G.S.Science, Arts & Commerce College, Khamgaon
Vidarbha Shikshan Prasarak Mandal's

Reaccredited by NAAC with Snowgrade CGPA (3.08)

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Affiliated to
Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati.
College code : 301
       

About the College

With Tamso Maa Jyotirgamaya as its guiding principle, the Vidarbha Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, Khamgaon founded the Govindram Seksariya Science College in 1947 with donation given by Late Seth Govindram Seksaria of Indore in order to cultivate the values of modesty, brotherhood, devotion, courage, patriotism, discipline, sacrifice, patience and determination in the youth of the post-independence era. . The late Advocate Raobahadur Anant Sakharam Athalye of Akola was the first president of the VSP Mandal while there were some prominent citizens of Khamgaon among the founder members. The VSP Mandal is registered under B.P.T. Act, 1950 with registration no. F-1 Buldana. The college has its own spacious building with total campus area of 97 acres.

Glimpses from the History of the college :

In 1954, the Faculty of Arts was established. The Faculty of Commerce stared from 1957. Thus, G. S. Science College, Khamgaon evolved into G. S. Science, Arts and Commerce College, Khamgaon. In 1968, two post-graduate courses- M.A. (Economics) and M.Com. started. From the year 2000, we started offering post-graduate courses in English, Hindi and Marathi. These three courses are self-financed. We have also started M.Sc. in Computer Science, Chemistry and Zoology since 2008-09 (on self-financed basis). We have 05 Career Oriented Programmes (COPs), 01 PG Diploma in Taxation and 14 add-on courses.

Facilities and Infrastructure :

  • Library (more than 70,000 books)
  • Botanical Garden.
  • Boys Hostel.
  • Womens Hostel
  • Indoor Stadium
  • Swimming pool.
  • Gymnastics hall.
  • Solar Power Panels for power supply to the campus.
  • Research labs.
  • Laboratories
  • Staff quarters.
  • Post-Office
  • Canteen
  • Playground,
  • N.C.C. & N.S.S. units.
  • Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU) center
Thus this oldest college in the western part of the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra is continuously treading the path of academic excellence.

 
Our Vision

To make substantial contribution to the overall growth of the region and the nation by providing quality higher education to students from all sections of the society.


Our Mission

To empower the youth of the rural and semi-urban area with the best of traditional career-oriented education.


 

Institutional Core Values

  • Making the students mature and responsible citizens.
  • Instilling good ethics and moral values in the students.
  • Empowering of youth through traditional and career oriented education.
  • Ensuring inclusive growth for the underprivileged youth.
  • Being responsible towards the society and the nation at large.


 

 

Procedures and Policies for Maintaining and Utilizing Physical, Academic and Support Facilities.

G. S. Science, Arts and Commerce College, Khamgaonhas established systems and procedures for the use and maintenance of various physical, academic and support facilities available in the institution. Different committees, faculty members and non-teaching staff members as well as the heads of various departments work in close coordination with the college administration to ensure the optimum utilization of these resources. Feedback from the students and other stakeholders is taken into consideration for the improvement and upgrade of infrastructure and other facilities. All these systems and procedures are as follows:

  1. The time-table committee will ensure that all classrooms, seminar halls and laboratories are utilized in an optimum way.
  2. Heads of the department will take due care to submit requirement of equipments and consumables which in due course will be fulfilled by the central administration.
  3. Computer laboratories and English Language Laboratory will be used as and when needed for events like online tests during placement drives, workshops for encouraging use of ICT etc.
  4. Maintenance of the botanical garden will be monitored by Campus Enrichment Committee. The garden may be used by the students and teaching/non-teaching staff for different events like farewell, freshers’ parties etc.
  5. The Library will be looked after by the Librarian in coordination with the Library Advisory Committee. A member from the teaching staff will be the convener of the committee along with 3-4 other teaching and non-teaching staff members and students’ representatives nominated by the Principal. This committee will take care of upgrade, enrichment and maintenance of the library. The library staff willdeal with the issue and return books, journals, periodicals and access to electronic resources to the students, faculty and staff members.
  6. Issues related to hardware and software update and antivirus subscription will be addressed on call basis.
  7. Optimum use of AV Theatre, Digital classrooms and Media centre and its maintenance will beensured by the in-charge faculty member nominated by the Principal.
  8. Cleanliness on campus and in the classrooms will ensured with the help of non-teaching staff and AMC (Annual Maintenance Contract) with a third-party.
  9. The Campus Enrichment Committee will take care of the plantation, water conservation and Oxygen Park.
  10. Security on campus will be ensured through security personnel from a security agencyappointed through AMC. Considering the number of girls, two lady security guardswill alsobe employed.
  11. A faculty member will beappointed by the Principal as in-charge for ensuring utilization and maintenance of indoor stadium and swimming pool. Temporary staff will also beappointed for the same.
  12. The Director of Physical Education will ensure the optimum use of the playground, gymnastic hall and other sporting facilities.
  13. Our infrastructure may be provided to NGOs for various programmes of national and social welfare. The sole discretion for this will lie with the Principal and the management.
  14. We have Annual maintenance contract (AMC) for college administrative software and website of the college which will be maintained and upgraded as and when required through Annual Maintenance Contract with Shri Pankaj Misal.


