BOTANY - St Bedes College 2015-2016.pdfCHEMISTRY Chemistry is the physical science that studies the...

1

BOTANY

Activities undertaken during the session

1. Herbal garden was prepared by the students of 2nd and 4th semester with the help of

the college garderner

2. Peer teaching classes were conducted

3. Power point presentations on various topics were presented by the students

4. Student of Botany Major (5th semester ) attended Summer training at Himalayan

Forest Research Institute on Biodiversity for one month

Herbal garden was prepared by the students of 2nd

and 4th semester with the help of the college

garderner

The saplings were procured from various govt. agencies and some from local people. After

planting and some growth, the botanical and common names were identified, name plates

prepared and placed.

Power point presentations on various topics were

presented by the students viz., taxonomy of angiosperms,

gymnosperms, cytogenetics, human evolution etc.

2

Student of Botany Major (5th semester ) attended

Summer training at Himalayan Forest Research

Institute on Biodiversity for one month. Thereafter

students submitted a report of the same.

Participation of teachers during 2015-16: Dr. Shramja

Munjal attended workshop on FDP

3

Biotechnology &

Microbiology

1. Bhavya Sahni of B.Sc. (Hon’s) Biotech III year participated in public speaking contest

on Biotechnology organized by Novozyme South Asia Pvt. Ltd. in collaboration with

biospectrum and ABLE.

2. Pragya Singh of B.Sc (Hon’s) Biotechnology Ist Semester won Ist prize in painting and

rangoli Competitions.

3. Many students elected as council member in College’s Council.

4. Dr. Neha Gautam reviewed a paper for Food Chemistry.

5. Dept. has taken an initiative to evaluate various parameter required for Green Audited

Campus and successfully completed it.

6. An Interdisciplinary Activity was conducted with Dept. of Zoology and Dept. of

Botany in which they were introduced with the various instruments of Biotechnology

and Microbiology.

7. A lecture was delivered by Dr. Rishi Mahajan from JUIT Waknaghat.

8. Many Students of B.Sc. Biotechnology & Microbiology IInd Year went for summer

Training for One month.

9. Moyna Kalia of B.Sc Biotechnology IIIrd Year begged 2nd position in the Himachal

Pradesh University Merit List . Ankita Bragta begged 7th position and Bhavya Sahni

begged 10th position in University Merit List.

10. Princy Luthra of B.Sc Microbiology IIIrd Year begged Ist position in Himachal

Pradesh University merit List & Mohini got 3rd position in University.

4

11. Following Students of Microbiology got admission in Central Research Institute

kasauli for Post graduation:-

i) Princy Luthra

ii) Mohini

iii) Vrinda Sharma

iv) Vipasha

12. Moyna Kalia and Mishika Dadwal Qualified JNU Entrance Examination.

13. Some students also qualify Punjab university entrance Examination.

5

CHEMISTRY

Chemistry is the physical science that studies the composition of substances and the

elemental forms of matter. Everything is made of chemicals; this makes chemistry an

incredibly important branch of science. Even things that are alive, such as plants and animals,

are made up of elements that interact with one another. Chemistry helps us in understanding

the interplay between living things and the world around them.

Understanding chemistry can also help people stay safe. This is because elements and

compounds can be studied in the laboratory, and the results can be applied in the real world.

From the study of the toxicity of certain chemicals to the ability to predict when food expires

or goes bad, chemistry helps people consume and use chemicals safely in their day-to-day

lives.

Plan of action for quality enhancement:

POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS/SEMINARS:-

General laboratory safety measure.

Acid Value and Saponification value of oil and fats.

Acne Management.

Carrier options in the field of chemistry.

Quality Enhancement

Aid of charts, models, seminars etc.

Student classroom Teaching

Linking Theoretical

Chemistry with Practical’s.

Use of ICT for teaching.

6

Importance of Chemistry in daily life:-medicines, dyes, energy sources, cosmetics etc.

Adulteration in food stuffs.

REVIEW OF THE PRESENTATIONS

Carrier options in the field of chemistry:

Analytical chemist: They use a diverse range of methods to investigate the chemical

nature of substances. The aim is to identify and understand the substance and how it

behaves in different conditions.

Chemical engineer: They alter raw materials into required products while taking

into consideration health and safety and cost issues.

Healthcare scientist, clinical biochemistry: Healthcare scientists working in

clinical biochemistry analyze samples taken from patients' blood, urine or other

bodily fluids to help with the investigation, diagnosis and treatment of diseases.

Forensic scientist: They provide impartial scientific evidence for use in courts of law

to support the prosecution or defense in criminal and civil investigations.

Pharmacologist: They aim to understand how drugs work so they can be used

effectively and safely. They also conduct research to aid drug discovery and

development.

Research scientist (physical sciences): Scientific research involves designing and

conducting experiments to collect physical evidence of natural phenomena.

Toxicologist: They study the impact that toxic materials and radiation on the

environment and human and animal health.

7

COMPUTER SCIENCE

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

The Department of Computer science was formed with the primary objective of providing best

class education in the field of Information Technology. The department has been offering

excellent IT facilities with the variety of computing platforms to aspiring professional

students to meet the demands of IT industry. The department endeavors to produce confident

professional students.

OBJECTIVE

To equip students with latest skills in the field of technologies.

To supplement the theoretical knowledge with practical orientation to face the

challenges of modern computing industry.

To provide best class education in the field of Information technology.

Understanding real world problems & making an effort to automate the same to some

extent.

To provide exposure to students to the latest tools and technology.

DEPARTMENT VISION

Our mission is to strive for excellence in creating, applying and imparting knowledge in the

society.

DEPARTMENT MISSION

Our vision is to achieve excellence in academics by imparting in depth knowledge of the

technology.

8

COLLABORATION

The department of Computer Science is collaborated with Microsoft and is a member of

MSDN Academic Alliance

MoU with Sai Institute Digitech Institute, Shimla

ACTIVITIES

Seminar on Project Development by Mr. Kuldip , NIIT , Shimla on July 14, 2015

Organized a workshop on IT Job opportunities after BCA on July 25, 2016 by Mr.

Sanjeev Sood Regional head NIELIT Shimla.

Value Added Courses started from August , 2015

Seminar was organized by Ms Neha Walia and Ms. Vikesh Kumar for first year students

in the month of August, 2015

Teacher’s day was celebrated in the department on September 7, 2015

Presentation by the students of BCA III year to the students of Portmore School ,

Shimla on 12th October, 2015

9

Seminar by BCA students in Portmore School

Seminar for First year students

10

Teacher’s day celebrations

National Level Android workshop

Two days National Level Android workshop cum championship was held in the college from

September 11-12, 2015 .This programme was organized in collaboration with Robo EduTech

India Pvt. Ltd. in Association with Wissenaire, Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar.

This training programme was held for the first time in Himachal Pradesh wherein 32

students of BCA were trained for one and a half day by Mr. Anuj Kumar Raghav from Robo

EduTech Pvt. Ltd. The students were trained on Eclipse and Java software .

Android workshop

11

Infomaths private limited seminar

A seminar was conducted by the infomaths private limited to make students aware of the latest

opportunities for their future career options on 24th September 2015.

SEMINAR ATTENDED BY THE FACULTY

Presented a paper titled “prevalent criterias in regressuion test in special techniques:an

exploratory study” in international conference on green computing and internet of

things(ICGCI0t 2015)held at galgotias college of engineering and technology greater noida

during 8-10 oct,2015

Presented a paper titled “Attributes Identification for Test Case Reusability in Regression

Test Case Selection Techniques” in INDIACom-2016; 10th INDIACom; 2016 3rd

International Conference on “Computing for Sustainable Global Development” organized by

BVICAM, New Delhi. IEEE Conference ID: 37465 (16-18 March, 2016).

Paper titled “Prevalent criteria's in regression test case selection techniques: An exploratory

study” published in IEEE Explore. Green Computing and Internet of Things (ICGCIoT),

2015 International Conference on. Year: 2015. Pages: 871 - 876, DOI:

10.1109/ICGCIoT.2015.7380585. IEEE Conference Publications

12

COMMERCE

VISION

To create a centre of academic excellence in education and research with the purpose of

fulfilling the society requirements through holistic development of the future generation who

possess the right knowledge, skill sets and attitude towards their work and life.

MISSION

To aspire and strive for excellence in education and research by developing and sharpening

the intellectual and potential of learners for the welfare and prosperity of society and

stakeholders.

ACADEMIC GOALS

To provide a creative academic environment to tap and nurture talent for development of

professional skills.

To inculcate moral values and a sense of discipline, in keeping with the glorious heritage of

the nation. To impart quality education by working towards

the all round personality development of the students.

St. Bede’s College occupies a strategic position in higher education in terms of providing

academic lead and administrative facilitation to the teachers and students.

The Department of Commerce & Management aims to nurture commerce professionals with

a high level of knowledge and competence to effectively contribute to the society with

commitment and integrity. The department is one of the biggest departments of our college

with strength of about four hundred students and eight faculty members teaching BBA,

B.Com and M.Com programs. The dedicated faculty, which is a perfect blend of experience

and youth, always aims at all round development of students.

Learning Outcomes of the Department

13

The students completing Bachelors degree in Commerce & Management will:

Nurture students to become professionals with a high level of knowledge and

competence to effectively contribute to the society with commitment and integrity.

To have a general understanding and knowledge of the content areas in Commerce.

To demonstrate an ability to critically analyze and present coherent, organized

solutions to a variety of business and organizational problems.

To demonstrate local and global consciousness and responsibility.

To demonstrate an ability to work well independently and in groups.

To demonstrate a knowledge of current research and theory in the content areas.

To communicate effectively and professionally their research and analyses in the

content areas, in class discussion and in written report formats, and to be able to give

and receive constructive feedback.

To communicate effectively with the people at work and personal life.

To develop awareness and perspective regarding our personal engagement as a

member of the global community.

Assessment Plans and Results

Focus on acquisition of:

Knowledge and understanding of the various content areas.

Research skills.

Interdisciplinary thinking.

Capacity to relate theory to practical business conditions.

The faculty of the Commerce & Management department was engrossed academically in

pursuing the RUSA syllabus.

New CBCS Template adopted by Commerce & Management Department introduced by

UGC.

14

Group Work/ Co-operative Learning

Students were made to work in small groups and were given assignments and projects

dealing with practical applications of various course topics like:

Demand forecasting of consumer durables.

Study of price elasticity of necessities, comforts and luxuries.

Working in teams is a common part of the business environment and may be an approach

companies take to certain tasks, responsibilities or special projects. While it can be

challenging for different personality types to work together on a common goal, it has its

advantages, both for the company and the people involved. Thus group activities are

encouraged. Group work has proved to be very effective in grounding the abstract ideas into

more concrete terms that are easier for students to understand. Students are encouraged to

become active rather than passive learners by developing collaborative and co-operative

skills. It also encourages the development of critical thinking skills. However, sometimes

problems like students’ unwillingness to participate, problem of co-ordination, only one

student dominant in the group etc. These problems were overcome by adopting the strategy

of assigning some portion of work to each member and marking them individually on their

respective performance.

Group discussions were also held on various topics to help students develop communicative

and analytical skills.

15

Community Service

This is a practice continuously carried out. Our students are actively involved in various

community outreach activities. They regularly visit old age homes, orphanages and schools

and distribute necessary items to them. The students and staff are members of various social

clubs, societies and NGO’s and are actively participating in various community service

activities.

