced Migration, No.27, June 2006, published by the Mahanirban
Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata.
2.
A Tale of Two Religions: Islam and Christianity from Antiquity to Modernity in IQAC
Lady Brabourne College Journal of Social Sciences, January, 2011.
3.
Where are the Women?: A Study of Electoral Promises in the West Bengal Assembly
Elections in The Indian Journal of Political Science, Vol. LXXII, No.4, OctoberDecember 2011, pp 981-996.
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DR. SUKANYA RAY, Assistant Professor

1.

and students )=5+ 1 Article in National Seminar Proceedings+2 Articles in Journals(
without ISSN)+ 2 abstracts in Journals with ISSN.[ 8 Articles+ 2 Abstracts= Total 10]
2.
Chapter in Books 1
Details of Publications
1.
Political Socialisation of Children: A Research Note,The Bulletin of the Ramakrishna

Mission Institute of Culture,Vol.56,2005(May), PP.251-254. ). [ ISSN O971 2755]
2.
Conceptualizing Political Development:A Research Note,Socialist Perspective,Vol.

34,2006(June-September), PP.85-92. [ISSN 0970-8863]
3.
The Making of Vivekananda:His Familys Role, Prabuddha Bharata,(Awakened

India),Vol. 116 , 2011(April),PP.341-345). [ISSN 0032-6178]
4.
Vivekananda in the US before the Parliament of Religion Prabudhha Bharata,vol.117,

2012(October), PP.496-500. ). [ISSN 0032-6178]
5.
Role of Ramakrishna and Vivekananda in Human Development,Prabuddha Bharata

(Awakened India),Vol. 119,January, 2014:PP 153-158;and February,2014:PP.204-210. ).
[ISSN 0032-6178]
Chapter in Book
1.
Vivekanandas Model of Human Development a chapter in the book : Vivekananda as

theTurning Point(the prestigious international publication,brought out with the support
of the Government of India,by the Advaita Ashrama of the Ramakrishna Math and
Mission,Kolkata in January,2013 on the occasion of Swami Vivekanandas on 150th Birth
Anniversary,PP.213-236. [ISBN 978-81-7505-372-4].
Abstract
1.
Bankimchandra: Ideas on Nationalism,abstract of the Paper published in the Souvenir

of the West Bengal Political Science Association,March 2014. This paper was presented
at the 15th Annual Conference of the West Bengal Political Science Association held at
Lady Brabourne College on 29th March,2014.
2.
Swami Vivekananda: Reflections on his Early thoughts in America,abstract of the Paper

published in the souvenir of the West Bengal Political Science Association ,June 2011.
Journal without ISSN number

1.
Swami Vivekanandas Concept of Human Development:Timeless Relevance,Annual

Journal of Swami Vivekanandas Ancestral House & Cultural Centre, Vol.1,
2010(January),PP.154-158.
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2.
Swami Vivekananda and Bharat Parikrama:The Lasting Significance, ,Annual Journal

of Swami Vivekanandas Ancestral House & Cultural Centre,Vol.2,2011(January), PP.5470.
Proceedings
1.
362
Vivekanandas Bharat Parikrama: A Reflective Analysis in the volume Swami

Vivekanandas Vision and its Relevance in the Contemporary World,Kolkata:Lady
Brabourne College,March 2013,PP.33-40,the volume containing the select articles of
the UGC-sponsored National Level Seminar.
THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
1.
Name of the Department : Sociology
2.
Year of establishment : 1988
3.
Names of programmes /courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil, Ph. D, Integrated Masters,
Integrated Ph.D) : UG (Honours & General Courses)
4.
Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved :

a)
b)
Womens Studies Course (General) :
The teachers of the departments of Sociology, Political Science, History,

Economics, English, and Philosophy are involved in the teaching process.
Smt. Shikha Paul (Dept. of Sociology) and Smt. Suriti Roy (dept. of Political
Science) are the joint coordinators of the course.
Women Studies Centre:
All the departments of the college are engaged with this centre.
Dr. Baisali Sinha, from the department of Sociology, is assigned with the charge
of co-ordinator of this centre.
4.
Annual /semester /choice based credit system (programme wise): Annual System in UG
Level.
5.
Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: Women

Studies (General)
7.

N.A.
8.
9.
Sanctioned
Filled
Vacant
Vacant
Associate Professor
3*
Assistant Professor
Vacant
Professor
10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization (D.Sc./D.Litt./
Ph.D. /M.Phil. etc.): 3
Name
No. of years
of experience

Students guided for
the last 4 years
Anita Mukherjee
M.A.
Associate
Professor
Criminology
25
Nil
Shikha Paul
M.A.
Associate
Professor
Industrial
Sociology
23
Nil
Baisali Sinha
M.A.,
Ph.D
Associate
Professor
Industrial
Sociology
22
Nil
*After 31st March 2013. ** Data upto 31st March 2013
11. List of senior Visiting Faculty: N.A.

Course
B.A. Honours
Year (2012 2013)
Total
98
24.5:1
filled: N.A.
Teaching faculty with P.G.: 2
Status
Funding Agency
Grants Received
Baisali Sinha
Minor Project (2006-2008)
UGC
60,000
Shikha Paul
UGC
60,000
Shikha Paul
UGC
1,12,000
Anita Mukherjee
UGC
45,000
received:N.A
18. Research centre /facility recognized by the university: Womens Studies Centre
364
19. Publications:
Faculty
Papers
Int
Nat
Shikha Paul
Baisali Sinha
Abstracts Chapter in
(paper
Books
presentation)
Books
Edited
SNIP
SJR

a)
National committees
b)
c)
Editorial Boards
Faculty
Committee
Dr. Baisali Sinha
WBCS (Executive) Examination.

a)
programme:
b)
100% students do a research work of 50 marks as the part of the Part III (honours)
course under University of Calcutta.

i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies: Nil

Students Name
Year
Award
Aratrika Bhattacharya
2011
P.C.Chandra Award of excellence
Mohona Mukherjee
2013
Roma Choudhury Memorial Trophy
365
24. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department: N.A.
Sl. Name
No.
Affiliation
Date of Visit
Dr. Mallika Sengupta
(Eminent Poet & Reader, Maharani

Kashiswari College)
Prof. Amritava Banerjee
(Ex.Principal, and Professor,

Dept. of Political Science,
Asutosh College)
24.9.2008
Dr. Suvarna sen
(Consultant Psychologist)
26.7. 2011
Dr. Himabanta Bandopadhyay.
(Professor, Dept. of Bengali

Rabindra Bharati University)
11.10.2012.
1.4.2008
25. Seminars/ Conferences/ Workshops organized and the source of funding:

Sl No. Seminar topic
Date
1.
Gender, culture and society
1.4.2008
Sociological theory
24.9.2008
Gender Socialization: Women, family and Society
26.7. 2011
Rabindra Nath Tagore: Man , Society & Personality
11.10.2012.
International Level Seminar:

Sl. Seminar topic
No.
Date
Funding
Agency
1.
22.12.09-23.12.09
UGC
Sl. Seminar topic

No.
Date
Funding
Agency
1.
March, 2013
UGC
Globalization, Capitalist Crisis and Inclusive

Development: Myths and Reality
National level Seminar:
Social Inequalities: Issues Social Inequalities:

and Practical Experiences Issues and in India

Applications
received
Selected
Enrolled
Pass
percentage
2007
306
35
28
92.8
2008
286
35
33
96.4
2009
294
35
35
68
2010
275
35
34
91.1
B.A. Sociology Honours
366

Name of the Course
% of students from
the same state
% of students from
other States
% of students
from abroad
2007
100%
N.A.
2008
100%
N.A.
2009
100%
N.A.
2010
100%
N.A.
B.A. Sociology Honours
NET, SET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc? 2
Student progression
UG to PG
80%
PG to M.Phil
N.A.
PG to Ph.D
N.A.
N.A.
Employed
Campus selection
N.A.
N.A.

a)
Library: Seminar Library I (150 books)

Seminar Library II (Donated by Ex-student Debjani Ghosh):60 books
b)
Internet facilities for Staff & Students: Yes
c)
Class rooms with ICT facility: No
d)
Laboratories: One practical room with computer facility
or other agencies:
Year
Name of the Student
Name of Scholarship
Amount of Grant
2010-2011
Jinnatul Fatma
WBMDFC Post Matric Scholarship
9000
2011-2012
Mussarat Mushtaque
WBMDFC Post Matric Scholarship
3000
367
experts:
Sl Seminar topic
No.
Date
Speakers
Funding
Agency
College
Fund
1.
Gender, culture and society 01.04.2008
Dr.Mallika Sengupta (Eminent Poet

& Reader, Maharani Kashiswari College)
2.
Sociological theory
24.09.2008
Prof. Amritava Banerjee (Ex.Principal,

and Professor, Dept. of Political Science,
Asutosh College)
3.
Gender Socialization:
Women, family and Society
26.07. 2011
Dr. Suvarna sen(Consultant Psychologist)
College
Fund
4.
Rabindra Nath Tagore:

Man , Society & Personality
11.10.2012
Dr. Himabanta Bandopadhyay.

(Professor, Dept. of Bengali,
Rabindra Bharati University)
College
Fund
Students deliberate on the lectures to improve their conceptual learning.
NSS activities Students of this dept.regularly participate in extension activities

organized by NSS (UNIT I) *
Awareness programmes organized by
368
Women Studies Centre
Psychological Counseling cells
Psychological Counseling Cell: It was introduced under CPE scheme in 2010
The Dept. of Sociology and Philosophy are in charge of this centre.
Dr. Nivedita Patra (Dept. of Philosophy) and Smt. Anita Mukherjee (Dept. of
Sociology) are the joint conveners of this cell.
The regular sessions for counseling are organized especially for the students
and also for the teachers.

SWOC:
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
STRENGTHS
Regular classes.
Strict measures taken regarding attendance of the
students.
Syllabus completed within stipulated time.
Availability of text and reference books from
libraries.
Excellent academic records by the students.
Good teacher-student relation.
WEAKNESSES
Lack of space for classrooms.
Lack of space for research infrastructure.
Insufficient funds for doing research.
OPPORTUNITIES
S-O STRATEGIES
Increasing multidisciplinary research work
involving teachers and students from other
departments.
Introduction of job-oriented self-financing courses
like, human resource management, corporate social
responsibility etc.
Introduction of post graduation course provided
more teachers are recruited to maintain the quality
of teaching.
W-O STRATEGIES
teaching posts.
Approaching the Government and other agencies
for funds for infrastructural development.
CHALLENGES
studies.
S-C STRATEGIES
W-C STRATEGIES
Special classes are held to help the students cope
with the subject.
available to them.
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Annexure to Department of Sociology
SMT.SHIKHA PAUL
Womens two roles: Home and work- A Sociological Study, 2011, Journal of Social Sciences,
Lady Brabourne College. ISSN 2231-3400
DR. BAISALI SINHA
Socialization of children and the problem of employed mothers: A Comparative Study, 2011,
Journal of Social Sciences, Lady Brabourne College. ISSN 2231-3400
Book
Dr. Baisali Sinha- Gender, technology and the domestic chores, 2009, Scholar, Kolkata,
ISBN978-81-909113-0-6
370
THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
1.
Name of the Department : Physics
2.
Year of Establishment : 1941 Established (Only I.Sc.course offered till 1958).

1958 B.Sc degree course started.
1963 B.Sc.Honours course commenced.
2007 Post-Graduate course started.
3.
Integrated Ph.D., etc.): U. G, P. G
4.
Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: NA
5.
Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise) :
Annual for UG
Semester for PG
6.
Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: NA
7.

Communications started regarding the Student exchange Programme between the
department of Physics, LBC and the University of Southern Mississipi, USA via the
APS-IUSSTF program.
8.
Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons : NIL
9.

Sanctioned
Filled
Professors
01
00
01
01
Asst. Professors
09
07
10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /Ph.D.
/ M. Phil. etc.,):
Name
No. of years
of experience
No. of Ph.D.
Students guided for
the last 4 years
Haimanti
Chakrabarti
(H.O.D)
M.Sc. Ph.D.
Associate
Prof.
Solid State
Physics
15 years in
WBES . 3 years
in Govt. College
as part
time teacher.
Bidisa
Chattopadhyay
M.Sc. Ph.D.
Assistant
Prof.
Solid State
Physics
12 years
Nil
Ajanta Bhowal
Acharyya
M.Sc.,
Post-M.Sc.,
Ph.D.
Assistant
Prof.
Spectroscopy
12 years
Nil
Chhanda Basu
Chaudhuri
M.Sc. Ph.D.
Assistant
Prof.
Solid State
Physics
12 years,
1 year in Govt.
College as
Contractual
teacher
Nil
Srabani
Chakrabarti
M.Sc. Ph.D.
Assistant
Prof.
Nuclear
Physics
12 years,1
year in Govt.
College as
Contractual
teacher
nil
Sudeshna
Dasgupta
M.Sc. Ph.D.
Assistant
Prof.
Solid State
Physics
8 years
Paramita
Chatterjee
M.Sc.
Assistant
Prof.
Solid State
Physics
7 years
Sameena
Murtaza
M.Sc.
Assistant
Prof.
High Energy
Physics
5 years
Barnali
Chakrabarti
Joined Kalyani
University on
23.08.2012
Presently at
Presidency
University
Bhabani Nag
Retd. On
01.09.2006
372
M.Sc. Ph.D.
Assistant
Prof.
Solid State
Physics
6 years in
WBES.
Afterwards
joined
University
M.Sc.
Associate
Prof. (till
31.08.2006)
Solid State
Physics
37 years
Nil

Name
No. of years
of experience
No. of Ph.D.
Students guided for
the last 4 years
Shrirupa
Majumder
Retd. On
01.09.2006
M.Sc.
Associate
Prof. (till
31.08.2006)
Solid State
Physics
27 years
Nil
GouriSanyal
Retd. On
01.06.2007
M.Sc., PostM.Sc., Ph.D.
Associate
Prof. (till
31.05.2007)
Nuclear
Physics
35 years in
WBES, 3 years
in other colleges
Nil
AnuradhaBasu
Retd. On
01.08.2009
M.Sc.
Associate
Prof. (till
31.07.2009)
Solid State
Physics
35 years
Nil
Lachhima Gupta
Retd. On
01.08.2009
M.Sc.
Associate
Prof. (till
31.07.2009)
Nuclear
Physics
40 years
Nil
JonakiChowdhuri
Retd. On
01.03.2010
M.Sc.,
Ph.D.
Associate
Prof. (till
28.02.2010)
Solid State
Physics
29 years
Nil
Prof. Abhijit Mukherjee, Guest Professor, LBC; Principal Investigator of a Project

under Biotech Consortium, Govt. of India, Retd. From SNBNCBS.
Prof. Nikhilesh Kar, Part time teacher, LBC; Retd. From North Bengal Univ.
Prof. Siddhartha Roy, Part time teacher, LBC; Retd. From Kalyani Univ.
Prof. Gouri Sanyal, Part time teacher, LBC; Retd. From LBC.
Prof. Lachhima Gupta, Part time teacher, LBC; Retd. From LBC.
Prof. Anuradha Basu, Part time teacher, LBC; Retd. From LBC.
Prof.Tarasankar Nag, Guest teacher, LBC; Retd. From Presidency College.
Dr.Namita Dutta Gupta, Guest teacher, LBC; Associated with J.U. for Post Doc
Research.
Dr. Shinjinee Das Gupta, Guest teacher, LBC ( From 01.08.2013 to 31.03.2014);
Associated with VECC for Post Doc Research.
Ms. Arpita Ghosh, Guest teacher, LBC; Associated with Ph.D. Research activities
at LBC
Prof. Mrinal Kanti Chakrabarti, Visting Faculty, LBC; St.Pauls Cathedral Mission
College.
Dr. Pranab Chaudhuri, Visting Faculty, LBC; CGCRI.
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12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled(programme wise) by

temporary faculty :
UG
14.2%
PG
44.6%
13. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise) :

Course
U. G (Honours)
8.45:1
P. G
2.2:1
filled :
Type of Staff
No. of posts sanctioned
No. of posts filled
Administrative
01 (Gr.C)
01 (Gr.C)
Technical
04 (Gr.D)
04 (Gr.D)
01
01
Others
Ad hoc : PG Lab Assistant
Contractual : PG Computer
lab assistant
15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil/PG. :

Name of Faculty
All are PI If not
specifically
mentioned
Project Title
National (N)/
International (I)
Funding
Agency
Grant
sanctioned
Tenure of
project
Dr. Sudeshna
Das Gupta
Monte Carlo simulation of

biaxial nematic liquid crystals
CSIR
Rs. 22 lakhs
3 years
(2012-2015)
Dr. Bidisa
Study of correlation between
Chattopadhyay magnetization and electric
polarization in multiferroic
compounds
UGC
Rs.1.95 lakh
2 years
(2012-2014)
Dr. Bidisa
Study of the intergrain tunneling
Chattapadhyay magnetoresistance in double
perovskite polycrystalline,
singlecrystalline as well as
nanometer-scale sized materials
UGC
Rs. 1 lakh
2 years
(2005-2007)
374

Name of Faculty
All are PI If not
specifically
mentioned
Project Title
Dr. Barnali
Chakrabarti
(at LBC till
August 2012)
Dr. Barnali
Chakrabarti
(at LBC till
August 2012)
Dr. Barnali
Chakrabarti
(at LBC till
August 2012)
Dr. Haimanti
Chakrabarti
(Co-PI) Started
during the
posting at
Bidhannagar
College

National (N)/
International (I)
Funding
Agency
Grant
sanctioned
Study of the stability of BoseEinstein condensate in finite

optical trap
DST
Rs.15,49,560
Theoretical studies on
nonlinearity and dynamical
instability of (driven) Bose
Einstein condensate and
exploration of suitable control
mechanism
DAE Rs. 11,24,900

(BRNS)
Effects of annealing on free

volume and chain mobility in
pilot fluoroelastomers
investigated by non-destructive
measurement protocol
Tenure of
project
UGC
Rs. 60,000
2 years
DSTSERC
Rs. 40 lakh
3years +
4months
(2008-2011)
17. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants
received
Funding Agency
Fund Received
During the Period
UGC-CPE
3.60 lakh
2011-2012
DST-FIST
6.18750 lakh
2010-2012
7.0 lakh
2012-2013
DBT STAR COLLEGE PROGRAM
18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University : In the process, Applied to C.U.
19. Publications:
Name of the
Teacher
No. of
papers
Nat/Int
No. of
publications
listed in
Int. Data
base
Mono
Graphs
Chap.
In
Books
Books
Edited
Books
with
ISSN/
ISBN
No.
Citation
Index
02
48
SNIP
SJR
Impact
factor
H-Index
Haimanti Chakrabarti
06
Ajanta Bhowal
Acharyya
04
03
Chhanda Basu
Chaudhuri
04
03
Srabani Chakraborty
Barnali Chakrabarti
02
23
04
05
01
*A detailed list of publication per faculty up to 2013 is given in the Annexure I
375
20. Areas of consultancy and income generated : NA

a)
National committees
b)
c)
Editorial Boards
Publication per faculty
National committees
IPA
IPS
IACS ISCA
IAPT
HaimantiChakrabarti
BidisaChattopadhyay
Ajanta BhowalAcharyya
ChhandaBasuChaudhuri
Editorial
Boards
SrabaniChakraborty
ILCS
International
Committees
SudeshnaDasGupta
IAPT
Indian Association of Physics Teachers
IPA
Indian Physics Association
IPS
Indian Physical Society
IACS
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
ISCA
Indian Science Congress association
ILCS
Indian Liquid Crystal Society

b)
programme : 70 %
c)

i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/other agencies : 30%
23. Awards/ Recognitions received by faculty and students

Student
from
INSPIRE
UG
26
PG
05
376
INDIRA
GANDHI
SINGLE
CHILD
P.C.
CHANDRA
MEMORIAL
3
05
ROMA PRINCIPALS
PNB
CHOUprize/
WOMANS
DHURI
FUND
DAY
1
2
CSS
AND
OTHER
University
rank
25
12+
CK
Majumdar
memorial
NGPE
(Top 10%)
IAPT
15
5
24. List of eminent academicians and scientists/ visitors to the department

Sr. Name
No.
Affiliation
Date
Mr. Asok Mohan Chakrabarti
Principal Sectretary, Higher Education

Department, W.B.
Since 2006
Several times till
26.11.2007
Dr. Bikas Sinha
Joint Director of Saha Institute of

Nuclear Physics and Variable Energy
Cyclotron Center
26.11.2007
Visiting Team
Calcutta University
24.07.2007
Dr. Amalendu Bandyopadhyay
Director, Birla Planeterium
15.12.2009
Prof. Amitava Roychoudhuri
Palit Professor, C.U.
11.07.2012
Prof.Arup Raychaudhuri
Director, S.N.B.N.C.B.S.
05.06.2010
21.09.2011
Prof. Sandip Chakrabarti
Dean, Academic prog.S.N.B.N.C.B.S.
21.09.2011
Prof. Jayanta Bhattacharyya
Dean, Academic prog.S.N.B.N.C.B.S.
Since 2008 several

times till 2009
Prof. Arunava Chakrabarti
H.O.D. Physics, K.U.
Since 2009 Several

times till 2010
10
Prof. Srinanda Kundu
Sr.Professor, Surface Physics Divn.,

SINP
Since 2009 Several

times till 2010
11
Prof Rupamanjari Ghosh
Dean of Science, J.N.U.Delhi
21.09.2011
12
Prof. Barnana Pal
Sr.Professor, CMP Divn., SINP
07.12.2013
13
Prof. Asmita Ghosh
Sr.Professor, Physics Dept., VU,

Shantiniketan
20.09.2011
21.09.2011
14
Prof.Abhijit Mookerjee
Dean of Science.S.N.B.N.C.B.S.
Since 2009 several

times till date
15
Prof.Ranjit Biswas
H.O.D. ChemistryS.N.B.N.C.B.S.
07.12.2013 several
times till date
16
Prof. Shyamal Saha
Sr.Professor, Material Physics Divn.,

IACS
18.12.2012
17
Prof. Nikhilesh Kar
H.O.D. Physics, N.B.U.(Retd.)
Since 2007 several

times till date
18
Prof. Tapan kr. Das
Sr.Professor,Dept. of Physics, CU
Since 2009 several

times upto 2010
19
Prof Siddhartha Roy
H.O.D. Physics, KU (Retd.).
Since 2007 several

times till date
20
Prof Ananda Dasgupta
Professor, Physics, IISER, KOL.
Since 2007 several

times till 2008
21
Prof. Soumitra Sen
Sr.Professor, Theoretical Physics Divn.,

IACS
Since 2007 several

time till 2008
377
Sr. Name
No.
Affiliation
Date
22
Prof.Minaz Hossain
Professor, Physics,BESU
12.07.2010
23
Prof. Priyobrata Sarkar
Sr.Professor HOD Polymer Science,

Applied Chemistry, CU.
12.07.2010
24
Prof. Debnarayan Jana
H.O.D. Physics, CU
28.04.12 several
times till date
25
Prof. Anirban Kundu
H.O.D. Physics, CU
2013 several times

till date
26
Prof. Sourish Banerjee
Sr.Professor, Dept. of Physics, CU
02.05.12 several
times till date
27
Prof. Mahendra kr. Sinha Roy
Sr.Professor, Dept. of Physics, PU
2012 several times

till date
28
Prof. Tara sankar Nag
Sr.Professor, Dept. of Physics, PU
2013 several times

till date
29
Prof.Debsankar Roy
Sr.Professor, Chemistry Divn., IACS
20.09.2011
30
Prof. Amit Ghosh
Professor, TNP Divn.SINP
2008 to 2009
31
Prof. Prasanta Kr. Mukherjee
Sr. Professor,IACS
Since 2008 several

times till 2010
32
Prof.Prabal Mullick
H.O.D.Physics, B.U.
Since 2011, till date
33
Prof. Shantanu Datta
Director, Kalpana Chawla Centre for

Space and Nano Sciences
12.102012
34
Dr. Pradip Brahma
Retd. Prof. Physics, IACS
18.12.2012
35
Ms. Baishali Kanjilal
University of Connecticut, USA
Since 2010 several

times till 18.01.13
36
Dr. Sinjini Das Gupta
Rad. Phys. VECC
Since 07.05.2013
several times till
31.03.14
37
Dr. Namita Dutta Gupta (J.U)
Dept. of NanoScience & Technology, JU
Since 08.05.2013
several times
till date
38
Prof. Chhanda Samanta
H.O.D. Physics, Washington and Lee

University, USA
28.06.2013
39
Dr. Surajit Chakrabarti
MMC College, Kolkata
29.05.2010 several
times during 2010
40
Dr. R Banerjee
Theory Divn. SNBNCBS
30.05.2010
41
Dr. Debapriyo Syam
Barasat Govt College
01.06.2010
42
Dr. Barun Kumar Chatterjee
Bose Institute, Kolkata
02.06.2010
43
Dr. Bhupati Chakrabarti
City College, Kolkata
29.05.2010 several
times in 2010
378
Sr. Name
No.
Affiliation
Date
44
Saswati Das Gupta ,
Principal,Rammohan College, Kokata
29.05.2010 several
times till 2011
45
Dr. Swapan Datta
City College, Kolkata
29.05.2010 several
times in 2010
46
Prof. P.N. Ghosh
Vice Chancellor, J.U.
20,09,2011
47
Prof. S.K. Pal
SNBNCBS
20.09.2011
48
Prof. A.S. Majumdar
SNBNCBS
20.09.2011
49
Prof. D.J. Chattopadhyay
Pro Vice Chancellor, C.U
20.09.2011
50
Prof. Manas Mukherjee
IACS
20.09.2011
51
Dr. Arup Chakrabarti
Eye Surgeon, Kolkata
21.09.2011
52
Dr. Manoj Khanna
Plastic Sugeon, Kolkata
21.09.2011
53
Prof. Debsankar Roy
Sr. Prof. Chemical Phys. Divn.IACS
21.09.2011
54
Prof. Sourav Giri
Sr. Prof. Mat. Phys. Divn.IACS
10.05.11
55
Prof. Nandini Raha
Sr. Prof. Dept of Physics, PU
02.03.2010
56
Prof. G.P.Das
Sr. Prof. Mat. Phys. Divn. IACS
05.04.11
57
Prof. R. K.Ghosh
Bidhan nagar College,Kolkata
14.12.11 several
times till 2012
58
Prof. Rituparna Kanungo
St. Marys University, Canada
20.12.2013
59
Prof. Debabrata Ghosh
IIT, Kharagpur
Since 2008 several

times till 2010
60
Dr. Sharmistha Banik
SINP
18.03.11
61
Prof. Jaydeb Chakrabarti
S.N.B.N.C.B.S.
16.12.11
62
Prof. Anima Sen
C.U.
19.12.11
25 Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding

Seminars/Conferences/
Workshops organized
Date
C. K. Majumdar memorial
summer workshop on
experimental Physics
June 1st to Indian Association

6th , 2010 of Physics
Teachers RC 15
Source of funding
Details of outstanding participants

1. Prof. Arup Kr. Ray Chaudhuri , Director,
S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Science
(SNBNCBS)
2. Dr. R Banerjee (SNBNCBS)
3. Dr. Surajit Chakrabarti (MMC College)
4. Dr. Debapriyo Syam(Barasat Govt College)
5. Dr. Swapan Datta (City College)
6. Dr. Ananda Das Gupta(IISER, Kolkata)
7. Dr. S.M. Hossain (Department of Physics, BESU)
8. Dr. Saswati Das Gupta (Rammohan College)
9. Dr. Bhupati Chakrabarti (City College)
10. Dr. Barun Kumar Chatterjee
11. Dr. Sanghamitra Mukherjee (Principal, LBC)
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Workshops organized
Date
Source of funding
Laser Since 1960 and the

Future Challenges in the
Quantum Optics
20th and
21st Sept,
2011
1.UGC
2. S.N. Bose
National Centre for
Basic Sciences
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Prof. Siuli Sarkar (Principal, LBC)

Prof. D.J. Chattopadhyay(Pro Vice Chancellor, C.U)
Prof. P.N. Ghosh (Vice Chancellor, J.U)
Prof.A.K. Raychaudhuri (Director, SNBNCBS)
Prof. S.K. Chakraborti (Dean, Acad Prog.,
SNBNCBS)
6. Prof. Abhijit Mookherjee (Emeritus Professor,
SNBNCBS)
7. Prof. S.K. Pal (SNBNCBS)
8. Prof. A.S. Majumdar (SNBNCBS)
9. Prof Siddhartha Roy (Professor, K.U)
10. Prof. Debsankar Roy (IACS)
11. Prof. N. Kar (Professor, NBU)
12. Prof. Manas Mukherjee (IACS)
13. Prof. Rupmanjari Ghosh (JNU)
14. Dr. Arup Chakrabarti (Eye Surgeon)
15. Dr. Manoj Khanna (Eye Surgeon)
Special Seminar on Higgs

11th July,
Boson: the discovery and its 2012
aftermath
College Fund
Prof. Amitava Raychaudhuri ( Palit Professor,

Department of Physics, University of Calcutta)
Special Seminar on Space,

Technology, Industry and
Policy Today Indian
options
12th Oct,
2012
College Fund
Prof. Shantanu Datta ( Kalpana Chawla Centre for

Space and Nano Sciences)
One Day Seminar on

Nanoparticles
18th Dec,
2012
DBT Star College

Programme
1. Dr. Pradip Brahma (IACS)

2. Prof. S.C. Bhattacharya (J.U)
3. Prof S.K. Saha (IACS)
Special Seminar on Biofuels 18th Jan.,

and biorenewable chemicals 2013
DBT Star College

Programme
Ms. Baishali Kanjilal (University of Connecticut,

USA)
Special Seminar on E0 decay 7th May,

of the first 0+ state in 160Er
2013
College Fund
Dr. Sinjini Das Gupta (VECC)
Special Seminar on Kinetics 8th May,

of the synthesis of
2013
Conducting Polymer
Polypyrrole nanoparticles
in miscelle induced liquid
phase Polymerization
technique
College Fund
Physics PG Fund
Prof. Chhanda Samanta (Washington and Lee

University, USA)
DBT STAR College

fund for PHYSICS
1. Prof. Abhijit Mookerjee, Guest Professor, LBC;