DETAILS OF ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING IN THE INSTITUTIONDownload as PDF

 

Following areas of the institutional work are under automation:

·         Admissions

·         Student Record Management

·         Application and Processing of Scholarship Applications

·         Examination Forms – Application and Processing

·         Internal Assessment Marks entry

·         Processing of Results

·         Payroll Management

·         Library Management

·         Financial Accounting

·         Leave Applications

·         Generation of Reports

·         Generation of Certificates (including Transfer Certificates)

·         Daily attendance records of the employees

·         Website

 

Details of their implementation are as follows:

Name of the Software: College Management

Date/Year of first implementation: 1998

Name and contact details of the vendor:     Mr. Pankaj Misal, M-SOFT Solutions, Khamgaon.

                                                                        Mobile no: 7588 456 456

                                                                        Email: pankaj_misal@rediffmail.com

Modules of the software:

·         Admissions

·         Fee Management

·         Financial Accounting

·         Generation of Certificates (TC/Marksheet/Bona fide etc.)

·         Generation of reports

·         Examination forms

·         Other facilities

Screenshot of the college management software

Financial accounting module of the college management software

Examination and result processing module

BIOMETRIC ATTENDANCE:

We have biometric attendance system for ALL our employees. It is based on face-recognition. The attendance record is saved directly in the computer of the Principal.

PORTAL FOR LEAVE APPLICATIONS:

We have a portal prepared by M-SOFT for leave application submission and management of leave records of the ALL the employees. The leave applications are submitted and managed completely online. Given below is a screenshot of this portal:

Leave application portal interface (Desktop)

Leave application porta interface (Mobile)

 

PORTAL FOR ONLINE ADMISSIONS:

We have a dedicated portal http://gsck.in for online admissions of students.  This portal has been prepared and is being maintained by M-SOFT Solutions.

PORTAL FOR EXAMINATION FORMS PROCESSING AND MARKS ENTRY:

Examination forms are filled and processed through the portal of the S G B Amravati University. Entry of internal assessment marks and generation of result reports are also done with the help of this portal. The URL of the portal is: https://sgbau.ucanapply.com/smartexam/public/

The screenshot of the portal is as follows:

 

PAYROLL MANAGEMENT (Temporary Staff):

Payroll management of the temporary staff is done with the help of the college management software mentioned above.

 

PAYROLL MANAGEMENT (Permanent Staff):

HTE Sevarth System of the Maharashtra State Government is used for the preparation of the salary bills of the permanent teachers and non-teaching staff. This system has been in use since 2012. The salary bills are generated and submitted to the regional Joint Director Office through this system and after the approval, salary is disbursed through the bank to the accounts of the employees. Given below is a screenshot of this system:

Interface of HTE Sevarth Portal. URL: https://htesevaarth.maharashtra.gov.in/login.jsp

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS:

Applying to and checking the status of various scholarships/freeships of the state and central governments are done with the help of the portals of the respective agencies/departments.

Applications for the scholarships of the Govt of Maharashtra can be made, verified and forwarded through a dedicated portal (Maha DBT) of the Govt of Maharashtra while the applications to the scholarships of the Central Government can be made through the National Scholarship Portal. Their screenshots and URLs are as given below:

 

URL: https://mahadbtmahait.gov.in/login/login

URL: https://scholarships.gov.in/

LIBRARY MANAGEMENT:

We use SOUL 2.0 software of the INFLIBNET for the management of our library. The library is fully automated with the help of this software. Following facilities are offered by SOUL:

·         Accession of books and periodicals

·         Accession of electronic resources

·         Cataloguing

·         Issue/Return (barcode based)

·         Creation and maintenance of membership profiles.

