Former name | Presidency School (1882-1884) Presidency Institution (1884-1884) Ripon College (1884-1947) |
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| Type | Undergraduate college |
| Established | 1882; 143 years ago (1882) |
| Affiliation | University of Calcutta |
| Principal | Dr. Indranil Kar |
| Address | 24/2,MG Road, Baithakkhana ,,,700009 ,22°34′15″N88°22′02″E / 22.5707434°N 88.3673246°E /22.5707434; 88.3673246 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | Surendranath College |
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Surendranath College is an undergraduate college affiliated to theUniversity of Calcutta, inKolkata,India. It was founded in 1884 by the nationalist leader and scholarSurendranath Banerjee. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate level courses in various arts , commerce and science subjects.
This college owed its origin to the Presidency School. In 1882,Surendranath Banerjee took over the charge of the presidency school. In 1884, this school was renamed as Presidency Institution and affiliated to the University of Calcutta. Later, in the same year, with permission from Lord Ripon, this school was elevated to a first grade degree college and named as Ripon College.[1]
In 1885, this college started the Department of Law. Later in 1911, this law section was converted into a separate law College and named as Ripon Law College.
In 1931, women's section was opened.
In 1940, The Department of Commerce was established.
In 1947, trustees of this college opened an evening science section.
In 1960, both the evening and women's section became a separate degree college. Evening section of this college is known asSurendranath Evening College and the women's section became an independent Degree College, named,Surendranath College for Women.
For much of its history, this college was known asRipon College, named for theBritishViceroyLord Ripon, but in 1948–1949, it was renamed for its founder.Swami Vivekananda delivered his first address in Calcutta from the rostrum of this college on his return from Chicago after his famous deliverance at theParliament of the World's Religions.[1]
The college offers different undergraduate and postgraduate courses and aims at imparting education to the undergraduates and postgraduates of upper-, lower- and middle-class people of Kolkata and its adjoining areas.[2]
Science faculty consists of the departments of Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science & Application, Botany, Zoology, Physiology, Microbiology, Psychology, and Economics.
Arts and Commerce faculty consists of departments of Bengali, English, Sanskrit, History, Geography, Political Science, Philosophy, Journalism & Mass Communication, Sociology, and Commerce.
Surendranath College are recognized by theUniversity Grants Commission (UGC).[3] This college was accrediated byNAAC and awarded B+ grade in 2017.
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During theCoronavirus Pandemic in India, With the demand for hand sanitizers raised in the wake of theCoronavirus scare, Surendranath College made a low-cost sanitiser meetingWHO guidelines. Apart from the chemical ingredients available at the lab, other contents such asAlcohol andHydrogen Peroxide were procured from market, and the concoction was prepared meetingWHO specifications. The sanitiser is namedSparsho (touch) and the bottles are distributed for free among the locals[5][6]
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