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PROFILE OF DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

Raiganj Surendranath Mahavidyalaya, Raiganj, W.B. (2018-2023)

Heartiest Welcome

NAAC PEER TEAM

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About the Department

  • Establishment of the Department : 1999 under the affiliation of North Bengal University
  • Introduction of the Honours Course : 2009 under the affiliation of University of Gour Banga

  • Teacher Strength : 2 Associate Professors, 3 SACT

  • Course Offered : Undergraduate Course (Honours & General) under CBCS,

Major, Minor Courses in History under NEP -2020

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Teachers’ Profile

Name

Designation

Experience

Specialization

Smt. Chandana Saha

Associate Professor, Head of the Department

15 years 2 months

Modern Indian History, History of North Bengal

Dr. Abhinandan Das

Associate Professor

15 years 2 months

Modern Indian History, Specialization in Social History of Sc. & Technology

Sri Tushar Kanti Roy

State Aided College Teacher (SACT)

20 Years

History of United State of America

Sri Ranjit Roy

State Aided College Teacher (SACT)

11 Years

Modern Indian History,

Smt. Krishna Saha

State Aided College Teacher (SACT)

6 Years

Modern Indian History

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Our Mission

Transform the students into citizens who are critically informed about the past and its consequences for the present.

Make them become familiar with the historically important places and their significance.

The department is to provide excellent teaching and learning environment with its focus on continuing education.

To encourage analytical understanding of historical events, processes and narratives.

To foster awareness and appreciation of India’s diverse cultural and historical heritage.

To develop students’ ability to understand and interpret the past with objectivity and insight.

The vision of the history department is to be a leading center of excellence in historical education and research.

Our Vision

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Student Profile

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Year

Number of seats sanctioned

Number of student admitted

Number of seats in re

serve category

Number of student admitted in reserve category

SC

ST

OBC

UR

OTHER

SC

ST

OBC

UR

OTHER

2018-2019

59

52

13

3

10

33

10

1

10

31

2019-2020

72

45

16

4

12

40

13

1

12

19

2021-2021

72

34

16

4

12

40

15

2

6

11

2021-2022

72

46

16

4

12

40

15

2

8

21

2022-2023

72

49

16

4

12

40

15

2

8

24

Student Teacher Ratio : 1: 45

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Course Outcome Programme Outcome

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Mechanism for Curriculum Transaction

Faculties of the Department follow experiential learnings, participatory learning and problem solving methodologies to enhance the learning needs of the students and achieve maximum learning outcome.

MECHANISM FOR CARRICULAM DELIVERY

EXPERIMENTIAL LEARNING

PARTICIPATORY LEARNING

PROBLEM SOLVING METHODOLOGY

STUDY TOUR AND SUBMISSION OF PROJECT

COMMUNITY SERVICE

GROUP DISCUSSION

QUIZ

STUDENT SEMINAR

DEBATE

EXHIBITION

GROUP DISCUSSION

WALL MAGAZINE

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Experimental Learning

Community Outreach Programme:

Study Tour

Project Paper by Sem-1

Project Paper by Sem- 6

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Exhibition: Model Preparation by our students

Student Seminar

Quiz Competition

PARTICIPATORY LEARNING

Wall Magazine

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Evaluation Mechanism

There are three methods of evaluation adopted by the college and also by the Department.

  1. Continuous Internal Assessment (CIA)
  2. Internal Exam, and
  3. University Exam (Semester end examination)

Internal Exam (Short & Descriptive)

EVALUATION

University Exam

CIA (Class test, Assignment & MCQ)

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Innovative Teaching Methods

  • 1. Use of Chalk-Talk method.
  • 2. Assignments.
  • 3. Seminar.
  • 4. Tests.
  • 5. Providing Study material.
  • 6. Group discussions.
  • 7. Encouraging students to refer general text books.

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Develop soft skills through Add-On Course

Folk Culture: Practice & Application

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Educational Tour

  • 1. Session 2018-2019

Place: Karnojora,Uttar Dinajpur District Museum

Date: 20/05/2019

Participation: 22 Students + 3 Faculties �link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E16AtA0uOQSxhbNvjT0zse8IY33saG2F/view

  • 2. Session 2022-2023

Place: Bolpur, Shantiniketan

Date: 19-21 May, 2023

Participation: 24 Students + 3 Faculties

Link: https://rsmraiganj.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/History-Educational-Tour-Report-Bolpur-2023.pdf

3. Session 2023-2024

Place: Gour, Adina

Date: 07/06/2024

Participation : 32 Students + 4 Faculties

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Best Practice:

World Environment Day Celebration

Tree Plantation

II. Interclass co-curricular competitions through preparations and display of Wall Magazines/Models by students

I. To foster social awareness and inculcate values like co-operation and fellow feeling

Quiz Competition

Model Preparation

Wall Magazine

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Student Week Celebration

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Year

Total Appeared

Total Passed

% Qualified

2023-24

36

36

100

2022-23

29

29

100

2021-22

34

34

100

2020-21

34

34

100

2019-20

43

35

81.40

2018-19

30

26

86.67

Percentage of Passed Result

STUDENT PROGRESSON

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Student Progression to Higher Education

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Year

Total Passed Out Students

Total Progression to Higher education

%

2023-24

36

4

11.11

2022-23

29

7

24.14

2021-22

34

7

20.59

2020-21

34

5

14.70

2019-20

35

4

11.43

2018-19

26

7

26.92

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Job Obtained 2018-2024

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Name of student who has been placed

Program graduated from

Year of graduation

Name of the employer with contact details

Rabitulla Hoque

History Honours

2016

Assistant Teacher

Subrata Paul

History Honours

2018

Start Up Companies Shib Shakti Sarada Enterprise

Surovi Shoren

History Honours

2022

Health

Gobinda Ghosh

History Honours

2012

CTET Qualified

Ranjit Balo

History Honours

2021

WBP(Constable)

Bikash Thakur

History Honours

2018

Bandhan Bank

Koruna Mondal

History Honours

2022

Bandhan Bank

Prashanta Kumar Murmu

History Honours

2022

Assistant Teacher

Mrinal Chandra Roy

History Honours

2020

Medical Representative

Boni Bol

History Honours

2018

NBSTC Depo

Mili Sarkar

History Honours

2020

Nurse

Sudipta Sarkar

History Honours

2022

Assistant Hostel Teacher, Ramganj

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Some Samples of Appointment Letter

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Facilities of the Students

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ICT Enabled Classroom

Departmental Library

CCTV Surveillance

Purified Drinking Water

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ICT-enabled classes

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Power point presentation

Google Meet

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Faculty Exchange Programme

  1. Date : 17/05/2022

Participating Institution: Kaliyaganj College

Topic : Recent Trend in Indian History with Special Emphasis

On Biasness: Changes and Continuity

https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:AP:36e644c2-07c8-4fbb-a2a5-6268cb04e01a?viewer%21megaVerb=group-discover

2. Date : 07/06/2023

Participating Institution : Dr. Meghnad Saha College

Topic : The Indo-Aryan Controversy: Evidence and Inference

in Indian History

Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LXwFjPgI7xFcUwWUq15POm8273MulRZt/view

3. Date : 21/05/2024

Participating Institution : Shree Agrasen Mahavidyalaya

Topic : Evolution of Human Race and Prehistory

Link:

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Publications by faculty Members: 2018-2024

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Name

Journal

Book

Chapter in Book

Paper Presentation

Smt. Chandana

Saha

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1

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6

Dr. Abhinandan Das

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1

5

Sri Ranjit Roy

2

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Total

14

1

1

11

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Annual exhibitions to nurture creativity

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Exhibition : 2025

Exhibition : 2024

Exhibition : 2023

Exhibition : 2022

Got 3rd Position at Exhibition in 2023

Got 2nd Position at Exhibition in 2022

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SWOC Analysis of the Department

Strength –

    • Innovative Teaching Skills
    • Projector with wifi facility
    • A number of Research Papers Published in various Journals
    • Participation in Seminars, Workshops and Conferences
    • Supporting weaker students through remedial & tutorial classes

Weakness -

    • Shortage of regular fulltime teachers
    • Insufficient classroom, Books
    • Limited job opportunities
    • Backward class and poverty population area
    • Most of the students are first generation learner.

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Opportunities:

  • More scope to use modern technology aids in teaching learning programmes.

  • Communication and other skill development programs for students.

  • To train and counsel students to become more employable.

  • Model wise answer distribution and assignment based evaluation.

Challenges:

  • To provide full fledged training for competition exams to all the students.

  • Improving communication skills of students.

  • Stimulating students for developing a deeper level of analytical thinking within the limited time in each semester.

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Future Plan of the Department

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  • To introduce the PG course in History
  • To introduce the Tourism & Museology Courses.
  • To train the students for job oriented.
  • To start research centre.
  • To conduct more number of syllabus oriented seminars from the students.

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THANK YOU �Department of History

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