·         OPAC

·         Web OPAC

·         SMS Alerts

·         Calculation of fines and other dues

·         Purchase order generation

·         Maintenance of stock

Screenshots of the various modules of Library Management Software (SOUL) are as follows:

 

Acquisition:

Catalogue:

Circulation

Serial Control

OPAC

 

 

 

Administration

 

WEBSITE

The college website has been prepared and is being maintained by Shri Pankaj Misal

The website address is https://www.gsck.ac.in

 

Policy For Continuous Internal EvaluationDownload as PDF

Continuous Internal Evaluation (CIE)

The evaluation of the students is an integral part of the teaching-learning process. The Continuous Internal evaluation (CIE):

  1. Encourages the students to progress continuously in the semester leading to thorough understanding of the course.
  2. Allows teachers to evaluate the performance of their students in accordance with the course objectives.
  3. Enhances the students’ abilities and skills such as creative and critical thinking, working in a team, communication skill, leadership abilities, etc.
  4. Distributes course work throughout the year reducing stress on the students.

Choice-based Component (CBC) of Internal Evaluation

We adopted the Choice-based Components for the internal assessment of the theory subjects which are useful for evaluating the various abilities of the students which cannot be tested otherwise with the semester end examinations (SEE). The performance of all the students will be evaluated internally on a continuous basis by the concerned faculty member. The type of the choice based component (CBC) of the assessment would be decided by the faculty member in consultation with the students based on the expected Course Outcomes (COs) and it would be announced in the class within the first fortnight of the semester. The suggestive list of these components is as given below.

List of Choice Based Components (CBCs) of Internal Evaluation:

1. Surprise test 7. laboratory work
2. Open book Test 8. Case Study
3. Home Assignments 9. Group Discussions
4. Tutorials 10. Viva-voce/Oral Examination
5. Mini Project 11. Seminar
6. Periodical quizzes 12. Any other component that the teacher considers necessary for assessing the student’s performance

EVALUATION SYSTEM ADOPTED BY CIEC

The evaluation system adopted by the Institute has following components:

1. Continuous Internal Evaluation (CIE);

  • Two Internal Assessment Tests
  • Two Assignment Tests during semester per course.
  • Regular lab assignments every week during semester.
  • Two progress seminars for project in a semester.
  • Preliminary examination at the end of semester for all courses.

2. Semester End Examination (SEE)

The major reforms in CIE has been brought with reference to Outcome Based Education (OBE) model and quality of assessment. More emphasize has been provided on students evaluation with respect to course outcomes attainment. The question paper audit has been initiated for improving quality of questions. Faculty wise committee has been formed which verifies whether questions set are based on course outcomes and level of blooms taxonomy. For effective implementation of OBE Model and monitoring student’s outcome attainment, Continuous Internal Evaluation has been developed and deployed. The CIE system effectively assist in monitoring and evaluation of students centric learning outcomes. The internal assessment structure for theory and practical courses of UG is as tabulated below.

SNNAME OF STUDENTGroupTheory Class AttendedTheory Atten. %CT-1CT-2CTAssignment 1CBCIncentiveTotal internalRemark
202080
1
2
3
4


CIE RULES & GUIDELINES

1. The teachers should aware the students about course curriculum, its objectives, course outcomes, learning activities such as experiential learning and participative learning at the beginning of each semester.
2. The teachers should also inform the students regarding different components of internal assessment and their weightages through a ‘course overview’.
3. All the teachers should prepare their teaching plan carefully and should share it with the students within first week of the semester.
4. The teachers should evaluate the students continuously on the basis of performance in the two Unit Tests, Choice –Based Component (CBC) and Attendance and performance of the students in the class.
5. The answer scripts of the Unit Tests should be shown to the students after evaluation for their information, providing sufficient transparency and accountability.
6. The pattern of question paper for the Unit Tests should be structured similar to the pattern of the Semester End Examination which is conducted by the University.
7. The teachers should evaluate the papers of the Unit Tests within three working days after the end of examination.
8. The relative grades from A+ to C to be awarded for CBC by the respective teachers are as given below.
9. In relative grading system, the teacher should also take into account the various factors such as level of the question paper set, inherent difficulty of the course, the perquisites to the course, participation of the students in active learning mode, etc.
10. The faculty members should display the grades/marks on the departmental notice board before submitting the same to the respective Head of the department.
11. The student may appeal for reviewing the grades/marks awarded by the teacher. If still there exists grievance regarding the revision of the awarded grades/marks, student may appeal to HOD.
12. In case of student failing to complete the CBC under extraordinary circumstances such as the death of any member of the family, accident leading to hospitalization, suffering from contagious diseases, natural or social calamities affecting the student and any other unavoidable circumstances which the teacher deems fit to be considered, the teacher would arrange additional assignment or any other course related work for such students.
13. The performance of the students in the practical subjects should also be evaluated on a continuous basis. Faculty members should use Continuous Evaluation Sheet provided for the assessment.
14. Faculty members should maintain the proper records of CBC undertaken for each class.
15. Faculty members may offer more than one CBC in a class depending on the interest of the students.

