| Bhavan's Vivekananda College | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1993 |
| Type | Private Institution |
| Principal | Mr Y.Ashok |
| Location | Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Campus | Urban, 50 acres (0.20 km2) |
| Affiliations | Osmania University, AICTE |
| Website | bhavansvc.org |
Bhavan's Vivekananda College popularly Bhavan's Sainikpuri is a Graduate and Post Graduate College situated at Sainikpuri in Hyderabad, India. The institute was established by the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan trust in 1993. It offers graduate and post graduate courses in Science, Commerce and Humanities.
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The campus is spread over an area of 50 acres (200,000 m2), housing Bhavan's Sri RamaKrishna Vidyalaya and Aurobindo Junior College. The College has recreational and sports facilities including a cricket ground, basketball court and volleyball court.
The Physical sciences building consist of three departments. Mathematics and Statistics - The Department of Mathematics started at the time of the inception of the college with one lecturer and two undergraduate courses (Maths-Physics-Electronics and Maths-Physics-Computer Science). Statistics was introduced in 1994 with one lecturer and one undergraduate course (Maths-Statistics-Computer Science).
The Department offers four undergraduate courses with the following combinations: Mathematics-Electronics-Computer Science (M.E.CS), Mathematics-Statistics-Computer Science (M.S.CS), Mathematics-Physics-Computer Science (M.P.CS), and Mathematics-Physics-Chemistry (M.P.C).
Physics and Electronics - The Department of Physics and Electronics was established at the inception of the college with three U.G courses (M.P.C., M.P.E., and M.P.Cs.,) with an intake of 65 students and 3 faculty members. The department has a strength of about 350 students and six faculty members.
Computer Science - The Computer Science Department has been an integral part of the college since its inception. It started out with one undergraduate course - B.Sc (Computers). Today the college offers B.Sc, BCA, B.Com (Computers), and M.Sc (CS). The Department staff has grown from 2 members to 20 members and caters to more than 2,100 students from a modest beginning of 30 students in B.Sc (Computers) in 1993.
The Department of Commerce started in 1993 with two faculty members and one section of B. Com(regular) course with 43 students.
The Life Sciences building consists of 4 departments Botany, Genetics and Biotechnology - The Botany department was started in 1993 by Mrs. K. Vijayalakshmi Rao, with the introduction of the course Microbiology-Botany-Chemistry, followed by the Department of Genetics, with the introduction of the course Botany-Genetics-Chemistry. Further, growth to the department came in 1995, with the introduction of the course Microbiology-Genetics-Chemistry. In 1998, Botany-Genetics-Chemistry course was discontinued.
The Department grew in 2002-03, with the integration of the Department of Biotechnology with the introduction of a new course: Biotechnology-Biochemistry-Chemistry. 2007 saw the emergence of Biotechnology-Genetics and Chemistry in this department.
The Department consists of four laboratories, for practicals in Botany, Genetics and Biotechnology. The Department has a separate Plant Tissue Culture laboratory.
Biochemistry - The Department of Biochemistry was started in 1999 with one undergraduate course and an intake of nine students. The Post-graduate department was started in 2001 with an intake of 22 students. The department runs B.Sc and M.Sc Biochemistry courses. The department encourages students to enter PG courses and to join research institutes. It also initiates research activities for students and staff to get funding from other organizations.
Microbiology - Microbiology department was established in 1993 and blossomed into a full fledged Department with a Masters program, M.Sc MicroBiology in the year 2000.
At U.G level the department offers three courses with the combinations: Microbiology-Botany-Chemistry(M.B.C), Microbiology-Genetics-chemistry(M.G.C), and Microbiology-Biochemistry-Chemistry(M.B.C).
Chemistry - The Chemistry Department startedin 1993 with present vice principal Dr. P. Uma as the only Faculty member and two courses in(Mathematics-Physics-Chemistry, and Microbiology-Botany-Chemistry). By 2002, there were seven Faculty members and five courses. The number of students enrolled has grown from around 30 in the 1993 to above 400 in 2006.
The department of Management Studies was established during 2002 with an intake of 60 students. Now, the institute intake is 120 students. The Department offers two years Masters Degree in Business Administration , affiliated to Osmania University and approved by AICTE.[1] The MBA programme is divided in to four semesters offering specializations in Marketing, Finance, Human Resources and Systems.
Teaching is through classroom teaching, seminars, group discussions, role plays, case studies, and management games, with the help of OHPs and LCD Projectors. Students visit local industries and also go for week long industrial tour. Corporate experts are invited to the department. The department organizes orientation programmes, workshops, symposia and management meets.
The Department has institutional membership with professional bodies namely All India Management Association (AIMA), Hyderabad Management Association (HMA). The faculty members attend the seminars and conferences organized by these bodies.
The department has established during the 2011-12 academic year.For the first time 36 students have been enrolled for this course,which has other elective subjects(compulsorily for BA course) Political Science and Communicative English.This course coordinator is Ms.Ujwala Desai,HOD for Languages.