DR DIPAK KR KAR PRINCIPAL ASUTOSH COLLEGE 92

DR. DIPAK KR. KAR PRINCIPAL ASUTOSH COLLEGE 92, Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Road Kolkata , West Bengal, India PIN - 700 026 E-mail: mail@asutoshcollege. in Web : www. asutoshcollege. in Office: +91 (033) 2455 4504, 2454 2371 Fax +91 (033) 2486 3006 Mobile : +91 9433913839 Presented By Prof. Gautam Mahapatra Associated Professor in Comp. Sc. , Head, Dept. of Comp. Sc. (PG & UG Section), Asutosh College Dr. Madhusudan Banerjee Associated Professor in Industrial Chemistry, Coordinator, B. Voc. & Community College Scheme, Asutosh College UGC & AICTE Skill Development Workshop 2014, New Delhi

Objective ► Education makes human able to visualize the universe like a mirror. ► School education is essential like our nutrients & oxygen, but higher education should be more objective. ► Higher education policy is to be framed in a country keeping in mind � The demand of the nation �The direction of progress of human civilization � The global socio-economic changes with time � The optimum utilization of natural resources UGC & AICTE Skill Development Workshop � To acquire knowledge for new inventions and discoveries. 2014, New Delhi

Present Status ►‘Primary education for all’ campaign has gained momentum and free education at secondary and higher secondary level is being practiced for several decades - these are the encouraging features of our society. ► Recent provision of Right to Education (RTE) Act for free and compulsory education to children will strengthen the process. ► But the education in general courses at graduate and postgraduate level is aimless in our system without any definite goal for the taught vis-à-vis the nation. ► More attention is needed for education policy to be reformed to make higher education in general courses meaningful with a goal. UGC & AICTE Skill Development Workshop 2014, New Delhi

Societal Requirements ►Though the basic purpose of education is to enlighten the society with all the facts and figures around us, but it must also cater to the needs of the society. ► Education in general courses should not always be oriented to the generation of teachers/secretaries/officers/clerks only, must be aimed also in designing the persons for other spheres. ► The society demands one, but the institutes produce another, making the process less fruitful. UGC & AICTE Skill Development Workshop 2014, New Delhi

SKILL DEVELOPMENT ► The course curriculum needs to be more skill oriented at the higher education level keeping in mind the societal requirements. ► The vast human resource engaged in education of general courses at graduate level is actually being transformed mostly into useless ‘knowledge-bin’, not utilized for national growth. ►Establishment of Community College / Extension of potential departments of the existing college for the purpose may be explored. ► In everyday life we are deficient of professionals whom we actually need, though the society is being ornamented with graduates, post-graduates and even doctorates. UGC & AICTE Skill Development Workshop 2014, New Delhi

1991 1992 1994 • Establishment of Asutosh College Training Center (ACTC / Annex Building) in the eve of Platinum Jubilee Year Celebration • DOEACC approved Computer Training at ACTC Building (PPP Model) • CU Approved 3 -Yrs. B. Sc. (Voc. ) Course on Industrial Fish and Fisheries under the Dept of Zoology UGC & AICTE Skill Development Workshop 2014, New Delhi

1996 2001 2002 • Establishment of the Dept of Computer Science with the CU Approved 3 -Years B. Sc. (Gen. ) Course on Computer Science • CU Approved 3 -Yrs. B. Sc. (Hon. ) Course on Computer Science • Establishment of BBA Dept and introduction of CU Approved 3 -Yrs. BBA(Hon. ) Course UGC & AICTE Skill Development Workshop 2014, New Delhi

2003 2010 • CU affiliated 3 Yrs B. A. Degree Courses: • Communicative English (Voc. /Major) • Journalism and Mass Communications (Hons. ) • WBSCTE Approved Diploma course on Safety Engineering and Management (Min. Qualification: B. E. / B. Tech. / B. Sc. (Hons. / Gen. ) / Diploma Engg. / Tech. ) • Diploma and Certificate course on Export. Import Management (PPP Model) UGC & AICTE Skill Development Workshop 2014, New Delhi

2013 2014 • UGC Approved Add-on Courses : (1) Hospital Waste Disposal Management, (2) Industrial Chemistry, and (3) Travel & Tourism • UGC Approved Community College Scheme for Diploma and Advanced Diploma Courses on (1) Software Development, (2) Mobile Communication • UGC Approved and CU affiliated 3 Yrs B. Voc. Degree Courses on (1) Software Development, (2) Industrial Aquaculture and Fisheries UGC & AICTE Skill Development Workshop 2014, New Delhi

Major Challenges ► Motivations ►Socio-Economic Status ►Recognition ►Integrations / Interdisciplinary ►Availability Formal Expertise ►Infrastructure UGC & AICTE Skill Development Workshop 2014, New Delhi

UGC & AICTE Skill Development Workshop 2014, New Delhi