GRIEVANCES RELATED TO INTERNAL ASSESSMENT EXAMINATION

Grievance regarding the internal assessment tests is taken care of by the respective Departments. They have first authority over grievances against Continuous Internal Assessment. The internal examination will be based on the prescribed course plan. The respective subject faculties prepare question papers, which are then verified by the concerned Head of the department. After the evaluation of the internal assessment answer scripts, the scripts are given to the students to have an idea of their performance in the test. Based on the internal examinations conducted by the college, internals marks alloted. These internal marks are published on the concerned department notice board so that the students can check their marks and can clarify any queries regarding their internals marks with the concerned subject faculties. Once the queries are solved, the internal marks upload to the university portal. Complete transparency is maintained during the internal assessment tests through the adoption of the criteria given by the affiliating university. Students and faculty members are made aware of the transparency to be maintained in the system of assessment. This enhances transparency and rapport between the faculty members and students. Students should attain a minimum of 75 percent attendance for each course, and then only he/she can appear for the University Examination. Monthly attendance of each course published on the departmental notice boards, in order to aware the students about the same.

Points to be remember are,

  • If a student is not able to appear for internal examination due to medical or any genuine reason examination is conducted for that student as per norms, provided that he/she submits letter with required documents to the Head of the Department.

  • After preparing the assessments report it is shown to the students, if any grievances arise, there it can be resolved immediately and submitted by the concerned faculty to head of the department

  • If any student scores below average expectation marks and wants to improve in that subject, he/she can appear for the improvement examination.

  • The grievances of the students with reference to assessment are made clear by showing his/her performance in the answer sheet.

  • The answer sheet of such student is reassessed by the faculty in the presence of the student. Any corrections in the assessment of answer books as identified by students are immediately done by the faculty members.

  • Any student who is not satisfied with the assessment and award of marks may approach the concern HOD/Principal who can intervene and seek opinion of another course Teacher.

  • The Institute follows open evaluation system where the student performance is informed to the parents. After taking necessary steps, student’s grievances will be resolved.

  • The process is completely transparent.





Policy for the Promotion of A Friendly Environment for the DivyangjansDownload as PDF

INTRODUCTION :

We, at the G. S. Science, Arts and Commerce College, Khamgaon believe that the Differently Abled people (Divyangjan) are a precious human resource and that every human being must respect and recognize their rights and their dignity. Educational institutions have a special and significant role to play in this regard. The onus to lead the society with example lies on them above all. The Rights of Persons with Disabilities (PWD) Act, 2016 states that “the appropriate Government shall ensure that the PWD enjoy the right to equality, life with dignity, and respect for his or her own integrity equally with others.”

THE POLICY :

In accordance with this act and to ensure our constructive contribution for making life easy, enjoyable, and rewarding for the PWDs, our institute has the following policy in place:

  1. 1. Creating a barrier free environment for the Divyang people by constructing ramps, support structures, Divyang friendly classrooms, corridors, halls, and washrooms etc.

  2. 2. Providing appropriate assistance to Divyang students and visitors with the help of support staff and equipment like wheelchairs, walkers, walking-sticks, and audio-visual aids.

  3. 3. Ensuring that various welfare measures of the government, university and other agencies for the PWDs (Divyangjans) are implemented effectively and in time.

  4. 4. Providing a scribe and twenty extra minutes per hour to the Differently Abled during the university examinations as per the university letter dated 18 January 2018.

  5. 5. Ensuring proper and Divyang-friendly display of instructions and other necessary texts and signs at proper places.

