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Victoria Institution (College), established in 1932, is one of the oldest undergraduate women's colleges in
Kolkata, West Bengal Kolkata, also known as Calcutta (List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern ba ...
, India. It is affiliated with the
University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta, informally known as Calcutta University (), is a Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Kolkata, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal, India. It has 151 affiliated undergraduate c ...
.


Departments


Science

*Chemistry *Mathematics *Psychology *Physics *Botany *Zoology *Geography *Economics


Arts and commerce

*Bengali *English *Sanskrit *Urdu *History *Political Science *Philosophy *Commerce


Accreditation

The college is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC). In 2006, it was accredited by the
National Assessment and Accreditation Council The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) is a public autonomous body of the government of India that assesses and accredits higher education institutions (HEIs) in India. It is funded by the University Grants Commission and hea ...
(NAAC), and awarded B grade, an accreditation that has since then expired.


Notable Alumni

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Renu Chakravartty Renu Chakravartty (1917-1994) was a leader of Communist Party of India, noted parliamentarian and educationist. Early life Born in a well-off Brahmo family to Sadhan Chandra and Brahmakumari Roy, at Kolkata on 21 October 1917, she was educated ...
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Nurjahan Murshid Nurjahan Murshid (; 22 May 1924 – 1 September 2003) was a journalist and teacher, a Bangladesh cabinet minister, and social activist. Early life and family Noorjahan Beg was born on 22 May 1924 to a Bengali family of Baigs in Taranagar, Mur ...


Notable Faculty

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Nalini Das Nalini Das ( 5 August 1916 – 26 March 1993) was a Bengali educationist, writer and editor. She was one of the editors of the Bengali children's magazine ''Sandesh''. Early life Nalini Das was born to Arunnath Chakraborty and Punyalata (Ray C ...


See also

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List of colleges affiliated to the University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, is one of the oldest and most renowned educational institutions in South Asia. It was established in 1857. There are several colleges and institutes that are affiliated to this univers ...
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Education in India Education in India is primarily managed by the state-run public education system, which falls under the command of the government at three levels: Government of India, central, States and Territories of India, state and Local government in In ...
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Education in West Bengal Education in West Bengal is provided by both the public sector as well as the private sector. Health Sciences, University of North Bengal and University of Calcutta. History Kolkata has played a pioneering role in the development of the mode ...


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