Principal Investigator : Project under BIOTECH
CONSORTIUM, Govt.of INDIA,
2. Prof. Ranjit Biswas,Head, Department of
Chemistry, SNBNCBS,3. Prof. Barnana Pal, CMP
Division, SINP.4.Prof. Pranab Chaudhuri,Nano
structured Materials Division. CGCRI.
Special Seminar on Nuclei

without neutrons and
Protons
24th June,
2013
One Day Seminar on inter - 7th Dec,

disciplinary topics
2013
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Nameofthe Course/
programme
Applications
received
Selected
Enrolled
Female
Pass percentage
Female
UG (2007)
775
30
29
100
UG (2008)
1019
30
22
100
UG (2009)
992
30
29
92
UG (2010)
915
30
25
100
*M=Male F=Female
Name of the
Programme
(refer to question
no.. 4)
Gen
(CU)
Applications
received
SC(CU)
Gen
(CU)
(others)
SC
(others)
Selected/
admitted
Female
Pass
percentage
Female
PG (2007)
56
12
100
PG (2008)
67
15
100
PG (2009)
75
11
15
92.33
PG (2010)
80
15
100
PG (2011)
79
19
15
93.33

Nameofthe Course
% of students from
the samestate
% of students from
other States
% of students
from abroad
2010
93%
7%
2011
100%
2012
100%
2013
93%
7%
2010
100%
2011
100%
2012
100%
2013
100%
UG
PG
381
NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc.
Year in College (Final Year)
CSIR-NET
GATE
GRE
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
29. Student progression :

Student progression
UG to PG
> 90%
PG to M.Phil
>5%
PG to Ph.D.
>50%
>25%
Employed
Campus selection
They are selected but never join,

carry on their higher study>80%
Entrepreneurs
>05%

a)
Library : Apart from the facility of the central Library the Department has a seminar
Library which treasures the books purchased from STATE GRANT and other different
grants like COSSIP, CPE, PG, DST-FIST,DBT STAR COLLEGE PROGRAM, UGC
PG.
Total Number of Books = 1696 (including COSSIP 170, DST 36) [approx]
Apart from which there are copies of the M.Sc. Project dissertations of final semester
for each year.
There are documentation related with Laboratory Visit.
b) Internet facilities for staff and students: 24 hour internet facility for the faculty members
while that for the students and other staff are as per their requirement and under the
vigilance of the teachers.
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c)
Total number of class rooms : 4
d)
Class rooms with ICT facility : 1 (flexible, it can be adjusted to any room)
e)
Students laboratories : General Course : 1, UG I & II : 3, UG III : 2, PG I&II : 2,

Computer Lab : 1
f)
Research laboratories : 3
or other agencies:
Year 2013
Principals fund
Students welfare
fund
DPI/Kanyasri/
Others
Indira Gandhi
single child
UG I/II/III
NIL
01/01/01
NIL/NIL/10
NIL
01
NIL
01/NIL/05
03/05
PG I/II
external experts :
Workshops organized
Date
Source of funding
C.K.Majumdar memorial
summer workshop on
experimental Physics
June 1st to
6th , 2010
Indian Association
of Physics Teachers
RC 15
1. Prof. Arup Kr. RayChaudhuri, Director,

S.N.Bose National Centre for Basic Science
(SNBNCBS)
2. Dr. R Banerjee (SNBNCBS)
3. Dr. Surajit Chakrabarti (MMC College)
4. Dr. Debapriyo Syam(Barasat Govt College)
5. Dr. Swapan Datta (City College)
6. Dr. Ananda Das Gupta(IISER, Kolkata)
7. Dr. S.M. Hossain (Department of Physics, BESU)
8. Dr. Saswati Das Gupta (Rammohan College)
9. Dr. Bhupati Chakrabarti (City College)
10. Dr. Barun Kumar Chatterjee
11. Dr. Sanghamitra Mukherjee (Principal, LBC)
Laser Since 1960 and the

Future Challenges in the
Quantum Optics
20th and
21st Sept,
2011
1.UGC
2. S.N. Bose
National Centre
for Basic Sciences
1. Prof. Siuli Sarkar (Principal, LBC)

2. Prof. D.J. Chattopadhyay (Pro Vice Chancellor,
C.U)
3. Prof. P.N. Ghosh (Vice Chancellor, J.U)
4. Prof.A.K. Raychaudhuri (Director, SNBNCBS)
5. Prof. S.K. Chakraborti (Dean, Acad Prog.,
SNBNCBS)
6. Prof. Abhijit Mookherjee (Emeritus Professor,
SNBNCBS)
7. Prof. S.K. Pal (SNBNCBS)
8. Prof. A.S. Majumdar (SNBNCBS)
9. Prof Siddhartha Roy (Professor, K.U)
10. Prof. Debsankar Roy (IACS)
11. Prof. N. Kar (Professor, NBU)
12. Prof. Manas Mukherjee (IACS)
13. Prof. Rupmanjari Ghosh (JNU)
14. Dr. Arup Chakrabarti (Eye Surgeon)
15. Dr. Manoj Khanna (Eye Surgeon)
College Fund
Prof. Amitava Raychaudhuri ( Palit Professor,

Department of Physics, University of Calcutta)
Special Seminar on Higgs

11th July,
Boson: the discovery and its 2012
aftermath
383
Workshops organized
Date
Source of funding
Special Seminar on Space,

Technology, Industry and
Policy Today Indian
options
12th Oct,
2012
College Fund
Prof. Shantanu Datta (Kalpana Chawla Centre for

Space and Nano Sciences)
One Day Seminar on

Nanoparticles
18th Dec,
2012
DBT Star College

Programme
1. Dr. Pradip Brahma (IACS)

2. Prof. S.C. Bhattacharya (J.U)
3. Prof S.K. Saha (IACS)
Special Seminar on Biofuels 18th Jan.,

and biorenewable chemicals 2013
DBT Star College

Programme
Ms. Baishali Kanjilal (University of Connecticut,

USA)
7th May,
2013
College Fund
Dr. Sinjini Das Gupta (VECC)
Special Seminar on Kinetics 8th May,

of the synthesis of
2013
Conducting Polymer
Polypyrrole nanoparticles
in miscelle induced liquid
phase Polymerization
technique
College Fund
Physics PG Fund
Prof. Chhanda Samanta (Washington and Lee

University, USA)
DBT STAR College

fund for PHYSICS
1. Prof. Abhijit Mookerjee, Guest Professor, LBC;

Principal Investigator : Project under BIOTECH
CONSORTIUM, Govt.of INDIA,
2. Prof. Ranjit Biswas,Head, Department of
Chemistry, SNBNCBS,3. Prof. Barnana Pal, CMP
Division, SINP.4.Prof. Pranab Chaudhuri,
Nanostructured Materials Division. CGCRI.
Special Seminar on E0 decay

of the first 0+ state in 160Er
Special Seminar on Nuclei

without neutrons and
Protons
24th June,
2013
One Day Seminar on inter - 7th Dec.,

disciplinary topics
2013
Chalk and board
Pen and white Board
Over Head Projectors
ICT tools
Models
Regular seminar lectures on current topics
Regular visits to research laboratories
Students presentations followed by interactive session
Accessibility of internet facility
Supplying study materials
Access to highly enriched seminar library of the Department as well as central library
Access to INFLIBNET through the teachers.
Access to Libraries of Research Institutes through proper permission

NSS -3 Students from UG I
NIGHT SCHOOL
All UG Hostelies, 18 students.

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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
STRENGTHS
Academically bright students with a great deal of
enthusiasm for the subject.
Highly qualified, motivated, enthusiastic and
dedicated faculty members.
Sincere, skilled and co-operative non-teaching staff.
The Department has entered into a MOU with
S.N.Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences for
conducting the P.G. course at the College. This
facilitates inter institutional collaborative work.
Separate well equipped laboratories for General,
UG and PG courses.
Research facilities.
Collaborative research work with other institutes
(like SINP) and universities (like Jadavpur
University).
WEAKNESSES
Shortage of space for classrooms and laboratories.
Low full-time faculty strength (especially in view
of the fact that this is a PG department)
Shortage of adequately trained technical staff.
Lack of space and infrastructural facilities along
with excessive class load acts as a deterrent to
faculty research.
Little scope for introducing innovative teaching,
learning techniques at the UG level due to
constraints in syllabi and annual academic schedule
designed by the mother University.
OPPORTUNITIES
Guidance from experienced educationists and
research scientist from other institutes because of
research collaborations opens a host of
opportunities for the students as well as faculty
members.
Consistently good academic results gives student
an opportunity for progression to higher studies.
Tutorial classes and bridge courses help the students
to cope with advanced topics.
S-O STRATEGIES
Arranging tutorial classes for competitive exams
like JAM, JEST, NET, GATE and other entrance
examinations.
Offering career options to students interested more
in jobs than higher degrees.
Regular in-flow of government funds for expansion
of research work.
W-O STRATEGIES
teaching and non-teaching posts.
Creating posts recommended by the University
inspection team before the commencement of the
PG course.
Creating posts for induction of technically trained
laboratory assistants.
Participation of faculty members in syllabus
framing committees so that they are able to convey
the problems because of constraints in the syllabus.
CHALLENGES
Creating teaching posts recommended by the
university inspection team during the
commmencement of the PG course.
Creating posts for technically trained laboratory
assistants expecially trained to handle PG X-ray
laboratory.
Commencement of other Special Papers and the
corresponding Special Paper laboratories.
Commencement of other Elective Papers and the
corresponding laboratories.
A controller of examinations (jointly for all PG
departments) and a well equipped office for the
Controller to take care of the necessities of the PG
Departments.
Provision for in-house projects for UG students
during the puja vacation.
Dedicated room for seminars.
S-C STRATEGIES
Creating space and generating resources for the
hosting the Special Paper classes and laboratories.
Creating space and generating resources for the
hosting the Elective Paper classes and laboratories.
Creating post for Controller of examinations and
space for the office of the Controller.
Motivating meritorious students to take up
academics as a career which would benefit posterity.
W-C STRATEGIES
Modernisation of classrooms with latest
technological gadgets and ICT tools to compensate
for staff shortage.
Motivating students to utilise the opportunities
available to them.
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Annexure-III to Department of Physics
DETAILED LIST OF PUBLICATION BY THE FACULTY

DR. HAIMANTI CHAKRABARTI
Papers published in referred journals:
1.
A twin cell model for computation of glass transition temperature of quaternary thin film
metallicglasses, Haimanti Chakrabarti & Baishali Kanjilal, Journal of Non-Crystalline
Solid, 375, (2013), 55-61,.
2.
Glass transition temperature of Pd-Cu-Ni-P thin film metallic glass - A 2D approachHaimanti Chakrabarti, Chhanda Basu Chaudhuri, Baishali Kanjilal, Journal of NonCrystalline Solids, 359 (2013), 51-55.
3.
Glass Transition in Thin Film Metallic Glass of PdCuNi-P -Suchismita Roy, Suprova
Mandal, Baishali Kanjilal*, Chhanda Basu Chaudhuri, Haimanti Chakrabarti, Lady
Brabourne College Science Journal, vol.3, (ISSN 2319 6858), 67 -73, 2012
4.
Effect of Ionic Environment on the Transport of Cesium ion in alkali chloride solutions
from Radio Tracer Studies, Haimanti Chakrabarti and Srinanda Kundu, Applied Radiation
and Isotopes, 68 (2010), 21892196.
5.
A Novel Attempt to Calculate the Velocity Correlation Coefficients in Ternary Electrolyte

Solution, Haimanti Chakrabarti Shreekantha Sil Srinanda Kundu, J Solution Chem.
39 (2010), 12781290
6.
Measurement of the Diffusivity of Cesium Ion in Aqueous Rubidium Chloride Solution,

Haimanti Chakrabarti Baishali Kanjilal, J. Solution Chem. 39 (2010), 409416.
Papers presented in different symposia/conferences

1.
A study on the susceptibility of aqueous solution of a paramagnetic salt at room

temperature.
Arpita Mondal, Bidisha Ghosh, Maitreyee Kundu, Baishali Kanjilal* and Haimanti
Chakrabarti, 100th Indian Science Congress, Category Physical Sciences, January 5-9,
Kolkata, 2013
2.
Future candidates suitable for the development of nano-electromechanical systems,

Baishali Kanjilal & Haimanti Chakrabarti, International Conference on Fundamentals
and Applications in Nanoscience and Technology, Kolkata, Dec 9-10, 2010.
Characterisation of SnO2 SIPN (Poly) Vinyl alcohol- (Poly) Accrylamide Hydrogen

nanocomposites and Development of Ammonia Gas Sensors Emplying Electrical
Impedance Spectroscopy, Sreela Pal Basak, Baishali Kanjilal, Priyobrata Sarkar, Ujjyaini
Mitra, Sushmita Paul & Haimanti Chakrabarti, 2nd international conf. on Natural Polymers,
Biopolymers, Biomaterials, their Composites, Blends, IPNs and Gel Polyelectrolyte &
GELS : Macro to Nano Scales. M. G. Univ., Kottayam, Kerala, 21st -23rd Sep., 2010.
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4.
A diffusion model for a Chloride ion Potentiometric sensor based on Semi Interpenetrating
Polymeric Network, Satabdi Chaudhury, Monalisa Bhowmik & Haimanti Chakrabarti
CMDays -10, Kalyani, 26th 28th Aug, 2010, Kalyani.
5.
Resolution of impedance components in SIPN-SnO2 nano-composites from Frequency

Response Analysis of the Randles circuit and Warburg Impedance element. Ujjyaini
Mitra Sushmita Paul & Haimanti Chakrabarti, CMDays -10, Kalyani, 26th 28th Aug,
2010, Kalyani
6.
Structural changes in Electron Irradiated Polystyrene Investigated by Differential Scanning

Calorimetry and Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy, Arunava Mandal, Sandeep
Das, Baishali Kanjilal, Haimanti Chakrabarti & Asmita Sengupta, CMDays -10, Kalyani,
26th -28th Aug, 2010, Kalyani
7.
Twin cell Model for understanding the local and global mass transport in Thin Film
Metallic Glass. Arpita Das, Chhanda Basu & Haimanti Chakrabarti, CM Days -10,
Kalyani, 26th -28th Aug, 2010, Kalyani
8.
Mass transport in 2D metallic glass Pd-Cu-Ni-P, Suchismita Roy, Suprova Mondal,

Chhanda Basu Chaudhuri & Haimanti Chakrabarti, CMDays -10, Kalyani, 26th -28th
Aug, 2010, Kalyani
9.
Measurement of the diffusivity of Cesium Ion in Aqueous Rubidium Chloride Solution

Baishali Kanjilal & Haimanti Chakrabarti UGC Sponsored National Level seminar on
Emerging Concerns and Advances in Chemistry, 4th 5th Feb, 2010, Dept. of Chem.,
Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata
DR. BIDISA CHATTOPADHYAY

Papers presenteded in Symposium:
1.
Quantum interference effects in (Sr,Ca)2FeMoO6 nanomaterials. Bidisa Chattopadhyay,

A. Poddar, Nilanjan Das and Chandan Mazumdar. Presented in the International
Conference on Magnetic Materials (ICMM), Dec. 11-16, 2007.
2.
Studies of transport and magnetic properties of nanometer-scale grain sized Sr2FeMoO6

materials. Bidisa Chattopadhyay and A. Poddar Presented in the International Conference
on Lasers and Nanomaterials (ICLAN) Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 2006
DR. AJANTA BHOWAL ACHARYYA

1.
Bose - Einstein condensation in arbitrary dimensions, A. B. Acharyya and M. Acharyya,

Acta Physica Polonica B, 43 (2012) 1805 (IF:1.01)
2.
Cluster statistics in BTW automata, A. B. Acharyya, Acta Physica Polonica B, 42 (2011)

19 (IF:1.01)
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3.
Evidence of invariance of time scale at critical point in the Isingmeanfield equilibrium

equation of state, M. Acharyya and A. B. Acharyya, Communications in Theoretical
Physics, 55 (2011) 1109 (IF:0.579)
4.
Critical Slowing down along the dynamic phase boundary in Isingmeanfield dynamics
M. Acharyya and A. B. Acharyya, Int. J. Mod. Phys. C, 21 (2010) 481 (IF:1.22)
DR. CHHANDA BASU CHAUDHURI

1.
Glass transition temperature of Pd-Cu-Ni-P thin film metallic glass- A 2D approach

Haimanti Chakrabarti, C Basu Chaudhuri, Baishali Kanjilal, J. Non. Cryst. Solids, 359,
1, 2013, Pages 51-55
2.
Cross-over between central and non-central conservative effective forces in a modulated

colloidal fluid: The Journal of Chemical Physics, 139, 204903, 2013 Chhanda Basu
Chaudhuri, Srabani Chakrabarty and J. Chakrabarti
3.
Glass Transition in thin film metallic glass of Pd-Cu-Ni-P Suchismita Roy, Suprova
Moandal, Baishali Kanjilal, Chhanda Basu Chaudhuri, Haimanti Chakrabarti Science
Journal, Lady Brabourne College, ISSN 2319 6858, vol 3, December 2012 , p 67 73
4.
Study of phase behaviour of a 2D colloidal system by Monte Carlo Simulation, MAC,

Journal of Basic and Applied Science, ISSN No. 23475366, Chhanda Basu Chaudhuri,
Srabani Chakrabarty
Feature article
1. Lise Meitner The Most Significant Woman Scientist in twentieth century: News Letter
Women Study Centre: Lady Brabourne College, vol - 4, p 29-31, 2013 Chhanda Basu
Chaudhuri, Srabani Chakrabarty.
DR. SRABANI CHAKRABARTY
1.
Cross-over between central and non-central conservative effective forces in a modulated

colloidal fluid Chhanda Basu Chaudhuri, Srabani Chakrabartyand J. Chakrabarti, The
Journal of Chemical Physics, 139, 204903, 2013
2.
Short Ranged attraction and long ranged repulsion between two solute particles in a
subcritical liquid solvent J. Chakrabarti, S. Chakrabarty and H. Lowen J. Phys. Condens.
Matter, 18, L81 (2006)
3.
Study of phase behaviour of a 2D colloidal system by Monte Carlo Simulation, Chhanda

Basu Chaudhuri, Srabani Chakrabarty MAC, Journal of Basic and Applied Science, ISSN
No. 23475366
388
Feature article
1.
Lise Meitner The Most Significant Woman Scientist in twentieth century, Chhanda
Basu Chaudhuri, Srabani Chakrabarty, News Letter Women Study Centre: Lady Brabourne
College, vol - 4, p 29-31, 2013
DR. BARNALI CHAKRABARTI

Publications in refereed journals:
1.
Energy level statistics of interacting trapped bosons, B. Chakrabarti, A. Biswas, V. K. B.

Kota, K. Roy, and S. K. Haldar, Phys. Rev. A 86, 013637 (2012).
2.
Structural Properties and energetic of diffuse 87-Rb clusters in three dimension.,P. K.

Debnath, B. Chakrabarti, T. K. Das and S. Canuto, J. Chem. Phys 137, 164106 (2012).
3.
Spectral fluctuation and 1/f noise in the energy level statistics of interacting trapped
bosons, K. Roy, B. Chakrabarti, A. Biswas, V. K. B. Kota, and S. K. Haldar, Phys. Rev.
E 85, 061119 (2012).
4.
Supersymmetricisospectral formalism for the calculation of near-zero energy states: Application to the very weakly bound 4 He trimer excited state, S. K. Haldar, B. Chakrabarti,
and T. K. Das, Few-Body Systems 53, 283-292 (2012).
5.
Destruction of attractive bosonic cloud due to high spatial coherence in tight trap, A.
Biswas, B. Chakrabarti, T. K. Das and L. Salasnich, Phys. Rev. A 84, 043631 (2011).
6.
Use of correlated potential harmonic basis functions for the description of the 4He trimer
and small clusters, T. K. Das, B. Chakrabarti and S. Canuto, J. Chem Phys. 134, 164106
(2011).
7.
Beyond mean-field effects in attractive Bose Einstein condensate, P. K. Debnath, B.

Chakrabarti, T. K. Das, Int. Jour. of Quantum Chemistry 111, 1333 (2011)
8.
Resonance states and Quantum tunneling of Bose-Einstein condensates in a 3D shallow

trap. S. K. Haldar, B. Chakrabarti, T. K. Das, Phys. Rev. A 82, 043616 (2010).
9.
Instability of collective excitations and Power laws of attractive Bose-Einstein condensate

in an anharmonictrap. P. K. Debanth, B. Chakrabarti Phys. Rev. A 82, 043614(2010).
10. Stability of attractive bosonic cloud with van der Waals interaction, A. Biswas, T. K.
Das, L. Salasnich, and B. Chakrabarti, Phys. Rev. A 82, 043607 (2010).
11. Pair-correlation properties and momentum distribution of finite number of interacting
trapped bosons in three dimension, A. Biswas, B. Chakrabarti, T. K. Das, J. Chem. Phys.
133, 104502 (2010)
12. Finite number of trapped bosons interacting through the harmonic Calogero interaction
in one dimension, B. Chakrabarti, T. K. Das, Phys. Rev. A 81 (2010) 015601
13. Stability of a Bose Einstein condensate in an anharmonic trap, B. Chakrabarti, T. K. Das,
P. K. Debnath, Phys. Rev. A 79 (2009) 053629
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14. 85 Rb Bose Einstein condensate with tunable interaction : a quantum many body approach,
T.K.Das, A. Kundu, S. Canuto, B. Chakrabarti, Phys. Letts A 373 (2009) 258
15. An essentially exact many body calculation for muonic molecular ions and exotic coulombic systems, B. Chakrabarti , T. K. Das Molecular Physics 107 (2009) 1817
16. Zero-temperature Properties of Attractive Bose Einstein Condensate by Correlated Manybody Approach. B.Chakrabarti, T. K. Das, P. K. Debnath, J. Low Temp. Phys. 157 (2009)
527.
17. Shape independent approximation for Bose Einstein condensate interacting through van
der Waals potential, B. Chakrabarti, T. K. Das, Phys. Rev. A 78 (2008) 063608
18. Energy eigenvalues of quantum anharmonic oscillator from supersymmetry : concept of
conditional shape invariance symmetry, B. Chakrabarti, J. Phys. A : Math. Theor. 41
(2008) 405301
19. Behaviour of a Bose-Einstein condensate containing a large number of atoms interacting
through a finite-range interatomic interaction T. K. Das, S. Canuto, A. Kundu and B.
Chakrabarti, Phys. Rev A., 75 (2007) 042705
20. An approximate many body calculation for trapped bosons with attractive interaction A. Kundu, B. Chakrabarti, T. K. Das, and S. Canuto, J. Phys. B 40 (2007) 2225
Publications in national refereed journals:
1.
Use of isospectral formalism in realistic quantum mechanical problems, B. Chakrabarti,

Pramana - Journal of Physics 73 (2009) 405.
2.
Spectral statistics of supersymmetric shape invariant potentials. B. Chakrabarti, Pramana

- Journal of Physics, 70 (2008) 41
3.
Quality of potential harmonics expansion method for dilute Bose-Einstein condensate A. Kundu and B. Chakrabarti, Pramana, Journal of Physics, 69 (2007) 329
Contribution to conference proceedings:

1.
Approximate shape invariance symmetry in few body system, connection with hyperspherical adiabatic approximation (HAA)- B. Chakrabarti, presented at International
Conference on Fundamental Sciences 2000 (ICFS 2000) at National University of Singapore, Singapore.
2.
Use of supersymmetric quantum mechanics for improving convergence of excited state

calculation - B. Chakrabarti and T. K. Das, presented at the Conference on Computational
Physics 2000 (CCP2000) at the University of Queensland, Australia.
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Name of the Department: Chemistry

Year of Establishment: 1941
Integrated Ph.D., etc.): UG
Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: N. A.
Annual/Semester/choice based credit system (programme wise): Annual
Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: N. A.
Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.: N.A.
Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: Nil
Sanctioned
Filled
Professors
Nil
Asst. Professors

/M. Phil. etc.,)
Name
No. of years
of experience
No. of Ph.D.
Students guided for
the last 4 years
Dr. Papia Ganguly
Ph.D
Associate
Professor
Physical
Chemistry
21 yrs
N.A.
Dr. Sukanya
Chakrabarti
Ph.D
Associate
Professor
Physical
Chemistry
16 yrs
N.A.
Dr. Nupur Basu
Ph.D
Associate
Professor
Organic
Chemistry
15 yrs
N.A.
Dr. Haimanti
Mallik
Ph.D
Associate
Professor
Organic
Chemistry
15 yrs
N.A.
Dr. Mostafizur
Rahman
Ph.D
Associate
Professor
Inorganic
Chemistry
15 yrs
N.A.
Dr. Manisha
Mukhopadhyay
Ph.D
Associate
Professor
Inorganic
Chemistry
15 yrs
N.A.
Dr. Soma
Samaddar
Ph.D
Assistant
Professor
Physical
Chemistry
8 yrs
N.A.
Dr. Nabanita
Kundu
Ph.D
Assistant
Professor
Inorganic
Chemistry
8 yrs
N.A.
Dr. Soma Deogharia transferred in 2012
11. List of senior visiting faculty: Dr. Uttara Das

temporary faculty:
Theory
5.78%
Practical
11.5%
13. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise): 10 : 1

Course
B. Sc (Honours)
Year
Total number of students

(2012-2013)
1st year
28
2nd year
32
rd
3 year
30
Total
90
Student
Teacher ratio
10:1
filled:
Sl. No. Name of Technical Staff
Category
Designation
1.
Sri Neloy Raha
Group C
Compounder
2.
Sri Debashish Sarkar
Group C
Storekeeper
3.
Sri Subhash Rai
Group D
Laboratory Bearer
4.
Sri Rathin Pal
Group D
Laboratory Bearer
5.
Smt. Minati Chaudhuri
Group D
Laboratory Bearer
15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with D.Sc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ M.Phil / PG:
8 (All Full-time Teachers)
Name of
Principal
Investigator
Title of
Project
Funding
Agency
Period
Total
Grant
(Rs.)
Affiliation
Photophysics of Dye in Surfactant

solution
UGCNo.F.PS
W050/05-06
(ERO)
2006-2008
85,000
Maulana Azad
College,
Kolkata
Dr. Sukanya
Chakrabarti
(Guha)

Pollution in Rabindra Sarobar,
Lake of Kolkata
UGCNo. PSW130/06-07
(ERO)
2007-2009
80,000
Lady
Brabourne
College
Dr. Soma
Deogharia

Pollution in Rabindra Sarobar,
Lake of Kolkata
UGCNo. PSW130/06-07
(ERO)
2007-2009
80,000
Lady
Brabourne
College
Dr. Papia
Ganguly
392

Name of
Investigator
Dr. Nupur Basu

Title of
Project
Funding
Agency
Period
Study of Conducting Properties of UGCNo. F. PSW 2007-2009

Chlorophyll a,b, Xanthophyll and -122/06-07
carotenes in Nanoscale aggregates in
artificial system
Total
Grant
(Rs.)
Affiliation
100,000
Bidhannagar
College
Dr. Soma
Samaddar

based hospitals
UGC
2011-2013
1,58000
Lady
Brabourne
College
Dr. Nabanita
Kundu

based hospitals
UGC
2011-2013
1,58000
Lady
Brabourne
College
Dr. Papia
Ganguly
Photophysical and thermodynamic

studies of dyes in aqueous Micellar
dispersion of Surfactants and in
different solvents
UGCNo. PSW36/12-13
(ERO)
2013-2015
1,90,000
Lady
Brabourne
College
received
Departmental Projects
Grants Received
CPE (Interdisciplinary project on East-Kolkata

Wetlands in collaboration with Micro, Bot,
Zoo, Stat, Geo)
Rs. 20000/- (for books), Rs. 90000/- (for chemical

and glassware), Rs. 15000/- (field work) & 120000/(non-recurring)
From DST-FIST (2011-2012) the department received Rs. 300000/- for equipment
and Rs. 400000/- for setting up of a computer lab for students in collaboration with
departments of Botany and Zoology
The Department also received a financial assistance of Rs. 2,00,000 (Recurring)

and Rs. 5,00,000 (Non-recurring-Equipments) under DBT-STAR College scheme
for the financial year 2012-2013.
18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University: N. A
393
19. Publications:
Faculty
members
No. of papers
No. of
publiNational Intercations
national listed in
Int. Data
base
Chap.
In
Books
Books
Edited
Books
with
ISSN/
ISBN
No.
Citation
Index
SNIP
SJR
Impact
factor
H-Index
Paper
Presentation
Dr. Papia
Ganguly
1.684
Dr. Sukanya
Chakrabarti
Dr. Nupur Basu
Dr. Haimanti
Mallik
1.392
Dr. Soma
Samaddar
3.607
Dr. Nabanita
Kundu
3.84
4.593
2.397
10.677
4.689
4.593
4.593
Dr. Soma
Deogharia
20. Areas of consultancy and income generated: N. A.
394

(a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards.
Faculty

Dr. Papia Ganguly
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Dr. Nupur Basu
Life member of Indian Association For The Cultivation of Science
Dr. Haimanti Mallik
Life member of Indian Chemical Society
Dr. Nabanita Kundu
Life member of Indian Physical Society
Life member of Indian Chemical Society

Life member of Indian Association For The Cultivation of Science
Life member of Indian Society For Surface Science & Technology
Life member of Indian Photobiology Society
Working Group Member of Physical Chemistry Teachers Forum

a)
programme
(1) 100% of the students have done in-house Environmental Project
(2) Students of Second and third year have participated in inter Departmental DBT
programme.
b)

i.e. in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies: N. A.

