JVMGRR, Ram Krishan Gupta Marg, Charkhi Dadri - 127306, Haryana

Best Practice – 1

Title: Environmental Sustainability in the Institution.

Objectives of the Practice:

Our institution creates awareness among the students to save natural resources to maintain a clean and green environment. This improves the awareness towards energy conservation and environmental protection.

  1. Promote the use of sustainable, inexhaustible, non-polluting and reliable source of energy and hence decreases the utilization of non-renewable energy resources. This involves discouraging the use of pollution causing activities using fossil fuels.
  2. Adopt cleaner solar energy which has lower emission thus reducing global warming significantly.
  3. Endorsing New and economical gadgets and methods having lower operational costs and hence save money.
  4. Monitor the changing operational and behavioral trends through an independent environmental audit agency.
  5. Creating societal awareness towards environment through student campaigns, lectures, drives and Tree Plantation activities.
The Context:

Our institution is situated in an economically challenged region of Haryana having limited access to resources. The college carries a rich legacy of imparting rich moral values to the students making them become environmentally conscious citizens. Environmental hazards are identified as a major cause of climate change and degradation by the college and it promotes the students and faculty members to act on their environmental learnings and subsequent societal obligations. Water pollution, soil conservation, plastic waste, tree plantation for biodiversity, electricity conservation, cleanliness drives are several such endeavors on which the students should learn and empower the society. The college already has a sprawling green flora and NSS and NCC teams, clubs to support such initiatives.

The Practice:

The college is adamantly committed towards creating an eco-friendly and sustainable campus. It stays concerned with long-term sustainability and its societal obligations and it strives to provide clean and green energy through supporting various initiatives in this direction. The focal role played by its student committees, especially the NSS and the NCC wings have been conducting various events like cleanliness drives, Plastic-free rallies, celebrating Paper bag Day. Tree Plantation drives have been a distinct activity we are associated with. Such activities are aimed to reduce pollution and promoting the use of renewable energy and environmental conscious products. Various other initiatives are taken to educate students on their role to save electricity. The college has converted from Tungsten bulbs to CFLs and now to LED bulbs which benefits students, staff and the environment. It has installed a 50 KVA solar energy system, which has satisfied the college's electrical requirement to a great extent. The college organizes lectures and seminars on Bio-Diversity and Jal-Shakti to focus on the changing environmental concerns. All such environmental aspects are regularly evaluated through Energy audits.

Evidence of Success:

The increased, lush green belt area in the 10-acre campus underlines the initiatives taken by the institution towards ‘Environmental Sustainability’. The tree plantation drives have resulted in this endeavor where the students have collaborated in bringing in plants for the ‘green beautification’ of the campus. The plants are also provided by the government and the society regularly. Cleanliness drives in and around the campus are conducted where the societies, clubs, NSS and NCC wings play an instrumental role in activation and execution. The college has taken a step forward with the installation of a 50 KVA solar panel wherein it is not only able to save on the electricity bills but contribute towards energy conservation as well. This combined with tree plantation drives and green energy campaigns have resulted in ‘Reduced carbon footprint’ thereby underlining the efforts the college has put in to towards discouraging the use of plastic, taking measures to stop electricity wastage and raise awareness for electricity conservation though awareness programmes. Such efforts are further synergized with initiatives for increasing awareness among staff and student to highlight the need for sustainable development and environmental challenges that earth is facing currently. Activities like celebration of the Paper-bag day, Cleanliness Drives, Lectures on Jal-Shakti and Biodiversity, Plastic free rally campaigns are organized in the campus regularly. The college management actively ‘evaluates and controls’ such environmental initiatives and thus conducts energy audits through an external auditor.

Problems encountered:
  • Fast changing environmental issues pose a risk of technical up-gradation like conversion of tungsten to CFL and then to LED bulbs. Awareness and adoption of 5- star energy rating appliances is a challenge.
  • Cleanliness drives and similar activities have higher risk of sanitization especially post-Covid -19 scenario.
  • For plantation drives, one time plantation sees encouraged response but their seasonal maintenance remains an issue.
  • High upfront cost: Solar panels are expensive with high installation costs.
Resources required:
  • Need of Solar panel pairing with inverters and storage batteries at the campus.
  • Societal contributions and funds required for green initiatives, plantation drives and awareness campaigns.
  • Lack of resource availability on Environmental Sustainability and diversity.

Best Practice - 2

Title: Fostering Female Gender Parity and Empowerment in the institution.

Objectives of the Practice:
  1. Providing the girl students with equal and more and more opportunities for expressing their competencies and be groomed for next levels.
  2. Sensitizing girl students of their personal hygiene, cleanliness and sanitation regularly.
  3. Overcoming social fears and be appraised of their rights and laws and also appraising them through committees.
  4. Providing them dedicated NSS & NCC Girl’s wings, common rooms, canteen and separate lawns.
  5. Providing them Social cum Police protection through CCTVs and Police surveillances.
The Context:

Gender Parity concerns with the rights and benefits, obligations and opportunities among the students and staff in the college. It shows gender sensitivity through various initiatives and actions for creating safety, security and healthy atmosphere in the campus. The college has been a preferred choice of girl students with almost every year the girl admissions out-numbering the boy head count. Moreover, these girl students come from various rural domains using public conveyance in an economically deprived region. Their struggle and efforts to become educated and raise the livelihood standard of their families and thereby contributing to the regional economic development is worth appreciation.

