DEPARTMENT OF JYOTISH Faculty of S.V.D.V., BHU, Varanasi EVALUATIVE REPORT 1. Name of the Department Year of establishment JYOTISH 1918 AD 3. Is the Department part of a School/aculty of the university? Yes, Part is 4. Name of faculty of S.V.D.V. Prog Masters: Integrated Ph.D.. ete.) : 6. Courses in collaboration with other universities. industries ete, NA Details of prog 8. Annual/Semester/Choice Based Credit System : 9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments 5. Interdisciplinary courses and departments involved : mes/courses discontinued. if any. with reasons Choi ammes/Courses offered (UG. PG, M.Phil, Ph.D.. Integrated UG, PG, Ph.D. NA foreign institutions. NA Based Credit System NA 10, Number of teaching posts sanctioned and filled (Protessors/Associate Professors’ Asst. Professors) Professor Associate Professors Asst. Professors. 11. Faculty profile with name. D.litt./ Ph.D./MPhil. e Name Qualification | Designation | Speciali- vation | Jyotish Prof. CM Professor & | OY Cecinet | Acharya. Php, PRESET Siddhant esate oc J | Palit & Hora) | Prof. C, 1 Jyotish Ee Acharya. Ph.D. | Professor | (Siddhant Pandey } 05, Palit & Hora) Filled 02 o 04 qualification, designation and specialization (D.Se, No. of — [No. of Ph.D. Years of | students Experience | guided for the last 4 |__ years 2 |Prof. S\N. y © Jyotish a Vidyavachaspati | Professor (Siddhant. 29 02 Abit _ Falit & Hora) ‘Acharya. Ph.D. Rake Vidyavay a Diit eee, | Acharya PRD. | PSSEME (siddhant, ieee eee | Palit & Hora) ~~ Jyotish DreVK chav PhD. AS'SM | GSidaham. 08 |B Pandey | Professor. | — = '_ Palit & Hora) | | ; I . | Jyotish | ies | Acharya. Ph.D. | PSS ¢sidahant 02} 03 Pandey “ Professor Palit & Hora) i Palit & Hora) | 12. List of senior Visiting Fellows faculty. adjunct faculty, emeritus professors: NA 13, Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty + Research Scholar- programme- wise information:- (Attached Timetable) ‘Acharya (Ganit + Falit) all semester: 25% Shastri (Ganit + Falit) all semester: 53% UG Diploma course 100% 14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio 1: 143 15, Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staf?: sanctioned and filled NA 16, Research thrust area recognized by funding agencies: NA 17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects [rom ) national b) international funding agencies and c) total grants received. Give the names of the funding agencies and grants received project-wise. Si.) Name of faculiy Name of Project _ “Funding Fund(Rs) agency “1. Prof. S\N, Mishra aftanPra yea sat UGC 6.75.000.00 { ipathi gant wr oferta | UGC | 4.96.000.00 | TAT RAR ___j Dr. V.K. Pandey SReRIRAL a wafer = UGC -66,200.00, L rem a soa i ‘otal | 17,37.200.0018. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and grants received: NA a) All India collaboration b) International 19. Departmental projects funded by DS’ IST: UGC-SAP/CAS. DPE: DBT. ICSR. = total grants received. : NA el 20. Research facility/centre with : NA national recognition * international recognition 21.Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate bodies NA 22. Publications ; (details follow) + Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national/internati Monographs * Chapters in Books + Edited Books = Books with BN with details of publishers = Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of cienee. Scopus. Humanities International Complete, Dare Database — International Social Sciences Direetory. EBSCO host. ete.) + Citation Index range / average = SNIP = SIR = Impact Factor — range / average = h-index “Name oP Teachers ————~)-«éResearch paper |Articles | Number of | (National) (National) _| Books (National) | 03 | 03 | - er ee 8 | a 02 ae | amen 10 See meen 0 eee (nee 2 | I Cr 04 j 2 7 ow.23, Details of patents and income generated NA 24. Areas of consultaney and income generated NA 25. Faculty selected nationally internationally to visit other laboratories in India and abroad NA 26. Faculty serving in a) National committees b) International commitices ¢) Editorial Boards d) any other (ple: Prof. CM. Upadhyay ~ Member of E.C. Prof. C.M. Upadhyay — Member of Vishwanath Prof. e specif) Jammu University. ‘emple Trust UP Govt. \. Mishra — Member of A.S.L and other National Level Organization. 