A note from Principal

A very warm greeting to my students and faculty members!

 It gives me immense pleasure to present the annual report of the college.

Rajiv Gandhi Govt. College, Saha (Ambala) is one of the finest co-educational institutions providing B.A., B.Com. and B.Sc. (Medical  and Non-Medical) and, M. Com. & M. Sc. (Geography) courses. Its mission is to provide quality education to the students and enhancing their knowledge and skills by providing them adequate learning facilities in a healthy environment. It is my heartfelt desire that the college progresses in future and I may be able to lead our students from darkness of ignorance to the light of knowledge, by following the college motto ‘Tamso Ma Jyotirgamaya’.

 

                                                                                                                     Principal

                                                                                                                      Renu Rishi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                       Annual Report

(2023-24)

 

The college is progressing every year. This year a total of 1049 students are admitted in the college including 481 boys and 568 girls. During this year, there are 26 regular (including 03 on deputation) and 07 extension members in teaching staff; 12 non-teaching staff members, 01 computer instructor, 01 computer-attendant; 03 manpower under HKRN, and 05 apprentices in the college. Dr. Sonu Lohat, Associate Professor of English, is on deputation to Govt. College Shahazadpur. Dr. Anuradha (on deputation from Jat College, Hisar) Associate Professor of English left in March as she had her deputation period over.

I feel immense pleasure to share that during this session on 5-6 March 2024 the college underwent NAAC inspection and was awarded with B+ NAAC grade.  On 16-4-2024 an Academic and Administrative audit (AAA) was done by the joint team from Higher Education Haryana and K. U. Kurukshetra.  We also got the College Annual Magazine ‘GYANANJALI’ published for the first time in this session.

 

Extension Activities

NSS - Our students are engaged in community activities through NSS unit. The Unit has adopted Saha village under Unnat Bharat Scheme. Various activities, rallies and pledge ceremonies were organized under Cleanliness Drive, Tree Plantation, Nasha Mukti Abhiyan, etc. Various competitions such as essay writing, slogan writing, poster making, quiz, etc have been organized time to time.

The Unit organized lectures on ‘Balanced Diet and Nutrition, Yoga activities, free Anemia and Health check-ups, participation in cyclothon, etc. to create awareness for healthy lifestyle. Organized various activities to celebrate National Unity Day such as Unity Pledge, Reading the Preamble, Reading the Article 51A (Fundamental Duties), Lecture on life of Sardar Vallabh bhai Patel. Organized many One-day camps to aware the people about social issues, plastic hazards, cleanliness, etc. Organized Clean India Campaign at Bajigar Majri (Basti), Saha.  Students were made aware about Road Safety, First aid, Drug Abuse through lectures, webinars, seminars and camps etc.

In July 2023, about 100 NSS Volunteers got registered on YUVA Portal for getting internships/ jobs in private companies for session 2023-2024; under Meri Mati  Mera Desh Abhiyan, about 100 NSS Volunteers got registered for this program to collect soil and water from their villages and using that for planting trees to replenish the environment; Under Tree Plantation week, NSS Volunteers planted approx. 75 saplings at their homes and other different locations to save the environment and conserve it for future generations. Later on, during 23-29 July 2023 and during 09-15 August 2023 also planted approx. 70 saplings. In collaboration with NCC, NSS Unit celebrated Independence day and Republic day. Volunteer Ankit participated in National Integration Camp at K.U. Kurukshetra from 25-31 July 2023.  And also got first position and a medal in Skit. On Sep 18, 2023, two NSS Volunteers Khushi and Simran of BA II participated in Pre-RD Trial and Selection camp organized at Community Centre, K. U. Kurukshetra. On September 19, 2023, the College NSS Unit hosted an Orientation Programme for newly enrolled NSS Volunteers (First year). NSS unit of RGGC SAHA and BDPO, Saha organised and participated in Meri Mati Mera Desh program at Office of BDPO, Saha on 5th Oct. 2023. NSS Volunteer Ankit attended and participated in the ten days National Adventure Camp at Regional Mountaineering Centre McLeodganj, Himachal Pradesh from 15 to 24 Nov. 2023. NSS PO along with 25 NSS Volunteers reached Sector-04, Dussehra Ground, Karnal on 25/09/2023 to attend and participate in the Cyclothon Rally under the leadership of hon’ble Chief Minister. An Inter College Level MCQ exam was organized by NSS Unit and Road Safety club of the College on 27/10/2023. NSS Volunteers- Ritika, Lavish and Nikita got second position in the exam. Two NSS Volunteers Simran Dhiman and Sushil attended and participated in the ten days National Adventure Camp at Hathkoti, Himachal Pradesh from 09 to 18 Jan. 2024. An Education trip to Panchkula was organised on 20 Jan 2024. Book Fair at Panchkula, Mata Mansa Devi Mandir and Nada Sahib Gurdwara etc. places were visted. 13 NSS Volunteers shown interest on mybharat.gov.in portal for internship program under Barara Police station (Ambala), 03 NSS Volunteers under Mahesh Nagar Police station (Ambala) and 01 NSS Volunteer under Shahbad Police station (kurukshetra). Natasha and Hardik (02 NSS Volunteers) participated in University Level NSS camp at SD College Panipat. A Seven-Day Special Day and Night Camp from 13-19 March 2024 was organized by the unit.

