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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 Banerjee needs no introduction as a Great Patriot, political leader, orator, teacher, educationist, journalist; his place in history is secured. He is the founder of the institution and his noble idea of bringing higher education within the reach of the widest possible parts of society is still being followed faithfully.In 1882, the Presidency School which formed the nuclear of the present Institution was made over to Surendranath. 1st January 1884, he raised it to the status of ...

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...

Sarsuna college was established on 11th October in the year 1999. This West Bengal Government Aided college was initially started in the Sarsuna School premises. Later it was shifted to the newly constructed building in Sarsuna Upanagari. The college is affiliated to the University of Calcutta and is approved by UGC. Sarsuna College is also accredited by NAAC with Grade B in the year 2016. The building of the college is four storied, consisting of classrooms, laboratories, Library, Seminar Ha...

P.N. Das College was established on 20 th August, 1962 by Late Debesh Das, a timber merchant by profession. The college started with a few students and it was affiliated to the University of Calcutta as a co - educational Degree college in the 1962 - 63 session. Over the years the institution has been flourishing to cater to the needs of the locality and surrounding areas .The college started with a few subjects in the Arts Faculty and in 1975 -76 session the Commerce (Pass) stream received a...

July 1924, an apparently small event, due to assume much larger proportions. A college affiliated to the University of Calcutta started with just seven teachers and 124 students in the residential building of Late I.R. Belilious.The initiative in this regard was taken by Late Suranjan Dutta, the second son of Late Narasinha Dutta .The College started with Motilal Chatterjee as Principal and renowned scholar Jnanendranath Sen as Vice-Principal. Later on Prof.

Nabagram Hiralal Paul College was founded on 3rd February 1957 at the initiative of a number of progressive people of the locality, keenly interested in higher education. The area Nabagram started developing after the partition of Bengal, with people coming from East Bengal for settlement. After primary and secondary schools were set up felt the pressing need for a College within the settlement. To help translate this noble venture into a reality the Late Hiralal Paul, a patron of learning ca...

New Alipore College started its journey on 5th August 1963 as a Government Sponsored Co-educational Degree College affiliated to university of Kolkata. During its eventful existence the college played an important role in advancement of learning its academic and extra-curricular facilities to the students of south Kolkata and adjacent areas of Behala,Batanagar, Budge-Budge extending to Diamond Harbor. The mission of the College is to impart quality education to its student. Conscious efforts ...

Lalbaba College is situated in Howrah in West Bengal state of India. Established in 1964, it is accredited from UGC, NAAC and it is affiliated to University of Calcutta, Kolkata. b'Lalbaba College', Howrah offers 8 courses across 3 streams namely Commerce & Banking, Science, Arts and across 3 degrees like BA, B.Com, BSc. b'Lalbaba College' campus is spread over 2 Acres. Hostel facility is not available for its students. Additional campus facilities such as Canteen, Computer Lab, Counselling, ...

In 1970 at the instance, initiative and financial contributions of Late Ranadeb Chaudhuri and his family members and with active co-operation of other legal luminaries, who formed the first Governing Body of the College, Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College of Law was established by CHAUDHURI FOUNDATION TRUST. The Law College was named after Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri who has an honoured place in India’s independence movement.