History – SBS College Karad

Department of history

About The Department

The Department of History was established in 1986. It offers the undergraduate level course, ‘Bachelor of Arts’ (B.A.). The Department always aims to provide quality education to the students in Karad and nearby villages. History is one of the most sought-after subjects, many students are attracting to this subject because it reveals our past, helps us to understand who we are, where we come from and can possibly reveal where we will be heading to. In fact studying our past gives us an opportunity to create our future. As students are constantly connected to the subject, the Department organizes various activities like Group Discussions, Workshops, Seminars and Guest lecture which are beneficial to students for their career. Thus, Guest Lectures and Extra Guidance provide the knowledge for competitive examinations. In this Department, more than 16 to 20 students are enrolled for graduation each year.

Objectives

To generate historical consciousness among the students
To develop scientific and research attitude among the students and Faculty.
To encourage students to cope-up with the challenges of globalization.
To develop objective attitude among students and encourage them about study of Socio-Eco-Political movements and civil society activities in India and Maharashtra.
To aware about new trends in the contest of Indian as well as world.
To develop curiosity and awareness among the students about local history and historical monuments.
To involve students through various Co-curricular, Extra- extracurricular activities, and Extension Activities (such as Trekking, Heritage Walk, Study tours, Visits to Museums- Archives, and Field visits to Historical Monuments like forts, temples, and cave architecture.)

To help students for Various Competitive exams such as UPSC, MPSC, PSI, STI, CBI, ED, INCOME TAX AND RAILWAYS…
To establish a canter for Historical Studies, Research and Cultural heritage in near future.

Achievements

Students of the Department got awards by our college for being in merit.

Department Awards

Sr. No	Title of Award	Sponsor	Awarded to
1	Late. Ganpatrao Govindrao Mohite	Mr. Dilipkumar Mohite	Topper in History Department
2	Late. Anusaya Sitaram Salunkhe.	Mr. Raju Bhimsen Dodmani	Topper in B. A. I Optional History
3	Swatantrya Sainik Hon. Gopal Rao Pandurang Thorat	Mr. A. G. Thorat	Topper in History Department (Paper No. 3 & 5)
4	Shri. Subhash Dnyandev Bolaikar	Mr. S. S. Bolaikar	Topper in B.A II (Paper No. 4 & 6)

Activities

A) Activity:

Guest Lecture
Library Visit
Unit Test
Surprise Test
Group Discussion
Student’s Seminar
Group Project
Wallpaper Presentation
Lead College Workshops
Study Tour
Film Screening

B) Department Activity:

2018-19
Sr. No.	Activity		Topic		Chief Guest/Resource Person/s			Date
1	Wallpaper		Life and work of Krantisinh Nana Patil		Prin. Dr. J. S. Patil			28/08/2018
2	Wallpaper		Fort Vasantgad and Fort Ajinkyatara		Dr.Avnish Patil Dept.of history. Shivaji University Kolhapur			16/03/2019
3	Certificate Course		A study of forts in Satara district		Dr.Avnish Patil Dept. of history. Shivaji University Kolhapur			45 Days
4	Guest Lecture		New Trends in History		Dr. Avnish Patil Dept.of History Shivaji University Kolhapur			16/03/2019
2019-20
Sr. No.	Activity	Topic				Chief Guest/Resource Person/s			Date
1	Certificate Course	A Study of forts in Satara district				-			45 Days
2	Guest lecture	Shivaji’s Agra to Rajgad Travelogue				Shri. K. N. Desai			14/10/2019
3	Wallpaper	Mahatma Gandhi’s 150 Birth Anniversary				Dr. S. V. Shelake			3/10/2019
4	Guest Lecture	Non-cooperation Movement in Maharashtra				Dr.Ajitkumar Jadhav Dr. Sumit Yadhav			19 /03/ 2020
2020-21
Sr. No.	Activity	Topic				Chief Guest/Resource Person/s			Date
1	Guest lecture	While explaining to Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj				Prof Dr. Kapil Rajhans			26/06/2021
2021-22
Sr. No.	Activity	Topic				Chief Guest/Resource Person/s			Date
1	Value Added Course	Cultural Heritage of Maharashtra				-			3 Months
2	Guest lecture	Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and Indian Constituion				Prof. Azaruddin patel			12/04/2022
3	Guest lecture	Rajshree Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj: Life and Work				Dr. Abhay Patil			6/05/2022
4	Guest Lecture	Chh .Shivaji Maharaj Coronation Ceremony				Asst. Professor Sachin Bolaikar			6/06/2022
2022-23
Sr. No.	Activity			Topic			Chief Guest/Resource Person/s		Date
1	Wallpaper Presentation			Vijay Diwas			Principal Capt. Dr. Mahesh Gaikwad		08/12/2022
2	A Certificate Course			Introduction of MoDi Script			Mr. Mansing Kumthekar		3 Months
3	Guest lecture			Local History of Karad			Mr.Mansing Kumthekar		08/12/2022
4	Exhibition			Historical rare weapons, Tools and Documents			Mr.Sadashiv Patil sondoli		08/12/2022
5	Guest Lecture			To Create Awareness about the Indian Constitution			Mr.Ajit Pawar		26/11/2022
6	Group Discussion			Sanvidhan Jagar			-		29/04/2023
7	Bridge Course			Travel And Tourism in Maharashtra			-		1/04/2023 to15/05/2023
8	Lecture Series			349th Shivrajyabhishek Din			Asst. Professor Sachin Bolaikar, Dr.Narayan Naik, Yuvraj Kapse		6/06/2023