Mehak Thakur, Vice President and Asmita Kanwar,

Secretary of Community Outreach from B.Com Vth

Semester for Community Outreach Programme at the

village school in Theog on 8th Sept,2015.

Technology & Research

An effort is made to promote research by involving students in research and primary

surveys.

Students of B.Com conducted a small survey in Shimla to study the perception of people

towards Mobile Companies, Private vs. Public Banks.

M.Com students also conducted a survey on Loan facilities for Farmers/ Orchardists in H.P.

and a Study on the Impact of Make in India Campaign on the Youth.

This practice helped students to get awareness about research and its importance.

16

Industrial Visits

Such visits and field trips are vitally important as they give our students hands on experience

and an added dimension. The visit was planned and organised for practical exposure of the

students and also to promote friendship among students from diverse backgrounds as they

learn, play and grow together.

The students of BBA & M.Com were taken for an Industrial Visit to Department of

Horticulture, Nav bahar, Shimla.

M.Com Students at the Deptt. of Horticulture learning about Fruit Jam Making

BBA Students at Department of Horticulture at the Mixing Plant

17

M.Com and BBA Students with Faculty Members, Mr. Manu Mahajan, Ms. Unnatti

Chauhan and Ms. Shivani Vaid at Deptt. of Horticulture, Nav bahar, Shimla.

Visit to Pune Institute of Business Management

25 students from B.Com were taken for a visit to PIBM, Pune along with Faculty Members

Mr. Manu Mahajan, Dr. Deepika Gautam and Mr. Susheel Kumar.

Seminars

Seminars were held on topics like:

Insurance Policies

Merchant Banking

18

Trade Finance

Leasing

Rural Marketing

Through seminars students develop confidence, communicative skills and get wide

information.

Guest Lectures:

The competitive environment needs wider exposure and the role of experts is quite useful and

prevalent. The Department of Commerce has tried to provide such opportunity to the

students by organizing sessions through which, students learn from External Resource

Persons. Students are motivated and encouraged to interact with the Subject Experts to gain

rich knowledge and clarify their doubts pertaining to their subjects.

Dr. Kulbhushan Chandel, Chairman, Deptt. Of Commerce, H.P. University, Shimla

delivering lecture on Union Budget.

MOUs

Three MOUs have been signed by the Principal of the college on behalf of the department

with the following:-

Pune Institute of Business Management(PIBM), Pune (Student & Faculty Exchange

Programs, Student Placements & Internships)

19

Sai Digitech Tally Institute (Tally Certificate Course)

University of Frazer Valley, Canada ( Planning an Exchange Program)

Departmental Newsletter Knowledge Zenith

The first issue of the Departmental Newsletter “Knowledge Zenith” was published and

distributed.

Welfare and RP Funds

Welfare funds have been created for Needy and Poor students by the department. The

students of the college contributed funds for the welfare of those in need, children and poor

students. The students have proved their active role in terms of social responsibility by

contributing for this noble cause. This is a new initiative of the department which is required

to be followed by other departments and needs to be encouraged in all the institutions across

the Country.

Peer Teaching by Advanced Learners

The students are encouraged to indulge actively in Peer teaching. They gave lectures and

presentations on varied topics related to Commerce and Management like Sources of Finance,

Objectives of Financial Management, Organisational structures, Principles of Management,

Mind Mapping, Competency Mapping, 360˚ Appraisal System, Self Esteem and Time

Management, to name a few.

20

Peer Teaching by Advance Learners

Power Point Presentations

Students are encouraged to prepare Power point presentations. These were on the following

topics:

Labour Turnover

Responsibility Accounting.

Monetary Policy of RBI

SWOT Analysis of Indian Economy

21

Power point presentations had a positive impact on the students. They develop

confidence and speaking skills. Presentations with visual aid are more interesting and

persuasive and motivate students to learn.

Students giving Power Point Presentations

Extra-curricular activities

Our students have been actively participating in various college and inter-college events in

various activities. Some of our students had also been elected in student council. Ms. Ishita

Kaith (Vice-Admiral), Ms. Inoshi Negi (Captain, INS Vikas), Ms. Kriti Verma (Captain, INS

Himmat), Ms. Jayanti Singla (Secretary, NSS), Ms. Bhavika Jain (Vice president, Women

Cell) , Ms. Mehak Thakur (Vice President, Community Outreach), Ms. Asmita Kanwar

(Secretary, Community Outreach), Ms. Anchal Sood( Vice President, Disaster Management),

Ms. Chandni Verma (Vice President, Environment Cell), Ms. Niharika Bhadwar (Vice

president , Red Ribbon Club), Ms. Alisha Negi (Vice President, Placement Cell), Ms.

Jashanpreet Kaur (Vice President, Debates & Dramatics), Ms Shyamli Thakur (Vice

President, Health Club).

22

Office Bearers (2015-16) from Commerce & Management Deptt.

The students of our department also participated in various dance and talent competitions.

Students with Faculty Members Mr. Khyal Chand and Ms. Upasana Thakur at Youth

Fest, Chitkara University.

Faculty Accomplishments

1) Mr. Manu Mahajan

23

Participated in Heritage Awareness Workshop at Shimla held on 7th & 8th May, 2015

as part of INTACH’s Heritage Education Programme.

Attended Faculty Development Programme on “Engaging Pedagogies in Teaching”

by Pai Foundation, Mumbai from 27th -28th August,2015.

Co- Chaired a session at the International Psychology Conference on Work, Stress

and Health : Recent Perceptions, Future Trends organized by the Department of

Psychology held at St. Bede’s College from 26-27 October,2015.

Co-authored a book titled “Retail Management” published by Kalyani Publishers

having ISBN No. 978-93-272-6590-3 for BBA Vth semester students of H.P.

University.

2) Ms. Kavita Kumra




by Pai Foundation, Mumbai from 27th -28th August, 2015.

3) Ms. Unnatti Chauhan





Co- Chaired a session at the International Psychology Conference on Work, Stress

and Health: Recent Perceptions, Future Trends organized by the Department of

Psychology held at St. Bede’s College from 26-27 October,2015

4) Ms. Savita Rana





24

Attended the International Psychology Conference on Work, Stress and Health :

Recent Perceptions, Future Trends organized by the Department of Psychology held

at St. Bede’s College from 26-27 October,2015.

Published a paper in International Journal of Innovative Research & Development on

the topic “Role of Backward classes Finance and Development Corporation in up-

liftment of Backward Classes in H.P., India.” (ISSN 2278-0211)

Paper a published in International Journal of Business & Management on the topic

“Role of Himachal Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation in

Economic, Social and Educational up liftment of Backward classes in Himachal

Pradesh, India.” (ISSN 2321-8916)

Published a paper in a book titled Reading in Multidisciplinary Research on the topic

“Role of Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation Ltd. in Promoting

Tourism Industry in Himachal Pradesh.” (ISBN 978-81-926164-8-4).

5) Ms. Minni Sharma

Participated in Heritage Awareness Workshop at Shimla held on 7th & 8th May,

2015 as part of INTACH’s Heritage Education Programme.




Recent Perceptions, Future Trends organized by the Department of Psychology

held at St. Bede’s College from 26-27 October,2015.

6) Ms. Deepika Gautam

Member of Board of Studies (Himachal Pradesh University) w.e.f 2nd July,2015

Completed ‘e-PG Pathshala’ an MHRD Major Project (NME-ICT)

Attended Faculty Development Programme on “Engaging Pedagogies in

Teaching” by Pai Foundation, Mumbai from 27th -28th August,2015.

Appointed as a resource person to teach MCA classes in the Department of

Computer Science (HPU Shimla) w.e.f from September, 2015

25






Presented a Paper ‘MSMEs and Make in India: New Initiatives and Challenges’ in

an ICSSR Sponsored National Seminar on Redefining The Role of MSMEs in the

Context of Make in India: Opportunities and Challenges at Department of

Commerce Himachal Pradesh University Shimla 30th March, 2016.

Presented a Paper ‘Stress Management in the Workplace, Identification and coping

mechanism’ in a National Seminar on Role of Fine Arts and Yoga in Improving

Human Development, organised by Department of Yoga Studies, Himachal

Pradesh University, and Pratibha Spandan Society, Shimla on 23rd April, 2016.

Papers Published

Input Logistics Management of SME’s: An Evaluation published in an

international journal of Research THE BEDE ATHENAEUM pp. 79-85 (Vol.5,

No. (1) (ISSN 0976-0598) published by Dr. (Sr). Beena John on behalf of St. Bede’s

Educational society.

Empirical Analysis of Himachal as a Tourist Destination published in Ed. Book

‘Inclusive Growth And Sustainable Development’ S.P. Bansal et.al. Pp.267-271

(ISBN 978-93-85000-05-8) Published by Bharti Publications New Delhi-110089,

India.

Analysis of Investment Awareness and Broker Services, Published in a Shimla

Management Journal an annual publication, Vol VII, No.1, pp,33-36, ISSN 2320-

0154.

Role of Micro Finance in Local Area Development published in an International

Journal of Business Innovations (IJBI), A Refereed Bi-Annual Journal (ISSN 2394-

8086) Vol-1, Composed at Datalink Computers, 213, Sangam Complex , Jalandhar,

Printed at Amit Arts, MW 36, Industrial Area phase- I, Chandigarh.

26

Corporate Social Responsibilities: Issues and Challenges published in an edited

book ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ S.P. Bansal ed.al Pp. 3-12 ((ISBN-978-93-

81212-50-9) Printed at Bharti Publications, Delhi..

Evaluation of Online banking Services and Customer Retention published in a

registered reviewed/ referred research journal “MUMUKSHU Journal of

Humanities” Volume 7 No.1 June 2015. (ISSN 0976-5085).

Micro Finance Rejuvenating Socio-Economic Life: A Study of Chamba District

published in a Himalayan Journal of Contemporary Research Vol. IV No.1 ISSN :

2319-3174.

Impact Assessment of Microfinance on Women Empowerment published in an

International Journal of Research in Commerce, IT and Management, Vol. No.

6(2016), Issue No.02 (February). ISSN: 2231-5756.

Effectiveness of Micro Enterprise Training Programme in Himachal Pradesh

published in an International Journal of Multi Dimensional Research, Vol. No. 4

(2016), Issue No.02 (February). ISSN: 2321-1784, With Impact Factor 5.276.

7) Ms. Upasana Thakur:-




Teaching” by Pai Foundation, Mumbai from 27th -28th August, 2015.

Co-Chaired a session at the International Psychology Conference on Work, Stress

and Health: Recent Perceptions, Future Trends organized by the Department of

Psychology held at St. Bede’s College from 26-27 October, 2015.

8) Dr. Mamta Sharma:-


Teaching” by Pai Foundation, Mumbai from 27th -28th August,2015.




27

Published a paper in the book Finance and Economic Development Policy, analysis

and Impact on the topic “Challenges of Information Technology in Banking

Industry- Perception of Employees” (ISBN 978-93-85000)

Co-authored books “The Gateway of Success- Commerce” and “Post Graduate

Entrance Exam for Commerce”.

Future Plans

• To Organize National/International Seminar.

• To encourage more student exchange and inter departmental programmes.

28

ECONOMICS

Mission of the Department

To empower students by developing their analytical skills

for life long learning.

The department uses modern teaching methods and ICT in teaching-learning.

E- learning is encouraged, whereby the students access the internet for their personal

assignments and projects.