Student-Awards
Srl . Name of Student
No.
Award
Year
1.
Shrabani Ghoshal
P.C. Chandra Excellence Award & Gold Medal
2006
2.
Rituparna Biswas
10th Rank in Calcutta University
2006
3.
Puja Paul
2006
4.
Nagma Parveen
2008
5.
Sohini Chakraborty
2009
6.
Shreya Sarkar
INSPIRE
2009
7.
Chaitri Roy
Principals Silver Medal
2010
8.
Sneha Nandi
INSPIRE
2010
9.
Hiranmoyee Dutta
INSPIRE
2010
10.
Sunita Dey
Dr. Hari. G. Garg cash Prize from IIT, Roorkee
2011
11.
Semanti Mukherjee
1st in Inter college Speech competition in Moulana Azad College
2011
12.
Papia Bag
2011
395
Srl . Name of Student

No.
Award
Year
13.
Piya Mondal
INSPIRE
2011
14.
Anamika Biswas
INSPIRE
2011
15.
Poulomy Roy
INSPIRE
2011
16.
Pallabi Mukherjee
INSPIRE
2011
17.
Paramita Koley
INSPIRE
2011
18.
Tanusree Ghorai
INSPIRE
2011
19.
Moumita Bera
INSPIRE
2011
20.
Semanti Mukherjee
INSPIRE
2011
21.
Ayantika Mondal
INSPIRE
2011
22.
Debomita Bhattacharrya INSPIRE
2011
23.
Aditi Jha
INSPIRE
2011
24.
Indrani Banerjee
Special Silver Medal for Academic Excellence
2012
25.
Indrani Banerjee
2012
26.
Indrani Bhattacharrya
2012
27.
Shreya Sarkar
2012
28.
Priyanka Ghar
INSPIRE
2012
29.
Bushra Alam
(1) 1st in inter college debate competition on road safety

(2) 1st in debate competition on the journey of Chemistry
through ages, organized by Moulana Azad college
(3) 1st in inter college debate competition organized
by Lady Brabourne college
2011
2011
30.
Nivedita Roy
2011
& 2013
2013
Faculty Award
Name of Faculty
Award
Year
Soma Samaddar
3rd Prize in Bangla Live Galpo Pratijogita
2010
396

Sr. Name
No.
Affiliation
Date
1.
Prof. B.C. Ranu
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
2.
Prof. Samaresh Bhattacharrya Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University

recipient of the prestigious
Bhatnagar Award
3.
Prof. Kankan Bhattacharya

recipient of the prestigious
Bhatnagar Award
Former Director, Indian Association for the Cultivation

of Science
07.09.07
4.
Prof. Kamal Bhattacharya
Former Head, Department of Chemistry,

Calcutta University
08.10.07
5.
Prof. Kaushik Das
Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University
22.09.08
6.
Dr. Chandrakanta Banerjee
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry,

V.C. College, Rahara
22.09.08
7.
Prof. P.L.Majumder,
Former Honorary Secretary, Indian Chemical Society
04.02.10
8.
Prof. D.C.Mukherjee
Honorary Secretary, Indian Chemical Society
04.02.10
9.
Prof. Sanjib Ghosh
Former Principal, Presidency College
04.02.10
10. Dr. Anjali Pal
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering,

IIT Kharagpur.
05.02.10
11. Prof. N.C. Ganguli
Department of Chemistry, Kalyani University
05.02.10
12. Prof. Ashutosh Ghosh
Department of Chemistry, Calcutta University
05.02.10
& 13.11.13
13. Prof. Shyamal Chakraborty
Head, Department of Chemistry,

Calcutta University
05.02.10
14. Dr. Amitava Bandopadhyay
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Science

& Bio-Engineering, IIT Kanpur
05.02.10
07.09.07
07.09.07
& 18.11.13
15. Prof. Asok Kumar Mukherjee Department of Chemistry, Burdwan University
04.02.10
16. Prof. Asok Kumar Mallik
Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University
05.02.10
17. Dr. Anindya Datta
Associate Professor, Department of ChemistryIndian

Institute of Technology Bombay, India
03.02.12
18. Dr. Soumitra Deb
Chief Research Manager East India Pharmaceutical

Works Ltd. 119, Biren Roy Road (West) Kolkata 700 061
03.02.12
19. Prof. Tarashankar Pal
Professor (Inorganic Chemistry) Indian Institute of

Technology, Kharagpur
03.02.12
20. Prof. Sanjib Bagchi
Former-Emeritus Fellow (UGC), Presidency University
03.02.12
21. Dr. Sudip Bandopadhyay
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry,

Maulana Azad College, Kolkata
07.11.1208.11.12
22. Dr. Uttam Sinha Mahapatra
Associate Professor, Department of Physics,

Maulana Azad College, Kolkata
07.11.1208.11.12
23. Dr. Biplab Bhattacharyya

Jadavpur University
09.11.12
24. Prof. Subhas Chandra

Bhattacharrya
Head, Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University
18.12.12
25. Dr. Sanjay Bhar

Jadavpur University
12.11.13
397
25. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding a) National

Details of Seminars organized by Department of Chemistry:
National level seminars:
Serial Seminar Topic & Date
No.
Collaborator
List of Speakers
Funding
Agency
1.
Emerging Concerns and

Advances in Chemistry,
Feb 4-5, 2010
Indian
Chemical
Society
(1) Prof. P.L.Majumder

(2) Prof. Sanjib Ghosh
(3) Prof. Sanjib Ghosh
(4) Dr. Anjali Pal
(5) Prof. N.C.Ganguli
(6) Prof. Ashutosh Ghosh
(7) Prof. Shyamal Chakraborty
(8) Dr. Amitava Bandopadhyay
(9) Prof. Asok Kumar Mukherjee
(10)Prof. Asok Kumar Mallik
UGC
Chemistry: Service to
Society- Roles and
Future Responsibilties,
Feb 3, 2012
Indian
Chemical
Society
(1) Dr. Anindya Datta

(2) Dr. Soumitra Deb
(3) Prof. Tarashankar Pal
(4) Prof. Sanjib Bagchi
UGC
3.*
New Frontiers in
Chemical Sciences
(approval obtained
for 2014)
Indian
Chemical
Society
UGC
Departmental Seminars:
Seminar topic and Date
Speaker
Funding agency
(1) Green Chemistry and its Relevance

in Society, Environment and
Education, 7th September, 2007
Prof. B.C. Ranu, IACS
(2) Co-ordination of the Transition

Metal Ion: a fascinating area of
Research, , 7th September, 2007
Prof. Samaresh Bhattacharrya,

(Department of Chemistry,
Jadavpur University)
(3) Femtosecond Laser: A new tool

to study Ultra-fast Dynamics,
7th September, 2007
Prof. Kankan Bhattacharya,

Indian association for the
Cultivation of Science.
Prof Bhattacharya is a noted
Scientist and a recipient of
the prestigious Bhatnagar
Award
(4) Carnot Cycle and Beyond

8th October, 2007
Prof. Kamal Bhattacharya,

Department of Chemistry,
Calcutta University
(5) Electrochemistry,
22nd September, 2008
Prof. Kaushik Das

398
Speaker
Funding agency
(6) Stereochemistry,
22nd September, 2008
Dr. Chandrakanta Banerjee,

(7) Seminar to commemorate the

150 th Birth Anniversary of
Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy,
held on 24th September, 2010 at
Prof. Samaresh hattacharrya,

Scientist and a recipient of
the prestigious Bhatnagar
Award
(8) Nanoparticles: Fundamentals

and Applications, held on
21st December, 2012
Prof. Subhas Chandra

Bhattacharrya, (Department
of Chemistry, Jadavpur
University)
DBT
Details of Workshops organized by Department of Chemistry:

Serial Topic of Workshop
No.
Participants
Date
Funding
Agency
1.
Building Strong Academic Chemistry:

Developing Undergraduate Research
& Inquiry & Extending Basic Chemical
Techniques to the field of Biological
Sciences
Students of
Biological
Sciences
December
11-12, 2012
DBT
Faculty Improvement Program
Faculty members of
Chemistry
Department
November
7-9, 2012
DBT
3.
Advanced Physico-Chemical Techniques
Students of the
Chemistry Department
November
7-8, 2013
DBT
4.
Faculty Improvement Program
Faculty members of
Chemistry Department
November
12, 13 & 18,
2013
DBT
5.
Building Strong Academic Chemistry:

Developing Undergraduate Research
& Inquiry & Extending Basic Chemical
Techniques to the fields of
Biological Sciences
Students of Biological
Sciences
December
12-13, 2013
DBT
b) International : Nil
399

Name of the Course/
programme
B.Sc in
Chemistry Honours
Applications
received
Selected
2007: 538
Enrolled
Pass percentage
*M
*F
30
Nil
23
43.5 (pass out

year 2010)
2008: 1171
30
Nil
28
96.4 (pass out

year 2011)
2009: 941
30
Nil
30
100 (pass out

year 2012)
2010: 1140
30
Nil
25
100 (pass out

year 2013)

Name of the
Course
% of students from
the same state
% of students from
other States
% of students from
abroad
2010
100%
2011
100%
2012
100%
2013
97.1%
2.9%
B. Sc Chemistry
Honours
CSIR-NET
2009
2010
JAM/IISER
3
1
2011
2012
GATE
3
5
2013
9
4
** 8 Students qualified JAM examination in 2014
400

Student progression
Against % enrolled
UG to PG
100%
PG to M.Phil.
N. A.
PG to Ph.D.
N. A.
N.A.
Employed
Campus selection
N. A.
N. A.

a)
Library
The Department has a well maintained Seminar Library having 307 books which
may be categorized as follows
b)
c)
Physical Chemistry 76
Inorganic Chemistry 121
Organic chemistry - 110
The Department has 3 computers with internet connections for Faculty members
as well as students.
The Department also has a DST-FIST funded computer laboratory for students
and Faculty members of Chemistry. This laboratory is jointly shared with
departments of Botany and Zoology.
d)
2 lecture theatres are equipped with OHP and LCD projectors.
Laboratories
4 well-equipped laboratories
401
or other agencies
Year
Name of Student
Name of Scholarship
Amount of
Grant (Rs.)
2006-07
Sayantani Maity
Students Welfare Fund
2000
2006-07
Ipsita Roy
2000
2006-07
Sunita Dey
2000
2008-09
Payel Sarkar
2000
2008-09
Papia Bag
2000
2008-09
Krishna Pramanik
2000
2009-10
Sultana Parveen
2000
2009-10
Payel Halder
3000
2009-10
Chumki Dalal
3000
2009-10
Sudipta Hazari
2000
2009-10
Neha Ghosh
2000
2009-10
Zarrin Shahzadi
Minority Scholarship
3000
2009-10
Sultana Parveen
3000
2011-12
Jaynab Khatun
Students Welfare
2750
2011-12
Polowmee Sarkar
2000
2012-13
Piya Mondal
2750
2012-13
Jaynab Khatun
Sheela Kanoria Foundation Scholarship
2012-13
Jaynab Khatun
3000
2012-13
Mampi Bhakat
9690
2012-13
Pallabi Halder
8190
2012-13
Piya Mondal
50,000
2012-13
Polowmee Sarkar
48,750
2012-13
Rweetuparna Guha
50,000
2012-13
Sonali Joarder
50,000
2013
Diya Sen
MHRD Higher Education (CBSE)
10000
2013
Mampi Bhakat
MHRD Higher Education (CBSE)
10000
2012
Ambreen Rashid
5100
2013
Nargis Sultana
7800
402
37,500
32. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /seminar) with
external experts
Speaker
Funding agency
(1) Green Chemistry and its Relevance in

Society, Environment and Education,
7th September, 2007
Prof. B.C. Ranu, IACS
Lady Brabourne
College
(2) Co-ordination of the Transition Metal

Ion: a fascinating area of Research,
7th September, 2007

Lady Brabourne
College
(3) Femtosecond Laser: A new tool to study

Ultra-fast Dynamics,7th September, 2007
Prof. Kankan Bhattacharya,

Indian association for the
Cultivation of Science.
Scientist and a recipient of the
prestigious Bhatnagar Award
Lady Brabourne
College
(4) Carnot Cycle and Beyond

8th October, 2007
Prof. Kamal Bhattacharya,

Department of Chemistry,
Calcutta University
Lady Brabourne
College
(5) Electrochemistry, 22nd September, 2008
Prof. Kaushik Das (Department

of Chemistry, Jadavpur University)
College
(6) Stereochemistry, 22nd September, 2008
Dr. Chandrakanta Banerjee,

Lady Brabourne
(7) Seminar to commemorate the 150 th Birth

Anniversary of Acharya Prafulla Chandra
Roy, held on 24th September, 2010 at

Prof Bhattacharya is a
noted Scientist and a recipient
of the prestigious Bhatnagar
Award
Lady Brabourne
College
(8) Nanoparticles: Fundamentals and

Applications, held on 21st December, 2012
Prof. Subhas Chandra Bhattacharrya,

DBT
403
National-Level Seminars
Serial Seminar Topic
No.
Date
Collaborator
Funding Agency
1.
Emerging Concerns and

Advances in Chemistry
Feb 4-5, 2010
Indian Chemical Society
UGC
Chemistry: Service to Society

Roles and Future Responsibilties
Feb 3, 2012
Indian Chemical Society
UGC
**The Department has obtained the approval to organize a UGC- sponsored National Level Seminar entitled
New Frontiers in Chemical Sciences with the Indian Chemical Society as its esteemed collaborator. The
Seminar is scheduled to be held in 2014.

Type of Classes
Methods implemented
Theoretical
Board-Chalk (Chalk and Talk)

Demonstration
Over-head projection
Power-point Presentation
Students presentations followed by interactive session
Accessibility of internet facility
Practical
Demonstration of experiments with proper theoretical background

Performing experiments (hands-on)
Viva or oral interactions regarding experiments
Lab-Quiz

The departmental students have been engaged in various extension activities with adequate
participation institutional social responsibility such as NSS. Currently there are 9 students
of 1st year who have enrolled in NSS.
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SWOC:
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
STRENGTH
The department boasts of highly qualified,
competent and dedicated teaching faculty, all of
whom are Ph.D degree holders who maintain high
academic standard.
Students have shown commendable performance
in University Examinations with many placed high
up in the merit list.
The department is well equipped with state of art
instruments e.g. precise digital balance,
spectrophotometer etc. which is useful in basic as
well as advanced studies.
Students have also performed well in several
extracurricular activities and won prizes both on &
off campus.
Well stocked seminar library for students and
teachers
High teacher:student ratio.
Separate computer laboratory under DST-FIST for
students of the department shared with departments
of Botany & Zoology.
Department also has its own computer facility with
internet connectivity for academic and
administrative work.
The lecture rooms are equipped with audio-visual
aids like DLP and OHP facilities.
The laboratory is specially designed to dispose of
all chemical waste (solid, liquid and gas) in an ecofriendly manner.
WEAKNESS
Inadequate built-in space for laboratories,
classrooms, staffroom and also seminar library.
Inadequate non-teaching staff (Group D)
Lack of space and infrastructural facility for faculty
members to pursue research.
Insufficient inflow of government funds for
incurring the regular recurring expenditure of the
department.
The Department is spread over two floors (ground
floor & second floor) with a floor inbetween
occupied by a different discipline. This makes
coordination between the two units difficult
especially in absence of an elevator.
OPPORTUNITY
Teachers are engaged in different research projects
academic and extracurricular activities
Regularly organized seminars and workshops on
subjects even outside curriculum to orient students
towards technological advances and research.
Warm and free student-teacher interaction and
counseling of the students for higher education and
career planning.
JAM coaching classes held to prepare students for
entrance examination
S-O STRATEGIES
To launch a Post Graduate course in Pure Chemistry
with specialization in:
Inorganic Chemistry
Physical Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
The course would cater exclusively to female
Chemistry (Honours) graduates
Obtaining Internet connectivity to classroom
(already equipped with multi-media facility) that
could also be used as a seminar room
Requesting for government funds to meet day-today running expenditure of the department.
Apply to Government for funds for better student
industry interfacing as training for their career
choice.
W-O STRATEGIES
collaborative work with research Institutes and
Industry and enrolling students as research scholars.
Expansion of the department with more number and
larger classrooms, more laboratory space, exclusive
area for seminar library with reading room, more
spacious staffrooms, exclusive seminar room, and
space for setting up research laboratories is expected
after the completion of the new building in the
campus which is presently under construction.
Approaching Government for filling up of nonteaching post.
CHALLENGE
With the increasing number of seats over the years
and being the largest practical based department of
the college offering both honours and general course
there is a major problem in conducting practical
classes due to lack in laboratory space.
Being a Government College the process of filling
up of non-teaching (GroupD) post is slow.
S-C STRATEGIES
The infrastructure of the Computer laboratory has
to be enhanced to ensure better access to the students
as they move towards adopting e-learning process.
department.
W-C STRATEGIES
Special classes are held both in theoretical and
practical courses to complete syllabus within the
short time schedule available.
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Annexure I to Department of Chemistry
NAME OF FACULTY: DR. PAPIA GANGULY

International Publications
1.
Photophysics of some cationic dyes in aqueous micellar dispersions of surfactants and

in different solvents P. Ganguly, Journal of Molecular Liquids (2010), Vol. 151, pp. 6773.
Impact factor of the journal: 1.684
National Publications
1.
Photophysical Studies of some dyes in aqueous solution of Triton X-100 P.Ganguly,

Aureole (2009) - An Academic Journal published by Barasat Govt. College, Vol. 1,, pp.
29-38.
2.
Kinetics of iodine complexes with Triton X-100 in aqueous and non-aqueous media P.
Ganguly, B.B. Bhowmik, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society (2006), Vol. 83, pp.
443-445
Seminar presentation
Delivered Talk on Photophysics of some cationic dyes in aqueous micellar dispersions

of surfactants and in different solvents at National Conference on Photosciences at
Jadavpur University on 13 th December, 2013
NAME OF FACULTY: DR. SUKANYA CHAKRABARTI (GUHA)

1.
The biochemical aspects of water pollution in the Rabindra Sarobar Lake of Kolkata, S.
Deogharia, S. Chakrabarti (Guha), Science Journal Lady Brabourne College, (2012) Vol.
3, pp 17-23.
Paper presentation
1.
Paper presented at Bethune College under Call for Papers at National Seminar on Stress,
Drug Development & Nano Technology, 5-6th March, 2009. Paper entitled The
biochemical aspects of water pollution in the Rabindra Sarobar Lake of Kolkata.
2.
Invited talk on Chemical Thermodynamics at Rashtraguru Surendranath College,

Barrackpore in September, 2009.
NAME OF FACULTY: DR. NUPUR BASU

1.
406
Chlorophyll Nanocomposites as a Potent Alternative Source of Energy: A Brief Overview,

N. Basu, Science Journal Lady Brabourne College (2012) Vol. 3, pp 1-7
NAME OF FACULTY: DR. HAIMANTI MALLIK

1.
A convenient , eco-friendly, and efficient method for synthesis of bis(3- indolyl) methanes
on- water, A. K. Mallik , R. Pal, C. Guha and H. Mallik, Green Chemistry Letters and
Reviews, 2012, vol. 5, pp 32
NAME OF FACULTY: DR. SOMA SAMADDAR

1.
Solvation dynamics of a protein in the Pre Molten Globule State, S. Samaddar, A. K.

Mandal, S. K. Mondal, K. Sahu, K. Bhattacharyya and S. Roy, Journal of Physical
Chemistry B (2006) Vol.110, pp 21210-21215.
Impact factor of the journal : 3.607
1.
Automobile Emission: An overview: Science Journal Lady Brabourne College (2012)

Vol 3.
Book
1.
A collection of Bengali post modern poetry by Soma Samaddar Ghas Faringer Danay
Jal Distributed by Deys Publishing, ISBN: 978-81-295-1001-3
2.
A collection of Bengali post modern poetry by Soma Samaddar Parking lote tarara
Eka, 2013 Publishers: Signet press (Ananda Bazar Publishers), ISBN: 978-93-5040242-9.
NAME OF FACULTY: DR. NABANITA KUNDU

1.
Tetranuclear homo- (ZnII4 and CdII4) and hetero-metal (ZnII2TbIII2 and CdII2TbIII2)
complexes with a pair of carboxylate ligands in a rare 2:2: 4-bridging mode: syntheses,
structures and emission properties S. M. T. Abtab, A. Audhya, Kundu, N.; Samanta, S.
K.; Sardar, P. S.; Butcher, R. J.; Ghosh, S.; Chaudhury, M. . Dalton Trans. 2013, 42,
1848.
2.
Triple-Stranded Helicates of Zinc (II) and Cadmium (II) Involving a New Redox-Active
Multiring Nitrogenous Heterocyclic Ligand: Synthesis, Structure, and Electrochemical
and Photophysical Propertie Kundu, N.; Abtab, S. M. T.; Kundu, S.; Endo, A.; Teat, S.
J.; Chaudhury, M. Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 2652.
407

3.
One-pot synthesis of multi-ring heteroaromatic compounds involving a pair of

imidazo[1,5-a]pyridine moiety: reporting an interesting bis-bidentate ligand capable of
forming helicates Kundu, N.; Bhattacharya, K.; Abtab, S. M. T.; Chaudhury, M.
Tetrahedron Lett, 2012, 53, 2719.
4.
Reporting a Unique Example of Electronic Bistability Observed in the Form of Valence

Tautomerism with a Copper(II) Helicate of a Redox-Active Nitrogenous Heterocyclic
Ligand Kundu, N.; Maity, M.; Chatterjee, P. B.; Teat, S. J.; Endo, A.; Chaudhury, M. J.
Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 20104.
5.
Anion-Controlled Assembly of Silver(I) Complexes of Multiring Heterocyclic Ligands:

A Structural and Photophysical Study Kundu, N.; Audhya, A.; Abtab, S. M. T.; Ghosh,
S.; Tiekink, E. R. T.; Chaudhury, M. Cryst. Growth Des, 2010, 10, 1269.
6.
Vanadium-Induced Nucleophilic IPSO Substitutions in a Coordinated

Tetrachlorosemuquinone Ring: Formation of the Chloranilate Anion as a Bridging
Ligand Chatterjee, P. B.; Bhattacharya, K.; Kundu, N.; Choi, K.-Y.; Clrac, R.;
Chaudhury, M. Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 804.
7.
Targeted Synthesis of m-Oxo Divanadium(V) Compounds with Asymmetry in

Coordination EnvironmentsChatterjee, P. B.; Kundu, N.; Bhattacharya, S.; Choi, K.Y.; Endo,A.; Chaudhury, M. Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 5483.
NAME OF FACULTY: DR. SOMA DEOGAHRIA

1.
408
The biochemical aspects of water pollution in the Rabindra Sarobar Lake of Kolkata, S.
Deogharia, S. Chakrabarti (Guha), Science Journal Lady Brabourne College, (2012) Vol.
3, pp 17-23.
THE DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
1.
Name of the Department : Mathematics
2.
Year of establishment: 1939, 1960 (Hons), July 2006 (PG)
3.
Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters,
Integrated Ph.D., etc.): UG, PG
4.
Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the Departments/units involved: N.A.
5.
Annual / semester/ choice based credit system (programme wise):

Annual System in UG Level. Semester System in PG Level
6.
Participation of the Department in the courses offered by other departments: None
7.

N.A.
8.
Details of courses / programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: N.A.
9.
Number of Teaching posts:

Sanctioned
Filled
Professor
Vacant
Associate Professor
Asst. Professor
10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization, (D.Sc. /
D.Litt. / Ph.D / M.Phil. etc.)
Name
No. of years
of experience
No. of Ph.D.
Students guided for
the last 4 years
Dr. Jayasri Sircar
Ph. D.
Associate
Professor
Advanced
Algebra
16
1(registered)
1(unregistered)
Dr. Himansusekhar
Guha
Ph. D.
Associate
Professor
Fluid
Mechanics
29
Smt. Sumana Pal
M. Sc.
Assistant
Professor
Advanced
Algebra; now
working in
Functional
Analysis
12
Dr. Sarbani
Mukherjee
(Goswami)
Ph. D.
Assistant
Professor
Advanced
Functional
Analysis
Dr. Bijita Biswas
Ph. D.
Assistant
Professor
Differential
Geometry
11. List of senior visiting faculty: 20
Prof. Jayanta Bhattacharya, Director, HRI, Allahabad (2006-2012)
Prof. Mihir Kumar Chakraborty, Retd. Dept. of Pure Mathematics, University of

Calcutta
Prof. Murari Mitra, BESU
Prof. Kamales Bhaumik, Retd. Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
Prof. Rathindra Nath Mukherjee, Retd. Burdwan Universuty
Prof. Abhoy Pada Baisnab, Retd. Burdwan University; Acted as Registrar, Burdwan
University
Prof. Amritava Gupta, Retd. Dept. of Applied Mathematics, University of Calcutta
Prof. Rabindra Nath Sen, Retd. Dept. of Applied Mathematics, University of Calcutta
Prof. Sujit Sardar, Dept. of Mathematics, Jadavpur University
Prof. Sandip Jana, Dept. of Pure Mathematics, University of Calcutta
Prof. Sukla Bagchi, Retd. Dept of Mathematics,Vidyasagar College.
Prof. Siddhartha Chaudhuri, Retd. Bose Institute.
Prof. Sankar Kumar De, Retd. Dept of Mathematics, Netaji Nagar College.
Prof. Mantu Saha, Dept of Mathematics Burdwan University.
Prof. Shubhendu Kanjilal, Dept of Mathematics, St Pauls Cathedral Mission College.
Prof. Sandip Chatterjee, Dept of Mathematics. Heritage Institute of Technology.
Prof.Diptiman Saha, Dept of Mathematics, St.Xaviers College.
Prof. Abhijit Sinha, Dept.of Computer Science, Heritage Institute of Technology.
Prof. Jyotishman Chatterjee, Dept of Mathematic. Heritage Institute of Technology.
Prof. M. Kanoria, Dept of Mathematics, Calcutta University.
temporary faculty:
Course
Year
(2012 2013)
B.Sc Honours
M.Sc.
410
Sem I, Sem III

Sem II, Sem IV
Percentage of lectures in
Theoretical Classes
75%
70%
100%
100%
13. Student - Teacher ratio (programme-wise):

Course
Year
(2012 2013)
B.Sc. (Hons.)
TOTAL
81
16 : 1
M.Sc.
TOTAL
38
2.2 : 1
14. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff: sanctioned, filled
and actual:
No. of sanctioned posts
(Adhoc)
2
Filled
(Adhoc)
Name of the
Employee
Designation
Posted at
Mithun Das
Technical Staff
Dept of Mathematics
15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with D.Sc./D.Litt./Ph.D/M.Phil. / PG:

Teaching faculty with Ph.D.
Teaching faculty with PG
agencies and grants received:
Status
Funding Agency
Grant Received
Prof. Sanghamitra Mukherjee
2005-2007
UGC
1,00,000.00
Prof. Sumita Basu
2009-2010
UGC
1,73,000.00
17. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST, UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grant
received : None
18. Research Centre / facility recognized by the University : N.A.
19. Publications:
Faculty
Papers
Int
Dr. Sanghamitra Mukherjee (Retd.)
Dr. Sumita Basu (Transferred)
Dr. Jayasri Sircar
Dr. Babli Saha (Transferred)
Dr. Sarbani Mukherjee (Goswami)
Dr. Bijita Biswas
Nat
Abstracts Chapter in
(paper
Books
presentation)
Books
Edited
SNIP
SJR
1
1
411

a) National committees
b) International committees
c) Editorial Boards
Faculty
Serving in a) National committees b) International committees

c) Editorial Boards d) any other
Dr. Jayasri Sircar
A member and reviewer in American Mathematical Society

Life members of Calcutta Mathematical Society
Dr. Himansusekhar Guha
Life members of Calcutta Mathematical Society
Dr. Bijita Biswas
Life members of Calcutta Mathematical Society, Indian Statistical Institute,

Kolkata.

a) Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/
programme: UG 100 % ENVS project
b) Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution
i.e. in Research laboratories /Industry/ other agencies: N.A.
23. Awards/ recognitions received by faculty and students:
Name
Award
Year
Sirajun Tahura (Student)
Roma Chaudhuri Trophy Inspire
2011
7 Students
Inspire
2011-12
4 Students
Inspire
2012-13
3 Students
Indira Gandhi Single Girl Child Fellowship
2012-13
2 Students
Moulana Azad fellowship for minority students
2013

Sl. Name
No.
Affiliation
Date of Visit
Prof. S.K.Pal
Director, ISI
13.11.2006
Prof. A. Gupta, Retd. C.U.
Professor (Retired) C.U.
09.02.2007
Prof. Arun Kumar Srivastav
Prof. N. Raja
TIFR, Mumbai
17.03.2008
Prof. M. K. Sen
Professor (Retired) C.U.
15.02.2010
a.
b.
c
d
e.
f.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
28 - 29.11.2010
01 03.11.2010
Prof. A.P. Baishnab,
412
Prof. S. K. Pal
Prof. B. B. Choudhury
Prof. Sumita Basu
Prof M. K. Chakravorty
Prof. S. Kar
Prof. S. Raha
07.02.2008
Director, ISI
ISI
Professor, Bethune Colleged.
C.U.
NIT, Durgapur
VisvaBharati University
Professor (Retired)
Burdwan University
19.02.2011, 26.02.2011
05.03.2011
Sl. Name
No.
Affiliation
Date of Visit
Prof. Sujit Sardar
Jadavpur University
20.01.2012, 24.01.2012
06.02.2012
Prof. Mantu Saha
Burdwan University
16.03.2012, 23.03.2012
10
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
17.05.2012, 30.05.2012
11
Prof. Sujit Sardar
Jadavpur University
18.01.2013, 21.01.2013
22.01.2013
12
Prof. Sandip Jana
C.U.
28 30.01.2013
13
a. Prof. K. Paul
b. Prof. S. Basu
c. Prof. D.C. Sanyal
22.11.2013
d. Prof. A. Deb Nath
a. Jadavpur University
b. RMVU
c. Professor (Retired)
Kalyani University
d. WBSU
14
Prof. Sujit Sardar
Jadavpur University
05.12.2013, 06.11.2013
09.11.2013
16
Prof. A. Maity
Darjeeling Govt. College.
23.12.2013, 07.01.2014
17
Prof. K. Roy
Purdue University
10.04.2014
Prof. Jayanta Bhattacharya

