About the Department

INTRODUCTION

Asutosh College Training Centre is an extended wing of Asutosh College. The Centre is administered by Asutosh College Governing Body. It was established in the year 1991 as part of the Platinum Jubilee celebration of the college, keeping in mind the social need to make the aspiring students ready for the job market.

It was envisioned that if the students are offered with the facility of cutting edge training in professional courses, they would be ready to form the future work force of the state in particular and the country in general.

As a matter of fact, under the strong leadership of our successive Principals, it has grown and flourished over the last three decades. Asutosh College has established itself as a Premier Institute that offers training in multiple areas for reasonable fees, in this word of market economy.

THE BEGINNING

The Unit started working with Smt. Rupa Bhattacharya (Department of Bengali and BBA). Then the coordinator was Dr. Parthasarathi Ghosh (Department of Chemistry) from 2012. Dr. Pooja Chetterjee, Assistant Professor in Psychology, was coordinator of this unit after retirement of Dr. Parthasarathi Ghosh.

OBJECTIVES

• To provide job related knowledge to the trainees.
• To systematically impart skills among the trainees so that they can learn skills and gather knowledge quickly.
• To bring about change in their overall attitudes, and to shape their attitudes to pursue excellence.
• To improve their higher and quality productivity.
• To prepare the trainees for the professional fields and jobs.

TRAINING OFFERED

WBCS, SSC/CTET, NET & SET (UGC & CSIR), CAREER COUNSELLING, COMBINED EXAMS (CLERKSHIP, STAFF SELECTION, RAILWAYS, BANK, MUNICIPAL SERVICES, POLICE SERGANT)

ACTIVITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE

TRAINING FOR WBCS EXAMINATION

It is a preparatory course that we offer twice a year of one-year duration. Our experts, being chosen from the best faculties from the college itself, supplemented by other distinguished faculties from the neighbouring colleges, train student for the WBCS Examination. We are happy to note that many of our successful students are serving as officers in various Department of the Government.

TRAINING FOR NET/SET EXAMINNATIONS

We have been offering these preparatory courses of six months duration twice a year with for a long period of time to the meritorious students who have a special inclination towards research and teaching. We are proud to announce that we have been able to guide a good number of students to achieve their goals, many of our successful students are teaching in different colleges in this state or other states of India and are engaged in research in Universities or Research Institutes.

TRAINING FOR COMINED (MISCELLANEOUS, BANK, RAILWAY, ETC)

EXAMINATIONS

We sincerely felt that we must offer training in this domains as well, as the students have different motivations varying dreams, to get themselves established in lives. Here also, our achievement is commendable. Many of our successful students are working in the banking sector in banks like SBI, UBI, PNB, Bank of Baroda etc.

TRAINING FOR SCHOOL SERVICE COMMISSION EXAMINATION

We impart training of the students who wish to be school teachers. The duration of the course is six months. Many of our successful students are teaching in different schools in Kolkata and other districts.

FACILITIES FOR THE STUDENTS

LIBRARY

• Number of Books : 1500
• Number of Journals and Newspapers :7
• Study materials are being provided for the respective course by the Department.

COMPUTER AND INTERNET FACILITES

• Laptop : 1
• Internet : Wi- Fi enabled class rooms

ICT FACILITIES

• LCD PROJECTOR : 1
• OVERHEAD PROJECTOR:1