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1 Evaluative Report of the Department of Economics 1. Name of the Department : Economics its year of establishment : Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.) : U.G. 3. Interdisciplinary courses and departments involved : Nil 4. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system: Upto Annual; (under affiliating system) From Semester (after being declared as autonomous college from the session ) 5. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments : T.K.G. in Environmental Studies(C), N.C. and D.K.C. in Statistics(G), N.C. and Sw. T. in Mathematics(G) 6. Number of teaching posts sanctioned and filled (Professors/Associate Professors/Asst. Professors). Sanctioned Filled Professor Associate Professors 1 Asst. Professors Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialisation (D.Sc./D.Litt./ Ph.D./M.Phil., etc.) Name Qualification Designation Specialization No. of Years of Experien ce Tapan Kumar Ghosh DebKumar M.A. M.Sc., Ph.D. Associate Prof. Assistant Planning and Development MeasurementEcon No. of Ph.D. students guided in the last 4 years N.A. N.A.

2 Chakraborty Prof. omics Sw.Krishnanathana nda M.Sc., Ph.D Controller Economics Development 10 N.A. 8. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty programme-wise information : Honours 13%; General 40% ( Session ; Sem. I, III, V) 9. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio: Honours 1:6.6; General 1:5 ( Session ; Sem. I, III, V) 10. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff: sanctioned and filled: Nil 11. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Mention names of funding agencies and grants received projectwise. : Nil 12. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; DBT, ICSSR, etc.; total grants received : Nil 13. Research facility / centre with : Nil state recognition national recognition international recognition 14. Publications: Separate sheet attached number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) Monographs Chapter(s) in Books Editing Books Books with ISBN numbers with details of publishers number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) Citation Index range / average SNIP

3 SJR Impact factor range / average h-index 15. Details of patents and income generated : Nil 16. Areas of consultancy and income generated : Nil 17. Faculty recharging strategies: a. Organized 3 National Level Seminars (2007, 2009, 2011) b. Participated in Seminars as Resource Persons (T.K.G. -4, D.K.C.-5, N.C.-1, Sw.T.-5) T.K.G: Teachers seminar on Economics at Undergraduate level: Current trends ; Gurudas College, Kolkata; March,2008 Teachers Conference on Swami Vivekananda s Educational Ideas ; Kamarpukur High School, Hooghly; Teachers Convention on Value Education ; Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur; Youth Conference on Swami Vivekananda ; Bangabashi College, Kolkata; DKC: One day Workshop on Macroeconomic Theory and Policy- Contemporary Perspective in CSSSC on 5/2/08 One day Seminar on Globalization and Changing Structure of Capital Market in India: Efficiency Vs Vulnerability in Surendranath College for Women, Kolkata on 30/3/2010 One day College Level Seminar on Schools and Thoughts in Macroeconomics in Mahishadal Raj College, Midnapore on 11/2/2011 Economics Study Group Seminar in CSSSC on 14/9/2011 International Conference on Emerging Issues on Public Finance in CSSSC on 24/2/2012 One day National Conference on Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Development in University of Kalyani on 17/2/2012 o Attended Refresher/ Orientation Programmes: (A.K. -1 R.C. and 1 O.P.; D.K.C. 1 R.C.)

4 o Presentation at Teacher s Colloquium: D.K.C Student projects percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter-departmental : 100% of VI Semester Students; 80% of all departmental students in projects related to educational exhibition percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with industries / institutes: Nil 19. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by : Nil Faculty Doctoral / post-doctoral fellows Students 20. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national / international) with details of outstanding participants, if any.: Year Description of Seminar Outstanding Participants 2007 U.G.C. Sponsored National Level Sugata Marjit (CSSSC), Seminar on Trade Liberalization and its Impacts on Indian Economy Biswajit Dhar (IIFT, New Delhi) 2009 U.G.C. Sponsored National Level Seminar on Quantitative Techniques in Economics 2012 U.G.C. Sponsored National Level Seminar on Indian Economy: The Last Two Decades Partha Sen (D.S.E.), Prabal Chaudhuri (ISI) Anindya Sen(IIMC),Abhijit Sen(JNU), Sanka r Bhaumik (CU) In 2007: U.G.C. Sponsored National Level Seminar on Trade Liberalization and its Impacts on Indian Economy Organized 3 National Seminars with U.G.C. funding in 2007, 2009, 2011 Outstanding Participants: (a) In Sugata Marjit (CSSSC), Biswajit Dhar (IIFT, New Delhi)

