Jagadbandhu Institution | |
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A school building in South Kolkata
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25, Fern Road, Ballygunge, Kolkata Kolkata, West Bengal, India, 700019 |
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Type | Public, selective, single-sex high secondary school |
Motto | আত্মানং বিদ্ধি ("Know thyself") |
Founded | 1914 |
Opened | 1914 |
Founder | Jagadbandhu Ray |
Headmaster | Avijit Bhattacharya |
Teaching staff | ~56 |
Key people | Anshuman Bhowmik, Subhendu Sikdar, Swapan Kumar Goswami |
Grades | 1-12 |
Years offered | 1914-present |
Gender | Male |
Age range | 6-18 |
Pupils | 2000 |
Medium of language | Bengali |
Hours in school day | 11 A.M to 4.20 P.M. |
Song | Jana Gana Mana |
Yearbook | Sanchari Bengali: সঞ্চারী |
Affiliations | WBBSE and WBCHSE |
Website | www |
Jagadbandhu Institution (Bengali: জগদ্বন্ধু ইনস্টিটিউশন; listen ) is a school for boys in South Kolkata, West Bengal, India, affiliated to the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education for Madhyamik Pariksha (10th Board exams) and to the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education for Higher Secondary Examination (12th Board exams).
Jagadbandhu Institution is a Bengali medium of South Kolkata. The school was established by Jagadbandhu Roy in 1914 at 25 Fern Road, Kolkata-19.Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee laid the foundation stone on 11 January 1914. The first president and vice-president of the school were Asutosh Choudhury and Rai Bahadur Ramtaran Banerjee. The first secretary was Rajendra Bidyabhusan.
The school alumni association was established in 1992.