Class tests are conducted every month and regular discussions and seminars are also

held.

Tutorials and remedial classes are held for weak students & slow learners.

The teachers of the department participate actively in all the academic activities of the

department, college and the University.

They are appointed as paper setters, evaluators and examiners.

They help in conducting house and annual examinations every year.

Inter-college Economics Literary Meet

An Inter-college Economics Literary Meet was organised by the Department of Economics, St.

Bede’s College, Shimla on 29th September, 2015. Apart from paper presentation students also

participated in a number of competitions like poster making with theme make in India, cartoon

making with theme India in 2050, sketching of a renowned economists, economics cross word,

Quiz, picture interpretation, turncoat debate and rap battle.

29

CertifiCate Course in ‘eConometriCs

The department started a Certificate Course in ‘Econometrics’ from 2015 and generated an income of

Rs.25000/-. Econometrics is a Fund Feeder for all the activities of the Department.

30

Newsletter

The second issue of the annual newsletter of the department “Bedenomics” was published to

highlight some of the events that our students, faculty and alumni are involved in.

Skit on Poverty and Income Equality

BA V Semester Major and Minor Students prepared and presented a Skit on Poverty and

Income Equality with the help of Power Point Presentation

31

Activities Organized by Faculty Member

Dr. Anupama Tandon, Associate Professor & Head,

Economics Department

Organised workshop on “Leadership Styles in International Organisations”- 3rd October,

2015 by Dr. Mike Ivanof, Associate Prof. at the University of the Fraser Valley Canada.

Dr. Mike Ivanof, Dr. Mike Ivanof an Associate Prof. at the University of the Fraser Valley

Canada and Ms Andrea Ivanof and Ms Daejsha Catlin students from the University of the

Fraser Valley Canada, enlightened the students on Challenges and Opportunities emerging from

Globalization, and the types of leadership styles, skills and traits that would lead to the most

desirable outcomes in terms of successful development and implementation of corporate vision,

mission, and strategic goals.

As a Member CPE attended an Interface meeting of second phase of CPE at UGC, New

Delhi in May 2016.

As a Member of Election Committee organized elections in the college which was held

peacefully in in the College campus.

As a Co-ordinator of B.Com, organised various meetings in 2015 to discuss

Organising field Trips

32

Peer group teaching

Collecting Email addresses of the third year students

Date of Minor test-I

Conducting at least one lecture on the Interactive board.

As a Member Research Committee, attended various meetings in 2015 to discuss

To request teachers to encourage their students to use ICT techniques in their project

presentations.

The use of E-resources has to be enhanced in order to do quality research.

To organize at least one Research Methodology workshop a year. A Resource person

who is an Expert in SPSS could be invited to train the teachers regarding its use for

statistical analysis of their data.

As a Member RUSA Committee, attended various meetings in 2015 to discuss

Feedback form to be prepared for parents, students and the alumni.

Lists to be put up of the students with less than 75 percent attendance.

Bulk messaging system to be introduced.

The Student Charter to be prepared and adopted with the assistance of the Staff

advisors

Various options for the students for Minor/Compulsory/ GI-Hobby courses were

discussed.

As a Member IQAC, attended various meetings in 2015 to discuss

Various criteria for writing the College Report for the year 2015-2016

Various aspects of the Perspective Plan for the year 2015-2016.

Collection of data for the teaching learning and evaluation criterion of the NAAC Report for

the year 2015-2016.

As a member of election committee

Organized elections in the college which was held peacefully in 2015 in the

College campus.

33

Achievements of Faculty Members

Research Publications and Awards

PUBLICATIONS:

Paper Presentation

Presented a paper on ‘Quantitative Study on Socio-Economic Determinants of Health’ in an

international conference on organized by Department of Psychology, St. Bede’s College,

Shimla on October 26-27, 2015.

Consultancy

Convener/ Resource Person

Chaired a session at the International Conference on Work, Stress and Health: Recent

Perceptions, Future Trends on October 26-27, 2015 at St. Bede’s College, Shimla.

Invited as a resource person for ‘In-Service Teacher Training Programme for

Economics Lecturer/PGTs’ at the State Council of Educational Research and Training,

Solan, Himachal Pradesh on 5th May 2016.

Invited to attend the meeting of UG Board of Studies as a special invitee to design the

syllabus and course structure under CBCS for BA and BA honours (Economics) at

Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla on 18th June 2016.

Ms. Alaka Verma

Assistant Professor

As President Cultural Society

Organised Intership Patriotic Group Song and Dance Competitions on 14th August,

2015.

Organized Independence Day Celebrations on 15th August, 2015.

Organized Gandhi Jayanti Celebrations on 1st October, 2015.

As Incharge of Environment Cell.

34

Organised a presentation on environmental issues by Ms.Anu Nagar, an IFS

on 7th August, 2015.

Took around 40 girls of Environment Cell to Five Benches, Jakhoo Hills,

Shimla for Tree Plantations.

Organised Cleanliness Drive of the “B” Block and Staircase leading to the

Seminar Room on 1st October, 2015, to create awareness about Cleanliness.

Cleanliness Pledge was administered to the students and staff to keep the

classrooms, campus and college clean. Inter-ship Competitions like Essay Writing,

Cartoon Making, Slogan Writing and Poster Making were also organized for the

students.

35

As Ship mistress of Chirag

Organised Intership Dance and Singing Competitions on 14th August, 2015.

Organised an inter-ship competitions on 14th September on Hindi Diwas.

Paper Presentation

Presented a paper titled “Social Media and Stress” at the International Conference

on Work, Stress and Health: Recent Perceptions, Future Trends on October 26-

27, 2015 at St. Bede’s College, Shimla.

Attended two days Faculty Development Programme organized by St. Bede’s

College, Shimla conducted by M.R Pai Foundation jointly with Forum of Free

Enterprise on 27th August and 28th August,2015.

Ms. Unnatti Chauhan

Assistant Professor

As a Member Election Committee organized elections in the college which was held

peacefully in 2015 in the College campus.

As a Member IQAC attended various meetings in 2015 to discuss

Various criteria for writing the College Report for the year 2015-2016

Various aspects of the Perspective Plan for the year 2015-2016.

Collection of data for the Innovative and Best Practices criterion of the NAAC

Report for the year 2015-2016.

As a member Disaster Management Cell organized a PPT competition on original

incidents related to disaster.

As a member Opening Mass organized prayer service in the beginning of the session

in which the faculty and students participated.

Workshops Attended

Attended workshop on “Leadership Styles in International Organisations”- 3rd

October, 2015 by Dr. Mike Ivanof, Associate Prof. at the University of the Fraser

Valley Canada.

36

Convener/ Resource Person

Co-Chaired a session at the International Conference on Work, Stress and Health:

Recent Perceptions, Future Trends on October 26-27, 2015 at St. Bede’s College,

Shimla.

37

English

The faculty of the English department was engrossed academically in pursuing the RUSA

syllabus and constantly engaging the students in literary activities.

Ms. Anuja Sharma peer reviewed six abstracts for the International conference on Work

Stress and Health organized by the Dept. of Psychology in September.

She also chaired a session on Stress Levels of Children Brought up in Orphanages, presented by

students from Christ University Bangalore at the International conference.

Ms. Anuja Sharma presented a paper Literature as a subgenre of media at the International

Seminar on Media in Contemporary Times in Center of Excellence Shimla, in October 2015.

She also participated and guided students for paper presentation on Dalit Speak, organized by

Center of Excellence Shimla in November 2015.

Being alumni of Auckland House School, Shimla, Ms. Anuja was invited to participate in the

Global summit on Education in the New Millennium as a repertoire.

Ms. Anuja Sharma judged the Northern India Inter-school declamation contest at Pine Grove

School, Subathu (H.P)

38

The department of English is co-hosting and organizing- Himalayan Echos: Global and Local

Perspectives a writers symposium on August 19,2016, in collaboration with Sahitya Akademi,

Delhi.

Extension activities and Institutional

Responsibilities:

Community Outreach at the village school in Theog.

39

A day trip was organized to Theog on 8th of September by the Community Outreach Society,

taking twenty girls to the government middle school. The initiative was taken up by Mrs

Anuja Sharma, Incharge Community Outreach and Mrs Madhu Parmar. Dr. Sister Beena

and Ms Neeta Khanna were also a part of this visit to the village school adopted by St. Bedes.

The girls who are majoring in political science attended the Gram panchayat meeting and

had a hands- on experience related to the working of the Panchayati Raj System. They had an

interactive session with the Pradhan Mr Rohit, and the Mahila Mandal. The Community

Outreach girls enacted pictorial story sessions for the school children. For classes 1, 2 and 3

the stories titled 'Chatur chinti' and 'Sher aur chuha' were narrated and enacted. The little

children were then engaged in drawing kitty badges. For classes 4, 5 and 6 the Eklavya's

story was acted out and children were involved in the spotting the difference game. Various

other activities were held for classes 7 and 8 like picture composition, debates and hocus-

focus. The game musical chairs was played followed by a local dance and singing performance

by the school children. At the end of the day eateries were given to the school children and

prizes were distributed to the activity winners. It was a great learning experience for the

society members as well as the local school children who were given an opportunity to

showcase their talent.

As staff editor, Anuja Sharma planned and designed the college newsletter Impressions-

Autumn edition and Echoes 2015-2016, the annual college magazine.

Under the interdisciplinary activities the department of English and the department Political

Science started a book club Afterthoughts.

40

Inter-departmental book reviews were conducted with History and Political Science

department.

The department participated in the INTACH

Heritage Club activity.

Ms. Anuja Sharma and Dr. Gitanjali Mahendra escorted 15 students to the Inter – college

Students Seminar on “Dalit Speak”. Twelve students presented papers at the seminar, which

are published in Unfettered- a student’s initiative of the English department.

Department of English

New CBCS Template adopted by English Department introduced by UGC.

Commenced with English Honours Course for the session 2016.

Some of the teaching methods adopted are Lectures, Group discussion, Power

Point Presentations, Quiz, Skits, Peer Teaching, Tests and Assignments.

41

Performed invigilation duties for final examination conducted by Himachal Pradesh

University, Shimla.

Evaluated answer scripts of under graduate examination conducted by Himachal

Pradesh University, Shimla.

RESEARCH

Dr. Gitanjali Mahendra

Presented a paper ‘Narrative Verses Virtual Reality in English Literature’ at The

International Seminar at The Centre of Excellence, Government College, Sanjauli,

Shimla, on 5-6 October 2016.

Chaired a session at the International Conference on ‘Work, Stress and Health: Recent

Perceptions, Future Trends’ on October 26-27, 2015 at St. Bede’s College, Shimla.

Presented a paper titled ‘The Writing Life, Creativity and Mental Health’ at the

International Conference on Work, Stress and Health: Recent Perceptions, Future

Trends on October 26-27, 2015 at St. Bede’s College, Shimla.

Paper Published – ‘The Writing Life, Creativity and Mental Health’ published in

Journal of Research: Bede Athenaeum.

Presented a paper ‘Healing the Fractured Self Through Narration’ at a Workshop on

Dalit Literature, organized by the Centre of Excellence, Government College Sanjauli,

Shimla on 16 March,2016.

Paper accepted for Publication – The paper ‘Effective Integration of ICT into

Teaching and Learning English’ accepted for publishing in The Conifers Call an

International Research Journal.

42

Dr. Gitanjali Mahendra organized the ‘Book Talk as a member of the library Committee.

