‘ज्ञानाची शिदोरी पोहचवा घरोघरी’
(Dnyanachi Shidori Pohachava Gharoghari)
(Motivation for Acquiring Knowledge Through Reading)
Goals
- To inculcate the reading habit among the students by providing the books in free of cost.
- To let the students select the books of their own interest for reading.
- To make use of books lying idle with the stakeholders.
The Context
In the era of advanced social and mass media, the students are going away from reading books. They indulge themselves in electronic media.. In order to create the interest of reading among the students and develop their reading apetite, the institution started an innovative practice entitled as ‘ज्ञानाची शिदोरी पोहचवा घरोघरी’ (Motivation for Acquiring Knowledge Through Reading). Let the students’ read the books as per their own interest and at their leisure. Let them handle and use the books in free of cost.
Practice
- An appeal is made through local daily news papers to all stakeholders to donate the books, magazines, periodicals etc. to this scheme. These books are collected in the college library throughout the year. They are listed in the register.
- The exhibition of these books is made open for the students and other stakeholders in the month of February / March. Students are informed to visit this exhibition and allowed to read the books and they have been given a book in free of cost to take with them to their homes. They are requested to exchange the books with friends, relatives classmates etc.
Evidence of Success
During the academic year 2016-17 our institution collected 345 books from the stakeholders. Dr. Girish Pendharkar has donated cash of Rs. 10,000/- for this event. Ajab Publications, Kolhapur has donated 300 books for this purpose. The book exhibition was held on 20 March, 2017 on the premises of the college by the library. The exhibition was made open for all the stakeholders. A large number of readers have visited the exhibition and hundreds of books were issued to the stakeholders in free of cost.