Institutional Distinctiveness and Best Practices
 

 

Institutional Distinctiveness

The college was established in 2009 in order to foster the vision of Swami Dhananjoy Das Kathiababa, the holy man after whom the college is named. Swami Dhananjoy Das Kathiababa had always championed the right to education. Swami Dhananjoy Das Kathiababa had spoken to his disciples of the need for the spread of higher education, especially among rural women. The establishment of our college brought a fresh ray of hope for the local students, especially girls, who now had an institution of higher education right in their area. The college mainly caters to the local population, who are mostly SCs, STs and OBCs, and the students are largely first-generation learners. The college recognizes the fact that they come from a heavily deprived section of the society suffering from centuries of diverse imposed disabilities, and therefore keeps the overall fees as low as possible so that they may avail the benefit of higher education at an affordable rate.The college was established in 2009 in order to foster the vision of Swami Dhananjoy Das Kathiababa, the holy man after whom the college is named. Swami Dhananjoy Das Kathiababa had always championed the right to education. Swami Dhananjoy Das Kathiababa had spoken to his disciples of the need for the spread of higher education, especially among rural women. The establishment of our college brought a fresh ray of hope for the local students, especially girls, who now had an institution of higher education right in their area. The college mainly caters to the local population, who are mostly SCs, STs and OBCs, and the students are largely first-generation learners. The college recognizes the fact that they come from a heavily deprived section of the society suffering from centuries of diverse imposed disabilities, and therefore keeps the overall fees as low as possible so that they may avail the benefit of higher education at an affordable rate.

BEST PRACTICE

BEST PRACTICE : 1

TITLE OF THE PRACTICE:

Student Support and Community Welfare during the Pandemic:

 During the period of lockdown following the spread of the Covid-19 virus which crippled the socio-economic sector and suspended all human transactions that involved face to face contact and interaction, Swami Dhananjoy Das Kathiababa College was one of the pioneer institutes in the Bankura district to install an ERP software for online classes to ensure seamless flow of knowledge . The college also served as an isolation centre and later as a vaccination camp to ensure immunisation against Covid as part of its community welfare activities.  
 
BEST PRACTICE 2

Title of the Practice

Power Conservation through Solar Energy:

Swami Dhananjoy Das Kathiababa college believes in optimal utilisation of natural resources. The installation of the solar power panel on the college rooftop under the initiative of Department of Power and Non-Conventional Energy Sources, Government of West Bengal is part of this endeavour to generate a clean source of pollution free energy. The solar panel installed on 14.01.22 caters to 70 percent of the college’s energy requirements thus reducing dependency on non-renewable sources of energy. As stated earlier the energy generated from the solar panel provides an effective backup during frequent power outages. The solar panel thus ensures self-sufficiency in terms of power requirements while reducing carbon emissions.