  6. 6. The use of signage of male and female symbols, in accordance with local customs and standards, with raised outlines and bright colour contrast.

  7. 7. Human and technological support for learners with disabilities in and out of the classroom with the help of right resources and assistive technology, and with sensitive leadership, teaching staff and other members of the college.

  8. 8. To ensure the accessibility of software tools and technology for the people with disabilities.

  9. 9. Provision for enquiry and information for the Differently Abled in a friendly way and on priority.

  10. 10. On call medical assistance for the Differently Abled.

  11. 11. Regular sensitization of employees and students towards the needs of the Divyangjan.



Policy for A Green and Environment-friendly CampusDownload as PDF

INTRODUCTION :

G. S. Science, Arts and Commerce College, Khamgaon enjoys a unique privilege of having the largest campus (99 acres) among all the affiliated colleges of our university. We believe that it is our duty to keep the campus green and promote environment friendly practices not only among the employees and students, but also among the local community. For this, we have agreed upon having the following policy in place which is monitored and implemented by the Campus Enrichment Committee:

PROMOTION OF ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY BEHAVIOUR:

EFFECTIVE MAINTENANCE AND REGULAR ENRICHMENT OF THE CAMPUS AND THE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF THE COLLEGE:



REGULAR TREE-PLANTATION DRIVES:

 

Distinctiveness of the Institution

To make substantial contribution to the overall growth of the region and the nation at large is a part of our vision. Keeping this in view, we have contributed to the growth of Khamgaon region by creating two quality sporting facilities- viz.: a ten-lane state of the art swimming pool and an indoor stadium with two wooden badminton courts.

It should be noted that such sporting facilities were not available in Khamgaon earlier. Due to our projects, the people of Khamgaon city and the surrounding region have been benefitted. Khamgaon is a draught-prone area and yet, we have not only built a swimming pool of good quality, but are also maintaining it successfully since 2015. The people of Khamgaon region have been greatly benefited with access to the swimming pool and the indoor stadium.

The other major significant contribution that we have made to the overall growth of the region is the creation of research facilities in a wide area. Students and researchers, particularly in the field of science now have a wide choice for undertaking research.

Our institute has a state-of-the-art ten-lane Swimming Pool and an Indoor Stadium with two wooden and two regular badminton courts constructed with financial assistance from the UGC as well as from fundraising by the institution. Both these projects have made our institution unique because no other college in our university has both these facilities- particularly, the kind of swimming pool that we have. We got 1.53 crores from the UGC and we raised 1.43 crores from our alumni, staff and local community. Both these projects were successfully completed within the stipulated period and are running successfully. It must be mentioned categorically, that Khamgaon is a draught-prone area and there is a frequent shortage of water here. Still, we have not only built a swimming pool, but are maintaining it round the year. We are doing this with the help of our own sources of water which are able to supply water to us due to the massive water conservation and rain water harvesting projects on our campus. Our students, staff as well as the people of Khamgaon and surrounding places are being consistently benefitted by both these facilities. Our vision is to empower the local youth and community. With this aim, we are serving the local youth (including our students and youth from the community) and other citizens by providing them two important sporting facilities of excellent quality.

Apart from these facilities, we encourage our students and faculty members to undertake research. In the last five years, our faculty members have completed 06 Major and 02 Minor research projects funded by the UGC. One of our faculty members is carrying out a small research project funded by a local industry unit. We encourage and send our students to undertake summer research projects at premier research institutes like IISER, Kolkata. As a result, some of our students are presently doing their PG and research in premier institutes. We also encourage our faculty members to take up post-doctoral research. Dr H S Chandak, Assistant Professor of Chemistry completed his post-doctoral research in 2016-17 as a UGC Raman Fellow at the Rutgers University, USA. Dr D M Nagrik, Assistant Professor of Chemistry in our college has been granted two patents.

Ours is the only institution in the region to have such a wide-ranging and vibrant research activity and such a variety of research facilities.

 

Best Practices

1.  Title of the Practice:

Empowering Women through Self-Employment to Self-dependence

Objectives of the Practice:

1.      To make our girls a competent part of the society.

2.      To develop creativity, art and environment-friendliness in them.

3.      To make the college youth self-dependent and self-confident.

4.      To train women from the local community to become self-dependent

The Context:

It is important to cultivate the values of self-dependence and self-confidence in young women and also make them financially independent. This should happen at an early age. Education does not guarantee employment at present and hence self-employment has become very important. There are glaring problems of divorcees, widows and other deprived women in the society. These problems create a pressing need for the women to be self-dependent through self-employment. With this aim, the Women’s Empowerment and Entrepreneurship Development Cell works in our college for the benefit of our female students and other women from the local community. The cell promotes creativity among the students and other women keeping in view, the growing demand for handicraft in the society.

