Sanskrit

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

The department of Sanskrit is an old as the college. It started its journey since 1948 the year of establishment of the institution. From 19957-1959 it started teaching General course under the same university. A large number of graduates were produced during this period with Sanskrit as a combination subject. In 1970 when the college was upgraded to a Degree College, both Honours and General course in Sanskrit were introduced and the same are running till date. At present the department runs with four full-time teachers Prof.PurbashaGhosh, Prof. Hemanta Kumar Santra, Prof. SujitParamanik, Prof. Rahim Mandal and two ‘State Aided College Teachers’ (SACT) Smt. MadhumitaShil, Dr.RitabrataGoswami. Prof. PurbashaGhosh successfully act as the Head of the department and ran it with the help of three full time teachers and other two SACT teachers. At present Prof. PurbashaGhosh is trying her level best to run this department in co-operation with three full time teachers and other two SACT teachers.
Teaching-learning is not just confined to regular class room teaching based on ‘Chalk & Talk’ method. But they are also encouraged to learn via virtual method.
Students publish a wall magazine named ‘KISHALAY’ in which they get the opportunity of expressing their original thoughts and feelings in terms of creative writing. They participate in sports and games as well as in the cultural competition organized by the college and institutions outside both at the University and state level. Their involvement in NCC and NSS programmes is also remarkable.