A Residential Autonomous College affiliated to University of Calcutta

DST-FIST sponsored college

DBT-Star College
SIRO - DSIR
Re-accredited by NAAC with Grade A++ (CGPA 3.58)
NIRF Ranking 2024 - 17th (College Category)
Email: principal@vidyamandira.ac.in
website : www.vidyamandira.ac.in

Contents
1. History and Objective 2
2. Units of Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha 5
3. Courses of Study 6
4. Programme Outcomes (PO) 20
5. Rules of Admission 22
6. Rules for Payment of Dues 23
7. Examination 24
8. Stipends and Scholarships 25
9. Library 25
10. Computer Laboratory & Internet Kiosk 26
11. Smart Classrooms & Language Laboratory 26
12. Swami Vivekananda Research Centre’ (SVRC) 26
13. Internal Quality Assurance Cell 27
14. Placement & Career Counselling Cell 27
15. Bose House – Second Campus of Vidyamandira in Rishra 27
16. College and Hostel Dress Code 28
17. Hostel 28
18. Co-curricular Activities 29
19. Anti-ragging Cell 30
20. Discipline 30
21. Vidyamandira Vidyarthi Samsad 31
22. Visits by Guardians 32
23. Health 32
24. Statutory Bodies 32
25. Administrative & Faculty Members 32
26. Administrative & Academic Support Staff (College) 41
27. Administrative & Academic Support Staff (Hostel) 46
28. Academic Medals & Prizes 48
29. Donations 64
30. Fees Structure 69
31. Withdrawals 73
32. Daily Routine 74
33. Contact 75

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 1. History and Objective:

What is today the Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, traces its origin to the educational
ethos of Swami Vivekananda. True education, according to Swami Vivekananda, must enable a
person to manifest all that is best in him by a harmonious development of head, hand, and heart.
Such an education would not only combine in it the best elements of Eastern and Western
culture but would at the same time hold aloft the Indian ideals of devotion, wisdom and morality
so that it might meet the national temperament at every point. True to the Swamiji’s vision as
early as 1898 of a temple of learning combining the elements of the ancient ‘Gurukula’ tradition
of India and the scientific temper of the West, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira came into
being on 4th July, 1941.
Vidyamandira was started as an Intermediate Arts college, under the auspices of
Saradapitha, a branch of the Ramakrishna Mission in 1941. It was upgraded to a three-year
degree college in July 1960. Indeed, its becoming ‘A College with Potential for Excellence’ as also
being conferred with ‘Autonomy’ for 6 years by UGC in 2010, Vidyamandira’s onward march
through the passage of 79 years is a fascinating study of an educational Institute’s bold strides,
despite various odds, into the arena of higher education. Also, during the academic session
2006-2007, post- graduate teaching was introduced.
In the year 2013, to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, the
college established ‘Swami Vivekananda Research Centre’ to run M. Phil. and PhD programmes.
Also in the same year, in October 2013, the college was re-accredited by NAAC with Grade
‘A’. In March 2014, the college was awarded the status ‘College with Potential for Excellence’
(CPE) for the second time by the UGC. During 2015-16 session, the college was awarded DST-
FIST by the Central Government. The status of autonomy was renewed in 2016 by the UGC and
was extended for another 6 years. Vidyamandira received the ‘Star-college status’ from the
Department of Biotechnology, Government of India in 2019. Vidyamandira was ranked 9th by
NIRF at the national level in the college category in the year 2022. The college is re-accredited
by NAAC with A++, and its autonomy is renewed in 2022 and is extended for 10 years.

Milestones:
 With a glorious tradition and brilliant record of success behind it, the Vidyamandira was
upgraded into a three-year degree college with effect from July, 1960.
 A higher secondary section (classes XI and XII) was added in September, 1978.
 In the year 1994 new courses were started under the UGC scheme of vocationalization of
degree education.
 We are proud to state that it was accredited by the NAAC (National Assessment and
Accreditation Council), India and awarded a grade A+ with an institutional score 93.25% in
February 2005.
 As per the notification of the State Government, the H.S. Section was discontinued from the
academic session 2006-2007. In the same session post-graduate teaching was introduced in
two subjects viz., Mathematics and Sanskrit.
 From the session 2008-2009, a Post Graduate course in Bengali has also been introduced.
 The College has been recognized as College with Potential for Excellence(CPE) in 2010.
 Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math, has been conferred upon the Autonomous
Status by the UGC, New Delhi, from the session 2010-2011 upto 2015-2016 session [vide
letter no F.22-1/2010(AC), Dated : 23 June 2010]
 From the session 2010-2011, Industrial Chemistry Honours was started instead of the
erstwhile Industrial Chemistry Major.
 From the session 2011-2012, Post Graduate course in Applied Chemistry has been
introduced.
 From the session 2013-2014, Post Graduate course in Philosophy has been introduced.
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  From the session 2013-2014, A Certificate course on Photography has been introduced.
 Swami Vivekananda Research Center has become operational from the session 2013-2014.
 In October 2013, the college was re-accredited by NAAC with Grade A (highest grade).
 In March 2014, the college was awarded the status College with Potential for Excellence
(CPE) for the second time by the UGC.
 During 2015-16 session, the college was awarded DST-FIST by the Central Government.
 The status of autonomy was renewed in 2016 by the UGC and was extended for another 6
years.
 Vidyamandira received the ‘Star-college status’ from the Department of Biotechnology,
Government of India in 2019.
 Vidyamandira was ranked 9th by NIRF at the national level in the college category in the
year 2022 (in 2021).
 The college is re-accredited by NAAC with A++ in 2021 with CGPA 3.58.
 The status of autonomy is renewed in 2022 and is extended for another 10 years.
 The college has received the prestigious recognition, Scientific & Industrial Research
Organization (SIRO) from the Department of Scientific & Industrial Research (DSIR),
Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India in March, 2025.

Graduate Attributes:
Swami Vivekananda wanted to rehabilitate the past glories of our motherland through an
education which would not merely combine in it the best elements of Eastern and Western
culture but would at the same time hold aloft the Indian ideals of devotion, wisdom and
morality so that it might meet the national temperament at every point. Real education, he
said, was that which enabled a person to stand on his own legs and helped him to manifest the
perfection already in him by a harmonious development of his head, hand and heart. In his
opinion, a balanced combination of the secular and the spiritual training constituted the true
dimension of education.

1. Spiritual :
a. Learn to be : The college encourages the students to dive deep into his own self
and find out the immense potential divinity and perfection which are dormant.
Once these are traced out and be allowed to operate within the personality, the
real human being rises up.
b. Contemplate-Introspect : The core values of the college tries to inject the young
minds with a contemplative and introspective approach while spending the life
moments. The Sattvika Guna is more welcomed instead of excessive flourish of
Rajas and Tamas.
2. Ethical :
a. Sincerity and dedication : The ambience of the college urges to its learners to
become a dedicated individual who always strives to achieve the best of life only
with the power of sincerity and devotion to work.
b. Honesty and truthfulness : It is truth which wins always. It is honesty which pays
more. Right from the beginning in this college, a student listens to these words.
3. Cultural :
a. Open-mindedness to accept the diversity : The college is proud to have in its
campus a multitude full with diverse backgrounds. At the same time, there is no
untoward behavioural incidents recorded for along time where this diversity has
been threatened. Rather different cultural, economic, social background get such
a perfect blending, that at the end of the programme when they go back to their
native places, tears of self-less love rolls down.
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 b. Love – the best weapon to fight : The holy Mother, Sri Sarada Devi clearly stated
that the selfless love is the key factor for which this great human civilisation has
been able to survive. Students learn this great cultural value in this institution.
c. Learn to work together : Differences of opinion, here never creates any bar to get
involved in several activities of the institution. In fact, completely devoid of any
political activity, its Vidyarthi Samsad, is not an elected body. But, the in a year, it
has been found that almost 100% students get involved in different types of
activities. They themselves organise different programmes under the guidance of
teachers and monastics. Even more, they go to far-off villages, slum areas on
their own, survey the poverty-stricken areas and then collect the required items
for those people and then give away those to the needy ones.
4. Academic :
a. Learn to Know : Knowledge is not something that ends with an examination, not
it is bordered by any syllabus ; rather it is something which always demands to
go beyond the pages of the books and notes. Here, in this college, students are
always encouraged to acquire the art of knowing. There is no private tuition.
Peer group learning, self study, library consulting, self e- learning are some
important pillars that this college has been able to build up during these years.
b. Zero pressure pleasure learning : The college always encourages not to get
pressurized by the load of syllabus, by the expectation of results of examination,
by the demand of future progression. It always teaches that learning should be a
pleasant experience. By the grace of almighty, the percentage of mental set back
due to study and/or results in any type of examination is almost nil in this
college.
 It is in the context of a fully residential setting that a typical day in Vidyamandira will be
looked at. Indeed, Vidyamandira, tracing as it does its origin to Swami Vivekananda’s vision
of a temple of learning - effortlessly combining the elements of Gurukula tradition of India
and the scientific temper of the West, quite suitably opted for an infrastructural lay-out in
which the academic buildings and the dormitories would be in close juxtaposition – making
education a lived experience.
 Against the backdrop of such a setting, let us now trace the progression of a typical day in
Vidyamandira.
o Morning shows the day: Vidyamandira is literally up with the lark. Waking up to the
rising bell rung at 5.00 AM, the students get prepared to go to the shrine in their
respective hostels. The morning prayer, under the ministration of the resident monk
of the hostel, consists of meditation, simple hymns and devotional songs. Prayer and
meditation gives their minds an undercurrent of poise like the lingering sound of the
bell rung in the early morning.
o As the day wears on: Indeed, starting the day with Raja yoga, the students step into
the rest of the day, their minds calmed and focused.
o It is with reasonably concentrated minds that they set down to morning study and
attend the classes afterwards.
o The day ahead for a student is necessarily full of interactions with the teachers and
fellow-students. What can make such interactions respectful and loving is the
implicit recognition of the divine in every being. Such an attitude easily makes one’s
heart warm up to others. The students are inspired to cultivate this noble emotion,
thereby practising Bhakti yoga in their interactions with others.
o The day often springs surprises in the form of dilemma of choice. It is the power of
discrimination that enables a student to settle for the desirable, avoiding the
pleasurable. The Indian Spiritual tradition is verily the tradition of holding on to
what is desirable, giving up the pleasurable. Through the regular holding of classes

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 on Spiritual Heritage of India, our students are acquainted with such priceless
principles and inspired to make the right choice through the exercise of reasoning.
This is verily the practice of ‘Jnana yoga’.
o In their dealings with others throughout the day, the students are always
encouraged to practice unselfishness – the hallmark of ‘Karma yoga’. Their practice
of ‘Karma yoga’ becomes quite evident in their participation in various social service
activities conducted by the college.
o The evening descends: As the day draws to a close, it is again time for prayer and
meditation. After the hard day’s toil, the boys taste true mental repose in the
peaceful environment of the shrine.
 Exposed to the above mentioned practices day after day, our students quite unobtrusively
develop concentration of mind, warmth of heart, power of decision making, & unselfishness.
These character treasures verily enable them to manifest their inherent perfection in the
form of academic excellence and express their innate divinity in the form of unselfish
behavior. Indeed, Vidyamandira, through the concerted efforts of monks, teachers, and
supporting staff, is ever busy sustaining such a distinctive environment to help the students
flower into ideal citizens of our country and into noble human beings for the world at large.

Location:
Vidyamandira is located adjacent to the Headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math &
Ramakrishna Mission at Belur, amid peaceful and elevating surroundings. It is on the Grand
Trunk Road, 10 kilometres from Kolkata and nearly 7 kilometres from the Howrah Station, and
is connected to both, by regular bus, train and launch services. Ramakrishna Mission
Vivekananda Educational Research Institute (RKMVERI) is just opposite to Vidyamandira. The
college is purely residential, i.e. all the students compulsorily reside in its hostels. Spread over a
big campus, the institution has six college buildings (including the library block), six hostels, a
dining hall, a guest-house, a spacious auditorium (the Vivekananda Sabhagriha), four
seminar/conference halls and two large playgrounds. The capacity of the auditorium is 835.
Cultural functions suited to different occasions, annual prize distribution function, seminars &
symposia etc. are held in this beautiful auditorium all through the academic year. There is a
second campus of Vidyamandira in Rishra, called the Bose House Campus which specializes in
offering courses on Multi-disciplinary studies and Creative and Performing Arts. For more
information, please visit https://rkmvmbosehouse.com/

2. Units of Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha:

The Vidyamandira is one among the many units of its mother institution, Ramakrishna
Mission Saradapitha. The different units in Saradapitha are :
Tattwamandira — A religious and cultural centre;
Vidyamandira — A Residential Autonomous UG & PG College;
Shilpamandira — A Polytechnic offering three-year Diploma courses in Engineering; it
also has a Computer Centre and a Community Training Centre
attached to it;
Sikshanamandira — A Residential Autonomous B.Ed. & M.Ed. College with research centre;
Shilpavidyalaya — An industrial school offering different trades; affiliated to the National
Council for Vocational Training, Government of India;
Samaj Sevak
Sikshanamandira — A Residential Training Centre for Rural Technology and Social Work;
Janasikshamandira — A Community Rural Development Unit.
Other units within Saradapitha are Publication, Production and Cottage Industry; Show Room
and Sales Pavilion; Dairy.

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 3. Courses of Study:
A. Undergraduate Programme:
1. The College Offers the following 4-year Undergraduate (B.A./B.Sc.) Programmes: B.A.
Bengali Major, B.A. English Major, B.A. Sanskrit Major, B.A. History Major, B.A. Philosophy
Major, B.A. Political Science Major, B.Sc. Economics Major, B.Sc. Physics Major, B.Sc.
Chemistry Major, B.Sc. Mathematics Major, B.Sc. Microbiology Major, B.Sc. Zoology Major,
B.Sc. Industrial Chemistry Major, and B.Sc. Computer Science Major.

2. Students should note the eligibility criteria for applying to their desired Major
Programmes from the Admission notice of the pertinent year on the College Website.

3. Following Generic Elective (GE) / Minor subjects / courses will tentatively be offered by
the college: Bengali, English, Sanskrit, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Economics,
Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Microbiology, Zoology, Electronics, Statistics, and
Computer Science. Instruction for the choice and eligibility for the minor subjects will be
announced on the day of admission.

4. For the latest information on credit distribution, minor-selection and other details, the
admitted students should go through the document, titled “Regulations relating to
Admission and Examination for the semester wise Four-Year B.A./B.Sc. Programme
conducted by Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira”, available on the main website of
Vidyamandira.

B. Postgraduate Programme:
1. Under the current CBCS system, a student of any Postgraduate 2 year / 4 Semester
Degree Programme is required to take Core Courses and Discipline Specific Elective
Courses and Mandatory Extra Credit Course.
2. At present the college is offering the following Postgraduate Degree Programmes and the
DSE included therein.

Postgraduate
Degree
Sl No. Programme : Name of the Discipline Specific Elective Course*
Core Course /
Subject
1. Kathasahitya; 2. Kabyasahitya; 3. Prak- adhunik Bangla
Sahitya ebong Tar Punornirman; 4. Bhasatattwa ebong
1 Bengali
Sahityatattwa; 5. Natyosahitya; 6. Bangla Lokasahitya ebong
Lokasanskriti; 7. Rabindrasahitya etc.
2 Sanskrit 1. Nyaya; 2. Kavya; 3. Vyakarana etc.

3 Philosophy 1. Vedanta Darshana; 2. Western Logic; 3. Ethics etc.

1. Algebraic Number Theory, 2. Analytic Number Theory, 3.
Commutative Algebra, 4. Differential Manifolds, 5. Operations
Research, 6. Rings of Continuous Functions, 7. Topology and
4 Mathematics
Geometry, 8. Advanced Functional Analysis, 9. Advanced
Numerical Analysis, 10. Algebraic Topology, 11. Banach
Algebra and Operator Theory, 12. Harmonic Analysis,13.
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 Continuum Mechanics I, 14. Continuum Mechanics II, 15. Non-
Relativistic Quantum Mechanics, 16. Probability theory and
Statistics, 17. Measure Theoretic Probability, 18. Introduction
to Stochastic Processes, 19. An Introduction to Ramsey Theory
etc.
Applied 1. Materials Science and Engineering, 2. Polymer Science and
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Chemistry Technology etc.
Elective I: Computer Vision Cybersecurity, Big Data Analytics,
Computer Scienc
Advanced Database Management Systems etc.
6 e and Machine
Elective II: Image Processing, Bioinformatics, VLSI Design,
Intelligence
Blockchain etc.
7 History DSEs will be announced after the admission of the students.

● This list of DSEs is tentative. For more and updated details, please contact the respective
departments.

a) Following is the credit distribution for Postgraduate Courses:

CREDIT CREDIT CREDIT CREDIT TOTAL CRED-
ITS
SEM 1 SEM 2 SEM 3 SEM 4
Core Course 20 20 20 20 80
including
DSE
Mandatory 1 1 2 4
Extra Credit
Course:
ICSH
TOTAL 21 21 22 20 84

b) Following is the Grade Point distribution for PG-programmes :

% OF MARKS DESCRIPTOR GRADE GRADE POINT

85 - 100 OUTSTANDING O 10
70 - 84.99 EXCELLENT A+ 9
60 - 69.99 VERY GOOD A 8
55 - 59.99 GOOD B+ 7
50 - 54.99 ABOVE AVERAGE B 6
40 - 49.99 AVERAGE C 5
35 - 39.99 PASS P 4
LESS THAN 35 FAILED F 0

c) Calculation of SGPA:
CRP (Credit Point) = GP (Grade Point) X CR (Credit)
SGPA = CRP Total / CR Total
d) Calculation of CGPA:
CGPA = ∑Sem 4
Sem 1 (CR Total X SGPA)/ ∑Sem 4
Sem 1
(CR Total)

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 Note 1 : However, the department decides each year which optional elective may be offered
based on the choice, performance and number of the willing students along with the availability
of the expert faculty members and allied matters.
Note 2 : Apart from this, all the 7 Post Graduate programmes offer Project Work and/or Field
Study and/or Internship at least in one semester.
Note 3: Both M.A. and M.Sc. Programme students must opt for the following courses: Mandatory
Extra Credit Corse - Skill Enhance Course (SEC): Value-Oriented Course (Indian Cultural and
Spiritual Heritage) : 4 Credits
Note 4 : Total Credits to be earned by a student to complete M.A./M.Sc. 2 - year / 4 - semester
Programme : 80 Credits
Note 5 : Marksheet after each semester will be given both with SGPA and detailed marks
obtained by the examinee.
Note 6 : Similarly, marksheet after the final semester will be given with CGPA and detailed
marks obtained by the examinee.

