Best Practice – I
1. Title of the Practice: Health Awareness and Healthcare Services
2. Objectives of the Practice:
To create health awareness among the students and the society in general
To create awareness about personal ethics and moral values
To dissuade the students from bad habits like tobacco chewing, liquor consumption, etc.
To create plastic free campus
3. The Context:
The students coming from rural background are generally found wanting in awareness about health and the ill effects of bad habits. Ignorance of the importance of good health and moral values may cause serious health related disorders and eventually personality loss.
Keeping this in view, the institution tries to create health and environmental awareness among the students and the society in general and provides some healthcare services.
4. The Practice:
The institute has a committee headed by Dr. D. W. Deote and comprising two more members from the staff and the NSS representative from among the students to see to it that no products containing tobacco are brought and consumed on college campus.  The committee conducts a physical search of the bags and pockets not only of the students but the teaching and non-teaching employees also once a week randomly. Sometimes an additional surprise check is also carried out. Tobacco products and items made up of plastic are confiscated and they are warned not to use/carry them again. Various programmes like tobacco de-addiction rally, plastic free environment, dental health checkup camp, etc. are organized for the students as well as the community throughout the year to create health and environmental awareness. Besides this the college has developed a garden of medicinal plants. Some commonly found plants which have high medicinal quality have been planted. Students and local residents are taken to this garden regularly and are informed about the benefits of those plants.
5. Evidence of Success:
It is observed that number of tobacco chewers and plastic users in the college and its neighborhood is dropped considerably by these physical searches and organization of various orientation programmes. The institute has got accolades in the form of appreciation letters by some government and non-government agencies. The print media also took a note of our efforts and published reports about the events conducted by the college. 
6. Problems Encountered and Resources Required:
Funding is the major issue for organizing activities on large scale
Subjects are reluctant to undergo physical search
 
Best Practice – II
1. Title of the Practice: Providing Fee Concessions and Security Measures
2. Objectives of the Practice:
To encourage students to go for PG programmes by providing fee concession
To provide necessary security to female students
To provide benefits of various types of scholarships to the eligible students
 
3. The Context:
The students coming from socio-economically weaker background generally do not go for PG programmes because of high tuition fees. Earning the bread is given importance over education. Parents in rural area tend to get their daughters married off after graduation if they are not satisfied with the security measures provided at the educational institutes. Ignorance of various types of scholarships available is another cause determining progression to higher education.
4. The Practice:
The institute informs the students and parents alike about all the scholarship and free-ship schemes available as per the State and Central Government norms through its prospectus, website, other social media and mouth publicity. It is ensured that every single student from the reserved categories gets the benefits of the respective scheme to which he/she is eligible. The security measures have been strengthened by appointing security guards round the clock, erecting fencing around the campus, building tall iron gates at the entry point and installing CCTV cameras for surveillance. We have also waived off tuition fees of all the students admitted to PG programmes to underline the importance of education beyond degree level.
5. Evidence of Success:
The greater number of seats actually allotted to reserved category students than that of the earmarked ones almost every year is a clear indicator of proper implementation of the scholarship and free-ship schemes available and the care taken in providing the benefits of those schemes to the deserving students. The high percentage of female students admitted in the college year after year stands testimony to the safe and secure environs provided by the college. Gradual increase in the number of students admitted to PG programmes clearly underlines the positive effect of the waiver offered to them in tuition fees.
6.  Problems Encountered and Resources Required:
1. Parents have to be convinced to allow their daughters complete PG programmes before marriage
2. Mobilization of funds for running PG programmes 
 
Contact Details:
Dr. Alka A. Thodge
Mobile No. 8805428554
E-Mail- thodgea@yahoo.in   
Dr. Dhananjay W. Deote
Mobile No. 9764095604
E-Mail ddeote@gmail.com