Basirhat College

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education

Education is the manifestation of perfection already in man - Swamy Vivekananda

Welcome to Basirhat College

In mid-November 1947 Basirhat College was founded and since then it has been standing for more than half a century on the banks of river Icchamati, which flows by this ancient seat of learning and culture that has witnessed many souls of the soil rise to eminence.

Course Offered

The College offers both Honours and General Courses of study in 3 streams, viz. Science, Arts and Commerce.

The College runs three sections viz., Morning, Day and Evening

Library

The College Library is just sufficient to meet the immediate requirements of the students. The books – both text &reference, journals, collection of papers would amount to about 20,000 to which every year materials are added from the UGC Grant and the College fund..

Department of Philosophy

Year of Establishment: 1947

Courses Taught: 3 yr. Honours and General B.A. Degree Course

Success Rate:

		Hons.	General
Part-1	2006	87.72	62.61
Part-2	2007	50.00	67.10
Part-3	2008	66.67	81.76

Seminars:

Date	Topic	Speaker
06.04.04	Sambandha in Nyaya-Vaisesika Philosophy	Prof. Sarbani Bandyopahyay, Mohasin College, Hooghly
14.09.04	Islamic Ethics	Smt. Sayeda Begum, Basirhat College
28.09.04	Moral Relativism	Sri Goutamlal Mukhopadhyay, Basirhat College
06.12.08	Secularism	Teachers from the Dept. of Bengali, History, Political Science Philosophy and Commerce

Quiz Programme: 07.05.03, 09.12.03, 23.12.06, 05.03.09
Debate:                   23.12.08 on Capital Punishment
Exhibition:               18.11.08 to 20.11.08 on Prachaya O Pratichaya Darshan

Faculty:

Sri Goutamlal Mukhopadhyay, Associate Professor
Specialisation: Political Philosophy
Publication:
    Books: Poem books - 2
    Articles: 2

Smt. Sayeda Begum, Assistant Professor
Specialisation: Logic
Publication:
    Articles: 3