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REACCREDITATION REPORT
(Volume –I)
Submitted to
NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION
COUNCIL (NAAC)
BENGALURU-560 072 KARNATAKA, INDIA
By
NORTH ORISSA UNIVERSITY Sriram Chandra Vihar, Takatpur
Odisha – 757003
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PREFACE
The North Orissa University (NOU) was established in the year 1998 vide Government of
Orissa Gazette Notification No.-32930/HE dated 13th July 1998.The University is recognized by the University Grants Commission under Sections 2(f) and 12(B) of UGC Act,1956 with effect from 15.02.2000 and 21.06.2006,respecively. It is recognized by Bar
Council of India on 09/06/2004 and DEC,IGNOU/UGC/NCTE. North Orissa University is included in the list of Association of Indian Universities and Association of
Commonwealth Universities. The University is also accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore with B grade with effect from 10th
January, 2011. The territorial jurisdiction of the University covers Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar districts of northern part of Orissa. These two districts are inhabited with an
average of 63% inhabitants belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. There are 83 affiliated colleges, both general and professional, catering to the demand of higher education. As development depends crucially upon human capital, NOU shall act as a beacon light to this region so as to pull up the underprivileged youth to the national mainstream of art, culture, science and technology.
Periodic revision of curriculum and review of academic programmes have always been part of the academic functioning of the University. Comprehensive efforts in the direction of quality assurance, peer evaluation and above all students’ evaluation are also the other curricular features of this institution. The North Orissa University has built up ample infrastructure for E- Learning using ICT with 1GBPS connectivity under NKN project. It provides Internet services to the faculty, scholars and students with its 430
nodes, access to E-Journals under INFLIBNET, ProQuest, NDL,Video Courses, Spoken Tutorials by IIT, Bombay, Virtual Laboratories etc.
North Orissa University has initiated collaborative programs with several universities in India like Utkal University, Jadavpur University, IIT Madras, ISI Kolkata, KIIT University, NIT Rourkela, French Institute of Pondicherry etc. and few Universities abroad: Uppsala University, Sweden, University of Belgium, Italy under the header of European
Union(EU) and Monirba University, Canada. Few MoUs have been signed by the University with academic and research institutions and laboratories.
Presently, the faculty along with 85 research scholars are working on various funded
projects (sponsored by National/State Government Funding Agencies), some of whom are recipients of INSPIRE/Rajiv Gandhi research fellowship etc. 200 students have been
awarded Ph.D. /D.Sc./ D.Lit degrees. The output of the project works and collaborative research has been reflected in the publication profile of the faculty members. During
2011-16, 539 research articles were published in international and national journals with a citation range from 0-1092. The faculty members have published 24 books, edited 30 books and have contributed 63 book chapters as part of the research output of the University. Many of these publications have been indexed in the IEEExplore, ACM Digital Archives, Web of Science, Scopus, CiteSeer, Springer, Science Direct, Elsevier,
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EBSCO etc. The overall h- index of the university stands at 21, and the range of impact
factor of the publications is between 0 and Besides research, few faculty have also been offering consultancy services to the industries/research laboratories. In recognition to
their teaching and research profile, many faculty members have received International and National recognition like Commonwealth Fellowship (Great Britain), JSPS Fellowship
(MST Japan), DST Young Scientist (DST), Fulbright Fellowship (USA), INSA Fellowship (INSA), UGC Post Doctoral Fellowship (UGC), Scientist of the Year, Boyscast Fellowship (DST), ICAR Team Research Award (ICAR) and Pathani Samanta Award Not only has the University shaped the students academically, but also has groomed them as responsible and sensitive young citizens who care for the underprivileged and render service for community development. The National Service Scheme (NSS) wing of the university has undertaken many social activities in the surroundings and won the
Indira Gandhi National Award. Our students are selected for Republic Day Parade almost every year and actively take part in Adventure camps regularly. The students of the
University have participated in various sports and games at the national level and brought glory to its alma mater by winning many prizes in Cricket, Archery, Kabaddi, Kho-Kho etc. A University System aims at overall learning by both its teachers and students. It is not
only in a local or domain based context but also in the global arena. The final goal of this learning may be used for further research and development and intuitively for
sustaining oneself in the changing world and its requirement. The sole business of this system is to unfold Truth and discover one self. If this is done then the real discovery of
life starts. The various components of this system being, the students, the main stake holders, teachers - the facilitators, guides and the administrative wing , the coordinator
or manage working in harmony to realize the objective of the total system. The university needs to run with the participation of all these three units with full
involvement and transparency. North Orissa University situated at Sriram Chandra Vihar, Baripada, Orissa very near to Similipal the world famous reserved biosphere is a university with a vision to establish itself in the International level with regards to research and teaching and a torch bearer in education in the tribal districts of Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar. With a total of 29 Departments, out of which 24 are
operational and the others need more aspirant applicants for their full fledged functioning and several research projects in many frontiers of science and technology, it
has the aspiration to prove itself as an up-to-date and dynamic university. Disciplined and Timely examination system is an added advantage of this university. All these features have made the members of the university jubilant functionaries. In near future, this university is planning to have automation in various frontiers, fairly possible due to the 1gbps connectivity under NMEICT project with around 430 nodes . Besides academic activities it extends its social responsibility through its NSS wings driven by a group of young and dynamic programme coordinators. Let me stress that we conduct ourselves within the limits of rules and regulations and contribute ourselves in the utmost manner
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for the growth and development. Cooperation is sought from all to enhance our
International and social visibility and recognition.
CONTENTS
Particulars Page No
(SAMPLE)
Preface i-iii
Executive Summary v-xv SWOC Analysis xvi-xix
Compliance with the suggestions made by the NAAC peer team during
the last visit. xx-xxvi
Quality, Sustenance and Enhancement Measure for Successive (2nd cycle) Cycle of NAAC Accreditation
xxvii-
xxxi Profile of the University 1-9
Criterion-wise Report
Criterion I : Curricular Aspects 10-22
Criterion II : Teaching-Learning and Evaluation 23-43
Criterion III : Research, Consultancy and Extension 44-92
Criterion IV: Infrastructure and Learning Resources 93-110
Criterion V : Student Support and Progression 111-132
Criterion VI : Governance Leadership and Management 133-156
Criterion VII : Innovations and Best Practices 157-177
Declaration by the Head of the Institution 178
Annexure
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
North Orissa University was established in 1998 with a mission to impart quality
education based on up-to-date state-of-the-art curriculum. The University emphasizes on
basic and applied research in frontier areas of Science, Technology, Arts , Commerce,
Management and Law, keeping in view the global challenges and the local needs. It is
located in the Northern Part of Orissa, that covers two tribal dominated districts -
Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar. The region is lagging behind, compared to other parts of the
state. Despite all odds, to accomplish the missions, the academic policies and
programmes of the university with regard to teaching and other co-curricular and extra-
curricular activities are designed to cater to the needs of the people of this region in
particular and the country in general.
University is presently running courses in MCA, Biotechnology, MBA, MFC and
M.Sc. in Computer Science, RS and GIS, WLBC, Santali, Geology and WLBC,
Yoga and Naturopathy, Hindi, integrated B. Ed.–M. Ed. With practical based
curricula which will help for self employment of students as well as
entrepreneurship development. The University has already taken steps to open PG
courses in Agribusiness, Bengali, Disaster Management, Displacement and
Rehabilitation Management, Fisheries, Drama and Journalism and Mass
Communication.
The curricula for all the above specified courses under different streams are very
well designed and developed as per UGC guidelines with marginal (about 20%)
supplementation aligning with the mission and goal of the university. The curricula
of the UG affiliated colleges are also designed by BOS members with due approval
by the University.
Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) in PG courses has already been introduced
from 2012-13 for the interest of the inter-disciplinary students which will make
them competent at National / International level. Autonomous colleges have
already introduced CBCS at UG level from the session 2015-16 while all the
affiliated colleges have introduced it from 2016-17.
The curriculum is updated usually at an internal of 3-5 years in order to include the
latest concept/developments in the concerned subject through students’ feedback /
other stakeholders / local needs.
CRITERION 1: CURRICULAR ASPECTS
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Study tour to various research institutes, industries etc. as well as field tours / trips,
Environmental studies and IGNOU centers are facilitated by most of the
departments for curricular needs.
University has UGC sponsored special programmes like Capacity Building of
Tribal students, so that they will be computer friendly, and coaching classes for ST
/ SC / OBC / Minorities for NET / Remedial Classes / entry into services.
North Orissa University is a pioneer in imparting higher education having societal
significance. The strict adherence to academic calendar, reservation of seats as per
Government of Odisha Policy, effective student mentoring system and use of modern
teaching methods help set up the University’s benchmarks in teaching and learning. The
University is supportive in providing infrastructural facilities to teachers and students in
order to develop world class competencies. The use of LCD projectors, interactive boards,
and audio visual aids in class room, internet connectivity in library and several
departments are ready instances. The teachers of North Orissa University have set high
standards in teaching. Teachers are evaluated based on their classroom performance,
research work, their contribution to corporate life and other accomplishments through
periodical feedback. The transparency in the teacher evaluation system has gained greater
momentum among the student community. The University has been actively seeking
collaboration with research organizations all over the world with a view to meeting the
challenges of globalization on the one hand and catering to the demands of the society on
the other.
Since the last academic session, both offline and online admission has been done. The
students go through an entrance test followed by an interview in all admissions, including
PG, M.Phil and Ph.D. with a minimum eligibility of 55% marks in the qualifying
examination. The conversion from grade to percentage has a standard formula and the
results are published on the website, maintaining all transparency. Feedback from various
stakeholders like students, parents and alumni are regularly collected and analyzed and
sent to the concerned faculty for appropriate action at their end.
The university provides course outlines and course schedules prior to the
commencement of the academic session
The detailed course is accessible from the University website which is also
provided to the students by the concerned Department/teachers at the beginning of
a semester.
CRITERION II: TEACHING-LEARNING AND EVALUATION
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The academic calendar which reflects the course schedule as well as examinations
dates is notified to the students well in advance.
The effectiveness of the execution of the entire academic plan is monitored
periodically by the Staff Council at the department level as well as at the PG
Council level.
The University organizes participatory learning adopted by the faculty that
contributes to holistic development
Based on the requirements of a specific course, different teaching methodologies are
adopted by the concerned teacher to make the course more interactive and student-centric
so as to enhance the learning experience of the students. Some of the commonly adopted
participatory learning activities include:
Problem-solving assignments on different topics that require proper understanding
of a subject and its application.
Group projects that help students to develop ability for cooperative problem-
solving.
Term papers to encourage in-depth study
Seminar presentation by students on new concepts and evolving areas.
Open class-room quizzes that instill competitiveness among the students.
Group discussions on current trends which help in building confidence and
leadership among students.
Field trips that add to on-site exposure and experience
The university invites experts / eminent persons to deliver lectures /seminars for
students
Subject experts and visiting professors from reputed institutions are invited at
regular intervals for delivering lectures at the departmental level.
Special lectures by eminent personalities, social workers and artists are arranged
by the University.
Invited lecture series are arranged for visiting fellows from abroad
UGC sponsored seminars/conferences are organized for faculty and students.
Workshops sponsored by the State Governments and other agencies are also
organized on topics of local relevance, curriculum design, skill-development, etc.
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The University encourages blended-learning by using e-learning resources
The University encourages the use of e-learning contents to the extent possible. Access to
different e-resources is made possible through the NME-ICT project of MHRD, Govt. of
India. Some of the teachers use PPTs and a variety of e-resources during class-room
teaching which is also shared with the students.
Steps taken by the university to orient traditional classrooms into 24x7 learning
places
Students are kept engaged through projects and term papers beyond normal class-
hours.
Field trips/study tours are arranged for onsite experience wherever necessary.
Study materials are shared with the students through emails which can be
accessed anytime at the convenience of the students.
Provisions made to provide to mentors/ advisors for each class or group of students
for academic, personal and psycho-social guidance
Each class is divided into equal-size groups and a group is assigned to a proctor
who interacts with the students once in a week and provides necessary guidance
on academic matters.
Beside this, students can approach the assigned proctor anytime for counseling
and guidance on academic as well as personal matters.
The Career and Placement Assistance Cell provides necessary career guidance to
the students. It also assists the students in their placement.
There is a student advisory committee which works towards maintaining
discipline in the campus by counseling the students whenever there is
dissatisfaction among the students on any issue.
Innovative teaching approaches/methods/practices adopted/put to use by the faculty
during the last five years
Use of ICT-enabled teaching is encouraged for effective teaching- learning experience.
Efforts have been made for participatory learning which helps in realizing an agile
learning environment rather than a monotonous one-way teaching.
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Presentation of case studies has proved to be quite effective in enabling the
students to deal with practical problems.
The University creates a culture of instilling and nurturing creativity and scientific
temper among the learners
Research students are given a forum to present their research findings.
Students are encouraged to give seminar talks and participate in group discussions
which enhance their confidence and presentation skill.
Students’ magazines are promoted at different levels: P.G. Council,
Departmental Wall Magazine.
Different competitions are organized at different levels.
A student initiated talent search is organized every year to identify talents and
promote creativity among students.
Faculty engaged in facilitating project works
The faculty members use their contacts to arrange student projects in reputed
organizations.
Teachers also monitor the progress/outcome of the projects undertaken by the
students in different organizations.
The University has a well-qualified pool of human resources to meet the
requirements of the curriculum
The University has a well-qualified pool of human resources both young and experienced
who spearhead all academic activities.
Over a period of time the number has gone down but the University is taking
initiative to fill-up the deficiencies as far as possible.
University has also taken steps to engage retired teachers, external experts to meet
the requirements of different academic programmes.
Faculty prepared for computer-aided teaching/ learning materials
Each department has computers to prepare audio-visual contents on different topics and
use those in the class-rooms with the help of multi-media projectors. Study materials are
being sent to students via email and/or uploaded on faculty web pages.
Mechanism for the evaluation of teachers by the students
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Students give their feedback on teachers’ effectiveness in teaching through
feedback forms.
The alumni are given opportunity to express their views on the curriculum in
general and suggest changes in order to make the curriculum more competitive
and job oriented.
ITERION 1II: RESEARCH, CONSULTANCY AND EXTENSION
Ample research opportunities are provided to the Faculty and students, so as to retain them
by providing seed money, setting up multi-disciplinary research centers like Centre for
Similipal Research Centre, Global Warming Reduction Centre and Centre for Tribal Art
and Culture to foster a sense of belongingness of the local people to this academic HUB.
Research collaborative work with faculty of neighboring state, West Bengal’s Jadavpur
University and NIT, Rourkela, IIT Kharagpur, KIIT University, French Institute of
Pondicherry is active presently. Also, the NSS Wing of the University needs mention here,
with extraordinary performance , achieving self-imposed targets, dayin and dayout.
The infrastructure facility existing in the University is more than sufficient for the sound
academic needs of the students and researchers. However, specialized research labs for the
faculty still needs improvement. The various academic blocks, administrative building and
the library are connected via high speed internet over a bandwidth of 1Gbps and around
430 systems, provided by NMEICT, Govt. of India. Also, Wi-Fi is installed in these
buildings, enabling an alternate and complete connectivity, costing Rs.20 Lakhs. An
additional Rs.13 Lakhs has been sanctioned by UGC for providing Wi-Fi connectivity to
the Hostels, convention Hall and Guest house. A 1000 seated Convention Hall with an
annexure of 200 seated Seminar Hall and 4 Girls Hostels with a capacity of 510 and 2
Boys Hostels with a capacity of 100, a full- fledged Gymnasium, a Dispensary, a Canteen,
a Playground, a central Library, a 50 seated Computer Centre are the infrastructure
facilities provided by the University.
To facilitate extra-curricular and enhanced learning by the faculty and students, a well
established reference section is developed in the Library and the departments are
encouraged to setup a special departmental library, in addition to the e-resources provided
by ProQuest, INFLIBNET and National Digital Library. Digitized study materials and
Theses, e-books, e-journals and OPAC system.
CRITERION III: RESEARCH, CONSULTANCY AND EXTENSION
CRITERION 1V: INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEARNING RESOURCES
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Wi-Fi connectivity has been provided to the student Hostels. A 1000 seated Convention
Hall with an annexure of 200 seated Seminar Hall and 4 Girls Hostels with a capacity of
510 and 2 Boys Hostels with a capacity of 100, a full- fledged Gymnasium, a Dispensary, a
Canteen, a Playground, a central Library, a 50 seated Computer Centre are the
infrastructure facilities provided by the University. The Computer centre is equipped with
the latest software required by the students/research scholars and also printing, scanning
and copying facilities. A well established reference section is developed in the Library and
the departments are encouraged to setup a special departmental library, in addition to the
e-resources provided by ProQuest, INFLIBNET and National Digital Library, Digitized
study materials and Theses, e-books, e-journals and OPAC system.
Significant percentage of students of the University’s affiliated colleges, who passed their
bachelors have taken admission into the PG course; the progression from PG to M.Phil
with a 45.4 % and M.Phil to Ph.D at 60.19 %, showing the continued academic interest of
the students and a sense of trust in the University system, which showcases the utility of
an academic institution in this tribal region.
The governance of the University begins with His Excellency the Governor of Odisha, as
Chancellor at the helm. The Vice Chancellor as the Principal Executive Officer is vested with authority and responsibilities well delineated in the statues of the North Orissa University (NOU). The statues and ordinances also provide for the powers and duties of
various administrative officers such as Registrar, Comptroller of finance and Controller of Examinations. The North Orissa University has the organizational hierarchy statutory
bodies like the Senate, Syndicate, Academic Council, faculties, Finance Committee, Board of Studies including Board of Research Studies. Such a structure in addition to lending checks and balances in functioning enables util ization of collective wisdom in
decision making. The North Orissa University is a leading institute of Odisha, localized to its Northern districts Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar that has 84 affiliated colleges. Its
vision is “To be an academic institution in dynamic equilibrium with its social, ecological and economic environment, striving continuously for excellence in education, research and technological service to the nation”. To achieve its visions, NOU has adopted an
elegant administrative system that has been summarized as follows:
The day to day administrative and academic governance of North Orissa University is undertaken through various statutory bodies in accordance with the Orissa Universities Statutes 1990 and Orissa Universities Act 1989. The structure of these bodies is shaped
as per the provisions laid down in the statute. (2) The syndicate of the university is the highest decision making body of the university. (3) The senate comprising of members
from within and outside the university system is an important decision making body of
CRITERION V: STUDENT SUPPORT AND PROGRESSION
CRITERION VI: GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
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the university. (4) There is the academic council which takes all vital decisions pertaining to academic matters of the university. (5) Similarly, the University finance committee
(based on the Orissa University Accounts manual) serves as a point of taking vital financial decisions in the day to day life of the university. This apart, the finance
committee also takes several decisions in the financial management of the university. (6) Indeed, the meetings of syndicate, senate, academic council, finance committee are convened as and when required. All these help to take healthy decisions and as per the
provisions laid down in the various rules, regulations, policy guidelines etc in a transparent manner. All these are indicative of a sound university management system.
North Orissa University has decentralized its governance and leadership systems to accommodate its members from diverse fields and social standing. It has overcome the
social status and gender bias to demolish the inequality in the administrative and governance system of the University. To list some of these systems, the university has (i)
E governance system, (ii) subject research committees allow quick and easy submission of projects, (iii) Grievance and RTI cells are operating to respond to the people’s queries and grievances, (iv) The examination cell is centralized to avoid delays in examinations
and publication of results. Further, the university has adopted (v) Choice based credit system (CBCS) in its syllabus and (vi) fine tuned the admission processes for PG, M.Phil
and Pre-PhD courses, (vii) Adopted online application system to facilitate easy and fair admission processes. Nevertheless, the University is conducting good practices such as (viii) Free NET and (ix) remedial coaching classes to help its students overcome their
difficulties, (x) proctorial classes to help the students overcome their day to day problems and weekly seminar by faculties of various disciplines from the university and invited
professionals under the header of ‘NOU Connect’. In a nutshell, the NOU has adopted the governance, leadership and management system
of the best central Universities of India to be an excellent academic institute of India.
North Orissa University has taken steps towards making it an eco-friendly campus by
promoting energy conservation and efforts to stop carbon emission. Hazardous waste
management and e-Waste management process is in practice. In the innovation front, the
University has introduced path breaking courses like Master in Disaster Management,
Master in Management of Displacement Resettlement and Rehabilitation, Master in
Drama and M.A. in Yoga and Naturopathy. The University employs a Personal Advisory
System in every academic department. For the self development of the students,
University promotes activities through NSS, Director of Students Welfare, Continuing and
Adult Education, Gender Sensitization Programme, Equal Opportunity Cell and Career
and Counseling Cell etc.
The University adopts Best practices like conducting “NOUConnect” Sessions regularly to
foster growth of knowledge base in the University by sharing inter-disciplinary knowledge
CRITERION VII: INNOVATION AND BEST PRACTICES
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among teachers and research scholars. Eminent personalities and sub ject experts from
various domains are invited to give lectures in those sessions which are aimed to
encourage incubation, innovation, collaboration and dissemination of knowledge. Another
Best practice that the University adopted is “Online Admission Application System” with
a motto to facilitate students applying for admission “Any Where Any Time on Any
Device”. This web based platform is used for gathering online application, data collection
and effective administration. Book Exhibition and Research Scholar conclave are the other
best practices the university is following.
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SWOC ANALYSIS (Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Challenges)
Akin to any educational institution, the North Orissa University also has some things to state about its strengths and weaknesses, as we believe in “None is Perfect”. It has a great potential
for growth and development, in spite of the geographical, social and economic challenges it
faces and needs to overcome. The exercise of self introspection is necessary for identifying the strengths and weaknesses forming the basis for improvement. Even after the completion
of this exercise, there may still remain some lacunae, those need to be worked upon at a later time.
Strengths The well-spaced location of the University expanding across 100 acres, is easily
reachable from any part of the town. This vast area of land has been donated by
Maharani Takhat Kumari. The total 100 mtrs of road in the front of the University, named the University road is flanked by educat ional institutions and private messes
on either side. People are welcomed by a huge and beautiful entrance gate and a well managed front
garden.
The inside of the main campus is well vegetated with various trees, including medicinal plants. Also in front of the Administrative Block, very old mango trees,
yielding sweet variety of mango fruits can be seen
University is committed to academic excellence and social impact and development of the tribal region of the twin districts of Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar.
It has very dedicated Faculty and committed and hardworking non-teaching staff.
Also the faculty are innovative and creative and continually strive to keep the academic atmosphere active and keep submitting proposals to various funding
agencies like DST, DBT, UGC, BRICS etc. Some of them have a D.Sc/D. Litt. or Post-doc qualifications. Our faculty are also well recognized in their domain, both in
the National and International arena. A couple of Patents are also available to their
credit. The atmosphere of the University is generally peaceful and the students law-abiding
and we cannot but boast that there never has been any violent situation, due to which
it was closed. It is the only University in the state which has collaboration with the European
Union, leading to the selection of 5 researchers; two faculty, 1 post-doc, 1 Ph.D scholar and 1 PG dissertation, under the EMINTE Action P lan 2 programme.
Also, collaborative research is being carried out with various reputed
educational/research institutions like National Remote Sensing Centre(NRSC), Hyderabad, Utkal University, Jadavpur University, IIT Madras, ISI Kolkata, French
Institute of Pondicherry, NIT, Rourkela, etc., to name a few.
The academic calendar is prepared by the PG Council in coordination with the Examination Committee and passed by the Academic Council in order to ensure
timely completion of the courses, including regular students’ seminars and tutorials
and also timely completion of Examinations and publication of results. Most Departments have fairly good infrastructure and appropriate ICT facility for
teaching and scientific laboratories and virtual tutorials.
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Online resources in terms of ProQuest, National Digital Library and
INFLIBNET are being provided to satiate the learning thirst of both the faculty and students.
Handouts of lectures, bibliographic information, course materials, tutorial and
assignment sheets and book chapters are also distributed amongst the students. Departments have been funded by UGC-SAP, DST-FIST, DST and DBT
during the last five years. Periodic revision of syllabi, modifications catering to the requirements of CBCS
syllabus and yearly goals as decided by the IQAC and CDC have added to the
strength of the University. Academic Audit and Self-appraisal mechanism for faculty helps in monitoring
and maintaining the quality.
Functioning of E-governance system facilitating effective and smooth administrative management of the University
Adequate Green-Audit, sensitization towards issues of gender and caste-based oppression, voluntary activities of students are some healthy practices that mark the
strength of extracurricular profile of the University.
Collecting and archiving old texts and invaluable manuscripts and publishing those pertaining to poetry, mythology and folklore in Odia and Sanskrit are some
special features of the University
Three centers of excellence namely, Centre for Similipal Studies, Global Reduction Warming Centre and Centre for Tribal Art and Culture have been
functional, with their own annual agenda of activities highlighting inter-disciplinary
research and innovation, societal responsibility and people research perspectives prevalent in the University.
Weaknesses
Though the students are admitted through an entrance examination, the intake is incomparable to those of other urban universities like Ravenshaw and Utkal
Universities.
Complete automation of the admission process is not possible because of the rural regions, where connectivity is an issue. So, both offline and online have to continue
till all the villages of, especially Keonjhar district are well connected. Lack of seed fund for research in some of the domains.
In spite of the earnest attempts made by the university administration, the best of
faculty in senior positions seems a difficult task. The town of Baripada is not connected by rail, which remains a major hindrance to
important academic and professional communication links.
The University raising the cost of education and other student facilities in order to maintain the desirable standard of services, cannot be considered looking at the GDP
of the region. Rising number of vacancies in various Postgraduate Departments due to frequent
movement of faculty from the University for better (urban) positions, as well as
change in administrative officers, for instance COE and Registrar impaired the functioning to some extent.
Few Departments have failed to meet the criterion of the minimum faculty number of
6 and for that reason alone, they failed to apply for renewal of UGC-SAP funding under DRS.
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Vacancies those remaining unfilled in the non-teaching employees also amount to
administrative burden on the existing staff as well as teachers. This affects both administration and academics adversely.
Opportunities
There is a saying that “People unite in Adversity” and “Man’s real worth is tested only in Adversity”. Both are proved true in the case of North Orissa University, as it is vested
with the responsibility of spreading higher education in a remote, unconnected tribal
region, this opportunity is being utilized for promoting local language and its traditions and culture and spreading awareness about various malpractices prevalent in the society.
It has explored the opportunities of applying for special funding schemes of RUSA and
also taken the advantage of the Similipal biosphere and set up the Centre for Similipal Studies, a multi-disciplinary research center in coordination with the RCCF. Under it’s
aegis, an innovative Handmade Paper Production unit is being setup. It also works on promoting value education to the students through Vivekananda study
circle, Sri Aurobindo Study Circle, Institute of Gandhian studies and Ishwariya
Bramhakumari Vishwavidyalaya, which are all available in Baripada town. Short courses on Art of Living and Rajayoga meditation are conducted to instill stress
free living techniques in them.
The University also collaborated with Jadavpur University’s CV Raman institute of Research in Speech and Music to organize an International Symposium on Frontiers of
Research in Speech and Music (FRSM) on 11-12 November, 2016. With the help of NSS volunteers the local/rural population is facilitated with Medical
camps( gynecology , rheumatism, eye, blood donation), personal hygiene and pre and
post-natal care, adoption of nearby village(s), anti-witchcraft, child marriages, girl education, self-defense training, to name a few important ones.
Challenges
The biggest challenge at Baripada is attracting the prospective recruiters for conducting
campus selection. So, placement activities are conducted in a cluster for all colleges and
including the University, in the University itself. Communication skill of students still remains a major bottleneck for their recruitment.
Steps are being taken to rigorously improve the same. Limited funds and hence no seed money for young researchers is one of the reasons for
mobility of faculty to other Universities.
Infrastructure and hence funds for individual’s lab setup need some focus. A majority of the students coming from rural-based, underprivileged families face the
handicap of poor English knowledge and inadequate speaking skills even as they have
great potential for learning. The University tries its very best to develop the soft-skill abilities and personality of its students and inculcate in them self -confidence through
curricular activities like seminars and project works. It is difficult to retain faculty, as there is no higher/professional educational scope at
Baripada for their college going children. So, weekend/vacation mobility to and from
Bhubaneswar could not be avoided.
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COMPLIANCE WITH THE SUGGESTIONS MADE BY THE
NAAC PEER TEAM DURING THE LAST VISIT
Recommendation-1: Implementation of Reforms in academic, examinations and
administration (semester system in UG, continuous evaluation, CBCS, add-on courses)
Compliance -1:
CBCS system is being followed in PG since 2013
Current academic session in UG
Two internal assessment examinations, whose average would be finally considered
for award of Grade
Regular class tests and home assignments
Add-on courses, in terms of additional electives and a wide range of courses to
choose from for CBCS pattern implementation has been adopted
Various Schools have been designated and the SFC courses have been tagged under
a related Regular department
Recommendation-2: Regular academic audit of the University as well as affiliated
colleges and better mechanism to evaluate performance of non-teaching staff.
Compliance - 2:
An academic audit team has been constituted comprising of the Vice-Chancellor,
Chairman, PG Council and an external member for PG departments.
The academic audit for UG has been outsourced.
Formats for audit have been zeroed- in and decided to conduct twice in a year or once
per semester.
For non-teaching staff also, a performance appraisal system has been started similar
to the CCR for faculty, to enable promotions and increments.
Recommendation-3: Major improvement of Library resources including online access to
e-journals and campus wide access to high speed internet facility.
Compliance – 3:
The Central Library is partially automated.
MoU with INFLIBNET and facility of e-resources from PROQUEST
The SOUL 2.0 software installed
Data entry of books, theses and journals in progress
Annual book exhibitions are held, to facilitate both the faculty and students
The process of circulation of books will be started through SOUL 2.0 soon.
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Planning for digitization of reading materials and internet facility to all users
Circulation of books through RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)
Preparation of institutional repository
Organization of seminars and conferences
CCTV surveillance system
e-journals and e-books
86 Indian, 1 Foreign, 8 peer reviewed journals, 20 magazines, 149 theses and 400
CDs
Recommendation-4: Major efforts are required for resource mobilization, equitable
allocation to departments and its utilization. A corpus fund may be established.
Compliance - 4:
Financial resources are being mobilized in terms of seminar/workshop sponsoring
Academic leave sanction to attend 1-month long refresher/orientation courses
Sponsoring of some(limited) faculty’s international academic trips
E-resources and internet facility for all faculty and students
Common Computing Facility with the required/latest software for Research
Each department is provided some seed money (10%) for its expenditure, which is
auditable
Established a corpus fund of Rs.1 Crore
Recommendation-5: Major efforts are required to enhance the ambience for sustained
research including fund allocation, creation and upgradation of research facilities and
providing incentives.
Compliance – 5:
Three research centers to cater to the research thirst of faculty and scholars involving
multi-disciplinary research and hence research culture that would help in harmony and
retaining younger faculty in this small town.
1. Centre for Similipal Studies
2. Global Warming Reduction centre
3. Centre for Tribal Art and Culture
Recommendation – 6: Infrastructure needs major expansion including facilities for
sports, hostels, residence and health.
Compliance – 6:
Gymnasium for both girls and boys
Play ground
Badminton courts in Hostels
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Proposal for indoor stadium
Limited faculty/staff residence
Two retired medical practitioners are regularly visiting both the girls and boys
hostels
Dispensary is in the pipeline
Convention Hall with capacity of 1500
An addendum of 200 capacity seminar hall
Retiring rooms in the First floor
Recommendation-7: Community outreach programmes
Compliance – 7:
An NSS unit of the University is very active with its multifarious community outreach activities:
Village adoption
Anti-witchcraft campaign
AIDS and Organ donation awareness
Beti Padhao-Beti bachao – self-defense training workshop, Street Plays and Poster
Designing
Cyclone (Phailin) related work – sanitation , defumigation, food supply, medical
facility
Rathyatra-related voluntary work
Blood donation camps – annually
Free Eye and Rheumatism checkup camps
Recommendation – 8: Serious shortage of faculty and staff.
