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Readers recommend colleges in West Bengal
Last updated on: June 21, 2010 15:39 IST
We invited readers to share their college recommendations to the Class of 2010 -- the colleges with the best teachers, facilities, study programmes.
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Here we present the responses we recieved for colleges in West Bengal. Share yours!
| Name_of_college: | Veterinary College, West Bengal Univetrsity of Animal & Fishery Sciences |
| location: | Belgachia, Kolkata |
| Course_to_enroll: | Bachelor of Veterinary Sciences |
| Best_faculty: | Long days not in touch so I cant name specifically. |
| USP: | Lots of diversification and job opportunity along with chance of higher studies |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | I attended from 1995 to 2006. I still remember those sweet days. |
| Your_name: | Bengal Vet |
| Name_of_college: | Dinabandhu Andrews College, University of Calcutta |
| location: | Garia, Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Course_to_enroll: | BSc Three Year Honours in Microbiology |
| Best_faculty: | Ms. Ratna China Because she is extremely cooperative and a nice person by heart. She also has her concepts clear. |
| USP: | Because it is the best of the best in Kolkata for studying Microbiology. |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | I attended the college for the duration of 3 years from 2006-2009. The experience was awesome. |
| Your_name: | Sayantan Chakraborty |
| Name_of_college: | Biswabharati University |
| location: | Shantiniketan, West Bengal |
| Course_to_enroll: | BSc. Chemistry and BSc. Physics |
| Best_faculty: | It has the best faculty in West Bengal in Chemistry and Physis and students from Biswabharati have consistently taken future career paths in TIFR, Cambridge, Oxford, MIT, Zurich etc. |
| USP: | Strong foundation stone for a solid future. Strong faculty and conducive academic culture |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | I attended this college in 2004 and now after my masters from TIFR I am pursuing my PhD in the best laboratory in the world in U.K. |
| Your_name: | Debnath Ghosal |
| Name_of_college: | National Institute of Technology, Durgapur |
| location: | Durgapur, West Bengal |
| Course_to_enroll: | B.Tech |
| Best_faculty: | Mechanical Department |
| USP: | Placements, Growing Infrastructure, College Life etc |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | 2002-06. I suppose they were the best days of my life :) |
| Your_name: | Kamnashish Sen |
| Name_of_college: | Indian Institute Of Social Welfare And Business Management |
| location: | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Course_to_enroll: | MBA(Day) |
| Best_faculty: | 1.Dr.K.K.Roy, awarded the best teacher in "Financial Management" in India. 2.Faculties with past working experience in Indian Forest Services and other administrative services of Govt. Of India. 3.Almost all of the faculties possess a doctoral degree to their credit. 4.Previous Director, Mr.Ashoke.K.Dutta, is now designated as The Director of IIM, Shillong. 5.All the faculties stress upon both theoritical as well as practical applications of management theories taught in the class. 6.Case studies are presented and solved by the students with assistance from teachers. 7.For a particular subject the in-depth details of all theories covered are taught and most of the schools of thoughts are explained clearly by the professors. 8.Ranked among the best B-Schools in India as far as learning experience is concerned. 9.Top notch faculties having degrees from elite B-Schools and Universities are teaching here. |
| USP: | The first and the oldest premier B-School in India. Has very good academic environment. Is a great value for money. Is probably the cheapest one as far as the course fees in premier business management institutes are concerned. Ranked 4th among the best B-Schools in India as far as Learning Experience is concerned. The best part being the fact that it provides 100% placement assistance, that too quality placement in leading companies and MNCs in India with handsome pay packages. |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | I attended the college from July, 2009 to April, 2011. It is a beautiful experience to be part of a premier business school in eastern India. |
