Download - 1 st July 2015 to 30 th June 2016
A Residential Autonomous College affiliated to Calcutta
University
Re-accredited by NAAC with ‘Grade A’
College with Potential for Excellence
RUSA-funded Institution
DST-FIST Awarded College
Belur Math, Howrah, West Bengal, PIN : 711202
Website : www.vidyamandira.ac.in Email : [email protected]
Phone : 033-26549181, 033-26549632, ; Fax : 033-26541123
Platinum Jubilee Celebration (4 July 2016 - 4 July 2017)
Fourth Convocation
Date : 10 December 2016
Report on the Activities of the College
Content
1. Inception of the College and Its Brief History 1
2. Award and Recognition 1
3. College Profile : Academic Programme 1
4. Student Profile 2
5. Admission Details 4
6. Faculty Profile 4
7. Changes in Administration, Retirement and New Appointment 5
8. Academic Activities of the College : Performance of Students 6
9. Academic Activities like Seminar etc 9
10. Research : Activities of Swami Vivekananda Research Centre 20
11. Research Work of Faculty Members 21
12. Publication 23
13. Placement Cell 24
14. MoU and Linkages 25
15. Third Convocation 25
16. Service Activities : NSS 26
17. NCC 29
18. Students’ Initiative 30
19. Cultural Activities 30
20. Excursion 34
21. Scholarships and Stipend 34
22. Sports and Games 34
23. Governance 34
24. Activities of IQAC 35
25. Infrastructure 36
26. Library 37
27. Funding 40
28. Our Challenges 42
29. Our Future Plan 43
30. Our Gratitude 43
31. Vision and Prayer 44
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Inception of the College and Its Brief History : Swami Vivekananda, after establishing the Ramakrishna Mission in 1897, wanted to
rehabilitate the past glories of our motherland through an education which would
combine in it the best elements of the oriental and the occidental cultures, the
sacred and the secular, the material and the spiritual.
With a view to giving shape to Swamiji’s comprehensive scheme of education, the
authorities of the Mission started this college, Vidyamandirara in 1941 under the
auspices of the Saradapitha, a branch of the Ramakrishna Mission, as an
Intermediate Arts College.
The college was upgraded to a three-year degree college with effect from July 1960.
Post-graduate teaching was introduced from the academic session 2006-2007.
In 2010, the college was adjudged by the UGC as a ‘College with Potential for
Excellence’.
In 2010 again, the college was conferred upon the status ‘Autonomous’ by the UGC
and the State Government.
In 2013, the college was re-accredited by NAAC with Grade A.
To commemorate the 150th birth anniversary, the college established ‘Swami
Vivekananda Research Centre’ to run PhD programmes and other research activities.
This centre has received the affiliation from Calcutta University.
In 2014, the college has been adjudged by the UGC as a ‘College with Potential for
Excellence’ for the 2nd time.
In 2014-2015 session the Microbiology Department of the College was given ‘West
Bengal BOOST Award’.
In 2015, the departments of Physics, Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry and Computer
Science were given ‘West Bengal DST-FIST Award’.
In 2015-2016 session, the college received prestigious ‘DST-FIST Award’ from the
Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
Award and Recognition : o The college has received DST-FIST Award from the Department of Science and
Technology, Government of West Bengal in the year 2015.
College Profile : Academic Programmes :
o Undergraduate Programme
Honours Courses : 13
o BSc – Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, Microbiology, Industrial
Chemistry
o BA – Bengali, English, Sanskrit, History, Philosophy, Political Science
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General Courses : 13
o BSc – Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, Electronics, Statistics,
Zoology (introduced from 2015-2016).
o BA – Bengali, Sanskrit, Philosophy, Political Science, History, Economics
Post Graduate Programmes :
o MA – Sanskrit, Bengali, Philosophy
o MSc – Mathematics, Applied Chemistry
Research Programme :
o PhD – Bengali, Sanskrit, Mathematics
o MPhil – Bengali, Sanskrit, Philosophy
Certificate Courses :
o Photography – 2 courses in the session
o Blood Donor’s Motivation and Social Work : : 2 courses in the session
Dipploma Courses :
o Photography – 2 semester duration (introduced from 2015-2016)
o Book Publishing Management : 2 semester duration (introduced from 2015-2016)
Add-on Courses :
o Spoken Sanskrit
o Communicative English
o First Aid Training
o Vedic Chanting
o Automation
o Tabla
o Vocal Music
o Pakhwaj
o Bengali Recitation (introduced from 2015-2016)
New Courses introduced during the current session : 4
Student Profile :
B.A./ B.Sc
HONOURS GENERAL SUBJECTS
Sl Subjects Ist Year 2015-18
2nd Year 2014-17
3rd Year 2013-16
Sl Subjects Ist Year 2015-18
Ist Year 2014-17
1 BENGALI 17 14 14 1 BENGALI 31 21
2 CHEMISTRY 24 24 22 2 CHEMISTRY 30 29
3 COMPUTER SC 13 14 8 3 COMPUTER SC. 24 18
4 ECONOMICS 12 10 7 4 ECONOMICS 11 13
5 ENGLISH 9 7 9 5 ELECTRONICS 13 14
6 HISTORY 13 10 9 6 HISTORY 47 27
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7 INDUSTRIAL CHEM
19 17 16 7 MATHEMATICS 82 76
8 MATHEMATICS 13 14 16 8 PHILOSOPHY 20 25
9 MICROBIOLOGY 13 11 11 9 PHYSICS 54 58
10 PHILOSOPHY 11 10 9 10 POLITICAL SC. 34 19
11 PHYSICS 26 21 13 11 SANSKRIT 11 19 12 POLITICAL SC 11 9 8 12 STATISTICS 23 18
13 SANSKRIT 14 12 10 13 Math for Eco 15 10
Total 195 173 152 14 ZOOLOGY 10 —
CATEGORY
M.A. / M.Sc CAT U G P G Total
Sl SUBJECTS 1st Year 2015-17
2nd Year 2014-16
OBC - A
19 6 25
1 APPLIED CHEM.
18 24 OBC - B
66 16 82
2 BENGALI 14 11 SC 106 20 126
3 MATHEMATICS 10 9 ST 19 8 27
4 PHILOSOPHY 10 8 PH 10 — 10
5 SANSKRIT 13 16 GEN 300 83 383
Total 65 68
Total No. of UG Students = 520
Total No. of PG Students = 133 Total Student Strength = 653
M.Phil. scholars
Subject Regd Enrd UR SC ST OBC-A
OBC-B
NET/SET JRF RGNF MANF SVRF
Bengali 20 ………… 8 6 1 1 3 6 3 7 0 8
Bengali ……… 6 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Sanskrit 16 ……… 8 5 0 1 2 14 8 2 1 2
Sanskrit ………. 3 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0
Philosophy 16 ………… 4 5 0 3 4 10 1 4 2 6
Philosophy …….. 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0
Ph.D. scholars
Subject Regd UR SC ST OBC-A
OBC-B
NET/SET JRF RGNF MANF SVRF
Bengali 33 13 10 0 2 8 16 13 2 0 0
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Sanskrit 13 4 4 0 0 5 12 5 0 0 0
Mathematics 5 4 0 0 0 1 5 5 0 0 0
Economics 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Admission details in 2015-16 session :
Name of the Programme Total No of students
Applied
Total No of students
admitted
Undergraduate 6681 175 Post Graduate 225 60 M.Phil. 85 12
Faculty Profile :
Synopsis of the Faculty Profile a. Total Number of Full Time Faculty Members : 43
b. Government Part Time Teachers (PTT) : 4
d. Guest/Visiting Faculty : 89
Highest qualification
Professor Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Total
Permanent teachers Ph.D. 13 11 24
M.Phil. 3 3 6
M.Tech - 1 1
PG 5 7 12 Temporary teachers / Guest / Visiting Faculty
D.Sc./D.Litt. 5 89
Ph.D. 57
M.Phil. 5 PG 22
Management Appointed Full Time Teachers
Ph.D. 1
M.Phil./M Tech 2 PG 1
Part-time teachers*
Ph.D. 0
M.Phil. 0
PG 4
Profile of other Staff members :
No of Administrative Staff 13 (Permanent)
No of Technical Staff 11 (Permanent)
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Changes in Administration and in Monastic team :
o Swami Mahamedhananda (Vinay Maharaj), Joint Controller of Examinations and
College Office Superintendent-cum-Treasurer, was transferred to Ramakrishna
Math, Chennai, to take charge of the Editor of the monthly journal ‘Vedanta
Kesari. He left for Chennai in the month of April 2016. He joined the
Vidyamandira monastic team in 2005 and served as Hostel Superintendent for
more than 6 years. Later he became the Joint Controller of Examinations in 2010.
From 10 April 2013 he became College Office Superintendent-cum-Treasurer.
Apart from that, he also took classes in the Department of English. He was
instrumental in systematizing the automation of the evaluation system in the
Department of Controller of Examinations.
o Br Pavitrachaitanya (Devarshi Maharaj) has been appointed as College Office
Superintendent and Treasurer of the college from this session.
o Br Keshab Maharaj also joined Vidyamandira monastic team in the month of June
2016. A very good student of Physics, Keshab Maharaj is presently looking after
Vinay Bhavan Hostel.
Retirements and New Appointments :
o Retirement :
Following Faculty member, Non-Teaching Staff member of the college and the Non-teaching
Staff member of the Hostel retired as per the dates mentioned below.
