Department of Political Science

DEPARTMENTALPROFILE

1. Name of the Department:                  Department of Political Science

2. Year of establishment:                      1958

3. Is the Department part of aSchool/Faculty of the university? :       Yes

4. Names of Programmes / Coursesoffered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., and Integrated

Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.)    UG,PG, PhD

5. Interdisciplinary courses anddepartments involved: CBCS

6. Courses in collaboration withother universities, industries, foreign institutions,

7. Details of programmes /courses discontinued, if any, with reasons

8. Annual/ Semester/Choice BasedCredit System:  CBCS

9. Participation of thedepartment in the courses offered by other departments:

10. Number of teaching postssanctioned and filled

11. Faculty profile with name,qualification, designation and specialization

(D.Sc./D.Litt./ Ph.D./M.Phil.,etc.)

12. List of senior VisitingFellows, faculty, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors: Nil

13. Percentage of classes takenby temporary faculty – programme-wise

Information: Nil

14. Programme-wise StudentTeacher Ratio:  

UG(BAI, 5+3=8 x150=1200, BAII, 5+3=8 x150=1200, BAIII, 4+3=7 x150=1050Total=3450/9 Teacher= 383: 1,

PGI(CBCS), 150+PGII (Semester System) 120=270/9 Teacher =30: 1,

PhD:Professor=08, Associate Professor= 06, Assistant Professor=04

15. Number of academic supportstaff (technical) and administrative staff: sanctioned

and filled

Technical:

Administrative staff:

16. Research thrust areasrecognized by funding agencies:  

PoliticalTheory and Thoughts,

ComparativePolitics and Political Analysis,

IndianGovernment and Politics,

PublicAdministration,

InternationalRelations and

InternationalOrganization.

17. Number of faculty withongoing projects from a) national b) international funding

agencies and c) Total grantsreceived. Give the names of the funding agencies and

grants received project-wise. :Nil

18. Inter-institutionalcollaborative projects and grants received

a) All India collaboration b) International:Nil

19. Departmental projects fundedby DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, DPE; DBT, ICSSR,

etc.; total grants received. :

20. Research facility / centrewith

· staterecognition

· nationalrecognition

· internationalrecognition

21. Special research laboratoriessponsored by / created by industry or corporate bodies: Nil

22. Publications:

* Number of paperspublished in peer reviewed journals (national / international) 28

* Monographs

* Chapters inBooks 02

* Edited Books

* Books with ISBNwith details of publishers 17

* Number listed inInternational Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus,

Humanities InternationalComplete, Dare Database - International Social

Sciences Directory, EBSCO host,etc.)

* Citation Index –range / average

* SNIP

* SJR

* Impact Factor –range / average

* h-index

23. Details of patents and incomegenerated:

24. Areas of consultancy andincome generated:

25. Faculty selected nationally/internationally to visit other laboratories in India and

Abroad:  NA

26. Faculty serving in:

27. Faculty recharging strategies: RC-02,   Workshop-02

28. Student projects: NA

29. Awards / recognitionsreceived at the national and international level by:

· Faculty 

Prof.Rajani Kant Pandey appointedand served as VC to Siddhartha University, Kapilvastu, Sidharth Nagar, UP FromMay 2015 to May 2018.

Prof. S. P.M Tripathi appointedas VC of Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (A CentralUniversity),Amarkantak, MP. and working from 06 December 2019

· Doctoral / postdoctoral fellows Nil

· Students

30. Seminars/Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national /

international) with details ofoutstanding participants, if any.

31. Code of ethics for researchfollowed by the Departments: As per UGCRegulation 2018

32. Student profile course-wise:

33. Diversity of students:

34. How many students havecleared Civil Services and Defense Services?

Examinations, NET, SET, GATE and othercompetitive examinations? Give details

Category-wise.

35. Student progression

Studentprogression Percentage against enrolled

UG to PG         90

PG to  M.Phil. NA

PG to Ph.D. 65

Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral: 04

Employed

· Campus selection

· Other thancampus recruitment

Entrepreneurs

36. Diversity of staff

Percentage offaculty who are graduates-

of the same university : 90

from other universities withinthe State: 08

from universities from otherStates: 02

from universities outside thecountry: Nil

37. Number of faculty who wereawarded Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the

Assessment period: 01 D.Litt

38. Present details ofinfrastructural facilities with regard to

a) Library : ) 01

b) Internet facilities for staffand students:

c) Total number of class rooms:  02 For PG

d) Class rooms with ICT facility:01

e) Students laboratories: Nil

f) Research laboratories: Nil

39. List of doctoral,post-doctoral students and Research Associates

a) From the host university (1.DrShakti Jaiswal 2. Dr Aparna Mishira  3.DrMridula Pandey  4. Dr. Gauri Mishra)

b) From other universities: Nil

40. Number of post graduatestudents getting financial assistance from the

university: Nil

41. Was any need assessmentexercise undertaken before the development of new

programme(s)? If so, highlightthe methodology. Nil

42. Does the department obtainfeedback from: Nil

a. faculty oncurriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how does

the department utilize thefeedback?

b. students onstaff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does

the department utilize thefeedback?

c. alumni andemployers on the programmes offered and how does the department

utilize the feedback?

43. List the distinguished alumniof the department (maximum 10)

1.     HonourableMata Prasad Pandey Speaker, UP Legislative Assembly.

2.     Dr.Rajni Kant Pandey O S D, Siddhartha University, Siddharthanagar U P.

3.     Dr.Rajesh Kumar Singh, Former HOD Political Science DDUGU,Gorakhpur.

4.     Dr.VeenitaPathak Professor, Department of Political Science DDUGU,Gorakhpur

5.     Dr.GopalPrasad, Professor and Head ,Department of Political Science DDUGU,Gorakhpur

6.     Mr.J P Singh, IAS

7.     Mr.A.S. Pathak, IAS

8.     NidhiMani Tripathi, IAS

44. Give details of studentenrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /

Seminar) involving externalexperts:

45. List the teaching methodsadopted by the faculty for different programmers:

46. How does the departmentensure that programme objectives are constantly met and

learning outcomes are monitored?:

47. Highlight the participationof students and faculty in extension activities.

48. Give details of ―beyondsyllabus scholarly activities‖ of the department.

49. State whether the programme/department is accredited/ graded by other agencies?

If yes, give details. :

50. Briefly highlight thecontributions of the department in generating new knowledge,

basic or applied. :

51. Detail any five Strengths,Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of

the department.

            Strengths

•     Diversityof faculty expertise in teaching  andresearch

•     Diversemodel systems used for research  andteaching

•     Interactionwith students

•     Interactionwith Eminent Academicians

            Weakness

•     Needto develop integrative  intradepartmentalresearch program

•     Goodfeedback mechanism

•     Largeclass size

•     Teacherstudent ratio not in place

•     Toinculcate entrepreneurship in  students

•     Todevelop teaching and research  programs,which are innovative, integrative  that attracts best brain of the country

•     Stillneed a better infrastructure and  betterresource

            Opportunities

•     Collaborativeresearch opportunity

•     Extensionof empirical research for societal outreachactivities

Challenges

•     Largeclass size

•     Teacherstudent ratio not in place

•     Toinculcate entrepreneurship in  students

•     Todevelop teaching and research  programs,which are innovative, integrative  that attracts best brain of the country

•     Stillneed a better infrastructure and  betterresource

52. Future plans of thedepartment:

—  Tobe established a School of International Studies and Indo Nepal Studies Centre.

—  Diplomacourse (UG and PG) in Leadership

—  Certificate/Diplomacourse For PRI’s Employees, Officers and Elected members

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