Department of History

Year of Establishment- 1992

Dr. M. M. Kherde

Professor & Head

Department of History is established in the year 1991 with the establishment of faculty of Arts in the college. The department is running Under Graduate course having one Associate Professor as a faculty. Lecture method is the major technique used for teaching the syllabus. However, seminar, group discussion, unit test and A/V tools techniques are also adopted. Students asked to submit small projects on local history, so that they must be familiar about the history of the place where they are living. Apart from this some more topics are also being given for the project. The impact of these is naturally observed on the performance of the students in the final university examination and therefore satisfactory outcome is obtained.
Department organizes Guest Lectures of eminent personalities on various topics, conference, A/V clips on various historical movements, etc. for students. Video film shows on Dandi Yatra, Sant Gadge Maharaj, Bharat Ek Khoj are also organized by the Department for the students. Arranging educational tours and visits local historical places to aware about the local history is a routine practice. Department also conducts coin exhibitions for students to aware them about the different Indian currencies used in different time. Many students could clear the competitive examination and extending their services in various fields in Government and corporate sectors. Department is planning to develop Archaeological section within the department and also to develop museum which can reflects the local history of the region.