University of Calcutta Bengal as the Guest of Honour in today's programme. We express deep gratitude to Dr. Partha Chatterjee for extending his help in all matters of the University

University of Calcutta

CONVOCATION Thursday, 11 January, 2018

Address by Professor Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee

Vice-Chancellor

His Excellency the Governor of West Bengal and Hon'ble Chancellor, University of Calcutta, Shri Keshari Nath Tripathi, esteemed Chief Minister of West Bengal, Hon1ble Mamata Banerjee, Hon'ble Minister-in·charge, Department of Higher Education, Science & Technology and Biotechnology, Government of West Bengal, Dr Partha Chatterjee, Hon1ble ministers of the State Cabinet, recipients of honours, awards and degrees, distinguished members of the Senate and the Syndicate, faculty members from campus and affiliated colleges, officers, staff, distinguished guests and alumni, parents, members of the press, and my dear students :

On behalf of the University of Calcutta, I extend a warm welcome to this august gathering on the occasion of the Convocation of the University for the year 2018. It is a great honour for me to be standing in front of you to give my first convocation report as ViceChancellor.

I welcome His Excellency, the Governor of West Bengal and Hon'ble Chancellor, University of Calcutta, Shri Keshari Nath Tripathi, who has been leading this University on the road to academic excellence and good governance. Sir, on this memorable day, I am extremely thankful for your kind presence and for presiding over this Convocation.

On behalf of the University of Calcutta, I especially welcome the esteemed Chief Minister of West Bengal,

Hon'ble Mamata Banerjee, who has kindly consented to deliver the convocation address. Hon'ble Madam, you have been an alumna of this University, and have remained a constant source of inspiration and sustenance in our University's quest for excellence.

I also sincerely welcome Hon'ble Dr. Partha Chatterjee, Minister-in-charge, Departments of School Education & Higher Education, Science & Technology and Biotechnology, Parliamentary Affairs, Government of West Bengal as the Guest of Honour in today's programme. We express deep gratitude to Dr. Partha Chatterjee for extending his help in all matters of the University.

Today, the University feels privileged to be able to confer the degree of the Doctor of Literature (Honoris Causa) on Hon'ble Mamata Banerjee, the esteemed Chief Minister of West Bengal, in recognition of her outstanding contributions towards Arts, Literature and Social Services. The degree particularly underlines her pre-eminent role in, and contribution to, public affairs.

Hon'ble Chancellor Sir, this Convocation will award special medals and prizes to eminent personalities in recognition of their achievements in their respective fields. Today, nineteen eminent personalities will receive such awards. ·

Special Medals & Name of Awardee Prizes

1 Sir Asutosh Mookerjee Shri Mayankote Memorial Medal 2016 K.elath Naravanan

2 Rabindranath Tagore Smt. Pushpita Memorial Medal for 2015 Awasthi

3 Jagattarini Medal 2015 Prof. Anisuzzaman


4 Sudhindra Chandra Prof. Ranajit Guba Chakraborty Memorial Medal2014

5 The Sarojini Basu Medal Shri Sanjib for 2015 Chattooadhv•v

6 Swami Vivekananda Prof. D Prahladachar Medal for 2016

7 Acharya Prafulla Chandra Prof. Gautam Ray Medal for 2015 Radhakrishna

Desireju 8 Bengali Stage Centenary Shri Deb Sankar

Star Theatre Award 2015 Halder

9 The Lila Prize 2014 Smt. Binata Rovchowdhurv

10 Best NSS Programme Smt. Nupur Roy Officer 2015

11 Babli Chatterjee Memorial Smt. Kathakali Scholarship being 1s1. class Banerjee }st in M.A. {English) in 2017

12 Babli Chatterjee Memorial Shri Supriya Das Scholarship for Needy & Meritorious student in M.A. (English) prosecuting Part-II in 2017

13 The President of India Shri Rohit Kunar Medal for General Proficiencv 2012

14 The President of India Smt. Megha Rathi Medal for General ProficiMcv 2013

15 Best NSS Volunteer 2015 Shri Rakesh Kava!


16 Satiskumar Ghosh Cdt. Sannistha Memorial Medal 2015 Nandan

17 Dr. Dhirendranath JUOPujaDey Chakrabarti Medal (C.0.) 2015

18 Pulinbehari Das Smriti SUO Srabani Biswas Padak (C.0.) 2015

19 Gostha Pal Medal 2015 Shri Subhankar Sana

We have a tradition of recognizing the contribution of our illustrious colleagues to the enrichment of the pedagogic process in this University. In this convocation, the University proposes to honour ten of our colleagues through the Eminent Teacher Awards:

Name of the Teacher Deoartment 1 Prof. Subrata Gupta Economics 2 Prof. Amiva K. Chaudhuri Political Science 3 Prof_ Swapna Bhattacharya South & South East

(Chakraborti) Asian Studies 4 Prof. Subhansu Computer Science

Bandvooadhvav 5 Prof. Pradip Kumar Saha Radiophysics &

Electronics 6 Prof. Prasanta Kumar Sircar Botanv 7 Prof. Ranajit Chakrabarty Management 8 Prof. Md. Mujarradur Commerce

Rahman 9 Prof. Sailendra Nath Sen Historv 10 Prof. Subhrangsu Shekhar Law

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I warmly congratulate the awardees on my own behalf and on behalf of the University.

In this Convocation, D.Sc. Degree will be awarded to Sri Sekharchandra Ghosh, Dr. Ashis Kumar Mukherjee, Dr. Birendranath Bhattacharyya and Dr. Ena Ray. It is a proud moment for the University that 1004 candidates will receive Ph.D. degrees, the number being considerably higher than the last few years. M.Phil. M.Tech. and M.E. (PH) degrees will also be awarded to the successful candidates. Let me convey my congratulations to the recipients of these degrees.

The occasion of an Annual Convocation is an opportunity for the Vice-Chancellor to talk about the University's achievements over the past year. Let me take this opportunity to briefly share with you some of the achievements of the University in recent times.

As we consolidate the rapid strides we have made in recent years, I am proud to report that the NAAC peer team which visited our university during 19-21 December, 2016 has awarded us an 'A' grade. The NAAC team appreciated the University's academic standard and research environment. The following institutional strengths have been pointed out in the reviews by NAAC:

University of Calcutta- "Institutional Strengths Glorious past and colossal brand image Erudite senior faculty, distinguished alumni Diverse, multidisciplinary research potential Intelligent student population

• Central libraryexemplary learning resource".

Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, it is a matter of pleasure and honour for us that :

o QS has announced the names of the best universities among BRICS nations, 2018 and the University of Calcutta has secured its position towards the top, with rank ten in India. The ranking is based on a comprehensive evaluation of several parameters ranging from teaching to research, and from industryacademia linkages to diversity and outreach.

o The University has secured 6th position among the Indian universities as per World University Rankings released by Times Higher Education for the subject of Life Sciences, 2018.

o UGC recognized the University with Potential for Excellence (Phases 1 and 2).

o NAAC accredited us with Grade A during 3"'Cycle.

o DST-Purse (1st Phase completed and 2nd Phase commenced) has been achieved.

o University of Calcutta is the only University from West Bengal, identified by the MHRD and the UGC as one among 5 Universities in India for 'Connect to India' Programme.

o The University successfully completed its tenure as India's only Nodal Centre for the UNO's Education Impact Programme.

o The UGC has recognized the academic excellence of 27 departments by bringing them under the ambit of Centre of Advanced Studies I Department of Special Assistance/Department of Research Support Programmes. At present, we have 5 CAS, 4 DSA and 13 DRS programmes running in the University.

o The University Library has secured the 1st position among all state and central universities in India, contributing the highest number of Ph.D. theses to Shodh Ganga under UGCINFLIBNET, as on 1" January, 2018.

The rankings reflect the hard work and untiring effort by all members of the University community.

