DEPARTMENT OF BENGALI

The Department started its journey in 1942, the year of establishment of the College as a wing of Vidyasagar College under Calcutta University. The department is currently imparting Three -Year UG General and Four-Year Honourse courses as per CCFUP in accordance with NEP2020 (introduced in 2023) under the affliation of the University of Burdwan since 1960 in continuation of 3- Year UG General & Hons. degree Courses as per CBCS (Old). Present student intake of the department in honourse course is 117 (One hundred and Seventeen) and in General Course is 481. The curriculum courses are distributed in six semesters for General degree and eight semesters for Honourse degree. The Department regularly conducts inter and intra departmental seminars, essay competitions on contemporary issues where students of various departments actively participate. The department conducts Prof. Debranjan Mukherjee Memorial Lecture cum seminar annualy in memory of Late Prof. Mukherjee who is one of our brightest alumnous and Former Professor of the department. Shri Pranab Kumar Mukherjee, former President of Republic of India was also an alumni of the Department. With this rich tradition the Departmental faculty members are actively engaged in research and extension. Though there are no separate Ph.D. Programme of the College, three research Scholars viz. Abhijit Dan, Goutam Mondal and Mousumi Banerjee have been awarded with Ph.D. degree and Piu Nandi have submitted her Thesis in 2020 under the Guidence of the Departmental faculty Members under the affiliating university, University of Burdwan. To encourage students apart from curriculum department also publishes Wall Magazine, conducts visit to place of interest regularly.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

The Department started its journey in 1942, the year of establishment of the College. From the very inception, the department is imparting quality education to her pupils in UG (General & Honourse) Courses. Legendery Prof. Nanigopal Sen, the then Principal Arun kumar sen helped to grow the child into her hall of fame. The department is currently imparting Three -Year UG General and Four-Year UG Honourse courses as per CCFUP in accordance with NEP 2020 (introduced in 2023) under the affliation of the University of Burdwan in continuation of 3- Year UG General & Hons. degree Courses as per CBCS (Old). Present student intake of the department in honourse course is 113 (One hundred and Seventeen) and in General Course is 323. The Department conducts Annual ‘Binapani Memorial Lecture cum Seminar /Workshop’ on Contemporary Issues by noted guest speaker(s) and best student of the Department is awarded with "Kamalaksha Memorial Prize" annually. Faculty members are publishing articles in the Journals of National & International repute regularly. To encourage students apart from curriculum department also publishes Wall Magazine, conducts visit to place of interest regularly. 

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DEPARTMENT OF SANSKRIT

The Department started its journey in 1942 from the very inception of the College under Calcutta University and at present is providing quality teaching- learning to her pupils of UG general & Honourse courses as per curriculum of the University of Burdwan since 1960. Department currently impart Three -Year UG General and Four-Year UG Honourse courses as per CCFUP in accordance with NEP 2020 (introduced in 2023)  in continuation of 3- Year UG General & Hons. degree Courses as per CBCS (Old). Present student intake of the department in honourse course is 113 (One hundred and thirteen) and in General Course is 249. Teachers are publishing research articles regularly. To encourage students apart from curriculum department also publishes Wall Magazine, conducts Study-Tour, organizes intra & Inter departmental seminar regularly. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

The Department started its journey in 1942, the year of inception of the College as a wing of Vidyasagar College, Kolkata under Calcutta University. The Department is under the affiliation of the University of Burdwan since 1960. Department at present offers Three -Year UG General and Four-Year UG Honourse courses as per CCFUP in accordance with NEP 2020 (introduced in 2023)  in continuation of 3- Year UG General & Hons. degree Courses as per CBCS (Old). Present student intake of the department in honourse course is 117 (One hundred and seventeen) and in General Course is 305 (three hundred and five.  The Department conducts ‘Professor Tarasankar Banerjee Endowment Lecture’ on Contemporary Issues each year by noted guest speakers and "Tarasankar Memorial Prize" is awarded to student securing highest marks in History based on result in Univ. final Exmination. To encourage students apart from curriculum department  publishes Wall Magazine, conducts visit to place of historical interest regularly. Department also conducts and or particiapate in Intra and inter departmental seminars, Quiz Contests, National & International Webinar/Seminar. Faculty members are actively engaged in Research & Extension work and three Reserch scholars are registered under B.U. for Ph. D. degree. A number of books and edited volumes have been published by the  faculty members in recent past. Department has a Museum with rich collection of Old objects, Replicas , Rocks & Soils, Punthis etc. 
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DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

The Department started its journey in 1967.  Department at present imparts Three -Year UG General and Four-Year UG Honourse courses as per CCFUP in accordance with NEP 2020 (introduced in 2023)  in continuation of 3- Year UG General & Hons. degree Courses as per CBCS (Old). Present student intake of the department in honourse course is 113 (One hundred and thirteen) and in General Course is 444 (four hundred and forty four). Honourse and General UG Courses are of the University of Burdwan are distributed in six semesters to eight semesters. Field Survey for real time experience is conducted regularly. To encourage students apart from curriculum department  publishes Wall Magazine, conducts and or particiapate in intra and inter departmental seminars, Quiz Contests, National & International Webinar/Seminaretc. 

