City College
সিটি কলেজ
City College Kolkata Amherst Street building
Front view of City College, Kolkata
Former names
City School (1879-1881)
Mottoश्रद्धावान लभते ज्ञानम (Sanskrit)
Motto in English
The faithful attains knowledge
TypePublic, Undergraduate co-educational college
Established1881 (1881)
FounderAnandamohan Bose
AccreditationNAAC
University Grants Commission
AffiliationUniversity of Calcutta
PresidentSri Tapas Roy
PrincipalDr. Sital Prasad Chattopadhyay
Address
102/1, Raja Rammohan Sarani, College Street
,
Kolkata
,
West Bengal
,
700009
,
India

22°34′48″N 88°22′10″E / 22.5801231°N 88.3694173°E / 22.5801231; 88.3694173
CampusUrban
LanguageEnglish, Bengali, Hindi
Admission CriteriaMerit based
Courses Offered18
Colours   
Red and White
Websitewww.citycollegekolkata.org
City College, Kolkata is located in Kolkata
City College, Kolkata
Location in Kolkata
City College, Kolkata is located in India
City College, Kolkata
City College, Kolkata (India)

City College is a composite state government-aided public college, affiliated to the University of Calcutta. It offers undergraduate level courses in various arts , commerce and science subjects. The college is very popular for undergraduate study in the neighborhood of Kolkata.

History

Anandamohan Bose, founder of the City College Kolkata, was a supporter of Brahmo religion during his student life. In 1869, He officially adopted Brahmo religion along with his wife Swarnaprabha Devi (sister of Jagadish Chandra Bose). However, young members of Brahmo Samaj (followers of the Brahmo religion) differed with Keshab Chandra Sen (founder of the Brahmo religion) regarding matters like child marriage, running of the Brahmo samaj and various other matters. Because of this difference, younger members of this society like Anandamohan Bose, Shibnath Shastri, Sib Chandra Deb, Umesh Chandra Dutta, etc established the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj in 1978. On 27 April 1879, Anandamohan Bose, first president of the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj, founded the Chhatrasamaj, the student's wing of the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj movement. In 1879-81, he established the City College, Calcutta, as an initiative by the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj movement.[1]

The college started it's journey with the Law department. In 1884, this college was elevated to a first grade degree college. By the year 1920, the college started to offer different undergraduate (BA/B.Sc) degree courses in arts and science. The college opened the Commerce department in 1939 and attained the position of the biggest college in Asia. Later, in 1943, Women's section was inaugurated.

It is one of the heritage institutions of Kolkata, and played a prominent role in the wake of the Bengal Renaissance of the nineteenth century.[2] The college is located at 102/1, Raja Rammohan Roy Sarani (Amherst Street), Kolkata-700009. It shares premises with Rammohan College (morning college) and Anandamohan College (evening college).

In the year 1961 the branches of City College emerged as separate colleges under instructions of the University Grants Commission. While the original college retained the original name “City College”, the branches were named as 1. Rammohan College, 2. Ananda Mohan College, 3. Umesh Chandra College, 4. City College of Commerce and Business Administration, 5. Sivanath Sastri College, 6. Heramba Chandra College, and 7. Prafulla Chandra College. Together they are referred to as City group of College (Kolkata).[3]

City College library room

Departments and courses

The college offers different undergraduate and postgraduate courses and aims at imparting education to the undergraduates and postgraduates of upper-, lower- and middle-class people of Kolkata and its adjoining areas.[4]

Science

Science faculty consists of the departments of Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology, Physiology, and Economics.

Arts & Commerce

Arts and Commerce faculty consists of departments of Bengali, English, Sanskrit, History, Political Science, Philosophy, and Commerce.

Accreditation

The City College, Kolkata is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC).[5] The college was accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), and awarded B+ grade.

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Founder of the City College Kolkata". Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Article From City College Website". Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  3. ↑ "History of City College, Kolkata". Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Courses Offered, City College". Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  5. ↑ Colleges in West Bengal, University Grants Commission
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