C. Research Programmes:

C.1. Ph.D.

In exercise of the powers conferred by Section-54 of Calcutta University Act 1979 and The West
Bengal Universities Laws (Amendment) Act 2011, the University of Calcutta hereby makes the
following Regulations, namely:-

Short Title, Application & Commencement:

C.1.1. These regulations shall apply to every candidate aspiring for admission, and subsequent
registration, conduct and conferment of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at this Swami
Vivekananda Research Centre (henceforth to be called as SVRC) of this autonomous college
affiliated to University of Calcutta.

They shall come into force with the passing of the same by the Syndicate of the University of
Calcutta.

Notwithstanding anything contained in any other Rule or Regulation for the time being in force,
all admissions, and subsequent registrations, course works and conferment of Degree shall be
guided by these regulations framed as per guidelines of the University Grants Commission
(Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil. /PhD Degrees) Regulations, 2016.

C.1.2. General:

The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) shall be awarded to a candidate on the basis of
original research work of merit incorporated in a thesis, recommended by a board of examiners
and successfully defended by the candidate during a Viva-Voce.

C.1.2.1 The thesis shall demonstrate that the candidate has technical mastery of the chosen field
of investigation and is capable of doing scholarly work. The result of research embodied in the
thesis shall be a contribution to existing knowledge either by a discovery of new facts or by a
discovery of some new relations between facts already known, or by a critical survey of
fact/issues leading to a new interpretation. The thesis is to be ordinarily written in English. If a
candidate desires to submit a thesis written in Bengali or any other language or in a bilingual
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form, the relevant PhD Research Advisory Committee shall consider the case on academic
grounds and shall recommend to the Principal for approval.

C.1.3. Eligibility Criteria for Admission to PhD Programme:

Subject to the conditions stipulated in these Regulations, the following persons are eligible to
seek admission to the PhD programme:

C.1.3.1 Candidates for admission to the PhD programme shall have a Master’s degree or a degree
declared equivalent to the Master’s degree by the corresponding statutory regulatory body of
this University, with at least 55% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade ‘B’ in the UGC 7-
point scale (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) or an
equivalent degree from a foreign educational Institution accredited by an Assessment and
Accreditation Agency which is approved, recognized or authorized by an authority, established
or incorporated under a law in its home country or any other statutory authority in that country
for the purpose of assessing, accrediting or assuring quality and standards of educational
institutions.

C.1.3.2 A relaxation of 5% of marks, from 55% to 50%, or an equivalent relaxation of grade, may
be allowed for those belonging to SC/ST/OBC (non-creamy layer)/Differently-abled and other
categories of candidates as per the decision of the UGC from time to time, or for those who had
obtained their Master’s degree
prior to 19th September, 1991. The eligibility marks of 55% (or an equivalent grade in a point
scale wherever grading system is followed) and the relaxation of 5% to the categories
mentioned above are permissible based only on the qualifying marks without including the
grace mark procedures.

C.1.4. Duration of the PhD Programme:

C.1.4.1 PhD programme shall be for a minimum duration of three years, including course work
and a maximum of six years since admission (i.e. enrolment).

C.1.4.2 Extension beyond the above limits will be governed by the relevant clauses as stipulated
in these Regulations.

C.1.5. Procedure for Admission:

C.1.5.1 The college shall admit a PhD student through an entrance test followed by an interview.
The students who have cleared UGC/CSIR (JRF) Examinations / NET / SET / SLET /GATE or
have obtained DST INSPIRE Fellowship /Teacher fellowship or have passed equivalent
examinations or passed the M.Phil./ M.Tech / M.D/ M.E./ M.Pharm or equivalent examination
shall not be required to appear at the PhD entrance test.

C.1.5.1A In case of candidates holding a qualifying degree from other Universities, admission for
the PhD programme will proceed after determination of equivalence by the relevant University
body and fulfilment of the admission criteria.

C.1.5.1B Foreign students will be required to produce clearance from the Government of India
and / or other appropriate authorities, if any, for admission to the PhD programme. Enrolment
in the Ph. D. programme may be allowed to only such foreign nationals as have obtained and are
holding research visa after fulfilment of other admission criteria.
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C.1.5.2 The number of seats for the PhD programme decided in advance on annual basis as per
UGC PhD Regulations, 2016 Guidelines for each department of the college shall be notified on
the website by the concerned department of the college. The college department shall widely
advertise in at least two(2) national newspapers of which at least one(1) shall be in the regional
language, the number of available seats for the PhD studies, subject/discipline-wise distribution
of available seats, criteria for admission, procedure for admission, examination centre(s) where
entrance test(s) shall be conducted and all other relevant information and conduct admission on
a regular basis, the frequency of which shall be determined by the concerned college
department from time to time.

C.1.5.3 Ordinarily, a candidate seeking admission to the PhD programme will appear at the
Entrance Test in the subject in which he has obtained the Masters degree. In case a candidate
wishes to apply for admission to the PhD programme in a subject other than the one in which he
has obtained the qualifying degree, he will have to seek an endorsement by the PhD Research
Advisory Committee of the subject in which he seeks admission as a PhD student, at the time of
the submission of his application for admission to the PhD programme.

C.1.5.4 The qualifying marks for Entrance Test will be 50%.

C.1.5.5 The entrance test shall be followed by an interview to be conducted by the concerned
department of the college. A candidate who has been exempted from appearing at the entrance
test shall also be required to appear at the interview. At the time of interview candidates seeking
admission to the PhD programme will be expected to discuss their research interest/area.

C.1.5.6 The interview shall also consider the following aspects. viz. whether:

C.1.5.6A The candidate possesses the competence for the proposed research;
C.1.5.6B The research work can be suitably undertaken at the College;
C.1.5.6C The proposed area of research can contribute to new/additional knowledge.

C.1.5.7 Candidates selected for the PhD programme will be attached to research supervisor(s) by
the Department at the time of their admission and shall be required to enrol as a probationary
PhD student on payment of a non-refundable fee determined by the college.

C.1.5.9 While granting admission to a PhD student, the concerned Department shall pay due
attention to the National/State reservation policy.

C.1.5.9 A probationary PhD student will be required to complete his PhD registration within two
years from the date of his Enrolment, failing which his admission in the PhD programme shall
automatically stand cancelled.

The date of enrolment shall be deemed to be the date of approval of the selected list of successful
candidates by the Principal.

A candidate selected for enrolment for PhD programme as a probationary PhD student shall be
issued an Enrolment Certificate stating his name, subject for his PhD programme, date of
enrolment, validity of two years from the date of enrolment and name(s) of supervisor(s). This
certificate is to be issued by the Principal of the college.

If after enrolment, a change of Supervisor or of Joint Supervisor or of both is considered

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necessary, the candidate may apply to the Departmental Committee through the proposed
Supervisor(s) for the purpose, and with the concurrence of the previous Supervisor(s).

The Head of the concerned Department will forward such applications along with the
recommendations of the Departmental Committee to the Principal for approval.

In case of continuous non-availability of the Supervisor(s), the Departmental Committee may, on

the request by the candidate, recommend suitable replacement(s) to the Principal.
In the event of the death of a Supervisor, the Departmental Committee, on being requested by
the student, shall recommend to the Principal another recognized Supervisor for supervision of
the research work.

C.1.6. Registration:

C.1.6.1 Any person holding a Master’s Degree of the University of Calcutta or its equivalent of a
recognized University or Institute and has fulfilled the admission requirements stated above,
may apply for registration to the PhD Programme in the form prescribed for the purpose along
with a non- refundable fee as decided upon by the College.

C.1.6.2 The PhD Programme shall be carried out in the College Department.

C.1.6.3 If the research programme requires utilization of facilities outside the jurisdiction of the
College, a student may avail of such facilities with the permission of the Principal of the college
on recommendation of the Supervisor.

C.1.6.4 Special provision for the Ph. D. Programme for candidates with Post B.Sc.-
B.Tech/B.Tech../B.E., M.B.B.S., equivalent degree in Law, Social Science, Business Management,
Humanities and Library Science:

(a) A candidate with Post B.Sc. - B.Tech/B.Tech../B.E., M.B.B.S., equivalent degrees in Law, social
Science, Business Management, Humanities and Library Science having passed the entrance test
and after being admitted to the PhD programme may apply for registration for the Ph. D.
Programme as per provision laid down in the PhD regulations.

(b) Application for registration will be considered by the relevant PhD Research Advisory
Committee at its meeting in the presence of the Supervisor, if any. On the recommendation of
the PhD Research Advisory Committee concerned and with due approval of the Principal, the
candidate will be allowed to be registered provisionally for the PhD Programme. The student
will have to qualify in three relevant papers of the relevant P.G. Course of the respective
department within two years from the date of provisional registration for being registered for
the PhD Programme. The proposal of the candidate for appearing at the three papers will be
decided by the Supervisor and the Head of the Department with due concurrence from the PhD
Research Advisory Committee concerned. The student will apply to the controller of
Examinations for permission to appear according to usual procedure. There will no bar of
minimum attendance for such candidates. After qualifying in the above mentioned three papers,
the candidate will apply to the Principal for approval of his provisional date of registration as
the date of PhD registration as per PhD regulations.

(c) If a student has three publications in peer reviewed journals of the relevant discipline, he
may be allowed, on recommendation of the PhD Research Advisory Committee, to register
directly without having to qualify in three papers of the relevant P.G. Course concerned.
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C.1.6.5 Every application for registration in prescribed form shall state the subject or inter-
disciplinary field in which the candidate desires to have the degree, chosen area of
specialization, the title of the research, the name of the Supervisor as well as the college
Department where the PhD programme will be carried out. The application shall be supported
by six copies of the synopsis of the proposed research, which shall ordinarily not exceed 1000
words, and shall include a title, short introduction, a brief review of literature pertaining to the
work, Research objectives, Research methodologies and the plan of work, duly countersigned by
the Supervisor and Joint Supervisor, if any.

C.1.6.6 Application for registration will be considered by the relevant PhD. Research Advisory
Committee at its meeting in the presence of the Supervisor and the Joint Supervisor, if any, who
will share the responsibility equally with the Supervisor for guiding the research work. The PhD
scholar is required to present his 1000-word-synopsis before the PhD Research Advisory
Committee. On the recommendation of the PhD. Research Advisory Committee concerned and
with the due approval of the Principal or his nominee, the candidate will be allowed to be
registered for the Ph. D. programme. The college shall maintain the list of all the PhD registered
students on its website on year-wise basis. The list shall include the name of the registered
candidate, topic of his research, name of his supervisor and Joint supervisor, if any, date of
enrolment/registration.

If the PhD Research Advisory Committee does not consider a Synopsis/Plan of work as fit for
recommendation, it shall again be examined by the Committee ordinarily within three months,
after proper revision by the candidate in the light of the suggestions made by the relevant PhD
Research Advisory Committee. If, even after this revision of the content, the PhD Research
Advisory Committee does not recommend the case, the matter shall be placed at the meeting of
the Higher Research Advisory Committee concerned.

C.1.6.7 Ordinarily, a PhD student will be registered for a PhD programme in a subject in which
the candidate has obtained Master’s Degree. In case a candidate applies for PhD registration in a
subject other than in which he has obtained Master’s degree, registration will be decided by the
PhD Research Advisory Committee of the subject in which the candidate desires to be registered
for PhD programme.(To be read with clause 5.3 of the regulation.)

C.1.6.8 In all cases, the date of registration shall be deemed to be the date of approval by the
Principal, on the recommendation of the PhD Research Advisory Committee. The registration of
a candidate shall remain valid for a period of six years from the date of enrolment (vide clause
5.10). In case of failure to submit the thesis within the stipulated time, a Ph. D. student shall have
to apply for re- registration before expiry of the tenure of the existing registration. Ordinarily, a
student will be allowed to be re-registered for once only. The continuity of the research work
will, however, be maintained and the candidate will be exempted from other procedural
formalities, if completed earlier.

The validity of re-registration will be of five (05) years from the date of re-registration which
will be deemed to be the next date of the date of expiry of the preceding PhD registration,
subject to approval of the Principal granting such re-registration.

C.1.6.9 The title of the thesis and the synopsis may be modified, if necessary, by the student and
duly forwarded by the Supervisor with due concurrence of the PhD Research Advisory
Committee concerned. However, such modification will ordinary not be permitted after
submission of the seminar report by the PhD Research Advisory Committee.

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C.1.7. Eligibility Criteria for PhD Supervisor:

Each PhD Research Advisory Committee shall maintain a list of Research Supervisors duly
approved by the Principal upon the Committee’s recommendation. The committee shall send the
list(s) and also the subsequent changes/additions to the Principal.

C.1.7.1 The criteria for the faculty to be recognized as Research Supervisor shall be:

a) Any regular teacher / equivalent academic staff of this College who is a faculty of a
department with PG section can take PhD scholar enrolled under him.

i) Only a full time regular teacher of this College can act as a supervisor. The external supervisors
are not allowed. However, Joint Supervisor can be allowed in inter-disciplinary areas from other
departments of this college or from other related institutions with the approval of the PhD
Research Advisory Committee.
ii) The allocation of Research Supervisor for a selected research scholar shall be decided by the
Departmental Committee depending on the number of scholars per Research Supervisor, the
available specialization among the Supervisors and research interests of the scholars as
indicated by them at the time of interview.
iii) In case of topics which are of inter-disciplinary nature where the Departmental Committee
feels that the expertise in the Department has to be supplemented from outside, the
Departmental Committee may appoint a Research Supervisor from the Department itself, who
shall be known as the Supervisor, and a Joint/Associate Supervisor from outside the
Department/Faculty/ College/Institution on such terms and conditions as may be specified and
agreed upon by the consenting Institutions/Colleges.
iv) A Supervisor who is a Professor / equivalent position at the sister institute, at any given point
of time, cannot guide more than Eight (8) PhD scholars. An Associate Professor / equivalent
position at the sister institute as Supervisor can guide up to a maximum of six (6) PhD scholars
and an Assistant Professor / equivalent position at the sister institute as Supervisor can guide
up to a maximum of four
(4) PhD scholars.

b) In case of collaborative research work, teachers of other recognized Universities/

Institutes may be allowed to act as Joint Supervisors, if deemed fit by relevant PhD Research
Advisory Committee.

C.1.7.2 The PhD programme shall be pursued by a candidate ordinarily for a minimum
period of three (3) years after enrolment /admission in Departments of the college or Sister
Institutes of the University of Calcutta, under the supervision of the recognized Research
Supervisor(s).

C.1.7.3 If after registration, a change of Supervisor or of the Joint Supervisor or of both is

considered necessary, the candidate may apply to the Convener of the relevant PhD Research
Advisory Committee through the proposed Supervisor for the purpose, and with the
concurrence of the previous Supervisor, ordinarily within one year from the date of registration.
The Convener of the relevant PhD Research Advisory Committee will forward such applications
to the Principal for approval. In case of continuous non-availability of the Supervisor(s), the PhD
Research Advisory Committee may, on the request by the candidate, recommend suitable
replacement(s) to the Principal. The Principal may also allow such candidates to submit their
thesis independently.
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In the event of the death of a Supervisor, the PhD Research Advisory Committee, on being
requested by the student, shall recommend to the Principal another recognized Supervisor for
supervision of the research work.

In exceptional circumstances, the Principal may in consultation with the relevant PhD Research
Advisory Committee, allow a student to pursue a PhD programme independently.

C.1.7.4 In addition to the Supervisor and/or Joint Supervisor, an Associate Supervisor may also
be recommended by the Supervisor at the time of the enrolment/registration or at a later stage
in special cases, where the research work involves study or investigation in more than one
subject or area of knowledge, and the student needs guidance from an expert in an allied area of
knowledge for part of the research work. The Supervisor, while recommending the name of an
Associate Supervisor, shall indicate the part of the research work for which the help of the
Associate Supervisor is required.

C.1.7.5 The number of PhD candidates of this college may be determined annually by the
concerned department from time to time in accordance with the U.G.C. regulations. A Supervisor
shall not have, at any given point of time more than the number of PhD students, as mentioned
in clause 7.1a (v).

C.1.8. Allocation of Supervisor:

The allocation of a supervisor for a selected student shall be decided by the Departmental
Committee in a formal manner depending on the number of students working under the
supervision of each supervisor, the available specialization among the faculty supervisors, the
research interest of the student as indicated during the interview by the student and finally in
consultation with the respective student and the faculty member. The allocation of supervisor
shall not be left to the individual student or teacher except where the terms and conditions of
the research fellowship/grant enjoyed by the student determine the choice of the supervisor.

C.1.9. Course Work: Credit Requirements, Number, Duration, Syllabus, Minimum

Standards for Completion, etc.

C.1.9.1 The credit assigned to the PhD course work shall be of 16.

C.1.9.2 The course work shall be treated as prerequisite for PhD preparation. A minimum of four
credits shall be assigned to one or more courses on Research Methodology which could cover
areas such as quantitative methods, computer applications, research ethics and review of
published research in the relevant field, training, field work, etc. Other courses shall be
advanced level courses preparing the students for PhD degree.

C.1.9.3 All courses prescribed for PhD course work shall be in conformity with the credit hour
instructional requirement and shall specify content, instructional and assessment methods.
They shall be duly approved by the authorized academic bodies.

C.1.9.4 The Department where the scholar pursues his research shall prescribe the course(s) to
him based on the recommendations of the PhD Research Advisory Committee.

C.1.9.5 All candidates admitted to the PhD programmes shall be required to complete the course
work of one semester duration prescribed by the Department within two years from the date of
enrolment.
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C.1.9.6 Candidates already holding M. Phil. degree with course workand admitted to the PhD
programme, may be exempted by the Department from the PhD course work. All other
candidates admitted to the PhD programme shall be required to complete the PhD course work
prescribed by the Department.

