The department of Student
Welfare provides ample scope, opportunities and facilities for the all round
development of personality and leadership qualities of the students.
Students participate effectively in the management of hostels, food
services, games & sports, cultural and literary activities, professional
societies for each college under the guidance of staff counsellor.
The Student Welfare activities are divided into activities related to
professional societies, Liberal Education, Physical Education, N.S.S. and
N.C.C. The Professional Society activities are categorized as followed.
College-wise professional societies are functioning for the advancement of
the professional skills of the students. The societies coordinate the
literary and cultural activities. These societies organize professional
lectures, scientific debates, discussions and essay competitions, scientific
exhibitions, short stories and poem writing competition in literary
activities and the cultural activities are aimed at providing a forum for
drama, music, dance and singing talents of the students of this University.
A good infra-structure including a 900 seated University auditorium, two
mini auditorium, college halls, musical instruments, double film projectors
and audio- visual aids are available for the organization of various
debates, Elocutions, Arts and Crafts, Music, Dance, Folk songs and Drama
events besides other personality development professional competitions and
contests. The members of the society elect their own office bearers who are
responsible for organizing the activities under the guidance of staff
counselor nominated by the Dean of the College concerned.
The following 9 professional Societies are functioning in the University to
organize various activities at college/university level- Agricultural
Society, Home Science Society, Veterinary Society, Science and Humanities
Society, Post Graduate Society, Engineering Society, Management Society,
Forestry & Hill Agricultural Society and Sanskritic Chetna Parishad.
Liberal Education
Liberal Education programme/activities aim at the overall physical and
mental development of the students and providing them opportunities to
inculcate confidence and maturity among themselves. It also aims in
development of specific talents and in giving opportunities to learn other
national and foreign languages.
All Programmes running under Liberal Education are non-gradial. The
programmes are French, German, Punjabi, Hindi, Tamil Languages, Personality
Development, Physical Fitness and Yoga (For Boys and Girls separately),
Education in Human Values Programme, Music & Dance, Drawing and Art and
Painting, Dynamic parenting.
Physical
Education
The University lays a great emphasis on the role of games and sports to keep
the students physically efficient, mentally alert, morally sound and
socially well behaved. These activities are organized through 17 games and
sports clubs like Athletics, Badminton, Basket ball Cricket, Footwall,
Gymnastics, Hockey, Indoor games, Kabaddi, Tennis, Kho-Kho, Squash,
Swimming, Table Tennis, Wrestling, Volley ball and Yogic exercises under
over all supervision of University Sports Council / Dean Student Welfare.
The University provides sufficient games and sports material to all the
hostels as well as University level teams. Sufficient numbers of hostel wise
and central play grounds in addition to fullfledges stadium, adequately
equipped gymnasium Physical fitness centre and a swimming pool exist for
athletic as well as sports and games events.
Coaching Facilities
Coaching facilities are available in the University stadium for making the
students efficient in various games. The students can contact the Physical
Education Staff for guidance.
Hostels
All Students are required to live in 22 hostels including nine hostels for
female students and one for married students with separate arrangements for
post-graduate and undergraduate students out of these 22 hostels two hostels
are situated at Ranichauri Campus and one at Bharsar Campus. The Chief
Warden / Dean Student Welfare may exempt students from living in the hostel
with the permission of Vice-Chancellor or taking food in the hostel
cafeteria. There is a common room with a colored T.V., with cable facility,
internet, music room, indoor games room and a library having selected books,
magazines and news paper etc., besides courts for Volley Ball, Badminton,
Basket Ball and Table Tennis in most of hostels. The hostel cafeteria is
equipped with refrigerator, water cooler and utensils in adequate quantity.
Each hostel Cafeteria is run and managed by the students on cooperative
basis. The students are required to vacate the hostel rooms in the summer
vacations to facilitate annual repairs and white washing etc. All students
residing in the hostel are to abide by hostel and cafeteria regulations/
rules. Every hostel has one P&T telephone with incoming facility and one
unmanned PCT telephone besides PCO in girls hostel. During the formal
functions the students are expected to wear white shirts, white pants during
the summer and University blazer (Bottle green colour) with tie during the
winter. During tournaments and competitions, the students are expected to be
in the proper kit.
Financial Aid/ Bursaries/ Scholarships
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Ph.D. Programme : Two
University fellowships are awarded @ 3000/- p.m. on the basis of merit
rating out of eligible students admitted in a major (discipline) for a
period of 36 months. However, in case of sanctioned fellowships in a
department remain unutilized due to non-availability of students in the
Major same fellowship may be transferred to the students of other
Majors.
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Master’s Programme : Master’s
degree students up to 50% of the total admission in respect of majors
are awarded fellowship. Graduate Research/Teaching assistantship as per
regulation on the subject. However, the value of fellowship will be of
Rs.2000/- per month for the student who stands first in the merit and
for the rest the value of the assistantship shall be Rs.900/- per month
in each degree programme. GATE fellowships are provided to GATE
qualified M. Tech. students for a period of 24 months.
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Under Graduate Programme :
Following are the details of financial assistance provided by the
University to the first degree students:
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University Merit Scholarship - Rs.
800/-p.m.
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Bursary Scholarship for H.Sc. College
- Rs. 600/- p.m.
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Free ship in tuition fee - All Day
Scholar and 25% of under-graduate students on the basis of merit cum
means.
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Sports Scholarship - Rs.800/- per
month (Awarded to the best six all round sportsperson for four boys
and two girls).
The financial assistance is
available to 60-70% students. There are about 40 types of scholarships such
as University financed scholarships, I.C.A.R., C.S.I.R., U.G.C., Harijan,
Samaj Kalyan, Scholarship for backward, scheduled caste Scheduled tribes,
Bank fellowships and other agencies, Individual Fellowships/Awards like
Kribhiko, Aspee, Hank Hannah, Mandi Samiti, etc.