Compliance – 8:
Existing vacancies both in the faculty category and non-teaching staff have been filled up
Recommendation – 9: Develop a comprehensive vision and action plan for future
development.
Compliance – 9:
Complete Wi-Fi campus
Fully-automated Library
Examination and Evaluation- automation
e-governance
Staff Residence
Indoor auditorium
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Opening of more academic departments
Talking Books and Braille interfaces
Recommendation – 10: Strengthening of the IQAC for further enhancement of
academic and administrative activities.
Compliance – 10:
The IQAC cell of the university is active with its action plan for the future , more aggressive than before, as seen in sec. 6.5 of the this document.
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QUALITY SUSTENANCE AND ENHANCEMENT MEASURES FOR
SUCCESSIVE CYCLE OF NAAC ACCREDITATION
1. Review Policies for Quality Sustenance and Enhancement
2. Internal Quality Assurance Cell
The IQAC zeroed- in on the following for enhancement and assurance of quality in
teaching, research and extension services of North Orissa University:
1. Steps may be taken for effective implementation of CBCS in UG programmes from
the Session 2016-17.
2. The CBCS syllabus may be revised as per UGC guidelines.
3. Periodic academic audit may be conducted to improve the quality of various
activities taking place in the campus.
4. The Biotechnology and Economics Departments shall take immediate steps to apply
for grants under UGC-SAP.
5. The available e-resources are to be publicized.
6. Best Record in Research publication–one in Arts and Management and another in
Science be rewarded.
7. Steps may be taken for instituting University Research fellowship to one research
scholar in each regular department for a maximum period of 3 years.
8. Steps may be taken for online application for entrance test for all departments from
the session 2016-17.
9. Coding of scripts for internal evaluation of end semester examinations (even
semester) of regular departments shall be introduced for fair and impartial valuation.
10. Feed-back forms be obtained from different stakeholders (students /alumni/parents)
for assessment.
11. The University Website be redesigned and updated.
12. There shall be two internal examinations in each semester and the average mark of
two shall be taken into account for result and that shall be effective from 2016.
13. To conduct seminars on quality enhancement and assurance in higher education.
14. To organize seminars, workshops and colloquiums in different departments for
updating the knowledge base of the students, research scholars and faculty members
of the University.
15. To implement e-governance in financial and administrative matters.
16. To expand the physical infrastructure of the Departments and the University offices.
17. To conduct skill development programmes so as to improve efficiency of the
supporting staff of the University.
18. To organize faculty development programmes for enhancing the knowledge base of
the faculty members of the University and its affiliated colleges.
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2. Statutory Administrative Mechanisms of the University for Review and Reforms
For efficient administration, the University has provision of various committees and teams, each performing its own functions or assigned tasks, viz., Departmental Teachers
Council, Post Graduate Council, Accounts section headed by the Comptroller of Finance, Establishment Section headed by the Registrar, Examination Committee, Finance Committee, the Academic Council, the Senate and the Syndicate and the Vice Chancellor.
The organization chart is Annexed.
Also, various functional and working committees exist, the functions of which are evident from their name, as follows: Website and Automation, Rand D cell , Infrastructure and Building, Tender and Purchase, Accommodation and Space, Grievance Redressal,
Advisory Committees, PMU advisory for RUSA, UGC, Library, DDCE Advisory and Working , Sports Council, Gold Medal, Canteen, Security, Administrative/Efficiency
Audit ,Wage, Publication, Diary, Instrumentation Maintenance, Placement Cell, Garden and Beautification, NAAC, Cultural Affairs, Women Studies and Sexual Harassment Cell and Internal Complaints Committee, Student Counseling and Grievance Cell and Campus
Discipline etc.
3. Measures to meet Developmental Needs for Quality Sustenance and
Enhancement
Extension works in infrastructure development was possible due to the availability of
RUSA Fund. Extra Gents hostel, an Indoor stadium, seed fund for research laboratory setup, an Academic Staff College etc.
4. Measures for the Professional Development of Teachers and Ministerial Staff
FDPs and SDPs with special emphasis on general skills in their respective domains, Computer skills, Language skills, professional communicative
English and other required orientation programmes. One each award for the best publication for the faculty of science and arts. Instituting Chairs in other departments
5. Measures for Societal Development through Community Outreach for Quality
Sustenance
Community Participation is ensured by activities initiated by NSS wing, NOU students
union and the Department of Social Work in the neighborhood slums and villages both by regular programmes and by conducting special Camps. These activities also offers
community participation through street plays, awareness rallies, promotion of drawing/poster making competitions amongst local schools. The Centre for Similipal Studies has also taken initiative to start a Hand made Paper and Printing unit, which is
not only a resource (forest) utilization technology, but also provides employment to local people.
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SELF-STUDY REPORT
PROFILE OF THE UNIVERSITY
1. Name and Address of the University:
Name North Orissa university
Address: Sriram Chandra Vihar, Takatpur
City: Baripada
Website: www.nou.nic.in
For Communication:
Designation Name
Telephone
with
STD Code
Mobile Fax Email
Vice Chancellor
Prof. Prafulla Kumar Mishra
06792-
255127
9437570288 06792-255127
Registrar Sri Sadananda Nayak
06792-
256906
9437149660 06792-256906
Chairperson, PG Council
Prof. M. HimaBindu
06792-
255013
9861569675 06792-255127
Director,
IQAC
Prof. Jagannath
Lenka
9437365195 06792-
255127
Co-ordinator, NAAC
Prof. M. HimaBindu
9861569675 06792-255127
3. Status of the University:
State University
4. Type of University:
Affiliating
5. Source of funding: State Government
6. a. Date of establishment of the university: 13th July, 1998
b. Prior to the establishment of the university, was it a/an
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i. PG Centre
ii. Affiliated College iii. Constituent College
iv. Autonomous College v. Any other (please specify ………………
If yes, give the date of establishment …………………… (dd/mm/yyyy)
7. Date of recognition as a university by UGC or any other national agency:
Under Section dd mm yyyy Remarks
i. 2 f of UGC* 15 02 2000
ii. 12 B of UGC * 21 06 2006
iii. 3 of UGC #
iv. Any other: Bar Council 09 06 2004
* Enclose certificate of recognition. Enclosure No.1
# Enclose notification of MHRD and UGC for all courses /programmes/campus/ campuses.
^ Enclose certificate of recognition by any other national agency/agencies, if any.
8. Has the university been recognized a. By UGC as a University with Potential for Excellence?
No
b. For its performance by any other governmental agency?
No
9. Does the university have off-campus centre?
Yes, Keonjhar extension centre.
If yes, date of establishment: 19/12/2014
date of recognition : 19/12/2014 10. Does the university have off-shore campuses?
No
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11. Location of the campus and area:
Location Campus area in
acres
Built up area in
sq. mts
i. Main campus area Baripada 98.00
ii. Other campus in
the country
Keonjhar 13.05
iii. Campuses abroad NIL
(* Urban)
If the university has more than one campus, it may submit a consolidated self-study report reflecting the activities of all the campuses.
12. Provide information on the following: In case of multi-campus University, please provide campus-wise information.
Auditorium/seminar complex with infrastructural facilities
The University has a Convention Hall, with all modern infrastructural
facilities, with a capacity OF 1500 and an auxiliary seminar hall, with a
capacity of 200, separable into two sub-halls.
Sports facilities
∗ Playground: Yes (Area: 29,932 Sq.Mtrs) ∗ Swimming pool: No
∗ Gymnasium: Yes
∗ Any other (please specify) :
1. Athletic tracks and field
2. Football Play field
3. Volley Ball Play field
4. Indoor Stadium ( in a nearby affiliated college)
Hostel
* Boys’ hostel:
i. Number of hostels: 02
ii. Number of inmates: 100
iii Facilities: All rooms are well furnished, Mess on payment basis.
Water geyser TV, News paper, Magazine Water Purifier cum Cooler
Sports Ground and a Volley ball field Fans and Lights
Girls’ hostel
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i. Number of hostels : 04
ii. Number of inmates: 510
iii. Facilities: All rooms are well furnished Mess on payment basis.
Dining hall with requisite furniture Water geyser TV, News paper, Magazine
Water Purifier cum Cooler Fans and Lights
Badminton Court Guest room Visitor’s hall
Working women’s hostel
i. Number of hostels: Not available.
Residential facilities for faculty and non-teaching :
There are a few residential quarters available in the campus for
employees. The remaining is being planned.
Cafeteria : Canteen is available
Health centre – Nature of facilities available – inpatient, outpatient,
ambulance, emergency care facility, etc. Also Doctors visit the Hostels,
especially the Girls Hostel 4 days in a week.
Following facilities are provided by health centre:
Examination of patient and dispensing of medicine during OPD hour.
Medical examination of incoming University employees.
Free Medical treatment along with free medicine(limited) are provided to
the students
Work as field doctor during sports activities.
Banking and Postal facility is available inside the campus.
There is a Branch of Bank of India and a Post office in the University
Campus Facilities for persons with disabilities:
There is a facility of ramp in each of the buildings.
Waste management facility: The waste materials from various departments
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and sections are disposed off from time to time as per the procedure laid
down by authority. (As per Bio and Polymer and e-waste management
guidelines)
13. Number of institutions affiliated to the university
Type of colleges Total Permanent Temporary
Arts, Science, Home-Science and Commerce 82 YES
Law 02 YES
Medicine (Pharmacy)
Engineering
Education 01 YES
Management 01 YES
Others (specify and provide details)
14. Does the University Act provide for conferment of autonomy (as recognized by the
UGC) to its affiliated institutions? If yes, give the number of autonomous colleges under the jurisdiction of the University
Yes Number 03
15. Furnish the following information:
Particulars Number Number of Students
a. University Departments Undergraduate
Post graduate Research centres on the campus
09
24 03
8234
1250
b. Constituent colleges
c. Affiliated College 80
d. College under 2(f) 03
e. College under 2(f) and 12B 54
f. NAAC accredited colleges 21
g. Colleges with potential for Excellence (UGC) Nil
h. Autonomous colleges 03
i. Colleges with Postgraduate Departments 02
j. Colleges with Research Departments 01
k. University recognized Research Institutes/Centers 01
For the list of Colleges under 2(f) and 12 (B) see Enclosure-II
16. Does the university conform to the specification of Degrees as enlisted by the
UGC?
Yes
If the university uses any other nomenclatures, please specify. NONE
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17. Academic programmes offered by the university departments at present, under the
following categories: (Enclose the list of academic programmes offered)
Programmes Number
UG 09
PG 24
Integrated Masters 01
M.Phil. 13
Ph.D 18
Programmes Number
Integrated Ph.D NIL
Certificate 01
Diploma NIL
PG Diploma NIL
Any other (please specify) Advance
Diploma
NIL
Total 01
List of Academic Programmes offered
M.Sc : 14 (List Enclosed)
MCA : Computer Application(01)
MLIS : Library and information science(01)
MA : 10
Integrated: B.Ed-M.Ed (01)
LLM : Law (02)
M.B.A : Business Management ( Marketing and Finance)(01)
Certificate : Certificate Course in Computers
18. Number of working days during the last academic year 215
19. Number of teaching days during the past four academic years.
Sr. No. Academic Session Number of teaching days
1 2012-13 230
2 2013-14 220
3 2014-15 225
4 2015-16 215
20. Does the university have a department of Teacher Education? YES
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a. Year of establishment: 2016 b. NCTE recognition details (if applicable) Notification No: 206.5.42/NCTE/ERCAPP2664/3 Year Integrated B.Ed-
M.Ed.Programme/2015/44275
Date: 03/03/2016
Please see enclosure
22. In the case of Private and Deemed Universities, please indicate whether professional programmes are being offered?
Not applicable
23. Has the university been reviewed by any regulatory authority? If so, furnish a copy of the report and action taken there upon.
NAAC (B in 2011) ; Department of Higher Education, Odisha
24. Number of positions in the university
Positions
Teaching Faculty Non-
Teaching
staff
Technical
staff Professor Associate
Professor
Assistant
Professor
Sanctioned by the UGC/University/State
Government Recruited
Yet to recruit
07
02
14
-
21
02
64
06
04
-
Number of persons working on contract basis
-
-
-
-
-
25. Qualifications of the teaching staff
Highest Qualification Professor Associate Professor
Assistant
Professor Total
Male Female Male Female Male Female
Permanent Teachers
D.Sc./D.Litt 01 01 02
Ph.D. 04 01 10 01+
03(R) 15 04 38
M.Phil
PG 04 01 10 01+
03(R) 15 04 38
Temporary teachers
Ph.D. Nil Nil Nil Nil 07 02 09
M.Phil 27
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PG 27
Part-time teachers
Ph.D.
Highest Qualification Professor Associate Professor
Assistant
Professor Total
Male Female Male Female Male Female
M.Phil 04
PG
26. Emeritus, Adjunct and Visiting Professor.
Emeritus Adjunct Visiting
Number nil 03 15
27. Chairs Instituted by the University.
Department Chair
SANSKRIT Taking steps to institute
Sri Aurobindo Applied to UGC
28. Students enrolled in the university departments during the current academic year,
with the following details: ANNUAL REPORT
Students UG PG Integrated
asters
M.Phil Ph.D Integrated
PhD.
D.Litt,
/D.Sc.
Certi
ficate
Dipl
oma
PG Dipl
oma
*M *
F *M *F
*
M *F
*
M *F
*
M
*
F
*
M *F
*
M
*
F
*
M
*
F
*
M
*
F
*
M
*
F
From the state where
the university is located
20656 (Total)
73+147+MSc+
M.Tech
112+
281+
MSc
+ MTe
c
50
total
24
+9
29+
22 33 36
Facu
lty
From other
states of India 10
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NRI Students
Foreign Students
Total
*M-Male *F-Female
29. ‘Unit cost’ of education
(Unit cost = total annual recurring expenditure (actual) divided by total number of students enrolled)
(a) including the salary component = Rs. 4805/-
(b) excluding the salary component = Rs. 3933/-
30. Academic Staff College : NO
31. Does the university offer Distance Education Programmes (DEP)? YES
32. Does the university have a provision for external registration of students? YES If yes, how many students avail of this provision annually?
The facility of external registration is available in selected departments and
for Fellowship holders from recognized Research Centres. The intake capacity
for this purpose is not prescribed.
33. Is the university applying for Accreditation or Re-Assessment?
The University is applying for Re-Accreditation.
If Accreditation, name the cycle.
Accreditation: Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Cycle 3
34. Date of accreditation* (applicable for Cycle 2, Cycle 3, Cycle 4 and re-assessment only)
Cycle 1: 8th January, 2011
Copies of Accreditation Certificates and Peer team result are enclosed
35. Does the university provide the list of accredited institutions under its jurisdiction on its website? Provide details of the number of accredited affiliated / constituent /
autonomous colleges under the university. YES
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36. Date of establishment of Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) and dates of submission of Annual Quality Assurance Reports (AQAR).
IQAC : 01/09/2009
AQAR: 03/11/2010 for 2009-10
02/05/2011 for 2010-11
07/10/2016 for 2011-12
07/10/2016 for 2012-13
21/10/2016 for 2013-14
21/10/2016 for 2014-15
21/10/2016 for 2015-16
37. Any other relevant data, the university would like to include (not exceeding one page)
Centres of Excellence
Centre for Similipal Studies
Global Warming Reduction Centre
Centre for Tribal Art and Culture
CBCS system – Choice based Credit System has been implemented in the
University since 2013 for PG students and also in all the constituent colleges
from this academic session.
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CRITERION 1: CURRICULAR ASPECTS
1.1Curriculum
Design and
Development
1. North Orissa University, offers UG / PG / M. Tech. / M. Phil. / Ph.D. courses pertaining to Arts / Science / Commerce and Management streams. Besides 3 autonomous colleges and 82 colleges offering UG and PG courses are also affiliated to this University. Different professional courses like Bachelor of Law (LL.B.), Ayurved, Homeopathy, Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.), B. Ed. (Special Education for Visually Impaired) courses at UG level, M. Tech. in Computer applications are also provided in various affiliated colleges.
The curricula for all the above specified courses under different streams are very well designed and developed as per UGC
guidelines with marginal (about 20%) supplementation aligning with the mission and goal of the university.
2.
The curricula are designed for various courses by the University approved Board of Studies (BOS) consisting of highly qualified and
competent faculties of national and international repute.
The curricula of the UG affiliated colleges are also designed by BOS members with due approval by the University.
3. University has also started different advanced courses like MCA, Biotechnology, MBA, MFC and M.Sc. in Computer Science with
practical based curricula which will help for self employment of students as well as entrepreneurship development. Besides, RS and GIS and WLBC students have been engaged with various national
and international agencies for nature conservation.
4. University also imparts various courses like Santali, Geology and WLBC at PG level looking to its geographical location and local demands.
A master degree course (MA) in Santali is offered by the University
due to high demand from 75% of local Santali speaking people in this region.
A master degree course (M.Sc.) in Geology is provided at D.D. Autonomous College, Keonjhar and Odisha as the district of
Keonjhar is one of the mineral (mine) rich districts of Odisha. Similarly, a master degree course (M.Sc.) in WLBC is promoted to
explore the natural biodiversity of Similipal Biosphere Reserve in this region.
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1.2 Academic
Flexibility
5. Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) in PG courses has already been introduced from 2012-13 for the interest of the inter-
disciplinary students which will make them competent at National / International level.
Autonomous colleges have already introduced CBCS at UG level from the session 2015-16 while all the affiliated colleges have
introduced it from 2016-17. 6. University has semester pattern of examinations for PG / M. Phil. with
credit and grade point system. Semester pattern has also been
introduced in professional courses, like LL.B. and B. Ed.(VI) from 2009-10
and 2015-16 academic sessions, respectively.
Autonomous colleges have adopted semester pattern in UG while it is introduced in the UG courses of other affiliated colleges from the session 2016-17.
7. There are also options for students to choose various elective
courses (special papers) at PG and M. Phil. levels.
1.3 Curriculum
Enrichment
8. The curriculum is updated usually at an internal of 3-5 years in order
to include the latest concept/developments in the concerned subject through students’ feedback / other stakeholders / local needs.
9. There is a communicative English class for all the 1st semester PG students and also in certain UG colleges as an elective subject in
order to increase their communicative skill and competency for their professional carrier.
10. Course curricula of PG, M. Phil. / Pre-Ph.D. course work for all
most all departments include computer application, statistics,
scientific paper/article writing and research methodology and seminar presentation.
11. Project work/dissertation based curricula are the integral part of the
PG and M. Phil. courses. Students are encouraged to carry out their
assignments outside the University at various research institutes, industries, other Universities etc and also within the university as
inter and intra disciplinary approach departments.
12. University has adopted a 2 years B. Ed. course (previously it was 01
year) with yearly examination from 2015-16 and also special B.Ed.
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(for Visually Impaired) for 02 years with semester pattern from 2015-16 as per the Govt. of Odisha notification.
13. University has UGC sponsored special programmes like Capacity
Building of Tribal students, so that they will be computer friendly, and coaching classes for ST / SC / OBC / Minorities for NET / Remedial Classes / entry into services.
14. Study tour to various research institutes, industries etc. as well as field tours / trips are routinely organized by most of the departments for curricular needs.
15. Environmental studies with project based report for all UG students
of any discipline is made compulsory in order to create awareness and concern for environment and its conservation.
16. IGNOU centers are also operating in various UG colleges in order to make the students more self-competent.
17 University has introduced semester pattern with CBCS from 2016-
17 at UG level with skill subjects in addition to normal core courses
as per UGC guidelines.
1.4 Feedback
System
18. University has a well designed feedback policy system for curricula development which helps the students to be at par with the global
standard. In this process feedback received from researchers and faculties from national and international organizations p lays a key role both in curricula design and time to time improvement.
Students and other stakeholder’s feedback are indispensable for
updating of the curricula.
19. The feedback system from the affiliated colleges plays an important
role in curricula design.
20. Based on the feedback from various stake holders and local need / present needs and demand, new course like PG in Yoga and Naturopathy has been started from the session 2015-16 and opened
Hindi from current session 2016-17. Similarly, University has also started an integrated B. Ed. –M. Ed. course from the session 2016-
17. The University has already taken steps to open PG courses in
Agribusiness, Bengali, Disaster Management, Displacement and Rehabilitation Management, Fisheries, Drama and Journalism and
Mass Communication.
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CRITERION II: TEACHING–LEARNING AND EVALUATION
2.1 Introduction
North Orissa University is a pioneer in imparting higher education having societal significance. The strict adherence to academic calendar, reservation of seats as per Government of Odisha Policy, effective student mentoring system and use of modern
teaching methods help set up the University’s benchmarks in teaching and learning. The University is supportive in providing infrastructural facilities to teachers and students in
order to develop world class competencies. The use of LCD projectors, interactive boards, and audio visual aids in class room, internet connectivity in library and several departments are ready instances. The teachers of North Orissa University have set high
standards in teaching. Teachers are evaluated based on their classroom performance, research work, their contribution to corporate life and other accomplishments through
periodical feedback. The transparency in the teacher evaluation system has gained greater momentum among the student community. The University has been actively seeking collaboration with research organizations all over the world with a view to meeting the
challenges of globalization on the one hand and catering to the demands of the society on the other.
2.2 Student Enrolment and Profile
Student admission
Every year the University brings out an admission notification for PG and M.Phil. Programmes of the University departments in leading national and regional dailies. The information is also hosted in the University website (www.nou.nic.in) in the month of
May. A separate advertisement is issued for the courses offered through Distance Education mode in the month of July for different courses. This information is also
hosted in the university website (www.nou.nic.in). The admission notification contains details about the date of entrance test, courses offered, deadline for application, mode of selection and the like. The University websites are user- friendly and provide details about
the admission policy, academic programmes, academic calendar, curriculum, courses and syllabus.
In addition to these, the University provides an information brocher along with the application form giving details of the programmes offered, eligibility, rules and regulations governing admission to such programmes, fee structure, reservation policy,
scholarship, hostel facilities, course details, applicable fee concession for SC/ST students, etc. Students can also download the application forms and submit the same to the office
of the Chairman PG Council along with the required fees in the shape of Bank draft drawn in favour of CoF, North Orissa University, payble at Baripada. Before the admission notification is issued, the Vice Chancellor calls for the meeting of the heads of
departments and discusses the matters relating to the admission of students for PG and M.Phil. programmes. Heads of departments are free to express their views on the
methodology of admission to be followed subject to the rules of reservation of the Government of Odisha. The broadly-agreed decision at the meeting becomes the basis for
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admission for that academic year. This way, the admission process followed by the University is transparent and dynamic. Based on the decision taken in the heads of the
departments meeting, the admission guidelines is circulated to all departments. All departments of the University strictly adhere to the admission committee is entrusted with
the work of preparing the Admission information broucher for that Academic Year. 2.3 Admission Procedure
The University invites applications for admission into PG/M.Tech./M.Phil/Pre-Ph.D. Programmes through open advertisement in Oriya and English daily news papers. During
this session, i.e. 2016-2017, both offline and online admission is in process.
2.3.1 Online Application Procedure: Please visit http://nou.nic.in for online application
process.
2.3.2 Offline Application Procedure :
(i) Candidates seeking admission to Master's Degree/M.Tech./M.Phil./Pre-Ph.D
Programmes are to apply in the prescribed form that can be downloaded from the University website www.nou.nic.in. The filed in application form along with an account payee Bank Draft of Rs.500/- (for PG), Rs.600/- (for M.Tech./ M.Phil.) and Rs.1500/-
(for Pre-Ph.D.) in favour of Comptroller of Finance, North Orissa University, payable at Baripada shall reach the office of the Chairman, P.G. Council on or before 17.06.2016.
(ii) Documents to be attached with the application Form: (a) Account Payee Bank draft (b) Copies of Certificates and Mark sheets (From HSC onwards) (b) Copy of Caste
Certificate/Certificate in claim of the reservation. (c) Affix photographs where required.
(iii) Eligibility and Principle of Selection The eligibility and principle of selection for
various courses are as follows:
Master’s Degree
(a) Eligibility: Honours graduates at the +3 level in the concerned/relevant subject. For Biotechnology, any Honours Graduate in Science with Biology as a subject at +2 level. For SC/ST students eligibility is Honours or Pass graduate in the concerned subject except self
financing courses.
(b) Principle of Selection: Selection of candidates for admission will be made on the basis of their performance in the entrance examination and assessment of their academic career.
(i) Entrance Test: The questions will be of objective type from graduation (for admission into P.G Courses) level as recommended by UGC and the candidates are to answer the question as per the instructions given. There will be 50 questions carrying one mark each and the examination is of 1 hour duration. The final score will be calculated out of 50 marks. The candidate should secure a
minimum of 30% in the entrance test.
(ii) Career Assessments: The academic career of a candidate will be assessed out of 50 marks,
the breakup of which is given in table 1:
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(iii) Calculation of Career Marks
(For HSC and +2)
Marks awarded for career =
Marks award for career =
N.B. : i) Calculations are to be made up to the second place after decimal. ii) For candidates who have passed the H.S.C. / H.S. or equivalent examinations
compartmentally, the average of two marks secured by him/her shall be taken into consideration for determining the aggregate.
(iv) Merit List: Merit list of the candidates (after the entrance test) will be prepared by taking into account the marks in the entrance test (50) and marks in career assessment
(40+10). (C) Tie-breaking In case of a tie, the position of the candidates on the merit list shall be determined on the
basis of marks secured by them in the entrance test. In case, two candidates secure equal marks in the entrance test, their relative positions on the merit list shall be determined on
the basis of their marks in graduation level in the Honours / pass subject. In case of equality of marks in the Honours subject, the relative merit of candidates shall be determined on the basis of their aggregate marks in the degree examination excluding
marks in Ancillary and Foundation subjects. In case of pass students the aggregate marks in the degree examination excluding the Ancillary and Foundation subjects will be taken
into account for merit list. M.Phil. Degree (a) Eligibility: Candidates with good academic career securing not less than 55% (50% for SC/ST candidates) of marks or equivalent grade at Master's Degree in
the subject from any recognized university are eligible to apply for admission into the course provided they qualify an entrance test followed by an interview. For M.Phil. in
Computer Science, the qualifying degrees are Master's Degree in Comp. Sc./ IT / Electronics / Computer Application (MCA)/ Mathematics / Statistics. For M.Phil. in Biotechnology, the qualifying degrees are Master's Degree in Biotechnology /
Bioinformatics/ Microbiology/ Biochemistry/ Life Sciences/ Botany/ Zoology/ Marine
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Biology/ Biosciences/ Environmental Science/ Pharmaceutical Science. Candidates qualifying UGC-CSIR-NET/GATE /SLET test and awardees of Teacher
Fellowship (TF) from UGC are exempted from the entrance test. An employed person cannot be admitted unless he/she has been duly relieved by the employer and produce a
proof to that effect. Research scholars registered for Ph.D. under North Orissa University can apply for M.Phil. with written permission from their supervisor(s) and Head of Department. Registered Ph.D. scholars, who are admitted into M.Phil. program are not
eligible to submit Ph.D. thesis within one year of completion of M.Phil. Candidates who have already submitted Ph.D. thesis or been awarded Ph.D. degree are not eligible for
admission into M.Phil.
(b) Selection Procedure: Selection shall be made on the basis of merit determined as per
the following criteria.
Entrance test : 50 marks
Career : 40 marks Interview : 10 marks
The test will be conducted for 50 marks. (i) Entrance Test The Entrance test shall comprise of one paper of 50 marks (50 marks
multiple answer type questions) of one hour duration. The Question Paper shall cover
all the papers taught at the Post-Graduate level of the concerned subject of North Orissa University. The candidates should secure a minimum of 40% of marks in
entrance test in order to be eligible for selection for admission. (ii) Career Assessment: 40 Marks
(iii) Interview: 10 Marks The candidates have to appear for an interview. The candidates who do not appear before the interview (except exempted candidates) will
not be considered at the time of preparation of merit list.
(iv) Merit List
A merit list for each subject shall be prepared on the basis of marks secured by the candidate in the entrance test, career mark and interview mark. For the candidates who
are exempted from the entrance test, full marks (60 marks) will be awarded to them in lieu of the entrance test and interview. In case of a tie, marks secured in entrance test, career mark, interview mark, in that order, will be taken into account to break the tie. The
merit list shall be published by the Head of the Department of the Department concerned (for regular departments) and the Director, SFC (for self- financing courses).
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M. Tech. (a) Eligibility
(i) Computer Science and Engineering: MCA/M. Sc. in Computer Sc./ Chemistry/ Statistics (with Physics and Mathematics combination in graduation level) / Physics /
Mathematics / Mathematics and Computing with 60% marks in aggregate or equivalent grade from any recognized university OR BE / B.Tech.in Computer Sc. / IT/ Electronics / Electrical Engineering with 60% marks in aggregate or equivalent grade from any
recognized university. (b) Selection Procedure Selection of candidates for admission will be made on the basis
of their performance in the entrance (written-40 marks and interview-10 marks) examination and assessment of their academic career. Other conditions like entrance test, interview and preparation of merit list are same as that of M.Phil.
(i) Career Assessments
The academic career of a candidate will be assessed out of 50 marks, the breakup of which is given below:
(ii) Calculation of Career: Same as in Master’s Degree.
Pre-Ph.D. Course
(a) Eligibility
i. Master's Degree holders having secured at least 55% of marks ( 50% for SC and ST candidates) or equivalent grade at Master's Degree in the subjects of North Orissa University or any other University recognized as equivalent thereto by North Orissa
University are eligible for Ph.D. registration, provided they qualify an Entrance Test followed by an Interview (ET and I).
For Pre-Ph.D. in Biotechnology, the qualifying Master's Degree are in Biotechnology / Bioinformatics/ Microbiology/ Biochemistry/ Life Sciences/ Botany/ Zoology/ Marine Biology/ Biosciences/ Environmental Science/ Pharmaceutical Science.
For Pre-Ph.D. in Life Sciences, the qualifying Master‘s Degree are in any branch of Biological Science and / or allied subjects.
ii. The candidates who have qualified UGC-CSIR-NET/GATE/INSPIRE fellowship of DST and awardees for Teachers Fellowship form UGC are exempted from such tests and interviews.
iii. M.Phil. Degree holders in concerned subject, are also exempted from entrance test
and interview provided they have been admitted to M.Phil. programme through an entrance test as per UGC guideline, 2009. The candidates have to provide documents in support of this.
(b) Selection Procedure (i) Entrance Test
The Entrance test shall comprise of one paper of 50 marks (50 marks multiple answer type questions) of one hour duration. The Question Paper shall cover all the papers taught at the Post-Graduate level of the concerned subject/related subject(s) of North Orissa
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University. The candidates should secure a minimum of 40% of marks in entrance test in order to be eligible for selection for admission into Pre-Ph.D. Course after paying
requisite fee.
(ii) Interview: 10 Marks The candidates have to appear for an interview. The candidates who do not appear before the interview (except exempted candidates) will not be considered at the time of preparation of merit list.
