Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College

Coordinates: 22°32′30.74″N 88°20′58.77″E / 22.5418722°N 88.3496583°E / 22.5418722; 88.3496583
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Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College
আচার্য জগদীশ চন্দ্র বসু কলেজ
Logo of the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College
Former names
Birla College Of Science and Education
Motto in English
Education for All
TypePublic
Established1968
PresidentProf. Mrinal Kanti Dutta
PrincipalDr. Tarit Kumar Majumder
Academic staff
25
Students1,000
Location
Kolkata
,
West Bengal
,
India

22°32′30.74″N 88°20′58.77″E / 22.5418722°N 88.3496583°E / 22.5418722; 88.3496583
CampusUrban
ColoursRed and Blue   
NicknameAJC Bose College
AffiliationsUniversity of Calcutta, NAAC, University Grants Commission’s
MascotFlower Art
Websitehttp://www.ajcbosecollege.org/
Miniature logo of the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College

Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College (Bengali: আচার্য জগদীশ চন্দ্র বসু কলেজ) is one of the premier degree college affiliated with the University of Calcutta, India after the name of the celebrated scientist Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose. Catering good education to hundreds of learners for years together. The role of college is not merely to prepare a student for becoming professionally competent and technically skilled but also to inculcate a sense of social awarness in them.

History

Main Building of Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College

The college Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College was established and can possibly be traced back to the year 1968, when the Calcutta University approved the affiliation of the twine institutions with the name of Birla College of Science and Birla College of Education simultaneously bearing the address, 2 Moira Street, Calcutta–700017 being established and organized by the then trustee of Vidya Mandir Society and Junior Hindi School under the control of the Birla Group were amalgamated into one single college in the year 1969 under the name of Birla College of Science and Education.

Late Prof. Shambhu Ghosh the then Minister-in-Charge of Higher Education of Government of West Bengal was given authority of college by Birla Management some time of August, 1978.

For converting the college as a Government College in pursuit of the Governments deal, the Calcutta University appointed Prof. S. R. Das as the college administrator on May 19, 1979 and took over the college management and a bill was raised before the legislative assemble for permanently converting it to Governmnet College by taking over the management of the college.

The history of development of the college with its original base at Vidya Mandir Society and Junior Hindi High School rulled by the Birla Group, demands salute and thanks from all corners of the society. The long standing battle was only fought by the unified synchronizing of thoughts and effort of the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College teaching staff and the employees with the constant impetus and interest of the Higher Education Department, Government of West Bengal.

Dr. Tarit Kumar Majumder, principal of Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College, said:

The struggling experience that we have earned through the long way journey provides us enough impetuous to make solemn affirmation that we must put our entire endeavour to set up a good institution of reputation with a definite motto enlighting the learners to go beyond their limitation, to build up their career as a fruitful instrument for the development of the country and to inspire themselves to earn leadership for clearing all the evils of the society caused by unfortunate illiteracy and awful communal feeling.

Accreditation

Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College has been accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council of India (NAAC) with C Grade; CGPA: 1.89 as per Accreditation 47th EC on 29th January 2009.

Academics

Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College offers B.A Pass/Honours, B.Com Pass/Honours, B.Sc Pass/Honours and B.Ed courses in the following subjects.

Department of Bachelor of Science
Department of Bachelor of Bio-Science
Department of Bachelor of Arts
Department of Bachelor of Commerce
Department of Bachelor of Education

See also

References

External links

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