Faculty members of our University continue to be honoured with national and international awards for their academic exercises. International and national patents have been registered in the names of faculty members of science and technology. The University faculty members have published extensively in national and international journals, and remain prominent in international, national and regional conferences. Publications of some teachers have also been released in international forums. While it is not possible to give a full list of all achievements here, an account of some of the achievements will give an indication of the quality of teaching and research at the University of Calcutta today:

Honours & Awards since our last Convocation

A number of faculty members received awards and brought accolades for the University during the period. Some of them are:

Honours & Awards Name 2016. 2017

National I International Dr. Alok Ghosh Early career research Department of award, SERB 2017 Biochemistrv Prof. Amitava Member, Chemical Bandyopadhyay Engineering Advisory Department of Chemical Board. Cambridge Scholars Engineering Publishin~. UK

Member, Fuel & Energy Science Advisory Board, Cambridge Scholars Publishi=, UK Member, Executive Board: CLEAN - Soil, Air, Water, Wilev Elected Member in Council: Indian Institute of Chemical Emrineers Recipient of Best Reviewer Award 2016, Journal of Environmental Sciences. Elsevier Member, Climate Change Research Institute. India Member, Asian Council of Science Editors

Honours & Awards Name 2016 - 2017

National I International Dr. Anirban MRS! Medal by the Bhattacharyya Materials Research Society Department of Radio of India Phvsics and Electronics Prof. Arindam Vice President, Eastern Bhattacharyya Zone, Indian Department of Zoology Immunological Society Prof. Bela Bhattacharya Award of Certificate of Department of Pali Honour for 2016, selected

by President of India

Dr. Debabrata Maity Arun Pandey Biodiversity Department of Botany Award 2016 by East

Himalayan Society for Soennatoohvte Taxonomy

Prof. Debasish Prof. Parimal Bikash Sen Bandyopadhyay Memorial Oration Award , Department of Physiology Physiological Society of

India Kolkata Dr. Debasis Ghosh Best paper Award on Department of 'Dynamics of Sedimentary Geography Environment During

Anthropocene: Experience of Ajay River Basin, West Bengal, India' in 23rd West Bengal State Science & Technology Co=ress 2016

Dr. Debasish Sarkar Session best paper award Department of Chemical in the 6th International Engineering Conference on

Developments in Engineering and Technoloe:v (!CDET-2017)


National I International at Bangkok, Thailand. Best paper award under the category of Membrane Technology in the Oral Session ofChemcon 2016.

Prof. Debatosh Guba IETE Ram Lal Wadha Institute of Radio Physics Award and Electronics

Dr. Debomita Sikdar Arup Ghoshal Memorial Department of Home Award, Department of Science Applied Psychology,

University of Calcutta Prof. Dilip Kumar Maiti Distinguished Faculty in Department of Chemistry Science awarded by Venus

International Foundation

Research Council member of Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, CSIR, 2017

Editor, MOJ Bioorganic and Organic Chemistry (USA, 2017)

Prof. Dilip Kumar Awarded Jens Jacobsen Mohanta Prize at Warsaw for the Department of outstanding research Philosophy paper titled" Interfaith

Dialogue and Vivekananda's Vedantic Model of Relieious Pluralism"

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National I International Prof. Ena Ray Banerjee Anupama Samman for Department of Zoology women empowerment by

Turnstone-Global and BCW-CellCU

Prof. Goutam Kumar UGC Mid-Career Award, Saha Biswamoy Biswas Gold Department of Zoology Medal, Zoological Society,

Kolkata

Dr. Haridas Sarkar Rashtriya Gaurav Award Department of Sanskrit for Meritorious Services,

Outstanding Performance and Remarkable Role

Prof. Jatindra Kumar Recipient of the Parul Das Shiksha Samman 2017, for Department of Law outstanding teaching

achievements Dewang Mehta National Education Awards

Dr. Kamal Kishor Mishra National Leadership Department of Sanskrit Award for Excellence by

Confederation of Education Excellence, New Delhi Rashtriya Gaurav Award 2016 by India International Friendship Societv, New Delhi International award "Glory of India" for Individual Excellence in recognition of Flatterimz Merit Excellent

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National I International Performance and outstanding contribution for the progress of the nation & worldwide by H.E. Korn Dabbaransi, Fonner Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand at B•nakok (Thailand) Confederation of Education Excellence Awards 2016 for Outstanding Contributions in Higher Education and Research by Confederation of Educational Excellence, New Delhi Amar Sing Hindi Seva Samman-2016

Dr. Kamalika Sen (Roy) Sentinel of Science Award Department of Chemistry as one of the top 10% of

researchers contributing to the peer review of the field of Chemistry

Dr. Kishor Sarkar DST-SERB Early Career Department of Polymer Research Award Science and Technoloev Prof. Koustubh Panda Elected as Fellow of the Department of West Bengal Academy of Biotechnology & Dr. B.C. Science & Technology Guha Centre for Genetic (FWAST) Engineering and Biotechnolo2'.Y

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Honours & Awards Name 2016-2017

National I International Prof. Krishnendu Patel Memorial Award by Acharya World Congress of Clinical Department of Botany Nutrition, E2V0t Prof. Madhusudan Das Awarded Parul Siksha Department of Zoology Samman of the year 2017

Prof. Maitrayee Dasgupta Fellow of West Bengal Deptartment of Science Academy 'FW AST Biochemistry Member of India-UK

Nitrogen Fixation Centre (!UNFC), A multi-institutional project with OXFORD University, UK, DBT-BBSRC TWAS Visiting Expert Award, University of Rio Cuarto, Are:entina

Dr. Manirani Dasgupta Excellence Award in Cyber Department of Law Law -by International

Multidisciplinary Research Foundation, A.P., India

Prof. Mousumi Poddar Anupama Samman for Sarkar women empowerment by Department of Botany Turnstone-Global and

BCW-CellCU Prof. Parthiba Basu Nominated to the panel of Department of Zoology experts in the UN Inter-

governmental J'.'anel in Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (!PBES)

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National I International Prof. Pritha Best Paper award in Mukhopadhyay National conference of Department of Cognitive Neuroscience Psychology Societv of India Prof. Rajashree Shukla Mahasweta Devi Seva Department of Hindi Award

Sashakt Naari Samman Dr. Rajen Haldar Siddhartha Debnath Department of Physiology Memorial Oration, by The

Phvsiolooical Societ;v of India Prof. Sampa Chakrabarti Anuparna Samman for Department of Chemical women empowerment by Engineering Turnstone-Global and

BCW-CellCU Dr. Subhasis Roy Venus International Research Department of Chemical Awards(V]RA)Oumtandmg Engineering Scientist for Initiatives,

Disroveries, and Developmenm in the discipline ofNanoscienre and Nanot.echnolO«V

Prof. Subho Roy Satyendra Prasanna Department of Memorial Lecture Award Anthropology Prof. Subir Bera The Excellent Scholar Department of Botany Award, XIX, International

Botanical Congress, China Fellow, West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology Prof. A.K. Ghosh Memorial Award, Botanical Society of Bengal, Kolkata

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National I International Dr. Sudeshna Lahiri International Bursary Department of Education Award by British

Educational Research Association (BERA), UK, for presenting research paper at University of Sussex, Brie:hton

Prof. Sudip Kumar Das Indira Gandhi Gold Medal Department of Chemical Award - 2016, by The Engineering Global Economic Progress

& Research Association, New Dellti

Dr. Suman Bhusan Awarded 'Prof. Hiralal Chakraborty Chaudhuri Medal for Department of Zoology Excellence in Innovative

Research' 2016 by the Zooloeical Societv, Kolkata

Prof. Suvasis Saha The Best Educationist Department of Business Award from the Management International Institute of

Education & Management, New Delhi for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Education Rashtriya Vidya Gaurav Gold Medal Award from Indian Solidarity Council, New Delhi 'Rajiv Gandhi Education Excellence Award' for outstanding academic achievements bv