Prof. Avishek Adhikari
Prof. S. Roy
Prof. T. K. Dutta
Prof. D.K. Ganguly
Prof. Jyoti Das
Prof. M. K. Sen
Director, H.R.I.
C.U.
I.S.I.
C.U.
C.U.
C.U.
C.U.
25. Seminars / Conferences / Workshops organized and source of funding (national/

international):
Sl. Seminar topic
No.
Date
Funding
Agency
Artificial Intelligence
13.11.2006
PG Fund
Statistical Inference
09.02.2007
College Fund
Fuzzy Sets
07.02.2008
College Fund
Logic, Types and Impossible Programs
17.03.2008
College Fund
Unsolved Problems In Mathematics
15.02.2010
College Fund
Generalized Functions
19.02.2011, 26.02.2011, 05.03.2011
College & PG Fund
Algebra
20.01.2012, 24.01.2012, 06.02.2012
College & PG Fund
Functional Analysis
16.03.2012, 23.03.2012
PG Fund
Algebra
18.01.2013, 21.01.2013, 22.01.2013
College Fund
10
Analysis
28 30.01.2013
PG Fund
11
Mathematics & Applications
22.11.2013
WBSCST
12
Algebra
05.12.2013, 06.11.2013, 09.11.2013
PG Fund
13
Neural computing
10.04.2014
PG Fund
413
National level Seminar

Sl Seminar topic
No.
Date
Funding
Agency
17.05.2012, 30.05.2012
UGC - CPE
Some topics of Algebra and Analysis

in collaboration with Indian Society for
Non-Linear Analysis
Sl
No
Workshop Topic
Date
Funding
agency
Workshop On Soft Computing
28-29.11.2010, 01 03.11.2010
partially
funded by CPE
Workshop On MATLAB
23.12.2013, 07.01.2014
P.G.Fund
26. Student profile programme / course wise:

Name of the Course/programme
Applications
received
Selected
Enrolled
Pass
percentage
UG 2007
670
30
23
56.5
UG 2008
657
30
25
88
UG 2009
1493
30
28
82.1
UG 2010
713
30
18
100
PG 2007
50
20
20
90
PG 2008
47
11
08
100
PG 2009
95
20
19
95
PG 2010
77
20
20
74

Name of the Course
% of students from
the same state
% of students from
other States
% of students
from abroad
UG 2007 - 2010
100%
Nil
Nil
PG 2007 - 2010
100%
Nil
Nil
NET, SET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc.?
Year
NET
GATE
GRE
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
414
Student progression
Against % enrolled
UG to PG
90%
PG to M.Phil.
N.A.
PG to Ph.D.
20%
N.A.
Employed
Campus selection
N.A.
95%
Entrepreneurship/ Self-employment
N.A.
30. Details of Infrastructure facilities

a)
Library: Central and departmental seminar library for both UG and PG and teachers
of the college.
b)
Internet facilities for Staff & students: 45 Computers, 2 Laptops, 5 Notebooks, all
with internet facility.
c)
Class rooms with ICT facility: Smart Board, projectors.
d)
Laboratories: 3
or other agencies
Year
No. of the Student
Name of Scholarship
Amount of Grant
2006 07
03
Student Welfare fund
Rs. 4600/-
2007 08
02
Student Welfare fund
Rs. 4000/-
2008 09
0101
Student Welfare fund Merit cum - Means
Rs. 2000/Rs. 10800/-
2009 10
0701
Student Welfare fund WB minority
Rs. 14000/Rs. 9000/-
2010 11
0606
Student Welfare fund WB minority &

Merit cum - Means
Rs. 12000/Rs. 78050/-
2011 12
04
WBMDFC & Merit cum - Means
Rs. 39600/-
2012 13
0504
Student Welfare fund SheelaKonoria

Foundation Agency
Rs. 12250/Rs. 29230/-
2013 14
090101
Student Welfare fund Vivekanda Merit cum

Means Kannyasree & WB minority
Not yet allotted

Rs. 10800/Rs. 32000/-
415
32. Details on students enrichment programmes (special lectures/workshops/seminar) with

external experts.
Sl Seminar topic
No.
Date
Speakers
Artificial Intelligence
13.11.2006
Prof. S. K. Pal
Statistical Inference
09.02.2007
Prof. A. Gupta, Retd. C.U.
Fuzzy Sets
07.02.2008
Prof. Arun Kumar Srivastav
Logic, Types and Impossible Programs
17.03.2008
Prof. N. Raja
Unsolved Problems In Mathematics
15.02.2010
Prof. M. K. Sen
Generalized Functions
19.02.2011, 26.02.2011
05.03.2011
Prof. A.P. Baishnab
Algebra
20.01.2012, 24.01.2012
06.02.2012
Prof. Sujit Sardar
Functional Analysis
16.03.2012, 23.03.2012
Prof. Mantu Saha
Some topics of Algebra and Analysis
17.05.2012, 30.05.2012
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
10
Algebra
18.01.2013, 21.01.2013
22.01.2013
Prof. Sujit Sardar
11
Analysis
28 30.01.2013
Prof Sandip Jana
12
Mathematics & Applications
22.11.2013
a. Prof. K. Paul
b. Prof. S. Basu
c. Prof. D. C. Sanyal
d. Prof. A. Deb Nath
13
Algebra
05.12.2013, 06.11.2013
09.11.2013
Prof. Sujit Sardar
14
Neural computing
10.04.2014
Prof. K. Roy,
416
Prof. Jayanta Bhattacharya

Prof. Avishek Adhikari
Prof. S. Roy
Prof. T. K. Dutta
Prof. D. K. Ganguly
Prof. Jyoti Das
Prof. M. K. Sen
Workshop Topic
Date
Resource Persons
Funding agency
Workshop On Soft Computing
28-29.11.2010
01 03.11.2010
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Partially funded
by CPE
Workshop On MATLAB
23.12.2013
07.01.2014
Prof. A. Maity
Prof. S.K.Pal
Prof. B. B. Choudhury
Prof. Sumita Basu
Prof. M. K. Chakravorty
Prof. S.Kar
Prof. S. Raha
PG Fund
33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning.
Class tests for UG and PG students regularly.
Interaction with visiting faculties.
Chalk and talk method.
Use of LCD projector.
Some students actively participates in NSS.
Hostilities teach at night school at Lady Brabourne College
Hostel Students actively participated in Thalassemmia Testing Camp.
417
35. SWOC analysis of the Department and Future Plans.

SWOC:
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
STRENGTH
competent and dedicated teaching faculty.
Students are also diligent, obedient have shown
commendable performance in University
Examinations with many placed high up in the merit
list.
Students are enthusiastic about extra-curricular
activities like inter or intra college cultural
competitions
Students express their moral and social
responsibilities through involvement in NSS
activities and teaching in Night School run at the
College Hostel.
teachers.
Extremely well equipped computer laboratory with
45 computers, 2 laptops, 5 notebooks, all with
internet facility.
The lecture rooms are equipped with state of art
ICT tools.
WEAKNESS
Inadequate built-in space for in the department.
Inadequate teaching staff and a general inadequacy
in number of sanctioned teaching posts for running
UG and PG course simultaneously in the
department.
Inadequacy in the number of non-teaching staff
(both technical and administrative) in the
department.
Insufficient inflow of government funds for
incurring regular expenses of the department.
Faculty research is hindered by the fact that there
is too much burden of classes for them in the
absence of adequate number of permanent teachers
in the department.
OPPORTUNITY
Teachers have been involved in different research
projects from time to time.
Well organized seminars, workshops on a regular
basis to give a flavor and adequate exposure to
students about the trends in higher studies.
Motivating students for higher studies through
counseling
JAM coaching classes held to prepare students for
entrance examination
S-O STRATEGIES
To increase the number of PG seats by 20% thereby
offering opportunity to a higher number of female
mathematics graduates for post graduate studies.
Requesting for more government funds to meet dayto-day running expenditure of the department.
Initiate research on subjects with potential like
application of mathematics in the theory of
computer science or the automata theory.
Introduction of diploma courses in actuarial science
and bio mathematics
W-O STRATEGIES
Enhancing scopes for research, and general
academic levels through exchange programmes and
collaborative projects with other universities.
more space.
Requesting Government for sanctioning of new
teaching posts
CHALLENGE
the University of Calcutta for theUG course
up of teaching and non-teaching post is slow.
S-C STRATEGIES
department.
W-C STRATEGIES
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Annexure to Department of Mathematics
DR. JAYASRI SIRCAR

Publications
1.
S.Kar, J. Sircar and S. Mondal (2010) On right strongly prime Ternary Semiring . East
West Journal of Math Vol 12. No1, June
2.
T.K.Dutta, S. Mondal J. Sircar (2012) On uniformly strongly prime Ternary Semiring.

Southeast Asian Bulletin of Maths.
3.
T.K.Dutta, S. Mondal J. Sircar (2011).On right strongly prime Ternary Semiring.I:

International Journal of Math and applications Vol-4, No-2
4.
J. Sircar (2012) The Comparative Study between the Ring of Integers Z and the Matrix
Ring M2 Name of the Journal: Science Journal Lady Brabourne College,Vol-3.
DR. SARBANI MUKHERJEE

Publications
1.
Sardar, S.K. and Goswami, S.: f-prime radical of semirings; Southeast Asian Bull. of
Math., 35 (2011), 35-43.
2.
Sardar, S.K. and Goswami, S.: On derivations in semirings; Southeast Asian Bull. of
Math., 33 (2009), 917-928.
3.
Sardar, S.K., Goswami, S. and Jun, Y.B.: Role of operator semirings in characterizing semirings in terms of fuzzy subsets; Fuzzy Information and Engineering 3 (2012), 261272.
4.
Sardar, S.K. and Goswami, S.:Fuzzy prime ideals of -semirings; Bull. Cal. Math. Soc.,
102(6)(2010), 499-504.
5.
Sardar, S.K. and Goswami, S.: Characterization of fuzzy prime ideals of -semirings
via operator semirings; International Journal of Algebra, 4(18) (2010), 867-873.
6.
Sardar, S.K. and Goswami, S.: Fuzzy Semiprime Ideals and Fuzzy Irreducible Ideals of
-semirings; Annals of Fuzzy Mathematics and Informatics., 2 (1) (2011), 33-48.
7.
Dutta, T.K., Sardar, S.K. and Goswami, S.: Fuzzy Ideals Extensions in -semirings;
International Mathematical Forum, 6 (18), (2011), 857 - 866.
8.
Sardar, S.K. and Goswami, S.: Fuzzy Ideal Extension in - semirings via left operator
semirings; Bull. Cal. Math. Soc., 103(5) (2011), 413-420.
9.
Sardar, S.K. and Goswami, S.: Fuzzy Radicals of -semi-rings; East-West J. of

Mathematics, 13(2) (2011), 139-150.
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Proceedings
1.
Dutta, T. K., Sardar, S.K. and Goswami, S.: An introduction to fuzzy ideals of -semirings;
Proceedings of National Seminar on Algebra, Analysis and Discrete Mathematics.,
University of Kerala, India., (2008), 47-58.
2.
Sardar, S.K. and Goswami, S.: Completely fuzzy prime and completely fuzzy semiprime
ideals of -semirings; Proceedings of International Conference on Groupoids, Semigroups
and Automata., University of Kerala, India. (2010), 159-167.
DR. BIJITA BISWAS

Publications
1.
Dr. Bijita Biswas, Prof. A. Konar & Dr. J. Sengupta Semi Symmetric Metric Connection
with Pseudo Symmetric Torsion Tensor ( 2012, Vol 2, No. 33) : Lobachevskii Journal
of Mathematics.
PROF SUMITA BASU

Publications
1.
Different Tipes of Linear Fuzzy Cellular Automaton and their applications. Fundamenta
Informaticae, 87 (2008),185-205.
Proceedings
1.
Hibrid Fuzzy one dimensional Cellular Automaton with external imput, Proceedings of
the third Indian International conference on artificial intelligence (2007).
DR. BABLI SAHA

Publications
1.
420
GENERAL MATHEMATICS NOTES ISSN 2219-7184 (A Peer-Reviewed Monthly

International Journal of Mathematics. Cantor Theorem and Application in Some Fixed
Point Theorems in a Generalized Metric Space.
THE DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Name of the Department: Botany

Names of programmes /courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil, Ph. D, Integrated Masters,
Integrated Ph.D): UG
Annual /semester /choice based credit system (programme wise): Annual System in UG Level.
Participation of the Department in the courses offered by other departments: None
N.A.
Details of courses /programme discontinued (if any) with reasons: N.A.
Sanctioned
1
Filled
Vacant
Associate Professor
3*
Assistant Professor
Professor
10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization (D.Sc./
D.Litt./Ph.D. /M.Phil. etc.): 6
Name
Dr. Suchita Sinha
No. of years
of experience

Students guided for
the last 4 years
M.Sc,
Ph.D
Associate
Professor
and Head
Plant Physiology
and Biochemistry
20 yrs
Nil
Dr. Rinku Saha
M.Sc,
B.Ed, Ph.D
Associate
Professor
Pharmacognosy
& Plant anatomy
19 yrs
Nil
Dr. Sudipta Das
M.Sc, B.Ed,
M. Phil,B Lib,
B.A, Ph.D
M.Sc,
Ph.D
Associate
Professor
19 yrs
Nil
Assistant
Professor
Cytogenetics,
Plant breeding,
Tissue culture
Plant Physiology
&biochemistry
10 yrs
Nil
Ms. Debleena Roy
M.Sc, B.Ed,
Ph D thesis
submitted*
Assistant
Professor
Paleobotany
and Palynology
4 yrs
Nil
Dr. Suparna Pal
M.Sc, B.Ed,
Ph.D*
Assistant
Professor
Plant physiology,
Biochemistry &
Plant Molecular
Biology
4 yrs
Nil
Dr. Bidisha Mallick
*After 31st March 2013.
Dr. Samita Banerjee
Dr. Debjani Choudhury Nath
Dr. Sabari Sarkar (Roy Tapadar)
temporary faculty:
Course
Year
(2012 2013)
Percentage of lectures in
Practical Classes
22.33%
20.66%
Year (2012 2013)
Total
60
6.66:1*
B.Sc. Honours

Course
B.Sc. Honours
filled: 2
No. of sanctioned
posts
2 (Laboratory Assistant)
Name of the
Employee
Designation
Category
Posted at
Mr. Sambhu Kr. Dey
Skilled Staff
Group D
Mrs. Dipa Bari
Laboratory staff
Group D
Teaching faculty with M. Phil: 1
Teaching faculty with P.G.: 1
Status
Funding Agency
Grants Received
Dr. Suchita Sinha
Minor project (2009-2011)
UGC
1,23,000
Dr. Bidisha Mallick
UGC
1,90,000
Dr. Suparna Pal
UGC
1,29,000
received:
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The Department received a financial assistance of Rs. 1, 80,000 (for equipments),

Rs. 50,000 (Chemicals) and Rs. 20,000 (for books) under CPE (from UGC) grant
for Basic Research Infrastructure during the financial year 2010-2011 and 20112012.
The Department received a financial assistance of Rs. 3,00,000 (for equipments),

Rs. 4, 00,000 (Computer Laboratory) under DST-FIST grant for the year 2011-2012.
The Department received a financial assistance of Rs. 5, 00,000 (for equipments),

Rs. 2,00,000 (Contingency) under DBT-Star College scheme for the financial year
2012-2013.
18. Research centre/facility recognized by the university: None

19. Publications:
Faculty
Papers
Abstracts
Chapter
(paper presen- in Books
tation)
Int
Nat
Int
Nat
Dr. Sudipta Das
Dr. Bidisha Mallick
1+1*
1+1(Int)
Ms. Debleena Roy
1(Int)
1*
Dr. Suparna Pal
Books SNIP
Edited
SJR
* Published after 31st March 2013.
Details are given in annexure -I

a)
National committees
b)
c)
Editorial Boards
Faculty
Committee
Dr. Suchita Sinha
Life member of Botanical Society of Bengal*
Ms. Debleena Roy
Life member of Indian Science congress Association
Dr. Suparna Pal
Life member of Indian Science congress Association
*State Level

a.
Percentage of students who have done in house projects including inter departmental
program:
Undergraduate students of B.Sc. in Chemistry and Physics of this college of

the academic session 2012 2013 attended a DBT sponsored workshop in
the department from 10-13th December 2012. A total of 51 students (29 students
from Chemistry Honours and 22 students from Physics Honours) attended the
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workshop in batches over the span of three days. The students of Botany Honours
3rd year assisted the teachers as skilled hands.
The topics covered in the workshop by practical hands on training included:
Chromosome analysis
Food Adulteration
The participating students submitted a report on the workshop after the completion
of the workshop, which has been retained by the Department. Certificates of
participation were issued by the Department to all the participants as well as the
students who assisted the Resource persons as skilled hands.
A DBT sponsored workshop was organized for the 3rd year Botany Honours
students on 11th and 12th November in the Tissue culture Laboratory of
Department of Botany. A total of 19 students from the Department attended the
workshop and they were given hands on training on Tissue Culture
Techniques.
A DBT Exchange Programme Workshop for the 1st year Physics Honours
and 2nd year Chemistry Honours students was held from 9-11th December, 2013
in the Department of Botany. A total of 48 students from the two departments
attended the workshop in 3 batches over the three days and they were given
hands on training on Tissue Culture Techniques.
of the workshop, which has been retained by the department. Certificates of
participation were issued by the department to all the participants as well as the
students who assisted the resource persons as skilled hands.
b.

i.e. in Research Laboratories/ Industry/ other agencies: N.A.

StudentName
Year
Award
Kanyaka Bhattacharya
2011
Principals Medal for dance drama
2011
1st in choreography in intra college competition
2011
2nd in choreography in intra college competition
Minakshi Mukherjee
2011
3rd in B.Sc. final examination in Calcutta University
Sayantika Ghosh
2011
8th in B.Sc. final examination in Calcutta University
Sweta Chakraborty
2011
Tanushree Bhuinya
2011
Aparajita Choudhury
2011
Smita Deyashi
2013
Kanyaka Bhattacharya
2013
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Sl.
No.
Name
Affiliation
Date of Visit
Dr. Rita Kundu
Assistant Professor, University of Calcutta
30.11.2007
Professor G. G. Maity
Professor, University of Kalyani
19.12.2008
Professor Subir Bera
Professor, University of Calcutta
15.12.2009
Dr. Krishnendu Acharya
Assistant Professor, University of Calcutta
14.09.2012
Professor Samir Kumar Bera
Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow
17.12.2012
Professor Nanda Dulal Paria
Professor University of Calcutta, an eminent

Plant Taxonomist
25.03.2013
Dr. Partha Chakrabarti
Senior Scientist, CSIR - IICB
06.12.13
25. Seminars/Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding:

Sl.
No.
Seminar topic
Date
Funding
Agency
1.
Mitosis, the mystery unrevealed
30.11.2007
College Fund
2.
Modern trends in plant classification Phenetics and Cladistics
19.12.2008 College Fund
3.
Application and appraisal of Paleobotany and palynology
4.
Elicitor says NO to pathogen by standing the site of host during

the battle in the phyllosphere
5.
Biodiversity
17.12.2012
DBT
6.
Triple helix of Diabetes Genes, Environment and us
06.12.2013
DBT

Sl.
No.
Seminar topic
1.
Biodiversity and Human Welfare
Date
Funding
Agency
20th and 21st Jan, 2011
UGC, Jointly organized by

the Dept of Zoology and Botany
Date
Funding agency
10th 13th December,

2012
Sponsored under
DBT DBT-STAR programme
12th and 13th November,

2013
Sponsored under
9th to 11th December,

2013
Sponsored under
Workshop Topic
Hands on training on Chromosome analysis
and Experiments on Food Adulteration.
Hands on Training on Tissue Culture
Techniques Media preparation and
Inoculation under aseptic chamber
Hands on Training on Plant Tissue Culture
Techniques Inoculation in aseptic
environment
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Name of the
Programme (refer
to question no. 4)
Applications
received
Selected
Enrolled
Pass
percentage
Pass
out Year
2007
162
25
13
92.3%
2010
2008
427
25
18
94.73%
2011
2009
435
28
12
66%
2012
2010
556
30
19
100%
2013
B.Sc. Botany Honours

Name of the Course
% of students from
the same State
% of students from
other States
% of students
from abroad
2007
100
11%
N.A.
2008
100
N.A.
2009
100
N.A.
2010
100
N.A.
B.Sc. Botany Honours
Year
GATE
NET*
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
1
2
Student progression
UG to PG

72.4%
PG to M.Phil
N.A.
PG to Ph.D**
N.A.
N.A.
Employed
Campus selection
Other than campus recruitment**
N.A.
N.A.
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a)
Library:
The department has a seminar library having 625 books.
b)
Internet facilities for staff and students:
Separate computer room for students jointly with Department of Zoology and
Department of Chemistry under the DST-FIST programme.
3 computers with internet facility at the staff room for the staff.
2 Classrooms with internet facility.
c)
Class rooms with ICT facility: 2 classrooms and 1 laboratory with LCD projector
d)
Students laboratories: 3
e)
Research laboratories: 1
or other agencies:
Year
Name of the Student
Name of Scholarship
Amount of Grant
2006
Pritha Bhattacharya
From college
2000/-
2011
Rafia Sinin
From college
2000/-
2012
Anisha Paul
8000/-
2013
Saptadipa Banerjee
Sheela Kanoria
2500/-
experts:
Sl Seminar topic
No.
Date
Speakers
1.
Mitosis, the mystery

unrevealed,
30.11.2007
Dr. Rita Kundu, Asst. Professor,

2.
Modern trends in plant classifification Phenetics and Cladistics
19.12.2008
Professor G. G. Maity, Professor,

University of Kalyani
3.
Application and appraisal of

Palaeobotany and palynology,
15.12.2009
4.
5.
6.
Funding
Agency
College Fund
College Fund
Professor Subir Bera, Professor,

College Fund
Elicitor says NO to pathogen

14.09.2012
by standing the site of host during
the battle in the phyllosphere,
Dr. Krishnendu Acharya,

Asst. Professor, University
of Calcutta
College Fund
Biodiversity,
Professor Samir Kumar Bera,

Birbal Sahni Institute of
Palaeobotany, Lucknow
Triple helix of Diabetes

Genes, Environment and us
17.12.2012
06.12.13
Dr. Partha Chakrabarti,

Senior Scientist, CSIR - IICB
DBT
DBT
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Seminar topic
Date
Speakers
Funding Agency
Biodiversity and
Human Welfare:
20th and 21st

Jan 2011.
1. Dr. K.Venkataraman, Director,

Botanical Survey of India;
2. Dr. P. Singh, Joint Director, Botanical
Survey of India;
3. Prof. N.C. Dutta, Ex-Professor, Department
of Zoology, University of Calcutta;
4. Prof. A.K. Ghosh, Scientist D, Birbal Sahni
Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow,
5. Prof. D. Raychaudhuri, Department of
Zoology, University of Calcutta;
6. Dr. A.K.Sanyal, Joint Director, Zoological
Survey of India;
7. Prof. T.B. Jha, Department of Botany,
University of Calcutta;
8. Prof. A. Gomes, Department of Physiology,
University of Calcutta;
9. Prof. A.K. Paul, Department of Botany,
University of Botany,
10. Prof. S.N. Ghosh, Department of Chemical
Technology, University of Calcutta.
UGC, Jointly
organized by the
Dept of Zoology
and Botany.
Workshop Topic
Date
Funding agency
10th 13th December,

2012
DBT sponsored under

DBT-STAR programme
Hands on training on Chromosome analysis and

Experiments on Food Adulteration.
Hands on Training on Tissue Culture Techniques

12th and 13th November,
Media preparation and Inoculation under aseptic
2013
chamber
Hands on Training on Plant Tissue Culture

Techniques Inoculation in aseptic environment
9th to 11th December,

2013
DBT sponsored under

DBT-STAR programme
DBT sponsored under
DBT-STAR programme
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Power point presentation of lectures with the help of LCD Projector in class room.
Binocular Microscope with monitor and photographic attachment in laboratory is

very useful for anatomical and cytological demonstration in practical classes.
e- Learning in class room for the detail understanding of topics with in syllabus.
Field excursion for study of ecological variation of plant in different geographical

region.
Training on collection of plant specimen, Herbarium preparation, identification of

plant specimens by experts, maintenance and preservation.

The students and Faculty members of this department participated in the following NSS
activities.
20112012
Students from 1st year and 2nd Year Botany (Honours) attended and participated in the activities
of NSS Unit I during the session 2011-2012. The programmes attended include
a)
Health awareness programme
b)
Tree plantation
c)
Campus cleaning
d)
Programme on saving environment.
They also attended 7 day special camp from 17.3.2012 23.3.2012. The camp included
Visit to adopted slum.
Talk on Health and Hygiene by students to the women of adopted slum.
Fitness programme for the students.
Campus cleaning and Tree plantation.
Visit to the Calcutta Muslim Girls Orphanage.
Attended lecture on Stress Management
Attended lecture on Breast Cancer by Dr. Debi Prasanna Ghosal.
Attended lecture on Awareness on Cancer caused by Tobacco. Dr. Suparna Pal,

Assistant Professor, Department of Botany was a member of this unit during this session.
2012 2013
1st year and 2nd Year Botany (Honours) students attended and participated in the activities
of Regular Camp under NSS Unit I during the session 2012-2013. The programmes
attended include:
a)
Observed Drug abuse day on 26th June, 2012.
b)
Participated in the rally on health awareness and visited the Red Ribbon Express.
c)
Students observed a film show on Biodiversity, which was screened in the college
auditorium.
d)
A seminar on Vivekananda was organized on 31.1.13 at the college by this unit.
They also attended the Special Camp of NSS Unit I which was held from 19th March,
2013 to 25th March, 2013. This Special camp included following programmes.
a)
Visit to the adopted slum.
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b)
Poster competition on Save the girl child.
c)
Visit to the slum, Campus cleaning, visit to Department of Community Medicine,

National Medical College.
d)
Visit to Child care Home.
e)
Medical Health Camp in collaboration with Department of Community Medicine,

f)
First aid Training on Disaster Management at Calcutta Rowing Club, organized by

Calcutta University.
g)
Workshop on Basic Life Support in collaboration with Department of Anesthesia,

Dr. Suparna Pal, Assistant Professor, Department of Botany was a member of this unit
during this session.
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SWOC:
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
STRENGTH
The department boasts of very competent teaching
faculty, all of whom are Ph.D degree holders with
expertise in their own specializations and also
efficient skilled bearers who have several years of
experience in various laboratory techniques and
field work.
The students of this department have maintained
very good and consistent results at the university
levels, with many of them placed high up in the
merit list.
The department is well equipped with many modern
and sophisticated instruments which will be useful
in basic as well as advanced studies.
There is a separate well equipped Tissue culture
laboratory.
A huge herbarium consisting of many rare and
important plants (some plant specimens are more
than eighty years old) still exists in the department.
There is a museum which has some rare specimens
and three dimensional models.
The department has a rare collection of permanent
slides, charts and fossil specimens.
There is a medicinal garden with some important
and rare medicinal plants.
The ecological study and biodiversity survey of this
campus is done every year by the experts.
The students of this department have shown their
talent in extracurricular activities by winning prizes
in performing arts, debates, extempore, science
exhibition.
teachers
of Chemistry & Zoology.
The lecture rooms are equipped with audio-visual
facilities and internet connectivity
WEAKNESS
There is major crunch for space in the department.
There is a dearth of Group C staff in this department.
There is no separate room for herbarium and
museum.
OPPORTUNITY
Teachers are engaged in various fields of research.
Counseling of the students for higher education.
Hands on training on applied Botany to give proper
orientation to students about present technology and
research.
S-O STRATEGIES
To start with the Post graduate course in Botany
with the following specializations:
Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
Cytogenetics and cell biology
Microbiology
Palaeobotany
Plant anatomy and pharmacognosy
To start tutorial classes for SSC (School Service
Commission), NET & GATE.
W-O Strategies
Industry and enrolling students as research scholars.
Applying to Governemnet for filling up of nonteaching post.
CHALLENGE
the University of Calcutta and that also has hindered
discussion of topics beyond syllabus.
up of non-teaching (Group C) post is slow.
S-C STRATEGIES
W-C STRATEGIES
To give students an overview about topics beyond
the University curriculum:
workshops are planned on various laboratory
techniques.
training courses are conducted on mushroom
cultivation, vermiculture and adulteration
testing.
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Annexure to Department of Botany
LIST OF PUBLICATION
DR. SUDIPTA DAS
1. Astrological influences during Mughal Period, Dr. Sudipta Das, Musing, An Academic
Journal, Dept. of B. Ed., Uluberia College: Vol 3 (2011).
Proceedings
1. Sustainable Forest Management in India through Proper methods of Plant Succession.
Dr. Sudipta Das. Proceedings of UGC Biodiversity Crisis, Conservation and Management
(2011).
DR. BIDISHA MALLICK
1. In vitro antioxidative property of polyphenols present in two common aquatic leafy
vegetables. Bidisha Mallick, Pubali Dhar and Santinath Ghosh. Journal of Indian Chemical
Society 86: 202-204 (2009).
2. Lutein content and in vitro antioxidant activity of different cultivars of Indian Marigold
flower (Tagetes patula L.) extracts. Sugata Bhattacharya, Sanjukta Datta, Bidisha Mallick,
Pubali Dhar and Santinath Ghosh. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 58: 82598264 (2010).
Proceedings
1. Prevention of chronic diseases by some edible green leafy herbs in Bengal. Bidisha Mallick
and Debleena Roy. India Biodiversity Meet Abstract Volume: 46-47(2013).
2. Antioxidants and nutraceuticals from some edible herbs of Bengal and their role in
prevention of chronic diseases. Bidisha Mallick. Therapeutic ways to wellness: Relevance
of nutrition, psychology, art and music, Abstract: 32 (2014).*
MS. DEBLEENA ROY
1. Enhanced rosmarinic acid production in cultured plants of two species of Mentha.
Debleena Roy and Sandip Mukhopadhyay. Indian Journal of experimental Biology 50:
87-825 (2012).
Proceedings
1. Prevention of chronic diseases by some edible green leafy herbs in Bengal. Bidisha Mallick
and Debleena Roy. India Biodiversity Meet Abstract Volume: 46-47 (2013).
DR. SUPARNA PAL
1. Accumulation of two transition metals and its influence on lipid peroxidation and
photosynthetic pigments in an aquatic macrophyte [Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.)
Griseb]. Suparna Pal and Rita Kundu. Journal of Botanical Society of Bengal 65: 23-29
(2011).
2. A field study of chromium and cadmium uptake, accumulation and tolerance in alligator
weed,. Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb. Suparna Pal and Rita Kundu.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section of Biological Sciences
81: 404-410 (2011).
3. Study of metal resistance potential of the Cd, Cr tolerant Alligator Weed. Suparna Pal
and Rita Kundu. Journal of Stress Physiology and Biochemistry 10: 244-261 (2014).*
* Published after 31st March 2013.
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DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY
1.
Name of the Department: Zoology
2.
3.
Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters,
Integrated Ph.D., etc.): UG (Honours & General Courses)
4.
5.
Annual/semester/choice based credit system (programme wise): Annual System in UG

Level.
6.
7.

