New Alipore College | |
Type: | Undergraduate college |
Principal: | Dr. Jaydeep Sarangi |
Address: | Block L, New Alipore |
Postcode: | 700053 |
Pushpin Map: | India West Bengal #India |
Campus: | Urban |
New Alipore College, established in 1963, is an undergraduate college in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is affiliated with the University of Calcutta.[1] The college campus is free from posters and plastic. The college is the seat of higher studies in the region. The college has been visited by a range of people from historians to poets, and journalists to educationists, like John Thieme (UK), Sekhar Bandyopadhyay (NZ), Ranabir Chakravorty (JNU), Alessandro Vescovi, Università degli Studi di Milano - State University of Milan (Italy), Subodh Sarkar, Binayak Bandyopadhya, Sanjukta Dasgupta, Anjum Katyal, Sharmila Ray, Snehasis Sur, Gopali Banerjee, Gopal Chandra Mishra (VC, Gourbonga University), Prof. Malashri Lal, Prof. Bashabi Fraser, noted poet Keki N Daruwalla, Nalini Bera, Ashwini Kumar, Basudhara Roy, Bill Ashcroft(online), Paul Sharrad(Australia), Ashok Sengupta (Kalyani Univ), Dr Siddhartha Biswas and Dalit activist and author Manohar Mouli Biswas.The college has MoUs with many academic institutions. It has created an ecosystem for continuous research and innovation. The college has a dedicated research laboratory; very rare in a college. Cultural competence building among the stakeholders is one of the importation features of the college.
Sri Aroop Biswas (Honorable MIC, Government of West Bengal) is the president of the governing body and an alumnus of the college. Jaydeep Sarangi, an academician and bilingual poet, is the current principal of the college. The college has taken active role in online education via Learning Management System though the website. It takes care of mental well-being of its stakeholders.
Vision: Include, Ignite and Innovate
New Alipore College is recognized by the University Grants Commission.[2] Recently, it has been re-accredited and awarded "A" grade (Sept. 2023) by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council.[3] It is an ISO 9001 certified Institution. The college conducts green audit and energy audit on a regular basis.