1 D.K.GOVT. DEGREE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, NELLORE PRINCIPAL S ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2014-15 Good Evening and a warm welcome to the revered Invitees! I am privileged to proffer cordial invitation to Smt. M. Janaki IAS, District Collector and Magistrate, SPSR Nellore district and Chief Guest of today s function, Sri A.Md. Imtiaz IAS, Joint collector, Sri R.S.Rajkumar, Additional Joint collector, to the Print and Electronic Media, to our well wishers of Nellore City, to teaching and non-teaching staff of the college to the 51 st Annual Day Celebration of D.K. Govt. College for Women, Nellore. I m honoured to present the college Annual Report for the academic Year 2014-2015. Dodla Kousalyamma College for Women, in the name of Smt. D. Kousalyamma the kind donor, was established in 1964 and prospered into the present state of educating more than a thousand girl students not just from in and around Nellore but also from all the neighbouring districts. This is the only government college in town as well as the only Govt. Women s College in the district offering 12 undergraduate courses and three Postgraduate Courses. The Conventional courses are M.P.C, B.Z.C and Home Science in B.Sc., H.E.P, E.P.T in B.A, and B.Com General. The Re-structured courses are Biotechnology, Micro Biology, M.P.CS, M.S.CS, in B.Sc., Communicative English in B.A., and Computer Applications in B.Com. The Post Graduate Courses offered in the College are M.A in Telugu, M.A in English and M.Sc in Zoology. After the Reaccreditation by NAAC with an A grade in 2011 the college submitted proposals for autonomy to the UGC in December 2012. The college has been pursuing the UGC and is awaiting the inspecting team from the UGC.
2 The college commenced its academic activity on June 16 th, 2014 as per the academic schedule of V.S. University. A total of 266 students joined in various first year undergraduate courses, with 77 students in Science courses 72and 77 students in Arts and Commerce streams respectively. Results: The college achieved 72 % of Passes in undergraduate Courses with 41 distinctions, 123 first classes and 25 second classes in the University exams held in March/April 2014. In PG courses the result is 100 % in M.Sc Zoology and Telugu and all students got first classes. Transfers: The college is further strengthened with the addition of teaching and non teaching staff on transfer. Dr. G. Padmaja Priya Lecturer in Telugu joined the department on transfer from GDC Udayagiri. Sri P.Mallikarjuna senior assistant joined us on promotion and transfer from SKRGDC Gudur. The college also saw people leaving her this year on retirement. The College lost three great lecturers on retirement. Smt.Kejiya Lakshmi Bai, Lecturer in Zoology, Sri B. Krishna Murthy, Lecturer in Commerce, and Smt.K.Kusuma Kumari Lecturer in Commerce retired on 31/5/2014. Distinctions: Dr.Y.Dayakar, Reader in Zoology and Sri K.Prabhakar Lecturer in Chemistry functioned as academic auditors on behalf of CCE. A.P. Dr. K. Padmaja, was appointed as Master Trainer for training fellow English Lecturers in two training programmes at GDC (W), Guntur and GDC, Chittoor in October and December, 2014 respectively.
3 Students Union: The students union was formed with Smt. K. Audiseshamma Lecture in Botany as Vice President. Meritorious students, one from each class, were nominated as office bearers of the union of which Ms. U. Shilpa is the Chairperson of the Union. UGC Grants: The college received a grant of Rs1, 80,000/- for conducting a national seminar in Zoology. Dr. Y. Dayakar Reader in Zoology was the coordinator of the national seminar and professors from the U.S too contributed their papers by being resource persons. The college also received Rs.22,00,000/- lakh as development grant from the UGC. It also received Rs.3,00,000 lakh towards the establishment of Internal Quality Assurance Cell. Dr.Y.Dayakar, Reader in Zoology is the Coordinator. Scholarships: We have applied for the renewal of scholarships for 428 students and for fresh scholarships for 238 students. The sanction orders for an amount of Rs.29, 33, 471/- rupees are received but the amount is yet to be released. N.C.C: Dr C. Kalapriya Lecturer in Home science is in charge of NCC. The college NCC unit has 75 cadets. 18 cadets have attended a trekking camp at Himachal Pradesh. 6 of our cadets are selected for the National Integration Camp at Gujarat, Orissa and Warangal. One cadet is selected for Pre Republic day camp at Secunderabd. 3 cadets got silver medals in competitions held at different camps. The NCC cadets participated in blood donation camps and took part in AIDS awareness rally, Voters day rally and Swachcha Bharath. 27 cadets have
4 appeared for B-exam and 16 cadets have appeared for C-exam on 15 th and 22 nd February 2015 respectively. N.S.S: The College N.S.S unit has 110 volunteers. Smt Y. Ravindramma, Lecturer in Physical Education and Smt. P. Uma Maheswari lecturer in English are the programme officers. K. Pushpalatha of II B.Com participated in a trekking camp at Manali in Himachala Pradesh. N. Amulya of I BSc Home Science has participated in pre Republic day NSS camp. V. Nagamalleswari and V. Anitha of III HECE have participated in inter university NSS camp at S.V. University, Tirupathi. Sports and Games: 22 students are selected for inter university games and sports. Parvati and Jyothi of our college participated in all India national games held at Trivandrum in Kerala in February 2015. Our college hosted the state level kho kho meet for men and women and our students are the state level winners. Student Achievements: The college conducted literary, cultural and other competitions in connection with many occasions in 10 to 15 events at college and district level. Our students bring laurels to the college by being winners in various competitions. A detailed report on cultural and literary achievements was submitted yesterday.