(iii) Merit List A merit list for each subject shall be prepared on the basis of marks secured by the candidate in the entrance test and interview mark including exempted
candidates. (c) Pre-Ph.D. Course (PPC) All candidates including exempted candidates are required to deposit requisite fee of ₹5000/- in the form of account payee bank draft drawn in
favour of Comptroller of Finance, North Orissa University, payable at Baripada at the time of admission into PPC. The Pre-Ph.D. course work shall be conducted in the:
University Campus Affiliated colleges with P.G. teaching facility Law at Mayurbhanj Law College, Baripada
Approved Research Centers Commerce and Management at ASBM, Bhubaneswar
2.4 Rules for Entrance Test
i. Entrance test for admission shall be held at North Orissa University, Takatpur, Baripada or as be decided by the University.
ii. All examinees shall enter into the examination hall at least 15 minutes before the commencement of the examination and take their seats according to their allotted roll numbers.
iii. No examinee shall be allowed to enter the examination hall 15 minutes after the
commencement of the examination. iv. Candidates shall bring their own pen/pencil/eraser/ruler as required. Royal Blue/Blue
Black/Black ink is permissible.
v. A candidate is required to submit his/her admit card for verification. vi. Use of unfair means inside the examination hall and canvassing in any form shall
disqualify the candidature.
vii. Mobile phones, pagers and electronic gadgets are not allowed inside the examination hall.
viii. Candidates will not be allowed to leave the examination hall until the final bell is given.
ix. Candidates are required to verify the test booklet and ensure that the pages in the test
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booklet are continuous. Any discrepancy should be brought immediately to the notice of the invigilator.
x. In all other matter, not provided under these rules, the Center Superintendent is
empowered to take necessary decisions for the smooth conduct of the examination. xi. No separate intimation letter will be issued for entrance examination.
xii. The candidate will not be allowed to sit in the entrance test without photograph in the
Admit Card.
xiii. It is important to note that the candidate must paste his/her photographs in the earmarked space of the admit card.
In view of limited number of seats, the admission committee authorized to allot the number of seats for each subject under different reserved categories. In the case of non-
availability of candidates from any one of the reserved categories (Except SC/ST) seats will be filled up by general candidates from the merit list.
2.5 Reservation
Subject to eligibility and proof, following categories of reservation of seats will be made
(i) SC and ST: As per Govt. of Odisha norms. (ii) Differently Abled: Three percent (3%) of seats shall be reserved for differently abled
candidates. (iii) Ex-Serviceman: One seat shall be kept reserved for the candidates of the children of ex-serviceman of Indian Armed forces.
2.6 Weightage
Those who have represented the state during the last 3 years at National Level Sports shall get 10 percent weightage of marks over and above the total career mark, a candidate scored. Those that have represented North Orissa University at the Inter-University level
during last 3 years shall get 5 percent weightage of marks over and above the total career mark.
2.7 Outside State Admission of candidates from outside the state on domicile shall not exceed 5% of the total seats.
2.8 General Information for Admission/Readmission
(i) Admission shall be made on the basis of the merit list. Admission process shall be completed within six weeks (four weeks without late fee and another two weeks with late
fee) of publication of the Degree/ Master‘s Degree results or reopening of the NOU after the summer vacation, whichever is later or as per the dates fixed by the University
Authority. (ii) In the case of late publication of results of the qualifying examination, a candidate shall be admitted within two weeks of publication of his/her result without late fee
provided a seat is available.
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(iii) Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding regulations, when the syndicate of the University permits increase of seats or opening of new courses, the date of issue of
such order shall be deemed as the date of publication of results of the NOU for the purpose of admission thereto.
(iv) All payments shall be made by the candidates in the form of Account Payee Bank Draft in favour of ―Comptroller of Finance, North Orissa University‖ payable at Bank of India, North Orissa University Branch (5510), Baripada or at any nationalised bank
located at Baripada. Fees once paid are not refundable. Students are advised to write their names and address on the back side of the Bank Draft.
2.8.1 Admission process in the affiliated colleges
There are as many as 182 Colleges affiliated to the North Orissa University. The colleges are broadly categorized into Government colleges out of which 02 are autonomous,
Aided colleges (176) out of which one is autonomous and self financing colleges (2). Student admission is managed by the SAMS following the admission rules and norms of
the Government of Odisha. 2.8.2 Strategies for access to special categories of students
The University, by scrupulously implementing the reservation policy of the Governme nt
of Odisha, attempts to enhance the access for students belonging to SC/ST, OBC, persons with various disabilities, economically weaker sections, outstanding achievers in sports
and other extracurricular activities. The rules of reservation prescribed by the Government of Odisha is followed at the time of admission. Apart from statutory reservations extended to the above mentioned categories of students,
University offers fee concessions to those belonging to the weaker sections of society. The above provision enables the University to enhance the access to the disadvantaged
group of students. 2.8.3 Trends in admission to PG programmes
Table-2.1 clearly brings out the trends in the admission of students to the P.G. and
M.Phil. programmes of the University departments. It is seen from the Table-2.1 that the number of students admitted to the P.G. and M.Phil. degree programmes, which stood at
486 in 2011 - 2012 rose to 703 in 2015 – 2016. It can be noticed from the Table-2.1 that the total number of female students is more than the male students.
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Table-2.1: Trends in Admission of Students in Various Courses.
Analysis of demand ratio
Table 2.2 makes a clear reading of the trends in the demand ratio with regard to the PG
and the M. Phil programmes. As can be observed from the table that in the year 2015-16 applications received increased attributed to special initiative taken by the University to market its PG programmes. Similar trend is seen for M. Phil degree programmes.
M F M F M F M F M F
SC 6 9 13 10 9 11 6 11 7 12
ST 5 9 13 10 8 11 6 18 7 12
OBC 18 28 14 20 20 28 17 33 27 23
PH 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 1
General 42 72 36 72 35 57 32 59 32 64
71 118 76 112 74 108 64 121 73 112
SC 10 5 4 6 12 12 9 9 12 22
ST 8 9 29 54 36 30 36 46 23 36
OBC 14 16 32 33 29 45 37 83 41 102
PH 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
General 62 74 49 108 44 78 54 89 75 123
Sub-Total 94 104 114 201 122 166 136 227 151 283
Total (A+B)
SC 1 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 3 1
ST 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 2
OBC 5 4 6 6 4 3 5 3 7 6
PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
General 13 17 6 15 11 25 12 22 14 20
Sub-Total 20 23 12 25 19 29 19 27 24 29
SC 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 2
ST 0 3 3 1 0 5 1 3 1 1
OBC 8 3 7 9 13 13 3 13 5 5
PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
General 18 21 6 30 15 12 17 16 3 14
Sub-Total 28 28 17 40 29 31 23 33 9 22
56 57 60 56 31
Total (C+D)
Grand Total
(A+B+C+D)
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198 315 288 363
486 593 578 650 703
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53464837
99 94 108 102 84
619548470503387
D-M.Phil. Self Financing Course
C-M.Phil Regular Course
B-P.G. Self Financing Course
Sub-Total189 188 182 185 185
A-P.G. Regular Course
Categories 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
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YEAR PG Programme M.Phil Programme PhD Programme
Applied Admitted Applied Admitted Applied Admitted
2011-12 1157 387
208 99 - -
2012-13 1729 503 248 94 - -
2013-14 2180 470 357 108 - -
2014-15 2260 548 440 102 - -
2015-16 2710 619 451 84 209 70 *
Computer Science (Students admitted through OJEE and no. of candidates applied is not included)
2.8.4 Programmes discontinued/staggered
Between 2011-12 and 2015-16 a small number of 04 subject (Law, Bsc. Biotech., Bio-informatics, M.Tech in Nano Sc. and Technology) have been discontinued for a variety
of administrative and academic reasons.
2.9 Catering to Student Diversity
Orientation/induction programme for freshers
Every year, immediately after the admission process is completed, the University
organizes ice breaking seassions for the newly admitted students. As a part of the programme, PGC and HODs and Librarians make presentations on various aspects relating to academic and non-academic activites of the University. For instance, freshers
are given full account of the working of CBCS (Choice Based Credit System) in the NOU. Freshers are given instructions on choosing elective course matters relating to
examination, grading system, student amenities available in the University, scholarships, international programmes, MoUs with foreign universities. Safety Insurance, Ragging Redressal, Internet Centre, Women Sexual Harassment Redressal Cell and Student
Support schemes.
Mechanism for analyzing differential requirements of students
The University has a mechanism through which the differential requirements of the student population are analyzed after admission and before the commencement of classes.
The orientation programme conducted at each department/subject before the commencement of the teaching programme helps in understanding and assessing the
knowledge base and skills of the students. The performance of students in the first and second internal tests which are a part of continuous internal assessment also helps in getting an understanding of the requirements of the student population.
Bridge/remedial/add on courses
There are interdisciplinary professional and applied courses offered at the University. The remedial programme for the newly admitted students is arranged in various disciplines. Entrance test for assessment of skill and term test for ascertaining knowledge level of
students are conducted to know the intelligence level of the students. The strategy is to help enhance the pace of grasping and knowledge level of students. Remedial classes in
different subjects are also organized for slow learners. The University provides computer
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training to students, offers coaching classes for various competitive examinations such as UPSC Civil Services, Staff Selection Commission, UGC-NET examination, conducts
seminars and workshops on career oriented courses for the benefit of post graduate students of the University. As many as 300 students have benefited from the free UGC-
NET coaching classes conducted by the University. Study on the academic growth of students from disadvantaged sections
The University has conducted a study on the academic growth of students from disadvantaged sections of the society, economically disadvantaged, physically challenged
and slow learners. The main findings of the study were that the socially and economically disadvantaged sections of society lack basic access to quality education. Based on the findings, the University has devised appropriate strategies for facilitating the
disadvantaged sections of the society in the following manner:
• Tutorial, discussions, interactions and remedial coaching • Personal, academic and social counselling • Concept clarifications and problem solving exercises
• Bilingual explanation and discussions • Provision of simple but standard lecture notes/course material
• Making them part of student team wherein there is a blend of fast, medium and slow learners.
This way, the disadvantaged sections of the society are assimilated into the academic mainstream.
Responding to the needs of advanced learners
The advanced learners of a subject are identified by the concerned faculty, based on their
performance in internal assessment tests, end-semester examination, and student-teacher interaction. They are also identified based on their active participation, involvement,
performance in the classroom/practical hall dynamics including participation in seminars, etc. Accordingly, subject wise, paper wise, practical wise strategies are adopted. The advanced learners can choose subjects offered in other departments and undergo those
courses either by crediting or auditing. They are given enough representations in different programmes like IQAC seminars, campus placements to enhance their confidence levels.
The specific strategies for the advanced learners are as follows: • Provisions of additional learning and reference material
• Assignment preparation on current and latest topics • Student seminars on selected reference topics
• Participation in quiz, debate and problem solving- decision making exercise • Student project work based on theoretical data/practical work/survey data/case studies • Projecting them as “Team Leaders and Facilitators of Teams” comprising fast, medium
and slow learners • Provided with various projects, assignments and reference materials for their
advancement
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2.10 Teaching- Learning Process
Planning and organizing teaching, learning and evaluation schedules
The University follows an academic calendar for all its academic activities. The academic
calendar of the University is prepared by the Post Graduate Council (PGC). The logistics of the semester wise annual calendar of events is based on the directions, feedbacks, UGC guidelines on academic working days and policy and orders issued by Government
of Odisha. Institutional planning and organization of teaching- learning and evaluation schedule integrated into total scheme of academic calendar is mainly based on three
important provisions. They are as follows: 1. The Regulations of each course specify the framework for academic schedule (The
number of semesters, working/ teaching days, number of subjects, papers to be taught, hours of instructions per paper, practical method of teaching and learning (practical
theory, field work etc), method of internal assessment tests, end-semester examinations, weightage for assessment declaration of results.
2. The Board of Studies prescribes the detailed syllabus for a subject based on regulations
3. The COE section, based on their logistics, prepares the time frame for conducting examinations (exam schedule, evaluation schedule, tabulation schedule, certificates and mark sheets, result announcement schedule).
Thus, the systematic planning, organization and implementation of teaching, learning and
evaluation is possible within the total scheme of University schedule. It is rational, realistic and scientific. IQAC plays a vital role in the quality assessment of the University, emphasizing teaching- learningevaluation process. IQAC organizes seminars
to provide a platform for healthy interaction between different stakeholders. It also collects feedback from students, which is subsequently analyzed to improve the teaching-
learning process. The University provides course outlines and course schedules prior to the commencement of the academic session. The effectiveness is ensured by placing the details on the University’s website (www.nou.nic.in). at times the University faces no
challenges in completing the curriculum within the stipulated time frame and calendar.
Student-centric learning for holistic development and knowledge management
The teaching- learning process is made student-centric by assigning (a) topics on which either a student/group of students can deliver presentations after
preparing and discussing the broad synopses with faculty and seeking clarifications wherever the need arises.
(b) the case studies games for discussions in the classrooms (c) the task of identifying vital reference books and relevant articles related to different topics from refereed national and international journals
(d) students to present the summary of certain research articles in the classrooms (e) the choice of topics on which projects reports/dissertations are to be submitted by
each one of them and (f) leadership role in various situations
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Student-teacher interaction is given highest priority in the teaching learning process to
make it student-centric. Further, the learning process is made more interactive through the use of different support systems like LCD projectors, interactive boards, models,
maps, educational documentaries etc. The practical conducted in different subjects are totally based on interactive learning. The University provides ample scope through well equipped and enriched central library, departmental libraries and reading rooms for
independent learning. Students of all science departments, Library and Information Science, etc. undertake project work, where self- learning by students become possible.
Such activities contribute knowledge development, skill formation in the student besides providing requisite platform to the student to become confident and self-reliant. The available resources in the library is presented in table-2.3.
Table 2.3: Library Resources
Particulars Central library Departmental library
Books 26389 2666 Journals 87 NIL Magazines 20 NIL
Thesis 149 NIL CD-Rom 400 NIL
University’s policy on inviting experts
Subject experts are invited for specialized inputs on regular basis. For this purpose, the University allocates funds every year to all the departments. The departments are free to
invite eminent personalities in the relevant field. Similarly, allocation is also made for inviting experts as part of organizing seminars and conferences.
Blended learning by using e-learning resources
The University formally encourages blended learning by using e- learning resources. The
computer aided learning is given priority in our educational system. The internet connections made available in all the departments and the library enhance the scope of e-learning. The University is privileged to have INFLIBNET, NDL and Proquest facilities.
At the beginning of every academic year, orientation programmes are arranged by the
library staff. In addition to orientation programmes, sensitization/awareness programmes and hands-on training are also arranged for the optimal use of INFLIBNET facilities. All the PG students, research scholars and the faculty members make optimum utilization of
these resources for teaching- learning process and research work. Technologies and facilities for effective teaching and learning
Computer and internet access and training to teachers and students
The main objective of the Network and Internet Operation Centres in all the departments is to enable researchers, academics, students and administration to use information and
communication technologies.
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Functions of University network operating centre
• To provide better network connectivity with improved technology to all the departments
• To develop better ICT infrastructure • To extend high-speed internet path for better access
• To create internet centres in campuses The University also updates and uploads the day to day University information like
tenders, results, seminars, workshops, conferences, admissions, appointments, department information, course syllabi and time tables with the help of the website (www.nou.nic.in).
Soft Skill Lab
Separate Soft Skill Lab with 40 computer systems each has been functioning in different
University campuses for the benefit of students /faculties for the past four years. More than 1000 students have benefitted each year by using the lab.
Steps for Smart Class Rooms
The use of modern multimedia teaching aids like LCD, OHP models, CD-ROMs and
computer systems are usually employed in classroom instructions. In some departments, computer-based packages are used to elucidate abstract knowledge and virtual
instruments through computer animation. Students are also encouraged to use computer software packages for meaningful analysis of the experimental data collected/acquired by them.
Details of innovative teaching approaches/methods/practices adopted
Learner centered activities like participative learning, interactive sessions, students’ seminars, case studies, project work, assignments, problem solving exercises and field work are followed.
The significant teaching- innovations made in the departments include the following:
(i) Practical work: Nearly half of the total academic work time is devoted to
practical/project work aimed at creating industry like work environments.
(ii) Case method: Students are assigned live projects as case studies that are aimed at testing the application of theoretical concepts to practical situations.
(iii) Feedback: Both teachers and students evaluate each other with the spirit of developing mutually and for the cause of promotion of excellence.
(iv) Case study and simulation exercises: Use of case study method and organizing
of interview sessions and review of Curriculum vitiate exercises for the purpose of explaining the recruitment process.
(v) Personality development initiatives: Students are divided into groups to work on projects and make class presentations to collectively work with team spirit and share their knowledge.
(vi) Self and peer assessments: Students are encouraged to assess themselves and get assessed by their peers on specific parameters in order that they may know their
strengths and weaknesses.
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Efforts at creating culture sensitivity and scientific temper
To nurture critical thinking, creativity and scientific temper among students, various
activities like debate, extempore speaking, essay competition, seminars, group discussions, symposia, poster presentations, field survey, making models and practical
exercises of curriculum are conducted from time to time.
Student projects
Project work is mandatory under the CBCS in some departments of the University for students pursuing their PG programmes. Students usually undertake projects and faculties
actively involve themselves in facilitating the completion of project work. The duration of the project work varies with the programmes.
Mechanism for teacher evaluation
The University has a mechanism for the evaluation of teachers by students/ alumni. The
student’s feedback form is available in www.nou.nic.in which focuses on the broad area like course evaluation process, administration, library and Internet centres. This feedback contributes to the academic radar prepared by the IQAC.
2.11 Teacher Quality
Planning and managing human resources to meet the changing requirements of the
curriculum
The University has taken conscious and continued efforts in planning and managing the human resources to meet the changing requirements of the curriculum. The North Orissa
University focuses on the qualitative improvement of the faculty, by encouraging and enabling faculty to a. attend academic programmes including training programmes of similar type.
b. attend National/international workshops/seminars/conferences/conventions etc. c. undertake consultancy assignments
d. carry out research, publish papers in scholarly journals e. obtain research grants from national and international agencies and f. teach and guide students in Postgraduate, Doctoral programmes
The North Orissa University has been actively seeking collaboration with institutes of
other countries with a view to meet the challenges of globalization on one hand and demands of the society on the other. The University constantly explores possibilities to have tie ups at regional/national and international levels for exchange of knowledge and
expertise by entering into MoUs. Appointment of qualified faculty for new programmes
The University appoints teachers as per the guideline of UGC and statute of the state government. Academic recharge and rejuvenation of teachers is achieved by
• Deputing teachers to attend faculty development programme and staff development programmes organized by different universities with the help of UGC funding.
• Granting study leave to teachers for doing Ph.D. in other University of International repute.
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• Funding the participation of the faculty in National and International seminars and conferences.
• Encouraging and funding departments to organize national and international conferences/seminars and workshops
• Allowing departments to procure state of the art equipment either to upgrade their existing laboratories and for the establishment of new labs • Instituting the doctoral and post doctoral scholarships for promotion of high quality
research. • Liberally allowing the entire faculty of University schools to recommend latest
references/ textbooks, journals and other e-resources for procurement to the Central Library.
Recognition of teachers
Table 2.4 depicts the number of faculty who received awards/recognitions for excellence
in teaching. Table 2.4: Awards/Recognition for Teachers
Year State level
National level
International level Total
2011-12 - - - -
2012-13 - 3 1 4
2013-14 - 3 2 5
2014-15 - - 2 2
2015-16 - 2 1 3
Staff Development Programmes (SDPs) and Academic Development
Programme[ADPs] for enriching the teaching- learning process
As part of promoting excellence in teaching, the University makes continuous efforts in encouraging teachers to undergo training and development programmes. Table 2.5 shows
the number of faculty who underwent Staff Development Programmes (SDPs) during the last five years. The academic development programmes are organized by the the
departments with financial assistance from different funding agencies. Table 2.5: Faculty Development programme
Name of the Programme No. of Faculty Participants
2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
Refresher Course 3 3 2 2 -
Orientation Course - - 1 1 -
Summer/Winter
School/Workshop, etc 3 4 3 2 -
Other Faculty Development
programme - - - 6 -
Faculty invited as resource persons in workshops/ seminars/ conferences
• Percentage of faculty who participated in Workshops/ Seminars/ Conferences recognized by national/ international professional bodies: 100 %
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• Percentage of faculty who presented papers in Workshops/Seminars/Conferences conducted or recognized by professional agencies: 100 %
• Percentage of faculty who have teaching experience in other universities/ national institutions and other institutions: 60 %
2.12 Evaluation Process and Reforms
The method of evaluation involves coding and decoding of answer sheets at PG levels to
ensure unbiased evaluation. The University has double valuation system in practical exams involving external examiners from other Universities who also set 50% of the
question paper. The evaluation process of the University is t ransparent. The University communicates the outcome of the evaluation promptly by publishing results on the internet through the University website. This is apart from the publication of detailed
results displayed on University/ department notice boards.
Important examination reforms initiated by the University
The University has introduced online application for entrance test from the session 2016-2017.
Average time for declaration of examination results
The University semester examinations are held twice a year viz., April and November
and the results are published during the week of January and June every year. The duration of the conduct of examinations is for a period of 25 days in each semester and around 25 days are allotted for valuation of answer scripts. So far, there has been no
delay in the publication of results during the last three years.
Transparency in the evaluation process
The University provides photocopy of answer scripts to students who apply for revaluation and this enables students to know the pattern of marks awarded at the time of
evaluation and also after revaluation. This transparency has received appreciation from the student community.
Integrated examination platform
Pre-examination process
Programme generation, list of students, invigilators, squads, attendance sheet, etc. are processes involved in preparation for examinations. The University examination
commences on statutory dates by giving 90 working days in a semester. The Time Table for all the degrees are drawn and notified 15 days before the commencement of examinations.
Examination process
Currently, the University is taking earnest efforts in introducing online gateway payment
and it will be implemented soon. For conducting examinations in affiliated colleges, the University appoints the Principal
of the respective colleges or his/her nominee as Superintendent of the examination centres and he/she will be given full powers to conduct the examinations, i.e. from the
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receipt of the question papers from the University till the dispatch of answer scripts to the University for evaluation. The Superintendents have been empowered to appoint required
number of invigilators for hall supervision. The University also appoints inspection squads to make surprise visits to all the examination centres to curb malpractices.
Post–Examination process
With regard to processing of examination results, the University follows computerized
result processing system and error free results are published. Immediately after publishing the results, the Mark Sheets and Provisional Certificate are sent to the colleges
for onward transmission to students. Immediately on publication of results, the students are permitted to apply for revaluation and re-totaling of their answer papers in the subjects of their choice.
Reforms in Ph. D evaluation process
The University has adopted the UGC [minimum standards and procedure for awards of M.Phil./Ph.D degree] regulations 2009. The evaluation followed all along by the University and the procedures now suggested by the UGC are one and the same.
2.7 Student Performance and Learning Outcomes
The University has evolved its own teaching, learning and assessment strategies as mentioned below in order to facilitate achievement of intended learning outcomes: • Major quality enhancement measures has been undertaken in the teaching a nd learning
process and modernized based on the requirement of curriculum and feedback from the stakeholders.
• Modern teaching aids are employed for benefit of the students. • Learning activity is facilitated through Internet and virtual learning centre. • Projects and study tours and field trips, assignments are made part of the courses.
• Interaction between successful and well placed alumni with the students in the departments is encouraged.
• Transparency in the evaluation system • Thrust on faculty development- participation in seminars, refresher courses and workshops
• Subject experts deliver special lectures on recent trends and developments in their fields of expertise to the students.
Collection and analysis of data on student learning outcomes
This is done through student feedback on the performance of teachers. This is done by the
dedicated IQAC wing of the University. The feedback is used by the faculty for improving the quality of teaching. The grades of performance as assessed by the students
are communicated to the faculty through the office of Campus Director of the University. New technologies deployed by the University in enhancing student learning and
evaluation
The students undergo field work, projects and internships to appraise themselves with the
direct application of their knowledge and skill to real life problems.
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Language laboratories
There is a proposal for establishment of a language laboratory for benefit of the students.
Internet Centres
The University operates Internet centres in all the departments. The internet centres are open to all the students of the University departments.
University Library system
Many of the departments of the University have their own library collections. Computer based information services have been introduced. Besides, maintaining a collection of print materials, the University Library system also maintains a collection of e-resources
on CDs and also subscribe to a number of e-journals under UGCs INFONET programmes.
2.13 Quality Sustenance and Quality Enhancement Indicators
Creation of a continuum of educational process utilizing modern teaching-
learning resources. Initiation of measures to ensure equity and access to the disadvantaged and needy
sections of society through University Research Fellowships Fee exemption/ waivers for SAARC students, differently-abled students, women
etc. Sustained growth in student enrolment especially from women, and deprived
sections. Complete academic audit through continuous course assessment, random qua lity
checks of answer scripts student appraisals and faculty self-appraisal.
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CRITERION – III: RESEARCH, CONSULTANCY AND EXTENSION
3.1 Promotion of Research
3.1.1 Does the University have a Research Committee to monitor and address issues
related to research? If yes, what is its composition? Mention a few recommendations which have been implemented and their impact.
The University has a Committee where the recommendations of the SRC regarding matters pertaining to research such as admission of student in the program, course work
and research topic etc are deliberated and recommended for further action. The SRC regularly monitors the progress of the research work of the scholar and University
Research Committee has been established to settle all the dispute regarding research.. All of the regular faculty members of the Department are members of DTC (committee is to encourage research activities amongst post graduate students. The primary activity of this
committee is to encourage research activities amongst post graduate students. This committee in principle also regulates allotment of research students to the supervisors,
promotes students diversity in research and also promotes inter departmental/institutional research. The University has a ‘Institutional BioSafety Committee’ as per the guidelines of Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India and has also constituted ‘Institutional
Ethics Committee (IEC)’ for Human and animals studies at North Orissa University. Constituent Members of ‘Institutional BioSafety Committee’
S. No
Name and Designation Designation Affiliation
1 Dr, Nigamananda Das, Professor Chemistry
Utkal University, Bhubaneswar
2 Dr. Bhabatosh Mittra, (rDNA
Technology-External Expert
Reader in
Biotechnology
F.M. University,
Balasore
3 Dr. N. Mohanty (Molecular Biologisr-Member)
Professor of Zoology
North Orissa University
4 Dr. Luna Samant Molecular
Biology –Member
Zoology Revenshaw University
5 CDMO (Medical Science-Biosafety Officer)
Doctor Baripada
6 Dr. P.S. Dash, Medical Science-
Member Clinician
Gynaecologist, D.H.H, Baripada
7 Nominee of DBT
8 Dr. Sandip Kumar Mishra, Scientist-E Institute of Life sciences, BBSR
9 Dr. Harapriya Mohapatra, Reader-F NISER, BBSR
10 Dr. Dasarathi Das, Scientist Regional Medical
Research Centre, Nandankanan Road,
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ECO Railway Complex
Constituent Members of ‘‘Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC)’
S.
No
Name Designation Affiliation
1 Dr. M.R. Ranjit ( Chair Person) Scientist-E Deputy Director, Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar
2 Dr. B.P Dash, -Member from Basic Medical Science Area
Biotechnology F.M University Balasore
3 Dr. P.S. Dash (Member Clinician)
Gynaecologist D.H.H, Baripada
4 Shri Srinibas Pradhan (Member
as Legal Expert)
Legal Expert Baripada
5 Dr. Amarandra Mohapatra, -Member as Social Scientist
Doctor Regional Medical Research Centre, BBSR
6 Dr. S. Sing (Member as
Philosopher)
Reader Department of Philosophy
M.P.C (Auto) College
7 Shri Birabhadra Sing (Member from Community
Basipitha, Mayurbhanj
8 Dr. N. Mohanty, -Member
Secretary
Professor Zoology
3.1.2 What is the policy of the University to promote research in its
affiliated/constituent colleges?
North Orissa University promotes the pursuit of scientific excellence and takes a flexible approach to extend this to other scientific communities. The University promotes
research in its affiliated/constituent colleges also. The teachers from colleges who are recognized Ph.D supervisors are encouraged by the respective Principals of the colleges to submit research proposals to the funding agencies. Most of our faculty members from
different Departments participates and deliver their scientific talks in var ious seminars organized by our affiliated colleges. Rather than defining circumscribed areas of research
and isolating faculty members and laboratories into separate and distinct disciplines, the cooperative, collaborative spirit is encouraged and embraced.
3.1.3 What are the proactive mechanisms adopted by the University to facilitate the
smooth implementation of research schemes/projects?
Advancing funds for sanctioned projects: No
Providing seed money: Although the University does not provide seed money the
research activities of North Orissa University constitute a significant component of University activity.
Simplification of procedures related to sanctions / purchases to be made by the investigators: The University follows purchase procedures as per rules recommended
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by the State Government. University has a policy of processing the research proposals and other related matters on top priority. Research schemes and projects are handled
by the Administrative Section, Finance Section and Prof. incharge of Research and Development. There is a dedicated and prompt section of accounts and purchase
section of the University to provide all necessary support related to project work as well as simplified procedure for procurement etc. The University has a tradition to maintain the cost-to-value relationship with our suppliers leveraging the solicitation
and bid process. The ability to meet technical specifications, competitive prices, quality, service and on-time delivery are elements the University takes into
consideration in purchase. The mission of the procurement Department is to support the scientific endeavors of the faculties by providing them with superior equipment, products, and services at a competitive cost.
Autonomy to the principal investigator/coordinator for utilizing overhead charges: No
Timely release of grants: Yes, University administration has implemented mechanism for timely release of research grants acquired by various faculty members
Timely auditing: Yes, University administration has the policy for timely and prompt auditing of research projects.
Submission of utilization certificate to the funding authorities: The University ensures for timely issuing of utilization certificates for each project to be submitted to the
respective funding agencies.
3.1.4 How is interdisciplinary research promoted?
North Orissa University faculty members have the freedom to follow their intellectual
curiosity where it leads them. Their varied research interests in different field of science can be described on many levels—by discipline, focus, methodology, or disease relevance, for example. These activities have been recognized by several extra- mural
funding agencies like DBT, DST, UGC, CSIR, Forest Dept. Govt. Orissa, DST Govt. of Orissa, ISRO Geosphere Biosphere Program (IGBP) and Ministry of Environment and
Forest, Govt. of India. The University has constantly encouraged its faculty for undertaking interdisciplinary
research activities where the faculty members of two or more Departments can jointly undertake an interdisciplinary research project or guide research scholar(s). The
University encourages inter institutional collaboration to promote interdisciplinary research. This approach is expected to bring in experts from different fields from within the University and from other University/ Institutions from India and abroad to
collaborate. As an out-come of this approach the University is included in the prestigious ‘Erasmus Munds Scheme’. The project is funded by the European Commission and
organized by a partnership of some most prestigious Universities in Europe and India. The scheme provides scholarships to nationals of India to spend a mobility period in Europe on a wide variety of academic fields at different levels of study (Undergraduate,
Master, Doctorate, Post-Doctorate and Staff). The scholarships cover subsistence allowances, travel costs, tuition/registration fees and insurance costs. Our faculty
members and students have benefitted from such scheme. The interdisciplinary research
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work is being carried out in a number of Departments in which supervisors and co supervisors from two different Departments are provided. University has a policy of
appointment of co-supervisors of different specialization from premier research labs where sophisticated research equipments exist.
The Department is involved in interdisciplinary Ph.D. programme in both Physical and Life Sciences involving the Departments of Botany, Wildlife and Biodiversity
Conservation, Biotechnology, Remote sensing and Geographic Information System, Bioinformatics, Microbiology of this University and also students of relevant subjects
from other Universities. 3.1.5. Give details of workshops/ training programmes/ sensitization programmes
conducted by the University to promote a research culture on campus.