The Practice:

Women’s Empowerment and Entrepreneurship Development Cell is working in the institution since 2002. It was formally recognized in 2005. A self-employment training center works under this cell. The cell organizes trainings for our girls as well as other women from the local community. The highlights of the work of this cell are as follows:

Ø  Linkage with NisargSanstha:

We have a linkage with Niasarga Sanstha run by Mrs Nitatai Bobdey who creates all sorts of artistic and useful things from the plant waste. She creates beautiful things like jewellery and   showpieces from seeds, twigs, fruits, stems and leaves. Through this linkage, we take the benefit of the expertise of our mentor Mrs. Bobdey to the students and women in the society through our trainings. These programmes are being conducted since 2002. Some of them are conducted in collaboration with other NGOs also.

Ø  Nature of the Training:

·         Art from Waste and Enterprise through Art:

We provide training to create artefacts from waste with minimum investment. There is a good demand for these things. Along with income, the trainees also harbor a love for Nature.

·         Attractive Bouquets from Plastic, Paper and other Wastes:

From 2016, we have been giving training to create bouquets from plastic/paper waste. These bouquets are used in various functions in the college and thus, the students get a chance to earn in the college itself.

·         Earning through Nutritious Cooking:

We train our girls and other women in the society to cook nutritious food items and sell them in the market. Thus, they get a chance to earn while nutritious food is served in the market. We also give training for creating the various things needed for festivals and special occasions.

Ø  Evidence of Success:

The details of various programmes we organized and the number of beneficiaries speak for our success. The events organized in the last five years can be listed as follows:

·         22.09.2018 Workshop on Self employment

·         07.01.2019 Entrepreneurship program on home decoration, Handicraft Items.

·         11.03.2019 Training Programme: Making Eco friendly colours.

·         06.01.2020 Workshop/ Training: Best from Waste

·        25.09.2020 International level online training and Exhibition on Best out of Waste (https://youtu.be/kXP7yCUNgcs)

·        05.01.2022 Training programme: Sculpture from waste https://youtu.be/-1-cIhuVoDM

·         During the session 2022-23 following efforts were taken for the cause:

ü  Courses on Tailoring and Fashion Designing and Beauty Parlor has been conducted by the department of Home economics and Women empowerment and Entrepreneurship Cell.

ü  Entrepreneurship Training of Decorative item for Hair style (03.03.23)

ü  Exhibition and sale of Clothes and artifacts (9.03.23)

ü           36 students were trained under Tailoring and fashion designing course of which 16 started own small scale business and a self-help group of 11 women established.

ü
Beauty parlor course was successfully completed by 23 student and 5 students started providing freelancing services.

·         Apart from this, we regularly conduct such workshops in our annual NSS camp.

·         Over the last few years, our cell succeeded in making some of the girls’ students and women from local community to become self employable. We have felicitated them in the Entrepreneurship fair on our campus. They shared their journey to become self- employable during the fair. Some of the links are provided in additional information file.

Ø  Problems Encountered and Resources Required:

·         Efforts had to be taken to counter the male domination in the society which sometimes does not allow women to undertake self-development courses or programmes.

·         Counseling of students and other women had to be done to encourage them to join these programmes.

·         We had to orient our beneficiaries for being quality conscious so that they can face market competition.

·         As most of our projects were aimed at utilizing plastic and other waste, we had to mobilize very few resources. The expertise of Mrs Nitatai Bobdey was the main resource for us. It is always available to us.

·         To overcome the shortage of funds, we collaborated with NGOs like Inner wheel Club and Tilak Smarak Mahila Mandal.

2.  Title of the Practice:

STUDENTS’ EMPOWERMENT THROUGH FINANCIAL AID

 

Objective(s) of the Practice:

To provide financial assistance to the needy and promising students for meeting various expenses to continue their education by raising funds from the parent trust as well as faculty, staff, and other stakeholders.

The Context:

We noticed that there is a significant number of the needy students who get little or no financial assistance from the government for their education. Hence, we decided to setup a fund called Needy Students’ Aid Fund in our institution to provide financial assistance to such students.

