The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) initiated an All-India Survey on Higher Education
(AISHE) since 2010-11 to prepare a sound database on a large and diverse system of Higher Education covering all
the higher educational Institutions in the country and to assess the correct picture of Higher Education in the country.
To facilitate open democracy, participatory governance and transparency in Higher education, it has been a regular
survey conducted by department of Higher Education under the MHRD since its inception. The rich data-base built
from the data collected under AISHE is used in making informed policy decisions and research for development of
education sector at District, State and All India levels. The main objective of this survey is to identify & capture all
the institutions of higher learning in the country and collect the data from all the higher education institutions on
various aspects of higher education such as Institution’s basic information; Teacher’s Details; Details of Non-Teaching
Staff; Programmes conducted under various Departments; Students enrolled in these Programmes; Examination results
of terminal year/final semester of each Programme; Financial information under various heads; Availability of
infrastructure facility; Student scholarships, loans; and Accreditation of the Institution. For the current session the
Nodal Officer of AISHE is Sri Artatrana Gochhayat, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science.
As a part of this survey, our College under the West Bengal State University has been submitting its annual
report regularly since 2014-15.