Katwa College Campus Facilities - Hostel Fees, Infrastructure, Address

Infrastructrure and Learning resources

   The college has been making improvement in its infrastructural facilities in a planned and systematic to keep pace with the expansion in its academic areas.
   The college has adequate number of classes rooms well equipped laboratories two libraries NRSC canteen Boys common Room Guest Room all these effectively to meet the demands of all its courses and facilities a healthy environment for other services in and around the institution. In order to increase the accommodation capacity the Girls Hostel is extended through the utilization of the UGC grant of Rs 25 lacks. The college also has staff quarters. The college properly takes care of maintaining the good condition of the infrastructure and amenities through the utilization of its own building fund and the grants available occasionally from MP and MLA quotas of development fund,Govt resources and UGC grant.
   The college allows access to the Libraries of all students and faculty members for the maximum possible hours throughout the year. The students through the use of the library, keep themselves abreast of up-date knowledge in their discipline.
   The students for the uniform development of the physical side of their personality effectively use the college playground and the multigym facilities inside the college. With out any discrimination between male and female students enjoy equal facilities for the indoor and outdoor games. Sri Utpal Chakravorty a students of arts represented University of Burdwan in the inter University Athletics Meet and Sri Sanjib Ghosh, a student of arts also represented Burdwan University Kabaddi Team in the Inter University Kabaddi Competition.
   Since 1960 students Health Home has been functioning in the College campus,till late it is shifted to Katwa Town site in order to enable the school students of Katwa Town to get the benefit of the service equally. The students Health Home has extended its service to the college and its ailing students. The Hospital provides all time health service to all connected with the college whenever necessary. Doctors visit both the boys and girls hostel. The female students are taken care of by the lady doctors in the hospital.
   The college is always watchful to keep its campus tidy and pollution free by utilizing the services of its gardener and sweepers. Already computers are installed in the libraries,waiting to the operational. However all office works are now being computerized .An auditorium,which the College at present does not have is being constructed being in the 2nd floor of the Administrative Building.

N.C.C @ KATWA COLLEGE

National Cadet Corps Logo

INDRODUCTION
The Indian Parliament passed the National Cadet Corps Act in 1948, thus creating the National Cadet Corps (NCC). The motto of the NCC is Unity and Discipline. The Aims of the National Cadet Corps are;

To develop qualities of character, courage, comradeship, discipline, leadership, secular out look, spirit of adventure and sportsmanship and the ideals of selfless service among the youth to make them useful citizens.

To create a human resource of organised, trained and activated youth, to provide leadership in all walks of life including the Armed Forces and always available for the service of the nation.

HISTORY
The origin of NCC can be traced back to the 'University Corps' , which was created under the Indian Defence Act 1917 , with the object to make up the shortages of the Army. During the Independence movement, the leaders of our nation had realised the need to create a national level youth organisation, to train and groom young boys as responsible citizens and future leaders of our great country in all walks of life.
National Cadet Corps is a Tri-Services Organisation , comprising Army, Navy and Air Force, engaged in grooming the youth of the country into disciplined and patriotic citizens. In 1920 , when the Indian Territorial Act was passed, the 'University Corps' was replaced by the University Training Corps (UTC. The aim was to raise the status of the UTC and make it more attractive to the youth. It was a significant step towards the Indianisation of the Armed Forces. In 1942 , the UTC was re-christened as the 'University Officers Training Corps' .
During the Independence movement, leaders of our nation had realised need to create a national level youth organisation, to train and groom young boys as responsible citizens and future leaders of our great country in all walks of life, including the defence forces. Consequently, a committee under Shri HN Kunzru was set up in 1946 under the directives of the first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, to consider the establishment of a nationwide cadet corps, which was born through the Act of Parliament on 15th July 1948 .
The first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru presided over the function of raising the first NCC Unit at Delhi on the last Sunday of Nov 1948 . This day is traditionally celebrated as the'NCC Day'.
During the 1965 and 1971 wars with Pakistan, NCC cadets were the second line of defence. They organised camps to assist the ordnance factories, supplying arms and ammunition to the front, and also were used a patrol parties to capture the enemy para-troopers. The NCC cadets also worked hand in hand with the Civil Defence authorities and actively took part in rescue work and traffic control. After the 1965 & 1971 Indo-Pak wars the NCC syllabus was revised. Rather than being the second line of defence, NCC syllabus laid a greater stress on developing qualities of leadership and Officer-like qualities. The military training which the NCC cadets received was reduced and greater importance was given to other areas like social service and youth-management