The University has taken sincere efforts towards development of research culture on the campus. With this objective, the University has promoted its faculty to organize local/regional/ national/ seminars and conferences. These activities have helped in
catering to the need of both faculty and students with regards to research activities. A list of such activities carried out during last 4 years at North Orissa University is tabulated
below:
S.No. Department Funding Agencies
Title Date Outstanding participants
1 School of Management
NOU National Seminar on Emerging Trends in Management, Computing and Information Science
March 29-
30,
Prof.P.K.Mohanty, Retd., Utkal University, Prof.K.C.Pal, Bardhmann University, Kolkata, Prof.D.P.Misra, FM University, Prof.Baghvan Das, FM
University
2 Dept. of Education
NOU National Seminar on ‘Ancient Indian Education’
28th
-29 March
2016
Prof. P. K. Mishra, VU NOU; Prof. Surendra Mohan Pany, Former Dean Utkal University and Retd. Principal RNISE; Prof. Pratyusa Kumar Mandal, Prof. DESS and Head International Relations, NCERT; Prof. Kanhu Charan Sahoo, Prof. and Head, Viswa-Bharti; Prof. M.Himabindu, Chairperson, PG
Council, NOU
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3 Deptt. of Sanskrit in Association with Deptt. of Yoga and Naturopathy
NOU National Seminar on the Concept of Yoga in the ‘GITA and YOGASUTRA’
26-27 March 2016
Prof. P. K. Mishra, VU NOU; Prof. Haramohan Mishra, Former Director, Centre for Advanced Research, Sri Jagannath Sanskrit Viswavidyalaya, Puri; Prof. M. Himabindu, Chairperson, PG Council, NOU
4 School of Wildlife and Remote Sensing
NOU National Seminar on Biodiversity Assessment and Wildlife Management
March 18-
19th, 2016
Sj. S. K. Patnaik, IFS, Retd. PCCF (WL), Govt. Of Odisha, Sj. H.K. Bisht, IFS, RCCF and Field Director, Simlipal Tiger Reserve, Prof. H. Himabindu, Chairperson, PG
Council, NOU.
5 NOU Global Warming Reduction
Centre-NOU
NOU Global Warming Reduction Centre-North Odisha
Chapter
25-01-
2016
Prof. Tridip Bandopadhyay, National President, Global Warming Reduction Centre, Kolkata; Dr. Tanmoy Rudra, National Convener, Global Warming Reduction Centre; Dr. Anirudha Ray, Scientist, Environmental Research
Institute, Kolkata.
6 Department of Computer Science and
Applications
NOU Lecture on ‘ProQuest’ software a Common e-Resource Provider of Journals, Books and
Abstracts.
21-01-
2016
Sanjib Panigrahi, Regional Sales Manager, Proquest Pvt.
Consultant.
7 Department of Computer Science and
Applications
NOU Course on Rajyoga Meditation and Stress
Management
6-8 th
Aug. 2015
B. K. Geeta, Teacher, Iswariya Viswavidyalaya, Punjab and other
Brahmakumaris.
8 MCA NOU Microsoft ‘SAKSHAM’ Faculty
Mar 30-Apr 04,
Dr. Vinnie Juihari, Director, Education Advocacy, Microsoft
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Development Programme for non-IT Faculty
2015 Corporation.
9 NOU NOU Seminar on “Science and
Religion”
Feb. 13,
2015
10 Economics ICSSR 10 Days Course on Research Methodology
10-19, October,
2014
Urmi Pattanayak, Bibhu Santosh Behera, OUAT, BBSR. Bibhuti Nayak, Narayan Nayak, Devjani Bhuyan, Biswa Bhusan
Bhuyan, B.S.Naik
11 Economics Census of
India
Census Of India 2011, Data Dissemination Workshop
28-08-
2014
Prof. P. K Mishra (VC North Orissa Univ., Prof. S. P. Adhikary (VC F. M. Univ.), D. Mishra, Deputy Director of Census; Sri. S. Mitra, Assistant Director of Census; Sri. A. Mishra, Assistant Director of
Census.
12 NOU NOU National Seminar on “ Women Empowerment”
NOU
13 ‘NOU’ Connect a
Forum
NOU ‘NOU Connect’ a forum for faculty and students to discuss innovative ideas and research.
Regular Discipline wise speakers
from NOU
14 Physics NOU Special Lecture 2013 Prof. Jogesh Pati, SLAC, Stanford University, USA
15 Physics NOU Summer Course on Excitements in Physics
2013 Prof J. Maharana, NISER; Prof. B. P. Mahapatra, NISER; Dr. A. Mohapatra, NISER; Dr. K. Senapati, NISER; Dr B. Sahu, NISER
16 Physics NOU Special lecture 2013 Prof. P. K. Panigrahi, IISER, Kolkota chief speakers
17 Zoology DST, New
Delhi
Training Programme - 5
th
DST-SERB School in
24th
February to 9
th
March
Outstanding participants
R.N.K. Hooru, NEHU
K. K,Sharma, MDS
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Herpetology 2012 Univ, Ajmer; M. Z. Chisti, Kashmir Univ; Vinod Kumar, Delhi Univ
18 NOU Women Empowerment
24-02-2012.
19 Botany NOU Remote Sensing-GIS and its applications
8-02-2012
20 MCA NOU Workshop on "MATLAB for
Researchers"
Nov.
2012.
21 Physics NOU Special lecture 2011 Prof. R. N. Mohapatra, University of Maryland, USA, Chief speaker
22 Chemistry UGC International Year
of Chemistry
20-21, Nov., 2011.
Prof. C.S. Panda, Berhampur Univ., Dr. S. Samal, Principal Govt. Womens’ College,
Berhampur.
23 Physics NOU IUAC Acquaintance Programme
2011 Prof. N. C. Mishra, Utkal University; Dr D. Kabiraj, IUAC, New Delhi; Dr Rakesh Kumar, IUAC, New Delhi
Chief speakers
Additionally, nearly all the Departments of the University have organized seminar,
popular research lecture presentation and presentations by visiting experts etc. These activities have further augmented the process for research culture development in the
University and the details is included in the Departmental SSR.
3.1.6 How does the University facilitate researchers of eminence to visit the campus
as adjunct professors? What is the impact of such efforts on the research activities
of the University?
North Orissa University’s mission is to educate and train researchers preparing to meet
the scientific challenges of the future. University has constantly made efforts for
researchers and professionals with eminence to visit University campus. Such efforts
have helped in a timely guidance and suggestion towards re-structuring the curriculum. It
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also helps the University faculties in formulating new research ideas and encouraging in
developing collaborative research proposals.
S.
No.
Programme (special
lectures /
Workshops / seminar)
Chief Speaker (s)/Affliation Year
1 Special lecture Prof. R. N. Mohapatra, University of Maryland, USA
2011
2 IUAC Acquaintance
Programme
Prof. N. C. Mishra, Utkal University
2. Dr D. Kabiraj, IUAC, New Delhi
3. Dr Rakesh Kumar, IUAC, New Delhi
2011
3 Special Lecture
Prof. Jogesh Pati, SLAC, Stanford University, USA
2013
4 Summer Course on
Excitements in
Physics
1. Prof J. Maharana, NISER
2. Prof. B. P. Mahapatra, NISER
3. Dr. A. Mohapatra, NISER 4. Dr. K. Senapati, NISER
5. Dr B. Sahu, NISER
2013
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3.1.7 What percentage of the total budget is earmarked for research? Give details of
heads of expenditure, financial allocation and actual utilization.
North Orissa University is dedicated for fostering highest quality of research and has been helping in execution of research activities through its various Departments. Although, there is no direct embarking of budget as a separate research, the University
has some allocated funds required by each Department based on its requirement. Many of the Departments in the University are well equipped. Depending upon the requirements
of the faculty members and the students to encourage research, the University makes some allocation for different research purposes (Heads) like Field Work for Research Work, Travel Grants for attending National /International Seminars, Conferences and
Workshops, Organizing National/International Seminars/Conferences/Symposia in the University, procurement of books/journals, chemicals and equipment for laboratories
from time to time. Some of the noticeable activities in this regard are:
Construction of academic buildings.
Annual maintenance contract (AMC) for sophisticated equipments in various Departments.
Procurement of the routinely required equipments and chemicals through the Departments.
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In addition, the Departments invest funds from their annual budget for procurement
of different consumables and non- consumables required for research activities in the Department.
Through central budget, the University is also in the process of providing research
fellowship to one Ph.D student from each Department.
The University usually allocates some funds from the central budget to faculty
members for attending National/International Seminars, Conference and Workshops and for organizing National/International Seminars/Conferences/
Symposia/Workshop in the University.
3.1.8 In its budget, does the university earmark funds for promoting research in its
affiliated colleges? If yes, provide details.
No 3.1.9 Does the University encourage research by awarding Post Doctoral
Fellowships/Research Associateships? If yes, provide details like number of students
registered, funding by the University and other sources.
The University does not award post doctoral fellowships or research associateships. However, University encourages its faculty to recruit Post Doctoral Fellows and Research
Associates through their externally funded research projects and has provisions for providing basic facilities that would be required by any Post Doctoral Fellow/ Research
Associate recruited through such system. Research fellows are working as project fellow in individual/ Departmental projects. Our young faculties are also working under various schemes and projects sponsored by different Funding Agencies e.g. UGC scheme for
Post-doctoral award for regular faculties.
3.1.10 What percentage of faculty has utilized the sabbatical leave for pursuit of
higher research in premier institutions within the country and abroad? How does
the university monitor the output of these scholars?
The University has the provision to avail sabbatical leave to faculty members. The
University also has a policy to grant leave in the form of Special Leave approved by the syndicate to the faculty who gets an opportunity for acquiring Ph.D. and collaborative research within the country and abroad. However, the University has a policy to grant
such leaves to the faculty members provided the teaching strength o f the particular Department should remain at least 50% to safeguard continuity of teaching. In case of
necessity and after taking care of teaching component, the University may sanction such leaves. The faculty members publish their works generating academic impact. Many of our faculties have published books without availing such leaves. The University monitors
their achievements with regard to publication. All such publications have an academic impact.
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3.1.11 Provide details of national and international conferences organized by the
University highlighting the names of eminent scientists/scholars who participated in
these events.
Each Department in the University has organised seminars and conferences and have invited many eminent scholars to the campus.
Table Also included in the respective profiles
S. No Name Date Funded by
Outstanding participants
1. National Seminar on “Challenges and Practices of
Biodiversity Conservation with
special reference to Herpetofauna”
November 20-21, 2015
UGC-SAP, New
Delhi
Prof. R.N. Chatterjee, Culcutta Univ;
Prof. S.N. Sinha, Kalyani Univ.; Prof. S.K. Chakraborty, Vidyasagar Univ.;
Prof A.K. Patra, Utkal Univ; Prof. P.K. Mohanty, Utkal Univ; Prof. A. Mohanty, OUAT; Dr L.A.K. Singh, Wildlife Research Officer of the Odisha Wildlife Organisation.; Dr S. Kar, Senior Researcher, PCCF Wildlife Orissa
2. 10 Days Course on Research Methodology
October 10-19, 2014
ICSSR Urmi Pattanayak, Bibhu Santosh Behera, Bibhuti Nayak, Narayan Nayak, Devjani Bhuyan, Biswa Bhusan Bhuyan, B.S.Naik
3. National Seminar 2013-14 NOU Dr B.C. Patra, Pr. Scientist (Eco. Botany), CRRI, Cuttack; Dr T.K.Dangar, Sr. Scientist, CRRI, Cuttack; Dr N.Dhal, Sr. Scientist, IMMT, BBSR; Dr J. Panigrahi, SJCET,BBSR; Dr A.K. Sahu, Sr. Scientist, BSI, Kolkata; Dr M.Jena, B.U., Berhampur.
4. National Seminar on Environment and
Economic Development
28-29 March, 2014
UGC Prof. Shovan Ray, Prof. Padmja Mishra, Prof. Aurobinda Mishra, Prof. K.B.Das, Prof. S.Mohanty, Prof. R.M.Mallik, Prof. K.C.Samal, Prof. Mamata Swain, Prof. N.N.Das(Guests), Prof. Balaram Mishra, Dr. S.
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Patra,, Prof. A.K. Giri, Prof. P. Panda, Dr. B.B.Patro, Dr. J.Senapati,Dr. S.Das,, Dr. J.Mohanty(Participants)
5. National Seminar on Materials Chemistry
and Catalysis (MCC-VI)
26-27 March, 2014.
UGC Dr. K. M. Parida (IMMT, BBSR), Dr. R. K. Sahu (NML, JSR), Prof. Sasmita Mohapatra (NIT Rourkela), Dr. Srikant Patra, IIT BBSR, Dr. Jogendra Nath Behera (NISER, BBSR), Dr. A. Rajakumar (IIT, KGP), Dr. Satyabrat Si (KIIT Univ.), Dr. Priyabrat Dash (NIT Rourkela), Dr. S. S Mahapatra (BIT, Ranchi),
6. National Seminar on “Phytoresources: Utilization and Conservtion”
March 24-25, 2014
UGC Prof. S.P. Adhikary, Head Dept. of Biotechnology, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan; Prof. S.B. Padhi, Director,CESI, Min. Forest and Env. Govt. of Odisha; Dr A.K. Nayak, Field Director, STR, Baripada,MBJ.
7. National Conference on Current Trends in Computing
Mar 23-24, 2014.
UGC Prof. Dwijish Dutta Mazumdar, Emeritus Professor, Prof. Ganapati Panda, IIT, Bhubaneswar, Prof. Anupam Basu, IIT, Khadagpur, Prof. Shivaji Bandopadhyay, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, Prof. Asoke Dutta, Jadavpur University, Prof. Ajit Pal, IIT, Kharagpur, Dr. Rabindra Narayan Behera, Technical Director, NIC, Bhubaneswar, Prof. Amiya Kumar Rath, VSSUT, Burla
8. National Seminar on “Current trends of Animal Science
Research in India”
March 21-22, 2014
UGC, New Delhi
Prof. R.N. Chatterjee, Calcutta Univ; Prof A.K. Patra, Utkal Univ; Prof. P.K. Mohanty, Utkal Univ; Prof. A. Mohanty, OUAT, Prof. Luna Samant, Revenshaw Univ.;
9. National seminar on “Recent Advances in
Physics”
Feb 23-24, 2014
UGC Dr P K. Sahoo, NISER; Dr P. Samal, NISER; Dr A. Mohapatra, NISER; Dr Jajti Kesari Nayak, VECC, Kolkota
10. Summer School on June 3-8,
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Excitement in Physics 2013
11. National Seminar on Materials Chemistry
and Catalysis (MCC-V)
March 24,
2013.
UGC Dr. N. Pradhan (IACS, Kolkata), Dr. Pratima K. Mishra (IMMT, BBSR), Dr. Prasenjit Mal (NISER, BBSR), Dr. Suprabha Nayar (NML JSR.), Dr. S. Perucheralathan, NISER, BBSR), Dr. Bamaprasad Bag, IMMT BBSR), Dr. P. K. Parhi, IMMT, BBSR),
12. National seminar on “Current developments
in Physics”
Mar 18, 2012
UGC Prof. U. C. Mohanty, IIT, Delhi; Dr. C. Mallik, VECC, Kolkota
13. National Seminar on “Current Trend of
Wildlife Research in India with Special Reference to
Herpetology”
March 10-11, 2012
UGC-SAP,
New Delhi
Prof A.K. Patra, Utkal Univ.; Prof. P.K. Mohanty, Utkal Univ; Prof. A. OUAT. Mohanty
14. National Seminar on Materials Chemistry and Catalysis (MCC-IV)
04, March,
2012.
UGC Dr. K. M. Parida (IMMT, BBSR), Dr. Bikash Kumar Jena (IMMT, BBSR), Dr. Devabrata Mishra and Dr. Ashoak Mohanty (NML, JSR), Prof. S. Jena (Utkal Univ.)
15. Training Programme - 5th DST-SERB School
in Herpetology
February 24- March 9,
2012
DST, New Delhi
R.N.K. Hooru, NEHU; K.K,Sharma, MDS Univ, Ajmer; M.Z. Chisti, Kashmir Univ; Vinod Kumar, Delhi Univ.
16. International Year of Chemistry
20-21, Nov., 2011.
UGC Prof. C.S. Panda, Berhampur Univ.Dr.S. Samal,Principal Govt. Womens’ College, Berhampur.
17. National Seminar on Materials Chemistry
and Catalysis (MCC-III)
27 March, 2011.
UGC Prof. Tarasankar Pal, IIT, KGP. Dr. Trilochan Mishra NML,.JSR
3.2 Resource Mobilization for Research
3.2.1 What are the financial provisions made in the University budget for
supporting students’ research projects?
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The University has the provisions to support one Ph.D scholar per department with a
fellowship amount of Rs. 3000 per month for three years. University also encourages its faculty members to provide financial support for research projects of their Masters and
Ph.D. students through extra- mural research funds. 3.2.2 Has the University taken any special efforts to encourage its faculty to file for
patents?
North Orissa University always encourages the faculty members to undertake such projects which would give rise to patents. However, University strongly encourages its faculty to carry out innovative and patentable research. University will provide all
administrative and logistic support that would be needed by any faculty in filing for a patent application. At present 02 number of patent filing has been made so far. (Prof. N.
N. Das –Indian Patent; Dr P.R. Debata Patent no.- WO/2015/081319 was filed by one of our faculty, Dr P.R. Debata when he was working in USA).
3.2.3 Provide the following details of ongoing research projects of faculty:
Considerably good number of teachers has ongoing research projects, which have been
included in SSR: Evaluative Reports of the Departments. However, some of them are listed below:
Sr.N
o
Title of the Project Funding
Agency
Amount
(Rs. in
Lakhs)
Duration Principal
Investigator
1. Screening and Characterization of Anticancer Agents from Sea Snake Venom from Odisha Coast and their effect on Apoptosis and Gene Expression in Human Cancer cell lines.
SERB-DST, Govt of India
49.76 2014-2017
(4 Years)
R.N. Munda
2. Survey and Isolation of Marine Microalgae from Odisha Coast and evaluation of their food
and pharmaceutically important biomolecules
DST, Govt of Odisha, Odisha
9.46 2015 -2018
(3 Years)
Dr. B. Rath
3. Survey and Characterization of
antiplasmodial metabolites from selected medicinal plants.
DST, Govt of
Odisha, Odisha
8.46 2015-
2018
(3 Years)
Dr. G.
Dhangadama
jhi
4. Effect of radiation and trace elements on efficient
production of chromate
UGC-DAE KC
As per the requireme
nt
Prof. H.N.
Thatoi
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reductase from metal tolerant
microbes and their Biotechnological evaluation
for effluent treatment and therapeutic applications
5. Pd-catalyzed C(sp2)-C(sp2) and
C(sp2)-N-oxidative coupling and cyclization: En route to
Medicinally important Molecular
SERB 32.30 2015-18 Dr. Ashis
Jena
6. Survey, Bioactivities and Domestication Process of Wild Edible Mushrooms of Northern
Odisha for Tribal Livelihood.
DST, Govt. of India.
29.6
Dr. K. Tayung
7. Evolution of Properties of NiO/ZnO pn Junction Under SHI Irradiation
IUAC/ UGC 6.558 2015-18 Dr. P.
Mallick
8. Weak and Rare decays of Bc Mesons in a Relativistic Independent Quark Model
UGC, New Delhi
8.838 2013 -16 Dr S. Kar
9. Technology development of rearing of tasar silkworm of semi-synthetic diet: Role of
antioxidants and micro-nutrients for improved silk
production.
DBT, Govt. of Odisha
6.12 3 yrs Dr N. Mohanty (Co-PI)
10. Modulation of antioxidant system of tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta for improve
production of silk fibre.
DST, Govt. of India
28.326 3 yrs Dr. N. Mohanty (Co-PI)
11. Monitoring of river system, meadow and saltlick of Similipal Tiger Reserve : A
remote sensing and GIS approach
Forest Department, Govt. of
Odisha
0.8 1 yr Dr H. K.
Sahu (PI)
12. Study on Camera trap survey of cryptic and nocturnal fauna of Similipal Tiger Reserve, Odisha
Forest Department, Govt. of Odisha
2.5 1 yr Dr H. K. Sahu (PI)
13. Study on Prey base of Tigers in Similipal Tiger Reserve, Orissa.
Forest Department, Govt. of
5.0 1 yr Dr H. K.
Sahu (Co-PI)
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Odisha
14. Study on ecological density and distribution of Ungulates in Similipal Tiger Reserve,
Orissa, India
Forest Department, Govt. of
Odisha
3.0 1 yr Dr H. K. Sahu (PI)
15. Age and growth investigations of some lizards of Similipal Biosphere Reserve, Orissa
UGC, New Delhi
2.06 2 yrs Dr P Parida
(PI)
16. Effect of Antioxidant and Pesticide on Earthworm and its implication
DST, Govt. of Odisha
7.91 3 yrs Dr P Parida (PI)
17. Systematics of select amphibian species using their larval morphology and
ontogeny
SERB, Govt. of India
38.43 3 years Dr G. Sahoo (PI)
18. Epidemiological study of snake bite incidences in Mayurbhanj district and
assessment of their antibiotics prophylactic therapy
UGC, New Delhi
9.41 3 years
Dr G. Sahoo (PI)
19. To characterize a novel topical cream based therapy against cervical cancer and targeting cervical cancer by modulating the tumor microenvironment
DBT, Govt. of India
32.5 5 Dr P. R. Debata (PI)
Applied for funding from RSC, UK under the ‘Researcher Mobility Grant’ in collaboration with Dr. Adam Kirrander at Department of Chemistry, University of
Edinburgh, UK. Title: "R-matrix based calculations for Ultrafast Imaging of Photochemistry".
3.2.4 Does the University have any projects sponsored by the industry / corporate
houses? If yes, give details such as the name of the project, funding agency and
grants received.
NO
3.2.5 How many Departments of the University have been recognized for their
research activities by national/ international agencies (UGC-SAP, CAS; Department
with Potential for Excellence; DST-FIST; DBT, ICSSR, ICHR, ICPR, etc.) and what
is the quantum of assistance received? Mention any two significant outcomes or
breakthroughs achieved by this recognition.
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The details of the Departments of Studies that have been recognized for research and have been provided assistance along with the quantum of assistance from various
agencies like UGC-SAP and DST-FIST for research projects are GIVEN IN RESPECTIVE SSR REPORT. North Orissa University now transcends the boundary of
the country in achieving excellence and broadening its knowledge base. The new feathers added to its cap recently include the University as a partner of Erasmus Mundus India to Europe project 2013, Academic exchange fellowship through membership in
Commonwealth Association, US-India Educational foundation and capacity building of SS and ST students in IT tools. The University is on the way forward reflecting its
endeavors and moves towards excellence. The University is also included in the list of Association of Indian Universities and Association of Commonwealth Universities.
3.2.6 List details of: Please see Annexure I for details of the table below
(a) Research projects completed and grants received during the last four years (funded by National/International agencies).
Sr.
No
Title of the Project Funding
Agency
Amount
(Rs. in
Lakhs)
Duration Principal
Investigator
1. In- vitro propagation of Orchids for tribal development
DST, Govt. of Odisha
4.59 2010-13 Prof. U.B. Mohapatra/
Dr A.K. Bastia
2. Nutritional and
microbiological quality evaluation of traditional rice bevarages “Handia” from
Northern Orissa
DST, Govt.
of Odisha
7.48 2010-13 Dr A.K.
Bastia
3. Studies on freshwater algal diversity of SBR and screening
for their antimicrobial potentials.
UGC, New Delhi
8.32 2010-13 Dr. A.K.
Bastia
4. Discrimination of tree species
using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing tropical forest.
NRSC,
Hyderabad
10.16 2012-14 Dr. A.K.
Biswal
5. In vitro propagation and Agrobacterium-mediated
genetic transformation of Linum usitatissimum
UGC, New Delhi
10.18 2009-12 Prof. U.B. Mohapatra
6. Biodiversity assessment of coastline of undivided Balasore district, Odisha
Forest Dept., Govt. of Orissa
2.0 Lakhs 2009-11 Prof. U.B. Mohapatra
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(Talsari Rookery to Dhamra
Esuary
7. Ecological analysis of some grassland communities of SBR
UGC, New Delhi
5.35
2009-12 Prof. U.B. Mohapatra
8. Search for antimicrobial
metabolites from endophytic fungi associated with some medicinal plants of Similipal
Biosphere Reserve.
UGC, UGC New Delhi
15 2012-14 Dr. K.
Tayung
9. Studies on microbial diversity(Bacteria and Fungi) of Similipal Biosphere Reserve
and their potential application as plant growth promoters and
biocontrol agents against selective phytopathogens
DST, Govt. Of Orissa.
7.6 l 2010-13 Dr.C C Rath
10. Studies on bacterial diversity of Similipal Biosphere Reserve
and screening for their antimicrobial metabolites
Ministry of
Environment and Forest,
Govt. of India,
10 2011-14 Dr. C C Rath
11. Tailoring acid/baseproperties andcatalytic activity ofmixed oxides derived from layered
double hydroxides intercalated with Zr(IV),
V(IV) and Nb(V) compounds
UGC, New Delhi
12 2009-12
Prof. N. Das
12. Studies on Catalytic Activity of Colloidal Manganese Dioxide for Oxidation of
Coordinated ligands
UGC, New Delhi
0.65 2009-11 Dr. P. K Satapathy
13. Synthesis and Characterization of Polymer CNT nanocomposites by
chemically functionalized carbon nanotubes.
DAE-BRNS 11.05 2009-2012
Dr. S K
Swain
14. Triazole based novel nonionic Gemini amphiphiles via ‘Click Chemistry’ synthesis,
characterization and aggregation properties in aqueous solution.
UGC, New Delhi
1.45 31.1.2010-31.1.201
2
Dr. R.K Singh
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15. Characterization and Biological Properties of Some
Novel Ring Fused Furans
CSIR, MHRD,
Govt. Of India
5.25 1.3.2012-20.2.201
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Dr. R.K
Singh
(b) Inter- institutional collaborative projects and grants received
Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants received
S.No a) National Collaboration b) International Collaboration
Title of the
Project
Collaborative
Institute
Grants
Received
(Rs. in
Lakhs)
Title of the Project Collaborativ
e Institute
Grants
Received
(in Lakhs)
1. Discrimination of tree species
using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing
tropical forest.
NRSC,
Hyderabad/Dept. Of Botany
10.16
Taxonomic review of
Oriental anurans (Ranids and Rhacophorids)
Russian
Academy of Sciences/D
ept. of Zoology
8.6 lakhs
DST, Govt. of
India (2009-2012)
2. Systematics of select amphibian
species using their larval morphology and
ontogeny
Dept. Of Zoology, NOU and CCMB
Hyderabad.
38.43
Higher lying Resonant States in Low Energy
Electron Collision with CO: R-Matrix Study”.
Ongoing Collaborati
on with Prof. Jonathan
Tennyson at
Department of Physics and
Astronomy, UCL
London, UK
3 Direct and Sequential Breakup of
loosely Bound Projectiles
Dept. Of Physics, NOU and BARC
Mumbai
18.275
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4. Measurement of Vegetation
and Biomass parameters
under Vegetation- Carbon Pool
Assessment (VCP)
NOU and NRSC
Hyderabad
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3.3 Research Facilities
3.3.1 What efforts have been made by the University to improve its infrastructure
requirements to facilitate research? What strategies have been evolved to meet the
needs of researchers in emerging disciplines?
In order to meet the needs of our scientific constituents, we aspire to become leaders and innovators. Achieving this ambitious goal we are aiming to achieve operational
excellence in all procurement. One of the invaluable hallmarks of North Orissa University is providing researchers and trainees with excellent scientific services that
offer access to the latest instrumentation facility. University has provided with high bandwidth (broadband) connectivity to download e-books and research papers. The University has also equipped the Departments as per their requirement through various
schemes and lends supports for proper maintenance of research infrastructure. Along with this the University also constantly encourages getting funds from different funding
agencies to pursue research on emerging technology. In addition grants are provided by the University to participate in national and international conferences.
3.3.2 Does the University have an Information Resource Centre to cater to the needs
of researchers? If yes, provide details of the facility.
The University has a separate ‘Computer Centre’ with good connectivity for the students, researcher and faculties so that all can access as per their needs. In addition to this nearly all the Departments of the University have been provided with computer with good
connectivity of internet so that everyone can access the internet.
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3.3.3 Does the University have a University Science Instrumentation Centre (USIC)?
If yes, have the facilities been made available to research scholars? What is the
funding allotted to USIC?
Presently, North Orissa University does not have a University Science Instrumentation Centre. However, instruments procured through different Department are available to
researchers from other Departments upon due approval from respective Head of the Departments and or the faculty in-charge of the Departmental Instrument Facility.
North Orissa University plans to establish a University Science Instrument Centre at subsequent stages of its development.
3.3.4 Does the University provide residential facilities (with computer and internet
facilities) for research scholars, post-doctoral fellows, research associates, summer
fellows of various academies and visiting scientists (national/international)?
Yes, University provides all the residential facilities for its researchers and visiting fellows. The existing infrastructure is being reviewed by the University. A Separate
Hostel for Research scholars, with flexible timings exists. 3.3.5 Does the University have a specialized research centre/ workstation on-campus
and off-campus to address the special challenges of research programmes?
Yes. The North Orissa University has established “Centre for Similipal Studies” with an objective to undertake studies on flora, fauna and socioeconomic aspects of indigenous tribal population of Similipal one of the noted Biosphere Reserves of India.
Apart from research the centre is also aimed to organize seminars, symposia, workshops and to prepare compendium, books and news letter pertaining to Similipal. The centre
will act as a platform for scientists, academicians, researchers, environmentalists and NGO personnels for exchange of information and formulation of strategy for conservation of Similipal Biosphere Reserve. In addition to this many Departments has
its own well equipped research laboratories in specialized areas.
In addition to this the University has a Central Computing Facility (funded by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India) of the University has been set up to provide internet facility to students, scholars and faculty of Biological Sciences and other
related Departments.
3.3.6 Does the University have centers of national and international
recognition/repute? Give a brief description of how these facilities are made use of
by researchers from other laboratories.
Although at present University does not have any centre of National and International
recognition and repute. However, nearly all of the University Departments have made significant progress in the field of research and faculty members of these Departments
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have secured extramural research grants. This indicates that the University Department as well as University Faculty are getting recognized by the national and international
agencies.
Several Departments, Libraries and Laboratories of the University have emerged as important academic resource centers which are regularly visited by the
researchers from different parts of the country.
The Seminar Libraries of Departments have got collections of books which are used by the students and researchers.
Many Departments has Central Instrumentation Facility and have got excellent Laboratories.
3.4 Research Publications and Awards
3.4.1 Does the University publish any research journal(s)? If yes, indicate the
composition of the editorial board, editorial policies and state whether it/they is/are
listed in any international database.
University centrally publishes ‘North Orissa University Journal of Science and Technology’ and ‘North Orissa University Journal of Scocial Science’.
S.No Name of the Journal Editorial Board Policies
1 ‘North Orissa University Journal of Science and Technology’ ISSN 2319-
5142
Chief Editor and Members
Acquisition and dissemination of knowledge to address needs of the
people and aspects of interlinkage between
knowledge and society that helps social progress
2 North Orissa University Journal of Scocial
Science’
Chief Editor and Members
Gives importance to articles based on basic science and
technology and new developments which can
draw positive attention in scientific community
In addition to these, the University also funds to publish a magazine, called ‘The Banani’
in a mixed Oriya, Hindi, English, Sanskrit and Santali language with their own editorial boards which captures various issues pertaining to education, language, culture, literature
etc. The editorial board of this magazine consists of student representatives under the supervision of a senior Professor as the Chief Editor.
3.4.2 Give details of publications by the faculty:
Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national/ international) 539
Monographs NIL
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Chapters in Books 63
Books edited 30
Books with ISBN with details of publishers 26
Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities
International Complete, EBSCO host, etc.) Citation Index – range / average 0-1092/ SNIP 46.25, 21.385,
SJR 35.347, 19.117 Impact Factor – range / average 0-31.477/
h- index 0-21
For more details, please see Volume II of SSR: Evaluative Reports of the Departments.
3.4.3 Give details of
faculty serving on the editorial boards of national and international
journals
faculty serving as members of steering committees of international
conferences recognized by reputed organizations / societies.
For details, please see Vol II of the SSR: Evaluative Reports of the Departments.
