Government Post Graduate College Sector 1,

Panchkula

(College of Excellence)

Annual Report 2021-2022

Presented By

Mrs. Babita Verma, HES-1 Principal

Annual Report 2021-2022

I feel highly privileged to get this opportunity to present the annual report of Government PG College, Sector-1, Panchkula for the session 2021-22. From its humble beginning in a rented premise in 1983 to this sprawling lush green campus spread over an area of 12.5 acre, the college has traversed a long and arduous journey. Having faced all the trials and tribulations successfully, the college has progressed by leaps and bounds to achieve the status of the ‘College of Excellence’.

I feel great delight in sharing with you that our college has been accredited with B++ grade in the year 2021 by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).

Situated in the foothills of Shivalik the college caters to the needs of more than 3000 students of Panchkula and nearby areas. Under the strict supervision of highly dedicated and efficient teaching staff runs 9 Post Graduate courses and 9 Under Graduate courses. Besides traditional courses the college also runs professional courses like B.P.Ed, PG Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication, PG Diploma in Computer Application and the newly introduced PG Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics to equip our students with the more advanced and better skills and give them a competitive edge over others in today’s highly competitive global economy.

Infrastructure:

With its goal of achieving sparkling economic growth and quality of life the college has a very sound and strong infrastructural base. It consists of an Administrative Block, an Arts Block, a

Science Block, a Commerce Block, an IT Block, a Seminar-cum-Conference Hall, an Auditorium, a well-furnished Staff Room, a two-storey Library, Boys’ Hostel, a Day Care Centre and a Canteen.

It has well equipped Science Labs, a Language Lab and Smart Classrooms. Recent addition to this is STARTUP-INCUBATOR-CUM-CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE, a new initiative of the Department of Higher Education, Haryana in collaboration with Startup Accelerator Chamber of Commerce, to promote self-employment and entrepreneurial competencies in the youth of Haryana.

With a sitting capacity of 80, it has state-of-the-art infrastructure, a recreational area and a mentoring room. The primary target of this incubator is to foster entrepreneurship by using tools like boot camps, workshops, regular classes on entrepreneurship informing the students about the government compliance, regulations, financial support from government etc.

Online Teaching and Learning:

The corona virus pandemic has brought changes in the teaching-learning process in higher education institutions and has influenced the interaction between teachers and students. As a consequence of the pandemic, college was constrained to carry out activity with students exclusively online and took measures to ensure the continuity of the educational process. Various platforms like Google Meet, Google Classroom and Teams were used to conduct regular classes by faculty members. Withthe help of these tools and platforms digital literacy of teachers and students remarkably elevated. Several online activities were introduced by the departments throughout the session to engage and retain students during                                                                                                                                                 pandemic.

Administrative Bodies IQAC

As per guidelines of NAAC, IQAC has been set up to channelize and systemize the efforts of the institution towards academic and administrative excellence and its sustenance. It is a driving force to create learner- centric environment, promote continuous improvement in participatory teaching- learning process and enhance quality of education. It has planned, coordinated, organized and executeda number of seminars, workshops, and interactive talks. It played an active role in planning and guiding the various departments and administrative bodies of the college to organize student-centric and developmental activities. It organized a number of internal and external meetings to chalk out the Annual Plan for the session 2021- 2022. It verified the API scores of college faculty for next scales.Mrs. Vineeta Gupta is the coordinator of IQAC.

UGC Cell

Incharge: . Dr. Neeraj (Assistant Professor of Botany)

The UGC cell is a statutory body established in the college to implement various schemes of

UGC.

RUSA   Incharge:   Ms.   Krishna   Uppal   (HOD,   Associate   Professor             of Commerce)

Rashtriya Uchchttar Shiksha Abhiyan is a holistic scheme of development for higher education in Indiawhich provides strategic funding to higher educational institutions.

Scholarships

Incharge:-Ms. Meenakshi Nirman, (Convener SC scholarship)

258 SC Students of the college received Scholarship (Rs 14000 each) under consolidated stipendscheme for the session 2021-22

Incharge:-Dr. Prem Lata, (Convener BC scholarship)

For BC Scholarship 45 students are approved and approved amount is Rs.99875

Incharge:-Dr. Jyotsna Kaushik (Convener Meritorious Students scholarship)

University Cell

Incharge:- Dr. Kuldeep Ranga, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology

To abide by the guidelines of the affiliating Kurukshetra University the college has a University Cellwhich looks after all the University related works and correspondences.

Library

Incharge:- Ms. Shakauntala

The library has an air conditioned reading room with a seating capacity of 100 users at a time.