C.1.9.7 Grades in the course work, including research methodology courses shall be finalized
after a combined assessment by the PhD Research Advisory Committee and the Department and
the final grades shall be communicated to the Principal.

C.1.9.8 A PhD scholar has to obtain a minimum of 55% of marks or its equivalent grade in the
UGC 7-point scale (or an equivalent grade/CGPA in a point scale wherever grading system is
followed) in the course work in order to be eligible to continue in the programme and submit
the dissertation/thesis.

The College departments and/or other authorities conducting Course work are to issue the
marksheet or equivalent grade card as described above. Marksheet / Grade Card are to be
issued under the signature of the Principal.

C.1.9.9 Only upon the satisfactory completion of course work, the department and/or other
authorities will provide a completion certificate to the PhD student. Such students will be
allowed to make the pre-PhD presentation at the Departmental seminar after registration for
PhD programme.

The Principal will sign the Coursework Completion Certificate.

C.1.9.10 The Course work may be carried out in a sister department either within or outside the
College/ Institutes including Sister Instituteor in an affiliated college of University of Calcutta for
which due credit shall be given to PhD Students. The Course work from other Institutes must get
the equivalence clearance from the PhD Research Advisory Committee concerned.

C.1.10. Submission and Evaluation:

C.1.10.1 Prior to submission of thesis, the candidate shall through the Supervisor (Joint
Convenor) forward to the Convenor of the PhD Research Advisory Committee six copies of the
summary of work preferably within 5000 words. The Convenor of the PhD Research Advisory
Committee shall circulate the summary to the members of the PhD Research Advisory
Committee at least fifteen days before holding a Departmental Seminar. At the pre PhD seminar,
the candidate shall report the research work in the presence of at least three members of the
PhD Research Advisory Committee and the Supervisor (Joint Convenor). The Head of the
Department, the Joint Supervisor and the Associate Supervisor, if any, should be invited to the
seminar. Notice of the seminar shall be circulated amongst teachers and the same be put up on
the Departmental Notice Board and may also be sent to the Heads of the allied Departments.

C.1.10.2 During the seminar any member of the PhD Research Advisory Committee or any
faculty member present may put forward specific suggestions, if any, to the candidate, and if
necessary, in writing. The candidate will be required to work upon the suggestions given by the
committee.

C.1.10.3 If required, the PhD Research Advisory Committee may ask the candidate to reappear at
the seminar.
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C.1.10.4 Immediately after the seminar, the Convenor of the PhD Research Advisory Committee
shall forward to the Principal a report in the prescribed form, on the performance of the
candidate.

C.1.10.5 At least three months prior to submission of the thesis, the Supervisor and the members
of the PhD Committee shall meet to prepare a panel of six experts for the written part of the
thesis (preferably from outside the state) and a panel of three experts for the Viva-voce. The
Convener of the PhD Research Advisroy Committee shall forthwith send to the Principal/Vice
Principal the recommended panel of experts, may be along with their consents for adjudication
of the thesis, and a panel of three examiners for the Viva-voce, along with eight copies of the
abstract of the thesis of the candidate, not exceeding 350 words (Submission in electronic
format may also be allowed).

C.1.10.6 The PhD thesis submitted by a research scholar shall be evaluated by his Research
Supervisor, and Joint Supervisor, if any and at least two external examiners to be appointed
ordinarily by the Principal and in case where Principal is the Supervisor, the appointment of
Examiner will be made by the Vice Principal. However, in no case, the Principal and Vice
Principal will supervise a student jointly. Such examiners will not be in employment of the
College/ University of Calcutta, of whom one examiner may be from outside the state/country.

C.1.10.7 PhD candidates shall at least publish one research paper in a refereed journal before
the submission of the thesis/monograph for adjudication, and produce evidence for the same in
the form of acceptance letter or the reprint. Where refereed journals are not available,
Departmental committee will submit the names of available journals in the related discipline to
the Higher Research Advisory Committee for consideration in place of refereed journals.

C.1.10.8 PhD scholars, apart from presentation in the Departmental Seminar, (vide clause No.
11.1), must make one paper presentation in conference/seminar before the submission of the
thesis for adjudication, and produce evidence for the same in the form of presentation
certificate.

C.1.10.9 The candidate shall submit four (five, in case there is a Joint Supervisor) type written or
printed copies, having print on both sides of a page, of the thesis along with electronic version
(CD in prescribed .pdf Format) attached to each copy of thesis and also an extra copy of
electronic version, within six (6) years but not ordinarily earlier than three (3) years from the
date of enrolment for the PhD programme.

In case candidate fails to submit his thesis within six (6) years as stipulated, the clause of Re-
registration (6.8) will apply.

C.1.10.10 The candidate shall also deposit a fee, as decided upon by the College, along with a
prescribed form duly filled in by the candidate, a certificate from the Supervisor and Joint
Supervisor, if any, as well as attested copies of necessary documents at the time of submission of
the thesis.

C.1.10.11 The candidate may also submit in support of the thesis the contents of any work
which may have been done previously by him, but the candidate shall not submit any work for
which a degree or distinction has been conferred on the candidate by the University of Calcutta
or by any other University. The candidate will not, however, be precluded from incorporating
any such work in a thesis covering a wider field, provided a clear statement of the work so
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incorporated is given.

C.1.10.12 The College shall evolve a mechanism using well developed software and gadgets to
detect plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty. While submitting for evaluation, the
thesis shall have an undertaking from the research scholar and a certificate from Research
Supervisor attesting to the originality of the work, vouching that there is no plagiarism and that
the work has not been submitted for the award of any other degree/diploma of the University of
Calcutta or to any other Institution.

C.1.10.13 The Principal shall appoint a panel of three experts including the Supervisor (or four
experts, if there is Joint Supervisor), out of which at least one shall be from outside the State,
after considering the suggestion of the relevant PhD Research Advisory Committee for
adjudication of the thesis (The adjudicators/examiners shall send the report in the prescribed
format).

C.1.10.14 When a thesis is unanimously and unconditionally recommended for the Degree by all
the examiners, the candidate will be eligible for appearing at the Viva-Voce.

If any examiner suggests modifications/corrections to incorporate in the thesis, the Principal

may ask the candidate to incorporate such modifications/corrections in his thesis before viva-
voce.

The Principal may also consider sending back the modified/corrected thesis, as submitted by
the candidate, to the concerned examiner, if it is so desired by the examiner, for his/her final
observation on the modified/corrected thesis.

C.1.10.15 If there is any ambiguity or conditionality in the reports of the examiners, the
Principal may consider the appointment of a third external examiner.

C.1.10.16 In case of non-recommendation by one of the external examiners, the Principal may
consider the appointment of a third external examiner from the existing panel of examiners or if
necessary, from a new panel recommended by the PhD Research Advisory Committee.

The Principal may also, if necessary, refer such and other cases to the Higher Research Advisory
Committee, constituted for the purpose.
The Higher Research Advisory Committee shall consist of the following
members: Principal (Chairman)
Vice-Principal, (Vice Chairman)
Coordinator, IQAC
Jt Controller of
Examinations Heads of all
PG Departments.
The quorum of a meeting of Higher Research Advisory Committee will be counted by the presence
of 50% of total members plus one.

C.1.11. Constitution of the PhD Research Advisory Committee:

C.1.11.1 The PhD Programme shall be monitored by the Swami Vivekananda Research Centre
(SVRC) with the help of the PhD Research Advisory Committee.

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C.1.11.2 The Principal shall constitute PhD Research Advisory committees on various subjects
or distinct specializations within subjects and inter-disciplinary fields in consultation with the
relevant Departmental Committee and such a PhD Research Advisory Committee should be
approved by the Academic Council of this Autonomous College.

C.1.11.3 The constitution of the PhD Research Advisory Committee shall be like
following : Principal, Chairman
Vice Principal, Vice Chairman
Head of the Department, Convenor
Supervisor, Jt Convenor (in respect of each individual enrolled/registered candidate)
One Teacher of the concerned/related department of the affiliating University (External Expert)
to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor of the affiliating University
Two Teachers of the concerned/related department of the any other University (External
Expert) to be nominated by the Principal

C.1.11.4 The tenure of a PhD Research Advisory Committee shall be for a period of four years
unless otherwise decided by the Principal. The PhD Research Advisory Committee shall
ordinarily meet once a month and resolutions of such meetings shall be maintained by the
Convener.

C.1.11.5 The quorum of a meeting of PhD Research Advisory Committee will be counted by the
presence of 50% of total members plus one. Apart from the quorum, the presence of at least one
external expert in every PhD Research Advisory Committee meeting is mandatory. If two
consecutive meetings fall through due to lack of quorum the matter will be referred to the
Principal for appropriate action.

C.1.12. Viva – Voce:

C.1.12.1 At the Viva-Voce, the candidate shall be examined by the Supervisor and the Joint
Supervisor (if there is any) and an expert to be appointed by the Principal/Vice Principal from
the two External Examiners of the Thesis. Copies of reports of the adjudicators on the written
part of the thesis shall be sent to the examiners conducting the Viva-Voce prior to the Viva-Voce.
Viva-Voce may be conducted through Video Conferencing with the permission from the
Principal/Vice Principal. During viva-voce the candidate shall respond to the queries, if any,
made by the examiners, which will be forwarded by the viva voce examiners to the Principal
along with the viva voce report.

C.1.12.2 The Viva-voce examination, shall be based, among other things, on the critiques given
in the evaluation report and shall be open to be attended by the members of the PhD Research
Advisory Committee, all Faculty Members of the Department, other research scholars and other
interested experts/researchers.

C.1.12.3 The examiners of the Viva-Voce shall jointly submit a report to the Principal/Vice
Principal on the performance of the candidate at the said examination, clearly indicating
whether the candidate deserves to be admitted to the PhD Degree. If the candidate fails to
satisfy the examiners at the Viva- Voce, the candidate shall be allowed by the Principal/Vice
Principal to appear again at a Viva-Voce after a period of three months from the date of the first
Viva-Voce.

C.1.12.4 The Principal, after considering the reports on the thesis and the Viva-Voce, shall
recommend to the Academic Council of the College for the award of the PhD Degree to the
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candidate. The Academic Council shall forthwith provisionally award the degree to the
candidate under the signature of the Principal and report the same to the Vice Chancellor of the
University of Calcutta for final conferment of the degree.

C.1.12.5 A Diploma under the seal of the University and signed by the Vice Chancellor in the
following format will be given to each successful candidate at the next annual convocation of the
College.

“This is to certify that (name of the awardee) obtained the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in
(name of the subject: within parentheses, broad field of specialization, if any) under the Swami
Vivekananda Research Centre at Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, an autonomous College
affiliated to University of Calcutta in the year (year of admittance to the degree)”.

C.1.12.6 In case a candidate is not awarded the Degree on the basis of reports of the
adjudicators or of the Viva-Voce examiners, the Principal on the recommendation of the PhD
Research Advisory Committee concerned, may permit the candidate to resubmit the thesis after
necessary corrections or modifications after six months but within two years from the date on
payment of usual fee for submission.

C.1.12.7 A copy of the thesis accepted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, with necessary
corrections or modifications, if there be any, shall be retained in the College Library.

C.1.13. Award of degrees to candidates enrolled/registered for the PhD programme on or after
07.09.2015 till the date of approval of these Regulations by the Syndicate followed by
Notification shall be governed by the provisions of the Swami Vivekananda Research Centre at
Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, an Autonomous College, affiliated to University of Calcutta,
(Regulations for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, PhD), Regulations 2015 framed under the
guidelines of the University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and procedure for Award
of M.Phil. /PhD Degree) Regulation, 2009.

C.1.14. Depository With UGC:

C.1.14.1 Following the successful completion of the evaluation process and announcement of
the award of the PhD degree, the college should submit a soft copy of the PhD thesis to the UGC
within a period of thirty days, for hosting the same in INFLIBNET, accessible to all Institutions/
Universities.

C.1.14.2 Along with the degree, the college will issue a Provisional Certificate certifying to the
effect that the Degree has been awarded in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations
framed under the guidelines of the University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and
Procedure for Award of M.Phil. /PhD Degrees) Regulations, 2016.
REPEAL
(i) All previous Regulations or Rules on the PhD Programme of this college do hereby stand
repealed.

D. Diploma Programme:
1. 1 year (2 semester) Diploma in Photography
a. This programme is under the Credit-Grade System.
b. This course includes
- Direct Classroom Teaching –Theoretical
- Direct Classroom Teaching – Practical
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 - Outdoor Shooting – Field Work Study
- Project Preparation

2. 1 Year Diploma course in Tourism & Travel

This course includes
- Direct Classroom Teaching –Theoretical
- Direct Classroom Teaching – Practical
- Field Work Study
- Industry-visit and internship

E Certificate Courses & Summer Internships:

Vidyamandira runs numerous certificate courses on Indian art & Culture, Skill-
Enhancement, Employability-Enhancement, Tourism & Travel etc. throughout the year.
Department of Tourism and Travel, Swami Vivekananda Research Center along with the
Bose House Campus, NSS wing, and the Placement Cell of the college organize such courses
along with seminars and workshops. Also a number of Add-On courses on performing art &
music are run by the Department of Cultural Affairs. Also, the Summer Internship Cell offers
Academic Research Internships from various academic departments of the college during
the months of May and June. Bose House Campus offers a number of vocational summer
internships as well. Please visit the main website of the college to stay updated:
https://vidyamandira.ac.in/

F. Coaching for Competitive Exams:

The Placement Cell of the college offers coaching for the competitive exams pertaining to
NET-SET, WBCS, CGL, Rail, Bank, PSC etc. Please visit the main website of the college to stay
updated: https://vidyamandira.ac.in/

4. Programme Outcomes (PO):

1. For B.A. Hons Programme :

a) Students graduating through B.A. Hons Programme from this college should develop an
analytical skill enabling them to resolve problems that they face in next levels of studies.
b) Students, initially after admission, may face difficulty in their language skill, but at time of
passing out, they become conversant with communicating their understanding in the
subject.
c) Students of this programme will develop the ability of asking questions and debating
upon the issues which invite cross discussions.
d) Students graduating from this college in this programme will be able to relate the social
and national issues to what they have learnt from their books and in the classroom
situations.
e) Project work and field study train them to learn by themselves and give them the
opportunity to experiment with their theoretical study.
f) Students completing the programme become confident in the sense that they are
employable.
g) This academic ambience of the college trains the students to undertake primary level of
research work and thus they become motivated for advanced research when they go for
higher studies.
h) The programme instils among the students the greater values of life to become worthy
citizen of the country.

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2. For B.Sc. Programme :
a) Students passed out of this programme will become adept mostly in lab based activities.
b) Students become conversant with different recent trends of scientific progress happening
in and around.
c) Students become workable force and thus they may opt for job and/or such training
courses.
d) Students become highly cognisant of the expansion of the learning in their respective
fields which enable them to get admitted to the primier institutes of the country.
e) An aptitude to research is also stimulated in the minds of this budding generation which
prompts them to go for some projects in good laboratories of the country after
completing the programme.
f) Students ripen their investigative proficiency so that they may open up the entrances of
the future knowledge world.
g) One most significant outcome of the programme is the inculcation of higher values of life
among the learners that enable them to face any hazard of the future life.

3. For M.A. Programme :

a) Students progressing through M.A. Programme from this institution mature themselves
for a systematic and critical study of the things that enhance their capability to answer
and explain the difficult arguments which they may face in next level of studies.
b) Interactive aptitude is boosted up as an outcome of this programme and a student
becomes competent enough to present his own views independently.
c) This programme makes it learners accomplished to judgementally appreciate an
academic demonstration of any sort.
d) This programme also inspires the students to actively participate in different socio-
economic- cultural activities of which they have been theoretically taught in classroom
situation.
e) Project work and field study encourage them for self-learning.
f) Students passing out from this programme will turn out to be employable.
g) This programme further motivates the students to commence systematic and structured
research in several and unexplored areas of knowledge.
h) The most significant outcome is that the students imbibe greater values of life when they
pass out of this programme.

4. For M.Sc. Programme :

a) One of the important outcomes of this programme is the exposure of the students to the
recent advances that the world is doing in the related fields.
b) This programme also enables its learners to come across with different practical
applications of their theoretical studies.
c) These programmes further enable the students to be employable in any allied sector.
d) Research motivation is also another significant outcome that the students are endowed
with on the completion of the programme.
e) Most importantly, the programme inculcates higher values in life among the students,
which enable them to stand amidst the odds of the life with a strong characteristic
feature.

5. Programme Outcome for 1 year Diploma Programmes :

a) This Programme provides the learners to get employed in different industries.
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 b) One of the outcomes of this programme is to create entrepreneurs.
c) The programme also enables the students to earn skills that will help them to acquire
field- based experience.

6. Programme Outcome for PhD Programme :

a) All researchers are oriented to develop the capacity to become innovative in his
research work.
b) Researchers are also expected to find out their research problems in such a way that
their work becomes socially viable.
c) Researchers are expected to deploy different modern techniques including digital ones
to make the research a high quality one.
d) All researchers are also expected to maintain a high ethical standard so that their
researchers can contribute to the development of an individual and the country as well.

5. Rules for Admission:

Students who have passed the Higher Secondary Examination of the West Bengal Council of
Higher Secondary Education (or its equivalent examination) in the current (or the earlier)
session may apply for admission to the 1st year class of the Degree Course.

Students who have appeared / passed the Degree Examination of Calcutta University (or other
Universities) in the current (or earlier) session may apply for admission to the 1st year of the
Postgraduate Course.

Selected candidates must join the college hostel one day prior to the date of commencement of
the new session unless otherwise permitted by the Principal.