N.A.
8.
Details of courses / programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: N.A.
9.

Sanctioned
Filled
Vacant
Vacant
Associate Professor
1*
Asst. Professor
4+1 (Retired in 2012)
Professor
10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization, (D.Sc. /
D.Litt. / Ph.D / M.Phil. etc.)
Name
Associate
Professor
No. of years
of experience
No. of Ph.D.
Students guided for
the last 4 years
Biochemistry
15 yrs
3 (1 already awarded
Ph.D., 1 registered for
Ph.D.,1 unregistered)
Dr. Sanjukta
Mondal (Parui)
Ph.D.
Dr. Paulami Maiti
Ph.D.
Assistant
Professor
Fishery
11 yrs
Smt. Durba
Bhattacharya
M.Sc., B.Ed.
Assistant
Professor
Ecology
6 yrs
Smt. Antara Kar
M.Sc., B.Ed.
Assistant
Professor
Cytogenetics
6 yrs
Smt. Sujata Dhar

(Dutta)
M.Sc., B.Ed.
Assistant
Professor
Endocrinology
6 yrs
11. List of senior visiting faculty: N.A.

13. Student -Teacher ratio (programme-wise): 14:1
Course
Year

(2012-13)
B.Sc. (Honours)
Total
70
14:1
and actual: 2
No. of sanctioned posts
Name of the Employee
Designation
Category
Posted at
2 (Laboratory Assistant)
Nirmal Kumar Maity
Laboratory
Assistant
Group D
Department
of Zoology
Ashis Kumar Majumdar
Laboratory
Assistant
Group D
Department
of Zoology
15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with D.Sc./D.Litt./Ph.D/M.Phil. / PG:
Teaching faculty with Ph.D. 2
Teaching faculty with PG - 3
16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National, b) International funding
agencies and grants received.
ONGOING PROJECTS:
Status
Funding agency
Grant Received
Dr. Sanjukta Mondal (Parui)
Ongoing
(2013-2016)
UGC [Ref. No. F. No. 42-559/2013

(SR) dt. 22.03. 13]
Rs. 13,05,800
Dr. Anuradha Chaudhuri
Ongoing
(2012-2015)
UGC [Ref. No. F.No. 41-56/2012

(SR) dt. 13.7.12]
Rs. 9,22,800
Dr. Paulami Maiti
Ongoing
(2012-2015)
UGC [Ref. No. F.No. 41-102/2012

(SR) dt. 12.7.12]
Rs. 4,86,000
COMPLETED PROJECTS:
Status
Funding agency
Grant Received
Dr. Anuradha Chaudhuri

[Ref. No. F.PSW-048/05-06 (ERO),
dt. 21.3.2006]
Completed
(2006-2008)
UGC
Rs.1,00,000
Dr. Paulami Maiti

[Ref. No. F.PSW-033/05-06 (ERO)
dt. 21.3.2006]
Completed
(2006-2008)
UGC
Rs. 70,000
Smt. Antara Kar

[Ref. No. F.PSW-083/10-11 (ERO)
dt. 20.6.2012]
Completed
(2012-2014)
UGC
Rs. 1,66,000
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17. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST, UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grant
received:
The Department received a financial assistance of Rs. 2, 99, 500 (for equipments)
and Rs. 6250 (for books) under DST-FIST Program, 2010.
The Department received a financial assistance of Rs. 2, 00, 000 (Recurring) and
Rs. 5,00,000 (Non-recurring-Equipments) under the DBT-STAR College Scheme
for the financial year 2012-13.
The Department received a financial assistance of Rs. 1, 56, 400 for CPE (from
UGC) for Basic Research Infrastructure during the financial year 2012-13.
18. Research Centre / facility recognized by the University: N.A.

19. Publications:
Faculty
Publication Papers
Papers presented
(Abstract)
Chapters
in Books
Books
Int
Nat
Int
Nat
10
12
Dr. AnuradhaChaudhuri
Dr. Paulami Maiti
Smt. Antara Kar
Details are given in Annexure-I

a)
National committees b) International committees c) Editorial Boards
Faculty
Serving in a) National committees b) International committees

c) Editorial Boards d) any other
Life member of the Zoological Society, Kolkata*
Dr. Paulami Maiti
1. Life member of Jnan Bignan

2. Life member of Indian Science News Association
3. Life member of the Zoological Society, Kolkata*
Smt. Durba Bhattacharya
1. Life member of the Zoological Society, Kolkata*

2. Life member of Indian Science Congress Association
Smt. Sujata Dhar (Dutta)
Life member of the Zoological Society, Kolkata*
*State level

a)

programme
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1.
2.
Undergraduate students of B.Sc. in Chemistry and Physics of this College of

the academic session 2012-2013 attended a DBT sponsored workshop in the
department from 10-13th December, 2012. A total of 51 students (29 students
from Chemistry Honours and 22 students from Physics Honours) attended the
workshop in batches over the span of three days.
The students of Zoology Honours 2nd year assisted the teachers as skilled hands.
The topics covered in the workshop by practical hands-on training included:
Cytology (Chromosome study)
Blood grouping and haemoglobin study
participation were issued by the Department to all the participants as well as the
1.
2.
A workshop was organized for the 3rd year Zoology Honours students from 613th November, 2013 in the Department of Zoology. A total of 27 students from
the department attended the workshop and they were given hands on training
on the following topics as per the following schedule:
6-9th November
(10.30 a.m. 4.30 p.m.)
PBR study of Lady Brabourne

College campus
11-13th November
(10.30 a.m. 4.30 p.m.)
Extraction of proteins
Study of protein profile by Gel
Electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE)
A DBT Exchange Programme Workshop for the 1st year Physics Honours and
2nd year Chemistry Honours students was held from 9-11th December, 2013 in
the Department of Zoology. A total of 48 students from the two departments
attended the workshop in 3 batches over the three days and they were given
hands on training on the following topics as per the following schedule:
Study of types of Food adulteration
Study of environmental toxicology (LC50 and LD50 of a pollutant Time

and Dose dependent)
Identification of White Blood Cells
participation was issued by the Department to all the participants as well as the
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a)

i.e. in Research laboratories / Industry / other agencies: N.A.
23. Awards/ recognitions received by faculty and students

FACULTY
Received the UGC Research Award in 2004 [Ref. No. F.30-1/2004 (SA-II), dated
31.03.04]
Dr. Paulami Maiti
Awarded D.N. Ganguly Memorial Medal by the Zoological Society of Calcutta for
adjudging best article entitled Need of Environmental Impact Assessment for
Developmental projects (1996).
Nominated for Young Scientist Award in Science Congress, 2002, (Lucknow) and
2003 (Bangalore).
STUDENTS
Ritika Sengupta (2009-2013 batch) received the Roma Chaudhuri Memorial Trophy
in 2013-14. She also achieved 1st position in University in B.Sc. Honours examination
under Calcutta University.
Debanjana Sarkar (2009-2013 batch) received the P.C. Chandra Excellence Award
in 2013-14.

Sl. Name
No.
Affiliation
Dr. Kunal Roy
IICM, Kolkata
27.07.2006
Dr. Ambica Charan Banerjee
East India Pharmaceuticals Works Ltd.
27.07.2006
Prof. R.L. Brahmachari
Ex ProfessorEmbryology DivisionIndian Statistical

Institute, Kolkata
13.02.2008
Dr. Pranabes Sanyal (IFS)
Ex-Field Director of Sunderban & Buxa Tiger

Reserve, West Bengal
07.02.2009
Sri Bulganin Mitra
Scientist, Zoological Survey of India, GOI
02.02.2010
Prof. Tapas Bose
Prof. and Head,Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

College of Medicine & J.N.M. Hospital, Kalyani
18.02.2012
Dr. Asish Ghosh
Former Director Zoological Survey of India and

presently Director of Biodiversity Board, Kolkata
17.12.2012
Prof. Sumit Homechaudhuri
Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta
23.2.2013
Date of Visit
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25. Seminars / Conferences / Workshops organized and source of funding (national/

international):
Departmental seminars:
No.
Date
Funding
agency
1.
Role of Genetics in Human Diseases, Proteins: the Versatile Biomolecules
27.07.06
UGC
2.
Molecular Biology of Behaviour
13.02.08
UGC
3.
Biodiversity of Indian Wilderness
07.02.09
UGC
4.
Talk on Effects of global warming on faunal diversity of Antartica and

Film show on The Last Battle to Project the Tiger
02.02.10
UGC in
collaboration
with Ekhon
Aranyak
5.
The Art and Science of Lie Detection
18.02.12
UGC
6.
Biodiversity
17.12.12
DBT
7.
Ecosophy of Resource Conservation and Sustainable Development
23.02.13
UGC
National level seminar:

No.
1.
Bioresource and Human Welfare
Date
Funding agency
20th-21st Jan, 2011 Sponsored by UGC and jointly organized by

the Department of Zoology and Botany
Workshop topic
Date
Funding agency
Cytology (Chromosome study) and

Study of Blood groups &
Haemoglobin content
10th 13th December,

2012
DBT sponsored under the DBT STAR

programme
Extraction of proteins
Study of protein profile by
Gel Electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE)
PBR study of Lady Brabourne
College campus
6th 13th November,

2013

programme
Study of environmental toxicology

LC50 and LD50 of a pollutant
Time and Dose dependent)
Identification of White Blood Cells
Types of Food adulteration
9th 11th December,

2013

programme
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Applications
received
Selected
Enrolled
Pass
percentage
Pass
Out Year
B.Sc. Zoology Honours 2007
958
27
23
85.13%
2010
2008
1211
21
20
95.23%
2011
2009
1215
22
21
95.45%
2012
2010
1284
21
20
95.23%
2013

Name of the Course
% of students
from the same state
% of students from
other States
% of students
from abroad
2010
100%
2011
100%
2012
100%
2013
98.59%
1.41%
B.Sc. Zoology Honours
NET, SET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc.
Year
CSIR-NET
GATE
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
439
Student progression
Against % enrolled
UG to PG
2010
76%
2011
86%
2012
86%
2013
80%
PG to M.Phil.
N.A.
PG to Ph.D.
N.A.
Employed
Campus selection
N.A.
N.A.
Entrepreneurship/ Self-employment
N.A.
30. Details of Infrastructure facilities

a)
Library:
The department has a well-endowed seminar library having 814 books. This includes:
b)
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Books issued from Library and purchased under Cossip programme = 585
Books purchased under CPE programme - 26
Specimen copies 203
The department has 3 computers with internet connection for both staff and
students.
The department jointly with the department of Botany and Chemistry also has
a Computer Laboratory for the students and staff started under the DST-FIST
Programme.
c)
Class rooms with ICT facility: 2 classrooms and 1 laboratory
d)
Laboratories: 3+1 Instrument room (Research Laboratory)
or other agencies
Year
Name of the Student
Name of Scholarship
Amount of Grant
2007
Rubina Parveen
College Fund
Rs. 3000
2011
Farzana Khatoon
College Fund
Rs. 3000
2012
Sriparna Pal Choudhury
College Fund
Rs. 3000
32. Details on students enrichment programmes (special lectures/workshops/seminar) with

external experts.
The Department organized regular seminars with speakers from different Institutes and
Universities to update the students with the recent developments in Science and their
relevant subject
Sl. Seminar topic & date
No.
Date
Speaker
Funding
agency
Role of Genetics in Human

Diseases, Proteins: the Versatile
Biomolecules
27.07.06
Dr. Kunal Roy, IICM, Kolkata

Dr. Ambica Charan Banerjee
East India Pharmaceuticals Works Ltd.
UGC
Molecular Biology of Behaviour
13.02.08
Prof. R.L. Brahmachari, Ex Professor

Embryology DivisionIndian Statistical
Institute, Kolkata
UGC
Biodiversity of Indian Wilderness
07.02.09
Dr. Pranabes Sanyal (IFS), Ex-Field

Director of Sunderban & Buxa Tiger
Reserve West Bengal
UGC
Talk on Effects of global warming 02.02.10

on faunal diversity of Antartica and
Film show on The Last Battle to
Project the Tiger
Sri Bulganin Mitra

Scientist Zoological Survey of India,
GOI
UGC in
collaboration
with Ekhon
Aranyak
The Art and Science of Lie

Detection
18.02.12
Prof. Tapas Bose

Prof. and Head, Forensic Medicine
and Toxicology College of Medicine
& J.N.M. Hospital, Kalyani
UGC
Biodiversity held on
17.12.12
Dr. Asish Ghosh

Former Director Zoological Survey
of India and presently Director of
Biodiversity Board, Kolkata
DBT
Ecosophy of Resource
Conservation and Sustainable
Development held on
23.02.13
Prof. Sumit Homechaudhuri

UGC
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Seminar topic & date Date
Bioresource and
Human Welfare
th
st
20 -21 Jan,
2011.
Speakers
Funding agency
1.
Sponsored by
UGC and jointly
organized by the
Department of
Zoology and
Botany
Dr. K. Venkataranam
Director, BotanicalSurvey of India
2. Dr. P. Singh, Joint Director
Botanical Survey of India
3. Prof. N. C. Dutta, Ex-Professor
4. Prof. A. K. Ghosh, Scientist D
Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany,
Lucknow
5. Prof. D. Raychaudhuri, Department
of ZoologyUniversity of Calcutta
6. Dr. A. K. Sanyal, Joint Director
Zoological Survey of India
7. Prof. T. B. Jha, Department of
BotanyUniversity of Calcutta
8. Prof. A. GomesDepartment of Physiology
9. Prof. A. K. Paul, Department of Botany
10. Prof. S. N. Ghosh
Department of Chemical Technology
33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning.
The department has been using Multimedia system of teaching and presentation to
convey information to the students in the classroom
This involves a combination of various digital media types such as text, images,
graphs, audio and video, into an integrated multi-sensory interactive application
through power point presentations using Digital Multimedia Projector. (Optoma),
Portable Digital Document Visualiser (Avermedia) and Laptop.
This has been found to have the potential not only to improve the quality of education,
but also to empower the students, strengthen governance and galvanize the effort to
achieve their goals. The students not only become prepared for their B.Sc. exams
but also for the various competitive exams.
This method has helped to produce students who are creative; think critically and
analytically, to solve problems.

The students and a faculty member of this department participated in the following NSS
activities
2011-12
11 students from First year Zoology Honours of the Department attended and
participated in the activities of Regular Camp under NSS Unit I during the session 201112. The programmes attended include:
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Health awareness programme
Tree plantation
Program on saving environment
Pulse Polio program participation
Campus Cleaning
Poster competition on Health and Hygiene and won the first prize for the best poster
They also attended a 7 day special camp from 17.3.12 - 23.3.12. The camp included the
following:
Day 1- Inauguration of the special day camp by Mr. Kunal Chatterjee. Visit to the
adopted slum.
Day 2- Women from the adopted slum were invited to the college. Talk on Health
and Hygiene by students to these women.
Day 3- Fitness programme for the students.
Day 4- Campus Cleaning and Tree Plantation.
Day 5- Visit to the Calcutta Muslim Girls Orphanage and interaction with the girls.
Day 6- Attended Annual Convocation at CU. Attended lecture on Stress

Management by Mrs.Chandana Bakshi.
Day 7- Attended lecture on Breast Cancer by Dr. Debi Prasanna Ghosal. Attended
lecture on Awareness on Cancer caused by Tobacco by Dr. Sanyal.
Dr. Durba Bhattacharya, Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology was a member

of this unit during this session.
2012-13
11 students from Second year Zoology Honours and 2 students from First year
Zoology Honours of the Department attended and participated in the activities of Regular
Camp under NSS Unit I during the session 2012-13. The programmes attended include:
Observed Drug Abuse day on 26th June, 2012
Participated in the rally on health awareness and visited the Red Ribbon Express.
Students of this unit worked as volunteers for CMS Vatavaran (Biodiversity Film
Festival and Forum). A Film show on Biodiversity was screened in the college
auditorium and for the students.
A seminar on Swami Vivekananda was organized on 31.01.13 at the college by this

unit.
They also attended the Special Camp of NSS Unit I which was held from 19th March,
2013 to 25th March, 2013. During these seven days the following programmes were
held:
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Day 1: Visit to the adopted slum
Day 2: Poster competition on Save the girl child
Day 3: Visit to the slum, campus cleaning, visit to Department of Community

Medicine, National Medical College,
Day 4: Visit to Child Care Home, a centre where the girl children abandoned or
lost girl children are rehabilitated.
Day 5: Medical Health Camp in collaboration with Department of Community

Medicine, National Medical College
Day 6: First Aid Training on Disaster Management at Calcutta Rowing Club,

organized by Calcutta University
Day 7: A workshop on Basic Life Support in collaboration with Department

of Anesthesia, National Medical College
Dr. Durba Bhattacharya, Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology was a member

of this unit during this session.
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35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans.

SWOC:
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY
STRENGTH
The department boasts of enthusiastic, competent
and dedicated teaching faculty.
in University Examinations with many placed
highly in the merit list.
The department is well equipped with state of art
instruments which are useful in basic as well as
advanced studies and may be introduced to the
students through workshops etc.
Good teacher:student ratio.
Students have also performed well in several
extracurricular activities and won prizes both on &
off campus.
teachers and exclusive reading room.
of Botany & Chemistry.
The lecture rooms and one laboratory are equipped
with audio-visual aids like DLP and OHP facilities.
The department has efficient skilled bearers having
several years of experience in various laboratory
techniques and field work.
The instrument room in the department is used as
research room by faculty involved in major projects.
WEAKNESS
classrooms and staffroom in the department.
Teaching post lying vacant.
OPPORTUNITY
Teachers are actively engaged in different research
projects both major and minor with Ph.D
supervision of research scholars.
academic, extra-curricular activities, study tours
and excursions.
Regularly organized seminars and workshops on
subjects even outside curriculum to orient students
towards higher studies and research. Workshops
aim at giving hands on training on latest techniques
in important topics like, Biotechnology Molecular
Biology etc.
Counseling of the students to face examinations,
placement related challenges and to pursue higher
studies.
Consultation sessions for students to prepare them
for public examination like NET, SET, SSC, etc.
S-O STRATEGIES
To start with Post Graduate course in Zoology with
specialization:
Biochemistry
Endocrinology
Genetics.
To start tutorial classes for NET, SET, GATE
guidance.
To conduct workshops on various Laboratory
techniques and field work.
To start Vocational and Training courses on Applied
Zoology such as Aquaculture, Pearl culture, etc.
W-O STRATEGIES
more space
Applying to Government for filling up of teaching
posts.
CHALLENGE
up of teaching post is slow.
S-C STRATEGIES
department.
W-C STRATEGIES
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Annexure I to Department of Zoology
DR. SANJUKTA MONDAL (PARUI)

1. Mondal (Parui), S., Mondal, A.K. and Mandal, S. (2007). Evaluation of electroelution
and immunodiffusion as methods for purification and identification of the allergenic
proteins of Ailanthus excelsa Roxb. pollen. Grana (Sweden), 46: 91-97. Print ISSN 00173134, Online ISSN 1651-2049.
2.
Das, P.K., Mondal, A.K. and Mondal Parui, S. (2011). Antibacterial activity of some
selected dye yielding plants in Eastern India. African Journal of Biotechnology, 5(9):
510-520. ISSN 16846315 2010 Academic Journals.
3.
Mondal, A.K. and Mondal (Parui), S. (2011). Circumscription of the families within
Leguminales as determined by cladistic analysis based on seed protein. African Journal
of Biotechnology, 10(15): 2850-2856. ISSN 16846315 2010 Academic Journals.
4.
Chakraborty, T., Mondal, A.K. and Mondal Parui, S. (2012). Studies on the prospects
and some problems of sand dune vegetation at the fragile coastal zones of West Bengal
and Orissa, in Eastern India. African Journal of Plant Science, 6(2): 48-56. ISSN 19960824. Academic Journals.
5.
Chakraborty, T., Mondal, A.K. and Mondal (Parui), S. (2012). Orange wrapper at
mangrove: Trentepholia flava(W.J. Hooker and Arnott) Cribb, a new discovery from
Bhitarkanika Conservatory, India. International Journal of Current Research (France),
4(12): 6-11. ISSN 0975-833X.
1.
Parui, S. (2007). The allergenic protein profile of the salivary glands of the female of
Simulium (Nevermannia) praelargum. Proc. Zool. Soc., Calcutta, 60 (1): 21-25.
2.
Parui, S., Mondal, A.K. and Mandal, S. (2007). Biochemical analysis of the allergenic
pollen of Saccharum spontaneum Linn. and Cymbopogon schoenanthes Spreng. Advances
in Environmental Biopollution, pp.373-380.
3.
Pramanik, R., Mondal, A.K. and Mondal (Parui), S. (2007). Electrophoretic evidence for
interspecific variation between three species of Pteris Linn. Journal of Botanical Society
of Bengal, 61(2): 75-82. ISSN 0971-2976.
4.
Mondal, A.K., Mondal (Parui), S. and Mandal, S. (2009). The free amino acids of pollen
of some angiospermic taxa as taxonomic markers for phylogenetic interrelationships.
Current Science, 96(8): 1071-1081. ISSN 0011-3891.
5.
Mondal, A.K. and Mondal (Parui), S. (2009). Studies on the variation in the phenomenon
of guttation (the natural biological waste) in some terrestrial and aquatic plant taxa. Bull.
Biol. Sci., 7(3): 151-161. ISSN 0973-8126.
6.
Mondal, A.K. and Mondal, S. (2010). Ethnobryology - Seeking more deserving future.
Front. Biol., 1(1): 31-36. ISSN 1093-4715 (On line) 1093-9946 (Print).
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7.
Mondal, A.K., Mondal (Parui), S., Samanta, S. and Mallick, S. (2011). Synthesis of
Ecofriendly Silver Nanoparticle from Plant Latex used as an Important Taxonomic Tool
for Phylogenetic Interrelationship. Advances in Bioresearch, 2(1): 122-133. ISSN 09764585.
8.
Chakraborty, T., Mondal, A.K. and Parui (Mondal), S. (2012). Studies on the
phytoresources of coastal dune flora at West Bengal and adjacent Orissa, India.
International Journal of Science and Nature, 3(4): 745-752. ISSN 2229-6441.
9.
Mondal (Parui), (2011). Allergenicity and antigenic cross-reactivity of the pollen of

Helianthus annuus and Ricinus communis. Science Journal, Lady Brabourne College,
3:106-117. ISSN 2319-6858
10. Mondal, A.K., Chakraborty, T. and Mondal (Parui), S. (2013). Ant foraging on extrafloral
nectarines [EFNs] of Ipomoea pes-caprae (Convolvulaceae) in the dune vegetation: Ants
as potential antiherbivore agents. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, 42(1): 67-74.
ISSN: 0975-1033 (Online) ISSN: 0379-5136 (Print). A CSIR Publication. Impact Factor
0.563
Chapters in books:
1. Mondal (Parui), S., Mondal, A.K. and Mandal, S. (2009). The Isoenzyme Electrophoretic
Evidence into the Homology of Rhizophores in Selaginella chrysocaulos Spring Mon.
In: Advances in Plant Biology (Debidas Bhattacharya Birth Centenary Commemorative
Volume) [Eds. S. Mandal and S. Bhattacharya)
Proceedings
1. Mondal, A. K. and Parui (Mondal), S. (2008). Diversity, Biochemistry and Ecology of
Trentepohlia in the Eastern Himalayan Terrain. Proceedings of the National Seminar on
Plants, Microbes and Forestry Research for Sustainable Development held by the
Department of Botany and Forestry, Vidyasagar University from 28-29 March, 2008,
Abst. No. 39, p. 39.
2.
Mondal, A.K. and Parui (Mondal), S. (2008). Improved wetland management for
sustainable manufacturing of wetland products in Burdwan District, West Bengal, India.
Proceedings of the National Seminar on Plants, Microbes and Forestry Research for
Sustainable Development held by the Department of Botany and Forestry, Vidyasagar
University from 28-29 March, 2008, Abst. No. 40, p. 40.
3.
Pramanik, R., Mondal, A.K. and Parui (Mondal), S. (2008). Comparative study of the
free amino acid composition of three species of Pteris L. Proceedings of the National
Seminar on Plants, Microbes and Forestry Research for Sustainable Development held
by the Department of Botany and Forestry, Vidyasagar University from 28-29 March,
2008, Abst. No. 74, p. 75.
4.
Mondal, A.K. and Mondal (Parui), S. (2010). Ant foraging on extrafloral nectarines of
Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R. Br. (Convolvulaceae) in the dune vegetation: Ants as potential
antiherbivore agents. Proceedings of the National Seminar on Angiosperms Taxonomy:
A Tribute to Dr. Sushil Kumar Mukherjee, (Botanical Survey of India) held by the
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Botanical Society of Bengal and Department of Botany, University of Calcutta on 9

January, 2010, Abst. No.OP-6, p.6.
5.
Chakraborty, T., Mondal (Parui), S. and Mondal, A.K. (2010). On the taxonomy, ecology
and some biochemical investigation of two important soil binders, Ipomoea pescaprae
(L.) R. Br. and Spinifex squarrosus L. at the coastal belt of West Bengal and Orissa, and
need for their conservation. Proceedings of the National Seminar on Angiosperms
Taxonomy: A Tribute to Dr. Sushil Kumar Mukherjee, (Botanical Survey of India) held
by the Botanical Society of Bengal and Department of Botany, University of Calcutta on
9 January, 2010, Abst. No.PP-38, p.28.
6.
Mondal, A.K. and Mondal (Parui), S. (2010). Cladistic Interrelationships within

Leguminales (Caesalpiniaceae, Fabaceae and Mimosaceae): Based on Seed Protein Data.
Proceedings of the 17th West Bengal State Science & Technology Congress held by the
West Bengal State Council of Science & Technology and West Bengal University of
Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata in association with Paschim Banga Vigyan Mancha
from 4-5th March, 2010, p.8.
7.
Chakraborty, T., Mondal, A.K. and Mondal (Parui), S. (2010). Studies on Eco-taxonomy
and Conservation Strategies of an Important Natural Soil binder Ipomoea pes-capre
(Family Convolvulaceae) in ther Coastal Belt of Bengal & Orissa, India. Proceedings of
the 17th West Bengal State Science & Technology Congress held by the West Bengal
State Council of Science & Technology and West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery
Sciences, Kolkata in association with Paschim Banga Vigyan Mancha from 4-5th March,
2010, pp.11-12.
8.
Mondal, A.K. and Mondal (Parui), S. (2011). Studies on the biodiversity and host-specific
interaction of some parasitic angiosperms (mistletoes) in the Himalayan terrain of
Uttaranchal, India. Proceedings of the XVIII International Botanical Congress (IBC2011)
held at Melbourne, Australia from 23-30 July, 2011, p.17-18.
9.
Mondal, A.K. and Mondal (Parui), S. (2012). The phylogenetic interrelationhip and
similarity indices using UPGMA within Leguminales (Fabaceae, Caesalpiniaceae and
Mimosaceae) based on SDS-PAGE seed proteins analysis. Proceedings of the International
Symposium and XXII Annual Conference of Indian Association for Angiosperm
Taxonomy on Innovative Prospects in Angiosperm Taxonomy (ISIPAT-2012) held at
Department of Botany, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati from 28-30
October, 2012, Abst. No. OP-45, p.87.
10. Chakraborty, T., Mondal, A.K. and Mondal (Parui), S. (2012). Ultra-structural studies
and the sustainable use of potent phyto-resources of sand dune vegetation of eastern
India with special reference to its biodiversity and conservation. Proceedings of the
International Symposium and XXII Annual Conference of Indian Association for
Angiosperm Taxonomy on Innovative Prospects in Angiosperm Taxonomy (ISIPAT-2012)
held at Department of Botany, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati from
28-30 October, 2012, Abst. No. OP-72, p.100-101.
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11. Mondal, A.K. and Mondal (Parui), S. (2013). Phylogenetic relations and biogeography
of three Indian and two African species of Abrus Adanson. Proceedings of the XXIII
Annual Conference of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy and National
Seminar on Recent Advances in Plant Taxonomy Research held at the Post Graduate
Department of Botany, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur from
27-29 December, 2013, Abst. OP-46, p. 45.
12. Chakraborty, T., Mondal, A.K. and Mondal (Parui), S. (2013). Assessment of risk and
role of catastrophe alien plants to the coastal dune vegetation of West Bengal and adjacent
Odisha. Proceedings of the XXIII Annual Conference of Indian Association for
Angiosperm Taxonomy and National Seminar on Recent Advances in Plant Taxonomy
Research held at the Post Graduate Department of Botany, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj
Nagpur University, Nagpur from 27-29 December, 2013, Abst. OP-115, p. 169.
13. Chakraborty, T., Mondal, A.K. and Mondal (Parui), S. (2014). Studies on phytodiversity
indices and present conservation status of the coastal dune vegetation of West Bengal &
adjacent Odisha. Proceedings of the 21st West Bengal State Science and Technology
Congress held at Burdwan University from 20-21 February, 2014. Abst. No. B1, p.65.
Citation indices of Dr. Sanjukta Mondal (Parui)
No. of articles cited since 2006 = 7
Articles cited by = 23
Title / Author
Cited by
Year
Synthesis of Ecofriendly Silver Nanoparticle from Plant Latex used as an

Important Taxonomic Tool for Phylogenetic Inter-relationship
AK Mondal, S Mondal, S Samanta, S Mallick Synthesis 31, 33
2011
Antibacterial activity of some selected dye yielding plants in Eastern India

PK Das, AK Mondal, SM Parui African Journal of Plant Science 5 (9), 510-520
2011
Evaluation of electroelution and immunodiffusion as methods for purification and

identification of the allergenic proteins of Ailanthus excelsa Roxb. pollen
S Mondal, AK Mondal, S Mandal Grana 46 (2), 91-97
2007
The free amino acids of pollen of some angiospermic taxa as taxonomic markers
for phylogenetic interrelationships.
AK Mondal, S Mondal, S Mandal Current Science (00113891) 96 (8)
2009
Circumscription of the families within Leguminales as determined by cladistic

analysis based on seed protein
AK Mondal, S Mondal African Journal of Biotechnology 10 (15), 2850-2856
2013
Studies on the Phytoresources of coastal dune flora at West Bengal and

adjacent Orissa, India
T Chakraborty, AK Mondal, S Parui Mondal
International Journal of Science & Nature 3 (4)
2012
Studies on the prospects and some problems of sand dune vegetation at the fragile
coastal zones of West Bengal and Orissa, in Eastern India
T Chakraborty, AK Mondal, SM Parui
African Journal of Plant Science 6 (2), 48-56
2012
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DR. ANURADHA CHAUDHURI

Proceedings
1.
Chaudhuri, A. (2007). Herbal way to treat Giardia and other intestinal diseases.
Proceedings of Two-Day National Seminar on Medicinal Plants held at Department of
Botany, Midnapore College from 8-9 March, 2007. Extended Abst. pp. 1-3.
DR. PAULAMI MAITI

1.
Maiti, P. and Banerjee, S. (2012). Dynamics of Metal Concentration in Relation to Body

size and Feeding Habit of Sewage fed Carps. World Journal of Fish and Marine Sciences,
4 (4): 407-417. ISSN 2078-4589
2.
Maiti, P. and Banerjee, S. (2012). Fate of metals in fish under variable sewage-input in
ponds. International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2(6):1-13. ISSN
2250-3153
3.
Maiti, P. and Banerjee, S. (2013). Investigation on the Decline of Fish Faunal Diversity
of the East Kolkata Wetlands. World Journal of Science and Technology, 3(02): 16-21.
ISSN 2231-2587
National level Publications

1.
Maiti, P. and Banerjee, S. (2008). Strategy of metal accumulation in Fish with various
food preferences. Zoological Research in Human Welfare, 39: 381-388.
2.
Maiti, P. and Banerjee, S. (2011). Accumulation of Cu, Pb, Zn and Cd in three benthic
fish species from the Kolkata wetlands. J. Curr. Sci., 16 (1): 79-86. ISSN 0972-6101
3.
Maiti, P. and Banerjee, S. (2011). Size gradient accumulation of metals in a fish species
(Oreochromis nilotica) exposed in Wastewater ecosystem. Science and Culture, 77 (12): 40-45. ISSN 0036-8156
4.
Maiti, P. and Banerjee, S. (2012). Threats of Metal Pollution in Sewage Fed Fish, of the
Kolkata Wetlands. An Overview. Science Journal, Lady Brabourne College, 3:82-96.
ISSN 2319-6858
Book
1.
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Maiti, P. K. and Maiti, P. (2011). Biodiversity its perception, peril and preservation in the
Indian perspective. PHI Leaning Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
Abstracts Published
1.
Maiti, P. (2006). Metal Pollution in sewage Fed Fish. A Health Threat for the People of
Kolkata. Proceedings of the UGC sponsored Orientation programme, University of
Calcutta.
2.
Maiti, P. (2011). An Investigation on the Decline of Fish Faunal Diversity of the East
Kolkata Wetlands. Paper submitted for Refresher Course in Life Science 2011, UGC
Academic Staff College, University of Calcutta.
SMT. ANTARA KAR

National publications:
1.
Kar, A. (2009). Xenobiotics An assessment of its Impact on the Biological System.

