HIGHER EDUCATION

IN RAJASTHAN

A Quiet
Revolution
Department of
Government of
Higher Education
Rajasthan

Designed and developed by

Higher Education in Rajasthan - A Quiet Revolution
September, 2018
• Conceptualisation & Guidance:
Ashutosh A. T. Pednekar, IAS, Commissioner, College Education & Secretary, Higher Education, Government of Rajasthan

• Supervision & Support:

Rajendra Sharma, RAS, Additional Commissioner, College Education
Yogendra Bhushan, Director, Bodh Shiksha Samiti

• Editorial Team:
Dr. Vinod K. Bhardwaj, Commissionerate of College Education, Rajasthan
Dr. Manish Gupta, Commissionerate of College Education, Rajasthan
Dr. Pankaj Mathur, Commissionerate of College Education, Rajasthan
Dr. Pankaj Gupta, Commissionerate of College Education, Rajasthan
Dr. Rakhi Yadav, Commissionerate of College Education, Rajasthan
Dr. Yamini Chaturvedi, Commissionerate of College Education, Rajasthan
Dr Ashish Vyas, Commissionerate of College Education, Rajasthan
Sasha Priyo, Bodh Shiksha Samiti, Jaipur
Sanjay Tiwari, Bodh Shiksha Samiti, Jaipur
Ms. Divya Singh, Bodh Shiksha Samiti, Jaipur
Ms. Manju Mohandas, Bodh Shiksha Samiti, Jaipur

• Design & Print execution:

Decode Mediacom, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

• Commissionerate of College Education, Jaipur

Block-4, RKS Sankul, JLN Road, Jaipur - 302015, Rajasthan
Web: www.hte.rajasthan.gov.in | Email: [email protected] | Phone: 0141-2706847
INTRODUCTION
Since 2010-11, Rajasthan has been one of the best Spearheaded by the Commissionerate of College
performing states in the country in terms of the Education, Department of Higher Education,
number of colleges in the state, as per the All India Government of Rajasthan, this endeavour has seen the
Survey of Higher Education conducted annually. More support of various organizations that have collaborated
importantly, as per the survey conducted in 2017-18, with the Commissionerate, and are working on the
the state has also been effective in terms of ensuring ground level in the areas such as capacity development
access to students as it stands 4th in the list with total of faculty, training in use of information technology (IT)
2957 Colleges having 33 Colleges per lakh population and skill development of students. However, the chief
(in the age group of 18-23 years). Having made an
driving force, the strongest collaborators and biggest
impact in terms of numbers and outreach, the state is
supporters of this transformation initiative have been
now gearing up for a comprehensive transformation
in state level college education, aimed at creating a the government colleges of the state which are the
qualitative change in this realm. main implementers and agents of actual realization
of all the plans, suggestions and innovations at the
This transformation has been planned taking into ground level, in the colleges.
consideration various facets of college education,
starting from the fundamental aspect of education This publication is a compilation of all the good
delivery and capacity building of students, skill practices which have been affected in the Government
development, faculty development, infrastructural colleges of the state since 2017. These practices
improvements and enhancements, and an overhaul form the foundation of the ‘Quiet Revolution’ which
of institutional procedures. Keeping pace with the we have envisaged for higher education in the state.
fast-evolving global scenario which is revolutionizing With this publication, we offer you a glimpse into our
the knowledge economy created around us, new-age journey so far.
information technology is being incorporated as a core
component in the transformations envisaged in the
higher education sector of the state.
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CONTENT Academic
Quality
Enhancement
Initiatives

15-27 29-33
Faculty
Employability Development
Enhancement and Initiatives
Skill Development
Initiatives

49-51
Employment
Avenues in
35-47
Department Digital
Initiatives
53-59
Public-Private-
Community
Collaboration Initiative

69-73
61-67 Community
Infrastructure Integration,
Upgradation Linkages and
through Services Initiatives
Environmental
Initiatives

75-87
Financial and
Other Support
Initiatives
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ACADEMIC QUALITY
ENHANCEMENT
INITIATIVES
RESTRUCTURING SYSTEMIC DISCOURSE

The academic initiatives undertaken by the Department of Higher Education, Rajasthan

has fostered cross–learning activities to ensure greater utilization of existing resources and
technologies for bringing qualitative change in the Government colleges of the state. It has
also undertaken periodic activities which increase participation of students and enhance their
social engagement in the process.

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1 SUMMER CAMP
F or the first time in the college education in Rajasthan, summer camps, organized in June 2018 this year, were
scaled up. Despite scorching heat, the level of participation of the students and their response to the programme
was overwhelming. The following 7 key skill areas were identified for defining the scope of the programme in order
to undertake effective capacity building of the students:

Language Skills Photography & Basic Knowledge of Yoga &

(Improvement of Videography Computers Meditation
communication in English)

Food Organic farming / Green House

Preservation Terrace Gardening Based Farming

Despite scorching heat the level of participation of the students and their
response to the programme was overwhelming.

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Summer Camp at Govt. Arts Girls College, Sikar Summer Camp, Udaipur

Summer Camp for English Language at Govt College, Alwar

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 2 HIGHER EDUCATION LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME
I t is a unique initiative wherein all the sections of the
department have come together under the aegis of
the Hon’ble Minister, Higher Education, Smt. Kiran
iii) Institutional excellence; and iv) Administrative
responsibilities (preferably at state administration
level). The programme was organized in association
Maheshwari, to create a holistic vision for the state in with Bodh Shiksha Samiti in Jaipur. Highly reflective and
the field of Higher Education. It is seen as an initiation of concrete discourse evolved through the proceedings of
a process which should be taken up in all the colleges to the seminar and the report emerged with many ideas
come together, develop and share vision and strategies of practical significance, which were taken up by the
to achieve definite goals in future. A two day seminar- department for the purpose of concretization. It was
cum-workshop (June 29-30, 2018) was organized attended by all top officials from Commissionerate of
on “Excellence in Higher Education in Rajasthan: College Education, Rajasthan, principals and faculty
Planning, Implementation, Success and Prospects’’ by members from Govt. Colleges and a dedicated team of
the department to discuss about core areas essential to facilitators from Bodh Siksha Samiti. As the outcome of
ensure quality and equity in higher education. The four the initiative, there were follow-up seminars and now
core areas addressed during this event were, i) Imparting colleges have started this type of discourse at their
education and capacity building among students; own level, sensitizing faculty members and students to
ii) Quality enhancement among faculty members; participate in the mission for quality education.

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• Regular monitoring of these institutions through workshops, one-to-one interface with principals and
coordinators is helping in building an understanding of their constraints and resolving them. The issues
have been identified in 3 categories –
1. Immediately doable tasks:
Students’ assistance or support centers, inter faculty dialogue forums, basic amenities, classroom
teaching related improvement, teacher-student dialogue for help and mentoring beyond classrooms
etc.
2. Medium term tasks:
Competitive capacity assistance, employable skill development, faculty improvement programme at
college level, infrastructural facilities etc.
3. Long term tasks:
Building expansion, sports facility, budgetary arrangement for academic events etc.

