{{Short description|Public university in Kalyani, West Bengal, India}} {{more citations needed|date=February 2012}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox university | name = University of Kalyani | native_name = কল্যাণী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় | image = University of Kalyani Logo.svg | image_upright = .7 | other_name = Kalyani University | established = {{start date and age|1960}} | chancellor = Governor of West Bengal | vice_chancellor = Kallol Paul<ref>{{Cite news |last=Roy |first=Poulami |date=2024-12-07 |title=Presi, 5 other univs get permanent VCs after govt sends list to guv |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/government-appoints-permanent-vcs-in-west-bengal-universities-ending-prolonged-standoff/articleshowprint/116056328.cms |access-date=2024-12-07 |work=The Times of India Dec 7, 2024, 12.32 AM IST}}</ref> | city = Kalyani | state = West Bengal | country = India | coordinates = {{coord|22.986389|N|88.445503|E|format=dms|region:IN-WB_type:edu|display=title,inline}} | academic_staff = 226 ({{small|2023}})<ref name=nirf_stud/> | students = 6,113 ({{small|2023}})<ref name=nirf_stud>{{cite web |title=NIRF 2023 |url=https://klyuniv.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/KalyaniUniversity20230118.pdf |publisher=Kalyani University}}</ref> | undergrad = 744 ({{small|2023}})<ref name=nirf_stud/> | postgrad = 4,654 ({{small|2023}})<ref name=nirf_stud/> | doctoral = 713 ({{small|2023}})<ref name=nirf_stud/> | budget = {{INRConvert|113.65|c}}<br />{{small|(FY2025–26 est.)}}<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://finance.wb.gov.in/writereaddata/Budget_Publication/2025_bp23.pdf|title=Detailed Demands for grants for 2025-26|publisher=Government of West Bengal|year=2025|pages=189|access-date=12 Feb 2025|archive-date=12 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250212231259/https://finance.wb.gov.in/writereaddata/Budget_Publication/2025_bp23.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> | type = Public research university | campus = Urban <br />{{convert|400|acre|ha}} | colours = {{color box|#FC0FC0}} Shocking Pink<br /> {{color box|Black}} Black | academic_affiliations = {{hlist|UGC|AIU|AICTE}} | accreditation = NAAC | free_label = Acronym | free = KU | website = {{Official URL}} | logo = University of Kalyani Wordmark Logo.svg |}} The '''University of Kalyani''', established in 1960, is a collegiate public research university located in Kalyani, West Bengal, India. It is administered by the Government of West Bengal,<ref>{{cite web|title=Government of West Bengal Administered University List|url=https://www.ugc.ac.in/stateuniversitylist.aspx?id=LWliU+wlSqIblnJ82BIjhA==&Unitype=iA7z/ds2To+MdcuCvitOpQ==}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Government Aided Universities of West Bengal|url=https://wbhed.gov.in/page/university_campuses.php}}</ref> affiliated with the University Grants Commission (UGC),<ref>{{cite web|title=List of State Universities|url=https://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/State%20University/Consolidated%20State%20%20University%20List.pdf}}</ref> and accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with an "A" grade.<ref>{{cite web|title=NAAC Accreditation Report, University of Kalyani|url=http://162.144.89.90/index.php/ku-naac-ssr-2015|access-date=2 September 2021|archive-date=16 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316024435/http://162.144.89.90/index.php/ku-naac-ssr-2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The university offers academic programs at the undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral levels.
==History== The university was established on 1 November 1960 by 'The Kalyani University Act 1960' of the Government of West Bengal. The University of Kalyani is a State University and its activities are guided by 'The Kalyani University Act, 1981 (amended up to 2001)', enacted by the Government of West Bengal. The Act is supplemented by 'Statutes', 'Ordinances', 'Regulations' and 'Rules'. This act replaced 'The Kalyani University (Temporary Suppression) Act, 1978', which in turn replaced 'The Kalyani University Act, 1960'. The University Grants Commission accorded recognition to the university.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ugc.ac.in/stateuniversity.aspx |title= List of State Universities, University Grants Commission}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ugc.ac.in/privatuniversity.aspx |title= List of State Private Universities}}</ref><ref>{{ cite web | url=http://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/alluniversity.pdf|title= Total No. of Universities in the Country as on 25.05.2016}}</ref>
==Campus== The university is placed in an Urban areas setting touching the boundaries of some green Rural areas. The eastern bank of the Ganges is only 2000 meters from the University and its serene background is only 50 km from Kolkata. It is close to Kalyani Ghoshpara railway station, 10 minutes walking distance to Administration Building from the station, and the other campuses are around it. During the Second World War this land was under the control of the American army who maintained an Army depot here.<ref>{{Cite book |last=SENGUPTA |first=DR NITISH |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9kc1DwAAQBAJ&dq=University+Kalyani+in+American+army&pg=PT115 |title=Dr.Bidhan Chandra Roy |date=2017-08-29 |publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting |isbn=978-81-230-2518-6 |language=en}}</ref> Few roadways and other constructions are still there to prove that past history. The Campus spans over a huge area of 400 acres (largest State University of West Bengal based on area).
==Organisation and administration == ===Governance=== The Vice-chancellor is the chief executive officer and the principal academic and administrative head of the university. The Vice-chancellor is appointed by the Governor of West Bengal in the capacity of Chancellor, in accordance with the provisions of ''The Kalyani University Act''.
As of 17 December 2024, Kallol Paul is the Vice-chancellor of the university.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Roy |first=Poulami |date=7 December 2024 |title=Presi, 5 other univs get permanent VCs after govt sends list to guv |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/government-appoints-permanent-vcs-in-west-bengal-universities-ending-prolonged-standoff/articleshow/116056328.cms |access-date=7 December 2024 |work=The Times of India}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%;" |+ List of Vice-Chancellors<ref>{{Cite web|title=Former Vice Chancellors|url=http://162.144.89.90/index.php/about-uok/former-vice-chancellors|access-date=1 September 2021|archive-date=31 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331052746/http://162.144.89.90/index.php/about-uok/former-vice-chancellors|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! scope="col" | No. ! scope="col" | Name ! scope="col" | Tenure |- | 1 | Sachindranath Das Gupta | 01.11.1960 – 31.10.1968 |- | 2 | Sushil Kumar Mukherjee | 02.11.1968 – 14.10.1970 |- | 3 | Karunnaketan Sen | 14.11.1970 – 05.09.1974 |- | 4 | Debkumar Choudhuri | 06.09.1974 – 19.12.1974 |- | 5 | Pratul Chandra Mukherjee | 01.03.1975 – 30.06.1976 |- | 6 | Tara Bhusan Mukherjee | 01.07.1976 – 07.11.1978 |- | 7 | Subimal Kumar Mukherjee | 08.11.1978 – 02.11.1979 |- | 8 | Sitangsu Mookerjee | 05.06.1980 – 18.06.1986 |- | 9 | Santosh Kumar Sarkar | 19.06.1986 – 28.02.1988 |- | 10 | Kalyan Kumar Dasgupta | 01.03.1988 – 17.08.1992 |- | 11 | Ashis Kumar Roy | 18.08.1992 – 31.07.1995 |- | 12 | Basudeb Barman | 01.08.1995 – 31.01.2000 |- | 13 | Nityananda Saha | 01.02.2000 – 10.03.2005 |- | 14 | Arabinda Kumar Das | 01.09.2005 – 22.10.2009 |- | 15 | Alok Kumar Banerjee | 23.10.2009 – 08.02.2013 |- | 16 | Dilip Kumar Mohanta | 09.02.2013 – 07.11.2013 |- | 17 | Rattan Lal Hangloo | 08.11.2013 – 22.12.2015 |- | 18 | Malayendu Saha | 23.12.2015 – 19.12.2016 |- | 19 | Sankar Kumar Ghosh | 20.12.2016 – 19.12.2020 |- | 20 | Manas Kumar Sanyal | 20.12.2020 – 30.05.2023 |- | 21 | Amalendu Bhunia ''(Authorised)'' | 31.05.2023 – 16.12.2024 |- | 22 | Kallol Paul | 17.12.2024 – present |}
=== Faculties and Departments === thumb|Administrative Building, University of Kalyani
The University of Kalyani has 37 departments organized into 6 faculty councils.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://klyuniv.ac.in/pagecategory/faculty/|title=Faculties of the University|website=klyuniv.ac.in|access-date=23 December 2025}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto;" |- ! scope="col" style="background: #334075; color: white;" | Faculty ! scope="col" style="background: #334075; color: white;" | Department |- | rowspan="14" | '''Faculty of Science''' | Mathematics |- | Physics |- | Chemistry |- | Botany |- | Biochemistry & Biophysics |- | Ecological Studies |- | Geography |- | Microbiology |- | Molecular Biology & Biotechnology |- | Environmental Science |- | Statistics |- | Zoology |- | Physiology |- | Food and Nutrition |- | rowspan="3" | '''Faculty of Engineering, Technology & Management''' | Computer Science and Engineering |- | Engineering and Technological Studies<br/> * Information Technology<br/> * Electronics and Communication Engineering<br/> * Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering |- | Business administration |- | rowspan="15" | '''Faculty of Arts & Commerce''' | Bengali |- | English |- | Hindi |- | Modern language |- | Sanskrit |- | Economics |- | History |- | Political science |- | Philosophy |- | Rural Developmental Studies |- | Library & Information science |- | Folklore |- | Sociology |- | Commerce |- | Visual arts |- | rowspan="3" | '''Faculty of Education''' | Lifelong Learning & Extension |- | Education |- | Physical education |- | rowspan="3" | '''School of Interdisciplinary Studies''' | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology |- | Data science |- | Genomic Science |}
