1 st july 2015 to 30 th june 2016

A Residential Autonomous College affiliated to Calcutta

University

Re-accredited by NAAC with ‘Grade A’

College with Potential for Excellence

RUSA-funded Institution

DST-FIST Awarded College

Belur Math, Howrah, West Bengal, PIN : 711202

Website : www.vidyamandira.ac.in Email : [email protected]

Phone : 033-26549181, 033-26549632, ; Fax : 033-26541123

Platinum Jubilee Celebration (4 July 2016 - 4 July 2017)

Fourth Convocation

Date : 10 December 2016

Report on the Activities of the College

http://www.vidyamandira.ac.in/

mailto:[email protected]

Content

1. Inception of the College and Its Brief History 1

2. Award and Recognition 1

3. College Profile : Academic Programme 1

4. Student Profile 2

5. Admission Details 4

6. Faculty Profile 4

7. Changes in Administration, Retirement and New Appointment 5

8. Academic Activities of the College : Performance of Students 6

9. Academic Activities like Seminar etc 9

10. Research : Activities of Swami Vivekananda Research Centre 20

11. Research Work of Faculty Members 21

12. Publication 23

13. Placement Cell 24

14. MoU and Linkages 25

15. Third Convocation 25

16. Service Activities : NSS 26

17. NCC 29

18. Students’ Initiative 30

19. Cultural Activities 30

20. Excursion 34

21. Scholarships and Stipend 34

22. Sports and Games 34

23. Governance 34

24. Activities of IQAC 35

25. Infrastructure 36

26. Library 37

27. Funding 40

28. Our Challenges 42

29. Our Future Plan 43

30. Our Gratitude 43

31. Vision and Prayer 44

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Inception of the College and Its Brief History : Swami Vivekananda, after establishing the Ramakrishna Mission in 1897, wanted to

rehabilitate the past glories of our motherland through an education which would

combine in it the best elements of the oriental and the occidental cultures, the

sacred and the secular, the material and the spiritual.

With a view to giving shape to Swamiji’s comprehensive scheme of education, the

authorities of the Mission started this college, Vidyamandirara in 1941 under the

auspices of the Saradapitha, a branch of the Ramakrishna Mission, as an

Intermediate Arts College.

The college was upgraded to a three-year degree college with effect from July 1960.

Post-graduate teaching was introduced from the academic session 2006-2007.

In 2010, the college was adjudged by the UGC as a ‘College with Potential for

Excellence’.

In 2010 again, the college was conferred upon the status ‘Autonomous’ by the UGC

and the State Government.

In 2013, the college was re-accredited by NAAC with Grade A.

To commemorate the 150th birth anniversary, the college established ‘Swami

Vivekananda Research Centre’ to run PhD programmes and other research activities.

This centre has received the affiliation from Calcutta University.

In 2014, the college has been adjudged by the UGC as a ‘College with Potential for

Excellence’ for the 2nd time.

In 2014-2015 session the Microbiology Department of the College was given ‘West

Bengal BOOST Award’.

In 2015, the departments of Physics, Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry and Computer

Science were given ‘West Bengal DST-FIST Award’.

In 2015-2016 session, the college received prestigious ‘DST-FIST Award’ from the

Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

Award and Recognition : o The college has received DST-FIST Award from the Department of Science and

Technology, Government of West Bengal in the year 2015.

College Profile : Academic Programmes :

o Undergraduate Programme

Honours Courses : 13

o BSc – Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, Microbiology, Industrial

Chemistry

o BA – Bengali, English, Sanskrit, History, Philosophy, Political Science

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General Courses : 13

o BSc – Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, Electronics, Statistics,

Zoology (introduced from 2015-2016).

o BA – Bengali, Sanskrit, Philosophy, Political Science, History, Economics

Post Graduate Programmes :

o MA – Sanskrit, Bengali, Philosophy

o MSc – Mathematics, Applied Chemistry

Research Programme :

o PhD – Bengali, Sanskrit, Mathematics

o MPhil – Bengali, Sanskrit, Philosophy

Certificate Courses :

o Photography – 2 courses in the session

o Blood Donor’s Motivation and Social Work : : 2 courses in the session

Dipploma Courses :

o Photography – 2 semester duration (introduced from 2015-2016)

o Book Publishing Management : 2 semester duration (introduced from 2015-2016)

Add-on Courses :

o Spoken Sanskrit

o Communicative English

o First Aid Training

o Vedic Chanting

o Automation

o Tabla

o Vocal Music

o Pakhwaj

o Bengali Recitation (introduced from 2015-2016)

New Courses introduced during the current session : 4

Student Profile :

B.A./ B.Sc

HONOURS GENERAL SUBJECTS

Sl Subjects Ist Year 2015-18

2nd Year 2014-17

3rd Year 2013-16

Sl Subjects Ist Year 2015-18

Ist Year 2014-17

1 BENGALI 17 14 14 1 BENGALI 31 21

2 CHEMISTRY 24 24 22 2 CHEMISTRY 30 29

3 COMPUTER SC 13 14 8 3 COMPUTER SC. 24 18

4 ECONOMICS 12 10 7 4 ECONOMICS 11 13

5 ENGLISH 9 7 9 5 ELECTRONICS 13 14

6 HISTORY 13 10 9 6 HISTORY 47 27

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7 INDUSTRIAL CHEM

19 17 16 7 MATHEMATICS 82 76

8 MATHEMATICS 13 14 16 8 PHILOSOPHY 20 25

9 MICROBIOLOGY 13 11 11 9 PHYSICS 54 58

10 PHILOSOPHY 11 10 9 10 POLITICAL SC. 34 19

11 PHYSICS 26 21 13 11 SANSKRIT 11 19 12 POLITICAL SC 11 9 8 12 STATISTICS 23 18

13 SANSKRIT 14 12 10 13 Math for Eco 15 10

Total 195 173 152 14 ZOOLOGY 10 —

CATEGORY

M.A. / M.Sc CAT U G P G Total

Sl SUBJECTS 1st Year 2015-17

2nd Year 2014-16

OBC - A

19 6 25

1 APPLIED CHEM.

18 24 OBC - B

66 16 82

2 BENGALI 14 11 SC 106 20 126

3 MATHEMATICS 10 9 ST 19 8 27

4 PHILOSOPHY 10 8 PH 10 — 10

5 SANSKRIT 13 16 GEN 300 83 383

Total 65 68

Total No. of UG Students = 520

Total No. of PG Students = 133 Total Student Strength = 653

M.Phil. scholars

Subject Regd Enrd UR SC ST OBC-A

OBC-B

NET/SET JRF RGNF MANF SVRF

Bengali 20 ………… 8 6 1 1 3 6 3 7 0 8

Bengali ……… 6 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

Sanskrit 16 ……… 8 5 0 1 2 14 8 2 1 2

Sanskrit ………. 3 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0

Philosophy 16 ………… 4 5 0 3 4 10 1 4 2 6

Philosophy …….. 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0

Ph.D. scholars

Subject Regd UR SC ST OBC-A

OBC-B

NET/SET JRF RGNF MANF SVRF

Bengali 33 13 10 0 2 8 16 13 2 0 0

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Sanskrit 13 4 4 0 0 5 12 5 0 0 0

Mathematics 5 4 0 0 0 1 5 5 0 0 0

Economics 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Admission details in 2015-16 session :

Name of the Programme Total No of students

Applied

Total No of students

admitted

Undergraduate 6681 175 Post Graduate 225 60 M.Phil. 85 12

Faculty Profile :

Synopsis of the Faculty Profile a. Total Number of Full Time Faculty Members : 43

b. Government Part Time Teachers (PTT) : 4

d. Guest/Visiting Faculty : 89

Highest qualification

Professor Associate Professor

Assistant Professor

Total

Permanent teachers Ph.D. 13 11 24

M.Phil. 3 3 6

M.Tech - 1 1

PG 5 7 12 Temporary teachers / Guest / Visiting Faculty

D.Sc./D.Litt. 5 89

Ph.D. 57

M.Phil. 5 PG 22

Management Appointed Full Time Teachers

Ph.D. 1

M.Phil./M Tech 2 PG 1

Part-time teachers*

Ph.D. 0

M.Phil. 0

PG 4

Profile of other Staff members :

No of Administrative Staff 13 (Permanent)

No of Technical Staff 11 (Permanent)

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Changes in Administration and in Monastic team :

o Swami Mahamedhananda (Vinay Maharaj), Joint Controller of Examinations and

College Office Superintendent-cum-Treasurer, was transferred to Ramakrishna

Math, Chennai, to take charge of the Editor of the monthly journal ‘Vedanta

Kesari. He left for Chennai in the month of April 2016. He joined the

Vidyamandira monastic team in 2005 and served as Hostel Superintendent for

more than 6 years. Later he became the Joint Controller of Examinations in 2010.

From 10 April 2013 he became College Office Superintendent-cum-Treasurer.

Apart from that, he also took classes in the Department of English. He was

instrumental in systematizing the automation of the evaluation system in the

Department of Controller of Examinations.

o Br Pavitrachaitanya (Devarshi Maharaj) has been appointed as College Office

Superintendent and Treasurer of the college from this session.

o Br Keshab Maharaj also joined Vidyamandira monastic team in the month of June

2016. A very good student of Physics, Keshab Maharaj is presently looking after

Vinay Bhavan Hostel.

