Glimpse of Skill Development Programs for Students and Livelihood Generation
Mushroom_Cultivation Video-1 Video-2 Vermi_Compost_Preparation  Video
Vermicompost selling by the NSM Sales Counter	Inauguration Vermicompost selling by the NSM Sales Counter
Product of Hands on training on Leaf composting	Workshop on Duck Farming
Product of Hands on Taining on Mushroom cultivation	Product of Vermicompost Unit, Department of Zoology
Product of Hands on Taining on Mushroom cultivation, Dept of Botany	Hands on training on Leaf composting

The vision of Netaji Subhash Mahavidyalaya is to provide inclusive education for inculcating human values, professionalism and scientific instillation to all sections of students including scheduled tribes, scheduled castes, other backward communities and religious minorities with special focus to female students. The college is continuously striving for proving ample scope for multifaceted development of local youths irrespective of religion, race, caste, gender through student-centric learning for self-development and skill development among students. In the present socio-economic scenario, it is essential to grow up a generation competent enough to get absorbed in private/government jobs or to make themselves competent enough for self-employment. So, the institution has taken initiatives to equip the students with some relevant technical skills with a moto to improve their employability and help them in starting small entrepreneurial ventures. The programmes are organized mostly in collaboration with other government institutions with involvement of resource persons who are experts of the particular skill.

In line with the activities for imparting some market worthy skills to the students it seemed imperative that the institution itself strive to put before the students a small business model where the institution can earn some revenue by production and sell of products manufactured in the campus using mostly campus waste and active support from students themselves. For this purpose Vermi Compost Production from bio degradable component of campus waste along with locally procured cheap plant waste materials and Mushroom cultivation and sell of the products in prevalent market rate has been initiated.Along with exploring the possibilities of institutional revenue generation, the main objective of the practice is to put before the students a small business model where their own expertise is used so as to encourage them to take up such entrepreneurial activities privately.

The college has taken up the initiative to produce Vermi Compost and to cultivate Mushroom in college campus with involvement of faculty members of departments of Zoology and Botany respectively.Students of the college who got training in Vermi composting and Mushroom Cultivation by attending Workshops organized on these two skills by the college earlier are actively engaged in the production process. Department of Zoology is using the vermicomposting tanks which are already existing in the college campus to produce vermicompost from biodegradable waste materials available in the campus as well as plant waste available for free locally. The college has invested a small amount for repairing of the tanks and procurement of earthworms. Cow dung is procured locally at a small price. The compost is packed in 5 kg bags and being sold at the rate of Rs 100 per bag to staff, faculty members and local people for their personal use. As for Mushroom cultivation, Oyster Mushrooms are being cultivated in the Department of Botany using paddy straw. The college has spent a small amount for purchasing straw, spawn and accessories. Autoclave for sterilizing the straw is already available in the department. The mushroom produced is being sold at the rate of Rs.200/- per Kg to staff, faculty members and local people.