It is fully automated and has a Student Research Center, having 10 computers with internet facility. The library is

a reservoir of 27564 books, 1750 reference books, 2800 competition books,160 CDs and videos. 11 daily newspapers, 10 magazines, N-List and E-Shodganga- an e journal are available for the students as well as the teachers. All the post graduate departments English, Economics, Political Science, History, Psychology, Commerce and the Physical Education - have their separate libraries. The library remains open to its users on all working days.

NAAC Report

Incharge:- Dr. Aprajita , Associate Professor, Department of History

The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) is a government organization in India thatassesses and accredits Higher Education Institution (HEIs). Our college was visited by NAAC team on 26 & 27 August 2021. Under the Chairmanship of Vasant Helavi Reddy accompanied by Dr. O.P. Verma , member Coordinator, Dr Nicholas Thadeuse , Member and Dr. Neelesh Pandey NAAC Coordinator. The college is awarded B++ grade.

The college was credited for catering to the education needs of the students from the states of Punjab, Haryana, H.P and UT Chandigarh. Our college also has the privilege of being situated near the Directorate which makes it a model centre for all pilot projects. It has also been declared as a “College with potential for Excellence “by state government and the work of making it a model college as also in the pipeline. Our College is having sufficient infrastructure to cater all round development of students and is the holder of First Startup cum-Excellence Centre to promote entrepreneurship not only among our students but, there other colleges of district. Ours is the college in the state offering B.P.Ed Course and is one of the best sports and cultural department having national and international level achievements. Last but not the least is the existence of Language Lab for improving the communication skills which have gained very high significance in our present day world.

Language Lab

Incharge:-Ms. Harpreet Kaur, Associate Professor, Department of English

Deeksha - The General Assembly

Incharge:-Ms.Vandita , (Associate Professor, Department of Home Science)Mentor Mentee Tradition

The Mentor Mentee Committee of the college created different groups faculty wise and class wise andallocated one mentor to each group.

The committee organized online Orientation Program for newly admitted students Deeksha on 06.12.2021. Principal along with incharges or conveners of different committees of the collegeinformed about their respective committees to the students.

Second meet was organized on 26.04.2022. The agenda included various aspects of attendance, internalassessment, scholarships, facilities available in campus such as language lab, computer lab, library etc. Zero tolerance policy against ragging and sexual harassment were also discussed by the mentors. Third meet was organized on 06.06.2022.The agenda was to discuss with the students regarding preparation for examinations. Mentors discussed how to prepare for exam and attempt the question paper. They also discussed various important things to be kept in mind on the day of exam like takingbreakfast, water along with them, reading question paper carefully listening to verbal instructions, managing time, revising answers after completing the paper.

Quest: A Search for Harmony

Dr. Advitya Khurana, (Associate Professor of Mass Communication)

It was constituted to inculcate the moral values and enhance the harmony among the students and staff in 2016. It was renamed as Swami Vivekananda Youth Club (SVYC) as per guidelines of DHE. Awareness lectures, talks, discussions etc. are organized under this club. In February, Quest-in Search of Harmony was constituted to inculcate the moral values among the college students in 2016. It was renamed as Swami Vivekananda youth club as per guidelines of DHE. Awareness lectures, talks, discussions etc. are organized under this club. On February 21, 2022 an Interdisciplinary National Seminar on Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav- ek Samridh & Atamnirbhar Bharat was organized. The convener of this National seminar was Mr Advitya Khurana. 52 delegates from various states participated and the keynote speaker was Shri Baldev Bhai Sharma, Vice chancellor of Kushabhau Thakre University Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Former President of National Union of journalist and renowned Journalist Shri Ashok Malik was another prominent resource person. During COVID-19, it was a tedious task to interact with children and bring them together. No regular funding. Funds are managed from other cells/programs. The practice was started by college later on adopted by the state.

Cultural Committee:

Incharge:-Dr. Jitender Arya, (Associate Professor, Department of Sanskrit)

Talent search competition was organized from 17th to 18th September 2021 under the aegis of Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. Around 40 students participated in different activities like speech, poetic recitation competition, quiz , mimicry ,mono acting , music instrumental and music vocal etc. 30 students of our college participated in Ambala Zone Youth Festival under the aegis of Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra and actively participated in around 12 activities. College organized Suranjini program in Feberuary 2022 . Students participated in different activities like Song, Dance , Acting , Music Instrumental and Music Vocal etc. and

prizes were awarded to the winners.

Sports

Incharge:-Ms. Srupinder Mahal (Associate Professor, Department of PhysicalEducation)

Annual Athletic Meeting of the college was organized on 10th and 11th February, 2022. Students of our institute participated in various sports programs during the session and have made us proud at National, International and University level.