Retirements and New Appointments :

o Retirement :

Following Faculty member, Non-Teaching Staff member of the college and the Non-teaching

Staff member of the Hostel retired as per the dates mentioned below.

Sl. No. Name Designation Date of Joining Date of

Retirement

Period of

Service

1. Dr. Satybrata Roy Associate

Professor of the

Department of

Chemistry

08.10.1988 30.11.2015 27 Years 1

Month 22 days

2 Sri Amiya Kumar Roy Cashier 07.11.1983 30.11.2015 32 years 23

days

3 Sri Dinabandhu

Sarkar

Cook 04.05.1992 29.02.2016 23 years 9

month 25 days

Prof Satyabrata Roy was always hard working and sincere. Apart from his

department, he was involved in different administrative and co-curricular activities

of the college. His love for all members of Vidyamandira family will be remembered

for a long time.

Sri Amiya Roy was the cashier of the college for a long time. Meticulous by nature,

he worked in this important department of the college with sincerity and perfection.

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Sri Dinabandhu Sarkar, served the hostel as Gateman and thus became popular

amongst the students who still keep contact with him.

Vidyamandira family expresses its sincere gratitude to these retiring members and

records their long and devoted service with admiration. We all pray to God for their

happy, peaceful and healthy retired life.

o New Appointment :

o Following Non-teaching staff members have joined Vidyamandira team as per the

table below :

Sl. No. Name Name of the Post Date of Joining

1 Jahar Roy Lab. Attendant (Computer) 05/10/2015

2 Rabi Ranjan Roy Lab. Attendant (Microbiology) 05/10/2015

3 Sambhu Nath Dolui Library Peon 05/10/2015

Academic Activities of the College Academic performance of the students :

o The 4th batch of the students under the ‘Autonomous’ system has passed out in

June 2016. Our Controller of Examinations has been able to publish the results

within 3 weeks after the completion of the examination. Pass percentage, both

at undergraduate and post graduate level, is 100. The following table shows the

synopsis of the results for the 4th batch of students (2013-2016).

Undergraduate Honours Course :

Subject No. of

Students

60% &

more

40% & more

but less than 60%

Topper/s in the Course & marks obtained

1 Bengali 14 14 Asim Adak 651/900 72.33%

2 Chemistry 22 22 Sayan Pramanik 693/800 86.62%

3 Computer Sc. 8 8 Soumya Banerjee

647/800 80.87%

4 Economics 7 6 1 Avijit Roy 646/900 71.77%

5 English 9 5 4 Krishnendu Palit 557/800 69.62%

6 History 8 5 3 Subha Manna 507/800 63.38%

7 Ind. Chemistry

16 16 Debanjan Sarker 716/800 89.50%

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8 Mathematics 14 9 5 Debjit Bhanja Chowdhury

602/800 75.25%

9 Microbiology 11 10 1 Koustav Bhakta 689/800 86.13%

10 Philosophy 9 4 5 Anupam Das 596/800 74.50%

11 Physics 13 12 1 Sabarnya Mitra 784/1000 78.40%

12 Political Sc. 8 4 4 Uttam Kumar Das Soutik Nandi

505/800 63.12%

13 Sanskrit 10 10 0 Asim Ruidas 762/900 84.66%

Total 149 125 24

o Post Graduate Course :

Sl Subject No. of

Students

More than 60%

Topper/s in the Course & marks obtained

1 Applied Chemsitry

24 24 Tuhin Dolui 1029/1200 85.75%

2 Bengali 10 10 Ramkinkar Banerjee

730/1000 73.00%

3 Mathematics 9 9 Souvik Pal Chaudhury

716/1000 71.60%

4 Philosophy 8 8 Soumen Adhikary 746/1000 74.60%

5 Sanskrit 16 16 Sujit Maiti 826/1000 82.60%

Total 67 67

The 4th batch of students has performed brilliantly in the external examinations like

IIT-JAM, GATE, NET etc. Following chart gives a brief description of this performance :

I. Physics : Total no. of students: 19

1. IIT-JAM: Ranks within top 200: 7 (11, 44, 67, 73, 109, 146, 160).

2. JEST: Qualified: 6 (Ranks: 12, 78, 102, 126, 130, 254)

3. IISc, Bangalore: Selected: 1.

4. BHU: Admitted: 1.

II. Chemistry : Total no. of students: 30

1. IIT-JAM: Ranks within top 200: 9 (12, 27, 103, 111, 127, 132, 141, 158, 165).


3. TCIS, Hyderabad: Selected: 1.

4. Pondicherry University: Selected: 1.

III. Mathematics : Total no. of students: 16

1. IIT-JAM: Ranks within top 200: 8 (44, 57, 65, 74, 74, 105, 158, 173).

2. TIFR, Mumbai: Selected: 1

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3. ISI: Selected: 2.


5. Hyderabad University: Selected: 2.

6. IISER, Pune: Selected: 2.

7. Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira: Selected: 5.

IV. Microbiology : Total no. of students: 15

1. IIT-JAM: Ranks within top 200:

a. Molecular Biology: 3 (21, 82, 94).

b. Biotechnology: 2 (94, 154).

2. IISER, Kolkata: Selected: 2.

3. IISER, Thiruvanantapuram: Selected: 1.

4. Bose Institute: Selected: 1.

5. NIV, Pune: Selected: 1.

6. Pondicherry University: Qualified: 3.

7. Punjab Central University: Selected: 1.

8. BHU: Selected: 1.

9. NBRC: Selected: 1.

V. Comp. Sc. : Total no. of students: 11

1. Pondicherry University : Selected: 8. 2. BHU: Selected: 4. 3. Delhi University: Selected: 6. 4. RKMVU: Selected: 4. 5. Visvabharati University: Selected: 1. 6. Calcutta University: Selected: 1.

VI. Industrial Chemistry : Total no. of students: 15

1. MS University, Baroda: Selected: 1.

2. Sardar Patel University: Selected: 8.


VII. Economics : Total no. of students: 10

1. Madras School of Economics: Selected: 1.

2. Gokhale Institute of Political Economics: Selected: 3.

3. International Institute of Population Studies: Selected: 2.

4. Calcutta University: Selected: 4.

VIII. Pol. Sc. : Total no. of students: 8

1. Jadavpur University: Selected: 1.

2. Rabindra Bharati University: Selected: 7.

IX. English : Total no. of students: 9

1. Pondicherry University: Selected: 2.



X. Bengali : Total no. of students: 13


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XI. History : Total no. of students: 8

1. Hyderabad University: Selected: 2.



4. IISWBM: Selected: 1.

XII. Sanskrit : Total no. of students: 11

1. Benaras Hindu University: Selected: 2.



XIII. Philosophy : Total no. of students: 9


Performance of Post Graduate Students in National/State Level Examinations :

Sl Subject NET SET GATE

ISI-PhD entrance

HRI PhD entrance

TET (last 4 years’ students)

1 Applied Chemistry 2 - 18 2

2 Mathematics 2 0 1 1 1 8

3 Sanskrit 2 2 - 14

4 Philosophy 3 3 - 23

Academic Activities like seminar, extension lectures etc

Sl No. Category of the Seminar/Talks Number

1 UGC-sponsored Seminars / Conferences/ Workshops 3

2 Departmental Seminars / Conferences/ Workshops 28

3 Weekly Seminars 4

4 Other Institutional Seminars / Conferences/ Workshops 17

5 Memorial Lectures 6

6 Talks and Seminar on Indian Culture and Spiritual Heritage 12

Total 70

UGC-sponsored Seminars / Conferences/ Workshops:

Sl No

Department Date Topic Speakers Type of the Seminar

1

Economics 29-Aug-15 Global Economic Crisis: Lessons and Recovery.

Soumyen Sikdar, IIM Calcutta, Siddhartha Chattopadhyay, IIT Kharagpur, Himadri Bhattacharya, Formar Chief Investment Officer, RBI, G. Vijay, University of Hyderabad, Partha Ray, IIM Calcutta.

National

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2

Philosophy 29 & 30 September 2015

The Concept of Morality: Indian and Western

Prof. Rupa Bandyopadhyaya, Dept. of Philosophy, Jadavpur University, Prof. Braja K. Swain, Prof. Tapan Kr. Chakraborty, Prof. Raghunath Ghosh, Prof. Gopal Chandra Khan, Prof. Subirranjan Bhattacharya, Prof. Sirajul Islam, Prof. Rajib Roy, Prof. Amit Bhattacharjee

National

3

Industrial Chemistry

28 & 29 March 2016

Recent Advances in Materials Science

Dr. Bikramjit Basu, Prof., Indian Institute of Science, Bngalore. Dr. Amitava Patra, Prof., Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science. Dr. Debabrata Pradhan, Associate Prof. Materials Science, IIT Kharagpur, Dr. Kalyan Kr. Chattopadhyay, Prof., Dept. of Physics, JU. Dr. Dipankar Chattopadhyay, Prof., Dept. of Polymer Science & Technology, CU. Dr. Sabyasachi Sarkar, Honorary Emeritus Prof., IIEST, Shibpur.

