Dr. Biswajit Mondal is the Assistant Professor of Optometry at NSHM Knowledge Campus, Durgapur. Previously, He was dean of Health Sciences at ABS Academy of Science, Technology, and Management. He is the director of Classic Eyewear.

What are your roles and responsibilities towards the students?

“Providing Students with well-equipped Educational Facilities timely”

My responsibilities towards the students are as follows: 

  • Interact with students to identify the problems and find solutions.
  • To encourage research/innovative programs in the department. 
  • To organize need-based workshops/seminars/symposia/visits/excursions etc. 
  • To invite guest speakers for interaction and guidance to UG/PG students. 
  • To guide the students for career opportunities. 
  • Arrange special classes if necessary for the benefit of below-average students.
  • Ensure academic discipline in the department.

How do you tend to establish healthy relations with the students and faculty?

“Providing Students with Interactive Sessions for helping them in clearing doubts”

To reach students, help them achieve, solve classroom management issues, and create a healthy classroom environment is to build relationships with them. And it's true. Building strong relationships with students can help them develop academically and socially. 

How do you make the subjects industry-oriented?

“Providing students with industrial visits to gain practical experience”

It's essential to teach students a blend of academic and clinical skills to produce employable graduates. There are great benefits to gain from an industry-oriented education delivery that concentrates on both academic and clinical skills. For one, graduates have a clear competitive advantage when they apply for jobs. Secondly, this approach is interesting for both students and teachers. When it comes to motivation, having fun is a primary component. Being industry-oriented means two things: keeping up with the industry and involving the industry. Industry-oriented academic delivery is a declared goal for our campus. 

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What are the best practices offered by the department to the students for skill enhancement? 

“Providing Students with Problem Solving, Motivational and Co-curricular Sessions”

Establishment of tie-ups with renowned Eye Care Brands and Academic Institutions. Close interaction with society with the problem-solving ability through student's project works faculty consultancy, and testing assignments Empanelment of faculty as resource persons in various government and non-government organizations, reviewers for national and international journals, and as an expert for effective implementation of various government schemes. Motivation and support for students for appearing competitive exams and summer internship in industries, research institutions in India and abroad. Promoting the students for their involvement in co-curricular activities within and outside the campus by assigning additional credit under the able guidance of faculty. Industrial training and internship since the second year of the UG Optometry program

How do you strategize and update the curriculum? 

“Updation of the Syllabus by designing the strategies”

The curriculum has been strategized, practice-based learning, and choice-based learning. As industries require changes, the necessary modification needs to be done. Therefore, the update of the syllabus is the most important part of the curriculum. Several strategies are also designed to help students to cope up with the changing syllabus of the departments.

How do you encourage students for placements and higher education?

“Providing Students with 100% Placement Assistance and Higher Education Courses”

In the present era, campus placement holds great importance for students and educational institutes. While it helps a student in building a strong foundation for the professional career ahead without facing the real-world job struggle, peer competition, or family pressure, a good placement record gives a competitive edge.

Preparing Students for Higher education

  1. Academic Discourse – skills for communicating effectively in debates, discussions, and presentations
  2. Academic Text Strategies – skills for analyzing academic texts in greater detail
  3. Academic Strategies – skills for understanding and responding critically to lectures
  4. Composition – skills for effective academic writing
  5. Comprehension – skills for understanding academic texts and lectures

How do you help your student to cope up with the competition? 

“Providing Students with engaging classes, and conducting quizzes at regular interval”

Making them attentive in the class, creating interest in the subject, engaging them to follow class seriously, asking them questions in between, conducting quizzes, conducting class tests, and giving prizes encourage and improves competitive spirit in students. We also focus on conducting FDP, Lecture series of experts, Skill training, CLC class for communication, MOOCS, spiritual development, and Mock interview.

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What advice would you like to the students for them to have a prosperous career ahead? 

“Be patient and work hard, gather knowledge, and upgrade continuously”

This covid pandemic is an opportunity to sharpen your skills, introspect yourself, what you can do, what changes you can bring in your life. Believe me, you will not get this type of opportunity in at least the next 100 years. You are so free to learn new things, new technologies, to get new certifications. You can gain insights into other areas also which are not relevant to your particular branches. So my message to youth is to utilize this time because you will not get it again.