Institutional Best Practices

2019-20

  1. Best Practice 1
  1. Title of the practice: MULTI SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
  2. Objective of the practice: Students when seek admission in B.Sc. SEM I, they come from pre-university background with multiple cultural, social, academic and financial backgrounds with either very little or no exposure to life skills. The life skills are immensely important to transform a person into personality so as to succeed in life. Therefore, through these courses, an attempt is made to give exposure to techniques of personality development and subject specific courses for their personal, social and professional development.
  3. The context: One has to go much beyond the text books so as to teach life skills which are of immense importance to bring together the social, emotional, and cognitive capacities of a person to solve problems and achieve goals. Hence, the students are introduced so as to face the life challenges. Also, they are trained in subject specific courses for professional and commercial development. The college invites experts; who teach them to develop these important skills to set goals and bounce back from failures and look for the silver lining even when they faced challenges.
  4. The practice: Personality Development aspect of this course is compulsory for all the students of SEM I. It comprises of topics like public speaking technique, importance of reading habits, legal awareness, decision making, positive thinking, health and hygiene (only for boys), woman’s reproductive system and its hygiene (only for girls), social ethics, etc. The subject specific courses, namely, Mushroom cultivation, Sericulture, Ground water prospecting, Noise pollution and its control, Water Analysis, Printed Circuit Board design & Computer Fundamentals are offered to students according to their subject groups that they select for the degree course. The curriculum or syllabi of all these courses are being designed by the respective subject coordinators who are the faculty members of the college. Theory as well as experimental or hands on training is imparted to the students by the course experts. The students have been appreciating the experimental sessions a lot and finding them to be quite useful. This week-long multi skill development programme is conducted every year at the commencement of the academic session. The resources persons are the experts from their respective fields and the college faculty is contributing voluntarily towards the cause.
  5. Evidence of success: Many students have appreciated this unique programme. At the end of the concluding session of this programme many students have expressed that they have at least learnt what are life skills and the importance of them in day to day life. Many of them have expressed a view that such an activity should be extensively conducted for at least three weeks.
  6. Problems encountered and Resources required: Many of the resource persons are experts of their field and are invited to the college. Though the suggestions given by the students to conduct this ‘multi skill development programme’ for three weeks was a very important one, looking at the academics to be completed well within the time limits, its practically impossible to devote three weeks for it and hence the college had to restrict to one week only.
  3. Best Practice 2
  1. Title of the practice: VERMICOMPOSTING FOR ORGANIC WASTE MANAGEMENT
  2. Objective of the practice: These days vermicomposting has gained a lot of popularity as compared with conventional composting as it provides a way to treat organic wastes more quickly. Vermicompost is the end-product of the breakdown of organic matter by earthworms. The compost contains reduced levels of contaminants and a higher saturation of nutrients.
  3. The context: Vermicompost contains water-soluble nutrients and it is an excellent, nutrient-rich organic fertilizer and soil conditioner. It is used in farming and small scale sustainable, organic farming. Hence, it was thought to develop a vermicomposting unit so as to dispose of the organic waste generated in the college in a useful way.
  4. The practice: The college campus is enriched with flora. The daily organic waste is generated due to fallen leaves from the green cover of the campus. To make use of this waste, the college practices vermicomposting. For this, earthworms were initially procured from Govidnyan Anusandhan Kendra, Devalapar and introduced at a proper time when the organic bed was ready which is made up of leaves, garden waste, small twigs, tree trimmings and other biological waste into the permanently constructed structure to house the enriched compost. This not only solves the problem of organic debris, but also generates rich compost which the college uses for its own garden.
  5. Evidence of success: This practice has helped the institute to train students to recycle organic waste in a productive way. The investment required is very less and the students can perform vermicomposting on their agricultural lands as well. Also, this practice has solved a problem of disposal of organic waste and the institute is getting good quality compost for its own garden.
  6. Problems encountered and Resources required: The only resources required are the earthworms. The biggest challenge is to protect the earthworms and maintain the moisture in summer when the Nagpur temperature is as high as 45-46οC for two to three weeks.

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