The Political Science Department aims to provide a platform for all round development of the students both in curricular and co-curricular activities. To achieve these aims, the Department pursues the following best practices:

• A Departmental Seminar Library is maintained to be used by the Honours students. 
• A National Webinar in collaboration with the IQAC was organized on 20th August, 2020 on the topic " India- China Relations: Beyond and After Galwan Valley Clash”
• The department selects a team mostly from the department’s students and prepares them to participate in the Youth Parliament Competition. Additionally, in the year 2022 our college hosted the competition and all the students actively participated in it.
• Bridge Course is conducted for the newly admitted Honours and General students before the commencement of the 1^st Semester classes. The main objective is to help students bridge the gap in the subject between school and college level. Additionally, during this course the students a made familiar about the subject, syllabus, and career potentials.
• Add-on-Course titled “Climate Change and Public Policy: Indian Perspectives” was introduced by the department in the year 2022 for the students. The objective was to inform the students about climate change and the problems it is posing for the entire world and the measures taken by the world and India in combating the threats of climate change. Furthermore, students were also taught how to take basic measures to keep their surrounding clean. 
• Mentor-Mentee programme is carried out by the department every year with the prime objective of counselling and at the same time to provide guidance for their careers. 
• Remedial classes are regularly arranged by the faculty members of the department for academically weaker students.
• Parent-Teacher meeting is also organised by the department with the prime objective to interact with the parents and inform them the overall progress of their children in the class and inform the parents as where their children can work for better progress and overall development. 

The duty of a teacher is to teach. What to teach is available in the syllabus but how to teach is the most important part of the teaching-learning process. This process emphasises the knowledge and ability of the teacher as well as the knowledge and ability of the students. 

• Having said so, the faculty members of the department come from various universities with vast experience. Further, every teacher was a student before and his/her experience as a student has always guided the teacher to give the best and more. Consequently, the faculty members with this experience and vast knowledge manage, motivate, and mentor the students.
• The teachers of the department follow both traditional and modern methods of teaching to help students learn and to bring about desired changes among the students. Discussion methods and interactive sessions are also held with the students. Apart from these Tutorial classes and remedial classes are conducted to help the students. Teachers also undertake class tests to check their progress. Teachers are available beyond class hours for academic interaction with students. 
• Moreover, every new semester is difficult for the students as they are to learn new papers, though linked with the previous semester’s papers, still students will be new to the new paper. This is the place where the faculty members of the departments help students to learn smoothly. Also, the teachers create a conducive milieu for the students to feel comfortable, encourage them and make learning fun. In short, the faculty members of the department leave no stone unturned to educate and impart knowledge to students in a conducive and humble manner.
• Besides, the department employs ICT tools like power point presentation, MS Teams, WhatsApp, and Telegram in disseminating information and knowledge to the students. 
• The department has a well-equipped departmental library which contains reference books regularly required for students. 

The department continuously organises seminars and encourages students’ participation in intra and inter-college essays, debate, and quiz competitions to widen the overall knowledge of the students and build personality. Further, the students are encourage to participate in Youth Parliament Competitions organised by other colleges. In 27^th Sept, 2019 the students of the department participated in the Youth Parliament Competitions in which they stood third in the Hooghly district. Overall, this helps them in gaining knowledge on the topic and helps in personality building.  Further, the Department organises educational tours which helps in obtaining practical knowledge. The Students also make wall magazines on different issues in Political Science. 

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

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