Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College

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 University Grants Commission (UGC),[3] and accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council of India (NAAC).[4]

Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College
TypeUndergraduate college
Established1950 (1950)
AffiliationUniversity of Calcutta
PrincipalDr. Rajyasri Neogy
Address
8, 2, Bijoygarh, Jadavpur
,
Kolkata
,
West Bengal
,
700032
,
India

22.5695344°N 88.3672145°E / 22.5695344; 88.3672145
CampusUrban
Websitewww.vijaygarhjrcollege.com
Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College is located in Kolkata
Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College
Location in Kolkata
Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College is located in India
Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College
Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College (India)

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 academicians as Dr. Triguna Sen, Dhirendranath Raychowdhury, Nagendranath Pal, Sukumar Gupta, Dr. Makhanlal Raychowdhury.

Departments

Arts
  • English
  • History
  • Journalism and Mass Communication
  • Bengali
  • Education
  • Political Science
  • Philosophy

Science
  • Botany
  • Microbiology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Mathematics
  • Physiology
  • Zoology
  • Environmental Science
  • Computer applications

Commerce
  • Commerce
  • Accounting and Finances
  • Economics

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

Notable alumni
  • Triguna Sen, Union Minister for education in Government of India. He got Padma Bhushan.
  • Chinmoy Guha, Bengali essayist and translator, awarded three knighthoods by the Ministry of Education, and one by the Ministry of Culture.

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

References
  1. "Affiliated College of University of Calcutta". Archived from the original on 18 February 2012.
  2. "Affiliated|Colleges". www.caluniv.ac.in. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  3. "Welcome to UGC, New Delhi, India". www.ugc.ac.in. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  4. "NAAC - Accreditation Status". www.naac.gov.in. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  5. Colleges in West Bengal, University Grants Commission Archived 16 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "NAAC - Accreditation Status". www.naac.gov.in. Retrieved 6 February 2019.


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