Department of Philosophy

Department of Philosophy

The Department of Philosophy, Mankar College was established in 1987. The general course of BA was started in 1987 and the Honours for Philosophy initiated in 2008 (The Honours in Philosophy has started with 25 number of students in 2008 and the Head of Department was Dr. Sukla Parai). The Department has introduced an innovative curriculum, with equivalent emphasis on the Indian and Western Philosophy (such as Indian philosophy, Western Logic and Metaphysics, Ethics: Indian & Western, Religion & Social Philosophy, psychology etc.). Such a syllabus along with the adoption of new methods of teaching, research and teacher-student interaction marked a wide departure from other colleges.The number of faculties in the department compared to class load is adequate and both the existing faculties of the department are duly qualified and competent enough to teach the under-graduate students. The faculties maintain a warm relation of trust and confidence with the students. They participate in academic and personal counseling of the students. The students are helped by meeting any query they have on the syllabus, on any specific topic from the subject, on the examination system or the future prospects.

Currently, the department has two Part-time faculties, four Guest faculties along with one full time faculty. Mr. Shukdeb Mondal acts as the Head of the Department. The noted alumni of the department working in different fields of the society (such as academic and non-academic profession). The present faculties constantly interact and motivate the students for their future endeavourer.

The details of the department are given below (last five years)-

1. Intake in Different Subjects.(including Reservation as per government rule)

YEAR	GEN	SC	ST	OBC-A	OBC-B	TOTAL
2014-15	22	8	2	1	1	34
2015-16	22	8	2	3	2	37
2016-17	22	8	2	3	2	37
2017-18	22	8	2	3	2	37
2018-19	22	8	2	3	2	37

2. Subject-Wise intake Capacity and demand ration

Year	Subjects		University Intake	No Of Students Admitted	No Of Application Recived	Demand Ratio
2014-15	Philosophy		34	27	61	1:1.79
2015-16			37	23	322	1:8.70
2016-17			37	23	163	1:4.40
2017-18			37	24	151	1:4.08
2018-19			37	15	305	1:8.24

3.No of Students admitted & No of the Students drop-out

Years	Subject	No of Students admitted on Sem-I/ 1st Year	No of Students enrolled or registered	No of the Students dropped	percentage of drop-out of Students
2014-15	Honours	27	21	6	22.22
2015-16		23	18	5	21.73
2016-17		23	21	2	8.69
2017-18		24	20	4	16.66
2018-19		15	15	0	0

4.No of total Classes held in the last 5years (Subject-wise)

Subject	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
Philosophy(H)	592	674	1133	1117	1175
Philosophy(P)	682	697	685	618	695