The University of Calcutta is a public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It has 151 affiliated undergraduate colleges and 16 institutes in Kolkata and nearby areas. It was established on 24 January 1857 and is the oldest multidisciplinary university of Indian Subcontinent and South East Asian Region. Today, the university's jurisdiction is limited to a few districts of West Bengal, but at the time of its establishment it had a catchment area ranging from Kabul to Myanmar. Within India, it is recognized as a "Five-Star University" and accredited an "A" grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was an Indian novelist, poet, essayist and journalist. He was the author of the 1882 Bengali language novel Anandamath, which is one of the landmarks of modern Bengali and Indian literature. He was the composer of Vande Mataram, written in highly Sanskritised Bengali, personifying India as a mother goddess and inspiring activists during the Indian Independence Movement. Chattopadhayay wrote fourteen novels and many serious, serio-comic, satirical, scientific and critical treatises in Bengali. He is known as Sahitya Samrat in Bengali.
Naihati is a city and a municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated in the northern part of Kolkata Metropolitan Area under the supervision of Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). It is an important industrial and commercial hub in Hooghly Industrial Belt.
Vidyasagar University was established by an Act of the West Bengal legislature which was notified in the Calcutta Gazette on 24 June 1981. It is an affiliating university in Paschim Medinipur district of southern West Bengal, India. It offers courses at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels.
Vidyasagar College is a state government-aided public college, affiliated to the University of Calcutta, located in North Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The college offers both post-graduate and under-graduate courses in a number of subjects of arts and science. Founded in 1872, it was the first private college in India which was purely run, maintained and financed by Indians. Formerly known as Metropolitan Institution, it was named after its founder Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar in 1917.
Baruipur is a town and a municipality of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). It is the headquarters of the Baruipur subdivision.
Malda College is a college in English Bazar in the Malda district of West Bengal, India. The college is affiliated to the University of Gour Banga, which offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in several subjects. Established on July 23, 1944, it is the oldest state-governed college in Malda district.
The University of Kalyani, established in 1960, is a Government of West Bengal administered, UGC affiliated, NAAC accredited, collegiate Public Research university in Kalyani, West Bengal, India. It offers courses at the Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Doctoral levels.
Kalyani Government Engineering College (KGEC) is a public Engineering college in Kalyani, West Bengal. It was established in 1995 by the Government of West Bengal.
Barrackpore subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of 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.
Hooghly Mohsin College, established in 1836 after the Macaulay Report, is one of the oldest colleges in India. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Arts, Commerce and Sciences. It is affiliated to University of Burdwan.
City College is a composite state government-aided public college, affiliated to the University of Calcutta. It offers undergraduate level courses in various arts, commerce and science subjects. The college is very popular for undergraduate study in the neighborhood of Kolkata.
Vivekananda Mahavidyalaya is a college in Bardhaman, Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal, India. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and sciences and postgraduate in chemistry. It is affiliated with University of Burdwan. It is a general degree college with postgraduate studies in chemistry.
Rishi Bankim Chandra College is a general degree college located in Naihati, West Bengal, India. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and sciences. The college also offers PG courses in English and Zoology. It is affiliated to West Bengal State University.
Rishi Bankim Chandra Evening College is a general degree college located in Naihati, West Bengal, India. It offers undergraduate courses in humanities, sciences and social sciences. The college also offers PG course in Commerce. It is affiliated to West Bengal State University.
Sealdah is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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).
The Department of Law, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, formerly University College of Law, is a faculty in the University of Calcutta, founded in 1909, colloquially referred to as Hazra Law College, which offers undergraduate, postgraduate, doctorate and post doctorate courses. The Faculty oversees fifteen affiliated Law schools of the University.
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.