Sl. No. Name Designation Date of Joining Date of
Retirement
Period of
Service
1. Dr. Satybrata Roy Associate
Professor of the
Department of
Chemistry
08.10.1988 30.11.2015 27 Years 1
Month 22 days
2 Sri Amiya Kumar Roy Cashier 07.11.1983 30.11.2015 32 years 23
days
3 Sri Dinabandhu
Sarkar
Cook 04.05.1992 29.02.2016 23 years 9
month 25 days
Prof Satyabrata Roy was always hard working and sincere. Apart from his
department, he was involved in different administrative and co-curricular activities
of the college. His love for all members of Vidyamandira family will be remembered
for a long time.
Sri Amiya Roy was the cashier of the college for a long time. Meticulous by nature,
he worked in this important department of the college with sincerity and perfection.
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Sri Dinabandhu Sarkar, served the hostel as Gateman and thus became popular
amongst the students who still keep contact with him.
Vidyamandira family expresses its sincere gratitude to these retiring members and
records their long and devoted service with admiration. We all pray to God for their
happy, peaceful and healthy retired life.
o New Appointment :
o Following Non-teaching staff members have joined Vidyamandira team as per the
table below :
Sl. No. Name Name of the Post Date of Joining
1 Jahar Roy Lab. Attendant (Computer) 05/10/2015
2 Rabi Ranjan Roy Lab. Attendant (Microbiology) 05/10/2015
3 Sambhu Nath Dolui Library Peon 05/10/2015
Academic Activities of the College Academic performance of the students :
o The 4th batch of the students under the ‘Autonomous’ system has passed out in
June 2016. Our Controller of Examinations has been able to publish the results
within 3 weeks after the completion of the examination. Pass percentage, both
at undergraduate and post graduate level, is 100. The following table shows the
synopsis of the results for the 4th batch of students (2013-2016).
Undergraduate Honours Course :
Subject No. of
Students
60% &
more
40% & more
but less than 60%
Topper/s in the Course & marks obtained
1 Bengali 14 14 Asim Adak 651/900 72.33%
2 Chemistry 22 22 Sayan Pramanik 693/800 86.62%
3 Computer Sc. 8 8 Soumya Banerjee
647/800 80.87%
4 Economics 7 6 1 Avijit Roy 646/900 71.77%
5 English 9 5 4 Krishnendu Palit 557/800 69.62%
6 History 8 5 3 Subha Manna 507/800 63.38%
7 Ind. Chemistry
16 16 Debanjan Sarker 716/800 89.50%
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8 Mathematics 14 9 5 Debjit Bhanja Chowdhury
602/800 75.25%
9 Microbiology 11 10 1 Koustav Bhakta 689/800 86.13%
10 Philosophy 9 4 5 Anupam Das 596/800 74.50%
11 Physics 13 12 1 Sabarnya Mitra 784/1000 78.40%
12 Political Sc. 8 4 4 Uttam Kumar Das Soutik Nandi
505/800 63.12%
13 Sanskrit 10 10 0 Asim Ruidas 762/900 84.66%
Total 149 125 24
o Post Graduate Course :
Sl Subject No. of
Students
More than 60%
Topper/s in the Course & marks obtained
1 Applied Chemsitry
24 24 Tuhin Dolui 1029/1200 85.75%
2 Bengali 10 10 Ramkinkar Banerjee
730/1000 73.00%
3 Mathematics 9 9 Souvik Pal Chaudhury
716/1000 71.60%
4 Philosophy 8 8 Soumen Adhikary 746/1000 74.60%
5 Sanskrit 16 16 Sujit Maiti 826/1000 82.60%
Total 67 67
The 4th batch of students has performed brilliantly in the external examinations like
IIT-JAM, GATE, NET etc. Following chart gives a brief description of this performance :
I. Physics : Total no. of students: 19
1. IIT-JAM: Ranks within top 200: 7 (11, 44, 67, 73, 109, 146, 160).
2. JEST: Qualified: 6 (Ranks: 12, 78, 102, 126, 130, 254)
3. IISc, Bangalore: Selected: 1.
4. BHU: Admitted: 1.
II. Chemistry : Total no. of students: 30
1. IIT-JAM: Ranks within top 200: 9 (12, 27, 103, 111, 127, 132, 141, 158, 165).
2. IISc, Bangalore: Selected: 1.
3. TCIS, Hyderabad: Selected: 1.
4. Pondicherry University: Selected: 1.
III. Mathematics : Total no. of students: 16
1. IIT-JAM: Ranks within top 200: 8 (44, 57, 65, 74, 74, 105, 158, 173).
2. TIFR, Mumbai: Selected: 1
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3. ISI: Selected: 2.
4. IISc, Bangalore: Selected: 2.
5. Hyderabad University: Selected: 2.
6. IISER, Pune: Selected: 2.
7. Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira: Selected: 5.
IV. Microbiology : Total no. of students: 15
1. IIT-JAM: Ranks within top 200:
a. Molecular Biology: 3 (21, 82, 94).
b. Biotechnology: 2 (94, 154).
2. IISER, Kolkata: Selected: 2.
3. IISER, Thiruvanantapuram: Selected: 1.
4. Bose Institute: Selected: 1.
5. NIV, Pune: Selected: 1.
6. Pondicherry University: Qualified: 3.
7. Punjab Central University: Selected: 1.
8. BHU: Selected: 1.
9. NBRC: Selected: 1.
V. Comp. Sc. : Total no. of students: 11
1. Pondicherry University : Selected: 8. 2. BHU: Selected: 4. 3. Delhi University: Selected: 6. 4. RKMVU: Selected: 4. 5. Visvabharati University: Selected: 1. 6. Calcutta University: Selected: 1.
VI. Industrial Chemistry : Total no. of students: 15
1. MS University, Baroda: Selected: 1.
2. Sardar Patel University: Selected: 8.
3. Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira: Selected: 6.
VII. Economics : Total no. of students: 10
1. Madras School of Economics: Selected: 1.
2. Gokhale Institute of Political Economics: Selected: 3.
3. International Institute of Population Studies: Selected: 2.
4. Calcutta University: Selected: 4.
VIII. Pol. Sc. : Total no. of students: 8
1. Jadavpur University: Selected: 1.
2. Rabindra Bharati University: Selected: 7.
IX. English : Total no. of students: 9
1. Pondicherry University: Selected: 2.
2. Jadavpur University: Selected: 1.
3. Calcutta University: Selected: 7.
X. Bengali : Total no. of students: 13
1. Calcutta University: Selected: 1.
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2. Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira: Selected: 12.
XI. History : Total no. of students: 8
1. Hyderabad University: Selected: 2.
2. Jadavpur University: Selected: 3.
3. Calcutta University: Selected: 2.
4. IISWBM: Selected: 1.
XII. Sanskrit : Total no. of students: 11
1. Benaras Hindu University: Selected: 2.
2. Calcutta University: Selected: 2.
3. Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira: Selected: 7.
XIII. Philosophy : Total no. of students: 9
1. Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira: Selected: 6.
Performance of Post Graduate Students in National/State Level Examinations :
Sl Subject NET SET GATE
ISI-PhD entrance
HRI PhD entrance
TET (last 4 years’ students)
1 Applied Chemistry 2 - 18 2
2 Mathematics 2 0 1 1 1 8
3 Sanskrit 2 2 - 14
4 Philosophy 3 3 - 23
Academic Activities like seminar, extension lectures etc
Sl No. Category of the Seminar/Talks Number
1 UGC-sponsored Seminars / Conferences/ Workshops 3
2 Departmental Seminars / Conferences/ Workshops 28
3 Weekly Seminars 4
4 Other Institutional Seminars / Conferences/ Workshops 17
5 Memorial Lectures 6
6 Talks and Seminar on Indian Culture and Spiritual Heritage 12
Total 70
UGC-sponsored Seminars / Conferences/ Workshops:
Sl No
Department Date Topic Speakers Type of the Seminar
1
Economics 29-Aug-15 Global Economic Crisis: Lessons and Recovery.
Soumyen Sikdar, IIM Calcutta, Siddhartha Chattopadhyay, IIT Kharagpur, Himadri Bhattacharya, Formar Chief Investment Officer, RBI, G. Vijay, University of Hyderabad, Partha Ray, IIM Calcutta.
National
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2
Philosophy 29 & 30 September 2015
The Concept of Morality: Indian and Western
Prof. Rupa Bandyopadhyaya, Dept. of Philosophy, Jadavpur University, Prof. Braja K. Swain, Prof. Tapan Kr. Chakraborty, Prof. Raghunath Ghosh, Prof. Gopal Chandra Khan, Prof. Subirranjan Bhattacharya, Prof. Sirajul Islam, Prof. Rajib Roy, Prof. Amit Bhattacharjee
National
3
Industrial Chemistry
28 & 29 March 2016
Recent Advances in Materials Science
Dr. Bikramjit Basu, Prof., Indian Institute of Science, Bngalore. Dr. Amitava Patra, Prof., Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science. Dr. Debabrata Pradhan, Associate Prof. Materials Science, IIT Kharagpur, Dr. Kalyan Kr. Chattopadhyay, Prof., Dept. of Physics, JU. Dr. Dipankar Chattopadhyay, Prof., Dept. of Polymer Science & Technology, CU. Dr. Sabyasachi Sarkar, Honorary Emeritus Prof., IIEST, Shibpur.