National

Departmental Seminars / Conferences/ Workshops : Sl No

Department Date Topic Speakers Type of the Seminar

1 Bengali In collaboration with ‘Folklore Congress Association of India’

23 & 24. 04.2015

Loksanskriti charcha deshe desantare

Barun Chakraborty (former Professor of University of Kalyani), Shaktinath Jha (former Professor of Krishnath College, Berhampore), Suvas Bandyopadhyay (former Professor of University of Calcutta) Dibyajyoti

State level

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Majumder, Dulal Chowdhury, Dipak Roy,

2 Bengali 19.04.2016 Srikrishnakritan: Prokasher sataborsha

Prof. Satyaboti Giri, Ex-Professor, Jadavpur University. Prof. Sanat Kumar Naskar, University of Calcutta

State level

3 Bengali 18-Jan-16 Bangla Chhanda O tar bibarton

Alokedyuti Nandi, UG-III year Bengali (H) Student, RKM Vidyamandira

Colloquium Lecture

4 English 22–26.02.2016

International Short Story and Creative Writing

Dr. Dipika Mukherjee, Adjunct Professor, Department of Asian Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA,

International

5 English 15.09.2015 Masculine Imagery & Icons in Popular Entertainment

Robert Masterson, Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York

International

6 Sanskrit 28.04.2015 Sanskrit sahitye Paribes bhabna

Prof. Bidyut Baran Ghosh (Sanskrit College, Kolkata), Dr. Didhit Biswas (University of Calcutta), Dr. Tapan Sankar Bhattacharya (Jadavpur University)

State level

7 Sanskrit 01.03 2016 Smṛtiśāstra and the Hindu Law of Inheritance

Prof. Braja Kishore Swain, Former Professor, Sri Jagannath Sanskrit University, Puri

National

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8 Philosophy 02.04.2016 a. Theory of Reincarnation in Hinduism b. Fundamental Teachings of Holy Quoran

Abir Kumar Dhar & Souvik Dutta, BA 3rd year Philosophy (H) Students, RKM Vidyamandira

Colloquium Lecture

9 History 05.08.2015 Researching Indian Religions in the academia: Opportunities & Possibilities

Prof. Ferdinando Sardella, Assistant Professor, History of Religions, Stockholm University (Sweden) & Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies

International

10 History 14.08.2015 Facets of Dalit History and Identity

Prof. Rajsekhar Basu, Dept. of History, Calcutta University

State level

11 History 28.03.2016 a. Great Rebellion of 1857: an overview b. Socio-economic condition of the lower middle class under Delhi Sultanate

Prodipta Thakur & Abhinandan Sarkar, BA 3rd year History (H) Students, RKM Vidyamandira

Colloquium Lecture

12 Chemistry 06.10.2015 RSC East India Student Chapters and Chemsoc project of 2015 for under graduate students (Chemical Science)

Dr. Abhiram Pradhu, RSC, India

National

13 Chemistry 27.11.2015 RSC East India Student Chapters and Chemsoc project of 2015 for under graduate students

Dr. Abhiram Pradhu, RSC, India

National

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(Chemical Science)

14 Chemistry 02.01.2016 Recent trends in Chemical Research

Sri Soumen Ghosh, Research Scholar, Dept. of Chemistry, Michigan State University, USA

International

15 Physics 14. 08.2015

Strong Gravitational Lensing & Opening in Astro-physics

Sampat Mukherjee, Research Scholar, University of Groniongn, Netherlands

International

16 Physics 11.04.2016 Does God Really Play Dice?

Prof. Rajesh Karmakar

Departmental

17 Physics 23.08.2015 Gravitation: Some Pertinent Questions

Ayan Banua, B.Sc., 1st year Physics(H) Students

Colloquium Lecture

18 Mathematics 27.07.2015 Muntz's Theorem on Approximation by Polynomials

Tapopriya Majumdar, Research Scholar, Ohio State University, U.S.A.

International

19 Mathematics 10.09.2015 Zeroes of Polynomials

Prof. Gadadhar Misra, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

National

20 Microbiology 13.10.2015 How a drug is developed and manufactured in Pharmaceutical Industry?

Bedadyuti Chakraborty, Associate Director, Quality Reddy's Laboratory, Hyderabad

National

21 Industrial Chemistry & Applied Chemistry

12.09.2015 Scope of research in Nano-science

Prof. Ashok Kumar Ganguli, Director, Institute of Nano-science and Technology, Mohali

National

22 Industrial Chemistry & Applied Chemistry

14 & 15. 09.2015.

Characterization of Materials by Advanced Instrumentation Techniques

In collaboration with Toshvin Analytical Pvt. Ltd.

National level Workshop

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23 Applied Chemistry

25.07.2015 Recent trends of research in (a) Carbon dots and (b) Neophosphor materials

2nd year M.Sc. Applied Chemistry Students

Colloquium Lecture

24 Computer Science

04.08.2015 Recent Trends in Computing

Dr. Ansuman Banerjee, Associate Professor, Advanced Computing and Micro-electronics Unit ISI, Kolkata

State level

25 Computer Science

04.08.2015 Embedded System

Dr. Prabhat Mishra, Associate Professor, Dept. of Computer and Information Science & Engineering University of Florida, USA

International

26 Computer Science

14.08.2015 Indian INTERNET ENGINEERING TASK FORCE Capacity Building Program

National

27 Statistics 21.09.2015 Elements of Demography-I (Mortality)

Sankar Dihidar, Retired Faculty, Population Studies Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata

State level

28 Statistics 23.09.2015 Elements of Demography-II (Fertility)

Sankar Dihidar, Retired Faculty, Population Studies Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata

State level

Weekly Seminars:

Sl No

Organized by Date Topic Name of the Speaker

1 College 18.07.2015 Environmental Problems in the Himalayas

Sri Dwijen Bandyopadhyay, United Bank of India, Belur Math Branch

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2 College 08.08.2015 Adventures in Mountaineering (a video presentation)

Sri Dipankar Ghosh, Working Advisor, West Bengal Mountaineering and Adventure Sports Foundations

3 College 22.08.2015 Space Shuttle Disaster (a multimedia presentation)

Swami Sarvapriyananda, Acharya, Probationers’ Training Centre, Belur Math

4 College 29.08.2015 Ruper Atit Rup – Rabindranather Chitrakala

A documentary film on paintings of Tagore, By Aurora Film Corporaton Private Limited

Other Institutional Seminars / Conferences/ Workshops:

Sl No

Organized by Date Topic Name of the Speaker Type of the Seminar

1 College 29.08.2015 User Interface in Linux

Sankarshan Kundu Colloquium Lectures

2 College 10.02.2016 Netaji antardhyan rahosya

Dr. Purabi Roy, Retired Professor Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University

Institutional

3 College 13.01.2016 Ei-ichi Negishi, 2010 Nobel Laureate, Herbert C. Brown Distinguished Professor, Organic Chemistry & Teijin Limited, Director of the Negishi-Brown Institute, Brown Laboratory of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Interactive Seminar

4 College 9.01.2016. Rajesh Karmakar, Bhabesh Ray, Sagar Biswas, SS Riaz, Debashis Jana, Sekahr Gain, Atanu Bhattacharya, Bappa Das, Soumitra Kayal, Arindam Roy, Santanu Moitra, Br Pavitrachaitanya,

Inter Departmental Science Conference

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Sarbajit Manna, R.K. Mission Vidyamandira

5 College 2 & 3.09.2015

Android Applications Development

ARK Technosolutions, Dept. of Metallurgy, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, RKM Vidyamandira, Belur Math, Robokart.Com.

Workshop

6 College 02.01.2016 Jagannath Cult Dr. Sk Makbul Islam Colloquium Lecture

7 College 19.12.2015 Tale of a Small Town

Prof. Subrata Roy Chowdhury

Colloquium Lecture

8 College 05.12.2015 New Developments in Higher Education in India

Swami Shastrajnananda, Principal, RKMVM

Colloquium Lecture

9 College 28.04.2015 Determinant rings and varieties and Eagan – Northcote complex.

Sri Joydip Saha Colloquium Lecture

10 IQAC 17.04.2015 Students’ Attendance Software Package

Workshop

11 IQAC 06.05.2015 CAS Workshop

12 IQAC & Dept. of History

03.09.2015 1. Academic exchange programmes 2. Collaboration in Research 3. Exploring possibility of signing a MoU with various academic bodies of the Republic of Bangladesh

Prof. Dr. Afroza Begum Yasmin, Course Director & Director (R & D), NAEM

International Conference

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13 IQAC 13 & 14.07.2015

NAAC Assessment and Accreditation: Implementation at the Institutional Level.

Dr. Partha Chattopadhyay, Hon’ble Minister-in-Charge, Dept. of Higher Education, Govt. of WB. Mr. Vivek Kumar, IAS, Principal Secretary, Dept. of Higher Education, Govt. of WB. Dr. K. Rama, Deputy Adviser, NAAC, Bangaluru. Smt. Madhumita Roy, IAS, Additional Secretary, Dept. of Higher Education, Govt. of WB.

State level

14 IQAC 29.02.2016 Preparation of Students’ Attendance Report

Prof. Sourav Mukherjee, Institute of Engineering and Management (IEM), Kolkata

15 NCC 11.02.2016 Careers in Defence Services

Brigadier Tusar Roy, Group Commander Kol-B

Special Lecture

16 NSS 25.02.2016 Thalassemia Dr. Swati Roy Gangopadhyaya, Associate Professor, Rashtraguru Surendranath College, Barrackpore.

Institutional

17 NSS 7,8 & 9.01.2016

How to Practise Concentration

Swami Mahamedhananda, R.K. Mission Vidyamandira

Workshop

Memorial Lectures:

Sl. No.

