ST. FRANCIS DE SALES COLLEGE NAGPUR, INDIA
Estd. 1956

NAAC Accredited "B+" Grade

ST. FRANCIS DE SALES COLLEGE NAGPUR, India

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Department of Political Science

About Department:

The department came with the establishment of the college itself in 1956. Nagpur University gives Gold medals to the students of Political Science for getting the highest marks in the subject. Students have been given Gold medals by the Nagpur University. Students who received Gold medals are:

Name            Rank         Year 
Sari Krishna  3 gold medals 1996
Ku Smitha  1 gold medal 2001
Manoragan Oyam  2 gold medals 2003

The students have been helped in preparing for Civil Service Examination. The students who have selected for the Civil Services are:

Name   Department Year
Bipin Deshmukh  IRS 1993
Kapil Saratkar  IPS 2004

Courses conducting:

Bachelor of Arts (BA) with Political Science as one of the subjects.

Course Structure:

Syllabus is as per Nagpur University. The department is fully granted and course is recognized by R. T. M. Nagpur University.

Class Course
SEMESTER – I PAPER- I : POLITICAL THEORY
SEMESTER – II PAPER-II : WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT
SEMESTER – III PAPER-III : INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
SEMESTER – IV PAPER-IV: STATE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
SEMESTER – V PAPER-V : COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS (With Reference to UK and USA)
SEMESTER – VI   PAPER-VI : INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Department conducts three unit tests and one preliminary examination before they are sent for University examination.

Students are supposed to pass the preliminary examination otherwise they are not allowed to write University examination.

75 % attendance is the criterion for getting University examination Hall Ticket.

Department do not have Honours course but pass course with the combination of various subjects like Political Science, History, Economics, etc.

Admission criteria:

Admission is as per university norms by merit.

Teaching Staff:

SR.NO.NAMEDESIGNATIONQUALIFICATION
1.Dr. Joseph BenjaminAssociate Professor (Retired on 31.12.2019 )MA, PhD
   2.Mr. Nikhil Jaindra Borkar    Assistant Professor  MA, PGDMM, PGDAT, SET, Ph.D. (Pursuing from RTM Nagpur University)

Facilities:

Students of the department refer central library of the college where we have books on various subjects. Previous years question papers are available with department and college.

Activities conducting:

  1. Every year National / State Seminars are conducted by the department. Department has already conducted National / State Seminars on various subjects like:
    • Terrorism – 2002
    • Indo-Pak Relation – 2003
    • Minorities in India – 2004
    • Religion and Politics – 2005
    • Indo-U.S. Relation and Combating Terrorism – 2006
    • Secularism and National Integration – 2006
    • Caste, Class & Religion – 2006
    • Empowerment of Women – 2007
    • Nuclear Disarmament – 2007
    • War against Terror – 2007
  2. Eminent Scholars from all over India are invited to speak on various subjects.
  3. Students of B.A- I are taken to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly – winter session every year for one day visit. The idea has been to know the functioning of Indian Parliamentary System.
  4. With student’s initiative, a visit to Indian Parliament was also organized in 2003.
  5. There is a provision for guest lecture in the Department. We had already guest lectures in the department of Political Science. They are:
    • Prof. N.K Jha, University of Pondicherry.
    • Prof. A.P. Vijapur, Aligarh Muslim University.
    • Prof. Trolley Howard, Cincinnati University, Ohio, USA.
    • Prof. Laura Jenkins, Cincinnati University, Ohio, USA.
    • Prof. Ram Puniyani, IIT Bombay.
    • Dr. Asgar Ali Engineer, CSSS, Bombay

Some prominent Alumni of the department:

  1. Sari Krishnan: SBI Bank in U S A
  2. Kapil Saratkar: IPS Ramashwaram, Tamil Nadu.
  3. Bipin Deshmukh: IRS Bombay
  4. Amit Sadanshiv: Indian Railway A. S. M. Nashik
  5. Kenny Jose: Editor, The Week, Kerala.
  6. Sanjay Mishra: Criminal Lawyer in Jamshedpur.
  7. Sandhya Jaiswal: Computer Software Company, Singapore.