Presidency College in Kolkata was established on 20th January, 1817. This college was first known as Hindu college and was later renamed as Presidency. Initially, this institution had 20 scholars and the administrative power of the college was vested upon 4 directors and 2 governors. Babu Gopee Mohan Thakoor and Maharaja Tejchandra Bahadur were the 1st Governors of this college, whereas Babu Joykissen Sinha, Babu Gopeemohan Deb and Babu Radha Madhab Banerjee were the first Secretaries.
Initially, the classes used to take place in a house taken on rent whose landlord was Gorachand Bysack. Later in 1818 this well-known College shifted to the house of Kamal Bose. This building has a great historic background. Raja Ram Mohan Ray officially inaugurated his Brahma Sabha in the Presidency College, Calcutta. Thereafter the college campus was shifted to Bowbazar.
Now, the college campus of Presidency is located at 86/1, College Street. This college campus covers around 14.5 acres of land. Presidency College in Kolkata houses a Boys’ Hostel called Eden Hindu Hostel and a Girls’ Hostel. The Main Buildings of this college include:
- Principal’s Office
- Philosophy Department
- Mathematics Department
- English Department
- History Department
- Geography Department
- Physical Education unit
- Grievance redressal Cell
- Arts Library
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- Observatory
- Conference Hall
- NSS Room
- Teachers’ Common Room
- Alumni Association Office
- Boys’ and Girls’ Common Rooms
- Employees’ Cooperative
Presidency College is expanding its courses of study with each passing day. Currently, Mamata Ray is the Principal of Presidency College. Atul Chandra Gupta is the President, whereas, Jatish Chandra Sengupta is the Principal as well as the Secretary of this college.
Some of the most-reputed faculty members of Presidency College are:
- Dr. Dilip Naha, Bengali
- Dr. Sanjib Ghosh, Chemistry
- Dr. SatadipSarkar, Botany
- Dr. Samit Kar, Sociology
- Ranjit K. Sarkar, English
- Amitava Chatterjee, Economics
- Dr. Srimati Mukherjee, Philosophy
- Syamal Kumar Basak, Mathematics
- Dr.Prodyot Kr. Roy, Physics
- Barun K.Datta, Statistics
- Dr. Trilochan Midya, Zoology
- Dr.Jyotirmoy Chakrabortry, Physiology
- Dr. Sumit Mukherjee, Political Science
A number of undergraduate courses, post graduate courses as well as research programs are offered by Presidency College. Apart from this, the college also provides various types of recreational resources, such as, cricket cum football ground, a gymnasium, table tennis court, rowing and swimming facility.
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