Name of the Memorial Lectures

Date Topic Name of the Speaker

1 Swami Vimuktananda Memorial Lecture

11.07.2015 Swami Suparnanandaji, Secretary R.K. Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark

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2 Prof. Dilip Kumar Mukherjee Memorial Lecture

21.08.2015 Dr. Kalyan Kumar Chattopadhyay, Associate Prof, Dept. of Physics, Director, School of Materials Science & Nanotechnology, Jadavpur University.

3 Swami Tejasananda Memorial Lecture

26.09.2015 Ashrama Life: Its Advantages and Challenges

Martin Kampchen, A renowned writer

4 Professor Sabyasachi Sarkar Endowment Lecture

01.09.2015 Progress of Nanoscience and Organic Electronics: An Overview

Prof. Dilip Kumar Maiti, Calcutta University

5 Ambika Sarkar & Jadunath Majumder Memorial Lecture

02.04.2016 Sanskritir poribartan o siksha protisthaner bhumika

Sri Alapan Bandyopadhyay, IAS, Principal Secretary, Transport Dept.

6 Bitoshok Bhattacharya Memorial Lecture

26.04.2016 Bitoshok Bhattacharya: Jibon O Sahittya

Prof. Dr. Srutinath Chakraborty. Vidyasagar University. Organized by Bengali Department

Talks and Seminar on Indian Culture and Spiritual Heritage:

Sl. No.

Date Name of the Speaker

Topic Type of the Seminar

1 30-Jul-15 Swami Debopriyanandaji

Sree Sree Maa er katha theke path and Lecture

Spiritual Lecture

2 19-Aug-15 Swami Devarajanandaji


Spiritual Lecture

3 31-Aug-15 Swami Balavadranandaji


Spiritual Lecture

4 22-Sep-15 Swami Sidheshanandaji

Sree Sree Ramkrishna kathamrita theke path and Lecture

Spiritual Lecture

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5 23-Sep-15 Swami Stabapriyanandaji


Spiritual Lecture

6 17-Dec-15 Swami Divyanandaji


Spiritual Lecture

7 17-Dec-15 Swami Tattwasaranandaji


Spiritual Lecture

8 21-Jan-16 Swami Devapriyanandaji


Spiritual Lecture

9 09-Feb-16 Swami Vedswarupanandaji


Spiritual Lecture

10 25-Feb-16 Swami Bedswarupanandaji


Spiritual Lecture

11 28-Mar-16 Swami Jnanlokanandaji


Spiritual Lecture

12 13-May-16 Swami Nirvikalpanandaji, Prosenjit Biswas, Br. Pavitrachaitanya, Jatisankar Chattopadhyay

Indian Culture and Spiritual Heritage

Spiritual Seminar

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Research

Activities of Swami Vivekananda Research Centre :

Name of the Certificate Course Number of Students Effective Date &

Duration

Swami Vivekananda’s Life &

Teachings

48 January - June 16

Shree Ma Sarada Devi’s Life &

Teachings

23 April – August 16

Srimad Bhagavat Gita : Effective Life

Management

79 February – April 16

Name of the Workshop Number of Students Effective Date & Duration

How to Practise

Concentration

107 7th January-13th January 16

M.Phil. scholars

Subject Regd/Enrolled NET/SET UGC-JRF

UGC-Rajib Gandhi National Fellowship/National Fellowship

Moulana Azad National Fellowship

Swami Vivekananda Research Fellowship

Bengali 20 6 3 7 0 8

Bengali 6 1 0 0 0 0

Sanskrit 16 14 8 2 1 2

Sanskrit 3 2 1 0 0 0

Philosophy 16 10 1 4 2 6

Philosophy 3 3 3 0 0 0

64 36 16 13 3 16

Ph.D. scholars

Subject Regd JRF RGNF MANF SVRF

Bengali 33 13 2 0 0

Sanskrit 13 5 0 0 0

Mathematics 5 5 0 0 0

51 23 2 0 0

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Research Work of Faculty Members : Total ongoing – 5 ; Total completed - 5

Minor Research Projects undertaken by Science Faculty

2015-16

On-going:

Name of

the

Teacher

Departm

ent

Title of the project Tenur

e

Amount

Sanctioned

(Rs.)

Approved

by

Date

of

Sanct

ion

UC

Submitted

on

Bhabesh

Roy

Physics Study of

Iuminescence

properties of some

titanates

2014-

16

2,05,000/- UGC 05.02

.2015

N.A

Sekhar

Gain

Chemist

ry

Reactivity and

Mechanistic Studies

in transition metal

bound superoxo

complexex

2014-

16

4,10,000/- UGC 05.02

.2015

N.A

Syed

Sahed

Riaz

Chemist

ry

Influence of External

Agencies/internal

parameters on the

Physical Attributes

of Pattern Formation

in a Reaction-

diffusion System

2014-

16

2,20,000/- SERB 02.03

.2015

N.A

Completed:

Name of

the

Teacher

Department Title of the

project

Tenure Amount

Sanctioned

(Rs.)

Approved

by

Date

of

Sanct

ion

UC

Submitted

on

Arindam

Roy

Microbiology Occurrence

and behavior

of Food-

borne

Bacterial

Pathogens in

Some

2013-15 4,55,000/- UGC 18.03

.2014

11.07.201

6

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Legume-

based

Traditional

Fermented

Food

Abhishek

Barman

Computer

Science

Soft

Computing

Approach for

performance

analysis of

uncertainly

based

algorithms

2013-15 3,02,000/- UGC 18.03

.2014

UC yet to

be

submitted

Minor Research Project (Undertaken by Arts faculty)

2015-16

On-going:

Name of

the

Teacher


project

Tenure Amount

Sanctioned

(Rs.)

Approved

by

Date

of

Sanct

ion

UC

Submitted

on

Manas

Ranjan

Bhowmik

Economics An enquiry into

the nature and

causes of

distress of

hand-loom

weavers in

West Bengal

2014-16 1,80,000/- UGC 05.02

.2015

N.A

Prithwiraj

Biswas

History War and

advertisements:

Reflections

from Colonial

Bengal.

2014-16 1,70,000/- UGC 02.02

.2015

N.A.

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Completed:

Publication :

o Institutional Publication :

Vidyamandira Patrika, the college magazine has also been published in

2015 under the editorship of Prof Durga Sankar Chakraborty.

o Faculty Publication : Total - 66

Details of research publications of Teachers:

Sl. No.

Department Details of research publications

International National Others

1 Bengali

Peer Review Journals 2 - -

Non-Peer Review Journals - - 6

Books - 4 -

Edited Books - 4 -

Name of

the

Teacher


project

Tenure Amount

Sanctione

d

(Rs.)

Approve

d by

Date

of

Sancti

on

UC

Submitted

on

Arup

Kumar

Dhabal

Philosophy Indian

Philosophical

Isms: An

Introductory

Anthology

2013-15 3,00,000/- UGC 18.03.

2014

11.07.201

6

Sudip

Bhattachar

yya

English Writ in Stone:

True Tales of

Old Calcutta

from its

Cemeteries

2013-15 2,70,000/- UGC 18.03.

2014

UC yet to

be

submitted

Tapas

Saha

Bengali Bangla

Sahityo:

Samasya O

Smbhabanai

Samokalin

Granthochitra

Silpo

2013-15 2,00,000/- UGC 18.03.

2014

02.03.201

6

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Chapter/Article in Books - 5 -

2 Chemistry Peer Review Journals 1 - -

3 Computer

Science


Conference proceedings - 1 -

4 Economics Peer Review Journals 2 - -

5 English Books 1 - -

Edited Books - -

6 History Peer Review Journals - 8 -

7 Microbiology Peer Review Journals - 7 -

8 Physics Peer Review Journals 3 - -

Conference proceedings - 1 -

9 Mathematics Conference proceedings 1

9 Political Science

Non-Peer Review Journals - 1 -

Conference proceedings - 1 1

Books - 1 -

10 Industrial Chemistry


Conference proceedings 2 5

TOTAL: 21 33 12

o Publication of Researcher Scholars and student : Total 20

Placement Cell : 1. Students sent to different institutions/ industries for training programme:

Department

Name of the student

Organisation

Comp. Sc. Soumik De Infinite Computer Solution, Bangalore

Akash Maity CVPR Unit, Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata Susobhan

Bandopadhyay Akash Pareek ACMU Unit, Indian Statistical Institute (ISI),

Kolkata Abhirup Nandy

Subir Sarkar Chemistry Arnab Roy Chembiotech, Kolkata

Kingshuk Bag

Microbiology Koustav Bhakta Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), Kolkata

Arunava Seth National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases (NICED), Kolkta

Swarnendu Roy Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Thiruvanantapuram

Abirlal Mukherjee University College of Science, Technology & Agriculture, University of Calcutta, Kolkata

Arghya Saha Hyderabad University, Hyderabad

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Atridev Pandit University of Calcutta, Kolkata

Industrial Chemistry

Debanjan Sarkar H & R Johnson, Mumbai

Subhradeep Mandal

Saikat Banerjee Aditya Birla Insulators, Halol, Gujarat

Sagnik Chowdhury

Rupan Bera

Tapas Shyamal Cement Corporation of India, Tandur, Telangana Subham Chandra Paul

Pintu Maity

Suman Ghosh Calderys india refractories Ltd, Nagpur

Saikat Mandal

Soumajyoti Ghosh ACC Cement Ltd., Bargarh, Odisha

Koustav Pal

Saptarshi Maiti ACC Cement Ltd., Gagal, Himachal Pradesh

Shovan Biswas

Debmalya Santra

Rahul Mitra Vesuvius India Ltd., Kolkata

2. Off Campus Recruitment:

Sri Abihjit Bera, Applied Chemistry 2nd Year, was absorbed by Himadri Chemicals &

Industries Ltd. on Off Campus Interview basis.

