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various College activities. They refer the students to professional Counselors in case
he/she requires counseling help.

*Welfare Officers
Besides the mentors, the College has eight Welfare Officers, four of whom are
women who cater to the welfare of women students. There are separate Welfare
Officers for Social Sciences and Humanities, Commerce, Sciences, Professional
Courses and Postgraduate students. They address the needs of students when they
have any personal or attendance related issues, such as prolonged illness or other
personal issues like the death of a dear one, or visits to other cities or countries for
some competition or research.

*Counselors
Since the mentors are in close contact with their mentees, they may chance upon
conditions that warrant a meeting with professional counselors. The College has four
such counselors who function from each of the three blocks. Many senior teachers are
also trained counselors and provide assistance to students in addition to the designated
counselors. They provide academic and personal help to the students. The counselors
maintain a case diary and provide follow-up care, if required.

*Peer Counseling
The counselors have begun what is known as peer counseling. The students who have
benefitted from this, address classes on their own initiative, and encourage the others
to seek help. This has resulted in more than two hundred students being helped.

2.3.8. Are there any innovative teaching approaches/methods/practices
adopted/put to use by the faculty during the last four years? If yes, did they
improve the learning? What methods were used to evaluate the impact of such
practices? What are the efforts made by the institution in giving the faculty due
recognition for innovation in teaching?

The College has believed that being innovative in pedagogical practices is what
makes teaching-learning-evaluation an effective and fulfilling experience, both for the
teacher and the student. It‘s a challenge to the teacher to be creative and for the
students to challenge their known practices of learning, thus making the teacher as
much engaged in ongoing learning as the student. This makes the whole system
learning-centric rather than student-centric. Most departments in College have
experimented with well known innovative methods or with methods that have been
created by them to suit their classroom requirements. ICT tools such as YouTube
learning, video screening, e-learning and accessing online open educational resources
are popular methods.

 The Economics Department makes use of case studies and management games;
gives individual assignments based on fieldwork and country studies; screens movies,
mandates use of library and INFLIBNET for assignments. The Department engage
postgraduate students for teaching and conducting exams for first year undergraduate
students who need remedial work. The postgraduate course has introduced practical
exams for learning software programs such as SPSS, STATA, Excel and R to enable
students to use such tools effectively without wasting time during their dissertation.

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