Sanskrit

  DEPARTMENT OF SANSKRIT

 

            The  Department of Sanskrit  was started in the college in the year 2000. When Sri Subbanna was the Head of the Department.  Presently department is headed and managed by Dr.K.K.V.Sarma. Presently there are 130 students who have opted Sanskrit as second language. Since the beginning the results in Sanskrit subject have been around 100%.

       Since its inception, along with regular class work.  the department distinguished itself by conducting many programmes for students aimed at providing a better understanding and appreciation of Sanskrit language and literatures Spoken Sanskrit classes are conducted in coordination with Samskrita Bharathi to make students proficient in speaking Sanskrit. All these help students not only to enjoy the beauty of Sanskrit literary selections but promote in them a nobility of character and develop in them a well rounded personality. No wonder Sanskrit students of the college are at the forefront in various activities and functions held in the college and lead and manage them very well. It is noteworthy that in the recent years many Muslim students are also opting for Sanskrit and their performance in academics and other activities have been excellent.

Vision

       Sanskrit, the ‘Deva Bhasha” as it is called, is a vast storehouse of ancient knowledge and wisdom contained in Vedas and epics. which form the basis for our religious, cultural and social fabric. All this information is written Sanskrit. Students studying Sanskrit have direct access to read some of these greatest Sanskrit literary texts and  enjoy the beauty of the texts. More important, they also come to know of our great culture, tradition and history. A study of such texts and language is bound to make a student more refined, highly cultured and very humane. Such students are sure to be successful and excel not only in their studies but also in their lives. And it is our vision to provide the students such value based education and help them grow into noble persons.

Mission

To develop interest in Sanskrit among students.

Help students to read and understand Sanskrit by themselves and appreciate the texts.

Focus on cultural, religious moral, ethical, social values from the study of these texts.

 Various activities taken up by the department to achieve some of these objectives.

1.The department conducts Gurupurnima every year to educate students about its significance. The spirit of Gurupournima is practiced in the college by making students pay their respects to teachers on the first day and the last day by way of offering Guru Dakshina as was the custom in ancient Gurukulas.

2.The department conducts Vasantha panchami every year and explains students about its significance and invokes the blessings of Goddess Saraswati to the students.

3.The department conducts Sanskrit Day on Sravana Pournima by conducting competitions, giving prizes and arranging lectures by eminent scholars.

4.It is Practice in our college to start every Sanskrit class with prayer.

5.Spoken Sanskrit classes are conducted in coordination with Samskrita Bharati to help students speak Sanskrit fluently and gain command over the language.

6.Bhagavad Gita slokas recitation competitions are held regularly by way of which students’ pronunciation of Sanskrit improves to a very great extent. It also helps  them to memorize hundreds of slokas easly.

7.Certificate course in Sanskrit is held every year, not only for the students of our college, but also  for the students of other colleges  in the town.

8. It is a practice in the college to conduct such activities along with students of Telugu and Hindi subjects. This helps students to understand and appreciate the beauty of other sister languages and expand their vision.

9.Prize winner in various competitions held in the college are given as prizes books with spiritual, cultural, moral, ethical  values well narrated in the form of stories.

Learning Out Come of the Module:

1.An increased ability is found among students to read and understand Sanskrit texts.

2.More and more students are opting for Sanskrit including students from Muslim community.

3.Sanskrit students Participate in most of the cultural and other programs held in the college outshine others and play a key role.      

• Faculty Details

Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /Ph.D. / M. Phil. etc.,)

Sl.No	Name of the Faculty	Highest Academic Qualification	Designation	Specilization	No. of Years of Experience	No. of Ph.D. Students guided for the last 4 years
1	K.KASIVISWESWARA SARMA	M.A (Skt) M.A.(Tel) M. Phil, Ph. D B.Ed,  T.P.T	Lecturer (Guest Faculty)	Sahithya	24	--

1. Student Strength

	Total Admitted	SC	ST	OBC	B.C	GEN	PH
2015-16	18	4	5	-	6	3	-
2016-17	35	7	3	-	15	10
2017-18	56	8	2		36	10
2018-19	33	3	3		17	9
2019-20	34	3	3		19	9
2020-21	67	15	15		20	17
2021-22	56	10	10		15	21

1. Teaching Methods and Tools Adopted

Keywords: Class, Education, Language, Methods, Sanskrit, Teacher, Teaching, Techniques

• . Techniques of teaching The teacher teaching the language through this method uses various techniques in the classroom to involve the learners in the learning process to insure that they learn the language to the maximum extant these techniques are:
• . The technique of conversation There is teacher learner conversation and learner conversation Look and say or see and say technique. The teacher introducing the new structure. Sentence pattern does some activity to help learner’s associates the meaning of the sentence with an action and he also writes the structure on the board. He expects his learners to repeat the same structure in the beginning performing an activity then using in a new situation.
• . Method of teaching Sanskrit There have been in vogue three principal method of teaching Sanskrit for convenience of understanding. We may name them as (1) The pundit or the logical method (2) The Adult’s method or the Bhandarkar method (3) The new method or The psychological method.
•  The logical method The Pathshala method or the Logical method has the honor of being the oldest of these in as much as it has been in vogue since times immemorial. This high cultural standard could be maintained only on account of India’s efficient educational system. It could probably be maintained during all these long years because of the fact that one whole class of society containing the best intellects had made knowledge their only end pursuit in life. The whole structure of society as it had been organized had been adjusted with this purpose because they believed that social efficiency depended upon the behavior of the learned class. There was then no divorce between morality and knowledge and a man of knowledge without purity of behavior was condemned by society
• Evaluation Process

Assessment methods Several innovative methods can be evolved for assessing the knowledge of the students who have completed the Intermediate program me in Sanskrit. They may include both conventional methods like Annual examinations in written I.P.E. 2016-17 onwards Semester system introduced in U.G Students. Sanskrit language is I,II&III Semesters only.