27. Faculty recharging strat Profession of Traditional Shastrarth Development 28, Student projects * percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter- departmental projects NA * percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other universities, industry / institute NA 29, Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by= = Faculty Dr. Shastrughna Tripathi - Badarayana Vyas Award (President Award) © Doctoral/post doctoral fellows- NA = Stude Madhusudan Mishra - First position in All India Shastrarth Contest - 2012 30. Seminars’ Conferenees/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national/ international) with details of outstandi participants. if any sl. /Symposia/ workshop Duration Dates 1. Prof. Raj Mo y National Conference (I")3days. (02/2007 2. | National Seminar in Sankaya. S.V.D.V. 4days 02/2007 3. Prof, Raj Mohan Upadhyay National Conlerence (2) 2days 7 03/2008 4." National Seminar in Sankaya. S.V.D.V. 4days 02/2008 5. | Prof. Raj Mohan Upadhyay National Conference (3%) 2days | 01/20096. Jyotish & Medicinal Chemistry Tday | 09/2009 7. Prof. Raj Mohan Upadhyay National Conference (4") 8.” Vedie Mathematies Conference (15) 70372010 9. Special lecturer of Arun Kr, Upadhyay on the Vedi 2010, | mathematics & Astronomy “TO.” Workshop in Panchang (Mahamana Jayant) —~—~=~SSC«S days) TT2OIO TTI Special lecturer of Arun Kr. Upadhyay on the Astronomy | 3days | 12/2010 | (Mahamana Jayanti) | | UTS. | Special lecturer of Prof, RC Pandey on the Jyotish aom | Tday | 09/2012 Rog 14. 15. Akhil Bharatiya Jyotish Shastra Sangosthi 31. Code of ethies for research followed by the departments NA 32. Students profile course-wise: (Session 2012-13) Name of the Course ‘Applications — Selected Pass percentage (refer to questions no. 4) received Male male| Male | Female Shastri Programme by faculty 24 ol 100 100 _ Acharya Programme | eT ee |Vidyavaridhi/Ph.D.- tor) 0 or 1 5 _UG Diploma | 10 15) 100100 33. Diversity of students “Name ofthe Course %of | % of students % of students % of eee yn no. | students from other | from | students | | from the \ ies | universities from other | i same | within the outside the countries Cuniversity State State Shastri Programme im) SS CSCMSC*SCS*« Acharya Programme. a0 30% | 25% | 5 | a 50% 25% | ee Vidyavaridhi/Ph.D. 25% nina 30% 0% _— |34. How many students have cl eared Civil Services and Defence Services (ICO) examinations. NET. SET. GATE and other competitive examinations? Give details catego wise, NET + IRF SET *RET Defence Services JCO 06404 10+ 06 04 No. of students 5. Student progression Su UG to PG PG to M.Phil PG to Ph.D. Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral Employed + Campus selection |___#_ Other than campus reeruitment Entreprencurs_ 36, Diversity of staf — lent progressi | Percentage of faculty who are graduates Sister | a | of the same university 38% from other universities within the State | 14% _from universities from other States 28% from universities outside the country - 37. Number of faculty who were awarded Ph.D. D.Sc. and D.Lit. during the assessment period: NA 38. Present details of infrastructural facilities s with regard to a) Library — NA b) Internet facilities for staff and students ~ Available (only for faculty) ¢) Total number of class rooms — 01 room common for two departments d) Class rooms with ICT facility NA. €) Students! laboratories - NA f) Research laboratories NA4, 4 44. 45, tance from the university Number of post graduate students getting financial assis hip) Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new Near about 04 students (Merit Schol: programme(sy? If'so, highlight the methodology NA . Does the department obtain feedback from, a, faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes. how does the department utilize the feedback? Yes, The department makes modifications & changes in the curriculum by calling the meeting of the departmental counci b. students on staff. curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does the department utilize the feedback’? ¢. alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does. the department utilize the feedback? List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10) 1. Hajari Prasad Dwivedi - Padmashree Awardee 2. Prof. Ramvy: 5 Pandey — Eminent Scholar 3. Pt. Hiralal Mishra — National fame Panchang Maker 4. Prof. Chandrama Pandey ~ l'x- HOD. Jyotish Department. BHU mn. Ex- HOD, Jyotish 5. Prof. Sriniwas ari — Eminent Mathema Department. BHU 6. Prof. Indramani Das — Head. R.S.K.S.. Jaypur Campus. Rajsthan 7. Prof, Devi Prasad Tripathi — Head. S.L.B.S.R.S.V.. New Delhi 8. Dr Shatrughna Tripathi — President Awardee (Badarayan Vyas Samman) & Asst. Professor, Jyotish Department, BHU 9. Dr. Vinay Kumar Pandey - Asst. Professor. Jyotish Department, BHU 10. Dr. Subhas Pandey - Asst. Professor. Jyotish Department. BHU, © details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops: seminar) involving external experts. Spe -05 jal lectures ~ 05, Workshop — 02, Semina List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes. — Traditional and Innovative Methods46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and learning outcomes are monitored? ~ Through internal evaluation & assessment 47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities. (a) Discussion, debates, language skill by Prajnavard (b) Interpretation of the Kundli prediction in Jyotish consultancy. (c) Astronomical observation with some small assets. 