Best Practice 1

College Health Centre for students and staff

Objectives:
a) To cater to the health benefits for students and staff (teaching and nonteaching)
b) To provide health care and medical consultancies to the teaching and non-teaching fraternity along with the student community of the college free of cost.
c) To provide a platform where health issues can be easily addressed in time without incurring any cost and other physical restrictions

• The above quoted/mentioned program aims at providing in time medical facilities and consultancy required for students and staff.

• Many a time our staff and students due to their packing working schedule round the clock and sometimes due to the poor socioeconomic background they keep on postponing the visit to the physician to address their health and other medical issues.

• Under such circumstances our College Health Centre comes to a handy use where all our students and staff can visit the in house health center without wasting time and at zero cost 

• The preliminary diagnosis and consultancy is provided herein itself. In case, the health a medical issue requires more a serious attention then it/case is referred to the bigger hospital and specialist.

• The college has a small Health Centre that is located in the mezzanine floor of the college. Dr. Komal Jatania, the General Physician looks after it as its Resident Doctor.

• Dr. Komal Jatania is present in the College Health Centre on every Thursday to attend to the medical need of our staff and students. Evidence of Success: • The practice of Health Centre has proved to be a great success in itself apart from being of paramount importance.

• In last five years (2015-2016 to 2019-2020) starting from Trustees to Teaching and non-teaching staff and Students all have availed the Health Centre Services and its benefits from time to time.

• Due to timely consultation of medical practitioners many an ailment that have the potential to affect both life and lifestyle have been averted

• Infrastructure limitation. Due to lack of space, we are not able to provide the space to the health centre for the regular running and maintenance.

• Clash of timing between the visiting Doctor’s visiting hours and staff’s timing (work timing).

• A full time Medical Offer/Resident doctor who will be around at least half a day everyday so that all can avail the facility without much hassle.

The Context:

Our College (Lala Lajpatrai College) is situated in the South Mumbai region which is a hub of uptown greater commute Mumbai. Both students and staff commute from far off places (the suburban towns of Mumbai city) to report to college in time. The daily commuting and travel for work and education leaves no time for themselves apart from taking toll in health. In such situation, a place like College Health centre comes as a saviour that saves both time and petty healthy issues from getting complicated due to timely intervention of Health Care Centre and its physician. This health centre has been actively catering to the health care and medical needs of our students and staff ever since our college was incepted. In a city like Mumbai where half of one’s time is spent in commuting for work and education there this Health Centre comes as an apt platform that provides the required support and facilities to address various health issues well in time.

The Practice :

• The college has a small Health Centre that is located in the mezzanine floor of the college. Dr. Komal Jatania, the General Physician looks after it as its Resident Doctor.
• Dr. Komal Jatania is present in the College Health Centre on every Thursday to attend to the medical need of our staff and students.

Evidence of Success :

• The practice of Health Centre has proved to be a great success in itself apart from being of paramount importance.
• In last five years (2015-2016 to 2019-2020) starting from Trustees to Teachers, Now Teaching staff to Students all have availed the Health Centre Services and its benefits from time to time.
• Due to timely consultation of medical practitioners many an ailments have been awaited right in time which could have been proved to be fatal in later years.

Problems Encountered:

• Infrastructure limitation. Due to lack of space we are not able to provide the space to the health centre for the regular running and maintenance.
• Clash of timing between the visiting Doctor’s visiting hours and staff’s timing (work timing).

Resources Required :

• A full time Medical Offer/Resident doctor who will be around atleast half a day everyday so that all can avail the facility without much hassle.

Best Practice 2

 Rain Water Harvesting in the college that benefits the nearby and local communities

Objectives:

•    At the rate the ground water is getting depleted the rain water harvesting is a necessity of the day.

•   To share our bit of responsibility towards the conservation of water and accountability towards conserving environment, we at Lala Lajpatrai  College have started Rain Water Harvesting this/last year in 20

•    This Rain Water Harvesting was incepted in our college with an objective to save the rain water from being getting wasted so that the demand  for water can be met through the ground water.

•    This rain water harvesting was also intended for the rain water harvestable from the roof and the maneuvering yard of the College premises.

The Context:

Mumbai is an Island City surrounded by water bodies all around – the water which cannot be used for drinking. Mumbai being a financial capital of the Country is overcrowded with population. Mumbai’s water supply comes from seven different lakes spread across called Modak Sagar, Tansa Lake, Vehar Lake, Tulsi Lake, Upper Vaitarna, Bhusta and Middle Vaitarna. These lakes too in return are dependent on monsoon rains. Every time the Lake’s water level goes down people in Mumbai have to face water crisis. To take lessons from such crisis and also to show our responsibilities towards environment. We at Lala Lajpatrai College have incepted Rain Water Harvesting that will benefit our neighbourhoods who can utilize the ground water through boring pumps and taps as well.

Practice:

•   On 13/12/2018 Rain Water Harvesting was initiated in our college backyard that included Rain Water Harvesting filtration unit below ground with excavation, filter material, perforated media for water percolation, protecting brickwork with covering material and Sign Board etc.

•    A PVC pipe 6” dia is put underground to facilitate rain water’s collecting and movement for harvesting.

•    Pipe protection Net too has been put up for the protection and sustenance of water drain pipes.

•    The underground tank has the capacity of 208000 litres water for storage.

Evidence of Success:

•  With the available rainwater of 4347000 litres during monsoon where the water requirement for 3200 people for various purposes is 208000 there every day 208000 litres can be fulfilled by Rainwater Harvesting alone for flush water.

Best Practice 3

College open merit scholarship is given to meritorious students by the College Trust. During the academic year 2018-2019 Four (04) students were given free-ship for the whole year. Their tuition fees for S.Y.B.Com. and T.Y.B.Com. was waived off.

 

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