Indian Medical Journal, 104 (103): 113-114 Editorial. ISSN 0091-5871.
2.
Kar, A. (2013). Arsenic The Silent Killer. Conscientia, 1(2): 18-23. ISSN 2278-6554.
Abstracts:
1.
Kar, A. and Kundu, S.N. (2008). Toxic effect of Arsenic Tri-Oxide During Embryogenesis
of Chick.XV Annual State Conference Anatomical Society of India, West Bengal Chapter
held at W.B. University of Animal & Fishery Sciences on 18th January, 2008.
2.
Kar, A., Pal, T.K. and Kundu, S.N. (2013). Arsenic trioxide induced toxic effects in the
developing brain of chick embryos. 24th All India Congress of Zoology held at the
University of Kalyani from 23-25th November, 2013. Presentation 2.
3.
Pal, T.K., Kar, A., Basu, T. and Kundu, S. (2013). Remedial effects of aged garlic extract
during acute and chronic arsenic exposure in mice. 24th All India Congress of Zoology
held at the University of Kalyani from 23-25th November, 2013. Presentation 9.
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THE DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY
1.
Name of the Department : Microbiology
2.
Year of establishment : 2nd September, 2002
3.
Names of programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil, Ph.D., Integrated Masters,
Integrated Ph.D., etc)
UG (Honours) in Microbiology
PG in Microbiology
4.
Names of Interdisciplinary courses and departments/units involved: None
5.
Annual/Semester/ /Choice Based Credit System (Programme wise)
Annual System in UG level
Semester System in PG level
6.
Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments : None
7.

None
8.
Details of courses / programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: None.
9.

Sanctioned
Filled
Professor
Vacant
Associate Professor
2*
Asst. Professor
* All base posts are Assistant Professors post, upgraded by Career Advancement Scheme
10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc. / D.Lit. /
Ph.D. / M.Phil. etc.,)
Name
No. of years
of experience
No. of Ph.D.
Students guided for
the last 4 years
Dr. Aditi Nag

Chaudhuri
M.Sc.,
Ph.D
Associate
Professor
Biochemistry
26 years
Dr. Aparna Sen
M.Sc.,
Ph.D
Associate
Professor
Biochemistry
21 years
Dr. Mahuya
Mukhopadhyay
M.Sc.,
Ph.D
Assistant
Professor
Microbiology
7 years
None
Madhulika Gupta
Chaudhuri
M. Sc.,
B. Ed.
Assistant
Professor
Microbiology
7 years
None
Ms. Sudipta Paul

Bhattacharya
M. Sc.
Assistant
Professor
Microbiology
7 years
None
11. List of senior Visiting faculty :

Name
Qualification
Specialization
No. of years attached

with the college
Dr. Subhas C. Basu, Notre Dame University

(Emeritus Professor)
PhD, D. Sc
Biochemistry
Dr. Hemanta Majumdar, IICB

(Raja Ramanna Fellow)
M.Sc, PhD
Biochemistry
temporary faculty- information given (weekly)
Programme
Total classes
Taken by temporary faculty
Percentage
UG
102
10
9.80
PG
90
22
24.4
13. Student Teacher Ratio (programme-wise) :

Programme
UG Level
98
12.25:1
PG Level
30
14
2.14:1
filled :
Sanctioned
Filled
1 (Full time), 1 (Adhoc)
1 (Full time), 1 (Adhoc)
15. Qualification of teaching faculty with D. Sc/ D. Litt /Ph.D/M.Phil/ PG :

Ph.D
PG
agencies and grants received :
R&D Projects Department of Microbiology
Name of the Faculty
TITLE OF PROJECT
Dr. Aditi Nag

Chaudhuri
1. Mathematical Modeling of
Biologically Active Organic
Molecules
75,000/-
2005-2007 UGC (Minor Project)
2. Microbial Ecology of East

Kolkata Wetland.
8,05,000/(for the
Department)
2010-2012 UGC (CPE

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Grant Amount
(Rs)
Duration
Name of Funding
Agency

Name of the Faculty
TITLE OF PROJECT

Grant Amount
(Rs)
Duration
Name of Funding
Agency
5,54,700/-
2011-2013
Indian Council of
Social Science
Research
(Co Investigator)
1. Isolation, Identification and

Characterisation of Free-living
Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria with
Salt Tolerant Properties from
the Estuarine and Coastal Areas
of West Bengal
2007-2009
UGC Minor Research

Project
2. A mechanistic study on cancer

cell apoptosis, amelioration of
cancer-induced immunosuppression and systemic toxicity:
Role of flavonoids
2008-2011
CSIR Major
Research Project
(Coinvestigator)
Dr. Soumi Guha

Polley
1. Microbial Ecology of East

Kolkata Wetland
2010-2012
UGC (CPE
Dr. Mahuya
Mukhopadhyay
1. Production of SCP and

Carbohydrates by Purple
Non Sulfur Photosynthetic
Bacteria utilizing Conventional
substrates and waste materials
2009-2011
UGC (Minor Project)
2010-2012
UGC (CPE
2008-2010
UGC (Minor Project)
2. Microbial Ecology of
East Kolkata Wetland
2010-2012
UGC (CPE
2010-2012
UGC (CPE
2012-2014
UGC- Minor
Research Project
3. Assessment of knowledge,
Attitude, Belief and Practice
of the Women in Kolkata,
towards Cervical Cancer
and its Risk Factors.
Dr. Aparna Sen
80,000/-
Ms. Madhulika
Gupta Chaudhuri
Ms. Sudipta Paul

Bhattacharya
1. Bioremediation of Heavy metals

by Fresh water cyanobacteria
under stress conditions
2. Effects of Phytochemicals on
the Formation and Dispersal
of Bacterial Biofilms taking
Vibrio cholerae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa as model
biofilm formers
75000/-
2,00,000/
17. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc, and total grants
received.
UGC CPE 8,05,000/- for Research, 9,00,000/- for Initiation of PG Diploma Course
on Food & Drug Safety.
UGC CPE additional (2011-2012) - 5,00,000/- for basic infrastructure.
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UGC PG grant sanctioned 6,75,000/- but only first installment of Rs 1,92,000/was received.
UGC additional 1,50,000/- for equipments
4,50,000/- sanctioned for equipments, 2,25,000/- was received as First installment.
DST FIST Rs 5,92.572/- for equipments and books (a part)
DBT Star Rs. 5,00,000/- for equipments
Rs. 4,00,000/- sanctioned for workshop, seminar etc.., 2,00,000/- received
ICSSR Rs.5,54,700/- Research grant
18. Research Centre/Facility recognized by the University : Yes

19. Publications:
List of Publications Department of Microbiology
Name
Journal
Proceedings
Books/ Chapter in book
Total
6+1 (Newsletter)
10
20
1 (+ 1 in press)
02
06
Dr. Mahuya Mukhopadhyay
05
Ms. Madhulika Gupta Chaudhuri
03
02

Dr. Aparna Sen
*Details given in Annexure 1.
20. Areas of consultancy and income generated : Free consultancy done
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a)
National committees
b)
c)
Editorial Boards d) any other (please specify)
Name of Faculty
Member of National/International Committee/Editorial Board
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Dr. Aparna Sen
1. Life member of Asiatic Society

2. Fellow of Institute of Chemist
3. Fellow of International Congress of Chemistry and Environment
Life member of Prabir Chatterjee Research Foundation
Ms. Madhulika Gupta Chaudhuri
Life member of Prabir Chatterjee Research Foundation
Society of Biological Chemists of India.

Society of Toxicology, India
Neuroscience Society of India
National Environmental Science Academy
Indian Science Congress Association
Indian Academy of Neuroscience
Indian Science News Association
Prof. J.J. Ghosh Foundation (Secretary of Prof. J.J. Ghosh
Foundation)
9. Member UG Board of Studies, Microbiology
Calcutta University

a)
b)
projects All PG students (100%)
ENVS Project : 100 % of First Year Honours students in UG level.
Percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other universities/

industry/ instituteNone
23. Awards/ recognitions received at the national and international level by
Faculty Dr. Aditi Nag Chaudhuri

Teachers award of Indian National Science Academy, 2013.
Doctoral/ post doctoral fellows - Young Scientist award of Indian Science Congress
and National Environmental Science Academy.
Students DST INSPIRE and Maulana Azad Fellowship, Indira Gandhi scholarship
for Single Girl child doing higher studies scholarship, National Scholarship etc.
Winner and Runners up trophy, medal & certificates from different institutes in
Debate, Quiz, essay writing etc. competitions.
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24. List of Eminent academicians and Scientists / visitors to the department (in last six years)
Sl. Year
No.
Name of the Eminent

Academician/ Scientists
Institute
1.
2006
Dr. Triveni Krishnan
National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases
2.
2007
Dr. Subhas C. Basu
University of Notre Dame, USA
3.
2007
Dr. Pinak Pani Chakraborty
Bose Institute
4.
2007
Dr. Monoj K. Chakraborty
5.
2007
Prof. Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay
Pro VC Calcutta University
6.
2007
Prof. Jagat J. Ghosh
Centenary Professor, University of Calcutta
7.
2007
Prof. I.B. Chatterjee
8.
2007
Krishanu Chakraborty
Department of BiochemistryUniversity of Calcutta
9.
2007
Prof. Dipak Das Gupta
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
10.
2007
Prof. Sanjib Ghosh
Principal, Presidency College (University)
11
2008
Dr. Sumita Basu
Department of Mathematics, Lady Brabourne College
12.
2008
Dr. Sanjit Dey
Department of Physiology, University of Calcutta
13.
2008
Pro VC Calcutta University
14.
2008
Prof. Jagat J. Ghosh
Centenary Professor, University of Calcutta
15.
2008
Prof. I.B. Chatterjee
16
2008
Krishanu Chakraborty
Department of BiochemistryUniversity of Calcutta
17.
2008
Prof. Dipak Das Gupta
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
18.
2008
Prof. Sanjib Ghosh
Principal, Presidency College (University)
19.
2008
Prof. Sumita Jha
Department of Botany,University of Calcutta
20.
2008
Dr. Sanjoy Misra
NRS Medical College & Hospital
21.
2008
Dr. Debnath Chauhuri
All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health
22.
2009
Dr. Sujoy Das Gupta
Bose Institute
23.
2010
Dr. Subhas C. Basu
24.
2010
Dr. Sekhar Chakraborty
25.
2010
Dr. Ruksana Chowdhury
Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
26.
2011
Dr.Ushasi Das
Cornell University, USA
27.
2011
Dr. Subhas C. Basu
28.
2011
Dr. Arati Basu Sen Gupta
Gynecologist
29.
2011
Dr. Ruma Pal
Department of Botany University of Calcutta
30.
2012
Dr. Subhas C. Basu
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Sl. Year
No.
Name of the Eminent

Academician/ Scientists
Institute
31.
2012
Dr. Tarasankar Bandopadhyay
Senior Scientist, Department of Science &

Technology, WB
32.
2012
Dr.Collin W. Wright
Bradford School of Pharmacy, UK
33.
2012
Dr. Asim Dutta Roy
University of Oslo, Norway
34.
2012
Dr. Gouri Sankar Ghosh
University of California, San Diego, USA
35.
2012
Dr.Wriddhiman Ghosh
Bose Institute
36.
2012
Dr. Pradip Brahma
GuruDas College
37.
2013
Dr. Sankar Ghosh
Columbia University, USA
25. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and source of funding (national/

international) :
Year
Programme
National /
International
2003* XVI Annual

National
Conference of
National
Environmental
Science
Academy on
Emerging
Pollutants:
Impact on Health
Agriculture and
Environment in
collaboration
with Department
of Microbiology,
LBC
Outstanding participants
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Satish Shukla & Krisna Gopal (ITRC, Lucknow)

S. Krupanidhi(Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Learning (AP)
D. B. Saxena, K.K. Sharma, and Kalpana (IARI, ND)
Amit Krishna de(ISCA)
Shelly Bhattacharya (Visva Bharati University, (Shantiniketan)
M.I.R. Mamun,N. Nahar. S. Nag, R. Zamin. M. Mosihuzzaman (Dhaka,
Bangladesh)
7. A.I. Mallick, D.P. Singh(Mathura, UP)
8. S. Majumdar, R. Pal, S. Majumdar, A. Nag Chaudhuri (LBC)
9. Rajarshi Mitra (JU)10.Gourisankar Sha (Bse Institute)
11. R.C. Sobti, S. Sharma, S.K. Jindal,A. Janmeja(PGIMER, Chandigarh)
12. A.B. Banerjee(CU)
13. Mohammed Mahboob (Hyderabad), Lenin Ogden (Tuskege, USA)
14. B. Bharatha Lakshmi, B.T. Rao, Venkaiah(Visakapatnam)
15. Sisir K. Majumdar (Dartford, UK)
16. B. Sarkar, A. Chattopadhyay, S. Adhikari (Bhubaneswar)
17. Surya N. Acharya (Canada)
18. D. N. Kambrekar, J.S. Awakhnavar.K.A. Kulkarni(Karnataka)
19. Arsad Ali Haider (Aligarh Muslim University)
20. Paromita Ghosh (BHU)
21. D. A. Nagdeve(Mumbai)
22. AK. Sahu, Dipak Sarkar, K. Das, S.K. Gangopadhyay, K.S. Gajbhiye(Nagpur)
23. Parthasarathi Chakraborty (Kolkata)
24. Ramkumar Bhakat, A. Nayek (VU)
25. M. Islam, F. Hassin (Assam)
26. S.K.T. Nasar (BCKV)
27. I. Das, Namita R. Agarwal(Gorakhpur)
28. T. Senthilnathan, R.D. Rajan(Chennai)
29. Avelin Mary, Vitalinea Mary (Tuticorin)
30. Subhendu Gupta (CU)
31. Saikat Basu (Kolkata)
32. S. Choudhury, S.K. Panda (Silchar)
33. Ratnabali sengupta (Presidency College)
34. R. Sahai (Karnal)
35. Jyoto D. Vora (Mumbai)
36. G. K. Biswas (JU)
37. M.P. das (Sambalpur)
38. D. K. Sinha (CU)
39. Umesh C. Goswami (Guwahati)
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Year
Programme
National /
International
Outstanding participants
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.
P. Thakur, Y. D. Sharma, J. S. Arora, Ramesh Kumar (Ludhiana)

S. samsuddin Ahmed, S.A. Roquibul Ferdous, M. Nehal Uddin (Bangladesh)
R. Sashikumar (Bangalore)
K.R. Desai (Surat)
Md. Basha Mohideon (AP)
Nivt. K. Yadav, M.G. Dastdar(ND)
B.R. Naidu (CPCB)
Anup K. Donriyal, H. Joshi (Uttaranchal)
I. Margaret (IICT)
Pramod Tandon (Shillong)
K.P. Mishra (Mumbai)
*Data included by Department as not reflected in previous SSR
2008
Changing Facets UGC sponsored

of Microbiology State level
in 21st Century
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
2010
* International
International
Seminar on
BANANA &
BAMBOO :
DIVERSITY
MANAGEMENT
OF AT RISK
COMMERCIALLY VALUABLE
CROPS
THROUGH
COMMUNITYTECHNOLOGY
INTEGRATION
A jointly
coordinated
programme by
Lady Brabourne
College (Dept. of
Microbiology) and
Peerless Green.
Initiative to
celebrate the
International Year
of Biodiversity
1. Frank Costanzo was Joint Convener and Director, Peerless Green Initiatives
2. Prof. Amita Pal (Bose Institute)
3. Prof. S. J. Amalan (Regional Director of Apprenticeship Training, Govt. of India,
Ministry of Labour and Employment)
4. Prof. N.C. Dutta, CU, Editorial Board member, Science & Culture, Indian
Science News Association.
5. Prof. N. D. Paria, member Biodiversity Board, Govt of WB.
6. Prof. Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay, ProVC, CU
7. Prof. Timir Baran Jha, Presidency University.
8. Dr. Maitreyee Banerjee, Senior Scientist, Tissue Culture Division, Dept of Sc.
& tech. Govt. of WB.
9. Dr. Seemanti Ghosh, Dept. of Botany, Bethune College.
10. N. Adkoli, IFS (Retd)
11. Madan M. Jalan, Managing Director, Arunachal Plywood Industry.
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Prof. A.B. Banejee(CU)

Prof. Kanak Ranjan Samadder (KU)
Prof. N.C. Mondal (Bose Institute)
Dr. Ambica C. Banerjee(East India Pharmaceuticals)
Prof. Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay(Pro VC, CU)
Dr. Sanjoy Ghosh (CU)
Dr. Shyamal Chakraborty (Indian Jute Research Institute)
Dr. Mahuya Nukhopadhyay (LBC)
Dr. A.K. Pal (CU)
Dr. Prasanta Bag (CU)
Madhulika Gupta Chaudhuti(LBC)
Dr. Alok Sil (CU)
Dr. Ashis Mukhopadhyay (NICED)
Dr. Soumi Guha Polley(LBC)
Dr Sagarmoy Ghosh (CU)
Sudipta paul Bhattacharya (LBC)
Prof. Subrata Majumdar (Bose Institute)
Departmental Seminar:
Sl.
No.
Year
Topic
Speaker
2006
Viral Etiology of Diarrhoea among children and adults in Kolkata
Dr. Triveni Krishnan, National Institute of

Cholera and Enteric Diseases
2006
Antimicrobial activity of some plant extracts
Dr. Paramita Bhattacharya, Institute of

Genetic Engineering
2006
Isolation of chitinase producing thermophilic organisms from soil
Debalina Basu, Surendra Nath College
2006
Metal Resistance Mechanism in Acidophilic Microorganisma
Rini Roy Pal, Maulana Azad College
2006
Si RNA Technology An Overview
Dr. Suchandra Majumdar, Bose Institute
2006
Slow salvation dynamics at the active site of an Enzyme

Implications for catalysis

2007
Detection of Pathogenic bacteria by Gold Biosensor
Dr. Subhas C. Basu

2007
X Ray Crystallography of Protein
Dr. Pinak Pani Chakraborty Bose Institute
2007
Vaccines against diarrhoeagenic pathogen: Myth & Reality
Dr. Monoj K. Chakraborty, National

Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases
10
2007
Microbiological Intervention in Agricultural Sciences
Dr.Krishanu Chakraborty, Department of

Biochemistry University of Calcutta
12.
2008
In Silico Biology
Dr. Sumita Basu, Department of Mathematics

13.
2009
Mycobacter Phage
Dr. Sujoy Das Gupta, Bose Institute
14.
2009
Invasive Allien Species

Madhulika Gupta chaudhuri
15.
2010
Detection of Pathogenic Bacteria
Dr. Subhas C. Basu

16.
2010
Molecular Characterization of HIV 1 strain Circulating in

Eastern and north Eastern Part of India Development of
CandidateVaccine
Dr. Sekhar Chakraborty, National Institute of

Cholera and Enteric Diseases
17.
2010
50 years of Discovery of Cholera Toxin
Dr. Ruksana Chowdhury, Indian Institute of

Chemical Biology
2010
Workshop on handling of Protein and Nucleic acid for

Research Workers
Dr. Santanu Roy (APC College)
18.
2011
Structure and Catalytic Activities of archeal phosphoesterase

domain
Dr.Ushasi Das, Cornell University, USA
19.
2011
Drug design and drug delivery should be taught at the same time
Dr. Subhas C. Basu

20,
2011
Causes of HPV virus infection
Dr. Arati Basu Sen Gupta, Gynecologist
21.
2011
Lecture on Algae
Dr. Ruma Pal, Department of Botany (CU)
22.
2012
Workshop on Separation of Ganglioside by TLC for preparing

Dr. Subhas C. Basu
specific gold nanoparticle for PG second year students and teachers University of Notre Dame, USA
23.
2012
Intellectual Property right
Dr. Tarasankar Bandopadhyay, Senior Scientist

Department of Science & Technology, WB
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Sl.
No.
Year
Topic
Speaker
24.
2012
Development of natural product derived therapies for

Protozoal Diseases
Dr.Collin W. Wright
Bradford School of Pharmacy, UK
25.
2012
Journey of a Biochemist from remote village to

University of Oslo
Dr. Asim Dutta Roy

University of Oslo, Norway
26.
2012
Lectures on the properties of Bio molecules
Dr. Gouri Sankar Ghosh

University of California, San Diego, USA
27.
2012
Microbial Evolution
Dr.Wriddhiman Ghosh, Bose Institute
28.
2012
Properties of Nanoparticles
Dr. Pradip Brahma, Guru Das College
Programme organized by the department

Year Programme
Resource Persons
FACULTY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME

2012 Faculty Improvement Programme on RDT and Bioinformatics
Dr. Koeli Giri Goswami

Dr. Santanu Roy
Dr. Suchitra Sarkar, Rajat Pal
2012 Gold nano particles and its role in detecting cancer cells
Dr. Subhash C. Basu
WORKSHOP FOR STUDENTS

2013 Isolation & Characterization of Purple NonSulfur Photosynthetic bacteria
and Cyanobacteria from waste water
Dr. Mahuya Mupadhyay

Madhulika Gupta Chaudhuri
2010 Handling of protein and nucleic acids
Dr. Santanu Roy

Dr. Rini Roy
Ms. Madulika Gupta Chaudhuri
Ms. Debalina Basu
6-13 Workshop for Young Biochemists, Resource person

Oct.
2009
Prof. J. J. Ghosh
Prof. I. B. Chatterjee
Prof. Krishanu Chakraborty
20-25 Workshop for Young Biochemists, Resource person

Oct.
2008
Prof. Sanjib Ghosh

Dr. Rana Sen
Dr. Debnath chaudhuri
Dr. Santasree majumdar
Dr. Sanjoy Mishra
Dr. Debashis Chakraborty
Dr. Dipak Das Gupta
29th Workshop for Young Biochemists, Resource person

Oct.
3rd
Nov.
2007
Dr. Debnath Chaudhuri

Dr. Sanjit Dey
Dr. Sumantra Das
Dr. Bhaswati Pandit
Prof. Sumita Jha
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26. Student profile programme-wise:

Name of the
Course/programme
Applications
received
Selected
Enrolled
Female
UG (2007)
102
42
25
100
UG (2008)
95
19
07
100
UG (2009)
140
40
25
100
UG (2010)
201
33
20
100
PG (2008)
85
18
15
100
PG (2009)
81
16
10
100
PG (2010)
63
14
10
100
PG (2011)
126
15
10
100
Pass percentage
27. Diversity of students :

Name of the Course
% of students from
the same state
% of students from
other states
% of students from
abroad
UG (2007)
100
UG (2008)
100
UG (2009)
100
UG (2010)
100
PG (2008)
100
PG (2009)
100
PG (2010)
100
PG (2011)
100
UGC-NET
34
GRE
CAT / MAT
GATE
MBBS
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Student progression
UG to PG
100
PG to M.Phil
PG to Ph.D.
45
Only three of the first batch have

completed PhD by this time
Employed
Campus selection
424
Entrepreneurs
nil
30. Present details of departmental infrastructure facilities with regard to

a)
Library : 400 Books, 4 Journals.
b)
Internet facilities for staff and students : 12 PCs with Internet facility in the
department.
c)
Class rooms with ICT facility : 04
d)
Laboratories :
+ 02 Instruments Room + 01 store cum balance Room
Research laboratories : 01
Instrument Room : 01
Microscope Room : 01
Culture Room : 01
31. Number of students receiving financial assistance from the college, university, government
or other agencies.
Courses
Assistance
Number of students
UG level
West Bengal Minority Development
PhD
DST Inspire and UGC Maulana Azad Fellowship
32. Give details of students enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops/ seminar)
with external experts.
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1)
Every year National Science Day is celebrated either with seminar or exhibition by
the students
2)
Monthly Seminar/lectures by eminent teachers or Scientists
3)
Workshop in every year
4)
Quiz contest every year among second year UG students

5)
Model making contest every year for first year UG students
6)
Lecture competition every year amongst third year UG students
7)
Weekly presentation by both second and fourth semester students
8)
Drama on the life of famous scientists
9)
Industry visit
10) State level/ National level/ International level seminar (Please see the Table)
11) Project work done regularly.
Power point presentation
Oral lectures
Specific notes on particular topics
Presentation by the students
Project work
Visits to Industry
Arranging workshops
Special lectures by eminent scientists
Presentation by the students
Model making
Publication of magazines
Tutorials and so on
34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities.

a)
Students residing in hostel, participate in running a night school for the children of
Group D staff and pavement dwellers. Children are not only taught here but they
also take part in Picnic, Sit and Draw Competition and many other activities.
b)
Students are encouraged to be clean the college and the surrounding areas with
proper safety measures.
c)
Students are encouraged be the members of NSS and to follow the programmes of
NSS. There are two NSS units in the college and both the units were awarded for
their Performances (Detail report ia available with NSS activities).
d)
Every Year programmes are conducted on Value Education.
e)
Students do take part in debates on Road Safety, Prohibition of Narcotics annually

organized by city police in collaboration with college students union.
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f)
Programmes on Environment, Food safety, Flood and Drought, Preservation of

Energy Sources, Conservation of Energy, Alternative Energy sources, Celebration
of Tree Plantation day, Republic Day. Independence Day, International Womens
day, Rabindra Jayanti, Teachers Day, Reunion, Freshers welcome etc. make the
students mature enough to be good citizens.
g)
A student from B.Sc Microbiology got the best debator prize in an interdepartmental
debate on GM Crop.
h)
Microbiology Post graduate students (2010) have done a survey amongst college
students about the knowledge, belief and attitude towards cervical cancer, its risk
factors and Pap smear test.
Our aim was also to spread the awareness about the disease because WHO estimated
more than 1,30,000 Indian women are diagnosed with cancer of cervix every year and
about 74,000 of them die from it. India bears the burden of th of the worlds total
cervical cancer cases and mortality. By 2020 an estimated 2,05,496 new cases and 1,19,097
deaths due to cervical cancer will occur in India. Indian women aged 40 -64 years are at
risk of cervical cancer. Cervical cancer having a long latency period is a preventable and
treatable disease. Its mortality can be reduced by early detection. The Papanicolaou (Pap)
smear test is an efficient, affordable and effective method of detecting cytological changes
in the uterine cervix. Pap test plays an important role in screening programme. It helps to
detect early cytological changes such as dysplasia and to treat the patient before cervical
cancer develops. Low cost cervical cancer detection methodologies are also available in
Kolkata. But women should be conscious about it.The students wanted to increase the
awareness about the disease and the prevention of the disease.
Human papilloma virus (HPV) infection in cervix causes the cervical cancer.Recently
developed prophylactic vaccine to HPV have the potential to protect new generations of
girls. The key to reducing cervical cancer morbidity and mortality is early detection and
treatment of cervical precancerous lesions.
The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded in 2008 to three European scientists who had
discovered viruses behind two devastating illnesses, AIDS and cervical cancer. $1.4
million of the award was shared by a German physician-scientist, Dr. Harald zur Hausen,
72, for his discovery of H.P.V., the HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS.
The students also presented the data at a meeting organized by Cancer Foundation of
India and
Dr. Harald zur Hausen was preent in that programme.
The poor knowledge about the deadly disease in woman led us to apply for a research /
survey project on the problem and the project was Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude,
Belief and Practice of the woman in Kolkata towards Cervical Cancer and Its Risk
Assessment financed by Indian Council of Social Science Research.
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The project was sanctioned in March 2011 under the supervision of Dr. Ram Das
Chatterjee, a Guest lecturer of the Department of Microbiology, Lady Brabourne College
and Ex Head of the Department of Tumor Virology, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute,
Kolkata as Principal Investigator and Dr. Aditi Nag Chaudhuri, Head of the Department
of Microbiology, Lady Brabourne College, and Dr. Arnab Ghosh, Dept of Anthropology,
Viswa Bharati, Shantiniketan as Co-Investigators.
The team organized the first awareness programme at the college on May 24, 2011 where
Dr. Subhamoy Choudhury, Director of Health Services, Govt. of West Bengal was the
Chief Guest Dr. Arati Basu Sen Gupta, reputed Gynecologist and an alumnae of the
college also delivered a lecture there. More than 300 students and teachers attended the
programme.
In the second session the assessment was done in the college. After that in the last two
years nearly 4000 women of sexually active age group were interviewed for the assessment
of their knowledge, belief and attitude towards cervical cancer. After each sitting Dr.
Ramdas Chatterjee delivered lectures on the facts about the disease and its prevention.
The information was spread by lecture presentation in Bengali in West Bengal State
Science Congress by Dr. Ramdas Chatterjee and in Orientation Courses organized by the
Academic Staff College, Calcutta University by Dr. Aditi Nag Chaudhuri.
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35. SWOC analysis of the Department and Future Plans:

SWOC:
DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY
STRENGTHS
The depth of knowledge, dedication, capacity to
adapt and accept challenges of the faculty and their
mutual respect and good relationship.
Polite, modest, obedient students who are attentive
in class.
The students are thoroughly trained for the
university examinations solely by the faculty
members of the department..
WEAKNESSES
Space and fund crunch.
Low full-time faculty strength.
OPPORTUNITIES
Microbiology being an interdisciplinary subject
there is immense scope for research and revision
of curriculum.
S-O STRATEGIES
Regular in-flow of government funds for expansion
of research laboratories.
W-O STRATEGIES
Industry.
Challenges
Keeping pace with the advancement of the subject.
To be able to motivate the students for in-depth
study in the face of the many distractions of modern
life style and paucity of job opportunities.
S-C STRATEGIES
programmes motivates them to remain focussed in
their vision of achieving their goals.
W-C STRATEGIES
Generating resources for maintenance of high
precision instruments necessary to keep pace with
the advancement of the subject.
available to them.
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Annexure I to Department of Microbiology
DR. ADITI NAG CHAUDHURY

Publications
1.
Differential acetylcholinesterase activity in rat cerebrum, cerebellum and hypothalamus;

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, ISSN 0019-5189 Impact factor 1.195, H-index
44 (SNIP in 2012 0.996 & SJR 0.451); 44, pg381-386; Pg 41-35381-386, 2006; 2006
2.
Towards Less Toxic Organophosphorus Pesticides : Predicting Equations of

Acetylcholinesterase Activity; Journal of the Indian Society of Toxicology ISSN: 09733558, H-index 6; Vol 7; pg24-31; 2011
3.
Signal Transduction Pathways for Cell Survival or Apoptosis by Tri and Penta valent
arsenic in Rat Brain; Science journal, Lady Brabourne College, ISSN 2319-6858; 3; pg
31-39; 2012
4.
Designing of less toxic to non target Organophosphorus Pesticides using

Phytoremediation; Science journal, Lady Brabourne College, ISSN 2319-6858; 3; Pg.7481; 2012
5.
Antifungal properties of leaf extract of Jackfuit plant (Artocarpus integrifolia); MAC

Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences ISSN 2347-5366; 1(1); 63-73; 2013
6.
Purification and Characterization of Chitinase from Thermophillic Staphylococcus sp.;

International Journal of Environmental Sciences ISSN 0976-4402; 4(4); 458-467; 2013
Book
1.
Comparative studies on the effect of Trivalent and Pentavalent Arsenic on the rat brain,
in Emerging Pollutants : Impact on Agriculture, Health and Environment; .Book ed.,
Amit K. De, Allied Publisher Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, ISBN 81-8424-172-0; Pg23-34;
2007
2.
QSAR for designing environment friendly organophosphorus pesticide utilizing abatement

of pesticide by Spirodela ologorrhiza L. in Emerging Pollutants : Impact on Agriculture,
Health and Environment; Book ed. By Amit Krishna De, Allied Publisher Pvt Ltd, New
Delhi. ISBN 81-8424-172-0; Pg235-258; 2007
3.
East Kolkata Wetland Research Report:A documentation by Lady Brabourne College. 5

Reports; Book Published by Lady Branourne College; Pgs. 2-9, Pgs.14-18; 2013
Proceedings
1.
Biotechnology, Ethics, Agrobusiness and Third world environment; UGC sponsored State
level seminar on Playing God :Expanding Frontiers of Biotechnology, Organized by
Gurudas College, Proceedings; Pg35-44; 2010.
2.
Mathematical modeling of organophosphorus pesticide for software development; UGC

sponsored National level seminar on Logic : From philosophy to computer science through
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mathematics, organised by Vivekananda College for Women, Proceedings; pg100-122;

2010
3.
Search for Drugs; Symposium on Challenges of teaching Microbiology in undergraduate

colleges organized by Centre for Modern Biology, University of Calcutta, Proceedings;
pg 27-32; 2010
4.
Analysis of growth curves of bacteria isolated from Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean and
Arabian Sea by the spectrophotometric method; Proceedings onUGC sponsored National
Seminar on Modern trends in Spectroscopy :Its application in Chemistry and Biology,
Organized by Maulana Azad College, Proceedings, ISBN 13-978-81-928246-1-1; pg
178-196; 2011
5.
Spectro fluorometric study of efflux mediated drug resistance mechanism in gram positive
and gram negative bacteria : With special reference to tetracycline; Proceedings on UGC
sponsored National Seminar on Modern trends in Spectroscopy :Its application in
Chemistry and Biology, Organized by Maulana Azad College, Proceedings,.ISBN 13978-81-928246-1-1; Pg 125-134; 2011
6.
Characteristics of Chromium reducing Bacteria Isolated from East Kolkata Wetland;

Proceedings on UGC sponsored National Seminar on Applied Sciences in
Bioinformatics, organized by Netaji Nagar Day College; pg 35-37; 16,17th Mar 2012
7.
Study of Pseudomonas sp isolated from East Kolkata Wetland and Analysis of its sequence
using Bioinformatics tools; UGC sponsored National Seminar on Applied Sciences in
Bioinformatics, organized by Netaji Nagar Day College; pg 43-45; 16,17th Mar 2012
8.
Identification of a Thermophillic Chitinase Producer Using 16s rDNA sequence; UGC

sponsored National Seminar on Applied Sciences in Bioinformatics, organized by Netaji
Nagar Day College; Pg 50-53; 16,17th Mar 2012
9.
Microbial Biodiversity of East Kolkata Wetland, UGC sponsored National Seminar on

Applied Sciences in Bioinformatics, organized by Netaji Nagar Day College; pg 5860; 16,17th Mar 2012
10. Study of Pigment Producing Bacteria from Waste Water using Nutrient Agar Medium;
UGC sponsored National Seminar on Applied Sciences in Bioinformatics, organized
by Netaji Nagar Day College; pg 65-69; 16,17th Mar2012
Newsletter
1.
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A brief report on the project entitled Assessment of Knowledge and practice of the
women in Kolkata towards Cervical Cancer and its Risk Assessment financed by Indian
Council of Social Science Research News letter, Womens Study Centre, Lady Brabourne
College; 4 45-46; 2013
DR. APARNA SEN, JOINED LBC FROM AUGUST, 2012

Publications
1.
Isolation and partial characterization of a free-living nitrogen fixing bacteria with

phosphate solubilising and salt tolerant properties from soil collected from the coastal
area of West Bengal; .Indian Biologist, ISSN: 0302-7554: OCLC Number: 1797676:;
40(2); 1-6; 2008
DR. SOUMI GUHA POLLEYIN LEAVE FROM MAY, 2012

Publications
1.
Differential Recognition of Phosphorylated Transactivation Domains of p53 by Different

p300 Domains; Journal of Molecular Biology. ISSN: 0022-2836, Impact factor 3.905; V
376; 8-12; 2008
Proceedings
1.
Slow Solvation Dynamics at the Active site of Escherichia coli Glutaminyl tRNA
Synthetase Implications for Catalysis; UGC sponsored Seminar on Changing Facets
of Microbiology in 21st Century, organized by Department of Microbiology, Lady
Brabourne College, Proceedings; 35-36; 2008
2.
Antimicrobial activity of Indian Raw Honey Samples; Symposium on Challenges of

Teaching Microbiology in undergraduate colleges organized by Centre for Modern
Biology, University of Calcutta, Proceedings; 45-48; 2010
3.
Characteristics of Chromium reducing Bacteria Isolated from East Kolkata Wetland;

by Netaji Nagar Day College; pg 35-37; 2012
4.
Study of Pseudomonas sp isolated from East Kolkata Wetland and Analysis of its sequence
using Bioinformatics tools; UGC sponsored National Seminar on Applied Sciences in
Bioinformatics, organized by Netaji Nagar Day College; pg 43-45; 2012
5.
Study of Pigment Producing Bacteria from Waste Water using Nutrient Agar Medium;
by Netaji Nagar Day College; pg 65-69; 2012
DR. MAHUYA MUKHOPADHYAY

Books
1.
Potentials of Purple Non Sulfur Phototrophic Bacteria: Production of

Polyhydroxyalkanoates; Lap Lambert Academic Publisher, ISBN: 978-3-8443-1242-3;
2011
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Publications
1.
Microbial Contamination of Street vended Fruit Juices in Kolkata City; Internet Journal
of Food Safety ISSN: 1745-4565; Vol: 13; 1-5; 2011
2.
Treatment of Domestic and Industrial Waste water by Purple Non sulfur Bacteria in
Kolkata.; Science Journal, Lady Brabourne College, ISSN 2319-6858; Vol 3; 40-45;
2012
Proceedings
1. Purple Non Sulfur Bacteria- Potentials and applications; UGC sponsored Seminar on
Changing Facets of Microbiology in 21st Century, organized by Department of
Microbiology, Lady Brabourne College, Proceedings; 22-24; 2008
2.
Microbial quality of street vended Fruit Juices: A Survey; Symposium on Challenges of

Teaching Microbiology in undergraduate colleges organized by Centre for Modern
Biology, University of Calcutta, Proceedings; 38-41; 2010
MS. MADHULIKA GUPTA CHAUDHURI

Proceedings
1.
Metal Remediation by Fresh Water and Marine Cyanobacteria; UGC sponsored Seminar
on Changing Facets of Microbiology in 21st Century, organized by Department of
Microbiology, Lady Brabourne College, Proceedings; 31; 2008
2.
Bioremediation of Metals by Cyanobacteria under Varying Conditions; Symposium on

Challenges of Teaching Microbiology in undergraduate colleges organized by Centre for
Modern Biology, University of Calcutta, Proceedings; 42-44; 2010
3.
Utilization of Cyanobacteria for metal bioremediation from fresh and marine water; UGC
sponsored National Seminar on Modern Trends in Spectroscopy: its Application in
Chemistry and Biology, Maulana Azad College, Kolkata & IACS, Kolkata; 39; 2011
MS. SUDIPTA PAUL BHATTACHARYA

Publications
2.
Antibiotic Resistance of Biofilm formed by Nosocomially infecting Bacteria and

Emergence of Novel Therapeutics. Science Journal, Lady Brabourne College, ISSN 23196858; Vol 3; 46-60; 2012
Proceedings
1.
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Targetting Biofilms : An Intervention Strategy against pathogenic Microorganism Vibrio

cholerae; UGC sponsored Seminar on Changing Facets of Microbiology in 21st Century,
organized by Department of Microbiology, Lady Brabourne College, Proceedings; 4546; 2008
THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
1.
Name of the Department: Economics
2.
Date of establishment: 1939
3.
Names of programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil, Ph. D., Integrated Masters;
Integrated Ph.D., etc.) : UG (Honours and General Courses)
4.
Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments / units involved: Department is

involved in the interdisciplinary General course in Womens Studies.
5.
Annual / semester / choice based credit system (programme wise): Annual system in UG
level.
6.
Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: Department

participate in the teaching of the Womens Studies General course.
7.
Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions: None
8.
Details of courses / programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: None
9.
Number of Teaching posts:

Sanctioned
Filled
Professors
Vacant
3 (By CAS)*
Assistant Professors
10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization (D.Sc./ D. Litt. /
Ph.D./M.Phil. etc.)
Name
Dr Mou Roy
M.Sc,
M.Phil, Ph. D
Associate
Professor
Smt Ruby Pal
M.A,
M.Phil
M.Sc,
M.Phil, Ph. D
Dr. Joysri
Acharyya
No. of years
of experience
No. of Ph.D.
Students guided for
the last 4 years
Statistics &
Econometrics,
Mathematical
Economics,
Microeconomic
Theory
16
None
Associate
Professor
Development
Economics
16
None
Associate
Professor
International
Trade,
Microeconomic
Theory
14
None
Contd........

Name
No. of years
of experience
No. of Ph.D.
Students guided for
the last 4 years
Smt Somasree
Roychowdhury
M.Sc,
M.Phil
Assistant
Professor
Statistics and
Mathematical
Economics,
Macroeconomics
14
None
Dr. Gargi Sinha
M.Sc
M.Phil, Ph. D*
Assistant
Professor
International
Trade,
Environmental
Economics
13
None
* Awarded in August, 2013.
Smt Siuli Jana retired in April, 2008
11. List of senior visiting faculty: Prof. Sirshendu Roychowdhury takes regular classes in
the department as a part time teacher.
temporary faculty:
Programme
UG Level
Total no. of
classes
No. of classes taken

by temporary faculty
delivered by temporary faculty
69
11.59%
13. Student Teacher Ratio (programme wise): (2012-2013)

Programme
UG Level
107
17.83 : 1
filled : None
15. Qualification of teaching faculty with D.Sc./ D.Litt./ Ph.D./ M.Phil./ PG :
Ph.D
3*
M.Phil
PG
* One Ph.D degree awarded in August, 2013.
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agencies and grants received :
No. of faculty
Dr. Joysri
Acharyya
Period of project National / International

2011-2013
Funding Agency Grant received (Rs)
National
UGC
1,03,000.00
17. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc., and total grants
received: One UGC-CPE departmental project, grant of Rs. 11,000 received.
No. of Projects
Funding Agency
Total grant received (Rs)
UGC-CPE
11,000.00
18. Research Centre / facility recognized by the university: None

19. Publications**:
Name of the
Teacher
No. of
papers
Nat/Int
No. of
publications
listed in
Int. Data
base
Mono
Graphs
Chap.
In
Books
Books
Edited
Books
with
ISSN/
ISBN
No.
Citation
Index
SNIP
SJR
Impact
factor
H-Index
Dr. Mou Roy
1 National
2 Peer
reviewed
with
ISSN
Smt Ruby Pal
1 National
1 Peer
reviewed
with
ISSN
Dr Joysri Acharyya 1 National

1 International
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Dr. Mou Roy: Item writer on Economics in Question Bank Project workshop by
Staff Selection Commission (Eastern India), Govt of India.
Smt. Ruby Pal: Resource Person (Panel Discussion) in Refresher Course by Academic
Staff College CU, on January 8, 2013.
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a)
National committees :
b)
International Committees :
c)
Editorial Boards :
Committees
Name of Faculties
National
Dr. Mou Roy : Joint Secretary of Bangiya Arthaniti Parishad (2011 2014)
Dr. Mou Roy : Life Member of Bangiya Arthaniti Parishad
Smt. Ruby Pal : Life Member of Bangiya Arthaniti Parishad
Dr. Joysri Acharyya : Life Member of Bangiya Arthaniti Parishad
Smt. Somasree Roychowdhury : Life Member of Bangiya Arthaniti Parishad
Dr. Gargi Sinha : Life Member of Bangiya Arthaniti Parishad
International
Smt Ruby Pal : Member, Academic Committee, South Asian Economics

Students Meet (SAESM), 2011, Ramjas College, New Delhi.
Editorial Boards
Dr Gargi Sinha: in Lady Brabourne College Journal (with ISSN no.),

volume on Social Science
22. Student Projects

a)
b)
/ programme :
UGC-CPE Project: 30% of total Honours students
Term Paper Preparation: 100% students of Third Year Honours class.

i.e., in Research laboratories/ Industry/other agencies :
None
23. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty : None

Awards / Recognitions received by students are as follows :
For Co curricular Activities : 15
For Extra Curricular Activities : 11
24. List of eminent academicians / visitors to the department :

Sl. Name of visitor
No.
Affiliation
1.
Dr. Saumen Chattopadhyay
Associate Professor of Economics in Zakir

Hussain, Centre of Educational Studies, JNU
9.9.2013
2.
Prof. Ajitava Raychaudhuri
Professor of Economics, JU
9.3.2013
3.
Prof. Ishita Mukhopadhyay
Professor of Economics, CU
29.2.2012
4.
Dr. Arijita Dutta
Associate Professor of Economics, CU
29.2.2012
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Date of visit
Sl. Name of visitor

No.
Affiliation
Date of visit
5.
Prof. Anjan Chakraborty
Professor of Economics, CU
30.7.2010
6.
Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta
Retd. Professor of Economics, ISI, Kolkata
15.12.2008
7.
Prof. Abhirup Sarkar
Professor of Economics, Economic Research

Unit, ISI, Kolkata
15.12.2008
25. Seminars / Conferences / Workshops organized & the source of funding

a)
National
b)
International :
National
International
Seminars / Conferences
27th Annual Conference of Bangiya

Arthaniti Parishad, 2007, funded
by UGC
34th Annual Conference of Bangiya
Arthaniti Parishad, 2014, funded
by ICSSR, WBSCHE and PNB
Capitalist Crisis & Inclusive
Development : Myths and Reality,
held during December 22-23,
2009, funded by UGC and ICSSR
Workshops
Writing a Term Paper in Economics,

on 29th February, 2012.

Name of the Course/
programme
Applications
received
Selected
Enrolled
Pass
percentage
UG (2007)
467
35
32
71.88
UG (2008)
351
35
33
100
UG (2009)
516
35
20
85
UG (2010)
498
35
33
96.96
27. Diversity of Students:

Name of the Course
% of students from
the same State
% of students from
other States
% of students
from abroad
UG (2007)
100
UG (2008)
94
UG (2009)
100
UG (2010)
100
UGC-NET :1
GRE & TOEFL : 4
477
CAIIB (Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Banking) :1
GRE : 3
GRE & IELTS (International English Language Testing System) : 1
Maharashtra SET : 1
CAT : 1
CAT / MAT : 4
29. Student progression:

Student progression
Against % enrolled
UG to PG
99 to 100 %
PG to M.Phil
NA
PG to Ph.D.
NA
Ph.D to Post-Doctoral
NA
Employed
Campus selection
Entrepreneurship / Self-employment
NA
30. Details of Infrastructural facilities:

a)
Library: The department maintains a library of its own. There are about 600 books
in the departmental library. Out of these books, some are obtained from the UGC
sponsored Major & Minor Research Projects.
b)
Internet facilities for Staff and Students: Internet facilities are provided for staff in
the departmental desktop computers and for students in the computers in the library.
c)
Class rooms with ICT facility : Teachers use laptop with LCD projectors for teaching
purpose. Over-head projectors are also available in case of need.
d)
Laboratories: General Computer Lab of the college is accessible to the students as

well as to the teachers of this department.
or other agencies :
Special Financial Assistance given by Delhi Alumni Association of LBC : 2
West Bengal Minority Development Finance Corporation (WBMDFC) : 7
Indira Gandhi Post Graduate Scholarship for Single Girl child : 1
Commonwealth Shared scholarship for M.Sc. Programme : 1*
* Received after March 2013
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external experts** :
Departmental seminars, workshops and lectures are held regularly at least once a year
with the help of external experts from ISI, CU, JU, JNU to enrich the students (the list of
the academicians who visited for such purpose is given in serial no 24).
**Details given in Annexure 3
Teaching modules are prepared and distributed to the students.
Power Point Presentations are given to make the lectures more interesting.
Weak students are given special support in the tutorial classes during slack session.
Special Classes are taken whenever necessary, after Selection Test when classes are
dissolved officially.

Students of the department take part in NSS activities of the college (seven students in
2011-13, six students in 2012-14, nine students in 2013-15) The hostelites of the
department take classes in the night school run by the boarders. The students as members
of the students union of the college organize different programmes and events.
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SWOC:
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
STRENGTH
The department has competent and dedicated
teaching faculty, who maintain high academic
standard.
Student intake is increasing each year as per
University regulations with minimal dropout rate.
Students have proved their all- round potential
through performance in University Examinations,
participation in co-curricular, extra-curricular
activities in Intra-College as well as Inter-College
cultural programs and NSS work. A few are
members of the students union and most of them
enthusiastically opt for self-financing courses in
Spanish and Public Relations & Multimedia.
Classrooms are well equipped with DLP and OHP
projector and teachers use these audio-visual aids
for classroom delivery.
teachers
WEAKNESS
Department lacks a proper computer laboratory for
students to conduct their review & research
activities.
Inadequacy of space in the department, particularly
there is dearth of a proper seminar room or separate
cubicles for each faculty with minimum
infrastructure of a personal computer with internet
facility.
Lack of infrastructure and space limits the quality
of and output from faculty research.
OPPORTUNITY
Teachers have been engaged in research work
working either in minor research projects, or for
their Ph.D degrees.
Students are encouraged to acquire knowledge from
real life experiences particularly, while on
excursions, thereby turning excursions into
educational tours.
Counseling of students through free teacher-student
interaction not only help them in understanding their
routine curriculum but also instills in them an
interest for research, which they are exposed to
extensively while writing their Term Papers.
Almost all students pursue Masters degree from
renowned Institutes and Universities all over India
and also from renowned foreign Institutes like
London School of Economics and Warwick
University for Masters programme. Many exstudents have qualified for admission to Ph. D
programmes and some are currently pursuing
Doctoral degree. Others get absorbed in high quality
jobs.
S-O STRATEGIES
Obtaining Internet connectivity to classroom
(already equipped with multi-media facility) that
could also be used as a seminar room.
Scope for taking up interdisciplinary courses e.g.
Management Course or, Development studies.
The department is planning to form Economics
Society by the students who happen to have
research-oriented minds.
The department plans to offer Managerial
Economics to the third year students in the near
future.
W-O STRATEGIES
Developing College infrastructure to motivate
enhaced faculty research.
Expansion of the department with dedicated
computer laboratory and seminar room.
CHALLENGE
Regular field studies in different industries,
agricultural farms, different audit firms, (though
not compulsory in syllabus), need to be conducted
for holistic learning by inter-connecting theoretical
with practical real-life experiences among the
students.
S-C STRATEGIES
department.
W-C STRATEGIES
Special classes and tutorial classes are held to
complete syllabus within the short time schedule
available and train them adequately for their
university examination.
Apply to Government for funds for field studies,
visit to agricultural farms, & industry or audit firms
as training for their career choice.
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Annexure-I to Department of Economics
DR. MOU ROY

Publications
i)
Gender Disparity in the Pattern of Employment of Rural Child Labour: A District Level
Study Joint paper with Siuli Jana in Artha Beekshan, September 2006, vol. 15, no. 2
ii) Prantik Mahila Sramik in Bhorai, January 2009

iii) Globalisation Traditional and Modern in Journal of Social Sciences, Lady Brabourne
College, 2011
MS. RUBY PAL
Publications
i)
Enlightenment through Education: the Case of the Children of Domestic Helps of

Kolkata in Journal of Social and Economic Development, vol. 12 No. 1 January -June
2010. ISSN : 0972-5792
ii) Indias Employment Scenario : Pre Reform and Post Reform Phases in Journal of
Social Sciences, Lady Brabourne College, 2011
DR. JOYSRI ACHARYYA
Publications
i)
FDI, Growth and the Environment: Evidence from India on CO2 Emission During the
Last Two Decades, in Journal of Economic Development, June 2009, vol. 34, No. 1.
ii) Written five units for IGNOU Course Material on Industrial Development in India (EEC07), 2013. (in press).
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482
THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY
1.
Name of the Department : Geography
2.
3.
Names of Programmes/ Courses offered (UG, PG, Ph.D., Integrated Masters, Integrated
Ph.D., etc)
Under-graduate
Three years Honours Course
Post graduate
Ph. D
Two years course is divided

into four semesters
The department offers Ph. D supervision and guidance.

Ph D students are enrolled in the Department for
submission of their thesis in Calcutta University.
4.
Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/ units involved : NA
5.
Annual Semester/choice based credit system:
Annual for UG
Semester for PG
6.
Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: N. A
7.
Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc: N.

A
8.
Details of courses / programmes discontinued (if any ) with reasons : Nil
9.
Number of teaching posts.
Designation
Sanctioned
Filled
Professors
Asst. Professors
3*
*All base posts are Assistant Professors post, upgraded by CAS
10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc. / D.Litt./
Ph.D./M. Phil. etc,)
Name
Qualification Designation
Specialization
No. of Years
of Experience
UG
PG
Dr. Saswati
Mookherjee
Ph. D
Professor
Resource
Management,
Industrial
Geography,
Social,
Cultural
Geography,
Environmental
Geography
24
15
Dr. Manasi De
Ph. D
Associate
Professor
Environmental,
Community
Health Geography
17
11
Dr. Subhra
Chattopadhyay
16
Ph. D
Dr. Snehamanju Basu
Ph. D
Associate
Professor
Cartography,
Population
Geography
14
10
Dr. Debasree Bhadra
Ph. D
Assistant
Professor
Cartography,
Population
Geography
Sm. Mahua Chatterjee
M.Sc,
B.Ed
Assistant
Professor
Cartography,
Urban Geography
Sm. Rajasree Banerjee
M. Phil
Assistant
Professor
Social,
Political,
Urban Geography
Associate
Professor
No. of Ph.D.
Students
guided for
the last 4 years
Regional Planning
2
Dr. Joysri Roy
Choudhury
Dr. Sutopa
Mukherjee
Sm. Writuparna
Chakraborty
Ph. D
Professor
Transferred to
Krishna
Nagar Govt.
College
2011
Awarded
Associate
Ph. D (2012) Professor
Transferred to
Krishna Nagar
Govt. College
2012
Transferred to
ABN Seal
College
2009
M Sc
Assistant
Professor
11. List of senior visiting faculty
i.
Prof. Guru Prasad Chattopadhyay (Viswa Bharati ).
ii.
Prof. Ashis Paul (Vidyasagar University).
iii. Prof. Swapna Banerjee Guha (School of Development Studies, Tata Institute of
Social Sciences).
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iv. Prof. B.S.Butola (JNU).

v.
Prof. Milap Chand Sharma (JNU).
vi. Dr. Srikumar Chattopadhyay (Centre for Earth Studies Thiruvananthapuram).

vii. Prof. Jayati Hazra (Calcutta University).
viii. Sri Milan Bhoumik (Calcutta Business School).
ix. Sri Rupam Kumar Dutta (Rabindra Bharati Universiy).
x.
Prof. R. N. Chattopadhyay (Dept. of Architecture and Regional Planning, IIT

Kharagpur).
12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical Classes handled (programme wise) by
temporary faculty :
U. G.
Nil
P. G.
12.82%
13. Student-Teacher Ratio (programme wise):

Course
U. G (Honours)
8.33:1
P. G
5.44:1
14. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff:

3 sanctioned (2 filled up, 1 contractual).
15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with D Sc / D. Lit /Ph. D/M Phil / PG.
16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from

a)
National funding agencies and grants received : Nil
b)
International funding agencies and grants received : Nil
17. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST, UGC

DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received : Nil
18. Research Centre/ facility recognized by the university : Advance Research Centre in
Human Geography
485
19. Publications :
Name of the
Teacher
No. of
papers
Nat/Int
No. of
publications
listed in
Int. Data
base
Prof. Dr. Saswati Mookherjee
11
Dr. Manasi De
Dr. Subhra Chattopadhyay
Dr. Snehamanju Basu
Mono
Graphs
Books
Edited
Books
with
ISSN/
ISBN
No.
Citation
Index
SNIP
SJR
Impact
factor
H-Index
20. Areas of consultancy and income generated: Prof. Saswati Mookherjee is in the
consultancy service of the following institutions:
a.
NABARD as an external member of the Regional Complaints Committee Prevention

of Sexual Harassment of Women at Work Place (From 2012).
b.
SIDBI as outside member of ICC Internal Complaint Committee.
c.
Teaching IAS aspirants at ATI Administrative Training Institute, Govt. of West

Bengal.
d.
Advisor of Selection of Books for purchase in National Library (From 2012).
21. Faculty as members in:

A. National committees
Prof. Saswati Mookherjee 1. The Geographical Society of India L/M-35

2. International Cartographic Association:
L/M-1687
3. Indian Science Congress Association:
L 2230/2383
4. National Association of Geographers (IIG) L703
5. Institute of Indian Geographers (IIG) L703
6. Indian Institute of Geomorphologists (IGI)
7. Institute of Landscape, Ecology and
Ekistiks (ILEE)
8. Prabuddha Bharat: 00976
Dr. Manasi De
1. The Asiatic Society of India (Life Member)

2. Institute of Landscape, Ecology and Ekistics
(ILEE) (Annual Member)
Dr. Subhra Chattopadhyay 1. The Geographical Society of India

(Life Member)
(ILEE) (Life Member)
3. Regional Science Association (Life Member and
also a member of Editorial Board)
486
Dr. Snehamanju Basu
1. INCA (Life Member)

2. The Geographical Society of India (Life
Member)
4. Institute of Indian Geographer (IIG)
(Life Member)
Dr. Debasree Bhadra

2. The Geographical Society of India
(Life Member)
Smt. Mahua Chatterjee

3. Paschim Banga Itihas Sansad (Life Member)
4. The Geographical Society of India
(Life Member)

a)
Percentage of students who have done in house projects including inter departmental
/ programme 100 (U.G.)100 (P.G.)
b)

i.e. in Research laboratories/ Industry / other agencies 5 10 %
23. Awards/Recognitions received by faculty and students.

