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Evaluative Report of the Department of Sanskrit

1. Name of the Department : Sanskrit

Year of Establishment : 1960

2. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated

Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.):

U.G. (Honours & General) ;

P.G. (MA)

3. Interdisciplinary courses and departments involved : Nil

4. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system:

UG course

Upto 2009-10 – Annual system under affiliation of Calcutta University

From 2010-11- Semester system after the college received autonomy

PG course

From 2006-2007 to 2009-2010 annual system was followed although it

was an autonomous course under Calcutta University

From 2010-2011 semester system was introduced as the college

received full autonomy.

5. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: Nil

6. Number of teaching posts sanctioned and filled (Professors/Associate Professors/Asst.

Professors)

Sanctioned Filled

Professor

Associate Professors 2

Asst. Professors 6


7. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialisation (D.Sc./D.Litt./

Ph.D./M.Phil., etc.)

Name

Qualification Designation Specialization No. of

Years of

Experience

No. of

Ph.D.

students

guided

in the

last 4

years

Satyabrata Pahari Ph D Associate

Professor

Nyaya 23 Nil

Durgasankar

Chakrabarty

MA Associate

Professor

Kavya 17 Nil

Mrinal Kanti

Ganguly

D Litt Nalini Kanta

Brahma

Chair

Professor

Nyaya 47 15

Swapan Majhi MA Govt Part

Time

Teacher

Vyakarana 3 Nil

Sw

Tattvavidananda

MA Visiting

Faculty

Nyaya 16 Nil

Br Prashant MA Visiting

Faculty

Vedanta 1 Nil

Amar Kumar

Chatterjee

MA Visiting

Faculty

Veda 40 years 2

Ashok Kumar

Panda

Ph D Visiting

Faculty

Vyakarana 10 Nil

Biswanath

Mukhopadhyay

Ph D Visiting

Faculty

Kavya 40 15

Harekrishna Ph D Visiting Vyakarana 10 Nil


Pattajoshi Faculty

Amit

Bhattacharya

Ph D Visiting

Faculty

Nyaya

Deb Kumar Das Ph D Visiting

Faculty

Kavya 36 Nil

Nikhilesh

Chakraborty

Ph D Visiting

Faculty

Sangkhya-

Yoga

40 Nil

Tapas Kumar

Bagchi

Ph D Visiting

Faculty

Kavya

Sk Sabir Ali MA Visiting

Faculty

Nyaya 7 Nil

Tarapada

Chakraborty

Ph D Visiting

Faculty

Vyakarana 40 10

Shyamapada Kar Ph D Visiting

Faculty

Nyaya

Shyamapada

Bhattacharya

Ph D Visiting

Faculty

Kavya

Debnath Pal M A Visiting

Faculty

Vyakarana 5 Nil

Biplab Kotal M Phil Visiting

Faculty

Nyaya 5 Nil

Pralay Sankar

Adhikary

M A Visiting

Faculty

Vyakarana 3 Nil

Santu Singha M A Visiting

Faculty

Nyaya 4 Nil

Subhrajit Sen M A Visiting

Faculty

Kavya 4 Nil


8. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty – programme-wise information:

U.G. – 40% ;

P.G. – 70%

9. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio:

U.G. – 30 : 11 (student – 30 : teacher – 11)

P.G. – 20 : 23 (student – 20 ; teacher – 23)

10. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff: sanctioned

and filled: Nil

11. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international funding

agencies and c) Total grants received. Mention names of funding agencies and grants

received project-wise. : Nil

12. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; DBT, ICSSR, etc.; total grants received

: Nil

13. Research facility / centre with : Nil

state recognition

national recognition

international recognition

14. Publications: See Annexure 1

number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international)

Monographs

Chapter(s) in Books

Editing Books

Books with ISBN numbers with details of publishers

number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,

Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social

Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.)

Citation Index – range / average

SNIP

SJR


Impact factor – range / average

h-index

15. Details of patents and income generated : Nil

16. Areas of consultancy and income generated : Nil

17. Faculty recharging strategies:

Dr. Satyabrata Pahari

S. No.

Name of the Seminar, workshop ,R.C.,O.P.