Visit to the Kasauli Literary Festival in October 2015

Workshop on Dalit Literature

43

Student Presenting a Paper at Centre of Excellence Government College Sanjauli

The Student Council 2015-2016 was prepared for the ‘Office Laying down Ceremony’

held in February 2016.

Dr. Gitanjali Mahendra organized a Mock Drill with the Disaster Management Cell

and NGO Nayi Aashayain.

44

Parent Teacher Meeting Organized by Dr. Gitanjali Mahendra secretary Parent Teacher Association

Workshop on Disaster Management

Future Plans:

To start new short term courses in Media Studies.

To encourage student exchange programs.

45

Geography

Activities

New UGC RUSA has been implemented in Himachal Pradesh from July 2016

Mr. Khyal Chand was a member of Syllabus review committee constituted by

department of geography Himachal Pradesh University Shimla

Mr. K.D.Chandel and Mr. Khyal Chand both faculty member of department are

paper setter and paper evaluators for HPU (2015-2016)

RESEARCH:

Mr. Khyal Chand Participated one day state level seminar on“Geoinformatics:

The Most Effective Solution” held at department of geography Himachal Pradesh

University Shimla on 30th June 2015.

Mr. Khyal Chand Presented a paper titled “Forest Land Encroachment Conflicts

in Himachal Pradesh: Linking Politics, Modernization, Livelihood and Environment

as causes of conflict” on national seminar organized by IIHS Himachal Pradesh

University Shimla.

Mr. Khyal Chand presented a paper on 37TH IIG international conference organized

by Kurukshetra University in Kurukshetra in February 11-13, 2016. The title of paper

was “Gender Disparity in Literacy and Levels of Education in Pangi Tribal Region of

Himachal Pradesh: A Household Level Analysis”.

Paper accepted for presentation:

On behalf of the Local Organizing Committee of the 33rd International Geographical

Congress (IGC 2016) which will be held from 21-25 August, 2016 in Beijing, P. R. China, Mr.

Khyal Chand paper has been selected for presentation “Development and Livelihood

Sustainability: Pangi Tribal Region of Western Himalaya, India”

46

Paper accepted for publication:

Paper titled with “Encroachment, Politics and Environmentalism: Evidences from Himachal

Pradesh “is in communication with editor

Future Plan:

Proposal of M.Sc., for Geography has been submitted for NOC session 2017-18 in Directorate

of Education Himachal Pradesh

47

fgUnh & foHkkx foHkkx dh xfrfof/k;ka

1- tqykbZ 2015 dks l= igyk] rhljk vkSj ikapoka vkjEHk gqvkA

2- Nk=kvksa us d{kk dk;Z] xg̀ dk;Z] ikBîØe ds vfrfjä iqLrdky; ds iqLrdsa ysdj mudh leh{kk fy[khA

3- iqLrdky; esa vk;ksftr cqd V‚d esa f'kYik HkkfV;k us fetkZ $xkfyc ij i= i<+kA

4- fgUnh ,oa bfrgkl fo"k; dk lsehukj vk;ksftr fd;k x;kA

5- nks fofHkUu d{kkvksa dk lsehukj vk;ksftr gqvk] ftlesa çJksÙkjh ,oa okn&fookn çfr;ksfxrk,a vk;ksftr dh

xbZaA

6- 14 flrEcj fgUnh fnol esa Nk=kvksa us O;aX; ukfVdk çLrqr dh ,oa Hkk"k.k çfr;ksfxrk o dkO; ikB esa Hkkx

fy;kA

7- foHkkx dh if=dk 'l`tuÓ çdkf'kr gqbZA

8- fgUnh foHkkx ds fy, lqUuh dkyst dh çk/;kfidk Mk- fo|kfuf/k dk oäO; vk;ksftr fd;k x;kA

9- o"kZ ds vUr esa fgUnh foHkkx dh Nk=kvksa dks lSfud laxzgky; ,oa dyk laxzgky; ¼f'keyk½ dh v/;;u ;k=k

ds fy, ys tk;k x;kA

10- dkyst if=dk ds fy, Nk=kvksa us vusd ys[k fn,A

11- Qjojh 2016 dks nwljk] pkSFkk ,oa NBk l= vkjEHk gqvkA

12 2016 esa NBs l= dh estj fgUnh dh Nk=kvksa us viuk ifj;kstuk dk;Z laiUu fd;kA

13- iqjLdkj forj.k lekjksg esa fgUnh fnol dh çfrHkkfx;ksa dks çek.k i= forfjr fd, x,A

48

foHkkx dh miyfC/k;ka

Mk- laxhrk lkjLor

1- Lojfpr dkO; iqLrd 'laoknÓ dk fgekpy çns'k fo'ofo|ky; ds dqyifr çks- oktis;h th ds }kjk cpr

Hkou f'keyk esa 15 vxLr 2015 esa foekspuA

2- flrEcj 2015 esa latkSyh dkyst esa vk;ksftr lsehukj esa ehfM;k ij i= çLrqfrA

3- väwcj 2015 esa dkyst esa euksfoKku fo"k; ij vk;ksftr varjjk"Vªh; lsehukj esa ehfM;k] LokLF; ,oa dk;Z

ij i= çLrqfrA

4- Hkk"kk] dyk ,oa laL—fr foHkkx ds dk;ZØe esa dkO; çLrqfrA

5- fgekpy çns'k fo'ofo|ky; ds ikaposa l= ds çJi= dk fuekZ.kA

6- Hkk"kk] dyk ,oa laL—fr foHkkx }kjk vk;ksftr fofHkUu Ldwyksa dh Hkk"k.k çfr;ksfxrk esa fo'ks"k vfrfFk ,oa

fu.kkZ;d ds rkSj ijA

7- 2016 esa okf"kZd mÙkj iqfLrdkvksa dk ewY;kaduA

8- lryqt ty fo|qr fuxe fyfeVsM esa varjjk"Vªh; efgyk fnol esa fo'ks"k vfrfFk ds :i esa vkeaf=rA

9- v‚dySaM gkÅl Ldwy esa baVjLdwy Hkk"k.k çfr;ksfxrk esa fu.kkZ;d eaMy esa crkSj lnL; vkeaf=rA

10- Hkk"kk] dyk ,oa laL—fr foHkkx }kjk vk;ksftr efgyk lkfgR;dkj lEesyu esa dkO; çLrqfrA

Mk- ehuk{kh 'kekZ

1- flrEcj 2015 esa latkSyh dkyst esa vk;ksftr lsehukj esa ehfM;k ij i= çLrqfrA

2- väwcj 2015 esa dkyst esa euksfoKku fo"k; ij vk;ksftr varjjk"Vªh; lsehukj esa ehfM;k] LokLF; ,oa dk;Z

ij i= çLrqfrA

49

HISTORY

Introduction

History is a record of human activities in the past. The knowledge of the past is essential to

face the day today problems of human life. This makes man’s future better. Realizing this,

History has been introduced as one of the optional to the B.A. students in the year 1971

itself.

Ms. Punam Chauhan is the head of the History Department .She was appointed as full time

lecturer in 2009.Two guest faculties were appointed in the session 2015-2016.

Apart from the curricular activities, Department also organizes various co- curricular and

extra- curricular activities for the overall development of the students Department of History

has a Departmental library which has a very good collection of books which includes text

books& reference books related to world history, Indian History etc. Department of History

also encourages the students to conduct research activities in order to develop research

culture among them. It also gives project work to the students in order to enhance the

creativity, skill and research mind. For the better performance and academic excellence the

teachers are associated with and participating in various activities like Seminars, Workshops

and conferences; the knowledge and experience so gained is used by them to impart

knowledge in a better manner to the students. Therefore the students are guided and

encouraged to involve themselves in writing assignments, presenting seminar papers,

participating in inter-class academic exchange programmes and such other activities,besides

the regular class room activities. The History Department has good record of results and it

intended to carry the tempo in future also.

Aims and Objectives

The ability to think historically: identifying the unique characteristics of past eras,

articulating causality, and analyzing change over time.

The ability to interpret in their historical contexts an array of primary sources, including

manuscripts, artifacts, quantitative, oral or visual sources.

50

The ability to engage critically with historical argument: identifying underlying theories,

assumptions, and approaches.

The ability to conduct original historical research using primary and secondary sources,

and placing one’s own work within historical debates.

The ability to communicate historical knowledge, interpretations, and arguments clearly

in writing, oral presentations, or public history projects

The Department of History has the objective motivating the students for higher learning

in the field of History, especially for research and extension activity.

PLAN OF ACTION

In order to realize these aims and objectives the Department has the following plan of

action:

Divided the classes, Syllabus and Hours of the workload among the two existing faculty

members.

Derived teaching plans at the individual /Subject level by the concerned teachers.

Received Time Table to go to the classes accordingly.

Bridge course, Class tests, Internal Assessment Examinations and Semester

Examinations will be conducted as per the class room needs and University

specifications.

Assignments will be given to the students on topics of current importance.

Slow learners, advanced learners and others will be identified and action will be taken as

per the needs.

Encouraging the students to take part in, NCC, NSS, Cultural and Sports and Games

and in other Co-Curricular and Extra-Curricular activities.

Seminars will be conducted by the students in the classes.

Guest lectures will be conducted for the benefit of the students in the Department.

51

Encouraging interdisciplinary interaction.

Field study based project work and research related activities will be conducted.

Use of ICT by the staff and the students in the Department.

Encouraging the habit of writing, collecting Articles related to the subject.

Continuous student evaluation will be made through regular tests/examinations and

informal interactions.

Papers offered for study

From the year 2013-2007, H.P. University is following Credit based Semester

System and therefore, for B.A. Degree Courses the Papers divided Semester-wise.

The Department of history has the following Papers for different Semesters of B.A degree

courses.

June to December

Semester I- History and Culture of India from the Palaeolithic Beginnings to the

Mauryan Period; History and Culture of India from Post-Mauryan Period to c. AD 1206

Semester III- History and Culture of India, 1707-1857; History and Culture of India, 1858-

1950

Semester V- Modern and Contemporary World History II: 1919-1992; Women in

Indian History; Tribes in Indian History

February to May

Semester II- History and Culture of India from c. AD 1206-1525; History and Culture of

India, 1526-1707; Issues in World History-I (The Twentieth Century); History of the United

States of America (1776-1945)

52

Semester IV- Modern and Contemporary World History I: 1871-1918; Issues in World

History-I (The Twentieth Century); History of the United States of America (1776-1945)

Semester VI- Environmental History of India; Science and Technology in Colonial

India;History of Himachal Pradesh 1815-1947;Art&Architecture in Ancient And Early

Medieval India(Emphasis)

HIGHLIGHTS

Faculty &students attended workshop on Heritage on May,2 ,orgainsed by INTACH

Heritage walk to Rashtrapati Bhavan organized by INTACH ,Shimla Chapter.

The students and the department of history attended two days(25th-26th June)

workshop on “Himalayan History ,Culture and Archaeology at State Museum. The

paper presenters shared their research work on Paleolithic and Mesolithic sites in

Himachal Pradesh.

53

An event was organized to commemorate Hiroshima Day on 6th August .Various

competitions like poster making, collage making, slogan writing etc were organized

for the students.

54

Celebration of International Youth Day on 12th August,2015.A special Assembly was

conducted in the college auditorium for this day. Students also made posters for the

international youth day.

