The Kohima Science College, Jotsoma (KSCJ) is an autonomous government institute for undergraduate and postgraduate science education located at

Jotsoma Jotsoma is an Angami Naga village located about west from the state capital, Kohima Kohima (; Angami Naga: ''Kewhira'' ()), is the capital of the Northeastern Indian state of Nagaland. With a resident population of almost 100,000, it is t ...

in the state of

Nagaland Nagaland () is a landlocked States and union territories of India, state in the northeast India, northeastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south and the ...

, India. The college was established in 1961 with science education in higher secondary and under graduate levels. Kohima Science College has about 2000 students (as of 2021) enrolled in collegiate undergraduate and graduate programs and served by about 100 academic faculty and staff with a teacher to student ratio of 1:20.

Campus

The college campus is located on the hill top of Jotsoma village, which is located from

Kohima Kohima (; Angami Naga: ''Kewhira'' ()), is the capital of the Northeastern Indian state of Nagaland. With a resident population of almost 100,000, it is the second largest city in the state. Originally known as ''Kewhira'', Kohima was founded i ...

. The college campus covers an area of about . The institution is built on a hillock, originally measuring . Presently, three portions, about 50 acres altogether, have been carved out to house a water reservoir, Doordharshan Kendra Kohima and music academy.

Departments

*Department of

Anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of be ...

*Department of

Botany Botany, also called plant science (or plant sciences), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "bot ...

*Department of Chemistry *Department of

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to practical disciplines (includin ...

*Department of

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national id ...

*Department of

Geography Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, a ...

*Department of

Geology Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Ea ...

*Department of Mathematics *Department of

Physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which rel ...

*Department of Statistics *Department of Tenyidie *Department of

Zoology Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and ...

Administration

Principal: Lily Sema Vice Principal: Thungbeni Yanthan Founding members: * Neilhouzhü K. Angami, Chairman *

John Bosco Jasokie John Bosco Jasokie also J. B. Jasokie (1927 – 19 October 2005) was an Indian politician from the state of Nagaland. He became the Chief Minister of Nagaland on two occasions as part of the Naga National Democratic Party. He was also a compos ...

, General Secretary * Keduonyü Sekhose, Organizing Secretary *

Vizol Angami Vizol Vitso-n Koso (16 November 1914 – 3 March 2008) was an Indian politician from Nagaland who served as the 4th Chief Minister of Nagaland twice from February 1974 until March 1975 and November 1977 until April 1980. He became the Chief Min ...

, Member * Haizotuo Munshi, Member * U.M. Deb, Treasurer * Akum Imlong, Member

Library

The college is endowed with a number of libraries to meet the informative needs of the students and faculty. It has a large repository of books, journals, national and international magazines, newspapers, past exam question papers and project reports. The college is a registered user o
UGC-NLIST
(National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content) Programme, a project funded by the Ministry of Human Resources Development under its National Mission on Education through ICT. The N-LIST project provides access to more than 3800 journals, 80000 electronic books and bibliographic databases to students, researchers and faculty, and also allows authorized users to download articles directly from the publisher's website.

References

External links

Kohima Science College
Official website {{Nagaland University Education in Kohima 1961 establishments in Assam Colleges affiliated to Nagaland University Educational institutions established in 1961 Kohima district Science colleges in India Universities and colleges in Nagaland