=== Centers === <!-- Please do not add new entries to this list. This is a minimal spanning set that should include only the highest-level subdivisions. --> {| style="border:1px solid #ddd; background:#fefefe; padding:3px; margin:0; margin:auto;" |+ style="font-size: 100%" | '''Research centers''' |- style="vertical-align:top; font-size:90%;" | * Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility Center * Center for Information Resource Management (CIRM) | * ENVIS Center on Environmental Biotechnology * Centre for Bengali Diaspora | * Centre for Women Studies * Centre for Cultural Studies * S N Bose Innovation Centre <!-- Please do not add new entries to this list. This is a minimal spanning set that should include only the highest-level subdivisions. --> |}
==Affiliated Colleges == This university is providing academic guidance and leadership to 57 affiliated colleges and 7 others recognized institutes (as of 1 January 2020). Colleges are independent from the university but they follow the Course Curriculum of the university. Colleges are headed by the Principal and Professors, Teachers of the colleges are appointed via West Bengal College Service Commission (WBCSC). Colleges have responsibility for admitting Undergraduates and organising their classes. Here are names of total 64 affiliated colleges/other recognized institutes :
===Govt./Govt.-Aided General Degree Colleges=== {{Div col|rules=yes|gap=2em|small=|colwidth=25em}} # Asannagar Madan Mohan Tarkalankar College # Berhampore College # Berhampore Girls' College<ref name="Offering Postgraduate course also">{{Citation |title= Offering Postgraduate course also}}</ref> # Bethuadahari College # Chakdaha College # Chapra Bangaljhi Mahavidyalaya # Domkal Girls' College # Dr. B.R. Ambedkar College # Dukhulal Nibaran Chandra College # Dumkal College # Dwijendralal College # Haringhata Mahavidyalaya # Hazi A.K. Khan College # Jalangi Mahavidyalaya # Jangipur College # Jatindra Rajendra Mahavidyalaya # Kalyani Mahavidyalaya # Kanchrapara College<ref name="Offering Postgraduate course also"/> # Kandi Raj College # Karimpur Pannadevi College # Krishnagar Government College<ref name="Offering Postgraduate course also"/> # Krishnagar Women's College # Krishnath College # Lalgola College # Murshidabad Adarsha Mahavidyalaya # Muzaffar Ahmed Mahavidyalaya # Nabadwip Vidyasagar College<ref name="Offering Postgraduate course also"/> # Nabagram Amar Chand Kundu College # Nagar College # Nur Mohammad Smriti Mahavidyalaya # Panchthupi Haripada Gouribala College # Plassey College # Pritilata Waddedar Mahavidyalaya # Prof. Sayed Nurul Hasan College # Raja Birendra Chandra College # Ranaghat College<ref name="Offering Postgraduate course also"/> # Rani Dhanya Kumari College # Sagardighi Kamada Kinkar Smriti Mahavidyalaya # Santipur College # Srikrishna College # Sripat Singh College<ref name="Offering Postgraduate course also"/> # Sewnarayan Rameswar Fatepuria College # Subhas Chandra Bose Centenary College # Sudhiranjan Lahiri Mahavidyalaya # Tehatta Government College # Muragacha Government College # Government General Degree College, Kaliganj # Government General Degree College, Chapra {{Div col end}}
===Self-financed General Degree Colleges===
# Institute of Mass Communication Film & Television Studies<ref>{{Citation |title= Offering Postgraduate/Postgraduate Diploma course also}}</ref> # G.D. College, Shaikpara<ref>{{Citation |title=Official Website of G. D.College|url=https://www.gdcollege.net.in/}}</ref>
===Govt.-aided B.P.Ed. College===
# Union Christian Training College<ref>{{Cite web|title=Official Website of Union Christian Training College|url=https://www.uctcollege.org/}}</ref>
===Self-financed B. P. Ed. Colleges===
# Prabharani Institute of Education<ref>{{Cite web|title=Official Website of Prabharani Institute of Education|url=http://prabharaniinstitutebed.in/}}</ref> # Sunil Dhar Memorial B.P.Ed. College
===Self-financed Law Colleges===
# Bimal Chandra College of Law # J.R.S.E.T. College of Law # Mohammad Abdul Bari Institute of Juridical Science # S. K. Acharya Institute of Juridical Science
===Other Recognized Institutes===
# Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Citation |title= Offering Postgraduate Diploma course also}}</ref> # Kalyani Technology Academy # Tagore School of Rural Development and Agricultural Management<ref>{{Cite web|title=Official Website of Tagore School of Rural Development and Agricultural Management|url=https://tsrdam.co.in/}}</ref> # Dr. K.R. Adhikary College of Optometry & Paramedical Technology<ref>{{Cite web|title=Official Website of Dr. K.R. Adhikary College of Optometry & Paramedical Technology|url=https://kradhikarycollege.org/}}</ref> # Monarch College of Art and Technology<ref>{{Cite web|title=Official Website of Monarch College of Art and Technology|url=http://www.monarchanimation.org/home.html}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA"/> # Susrijo Institute of Paramedical Technology and Optometry<ref>{{Cite web|title=Official Website of Susrijo Institute of Paramedical Technology and Optometry|url=http://sipto.org/}}</ref> # Susrijo Institute of Agricultural Science, Technology and Management<ref>{{Cite web|title=Official Website of Susrijo Institute of Agricultural Science, Technology and Management|url=https://www.siastm.org/}}</ref>
==Academics== ===Accreditation=== In 2015, University of Kalyani has been awarded '''A''' grade (CGPA 3.12) by the NAAC.<ref>{{cite web|title= NAAC Report, University of Kalyani-2015|url= http://162.144.89.90/index.php/ku-naac-ssr-2015|access-date= 2 September 2021|archive-date= 16 March 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220316024435/http://162.144.89.90/index.php/ku-naac-ssr-2015|url-status= dead}}</ref>
===Achievements=== Hepatitis C nosode was developed by Rajesh Shah with a group of Molecular Biologists at the University of Kalyani, where it was demonstrated that the nosode sourced from Hepatitis C virus could produce anti-Cancer effect on cell lines in a laboratory model. This was one big achievement by the Biologists in the field.<ref>{{Cite journal|title= A homeopathic nosode, Hepatitis C 30 demonstrates anticancer effect against liver cancer cells in vitro by modulating telomerase and topoisomerase II activities as also by promoting apoptosis via intrinsic mitochondrial pathway|doi=10.1016/S2095-4964(16)60251-0|pmid= 27181128|volume=14|issue= 3|journal=Journal of Integrative Medicine|pages=209–218|year= 2016|last1= Mondal|first1= Jesmin|last2= Das|first2= Jayeeta|last3= Shah|first3= Rajesh|last4= Khuda-Bukhsh|first4= Anisur Rahman}}</ref>
=== Rankings=== {{Infobox India university ranking | type = University |QS_A_2024=801+ | NIRF_O_2024=151-200 |NIRF_U_2024=151-200}}
University of Kalyani has ranked 801+ in the QS Asia Ranking 2024.<ref name="Rankings_QS_A_2024" /> The university has ranked 151-200 band among universities in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2024<ref name=Rankings_NIRF_U_2024/> and in the 151-200 band overall.<ref name=Rankings_NIRF_O_2024/>
==Notable alumni== {{more citations needed|date=December 2020}} * Koushik Kar — Indian actor * Alokesh Das — Indian politician * Bimalendu Sinha Roy — Indian politician * Braja Kishore Goswami — Indian politician * Jagannath Sarkar — Indian politician * Nimai Chandra Saha — vice-chancellor of the University of Burdwan * Suman Kumar Dhar — Indian molecular biologist * Sujay Mukhoti — Professor at Indian Institute of Management Indore * Babar Ali — He is youngest Headmaster In the World * Humayun Kabir — Indian politician * Ramendra Nath Biswas — Indian politician * Swadhin Kumar Mandal — Indian chemist and professor * Mihir Kanti Chaudhuri — Indian chemist * Susmita Bose — Indian-American biomaterials scientist and professor * Syed Mustafa Siraj, Writer * Arijit Singh — Indian playback singer, composer and music producer<ref name="public transport">{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/I-still-travel-by-public-transport-Arijit-Singh/articleshow/20367909.cms |title=I still travel by public transport: Arijit Singh |work=The Times of India |author=Agarwal, Stuti |date=31 May 2013 |access-date=8 February 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150209202435/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/I-still-travel-by-public-transport-Arijit-Singh/articleshow/20367909.cms |archive-date=9 February 2015 }}</ref>
==See also== {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| *List of institutions of higher education in West Bengal *Education in India *Education in West Bengal }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{official website}} *[http://www.ugc.ac.in/ University Grants Commission] *[http://www.naac.gov.in/ National Assessment and Accreditation Council]
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