• The first workshop was organized in Govt. Arts Girls College, Kota on September 7, 2018 in collaboration
with Bodh Shiksha Samiti. The aim of every college dreaming of its own vision for the future and acting on
it has begun.

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 3 GURU SHISHYA SAMWAD
G uru-Shishya Samwad is a initiative of college education to build trio-connect among students-college-
government for prompt redressal of student grievances Grievances are directly resolved in the presence
of by the Hon’ble Higher Education Minister, Commissioner,College Education and other government officials.
The first SAMWAD was organized in December 2017 at Govt College, Jaipur with a participation of 11Govt.
colleges of Jaipur district and the second phase included participation of 10 Govt. colleges of Alwar district in R R
Autonomous College, Alwar .

Teaching is not about

information. It’s about
having an honest
intellectual connect with
your students.

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4 TUTORIAL COURSES (https://spoken-tutorial.org/)
In collaboration with IIT Mumbai as a partner, where 104 government colleges were identified for encouraging
students of UG/PG classes to use free of cost audio-visual e-learning resource, the FOSS software. More than
11,000 students have been benefitted with the course. The programme has succeeded in imparting real world
skills in an easy to understand format.

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EMPLOYABILITY ENHANCEMENT
AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVES
EMPOWERING THE YOUTH OF RAJASTHAN

In today’s world, skills set individuals apart and provide them with an edge necessary to survive
and succeed in a competitive environment. As far as employability is concerned, there is a
huge demand for youth who have the appropriate attitude and quality orientation in different
sectors. This emergent scenario and the practical problems involved in tackling the issue of
ensuring quality orientation have resulted in the skill development initiatives undertaken by
the department. The needs of the students are met and they receive adequate exposure within
the education system. New tie-ups are being formalized at Commissionerate level with various
agencies to provide skills and establish a connect with employers.

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 1 YOUTH EMPLOYABILITY SKILL (YES) PROGRAMME
Y outh Employability Skill (YES) Programme was launched by the Department with a two-point agenda, a) to
inculcate employable skills among students;( b )and to provide training to faculty members in order to create
a mentor group for the trainee students, for post-training support. A training programme for enhancement of soft
skills among students and subsequently, their placement drive was organized in association with the ICICI Academy
for Skills. Emphasis is on assured employment of those students who successfully complete the programme. A
total 2652 students have benefitted through campus placement drive, organized by the department.

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2 SKILL INITIATIVES
23 Skill and Entrepreneurship based certificate/ diploma programmes were launched in association with Indira
Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) under a special project named ‘Rajasthan Youth Skill Project with
IGNOU”. 16,500 students of 106 Colleges have been registered in the first phase. This represents the first
time where skill education is made a regular part of the academic year in the college education setup and has
received a very enthusiastic response from the students as seen by the number of students enrolled.

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 3 KRISHI VANDAN
A special mission under “Krishi Vandan” programme has been set in by the department to encourage youth to
engage with agricultural ventures.Training to students and faculty members on farming and allied activities in
association with Moraraka Foundation has commenced to promote agro-based learning-earning aptitude among
students on the basis of training-cum-practice programme. The first training programme was organized on 13th
September 2018 in Jaipur i which was attended by faculty and students.

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Befriending Nature

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 4 ACADEMIA-INDUSTRY- EMPLOYER CONNECT
In the academic session 2017-2018, the department has organized and participated in some major events which
aim at establishing better connect between the employers and the academia. This has exhibited not only the
various efforts and initiatives of the department, but also its gradual progress towards attainment of the goals.

• The department was a partner in the Edu Fest event, Education & Human Resource Conclave in Jaipur
organized by the Government of Rajasthan under on December 21-22, 2017 in association with
‘Young Rajasthan’ theme on August 5-6, 2017. Elets Technomedia, New Delhi, where leaders from
The department organized Big Data competition academia and industry participated and were keen
where 537 teams submitted nominations and to connect with youth.
the final 3 winners were awarded with Rs. 1.0 lac • The department hosted a conclave Higher Education
for first , Rs. 75 thousand for second and Rs. 50 & Human Resource Conclave: Connects, Engage and
thousand for third position respectively. The award Participation for Innovation Jaipur on September
ceremony was graced by the Hon’ble Governor, 24-25, 2018 in association with Elets Technomedia,
Rajasthan Sh. Kalyan Singh ji; the Hon’ble Chief New Delhi.
Minister, Rajasthan Smt. Vasundhara Raje; the
Higher Education Minister, Rajasthan Smt. Kiran • The department hosted a higher education seminar
Maheshwari and the Education Minister, Rajasthan to connect academia with industries and employers
Sh. Vasudev Devnani. The awards were sponsored in Jaipur on July 20-21, 2018 in association with
by the EletsTechnomedia, New Delhi. A digital Business World, where opportunities to connect
Learning magazine covering scenario of Higher with the youths were generated.
Education in Rajasthan was also released by the
Chief Minister on this occasion. This magazine was
published by the Elets Technomedia, New Delhi.
• The department was host partner in 10th World EVENT DAY
Education Summit, New Delhi on August 11-12,
2017 and the department hosted its first Higher

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Hon’ble HRD Minister and Hon’ble IGNOU Workshop
HEM of Rajasthan at Edu-Fest

Workshop with Bodh for Excellence MoU with Microsoft for

in Higher Education Digital Literacy

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 5 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND EMPLOYMENT JOB FAIR
E ntrepreneurship-cum-employment camps and fairs were organised in 22 government colleges in collaboration
with District Industries Centre (DICs) and corporate and private enterprises for skill enhancement and
providing employment opportunities to the students.

Learn-to-Earn :
Initiatives for
Employability OR
Turning towards
Employability

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Gateway to
Success

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 6 UDYAMITA EVAM ROZGAAR MELA WITH PLACEMENTS
(SRLS GOVT. PG COLLEGE KALADERA, JAIPUR)

In a continuously evolving competitive world where people are evaluated not only on the basis of their academic
knowledge but on their attitude and aptitude as well, it becomes imperative for an institution of higher education
to recognise the changing trends and mould itself to ensure that it serves the fundamental purpose of empowering
their student community for creating a better society. Recognising this need, Seth R.L. Saharia College, Kaladera,
Jaipur, has been striving to improve the skill development & employability factor of their students through an
effective academic programme, strengthened further by events like Career and Entrepreneurial Fair and ‘Mock
Interview’ sessions organised for the benefit of their student community.

