Bijoy Krishna Girls' College is a women's college in

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, India. The college offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and is affiliated to

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. It is the sole girls' college in

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. Formerly it was Howrah Girls' College. Presently, this college has 27 undergraduate along with 5 postgraduate departments.

History

The college was founded on 1 August 1947 by Bijoy Krishna Bhattacharya, a professor, Indian independence activist and social worker to promote and provide higher education for women. Bengali poet

Jibanananda Das Jibanananda Das () (17 February 1899 – 22 October 1954) was an Indian poet, writer, novelist and essayist in the Bengali language. Popularly called "Rupashi Banglar Kabi'' ('Poet of Beautiful Bengal'), Das is the most read poet after Rabindr ...

and Bengali novelist

Bani Basu Bani Basu (born 11 March 1939 bn, বাণী বসু) is a prolific Bengali Indian author, essayist, critic, poet, translator and professor. Life She received her formal education from the well-known Lady Brabourne College, Scottish Chu ...

both were the professors of this college. Proff

Location

This college is located in the heart of the city and just in the vicinity of

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known as twin city to

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, located on the west bank of holy

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river. The Bhāgirathi-Hooghly river, called 'Ganga' or

traditionally, is very close to the college.

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, the new State Secretariat of

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is situated in

and also close to the college.

Communication and Transportation

This college is well communicated with

city and other parts of

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through railways and roads. It is also well communicated with launch service from Howrah Ferry Ghat. The nearest railway station is

. It is also easy accessible from

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Santragachi Junction railway station Santragachi Junction railway station (station code: SRC) is a railway junction in South Eastern Railway Zone of Indian Railways, situated in Santragachhi, Howrah, India. It is one of five intercity railway stations serving Howrah and Kolkata. T ...

and

Kolkata Railway Station Kolkata railway station (formerly known as Chitpur station) is the newest of the five intercity railway stations serving Howrah and Kolkata, India; the others are Sealdah station in Kolkata and Howrah station, Shalimar station and in Howrah. ...

. The

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or East West Metro Corridor, which is under construction, within a walking distance from the college. The nearest international and domestic airport is

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. Howrah Maidan bus depot is just a walking distance. Besides Bankim Setu is a flyover, which connects the college with rest of Kolkata and Howrah district as buses are available here also.

Accreditation

This college is

National Council for Teacher Education National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) is a statutory body of Indian government set-up under the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 (#73, 1993) in 1995 is to formally oversee standards, procedures and processes in the Ind ...

(NCTE) approved and

National Assessment and Accreditation Council The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) is a government organisation in India that assesses and accredits Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). It is an autonomous body funded by the University Grants Commission and headquarte ...

(NAAC) accredited college with Colleges with Potential for Excellence (UGC-CPE) status. In 2021, the college has re-accredited with Grade "B++" by the

(NAAC).

Facilities

The college consists of a Library and Computer Laboratories,

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(NSS) unit, Academy of Competitive Examination unit, career oriented Add-on Courses, Placement unit, Kanyashree Prakalpa, own Gymnasium, Eco-club and many more. The college also consists of a Psychological Counselling Cell – "Aalo" (English: The Light). This college has own girls' hostel "Banalata" (inspired from Bengali poem Banalata Sen) and a well equipped auditorium "Jibanananda Sabhaghar". The college has a study centre for

IGNOU Indira Gandhi National Open University, known as IGNOU, is a Central University located at Maidan Garhi, New Delhi, India. Named after former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi, the university was established in 1985 with a budget of 20& ...

. The college has two well hygienic canteens, a tea club for tea lovers along with a cafeteria. This college has a number of UGC-sponsored career oriented Add-on Diploma Courses for students which they opt along with their regular undergraduate and postgraduate courses: e-Commerce; Computer Data Care Management; Industrial Microbiology; Food and Nutrition; Career Counselling; Functional English; Insurance Management. The college has a strong Alumni Association – "Punornaba", where a good number of alumni members are actively participated and arranged various programmes on different occasions.

Undergraduate departments

Teachers training

BEd (Bachelor of Education)

Science

*Botany *Chemistry *Computer Science *Economics *Electronics *Environmental Science *Geography *Mathematics *Microbiology *Physics *Psychology *Statistics *Zoology

Commerce

*Accountancy

Arts

*Bengali *English *Hindi *Urdu *Education *History *Journalism and Mass Communication *Music *Philosophy *Political Science *Sanskrit *Sociology

Postgraduate Departments

*Geography (MSc/M.A.) *Philosophy (M.A.) *Sanskrit (M.A.) *Bengali (M.A.) *Commerce (M.Com)

Notable faculties

, Bengali poet & writer *

, Bengali novelist

Notable alumni

* Anjana Basu, Actress

References

External links

Official Website of Bijoy Krishna Girls' College
{{Authority control University of Calcutta affiliates Educational institutions established in 1947 Women's universities and colleges in West Bengal Universities and colleges in Howrah district Education in Howrah 1947 establishments in India