Philosophy

  • Philosophy was introduced as a Hons. Subject in this College in 1919
  • The number of General students at present is around 150
  • Many students have secured First Class in recent University Examinations
  • The Department has its own seminar library to help students

 

Philosophy was introduced as a Honours Subject in this College in 1883. Other than being one of the oldest Departments in this part of the country, it has a rich heritage of eminent and distinguished teachers including Nalini Kanta Brahma, Jatil Sarkar, Tarashankar Bhattacharyya, Amiya Kumar Majumder, Ramaprasad Das, Mihirbikash Chakravarty, Chandrasekhar Debnath, Modusudan Moitra, Pranab Kumar De, among others. The alumni of the Department has also contributed to the propagation of learning in many colleges, Universities and other spheres.

The performance of the present students is also worth mentioning. Many students have secured First Class in recent University Examinations. They have, also been active in many other extra-academic activities.

Besides College Library which is one of the best in this region, the Department has a seminar library to help students. The Department runs with full capacity of students, around 30 students in Honours in each year. The number of General students at present is around 150 which shows their interest in Philosophy.

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Faculty Profile

ADITI PATRA NEE RAY
Assistant Professor

M.Phil , Ph.D

 

ARPITA KANJILAL
Assistant Professor

M.A

 

ISITA GOSWAMI
Associate professor

M.A., M.Phil

 

PRIYANKA MAITY (DAS)

 

RACHANA BASU
Associate Professor

MA in Philosophy, PH.D pursuing (Visva Bharati University)

 

Smt. Shreyasee Majumdar
Assistant Professor




















































EXAM PASSED

BOARD/


UNIVERSITY

TOTAL MARKS

MARKS OBTAINED

PERCENTAGE


       (%)

YEAR OF PASSING

ICSE

CISCE           

500

399

79.8

2008

HIGHER SECONDARY

WBCHSE

500

387

77.4

2010

B.A(H)PHILO.

JU

900

747

83

2013

M.A

JU

900

712

79.11

2015

M.Phil

JU

 

 

 

2017

 

 

Smt. Ayanika Chatterjee
Assistant Professor


































Sl No.

Degree obtain


(Abbreviation of the degree)


 

College/ university from which the degree was obtained

Year of Passing

1.

B.A

Bethune College, University of Calcutta (1st Class)

2014

2.

M.A.

Jadavpur University (1st Class)

2016

3.

MPhil

Jadavpur University

2019

4.

PhD Pursuing



Jadavpur University

2019-

 

Smt. Mita Ghosh
SACT

MA in Philosophy 

 

Smt. Arpita Malakar
Part Time Teacher