Vishnu Waman Thakur Charitable Trust's

Bhaskar Waman Thakur College of Science,
Yashvant Keshav Patil College of Commerce,
Vidhya Dayanand Patil College of Arts,
VIVA College

(NAAC ACCREDITED-'B' Grade, CGPA 2.69)


DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

Name of Department
  • Political Science
Year of Establishment
  • 2001
Credit based Semester and Grading System.
Sanctioned Filled
Professors -- --
Associate professors -- --
Asst. professors -- --03
Name Qualification Designation Specialization Years of Exp.
Mrs. Ishita Majumdar M.A, B.Ed Asst Professor, Incharge Political Science 09 years
Mr.Komal patil M.A Asst. Professor Political Science 02
Ms. Vijaya Sirsat M.A., B.Ed., NET, PhD (Appeared) Asst Professor Political Science 08
Qualifications No. of Staff
Ph.D. --
M.Phil --
P.G. 02
NET 01
NAME OF THE TEACHER PAPER NAME YEAR PUBLICATION NO
Ishita Majumdar Psycho-Socio cultural changes in Globalised India.(In National conference) 2015 VOL.V(2)379-383(2015) ISSN.0976-8564
Ishita Majumdar Role and Influence of Opposition Parties in Indian Govt.(In National conference) 2015 ISSN.2394-2649
Ishita Majumdar Maharashtra Tourism(Urban & Rural) 2015 ISBN.978-93-83587-26-1
Vijaya Shirsat Caste influence on Indian Democracy 2014 ISBN.978-93-83587-09-4
Vijaya Shirsat Contribution of Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar on Women Empowerment 2015 ISBN.978-83587-18-6
Vijaya Shirsat Role of Panchayat raj system in Rural & Urban Development, Special ref. to 73rd Amendment 2015 ISBN.978-93-83587-26-1
SR.NO PROGRAMME 2014-15 2013-14 2012-13 2011-12
1 T.Y.B.A -- -- 100% 100%
Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e. in Research laboratories/ Industry / other agencies: Nil
Staff: Nil
Students:
1) Ruchita R. Vinerkar.
Sr. No Date Name of Match Medal
1 Oct. 11 Shooting competition G.V.Mavlankar (Ahmedabad) Bronze
2 Mar. 12 Maharashtra State Shooting Championship (MRA) Bronze
3 Sep. 12 Gun For Glory ( Pune ) Gold
4 Oct. 12 Maharashtra Air Weapon Championship ( MRA ) 1st Place
5 Nov. 12 Maharashtra State Shooting Championship ( Pune ) Bronze
6 Dec. 12 Intercolleigiate shooting competition Mumbai University ( At Tolani College ) Gold
7 Dec. 12 56th National Shooting Championship.(New Delhi ) Gold ,1 Bronze
2) Haresh J. Kamble.
Sr. No Date Name of Match Medal
1 Dec. 11 Shooting CompetitionMumbai University ( At Ruia College ) Bronze
2 Jan. 12 All India Inter University Shooting Championship ( Gwalior ) Team Bronze
3 July. 12 Shooting competition R.P.Patwardhan MAWC ( AURANGABAD) Silver
4 Dec. 12 Shooting competition Mumbai University ( At Tolani College ) Individual Silver & Team Gold
3) Manasi V. Abhayankar.
Sr. No Date Name of Match Medal
1 Sep. 12 Gun for Glory (Pune) Gold
2 Nov. 12 West Zone ( Pune ) Gold
3 2013-14 Intercollegiate shooting competition Third
4) Saraswati Jaiswal.
Sr. No Date Name of Match Medal
1 2012-13 All India inter University Cricket tournament Participation
2 2013-14 All India Inter University Cricket tournament Participation/ 1st place Team
Prof. Mahesh Bhagwat (Political Science dept., Mithibai college) - Career Guidance.
Exhibition by RajyaTarang (Political Science Dept)
Name of the course/ programme Applications received Selected Enrolled M/F Pass percentage
2011-12 154 154 57(M)/97(F) 86.6%
2012-13 108 108 37(M)/71(F) 85.21%
2013-14 100 100 45(M)/55(F) Sem V-60% Sem VI- 73.43%
2014-15 104 104 53(M)/51(F) Sem V-60% Sem VI- 66%
*M= male *F=Female
BA Academic Year % of students from Same State UG % of students from other State UG % of students from abroad UG
2014-15 94% 6% --
2013-14 92% 8% --
2012-13 90% 9% --
2011-12 90% 7% --
Student progression 2014-15 2013-14 2012-13 2011-12
UG to PG -- 10% 8% 7%
PG to M. Phil. NA NA NA NA
PG to Ph.D. NA NA NA NA
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral NA NA NA NA
Employed
Campus selection
Other than campus recruitment
-- 1% 1% 1%
Entrepreneurship/ Self-Employment -- -- -- --
Library: Departmental Library available.
Internet facilities for staff & students also in the form of Wifi
Class rooms with ICT facility available
Laboratories. Not Applicable
Scholarship:
B.A 2014-15 2013-14 2012-13 2011-12
TY 22 21 18 18
SY 29 28 37 20
FY 52 22 35 34
Prof. Mahesh Bhagwat (Political Science dept, Mithibai College) - career guidance.
Special Lecture givan by Shri.Sunil Deodhar on Purvanchal Issues to the Political Science Students in the year of 2015.
Study tour to Silvasa 2012-13 (Political Science dept).
Study tour to Lonavala 2013-14 (Political Science dept).
Chalk and Talk method is mainly used for Theory Classes
Group discussion
Debate
Study tour
Remedial Lectures
The Staff members and our students actively participate in N.S.S., N.C.C. & Extension work
Komal Patil is a teaching faculty of political-science department has participated in helping the Blind Scheme for IBA
Strengths:
Good infrastructure
Young and dynamic staff.
Admission processes of students is transparent
Good departmental library.
Relationship between students and faculty members are good.
Department is providing “Raging Free” environment

Weakness:
Most of the student coming from vernacular medium.

Opportunity:
Staff members of Political Science Dept guides students for competitive exams like UPSC, MPSC etc.
Better opportunity in civil services.
To help the students to become politicaly enlightern for the society welfare.

Challenges:
Students enroll themselves without the knowledge of the course, so it becomes difficult to guide them properly on their specialization subject.Motivating the students to enroll for higher education.

Future plan:
Better infrastructure facilities
Introduce PG programmes .
Improvement of the departmental library.
Academic improvement of the staff.
Providing 6 paper political-sciences course at T.Y.B.A level.
Planning for political Science clup.
Planning for National level Seminar.