Students Exchange Program (23rd -29th August).A students exchange programme

was conducted between St Bede’s college,Shimla and Badrinarayan Barwale

Mahavidyalya ,Jalna in Maharashtra.The programme included educational project

:Ellora:History in Caves” .

55

fieLD stuDY:“eLLora-a HistorY in CaVes”

56

CULTURAL EXCHANGE

Organized Heritage Fest ”Sansriti” on 3rd September. MIRAASA –The heritage club

of St.Bedes’s College was formally inaugurated by Mr. Raja Bhasin who administered

57

a solemn oath to its members.. A number of competitions comprising of recitation of

self composed poems, declamation, quiz, essay writing, slogan writing, collage

making, rangoli, on the spot painting and folk dances were held side by side. The

event turned out to be a huge success .

58

Departmental News Letter

The First issue of the Departmental Newsletter “The Voice” was published and

distributed.

History Society Fund

History society fund was collected from the student.The same was spent for buying the first

aid box,organizing departmental functions & for buying books for the departmental

library.Following books were bought :

1)Indian Architecture(Buddhist andHindu Periods)—Percy Brown

2)Indian Architecture(Islamic Period)---Percy Brown

3)Science and The Raj----Deepak Kumar

4)Science and Technology in Colonial India---Dr.Kamlesh Mohan

EXTENION ACITIVITIES

Ms.Punam Chauhan,was a part of the organizing committee for installation ceremony,

member of Election Committee, Red Ribbion Club, Parents Teacher Association, incharge of

59

Heritage Club “MIRASSA” etc.She also co-chaired a session for International Confrence on

Work ,Stress And Health.Resent Preceptions Future Trends

Future Plans

To offer certificate course in Historical Tourism or Museology

To organize National Seminar

Extension of class room study by means of field trips.

Organize extension lectures to keep students abreast of the resent trends in historical

field.

60

For advance learners the department seeks to arrange projects, which culminates in a

research or critical paper, or an independent study on topic of academic interest or

regional history.

61

HOME SCIENCE

I attended the Rajya Stariya Mahila Sahityakar Sammelan in the conference hall,

Gaiety Theatre, Shimla on September 20, 2015. I participated in Bahu Bhashi Kavi

Sammelan’ organized by Himachal Kala Sanskriti Bhasha Academy, Shimla. I recited

my self-composed poem entitled ‘Dosti ki Jhankar’. My book of Hindi poems entitled

‘Lamha Lamha’ was also displayed on this occasion.

I attended a presentation on ‘Climate Change: Impacts and Future Challenges’ on

September 22, 2015 organized by the Parents Teachers Association and a NGO ‘Nai

Aashyaen’. I also wrote the press note and sent to all the newspapers.

I reviewed two research papers sent by International Research Journal of Public and

Environmental Health entitled:

Evaluating factor structure of Persian version of lifelong learning assessment tool

using ordinal versus quantitative methods in confirmatory factor analysis

Predicting of Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) in preventive behavior from crash

in mothers referred to Health Centres in Mashhad in 2013.

I received the research papers for reviewing on September 25, 2015.

I organized a workshop on ‘Gender Sensitization’ on September 24, 2015 as Incharge,

Women Cell. I also wrote the press note and sent to all the newspapers.

I attended the Staff Council meeting on September 28, 2015 to discuss the details of

the International conference on ‘Work, Stress and Health: Recent perceptions, Future

Trends’ to be held in the College on October 26-27, 2015.

I attended the Inter – college Economics Literary Meet held on September 29, 2015 at

St. Bede’s College, Shimla. I was one of the judges for Poster-making, cartoon making

and sketching. I was also honored with a trophy.

I attended the inauguration ceremony of the Blood Donation camp on September 30,

2015 in the college auditorium.

I attended the Gandhi Jayanti celebrations and Cleanliness Drive in the college on

October 1, 2015. I also took the pledge with other teachers to keep our country clean.

I prepared the press note and sent to all the newspapers.

62

My two abstracts entitled ‘Role of Socio-economic factors in the Dietary pattern and

Nutritional deficiencies in Rural women of Shimla district’ and ‘Climate Change,

Water and Food Security – Addressing the Challenges’ have been accepted by the

Review Committee of the conference on ‘Innovative Research in Agriculture, Food

Science, Forestry, Horticulture, Aquaculture, Animal Sciences, Biodiversity,

Environmental Engineering and Climate Change (AFHABEC-2015) for oral

presentation held at Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi on October 31-

November 1, 2015.

My abstract entitled ‘Environment and sustainable development: Paradigm shift in

socio-economic perspectives with a vision for future’ has been accepted for oral

presentation and I am also invited to chair a session in the two days National

Conference on ‘Himalayan Climate Threats: Vision for a Sustainable World’ on

October 27-28, 2015 at Government Degree College, Anantnag.

My write-up about the workshop organized by the Department of Physics and a

detailed report about the Heritage festival Mirassa was published on page 30-31,

University News, Vol. 53, No. 38 of September 21-27, 2015, published by Association

of Indian Universities, New Delhi.

I attended the International conference on ‘Media aur Sam Samayik Samikaran’ held

on October 5-6, 2015 organized by the Centre of Excellence, Government College,

Sanjauli sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi. I gave an

oral presentation on ‘Acceptability of Women - Can Media play a constructive Role?’.

My abstract was published in the Abstract booklet on page 9.

I held the meeting of the Research Promotion Cell as the Incharge on October 6, 2015

at 1.30 p.m. in Room No. A-3. Various issues pertaining to research were discussed by

the members of the Research Promotion Cell.

I held the meeting of the Faculty of humanities on October 7, 2015 at 11 a.m. in the

staff room. Various issues dealing with the attendance of students, minor tests etc.

were discussed.

I held the meeting of the IGNOU counselors, attendants and assistant on October 8,

2015in room No. A-3. Preparations made for the induction meeting were discussed to

be held on October 9, 2015.

63

My two poems in Hindi entitled ‘ Intezaar’ and ‘Aao Ghar Chalte Hain’ were

published on pages 28-32 in a Literary Magazine Parivartan-3 on pages 28-32,

January-June 2014 edited by Professor R.D Sharma, published by Himachal Lekhak

avam Kalakar Sangh, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.

I was one of the organizers of the Workshop on ‘Career in Design’ organized by the

Department of Home Science on October 9, 2015 from 10.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. in

association with Pearl Academy, Noida. I also proposed the Vote of thanks and sent

the press note to all the newspapers.

As the Programme Incharge of IGNOU Study Centre, 1134 P, in the College, I

organized the Induction meeting of the newly enrolled students at 12.30 p.m. on

October 9, 2015 in the College seminar room. I addressed the new students,

counselors and attendants. I discussed the various components of MSc. (DFSM) and

DNHE. A Press note with pictures was sent to all the newspapers and the regional

IGNOU Centre, Khalini.

I was present for the Parent Teachers Meet on October 10, 2015 from 9.30 a.m. to

12.30 p.m. in the college auditorium.

A number of meetings have been held with Ms. Nandini Pathania in the month of

October regarding the preparation of the report of the department.

The IGNOU Counseling sessions have started from October 2and will continue till

December, 2015.

I organized the ‘World Girl Child Day’ on October 12, 2015 in collaboration with

Health, Family welfare department, Shimla, NGO Kshitij, a Social, cultural and

welfare Society, Shimla at St. Bede’s College from 10.30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

My name is being considered for Bharat Excellence award and Gold Medal by the

Friendship Forum of India (FFI) to be given in its conference on ‘Economic Growth

and National Unity, at New Delhi.

My abstract entitled ‘Domestic Violence against Women- Breaking the Silence’ has

been accepted for oral presentation for an interdisciplinary Seminar on ‘Violence,

Memory & Identity to be held on November 4, 2015 at GGDSD College, Chandigarh.

I have been having meetings with the members of Criterion III- Research,

Consultancy and Extension for NAAC Report writing since October 13, 2015.

64

I had a meeting with the staff members on October 16, 2015 regarding the hall

decoration for the International conference on ‘Work, Health and Stress’ to be held on

October 26-27, 2015.

I conducted the Term end Practical examination for B.A I, Semester I of Housing and

Interior Decoration on October 16, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and of Foods &

Nutrition on October 19, 2015.

I was interviewed by Ms. Shagun, Executive Manager, Green Book on October 16,

2015 for publishing of an interesting event which had happened in my life some years

ago from 12.30-1 p.m.

My paper entitled ‘Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Development-

Challenges & Strategies for Conservation’ was published in a book entitled ‘Managing

Our resources: Perspectives and Planning’ by Prof. D.D Sharma & Dr. B.R Thakur,

Department of Geography, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla in 2014 which was

delivered to me in October, 2015 with ISBN: 978-93-81212-85-1 printed by Bharti

Publications, New Delhi. The Publishers of the book are Gaurav Graphics, Rajouria

Printers, Delhi.

I got an email of appreciation for creating awareness towards sexual harassment in

newly enrolled students of MSc. (DFGSM) first year and DNHE on October 19, 2015

from Dr. Bini Toms, Deputy Director, RSD, Chairperson, RSDCZSH, IGNOU

Centre, New Delhi.

I attended the International Conference on ‘Work, Stress and Health: Recent

Perceptions, Future Trends organized by the Department of Psychology sponsored

by ICSSR, New Delhi on October 26-27, 2015. I was the In-charge for Hall

decorations as well as Media. My abstract was published in the Abstract Booklet on

page 63. I gave an oral presentation on ‘Stress in Working Women: Need for a

Paradigm shift in Lifestyle and Coping Strategies’ which was appreciated by the

Chairperson.

My proposal for paper entitled ‘The Impact of Iron, Folic acid and Vitamin C

supplementation on the prevalence of Iron deficiency Anaemia in non-pregnant

females Shimla’ was accepted for oral presentation at Sixth International Conference

on Food Studies to be held at The University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A on

October 12-13, 2016.

65

My abstract entitled ‘Environment and Sustainable Development – Paradigm Shift in

Socio-economic Perspectives with a Vision for Future ’ was accepted for oral

presentation for Himalayan Studies Conference, 2015 to be held at the Institute of

Integrated Studies, Himachal Pradesh University, Summerhill, Shimla on October 4-5,

2015.

I had a meeting with the Principal Dr. (Sr.) Beena John regarding the writing of

Criterion III -Research, Consultancy & Extension, part of IQAR on October 31, 2015

from 9 a.m to 4 p.m.

I contributed a research paper entitled ‘Role of Socio-economic factors in the Dietary

pattern and Nutritional deficiencies in Rural women of Shimla district’ for the

National Conference on ‘Innovative Research in Agriculture, Food Science, Forestry,

Horticulture, Aquaculture, Animal Sciences, Biodiversity, Environmental Engineering

and Climate Change (AFHABEC-2015) held on October 31-November 1, 2015

organized by ‘Krishi Sanskriti’ at Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi. My

paper was published on pp.32-35 of the Conference Proceedings edited by Dr. G.C

Mishra published by Krishi Sanskriti Publications, ISBN: 978-93-85822-05-6.

I attended the presentation on the use of Wi - max and its installation in the college

on November 3, 2015 in the staff room.

I attended the Himalayan Studies Conference – 2015 organized by the Institute of

Integrated Himalayan Studies, UGC Centre of Excellence, Himachal Pradesh

University, Summerhill, Shimla on November 4-5, 2015. I gave an oral presentation

on ‘Environment and Sustainable Development – Paradigm Shift in Socio-economic

Perspectives with a Vision for Future ’which was appreciated by the organizing

committee of the conference. My abstract was also published in the souvenir.

