Sivanath Sastri College
Sivanath Sastri College, 23/49, Gariahat Road, Kolkata-700029, West Bengal, IndiaSivanath Sastri College, Kolkata, owes its origin to the City Group of Colleges. It is one of the oldest first-grade colleges in Bengal. The City College was founded in the year 1879 by a band of patriotic and dedicated workers headed by Late Ananda Mohan Bose, It has a long record of brilliant results and this claim is evident from its alumni crowded by many noble and illustrious daughters of Bengal.The Commerce Department of the College was inaugurated in 1939 and South Calcutta Branch of the Commerce Department started in 1946 as an emergency measure to provide facilities to the students of South Calcutta. The morning classes for women were started in the South Calcutta Branch in 1955. This unit named after the hallowed memory of Late Pandit Sivanath Sastri, an illustrious son of Bengal, was separately affiliated in 1961 to the University of Calcutta. Since then the College has had no occasion to look back. Expansion in all branches of its activities took place steadily and regularly. New subjects were introduced and many of them with Honours teaching affiliations. Soon the reputation of the institution spread far and wide with long and sustained record.
During the brief period of 50 years, this Women’s Branch has been catering immensely to the growing needs of the women students, many of whom might otherwise have been deprived of higher education.
Besides imparting instruction in the humanities and a few science subjects it has arrangements for full-fledged commerce education up to the undergraduate level. The success of all the arrangements has been amply borne out by the long and sustained record of brilliant achievements of the students in all University Examinations and placements. The college is now a government aided educational institution.
- Modernized computer lab
- Top priority for Discipline and Quality Education.
- well stocked and spacious library
Sivanath Sastri College, 23/49, Gariahat Road, Kolkata-700029, West Bengal, India
The College has various national and international collaborations.
- Indrani Dutta
- Koneenica Banerjee
55% Marks in aggregate and 60% Marks in subject or related subject.
Courses & Fees
Facilities
- Library
The library has a good collection of books on all subjects taught in the college as well as on related subjects. The library has five separate units: 1) Central library 2) Honours Seminar library 3) Staff-room library 4) Departmental Library of Geography 5) Departmental Library of Botany. All categories of users can borrow books from the Central Library, but access to the Honours Seminar library is restricted to the Honours students and the teachers. Staff-room library is for classroom reference and the departmental libraries are for the teachers and the students of the respective departments. Apart from the books acquired under the college grant and UGC grant, there is a small collection of books donated by the users and well-wishers named ‘ Prafulla Chandra Roy Text Book Library ‘ Salient features: 1) The library has a collection of more than 39000 books. 2) The library has a small collection of conventional reference books. 3) At present, the library can be called a semi-computerized library. Only the daily transaction of books is done manually. 4) Computerized cataloging started in the year 2004 with WINISIS. But at present Open Source Library Management Software Koha (version 3.16.04 on Ubuntu 12.04 customized by the Bengal Library Association) is in use. A total of 27588 books have been recorded in the database. 5) Barcoding of books is in process. 6) Online access to the library catalog is available. 7) Internet facility is available for the users in the Central Library. 8) A reading room facility is available for the users. In the Central Library, there is a large reading room that can accommodate more than 70 students at a time. 9) Even the outgoing students get the library facility up to their University final examination. 10) Casual students can also avail of the library facility. 11) Needy students can avail of the long-term loan facility from the UGC Book Bank. 12) A few periodicals which can help the students in their career advancement as well as make them aware of the current affairs are procured by the library. 13) The library is a member of the UGC N-List Consortium. - Sports
The college also has a small playground at the back of the college building and is attached to the common room. The playground has facilities for playing Basketball. Students can play Badminton and Volleyball here. The playground is also occasionally used for holding small in-house cultural programs. - Cafeteria
The college has a cafeteria facility. An in-house Canteen situated on the ground floor of the college building caters to the needs of the students. It supplies quality food to the students and staff members during college hours. Special attention is given to ensuring cleanliness and using high-grade cooking materials. The canteen is fitted with a water purifier cum chiller, and refrigerator. The Canteen Committee regularly monitors the quality of food supplied by the canteen and its cleanliness. - Auditorium
The college has an auditorium facility for events and seminars. - Medical/Hospital
The college has some basic medical facilities. A registered general medical practitioner Dr. A. Mondal visits the college on a weekly basis on Friday from 08:30 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. and is available for medical consultation free of cost. Students and Staff Members regularly take medical advice from him. The medical room is equipped with a bed and some first-aid materials. Seminars’ on health issues are regularly organized in which reputed Doctors and specialists make the students and staff aware of health-related issues, nutrition, pain relief, perils of drug addictions. - Wifi
The College provides Wi-Fi Connectivity and CCTV Surveillance Camera for students. - IT Infrastructure-The college has a Computer Lab in association with IT Point - Sivanath Sastri College computer center offers short duration certified courses designed to fulfill the career academic as well as the career requirements of the students. Besides that, the IT practical classes of B.Com ( HONS ) students are also conducted by the Computer Labs.
- Laboratories
The college has a departmental based laboratory facility for the students. - Convenience Store
The college has a small cheap store for the benefit of the needy students. Basic Textbooks, exercise copies, and a wide range of stationeries like paper, pen, pencil, envelope, and other office materials are available in the cheap store. It remains open during college hours.
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