Educational Technology Cell
A full-fledged Educational Cell is functioning in the College. The cell caters the needs of the teaching staff and students in the area of academics by the use of modern information technology tools. The facilities currently available are:
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Intranet connection to every department
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Internet connection to every department
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Common printing facility
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A students computer center exclusively for the students needs
Under the cell, the following units also functions
Academic cell UG & PG
A well functioning Academic cell, both for UG and PG students, is functioning in the College. The cell handles all the academic affairs of UG and PG students of the College. The cell functions efficiently by utilizing internally developed computer programmes making error free, speedy and efficient documentation of students’ records. All the academic records are computerized and a good database is generated. The entire students’ files are computerized. This is the only college in the University, where the grade sheets of the students are sent to their parents soon after the publication of semester results.
The PG course planning and allotment, preparation of time-table, monitoring the registration, providing guidelines for preparation of research programme, conduct of College Council and Faculty Research Council for the approval of research programmes, scrutiny and recommendation for approval of forecast, submission of thesis, conduct of qualifying and final viva are also being arranged by the academic cell.
A student computer centre has been established at the College of Horticulture under the ICAR Development Grant during the X plan in the year 1980. The centre aims to train all the student members computer literate. It also imparts training to students academic and ministerial staff on various aspects of IT related multimedia programs. This centre is a self supporting centre with an admission fee and monthly membership fee. training students provides high speed broad band internet connectivity. It also provides scanning, copying and printing facilities to the students and academic staff of the College. At present, there are more than 200 members in this computer centre. It has a net balance of more than Rs.70, 000 in its credit. All most all the departments are also provided with computer facilities under the ICAR development grant during X plan.
The Cell aims to coordinate technical formulation, planning and documentation of technical matters of the College including compilation of quarterly, half yearly and annual reports and other reports to be placed before the General Council from time to time. The Cell has prepared a vision of the College in this regard.
The Under Graduate and Post Graduate programmes of the College are residential in nature, and hence hostel facility is provided for bonafide students, unless they are exempted on ground that they are residing with their parents or guardians. The hostel Harsha accommodates UG girl students while Haritha accommodates PG girl students. Both are located 200m away from the College. The boys are accommodated in Pamba Men’s Hostel. The hostels have spacious and comfortable rooms with extra guestrooms to accommodate guests. There are clean mess halls in which more than 100 people can dine at a time. Television sets have been provided with cable connections. The hostels enjoy round the clock telephone and security facilities also.
The other facilities available are
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A reading room with books and magazines for various competitive exams, vernacular and national newspapers and other major periodicals
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Round the clock working computer club
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A well equipped multi-purpose gym facility at the boys’ hostel
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Indoor facilities for table tennis, caroms, chess, badminton and for other outdoor games like football, volleyball and basketball.
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Spacious garage for parking vehicles
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Facility for earn while learn scheme
Students’ union is the co-coordinating hub of all the co-curricular activities of the students of the College of Horticulture. Office bearers to various positions of the union are elected every year from among the students. The Associate Dean as the patron, an Associate Patron nominated from amongst senior faculty and Staff Advisors provide leadership and guidance to the students union. The activities of the union are mainly spread over the arts club, magazine committee, social service league, planning forum, sports club, environment club and quiz club. An interclass arts festival, college magazine, quizzes programmes, lecturers, debates and social service and community contact programmes are the major activities annually taken up by the Students’ Union. The arts club organizes film shows that attract students from across the campuses. Our students participated in Campus Hungama by Jeevan TV and brought laurels to the college by being runners up. A literary wall magazine is another remarkable activity undertaken by the students union. The students’ union is playing a yeoman service in improving the campus life.
The Rural Agricultural Work Experience (RAWE) programme is a flagship activity for the final year B.Sc. (Ag.) students during the last semester. Building self-confidence in the agricultural graduates by honing their professional skills is the key objective of introducing RAWE at the under graduate level by ICAR. Accordingly, this semester-long programme has been evolved. The entire programme is split into eight modules through which the students are exposed to the current and emerging opportunities and challenges in Agricultural and Rural Development. Farm Planning, Watershed Development Programme, Entrepreneurship Development Programme, Agro-clinics, Krishi Bhavan training, Research Stations and KVKs training, NGO training and Village Stay are the main modules designed to provide the students a hands-on experience of these strategic areas. During the village stay, the students stay along the rural households for a fortnight, which provides a rare opportunity to rediscover the farmers.
Besides acquiring first hand field experience, the RAWE modules bring about positive changes in the students’ mindset, outlook, personality traits, managerial and entrepreneurial skills. Thus, the RAWE programme developed by the College is a prototype for the University to be extended to other constituent colleges.
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