1. Welcome to The Department of Philosophy
Chakdaha, Nadia.
Chakdaha College

2. About the Department
One of the leading Departments since the establishment of Chakdaha College (1974).
Initiated General Course at the outset The Honours Course started in 2015.
The Department started with two eminent teachers, namely Prof. Amal Guha and Prof. Bratati Singha Roy (Retired).
There are 2 full time faculties and 4 guest lecturers at present.

3. Department Of Philosophy :
Year Of Establishment:
General Course: 1974
Honours Course: 2015
THE PROGRAMME & COURSES OFFERED :
UG ( Honours &General)

4. No. of Teaching Posts(sanctioned): 02
Assistant Professors
Guest Lecturers

5. Faculty Members: Present status
Dr. Sabina Jesmin
Mr. Mithun Sarkar
Miss. Sarbani Sarkar
Miss. Bidisha Roy
Miss.Swati Mitra
Miss.Moumita Roy

6. Experience of Faculty Members
Name
Experience(Year)
Dr. Sabina Jesmin 2
Prof. Mithun Sarkar
Prof. Sarbani Sarkar 6
Prof. Bidisha Roy
Prof. Swati Mitra 5
Prof. Moumita Roy

7. Faculty Statistics Faculty Sanctioned Filled Assistant Professor 2
Guest Lecturer 4

8. Student Teacher Ratio(2016-17)
Teacher-student ratio: 1: 39 Teacher-student ratio:1: 176 Teacher-student ratio:1:401 (Morning)
HONOURS
GENERAL

9. Teaching Learning Methods
Class Room Lectures
Library Classes
Tutorial Classes
Interactive Sessions
Assignments
Class-Tests

10. Departmental Routine (2016-17)
Class
Monday
SS I(H)206
SJI(G)206
SSII(G)207
SJII(G)209
SJI(H)211
SSIII(G)107
Tuesday
MSII(H)206
SJI(H)207
MSI(H)207
SJII(H)207
MSII(H)207
Wednesday
SJI(T)(H)111
MSII(H)209
SJII(H)209
SJTII(H)209
Thursday
SSII(G)211
SSI(H)207
MSIII(G)107
SJI(G)211
MSII(G)205
SSII(H)207
Friday
BRI(H)207
SJIII(G)107
SJII(H)205
BRII(H)205
MSI(G)306B
BRII(H)207
MSI(H)220
Saturday
BRI(G)206
BRII(G)205
MSI(H)222
***Note: S.J=Sabina Jesmin, M.S=Mithun Sarkar, S.S=Sarbani Sarkar, B.R=Bidisha Roy

11. Thrust Areas of Curriculum
Classical Indian Philosophy
History Of Western Philosophy
Psychology plus Social and Political Philosophy
Western Logic
Indian Logic & Epistemology
Philosophical Analysis
Ethics: Eastern & Western
Philosophy Of Religion

12. Distribution of classes per week
Name
No. of Classes
Dr. Sabina Jesmin 18
Prof. Mithun Sarkar 17
Prof. Sarbani Sarkar 6
Prof. Bidisha Roy
Prof. Swati Mitra (M) 10
Prof. Moumita Mondal (M) 11

13. Admission to 1st year Honours
Session
Male
Female
Total 15 33 48 14 42 57

14. Admission to 1st year General
Year
Male
Female
Total
2012
188
246
434
2013
156
170
326
2014
206
532
2015 74
157
231
2016 46
154
200

15. Departmental Library
Books(55)
Syllabus
Question paper

16. Wall Magazine

17. SWOC Strength: Highly dedicated faculty members; hard-working students
Weakness:
Insufficient books & reputed journals in departmental library
Opportunities:
Enrolment opportunity for Post Graduate study and Research
Challenges:
Socio-economic status of a majority of students
Fund generation for the departmental activities

18. Future plans Organizing National / International seminars.
Inviting more and more academicians for student-enrichment.
Publication of a departmental journal.

19. Thank You