Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
, India. It offers science, arts, and commerce courses with undergraduate and post-graduate degrees, and it is affiliated with the
University of Calcutta
The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a public collegiate state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered one of best state research university all over India every year, ...
. It is recognized under University Grants Commission (UGC), and accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council of India (NAAC).
Accredited with Grade "A" by NAAC
Foundation
The land was originally owned by the United States Army and by a private
zamindar
A zamindar ( Hindustani: Devanagari: , ; Persian: , ) in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semiautonomous ruler of a province. The term itself came into use during the reign of Mughals and later the British had begun using it as ...
. In June 1950 the first colony committee consisting of Santosh Kumar Dutta, Bhupendra Lal Nag, Prof. Samar Chowdhury and Prof. Sukumar Chakraborty set its sight upon the military barrack as the possible site for the college.
The college was finally founded in 1950, 2 November. The first Governing Body with Prof. Prasanta Kumar Bose at the helm included such illustrious academicians as Dr. Triguna Sen, Dhirendranath Raychowdhury, Nagendranath Pal, Sukumar Gupta, Dr. Makhanlal Raychowdhury.
Departments
Arts
*English
*History
*Journalism and Mass Communication
*Bengali
*Education
*Political Science
*Philosophy
*Filmmaking and Television Production
*Web Journalism, Animation and Graphics Design
*Newspaper Reporting and Editing
*Employability skill
*Public Relations
*Radio Production
*News Reading And Anchoring
Master's degree
*Microbiology
Notable alumni
* Triguna Sen, Union Minister for education in Government of India. He got Padma Bhushan.He was Academician of this College.
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Mahasweta Devi
Mahasweta Devi (14 January 1926 – 28 July 2016) ''
, Writer, an activist and Academician.Nominated for
Nobel Prize
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for Literature in 2012, Padma Shri Awarded for Social Work in 1986. She was Assistant Professor of this college.
* Chinmoy Guha, Bengali essayist, translator and Academician, awarded three knighthoods by the Ministry of Education in 2010 and 2013, and one by the Ministry of Culture in 2019.He was Assistant Professor of this college.
In Non-Fiction
*Challenge, a 2009 Bengali film directed by Raj Chakraborty on the events of the Classroom, had scenes which were shot at the college.
Accreditation
Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College is recognized by the University Grants Commission and accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council of India.The College has a good academic record and meritorious students are recognized as an asset of the college. Regular and meritorious students of the college are awarded scholarships for further studies. The students of the college have a reputation of achieving several titles and medals in sports at the State and District levelColleges in West Bengal, University Grants Commission
See also
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List of colleges affiliated to the University of Calcutta
The University of Calcutta, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, is one of the oldest and most renowned educational institutions in South Asia. It was established in 1857. There are several colleges and institutes that are affiliated to this univers ...
Education in West Bengal
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty ...