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{{Short description|College in West Bengal}}
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|name = Bidhannagar College
|image_name = Bidhannagar Government College.jpg
|caption = Main building of Bidhannagar College
|established = 25.06.1984
|type = Government College
|city = EB-2, Sector-I, [[Bidhannagar, Kolkata]]
|state = [[West Bengal]]
|country = India
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|website = {{URL|http://www.bidhannagarcollege.org/}}
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'''Bidhannagar College''' in [[Bidhannagar, Kolkata]], established on 25 June 1984, is a [[West Bengal State University]] affiliated college run by the [[Government of West Bengal]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Affiliated College of West Bengal State University |url=http://www.wbsubcollegeinfo.org/list_colleges.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029065002/http://www.wbsubcollegeinfo.org/list_colleges.php |archive-date=2012-10-29 }} ''wbsubcollegeinfo.org''. Retrieved 30 December 2012</ref> It was formerly affiliated to the [[University of Calcutta]]. Apart from [[undergraduate]] courses, the college offers [[Postgraduate education|postgraduate]] courses in [[anthropology]], [[botany]], [[chemistry]], [[education]], [[microbiology]] and [[zoology]].

==History==
Bidhannagar College started on 25 June 1984 in a small building at ''BF-142, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700064'' with a student strength of 52. The founder principal was Dr. Subes Chandra Sarkar.<ref name="Prospect">''Bidhannagar College Prospectus'', 2007, published by the Principal, Bidhannagar College</ref> Undergraduate courses in [[Mathematics]] and [[Economics]] began from the day of opening, while the [[physics]] and [[chemistry]] departments became functional from the academic session of 1985–86. Honours subjects offered in the Humanities were English, [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[history]], [[political science]] and [[philosophy]]. Honours courses in Anthropology, Botany and Microbiology opened during the 2002–2003 session. [[Master's degree|M.Sc. courses]] in [[zoology]] and [[microbiology]] started in 2004. In 2009 [[Department of Education]] started their journey.

With the gradual increase in the number of departments and the corresponding student strength, the original building became inadequate.<ref name="Prospect"/> A new, larger building at ''EB 2, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700064'' was constructed on {{convert|7.5|acre|m2}}.<ref name="Prospect"/><ref name="IEd">[http://www.indiaeducation.ernet.in/insitutions/PROFILE.ASP?no=U02158 indiaeducation.ernet.in] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050107104418/http://www.indiaeducation.ernet.in/insitutions/PROFILE.ASP?no=U02158 |date=7 January 2005 }}, retrieved 4 June 2007</ref>

==Building==
[[File:Bidhannagar college new bulding.jpg|thumb|Bidhannagar college new building]]

The present building, located on {{convert|7.5|acre|m2}} of prime real estate, is a three-storey structure with front gardens and a playground for students. A new annex is currently under construction, to which the Humanities and Social Science departments and the Library shall be moved.

==Courses==

The college offers three-year Honors degrees in Humanities and Science courses, and postgraduate courses in Chemistry, Zoology and Microbiology. The college is likely to offer postgraduate course in [[education]] from 2017 to 2018.<ref name="Prospect"/>

[[File:Bidhannagar College - EB 2 Sector I - Salt Lake City - Kolkata 2017-04-29 1712.JPG|thumb|250px|Main entrance of Bidhannagar College]]
===Undergraduate courses===
* Education
* English
* Bengali
* Political
* History
* Philosophy
* Economics
* Physics
* Chemistry
* Mathematics
* Zoology
* Statistics
* Botany
* Microbiology
* Geography
* Anthropology

===Postgraduate courses===
* Botany
* Anthropology
* Education
* Microbiology
* Zoology
* Chemistry

==Department of Education==
===Overview===
The Department of Education in Bidhannagar College was established in 2008. The Department offers undergraduate honours course on the basis of annual based credit system. The department provides the infrastructural facilities such as departmental library, common seminar library room, three computers with printer and one common classroom with ICT facilities.
The number of sanctioned teaching posts is six in number. At present there are five permanent faculty members and one part-time teacher.

===Faculty members===
* Dr. Shoumyasree Sen, Associate Professor, HOD, M.A, Ph.D
* Purnandu Acharya, Associate Professor, M.A
* Sahanowas Sk, Assistant Professor, M.A, B.Ed, M.Phil
* Priyanka Dutta, Assistant Professor, M.A, B.Ed, M.Phil
* Shikha Roy, Assistant Professor, M.A, B.Ed, M.Phil
* Zeba Jahan, Part-time Faculty, M.A, B.Ed, M.Phil

===Course offered===
* B.A (Hons) in [[Education]] - 3 years
* M.A in [[Education]] (Regular) - 2 years

==See also==
*[[Education in India]]
*[[List of colleges in West Bengal]]
*[[Education in West Bengal]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.bidhannagarcollege.org/Official website]
{{West Bengal State University}}

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