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National I International International Business Council, New Delhi. Vidya Ratna Gold Medal by International Institute of Education and Mana~ment, Delhi The Life Time Education Achievement Award for Excellence in the Field of Education by International Institute of Education and Management, Delhi in 2016. Gold Medal of National Award of Excellence from Global Management Council Ahmedabad, 2017 Best Teacher Award from Global Management Council, Ahmedabad with Letter of Recognition for work done in the interest of students, teachers and entire education fraternity, 2017 Adarsh Vidya Saraswati Rashtriya Puraskar (National Award of Excellence) by Global Management Council, Ahmedabad, 2017

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National I International "Siksha Ratna" -2017 of West Bengal Government, Department of Education, Government of West Ben~al

Prof. Tanuka Recipient of Outstanding Chattopadhyay Publications award in Department of Applied Astrostatistics, 2016 by Mathematics International

Astrostatistics Association for Statistical Methods for Astronomical Data Analysis

Dr. Tanushree Sanyal Venus International (Bala) Research Awards - VIRA Department of Chemistry 2016 as outstanding

scientist in the specialization area of Materials Science

Dr. Ujjwal Kumar Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Department of Buddhist Samman, awarded by Studies President of India Dr. Zarina Kh.atoon Parveen Shakir Award by Denartment of Urdu Azad Jan Jagaran Samiti

Research Publications

The faculty members of the University have been actively publishing research papers in international and national journals as well as in conference proceedings. While it is not possible to give a full list of all achievements here, including a list of publications

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in esteemed refereed journals, the following account will give an indication of the quality of research publications during the period under review :

Since our last Convocation A search on SCOPUS, the largest database of peerreviewed literature covering journal articles, conference proceedings, books along with patent literature from across the world, reveals that:

• The University academic community published 2230 papers.

• The University community overwhelmingly published (78% of the total documents published) their articles in peer-reviewed journals, a fact which testifies that the University strongly focuses on innovation and research.

• During the period, 19 patents were published by various disciplines under the University of Calcutta as recorded in Scopus, which again highlights the ongoing efforts of the University in pursuit of improved R&D activities.

• It appears from record that the maximwn number of articles were published in the subjects of Physics and Astronomy, followed by Engineering, Computer Science, Chemistry, Material Science, Mathematics, Social Sciences, Economics, Business Management, Arts and Humanities, etc. which indicates a distinctive multidisciplinary as well as interdisciplinary focus of the University covering the domains of

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science, technology, arts & humanities, management and social sciences.

A search on Web of Science, a citation indexing service that provides a comprehensive citation search, consisting of 12,000 journals and 148,000 conference proceedings across the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities to find the high-quality research, reveals that:

• A total no. of 1636 documents was published during the period 2016-2017.

• The average number of citations per document was 1.69.

• Total number of citations received against the published documents was 2758.

• University h-index for the period under review is 11. It indicates high quality research productivity of the University scholarly community.

Nature Index, 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016

The Nature Index is a database of author affiliation information collated from research articles published in an independently selected group of 68 high-quality science journals. The database, compiled by Nature Research, presents research outputs by institution and country.

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INDIA

Institution AC WFC WFC Change 2016 2015 2016 inWFC

2015· 2016

University of Calcutta (CU), 24 10.24 10.59 3.5% India

Article count CACl, Weighted fractional count <WFC> or alphabetical

It appears from the above report of 2016 that the University of Calcutta has secured its position close to the top with rank 24 in India in terms of publications of high-quality scientific articles. Among the universities in India, the University of Calcutta has been ranked at 2 and among the state-aided universities, it tops the list. The data also highlight that the University has improved considerably in the field of science and technology over the past year.

Patents

Since our last Convocation

The University has earned Rs.0.81 crore from technology transfer fees and royalties. The faculty members held 23 patents during the year under review, as below :

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Name of The Faculty No.of Patents

Dr. Nilanjan Deb 14 Department of AITl"nnomv Dr. Rajarshi Gupta 1 Deoartment of Aoolied Phvsics Prof. Rajat Kumar Pal 2 Department of Computer Science and Erurineerine-Prof. Sankhayan Choudhury 1 Department of Computer Science and Ene:ineerilll! Dr. Abhijit Bandyopadhyay 1 Department of Polymer Science and Technolo11Y Prof. Krishanu Chakrabarti 1 Department of Biochemistry Prof. Anjan Dasgupta 1 Deoartment of Biochemistrv Prof. Koustubh Panda 1 Department of Biotechnology and Dr. B. C Guha Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnoloev Prof. Ruma Pal 1 Deoartment of Botanv

Total (Since 11December2015) 23

Research & Development Overview

During the year, the University has witnessed significant growth in its research and development activities. The number of externally funded ongoing projects has increased. New research and development projects were initiated in all the areas of science, engineering & technology, management and social

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sciences, arts and humanities typically ranging from two to five years' duration. These include short term consulting projects and long-term sponsored research projects. I would like to acknowledge the pioneering efforts of the distinguished faculty members of the University who are actively carrying out various research-oriented jobs in different departments of the University. Funds for these research-oriented jobs are being received from various funding agencies such as CSIR, DBT, DST, DAE, JCMR, ICSSR, !CAR, JCHR, INSA, AICTE, etc. During the financial year 2016-17, the University has received Rs. 19.32 cr. from these agencies.

Academic Collaborations

In an effort to encourage greater exchange of ideas and knowledge, the University remains actively involved in strengthening its initiatives by signing MoU's and collaborations with national and international institutions of repute. The following table offers an indicative profile of the organisational collaborations.

Department National I International National Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, ICAR Central Research Institute of Jute

Agricultural & Allied Fibers, !CAR Chemistry & Soil NBSS & LUP, !CAR Science Bidhan Chandra Krishi

Viswavidyalaya, Department of Agricultural Chemistry & Soil Science, Agrochemicals State Seed Testine Laboratorv

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Deoartment National I International Pesticides Quality Control Lab State Pulse & Oil Seed Lab National IMMT, Bhubaneswar CCMB, Hyderabad CRIDA, Hyderabad Department of Agriculture,

Agronomy Government of West Bengal Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya Jadavpur University Visva Bharati International

Genetics & Plant University of Aberdeen, Scotland , Breeding U.K

Rothamsted, U.K. International Baise National Agricultural Science and Technology Zone of

Horticulture Guan~; P.R. CHINA International King Mongut's University of Technology, Thonburi (KMUTT) Ban~kok 10140, Thailand International Iran Cultural House, Islamic

Arabic & Persian Republic of Iran Institute of Persian Studies (!PI) Iran Societv National

Archaeology Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geologv, Dehradun

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Deuartm.ent National I International Department of Geography and Remote Sensing, Vidyasagar University The Research Programme on Prehistoric Investigations in the Ayodhya Hills, Purulia District, West Beru?al National (i) The Asiatic Society (ii) Bangiya Sahitya Parisad (iii) Ramakrishna

Bengali Mission, Golpark (iv) National Library, Kolkata (v) Department of Bengali, J.U., B.U., N.B.U. K.U., R.B.U. and other Universities

National Inter-institutional projects are

Economics there with IITs, IIFT and also other universities of the state and outside. International Along with the Embassy of France and The lnstitut Franr;ais, the

French Department has introduced a teachers' training monthly workshop called IFI, which is an Embassy sponsored programme throughout India.

International Linnaeus Palme Exchange

History programme between Uppsala University and University of Calcutta

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Deuartm.ent National I International International Academic exchange with Chonbuk National University of South Korea.

