Jagadbandhu Institution

Jagadbandhu Institution listen ) is a school for boys in South Kolkata, West Bengal, India, affiliated to the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education for Madhyamik Pariksha (10th Board exams) and to the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education for Higher Secondary Examination (12th Board exams).

Jagadbandhu Institution
The main school building in South Kolkata
Location
25, Fern Road, Ballygunge, Kolkata

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Coordinates22°31′11.39″N 88°21′58.02″E
Information
TypePublic, selective, single-sex high secondary school
Mottoes"Know thyself"
Founded1914
FounderJagadbandhu Ray
HeadmasterAvijit Bhattacharya
Teaching staff~56
Grades1-12
GenderMale
Age range6-18
Number of pupils2000
LanguageBengali
Schedule11 A.M to 4.20 P.M.
YearbookSanchari
AffiliationsWBBSE and WBCHSE
Websitewww.jagadbandhualumni.com

History

Jagadbandhu Institution is a Bengali medium of South Kolkata. The school was established by Jagadbandhu Roy in 1914 at 25 Fern Road, Kolkata-19.[1] Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee laid the foundation stone on 11 January 1914. The first president and vice-president of the school were Asutosh Choudhury and Rai Bahadur Ramtaran Banerjee.[2] The first secretary was Rajendra Bidyabhusan.[3]

Notable people

Notable alumni

  • Salil Chowdhury, music director and songwriter
  • Tushar Talukdar, police commissioner, Kolkata Police
  • Chinmoy Guha, scholar, linguist, knighted twice by the government of France, former vice-chancellor, Rabindra Bharati
  • Samik Bandyopadhyay, scholar and critic
  • Subrata Guha, test cricketer
  • Subrata Roy (scientist), professor, inventor, author
  • Tapan Raychaudhuri, historian, professor
  • Prof. Partha Saha, molecular biologist, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata

Notable teachers

Alumni association

The school alumni association was established in 1992.[4]

See also

References

  1. "School Alumni Website". Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.
  2. "School Website". Kolkata. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  3. "School Website". Kolkata. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  4. "Alumni Website".
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