I attended the Ist National Conference on ‘Human Values and Professional Ethics’ on

December 11-12, 2015 held at Chandigarh University, Gharaun, Mohali. I presented

two papers entitled ‘Stress in Working Women – Lifestyle and Coping Strategies’ and

‘Values in Education – Need for a paradigm shift in thinking’. They were published in

the Conference Proceedings on pp.16-28 and 42-47 respectively.

My abstract entitled ‘Quality of Higher education and RUSA’ has been accepted for

oral presentation for a one day Seminar to be held at the Directorate of Higher

Education, Himachal Pradesh on December 15, 2015.

66

My write-up on the ‘International Conference on ‘Work, Stress and Health’ held at St.

Bede’s College on October 26-27, 2015 was published in the University News on page

27-28, Vol.53, No. 45, November 9-15, 2015.

I have been awarded Life Membership of MTC Global. My Registration Number is

MTCG/M/L/2015/12/57 from December 6, 2015.

I attended the National Conference on ‘Human Values and Professional Ethics’

organized by the Department of Mentoring and Value Inculcation at Chandigarh

University, Gharaun, Mohali on December 11, 2015. I presented two papers entitled

‘Stress in Working Women – Lifestyle and Coping Strategies’ and ‘Values in

Education – Need for a Paradigm Shift in Thinking’. The papers were published on

pages 16-28, 42-47 in the Conference Proceedings.

I attended a National Conference on ‘Transforming Higher Education’ organized by

the Directorate of RUSA & Higher Education held at Hotel Holiday Home, Shimla. I

gave an oral presentation on ‘Quality of Higher Education and RUSA’ on December

15, 2015.

I was made Deputy Superintendent for the Term-end examinations being held in the

college from for a time period of December 16 – 23, 2015.

My paper entitled ‘Why do people write – Perceptions and Communication’ was

published in Coherence, a Refereed Multi-disciplinary Journal on pp.31-41, Vol. 6, No.

1, September, 2015 with ISSN: 0976-5301.

I was one of the judges for the ‘Miss Fresher Contest’ held at Shivalik Institute of

Nursing, Kamlanagar on December 19, 2015. I also read out my self-composed poem

entitled ‘Dhuri’.

I conducted the synopsis presentation of two students of MSc. (DFSM), IInd year on

December 22, 2015. I am the guide of Suruchi Thakur, enrollment number

136702392. The topic of her dissertation is ‘Assessment of nutritional status of

patients suffering from Gout’.

I had sumptuous tea for Christmas celebrations on December 23, 2015.

My poem in Hindi entitled ‘Maun’ was published in Himanjali with ISSN 2349-4905,

January-June. 2015, 11th edition on page 100, published by the Institute of Advanced

Study, Shimla.

67

I attended the International Conference on ‘Power of Inner Peace – II’ sponsored by

Director, Higher Education, Haryana on January 9-10, 2016 at DAV Centenary

College, Faridabad. I presented my paper entitled ‘Values in Higher Education:

Challenges and Solutions’. The paper was published in the Proceedings, ISBN No:

978-93-5156T-715-8 on pages 65-70.

I evaluated 13 MSc. (Foods & Nutrition) dissertations of students of Semester IV,

Government Home Science College, Chandigarh and also conducted Viva Voce on

January 14, 2016.

I attended the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘Legacy of Pt. Jawahar Lal

Nehru on January 16, 2016 at M.D.S.D College, Ambala city. I was a Resource Person

and presented my paper on ‘Jawahar Lal Nehru and his Policies of Secularism’.

My abstract entitled ‘Domestic Violence against Women – Can Empowerment play a

Constructive Role’ was accepted for International Conference on ‘Youth Led

Sustainable Development : Opportunities & Challenges’ organized by P.G & Research

Department of Social Work, Sacred Heart College, Tirupattur, Vellore, Tamil Nadu in

collaboration with North East Institute of Social Sciences & Research & Restless

Development India on January 19-20, 2016.

My abstract and paper entitled ‘Environment and Sustainable Development – Need

for a Paradigm shift with a Vision for Future’ has been accepted for oral presentation

for the National Seminar on ‘Transforming India for Sustainable Development :

Issues, Challenges & Opportunities’ being organized by IITM Group of Institutions (

Institute of Innovation & Technology in Management) in collaboration with CEE

(Centre for Environment Education), New Delhi to be held on 12th March, 2016 at

the Institute of Information & Technology, Janakpuri, New Delhi.

My abstract and paper entitled ‘Higher Education and the Changing Status of Indian

Women – A Critique’ was accepted for oral presentation for the International

Conference on ‘Bhavishya, Udaan Naye Bharat ki – Scaling New Heights & Horizons

in Higher Education’ organized by the Departments of Accounting & Finance and

Business Commuicaton, Thakur College of Science & Commerce, Mumbai on

February 18, 2016.

I attended a National Seminar on ‘Holistic Health of Adolescents’ organized by the

Department of Home Science, D.A.V College for Girls, Yamunanagar sponsored by

68

the Director General Higher Education, Haryana on February 7-8, 2016. I was invited

as a Resource person to speak on ‘Stress Management – Key to Crises and Dilemmas

in Adolescence. My two abstracts entitled ‘Stress Management – Key to Crises and

Dilemmas in Adolescence’ and ‘Nutrition Literacy- The most effective way of

maintaining health in Adolescence’ were published on pages 11, 16 of the souvenir.

The papers will be published in the College Journal Coherence in the near future.

My abstract entitled ‘Sustainable Development and Environment – New Perspectives,

Challenges with a Vision for Future’ was accepted for the National Seminar

on ‘Sustainable Management of Natural Resources’ sponsored by UGC Special

Assistant Programme (DRS-I) being organized by the Department of Economics to be

held at Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha on March 18-19, 2016.

I evaluated the answer scripts of the subject of Home Science of Semester I, III and V

from February 9-12, 2016.

I was a part of an International Conference on Higher education ‘Bhavishya 2016,

Udaan Naye Bharat ki’ ‘Scaling New Heights & Horizon in Higher Education’

Associate Foreign Universities on 18th February, 2016, organized by the Thakur

College of Science & Commerce, Mumbai as a virtual member. My paper entitled

‘Higher Education and the Changing Status of Indian Women – A Critique’ was

presented in absentia. The paper was published in the Special issue of an International

Scholarly Research Journal for Inter-disciplinary Studies with an Impact factor of

4.889.

I attended the meeting of Home Science Department on February 19, 2016 in Room

No.A-4 from 12-1 p.m.

I held the Induction meeting of Chanchala, the only one student who has enrolled for

MSc.(DFSM) on February 19, 2016 from 11 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. in Room No. A-3.

I had my viva voce of the dissertation of M.Ed on February 20, 2016 at the Regional

Centre, IGNOU, Khalini.

I attended the meeting with Professor Yoginder Verma, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Central

University, Dharamshala on February 23, 2016 from 3 to 4.30 p.m. in the Staff room.

I prepared the CD of the departmental activities of the Department of home science

from 2011-2015 on February 23, 2016 and submitted in the Principal’s office.

69

I attended the Staff Council meeting on February 27, 2016 at 12.15 p.m. in the Staff

room.

The meeting of the Research Promotion Cell was held on 29th February at 11 a.m. in

the Staff room on February 29, 2016.

I attended the Departmental meeting on February 29, 2016 at 12.30 p.m. in Room No.

A-4. Various issues related to the activities of the department were discussed.

I delivered the lecture to the participants of Special Winter School on Human

Development organized at the UGC Human Resource Development Centre, H.P

University, Shimla on:

Nutrition Literacy – the most effective way of maintaining health

Stress in Working People – Lifestyle and coping strategies

on March 1, 2016 from 2p.m - 5 p.m. as a Resource person.

I prepared the power point presentation of the Department of Home Science and

presented it in the Principal’s office on 5th March, 2016 at 2.30 p.m.

I attended the Orientation Programme for Academic Counselors and Programme

Incharges/Co-ordinators, IGNOU on March 6, 2016 from 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. at the

Institution of Engineers (India), H.P State Centre, Shimla.

I organized a presentation on Women’s rights, Women empowerment by Mrs. Akshi

Sharma, Civil Judge on March 8, 2016 to celebrate International Women’s Day as the

Incharge of Women Cell of the college.

I attended the Staff Council meeting held on March 11, 2016 at 11 a.m. in the staff

room.

I attended the IQAC meeting held on March 11, 2016 at 12 p,m, in the Principal’s

office.

I conducted the Practicals of MSc. (DFSM) first and second years from March 15-

April 11, 2016.

I was assigned the duty by the Principal to accompany students for the Tribune Inter

College Debate – 2016 at AP Goyal Shimla University, Shimla from 10 a.m. to 5.30

p.m.

I attended the IQAC meeting on March 21, 2016 at 11.30 a.m. in the Principal’s office.

70

I attended a workshop on Inflibnet and E - resources in the college library on March

22, 2016.

I conducted minor tests for various semesters from March 22- 30, 2016.

My two papers entitled ‘Stress Management - Key to Crises and Dilemmas in

Adolescence’ and ‘Nutrition Literacy – The Most effective way of Maintaining Health

in Adolescents’ were published on pages 1-7 and 149-156 in the Special issue of

Coherence – a Refereed Multi-disciplinary Journal on Adolescent and Maternal

Health’, Vol. no. 7, ISSN: 0976-5301, February 2016, An Annual Journal published by

D.A.V College, Yamunanagar, Haryana.

I attended ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on ‘Redefining the Role of MSMES in

the context of Make in India – opportunities and Challenges’ on March 30, 2016

organized by the Department of Commerce, Himachal Pradesh University. I

presented a paper entitled ‘Strategic Relevance of Make in India for Food industry’.

I attended the Farewell Get-together of Mrs. Kavita Panta, Department of Commerce

and Ms. Swati Kondal, Department of Botany on April 7, 2016 in the Staff room at

10.30 a.m.

I visited Government Primary School, Sanjauli on April 8, 2016 with the IGNOU

students of MSc (DFSM). Anthropometric measurements were taken and counseling

about good health was done.

I attended the meeting of RUSA committee in the Principal’s office on April 11, 2016

to discuss about various issues related to RUSA and Prize distribution function.

I attended the Staff Council meeting on April 19, 2016 at 10.45 a.m. in the Staff room

to discuss about various subject combinations for the new academic session.

My abstract entitled ‘Sustainable and Inclusive Growth for Natural Resource

Management and Climate Change’ was accepted for oral presentation for the Fourth

International Conference on Agriculture, Animal Science, Aquaculture & Fisheries

2016 (AAF2016) to be held on December 28-29, 2016 at Colombo, Sri Lanka.

I wrote the Annual Report of all the activities held in the college in the year 2015-

2016 and submitted to the Prize Distribution Committee on April 20, 2016.

I attended the Office Laying down Ceremony and Annual Prize distribution function

on April 22, 2016 in the college auditorium.

71

I attended the Farewell Get-together of Semester VI students on April 22, 2016.

I conducted Quiz for Semester IV, Health and Disease (Emphasis) on and for

Nutrition – a Lifecycle Approach on April 23, 2016.

I conducted Practical exams of Semester IV & VI on April 25-26, 2016.

I attended the staff meeting on April 28, 2016 in the staff room.

I attended the RUSA meeting and helped in framing the letter which was sent to the

Vice Chancellor of H.P University regarding problems dealing with RUSA on April

28, 2016 at 12 p.m.