3. New Courses under Placement Cell

a. A one-year Diploma Course in Book Publishing & Management was started on

December 12, 2015, in which 35 students got enrolled. The course is about to be

completed.

b. A six-month certificate course on Communicative English was started in January,

2016, in collaboration with Institute for Inspiration & Self Development, Kolkata.

Totally 130 students enrolled in the course which was completed in July, 2016.

MoU and Linkages :

The college has signed MoUs with ISI-Kolkata, CGCRI-Kolkata, Bose Institute-

Kolkata.

Linkages set up with Industries : Calderys Refractories Ltd, Maharashtra, Aditya

Birla Insulators, Gujarat, ACC Limited, Cement Corporation of India

Linkages set up with Academic Institutions : IACS, Kolkata, Bose Institute, Kolkata,

NCL, Pune.

Third Convocation : Third Convocation of the autonomous college was held on 12

December 2015. Prof Sugata Marjit, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta

delivered the Convocation Address. Revered Srimat Swami Shivamayanandaji Maharaj,

Member of the Governing Body and Trustee of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna

Mission presided over the function.

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Service Activities (Extension and Outreach

Programmes): Activities of NSS Wing of the College :

Brahmananda Book Bank: A considerable number of school going students in the neighbourhood of our college find it quite challenging to buy their regular school books along with the essential study materials. Responding to the needs of such students, NSS wing came up with a book bank christened ‘Brahmananda Book Bank’. Through this book bank - books, pens and exercise books were handed out to the students of Belur Girls’ School on 28.09.2015.

Number of student beneficiaries: 10 girls of classes XI and XII The number of exercise books distributed: 30 The number of pens distributed: 30 Number of books distributed: 24

Eco Club: With a view to keeping the pollution under control and making the

environment green, NSS wing introduced Eco Club on 19th August, 2013. Currently, the Eco Club takes care of the plants on the college campus and also spreads awareness among the local youths about the importance of planting trees.

Working days: one day in a week First Aid camp:

The NSS wing of Vidyamandira conducts a First Aid Camp every year. The

purpose of this annual camp is to furnish pupils with basic skills so that they would

be capable of responding to any first aid emergency until a medical professional

arrives.

Dates of the camp:12 to 20 of August, 2015

Number of participants: 170

Hours: three hours daily

General health checkup camp:

To make students aware of the condition of their health, NSS wing organized

a one day general health check-up camp on 30.08.2015

Number of students who underwent a health checkup: 250

NSS special camp:

NSS wing also organizes special camps. In collaboration with West Bengal

Blood Donors Association, it offers university level certificate courses on ‘Social

Service—Blood Donor Motivation’. These four day courses are aimed at building up

an army of trained honorary blood donor motivators in the community, who in turn

will be capable of motivating voluntary blood donors and imparting scientific

education on blood and blood donation to common people as well as to the school

students – the donors of tomorrow. Two such courses were

held on: 19, 21, 22, 24 of August 2015 and 7, 8, 9, 10 October 2015

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Number of students: 127

Pre-Saradotsav Cloth distribution:

Characteristically, Saradotsav is an occasion of joy and festivity. And yet it is

an irony that quite a few children in our society still remain deprived of a simple joy

like owning a new dress during this important festive season. To bring smile to such

underprivileged living in the immediate vicinity of our college, NSS wing formed a

survey team which travelled to nearby schools and handed out vouchers to the

needy students. Afterwards, the children along with their guardian came to our

college to receive the clothes on 12.09.2015. The smiling faces of the children, upon

receiving these small tokens of love, make our limited endeavour truly rewarding.

Total figure of children beneficiaries: 147

Blood donation camp:

Blood is life. Indeed, instances are not wanting when people die owing to the

unavailability of blood. And there are some people who are simply scared of

donating blood. Thus, to increase the blood donation awareness and to remove fear

in the people, NSS wing organized three blood donation camps.

Blood collected by Association of Voluntary Blood Donors

on 02.08.2015:100 donors

Blood collected by Association of Voluntary Blood Donors on

25.11.2015: 91 donors

Blood collected by Association of Voluntary Blood Donors

on 02.04.2016: 154 donors

Blood collected by NRS Hospital on 15.04.2016: 63 donors

Relief work at Liluah:

Volunteers of NSS Wing went for a relief work at Liluah near Belur

Math to serve the people who were affected due to heavy rain on

05.10.2015. Sugar, biscuits and ORS etc. were distributed to 25

families.

National foundation for communal harmony:

Every year the NSS volunteers go out to raise funds for National Foundation

for Communal Harmony. This year is no exception. On 19.01.2016, the students set

out for this job in the morning and returned in the evening. The collected money was

sent to the National Foundation for Communal Harmony, New Delhi (An

autonomous organization under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India)

Groups: 33

Number of volunteers: 170

Area: Kolkata, Howrah and surrounding areas

Total collection: Rupees 56550.00

Free Coaching:

While coaching centres, tuition centres etc have cropped up almost

everywhere these days - some students with poor financial background cannot

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afford to avail of these. So volunteers of NSS wing started coaching the needy

students from the Belur locality in collaboration with Janashikshamandira.

Number of teachers: 6

Number of students: 60

Awareness camps:

Towards instilling general awareness in the school students of the

surrounding areas, NSS wing of Vidyamandira started a small project. A group of

four NSS volunteers selected a school near Belur and conducted a small

programme. The programme consisted of: 1. Short talk on water, air, noise and

soil pollution 2. Swamiji’s idea of Education 3. Short documentary. NSS group

visited three schools.

o 18.03.2016 to Palghat Balika Vidyalaya, Belur

o 22.03.2016 to Shusila Balika Vidyalaya, Belur

o 31.03.2016 to Khamarpara Girls High School

Eye check-up camp:

NSS wing of Vidyamandira,in collaboration with Disha Hospital, organised an

eye check-up camp on Sunday, 7th February, 2016 in the main college building.

Number of students who underwent eye checkup: 190

Thalassemia Seminar:

NSS wing of Vidyamandira organised a seminar on ‘Thalassemia’ on

25.02.2016.

Speaker: Dr. Swati Roy Gangopadhyay (Associate Professor, Rashtraguru

Surendranath College, Barrackpore)

Workshop on concentration:

Workshop on concentration was held on 7, 8, 9 of January 2016 and 11, 12,

13 of January 2016.

Total number of participants: 125

Yoga Programme:

A Yoga Demonstration was performed by the students of Janashikshamandira

on Wednesday 6th January 2016.

Total number of participants: 300

Railway station cleaning:

NSS volunteers went to Belur Math Rail station and Belur Station for

awareness campaign to keep the station clean every week.

Total Number of volunteers: 40

Camp at Dhaniakhali:

A group of NSS volunteers visited Dhaniakhali village for spreading awareness

among the students about tree plantation. An animated video was presented before

the children.

Tree plantation:

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From 1st March to 31st March 2016 , fifty (50) saplings were planted in the

college campus.

Installing dustbin:

Fifty dustbins were placed at different locations within the college premises

and also on the main road in front of Vidyamandira to keep the campus clean.

NSS Wing-The Guardian:

The NSS wing of Vidyamandira is not just about organizing camps. In fact, it works as a

veritable guardian of the campus - overseeing, in particular, its sanitary and hygienic

aspects. Volunteers keep the campus clean, remove weeds from the playground, broom the

college building classrooms and clean the hostel kitchen from time to time on Sundays. It

also enthusiastically extends a helping hand whenever required by the institution. Truly

speaking, NSS wing of Vidyamandira motivates the people by setting examples of doing any

sort of work without hesitation for the welfare of the society.

Activities of the NCC Wing of the college :

A separate unit of the senior N.C.C. (Army) has been in existence in our college since

August 1959. One of our teachers, Sri Arup Kumar Dhabal, has completed his Pre-

Commissioned Training on 18th February 2006 and has taken charge as the ANO of

the Vidyamandira NCC Unit. Swami Pratibodhananda is presently the monk-in-

charge of the NCC wing. The NCC wing of the college is fully funded by Govt. of India

and State government of West Bengal.

Enrolment : 2013-14)

Camps Conducted : 2013-14

Name of the Camp Duration Place Total No Cadt. Attachment of NCC personnel to Army, Navy and Airforce

21st June-2nd July 2016

IMA, Dehradun One (Sudarshan Sarkar)

CATC-XI (LRDC-II) 18th January-27th Jan 2016

Eastern Command, Kolkata

One (Atanu Dolui)

CATC-V 22nd July -31st July-2015

Dreamland School

24Cadt.

Examination

Name of the Examination

Appeared Passed No. of Grade A holder

Training Year

No. of

Cadets

Enrolled

(A)

No. of Cadets continuing

from the previous year

(B)

Total Strength

C=(A+B)

2014-15 43 87 130

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NCC B Certificate 25 25 1 NCC C certificate 8 7 1

Flag Day Collection :

Every year the cadets of the NCC wing collect a huge amount of money from the

local areas for “Armed Forces Flag Day”.

Training Year Amount (in Rs.)

