Bangabasi College

Infobox University


name = Bangabasi College
established = November 27th,1887
type = Public
principal = Pradip Kumar Ghosh
city = Kolkata
state = West Bengal
country = India
campus = Urban, 0.60 acres
students = 2570 + 410 (self-funded)
undergrad = 2550
postgrad = 20
affiliations = University of Calcutta
website= http://www.bangabasi.org/

Bangabasi College (Bangla: বঙ্গবাসী কলেজ) is an educational institution offering undergraduate and postgraduate teachings under the University of Calcutta. It was founded by Acharya Girish Chandra Bose, the eminent educationist, social reformer and agriculturist in 1887. The college is located at 19, Scott Lane (now Raj Kumar Chakraborty Sarani), Kolkata 700009.

History

Acharya Girish Chandra Bose founded Bangabasi School in 1885. The school started in a rented house in Bowbazar Street with six teachers and twelve students. The school was upgraded into a college in 1887. Girish Chandra had served the college as its Principal from 1887 to 1933, before he was nominated as Rector of the college in 1935. The College got affiliation for B.A, B.L. and M.A. courses to meet the requirement of the students. In the year 1903, the college moved to its present premises at 19, Scott Lane. After that there was a steady growth of the college with the introduction of the Honors courses in various subjects.

After the independence in 1947, three new branches of the institution were opened which, later changed into Bangabasi Morning College, Bangabasi Day College and Bangabasi Evening College. All of them are housed in the same building, except Bangabasi College of Commerce. The College became co-educational in 1979 and the college authority opened another commerce department. 1947, the year of India`s independence, coincided with the diamond jubilee year of the college. The celebration was inaugurated by Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari, a lawyer, writer, statesman and the second Governor-General of independent India.

Administration

*President: ASHIS KUMAR ROY (Former Vice-Chancellor, Kalyani University)
*Secretary: PRADIP KUMAR GHOSH (Principal, Bangabasi College)
*Calcutta University Nominee
*Government Nominee
*Teachers' Representatives
*Non-Teachers’ Representative
*Students’ Representative
*The Academic Sub-Committee & Finance Sub-Committee
*Library Sub-Committee, Education Sub-Committee

Accredition

Bangabasi College has been accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council of India (NAAC) with "B+" cerificate. [http://naacindia.org/Colleges.asp?state=26]

Admissions and academics

Admission commences immediately after the publication of the results of the Higher Secondary examination of the West Bengal Higher Secondary Council. After all the admission applications have been received (within the specified dates) the College will publish its merit list of eligible candidates who may then be entitled to take admission in different courses. As per the rules of admission to Bangabasi College 22% of the seats are reserved for students belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC) and 6% for Scheduled Tribes (ST).

Departments

* Anthropology
* Bengali
* Botany
* Chemistry
* Commerce
* Computer Science
* Economics
* English
* Geography
* History
* Mathematics
* Philosophy
* Physics
* Political Science
* Sanskrit
* Zoology

Undergraduate education

Bangabasi College offers a number of degrees as part of its undergraduate programmes. They include: * 3 years B.A. (Hons) * 3 years B.Sc. (Hons) * 3 years B.Com. * 3 years B.A. (Gen) * 3 years B.Sc. (Gen) * 3 years B.Com. (Gen)

B.A. Honours Subjects

English, Bengali, Sanskrit, History, Political Science, Philosophy, Economics.

B.Com. Honours Subjects

Financial Accounting, Direct and Indirect Taxation, Cost & Management Accounting, Indian Financial System and Financial Market, Operations. B.Sc. Honours Subjects

Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Economics, Zoology, Botany, Anthropology, Computer Science, Geography,

3 year General Degree Course (B.A./B.Sc./B.Com.) is also offered by Bangabasi College.

Postgraduate education

Bangabasi College offers a self finance 2 years (four semester) Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Zoology.

BANGABASI COLLEGE COMPUTER TRAINING CENTER

Bangabasi College in collaboration with Webel Informatics Limited offers a comuter awareness course. This course is compulsory to the students of B.A.(Hons. & General), B.Sc. (general) Students.

Student life and culture

Festivals

Freshers' Welcome, Annual Social, Inter-Class Cultural Competition, publication of Wall Magazine, organisation of nature study camps, Quiz, Essay, Debate.

Auditorium

The college has an auditorium with a capacity of 450 seats.

Bangabasi College Magazine

Bangabasi College Magazine (first published in 1903) is the oldest college magazine of its type in Kolkata. It is published by the Bangabasi College Students Union every year and it is an important annual event of this college.

Sports

Bangabasi College has common sports ground and a beautiful pavilion on the Kolkata Maidan for cricket, football, hockey, volleyball, lawn tennis, badminton, and athletics. Students of the Bangabasi College participate in the Inter-Class Football Competitions, Annual Sports, Inter-College Table Tennis Tournaments and Inter-college Cricket Tournaments.

Bangabasi College has strict provisions dealing with physical and mental harassment of junior students (ragging).

Alumni

The alumni of Bangabasi College have achieved prominence in various fields. Following is the list of notable alumni of this college.

*Dr. A.P. Mitra - former Director General, CSIR. [PEER TEAM REPORT ON THE INSTITUTIONAL ASSESMENT AND ACCREDITATION OF BANGABASI COLLEGE. MARCH 16-18, 2007. NAAC. http://naacindia.org/Reports/217%20Bangabasi%20College,%20WB.doc]
*Sudhi Ranjan Das (1 October 1894-18 September 1977)- Chief Justice of India from 5 September 1955 to 31 January 1959.
*Rasikendra Nath Nandi (1882-1962)- Social reformer
*Chittabrata Majumdar (1935 – 2007)- General secretary of CITU.
*Pankaj Gupta (1899 - March 5, 1971)- He was an MBE in recognition of his life long contribution to sports administration.
*Tushar Kanti Ghosh, prominent Bengali author and journalist, Editor, Amrita Bazar Patrika

See also

*Bangabasi Morning College
*Bangabasi Evening College

References

External links

* [http://www.bangabasi.org Official website]