• The practice of organising the career and District Employment Programme, the banking
entrepreneurial fairs commenced in February sector, insurance companies, entrepreneurial
2016, with an objective of providing employment organisations, etc were also approached for
opportunities to students through campus garnering support for the programme.
placements to make them self-sufficient and
independent. The institution started the procedure • The programme was successful in terms of the extent
by constituting a Joint Committee for the Youth of exposure which the students gained from campus
Development Centre and the College Placement visits by companies/ organisations. It also provided
Cell. The Committee submitted proposals for them an unparalleled opportunity for personality
the initiative to prospective employers as well as development by creating a platform for interaction
entrepreneurial organisations. The members of with various senior officials and dignitaries.
the committee conducted personal meetings with
• Students for the mock interviews were selected
office-bearers in the industrial/ commercial belt of
through an examination, involving a multiple-choice
Kaladera and Jaipur to invite them to the placement
tool to test the general knowledge of students.
fair and also to appaise them of the initiatives made
On the basis of their performance, the students
by the college for placement and entrepreneurial
who obtained a rank among the first fifteen were
initiatives among its students. Organisations
selected for the interviews. The interviews were
such as RIICO, RFC, District Industrial Centre,

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 video recorded, followed by which discussions with employability and skill development is in the area of
the students on their strengths and weaknesses, organic farming. The need for supporting the cause
as identified and analysed in the course of the of healthy living and sustainable development has
interviews. got reinforced in this initiative where a sample
Demo Farm unit has been developed in accordance
• The programme provided the students with an with the MoU signed between Commisionerate,
opportunity to interact with public service officials College Education and Morarka Foundation with
who enlightened them about the procedures reference to Organic Farming. This MoU is signed
involved in public services and also shared the to train students and faculty members in organic
tips for improving subject command as well as farming.With these endeavours, SRLS College,
personality development. The students were Kaladera, has demonstrated its intent to mould
also informed on benchmark set for selection of itself, in accordance with changing needs of the
candidates for civil services. student community and enable their all-round
development in order to ensure a better future,
• Another unique initiative undertaken by Seth R
created on a sound academic base.
L Saharia Govt PG College, Kaladera to augment

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 7 INITIATIVE FOR WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
W ith the world transforming at a fast pace, a young adult is inundated with issues and challenges which
make one vulnerable, and eventually affect his/her personality and well-being. These challenges turn more
daunting for female students, who in the cultural context of Rajasthan – especially in non-urban and rural areas
- are often the first-generation learners among the women in their community. They are often trapped between
the aspirations of a young, educated mind on one hand, and the lack of support from family and community in
achieving them, on the other. Institutes of higher education play a pivotal role in mentoring and guiding these
students, in order to ensure an empowered and healthy future for them.

• One of the colleges to give the issue due attention • The Centre meets students every Saturday for
and implement measures accordingly is Baba counselling sessions and a workshop on employment
Gangadas Rajkiya Mahila Mahavidyala in Shahpura. generation is organised on the last Saturday of every
The college set up a Student Counselling Centre month. These sessions have helped in spreading
in July 2018 in order to provide their students (all awareness about women’s rights and empowerment
women) effective support and advice with regard and also instilled the students with much needed
to all aspects affecting their personality – ranging confidence and determination. Through these
from personal issues, family-related and other measures, the college has been successful in
social issues to challenges faced in personality demonstrating the most essential aspect of an
development and employment generation. The institution of higher education by encouraging and
counselling centre provides a secure environment guiding young minds to overcome hurdles and build
to the students where their privacy is respected and a more fulfilling future.
their identities are not disclosed.

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Enlightening
inner power

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FACULTY
DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVES
REVISITING TEACHING AND LEARNING

With the spirit and idea of continuous improvement in mind, for the first time in the department, an intra-
departmental Faculty Development Programme (FDP) has been introduced. This initiative is essential
to ensure quality teaching, by providing a platform for updating faculty knowledge and initiate bilateral
dialogue and sharing between teachers and students to ensure qualitative outcome in higher education.

It is the leadership which determines the fate of the institutions, as only good leaders can realize the
true potential of a team and a situation. Recognising the extent of change that a motivated and focused
leadership can bring about, the department has initiated a unique and comprehensive programme which
covers both academic leadership as well as managerial aspects. Innovation forms the core of a dynamic
field like education.

Recognising the need for strengthening this area, the Innovation and Skill Development Cell was
established in 2017 in the Commissionerate of College Education, Government of Rajasthan. The Cell
was conceived with a long term vision of fostering initiatives in the field of higher education and bringing
globally recognised best practices to colleges, focusing on educational excellence and capacity building
among students; quality enhancement among faculty members; and institutional development.

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 1 LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME
In order to ensure quality services, efficient management and effective response to students and society, initiatives
have been undertaken, beginning with a rigorous dialogue with principals. The Comprehensive Leadership
training programme was introduced by the department in June 2018. It has been planned that every principal
would have to undergo the following training-cum-workshops in 2 phases, i) Managerial skills & team work,
aptitude, responsive administration; and ii) Teaching quality assurance and student centric learning initiatives. To
ensure the academic quality the department has launched certain programmes in association with Bodh Siksha
Samiti (BSS), Jaipur and the managerial quality programme has been initiated in association with Jaipuria Institute
of management, Jaipur (JIMJ). The initiative is rated as 4.9 on 5 point scale by the participants.

Two day - training workshop (22-25 May 2017) on leadership development, team building and communication for
principals / vice principals and senior faculty of government institutions was organised in collaboration with IIM
Lucknow. Prof. Himanshu Rai of IIM Lucknow conducted both the workshops. About one hundred participants were
benefitted from the workshop. The trainings were based upon the methodology of measurement and feedback,
simulations, role-plays, theory sensitization through discussions, case analysis and exercises. The content included
theories of leadership, leadership and change, communication for leadership, leadership and conflict management,
leading team, leadership and motivation. The participants filled the feedback form wherein ninety-four percent
declared that they had been benefitted and will be able to deal with stress management, conflict management,
team building and will be able to manage their team in a better way.

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2 MY COLLEGE MY PRIDE:
ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP TRAINING (JAIPUR: 13-14 AUGUST 2018)
I t has been initiated as a mission programme by the department under the slogan of “My College My Pride”
theme where the trainees are given a platform to share their initiatives, good practices, suggest ideas and also to
acknowledge others’ positive interventions. This initiative has already been started in association with Bodh Siksha
Samiti (BSS), Jaipur, and the Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur (JIMJ) and the Morarka Foundation, Jaipur
since August 2018.The selection of the trainees is on the basis of their performance/ feedback at institutional
level. Each selected trainee has to undergo 3 modules of training; a) Academic Leadership Programme; b) Team
Building and Managerial Skills; and c) IT-enabled Skills. The response from the faculty members has been very
warm. A positive change is visible in all participants and they have also contributed meaningfully, providing
immense strength to the initiative.The initiatives of the faculty members have got due recognition from the
department. At the same time, the department has also reciprocated by acknowledging their capabilities and
zeal for making a difference. The initiative has been rated as 9.25 on 10 point scale by the participants.

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 3 ADVANCE IT TRAINING ON CYBER SECURITY
(JAIPUR: SEPT. 14, 2018)

T o inculcate information technology based advanced skills among faculty members & students, a MoU has been
signed with the Center for Electronic Governance, Rajasthan, Jaipur. A training programme on Cyber Security
was organized by the Center at Takniki Shiksha Bhawan, Jaipur on September 14, 2018 for college faculty. It was
well received and acknowledged by participants and was rated as 9.0 on 10 point scale by the participants.

