Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College
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Vijaygarh Jyotish Roy College is a college in Kolkata, India. It offers science, arts, and commerce courses with undergraduate and post-graduate degrees, and it is affiliated with the University of Calcutta.[1][2] It is recognized under (UGC) University Grants Commission (India),[3] and accredited with Grade "A" by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council of India (NAAC).[4]
Foundation
The land was originally owned by the United States Army and by a private zamindar. 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 academics as Dr. Triguna Sen, Dhirendranath Ray chowdhury, Nagendranath Pal, Sukumar Gupta, Dr. Makhanlal Ray Chowdhury.
Departments
Science
- Botany
- Microbiology
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Mathematics
- Physiology
- Zoology
- Environmental Science
- Computer applications
Arts
- English
- History
- Journalism and Mass Communication
- Bengali
- Political Science
- Education
- Philosophy
Commerce
- Commerce
Certificate courses
- 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
Library
The Library as one of the important central facilities of the Institute supports the study, teaching, research, and development programs of the Institute. It is housed in a separate building having three floors on a plinth area of 1000 sq. meters. The library has a collection of 1.7 lakh volumes of books which includes Text Books, Reference Books & Bound volumes of Journals, Standards, etc. The Library subscribes to about 120 current Journals. Library operations have been automated with the help of an integrated library software package, LIBSYS-4. The book database is accessible through OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue). Circulation Services are executed through Barcode System (Scanning). It has a good collection of Electronic resources in its Digital Library. It is an open-access library and remains open from 8:30 A.M. to 12:00 Midnight on weekdays and from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. on weekends. The library has introduced a Wi-Fi Internet facility inside it to facilitate the free flow of information to the users. The library has a well-equipped Xerox facility. The users can avail of this facility on payment of a nominal charge. It has also some Audio-Visual equipment like Colour TVs, VCPs, Video-Camera, Projectors, Multimedia Projectors, etc.
Radio station
This college started a Radio Station named Radio Kolkata, in November, 2021
Notable alumni
- Triguna Sen, Union Minister for education in Government of India. He got Padma Bhushan.He was member of governing body and guest lecturer for this College.
- Mahasweta Devi, English,Writer, an activist and Academic.Nominated for Nobel Prize for Literature in 2012, Padma Shri Awarded for Social Work in 1986. She was Assistant Professor of this college.
- Chinmoy Guha, English essayist, translator and Academic, 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 level[5][6]
See also
- List of colleges affiliated to the University of Calcutta
- Education in India
- Education in West Bengal
References
- ^ "Affiliated College of University of Calcutta". Archived from the original on 18 February 2012.
- ^ "Affiliated|Colleges". www.caluniv.ac.in. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Welcome to UGC, New Delhi, India". www.ugc.ac.in. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ "NAAC - Accreditation Status". www.naac.gov.in. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ Colleges in West Bengal, University Grants Commission Archived 16 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "NAAC - Accreditation Status". www.naac.gov.in. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
External links
- Official website
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and training institutes
- Bose Institute
- Calcutta Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology
- CSSSC
- Indian Centre for Space Physics
- Indian Institute of Astrophysics
- Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
- Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies
- Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences
- SINP
- S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
- Asutosh Siksha Prangan (College Street Campus)
- Rasbehari Siksha Prangan (Rajabazar Science College)
- Taraknath Palit Siksha Prangan (Ballygunge Science College)
- Shahid Kshudiram Sikhsha Prangan (Alipore Campus)
- Technology Campus (Salt Lake)
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