Bidhannagar Government College in Salt Lake, Kolkata, established on 25 June 1984, is a

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courses, the college offers

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courses in

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History

Bidhannagar Government College started on 25 June 1984 in a small building at ''BF-142, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700064'' with a student strength of 52. The founder principal was Dr. Subes Chandra Sarkar.''Bidhannagar Government College Prospectus'', 2007, published by the Principal, Bidhannagar Government College Undergraduate courses in

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Economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

began from the day of opening, while the

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departments became functional from the academic session of 1985–86. Honours subjects offered in the Humanities were English,

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. Honours courses in Anthropology, Botany and Microbiology opened during the 2002–2003 session. M.Sc. courses in

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and

microbiology Microbiology () is the branches of science, scientific study of microorganisms, those being of unicellular organism, unicellular (single-celled), multicellular organism, multicellular (consisting of complex cells), or non-cellular life, acellula ...

started in 2004. In 2009

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started their journey. With the gradual increase in the number of departments and the corresponding student strength, the original building became inadequate. A new, larger mega size urban hi-tech building at ''EB 2, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700064'' was constructed and after construction total area became .indiaeducation.ernet.in
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Main building

The present hi-tech mega size building, located on prime real estate, is a three-storey structure with front gardens and a playground for students. A new annex is currently under construction, to which the Humanities and Social Science departments and the Library shall be moved.

Courses

Undergraduate courses

* Education * English * Bengali * Political Science * History * Philosophy * Economics * Physics * Chemistry * Mathematics * Zoology * Statistics * Botany * Microbiology * Geography * Anthropology

Postgraduate courses

* Botany * Anthropology * Education * Microbiology * Zoology * Chemistry

Department of Education

Overview

The Department of Education in Bidhannagar Government College was established in 2008. The Department offers undergraduate honours course on the basis of annual based credit system. The department provides the infrastructural facilities such as departmental library, common seminar library room, three computers with printer and one common classroom with ICT facilities. The number of sanctioned teaching posts is six in number. At present there are five permanent faculty members and one part-time teacher.

Faculty members

* Shoumyasree Sen, Associate Professor, HOD, M.A, Ph.D * Purnandu Acharya, Associate Professor, M.A * Sahanowas Sk, Assistant Professor, M.A, B.Ed, M.Phil * Priyanka Dutta, Assistant Professor, M.A, B.Ed, M.Phil * Shikha Roy, Assistant Professor, M.A, B.Ed, M.Phil * Zeba Jahan, Part-time Faculty, M.A, B.Ed, M.Phil

Course offered

* B.A (Hons) in

- 3 years * M.A in

(Regular) - 2 years

References

External links

College Website
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