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4. Twostudents(II CEB/Z), Kaveri and Samanvitha, have participated in the Student
st
Conference on Conservation Science ,organized by IISc , 21 to 24 th November 2016.
38. Give details. State whether the programme/ department is accredited/ graded by other
agencies.
College has an Outreach Programme Centre which monitors and assesses the participation,
activities and outcome of the programme.
In the case of Internship, the External agencies usually certify the students.

39. Detail any five Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of the
department:
Strengths
• Dedicated, efficient, progressive staff
• First formed UG department in the state
• Healthy student-teacher relationship
• Good infrastructure and lab facilities
• Good results and performance
Weaknesses
• Understaffed
• Poor external networking
• Lack of time for field work
Opportunities
• Funds available
• Availability of research avenues
• Experts in the field easily available
• The city houses many institutions that can be tapped
• Alumni potential
Challenges
• low salary structure in the private sector
• Lack of jobs in the organized sector (Pollution Control Board, Forest dept. Education
dept. etc,)
• Governmental polices not promoting the subject in the employment area
• Other market driven courses

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