Evaluative Report - Department of Hindi 1. Name of the Department : Department of Hindi 2. Year of establishment : 1971 3. Is the Department part of a School/ : Yes, The School of Language and Faculty of the university? Literature 4. Names of programmes offered : M.A. (Hindi), M.Phil (Hindi), Ph.D (Hindi), PG Diploma in Translation and Secretarial Practice, Certificate course in Hindi language (six months) 5. Interdisciplinary programmes and : Nil departments involved 6. Courses in collaboration with other : Nil universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. 7. Details of programmes discontinued, : Nil if any, with reasons 8. Examination System : Choice Based Credit Semester System (Annual/Semester/Trimester/ Choice Based Credit System) 9. Participation of the department in : Yes the courses offered by other depts. 10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (s/ s/asst. s/others) Designation Sanctioned 1 Filled Actual including CAS & MPS) 1 1 1 s 3 2 4 Asst. s 6 4 2 Others Library staff 3 2 1 11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization, experience
and research under guidance Name Designati on Specialisati on No. of years experien ce No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. Students guided for the last 4 years Dr. Sudha Balakrishnan Dr. Fatima Jeem. M. & Head Fiction and women studies 28 years M.Phil : 6 Ph.D : 3 awarded : 1 submitted : 1 doing Fiction 20 years M.Phil : 4 Ph.D : 1 awarded Ph.D : 3 doing Dr. R. Sethunath Translation studies, Fiction, Psychologic al study of literature 19 years M.Phil : 3 Ph.D : 1 awarded 3 submitted 5 doing Dr. Pramod Kovvaprath Translation studies, Poetry 19 years M.Phil : 4 Ph.D : 5 awarded 8 doing Dr. Margret. V.G. Hindi 28 years M.Phil : 4 Ph.D : 7 doing Dr. V.K. Subramanian Poetry, Short fiction, Translation in Hindi 10 years M.Phil : 5 Ph.D : 7 doing Herman. P.J. Assistant Translation, Fiction, Functional Hindi 5 years M.Phil : 5 Ph.D : 7 doing 2
12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct : Dr.S.Thankamani Amma, faculty, emeritus professors Visiting 13. Percentage of classes taken by : Two guest lectures and one visiting temporary faculty programme-wise -33% information 14. Programme-wise Student- : 1:5 (PG) Teacher Ratio 15. Number of academic support staff : Administrative: Sanctioned:3 (technical) and administrative staff Filled: 2 Sanctioned, filled and actual Actual: Technical : Sanctioned:4 Filled: 2 Actual: 16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies: 17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the funding agencies, project title and grants received project-wise. 18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants received a) National collaboration : b) International collaboration : 19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, DPE; DBT, ICSSR, AICTE, etc.; total grants received. 20. Research facility / centre with state recognition : Nil national recognition : Nil international recognition : Nil 21. Special research laboratories sponsored : Nil by/created by industry or corporate bodies 22. Publications: Number of papers published in peer : 9 reviewed journals (national/international) 3
Monographs : Chapters in Books : Edited Books : 7 Books with ISBN with details of : 2 publishers Sl. Author Title Books with ISBN No 1 Dr. R Sethunath Dakshin mein Hindi Bhasha aur Sahitya Dasha Aur Disha Jawahar Pusthakalaya Maddura -2013 Co Editor 2 Dr. R Sethunath Upanyasakar agey ke patra : Mano vygya nikadhyayan. Jawahar Pusthakalaya Maddura -2015 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 : SJR : Impact Factor range / average : h-index : 23. Details of patents and income generated : Nil 24. Areas of consultancy and income generated : Nil 25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to : Dr.Sudha Balakrishnan visit other laboratories / institutions/ industries in India and abroad 26. Faculty serving in : a) National committees b) International committees c) Editorial Boards d) any other (please specify) 27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, : ASC, Refresher/orientation programs, workshops, training programs and similar programs). 28. Student projects 4
percentage of students who have : done in-house projects including inter-departmental projects percentage of students doing projects : 95 in collaboration with other universities/ industry / institute 29. Awards / recognitions received at the national : Nil and international level by Faculty Doctoral / post doctoral fellows Students 30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national / international) with details of outstanding participants, if any. Sl. No. Seminars/ Workshops/ Title National/ International/ State Seminars Hindi weeks celebrations 2010 31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments: 32. Student profile programme-wise: Name of the Applications Selected Pass percentage Programme received Male Female Male Female (refer to question no. 4) MA 60 3 43 100 100 MA Functional Hindi 25 3 9 100 100 M.Phil 30-2 Ph.D 44 7 37 33. Diversity of students Name of the % of % of students % of students % of Programme students from other from students (refer to question from the universities universities from no. 4) same within the outside the other university State State countries MA 99% 1% nil 5
