Asutosh College, Calcutta
| Type | Undergraduate, Postgraduate |
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| Established | 1916 |
| Principal | Dr. Dipak Kumar Kar |
| Students | 4000 |
| Location | No. 92, Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700026, India |
| Campus | Urban |
| Sports | Rowing, football, cricket, etc. |
| Affiliations | University of Calcutta |
| Website | www.asutoshcollege.in |
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Asutosh College is a college affiliated to the University of Calcutta, situated in South Kolkata, India. It was established in 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 principal is Dipak Kumar Kar.
The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) visited the college in December 2016 and accredited it with ‘A’ grade. it got a score of 3.22.
In 1872, the General Committee of the South Suburban Group of Schools was established, presided over by mathematician Sir Asutosh Mukherjee. Forty-three years later, in 1915, permission was sought to establish a college in South Calcutta. A year later the government of India approved an upgrade of South Suburban School to an intermediate college: South Suburban College. Sir Asutosh was named as president of its governing body. The college began operations in July 1916, on Lansdown Road in Calcutta. A year later, it was moved to Russa Road. In 1918, the intermediate college was upgraded to a degree college, offering English, Bengali, Sanskrit, Philosophy, History and Economics (Political Economy and Political Philosophy).
After Sir Asutosh died in 1924, the college was renamed after him. Teaching of science subjects began in the following year. In 1927, the Asutosh Mukherjee Memorial Institute appealed to Calcutta Corporation for a parcel of land in Hazra Park, to be leased for the construction of a new building, including a library and an auditorium.
In 1934, Sri Shyamaprasad Mukherjee became president of the Governing Body; he served in this capacity until his death. The college moved to its current location in 1935.
The present building occupies 40,000 square feet (3,700 m2), with 50 classrooms and room for about 4,000 students. Twenty-eight subjects are taught as Honors/Major at the undergraduate level.
Asutosh College Training Centre (ACTC) was formed in the Platinum Jubilee Year of the college (1991) to equip students for job-screening examinations.
In 1995, The Department of Computer Science was formed. The first undergraduate batch in Computer Science Honours degree was admitted in 2001.
In 2002, a post-graduation course in Environmental Science was introduced. All the departments have their own libraries; the science departments have laboratories.
In 2009, M.A./M.Sc. course in Geography was introduced. And in 2011, B.Sc. (Hons.) in Environmental Science and M.A. course in Bengali were introduced.
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