South Calcutta Girls College is an institution steeped in history. Its foundation can be traced back to the efforts of some lawyers of the Calcutta High court of the early part of the 20th century, who were keen to promote higher education for women. A significant step was taken with the formation of the Beltala Girls Education Society sometime in the 1920s with the objective of setting up a college in South Calcutta for girls of educated middle-income families. The society was chaired by the great freedom fighter Deshbandhu Chitta Ranjan Das, while Peary Mohan Chatterjee was appointed secretary. Till the 1930s the Diocesan College on Lansdowne Road was only womens college in south Calcutta. But the need for a new institution was keenly felt when it closed down in 1931. It was at the initiatives of the Beltala Girls Education society that South Calcutta Girls College was founded in July 1932. Till 1946, it functioned as a morning college within the premises of Beltala Girls School. The residential facility was shared by students of the School and College, and convenient bus arrangements were made for the day scholars. Miss Dorothy Moses served as the first principal, while the Managing Committee was headed by Bipin Bihari Ghosh (member of the Legislative Council) who took over as the chairman of the Beltala Society after the death of C.R.Das. Other member of the Managing Committee included Sarat Chandra Roy Chowdhury, B.L., Advocate Calcutta High Court, Peary Mohan Chatterjee, and poet Kamini Roy. The College Library was later named after Peary Mohan Chatterjee.Distinguished academicians and the members of the judiciary have served as president or vice president of the governing body educationist Charu Chandra Chatterjee , Justice B.K Mukherjee, Justice J.N Mazumder,V.C. P.N. Banerjee, Lady Protima Mitter, grand daughter of Sir Ramesh Chandra Dutta, was appointed as the president of the Governing Body in March 1951. On 1st july 1946, the College and hostel were shifted to their present location on Sarat Bose Road. 1946-1947 was a year of unrest and violent upheavels over most parts of the country. In view of the tumultuous times, Victoria Institution placed a request for temporary accommodation of their classes and hostel in the premises of SCGC, and the Governing Body readily acceded. This spirit of cooperation among the college of the city is brought forth by another instance as our College initially could not provide laboratory facility to Botany students, Bangabasi College very willingly permitted our students to carry out the practical classes in their laboratory.
NAAC - National Assessment and Accreditation Council
Computer Laboratory
Considering today's need for computerization, our College is proud to have all the infrastructure facilities in certain faculties such as Commerce, Geography and Mathematics. These departments have their own computer laboratories with modern equipment and necessary software (Microsoft Office, Mathematica, Matlab, Latex, C++ software, etc.) to meet the needs of students. In addition, the library also has an e resource center, which provides access to e resources among other things.
Library
Shahid Bhagat Singh College has a fully computerized barcode library. The library has a computer lending system with barcodes. We have two computers dedicated to OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) book searches. This collection is enriched by his over 86,796 books on various research fields. The library also subscribes to over 100 of his periodicals in various fields (national and international, specifically Harvard Business Review, The Economist, etc.). The library also has a small computer lab for accessing electronic resources subscribed to by the College of Delhi through the College's intranet and the Internet. The Library also holds orientation programs from time to time and provides orientation in electronic resources for accessing bibliographic databases and full text databases available through the College's intranet and the INFLIBNET Consortium and Information Literacy Program. Students are encouraged to inquire about various library services with Dr. Puja Anand Gulati, Librarian.
Canteen
The College campus has a spacious and well ventilated canteen building with ample seating, separate from the academic blocks. We provide students and faculty with a variety of snacks, food, tea, coffee, and other beverages at low prices. The canteen committee monitors food quality, care and hygiene. A proposal to renovate the cafeteria was recently approved by the Building Committee and Board of Directors.
Seminar Rooms
The College has two seminar rooms equipped with state of the art equipment. The College organizes seminars, workshops and lectures with the active participation of students and teachers. Prominent scientists and experts from academic and business organizations are invited to interact with students and give lectures.
B.COM - BACHELOR OF COMMERCE
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B.SC - BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
B.LIB - BACHELOR OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION
PG DIPLOMA - POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA
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Madhumita Chakrabarti
Associate Professor
Dr. Ahinsuk Barua
Assistant Professor
Tanima Niyogi Sinha Roy
Associate Professor
Soumita Das
Assistant Professor
Saheli Biswas
Assistant Professor
Sanjukta Chatterjee
Associate Professor
Nayana Sharma
Associate Professor
Tanuja Basu Roy
Associate Professor
Nilina Ghose
Associate Professor
Dr. Banibrata Das
Associate Professor
Satabdi Das
Assistant Professor
Dr. Partha Malakar
Assistant Professor
Sakti Roy Chowdhury
Associate Professor
Ankita Mookherjee
Assistant Professor
Roni Sarkar
Assistant Professor
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Institute Type | Private College |
Name of the Institute | South Calcutta Girls’ College - SCGC |
Affiliated | 10849 |
Approved By | NAAC |
Established | 1932 |
Address | 72, Sarat Bose Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700025 , India |
City | Kolkata |
State | West Bengal |
Pincode | 700025 |
Landline | |
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Website | www.southcalcuttagirlscollege.com |