Jagadbandhu Institution
| Jagadbandhu Institution | |
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A school building in South Kolkata আত্মানং বিদ্ধি "Know thyself" | |
| Location | |
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25, Fern Road, Ballygunge, Kolkata Kolkata, West Bengal, India, 700019 | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public, selective, single-sex high secondary school |
| Founded | 1914 |
| Opened | 1914 |
| Founder | Jagadbandhu Ray |
| Headmaster | Avijit Bhattacharya |
| Key people | Anshuman Bhowmik, Subhendu Sikdar, Swapan Kumar Goswami |
| Grades | 1-12 |
| Years offered | 1914-present |
| Gender | Male |
| Age range | 6-18 |
| Pupils | 2000 |
| Medium of language | Bengali |
| Hours in school day | 11 A.M to 4.20 P.M. |
| Song | Jana Gana Mana |
| Yearbook | Sanchari Bengali: সঞ্চারী |
| Affiliations | WBBSE and WBCHSE |
| Website |
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Jagadbandhu Institution (Bengali: জগদ্বন্ধু ইনস্টিটিউশন; 
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).
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]
Student life
- Sanchari (Bengali: সঞ্চারী) is an annual Bengali magazine where students and teachers submit their writings.
- The school publishes a periodical for ex-students in Bengali, for ex-students of the school, named Kheya (Bengali: খেয়া).
- The school has a cricket and football training center. The school organizes sports competitions and students participate in inter-city sport competitions.
- Students are encouraged to participate in cultural activities especially singing, recitation and drawing.
- For students of class eleven and twelve (Science and Commerce) the school organizes an annual excursion.
Notable alumni
- Anup Chanda, former chairman, Port Trust
- Birendra Chattopadhyay, poet
- Chinmoy Guha, scholar, linguist, knighted twice by the government of France, former vice-chancellor, Rabindra Bharati
- Dilip Kumar Sinha, mathematician, former vice-chancellor, Viswa-Bharati
- Gajendra Kumar Mitra, novelist
- Harishadhan Dasgupta, filmmaker
- Hiranmoy Bandypoadhyay, scholar, first vice-chancellor, Rabindra Bharati
- Pranabendu Dasgupta, poet
- Samik Bandyopadhyay, scholar and critic
- Subrata Guha, former test cricketer
- Tapan Raychaudhuri, historian, national professor, Padmabhushan
- Tushar Kanti Talukdar, former police commissioner
Notable teachers
- Jyoti Bhusan Chaki, linguist, author, translator
- Shyamal Dutta Ray, painter
- Upendranath Dutta, national award-winning headmaster
Alumni association
The school alumni association was established in 1992.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "School Alumni Website".
- ↑ "School Website". Kolkata. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ↑ "School Website". Kolkata. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ↑ "Alumni Website".