Institutional Distinctiveness in One Area

In tune with the College’s mission of an inclusive teaching-learning environment and blending tradition with modernity and professionalism with vocation, continuous efforts are put toward the holistic development of students through innovative pedagogy, experiential learning, and inclusive practices. Some of these practices are:

• Research Culture
• Hands-on experiences for class-wide participation and engaging activities
• Participative management and leadership skills
• Personality development through sports and club activities
• Education for sustainable development
• Community and care
• Universal values and ethics

The college encourages interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and subject-specific research projects in which undergraduate students are mentored by faculty members who serve as Principal Investigators. Projects are sanctioned after external experts evaluate proposals. This practice is new in the university, as it encourages faculty and students to take on research projects
regardless of their subject specialization. The outcome of these projects is praiseworthy as since the inception of research projects (2017-18), faculty and students boast 27 publications/oral and poster presentations. They are also pooled in grants from agencies.

Students are engaged in hands-on experience to connect theories and knowledge learned in the classroom to real-world situations by organizing field trips, seminars/webinars, brainstorming sessions, case studies, mock Parliament and UN, role-playing, science
experiments, etc. Various workshops on Feature Writing, skill training in Digital Literacy, Yoga, Best out of waste, etc., are organised by committees, cells, and clubs. Student seminars are organized to train them in public speaking. Presentations by
students are also done in classes to hone their public speaking skills.

Students are adept at managing and organising departmental events, college festivals, and other programmes that train them in participative management and leadership skills. The college encourages students to explore extra-curricular talents by joining one of
the 17 ECA clubs, for which weekly classes are held.

College cultivates various aspects of students’ lives through different mannerisms. Students are significantly represented in the administrative bodies, departmental societies, and various cultural clubs.

Weekly sports classes scheduled for every student provide an opportunity for physical development.

A value-added course on Yoga and Meditation helps students maintain a healthy mind, body, and soul. During the pandemic, online Yoga sessions were organized for all stakeholders.

The college engages students in sustainable practices through campaigns, seminars, workshops, conferences, and other interactive sessions to ensure that Energy and Environment policies are implemented effectively. Departments and student clubs
encourage students to become active environmental protectors and conservationists. The college’s extensive green cover, along with a well-maintained butterfly park and aquatic ecosystem, adds to aesthetic beauty. By organizing regular tree plantation drives, the
college pledges to enrich this healthy ecosystem and maintain a symbiotic relationship with nature.

Departmental societies, NSS, NCC, CDF and Enactus Units of College aim to provide a platform for young students to participate in community service. These units organize extension activities like donation drives, plantation drives, blood donation camps, workshops on combatting social evils like child abuse, yoga sessions, and waste management activities promoting a sustainable environment.

Students get involved in providing education to marginalized people in nearby communities. Besides this, the College also focused on distributing food to needy people through ‘Aann Daan’. There is an abundance of programmes of this kind that show colleges
commitment to the society.

Students also work towards uplifting underprivileged people like manual
scavengers and teach them skills for an alternative source of livelihood.

During the pandemic, student volunteers worked relentlessly to help COVID-19 patients and their families by providing information regarding the availability of hospital beds, blood and plasma donors, oxygen cylinders, etc.

College offers Add-on and vocational courses to encourage students to be self-reliant. Foreign languages like Chinese and French are being taught to students having an affinity for languages. In addition to this, Travel and Tourism, Communication Skills, and
Personality Development, Photojournalism, Film and TV production, and direction are also offered as Add-on courses.

The mentor-mentee relationship is developed by assigning students to each faculty. Students approach their mentors not only for academic and career-related problems but also for personal issues. Guiding the mentees academically, along with
encouraging them to participate in co-curricular activities, is an integral part of the process. Understanding their problems and striving towards finding solutions for them is an enriching experience for mentors as well.

College institutionalizes gender equality through various means and mechanisms. There is a significant representation of female staff in terms of the total strength of employees. The Proctorial Board, Grievance Redressal Cell, Internal Committee (Sexual Harassment) and
Anti-Ragging Cells are working for the welfare of students. The grievances are resolved in a confidential and timely manner. The college regularly organizes special sessions /workshops /webinars and Gender sensitization programs to foster gender equality in students’ mindsets. The college maintains gender-segregated data on most of the issues. The Students’ Council for gender sensitization and Women Development Cell are working on all gender-related issues. The college has a separate gender policy and has recently set up a Transgender Cell, the first of its kind in the University. The College supports research on women’s concerns, as seen in publications.

Organizing awareness programmes on various topics adds to students’ learning experience. Awareness about the environment is an imperative necessity and is imparted by organising programmes exposing students to many problems sustaining a healthy environment. Health and social issues are also highlighted through relevant programmes. Students know their rights and duties as citizens through programmes and celebrations of commemorative days such as Voter’s Day, Vigilance Week, etc. The College encourages maximum participation across the departments by providing various
platforms for students to hone their talents and expand their horizons. Students learn managerial and organisational skills while dealing with human resources and manpower.

Such training readies them to face the outside world, and they can seamlessly fit into the fabric of society.