National
Departmental Seminars / Conferences/ Workshops : Sl No
Department Date Topic Speakers Type of the Seminar
1 Bengali In collaboration with ‘Folklore Congress Association of India’
23 & 24. 04.2015
Loksanskriti charcha deshe desantare
Barun Chakraborty (former Professor of University of Kalyani), Shaktinath Jha (former Professor of Krishnath College, Berhampore), Suvas Bandyopadhyay (former Professor of University of Calcutta) Dibyajyoti
State level
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Majumder, Dulal Chowdhury, Dipak Roy,
2 Bengali 19.04.2016 Srikrishnakritan: Prokasher sataborsha
Prof. Satyaboti Giri, Ex-Professor, Jadavpur University. Prof. Sanat Kumar Naskar, University of Calcutta
State level
3 Bengali 18-Jan-16 Bangla Chhanda O tar bibarton
Alokedyuti Nandi, UG-III year Bengali (H) Student, RKM Vidyamandira
Colloquium Lecture
4 English 22–26.02.2016
International Short Story and Creative Writing
Dr. Dipika Mukherjee, Adjunct Professor, Department of Asian Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA,
International
5 English 15.09.2015 Masculine Imagery & Icons in Popular Entertainment
Robert Masterson, Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York
International
6 Sanskrit 28.04.2015 Sanskrit sahitye Paribes bhabna
Prof. Bidyut Baran Ghosh (Sanskrit College, Kolkata), Dr. Didhit Biswas (University of Calcutta), Dr. Tapan Sankar Bhattacharya (Jadavpur University)
State level
7 Sanskrit 01.03 2016 Smṛtiśāstra and the Hindu Law of Inheritance
Prof. Braja Kishore Swain, Former Professor, Sri Jagannath Sanskrit University, Puri
National
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8 Philosophy 02.04.2016 a. Theory of Reincarnation in Hinduism b. Fundamental Teachings of Holy Quoran
Abir Kumar Dhar & Souvik Dutta, BA 3rd year Philosophy (H) Students, RKM Vidyamandira
Colloquium Lecture
9 History 05.08.2015 Researching Indian Religions in the academia: Opportunities & Possibilities
Prof. Ferdinando Sardella, Assistant Professor, History of Religions, Stockholm University (Sweden) & Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
International
10 History 14.08.2015 Facets of Dalit History and Identity
Prof. Rajsekhar Basu, Dept. of History, Calcutta University
State level
11 History 28.03.2016 a. Great Rebellion of 1857: an overview b. Socio-economic condition of the lower middle class under Delhi Sultanate
Prodipta Thakur & Abhinandan Sarkar, BA 3rd year History (H) Students, RKM Vidyamandira
Colloquium Lecture
12 Chemistry 06.10.2015 RSC East India Student Chapters and Chemsoc project of 2015 for under graduate students (Chemical Science)
Dr. Abhiram Pradhu, RSC, India
National
13 Chemistry 27.11.2015 RSC East India Student Chapters and Chemsoc project of 2015 for under graduate students
Dr. Abhiram Pradhu, RSC, India
National
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(Chemical Science)
14 Chemistry 02.01.2016 Recent trends in Chemical Research
Sri Soumen Ghosh, Research Scholar, Dept. of Chemistry, Michigan State University, USA
International
15 Physics 14. 08.2015
Strong Gravitational Lensing & Opening in Astro-physics
Sampat Mukherjee, Research Scholar, University of Groniongn, Netherlands
International
16 Physics 11.04.2016 Does God Really Play Dice?
Prof. Rajesh Karmakar
Departmental
17 Physics 23.08.2015 Gravitation: Some Pertinent Questions
Ayan Banua, B.Sc., 1st year Physics(H) Students
Colloquium Lecture
18 Mathematics 27.07.2015 Muntz's Theorem on Approximation by Polynomials
Tapopriya Majumdar, Research Scholar, Ohio State University, U.S.A.
International
19 Mathematics 10.09.2015 Zeroes of Polynomials
Prof. Gadadhar Misra, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
National
20 Microbiology 13.10.2015 How a drug is developed and manufactured in Pharmaceutical Industry?
Bedadyuti Chakraborty, Associate Director, Quality Reddy's Laboratory, Hyderabad
National
21 Industrial Chemistry & Applied Chemistry
12.09.2015 Scope of research in Nano-science
Prof. Ashok Kumar Ganguli, Director, Institute of Nano-science and Technology, Mohali
National
22 Industrial Chemistry & Applied Chemistry
14 & 15. 09.2015.
Characterization of Materials by Advanced Instrumentation Techniques
In collaboration with Toshvin Analytical Pvt. Ltd.
National level Workshop
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23 Applied Chemistry
25.07.2015 Recent trends of research in (a) Carbon dots and (b) Neophosphor materials
2nd year M.Sc. Applied Chemistry Students
Colloquium Lecture
24 Computer Science
04.08.2015 Recent Trends in Computing
Dr. Ansuman Banerjee, Associate Professor, Advanced Computing and Micro-electronics Unit ISI, Kolkata
State level
25 Computer Science
04.08.2015 Embedded System
Dr. Prabhat Mishra, Associate Professor, Dept. of Computer and Information Science & Engineering University of Florida, USA
International
26 Computer Science
14.08.2015 Indian INTERNET ENGINEERING TASK FORCE Capacity Building Program
National
27 Statistics 21.09.2015 Elements of Demography-I (Mortality)
Sankar Dihidar, Retired Faculty, Population Studies Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
State level
28 Statistics 23.09.2015 Elements of Demography-II (Fertility)
Sankar Dihidar, Retired Faculty, Population Studies Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
State level
Weekly Seminars:
Sl No
Organized by Date Topic Name of the Speaker
1 College 18.07.2015 Environmental Problems in the Himalayas
Sri Dwijen Bandyopadhyay, United Bank of India, Belur Math Branch
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2 College 08.08.2015 Adventures in Mountaineering (a video presentation)
Sri Dipankar Ghosh, Working Advisor, West Bengal Mountaineering and Adventure Sports Foundations
3 College 22.08.2015 Space Shuttle Disaster (a multimedia presentation)
Swami Sarvapriyananda, Acharya, Probationers’ Training Centre, Belur Math
4 College 29.08.2015 Ruper Atit Rup – Rabindranather Chitrakala
A documentary film on paintings of Tagore, By Aurora Film Corporaton Private Limited
Other Institutional Seminars / Conferences/ Workshops:
Sl No
Organized by Date Topic Name of the Speaker Type of the Seminar
1 College 29.08.2015 User Interface in Linux
Sankarshan Kundu Colloquium Lectures
2 College 10.02.2016 Netaji antardhyan rahosya
Dr. Purabi Roy, Retired Professor Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University
Institutional
3 College 13.01.2016 Ei-ichi Negishi, 2010 Nobel Laureate, Herbert C. Brown Distinguished Professor, Organic Chemistry & Teijin Limited, Director of the Negishi-Brown Institute, Brown Laboratory of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Interactive Seminar
4 College 9.01.2016. Rajesh Karmakar, Bhabesh Ray, Sagar Biswas, SS Riaz, Debashis Jana, Sekahr Gain, Atanu Bhattacharya, Bappa Das, Soumitra Kayal, Arindam Roy, Santanu Moitra, Br Pavitrachaitanya,
Inter Departmental Science Conference
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Sarbajit Manna, R.K. Mission Vidyamandira
5 College 2 & 3.09.2015
Android Applications Development
ARK Technosolutions, Dept. of Metallurgy, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, RKM Vidyamandira, Belur Math, Robokart.Com.
Workshop
6 College 02.01.2016 Jagannath Cult Dr. Sk Makbul Islam Colloquium Lecture
7 College 19.12.2015 Tale of a Small Town
Prof. Subrata Roy Chowdhury
Colloquium Lecture
8 College 05.12.2015 New Developments in Higher Education in India
Swami Shastrajnananda, Principal, RKMVM
Colloquium Lecture
9 College 28.04.2015 Determinant rings and varieties and Eagan – Northcote complex.
Sri Joydip Saha Colloquium Lecture
10 IQAC 17.04.2015 Students’ Attendance Software Package
Workshop
11 IQAC 06.05.2015 CAS Workshop
12 IQAC & Dept. of History
03.09.2015 1. Academic exchange programmes 2. Collaboration in Research 3. Exploring possibility of signing a MoU with various academic bodies of the Republic of Bangladesh
Prof. Dr. Afroza Begum Yasmin, Course Director & Director (R & D), NAEM
International Conference
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13 IQAC 13 & 14.07.2015
NAAC Assessment and Accreditation: Implementation at the Institutional Level.
Dr. Partha Chattopadhyay, Hon’ble Minister-in-Charge, Dept. of Higher Education, Govt. of WB. Mr. Vivek Kumar, IAS, Principal Secretary, Dept. of Higher Education, Govt. of WB. Dr. K. Rama, Deputy Adviser, NAAC, Bangaluru. Smt. Madhumita Roy, IAS, Additional Secretary, Dept. of Higher Education, Govt. of WB.
State level
14 IQAC 29.02.2016 Preparation of Students’ Attendance Report
Prof. Sourav Mukherjee, Institute of Engineering and Management (IEM), Kolkata
15 NCC 11.02.2016 Careers in Defence Services
Brigadier Tusar Roy, Group Commander Kol-B
Special Lecture
16 NSS 25.02.2016 Thalassemia Dr. Swati Roy Gangopadhyaya, Associate Professor, Rashtraguru Surendranath College, Barrackpore.
Institutional
17 NSS 7,8 & 9.01.2016
How to Practise Concentration
Swami Mahamedhananda, R.K. Mission Vidyamandira
Workshop
Memorial Lectures:
Sl. No.