5 (b) In Partha Sen (D.S.E.), Prabal Chaudhuri (ISI) (c) In 2011 Anindya Sen(IIMC),Abhijit Sen(JNU), Sankar Bhaumik (CU) 21. Student profile course-wise: Name of the Course Applications Selected Pass percentage (refer question no. 2) received Male Female Male Female NA NA NA NA NA Diversity of students Name of the Course (refer question no. 2) % of students from the College % of students from the State % of students from other States % of students from other countries UG NA 99.5% 0.50% 0% 23. How many students have cleared Civil Services, Defense Services, NET, SLET, GATE and any other competitive examinations? Since this is an UG dept. it is not possible to have information in this regard. However, from our personal connection and from alumni we have got some data in this regard. After doing graduation from this college most of our students appear in the P.G. entrance examinations with considerable record of success. The approximate number of

6 admissions to premier institutes across the country is shown in the table below: YEAR I.S.I D.S.E. J.N.U. M.S.E. HYDERABAD UNIVERSITY GOKHALE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICS REMARKS NOTE: 1. The numbers in the boxes denote the number of students being admitted to the different institutes that respective year. 2. These numbers are based on the feedback from the passed out students Some of our students in recent past have got admission in foreign Universities by clearing GRE and other tests. 24. Student progression Student progression Percentage against enrolled UG to PG 90% PG to M.Phil. NA PG to Ph.D. NA Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral NA Employed NA Campus selection Other than campus recruitment Entrepreneurs NA 25. Diversity of staff Percentage of faculty who are graduates of the same parent university 100%

7 from other universities within the State from other universities from other States Nil Nil 26. Number of faculty who were awarded Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the assessment period. : Nil 27. Present details about infrastructural facilities a)library Total number of Departmental books in Central library: 3317 Total number of books in Departmental library: 160 Journals subscribed by the department: Economic and Political Weekly R.B.I Bulletin Global Business Review Global Journal of Emerging Market Economics Journal of Developing Societies Progress in Development Studies b) Internet facilities for staff and students: There is one desktop with printer and one laptop in the Dept. along with internet facility. Students are allowed to use the facility under teacher s supervision. d) Class rooms with ICT facility e) Students laboratories: One Computer lab for Statistics Practical. f) Research laboratories 28. Number of students of the department getting financial assistance from College Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new program(s)? If so, give the methodology. i)as our college is an autonomous college we have developed a separate syllabus for our students. While framing the syllabus, the Department along with the Board of Studies keeps into consideration the requirements of the students with regard to the entrance examinations in the institutions of repute. The syllabi of Calcutta University, Jadavpur

8 University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi School of Economics and some other reputed institutes were considered. In the Honours syllabus, new topics have been included along with modern texts. Some of the new topics included are as follow: Risk, uncertainty and asymmetric information in Mathematical Economics Topics specifically of Post-Reform importance like India and WTO, Food Security, Flow of Foreign investment have been included in Indian Economics A separate section on West Bengal Economy has been introduced A project paper for final year students has been included. The entire syllabus of Development Economics has been considerably modernized to include current topics. Some modern textbooks like Microeconomic Theory: Basic Principles and Extensions by Walter Nicholson and Christopher Snyder have been included to cater the needs of students for the PG level entrance exams. ii) A separate syllabus for Mathematics General has been framed exclusively for the students of Economics Honours that would cater the needs for higher studies in the subject as well as for the entrance examinations for the postgraduate level 30. Does the department obtain feedback from a. Faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how does the department utilize it? Informal feedback taken in Departmental meetings and remedial measures taken accordingly b. Students on staff, curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation and what is the response of the department to the same? Student s feedback on faculty is taken regularly. The same is discussed in the departmental meeting for necessary correction. Open houses are organized regularly and students express their views on teaching-learning process. c. Alumni and employers on the programmes and what is the response of the department to the same? Many of the alumni studying in different National institutes informally convey their opinion about the course content and the method of teaching. Sometimes, while visiting their Alma-Mater, they express their views in this regard. The

