Hooghly Mohsin College

Hooghly Mohsin College (HMC) began on 1 August 1836 as the New Hooghly College. It was established by Muhammad Mohsin,[1] who also started other colleges. On its 100th anniversary it was renamed Hooghly Mohsin College. It became affiliated to University of Calcutta since the latter's initiation in 1857. After the establishment of the University of Burdwan in 1960, the college became its constituent college.[2]

Hooghly Mohsin College
Entrance View Of Hooghly Mohsin College Chinsurah
TypeUndergraduate college Public college
Established1836 (1836)
AffiliationUniversity of Burdwan
Location
Chinsurah, Hooghly
,
West Bengal
,
712101
,
India

22.8828709°N 88.3999024°E / 22.8828709; 88.3999024
CampusUrban
Websitewww.hooghlymohsincollege.org
Location in West Bengal
Hooghly Mohsin College (India)

Accreditation

Recently, Hooghly Mohsin College has been awarded B++ grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).[3] The college is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC).[4]

Hooghly Mohsin has been recognized by the University Grants Commission as a "College with Potential for Excellence." The Department of Biotechnology, government of India, has recognized it as a "STAR COLLEGE." The Department of Science & Technology, government of India, has selected this college under "Fund for Improvement of Science & Technology Infrastructure" (DST-FIST) scheme.

Notable alumni

Sports Accolades
  • The college has produced many eminent sports person who has represented in national and international arena, like in Football, Surajit Sengupta, Swarup Das, Goutam Ghosh, Anit Ghosh, Athletics - Monoranjan Porel and Amit Saha and in Cricket - Prosenjit Ganguly (Bengal Ranji trophy).

Notable achievements: 1. Football Inter-college Champion in the year 1991–1995, 1998.

2. Athletics - Inter-college Champion in the year 1992–2001.

3. Cricket - Inter- college Champion in the year 1991, 1995, 2003.

4. Table Tennis - Inter-college runners up in the year 1992–1996.

Inter-Varsity representation of the college players:

1. In Athletics – Manoranjan Porel, Amit Saha, Sovon Baskey, Swarup Sengupta, Sanjit Kundu, Bikramjit Koley (Men), Sarmistha Debnath, Sampa Bala (Women).

2. In Football – Snehamoy Chowdhury, Surojit Sengupta, Goutam Ghosh, Chandan Harijan, Utpal Halder, Tapan Soren, Samanta Shee, Samsuddin Hossain, Amal Pal, Atanu Sarkar.

3. In Cricket – Tapas Ghosh (University captain), Mayuk Dasgupta (University captain),Sudip Banerjee, Ayon Nandi, Raju Biswas, Joydeep Ganguly.

4. In Table Tennis – Asis Saha, Partha Banerjee.

5. In Badminton – Bhaskar Kabiraj, Ayush Sharma.

6. In Gymnastics - Moloy Pal, Manas Pal, Smt. Amrita Sinha.

See also

References
  1. See Dey (1893: 96/192) pp.286-287, and (1893: 97/194), pp.354-366.
  2. "Hughli Mohsin College - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  3. "Institutions Accredited / Re-accredited by NAAC with validity" (PDF). National Assessment and Accreditation Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  4. Colleges in West Bengal, University Grants Commission
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