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4 MENTORING TO MENTORS:
TRAINING PROGRAMME
(JAIPUR: SEPT. 17-18, 2018)

T o promote team leadership skills, mentoring aptitude and managerial skills among
faculty members and institutional heads, a MoU has been signed with the Jaipuria
Institute of Manageme nt, Jaipur (JIMJ). On the basis of the MoU, the first workshop-
cum-training programme for college principals under “Educational Leadership
Programme” theme was organized by JIMJ on June 13-14, 2018 at JIMJ Campus.

T he second workshop-cum-training programme for college teachers under the

same theme was organized by JIMJ on September 17-18, 2018 at the institute
campus. The initiative is rated as 9.5 on 10 point scale by the participants.

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DIGITAL
INITIATIVES
REDEFINING BOUNDARIES AND REACH

The modern era has been revolutionized with the advent of the Information Technology
(IT). It has not only increased our access; rather it has changed the way we use and
organize knowledge and develop large scale systems more efficiently than ever. Hence,
in modern days, higher education IT is an essential element for developing efficient
governance systems, while simultaneously, enriching the teaching learning process with
extended reach and visualization.

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 1 HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PORTAL
A cademic processes for colleges and universities are being made fully automated through the integrated
Higher and Technical Education Portal launched by Hon’ble Chief Minister on 5th August, 2017. The portal
was initiated through Online Admission Process, which is now operational in all government colleges for under
graduate (UG) and post graduate (PG) classes, thus creating a single database of students which can be immediately
accessed centrally. The portal is also an active platform for sharing of information and resources.

Status of post-graduate courses

To ease the process of admission, online admission
Year No. of Colleges No. of PG Seats
process was introduced in session 2013-14 in 63 colleges
for UG courses and gradually it was implemented in all 2016-17 98 18,293
government colleges of Rajasthan in both UG and PG 2017-18 108 19,988
courses. 2018-19 116 31,728

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2 E-CLASS PROGRAMME 3 SMART SCIENCE LAB

O ne of the main initiatives of the department

has been the creation of E-classrooms for
delivering online lectures to enhance quality
T o augment basic science concepts and skills
among college students through use of IT
enabled state-of-the-art techniques like virtual
of higher education by usage of ICT. This effort reality, augmented reality and 3D printing. Smart
for enhancement in quality of higher education science laboratories are being established with
through ICT has been undertaken in 35 government an investment of nearly Rs. 4 Cr. in seven selected
colleges in the first phase; 41 e-classrooms are government colleges, at division level, which will
being established in second phase with investment serve as Centre for Educational Excellence.
of nearly Rs. 10 Cr. A comprehensive e-learning
repository across subjects is being made available
through the higher education portal.

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 4 ON-LINE LEARNING
In the era of globalisation and information technology, there is immense amount of resources available online
which can help students and teachers in their respective capacity building. The academic cell is actively
working on developing programs, organizing existing online learning resources and improving access for both,
students and teachers. Students & faculty members are being encouraged to use digital methods of learning.
The department has been advising government colleges regarding some of the best government educational
online websites/portals which could be used for digital learning.

The following portals are advocated for use by students and faculty.
S.No. Programme Link

1 DISHARI Play store on Android Phone

2 SWAYAM https://swayam.gov.in
3 Consortium for Educational Communication http://cec.nic.in
4 VIRTUAL LABS http://vlab.co.in/
5 e GYANKOSH(IGNOU) http://egyankosh.ac.in
6 National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) http://nptel.ac.in
7 NATIONAL MISSION ON LIBRARIES http://www.nmlindia.nic.in
8 NATIONAL LIBRARY http://nationallibrary.gov.in
9 Indira Gandhi National Centre For The Arts (IGNCA) http://www.ignca.nic.in
10 Archaeological Survey of India http://asi.nic.in
11 National Digital Library of India https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/
12 National Mission for Manuscripts https://www.namami.gov.in
13 e-PG Pathshala https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in
14 Shodhganga: a reservoir of Indian Theses http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/

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5 E-CONTENT 6 LIBRARY AUTOMATION

T he department has started developing its own e-

content. This provides a new arena for resource
development which is based in the context of
40 government colleges are now equipped as
fully automated libraries. The integration of all
libraries is underway using web-based software
Rajasthan and addresses the need of the students. which will substantially increase the access to
At present, under the e-content programme, 150 resources for all students and teachers.
Lectures of one hour each in various subjects were
recorded by the faculty from government colleges
in Rajasthan, to be made available both online and
offline. New recruited faculty are being trained to
create their own digital content to reach a wider
audience.

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7 GENDER ATLAS 8 CROWD SOURCE
SOCIAL PLATFORM
FOR STUDENTS &
FACULTY

T he Gender Atlas is being developed as a

hands-on management tool enabling in critical
decisions and actions to mitigate gender-based
M oving ahead with the times and in the era
of open source resources, this single online
e-platform with e-repository (audio-visual and
gaps through digital mapping on the basis of digital content) has been created to facilitate
geographical information about population on academic discussions and knowledge sharing for
gender in Rajasthan state. the benefit of both students and faculties. This will
create an online community of learners where the
barriers of geography would be immaterial.

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9 AADHAR ENABLED 10 WI-FI CAMPUSES
BIOMETRIC ATTENDANCE
SYSTEM

WIFI
D epartment of college education has introduced
Aadhar enabled biometric attendance system
from academic session 2018-19 in all government
T o increase access of digital content in all
government colleges free Wi-Fi facility is
being made available by the government with
colleges. The attendance system is integrated an investment of about Rs. 11 Cr. This initiative
with ‘Raj Upasthiti’ online module to ensure will enhance e-learning habits in colleges and the
transparency. students will be able to explore the possibility of
opting for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC).

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11 MAHAVIDYALAYA BHU-BHAWAN- APP FOR GEOTAGGING PHOTOS
F rom session 2019-20, the Private Institutes (PI) section has also made available the MAHAVIDYALAYA BHU-
BHAWAN App. This app enables the Nodal inspecting authority to get exact location of land and images of
building of the private institute through geographic coordinates (latitude-longitude) and helps in geo-tagging the
institute.

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12 UPER (UPSKILL PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH FOR RAJASTHAN):
AN ENGLISH LEARNING INITIATIVE 
E nglish Language Proficiency Programme has been initiated in seven government girls colleges and two polytechnic
girls colleges covering 900 girls, in association with English Edge Liqvid agency. An android based app is launched
under the ‘Upskill Efficiency in English for Rajasthan (UPER)’ project, which is available for free to all students belonging
to colleges of general and technical education, universities and other institutions. Approximately 30,000 beneficiaries
have registered on this app so far.