NCC - The college NCC Unit inculcates the values of patriotism, dutifulness, discipline, etc. into the students through conducting various activities.

Two senior wing cadets Suman final year and Khushi of second year attended army attachment camp from 01 to 12 August 2023 organized by 1^st Haryana Girls Battalion NCC Ambala Cantt. Seventeen Cadets attended the centrally organized Annual Training Camp-93 from 02 to 11 Aug. 2023 held at Doon Valley College Karnal, Haryana. Cadet Gurender Singh Saini won Gold Medal in piloting in the camp. Lauded March Pasts were carried out on the occasions of 77^th Independence Day and 75^th Republic Day Celebrations. NCC officer Sunil Kumar completed three months Military Training for PRNC held from 12-06-2023 to 09-09-2023. Lectures, Shramdaan to remove garbage, Rangoli Competition, Poster Making Competition, Pledge taking, etc. were carried out under Swacchata Pakhwada 2023.  National Unity Day was celebrated in collaboration with Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Tepla by awaring the students about the digress of stubble burning and management of crop residue. NCC Officer and the Cadets participated in campaign for vote drive organized by Dept. of Political Science on the eve of National Constitution. In collaboration with college Women Cell, a Lecture Series and Poster Making competition were organized to celebrated National Women’s Day to commemorate the birth anniversary of Smt. Sarojini Naidu. Seven NCC cadets appeared in NCC ‘C’ certificate examination held at GMN College Ambala Cantt. Thirteen cadets appeared in NCC ‘B’ certificate examination held at SD College Ambala Cantt. NCC cadets presented ‘Samman Guard’ to the NAAC peer team visiting the college on 05-06 March 2024. Many NCC cadets participated in Annual athletic meet and bagged many prizes. Cadet Santy of B.A. final year was adjudged as best athlete of the meet. NCC Sub-Unit of the college in collaboration with 1, ASC, Air Force Ambala organized an awareness campaign regarding Agnipath scheme for recruitment of Agniveervayu in Indian Air Force.

  Women Cell - The college has an energetic Women Cell that organizes various activities to empower the girls in all spheres of life, whether it is professional development, physical fitness, mental fitness or socio-cultural activities.

A Mehandi competition was organized to celebrate Haryali Teej festival. A Free Hand Sketching Competition was organized on the occasion of the completion of 75th Anniversary of Indian Independence. A Health Talk was organized in collaboration with NSS unit to aware the students about the primitive stage of any disease and Aayushman Bharat Yojana. Two Extension Lectures were organized under sixth National Nutrition Month; Topics were “Healthy Breakfast for Adolescents” and “Healthy Breakfast and Anemia.”. A Three-Days Self Defense Training/ Workshop for the girl students was organized to teach them tactics to escape from any adverse situation. A Diwali Mela was organized on the occasion of Diwali. A Lecture Series and Slogan Writing competition were organized in collaboration with NCC unit to celebrate Indian National Women’s Day with the theme of women empowerment. A Mehandi competition was organized to celebrate Karwa Chauth festival. Cash prizes along with certificates were distributed to the winners in various competitions.