The Practice:

Since decades in this Haryana region, the gender ratio was highly skewed with the male births out numbering the females. Adding to that, the social stigma of girl education and societal exposure was an issue. With the education percolation initiatives in the region led by JVMGRR college in the higher education domain, the girl students enrollment headcount started rising in the college. However, the girl students class participation and introvert-ness led to their lower participation in the class and cultural activities. The college management identified this problem and took-up this task of Female gender parity. Various measures were conceptualized, brainstormed with the girl students and faculty members to find our ways to providing platforms to break their myths and mental shells.

Evidence of Success:
  • ‘Prevention of Sexual Harassment Cell’ has been constituted to check any kind of harassment at campus.
  • Adequate safety arrangements like placing CCTV surveillance and deputing a women PCR van are proactive measures undertaken.
  • Organising ‘Self Defense Training’ for Girls students by Women Cell
  • Separate unit for girl students in NSS and NCC.
  • Organising workshop and extension lecture on women empowerment.
  • The NCC, NSS, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao & Women Cell organises various activities like Rally against female foeticide, Signature campaign, Slogan writing, Yoga Diwas, Health Camp, Blood Donation Republic Day parade, seeking due representation of girls in sports related activities etc.
  • The college had dedicated and separate open lawns and further extended with a dedicated canteen for girls.
  • The college promotes active participation of girls in various committees and the activities
  • Counselling of girls on health, hygiene and wellness issues and provision of lady Doctor.
  • Vending machine for dispensing sanitary napkin has been installed at the Girls Common room
Problems encountered:
  • The social stigma of girls travelling themselves from villages to city was a socially perceived risk. Also providing Higher education to girls is considered as a rural stigma.
  • Lack of public transport from villages to the college.
  • Lack of awareness about new computer based skills.
  • Low awareness of female rights and civic laws.
  • Availability of less financial resources clubbed with scarcity of time for travelling back to their village homes.

Institutional Distinctiveness (2019-20 to 2023-24)

JVMGRR College Ch. Dadri is synchronous with the mission of removing illiteracy in mind and soul. It understands the vision of its founder Sh. Ram Krishan Gupta ji, renowned freedom fighter and Gandhian Philosopher who relentlessly worked for education to help students grow into responsible citizens. The institution believes in holistic development of students adorned with personal, professional, intellectual, life and social attributes so that when they graduate, they are future ready and socially useful. The students realize here that the purpose of education is bliss, and ignorance is nothing but unpleasantness in the face of the opportunities that the world has to offer to them. The college ensures to impart skill and value based education that develops personality and builds character helping the students in “Knowing oneself”.

1. Affiliation with SVSU for skill based courses both at UG and PG level:

Simultaneously, the institution has affiliation with SVSU, A skill based Govt. University, having career oriented and placement focused courses for the students to shape their future. The college offers courses like Medical Lab. Technology, Actuarial Sciences at UG Level and M.Voc –Management (Banking & Finance) at PG level respectively. Noteworthy mentioning here is that this college remains the first college in the entire state of Haryana offering specialized degree in Actuarial Sciences, given the increasing demand for actuaries in developed and global markets. These courses not only provide the employment opportunities to the students but also address the aspects -personality development, leadership and communication skills; required to make them placement ready.

2. Focus on girl education:

Despite being a co-ed institution, the institution is a preferred choice of girl students. The institution carries a rich legacy and heritage for an education focused, harmonious culture and it extends full tuition fee Exemption and free bus pass facility for the girl students. Besides, their hygiene, safety and security aspects are taken care well.

3. Value and Indian Knowledge System Based Education:

The institution stands proud of its 59 years of legacy in this region. Well known for providing the quality education, the successful careers of many of its alumni makes it a trustworthy entity, thus still being cherished by many students here. Its academic excellence clubbed with cultural and social events/ initiatives underlines the various endeavours being put in to be recognised as a reputed educational institution of the city. The academic session, and various eminent camps like NSS & NCC, begin with the Hawan Yajna and holy chants fostering value based education system. The college has organized sessions with the Shankaracharya “Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati” and other eminent dignitaries sharing their insights with the students at regular intervals.

4. Rural surroundings: ‘An Oasis in the Desert’:

Altogether, the institutional distinctiveness lies in empowering the deprived, economically challenged rural talent of the region with quality and affordable education, which opens up employment opportunities for them besides providing them with value based knowledge making them become better citizens. Teaching faculty is fully committed to achieving the mission of the college for which utmost efforts are exercised at the best practical and workable level. The college promotes interactive teaching methods, field tours, and PPTs based deliverance, workshops, seminars, group discussions, quizzes, mentor mentee groups, and special classes for both slow and advanced learners.

5. Societal role:

Schemes like NCC and NSS encourage students participation in co-curriculum activities such as Art and culture, literary items, games and sports, environment awareness programmes, Health & Hygiene Awareness programmes, Legal Awareness programmes, debate & symposium, neat and clean living habit, Counselling & career guidance talks, tree plantation programmes, pollution free environment awareness programme, blood donation camp, etc. from time to time. The college takes the responsibility to create space where one can participate in building an all-round development of personality. In this world of consumerism there is a rat race to accumulate wealth and through these healthy practices, followed by the college, the students are trained towards acquiring a positive mindset, universal values of truth, love and compassion thus leading to a peaceful life and developing graduates to their full human potential who will be committed to national development and global well-being. Thus, the overall purpose of this education is to enable human beings/students to live a fulfilled life, in harmony with oneself, family, society and nature is achieved in the institution. Furthermore, the institution is looking forward to produce students that are more promising in the years to come for which prompt and adequate measures are being taken up.