Vidyamandira discourages its newly admitted students from preparing for and appearing at any
of the entrance examinations for professional courses, for it has been our experience that a
student hardly finds it possible to do justice to his course of study if he is not fully committed to
it.
IMPORTANT POINTS TO NOTE FOR ADMISSION IN UG AND PG

 Results of the entrance test and/or viva will be published on the website and on the
college notice board.
 The college authority will not be responsible for any web-failure. Therefore, candidates
may be requested to see the college notice board in case of any web-failure.
 The college authority will not be able to change the date and time of any entrance test or
viva voce, if it coincides with the date and time of the entrance test/s of other
institutions. Candidates and their guardians are earnestly requested not to make any
such appeal.
 If any candidate finds that the time of his entrance test is coinciding with another
subject/s in this college, he is requested to inform the Principal after appearing in the
first test. We will surely arrange for his other test(s).
 The candidates must see the date and time of his entrance tests.
 The college authority, under some unavoidable circumstances, will reserve the right to
postpone the date and time of any part of the schedule as mentioned herewith. However,
such change will be notified on the college website at least before 6 pm of the
immediately preceding day. Hence, all candidates are requested to see the website after
this hour to be sure of the date and timing.
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  Previous years’ questions may be downloaded from the college website
www.vidyamandira.ac.in
 Please note that if any candidate fails to fulfill the eligibility criteria as mentioned in our
admission notice, his candidature will automatically stand canceled at any point of the
admission process. The college authority will not be responsible for any such
cancellation.
 Candidates must pay the admission charges (college and hostel) through cash/cheque
on the date of the counseling for hostel suitability and admission suitability as
mentioned in the notification. Fees and charges are printed in the prospectus which is
available on the college website. Waitlisted candidates may bring the admission charges
on the date they are asked to meet the Principal to know the possibility of their
admission. However, this does not guarantee admission necessarily.
 If any student fails to appear in the process of the counselling for hostel suitability and
admission, his candidature will be cancelled. Waitlisted candidates too may note that if
they fail to come on the specific date and time mentioned for them to meet the Principal
for counselling-cum-admission in the vacant seats, their candidature will be cancelled.
 Results of the entrance test and/or viva voce will be published on the website and on the
college notice board.
 The college authority will not be responsible for any web-failure. Candidates are
requested to see the college notice board in case of any web-failure.
 The college authority will not be able to change the date and time of any entrance test or
viva voce, if it coincides with the date and time of the entrance test/s of other
institutions. Candidates and their guardians are earnestly requested not to make any
such appeal.
 The candidates must see the date and time of their entrance tests, viva voce (if selected)
and counseling for hostel suitability, final admission (if selected) and be present
accordingly. The college authority will not be responsible for any mistake.
 The college authority, under unavoidable circumstances, may change the date and time
of any part of the schedule mentioned in this notification. However, such change will be
notified on the college website on the immediately preceding day. Therefore, all
candidates are requested to check the website to be sure of the date and time.

SPECIAL NORMS FOR CERTAIN CATEGORIES (TO OBTAIN APPLICATION FORMS ONLY):
 The required qualifying marks for reserved categories are as per the Government norms.
 Competent authorities to issue Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe Certificate for
admission to Colleges: (i) Additional District Magistrate, Sub-Divisional Officer,
Executive Magistrate, Block Development Officer within their respective jurisdiction in
case of candidates claiming to be SC/ST and ordinarily residing within such jurisdiction ;
(ii) Member of Parliament, Member of State Legislature, Member of Zilla Parishad,
Councillor of Municipal Corporation, Commissioner of Municipality within their
respective jurisdiction in case of candidates claiming to be SC/ST and ordinarily residing
within such jurisdiction. (Vide Backward Classes Welfare Department, Government of
West Bengal, Circular No. 2143-BCW / MR-154/03(1) Dated 23rd June 2004).
 Reservation as per Government regulations.

6. Rules for Payment of Dues:

All financial transactions in regard to the college and hostel will be preferably done by the
guardians directly, especially in the initial period. Remittances should be made either by bank
draft payable at Kolkata, in the name of ‘Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira Hostel’ or by M.O.
in the name of the student/ward. Guardians should remit approx. Rs. 2500/- during the first

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week of every month, towards mess charges for the previous month and hostel and college fees
for the current month and some extra amount as pocket money for their ward. Even if a boy is
on leave while the general mess remains open, he has to bear the specified mess establishment
charges.
For delay in payment of college fees a student is normally charged a fine of Re.1/- per day after
15th of the current month. For delay in payment of mess dues, a fine of Re.1/- per day will be
charged if a student does not pay the dues within one month of the relevant notification.
The caution money deposited initially is refundable to a student at the time of his leaving the
institution after deduction toward breakage / wear & tear / maintenance etc. Refund will be
made only if claimed within one year of leaving the institution. Hostel deposit / advance money
is refundable to a student at the time of his leaving the institution.
[Rules for withdrawal of a student from the institution are given under the section titled
“Withdrawals”.]

7. Examination:

7.1 Time Planning:

Tentative course commencement and end semester examination schedules for all years of UG
and PG courses can be found in the college diaries provided as well as in the academic
calendar of the institution, available on the main college website.

7.1.1. Re-Evaluation of answer-scripts in UG & PG Programmes

 There will be no re-evaluation in mid-semester examination.
 For UG and PG papers, students may apply to the Controller of Examinations to see the
answer-scripts submitting a fee. He will be allowed to see the xerox copy of answer
script(s) under the surveillance of the Controller’s Department. After seeing the paper
if the student opts for re-evaluation, he may apply to the Controller of Examinations
submitting a fee provided he has secured more than 35% marks aggregating the marks
of all the remaining papers.
 A student may apply for re-evaluation in maximum 50% of the total number of papers
he has appeared in that particular end-semester examination.
 Note that, if a student applies for re-evaluation in one group or two groups of a paper,
it will be considered that he has applied for re- evaluation in one paper.
 Example : If a student applies for re-evauation in Gr A / B / C of Paper 1 or in any two
groups of that paper, it will be considered that he has applied for re-examination in
one paper.
 This paper will be re-examined by a second examiner and the review marks will stand
as his final marks. However, if there is a difference of more than 15% marks between
the first examiner and the second examiner, then the answer script will be sent to a
third examiner and the average of all the three marks, thus received, will stand as his
final marks.
 Please note that the rules are subject to change under some special circumstances.

7.2 Attendance of the Students

 A candidate will be deemed to have pursued a regular course of study in the college if
he has attended at least 75% of the theory classes and 75% of practical classes
separately held in each of his subject(s) of the Undergraduate Honours Degree Course
and Postgraduate Course.

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  A candidate attending less than 75% but not below 60% classes in one or more
subject(s) shall be declared ‘Non-Collegiate’ and may be allowed to appear at the
concerned examination on payment of requisite Non-Collegiate fees.
 A candidate attending less than 60% theory classes or practical classes in any subject
shall be declared ‘Discollegiate’ and shall be debarred from appearing at the
examination. Attendance in a subject shall be counted from the date of
commencement of classes in that subject.
 Absence from classes without any valid reason will imply imposition of heavy fine
and/or suspension from classes.

7.4 Online Classes

Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira students take active participation in NPTEL and
SWAYAM courses. The objective of this effort is to bring the best teaching learning
resources to all, including the most disadvantaged. These are the projects funded by MHRD,
Govt. of India. Vidyamandira became the Local Chapter of NPTEL and then became its
Golden Partner. After completion of the examination successfully, students secured
certificates from IITs and IISc. More than 200 students registered their names in these two
courses in the previous academic session. Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira has also
been associated with ‘INTERNSHALA’, which is an initiative by NPTEL for the internship
programme of our students. This program is designed to provide students with valuable
leadership experience and strengthen the internship culture.

8. Stipends and Scholarships:

Financial assistance in the form of monthly stipends is provided every year to needy and
meritorious students. These stipends are met from funds and endowments created out of
donations etc by several well-wishers, admirers of the Mission ideology, ex-students and
benevolent public. There is also a token contribution from our students from their regular fees.
The amount of monthly stipend given to an individual student varies from Rs. 100/- to Rs.
2000/-.
A fairly large amount is disbursed each year as scholarships and stipends.
The scholarships and stipends granted are subject to the following conditions:
(i) The concession granted by the college may be reduced or cancelled altogether if the
general conduct of the student or his progress in studies is not satisfactory.
(ii) Income certificate of the guardian from the appropriate authority should be submitted.
(iii) The hostel boarding advance of the student enjoying financial assistance will not be
refunded to him at the time of final clearance on the eve of his leaving the college. This
amount will be credited to the scholarship fund.
(iv) Any stipend-holder leaving the college without completion of the course of study will be
liable to refund the amount of money spent for him by Vidyamandira towards meeting
his college and hostel charges.

9. Library:

(i) Reference Section: We have general Encyclopedias like Britannica, Americana, Soviet,
and Encyclopedias on various subjects, dictionaries on languages and subjects,
directories, manuals, handbooks etc. and copies of most of the text books that the
students need.
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 (ii) Online Database: We have one indigenous database comprising of Ph.D. theses and
M.Phil. dissertations submitted by our research scholars. Around hundred free and
online databases on different subjects are available through our online public access
catalogue (OPAC).
(iii) Lending Section: The library has a rich collection of more than 73,000 printed on
different subjects. Each student is issued 1 digital card against which they can borrow 5
books at most for 15 days only. Time for issuing books from the lending section :
Monday to Saturday: 7.30 am to 9.00 pm; Sundays: 7.30 am to 9.30 am & 7 pm to 9 pm.
(iv) Long Term: Books are also lent to the students on a long-term basis, so that they can
retain a number of textbooks for the whole duration of the course.
(v) Reading Room: There is a separate Reading space inside the Internet Kiosk which
remains open from 7.30 am to 9.00 am and 7.00 pm to 8.30 pm. Here the students can
engage themselves in serious study, either using their own books or the text-books
available in this section.
(vi) Departmental Library: Each Department in our college has its own separate
Departmental Library.
(vii) Library Automation: The library is using KOHA Library Management Software and RFID
technology for cataloging, searching and issue-return of books. It allows open access to
all the teachers, students, monastics and members of the staff. Computerized catalog
search facility based on author / title / keyword / subject is available for the purpose of
borrowing books.
(viii) Reprography Service: The library is offering reprography services (Xerox) to the
members.
(ix) Manuscript Section: The library has seventy manuscripts which are maintained by the
Department of Bengali.
(x) Special Journal Section: (a) The library subscribes to a fairly large number of periodicals.
(b) The department of Bengali has a collection of Bengali literary journals which are
used by the students, scholars and teachers.

10. Computer Laboratories & Internet Kiosk:

There are 5 separate Computer Laboratories for the Computer Science Department. Apart
from these, Departments of Physics, Industrial Chemistry, Microbiology, Zoology, Economics
and Mathematics are having computers for the use of students.
A separate Computer Laboratory and a fairly well-equipped Internet Kiosk have been set
up for the academic use of the students. These two remain open from 7 am to 8.30 pm.

11. Smart Classrooms & Language Laboratory:

There are a number of smart classrooms where online classes, for a few departments, are
held regularly. Distinguished faculties of Universities/Institutes of repute (from India and
abroad) interact with our students regularly via Skype, Google Meet and other platforms.

12. 'Swami Vivekananda Research Centre' (SVRC):

‘Swami Vivekananda Research Centre’ (SVRC), the research wing of the college, came
into existence in the academic year 2013-14, on the 150th birth-anniversary of Swami
Vivekananda. The centre is affiliated to the University of Calcutta. Apart from the research
programs and certificate courses (mentioned in section 3), the centre conducts workshops
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 regularly in various disciplines. SVRC encourages constructive non-formal research as well.

13. Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC):

The Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) looks after the maintenance and enhancement
of quality in college academics. The cell, comprising the monastic members, teacher-co-
ordinators, Heads of all the Departments, representatives from non-teaching staff and student-
representatives of ‘Vidyarthi Samsad’, meet regularly to discuss the results of semester
examinations, introduction of new courses and all other related issues.

14. Placement & Career Counselling Cell:

The Placement & Career Counselling Cell of Vidyamandira proactively supports students to
acquire various academic/hands-on trainings in industry/different academic organizations
along with offering numerous certificate courses. Please visit the website for updates:
www.vidyamandiraonline.in
Industries and/or institutions visited by our students for project works:
As a part of the academic curricula and also to enhance their skill, under direct supervision of
the Placement Cell, students of Vidyamandira categorically visit for industrial training/ project
work to many nationally and internationally acclaimed organizations/institutions like-
1. H & R Johnson, Mumbai
2. Aditya Birla Insulators, Halol, Gujarat
3. ACC Cement Ltd., Gagal, Himachal Pradesh
4. Calderys India Refractories Ltd, Nagpur
5. Chembiotech, Kolkata
6. Cement Corporation of India, Tandur, Telangana
7. ACC Cement Ltd., Bargarh, Odisha
8. Vesuvius India Ltd., Kolkata
9. Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata
10. Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), Kolkata
11. National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases (NICED), Kolkata
12. Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Thiruvanantapuram
13. University College of Science, Technology & Agriculture, University of Calcutta, Kolkata
14. Bose Institute, Kolkata
15. Hyderabad University, Hyderabad
16. Emami Cement
17. Debraj Exports
18. TCS
19. JNCSR, Bangalore
20. PwC
and so on.
The cell organizes seminars on career counseling regularly.

15. Bose House – Second Campus of Vidyamandira in Rishra:

At our Bose House campus, the following courses are regularly conducted which our students
can avail of: Drawing, Music, Esraj, Painting, Recitation, News reading and anchoring,
Commercial Art & Craft, Indian Art: Wash and Tempera, Ceramic Art and Pottery, Geriatric
Yoga Therapist, Geriatric Care and Nursing Assistant, Advanced Excel etc. Please visit the
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16. College and Hostel Dress Code:

The college uniform is

(a) White trousers (not pyjamas) and white shirt, or
(b) White dhoti and white shirt / white panjabi.
The Hostel dress can be any decent clothing like pants, pyjama, half pants, T-shirts & shirts.
Lungis are not allowed. Half-pants, however, are not allowed in the college, even beyond office
hours. Students must wear only white dhotis and white shirts /white panjabis while attending
prayers in the hostels.

17. Hostel:

The Vidyamandira being a fully residential college, its hostels form an integral part in the
scheme of an all-round education imparted by it. These are run on the principles of the ancient
Gurukula and as such pay special attention to the training of those aspects of a boy’s
personality which enable him to become accomplished as a ‘complete man’.
Resident superintendents who are monastic members of the Ramakrishna Order are in
charge of the hostels. At present there are six hostels or bhavans— Vinay Bhavan, Vidya
Bhavan, Shraddha Bhavan, Sree Bhavan, Vivek Bhavan and Shanti Bhavan. The total
accommodation in the six hostels is approximately 750. The Principal/ Vice-Principal will
decide, at the beginning of each session, the in which hostel a boy will be put up. The allotment
of rooms and seats is made according to the discretion of the superintendents. The transfer of a
student from one hostel to another will require the permission of the Principal/ Vice- Principal.

Hostel facilities:

● Boarders will be supplied with bedsteads and tables. They must bring their own bedding
(including bed, bed-sheet, bed-cover, table-cloth and mosquito curtain) and also bring
with them a plate, a glass, a cup, three sets of college uniform, two sets of white dhoti &
punjabi and other articles of use which should be new as far as possible. Every boarder
is also expected to have undergone a course of tetanus toxoid. Students carrying any
chronic illness must report the same before admission to the college. Seats at the hostel
must not be changed, nor the furniture removed without the permission of the Hostel
Superintendent. Any damage done to the fittings or furniture will incur fines.
● Boarders must keep their own rooms perfectly clean and their things decently arranged.
Besides, they are to wash their own utensils after meals and tiffin and keep them in their
proper places.
● All our hostel rooms have been provided with tubelights and fans. Two stand-by
generators are available in case of power-cuts. No lanterns/torches must be used for
late-night study after 11 pm, however.
● Purified drinking water is available at all the hostels. Solar water heating apparatuses
have been installed out of UGC funds and hence hot water is available throughout the
year.
● A boys’ store, where boys can purchase items of daily use, operates within the college
premises.
● A salon functions in the hostel campus.
● A photocopier unit, where students and staff can get their relevant materials
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 photocopied on payment of requisite charges is also operative.
● Two canteens for students, teachers and staff of Vidyamandira are being operated
within the campus.
● Students are advised NOT TO carry valuable items during their stay at respective
hostels. Additionally, students are requested to keep all their smart devices
(smartphones, laptops, smartwatches, earphones etc.) under their custodies
carefully. However, smartphones & laptops are to be deposited in Bhavan Offices
after stipulated hours. The authority will not be responsible for any unexpected
loss/missing of such costly items/devices from rooms, classrooms etc. or after
being issued from the Bhavan Offices.

18. Co-curricular Activities:

In addition to academic education, co-curricular activities form an important aspect of
student- training in Vidyamandira. This blend of academic and non-academic activities help in
the harmonious development of head, hand and heart.
The co-curricular activities may briefly be classified as below:

(a) Physical:
Vidyamandira has rich facilities for sports and games as well as athletics. It has a large
playground which is used for football, cricket, volleyball, badminton and other athletic events.
A well-equipped multigym has been set up with modern facilities. The trainer at the multigym
also teaches the boys yogasanas. In addition to these, the boys play indoor games like carom
and table tennis.Annual athletics meet is held regularly and the successful competitors are
awarded prizes and trophies.
A separate unit of the senior NCC (National Cadet Corps) has been in existence in the
Vidyamandira since August 1959. There is an arrangement for imparting training to the cadets
within the campus of the college under the able supervision of monastic members and trained
officers. One of our teachers is the Captain of the Vidyamandira NCC Unit. It is to be noted that
periodical camp life forms an essential part of NCC training.
An NSS (National Service Scheme) unit started functioning from June 1970. The unit
provides scope for the student-volunteers to participate in such social works as environmental
cleaning, running literacy centre for the illiterate and coaching classes for poor school boys of
the locality, relief work, gardening, etc. Vidyamandira students reach out to poor and needy
students of the locality and serve them with study-materials under ‘Brahmananda Book Bank’
scheme.
First year degree students must compulsorily take part either in the NCC (National Cadet
Corps) or the NSS (National Service Scheme). Interested students of other years are also
encouraged to participate.
All the college-students, on rotational basis, have to join college cleaning programme on
Sunday mornings.

