Khalisani Mahavidyalaya is one of the oldest college in

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, in the

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. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and sciences.

History

The institution was established on 1 September 1970 to cater to the educational and cultural needs for the people of a locality stretching to the rural neighborhood in the western fringe of the town of ''Chandannagar''. The establishment was possible because of the initiative taken by some pious and philanthropic persons. In the initial years of the journey the college achieved the recognition of the UGC under 2F and 12B, and got the affiliation under the

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. The early years witnessed the excellence of the College in National Service Scheme and in the establishment of Hooghly District Blood Donors Society. From the last two decades of the last century Khalisani Mahavidyalaya have expanded their horizon and introduced various subjects in both Honors and General courses in B.A., B.Com. and B.Sc. streams. The College is now providing 12 Honors courses, apart from four courses in the general stream to almost 1000 students for each session, who come from a large feeder zone comprising the urban settlements like ''Chandannagar'', ''Chinsurah'', ''Bandel'', and the rural areas of ''Singur''. Majority of the students passed from the institutions are at present well established citizens in various facets of professions. It is affiliated to

Departments

Science

*Chemistry *Physics *Mathematics *Botany *Zoology

Arts and Commerce

*Bengali *English *Sanskrit *History *Geography *Political Science *Philosophy *Economics *Education *Commerce *

Library

The motto of Khalisani Mahavidyalaya library is "Save the time of the reader". It is based on one of the five laws of library as established by Dr.

S. R. Ranganathan Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan ( 9 August 1892 – 27 September 1972) was a librarian and mathematician from India. His most notable contributions to the field were his five laws of library science and the development of the first major fa ...

, the father of Library Science in India. At present the library consists of over 25,000 physical volumes. The library maintains institutional memberships of

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Libraries,

National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources The National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR), located at New Delhi, India, was an information science institute in India founded in 2002. In 2021, the institute was merged with National Institute of Scienc ...

(NISCAIR). It also provides its readers with access to

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and NLIST e-resources from UGC INFLIBNET. The Library OPAC (

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) is accessible at http://khalisani-opac.l2c2.co.in

Accreditation

In 2016 Khalisani Mahavidyalaya has been Re-accredited and awarded B++ grade with merit point 2.77 out of 4.0 (CGPA) by the

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(NAAC). Recently, the college has achieved Challenge Level Funding of
RUSA
' securing 7th position among the colleges of West Bengal and 99th position among the colleges of India. The college is also recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC).

References

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Khalisani Mahavidyalaya
Universities and colleges in Hooghly district Colleges affiliated to University of Burdwan Chandannagar Educational institutions established in 1970 1970 establishments in West Bengal {{WestBengal-university-stub