. The currently prevailing examination system is CBCS students are able to pass the B.A.B.Com & B.Sc Second Language (Sanskrit) examination without knowing even the very basics of Sanskrit language. It is Common Core Syllabus and Pattern Part –A 25 Marks and Part – B 50 marks. Minimum pass mark is 30 marks in external Exam conducted by University. Internal Assessment Marks Mid –sem -15., Assignment/Seminar – 5., Attendance 5 marks = 25. Each student get Minimum 10 marks in Internal Assement.

1. Category Wise Result Analysis of Outgoing Students

	Total Appeared	Total Passed	SC	ST	OBC	B.C	GEN	PH	%
2015-16	18	18	4	5	-	6	3		100
2016-17	35	35	7	3	-	15	10		100
2017-18	56	55	8	2		36	9		98
2018-19	33	32	3	2		17	9		97
2019-20	34	33	2	3		19	9		97
2020-21	67	Waiting for result for I & II Semesters
2021-22	56

1.  Result Analysis Performance Wise

	Total Appeared	Total Passed	Perentage	Distinction (70 and above)	I (60 and above)	II (50 -60 )	III (40-50)
2015-16	18	18	100	3	4	8	3
2016-17	35	35	100	28	6	-	1
2017-18	56	55	98	33	11	5	6
2018-19	33	32	97	22	4	4	2
2019-20	34	32	97	20	8	3	1

1. Departmental Toppers

YEAR	Hall Ticket No	Group	Name of the student	I	II	III	TOTAL	Rank
2015-16	16035077	B.COM	B.BHARATHI	89	88	89	266	I
	16031084	B.SC	K.MOUNIKA	86	88	85	259	II
	16031086	B.SC	M.VEENA	87	86	81	254	III
2016-17	170031005	BZC	M.LOKESWARI BAI	86	98	97	281	I
	170031098	MPCs	M.SWETHA	88	96	93	277	II
	170035075	B.COM	N.RAMYAKRISHNA	84	90	96	270	III
2017-18	180031101	MPCs	D.AFROZ BANU	89	90	90	269	I
	180031105	MPCs	J.PRABANDA	87	89	88	264	II
	180031106	MPCs	M.SUPRIYA	86	88	87	261	III
2018-19	190031143	MPCs	D.NANDINI	84	91	91	266	I
	190031147	MPCs	G.SRAVANI	84	91	91	266	I
	190031205	MECs	K.SUMA	84	91	91	266	I
	190031012	BZC	P.SRAVANI	84	86	86	256	II
	190032047	B.COM	C.JHANSI	81	82	82	245	III
2019-20	200031221	MPCs	T.R.MADHAVI	91				I
	200031284	MECS	S.RUKMINI	90				II
	200035052	B.COM	Y.KALYANI	88				III
2020-21

1. Students’ Progression to Higher Education

Academic Year	No. of students Progressed to Higher Education
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20

1. Placements

Academic Year	No. of students achieving placements	Organization/Company
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19		1
2019-20

1. MOUs and Collaborations

Sl.No	Year of Signing MOU/Collaboration	Duration	Name of the Institution/Organization/Industry
1	2018	3	Sahithee sravanthi
2	2018	3	Jenne Vishnavi Bhasha sahitya vedica
3	2019	3	Abhudaya rachayitala sangham (ARSAM)
4	2019	3	Telugubhasha vikasa udyamam

1. Achievements of the Department

(Awards and recognitions earned by staff and students)

Dr.K.K.V.Sarma appointed as a Editorial Board Member to edit Astadasa Prurana and Ithihasa Project Organized by T.T.D

1. Faculty Development Programmes Attended by the Staff

(Participation in FDPs, Seminars, Workshops, MOOCs)

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1. Research Publications

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1. Participation in Institutional Governance

       (Institutional Committees)

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1. SWOC    

a) Strength:

1. .Internal Seminars in the department are conducted regularly.
2. Teachers are resourceful and skilled enough in catering need of the students.

b) Weakness:

1. The department has no separate library with adequate no. of text and reference books.
2. Class rooms are not ICT equipped
3. Scarcity of funds to promote certain important activates for students.

c) Opportunity:

1. The departmental course is designed to meet the changing need of the students.
2. The available infrastructure could be better used for upholding the teaching-learning process.

d) Challenges:

1. Making the present course curriculum at par with the state level.
2. Raising the level of competition with other institutions.
3. Future Plans

1.As more and more students get deeply interested, opportunity may be provided to such students who wish to study Sanskrit  not as a second language but as a main language at U.G level which facilitates them to read many more Sanskrit texts with a deeper understanding and better appreciation. Such students can even become teachers of Sanskrit if provided an opportunity.

2. As there is not Sanskrit department in S.K.University

 at P.G level, provision may be provided to sanction P.G course in Sanskrit to our college, affiliated to S.K university. This will help many students to pursue higher courses in Sanskrit and such students stand change of getting better jobs in higher institutions.  

1. Departmental Best and Innovative Practices

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