West Bengal State University is a newly established university situated in Barasat, West Bengal, India. The Vice Chancelor of West Bengal State University is eminent educationist Prof. Asok Ranjan Thakur. All the 57 colleges in the district of North 24 Parganas, which were formerly affiliated with the University of Calcutta, are affiliated to this university. [edit] History The Government of West Bengal has through an Act of the Legislative Assembly has passed West Bengal Act XXVIII of 2007 implementing a long standing public demand in creating the University named "West Bengal State University (Barasat,North 24 Paragans)" This became functional from the Academic Session 2008-09. On 26 May, 2008 there are 57 colleges formerly belonging to Calcutta University has been through a Government notification No.300-Edn(U)/ IU-38/08 transferred to this University.[1] [edit] Present Condition New Constructions: The Campus of the University is now being constructed at Berunanpukuria and the University operates fully from there. All the 30 PG course classes is already started there.The Girls hostel is in the process of being built but would not be ready till November middle' .[1] [edit] List of colleges (incomplete list) - Acharya Prafulla Chandra College,New Barrackpur
- Ali Yafar Jung National Institute of Hearing Handicapped
- Amdanga Jugal Kishore Mahavidyalay
- Banipur Mahila Mahavidyalaya,
- Barasat College, Barasat
- Barasat Government College, Barasat
- Barrackpore Rastraguru Surendranath College
- Bhairab Ganguly College, Belghoria
- Bhangar Mahavidyalaya,
- Bidhannagar College, Salt Lake
- Brahmananda Keshab Chandra College,
- Chandraketugarh Sahidullah Smriti Mahavidyalaya,
- Derozio Memorial College, Rajarhat
- Dhrubachand Haldar College,
- Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Satabarshiki Mahavidyalaya,
- East Calcutta Girl's College,
- Gandhi Centenary B. T. College
- Gobardanga Hindu College, Gobardanga
- Gopal Chandra Memorial College of Education, New Barrackpur
- Government College of Education,
- Hiralal Majumdar Memorial College for Women,
- Institute of Science and Advanced Research
- Kalinagar Mahavidyalaya,
- Kingston College of Science,
- Kingston Law College,
- Kolkata Teachers Training College,
- Morning Star College,
- Dum Dum Motijheel College, Nager Bazar
- Mrinalini Dutta Mahavidyapith, Birati
- Naba Barrackpore Prafulla Chandra Mahavidyalaya, New Barrackpur
- Nahata Jogendranath Mandal Smriti Mahavidyalaya,
- Nandalal Ghosh B.T. College,
- National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped,
- National Institute of Technology(till 2004),
- Netaji Satabarshiki Mahavidyalaya,
- Panihati Mahavidyalaya,
- P.N. Das College,
- Post Graduate Government Institute for Physical Education,
- Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Mahavidyalaya,
- Ramakrishna Mission Brahmananda College of Education,
- Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Vivekananda Vidyabhawana,
- Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College,
- Rashtraguru Surendranath College,
- Saheed Nurul Islam Mahavidyalaya,
- Sarada Ma Girls College,
- Sarojini Naidu College,
- Satyapriya Roy College of Education,
- Sree Chaitanya College, Habra,
- Swami Vivekananda College of Education,
- Taki Government College,
- Vivekananda College, Madhyamgram,
- Rishi Bankim Chandra College, Naihati
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