COLLEGE CALENDAR FOR THE SESSION 2019-2020
July 2019 1 Monday College reopens after Summer Recess 4 Thursday College Foundation Day 15 Monday Classes begin for newly admitted UG & PG 1st year students; Foundation Day Oration: Swami Vimuktananda Memorial Lecture 16 Tuesday Guru Purnima 22 Monday Continuous Assessment begins for UG Sem 3 & 5; Dr. Dilip Kumar Mukherjee Memorial Lecture (Dept. of Industrial Chemistry) 26 Friday Swami Vivekananda Memorial Lecture (Dept. of Philosophy) 27 Saturday Cultural & Sports competitions begin 28 Sunday Local tour of UG 1st year students 30 Tuesday Janmatithi of Swami Ramakrishnananda
August 2019 4 Sunday Local tour of PG 1st year students 7 Wednesday World Sanskrit Day 8 Thursday Vidyarthivrata and Bhratrivarana ceremony for newly admitted UG & PG 1st year students 12 Monday Id-Uz-Zoha – Holiday 15 Thursday Independence Day – Holiday; Janmatithi of Swami Niranjanananda; Rani Rasmoni Memorial Lecture 16 Friday Continuous Assessment begins for UG Sem 1 17 Saturday Swami Tejasananda Memorial Lecture 20 Tuesday Prof. Beetashok Bhattacharya Memorial Lecture (Dept. of Bengali) 22 Thursday BoS meeting (Dept. of History) 23 Friday BoS meeting (Dept. of Microbiology) 24 Saturday Sri Krishna Janmashtami - Holiday 26 Monday Formation of Vidyarthi Samsad 28 Wednesday BoS meeting (Dept. of Computer Science) 29 Thursday Janmatithi of Swami Advaitananda
September 2019 4 Wednesday BoS meeting (Dept. of Economics) 6 Friday Prof. Debajyoti Bhowmick Memorial Lecture (Dept. of Physics) 7 Saturday Tejasananda Memorial Quiz Competition 9 Monday BoS meeting (Depts. of Chemistry & Industrial Chemistry) 10 Tuesday Muharram - Holiday 11 Wednesday BoS meeting (Dept. of Zoology) 12 Thursday BoS meeting (Dept. of Pol.Sc.) 13 Friday BoS meetings (Depts. of English & Mathematics) 14 Saturday BoS meeting (Depts. of Bengali & Sanskrit) 16 Monday Mid-Semester Exam for Sem 1 & 3 begins 17 Tuesday BoS meeting (Dept. of Physics) 18 Wednesday BoS meeting (Dept. of Philosophy) 21 Saturday Guardians’ Meet (UG) 23 Monday Janmatithi of Swami Abhedananda 27 Friday Continuous Assessment ends for UG students 28 Saturday Mahalaya – Holiday; Janmatithi of Swami Akhandananda
October 2019 1 Tuesday Saradotsava 2 Wednesday Gandhiji’s Birthday – Holiday 3 Thursday Puja Holidays begin 31 Thursday Classes resume after Puja holidays
Puja Holidays: October 3 (Thursday) to October 30 (Wednesday)
November 2019 5 Tuesday Sri Jagaddhatri Puja - Holiday 9 Saturday Janmatithi of Swami Subodhananda 10 Sunday Fateha – Doaz - Daham 11 Monday Janmatithi of Swami Vijnanananda, Sri Rasa Purnima 12 Tuesday Guru Nanak’s Birthday – Holiday 16 Saturday World Philosophy Day 28 Thursday Classes end for UG & PG students before End-Semester Exam
December 2019 5 Thursday Janmatithi of Swami Premananda 7 Saturday Convocation Ceremony 9 Monday End-Semester Exam begins for UG & PG students 18 Wednesday Janmatithi of Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi - Holiday 22 Sunday Janmatithi of Swami Shivananda 24 Tuesday Christmas Eve 25 Wednesday Christmas Day – Holiday ; Winter Recess begins
Winter Recess: 25 December (Wednesday) to 2 January (Thursday)
January 2020 1 Wednesday Kalpataru Day & New Year’s Day; Janmatithi of Swami Saradananda - Holiday 3 Friday Classes resume after winter recess 6 Monday Sister Nivedita Memorial Lecture (Dept. of History) 7 Tuesday Swami Tathagatananda Memorial Lecture (Dept. of Pol. Sc.) 9 Thursday Janmatithi of Swami Turiyananda 12 Sunday National Youth Day 16 Thursday Annual Sports 17 Friday Janmatithi of Swami Vivekananda – Holiday 19 Sunday Tour to Jayrambati & Kamarpukur for UG & PG 1st year students (1st group) 23 Thursday Birthday of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose – Holiday; Students’ Day 24 Friday University Foundation Day - Holiday 26 Sunday Republic Day; Janmatithi of Swami Brahmananda 29 Wednesday Janmatithi of Swami Trigunatitananda 30 Thursday Sri Saraswati Puja - Holiday 31 Friday Sri Saraswati Puja (Immersion) – Holiday
February 2020 2 Sunday Tour to Jayrambati & Kamarpukur for UG & PG 1st year students (2nd group) 5 Wednesday Continuous Assessment begins for UG students 9 Sunday Janmatithi of Swami Adbhutananda 21 Friday Maha Shivaratri – Holiday; International Mother-language Day 25 Tuesday Janmatithi of Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna - Holiday 28 Friday National Science Day
March 2020 1 Sunday Public Celebration at Belur Math 9 Monday Dol Purnima - Holiday 10 Tuesday Holi – Holiday 12 Thursday Mid-Semester Exam for UG Sem 2 & 4 begins 13 Friday Janmatithi of Swami Yogananda; BoS meeting (Depts. of Sanskrit & Pol. Sc.)