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13 PROJECT DISHARI
It is an effort to provide a structured support for preparing students of government colleges for competitive
examinations, enhancing their chances of success in obtaining appropriate job in public and/or private sector.
Dishari scheme was launched on 5th September 2017 for capacity building and employment enhancement of
students.Under the scheme more than hundred lectures by competent teachers for mental ability, aptitude and
mathematical reasoning have been organized.In order to increase the accessibility of the scheme, a mobile app
“DishariApp” has also been launched on 21st November 2017. Main features of the app are summarised below:

• This App contains 18,354 questions and numerous educational videos. Online tests and offline compatibility
are other features of the app.
• At present there are 24,68,03,581 total screen views and more than 2,43,350 registered users, out of which
69,11,300 users have attempted tests.
• News updates, job alerts are regularly sent on daily basis.
• About 45,000 tests are attempted everyday. There is also a live test from 8.30PM to 9.30 PM.
• 94.4% of the users on the App are returning users.
• Raving reviews on the Google Play Store can be read and the Average Rating of the App is 4.7/5

DISHARI APP USERS

243,350
214,540
149,811
123,116
106,384
92,060
79,824
66,167
52,483
30,015
12,433

NOV-17 DEC-17 JAN-18 FEB-18 MAR-18 APR-18 MAY-18 JUN-18 JUL-18 AUG-18 SEP-18

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Guiding beginners to expertise

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14 NOC-PORTAL
O nline NOC Portal is an example of using technology to improve transparency and ease of processes. Department
is committed to the cause of adopting technology for greater transparency and timely execution. The key
functions of the NOC-Online Portal are to achieve transparent and timely issuance of NOC to private colleges. This
initiative to start Online NOC Portal was taken by the Commissionerate of College Education from session 2017-
18.The process helps in timely resolution of various NOC related issues. In this process, institutions apply online
for various kinds of NOC‘s from the state government and also upload all the required documents. The inspection
report of the private institute is also submitted online by the nodal government officers. After processing the file,
the private institute is informed of the deficiencies through e-mail and the deficiencies submitted by the private
institute are also accepted through e-mail.

NO. OF PVT. INSITUTIONS

2,879
2,590
2,233

2016 2017 2018

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EMPLOYMENT
AVENUES IN
DEPARTMENT
INITIATING AND RECOGNIZING JOURNEYS
The faculty and non-faculty members of educational institutions play the most
significant role in bringing about a fundamental and qualitative transformation
in the system. The department has taken due cognizance of their contributions
and initiated systemic changes in employment avenues within the department
to acknowledge them and extend support for their efforts.

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 CHANGE IN DESIGNATION
T he much awaited demand of teachers of government colleges of Rajasthan was the change in their
designation from lecturers to Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor as per UGC
regulation, which got fulfilled on 11th Jan, 2017 when the honourable CM made the historic announcement
of change in the designation. This change has given a sense of pride to the four thousand teachers of the
State. After this announcement, 477 new posts of professors have been created in the department.

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RECRUITMENT OF ASSISTANT PROFESSORS
T he Department of College Education has initiated the process of appointing 2169 Assistant Professors in
Government Colleges. This has led to a reduction in vacant position in the colleges from 42% to just 9%.

MINISTERIAL STAFF SELECTION

Recruitment has been made to posts of 199 Clerk and lab assistants. A concerted effort has
been made to fill all vacancies of teaching and non teaching staff.

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PUBLIC-PRIVATE-
COMMUNITY
COLLABORATION
INITIATIVE
NURTURING EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIPS

Recognising the power and importance of the youth as torchbearers of development, all
the stakeholders of the society – in the public, private or community domain - are joining
hands to forge effective partnerships to lead and support initiatives considered beneficial
for youth and society. The Department of Higher Education has actively been engaged
in developing such partnerships with stakeholders from the private sector and the
community to ensure empowerment of our youth.

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 1 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU’s)
T he department has been exploring and creating new avenues for fostering partnerships to seek better
collaborative opportunities for growth and enhanced learning. These avenues have connected the colleges/
youth with quality training while enhancing exposure to placement opportunities at subsequent stages. The
partnerships provide opportunities for institutional development and innovations in the colleges. For fostering
this positive change, the department has signed MoU with nine organizations/ agencies –

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 TOGETHERNESS: OUR PARTNERS

Indira Gandhi Rajasthan Center for Electronic Microsoft Moraraka

national Open ILD Skill University, Governance, Corporation India, Foundation
University, Jaipur Rajasthan Pvt. Ltd.
• Free of cost training to
New Delhi students and faculty
• Entrepreneurship • Skill training • IT based • Free of cost MOS members for Organic
& Skill certificate/ to students & orientation to training to 9,500 Farming and value
diploma courses. Faculty faculty members students and 500 added products.
• These courses are free and students faculty members. • Monitoring for hands-
to SC/ST students. on practice at college
• Girls of all categories level.
were exempted from • Assistance in
Fee in January 2018 Constructing Demo
cycle. Organic Farm Units at
college level.

Bodh Jaipuria Institute of ICICI Academy for HIK Vision,

Shiksha Management, Skills, Jaipur Mumbai
Samiti Jaipur

• Free of cost Academic • Free of cost • Free of cost Soft Skills • Free of cost
Leadership training to Institutional training to students. Surveillance Camera
principals and faculty Leadership & • Connect with and NVR to 75 Govt.
members. managerial training to employer and Colleges under their
• Academic skills for principals and faculty placement. CSR.
students. members.
• Management skills to
students.

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 2 MOU’s FOR CAPACITY BUILDING &
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT OF COLLEGES
A s quality infrastructure is considered to be the foundation of providing quality services, the department has
mobilized services and resources for developing the same through establishing partnerships. Some of the
major MoU’s signed by the department with the same objective are :

MoU / Gift Deed with Signed on Brief Details

MoU with Mani Modi Foundation, 18-07-2018 Build 30,000 sq.ft two-storey college building at Guda Gaurji,
Kolkata for Govt. College, Guda, Todi, Jhunjhunu in three hectare allotted land. The cost of
Jhunjhunu. building would be approx. Rs. 7 Cr.

MoU with R.R. Morarka Charitable 16-12-2017 Construction of college building of Nawalgarh, Jhunjhunu. The
Trust, Nawalgarh, Jhunjhunu for Govt. cost of building would be approx. Rs. 4.5 Cr.
College Nawalgarh.

Gift Deed with Mr. Dinesh Mistri, R/O 29-05-2018 Donating 2.0234 hectare land for college worth approx.
of Bidasar, District- Churu (Rajasthan) Rs. 3 Cr. and Rs. 6 Cr for construction of new college building.
for Govt. College Bidasar.

MoU with K.P. Sanghvi Charitable 04.09.2018 Construction of 26,000 sq.ft (two-floor) college building in
Trust, Sirohi for Govt. College Reodar. Reodar, District Sirohi (Rajasthan).

Bhamashah Shri. Jagdish Prasad Bagri 7.8.2018 Construction of classrooms on the first floor of college
for Govt. College Nokha, Bikaner. building in Nokha costing approx. Rs. 4 Cr.

