Presidency College, Calcutta
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| Motto | Excellence since 1817 |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 20 January 1817 |
| Founders |
Raja Rammohan Roy David Hare Sir Edward Hyde East Radhakanta Deb Baidyanath Mukhopadhya Rasamay Dutt |
| Chancellor | Keshari Nath Tripathi Governor of West Bengal |
| Vice-Chancellor | Anuradha Lohia |
| Dean | Prof. Arabinda Nayak (Dean of Science), Prof. Shanta Dutta (Dean of Arts), Prof. Arunkumar Maity (Dean of Students Affairs) |
| Students | 2,198 |
| Undergraduates | 1,462 |
| Postgraduates | 736 |
| Location | 86/1 College Street, Kolkata - 700073 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | UGC, NAAC, AIU |
| Website | presiuniv |
Presidency University, Kolkata, formerly Hindu College and Presidency College, is a public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal.
The college was established in 1817 by Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Radhakanta Deb, David Hare, Justice Sir Edward Hyde East, Baidyanath Mukhopadhya and Rasamay Dutt.
After a few years of establishment, in 1855, the Pathshala wing of Hindu College was renamed as Hindu School and the Mahapathshala wing was renamed as Presidency College, i.e., the college of the Bengal Presidency. In 2010, under West Bengal's Chief Minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, who was a former student of the college, it was upgraded to the status of a full university by the Presidency University Act, 2010, passed in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.
The longest serving Principal of Presidency College was J. Sutcliff, who was its principal intermittently for 20 years, from 1852-1875. This university is one of the finest academic institutions in India and boasts of an exceptional pool of notable alumni spread across the world.
In 2017, the University is going to hugely celebrate it's glorious bincentenary period.
With the creation of the Supreme Court of Calcutta in 1773 many Hindus of Bengal showed eagerness to learn the English language. David Hare, in collaboration with Raja Radhakanta Deb had already taken steps to introduce English education in Bengal. Babu Buddinath Mukherjee advanced the introduction of English as a medium of instruction further by enlisting the support of Sir Edward Hyde East, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Fort William who called a meeting of 'European and Hindu Gentlemen' in his house in May 1816. The purpose of the meeting was to "discuss the proposal to establish an institution for giving a liberal education to the children of the members of the Hindu Community". The proposal was received with unanimous approbation and a donation of over Rs. 100, 000 was promised for the setting up of the new college. Raja Ram Mohan Roy showed full sympathy for the scheme but chose not to come out in support of the proposal publicly for fear of "alarming the prejudices of his orthodox countrymen and thus marring the whole idea".
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