2015-16 15,285.00

Students’ Initiative :

There are presently three groups formed by the present and/or ex-students of

this college named, Swapnangan, Kheya and Swamiji Work Circle, who are

trying to serve the distressed ones of different areas of rural and urban West

Bengal.

Other Extension Activities of the College :

The college has collaborated with JBNSTS to conduct its talent search

examination on 13.09.14.

Cultural Activities : Cultural activities are an integral part of student life at Vidyamandira for teachers, students and members of the non-teaching staff alike. The multidimensional functioning of the Department of Cultural Affairs of Vidyamandira can be classified broadly under the following heads:

(a) To organize intra-college cultural competitions all throughout the year. (b) To host inter-college competitions. (c) To encourage students’ participation in various cultural competitions/events outside

the college. (d) To conduct cultural festivals inside Vidyamandira throughout the year; and (e) To run add-on certificate courses on Tabla, Pakhawaj, Vocal Music and Bengali

Recitation.

A. Intra-College Competitions: (1) Annual Extempore Speech Competition: This competition was arranged on 1st

August, 2015 at Vivekananda Hall (Room No. 1) and 28 students participated in it. The prize winners were: Soumyadeep Das (1st), Anuran Chaudhury (2nd), Argha De (3rd).

(2) Annual (Vocal) Music Competition: There are two categories in this annual competition: Rabindra Sangeet and Bhaktigeeti (Devotional Songs). Both were held on 17th August, 2015 at the Asha-Jyoti Conference Hall of the college. 15 students participated in Rabindra Sangeet and 10 in Bhaktigeeti. The prize winners for Rabindra Sangeet were: Sabarna Mitra (1st), Tuhit Chakraborty (2nd) and Saikat

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Banerjee (3rd) while the toppers in Bhaktigeeti were: Sabarna Mitra(1st), Tuhit Chakraborty (2nd) and Debabrata Ganguly (3rd).

(3) Tabla Lahara Competition: Held on 31st August, 2015 at the Asha-Jyoti Conference Hall, 6 participants took part in this competition. The prize winners were Argha De (1st), Mriganka Bhattacharya (2nd) and Nripendra Nath Saren (3rd).

(4) Drama Competition: The Annual Drama Competition took place on 30th January, 2016 at Vivekananda Sabhagriha (the college auditorium). Seven teams performed and out of these, three teams were rewarded. The result was: First –Dwimatrik; Second – Iti Diptesh and Third – Bakso.

(5) Inter-Bhavan (Hostels) Wall Magazine Competition: From among five Bhavan wall magazines ‘Bodhan’ of Vinay Bhavan was selected as the best.

(6) Annual Drawing Competition: Seven students took part in the Annual Drawing Competition held on 7th September, 2015. The theme for this year’s competition was “Prakitir Pratishodh”. The toppers were: Subhraneel Samui (1st), Abirlal Mukherjee (2nd) and Debjit Chanda (3rd).

(7) Bengali Recitation Competition: Benagli Recitation Competition was held on 3rd September, 2015.Out of 31 participants three awardees were: Sourabh Manna (1st), Sudipta Betal (2nd) and Sourav Mondal (3rd).

(8) English Recitation Competition:It was held on 22ndAugust, 2015 and a total of 20 students participated. The successful participants were: Atri Mallick & Sourav Pal (Joint 1st), Dhiman Sarbajna and Sumitro Bhattacharya (Joint 2nd) and Aloakedyuti Nandi (3rd).

(9) Annual Debate Competition: Ten students participated in the Annual Debate Competition held on 20th February, 2016 and out of them three were awarded. The result was: Ranit Paul (1st), Avijit Roy (2nd) and Soumyadeep Mondal (3rd).

(10) Annual Quiz Competition: The representatives of five Bhavans (hostels) of Vidyamandira participated in the Annual Quiz Competition held on 5th March, 2016.Vidya Bhavan was adjudged the champion. The team members were: Ranit Pal, Sourav Manna, Soumya Chatterjee and Kuntal Halder.

B. Inter-College Competitions: (1) Inter-College Sanskrit Recitation Competition: The department organized an Inter-

College Sanskrit Recitation Competition on 3rd September, 2015 and 123 candidates from colleges / universities participated. Rainak Roy of Scottish Church College and Shanti Ghosh of Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University jointly stood 1st.

(2) Quiz Competition on Swami Vivekananda: Swami Tejasananda memorial Inter-College Quiz Competition (on the life and teachings of Swami Vivekananda) was held on 19 September, 2015. 65 teams from 26 different colleges/universities took part in it. The team from Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira stood as the champions while the representatives from Ramakrishna Mission Shilpapitha, Belgharia came up with the runners up title.

C. Achievement of Vidyamandira Students in Zonal/State/National-level Cultural

Competitions: The following students distinguished themselves in various competitions held outside Vidyamandira:

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Competition/Event Organizer Participants Rank

Tejasananda Memorial Quiz, 2015

Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira

Bishal Purakayastha Subhankar Ghorui Anway Mukhopadhyay

1st

All India Elocution Competition

Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture

Soumyadeep Das Ranit Pal Soumen Mondal

2nd 6th 7th

Inter-College Debate National Institute for the Orthopaedically Handicapped

Avijit Roy 1st

Annual Extempore Speech Competition (Open to All)

Bally Ashutosh Library Ranit Pal 1st

Debate Jagrata Bally Utsav 2016 Ranit Pal 1st

Handwriting Jagrata Bally Utsav 2016 Anway Mukhopadhyay Biswaranjan Paik

1st 2nd

Extempore Jagrata Bally Utsav 2016 Soumyadeep Das 2nd

Najrul Geeti Jagrata Bally Utsav 2016 Tuhit Chakraborty 2nd

Annual Essay Competition 2016

Bally Public Library Anupam Halder Soumen Mondal

1st 2nd

D. Cultural Festivals in Vidyamandira:

Throughout the year, quite a few cultural programmes are organised by the Department of Cultural Affairs. Here is a summary of the colourful events of this academic session:

Bhratrivarana: On the evening of 6th August 2015, the day of Vidyarthivrata Homa and Bhatrivarana, a cultural programme was organized wherein newly admitted PG and UG first year students presented vocal/instrumental music and recitation. A particular attraction was a puppet show Khude Patuyader Rupkatha by Peoples Puppet Theatre, Kolkata.

Saradotsav: In keeping with the festive mood on the eve of Sri Sri Durga Puja, Saradotsava (the autumn ceremony) was held on 17th October, 2015. Students, teachers and members of the non-teaching staff presented music (vocal and instrumental), recitation etc. A group of teachers staged the drama Dour (the Run).

National Youth Day: On 12th January, 2016, students of Vidyamandira took part in the National Youth Day celebrations. They formed a procession starting from our college and proceeded to Belur Math singing devotional songs. A drama was performed by Vidyamandira students.

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araswati Puja: A cultural programme was organized on the evening of 12th February, 2016 as a part of the celebrations on Sri Sri Saraswati Puja. Sri Ashok Karmakar, an eminent flutist, performed and he was aptly supported by Sri Siddhartha Bhattacharya in Tabla. A Dance-drama ‘Balmiki Protibha’ written by Rabindranath Tagore was performed by Vidyamandira students.

Birthday (Tithipuja) of Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna: On the holy occasion of birth anniversary of Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna, a procession was organized by our college on 10th March, 2016 in which students went to Belur Math singing devotional songs.

Rabindrajayanti and Varshavarana: The department also organized Rabindrajayanti and Varshavarana on April 13, 2016. Apart from the performances by the students, teaching and non-teaching staffs, there was a chorus recitation presented by Shankhamala Aabritti Gosthi.

E. Add-on Certificate Courses: The add-on certificate courses on Tabla, Pakhawaj, Classical Vocal music and Bengali Recitation introduced by the cultural department in the last academic session (2014-15) are being continued with much zeal and enthusiasm. The courses are pretty demanding and classes are being held once in a week.

Certificate Distribution of Add-on Courses: Certificate distribution of Add-on Courses took place on 11 August 2015. Here is a synopsis of the number of certificates distributed in different courses: a) Tabla : 11 b) Pakhawaj : 4 c) Vocal Music: 13

Three guest artists performed on this occasion: Sri Ayan Banerjee (Odishi Dance), Sri Soumalya Mukherjee (Mohan Bina) and Sri Nabarun Dutta (Tabla).

F. Kabitar Adda: (An informal monthly gathering of poetry lovers) In this unique forum of

poetry-loving teachers and students, the budding talents get an opportunity to recite their self-composed poems. This gathering takes place once in a month. Ever since its commencement on 28th August 2014, there have been 10 session of 'Kabitar Adda' till now. It’s worth mentioning the eminent poet Ms. Krishna Basu graced one of the sessions on 28th April 2016.

G. Special Musical Performance : A special musical performance was organized by the department on 8th February 2016 in which Sri Hiranmoy Ghoshal and his musical troupe performed Ganasangeet. It was an enriching experience for the listerners.

H. Special Achivement Award: In the 9th edition of CCF International Painting Competition organized by Charu Castle Foundation, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, Sriman Amit Aich (UG II) was highly appreciated for his contribution and honoured with a citation and a medal.

I. Outdoor Cultural Performance of Vidyamandira Students: On the holy occasion of birth anniversary of Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna, a drama entitled Parashurama was staged by Vidyamandira students in the holy precincts of Belur Math on 11th March, 2016.

