Society / Education
Calcutta University at 165, the home of many firsts
Founded in 1857, CU was Asia’s first multidisciplinary institution
West Burdwan Teacher transforms village streets into classrooms
Fondly known as ‘Rastar master’ (teacher of the streets), Nayak teaches almost all subjects
Shiksha Ratna for Canning’s Nitai Mali – the teacher who fights for tri...
This year, he has received the Shiksha Ratna Award 2021
By TTW
Kolkata girl offers first peek into Indus Valley language mystery
This could well be a revolutionary breakthrough
Naren Hansda – Pied Piper of Purulia
Hansda’s ‘Sidho Kanho Mission School’ is on a mission to educate Santhals and weed off superstitious beliefs.
Dodo’r Dushtumir Class -- Virtual exploration outing for kids in Kolkata
The weekly class, hosted by Dodo himself with well-known mentors coming once a week, has already created quite a stir among both children and their parents
By Shuvra Dey
Graduate from Kolkata Medical College tops AIIMS entrance Exam
Another medical graduate from Malda, has ranked seventh in the same examination
India’s map makers to make special maps to aid disaster response in Benga...
NATMO and NDRF have signed an agreement
Girl students exceed boys in West Bengal
Only state in India where girl students are more than the boys
By TTW
State launches low-cost IAS study centre to boost aspirants from Bengal
West Bengal was the state that produced the first Indian ICS
By TTW
Kolkata’s Arushi Pant receives this year’s prestigious Diana Award
Since the age of 10, Pant worked on a child protection project in the rural districts of West Bengal
Kolkata Police initiates digital devices for the underprivileged pupils
Kolkata Police introduces 'Duare Shiksha'
State launches student credit card, following Mamata’s election promise
The scheme offers loans to students in Class 10 and above
West Bengal Government to recruit 32,000 teachers this year
State Government to carry out recruitment process in the education sector
Qualifying in 73 Mathematics Olympiads, Kharagpur’s Archisman Nandy sets ...
GB exclusive with Math Genius Archisman Nandy
A teenager and her ‘library’ are changing lives in a small village
Rahila Khatun refuses to let the pandemic deprive her village of education
By Shuvra Dey
A Library in an old fridge: It can only happen in Kolkata, The City of Lear...
Kalidas and Kumkum Halder’s new venture has turned into a hit
Sridhar Acharya, the forgotten Bengali mathematician
Though part of an elite group, Sridhar Acharya’s name is rarely mentioned
‘Those shouting loudest about ‘Women’s Lib’ are ones who don’t fo...
Leela Majumdar who broke all barriers of patriarchy!
By Shuvra Dey
Education saw a sea change: The pandemic era witnessed a surge in e-learnin...
Schools of Bengal are upgrading their education system
By Kaulik Ghosh
Jagadananda Roy: The Forgotten Science Guru of Santiniketan
The man who united the forces of science and literature through his brilliant stories
Kolkata’s ‘Boi Para’ looks to online sales on road to recovery
Reeling from the twin blows of Covid and Amphan, the Bengali publishing industry is on an uphill journey
“A good librarian has a task cut out for him”
Tagore explored the theme of libraries to a great extent
Rabindranath Tagore’s love for a Library of Books
Tagore would have probably embraced modern developments of e-books and e-journals
The Nobel Prize news that came via Telegram
The gramophone record has had a deep connect with Rabindranath Tagore
God Particle Boson excited Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore describes Boson particle through Nataraj Nritya
Kolkata Police now takes Tejaswini online
Kolkata Police’s highly popular self-defence workshop for women goes virtual in pandemic times
The Police Pathshala in Santiniketan
Officer-in Charge of Santiniketan Police Station as Police Didimoni
The Doon was founded by Satish Ranjan Das
The premiere educational institution of the country was founded by a Bengali
Kolkata’s Hindu School is a shrine of modern education since 19th century...
An epitome of Bengal Renaissance
By TTW
First Muslim feminist Begam Roquiah’s Sakhawat Memorial stands for women ...
Educator who dared women to dream
K.C. Nag – the favourite Mathematics teacher who helped tide over Maths p...
Keshab Chandra Nag, author and educator
Pyari Charan Sircar wrote First English Book of Reading for native Indian c...
Pyari Charan Sircar and how he pioneered education
St. John Diocesan lost ‘college status’ for its student, freedom fighte...
She tried to assassinate the Governor General
IIT couple of Siliguri starts ‘Library on Wheels’ for children who have...
From competitive exams to regular lessons
Mathematician from 14th century Bengal, who was no less than human computer...
Subhankar Das and his made easy Subhankari formula
Don Bosco Liluah – set up in 1937 under the ideology of a Saint from Ital...
Saint John Bosco’s contribution to upliftment of needy children
Bongaon’s Kumudini High School celebrates centenary uniquely by bringing ...
School set up during Swadeshi era
World’s first women’s liberation journal by Dwarkanath Ganguly, who fou...
He who wanted all Indian women to be literate
Misha Ghosal, messiah of Alipurduar’s Toto tribal girls, gets National Aw...
Bengal is proud of her and her work in trying to uplift the girls
By Saheli Mitra
Kolkata’s Hare School, the oldest Western-styled school of Asia still sta...
Why did David Hare build this school?
Kolkata’s Raunak and Neha topped India’s Civil Service Exam this year!
Students from Bengal shine in civil services exam
West Bengal launches tele-education helpline for school students
The helpline is primarily intended for those students who are unable to avail online classes and learning
Librarian Tushar Mandal of Malda serves book-lovers through innovative PDF ...
New route to book reading
Visva Bharati University gets 2nd campus at Tagore’s Nainital retreat
The house where he took daughter Renuka before her death
PK De Sarkar, the Bengali who taught India how to master the language of En...
His grammar books are still the highest sellers
Amartya Sen to be awarded the 2020 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
His work on issues around global justice recognised
Girindrasekhar Basu, first Psychoanalyst of South Asia, who challenged Freu...
He was the first PhD in Psychology from India
Work from Tree! Bankura’s teacher shows the way to rural India
Innovative way of taking online classes during Lockdown
Bengal – Land of Free Thinkers, where Derozio formed Young Bengal
Remembering Henry Vivian Derozio on his birth anniversary
How students of Kolkata are coping with the Corona Lockdown
Antara Dasgupta, class XII student of Akshar
Documentary tracing Presidency University’s rich in-house museum
Did you know music classes were also held at Presidency?
Salute to Headmaster Kazi Masoom Akhtar for standing up against fundamental...
Masoom Akhtar wins Padmashree Award in education
JU’s Debarshi Chanda among top 10 in this year’s CAT merit list; Secure...
What are his future plans?
English students to take lessons on Saptapadi and Sholay!
Calcutta University English syllabus to be revamped
How a child in Singapore misses Kolkata Christmas!
Kolkata’s Christmas fervour is found nowhere else
From Silver bells to Santa Claus, Christmas is here!
A Vignette of Christmas Celebration in Kolkata
By Aveek Basu
Celebrating Christmas at Sunderbans!
How about celebrating Christmas in the land of the Royal Bengal Tiger?
Amar Kolkata is all about adda and fun
Student Ivaana C.Mitra of La Martiniere for Girls on Kolkata’s adda culture
Lost in a world of books on College Street
Presidency student Anitesh Chakraborty relives his college days on College Street
Asutosh College Canteen: Hub of music and politics
This canteen also hosts cultural events by students
By Arnabi Basu
Peep into St Xavier’s College Canteen
If you are nostalgic, travel with GB to eateries popular with Xaverians