Jadavpur is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in Kolkata district in West Bengal, India. Jadavpur is one of the important junctions in South Kolkata. Jadavpur University and a number of research institutes of national and international repute are located in Jadavpur.
Bethune College is a women's college located on Bidhan Sarani in Kolkata, India, and affiliated to the University of Calcutta. It is the oldest women's college in India. It was established as a girls' school in 1849, and as a college in 1879.
Education in West Bengal is provided by both the public sector as well as the private sector. Health Sciences, University of North Bengal and University of Calcutta.
Bidhannagar Government College in Salt Lake, Kolkata, established on 25 June 1984, is a West Bengal State University affiliated college run by the Government of West Bengal. It was formerly affiliated to the University of Calcutta. Apart from undergraduate courses, the college offers postgraduate courses in Anthropology, Botany, Chemistry, Education, Microbiology and Zoology.
Asutosh College, established in 1916, is a government college in Kolkata which is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious colleges under the University of Calcutta. It offers undergraduate level courses in various arts, commerce and science subjects and also postgraduate degrees in select science and arts subjects. This college is situated in Southern Kolkata, close to the Jatin Das Park Metro Station, gate No. 2. It is affiliated to the University of Calcutta and is considered as one of the best places to study Economics, Mathematics and Statistics in Kolkata.
Gokhale Memorial Girls' College is a women's college in Kolkata, established in 1938. The college offers undergraduate degrees and is affiliated with the University of Calcutta. The name commemorates Gopal Krishna Gokhale, one of the founding social and political figures of the Indian Independence Movement. It is often regarded as one of the best colleges in Kolkata and among the top 5 girls colleges in Kolkata.
The Institute of Science & Advanced Research (ISAR) is a self-financed undergraduate science degree college, affiliated to the West Bengal State University, Barasat, North 24 Parganas established by the B. P. Poddar Foundation for Education in 2007 with its mentor Badri Prasad Poddar. The institute caters to Biotechnology, Genetics, Healthcare, Microbiology and R & D activities. The focus is on the research and developmental activities with special emphasis on education and industry partnership in the fields of agriculture, health, healthcare, food, processing and preservation and environment.
Goenka College of Commerce and Business Administration is a commerce college of India. It is a Kolkata-based degree-granting college that offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in commerce. It is affiliated with the University of Calcutta. Earlier it was a part of Presidency College, Kolkata, where it started as a department but later with growing demand it had to be shifted into its new premises as a separate institute under the University of Calcutta.
South Calcutta Girls College is an undergraduate women's college in Kolkata, India. It is affiliated to the University of Calcutta. It is the first girls' college in South Kolkata and the third oldest in West Bengal.
Bijoy Krishna Girls' College is a women's college in Howrah, India. The college offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and is affiliated to University of Calcutta. It is the sole girls' college in Howrah district. Formerly it was Howrah Girls' College. Presently, this college has 27 undergraduate along with 5 postgraduate departments.
Fakir Chand College in Diamond Harbour, West Bengal, India, is a liberal arts, science and commerce college, situated 45 kilometres (28 mi) from Kolkata. It is affiliated to the University of Calcutta. It has almost 100 teaching staff, 50 support staff and 5,500 students. It is the oldest and largest college in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Recently, in November 2016, it has been accredited with a B++ grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), under UGC, MHRD, Govt. of India.It also has a B.Ed. Department and Post Graduate section offering M.A./M.Sc./ M.Com courses under University of Calcutta.
Bhawanipur Education Society College is a private, co-educational, undergraduate college affiliated with the University of Calcutta in Kolkata, India. It is at 5, Lala Lajpat Rai Sarani of the Bhowanipore area of Kolkata.
Maharajadhiraj Uday Chand Women's College, known as M. U. C. Women's College, established on 28 July 1955, is a women's college in Bardhaman. It offers undergraduate courses in arts and science and PG course in English. It was at first affiliated to Calcutta University. In 1960 when the University of Burdwan was established, the college became one of the affiliated colleges of the newly established university. Subsequently, when PG course in English was introduced in the college in 2005, it became a constituent college of the University University of Burdwan.
Syamaprasad College, established in 1945, is an undergraduate college in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is affiliated with the University of Calcutta.
Sree Agrasain College is a self-financing undergraduate college in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is in Howrah district. It is affiliated with the University of Calcutta.
Romola Sinha (1913–2010) was a women's right and social activist from Bengal, Calcutta, India.
Sealdah is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Basanti Devi was an Indian independence activist during the British rule in India. She was the wife of activist Chittaranjan Das. After Das' arrest in 1921 and death in 1925, she took an active part in various political and social movements and continued with social work post-independence. She was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1973.
Vivekananda College is a state government-aided public college, affiliated to the University of Calcutta, located in southwest Kolkata, close to the Thakurpukur metro station. The college offers both post-graduate and under-graduate courses in a number of subjects of science, arts and commerce. Founded in 1950 as Barisha College, it was established under the dispersal scheme of the state government to reduce the pressure of students from the then East Pakistan, now Bangladesh.