MA Functional Hindi 98% 1% 1% nil M.Phil 100% - Ph.D 98% 1% 1% nil 34. How many students have cleared Civil : NET/JRF/UGC/CSIR - 21 Services and Defense Services SET: 7 examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other GATE: Nil competitive examinations? Give details category-wise. 35. Student progression Student progression Percentage against enrolled UG to PG PG to M.Phil. PG to Ph.D. Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral Employed a) Campus selection a) b) Other than campus recruitment b) Entrepreneurs 36. Diversity of staff Percentage of faculty who are graduates: of the same university Nil from other universities within the State 100% from universities from other States 1 from universities outside the country Nil 37. Number of faculty who were awarded : All are Ph. D Holders prior to 2010 M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the assessment period (2010-2015). 38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to: a) Library 6
b) Internet facilities for staff and students - Total 7 Staffs, 5 staffs have computer, Wifi facility available of staffs and students. c) Total number of class rooms - 6 d) Class rooms with ICT facility - Nil e) Students laboratories f) Research laboratories - All computers are damaged 39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research s a) from the host institution/university : b) from other institutions/universities : 40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the university. 41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology. 42. Does the department obtain feedback from a. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how does the department utilize the feedback?. b. students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does the department utilize the feedback? c. alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the department utilize the feedback?. 43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10) 1. Prof.(Dr).N.Ravindranath former Pro-Vice Chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam Muslim 2. Prof.(Dr).Abdul Jaleel, Former Registrar Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 3. Prof.(Dr).R.Surendran, and Head, Department of Hindi, University of Calicut. 4. Prof.(Dr).A.Achuthan, and Head, Department of Hindi, University of Calicut. 5. Dr. Pramod Kovvaprath,, Department of Hindi, University of Calicut. 6. Vijayan, Asst. Director, Official language, All India Radio, Calicut 44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) involving external experts. 7
45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes. 46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and learning outcomes are monitored? Regular test papers and feedback from the students enable the Department assessment of the student enrichment. This is discussed in the Departmental council and remedial measures taken wherever necessary. 47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities. 48. Give details of beyond syllabus scholarly activities of the department. 49. State whether the programme/ department is accredited/ graded by other agencies? If yes, give details. 50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new knowledge, basic or applied. 51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of the department. Strengths 1. Availability of faculty of various specializations Weakness 2. Interest of students in modern research areas 3. Good no. of books in the departmental library 4. Modern audio vision facilities. (Teaching aids) 5. Job oriented PG Diploma and Certificate courses. 1. More teaching staff is necessary 2. lack of sufficient class rooms and faculty rooms 3. lack of seminar hall 4. lack of sufficient seating facility in the library 5. lack of funds for organizing seminars and workshops Opportunities 1. Opportunities are available in the central govt. offices as translators and Hindi officer 2. Teachers in Schools/Colleges/Universities 8
3. Opportunities in Mass media Challenges 1. Replacing Hindi by English in schools/offices. Priority of English in govt. offices and other institutions. 52. Future plans of the department 1. Planning to comments M.Phil & Ph.D Programme in Functional Hindi & Translation. 2. Propose to take up translation projects on Aurveda and Cultural literature of Kerala. 9