Cultural Committee - The Cultural Committee brings out the creative side of the students by conducting various activities like Dancing, Singing, Debate, Rangoli Making, Poster Making, Declamation, Slogan Writing, Poem Recitation, Shlok Uchcharan, Skit, Mono-Acting, Instrument Playing, etc. The activities conducted during the session are: Orientation Programme for First Year students; Talent Show; Lohri Utsav; Jhankar Utsav; Twinning Programme with GHS Mehmoodpur, GGHS Saha, GSSS Saha and  GSSS Rampur Chhapra; Jhankaar Utsav, etc.

Prepared the students for participation in 46^th Zonal Youth Festival, in Ratnawali KUK and in District Youth Festival; prepare them for participation in various inter-college competitions.

Sports Committee – The College has an active Sports Committee. It motivates the students towards sports activities and prepares them for participation in events conducted inside or outside the state. Following the tradition, the committee organized a one-day 17^th Annual Athletic Meet on 18-03-2024. The students participated enthusiastically in various events during Annual Athletic meet like sprint, race, high jump, long jump, relay race, shot-put, etc. Mr. Santi was selected as Best Athlete male and Ms. Shalu was selected as Best Athlete female.

Our students participated in inter-college Taekwondo championship, Karate championship, Pencak Silat championship held at Sports Complex K.U. Kurukshetra. Students Inderjeet Kaur and Anjali attended camp for All India Inter University Karate championship 2023-24 held at Sports Complex K.U. Kurukshetra. The committee organized a two-day workshop on Yoga to encourage staff and students for yoga and yogasanas. Our 10 students participated in two-day inter-college State Yoga championship held at Govt. College for Women, Panchkula. The students held positions and won 04 silver and 07 bronze medals, and cash prizes in various championships.

Placement Cell – The Placement cell looks after the professional interests of students and organizes various activities for the purpose. It organized 1. Two extension lecturers on the topic Entrepreneurship Development & Idea Generation Bootcamp”. The resource person of the day was “Mrs. Tanushree Chandra, center head, startup Incubator Cum Center of Excellence, an initiative of department of higher education 2.  Organized two extension lectures on the topics “Ekarma awareness session and career Counselling, The resource person of the day was “Mr. Mayor Rana’ Marketing Manager Ekarma, An Initiative of Department of Higher Education. 3. Placement Cell and the college organized 10 days’ workshop on the topic “Mathematics, English, General Awareness, Reasoning Etc., the workshop contains proper guidance of government examination’s dates, eligibility. 4. Placement cell in collaboration with geography department organized one day extension lecture on the topic “career opportunities in remote sensing and GIS & application of GIS in health geography”. 5. Mahendra Education Pvt. Ltd. Under the placement cell of this college presented a discussion to assist the students in defining & managing their career. 6 participation of 30 students from different streams (M.Sc. Geography, B.A., B.Com, M.Com.) in job fair at Himalayan Group Of Professional Institute , Kala, Amb, where the student were interviewed  with about 5 companies.

Eco Club - Eco Club of the college endeavour to aware and educate the students towards keeping the environment green and sustainable. For this, the club organizes various activities. Debate Competition, Poster Making Competition and Slogan Writing were organized during this session.

Library - The College has an automated and well equipped fully air-conditioned library with 03 ACs. Here we have 9480 number of books. The library is equipped with 03 computers, 02 printers, 02 photocopy-cum-printer machine. There is an additional reading room for PG students. We bring four magazines every month: Pratiyogita Darpan (English), Competition Success Review and English & Hindi versions of India Today. Recently our college got registered to become the member of N-LIST Programme of MoE enabling our access to more than 6000+ e-journals, 199500+ e-books through N-LIST and 600000+ e-books through NDL.

Scholarship – Scholarships are offered to deserving and needy students to encourage them to take up Higher education. This incentive falls in line with the motto of Higher Education of the State: Access, Equity and Quality. Generation makes Nation. The college distributes scholarship under various schemes provided by the Haryana Government. This year many students received benefits under SC/ST scholarship, Post metric Scholarship to BC, Haryana State Merit scholarship to UG girls students, Haryana State Merit scholarship to UG/ PG students, Haryana State Meritorious Incentive scholarship, Consolidated Stipend and Free Books Scheme for SC, and other Scholarships.

