Balurghat College
College Profile: ---------------- Name of the College : Balurghat College Year of eablishment : 1943 Name Of The Principal : Dr.Asish Kumar Das. Address : P.O. BALURGHAT DIST- DAKSHIN DINAJPUR, WEST BENGAL, PIN- 733101 Phone : 03522 255392 : 03522 271465 Fax No : 03522 255392 E-Mail Address : balurghatcollege@yahoo.in Subjects offered with approved intake capacity: ----------------------------------------------- P.G. : Bengali(56), History ( 30 ), Sanskrit (30 ). ------------------- Honours Course: Bengali(75), English (75), Sanskrit (75), History(75), Philosophy(40), Pol-science(75), Economics (75), Geography (15) --------------- General Course : Bengali, English, Sanskrit,History,Philosophy, Pol-science, Economics, Geography, Education. ---------------- Vocational Course : Does not exist ------------------- C.O.P.: ------- Computer Application, Comnmnicative English ,Electronic Equipment Maintenance B. Sc. Honours Courses: ---------------- Physics (14), Chemistry (14), Mathematics(40). Botany (12), Zoology (12), Computer Science (25), B. Sc. General Courses: ----------------------- Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Botany, ZooLogy, Qinyrnter Science Vocational Course : Does not exist B.Com. Honours Courses: ----------------------- Accountancy General Course: ALL Vocational Course : Does not exist Infrastructure: --------------- Laboratories: ------------- Physics, Chemistrty, Botany, Zoology, Math, Computer Science, Geography Equipment worth Rs. 1.00 Lakh: ------------------------------ Xerox, Generator, Computer Server, Computers Facilities available to the faculty & students: ----------------------------------------------- The College has provided Computer facility to each department with a view to encourage the faculty and the Students to get up-to-date information to inculcate their research activities and to enrich their knowledge. The valuable Books and Journals of the Department Library is specially meant for the Faculty and the meritorious Students of the respective Departments. The Laboratory based Department are well equipped with the Laboratory apparatus in accordance with the new Syllabus. Library Resources: ------------------ The College has well equipped library having a good collection of Books, journals, Periodicals Magazine etc. NCC/NSS: -------- NCC (Two troops - Boys & Girls) NSS (Two troops - Boys & Girls) Accreditation (NAAC) Status: ---------------------------- 'B' Level (73.20%) Student Proliie: ---------------- Total No of 1st year BA, BSc, B.Com, (2008-2009) with Hons & General - 1610 % SC : 418 - 26% % ST : 138 - 9% % Male :1401 - 87% % Female : 209 - 13% % Minority : 115 - 7% % BPL :194 - 12% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sL NO Name of The Teacher Designation Department Date of Joining --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Dr.Bata Krisna Pal Teacher in Charge ------- 21.11.1979 2. Smt.Bhaswati Mukhopadhyay Sr.Lecturer Bengali 18.09.1997 3. Smt. Aditi Dasgupta Sr.Lecturer Bengali 25.11.1999 4. Dr.Sauren Bandyopadhyay Sr.Lecturer Bengali 15.12.1999 5. Sri Ripan Sarkar Sr.Lecturer Bengali 29.03.2001 6. Sri Samit Kr Saha Sr.Lecturer Bengali 29.03.2007 6. Smt. sefali Mondal Lecturer Bengali 18.09.2006 7. Smt.Sefali Mondal Lecturer Bengali 10.01.2006 8. Sri. Debajyoti sarkar Sr.Lecturer English 14.11.2000 9. sri. Indrajit chattopadhyay Lecturer English 23.09.2003 10. Smt. Namita Pal Sl.Gr.Lecturer Sanskrit 06.05.1981 11. Dr.Subhransu Dutta Reader Sanskrit 25.02.1985 12. Smt. kanika Nandi Sl.Gr.Lecturer Sanskrit 18.08.1997 13. Dr.Kamalesh ch. Das Reader History 06.11.1997 14. Dr.Partha Dutta Sr.Lecturer History 18.08.2003 15. Sri Bibek Das Lecturer History 20.01.2005 16. Smt.Jamuna Subba Lecturer History 21.09.2006 17. Dr. Asit Kumar Paul Reader Economics 09.03.1983 18. Sri Dilip Bhattacharjee Sl.Gr.Lecturer Economics 30.03.1987 19. Smt.Nandini Mukherjee lecturer Economics 29.04.2005 20. Dr.Bandana Ghosh Reader Pol. Science 21.03.1986 21. Sri Debashish Ghosh Sl.Gr.Lecturer Pol. Science 06.11.1997 22. Sri Binoy Rabidas Lecturer Pol. science 