I attended the Kavi Sammelan organized by the Department of Language Art and

Culture, District Shimla on April 29, 2016 at Gaiety Theatre

from 3-5 p.m. I recited my poem in Hindi entitled ‘Wapsi’.

I conducted the meeting of the Faculty of Humanities on April 29, 2016 at 10.45 a.m.

in the staff room as Co-ordinator, Humanities.

I conducted the meeting of Counselors of IGNOU as the Programme Incharge at 12

p.m. on April 30, 2016.

I attended the staff meeting on May 2, 2016 in the staff room to formulate the

Calendar of activities at 10.30 a.m.

I filled in the result of Semester VI, Semester IV students and submitted the copies of

the result in the office as well as in the Examination room on May 3, 2016.

I submitted a list of my achievements from January-April, 2016 to the Principal on

May 3, 2016.

My M.Ed viva result was declared on May 5, 2016. With this my M.Ed is complete.

I filled in the result of all the classes consisting of CCA, Practical term end

examination marks and submitted the verified copies of Semester II, IV and Emphasis

in the Examination room and a copy in the College office on May 7, 2016.

With my colleague Ms. Nandini Pathania, I prepared the departmental presentation in

the form of a power point presentation on May 6-7, 2016.

I was Deputy Superintendent on May 7, 2016 from 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. for the Term – end

examinations being held in the college.

72

I evaluated the answer scripts of Community Nutrition and Nutrition and Physical

Fitness of Semester VI and submitted the result in the Examination room on May 7,

2016.

I was invited as a judge for the Inter - School Cooking and Greeting Card

Competitions on May 9, 2016from 12.30 – 3 p.m. at Auckland House school, Shimla as

a part of Sesquicentennial year celebrations.

I gave the departmental presentation to the Principal with my colleague on May 12,

2016 in her office.

My abstract entitled ‘Domestic Violence against women – Challenges and

Interventions’ was accepted for the 2nd International Conference on Public Health –

2016 to be held on July 28-29, 2016 at Sri Lanka.

I conducted the Viva voce of three students of MSc (DFSM), IGNOU on May 13,

2016 from 11 a.m. – 1.30 p.m. I was the internal examiner of two students. A report of

the viva and the pictures were sent by email to the Regional Centre, IGNOU, Shimla.

I gave a presentation on Balanced diet and Stress management on May 17, 2016 from

10.30 – 11.30 a.m. to the N.S.S students in their seven day camp.

I discussed the entire syllabus with my colleague Ms. Nandini Pathania from May 17

– 18, 2016.

I conducted the meeting of the Faculty of Humanities on May 18, 2016 to discuss the

new syllabus framed by UGC for all the subjects. Various issues were discussed.

I submitted a list of books for the next session in the library on May 18, 2016.

I attended a workshop on ‘New Age Dietetics and Nutrition Entrepreneurship’ held

on May 22, 2016 at Ludhiana organized by the Indian Dietetic Association (IDA),

Ludhiana Chapter. I was also the Chairperson for one of the Technical sessions.

I checked the details of the Prospectus on May 28 – 29, 2016 as a member of the

Prospectus Committee and made necessary changes.

I was the Deputy Superintendent for the Term End Examinations from May 24 –

31st, 2016.

My poem in English entitled ‘Endless Journey’, an article entitled ‘Each one of us is a

victim’ and a poem in Hindi entitled ‘Wapsi’ were published in the College magazine

Echoes 2015-16.

73

My poem entitled ‘Jeene ki Raah’ was published on May 25, 2016 in the Hindi

newspaper ‘Giriraj’ on page 8.

My articles on ‘Menopause’ and ‘High Blood Pressure’ were published in the Hindi

newspaper Dainik Jagran on June 4 and 18 respectively.

I attended the Staff Council meeting on June 21, 2016 at 9.45 a.m. in the Staff room.

I attended a Seminar on Development of Himachal Pradesh – 69 years of Voyage

(1947-2016) on the topic ‘Road to Development passes through Public administration’

on June 26, 2016 organized by the Institute of Policy Research and Analysis to

celebrate Development Administration Day held at the Rotary hall, Shimla. I also

participated in the English and Hindi Poetic symposium and recited my poems both in

English and Hindi entitled ‘Identity”, ‘Eternal Dance’ and ‘Tum Kahan thi’.

I did counseling of the new students from June 21 – 30, 2016 as the Co-ordinator,

Humanities.

I attended the Staff Council meeting held on Ist & 2nd July, 2016 to discuss about the

visit of the NAAC team.

I attended the IQAC meeting held on 2nd July in the Principal’s office to discuss the

various modalities of the NAAC team visit. I was given the duty of documentation.

I attended the meeting of the Co-ordinators’ held in the Principal’s office on July 4,

2016 to discuss about writing of the supplementary report for sending it to the NAAC

team members.

75

MATHEMATICS

ABOUT MATHEMATICS

The modern world owes its existence and progress to mathematics. It has also played a

significant role in the development of physical and social sciences. Mathematics is one of the

most fascinating sciences. It is universal and important as all other sciences use and need

mathematical knowledge. In fact there exists no branch of science and engineering in which

some mathematical procedure is not found essential. That is why Bacon had rightly

remarked “ Mathematics is gate way and key to all sciences”.

LEARNING GOALS

The main goal of the Mathematics department in educating majors is to provide them with a

disciplinary training that will be of use to them in a variety of different careers.

OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of the prescribed program of study in mathematics, the students should be

able to:

1. Recognize that mathematics is an art as well as a powerful foundational tool of science with

limitless applications.

2. Demonstrate an understanding of the theoretical concepts and axiomatic underpinnings of

mathematics and an ability to construct proofs at the appropriate level.

3. Demonstrate competency in mathematical modeling of complex phenomena, problem

solving and decision making.

4. Demonstrate a level of proficiency in quantitative and computing skills sufficient to meet the

demands of society upon modern educated women as global leaders.

STEPS TAKEN TO ENHANCE STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND LEARNING

OUTCOMES

76

Assignments

The students are given regular assignments from time to time which help the students in

understanding the subject in a better way.The students are also assessed according to their

assignments.

Departmental Library

The department of mathematics has its own library which is very beneficial for students as

they can get various books issued related to the subject and work on their problems and get

extra knowledge. The library also has various books related to competitive exams.

Journals

The library of the college has various journals related to science as well as related to

mathematics. The students go through these journals whenever they get time.

Book Banks

College as well as the Department has the facility of book bank.Students can avail this

facility free of cost.Book bank has a collection of several books including text books and

competitive exam books.

Extra classes

Extra classes are conducted for the students as and when required.The students are given

free atmosphere by the teachers and are allowed to discuss their problems after the class also.

Value added courses

The college has several societies of which there are two teacher incharges and student

council. These societies conducts various programs from time to time which helps to

inculcate moral and ethical values in the students.

77

Power point presentations

Given by the students on different topics from the syllabus like :

a) Sequence and Series

b) Partial Differntial Equations

c) Quadratic equations

d) Linear Algebra

Feedback system

Feedback is taken from students regularly. Various steps are taken for the betterment of the

students through discussion in regular departmental meetings held.

Activities Organized by the Department

Final year mathematics students were taken for an educational tour to the science city,

Jalander.

Providing coaching classes for competitive exams.

Mathematics students took part in the health walk organized by N.S.S and Lions club

of Shimla.

Teachers and students of the department took active part in all the activities of the

college.

Future Plans

To start M.Sc. mathematics.

To start Departmental News Letter.

To organize National Conferences and Seminars.

78

music

Session for the year 2015 started in the month of July.First of all students were made to

write down their syllabus and then classes started in full swing. Since music is a performing

art, the department of music focuses on practical and practice.

Students are trained to give performances on district and state level. Students of the

department participate in cultural events of the college. A group of students also participated

in competitions in HP University and in chitkara University chandigarh. They bagged many

prizes in different cultural items.Angelina Patrick and Malik That brought glory to the

department by bagging second prize in duet western singing and group dance competition.

Practical classes are very important in the department. The faculty, Dr kalpna sharma

participated in the national Himalayan conference and presented a paper on the topic 'music

panacea for the modern age problems '.Abstract is published in Himalayan studies conference

-2015 soveneir. Students are made to listen to LP records of the legends of Indian classical

music. They are motivated by this activity. Faculty also gives live performances in front of

the students so that they practice hard and become stage performers. The students of the

department also attended shimla classical music festival -2015 along with the faculty which

was organized by himachal pradesh government from October 7 to 11, 2015.They witnessed

shri Nishat Khan, a great mestroe of Indian classical music Sitar and enjoyed a lot.

80

Physics

The new academic session in St. Bede’s College started on 12th June 2015. The classes

commenced in Physics department for Semester I, Semester III and Semester V. During the

whole session focus remained on high quality, learner-centered approach of teaching.

Innovative teaching methods such as presentations, assignments, discussions, seminars,

visits apart from regular/traditional teaching methods were also adopted during the session.

A. Academic Activities

The thrust on ICT (Information and Communication Technology) was given by regular

Power Point presentation for teaching the subject Computational Physics, Solid State

Physics, Electronics and Nuclear Physics and Energy Studies.

To provide experiences to the students, to make teaching a reflective practice

The faculty members use projected aids like slides and videos, which are also available

on YOUTUBE and internet to teach various concepts of physics.

Peer Instruction, involving students in their own learning during lecture was adopted

Learners are encouraged to make PPT presentations as part of continuous assessment.

Some of the topics covered were

Computer and its Organization

FORTRAN language and its uses in Physics.

Developing Spread sheets

Introduction to Elementary particles

Betatron and its working

Introduction to the world of Nanoscience

81

Using ICT tool Clickers in Physics Classroom.

Objective of the practice

The objective is to make teaching learner centered rather than teacher centered. To identify

the barriers of learning or the misconceptions held by the students and to apply research

based strategies to overcome them.

.

82

In collaboration with Indian association of Physics Teachers (IAPT) and

Himachal Physical Society Summerhill, Shimla hosted a Workshop entitled “ For

the Love of Physics” on 1st September 2015. About 200 participants from colleges

and schools, across the town attended it. Prof. M.S. Marwaha, a renowned physicist

and former Principal, Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Chandigarh gave a live

demonstration of engaging low cost physics experiments

Physics Department of St. Bede’s College, Shimla organized a lecture on the

topic “COMPUTER SIMULATIONS IN PHYSICS” on 21st august, 2015. Professor

OSKS Sastri, Head Department of Physics and Astronomical Sciences, Central

University of Himachal Pradesh, was the resource person. He talked about the various

softwares which are available on the internet (under FOSS) that could be used for

scientific purposes.

83

Organized a one day educational trip to “ Pushpa Gujral Science City

Kapurthala” on 25th September 2015.

Projects prepared by students

Electromagnetic Spectrum and its uses in daily life.

Numerical solving ability

APJ KALAM and his life

84

Research Activities by the Faculty Members

Dr. Sapna Sharma

1. Presented a paper (oral Presentation) in 30th Annual Convention of IAPT (30th

October 2015- 1st November 2015) at Hyderabad

2. Presented a paper (oral Presentation) in International Conference epiSTEME 2015

(15-18th December 2015) at Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (TIFR)

Mumbai

3. Participated in 46th International Physics Olympiad at Homi Bhabha Centre for

Science Education TIFR as member of Academic Assessment Group from 5th -15th

July 2015.