Canteen Contract Committee - This committee ensures the running of a canteen in the college so that staff and students can get refreshment within the campus. The college got the rent fixed to a nominal rate enabling the contractor to maintain quality. Also as per the guidelines from DGHE the contractor has been instructed to use HAFED mustard oil and Vita milk in the canteen.

Apprenticeship Committee - Adhering to the Haryana Government’s policy of providing practical and ground-level knowledge of office working to the pass-outs from vocational institutions, the college every year engages ITI pass-outs as apprentices. A complete process comprising written test, practical test and viva-voce is followed. A panel comprising of the office Dy. Supdt., computer instructor and computer attendant conduct the process under the supervision of the committee and the principal. During this session 05 apprentices were engaged including 04 under COPA trade and 01 under Stenographer in Hindi.

Anti-Ragging Cell - The college has an Anti-Ragging Cell to provide a fear-free, stress-free, safe environment to the fresher students in the college campus. The objective of the cell is to aware the students about the Government’s Anti-Ragging Policy, to educate them about ragging activities, to warn them against involvement in ragging, to monitor and keep check on ragging activities, to look into the complaints against ragging.

Road Safety, YRC and Red Ribbon Cell – The cell in collaboration with NCC and NSS organized quiz competitions, lectures and exams to aware and educate the students about road safety rules, hygiene, diseases, etc.

NAAC -The College has undergone the process of accreditation by NAAC Peer Team on 5-6 March and it is an immense pleasure to share that the college got B+ NAAC grade.

Departmental Activities

Department of English: The department conducted a Quiz Competition based on syllabus, Content Reading competition, Essay Writing competition, a Quiz competition under the auspices of Bhartiya Bhasha Diwas in collaboration with Hindi deptt., Movie Screening of the Play-The Merchant of Venice and The Monkey’s Paw. 

Department of Hindi: The department conducted an Essay writing Competition on Hindi Diwas; a Quiz Competition based on the syllabus; and a Quiz competition under the auspices of Bhartiya Bhasha Diwas in collaboration with English Deptt.

Department of Political Science: The department organized a special lecture on National Unity Day, Constitution Day, Prakaram Diwas, and organized Voter Awareness Campaign, National Voters’ Day and Declamation Contest under SVEEP.

Department of Psychology: The department organized Science Exhibition on the topics recommended by worthy DGHE: on the titles- 1. Classical Conditioning: Pavlov’s experiment with dog 2. Trial and Error Learning: Thorndike’s experiment with cat; revised the Psychology Society; organized Slogan Writing competition on the topic ‘Drug Addiction’.

Department of Geography: The department conducted various activities during the session as Extension lecture by Mr. Pawan Dhaka, Field Survey by M.Sc. 3^rd Sem. Students, College Level Science Exhibition, District Level Science Exhibition, Extension Lectures by Dr. Aman Kumari and Socio-economic Survey by B.A. 6^th Sem. Students.

Department of Physics: The department organized College Level Essay writing competition, College level Science exhibition, Poster making competition, Creative Designing, Wall Painting competition and a Lecture on Semi-Conductor & Opportunities in the Field of Semiconductor.

Department of Chemistry: The department organized Poster Making Competition, Power Point Competition, Road Safety Quiz and in collaboration with NSS unit an Anemia and Teeth check-up camp, Extension Lecture on Mental Health Day and Chemistry: The Magical Science.

Department of Mathematics: The Mathematics department organized a Poster Making competition and Mathessence Life Artistry competition.

Department of History: The department organised Slogan writing competition to celebrate the 75^th anniversary of Independence, a Group Discussion on the syllabus, a subject society was formed comprising 05 students.

Department of Commerce & Economics: The department organized a Power point presentation, Group discussion, Extension lecture, and Debate and Declamation competition.

Faculty Achievements

The personal achievements of our faculty members are as under:

Ms. Ritu Sharma - A Assistant Professor of Commerce got

●       one research paper published titled - "A study of Make in India program in Indian Economy", in UGC care journal of management & Entrepreneurship, Vol-18, edition Jan-March, 2024.

Ms. Kavita  -- Assistant Professor of Commerce submitted papers on the titles:

●       “Mediating Role of Self-Perceived Mental Health in Linking the Work-Life Balance with Job Satisfaction” in 8th International Conference on Innovative Practices in Technology and Management (ICIPTM) – 2024 at Amity University from 21^st -23^rd Feb. 2024. The paper has been accepted for publication.