Other Activities:
Alumni Association
The Association of old students of the University exits to keep close
contact with the alumni and provides an opportunity to highlight their
achievements in various fields of endeavors. It organizes various activities
for the benefit of old students.
Student Counselling System
The Wing Counsellor has been entrusted to all-round good senior students at
the rate of one per wing in a hostel for which he is provided rent-free
accommodation.
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Students after admission to Undergraduate
and Post-Graduate degree programmes are assigned to teachers for
counselling and guidance.
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Orientation Programme for students is
organized in each College on College level.
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Semester Progress report of every student
is sent to their parents by advisors.
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A Staff Counsellor for student’s
advisement for foreign study and scholarship is separately present.
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A set book of rules and regulations of
hostel cafeteria for the students is provided. Which are modified in the
year 2004-2005 as per the need.
Food Services (Hostel
Cafeterias)
Inmates of each hostel manage their own food services in the cafeteria
attached to it on ‘No Profit No Loss Basis’ through the Hostel Food
Committee. The cafeterias are equipped with modern gadgets and furniture,
refrigerator, water cooler, water purifier, and LPG cooking gas connection.
In some of the hostels cafeteria services are on contract basis.
Medical and Health Services
A full fledged University hospital under the supervision of a whole time
Medical Officer Incharge-cum-ENT Surgeon, Two General Duty Medical Officer,
a Lady Medical Officer, Eye Surgeon, Dental Surgeon render round the clock
service to the students and staff members and their families with a weekly
visit of orthopedic and Physician in addition to a State Allopathic
Dispensary and a Ayurvedic Hospital at Phool bagh Centre. At present the
hospital has three ambulances, an operation theatre and indoor ward
comprising 60 beds for male and female patients. There are separate ward for
Male and female student. All the serious cases are referred to Mission
Hospital, Bareilly, Sri Ram Murti Smarak Institute of Medical Sciences,
Bareilly, Sushila Tiwari Medical College or nearest Government Hospital by
special arrangement. A Pathology Laboratory facility is also available for
routine investigation
Mediclaim Facilities
University has implemented a Mediclaim policy
through United India Insurance Company Ltd. for the students of the
university from the academic year 2009-2010 under which facilities for
reimbursement of treatment bills up to the extent of Rs. 65,000.00 in a year
are available in different hospitals. The provision for insurance of
accidental death of student/parent also exists to the extent of 2,00,000.
Counselling Cell
Final year students are provided guidance in seeking higher education in
India and abroad and also the fellowship/scholarship available for these
studies through a counselling cell. A staff member helps and guides the
final year students in securing admission and fellowship for higher studies.
National Service Scheme
In the National Service Scheme, each student participates to earn two
credits during his degree programme either by attending a 10days special
camp organized in the adopted colony and completing 240 hours in two years
in regular activities. This work is supervised by Coordinator, N.S.S.
Students are required to work in villages under this scheme.
National Cadet Corps (NCC)
N.C.C. was established in one company of National cadet corps is being run
on the campus. Those registering for N.C.C. have to do it continuously for
two semesters to earn N.C.C. ‘B’ certificates. A NCC ‘Remount Veterinary
Core’ is established in 2003-2004 for the students of the College of
Veterinary Medicines & Animal Science. A N.C.C. Air wing is also established
recently in 2004-2005 for exposure of University students.
Other General Activities
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Travel facilities : To
facilitate, traveling by students going to their homes during the
semester break and to undertake study tours in different parts of India,
railway concession orders are arranged for them.
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Shopping facilities : The
University shopping Centre and a similar shopping centre has come up in
between Vishveshvariaya Bhawan & Shastri Bhawan, provides all types of
day to day shopping facilities needed by the students.
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Celebration of National Festival :
Independence Day, Republic Day etc. are celebrated in a befitting
manner.
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Picnic and Hiking : A few
picnics to the place of scenic beauty away from the campus are arranged
as and when desired and feasible.
Student Discipline
A student is expected to reflect
under all the circumstances proper respect for order, morality and rights of
others and such sense of personal honor as demanded of good citizens. The
University reserves the right to drop any student whose conduct is deemed
improper or prejudicial to the good order and interest of the University.
The serious cases of indiscipline are referred to the University Discipline
Committee. The overall discipline at the present juncture is encouragingly
good.
Faculty associated with Student
Welfare Activities:
Dr. A. K. Karnatak, Dean Student
Welfare
Dr. D.S. Murthy, Associate
Dean Student Welfare
Dr. Pratibha Singh, Associate Dean Student
Welfare
Dr. Deepa Vinay, Coordinator,
Liberal Education
Dr. Balvinder Singh, Coordinator,
National Service Scheme
Dr. Sudhir Kr., Coordinator, NCC
Dr. G.S. Bohra, Incharge &
Assistant Director Physical Education
Sri Bhaskar Tewari, Assistant
Director, Physical Education
Sri H.S. Papola, Assistant
Director, Physical Education
Ms. Poonam Tyagi, Assistant
Director, Physical Education
11 Staff Counsellors of
different Professional Sociaties
19 Staff Counsellors for
different games & sports activities.
13 Faculty associated with
Liberal Education
04 NCC Officers
14 NSS Programmes Officer.
Contact Information
Dr. A. K. Karnataka
Dean Student Welfare
G.B. Pant
University of Agriculture & Technology
Pantnagar
-263145, Distt. Udham Singh Nagar (Uttaranchal)
Telephone No. 05944-233536 (O),
05944-233683 (R), 7500241413 (M)
FAX : 05944-233536