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Proposed MoU with different Agencies (non-financial liability to government)

McGraw • Foreign language training in colleges

• Assistance in employment in hotel and tourist industry

Zykoon • Awareness campaign for college students and faculty members against
sexual harassment at work place

HireMe • Capacity analysis of student

• Online ability assessment
• Connect with employer

Forsk Technologies Pvt. Ltd. • Awareness on emerging technologies

• Capacity building
• Skill enhancement

Xcelerator • Job skills and personality development training to students

• Assistance in placement by connecting with employers

Global Research for Excellence in • Institutional assessment and suggestions for remedial measures
Education Foundation • Assistance pro-assessment for NAAC preparations

Paayas • Training to selected students regarding milk testing and dairy industry;
• Placement and connect to employers

Rams Creative Technologies Pvt Ltd • 360 degree walk tours and college assessment
• Artificial, cognitive, AR, VR, MR training
• APP based knowledge sourcing and distribution

Elets Technomedia Pvt. Ltd. • Certification programme in media and mass communication;
• Certification in photography and videography programme

Cartist Global Pvt. Ltd. • Automobile art promotion

• Automobile design
• Artistic awareness workshop

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 3 DIGITAL CLASSROOMS IN GIRLS
COLLEGES:CSR BY CISCO
K eeping pace with fast changing digital world and enriching experiences of faculty, digital
classrooms sharing online lectures established in all 44 government girls colleges under
corporate-social-responsibility (CSR) of CISCO.

Stepping
towards
virtual world

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INFRASTRUCTURE
UPGRADATION THROUGH
ENVIRONMENTAL
INITIATIVES
STRIKING THE RIGHT BALANCE

The geographical features and environmental conditions typical to Rajasthan have

often posed challenges for institutions, leading to infrastructural innovations conceived
to tackle resource constraints. These innovations range from use of solar energy for
electrification, to installing novel rainwater harvesting systems for tackling water
shortage and many such initiatives to create a green campus. RUSA has extended active
support and encouragement to such initiatives.

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 1 EIGHTEEN ESSENTIAL FACILITIES
18 identified facilities, considered to be non-negotiable part of college infrastructure, are being
developed in colleges.

DIFFERENTLY CLEAN RO, FILTERED

SEMINAR- AT LEAST ONE
ABLED FRIENDLY DRINKING
CUM-MEETING OUTDOOR
ENTRANCE AND WATER
ROOM SPORTS
TOILETS FACILITY GROUND
REFURBISHING & AUTOMATION
ICT LAB REPAIRING OF OF LIBRARY AND
EQUIPMENTS DIGITIZATION

POOL OF ADEQUATE
SMART CCTV
ESSENTIAL NUMBER OF FIRE
CLASSROOMS IN THE
EQUIPMENTS EXTINGUISHERS
IN ALL LABS CAMPUS
SEPARATE REPAIRING OF
ELECTRICAL ARRANGEMENT
GIRLS COMMON WIRING WITH 3 OF E-LEARNING
ROOM & TOILET PHASE POWER SOFTWARE
FACILITY CONNECTION
DEDICATED
PAINTING & LEASED LINE FOR NET
SMART BIOMETRIC
PLASTERING OF CONNECTIVITY
LABS ATTENDANCE
BUILDINGS WITH WI-FI
CAMPUS

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2 SOLAR ENERGY
I n the long run and also keeping in mind the need to establish colleges in far flung areas of the state, harnessing
Solar Energy as a sustainable source is necessary. The department has started a process to gradually adopt
solar energy in colleges by installing solar panels in government colleges like, Govt. college Nasirabad, Sirohi,
Ganganagar, Bibirani, Arts-Alwar, GD Girls College Alwar, etc. It resulted in availability of electricity in surplus
and reduction in overall recurring operational cost for the department. It is an initiative which has the potential
to ensure energy supply 24x7 for all institutions. Technical survey for establishing full solar based electricity
is ongoing in 55 colleges.

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 3 PLANTATION PROGRAMME
S ince 2015, a plantation
programme
organised
is
during
being
the
monsoon season in all
government colleges every
year. Similarly awareness
for water harvesting and
management is created
through various forums
and through “Swacch Bharat
Abhiyan” in all the colleges. A
programme called “Swacchta
Pakhwada” is also organised
by colleges cleanliness drives.

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4 WATER HARVESTING SYSTEM
(GOVT. COLLEGE, SIROHI)

A n institute of higher education plays a pivotal role in shaping the society through the education it imparts
to its students who are the future leaders, thinkers and activists of the society. This education is not
restricted to academic, non-academic discourses and classroom transactions. It is also highly influenced by the
role the institute assumes and demonstrates as a responsible stakeholder who ensures the well-being of its
student community as well as the society at large.In this regard, Government College, Sirohi has successfully
set a benchmark for the its student community as well as the education system at large, with its initiatives
which seek to overcome the challenges posed by resource-crunch and natural disadvantages to ensure that
their students and faculty/non-faculty members are provided with basic amenities like safe drinking water,
electricity in the campus, and ensuring regular water supply in the campus through rain water harvesting.

The first set of initiatives was implemented in 2016 with the installation of a mineral water ATM and creation
of a rain water harvesting system in the college campus. The region of Sirohi, where the college is situated,
grapples with the problem of excessive fluoride content in groundwater making it unsafe for consumption.
In order to tackle this issue effectively and ensure safe drinking water for students, faculty/ non-faculty
members, the institution collaborated with an NGO, Adarsh Charitable Foundation and installed a mineral
water ATM inside the campus. The NGO has also supported the institute in installing a system for rainwater
harvesting so that the institute could attain self-sufficiency with regard to water supply in the campus, through
an environment friendly initiative.

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 5 GREEN CAMPUS THROUGH LABORATORY WASTE
MANAGEMENT (GOVT. DUNGAR COLLEGE, BIKANER)
O ne of the biggest threats facing mankind today is environmental degradation. What amplifies this threat is
our lack of awareness regarding our own actions leading to such degradation. However, Government Dungar
College, Bikaner, is one such institution which has taken cognizance of an institutional level practice causing harm
to the environment, taken steps to resolve it in an innovative way, and is implementing the solution with active
participation of the students, thereby instilling the fervour for scientific analysis, application and most importantly
responsibility, towards the environment and society among them.
The college recognised the harm caused by laboratory prepared by the students of the college. The students
waste, particularly, the waste generated from are also involved in regular functioning and monitoring
chemistry laboratories, involving several toxic and of the plant, where they review pH content in the
hazardous chemicals including mineral acids like slurry in storage tanks periodically and administer
hydrochloric, sulphuric ad nitric acid. These acids and the neutralising agent. The college has also identified
other chemicals, which are present in the waste water future course of action for improvising the current
from the laboratories, degrades the underground water plant and developing a model for removing other waste
quality and in turn, the soil quality drastically, when materials in laboratory waste water.
released without neutralization. This initiative, involving equal participation of faculty,
laboratory staff and the students, provides a wide
Having recognised the need for waste water treatment scope for research and development activities and has
and management in college/ institutional laboratories, emerged to be a unique teaching-learning procedure,
the college designed and installed an innovative and inculcating the spirit of scientific temperament,
cost-effective neutralisation/ water treatment plant learning-by doing, team work and environmental
attached to the M.Sc Laboratory in the campus, in concern among all the members.
September 2017. The 3D model for the plant was

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6 GROUND WATER RECHARGE INITIATIVE:
BHUNGROO TECHNIQUE (GOVT. MSJ COLLEGE, BHARATPUR)
I nstitutes of higher education being centres of knowledge
creation and transmission have naturally held a
huge stake in the development and growth of society.
through it, gets filtered
and accumulates
in an underground
These stakes spur an institute to engage in research well. Later, a motor
and development activities which are related to their is used to pump the
immediate surroundings. In a similar spirit, Maharani water up for use. The
Sri Jaya Government PG College, Bharatpur, has been technique also helps
actively seeking a solution for the water crisis that the avoid evaporation loss
region has been facing. The region has been receiving and wastage of water
scanty rainfall over a long period of time leading to high during the monsoon
levels of salinity in groundwater, thus making it unsuitable season. The college has
for human use and consumption. Common methods of installed the requisite
rainwater conservation have also not been effective in system for implementing the technique, involving pipes,
the region as the salinity creates an impermeable layer underground water storage system, a filtering system at
that prevents rain water from seeping in. This leads to the mouth of the pipe through which the rainwater would
water logging and the standing water again increases the pass and motor for pumping the water up when required.
salinity of the soil. Hence, as a solution to the water crisis, The system was installed in the college in August, 2018
the college is implementing the Bhungroo technique of by the Director of Regional Rajputana Society of Natural
water harvesting, on an experimental basis under the Sciences. As Bharatpur received adequate rainfall during
RUSA scheme. The Bhungroo technique is a popular monsoons this year, and the rainwater in a radius of
rainwater harvesting technique used by the farmers in about 50 metres around the Bhungroo was successfully
Gujarat. collected and stored, making this a very effective way of
Bhungroo, which means ‘straw’ is a technique where a water conservation.
pipe is erected in such a way that excess water passes

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COMMUNITY
INTEGRATION,
LINKAGES & SERVICES
INITIATIVES
INSTITUTIONS FOR INTEGRATION & OUTREACH

The role of higher education institutions and the student community in strengthening
social connect and promoting national integration has received due prominence
through the recent initiatives of the Department in this realm. These initiatives have
also been effective in mobilising the youth for community oriented initiatives and in
instilling vigour in them towards meeting societal responsibilities.

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 1 EK BHARAT SHRESHTHA BHARAT
E k Bharat Shreshtha Bharat was launched to promote feeling of national integration and bring states close to
each other. Assam is the partner state of Rajasthan. An MoU in this regard was signed by both the states on 10
October 2017.

State 8
Cities 10
Cartist Yatra
Days 121
2017-18 Kilometers 9100
Artists 1000

• Rajasthan has created a special provision in Hon`ble Chief Minister of Assam with many
its admission policy, covering all courses and dignitaries was present in the function organised
faculties in government and private colleges, for in Jaipur. Similar programmes was organised in
students from Assam residing in the state. This Assam Bhawan were Hon`ble Chief Minister of
was released on 25th May 2018. Rajasthan was present.
• Art Yatra in collaboration with Cartist • In October 2017, on the occasion of Sardar
was organized which started from Jaipur in Vallabh Bhai Patel Jayanti, National Integration
November, 2017 and travelled through nine Pledge was taken in Hindi and Assamese by
states with thirty Rajasthani and Assamese students and faculty members in universities,
artists. About 6000 students, artists, government and private colleges.
academicians, professionals were engaged • Assamese songs, dance, quiz, painting, essay,
in interactive sessions, workshops, seminars, poster and speech competitions on art, culture,
etc. in different states. More than one lakh nature, history and legends of Assam and
people witnessed the art yatra. The concluding Rajasthan were organised in colleges in the
ceremony was organised in April, 2018 in Jaipur. month of November 2017.
The Honourable Governor of Rajasthan, Shri • In the month of December 2017, Assamese
Kalyan Singh ji graced the ceremony. culinary competitions were organized in several
• Food Festival was organised in September, 2017. girls’ colleges.

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2 BLOOD 3 AINA-DOCUMENTARY
DONATION & SHORT FILM MAKING
CAMP

D ivisional and state level competitions under

National Service Scheme were organised
in government colleges, providing platform to
students to present their inherent art and talent,
showcasing pre-occupations and solutions
about issues of society. Three to six minutes
documentary and short films comprising of a
storyline, script, dialogues, music compositions,
characters essayed by different actors, and real

S ince 2015, voluntary blood donation camps

have been organized every year on the
occasion of the Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay Jayanti
locations were prepared by students covering
subjects like historical places, sanitation issues,
women empowerment, girl child education, and
on 25th September. Through these donation scenario of higher education in Rajasthan. Simple
camps, more than 10 thousand units of blood is digital cameras and mobile phones were used for
collected every year. this purpose.

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 4 DISHA PARAMARSH (GOVT. ARTS GIRLS’ COLLEGE, KOTA)
T he fundamental aim for every institute of higher education is shaping the lives of their students in an
effective manner to ensure their all-round development, health and well-being. This task becomes all the
more challenging in an environment which enhances stress and accentuates competition.

Government Arts Girls’ College, Kota, is faced with openly). The centre also deals with issues pertaining
a similar challenge posed by the social reality of a to cyber bullying, drug abuse and suicidal tendencies.
city which is a hub for coaching centres catering to The centre has been successful in improving
migrant students who are preparing for competitive confidence, communication and decision making
examinations for admission in professional courses. skills among the students.
The atmosphere of the city is rife with stress and The college has also proposed to incorporate
discontent in the student community, leading to sessions on ‘Know your college’ as part of students’
high rates of suicide among them, which affects the orientation programme in the subsequent academic
general attitude and mental well-being of all the sessions with an objective of creating awareness
students in the city. among the students on academic programmes,
Having observed similar tendencies and anxieties college procedures, curriculum etc. This would help
among its own students, the college set-up the DISHA the students in adapting to the college environment
centre in September 2010, for providing guidance more effectively, develop better understanding of
as well as professional counselling to students on their subject and curriculum, and would foster better
educational, personal, social and psychological faculty-student relationship. All these factors would
aspects, as well as encourage the faculty members to lead to a better learning environment and more
introspect and develop themselves (through SWOT effective teaching-learning procedures. 
analysis). The centre provides individual counselling,
group counselling, problem-solving sessions,
workshops, interactive sessions, and extension
lectures. A problem box has also been set up by the
centre for the benefit of the students who would
prefer to write about their problem, than speak up

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5 LEGAL AID CLINIC
In seven government law colleges on divisional head quarter level legal aid clinics have been established with
collaboration of district legal aid committee. Objective of legal aid clinic is to give legal advice to poor people
especially in rural areas on various legal disputes and counselling the parties. The legal aid clinic’s patron is
college principal as chairperson, faculty members and 4-5 students of LLB third year as committee members.

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FINANCIAL &
OTHER SUPPORT
INITIATIVES
GIVING WINGS TO POTENTIAL
Given the present scenario of gender based educational disparities in
higher education, the department had initiated some targeted programs
for bringing concrete change in the scenario and for upliftment in the
status of women in society. The major initiatives of the department
have been able to bring real change in the lives of many girls and have
certainly improved the situation at large.

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 1 MEDHAVI SCHOLARSHIP YOJNA
M obility is one of the major hindrances in getting good quality higher education for girls in Rajasthan.
Therefore, since 2015-16, the department has been providing Scooties to meritorious girls who score
more than 75 percent marks in 9th to 12th classes to encourage them to continue their higher education and
gain independence.

Recipients of scooty Total Expenditure (in Rs.) on Scooty

5,64,38,431
1,531

4,84,23,197
1,223

3,76,28,588
952

2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18

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Wheels for
Empowerment

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 2 SCOOTY (MERIT AND DEVNARAYAN) YOJNA
S ince 2014-15, under Devenarayan Yojna the meritorious girls from Most Backward Class (MBC)
category who score more than 50 percent marks in the 12th class are being gifted scooty as a gesture
of encouragement so that they continue higher education. Since 2014-15, girls from the Most Backward
Class (MBC) scoring more than 50 percent marks in first, second- and third-year during graduation are being
awarded Rs.10,000 annually and in the first and second year of post-graduation, they are being awarded
Rs.20,000 annually as scholarship.

Recipients of incentive Total Expenditure (in Rs.) on

(Scholarship) Amount Scholarship

2,969
2,930

72,111,519
69,997,192
49,991,306
43,738,229
1,040

262

2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18

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 3 CM SCHOLARSHIP YOJNA
K eeping in mind that gender disparity in terms of higher education in Rajasthan is a major challenge, this
initiative has been empowering young meritorious girls of Economically Weaker Families. Any girl from
weaker section scoring more than 60 percent marks in 12th class receives this scholarship of Rs.500 per month
(Rs.5000 annually) to continue higher education. This initiative has reached out to 337,368 girls of the state.

Polishing Diamonds

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4 OPENING OF NEW GOVT. COLLEGES, NEW
SUBJECTS, UPGRADATION AND NEW FACULTY IN
DEPARTMENT OF COLLEGE EDUCATION, GOR

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NEW GOVERNMENT
COLLEGES OPENED
08
NEW GOVERNMENT
COLLEGES STARTED BY
24
GOVERNMENT COLLEGES
UPGRADED TO PG
BIFURCATING THE EXISTING COLLEGES
GOVERNMENT COLLEGES

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GOVERNMENT COLLEGES
STARTED NEW 133 NEW
37
GOVERNMENT COLLEGES
STARTED 50 NEW SUBJECTS
18
GOVERNMENT
COLLEGES INITIATED
SUBJECTS AT PG LEVEL AT UG LEVEL 19 NEW FACULTIES

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 5 SANITARY NAPKIN VENDING
MACHINE IN GIRLS COLLEGES
T he correlation between health and quality of life cannot be overlooked. Especially with regards to young
girls, it becomes imperative that institutions help them to grow healthy. The Commissionerate of College
Education, Government of Rajasthan has taken initiative by signing a MOU with Wish Foundation and HLL
Life Care Limited (PSU of GoI) to install sanitary napkin vending machines in Government girls’ colleges
promoting healthy practices, easy availability and safe disposal of napkin pads. A budget allocation has been
made for installing Sanitary Napkin Vending machine in all Girls colleges and high enrollment co-ed colleges
in 2018-19.

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 7 WAMA SAKSHAM
(GOVT. MEERA GIRLS COLLEGE, UDAIPUR)

T he educational institutions of a country, especially the institutes of higher education, have historically played
a significant role in shaping and reforming the social fabric of a nation. Staying true to the fundamental
objective of education, the institutions have endeavoured to empower their students with knowledge, values
and a vision that would not only shape their own future but the society’s structure as well.
The educational institutions of a country, especially ‘Wama Saksham’ programme was held after college,
the institutes of higher education, have historically for two-three hours, in the college campus. Various
played a significant role in shaping and reforming experts were invited to deliver lectures on topics such
the social fabric of a nation. Staying true to the as ‘Yoga and Meditation’, ‘Martial Art and Defence’,
fundamental objective of education, the institutions ‘Physical Fitness Profiting’. The programme was
have endeavoured to empower their students designed to cater to the varying needs of students.
with knowledge, values and a vision that would not Out of 400 girls identified as beneficiaries, 300 were
only shape their own future but the society’s from the tribal community. The programme garnered
structure as well. wide spread acceptance from the local community
This particular objective of an educational institution and was appreciated by the local media as well as the
is amply reflected in the two-pronged approach government authorities.
adopted by Government Meera Girls’ College, The second innovative practice of implementing novel
Udaipur. In this approach, one of the initiatives – teaching pedagogies in the classrooms commenced
named Wama Saksham - stresses on the aspect of self- from 15th February 2016. The programme was
defence, and physical and mental well-being to bring initiated with the understanding derived from
about overall personality development and facilitate international research and classroom observation
empowerment of the students, whereas the other report that interactive teaching-learning methods
initiative has tried to mould academic discourse in have emerged as more effective tools, in comparison
the institution by incorporating innovative methods with classical teaching methods for conducting
based on new pedagogies, to make the classroom classroom transactions. Some of the novel methods
transactions more effective and dynamic. introduced in the classrooms were the ‘Fish Bowl

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Conversation’, ‘Café discussions’ and recently
proposed Jigsaw method.
Methods such as ‘Fish Bowl conversations’ act as
enablers of effective contribution and listening for
students engaged in group discussions (small groups).
Café conversation pedagogy is a useful tool to hone
presentation skills of students, with regard to their
respective points of view. Whereas the jigsaw method
is a cooperative learning strategy which increases
student engagement, encourages collaboration and
facilitates better learning.
Various departments in the college, such as Zoology
and Economics applied the innovative methods in their
classrooms with great results and appreciation from
student community. These methods have specially
helped in drawing shy and introvert students into the
discussions and enhancing their participation.
The practices initiated by Government Meera
Girls’ College hold significance in the way these
endeavours are inclusive, from a social perspective,
and are reaching out to women from some of the most
deprived communities – the tribal community in this
instance – to bring about a social transformation and
ensure respect and equal standing for women from
all sections of the society.

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 7 CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR LEARNING
(SRI DWARKADHEESH GOVT GIRLS’ COLLEGE, RAJSAMAND)

T he fundamental objective of education system in a developing society is to ensure universalization so that

education turns accessible for the benefit of all. In light of this objective, the opening of Sri Dwarkadheesh
Government Girls College, Rajasmand in 2017, holds significance as the college caters to the educational needs
of the women in rural areas of the district. The first academic session witnessed enrolment of 192 students in
the college, out of which eighteen percent students were married. These students had remained deprived of
higher educational possibilities for a considerable period of time, until opening of the college. Ensuring access
to such students has, in itself, been an achievement for the college. The college is also the first in Rajasthan
to incorporate a course on library science, as an elective subject, in its graduate course. The college faculty
members assisted the university in the process of curriculum development for the course, spanning across
the 1st, 2nd and 3rd years. Further, the college has been conceiving and implementing innovative measures to
tackle issues pertaining to scarcity of resources, for which it has also been successful in mobilising support
from the community.

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 Commissionerate of College Education, Jaipur
Department of Block-4, RKS Sankul, JLN Road, Jaipur - 302015, Rajasthan
Government of
Higher Education Web: www.hte.rajasthan.gov.in | Email: [email protected] | Phone: 0141-2706106
Rajasthan