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BANGABASI COLLEGE PROSPECTUS 2020-21 Contents 1. The Story of the Bangabasi College 3 2. Aims & Objectives 4 3. Governing Body 5 4. Floor wise Information 6 5. Teacher-in-Charge speaks 7 6. Teaching Faculty 8 7. Head of the Departments 13 8. Non-Teaching Staff 14 9. Choice based credit system 17 10. Post graduate Course in Zoology 20 11. Rules for SC/ST & OBC admission 21 12. General Information 21 13. Organisations 23 14. Different Committee 24 15. Opportunities 31 16. Facilities Available 32 The Story of the Bangabasi College An educational institution of national importance, Bangabasi College had its genesis in the prophetic vision and spirit of sacrificial dedication of Late Acharya Girish Chandra Bose. Founded under private management in 1887, it had as its guiding inspiration the genius of Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. The aim of the institution was two fold: first, to cater to the growing demand for higher education and second, to nurture the spirit of nationalism in the minds of young learners under colonial yoke. At the same time, it marked an indirect protest challenging the narrow educational policy of the Hunter Commission. This historic institution emerged seminally from Bangabasi School, founded by Acharya Girish Chandra Bose in 1885, in a rented house in Bowbazar Street with six teachers and twelve students. Offering at the outset, the F.A. Course, this college obtained affiliation for the B.A., B.L. and M.A. courses to meet the requirements of an ever-growing institution. In 1930, the college moved into its present premises at 19, Scott Lane (now Raj Kumar Chakraborty Sarani). After that, there was a steady advance in academic pursuits with the introduction of the Honours course in various subjects. In the early 1920s, the urgent need for scientific education was met by a strong contingent of Science teachers who, together with a powerful Arts faculty, set standards of higher education which even Government-run colleges found hard to match. Soon after Independence in 1947, three new branches of the Institution were opened which, later, through the Phase Reduction Scheme of the University Grants Commission, emerged as Bangabasi Morning College, Bangabasi Evening College housed in the same building and Bangabasi College of Commerce in a separate building on 11th April, 1960. Broadening its perspectives, the college became co-educational in 1979 with Bangabasi College opening another Commerce Department. A new feather was added in 2005 through the introduction of Post Graduate studies in Zoology. The year of India's Independence coincided with the Diamond Jubilee Year of the College. The celebrations were inaugurated by Chakraborty Rajagopalachari. Keeping aloft the rich tradition of excellence and generations of humanistic education, Bangabasi College completed 100 years of its existence in 1987. Bangabasi College : Prospectus Page 3 The list of alumni, who attended the year-long celebration, provides impressive reading. Swami Lokeshwarananda, Senior Monk, Ramakrishna Mission; Shri Tushar Kanti Ghosh, Editor, Amrita Bazar Patrika; Dr. A.P. Mitra, Director General, CSIR; Prof. Yashpal, Chairman, UGC; Prof. P.K. Bose, former Principal and Oxford Scholar, son of the Illustrious founder Acharya Girish Chandra Bose. The Institution has left a deep imprint in the history of the sub-continent through socio-political and cultural activities in many spheres. As a matter of fact, it was a National College during the days of alien rule - serving as an asylum for political sufferers - students and teachers. The nationalist spirit nurtured by the college was amply evident in the active participation of students and teachers in the Disobedience Movement in 1930 culminating in the supreme sacrifice of Shri Jatindra Nath Das, an undergraduate student of the college, in his epic fast unto death in Lahore jail on September 13, 1929. Bangabasi, with its glorious tradition in teaching and scholarship, continues in its task of disseminating higher and progressive education, holding high the ideals of Pranipatena - Reverence, Pariprashnena - Search for Truth, Sevaya - Service to Humanity - the inner motive force of this Institution. Aims and Objectives Vision of the college : Upliftment of socially and economically backward students upon a strong foundation of secular, humanitarian world view. The institution strives to eradicate all elements of social obscurantism in relation to caste or gender bias. Our Mission : Expansion of modern scientific education along with value oriented curriculum. Goals and objectives of the college : To impart higher education to the eligible youths irrespective of cast, religion and gender. Bangabasi College : Prospectus Page 4 THE GOVERNING BODY President SRI ASHOK KUMAR DEB