C)Conference/Workshop:

Sr.

No.

Title of Conference / Workshop / Seminar

Date

Level

Lead college /State/ National/ International

Publication

Revised Syllabus Workshop

paper no 7and paper no 12

24/02/2021

A Study of Non-Cooperation Movement in Maharashtra

19/03/2021

Lead college

Prominent Alumni

Ajay Tanaji Chavan selected in the Mumbai Police Force.

Value Added Courses, Add-on Courses and Certificate Courses

A Value Added Course on Cultural Heritage of Maharashtra.
A Certificate courses in Introduction of ‘MoDi Script’.

SWOC Analysis

Strength:

70% Result.
Sufficient qualified, motivated NET, SET and other competent faculty with a blend of high experience and young and energetic dynamism.
Participation in Seminars, workshops and conferences
Effective teaching-learning process design approach of practice oriented with special emphasis on learning with teachers as facilitators.
Well-equipped library with sufficient number of books.
We have personal Library with 350 above History Books & Supporting weaker students through remedial & tutorial classes.

Weakness:

Poor communication skills in both verbal and non- verbal.
Limited job-opportunities.
Deteriorating students' strength.
Limited scope to introduce various combinations.
The majority of the students come from Poor-Socio- Economic background and they may not have good academic background.

Opportunities:

More scope to use modern technology aids in teaching learning programs.
Communication and other skill development programs for students.
To train and counsel students to become more employable.

Challenges:

More drop-outs due to early marriages, and after the pandemic period. Attracting qualitative students because there are three more colleges in the town.
Accepting and adopting and updating the technologies teaching and learning.
In recent time the number of students opting BA course is declining due to more professional colleges and encouragement to the technical courses.

Faculty

Name: Mr. Bolaikar Sachin Subhash

Qualification :M.A., NET

Experience : 15 Years

Name: Mr. Kapse Yuvraj Jagannath

Qualification :M.A., SET

Experience : 09 Years

Name: Ms. Kumbhar Priyanka Rajendra

Qualification :M.A., SET

Experience : 01 Years

Other Info

Future Plans:

To conduct more number of syllabus oriented seminars from the students.
To conduct life skill development programs regularly after the class hours.
To give various project work to develop the department.
To improve HISTORY HERITAGE lab with charts, models and inscription photos 50 to 80 years ancient vessels, ornaments, coins, etc.
To train the students for job opportunities.
To train the students for job opportunities in details (career guidance)
Every year conducting Historical Tour.
To organize International/National Level Seminar/Conference.
To publish Research proceeding in UGC care Listed Journal.

Best Practices:

Collection of Freedom Fighter information in Karad Taluka.
Writing of Local History.
Collection of MoDi Documents.

Blog Link:

sbskhistory@gmail.com