14.07.2007 23. Smt.Nandini Mukherjee Lecturer Pol. Science 29.04.2005 24. Dr. Chandana Chatterjee Sr.Lecturer Philosophy 18.07.2002 25. Dr. Banani sinha Sr.Lecturer Philosophy 29.03.2003 26. Smt.Beauty Das Lecturer Geography 01.06.2005 27. Smt.Atisha Lama Yolmo Lecturer Geography 21.07.2008 28. Sri Prasanta Dhair Sr.Lecturer Mathematics 02.01.2001 29. Sri.Sanjib Kumar Jana Sr.Lecturer Mathematics 10.05.2002 30. Sri. Asis Kumar Chakrborty Sl.Gr.Lecturer Physics 01.08.1974 31. Sri.Gobinda Pal Sl.Gr.Lecturer physics 07.12.1977 32. Dr.Asish Kumar Das Reader Physics 01.08.1974 33. Dr.Harabhusan Sen Reader Physics 14.03.1991 34. Sri Subhas Chandra Adhikary Lab.Inst.(Teaching status)Physics 18.02.1981 35. Dr.Swapan Kumar Shee Sr.Lecturer Physics 19.05.2000 36. Dr.Subratanu Bahattacharyay Lecturer Physics 29.09.2006 37. Dr.Pramathesh Mitra Reader Chemistry 05.03.1975 38. Sri.Purushottam Halder Sl.Gr.Lecturer Chemistry 23.08.1976 39. Sri Rupak Roy Sl.Gr.Lecturer Chemistry 01.12.1977 40. Dr.Sagar Modak Reader Chemistry 08.12.1984 41. Sri Bhabendu Bhattacharya Lab.Inst.(Teaching Status)Chemistry 19.05.1981 42. Sri Ashoke KumarGhosh Lab.Inst.(Teaching Status)Chemistry 19.05.1981 43. Dr.Piyali Sengupta Lecturer Chemistry 25.09.2006 44. Dr.Tapas Kr Chakraborty sr.Lecturer Botany 07.03.2001 45. Sri Chapal kr Ghosh Demons in Botany Botany 01.12.1973 46. Dr.Parasuram kamilla Lectuter Botany 01.12.1973 47. Dr.Gouri Das Lecturer Botany 11.12.2006 48. Sri Pradip Kr Ghosh Sl Gr Lecturer commerce 09.01.1975 49. Sri.Tara Shankar Gupta sl Gr Lecturer commerce 02.08.1978 50. Sri.Tarasankar Bandya Sl Gr Lecturer commerce 02.04.1981 51 Sri.Ramesh Singh Chouhan sl Gr Lecturer commerce 04.07.1981 52. Sri Manas chakraborty sr Lecturer commerce 14.12.1999 53. Sri Amitabha Bhattacharya Sr. Lecturer commerce 20.06.2002 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Good Practices of the College: ----------------------------- Balurghat College has been catering education in 15 different Honours Subjects. Besides this the College also oflers P.G. education in Bengali. introduction of P.G. Courses in Sanskrit and History is also in pipeline. The College has its own Museum which contains Antics of the glories of the past. Balurghat College has also introduced Career Oriented Programme(COP) in Computer Application, Communicative English and Electronics Equipment Maintenance. Two NCC troops, one for Boys and other for Girls are rendering their valuable service to the Nation as a whole. The College performs all forms of social activities especially in the remote villages of Dakshin Dinajpur through its NSS wings. Balurghat College provides Full-free and Half-free Studentship to more than 15% Students according to merit and financial position of the Students, with especial attention to SC, ST. Minorities, BPL & APL Students. Every year the Students of every Department securing highest marks in the Final University Examinations are awarded by the College. Provision for awarding prizes to the Students of each Subject and of each Class who secure highest attendance. The College is trying to provide adequate Books to the Students from the Departmental Book-bank besides the books provided from the General Library. Achievement / Features / Reamrks: --------------------------------- Balurghat College is established in the year 1948 and since then the College has been catering Higher Education to the people of this locality, particularly the down - trodden weaker section of the society and below poverty line. the College has been stepping in its Diamond Jubilee year in the way of rendering services to uphold the academic milieu and nurture the Human resource of the District & its surroundings. The College also runs the Study Centre of NSOU, IGNOU and NBU in Distance Education mode with great success to disseminate education to all. In this way the College has been plying the role of a torch bearer to upkeep the cuhural and Socio - economic backbond of the District and its surroundings. ------------------------------------- End of Document ---------------------------------------