Bidhannagar College

Bidhannagar College
Main building of Bidhannagar College
Type Government College
Established 1984
Principal Dr. Madhumita Manna
Location

EB-2, Sector-I,

Bidhannagar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
22°35′04.88″N 88°24′10.73″E / 22.5846889°N 88.4029806°E / 22.5846889; 88.4029806Coordinates: 22°35′04.88″N 88°24′10.73″E / 22.5846889°N 88.4029806°E / 22.5846889; 88.4029806
Campus Urban
Website www.bidhannagarcollege.org

Bidhannagar College (Bengali: বিধাননগর মহাবিদ্যালয়) Bidhannagar (Salt Lake), Kolkata, established in 1984, is a West Bengal State University affiliated college run by the Government of West Bengal.[1] It was formerly affiliated to the University of Calcutta. Apart from undergraduate courses, the college offers postgraduate courses in Education, Microbiology, Chemistry and Zoology.

History

Bidhannagar College started on June 25, 1984 in a small building at BF-142, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700064 with a student strength of 52. The founder principal was Dr. Subes Chandra Sarkar.[2] Undergraduate courses in Mathematics and Economics began from the day of opening, while the Physics and Chemistry departments became functional from the academic session of 1985–86. Honours subjects offered in the Humanities were English, Bengali, History, Political Science and Philosophy. Honours courses in Anthropology, Botany and Microbiology opened during the 2002–2003 session. M.Sc. courses in Zoology and Microbiology started in 2004. In 2009 Department of Education started their journey.

With the gradual increase in the number of departments and the corresponding student strength, the original building became inadequate.[2] A new, larger building at EB 2, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700064 was constructed on 7.5 acres (30,000 m2). [2] [3]

Building

Bidhannagar college new building

The present building, located on 7.5 acres (30,000 m2) of prime real estate, is a three-storey structure with front gardens and a playground for students. A new annex is currently under construction, to which the Humanities and Social Science departments and the Library shall be moved.

Courses

The College offers 3-year Honors degrees in Humanities and Science courses, and postgraduate courses in Chemistry, Zoology and Microbiology. The college is likely to offer postgraduate course in Education from 2017-18.[2]

Undergraduate courses

  • English
  • Bengali
  • Education
  • Political
  • History
  • Philosophy
  • Economics
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Mathematics
  • Zoology
  • Statistics
  • Botany
  • Microbiology
  • Geography
  • Anthropology

Postgraduate courses

  • Botany
  • Anthropology
  • Education
  • Microbiology
  • Zoology
  • Chemistry

Department of Education

Overview

The Department of Education in Bidhannagar College was established in 2008. The Department offers Undergraduate Honours Course on the basis of Annual Based Credit system. The Department provides the infrastructural facilities such as Departmental Library, Common seminar Library Room, three Computers with Printer and one common classroom with ICT facilities. The number of sanctioned teaching posts is six in number. At present there are 5 permanent faculty members and one Part time Teacher.

Faculty Members

  • Dr. Shoumyasree Sen, Associate Professor, HOD, M.A, Ph.D
  • Purnandu Acharya, Associate Professor, M.A
  • Sahanowas Sk, Assistant Professor, M.A, B.Ed, M.Phil
  • Priyanka Dutta, Assistant Professor, M.A, B.Ed, M.Phil
  • Shikha Roy, Assistant Professor, M.A, B.Ed, M.Phil
  • Zeba Jahan, Part-time Faculty, M.A, B.Ed, M.Phil

Course Offered

Notable alumni

  • 1988 – Chandril Bhattacharya, singer, columnist, poet associated with the Bangla band Chandrabindoo
  • 1990 – Seuli Das(Karmakar), Associate Professor of Philosophy, Bidhannagar College
  • 1991 – Mousumi Datta, Associate Professor, Presidency University
  • 1992 – Chandril Bhattacharya, Columnist, Singer, Lyricist
  • 1993 – Arindam Bhattacharya, Assistant Professor of Economics, Barasat Government College
  • 1994 – Suman De, Reporter, ABP Ananda
  • 1996 – Subhamita Choudhuri, Reputed Singer
  • 2006 – Meghna Pal, WBCS (Gr-A),
    Avishek Ganguli, Journalist –Times of India,
    Samrat Hore, Assistant Professor of Statistics, Tripura University'
  • 2007 – Moloy Das, Joining as Tax Asst – II,
    Soumana Banerjee, WBCS (Gr-A),
    Avik Mukherjee, Researcher, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi,
    Avijit Poddar, Scientist, Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India
  • 2008 – Yashodeep Sengupta, Journalist – The Telegraph,
    Deep Chatterjee, Research in Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
  • 2009 – Subhadeep Mukherjee, Researcher, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases,
    Sumallya Karmakar, Researcher, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases,
    Tuhin Sarkar, Researcher, Biochemistry Department University of Calcutta
  • 2010 – Ranajoy Guha Neogi, Indian Statistical Institute,
    Arunima Banerjee, Delhi School of Economics,
    Supratik Guha, Jawaharlal Nehru University with specialisation in world economy,
    Avishek Sengupta, GATE, Research Scholar in Calcutta University,
    Malay Mandal, GATE, Research Scholar, Bidhannagar College,
    Biprajit Sarkar, West Bengal Police Service,
    Mohona Majumder, Hygiene Officer, Taj Bengal Hotel, Kolkata

References

  1. ↑ "Affiliated College of West Bengal State University". Archived from the original on 2012-10-29. wbsubcollegeinfo.org. Retrieved 30 December 2012
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bidhannagar College Prospectus, 2007, published by the Principal, Bidhannagar College
  3. ↑ indiaeducation.ernet.in, retrieved June 4, 2007
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