Sr. No.
Year
Name
Award
2007
Priyaka Gorai
2008
Debangana Bose
2008
Nilanjana Pan
2008
Debangana Bose
2008
Paromita Roy
2008
Anindita Saha
2011
Piyashee Mallik
2012
Nirmita Roy Chowdhury
Principals Silver Medal
2012
Sreya Bhattacharya
1st Rank in Calcutta University
10
2012
Riya Banerjee
2nd Rank in Calcutta University
11
2012
Amrita Mondal
12
2012
Bismita Burman
13
2012
Neha Kanojia
14
2012
Anindita Ghosh
15
2013
Payal Das
16
2013
Madhusree Jana
17
2013
Adreja Roy
18
2013
Payal Sarkar
487
24. List of eminent academicians and scientists/ visitors to the department

Sr. No.
Name of the Faculty
University
Date
Prof. Swapna Banerjee-Guha
TISS
19.4.08, 17.12.12
Dr. Arati Nandi
World Bank
24.4.09
D. P. Duari
Birla Planetarium.
24.4.09
Prof. Jayati Hazra
University of Calcutta.
6.5.11, 10.6.11
Dr. Banhi Dutta Chakroborty
IIT Kharagpur
20.6.11
Dr. Swadesh Mishra
Government of West Bengal
4.8.12
R. N. Chattopadhyay
IIT Kharagpur
22.4.13
Prof. Ashis Paul
Vidyasagar University
13.9.13
Milan Bhawmik
Calcutta Business School
4.12.13, 9.12.13, 11.12.13,

12.12.13
10
Prof. Guruprasad Chatterjee
Viswabharati University
13.1.14, 20.1.14
25. Seminars/Conferences/Workshops organized & source of funding

Workshop Topic & Date
Collaborator
National work shop on a Critical Issues;

Research Trends in Contemporary Human
Geography (19/20.12.2011)
List of Speakers
Funding Agency
(1) B. S. Butola
JNU
(2) Swapna
Banerjee Guho
TISS
U.G.C
Seminar Topic & Date
Collaborator
List of Speakers
Funding Agency
National seminar on Conflicts of

Development: Indian Perspective.
(04.03.2014)
Geographical
Society of
India
(1) Milap chand

Sharma JNU
(2) Sreekumar
Chattapadhyay
Centre for Earth
Science Studies,
Tiruvarantapuram
U.G.C
26. Student profile programme / course wise : NA

Nameofthe Course/
programme
Applications
received
Selected
Enrolled
Pass
percentage
U. G. 2007
840
25
25
100
U. G. 2008
1104
25
25
92
U. G. 2009
428
25
20
95
U. G. 2010
542
25
25
100
P.G. 2008
P.G. 2009
151
193
27
27
27
27
100
81.48
P.G. 2010
258
25
25
96
P. G. 2011
266
25
25
62
488

Name of the Course
% of students from
the same State
% of students from
other States
% of students
from abroad
2010
100%
2011
100%
2012
100%
2013
90%
10%
2010
100%
2011
96.4%
3.6%
2012
96.4%
3.6%
2013
96.4%
3.6%
U.G.
P.G.
CSIR-NET
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013

Student progression
Against % enrolled
Student progression
Against % enrolled
UG to PG
98%
PG to M. Phil.
10%
PG to Ph.D.
5%
Employed
Campus selection
2-3%
489

Library 1 Seminar Library = 2168 Books
Internet facilities for Staff & students
U.G.
P.G.
12
Research Scholars
Teachers

Laboratories
i.
Computer Laboratory
ii.
Cartography Laboratory
- Nil
- 3
iii. Soil Laboratory

or other agencies
1ST YEAR (2012-15)
Year
No. of Student
West Bengal Council, Scheme of scholarship for college

and university students registered
2012
Scholarship from Government of West Bengal, Office

of the District Welfare Officer for Backward Classes
2012
Year
No. of Student
Scholarship from West Bengal Council of

Higher Secondary Examination
2011-14
Scholarship for SC Candidates from Bikash Bhavan
2011-14
Scholarship for Minority CandidateAnd Scholarship from IDBI bank
2011-14
Mala Dey Memorial Scholarship
2011-14
Year
No. of Student
2010-13
Year
No. of Student
2010-13
2ND YEAR (2011-14)

3RD YEAR (2010-13)

Scholarship from West Bengal Council of
Higher Secondary Examination
Vidyabhushan Scholarship from Amul
490
32. Details on student enrichment programmes (Special lectures / workshops /seminar) with
external experts:
List of Special lectures organized by the Department is given bellow
Speaker
Title of the lecture
Date
Globalizing Cities in Contemporary World Order
19.04.2008
Dr. Arati Nandi
Resettlement & Rehabilitation: A Social Responsibility
24.02.2009
D. P. Duari
Astrophysics & Astronomy
24.02.2009
Prof. Jayati Hazra

(Calcutta University)
Social Well-being and Health
10.06.2011
Prof. Jayati Hazra

(Calcutta University)
Poverty And Wellbeing HIV/AIDS
10.06.2011
Dr. Bani Dutta Chakroborty

(IIT Kharagpur)
SEZ and Present Situation
20.06.2011
Dr. Swadesh Mishra
Drought and its Management in West Bengal
04.08.2011
Dispossession And Development
17.12.2012
R.N. Chattopadhyay
(IIT Kharagpur)
Food Security Nutrition And Rural Development
07.05.2013
Prof. Ashish Kumar Paul

(Vidyasagar University)
Geomorphic Hazards with Special Reference to River

Bank Erosion, Landslide And Desertification.
13.09.2013
List of Seminar/Workshop
Sl. No. Seminar/workshop Topic & Date
Collaborator
List of Speakers
Funding Agency
UGC Sponsored on a national work

shop on a Critical Issues; Research
Trends in Contemporary Human
Geography (19/20.12.2011)
Nil
(1) B. S. Butola
JNU
(2) Swapna
Banerjee Guho
TISS
Lady Brabourne
College
2 **
National seminar on Conflicts of

Development: Indian Perspective.
(04.03.2014)
Geographical
Society of
India
(1) Milap chand

Sharma JNU
(2) Sreekumar
Chattapadhyay
Centre for Earth
Science Studies,
Tiruvarantapuram
Lady Brabourne
College
491

a)
LCD Projector, OHP.
b)
Modernization of classrooms with audiovisual facilities/ e-classrooms Not

Available
c)
ICT-Tools for teaching-learning procured under CPE like CDS/softwares/ interactive

tools etc. - Not Available
Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and extension activities:

The departmental students have been engaged in various extension activities with adequate
participation institutional social responsibility such as NSS and Night School. Currently
there are 8 students of 1st year who have enrolled in NSS. All UG Hostelites teach in
Night School.
492

SWOC:
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY
STRENGTH
competent and dedicated teaching faculty, who
maintain high academic standard.
in University Examinations with many placed high
up in the merit list.
teachers
Department boasts of three laboratories: computer
laboratory, cartography laboratory and soil
laboratory.
The faculty are highly focused towards research and
about twenty research scholars are working under
the supervision and guidance of the departmental
teachers, pursuing their Ph.D degree.
WEAKNESS
Inadequate built-in space in the department.
The number of permanent faculty is inadequate to
handle the tremendous class load in both theoretical
and practical courses.
Faculties do not have individual research projects
because of lack of infrastructure and also due to
excessive class load.
The departmental seminar library needs to be
extended further by subscription to more National
and International journals.
The department needs fund from UGC/CSIR for
up gradation of computer lab, soil lab and
environmental lab.
More sanctioned teaching posts are urgently needed
subject to Government approval.
OPPORTUNITY
Teachers are engaged in different research projects
Warm and free student-teacher interaction and
counseling of the students for higher education and
career planning.
Academic autonomy enjoyed by the Post graduate
course allows the faculty freedom to design the
course curriculum keeping in mind the requirements
of present times and schedule by maximizing the
number of teaching days.
The department has huge opportunities in research
and teaching, outreach programmes for GIS, RS
and Planning being viable for the department.
S-O STRATEGIES
Upgradation of atleast one classroom by introducing
ICT facilities including Wi-Fi connectivity.
Requesting for government/UGC/CSIR funds to
upgrade the computer laboratory, soil laboratory and
environmental laboratory in the department.
W-O STRATEGIES
Expansion of the department with more number and
larger classrooms, more laboratory space, more
spacious staffrooms, and seminar room is expected
after the completion of the new building in the
campus which is presently under construction.
Requesting government for sanctioning more
teaching posts in the department.
CHALLENGE
the University of Calcutta in the UG curriculum.
Being a Government College the is no scope of
creating new teaching post without government
approval.
S-C STRATEGIES
Fund crisis for purchase of journals can be
overcome by subscribing for e-journals.
department.
W-C STRATEGIES
From the entire student group, it is challenging to
pull up the academic standard of the socially and
economically backward students.
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Annexure-I to Department of Geography
PROF. SASWATI MOOKHERJEE

Publications
i. Man-Environment Interaction: A Case Study of Purulia. West Bengal: Ind.Jour.
Landscape Systems and Ecological Studies, Kolkata, Vol.29,No. 1, June, 2006. Pp-160165. ISSN No 971-4170.
ii.
Hazard Perception: A Need For Sustainable Development in Hazard Perception and

Disaster Management ed. Niyogi, M.et.al. 2007, Sivnatgh Sastri College, Dept. of
Geography, Kolkata, pp-97-112.
iii. Geo-strategy and Security Issues of North-east India , in Geog. Rev. India, vol.70,No.
3 Sept, 2008, The Geog, Soc. India, Kolkata, pp-203-205. ISSN 0375-6386.
iv. Insurgency and Cross-border Terrorism in South Asia; focusing ethno-religious, cultural
issues,with special reference to India in The Transactions, vol. 31,No-1. Jan, 2009,
Jour. Instt. Ind. Geog. Pune, pp 15-24.
v.
Demographic Changes and ots Impact on Development : A Case Study of West Bengal,
in Ind. Jour. Landscape Systems and Ecological Studies, vol.32, No. 1, June , 2009, Instt.
Landscape Ecology and Ekistics Kolkata, pp-243-248. ISSN 09871-4170.
vi. Geo-political Implications of Partition :Indian Context in Geo-political Implications of

Partition in West Bengal, ed Deb Sarkar Manisha (2009), K.P. Bagchi and Co, Kolkata,
pp 42-45. ISBN 9781-7074-321-7.
vii. Sericulture in Deltaic Environment of West Bengal in Development Perspectives
Monograph 1 ed Basu, R. Dept. of Geography, Univ of Calcutta, Kolkata, pp 27-31,
Reg. No.2617B.
viii. Ideological Shifts in Geography: Its Impact on Research in Geog. Rev. India vol.71,
No. 3 Sep-2009,The Geog. Soc. of India pp 249-254.ISSN 0375-6386.
ix. Stucturalism: An Approach in the Study of Geography in Jour. Of Social Sciences,
vol.2, 2011, pp 136-142 Lady Brabourne College. ISSN 2231-3400.
x.
Humanistic Approach in Development Studies: A Geographical Perspective in Indian

Jour. of Landscape Systems and Ecological Studies, Instt. of Landscape Ecology and
Ekistics , Kolkata, vol. 35, No.2, Dec. 2012, pp 326-331. ISSN 0971-4170.
xi. Landscape Changes: Socio-cultural Dimensions with reference to Urbanised Landscape

in Nature, Society: The Developmental Interface eds Bandopadhya, S. and L Satpati,
2013 Published byu Dept. og Geography and Academic Staff College, Univ of Kolkata.
ISBN 978-81-92348-1-2.
DR. MANASI DE
Books
i. Old Age Home, a Valuable Source of Eye Donors to Illuminate the life of a section of
Human Resources in our Society A case study of Kolkata- Manasi De Publisher in
Contemporary issues on Environment & Development in India and Adjacent Countries
Ed. By S. Majumder. ISBN: 978-81-928047-2-9
494
Publications
i. Alternative energy sources in India problems and prospects Indian journal of landscape
system & Ecological studies Calcutta vol 36. No.- 1 2013, ISSN 0971-4170
ii. Impact of Indian Classical Music on Magpie Robin An Observation Indian sour of
landscape System & Ecological Studies, Calcutta vol 34,No.- 2 2011 ISSN 0971-4170
DR. SUBHRA CHATTOPADHYA
Publications
i. Accounts of The Livestock Manure at Singalila Range Area of Darjeeling District (2006),
Ind. Jr. of Landscape Systems and Ecological Studies Vol-29 No.-1 June (ISSNO971417700)
ii. Liberalization and Agriculture Sustainability in India (2008) Ind. Jr. of Landscape Systems
and Ecological Studies Vol 31 No-1 (ISSN 0971-417700)
iii. How Microcredit Works in Rural and Urban Areas-Two Different Stories (2012), Ind Jr.
of Landscape Systems and Ecological Studies Vol-35 (ISSN 0971-417700)
iv. Lepchas Farming Traditions-some Historical injustice and our crisis in Environmental
Education (2011) journal of social science, Vol-2, LBC, (ISSN 2231-3400)
v. State Induced Peoples participatory Planning and peoples Response (2013): Indian Jr. of
Regional Science, Vol-45, No1, ISSN 0046-9017.
DR. SNEHAMANJU BASU
Publications
i. Sectoral Transformation of Working Population Emerging Issue of Rural India: A
case of Chanditala CD Block, 11, Hugli District in Geog. Rev. of India vol. 71. No. 1,
March 2009 pp 19 24, ISSN No 0375- 6386
ii. Human Resource Development on the basis of some selected indicators: An ward wise
analysis of Kolkata February 2012, proceeding of UGC sponsored state level seminar
by Netaji Nagar College (C.U.)
iii. Infant Mortality - An indicator of health status of the population is a reflection of regional
development an appraisal in Indian context UGC sponsored National Seminar on
Environment and Development by Lalbaba College , Dept. of Geography, CU, Mach 45, 2013.
iv. The revolution towards gender equality an analytical study of Indian society, Jour. of
Social Sciences, vol- 2, Lady Brabourne College, 2011, pp 164 175, ISSN 2231-3400.
v. Assessment of Maternal and child health, The most crucial Social Issue with respect to
the State of West Bengal, Indian Jour. of Landscape Systems and Ecological Studies,
495
496
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS
1.
Name of the Department: Statistics
2.
3.
Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil, Ph.D., Integrated Masters, Integrated
Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc) : UG (Honours and General Courses)
4.
Names of Interdisciplinary courses and departments /units involved Nil
5.
Annual/Semester/choice based credit system (Programme wise) Annual System in UG

level
6.
Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments No
7.
Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. :

None
8.
Details of courses/programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons Nil
9.

Sanctioned
Filled
Professor
Associate Professor
01
01*
Asst. Professor
03
02
10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization, experience
and research under guidance
Name
Natasa Dasgupta
No. of years
of experience
No. of Ph.D.
Students guided for
the last 4 years
M.Sc
Associate
Professor
Multivariate
Analysis and
Design of
Experiment
17
Snigdha Pain
M.Sc,
M.Phil
Assistant
Professor
Computer
application
of Statistics
05
Bratati
Chakraborty
M.Sc
Assistant
Professor
Multivariate
Analysis and
Design of
Experiment,
Operation
Research
05
11. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors: Nil
12. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty- programme-wise information: N.A
13. Programme-wise Student Teacher ratio : ( session 2012-2013)
Programme
45
15 : 1
UG Level (2012-2013)
and actual : Nil
15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/D.Litt/Ph.D/ M.Phil/PG :
M.Phil
PG
16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national, b) international funding agencies
and c) Total grants received. Nil
17. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, DPE; DBT, ICSSR, AICTE,
etc; total grants received.
No. of Projects
1
Funding Agency
Total grant received (Rs)
UGC-CPE
30,000.00
18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University : Nil

19. Publications:
Name of the
Teacher
No. of
papers
Nat/Int
No. of
publications
listed in
Int. Data
base
Mono
Graphs
Chap.
In
Books
Books
Edited
Books
with
ISSN/
ISBN
No.
Citation
Index
SNIP
SJR
Impact
factor
H-Index
Natasa
Dasgupta
Bratati
Chakraborty
20. Areas of consultancy and income generated :
498
Natasa Dasgupta : Item writer on Statistics in Question Bank Project workshop by

Staff Selection Commission (Eastern India), Govt of India.

Committees
Name of Faculties
National
Natasa Dasgupta :
1. Member of Calcutta Statistical Association
2. Member of Indian Association for Productivity Quality and Reliability
Snigdha Pain :
Member of Calcutta Statistical Association
1. Bratati Chakraborty : Members of Calcutta Statistical Association
International
Editorial Boards

a)
b)
/ programme
ENVS Project : 100 % of First Year Honours Class
CPE funded East Kolkata Wetland Project (door to door survey ) : 40 % (18
students)

i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies : NIL
Snigdha Pain : Best Programme Officer (NSS Unit I ) awarded by Calcutta University
in for the year 2012-2013.
Prof. Bikas Sinha, Professor, ISI, Kolkata.
Dr. Bivas Choudhury, DG, ISW, CSO, Kolkata.

a)
National
b)
International :
National
Seminars / Conferences
Workshops
UGC sponsored National Level Seminar in

collaboration with MOSPI and Calcutta
Statistical Association in
Date
25-26 Nov, 2011
499

Nameofthe Course/
programme
Applications
received
Selected
Enrolled
Pass
percentage
UG(2007)
193
15
14
93
UG(2008)
285
15
13
89
UG(2009)
364
15
14
86
UG(2010)
241
15
11
90

Name of the Course
% of students from
the same state
% of students from
other States
% of students
from abroad
UG (2007)
100
UG (2008)
100
UG (2009)
93
UG (2010)
100
NET : 02.

Student progression
UG to PG
Against % enrolled
91 %
PG to M.Phil.
NA
PG to Ph.D.
NA
NA
Employed
Campus selection Other than campus recruitment

a)
Library: The department maintains a library of its own. There are about 250 books
in the departmental library.
b)
Internet facilities for Staff and Students: Internet facilities are provided for staff in
the departmental desktop computers, computer labs and for students in the computers
in the library and computer lab.
Class rooms with ICT facility : Two class rooms and one computer lab with such
facility are there.
500

d)
Laboratories : one computer laboratory with 20 computers are there.
or other agencies :
INSPIRE Scholarship
07
Andrew Yule & Company Ltd. (A Govt. of India Enterprise)
01
external experts
Year
Activities
2008
Special lecture by Prof. Bikas Sinha, Professor, ISI.
2011
Special lecture on Official Statistics by Mr. Onkar Ghosh,Deputy Director,

SDRD, CSO
UGC sponsored National Level Seminar on Application of Statistical Tools and
Techniques in Multidisciplinary Fields
2012
Special lectures on software Minitab by Mrs. T Ghosh, Asst. Prof, Heritage

Special lectures on Sample survey by Prof. Debesh Roy, Registrar, NSOU, Kolkata.
2014
Special lecture by Dr. Bivas Choudhury, DG, ISW, CSO followed by a visit in
ISO Kolkata office
33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning - Apart from regular classroom
teaching equipped with ICT tools, we also arrange special classes/lectures taken by
eminent teachers/experts.
The students and teachers of the department participate enthusiastically and regularly in
the National Service Scheme activities like organising medical camp for the slum dwellers
adjacent to our college, visiting orphanage, participates in various awareness progamme
rallies etc.
NSS Programme officer (faculty)
: 01
NSS advisory committee member (faculty) : 01
NSS volunteers from Department
: 2011-2013 15 students
: 012-2014 07 students
: 2013-2015 09 students
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SWOC:
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS
STRENGTHS
Well structured teaching/learning methods.
Special lecture classes to complement regular
teaching.
Continuous assessment.
Adequate IT infrastructure.
Classrooms with ICT facilities.
Holistic developement of students through various
activities- both faculty members as well as students
are involved in NSS activities.
Quite a few of the students of the department
shoulders responsibility as college union members.
Department organises cultural programmes, annual
picnics etc on a regular basis which facilitates
student-teacher rapport.
Weaknesses
Inadequate space for classrooms.
Low full-time faculty strength.
Non-teaching posts lying vacant
OPPORTUNITIES
Participation in surveys, industry visits increases
student awareness.
Consistently good academic results ensures student
progression to higher studies through success in
national competitive exams.
Intensified job-oriented training by the faculty
members ensures good placements.
S-O STRATEGIES
Maintaining LBC STAT - a closed community
of present and ex-student and teachers on a social
networking site since 2010 which facilitates contact
with the students.
Increasing scope of multidisciplinary research in
the department involving more students.
Arranging tutorial classes for competitive exams
like JAM/ISI entrance.
Introduction of various Add On courses.
Signing MOU with reputed organisations for
Summer training.
W-O STRATEGIES
Industry.
CHALLENGES
Keeping pace with the advancement of the subject.
To be able to motivate the students for in-depth
study in the face of the many distractions of modern
life style.
S-C STRATEGIES
To enlighten students about brighter career
prospects.
Updating & consequent upgradation of
infrastructure pertaining to latest technological
trends through constant persuasion for permission
and sanction of required grants.
W-C STRATEGIES
available to them.
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Annexure-I to Department of Statistics
Publications
NATASA DASGUPTA
Publications
i)
Prediction interval for the Rayleigh distribution. Mukherjee S. P. and Dasgupta N.

IAPQR transactions, Vol 32, November 1, 2007.
ii)
Designing Less Toxic to Nontarget Oranophosphorus Pesticides using

Phytoremediation. Nag Choudhury A, dasgupta N and Roy R. Lady Brabourne
College Science Journal.
BRATATI CHAKRABORTY
Publications
i)
National
A Natural Goodness Of Fit Testing Procedure For Logistic Growth Curve Model.
Chakraborty, B. and Basu, A. Calcutta Statistical Association Bulletin, 2008, Vol
60, Page no 53-69.
ii)
International Database
Goodness-of-fit testing for the Gompertz growth curve model, Chakraborty B.
Bhattacharya S, Basu, A, bandyopadyay S and Bhattacharjee A. Metron. 2014. Vol
72. Page no. 45-64.
URL : ink.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs40300-013-0030-z
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504
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
1.
Name of the department : Computer Science
2.
3.
Names of Programmes / Courses offered : UG (Computer Science General)
4.
Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved : N. A.
5.
Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise) : Annual
6.
Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments : N. A
7.

N.A.
8.
Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons : Nil
9.

Sanctioned
Filled
Professors
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Asst. Professors

/ M. Phil. etc.,)
Name
No. of years
of experience
No. of Ph.D.
Students guided for
the last 4 years

(1) Siddhartha Chaudhury
(2) Souvik Mazumder
temporary faculty: 100%
13. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise): 20:1
filled: Nil
Sl. No.
Name of Technical Staff
Group
Designation
Nil
Nil
NIL
15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil / PG: N. A
agencies and grants received: N. A
received : N.A
18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University N. A
19. Publications:
Name of the
Teacher
No. of
papers
Nat/Int
No. of
publications
listed in
Int. Data
base
Mono
Graphs
Chap.
In
Books
Books
Edited
Books
with
ISSN/
ISBN
No.
Citation
Index
SNIP
SJR
Impact
factor
H-Index
20. Areas of consultancy and income generated N. A.

a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards.N. A.
22. Student projects : 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: Nil
26.
Student profile programme/course wise:
Nameofthe Course/
programme
B.Sc (General)
Applications
received
Selected
N. A
N. A
Male
Enrolled
Fimale
N. A
Pass
percentage
N. A

Name of the Course
B.Sc (General)
% of students from
the same state
% of students from
other States
% of students
from abroad
N. A
N. A
N. A
NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc. Nil
506

Student progression
Against % enrolled
UG to PG
N. A
PG to M.Phil.
N. A
PG to Ph.D.
N. A
N. A
Employed
Campus selection
N. A.

a)
Library: Nil
b)
Internet facilities for Staff & Students: 6 Desktops and 5 Laptops with internet
connections for faculty members as well as for students
c)
Class rooms with ICT facilities: Nil
d)
Laboratories: One computer laboratory
or other agencies: Nil
external experts: Nil
Type of Classes
Methods implemented
Theoretical
Board- Chalk (Chalk and Talk)

Demonstration
Over-head projection
Power-point Presentation
Practical
Demonstration of experiments with proper theoretical background

Performing experiments(hands-on)
Viva or oral interactions regarding experiments
34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: N. A
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SWOC:
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER
SCIENCE
STRENGTHS
Academically qualified and dedicated faculty.
Good academic atmosphere maintaining high
academic standards.
Internet connections for both faculty members
and students.
Free student -teacher exchange and interaction
WEAKNESSES
classrooms and staffroom.
No non-teaching staff.
OPPORTUNITIES
The Departmental Faculty may engage in
mutidisciplinary research activity.
S-O STRATEGIES
Increasing scope of research in the department
involving students by generating funds.
W-O STRATEGIES
collaborative work with other Institutes.
Approaching Government for filling up of
vacant non-teaching posts and creation of new
teaching posts.
CHALLENGES
Keeping pace with the advancement of the
subject with limited number of faculty and other
resources like space etc.
S-C STRATEGIES
Despite the lack of adequate built-in space for
laboratories and classrooms, all theoretical
practical classes are held as per routine which
ensures a timely completion of syllabus
W-C STRATEGIES
Students are enlightened about various career
prospects.
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POST ACCREDITATION INITIATIVES

Lady Brabourne College has made attempts to address areas pointed out by the Peer Team at
the time of the Exit Meeting after the 1st Cycle of Accreditation in 2006. The College has also
advanced to hitherto untapped areas in academics and research to benefit its primary
stakeholders, the students.
The Principals Preface and the Self Study Report record all the initiatives and achievements.
The more important ones are highlighted below.
New Courses opened at PG and UG levels to address growing demands for higher education
and threshold research.
ICT enability and related infrastructure are being constantly enhanced and upgraded.
Teaching-learning relentlessly modified.
Special attention given to Library hours, modernization, up-gradation of ambience to create
suitable ambience for resource usage.
Remedial Courses in progress to encourage slow learners.
Research work carried under CPE, DBT and DST-FIST funding and schemes have involved
students in projects of immense social and academic importance.
Extension in Campus facilities are continuously pursued through fund-seeking and
utilization within time and PG Hostel set-up, completion of Merged scheme building,
speeding up of Roma Chaudhuri Memorial Building, installation of generator, transformer
are significant milestones.
Greater attention is being given to physical fitness and plans are afoot to set up a more
modern gymnasium with more user-friendly equipment to motivate students to become
physically stronger.
NSS activities are given full backing and variety is introduced in Value Education
programmes to expose students to holistic education.
Opening of Womens Studies Centre and Psychological Counselling Cell have opened
windows of socio-cultural studies and spiritual strengthening efforts.
Vibrantly functioning Career Counselling Cell with placement related programmes bridge
the gap between academics and employment.
Self-financed Career oriented courses at UG and PG level provide opportunities for
professional training and movement towards employment in campus.
Meeting deadlines for all funded projects as evinced by the successful completion of the
CPE funds.
Maintaining and sustaining a clean and green campus by such initiatives as setting up of a
Butterfly Garden under UGC funded Major Research Project.
A fully functional IQAC and regular publication of AQARs since inception.
PROJECTIONS
Setting up of Advanced Research Centre with PG departments.
Initiatives to promote MOA with advanced learning, research.
Usage of non-conventional energy like solar power in campus even in modest capacity.
Attempts at rain water harvesting in hostel campus.
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SELF STUDY REPORT NAAC 2014

Lady Brabourne College

SELF STUDY REPORT NAAC 2014

EVALUATIVE REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENTS

Lady Brabourne College

SELF STUDY REPORT NAAC 2014

Lady Brabourne College

SELF STUDY REPORT NAAC 2014

Lady Brabourne College

SELF STUDY REPORT NAAC 2014

SSR Compilation and Analysis Team of Lady Brabourne College, 2014

Lady Brabourne College

SELF STUDY REPORT NAAC 2014

Lady Brabourne College

SELF STUDY REPORT NAAC 2014

B. Profile of the College

NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE COLLEGE:

: LADY BRABOURNE COLLEGE

Prof. Siuli Sarkar

O:033-22897720 9830111872 033-40055355 prl@ladybrabourne.com

O:033-2289 7720 9339751146

STATUS OF THE OF INSTITUTION :

IS IT A RECOGNIZED MINORITY INSTITUTION?

SELF STUDY REPORT NAAC 2014

Lady Brabourne College

Date of establishment of the college: 26.08.1939 (dd/mm/yyyy)

Details of UGC recognition

Date, Month & Year

Details of recognition/approval by statutory/regulatory bodies other than UGC

Day, Month and

CSIR Research Project,

Indian Council of Social

(Enclosed the recognition/approval letter)

DOES THE AFFILIATING UNIVERSITY ACT PROVIDE FOR CONFERMENT

* Partial Autonomy granted to PG Courses.

Lady Brabourne College

SELF STUDY REPORT NAAC 2014

IS THE COLLEGE RECOGNIZED

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

If yes, date of recognition: 15.10.2010

for its performance by any other governmental agency?

If yes, Name of the agency

: Department of BioTechnology and

: 28.05.2012 & 01.11.2010 respectively

LOCATION OF THE CAMPUS AND AREA IN SQ. MTS:

Campus area in sq. mts.

2.4747 x 107 sq. mts.

Built up area in sq. mts.

16000 sq. mts. (constructed area)

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

FACILITIES AVAILABLE ON THE CAMPUS (TICK THE AVAILABLE FACILITY

Auditorium/seminar complex with infrastructural facilities - 1

Facilities (mention available facilities)

Number of inmates: 230

Facilities (mention available facilities) : Gymnasium, library, common

SELF STUDY REPORT NAAC 2014

Lady Brabourne College

Working womens hostel

Facilities (mention available facilities)

Facilities like banking, post office, book shops :1 (Cheap store)

Transport facilities to cater to the needs of students and staff: No

Animal house : 1 (Microbiology)

Biological waste disposal : 1