| Your_name: | Sabyasachi Barma |
| Name_of_college: | Bankura Sammilani Medical College |
| location: | Bankura, West Bengal |
| Course_to_enroll: | mbbs/ md/ ms |
| Best_faculty: | Dept . of Gynaecolgy and Obstetrics |
| USP: | The College which is one of the first " swaraj" colleges has a rich heritage and has been praised and supported by stalwarts like Tagore and Netaji. It provides all modern services to the folk in Bankura,Purulia,Burdwan and Midnapore. It had the best passout %age amongst all medical colleges in Bengal in the last Final MBBS. |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | Yes, batch 2005-2010. It was really gr8. The 100% residential college life has been real fun and teachers were helped even in the eve of exams. |
| Your_name: | Soumyadeep Bhaumik |
| Name_of_college: | IIT kharagpur |
| location: | West Bengal |
| Course_to_enroll: | M.Sc. (Physics) |
| Best_faculty: | Most of the faculties are brilliant. They give you the real feel of the subject. I mean the physics behind physics. |
| USP: | Well organised, various branches of Physics along with well established labs. |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | 2006, I completed my degree. Now I feel I can survive any where in the world in this subject area. |
| Your_name: | somnath ghosh |
| Name_of_college: | JALPAIGURI GOVT ENGINEERING COLLEGE |
| location: | JALPAIGURI , WEST BENGAL |
| Course_to_enroll: | ENGINEERING |
| Best_professor_and_why: | All are experienced professors. |
| Best_college: | It has got good work shops, labs, plus soft skill development centre. |
| USP: | You will enjoy staying here. |
| Extracurricular_activities: | Drama club, Music club, photography club, Trekking club, Little mag club. Soccer , cricket, facilities. |
| Fee_structure: | Govt College..so don't bother about fees.... |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | yes, mechanical engineering |
| When_did_you_attend_college_and_what_ was_the_experience_like: | 1997-2001 great experience. |
| Your_name: | ss |
| Name_of_college: | Government college of Engineering and Textile Technology, Berhampore |
| location: | Berhampore, West Bengal |
| Course_to_enroll: | Textile Technology, IT, Mechanical and Electrical Engg |
| Best_professor_and_why: | - |
| Best_college: | Excellent faculty, low student faculty ratio, excellent labs and infrastructure |
| USP: | Best textile department in India after the IIT Delhi. Most of the students go for higher studies in IIT Delhi. IIT Delhi textile department have faculties passed out from this college Professor Abhijit Mazumdar, Professor Apurba Das, Professor Dipayan Das, Professor Samrat Mukherjee. Also NIFT have faculties passed out from this college ex. Prof Prithwiraj Mal, Professor Sumantra Bakshi, Professor Sandip Samanta |
| Extracurricular_activities: | Annual Sports, Seminars |
| Fee_structure: | As per as Govt. fee structure |
| Your_name: | Prithwiraj Mal |
| Name_of_college: | Calcutta Business School |
| location: | Bishnupur, Kolkata |
| State: | West Bengal |
| Course_to_enroll: | PGDM |
| Best_professor_and_why: | Dr. Bani K. Sinha (24 years of Experience in IIM C), Dr. Prasad Ranade (Vibrant, and explaination through real life experience) |
| Best_college: | Because we student make it the best, Lots of excitment , enjoyment, crazy doings and simultaneously Studies. |
| USP: | Best Among Faculty ( at Par with IIM C), 2nd only residential Campus (Next to IIM C and XLRI) in eastern India. and fantabulous Infrastructure. |
| Extracurricular_activities: | Finance CLub, Marketing Club, Monthly Seminars, Sessions by Corporates. |
| Fee_structure: | Rs. 750,000 (Rs. 30000 Refundable) payable in 4 instalments |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | 2nd Year Student of PGDM |
| When_did_you_attend_college_and_what_ was_the_experience_like: | Currently Stuying in final year of PGDM |
| Your_name: | Raji |
| Name_of_college: | FUTURE INSTITUTE OF ENGG.& MGMT. |
| location: | KOLKATA , SONARPUR , WEST BENGAL |
| State: | West Bengal |