DIVISIONS
The NCC is open to all regular students of schools and colleges on a voluntary basis. The officers and cadets have no liability for active military service. It has been divided into four divisions (they are not similar to the Army divisions). The first two divisions are; the Senior Division for college boys and the Junior Division for school boys. The college cadets and the school cadets are trained differently. A single battalion of the NCC, can have companies of the Senior Division and troops of the Junior Division.
The Senior Division is organised into three wings for the Army, Navy and the Air Force and has a strength of 365,000 cadets, while the Junior Division has a strength of 658,000. The Senior Division units are known as Companies. The company is usually stationed at a college, which is under the command of a lecturer who received formal Army training and is known as an Associated NCC Officer (ANO).
A Senior Division company has a maximum of 160 cadets enrolled. Soldiers serving in Army regiments are sent to NCC battalions for two years to train NCC cadets. Each Senior Division company is assigned with a JCO and an NCO to give training. The Junior Division units are known as troops and are located in the various schools, which are under the command of a teacher who has received Army training. Each Junior Division troop is also assigned a JCO and an NCO to give training to the cadets.
The second two divisions are; the Senior Wing for college girls and Junior Wing for school girls. The girls receive their training in the signalling and medical side of the Army. They also focus on physical training, drill, driving & maintenance of vehicles, signalling duties and first aid. The NCC has separate girls units. Strength of the SW and JW are 69,000 and 73,000 respectively.

NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME @ KATWA COLLEGE

PHILOSOPHY OF NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME (NSS)

HISTORY AND GROWTH OF NSS:

 In India, the idea of involving students in the task of national service dates back to the times of Mahatma Gandhi, the father of nation. The central theme which he tried to impress upton his student audience time and agian, was that they should always keep before them, their social responsibility. the first duty of the students should be not to treat their period of sudy as one of the oppurtunities for indulgence in intellectual luxury, but for preparing themselves for final dedication in the service of those who provided the sinews of the nation with the national goods and services so essential to society. Advising them to form a living contact with the community in whose midst their institution is located, he suggested that instead of undertaking academic research about economic and social disability, the students should do "something positive so that the life of the villagers might be raised to a higher material and moral level"

REGULAR ACTIVITIES OF KATWA COLLEGE NSS UNITS

ENVIRONMENTAL ACITVITY
Workshop on Disaster Management A one day Workshop on Disaster Management was conducted by five units of NSS. Katwa College at Katwa College on 03-12-06 from morning 9 am. Till afternoon 4pm. In that workshop 12 Programme Officers and 63 NSS volunteers from P.G Dept, B.U, M.U.C. Women's College Burdwan, Vivekananda Mahavidyalaya, Burdwan Memari College, Memari ,Kalna College, Kalna, Chandrapur College , Chandrapur, Kandra Radhakanta Kundu Mahavidyalaya, Anandaniketan,Society for Mental Health Care, Khajurdihi and host. Katwa College participated Local M.P Mr Abu Ayesh Mondal inaugurated the workshop. Mr. Amitjyoti Sengupta, S.D.O. Mr Swapan Choudhury, District Relief Officer, Dr Haromohan Sinha, a noted social activitist, Mr Dipankar Ghosh, Ex-Production Manager, B.B.C World Service and Dr.Bipattaran Ghosh, Programme Co-ordinator, N.S.S, B.U. participated in the workshop as experts. Prof. N.C Chattopadhyay, Ex-P.O. N.S.S, Katwa College presided. At the end of the workshop participatory certificates were distributed.

Removing Parthenium Plant : A camp was organized for a period of three days (12-9-06 to 15-9-06) on removing Parthenium Plants. 50 student volunteers of N.S.S , Katwa College (39 Boys & 11 Girls) participated in the activity enthusiastically for all the three days under the supervision of the five P.O.s of N.S.S, Katwa College. Inaugurating Camp Prof . G.K Chaudhury, P.O. Unit - I and Mr J.Majumder, P.O. Unit - IV discussed about the hazards of the Partenium Plant.

Plantation & Post Plantation Care : Five units of N.S.S, Katwa College celebrated Aranya Saptaha (Plantation Week) from 14-7-06 to 20-7-06 AT Katwa College premises. In this "Go and Grow Greens" programme, the volunteers planted 110 saplings of Debdaru, Haritaki, Amlaki, Jack Fruit, White Sandal, Malayasian Sal, Palash, Neem, Banyan, Segun, Rain Tree, Mehagani, Sonajhuri etc. The survival rate is 88%. In this plantation programme Dr. D.P Samanta, Former Principle, Katwa College, Dr. T.K Nayek, Co-ordinator, Netaji Open University, Katwa College and many others took part. Prof. Gautam Kumar Chaudhuri, P.O. Unit-I discussed about the objectives and utilities of plantation to the NSS volunteers. For protection the saplings were provided with bamboo cages.
Through out the year NSS volunteers kept watch and took care of the saplings by watering, fertilizers, pruning etc. Prof Arun Kumar Patra, P.O Unit-II, Mr Birbahu Mondal, P.O Unit-III, Mr. Jaharlal Majumdar, P.O. Unit-IV and Mr Parbati Kumar Banerjee, P.O Unit-V were actively associated with this plantation programme.

Regular Beautification and Cleaning Programme : Regular Beautification and Cleaning activities at the Katwa College campus were done on the following days under the supervision of prof. Gautam Kumar Chauduri, P.O. Unit-I, Prof Arun Kumar Patra, P.O. Unit-II Mr Birbahu Mandal, P.O Unit-III, Mr Jaharlal Majumdar, P.O Unit-IV and Mr Parbati Kumar Banerjee, P.O Unit-V. Students involved themselves in cleaning,speading bleaching powder, maintaining the garden and such other activity.