Vision

Prime mover of the endeavor; goals and objectives of the effort:

The establishment of Maharaja Manindra Chandra College removed a long-felt need by throwing open the portals of higher education to the middle class people of North Calcutta and its suburbs . Our college has completed sixty-eight years of its glorious existence in 2009 and aims at imparting education in Science, Arts, Commerce and Vocational streams to the students (both boys and girls). It proposes to maintain creative thinking and unity in diversity. It intends to provide traditional teaching and cater to job-oriented courses as well. An academic institution justifies its existence by bringing about a qualitative change in social life. Among the alumni of Maharaja Manindra Chandra College are men and women who have achieved eminence in different spheres of life; but its real justification is to be found in the fact that it has lit the lamp of learning in a multitude of humble homes in its surrounding areas, many of the families having their first generation to cross the threshold of higher education. Maharaja Manindra Chandra College over the past sixty-eight years has served to broaden the base of higher education by sowing seeds of knowledge on the comparatively fallow fields of society so that "Chill Penury" might not repress the "noble rage" and freeze "the genial current of the soul" of the less privileged pupils on its rolls.

 

Founder Principal and other eminent Heads of the Institution:

Dr. Panchanan Niyogi, M.A., P.R.S., Ph.D. was the founder Principal of the College who continued till 1950. Before taking over charge of this College, he served Presidency College , Calcutta from 1925 to 1938. A disciple of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray, he was a distinguished chemist of his time and published many research papers in national and international journals.

Dr. Jogis Chandra Sinha, M.A., P.R.S., Ph.D. was the Principal of this College from July 1950 to October 1952. Prior to joining this College as Principal, he was professor of Economics at Presidency College , Calcutta from 1932 to 1950 and also officiated as Principal of that college during 1947-1948. A teacher of high repute and a leading Indian economist of his time , he published many illuminating research papers on various aspects of his subject, particularly on Indian economic problems.

Dr. Anil Chandra Banerjee, M.A., P.R.S., Ph.D., Principal of Maharaja Manindra Chandra College from February 1953 to March 1963, had a brilliant academic career, wrote many books on various branches of Indian History and was associated with Calcutta and Jadavpur Universities as teacher and administrator. He was also President of West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, Member of West Bengal Legislative Council, Fellow of Asiatic Society, Calcutta and editorial contributor to the Amrita Bazar Patrika.

Dr. Nripendra Nath Das, M.A., LL.B., Ph.D., a renowned teacher, Joined this college in 1942 as a teacher of Economics, was appointed Vice-Principal in the evening Department in 1945 and subsequently took over charge as Principal of Maharaja Manindra Chandra College in April, 1963 and continued in that capacity till May,1965. It was his reign when trifurcation of the college was necessary owing to the large number of enrolled students at that time. Accordingly, application for separate affiliations for Morning and Evening departments was made and the Principal reported in G.B. meeting held on November 15, 1964 that separate affiliations had been secured for Morning and Evening Departments and “will henceforth be known as Maharani Kasiswari College ( Morning) and Maharaja Sris Chandra College (Evening).” Another piece of good work done by Dr. Das during his brief tenure that he got the College Provident Fund, the rules of which were framed by Dr. A.C. Banerjee, his predecessor, registered under the Income Tax Act.

Dr. Kiran Chandra Chaudhuri, M.A., Ph.D., was appointed as Principal of the College in place of Dr. N. N. Das and served this college from June 1965 to May 1982. Dr. Chaudhuri, formerly Principal, Muralidhar Girls' College, was a renowned author of history text-books, a man of strong personality and an innovative administrator. He was associated with Calcutta University as a Member of the Senate, as also with Rabindra Bharati University as a Teacher. He was a member of the Bidhan Sabha , West Bengal , twice elected from the Shyampukur Assembly Constituency.

Prof. Asok Chaudhuri, M.Sc., an ex-student and ex-teacher of Presidency College, took over as Principal of the College on 24 November 1982 from Prof. Ranendra Kumar Bhattacharjee, Head of the Department of Economics, who had been acting as Professor-in-Charge during the second interregnum following the retirement of Dr. Kiran Chandra Chaudhuri in May, 1982. Principal Asok Chaudhuri whose name was recommended by the West Bengal College Service Commission and accepted by the Governing Body, was the first to assume charge of the College as its Principal under the new dispensation. He served this college till January, 2000.

Dr. Ranajit Dhar, M.Sc., Ph.D., took over as Principal of the College on November 2000 from Prof. Soumendra Kumar Bagchi, Head of the Department of Economics who had been functioning as the Professor-in-Charge after the retirement of Prof. Asok Chaudhuri. He served this College as Principal till January 2007. Professor Bimalendu Sarkar, Head of the department of Physics served as Professor-in-Charge from February 2007 to May, 2007. After his retirement Dr. Surajit Chakrabarti, Head of the Department of Physics functioned as Professor-in-Charge from June 2007 to 18 th March 2009 . Dr. Amit Kumar Chatterjee, Head of the Department of Economics, took over the responsibility from Dr. Surajit Chakrabarti 0n 19 th March, 2009 and functioning as Professor-in Charge of Maharaja Manindra Chandra College to till date.