The college administration is bound to abide by the government policy of education as the college is completely governed by the State Government. This college was carved out of the already existing co-educational college with an intention to impart education exclusively to girl students in a care free academic environment in the year 1982. This college caters to the academic need of the girls of the semi urban area inhabited by Gond tribes in the South-West of Satpura plateau.
The institute, recognised under section 2(f) and 12(b) of the UGC act is situated in the heart of Chhindwara city, amongst the beautiful Satpura ranges which surrounds this beautiful town. Having completed a long journey from Dr. Hari Singh Gaur University, Sagar to Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur, presently, the college is affiliated to Chhindwara University which is now being renamed as Raja Shankar Shah University.
Syllabi for undergraduate courses are unified for the state. The curriculum for undergraduate courses is designed and handed over to the universities by the central board of studies. There is a representation of some teachers in the board of studies as well.
The central board syllabi offer UG (under graduate) courses with elective subjects in arts faculty. Science faculty offers regular options. Home Science faculty offers PG (post graduate) programs in human development, food and nutrition along with regular undergraduate B.Sc.(H.Sc.) program. In Commerce stream, the university offers M.Com. In 4 groups viz, accounting, management, taxation and marketing. Self-financed PG programs in Hindi, English, Sociology, Sanskrit, Economics, and Psychology are available. The curriculum is divided into monthly teaching plan which, as a result, is recorded in daily diaries, and registers. The college conducts “college chalo abhiyan” in the feeding institutions to motivate students towards higher education. The admission graph exhibits a steady increase in the UG programs. Regarding admission procedures, transparency is maintained through centralised online admission by the department of Higher Education MP.
The college observes the academic calendar issued by the State Government and the internal evaluation termed as CCE (Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation) constitutes various modes of testing the performance of the students.
The college is although not recognized centre for research yet the college administration motivates its students to take up research work at other places. 90% of the regular staff is Ph.D. Some of the preceptors have taken up projects from various funding agencies like UGC, MAPCOST, etc. Library has INFLIBNET membership. In-house projects are a part of the curriculum in the final semesters of both UG and PG courses. The institute has plans to establish a research centre in the future. Most of the teachers have published their articles, research papers in various books and journals with ISBN and ISSN.
The college possesses three sources of funding (a) State Government (b) UGC (c) Janbhagidari funds.
The college is committed to the effective and optimum use of its available infrastructure. The college enjoys Wi-Fi facility, smart classes, LCD projectors, computer lab, departmental libraries and a central library housing 46000 books. A hostel is being expanded to accommodate 350 occupants. Further building proposals including classrooms, administrative block, laboratory etc are at hand.
Personal counselling is provided to the students by their respective teachers at the time of admission. Lectures, workshops, training modules are organized by the career guidance cell in self-employment and entrepreneurial skills. Welfare schemes like post-metric scholarships for SC/ST/OBC students, merit scholarships like Gaon ki Beti, Pratibha Kiran, Handicapped, Minority and general schemes like Awagaman and Awasiya are available from the State Government. Personal accident insurance policy is applicable to all the students. The college at present has a considerable small play ground to accommodate certain games. The college possesses a modified Gym and facility for indoor and outdoor games. Many students in the last 5 years have represented at the State, National, International level.
The continuous formal/informal meetings, interaction, discussion between the Principal and the staff result in ensuring the discipline, academic environment, use of innovative teaching methods in an organizational culture. Various committees are constituted for training policies, plans and execution of projects. Staff council is the institutional statutory decision making body IQAC, UGC, Mahila Prakoshta, Jan Shikayat, Alumni Association, Grievance Redressal cell, Purchase Committee, work towards their respective important areas.
The college is committed to provide quality education to young girls and women aspirants from across the tribal region of the district coming from diverse socio economical background, so as to shape them into good human beings, having self-confidence and leadership skills.
The college has 34 full-time professors and 16 guest lecturers and 48 JBS teachers which are continuously striving to help students to gain excellence in career and become emotionally secure individuals. The state government has been supporting the development through RUSA and World Bank funded by MPHEQIP initiative by Department of Higher Education Government of MP. Majority of faculty hold PhD as their highest qualification and others are NET qualified.
The institute offers UG and PG programmes in Arts, Science, Commerce and Home Science through conventional and self financing modes. College offers 04 UG programmes with 20 combinations in UG classes and 16 PG programmes and 1PG diploma programme for academic flexibility to students. The excellence is reflected in the increase in number of admission in last few years. The college not only provides proper guidance to the students to choose right career path, but is also committed to make them conscious of their social responsibilities through outreach programmes organised by NSS, NCC, Environment Club (Eco Club), Swami Vivekanand Career Guidance Cell etc. These programmes enhances the social awareness and sensitivity towards the upliftment of the underprivileged sections of the society in particular and environmental awareness in whole.
The institute makes maximum use of its limited resources. The college runs in two shifts, in the morning Science and Commerce faculty have their classes while in the afternoon Arts and Home Science have their classes. Many labs and classrooms have been combined to make proper use of the space available. The multipurpose halls is used for cultural and sports activities simultaneously and indoor activities like Badminton, Table Tennis, Judo and Kabaddi are conducted in the Multipurpose Hall.