Name of the Memorial Lectures
Date Topic Name of the Speaker
1 Swami Vimuktananda Memorial Lecture
11.07.2015 Swami Suparnanandaji, Secretary R.K. Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark
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2 Prof. Dilip Kumar Mukherjee Memorial Lecture
21.08.2015 Dr. Kalyan Kumar Chattopadhyay, Associate Prof, Dept. of Physics, Director, School of Materials Science & Nanotechnology, Jadavpur University.
3 Swami Tejasananda Memorial Lecture
26.09.2015 Ashrama Life: Its Advantages and Challenges
Martin Kampchen, A renowned writer
4 Professor Sabyasachi Sarkar Endowment Lecture
01.09.2015 Progress of Nanoscience and Organic Electronics: An Overview
Prof. Dilip Kumar Maiti, Calcutta University
5 Ambika Sarkar & Jadunath Majumder Memorial Lecture
02.04.2016 Sanskritir poribartan o siksha protisthaner bhumika
Sri Alapan Bandyopadhyay, IAS, Principal Secretary, Transport Dept.
6 Bitoshok Bhattacharya Memorial Lecture
26.04.2016 Bitoshok Bhattacharya: Jibon O Sahittya
Prof. Dr. Srutinath Chakraborty. Vidyasagar University. Organized by Bengali Department
Talks and Seminar on Indian Culture and Spiritual Heritage:
Sl. No.
Date Name of the Speaker
Topic Type of the Seminar
1 30-Jul-15 Swami Debopriyanandaji
Sree Sree Maa er katha theke path and Lecture
Spiritual Lecture
2 19-Aug-15 Swami Devarajanandaji
Sree Sree Maa er katha theke path and Lecture
Spiritual Lecture
3 31-Aug-15 Swami Balavadranandaji
Sree Sree Maa er katha theke path and Lecture
Spiritual Lecture
4 22-Sep-15 Swami Sidheshanandaji
Sree Sree Ramkrishna kathamrita theke path and Lecture
Spiritual Lecture
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5 23-Sep-15 Swami Stabapriyanandaji
Sree Sree Maa er katha theke path and Lecture
Spiritual Lecture
6 17-Dec-15 Swami Divyanandaji
Sree Sree Ramkrishna kathamrita theke path and Lecture
Spiritual Lecture
7 17-Dec-15 Swami Tattwasaranandaji
Sree Sree Maa er katha theke path and Lecture
Spiritual Lecture
8 21-Jan-16 Swami Devapriyanandaji
Sree Sree Maa er katha theke path and Lecture
Spiritual Lecture
9 09-Feb-16 Swami Vedswarupanandaji
Sree Sree Ramkrishna kathamrita theke path and Lecture
Spiritual Lecture
10 25-Feb-16 Swami Bedswarupanandaji
Sree Sree Maa er katha theke path and Lecture
Spiritual Lecture
11 28-Mar-16 Swami Jnanlokanandaji
Sree Sree Ramkrishna kathamrita theke path and Lecture
Spiritual Lecture
12 13-May-16 Swami Nirvikalpanandaji, Prosenjit Biswas, Br. Pavitrachaitanya, Jatisankar Chattopadhyay
Indian Culture and Spiritual Heritage
Spiritual Seminar
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Research
Activities of Swami Vivekananda Research Centre :
Name of the Certificate Course Number of Students Effective Date &
Duration
Swami Vivekananda’s Life &
Teachings
48 January - June 16
Shree Ma Sarada Devi’s Life &
Teachings
23 April – August 16
Srimad Bhagavat Gita : Effective Life
Management
79 February – April 16
Name of the Workshop Number of Students Effective Date & Duration
How to Practise
Concentration
107 7th January-13th January 16
M.Phil. scholars
Subject Regd/Enrolled NET/SET UGC-JRF
UGC-Rajib Gandhi National Fellowship/National Fellowship
Moulana Azad National Fellowship
Swami Vivekananda Research Fellowship
Bengali 20 6 3 7 0 8
Bengali 6 1 0 0 0 0
Sanskrit 16 14 8 2 1 2
Sanskrit 3 2 1 0 0 0
Philosophy 16 10 1 4 2 6
Philosophy 3 3 3 0 0 0
64 36 16 13 3 16
Ph.D. scholars
Subject Regd JRF RGNF MANF SVRF
Bengali 33 13 2 0 0
Sanskrit 13 5 0 0 0
Mathematics 5 5 0 0 0
51 23 2 0 0
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Research Work of Faculty Members : Total ongoing – 5 ; Total completed - 5
Minor Research Projects undertaken by Science Faculty
2015-16
On-going:
Name of
the
Teacher
Departm
ent
Title of the project Tenur
e
Amount
Sanctioned
(Rs.)
Approved
by
Date
of
Sanct
ion
UC
Submitted
on
Bhabesh
Roy
Physics Study of
Iuminescence
properties of some
titanates
2014-
16
2,05,000/- UGC 05.02
.2015
N.A
Sekhar
Gain
Chemist
ry
Reactivity and
Mechanistic Studies
in transition metal
bound superoxo
complexex
2014-
16
4,10,000/- UGC 05.02
.2015
N.A
Syed
Sahed
Riaz
Chemist
ry
Influence of External
Agencies/internal
parameters on the
Physical Attributes
of Pattern Formation
in a Reaction-
diffusion System
2014-
16
2,20,000/- SERB 02.03
.2015
N.A
Completed:
Name of
the
Teacher
Department Title of the
project
Tenure Amount
Sanctioned
(Rs.)
Approved
by
Date
of
Sanct
ion
UC
Submitted
on
Arindam
Roy
Microbiology Occurrence
and behavior
of Food-
borne
Bacterial
Pathogens in
Some
2013-15 4,55,000/- UGC 18.03
.2014
11.07.201
6
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Legume-
based
Traditional
Fermented
Food
Abhishek
Barman
Computer
Science
Soft
Computing
Approach for
performance
analysis of
uncertainly
based
algorithms
2013-15 3,02,000/- UGC 18.03
.2014
UC yet to
be
submitted
Minor Research Project (Undertaken by Arts faculty)
2015-16
On-going:
Name of
the
Teacher
Department Title of the
project
Tenure Amount
Sanctioned
(Rs.)
Approved
by
Date
of
Sanct
ion
UC
Submitted
on
Manas
Ranjan
Bhowmik
Economics An enquiry into
the nature and
causes of
distress of
hand-loom
weavers in
West Bengal
2014-16 1,80,000/- UGC 05.02
.2015
N.A
Prithwiraj
Biswas
History War and
advertisements:
Reflections
from Colonial
Bengal.
2014-16 1,70,000/- UGC 02.02
.2015
N.A.
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Completed:
Publication :
o Institutional Publication :
Vidyamandira Patrika, the college magazine has also been published in
2015 under the editorship of Prof Durga Sankar Chakraborty.
o Faculty Publication : Total - 66
Details of research publications of Teachers:
Sl. No.
Department Details of research publications
International National Others
1 Bengali
Peer Review Journals 2 - -
Non-Peer Review Journals - - 6
Books - 4 -
Edited Books - 4 -
Name of
the
Teacher
Department Title of the
project
Tenure Amount
Sanctione
d
(Rs.)
Approve
d by
Date
of
Sancti
on
UC
Submitted
on
Arup
Kumar
Dhabal
Philosophy Indian
Philosophical
Isms: An
Introductory
Anthology
2013-15 3,00,000/- UGC 18.03.
2014
11.07.201
6
Sudip
Bhattachar
yya
English Writ in Stone:
True Tales of
Old Calcutta
from its
Cemeteries
2013-15 2,70,000/- UGC 18.03.
2014
UC yet to
be
submitted
Tapas
Saha
Bengali Bangla
Sahityo:
Samasya O
Smbhabanai
Samokalin
Granthochitra
Silpo
2013-15 2,00,000/- UGC 18.03.
2014
02.03.201
6
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Chapter/Article in Books - 5 -
2 Chemistry Peer Review Journals 1 - -
3 Computer
Science
Peer Review Journals 1 - -
Conference proceedings - 1 -
4 Economics Peer Review Journals 2 - -
5 English Books 1 - -
Edited Books - -
6 History Peer Review Journals - 8 -
7 Microbiology Peer Review Journals - 7 -
8 Physics Peer Review Journals 3 - -
Conference proceedings - 1 -
9 Mathematics Conference proceedings 1
9 Political Science
Non-Peer Review Journals - 1 -
Conference proceedings - 1 1
Books - 1 -
10 Industrial Chemistry
Peer Review Journals 8 - -
Conference proceedings 2 5
TOTAL: 21 33 12
o Publication of Researcher Scholars and student : Total 20
Placement Cell : 1. Students sent to different institutions/ industries for training programme:
Department
Name of the student
Organisation
Comp. Sc. Soumik De Infinite Computer Solution, Bangalore
Akash Maity CVPR Unit, Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata Susobhan
Bandopadhyay Akash Pareek ACMU Unit, Indian Statistical Institute (ISI),
Kolkata Abhirup Nandy
Subir Sarkar Chemistry Arnab Roy Chembiotech, Kolkata
Kingshuk Bag
Microbiology Koustav Bhakta Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), Kolkata
Arunava Seth National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases (NICED), Kolkta
Swarnendu Roy Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Thiruvanantapuram
Abirlal Mukherjee University College of Science, Technology & Agriculture, University of Calcutta, Kolkata
Arghya Saha Hyderabad University, Hyderabad
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Atridev Pandit University of Calcutta, Kolkata
Industrial Chemistry
Debanjan Sarkar H & R Johnson, Mumbai
Subhradeep Mandal
Saikat Banerjee Aditya Birla Insulators, Halol, Gujarat
Sagnik Chowdhury
Rupan Bera
Tapas Shyamal Cement Corporation of India, Tandur, Telangana Subham Chandra Paul
Pintu Maity
Suman Ghosh Calderys india refractories Ltd, Nagpur
Saikat Mandal
Soumajyoti Ghosh ACC Cement Ltd., Bargarh, Odisha
Koustav Pal
Saptarshi Maiti ACC Cement Ltd., Gagal, Himachal Pradesh
Shovan Biswas
Debmalya Santra
Rahul Mitra Vesuvius India Ltd., Kolkata
2. Off Campus Recruitment:
Sri Abihjit Bera, Applied Chemistry 2nd Year, was absorbed by Himadri Chemicals &
Industries Ltd. on Off Campus Interview basis.
