J. K. College

J. K. College,Purulia
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Type	Undergraduate college
Established	1948; 76 years ago
Principal	Shantanu Chatterjee
Location	Purulia, West Bengal, 723101, India; 23°19′02″N 86°22′03″E / 23.3171655°N 86.3676373°E
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	Sidho Kanho Birsha University
Website	www.jkcprl.ac.in//
	Location in West Bengal J. K. College (India)

J. K. College, also known by the full name Jagannath Kishore College, established in 1948,^[1] is the oldest college in Purulia district, West Bengal, India. It offers undergraduate courses in Commerce,Arts and sciences and postgraduate in mathematics, history, and English. It is affiliated to Sidho Kanho Birsha University.^[2]

History

Jagannath Kishore College, established in 1948, started as a private affiliating college of Patna University. It is the first college in the Manbhum district of Bihar, now the district of Purulia in West Bengal. Gokul Kumari Devi, the widow of Sri Jagannath Kishor Lal Sing Deo of the Kashipur Raj, donated a fund of one lakh rupees for the foundation of this college. Shankarlal Singhania, an eminent businessman of that time, also donated an amount of sixteen thousand rupees for the establishment of the college. The college was named after Jagannath Kishorlal Sing Deo, and started with 109 students in I.A. course. When this district annexed with West Bengal in 1956 and renamed as Purulia, then this college came under the University of Calcutta. This college was later affiliated with University of Burdwan in 1961. This college was taken over as a sponsored college by the Government of West Bengal in 1963. In 2010, the college's affiliation changed from Burdwan University to Sidho Kanho Birsha University. This college is now recognized^{[by whom?]} as the premier institution in higher education not only in Purulia, but one of the best in West Bengal.

Departments

Science

Physics
Chemistry
Mathematics
Geology
Computer Science
Botany
Zoology
Microbiology

Arts and Commerce

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

NCC and NSS

Accreditation

The college is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC).^[3] It was accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) in 2005, and awarded B+ grade, an accreditation that has since then expired.^[4] The college was recognized as a College with Potential Excellence (CPE) in 2010 by UGC.

References

^ "College Profile". Retrieved 6 April 2014.
^ "Affiliated College of Sidho Kanho Birsha University". Archived from the original on 25 February 2012.
^ Colleges in West Bengal, University Grants Commission Archived 2011-11-16 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Institutions Accredited/ Re- accredited by NAAC whose accreditation validity period is over" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2012.

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[1] "College Profile". Retrieved 6 April 2014.

[2] "Affiliated College of Sidho Kanho Birsha University". Archived from the original on 25 February 2012.

[UGC-3] Colleges in West Bengal, University Grants Commission Archived 2011-11-16 at the Wayback Machine

[4] "Institutions Accredited/ Re- accredited by NAAC whose accreditation validity period is over" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2012.

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