Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin Ahmed bin Khairuddin Al-Hussaini Azad ; 11 November 1888 – 22 February 1958) was an Indian independence activist, writer and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress. Following India's independence, he became the First Minister of Education in the Indian government. He is commonly remembered as Maulana Azad; the word Maulana is an honorific meaning 'Our Master' and he had adopted Azad (Free) as his pen name. His contribution to establishing the education foundation in India is recognised by celebrating his birthday as National Education Day across India.
Bidhannagar, also known as Salt Lake City, is a planned satellite city of Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. The population within city limits was 2,18,323 at the 2011 census, it has increased since 2001 census. After a successful extension of the city limits in June 2015, Bidhannagar's population increased to 6.7 lakhs residents. It is now the fourth-most populous city in West Bengal, after Kolkata, Howrah and Asansol.
Maulana Azad College is a public institute of liberal arts, commerce and science in India, located in central Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The college is fully government-administered. It is located near the junction of Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road and SN Banerjee Road, popularly called "Lotus crossing".
Raj Bhavan is the official residence of the Governor of West Bengal, located in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal. Built in 1803, it was known as Government House during the Company rule in India and the British Raj.
Education in West Bengal is provided by both the public sector as well as the private sector. The modern education system was developed by the British missionaries and the Indian social reformists. West Bengal has many institutes of higher education like –Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Marine Engineering and Research Institute, Jadavpur University, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kalyani, Indian Statistical Institute, West Bengal University of Health Sciences, University of North Bengal and University of Calcutta.
The Army Institute of Management, formerly the National Institute of Management Calcutta (NIMC), is a graduate business school located in Kolkata, India. It was established on 28 July 1997 by the Indian Army under the aegis of Army Welfare Education Society (AWES), New Delhi, to conduct a management programme (MBA) for the wards of Army personnel with an opportunity for general candidates as well. The institute will be inviting the new batch for their BBA programme in July 2022.
Barun De was an Indian historian. He served as the first professor of social and economic history of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, founder-director of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta and the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata and as the honorary state editor for the West Bengal District Gazetteers. He was chairman of the West Bengal Heritage Commission.
The Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies is an autonomous research institute based in Kolkata. It is funded by the Ministry of Culture of the Government of India. It was founded on 4 January 1993. The foundation stone of the institute was laid where the new building now stands on 12 March 1993. It is devoted to the study of the life and works of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the eminent nationalist leader and India's first education minister, after whom it is named, and to the furtherance of Area Studies, with special reference to South Asia, Central Asia and West Asia, especially dealing with social, cultural, economic, political and administrative developments in Asia from the nineteenth century to the present. M.Phil.- and Ph.D.-level students of the University of Calcutta, Jadavpur University and Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi are also associated with it.
The Calcutta Institute of Engineering and Management or CIEM along side Calcutta Institute of Science and Management or CISM is a self-financing college in West Bengal, India offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Engineering and Technology and other allied fields.
Camellia Institute of Technology, or (CIT), is a private engineering college located in Kolkata, India. It was founded in 2007 by "Camellia Educational and Manpower Development Trust". The institute is affiliated to West Bengal University of Technology and all courses are approved by AICTE.
The Academy of Technology or AOT is a self-financed undergraduate engineering college in Adisaptagram, Hooghly, West Bengal, India. It was established in 2003 by "Ananda Educational Development and Charitable Organisation"(AEDCO), a trust. The college is affiliated to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology and all the programmes are approved by the All India Council for Technical Education.
Guru Nanak Institute of Technology (GNIT) is a premium engineering institution established by the JIS Group in 2003, located in Panihati, Sodpur, a suburb of Kolkata in the state of West Bengal, India. The college is an AICTE-approved institution and is affiliated to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal. The college in accredited by NAAC with overall institutional CGPA of 2.54
B.P. Poddar Institute of Management and Technology or BPPIMT is an undergraduate college in West Bengal, India. It was established in 1999 by B.P. Poddar Foundation for Education. It ranks as one of the best engineering colleges in Kolkata, West Bengal under WBJEE. The college is affiliated with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology and all the programmes are approved by the All India Council for Technical Education and the courses C.S.E., E.C.E., E.E., I.T. are accredited by NBA.
The Heritage Academy is a private institute located in Anandapur, Kolkata (Calcutta) near the East Kolkata Township, in West Bengal, India in the same campus where the Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata and the Heritage School lies. It is affiliated to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal, Kolkata (WBUT).
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal, formerly known as West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT) is a public state university located in Haringhata, West Bengal, India. It is funded completely by the Government of West Bengal. It was established in 2001 by the West Bengal legislature. The university provides management and engineering degrees through affiliated colleges and in-house departments.
The Indian state of West Bengal is the site of India's first modern university and 33 universities are listed under the University Grants Commission (India).
NSHM Knowledge Campus is an Indian Private college with campuses in Durgapur, West Bengal and Kolkata, West Bengal. It is affiliated to the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology. NSHM provides the scope of degree of bachelors and masters in multiple streams and diverse disciplines. It provides the sciope of M.Phil and UG and PG diploma courses too.
Dream Institute of Technology (DIT) is a private engineering college located in Thakurpukur, Kolkata, India. It was founded in 2006 by "Sarkar Trust". The institute is affiliated to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology and all courses are approved by AICTE.
Anandapur is a neighbourhood of Eastern Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Swami Vivekananda Institute of Science and Technology, abbreviated as SVIST, is a private engineering institution in Kolkata, West Bengal, India which offers undergraduate (BTech) four-year engineering degree courses in five disciplines. The college is affiliated to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT).