Hon'ble Parliamentary Secretary (Parisadiya Sachib), Minority Affairs and Madrasa Education Department, Govt. of West Bengal Secretary PROFESSOR SIBAPRASAD DAS Teacher-in-Charge, Bangabasi College Members Calcutta University Nominee : Internal Quality Assurance Cell : 1. Dr. Mahendra Rong 1. Chairperson : Principal 2. Dr. Sreejata Biswas Prof. Sibaprasad Das Government Nominee : 2. a) Dr. Gopal Chandra Mandal (Convenor) 1. Dr. Asutosh Kumar b) Dr. Rupa Mukhopadhyay (Bose) 2. Dr. Jyoti Prakas Haldar c) Dr. Aryya Mitra 3. Sri Jahar Lal Das d) Prof. Sibaprasad Das Teachers' Representatives : e) Dr. Durga Biswas 1. Shri Debasis Chakraborty f) Dr. Anish Kr. Dan 2. Dr. Aryya Mitra g) Dr. Sujay Pattanayak 3. Dr. Partha Ghosh h) Sri Sujit Chatterjee Non-Teachers' Representatives : 3. Administrative Officers Sri Haridwar Singh a) Prof. Manoranjan Joddar Students' Representative : b) Sri Durgapada Patra Supriti Nandi 4. Member from the Management : Dr. Partha Ghosh 5. Members from Local Society, Students Union & Alumni Association : 1. Dr. Bholanath Mallick 2. G.S. Students’ Union 6. Nominee from stakeholders : Dr. Ashis Ghosh (D.P.I. Nominee) Formed as per section 93 of the First Statute of Calcutta University, 1979. Bangabasi College : Prospectus Page 5 FLOOR WISE INFORMATION Ground Floor : Second Floor : 1. Office (Cash & Head Clerk) 1. Class Room Nos. Main Building: 301,302, 303. 2. Dept. of Chemistry & Chemistry 304. 311, 312, 306, 307, 308. Annex Building: Laboratory 309,310, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318. 3. Dept. of Physics & Physics Laboratory 2. Dept. of Zoology (Room No. 319, Annex 4. Students' Common Room Building): Under Graduate & Post Graduate 5. Drinking Water (Acquagard) Depts. 6. Prasanta Kumar Bose Auditorium 3. Dept. of Anthropology : (Room No. 321 Annex Building) 7. Ladies Toilet 4. Dept. of Botany & Botany Laboratory (Main 8. Students' Canteen/Drinking Water/Toilet Building), Model Seminar Room 9. l.T. Lab. 5. Drinking water (Acquaguard) 10. Canteen 6. Students' toilet First Floor : Third Floor : 1. Principal's Chamber 1. Class Rooms Main Building; 401,402, 2. Professors' Lounge 403,404; Annex Building :406,409,410 (Here you can meet the professors of 2. Students' Toilet (near staircase : Main Building) depts. like Bengali, English, Sanskrit, 3. Drinking Water (Aquaguard) Hindi, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Mathematics & Commerce) 4. Math. Lab. 3. Library 5. Ladies Toilet 4. Office (Room No. 201) 5. Ladies' Common Room (with Ladies' Fourth Floor : Toilet) 1. Seminar Class Rooms: 501 (Bengali Dept.), 6. Students' Union Room 503 (Eng. Dept.) 7. Class Room Nos. Main Building: 205 2. Department of Psychology (Physics Seminar), 213, 214 Annex 3. Staff Toilet. Building 220, 221,222. 8. Meeting Room Second Campus : 9. Computer Laboratory of the Zoology 1. Department of Geography Dept. (Annex Building) 2. Department of Computer Science 10. Physical Chem. Laboratory of the 3. Department of Statistics Chemistry Dept. (Annex Building) 4. Department of Environmental science 11. Notice Board 5. Department of Education 12. Drinking Water (Acquaguard) 6. Department of Sociology Bangabasi College : Prospectus Page 6 Teacher-in-Charge speaks Welcome to Bangabasi College, a premier government-aided college in West Bengal, with a rich legacy spanning more than 125 years. Built in the year of 1887, Bangabasi College started its illustrious journey under the aegis of our founder-Principal Acharya Girish Chandra Bose, following the guiding inspiration of the genius of Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. The primary mission of Bangabasi College, since its inception, has been to disseminate the benefits of higher education to the students coming from all sections of population (particularly the poor and needy) and to enhance knowledge among the youth of Bengal. Many of our students and teachers were actively associated with fight against the British rule. The College was the hotbed of anti-colonial movements against British rule that occurred during that period. Our founder Acharya Girish Chandra Bose also felt the need for establishing a college with nationalistic ethos for marking its protest against the parochial education policy of the Hunter Commission during the British Raj. Since its commencement, Bangabasi College has been proving its extraordinary standards with a unique blend of innovation and scholarship. This is exemplified by our talented and optimistic students (many of whom have later become stalwarts in different fields in India and abroad), dedicated expert teaching staff and non-teaching staff who value the finest traditions and aspirations in education. Consistently one of the top achieving colleges in Bengal, Bangabasi College has a vision for education which builds on a strong sense of our nationalistic