3.4.4 Provide details of research awards received by the faculty and students :
S. No Name of The Faculty
Research Awards Year
1. Dr. K. L. Barik Scientist of the Year 2015 in the field of
Ecology and Environment By International Foundation for Environment and Ecology, Kolkata and
Confederation of Indian Universities, New Delhi.
2016
2. Dr. S. K. Nayak 3rd Prize on poster presentation, UGC sponsored national seminar at Zoology Department, MPC (auto) College.
2015
3. Dr. A. K. Dora Member, Royal Society of Chemistry. 2015
4. Prof. M. Himabindu
Dept. of Computational Linguistics, UPPSALA University, Sweden.
2015
5. Dr. P. Mallick
Chaired a Session in the International
Conference on “Advanced Material for
Power Engineering” at MG University, Kerla during 11-13 December, 2015.
2015
6. Prof. M. Himabindu
Erasmus Mundus Action Plan II Scholarship recipient.
2014
7. Dr. K. Tayung Bharat Shiksha Ratan Award by Global
Society for health and educational
2013
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growth.
8. Prof. S K Swain INSA Fellowship 2013. 2013
9. Dr. P. Mallick
Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing
Award-2013 from the Journal Solid State
Sciences, Elsevier.
2013
10. Prof. B. Sahu
Invited talk in the Workshop on ”Alpha
decay as probe of nuclear structure”, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH),
Stockholm, Sweden, September 12-13,
2013.
2013
11. Dr. K. Tayung
Recipient of UGC-Post Doctoral
Fellowship.
2012-2014
12. Prof. S K Swain G Prusty and S. K. Swain “Dispersion
of Extended Graphite as nanoplatelates in a copolymer matrix and its effect on thermal stability, electrical conductivity
and permeability” New Carbon Mater, 27(4) 271-277 (2012) ISSN# 1872-5805
(Elsevier) DOI.org/10.1016/S1872-5805(12)60017-1. Awarded as Excellent paper award of the year 2012.
2012
13. Dr H. K. Sahu Best poster presentation award in 21st
International Conference on Bear
Research and Management (IBA-2012) in New Delhi from 26-30th November,2012. (Topic- Rising
concern of human-sloth bear conflict in Orissa, Eastern India: Implication for
Conservation).
2012
Students :
Sl. No. Name/number of the student(s) Award/Recognition
1. Rakesh Kumar Mukherjee 1st prize in Poster presentation in National Seminar on “ Current Approaches in Life
Sciences” held at M.P.C. (Auto) College, Baripada from 21st-22nd March 2015
RGNF Fellowship-01
Jugal Kishore Mohanta Inspire Fellows 2010
Lubna Sheik Inspire Fellows 2011
Monalisa Mohanty Inspire Fellows 2012
Sashibhusan Ojha Inspire Fellows 2014
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Ibiraj Sharma I.G.Award (National) as best NSS Volunteer in Odisha
Urmi Pattanaik ICSSR Fellowship
Sabita Soren Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship
Miss. P. Dutta Inspire fellows
IMT fellowship
Sideshwari Prusty (2011)
DST Inspire Fellows at National Institute of Science Education and Research, (NISER),
Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Swagatika Kamila (2012) DST Inspire Fellows at Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (CSIR),
Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Subashree Subasmita (2015) P K Mohanty Memorial, Award, Orissa
Chemical Society, 2015
Manas Ranjan Tiadi UGC P.G. Merit Scholarship, 2015-16
Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories
/ institutions / Industries in India and abroad:
Name of The Faculty Name of The Institution Year
Dr H.K.Sahu Smithsoniam-George Mason University, USA October, 2014
Dr G. Sahoo Uppsala University, Sweden for one month under “Eras Mundus India to Europe 2 (EMINTE2)” programme
01-31 May, 2015
Prof. H. Himabindu Dept. of Computational Linguistics, UPPSALA University, Sweden
1st May-31st May, 2015
Prof B. Sahu Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden.
invited talk in the workshop on ”Alpha decay as a probe of nuclear structure”
12.09.2013 and 13.09.2013
Dr. P. Mallick GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, Darmstadt, Germany
21.05.15
Visited Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar under Visiting Scientist Programme
15.05.13 to 13.06.13
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National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi 2011
Central Instrumentation Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru
University, New Delhi
2011
Dr. P. K. Satapathy INSA Fellowship, National Metallurgical Laboratory
(CSIR), Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
Dr. K. Tayung
Yamagata University, Japan with Prof. Y. shiono, Dept. of Bioengineering and Natural Products
Indian Institute of science, Bangalore with Prof C.
Jayabaskaran, Dept. of Biochemistry
Dr. I. Naik
VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (INDIA) November, 2014.
Central Instrumentation Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
September, 2012.
Theme meeting on “Utilization of National Facility of Neutron Beam Research” at BARC,
Mumbai (INDIA)
17.10.2011-18.10.2011.
Visiting Scientist at Tata Institute of Fundamental
Research, Mumbai – 400005 (INDIA)
14.05.2011–
14.06.2011.
Prof. N. Das Energy Material Nanotechnology meet (EMN-2015) to University of Electronic Science and Technology, Beijing, China
May 12-15, 2014
national and international recognition received by the faculty from reputed professional bodies and agencies
Faculty Award/Recognition Year
Prof. Hima Bindu M Executive Body Member, IIIS, Florida, USA Since 2006
Prof. Hima Bindu M Associate Editor, JoC, GSTF, Singapore 2012-13
Dr. P. Mallick Chaired a Session in the International Conference on “Advanced Material for Power Engineering” at MG
University, Kerla during 11-13 December, 2015
2015
Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing Award-2013 from
the Journal Solid State Sciences, Elsevier
2013
Prof. B. Sahu Invited talk in National Conference on Nuclear Physics
(NCNP-2013), School of Physics, Sambalpur University, Burla, Sambalpur, March 1-3, 2013
2013
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Invited talk in the Workshop on “Alpha decay as probe of
nuclear structure”, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, September 12-13, 2013.
2013
Dr. I. Naik
Visiting Scientist at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai – 400005 (INDIA) 14.05.2011–14.06.2011.
2011
Prof. N. Das Peer Team Member, NAAC, Bangalore since 2012 2012
Prof. N. Das, Reviewer of Research Projects submitted to DST, Govt. of India
Dr S.K Nayak
Foreign/External evaluator of Project Proposals for Agency National Dela Researche France.
Dr S.K Nayak
Foreign/External evaluator of Project Proposals for Croatian
Science Foundation, Croatia
Dr S.K Nayak
Foreign/External evaluator of Project Proposals for National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development, Santiago-Chile
3.4.5 Indicate the average number of successful M.Phil. and Ph.D. scholars guided
per faculty during the last four years. Does the University participate in
Shodhganga by depositing the Ph.D. theses with INFLIBNET for electronic
dissemination through open access?
2/3 M.Phil Dissertation guidance and 4/5 Ph.D guidance on an average per year. The University participates in Shodhganga by depositing the Ph.D. theses with INFLIBNET.
3.4.6 What is the official policy of the University to check malpractices and
plagiarism in research? Mention the number of plagiarism cases reported and
action taken.
To check the plagiarism in research, University has adopted a policy of submitting a soft copy of thesis. University is not using its own technological software to check plagiarism. TURNITIN license is being obtained through a common forum of the state Universities.
3.4.7 Does the University promote interdisciplinary research? If yes, how many inter
Departmental/ interdisciplinary research projects have been undertaken and
mention the number of Departments involved in such endeavors?
The University encourages faculties to undertake interdisciplinary projects. Several inter institutional research have been undertaken in Departments like in Botany, Zoology,
Physics and Chemistry. Centre for Similipal Studies is an attempt in this direction. 3.4.8 Has the University instituted any research awards? If yes, list the awards.
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No. Best Faculty award is being constituted.
3.4.9 What are the incentives given to the faculty for receiving state, national and
international recognition for research contributions?
Necessary funding is available to encourage faculty receiving recognitions. The
University supports its faculties with incentives to participate in the national and international conferences. Necessary infrastructure and funding is available to encourage
faculty receiving recognitions Further it also encourages its faculties to collaborate and undertake interdisciplinary research in premier institution in India.
3.5 Consultancy
3.5.1 What is the official policy of the University for Structured Consultancy? List a
few important consultancies undertaken by the University during the last four
years.
Although, North Orissa University is relatively young and yet to develop a policy for structure consultancy, yet the faculty members of the University are encouraged to take
up active consultancy services of various natures from academic, institutional and industrial set- ups. The University is giving efforts to established the “University Industry
Consultancy Centre (UICC)” to create a data base on the needs of Industries and other organization in the country, launch an Industrial Associateship Programme, coordinate RandD projects between University Departments and Industries in the area of
Product/process development and technology transfer. The University is keen in signing of MOU and development of IPR/patents by the University faculty based on their
products and processes.
The University believes that consultancy services sharpen the professional skills of the
faculty and provides opportunities for interaction with the industry. It also helps in organising field visits and vocational training for the students with private sector,
government and semi-government officials. Hence, the University has planned to constitute an executive committee for the formulation of policies is also in the pipeline.
3.5.2 Does the University have a University-Industry cell? If yes what is its scope
and range of activities?
The University is yet to develop a cell involving representatives from the industry for the promotion of research through a Hand Made Paper and Printing endeavour.
As a matter of policy the University encourages consultancy services that in turn sharpens the professional skills of the faculty, provides opportunities for a better
exposure to the real field problems, enhances the interaction with the industry and helps in maintaining good liaison with the government, semi government and private sector
organization officials for the field and site visits. The Executive Committee of Consultancy will formulate the guidelines for the departments for the consultancy services. However, some of the university departments have good relation with industry.
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(a) The key areas in which industry can contribute for the benefit of the institution are:
Participating in curriculum design, curriculum implementation, student assessment, training of students, exposing students to new technologies, and
providing experts for certain instructional sessions;
Providing opportunities for student group to undertake problem-solving projects;
Participating in the bodies such as the Board of Governors, Academic Council, Boards of Studies, Faculty Recruitment, Committees, etc;
Assisting institutions in establishing new laboratories, providing literature on new technologies, and offering their shop floors as substitutes for laboratories;
Training students, faculty and technical staff in new technologies and processes;
Participating in joint R and D activities;
Delivering expert lectures;
Industry senior personnel serving as adjunct faculty;
Utilizing institutional resources (manpower and physical) for industrial manpower training;
Developing Post Graduate Education in areas of current and potential high demand; and
Providing assistance for improving employability including entrepreneurial training, specialized skill training, and training in softer skills required by
industry.
Organising Youth Festivals, Literary and Theatre Performances
(b) The key areas which academic institutions can contribute for the benefit of
industries are as under:
The existing expertise available with University set – ups, national labs and
institutions can be utilized by the industries for technology assessment, up gradation and absorption in the industry.
Laboratories in the institutions must create a niche for themselves by targeting in the select areas of excellence.
Institutions need to encourage and enhance the activities to boost the country’s economy through developing new knowledge innovations and technologies which
can be adopted by industry.
The professionals from industries can act as adjunct in the institutions and faculty
can be deputed to industry to gain industrial experience.
Institutional Management Capacity Enhancement :
University believes that improving managerial and administrative abilities through specially designed training programmes should be an important project activity to support effective implementation of reforms, to improve development, planning and
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implementation, and monitoring. The expected outcomes should be an enhanced management capacity and improved internal and external efficiencies of institutions.
University facilitates and encourages teachers to carry out consultancy projects. People carrying out consultancy work must be rewarded in promotion etc. Each teacher in
his/her area of specialization is expected to contact industries/consultancy firms and highlight their achievements and services they can provide.
3.5.3 What is the mode of publicizing the expertise of the University for consultancy
services? Which are the Departments from whom consultancy has been sought?
The expertise of the University is publicized through University web page, industry-institute interaction through training programmes, workshops, seminars and symposia.
Important consultancy services were provided to the following:
(1) Forest Department
(2) Global warming Reduction center, North Orissa University Chapter (3) UU research collaboration with Utkal university
(4) Neuro-Psychology with Jadavpur University (5) ISI Kolkata- S.Dash (6) NIT, Rourkela – S.Dash
(7) KIIT – S.Dash
The Public Relations Office also takes the responsibility of publicizing such aspects of the University. For details about the Departments that undertake consultancy, please see
Volume II of the SSR.
The university emphasizes on application aspect of the research output and encourages
faculty members, research scholars and others to make their research output and expertise available for the society. The research activities of individual teachers as well as their
field of expertise are publicized regularly through updated newsletters, scientific journals and other forms of publications. It covers the contributions in the field of science and technology, production of high yielding seed varieties, spreading awareness about bio-
diversity, preservation of plant species with medicinal potential and imparting practical knowledge in costing, marketing, data-analysis etc. Setting up a special cell to provide
professional consultancy to students in various sectors by university experts is also in the pipeline.
The display of expertise of individual faculty in the University website is another tool which publicizes the expertise of the Faculty. However, the Faculty on their own
academic reputation in their field of specialization attracts consultancy offers.
3.5.4 How does the University utilize the expertise of its faculty with regard to
consultancy services?
The faculty members depending upon their specialized areas and experience are expected
to attract consultancy projects and necessary initiatives in this regard have to come from faculties. University device rules to facilitate the financial benefits to the faculty. The
University believes that teachers carrying out consultancy may be given opportunities to
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maintain staff on contractual basis which may be paid from the consultancy earnings. Further the recruitment of staff to be engaged in the projects must be free from clutches
of the administration and a free hand may be given to the consultant/faculty. The resource generated through consultancy services be utilized for upgrading the laboratories and
maintaining contractual staffs.
They are also encouraged to lecture and demonstrate their expertise through formal
programmes (NOU CONNECT) of the University.
3.5.5 List the broad areas of consultancy services provided by the University and the
revenue generated during the last four years?
The university is encouraging consultancy to their faculties. The 6 centers of Capacity Building…. Project are encouraged to operate in self- financing mode, learn and earn.
3.6 Extension Activities and Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR)
Through Adopted Villages by NSS, NouConnect, Capacity Building in IT Tools
3.6.1 How does the University sensitize its faculty and students on its Institutional
Social Responsibilities? List the social outreach programmes which have created an
impact on students’ campus experience during the last four years.
Traditionally, Universities are known for teaching (transformation of knowledge) and
research (preservation of knowledge). The benefits of Universities usually remain within the campuses. Now education has become highly specialized, and thus the need of extension of knowledge was felt by the policy makers. Subsequently, a third dimension
of education has been recognized, other than teaching and research. Consequently extension has been assigned the status of third dimension of education, the other two
being teaching and research. The concept of extension emphasizes that the resources and knowledge available at the seats of higher learning shall not remain within the four walls of Universities, rather their benefits shall reach out to the unreached with a view to
improve the quality of life. It was also envisaged that the youth shall ascertain real life situations on one hand, while on the other, shall participate in the process of nation’s
development. NOU also organize activities related to social well- being
North Orissa University has been conducting regular extension and out-reach activities
related to social well-being. University faculty members and students have participated in activities related to social cause and contribute towards neighborhood villages. University
students under guidance of faculty members make regularly participated in out-reach activities to help the needy.
At North Orissa University Staff and Students are regularly informed and sensitized about maintaining high moral values and practicing good moral behavior. University has
adapted mechanisms for ensuring that the Campus of North Orissa University remains “Ragging Free Campus”, “Gender Equal Campus” and “Non- discriminatory Campus”.
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As part of the out reach programmes students have visited several neighboring villages to identify and locate ‘ground level innovations’ made by grass root innovators.
NOU celebrates days of national importance e.g. Republic Day, Independence Day,
Gandhi Jayanti with sense of festivity and zeal. In these celebrations, University invites residents of nearby villages to promote social inclusiveness and also for promotion of the University activity.
Activities related to social well-being that reflects our commitment to social responsibility are:
The Details of Extension Activities and Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) is
highlighted:
Organized by MSW Department The University/Department of Social Work provides for its faculty and students the opportunities of social learning through social action programmes. Enthusing of a
participatory skills and leadership building through community outreach is established. It is ensured that sensibility for challenges in society and awareness for social responsibility
becomes a part of their character.
1. Women Empowerment – workshop on Women’s Day
2. Voting awareness 3. e-Governance
4. Youth icon Swami Vivekanand: Life and his message – Lecture delivered by Swami
5. Lecture organized on Human Rights
Organized by Tribal Studies
Indigenous Tribal day Organized
Organized N.S.S. P.G Unit 1. Vanmahotsava week (1-7 July, 2013), tree plantation, Seminar on environment
protection. 2. Blood Camp in August, 201 3. A Blood donation camp organized by NSS P.G. Unit, NOU and NSS Open Unit,
NOU at University premises on 24.9.2012( 93 unit blood collected). 4. Observation of World AIDS Day on 01.12.2012. World AIDS’ Day(18thDecember,
2013)
5. Speech organized on International Literacy Day (8th September, 2013) 6. Mother’s Day Celebration (19th September, 2013).
7. ‘Women’s Day’ (24th November, 2013) and Observation of ‘International Womens’ Day on 08.03.13 at North Orissa University by NSS Bureau, NOU
8. Observation of Netaji Jayanti on 23.01.2013 by NSS Open Unit, and NSS P.G. Unit,
NOU. 9. Free Eye Camp on 07.01.2012 organized by NSS Bureau, North Orissa University in
association with Mahatma Gandhi Eye Hospital, Rangamatia, Rasgobindpur.
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10. NSS Bureau organized a Mega Eye Camp on 01.12.2014 in association with Mahatma Gandhi Eye Hospital Rangamatia at NOU campus.The camps was
inaugated by the Honourable Lady Governer of Odisha. Around 200 patients of nearby Gram Panchayats had attended the camp. Among them Cataract Operation
was made for 10 patients. 11. Observation of National Youth Day on 12.01.2013 at North Orissa University in
collaboration with Vivekananda Kendra, Baripada branch.
12. Essay writing and debate competitions in Oriya and English for NOU students were organized and prizes are distributed by conducting Chancellors cup. These
programmes focused on sensitizing the students towards existence in a pluralistic society and were funded by NOU.
13. Launching ceremony of National Youth Policy-2014 and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan
was organized by NSS Bureau on 21.02.2014. More than 200 volunteers attended the programme. On this Occasion Vice Chancellor of NOU addressed the volunteers on
various issues related to youth. 14. Poster competitions among the volunteers was organized by NSS Bureau of NOU on
13.08.2013 for Voter Awareness. Two hundred volunteers participated in the Oath
Taking Ceremony on 19.09.1013 for election awareness. 15. NSS volunteers of PG unit, NOU also participated in the ‘National Youth Festival’ in
Guwahati from 12-18 th January 2015. 16. A Free Eye Camp on 07.01.2012 organized by NSS Bureau, North Orissa University
in association with Mahatma Gandhi Eye Hospital, Rangamatia, Rasgobindpur.
17. Two District level Quiz compition sponsored by NSS Bureau, NOU organized by NSS, North Orissa University (Mayurbhanj dist.) and Rimuli College, Rimuli
(Keonjhar dist.) for National Voters Day on 10.01.2013. Social outreach programmes Organized by NSS PG Unit
Social outreach programmes includes work for eradicating Child Labour, Promotion of community and Participation in Social Events, Environment Awareness, Health and
Hygiene, Organizing Health Camps in the Underserved Localities and neighbourhood areas, Participation in Polio eradication drive and Efforts for Sustained Community Development and NSS Camps in adjacent villages. The details of these activities are:
1. Following Volunteers (05 male+ 05 female) and one Programme Officer to participate an Inter University NSS Festival, KALARAV-2012 at KIIT University on
28th -29th April, 2012. 2. Following Volunteers are participated an Adventure camp at Manali/Rishikesh from
13.06.12 to 22.06.12.
3. Following NSS P.G Unit volunteers participated in the Pre R.D State level selection camp on 23.8.2012 at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar.
4. NSS volunteers of P.G Unit also participateted in the Pre R.D Zonal level selection camp during 21st – 30th September, 2012 at Sarusajai Stadium, Guwahati.
5. Volunteers of NSS P.G Unit participated in the workshop for the formulation of
“State Youth Policy” organized by District Sports Office Mayurbhanj on 22.02.13 at Collector ATE Conference Hall Baripada.
6. Participation of Volunteers of NSS P.G Unit in State Youth Exchange programme (ISYEP) at Karnatak State Open University, Mysore during 20.02.13 to 01.03.13.
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7. NSS Volunteers of P.G Unit participated in the NSS Mega camp at Ranchi during 04.03.13 to 15.03.13.
8. The NSS Volunteers (ST Women) of P.G Unit participated the Mushroom Cultivation training under Livehood and Skill Development Programme at Kalinga Stadium,
Bhubaneswar from 10.03.13 to 14.03.13. Sitamani Marandi- NSS P.G. Unit, NOU 9. A Inter College cultural Talent Search camp sponsord by NSS Bureau, NOU was
organized by P.G. Unit, NSS, NOU from 24.11.12 to 26.11.12 for Jagadhatri Mela,
Baripada. 10. National Road Safety Week was observed by NSS Bureau, NOU on 04.01.2013. 400
NSS volunteers participated in this programme by different Colleges. 11. Training on Self-Defence: Five Girl student participated in the Self-Defence Training
at Kalinga Stadium on 9th-15 th August, 2013. These trainees educated around
10,000 Girl student of various colleges for Self-Defence. 12. Campaigning against Witch Craft:
National Integration
The platform provided by the NSS through NSS bureau serves very well as a meeting
ground for professionals to hob-nob and meld with each other, regardless of gender and identity barriers such as caste, class or religion by. These programmes are taken from
participants for evaluating their concept of national integration. The National Integration Camp organized by NSS goes a step further in facilitating national integration and communal harmony not only amongst the participants but in general public too. Apart
from spreading the noble ideal of national integration, the NSS has organizes several communal harmony programmes on how to communicate the message of national
integration through higher education: prospects and challenges. As part of National Integration following activities were organized:
1. University level Pre Re-Public Day Parade selection camp on 16.8.2012 organized by the NSS Bureau, NOU at University campus. 27 nos. of volunteers were selected for
the State level selection. 2. Our NSS volunteers and P.Os were participated in the Pre R.D State level selection
camp held on 23.8.2012 at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar.
3. Following selection at the State level selection camp our NSS volunteers also participated in the Pre Republic Day Zonal level selection camp during 21st – 30th
September, 2012 at Sarusajai Stadium, Guwahati. 4. Observation of Netaji Jayanti on 23.01.2013 by NSS Open Unit, and NSS P.G. Unit,
NOU.
5. NSS volunteers also participated in State Youth Exchange programme (ISYEP) at Karnatak State Open University, Mysore during 20.02.13 to 01.03.13.
6. National Integration (NI) camp organized by North Orissa University 7. A Massive rally was organized by NSS Bureau named “Run For Nation” in
collaboration with Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari, Baripada branch on 14.09.
2013 for the yaer long celebration of 150 th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.
8. Observation of 2nd October as International Day of Non-violence.
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Cultural and Literary Evenings
The composite culture of Mayurbhanj district find a space on the premises of NOU in the cultural evenings organized by NOU and the students wing during the annual day
celebrations. In these programmes the art and music of the land is showcased for the participants. Colourful vignettes of local and ethnic culture are thrown open for participants from far and wide. These events also give patronage to the local and folk
artists to perform and keep their art alive. The vernacular genres of cultural expression are thus rewarded. As participants throng these programme from states exotic to Orissa
which have an entirely different socio-cultural milieu, an attempt is made to make the environment at the College very congenial and conducive.
An important step in this regard is the National Integration camp organized by the University which puts together for specific regions say for example the North-East India,
the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, south India etc. on a national forum As part of these cultural and literary evenings the visiting contingent is given a chance to showcase its dance, music poetry and even cuisine. In these evenings those natives of the particular
state who are residing and working in NOU at various teaching and non-teaching positions are also invited for an informal interaction over the Cultural Programme.
Altogether, these cultural and literary evenings are a wonderful opportunity for cultural exchange and building of brotherhood.
Cultural and Natural Heritage Preservation
Keeping in mind the cultural and natural heritage of the Baripada town situated in the district of Mayarbhanj, the NOU supports various significant sites of this nature by way of organizing field visits for course participants. Baripada town and specially the North
Orissa University stand for its unique history, which has contributed to building the composite culture of India. When course participants visit the sites of natural and
biodiversity value these receive support and encouragement for their sustainability. The library functional in town and in the university is dedicated to keeping the art and
history of India alive. The vibrant literary, cultural and historical exhibits are solely maintained in public interest by the devoted staff of the library books written by various –
noted writers of the land are kept in library that serves to preserve the cultural and natural heritage.
An edited book with chapters from experts in the fields of historical, judicial, political and social aspects of national integration has been published by the
The Simlipal Biodiversity study centre of NOU is committed to preserve the rich natural heritage of the reserve. It is home to a variety of flora and fauna and exists as a vital lung
to the near-by burgeoning human inhabitations. Public awareness is required for its conservation and restoration. A site such of historical and ecological significance is
brought to the fore by and regular visits. It serves as a waterfowl refuge to thousands of migratory birds. Bird-watching and walking down the nature trails have filled the school
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children with a lot of excitement and first hand nature conservation awareness for endangered species as well as wetland ecosystems which are fast being throttled is
ensured.
The NSS Bureau of North Orissa University has been due importance for the development of tribal’s by organizing special camps in tribal areas within its jurisdiction over two districts, namely Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar. More than 50% of the population
of these two districts are tribal’s and are skilled in their art, craft and culture. Keeping this in mind the NSS Bureau organized an exhibition on Tribal Art, Crafts and Culture on
01.02.2014. The exhibition was inaugurated by Hon’ble Governer of Orissa Dr. S. C. Jamir. Tribal artisana working on bamboo products, Sabai products, Docra, Tasar silk etc participated in this exhibition.
Patronage of orphans and the destitute
The NSS wing of North Orissa University offers programmes where the volunteer regularly visits the sites where orphans and the destitute are housed. The inmates were
delighted by the interaction and beyond the course teacher candidates respond to their inner calling of helping the poor, destitute and homeless children and volunteer to do
their bit. If passed on to their students too this would have magnified impact in getting the due for these children from the society. These activities on behalf of the NSS aid and abet such social causes of common good.
3.6.2 How does the University promote University-neighborhood network and
student engagement, contributing to the holistic development of students and
sustained community development
NOU is located in a relatively remote location, which is surrounded by village; therefore, there is regular interaction between people from neighbouring villages and faculty/
students of the University. Also, a number of students admitted to the University during last belongs to the neighbouring villages. Faculty members and students of nearly all the Departments and most specifically of Department of Social Works visit neighbouring
village regularly. Villagers participte in the Univeristy functions including Republic Day Celebration, Independence Day Celebration, Gandhi Jayanti Celebration and Annual Day
Festival.. These activities and interactions have greatly helped in development of a strong network between faculty members/ students and the residents of the neighbouring villages.
To augment it further the faculty and newly admitted students are informed about the
location specific requirements of the University. In these interactions, faculty and students are informed about the socio-cultural aspects of the neighbouring villages. These orientations have also helped in faculty and students in understanding the necessity of
having strong association/ network with the residents of neighbhood.
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Directorate of Distance and Continuing Education: DDCE
The Distance Education programmes are also a part of the University's outreach
programmes to foster University-Society relationship with the motto of "Education for All", to take quality education to the doorsteps of desirous individuals who want to take
up higher education, for the discontinued who could not take up regular education, housewives and employees who want to improve and enhance their knowledge. The University firmly believes that education and seeking knowledge is a life long learning
concept.
University-neighborhood/Community network is ensured through following
Programmes
1. By establishing mass contact through door to door contact and public meeting,
conducting surveys and need assessment, meetings and advocacy through different media.
2. The University neighborhood networking is established by involving two partners namely (a) Academic and (b) Activist.
3. Academic partners consist of different Departments belonging to various faculties of
the University. They possess indepth knowledge on different issues pertaining to social change.
4. The Activist partners consist of various NGOs, Organisations and Governmental agencies engaged in the task of social change. Suitable and effective strategies developed by them are used to ascertain desirable positive response.
5. By conducting Nukkad 6. The Post-graduate students are encouraged to carry out health education activities for
promotion of health of rural areas under the supervision of N.S.S. coordinator and Programme Officers.
7. Students are engaged in neighbourhood rural areas for construction of kachcha roads
and also actively participate in plantation. Thus, such activities facilitate the mutual process of awareness between the students and the community regarding issues
related to sustained community development. Through the Department of Social Work
The Department of Social Work through regular Field Work places Master of Social Work (MSW) students in a very organized manner for community work. The students are
engaged in neighborhood areas composed of slum population. This facilitates the mutual process of learning and awareness between the students and the community regarding issues concerning sustained community development.
Regular Principals and Progrannes Officers Conference
The NSS bureau of North Orissa University has ensures that the teacher participants in various NSS activities are sensitized towards the gaps in the larger society through regular principal and progranne Officers Conference. The Institutional Social
Responsibility (ISR) is addressed by these programmes specially designed to reach out to the community and also by integrating the goals of NSS in the various regular
programmes.
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3.6.3 How does the University promote the participation of the students and faculty
in extension activities including participation in NSS, NCC, YRC and other
National/ International programmes?
The Department of Social Work collaborates with National Service Scheme (NSS) in promoting community awareness for Traffic Rules, Blood Donation, HIV/AIDS, Family Planning etc. The MSW students have worked as volunteers of NSS in various events
organized for community development. The Department of Social Work in collaboration with District Administration organizes programmes on various occasions viz. World
Health Day, World Environment Day, World AIDS Day, etc. Following event have been done through NSS
1 Social Mobilization and Camps
Intensive social mobilization campaign in under-served localities declared as high risk areas under the
collaborative programmes and regular NSS camps of intensive campaigning. By conducting programmes at Leprocy affected village/school and at school for
Deaf and Blind
2 Awareness Programmes Blood Donation Camp, Voter Awareness -Camps Debate Competition, Rally, etc.
3 World Environment Day Intensive tree plantation Programme.
4 Independence Day/
Republic Day
Programmes of Desh Bhakti Songs and dance on the
theme of National Integration. Gandhi Jayanti
5 Community Survey Community survey
6 Education and Literacy
including legal awareness
Camp to increase the literacy.
7 Awareness about Saving Energy, Water and other
Natural Resources.
An awareness camp for natural, renewable and non-renewable resources
8 Emergency Interventions including Trauma Care,
initial Counseling and Data Collection
Programmes/survey particularly by MSW students
9 Awareness about General
Cleanliness Health and Hygiene and Water Borne
Diseases
Health and hygiene camps, participating in Pulse
Polio Eradication Programme,
3.6.4 Give details of social surveys, research or extension work, if any, undertaken
by the University to ensure social justice and empower the underprivileged and the
most vulnerable sections of society?
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Due to its geographical location North Orissa University is ideally placed for carrying out social-surveys; research and extension work on empowerment of underprivileged and
vulnerable sections of the society. Faculty members and students of Department of Social Works have conducted a number of surveys and taken up research work for addressing
the issues and concerns related to underprivileged section of neighbouring villages. Department of Social Works have conducted following surveys:
Sl.
No
Name of the Topic Year
01 Impact of Modernization in the Religious Customs and
Tradition of HO Tribes in Kaptipada Block of Mayurbhanj
district.
2016
02 Role of SGSY on Economic Growth of rural Women in
Mayurbhanj.
2016
03 Impact and Analysis of Gaon Kalyan Samiti in Baripada Block
of Mayurbhanj District.
2016
04 Tribal Women Empowerment Through Self Help Group, A
Study based on Kaptipada Block of Mayurbhanj District.
2016
05 Problems and Perspective of Slum Dwellers in Baripada Town
of Mayurbhanj.
2016
06 NTFP is a source of Livelihood in Mayurbhanj: Problems and
Perspective.
