Jagadbandhu Institution

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Jagadbandhu Institution
An Indian school building
A school building in South Kolkata
আত্মানং বিদ্ধি
"Know thyself"
Location
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 www.jagadbandhualumni.com

Jagadbandhu Institution (Bengali: জগদ্বন্ধু ইনস্টিটিউশন; Audio file "Jagadbandhu_Institution_pronunciation.ogg" not found) 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

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