Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya

Dr. (Mrs.) Kanwaldeep Kaur is Dean Academics, IQAC Coordinator and NAAC Coordinator at Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar. She has been working here as the founder Head, PG Department of Commerce and Management since 1983. She has a glorious academic record with Gold Medals in M.Com and M. Phil. She was also awarded a Teacher Fellowship by UGC, New Delhi for her Ph. D project.

What are the key factors that keep you connected with the education sector?

“My association with the education sector is by choice and not by chance”

Teaching is more of a passion than a profession for me. I enjoy working with young, bright and budding minds to my heart’s content. It allows me to make a difference in my students’ lives which gives me a great sense of satisfaction. Apart from this, being a teacher, it allows me to understand students’ interests and aspirations and to infuse among them a sense of support, stability and hope for a bright future. This has kept me motivated to stay connected with the education sector. 

What is your philosophy of leadership? How would you describe your leadership style?

“I believe in authentic leadership”

A good leader should ‘walk the talk’. I am a firm believer of the maxim that a leader leads by example and being the senior-most member of faculty, I always implement this belief into my actions. My leadership style is best described as a transformational leadership style. As Dean Academics, my first task of leadership was to inculcate throughout the institution a state of mind that accepts the inevitability of change. 

How do you strategize about the key programs and plans for the marketing and administration of your department?

“Our alumni are our brand ambassadors”

We work on making a strong social media presence through LinkedIn, Facebook, Youtube and other social media platforms. To pursue our goals of excellence, we have instituted a well defined decentralized organizational structure for the effective and efficient functioning of various organs of the department. 

“Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya is the first college of North India to get the status of ‘College of Excellence’ by UGC. It has also been granted DDU Kaushal Kendra by UGC.”

In your experience, what can an inbound student gain from studying here in your College?

“Our mission is to impart value-oriented, skill-based, globally competent education”

The education systems in India and other foreign countries are structured very differently. Student-centric innovative, ICT enabled experimental and participative learning methods are used to enrich the learning experience. Field trips, educational excursions, industrial visits, projects, internships, seminars, webinars, online sessions, workshops and interactive sessions are organized to facilitate experiential learning. Eminent personalities from literary, music, journalism and industrial fields visit the college and interact with the students.

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How does the curriculum of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya ensure the best practice of industry?

“Imparting quality education leading to enhancement of employability with skills”

Being affiliated to Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, the curriculum of traditional programmes is designed by the university and effectively delivered at the institutional level. Besides the affiliated courses, the college offers various skill-oriented vocational and value-added courses to bridge the industry-academia gap. The curriculum of these courses is designed as per the requirements of the industry after consultation with the industry partners. The students are encouraged to take up concurrent online courses through SWAYAM and NPTEL as well. To run these courses, the college developed a dedicated state of the art Skill Development Centre and designed various labs and acquired equipment to efficiently provide training. 

What do you see as Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya's greatest strengths?

“Consistently delivering excellent results with maximum university distinctions”

The greatest strengths can be seen as the academically brilliant, experienced, diligent, committed and dedicated faculty. With that, using ICT enabled student-centric pedagogy to teach a wide range of programmes and courses with as many as 356 combinations of core and additional subjects with state of art infrastructure adds to the list. 

What are some plans that you’re currently (or will be) designing for Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya international affairs and/or students?

“To attract more organizations and institutions for international tie-ups”

The college has already signed MOU with foreign universities in the field of Bio-sciences. It is planning for research tie-ups to cover more disciplines. It plans to boost up faculty exchange and student exchange programmes at the international level. 

How do you tend to establish a healthy relation and environment in your institute?

“A system with transparency does the work”

Members of the HMV family, the Principal, faculty, staff and students have a strong bonding with each other. The Principal resides in the college house, takes a round of the hostels in the evening and thus remains connected with them. Open door policy of the principal and faculty, effective mentor-mentee relationship, all contribute to building a healthy environment in the institution.

Any insights into how your College could be more welcoming to students of different races or economic backgrounds?

“The admission process is transparent, non-discriminatory and impartial”

Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar has a well-earned reputation of being secular. Various effective and efficient teaching-learning processes to attain the threshold of excellence in academics have evolved over the years. The institution has a broad spectrum of programmes and courses available for the students who come from diverse backgrounds. Student diversity is rich as many students from other states, from rural and urban areas get admission in the college. Mentors are actively engaged in providing academic, psychological and general counselling to the mentees. Besides offering all the scholarships under various government schemes, the college has a fair and just policy for scholarships under various institutional schemes and provides numerous generous scholarships to meritorious, needy, deserving, and differently-abled students. 

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What do you think should be the College's top priority over the next 10 years?

“Imparting true significance and meaning to the slogan ‘local for global’”

Presently, the college is affiliated to Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. Our priority over the next 10 years will be to seek autonomy as that will enable us to determine and prescribe our courses of study and syllabi, restructure and redesign the courses to suit local and global needs. Although the college has dedicated research labs, a start-up lab with modern high precision equipment but the affiliating structure of the institution is limiting our research capabilities. Once we get autonomy, we will be able to promote research in relevant fields.