Kashiram Das Institution

Kashiram Das Institution, Katwa

Kashiram Das Institution is the largest and oldest higher secondary school in Katwa Sub-Division, West Bengal. It was established in 1857. Originally the name of the school was Katwa High English School. In 1910 it took the name of Kashiram Das, the great poet and translator of Mahabharata.

It was known as Cuttwa High School at the time of its establishment. The chief patron for its establishment was the S.D.O Hare Krishna Deb Bahadur, a member of the royal family of Sobha Bazar.

Jagadish Chandra Bose was once a student of this school. Other notable students includeDr. Nanda Gopal Chatterjee, Suniti Mohan Chatterjee, Gangadhar Josh (Stood first in Matriculation Examination in West Bengal), Dr. Ajay Chandra (Retired Principal of Medical College, Kolkata, W.B.), Dr. Sanjay Chandra, Ph.D. (Renowned geologist), Dr. Bani Prasad Dutta (Neurologist), Dr. Gautam Bhattachariya, Dr. Subhasish Saha (Ph.D. U.C. Berkeley. Lawrenec Lab), Apurba Ghosh[1] and Arindam Mukerjee.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Apurba Ghosh, Director, Spirit Labs Online Trading PVT LTD". Ministry of Corporate Affairs, India. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  2. ↑ "Arindam Muukherjee, Security Expert". Planetwank. Retrieved 2014-04-11.


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