Colleges in West Bengal

The British East India Company established the Indian Medical Service (IMS) in the year 1764 to look after Europeans in British India. On 9 May, 1822 the British Government laid down a plan to fill the position of native doctors in the civil and military establishments of the Presidency of Bengal. For the said purpose and imparting the medical teaching in local language , on 21st June, 1822 they founded “The Native Medical Institution “. In 1833 William Bentinck committee recommended a requir...

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Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research (IPGMER), which is located in Kolkata (West Bengal), was started as a hospital in 1957. In 2004, it was converted into a medical training institute as well. It is managed and run jointly by the Government of India and State Government of West Bengal. The educational institution is approved by the Medical Council of India (MCI), Government of India. Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research was affiliated to University of Ca...

The first attempt for the introduction of a proper medical training was undertaken by Lord William Bentinck. As a fruit of his effort and long persuasion, government order was passed to set up a medical college in Calcutta which is known as Calcutta Medical College. As the resolution was passed on 28th January, 1835, this day is observed as the Foundation Day of the College. What we see at the premises of Calcutta Medical College and Hospital, did not exist during the early period of its ince...

Bankura Sammilani Medical College, which is located in Bankura (West Bengal), is one of the oldest medical colleges in India. It was started in 1956 by Bankura Sammilani Trust. In 1961, the college was taken over by the Government of West Bengal. The college is affiliated to University of Calcutta and approved by the Medical Council of India (MCI), Government of India, New Delhi. Bankura Sammilani Medical College admits students to courses in medical sciences, which are offered at the undergr...

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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.

Ghani Khan Choudhury Institute of Engineering & Technology (GKCIET), Malda, West Bengal was established in 2010 by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India in the memory of Sri Ghani Khan Choudhury who had contributed immensely to societal development of the region. The Institute is located at Malda, West Bengal with the bordering districts of Bihar, Jharkhand and North Eastern states.

Institute of Science & Technology is a self financing college, sponsored by Gopsai Avinandan Sangha has been started in the year 2005 with a noble aim of imparting technical education to the rural masses in and around West Bengal. The institution enables them to be placed as the best professionals in industries and make them enter into high level programmes with competence and confidence.

Bengal College of Engineering and Technology, Durgapur was set up under the aegis of SKS Educational and Social Trust in 2001. The college offers a multitude of under graduate and post graduate degree courses in different branches of engineering and management.

Annex College of Management Studies is an undertaking of Annex Convent College – a noble venture started in 1990. The college has a unique distinction in being blessed and Guided by the Late Mother Teresa. From the time of commissioning, the Institution was sanctified by a distinguished lineage of luminaries, who with their valuable insights and inputs introduced a strong value system in the college that formed the core standards and philosophy of the Institute. Annex College Of Management St...

All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health, established in 1932 as the first school of Public Health in South-East Asia region, has been a Pioneer Institute of its kind dedicated to teaching, training, and research in various disciplines of Public Health and allied sciences to ensure capacity building in the area of Public Health. The teaching, training, and research at AIIH&PH have the unique support of its field laboratories, namely, Urban Health Center, Chetla and Rural Health Unit & T...

Nightingale Institute of Management Studies (NIMS) was established in September 1999 under West Bengal Societies Registration Act 1961. Certified by ISO 9001:2000, NIMS is one of the premier management institutes in Kolkata, India. It has been recognized for its excellent training and placement records. Nightingale Institute of Management Studies (NIMS) BD-38, Salt Lake, Kolkata – 700 064, West Bengal, India Contact No : (91)(33) 2321-0466/8612, (91) 92304-59363

Calcutta Institute of Technology is pioneer institute in the field of engineering education in India. The college had developed itself to cater sophisticated education in the field of engineering and technology. This Institute has founded in the year 2004 to run engineering education such as Computer Science & Engg, Information Technology, Electronics & Communication Engg., Chemical Engg, Electrical Engg, Mechanical Engg., Civil Engg. and post graduated degree like Master in Computer Applicat...

The Budge Budge Institute of Technology or BBIT is a self-financing college in West Bengal, India offering diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Engineering and Technology and other allied fields. The college is affiliated with West Bengal State Council of Technical Education diploma courses, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology undergraduate and postgraduate courses and all the relevant programes are approved by the All India Council for Technical Education.

Aryabhatta Institute of Engineering and Management was established in 2003 with the objective of creating highly trained professional manpower in various disciplines of Engineering keeping in mind the rapid industrial growth in West Bengal as well as different parts of India in the context of globalization and competition . The Institute is governed by a Board of Governors consisting of eminent personalities and Educationists. The Institute is approved by AICTE and courses are affiliated to W...

Since the inception of this University, the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (H & SS) has been offering a number of important courses that relate to the broader perspective of humanities and the social sciences. Through the execution of well-articulated planning the School of H and SS has emerged as the largest school at NSOU, both in terms of enrolment and the number of courses on offer. School of Humanities and Social Sciences 1 Woodburn Park, Kolkata 700020, West Bengal Phone No : ...

Nilratan Sircar Medical College is located in Kolkata, the capital city of West Bengal. It is one of the few government medical colleges in the state and among the oldest in the country. The college came into being in 1948 and is affiliated to University of Calcutta, Kolkata. It is approved by the Medical Council of India (MCI), Government of India, New Delhi. Nilratan Sircar Medical College Kolkata offers quality education in the field of medical sciences, at the undergraduate, postgraduate ...

Gandhi Academy of Management Studies is located at a corner of the greater Calcutta, Salt Lake. The vision and the mission of this college are to impart education in the professional field of study to the young and budding students of the Eastern and North Eastern India. The institute is recognized and approved by the U.G.C. / A.I.C.T.E. and D.E.C. in the year 2005. Gandhi Academy Of Management Studies BE 81 Sector 1 Salt Lake City Kolkata West Bengal India Contact No : 033 - 23584582, 65149832

Established in 2005, Institute of International Trade IITrade, Kolkata is a leading Private Aided college based in Kolkata. The college is popularly known as IITrade among the students. The institute offers a wide array of academic courses and programmes that are approved by UGC.