# Khudiram Bose Central College

Khudiram Bose Central College, established in 1893, is a central undergraduate college in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It offers only courses in arts and commerce. It is affiliated with the University of Calcutta.The college has received University Grants Commission (India) affliation.

## Foundation

Khudiram Bose founded the Universal Institution (Central Institution) on 3 June, 1893. Inspired by the spirit of self reliance, our founder rejected any extraneous financial help for the sustenance of the institution. Principal Khudiram Bose, the founder of Central College and School, was born on 12 May, 1853, at Sadipur village at Burdwan district in West Bengal. He came of a middle class family and hence had to fight against poverty in his student days.
Principal Khudiram Bose was a man of independent spirit. Those were the days of "Boycott" and "Swadeshi movements". It was not easy to conduct meetings without defying the British Government. The founder allowed his college building to be used for this purpose. He allowed his pupil, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy, to conduct "Swadeshi Exhibition" in his college. Central College was the place for freedom fighters "Bagha Jatin" (also an alumnus of the institution) and others.The founder was one of the founder members of the Council of the National University, established with a national spirit after the movement against partition of Bengal in 1905.

## Departments
### Arts and Commerce

* Bengali
* English
* Journalism and Mass Communication
* Physical Education
* History
* Political Science
* Education
* Economics
* Commerce
* Geography
* Hindi
* Philosophy

## Notable Alumni

* Bagha Jatin, Indian independence activist

## Central Library

College library subscribes magazines and journals like Desh, Economic Political Weekly, Competition Success Review, The Management Accountant and others for the use of teachers and students. Beside the Reading Room facility there are facilities available for the students like internet surfing, reference service, newspaper reading, access to various journals and magazines etc.

## Accreditation

Khudiram Bose Central College is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC). Recently, it has been re-accredited and awarded by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).

## NCC

Khudiram Bose Central College started N.C.C Unit (National Cadet Corps) in 2003. The N.C.C unit of this college is affiliated to 19 Bengal Battalion, Classes are held at Fort William, India.

## Magazines

lots of magazines for students. Different department have their own wall magazines. The names of the wall magazines are as follows:
* EDUCATUM - Department of Education
* AGRADUT -Department of Political Science
* DIGANTA -Department of Journalism & Mass Communication
* SAPTAPARNI - Department of Commerce
* BANGLA BIBHAGIO PATRIKA -Department of Bengali
* UTTARAN - Department of History
* ABHIVYAKTI - Department of Hindi
* MOHANA and also CHOKHER ALOE VISION BEYOND - Department of English

## Kanyashree Prakalpa

Monetary grant under Kanyashree Prakalpa of the Govt. of West Bengal is offered to girl students.

## Innovation in classroom

Film Screening: New mode of teaching adopted by few departments of the college is to show films to the students relevant and based on the theme related to their course. the department of JMC prepares and shows documentary and shortfilms. The department of Political Science also organises film screening based on political relevance for their students.