(b) Cultural & Intellectual:

A college magazine named ‘VIDYAMANDIRA PATRIKA’ is published annually in co-
operation with the boys. A wall-magazine is also periodically brought out from the college
under the name of ‘Shraddha’ with the help of the students. Besides this, wall-magazines are
brought out by all hostels and departments individually. Occasionally, bulletins and periodicals
are published by different departments. Students take part in college annual cultural
competitions such as extempore speech, debate, quiz, music, drama, drawing, recitation etc.
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in these competitions. To widen their outlook on life and stimulate their intellectual curiosity,
they are occasionally taken out to excursions to various centres of religious, cultural or
academic interest. Conducting weekly seminars/discussions by eminent scholars on topics of
contemporary interest is one of the regular features of the intellectual life of the college.
A forum for reading poems and discussions on related topics of literature has been
introduced under the title ‘Kabitar Adda’. Selected writings, especially from teachers and
students, are periodically published as books under the banner of this forum.
Students participate in off-campus cultural and other co-curricular competitions quite
regularly.

(c) Spiritual and other activities:

Prayer, consisting of silent meditation, simple hymns and devotional songs, is regularly
held in the hostels both in the morning and evening. Participation in prayer is compulsory for
all the students. With a view to acquainting the students with the fundamentals of the Spiritual
Heritage of India, regular classes are held in the college.
The boys organize various kinds of socio-religious functions and festivities and take part in
the national festivals. Moreover, they participate in the periodic religious celebrations at Belur
Math.
The students are taught to be self-reliant, active and practical and are encouraged to
develop a sense of social obligation and responsibility. They clean their rooms, look after the
shrine and attend on their sick brothers. They are made to feel that the hostel is their home.

19. Anti-ragging Cell:

Right from its inception in 1941, ragging is conventionally banned in this institution.
However, in keeping with the UGC guidelines, an anti-ragging cell has been formed which
meets regularly to take note of cases of ragging, if any and suggests necessary actions.
• UG / PG 1st year students have to submit an online anti-ragging affidavit declaring that
they won’t take part or encourage any such act of ragging in the campus.
• Ragging is totally prohibited in this college and anyone found guilty of ragging and / or
abetting ragging, actively or passively or being a part of a conspiracy to promote ragging is
laible to be punished in accordance with the UGC regulations on curbing the menace of
ragging in HEIs, 2009 as well as under the provisions of any penal law for the time being in
force.
• The members of the anti-ragging cell are:
1. Swami Mahaprajnananda (Principal): mobile: 9831098740
2. Br. Tattwachaitanya (Vice-Principal): mobile: 6291481540
3. Swami Mahavidyananda (Chief Hostel Superintendent): mobile: 8582860365
4. Swami Indreshananda (Hostel Superintendent)
5. Br. Shrishachaitanya (Hostel Superintendent)
6. Br. Ishanachaitanya (Hostel Superintendent)
7. Br. Arijit (Hostel Superintendent)
8. Arindam Roy (Co-ordinator, IQAC)
9. Gopal Chandra Bayen (Secretary, Teachers’ Council)
10. Bhabesh Roy (HoD, Physics)
11. Priyabrata Ghoshal (Bengali Dept.)

20. Discipline:
(i) The students must conform to the rules and discipline of the college and the hostel.
The object of discipline is to help the students to develop their potentialities in an
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 orderly way, to promote a healthy relation between the teachers and the taught as
also to preserve a peaceful academic ambience essential for study.
(ii) All students must regulate their lives according to the prescribed routine for study,
work and prayer. They will have to keep to the simple standard of living maintained in
the hostel and do their own works themselves as far as practicable and be regular and
punctual in all activities.
(iii) To be absent from class while being present in the hostel, unless a student is physically
unfit or is specially permitted by the superintendent, is deemed as a breach of
discipline.
(iv) No student is permitted to go outside the college campus during college hours without
permission from the college authorities. Gate-passes from superintendents will be
required during hostel hours (other than college hours) except from 4 pm to 6 pm.
(v) A student while leaving the hostel for his home or other sundry works elsewhere,
must record the details about the purpose of the leave and the time of departure, the
destination and the expected time of his arival in the Hostel Leave Register.
(vi) Students are allowed to go home during long vacations namely, the Summer Recess,
the Puja and the Winter Holidays. It is to be noted that visiting home frequently is
discouraged as it interferes with study and the continuity of the disciplined hostel life.
Except under special circumstances, nobody is allowed to stay outside after dusk.
(vii) If any student overstays leave or is found not present in the college and the hostel on
the reopening date of the college from the very first period after any vacation or
holidays, he will be charged a fine of Rs.500/- on daily basis.
(viii) A student must be very careful about the books and other valuable things which he
keeps in the hostel. He is also advised not to keep much personal cash money with
him. Students should open a bank account with State Bank of India, Belur Math Branch
and/or United Bank of India, Belur Math branch which are close to the college campus.
ATM counters are also available there.
(ix) Permission of the Principal/Vice-Principal will be necessary for arranging or taking
part in any function or activity other than the ones officially allowed.
(x) Cameras can be brought to the hostels only after obtaining permission from the
superintendent concerned.
(xi) Students are, in general, instructed not to keep mobile phones with them in the hostel.
However, mobiles of basic models, if necessary, may be kept with the respective hostel
superintendent and used only during the stipulated hours or while going out for a
specific purpose. In the latter case, the mobile should be handed over to the
superintendent/ hostel gateman immediately after returning to the hostel.
(xii) Prior permission from the Principal will be necessary for using laptops or e-book
readers. Even if permitted in some exceptional cases, use of these devices will be
restricted to the college main building only during study hours.
(xiii) Use of radios (FM), sound systems and electronic devices of every form other than
those mentioned in (x) and (xi) above is strictly prohibited.
(xiv) Violation of clauses (x)-(xiii) will be treated as breach of discipline and hence will be
strictly dealt with.
(xv) Purchasing of periodicals etc. by individual students should be done with the
permission of the concerned hostel superintendent.
(xvi) Vidyamandira, being a residential college under the Ramakrishna Mission, which is a
non- political body, the students of this institution must keep scrupulously away from
any kind of political activity.
(xvii) Students considered unfit to continue owing to health grounds, bad attendance,
indiscipline or unsatisfactory conduct are also liable to be removed from the college.
Smoking and other forms of addiction are strictly prohibited in the hostel and college.
These are punishable with fines as per government rules.
(xviii) Private tuition is discouraged in this institution.
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 (xix) Guardians will be intimated periodically on the ward’s academic progress and the
growth along moral dimension.

21. Vidyamandira Vidyarthi Samsad:

The object of formation of the Vidyarthi Samsad is to take the students through various
activities of the institution, for the development of a balanced character. The Samsad is to act in
complete accord with the aims and purposes of this residential college and to function as a
helping body under the guidance of the authorities.
Representatives from every class (year) are included in the Vidyarthi Samsad. The
activities of the Samsad principally consist of the following :

(i) Debates and Symposia, (ii) Literary activities,

(iii) Socio-religious functions, (iv) Games and Sports,
(v) Observance of national festivals, (vi) Humanitarian works,
(vii) Library,
(vii) Cleaning of college and hostel premises.

22. Visits by Guardians:

Parents and guardians will surely appreciate that frequent visits on their part has a
disturbing effect on the even tenor of a student’s academic and community life. The visits are
usually restricted to the following hours : 4-30 pm to 6-00 pm on weekdays and 9 am to 12
noon & 3 pm to 6 pm on Sundays and other Holidays. Guardians should kindly meet their
wards in the Visitors’ Room (i.e. Room No. 7A). They are discouraged from visiting their wards
in their rooms in the hostel.

23. Health:
Qualified medical officers attend to the sick regularly (both in the morning and in the
evening at the doctor’s chamber in the college campus). Doctors of the Belur Math Outdoor
Dispensary, Shramajibi Hospital and Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratisthan are consulted,
whenever necessary. Students should pay for medicines and for expert medical advice in case
of serious illness and bear extra expenses for special diet, nursing, conveyance etc. Guardians
are requested to remove their wards immediately from the hostel in case of contagious
diseases such as chicken pox and conjunctivitis.

24. Statutory Bodies:

Following the Guidelines for Autonomous Colleges, issued by the UGC, Vidyamandira has
the following committees to ensure proper management of academic, financial and general
administrative affairs: Governing Body, Academic Council, Board of Studies, and Finance
Committee. The college, in addition, has committees such as the Planning and Evaluation
Committee, Grievance Appeal Committee, Examination Committee, Admission Committee,
Library Committee, Student Welf are Committee, Extra-Curricular Activities Committee, and
Academic Audit Committee.

25. Administrative and Faculty Members:

Principal : Swami Mahaprajnananda
Vice Principal &
Controller of Examinations : Brahmachari Tattwachaitanya
Joint Controller of Examinations : Swami Shanteshananda
Dy. Controller of Examinations : Swami Paradevatananda
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A. FACULTY OF SCIENCE

1. DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

Name Qualification Designation

Debasis Jana MSc. PhD Associate Professor, HoD

Syed Shahed Riaz MSc. PhD Associate Professor
Sekhar Gain MSc. PhD Assistant Professor
Asadulla Mallik MSc. PhD Assistant Professor
Anirban Samanta MSc. PhD Assistant Professor
Sudip Subba MSc. Assistant Professor
Sourav Dutta MSc. PhD Visiting Faculty
Sayan Pramanik MSc. PhD Visiting Faculty
Abhishek Dhar MSc. PhD Visiting Faculty

2. DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Name Qualification Designation

Arindam Sarkar MCA, M.Tech (CSE), Assistant Professor and HoD
PhD (Engg.)
Avishek Barman M.Sc., M.Tech (CSE) State Aided College Teacher I

Sarbajit Manna B.Tech (CSE), M.E. Assistant Professor

(CSE)
Samaresh Maiti MCA State Aided College Teacher II

Atanu Mondal M.Sc., M.Tech Assistant Professor

(CSE), PhD (Engg.)
Ranjit Das M.Sc. (Electronics), Assistant Professor
PhD (Tech)
Sanjeeb Dey M.Sc., PhD Assistant Professor

Anjan Goswami MCA Visiting Faculty

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 3. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

Name Qualification Designation

Tamoghna Mandal M.A. Assistant Professor, HoD

Debkumar Chakraborty M.Sc., PhD Associate Professor

Manas Kumar Bhowmick M.A., M.Phil, PhD Assistant Professor
Swami Atmaswarupananda Honorary Full Time
Monastic Faculty
Tapan Kr. Ghosh M.A. Visiting Faculty (Honorary)

4. DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS

Name Qualification Designation

Arindam Sarkar MCA, M.Tech (CSE), Assistant Professor and HoD
PhD (Engg.)
Ranjit Das M.Sc. (Electronics), Assistant Professor
PhD (Tech)
Sanjeeb Dey M.Sc., PhD Assistant Professor

5. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY

Name Qualification Designation

Uttam Kumar Ghorai M.Sc., M.Tech & PhD HoD & Assistant Professor
Angshuman Santra M.Sc., M.Tech & PhD State Aided College
Teacher—II
Shyamal Murmu M.Sc., PhD State Aided College
Teacher—II
Swami Indreshananda Honorary Full time
Monastic faculty
Abhijit Bandyopadhyay PhD Visiting faculty
Jnan Prakash Naskar PhD Visiting faculty
Sudip Kumar Das PhD Visiting faculty
Partha Roy PhD Visiting faculty
(Honorary)

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 6. DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

Name Qualification Designation

Subhankar Roy MSc., MPhil, PhD Associate Professor, HoD
Swapan Kumar Ghosh MSc., PhD Associate Professor
Soumitra Kayal MSc., PhD Assistant Professor
Saugata Mitra MSc., PhD Assistant Professor
Arnab Jyoti Dasgupta MSc., PhD Assistant Professor
Suvra Kanti Chakraborty MSc., PhD Assistant Professor
Ratnadeep Acharya MSc., PhD Assistant Professor
Kartick Chandra Pal MSc., PhD Visiting Faculty
Bedanta Bose MSc., PhD Visiting Faculty
Suvyendu Pan MCA Visiting Faculty

7. DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY

Name Qualification Designation

Diptendu Sarkar M.Sc., M.Phil, PhD Assistant Professor, HoD
Santanu Maitra M.Sc., PhD Associate Professor
Arindam Roy M.Sc., PhD Associate Professor
Sudipto Mandal M.Sc., PhD Assistant Professor
Abhishek Pal M.Sc. State Appointed College Teacher
(SACT-1)
Chandan Rai M.Sc. State Appointed College Teacher
(SACT-1)
Pratap Kumar Das M.Sc., PhD Visiting Faculty
Pranab Kumar Banerjee M.Sc., PhD Visiting Faculty

8. DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

Name Qualification Designation

Bhabesh Roy M.Sc., M.Tech, PhD Associate Professor, HOD
Sagar Biswas M.Sc., PhD Assistant Professor
Mriganka Roy Basunia M.Sc. Assistant Professor
Sandeep Kr.Roy M.Sc., M.Tech Assistant Professor
Pushpajit Halder M.Sc. Assistant Professor
Debabrata Sinha M.Sc., PhD Assistant Professor
Amit Kumar Chatterjee M.Sc., PhD Assistant Professor
Ranjit Das M.Sc., PhD Assistant Professor
Honorary Full Time Monastic
Br. Shrishachaitanya
Faculty
Honorary Full TIme Monastic
Br. Arijit
Faculty

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 9. DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Name Qualification Designation

Swami Atmaswarupananda Course Co-ordinator and
Honorary Full Time Monastic
Faculty
Debkumar Chakraborty MSc., PhD Associate Professor
Aminuddin Ali MSc., PhD Assistant Professor

10. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY

Name Qualification Designation

Avisek Banerjee MSc., PhD Assistant Professor, HoD
Swami Mahaprajnananda Honorary Full Time
Monastic Faculty
Avijit Dey MSc., PhD SACT-I
Avishek Das MSc., PhD Assistant Professor
Subir Chandra Dasgupta MSc., PhD Emeritus Professor
(Honorary)
Debarun Acharya MSc., PhD Visiting Faculty
Sumit Ghosh MSc., PhD Visiting Faculty
Dinendra Raychaudhuri MSc., PhD Visiting Faculty (Honorary)
Durgacharan Manna MSc., PhD Visiting Faculty (Honorary)

11. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Name Qualification Designation

Swami Mahaprajnananda Course Co-ordinator and

Honorary Full Time Monastic
Faculty
Dwijendranah Bandyopadhyay MSc. Visiting Faculty

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B. FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES

1. DEPARTMENT OF BENGALI

Name Qualification Designation

Dipankar Mallik MA, PhD Associate Professor, HoD
Priyabrata Ghoshal MA, PhD Associate Professor
Subhankar Ray MA, PhD Associate Professor
Gopal Chandra Bayen MA, MPhil, PhD Associate Professor
Prosenjit Biswas MA, MPhil Assistant Professor
Arnab Sadhukhan MA, PhD Assistant Professor
Milan Singha MA, MPhil SACT-I
Mansha Ghanta MA, MPhil SACT-I
Ramkrishna Mandal MA, Mphil, PhD SACT-I
Sanjoy De MA SACT-I
Swami Shastrajnananda Honorary Visiting Monastic
Faculty
Swami Shanteshananda Honorary Full Time Monastic
Faculty
Srutinath Chakraborty MA, PhD Visiting Faculty

2. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

Name Qualification Designation

Sudip Bhattacharya MA, PhD Associate Professor, HoD
Swarup Ray MA, MPhil, PhD Associate Professor
Tanweer Alam Mazhari MA, MPhil Associate Professor
Dipanjan Muhuri MA, MPhil SACT - I

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 3. DEPARTMENT OF SANSKRIT

Name Qualification Designation

Durga Sankar Chakrabarty MA Associate Professor, HoD
Biplab Kotal MA, MPhil Assistant Professor
Anjan Das MA, PhD Assistant Professor
Harekrushna Pattajoshi MA, PhD SACT-I
Ganesh Tudu MA Assistant Professor
Bimal Rakshit MA, PhD Assistant Professor
Ramjan Ali MA Assistant Professor
Br. Ishanachaitanya Honorary Full Time Monastic
Faculty
Shyamapada Kar MA, PhD Visiting Faculty
Tapas Kumar Bagchi MA Visiting Faculty
Dhananjay Chakraborty MA Visiting Faculty
Sk Sabir Ali MA, MPhil, PhD Visiting Faculty
Dilip Panda MA, MPhil, PhD Visiting Faculty

C. FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

1. DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

Name Qualification Designation

Prithwiraj Biswas MA, PhD Associate Professor, HoD
Santanu Dey MA, MPhil, PhD Associate Professor
Debasis Pal MA, MPhil Assistant Professor
Nurmahammad Sekh MA, MPhil Assistant Professor
Gautam Mukhopadhyay MA SACT-II
Swami Umapadananda Hony. Full Time Monastic
Faculty

2. DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY

Name Qualification Designation

Santu Kandar MA, MPhil, PhD Assistant Professor, HoD
Md Faridur Rahman MA, MPhil Associate Professor
Samim Ahmed MA, PhD Associate Professor
Arup Kumar Dhabal MA, PhD Associate Professor
Ashim Kumar Choudhury MA Associate Professor*
Souvik Dutta MA, Mphil, PhD SACT-I
Mrinmay Dhali MA, MPhil SACT-I
Swami Paradevatananda Honorary Full Time Monastic
Faculty
Swami Atmaswarupananda Honorary Full Time Monastic
Faculty
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Subir Ranjan Bhattacharya MA Visiting Faculty
Raghunath Ghosh MA, PhD Visiting Faculty
Pralynkar Bhattacharyya MA, MPhil, PhD Visiting Faculty
Dipayan Pattanaik MA, MPhil, PhD Visiting Faculty
Priyambada Sarkar MA, PhD Visiting Faculty
Gangadhar Kar MA, PhD Visiting Faculty

3. DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

Name Qualification Designation

Indrashis Banerjee MA, PhD Associate Professor, HoD

Sandipan Sen MA, PhD Associate Professor

Saptarshi Pal MA, PhD Assistant Professor

Adityaprava Mozumder MA Assistant Professor

4. DEPARTMENT OF INDIAN CULTURE & SPIRITUAL HERITAGE

Name Designation
Swami Mahavidyananda Honorary Full Time Monastic Faculty

Swami Mahaprajnananda Honorary Full Time Monastic Faculty

Swami Shanteshananda Honorary Full Time Monastic Faculty

Swami Paradevatananda Honorary Full Time Monastic Faculty

Swami Atmaswarupananda Honorary Full Time Monastic Faculty

Swami Indreshananda Honorary Full Time Monastic Faculty

Swami Umapadananda Honorary Full Time Monastic Faculty

Swami Bhavagamyananda Honorary Full Time Monastic Faculty

Br. Shrishachaitanya Honorary Full Time Monastic Faculty

Br. Tattwachaitanya Honorary Full Time Monastic Faculty

Br. Ishanachaitanya Honorary Full Time Monastic Faculty

Br. Arijit Honorary Full Time Monastic Faculty

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D. DIPLOMA COURSES
1. DEPARTMENT OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Name Designation

Subrata Roy Chowdhury Course Coordinator

Dhritiman Mukherjee Visiting Faculty
Joydip Mitra Visiting Faculty
Kushal Gangopadhyay Visiting Faculty
Ronny Sen Visiting Faculty
Sanjib Ghosh Visiting Faculty
Swapan Nayak Visiting Faculty
Arko Datto Visiting Faculty
Soumya Sankar Bose Visiting Faculty
Ritayan Mukhopadhyay Visiting Faculty
Pinaki De Visiting Faculty
Sudipto Das Visiting Faculty

2. DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM & TRAVEL

Name Designation

Gautam Mukhopadhyay Course Coordinator

Dwijendranath Bandyopadhyay Guest Faculty
Manjit Sarkar Guest Faculty
Pinaki Bhattacharya Guest Faculty
Rangan Datta Guest Faculty
Bhaskar Ganguly Guest Faculty
Ujjal Banerjee Guest Faculty
Sarbajit Chatterjee Guest Faculty
Ankan Purkait Guest Faculty
Chikai Ghosh Guest Faculty
Sabarna Mukhopadhyay Guest Faculty (Spanish)
Anjana Chakraborty Guest Faculty (German)
Sudeb Das Guest Faculty (Japanese)

E. CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

1. DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS

Name Designation
Br. Ishanachaitanya Monk-in-Charge
Swami Mahaprajnananda Assistant Monk-in-Charge
Br. Tattwachaitanya Monastic Assistant
Arnab Sadhukhan Co-ordinator
Avisek Banerjee Co-ordinator
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 Siddhartha Bhattacharya Visiting Faculty
Nishaant Singh Visiting Faculty
Suman Bhattacharya Visiting Faculty
Ashok Kumar Karmakar Visiting Faculty
Sayan Chandra Visiting Faculty
Pritam Chakraborty Visiting Faculty
Amlan Halder Visiting Faculty
Ankan Bhowmick Visiting Faculty
Sayan Chatterjee Visiting Faculty
2. NATIONAL CADET CORPS (NCC)

Name Designation
Arup Kumar Dhabal Major
Swami Indreshananda Monastic Co-ordinator

3. NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME (NSS)

Name Designation
Swami Umapadananda Programme Officer
Br. Arijit Jt. Coordinator
*Management Appointed Faculty Member
SACT = State Aided College Teacher

26. Administrative & Academic Support Staff (College):

1. Main Office (including Cash & Accounts)

Name Designation
Swami Shanteshananda College Office Superintendent & Treasurer
Ranjan Kumar Biswas Head Clerk
Bibhas Kumar Mallick Accountant
Debabrata Mondal Cashier
Goutam Basak Clerk
Niladri Sekhar Chakraborty Typist
Mainak Ghosh Accounts and Office Assistant*
Sunil Kr Som Accounts & Office Assistant (Honorary)
Kalyan Ranjan Nag Accounts & Office Assistant (Honorary)
Bipra Sarkar General Duty Attendant & Driver*
Biltu Roy General Duty Attendant & Driver*
Uttiya Koley General Duty Attendant*

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 2. Office of the Controller of Examinations

Name Designation
Br. Tattwachaitanya Controller of Examinations
Swami Shanteshananda Jt Controller of Examinations
Swami Paradevatananda Dy Controller of Examinations
Br. Ishanachaitanya Monastic Assistant
Akash Ranjan Ray Typist*
Ranadip Parui General Duty Attendant*
Bivash Naskar General Duty Attendant*
Tanmoy Bhattacharya General Duty Attendant**

3. Swami Vivekananda Research Centre

Name Designation
Swami Atmaswarupananda Coordinator
Swami Umapadananda Jt. Coordinator
Br. Arijit Nodal Officer
Milan Mayra General Duty Attendant*

4. Placement & Career Counselling Cell

Name Designation
Swami Indreshananda Coordinator
Pradip Chakraborty General Duty Attendant*

5. Bose House Campus

Name Designation
Swami Umapadananda In-Charge
Bikram Halder Administrative Staff*
Amit Saha General Duty Attendant*

6. Summer Internship Cell

Name Designation
Br. Tattwachaitanya Nodal Officer
Saugata Mitra Jt. Nodal Officer
Bivash Naskar General Duty Attendant*

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 7. Student Counselling Cell

Name Designation
Swami Atmaswarupananda Coordinator
Ramkrishna Mandal Primary Counsellor

8. Chemistry

Name Designation
Pranesh Sarkar Skilled Laboratory Attendant
Vijay Mullick Skilled Laboratory Attendant
Avik Sarkar Laboratory & General Duty Attendant*

9. Physics

Name Designation
Kanchan Paul Generator/Pump/Gas Plant Operator-cum-
Mechanic
Shovon Pramanik Skilled Laboratory Attendant
Pabitra Mohanty Skilled Laboratory Attendant

10. Computer Science

Name Designation
Sanjib Kr. Basu Skilled Laboratory Attendant
Jahar Roy Skilled Laboratory Attendant

11. Microbiology

Name Designatio
n
Deepak Mallick Laboratory & General Duty AttendantT
Rabi Ranjan Roy Skilled Laboratory Attendant

12. Zoology

Name Designation
Arpo Das Laboratory & General Duty Attendant*

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 13. Electronics

Name Designation
Sumanta Hazra Skilled Laboratory Attendant

14. Industrial Chemistry

Name Designation
Ajaharul Islam Molla Skilled Laboratory Attendant

15. Library

Name Designation
Krishanu Dey Librarian
Manas Das Librarian
Sambhu Nath Dolui Library Peon
Indrajit Paul Library & General Duty Attendant*
Soumajeet Roy Barman Library & General Duty Attendant*
Arun Malik Library & General Duty Attendant*
Prasenjit Nandi Library & General Duty Attendant*
Shiba Mallick Library & General Duty Attendant*

16. Security

Name Designation
Dinesh Mallick Guard / Darwan
Jit Bahadur Guard / Darwan*
Arun Thakur Guard / Darwan*

17. Games & Sports

Name Designation
Swami Bhavagamyananda Monk-in-Charge
Bikash Chatterjee Games Teacher (Part Time)*
Krishna Mohan Ghosh Gymnasium & Sports Attendant*
Indrajit Paul Sports Attendant

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 18. Campus Cleaning, Gardening & Office attendant

Name Designation
Pintu Kumar Bera Gardener
Kenaram Ruidas Gardener & General Duty Attendant*
Lakhindar Hembram Cleaner & General Duty Attendant*
Baidyanath Kisku Cleaner & General Duty Attendant*
Vinod Mallick Cleaner & General Duty Attendant**
Biru Lakra (Oraon) Cleaner & General Duty Attendant**
Pankaj Mandi Cleaner & General Duty Attendant**
Rajan Mallick Cleaner & General Duty Attendant**
Abhisek Kumar Cleaner & General Duty Attendant**
Ravi Mallick Cleaner & General Duty Attendant**
Ankit Kumar Cleaner & General Duty Attendant**
Vicky Kumar Cleaner & General Duty Attendant**
Biswajit Baitalik General Duty Attendant & Driver**

19. Maintenance

Name Designation
Swami Mahavidyananda Monk-in-Charge

* Management – appointed full time staff

** Management – appointed casual staff
T Govt. Casual Staff

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27. Administrative & Academic Support Staff (Hostel) :

1. Superintendents

Name Designation
Swami Gunedyananda Hostel Office Superintendent &
Treasurer
Swami Mahavidyananda Chief Hostel Superintendent

Swami Bhavagamyananda Mess-in-Charge

Swami Indreshananda Hostel Superintendent

Br. Shrishachaitanya Hostel Superintendent

Br. Ishanachaitanya Hostel Superintendent

Br. Arijit Hostel Superintendent

2. Other Staff (Govt)

Name
Benucharan Das Biren Murmu

Gopinath Santra Rampada Gayen

Tapas Mondal

3. Other Staff (Govt Casual)

Name
Sanat Kumar Roy Mantu Lal Bera Umesh Mallick

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4. Other Staff (Management Appointed : Regular & Casual)

Name
Achintya Singha Dhirendranath Pijush Kanti Roy
Mahapatra Murmu
Dipta Sundar Gayan Mantu Pal Ramvilas
Hembrom
Jogeswar Murmu Naba Kumar Roy Shiv Mallick

Manoj Mallick Raja Pani Srimanta

Paramanik
Paritosh Murmu Swapan Roy Srimanta Arash

Suman Kumar Das Sakhi Oraon Dayal Roy

Somnath Dolui Sunil Baskey Ashis Roy

Sanjib Roy Bubun Panja Ranadip Gayen

Tapas Roy Surojit Batalik Uttam Kumar

Maity
Poltu Maity Rajen Mallick Rohit Saren

Joyanta Hembram Chandan Das Vinod Mallick

Arindam Mallick Sagar Lohar Mukesh Mallick

Sukanta Mahato Goutam Roy Koushik Mondal

Binay Purkait Mongal Baskey Sumanta Baskey

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28. ACADEMIC MEDALS & PRIZES:

For graduated Postgraduate Students:

Semester Course Subject Rank Prize Donor Name
Name
I - IV MA Bengali 1st Rabindranath Thakur GOLD Medal

1st Indubala Memorial Prize Pulin Das

1st Satya Padma Basu Memorial Medal and Prize Rabindranath Mukherjee

1st Sk. Sajad Ali Memorial Prize Dr. Sk. Maqbul Islam

Natok Dwijendralal Roy Memorial Prize

Madhyayug (Bangla Sahitya) 1st Mukunda Chakraborty Memorial Prize

I - IV MA Bengali 2nd Banikanta and Leela Banerjee Memorial Prize Sudipta Gangopadhyay

2nd Satya Padma Basu Memorial Medal and Prize Rabindranath Mukherjee

2nd Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay Silver Medal

I - IV MA Loka Sanskriti Special Paper in Bengali 1st Sk. Sajad Ali Memorial Prize Dr. Sk. Maqbul Islam

I - IV MA Katha Sahitya Special Paper in Bengali 1st Chhaya Ghoshal Memorial Prize Priyabrata Ghoshal

I - IV MA Kavya Special Paper in Bengali 1st Swami Premeshananda Memorial Prize

I - IV MA Bhashatattwa Special Paper in Bengali 1st Suniti Kumar Chattopadhyay Memorial Prize

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Semester Course Subject Rank Prize Name Donor Name

I - IV MA Prak-Adhunik Bangala Sahitya 1st Dinesh Chandra Sen Memorial Prize

I - IV MA Rabindra Sahitya (Special Paper) 1st Pravat Kumar Mukhopadhyaya Memorial Prize

I - IV MA Philosophy 1st Swami Vivekananda GOLD Medal

1st Satya Padma Basu Memorial Medal and Prize Rabindranath Mukherjee

1st Swami Shantarupananda Memorial Prize Tapan Kumar Ghosh

1st Sathi Mitra Memorial Prize Tapas Kumar Guha

1st Swami Tejasanandaji Memorial Gold Medal Prof. Swapan Dutta

I - IV MA Philosophy 2nd Banikanta and Leela Banerjee Memorial award Sudipta Gangopadhyay

2nd Satya Padma Basu Memorial Medal and Prize Rabindranath Mukherjee

2nd Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya Silver Medal

I - IV MA Sanskrit 1st Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar GOLD Medal

1st Satya Padma Basu Memorial Medal and Prize Rabindranath Mukherjee

1st Tarapada Chatterjee Memorial Prize Students & admirers of Sri Tarapada
chatterjee
1st Swami Tejasanandaji Memorial Gold Medal Prof. Swapan Dutta

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Semester Course Subject Rank Prize Name Donor Name

I - IV MA Sanskrit 2nd Banikanta and Leela Banerjee Memorial Prize Sudipta Gangopadhyay

2nd Satya Padma Basu Memorial Medal and Prize Rabindranath Mukherjee

2nd Bhavabhuti Silver Medal

I - IV MA BEST ALLROUNDER Sri Sri Ma Sarada Memorial Prize Sw. Srinivasananda

Nagendranath Das Memorial Silver Medal Pulin Das

I - IV MSc Applied Chemistry 1st Crystallography In India Memorial GOLD Medal Crystallography In India, IIS, Bangalore

1st Satya Padma Basu Memorial Medal and Prize Rabindranath Mukherjee

1st Prof. Smarajit Sen Memorial Prize Sarbani Sen

1st Swami Tejasanandaji Memorial Gold Medal Prof. Swapan Dutta

I - IV MSc Applied Chemistry 2nd Crystallography In India Memorial Silver Medal Crystallography In India, IIS, Bangalore

2nd Banikanta and Leela Banerjee Memorial Prize Sudipta Gangopadhyay

2nd Satya Padma Basu Memorial Medal and Prize Rabindranath Mukherjee
I - IV MSc Mathematics 1st Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay GOLD Medal Dr. Jagadis Chandra Misra
1st Satya Padma Basu Memorial Medal and Prize Rabindranath Mukherjee
1st Swami Tejasanandaji Memorial Gold Medal Prof. Swapan Dutta
I - IV MSc Mathematics 2nd Banikanta and Leela Banerjee Memorial Prize Sudipta Gangopadhyay

2nd Satya Padma Basu Memorial Medal and Prize Rabindranath Mukherjee

2nd Harish Chandra Silver Medal

I - IV MSc Computer Science 1st Charu Chandra Sarkar & Usha Rani Sarkar Memorial Gold Medal Souresh Chandra Sarkar
1st Amarendranath Sarkar & Parul Sarkar Memorial Gold Medal & Book Arindam Sarkar
I - IV MSc BEST ALLROUNDER Soumya-Swapan Dutta Memorial Silver Medal Swapan Kumar Dutta

Sri Sri Ma Sarada Memorial Prize Sw. Srinivasananda

I - IV MA/MSc Indian Cultural & Spiritual Heritage 1st Sw. Vireswarananda and Sw. Vimuktananda Memorial Prize S.K. Ghosh,A.K. Mandal, B. Ghosh

I - IV MA/MSc Indian Cultural & Spiritual Heritage 2nd& Radha Gobinda Memorial Prize Gopal Chandra Bayen
3rd

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 For Passed Out Undergraduate Students:

Semester Course Subject Rank Prize Donor Name

Name
I - VI BA Bengali 1st Dr.Malabika Datta GOLD Medal Dr. Malabika Datta

1st Ajit Kr. Deb Memorial Medal Swasti Rani Deb

1st Lilabati Chowdhury Memorial Prize Swasti Rani Deb

1st Menoka Dutta Memorial Prize Sailen Kr. Dutta

1st Rabindranath Thakur Memorial Prize Avijit Maity

1st Ramgopal -Bimala Agarwala Medal Ram Gopal Agarwala

1st Debabrata Memorial Prize for highest marks in special paper Priyabrata Ghoshal

I - VI BA Bengali 2nd Ajit Kr. Deb Memorial Medal and Prize Swasti Rani Deb

2nd Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay Silver Medal

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Semester Course Subject Rank Prize Donor Name
Name
I - VI BA English 1st Swami Saradananda GOLD Medal

1st Ajit Kr. Deb Memorial Medal Swasti Rani Deb

1st Amulyadhan Mukhopadhyay Memorial Prize Ajay Mukhopadhyay

1st Jyotibhusan Bhattacharya Memorial Prize Sutanu Bhattacharya

1st Lilabati Chowdhury Memorial Prize Swasti Rani Deb

1st Ramgopal -Bimala Agarwala Medal Ram Gopal Agarwala

1st Sailabala Sarkar Memorial Prize Sujata Sarkar

I - VI BA English 2nd Ajit Kr. Deb Memorial Medal and Prize Swasti Rani Deb

2nd Sister Nivedita Silver Medal

I - VI BA History 1st Swami Akhandananda GOLD Medal

1st Ajit Kr. Deb Memorial Medal Swasti Rani Deb

1st Jamiruddin Memorial Prize Nurjahan Begam & Ex-Students

1st Lilabati Chowdhury Memorial Prize Swasti Rani Deb

1st Monilal Chatterjee Memorial Prize Nalini Ranjan Chattopadhyay

1st Parag Banerjee Memorial Prize Dr. Sanjoy Banerjee

1st Ramgopal -Bimala Agarwala Medal Ram Gopal Agarwala

1st Satya-Padma Basu Memorial Prize Rabindranath Mukherjee

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Semester Course Subject Rank Prize Donor Name
Name
I - VI BA History 2nd Ajit Kr. Deb Memorial Medal and Prize Swasti Rani Deb

2nd Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri Silver Medal

I - VI BA Philosophy 1st Swami Adbhutananda GOLD Medal

1st Ajit Kr. Deb Memorial Medal Swasti Rani Deb

1st Lilabati Chowdhury Memorial Prize Swasti Rani Deb

1st Monilal Chatterjee Memorial Prize Nalini Ranjan

Chattopadhyay

1st Ramgopal -Bimala Agarwala Medal Ram Gopal Agarwala

1st Sanjit Samanta Memorial Prize Students & Staff of Vidyamandira

1st Satya-Padma Basu Memorial Prize Rabindranath Mukherjee

1st Swami Gokulananda Memorial Prize Tushar Kanti Basu

1st Swami Shantarupananda Memorial Prize Swami Medhasananda

1st Sathi Mitra Memorial Prize Tapas Kumar Guha

2nd Ajit Kr. Deb Memorial Medal and Prize Swasti Rani Deb

2nd Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Silver Medal

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Semester Course Subject Rank Prize Donor Name
Name
I - VI BA Political Science 1st Swami Niranjananda GOLD Medal

