DISTINCTIVENESS

Since the time of its establishment in the year 1964, the vision of Gauri Devi government College for women, Alwar has been the empowerment of women through academic excellence. This goal is being realized in a consistent and phased manner to ensure for its primary stakeholders, the students, a future that assures them justice and equality in society. Interestingly there has been an obvious shift in the profile of the students. Initially it was mainly urban in nature because of the scarcity and non-availability of the means of transport and communication to girls residing in far flung areas. But with rapid progress in means of transport and growing awareness among people towards importance of higher education for girls, the profile has taken a new look. As a result the college is proud of the fact that along with students from urban area a good number hail from rural area too.

The college derives its distinctiveness from being the only government College in the district for girls that offers UG courses in all the three streams of learning – humanities, science and commerce—thus giving it a multidisciplinary distinction. Students can opt for Honours in Political Science and can go for Masters in the same subject after graduation. Post-graduation courses are available in Political Science, Psychology, Sanskrit and Hindi. From session 2022-23, Post-Graduation course is available in English literature also, through self-finance scheme (SFS) mode. The college distinguishes itself by offering optional in subjects like Music, Home, Science, GPEM, Psychology and Diploma in Liberty Science —though not vocational in nature, yet offering the students a chance to opt for careers as artistes, dieticians, entrepreneurs, counselors, and Librarian.

Apart from providing a suitable ambience for academic excellence the college strives to achieve its objective of holistic development of the students coming mostly from the marginalized and weaker sections of society and enabling them into the mainstream by executing some of the ambitious flagship schemes introduced by the government. With its commitment toward empowerment and upliftment of women, consistent, concerted efforts are aimed towards achieving those milestones – be it academic, co-curricular, games and sports, NCC and others. Students, who hail primarily from nearby rural areas are encouraged to participate in community services, development of ICT skills as well as soft skills, proficiency in language and communication skills along with inculcating in them a sense of moral and social responsibility.

The purpose of these schemes is to empower students and equip them with a sense of importance and confidence. The college enjoys the distinction of being the nodal center of the district for carrying out the distribution of Scooties to the meritorious students under the Kalibai Bhil Medhavi Chhatra ScootyYojana, and Dev Narayan Scooty Evam Protsahan Rashi Yojana since last decade and half. Out of the total number of beneficiaries, the students of this college have always been bagging the maximum number due to higher ranks in merits list.

Similarly, at least a dozen of other scholarships are also disbursed through college and other government agencies.

They include:

In order to provide monetary aid the government is providing stipends to students pursuing research work.

Another distinction that has, of late, pervaded both, the students as well as the faculty is the receptivity and embracing technology in teaching- learning program. This perceptible, positive change in the attitude of students with regards adaptability for the new technologies being introduced is very encouraging for the faculty who are including e- learning format vigorously in teaching process. All the teachers have their individual YouTube channels on which videos related to their respective subjects are shared regularly. The college is proud of Dr. Vinita Goyal, Associate Professor (English) who was given a Commendation Letter by the Commissioner, College Education for her contribution to developing e- content for the students during the COVID-19 year.

By complementing the traditional and conventional classrooms with smart classrooms, availability of an interrupted internet and vigorous use of e-learning the college has succeeded in bringing about a positive change in the academic atmosphere.