SHORT HISTORY

Naba Ballygunge Mahavidyalaya (formerly Charuchandra Evening College) is considerably one of the youngest colleges of the city. It was established in 1985 in Lake Market of South Calcutta, the date of its inauguration being 15th July of the same year. It was then shifted to ‘Chittaranjan High School for Boys’ located in Kasba. It was however shifted to its present location bearing the address 27E, Bose Pukur Road, Kolkata-700042 on 9th October, 2002. The classes continued to be held in the evening. The college witnessed the shift from evening to day classes from the year 2005 and was renamed NabaBallygungeMahavidyalaya on 1st April, 2005, taking the name from the locality wherein it is situated. It is affiliated to the ‘University of Calcutta’. In the journey of thirty years, the college has braved through the constraints that were perceptible in its nascent stage and succeeded in becoming one of the promising institutions dedicated to the materialization of true knowledge and learning.