Languages Assistance programme with Embassy of Spain. Book Publication Programme with Akdemia Razvitiva, Russia National • Central Institute of Indian Languages, Manasagangotri, Mysore • Linguistic Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata

Linguistics • The Language Division, Government of India • The SNLTR Department at Society for Natural Language Technology Research, Kolkata • School of Languages and Linguistics, Jadavpur University • The Asiatic Societv, Kolkata National

Sanskrit Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Kolkata International State University of New York, Oswego

South and South India - China Institute, New

East Asian School, New York

Studies Oldenburg University, Germany International Association for Asian and Pacific Studies Mahanirban Calcutta Research Grouo

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Deoartment National I International National Jadavpur University, Rabindra Bharati Universitv National

Commerce ACCA/ISID; Calcutta Stock Exchan~e

International

Education University of Pretoria, South Africa and University of Cape Town, South Africa National

Applied Optics & Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Photonics Koramangala, Bangalore

CGCRI Kolkata International Washington University in St. Louis, USA State University of New York at Buffalo, USA The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Chemical Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Engineering Malaysia

Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (YunTech) Ohio University Center for Electrochemical Engineering Research (CEERJ,USA International

Chemical Universitv of North Carolina Technology National

NIT'l'R, NIPER, Bose Institute,

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Department National I International Indian Statistical Institute, Academic Staff Colleges of different Universities, BIT, Mesra, West Bengel Pollution Control Board, Jadavpur University, St. Xavier's College, GCCE'r, Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute International Collaboration on Image Processing and Biometrics AGH University of Science & Technology, Cracow, Poland Collaboration on Software Engineering and Abstract Interpretation with, Ca Foscari University, Venice, Italy Wollongong University, Australia National Taiwan University, Taioei, Taiwan National

Computer Science Jadavpur University, IISET & Engineering (formerly BESU)

Collaboration on Cloud Security with TIFR, Mumbai, India

Collaboration on Software Engineering and Distributed Systems with J adavpur University Collaboration on VLSI Physical Level Design with Indian Statistical Institute; NIT Durgapur

IS! Kolkata

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Deoartment National I International International Consortium of 7 European and 13 Asian Universities National

Radio Physics and Space Physics Laboratory, VSSC, Electronics !SRO, Trivandrum

Space Application Centre, !SRO, Ahmedabad Indian Institute of Technology, Kharaenur International Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, Michigan United States

Jute and Fibre of America Technology National

SITRA, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India CRRI New Delhi, India International Princeton University, USA CERN, Geneva GS! Helmohtlz Research Lab Darmstadt, Germany National University of Singapore

A.K. Choudhury University of Bremen, Germany School of University of Arad, Romania Information AGH University of Science and Technology Technology, Cracow, Polan

Ca' Foscari University of Venice Winona State University, USA Bialystok Technical University, Poland. New York State University of Buffalo, USA

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Department National I International Iwate Prefectural University, Japan University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA National Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Indian Institute ofTechnology, Guwahati Variable Energy Cyclotron Center, Kolkata National Institute for the Orthopaedically Handicapped Kolkata Peerless Hospital, Kolkata Shastra University, Tsmil Nadu International

Anthropology The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburi<h, UK International Universite Joseph Fourier, France Observatoire de Paris Meudon, F-92195 Meudon Codex Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de

Applied Toulouse-Tarbes, Universite de

Mathematics Toulouse, CNRS Observatoire de Geneve, University of Geneva, CH-1290 Sauvemy, Switzerland Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences UNASAN), Russia

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Deoartment National I International Quantum Information Group, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain Department of Engineering Mathematics and Physics, Higher Institute of Engineering, Shorouk Academy, Egypt. Indo-French Centre for Applied Mathematics (IFCAM) National Ramanujan Mathematical Society Inter University Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Pune IISc, Bangalore Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP) Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata Department of Mathematics, IIT, Mumbai, (NPDE-TCA program of DST)DAE (BRNS) DST SERB

National Applied The West Bengal University of Psychology Health Sciences

Bamn1r Institute of Neuroscience International Division of Plant Sciences,

Biochemistry University of Oxford, UK Division of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, UK

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Deuartment National I International Laboratory of Symbiosis for Tropical Legumes , Montpelier France Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University

National IHTM , Calcutta Medical College Bose Institute, Kolkata National

Electronic Science Centre for Materials for Electronic Technology (C-MET), Cherlapallv, Hyderabad International Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Canada Department ofChemistcy, SUNY-OSWEGO, USA School ofGeoscience, University of

Environmental Sydney Science National

ISi, Kolkata, Ceramic Membrane Division, CSIR-CGCRI, Kolkata IESWM, Kolkata Department of Chemical Engineeri02', Jadavpur University International

Geology University of Vienna NCSU USA

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Department National I International CUG,China University of Lisbon, Portugal Kanazawa University, Japan University of Pretoria, South Africa University of Sao Paulo, Brazil National GS!, India NGRI, Hyderabad ISi, Kolkata !IT Bombay Jadavpur University International National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan Chulalongkorn University; Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science; Chulalongkorn University National Department of Disaster Management, Pondicherry

Marine Science University, Brookshabad Campus, Port Blair. Department of Botany, Burdwan University Department of Applied Science & Humanities, B.P. Poddar Institute of Management and Technology, Kolkata National Institute of Oceanography, CSIR, Goa Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata

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Deoartment National I International National Institute of Oceanography, CSIR, Goa Banaras Hindu University National

Psychology Centre for Development of Advanced Comoutine:, Kolkata International

Statistics University of Stellenbosch, South Africa International Charles and Margaret Dyson Professor of Ophthalmology Research Professor of Cell and

SN Pradhan Developmental Biology, Cornell

Centre for University, Well Cornell Medical

Neurosciences College, New York National Bangur Institute ofNeurosciences, Kolkata Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai Railway Hospital, Kolkata National Department of Psychiatry RG. Kar Medical College and Hospital

CPEPA-UGC Department of Psychology, Institute

Center for of Behavioural Sciences, Gujarat

"Electrophysiology Forensic Science University,

& Neuro-Imaging Gandhlnagar, Gujarat.

studies including Axxonet System Technologies, Bangalore.

Mathematical Department of Neurology, N.RS Modeling" Medical College

Department of Medicine, North-24 Parganas District Hospital, Barasat Department of Oncology, RG. Kar

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Department National I International Medical College and Hospital Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital (CNMCH) Eko CT and MRI Scan Centre, Medical College Campus, Kolkata Department of Cardio-Thoracic & Vascular Surgery, IPGMER, SSKM Hospital, Kolkata Institute of Child Health, West Bengal Department ofRadiodiagnosis, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research (IPGME&R), SSKM Hospital, Kolkata Department of Neurology, Bangor Institute ofNeurosciences, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research (IPGME&R), SSKM Hospital National Brain Research Centre, Manesar National • Ranchi Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Allied Sciences, RINPAS, Jharkhand • Tata Medical Center, Kolkata

Clinical • School of Tropical Medicine,

Psychology Centre Kollrata • R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata • N. R. S. Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata • Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata

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University-Industry Linkage

Participating Industry Collaboration Deoartments A. K Choudhury Qualcomm India Pvt. Ltd. School of Information PRACSOL Health Technology Texas Instruments,

BallJl'alore Tata Consultancv Services GE Healthcare

Applied Optics and DSS Imagetech Pvt. Ltd. Photonics Applied Physics Institution of Electronics &

Communication Engineers LANDIS+ GYR Limited

Radiophysics and Interra Systems India Pvt. Electronics Ltd.

MetalolZic Svstems Pvt. Ltd. Chemical Engineering NOVA Surface Care Centre

Pvt. Ltd. Computer Science and Tata Consultancv Services Engineering Business Brio Chemical Technology Food Safety & Standard

Authority of India H&R Johnson(!ndia) Ltd. Quaker Chemical India Ltd

Polymer Science JKTYRE & Industries Ltd. &Technology PMC Rubber Chemicals India

Pvt. Ltd NOVA Surface Care Centre Pvt. Ltd. Harishankar Singhania Elastomer & Tyre Research Institute (HASETR!)

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Conferences I Workshops I Symposia

Various conferences, seminars and workshops were organised by the departments and centres of the University during the year in order to increase their scholarly visibility as well as to connect with national and international universities and researchers. Several national and international dignitaries visited the University and delivered lectures. The departments have been very active in organising seminars and conferences with a high level of faculty and student participation.