Year Conducting Authority

Paper Reading or participated

Resource Person

Comment

1. ‘Ingrej Amale Banglar Gramanchal’

15.03 2007 UGC/RKMV Participated N.A.

2. SAARC Translation Workshop

6 04 2007 to7 04 2007

UGC/ RKMV Participated N.A. N.A.

3. Bengal’s Contribution in some fields of Sanskrit Studies

18 05 2007 UGC /R.K.M.V. Participated N.A. N.A.

4. Philosophical thoughts In Bengal

29 02 2008 UGC/RKMV Participated N.A. N.A.

5. Mahabharate Dharma

20 11 2008 Ministry of HRD Govt Of India/RKM Shikshana Mandira

Resource Person

Do N.A.

6. Manik Bandyopadhyayar Kathasahitya

5 5 2009 UGC/RKMV Participated N.A.

7. Sanskritic Research areas of Priority(Nyaya)

20 03 2009 UGC/RBU Resource Person

8. Alternative Politics:Another world, other voices

19 2 2010-20 2 2010

UGC / RKMV Participated N.A. N.A.

9. Relevance of the Bhagavad Gita to the problems of Individuals and collective lives

2 12 2011 UGC/Bazkul Milani Mahavidyalaya(East Midnipore)

Resource Person

N.A.


today

10 Sri Ramakrishna’s Ideas and our times

19 01 2012

to 21 01 2012

RKMV + RKM Ins of Culture, GolPark , Kolkata

Participated N.A. N.A.

11 Advaita Vedanta Of Nyaya Philosophy: Printed texts and unpublished manuscripts

28 12 11 CU/MRC Resource Person

N.A

12 Contribution of The Paninian School to the Arena of Sanskrit Grammar

17.02.2011 to 18.02.2011

UGC / RKMV

Participated N.A. N.A.

Durgashankar Chakrabor

Name of the Seminar, Workshop,R.C, O.P.


Paper Reading Or Participated

Resource Person

Comment

R.C 10.02.2006 to 02.03.2006

C.U Participated N.A Grade- A

Rights of women in ancient India in the context of Human Rights

23.03.2006 to 24.03.2006

UGC/ Victoria Institution ( College)

Participated N.A N.A

Bangalir Itihaas – Sanskriti O Adhunikata

16.12.2006 UGC/RKMV Participated N.A N.A

R.C. 17.08.2007 to 06.09.2007

J.U Participated N.A Grade- A

Manik Bandyopadhyayar Kathasahitya

05.05.2009 UGC/RKMV Participated N.A N.A

Alternative Politics:Another world, other voices

19.02. 2010 to 20. 02. 2010

UGC / RKMV Participated N.A N.A

Rabindranath: Anya Matraya, Anya Barne

27.01.2011 to 29.01.2011


Contribution of The Paninian School to the Arena of Sanskrit

17.02.2011 to 18.02.2011



Grammar

Sri Ramakrishna’s Ideas and our times

19. 01. 2012

to 21. 01. 2012

RKMV + RKM Ins of Culture, GolPark , Kolkata


At the Crossroads : The Short Story in Indian Literatures

13.02.2012 to 14.02.2012


Vedalakshna Texts : Search and Analysis

12.03.2012 to 14.03.2012

UGC/ RBU Participated N.A N.A

Indian Intellectual Traditions: Sanskrit Aesthetics and Poetics

29.03.2007 to 30.03.2007

UGC/ RBU Participated N.A N.A

Bengal’s Contribution in some fields of Sanskrit Studies

18 05 2007 UGC /R.K.M.V.


Swapan Majhi

S. No.

Name of the Seminar, workshop, R.C.,O.P.


Paper Reading or participated

Resource Person

Comment

1. Sanskrit Literary Criticism: A Modern Perspective

09.03 2007 – 10.03.2007

JU Participated N.A.

2. Nikhilabharata-sruti-smriti-darsana-sahitya-sammelana

06.03.2009 – 08.03.2009

Howrah Sanskrit Sahitya Samaja

Paper Reading

N.A. N.A.

