Kohima Science College
{{Short description|College in Nagaland, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
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| motto = Omnia Vincit Labor (Latin)
| mottoeng = Labour Overcomes Everything
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| principal = Lily Sema
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| students = 2000 (as of 2021)
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| city = Jotsoma
| province = Kohima District, Nagaland
| country = India
| postcode = 797002
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| campus = Urban
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The Kohima Science College, Jotsoma (KSCJ) is an autonomous government institute for undergraduate and postgraduate science education located at Jotsoma in the state of Nagaland, India. The college was established in 1961 with science education in higher secondary and under graduate levels.{{Cite web|url=https://easternmirrornagaland.com/nagaland-has-top-3-private-colleges-in-northeast/|title=Nagaland has top 3 private colleges in Northeast|date=24 April 2020|newspaper=Eastern Mirror Nagaland|access-date=29 June 2021}}{{Cite web|title=Introduction|url=https://www.kscj.ac.in/index.php/kscj/introduction|access-date=2021-01-21|website=Kohima Science College|language=en-gb}}
Kohima Science College has about 2000 students (as of 2021) enrolled in collegiate undergraduate and graduate programs and served by about 100 academic faculty and staff with a teacher to student ratio of 1:20.{{cite web|url=https://morungexpress.com/65-of-total-students-in-kohima-science-college-are-female|title='65% of total students in Kohima Science College are female'|date=14 April 2021|newspaper=The Morung Express|access-date=29 June 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nagalandpost.com/kohima-science-college-women-s-hostel-inaugurated/231814.html|title=Kohima Science College women's hostel inaugurated|date=13 March 2021|newspaper=Nagaland Post|access-date=29 June 2021}}
Campus
{{wideimage|KSCJ The Red Square.jpg|300px|{{center|The Red Square}}|}}
The college campus is located on the hill top of Jotsoma village, which is located {{convert|4|km|spell=in}} from Kohima.{{cite web|url=http://kscj.ac.in/index.php/component/content/article/23-download/prospectus/183-prospectus-2020|title=Prospectus|year=2020|publisher=Kohima Science College|access-date=31 May 2020}} The college campus covers an area of about {{convert|50|acre}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.nagalandpost.com/kohima-science-college-land-issue-finally-resolved-after-cab-steps-in/227316.html|title=Kohima Science College land issue finally resolved after CAB steps in|date=16 January 2021|newspaper=Nagaland Post|access-date=29 June 2021}}
The institution is built on a hillock, originally measuring {{cvt|200|acre}}. Presently, three portions, about 50 acres altogether, have been carved out to house a water reservoir, Doordharshan Kendra Kohima and music academy.
Departments
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Botany
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Computer Science
- Department of English
- Department of Geography
- Department of Geology
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Physics
- Department of Statistics
- Department of Tenyidie
- Department of Zoology{{cite web|url=http://www.kscj.ac.in/index.php/departments|title=Departments at Kohima Science College}}
Administration
Principal: Lily Sema
Vice Principal: Thungbeni Yanthan
Founding members:
- Neilhouzhü Kire, Chairman
- John Bosco Jasokie, General Secretary
- Keduonyü Sekhose, Organizing Secretary
- Vizol Koso, Member
- Haizotuo Munshi, Member
- U.M. Deb, Treasurer
- Akum Imlong, Member{{cite web|url=http://kscj.ac.in/index.php/ksc/administration|title=Administration}}
Library
The college is endowed with a number of libraries to meet the informative needs of the students and faculty. It has a large repository of books, journals, national and international magazines, newspapers, past exam question papers and project reports.
The college is a registered user of UGC-NLIST (National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content) Programme, a project funded by the Ministry of Human Resources Development under its National Mission on Education through ICT. The N-LIST project provides access to more than 3800 journals, 80000 electronic books and bibliographic databases to students, researchers and faculty, and also allows authorized users to download articles directly from the publisher's website.{{cite web|url=http://www.kscj.ac.in/index.php/library|title=Kohima Science College Library}}
Notable alumni and faculty
- Neikezhakuo Kengurüse, Indian Army Officer
- Mmhonlümo Kikon, Politician
- Moko Koza, Rapper
- Vizadel Sakhrie, Politician
- Hovithal Sothu, Bureaucrat
=Faculty members=
- Tanka Bahadur Rai, Politician
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Kohima Science College}}
- [http://www.kscj.ac.in Kohima Science College] Official website
{{Nagaland University}}
Category:1961 establishments in Assam
Category:Colleges affiliated to Nagaland University
Category:Educational institutions established in 1961