Bidhannagar College

Bidhannagar College Bidhannagar, Kolkata, established in 1984, is a West Bengal State University affiliated college run by the Government of West Bengal. It was formerly affiliated to the University of Calcutta. Apart from undergraduate courses, the college offers postgraduate courses in Education, Microbiology, Chemistry and Zoology.HistoryBidhannagar College started its journey on June 25, 1984 in a small building at BF-142, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700064 with a student strength of 52. The founder principal was Dr. Subes Chandra Sarkar. Undergraduate courses in Mathematics and Economics began from the day of opening, while the Physics and Chemistry departments became functional from the academic session of 1985 - 86. Honours subjects offered in the Humanities were English, Bengali, History, Political Science and Philosophy. Honours courses in Anthropology, Botany and Microbiology opened during the 2002 - 2003 session. M.Sc. courses in Zoology and Microbiology started in 2004. In 2009 Department of Education started their journey.