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 All four postgraduate courses in the Social Sciences and Humanities, namely
Economics, English, Political Science and Social Work, require students to undertake
mandatory research work in the form of a dissertation as a prerequisite to complete
their course. These students also have to complete a viva voce in defence of their
research paper.
 Postgraduate students of Economics and Political Science have a compulsory
internship program of eight weeks, which they record in the form of a mandatory
report.
 The postgraduate students of Microbiology complete an internship in their fourth
semester.
 Students of Social Work collaborate with NGOs and other organizations.
 Students of the Science courses work in research labs during the summer as interns,
and round off their experience with project-writing. In all cases, faculty is engaged
in guiding students for their research work. Working in other research institutes
instills in many students the desire to pursue research later.

∗ Number of projects executed within the College
Since it is mandatory for all final year undergraduate students to write a term paper
for the completion of the course, the number of term papers submitted is in the region
of 800 every year. Around 100 projects are completed in postgraduate programs
where internship/dissertation is mandatory.

∗ Names of external institutions associated with the College for student project
work
Several research institutions of local, national and international importance help
students in carrying out their research and offer assistance in writing projects.
Institutes such as NIAS, IISc, ISEC, IIM Bangalore, ISRO, NCBS and several
institutions are often involved.

∗ Role of the faculty in facilitating such projects
 All undergraduate students have to register with faculty to pursue their research
activities in the form of a term paper. Thus almost all teachers are engaged with
research work on campus. Teachers guiding research projects help students in
identifying a research problem and help them to follow scientific methods.
 The Economics Department conducted a day‘s workshop on research methods to
help Social Sciences students with research. In the postgraduate courses, dissertation
work follows a clearly announced time-line and is spread over the last semester of the
course to ensure that all students complete work on time, and also to ensure that the
teachers are able to closely monitor their work.
 Other departments journey with students during their literature-survey work.
Science teachers assist their students in conducting project-related experiments in
labs.

2.3.11. What efforts are made to facilitate the faculty in learning / handling
computer-aided teaching/ learning materials? What are the facilities available in
the College for such efforts?

All teachers are computer users. Many of them create their own resources or
creatively use the available resources. Students also download online materials to

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