Asutosh College

Quality 0.50 · 2 views · Updated 2 months ago

Undergraduate college affiliated to the University of Calcutta

title: "Asutosh College" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["university-of-calcutta-affiliates", "universities-and-colleges-established-in-1916", "universities-and-colleges-in-kolkata", "1916-establishments-in-british-india"] description: "Undergraduate college affiliated to the University of Calcutta" topic_path: "society/education" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asutosh_College" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Undergraduate college affiliated to the University of Calcutta ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox university"]

FieldValue
nameAsutosh College
imageAsutosh College main building, July 2020.jpg
captionFront view of Asutosh College main building, Kolkata (old campus at Hazra)
former_nameSouth Suburban College (1916–1924)
mottoJnān Jethā Mukta (Bengali)
mottoengWhere Knowledge is Free
established
typePublic
presidentSaugata Roy
principalDr. Manas Kabi
cityKolkata
coordinates
mapframeyes
mapframe-zoom10
stateWest Bengal
countryIndia
campusUrban
academic_affiliationsUniversity of Calcutta
undergrad5970 (As of 2021–22)
postgrad294 (As of 2021–22)
website
logoAshutosh College Logo.png
logo_size170
::

| name = Asutosh College | image = Asutosh College main building, July 2020.jpg | caption = Front view of Asutosh College main building, Kolkata (old campus at Hazra) | former_name = South Suburban College (1916–1924) | motto = Jnān Jethā Mukta (Bengali) | mottoeng = Where Knowledge is Free | established = | type = Public | president = Saugata Roy | principal = Dr. Manas Kabi | city = Kolkata | coordinates = | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 10

| state = West Bengal | country = India | campus = Urban | academic_affiliations = University of Calcutta | undergrad = 5970 (As of 2021–22) | postgrad = 294 (As of 2021–22) | website = | logo = Ashutosh College Logo.png | logo_size = 170 Asutosh College, established in 1916, is a premier government aided college in Kolkata and under Calcutta University. It offers undergraduate level courses in various science and art subjects, also postgraduate degrees in select science and arts subjects. This college is situated in Southern Kolkata, close to the Jatin Das Park Metro Station, gate No. 2. It is affiliated to the University of Calcutta.

History

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Sir_Asutosh_Mukharji.JPG" caption="Sir Asutosh Mukherjee"] ::

In 1916, This college was established as the South Suburban College, under the stewardship of educationist Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee, who was the then vice-chancellor of the University of Calcutta. The first Governing body of the College was made up of many eminent educationist of the city such as Justice Asutosh Chaudhuri, Babu Dwarkanath Chakravarti, Babu Mahendranath Roy, Babu Biraj Mohan Majumdar, Babu Provas Chunder Mitter, Dr. Girindranath Mukherjee et cetera.

In 1924, after the death of Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee, the college was renamed as Asutosh College.

In the year 2002, a post graduation course in Environmental Science was introduced. Post graduate courses in Applied Geology, Bengali, Computer Science, Information Science, Geography, Zoology were introduced in between 2009 and 2014. In 2013, add-on courses in Hospital waste disposal management, Industrial Chemistry and Travel & Tourism were introduced.

In 2012, the Mother Teresa International Award was conferred on Asutosh College for outstanding achievement and contribution in the field of Best College of the Year.

In 2014, University Grants Commission-approved free add-on courses on Tourism, Industrial Chemistry, and Hospital Waste Disposal Management were introduced by the college.

Campuses

A Second Campus of Asutosh College was planned in 2003. The Centenary Building of the college was inaugurated by the erstwhile President of India, Pranab Mukherjee on 1 April 2015. Asutosh college is the 12th college in Kolkata that was first to set up rooftop solar plant to produce 20 kW for its own use.

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.

Science

Science faculty consists of the departments of Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science & Application, Biochemistry, Geography, Geology, Applied Geology, Botany, Zoology, Physiology, Microbiology, Psychology, Environmental Science, Industrial Fish & Fisheries, Electronics, and Economics.

