Surendranath College

Surendranath College is an undergraduate college affiliated to the University of Calcutta, in Kolkata, India. It was founded in 1884 by the nationalist leader and eminent scholar Surendranath Banerjea.The Women's section of the college was founded in 1931 by Mira Datta Gupta, its first Principal.For much of its history it was known as Ripon College, named for the British Viceroy Lord Ripon, but in 1948-1949 it was renamed for its founder. Swami Vivekananda delivered his first address in Calcutta from the rostrum of this college on his return from Chicago after his famous deliverance at the Parliament of the World's Religions..It's a NAAC B+ grade accredited college(2017)Eminent facultyJadunath Sarkar, eminent Indian historianSir Surendranath Banerjea - Founder of Indian National Association, precursor to Indian National CongressBuddhadeb Bosu - Poet and novelistBishnu Dey, Poet, Jnanpith Award winnerMira Datta Gupta - Eminent Social Activist and PoliticianHiren Mukherjee - Ex Faculty - Department of History/ Ex ParliamentarianAsish K Ghosh - Ex Faculty-Department of Zoology/Ex Director Zoological Survey of India