Academic institutions associated with the Bengal Renaissance: Jadavpur University, Presidency University, Kolkata, University of Dhaka

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 63. Chapters: Jadavpur University, Presidency University, Kolkata, University of Dhaka, Scottish Church College, Calcutta, University of Calcutta, Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, Visva-Bharati University, History of University of Dhaka, Aliah University, Ravenshaw University, Indian Statistical Institute, Serampore College, Raja Peary Mohan College, Uttarpara, Fort William College, Chittagong College, Senate of Serampore College, Banga Mahila Vidyalaya, The Asiatic Society, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College, Bangabasi College, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, Dhaka College, History of University of Calcutta, Oriental Seminary, Sanskrit College, Rajshahi College, Cotton College, Guwahati, Bethune College, Hindu Mahila Vidyalaya, Surendranath College, Rammohan College, Government Physical Education College, Dhaka, Vidyasagar College, Anandamohan College, Brahmo Balika Shikshalaya, School of Tropical Medicine. Excerpt: Presidency University, Kolkata (earlier Hindu College and Presidency College) is a unitary, state aided university, located in Kolkata, West Bengal. and one of the premier institutes of learning of liberal arts and sciences in India. In 2002 it was ranked number one by the weekly news magazine India Today. In 2010, the year the college was upgraded to university status, it was ranked 3rd in India. Established in 1817, it is the oldest educational institution in India. It was founded by Raja Ram Mohan Roy, and a number of other eminent personalities of Bengal, such as Raja Radhakanta Deb, Maharaja Tejchandra Ray of Burdwan, David Hare, Justice Sir Edward Hyde East, Prasanna Coomar Tagore and Babu Buddinath Mukherjee. Initially established as the Mahapathshala wing of Hindu College, it was renamed Presidency College, i.e. the college of the Bengal Presidency, in 1855. In 2010, under the Chi...