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Vidyasagar College

1872 establishments in IndiaAcademic institutions associated with the Bengal RenaissanceEducational institutions established in 1872Schools in Colonial IndiaUniversity of Calcutta affiliates
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Vidyasagar College (Bengali: বিদ্যাসাগর কলেজ) is a state government-aided public college, affiliated to the University of Calcutta, located in North Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The college offers both post-graduate and under-graduate courses in a number of subjects of arts and science. Founded in 1872, it was the first private college (now governmental) in India which was purely run, maintained and financed by Indians. Formerly known as Metropolitan Institution, it was named after its founder Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar in 1917. The college is affiliated to Calcutta University, under UGC and accredited by NAAC. It follows semester based CBCS system. The college does not participate in NIRF ranking in college category. The college was a part of DBT STAR College Scheme. The college receives funding from State Government, UGC (via CU) and other GOI-affiliated institutes or schemes i.e RUSA, ICSSR, AICTE and NIEIT.

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Vidyasagar College
Sankar Gosh Lane, Kolkata City College (Kolkata)

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Sankar Gosh Lane
700007 Kolkata, City College (Kolkata)
West Bengal, India
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Vidyasagar Metropolitan College is located in Kolkata (Calcutta), India. It is a government-aided college that offers undergraduate courses. The students get B.A, B.Sc or B.Com degree from the University of Calcutta depending on subjects they choose. The college has an equipped library as well as physics, chemistry and biology laboratories. Students from all over the state of West Bengal come to study in this college. Employers have conducted on campus job interviews in the academic year 2006-2007 and selected students for highly paid and lucrative jobs, primarily in the booming local software industry. In recent times this college has organised seminars in important topics both in the fields of literature as well as science. The topics include: (i) Trends in Indian poetry (ii) Religious reforms in eastern India (iii) Game theory of Mathematics (iv) Civilian use of nuclear power (v) Interpretation of Quantum Theory. (vi) Differential Equations (Sponsored by Dept. of Higher Edn. Govt. of. WB, 2011) (vii) Engendering and related social issues (UGC sponsored National Level, 2011) The Department of English has also organised a paper presentation session on the usage of supernatural elements in European literature. The Department of Physics organises science exhibitions to popularise scientific temperament among the local school children. Students of neighbouring schools demonstrate scientific models and scientific experiments which are designed and fabricated by them. For organising this exhibition Department of Physics gets financial support from the Indian Physics Teachers Association.