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| Bengal
Engineering College |
The Bengal Engineering and Science
University, Shibpur, established as Civil Engineering College, Calcutta,
way back in 1856 with the idea of introducing engineering education
in the country, has a long and checkered past.
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| University
of Burdwan |
Burdwan is an anglicised version
of the Sanskrit Vardhamana and the corresponding Bardhaman in Bengali.
The origin of this name dates back to sixth century BC and is ascribed
to the twenty-fourth Jain Tirthankar, or Vardhamanswami, who spent
some time in Astikagrama, according to the the Jain Kalpasutra.
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| University
of Calcutta |
In July 1854, the Court of Directors
of the East India Company sent a 'despatch' to the Governor General
of India in Council suggesting the establishment of the Universities
of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay. More
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| Indian
Institute of Technology Karagpur |
The history of the IIT system
dates back to 1946 when a committee was set up by Hon'ble Sir Jogendra
Singh, Member of the Viceroy's Executive Council, Department of
Education, Health and Agriculture to consider the setting up of
Higher Technical Institutions for post war industrial development
in India. More
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| Jadavpur
University |
To trace the history of Jadavpur
University is to trace a part of India’s freedom movement,
at least from the Swadeshi Movement onwards. It was 1905 -1906.
Bengal stood divided. The times were feverish
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| University
of North Bengal |
The University of North Bengal
was established by Act of the Legislature of West Bengal in 1962
and assigned the mandate of providing teaching,training and research
in various branches of advanced learning , and promoting the dissemination
of knowledge to fulfill growing socio-economic and technical manpower
needs in the six North Bengal districts and the neighbouring state
of Sikkim .
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| Vidyasagar
University |
The University was established
on 29th September 1981 by an Act called the Vidyasagar University
Act 1981 (West Bengal Act XVIII of 1981) after the name of Pandit
Iswar Chandra Bandyopadhyay , known as Vidyasagar , The educationist
and social worker of Bengal. More
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