1st Ajit Kr. Deb Memorial Medal Swasti Rani Deb

1st Bhupendra Prasad Chatterjee Memorial Prize Nalini Ranjan

Chattopadhyay

1st Jyotibhusan Bhattacharya Memorial Prize Sutanu Bhattacharya

1st Lilabati Chowdhury Memorial Prize Swasti Rani Deb

1st Prasanta Guha Thakurta and Dipti Guha Thakurta M. Prize Dipti Guha Thakurta

1st Ramgopal -Bimala Agarwala Medal Ram Gopal Agarwala

1st Satya-Padma Basu Memorial Prize Rabindranath Mukherjee

I - VI BA Political Science 2nd Ajit Kr. Deb Memorial Medal and Prize Swasti Rani Deb

2nd Bhupendranath Datta Silver Medal

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Semester Course Subject Rank Prize Donor Name
Name
I - VI BA Sanskrit 1st Swami Turiyananda GOLD Medal

1st Ajit Kr. Deb Memorial Medal Swasti Rani Deb

1st Lilabati Chowdhury Memorial Prize Swasti Rani Deb

1st Naresh Chandra Shastri Memorial Prize Kamalesh Bhattacharjee

1st Ramgopal -Bimala Agarwala Medal Ram Gopal Agarwala

1st Swami Bhuteshananda Memorial Prize Samir Kr Majumder

1st Swami Gokulananda Memorial Prize Tushar Kanti Basu

I - VI BA Sanskrit 2nd Ajit Kr. Deb Memorial Medal and Prize Swasti Rani Deb

2nd Kalidasa Silver Medal

I - VI BA MOST MERITORIOUS STUDENT Sw.Tejasananda Memorial Silver Medal Subrata Ganguly

Br.Jnan Memorial Medal Prasad Ch Ghosh

Prasanta Guha Thakurta and Dipti Guha Thakurta M. Prize Dipti Guha Thakurta

I - VI BA BEST ALLROUNDER Sw.Tejasananda Memorial Medal and A.N. Banerjee M. Prize VM Alumni & K.L. Banerjee

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Semester Course Subject Rank Prize Donor Name
Name
I - VI BSc Chemistry 1st Prafulla Chandra Ray GOLD Medal

1st Aswini Kumar Lahiri Memorial Prize Sanjoy Kumar Lahiri

1st Laldi Mohan Memorial Prize B.C. Ghosh

1st Ramgopal -Bimala Agarwala Medal Ram Gopal Agarwala

1st Somnath Banerjee Memorial Medal A.N. Banerjee

1st U.Sanjiva Memorial Prize Ramnarayan Uchil

1st Bijoy Roy Choudhury & Sabita Roy Choudhury Memorial Prize Raghunath Goswami

I - VI BSc Chemistry 2nd Somnath Banerjee Memorial Medal and Prize A.N. Banerjee

2nd Suresh Chandra Sengupta Silver Medal Chandra Kanta Ghosh

I - VI BSc Computer Science 1st Swami Brahmananda GOLD Medal

1st Ajit Kr. Deb Memorial Medal Swasti Rani Deb

1st Ashoke Mukherjee Memorial Medal Dilip Mukherjee

1st Ashoke Mukherjee Memorial Prize Dilip Mukherjee

1st Kamala Bala Memorial Prize Somnath Jana

1st Ramgopal -Bimala Agarwala Medal Ram Gopal Agarwala

2nd Ajit Kr. Deb Memorial Medal and Prize Swasti Rani Deb

2nd Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Silver Medal

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Semester Course Subject Rank Prize Donor Name
Name
I - VI BSc Economics 1st Dr.Malabika Datta GOLD Medal Dr. Malabika Datta

1st Ajit Kr. Deb Memorial Medal Swasti Rani Deb

1st Ramgopal -Bimala Agarwala Medal Ram Gopal Agarwala

1st Satya-Padma Basu Memorial Prize Rabindranath Mukherjee

1st Somnath Banerjee Memorial Prize A.N. Banerjee

1st Sujit Kumar Ghosh Memorial Prize Swati Rani Ghosh

I - VI BSc Economics 2nd Ajit Kr. Deb Memorial Medal and Prize Swasti Rani Deb

2nd Sukhamoy Chakraborty Silver Medal

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Semester Course Subject Rank Prize Donor Name
Name
I - VI BSc Industrial Chemistry 1st Swami Shivananda GOLD Medal

1st Ajit Mukherjee Memorial Medal Dilip Mukherjee

1st Ajit Mukherjee Memorial Prize Dilip Mukherjee

1st Ajit Kr. Deb Memorial Medal Swasti Rani Deb

1st Kamala Bala Memorial Prize Somnath Jana

1st Ramgopal -Bimala Agarwala Medal Ram Gopal Agarwala

I - VI BSc Industrial Chemistry 2nd Ajit Kr. Deb Memorial Medal and Prize Swasti Rani Deb

2nd Dilip Mukherjee Silver Medal

I - VI BSc Mathematics 1st Srinivasa Ramanujan GOLD Medal

1st Ajit Kr. Deb Memorial Medal Swasti Rani Deb

1st Ajit Kumar Mandal Memorial Prize Lakshmi Roy

1st Amiya Kr. Ghosh Memorial Prize S.K. Ghosh

1st Aswini Kumar Lahiri Memorial Prize Sanjoy Kumar Lahiri

1st Banikanta Memorial Prize Tridib Banerjee

1st Ramgopal -Bimala Agarwala Medal Ram Gopal Agarwala

1st Satish Ch. Bose and Chapala Bose Memorial Prize Priti Ghosh

I - VI BSc Mathematics 2nd Ajit Kr. Deb Memorial Medal and Prize Swasti Rani Deb

2nd Aryabhata Silver Medal

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Semester Course Subject Rank Prize Donor Name
Name
I - VI BSc Microbiology 1st Jagadish Chandra Bose GOLD Medal

1st Ajit Kumar Mandal Memorial Prize Lakshmi Roy

1st Ramgopal -Bimala Agarwala Medal Ram Gopal Agarwala

1st Somnath Banerjee Memorial Medal A.N. Banerjee

1st Somnath Banerjee Memorial Prize A.N. Banerjee

I - VI BSc Microbiology 2nd Somnath Banerjee Memorial Medal and Prize A.N. Banerjee

2nd Louis Pasteur Silver Medal

I - VI BSc Physics 1st Satyendra Nath Bose GOLD Medal

1st Amiya Kr. Ghosh Memorial Prize S.K. Ghosh

1st Aswini Kumar Lahiri Memorial Prize Sanjoy Kumar Lahiri

1st Mayadevi Memorial Prize Rabindranath Mukherjee

1st Ramgopal -Bimala Agarwala Medal Ram Gopal Agarwala

1st Saraju Bala Memorial Prize Kumarendu Basu

1st Somnath Banerjee Memorial Medal A.N. Banerjee

1st Mrs. Saraswati Chanda Memorial Prize and Gold Medal Tarun Jyoti Chanda
1st Snigdha Laskar Memorial Prize Biswajit Laskar
I - VI BSc Physics 2nd Somnath Banerjee Memorial Medal and Prize A.N. Banerjee

2nd Meghnad Saha Silver Medal

I - VI BSc Zoology 1st Dr. Shibani Manna Gold Medal Durga Charan Manna

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 Semester Course Subject Rank Prize Name Donor Name

I - VI BSc MOST MERITORIOUS STUDENT Sw.Tejasananda Memorial Silver Medal Subrata Ganguly

Br.Jnan Memorial Medal Prasad Ch Ghosh

Satish Chandra Bose and Chapala Bose Memorial Prize Priti Ghosh

I - VI BSc BEST ALLROUNDER Sw.Tejasananda Memorial Medal and A.N. Banerjee M. Prize VM Alumni & K.L. Banerjee

I - VI BA/BSc Indian Cultural & Spiritual Heritage 1st Sw. Vireswarananda and Sw. Vimuktananda Memorial Prize S.K. Ghosh, A.K. Mandal, B. Ghosh

I - VI BA/BSc Indian Cultural & Spiritual Heritage 2nd Sw. Vireswarananda and Sw. Vimuktananda Memorial Prize S.K. Ghosh, A.K. Mandal, B. Ghosh

I - VI BA/BSc Indian Cultural & Spiritual Heritage 3rd Sw. Vireswarananda and Sw. Vimuktananda Memorial Prize S.K. Ghosh, A.K. Mandal, B. Ghosh

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For Current Postgraduate Students :

Semester Course Subject Rank Prize Donor Name

Name

I - II MA Bengali 1st Satya Padma Basu Memorial Prize Rabindranath Mukherjee

1st Sk. Sajad Ali Memorial Prize Dr. Sk. Maqbul Islam

I - II MA Philosophy 1st Satya Padma Basu Memorial Prize Rabindranath Mukherjee

1st Sathi Mitra Memorial Prize Tapas Kumar Guha

I - II MA Sanskrit 1st Pinaki Mondal Memorial Prize Ex-students of 1998-

2001
1st Satya Padma Basu Memorial Prize Rabindranath Mukherjee

I - II MSc Applied Chemistry 1st Satya Padma Basu Memorial Prize Rabindranath Mukherjee

I - II MSc Mathematics 1st Satya Padma Basu Memorial Prize Rabindranath Mukherjee

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 For Current Undergraduate Students :

Semester Course Subject Rank Prize Donor Name

Name

I - IV BA Bengali 1st Monilal Chatterjee Memorial Prize Nalini Ranjan Chattopadhyay

I - IV BA English 1st Monilal Chatterjee Memorial Prize Nalini Ranjan Chattopadhyay

1st Sailendra Chandra Chakravorty Memorial Prize S. K. Chakraborty

1st Sreemati Kundu Memorial Prize NItyaniranjan Kundu

I - IV BA History 1st Kalipada Kundu Memorial Prize Nityaniranjan Kundu

1st Monilal Chatterjee Memorial Prize Nalini ranjan Chattopadhyay

I - IV BA Philosophy 1st Monilal Chatterjee Memorial Prize Nalini ranjan Chattopadhyay

1st Sanjit Samanta Memorial Prize Students & Staff of Vidyamandira

5 1st Sathi Mitra Memorial Prize Tapas Kumar Guha

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I - IV BA Political Sceince 1st Monilal Chatterjee Memorial Prize Nalini ranjan Chattopadhyay

I - IV BA Sanskrit 1st Swami Bhuteshananda Memorial Prize Samir Kr Majumder & Rabindranath
Ganguly
I - IV BA Sanskrit (General) 1st Kapali Charan Memorial Prise Bijay Lakshmi Ray Chowdhury

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 Semester Course Subject Rank Prize Donor Name
Name

I - IV BSc Chemistry 1st Manmatha Sarkar Memorial Prize Namita Sarkar & Sabita Sarkar

I - IV BSc Computer Science 1st Ashoke Mukherjee Memorial Prize Dilip Mukherjee

I - IV BSc Economics 1st Bhupendra Prasad Chatterjee Memorial Prize Nalini Ranjan Chattopadhyay

1st Sujit Kumar Ghosh Memorial Prize Swati Rani Ghosh

I - IV BSc Industrial Chemistry 1st Ajit Mukherjee Memorial Prize Dilip Mukherjee

I - IV BSc Mathematics 1st Pranabesh Pramanik Memorial Prize Kumud Ranjan Pramanik

I - IV BSc Microbiology 1st Sw. Vireswarananda and Sw. Vimuktananda Memorial Prize S.K. Ghosh, A.K. Mandal, B. Ghosh

I - IV BSc Physics 1st Manmatha Sarkar Memorial Prize Namita Sarkar & Sabita Sarkar

I - IV BSc Zoology 1st Prof. Biswapati Dasgupta Memorial Prize

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0 I - IV BSc Mathematics (General) 1st Jogindra Nath Barman Memorial Prize N C Barman

I - IV BSc Statistics (General) 1st Anil Kumar Bhattacharya Memorial Prize Biswanath Das

I - II BA Bengali 1st Mayadevi Memorial Prize S.C. Roy

I - II BA English 1st Arkaprabha Memorial Prize H.S. Batch of VM 2001-03

I - II BA History 1st Satya Padma Basu Memorial Prize Rabindranath Mukherjee

I - II BA Philosophy 1st Sanjit Samanta Memorial Prize Students & Staff of Vidyamandira

1st Satya Padma Basu Memorial Prize Rabindranath Mukherjee

1st Sathi Mitra Memorial Prize Tapas Kumar Guha

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 Semester Course Subject Rank Prize Donor Name
Name

I - II BA Political Science 1st Satya Padma Basu Memorial Prize Rabindranath Mukherjee

I - II BA Sanskrit 1st Probodh Chandra Memorial Prize Pramathanath Roy Chowdhury

I - II BSc Chemistry 1st Sw. Vireswarananda and Sw. Vimuktananda Memorial Prize S.K. Ghosh, A.K. Mandal, B. Ghosh

I - II BSc Computer Science 1st Ashoke Mukherjee Memorial Prize Dilip Mukherjee

1st Manorama Devi memorial Prize Dilip Mukherjee

I - II BSc Economics 1st Sw. Vireswarananda and Sw. Vimuktananda Memorial Prize S.K. Ghosh, A.K. Mandal, B. Ghosh

I - II BSc Industrial Chemistry 1st Ajit Mukherjee Memorial Prize Dilip Mukherjee

1st Ramarani Devi Memorial Prize Dilip Mukherjee

I - II BSc Mathematics 1st Radharani Barman Memorial Prize N.C. Barman

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I - II BSc Microbiology 1st J.N.Mitra Memorial Prize S.K. Moitra
1
I - II BSc Physics 1st Satya Padma Basu Memorial Prize Rabindranath Mukherjee

I - II BSc Zoology 1st Prof. D.N. Raychaudhuri Memorial Prize

I - II BSc Alt.English (Compulsary Language) 1st Bimalendu Ghosh Memorial Prize Students of Vidyamandira

I - II BSc English (Compulsary Language) 1st Bimalendu Ghosh Memorial Prize Students of Vidyamandira

I - II BSc Bengali (Compulsary Language) 1st Bimalendu Ghosh Memorial Prize Students of Vidyamandira

I - IV BA Bengali (Generic) 1st Rekha Bhattacharya Biswas

I - IV BA / BSc Awardee of Highest Marks at UG Level considering 1st Rekha Bhattacharya Biswas
all subjects

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 LIST OF MEDALS & PRIZES FOR CO-
CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Prize Name of the Prize Name of the donor

for
1st/2nd/3rd in the Annual Music competition in Bhaktigeeti Banikanta Memorial Prize & Brahma Memorial Prize T. Banerjee & P. Brahma

1st/2nd/3rd in the Annual Music competition in Rabindrasangeet Banikanta Memorial Prize & Brahma Memorial Prize T. Banerjee & P. Brahma

1st/2nd/3rd in the Annual Debate Competition Sailabala Sarkar Memorial Prize Sujata Sarkar

1st/2nd/3rd in the Annual Drama Competition Debmoy Banerjee Memorial Prize Pratima Banerjee

Best actor in the Annual Drama Competition Girish Chandra Ghosh Memorial Prize

1st/2nd/3rd in the Annual Drawing Competition Indra Bhusan Malik Memorial Prize Namita Sarkar & Sabita Sarkar

1st/2nd/3rd in the Annual Essay Competition Gobardhan Karmakar Memorial Prize

1st/2nd/3rd in the Annual Extempore Speech Competition Somnath Banerjee Memorial Prize A.N. Banerjee

1st/2nd/3rd in the Annual Recitation Competition in Bengali Banikanta Memorial Prize Tridib Banerjee
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2 1st/2nd/3rd in the Annual Recitation Competition in English Banikanta Memorial Prize Tridib Banerjee

1st/2nd/3rd in the Annual Recitation Competition in Sanskrit Banikanta Memorial Prize Tridib Banerjee

1st/2nd/3rd in the Annual Tabla Lahara competition Protima Banerjee Memorial Prize

Winner Group (Individual) of the Annual Quiz Competition Miss Josephine Macleod Memorial Prize Swami Medhasananda

1st/2nd/3rd in the Annual Recitation of Gita Verses organised by Bharatiparishad

1st/2nd/3rd in the Annual Recitation of Vyakaranasutras organised by Bharatiparishad

1st/2nd/3rd in the Annual Recitation of Tarkasamgraha organised by Bharatiparishad

1st/2nd/3rd in the Annual Recitation of Siddhantakaumudi’s Samgyaprakaranam

organised by Bharatiparishad
1st/2nd/3rd in Speech on Lakshna organised by Bharatiparishad

Runners-Up Group (Individual) of the Annual Quiz Competition Somnath Banerjee Memorial Prize A.N. Banerjee
Best article in the Sanskrit section of Vidyamandira Patrika Swami Dhyanatmananda Memorial Prize
Best article in the English section of Vidyamandira Patrika Ananda Bose Memorial Prize Students of Vidyamandira

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 Prize Name of the Prize Name of the donor
for
Best article in the Bengali section of Vidyamandira Patrika Chaya Chakraborty Memorial Prize Biswanath Chakraborty
Best poem in the Bengali section of Vidyamandira Patrika Jibanananda Das Memorial Prize
Best story in the Bengali section of Vidyamandira Patrika Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay Memorial Prize
Best article in the college Wall Magazine ‘Shraddha’. Bimalendu Ghosh Memorial Prize Students of Vidyamandira
Excellence in painting in the College Wall magaine ‘Shraddha’ Swam Kalikatmananda Memorial Prize

Best Bhavan Wall Magazine

Best NCC Cadet (3 Prizes) Swami Tejasananda Memorial Prize Swami Medhasananda

Best NSS Volunteer (3 Prizes) Swami Tejasananda Memorial Prize Swami Medhasananda

Best Room on the Students’ Day (Each Bhavan)