3. Contribution of the Paninian School in the arena of Sanskrit studies

17.02.2011 -18.02.2011

UGC /R.K.M.V. & RBU

Paper Reading

N.A. N.A.

4. Philosophical thoughts In Bengal

29.02.2008 UGC/RKMV Participated N.A. N.A.

5. Academic Workshop on Nyaya Philosophy

05.07.2012 – 12.07.2012

RKMV Perticipated N.A. N.A.

18. Student projects

Bharati Parishat is a forum where the students have to present their views on

Shastriya (Scriptural) issues and contemporary issues as well. These are being


done through : i) Debate, ii) Extempore, iii) Lecture, iv) Paper presentation. The

students are evaluated by the external experts and the marks are added to their

final marksheet in the 3rd

year examinations.

percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with industries / institutes:

Nil

19. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by : Nil

Faculty:

Subhrajit Sen (Ex student of this department in UG and PG level and currently

the Visiting Faculty) : Oriental Sanskrit Conference held in Srinagar (J.K.) in

2012.

Doctoral / post doctoral fellows :

Students :

Sriman Abhijit Mandal of MA 2nd

year has secured 1st rank in ‘Samasyapurti’ and

in scriptural discussion on “Samkhyakarika’ in the Eastern Region of All India

Sanskrit Competitions organised by Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan.

20. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national /

international) with details of outstanding participants, if any.:

SESSION 2010-11:

DEPARTMENTAL SEMINAR

Date Speaker Institution & Dept. Topic

23.10.11 Ayan Bhattacharya

West Bengal State University, Barasat

Padavrittih

UGC SPONSERED SEMINAR

Date Speaker Topic

17 & 18 February 2011

1. Karunasindhu Das 2. Sitanath Acharya 3. Mrinal Kanti Ganguli 4. Tapan Shankar

Bhattacharya

5. Kishore Ch Padhi 6. Ayan Bhattacharya 7. Bhabani Prasad

Contribution of Paninian School in the Arena of Sanskrit Studies


Bhattacharya 8. Mrinal Kanti

Bandyopadhyay 9. Naba Narayan

Bandyopadhyay

SESSION 2008-09:

DEPARTMENTAL SEMINAR

Date Speaker Institution & Dept. Topic

Prof. Didhiti Biswas

H.O.D , Department of Sanskrit, Calcutta University

SESSION 2007-08:

UGC SPONSERED SEMINAR

Date Speaker Topic

18.5.2007

1. Dr. Vashistha Narayan

Jha

2. Prof. Karunashindhu Das 3. Dr. Mrinal Kanti

Gangopadhyay 4. Dr. Braja Kishore Sain 5. Dr.Sitanath Acharya

Contribution of Bengal in some

fields of Sanskrit studies

21. Student profile course-wise:

Name of the Course

(refer question no. 2)

Applications

received

Selected

Male Female

Pass percentage

Male Female

U.G. 2008 – 67

2009 – 76

2010 – 88

10 NA

10 NA

10 NA

100%

100%

100%


Name of the Course

(refer question no. 2)

Applications

received

Selected

Male Female

Pass percentage

Male Female

2011 – 80

2012 – 77

10 NA

10 NA

100%

100%

P.G. 2008 – 19

2009 – 34

2010 – 23

2011 – 36

2012 - 33

12

11

10

11

12

100%

22. Diversity of students

Name of the

Course

(refer question

no. 2)

% of

students

from the

College

% of students

from the State

% of students

from other

States

% of students

from other

countries

UG NA 95% 5% 0%

P.G. 60% 100% 100% 0%

23. How many students have cleared Civil Services, Defense Services, NET, SLET,

GATE and any other competitive examinations?

25 students cleared the NET ( some of them with JRF) and SET.

