Colleges in West Bengal

BarrackporeRastraguru Surendranath College, founded in 1953, is a UGC registered College [under 2f] & accredited by NAAC. A group of dedicated men, led by Dr. Satish Bose, a noted social worker, took the initiative in establishing this institution on 19 Sept. 1953 and named it after one of the most illustrious sons of Barrackpore and India.

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Triveni Devi Bhalotia College, Raniganj was established in 1957 has been now the second biggest college of the state imparting higher education in twenty honors courses including Computer Science and one vocational course in Sericulture and the general courses almost in all subject of Arts, Science and Commerce streams. The college is government sponsored and is affiliated to University of Burdwan. The college has well educated and competent faculty members. Triveni Debi Bhalotia College Rani...

Mahishadal Girls College, the only one women's college in Purba Medinipur District, was established on 1st August, 1969. Some local affluent persons viz Late Dr Satyendranath Bhuniya, MB, Late Rabindranath Singha, Late Dr Haridas Sarkar, Late Gopal Chandra Mondal and many other eminent persons of the locality took the initiative to establish the college to spread the light of higher education among the women of this predominantly rural area. The college started its journey from a rented build...

The Maulana Azad College under the University of Calcutta is a community of students that encourages the quest for a deeper understanding of the human experience and fosters a personal commitment to lifelong learning, intellectual growth, and the enduring values of the liberal arts.The College is dedicated to helping students develop analytical and communication skills, creative abilities, and a sense of civic responsibility needed in an increasingly complex society.

Lady Brabourne College, with its lush green lawns and gardens opposite the Park Circus Maidan is one of the premier Institutions for women's education in India. Established by the Government of Bengal in July 1939 and named after the wife of Lord Brabourne, the Governor of Bengal till February 1939, the college made a humble beginning with 35 Muslim students and 9 faculty members in a rented house in Park Circus. The foundation stone of the building in which it is presently housed was laid on...

History The pressing demand for women's education in South Calcutta led the authorities of Asutosh College to open the Women's Section in July, 1932. On completion of its 25th year of existence, it was felt that this section of the College should be run as a separate Women's College, with a separate establishment of its own. In 1957 the College was separated from the Men's College and affiliated to Calcutta University as Asutosh College for Women (1958), subsequently renamed Jogamaya Devi Col...

Salesian College is a Government recognized minority educational institution of the Catholic Church, run by Salesians of Don Bosco, Kolkata Province where over 1400 students do their regular BA, BCom & BSc studies under the North Bengal University.

Ghatal Rabindra Satabarsiki MahaVidyalayaHistorically, in the pre-independence era, Ghatal PS and Chandrakona PS remained in Jahanabad Arambagh sub-division in Hooghly district and were included in Midnapore district in 1872. After the establishment of Ghatal sub-division in 1876, Ghatal PS and Chandrakona PS came under Ghatal sub-division and Daspur PS later on came under it in 1877.

Our College, one of the oldest College of Howrah District, established in 1946,1st August by Late Panchanan Chongdar of Howrah in memory of his father Late Ramsaday Chongdar has been named as Ramsaday College. This College is the fulfilment of a virtuous dream of Panchanan Chongdar.The College building, which is now being expanded to meet the demands for additional space and for modernisation, is situated on the bank of the river Damodar at Amta about 1/2 k.m. from Amta Bus Stand, Howrah. It ...

MUC Women's College is a Government Sponsored college affiliated to the University of Burdwan. It is the first college to be accredited under the University of Burdwan, having received a B++ rating from NAAC. M.U.C. Women's College founded on 28 July 1955 even prior to the establishment of the University of Burdwan to which the college is at present affiliated.

Raiganj College (University College) is one of the biggest colleges in the Northern part of West Bengal. Established in 1948, the college has been taken over by North Bengal University in 1968, and since then it has become a University College and is been directly managed by the University of North Bengal.

Darjeeling Government College as it stands today since 5th August, 1948, has traversed a long way in serving the community. Darjeeling is very fortunate to have a government college of this stature and potentiality in this district town. The college is situated at the foot-hills of the eastern sub-Himalayan region at an altitude of 2134 meters. It stands on the Leblong Cart Road near the Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park and the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute. At the place where the...

Debra Thana Sahid Kshudiram Smriti Mahavidyalaya, Paschim Medinipur was established in 2006. The college was started to impart the higher education to this region and promote social, cultural and moral values with a view to uplift the status of personal and professional life. The college offers under graduate courses in Arts stream. The Institute has state-of-the-art technologies and infrastructure. It is affiliated to Vidyasagar University, a renowned university of West Bengal.

Since the opening session 1948-49, the college was affiliated to the University of Calcutta in English, Bengali, Sanskrit, History, Logic, Civics, Commercial Geography, Commercial Arithmetic, Elements of Book Keeping to I.A. standard and organizers were motivated to introduce I.Sc. course from the very next session. From the very beginning of the Commerce department was run in the evening in the interest of the otherwise employed students.

The college was initially established as an Arts College. After 10 years of establishment of the college, founder Principal Nepal Chandra Roy purchased a plot of land of about 5.7 acre with a moderate Building from the American Baptist Bengal-Mission at a very moderate price of Rs.3700/- and the college was shifted on 26th August 1937 to its present position. After the death of Biswambhar Dinda, a trust formed after his name “ The Biswambhar Dinda Trust ( B.D. Trust) built up “Biswambhar Hall...

Vivekananda Mahavidyalaya, Burdwan, which was established in 1964 and which began functioning with a few teachers and around a 100 students has with the passage of 39 years developed into an institution with 42 full-time teachers, 40 administrative staff and 2696 students. Vivekananda Mahavidyalaya is a general degree college in Burdwan, in the Bardhaman district, West Bengal, India. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and sciences. It is affiliated to University of Burdwan.

In 1950 Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College came into existence as part of a larger historical reality known as Bengal Partition. Continuous with the struggle carried on by the victims of partition elsewhere, the college sprang up with the sole effort put in by those uprooted from the erstwhile East Bengal. In order to understand the historical struggle, its philosophy and the goals that compelled the birth and the subsequent growth of the college, the background and its location may be briefly out...

By miracle of Destiny, the Independence, formation of East Pakisthan and hence partition of Bengal causes of huge Hindu population from the then east business and profession, the Hindus left the then East Pakistan and hailed to India to get Balurghat being a border town, the growth of population rose from five thousand of fifty thousand in the year of independence. As a result along with manifold economic problems, education figured most prominently.

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