University Library System

The University Library plays a pivotal supportive role in the teaching-learning process of the University. The University of Calcutta Library System comprises the Central Library, five campus libraries, forty departmental libraries and four libraries of the Centres of Advanced Studies spread across eight major campuses. The academic community of the University, encompassing teaching faculty, students and research scholars, depend on library resources in their pursuit of academic excellence. Internet access is available to the users of the entire University academic community round the clock. Library materials, e-resources in particular, are not only a supplement to class-room instructions, but are invaluable resources to support students in their regular academic and research activities. In the period under review, nearly 70,000 users visited the Central Library alone.

During the period under review, two state-of-the-art digital libraries, equipped with modern tools and appliances, have been founded, one each at Rajabazar

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Campus and Technology Campus, Salt Lake to provide enhanced access to electronic information resources.

The Technology Campus Digital Library has been set up at Salt Lake Campus in order to serve the students, scholars and faculty members of three departments that have been shifted to the Technology Campus from Rajabazar Campus namely, A. K Choudhury School of Information Technology, Computer Science & Engineering, and Applied Optics as well as the users of Centre for Research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.

The Rajabazar Campus Digital Library has been founded at the 2nd floor of the Meghnad Saha Building to satisfy information and communication needs of the students, scholar and teachers of Rajabazar Campus.

The University Library has completed the massive task of digitizing full-text of aroimd 11,000 theses and 8,500 medical dissertations and uploading the same to DSpace.

To provide easy access to books and to expedite the process of circulation, open access sections have been created in the 1st and the 2nd floors of the Central Library. For this purpose, custom-made wooden shelves and racks have been placed in the 1st floor. Unlike closed access system, this open access arrangement reduces the time of the users for getting books as it allows students to get direct access to stacks and find books for themselves.

Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) unit has been reshaped in the 1st Door of the Cent.ral Libracy, along with the introduction of newly-made wooden comput.er tables.

During the period under review, hard copies of 10,000 books have been added to the Library collection. To enhance online teaching-learning activity, the Library

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provides access t.o e-resources for its academic community through internet connections available at all major campuses round the clock. More than 13,000 electronic journals, nearly 2 lakh electronic books and over 40 bibliographical databases are accessible to the users.

The University Library also supports research activities with full text access to over 3 million electronic theses and dissertations published all over the world (ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global). Users can download full-text e-resources logging on to our website www.caluniv.ac.in from any of the eight major campuses.

The e-resources are highly popular among the user community, as is evident from a recent report. According to UGC-INFLIBNET, the University Library has achieved 6th rank among all Indian universities in respect of total download of e-journals.

The University Library is committed to provide services to the users with physical impainnents. The Braille Library, stationed at the 2nd floor of the Central Library, continues to cater to the visually challenged students. Supported with Braille books, CDs, cassettes and special software to record learning materials at the Audio Room, the Braille Library facilitates improved learning with audio and tactile stimulation.

Since the last convocation, 415 visually challenged students have visited the Braille Library. To assist differently-able students, wheel chairs are provided. Ramps at the basement and two passenger elevators, one each at the two ends of the library, ensure smooth movement of wheel chairs. Moreover, to make the Library accessible to the visually impaired students, talking elevators and talking computers have also been installed.

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Chandramukhi-Kadambini Sabhagriha, a seminar complex set up at the 4th floor of the Central Library in 2007, has cutting-edge multimedia environment and supports modem facilities for organizing seminars and conferences. During the period under review, 75 seminars/ workshops/ lectures/ meetings, etc. have been organised at the Chandramukhi-Kadambini Sabhagriha at the Central Library.

The Department of Mass Education Extension and Library Services - West Bengal, in its project of convergence of university libraries with the public library system of the State, has considered our University Library for providing Hbrary services as extension to its services beyond the institutional bona fide users to the greater masses in general. The objective of the said programme is to open the vast and rich resources (both traditional resources and e-resources) of our University Library to the general public and to extend the benefits of using this library to all sections of the society. Consequently, the University Library System is all set to extend library services till 7 p.m. from the existing 5.30 p.m. in weekdays and from 11 a.m. till 6 p.m. in Satw-days in all campus digital libraries to facilitate access and use of library resources.

NAAC peer team, in its recent visit, highly appreciated the University Library in terms of quality of services rendered and range of facilities provided, and appraised it as being an 'institutional strength'.

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The Internet facility

Number of nodes/ computers with internet facility

SI. Location Number of No. Nodes 01 Colle2e Street Campus 400 02 Ballv"11n2e Campus 1950 03 Raiabazar Campus 1400 04 Alinore Cam.nus 250 05 Hazra Camnus 150 06 B.T. Road Campus 200 07 VLCamous 100 08 Technolo5?V Cam.nus 1000 09 Jute & Fibre Technology, 150

Ballv011ruJ"P. Camnus

Bandwidth Distribution across University Campuses

SL Location Bandwidth No. (Distributed ILL) 01 Colleire Street Camous 32Mbos 02 Ballv011nae Camnus 100 Mbos 03 Raiabazar Camnus 100 Mbns 04 Alipore Campus 16Mbos 05 Hazra Campus 8Mbos 06 B.T. Road Camous 14Mbos 07 VLCamnus 8Mbns 08 Technolo2V Camous 24Mbns 09 Jute & Fibre Technology, 8Mbps

Ball••n·nnne Camous

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Computer-student 1: 1 (In Engineering & ratio Technology Faculty)

1:2 (In Science & Management Faculty) 1:3 Un Humanities, Education & Law Faculty)

Dedicated computing Available in all campuses facilities LAN facility [n all campuses, Wi-Fi with

VPN connections are available Proprietary soft.ware Provided department wise,

both academic and administrative

Number of nodes/ computers with 5600 internet facilitv

The following new technologies are used as teachinglearning tools :

• LCD projectors and projection screens; • sound systems • video-conferencing systems • document visualizer and e-boards • Skype-ing facilities via Wi-Fi internet connections.

The results are published through the internet with the help of National Informatics Centre (N!C) and also the university website. The results are available through mobile service (SMS) facility, as well.

University Website

The University website is highly popular among the University academic fraternity as well as among the outsiders. [t appears from the usage statistics that on an average more than 2 lakh users across the globe access

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the University website per day. Right from the step by step development of this historic University, it provides every bit of information of its various academic programmes, departmental activities, research initiatives, students' involvements, events organised, announcements and employments. Moreover, in order to make it more informative as well as for wider circulation of the faculty achievements, it has recently incorporated curriculwn vitae of every faculty member. Once the work of uploading of full-text Ph.D theses is over, the University website will serve as the sole gat.eway for global access t.o University awarded research output.

University Web Mail

The University email platform has witnessed rapid development in terms of user activity. In addition to providing email accounts to the faculty members, the University has also extended the facility to the scholars too. Moreover, the process of creating University email account has been streamlined with facility to submit forms online.

Audit & Accounts Department

The Audit & Accounts Department is the handler as well as regulator of the financial aspects of the University. In recent times, various fundamental and structural reforms have been initiated in the Audit & Accounts Department of the University, which will yield far-reaching, positive results in the years to come. The primary objective behind all these initiatives is to ensure financial discipline and to establish financial integrity.

The Purchase & Works Manual of the University of Calcutta has already been made effective on and from 18"' October, 2016.

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For the purpose of maintaining transparency and accuracy in the books of accounts, necessary steps have already been taken to implement the 'double entry' system of accounting.

In order to avert submission of doubtful claims and generation of doubtful statistics with resultant avoidable malpractices, COSA software has been implemented for drawing and disbursement of salary.

Structural renovation work of the Retirement Benefit Cell and Internal Audit Section has been completed.

Provident Fund abstracts are regularly prepared.

Salary and pension of all employees and pensioners are paid through ECS with effect from April 2014.

