The Department of Political Science started since the inception of the college and developed steadily with Sri Sachindranath Bhattacharya and Sri Kamalendu Ganguly as the first two lecturers. The Department progressed over time and the subject was then offered as a general course of study. Honours in Political Science was introduced in the year 2001. Smt. Mousoomi Nandi and Dr. Raj Kumar Kothari nurtured the Department successfully with its newly introduced Honours course and the Department gradually grew from strength to strength. The present faculty includes Smt. Mousoomi Nandi and Dr. Manidipa Mistri. Besides the usual class lectures, seminars project work and group discussions are also held which benefit the students immensely. Student-friendly atmosphere and a good teacher-student relationship are the hallmarks of the Department.
Program outcomes
P.O. I: The purpose of the program is to guide the students and researchers to analyze the ideas of rights, justice and freedom.
P.O. II: The program gives the students an insight into the different governmental processes in India and assists them in a better understanding of Indian politics.
P.O. III: The program helps to understand how the political and social institutions operate. P.O.IV: It helps the students to build their political and social awareness, ethics and morality. P.O.V: It inculcates political and social values. Program specific outcomes
P.S.O. I: It has a specific aim to benefit the students by giving them an insight into different social structure and approaches.
P.S.O. II: To understand different perspectives on political and administrative matters.
P.S.O.III: Discuss the co-relation between political and social structure.
P.S.O.IV: Compare various constitutional systems of the world.
P.S.O.V: Students have career opportunities in various research institutions and academia.
The central library of the college has a sufficient number of books on Political Sceince and International Relations for reference of the students. There is a departmental book bank which lends out books to extremely needy students for the whole year. There is a laptop, s creen and projector at disposal to enrich the classes audio-visually. Audio-visually equipped classrooms are shared in common.
| Sl. No. |
Type of Activity |
Name/Theme to the Activity |
Date |
Resource Person(s) |
| 1 |
Interdepartmental Lectures |
Swadeshi movement |
11th Sept, 2015 |
Dr. Keya Banerjee (Department of History, Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College) |
| 2 |
Invited Lecture |
Human Rights |
12th December 2015 |
Dr. Raj Kumar Kothari (Vidyasagar University) |
| 3 |
Students Seminar |
Women’s Empowerment |
19th Sept, 2015 |
- |
| 4 |
Special Classes |
Executive and legislature in UK, USA & PRC |
16th and 30th January 2016 |
Dr. Raj Kumar Kothari (Vidyasagar University) |
| 5 |
Parent-Teachers' meeting |
First year Honours students Session 2015-'16 |
29th January, 2016 |
- |
| 6 |
Wall Magazine |
Great Political Thinkers |
15th February, 2016 |
- |
| 7 |
Attended seminar |
Empowerment of Women in Post Independent India |
2nd February, 2016 |
Muralidhar Girls' College, Kolkata |
| 8 |
Interdepartmental Lecture in the Dept. of Economics (JCC College) |
Features of Indian Constitution |
3rd Sept, 2016 |
Ms. Mousoomi Nandi (Associate Prof. of Political Science department) |
| 9 |
Parent-Teachers' meeting |
First year Honours students Session 2016-'17 |
3rd Sept, 2016 |
- |
| 10 |
Interdepartmental class |
Indian Constitution |
3rd September, 2016 |
Ms. Mousoomi Nandi (Associate Prof., JCC College) |
| 11 |
Interdepartmental class |
Cold war |
2nd December, 2016 |
Dr. Keya Banerjee (JCC College) |
| 12 |
Parent-Teacher meeting |
- |
3rd September, 2016 |
- |
| 13 |
Educational Tour |
Vidhan Shabha and Calcutta High Court |
14th December, 2016 |
Department of Political Science |
| 14 |
Lecture |
Human Rights |
10th December, 2016 |
Associate Professor Ms. Mousoomi Nandi |
| 15 |
Excursion |
French Museum (Chandannagar) and Armenian Church (Chinsurah) |
16th December, 2016 |
JCC College |
| 16 |
UGC sponsored National Seminar |
Swami Vivekananda: His Philosophy & Thought on Politics, Society and Literature |
10th and 11th February, 2017 |
Prof. Subhendu Mund (Ex-Professor IIT, Bhubaneswar), Dr. Nilanjana Deb (Dept. of English, Jadavpur University), Prof. Prahlad Kr Sarkar (Ex-Professor of Philosophy, CU) |
| 17 |
Interdepartmental Class |
Indian Political Thought and Movements |
8th September, 2017 |
Dr. Keya Banerjee (JCC College) |
| 18 |
Interdepartmental Class |
Features of Indian Constitution |
26th February, 2018 |
Ms. Mousoomi Nandi (Associate Prof. of JCC College) |
| 19 |
Interdepartmental Class |
Marxism |
22nd February, 2018 |
Ms. Manidipa Mistri (Assistant Prof. of JCC College) |
| 20 |
Invited Lecture |
Women's Rights as Human Rights |
6th January, 2018 |
Prof. Rekha Datta (Monmouth University, New Jersey, USA) |
| 21 |
Parent-Teacher Meeting |
First Year |
21st April, 2018 |
- |
| 22 |
Interdepartmental Class |
Indian National Movements |
28th September, 2018 |
Dr. Keya Banerjee (JCC College) |
| 23 |
Students' Seminar |
Brahmo Samaj |
23rd April, 2019 |
2nd SEM (Honours) |
| 24 |
Interdepartmental Class |
Fundamental Rights and Duties of Indian Citizens |
6th May, 2019 |
Ms. Mousoomi Nandi (JCC College) |
Educational Excursion- Visited West Bengal Legislative Assembly (Budget Session) and Kolkata High Court with the students of Department of Political Science on 25th February 2015. Educational Excursion- College has organized an educational tour to Bandel Church and Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's house on December, 2017.
Educational Excursion- Visited West Bengal Legislative Assembly (Budget Session) and Kolkata High Court with the students of Department of Political Science on 25th February 2015.
Educational Excursion- College has organized an educational tour to Bandel Church and Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's house on December, 2017.
Future Plans for the year of 2020-’21:The department is planning for interdisciplinary classes, invited lectures, panel discussions, students' seminars, special classes by visiting professors, excursions etc.
The Department of Political Science is planning for a National Seminar in collaboration with the Department of Philosophy.