Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College

Type	Undergraduate college
Established	1950; 74 years ago (1950)
Affiliation	University of Calcutta
Principal	Dr. Rajyasri Neogy
Address	8, 2, Bijoygarh, Jadavpur , Kolkata , West Bengal , 700032 , India 22°34′10″N 88°22′02″E / 22.5695344°N 88.3672145°E / 22.5695344; 88.3672145
Campus	Urban
Website	www.vijaygarhjrcollege.com
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Vijaygarh Jyotish Roy College is a college in Kolkata, India. It offers science, arts, and commerce courses with undergraduate and post-graduate degrees, and it is affiliated with the University of Calcutta.^[1][2] It is recognized under University Grants Commission (UGC),^[3] and accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council of India (NAAC).^[4] Accredited with Grade "A" by NAAC

Foundation

The land was originally owned by the United States Army and by a private zamindar. In June 1950 the first colony committee consisting of Santosh Kumar Dutta, Bhupendra Lal Nag, Prof. Samar Chowdhury and Prof. Sukumar Chakraborty set its sight upon the military barrack as the possible site for the college. The college was finally founded in 1950, 2 November. The first Governing Body with Prof. Prasanta Kumar Bose at the helm included such illustrious academicians as Dr. Triguna Sen, Dhirendranath Raychowdhury, Nagendranath Pal, Sukumar Gupta, Dr. Makhanlal Raychowdhury.

Departments

Arts

• English
• History
• Journalism and Mass Communication
• Bengali
• Education
• Political Science
• Philosophy

Science

• Botany
• Microbiology
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Mathematics
• Physiology
• Zoology
• Environmental Science
• Computer applications

Commerce

• Commerce
• Accounting and Finances
• Economics

Certificate courses

• Filmmaking and Television Production
• Web Journalism, Animation and Graphics Design
• Newspaper Reporting and Editing
• Employability skill
• Public Relations
• Radio Production
• News Reading And Anchoring

Master's degree

• Microbiology

Notable alumni

• Triguna Sen, Union Minister for education in Government of India. He got Padma Bhushan.
• Chinmoy Guha, Bengali essayist and translator, awarded three knighthoods by the Ministry of Education in 2010 and 2013, and one by the Ministry of Culture in 2019.
• Mahasweta Devi, Writer and an activist, Nominated for Nobel Prize for Literature in 2012, Padma Shri Awarded for Social Work in 1986.

Accreditation

Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College is recognized by the University Grants Commission and accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council of India.The College has a good academic record and meritorious students are recognized as an asset of the college. Regular and meritorious students of the college are awarded scholarships for further studies. The students of the college have a reputation of achieving several titles and medals in sports at the State and District level^[5][6]