Govt. Polytechnic for Women, Srinagar 4.16

Established in 1986, the Government Polytechnic for Women, Srinagar emerged as the first technical Institute in J&K state catering exclusively to women, thereby ushering them into an era of technology and creativity at the brink of the new millennium.

Pursuance of excellence:

With the intervention of Tech. Edu. III, World Bank Assisted project, the institution has achieved major break throughs in areas like quality improvement, augmentation of infra-structure, curriculum development, staff development, network-ing with user and other organisations etc. The Polytechnic has received
the ‘Best Polytechnic Award-2005’, having been adjudged as the most outstanding polytechnic in North India by the National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR), Chandigarh. This is a due recognition of our achievements but also a sure reminder that there are more heights of excellence to be strived for.

MANAGEMENT:
The institution is administered by the Directorate of Technical Education, Govt. of Jammu and Kashmir. The J&K State Board of Technical Education, lays down curricula, conducts examinations and awards diplomas.

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES:
The main focus of academic activities is the full time, regular three years diploma in Engineering, Technology and other professional courses. Besides regular diploma programs, the Polytechnic offers short-term certificate courses under Community Development, Vocational Education and the Continuing Education Programmes. The Polytechnic strives for the production of employable engineers, technicians and prospective entrepreneurs for industry, business and the community in general.


Eligibility:
The entry qualification for the above mentioned courses is matriculation with minimum of 40% marks for open merit and 37% for reserved categories.

Mode of selection:
The selection to these courses is made by the Competent Authority of Entrance Exams. (BPEE)

Course fee:
Day scholars Rs.2130 Hostellers Rs.2930 per annum

Faculty/Support staff:
The faculty and the support staff have sound professional back-ground. Need based initial skill and professional develop-ment programmes for faculty and staff are being conducted from time to time, in and outside the state.

Curriculum:
The curriculum is revised periodically keeping in view the fast changing techno-economic scenario.

Non-formal courses;
These non-formal courses aim at part time skill development training in basic and advanced courses, especially tailor made for target groups as envisaged from time to time.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH POLYTECHNICS:

Sponsored by the Ministry of Human Resource Develop-ment (MHRD), Government of India, this scheme includes Skill Development Programmes, Transfer of Technology and provides technical support services to rural masses, especially for women, STs/RBAs, minorities, school drop outs, physically handicapped
and victims of natural disasters through Community Outreach Programs.
The courses offered at present are:
Name of the course Intake
Computer Applications 20
Desktop Publishing (DTP)20
Office Management 20
Commercial Art 20
Dress Making 20
Machine Embroidery 20
Sozni Work 20
Pashmina Spinning 20
Pashmina weaving 20
Willow Work 20
Gabba Sazi 20

The entry qualification varies from course to course and the duration is from three to six months. Some of these courses are conducted at the main centre (Polytechnic) while others are conducted at extension centers in different districts.


Continuing Education Programme:

The technician education and training system under Continuing Education Programme is able to meet the enormous demands to train and retrain working personnel quickly in order to keep pace with the rapidly changing world of work. Suitable continuing education programmes are being run for different target groups. These courses are open to all candidates with no restrictions on age. Details of fees, eligibility and schedule vary from course to course. As add-ons these courses enhance the employability of the trainees.

INFRASTRUCTURE

The Polytechnic:
The campus is spread over a spacious area of about twelve acres of land. Under the Tech Edu-III project, academic blocks, hostel, staff quarters have been constructed.

Main computer Centre

The institution has a well equipped computer centre with about eighty odd Pentium IV systems in addition to the latest softwares. The computer centre besides catering to the needs of regular three year programmes, conducts various short term specialized courses. There are three departmental computer centres,
as well; these are the Modern Office Practice Computer Lab, the CAD Lab and the Community Polytechnic Lab. An internet browsing centre is being set up. The various departments of the institution are linked through LAN, making the flow of information and its dissemination effective and easy. The computer centre has a round the clock internet accessibility through the STPI’s 256Kbps microwave link. A VSAT (EduSat) facility for inter-institutional link up at the state and national level has been set up.

Machinery & Equipment

All departmental labs and workshops have been modernized with latest machinery and equipment. We are proud to be among the best developed technical institutes of the country.

Hostel/Residences

The new hostel has been erected within the campus under Tech Edu-III, World Bank assisted project, which accommodates 150 students. The hostel is proposed to be linked with the Central Learning Resource Centre for providing the students round the clock access to the learning resources and other indoor facilities. Appropriate residential facilities for faculty and staff are in place.

Library

The polytechnic has a reasonably good library. It has recent editions of books, journals and other resources needed by a student for accessing the best material relevant to her field. More support facilities for students and faculty are being created by procuring and developing print and non-
print instructional materials besides increasing the number of reference, text and other books. Library automation is being undertaken at the moment.

LRUC (Learning Resource Utilization Centre)

This centre has been set up with the aim of pro-viding the latest tools in teaching-learning process thereby augmenting and strengthening the conventional methods of teaching. The centre has procured the necessary equipment and the learning resources in the form of CD’s, video and audio cassettes and other simulation software.

Training and Placement Cell

Under the Tech Edu-III assisted project, the institute has established the Training and Place-ment Cell to provide the industrial training and placement services to the students. The cell successfully trains the students in various indus-tries and organizations through Industry Institute interaction initiative. A regular activity of this cell is to arrange extension lectures from the experts. Through this cell majority of the pass-out students are placed in regular/part time apprenticeship modules in various industries/organizations in and outside the J&K State.


Networking
Through networking with organizations of repute, the students are placed in actual work situations for long duration of three months to one year. At present we have networking with SKIMS Medical College Srinagar, Government Press Srinagar, Alliance Infotech (CADD Center), Software Technology Park of India (STPI) and Indian Institute of Carpet Technology, Srinagar.

BEYOND CLASSROOMS
Co-Curricular/Extra Co-curricular Activities
The students are actively involved in the activities conducted every week. These activities aim at all round development of the students. These include developing soft-skills and attitudes through debates, seminars, workshops, cultural programs, trekking, adventure camps, mountaineering, river crossing, paragliding and other such activities. Students actively participate in NCC and NSS activities.
Various NGOs from the J & K State and outside lend support to the institution for undertaking such activities.