24. Student progression

Student progression Percentage against

enrolled

UG to PG 90%

PG to M.Phil. 20%

PG to Ph.D. 20%

Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral

Employed

Campus selection

Other than campus recruitment

Entrepreneurs

25. Diversity of staff


Percentage of faculty who are graduates

of the same parent university 100%

from other universities within the State Nil

from other universities from other States Nil

26. Number of faculty who were awarded Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the assessment

period. : Nil

27. Present details about infrastructural facilities

a) Library

Books in Central Library : 4530

Books in Departmental Library : 57

Journals : 2

b) Internet facilities for staff and students:

Internal Facility is available in the departmental cubicle for the

teachers.

Students can access the internet in the reading room of the library

where several computers are kept available for this purpose.

c) Total number of class rooms:

Although, there is no classroom fixed for this department, but as per

requirement in the daily time table, classrooms are allotted for the

departmental purpose.

d) Class rooms with ICT facility :

There are 5 classrooms with ICT facility available in the buildings

which the teachers can avail if required.

e) Students’ laboratories : Nil

f) Research laboratories

28. Number of students of the department getting financial assistance from College.

Session : 2008-2009 – No of students : 28






29. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new

program(s)? If so, give the methodology :

i) Before the commencement of the Post Graduate course (MA) in Sanskrit in

2006, the department received the feedback from its undergraduate passed-

outs. This feedback expressed the opinion that, if MA course is taught by the

department, the students will be benefitted more.

ii) It was followed by a meeting of some experts of the parent university, i.e., CU

where the need of starting such a course was discussed along with other

logistics.

iii) After this meeting, another phase of discussion was arranged among the

faculty members and the administration to reach the final decision for

initiating the process of starting the course.

iv) Then, the issue was placed before the Governing Body of the college which

after considering all the opinions and suggestions decided to apply to the

Calcutta University for necessary permission.

v) At the last stage, a University Inspection Team visited the college and had a

meeting with the teachers of the department and the administration of the

college. They tried to judge the need of introduction of such course in this

college and they also saw the requisite infrastructure and man-power. They

opined in favour of introduction of Post Graduate Sanskrit course from the

session 2006-2007.

vi) Finally, the college received a permission letter from the University authority

in this regard.

vii) When the college shifted from the annual system to semester system after the

conferment of the autonomous status, the department restructured the

curriculum after considering current trends in this subject.

30. Does the department obtain feedback from

a. Faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how does

the department utilize it? :


In the faculty meeting, academic matters are discussed and if necessary,

changes are brought into the curriculum and teaching-learning

methodology. As for example, senior teachers, especially those who were

once in University teaching, insisted on to start communicative Sanskrit in

undergraduate level. They further stressed on the importance of keeping

the medium of teaching in Sanskrit. The departmental teachers,

henceforth, changed the bilingual methodology of instruction and began

speaking in Sanskrit in all the classes of undergraduate course.

b. Students on staff, curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation and what is

the response of the department to the same? :

The college administration hands over the annual online feedback report

submitted by the final year students at the end of the year.

The departmental teachers discuss the feed back in a meeting.

If needed, the suggestions are taken into consideration.

As for example, the students requested to invite some teachers of repute in

Kavya Specialisation. The department, after a thorough search invited

Prof Biswanath Mukherjee of Burdwan University and he has began to

give classes for the students of the said specialization.

c. Alumni and employers on the programmes and what is the response of the

department to the same? :

i) One alumnus and one expert from The Asiatic Society are members of the

Board of Studies of the Department according to the guideline of UGC.

They contribute significantly in curriculum designing and teaching-

learning process.

ii) Many of the alumni studying in different National institutes informally

convey their opinion about the course content and the method of teaching.

Sometimes, while visiting their Alma-Mater, they express their views in

this regard.

31. List the distinguished alumni of the department :

Successful candidates as college and University teachers:


i. Sk Sabir Ali

ii. Swarup Singha

iii. Uttam Biswas

iv. Gautam Jana

v. Devnath Pal

vi. Dilip Panda

vii. Prasenjit Neogi

viii. Surajit Banerjee

ix. Biplab Chakraborty

x. Pralay Banerjee

xi.

32. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /

seminar) with external experts.

The department arranged a half day seminar on ‘Modern Sanskrit

Literature’ on 28.03.2012.