3. New Courses under Placement Cell
a. A one-year Diploma Course in Book Publishing & Management was started on
December 12, 2015, in which 35 students got enrolled. The course is about to be
completed.
b. A six-month certificate course on Communicative English was started in January,
2016, in collaboration with Institute for Inspiration & Self Development, Kolkata.
Totally 130 students enrolled in the course which was completed in July, 2016.
MoU and Linkages :
The college has signed MoUs with ISI-Kolkata, CGCRI-Kolkata, Bose Institute-
Kolkata.
Linkages set up with Industries : Calderys Refractories Ltd, Maharashtra, Aditya
Birla Insulators, Gujarat, ACC Limited, Cement Corporation of India
Linkages set up with Academic Institutions : IACS, Kolkata, Bose Institute, Kolkata,
NCL, Pune.
Third Convocation : Third Convocation of the autonomous college was held on 12
December 2015. Prof Sugata Marjit, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta
delivered the Convocation Address. Revered Srimat Swami Shivamayanandaji Maharaj,
Member of the Governing Body and Trustee of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna
Mission presided over the function.
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Service Activities (Extension and Outreach
Programmes): Activities of NSS Wing of the College :
Brahmananda Book Bank: A considerable number of school going students in the neighbourhood of our college find it quite challenging to buy their regular school books along with the essential study materials. Responding to the needs of such students, NSS wing came up with a book bank christened ‘Brahmananda Book Bank’. Through this book bank - books, pens and exercise books were handed out to the students of Belur Girls’ School on 28.09.2015.
Number of student beneficiaries: 10 girls of classes XI and XII The number of exercise books distributed: 30 The number of pens distributed: 30 Number of books distributed: 24
Eco Club: With a view to keeping the pollution under control and making the
environment green, NSS wing introduced Eco Club on 19th August, 2013. Currently, the Eco Club takes care of the plants on the college campus and also spreads awareness among the local youths about the importance of planting trees.
Working days: one day in a week First Aid camp:
The NSS wing of Vidyamandira conducts a First Aid Camp every year. The
purpose of this annual camp is to furnish pupils with basic skills so that they would
be capable of responding to any first aid emergency until a medical professional
arrives.
Dates of the camp:12 to 20 of August, 2015
Number of participants: 170
Hours: three hours daily
General health checkup camp:
To make students aware of the condition of their health, NSS wing organized
a one day general health check-up camp on 30.08.2015
Number of students who underwent a health checkup: 250
NSS special camp:
NSS wing also organizes special camps. In collaboration with West Bengal
Blood Donors Association, it offers university level certificate courses on ‘Social
Service—Blood Donor Motivation’. These four day courses are aimed at building up
an army of trained honorary blood donor motivators in the community, who in turn
will be capable of motivating voluntary blood donors and imparting scientific
education on blood and blood donation to common people as well as to the school
students – the donors of tomorrow. Two such courses were
held on: 19, 21, 22, 24 of August 2015 and 7, 8, 9, 10 October 2015
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Number of students: 127
Pre-Saradotsav Cloth distribution:
Characteristically, Saradotsav is an occasion of joy and festivity. And yet it is
an irony that quite a few children in our society still remain deprived of a simple joy
like owning a new dress during this important festive season. To bring smile to such
underprivileged living in the immediate vicinity of our college, NSS wing formed a
survey team which travelled to nearby schools and handed out vouchers to the
needy students. Afterwards, the children along with their guardian came to our
college to receive the clothes on 12.09.2015. The smiling faces of the children, upon
receiving these small tokens of love, make our limited endeavour truly rewarding.
Total figure of children beneficiaries: 147
Blood donation camp:
Blood is life. Indeed, instances are not wanting when people die owing to the
unavailability of blood. And there are some people who are simply scared of
donating blood. Thus, to increase the blood donation awareness and to remove fear
in the people, NSS wing organized three blood donation camps.
Blood collected by Association of Voluntary Blood Donors
on 02.08.2015:100 donors
Blood collected by Association of Voluntary Blood Donors on
25.11.2015: 91 donors
Blood collected by Association of Voluntary Blood Donors
on 02.04.2016: 154 donors
Blood collected by NRS Hospital on 15.04.2016: 63 donors
Relief work at Liluah:
Volunteers of NSS Wing went for a relief work at Liluah near Belur
Math to serve the people who were affected due to heavy rain on
05.10.2015. Sugar, biscuits and ORS etc. were distributed to 25
families.
National foundation for communal harmony:
Every year the NSS volunteers go out to raise funds for National Foundation
for Communal Harmony. This year is no exception. On 19.01.2016, the students set
out for this job in the morning and returned in the evening. The collected money was
sent to the National Foundation for Communal Harmony, New Delhi (An
autonomous organization under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India)
Groups: 33
Number of volunteers: 170
Area: Kolkata, Howrah and surrounding areas
Total collection: Rupees 56550.00
Free Coaching:
While coaching centres, tuition centres etc have cropped up almost
everywhere these days - some students with poor financial background cannot
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afford to avail of these. So volunteers of NSS wing started coaching the needy
students from the Belur locality in collaboration with Janashikshamandira.
Number of teachers: 6
Number of students: 60
Awareness camps:
Towards instilling general awareness in the school students of the
surrounding areas, NSS wing of Vidyamandira started a small project. A group of
four NSS volunteers selected a school near Belur and conducted a small
programme. The programme consisted of: 1. Short talk on water, air, noise and
soil pollution 2. Swamiji’s idea of Education 3. Short documentary. NSS group
visited three schools.
o 18.03.2016 to Palghat Balika Vidyalaya, Belur
o 22.03.2016 to Shusila Balika Vidyalaya, Belur
o 31.03.2016 to Khamarpara Girls High School
Eye check-up camp:
NSS wing of Vidyamandira,in collaboration with Disha Hospital, organised an
eye check-up camp on Sunday, 7th February, 2016 in the main college building.
Number of students who underwent eye checkup: 190
Thalassemia Seminar:
NSS wing of Vidyamandira organised a seminar on ‘Thalassemia’ on
25.02.2016.
Speaker: Dr. Swati Roy Gangopadhyay (Associate Professor, Rashtraguru
Surendranath College, Barrackpore)
Workshop on concentration:
Workshop on concentration was held on 7, 8, 9 of January 2016 and 11, 12,
13 of January 2016.
Total number of participants: 125
Yoga Programme:
A Yoga Demonstration was performed by the students of Janashikshamandira
on Wednesday 6th January 2016.
Total number of participants: 300
Railway station cleaning:
NSS volunteers went to Belur Math Rail station and Belur Station for
awareness campaign to keep the station clean every week.
Total Number of volunteers: 40
Camp at Dhaniakhali:
A group of NSS volunteers visited Dhaniakhali village for spreading awareness
among the students about tree plantation. An animated video was presented before
the children.
Tree plantation:
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From 1st March to 31st March 2016 , fifty (50) saplings were planted in the
college campus.
Installing dustbin:
Fifty dustbins were placed at different locations within the college premises
and also on the main road in front of Vidyamandira to keep the campus clean.
NSS Wing-The Guardian:
The NSS wing of Vidyamandira is not just about organizing camps. In fact, it works as a
veritable guardian of the campus - overseeing, in particular, its sanitary and hygienic
aspects. Volunteers keep the campus clean, remove weeds from the playground, broom the
college building classrooms and clean the hostel kitchen from time to time on Sundays. It
also enthusiastically extends a helping hand whenever required by the institution. Truly
speaking, NSS wing of Vidyamandira motivates the people by setting examples of doing any
sort of work without hesitation for the welfare of the society.
Activities of the NCC Wing of the college :
A separate unit of the senior N.C.C. (Army) has been in existence in our college since
August 1959. One of our teachers, Sri Arup Kumar Dhabal, has completed his Pre-
Commissioned Training on 18th February 2006 and has taken charge as the ANO of
the Vidyamandira NCC Unit. Swami Pratibodhananda is presently the monk-in-
charge of the NCC wing. The NCC wing of the college is fully funded by Govt. of India
and State government of West Bengal.
Enrolment : 2013-14)
Camps Conducted : 2013-14
Name of the Camp Duration Place Total No Cadt. Attachment of NCC personnel to Army, Navy and Airforce
21st June-2nd July 2016
IMA, Dehradun One (Sudarshan Sarkar)
CATC-XI (LRDC-II) 18th January-27th Jan 2016
Eastern Command, Kolkata
One (Atanu Dolui)
CATC-V 22nd July -31st July-2015
Dreamland School
24Cadt.