5 Seminars & Workshops: Almost all the staff members have attended academic development programmes either in the form of workshops or seminars. Their presence is made with their paper presentations at national and international seminars. Nearly 10 to 15 scholarly articles are published in reputed national and international journals. Research Activities: Three of our lecturers Dr. Y. Dayakar, Reader in Zoology, Dr. K. Padmaja Lecturer in English, and Dr. G. Varalakshmi Lecturer in Statistics are recognised research supervisors for M.Phil and Ph.D. 7 scholars are working under their supervision. Orientation and Refresher Courses: Smt. D. Jayasri, Lecturer in Micro Biology, Ms. P. Aruna, Lecturer in Microbiology, Smt. E.K Dorocus Joy Lecturer in Botany, Dr. Mohammad Mehaboob, Lecturer in Urdu, B. Rajeswar Reddy Lecturer in Physics and Dr. C. Kalapriya Lecturer in Home Science have done Orientation and Refresher courses. JKC: During the academic year 2014-2015 Jawahar Knowledge centre under the steward ship of P.Uma Maheswari, coordinator JKC, has trained 386 students in three batches. We trained them in analytical skills, reasoning and arithmetic, computer skills, communication and soft skills. Additional courses in Tally, C and Photoshop are also conducted for students. Three campus drives were conducted this year. Apache Company conducted one on 26/10/2014 and
6 60 students participated from all GDCs and 10 students were selected. Abhivruddhi Vet India pvt.ltd. conducted a drive on 6/11/14 in which 50 students have participated and 26 students are selected. Mahindra Finance Company conducted one on 5/2/2015. 98 students participated and 11 are selected. CAREER GUIDANCE CELL. The cell under the coordinator ship of Dr. K Padmaja lecturer in English, this year, conducted two training programmes. 322 students are benefitted by a free training programme conducted by Datapro in computer hardware and software fundamentals. The students receive a central Govt. endorsed certificate and stipend. DRC: The DRC of our college under the coordinator ship of Sri. B. Udaya Bhaskrarao lecturer in Economics conducted three day training programme in two spells in July and August of 2014 to the lecturers of degree colleges in human values and professional ethics. Smt. D. Jayasri, lecturer in Microbiology. Dr.C. Kalapriya, lecturer in Home Science, Kum K.Sai Sudha lecturer in Bio Technology were the resource persons for the programme. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University: Our study center for women is offering contact programmes for 275 students with 120 students in first year, 90 students in second year and 70 in third years. Smt. K. Audiseshamma lecturer in Botany is the Coordinator.
7 Hostel: The student managed college hostel, which is located behind the college building, has 6 blocks with 113 rooms. The total number of inmates is 478 of which 306 belong to Schedule Castes, 42 belong to Scheduled Tribes, 100 belong to Backward Classes. 30 students are from OC community and 30 more girl students who are sportspersons in Nellore town are also given accommodation in our hostels. Smt K.Audiseshamma, Lecturer in Botany is the Deputy Warden of the Hostel. Problems: Despite the achievements that we are able to place on record here before you the college is facing problems in these areas. In view of the severe power shortage the college would like to become self sufficient in generating power at least to some extent and also create green energy by opting for solar power system and the college requests the support of philanthropists and the authorities in the initial establishment of the equipment for this purpose. Similarly in a women s college with more than 1000 students and staff the bathroom facilities are severely disproportionate in number and we request the support of authorities in the construction of the bath rooms too. Finally I wish good luck to students in their forth coming examinations and I thank you all for being a part of this occasion. *******