Objective:  The College Eco Club constituted in 2019 targets to reduce all kinds of pollution in and around the campus and bring about environmental awareness and sensitize the teachers and students on the use of sustainable energy, recycling and green landscaping of the college campus. The cell strives to maintain the serene natural environment of the college campus against the rapid change brought forth by urbanization.

The Context:  Tamenglong College is about 3 kms from the main town and has an area of 40 acres. Confirming the fact that, without taking substantial measures against climate change, urbanization and growth of human population, the college focuses on maintaining green campus, use of sustainable energy, rain water harvesting, ban on plastics in the campus, planting of trees, regular cleaning of weeds to protect the trees and organizing awareness programmess for students and staff and alumni on the importance of protecting the environment.

The practice: The Eco Club of the college promotes all activities to help protect the environment and sustain its natural resources. The college has a waste disposal system and is smoke free. The college endeavours to make its campus plastic free. The college is switching on towards paperless office by adopting e-office. The college has rain water storage facilities and stores water in the tank. The rain harvested water is also used to water the plants in the campus and the other purposes in the college. The college has solar panels installed at the rooftop which supplies power to all the main offices of the college thereby cutting electricity bills and also giving uninterrupted power supply in times of no electricity in the town.

The campus has different plant species including medicinal plants. The Eco Club ensures protection of such plants by sensitizing the staff and students on every Environment Day. Ageratina adenophora plant in the campus is used as first aid wound healer,  its root juice is used for the treatment of fever and as natural fertilizer. Also, every Environment Day, the college organizes tree plantation drive along with various CSOs and District Administration.

Evidence of Success: The college has yielded good results in maintaining green campus. The waste disposable system of the college with dustbins keeps the college campus clean. The college solar energy plays important role as renewable energy source so also saving electricity bill and giving convenience from frequent interrupted power supply. The rainwater  facilities serve its purpose as it supplies water to all offices.

Problems encountered and Resources Required:  The college is a forerunner in the compaign for conservation of the environment. This eco-friendly campaign is necessary in every institute so as to protect the environment for future generation. The main problems encountered in this campaign are; lack of separate fund for this purpose, lack of infrastructure and difficulty in maintenance of infrastructures for such practices. Also, it needs commitment and active participation from staff, students, stakeholders and alumni.

Objectives of the Practice:  To ensure efficient administration by providing information on time and active participation by the students in all activities of the College. The underlying principle is that the problems faced by the students should be addressed to achieve the vision and mission of the College.

The Context: The context is the location of the college and constraints faced by the students including absence of hostels and transportation facility up to the college. Another challenge is the poor economic background of the students.

The Practice: The information about the policies and activities of the college are provided to the students, parents and other stakeholders on time through the college website and Notice Boards. Admission Notice is also published in the local newspapers of Tamenglong. There are over fifteen College Whatsapp groups including Tamenglong College group, Semester wise groups and Department wise Whatsapp groups of every Semester. The Whatsapp groups are active throughout the year and are the most important means of communication among the administration, students and teachers.

The college provides scholarship to the students. The College Administration has computers with internet connection and non-stop power supply with solar panel which provides facilities for online services. The Administration ensures timely and effective services in offline and online mode in the college campus. The best practice can be applied in any institution. The limitations include problems faced by those who do not have mobiles with internet connection and non-availability of electricity during rainy days in Tamenglong.

Evidence of Success: Through the best practice, information is instantly available to the students. The students respond and participate actively in all the activities of the college. The success is significant during Covid-19 pandemic. The scholarships helps the students from the poor economic backgrounds. The results of the best practice indicate the need for expansion of student centric and friendly administration.

Problems Encountered and Resources Required: The problems include lack of facilities like computer and internet and less scholarship amount. More resources for computers with internet facilities and non-stop power supply in the campus may be provided. The scholarship amounts may be increased.

Notes (Optional)

The active participation by the students and improvement in their performance in academic and other activities is crucial. Constant interaction with the students and administration for addressing their problems on time are important. The objectives and performance of any best practice has to be decided on the basis of context, problems faced by the students and resource of the college. The student centric and friendly administration can be adopted by any institution.

Any other information regarding Institutional Values and Best Practices which the university would like to include.

The student centric and friendly administration can be improved by providing computers with internet facilities and increase in scholarship amount. Institutional Values and Best Practices of the college can be adopted from the National Educational Policy 2020.