Participation in the drama staged during Saradotsav by college staff Swami Nirjarananda Memorial Prize
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3
Participation in the drama staged during Saradotsav by hostel staff Swami Nirjarananda Memorial Prize

Winners of the Annual Quiz Competition Somnath Banerjee Memorial (Running) Trophy Students of Vidyamandira

Best Short Film - 1st position Satyajit Ray Memorial (Running) Trophy

Best Short Film - 2nd position Mrinal Sen Memorial (Running) Trophy

Best Bhavan on the basis of overall cleanliness judged on the Students’ Day Running Trophy

Runners-Up on the basis of overall cleanliness judged on the Students’ Day Running Trophy

Highest points in Cultural Competitions Divya Vibha memorial (Running) Trophy

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 29. Donations Received During 01-04-2024 To 31-03-2025 :

A. Non-Endowment:

Sl.No. Donor Amount Rs. Purpose Year

1 Adityaprava Mozumder ₹ 1,11,111 Development & Maintenance (Gen. Dev.) 2024
2 Uttam Kumar Ghorai ₹ 3,000 Prize & Medal 2024
3 Suman Basu ₹ 15,000 Scholarship 2024
4 Asish Kumar Dey ₹ 50,000 Development & Maintenance (Gen. Dev.) 2024
5 Pijush Kanti Dana ₹ 1,000 Renovation & Construction (Bose House) 2024
6 Chaitali Mukherjee ₹ 3,000 Development & Maintenance (Gen. Dev.) 2024
7 Ajoy Kumar Modak ₹ 5,000 General Fund (Bose House) 2024
8 Uttam Kumar Ghorai ₹ 1,00,001 Development & Maintenance (For 2024
Purchasing Water Filter for Students)
9 Dibyendu Mondal ₹ 10,001 Development & Maintenance 2024
10 Abhijit Mukhopadhyay ₹ 58,000 Scholarship 2024
6 11 Tapas Ranjan Chattapadhyay ₹ 5,000 Acharya Rina Swikar Scheme 2024
4
12 Dulal Chandra Sen ₹ 10,000 Acharya Rina Swikar Scheme 2024
13 Dipak Ghatak ₹ 5,000 Acharya Rina Swikar Scheme 2024
14 Gautam Ghosh ₹ 3,000 Acharya Rina Swikar Scheme 2024
15 Sribas Kr. Mondal ₹ 3,000 Acharya Rina Swikar Scheme 2024
16 Supiyo Bandopadhyay ₹ 2,501 Acharya Rina Swikar Scheme 2024
17 Asish Chandra Ray ₹ 3,000 Acharya Rina Swikar Scheme 2024
18 Samir Ranjan Giri ₹ 3,000 Acharya Rina Swikar Scheme 2024
19 Sanjay Kumar Chattopadhyay ₹ 5,000 Acharya Rina Swikar Scheme 2024
20 Tulasidas Bandyopadhyay ₹ 5,000 Acharya Rina Swikar Scheme 2024
21 Amal Kr. Gangulay ₹ 14,250 General Fund (Bose House) 2024
22 Alok Kumar Pal ₹ 20,000 General Fund (Bose House) 2024
23 Sylvan Plyboard (India) Ltd. ₹ 22,000 Development & Maintenance (Gen. Dev.) 2024
24 Anushilan Foundation ₹ 1,26,600 Scholarship 2024
25 Anushilan Foundation ₹ 30,000 General Fund (Bose House) 2024
26 Prabhat Kumar Chakraborty ₹ 5,000 General Fund (Bose House) 2024
27 Dr. Shubhra Chakrabarti ₹ 2,00,000 General Fund (Bose House) 2024
28 Utpalparna Sengupta Sarkar ₹ 3,000 General Fund (Bose House) 2024
29 N. Venkataramani ₹ 10,000 Scholarship 2024
30 Adityaprava Mozumder ₹ 1,10,001 Development & Maintenance (Gen. Dev.) 2024
31 Monika Sengupta ₹ 30,000 Renovation & Construction (Bose House) 2024
32 Kasturi Goswami ₹ 2,500 General Fund (Bose House) 2024
33 Satya Narayan Prasad ₹ 86,100 Cultural Program (Bose House) 2024
Foundation
34 Anjana Pal ₹ 400 NSS Activities (Bose House) 2024
35 Jayashree Hazra ₹ 1,00,000 General Fund (Bose House) 2024
36 Shyamsundar Sardar ₹ 30,000 Development & Maintenance (Gen. Dev.) 2024
37 PMC Rubber Chemicals India ₹ 50,000 General Fund (Bose House) 2025
Pvt. Ltd.
38 Souvik Chakraborty ₹ 10,000 Renovation & Construction (Bose House) 2025
39 Suro Bharati Sangeet Kala ₹ 10,000 Swami Vivekananda Indian Art & Cultural 2025
Kendra Festival for Bose House
40 Grasim Industries Limited ₹ 10,000 Swami Vivekananda Indian Art & Cultural 2025
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 Festival for Bose House
41 Berger Paints India Ltd. ₹ 10,000 Swami Vivekananda Indian Art & Cultural 2025
(Chittaranjan Maiti & Subrata Festival for Bose House
Bag)
42 Sandipan Sen ₹ 25,000 General Fund for Heritage Research Gallery 2025
(Bose House)
43 Jaswanti Sud Charitable ₹ 28,800 Scholarship 2025
Trust
44 Tapan Kumar Ghosh ₹ 10,000 Development & Maintenance (Gen. Dev.) 2025
45 Swapna Khisha (Indirectly ₹ 5,00,000 Development & Maintenance (Gen. Dev.) 2025
connected with Sitambhu
Sekhar Chattopadhay)
46 Santu Sinha Roy (1982-85, ₹ 1,000 Development & Maintenance (Gen. Dev.) 2025
Economics)
47 ODC Logistics Private ₹ 38,500 General Fund (Bose House) 2025
Limited
48 Swapan Kumar Dutta ₹ 24,000 Scholarship 2025
6 49 Samit Kumar Das ₹ 5,000 Renovation & Construction (Bose House) 2025
6 50 College Teachers (60 Heads) ₹ 1,00,000 Scholarship 2025
51 Shankhadeep Mukherjee ₹ 20,000 Renovation & Construction (Bose House) 2025
52 Ashok Kumar Ghosh ₹ 2,000 Development & Maintenance (Gen. Dev.) 2025
53 Subhas Ranjan Misra ₹ 5,000 Renovation & Construction (Bose House) 2025
54 Ramakrishna Mission ₹ 10,20,000 Scholarship 2025
Vidyamandira Alumni
Association
55 Poonam Roy ₹ 8,000 Renovation & Construction (Bose House) 2025
56 Sangeeta Deb ₹ 1,00,000 Development & Maintenance (Gen. Dev.) 2025
57 Peter Lang Private Limited ₹ 6,000 General Fund (Bose House) 2025
58 Bani Charitable Trust ₹ 2,00,000 General Fund (Bose House) 2025

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 B. Endowment:

Sl.No. Donor Amount Rs. Name of Endowment Purpose Year

1 Bratati Chakravarty ₹ 2,99,976.40 Swami Vivekananda Indian Art & Swami 2024
Cultural Festival for Bose House Vivekananda
Indian Art &
Cultural Festival
for Bose House
2 Bratati Chakravarty ₹ 23.60 Swami Vivekananda Indian Art & Swami 2024
Cultural Festival for Bose House Vivekananda
Indian Art &
Cultural Festival
for Bose House
3 Ramakrishna Mondal ₹ 15,000 Swami Premeyananda Memorial Special Lecture 2024
Lecture (Bose House)
4 Bhaskar Chatterjee ₹ 10,000 Swami Premeyananda Memorial Special Lecture 2024
Lecture (Bose House)
5 Masuma Begum ₹ 1,00,000 Md. Wasim Ali Memorial Lecture Special Lecture 2024
(Zoology Dept.)
6 Sridhar Banerjee ₹ 64,500 Swami Premeyananda Memorial Special Lecture 2024
Lecture (Bose House)
7 Sridhar Banerjee ₹ 8,500 Swami Premeyananda Memorial Special Lecture 2024
Lecture (Bose House)
8 Sridhar Banerjee ₹ 2,000 Swami Premeyananda Memorial Special Lecture 2024
Lecture (Bose House)
9 Rupayan Dutta ₹ 10,000 Swapan Kumar Dutta Memorial Scholarship 2025
Scholarship
10 Gaurdas Sarkar ₹ 10,000 Prof. Sujit Kr. Ghosh Memorial Special Lecture 2025
Lecture (for Economics Dept.)
11 Dr. Tarak Nath Roy ₹ 10,001 Prof. Sujit Kr. Ghosh Memorial Special Lecture 2025
Lecture (for Economics Dept.)
12 Shyamal Kumar ₹ 5,000 Prof. Sujit Kr. Ghosh Memorial Special Lecture 2025
Bandyopadhyay Lecture (for Economics Dept.)
13 Subrata Sinha ₹ 5,000 Prof. Sujit Kr. Ghosh Memorial Special Lecture 2025
& Diptimoy Mondal Lecture (for Economics Dept.)
14 Bhaktibhushan ₹ 10,000 Prof. Sujit Kr. Ghosh Memorial Special Lecture 2025
Gangopadhyay Lecture (for Economics Dept.)
15 Tapan Kumar Ghosh ₹ 15,000 Prof. Sujit Kr. Ghosh Memorial Special Lecture 2025
Lecture (for Economics Dept.)
16 Tarak Nath Datta ₹ 5,000 Prof. Sujit Kr. Ghosh Memorial Special Lecture 2025
Lecture (for Economics Dept.)
17 Prasenjit Kumar ₹ 5,000 Prof. Sujit Kr. Ghosh Memorial Special Lecture 2025
Ghosh Lecture (for Economics Dept.)
18 Manoranjan Saha ₹ 5,000 Prof. Sujit Kr. Ghosh Memorial Special Lecture 2025
Lecture (for Economics Dept.)
19 Kamal Kanti Samui ₹ 5,000 Prof. Sujit Kr. Ghosh Memorial Special Lecture 2025
Lecture (for Economics Dept.)
20 Durgadas Goswami ₹ 5,001 Prof. Sujit Kr. Ghosh Memorial Special Lecture 2025
Lecture (for Economics Dept.)
21 Avijit Maity ₹ 10,000 Rabindranth Thakur Endowment Scholarship 2025
Fund
22 Sourav Ghosh ₹ 15,000 Scholarship Scholarship 2025

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 30. Fees Structure:

30.1. MONTHLY CHARGES FOR UNDERGRADUATE (B.A. / B.Sc.) COURSES

Items B.A. B.A. Eng. & Math. Phy. Chem. Microbiolog Comp. Ind. Chem.
(Except B.Sc. Econ. y Sc. & Zoology
Eng.)

A. COLLEGE FEES PER MONTH

College Tuition Fees 75 75 110 110 110 110 110 110

Ancillary Teaching
100 150 150 150 250 250 250 250
Expenses

Laboratory Fees
and Development &
General 625 1225 1390 1590 2090 2090 2090 2090
Maintenance
Charges

TOTAL 800 1450 1650 1850 2450 2450 2450 2450

B. HOSTEL FEES PER MONTH

Establishment,
Building
Maintenance,
Garden, Stipend,
1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800
Sanitation,
Electricity,
Generator, Fan &
Telephone

C. MESS CHARGES PER MONTH (FOR ALL STREAMS APPROXIMATELY)

2100 2100 2100 2100 2100 2100 2100 2100

EVERY STUDENT
MUST PAY (A + B +
C) (PER MONTH -
INCLUDING
4700 5350 5550 5750 6350 6350 6350 6350
COLLEGE, HOSTEL &
MESS)

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 30.2. MONTHLY CHARGES FOR POSTGRADUATE (M.A. / M.Sc.) COURSES

BENGALI, SANSKRIT, APPL CHEM

Items MATH
HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY & COMP. SC.

A. COLLEGE FEES PER MONTH

College Tuition Fees 125 160 160

Ancillary Teaching
350 350 350
Expenses

Laboratory Fees and

Development & General 875 940 2040
Maintenance Charges

TOTAL 1350 1450 2550

B. HOSTEL FEES PER MONTH

Establishment, Building
Maintenance, Garden,
Stipend, Sanitation, 1800 1800 1800
Electricity, Generator,
Fan & Telephone

C. MESS CHARGES PER MONTH (FOR ALL STREAMS APPROXIMATELY)

2100 2100 2100

EVERY STUDENT MUST

PAY (A + B + C) (PER
MONTH - INCLUDING 5250 5350 6450
COLLEGE, HOSTEL &
MESS)

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30.3 SESSION CHARGES PER ANNUM (Common for all students):

Item Amount in Rs.

A. FOR COLLEGE

Athletics 500

Library (Maintenance & Development) 500

Library (Long term charges) 500

Common Room (newspapers etc.) 100

Electricity (fan, light, water) 900

Garden/NCC/NSS 200

College Diary/Identity Card 200

College Magazine 300

Cultural Function 300

Students' Stipend/Scholarship 200

Internet Charges 800

TOTAL 4500

B. FOR HOSTEL

Medical Expenses 200

Bhratribaran & Vidyarthi Homa 500

Saraswati Puja 300

Staff benefit Fund 800

Student benefit Fund 200

TOTAL 2000

SESSION CHARGES PER ANNUM (A + B) :

COLLEGE + HOSTEL (Common for all 6500
students)

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 30.4 ADMISSION CHARGES FOR UNDERGRADUATE (BA / BSc) COURSES

B.A.
B.A. Ind.
Eng. & Microbio- Comp.
Items (Except Math. Phy. Chem. Chem. &
B.Sc. logy Sc.
Eng.) Zoology
Econ.

A. FOR COLLEGE

Admission Fees 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Session
4500 4500 4500 4500 4500 4500 4500 4500
Charges

Registration
fees (for
200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200
Autonomous
College)

Fees (For 2
1600 2900 3300 3700 4900 4900 4900 4900
Months)

Laboratory
- 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Caution Money

Library
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Caution Money

TOTAL 7400 8800 9200 9600 10800 10800 10800 10800

B. FOR HOSTEL

Admission Fees 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Session Charges 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000

Monthly Charges
3600 3600 3600 3600 3600 3600 3600 3600
(For 2 months)

Caution Money 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

Mess Advance
2100 2100 2100 2100 2100 2100 2100 2100
(For 1 Month)

TOTAL 8800 8800 8800 8800 8800 8800 8800 8800

GRAND TOTAL
(ADMISSION
CHARGES)
16200 17600 18000 18400 19600 19600 19600 19600
INCLUDING COL-
LEGE & HOSTEL
(A+B)

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 30.5 ADMISSION CHARGES FOR POSTGRADUATE (MA / MSc) COURSES

Items BENGALI, SANSKRIT, MATH APPL CHEM & COMP.

HISTORY & SC.
PHILOSOPHY

A. FOR COLLEGE

Admission Fees 1000 1000 1000

Session Charges 4500 4500 4500

Registration fees (For 200 200 200

Autonomous College)

Fees (For 2 months) 2700 2900 5100

Caution Money Laboratory - 100 100

Caution Money Library 100 100 100

TOTAL 8500 8800 11000

B. FOR HOSTEL

Admission Fees 1000 1000 1000

Session Charges 2000 2000 2000

Monthly Charges (For 2 3600 3600 3600

months)

Caution Money 100 100 100

Mess Advance (For 1 Month) 2100 2100 2100

TOTAL 8800 8800 8800

GRAND TOTAL (ADMISSION 17300 17600 19800

CHARGES) INCLUDING COL-
LEGE & HOSTEL (A+B)

31. Withdrawals:
A student, after his admission, is expected to complete his course of study in the college.
Nevertheless, if a student withdraws himself, he will get refund as per the rules mentioned
below.
Any withdrawal from the college must always be preceded by clearance from different
units of the institute e.g. hostel office, library, NCC etc.
If for any reason, a guardian finds it necessary to withdraw his ward before the term is
completed, he should inform the authorities of the institution in writing at least 15 days
before the expiry of the academic year, if not earlier.
Hostel deposit / advance money of students must be withdrawn within one year of
leaving the institution, failing which the amount remaining will be deposited towards hostel
development/maintenance.

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32. Daily Routine:

The following is the daily routine to be followed by students of the college. This is subject to
seasonal alterations.

MORNING
Rising bell — 5-00 am

Prayer — 5-30 am

Cleaning of room — 5-55 am

Tea — 6-00 am

Study — 6-00 am to 9-00 am

Bath and Meal — 9-00 am to 9-45 am

NCC drill (Sundays) — According to schedule

NSS work (Sundays) — — do —

MIDDAY
Classes — 10-00 am to 4-30 pm

Study (Sunday & Holidays) — 1 pm to 4 pm

AFTERNOON

Tiffin — 4-00 pm to 5-00 pm

Indoor and outdoor games, gymnasium etc.
— 4-30 pm to 6-00 pm
EVENING
Prayer (Subject to periodic changes) — 6-00 pm
Study (Subject to periodic changes) — 6-30 pm to 8-50 pm
Supper — 9-00 pm to 9-30 pm
Study — 10-00 pm to 10-45 pm
Lights off — 11-00 pm

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33. Contact:

Guardians should always mention the full name, class, roll number, subject (UG / PG) and Bhavan of their sons/wards
while writing to the Vidyamandira authorities. Correspondence in regard to son / ward should be made to :
Principal
Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira
P.O. Belur Math,
Dist. Howrah
West Bengal,
Pin Code : 711 202

All remittances are to be addressed to and cheques/drafts drawn in favour of ‘Ramakrishna Mission
Vidyamandira Hostel’. Donations are exempt from Income Tax under section 80G (5) (VI) of the Income Tax
Act, 1961. Vide Order No. DIT(E)/848/8E/109/69-70 dated 12 January 2009, which has been further extended in
perpetuity by the letter no. DIT(E)2923/BE/109/69-70 dated 26.09.2011. Our Income Tax PAN is AAAAR1077P.

Phone Numbers

College Office : 2654-9181 / 9632

Hostel Office & Hostel : 2654-5757
Telefax : 033-2654-3484
E-mail: : vidyamandira@gmail.com, principal@vidyamandira.ac.in
Website : www.vidyamandira.ac.in

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