48.Give details of "beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department Viti s ¢ observation, Data collection, Project related ac 49, State whether the programme/ department is accredited/ graded by other agencies? I yes. give details. NA . Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new knowledge. basie or applied. conferences and seminars. ‘The department organ 2. Lectures in inter-disciplinary area. & common Applied knowledge of astrology in healtheare, social harmo: good of people. 4. Applied astrological theory in meteorological forecasting. 5, Astrological counseling for general people. 6. Scientific and secular astrological interpretation for the purpose of driving away fanaticism, religious misconception, and superstition, 7, Department uses and constantly modifies the Almanac System in the Vedic Astronomical Syste 8. Interrelationship of time, space and constellation is closely studied; reviewed and observed in our department through traditional & modern scient parameters. 9. Effort is made to inculcate in students the skill for Shastrarth. 51. Future plans of the department. := a) Establishment of Indian Astronomical Observatory b) Inter- sciplinary Research Work ©) Development of Research Methodology 4) Collocation of Vedic Mathematical and Astronomical Objects) Analy f) Research on Climate Changes: g) Disease related Astrological Consultancy Detail any fh Strength the department. Strength ‘eakness "Opportunity of Disaster (earthquake & other natural problems) . Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of Challenge Vedic base Unavailability of Ofice Stat wal method Dei Members rth of Faculty Tra of teaching & research: ind Unavailability of Astronomical Observator Oldest science rich literature Meteorological forecast Medical Astrology Life & Career couns ling In current scenario scientific Astrology (Falit dy of Actual adaptation of ~ traditional Almanac system, Inter-di high grade research work in field of traditional mathematics. astronomy & cosmology Study of Religious | Our hing & Unavailability of Astronomical | research also related ICT faility | Science | observation and with mathematical, | | mathematical | topical. | | | validation by high astronomical and | grade research work instrumental system. | Iyotish as traditional Unavailability of | Astronomical | Medical astrological | t socio-cultural Lab for applied observation and | validation through approach to lifeas | knowledge | mathematical | clinical data well as modern | validation “collection and scientific method of | | interpretation belief | | Classrooms | Under Samhita | Modeling and 1 time, ee astro effect indicati system also available in Shastrarth | Our calculation | Li | | (Zodiacal. Solar. | Staler. Planetary. | Environmental & | Disaster) Study and | high grade research imulation study for _ Jyotish (Astrology | & Astronomy) for | social and national | aspeet 9Post-accreditation Initiatives If the university has already undergone the accreditation process by NAAC, please hight during the ht the significant quality sustenance and enhancement measures undertaken st four years. The narrative may not exceed ten pages. We adopted- 1 6. 10. Choice based credit system Semester system at UG & PG level Course work in Vidyavaridhi/Ph.D, Introduction of UG diploma in Vastu & Jyotish. PG diploma in Vastu & Jyotish will start from session 2013-14 Establishment of consultancy centre of Jyotish, Vastu & Karmakand since 2009 Organization of seminars and conferences on different subjects during last five years, for r lar eclips search & teach We are regularly observing all lunar & ng purposes, Submitted UGC major project entitled- "Hridayaroga ka Jyotishshastriya Nidan aom Upehar" to highlight a new trend in Medical Astrology Submitted UGC major project entitled- "Suryasiddhantiya Shastrasuddh Panchanga Nirman Paddhati" for actual Almanac System. Department has published seminar's proceeding with full paper, Department organizes "Prajnavardhini Sabha" ev y fortnight for developing language skill among students to