Bidhannagar College

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Bidhannagar Government College
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New Building of Bidhannagar Government College
TypeGovernment
Established25 June 1984
DirectorGovernment of West Bengal
Location
EB-2, Sector-I, Salt Lake, Kolkata
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22°35′04.88″N88°24′10.73″E / 22.5846889°N 88.4029806°E / 22.5846889; 88.4029806
CampusUrban
Website www.bidhannagarcollege.org
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Location in West Bengal
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Bidhannagar College (India)

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. [1] 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.

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History

Bidhannagar Government College started on 25 June 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 mega size urban hi-tech building at EB 2, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700064 was constructed and after construction total area became 25.6 acres (104,000 m2). [2] [3]

Main building

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New Building Bidhannagar Government College
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New Building of Bidhannagar Government College

The present hi-tech mega size building, located on 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

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Main Campus

Undergraduate courses

Postgraduate courses

Department of Education

Overview

The Department of Education in Bidhannagar Government 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 five permanent faculty members and one part-time teacher.

Faculty members

Course offered

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References

  1. ↑ "Affiliated College of West Bengal State University". Archived from the original on 29 October 2012.wbsubcollegeinfo.org. Retrieved 30 December 2012
  2. 1 2 3 Bidhannagar Government College Prospectus, 2007, published by the Principal, Bidhannagar Government College
  3. ↑ indiaeducation.ernet.in Archived 7 January 2005 at the Wayback Machine , retrieved 4 June 2007
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