Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College Explained

Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College
Type:Undergraduate college
Affiliation:University of Calcutta
Principal:Dr. Rajyasri Neogy
Address:8, 2, Bijoygarh, Jadavpur
City:Kolkata
State:West Bengal
Country:India
Postcode:700032
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Campus:Urban

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

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 Ray chowdhury, Nagendranath Pal, Sukumar Gupta, Dr. Makhanlal Ray Chowdhury.

Departments

Science

Arts

Commerce

Certificate courses

Master's degree

Library

The Library as one of the important central facilities of the Institute supports the study, teaching, research, and development programs of the Institute. It is housed in a separate building having three floors on a plinth area of 1000 sq. meters. The library has a collection of 1.7 lakh volumes of books which includes Text Books, Reference Books & Bound volumes of Journals, Standards, etc. The Library subscribes to about 120 current Journals. Library operations have been automated with the help of an integrated library software package, LIBSYS-4. The book database is accessible through OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue). Circulation Services are executed through Barcode System (Scanning). It has a good collection of Electronic resources in its Digital Library. It is an open-access library and remains open from 8:30 A.M. to 12:00 Midnight on weekdays and from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. on weekends. The library has introduced a Wi-Fi Internet facility inside it to facilitate the free flow of information to the users. The library has a well-equipped Xerox facility. The users can avail of this facility on payment of a nominal charge. It has also some Audio-Visual equipment like Colour TVs, VCPs, Video-Camera, Projectors, Multimedia Projectors, etc.

Radio station

This college started a Radio Station named Radio Kolkata, in November, 2021

Notable alumni

In Non-Fiction

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Affiliated College of University of Calcutta . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120218141029/http://www.caluniv.ac.in/Affiliated%20college/College_frame.htm . 18 February 2012 .
  2. Web site: AffiliatedColleges. www.caluniv.ac.in. 6 February 2019.
  3. Web site: Welcome to UGC, New Delhi, India. www.ugc.ac.in. 3 February 2019.
  4. Web site: NAAC - Accreditation Status. www.naac.gov.in. 6 February 2019.
  5. http://www.ugc.ac.in/inside/browse_reco_colleges.php?st=West%20Bengal Colleges in West Bengal, University Grants Commission
  6. Web site: NAAC - Accreditation Status. www.naac.gov.in. 6 February 2019.