9 board of studies contains two distinguished Alumnus. They express their views on the programme and syllabus. d. Every year a parent-teacher meet is held where the guardians express their views relating to their ward. Necessary actions are taken accordingly. 31. List the distinguished alumni of the department I. Subhas C. Roy, Professor of Economics, University of Connecticut, USA II. Prodosh Kumar Siamlai, Professor of economics, University of Illinois at Urbana Champain, USA III. Debasis Mondal, AssistantProfessor of Economics, IIT Delhi IV. Apurba Kumar Chattopadhyay, Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Politics, Viswa Bharati, Shantiniketan, West Bengal V. Subhra Baran Das, Assistant Professor, CentralUniversity, Shilchar, Assam VI. Samrat Goswami, Head, Department of Economics, University of Tripura VII. Durgadas Goswami, District Magistrate, South Dinajpur VIII. Swapan Kumar Mondal, Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics, Kolkata IX. Abhijit Latua, Officer on Special Duty, CMO, Writers Building, West Bengal X. Asis Bandopadhyay, Retired General Manager, National Insurance Company Limited 32. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with external experts. (a)three National Level Seminars were organized in 2007, 2009 and (b) Special Lectures: I. Entry Regulation: Some New Perspectives by Dr. Argha Ghosh on 29/09/07 II. Globalization and World Poverty by Prof. Pranab Bardhan (University of California) on 17/01/08 III. Risk, Uncertainty and Portfolio Management by Prof. Deb Ghosh on 05/08/08 IV. Global Financial Crisis by Prof. Ramgopal Agarwala (Retired Advisor, World Bank) on 30/07/08

10 V. Regulation and Competitive Equilibrium by Prof. Anjan Mukherjee (JNU) on 30/01/09 VI. Land Economics : The Recent Debate by Prof. Subhendu Dasgupta(CU) on 04/11/09 VII. Organic Farming and Vermiculture by Md. Inasuddin (Deputy Registrar, Co-op. Societies) on 07/04/ List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes. Chalk and talk, Overhead Projectors and PowerPoint Projections 34. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and learning outcomes monitored? Open houses are organized regularly. After publication of mid-sem results students meeting is convened to identify their mistakes and suggest remedial measures. Issues are discussed in the faculty meeting also. Remedial coaching are arranged for weaker students. In the guardians meeting held once a year the problems relating to particular students are mutually discussed. The students can meet the teachers to discuss their problems outside the class. 35. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities.: Faculty: Swami Tyagarupananda, Principal and Swami Krishnanathananda, Controller of Examinations, two monastic members of the faculty, regularly participate in activities of social and educational importance. Sri Tapan Kr. Ghosh, H.o.D.: One of the founder members and presently the Vice- President of the Alumni Association of the college Life- member of Bengal Economic Association and Indian Economic Association Formal Friend of Sramajeevi A local low-cost hospital for the underprivileged. Participates in many of their programmes One of the founder members of Ramakrishna Sevashrama at Sunderbans and active participants in many of their programmes

11 Participates regularly in various value oriented programmes at school and college levels Acted as judge at Swami Vivekananda Memorial Music Competition for student nurses of West Bengal in 2010 and 2011 Presided over a memorial lecture on Global Recession in Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture at Golpark, Kolkata on A member of the team of Quiz masters on a quiz on Swami Vivekananda at Sri Gopal Banerjee College, Mogra on Dr. Deb Kr. Chakrabarti: Sectetary, Teacher,s Council, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira Member, Editorial Board, Arthabhileshon, a Bengali Journal on Economics Member, The Canvas Artists Circle a leading group of contemporary painters Students: All of the students of the department participate in N.S.S or N.C.C activities. In the current session the following is the data in this regard: Year NCC NSS 1 st nd rd They also participate as volunteer in various programmes/activities organized by the college. Many of the students donate blood in the camp organized for this purpose every year. The students and faculty occasionally participate in interstate excursions. In 2012, the students of the department along with principal visited Mumbai and had first-hand knowledge about functioning of the RBI, NSE, BSE etc. 36. Give details of beyond syllabus scholarly activities of the department: a) Sri Tapan Kr. Ghosh and Swami Tyagarupananda take part in discussions in All- India Radio relating to economic and social issues. The A.I.R. discussions by TKG:

12 Topic Programme Date of broadcast Inflation and Development Arthinitir Duniya Baideshik Wrin (Foreign Debt) Arthinitir Duniya General Budget Arthinitir Duniya Faculty members contribute articles in popular and academic journals. Many of them participate in seminars as resource persons and/or speakers. At least one number of the departmental wall magazine Arthaniti is published every year. In 2012, on the occasion of the National Seminar organized by the Department students published a printed magazine Sameekshan which was highly appreciated by all. Almost every year students of the department participate successfully in the annual intercollege competition Confluence organized by St. Xavier s College, Kolkata. In 2011 one of our students got first position in the event Crisis Management. In 2012, 2 nd prize in Mock Stock and Young Statistician were owned by two of our students. 37. State whether the programme/ department is accredited/ graded by other agencies. Give details. No 38. Detail any five Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of the department Strengths: i. Autonomy in framing syllabus ii. Favourable teacher student ratio :possibility of open interaction iii. Residential nature of the college iv. Rich library facility v. Active teaching assistance from monastic members Weakness: i. Majority of the incoming students do not have any prior concept of the subject as they come from the science stream

13 ii. Poor skill in English language of most of the students iii. Lack of motivation of a part of the students as the subject is chosen by them as the second best option iv. Unfilled posts in the faculty and too much dependence on part-timers Opportunities: i. Autonomous Status scope for modernization of syllabus ii. Close connection with the faculty of neighboring colleges- their assistance is available when required iii. Close contact with alumni scope of getting updated information about both academic and job related matters iv. Two of the administrative heads as members of the faculty Challenges: i. Encouraging students to develop both mathematical capability and command over language ii. To reverse the declining trend of student enrollment iii. To make the students aware of the fact that a variety of employment opportunities are available to them outside the traditional ones in the neoliberal regime iv. To overcome the problem of shortage of teaching staff 39. Future plans of the department: The department at present is suffering from an acute problem of shortage of staff. At present there are only two regular staff members two are-monastic members who cannot very naturally bear heavy load of classes. One of the two regular members is going to retire within a year. In this context it is difficult to make an effective future plan.now it is a challenge before the department to run the courses regularly. However, once the posts are filled effectively the Department can think in terms of introduction of some special areas of study. It may even think of introducing postgraduate course.

14 Publications : Tapan Kumar Ghosh : Periodicals: i. Kahar Eto Mongal (On Poverty and Inequality), (2008), Tabu Ekalavya, Sept.-Dec. ii. Antorjatik Monda o Bharoter Arthaniti (On Global Recession), (2009), Tabu Ekalavya, Vol-2 iii. Prithibi Gadyamoy (On Food Security), (2009), Tabu Ekalavya, Vol.-1 iv. Dakghar: Mrityu Na Mukti, (2010), Tabu Ekalavya, Special Issue on Rabindranath Tagore v. Ora Kaaj Kore (On Child Labour), (2011), Tabu Ekalavya, Sarod Sankhya. Debkumar Chakrabarti: Monograph: Investment Behaviour of Firms: real and Financial Factors, (2008), VDM Verlag, Germany Chapter in Edited Book: The von-newman Morgenstern utility Function With Constant Risk Aversion, (2011), Econophysics of order driven markets, Springer-Verlag Journals: i. Uncertainty and Investment (2008), India Macroeconomic Annual ii. Financial Liberalization, Financing Constraints and indian Manufacturing Sector, EPW, (Forthcoming) iii. Heterogeneity in Indian IT-ITeS Industry: Is an Uniform Policy Enough, International Journal of Business Information Systems (Forthcoming) Swami Krishnanathananda: Periodicals: Proceedings: i. Arthanaitik Unnayan Prosonge Vivekananda (2011), Dhrupadi Eshona, Special issue on Swami Vivekananda ii. Rabindranath o Palli Unnayan,(2011), Tobu Ekalavya, special issue on Rabindranath

15 The Economic Ideas of Swami Vivekananda: An Overview,(2007) Colloquium Proceedings, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Vol.1

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (WOMEN)

NAAC Re-Accreditation Report 58 COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (WOMEN) 1. Name of the off-campus College : COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (WOMEN). Year of establishment : 010 3. Is the Centre part of the university? Yes