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Excursions : Chemistry Department: visited Doors (West Bengal) during September 2015

Bengali Department: visited Patna-Bodhagaya (Bihar) during January 2016

Economics Department: visited Doors (West Bengal) during September 2015

English Department: visited Doors (West Bengal) during October 2015

History Department: visited Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) during October 2015

Philosophy Department: visited Patna (Bihar) during September 2015

Economics Department: visited Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) during

October 2015

Computer Science Department: visited Gangtok (Sikkim) during October 2015

Physics Department: visited Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) during

September 2015

Industrial Chemistry Department: visited Puri (Odisha) during August 2015

Scholarship & Stipend : No of students receiving DST-INSPIRE Scholarship : 70

No of Students receiving JBNSTS Scholarship : 6

Total number of NBHM scholarship holders : 1

No of students received Swami Vivekananda Merit-cum-Means

scholarship from Government of West Bengal : 64

No of students granted scholarship from College : 235

Total amount of Scholarship disbursed by the college : Rs 18,79,000.00

Sports and Games : o The Sports Committee of the college conducts different indoor and outdoor

games round the year. In 2015-2016, too, students participated enthusiastically

in table-tennis, volleyball, football, cricket and athletics events. Sri Shyamal

Banerjee, renowned Ex-footballer of West Bengal, was the Chief Guest of the

prize distribution of the Annual Athletics Meet held on 28 January 2016.

o The Football team of the college participated in the District Football

Championship, 2015-2016. A team of athletes also took part in the District

Athletics Meet. One boy got the bronze in Javelin Throw.

Governance : Governance : Following chart will give an outline of the governance of the college which

conduct regular meetings of the different administrative bodies as shown below to

deliberate upon issues on academic, administrative, financial and other related matters.

o No of Meetings of the Governing Body of the College : 2

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o No of Meetings of the IQAC : 3

o No of Meetings of the Boards of Studies of different departments : Almost all the

departments met at least once in the last year.

o No of Meetings of the Finance Committee : 3

o No of Meeting of the Grievance Redressal Cell : 1

o No of Meetings of the Teachers’ Council : 3

o No of Meetings of the Vidyarthi Samsad : 2

o No of Meeting of the Equal Opportunity Cell : 1

o No of Meeting of the Placement Cell : 1

o No of Meetings of Anti-Ragging Cell : 1

o Other Committees like Cultural Sub-Committee, Sports Sub-Committee,

Magazine Sub-Committee, Seminar Sub-Committee etc of the Teachers’ Council

and Vidyarthi Samsad met at least twice in the last year.

Activities of IQAC : Significant Activities and contributions made by IQAC:

Plan of Action chalked by IQAC and the Outcome:

The IQAC has planned the following programmes for implementation in the academic year 2016-17:

Observance of the Platinum Jubilee Celebration of the College in a manner befitting the

occasion. The focus has to be mostly on academic programmes particularly Seminars,

publications, etc. Some cultural and sporting competitions would also be organized.

The old building of the college is in need of repair and renovation. The IQAC has been able to

convince the administration to take up the matter in all seriousness.

The IQAC has successfully implemented most of the plan of action as decided at the

beginning of the academic session. Some of these programmes are:

1. MPhil courses in Sanskrit, Bengali and Philosophy were introduced under the aegis of

the SVRC

2. A Certificate Course in DTP and Proof Reading has been introduced

3. A General Course in Zoology has been introduced

4. Designated well-equipped offices have been provided to both SVRC and IQAC in the

administrative building of the college

5. An Academic Audit of the college was conducted on 9th Oct 2016 under the auspices

of the IQAC

6. The Laboratories of the Departments of Physics and Chemistry were upgraded

7. Infrastructural development of the college was continued with the addition of two

floors to the newly constructed building

8. Organised a special lecture on Quality Assurance in Higher Education (on 13.09.2015).

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It has also been decided to strengthen the Placement Cell and expand the scope of its

activities.

It has been planned to start a training programme for NET/SET under the Placement Cell of

the college.

As part of its programme for encouraging research the IQAC has taken the initiative to foster

Interdisciplinary Research by the Departments.

Keeping environmental concerns in mind the IQAC has decided to conduct an environment

audit for the college.

Infrastructure : o No. of Academic and Administrative Building : 6

o Total No of Laboratories :

Physics : 6

Chemistry : 7

Microbiology : 4

Zoology : 3

Industrial Chemistry : 7

Computer Science : 3

Electronics : 1

Statistics : 1

Computer Lab for Bengali and Sanskrit : 1

o IQAC Office

o An Office for Swami Vivekananda Research Centre with Computer, Internet and

Xerox Centre

o No. of Hostels for UG and PG students : 5 (Total capacity – 650)

o One Common Internet surfing Centre : Total no of terminals - 50

o No. of Hostel for Research Scholar : 1 (capacity : 40)

o No. of Guest Rooms : 6

o One air-conditioned auditorium : 1 (capacity – 840)

o No. of Seminar Halls : 2 (one with 160 and another with 190)

o One kitchen-cum-dining hall : capacity – 700

o One carpentry maintenance-cum-workshop

o One Plumbing store

o One Electrical goods store

o One Book store

o One 9 station Multi-Gym

o No. of Volleyball Grounds : 3

o One Football-cum-cricket ground

o No. of Table Tennis Boards : 6

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o One Multi-purpose Shop for students

o One Xerox Centre

o One Telephone Booth

o Two canteens

o One NCC Office

o One NSS Store Room

o One Medical Room

o One Visitors’ Room for parents and relatives of students

o One UBI branch office with ATM facility

o Residential Arrangement for Non-teaching Staff (Capacity : 10)

o Residential Facility for Hostel Staff (Capacity : 40)

o Total No. of Computers in College : 224 (Desktop) + 19 (Laptop)

Infrastructural Facilities (Newly Built Up or renovated)

2nd and 3rd floors of 4 storey Platinum Jubilee Memorial Building have been

completed which house Zoology Department and some other classrooms.

Two new Zoology laboratories have been set up.

One Research Laboratory for Chemistry Department (Inorganic Research).

One Laboratory for Cement Testing has been set up.

Main Building, Physics Building and Chemistry Building (outer portion) have

been thoroughly repaired and painted.

o Library : o General Infrastructure :

One Server Room

One Cataloguing Room

One Fumigation Chamber

Two Reading Rooms : total capacity 150

Study Halls (in the main building – for 200 students)

Reference Section

NET Library

Long Term Section

Manuscript Section (maintained by Department of Bengali)

Departmental Libraries

Magazine Section

Special Journal Section (Maintained by Department of Bengali)

Hostel libraries in each hostel maintained by students

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o No. of Books and Journals (in Central Library) :

BOOKS AS ON 1/7/2015

ADDITION BOOKS AS

ON 30/6/2016

57173 4937 62109

AS ON 1/7/2015 ADDITION AS ON

30/6/2016 E.BOOKS 97001 203000 3000000 E.JOURNALS INFLIBNET+SAGE

6000+20=6020 00000 6000+20=6020

REFERENCE BOOKS 409 4055 4463 PRINTED JOURNALS

60+2595(DEPT. OF BENGALI)=2655

0000 60+2595=2655

CD/DVD 210+59(DEPT. OF BENGALI)=269 000 210+59=269

o No. of Books (in Departmental Library) :

SL

NO.

NAME OF DEPERMENT NO.

OF

BOOKS

1 APPLIED CHEMISTRY/INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY 236

2 BENGALI 1200

3 CHEMISTRY 261

4 COMPUTER SCIENCE/ELECTRONICS 51

5 ECONOMICS 211

6 ENGLISH 478

7 HISTORY 267

8 MATHEMATICS 87

9 MICROBIOLOGY 125

10 PHILOSOPHY 293

11 PHYSICS 223

12 POLITICAL SCIENCE 392

13 SANSKRIT 511

14 STATISTICS 61

15 ZOOLOGY 67

TOTAL 4463

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o No. of Long Term Books issued to students during 2015-2016 session :

U.G. 1st Year U.G. 2nd

Year

U.G. 3rd

Year

Sl. No. Name of the Department Total No. of

Books

Total No.

of Books

Total

No. of

Books

1 Bengali 150 226 124

2 English 76 61 29

3 Sanskrit 96 112 166

4 Philosophy 183 186 187

5 History 98 98 165

6 Political Science 60 82 171

7 Economics 167 119 126

8 Physics 205 199 249

9 Chemistry 196 235 266

10 Mathematics 108 181 134

11 Indistrial Chemistry 174 112 73

12 Microbiology 81 87 59

13 Computer Science 114 119 94

P.G. 1st Year

P.G. 2nd

Year

Dept.

Wise

Total

Books

Issued

Sl. No. Name of The Department Total No. of

Books

Total No.

of Books

1 Bengali 551 397 948

2 Sanskrit 377 374 751

3 Philosophy 311 140 451

4 Applied Chemistry 263 52 315

5 Mathematics 52 157 209

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Funding : The college is mainly funded by the Higher Education Department, Govt of West Bengal and

University Grants Commission. Following table will show the details of the grant received

and utilized during the year under discussion.