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DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY

The Department started its journey in 1961 and is currently imparting Three -Year UG General and Four-Year Honourse courses as per CCFUP in accordance with NEP 2020 (introduced in 2023) under the affliation of the University of Burdwan  in continuation of 3- Year UG General & Hons. degree Courses as per CBCS (Old). Present student intake of the department in honourse course is 113 (One hundred and thirteen) and in General Course is 269 (two hundred and sixtynine). The Department regularly conducts inter and intra departmental seminars, Lecture series on Curriculum and contemporary issues, State & National level seminars/webinars where students, teachers of various departments and higher educational institutions actively participate.  Departmental faculty members are actively engaged in research and extension. One faculty member awarded in-service Ph.D. degree and two of the faculty members are persuing research for Ph.D. degree.To encourage students apart from curriculum department also publishes Wall Magazine, conducts visit to place of interest regularly.

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DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

The Department started its journey in 1942 from the very inception of the College. Department presently imparts Three -Year UG General and Four-Year UG Honourse courses as per CCFUP in accordance with NEP 2020 (introduced in 2023)  in continuation of 3- Year UG General & Hons. degree Courses as per CBCS (Old). Present student intake of the department in B.A. honourse course is 44 (forty four), B.Sc. honourse course is 05 (five), and in General Course is 135 (four hundred and thirty five). Field Survey to assess socio economic status of the rural people is conducted regularly by the Department. To encourage students apart from curriculum department  publishes Wall Magazine, conducts and or particiapate in Intra and inter departmental seminars, Quiz Contests, etc. Faculty members publishes research articles in reputed journals regularly.

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DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM

The Department started its journey in 2007 to impart "Carrier oriented Programme" Course for UG students of the College and subsequently upgraded to Honours teaching department in 2012 under the affiliation to the University of Burdwan. At Present Three -Year UG General and Four-Year Honourse courses as per CCFUP in accordance with NEP 2020 (introduced in 2023) under the affliation of the University of Burdwan  in continuation of 3- Year UG Hons. degree Courses as per CBCS (Old) are taught by the department. Present student intake of the department in honourse course is 49 (fortynine) and in General Course is 48 (fortyeight) and the courses are offered only in day shift of the College.  Apart from the course curriculum department conducts Field survey, Documentary Preparation, Radio Project, Page Make up, Print Advertisement, intra and inter departmental seminars, Webinars, publish wall Magazine regularly.

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DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY

The Department started its journey in 2010 to impart UG general Course curricum in the subject as an associated department of Arts faculty and is subsequently upgraded to Honours teaching department in 2013 under the affiliation to the University of Burdwan. The department is now imparting quality teaching in Three -Year UG General and Four-Year Honourse courses as per CCFUP in accordance with NEP 2020 (introduced in 2023) under the affliation of the University of Burdwan  in continuation of 3- Year UG General & Hons. degree Courses as per CBCS (Old). Present student intake of the department in honourse course is 47 (forty seven) and in General Course is 40 (forty). Faculty members are actively engaged research and publishing in national and international research journals regularly. Department conducts intra and inter departmental seminars, publish wall Magazine and arrange field visits regularly. 

*Courses of Geography are offered in Day Shift only.

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DEPARTMENT OF ARABIC

The Department started its journey in 2013 with the aim of spreading higher education among Minority and considering the importance of the Language.  Department now teach Three -Year UG General and Four-Year Honourse courses as per CCFUP in accordance with NEP 2020 (introduced in 2023) under the affliation of the University of Burdwan  in continuation of 3- Year UG Honours degree Courses as per CBCS (Old). Present student intake of the department in honourse course is 60 (Sixty) and in General Course is 42 (fortytwo) and the courses are offered only in day shift of the College. In addition to the teaching and learning  for holistic development of the students, department conducts Students seminar, study tour cum picnic, observe  Arabic Language Day in addition to Mother Language Day, Publishes Wall Magazine etc. Students also take Part in Sports and Drama.
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LIST OF FACULTY MEMBERS FOR B.A. GENERAL COURSE (Morning Shift/Extended Day Shift)