We have also put in place several other schemes to fund and motivate the students in various ways. These include:

·         Annual Day Prizes

·         Late Babasaheb Bobdey Khel Ratna Scholarships

·         Financial Support for In-house Summer Research Programme

·         Financial Support for undertaking Summer Research at Premier Institutes.

·         Financial Support for Participation in Cultural Events

 

THE PRACTICE:

 

STUDENTS’ WELFARE FUND:

 

We made an appeal to our faculty and staff members to give voluntary financial contribution every year to the Needy Students’ Aid Fund to which, all of them responded positively. The College Employees’ Credit Cooperative Society donates Rs. 10,000/- every year from its surplus dividend. The management also contributes Rs. 10,000/ every year. Thus, the fund was setup in 2011 and a committee for inviting and scrutinizing applications from the needy students was setup. The committee selects the beneficiaries,

and they are given Rs. 1000/- each as financial assistance. This limit is sometimes waved depending on the case.

From 2011 to 2022-23, total 398 students have been given a financial assistance of Rs. 4,08,500/-There is significant rise in the number of beneficiaries under this scheme. A recent summary of this scheme is given below:


Session

No of Beneficiaries

Amount

2020-21

36

Rs 31,000/-

2021-22

38

Rs 37,000/-

2022-23

99

Rs 1,23,500/-

 

This has helped them meet the rising expenses of their education. Most of the students from among the beneficiaries of this scheme have progressed to jobs or higher education.

ANNUAL DAY PRIZES:

 

Various endowment prizes instituted by our parent trust and other stakeholders/well- wishers are given every year to meritorious students. In 2022-23, 62 students were awarded cash prizes amounting to Rs 47517/-

LATE BABASAHEB BOBDEY KHEL RATNA SCHOLARSHIPS:

 

We started a special scholarship named after our former president to promote excellence in sports among students. This initiative was started in 2021. In the year 2022-23, 08 scholarships worth Rs 10,000/- each were provided to outstanding sportspersons.

 

Year

No of Beneficiaries

Amount

2022-23

08

Rs 80,000/-

 

FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR IN-HOUSE SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAMME:

 

All the students who undertook in-house summer research (86 students in all) were awarded scholarship of Rs 500 each. It is worth mention that Hon’ble Vice-President of

our trust Shri A P Jhunjhunwala sponsored this scholarship for Commerce students in the fond memory of freedom fighter Late Purshottamji Motilalji Jhunjhunwala. Scholarship of Rs 500 each to all the 24 student-participants from Commerce faculty was sponsored by him. Remaining 63 students were awarded institutional scholarship of Rs. 500 each.

A special financial assistance of Rs 4543/- each was awarded to Ms Anju Paliwal, Ms Rutuja Yadgire and Mr Akshay Ingle of MSc I (Chemistry) for successful completion of summer research at IISER Kolkata.

Total financial aid given under this scheme amounted to Rs 56629/- in 2022-23.

 

FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS AND CULTURAL EVENTS

 

We regularly provide financial support to our students for participation in sports and cultural events. In 2022-23, we gave financial support worth Rs 637517 to our students for this purpose.

Evidence of Success:

 

·         Ms Anju Paliwal, Ms Rutuja Yadgire and Mr Akshay Ingle of MSc I (Chemistry) successfully completed summer research at IISER Kolkata. The In-house Summer Research programme has proved as an impetus for the students to undertake research at premier institutions. This is evident from the following page on our college website: https://gsck.ac.in/research.php#srepro

·         The number of beneficiaries of Students’ Welfare Fund has been rising every year which shows a wider coverage.

·         Participation in Sports and Cultural event has increased and the number of achievements by the students have also increased. This can be viewed at: https://gsck.ac.in/sportsandculture/achivements.php

 

Problems Encountered and Resources Required:

·         It was a challenge to identify the needy students for which we setup a committee with the Chairman of our trust Dr S. S. Bobdey as its president.

·         Raising funds to help the students was a challenge which we met by appealing to our staff members and our co-operative society.

·         To develop a spirit of inquiry and innovation among the students and encourage them to undertake and complete research at a very young (viz. UG level) was a significant challenge and an even greater challenge was to motivate them to go to premier institutions for undertaking further research.

·         The major resources needed to overcome these challenges were- finance and accessible technology. We are thankful to our management, our stakeholders and alumni for their support in helping us overcome these challenges.

 

 

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