2016
07 Mid day Meal Scheme in Promoting Education: Study based
on Khunta Block of Mayurbhanj.
2016
08 A Study on the quality of life and Education in Ashram School
of Khunta Block.
2016
09 Impact of Modernization in the Religious Customs and
Tradition of Santal Tribes in Kaptipada Block of Mayurbhanj
district
2016
10 A Study on the Impact of Family Planning on Slum Dwellers
of Baripada.
2016
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3.6.5 Does the University have a mechanism to track the students’ involvement in
various social movements/activities which promote citizenship roles?
NOU community has always come forward in difficult times to help the sufferers of flood
hit areas of Mayurbhanj and adjoining districts. Both the NSS wing and the Students Union actively participates in such activities as holding Blood Donation Camps, or collecting winter clothes or blankets to help the poor. When the students hold such
activities under NSS or students Union their involvements are properly tracked by them. These activities are promoted and publicized through NSS news bulletin, NOU news
bulletin and News papers. 3.6.6 Bearing in mind the objectives and expected outcomes of the extension
activities organized by the University, how did they complement students’ academic
learning experience? Specify the values inculcated and skills learnt.
Through the aforementioned activities the students acquire skills at multifarious levels. This beyond-the-classroom experience instills values of societal responsibilities. It makes
them autonomous learners and equips them with life skills. The field work and hands-on experience provide them situations where they have to think and act on their own. This
engenders in them the capability of independent decision-making in their life. To be able to compare and analyse theoretical knowledge with real- life situations the students acquire critical thinking skills as well. Such engagements also offer rich interaction
where students learn the skills to effectively communicate in different situations of life.
3.6.7 How does the University ensure the involvement of the community in its
outreach activities and contribute to community development? Give details of the
initiatives of the University which have encouraged community participation in its
activities.
Community Participation is ensured by activities initiated by NSS wing, NOU students union and the Department of Social Work in the neighborhood slums and villages both by regular programmes and by conducting special Camps. These activities also offers
community participation through street plays, awareness rallies, promotion of drawing/poster making competitions among local schools etc.
3.6.8 Give details of awards received by the institution for extension activities
and/contributions to social/community development during the last four years.
The NSS volunteers have received several prizes/awards on several occasions. Following
awards for contribution to community development was received by the NSS and
Department of Social Works:
NSS P.G Unit
NSS Open Unit
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3.7 Collaboration
3.7.1 How has the University’s collaboration with other agencies impacted the
visibility, identity and diversity of activities on campus? To what extent has the
University benefitted
academically and financially because of collaborations?
Collaborations with other high quality organizations have accrued following benefits to the University:
(i) Visibility of the University has enhanced and due to which the ranking of the University has improved as indicated in various national and international surveys.
(ii) The quality of research and publications has improved. (iii) A number of foreign Universities have shown their interest to collaborate with
the University. (iv) Patents have been filed and a number of these are in the process.
3.7.2 Mention specific examples of how these linkages promote
Curriculum development: These collaborations promote curriculum development in the form of new knowledge and information addition to the existing programmes being taught.
Internship: Large number of students from different institutions and Universities visit various Departments for receiving training in new areas of research. Similarly, our
students also get trained and acquaint themselves with newer technologies. On-the-job training: A number of faculty and students under various scholarship programs visit different institutes and Industry thereby strengthening the academic and
research activities on the campus. The knowledge gained is shared with post graduate students and research
scholars. Faculty exchange and development: Faculty exchange program helps enhancing vision, knowledge, skills in emerging areas, visibility of the University and many other ways.
Students benefit greatly through interaction with experts from outside. Research and Publication: Due to collaborative activities the research facilities have
improved resulting in good quality of research and publications. Consultancy and Extension: The increase of visibility of the University due to collaborative research has resulted/expected in faculty getting consultancy/ research
projects. Student placement: Since the University has been recognized by various national and
international accreditation bodies, there has been an enriched confidence of the industry and employers. This has led to a better prospect for the graduates who have been successful in procuring jobs in the campus placement.
Any other (please specify)
There collaborations promote: (i) High quality research
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(ii) Publications quality, impact and citation (iii) Original action based research
(iv) Primary data is easily available (v) Faculty exposure and experience in the current subjects of research.
3.7.3 Has the University signed any MoUs with institutions of national/ international
importance/other universities/industries/ corporate houses etc.? If yes, how have
they enhanced the research and development activities of the University?
Strengthening synergy with advanced centers of learning spread across the globe has always been at the top of University’s agenda. The university is keen to establish MOUs to foster quality research and cross functional collaborations.
3.7.4 Have the University-industry interactions resulted in the
establishment/creation of highly specialized laboratories/ facilities?
The University- Industry interaction has not yet resulted in establishment of any highly
specialized laborartoy/ facility. However, such interaction is expected to result in establishment of specialized facilities in future. Many Departments have developed a
setup for specialized research. Univeristy is also keen to sign MoUs with national and international agencies including Universities/ Institutes/ Industries and corporate houses.
The Department of Botany Dept. of NOU in association with the forest Department maintains the botanical garden cum semi-natural ecosystem.
Any other information regarding Research, Consultancy and Extension, which the
University would like to include.
The University organizes “NOU Connect” on a regular basis. Many Departments extend
the facilities available in the specialized laboratories to the researchers from within the nation and abroad.
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CRITERION IV: INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEARNING RESOURCES 4.1 Physical Facilities
4.1.1. How does the university plan and ensure adequate availability of physical
infrastructure and ensure its optimal utilization?
The University as a whole has several high power policy making committees comprising
of internal and external members under chairmanship of Honorable Vice Chancellor/
Chairperson PG Council/ Registrar. The Planning and Development, Estate, Finance and
several other committees look after the requirement of physical infrastructure from time
to time. The University has received funds from various agencies such as UGC, MHRD,
Department of Science and Technology, Department of Biotechnology Govt. of India,
Ministry of Environment Govt. of Odisha, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India,
MPLAD etc., to meet the growing demand of adequate infrastructure. The University has
6 Academic blocks to cater to the physical infrastructure requirement of various teaching
disciplines.
4.1.2. Does the university have a policy for the creation and enhancement of
Infrastructure in order to promote a good teaching-learning environment? If
yes, mention a few recent initiatives.
Yes, North Orissa University has a policy making committee for taking decision on
requirement of infrastructure to promote good teaching- learning environment. Since last
two decades, University has augmented many financial supports to improve the existing
infrastructure and each of the department have their own physical infrastructure with
enough space, laboratories, faculty rooms, girls common room, adequate number of
toilets for boys and girls, seminar halls, departmental seminar library, computer facility,
department office room etc. The creation and enhancement of infrastructure in order to
promote a good teaching- learning environment is achieved by the University in the
following manner:
1. Every Department on the campus has its own individual space. There are 45
laboratories on the campus.
2. There are 09 conference halls and construction work is going on for a huge
convention center.
3.100 % of the campus is laid out with RCC roads. Thus, all departments are easily
accessible.
4. University has botanical garden maintained by P.G. Department of Botany.
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5. Details about infrastructure of library
Total area of the library (in Sq. Mts.): 864 Sq. Mts. (G+1) Type
Total seating capacity : 150
Total number of computers for general access: 25
Total numbers of printers for general access: 02
Internet bandwidth speed: 1 Gbps
Library building is fully under surveillance of CCTV cameras.
6. Details about infrastructure of Computer Centre.
Total area of the Computer Center (in Sq. Mts.): 1512, Centre has
received ample bandwidth under NMEICT project and Centre
Provides Internet facility to its
- Faculty
- Researchers
- Officers
- Students
The Computer Centre has its own computer lab for the
students; teaching and non-teaching staffs. 24X7 internet
facility is available to all. More than 400 users use the internet
facilities at their desktop or Laptop. Centre is providing
Internet and Networking facilities to the Faculty and Research
Scholars. University at present is providing internet related
services through wired Networks. Users are stuck to their desk
for appropriate usage.
Computer Centre has successfully implemented around 7 KMs
of Fiber Optic Network. Centre has proposed to University
Grants Commission to enhance this network with Wi-Fi facility
during XII plan proposal. In the same context UGC has
sanctioned Rs.13 lacks and in addition to this we have received
Rs 20 lacks from State Govt. of Odisha for making Wi-Fi
campus.
Recent technological developments have made easy access to
Wi-Fi enabled mobile phones, PDAs, Notebooks and tablet
PCs. Users are not stuck to the Laptop / Desktop for their
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communication needs. Any mobile device having Wi-Fi
connectivity can be used for their communication and internet
needs. Students and Faculty can have access to Emails,
Journals, SIP based Voice and Video communication anywhere
on the campus without any interruption.
7. Details about infrastructure of sports facility (outdoor space and indoor stadium)
Total Area of Sports complex is around 28800 Sq. Mt.
Outdoor Space Area
8. Details about infrastructure of hostel facility (equipped with solar / energy saving equipment if any).
There are five hostels on the campus, among them are Four girls and two boys Hostels.
Facilities in the Hostels:
Water cooler with RO plan
Solar Water Heating System
Parking Facility
Wi-Fi Enabled (in pipeline)
Kitchen and Dining hall
Library Room / Reading Room
First-Aid Kit
Common Room equipped with recreational facilities
Fire Extinguisher for each floor of the hostel
Ramp for Divyang student
Security guard room for hostels
Visitors Room
Doctor’s Room
9 . Details about infrastructure of Canteen facility.
There is one canteen available on the Campus
Total Area of Canteen: 140 (Sq. Mt.)
10. Details about large common facilities like the Convention Centre, Stadium etc.
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Recent major developments on the campus:
There is a convention centre
Built up Area: 1532.9002 Sq. Mt. (1000 seater)
Meeting hall: 185.8061 Sq. Mt. (200 seater)
Cultural Complex
Built Up Area: 69.6773 (Sq. Mt.)
Plot Area: (Sq. Mt.): 480
11. Details about the steps taken for landscaping / beautification etc.
There is a continuous campus beautification and landscaping plan, which is monitored by the University authorities through Infrastructure and building committee.
In first phase, there was a movement for greening the campus that covers the corners and borders of the University area into social forestry, also with medicinal plantation.
The next phase was related to cover the boundary walls of all departments, hostels, staff quarters, etc. with cement roads / RCC roads that connects to the University office.
Along with RCC roads, centralized power / solar energy based electrical system, water works system, drainage system, and centralized maintenance of infrastructure.
A new garden has been developed near the main gate of the University.(Name) 4.1.3. How does the university create a conducive physical ambience for the faculty
in terms of adequate research laboratories, computing facilities and allied
services?
Majority of the departments where laboratories are required, the University has
supported very well maintained laboratories. The adequate financial resources were made available from the State and Central governments funding agencies, donors and our own generated funds. Each department has been provided enough computer support and it is
also based on usage by the department. The higher users are allowed to use the internet and Wi-Fi facilities over and above their prescribed quota. The faculties are provided
better working places and it is continuing for up gradation and improvement in terms of physical facilities. The University is responding to the climatic condition of this region which is hotter and has endeavored to create air-conditioned laboratories.
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The various halls / auditoriums on the campus are also technologically equipped, learning
spaces are flexible enough to serve as a fitting space for large / combined /inter-disciplinary classes as well as for seminars. Every teacher on the campus has been
furnished with an air conditioned chamber with computers/ laptops and printers so that smaller group discussions, guidance to individual students, meeting with class representatives etc. can take place. The laboratories are spacious and fully equipped to
inspire and support research. The library aids to every teacher with the latest journals and e-resources are provided. The University now publishes three journals from its own
publication house (one each for Sciences, Social Sciences and the Humanities) to augment faculty research. The University has an exclusive Computer Centre to assist the faculty with all kinds of computing facilities. Each department has photocopying facility
for the faculty and students.
4.1.4. Has the university provided all departments with facilities like office room,
common room and separate rest rooms for women students and staff?
Yes. As mentioned in the section above, all (including lady) faculty members of this University have their independent well-equipped chambers. The support staff of each of
the departments on the campus has their own office rooms and storage space / records room. The women officers in the Main Administrative Building have their separate
chambers. Separate wash rooms for women students and staff is a standard norm in the University. 4.1.5. How does the university ensure that the infrastructure facilities are disabled-
friendly?
The University is planning to build disabled friendly facilities such as easier access paths like ramps, toilets in all the teaching, library and administrative buildings. Classrooms
and libraries are well- lit for the visually impaired. Toilets are specially designed for the divyang in newly constructed buildings. Departments have seminar halls with good
audio-visual system. University is taking steps to provide Braille and talking books for divyang students.
4.1.6. How does the university cater to the requirements of residential students?
Give details of Capacity of the hostels and occupancy (to be given separately
for men and women):
There are four hostels for women on the campus with a combined capacity of 510
students. For men, there are two hostels at present with a capacity of around 100. All
seats for men and women are occupied.
Recreational facilities in hostel/s like gymnasium, yoga centre, etc.:
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The Women’s hostel is equipped with badminton court and Indoor-games.
Broadband connectivity / WI-FI facility in hostels: Available
4.1.7 Does the university offer medical facilities for its students and teaching and
non-teaching staff living on campus?
The University has a well-equipped Health Center, with retired qualified Doctors for all employees and students.
4.1.8 What special facilities are available on campus to promote students’ interest
in sports and cultural events/activities?
The University makes available a wide array of sporting facilities (over 20 different types of sports) to the students. The University has appointed a full time Physical
Education teacher ( PET) who looks after various sport activities and prepares an elaborate sports calendar for every academic year with standard features like inter-college championships, zonal and regional competitions. The Physical Education
Section of the University also looks after cultural activities.
4.2 Library as a Learning Resource 4.2.1 Does the library have an Advisory Committee? Specify the composition of
the committee. What significant initiatives have been taken by the
committee to render the library student/user friendly?
Yes, the Central Library of the University has a Library Committee as per sub-
section (2) (g) of section 12 of the Odisha Universities Act, 1989 (Odisha Act.
22 of 1966). The committee comprises of the following:
a) Vice-Chancellor- Chairperson
b) Chairperson PG Council and Ex-officio Member, Syndicate member
c) All Heads of Regular Departments
d) Prof. I/C Library – Convener
e) Comptroller of Finance
f) Assistant Librarian
The committee meets annually twice or more as per requirements and it allocates
funds to each department for procuring books and journals. The grants are
allocated after identifying the requirements of students and staffs of each
department. 4.2.2 Provide details of the following:
Total area of the library (in Sq. Mts.): 864 sq.
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mts , (G+1) type
Total seating capacity :150
Working hours (on working days, on holidays, before examination, during examination, during vacation):
10 AM – 5AM –on working days
10 AM – 2PM on holidays
9AM - 5 PM during examination Open Access – Circulation System
Layout of the library (individual reading carrels, lounge area for
browsing and relaxed reading, IT zone for accessing e-resources) –
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Clear and prominent display of floor plan; adequate sign boards;
fire alarm; access to differently-abled users and mode of access to
collection- Floor plans are prominently displayed in the library.
Adequate number of sign boards is also available for providing
library related information to students and staffs. Fire alarm system
is in place. Braille books, keyboards and talking books are
available for Divyang students. 4.2.3 Give details of the library holdings:
a) Print (books, back volumes and theses)
Print Books: 30,918(as on December 2015) Text Book: 25,039 Reference: 1684
Distributed to Departmental Library: 1455 Donated Books received: 2530
Journals: 86 (Indian) Foreign: 01 Peer-reviewed: 08
Magazines: 20 Thesis: 149
CDs : 400
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b) Average number of books added during the last three years
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11,08,674.00
c) Non Print (Microfiche, AV)
c) Electronic (e-books, e-journals): 36 Reference Books, e-journals-19398
and e- books- 136493 through PROQUEST.
e) Special collections (e.g. text books, reference books, standards,
patents): 750 Reference Books 200 standards
f) Book Banks : Pipeline
g) Question Banks : University question papers available for last 3 years
4.2.4 What tools does the library deploy to provide access to the collection?
OPAC through SOUL 2.0
Electronic Resource Management package for e-journals: PROQUEST
Federated searching tools to search articles in multiple databases:
PROQUEST
Library webpage is linked to University website.
In-house / remote access to e-publications: In-house access to e-
publications .
4.2.5 To what extent is ICT deployed in the library? Give details with regard to
Library automation:
We have the instruments / equipment and technology like machine readable
catalogue; computerized bibliographic information of the library holdings through
Local Area Network (intranet) using Web OPAC. Automated circulation system
using barcode technology as well as the status on Library Automation project using
Electro Magnetic Security technology and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
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based Library Management System
Servre -02
Total number of computers for general access: 25
Total numbers of printers for general access: 04
No. of scanner -02
Book scanner – 01
Bar code reader - 01
Institutional Repository
Institutional internet bandwidth :1Gbps
Content management system for e-learning: Not Available
Participation in resource sharing networks/consortia (like INFLIBNET,
PROQUEST, Spoken Tutorial) : Available
4.2.6 Provide details (per month) with regard to
Average number of walk-ins : 2395.5
Average number of books issued/returned: 6279/7852
Ratio of library books to students enrolled: 1:30
Average number of books added during the last four years: 8982
Average number of login to OPAC : Yet to implement
Average number of login to e-resources: 8876
Average number of e-resources downloaded/printed:1383
Number of IT (Information Technology) literacy trainings organized: 02
4.2.7 Give details of specialized services provided by the library with regard to
Manuscripts: An exclusive manuscript section exists in the library.
Reference: Renowned academicians, writers and poets have donated many
special books to the library which are available as reference books for the
students and faculty members.
Reprography/Scanning: Canon Image Runner Advance and high speed
Book-i scanners are available for reprographic purpose.
Inter- library Loan Service: facilitates all teaching departments to set up
their seminar library.
Information Deployment and Notification: Through library website.
OPAC: Available but yet to be implemented.
Internet Access: Exclusive IT zone with 1Gbps connectivity.
Downloads: E-books, e-journal and e-thesis are downloaded through
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PROQUEST.
Printouts: Two high speed printers are available for printing services.
Reading list/ Bibliography compilation: Not
available.
In-house/remote access to e-resources : In-house access available to e-
resources through PROQUEST
User Orientation: Users are oriented as and when new e-resources are
added.
Assistance in searching Databases: Yes
INFLIBNET/IUC facilities: Applied
4.2.8 Provide details of the annual library budget and the amount spent for
purchasing new books and journals.
4.2.9 What initiatives has the university taken to make the library a ‘happening
place’ on campus?
The ambience of the library has completely changed in last few years and emerging
as a welcome place for the students on the campus and also outsiders. The library staff is trained to help and support for the necessary query or requirements when any
scholar or faculty visits. All books are in open access system and one can visit directly to the book racks related to their subject. The library also provides complete list of books, reference books, journals and thesis. The users who don’t have good
reading facility and environment at home /residence place / hostel, they are regular visitors of library for hours together for their reading and knowledge. They are
provided comfortable sitting and reading tables and chairs and airy atmosphere. 4.2.9 What are the strategies used by the library to collect feedback from its
users? How is the feedback analysed and used for the improvement of the
library services?
The library has kept suggestion box to get regular feedback and lacuna if any, from the users. The suggestions which require immediate address are executed immediately and
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01 1,85,00,000.00 12,27,544.00
02 1,95,00,000.00 7,59,131.00
03 2,05,00,000.00 11,08,674.00
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where the suggestions are of financial implications and policy matters are forwarded to library committee . User satisfaction is regularly measured and evaluated by user
feedback. The suggestions given are placed before the Library Committee and accordingly improvement is made in the library facilities. This is a regular feature of the
Library.
4.2.11 List the efforts made towards the infrastructural development of the library in the
last four years.
Library building extension has already been completed and required book shelves and
other furniture are procured. CCTV surveillance system, RFID, bar-coding, bio-metric
attendance system, paddle high-speed book scanner, high end server etc. are in pipeline.
4.3 IT Infrastructure
4.3.1 Does the university have a comprehensive IT policy with regard to
• IT Service Management : Yes
• Information Security: Yes
• Network Security: Yes
• Risk Management: Yes
• Software Asset Management :Yes
• Open Source Resources : yes
• Green Computing : No
4.3.2 Give details of the university’s computing facilities i.e., hardware and software.
Number of systems with individual configurations:
220+ in academic departments and 50+ in Administrative departments. All having processor higher then Pentium IV and 1 GB RAM. Laptop with processor i3 or higher is
given to all heads of department, PG council chair person, Vice-Chancellor and Registrar of the University.
• Computer-student ratio: 1:5
• Dedicated computing facilities: Yes
Wi-Fi: University has established a high end WLAN system. University has covered all departments, library and administrative areas with Wi-Fi access points. 38 high capacity indoor access points connected 1Gbps LAN. WLAN is divided into three user types:
Staff, Student and Guest.
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LAN Facility:
University has established LAN across the campus and fiber backbone of nearly 7 kms. Each building is connected with layer 2, 24 port switches. Each building is connected to a
Central layer 3 Switch. For Smooth traffic of data University LAN is divided into 8 VLANs. Central authentication and Monitoring servers are established at the Computer Centre. University Computer Centre maintains a web page in University
website. Each department requests to computer center to update their information in University website. University web site is a truly interactive portal having several sub
domains like external exams, e-thesis etc. Each sub domain is maintained separately. Each desktop/laptop is protected by anti-virus software. University has a common Procurement policy for all the departments.
Proprietary software: SPSS software is used in various departments like Mathematics,
Economics, Computer Science, Commerce etc. as well as proprietary software like TALLY, MATLAB, Statistica, Arc-GIS, Oracle are also used by administrative people and department of computer application.
Number of nodes/ computers with internet facility: There are more than 220 computers with internet facility across all departments in the campus.
4.3.3 What are the institutional plans and strategies for deploying and upgrading
the IT infrastructure and associated facilities?
The University is planning to setup its own data center in the near future and also
planning for the ERP of the University which would result in further smoothening of administrative and academic processes. MHRD has allocated fund for the above.
4.3.4 Give details on access to on-line teaching and learning resources and other
knowledge and information database/packages.
Online resources such as, MIT online resources, NPTEL, PRO-QUEST, IEEE Journals, ACM, Elsevier Science, Springer Link etc. are available to University faculties and research scholars through the subscription of PROQUEST. The departments and
University has organized several e-resource workshops and the Masters and Ph. D. Scholars are well trained to use these databases for their effective research, for IPR
generation and also for their quality learning. The teachers are also trained from time to time to update with newer versions and add-on facilities.
4.3.5 What are the new technologies deployed by the university in enhancing
student learning and evaluation during the last four years and how do they
meet new / future challenges?
The University is in infant stage of implementation on IT policy. Expert’s lectures are
arranged to educate the issues related to IPR, copyright, etc. The University policy in this regards is in line with the norms of the nodal agency in the higher education. The issue of
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plagiarism is handled at the inter-University level, with a common purchase of license of TURNITIN. The Research Development Committee is well structured for scrutinizing
the research proposals of the prospective research candidates. 4.3.6 What are the IT facilities available to individual teachers for effective
teaching and quality research?
The University has adopted choice based credit system and therefore starting from curriculum, time-table, internal tests, and end-semester exams are closely monitored for
possible blending of new technologies. Several model experiments in learning and evaluation are done at various level and stages and the results there of are evaluated by team of experts. Student learning is enhanced by faculty members using the electronic
and internet based learning materials. Faculty members prepare resource material based on content available online and prepare a power point, pdf, word document based
material for the students. Each computer laboratory is equipped with internet connections for ready availability of the reading material. Students, researchers and faculty also have Wi-Fi connectivity for mobile internet access.
4.3.7 Give details of ICT-enabled classrooms/learning spaces available within the
university? How are they utilized for enhancing the quality of teaching and
learning?
In all departments adequate number of desktops and printers are installed at office
premises. Individual faculty members are provided with computing facilities having 24x7 Internet connections. Class rooms and laboratories are equipped with smart board and
LCD projectors for interactive learning process. Support service for hardware and software is provided by the University Computer Centre. 4.3.8 How are the faculty assisted in preparing computer- aided teaching-learning
materials? What are the facilities available in the university for such
initiatives?
University has established at least one class room for each academic department having
Interactive board and internet connectivity. Most classrooms on the campus are equipped with multimedia projector.
Each conference hall of the University is equipped with multimedia projector and internet connectivity. All these facilities are being utilized by the students, researchers and faculty members at the optimum level thus incorporating the latest in the field of learning, inter-
disciplinarily, and procuring data for newer / potential areas for research. 4.3.9 How are the computers and their accessories maintained?
University maintains computers and accessories in a central manner through the University Computer Centre. This Centre has trained man-power to maintain the
resources. If it is not possible to repair then the computers / accessories are sent outside for repairing. The Computer Centre also advises the different departments (academic and
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administrative) on issues relating to up-gradation of hardware, licensed software, anti-virus and malware etc. There is annual maintenance and supply contracts for maintenance
and repair by inviting tenders.
4.3.10 Does the university avail of the National Knowledge Network connectivity? If
so, what are the services availed of?
Yes, the University is a member of NKN through NMEICT project. The University is
availing internet bandwidth through NIC Bhubaneswar. Additionally, it is also involved with various projects / programmes of the Knowledge Consortium.
4.3.11 Does the university avail of web resources such as Wikipedia, dictionary and
other education enhancing resources? What are its policies in this regard?
Yes, faculties and researchers utilize the internet resources such as Wikipedia, dictionary, YouTube, Coursera and other databases as and when they need to utilize. 4.3.12 Provide details on the provision made in the annual budget for the update,
deployment and maintenance of computers in the university.
Adequate Budget provision is made in the University budget under the head
“Maintenance and Services” for each department according to the need of the department. 4.3.13 What plans have been envisioned for the gradual transfer of teaching and
learning from closed university information network to open environment?
University has initiated open source environment by transforming the e-learning
resources on Moodle /Linux platform. University is planning to organize adequate number of workshops for e-content development for faculty members. 4.4 Maintenance of Campus Facilities
4.4.1 Does the university have an estate office / designated officer for overseeing the
maintenance of buildings, class-rooms and laboratories? If yes, mention a few
campus specific initiatives undertaken to improve the physical ambience.
The University has a full- fledged Estate Office with a qualified Engineer at the helm
looking after civil works and other support staff like storekeeper etc., in it. The campus specific initiatives are undertaken to improve the physical ambience in a holistic manner
like landscaping, adequate lighting, garbage disposal, erection of new buildings and proper maintenance of the existing ones including existing classrooms, laboratories, library living quarters, hostels, guest houses, etc. Maintenance and repair of fixtures and
furniture is also part of the Estate responsibility.
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4.4.2 How are the infrastructure facilities, services and equipment maintained? Give
details.
The Estate Section systematically assigns tasks to its staff members are as follows:
1. Maintenance of infrastructure facilities (repairing, plumbing, electricity power
etc.)
2. Maintenance of other fixtures and furniture, security, sanitation and cleaning of
hostels, guest houses, conference and multi- purpose halls, classrooms, staff
quarters, sports arena, canteens etc.
3. Maintenance of computer-related equipment through Computer Centre, AMC of
other things like ACs, water purifier, UPS etc. Computer and related equipment
are maintained using in-house expertise as far as possible.
4. Complains related to service and maintenance are looked after by the University
Estate department from their regular staff, contractors, and technical man power.
The equipment maintenance is supervised by the University authority.
5. Whenever, there is an inadequate financial support within departmental budget
University is pro-active to take up partial financial responsibility to see the
smooth functioning and utilization of the equipment.
CRITERION V : STUDENT SUPPORT AND PROGRESSION
5.1 Student Mentoring and Support
5.1.1 Does the university have a system for student support and mentoring? If yes,
what are its structural and functional characteristics?
Yes. North Orissa University continues to provide academically sound and rewarding environment to the students with motivated and inspiring faculty and considers student
support as an essential and most important component of its functioning. In this connection, earnest efforts are made to ensure that the students progress and achieve their optimum potential by utilizing the various facilities provided to them.
The Post-Graduate Departments are managed by the Post-Graduate Council. It discharges
the responsibilities as per section 252 of the Orissa Universities First Statute, 1990.
The University has an independent system for student support and mentoring. The
Chairman, P.G. Council, Head of the Department, Controller of examination, Subject Research committee, Admission Committee, etc take care of the students’ need from
entry to exit that is from admission, curricular guidance, examination etc. It also provide
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information support (Information brochure, Notice Board and University portal), financial support (Scholarship and Bank loan), library, Internet, Canteen, hostel
accommodation, career guidance and counseling, appropriate services through SC/ST cell, NSS activities and avenues for sports and games. In other words, in addition to
Curriculum, it also gives importance to co-curricular and extra-curricular aspects for the overall development of a student. P.G. students have specific uniform.
. 5.1.2 Apart from classroom interaction, what are the provisions available for
academic mentoring?
1. The faculty from each Department helps in guiding short-term
research projects/ review paper to the students.
2. Assignments/ Class-tests/ Weekly seminars
3. Guidance to participate and present papers in various academic events
Seminar/ Conference).
4. Education tours/ Field tour
5.1.3 Does the university have any personal enhancement and development
schemes such as career counselling, soft skill development, career-path-
identification, and orientation to well-being for its students? Give details of
such schemes.
The University has the following schemes for personal enhancement and development.
1. Students Counselling Centre
The primary objective of the centre is to help students to move towards their goals and help students to enhance their overall well being. The key elements of the services will be insight, positive relation with others, Self-awareness, Self-acceptance, Self- realization, Individualization, Problem Solving Skill, Acquisition of Social Skill, Behavioral and Cognity change, Empowerment and Self decision making abilities etc, both individual and group counseling. 2. Students welfare unit
Health Care
Students’ Union
Disbursement of Student aid fund (SSG)
Banking Facility and Post office within the campus
Parents Contact Programme
Personal Advisory System
Grievance Cell
Sports and Games
University Canteen
ST/SC Cell
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Training and Placement Cell
Scholarships
Women Atrocity Cell
Sexual Harassment Cell/Internal Complaint Committee
Anti-ragging Squad
University Publications
IQAC
Central Computer Facility
Central library Facility
3. NSS Unit of Post-graduate Departments NSS volunteers undertake both regular and special camping programmes including environment enrichment, health awareness, blood donation, personality development and literacy programme on regularly basis. The NSS units have implemented ―Gyanalok‖ literacy programme in the tribal village ‗Ziani‘ in Mayurbhanj district on 15-11-2008. The ―Gyanalok‖ is an innovative programme introduced by his Excellency, the Hon‘ble Chancellor and the Governor of Odisha for expanding the literacy programme 4. Career Counselling Centre Training center for entry services Center for remedial coaching SC/ST/OBC, Minorities Pre-Examination coaching center. Employment information and guidance center. NET/SET free coaching center
5.1.4 Does the university provide assistance to students for obtaining educational
loans from banks and other financial institutions?
Yes. The staff of the respective department provides for necessary documentation and imparts counseling to the students applying for education loan.
5.1.5 Does the university publish its updated prospectus and handbook annually? If
yes, what are the main issues / activities / information included / provided to
students through these documents? Is there a provision for online access?
Yes. The University publishes the profile. The updated prospectus is published for
the benefit of students. The prospectus includes the information regarding the
courses/programmes, duration, eligibility criterion for admission, rules and
regulations, etc. The profile of the University contains the information about the
University at a glance and about various activities/ facilities available in the
University.
5.1.6 Specify the type and number of university scholarships / free ships given to
the students during the last four years. Was financial aid given to them on time?
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Give details (in a tabular form) for the following categories: UG/PG/
M.Phil/Ph.D./Diploma/others (please specify).
Type of Scholarship Categoty 2011-
2012
2012-
2013
2013-
2014
2014-
2015
2015-
2016
Rajiv Gandhi National
Fellowship
M.Phil
and Ph.D.
