The University of Burdwan

The University of Burdwan HistoryThe last maharaja of Burdwan, Udaychand Mahtab, left the entire property of Burdwan to the government of West Bengal after the zamindari system ended in the 1950s. The then chief minister of West Bengal, Bidhan Chandra Roy took the initiative of establishing a university at the premises of the palace of the maharaja. Thus the university was established in 1960. Sukumar Sen (ICS)(or for other engineering colleges admitting students through the WBJEE)(DDE, BU) for conducting post-graduate studies in distance mode. This is for people (mainly workers) who cannot undergo post-graduate studies in regular (full-time) mode. The DDE was established in 1994. Courses of distance education in the university are approved by University Grants Commission (UGC)(UIT)(UIT) is a professional engineering college under the University of Burdwan. It represents the faculty of engineering that was at National Institute of Technology, Durgapur since its inception. This college was inaugurated in 2001 by the then chief minister of West Bengal Sri Buddhadeb Bhattacharya.UIT is approved by the government of West Bengal and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). UIT is a