Examination
Name of the Examination
Appeared Passed No. of Grade A holder
Training Year
No. of
Cadets
Enrolled
(A)
No. of Cadets continuing
from the previous year
(B)
Total Strength
C=(A+B)
2014-15 43 87 130
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NCC B Certificate 25 25 1 NCC C certificate 8 7 1
Flag Day Collection :
Every year the cadets of the NCC wing collect a huge amount of money from the
local areas for “Armed Forces Flag Day”.
Training Year Amount (in Rs.)
2015-16 15,285.00
Students’ Initiative :
There are presently three groups formed by the present and/or ex-students of
this college named, Swapnangan, Kheya and Swamiji Work Circle, who are
trying to serve the distressed ones of different areas of rural and urban West
Bengal.
Other Extension Activities of the College :
The college has collaborated with JBNSTS to conduct its talent search
examination on 13.09.14.
Cultural Activities : Cultural activities are an integral part of student life at Vidyamandira for teachers, students and members of the non-teaching staff alike. The multidimensional functioning of the Department of Cultural Affairs of Vidyamandira can be classified broadly under the following heads:
(a) To organize intra-college cultural competitions all throughout the year. (b) To host inter-college competitions. (c) To encourage students’ participation in various cultural competitions/events outside
the college. (d) To conduct cultural festivals inside Vidyamandira throughout the year; and (e) To run add-on certificate courses on Tabla, Pakhawaj, Vocal Music and Bengali
Recitation.
A. Intra-College Competitions: (1) Annual Extempore Speech Competition: This competition was arranged on 1st
August, 2015 at Vivekananda Hall (Room No. 1) and 28 students participated in it. The prize winners were: Soumyadeep Das (1st), Anuran Chaudhury (2nd), Argha De (3rd).
(2) Annual (Vocal) Music Competition: There are two categories in this annual competition: Rabindra Sangeet and Bhaktigeeti (Devotional Songs). Both were held on 17th August, 2015 at the Asha-Jyoti Conference Hall of the college. 15 students participated in Rabindra Sangeet and 10 in Bhaktigeeti. The prize winners for Rabindra Sangeet were: Sabarna Mitra (1st), Tuhit Chakraborty (2nd) and Saikat
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Banerjee (3rd) while the toppers in Bhaktigeeti were: Sabarna Mitra(1st), Tuhit Chakraborty (2nd) and Debabrata Ganguly (3rd).
(3) Tabla Lahara Competition: Held on 31st August, 2015 at the Asha-Jyoti Conference Hall, 6 participants took part in this competition. The prize winners were Argha De (1st), Mriganka Bhattacharya (2nd) and Nripendra Nath Saren (3rd).
(4) Drama Competition: The Annual Drama Competition took place on 30th January, 2016 at Vivekananda Sabhagriha (the college auditorium). Seven teams performed and out of these, three teams were rewarded. The result was: First –Dwimatrik; Second – Iti Diptesh and Third – Bakso.
(5) Inter-Bhavan (Hostels) Wall Magazine Competition: From among five Bhavan wall magazines ‘Bodhan’ of Vinay Bhavan was selected as the best.
(6) Annual Drawing Competition: Seven students took part in the Annual Drawing Competition held on 7th September, 2015. The theme for this year’s competition was “Prakitir Pratishodh”. The toppers were: Subhraneel Samui (1st), Abirlal Mukherjee (2nd) and Debjit Chanda (3rd).
(7) Bengali Recitation Competition: Benagli Recitation Competition was held on 3rd September, 2015.Out of 31 participants three awardees were: Sourabh Manna (1st), Sudipta Betal (2nd) and Sourav Mondal (3rd).
(8) English Recitation Competition:It was held on 22ndAugust, 2015 and a total of 20 students participated. The successful participants were: Atri Mallick & Sourav Pal (Joint 1st), Dhiman Sarbajna and Sumitro Bhattacharya (Joint 2nd) and Aloakedyuti Nandi (3rd).
(9) Annual Debate Competition: Ten students participated in the Annual Debate Competition held on 20th February, 2016 and out of them three were awarded. The result was: Ranit Paul (1st), Avijit Roy (2nd) and Soumyadeep Mondal (3rd).
(10) Annual Quiz Competition: The representatives of five Bhavans (hostels) of Vidyamandira participated in the Annual Quiz Competition held on 5th March, 2016.Vidya Bhavan was adjudged the champion. The team members were: Ranit Pal, Sourav Manna, Soumya Chatterjee and Kuntal Halder.
B. Inter-College Competitions: (1) Inter-College Sanskrit Recitation Competition: The department organized an Inter-
College Sanskrit Recitation Competition on 3rd September, 2015 and 123 candidates from colleges / universities participated. Rainak Roy of Scottish Church College and Shanti Ghosh of Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University jointly stood 1st.
(2) Quiz Competition on Swami Vivekananda: Swami Tejasananda memorial Inter-College Quiz Competition (on the life and teachings of Swami Vivekananda) was held on 19 September, 2015. 65 teams from 26 different colleges/universities took part in it. The team from Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira stood as the champions while the representatives from Ramakrishna Mission Shilpapitha, Belgharia came up with the runners up title.
C. Achievement of Vidyamandira Students in Zonal/State/National-level Cultural
Competitions: The following students distinguished themselves in various competitions held outside Vidyamandira:
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Competition/Event Organizer Participants Rank
Tejasananda Memorial Quiz, 2015
Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira
Bishal Purakayastha Subhankar Ghorui Anway Mukhopadhyay
1st
All India Elocution Competition
Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture
Soumyadeep Das Ranit Pal Soumen Mondal
2nd 6th 7th
Inter-College Debate National Institute for the Orthopaedically Handicapped
Avijit Roy 1st
Annual Extempore Speech Competition (Open to All)
Bally Ashutosh Library Ranit Pal 1st
Debate Jagrata Bally Utsav 2016 Ranit Pal 1st
Handwriting Jagrata Bally Utsav 2016 Anway Mukhopadhyay Biswaranjan Paik
1st 2nd
Extempore Jagrata Bally Utsav 2016 Soumyadeep Das 2nd
Najrul Geeti Jagrata Bally Utsav 2016 Tuhit Chakraborty 2nd
Annual Essay Competition 2016
Bally Public Library Anupam Halder Soumen Mondal
1st 2nd
D. Cultural Festivals in Vidyamandira:
Throughout the year, quite a few cultural programmes are organised by the Department of Cultural Affairs. Here is a summary of the colourful events of this academic session:
Bhratrivarana: On the evening of 6th August 2015, the day of Vidyarthivrata Homa and Bhatrivarana, a cultural programme was organized wherein newly admitted PG and UG first year students presented vocal/instrumental music and recitation. A particular attraction was a puppet show Khude Patuyader Rupkatha by Peoples Puppet Theatre, Kolkata.
Saradotsav: In keeping with the festive mood on the eve of Sri Sri Durga Puja, Saradotsava (the autumn ceremony) was held on 17th October, 2015. Students, teachers and members of the non-teaching staff presented music (vocal and instrumental), recitation etc. A group of teachers staged the drama Dour (the Run).
National Youth Day: On 12th January, 2016, students of Vidyamandira took part in the National Youth Day celebrations. They formed a procession starting from our college and proceeded to Belur Math singing devotional songs. A drama was performed by Vidyamandira students.
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araswati Puja: A cultural programme was organized on the evening of 12th February, 2016 as a part of the celebrations on Sri Sri Saraswati Puja. Sri Ashok Karmakar, an eminent flutist, performed and he was aptly supported by Sri Siddhartha Bhattacharya in Tabla. A Dance-drama ‘Balmiki Protibha’ written by Rabindranath Tagore was performed by Vidyamandira students.
Birthday (Tithipuja) of Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna: On the holy occasion of birth anniversary of Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna, a procession was organized by our college on 10th March, 2016 in which students went to Belur Math singing devotional songs.
Rabindrajayanti and Varshavarana: The department also organized Rabindrajayanti and Varshavarana on April 13, 2016. Apart from the performances by the students, teaching and non-teaching staffs, there was a chorus recitation presented by Shankhamala Aabritti Gosthi.
E. Add-on Certificate Courses: The add-on certificate courses on Tabla, Pakhawaj, Classical Vocal music and Bengali Recitation introduced by the cultural department in the last academic session (2014-15) are being continued with much zeal and enthusiasm. The courses are pretty demanding and classes are being held once in a week.
Certificate Distribution of Add-on Courses: Certificate distribution of Add-on Courses took place on 11 August 2015. Here is a synopsis of the number of certificates distributed in different courses: a) Tabla : 11 b) Pakhawaj : 4 c) Vocal Music: 13
Three guest artists performed on this occasion: Sri Ayan Banerjee (Odishi Dance), Sri Soumalya Mukherjee (Mohan Bina) and Sri Nabarun Dutta (Tabla).
F. Kabitar Adda: (An informal monthly gathering of poetry lovers) In this unique forum of
poetry-loving teachers and students, the budding talents get an opportunity to recite their self-composed poems. This gathering takes place once in a month. Ever since its commencement on 28th August 2014, there have been 10 session of 'Kabitar Adda' till now. It’s worth mentioning the eminent poet Ms. Krishna Basu graced one of the sessions on 28th April 2016.
G. Special Musical Performance : A special musical performance was organized by the department on 8th February 2016 in which Sri Hiranmoy Ghoshal and his musical troupe performed Ganasangeet. It was an enriching experience for the listerners.
H. Special Achivement Award: In the 9th edition of CCF International Painting Competition organized by Charu Castle Foundation, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, Sriman Amit Aich (UG II) was highly appreciated for his contribution and honoured with a citation and a medal.
