Ramakrishna Mission Narendrapur
| Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama Narendrapur | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Kolkata, West Bengal, India | |
| Information | |
| Established | 1960 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | WBCHSE |
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Narendrapur is a branch of Ramakrishna Mission. The institute has its services open to all irrespective of caste, creed and nationality, its special field being education. Started in North Calcutta (Pathuriaghata), India, immediately after the Bengal Famine of 1943, it first served as a home for the poor and for orphan boys. Since its relocation in 1957 to its present site in the southern suburbs of Kolkata, near Garia, it has grown into a huge complex. It has more than 2,000 resident students and occupies about 150 acres (0.61 km2) of land dotted with flower gardens, green fields, mango groves and lakes.
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[edit] Residential College
The Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission is administered by monks of the Ramakrishna - Vivekananda movement. English is the medium of instruction; the college is open to male students only.
The college used to house the higher secondary section (affiliated to West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education), but now this section has moved to the Vidyalaya (which used to have the secondary section only) and the undergraduate and postgraduate courses are affiliated to University of Calcutta. In 2008 it was been upgraded to autonomy status (it is the second autonomous college in West Bengal) by the University Grant Commission (UGC).
The following courses are offered:
- Undergraduate:
- B. Sc. Physics
- B. Sc. Chemistry
- B. Sc. Mathematics
- B. Sc. Statistics
- B. Sc. Economics
- B. Sc. Computer Science
- B. A. English
- B. A. History
The college is fully residential and provide three hostels:
- Brahmananda Bhavana (two floors)
- Sri Gouranga Bhavana (three floors)
- Ramakrishnananda Bhavana (incomplete two floors)
The college building is of three floors and another floor is on progress. A swimming pool beside the Brahmananda Bhavana is being constructed.
Swami Suparnananda, known as Satya-da, holds the honorary post of Secretary of the Ashrama, and the post of college Principal. Swami Bhudebananda, better known as Shoubhikda is the Vice-Principal of the college.
[edit] Vidyalaya (school)
The completely residential school (affiliated to West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education and West Bengal Board of Secondary Education) was established in 1958. Its faculty members, fondly referred to as dada (elder brother), pursue spirit Swami Vivekananda's idea of education being the "mainfestation of the perfection already in man."[citation needed] The school teaches students to be independent and self-sufficient, receptive, tolerant, and respectful of nature and instills values and a sense of purpose for the greater common good of the world. Swami Vedapurushananda (Known as Rameshda) is the headmaster of the institution.
The following nine hostels accommodate the school students.
Junior Section:
- Advaitananda Bhavan
- Abhedananda Bhavan
- Niranjanananda Bhavan
Senior Section:
- Akhandananda Bhavan
- Saradananda Bhavan
- Vijnanananda Bhavan
- Shivananda Bhavan
- Yogananda Bhavan
- Premananda Bhavan
- Turiyananda Bhavan
[edit] Other entities inside the campus
Besides the residential college and school, the ashrama runs a Blind Boys' Academy, Technical Schools and Lok Siksha Parishad (an NGO).