Emphasis has been placed on rigorous internal audit, which was indeed long·ovcrdue. Internal Audit Report are prepared and duly submitted to the State Government every year after getting approval from the Finance Committee and ratification by the Syndicate.

Fund flow from UGC to the University

During the Financial Year 2016·17, the University received an amount of Rs. 9.60 er. (approx.) from the UGC. It is pertinent to highlight the concerted efforts of the distinguished professors and concerned officials of the University who have actively pursued UGC for research and development programmes so that funds are released.

Funds from the State Government

As in previous years, this year also the Higher Education Department, Govt. of West Bengal, has extended full financial and administrative support to the University. It has been possible for the University

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to caITy forward its rich legacy and strive towards excellence in the current national and global competitive scenario with the help of the support received from the Higher Education Department, Govt. of West Bengal. During the Financial Year 2016-17, grants received by the University were Rs. 128.21 crore under COSA, Rs.68.69 crore under Non-COSA and Rs.26.56 crore under Non-Plan, Non-salary heads.

Funds from Other Agencies

The University would like to highlight and acknowledge the pioneering efforts of the distinguished faculty members of the University who are actively carrying out various research-oriented jobs in different departments of the University. Funds for these research-oriented jobs are being received from various funding agencies such as CSIR, DBT, DST, DAE, ICMR, ICSSR, !CAR, ICHR, INSA, AICTE, etc. During the financial year 2016-17, the University has received Rs. 19.32 er. from these agencies.

University's Own Initiatives

With the thrust being now on augmentation of resource generation from own sources, the University is also malting all efforts to boost its own resow-ce generation. Own resource generation efforts of the University are broadly classified under two sub-heads. One takes into account the various fees, sale proceeds & miscellaneous receipts, and the other consists of service charges generating from Endowment Funds. Our own resource generation during the year 2016-17 was Rs.54. 76 crore (approx.).

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Estate & Trust Office

'The Estate and Trust Office organised the following Endowment Lectures:

Name of the Name of the Date of Lectureship Orator Oration

G.D Birla Extension Prof. Kedarnath 16.12.2015 Lecture Sin~h

Prof. Mahadeb Dutt Prof. Gadadhar 17.12.2015 Memorial Lecture Misra S.N Roy Memorial Prof. Danny 29.12.2015 Lecture Ffeffermann Kshiti Mohan Prof. Ramprasad 02.01.2016 Mukherjee Memorial Sengupta Lecture Vivekanda Centenary Swami 03.02.2016 Lecture Suviranandaji

Maharai Dwijendralal Roy Sri Ashok 17.02.2016 SmarakBak.trita Mukhopadhyay

Sricharan Monda! & Prof. Amarnath 18.02.2016 Promilabala Monda! Bhattacharya Lecture

R.P. Nopany Lecture Prof. Ratnabali 02.03.2016 Chatterjee

Lila Lecture Smt. Krishna 15.03.2016 Basu

Dineshchandra Sen Sri Sadhan 05.04.2016 Lecture Chattopadhyay

Pandit Premcharan Sri Bibek Debray 28.05.2016 Tarkabagish Lecture

Prof. R.K. Dasgupta Prof. Sabyasachi 11.07.2016 Memorial Lecture Bhattacharyya

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Name of the Name of the Date of Lectureship Orator Oration

Saratchandra Sri Avijit Sen 14.09.2016 Chattopadhyay Memorial Lecture Swami Nirlepananda Prof. Ranabir 10.08.2016 Lecture Chakravarti Prof. Prabir Prof. Alaka 01.09.2016 Roychowdhury & Burgohain Amit Roychowdhury Endowment Lecture Rammohan Roy Prof.Swapan Basu 20.09.2016 Memorial Lecture

AsokeBikas Prof. Pallab 26.09.2016 Bhattacharva Lecture Senannta Rammohan Roy Swami 26.09.2016 Memorial Lecture Shastrae:ananda Vidyasagar Smarak Prof. Sisir Kumar 26.09.2016 Baktrita Sinha D.L. Roy Memorial Prof. 27.09.2016 Lecture Somendranath

Bandyooadhvav Lila Smarak Baktrita Prof. Chhanda 27.09.2016

Ray Girishcandra Ghosh Prof. Pulin Das 27.09.2016 Memorial Lecture Prof. Mahadev Dutta Prof. Narayan C. 14.12.2016 Memorial Lecture Debnath Khudiram Das Prof. Manas 27.12.2016 Memorial Lecture Maiumdar Khudiram Das Prof. Suhrid 27.12.2016 Memorial Lecture Kumar Bhowmik Kshiti Mohan Prof. Amit 31.01.2017 Mukherjee Memorial Bhaduri Lecture

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Nameofthe Name of the Date of Lectureship Orator Oration

Surya Sen Smarak Sri Biswanath 22.03.2017 Baktrita Bandvooadhvav Prof. R.K. Dasgupta Prof. Radha 11.07.2017 Memorial Lecture Raman

Chakrabartv Brahm.ananda Prof. Loknath 13.09.2017 Keshab Chandra Chakraborty Memorial Lecture K.C. Bhattacharyya Prof. Raajan 01.11.2017 Memorial Lecture Mukhopadhyay Mahanambrata Swami 22.11.2017 Smarak Baktrita Shastragananda

Maharai Prof. Mahadev Dutta Prof. S. Arumgam 24.11.2017 Memorial Lecture

The Estate and Trust Office has been successful in resource mobilization, resulting in increase in endowment. In the last one year, a sum of rupees fifty one lakh fifty thousand has been added to our endowment fund.

Fund Name Donors' Name Amount (Rs.)

Sarojendra Smt. Sharmila 2,00,000 Mohan Ghose and Ghosh Parimal Ghose "Cash Prize" Gyanada Mr. Sukumar 7,00,000 Memorial Chakraborty Scholarship & Sarada Memorial Scholarship

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SwatiBose Smt. Swapna Bose 1,00,000 Memorial Scholarship Pandit Mr. Biswanath 4,00,000 Premchandra Chattopadhyaya Tarkabagish Memorial Lecture Tapan Kr. Dr. Soma 2,00,000 Chatterjee Mukhopadhyay Memorial Cash Scholarship Khudiram Das Smt. Banimanjari 2,00,000 Memorial Das 10,000 Lecture in B•ngali Um.a- Mr.Amitava 3,20,000 Katyayanidas Bhattacharya, Bhattacharya Dr. Niranjan Centenary Medal Bhattacharya, in Philosophy Shri Sugata

Bhattacharya, ShriGoutam Bhattacharva

Dr .B.C Guba & NRDC ( CU's share 19,80,000 Phulrenu Guha towards premium) Memorial Lectureship LateBabli Dr. Partha 10,40,000 Chatterjee Chatterjee Memorial Scholarship

Total 51,50,000

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The Estate and Trust Officer successfully organised the Gold Medal Award Programmes, distributing endowment fund scholarships, prizes and grants, and arranging felicitation programmes for our retiring employees and officers.

Registrar's Office

The special achievements of the Registrar's Department during the year 2016-17 are depicted below :

SI. No.of

Particulars Documents Amount (Rs.) No.

Issued 01 Sales Counter - 29,90,336.00 02 Transcript 4745 9,95 ,000.00

03 Registration & 154546 1, 75,99,680.00 Milll'ation

Further, for the penod January-August 2017, the following areas may be mentioned in particular:

7 teachers have been selected for appointment and 9 teachers have been considered for CAS. 8 Officers have been appointed and 112 Nonteaching employees have been promoted. 82 court cases have been attended by the University of which 19 court cases have been disposed otJ dismissed I need not to be defended as per record. Roster of Appointment has been revised. Steps taken for modernization of administration, digitisation of identity cards, installation of software replacing the existing manual process in different administrative departments. Application forms for public services have been made available online and time limits have been set for delivery of such services.

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Engineering Department

The Engineering Department has undertaken the following exercises to restore and renovate the University buildings, while preserving their heritage nature. The objective has been to modernize the University's spatial infrastructure, while preserving the integrity of their historical value.

1) Renovation of Syndicate Room and adjacent spaces 2) Renovation of Senate House with adjacent spaces 3) Comprehensive renovation of the heritage

buildings, i.e., Darbhanga Building , Ashutosh building, and Hardinge Building.

4) Installation of 6 new lifts at College St. Campus and Goenka Hospital have been approved and financially sanctioned. 7 other lifts are under process by PWD.

5) Construction of Ground floor of Workshop at Technology Campus, Salt Lake, is in progress.

6) One new lift has been installed at Jute Technology Campus.

7) Renovation and modification of rooms of Anthropology Department and Zoology Department are in progress.

8) Renovation of Hazra Law College campus canteen is under process.

9) Roof treatment work of Darbhanga building, Carmichael Hostel, Goenka College Staff Quarters and western part of Ballygunge Science College have been undertaken.

10) Renovation of Centenary Hall has been started. 11) Work on Digital Library of Jute Technology

Building is in progress. 12) Renovation of Cash Section at College St. Campus

is in progress.

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13) Development of road and drainage system at the University Press at Ballygunge has been completed.

14) Open Air Gallery at Alipore Campus has been completed.

15) Roof treatment of Staff Quarters at College St. campus has been completed.

University Press

The University Press remains the dependable workcentre for the vast printing-related jobs of the University. It efficiently prints various scholarly publications, journals of various academic departments of the University and other matters, particularly the vital examination related jobs. Equipped with modern technology, the University Press, perhaps the earliest of its kind in the country, continues to competently print scholarly journals of various academic departments, text books, model questions, syllabi and various confidential matters relating to University examinations. The revenue earned during the year 2016-17 from sale of University Publications is as follows:

Particulars Amount(Rs.) Revenue from University Sales 9,11,315.00 Counter Sales Effected throul<h A,,..nts 18,24,622.00 Sales Proceeds in Different Book 2,54,399.00 Fairs

TOTAL: 29,90,336.00

Human Resource Development Centre (erstwhile Academic Staff College)

Human Resource Development Centre has engaged itself in organizing an increasing number of Orientation

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Programmes, Refresher Courses, Seminars and Workshops, with the objective of helping the teachers in discharging their professional commitments more effectively, including in terms of participating in the programmes mandatory for the career advancement of teachers.

Details of UGC approved courses conducted (C) and number of participants attended (P), 2016-2018

Financial Orientation Refresher Summer/ Short Principals' Year Programmes Courses Winter Tenn Workshops

COP) CRC) Schools Courses (STC)

c J p CJ p c J P CJ p c J p

2015-16 4 J 129 1 J 210 1 J 64 • J 215 1 J 215

Administrative Staff College

The Administrative Staff College at the 10th floor of the Central Library building offers training and orientation programmes for the employees of the University as well as for the employees of its affiliated colleges. The training course covers imparting ICT skill, providing overview of University Act, Statute and Ordinance, affiliation system, institutional accreditation, IQAC, reservation facilities, UGC guidelines for colleges, application of open source software, promoting the use of E-resources in teaching and learning, legal affairs, etc. During the period under review, the Administrative Staff College has conducted five training programmes.

University Examinations

Controller of Examination's Department is one of the biggest and diligent department of this Oldest University. The Department holds annually more than

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700 UG and PG examinations, annually about 3,60,000 candidates are enrolled for examinations, which is an enormous number. There are about 62 subjects taught in UG level, 103 programs and 61 other programs are taught in the PG level. Thus examination related activity of all these subjects and programs are catered by this Department all the year round. About 147 colleges of different types and categories are affiliated with this University. Number of certificates issued are about 92,100. Department of Controller of Examinations has 10 sections serving Examinations at UG level, 08 sections serving the Examinations of PG faculties and 09 sections are of common function. Every section work to best of their ability to carry out Examination related work.

Department has taken many new initiatives in recent years that include centralized Spot evaluation and pre- publication scrutiny of answer scripts of some subjects; providing examinees Facility for Self Inspection (FSI) of evaluated answer scripts; introduction of water proof and tamper proof packets for sending confidential question papers and finally introduction of coding system of answer scripts of some PG Examinations and implementation of CBCS System in U.G. Commerce and PG levels.

As the Department is very dynamic in nature it is ever evolving in both its policy, system and technology thus there are ample scope of development and modernization in near future. Some of the plans of developments are :

1. Development of dedicated web domain for Controller of Examinations Department to carry on all examination related activities both pre-examination and post-examination works.

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2. Online communication with teachers for appointment of Coordinator I Head Examiner, Examiner, Paper Setter, Moderator, Re-examiner and providing them password for through Login and SMS.

3. Uploading of students' marks by examiners I Head examiners I Coordinators I re-examiners and in an online system in e-award lists. A hard copy may be kept for back up or other uses.

4. Elaboration of online application for UG and other PG Examinations and option for e-Admit card generation.

5. Introducing Bar coding on unexamined answerscripts to maintain confidentiality of examinees and minimize the chance of biasness.

6. Introduction of preservation of all educational data of the examinees in the University/National Academic Depository (U/NAD) (Online issuance of various educational certificates, grade cards and other documents and verification of educational documents of the examinees through U/NAD}.

7. Organizing training and awareness programmes for the teachers and employees relating to University examination system.

8. Proper use of l.C.T. (Information and Communication Technologies) in the examination system within the department and networking with colleges and different departments of the University to expedite work speed and minimize paper work.

9. Introduction of a single window dedicated service for all documents (certificates/ marksheets, verification work/duplicate generation) provided by Controller of

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Examinations department for the students of this University.

Offices of the Faculty Secretaries

The Offices of the Faculty Secretaries of different faculties act as forums for the faculty-members as well as advisory bodies to the Deans. These Offices are playing a pivotal role in promoting e-governance. They act as a bridge in facilitating coordination within the faculty-members as well as between the facultymembers and administration of the University. Moreover, the Calcutta University Industry-Institute Partnership Programme (CUIIPP) Cell is running successfully under the aegis of the Office of the Secretary, UCSTA. Through the efforts of this office, in the area of University-Industry partnership, the University has made significant achievements. The University has been able to generate revenue of Rs. 17.10 crore (approx.) as on 18.09.2017 from online P.G admission through online SBI Collect.

Office of the Inspector of Colleges

The Inspector of Colleges has conducted the following inspections during 2016-17:

Inspections Conducted

SI. Particulars Details No. I Extension of 24

Affiliation (Honours subjects - 38) 2 Increase in Intake 6 (Honours subjects -

13) 3 Academic Audits 9 4 Continuation of 2

Affiliation

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5 Affiliation of New 3 College (a) L. J. D. College,

Falta(b) The Heritage College, Kolkata (c) Govt. Girls' General De1<ree Colleire, Kolkata

Sports Department

The Department of Sports, University of Calcutta, promotes achievements in various Inter-University competitions in Zonal as well as All India level competitions. It conducts various coaching camps and promotes its affiliated colleges in more than 30 games in the Zonal as well as All India Inter-University Level Competitions. Besides, our department successfully conducts Inter-Collegiate Games among its affiliated units, that is, more than 150 colleges, in both Men's and Women's events every year. In the session 2016-2017 the University of Calcutta Cricket (Men) team became Champion in both Ajoy Ghosh Memorial Trophy Tournament, 2016-2017 hosted by I.LT Kharagpur, and Burdwan University, and InterUniversity Twenty-Twenty Tournament, 2016-2017 hosted by North Bengal University and organized by The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB). Our University has successfully hosted the Inter-University Inter-College T-20 Cricket (Men) Tournament, 2016-17 sponsored by the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) and in this tournament. Umes Chandra College, Kolkata became the Champion. Two (2) Cricket players represented our University in the East Zone Team in the Vizzy Trophy Cricket (Men) Tournament for the year 2016-2017 organized by the B.C.C.I under the auspices of Mumbai University.