I. Outdoor Cultural Performance of Vidyamandira Students: On the holy occasion of birth anniversary of Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna, a drama entitled Parashurama was staged by Vidyamandira students in the holy precincts of Belur Math on 11th March, 2016.
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Excursions : Chemistry Department: visited Doors (West Bengal) during September 2015
Bengali Department: visited Patna-Bodhagaya (Bihar) during January 2016
Economics Department: visited Doors (West Bengal) during September 2015
English Department: visited Doors (West Bengal) during October 2015
History Department: visited Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) during October 2015
Philosophy Department: visited Patna (Bihar) during September 2015
Economics Department: visited Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) during
October 2015
Computer Science Department: visited Gangtok (Sikkim) during October 2015
Physics Department: visited Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) during
September 2015
Industrial Chemistry Department: visited Puri (Odisha) during August 2015
Scholarship & Stipend : No of students receiving DST-INSPIRE Scholarship : 70
No of Students receiving JBNSTS Scholarship : 6
Total number of NBHM scholarship holders : 1
No of students received Swami Vivekananda Merit-cum-Means
scholarship from Government of West Bengal : 64
No of students granted scholarship from College : 235
Total amount of Scholarship disbursed by the college : Rs 18,79,000.00
Sports and Games : o The Sports Committee of the college conducts different indoor and outdoor
games round the year. In 2015-2016, too, students participated enthusiastically
in table-tennis, volleyball, football, cricket and athletics events. Sri Shyamal
Banerjee, renowned Ex-footballer of West Bengal, was the Chief Guest of the
prize distribution of the Annual Athletics Meet held on 28 January 2016.
o The Football team of the college participated in the District Football
Championship, 2015-2016. A team of athletes also took part in the District
Athletics Meet. One boy got the bronze in Javelin Throw.
Governance : Governance : Following chart will give an outline of the governance of the college which
conduct regular meetings of the different administrative bodies as shown below to
deliberate upon issues on academic, administrative, financial and other related matters.
o No of Meetings of the Governing Body of the College : 2
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o No of Meetings of the IQAC : 3
o No of Meetings of the Boards of Studies of different departments : Almost all the
departments met at least once in the last year.
o No of Meetings of the Finance Committee : 3
o No of Meeting of the Grievance Redressal Cell : 1
o No of Meetings of the Teachers’ Council : 3
o No of Meetings of the Vidyarthi Samsad : 2
o No of Meeting of the Equal Opportunity Cell : 1
o No of Meeting of the Placement Cell : 1
o No of Meetings of Anti-Ragging Cell : 1
o Other Committees like Cultural Sub-Committee, Sports Sub-Committee,
Magazine Sub-Committee, Seminar Sub-Committee etc of the Teachers’ Council
and Vidyarthi Samsad met at least twice in the last year.
Activities of IQAC : Significant Activities and contributions made by IQAC:
Plan of Action chalked by IQAC and the Outcome:
The IQAC has planned the following programmes for implementation in the academic year 2016-17:
Observance of the Platinum Jubilee Celebration of the College in a manner befitting the
occasion. The focus has to be mostly on academic programmes particularly Seminars,
publications, etc. Some cultural and sporting competitions would also be organized.
The old building of the college is in need of repair and renovation. The IQAC has been able to
convince the administration to take up the matter in all seriousness.
The IQAC has successfully implemented most of the plan of action as decided at the
beginning of the academic session. Some of these programmes are:
1. MPhil courses in Sanskrit, Bengali and Philosophy were introduced under the aegis of
the SVRC
2. A Certificate Course in DTP and Proof Reading has been introduced
3. A General Course in Zoology has been introduced
4. Designated well-equipped offices have been provided to both SVRC and IQAC in the
administrative building of the college
5. An Academic Audit of the college was conducted on 9th Oct 2016 under the auspices
of the IQAC
6. The Laboratories of the Departments of Physics and Chemistry were upgraded
7. Infrastructural development of the college was continued with the addition of two
floors to the newly constructed building
8. Organised a special lecture on Quality Assurance in Higher Education (on 13.09.2015).
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It has also been decided to strengthen the Placement Cell and expand the scope of its
activities.
It has been planned to start a training programme for NET/SET under the Placement Cell of
the college.
As part of its programme for encouraging research the IQAC has taken the initiative to foster
Interdisciplinary Research by the Departments.
Keeping environmental concerns in mind the IQAC has decided to conduct an environment
audit for the college.
Infrastructure : o No. of Academic and Administrative Building : 6
o Total No of Laboratories :
Physics : 6
Chemistry : 7
Microbiology : 4
Zoology : 3
Industrial Chemistry : 7
Computer Science : 3
Electronics : 1
Statistics : 1
Computer Lab for Bengali and Sanskrit : 1
o IQAC Office
o An Office for Swami Vivekananda Research Centre with Computer, Internet and
Xerox Centre
o No. of Hostels for UG and PG students : 5 (Total capacity – 650)
o One Common Internet surfing Centre : Total no of terminals - 50
o No. of Hostel for Research Scholar : 1 (capacity : 40)
o No. of Guest Rooms : 6
o One air-conditioned auditorium : 1 (capacity – 840)
o No. of Seminar Halls : 2 (one with 160 and another with 190)
o One kitchen-cum-dining hall : capacity – 700
o One carpentry maintenance-cum-workshop
o One Plumbing store
o One Electrical goods store
o One Book store
o One 9 station Multi-Gym
o No. of Volleyball Grounds : 3
o One Football-cum-cricket ground
o No. of Table Tennis Boards : 6
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o One Multi-purpose Shop for students
o One Xerox Centre
o One Telephone Booth
o Two canteens
o One NCC Office
o One NSS Store Room
o One Medical Room
o One Visitors’ Room for parents and relatives of students
o One UBI branch office with ATM facility
o Residential Arrangement for Non-teaching Staff (Capacity : 10)
o Residential Facility for Hostel Staff (Capacity : 40)
o Total No. of Computers in College : 224 (Desktop) + 19 (Laptop)
Infrastructural Facilities (Newly Built Up or renovated)
2nd and 3rd floors of 4 storey Platinum Jubilee Memorial Building have been
completed which house Zoology Department and some other classrooms.
Two new Zoology laboratories have been set up.
One Research Laboratory for Chemistry Department (Inorganic Research).
One Laboratory for Cement Testing has been set up.
Main Building, Physics Building and Chemistry Building (outer portion) have
been thoroughly repaired and painted.
o Library : o General Infrastructure :
One Server Room
One Cataloguing Room
One Fumigation Chamber
Two Reading Rooms : total capacity 150
Study Halls (in the main building – for 200 students)
Reference Section
NET Library
Long Term Section
Manuscript Section (maintained by Department of Bengali)
Departmental Libraries
Magazine Section
Special Journal Section (Maintained by Department of Bengali)
Hostel libraries in each hostel maintained by students
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o No. of Books and Journals (in Central Library) :
BOOKS AS ON 1/7/2015
ADDITION BOOKS AS
ON 30/6/2016
57173 4937 62109
AS ON 1/7/2015 ADDITION AS ON
30/6/2016 E.BOOKS 97001 203000 3000000 E.JOURNALS INFLIBNET+SAGE
6000+20=6020 00000 6000+20=6020
REFERENCE BOOKS 409 4055 4463 PRINTED JOURNALS
60+2595(DEPT. OF BENGALI)=2655
0000 60+2595=2655
CD/DVD 210+59(DEPT. OF BENGALI)=269 000 210+59=269
o No. of Books (in Departmental Library) :
SL
NO.
NAME OF DEPERMENT NO.
OF
BOOKS
1 APPLIED CHEMISTRY/INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY 236
2 BENGALI 1200
3 CHEMISTRY 261
4 COMPUTER SCIENCE/ELECTRONICS 51
5 ECONOMICS 211
6 ENGLISH 478
7 HISTORY 267
8 MATHEMATICS 87
9 MICROBIOLOGY 125
10 PHILOSOPHY 293
11 PHYSICS 223
12 POLITICAL SCIENCE 392
13 SANSKRIT 511
14 STATISTICS 61
15 ZOOLOGY 67
TOTAL 4463
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o No. of Long Term Books issued to students during 2015-2016 session :
U.G. 1st Year U.G. 2nd
Year
U.G. 3rd
Year
Sl. No. Name of the Department Total No. of
Books
Total No.
of Books
Total
No. of
Books
1 Bengali 150 226 124
2 English 76 61 29
3 Sanskrit 96 112 166
4 Philosophy 183 186 187
5 History 98 98 165
6 Political Science 60 82 171
7 Economics 167 119 126
8 Physics 205 199 249
9 Chemistry 196 235 266
10 Mathematics 108 181 134
11 Indistrial Chemistry 174 112 73
12 Microbiology 81 87 59
13 Computer Science 114 119 94
P.G. 1st Year
P.G. 2nd
Year
Dept.
Wise
Total
Books
Issued
Sl. No. Name of The Department Total No. of
Books
Total No.
of Books
1 Bengali 551 397 948
2 Sanskrit 377 374 751
3 Philosophy 311 140 451
4 Applied Chemistry 263 52 315
5 Mathematics 52 157 209
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Funding : The college is mainly funded by the Higher Education Department, Govt of West Bengal and
University Grants Commission. Following table will show the details of the grant received
and utilized during the year under discussion.