●       “Adversity Quotient, Perceived Mental Health, And Role Stress of College Teachers” in 1st International Conference of Sustainable Development Goals (ICSDG) at Lovely Professional University from 29^th-30^th Sept. 2023. The paper has been published.

●       “Role of Technology, Adversity Quotient, Socio-Demographic and Health Factors in Work Life Balance: A Bibliometric Analysis” in 8^th International Conference on Smart Trends in Computing and Communications at SmartCom from 12^th- 13^th Jan. 2024. The paper has been accepted for publication.

●       “An exploration of the Factors Affecting Work Life Balance: A Study on Women Police Personnel in India” in 7th International Conference on Innovative Computing and Communication (ICICC2024) at Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, University of Delhi from 16^th -17^th Feb. 2024. The paper has been accepted for publication.

Dr. Reema Bansal – The achievements of Assistant Professor of Psychology during the session are as under:

●       attended a UGC sponsored 2-weeks online REFRESHER COURSE from Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla (10^th July 2023 to 22^nd July 2023) on Information and communication technology (Interdisciplinary).

●       Chapter published in the book – ‘RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA – challenges vs opportunities’. ISBN – 978-93-88361-83-5. Title of the chapter – Rural education and Women empowerment. Pg no. 107-116

●       Paper presentation in a NATIONAL SEMINAR (RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA – challenges vs opportunities) sponsored by DHE, Haryana - dated 29-01-2024, held at Government college, Barwala (Panchkula). Title of the paper - Rural education and Women empowerment

Dr. Sunita R. Mehra - Assistant Professor of English got two research papers published titled:

●       “EMERGENCE OF FEMALE SENSIBILITY IN BHARATI MUKHERJEE’S WIFE” in International Journal of Novel research and Development (IJNRD) an international peer-reviewed and refereed journal, ISSN: 2456-41842, vol. 8, issue-7, July-2023.

●        “REIMAGINING WOMEN IN KANTHAPURA: A FEMINIST ANALYSIS OF NATIONALIST DISCOURSE” in Madhya Bharti -Humanities and Social Sciences UGC Care Group I Journal, ISSN: 0974-0066, Vol-85, No. 8, January–June: 2024 Page -160, Published by: Dr. Harisingh Gour University.

Ms.  Preeti – Assistant Professor of Mathematics attended

●       a refresher course on topic “Mathematical Insight into Real World Problems” in Rajasthan University, Jaipur held from 11.12.2023 to 23.12.2023.

Dr. Seema Jangir-- Assistant Professor of History successfully attended

●       a two-week UGC-sponsored online Refresher Course from 20/11/2023 to 03/12/2023 conducted by  Malviya Mission Teacher Training Centre, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar.

Students’ Achievements

It is of utmost importance to mention the student’s achievements and I feel proud to announce that our four NCC cadets got selected in armed forces. Their details are as under:

●       SAKSHAM SHARMA, NCC No: HR22SDA224471, selected in NDA II 2023.

●       CHITESH PAL, NCC No: HR20SDA224475, selected in Agniveer- Army.

●       NIKHIL, NCC No: HR22SDA224457, selected in Agniveer- Army.

●       SUKHWINDER SINGH, NCC No: HR23SDA224476, selected in Agniveer- Army.

Our college students made us proud in sports field by bagging medals in various championships as under:

In Taekwondo:

●       Ms. Anjali (2056) BA 6^th Sem – 01 Silver medal

In Karate:

●       Ms. Anjali (2056) BA 6^th Sem – 01 Silver

●       Ms. Inderjeet Kaur (2015) BA 5^th Sem – 01 Silver

●       Ms. Tanishka (3033) BCom 3^rd  Sem – 01 Bronze

●       Ms. Gurvinder (2135) BA 1^st  Sem – 01 Bronze

In Pencak Silat:

●       Ms. Inderjeet Kaur (2015) BA 5^th Sem – 01 Silver

●       Ms. Inderjeet Kaur (2015) BA 5^th Sem – 01 Bronze

●       Ms. Tanishka (3033) BCom 3^rd Sem – 02 Bronze

●       Ms. Gurvinder (2135) BA 1^st  Sem – 01 Bronze

●       Ms. Anjali (2056) BA 6^th Sem – 01 Silver

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