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The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences was established under the WBNUJS Act, 1999 (West Bengal Act IX of 1999) adopted by the West Bengal Legislature in July, 1999. The University was notified under Clause (f) of Section 2 of the UGC Act, 1956 in August 2004 and has been granted permanent affiliation by the Bar Council of India in July 2005.

The history of our institution, Maharaja Srischandra College dates back to 1941, when the college was set up in a very busy North Calcutta neighbourhood Shyambazar by Maharaja Srischandra Nandy in memory of his father Maharaja Manindra Chandra Nandy, a renowned philanthropic Zamindar of Cossimbazar. An equally illustrious personality as his father, Maharaja Srischandra greatly contributed to the socio-cultural movement of Bengal in the early 20th century.

In 1954, Professor J. C. Ghosh, the then Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University, surveyed the available higher educational facilities in North 24 Parganas. The survey revealed that facilities were inadequate for the huge influx of refugees in the area. Professor Ghosh stressed the immediate necessity of setting up at least six colleges for male and female students in the suburbs of Kolkata in order to cope with the growing demand for college education in both humanities and sciences.

Vidyasagar College is a living monument of the untiring labours of Pandit Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar. This is the first private college held its own place in the field of education. A great many eminent sons of India from various walks of life have been associated with this college, either as students, teachers or as administrators and committee members. It was the great Indian educationalist and social reformer Pandit Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar who was associated with the College from its very i...

The spread of European education in alliance with the doctrine of Christianity had been an important impetus to missionary enterprise in India in the nineteenth century. Scottish Church College, established in 1830 as the General Assembly's Institution and given its present name in 1929 is an institution born out of one such impetus.

Rammohan College owes its origin to City College, Calcutta which is one of the oldest first grades College in West Bengal. It was founded in 1881 by a band of patriotic and selfless Bramo leaders like Ananda Mohan Bose, Pandit Sivnath Sastri and Umesh Chandra Dutta. Rastraguru Surendranath Banerjee tater joined the College as teacher. Upto 1961 City College had a women’s Department in morning which has separately affiliated in 1961 to the Calcutta University and renamed as Rammohan College.

The partition of India witnessed a mass exodus of people of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to West Bengal. Among many refugee colonies that sprang up, New Barrackpore was one. Immediately after the need of food and shelter, demand for educational institution arose. This led to the birth of the college. The College started with a handful of students in a few rented rooms of a local school. But now it has under gone a complete transformation. Struggle is still there, but it is no more a struggl...

Ananda Mohan College (established in 1961) is the evening unit of the City Group of Colleges situated at 102/1, Raja Rammohan Sarani, Kolkata – 700009. It is a premier evening college in the city of Kolkata. It offers undergraduate courses in pure science, bio science, humanities, social science and commerce with honours courses in such major subjects as Bengali, English, History, Economics, Mathematics,

Rammohan College owes its origin to City College, Calcutta which is one of the oldest first grades College in West Bengal. It was founded in 1881 by a band of patriotic and selfless Brahmo leaders like Ananda Mohan Bose, Pandit Sivnath Sastri and Umesh Chandra Dutta. Rastraguru Surendranath Banerjee later joined the College as teacher. Up to 1961 City College had a women’s Department in morning which has separately affiliated in 1961 to the Calcutta University and renamed as Rammohan College.

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Vidyasagar Evening College, a co-educational institution affiliated to the University of Calcutta, shares a long and illustrious history with two of its sister institution Vidyasagar College and Vidyasagar College for Women.

Address: 78B, Acharya Profulla Chandra Road , Kolkata- 700009, West Bengal Landmark: Near Sealdaha Railway Station Phone: (033) 23501959

At a logical stage in this process of growth and development these different Units of the College were converted with effect from June 11, 1961, into independent Colleges governed by separate Governing Bodies but under the ultimate control of a Central Council in matters of Policy, co-operation and co-ordination.

Surendranath Banerjea was one of the great pioneers in the history of India's freedom movement. He is regarded as a great patriot, scholar, orator and statesman. As an educationist he devoted himself wholeheartedly to the cause of higher education in the country. In 1882 Surendranath Banerjea took over the charge of Presidency School. Early in 1884 this school was converted into Presidency Institution affiliated to I.A. standard and later in the same year into a degree college named as “Ripon...

Surendranath College for Women was established in 1948, mainly for imparting higher education to girls from partition-affected families. After partition many families came from the then East Pakistan and settled in the Sealdah railway station area and its neighborhood. It became necessary to open a branch for women at the nearest college. The girls had to take up jobs during the afternoons to support their families. So our College with its morning timings came into existence.

History In 1882 Surendranath Banerjea, eminent scholar, orator and statesman and one of the pioneers of India’s struggle for self-government and freedom, took over the charge of Presidency School. In January 1884, it was renamed Presidency Institution and became affiliated to the Intermediate Standard of the University of Calcutta. Later in the same year, with permission from Lord Ripon, it was renamed as Ripon College and became a full-fledged degree College under the University of Calcutta.

Sundarban Hazi Desarat College is a grant-in-aid college of West Bengal and is recognized under section 2(f) and 12B by the UGC. The college was established in 1961 at Pathankhali village in the then remote Gosaba island of Sundarbans. Despite lack of proper communication facility, drinking water, power supply and many other minimum required infrastructural facilities, the zeal and eagerness of some people to educate the most deprived and backward class of this area gave birth to this college.

The College runs in three shifts. The Morning Shift is exclusively meant for girls, the Evening Shift is meant for boys while the Day Shift runs as a co-educational unit. Over the years our students, the Jaipurians, have been able to make a mark for themselves in the academic field by dint of their serious effort and dedication.In its untiring effort to develop itself and keeping pace with the time, the College has introduced various new subjects like Electronics, Computer Science, Journalism...

Serampore Girls' College was founded on June 6,1981 to cater to the local demand for a Girls' College. Late Sm.Anita Devi, the noted educationist and the then President of West Bengal Higher Secondary Council inaugurated the college in the presence of Late Prof.Sambhu Ghosh,the then Minister for Higher Education, Late Bhabani Mukhopadhyay,formar Minister for Parliamentary Affairs,Govt.of West Bengal, Late Kamal Krishna Bhattacharya,the then MLA and Chairman of Serampore Municipality and other...