The Department of Bengali is the oldest department of the college with a large number of students in UG and Post Graduate courses. The department also bears the heavy load of Bengali General, Compulsory Bengali (AECC) and LCC (Language for General) under CBCS. In 2023 as a part of NEP, CCF has been introduced with Major (Honours), Multidisciplinary and Minor Courses where Bengali is taught as IDC, SEC & AEC papers.
The department of Bengali was established in 1937 i.e. from the day one of the college. Bengali Honours and General Courses got affiliation from University of Calcutta in 1940. Journey of the department since 1937 is successful and glorious enough both in academic and co-curricular activities.
In 2013 the department was upgraded as a Post Graduate Department. As per recommendation of NAAC peer team visited in 2007, Principal Dr. Mahua Das proposed to open Regular PG course in Bengali and as a result, the department got affiliation from University of Calcutta. Opening ceremony of PG course was occurred on 23rd August, 2013 in presence of so many dignitaries and academicians. The journey was started with 60 students and the introductory lecture was delivered by Professor Pabitra Sarkar.
Introducing the PG course Department of Bengali became the pioneer in giving opportunity to a good number of Honours students from this college to have the facilities of higher education from their own institution along with the students of other colleges.
Once the department was glorified with the presence of dedicated teachers like Dr. Kshudiram Das, Smt.Ashalata Sinha, Smt. Urmila Das, Sri Saurindra kumar Dey and Smt. Basanti Mukhopadhyay. Without whose contributions, dedications and blessings the department could not reach the goal and achieve the present status were Dr. Sipra Lahiri, Dr. Jayashree Bhattacharya and Smt. Kumkum Nundy. The torch was handed over by them to the next generation to light it forever and to carry on the heritage of the department.
Departmental Mission
- To ignite the best qualities in the students to establish them as perfect human being.
- To broaden the mind and thought of the students through Bengali literature and make them sensible & reasonable persons with human values for the benefit of the society.
- To make the students aware of our rich cultural heritage through our very old literature and language.
- To mentor the students for their career and establishment in future life.
- To increase the writing skill of Bengali language and reading habit which will be helpful to the students to enter in the professional areas.
Departmental Vision
Enlightenment , Education, Inspiration, Entertainment through Bengali Literature and awareness of the heritage of very rich and old Bengali language and literature.
Faculty Members
