St. Joseph's College Devagiri

DBT- STAR COLLEGE

DBT-STAR COLLEGE SCHEME

The STAR college scheme was initiated by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India in 2008 to support colleges and universities offering undergraduate education to improve science teaching across the country. This Scheme was launched for improving critical thinking and encouraging ‘hands on’ experimental science at undergraduate level in basic science subjects. On a larger perspective, the scheme was initiated envisioning that it shall encourage more students to take up higher education in science. Through this scheme the department identifies colleges with potential for excellence and provides support for developing infrastructure for academics and laboratory activities. This support is in turn expected to invigorate teaching and provide unique exposure of students to experimental science.

Support under the strengthening component of the star college scheme of was sanctioned to five science departments of the college; Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics ((Sanction No: BT/HRD/11/09/2020 dated 05/03/2020) during April 2020.

OBJECTIVES OF THE SCHEME

Objectives: The objectives of the DBT Star College scheme are as follows:

To strengthen the academic and physical infrastructure for achieving excellence in teaching and training
To enhance the quality of the learning and teaching process to stimulate original thinking through ‘hands–on’ exposure to experimental work and participation in summer schools
To provide better library facility to students and teachers
To promote networking and strengthen ties with neighbouring institutions and other laboratories
To conduct specialized training programmes for faculty improvement for optimizing technical capabilities
To increase capabilities of core instrumentation resources by procuring new equipment and upgrading existing facilities
To provide access and exposure to students to research laboratories and industries in the country
To help in devising standard curricula and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) / kits for practicals.