BEST PRACTICES

Best Practice - I, Title : Towards a green and eco friendly campus

Goal:- To keep the campus green and Clean

The Context:- A number of trees to be planted towards fulfilling the goal and to provide grass cover patches over areas lying barren. The Eco Club and campus beautification committee are planning to plant more number of trees in the campus. The challenging issue is maintaining the planted trees because water is the main problem during summer months so we have a water harvesting system as well as additional one well and three bore wells.

The Practice:- The Eco Club and campus beautification committee are working towards this issue in the campus. The members of the club involve NSS student volunteers, NCC Cadets and Scout Rovers for tree plantation. Grass patches have been put in various places across the college campus under the supervision of the club. In addition other students are also involved on particular days so that everyone participates in this campaign.

Uniqueness:- With the collaboration of department of forest we have planted trees which requires less water to grow. We have created plantation blocks (like Neem block, Sheesham Block, Botanical garden block etc.) and given responsibility to student group and their mentors to maintain them. We also encourages the students to bring some seedlings or seeds from their homes or from nearby places and try to grow them in the college campus and look after. The college administration also helps the team to buy plants and grow them.

Constraints:- To maintain the plants green through out the year is quite difficult due to water scarcity during summer months but this can be overcomes by using the water obtained from water harvesting techniques and also by planting drought resistant plant species.

Evidence of Success: The fencing of the lawns has been completed. Under Harit Rajasthan Programme we have already planted 120 plants of different species were planted and 20 dustbins were kept in the campus at different places. A well maintained lush green lawn has been development by the department of geography.  Students are advised to keep their class rooms clean and they are following it so that the campus is dust and dirt free. The overall environment of the college have become more pleasant due to the aforesaid efforts.

Problems Encountered and Resources Required:- With a very large no of Students enrolled at times, some pay less attention to advise due to which there can be seen some unclean areas in some places at times but they are duly monitored and rectified at the club and the administrative levels. Similarly the survival rate of the planted trees also depend on the water availability for which water harvesting technique is being assiduously pursued in the college.

Best Practice II

Title : Alternate Energy Resources

Goal : Installation of Solar Power panels on the college building roof top to save the electricity

Context : To produce electricity by using solar power panels and connect it to power grid so that the electricity bill of the college become reduced. For this purpose the college used RUSA fund for installation of power panels

Objective : The college has power consumption 20 KW per month as per JVVNL record. So in view to minimize the power consumption the college has taken initiative to installed solar power panels of 10 KW. Due to which the electricity bill has been reduced.

Practice : In the state of Rajasthan there is no scarecity of solar energy. So the college decided to use this alternative power resource for reducing the electricity expenditure. For this purpose  the solar power panels in the college was installed on the roof top of the building by spending RS 6 lacs from the RUSA grant in 2018. The solar power panels are producing 10 KW electricity and which are connected to the power grid, so the electricity bill of the college become minimized.

Obstacle : Spending a grant of RS 6 lacs is a big problem but due to the RUSA grant the college crossed this obstacle.

Impact of the Practice : By producing 10 KW power the college minimize the electricity bill expenditure.

Resource Required : The college use RUSA grant to fulfill the requirement of installation of solar panels

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