| Course_to_enroll: | COMPUTER SCIENCE , ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION , ELECTRONICS & INSTRUMENTATION, IT , MECHANICAL,ELETRICAL , MCA , MBA |
| Best_professor_and_why: | BEST FACULTY , BEST PLACEMENT RANKED AMONG TOP COLLEGES IN WEST BENGAL |
| Best_college: | STATE OF ART LAB FACILITIES , LUSH GREEN CAMPUS , INFRASTRUCTURE SOUND |
| USP: | BEST FACULTY , MODERN TEACHING EQUIPMENTS , GROOMING BY INDUSTRIAL EXPERTS, SOFT SKILL TRAINING BY EXPERTS , INHOUSE TRAINING FACILITIES, BEST PLACEMENT |
| Extracurricular_activities: | TECH FEST , PARTICIPATION IN VARIOUS TECH FAIRS , STUDENTS HAVE PLACED 1ST IN IIT KHARAGPUR TECH FEST , SCIENCE CLUB , RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS |
| Fee_structure: | AS PER STATE APPROVAL Rs.41,000/- p.a |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | YES |
| When_did_you_attend_college_and_what_ was_the_experience_like: | I STUDIED FROM THIS COLLEGE AND PASSED OUT IN 2007 AND PRESENT I AM WORKING HERE AS A SENIOR LECTURER , I AM NOW DOING MY Ph.D |
| Your_name: | RAHUL GHOSH |
| Name_of_college: | St.Xavier's College |
| location: | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Course_to_enroll: | B.Com(H) |
| Best_faculty: | J.Chakraborty-Mathematics, the best maths professor I have come across. Mohd. Hanif, A.Mukherjee and many more. All top notch faculty |
| USP: | The faculty, the atmosphere and over all quality of academics speaks for itself. Also this is one of the best colleges for B.Com in India |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | I was a student of this college between 1999-2002. It was the best time of my life as I had my classes between 6 A.M. to 9:40 A.M., leaving the rest of the day free for me for other pursuits |
| Your_name: | Sooraj M. |
| Name_of_college: | Mallabhum Institute of Technology |
| location: | Bishnupur(wb) |
| Course_to_enroll: | B-tech in cse,ece,me,pe,it,ee |
| Best_faculty: | All teachers are atleast m-tech |
| USP: | Infosys campus connect,placement |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | 2007 to 11 |
| Your_name: | Anonymous |
| Name_of_college: | IIM Calcutta |
| location: | Calcutta |
| Course_to_enroll: | PGDM(MBA) |
| Best_faculty: | All profs are best in india in their respective fields. |
| USP: | The institute is a dream for every one want to do MBA. A perfect place for Structured, systematic education in most efficient and challenging environment. |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | i attended the college in 2009. Experience is one of lifetime. It is impossible for me to explain it into words. It is known as COOL CAMPUS of india. |
| Your_name: | amit garg |
| Name_of_college: | Loreto College |
| location: | Kolkata |
| Course_to_enroll: | B.A.,B.Sc.in Geography |
| Best_faculty: | All of them- Education, English, Pol.Sc.,History, Geography, Psychology etc. |
| USP: | If you want to study seriously, this is the place. |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | 1996-99 My college made me a better student and helped me grow as an individual. |
| Your_name: | Mrs.Koyeli Dasgupta Negi |
| Name_of_college: | Scottish Church College |
| location: | Kolkata |
| Course_to_enroll: | English, Economics, Microbiology, Physics, BBA |
| Best_faculty: | Its faculty publish in peer-reviewed journals, and are very passionate about their subjects taught. |
| USP: | 1) Great collection of brilliant alumni including Swami Vivekananda, Netaji Subhas Bose, Mrinal Sen, Mithun Chakraborty etc. 2) Excellent location in north Calcutta 3) Cosmopolitan milieu 4) Excellent library 5) Relatively free from student politics 6) Excellent university results 7) Global spread of its alumni -- from Haridwar to Harvard, from California to Cambridge, across IIMs and IITs to UPSC and UN. A Caledonian never feels out of place anywhere. |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | 1995-1998 Undoubtedly, the best years of my life |
| Your_name: | Art |
| Name_of_college: | Haldia Institute of Technology |
| location: | |
| Course_to_enroll: | B.Tech, M.Tech, MBA, MCA |
| Best_faculty: | C T Bhunia |
| USP: | great placement |
| Did_you_attend_this_college: | 2002, good infrastructure |
| Your_name: | Sabyasachi Pramanik |
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