About


Asutosh College is a college affiliated to the University of Calcutta, situated in Kolkata, India. Situated in South Kolkata, it was established in the year 1916 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 current principal is Dipak Kumar Kar

Academics

The college offers undergraduate courses in Bengali, English, History, Political Science, Philosophy, Sociology, Sanskrit, Psychology, Journalism and Mass Communication (B.A. Honors), Communicative English (B.A. Major), Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, Electronics, Geology, Geography, Zoology, Botany, Psychology, Biochemistry and Microbiology (B.Sc. Honors), and Industrial Fish and Fisheries (B.Sc. Major). A BBA honours course is also offered. The college offers postgraduate courses in Geography Zoology, Environmental Science,and Bengali.

 

Annexe building

The college has an annexe, constructed during the Platinum Jubilee Year (1991) of the college. It is located across Basanta Bose Road, which runs along the north side of the college. This building houses the reading section of the Central Library and several newly emerged as well PG departments. It also houses the Asutosh College Training Centre (ACTC). This was established to equip students for job screening examinations like WBCS, SSC, SET, NET etc.


Text : wikipedia


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