Total Government Grant Received during the Financial Year 2015-16:

Sl.No. Name of the Grant Amount Received (`)

Amount Received (`)

WB Government Grant

1 State DST 1st Phase 15,37,000

2 State DST 2nd Phase 18,90,000

3 SC & ST Grant for Renovation 28,33,000

4 Development Grant for SVRC 45,88,798

5 RUSA (1st & 2nd Installment) 1,22,91,666

6 NAAC Seminar 1,50,000

7 Grant for Platinum Jubilee Celebration 40,00,000

Total WB Government Grant Received 2,72,90,464

WB Government Salary Grant

1 Pay & Allowance for Teachers, Non-teaching & Hostel Staff 5,70,35,806

2 Pay for Part Time Teachers 10,61,733

Total Salary Grant Received 5,80,97,539

UGC Grant

1 Junior Research Fellow 20,83,222

2 CPE -Recurring 1,44,000

3 Promotion to Basic Scientific Research- Applied Chemistry 5,00,000

Total UGC Grant Received 27,27,222

CU Grant

1 NSS Grant 13,500

2 NSS Special Camp Grant 15,000

Total CU Grant Received 28,500

Total Government Grant Received during the year 2015-16 8,81,43,725

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Total Grant Utilised during the year 2015-16

Sl. No. Name of the Grant

Amount Received(`)

Expenses Incurred(`)

UC Submitted on

WB Government Grant

1 COSA Implementation 1,50,000 1,50,641 Submitted by Hand

2 State DST 1st Phase 15,37,000 15,47,447 Submitted by Hand

3 Vivekananda Sammelan 2015-16(Purba Medinipur) 2,25,000 3,17,493 UC Ready

4 RUSA 1st Installment 50,00,000 50,01,614 15.10.2015

5 RUSA 2nd Installment 72,91,666 72,91,874 09.03.2016

6 NAAC Seminar 1,50,000 1,73,110 Submitted by Hand

7 Books & Equipment Grant 10,00,000 10,00,009 06.01.2016

8 Research Grant 9,90,000 9,91,501 UC Ready

(A) Total WB Government Grant Completed 1,63,43,666 1,64,73,689

WB State Salary Grant

1 Pay & Allowance for Teachers, Non-teaching & Hostel Staff 5,70,35,806 5,70,35,806

UC Submitted

2 Pay for Part Time Teachers 10,61,733 10,61,733 UC Submitted

(B) Total Salary Grant Completed 5,80,97,539 5,80,97,539

UGC Grant

1 CPE 2nd Phase Capital 35 70,00,000 70,13,245 UC Ready

2 Autonomy Grant (2015-16) (Sanctioned ` 20,00,000) 16,00,000 20,01,758 18.03.2016

3 Promotion to Basic Scientific Research-Applied Chemistry 5,00,000 5,01,263 UC Ready

4 Promotion to Basic Scientific Research-3rd Installment 42,00,000 42,02,651 UC Ready

5 Seminar

Philosophy (Sanctioned ` 1,50,000) 1,20,000 1,93,335 11.07.2016

Economics (Sanctioned ` 1,40,000) 1,12,000 1,31,395 02.03.2016

6 Minor Research Project

Tapas Saha(Sanctioned ` 2,00,000) 1,92,500 2,03,594 02.03.2016

Arup Kumar Dhabal (Sanctioned ` 3,00,000) 2,65,000 3,00,000 11.07.2016

Sudip Bhattacharya (Sanctioned ` 2,15,000 2,71,232 UC Ready

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2,70,000)

Arindam Roy (Sanctioned ` 4,55,000) 3,80,000 4,55,000 11.07.2016

Abhishek Barman (Sanctioned `3,02,000) 2,87,000 3,02,619 UC Ready

(C) Total UGC Grant Completed 1,48,71,500 1,55,76,092

Total Grant Completed during the

Financial Year 2015-16(A+B+C) 8,93,12,705 9,01,47,320

Our Challenges : A lack of space which prevents the College from either constructing

new buildings or expanding horizontally and vertically the existing

buildings, is a major impediment in starting new courses and creating

adequate space for research activities. There is also a paucity of land in

the immediate surroundings which can be acquired for the

development of the College.

Dearth of Government funding, especially from UGC, and other

Central Governmental agencies, for creation of new facilities and

maintenance and sustenance of existing infrastructure including high-

end laboratory equipment is a serious problem that we are facing now.

The socio-economic background of many of the students (some of

them are first and second generation learners) admitted to the College

is responsible for poor language competence (both in their mother

tongue as well as in English). This leads to an unsatisfactory level of

comprehension and communication, particularly in the first two

semesters.

Students coming from the underprivileged section of the society (almost

50% of the total strength) generally lack in nutrition that is necessary for

proper growth and physical fitness. They also lack the desired level of

hygiene consciousness.

Many students coming from the urban background belong to either

nuclear or broken families. Some of them find it difficult to cope with

the demands of a community life based on caring and sharing.

Sometimes this leads to psychological imbalance.

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The semester system poses a number of problems which the College

has not been able to come to terms with.

Retaining the unique character of the College in an increasingly

consumerist society poses a great challenge to the ideals the institution

upholds.

Our Future Plan : The College is keen to find a land not less than 6 acres, where it can

start its second campus.

The College is also contemplating to start some biology-based courses

both at the Undergraduate and the Postgraduate levels.

The College authorities are conscious of the need to start more

Postgraduate, M.Phil. and Ph.D. courses befitting an autonomous

institution.

We are contemplating to sign MoUs with some other premier research

institutes of the state and the country.

The College is also thinking of starting some career-oriented courses.

Setting up new linkages with industries is also under process.

Creation of a high quality research ambience in this College is our

vision. We are fervently trying to translate the ideal of ‘Lab to Land’

into a reality.

Reaching the marginalized section of the society and offering them

the scope to cope with the fast changing world of knowledge will be

our future ‘Sadhana’. To reach this target, the College has constituted

a new Committee named ‘Social Outreach Committee’.

Our Gratitude : o We are grateful to Higher Education Dept of Govt of West Bengal for

their generous financial support which is helping us in building up new

infrastructure. Our sincere thanks to all our donors, ex-students, well-

wishers, alumni association of the college, Ramakrishna Mission (Belur

Math), RMIC (Golpark), Jindal Trust, SREI Foundation, Jaswanti Sud

Trust and others for their support which have enabled us to take up

different developmental schemes.

o Our thanks to the authority of University of Calcutta for their academic

and administrative support in running this autonomous college.

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o Our sincere thanks to other honorary teachers and non-teaching staff

members who are rendering service with devotion and sincerity.

o I personally convey my gratitude to all the members of Vidyamandira

Parivar, the monastic team of Vidymandira – Revered Secreatry

Maharaj, Swami Divyanandaji, Vice Principal, Jt and Dy Controllers of

Examinations, Superintendents and other Departmental In-Charges,

Teaching Staff, Prof Tanweer Alam Mazhari, IQAC Co-ordinator, Prof

Priyabrata Ghoshal, Secretary, Teachers’ Council, Prof Durga Sankar

Chakraborty, Editor of Vidyamandira Patrika and his editorial team, Sri

Ranjan Biswas and other Non-teaching staff members and Hostel staff

members for their constant support in maintaining the quality of this

institute of higher learning and upholding the educational philosophy of

Swami Vivekananda. I thank Swami Pratibodhananda, Sri Ranjan

Biswas, Sri Tapas Saha and others including student volunteers who

have worked hard to make this Convocation a success.

Finally I convey my thanks and gratitude to Prof V. S. Chauhan, Chairman,

Executive Council, NAAC and Member, UGC and an ardent devotee of

Ramakrishna Movement, who will deliver the 4th Convocation Address during

this year of Platinum Jubilee Celebration of the college and Respected Prof

Ashutosh Ghosh, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor of University of Calcutta and a great

friend and guide to this college, for his inspiring presence. My sincere thanks and

respect to guests and guardians and my love and best wishes to those who will

receive today their degrees and present students of Vidyamandira.

Vision and Prayer : Vivekananda once envisioned of a University to be born on the holy soil of Belur

Math – the power house of new age spiritual movement. Vidyamandira, the

dream-child of His is nothing but the nucleus of such a big Institute. On 24th

April, 1963, Revered Swami Madhavanandaji Maharaj, the-then President

Maharaj, released a press note at a press conference at Belur Math, where he

mentioned that as Nalanda and Bikramshila came up under Buddhist

Monasticism, an attempt is in pipeline to create a University under Ramakrishna

Mission at Belur Math. On 4 July 2005, we witnessed the birth of our

Vivekananda University. The start was excellent. But, for the full fructification

of the original dream of our blessed predecessors, other higher educational

institutes are still waiting on the sideline for a propitious moment. Once Nalanda

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became the hub of wisdom of the millennium – the centre of knowledge across

the national boundaries. Will we not be able to create such an institute revolving

round Vidyamandira, the Temple of Learning, with all our Sadhana where age-old

Vedic knowledge and the cutting age modern technologies will shake hands,

where the hedonistic modern civilisation will get trained to control the restless

mind under the auspices of serene meditative temple ambience, where a

curriculum will be framed to develop head, heart and hand simultaneously and

not to make only a bright mark sheet or an appealing CV ? Time is perhaps

ringing the bell of the hour. Choice is ours whether we will respond to it or not.

Let us not think that running a college and a university is the be-all and end-all

of all of our efforts. Swamiji’s vision born out of the secret instructions of the

Great Master in his last days cannot conclude in such a way. Really, there are

miles to go before we sleep. Let us meditate on our Holy Trio and let us seek

their benign blessings so that we can work as their true instruments in building

up a real Temple of Learning – which was once the vision of Vivekananda and is

now the Sadhana of our time.

1 st july 2015 to 30 th june 2016

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