Total Government Grant Received during the Financial Year 2015-16:
Sl.No. Name of the Grant Amount Received (`)
Amount Received (`)
WB Government Grant
1 State DST 1st Phase 15,37,000
2 State DST 2nd Phase 18,90,000
3 SC & ST Grant for Renovation 28,33,000
4 Development Grant for SVRC 45,88,798
5 RUSA (1st & 2nd Installment) 1,22,91,666
6 NAAC Seminar 1,50,000
7 Grant for Platinum Jubilee Celebration 40,00,000
Total WB Government Grant Received 2,72,90,464
WB Government Salary Grant
1 Pay & Allowance for Teachers, Non-teaching & Hostel Staff 5,70,35,806
2 Pay for Part Time Teachers 10,61,733
Total Salary Grant Received 5,80,97,539
UGC Grant
1 Junior Research Fellow 20,83,222
2 CPE -Recurring 1,44,000
3 Promotion to Basic Scientific Research- Applied Chemistry 5,00,000
Total UGC Grant Received 27,27,222
CU Grant
1 NSS Grant 13,500
2 NSS Special Camp Grant 15,000
Total CU Grant Received 28,500
Total Government Grant Received during the year 2015-16 8,81,43,725
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Total Grant Utilised during the year 2015-16
Sl. No. Name of the Grant
Amount Received(`)
Expenses Incurred(`)
UC Submitted on
WB Government Grant
1 COSA Implementation 1,50,000 1,50,641 Submitted by Hand
2 State DST 1st Phase 15,37,000 15,47,447 Submitted by Hand
3 Vivekananda Sammelan 2015-16(Purba Medinipur) 2,25,000 3,17,493 UC Ready
4 RUSA 1st Installment 50,00,000 50,01,614 15.10.2015
5 RUSA 2nd Installment 72,91,666 72,91,874 09.03.2016
6 NAAC Seminar 1,50,000 1,73,110 Submitted by Hand
7 Books & Equipment Grant 10,00,000 10,00,009 06.01.2016
8 Research Grant 9,90,000 9,91,501 UC Ready
(A) Total WB Government Grant Completed 1,63,43,666 1,64,73,689
WB State Salary Grant
1 Pay & Allowance for Teachers, Non-teaching & Hostel Staff 5,70,35,806 5,70,35,806
UC Submitted
2 Pay for Part Time Teachers 10,61,733 10,61,733 UC Submitted
(B) Total Salary Grant Completed 5,80,97,539 5,80,97,539
UGC Grant
1 CPE 2nd Phase Capital 35 70,00,000 70,13,245 UC Ready
2 Autonomy Grant (2015-16) (Sanctioned ` 20,00,000) 16,00,000 20,01,758 18.03.2016
3 Promotion to Basic Scientific Research-Applied Chemistry 5,00,000 5,01,263 UC Ready
4 Promotion to Basic Scientific Research-3rd Installment 42,00,000 42,02,651 UC Ready
5 Seminar
Philosophy (Sanctioned ` 1,50,000) 1,20,000 1,93,335 11.07.2016
Economics (Sanctioned ` 1,40,000) 1,12,000 1,31,395 02.03.2016
6 Minor Research Project
Tapas Saha(Sanctioned ` 2,00,000) 1,92,500 2,03,594 02.03.2016
Arup Kumar Dhabal (Sanctioned ` 3,00,000) 2,65,000 3,00,000 11.07.2016
Sudip Bhattacharya (Sanctioned ` 2,15,000 2,71,232 UC Ready
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2,70,000)
Arindam Roy (Sanctioned ` 4,55,000) 3,80,000 4,55,000 11.07.2016
Abhishek Barman (Sanctioned `3,02,000) 2,87,000 3,02,619 UC Ready
(C) Total UGC Grant Completed 1,48,71,500 1,55,76,092
Total Grant Completed during the
Financial Year 2015-16(A+B+C) 8,93,12,705 9,01,47,320
Our Challenges : A lack of space which prevents the College from either constructing
new buildings or expanding horizontally and vertically the existing
buildings, is a major impediment in starting new courses and creating
adequate space for research activities. There is also a paucity of land in
the immediate surroundings which can be acquired for the
development of the College.
Dearth of Government funding, especially from UGC, and other
Central Governmental agencies, for creation of new facilities and
maintenance and sustenance of existing infrastructure including high-
end laboratory equipment is a serious problem that we are facing now.
The socio-economic background of many of the students (some of
them are first and second generation learners) admitted to the College
is responsible for poor language competence (both in their mother
tongue as well as in English). This leads to an unsatisfactory level of
comprehension and communication, particularly in the first two
semesters.
Students coming from the underprivileged section of the society (almost
50% of the total strength) generally lack in nutrition that is necessary for
proper growth and physical fitness. They also lack the desired level of
hygiene consciousness.
Many students coming from the urban background belong to either
nuclear or broken families. Some of them find it difficult to cope with
the demands of a community life based on caring and sharing.
Sometimes this leads to psychological imbalance.
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The semester system poses a number of problems which the College
has not been able to come to terms with.
Retaining the unique character of the College in an increasingly
consumerist society poses a great challenge to the ideals the institution
upholds.
Our Future Plan : The College is keen to find a land not less than 6 acres, where it can
start its second campus.
The College is also contemplating to start some biology-based courses
both at the Undergraduate and the Postgraduate levels.
The College authorities are conscious of the need to start more
Postgraduate, M.Phil. and Ph.D. courses befitting an autonomous
institution.
We are contemplating to sign MoUs with some other premier research
institutes of the state and the country.
The College is also thinking of starting some career-oriented courses.
Setting up new linkages with industries is also under process.
Creation of a high quality research ambience in this College is our
vision. We are fervently trying to translate the ideal of ‘Lab to Land’
into a reality.
Reaching the marginalized section of the society and offering them
the scope to cope with the fast changing world of knowledge will be
our future ‘Sadhana’. To reach this target, the College has constituted
a new Committee named ‘Social Outreach Committee’.
Our Gratitude : o We are grateful to Higher Education Dept of Govt of West Bengal for
their generous financial support which is helping us in building up new
infrastructure. Our sincere thanks to all our donors, ex-students, well-
wishers, alumni association of the college, Ramakrishna Mission (Belur
Math), RMIC (Golpark), Jindal Trust, SREI Foundation, Jaswanti Sud
Trust and others for their support which have enabled us to take up
different developmental schemes.
o Our thanks to the authority of University of Calcutta for their academic
and administrative support in running this autonomous college.
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o Our sincere thanks to other honorary teachers and non-teaching staff
members who are rendering service with devotion and sincerity.
o I personally convey my gratitude to all the members of Vidyamandira
Parivar, the monastic team of Vidymandira – Revered Secreatry
Maharaj, Swami Divyanandaji, Vice Principal, Jt and Dy Controllers of
Examinations, Superintendents and other Departmental In-Charges,
Teaching Staff, Prof Tanweer Alam Mazhari, IQAC Co-ordinator, Prof
Priyabrata Ghoshal, Secretary, Teachers’ Council, Prof Durga Sankar
Chakraborty, Editor of Vidyamandira Patrika and his editorial team, Sri
Ranjan Biswas and other Non-teaching staff members and Hostel staff
members for their constant support in maintaining the quality of this
institute of higher learning and upholding the educational philosophy of
Swami Vivekananda. I thank Swami Pratibodhananda, Sri Ranjan
Biswas, Sri Tapas Saha and others including student volunteers who
have worked hard to make this Convocation a success.
Finally I convey my thanks and gratitude to Prof V. S. Chauhan, Chairman,
Executive Council, NAAC and Member, UGC and an ardent devotee of
Ramakrishna Movement, who will deliver the 4th Convocation Address during
this year of Platinum Jubilee Celebration of the college and Respected Prof
Ashutosh Ghosh, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor of University of Calcutta and a great
friend and guide to this college, for his inspiring presence. My sincere thanks and
respect to guests and guardians and my love and best wishes to those who will
receive today their degrees and present students of Vidyamandira.
Vision and Prayer : Vivekananda once envisioned of a University to be born on the holy soil of Belur
Math – the power house of new age spiritual movement. Vidyamandira, the
dream-child of His is nothing but the nucleus of such a big Institute. On 24th
April, 1963, Revered Swami Madhavanandaji Maharaj, the-then President
Maharaj, released a press note at a press conference at Belur Math, where he
mentioned that as Nalanda and Bikramshila came up under Buddhist
Monasticism, an attempt is in pipeline to create a University under Ramakrishna
Mission at Belur Math. On 4 July 2005, we witnessed the birth of our
Vivekananda University. The start was excellent. But, for the full fructification
of the original dream of our blessed predecessors, other higher educational
institutes are still waiting on the sideline for a propitious moment. Once Nalanda
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became the hub of wisdom of the millennium – the centre of knowledge across
the national boundaries. Will we not be able to create such an institute revolving
round Vidyamandira, the Temple of Learning, with all our Sadhana where age-old
Vedic knowledge and the cutting age modern technologies will shake hands,
where the hedonistic modern civilisation will get trained to control the restless
mind under the auspices of serene meditative temple ambience, where a
curriculum will be framed to develop head, heart and hand simultaneously and
not to make only a bright mark sheet or an appealing CV ? Time is perhaps
ringing the bell of the hour. Choice is ours whether we will respond to it or not.
Let us not think that running a college and a university is the be-all and end-all
of all of our efforts. Swamiji’s vision born out of the secret instructions of the
Great Master in his last days cannot conclude in such a way. Really, there are
miles to go before we sleep. Let us meditate on our Holy Trio and let us seek
their benign blessings so that we can work as their true instruments in building
up a real Temple of Learning – which was once the vision of Vivekananda and is
now the Sadhana of our time.