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Some of the achievements of the Department of Sports, University of Calcutta in the year 2016-2017 are presented below in tabular form :

Achievement in Sports During the Year 2016-2017

SI. Name of Level of Position Category No. the Event Comoetition 1 Chess 21 GACC Champion Men

International Inter-Varsity Chess Championship,

2017 held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia East Zone Inter University

Inter Zonal Inter University

Rowing All India Inter Silver-01 Women Universitv Bronze-02

Swimming All India Inter Bronze--01 Men and Universitv Women

Diving Silver-01 Bronze-01

Water Polo Second Men Badminton East Zone Third Women

Inter University

Table East Zone Inter Champion Men Tennis University Fourth

Inter Zonal Inter Universitv

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SI. Name of Level of Position Category No. the Event Comoetition

East Zone Champion Women Inter Third University Inter Zonal Inter Universitv

6 Lawn East Zone Third Men Tennis Inter

Universitv 7 Basketball East Zone Third Men and

Inter Women University

8 Cricket AjoyGhosh Champion Meo Memorial Trophy Tournament conducted by The Cricket Association of Beoiral(CABJ Int.er University Twenty-20 Tournament Stat.eLevel Inter University conducted by The Cricket Association of R.n~l(CAB)

East Zone Champion Women Inter Universit_v

9 Athletics All India Inter Silver-01 Men University

10 Gym.nasties All India Inter Silver-02 Women Universitv Bronze-03

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SI. Name of Level of Position Category No. the Event Comnetition

Runners Uo Gold·Ol Men

Silver-01 11 Volleyball East Zone Second Women

Inter Universitv

12 Archery All India Inter Gold·Ol Women Universitv Bronze-02

13 Taekwondo All India Inter Bronze---01 Men Universitv

National Service Scheme (NSS) Cell

Through the efforts of the National Service Scheme (NSS) our students took part in various community and social welfare activities, fulfilling their social obligations. Highlights of the University's NSS activities during 2016-17 include celebration/ commemoration/observation/organisation of, and/or participation in:

• Birth Anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar on 14 April, at Red Road, Kolkata with 250 NSS functionaries.

• Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore on 9 May, in collaboration with Savitri Girl's College.

• Death Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore on 22 Shraban.

• World Environment Day on 5 June, with 500 NSS functionaries, at C.U. Rowing Club, Rabindra Sarobar.

• International Yoga Day on 21 June, with 450 NSS functionaries, at C.U. Rowing Club, Rabindra Sarobar.

• Anti~Drug Abuse Day on 26 June, in collaboration with Narcotic Control Bureau. Govt. of India.

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• State Level Pre-RD Parade Camp 24-25 September, at Gurudas College, Kolkata on 24 & 25 September with 200 NSS volunteers. NSS Day on 24 September, with 400 NSS functionaries in collaboration with Gurudas College.

• Birth Anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on 31 October, with 100 NSS functionaries.

• National Integration Camp from 7-13 February, at Bankura Christian College with 10 Volunteers & 1 Programme Officer.

• AIDS Awareness Programme on 25 March. • Adventure Programme at Manali on 2 to 11

November, with 10 NSS volunteers & one Programme Officer.

• Health Awareness Program.me, Govt. of W.B. at Netaji Indoor Stadium on 30 December, with 300 NSS volunteers & 15 Programme Officers.

• National Integration Camp at Bangalore on 3-9 January, with 4 P.G. volunteers.

• Teachers' Convention, Govt. of W.B., on 7 January, at Netaji Indoor Stadium with 300 NSS volunteers & 15 Programme Officers.

• Republic Day Parade, on 26 January, Kolkata. • Blood Donation Camp with 250 NSS functionaries

on 28 February, at Calcutta University, College Street Campus.

• One-day State Level Workshop on National Integration jointly with West Bengal State NSS Cell, Dept. of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal on 2 March, at Asutosh Hall, C.U.

• 7 days' Special Camp from 24 to 30 March.

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University Health Services

The University has a Board of Health to take care of health problems of the students of the University and its affiliated colleges. The Board has set up a clinic named Goenka Hospital Diagnostic Research Centre with a view to rendering all kinds of medical assistance to the students and staff of the University.

At present, the following facilities are available at the Goenka Hospital Diagnostic Research Centre for the students, teachers and non-teaching staff and also for the general people at a very nominal charge :

Investirtatinl!' Facilities lntrasonoeraohv Skin Smear for AFB Echo-Cardioll!"aohv Mantoux Test X-Rav (General & Dental) Derma to-Surgery ECG Soutum for AFB PatholoKical Tests Beta HCG for Urine Semen Analvsis EEG

Students of all affiliated colleges under the University of Calcutta (both undergraduate and postgraduate) and University postgraduate students are given free services for the following:

1. OPD Registration 2. X-Ray(P.A. View) of Chest

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There are four peripheral students' health clinics to cater to the health care needs of the students at the following centres:

• Chhatra Bhawan : College Street Campus • Bangabasi College • University College of Science and Technology:

Rajabazar Campus • University College of Science: Ballygunge

Campus

Backward Classes Welfare Cell

The University established a BCW Cell to implement the policies and programmes of the Govt. of India and University Grants Commission as well as those of the Government of West Bengal for providing services and due facilities to the S.C./S.T./O.B.C. candidates. The Cell was initially formed with financial support of UGC and approval of the Govt. of West Bengal. However, at present, the entire financial assistance is provided by the State Govt. The Cell is headed by a Joint Registrar. The administrative staff and other facilities to the Cell are being provided by the University from its own resource. For effective implementation of Govt. policies and on the basis of the directives of the UGC, the University has formed a Standing Committee under Chairmanship of the Vice-Chancellor. The Committee holds its meetings at a regular interval to review the problems of S.C./S.T JO.B.C. communities attached to this University and help to find out the possible solutions. The Cell takes utmost efforts to implement the reservation policies for admission to U.G./P.G. courses of the University. The Cell also monitors the reservation policies in case of recruitment and promotion of teaching and non-teaching staff of the University. For the past two years, with the assistance

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of UGC, the Cell is conducting coaching programme for the S.CJS.T. candidates willing to appear at NET and other competitive examinations and remedial coaching for final year P.G. Students.

Department of Performing Arts and Music

The Bengal Music College has been included as a new Department of Performing Arts and Music.

Asutosh Museum

Established in 1939, the Asutosh Museum occupies a pride of place in the University. During the period under review, its upkeep, along with the security system, has been improved. Increasing number of scholars are using the collection of the Museum. As many as 125 foreign visitors visited the Museum during the period under review.

Conclusion

Let me conclude with some brief reflections on our University's sense of mission. The University of Calcutta was established by the British as part of wider networks of colonial infrastructure, designed to create a class of subordinate elites who would accept imperial hegemony, even as the wider population of the country was kept under violent subjection. Yet, over the decades, and particularly since the first half of the twentieth century, the University has been reshaped from an instrument of colonial subjection into a space of national freedom and social liberation. In mediating this transformation, the teachers and students of the University have played a crucial role, as they have transformed knowledge into a weapon for overthrowing \"arious kinds of social bondage, into an instrument for emancipating and intellectually enriching not just a narrow social elite, but the broadest sections of society.

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The University's motto - advancement of learning -captures this crucial essence: here learning encompasses wisdom in its profoundest sense. Ancient civilizations have long revered this wisdom. The ancient Greeks knew it as Sophia; Indians worshipped it as Jnana; Sufi mystics equated this with Haqq or truth. The unleashing of this inner wisdom, ancient and yet ever new, is what our University strives ever more to achieve. The advancement of learning is but another name for the advancement of wisdom, through which alone attainment of both individual freedom and collective solidarity and cooperation is possible. I invite you all to join us in achieving this mission.

Thank you.

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