Arts & Commerce

Arts and Commerce faculty consists of departments of Bengali, English, Communicative English, Sanskrit, Hindi, History, Geography, Political Science, Philosophy, Journalism & Mass Communication, Sociology, and Commerce.

Accreditation

Asutosh College are recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC).

In 2015, the Government of West Bengal offered a financial incentive of up to Rs. 2 crore each, to colleges with NAAC grading of A or B. The Department of Higher Education wanted institutions like Asutosh College with a proven academic track record of renewing their NAAC grade. But many colleges, including Asutosh, was reluctant to get involved in the process which the Principal at the time called "long drawn and fund consuming, without having any real benefit".The first college in West Bengal to be accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council in 2002, it was given an A grade with a CGPA score of 3.22 in 2016, helping it secure its position among the top four affiliated colleges of West Bengal.

Now this college is considered most premier constituent college in Kolkata

Facilities

The college has a counselling cell for victims of ragging as well as possible aggressors, as part of an anti-ragging initiative.

Female students

In 1996, then Principal Subhankar Chakraborty was accused of moral policing after he asked female students to dress modestly.

In 2018, sanitary pad dispensers, installed in the college in 2015 were found to be not working. Many female students did not know about the machines while others felt self-conscious about using the machines, which in corridors and other public parts of the campus. However, the college said the quality of pads were so low that students gave them a miss, and that the services of the company roped in by the state government to install and operate the machines were unpredictable and bad.

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

References

References

  1. Konar, Debashis. (25 March 2013). "Grandson of Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee upset at Mamata's silence on letter". [[The Times of India]].
  2. "ASUTOSH COLLEGE – University of Calcutta (C.U.)".
  3. "Untitled Document".
  4. "History of the College".
  5. "Asutosh College : Admission step".
  6. Dadhich, Naresh. (23 April 2006). "A Lighthouse Falls".
  7. (April 15, 2003). "Joka campus for Asutosh planned". Times of India.
  8. RMIC Golpark. (2015-04-11). "323V {{as written".
  9. (2015-03-31). "Pranab Mukherjee to visit West Bengal on April 1–2".
  10. . (18 July 2017). ["Ashutosh College among solar-compliant campuses"](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/ashutosh-college-among-solar-compliant-campuses/articleshow/59641535.cms). *[[The Times of India]]*.
  11. . (25 July 2017). ["Asutosh College has its own solar power"](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/asutosh-college-has-its-own-solar-power/articleshow/59740398.cms). *[[The Times of India]]*.
  12. "Courses Offered, Asutosh College".
  13. [http://www.ugc.ac.in/inside/browse_reco_colleges.php?st=West%20Bengal Colleges in West Bengal, University Grants Commission]
  14. "ASUTOSH COLLEGE".
  15. "NAAC".
  16. Mitra, Bishwabijoy. (20 June 2017). "Colleges set up with anti-ragging initiatives". [[The Times of India]].
  17. Dasgupta, Priyanka. (2 May 2018). "I condemn moral policing in Kolkata: Asutosh College ex-principal". [[The Times of India]].
  18. Mitra, Bishwabijoy. (16 Jan 2018). "What Padman revolution ? Vending machines gather dust in city colleges". [[The Times of India]].
  19. "Bappaditya Bandopadhyay Profile & Career".
  20. "biography".
  21. "Prospectus_2012".
  22. "Notarized Affidavit of Education Qualifications".
  23. (2008-08-11). "Tripti Mitra Biography by Chandi Mukherjee". Gomolo.com.
  24. "Ghosh, Binoy - Banglapedia".
  25. Shubha Tiwari. "Writing as Social Service: The Literary Compass of Mahashweta Devi". boloji.com.
  26. "Profile: Anup Ghoshal".
  27. "Neel Dutt Profile Family Education Career".

::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::

university-of-calcutta-affiliatesuniversities-and-colleges-established-in-1916universities-and-colleges-in-kolkata1916-establishments-in-british-india