Nil 03 03 03 04
UGC Fellowship Ph.D. 01 01 01
DST INSPIRE fellowship Ph.D 01 02
ICSSR Doctoral Fellowship Ph.D 01 01 01
UGC SAP Fellowship Research
Fellow
03 02 02 02 02
Dr D.S. Kothari Post Doctoral
Fellowship
Post
Doctoral
01 01
UGC Post Doctoral Fellowship
for Women (Unemployed)
Post
Doctoral
01
DST- SERB Fast Track Young
Scientist
Post
Doctoral
01 02 02
Ramalingaswami Re-entry
Fellowship
Faculty 01 01
5.1.7 What percentage of students receive financial assistance from state
government, central government and other national agencies
Type of
Scholarship
2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-
2016
Prerana --- 91 148 190 229
Medhabruti --- 19 34 47 65
Basic Science --- 1 ----
Minarity and
Backwoad
classes
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Biotechnology,
Department of
Science and
technology
-- 0 6 4 3
5.1.8 Does the university have an International Student Cell to attract foreign
students and cater to their needs?
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There are provision but nobody applied till date
5.1.9 What types of support services are available for
∗ Overseas students a. One window admission service
b. Special accommodation
c. Exchange programme through EMINTE
∗ Physically challenged / differently-abled students a. a. Reservation of seats for admission .
c. Assistance (writer) during examination.
∗ SC/ST, OBC and economically weaker sections
a. Dedicated coaching center
b. Scholarships
c. NET/SET coaching center
d. Remedial classes
e. Hostel facility
∗ Students participating in various competitions/conferences in India and
abroad
Support services for competition/conferences:
Cultural: Prof- in-charge, Cultural Affairs helps the students for
taking part in cultural event.
Sports: The students participate in various sports activity with the help of Director, Physical Education
Academic: Concerned Head of the Department help the students for taking part in various competition/conferences
∗ Health centre, Health insurance etc.
The University has engaged two part time doctors for providing health
care facilities to the students, teachers and employees. Compulsory students
Insurance Scheme has been introduced for students of the University departments
to help them in medical emergencies.
∗ Skill development (spoken English, computer literacy, etc.)
Every department conducted various skill development activities that are
required for career development. Moreover the University has an
independent career and counseling cell.
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∗ Performance enhancement for slow learners
For performance enhancement of slow learners the head of department
give special instructions to the teacher. They are also instructed to
conducted special extra classes for them. In addition to this there is a
Remedial Coaching facility available in many departments. Slow
learners can avail these facilities also.
∗ Exposure of students to other institutions of higher learning/
corporate/business houses, etc.
This is done through ‘Educational tour’ conducted by various departments.
∗ Publication of student magazines
The University publishes the following magazines and journals to its
credit -
1. The Banani
2. Information Brochure
3 North Orissa University Journal of Science and Technology
4. North Orissa University Journal of Social Sciences
5. Vision
6. Annual Report
7. University Odia wall magazine “Mayuri”
5.1.10 Does the university provide guidance and/or conduct coaching classes for
students appearing for Civil Services, Defense Services, NET/SET and any
other
Personal Advisory System: Students of various departments are under the
advisory responsibility of the teachers. Each teacher (act as Proctor) o f the concerned department takes the responsibility of 3 to 5 student of each semester and keeps a vigilant eye on the students allotted to him/ her and guides such
students in all situations, including health care and personal problem
ST/SC Cell: There is a ST/SC cell in the University which provides i) Remedial coaching at P.G. level, ii) coaching for entry into services of state and central
governments, iii) coaching for National Eligibility Tests for ST/SC and OBC/minorities students as per guidelines and fund provided by the UGC.
5.1.12 Mention the policies of the university for enhancing student participation in
sports and extracurricular activities through strategies / schemes such as
The sports council has been organizing inter-college tournaments competitions in various sports and games. University also represents various inter-University
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completions every year:
Additional Academic Support and Academic Flexibility in Examinations
Relaxation for attendance during form fill up
Special dietary requirements, sports uniform and materials
Track Suit, Kit are given to the sports persons. Healthy refreshment is given to
the students during coaching camp and inter-University-Competition. Students
are also given dearness allowance (D.A)
5.1.13 Does the university have an institutionalized mechanism for students’
placement? What are the services provided to help students identify job
opportunities, prepare themselves for interview, and develop
entrepreneurship skills?
The University has set up a Training and Placement Cell for training and creating
opportunity for on and off campus recruitments in various organizations. Our
students have been sent to different reputed research organizations/companies for
vocational training /project works in their respective fields for work experience
and future absorption there itself or elsewhere. The list includes NISER,
Bhubaneswar, Institute of Mineral and Material Technology, Bhubaneswar,
National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur; Regional plant Resource Center,
Bhubaneswar; Regional Medical Research Center, Bhubaneswar; Central Rice
Research Institute, Cuttack; Vivekananda Institute of Biotechnology, West
Bengal; Coca Cola, Khurda; Central institute of Fresh Water Aquaculture,
Bhubaneswar; Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi; NALCO
Corporate office, Bhubaneswar; PPL Corporate Office, Bhubaneswar; Rourkela
Steel Plant, Rourkela; SAIL, Bokaro Steel City; Oglvy Mathur Pvt. Ltd ,
Mumbai; Reliance Infocom, Bhubaneswar; Tata-TIG Company, Institute of
physics, Bhubaneswar, Jadavpur University, Kolkata etc. A number of our
students have already been absorbed in different capacities in
Institutions/Organizations like Wild life society of Orissa; SBI-Life; Vinay
Construction Company; SODA and Gram Swaraj (NGOs), Baripada, BHU,
Varanasi, IIT, Hyderabad, IIT, Guahati, IIT, Bhubaneswar etc. based on our
recommendations and timely information.
5.1.14 Give the number of students selected during campus interviews by different
employers (list the employers and the number of companies who visited the campus
during the last four years).
Number of students selected during campus interview by different employers: 75
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List of employers
Sl No
Date Name of Company
No of candidate appeared
No of candidate selected
1 01.11.2014 TATA Consultancy Service
313 07
2 26.03.2015 WIPRO Technology
349 28
3 30.03.2015 Kalinga Bharati Residential College
28 14
4 16.05.2015 L and T Finance 48 07 5 25.08.2015 TATA
Consultancy Service
373 14
5.1.15 Does the university have a registered Alumni Association? If yes, what are its
activities and contributions to the development of the university? No. However, the registration process of alumni association was initiated
5.1.16 Does the university have a student grievance redressal cell? Give details of
the nature of grievances reported. How were they redressed?
Grievance Cell
The students, teachers and employees can meet the Vice-Chancellor or the
Registrar of the university to redress their grievance in the grievance cell, which
meets once in a week. The Vice-Chancellor has his grievance cell meeting on
Wednesdays (3.00-5.00 P.M.) and the Registrar has his grievance cell meeting on
Fridays (3.00-5.00 P.M)
Women Atrocity Cell :There is a Women Atrocity Cell to redress the grievances
of the lady teachers, employees and students of the University.
5.1.17 Does the university promote a gender-sensitive environment by (i) conducting
gender related programmes (ii) establishing a cell and mechanism to deal with
issues related to sexual harassment? Give details.
i) There is a Centre for Women’s Studies which organizes various
programme related to gender issues.
National Seminar on “Women empowerment” held at North Orissa University, Baripada on 24th February 2012 and published a proccedings of the Seminar.
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National Seminar on “Women empowerment” held at North Orissa University, Baripada on 8th March 2014 and publish a proccedings of the Seminar.
Gender Sensitisation Training (GST) programmes (5 numbers) with
University Students for inputs into the formulation of Odisha State
Policy for Girl Child and Women.. In each workshop expert from
various field deliver their talk on various social issue and importance of
gender equality followed by group discussion, monoaction, play,
drawing related to the theme given by the resource person. Five number
of GST programme were organized by equal participation of boys and
girls on different dates held on as below:
i) GST-I - Dt 20.11.14
ii) GST-II - Dt 15. 02. 14
iii) GST-III- Dt 14.03.14
iv) GST-IV- Dt 20.03.14
v) GST-V- Dt 22.03.14
UGC National Seminar-Cum-Workshop “Saksham at NOU” held at
North Orissa University, Baripada on dt 11-11-2014. More than 100
women students got 2 week self defence training inside the ladies
hostel premises prior to the Seminar. Few student volunteers
participate in the street play to sensitize public about the security
and protection of girl child and women.
Celebration of International Womens’ Day on 8th March of each year
ii) There is a cell (Sexual Harassment Cell/Internal Complaint Committee) to
prevent Sexual Harassment. It functions promptly as and when required.
5.1.18 Is there an anti-ragging committee? How many instances, if any, have been
reported during the last four years and what action has been taken in these
cases?
Yes. The University constituted its Anti Ragging Squad with the following members to curb the menace of ragging in the University campus. 1. Warden of P.G. Hostels 2. Director, SFC 3. All HsOD 4. Superintendent, Genst' Hostel 5. Superintendent, Ladies' Hostel – 1 6. Superintendent, Ladies' Hostel – 2
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7. NSS Programme Officer, Male Unit 8. NSS Programme Officer, Female Unit .
However, No instances have been reported as yet. 5.1.19 How does the university elicit the cooperation of all its stakeholders to ensure
the overall development of its students?
The University coordinates with all the funding agencies to get Government Scholarships and research fellowships.
Industrial collaborations and involvement of industrial experts in
curriculum development help the students to get placements.
Through extension activities students and staff are involved in social
development.
5.1.20 How does the university ensure the participation of women students in intra-
and inter-institutional sports competitions and cultural activities? Provide
details of sports and cultural activities where such efforts were made.
5.2 Student Progression
5.2.1 What is the student strength of the university for the current academic
year? Analyse the Programme-wise data and provide the trends for the last
four years.
The student strength of the University is
Student 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016
M.Sc 189 188 184 186 185
M.Phil 43 37 48 46 53
Ph.D - 13 - 72 -
Student Progression % % % % %
2011-
2012
2012-
2013
2013-
2014
2014-
2015
2015-2016
UG to PG*
PG to M.Phil.* 22.7 19.68 25.8 24.73 28.65
PG to Ph.D. - 35.13 - 63.8 -
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral 1 No 2 No
Employed
Mentioned in 5.1.14 and 5.23
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• Campus selection
• Other than campus
recruitment
5.2.2 What is the programme-wise completion rate during the time span stipulated
by the university?
100%
5.2.3 What is the number and percentage of students who appeared/ qualified in
examinations like UGC-CSIR-NET, UGC-NET, SLET, ATE / CAT / GRE /
TOFEL / GMAT / Central / State services, Defense, Civil Services, etc.? Students who pass out from various departments normally do not report back
about their success in examination mentioned above. However, the Head of departments always try to keep track of such students to the best of their ability. As such it is not possible to provide the exact number of such students.
Approximate in last four years 498 students passed these examinations.
Candidate Name Name of the Exam Year
Dinesh Kumar Nayak NET 2011
Dr Shakti Kanta Rath State Service 2011
Munna Don NET (LS) 2012
Sumita Hansda GATE 2012
Miss Bijaylaxmi Mohanty CSIR-UGC-NET-LS 2013
Mr. Kausik K. Mallick CSIR-UGC-NET-JRF 2013
Mr. Kaousik K.Mallick GATE-JRF 2013
Miss Bijaylaxmi Mohanty CSIR-NET- LS 2014
Miss Tapaswini Bai GATE 2014
Tushar Mohanta GATE 2014
Atanu Banarjee GATE 2014
Nabakumar Bera GATE 2014
Dr Khirod Kumar Sahoo State Service 2014
Miss Tapaswini Bai CSIR-NET-JRF 2015
Rakesh Kumar Mukherjee State Service 2015
Poonam Hira Hansda GATE 2015
Bijayashree Sahu CSIR-NET-JRF 2016
Subhasis Subudhi GATE 2016
Sr.
No.No
Name/number of
the student(s)
Award/Recognition
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1. Sideshwari Prusty (2011)
DST Inspire Fellows at National Institute of Science Education and Research, (NISER), Bhubaneswar, Odisha
2. Swagatika Kamila (2012)
DST Inspire Fellows at Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (CSIR), Bhubaneswar, Odisha
3. Subashree Subasmita (2015)
P K Mohanty Memorial, Award, Orissa Chemical Society, 2015
4 G Prusty Post-doctoral Fellow working at Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata, India
5 Supriya Subudhi(2015)
DST Inspire Fellows
ZOOLOGY (ALUMNI)
Lecturer in various Colleges/ Residential Colleges
Sl
No
Name of student Year Sl
No
Name of student Year
1 Priyadarsini Ipsita Dash
2006 22 Jhilly Mohanto 2012
2 Pramod Swain 2007 23 Jesus Roy 2012
3 Deepak Kumar Singh 2007 24 Dr Raju Das 2013
4 Gauranga Patra 2007 25 Dr Kushal Choudhury 2013
5 Menaka Devi Rout 2007 26 Lopamudra Panigrahi 2013
6 Saswata Sethy 2008 27 Ranjan Kumar Nayak 2013
7 Dr Gargee Mohanty 2009 28 Rajat Kumar Behera 2013
8 Dr Pratyus P. Mohapatra
2009 29 Pragyashree Das 2013
9 Pritilata Prusty 2009 30 Dr Sakti Kanta Rath 2014
10 Deepali Mohanta 2010 31 Taslima Begum 2014
11 Raina Rani Pattanaik 2010 32 Anita Sahu 2014
12 Reema Das 2011 33 Sushree Rekha Das 2014
13 Rashmita Mohapatra 2011 34 Harapriya Mangaraj 2014
14 Swati Sahoo 2011 35 B.K. Ruchu Rangana Biraja
2014
15 Sucheta Mohapatra 2011 36 Nirlipta Panigrahi 2014
16 Akankhya Mohapatra 2011 37 Sonali Hemram 2015
17 Sudhashree Sethy 2012 38 Rajendra Kumar Mishra 2015
18 Deeptimayee Das 2012 39 Smitarani Sutar 2015
19 Kausalya Behera 2012 40 Aeman Naaz 2015
20 Manorama Sahu 2012 41 Jyotirmayee Sahu 2015
21 Jesus Roy 2012 42 Bhagyashree Nayak 2015
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Bank Officer/ Banking Services
Sl
No
Name of student Year Sl
No
Name of student Year
1 Subhra Senapati 2007 5 Ram Kumar Hansda 2011
2 Kumari Maina Besra 2010 6 Chinmayee Behera 2011
3 Droupadi Singh 2010 7 Satyabrata Jena 2014
4 Lucyna Priyadarsini Das
2011
Teachership in Teacher Training Schools/ State Schools/ Central Schools /
Residential Schools etc.
Sl
No
Name of student Year Sl No Name of student Year
1 Shisir Kumar Nayak 2005 24 Rathindra Nath Ghose 2010
2 Harish Chandra Jena 2005 25 Sagarika Giri 2010
3 Tanushree Pani 2005 26 Pritilata Nayak 2010
4 Nirupama Dash 2005 27 Niyati Kar 2010
5 Madhusmita Nandi 2005 28 Prasant Pandit 2010
6 Sukee Biti Tudu 2005 29 Ranjita Si 2010
7 Plabani Bal 2006 30 Susila Kumari 2010
8 Sulodi Hansda 2006 31 Pritimanjari Nayak 2010
9 Ramsai Majhi 2006 32 Subhrakanti Nayak 2011
10 Deepali Bindhani 2007 33 Tapas Ranjan Gochhayat
2011
11 Pravabati Hansda 2007 34 Puspalata Bhuyan 2011
12 Abhay Sankar 2007 35 Subhasis Acharya 2011
13 Tina Mamani Puthal 2007 36 Bindushree Kar 2011
14 Purabi Panda 2007 37 Sunita Mohanta 2011
15 Bijawini Swain 2008 38 Rajalaxmi Panda 2011
16 Kamalakanta Swain 2008 39 Bhuban Mohini Parhi 2012
17 Aparna Puty 2009 40 Dharitri Giri 2012
18 Rajalina Behera 2009 41 Tapaswini Mohanta 2012
19 Prabodh Kumar Pati 2009 42 Tapan Kumar Rana 2013
20 Sulochana Mangaraj 2009 43 Sudipta Chakrabarti 2013
21 Kalabati Mohanta 2009 44 Sweety Pattanayak 2013
22 Sagarika Giri 2010 45 Madhusmita Hembram 2013
23 Subhra Das 2010
Director/ Project Officer/ Lab Technician /Supervisor in Health Department/
Fishery Department etc.
Sl
No
Name of student Year Sl No Name of student Year
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1 Madhusmita Chakra 2005 8 Manaswini Mohanty 2008
2 Madhusmita Mohanty
2005 9 Debasmita Samal 2009
3 Pratichi Mahanto 2006 10 Sasmita Choudhury 2009
4 Mitali Patra 2006 11 Tusharkant Mohapatra 2011
5 Gunamaya Patra 2006 12 Jyotipragyan Majhi 2011
6 Sunil Kumar
Mohanta
2006 13 Debadatta Patra 2011
7 Tapan Kumar Sahu 2007 14 Dhiraj Kumar Bode 2012
Research in Zoology
Sl
No
Name of student Year Sl
No
Name of student Year
1 Gunamaya Patra 2006 19 Aemen Naaz 2014
2 Ipsita Priyadarsini Dash 2006 20 Bharati Bandana Ghose 2014
3 Mahesh Lenka 2006 21 Pragatika Pradhan 2014
4 Gauranga Patra 2007 22 Sasmita Dhupal 2014
5 Smaranika Sahu 2008 23 Sinitee Hansda 2014
6 Dr Niladri Bhusan Kar 2009 24 Aemen Naaz 2014
7 Siba Narayan Mishra 2009 25 Bharati Bandana Ghose 2014
8 Lakshmipriya Mohanta 2010 26 Smrutirekha Nayak 2014
9 Dipali Mohanta 2010 27 Debarati Bhattacharya 2015
10 Debadatta Patra 2011 28 Sarita Pani 2015
11 Amrita Sahoo 2012 29 Abhilipsa Patra 2015
12 Sudhashree Sethy 2012 30 Soumya Prakash Sahu 2015
13 Nibedita Mohapatra 2012 31 Subhrakanta Jena 2015
14 Pragati Priyambada Pattanayak
2012 32 Udit Kumar Das 2015
15 Harapriya Mangaraj 2013 33 Budhadeb Baral 2015
16 Nitya Sundar Pal 2013 34 Bijayeeta Deb 2015
17 Jasmine Rout 2013 35 Lipsa Das 2015
18 Sushree Rekha Das 2013
Miscellaneous Job
Sl
No
Name of student Year Sl
No
Name of student Year
1 Janaki Hembram 2007 4 Anjana Mohanta 2009
2 Lucky Pani 2007 5 Jyoti Jee 2010
3 Manaswini Mohanty 2008 6 Manmayee Satyadarsini Das
2014
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5.2.4 Provide category-wise details regarding the number of Ph.D./ D.Litt./D.Sc.
theses
Sr.
No.
Date of
Convocation
Faculty No. of Ph. D.
awarded
No. of
D.Litt
awarded
No. of
D.Sc
awarded
1 23rd
Feb 2011 Science 04 -- -- 2 25
th April 2012 Science 06 -- 01
Arts 03
3 1st Feb 2014 Science 18
01 --
Arts 10 Commerce and Management
03
Law 01 Engineering 01
4 18th
Feb 2015 Science 25 01 Arts 10
Commerce and Management
01
Law 02
BOTANY (ALUMNI)
1 Dulalibala hembram
Govt Lect 2009
2 Dr Hari Shanker Dey
Lect. In Unversity 2006
3 Mr Niraj Kumar singh
Supply inspector Gov of odisha
4 Sukumar Bhakta Tech. assist. BSI 5 Sanjit ku. Chand GRP
6 Abhinash Nayak Canara Bank 7 Swati Pattanaik SI Odisha Police
8 T.D Tudu Assist Manager UCO Bank
9 P. Hansdah Govt Lecturer
10 M.R Sahu TCS 11 T Kar Ecologist STR
12 K.K Mandal Hon Wildlife Warden mayurbhanj
13 Meheswata Mohanta
Govt lect.
14 Manaranjan Marndi
Govt Lect.
15 Saraj Bala Nayak Bank Service
16 Ratan P Govt Lect.
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Kansdah 17 Sonali Lipta
mallick Govt Lect
Abhinash Nayak Clerical Canara Bank
Priynka Samal Teacher High school
Itshree Behera Executive HDFC
Madhusmita Nayak Postal As
Pravat Ku. Das JRF RPRC
Tanmay Ku. Nayak Lecturer R. College
Munmun Bhuyan Guest Fa KKS, College
Pragyan Paramita Sinha Lecturer Suliapada College
CHEMISTRY (ALUMNI)
1 Pragya paramita 2007-09 Govt Lect Dinesh Ku Nayak 2008-10 Research NIT
Rkl
Jagdeep Mohanta 2009-11 Research KIIT University
Deepak Ku. Padhi 2009 Research IMMT University
Swagatika Kamila 2010-12 Research IMMT University
Tushar Ranjan Mohanta
2011-13 Govt. Lect
Naba Kumar bera 2011-13 Research NIT Rkl
Chandan Ku pal 2011-13 Research NOU
Atanu Banerjee 2011-13 Research NIT Rkl
Snehashree Pradhan 2012-14 Research NIT Rkl
Shyam Ku. mandal 2912-14 Research IIT mumbai
Asish ku kar 2013-15
Barenya sunder beherqa
2013-15 RI got of odisha
Sandip pattanik 2013-15 Research
Rakesh Ku behera 2013-15 Research Manoj kun ar mohanta 2013-15 Research
Manarajnjan tudu 2013-15 Govt lect Bapun Barik research
Sidheswari prusty 2009-10 Research NISER
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Madhushree sahu 2014-16 ARI balasore
PHYSICS (ALUMNI) 1 Dr. Krushna Mohan Mohapatra Teacher, Kendriya
Vidyalaya, Laxmiposi,
Baripada
2005
2 Dr. BatakBatakrushna Santra OES, Govt. of Odisha
2005
3 Dr. Deepak Kumar Mohanty OES, Govt. of Odisha
4 2007
5 Bholeswar Sahu Indian Post Dept 2007
6 Sovakara Sing Lecturer, Govt.
Polytechnic college,
Balasore
2008
7 Meenakshi Mohanta Lecturer, SC/ST Development School, Govt. of Odisha
8 Ruban Nayak Clerk, Allahabad bank.
9 Puja Kumari Clerk, SBI Bank 2008
10 Saroj Kumar Giri Techer, Govt. of
Odisha
2008
11 Subhajit Parida SC/ST Development
school, Govt. of Odisha
2008
12 Srikrushna Mohanta Laboratory Technician,
NOU, Baripada
2008
13 Sujata Shaw Lecturer, Guest
Faculty, Govt.
women’s college,
Baripada
2009
14
Snigdha Agarwalla, Lecturer, Govt. of
Odisha
Sumita Hansdah, Lecturer by OPSC,
Govt. of Odisha
Lecturer, Govt. of
Odisha
2012
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Dillip Kumar Mallick, Lecturer, Govt.
of Odisha
Snigdha Agarwalla, Lecturer, Govt. of
Odisha
Sumita Hansdah, Lecturer by OPSC,
Govt. of Odisha
Dillip Kumar Mallick, Lecturer, Govt.
of Odisha
Snigdha Agarwalla, Lecturer, Govt. of
Odisha
Sumita Hansdah, Lecturer by OPSC,
Govt. of Odisha
Dillip Kumar Mallick, Lecturer, Govt.
of Odisha
Snigdha Agarwalla,
15 Sumita Hansdah , Lecturer by OPSC,
Govt. of Odisha
2012
16 Dillip Kumar Mallick , Lecturer, Govt. of
Odisha
2012
17 Santanu Kumar Das High school Teacher,
Govt. of Odisha
2013
18 Srutilekha Giri, OES, Govt. of Odisha
20 Mr. Kumaresh Patra
, Scientist, Uran ium
Corporation of India
Ltd.
21 Dr. G.S. Mallick , OES, Govt. of Odisha
ECONOMICS (ALUMNI)
SL. No. Name of the student Nature of Job Year
1. Sabita Soren OPSC, Junior Lecturer 2005 2. Sandhya Rani Sankhual OPSC, Junior Lecturer
3. Mandakini Panda Punjab National Bank 4. Rajeswari Dash Teacher, Convent School
5. Kajal Miru Marandi SSB, Government of Odisha 6. Sibananda Nayak CSSB, MSME
7. Sabita Naik OPSC, Junior Lecturer 8. Jeeban Jyoti Mohanty Project Consultant
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9. Subhashree Biswal Teacher, Govt. School 10. Sasmita See Staff Selection Commission, Govt.
of Odisha
11. Abhay Prusty Lecturer, Govt. Aided College 12. Rajiv Lochan Jena SSB, Government of Odisha 2010-2011
13. Jayanto Ballav Behera Working with NGO 14. Sashi Bhusan Kar Lecturer, Govt. Aided College
15. Lipsa Naik Guest Faculty, Govt. College 16. Anupama Chand Guest Faculty, Govt. Aided
College
17. Swagatika Panda Guest Faculty, Govt. College 2012-14 18. Swagatika Mohanty Guest Faculty, Govt. College 2012-14
19. Tushar Kant Mahanta APO, Karanjia Block, Baripada 2012-14 20. Sushree Sangita Guest Faculty, Govt. Aided
College
21. Soumya Smruti Das Guest Faculty, Govt. Aided College
22. Shradhapuspa Roy Guest Faculty, Govt. Aided College
23. Manisha Mishra Guest Faculty, Govt. Aided College
24. Monalisa Satpathy Staff Selection Commission, Govt. of Odisha
25. Debananda Bindhani Project Fellow, IIT, Khadagpur
26. Deepika Mohanta Guest Faculty, Govt. Aided College
27. Ipsita Karmakar Teacher, Govt. School
28. Mahendra Tudu Clerk,Indian Post Office 29. Ananya Das Adhikari Clerk, BOI 2009-10
30. Kajal Miru Marandi Teacher, Govt. School 2009-10 31. Mahendra Nath Tudu SSB,Govt. of Odisha 2012-13
32. Tapaswini Nayak SSB,Govt. of Odisha 33. Dharitree Behera SSB,Govt. of Odisha
34. Dronacharya Deuri SS, Puri
BIOTECHNOLOGY (ALUMNI)
1 Dr Rashmi Ranjan Mishra
Lect MITS BBSR
2 Dr. Khirod Kumar sahoo Lecturer, Ravenshaw Univ 3 Dr J K Patra Asst Prof, South Korea
4 G\Dr Gitishree Das Asst Prof, South Korea
5 Dr Tapan Kumar Mohanto
Asst Prof, South Korea
6 Dr Ranjan nSahu Research associate , ICGEB, New delhi
7 Dr S. s. Sen Post Doctoral Fellow JNU New Delhi
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8 Dr A guha Lect. NOIDA 9 Mr S.D Jena Lect. MITS
10 Mr Tapan Ku. panigrahi Lab assistant ,NOU
COMPUTER SCFIENCE (ALUMNI)
Sujit Sethy Microsoft
Pravat IBM
Sasanka Sekhar Panigrahi Competition Commission of India
Sangeeta Mishra V.D.College
Chinmay Sw Dev. Srilanka
Suvalaxmi Nayak System executive at Kalinga Hospital
Sunil Khuntia Bedanta
Prasant iGate
Sangram Kar IBM
Punyatoya PWC
Abinash Phoenix IT
Pabitra Tarei Linyi top network
Bikash ranjan Mallick BMP
Snehasis Das Hexaware
Parthasarathi Panda S3P technologies
Subrat K. Mishra HCL
Relief Sahu Capgemini
Sarita Behera Sai Biocare Ltd.
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Sanjay Adhek NSG System Pvt. Ltd.
Debaprasad Mishra HCL
Purna Sahu Hinduja Global Solutions
Bikash ranjan Panda Mindfire Solutions
Anil Kumar Nayak Eidiko Systems Integrators Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad
Jayasmita Pradhan Indmax IT Services, Hyderabad
Keshab Sahoo Alacriti Info Systems Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad
Madhusmita Rout Spandana Sphoorty Financial Limited, Hyderabad
Chittaranjan Jyotish Silicon Tech Lab, BBSR
Byapti Mishra Silicon Tech Lab, BBSR
Trilochan Padhi Choice Infotech, Hyderabad
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Student Participation and Activities
5.3.1 List the range of sports, cultural and extracurricular activities
available to students. Furnish the programme calendar and provide details of
students’ participation.
Sports Activities Cultural Activities Extracurricular
Activities
Badminton Song Debate
Football Dance Essay
Volleyball Drama Extempire Speech
Chess Mono action Drawing
Cricket Rangoli Quiz
Archery Alpana Group Discussion
Athletics Music Memory Game
Kabadi Face the interview
Carrom
Table Tennis
Cultural Activities
Extracurricular Activities
5.3.2 Give details of the achievements of students in co-curricular, extracurricular
and cultural activities at different levels: University / State / Zonal / National
/ International, etc. during the last four years.
Sports
Name of
the
Events
Session 2012-13 Session
2013-14
Session 2014-15
Badminton Betnoti College- Boys (W)
MPC(A) College-Boys (R)
MPC(A)College-Girls (W)
P.G. Atheletic Club, NOU-Girls (R)
P.G. Atheletic Club, NOU-
Girls (W)
Baripada College- Girls (R)
Betanoti college- Boys (W) MPC(A) College-Boys (R)
Baripada College- Girls (W)
P.G. Atheletic Club, NOU-
Girls (R)
Barbil College –Boys (W) Betnoti College–Boys (R)
Football Rairangpur College (W) D.L College, Bahalda (R)
MPC(A)College- (W) Rairangpur College (R)
D.L College, Bahalda- (Champion)
U.N. College, Nalagaja (R)
Volleyball Udala College, Udala SMD College, Manida (R)
Baripada College- (W) Betanoti college- Boys (R)
Udala College, Udala (Champion)
Seemanta M.V. Jharapokharia
(R)
Chess MPC(A)College- (W) P.G. Atheletic Club, NOU-
(R)
SCB Degree College, Ragdha (W)
Baripada College- (R)
Baripada College- (Champion)
P.G. Atheletic Club, NOU-
(R)
Cricket MPC(A)College- (W)
Karanjia College, Karanjia
(R)
P.G. Atheletic Club, NOU-
Girls (W)
Baripada College- (R)
MPC(A)College-Girls (W)
A.P. College, Raruan (R)
Archery MPC(A)College-Boys
(Champion)
Rairangpur College -Girls
(Champion)
D.L College, Bahalda-Boys
(W)
MPC(A)College-Girls (W)
D.L college, Bahalda-Boys
(W)
MPC(A)College-Girls (W)
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Athletics A.M.V. Swampatna Gija Marndi, Jashipur College- (M)
B.B. Mahavidyalaya,
Harichandanpur (W)
Kabadi Not conducted due to non participation of minimum
number of teams
Not conducted due to non participation of minimum
number of teams
Not conducted due to non participation of minimum
number of teams
Carrom Not conducted due to non participation of minimum
number of teams
Not conducted due to non participation of minimum
number of teams
Not conducted due to non participation of minimum
number of teams
Table Tennis
Not conducted due to non participation of minimum
number of teams
Not conducted due to non participation of minimum
number of teams
Not conducted due to non participation of minimum
number of teams
NSS (Extension Activities)
Session Name of the Volunteer Awards
2012-13 Tarun Rajan Raul Indira Gandhi NSS Award
2012-13 Tarun Rajan Raul State Level Best Volunteer Award 2012-13 Tarun Rajan Raul University Level Best Volunteer Award
2013-14 Alok Ku. Gochhayat State Level Best Volunteer Award 2013-14 Alok Ku. Gochhayat University Level Best Volunteer Award
2013-14 Sandhyarani Rout State Level Best Volunteer Award
2014-15 Ibiraj Sharma Indira Gandhi NSS Award
2014-15 Sushree Suvam Nayak Indira Gandhi NSS Award
2014-15 Ibiraj Sharma University Level Best Volunteer Award
2014-15 Sushree Suvam Nayak University Level Best Volunteer Award
2014-15 Sushree Suvam Nayak State Level Best Volunteer Award
2014-15 Sushree Suvam Nayak State Level Rani Laxmi Bai Award
NATIONAL LEVEL
Year Activity Venue and Date Name of the
Participants 2012 National
Adventure
Camp
Dabang, Arunachal Pradesh,14-21 March, 2012
Sebati Acharya
2012 National
Adventure Camp
Risikesh, 13-22 June , 2012 Jaydeep Ghosh
2012 NSS Mega Camp
Ranchi, 2012 Aparna Das
2013 National
Adventure Camp
Manali, Himachal Pradesh,
23-30, October, 2013.
