1 Name of the department PHILOSOPHY 2 Year of Establishment 1965 3 Names of Programmes / Courses offered (, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.) 4 Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the NIL departments/units involved 5 Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise) Semester based Credit System 6 Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments With Sanskrit, Bengali and Political Science 7 Courses in collaboration with other NIL universities/industries/ foreign/institutions, etc. 8 Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons NIL 9 Number of Teaching Government Adhoc/ posts Part time Professor Sanctioned Filled Associate Professor 2 1 Assistant Professor 1 1 Part-Timer 1 1 10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /Ph.D. / M. Phil. etc.,) Name of the faculty Sanctioned Posts Dr.Kshireswar Associate Bora Professor Dr.Charu Das Designation Highest qualification Asst. Professor M.A., Ph.D, M.Phil, LL.M M.A., M.Phil, Ph.D Specialization Logic, Human Rights Experien ce (In years) No. of Ph.D. Student guided for the last 4 years 2009-Dr.Pratap Ch. Sarmah,Prof. & HOD of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology,Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences,Gangtok. Topic- Medicolegal awareness amongst the students. 2009-Dr. Manisha Baruah,HOD of Philosophy,Gauhati University. Topic- Religion (15.12.2009) 2012-Dr.Putul Mahanta,Faculty of FSM,Gauhati Medical & Hospital. Topic-Substance abuse & its prevention in the Present Society (15.10.2012) 2012-Swami Sumanashanandaji,Secretary,Ramakrishna 1 25 Religion 14 Part-timer Pallabi sarmah M.A. 2 years in A.V. 11. List of senior visiting faculty
12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (programme wise) by temporary faculty 13. Student - Teacher Ratio (programme wise) 14. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff; sanctioned and filled 15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil / Mission,Cherrapunji and Shantamanandaji Maharaj,Secretary,New Delhi, Topic-The Saint Vivekananda 2015-Minoti Borthakur,Former HOD of Philosophy,Cotton, Topic- Positive Thinking Programme Ratio Major General BA 1 st year BA 2 nd year BA 3 rd year Programme Ratio Remark (if any) Major General BA 1 st year BA 2 nd year BA 3 rd year Sanctioned NA 2 Filled NA DSc/ D.Litt Ph.D MPhil PG - 3 - - PG. 16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National : NIL b) International funding agencies and grants received: NIL 17. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; C, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received 18 Research Centre/laboratory /facility recognized by the University NA 19 Publications (2009-15) Nos. of papers published in Peer Reviewed /refereed Journal (National/International) 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 Name of the Faculty Dr. N Goswami 3 Dr. K Bora 13 14 8 Dr. C Das Pallabi Sarmah Nos. of Books/Chapters/articles Name of the 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 Faculty Dr. N Goswami B-1 B-1 Dr. K Bora A-13, B-2 A-14, B-4 A-8, B-3 Dr. C Das B-1 B-1 A-5 Pallabi Sarmah A-2 B-1 Nil
20 Areas of consultancy and income generated NIL 21 Faculty as members in Name of the Faculty Dr. Charu Das Name of the international/ National/Regional State level Committees/ Editorial Board Member of Kamrup Vedadhyayan Mandal Member of the All India Association for Educational Research Member of the Indian Philosophical Congress Membership status (Life/Annual) Annual Life Life 22 Student projects Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/programme Percentage of students placed for projects in other organizations outside the students i.e. Research Laboratories/ Industry / and other agencies. 23 Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students NIL 24 List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the Same as no.11 department 25 Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding NIL National/international 26 Student profile (programme/course wise): Year 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 Programme Enrolled M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T 1 st Yr. 1 6 7 2 5 7 2 3 5 1 7 8 8 13 21 7 11 18 2 nd Yr. 3 2 5 0 7 7 2 5 7 1 1 2 1 7 8 1 11 12 3 rd Yr. 1 8 9 4 5 9 2 6 8 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 7 8 Total 4 16 21 6 17 23 6 14 20 3 9 12 10 21 31 9 29 38 Year 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 Programme M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T Appeared 0 8 8 1 5 6 2 4 6 2 10 12 0 1 1 1 7 8 Passed 0 8 8 - - 3 - - 5 - - 08 - - 1 1 6 7 % of pass 100 50 83 66 100 88 27 Diversity of Students Course 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 from the same state from other States from abroad 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% - - - - - - - - - - - - 3
28 How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc.?(2009-2014) Defense-1 29 Student progression (2013-14) to PG 73% PG to M.Phil. PG to Ph.D. 2% Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral Employed Campus selection Other than campus recruitment Entrepreneurship/Self-employment 30 Details of Infrastructural facilities a. Library Nos. of Books in the Departmental Library. 1.Dibakar Saikia, State Foot ball player(2010) 2.Rinismita sarmah,singer,all India Radio,Guwahati (2011) 3.Nipan Basumatary,Musician(2013) 4.Tapan Barman, Assam Police(2013) Nos. of Books of the concerned subject in the Central Library. 928 books Journals/ Magazines b. Internet facilities for NIL Staff & Students c. Class rooms with NIL ICT facilities d. Laboratories (Give NIL details) 31. Number of students receiving, University, Government or other agencies. Financial assistance 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 from University/ Government 32 a. Details on student 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /seminar) with external experts 2 2 1 b. Name of the Invitees 2009-Dr.Pratap Ch.Sarmah,Prof & HOD of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology,Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciencess,Gangtak. 2009-Dr.Manisha Baruah,HOD of Philosophy,GU. 2012-Dr.Putul Mahanta,Faculty of FSM,Gauhati Medical and Hospital 2012-Swami Sumanashanandaji and Maharaj Shantatmanandaji of Ramakrishna Misson, Cherrapunji and New Delhi 2015-Minoti Barthakur,former HOD of Philosophy, Cotton 4
33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning 34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities Teaching Method Comments Peer teaching yes Group discussion: Seminar by students Guest Lecturer: Project making/ Experimental workshop: Chalk board or Power point Preliminary discussion on earlier yes topics: Educational tour /visit: No Any other - Visit to Pabitara sanctuary with students,20 December 2009 Visit to Rani,21 February 2015,for awareness programme 35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans Strength All Ph.D holder teaching staff Huge number of students Weakness Low infrastructure Lack of sufficient faculty for major course Opportunities After having completed this course students are able to get opportunities in various fields They can have good literary source for research work Challenges To provide value based education to the students in the present society Future Plan Opening of PG Classes 5