Two eminent speakers tokk part in the seminar-

i. Prof Sitanath Achrya, Former Gopinath Kabiraj Professor of

Sanskrit Department of Calcutta University

ii. Prof Rita Chatterjee, Sanskrit Department, Jadavpur University

33. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes. :

The teachers, generally, use the traditional lecture method of teaching.

34. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and

learning outcomes monitored? :

a) The department has framed the syllabus keeping in the mind the curriculum of

NET / SET etc. While teaching, they also try to cover the necessary parts of the

competitive examinations.

b) Special coaching for NET etc and WBSSC examinations are arranged for the

students.

c) To monitor the students’ progress, the department sits with them after the

publication of the final results at the end of the semester.

d) In the parent-teacher meeting also, the department receives the required


feedback from the parents in respect of their ward.

e) Remedial coachings are also regularly arranged for the weaker students of the

department.

35. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities.

a) Students of the department participate in N.S.S or N.C.C activities.

b) In Blood Donation Camps, within and outside the campus, the students of this

department take part enthusiastically.

c) The students regularly participate in the Annual & National Elocution,

Debate and Essay competitions in Sanskrit organized by Ramakrishna

Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark.

d) Some students take part in Shastriya Competitions organized by Rastriya

Sanskrit Sansthan.

36. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” :-

i) Yearly publication of Wall Magazine “Vaninikkana’.

ii) ‘Pratispardha’ – a special event arranged by the students where they participate

in debate, elocution etc entirely in Ssnkrit medium.

iii) Educational tour :

a) 2008 – Puri : Interactive Seminar in Departement of Vyakarana, SriJagannath

Sanskrit University, Puri ;

b) 2010 – Beneras : Interactive seminar in Samurnananda Sanskrit Univeriasty ;

c) 2011 – Puri : Interactive Seminar in Department of Sahitya, SriJagannath

Sanskrit University, Puri

37. State whether the programme/ department is accredited/ graded by other agencies.

Give details. No

38. Detail any five Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of the

department

Strengths:

i. Autonomy in framing syllabus has opened the scope to keep pace with the


changing scenario in Sanskrit Education.

ii. Favourable teacher student ratio facilitates free and open interaction

among the learners and teachers which result in quick and effective

solutions of academic problems.

iii. Residential nature of the college provides the scope of 24 hours’ guidance

for the students and also peer group study.

iv. Rich library facility is also a source of inspiration for the students and

teachers to update and upgrade the level of academic standard.

v. Monastic members who are proficient in Ssnskrit and Indian Scriptures

offer active teaching assistance in the department which is a genuine boost

to the teachers and learners.

Weakness:

i. Poor skill in English language of the students stands in the way of reading

and understanding the famous English critical appreciations of Sanskrit

text.

ii. Vacant full time posts in the faculty are posing a great difficulty to the

regular teaching-learning of the department.

iii. Limited scope in the service sector for the students of Sanskrit is gradually

becoming a problem that may lessen the number of enrolment in future.

iv. The teaching of Sanskrit Language and Literature in school level is

neglected. Therefore, the background of the students who are choosing this

subject for their higher studies, sometimes appear much poor.

Opportunities:

i. More modernization of the curriculum may be done keeping in mind the

placement sector.

ii. Once faculty number is increased, the department may start the research

courses.

iii. Close and effective support from the illumined young ex-students of the

department can be utilized in a more effective way so that the fresh

learners of the subject get direct academic assistance from their seniors.


Challenges:

i. Developing English language skill of the students is a challenge to the

department so that they can understand the English critical appreciations

easily.

ii. To attract the students more in this subject is also a great challenge,

especially when the trend in the enrolment in this subject is declining.

iii. The dearth of full time teaching staff in the department is also a threat to

the academic development of the college.

39. Future plans of the department.

i) The department contemplates to start M Phil programme once the shortage of

fulltime faculty member is met, even partially.

ii) The department is planning to build up a separate manuscript section with

scanning facility.

iii) The department is also thinking to establish an official linkage with Sanskrit

Sahitya Parishat.

iv) The department is planning to publish a Sanskrit journal which will contain the

research-oriented articles of teachers and students.

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