Alok Kumar Gochhayat
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2013 East Zone Pre-RD Selection Camp
GuruDas College, Kolkata University, 21-30 October, 2013.
Raja Ram Biswajit Pandit, Puspita Chand, Sandhyarani Rout
2013 Inter state Youth
Exchange
Programme
Karnataka State Open University, Mysore, 20th
Feb. to 1 March, 2013.
Anupama Chand
2013 Republic Day Parade Camp
New Delhi, 30.12.2013 to 30.01.2014
RajaRam Biswajit Pandit
2013 National
Adventure
Camp
Manali, Himachal Pradesh,
2013
Aparna Das
2014 East Zone Pre-RD Selection Camp
Kalinga Stadium Bhubaneswar, 9-18 October,2014.
Sanjay Kumar Mohanta
2014 National Integration Camp
Devraja Urs University, Bangalore, 25 sept. to 1st Oct. 2014.
Sushmi Monali Mohanty, Rajan Kumar Mohanta
2014 Summer Adventure Camp
Rishikesh,1-8 June, 2014 Dinabandhu Pati, Puspita Chand, Munmun Mohapatra
2014 National
Integration Camp
Vikas, Kerala, 21-25 May,
2014
Pravat Kumar Das
2014 State Youth Exchange Programme
Bangalore, 4.02.2014-09.02.2014
Rajashree Pal
2014 National Adventure Camp
Manali, Himachal Pradesh, 2014
Rashmi Sonali Mohanty
2015 National
Adventure Camp
Manali, Himachal Pradesh,
20-29 December, 2015
Manas Ghosh, Archana
Behera
2015 Pre- RD Selection Camp
Bodoland University, Kokrajhar, Assam, 7-16 November, 2015.
Shankarsana Panda, Swatismita Behera
2015 National Adventure
Camp
Manali, Himachal Pradesh, 20-29 September, 2015
Santosh Sahu, Swagatika Das
2015 National Adventure Camp
Manali, Himachal Pradesh, 16-24 June, 2015
Tanuja Behera, Vasudev Singh
2015 19th National Guwahati, Assam, 8-12 Swadhin Kumar Nayak
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Youth Day Camp
January, 2015.
2016 20th National
Youth Day Camp
Raipur, Chhatishgarh, 12-16
January,2016.
Manasi Behera
2016 National Integration Camp
Gulberga University, Karnataka, 6-12 January, 2016.
Biton Jana, Debasmita Pradhan Suvendu K. Satpathy (PO)
STATE LEVEL
Year Activity Venue and Date Name of the Participants
2012 Chilika Lake- Mouth Expedition Programme
INS Chilika, 1-5 November, 2012.
Siddharth Patra.
2012 Kalaraba 2012- Cultural Meet
KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, 28-29 April, 2012.
Soumyasmruthi Das, Monalisha Mohanty, Siddharth Patra
2013 Mushroom
Cultivation Training Under Livelihood and Skill
Development Programme
Kalinga Stadium
Bhubaneswar, 10-14, March, 2013
Sitamani Mrandi, Chandmani Tudu
2014 Active Citizenship Programme, IYDP
Kalinga Stadium Bhubaneswar, 2-6, March, 2014
Rajashree Pal, Rajashree Jana, Pragatika Mishra, Sushree S. Mishra, Raj Kishore Roul, Bishal
kumar Nayak, Pannaga Bhusan Champati
2014 Active Citizenship Programme, IYDP
Kalinga Stadium Bhubaneswar, 10-
14, February, 2014.
Jayashree Mohanta, Truptimayee Mohapratra.
2014 Active Citizenship
Programme, IYDP
Kalinga Stadium
Bhubaneswar, 10.2.2014 to
6.03.2014.
Tarun Ranjan Raul, Participated as
camp manager.
2015 Chilika Lake- Mouth
Expedition Programme
INS Chilika, 19-22
November, 2015.
Sushanta Ku. Sahu, Supravat Mallick
2015 Inter University
Yoga Special Camp
Utkal University,
Bhubaneswar,
Mousumi Behera, Swagatika Das.
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June 2015.
2015 Self Defence Training Programme
Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Sandhyarani Rout
2016 Inter University Coastal Trekking Programme
Puri to Astaranga, 17-21 January, 2016.
Sanjay Manik, Soumya Ranjan Behera.
Cultural Activities
Best cultural group and Disciplined volunteer in Inter University Yoga Special
Camp, 2015 held at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar
Extracurricular Activities
1. Subhashree Subhosmita Aich, Dept of Chemistry got !st Prize in SRCM National
Level Essay Competion 2015 .
2. Krisna Kadambini Behera got Prize in SRCM State Level Essay Competion
2015.
3. Subhosmita Mohanta, Dept of Zoology got Prize in SRCM Zonal Level Essay
Competion 2015.
4. Eliza Mohapatra, Dept of Economics got Prize in SRCM Zonal Level Essay
Competion 2015.
5. Debasmita Dixit, Dept of Botany got Prize in SRCM Zonal Level Essay
Competion 2015.
6. Debashree Priyadarsini Das, Dept of Physics got Prize in SRCM Zonal Level
Essay Competion 2015.
7. Upasana Mohapatra, Ms Deepika Rana, Rajashree Biswal, Subhasmita Mohanto of NOU received fellowship from Institute of Mathematics Application through the
competitive examination organized by IMA, Odisha .
8. In EUPHORIA, Baripada, Sri Soumya Prakash Sahu, 3th Semester awarded for English Creative Writing , whereas Ms Lipsa Das, 3th Semester got one prize
each in Odia Poem Writing and Jhoti Competition.
9. In the competition organized by the P.G. Atheletic Club of NOU, Ms Abhilipsa Patra, 4th semester and Ms Swati Sukanya, 2nd semester secured 1st and 3rd position in Musical Chair respectively. Ms Bijayeeta Deb, 4th semester and Ms Sangeeta Sahu, 4th semester got 2nd and 3rd prize in shut put and High jump respectively. Bijayeeta Deb, 4
th semester act as Captain of Women Cricket Team
of North Orissa University.
10. In the competition organised by the Student’ Union, North Orissa University Sri Soumya Prakash Sahu, 4th semester got 1st prize in quiz, second prize in English
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debate and 3rd prize in English Extempore speech. Ms Bijayeeta Deb, 4th semester, got Second Prize in Hindi Essay, 3rd Prize in English Essay. Ms Lipsa Das, 4th semester got 1st prize and Ms Swasti Sukanya, 2nd Semester got 3rdt prize in Odia Essay, Ms Abhilipsa Patra, 4th semester got 2rd prize in Hindi Essay.
8. In the competition organised by the Cultural Club of North Orissa University
Ms Bijayeeta Deb, 4th semester got 1st prize in solo dance and 3rd Prize in Mono
action. Our Department got 3rd prize in group dance in Inter departmental dance
competition
9. Chancellor’s Debate organized at University level:
Year Odia English
2011 1. Krishna Kalpana Mishra, NOU, Baripada
2. Jagyan Prasad,
Anandpur College, Keonjhar
3. Partha Sarathi Mohanty, NOU, Baripada
1. Roshni Mohanty, NOU, Baripada
2. Deepika Mallick, .D.D
(A) College, Keonjhar 3. Md Irfan Khan, NOU,
Baripada
2012 1. Krishna Kalpana
Mishra, NOU, Baripada 2. Jyoti Karmakar,
UGCTE, Baripada
3. Amulya Kumar Sahoo, D.D (A) College,
Keonjhar
1. Mamata Panda, NOU,
Baripada 2. Manisharani Agarwala,
MPC (A) College,
Baripada 3. Bibak nayak, Udala
College, Udala
2014 1. Dillip Kumar Rout, NOU, Baripada
2. Rupak Kumar Tung,
MPC (A) College, Baripada
3. Bibek Nayak, Udala College, Udala
1. Dibyajyoti Prusty, MPC (A) College, Baripada
2. Mama Nayak, Anandpur
College, Keonjhar 3. Jyoti Prakash Nanda,
Udala College, Udala
2015 1. Jitendra Paul, MPC (A) College, Baripada
2. Ellora pattnaik, Seemanta College,
Jharpokharia 3. Dipun Kumar Puhan,
Kusaleswar Anchalika
Mahavidyalaya, Keonjhar
1. Harsha Rathi, MPC (A) College, Baripada
2. Arghadeep Banerjee, MPC (A) College,
Baripada 3. Sushruta Dash, D.D (A)
College, Keonjhar
2016 1. Pragyan Paramita Patri,
Rairangpur College, Rairangpur
2. Rituparna Mohanty,
1. Sushree Sangita Das,
MPC (A) College, Baripada
2 Arghadeep Banerjee,
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Anchalika Training College, Fakirpur
3. Anushree Jena,
Mayurbhanj Law College, Baripada
MPC (A) College, Baripada
3 Siten Kumar, Udala
College, Udala
Sr.
No.
University
Level
State Level Zonal Level National
Level
1 Chancellor
Debate
Essay
competition
Essay competition
Essay competition
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5.3.5 Does the university have a Student Council or any other similar body?
Give details on its constitution, activities and funding.
As per approval of the Syndicate in its meeting held on 10.05.2013 (Item 20), the
Lyngdoh Commission guidelines (as directed by the Supreme Court in SLP(C) No.24295/2004) and government notifications/circulars have been adopted as far as
practicable for the formation of Students‘ Union by way of election. This guidelines, named as the "Constitution of the University Students' Union".
Objectives of the University Students' Union
(a) To organise discussions on the social, cultural, academic, national/international
problems and affairs. (b) To organize debates on academic issues.
(c) To invite eminent persons to address the students of the P.G. Departments of the
University. (d) To aid and assist the Chairperson of the P.G. Council as and when necessary in
Students‘ Welfare, Social Welfare activities and in enforcing discipline among the students.
The Executive Committee
The members of the Students' Union shall elect from amongst themselves the
following office bearers of the Students' Union: (i) The President, (ii) The Vice-President, (iii) The General Secretary, (iv) The Assistant General Secretary, (v)
The Secretary, Cultural Club, (vi) The Secretary, Social Service Guild (vii) The
Editor, The Banani These office bearers along with ONE "Class Representative" from each department/course shall constitute the "Executive Committee" of the
Students' Union. The "Class Representative" of the Executive Committee shall be elected from amongst the members of the Students' Union in each
Department/course. If in that election there will be a tie the result shall be declared by
means of lottery. The Head of the Department/Director or Coordinator, SFC will function as Electoral Officer and conduct the election of "Class Representative" in the
Department. The voting will be by secret ballot
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Activities
Swachha University Abhiyan (Part of Swachha Abhiyan).
Observation of Saraswati Puja.
Observation of Netaji Subash Chandra Bose’s Birth day.
Conduct of essay competition on five different languages (Odia, English,
Hindi, Sanskrit and Santali).
Debate competition (Odia and English).
Awareness Programmes on Female Foeticide, Leprosy, Witchcraft etc.
Installation of dustbin at various places of Corridor of academic block
Extempre Speech competition (Odia and English).
Quiz Competition.
Celebration of Annual Function.
5.3.6 Give details of various academic and administrative bodies that have
student representatives on them. Also provide details of their activities.
IQAC Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) has been constituted as per UGC guidelines to monitor and maintain the academic standard of the University. As a
part of its activities, the students evaluate the teachers‘ at the end of each semester.
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CRITERION VI: GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
The North Orissa University (NOU) was established in the year 1998 vide Government
of Orissa notification No.-32930/HE dated 13th July 1998.The University is
recognized by the University Grants Commission under Sections 2(f) and 12(B) of UGC
Act, 1956 with effect from 15.02.2000 and 21.06.2006, respecively. It is recognized by Bar Council of India and DEC, IGNOU/UGC. North Orissa University is included in the
list of Association of Indian Universities and Association of Commonwealth Universities. The University is also accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council
(NAAC), Bangalore with B grade with effect from 10th January, 2011. The territorial jurisdiction of the University covers Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar districts of northern part of Orissa. These two districts are thickly populated with tribal population with an
average of 63% inhabitants belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. There are 81 affiliated
colleges, both general and professional, catering to the demand of higher education. As
development depends crucially upon human capital, NOU shall act as a beacon light to this region so as to pull up the underprivileged youth to the national mainstream of art, culture, science and technology.
The governance of the University begins with His Excellency the Governor of Odisha, as Chancellor at the helm. The Vice Chancellor as the Principal Executive Officer is vested with authority and responsibilities well delineated in the statues of the North Orissa
University (NOU). The statues and ordinances also provide for the powers and duties of various administrative officers such as Registrar, Comptroller of finance and Controller
of Examinations. The North Orissa University has the organizational hierarchy statutory bodies like the Senate, Syndicate, Academic Council, faculties, Finance Committee, Board of Studies including Board of Research Studies. Such a structure in addition to
lending checks and balances in functioning enables utilization of collective wisdom in decision making.
6.1 Institutional Vision and Leadership
The vision of North Orissa University is “To be an academic institution in dynamic
equilibrium with its social, ecological and economic environment striving
continuously for excellence in education, research and technological service to the
nation”.
That can be presented under the following important objectives:
To impart quality higher education at UG, PG, M.Phil and Pre-Ph.D levels.
As a leader in the field of higher education and research, the University has a
multi-pronged vision of advancing knowledge through research, imparting higher education, inculcating socially relevant values with excellence in all pursuits.
To serve as a centre for promoting collaborative research works and intellectual exchange programmes between researchers and institutions in India and abroad”.
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To cater divergent needs of the region in general and to pull the underprivileged
youth of this region to the national mainstream of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology, in particular
To develop manpower from citizens with knowledge, skill and character leading to
societal transformation and national development.
To make our students and employees to offer their selfless service for the progress
of the state, country and people.
To preserve old values but at the same time interweave modernity to meet the
needs of the globalised era of higher education.
Administrative and Academic and Financial governance of North Orissa University
The day to day administrative and academic governance of North Orissa University is undertaken through various statutory bodies in accordance with the Orissa
Universities Statutes 1990 and Orissa Universities Act 1989. The structure of these bodies is shaped as per the provisions laid down in the statute.
The syndicate of the university is the highest decision making body of the university.
The senate comprising of members from within and outside the university system is an important decision making body of the university.
There is the academic council which takes all vital decisions pertaining to academic matters of the university.
Similarly, the University finance committee (based on the Orissa University
Accounts manual) serves as a point of taking vital financial decisions in the day to day life of the university. This apart, the finance committee also takes several
decisions in the financial management of the university.
Indeed, the meetings of syndicate, senate, academic council, finance committee are
convened as and when required. All these help to take healthy decisions and as per the provisions laid down in the various rules, regulations, policy guidelines etc in a
transparent manner. All these are indicative of a sound university management system.
Decentralized and Participatory management
North Orissa University follows decentralized and participatory management system which is evident in many ways.
The Syndicate is the apex executive and governing body, the Senate is the supreme decision making body, and the Academic Council is the authority to decide on courses
and curriculum and other academic matters of the University. The composition of these three bodies have adequate representation from the divergent set of stakeholders namely University faculty, affiliated college principals and faculty, academic administration as
well as eminent personalities of society. This diversity in the higher bodies enables the leadership to interact with the stakeholders and in identifying the organizational needs. It
also promotes a culture of participative management. The Syndicate is the apex executive
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and governing body, several other bodies have been formed at the lower level to take day to day administrative decisions.
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The Senate is one such body whose members include not only from the university system
but also from different affiliated colleges, people from public life and so on. The diverse membership of this body reflects the participatory management system of the university in talking several administrative decisions.
Similarly, there is the academic council to take the administrative decisions at the
highest level. However, the academic council takes decisions on issues recommended by the Board of Studies (BOS), P.G. Council, affiliated colleges, etc.
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6.2 Delegating leadership to affiliated colleges
There are 81 colleges affiliated to the NOU of which as many as 21 enjoy autonomous status and two are colleges with potential for excellence. They are
spread over the two districts that are Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar. The University facilitates colleges to gain autonomous status.
The university provides its representatives to the academic bodies of autonomous
colleges. This promotes introduction of new programmes and innovations in curriculum, conduct of examination and maintenance of standards. The syllabuses
taught in these colleges are framed by the BOS of the university. The BOS comprise of senior teachers from the University itself as well as from the colleges affiliated to
the University.
Further, the proposals submitted by the colleges to start new courses to examined
and approve after following due process of rules by the university. The University also conducts all the examinations, and publishes the results of the colleges.
Often the senior teachers of the university find place in the Governing body and
academic council of the affiliated and autonomous colleges coming under NOU. The University representatives by virtue of their long academic experiences
contribute in all possible ways for academic growth of colleges. Sometimes the University organizes orientation, discussion or awareness meetings in order to improve the academic environment and academic growth of the colleges.
Some of the teachers of the university are also members of the Internal Quality
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Assessment Cell (IQAC) of the colleges. The colleges also from time to time invite the teachers of the University as subject experts to deliver invited talk in their
institution.
Though the autonomous colleges are under the geographical jurisdiction of North
Orissa University, they manage their colleges independently.
The National Service Scheme (NSS) unit of the University organizes regular and
special camps related to health and hygiene, literacy, environment, personality development, etc. It is noteworthy that the University received the Indira Gandhi Award for the best service rendered by the NSS volunteers of the University for
the year 2010-2011.
Grievance redressal System
The University has a well established mechanism to address the grievances
received from students, faculty members, non-teaching staff and general public. Student grievances relating to admission, hostels etc. are
addressed by a separate Committee constituted by the University authorities. The University endeavors to be proactive in addressing the grievances of its various stakeholders. The University has appointed a
high level committee with the Vice Chancellor as the Chairperson to consider any issue pertaining to ragging in the University departments
and affiliated colleges. In the period during review there has been no instance of ragging in the University departments.
6.3 Faculty Empowerment Strategies
The University has been taking concerted efforts to enhance the professional development of teaching and non-teaching staff. The aim of the University is to
make the faculty internationally competent. Newly recruited members of faculty are urged to undergo mandatory Orientation and Refresher courses through the
Academic Staff College. The University allows officers and the staff to attend various seminars and training programmes for improving their professional activities in the field of regular office work.
The University partially supports financial assistance for conducting seminars/conferences by regular departments and fully supports financial
assistance for conducting seminars/conferences by self financing departments
Travel grants are also provided to faculty who are invited to present their project
proposal, by central funding agencies while Assistant, Associate Professors are provided with study leave, Professors can avail sabbatical leave of one year for every six years of service.
Travel support and On Duty Leave are provided liberally to facilitate faculty participation in International and National Conferences, Symposia, etc. Faculty
members are encouraged to undergo summer training and to attend specialized workshops for capacity building in their respective areas of specialization.
Medical allowances are provided to both teaching and non-teaching staff.
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As per the UGC rule, North Orissa University supports faculties to conduct
research in their concerned areas by utilising the university resources such as space, water, electricity and other infrastructural facilities.
North Orissa University has provided 24 hours high speed internet service to both
teaching and non-teaching staffs.
North Orissa University has initiated an innovative faculty development strategy
such as NOU CONNECT, a weekly programme that allows for all faculties and research scholars to present their research topics. Apart from research
presentations, extramural lecturers are also organised by inviting resource persons /experts from various fields.
The university also ensures maximal transparency in evaluation of Performance
Appraisal Report submitted manually to the Head of the Institution, routed through the Department.
Gender composition of university employees
Gender composition of teaching staff
Gender composition of non-teaching staff
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6.4. Financial management of the University
The financial management system of North Orissa University is governed by the Orissa
Universities accounts manual, 1987 and is subjected to such rules as issued by the Syndicate
from time to time.
The Finance Committee, which is the statutory decision recommending body on matters concerning the finances of the University. The committee meets as frequently as required.
Composition of the Finance Committee
The finance committee consists of the following members
(1) The Vice Chancellor
(2) One Joint Secretary from Higher Education, Odisha
(3) The Registrar, North Orissa University
(4) The Comptroller of Finance, North Orissa University (5) One members of the Syndicate selected by the
committee
At the initial level, for taking any decisions on financial
matters either for purchase, procurement, and payment etc. the tender or purchase committee takes the necessary decisions in line with the
university accounts manual and Orissa Government finance rules (1987). Some of the decisions are taken by the finance committee whose members are drawn not only from the university system, but also from the Government machinery. The purpose is to see
that the govt funds are utilized as per Government rules. This shows a bright picture of the decentralized practice and participation of people from very walks of life in the day to
day management of the university
Efficient use of financial resources
The University has an efficient mechanism to monitor the effective and efficient
use of financial resources. Resources at the disposal of the University are scrupulously budgeted, based on the needs and requirements of the academic departments and the
administration to fulfil the overall objective of achieving academic excellence. The Financial management system consists how a scientific methodology is followed in the University to develop the annual budget by initially compiling the requirements of the
academic and administrative units, formulating the draft budget through the Planning and Development Board, getting the recommendation of the Finance Committee of the
University, placing the draft budget before the Syndicate for approval, and finally getting it adopted by the Senate of the University. Thereafter, the administration of the budget is taken care of by the Vice Chancellor and Registrar with specified financial powers for the
Vice Chancellor, Registrar, Finance Officer etc. All financial transactions exceeding rupees three lakhs in respect of Non-plan and rupees seven lakh in respect of Plan accounts have to be put up to the Syndicate for sanction.
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To ensure accountability of financial transactions, the University’s budget is submitted to scrutiny by internal audit. The audit of the accounts is being carr ied out by
the Audit department of the Government of Odisha as an External Agency independent of the University administration to take fair view and give independent opinion on the
performance as well as financial transaction of the University in the form of Audit Report along with the Audited Annual Accounts for each financial year.
The Audit Reports contain paragraphs involving certain defects, deficiencies which call for immediate attention are being attended to and modified fresh replies to
unsettled paragraphs are being furnished along with connected records to audit during Joint Sitting Conducted with Officials of the Audit Department periodically.
The internal resources for the University are generated through
Tuition fees and other fees from regular and self- financing courses
Affiliation charges from different colleges
Examination fees
Distance education
Non-plan receipts by students fees and blockgrant support from the State government towards the salary component of its employees of all categories, planned grants from national and international funding agencies, research project grants generated by the
faculty from funding agencies, resources mobilized through industry collaborations and consultancies, interest from endowments, and income from the Institute of Distance
Education. The University is aware of its increasing financial needs as also reduction in funds from
the State government. The University has actively mobilized its resources by adopting modern approaches. Apart from block grants from the state government and Plan funds
from the UGC, the University, during the last five years, has significantly intensified its efforts to mobilize resources from self- financing courses and research grants received by the faculty for their projects from different funding agencies.
Being a public funded institution, the higher education programmes offered by the
University are significantly subsidized to cater to students of all strata of the society, especially the socio-economically backward students and SC/ST students. The annual fee
structure for the postgraduate programmes of the University departments under Social Sciences is Rs.5350/- and for Science is Rs. 7470/- and Management students, the annual fees is Rs. 25425
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6.5 Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)
Students’ feedback and academic audit
The University established the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) on 01.09.2009, to undertake activities relating to maintaining and improving the quality of the
programmes offered by the University. One of the important activities of the Cell is to develop instruments to obtain feedback from the students (Annexure: Proforma
and Instruction to Students). Details of the student feedback are given in the Annexure.
To impart quality higher education at UG, PG, M.Phil and Pre-Ph.D levels.
As a sesquicentennial institution and a leader in the field of higher education and
research, the University has a multi-pronged vision of advancing knowledge through research, imparting higher education, inculcating socially relevant values
with excellence in all pursuits.
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To serve as a centre for promoting collaborative research works and intellectual
exchange programmes between researchers and institutions in India and abroad”. To achieve the goals and fulfil the objectives, the University has taken several measures during last few years
Introducing professional and job oriented courses along with traditional subjects
Updated and competitive Curricula and Syllabi in all courses
Emphasizing effective, efficient and transparent system of administration
Making the university self sufficient
Developing student laboratories with necessary equipments
Setting up research labs with adequate facility for quality research
Undertaking funded research projects (individual and departmental)
Providing hostel facilities to both girls and boys
Promote student activities like sports and NSS
Initiative towards faculty Development Programme
The faculty members are continuously encouraged and financ ially supported to attend National and International Seminars/ Workshops/ Training
Programmes/ Schools in India and abroad to update the knowledge with recent developments.
Allowed to take Orientation / Refresher Courses conducted at various
institutes.
Encouraged to apply and undertake collaborative research programmes
through projects or fellowships or joint guidance in Ph.D programmes.
Encouraged and partially supported to apply research projects to different funding agencies for funding.
Another innovative system introduced by the IQAC is the academic audit of e xamination and evaluation. The IQAC through the HOD obtains three answer
scripts (high, medium and low mark scripts) for each course along with the syllabus and question papers immediately after the examination. An
external expert in the rank of a Professor from another premier University is invited to review the materials and prepare a report in a prescribed format. The external expert gives his/her opinion about the syllabus and question paper
standard in comparison with top universities in India and also his/her views about the valuation of the teachers. The IQAC Director/Co-ordinator consolidates such
reports and forwards to the department with the approval of the University authorities. The IQ AC a lso undertakes S t re ng t h, Weakness , O ppor t un it ie s a nd Challenges (SWOC) analysis at the department level.
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CRITERIA VII: INNOVATIONS AND BEST PRACTICES
7.1 Environment Consciousness
7.1.1 Does the University conduct a Green Audit of its campus?
The University has appointed one development officer who takes care of the
maintenance of the trees, landscapes, plantation and overall greenery in the campus. Also the University has got a team who is currently working on overall landscape development and beautification of the campus. The University is in the
process of developing a system which will conduct green audit of the campus. On every occasion of national importance, plantation is done in collaboration with
Government bodies and NSS unit. 7.1.2 What are the initiatives taken by the University to make the campus eco-
friendly?
∗ Energy conservation
1) Zero usage of incandescent bulbs in the campus. Instead, all the
departments use low watt compact fluorescent lamps. 2) The faculty members, administrative staffsand students are sensitized to
use electric power judiciously.
3) All the computers of the University except the servers are shutdown everyday in order to save power.
4) All the computers and other electronic equipments procured by the University are energy star compliant.
∗ Efforts to stop carbon emission
Plantation
The University has appointed one development officer who takes care of the maintenance of the trees, landscapes, plantation and overall greenery in the
campus.
Awareness drive
The University conducted a workshop on “Ill-effects of Fossil Fuel Emission and Fireworks on Environment” on 11.01.2016. Dr. Parthasarathi Mohanty, MD, Medicine conducted the workshop. A cycle
day was observed onthe occasion with no entry of fuel-run vehicles into the campus. Also a slowcycle race competition was held among students.
∗ Hazardous waste management
Chemicalsand biological hazardous waste (both liquid andsolid)are
disposed of properly with necessary precautions. ∗ e-waste management
For e-Waste management there is well prescribed procedure to write off the worn out and non repairable items from every department.
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∗ any other (please specify)
The University is planning to setup a facility to recycle used/waste papers with the help of District Industry Center of Mayurbhanj District.
7.2 Innovations
7.2.1 Give details of innovations introduced during the last four years which have
created a positive impact on the functioning of the University.
Many innovative approaches have been introduced and practised by the
University in teaching, research, administration and extension activities.
Introduction of innovative courses and programs
The University started online admission from the current academic session i.e.
2015-16. The University has recently introduced path breaking courses like Master in Disaster Management, Master in Management of Displacement Resettlement and Rehabilitation, Master in Drama and M.A. in Yoga and
Naturopathy.
Innovative practices
The University employs a Personal Advisory System in every academic
department. Each teacher of the concerned department takes the responsibility of 5 to 10students of the department, keeps a vigilant eye on the students allotted to him/her, guides such students in all faculties including mental,
physical and spiritual besides teaching. The University is prompt in helping the students to avail various scholarships
offered by the government and other agencies. The University provides scholarships to the research students belonging to
economically backward class.
For the self development of the students, University promotes activities through NSS, Director of Students Welfare, Continuing and Adult Education,
Gender Sensitization Programme, Equal Opportunity Cell and Career and Counseling Cell etc.
7.3 Best Practices
7.3.1 Give details of any two best practices which have contributed to better academic and administrative functioning of the University.
1)Best practice 1:
Title: “NOUConnect”
Objectives:
To foster growth of knowledge base in the University by sharing inter-
disciplinary knowledge among teachers and research scholars.
To invite eminent personalities and subject experts from various domains
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to give lecture on overall learning and development.
To encourage incubation, innovation, collaboration and dissemination of
knowledge.
Context:
Sharing of knowledge in Inter-disciplinary areas through collaborative work and
resultant incubation and innovation is the need of the hour. In modern days, we cannot be silos. To foster individual as well as composite growth of faculty members and researchers, we must share our ideas.
The Practice:
The University started conducting sessions named "NOUConnect" wherein faculty members and research scholars presented topics in as much as non-
technical manner followed by QandA Sessions. The NOUConnect Sessions have started from 30.01.2015 and so far a total of 16 sessions have been conducted.
Evidence of success:
Below is the feedback from teachers taken in a 5 point rater: 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest. Teachers overwhelmingly felt that NOUConnect helps in
growing the intellectual base of NOU
4.58
4.33
4.17
4.25
4.04
4.13
4.04
3.75
NOUConnect helps in growing intellectual base of NOU
NOUConnect helps you improve your intellect
Quality of the sessions so far.
Quality of speakers at NOUConnect so far
The knowledge and skills learned from NOUConnect improves professionally
Recommendation of students of your dept and others to attend NOUConnect
Timing of the Session
Frequency of the Session
Feedback from Teachers(Total 24 participants)
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Problems encountered and resources required: nil
1) Best practice 1:
Title: “Online Admission Application System”
Objectives:
To facilitate the upcoming students’ admission applications, so that one
can apply for admission to NOU "Any Where Any Time Any Device".
Provide a web based platform for gathering online application, data
collection and effective administration of the same.
To shun the old methods and sync with the new generation.
Context:
The University was so far accepting application forms offline along with all the
photocopies of the candidates. It was a painstaking manual process of data gathering and conducting entrance test for the candidates. Therefore the University thought of shunning such old practices and try out Online Applications from the candidates. To start with applications were received both Online and Offline.
The Practice:
The University contracted the work of developing an Online Admission
Application System to NIC. NIC was chosen because the web security they provided was unparalleled and undisputable. Web security was a major concern
for us due to recent website hacking incidents of universities of Odisha. The application was hosted in one of the sub-domain of nou.nic.in. i.e., http://eadmission.nou.nic.in. State Bank Collect was chosen as the payment
method for application fees. Below is a screenshot of the portal.
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Evidence of success:
Below is the screenshot of the admin panel which shows the number of applications received for the year 2016-17. The numbers of online applications received were beyond expectation. A total 3744 candidates registered online for
both the Baripada and Keonjhar Campus.
Problems Encountered and Resources Required
Candidates made lot of panic calls to the admission helpline numbers regarding payment issues as there was a issue with State Bank in generating the payment
receipt. Also professional call centres are needed to handle the queries of candidates
seeking Online Admission.
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