April 2020
1 Wednesday Sri Annapurna Puja; BoS meeting (Depts. of Bengali & History) 2 Thursday Sri Ramnavami; BoS meeting (Depts. of English & Philosophy) 3 Friday Election of Secretary, Teachers’ Council 4 Saturday Ambica Sarkar-Jadunath Majumdar memorial lecture and Annual Prize distribution Ceremony for co-curricular activities 6 Monday BoS meeting (Depts. of Zoology & Microbiology) 7 Tuesday Annual Stock taking; BoS meeting (Depts. of Chemistry & Mathematics) 8 Wednesday Continuous Assessment ends for UG students 9 Thursday BoS meeting (Depts. of Industrial Chemistry & Economics) 10 Friday Good Friday – Holiday 11 Saturday BoS meeting (Depts. of Comp. Sc. & Physics) 13 Monday Observance of Varsha-Varana Utsav and Rabindra Jayanti; Classes end for UG Sem 6 & PG Sem 4 14 Tuesday Birthday of B. R. Ambedkar; Bengali New Year’s Day – Holiday 25 Saturday Classes end for UG Sem 2 & 4 and PG Sem 2 before End-Semester Exam; End-Semester Exam begins for UG Sem 6 and PG Sem 4 26 Sunday Akshaya Tritiya 28 Tuesday Sri Shankaracharya Jayanti
May 2020 1 Friday May Day and Foundation Day of Ramakrishna Mission- Holiday 2 Saturday Whole-day Seminar on Indian Culture and Spiritual Heritage 7 Thursday Buddha Purnima - Holiday 8 Friday Rabindra Jayanti – Holiday 9 Saturday End-Semester Exam begins for UG Sem 2 & 4 and PG Sem 2
June 2020 21 Sunday International Yoga Day
July 2020 1 Wednesday College reopens after Summer Recess
List of Holidays Occasion No. of Holidays Day Date Id-Uz-Zoha 1 Monday 12.08.2019 Independence Day 1 Thursday 15.08.2019 Sri Krishna Janmashtami 1 Saturday 24.08.2019 Muharram 1 Tuesday 10.09.2019 Mahalaya 1 Saturday 28.09.2019 Gadhiji’s birthday 1 Wednesday 02.10.2019 Puja Holidays: 28 Thursday 03.10.2019 to Wednesday 30.10.2019 Sri Jagaddhatri Puja 1 Tuesday 05.11.2019 Fateha Doaz Daham 0 Sunday 10.11.2019 Guru Nanak’s Birthday 1 Tuesday 12.11.2019 Janmatithi of Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi 1 Wednesday 18.12.2019 Christmas Day 1 Wednesday 25.12.2019 Winter Recess: 9 Wednesday 25.12.2019 to Thursday 02.01.2020 Kalpataru Day & New Year’s Day 1 Wednesday 01.01.2020 National Youth day 0 Sunday 12.01.2020 Janmatithi of Swami Vivekananda 1 Friday 17.01.2020 Birthday of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose 1 Thursday 23.01.2020 University Foundation Day 1 Friday 24.01.2020 Republic Day 0 Sunday 26.01.2020 Sri Saraswati Puja 1 Thursday 30.01.2020 Sri Saraswati Puja (Immersion) 1 Friday 31.01.2020 Maha Shivaratri 1 Friday 21.02.2020 Janmatithi of Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna 1 Tuesday 25.02.2020 Dol Purnima 1 Monday 09.03.2020 Holi 1 Tuesday 10.03.2020 Good Friday 1 Friday 10.04.2020 B. R. Ambedkar’s birthday 1 Tuesday 14.04.2020 Bengali New Year’s Day 0 Tuesday 14.04.2020 May Day & Foundation Day of Ramakrishna Mission 1 Friday 01.05.2020 Buddha Purnima 1 Thursday 07.05.2020 Rabindra Jayanti 1 Friday 08.05.2020 Summer Recess: 46 Saturday 16.05.2020 to Tuesday 30.06.2020 Total No. of Holidays (Including Puja Holidays but excluding Summer/Winter Recess): 53 Principal’s Discretion: 03