4. Visited as a resource person in International Conference on nanotechnology

ALIGARH NANO-V and on STEM ER (Science, Technology, Engineering, and

Mathematics Education and Research), STEMCON16, held at Aligarh Muslim

University in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, March 12-15, 2016

5. Visited as a resource person and delivered lectures In-Service Course for PGT

(Physics) on 19th and 22nd May 2016 at Kendriya Vidyalaya Jakhoo Hills Shimla.

Best Practices

ICT tool Clickers in Physics Classroom.

Objective of the practice

The objective is to make teaching learner centered rather than teacher centered. To identify

the barriers of learning or the misconceptions held by the students and to apply research

based strategies to overcome them.

85

Use of computer simulation experiments to introduce students to the virtual

laboratory.

Use of spoken tutorials, an NMEICT, MHRD, Govt. Of India, project. This is an

audio-video method to learn Software and is for Skills and Academic performance

improvement.

86

Political Science

Curricular Aspects

A range of courses were taught to all three undergraduate classes, from Western

Political Thought, International Relations, Colonialism to World Political Systems as

Major and Minor modules to students.

A module on the “Indian Constitution” was made available to students from all

streams and subjects by the Political Science Department, as part of the RUSA’s

Choice Based Credit System.

Teaching Learning and Evaluation

Introduced the concept of Departmental newspaper in collaboration with the

Department of History. The publication entitled “The Voice” was written, edited,

designed and produced by the students of the Political Science Department, under the

guidance of Mrs. Madhu Parmar.

Collaborated with the Department of English to inaugurate the Book & Film Club of

the College “Afterthoughts”. Films were screened regularly in the Seminar Room

followed by enthusiastic discussion. Similarly, books were read and reviewed by the

Club members and shared at fortnightly meetings in the Archives section of the

Library.

Research Consultancy and Extension

Mrs. Madhu Parmar represented the College at Workshop conducted by UNDP on

the prevention of disasters, and also in a Walk organized by the H.P. Government

Disaster Management Cell and UNDP on the occasion of International Disaster

Reduction Day – “Samarth 2015”.

Mrs. Madhu Parmar was an active member of the Organising Committee of the

International Seminar on “Work, Stress and Health” hosted by the Department of

Psychology at St. Bede’s College in November 2015.

87

Infrastructure and Learning Resources

The Department made optimal use of the Seminar Room of the college for screening

documentaries and films related to the subject, to bring it to life for students.

Students were urged to make full use of the e-resources offered by the College

Library, including downloading e-books on kindles for reference work for their notes

and assignments.

Student Support and Progression

The Faculty undertook personal counselling of students with problems, who needed

to be heard in confidence.

Weaker students were given special attention and assistance to encourage them and

instill self confidence in them.

Final year students were guided in the direction of their higher studies and career

goals.

88

PSYCHOLOGY

The major landmarks achieved by the Department of Psychology during 2014 to 2016 are

listed under the following subheads:

1. Achievements by students

The results of annual examination results under the RUSA have been outstanding for

both the major as well as minor courses in Psychology.

2. Classroom Seminars

The students participated in classroom seminars and discussions pertaining to the syllabus

and presented research papers in relevant topics like:

Psychology of Learning

The Central Nervous System

Perception

The Role of Psychology in our day-to-day life

Manic-depressive Psychoses

Personality

Group Behaviour

Alcoholism

What are the causes of Forgetting

Paranoia

89

3. Participation by students in International

Conferences

Students presented research papers online in the peer reviewed 3nd International

Conference in Psychology organized by Indian Association for Health Research and

Welfare, www.iahrw.com, Organized by Amity University, Noida. July 2015

Two Second Year Psychology Major Students presented at the World Congress on

Excellence organized by the Department of Psychology, Punjab University, Chandigarh,

October 2015

Several students participated and presented at the ICSSR sponsored International

Conference on Work, Stress and Health Organized by the Department of Psychology,

St.Bede’s College, Shimla in October 2015

Contribution by Faculty Members: 1. Dr. Shonali Sud and 2.Dr. Ravi Bhushan

Dr. Shonali Sud, Associate Professor & Head Department of Psychology

Teaching: Classes taught B.A.1 and B.A 11, B.A 111 and BBA 2nd Semester

Students were encouraged to undertake research initiatives in the form of both

classroom presentations as well as presentation along with me Organized by other

Universities

Students were taught to write and present their research papers in the peer reviewed

conferences

All courses completed on time and the results obtained by the students vouch for that

(B) Research

Published one research paper in the prestigious peer reviewed Journal entitled: BMC

Oral Health Indexed (Pubmed)

Published Two Research papers in the International Journal of Research: The Bede

Athenaeum

http://www.iahrw.com/

90

Published two books in Psychology in 2015

(C) Conference Presentations (International)

2015 Presented two research papers paper at the ICSSR sponsored International

Conference on Work, Stress and Health, Organized by the Department of Psychology,

St. Bede’s College, Shimla.

2015 Presented a research paper at the prestigious World Congress on Excellence,

Organized by the Department of Psychology, Punjab University, Chandigarh.

(D) Other Achievements

Invited as an expert to deliver a talk and interact with the NSS students of St.Bede’s

College in 2015

Invited to deliver talks on relevant issues in Psychology and life on All India Radio

(AIR), received feedback by the general public in the form of talks highly appreciated

Appointed to conduct the final practical examination for ICSE board in Auckland House

School, Shimla

Appointed as paper setter for the undergraduate examination conducted by Himachal

Pradesh University, Summer Hill Shimla

Appointed as an academic counselor for the students of the College by the Principal of

the College

Evaluated the University undergraduate answer sheets for Psychology

Conducted practical and Viva-voce examinations for the undergraduate students of

Psychology of the College

Invited to be on the editorial board of Journal of the Research to be published from St.

Aloysious College, Thrissur, Kerala.

91

Invited by SAMETI ( State Agricultural Management and Training Institute,

Mashobra) to deliver a lecture conduct a work shop with Gazetted class-I officers on

Stress Management and work, June 2016

(E) Contribution towards the College

Organized in the capacity of a Conference Director The ICSSR sponsored International

Conference on Work, Stress and Health in October 2015

Conference attended by delegates from 11 countries and from the deliberations published

a book on invited chapters

Produced outstanding results

Edited and published from St. Bede’s College, the 5th, 6th and 7th volumes of the peer

reviewed International Journal entitled: Journal of Research: The Bede Athenaeum

A growing number of students are showing an eagerness for research

Organized department assembly and motivated students to develop the art of public

speaking as well as organizational skills

Added the latest books as well as research journals for the benefit of students to the

College library

2. Dr. Ravi Bhushan, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, St. Bede’s

College

Achievements by Dr.Ravi Bhushan

Invited as an expert in a Neighboring University for the syllabus design

Conducted HPU Practical Examinations (UG) for various classes.

Paper Setting work for various UG & PG courses of HPU and HPKVV,Palampur.

Performed Evaluation Duty for Annual Examinaton conducted by HPU.

NAAC coordinator in the College

92

Sought out e-resources on Psychology that were available online and prepared a list of

the same that was provided to the College Library.

93

Zoology

Activities undertaken during the session

MoU signed with Himalayan Forest Research Institute

The chambers of Vermicompost unit was refilled with cowdung

Installation of DIGIFROG software for the students

Placing an Aquarium in the laboratory

Students of Zoology Major (3rd and 5th semester ) attended Summer training at

Himalayan Forest Research Institute

MoU signed with Himalayan Forest Research

Institute

Now this Memorandum of Understanding witness that:

1. SBC, Shimla shall request Group Coordinator Research at HFRI, Shimla for

Summer Training for the students

a. Month and Date shall be decided as per as the availability of students and

scientists.

b. Topic for training shall be decided by the various faculty in-charge of the

college in accordance with the research divisions and laboratories of HFRI.

c. Fee shall be paid by the students as per the rules of ICFRE.

2. Similarly, Extension activities shall be conducted by SBC, Shimla in accordance

with HFRI, Shimla

a. Lectures of different scientists shall be delivered to the students; the topic can

be decided by the scientists according to their new discoveries and invention.

b. Hands-on-experience for students through workshop on various themes

94

c. Lecture delivered to students by the faculty of St. Bede’s and the same topic

can be demonstrated by means of various research supporting facilities at

HFRI

d. Establishing a Medicinal Garden at St. Bede’s in consultancy with the

expertise of scientist at HFRI

e. Visit to various research divisions and laboratories by the students of St.

Bede’s

f. Faculty of St. Bede’s participating in the workshops organized by HFRI

3. It is envisaged that consultancy shall be taken by the scientists of HFRI, Shimla

for various programmes at SBC, Shimla

a. Panel of expertise scientists shall be consulted for the establishment of

Medicinal Garden at St. Bede’s College

b. Landscape designing at St. Bede’s in collaboration with scientists of HFRI

95

The chambers of Vermicompost unit was refilled

with cowdung

Installation of DIGIFROG software for the

students

This exciting learning software gives students the ability to perform informative dissections

and introduces the concepts of physiology alongside anatomy. Students expand their

knowledge with interactive experimentation, eye-opening illustrations and enlightening

discussions about how form relates to function.

Placing an Aquarium in the laboratory

96

Step 1: Set up Aquarium and Stand

Place aquarium out of direct sunlight, allowing at least 5" clearance for the filter. Allow 5"

between the wall and the aquarium to accommodate the filter, and ensure the stand is level.

Be certain this is a good location for the aquarium, as you will have to completely disassemble

the system if you want to move it later.

Step 2: Add Gravel and Water

Use a plate when adding water to prevent gravel displacement. Rinse the gravel in clean

water and add it to the aquarium, sloping it up towards the back. Place clean plate on top of

gravel and start to fill the aquarium with water. If your tap water contains chlorine, add our

Chlorine Neutralizer.

Step 3: Install Filter and Heater

Install equipment, but do not plug anything in yet.

Assemble and hang the power filter on back of aquarium.

Attach the thermometer in a place that is easy for you to monitor.

Assemble and install the heater under water level, near input to filter.

Step 4: Decorate

Add decorations, but leave plenty of swimming room for fish. Step 4

Rinse all the plants with clear water.

Place all the background plants, arrange the driftwood, add accent and foreground plants,

along with a few special stones.

Fill aquarium and filter with water.

Plug in filter and heater.

Wait 24 hours for water temperature to stabilize before adding fish.

Step 5: Add Fish

97

Add about 10" of fish initially to establish the nitrogen cycle.

After properly acclimating fish, release them into the aquarium (without adding the water

they were shipped in).

Add on the light and canopy.

Wait four weeks and test for ammonia and nitrite. When the levels return to zero, you can

begin adding the rest of your fish a few at a time (up to 55 inches total). Or, use our Live

Nitrifying Bacteria to quickly establish biological filtration and cycle your aquarium.

Students of Zoology Major (3rd and 5th semester ) attended Summer training at Himalayan

Forest Research Institute from June 6 to June 25, 2016. Thereafter students submitted a

report of their research work.

Participation of teachers during 2015-16

1. Ms.Shweta attended a National Seminar at Himachal Pradesh University.

2. Ms.Shivani attended workshop on FDP

3. Ms.Shivani attended International Conference on Psychology at St. Bedes College..

BOTANY - St Bedes College 2015-2016.pdfCHEMISTRY Chemistry is the physical science that studies the...

Documents

Transcript of BOTANY - St Bedes College 2015-2016.pdfCHEMISTRY Chemistry is the physical science that studies the...