SPORTS REPORT (2021-22)*

●       Hockey- Monika Sihag, B.P.Ed-II, 12020602, attending Indian Hockey Camp, achieved Silver Medal in 11th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship

held at Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh from 21 Oct to 30th Oct, 2021 and achieved Gold Medal in KUK Inter- CollegeTournament held at KUK from 25th Nov to 27th Nov, 2021.

●       Boxing- Neel Kamal Singh, B.P.Ed-I, 12121638, attending Indian Camp and achieved

Gold Medal in Inter- College Tournament held at KUK, from 1st Dec to 3rd Dec, 2021.

●       Snow Ice Stock- Balpreet, B.P.Ed-I, 12121606, one Gold and 3 Bronze medals in National Championship held at Gulmarg.

●       Gymnastics- Meenakshi, B.P.Ed-I, 12121603, Asian medalist.

●       Judo (M) – Divesh, B.P.Ed-I, 12121609, International Judoka, attending India camp.

●        Judo (M) – Amit Nain, B.P.Ed-I, 12121639, International Judoka, attending India camp.

The students of our institute participated in various sports during the session and achieved the followingpositions:

●       Kurukshetra   University    Championship    in    KUK   Inter   College    Basketball                                            (M) Competition.

●       Kurukshetra University Championship in KUK Inter College Hockey (W) Competition.

●       Bronze Medal in KUK Inter College Hockey (M) Championship

●       3 Gold Medals, 1 Silver, 3 Bronze Medals in Kurukshetra University Wrestling Championship

●       1 Gold Medal, 1 Silver Medal in Kurukshetra University Boxing Championship

●       7 Gold Medals, 4 Silver, 2 Bronze Medals in Kurukshetra University Annual AthleticsChampionship

There is a long list of students of our college who achieved positions and prizes in different games

Career Guidance and Placement Cell

Incharge: - Mr. Naveen Jangra, (Associate Professor, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication)

Discipline:

Incharge: Mr. Jai Narain (Associate Prof. of Political Science)

The Discipline Committee is constituted for the maintenance of discipline in the college. The committee ensures that students obey rules and remain orderly and peaceful in the pursuant of educational objectives/goals in the college community. It also administers the consequence commensurate with offence committed by any student and encourages proper code of conduct amongthe teachers and students.

Cleanliness:

Incharge: Mr. Subhash, (Associate Prof. of Political Science)

Regular cleaning schedule in college is a must. Ensuring that college is well maintained is conducive to productivity and increases the likelihood of attracting more students, so acleanliness committee has been formed to inspect various parts of the college from time to time and take necessary measures for ensuring hygiene and cleanliness.

NCC (Boys Wing)

Incharge- Captain Ram Mehar Singh (Associate Professor of Physical Education)

●       SUO Swastik Rana participated in Independence Day Parade, 2021

●       All Cadets participated in Republic Day Parade

NCC (Girls Wing)

Name of Incharge- Ms. Yamini (Assistant Professor of Political Science)

Youth Red Cross and NSS

Overall Incharge:- Dr. Rakesh Pathak,       Associate Professor of English

Name of NSS Incharges- Dr. Rakesh Pathak(Boys) , Associate Professor of English

Ms. Akanksha Rathi (Girls), Assistant Professor of Psychology

Women Studies and Development Cell

Incharge- Ms. Rashmi Sharma (Assistant Professor of English)

The Women Cell of the college looks after the welfare of the female students, facilitates redressal of their grievances and caters to the issues/ grievances concerning female students.

Grievance Redressal Cell and Protection Cell: From Violence against Women and Sexual Harassment:

Incharge:– Dr Richa Setia

The cell aims to provide neutral, confidential and supportive environment of college community and to ensure fairly and timely resolution of sexual harassment complaints.

Legal Literacy cell

Incharge- Dr. Priti Nath (Associate Professor of Political Science)

Legal literacy cell plays a decisive role for making the students aware about theirlegal rights and duties.

Activities       conducted      by      Subject                       Societies/Teaching DepartmentsScience Society

Science    society    comprises    of   various    departments   i.e.    Physics,    Chemistry,                Botany, Biotechnology,

Zoology, Microbiology, Mathematics, Anthropology.

Department of Biotechnology

Head of Department:-Ms. Rashmi, Department of Biotechnology

Department of Botany

Head of Department:- Ms. Neelam Mandal, Associate Professor of Botany

Department of Chemistry

Head of Department:- Ms. Meenakshi Nirman, Associate Professor of Chemistry

Department of Physics

Head of Department:- Ms. Anuradha Gandhi, Associate Professor of Physics