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{{short description|College in Kolkata, India}}
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|name = The Bhawanipur Education Society College
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|established = {{start date and age|1966}}
|type = Undergraduate college
|chairman = Champaklal Doshi
|city = [[Kolkata]]
|state = [[West Bengal]]
|country = India
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|campus = Urban
|affiliation = [[University of Calcutta]]
|website = {{URL|http://www.thebges.edu.in/}}
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'''Bhawanipur Education Society College''' (or '''Bhawanipur College''') is a private, co-educational, undergraduate college affiliated with the [[University of Calcutta]] in [[Kolkata]], India.<ref name=a>{{cite book|title=Multiple Career Choices by Devajit Bhuyan|pages=112|isbn=9788122307795|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LtNbBNYQLmkC&q=Bhawanipore+Education+Society+&pg=PA112|last1=Bhuyan|first1=Devajit|date=17 May 2002}}</ref><ref name=b>{{Cite web |url=http://www.studentsspan.com/php/showSCDeatils.php?p_name=Kolkata,%20West%20Bengal%20Schools&SC_id=36&priority=8 |title=The BES College was founded in 1966 by the Gujarati Society, Calcutta. |access-date=18 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325052202/http://www.studentsspan.com/php/showSCDeatils.php?p_name=Kolkata,%20West%20Bengal%20Schools&SC_id=36&priority=8 |archive-date=25 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=c>{{cite book|title=Universities handbook: India, Volume 26|year=1995|pages=217|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9GcOAQAAMAAJ&q=Bhawanipore}}</ref> It is at 5, Lala Lajpat Rai Sarani (Elgin Road) of the [[Bhowanipore]] area of Kolkata.<ref>[http://www.asklaila.com/listing/Kolkata/Elgin+Road/The+Bhawanipur+Education+Society+College/p7jPmdYI/ The Bhawanipur Education Society College, Elgin Road, Kolkata]</ref>

==History==
The college was started in 1966<ref name=a/><ref name=c/> for boys and girls by the efforts and donation of money and land by [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] community living in [[Kolkata]]. The Six-storied building was constructed with major donations from other city-based Gujarati industrialists and businessman. The college is managed through The Bhawanipur Gujarati Education Society. The Society enjoys the status of linguistic Minority Educational Institutions under Article 30(1) of the Constitution of India.

It grew out of a school named [[J. J. Ajmera High School]], established in 1928, which became a secondary school in 1958 and later a higher secondary school, founded in 1960 and run by the same trust.<ref name=a/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.shickshack.com/2499-kolkata-institutions/the-bhawanipur-gujarati-education-society-college-kolkata |title=The Bhawanipur Gujarati Education Society, grew out of the Bhawanipur Gujarati School (founded 1928), the Secondary School (1958) and the Higher Secondary School (1960) BES College in (1966). |access-date=20 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004215150/http://www.shickshack.com/2499-kolkata-institutions/the-bhawanipur-gujarati-education-society-college-kolkata |archive-date=4 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The college was known as Bhawanipur Gujarati Education Society College (BGES College) but since 2002, the word ''Gujarati'' has been dropped. Its popular name is Bhawanipur College.

Established by Gujaratis, a linguistic minority in [[West Bengal]], it enjoys protection under Article 30 (1) of the constitution of India. Meant for educating children of the Gujarati community, it has, over the years opened its doors to all eligible students, irrespective of caste, creed, religion or language.*

Umang is the annual cultural fest and the college also conducts Model United Nation Conference which was started in 2016.<ref name="Umang lives it up">{{cite news|last1=Ray|first1=Anindya Shankar|title=Umang lives it up|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1150131/jsp/t2/story_10788.jsp#.WJAkLX1gjIU|accessdate=31 January 2017|agency=ABP|issue=The Telegraph|date=31 January 2015}}</ref>

==Courses==

=== Degrees ===
The following degrees are offered by the college:<ref>{{cite web|title=BESC The Bhawanipur Education Society College, Kolkata|url=http://thebges.edu.in/|website=thebges.edu.in/courses/|accessdate=9 May 2018}}</ref>
*B.Com (Hons)
*B.B.A. (Hons)
*B.A. (Hons) English
*B.A. (Hons) Journalism and Mass Communication
*B.A. (Hons) Political Science
*B.A. (Hons) Sociology
*B.A. (Hons) History
*B.A. (Hons) Bengali
*B.Sc. (Hons) Mathematics
*B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry
*B.Sc. (Hons) Physics
*B.Sc. (Hons) Economics
*B.Sc. (Hons) Computer Science
*B.Sc. (Hons) Electronics
*M.Com Accountancy and Finance
*M.A. English

A sister unit of the college The Bhawanipur Design Academy<ref>[http://bhawanipurdesignacademy.org The Bhawanipur Design Academy]</ref> runs vocational courses in Design Fundamentals, Fashion, Interior, and Textile Design, and also Creative Art, Modelling, Personality Development and Foreign languages including French, Spanish, Chinese, etc.

==Fest==
'''Umang''' is the annual cultural fest of the college.<ref name="Umang lives it up"/>

==Notable alumni==
*[[Dilip Sanghvi]], one of the richest man in India & founder [[Sun Pharma]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Govt appoints Dilip Shanghvi, PK Monhanty at RBI's central board|url=http://www.zeebiz.com/india/news-govt-appoints-dilip-shanghvi-pk-monhanty-at-rbi-s-central-board-35736|accessdate=30 April 2018|work=Zee Business|date=25 January 2018|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Nusrat Jahan]], Member of Parliament, Tollywood Actress
*[[Jeet (actor)|Jeet]], Tollywood action film hero
*[[Vishal Vashishtha]], TV actor<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1141014/jsp/t2/story_18922500.jsp#.Vyjb29KLTMw|title=TV stars from Calcutta|website=The Telegraph|access-date=}}</ref>
*[[Archana Vijaya]], Model, video jockey, TV & sports anchor<ref>{{cite news|title=Archana's extra innings|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1160531/jsp/t2/story_88431.jsp|accessdate=5 May 2018|work=The Telegraph|date=31 May 2016}}</ref>
*[[Bipasha Basu]], Bollywood actress
*[[Naman Shaw]], TV actor<ref>{{cite news|title=The Telegraph - Calcutta : Metro|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1070312/asp/calcutta/story_7501839.asp|accessdate=5 May 2018|work=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>
*[[Nicolette Bird]], Bollywood actress<ref>{{cite news|title=The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) {{!}} Entertainment {{!}} She's a bird|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1080906/jsp/entertainment/story_9793537.jsp|accessdate=5 May 2018|work=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>
*[[Ashok Todi]], Indian industrialist, Head [[Lux Industries]] Group

== See also ==
*[[Education in India]]
*[[Education in West Bengal]]
*[[List of colleges affiliated to the University of Calcutta]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official|http://thebges.edu.in/}}

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